davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-12
BanknOte Paper.

The banknote paper on which Ameri-
can legal tender, national banknote cur
rency, and government bonds are printed
is made entirely at Dalton, Mass
If you should happen to stop at the
paper mill, with proper introduction and
credentials, you may perhaps be allowed
to handle sheet of the crisp paper,
where, as the wet, grayish pulp is pressed
between heavy iron cylinders, bits of
blue and red silk are scattered over its
face and silken ribs laid on its surface.
You may go beyond into the counting
room, where each sheet as it comes from
the drying-room is carefully examined
and counted and then returned to the
paper cutter to be divided into smaller
sheets. If you trace this paper still fur
Their, you viii find that from the cutters
hands it passes again into the counting
room, and is separated into little pack
ages containing 1000 sheets each, the
amount recorded in register. and ther
packed In bundles and stored in fire
and burglar proof vaults to await ship
ment to the United States treasury.
From the pulp room to the vault the
precious paper is watched and guarded
as carefully as though each sheet was al,
ounce of gold. Its manufacture is one
of the greatest secrets connected with
the governments money making. From
the vaults of the paper mill at Dalton to
the guarded store rooms of the treasury
at Washington is a journey of several
hundred miles. In the capacious vaults
of the treasury building. among gold,
silver, copper and nickel coins, bullion,
paper currency and official records, YOU
viii find thousands of packages of the
banknote paper made at Dalton. 1t
comes in little iron safes, such as are
used by the Adams Express company,
and each package and every sheets care
fully counted before the manufacturer
and express company are relieved OF
further responsibility. The paper that
arrives to-day may lie in the treasury
store room for years, or it may be sent to
the bureau of engraving and printing to.
morrow, TO return in the course of a
months time legal tender or bank
note. Geger's Stationer.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-12
Cats and Flowers

Another instance Of the comP,el (,
tions that exist between various ' 9.sr..
the scale of nature, showing how . VA.
it may be to trace the reasons uo' sr---sl
ing the sudden occurrence Oh aug ~
in large numbers in any ol'.l' hir
cited by the late Charles DaF"iI VII. al &
pears that humble bees alone 1,r,rbfa
fertilize the red clover. Inc nd. az
humble-bees in a district dePeIl55 s.--
the number of field mice, wnISr MD Z
their combs and nests. 81 Dc n ars-, d
mice is largely dependent a. cats, %
knows, upon the number o. J.. Dsrsi,
hence it is quite credible ,.i saw snira, 2
that the presence of a feline n 1i J.
large numbers in a district .;o5 Is
termine. through the inteFy ,,a f,sosss..
OF mice and then of bees, th5 :; =" rid 4
of certain flowers in that U.s.
London Standard
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-12
The Power of Music.

A Washington music dealer told this
story to a Star reporter: Talking about
the power of music, | think one Of the
happiest incidents which / remember
occurred during the late war. Our army
under General Bragg was lying in the
trenches outside of Chattanooga watch
ing the Yankees, and there had been con-
siderable skirmishing going on all Gay,
but toward nightfall even the picket
seemed to cease with common consent
The evening was lovely, and during the
comparative stiffness one of the Federal
bands took position on little knoll just
inside of their lines, within hearing dis
lance of both armies, and began to play
old tunes familiar to all.
The boys dropped everything to listen,
and as the sweet tones, mellowed by dis
lance, came tnrobbing down the lines
men ceased to talk. or only spoke in sub
dued voices, for the music seemed almost
divine. BY and by the notes of Hail
Columbia" rang out, and cheer on cheer
went up from the Union soldiers, which
were echoed back by the Confederates,
when the band followed with Dixie's
Land Then came the Star Spangled
Banner" and we could hear the loud
voices of the Yankees as they came in on
the chorus Bonnie Blue Flag" next
awakened our enthusiasm, and we sang it
with a religious fervor. A short interval
followed, and then the air of Home
Sweet Home touched US with an effect
which never experienced before or since.
| The men drank in that music as If it
came from Heaven, and every now and
/ then as it struck some tender memory
/ you would see one bury his face in his
hands or turn away to hide his agitation,
and we listened listened for full five
minutes, it seems to me, after the music
ceased. Then from the ranks of Federals
and Confederates alike mighty volume
of shouts and cheers went up, answered
and answered back until the echoes OF
Lookout mountain re-echoed from the
great sounding board of Mission Ridge
| have heard the Marseillaise Hymn sung
by ten thousand voices, but / never
expect to hear such music on earth again
as heard that night on the banks of the
Tennessee, and the story teller gave a
sigh as he walked away in reply TO a
summons from a caller
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-12
The Dude and the Indian.

1t is easy to decide which of the two
young men was the gentleman in the fol-
lowing story from an exchange: On a
Fort Wayne train approaching Chicago
there was short statured, straight haired,
copper-colored Indian, going back to the
reservation after a trip to the Indian
school at Carlisle, Penn. He wore a nice
suit of clothes which fitted him badly,
and paper collar without any necktie.
He attended strictly to his own business,
and was unmolested until young sprig
came into the smoking-car from the
sleeper San Indian, guess" SAID the
young chap, as he lighted a cigarette.
And then, approaching the son of the
plains, he attracted general attention by
shouting, with strange gestures: ugh,
heap big Injun! Omaha2 Sioux Paw
nee? See great father? Have drink fire
water? Warm Injun's blood y The cop
per-collared savage gazed at the young
man moment with an ill-concealed ex-
preston of contempt on his face, and then
he said, with good pronunciation: "You
must have been reading some dime novels,
sir. | am going back to my people in
Montana, after spending three years in
the East at school / advise you to dc
the same thing. No. / do not drink
whisky. Where / live gentlemen do moi
carry whisky TASKS in their pockets. ,
The cigarette was not smoked out, and,
amid a general laugh, a much crestfalleu
young man retired to the sleeping coach.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-12

combs and brushes, handke,ol,
cheaper grade, and knick- k..,eis q !
descriptions. Well, we never ~ = q a
thing to her, but charged il ~ eNl a.
husband, with whom there NJ " % u,
understanding to this efTcc, ad,
only way such people can he t,oi II I d
would not do to offend such ~ ea'sQ /
them of stealing when thew b33 "e'Dss,
of doing it. The husband tn ao % las
wife's failing, and was comneTo e q "a
NOR 1t. On the other hand ' \, Y b.
often have the above closSos "aae We
with. there are kleptomaniace nj /" d~
have to speak to One of or ~1oQ p.
customers is afflicted in this war ''SIs
ALWAYS watch her of course on3 ma NV
the theft right up to her. or COM ON 1l''a
TO deliver over the goods. OF Ip,a Be
class | remember good inciS.'y. as
lady, well known and wealthy ~
to look at some fine shell combs ' Is
something else to attend to 60 t 81 %
of her failing, placed the article s- y n
her and left, first having taken O1oa
ventory of the stock and fn5;, - .
there were ten of them. 4 lies Y
afterward she called to me and se;s way !
she did not want one, after vb; ,S ~ |,
left. AsI expected, | found one wa ~, =
at So, gone. | charged it to herbn nv
and nothing was ever said abor. {.
Queer, isn't it, But ii takes wears 1 4
business, as l have been, to undo. z
these peculiarities that are so comm. ,'. T.
CleceJdad Herald.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-12
HER BONNET.

When meeting bells began 10 ton,
And pious folk began to pass,
She deity tied her bonnet on,
The little sober meeting-ass,
All ia her neat. white-curtained room, before
her tiny looking glass
SO nicely round her lady-cheeks,
She smoothed her bands Of glossy hair,
And innocently wondered if
Her bonnet did not make her fair
Tbln sternly enid her foolish heart for har-
boring such fancies there
SO square she tied the satin strings,
And set the bows beneath her chin;
Then smiled TO see how sweet she looked;
Then thought her vanity sin,
And she must put such thoughts away before
the sermon should begin.
But sitting meath the preached word,
Demurely in her fathers pew,
She thought about her bonnet still,
Yes, all the parsons sermon through,
About its pretty bows and buds which better
than the text she knew.
Yet sitting there with peaceful face,
The reflex OF her simple soul,
She looked to be very saint,
Andmay be was one, on the whole,
Only that her pretty bonnet kept away the
aureole.
Mary E Wilkins, IN The Century.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-12

81 hear you intend to send your two
sons to college!" said Alpha to Omega
:. Yes, replied Omega; :" | have entered
them at Il college" Why, gracious
man." almost shrieked Alpha, .syou
might as well throw your money away
x college is only fourth-class insti-
tuition 1t has never won boat race in
the whole course of its existence. and
cannot boast baseball nine l''-Noryi.-
fo1n Herald
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-12

At Newbern, n. c., is a mandatory
of plates and dishes of gumwood. con-
Stunning each week 40 sweet gun logs
forty eight inches long.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-12

The receipts of the Brooklyn bpidge
have gradually risen to $50, 600 month.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-12

otherwise think of such thing as steal
ing, but under such circumstances cannot
refrain from it. strange to saw"
DO you meet with many people who
have no intention of buying but merely
wish to have the articles shown to them -
Sometimes, but those who might
appear that way are often indecisive and
may really come into the store with the
intention of buying, but fail to suit
themselves. These people are the ones
who will go to all the stores in the CITY
to have good look, and in the end thew
will find they have made a poor BARGAIN.
whereas. # they would buy at the first
place to which they go they would be
much better off. But there are a GREAT
many who want to trouble ms. Sucb
people will often go to GREAT trouble tn
ind some friend who really intends ia
buy and will 90 with them. that thew
NAV see the goods. You see If Is a
regular mania with them.
Many people steal because tbev cant
help 1t although | have not had much
personal experience with them. But 7
have still had enough to know that there
is such thing as kleptomania and sucb
persons as kleptomaniacs. 7 remenober
one very wealthy lady who came
almost regularly TO the store. and ;nvari-
ably lett with some article often with
quite number. and probably thew had
no attraction whatever. as far os 49, g.
ness was concerned, to the ladv. But
she could not help it. She would take
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
A Fatal Disaster.

DAYTON, Ohio April 11-Tb.
wreck on the Pan Handle Railroad
at the Mama river bridge. .iph.
miles east ofhere, last night, va,
the most complete that has Occur.
red for years. The train was run
ming thirty miles an hour, and fel
into a deadly trap without an in.
stants warning Engineer John
Thomas and fireman John O'Con.
nell, of Xenia, went down in the
engine. The farmer was killsd out.
right, being horribly mangIed aud
scalded, while the latter is reported
to have died to-day. Conductor
Pierson, and all the other employe,
escaped with slight injuries, 1xcep.
baggage-msst George Cooper and
express messenger Smith, who were
in the baggage car when it wen,
down the embankment and who ar,
fatally hurt. The accident was
caused by a displaced rail on tbs
west end of the bridge. The su-
thorities of the road state that /.
was clearly the work OF parties who
intended robbery or had grud.e
against the the company. Tn. rail
was removed from the south side Of
the track. nearest the narrow-ssuge
road, and the engine and tender fell
on this half of the bridge, destroying
it and the track and rendering the
rarrow passage impossible for sew
eral DAYS.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
A Grateful Queen.

LONDON, April 16.-The Queen
has forwarded a letter to the papers
thanking her subjects for the sympa-
thy with the rOyal family and Ouch
ess of Albany in their grievOus bs-
reavement. Her Majesty SAYS: The
appreciation of my beloved son 4
great qualities of heau and heart,
and the aflectionate sympathy oil
my loyal people, which has never
failed me In veal or woe, are very
soothing to my heart. Though
much shaken and sorely afflicted oy
the many SORROWS and trials. | VIII
not lose courage and with the help
of God, | will strive to labor for
the sake of my children and for tae
love of the country | love so we'll
The Duchss of Albany, who bears
her loss with touching. unmsrmur-
ing resignation, i. deeply gratlted
by the universal expressions OF sym,
pathy." The Queen also expressed
gratitude to the people of all other
countries, especially the one IN
which her son died, for sympathy
and coincidence.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
Balmy Sleep.

Prominent physicians tell us a
person should never be walked except
in cases of urgent necessity. A man
in his natural state is healthy. The
ailments of parents are often visited
upen the children, not because it is
a source of pleasure to the Almighty,
but because it is natures law. One
of natures laws is that a man is ben
etitted by sleep. If it had been in
tended that man should work "a
hours nature would have made the
sun to shine all the time.
The man who disregards the de-
mands of his body and mind for the
amount of rest that nature claims
suffers sooner or later. Nature is the
best book keeper the world ever saw.
You may overdraw, but you always
pay back the last penny, often Civ
ing up the ransom Shyloek demand.
ed of Antonio, and sometimes even
more than the pound of flesh. The
man who attempts to steal from ma
ture finds his mistake.
When a man falls asleep he is in
shop of repairs. All the intricate
machinery of his body is being over.
hauled and put in order for the
next days work. Nature knows
what the tired body needs. She lays
it on bed, surrounds it with the
refreshing air OF night, covers it with
darkness, and lets the man rest
Tired natures sweet restorer-
belmy sleep" visits him, and as the
hours pass by his energies are re.
newed, his strength com es back, and
finally, when the sunlight steals
through the windows, he opens hi.
eyes and feels like a new man. If be
is early to bed he awaken. CORES
pondingly early. Now, who will ge
to the mans side an hour before ht
opens his eyes and say to nature
stand aside and let him up, he ha.
had enough of rest" Well, natur,
will say You San take him if you
will, but / will charge him with ar
hours loss of sleep, and I'll collec
itout of his bones and nerves anC
hair and eyes. You can't cheat me
I'll find property TO levy on"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
Disastrous Cyclone.

COLUMBUS, Ga, April l5-A dis
astrous cyclone swept over Harris
county last night. The first damage
was done at the residence of George
Williams and Mrs. Babbs, three
miles southwest of Clipley, and
from there to Mr.. Culpeper's and T.
J. Jenkins place where the houses
were blown down. Lee Afford was
instantly killed at the latter place
place and his wife and three children
badly hurt, John Langford and his
son were badly hurt and his wife
and child is also reported as dying
Mrs Mary Davis residence was de-
molished. In the town of Shipley
a number of residences were blown
down or badly damaged. Thomas
Champin was badly wounded and
Mrs Champion slightly. C. 7. Nc
Gee received several internal injuries
and his son was fatally wounded.
Mrs Layfisld and her sister were
slightly injured. A. J. Grove recei-
we'd several internal injuries. Miss
Langford was badly hurt. Ben.
Powell and his son are reported to
have been killed. The storm passed
in a Northeastern direction from
Chipley, and outheuses and part
of Joe Damas' residence were blown
down. X. 5. Parkman's place was
demolished, and Luke Howell's
place was made a wreck. The
outhouses and residence on Rev.
James A. Jones and Thomas l..
Bowden's place Was badly damaged.
The last named places are near
Warm Springs where Mr.. Bowden
and wife were slightly wounded.
The destruction to property can
hardly be estimated. The cyclone
swept e very;hing ahead of it and
many miraculous escapes were
made.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
RATHER TOO LONG
AMER 20 Years on the Wrong Side of
Life a VIrginian Turns the Tables
: How long did YOU say ?n

How long did you say ?"
Twenty years, | said. Up TO
the time ! mentioned ] had suffered
from diseased liver for 20 year.,
said Mr.. s. T. Hancock, of Rich
mond, Va. half sadly, as though
thinking OF that dilapidated section
of his life. AT times | almost
wished it had pleased Providence 70
omit the liver from the human anat-
omy."
bad enough-twenty years oi
that sort of thing" responded 4
listener. What was the upshot oi
it?"
The upshet was that some time
ago i went down to SCOTS drug
store in this city, and bought one Of
BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS
PLASTERS, applied it, and was re-
lieved in a few hours, and am now
as sound as though my liver weEs
made of India-rubber."
BeEsen's-unlike the old fashion
ed kind of plasters-act promptly
Look for the word CAPCINk
which is cut in the genuine
Price twenty-five cents. Seabury
and Johnson, Chemists, New
York. 40.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
boLwER LYTToNs BR.por
where II Touches the shores
Great Columns in Midsrrean IN

= What beautiful bridge be,,.
old age and childhood !. SefS~eeI ,ef!
How intuitively the child eiislon
with prayer and worshin or oesln
life, and how intuitively on on eaIsi!n o,.:.i!
life, the old man turns bart fu,'ln -
er and worship, putting pay
again side by side with the ;nf cuse
remarks Sir F. Bulwer Lytton ;au -
" Strange Story. 'n hl
Yes, but between its distant.
ments the bridge of life has ~Ou'
high and awful arches La LAT
which the wild water. dasb
roar in wrath and deselation P, al
and worship alore DO no, sns.. ,es
these. Natures solid rocks Ia va
lay mistaken beneath. and h.
art and skill must rear and soI;d:c
the structure overhead. Gods ~
is best exemplifed in the law III ny
has made for the creatures whom n i
has placed under their cor,.
Neither the child's trustful ~0oj
Father" nor the old mans "Fo,S
me not in the midst of mine ip6,r
tiles, will alter this by the WEI |
of a single grain.
Science and art frst-tben g.,
and prayers the order of Hear
itself Divinity heals through !
agents, and those agents are 4
discoveries of man ; not the v.s~
announcements of prophets or sas.-
Is life a burden to you? ? Does tir,I
drag? Is your power to cone MI
life's problem aud duties weakenej
You are not well. Your blood i
sluggish and tainted, perhaps. !
ssme important organ is torpid J
cverworked. This fact NAV b,rI
taken the form of dyspepsia. rheu,'
atism, gout, malaria, pains in N.
stomach. chronic headache. or anu
of a dozen other ills. PARKFPE
TONIC will invigorate you. as frs.,
air invigorates those who have beer
shut up in damp, fetid cells. Il !,
powerful, pure, dalicious, scientific
safe-the keystone of the central
arch of the bridge of life. 20
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
Opening the Fouu' aims.

In numberless bulbs beneath the
skin is secreted the liquid substance
which gives the hair its texture, col
or and gloss. WheR this secretion
stops, the hair begins at once to be,
come dry, lustreless, brittle and
gray. Is that the condition OF yolT
hair? If so, apply Parkers Han
Balsam at once. 1t will restore the
color, gloss and life by renewing tns
action of nature. The Balsam Is no!
an oil, not a dye, but an elegant toi-
let article, highly appreciated De-
cause of its cleanliness. AZ.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-30
A Cruel Wretch.

SCRANTON, April 13.-Dr. W. 5.
Madden, who came here from Lew
isburg nearly two years ago, was
arrested last evening at the instance
of Mics Sadie McCleyiaghan, who
came to Scranton from Lewisburg
on February 20. Madden is little
over thirty years of age and has a
wife in Altoona. He brought Miss
McCleviaghan here on a promise
that he would marry her as soon as
he could get a divorce from his
wife. He occupied an office and a
sleeping room on Spruce street.
For six weeks he kept the girl con-
fined in his back room, the nearest
neighbors not knowing that she was
there. Madden carried food to her
in a basket. Whenever he left the
officer would chain her. In this con-
dition she lived for the period nam
ed. She often threatened to make
an outcry so as to attract the atten-
ton of the neighbors, but she feared
he would kill her if she did. This
evening Miss McClevinghan decided
to no longer endure the torture
which Madden had inflicted on her,
and rushed from the room as she
stood by the open door and ran out
into Spruce street. She then quick.
ly turned the corner inte Wyoming
avenue and ran half block to the
Susquehanna house, Madden pursu-
ing her closely. She rushed into
the hotel and begged the people to
protect her from Madden. He at
tempted to take her from them, but
was unsuccessful. As quick as she
could she gave them a brief out
line of Madden's cruel conduct,
when Landlord Carpenter and his
help detained Madden until Chief sf
Police Delacy came.
Madden wa. then arrested and
taken before Mayor Beamish, to
whom the girl told of Madden's
cruelty. The locks, chains and
staples which the doctor had used
to fasten her in the room were pro-
duced in court. Madden acknowl-
edged that he had treated the girl
with great cruelty, but begged the
Mayor to be lenient toward him.
He was held in S4,S00, in default of
which he was placed in Jail.
Miss McCleviaghan seemed to he
weak and nervous. She said that
up to the time of her coming to
Scranton she had lived with SIS
ter in Lewisburg, where she met
Madden who wronged her under
promise of marriage. Later she
heard that he was a married man.
When he brought her here he told
her that be would marry her just as
soon as he could get a divorce from
his wife, as divorce proceedings were
then pending in Huntingdon. She
said that be confined her in his bed
room from the moment she entered
his office, and that he chained her,
and tied her whenever he went out.
He had taken food to her occasion
ally hut not regularly. Some days
be gave her only one meal, and that
of not very good quality. She had
often begged him to let her out,
promising never to expose him if he
would do so. He had threatened to
kill her if she made any outcry.
Miss McCleviaghan IS about twen-
ty-one years old; looks thin and
She has light hair and
large expressive blue eyes, and her
cheeks are somewhat sunken. There
is but little color in her face. She
speaks intelligently. Her manner
is polite, and her story is told with
a clearness and candor that convinc-
es of its truthfulness while it excites
sympathy.