davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1889-04-20

Two more cars fine shade trees. All
kinds of hardy Shrubs, Roses, small fruits,
etc. now ON hand.
o. d. SHIELDS, Manager.
Sales yard at Mrs. Masten's green.
house.
, 1889-04-20

Legal Blanks at the Leader office.
, 1889-04-20

hstor1ca1 Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
A DREAM OF GOLD.
How Quarter With Hole In IL Was
Found After Many Years.

How Quarter With Hole In II Was
Found After Many Years.
Augusta tMe.) New Age.I
In 1868 Lizzie M. Trask, of Vienna, was
dressmaking in Lewiston. She came into
possession of gold 25-cent piece with hole
In it; this she showed as curiosity to her
friends. At that time she had little niece 2
years old, daughter of Jonathan p. Trask,
now the wife of Leman Butler, trader in Mt.
Vernon. The little coin Lizzie once showed
to her niece Addie, when she was very
small girl, telling her that she would give
it to her when she was old enough to take
care of it. Lizzie died II years ago. In her
possession was a good ladies' wallet with
several compartments. This wallet her
mother used until her death seven years
ago. Then james, brother OF Lizzie's
had it and it has been in constant use
almost daily ever since, either by him or
his wife. The little gold coin was never
seen after Lizzie's death, or before for sew
eral years by her friends, and its wherea-
bouts was not known and in fact its exist
ence had passed from their memory. A few
days ago Mrs. Butler made her parents
visit, stopping with them several nights.
While there: she dreamed that she saw
ASA <Auhb AAALlC . WdAACbJ anu ~ WAS
faced with green, and in certain compart-
ment she found the little gold coin which
she saw SO many years ago. On telling her
mother her dream she was informed that
Lizzie did have a wallet which answered
her description, and that her Uncle James
had it. The wallet Addie had never seen.
She then visited her uncle, and told her
dream to her aunt, who laughed at the idea
of anything being in it other than what she
and her husband had placed there. But at
Adde'S earnest solicitation she produced it,
and as soon as Addie saw it she exclaimed,
That is the same wallet that saw in my
dream, and pointing out the compartment
that held her treasure. She then took
needle, and running it to the bottom she
drew forth small piece of newspaper, and
in it was, indeed, a gold quarter with hole
in it, wrapped no doubt by the hands of her
aunt, at least II years before, where it had
lain all this time, and no one knows how
much longer, without the knowledge Of
anyone until Adde'S dream caused it to
be brought forth.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
GRAY-HEADED GAMES.
Some ofthe Amusements Which Were In
Vogue Long Before the Christian Era.

Some Ofthe Amusements Which Were In
Vogue Long Before the Christian Era.
Boys cannot help being boys, and If it is
any comfort to them to know it, they al
ways have been, says the Youths Compan-
ion; There is no reason to doubt they have
played approximately the same games for
thousands of years. If flavor of antiquity
can dignity sports, the following extract
will satisfy many an anxious parent that
his offspring are entirely respectable in their
methods of amusement.
Sakya-Muni, the founder of Buddhism,
who died probably 400 years before Christ,
gave to his disciples some paragraphs on
conduct. He took a conservative stand
against certain games. The TACT Of his speak
ing of them shows that they must have ex-
listed long before his day. 4.
He says that the true Brahman should re-
frain from 'games detrimental to pro-
gress in virtue; that is to say, with board
of "a squares, or Of 100 squares; tossing up;
hopping over diagrams formed on the
ground; removing substances from q heap
without shaking the remainder; dicing;
trapball; sketehing rude figures; tossing
balls; blowing trumpets; ploughing matches;
tumbling; forming mimic windmills; guess
ing at measures; chariot races; archery;
shooting marbles from the fingers"
The reader will easily recognize in this
list games which he himself has often
played. The first is no doubt chess; but can
any reader tell what the 100 square game
was? Is any such played now? After
these come hop-scotch, jackstraws, perhaps
backgammon, cupball, and cartoon draw
ing.
To our surprise, we find that baseball, the
''great American game" is by no means
recent invention, but rather a survival Of
the fttest. Comets are still nuisance,
and ploughing matches are still heard of
once in while out West. Even in those
days cartwheels were turned and other
frighttul attitudes struck by "contortion-
lists"
Our boys make mimic waterwheels Of
tener than mimic windmills; but the
'guess" game is still favorite; horse racing
and archery are not modern diversions; and
marbles are as popular now as when the
first pair of youngsters went to school. 1t
is claimed that chess dates back about
A, 900 years. What reason is there to doubt
that hop-scotch, ball and marbles are equally
ancient.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01

fragments of conversation together, she
gathered courage from the sum of the i'm
preston they left upon her mind after ref1ec-
tion. Helen Marchant was a good woman
who must not be wronged, who would prove
her friend in her hour of bitter, sore need,
and who would insist on justice being done
to her and her children. If there were
shame to hide, Helen would help her to hide
it. If wrong HAD been done which admitted
of reparation, however tardy and poor,
Helen would not suffer that act of repara,
ton to be left unperformed. Yesl she would
appeal to Helen. She would write to her
and tell her the story of those happy months
at Cote Farm, when Gerald Latour stole her
heart away, of her marriage, and the happy
time since, marred only by the fatal con-
cealment and the trouble that must have
been occasioned to loving hearts in the old
farmhouse in Somersetshire. And then she
would tell Aer of the discovery she had made
that day, and beg her assistance to vindicate
her cause.
The letter occupied long time to write,
but it was done at last. She hastened to put
on her bonnet and cloak, and went out.
Late that evening Meta stood with beating
heart before the business premises of her
husband in Great Chester street. The doors
were closed and fastened for the night, but
there was light feeblv burning in one OF
the upstairs rooms, and a more brilliant
light in the basement. She beat with her
knuckles on the door, and after an interval
there was a sound within as of the shooting
back Of bolts and taking down of bars, and
at length the door was opened and her hus-
band stood on the threshold with look OF
amazement on his face, as though he had
seen an apparition
Without pausing to enable him TO recover
from his astonishment she passed within,
and the door closed behind her.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
AN IMPROBABLE YARN.
A Chicago Man Too Bnshful to Talk to q
Pretty Widow.

Pretty widow.
Chicago Herald.I
''I know it's the general supposition and
the rockbound belief on the part of the most
women that really bashful men don't exist
anywhere of the farm" said Southside
man, 'but know one woman who is con-
vinced that bashfulness can flourish and be-
come confirmed right here in the city, with
the Board of Trade as a stamping ground.
''The lady speak of is charming young
widow who lives with her parents in an ele-
CANT big residence away out south. The
bashful gentleman has been acquainted
with this pretty little widow for a good
while, and short time ago asked her to go
to the theater. / don't know how he ever
nerved himself up enough to make the re-
quest, but he did, and the young woman's
father, who is quite friendly with the BASH
full man, suggested that they use the family
carriage. So he rode down to the mansion on
the Illinois Central, and the elegant car
riage of the widows father rolled up to the
front door to take them to the play house.
The widow was handed in and settled her
self in the back seat. Then the bashful
man to her surprise, took q seat directly
opposite her, and the carriage rolled out on
the boulevard and toward the city.
"The pretty little widow exhausted all
the arts of which she was possessed-and,
being a widow, you may believe they were
numerous-to apprise the bashful man of
fact that it would be proper for him to take
a seat by her side; but he was more afraid
of, her than he ever was of panieky wheat
market. The widow wanted to laugh, and
yet she felt silly, sitting over there alone,
with carriages passing, whose occupants
could see her isolation. All her hints, how
ever, were of no avail, and she finally said:
"'Mr. =, if you are quite convinced
that 1 will not bite, please sit over here.
1t looks much better. You can snuggle
into your own corner if you want to and 90
to sleep. will not bother you.'
"He complied, stammeringly, and
crouched into his corner all the way to the
theater, responding with hesitating mono
syllables to her efforts at conversation. The
home trip was just as bad.
"And this man is one Of the brassiest
brokers on the floor Of the Board of Trade"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
he spUDIED 1T HARD.

How a Museum Orator Unwinds His Tale Of
the sword and Spike Walker.
New York SUM-
There is lecturer in an east-side muse
um who unwinds amazingly. Here is a
specimen Of his oratorical powers. "This,
ladies and gentlemen. ''is Singalee, the sword
and spike walker. She is native of Luck
now, India, and walks with her bare,
naked, and tender flesh upon the glistening,
keen-cutting, bristling, ineisive, penetrating,
needle-like, horrible edges Of quivering,
wavering, trembling swords. and the Jagged,
pointed, tearing, terrible. eross-cutting,
fearful, trightful, horrifying. speari6ed, tri-
pointed. gashing, deep-sinking, death
wounding, feet-ruining spikes dancing and
rolling on bed Of bare and pointed carpet
tacks, and running race on glistening
cimeters.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01

Latour's favor, 80 that when he was ap-
preached on the subject and frankly de-
clared he knew nothing of the matter,
Maurice Dean declared himself satisfied
with the denial, and directed his inquiries
elsewhere.
But two years passed, and still there was
no news of Meta. For long time Far
mer Dean and his son prosecuted their in
quiries, hoping against hope. At last hope
died away, and the quest was abandoned,
and the old Somersetshire farmer entered
into the bitterness of Jacobs lot when the
plant was wrung out of the anguish Of his
soul, evil hath happened to my son."
Meanwhile Meta was living in little
cottage at Willesden, happy on the whole,
though inwardly chafng at the secrecy
which her husband continued to impose,
and frettlng as she pictured to herself the
distress that her hasty and unexplained de-
parture from Cote, and her long silence,
must have occasioned her father and her
brother Maurice. Sometimes she would
take her housekeeper, Mrs. Coppock, a
worthy, respectable woman, into her conf
dence and complain of the hardship of her
position.
cit is too bad" she would say, "when 1
am so happy with my husband and my two
little ones, that cannot even write home
and let them know that am safe" At
such times Mrs. Coppock would sympathize
with Mrs Latour and soothe her with assur-
ances that Mr.. Latour must soon set her free
from her promise to him and allow her to
put her friends out of their long suspense.
Meta rarely broached the subject to her
husband. She had only seen Gerald angry
once, and she could never forget it. 1t was
the last time that she had ventured to urge
him to allow her to go down to Cote Farm
and tell her father everything and give him
ocular demonstration of her welfare. Ger
aid curtly refused and reminded her of her
promise to keep their marriage secret
But Meta, who had been thinking much
of her old home that day, and of the old man
left desolate by her flight. was determined
to persevere despite the chilling reception
she had met with. But to her further re-
quest that she might be permitted to write
to her father, Gerald replied more angrily,
and when she asked that he would himself
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01

after an exhaustive magisterial inquiry both
prisoners were committed to stand their trial
at the next sessions Of the Central Criminal
Court.
1t would have been well for Gerald La
tour if he had had no more terrible accusa-
ton to meet. But there was worse behind,
and Nemesis was walking swiftly at the
heels of the doomed man.
ITO be concluded next Saturday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
SOMETHING ABOUT BOILs.-
What Causes Them and How They should
be Treated.

be Treated.
A boil may be defined as limited area
of inflammation situated in the loose tissue
which binds the skin to the deeper struct-
ures, says the Youths Companion. Gen
orally it starts in or around sweat gland,
and approaches the surface as it grows.
Many theories have been advanced to ac-
count for the origin of boils. but it has now
come to be pretty well established that they
are caused by the growth of the tissues of
certain minute organisms. These are found
in every such abscess; they can be cultivated,
their lie history can be studied, and when
they are placed in the tissues again, under
favorable circumstances, another boil, pre-
cisely like tbe first, is produced.
How these boils find their way into the
system it is sometimes not easy to say, but
probably it is through some slight break in
the skin which has escaped notice. Some
persons seem to present more suitable soil
for the cultivation of the germs than others,
and certain conditions of the system are
very favorable to their development.
"A lower vitality, sea bathing, changes Of
diet, especially during athletic training,
and convalescence from certain fevers are
not uncommonly followed by boils. Child
rem with scorfula aud ricketts, are apt to
suffer. Excessive sweating, lack of clean
illness, the long use Of poultices, the ap-
plieation of irritants to the skin, and espe-
ciaiiy the chafng of clothing, seem to favor
their formation.
ANY part of the body may be affected,
but they are most frequently seen on the
back of the neck, in the arm-pit and on the
lower part of the trunk. Where the skin
is firmly tied down, as in the passage of
the ear. the pain and tenderness become in
tense; in the looser structures it may be but
moderate.
If left to itself, boil will break in four
or five days, and discharge puss and gener-
ally, some dead tissue known as the"core."
It is usual to apply poultices till the abscess
nears the surface, and then make an open
ing, but often, if free incision is made at
the beginning, the process will be arrested.
Poultices are of benefit only to relieve pain;
cision is made, since they serve but to pro-
long the discharge.
More than that, DIR. Pye Smith, of Lon
don, in the course of a recent discussion,
declared his belief that the crops of boils
which sometimes are seen in the case of
schoolchildren are due to the transfer of
germs, by means of poultices, from an open
sore to the glands Of the healthy skin.
The rational treatment, then, is an early
opening and washing out of the boil, using
fluids that are destructive to the germs. At
the same time the general health must be
seen to, in order that it may offer sufficient
barrier to further inroads.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
slzleen Year. wlthoa. q Day on.

Lewiston Journal.l
Most folks think they have stuck to their
work closely when they only take week or
two of vacation in year, but MIR. Joseph
Maddocks, keeper Of Owls Head Light,
has distanced all competitors in close at
tention to business. He is now on trip
West, and it is said that this is the first
time for 16 years. months and Is
days that he has spent night away from
his post. Mr.. MaddOcks deserves to have
an enjoyable vacation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
Not Very Flatferiur.

Detroit Free Press.1
mighty fine woman I saw you lifting
your hat to, back there, old boy"
eyes. rather
"Some mash Of yours?"
YES"
Couldn't introduce fellah, eh?"
might if you'll come up to the house
some evening"
"OhI your wife?"
eyes"
"Pshawl I supposed il was your coOkP'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
BOUND TO PLEASE.
A Georgia Clerk Who is Too Smart TO Show
His Inexperieuce.

A Georgia Clerk Who is Too Smart to Show
His Inexperience.
Jessup (Ga.) Sentinel.1
One day last week a lady called at the
store of Whaley & Lee, and Bill Westberry,
hav1ngijust given his mustache fine twist,
hastily stepped forward to wait upon her.
Bill approached with pleasant smile about
a yard wide, and with one of his most grace
full bows politely informed the lady that he
was at her service. She told him she would
be pleased to see some Corpe de Lisse ruch-
ings. This staggered Bill, but not wishing
to appear green, or at loss, he told her
that be had Just sold the last keg they had
that morning, but had ordered 40 kegs
more, and was looking for them by every
freight.
The lady babe him good morning and
went out smiling, and Bill gave his mustache
another twirl and consoled himself with the
thought Of how fortunate it was to be ready
witted
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
Why Do Women Powder md Paint Before
Visiting a Dentists

New York Sum-
''It's mystery to me, said dentist of
large practice recently, "that woman will
make up her face to come to a dentists
chair. Yet many of them do. Hardly q
day passes that don't have some women in
here rouged, powdered aud pencilled to the
last degree. You would think they would
hardly care to face the strong, cruel light
which 1 employ in my work. or my own
close, if involuntary, scrutiny, but they
don't seem to mind either.
Only yesterday worked for three hours
over woman whose lips were so besmudged
with some vermilion paste that it came off
generously with every use Of the syringe to
wash out her mouth. The powder on her
face busted my coat sleeve with every mo-
tion almost, and L discovered before L was
through with her that even the veins on her
temples owed their delicate blue look to
some outside influence"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
Ready to Take His Medicine.

"Did ever say oil that?" he asked de-
spon1ently, as she replaced the photograph
on the corner of the mantelpiece.
"You did,"
"And you can grind It out of that ma
chine whenever you choose?"
Certainly"
"And your father is lawyer"
eyes"
"Mabel, when can place the ring on
your finger and call you my wile?"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
A Serious Puzzle.


Wlde AWhke,J
81 wonder why,n said little Sue,
"Ypu say, mamma. If were you
That's not the way that l should do
So many times day!
s'pose Pm wrong: but 1 don't see
If you were turned right into me
Whv, truthfully, you wouldn't be
Most sure to do my wayr'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
Like an open-Faoed watch.

jewelers.; Weekly;
Mr.. Quickwit Moralizes-Mr. Quickwit
Ito Mrs. Coarseair, who is profusely be-
decked with imitation diamonds)-Madam
you remind me of an open-faced watch.
Mrs. Coarseair-How 20? TIE, he, he.
Mr.. Quickwit-Y -YourGrystal is SO promi-
nent.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01

Boston Courier.1
Robinson-ThompsOn seems to be verY
prosperous nowadays.
Johnson-Well, should think he would
be prosperous. He Is in profitable busi-
ness.
R-What is he doing?
J-Why, he's engaged in the manufacture
of antique furniture.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
Ill.

Some five months elapsed after Mrs.
Latour paid her late visit to Great Chester
street, when, soon after midnight in Febru-
ary, the inhabitants of that neighborhood
were aroused from sleep by the cry of
"Firel'
There was a hurrying of feet along the
street as the crowd, hastily gathered, sped
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01

Maurice Dean, who went down to Somer-
setshire on hearing news of his sisters dis
appearance, was sorely perplexed to un-
ravel the mystery of Netta's fight. He
sharply questioned the farm-servants at
Cote, but Gerald Lstour had conducted his
love-making with so much circumspection
that the servants, who are usually the first
to indulge in suspicion, had not observed
anything to lead them to suppose that any
love-mskings had been going on between
young mistress and the handsome
The circumstance that week had
cen Gerald's departure from
y dNetta's fight also told in
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
Appearance. Decel,fnI.

New York SUM-
''whoi is that tall, handsome gentleman
over there? he must be poet or an artistP'
'No; that Is. Smith the stomach-pump
manufacturer"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-01
BY FIRE.
ONE OF "A SERIES OF SHORT sToRIE
BY j. MARsDEN sUTCLIFFE,

THE ROMANCE AN INSURANCE. OFFICE,
EXPERIENCE
WEBER Formerly Company
The Arizona champion., 1889-03-16
----------------------------
SUM MON S.

In the Justices Court, Williams Pre-
cinct, Yavapai County, Arizona Terri
tory.
II. HARDRIcH, Plaintiff, VS.. JAMES
BOWERS, Defendant.
Action brought in Justices Court, of
Williams, Precinct, in the county OF
Yayapai, Territory of Arizona:
Territory of Arizona sends greeting to
Trmes Bowers:--You are hereby sum,
moned and required to appear in an act
ion brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the Justices court OF
Williams Precinct. in the County of Yav-
pal, in the Territory of Arizona, and
answer the complaint filed in said court,
at Williams, in said county, within five
days exclusive Of the day of service
after the service upon you OF this sum.
mons, il served in this precinct; but If
served out of the precinct and within the
county. then within ten days; and IL
served out of the county, then within
fifteen days; in all other cases twenty
days.
Said action is brought to recover the
sum Of eight (s) dollars for goods, wares,
merchandise and prof essional services
rendered.
And You are hereby notified that il
you fail to appear and answer the com,
plant, as above required, said plaintiff
will take judgment against you for the
amount demanded, as aforesaid, and for
all relief in the premises. and for costs
II
The Arizona champion., 1889-03-16

In surveying | accidently handled
a poison oak vine, and in a few
hours the usual eruption and swell
ing appeared. My face was swol
len and disfgured, and my hands
and arms seriously affected. / took
Swift's Specific and it promptly
cured me, and | have had no return
of Though this was five years
ago. S. s. s. cured my son, also,
of the same poioon. E. A. BELL,
Anderson, S. G., Oct. Is, 1888.
Swift's Specific has cured me of a
malignant breaking out on my leg
which caused intolerable pain. 1t
was called Eczema by the doctors,
four of whom treated me with no
relief. l candidly confess that l
owe my present good health to s. S.
S., which in my estimation is inval-
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St., st. Louis, Mo.
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