davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
Two Amateur Mountaineers.

Never was there a mountain so we'll
adapted to boys and girls as the Rigi.
One day, as | was walking toward a
place from where there was a good
view. ! heard o step behind me, and di-
rectly l was passed by a regular
mountain climber. He was a tall young
man, with a mighty stride. He wore q
flannel shirt, with no GOAT or vest, but
these hung ut his back from q strap
around his waist. On his powerful legs
were knickerbockers and a pair of long
red stockings, and in his hand he held
long-pointed alpenstock. Up the
mountain, straight toward the highest
point Of the Kuhn, he went, steadily
and swiftly Al q two-legged steam en-
CINE. He was such o man as we would
probably meet on the snowy peaks OF
the Higher Alps, il We should happen
to be wandering there.
Shortly after this young athlete had
passed, ! saw, coming down NE noun
tain, . lady and her little boy. The
youngster, about 6 years old, who
marched behind his mother, was
in true mountaineer style. His little
coat hung at his little back; on his lit
tie legs were knickerbockers and long
stockings, and on his feet q pair OF lit
tie hob-nailed shoes; in his hand he car
ried q little alpenstock. His mother
was q good walker, but she did not
leave her boy behind. With strides as
long as his little legs could make. he
followed her bravely down the hill,
punching his sharp stick into the
ground at every step, as if he wished to
make the mountain feel hat he was
there. He was just as full of the spirit
Of the Alpine climber, and enjoyed his
tramp quite rs much, as the practiced
mountaineer who Was striking away to-
ward the Kulm.-Frank II. Stockton,
in ST. Nicholas.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
Not What He Was Hired For.

A man was bounding around in a car on
a new Dakota road when the conductor
came through.
Can you tell me-" said the man with a
great show of sarcasm, whether this car is
on the track or not?"
"Sir!" replied the conductor reaching
into his pocket, here is a volume of the
rules and regulations of the road"
But what do / want of it?"
Look it over and see if you can find any
rule saying that / must spend my time run
ming alongside of the train reporting its
position to passengers. See if there is any
thing in that volume that compels me to go
humping myself along on the prairie and
yelling through the window -Four wheels
off now! or Hind trucks dragging on the
ties! or Gentlemen, the baggage car has
just rolled into the ditch! or Passengers
will please remain seated while we turn off
here and scoot across the prairie after n
jack rabbitr Look over those rules, sir, and
see if you find any of those directions. If
you don't, in the future please take your
own observations on the wheels"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

He had called at a farmhouse for a glass
Of water, but the farmers pretty daughter
had offered him a glass of milk instead.
Won't you have another glass;" she asked,
as he drained the tumbler with a sigh and
appeared TO be taking in the emptiness
with both eyes. "You are very good" he
"but I am afraid I shall rob you.
"0b. no." with emphasis; I'VE have so
much more than the family can use that
we're feeding it to the calves all the time"
Oskdloosa Herald.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
He Know Hts Men.

Western Desperate (who has killed ten
men. and is being tried for murder, remarks
to his counsA)-"That's all right; l
couldn't have picked a better jury myself. +"
Lawyer Tin assouishment)-"Why, man,
three of them are Christians. They will
vote to hang you every time"
Desperado-"Don't be too sure of that.
! have lone lots of favors for them that
they will not forget now I've given them
lots of business
Lawyer-"Business? Favor?"
Desperado-"Yes, business, and lots of
it. Those three Christians are undertake
ers."-NeU York Graphic.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
II Was the Proper Diet.

lie Gush--Aw, De Sappy, my deah
boy, let's 60 into this eating house,
doncher know, and get a lean mutton
chop and some stale bwead.
De Sappy-Why, chappie, isn't that
rawther q howwid diet. doncher know?
"It's what the doctah has ordered the
Pwincs Of Wales to eat, 80 Of course it's
all wight"
"Of course il is; come along. Pitte.
bNroh Chronicle Telegraph
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
Queer Security.

Il wish you would pay mi for those
pants. I've been waiting more than a year
for the money"
Il can't pay you just now, but I'll get
you another customer. My friend, Bill
Yardly. will let you make him a suit on
credit"
But I don't know him"
THAT makes no difference. stand good
for him."-Teras .Siftings.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

i hear that you were completely burned
out, Bigtigger. Lost everything.s l sup
pose?"
"Oh, no! House gone, Of course, but all
my furniture and personal effects were
saved. Everything, in fact, except the pi-
ano."
Why wasn't that saved?"
Because none of the fremen could play
on it. "-Phitddelphia Call.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
ImporMnt.

When you visit or leave New York City, save
baggage, exrressage, and % carnage hire, and
stop at the Grand Union Hotel. opposite
Grand Central Depot -.
Gl3 rooms, fitted up at a cost OF one million
dollars, 81 and upwards per day. European
plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied VITA the
best. Horss cars, stages, AMI elevHt>d rail-
road to al dcpots. Families can live liter for
less money at the Graad Union Hotel than at
auy oth,r frst-cla-s hotel IN the city.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

lions eyes, . beautiful pair Of hands and
o great deal OF intellect" The notary
asked him what settlement he made on
her. immortality" he replied; "the
names Of the wives OF kings die with
them, but that Of the wife OF Scarron
will live forever. -Moryison's NeW
Roo6.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
Nine. de Maintenon a. a Girlish Bride.

When the contract between Paul
5carron and the girl who afterwaEd be-
same the famous Mime. de Mmntenon,
King Louis XIV's wife. was being
irawn up, Scarron said that he acknowl-
edged - tho property oi the bride ian
ncons ef tour louis. two large, rsbsl-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
Three True Kisses.

There are three kisses in a world of mis-
cellaneous kisses that may be counted true
the kiss which the mother lightly lays
upon her baby's dewy lips, the kiss the
mother gives her boy as he goes forth into
the world, and the kiss we press upon the
still, pale lips of the dead. All the rest are
like the strawberries in the bottom of the
basket-to be taken with suspicion.-Chi-
c0UO journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

Palpitation, Dropsical Swellings, Dizziness,
Indigestion, Headache, Ague, Liver and Kid,
ney Complaint, Sleepiessness cured by wells
Health Rrnewer." Elegant Tonic for Adults or
Children.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
Satisfactory Evidence.

J. W. Graham, Wholesale Druggist of Aus
tin, Tex, writes: Il havo been handling DR.
WIN. HALLS BAISAM FOR THE LUNGS
for the past year, and have found it one
of the most salable medicines I have every
had in my house for Coughs, Colds, and even
Consumption, always giving entire satifaction.
Please send me another gross
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
Sudden Wealth.

Old Gentleman TO tramp, TO whom he
has just given a niekel,-Now, my friend,
what viii YOU do with all that money?
Tramp gazing awe-struck at the nickel
Il think Ill put part of it in the bank, sir,
and the rest OF it I'll send for q peach
blow vase.--Neu York San.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
4 Mast Iiheroi IN

TEE yo1TAIc BELT CO., Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their Celebrated VoITAIc BELTS
and Electric. ApI ~liances OH thirty days trial to
any man afflicted with Nervous Debility, Loss
If yit,lity. Manhood, dc. illustrated pamph-
let in sealed envelope with full! particulars,
mailed free. Write them at once.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
A Princely Reward Offered.

With no intention of hattering anybody
we would like to effer a ~princely reward for
the name of any American young lady who
has gone abroad who had not been pro-
claimed the "reigning beauty" of Paris or
London. The girl who does not succeed
in getting herself thus announced is lacking
in the spirit of American enterprlse.-In-
dianapOlis journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
A Competent Critic.

Van Danb-"You are criticising this pic
ture a good deal. Did you ever draw one?
Porker-"Oh, yes"
Van Daub--"And pray where?'
Porker-"In II rattle, me boy"-The
Rambler.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

whats the name of your horse?" asked
Jones of Brown, after he had driven around
aim once or twice on the road.
Congress"
Funny pane. What do you call him
that for?"
Because he never passes anything"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

One among the many eminent church
dignitaries who have given their public en-
dorsement to the wonderful efficacy of St.
Jacobs Oil, in case of rheumatism and
other painful ailments, is the Right Rever-
end Bishop Gilmour, Cleveland, Ohio.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
THIN PEOPLE.

sWells' Health Remover restores health and
yigor, cures Dyspepsia, Malaria, Impotence,
Nervous Debility, Consumption, Wasting Dis.
eases, Decline. Il has cured thousands, will
cure yon.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

PRESERVED

If yon are losing your grip on life try swells'
Health Remover" Goes direct to weak spots.
Great Appetizer and aid to Digestion, giving
strength to stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

A YOUNG poet out West, in describing
heaven, says: 1T is a world Of bliss
fenced in with girls"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
Something albOut Giasa.

Mr.. Charles HI. Adams, Of Philadel-
phia, writing about glass, says: It is re-
lated by Pliny that some merchants or
mariners having a cargo of natron (salt
OF Soda on board their vessel, landed
on the banks of the Belus, o small
stream at the base of Mt. Carmel, Pal
%estine, and finding no stones to rest
their pots on, placed under them some
~natron, which being fused by heat with
the river sand, produced q liquid
and transparent stream. Such is the
traditional origin of glass four thousand
years ago. 1t was introduced by Vene-
tian workmen into France and England
in 1453 and 1857 respectively. Glass, in
fiat pieces, had been found in the ruins
of Roman houses, both in England and
Italy; in the house Of the Faun at Pom
pei a small pane in a bronze frame re-
mains. Between the third and tenth
centuries it was largely used in the inn
mense windows of churches and castles,
but its general application to glazing is
of comparatively modern introduction.
With the settlement of the New
World, glass works were established at
VHhiNoeoNh ~, III IOlO, u were uG-
stroyed during an Indian massacre in
1922. The next factory was built at
Temple, N. H., in 1850, and destroyed
by fire in 1871. The present annual
production in the United States amounts
to $22, 900, 900, the work of 225 factories,
employing over $4,000 hands, and re-
quiring a capital of over $40, 600, 900.
When Emperor Justinian, I. erected
the temple of st. Sophia, in CONSTANT
nople, in the fifth century, he filled inn
mense windows with plates Of glass
fitted into pierced marble frames. This
is the earliest mention of plate glass,
but progress in perfecting its manufac-
ture was slow. B%lancourt, in 1893. saws
that plate glass was invented two hun.
dred years before by o workman, who
while melting glass split some, which
ran under a fiat flag some; when taken
out it had formed a perfect plate. st.
Jerome says that in his time glass was
cast into plates for windows. In
1873, neal Prescott, Lancashire, Eng
land, works were established on a large
scale called "The Governor and Com
pany of British Cast Plate Glass Man
u%facturers," which has been in constant
and successful operation ever since.
Until this time, however, plate glass
was generally blown similarly to other
glass, but since then the casting of
plates has become universal, because
larger pieces can be made than by any
other method. The company now
known as "De Pauw's Plate Glass
Works" New Albany, Ind, was the
first to manufacture plate glass in the
United States. about 1870. There are
now six plate-glass factories in this
country. employing over 1000 hands,
engaging 5000, 600 capital, with an
annual output of over 81, 800, 900.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

The sheep-raisers Of North California
are complaining Of the ravages OF wolves
and wild cats among their sheep.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

THE prison labor problem has been mar
rowed down by the New York commission
to the State contract or the piece-price
plan,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
Narrow Escape.

Five dollars Gun be saved every year I'm
boots and shoes by usi.g Lyon s Heel STIFF
toner's; cost only 25c.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

Sick and bilious headache, and all derange-
ments of stomach and bowels, cured by DR..
P1e-ce's sPellets'-or anti bilious granules Is
cents a vial. No cheap boxes to allow waste of
virtues. By druggists.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

MAJ. REDMOND. the c noted noon
sinner, is experimenting a Government
distilleay in Walhalla, Tenn.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

A MISSIONARY was asked the cause OF
his poverty. principally because I
have preached % often without notca,s
N asd.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
Good Books.

No doubt many of the boys and girls
who happen to read these articles are
already reading Walter SCOTS novels,
and are enjoying these marvellous stories
as hundreds and thousands of older
people have already done. Unlike the
other books We have been talking about,
the novel is purely fictitious. The in
cidents and people described in its
pages have not. as a rule, existed out
side the brain of the novelist. One
would think, therefore, at first, that
novels have very little to do with real
life and real people; but the more we
study the best novels the more we shall
see that the purpose of the novelist is
always to make a picture of life as it
really is. A good many of the famous
novels. such as Charles kingsley's
"Hypatia," Charles Reade's "The
Cloister and the Hearth" George
Eliot's "Romola," Walter SCOTS
"Ivanhoe," Thackeray's Henry Es-
mond," are called historical novels, be-
cause the writer means to portray peo-
pie who nee lived, and incidents and
events which once took place. Pro-
fessor Ebers' stories, which so many
people have read in these last years, are
of this kind. The great majority of
novels, however, are not historical;
many of them are written only for the
amusement of an hour. and are not good
enough to serve even that poor use; but
there are a great many novels that have
already lived a good many years aid
will live a great many years more, be-
cause they are so true to life. The
more we read these novels the more
clearly we understand that, although a
novel is fictitious and the people il it
are pure imaginations, nevertheless
that which gives it value is its fidelity
to life. The great novelist is always
studying men and women whom he
meets in order to create in his stories
men and women who shall be lifelike
and natural; and q good MANY novelists
have succeeded SO well that the char
acters they have created seem as real
to us, often more real, than a great
many men who are famous in history.
Thackeray's Colonel Newcome" is o
great deal more real to many people
than Julius Caesar or Alexander the
Great. So you see that even in pure
fiction it is life which inspires the writer
and gives his story its only value
Christian Union,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

THE docile donkey hitched to q low two
wheeled cart will form o prominent feature
at the summer resorts this season.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

A in New York sells boots and
shoes for dogs that have sore feet.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
A Good Name.

SOFT, plant, and glossy hair results from the
use OF Halls Hair Remover.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

II afflicted with Sore Eyes. use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell It. 25c.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
RED-BVGS, FLIES.

Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, water -bngs,
moths, rats, mice, sparrows, jack rabbits,
gophers, chipmuuks, cleared out by Rough on
Rats" 15c. IT,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

II you have pain in the back, pale and sallow
complexion, bilious or sick headache, crup-
tons on the skin, coated tongue, sluggish cir.
~culation, or a hacking cough, you are going
into your grave il you do not take steps to cure
yourself. If you are wise you will do this by
the use of DR.. pierce's Golden Medical Dis
c~overy,n~ compounded Of the most eficatious
ingredients known to medical science for Civ
ing health and strength TO the system through
the medium of the liver and blood.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

The only cough mixture before the
people, that contains no opiates or narcot-
les is Red Star Cough Cure. Price, twenty
FIVE cents.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

SSsNS4z11 N0s1n ~ Mo1x Wns do0eb
~ fS,sssosss , rssa y ~.
~ HI IA so-ssy..
49, z16ssAea4 xsNsstN
nEFU III NJ lID
@$sss# bEaBlsAH Bi.AlH.
---
- etaGo ttOpped at Tie porch OF the
TIT UampingtOn Hotel; the travellers
u1tf6fed-amOngwt them ! striking looking
1na N = handsome coat, that, with its
y breadth Of shoulder, its fur
N7S5 md faf collar. gave him something
= AuSstan aspect. He was handsome,
A2<le1 md about thirty years Of age.
4lA6sf was ready. AZ the head OF the
taoie set he landlord, who presided with
Gsea& Adabdliey. He spoke to M
1hesc we're permanent a. well cs tran
siene guests " The house. One lady.
~coilurs, had ! sort OF eala air about her.
neen - tho wedding, Mrs. CrOsby?"
he said. And did It not go of wellf And
wAss theb bride - pretty and the groom rs
unimpOTtant - usuAl? A man is never SO
cntifsly ovcriooked % at his own wedding,
Z rlnless, indeeds his mother Is there to
Wonaee Why - tne : fellow chose such q
gisL
~ hel1 laughed Mrs. Crosby. "What u
lM.1l ycu are Tor jokes. Mr.. FELTON,! Well,
- mother wasn't there, | assure you: for
ne = be too old to get about. II she's
living. He's eighty, ! am told. To think
~ = woman ~ twenty five accepting such
~ cid cfoetuTcln
~ ! darling widow In . year OF so. One OF
or bek3es. sir,n be said, addressing the
assanges ct whom W have spoken. .1liss
heutAh Blair, Dr.. Biairs only daughter,
~ pretty . young lady - the sun shines
-"
Evexyone - table noticed the strangers
sses a this -communication fell on his ear.
H Iuddy color faded, his eyes dilated; he
satthsss = white - though smitten With
deaih; for ! moment he did not speak.
ia blood rushed back to his face. He
ltd ne QlAss at his plate in the air. "A
$500 e tne bride he cried, @and long
toe1t, ono Or Two Of them forming the
.epfniou shat this fur-coatsd ~stranrer WINS
s1nn 1870 fr.c.,rar - r.a ~."..S. -
ssscnish thsm. 80 49, 's'0issa %
8 nisseures ~Ssr ~ mani sn sas o va au. us
sscendsd . ~ room TO which his luggage
- poen carried. His sudden pallor had
80 ~ cheek = ths bidding Of 3 terrible
iSS fciIrd ~ nm n;ns icrn vns ,a 3 wnsfe ne
- fcstans. Is had returned. crowned
M1fA sucoess, 70 marry precisely this Beulah
h5.ir--thts bride of the old man Of 80. She
hAa vowed herself 70 him, worn his ring.
wsise e:,.l hin s. he tendsrsss Of loye-istters,
m spoke truth. He was not one to 20
AWay without making sure that there wa
no mistake about that, Warming himself
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

Life seems hardly worth the living to-day to
many a tired, unhappy discouraged woman
who is suffering from chronic female weakness
for which abe has been able to find no relief.
But there is a certain cure for all the painful
complaints to which the weaker sex is liable.
We refer to DIR. Pierce's "Favorite Prescrip-
ton" to the virtues of which thousands Of
women can testify. As a tonic and neryine it
is UNSURPASSED. All druggists.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
The Thirsty Wheplman.

For imparting tone and strength to the
stomach, liver, and bowels. take Ayers Pills.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants, bed
bugs, vermin, water bugs, skunks. 15c.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
1t Was Only An Earthquake.

We had three earthquakes the other day.
The mass of evidence points to one, a
fair proportion of evidence establishes two,
and some people felt three. Really if
earthquakes keep getting so common,
they'll lose all interest and not be wonder
full any more. You cant scare people in
Japan about earthquakes since they had
twenty-three in twenty-four hours. For
some days we couldn't live without them,
and it took us quite a time to get once more
accustomed to IA steady earth. The danger
is that we'll get used to them in San Fran
cisco, but l don't think earthquakes in such
moderation an objection. They give a zest
to life and shake up the cup occasionally.
The first earthquake the othel day was a
little after II o'clock, l am told. A lady
from the East had just arrived in own md
got comfortably settled TO lunch. Every
thing about California was lovely and she
was in a state of delight when the pictures
began to flap and the windows to rattle.
"Goodnes! What's that?"
Only an earthquake"
AN earthquake"
Yes; it's nothing; We quite frequently
have an earthquake at lunch"
She wanted to go home on the afternoon
train.-Sdn Francisco Chronicle.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23
BUCHU-PAIBA.


Cures all Kidney Affections, Scalding, Irrita-
Stone, Gravel, Catarrh of the Bladder. 81.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-06-23

Rough on Corns hard or soft corns, bunions. II
-
"Rough on Toothache." Instant relief, 15c.