davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26
wOm en on the Battlefield.

Truth Is stranger than fiction, and when next you hear or read an impossi- ble story, instead of exclaiming, like a well known authoress to the narrator at London dinner party, 'Go it, Ananias," |" you had better quietly observe, "I sup pose it's true" Anyhow, we are apt to scout the stories of women who have concealed their sex the better to perform doughty deeds of valor, and, To here are French statistics, with their dry facts, coming to prove that what novelists and poets have written has not been evolved from their inner consciousness, but from the romance of history.
 Thirty-fOnr French women have been decorated with the Legion of Honor since the order was instituted, and of these seven distinguished themselves on the battlefield. Two women soldiers were decorated under the First Empire, one havivg dressed as a man to reploce her delicate brother, her sex only being discovered when she was wounded after having attained the rank of sergeant. The second heroine took to fighting be- cause she liked it, and distinguished her. self at Yemmaper, Austerlitz and Jena. blank from 1915 to 1851, and then came more military women, whose exploits would read like an after-dinner story
 Whether these women were or were not unsexed- by thus abandoning their proper sphere is not the point at all the fact remains that women have military qualities capable of efficient training should need arise; and in country where the perils of war, the lack of an army and the volunteer question are be- ing debated it is just as we'll to recognize the fact that if national questions are at stake it becomes perfectly possible to double the volunteers of the army by in- cluding both sexes.-N. Y Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26
MRS HAYES.

The wife of ex-President Hayes. ,7ho has just passed to the great beyond, will not be remembered for any s.eat or striking qualities that she exhibited in public view. And yet she attracted the attenti' n of the countrv 10 large e,>- tent hy her individuality, particularly in the enforcement of her l,eculia1 notions concerning public and private temperance. As woman who had the heart tn set the example of absu:renc2 and as having the courage to attack in temperance in one of its strongest cita- dels, Mrs Hayes will be recalled when perhaps, from the insigniticance in other respects of the administration with which sho was identified, it might be ex- pected that she should pass entirely from public remembrance. She was a truly good woman, conscientious, coura- geousl and emiuently Christian, aud as such she W i'll be p,ourned ,ot alone by those who came in contact with Der, but by the greater throng who knew but the record of her virtues.
 F President Hayes will have the sy thy of thousands of his fellow citi- zens in the great hel eavemnrt that has come upon him.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26

SENATOR FAULKNER of West Virginia who was an eyo witness of Senator Blackburn's little interview last winte, with Senator Chandler, asserts that the Kentucky statesman did twist the bloody shirt statesman's ear. We would sug. gest that, as Mir Chandler appears tc have forgotten all about it, Blackburn and he go off somewhere by themselves and enact the whole scene over again Then the country might get a practical idea of how the whole thing was lone.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26
BRAIN AND BRANNN.

It has been common impression with the public that brain and brawn seldom go together, that students cannot be suc- cessful athletes, and that men who give attention to sports that develop the body cannot be expected to attend to the de- velopment of the mind. Happily, how ever, there are facts occurring constantly, and more frequently now than formerly, to disprove this notion and to give mean ing to the idea of sound mind in a sound body.
 In the classes that graduate from our colleges are always found among those receiving honors fairly proportional number of men who have been con- spicuous in athletics, sufficient certainly to dispel the notion that men cannot suc- ceed in scholarship who engage in sports that enlarge and perfect their physique. In the class that graduated at Yale university to-day there are an unusual number of men among those who re. ceived the very highest honors who have been foremost in football, base ball boating and track athletics. When the outside world has heard of these men in college life Ii; when it has read of Sher. ril|s famous sprinting and Shearman's wonderful leaps when it has wondered at the rushing of Corbln and Woodruff of Gill and Wallace, and the phenomenal tackling of Wurtemburg; when it has been told of the excellent blade work of Woodruff and Corbin and Gill and Hart well; when it marvelled at the batting and stops of Moves, it gave little heed or thought to the fact that these men were
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26

ACCORDING to Henry Cabot Lodge, George Washington was strong par tisan, holding the conviction that the only way to maintain a strong admins tration was to put and keep its fri, in all the responsible public offices. From whence we infer that if George was living at this time he woulr not be civil service reformer-nor a demo- crat after Grover Cleveland's heart.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26

Now, Governor Bulkeley, in the mat ter of that high license bill, which party do you belong o?-New York Hress.
 To the republican party-the party of big promises and little performances, thc party that backs and fills and twists and s4uirms in all manner of shapes when i, tackles the liquor question. That's th>4 party to which Morgan G. Bulkeley be- longs,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26

THE man who cries fire in crowded assemblage seems to be abroad once more. He ought to be ''ired" with the hardest toed boot in the throng.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26

THE damaging confessions" we hear so much about from Chicago seem to be damaging only on their reflection of Chief Hubbard and his detectives. They seem to be about the biggest lot of fail ures that any tragedy has ever de YelOped.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26

T. E New Haven Palladium declares for the pie plant as its choice of ma, tional flower. We'll, t'is hardy plant and if the Palladium's editor ran short of stock an occasional crop might be raised in the crevices of the old state house. Twould bring such tender memories, ''don't you know.''
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26

up among the very first in scholar ship and that they were to hold very prominent places on the roll of honor. Yet such is the case, and the fact ought to go far to en- courage the belief among American students and lovers of sports generally that brain and brawn need not be disso- | ciated in the work of education. In fact the stronger a mans body th7 more healthy and the better adapted for study is his mind. When men give reason able time to athletics--anI students at Yale are not permitted to let athle tics encroach on their studies-they ar naturally in better condition for the mental eXertion necessary in the pursuit l "fknowledge. Men in i'll health, with puny physique and sickly tendencies, l arc not, unless in very rare cases, well | disposed to the acquisition of learning, and it cannot be expected that such men will be diligent in scholarship. And what matters it if a young man should gain all the honors and fame of his uni versity if by his neglect of phy ysical edu- cation he has impaired and broken down his health? There can be no doubt that the healthy physical development of young men, such as is effected b. th,e athletic rivalry of our colleges which spurs on the students to the achieve ment of the highest form, is beneficial to them Ill scholarship both during their college career and in the larger spher, of life's activities when they must draw on the forces of the body.
 Wholesome athletics are helpful to those who would seek a high standard of scholarship, and it is cheering to note among the men who graduate this year at the New Haven university.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26

TEE man who killed Cronin is getting tobe about as numerous as harley Boss was when he first disappeared.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26
WATERBURY POSTOFFICE
 

 New York City-75o, 10.a0 m; 21o 5 30, 7Sop a. Boston-7.0O, 50 a m; 80. 2.10, 7.3O pm. Southern-7.50, 20 a m: 2 TO- 5. 80, T3O D m Western.7.5o 1920 m; a.1e, 5.3O, 7.s0 pm Canada West-7.30, 10.2o m; 21O, 5.3O, 7.3O D m Eastern.7.o0, 50 m; 1s.3o, 21e, 7.3O m Canada East-1 CO., 7.50 m; F. 30, 2.1O, m Albany-7.5O. 1920 m: 2.10, 53O, 7.3O m Northern N. Y.-7.5o. 1020 m; ,. To- 53O, 80 D m. Proyidence-700 7.50 a m; 80, 2.10, 7.SO m. Sprngield-7 %, 50 am; F 30 s.lo, bso 7.sO pm. F1ttsfeld Mass-75S m; ,. 10, 53O, 7.3O D m Hartford-7o0: 7.50 a m; 12.3O, 21O, 7.S0 p m. Bridgeport-1.50, 10. 20 a m; 21O 80, 73O n m New Haven7.50, 1O.20 ann F. 30. 40. 5SO, 30 pm Ansonia-750, 1920 m; F. 30, 2.1O. 5SO, 30 n m Rrmingham7.sO 10 20 ann F. 30. ,. 10, So s6pm Union City-1.50 n; ? 10, 8. 80 m Naugatuck-s.50 a m; ,. 10, 80 m. Seymour-750 m; 210 5.3O D m. Winsted-1O55 m; 63O pm Stations on Naugatuck RR. north Waterhurv- 1O.45 m: 6.30pm. Meriden-75o, lo.ao m; F. .so a.1o, 5ao, 7.aopm Danbury,7 50 m; :sS, 2.l0, 5.3O, 7.30 D m New London-7.OO, ESQ am; 12 3O } lO SOY Ao m, Watertown-1O.45 am; 6.3O D m. '-1' Oakville-l0.45 m; 6.3O m. Woodbury-7.3O, 10.45 m; 125 pm Southbury-7.30 30 a m; 1.35 m Middlebury-12.3 30 m. WOlcott Cru, Tn, Sat.) 12.8Oa
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26

Delivered by carrier to any part of the city or sent by mail at the following rates:
 One Year. S5. .O0 Three Months S1 20 Six Months w 50 One Month ...,.... 42c
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26

THE horse Spokane seems to be about the only thing spoken of in Washington territory.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26
BIitiEated Wicked dness.

Grandpa-Tommy, If you are real good, I'll give you some apples.
 Tommy-Let me be little bad, grand pa, and only give mo one.-Siftings.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26
DR HENRY F. GILL.
 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Offce--155 South Main Street.

Free Consultation from d. ln. to 9 D. m
 Sundays from to D. ,n.
 SOME OF THE REASONS Why it is to the advantage of those in need of Skillful Medical Services to employ Dr Gill. 1st-He is the only regular graduate of Medicine and Surgery in this par, of the State r,;.king a speciality ot CHRONIC COMPLAINTS and FEMALE DIFFICULTIES.
 2d-He has had an extended experience of over 29 years in hospital and private practice and has successfully tre.ted thousands. 3d-Dr Gill s ''Combination Mathod' Of curing disease is based on Science and Experience the result of years of study and practice, and is most successful.
 4th-in the use of remedies the Doctor is ECLEC- TIC. He uses nothing but the purest Vege- table Extracts and has everything prepared according to his own formulas by Skilful Chemists.
 5th-He is moderate in his terms and shows special consideration for those in poor cir cumstanccs wi" are worthy. Patients pay by the month and the doctor furnishes all medicine without extra charge. 9th -pr Gill can be consulted the most del ieate medical subject in the STkICTEST CONFIDENCE, and ladies' married or single, can ae assured of honorable treatment and speedy relief Good board and nursing when required. Parties writing for terms or ad- vice must give full name and enclose stamp
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26
BROTHER HEDGEPETH.

HE y o u n g M r !. H 0 d g @ pet h had brought home h. i 8 bride. His father, Rev. Amos Hedge peth, was pastor of a large and intelligent flock; and, although a little peculiar, had held his place for the last ten years. This was artl ly on ac- count of his inf1uen- tial connections, he having married twice iy, tho rni~hhNrh 0oI
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26

Entered as second class matter at the Water bury Postofflce.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26

UPEIoLSTERING WOOD FINISHING, Piano Polishing, and w general Furniture Repairing. Oak Pic ture Frames made to order. Varnishes, oil Finishes and Wood Stains in all culors All goods called for and deliver-d.
 GEO. O BOOTH,
 IS Abbott Avenue.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-26
A DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL,

Q. & M. T. MALoNEY, PRoPRIEToRs.
 OFFICE -153 South Main Street.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-03
Co-UNTYALLIANcE BUSI-
NESS AGENCY READY
TO WORK.

The Wake County Alliance Business
Agency is now established at 307 South
Wilmington street, Raleigh, and the
Agent is now ready to attend to the
wants of the Alliancemen of the county.
IF you want to sell your farm products,
stock, or the handiwork of your wives or
daughters, or if you wish to purchase
anything in this market, your Agent may
be of material benefit to you. IF you
have stock of any kind to sell, give me a
careful description and price of same that
l may record it in this Office, or if you
wish to buy stock, call at this Office and
examine my registry. Consult this Office
on the market prices of all your products,
and bagging for covering your cotton.
Cotton stored and money advanced on
same at the lowest rates for charges. Let
your wants be known at this Office and
they shall be attended to.
r. JAS. POWELL, Bus. Agent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-03
CHRISTMAS.

A novel and pretty way of distributing
Christmas gifts is to set your dining-table
as you would for a meal. Put on your
choicest cloth, and at each ones accus-
toned place set a soup-dish. The center
Of the table may have some pretty decora-
tions arranged to suit the fancy; a pot Of
tall ferns would be lovely. Festoons of
evergreens and holly may hang from the
chandelier or lamps, as the case may be.
All the small gifts can be put into the
dishes, while others may be neatly ar.
ranged in front. Such gifts as sleds,
rocking-horses, ETC., should be placed
where the chair usually stands. Let some
one have special charge of the arrange
ments. Wqen all is ready, the bell may
be rung, as at dinner time, and the house
hold called together. In this way the
older folks may share the surprises and
and pleasures with the younger.
Let me whisper a word or two more to
my young readers before I lay down my
pen. Perhaps you are happy; perhaps
you have all that you can wish to make
your cup of joy run over; but stop and
think a moment. Do not you know some
one who may be less fortunate; whose
Christmas will be empty and dreary, I'M
less some n else (which may be you)
brightens it? Remember even in your
gladness that sit is more blessed to give
than to receive. The giving of one little
token to some poor little child will bring
you much additional JOY. Try it.-Ameri-
can ~AgraculturiSt for December.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-03
MAKING CHRISTMAS DEcoRA-
TIONS.

Where there is a family of young peo-
pie to engage in this charming occupation,
it is quite the event of the year. Choose
a space in the hall or over the folding
doors-wherever it viii be the most
pronunciation your motto of "a Merry
Christmas" If the letters are white, have
a background of green. Draw the letters
to form the words on pieces of stiff card
board. Old paste board boxes may be
so utilized. Brush over the letters with
liquid glue and sprinkle them thickly
with rice. If these letters are then sewed
or tackled on a large sheet OF card board,
and all the space not occupied by the let
tiers filed in with twigs of evergreens
sewed on, you will have a very effective
device. It you wish the letters to be
green, cut them out Of stout brown paper
and sew twigs and leaves on them with
heavy, dark thread. If some of the
Christmas green's are frosted, the room
will light up beautifully. This is done by
brushing the leaving with thin gum, and
sprinkling them with ground mica. It
has such a frosty appearance as almost
to lower the temperature of the
1t takes some practice to make the
festoons of evergreens that are so grace
full, Topped aud twined about picture and
bracket. Have ready strong hempen
cord, fine Irvine, and quantities of the
green twigs you are going to use. Make
a loop in the coarse Irvine, and fasten it
over a hook, to hold it firmly. On this
tie the sprigs in lunches of three or four.
winding the fine Irvine about each bunch
several times, to keep it firm. These fes-
toons are handsomer if frightened up
with an occasional spray of holly berries,
bittersweet. or red haw sprigs. If you
wish to make round w1eaths use wire in
stead of the heavy Irvine. Dried grasses
dipped in a solution O. alum, which makes
them sparkle ike crystal, make charming
de ,orations. Letters, formed of these
g asses, sewed on a foundation of paste
board, look like bits of icicles.
1t is better for the busy housewife to
have the Christmas decoration confiped to
n room, such as the parlor or sitting
room; for, although they are beautiful,
like all things else, they are subjeet to de-
cay, and, during the process, require a
pretty constant supervision with broom
and INSTRUMENTATION Agriculturist for
December.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-03
THE MARKET AND KITCHEN
GARDEN.

Caboages and celery are crops of which
it is desirable to continue the growth as
long a possible. The most satisfactory
way we have yer preserved cabbages is
to set them in trenches, and cover with
boards. In mild weather soft heads will
become hard, and the heads are more &C
cessible than when the cabbages are
placed heads down and covered with
earth. In trenches, the stems, or stumps,
are preserved until spring, and VIZ think
that, Tor home use, a sound stump, to set
out IN spring for green's, to be worth. as
much as the head which it bore.
Celery is probably all stored in trenches.
With this. and other crops stored in a
similar manner, the amount of covering
should be governed by the weather, add
ing more as it becomes colder. While we
do not not believe in storing a large guam
tity OF vegetables in the house cellar, a
small amount of celery, for immediate
use may be tolerated. Make a box about
nine inches wide, with sides as tall as the
celery stalks. Place a few inches of
earth on tne bottom, and stack the celery
closely in the box, the same as in trenches.
For spring-Do not neglect to secure
OOLhO I'LL " " = III AON-OOO OhN
window-boxes; place it under cover; the
barn cellar is a good place for storing it;
or, the soil may be placed in barrels in
the barn, in a vacant S all. Light, sandy
soil, that will not become sodden watered,
is to be preferred Cold frames in which
the soil is to be SO n later should be filed
with coarse manure, which is to be re-
moved when the beds are to be used.
Cold-frames that contain cabbage and
other pants are more likely to be harmed
by too much heat than too much cold.
Give abundance Of airing on mild days.
The oGj+ct is to keep the plants dormant,
and not to encourage any growth.
Spring work should be facilitated in all
ways: Among these, late blowing. IL
grassland is to be broken up, haul out
the manure. See to ashes and repair
glass. Repair shutters for hot-beds and
frames. If there are not enough for
every frame and a few extra, make them.
American A~gricuHurist for December.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-03
A o FOR WIVES.

A wife once retired for the night, worn
out and petulent because ofher many cares.
and her husbands absence when she
thought he might have been at her side.
After a time he came home, sat down to
his desk and WORKED long andhard at his
accounts, while she lay looking out at
him, and feeling angry that he seemed
wholly unmindful OF her. When he had
laid away slate and books she saw him
unlock a drawer, and take from it a pic
ture which he fingered lovingly over,
tenderly kissed, and then replaced. Her
woman's curiosity was reused, and she
determined to know more of the matter.
So while he was getting ready fer bed,
she feigned sleep. He soon slept, soundly,
and then she crept from her place, like a
thief in the night, took the keys unlocked
the desk and drawer, and found that her
husband had been kissing a picture of
herself which was taken when they were
first married. Then she was chagrined
and mortified because she had not been a
more loving wife, and went back to bed
with new resolutions formed. In the
morning she put IN a wrapper that was
clean and very becoming, a collar and
bow, and carefully brushed her hair.
When her husband came in to breakfast.
he looked at her, caught her in his arms
and kissed her. Then he asked the
children if the little mother didn't look
pretty, She was wise enough not to
forget the lesson Christian Advocate.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-03
SACRED BIRDS.

Almost every race has, at one time or
another, loved or Venerated some special
bird. "The traditions Of a people" says
a wise philosopher, care dear and sacred
to them, We see in some races this in
herent love, and trace in others the deep
seated veneration which resulted in con-
secration and worship. i.
The Game cock, in ancient times, was
considered by the Syrians and Greeks an
emblem Of divinity. The cock symbolized
the call to resurrection upon the burial
slabs of the early Scandinavians. The
goose held high honors in some Eastern
nations. On Buddhist monuments the
Brahmanee goose figures frequently. In
the temples of Isis and Jupiter, Pompeii,
the Roman goose is placed with the
heather divinities. In the time of Caesar
the ancient Britons held it impious to eat
the flesh of the goose.
The Egyptian vulture was w~orshipped
by the Egyptians, from which fact it has
been called Pharaoh's chicken. The
Assyrians. on the death of the Griffin
vulture, built mounds over their remains
and consecrated the places. The Sparrow
Hawk in Egypt and Nubia was hrll in
great veneration, because it was made the
emblem of their good Osiris, and among
the Greeks it was consecrated to Apollo.
Mauritus saw the coast savages of NADIA
gascar and Comorin islands worship the
Dodo. The Dutch ~colonists called it
Walghvogel, or bod Eersen. The Wood
Ibis, in common with the sacred Ibis, was
once 1evered by the Egyptians. There
are still numerous catacombs and pits con-
tanning Ibis mummies and re nalns sealed
in earthen jars. Westward of the Pyra-
mids of the Aboutir, the museum of
&" Mummies and the Gods" of Egypt,
Cairo, and the vast catacombs of Memphis
and Saccara, The bodies of these sacred
birds are embalmed and set upon she yes
or upon, the sarcophagi.
The stork was an object of worship
among the ancients. The Mahomedans
have great veneration for it. In Thessaly
a slayer of a stork was punished with death.
In Holland false chimneys are built for
them, and it is considered unlucky to dis
turb them.
Ancientmariners attributed s~upernatur-
al gifts to the Frigate Pelicans, and looked
upon their approach as an omen Of a
storm, and to kill one brought dire mis-
fortune or ship wreck. Superstitious
sailors considered the Stormy Petrol a
harbinger of bad luck.
The robin is considered in many coun-
tries a sacred bird. One cause for this
generation is the superstitious belief shat
it forewarns the approach of death. The
Germans from remote TINES have had a
particular generation for this bird, its
color indicating that it was sacred to
Thor tho nO6 Of lirbfDinn
The Collard turtle of Africa and India
was loved by the primitive Christians as
being the turtle of Scripture. The Swal-
low among the Spanish peasants is a
revered bird. They have a tradition that
it was the Swallow that tried to pluck
the thorn out of the crown Of Christ
when hung upon the cross. The Germans,
too, deemed it a sacred bird, as it p e.
serves the house on which it builds its
nest from fire and Ightning.-Pouhry
World.