davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-29
Fire Making the Fur FIv

GLASGOW, Nov. 2S.-Messrs. Purvis &
Stephens arctic tar yard at Dundee is
burning. The warehouse is filled with
sealskins, whalebOne and oil. The fire
is spreading rapidly.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-29

In addition to these there is an office at
ValdOsta raised to the Presidential class
last summer, which has not as yet been
filed. Its salary is $1,000.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-29
HORSFORD's ACID PHOSPHATE.
Well PIaasad

DIR. G. Roberts, Winchester, ILL.,, says:
81 have used it with entire satisfaction in
cases of debility from age or overwork,
and in inebriates and dyspeptics, and am
well pleased with its efects.r
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-29

browns Bronchial Troches0 acts di-
rectly on the organs of the voice. They
have an extraordinary effect in all disor-
ders of the throat.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-29
GEORGIA POST OFFICES.
When the Terms of the Incumbents Ex-
pire and the Salaries at Stake.

pITt Hnu the saIarIes at Stake.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-The following
is a full list of the Georgia post offices
which are filled by the appointment of
the President, with the salaries attached
and the dates at which the terms of the
present postmasters will expire:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-29
5000 MEN AT A CIR.

PITTsBURG, NoY. 2S.-At meeting Of
the Connellsville coke proprietors' syndi-
cate, held in this city to-day. reduction of
from to 10 per cent. in the wages of all
labOrers employed at the ovens of the as
sociatIon was agreed upon, to take effect
Dec. 1. The reduction will affect about
5000 men,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-29
A SHUT DOWN REcoNsIDEREp.

WILKEsBARRE, PA, Nov. 2S.-The or
der issued by the combination for gene
raj suspension Of work at the mines DUR
ing the trst week in December has been
rescinded.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-29
MACHINERY AT A STAND STILL

PITTsBURG, Nov. 2S.-The machinery
department of the Standard Cooper Shops
shut down to-day for an indefinite period,
throwing 800 men out of employment.
over production and light orders were
the causes of the suspensiOn
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-29

A Learned Fugitive from Poland Now
an Oconee County School Teacher
Peaceful Career Of a DeKaIb County
Omcfal-A Hermit Who Never Leaves
ru7yard ROOst.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-29
INsOLVENTs ARRESTED.

CANTON, Miss, Nov. 2S.-Alfonzo Sta
deker, of the firm of j. Stadeker & Son,
which failed Nov. 10 for 100000 with as
sets of $25, 900, and his brother Henry. late
clerk for the firm, were arrested to-day on
a charge of conspiracy to defraud the
creditors of Stadeker & Son by conceal
ing goods and other assets of the firm.
They were admitted to bail to appear for
n1rop,ino Tr1ocdov
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
An the Year Rouna.

Their thatch and mud houses, with
walls often hOneycOmbed by rats, afford a
natural shelter to the cobra and kraft.
The want of light in their houses by night,
when nine-tenths Of the snake bites occur ;
a footstep in the dark; hand or foot rest
ing over the edge of their low charpoys
during sleep--an irresistible temptation
to a proving cobra; the accidental
striking or seizure by the hand of snake
while cutting their crops, and crop
watching By night, are among the most
common occasions of snake-bite. Often
so slight is the bite on finger or toe that
it is not enough to break sleep, and thus
the sleep of life gradually and uncOn-
sciously merges into that of death.
The poison seems to steal insensibly
and painlessly through the system,
gradually benumbing the springs OF
life, till it brings them to standstill for
ever. Nor is there anything left to tell
the cause except the minutest speck, like
a flea bite, only visible to a close eXami-
nation. In the moi ming the bitten person
NAV be found either dead or in the last
stage of snake bite poisoning; it may be
a dead mother with her living child still
clinging to her, drinking in, in the milk,
the poison which, even in such minute
quantity, also leaves the child dazed and
lethargic for many hours to come. Strange
to saw. so apathetic are natives Indian
that often they get bitten and go to sleep
again, without thinking more about it,
on the frail chance of the bite being nom
poisonous, and so sleep on till their friends
find them, or sleep ceases in death.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
V /.

In Tozer's active days, his restless
ubIquity, the cunning of his eye, and the
keeness of his nose, prevailed to keep
check on our appetite-for lawless adven-
ture of all kinds; but as he grew old he
was less on the alert, and the days became
livelier for US.
They were the days of the great bolster
matches, when one-third of the school,
composed of the big fellows, went out
against the remaining two-thirds. and the
corridors echoed the noises of the fray.
On feld-night, when the whole school was
engaged, Pike and the May Queen, whose
doors opened on the main corridor, were
locked in their rooms, and flags were post
ed on every landing to give warning of
Tozer's approach. 1t was generally when
the fight was at its hottest that the word
was passed along the line Of scouts,
ssCayel TozerV' and then it was every one
for himself and the devil, or Tozer, take
the hindmOst.
Tozer's unyarying formula on such oc-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
TO n e r.. -


TOzer had turned sixty-fye. He was
short and spare, with pointed nose, of
the barOmetrical type, which indicated
minute differences Of temperature with
the utmost delicacy. The upper part of
his head was entirely bald; but he had
tufts OF white woOlly hair over each ear;
these were met by white woolly beard,
which went from one ear, under his chin,
to the other ear; so that, from little dis
lance, his face had the appearance of
being swathed in cotton wool, for tooth
ache or the mumps.
He had long arms and immense feet,
which he turned out at right angles with
his body when he walked. He was re-
ported TO have been handsome in his
youth.
Tozer kept a private boarding school,
which he conducted on principles of his
own. He had once been brilliant scholar
and excellent teacher; but, at the time Of
which l write, his palmy days might have
been described as prehistoric. There
were unkindly rumOrs which said that he
had erred through fine old Port, and 9TH
ers which described him as having gone
out Of the way through excellent Madei-
ra; but TO these l shall make no further
reference In one respect, at all events,
TOZer was unaltered; his temper was as
fine as ever. Through manhood and old
age he retained unlmpalred the fiery
qualities which had ever been this distin-
gushing characteristic of his scholastic
career; and the older he grew, the more
lovingly did he cherish the swish.
TOzer's teeth were the pride and joy Of
his declining years. 1t required close
inspection to detect that they were false;
for a long time he believed that no one
knew it save the dentist and himself, but
one morning Teddy got into his dressing
room { from which TOzer had run out in a
hurry to quel a sudden rising in No.
dormitory), and finding the teeth in
tumbler of water on the table, he alb
stracted the section belonging to the lower
jaw and carried it away. ToZer's read
ing of prayers that morning was an APP
palling performance, never to be forgot
ten by those who had the good fortune to
hear it.
In his latter days ToZer became very
absent-minded; and sometimes on sun
day mornings the chapel bell would con-
tinue ringing for half an hour after the
time OF service, until some one was sent
to summon him, when he would appear
with his cap on wrong side foremost, and
often with a Plato and Virgil instead of
his Bible and Prayer Book under his arm.
But this was regarded by us as a very We
NAL fault, for when ne came in late TOZer
would dismiss US without a sermon.
He had buried three wives, and was
suspected of a desire to take, and perhaps
to bury, fourth.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
Marriage Of jenny Lind,s SON.
London World.

Among the numerous marriages ia
Easter week that Of Mr.. Walter Gold
schmidt, eldest son of Mr.. Otto G. and
Nine. Lind Goldschmidt. with Miss Mary
Julia, daughter of Col. James lie Geyt
Daniel, which took place by special IL
cense at st. Mary Bottoms, deserves spe-
cial mention. The bride wore a dress Of
cream satin, and the four bridesmaids
were not dressed alike, two wearing yell
low cashmere, one white muslin, and the
fourth cream. cashmere. The brides
nephew, Master Victor Maude, who as
sisted in carrying her train, wore a pages
costume Of black velvet, with ruffles Of
point lace. The bridegrOOm's mother
wore a dress Of purple velvet. Three
hundred guests were present at an after
noon reception at Mrs. DanielI's, and the
newly-married pair started soon after for
Paris. The brides travelling dress was
Of steel-gray, relieved bypale saimon-Di7,k
trimmings.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
WHAT HE SAID.

Oh. yes, I'll tell YOU the story
The very words that were said.
You see the supper was cooking
And / was slicing the bread,
And Richard came into the pantry;
His face was exceedingly red.
He opened his half shut fingers,
AMI gave me the glimpse Of a ring;
And then-Oh, yes, 1 remember,
The kettle began to sing,
And Fanny came in with her baby
The cunningest bit Of a thing.
And the biscuit were out IN minute
Well. what came neNts Let me. see
On Fanny was there with the baby,
And we an sat down TO tea,
And grandma looked over her glasses
So queer at Richard and me.
But il wasn't till after milking
That he said what ne had TO say.
How was it, On Fanny had taken
The baby and gone away
The funniest rogue Of fellow
He had new tooth that day.
We were standing under the plum tree.
And Richard said something low,
But ! was tired and flustered.
And trembled. I almost know;
For old Red is the hardest Of mixers,
And Briniie'- So horribly slow.
And that-let me see-Where was L
Oh. the stars grew thick overhead,
And we two stood under the plum tree
Till the chickens flew up to bed
Well. be loved me. and were to be married
And that is-abOut what he said.
-Sgrdcuse Herald
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
WORDS FROM THE HEART.
Burdette Scarifies the Lead Pencil Thief
While Looking About for Fresh Vic
tim.
BNrZinat9n Hnlrkeue.


There is no meaner thief than the lead
pencil thief. He takes rank below the
umbrella snatcher. He never has a pen
ell in sight. He asks for yours, '.just a
minute" to sign a telegraph book. address
a card, and then with a busness-like air
sticks it into his pocket, knowing that
nine times of ten you will-never think of
the pencil until you want to use it your
self, and then he will be far away playing
his game on someone else. They are
shameless fellows, proud Of their petty
thieying. They throw back their coats to
show you the spOils nesting in a vest
pocket, and they tell you from whom they
stole each pencil. We lost the last pencil
we had in this world, not ten minutes
ago, by the hands Of a pencil thief. a
man who makes a business Of stealing
pencils out to be burned at the stake,
boiled in OIL, beheaded at the block, hung.
drawn and quartered. and buried without
benefit of clergy. at the solemn hour of
midnight, in the dark of the moon. at
roads meet, with a lead pencil thrust
through his heart. Here we are, robbed
by a sOulless villain, not a lead pencil to
our back, and it may be half q day before
we meet a man from whose cOnfiding
hands we can lift a pencil to make. good
the one we lost. We played poor old
Prof. SayitslOw for that one, he is 50 aD-
sent-minded any body can get away with
his lead pencil, but then he's out of town.
The stars in their courses seem to be
fighting againstus to-day. A plague on
all pencil thieves, still we say.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11

ming ''My Dear WIFE," He expressed the
opinion that the signature of civilian
Sharon, Nevada" to the marriage con-
tract was genuine, but that the body OF
the contract had been written in after the
name was signed, and that in that sense
it was forgery. He also found evidence
that the word wife had been written over
an erasure, and, though not positive, pre-
sumed that in the original letter "Allie0
appeared instead of wife" He could
not deny, however, that the ''w'' in wife,
wherever it appeared, was the same as in
other words where its use was necessary,
and which were admittedly written bv
Sharon. The penmanship branch. of the
inquiry promises to be lOng and intricate.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11

enjoyed himself so much in the whole
previous course of his existence. We re-
ceived twenty cuts apiece, and on the
evening of the third day the TANKS Of
about half the school had been made to
Jingle. 1t was a parody on the Terror
during the Revolution Of '79.
On the morning of the fourth day two
flags were sent shivering downstairs in the
dark to cut the bell-rOpe. ToZer ceased to
fog and stopped the half holidays for the
remainder of term. We bore this for a
fortnight, thinking to tire him out; but
he stuck to his ground and we saw that
unless a compromise could be effected we
must lose the best football matches of the
season. For a week we came down to
prayers at seven to the moment, and then
went to him in BODY and offered an I'M
conditional submission. He relented and
the sentence was committed into one of a
thousand lines of Greek for the whole
school. The victory was Tozer's all along
those lines.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
l.

Released from the hands Of GregOr, the
new fellows were sent dOwn to the grounds,
where they were put through a catechism
something like the following:
young 'un, what's your nameW
GLOW much tin have you got?
"Will you cheek TozerV
''Can you fight?"
AS rule, a more than verbal answer
was required to the last question, for the
examination was usually brought to an
end bv an invitation from several old
hands to as many new fellows to "cOme
and have it OUT in the ROOkery. The
Rookery was a piece of ground in a cor
ner Of the playground, where few ragged
trees grew, in the branches of which, for
want OF worse habitation, some half
dozen rocks made their nests in the spring.
This was the lighting ground Of Tozer's;
and it resulted from the time-hOnOred
practice Of 'having it OuG' with the new
fellows in the ROOkery on the first day OF
term that those untOrtunates generally
made their earliest appearance before
IoZer with black eyes and swollen noses.
Sometimes, indeed, it happened that
new fellow could fight, and punished his
adversary; but this was uncommon.
Having been soundly drubbed in the
RoOkery, the young 'uns were instructed
to tell TOzer, when he questioned them in
school the next morning, that they had
fallen against desk.
singular and dismal appearance they
presented when ranged before him after
early chapel. Somethingof this kind was
what took place:
Tozer adjusting his glasses, after hav-
ing wiped them on the tail Of his coat ~
you, first boy, what is the matter with
your eyeT'
First new boy Shaking in his shoes)-
81 fell against desk, sir"
Tozer-"Y You, next boy, what have you
done with your front teethY'
Second new boy (whimpering 81 fell
against a desk, sir"
Tozer-' You, third boy, account for the
dubious aspect of your nose"
Third new boy (blubbering 81 fell
against a desk, sir"
And so on, to the last Of the batch. To-
ger, then, bringing the seYerest powers of
his eye 20 bear upon the miserable young
sters and carelessly throwing open the
cupboard by his side, wherein repOsed
fresh 1nd maiden cane would take up his
parable precisely il these words:
"Dlrnr tbe twenty years that nave
administered this school ! have observed
al unlllug au uuYarying propensity on
the par. 0l n-H boys 10 fan against adesk
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
Tozer had a little pup
Where is that puppy now?
And the chorus ran as follows:
He gave us resurrection-pIe;
He called il beefsteak-O my eve

lie Cdllch IL Dttlbltdk-O my eye
There were several swishings, but our
proceedings of the previous Friday were
repeated on the Friday following, and on
two subsequent Fridays; and Oh the fifth
Friday, when the rebellion had been just
a month in progress, and the ballad had
been sung twice every day and three times
on Sunday, we entered hall at dinner time
to find that the pie had been abolished and
corned beef substituted in its stead, We
cheered Tozer; but the successful issue
of the struggle made us Oyer-contident in
the future and we suffered disastrous
reverse on the occasion of the next revolt.
1t occurred to TOzer, one day in the
winter term, that we lay IN bed too long
in the morning. 1t was a mOnstrOus con-
ception on his part, for we got up at half
past six in summer and at seven in the
winter. Tozer however, said that he
would have us rise at the same hour in
winter as in summer, and on cold dark
day in November the hOrrid clangOr of the
bell reused us at $3.50. We turned out
sullenly, and in every dOrmitory there
lighted the candles and poured the water
into the basins. About half the school
were down to prayers at seven; the other
half received impOsitiOns of two hundred
lines of Latin. At bedtime the order was
given that no one should rise before the
usual hour the next morning. M one
did; and Tozer, Pike and the May Queen
celebrated prayers together; Ginger re-
naming between the sheets Ike the rest
of us.
Tozer announced his intention to fog
the entire school; and Cakebread was en-
ployed during the greater part of two days
in cutting and binding birches. We were
summoned in patches to the bOot-room-
the usual place of eXecution-where, be-
hind long bench, stood Tozer, Pike and
the May Queen, each Invested Of his gown
and armed with prodigious birch. Every
one of us was treated to fresh birch; a
pile of new ones stood in one corner and
the old ones were flung together in an
other corner. jenkins, Cakebread and
Crane-the old half-witted bootblack,
whom we called Cranky-were employed
to hold us over the bench. We were
swished in trios, and the rest stood out
side, alternately cheering and groaning,
each trio receiving an ovation as they
emerged from the place of torment.
For three days Tnzer and his assistants
birched necessarily from twelve noon to
one D. M; and Cranky took opportunity
to tell us on the quiet that he had never
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
Those Complaining

of Sore Throat or Hoarseness should use
Browns BRONCHIAL TROCHEs. The
effect is extraordinary, particularly when
used by singers and speakers for clearing
the voice.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11

on the day of their arrival. 1t is impro-
bable that all of you have fallen against
desk. You are telling me lie. Each
OF you hold out hand.'
Under such exhilarating auspices did
boys enter on their lie at ToZer's.
A UiUd UOce examination followed. when
each was assigned his place in the school,
There were six forms: the fifth, which was
the highest; the fourth, the upper third,
the lower third, the second, and the first.
The fourth form contained about tiye-and-
twenty boys. whose ages ranged from
thirteen to fifteen and a half. Alter the
latter age no boy was allowed TO remain
IN the fourth; he was sent to join the Sc
nlors in the fifth. If he had done well,
Tozer commended him and sent him up
on his merits; if he hadn't, TOzer
whacked him and sent him up on his de-
merits.
Every form used cribs in getting up its
classics. The method of preparation was
this. The tallest fellow in the form held
the crib and the rest stood round him in a
circle and listened while he read aloud,
connecting the Greek or Latin with the
English words as best they could; it was
only IN exceptional cases that recourse
was had to dictionary. The plan was
speedy but had its imperfectiOns. which
showed the plainest when any variation
was made in the usual order of translating
in class. Nobody ever acquired anything
beyond the most general idea of any pOr-
ton of the lesson, except the few lines
which he expected would fall to his own
share; so that if the fellow at the middle
or bottom of the form was put on at the
beginning, or the fellow at the top was put
on at the end OF the lesson, the result was a
hopeless collapse and the bringing into
play of the swish.
Tozer was perfectly aware that we used
cribs; and on half holidays, when the
school was at cricket or football, he would
90 round the class-rOOms and hunt for
them among our books. If he found a
crib IN the locker Of a very big fellow, he
would remove it to the locker of some one
who might be swIshed with impunitv: and
he would send for that fellow.
''What book is that in your locker, sir ?"
81 don't know, Mr.. ToZer."
''Ah! but I know. 1t is a translation
Of Virgil. This is the way you prepare
your lessons, is it?"
1T isn't my book, sir; and l didn't put
ii there"
''Indeedl Then you would suggest that
somebody else put it there? This makes
your case worse; you will receive ten
cuts" And he did.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-10-07
SHERIFFS SALE.
g. d. Tyler 4 Co.
Erwin Kur.zmsn d al.

DY virtue Of certain order Of sale Is
Dsued from the court of common pleas within
and for the county Of Monroe, and State Of
Ohio, in case pending in said court betwetn
the above named parties, and to me directed,
will offer for sale at public auction At the
east door Of the court bouse in Woodfaeld.on
Saturday, the 18Th day Of October, 1884,
between the hours of 10 o'clock q. m. and 4
O'Clock p. m, of said day, the following de-
scribed real estate situate in Monroe county,
Ohio, to wit: - - ,.'-...s .-....s,
The undivided half of the west half Of
the southeast quarter, and the southwest
quarter of the northeast quarter, and the
southeast quarter Of the southwest quarter
Of section thirty two 1871, township threo
[3J Of range three Isl.
Also, five and half acres lying in. section
thirty one 1911, and being in the northeast
corner Of the northwest quarter. .--s-
Also, fifteen acres in section thirty one, BE-
ginning on the section line between sections
thirty one aud thirty two at the northwest
corner; thence south forty eight rods; thence
6fty rods east. thence north forty eightyods;
thence fifty rods west TO the place Of begin
Mug, containing In all one hundred and thirty
one and sixty nine hundredth acres. more or
less. is "a rrf = ~ ~ M
said property so ordered to besold is zp-
praised at s2,s00 and may sell for two thirds
of said appraisement. Terms Of sale, cash
before confirmation ifhen' sSsH
l.si Haf g CHRIS. LUDE "A
septic, Saws. Sheriff u. G. q.
A. J. PEARSON Atty for r. Kindelbsrger.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-10-07
TaylOr's Runners

Are circulating reports in the other coun
ties of the district that Gen. WARNER
will be beaten six or seven hundred in
Noble, and will not have over fourteen
hundred majority in Monroe.
ALI such talk is paid for, of course,
and is of the same character as the other
lies pat 10 circulation by TAYLOR, bis run.
ners aud bis Cambridge paper
Our information lie, that the ma ;oriIy
in Noble will not be cne hundred votes,
and it is claimed on Congress by both
parties
The Woodsheld Republicans who brag
and het cannot be induced to bet against
1000 majority for WARNER in Monroe
Our friends throughout the district
can rest perfectly easy about WARMERS s
majority in Monroe County. The Dem
ocrats will he at the Polls and will send
ont a report to the district on October
18th that will assure WARMERS election
by over ZOO majority.