davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Connecticut western news., 1890-12-17
A Disa ppointed onoer.

Soldiers advancing against Indians often march for days without seeing . red man; but the veterans know that if the Indians want to find them they will be heard from when least expected. A story told in ''Warpath and Bivouac" illustrates how suddenly Indians an- nounce their presence. Ia
 Gen. Crooks command was camped on Crazy Woraan's Fork, and not m Indian had disturbed them for severa nights. It wa, very cold, and all were impatient for some sort of excitement. One night some officer said, "Let usgo up to Bourke's tent, and they all went.
 The lieutenant, member of Crooks staff, was found studying a military map by the light of 8 candle.
 Hello, Bo 1rkel" said one of the visitors. Aren't you afraid the h. dians will ventilate your tent if you keep that light burningY"
 "Oh, no" replied Bourke. "The In- dians that have been firing into us are small flying party. You may rely on it that you won't hear anything moro from them this side of Tongue river. The distance is too great from their villages and the weather is too cold. MT. Indian doesn't care to be froxen. Now, I'll show you on this map tho point where they will most likely make their first real at"-
 Whizl popl bangl ipl came a vol ley from the bluffs above the camp. A bullet struck the candle and put it out Another made large sized hole in tho map. The officers scattered, and Bourke was left alone to mediate on the instability of Indian character.
Connecticut western news., 1890-12-17
The Buddhist Eats No Flssh.

The superstrict Buddhist will not eat flesh at all, because the life that ani- mated the creature is part of the uni versal life that animates all creatures, from which each in turn abstracts the supply for the purposes of its temporal existence. To eat of the creature is therefore kind of cannibalism of the second degree, and your Buddhist will none of it. Tho commonalty of them do not go so far. They may sat meat bstween sunrise and noUn ~1NoW 1usk 1vtnfno oo1A
Connecticut western news., 1890-12-17
Why He Was Desperate.

Jaok-What on earth is the matter, old fellowa
 George (wiidly)-The proprietor is away and has left me in charge. It's pay day, and the cash is in the safe; also the combination, which put in there for safe keeping and have for gotten it. rve dipped the mucilage brush in the ink bottle, and (to ofioe boy) Frank, run out and got mo . quarters worth of rat poisoni Pitts- 61lv Nxi1sAln.
Connecticut western news., 1890-12-17
Christians and GentiIoj..

Christians are not Gentiles. They are religious sect, God fearing sect. They are the followers of the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, who was himself aside from his peculiarities God fearing man. Gentiles were idolaters or pagans, who were called by the He brews by the name of Goim, and the Christians called them Gentiles. In the New Testament we find it repeat edly. Jews and Gentiles are often men toned. Now it seems that the use of the word Gentle in connection with the Christian people is an unjust mis- homer, and yet some of the best Christ ians call themselves by that name Hebrew Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1890-12-17
A Now Chrsstmas Game.

For the benefit of those who may have become tired of the old fashioned games usually played at Christmas we suggest the following:
 Gather a party on Christmas eve, or early Christmas morning, and then hunt up a lot of poor people who have DO Christmas dinner and give them one.
 The game can be played by any num- Der of persons and is warranted to make more real enjoyment and merriment for all who take part in it than any other game.-New York Press.
 Why Suicides Were Buried at Crossroads.
 It has been suggested that suicides were buried at crossroads because that was the place where a cross or crucifix usually stood, and only second in sanc- tity to 8 church yard, and that the driving of a stake through the body was not at first intended as an insult, but to keep the ghost of the suicide from walking on the earth again These plausible stories have gained many ad- vocates, but it Is more likely that burial at crossroads was intended as 8 mark of indignation. -...
 The temples, or rather altars, of the heathen Teutons were mostly at the junction of crossroads. The place of execution was there, criminals being sacrificed to the gods, and hence sui cides were buried at the crossroads to give as strong an impression as possible of @ heather burial. Probably, too, the publicity of such a spot, which in sured the fact that a great number of people would become directly aware of the degrading consequences of the crime, had 8 good deal to do with its selustiuu, u,--Chattsr.
Connecticut western news., 1890-12-17
He Had Discovered a Freak.


 A weak, sic<ly looking individual, with shawl and pair of gaiters, en- tered railroad restaurant and said to the waiter: Waiter, bring me sirloin steak, an omelet and some baked potatoes" ''Yee, sir; that
 "And some baked ham, and-and a small mutton chop, waiter"
 ''Yes, sir. Tear "A couple of bottles of beer and half dozen English muffns." The waiter put down his tray with a knowing smile. Glancing over at the counter to see if the proprietor wss looking he leaned over and whispered: |: ''Ssy, mister, you don't want a manager, do youT'--American Grocer.
Connecticut western news., 1890-12-17

Woodman, spare that treel
 Touch not 8 single bouEh! In youth it sheltered mo,
 And I'll protect 1t now. e. Twas my forefather's hand
 That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand,
 Thy ax shall harm 1t not When but an idle boy
 Isought it's grateful shade; In all their gushing joy
 Here, too, my sisters play'd. My mother kiss'd me here,
 My father press'd my hand Forgive this foolish tear,
 But let that old oak stand! My heartstrings round thee cling Close as thy bark, old friend. Here shall the wild bird sing,
 And still thy branches bend, Old tree! the storm still brave! And, woodman, leave the spot. While I've 6 hand to save,
 Thy ax shall harm 1t not.
Connecticut western news., 1890-12-17

scientists disposing the descent of the showers; and then we have the cy- clones and the hurricanes multiplied in number and velocity, because there is nothing to prevent their awful sweep.
 GODS NATURAL TEMPLES
 Plant the trees in your parks that the weary may rest under them. Plant them along your streets, that up through the branches. passers by may see the God who first made the trees and then made man to look at them. Plant them along the brooks, that under them chil- dren may play. Plant them in your gardens, that as in Eden the Lord may walk there in the cool of the day. Plant them in cemeteries, their shade like mourner's veil, and their leaEes sounding like the rustic of the wingssof the departed.
 Let Arbor Day, or the day for the planting of trees, recognized by the legislatures of many of the states, be observed by all our people, and the next one hundred years do as much in planting these leafy glories of God as the last one hundred years have accom- plished in their destruction. When, not long before his death, saw on the banks of the Hudson in his glazed cap, riding on horseback, George P. Morris, the great song writer of America, l found him grandly emotional, and I could understand how he wrote, 'Wood man, spare that tree'' the verses of which many of us have felt like quot ing in belligerent spirit, when under the stroke of some one without sense or reason we saw beautiful tree pros fra&o1.
Connecticut western news., 1890-12-17
THE SLAV CHRISTMAS,
HOW THE HOLIDAY IS KEPT IN
 Et kft SOUTHERN AUSTRIA. s+- -t4

e1psrst1tion Among the Common People Abo0t Aniraals-They Arc Believed to TAIk It Certain Times- Strange Stories Nn Aennunf 6or Ah> phnn~.>>ncc
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-22
LOngfelIOW's Mem ory.

About 1856 an English man of letters.
Mr. Kingston, visited this country.
While in Boston he took occasion to
cail upon the poet Longfellow with
letters Introductory from mutual ac-
quaintanccs in England. As lie de-
scribes the interview in his "sWcstc IN
Wander;nSs" it must have been very
gratifying to the visitor
ave were soon discussing books and
writers Of books. the leading spirits OF
our two great countries. After talking
for a few minutes he stopped short aad
said: 4 am certain of it; VIC have
met bcfore-many years ago, though
".Nhen can that have beenl must
own that have no recollection of your
countcnancc; Lu. then, from being
near-sighsed, countenances do not make
much impression on me- l replied.
ibid you not cross from Ostend to
London one night in September, 1922
And did you not spend the first part of
il on deck, as the cabin was c-owlelP
he asked.
81 am pretty certain that l did,
undoubtedly, about that time, and
think L made note in my diary that l
had met on board very agreeable
American, with WHOM l had much con.
versation, but little thought who it
was' exclaimed, gratifed at being so
recol!ccted."
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-22

Diana has played him false, and has
come to church to be another mans
bride.
ale grows blind and sick, and reels
whore he stands, and presently he falls
headiOng down from the dizzJ stscple.
He strikes the flags:oncs in the court
yard, right 4: Lady Diana feet, as she
comes sweeping UP Oh her bridegroom's
arm.
"Shc secs him, and knows him. and
falls on her knees beside him, with an
awful cry. The blood stains her white
marriage robes, and the white roses in
her hair fall out, and lie dabblcd N 8
pool of red blood.
They raise her up, and carry her
off, but the wedding does not go on,
for the poor lady lies in a swoon, and
that night she dies, a-calling on her
dead lovers name.
"The next day, when the men come
to wash away the blood-stains from the
iag-stOnes where the poor architect fell,
they find that Lady Diana's bridal roses
have taken root, and are growing be-
twxt the fag-stones in the court yard,
and instead of being white, they are
blood red.
"That's the story of the brides roses.
And for hundreds and hundreds of
years they have grown and bloomcd in
that same spot; and every night, as
surely as the dark fails, the poor,
broken hearted lady comes a-singing,
with her white laces, and her long mar
rage veil a-trailinS and rustling, and
she loops down and gathers the red
roses; but when the next morning
comes they are blooming again as fresh
as ever. Winter or Summer, the brides
roses never fail.
"'They are emblems of her love-"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-22
A Delicate Palate,

According to the chef of the Grand
Hotel in London, the French and the
Russians understand the art of eating
better than any other nation. By way
of illustration the chef told this story:
"Bouillibaisse is famous Marsellaise
dish of fish, garlic and all manner of
curious ingredients, which you may be
sure is seldom asked for in a London
hotel. One day We had Russian gen.
tleman among our guests and he asked
for dish of bouilibaisse. Imade it.
He ate it. is it right sirr asked the
waiter. 1T wants something In the
Mediterranean is a certain shell fish
which is always used in preparing the
dish and which not unnaturally did
not possess. Not one person in thou.
sand would have noticed the diffe renee.
You see, the Russians palate recognized
even the nuances."
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-22
A Dollhouse that Cost $500.

The Chicago Times describes tho
/ costliest dollhouse in the world: 1t
was erected by Thomls Lynch, Jr., for
ais little ur-ycar-old daughter, at
cost of $500, AMI is as complete as tho
widest Juvenile dream could wish it to
De. 1t Is built Of brick, with tower
and cupola like an ancient castle, and
looks for all the world like a reprQl1
lion OF the great modern rcsidep}
some millionaire. Il has a little fl !lU
Of steps leading up to the solid oak
front door. and an electric pushbell for
the convenience, OF the baby visi tors of
the happy mistress of the house.
On this door, which, by the way, IS
four feet high, is the name OF the pro-
prietor on a silver slate, sAIiss Leila
Lynch" There is hallway lighted by
miniature gas lamp suspended from
the ceiling, and it is finished in the
choicest of hard woods. There are
umbrella and hat racks of appropriate
dimensions. Elegant draperies cover
the parlor doors, and the parlor is fitted
up in grand style. The furniture is all
OF white enameled wood. covered with
white brocaded silk. There is an ele-
giant mantel filled with brio. a. brac of
the choicest kind, and little lamps of
the rarest patterns. A beautiful
chandelier furnished with real gas hangs
from the centre of the room. Centre
tables, divans, easy chairs. sofas. etc,
gill up the apartment. Dolls from Paris
occupy positions here and there, Just
like real people.
Then there is dining-room furnished
complete, with sideboards, china clos.
cts, &C., of rich design. The bedroom
is marvel Of beauty, and is replets
with all conveniences. The ceiling in
every room is 6 feet 2 inche, high, and
the upper stories are just big enough
for four-year- dds to move about cor.
fortably.
: "Thesonly thing I have to live for
said MI, Lynch. ''is the happiness Of
my .wife and children. That is why I
built this house."
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-22
Rags in Many Forms.

As if In protest against the sneer o.
hose who declare that women sufferN
rom Q scarcity OF pockets, bags have
,ecn introduced in many forms-for
iusting cloths to hang in all rooms,
rom the drawilg-room to the bedro5na
or shoes and stocking, in the bedroom,
or laundry in the bedroom closet or
bath room, for the silver of channels
kin for the dining room buffet. In
act, nearly every corne: OF the house
nay now be fitted up with an ornamcn-
Il and useful bag for something. The
iusting bag properly may hang in
.very room in the house and contain a
little hcmmed square scrim, which
hould be changed when soilcd for a
'rcsh one. This bag is properly made
If linen, cmbroid cred in white linen
less, or OF cretonnc or any nice orna-
mental cotton tina. can be laundried. A
hiring of wood is the proper thing
o suspend it from, as it cannot be
;oied like ribbon. This bag may be a
very ornamental piece of work in any
If the graceful South Kcnsingtoa pat
ems Of flowers, or in a graceful geo.
metric design work in washable crew.
is or silk which are warranted not to
change color. A flower and spider web
S an especially appropriate design for
his purpose. A shos-bag is very USE
;ul article, well-nigh indispensable to a
we'll ordered household. These bags
should be made of some washable ma
erial like chintz or cretonnc. A towel
If large size makes a very useful laun-
Try bag for small articles like handker-
:hiefs and collars. A willow hamper
the most suitable receptacle for the
main part of the washing. The bag of
:hamois leather to hold the silver not
n use is probably best made simply
With or without lining of cotton fan.
lei, though this material is specially
recommended to wrap silver by silver
smiths The most useful bags which
nay be made OF silk or velvet or other
Itch materials are the large square
work-bags which are carried By ladies
generally now. These bags should DO
ined, closed at the top with drawing
strings of silk cord. Such bags should
measure about ten or twelve inches
square in size, or larger as the wearcr
!ancies. A dainty bag is now som,-
lines hung across the top of a chair,
Ind is furnished with a pcrfumed head
est on the chair, while the bag hangs
1t the back. -Nsa0 Yors Tribune.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-22

al The report be trus ,aat Russia Ia.
&. las, been shamcI iaso taking meas
uses 10 abolish The Siberian exile system.
then" declares .he san Francisco C6roni
eIc, ''it is ind;spu;ablc that larye
share OF the credit 0. this reform IS due
to George KEENAN,, the American who
investigated the prisons and has con
tributed 20 the CeatDyy Magazine such
thrilling stories of the living death in
these penal colonies. Many parts Of
Siberia enjoy climate iaiIder than that
OF the greater portion of Russia, but the
places to which political offenders wer,
sent was always beneath the Arctic cir.
Gle, ard the crueities inflicted By brutal
overseers were such as to drive high
spirited men insane and to force man,
sensitive women to suicide. There is th,
best evidence that KEENAN, told nothiu,
but the truth about the bad arrange
ments for transportation, the vermin-in.
Tested stations where the wretched con.
'ict conveys spend the night, the drear,
prisons, surrounded by high stockades il
order that those within shall not even en-.
Joy sight of the green fields and the
distant forests, and the hospitals, crowded
with victims of bad air, poor food and
insufficient clothing. In such places,
herdcd among the vile scum of LARGE
cities, KEENAN, found delicately reared
refined men and women, and his picture
oftheir misery will cling to the memory
Of any one who has read his articles. II
was lately reported that these articles
had been brought to the Cars notice.
II the reading of this record, for which
he is largely responsible, brought about
The reform, then American magazine en-.
serprise is to be credited with substau.
tial bit of work in the cause of reform
Turner'S famous painting, ssThe Grand r.
nal OF Venice, has been bought from ~.
rari OF Derby for the vanderbilts Of Nav
YORK. The price paid was ssO.0Oa
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-22

Ii Costa Rica ever expects to Get intt
a Central American Union she Will haze
to change some OF her habits. In facts
it might help i. she changed her con,titu
ton GOOD. Deal. According to the New
York Teiegr'e, "thc President is play.
inc 20 unusual luck if he holds the REIN
Of Government six months. IL is always
supplied with threc Presidents, and
this trio IN turn sna.cacs the mace Of au
th3ri;y. Reports have jG.s reached hcr,
thai President Snfo has bccl ousted and
Carlos Duran made President. As Brother
Duran IS ;Iirl on Che list OF Nicc-Prasi.
dents, this stock must be running low
again and shonld be re?len:sacd. There
must Be three other desirable gentlemen
in COSTA R;ca VINO would like to pla,
President for a few minutes aud 1ua the
Treasury"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-22
Che nDsekIp Alessenpsr
PUBLISHED EEKLY BY
ALBERT slENyENU.

One of the foreign Catholic divine;
who rode on the COngro limited
from New York city to Baltimore though;
that one of the strangcst sights he had
seen in the country was the eating OF
dinner on a train going at the rate Of
sixty miles an hour. We are known
abroad as a nation of fast eaters, remarks
the Washington STR, but foreigners are
not prepared to see us eat at the remarka.
bic rate of a mile minute.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-22
A Child Of Misfortunes

SCENE I.
BJones-What makes you look so
unhappy, Bjenksi
bJenks-My best girl has giver me
the mitteu.
SCENE n.
BJones - Hullo, Bjenks! Haven'd
seen you since your best girl threw you
over, ten years ago. TIL be blessed if
you aren't looking just Is glun now,
too, as you were then. What's the
mattere Haven't you got over that old
trouble yet?
B)enks-No, I haven't You see she
changed her mind.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-22
The Chimes.
Stop thief.
The old veaFeoes
Der the Iyis,s Socvs


And the gray old year hath brought me
grief.
He hath stolen the bud and the dancing leaf
And the dear little robin that used to sing
At my window-sill in the balmy spring,
And the rapturoUs kisses my lover gave.
lie hath hidden him. too. in narrow grave
Deep down from the light of the broad, blue
sky.
And 30 through The rush Of my tears cry
stop thief
As the old year goes
Der the drifted SHOWS.
For the gray obi year hath brought me grief.
All hail
The new year comes
With the beat of drums,
And clangor of bells in the windy vale.
He bringe,h the song of the nightingale;
And what if his robe is fringed with snow,
The April buds on his bosom blow.
He sendeth a new love unto me
From an ancient country across the sea,
And far tothe South we will sail away
Through the purple dusk of perfumed May.
All hail
The new year comes
With the beat of drums.
And music of bells in the wintry vale.
Minnie Lring.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-02-22
THE BRIDES ROSES.

800" , GAM "'' "hNi~hs 'eiulAc, "H!Ci
was built in the far-gone days of The
old British regime in America, stand
amid the low lying hills that cncirclC
the swift flowing RappahannOck, will
the spires OF Frcdercks burg shining il
the distance, and the everlasting pinos,
for which Virginia is so noted, standing
in thick files on either hand.
Centuries upon centuries have ex-
pended their storms upon the massive
va Is, and yet they stand, mute bu.
/ most eloquent monuments of tie
strength AID durability of old-time
architecture.
One can even yet discover some traces
OF the old altar-stones and the tablets
wherein the names of the dead and
gone vestrymcn are recorded, and the
pew once occupied by Washington and
MS relatives is still rcvercntly pointed
out to every siSht-seer who turns out OF
the beaten thOroughfaro of travel to
lave LOOK at this sacrcl aud Venerable
Pile.
"But the brides rose. hare you seen
that: questioned the guide as we were
making our way out over the crumbiing
heaps of mo,:ar.
The bgidc' rose? Why no, what is
IL"
Our Guide was womau--a gray and
5aun! Old creature, who lives in ht.lc
hut near at hand and earns an honest
pcany now an. then by showing travel
crs over the runs of old Potomac
Church.
She turned back on the instant,
shaking her gray head slowly from side
TO side.
"Ah, you mast see the brides rose"
she sad; ''comc along"
We followed her back over hcans of
debris, under the c:umoling arches of
the Old English TEN pie-bats and ghost
moths hurting in our very eyes, and
The hush of the falling twilight all
about US. Through the main aisle, out
at the great arched door, down the fall
en- steps into little court yard.
The Old woman stopped down and
parted the rank, luxuriant growth that
covered the ruins at our feet.
'There it is. she said; "ook!'
We stopped down, and looking
closely, saw amid the rank grass great
cluster of scarlet roses. The shrub
upon which they bloomed seemed to be
small and stunted in its growth; but the
flowers we're marvel of perfect lowell. |
aess-so large, so fine, so delicate in
tint and texture, more like the cult.
waited bloom of a hot house than the
wild growth of the fields.
"Stop! You wouldn't touch emf"
sried the old woman in utter horror. az
We put out our hand to pull one of the
perfect flowers. ''Don't, for PHYS
sake! 1t is the brides rose, red with
blood; and presently the bride herself
will come. as is her wont every night,
md gather them, aud every morning
hey bloom again afresh. Dom touch
emf"
We drew back with an involuntary
hudder, and the old woman rose to her
eet, letting the rank grasses close
round the blood-red blossoms.
Come" she said, in a sort of awed
whisper, '.you've seen the roses; let's
'e going. The dark will be upon US
nd the bride walk, at DARK! We
mustn't be hen when she conesl Hark
that's her voictnow! Don't you hcare
he always comes a singing, so that her
over may know when stesueet her.
,on't you heart" 40