davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13
. . Q . o . . . . . Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
Q Q o o o 0 o 0 O. 90 o o o o 0 o Q
C0NAWAYS
SPECIAL.

We desire 10 call the immediate atten-
ton OF COTTON FACTORS 70 the tx
TRAoRDINARY CHANCE Ne TODAY
offer them 10 buy at q SACRIFICE the
best piece Of ground now on the market
for Cotton Shed or Warehouse purposes.
This ground Is located Just ONE NILE
FROM COURT SQUARE, has a street
frontage Of about $50 feet on Linden aud
Spring streets, and 0ei feet frontage on
the Memphis a Charleston railroad. IL
Is about 500 feet south Of Deale street
tpavcd), and has two brown and Myrtle
strcetsl outlets 10 Dcale street. Both
Linden and Spring streets at this point
belong 10 this land, and can be closed or
opened at option Of the owner. IL Is alb
solutciy necessary that We sell nj once.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-13
Our Success

In holding the Rcins over the Modes Of every suo.
ccsslye Season, buying our Garments Of the best
Material, the Latest Styles aud Lowest Figures,
Offering same at Small PROFITS, thereby giving our
Patrons and the Public In general the benefit
thereof.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12

the cascades and the streams and the spray
seemed to be reflected upon n screen of
fire. Mirrors were introduced in some
magical manner 10 intensity the effect and
repent the illumination. / have no words
TO describe this remarkable arrangement.
never saw or heard of il before. and do
not now know how IL was done. The reader
may imagine, If ne can, streams OF water rs
large as ones body thrown fifty feet in the
air. and in their fall breaking into millions
OF beads. Then imagine lights so arranged
as 10 send their rays across these millions
Of beads. with mirrors to multiply them in
definitely. every drop of water appearing
to the bcwldered spectator like pearl OF
fire or a melting star. Then at intervals
lime lights with colored glass were intro
duced which made each drop of water a
red star. or "A blue, or a green, or a purple
one. The result cannot be described or
imagined. lit must be seen. The visitors
at Saratoga are treated 10 I'M Illuminated
fountain at the Grand Union Hotel. and
know how beautiful il is. Perhaps they can
imagine something Of the result il that lit
tie illumination should be spread over acres
AMI an ocean of water used.
The finest single fountain in Europe. per-
haps. and that means the entire world. is
upon these grounds. 1t is Greek temple.
OF red and gray marble. with "A white plinth
and pedestal. and rises from marble basin
in the midst OF dense forest Tall streams
squirt from the most unexpected plHces,
from the roots Of the pillars and from their
capital. from every conceivable place.
there being more than a thousand mouths
TO this fountain alone. which keepthe water
in the marble basin foaming and splashing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12

with tortoise she'll and still another done
ia mother of-penr in the same manner.
The bedchaniber Of Catherine is walled
from floor to ceiling with painted porcelain.
while the ceiling is heavily carved and
gilded This is one of the most effective
rooms in the house. There are Chinese
rooms finished I'm teak. Egyptian rooms fin
ished i'm woods from the Nile. Japanese
rooms finished in bamboo. and filed with
the rarest japanese work in porcelain.
ivory. wood. and bronze. There is n sim
liar room done i'm Chinese porcelain, with
pillars of purple glass Thcre are rooms of
all sizes and shapes finished in glass of diff
ferent hues. the walls. ceiling, and floors all
of the same material.
The number of apartments that are hung
I'm Gobelin tapestry j cannot enumerate.
but IL is very plenty all over the palace. In
every room there is "a profusion of orna-
ments and pictures. and there seems 20 be
a portrait of Catherine i'm every one OF tho
five hundred apartments. There is enough
gold in the gided walls and woodwork TO
make thousands ofthe Cars subjects COM
Portable for life, and the precious stones
with which the doors, windows. picture
frames, mantels. cub'ncts. and other furni-
ture are orDamented would give years
schooling TO all the children In Russia.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12
Some I,enarknbio Effects.

In another basin the Jets are 50 arranged
in the center and on tho sides as 10 form
the russian coat ot-arms In water. There
is another peculiar effect produced by AR
ranging little brass tubes about the diane-
ter OF lead pencil. and OF different lengths.
from two inches To three feet, over an area
OF several square yards. When the supply
is turned on there isa fountain in the shape
OF pyramid-a pyramid OF water-the' tip OF
which is twelve or fourteen feet high. and
the base OF about twelve feet square. This.
when Illuminated in the manner in which
have described with lights OF different
colors. is worth seeing. 10 put IL very mild
ly. Just imagine. IL you can. "A pyramid OF
purple water. or green or gold or crimson.
But the greatest curiosity OF all. in the way
of fountains. is n great tree Of bronze.
Every limb and branch ia a conduit. every
leaf n Jet; and when the water is turned on
the effect is most remarkable. a0a4 rnf.
The forest is full OF fairy water scenes
here and there magnificent jets. sometimes
two or three feet in diameter; then foun-
taias that throw-spray over marble nymphs.
and cascades in the most unexpected
places. Basins of water. with blooming
fiowers and foliage plants in the center. like
floating gardens, statuary OF bronze and
marble. artistic arbors and kiosks. some OF
Furnished brass, and every possible form OF
shrubbely and flowers. hrnnnt l9u
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12
Satisfied.

It takes good deal to disturb the
equanimity of thoroughly we'll
ordered mind, as the following incident
illustrates:
Old Aunt Sally Pratt, all her life a
resident of a certain New England vii
lage, was one day sitting by her favor
tie window in an upper chamber of her
house. The aft arnoon was warm and
Aunt Sally suddenly dropped asleep.
The window was open, and, ten minutes
later, the old lady fell forward and, to
the horror of several persons who saw
her, she fell out of the window to the
ground below. When picked up she
gathered herself together in an amaz-
ingly short time, glanced up at the
window and said calmly:
We'll, we'll; / often set at that win
der an wondered how it'd feel to go a
tumblin' out of it, and now 1 know.
Well, well, we'll Queer how things
do turn out sometimes"
The fact that she had turned herself
out of the window gave her no con-
Germ, although she narrowly escaped
being killed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12

him. He lives either at Gatschina or Peter
hoif. the latter being second in extent TO
the palace Ihave Just described. and quite
as hideous in its architecture. II is also
painted the same distressing yellow color.
varied by lines of dark brown. Within the
palace. however. are some beautiful tapes
tries, colorless treasures of art in oil.
bronze, marble. gold. and silver. and n
number of battle pictures which are nota-
BILE. trIFtet.f.-t ar..Et. S.
One room is filed from ceiling to floor
with the portraits OF s63 Russian maidens.
each in n different posture. This was one
OF the freaks of Catherine. Count Rotari.
one of her lovers, was a fine portrait artist.
and. firing of him. she ordered him TO travel
through the empire and paint the picture of
every pretty girl he saw. In one room at
the Peterhoff Palace are the results of his
lifo work, for Catherine never permitted him
TO return to Petersburg. Here. too. are
two portraits Of Catherine. opposite each
other in tho apartments she once occupied.
In one sha appears stark naked;in the 9th or
arrayed in her coronation robos and woar-
ing her imperial crown. She was u queer
woman.
On the broad flight OF stairs which leads
10 the palace at Peterhoff the Car Paul.
the hushandpof Catharinc, the man who
brought her from Germanyito rule over the
Russian people was stripped or all his
clothing bat his shirt by Count Orloff and
other OF his captors, and taken to Peters
burg to die.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12

bons are not to be put on them, and if
there is any other ornament than the
bows it consists, as in the first picture,
of a whole bird.
There are often sharp talks by SYM
pathetic persons upon the fashion of
wearing birds as ornaments, but / do
not suppose it viii have the slightest
effect upon these who imagine that it is
chic 10 walk or drive about the streets
with distorted little mass of feathers,
beak and claws, perched in an impos-
sible position upon a head-dr which
is already several inches too high. The
mother birds are killed, they say, and
the young left to die OF starvation be-
cause certain women insist that it shall
be so. Yet how gentle, and sympa-
thetic, and tender those very women
pretend to b. when it suits their con-
venience. That a nineteenth-century
woman is SO utterly selfish, so hope
lesslv without brains or feeling, and so
incapable of learning even the very
element of humanity, that she must
have birds to adorn herself with at any
cost. This terrible indictment against
rich women is far too sweeping. They
are simply thoughtless, and to put it
tersely, led by the nose by the milliner.
She tells them birds are the fashion,
therefore they wear birds, but | be-
lieve honestly that the majority of
them have sort of vague idea that the
bird is made somewhere, just as lucifer
matches, bead trimmings and buttons
are made. If they could only be per-
suaded that the fashion was an ugly
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12

its having been laid out by an English archi-
tect. TO the palace of Oriane IA baum. the
scene of some OF the most tragic episodes in
Russian history. The palace was originally
built by the notorious Prince Mentchikoff.
the factotum OF Peter the Great. called in
his time the little Gear" because of his in
huence with Peter. and the manner with
which he exercised 1t. 1t is said that his
extreme subservience TO Peter was the
cause of his rapid advancement and his in
fluence at court. for ho used 10 let Peter
kick and beat him like dog. and did all his
dirty work. His influence continued through
the short reign of Peters widow. Catherine,
who ordered her son and successor on the
throne, Peter IL. to marry Mentchikoff's
daughter; but he refused 10 do so. and as
soon as his mother died sent the favorite.
daughter and all. TO Siberia. and confls-
Gated the property his father had given the
Prince. e - Rn AEIIlE Ar ~
Near Peterhoff the, Gear has small prl-
waite palace. in which he often resides in
summer in preference TO the larger and
more SNOWY one. It was formerly the resi-
dence of one of his uncles and was p,ir-
chased by the present Car. While the inl-
perial family are there the court resides at
Peterhoff. There is still another private
palace called Gatschina and the family are
there good deal.g While was in Peters,
burg the Car was at Peterhoff, and the
King of Greece and his family were occupy
ing GHtScnllu. tr d. :. .tU
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12
BY WILLIAM ELERoY CURTIS.

The Idost beautiful place in all Russia Is
the park which surrounds the famous palace
OF Catherine the Great at Tsarskoe- SEQ,
although the palace itself. so lar as the en-
terror is concerned. is an architecNral
nightmare; and as one author rcniarkS
presents almost every fault that an architect
should avoid. There is no comfort In any
one OF the imperial residences. and great
deal of bad taste eyerywhero, but nowhere
Is there so little comfort and so much bad
taste as at the favorite residence OF Chthe-
rine. although nearly rs much money was
spent upon Il as upon the Winter Palace or
the Hermitage.
None OF the palaces. not oven tho Hermit
age. is so closely associated with the times
OF Catherine the Great as Tsarskoe-Selo.
and there is no other example OF her eN-
travagance so vivid. The vast pile is a
monument to the wicked wasteluness OF a
woman who did not know the meaning of
either morals or money, but gratliled every
within at the cost OF the treasury and the
happiness of her subjects.
The palace grounds cover 1000 acres.
beautifully laid out, filed with statunry In
marble and bronze. and even now require
GOO men 70 keep them in order. A large
triumphal arch was built in the park by
Alexander l., after his return from France,
and there are other ornaments erected by
al the sovereigns since the time OF Eliza
beth. who selected the place for royal
residence and built portion Of the present
palace. There is a large lake, with n beau
tiful bath house in the shape OF mosque
with golden roof. and upon its waters the
Cars have given fetes IN boats and barges.
One portion of the grounds is laid out in
the Chinese fashion. with curious Chinese
bridges. and an absurd Chinese village,
which is occupied by the families Of the gar
deners. There is q museum filled with
armor and other trophies OF war. mostly
captured from the Mongols and Eastern
khopg
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12
The Illumination.

There are miles AMI miles oflattce- work
so arranged that ii can be removed and re-
placed AT pleasure. and on fete nights. such
rs that / have described. the walks and
roads of the park are inclosed with it. On
this lattice-work are placed oil lamps at
intervals OF six or eight inches to a height
of ten feet. These lamps--millions of them
were all lighted, so that all the walks and
roads in the park--mile after mile of them
were inclosed by walls Of living fire. No
where else but ut Peterhoff can this be seen.
and it required 1,SOO men three weeks to
arrange for the Illumination. Besides the
stationary illumination whole shipIoad OF
fireworks were exploded from the bay for
the entertainment OF the people. 1t was
through these walls OF fire that the Emperor
and the Empress with their family rode In a
large wagon. drawn by twelve white horses.
the night OF the fete. TO receive the homage
OF tire neople.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12
The Kitten Beats the Puppy.

Then the mastery of herself which q
cat shows when, having been caught in
position from which there is NO es-
cape, she calmly sits down to face out
the threat of a dog, is marvellous
thing. Every body has seen kitten
on a street doorstep attacked by dog
ten times her size, as apparently self
possessed as if she were in'her mistress
lap. If she turns tail and runs down
the street, she Is lost; the dog will
have sure advantage of her. Even
as it is, if he could get up courage
enough to seize her on the spot, he
would be able to make short work of
her 1t is case Of life and death but
the whole air and attitude of the cat is
one of pure and confident bravado.
you dare not touch me, and you know
it,, is what the position tells the dog.
But she is intensely ON her guard, in
spite of her air of perfect content
Her legs, concealed under her fur, are
ready for n spring; her claws are UNI
sheathed; her eyes never move for an
instant from the dog; as he bounds
from side to side, barking with comical
fury, those glittering eyes follow him
Will lue hetueSI ScIubluy. IL uc
plucks up his courage to grab her.
she is ready; she will sell her life
dearly. She is watching her chance,
and she does not miss it. The dog
tries Fabian tactics, and withdraws
few feet, settling down upon his fore
paws, growing ferociously as he does
SO. Just then the sound of dogs
bark in the next street attracts his
eyes and ears for moment; and when
he looks back, the kitten is gone! He
looksvdown the street and starts wildly
in that direction, and reaches high
board fence just as cats tail-a mon
strous tail for such little cats van
ishing over the top of it. He is beaten;
the cat showed not only more courage
than he had but great deal more
generalship. -BOstOn Transcript q
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12
A Relic of Peter the Great.

Within the park at Peterb off is a memoir
able place. known as Montplaiser. n low
Dutch-looking cottage which was the sum-
mer home of Peter the Great. and in which
he spent much time in study. apart from all
the world but his peasant wife who cooked
his meals for him. IL was here that this
restless. imperious spirit rested--the only
place where il found rest. Here he would
bury himself for weeks at n time. as much
alone as if he were in the midst of "a forest.
and it was n forest then. The cottage con-
tains fine collection Of paintings. being
examples of the best Dutch masters. which
Peter collected in his visit 10 Holland. One
of these pictures represents him as IL ship
wright at Saardam. In one of tn apart
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12
Tho Czarina's Birthday Party.

Tic grounds about tho palace are extern
siNe and shaded by some beautiful trees
The location is much superior 10 that of
Tsarskoe- Selo us it lies upon the Gull of
Finland, and the palace has "a nne.marne
prospect. Since the time OF CatlHrnc it
has been the habit of the soveregns to il
Illuminate the grounds once II year on the
birthday of the Empress and we happened
60 he in Petersburg 10 assist at this fete,
which is always the grandcst ~ the SUM
mer, and the grandest ever saw or expect
to see. Nearly two hundred years expert
ence in Illuminating the grounds, an am
bition on the part OF the art SIS in charge Of
the pyrotochnics 10 excel each other, aud
an unlimited amovnt OF money. for the
Cars mover ask what a thing cost. has
made the annual Illumination OF PeterhofI
4 he finest i'm tho world.
Commencing with the fountains which
are possibly surpassed by those at YER
sailleS, but are more expensive and unique,
the lights, myriads OF them, were intro
duced behind or under tho water. SO that
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12

The quality is, OF course, stouter ana
heavier than that used in gloves of the
same kid, but In ape arance they are
the same. These slippers come in
drsb, black, brown. fawn tint, and
blue, and will doubtless be the great
fuIor for full-dress occasions the com
ing season Satin slippers and ties in
all the delicate shades which cannot be
matched in kid as well as bronze kids
in different styles of Communication.
will also find their way upon the dance
floor as they have heretofore, like old
stand-bys. The Adonis shoe, which
represents the time of classical eos
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12
NEW YORK coRREsPoNDENcE.l


ToIIets-Ever Pickle Fashion's Demands
and Requirements. .nl
NEW YORK coRREsPoNDENcE.l
There is radical change for the
smaller, and therefore the better, In
winter bonnets to be worn at church, at
the theater and in other places of as
semblage, where outspreading MILL
merry has so long been nuisance.
Women who this time last year sought
a head-covering for the genuine pro-
lection it would afford them We're IN
despair. The folly of fashion was car
ried to still more ludicrous and in
artistic extreme by the brims, which
were out of all proportion to their alb
surdly high crowns and face trimmings.
This season all tho exaggerations are
modified. The bonnets shield the back
of the head almost entirely, which the
horseshoe style of last winter did not.
The bonnet is now really bonnet, and
not the toy head gear that it was. But
it must not be imagined that the visual
obstructiveness of millinery is abated,
because, unfortunately, a good proper
ton of our women will go into audi
ences wearing hats, instead of bonnets;
and here ARE pictures of brand-new
hats that are fully as big as their pre-
decessors. These are hats of bows,
and are something entirely new. A
walk through Broadway and Filth ave-
nue. would not to-day disclose half a
dozen examples of them, for they have
only just been brought over from Lon
don, and are barely yet adopted into
vogue by our foremost dressers. 1t
will be seen in the two models sketched
that they are peculiar in having their
broad brims turned up all around, and
in being surmounted by wide, loose
bows of cloth, which sway and flap in
December winds like the sails of a
bark. Feathers and flowers and rib
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12

ments in the wainscoting near the chimney
piece a'e two bullets imbedded in the wood
shotby his daughter while pursuing a deer.
Opposite is Peters bedroom. with his bed
night-cap, sdressingroom. and slippers pre-
served rs he left them. 80
The Empress Elizabeth Peters daughter.
in whose reign the palace of Peterhoif was
built, was n practical joker, and here in the
arbor near the cottage is contrivance of
her invcnton that caused her much amuse-
ment and other people much distress. The
seats OF the arbor are OF perforated iron.
and are connected with water-pipes. so that
she could at any time entertain such guests
as seated themselves there with II copious
shower bath Many fine dresses and gen.
tlemen's costumes have been destroyed in
this arbor to amuse the Empress.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12
A Curious Continuance.

Upstairs in the cottage is "a room where
Peter arranged a contrivance so that be
could dine without the Attendance of serv-
ants. The round table is arranged so that
il can be lowered 10 and lifted from the
lower story by tackle, ana AT each plate
there is similar contrivance so that il
could be lowered and lifted in the same way
without disturbing the rest Of the table. In
the palace OF Frederick the Great at Pots
dam there is also Il similar arrangement
coped from this.
On the shores OF the Gulf OF Finland is
another Of Peters country palaces. built
after Montplaiser called Marley, II plain.
square house. containing dozen rooms or
SO. The furniture is all OF Peters time and
much Of it was made by his own hands.
Here the guide shows "a dressing gown pre-
scented 10 Peter by the Shah OF Persia. and
"a coverlid for his bed presented by the EN-
peror of China. There is also clock that
he made and curious watch which he took
TO pieces and could not put together again.
Peter had pond~dug in front of Marley
and stocked with fish, which he trained so
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12
She Wanted Everything TO Match.

Little Flossy was visiting her papas
sister, maiden lady, in the country.
The child was painfully impressed with
the sameness and primness of every
thing, and one day asked Aunt Maria,
what makes you have everything all
alike?" Because like TO have every
thing match" replied the aunt. WAS
that what mamma meant when she told
papa that you were trying awful hard
to make a match with every old widow
er in town ?" asked innocent Flossy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-12

ported by granite pillars extending arc ind
it. Here therine used 10 gather the poets,
painters, actors, and inventors who were
her royal guests. and set them 10 quarrelng
with one another, white she laughed till the
tears rolled down her cheeks, Tsarskoe-
Selo was 10 her what Sans Souci was TO
Frederick the Great OF Prussia. a hospital,
an asylum, a banquetng hall, and Il her
mtage.
saw hero the great chair in which she
used 20 have herself rolled around when she
got so fat She could not walk, and there IS
a little step upon the side of il on which the
court jester. little dwarf. used 10 stand
and accompany her on her rides. In one
part of the pavilion are the card-rooms
whore the company retired after dinner and
gambled till morning. and Catherine :
splendid Card table is there still. with the
top. at least four feet in diameter, covered
with penrls as large rs the end OF your fin :
ger. There are more than two thousand OF
them. the attendant told me, and Of course
the table is almost priceless.