davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1885-07-14

McCabee stevedore. while asleep q pier stringer
this morning rolled or into tho water and was drowned.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-14

against Jcanford aside here and the man
turned over to the New York authorities.
New-York tribune., 1885-07-14

SIXTH RACE. HURDLE, 1is MILES.

1owDoM AND BROWN 10 ROW 200 FEET APART.
WoRcEsTER, July IS lSpsciaD In the absence
New-York tribune., 1885-07-14

FELL IyTO SLEEP AND INTO THE WATER.
PHILADELPHIA, July 13 (SpeciaD. - John
New-York tribune., 1885-07-14

CRrTiCisTNG THE REPORT OF THE EXAMINING
BoAnD-sPEeD MADE on THE SEVERAL TRIPS.
The look of serenity which rests upon the
oountenance John Roach remained unruiled yester
day. He about his Office attending to business as
usual He said that lie should continue for the present
his plan silence the Dolphin matter, and then he
added, with a confident eye. looking into the futures:
Only wait" The following letter has been received by
Mr.. Roach
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-13
Half Snake and Half DOG.

The Tucker County CIV. Va.) Pioneer
of last week contained the following:
''R. W. Eastman arrived Sunday from
Davis, in the upper part of this county,
and reported the capture of a wonder
fui animal near thai place few days
ago. We are not giving this to the
public for the sake of sensation, but
because we believe it to be fact. The
animal was caught in steel trap, and
was dead when found. 1t had the head
of bulldog and the body of a snake,
except that it was very thick for its
length, and the body was covered with
deep-red fur. Its entire length was
about five feet, and the circumference
of its body some twenty inches. It's
teeth were partly like dogs, partly
like snakes. Mr.. Eastman had with
him the lower tusk. 1t was about two
and a half inches long, protruding
from the animals mouth, and was
curled like sleeps horn. The tusks
of the upper jaw went backward like a
snakes teeth, and were about one inch
long. The animal had no legs. 1t
was supposed to be water animal like
an otter. There is nothing to indicate
that it ever had legs. Mr.. Parsons,
Chief Civil Engineer of the West Vir-
ginia, Central and Pittsburg Railroad,
has gone to Paris to examine the dead
beast, and doubtless he will do some
thing toward unraveling the mystery
of what it is.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-13
Trunks With False Bottoms.

''YOu would be surprised at the num-
Der of orders we fill for trunks with
false bottoms said trunk manufact-
urer.
''For thieves, eh?''
Sometimes, yes, but more frequent
ly for heightened people. A man came
to me one day with an oil painting of
a beautiful woman, and asked to have
the painting built in the bottom of
trunk. Naturally | was curious, and,
as he was talkative, | soon found out
that the painting was of his first wife,
and that his new wife was awfully
Jealous. i don't like to burn up the
old picture, you see, he said, as she
is not dead, and it's a sign of mighty
bad luck to burn up the picture OF
living person. / suspect if she was
dead my present wife wouldn't care.
Well, built the picture into the trunk,
sent it home, and / suppose everything
is lovely, and the uow wife thinks the
picture has been de, ,royed. A woman
came once and wanted a trunk with
false bottom arranged SO that she could
get at it easily. We generally make
the openings to false bottoms from the
under side, but she wanted this through
the upper side of the bottom. ] asked
her how deep she wanted the false bot
tom and she said, absently, oh, big
enough to hold package of letters
and photograph. Now, that was
definite order, wasn't it? Just as if L
knew how thick package Of letters
was! She was the handsome young
wife of rich old husband. But, of
course, the commonest order comes
from women who want some safe place
to hide their money in. A woman
thinks there is no place like trunk
for hiding money. San Francisco
lh1t01GcEe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-13
Agreeable Ignorance.

1t is a dreadful thing to be out of the
fashion. When Longfellow translated
the '.Divina Commedia" every one was
obliged to admire it, and at once a
knowledge OF Dante became impera-
tive. a good story is told of a strang-
er arriving in Boston to whom friend,
a native Of the city, atonce put the per-
tinent inquiry:
DO you like Oante?"
NO" was the answer. Il do not
know him; who is hep"
Come along" said his delighted
friend. keep me in countenance. 1t
isn't respectable not to like Dante. I'm
the only man in Massachusetts, who
doesn't, [ detest his very name. Let's
have a glass of wine together. ="
This reminds US of the young En-
glish woman whose partner for the
Lancers inquired between the sets:
ssHow do you ike TennsyonP"
''Oh" said she innocently, II never
was there. Is it pretty placer
Nea0 York Mail and Express.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-13
Mans Troubles.

Man that is married to woman is of many
days and full of trouble.
In the morning he draws his salary, and in
the evening,
Behold, it is gone!
1T is a tale that is tOld
1t is vanished, and no man knows whittier it
gOeth.
He riseth up clothed in the chilly garments
Of the night
And seeketh the somnolent paregoric
Wherewith to sooth his infant posterity
He cometh as a horse or OK,
And draWetb the chariot of his offspring.
lie speedeth the shekels in the purchase of
fine linen
To cover the bosom of his family;
Yet himself is seen at the gates of the city
With one SuSpender
Yea, he is altogether wretched.
Royal Arcanum Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-13
A Plea for Slang.

Slang is, indeed, a very good fertiliz-
er. 1t serves to give new fruitfuiness
to language. 1t gives emphasis to
speech, and not rarely ornament to
language. In the offer to check the
course of slang, there should be judi
cious care lest in trying to preserve
the so-called beauty and purity Of
language, we deprive thought of a
noble savant, for words are, after all,
nothing more than the insensible con-
duits of living thought; and, it is in
fnitely better to have a great idea
clearly and comprehensively expressed
by new means than dwarf it by limit
ing it to the elegant inaptitude of the
photographers manual.-Ch Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-13

Probably the most rapid bridge
building on record is that described in
the Scientific american as done at
Aarau, Switzerland. The firm having
constructed a canal in connection with
their works were obliged by the town
authorities to bridge it in two places.
They constructed them both with
segmental arches of cen It concrete,
erecting the first one in two days in
June 1884. After standing about two
months the bridge was brought into
use, and has been in constant service
for heavy traffic ever since without
cracking or settling. The span of the
arch is SO feet inches, rise feet CT
inches, and width of roadway Is feet
u inches, the total weight of the
structure between the. abutments being
211 tons. The second bridge was begun
at A. NJ. on Oct the 9. 1884, and was
completed at 6 P. M. the same day,
sixty-fve men being employed. The
cost of such bridge is given at about
$500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-13
At The Opera.

He carried his anburn-kaired girl to the
opera,
Dressed in a suit of ineffable make.
What could be handsomer, what could be
prOperer,
Than such thing for pretty maids sake?
She took in the singing and gaZed on the cap
ering
Done by the ballet all over the floor;
Forms so symmetrical, members so tapering,
Never were seen or inspected before.
He asked if the singing would seem to the
critical
Sweet as the musical chimes of the spheres
If the whole business should cost but the pitt
full
Everyday price of a couple of beers;
How could the harmonies, big with sublimity,
GLADDEN. the soul of the glorified dude
If crowded around in offensive proximity,
Sat tie delighted but plain multitude?
Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-13

Mark Pattison, the distinguished Ok
ford professor and literary man, lately
deceased, gave this account Of meeting
an American young lady at foreign
table d'hote: ''She was only nineteen,
but she knew everything. She told
me the exact amount of affection which
the Princess c. has for her future
husband, and she gave me a full ac-
count of the divorce laws in all the
States of America. She appealed to
me sometimes; of course | agreed. At
last she asked whether | did Tot think
she could write book, and l told her
that she was the most ignorant girl l
ever met But | took care 10 say it
in such way that she couldn't mind
it"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-13

One of the two free circulating libra
ries in Philadelphia, that Of the Friends
in Germantown, permits no work OF
fiction upon its shelves, yet il loans
nearly $4,000 volumes a year, and
about twenty-five thousand people come
annually to read IN its rooms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-13

List, the musician, is a believer, in
the practice of early rising. He arises
at $50 in the morning, drinks some
cognac, and writes until 1880, when a
breakfast of tea, bread, butter, and
soft-boiled eggs is served. At o'clock
he lies down till $50 or 10.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11
MONTICELLO.

The MagnIflcence of Jefferson's Residence
Downstairs, Economically Compensated
For by the Closeness of Everything Above.
The library, study and bedchamber Of
Mr.. Jefferson are on the first floor and
are used by the present proprietor for
the same purposes they were employed
in the lifetime of Jefferson. The bed is
an alcove between the chamber and
study and can be used from either room
the door of communication is at the
head of the bed. 1t was in this room
that Jefferson died, and not one of the
chambers above, as some have sup
posed. The study was the favorite re-
treat OF Jefferson, and the favorite
chair is still in the accustomed place.
A large wooden chair with broad arm,
where rested the paper wherein he
wrote. All about the floor in the neigh
horhood of the chair are ink spots
where the sometimes careless hand OF
the statesman sent his ink flying
These spots are faint with age, and be-
fore many years will have become in
discernible. The bed-chambers up.
stairs are very small and very numerous.
=" 40 AAO W SoJ bAop SuCobo
at ':Monticello" slept in holes within
the walls. Scooped out of the thick.
massive walls are little places about the
size of the lower berth in sleeping
car, wherein the bed was laid. If the
weather was at all warm, these curious
bed-chambers must have been excess
sively hot. The space was meager al
lowed to the occupant to dress in, and
altogether the bed-chambers are pos
sessed of but little to commend them.
The passages are very narrow on the
second and third foors-too narrow to
permit two persons to walk abreast
The ceilings are low; there are hooks
and crannies everywhere, and the con-
clusion is irresistible that the magnifi-
cence of everything downstairs has it's
economical compensation in the close
ness. of everything above.-COr. ST.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11
A COSTLY HAT.
A Head Covering That Cost S6OO-Mexi.
can as Well as Texan Fancies.

A Head Covering That Cost S6OO-Mexi
can as Well as Texan Fancies.
A passenger in the Pullman coach
from the West last night when he
boarded the car on the plains brought
in and carefully deposited in the draw
ing room, on one of the cushions, a
fifty dollar Mexican hat, stiff with sill
yer thread embroidery and circled by a
heavy silver cord. He was A. j. Ad-
ans, who, though only twenty-eight
years old, is able out of the profits of
his New Mexico ranch to indulge in
the luxury of tifty-dollar hat, but
purely as piece of interior decoration
for an Eastern friends house. Sheriff
Ware, of Mitchell County, who with
Millionaire Gregory, of Chicago, was
admiring the hat, said that General
Valdes, when an exile from Mexico,
had with him hat that cost six hun
dred dollars and a California saddle
that cost two thousand three hundred
dollars. Both were heavily embroid-
cred with gold and silver lace, and the
General was very proud of them. "It's
a common thing" he added, "for these
Texans to wear hats that cost from
fifteen to twenty-five dollars. In fact,
a cowboys hat and saddle cost more
than the whole of TIE. rest of his out
fit. The boys get tise big hats from
the East, where they are manufactured,
although they are never worn. A silk
hat is as uncommon out here as one of
these sombreros is on Broadway.
The big hats are the best hats in the
world. They are warm in winter, and
shade in summer. The Texans are
very particular about broad brims.
They will touch nothing with brim
narrower than three and one-half
inches, and they want often hat that
is five and one-half inches in width of
brim. The hats last four or five years,
and some cowmen have superstition
about them if they have good luck while
they own them, and after they have
worn them long while they will send
them off and have them cleaned, and
wear them several years longer.
Many men here have made all their
fortunes under one hat. There is not
only economy and durability as rea-
sons for the custom, but there is health
in them. Have you ever seen bald
headed sombrero wearerp Then the
color, too, which varies from light
dun to buff, prevents reflection from
the sunlight.
why are Mexican hats so expen-
siveP"
'"They are made by hand. Unlike
the Texan sombrero, they are made of
wool carefully prepared, and each one
OF these costly hats represents several
months labor. This hat, you will see"
he added, as he rubbed his hand over
the peak, ''is as soft as newborn
babes cheeks. This silver thread is
laid on by women, who are careful to
mat it together. 1t gives the brim
curl, and it keeps the tiny sugar loaf in
the centre stiff. This pattern is very
simple, but you will see the cactus, the
palm, and the Mexican grasses picked
out in gold and silver on many of the
hats. The true Mexican will invest his
all in a fancy hat, and clothe the rest
Of his body in dirty rags."-Fort Worth
Tor. ~, II. sun. 'Iak
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11
WEST INDIA PEPPER-PoT.


A New Relish for the Table Coming Into
Use.
In city restaurant the other day
came across peculiar dish. While
studying the menu and experiencing
the usual difficulty felt by men OF
vacillating mind in making choice of a
plat for luncheon, the proprietor, with
whom had a slight acquaintance, came
up and said: "Why don't you try our
'pepper-potP'" whats pepper-potP"
not unnaturally inquired, and was IN
formed that it was West India dish
which could be obtained nowhere else
in London. That settled the matter,
and ''pepper-pot" was ordered. 1t
proved to be savory stew, rather pep
perry, as its name denotes, with a
peculiar aromatic flavor. While after
ward discussing some celery and Still
ton, the proprietor came up again, and
was good enough to enlighten me con-
corning the peculiarities of pepper
pot" His first statement rather
startled me. "Our pepper-pot is only
three years old, said he. "When it's
kept another year or two it will be bet
ter" Mentally regretting that had
not been informed earlier as to the age
of the delicacy, l inquired further con-
corning this wonderful dish, and
gathered the following from the res
tauranteur: Il have lived many years
in the West Indies, and while racking
my brains one day to find some speciality
with which this place would always be
associated, bethought me of
'pepper-pot' No one in London
had ever heard of or knew how
to make it. The first requisite was
supply of 'cassareep'" q won't guar
antee the spelling of the world, 'and
after some trouble found a West In
dian produce importer who got me
supply at half guinea per bottle.
Now eassareep is the juice pressed out
OF the cassava, and in its raw state is
deadly poison. tits the basis, believe,
OF the stuff the Carib Indians use to
poison their arrows with. But when
boiled it is perfectly harmless, and
possesses the curious property of pre-
serving meat for any length of time.
In the West Indies the pepper-pot is
always on the go; it is never entirely
emptied, and the contents are added to
day by day. Any pieces of cold meat
pork is best-and fish go into thepot.
Here, in London, we don't put fish in,
only the best parts of the cold Joints.
Our 'pepper-pot' has only been about
three years on the go. 1t has never
been empted; for aught l know to the
you may have been eating
meat n year or tvuN old ~ DO, ~ |
course there are spices and sauces put |
N to give the stew flavor, besides the
'assareep, which in addition to its pre-
sentative and antiseptic qualities has |
Instinct, if slight, flavor of its own"
A bottle of this peculiar syrup was
Produced for my inspection; it is of a |
ieep mahogany color, and of the con-
'isteney of molasses, much resembling,
n fact, Indian soy.-London Cor Phil |
tdetphia Telegraph.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11
A CrematorY.

''Mr. Jones, has Mr.. Bugsby got
many cows nowP" exclaimed Mrs.
Jones, as she laid down the evening
paper.
"Cowsr' exclaimed Jones. "Great
heavens, no! Bugsby don't keep COWS.
What dye want to know for?"
'Why, 1 just read in the paper that
Mr.. Bugsby intended building an i'm
mense creamatory."
swell, creamatory amt to put
cream in" said Jones, as he stuffed his
handkerchief in his mouth to look
sober; sits to burn dead bodies in.
"Oh! you needn't laugh, exclaimed
Mrs. Jones, getting mad. 81 suppose
it wasn't you who asked me the other
day if you couldn't wear Grape for a
diseased friend in the evening just as
well as in the morning WiIIiamsport
Breakfast Table.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

The story goes that the Russian
Car, Alexander l., having once heard
that one of his courtiers, to whom he
was strongly attached, had become in
volved in debt, sent him book of
which every leaf was a bank bill. A
few days later the two met at court
ball. ''Wcll, Count" asked the Gar,
'how do you like my bookP" 81 am
delighted with the first volume, Your
Majesty" answered the wit significant
ly, land will be glad to know when
the second is likely to appear.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

A good story comes from boys board
ing-school in Jersey" The diet was
monotonous and constituting, and the
some old-style physic in the apple-sauce,
and await the happy results. One bright
lad, the smartest in school, discovered the
secret mine in his sauce, and pushing
back his plate, shouted to the pedagogue:
No physic, sir, in mine. My dad told me
to use nuthin' but DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets and they are doing their
duty like charm!" They are anti bilious
and purely vegetable.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11
The Friends.

Mr.. r. T. Bentley, member Of the esti.
mable community of Quakers at Sandy
Springs, Nd, says he was severely affected
by rheumatism in his right hand. Mr..
Bentley applied st. Jacobs Oil, the great
pain-cure, and by its continued use, in a
short time, was completely cured.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

It's no secret nostrum. We speak of DR..
Pierce's Extract of Smart Weed, composed
of best French Brandy, Smart Weed, Ja-
maica Ginger and Camphor Water. 1t
cures cholera morbus, collie or cramps in
stomach, diarrhea, dysentery or bloody
fux, and breaks up colds, fevers and in
hammatory attacks.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

Some enthusiast has found that the
following varieties of fruits are now
known in the Old World: Cherries,
200; apricots, SO; peaches, 239;
pears, 1,087; plums, 297; apples, over
1000 in America. Chicago Tribune.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

"HELLo" we heard one man say to an.
other, the other day. 81 didn't know you
at first, why you look ten years younger
than you did when l saw you last" 8
You know l used to be under the weather
all the time and gave up expecting to be
any better. The doctor said / had con-
sumption. / was terribly weak, had night
.sweats, cough, no appetite, and lost flesh.
.ery' advertised and thought it would do no
harm if it did no good. It has cured me. I
am new man because am well one."
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

"MIGHT ask who lives here?" asked a
polite gentleman of a stranger he met in
front of a handsome mansion. "Certainly,
sir" as politely replied the other. "Who
is it, STRIP 'I'm sure | don't know" re-
piled the stranger.-N Y. Independent.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

THE scheme to make Kate Field Govern
or of Utah has fallen through. Kate to
use gray -haired pun-refLses to be Utah
liked in that way. She says she can make
Mormon-ey writing and lecturing.-Nor-
riSt0toR Herald.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

THE COMBINATION OF INGREDIENTS used
in making BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs
is such as to give the best possible effect
with safety. They are the best remedy in
use for Coughs and Throat Diseases.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

THE VoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO Vol
'TAIC BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 80 days, to men tyoung or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss ofvital-
fty and all kindred troubles. Also forrheu-
matism, neuralgia, paralysis, and many 9TH
or diseases. Complete restoration to health,
Vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in
CURED, as 30 days. trial is allowed. Write
them atonce for illustrated pamphlet, free.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

EXPERIMENT has satisfied an English boz
tanist that plants have faint intelligence.
Possibly, therefore, we may yet come to
compliment man by calling him q cab
bage -head.-C Current.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

DE insecks is sometimes got more sense
den man. When yer sees er pusson fool
dat de pusson, stead o. de ho'net is er
maxim er mistake.-ArkdnSd,o Traveller.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11
ROCHESTER, N. z, Z Dec. sOS IS. M. d

"A human iaw-bone of great size
iull OF sound teeth, and other human
bones were found recently at depth of
sixty feet in limestone quarry near
GentersVille, Ga. ~ a.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

When the first Atlantic cable was
opened caOlegrams cost 300 for TWEEN
ty words. Forty cents word is now
the rate.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

PIXIES TooTHACHE DROPS cure in minute 25c
GIenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. 25c
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

"A Long Island man died the other
day frOn grief from the loss of his IA
vorit sA%g.-M \. San.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

BULwER was right-there's no such
word as fail. 1t is Modified into ass gn-
ment.-N. Y Herald.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

1T is not an observation of natura
history that a steam whistle makes hors
fly,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

BEWARE" said the potter to the clay,
and it became ware.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

THE successful lawyer finds hissavoca
tion the most profitable per suit.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-04-11

ALoPArHIc doctors consider drugs ply
sic-all necessity.