davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Dodge City times., 1890-06-06
was. she spoke fir

OF q man.
pray forgive me-you are alone In the
cab-there is room for gentleman, dan
gerously wounded-he will bleed To death
if we don't find help for him-the place u
close by-oii, don't refuse me-! Sne LOOK,
ed back, holding fast by the cab door, ana
saw Fanny and the men slowly approach
ing. Bring him hcre!'' she cried
do nothing of the sori!' shouted the
gentleman in possession OF the cab.
But Fanny obeyed her mistress: aud the
men obeyed Fanny. Iris turned indig-
nantly To the mercileSs stranger Il ask
you to do an act Of Christian kindness"
she said. How can you, how dare you
hesitate?'
Drive on!' cried the stranger.
Drive on, at your peri.!'' Iris added, on
her side.
The cabman sat, silent and stolid on the
box, waiting for events.
Slowly the men came in view, bearing
Lord Harry, still insensible. The hand
kerchefs on his throat were saturated
with blood. At that sight the cowardly
Instincts of the stranger completely mas
tered him lie: me Out!' he clamored,
LET me out!'
Finding the cab left at her disposal, Iris
actually thanked him! He looked at her
with an evil eye. Il have my suspicious.
can tell you." he muttered. IF this
not going 10 he mixed up with it. limo
cent people have been hanged before now.
when appearances were against them"
He walked off, and b wa. of completing
the revelation Of his own ,aeanness, forgot
to pay his fare.
Ga the point Of starting the horse to
pursue him, the cabman was cffectually
stopped IRIS showed him sovereign.
Upon this hint [ike Othello) he spoke.
-.All right, mss. l see your poor gen-
tlemau is ;i-DleediEg. You'll take care
Won't you-tnat he doesu't spoil my cush-
ioIs:' The driver WAS not III iii-condi-
toned II Ill: he put the case OF his proper
~ iaGu.gca,Iy, with Il persuasive smile.
Iri. lur..cd 10 tGe t.vo worIa fellows, who
ma > r..idllr gwen ncr their help, and
bite .c..i ,vvu-Jyr, with L solid expires
,.uio. AR ,ratitGIc which they both re-
..i--n,=r-.. ! ~ may long day 10 come.
...a ..,s :..rcaiy N the cab supporting
..,c,i :!1r..', ,r.,. Iris joined her. The
. ....... ,fpve csre.ully TO Mr.. Ninipany's
.ic" .....~@-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09
Hon tO enc FroMning.

A great many earnest thinkers Of
nervous temperament fall into the
habit of scOwEng when they read, write
or talk seriously. This causes two lit
tie perpendicular lines to pillow in be-
tween the eyes, and ages a face ten
years.
1t is a habit almost impossible to cor
rect, once formed, as it is done uncon-
scientiOusly by a great many young
people. Even in sleep then brows viii
be drawn together in this malicious lit
tie frOwn, that is the alder and abettOr
of age.
A bright, studious young woman still
in her early twenties found herself the
victim of this scOwl, which had already
made two fine hair lines in her white
brow. She set herself to work to cure
the habit by setting her mirror before
her face when she read, wrote or stud
led but as this distracted her attention
from her work she finalI y placed a lib
bon band tightly across her brow, ty-
ing it In a knot at the back Of her head,
and at night she slept in the band.
After several months the little hair
lines disappeared from her pretty fore
head, and she is quite cured of the dis
figuring habit.
A smooth, white, unCOrru gated brow
is one of the greatest attractions in g
woman's face, while a prematureIy fur.
rowed and wrinkled brow mars the
beauty and youth of the fairest fea-
tures.-Nelg York Morning Journal
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

The maternal grandfather Of iona
than Scott Ellis was the Rev. Jonathan
Scott. a Scotch Highlander who lived
and preached in Minot during the last
years Of his life. Mr.. Ellis tells how
he was once sent to Portland by his
grandfather after some Bibles for dis
fribution among his flock. Young Ellis
called on the Rev. Edward PaysOn,
was invited in to rest and made known
his errand. Glow much salary does
your grandfather get?" asked Mr.. Pay
son. well, said Ellis, they agreed
to give him $500, but so far as can
find out he only gets $30i" This an
swer so pleased DR.. PaysOn that, after
entertaining the young man he handed
him back the money he had brought
saying: well, $50 isn't a very big sal
ary; give this back to your grand
father" He then gave young Ellis an
order to the agent of the Maine Mis-
sionary Society for the Bibles sent for
free of expense. Evidently there was
little danger of the clergymen Of those
days knowing much about the deceit
fitness Of riches except from hearsay.
-Farmi9lgtO71 (lLe.) Chronicle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

itor is told the story of each, and the
very marrow in his bones changes its
composition.
There is some debate among out
siders as to what the ceremony Of init
alton into the WhitechapeI Club con.
sists of. The obligation is said to be
something extremely suIphurous, YET
the actual exercises are said to be any.
thing but tedious or complicated.
One of the initiated was discovered
later to have the imprint of a bloody
hand upon his shirt front, but there Is
current theory that the ritual is
flexible, and that in many cases all
ceremonies, save those of a purely con
vivial nature, are dispensed with
Saturday night receptions of the club
have become social events of note, and
in no instance, it is asserted, has any
one present at these reunions failed to
return eventually to family and friends.
The record of the club in this respect
is as pure as filtered water. No bones
are bleaching in the alley.
The Whitechapel Club, it need
hardly be explained, is not an organic
alton for gain, though formally incor-
pOrated under the State law. 1t has
a seal and its bIood-red Ietterheads are
curiosities. Tt is great institution.
Chicago Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

he has been, so far, absent from all
meetings and the club has not his def
mite address, the Vice President per
forms the active functions of manage
ment. Under the constitution two
members of any profession may be-
long to the cIUb-two bank presi-
dents, two burglars, two preachers,
two actors, etc. And the ranks have
been much increased by additions to
membership under this rule.
It is in interior decoration, as already
said, that the club comes out strong,
and by this aIIusion is not made to
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09
Un on Human Nature.

"Know the Mayor Of this town ?" in
quired man in a plaid cape overcoat
Of q policeman on Third street.
Eyes"
"Iwant to see.hin on particular bust
ness. Say, what is his speciality, any
way?"
"How do you mean?"
why, whats the best way to approach
him ? who does he affect the most,
wealthy classes or literary talent ?"
Il couldn't tell you"
"YOu see, mines a delicate mission.
would like straight tip as to
whether it's best to approach him as a
representative of an English syndicate
or a contributor to the North american
ReUielU."
"Why don't you go to him for just
what you are ?"
ooh, first impressions go a long ways,
you know. Pm selling a patent catarrh
nullifier, but it won't do to say so at first,
as I want his Endorsement. Unjust strike
in as an Eastern capitalist aching to
sock a couple millions of dollars into
real estate, and from that lead on up to
catarrh and the Latinized nasal organs.
See?"
"I guess your scheme won't work"
"Think not? How would it do to
pose as man from KOkomo who wants
to build three cotton mills and dis
tillery 2"
Wouldn't do.
"Not fetching enough, Ell? Say I 60
in first with a scheme to work over
straw stacks into wallpaper ?"
'Twouldn't catch on"
"WeI, how would the idea strike
him to drop letter carriers and shoot
mail into residences by pneumatic
tubes 2"
"Oh, go on.
Wouldn't hit him, Ell? I believe I'll
go in the interests of the beet-suga1
industry"
"That might do; the Mayors a judge
ooh, you're satiricaI. But Pm up
on human nature. IF Congress wasn't
in session I'd go as a strayed junketer
whose pass had run out. As it is, I've
decided to approach him as one Of the
United States Fish Commission with
twenty-three car loads Of black bass
eggs and ton Of salmon fry."-St.
Paul Pioneer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09
IN GROwING OLD.
BY c. LowATER.

m growing old for sixty years
I've struggled through mortal life;
l. We seen some JOY, I've seen some STRIFE
We mad hve children and wife.
But al in all, for all my fears,
.! We seen more happiness than tears;
and now, when 1 am sixty years.
love the memories OF my life.
You'n never see the days, my lad,
As bright as those when was yOungi
Then every little bird that sung
Seemed joyful that the earth was young.
In its old days the earth seems sad;
1t has not now the life it had
In those gay days long passed, my lad
Those happy days when was young.
The life we led was wild and free,
The men were bold, the girls were sweet;
Not such as now you often meet
In theaters or on the street.
Why, sometimes now, it seems to me,
From what hear and what I see,
TITS the girls who are bold and free
And men, poor things, try to be sweet.
The rod, my lad, was in the school
Ia days when 1 first learned to spell.
We had to learn our lessons well;
The difference You soon could tell
They praised the quick and whipped the fool
And ruled us with an iron rule
They trained men in the Olden school
Whose names q nation now can spell.
They had a noble hardihood
To fight against the Wilderness;
They worked and prayed to God to bless
Their toll with peace and plentiness.
he must have heard their prayers and stood
With them in the leafy wood,
For He has blessed their hardihOOd
And labor in the Wilderness.
I'm growing old; for sixty years
I've smiled at pain and laughed with Joy;
But though my head is white, my boy,
The hand of age cannot destroy
The record of the hopes, the fears,
The happiness, the smiles. the tears
Which have known for sixty years,
And whose remembrance is my Joy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09
eonviYiaI Iabits exclusiveIY

cOnviviaI habits exclusively. There
the members, and they have contribut,
ed sketches which are, to use the YER
nacuIar, simply paIalyzers. There are
one or two portraits, drawn carefully
from imagination, of the absent but
honored President, and there are other
sketches as striking. The police force
of this and other cities have been called
upon and have contributed to the
mural adornments. Even the fire de-
partment has become interested, and
as for the members themselves they
have become collectors with a mission.
The banquet-rOom of the club is
L-shaped and the long table round
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

Lady TO applicant for position as do
mestic)-My goodness! This reference
is signed by Mrs Upton.
Applicant is, mum, she signed it
herself, mum, after I'd been there q
wake, mum.
@But Mrs. Upton has been dead for
twenty years.
els that so? WuIIl wuul It's wan
place after another Owe been gettin'
on that character for twenty foive
years an Oh niver heard before that the
poor Teddy was dead. Hiven rest her
sowl.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

which the members sit in lively session
corresponds in shape. Above the table
dangling from a pulley is trombone
which is performed upon when q pam
pered mental is required to bring in
some more of something. Skeletons,
mostly of women, dangle here and
there, and there are skulls each with
it's CHASTITY history, among them that
of the only coIored man who ever COM
mitted suicide in Chicago. Nailed on
the wall half full Of cIotted blood is a
slipper Of the Chinese merchant lately
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

"I'm glad of tibet, and don't you en-
Joy travellin 2" ses she II think a
short trip like yours Is awful nice, but
one gifts so awful tired a going es fur
es we did. I tell you faint mennY thet
hes ben aroun es mutch es we hev.
81 spOse not. " ses /, kindly dry.
Gid you see emmy new stiles" ses
she. 81 jest thOb I'd run over and
find out what wus the latest stiIe, fur
1 don't like to be behind the times.
well, you'll hev to go see Mis- Boggs
fur thet fur I didn't pay no intention to
ennything o that kind, ses 1.
Jest es she Wus gOin out at the gate
Mis- Giles was comm in.
Laws, ses she, sit seems good to
hey you back to the Corners agin, an
IOOkin so we'll to" and then she went
on an asked all about all the children,
es kind es Good be.
well, now, I'd like to no one thing,
ses she as she was a gittin reddy to go,
"an that is, Did SeIly Boggs git a bow
an is she a goin to be marryed or not.
well, you'll hey to ask her, ses I,
fur haint her garden.
Il thOt mebbY you mite no, ses she,
awful disappointed, but 1 wOOdnt tell
her, fur the wilder he'd made US prom
Is not to say nothin about nothin. an
we he'd sed we wOodn't tell eff she
woodn't tell about VIM. Henery bein
arrested.
Purity soon arfter she he'd gone Mis-
Cronk an Mis- Parsons come in to-
gather.
"We jest coodn't waite when we heerd
| you Wus to home" ses Mis- Parsons,
so we cum rite over sand sarymun~
ME"
eyes, fur we wanted to hear all
about yure trip an whuther you node
/ Ben wus a gOin to git marryed or not,
/ ses Mis- CrOnk, all Of breth
We'll, I'm glad you've kim" ses I,
! "but es fer Ben goin to git marryed,
yOu no boys will talk; not but what I
wush he wood, but ct hes always ben
my apperience tibet it's the still pig
gifts the swill. ses I, lookin at EN-
camly over the tops o. my new gold
specks.
"Speakin o pigs remins me, tibet
Mr.. Jackson's folks es furbishin up
thare house all threw an threw, an it is
the incest house here to the Corners,
ses Mis- Parsons.
did you Iarn emmy new croshay
pattern?" asked Mis- Cronk; eff you
did Id like to bOrry EN-"
So went an got my gatherings an
tOle her she mite hev one of en-, an
Mis- Parsons one, an then thay Good
exchange.
An so they went off happy.
claws, you've he'd a site O callers
this mornin, sed the schoOlmarm's
grammar. can don't you beleave
Ben's a goin to be marryed soon
Why, we wus all afeard he woodn't
waite tell you folks kim home"
"WelI, he did waite. ses I, kindly dry
"Haint you glad to be at home" se'
Mis- Boggs, who he'd Jest run in fur {
few minnits. can haint folks awful
anxious to hear about my ingagemint
laws! make ali Of EN- think he's {
furrener."
An she Iafs.
Just then Vim. Henery kim in
"HuI1o, Sal, ses he; "kim over to ca
the greecer, did yout"
mot mulch, fraid frog, ses she.
Yourn as ever,
HESTER ANN SCOOPER.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

IT is stated that a millionaire who
died recently at Vienna had such an
antipathy to darkness that he left in
structions in his VIII for the iIIumina-
ton of his tomb. An electric light is
to be kept burning in the vault during
a whole year, and even the interior Of
the coffin is to be electrically lighted
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09
a CIaar C0nscienoa 0hfnIned.

Brokers Wife-How happy you look,
my dear What is the cause?
Broker-A clear conscience. I have
not taken any innocent and cOnfding
mans money for twenty-four hours.
Il am glad to hear it.
Eyes; you see my partner died last
night, and our Office was closed to-
day. "-NelU York Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09
The PiccadiLIy Puzzle.
THE STORY OF A TERRIBLE EPISODE
In THE LIFE OBJ AN ENGLISH
NOBLEMAN.
BY F. w. HUME.
CHAPTER I.
A FOGGY NIGHT.

T two o'clock in the
morning during the
month of August sounds
of music could be heard
proceeding from a bril-
1iantly lighted house
In Park lane, where a
rbaIl was beng given by
the Countess of Ker-
stoke. True, the sea-
son was long since over,
and though the greater
part of London society
had migrated swallow
like to the south of Eu-
rope in search of warm
weather, still there were
q. 80. Il - - 7 - = L.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09


have found the aid of a shorthand
writer a necessity in our day. It has
therefore become a prominent profess
sion and IS rapidly growing in all walks
of life
Shorthand is a profession pecuI-
iarIy adapted TO women, as the work
itself is void of physical exertion and
well suited to the fine instincts Of a
woman.
Shorthand can be mastered by any
person possessing a good common
school education, requiring only
thorough knowledge Of the English
language and a healthy faculty Of per-
ception and execution; though there
are phases in the advanced practice
of the profession where a broad knowl-
edge of languages and sciences is es-
sential.
The profession of shorthand writers
is commonly divided into two classes:
The first, the amanuensis; the sec
Ond, the official stenOgrapher.
The amanuensis conducts mercan-
tile correspondence as rule; that is,
receives dictatiOn OF business letters
at & limit of one hundred words per
minute and transcribes the letters so
dictated, by the aid Of a typewriter or
the pens into English.
The required proficiency for this
work can be attained by any person OF
common intelligence, provided they
can spell and punctuate correctly.
The remuneration Of the amanuensis
varies from five hundred to one thou
sand dollars per year.
The official stenOgrapher must be
able to write at a rate of ct least one
hundred and fifty words per minute
and possess a general knowledge OF
the subject of his work, may 1t be law,
medicine, or some special science.
Only few Of the profession as g
| whole, reach this proficiency
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

A CURIOUS AND UNIQUE Chicago
INSTITUTION.

The Police Of Different Cities Combining
In Supplying Mural Decorations Of a
Queer sOrt-A President Who Is Much
the Treasures
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

Things Glanced to be well developed,
and who had a good deal Of enterprise.
The rented the rooms, held q meeting,
and organized a club. In honor of the
individual who has made WhitechapeI
famous. Jack the Ripper was elected
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09
LEFFERs FROM THE Co...
NECK Oh NoTan1' Hall.
KILKENNY CORNERS, {

p. EDITUR Ev-
.erybuddy he'd heerd
We WIS home by the
next day arfter we
he'd got thare. Mis-
Peter Roper kim
over bTite an soon.
Why, how do
you do, Mis- Scoop
er ses she, an
how did YOU anioy
your trip ?"
"Fust rate, ses
I. we found ev-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

HE Whitechapel
Club, of Chicago,
was organized by
C 9 z t ain young
newspaper M g n
whose sense Of hui
NOR, sense of the
horrible, of good
fellowship, of the
grOtesque and the
arabesque, and of
a variety of other
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

killed by highbinders in San Francis
co. a donation from the San Francisco
police force, and there are the shaekles
worn by Martin Burke from Winnipeg
and lot of anarchist relics from the
police force of Chicago. There are
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

knives and pistols with which crimes
were committed. There are hideous
Chinese masks and sIung shots, and
sand-bags, and any amount of such
paraphernaia of red murder. The Wis
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09
SHORTHAND AS A PROFESSION.
BY EMMA vILo.

HE profession known
as shorthand is the art
of writing in IegibIe
characters as rapidly as
a person can speak.
Merchants, lawyers,
physicians, ministers,
and authors, and in fact
all persons whose bust
ness entails much cor
1.ns,,nndnnca On. rr1.itinns
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

Know the Mayor of this town ?" in
quired man in plaid cape overcoat
of a policeman on Third street.
UVoc 81
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-23

His object in gathering these representa-
JlVes OF the various state societies of the
Sons OF American Revolution is not only to
become acquainted with them himself. cut
TO make them acquainted with one another,
and thus strengthen the ties which bind
e gether this new, rapidly-growing patri-
otto organization Of descendants of founders
Of the republic
RUSH OF TRAVEL ACROSS THE SEA.
Unless all signs fail, the coming season is
going % witness larger exodus of Aneri-
cans TO Europe than ever before. Il was
thought last summer that the high-water
mark had been reached, for the Paris ex-
position attracted a great many people
across the water. But from conversations
with steamship agents. it seems probable
that even last summers record will be
exceeded. The social season, lust
closed, has given good many people
an excuse for leaving New York. Among
those who have already sailed away, are
Mr. and Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt, and Mr.. and
Mrs w. ID. Sloane, their sister and brother
in-law, on the yacht "Alva" Their chill
dren go with them, and their family ply
stefan, besides a French chef, and a full
complement of sailor men. They go to
Bermuda. thence TO Madeira, and later
Will cruise in the Mediterranean. Thew
VIII arrive in London III time for the
opening Of the season there. and will be
joined by Cornelius Vanderbilt and his
family, who have already engaged Herbert
house for their usa. Mrs William Aston.
the real leader of New York society, with
her husband and son, leave for Europe in
few days. The Bradley-Martins and scores
of other people with large bank accounts,
but not so well known to the public, will
follow. The steamship agents report that
staterooms are already being engaged, and
that even with an addition of half dozen
new and commodlous steamships, they will
not be able TO meet all the requirements at
the hight of the season.
While Americans are going to Europe to
enjoy themselves, it is noticeable that quite
a number of famous Englishmen and
women have already announced their inten-
ton of visiting America The Comte de
Paris, who, it will be remembered, was on
McClelland's staff. has already started.
Stepniok, the Russian novelist, is ex-
pected in May. The Duke and Duchess of
Connaught hope to make flying trip across
our continent; and Annie Besant, the
famous Englishwoman radical, is to visit us
for the purpose of studying the progress
made by women in Uncle Sans domain.
Emily Faithful. Rider Haggard and Henry
NJ. Stanley are also announced to visit this
country during the coming summer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-23
Living Alone In a Hut at 119.


Richard Hoops of Usage City this county,
Is beyond question the oldest person in the
state of Missouri. He is a negro, and lives
alone in a small hut on the banks of the
Usage river, just below the Missouri Pa
cifc railroad bridge He is 119 years of
age, and in appearance somewhat resembles
mummy, his skin being parchment-iike,
but he is full Of life and energy, and is in
full possession of all his faculties. In the
summer and fall he finds work as a farm
hand, and what he earns in this way is eked
out by the aid of his skill with rod and gun
to a respectable living. During the past
fall he contracted with a farmer to grub
out the stumps in large field, and carried
out his obligation, performing all the labor
himself
"Uncle Richard" has good memory. and
can recall Incidents that happened in his
boyhood, just after the revolutionary war.
He remembers having seen on one occasion
Gems. Greene and Wayne, and other heroes
of the war of Independence whose
names he cannot recall now He
was born in Chatham county, South
p Carolina. and his masters name
was William Hayden. He came to Missouri
in 1912, and for the past twenty-five years
has been living about Usage City. AS stated,
he lived all alone in his nut, and. so far as
he knows himself, has no relatives living.
He is very economical in his methods of
living. and the head of a large catfish fur
nishes him with material enough to supply
him with soup for over week. The old
fellow is quite an interesting talker, and is
fond of recOunting the events of the early
part of the century.