davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1890-04-03

Two remarkable examples are on
record of persons who allowed them
selves to be hung for the entertain
ment of AN audience. An account of
one Of them'is given: The mans real
name was John Harnshaw, but he
performed throughout England under
the high sounding name of NJ. Goutfe.
He was an athlete, and among other
feats ii was customary with him to eX-
hibit the process of hanging. In This
performance he relied for security on
the strength of the muscles of the
throat and neck alone. He had "a rope
with "A fixed knot hat would not slip,
end passed both ends of the loop up
behind one ear.
The whole act was so adroitly
managed hat he prevented any pres
sur of the rope upon the windpipe or
the jugular vein, and could even sus
tain the weight of 120 pounds in addi-
ton to that of his own body. On
three separate occasions Harnshaw
mismanaged the rope and became un-
conscious, but was, luckily, rescued
each time. DIR. Chowne, who writes
the account, says truly: 1t cannot be
doubted that Is far as sensation and
consciousness are concerned Harnshaw
pdnotu lllIOuRh Ailt llOlt OIutdl Vi ny
ing, and had he been permitted to re-
main hanging until actually dead he
would have PASSED out Of existence
without further knowledge of his mis-
cry. Harnshaw said, not with par
ticular reference to either of the ac-
cidents, but in speaking of his per
formanances collectively, hat Ire
could recollect nothing which hap.
pened to him after the rope frightened,
and that he lost his senses all at once
THE moment the rope got in the
wrong place he felt the change, and
could not breathe; felt as if he would
like TO loosen himself, but never
thought of using his hands. He ex-
perienced the heaviness Of legs and
arms mentioned by others who have
been half hung and then rescued, and
the rafting sound in his ears, but
never saw sparks of light, which are
the usual Observation-Disclosures
Times
, 1890-04-03

Everybody in Burlington, n. j., is
intimately acquainted with George
w. Fireng's dog Don, " u small stat
ured brown and white spaniel, with a
slight defect in one eye.
Don is one OF the worst and most
persistent mendicauts in the county.
Let n customer walk into Fireng's
cigar store and the dog is at him
quickly unless ordered to his corner
back of the stove. Sitting upright on
his hind legs, he gently reaches out
one paw and taps the customer ia.
miliarly.
Most all the men have learned what
that means, and few of them fail to re-
spond. a penny is placed in a paper
bag and Don seizes it between his
teeth. The door is opened for him and
off lie trots TO the bakery just above.
His scratch on the door is familiar
and he quickly gains entrance. The
bag is taken from his mouth, a cake
placed within it, aud off the dog trots
~complacently TO his corner in the
store, where he patiently awaits his
master.
a piece of cake is broken off, and
Don catches 1t in his mouth like u
professional.
Put your paw on that piece" " says
the master, as another is broken off.
Down goes the paw on the delicate
morsel, and without a sign of impa-
tience it is kept there until the words
all right now come from the mas,
ter.
This piece is poison" says Fireng,
as he places another fragment close tc
the dogs nose: don't eat it." The
animal backs off and eyes it askance
till the words all right are again
given, when he snaps it up greedily
Never has Don opened the bag to gel
the cake without his masters permits
sion, and never has he attempted to
keep cake and penny too.-Philadel,
phia Record.
, 1890-04-03

The colors of rivers differ widely. The
Rhone is blue, and 80 is the Danube,
while the Rhine isgreen. Anybody who
has traversed the wonderful Adirondack
region and fshed in its waters must have
noticed the remarkable difference in the
color of its rivers and smaller streams
which radiate in every direction from the
central group of mountains. The waters
Of the S~acondaga are yellowish, while
those of the Canada creeks and of the
Mohawk are clear, with perhaps a blush
tint in deep holes. Fish creek is black or
deep brown, and its neighbor, Salmon
river, is colorless. Next comes the Black
river, whose color is indicated by its
name, bat between it and the Grasse,
which is also black OF brown, is the Os-
wegatchie, with clear white waters. The
st. Regis, again, is black, but the Ra-
quette is white. The st. Lawrence is
blue.-Nature,
, 1890-04-03

The Syracusans used at one time olive
leaves for ballots. Rome, at an early
day after democracy was introduced,
borrowed the ballot box system Of the
Greeks, but never ooh kindly to 1t. The
Australian system of today is a revival
of the practice in Rome 1000 years ago.
The voting classification in Greece in
olden times was both social and terri,
%torial, not unlike the arrangement in
this country in presidential elections.
Many of the ancient systems of voting
were corrupted by ~extravagant favorit-
ism and bribery was not uncommon
Detroit News.
, 1890-04-03
Eject of Spraying Cold Water.

Some interesting laboratory expert.
meuts have been made on the effect OF
spraying n considerable part of the
body surface of animals with cold
water. So successful were these that
the spray has now been applied for the
purpose of producing febrile tenpera.
ture in human beings. In the case o!
a man suffering from phthisis, whose
temperature was high, it was found
that by spraying about a pint of water
at between 90 dogs. and 20 dogs. Fab.
renheit, over his body, the temperature
fell to normal, and continued so fol
several hours. A similar method was
satisfactorily adopted in the case of g
girl with d%iphtheria. In the healthy
human subject the spray lowered the
temperature nearly 2 degs.-New Or
leans Picayune.
, 1890-04-03

Why, only yesterday afternoon on
Pennsylvania avenue the beautiful
sight was witnessed of three small
boys devoting themselves exclusively
10 the qualification of q little compan-
ion, who was seated in the middle of
the street with his feet held as high as
possible in the air, while the trio of
his friends pulled him cheerfully
along by mean of ropes attached to
his legs, a long trail of dust marking
the path pursued by the rider, who
was at the same time his own sled.
How far this youths mother might
have been disposed TO approve of this
peculiar method of locomotion it is
impossible TO say but, after all, that
is not the oiut-Washington Star.
, 1890-04-03

The skin shed by a rattlesnake
which was found on the bank of the
Illinois river and is now preserved at
a boys seminary at Tahlequah, i'll the
Indian territory, measures 10 feet
long, is l45 inches in circumference
and has 10 buttons. The person who
has examined, measured and reported
upon it says that 1t is a very dry skin,
and therefore assume that it shrunk
considerably in drying, but this is not
so, as the skin of a snake is thoroughly
dry when shed, and consequently rep
resents the full size of a snake. Seat
tie Post-Intelligencer.
, 1890-04-03

The inhabitants of many of the Med
iterranean sea islands hang or burn a
figure of Judas on each recurring Good
Friday. One remarkable part of the
ceremony consists in decking the head
and face of the figure with red dyed
wool, which may be accounted for by
the fact that there is a tradition that
Judas was red haired. Shakespeare calls
red hair Judas colored hair and many
foremost writers have spoken of it as
1.-THE flaming brand of inidelity st,
Louis Republic.
, 1890-04-03

Italian editors nave tried hard to trans
late the words Buffalo Bill. One of them
makes it: "Compagnia Americana di
Guglielmo Buffalo Occidentale Selvaggio"
(''the troupe of William Buffalo Savage
West!D. Another paper says: "Suo capo
e Guglielmo il buffalo" C''its chief Is Will
lam the b~uffalol')
, 1890-04-03

Judge James Lawrenson entered the
postal service when he was 16 years old,
and has been in it continuously for sew
enty-one years. lie is said to have sworn
In every postmaster general since the
administration of President Andrew
Jackson. When Mr.. Villas was sworn In
Mr.. Lawrenson was overlooked, and
when the postmaster general heard of his
record lie sent for Mr.. L%awrenson and
was sworn in again.-New York Sun.
, 1890-04-03

The annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Ell Seven Cattle company will
be held at the Office of the company in
the city OF Cheyenne, Wyoming,o on Mon
day, April I, 1890, for the election of a
board of trustees and such other business
as may properly come before the meet
ing, JAMES z. WARD,
JOHN CUDAHY, Secretary.
President.
, 1890-04-03

Diner-Here, waiter! what in thunder
have you given me here? l called for
tripe; but this is the stringiest stuff
ever encountered.
Waiter (after critical examination
Just as I expected. That cool of ours
is awfully nearsighted, and instead of
~honeycomb tripe, she's served up a piece
of Turkish towel. Perhaps you'd like
something else?-Boston Transcript.
, 1890-04-03

Tactic acid. which is not far off from
the beverage commonly termed butter
milk, has beer doing the peptic wonders,
it is announced. A good many people
who are "out of sorts with liver trou-
bles might try the buttermilk cure di,
rect, without waiting for an illness to
have it prescribed for them. Especially
old and feeble people derive benefit from
the churn's surplus.-New York Tele.
gram.
, 1890-04-03

When the ceremony of washing the
feet is performed in the Greek church at
Smyrna, the priest represents Christ, the
twelve apostles being acted by as many
priests. BE who personates Judas must
be well paid for it, and such is the feel
ing of the people that whatsoever accepts
this odious part commonly retains the
name of Judas through life.-St. Louis
Rnnnhlic
, 1890-04-03

William Mason, who lives a mile
from Bluehill village, thinks there may
be a gold mine on his farm, and pro.
poses to investigate the matter. Sew.
eral ducks killed by him have had
pieces of gold in their crops, and as
they have spent most of their time in
a newly deepened pool, the bottom OF
which is gray sand, it is thought this
is where they got their unusually rich
food.-Lewist on Journal.
, 1890-04-03

The best salve in the world tor cute.
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chappe3 hands, chilblains,
sorns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction OF
money refunded. Price rs cents per box.
For sale by B. B. David, Druggist.
, 1890-04-03

There is something e1quisitely cool in
the following reply OF a Yankee to a Eu-
ropean traveller when the traveller asked
if he had just crossed the Alpsi
wall, now you call my attention to
the fact, l guess did pass risin' ground"
New York Ledger.
, 1890-04-03
Fur That Is Worth 1t. Weight in Gold.


1t is not generally known that some
of the most expensive fur producing
animals are killed off the coast of the
state of Washington, and it is remark
able that the extent of territory where
these animals are taken is SO extreme
~ limited, being only from Damon's
Point, at the northern entrance to
Gray's harbor, up the coast to Point
Greenville, a distance of about twenty
four miles. The animal referred to is
the sea otter, the fur of which is man
ufactured into the robes of the poten-
tates and princes of the old world.
Unlike that of the seal, the fur of
the sea otter requires no pluckiug of
hair on coloring-in fact the most
valuable skins are those which are
speckled through with silver tipped
hair, which are known as the silver
tipped fur, the addition of this hair
adding 25 to 80 per cent. to the price
of the skin.-Cor. Portland Oregonian.
, 1890-04-03

Get your suits ready for the Maenner
Choir masquerade April 7. at Keefe hall
where you can Join in with Prince Carni
val and have a good time.
, 1890-04-03
VIM. Mccoy has moved bis rcd Gloh,

VIM. Mccoy has moved his red Globe
restaurant to 50i West Seventeenth
street, where he will be pleased to serve
his ola and new customers. Meals -
and 25 cents. Mr.. Mccoy was one of
the first to open a short order house in
Cheyenne. and is well known as a first.
class chef" My tea and coffee are I'M
equaled in the city. Come and see me.
, 1890-04-03

ae LARGEST stock of fine brandies, old
WHISTLES. choice hqueurs and superfne
cigars at GEORGE Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
, 1890-04-03

Good Hack Service. Call telephone IS.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
An Incident at the play.

One evening while the audience at the
Baldwin were listening spellbound TO tho
scene where Barrymore is discussing the
foibles Of women couple of San Mated
rustics in the front row of the dress circle
began an earnest discussion us to the mer
it, Of a certain prize SOW one of them had
for sale
Despite the angry look and s-s-s-h's OF
those near by the controversy waxed loud
err until at last a gentleman sitting behind
the takers touched one of them on the
shoulder and quietly said.
Excuse me, my friend, but what will
you take for that SOW Of yours2'
The granger stared for moment and
then said;
about So, I.s'pose.n
Exactly" said the gentleman, taking
out his pocketoook and handing over a
greenback
"Here is a twenty Now that sow's mine;
just let her alone, if you please
The audience snickered, and though the
countryman made woful attempt to turn
the joke by gravely poeketing the note and
handing over the s14 change the snub was
crushing in it's effect, and in the dead ST.
lence that followed the philanthropic mill.
ionaire leaned back and modestly enjoyed
bis popularity
But what the delegation from up the
bay said when, after the performance. they
tried to buy II drink with the twenty and
found ii u bad counterfeit is unfit for pub
LEGATION. San Francisco News Letter.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20


'FoEseIise, slfd the secretary; they
WON'T ZjriHs4e word DC il" And be returned
and took IN his story where it bad been
Interrupted AT the close Of il, when he
had hid himself wide open, he simply said,
witiiastnile, iisedn't shy that no part
~ this is fpr publication
Notai w0fel ~ it waseyer printed, though
one Of the correspondents was then and
still is rputed 70 be utterly constituencies
III such matters
Il IS also one Of Mr. Blaine's practices
never to make man promise that he win
net publish a story. He merely tells him
it Is not for publication, or, as in the case
Of correspondents who have enjoyed his
confidence. he takes for granted that they
viii not publish any part Of private con
versation without first receiving his ex-
pressed permission to do So Nor are these
condolences reserved for correspondents Of
papers friendly to him. In more than one
case those who are closest TO him are in the
employ Of papers which lose no opportuni-
6y TO hit him lick, aud in some cases he
conldcs in men who persistently write
against him and his plans. AS one Of his
political friends puts it:
: He shows his hand first and bets after
ward Cor Savannah News.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
a nnt Noohla for ,vn,ts.

have always had warts on my hands
ever since was a boy, and have tried d
thousand remedies for them, including all
the charms known to the oldest darky in
the country The only thing that would
suppress them even temporarily was a red
hot needle Somebody told me e.bout il
ten or fifteen years ago, but | neNeT tried
il for long time, dreading the pain AT
last had big wart on the knucllle of my
left forefnger, where was always knock,
ing it against something and keeping il
raw and sore
determined to try the hot needle. So
had large needle fixed in an awl handle
heated it red hot in the fame of lamp
and thrust it through the big wart at one
punch. The pain was no greater than
had been enduring from striking the wart
against everything touched, and after the
needle had cooled took it out The wart
began to dry up, and in three or four days
picked it off with my thumb nail Since
then whenever one makes its appearance
take needle to it, and the remedy never
fails. Interview in St. Louis Globe Demo
crut.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20

According TO tho Talnudic idea, certain
persons are mentioned who will escape hell
or have their torment therein lightened
Whoever articulates every letter while
reading the Shema fDeut Vi, 40 will have
hell cooled for him. Three kinds win never
see the face of hell-those who are ground
down by poverty, those who suffer from
bowel sickness and those who lie at the
mercy Of creditors. 10 these three some
rabbits, whose experience. of matrimony
was perhaps unfortunate, add those who
have shrew to wife
Charity TO the poor, by feeding them and
otherwise opens the door Of escape from
hell Whoever shears a portion Of bis
goods for the poor and is charitable is re-
leased from the Judgment of hell A pas,
sage in Gittin likens the charitable and the
unbeatable to two ewes passing through
Iriver Of water The eve which il shorn
reaches the opposite bank in safety, but
the eve which remains unshorn Is
drowned.
1t is also said prov y, 2 and Prov XII 4)
charity CA. v "righte)uanoss'D deliver
eth from death" This is sometimes re-
cited at the present day mt n burial by the
keeper of the ground or other person, when
money is commonly given for the use Of
the poor. Nineteenth Century
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
A Risky Business.

First College Student-Whata are you 60
ing to strike for wealth or fame?
Second College Student - Wealth.
would strike for fame, but the trouble is
you can never tell nowadays what sort OF
fame is going 90 be in tshion.- Good News,
Very delicate people should not battle be-
fore breakfast, bat put it OF until the mid
die Of the morning, when their vitality is
at its best
Tincture Of camper ortincturc of myrrh,
added in the proportion of ten or twelve
drops 20 o glass of water, IS good for rims
ing the mouth mornings.
The sophomores Of Rutgers college issued
m edict that their boots must be BACKED
by the freshmen. The latter collected the
foot gear and smeared the leather generous
ly with green paint,
Rev. Abel Stevens, LID, for many
sear. resident OF Boston, rs editor OF
Ziou's Herald aaa in the pastorate, but
now of southern California, is engaged in
writing another volume Of his history of
Methodism, in his seventy-seventh year
A gentleman may wear gift ring or
locket without offending good form-in-
decd, &c would be ungallant not TO do so.
But there must be some sentiment or asso-
citation Of this kind.
The car has forty-four different kinds
Of uniform, and not one that Is bullet
proof Glory is good. but there is salts
faction in safety that is more gorgeous
than any dress or piamage.
The silver production of the country in
1850 was about 50,oO0,o00 fine ounces, as
against As. 900 in ISIS, Il, 600 in 1887,
and 9a.440.oO0 in 1856. In $50 owing to
The advance in price, the output is likely to
reach S5.0ee.oo0 ounces
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
school "sundries. /"

In 1889 the Cincinnati school board fur
nished 200 wash basins at cost of forty
cents dozen, making $40. Tin cups to
the number of 800 were bought and dis.
tributed to the different schools, making
thirty to each house, and about six to eight
cups to each room. Eight barrels, or 800
gallons, OF ink were used, and it was put
into 3S,257 ink wells. Boxes of crayon
chalk to the extent Of 800 were used, and
they cost in all $50. 75
Each box contains one gross of crayons,
making ll5,200 in all, and they were used
at the rate Of 81 a day, or ten in each
school house on an average 1t must be
remembered that not half the rooms use
chalk OF pens 2S8,00O were distributed,
or seven to each pupil. They cost the city
thirty-liye and one-half cents per gross,
or in all $40 Onehundred and forty-four
thousand peuholders were distributed at
cost of about $500 Cincinnati Times
&tnp
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
A sINauLAh NsITAIIoN.



A Young Mans i'ecuiiar yoa. aud the
Eaees II nas on lais Appearance.
Walter j. 1coOt iea young man scarce a3
years Of ace, who resides ia d western eisg
YoungSceOt is an ordinary looking indi
vidual save for an abnornas growth %
hair that covers his fare. neck aud head
His whiskers are nearly foot IL length
and Of d reddish color chat affects q slight
blush tint under certain conditions Of The
atmosphere
The hair on his neck is long ana silky,
but it curls close 70 The skim The horny
tissue that covers his Uranium il Il marvel.
II is nearly as long as lis whiskers, but ii
stands straight out from his skull, like the
hair on wig Of a side show Circassian.
and each strand Is as stiff as q wild boar's
bristle and could be nsed 10 Sew Garnet
with or to make d scrubbing brush
The wonder Is, though, that this peculiar
growth has developed within the past
three years. When young Scoot was 70
bis face was as smooth, soft and silkish as
that II d maiden Of Is, tho texture OF his
hair was fine, and his eyes were shaded by
long delicate lashes that would have made
a Spanish senorita purify with envy to
have seen them. The wonderful change
was the work Of a single night
On Scots twentieth birthday a pet
poodle dog be owned died lie was over
come With grief at the loss Of his pet, and
at one time il was thought he would be
seized with spasms He denounced every
thing, and going out into the street. bare
headed he shook his fist at the Sky, and In
a paroxysm OF frenzy he cursed and re.
viled the Omnipotent. He swore by every
thing holy that he would never shave his
face or have his hair cut.
He went into the house and sank insensi-
BILE on the floor. He was pat TO bed and
remained in comatose condition until
the next morning Hewas awakened next
morning with the sun Then the marvel.
Gus change. His hair stuck out over his
head like the qaills en- the back OF porcu-
pine, and his face was covered with a
shaggy beard several inches in length
II grew close up to his eyes; his eye
lashes had dropped out, and about the
only part Of his face left uncovered by the
strange growth was his nose. For the
past three years Sooot has religiously. Kept
his oath. He Is well educated, a good
writer, and apparently in every sense
man Of brilliant parts.-Chicago Special
Press Bureau,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20

1t seems no risk 60 assert that in our
state there are nor ten men born within
the COMMONWEALTH, Of New England par
ents, who cannot read and write have
heard it suggested that the curious signs
above the doorways of tayerns and Shops
which were SO common 200 years ago, were
really aids to those who were unable to
read The "Green Dragon" the Blue
Lion" the "White Horse" and the Bunch
of Grapes" over the doors of the colonial
inns Of Boston rendered them easily identi-
fed, whereas a signboard would have been
unintelligible 60 the mass Of the people
In like manner shopkeepers were won't
to mark their doorways, doubtless for a
similar reason A relic Of this custom is
seen occasionally even today, conspicuous
examples being n gilded ostrich above u
milliner's door, kid above glover's and
spinning wheel above The door OF linen
shop. But the real significance Of these
signs has passed away, and the signs them
selves have disappeared before the adj
vances of the school master. Boston Adj
yertiqpr
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
Art of Gem Cutting.

Tho.art Of cutting gems fingered on in
Constantinople after the fall of the empire,
but few stones were cut in western Europe.
Charlomagne used ms his seal an antique
gem with the head of Jupiter Scraps;
Pepin lie Brief one with n Bacchus on it.
In 1855, however, Giovanni Bernardo cut
stones SO beautifully for Lorenzo de Medici
that he was called Giovanni dele Carniole,
and a contemporary Of his was named
Domenico del kamei The Picklers, Tyrol-
ese artists, settled in Rome in the Eight
zenith century, cut gems so perfectly that
they had to sign them to prevent their
passing rs veritable antiques. - London
Letter