davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1886-02-09

al think this bouncing, n constituent
feature Of the initiation of members to
the different winter sporting clubs, is q
dangerous amusement" remarked n man
at the Ryan, as the members of the st.
Georges Suowshoe club, attired in their
white blanket suits, were busily engaged
In tossing a new member high into air.
81 remember 1t was quite general nj
college when | was n young man, al.
though we used a piece of canvas, the
tossers holding to handles that were at
tached at the extreme end of the canvas.
We tossed n man until we got tired. One
night a slight young fellow was tossed.
AS the canvas was pulled taut, he was
sent high into the air, and falling on the
canvas was again sent ceilingward. The
next time he fell in such u way that his
body landed on the canvas, but his head
dropped over one of the ends. The fall
was sufficient to break his neck, and be.
fore we knew it we had n corpse on the
canvas. Since that night / ave never
enjoyed the bouncing exercise. '"-Pion
eer Press Casual Listener
, 1886-02-09

"Did you kill any Buffalo in Montana
last fallS" was asked n Miles City mar
the other day.
"Not n Buffalo did I or any other mar
KILL he replied. "Therc aren't n
People talk about the buffalo being
driven north into the northwest territory
but they weren't. They were killed. In
the winter Of 10 there were 100000 buffalo
in Montana. They came down from th'
ranges, when they were showed under, II
one immense drove, and were slaughtered
by the thousand. One hundred and hftl
thousand pelts were shipped from Mile
City alone. III bet my last cent tina
there aren't 100 buffalo In the west."-Chi
cago News.
, 1886-02-09

Just as I regard a frost proof lower
animal, so also do l respect the frost proof
higher one, man himself. l can see little
to admire in the organization OF one who
fears the frost; because, whatever his
mental endowments may be, he lacks an
essential of the perfect physical man, that
is manhood. AS for boys they arc like
persimmons in this, that they never APP
proach real maturity until tho frost has
sweetened them, and removed the pecu-
liar acerbity Of some green things.
The lad who has never gathered shell
banks when his fingers tingled, or never
brushed the October frost from the clover
stubble with his bare feet, has missed an
experience in early life which would have
sent him into the world with harder
muscle and steadier nerves for duties
which might await his coming. Your
vigorous men with ruddy faces are Of
supreme good nature, for life is sweet to
them" 1t is the confirmed dyspeptic who
has the monopoly Of that worst form OF
i'll humor, chronic peeyishness Outing.
, 1886-02-09

The habit of administering quinine in
powerful doscs. as M antidote to malarial
malndics. was once dangerously common.
Happily this practice has undergone a
sidc reform. Not only the public, but
professional men have adopted, not who'll
II. "f coursc, Int largely, Ilostetter's
Siumarh Bitlers rs "A sai;' bitanic subeti-
tutn for the rcrnicions alkaloid. The
Consequences Of this change are most i'm.
l%ortant Nos fever aud ague sufferers
nre cured lormcriy their complaints were
only Tor the time relieved, or half cured
the remedy failing Ia pr,duco.any apprc-
ciahlc effect. except the doses were In
creased, A course of the bitters, persis-
icntly followed. hncaks M the worsi at
larks aud prevents their return. The
evidence in favor of this sterling specific
and household medicine is Of no ambigu-
Gus character, but positive aud satisfac-
tory, and the sources whence il proceeds
are very numerous.
, 1886-02-09

Speaking OF dogs, let me suggest a SIM
pie way Of settling this hydrophobia talk.
Has not the dog about served his purpose
on earth2 And is not that why he is n
n%uisancei And is not mat why he goes
madt What is that about "whom the
gods would destroy they first mark
madfr
Well, now, this is my simple plan of
settlement: Let us put the dogs among
the extinct species. One extinct species
more or less would not trouble science
much, and It would save lots of children
Suppose we put the dogs aside-retire thu
dogs, as it were, and give the children n
Miller
, 1886-02-09
ARE lHe MOONS RAYS HuRrFuL,
Some rather Singular Notions In Regard
To Its Eject Upon Materials.

'fahf h'th' III - - AhfEtfd
To Its Eject Upon Materials.
\ subscriber 10 the La Semaiues DIES
Constructor describes solnc singular
n"tious in regard to tLr effects 81 monl-
liglit on various materials. particularly
iliose employed in building. which prevail
IA the French provinces. Several writers
IN matters ~ construction. inelu ling
Ninlirt-le-Duc. have adNerted to The uIin-
ion common among musons that moon
light produces II sort of honeycombing OF
the siirfaces OF certain kinds of stone,
lowing ms one OF the architects of tho
last century says, "tO the dampness and
GOODNESS OF the moons rays" Niollet-le-
Due prefers to lay the damage which in
contestihly occurs on the south side OF
buildings constructed OF porous stono to
the rays OF the sun. rather han those OF
the moon, and explains II by pointing out
that the suns rays often in wiuter cause
violent changes In The temperature OF
dark stone placed in It's light, sometimes
raising the surface In n few hour from
far below the freezing point to q degree Of
warmth quite perccptible TO the hand; 80
that the south side Of walls or columns
undergo strains from sudden expansion
and contraction which are not felt on the
shaded side.
The French country people, however, do
not SHARE this opinion. Among the women
II is regarded rs . well known fact that
moonlight is not only more injurious Than
sunlight to the complexion but that silk
and wooden materials are faded more rap
idly by the moons rays han by the bright
est sunshine, while the men think il only
natural that an aren't so powerful in its
effects upon these substances should act
u~nfavorably upon stone, Many of them,
indeed, 90 much farther, and attribute to
the moonlight an influence upon iron
hardly less baneful thnn its effect on
stone, and many poor farmers, who have
no sheds under which to shelter their
wagons and iron tools, build rough screens
facing the south, behind which all their
ironwork can be protected from the noon
light.
1t is still supposed by thousands Of
French farmers that the rays of the full
moon in spring burn the leaves of their
growing vegetables; hut this notion has
been satisfactorily explained by the oh
servation hat in clear nights in spring
the radiation Of heat from the caves Of
plants near the ground is ofteu SO rapid
as to chill them below the freezing point,
so that they become curled n brown
even when the temperature of the air over
them is considerably above freezing; and
il is probable that some Of the injurious
effects attributed to moonlight upon other
objects may be accounted for in the same
way. Every one knows that dew will rust
iron and steel more rapidly than almost
any other natural agent; and as n screen
i%nterposed between n WACO or pillow and
the sky would, by intercepting the radia-
tion from it, prevent the deposition OF dew
upon the metal, IL can be easily seen that
such n screen might, during the clear
nights in which dew is formed, serve as n
valuble protection to the farmers tools,
without reference TO the shade which ii
would afford from the moons rays
American Architect.
, 1886-02-09
TIL REPTILE OF THE NILE.


Curious Facts-The Zlo FAC.
And now TO speak Of a reptile with
which the very word Egypt seems
associated. | mean the crocodile. 1
wish | could say that / had often met
with it, and was quite familiar with the
creature; but truth compels me 10 state
that ] did not see one alive during my
stay. Once or twice natives have pointed
out to me-, in the wide reaches Of tho
river, long dark looking bodies reposing
ON sand banks in the far distance, which
they said were crocodiles; but / am
afraid they were crocodiles only in the
Imagination of my informants, and
closer inspection (had we been able to
make III would have proved them very
wooden-in fact mere logs. A young
which had been shot near Luxor was
ltorcl to us for sale at that place; but
the reptile is 10 very rarely seen below
the Sseond cataract at Wady Halfa. The
noisc OF the steamers, and the ~unceasing
pursuit by tourists, has made them seek
Iuicter feeding grounds.
| am informed that every crocodile
that il killed bears marks Of having been
shot at many times before. My inform
ant told me Of one he Ind seen which
had marks Of no less than twelve bullets
III various parts of tho hide, several of
the bullets being actually lodged, fiat
tened and distorted, between the plates
Of his armor The only vulnerable places
are the back of the head and under the
aXilIa. The inside Of the mouth is COW
cred with leeches. This accounts for n
cnripds fact. which was observed by
i!'rulotus 1900 years ago, that wher-
ever The crocodile is there will also be
cen the black headed and spur-winged
pl-ycr, which feeds on leeches, and
which is said ven 10 venture into the
open mouth OF the crocodile, az it basks
Oh the sand. in search Of these creatures.
rl,ia bird was called by Herodotus tho
.rpthilus; and from its peculiar note is
named zic zac by the Arabs of to-day,
who, Of course. have something TO say
about H.. They assert that sometimes
the crocodile, in its usual absent-minded
way, forgetting that his little friend is
packing his teeth for him, suddenly closes
his capacious jaws and makes the zic FAC
prisoner. The Arabs say hat the bird at
once begins to pick the inside OF the
crocodilc's mouth with his spurred
pinions, TO assist his companions mem
Dry and remind him that he has not
quito finished his dental operations.-M.
Middleton Pavey in Leeds Mercury.
, 1886-02-09

am going TO quit the practice of law
FOR n time at least. and devote all my
leisure to general reading. A mnn
engaged in the practice of law can-or
should-read nothing but law books,
and a only read a small proportion Of
the number of important law books that
are issued. When he quits reading law
books he should quit practicing law, for
law is a very jealous mistress, and will
not accept divided or partial attention
find that while l have been practising
law ] have neglected general reading,
and am away behind on the literature of
the past twenty years.-ExiSenator
Harrison.
, 1886-02-09

Whales do not spout water. They spout
vapor. or breath. When n whale spouts,
his spout hole" as whalers call 1t, is
always above water. The enormous
volume OF the whales breath, expelled
suddenly into the different temperature
OF the air, causes the white bushlike
Vapor to remain suspended for n moment,
like the steam from a locomotive. The
only time a whale spouts liquid is when
he has been mortally pierced by n lance,
and hen he spouts warm blood. The
sound Of a whales spouting Is almost cx
actly like the putting roar OF "A locomotive
blowing on steam. 1 nave seen boats
pass through the suspended vapor Of a
spout, often. when a school Of COWS
and caves has been struck Cor 8oston
srrnnscrint.
, 1886-02-09

Parisians have abandoned the word
"chic" as applied to handles, and substi-
tuted "becarre" therefore. The "becarre'
must be grave and sedate, after the Eng
lish model, with short hair, tight high
collar, small mustaehe and whiskers, hut
no beard. He must always look 30 years
of age, must neither dance nor affect the
~frivolity of n floral buttonhole, or any
jewelry. must shake hands Imply with
ladies, and gravely reno his head 10 gen.
tlemen. "BacarrcT-being translated-if
%snatural" used In a musical sense.
, 1886-02-09

Each race and people admire its own
style OF nose. The Semitic nose never
been associated in our minds with beauty
yet we are spoken Of contemptuously by
the Arabs and Syrans as -Flat-nosec
Franks" Shakespeare, on the other
hand, must have thought a Turks nose
most abominable, for he takes care 70
have Il thrown into the witches hellbroth
In Macbeth" The Africans are proud OF
their broad, HAT nose, and some tribes
even insert artificial objects 10 increase
their pet defor, 9 -oit Free Press
, 1886-02-09
The ROSE.


When Nature shaped her rustic beauties
The brighteyed daisy, the violet sweet,
The b~lushing poppy that mods and
trembles
In its scarlet hood among the wheat
She paused and pondered-and then she
fashioned
The scentless camellia proud and cold,
The spicy carnation freaked with passion
The lily pale for an angel to hold.
All were fair yet something was wanting
OF freer perfection, OF larger repose-
And again she paused Then in one glad
moment
She breathed her whole soul into the
rose.
w. w. Story.
, 1886-02-09

Mr.. fauxpas TO young lady)-Ah,
Miss C~haumante, | have just come from
the side of Mrs. Smith. who has been
asking me about the beautiful young
lady at the flower table. Miss C.. Zap
pcnring Ia busy herself arranging some
nosvcr-Have You never known how /
detst natteryt Mr.. +. (who thinks he
may have blundered)Lo, but really. IL
81 dark over where she Is sitting. One
can hardly see you.-Harper's Bazar.
, 1886-02-09

Efforts have recently been made In
Europe TO invent small steam craft capa-
hle Of being propelled at almost express
railway train speed. A small vessel for
service in the Adriatic is now being con
strurted by a Prague engineer, the speed
II which will, it is alleged, equal that OF
q fast railway train. This result is ex-
Pected T rom an improved screw and a
novel method Of construction. Great in
ter'~t is manifested in the experiment
Exchange.
, 1886-02-09

To bank cashiers and others about T.
visit Canada for various reasons the fol
lowing description OF n Montreal or Que
bee police court may prove interesting
Both French and English are used, nc
cording TO necessity; and the Judge law
yers, and jurors are required to speal
either language. Sometimes both Ian
guages are spoken at once; and particu
larly curious effects are observed when
French-C Canadian, who has learned En-
glish from an freshman, Is called To tn.
observation-disclosures.
, 1886-02-09

Prince Bismnrcls's idea of the freedoA
OF debate during his first period Of pnrlif
mentary service may be gathered fromh hi
suggestion that "half n dozen drummer
should be placed on the ministerial lenel
and hat all interpretations SHOULD Dc a.
swered with n roll OF their Tram
, 1886-02-09

The great Burmese river. the Ira
waddy, is much like our upper Missouri
IN respect 10 its sand hans. These often
accumulate or shift across tho channel
in a single night. and steamers caught
On them have sometimes to stay then a
month. A new pilot is needed about
very ten miles, which is all the space he
can keep himself informed upon from
day Ia day.-Chicago Herald.
, 1886-02-09

Yer ken make mo- enemiea by doin
favoru den yer ken by ncfusin' EN-. FL
yer wants or pusson Ter hate yer, put him
u'cr oblergations ter yer.-ArkansaSs
''mNeisr.
, 1886-02-09

FREE TRIAL osssndss .,; eI eases %sn, Of
and physical weakness. lost manhood. nervous
prosimiion, result Of indiseretion. exercises or
any other cause. cured BY Nervttn, Strnng
faith that IL will curr every case prompts me
hostage. etc. DIR. A. a. DIN. Box 30. Chicago
, 1886-02-09

rs
Edwin ~. miller
Application having been made NJ this onlee
bv G~orKe Good rich to contest the validity
II that par Of desert land entry M. 1914. em-
brAced Ia The VI ~ aud a ~ Z see. 81,
and ~ ~ = see. o. .tpa ~. IA rfn ". snid cntr
being made ~ The sth dAN Of May, 1881. by
I'D u u. miller. at this ofnce. will "a view
to the cancellation Of such parf of said entry,
contestant alleging. Thai part Of said land viii
rAlsr q valuable crnp ~ hay without irrigation,
and that on part tiere l. now growing q lnne
amount of timber. and that there a nov stan
ding on said Land a. many a. lts1 trees. In size.
from four Inches o. one foot ln diameter. A
hearing u Therefore ordered In HaId rasc. and
the parties arr hereby summoned 10 appear At
this onice on the lnth dAY Of March, nj 3 O'Clock
ceming said allegations.
EDuAR \. WILSON. Register,
WILLIAM n. GAnHAHD. Receiver.
, 1886-02-09

Edward Shepherd, Of Harrisburg. III
say Having received NJ much benefit
from Electrr Bitierr, | feel it my duty To
let suffering humanity know il. Have
hal - Running son IN my leg for eight
,e.rs. nv l.~ior4 inli me | would have
a. h.va The laaw -rul~l or beg %animia.
I'D us,,l instead, three lntilc~ ui
i.h~st-. Bitten and sven boNrs If Buck
Lsi- Amira al,r, nnd my beg Is nov
sand aisi will
n.parsc Hiitcr~ arr sold at iliy cents a
lsaiis. as.d liurklen's Amica Snlve At
tu.srs Sac seats per box hy w, n Hunt.
, 1886-02-09

Canadian militianen receive only "A
cents per day. and ARE required To give
eight days service In n year
, 1886-02-09

No man cvs~ did n polite thing vet with
out feeling a little pcouder for il Cen
Jury Bric "A hrac
, 1886-02-09

-Opoiis. Just plain "Opuli, a. tn,
.lanar OF a own ia Cav ,ord county
, 1886-02-09

Legal blanks at the Leader o6oc.
, 1886-02-09

Far One watch repairing,
DAVID MILLER. ldelman block
, 1886-02-09

deeds at the Leader Office.
, 1886-02-09

UNITED STATS iASn OrIIcE .
tHE1 EsNE. WYE. frh. a. issl, 4
George Goodrich
St. Landry democrat., 1886-09-04
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

| THE REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER has
recovered from his illness. He preached
| in Scotland on the Doth.
The recall of the French ambassador at
the Vatican is regarded in Paris as the
first step toward the disestablishment and
| disendowrnent of the Church OF France.
| Ex-Gov. ST. JoHN, of Kansas, opened
the Prohibition campaign in Maine on the
9th.
The Lake Shore aud Michigan Southern
Railroad" is threatened with another
snitchmen's strike, this time by the i'm
ported men who took the places Of the
strikers.
THE experts sent from Washington to
count the money in the sub-treasury at
Philadelphia completed their task on the
9th, and found that the money and the
accounts balanced to penny. The experts
counted about S27, 000 900, of which 49,
600 was in silver.
T. F. BROWN g. Co., furniture manufac-
turers, of Boston, have gone into insol-
yency. Their liabilities are $4,000 and
their assets about $500.
MRS. ANN SOPHIA STEPHENS, the novel
ist, died on the Goth, at Newport, in her
74th year.
SAN FRANCISCO had 100000 fire on
the 21st.
PROF. G. E. STOWE, husband Of Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, died at Hartford,
Conn, on t. Dist, ICED 81 years.
The worst storm on record visited San
Antonio, Texas, on the DIST At one time
the velocity of the wind was p miles an
hour. Several buildings were wrecked.
The loss is estimated at rG0, 600.
TIE war talk il the City Of Mexico has
died out, as it is generally believed that
the two governments will SETTLE the Cut
ting matter by diplomacy.
THE Graenhackers of Tennessee met at
Nashville on the Goth and nominated Thos.
Snodgrass, of Cumberland county, for
Governor.
A MAGNIFICENT residence, to be occupied
be built at Jackson by the Episcopal do
eese % Mississippi.
r. T. WHEELER, of New Orleans, has
been disbarred from practcIng as an at
torney before the Interior Department.
Two million gallons of coal oil were
burned in fire at London on the 21st.
THE Fort Smith and Texas Railway was
at Little Rock, Ark, on the
23d, with capital stock of $5000,0l0
Two assemblies Of the Knights of La
Dor have been suspended by General Mas
ter Workman Powderly because of thei4
membership.
THE deposition OF Prince Alexander %
Bulgaria has astounded the politicians and
inanaaels of England
St. Landry democrat., 1886-09-04

From this Mr. Blaine draws the follow
ing conclusions: If the Democratic party
shall be able TO hold control of the Ma
tlonal Government, the COlored laboreT
In the Southern States will remain where
the Southern Democrats have placed
him politically, subject to the will of the
white man and unable to fix his price
or command his labor. The
colored man will therefore under these
| conditions remain constant quantity in
the labor market, receiving inadequate
| compensation for his own toll and steadi-
~ croWdins down the compensation OF
Whlte labor If not to his own level, yet
lar below its just and adequate stand
ard"
! VI the fishery question MI Blaine mad
much to say. He, contrasted at great
length the attitude of Mr.. Bayard with.
that of Secretary Webster in
1852. "The humiliation OF our sit
uation," the speaker declared: elias
been gratutiously increased by
vote of the majority of the Demo-
cratic party in the House of Representa-
t;yes to throw open the market of the
United States to British and Canadian
fishermen without duty or charge and
without securing to American fishermen
the right to fish in British and Canadian
waters. This is an act of such unaccount-
able rancorous hostility to the fishing
interest Of New England that it is diff
cult even to comprehend the motive.
John Randolph SO hated wool tariff that
he 1elt like walking mile to
kick sheep. Do Northern Demo-
to the fishermen of New England
National interest IN order to intiict
blow upon them.''
The Mexican difficulty was disposed of
by the speaker briefly. "For the United
States to attack Mexico" he said, "with-
out giving her an opportunity to be heard
before an impartial tribunal of arbitra-
ton, would be for our great National
unlimited power to put herself to open
shame before the world.
recall any part of my
affairs with special satisfaction it is
that endeavorcd and almost succeeded
III having the American republics as
sem5le IN order that war between the
nations on this continent should be made
impossible. War in any direction will
prove a great calamity to the United
States, but war forced on Mexico would
be crime marked in a special degree by
cruelty.
In conclusion, Mr. Blaine referred to
the Prohibitionists as third party that
adopts as their ShibOo!eth, that the Re-
publican party must be killed and then
have the cooperation of the Democrats,
free traders and saloon-keepers, and of
all men who wish to keep six million COL
ored people III the South DISTINGUISHED
and oppressed.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-09-04
Repairing the White House.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25-The repairs
to the White House now in progress liz
clnde but one important change in the
construction and old arrangement of the
mansion. This will be the erection of a
large photographers skylight," so as to
brighten the upper floor, the long corri-
dor and some of the apartments which
have heretofore been in almost total
darkness This alteration will add ma
terially to the comfort and attractiyenesS
OF the private portion Of the house,
the library and its approaches, and
will be the most marked Improvement
the building has undergone since Presi-
dent Arthur frightened and beautitied its
public and State apartments. The other
work now in progress comprises the
renovation of two of the private apart
ments and the retouching, cleaning, etc,
Oh every portion of the INTERIOR as well
as an entire new coating OF paint to the
exterior, AMI the reconstruction aud re-
paving with asphalt of the conserya-
tories,
St. Landry democrat., 1886-09-04
Arizona Wants Some Taxes.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Ex-Governor Zu
lick of Arizona, in an interview with Sec
rotary Lamar, called his attention to a
subject which affects largely the interests
of the Territory, namely, the survey OF
the lands along the completed portions
of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad, so that
they can be taxed. Only about one-tlfird
Of the land has been surveyed, and under
the law passed by the last Congress the
surveyed lands can be taxed without
being patented. The Secretary referred
The Governor to the General land Of
flee, where he was told tina: the surveys
would be advanced as rapidly rs possible,
although, owing to tine reduced appro-
Driations, pro Dably only a portion of the
land could be surveyed. The new law
authorizing the taxation OF surveyed
lands before patents are issued affects
large tracts OF land in nearly all the
States and Territories OF the West, and
as soon as the department issues the nee
essary circular OF instruction, the tax will
be imposed.