davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01

But unfortunately Gebhardt had heard
about the fact and he himself walked into
the farmers larder, stole the turkeys and
ate them all by himself For these pilfer.
ings old Littlecrop was sued before the
Judge, and he of course had to pay for his
sons appetite.
'I have to get rid of the boy!' at last
the farmer said. ''I cannot keep him
around here any longer; he will eat me into
the poorhouse and himself into the peniten-
tiary."
Then he went to an island in the middle
of the river not far from the village, where a
wise old hermit lived in small shanty. This
hermit was considered an oracle by most of
the people in the neighborhood and when
ever anybody had any trouble this hermit
was not only asked for advice. but in most
cases he found such WAYS and means so as
to help the people out of their fix. To this
man LIttlecrop went and asked him what
he could do with his boy. The wise hermit
listened 20 what the farmer had to say, and
when he had finished his story he said:
"Bring your son to me, Littlecrop, 1 think
I can help you and cure him of his habit of
eating too muchl'' .'
The farmer was overioyed and returned
home. The next morning he killed pig
and put it on tho table for breakfast He
thought he would give Gebhardt a good
meal as a farewell feast. The boy ate with
a wonderful appetite, and as he finished the
last joint of the pigs tail, the father said:
81 guess now you are satisfied, are you
not, Gebhardt?"
''Oh, yes, am satisfied with what had,
but the pig was too small; could eat an
other one like itl''
Old man Littlecrop sighed, because he
really was sorry for his sons unfortunate
appetite. Then both went away to the her
NIT of the island, where the boy was to learn
the peculiar business of not becoming any
hungrler than ordinary people. After the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
GEBHARDT THEGLUTTON
ERNEST H. HEINRICHS

mind it not, but killed a good old man
not long ago, because he refused to give me
all the food I wanted, and since then re-
morse has struck me and want to reform. "
The little man looked around at Gebhardt
for second or two, then he gazed upon the
ground Tor another brief moment and then,
as if very serious thought had struck him,
he said to Gebhardt:
''Now you are just the man I have been
looking for. / am the chief of a very
mighty tribe of dwarfs and we live all up in
the mountains, where we have some very
rich gold and diamond mines. Not long
ago a herd of buffaloes invaded our territory,
and they have been great trouble to us
ever since. We have succeeded in catching
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01

hermit and Gebhardt were alone. the old
man locked the boy up in cage, which was
Just large enough to hold him.
NOW 1 will give him his regular meal at
regular hours, % said the hermit to himself.
land 1 think that will cure him. Inmv
opinion gluttons are not born, but thev be-
come such by habit and believe that is all
that is the matter with this one."
When Gebhardt had been in this cage for
two days. he got awfully hungry, because he
had only eaten as much as the hermit had
given him, and that was verv, very little
The boy was always calling for more food,
but the old man was not to be moved. AT
last the third night, Gebhardt became near
lv mad with hunger. In his anxiety to get
something TO eat he took hold OF the bars of
his cage and shook them until they broke
When he got out he ran all over the island
and picked up everything he could find and
ate it. First he went into the hermit's
garden. He pulled all the potatoes, the
corn. the vegetables and the fruit out OF the
ground and be consumed that with q fever
ish voracity. Then he entered the house and
broke into the hermit's storehouse. where
all the jam pots, the preserves and everv-
thing else eatable was disposed of. But
still he was not satisfied and when the old
hermit opposed his further search for more
food, the Soy became frantic. With one fell
swoop he knocked the old man down and
killed him. But the sight of the dead man
brought him to his senses.
''I am a murderer 1 am a murderer
he cried, "What shall do, what shall 1
do?'
He ran out of the house as fast as he could
and never stopped until he got to the end of
the island. Here he jumped into the river
to swim across. While in the water he sud
denly noticed shoal Of big fish. As he
saw them his hunger came back again and
catching all he could he ate them while he
was swimming. When he came ashore. be
met a dwarf who seemed to be bent upon
going very long way, because he walked
50 fast. Gebhardt got up to him and soon
the two talked together about various things.
"where are you bound for?" the dwarf
asked Gebhardt
''I would like to find q man who can cure
me from my appetite. am the most un-
fortunate fellow you ever met lam always
20 hungry that nothing in this world seems
70 sppeAse my want of eating. I used to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
AN EXCLUSIVE MINISTER.
How Chinn's Representative Keeps Himself
AlOof From the Social World.

How Chinn's Representative Keeps Himself
AlO0f From the Social World.
Washington Correspondence Chicago News.Jr
The present Chinese Minister is very ex-
elusive in his habits. His predecessor was
one of the most agreeable and popular men
in society, and was always to be seen wher-
ever anything interesting was going on, and
all the attaches of the legation also took an
active part in the gaieties Of Washington.
The present Minister, Mr.. Hen, not only
does not propose to indulge in social festivi
ties himself, but has prohibited the attaches
of the legation from doing so, which de-
prives Washington society of some of its
most attractive ornaments. Mr.. Hen is the
first Chinese Minister to the United States
to bring his wife with him, but he might as
well have left her at home so far as the out
side world is concerned, for she, it is UNDER
stood, will remain recluse.
A prominent gentleman and lady in this
city, who lived some time in China and
have been very intimate at the legation ever
since it was established here, called upon
the Minister and his. wife the other after
noon, having first given notice of their in
tention to do so. The Minister received
them very cordially in the parlor
upon bn6lT dTTlTal anu sent q servant Tor his
wife, who came down wearing q coronet of
gold and diamonds. She is a little woman.
not bigger than a child of 10 years, and her
feet are so small that she could scarcely
walk across the room. She chatted pleas
antly, however, through an interpreter, and
as the caller was the first American lady
she had ever come in contact with, she had
q great many curious questions to ask about
the manners and customs of women in this
country.
A few days later the call was returned
with great ceremony, and then followed an
invitation to dinner. The Minister accepted |
for himself, but sent his wife's regrets, with |
an explanation that, as she had never dined |
except in the Chinese fashion, she desired to |
be excused. She was informed that there |
would be no other guests, but held to her re-
fusal, and sent as a peace offering hand |
somely carved chest filed with the richest |
silks, which will form a portion of the |
of the young lady of the family,
who is soon to be married. The Minister |
came to the dinner, but not being used to
the knives and forks at the table found |
much difficulty in eating. About all the |
poor man could get to his mouth was bread
and olives.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
ALL ABOUT CANARY BIRDS
Where They Come From and How They Are
Raised and Sold.

where They Come From and How They are
Raised and Sold.
Boston Globe.l
81 see you've got in quite large stock o.
canaries," was the remark of a Globe repor-
ter to Boston bird man yesterday.
ayes" was the reply, ''you see this is
what we call canary bird season. For the
past month or SO about every steamer from
Germany has brought large invoices
of these yellow songsters to the American
ports. This will continue until about the
middle of January, when the German bird
catchers will stop sending, or send only small
lots"
"Do you expect to sell all you have here
now7"
"Oh, yes" he replied, "and many more
besides. I have been in the business for a
good many years now, and can calculate
pretty close on the number can sell, for
the sales are about the same each year.
They may vary few dozen birds, but not
more than that"
=, "Do any Of the birds you get come from
the Canary islands,"
"No, indeed, all of them are imported
from Germany. don't know why it is, but
a great many people think that these birds
come from those islands, but never heard
of any but German birds, that is, unless
they were canaries bred in the countries
where imported birds were taken"
II suppose there are people in Germany,
then who make business of raising them
are there not.
''Yes, some Germans do nothing else but
raise the birds for export trade. In some of
the large German cities, Hamburg, for in
stance, there are several large houses who
raise birds entirely for jobbefs in New York,
with whom they have contracts to furnish |
them so many hundreds of birds a season."
"Are these canaries long lived?"
"Well, tnat depends great deal on what
you would call long life. Their average
life, however, is about 10 years, although 1 |
have known some to live a great deal |
Ion0arO
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
836-DFCAPITATIONs

As Ed walked stately down the street,
And stirring thoughts urged him on faster
Some wind-blown rootlets shared his feet
And brought on him small disaster.
Quoth he: For this I'll take Its head,
And teach it not TO send folks sprawling I"
The act was done as soon as said,
But quickly, too, our lad was falling.
The ugly thing in meaner shape
Had risen while the boy had tumbled;
He's up again cut to make,
But this, too. leaves him badly humbled.
Yet twice again he strikes blow;
For these we see he has been bleeding.
Once more he whacks this hydra foe.
But now he's led who should be leading.
The plucky lad must watch his chance,
There yet remains one head to sever;
'Tis done, now see him proudly prance,
Our Ed alone, erect as ever.
T. RAsH,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01

keep plenty of line between the boat and the
fish. More fish are lost through an utter
disregard of the last rule than from any
other cause. The tarpon is game fighter,
and fair as long as he does not see his captor,
but if you restrict your lire so as
to get him close enough to see
your beat and connect 1t with
the cause of his trouble, why, you will lose
your prize. There will be q sudden squirt
and fash, and your fish is speeding
through the water at rate that simply
defes checking or following. Your line
goes out and you have a choice of losing all
or part of your gear. It is a good plan 70
keep at least 400 feet or line between you
and the fish. Another thing in favor OF
that amount of line is the fact that towing
so much weight of line through the water
has the effect of firing the fish.
AN ExHILARATING SPORT.
The rapture of such fight, the untiring
energy of the fish, the brilliancy OF the
dashes, the gamey struggles, the magnln;;
cent leaps out of the water, the skill ana
subtlety of the tarpon is only known to
those who have had the pleasure and ex-
citement of hooking enc of them. Ine
tarpon is rightly named the king OF hsnes,
uOb dlOue III pOluL Ol dppedFduCoJ DuV "
tenacity with which he retains his
hold on life and his indomitable pluck.
The nervous strain on the fisherman is In
tense, but it is pleasant. His hand gives
ont first, and no wonder. When you
have held rod in your hands as tightly as
possible the muscles of your fingers and
wrists begin to ache badly. The guide, how
ever, will come to your relief and release
you.
The fish I have seen caught have varied
from " pounds to 1917 pounds. The time
spent fighting them varies from 80 minutes
to one hour and 35 minutes. To get tish
weighing ISL pounds in the boat is, OF
course, impossible, and so when he has be-
come thoroughly tired out the line is hauled
up and the guide gafs him. The fisherman
holds the gaff while the boat is rowed to
some shallow spot and the fish secured.
The tarpon is a species of the herring
family. Its exclusive diet is hardshell crabs
and mullet. The shells of the crab are
crushed to powder in its powerful jaws: Its
flesh, which is very oily, is like halibut
The Spaniards and negroes eat it, after salt
ing, with considerable relish.
The excitement of such a chase and fight
is something that beggars description. 1t is
healthy, invigorating, and the experience
once gone through with is one never to be
forgotten. G. D. HUGHES.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01

them and we put them in a large meadow.
But now we do not know what to do with
them; however, if you have such an appe.
tite as you are trying to make me believe,
will make you a proposition: eff you will
go with me to my home and promise to eat
all these bufaloes in three months l will
give YOU large bag of gold. There ar
only 80 of them, and that should not be tooe
much IOr you"
"AlI right" replied Gebhardt, whose
mouth already began to water in anticipa-
ton Of. the grand feast, 81 will do it" He
had forgotten about his resolution to reform.
So they went together into the mountains
where the dwarfs lived.
The next morning Gebhardt began his
task, and he ate two buffaloes at one meal.
''You are doing wellI'' the dwarf said to
him in the evening, with merry twinkle in
his eve. Then he left him.
The next day and again the following day
Gebhardt, as usual, ate his two bufaloes.
But after that his appetite seemed suddenly
to have decreased. He could only manage
to eat one buffalo and half on the fourth
day. and from that time his appetite seemed
to get less and less with every meal.
Two months were over and he had only
eaten % buffaloes, so he had to eat the rest
in a month, and of late he had only bee n
able to eat about half one day. !,
"What has become OF your appetizer
asked the dwarf one day with the same
twinkle in his eve. "You have not forgot
ten our contract?"
MOP meekly said Gebhardt, "but 1
DON. t think 1 shall be able to fulfill my part
OF It''
However, he tried very hard to win that
bag OF gold. When the last month was up
there were still 10 buffaloes left On the last
day the dwarf again appeared.
well, my boy" he said to Gebhardt,
"you have really done we'll and think
your greedy appetite is about to leave you.
Stay here until you have eaten the rest of
the buffaloes and you will find that you are
not only cured OF your gluttony, but will
also make you a rich man with the bag of
gold promised you.
but how did get cured?" asked Geb-
hardt.
"Verv simply. Man is apt to want too
much Of what he cannot get. WI 1 gave
you as much food as you cared ior, and the
result has been that you tired of it very
soon."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
HeaIthiS Wealth

DR.. E. c. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN
TREATMENT, a guaranteed specific for hYsteria,
dizziness, convulsiOns, hts, nervous neuralgia,
headache, nervous prostratiOn caused by the
use of alcohol or tobacco, wakefulness, mental
depression, softening of the brain resulting in
insanity and leading TO misery. decay and
death, premature old age, barrenness, loss Of
power in either sex, involuntary losses and
spermatorrh9a caused by over-exertiOn OF the
brain, self-abuse or oVer-indulgence. Each
box contains one months treatment. 81 box,
or six boxes for IS, sent by mail prepaid on re-
ceipt of price.
VIZ GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received by rs
for six boxes, accompanied with IS 90, we will
send the purchaser our written guarantee to
refund the moneyif the treatment does not eff
feet cure. Guarantees issued only by Emil q,
Stucky, Druggist, Sole Agent, l70l and 240I Penn
ave. and cor. Wylie ave. and Fulton st.. Pitts
burg, Pa. se27-10O-TTssu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
A PRACTICAL PHILANTHROPIST.
The Advice Given By Greeley to n Foolish
Young Man.

The Advice Given By Greeley to n FooIisl
Young Man.
Youths Companion.l
Horace Greeley had the reputation of be
ing a practical philanthropist, and his ad
vice was sought by hundreds of strangers
whose only excuse for intruding upon hin
was that they needed counsel, and that he
had the brains that could advise them.
One dav, while he was writing an import.
ant letter in his Office, boy, Is years old,
entered the room, and, standing near the
door and behind the editors chair, said,
"Mr- Greeley, 1 have come to ask your sd-
vice"
'Say on" answered the editor, without
stopping his pen or even glaneing at the boy.
'The only relative 1 have here" con-
tinued the boy, sis my sister. I have been
boarding with her, and she let me have
board so cheap that could earn money
enough to pay her, and have something lett
to buy my clothes. Now have quarreled
with her, and am boarding at another place,
where they charge me all can earn for my
board mot so good as had at my sisters,
and l have nothing left to pay for my
clothes. What shall do?''
''Is your sister married." asked Mr..
Greeley, without looking up or stopping
us D6u.
'Yes, sir"
It's she a respectable woman?"
Certainly. sir."
go straight to your sister and tell her
that you are ashamed of yourself, and ask
for forgiveness. If she will take you, go
back and live with her, and after this re-
member that if your own sister is not your
friend, you will not be likely to find any
friend in New York City,
The boy departed without another word,
and Mr.. Greeley had not even seen him, so
engrossed was he with his writing. This
poor boy did not personally know Mr..
Greeley, but, being in distress, sought him
out in a city of several hundred thousand
people as the man to give him good advice.
"It was higher compliment than had
ever before seen conferred upon anyone"
writes the Hon. Eli Thayer, who was pres
ent at the interview, and reports it in mis-
History of the Kansas Crusade"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
A POSTOFFI0E EATEN UP
And Pair Of Pants Manufactured Out of
the City Hall.

the City Hall.
Chicago Heraldl
Shortly after the opening of Oklahoma a
lusty son of Sweden was returning East
poorer in purse but richer in experience
and thoroughly disgusted with the Eldorado
of the Indian Territory. A fellow passen-
ger undertook to find out why his stay had
been so short The Swede gave him a
serious and yet a laughable reply, in the
sIng-song dialect of his race, easy to
mimic but hard to express in cold,
unsympathetic type. ''Vell," >" he said. "i
leave that Okal-ahoma because it vas such
heall of place; it was all over tent; no
house, no cabin, no shanty, noting but
tents everyvere. Postofice vas tent. CITY
Hall vas tent, buildings all vas tents. First
night I sleep there billygoat he come and
eat up postofice; second night, drunken In
dian, he come and steal city hall to make
pair of pants. not stay in such heall of
place."
Another story is on poor Scandinavian
who located a claim in Dakota, the law
obliging him to live on the place five years.
At the end of four years he returned to the
South, and being met by friend was asked
the cause of his return. He was, if any
thing, more disenchanted than the other
Swede. He said: First year lose all my
money; second year lose all my grain;
third year 1 lose all my hogs, and fourth
year, in the spring, along come-grass-
hopper and Jump the claim"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
A NEW OCCUPATION.
An OGlcIaI Gossip and What His Duties
Sh0uld be.

An OmctaI Gossip and What His Duties
ShOnld be.
Boston Courier.1
1t is great pity that among the improve
ments which have been introduced by the
progress of civilization it has not vet come
about that an official gossip has been ap-
pointed. The people of the present genera
ton are no better off in the matter of having
their chit-chat accurate than were their
grandmothers, with the additional disad-
vantage that the multiplicity of subjects
which the times has introduced into life
makes it hundred times harder for them
to keep everything straight in their minds
and in the telling.
An official gossip should be a person
whose business it should be to set right all
rumors, to correct all false reports, and in
general to keep the gossip of the day
straight. OF course everybody who was
likely to be talked about would give to the
Official gossip the version of affairs which
he or she wished put in circulation, and
this the official gossip would correct at dis
cretion-for of all things it would be neces-
sary that the official gossip have the greatest
possible supply of discretion-in the light
of such other information as was forthcom-
inU
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
SUPERSTITION 100 YEARS AGO.
Belief in WIfchcraft Was Common Among
Our Ancestors

The Open Courtl
There Is a vague notion abroad in the
minds of our people and in our literature
that witchcraft follies in New England came
to an abrupt close in the seventeenth GEN.
tury. Such, however, is not the case. The
successors of the two Mathers in the eigh-
teenth century did not hesitate to
preach from the pulpit their unwayering
belief in "the work of the devil" Thus,
the Rev. Ebenezer Turell, a graduate of
Harvard, lett at his death, in 1878, a manu-
script account of case of wichcraft.
Speaking of divination, he says: "Turn
not the sieve, etc., to know futurities.
You only crafty Satan, and invite him
into your company to deceive you."
Specially interesting is his notice of super
stitious practices current in New England.
He says:
The horseshoe is a vain thing, and has no
natural tendency to keep of witches, or evil
spirits from the houses or the vessels they are
nailed to, If Satan should by such means de-
fend you from lesser dangers, tits to make way
for greater ones, and yet fuller possession of
your hearts 'Tis an evil thing to hang witch
papers on the neck for the cure Of the agues to
bind up the weapon instead of the wound, and
many things of the like nature, which some in
the world are fond of.
What clear insight into superstitious
usages which some of our fore athers were
fond of How natural the minister's ad-
vice sounds
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
In the CLEANING.

In the cleaning, in the cleaning,
Side by side and hand in hand.
Joyously we two went roaming
Through loves flowery Eden-land,
All the world was full of gladness,
All the hours were full of song,
Through which not note of sadness
Mingled as we strayed along,
In the cleaning.
In the cleaning. in the cleaning,
Sad and bitter is my moan,
All the hours of happy roaming
Have, for me, forever down.
All the world Is full of sadness,
All the days are drear and lone,
Not song or note of gladness
Greets me as I struggle on,
In the cleaning,
Rebecoa r Springer, BSk LoWis Republic
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
EXPERTS ARE RIGHT FOR ONCE.

Manganese Reported Found Where ft was
Thought il Could be Had.
Chicago News.1
It is claimed that iron ore, manganese
has been found near Peoria in inexhausti-
BILE quantities, The vein is 10 feet thick
and extends over a large territory. Speci-
mems of the ore have been sent to Pittsburg
for analysis and assay. If the renort is
favorable measures will be taken at once to
connect it with the new rolling mill. and
blast furnaces will be erected to reduce it,
Experts have long insisted that there is
iron ore in that vicinity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
GRATUITOUS ADVICE.
The Kind One Gers From n Doctor Without
Paying for II.

Paying for IL.
Detroit Free Press.l
Doctor" he said, as they met on the
platform of the street car, "can get little
advice of you?'
"For eash?''
"Well, no. 1 simply want to ask uues-
tion or two, and being I'm an old patient of
yours you won't think of charging me-
go ahead"
"Well, my feet are troubling me and 1
thought"
"Sayl Cut 'em right OFF, interrupted
the doctor. "1've often wondered why Won
didn't do it. I've got to get of here-good
nightI'