davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

1t is getting 10 be a serious thing now
adays 60 know one S ice cream by sight.
Taste, Of course. will reveal the frozen
dainty. but it takes on. under the hands
of novelty-seeking chefs, 50 many diff
ferent disguises that it is frequently
very misleading. If. for instance, a
dish of plump-looking mushrooms is
placed before you, don't be sure that
You are going to eat that ,ueculent veg
etable until You have tried one of the
light-brown buttons. They are prob
ably ice-cream frozen in these little
molds. The English brown-head ice
cream is common enough here now, but
it is a novelty to have it served with
French peas. a chef who was more
ambitious than artistic recently almost
startled the company by sending to the
table what were apparently raw lamb
chops The illusion was so perfect that
several besitated 10 attempt to eat them
until the hostess fork showed their ice
cream nature.-N. Y. Times
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09
SUMMER TOURISTS.

A TRAMP in indianapolis stole a bar
of soap, and the victim was SO over
come when he discovered his loss that
he followed up the thief and gave him a
quarter
A TRAMP stole "a razor and opened up
a shop in box ear near the friedrich
works at Mexico. Mo. lie shaved
twenty-five men in half a day, poclzetcd
two dollars and fifty cents and again
took to the road.
DIDN'T Apply to IIim.-First Tramp
''Why did you throw away that news
paper so spitefully, Bill?' Second
Tramp Because just come across an
article on diet headed: we eat too
much. '"-BOston Herald.
NEAR Akron, O., tramp got into a
field where a fierce bull was grazing.
The race was eighty rods, and at the
end of it the tramp made a flying leap
over fence eight feet high and didn't
think he was doing anything wonder
full"
AN Illinois Central conductor says
that female tramps are on the increase.
They are not as daring as the men in
jumping on or off trains. but they are
found hanging all over freight car. on
the trucks or clinging to the truss rods
by hands and feet, and, in fact, in a
good many dangerous places that a
male tramp would never think of get
ting in.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09
EACTs ABOUT WAVES.
Some Figures Regarding the Height of
Water Mountains.

Water Mountains.
1t is not uncommon in prose works to
read of mountainous waves. Exact
measurements seldom confirm first inn
pressions Scoresby found that forty
feet was the height from trough to crest
of the largest waves measured by him
in the North Atlantic and in cyclonio
storm, when bound for Australia in the
Royal Charter.
This has long been accepted as the
extreme limit of wave height. Capt
Riddle. a well-known and experienced
navi gator, has. however, encountered
waves at sea which were seventy feet
high The late Admiral Fitzroy had
previously observed waves as high; and
some observations made at Ascension
in 1886 support these authorities
In 1874 her majesty's ship Inconstant
was scudding with her stern upon the
crest and her bow in the depression be-
tween two successive waves, and the
wave ahead was observed exactly level
with her foretopsail yard. just seventy
seven feet above the water line.
On the 27th of July, 1883, the Cunard-
er Umbria was struck by wave not
less than fifty feet high, which did
much damage Two days before the
Wilson liner Martello had a similar ex-
perience; an enormous solitary wave
struck her, completely submerging the
decks The Martcllo was much small
Ter. and more deeply laden than the
queenly Umbria. No connection could
be traced between these waves. which
were referred to in the dailies as tidal
waves although of altogether different
origin.
In October. 1881. the Italian bark
Rosina had all hands. except one man
who was iii in his bunk. swept off her
decks by wave which broke on board
as they were shor ming sail during a
heavy squat in mid-Atlantic. The
British bark Undine had one watch
washed overheard and her captain
killed under similar circumstances.
1t said that the massive bell Of the
Bishop Rock was wrenched from its
fastening by the momentum of driving
seas in gale of wind. and the gallery
containing it thickly strewn with sand,
although one hundred feet above high
water mark.
Scoreaby gave six hundred feet as
the maximum length of sea waves. but
there are many longer. MIR. Douglas,
when building lighthouses on the
coast of Cornwall noticed waves thir-
teen hundred feet long from crest TO
crest-Chambers' journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

san I'll never come after the old chaps
chany bank as longs you're here, so
help me Bob
With one terrified, backward glance
at the dread vision of wrath and its
fiery weapon, he tore out at the door,
and clattered down the frozen road,
leaving Alice staring after him like a
person in a trance.
OF course, she recovered herself in
time to alarm the household and have
the rascal caught?
Not she. She carried the shovel Of
cinders back to the parlor. put them in
the CRATE, and sank down on the
bearth-rug in swoon, while the cold
winter wind blew in at the open hal
door, and dozen thieves might have
plundered the house twice over.
But at last her brother, reused by the
repeated slamming of doors and the
whistle of the icy air through his own
keyhole. came down to reconnoiter
found affairs as described, and filled
with amazement made all fast.
Never was there so timorous a guar
dian, never house. 50 effectually
guarded, and yet she never dreamed OF
defense.-Annie AshmOre, in \. y.
Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

panic-stricken captive slouched close
beside her. his eyes bullying ut every
sound. the drops of perspiration stream
ing from his forehead.
Also the sulphurous smoke, which
new plentifully W afted backward in
his nostrils from that shovel. caused
such an insupportable tickling therein
that it required much caution to avoid
loud and fatal sneezing.
Through the long, draughty hall
where the boards crsaked appallingly
beneath their tread. these two timid
ones passed. and reached the locked
front door. and while Alice gazed up
the bedroom stairs in silent agony OF
longing. the rascal clutched the key, in
a spasm of thankfulneSs.
by golly. you're a good 'un's NUT
tered he, wrenching round the lock,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09
LIE sMueeLER,s Ru5E.
How H. Turned Informcr in Order
Deceive the Customs Officers.

Il
Deceive the Customs Officers.
Madam" he said to the buxom
| looking lady passenger with whom he
had conversed quite often during tn,
trip across the big pond. as he con
/ suited his watch and then looked stead.
| lily at her. madam, IN less than ten
minutes we shall be at the custom
| house"
A spasm, a flicker of guilt from
within, glanced over her countenauce.
You look like a very kind-hearte
man, sir, she stammered
He bowed and tried to look more 50
in order to invite her confidence.
IF were To tell you secret, she
continued. (which find too much to
lzee, to myself. would you, oh, would
you, keep it inviolable?'
Il know it already. my dear madam. :"
said he Its lace. is it note
She uttered a little shrek and then
looked wildly and suspiciously at him
''Oh, sir" she cried, its only ten
pounds wort 4 Please forgive me just
this once and I'll never attempt to
smuggle again. As it is / wish ] were
dead.
MY dear madam, he returned, kind
" but firmly, here we are and the Off
Ger has mis- eye upon rs. I must do my
duty"
Then he pointed out the buxom lady
to the legitim ate authority. saw her
fined and dismi sed with a sharp repri-
mand after The lace had been taken
away from her Then, having given up
his enoluments as an informer to the
subordinate officials, he quietly fol-
lowed the lady u her hotel gave her
lace twice the value OF that she had
lost. returned the amount of her fine
and explained the matter as follows:
"You, my dear madam, had ten
pounds worth Of smuggled lace secret
ed about your person. ! had nearly
fifty times that amount, SO / turned in
former TO ward off suspicion from my
self You have too expressive a conn
tenance for smuggler and the officer
W. 7 have detected you anyway, even
as did. without my assistance. And
now, madam" ne continued. IF YOU
are not satisfied with this explanation
of my conduct. or Il you still feel ag-
grieved or injured b. what have done.
pray take more lace, for here is lots Of
it, It is needless to say that TIE bux-
ON lady was satisfied and before the
two smugglers parted they were the
best of friends Merchant Traveller.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09
An Old Iady's Queer Habit Of Calling a's
the Post Office.

An old Iady's Queer Habit Of Calling ae
the Post Office.
There is a little old woman" said
the man at the general delivery win
dow of the post office, who comes every
day to ask if there is letter for her.
She never gets one. She comes up and
looks through the window in fright
ened way. Then she asks nervously:
q Is there a letter for me?'
q know her name, you know. from
hearing her pronounce it so often.
. Nothing to-day. | answer kindly,
for feel sorry for her. She walks Off
and stands in a meditative way. Com
ing back she says:
You are quite sure there is moth
ing?'
Quite sure
It's Browne, you know, with an 9
brownie.
" Yes, ! know.
And Mary Stevens Browne. with
an e?'
Yes
81 thought you might have forgot
ten it
No, no; l remember your name
very we'll
Wen. if you are sure there is moth
ing. | guess ] will 90. Good day"
''Tne day asked her where the ex-
pected letter was coming from, she
looked at me with startled eyes.
Il don't know, She said. simply. I'm
sure don't know; but you see if let
ter should come for me from anywhere
! should want to get it right away. !
wouldn't like to find that there had
been letter here for me, and that
did not receive it
Then you aren't really expecting
a letter.
Oh, YES, I am. That's what the
post Office is for. ! don't know who
would write me letter, but / suppose
] shall get one some day
''She keeps on coming Sometimes |
feel like writing her a letter TO see if it
would please her, but ! am afraid that
she might be disappointed to find that
it was only from the Office. ~. Y.
Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09
sHE RAISED THE sILpHURoUs PYRA-
mouth in a frantic but dumb appeal

mouth in a frantic but dumb appeal
for mercy.
As for Alice. She was as far from
thinking of aggressive measures as Is
the mouse beneath the paw of its de-
vourer.
If she could have run away she would
thankfully have done so, but her limbs
seemed petrified
Here was some terrible robber in the
house. with intent To steal the con-
tents of her. fathers wallet (it was well
known that he had sold pair of fat
oxen the previous day, and that he
would put his money in china saw
ings bank on the parlor manteD. and
the intruder had crawled under the
sofa until the family should have re-
tired. and fallen asleep, and, doubtless.
the noise she had made in putting the
Goals on the shovel had awakened him
of course he would arise and make
an end of her, and then carry of the
spoil. and her afflicted, bereft and beg
CARED relatives would find in the morn
ing bleeding piece of clay.
For Heavens sake, let me off,
her sad reverie, land I'll never try the
like again"
With the blue flames Pickering upon
her white, set face, and the red cinders
dropping unheeded, the puissant aven-
ger moved back, and the man crawled
out from his hiding-place and gathered
himself up.
When Alice saw the size of him (he
was at least six feet she would have
got into nutshell had it been within
the bounds of possibility; but she could
only gaze up at him. her eyes wide and
awful. the shovel unconsciously
clutched in her hand
"Show me the way out, ma am, :" NUT
tered the robber, land on my Bible
oath III not lay hand on the value of d
pins point"
Urged TO flight by the impetus Of
great fear, the panic-stricken captor
moved among the dusky furniture as If
her legs WORKED by galyaassai sad ths
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

WASHING Tox. July "A census bull
letin on education, prepared by Mr..
James II. Blodget, expert special agent,
gives the preliminary showing of pub
lie school enrolment from the
records of the states not shown IN
previous bulletins The combined bull
letins for the whole country show an
apparent enrolment in the public
schools for 1880 of 9, 95l,60S and for 1890
a public school enrolment of 12,522,-
I'll, an appare Mt gain of enrolment in
public schools of % "a per cent. The
gain Of population meantime was "a. Sc
no.. can't
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

HARVARD j. two hundred and fifty
five wears Old ana has graduated seven
teen thousand students 4 little more
than half of them are living Harvard ;
oldest living graduate iu point Of class
connection X Ir Frederick A. Farley
If the class Of 1915. and he is ninety
enc. lie Is probably the oldest minister
.u Brooklyn. Harvard 5 oldest graduate
IN point of personal age i Rev William
Wilmington, Of Washington. who Is over
niucty-two- Nalc'S oldest boy Is Ed
ward McCrady. Of Charleston. ; e..
who graduated with the late cx-Presi-
dent " oolS,v in 1920
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

IL one minute and a half Pcnnsyl-
vanian ate tweuty-four raw eggs. shells
and all. ON a wager and an empty
stomach. and Is anxious - beet fifty dol
lars he can eat twice as many in three
minutes There are some men who
make whole communities Tired II this
man ii promise u eat six hundred
eggs AT one sitting. the money In pay
for them. together with fifty dollar
bonus, can be raised by public subscrip-
tI1u almost anvys here
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09
STARVED TO DEATH.
A woman with 81, 800 on Deposit Dies of
starvation.

KANSAS CRY, Mo. July T. Mrs.
Davis died in the utmost squalor Mon
day from starvation. She had saved in
her lifetime Sl500. which she had on
deposit in local bank. She became
too i'll to work some weeks ago, and re-
fused to use penny of her money in
the bank She would not even send
her son, who lives in Omaha, enough
money to visit her. Her friends dis
covered her con ition too late to be of
any assistance to her and she died from
Sfarvafi ou
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

THE word sulky. a. applied TO "A
wheeled conveyance, had it, origin in
the fact that when il first appeared the
person who saw II considered that none
but q sulkv. selfish man would ride in
such an affii-. which afforded accom-
mediation to but one person.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
They Meet at GAINESVILLE and select Omcers
for the Year.

for the Year.
At the annual session in Janesville
of the nti-Prohlbition society it was
declared that prohibitory laws had
proved failure. no state or community
ever having been legislated into moral
ity. The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President. +. C. G. Brand; vice presidents
at large, Peter Barth Milwaukee; First dis
trict. NJ Dougherty, GAINESVILLE; Second, j.
Bruchback, WATERFOWL; Third, +. Eppinger
Baraboo; Fourth, NJ Seligmann, Milwaukee
Fifth. John Weiker, Port Washington. > xth
Theodore Kersten, Chiffon; Seventh, Nicholas
Fox, Eau Claire; Eighth. G. Roemer Apple
ton; Ninth, f. Groeschel, Amigo; Tenth, +. +,
Scion, West Superior; recording secretary
Jacob Best; financial secretary, John Brechteli
treasurer L. Kiewert
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

THE new constitution for Kentucky
provides that the govern r. shall be
elected in the odd-numbered years me
representative in the even-uumbered
years. and that the governor shall be
elected At the same time and place as
the representatives And now the con
stitution makers are wondering wheth-
er they have any provision at al for
the election Of governor
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

A CoNPANV has been organized in
New Noris with capital II $1,000. 900
for cultivatiug farm Of liz. OJ5 acres
in FloUid- This viii he the largest
farm in the world and on it enough
ccuiI bc r.ised u supply the city OF
New York with fou,- The name Of
the company.is the san Sebastian Land
Improvement. Sugar and Investment
Con pa g. The farm lies between the
Indi,.n san Sebastian ami II Johns
rivers. ami Is dl.a 3 into the - Johns
The farm has muck sell similar 10
ta1t .H the valley Of the Nile. The
teu laHF il composed os Naw YoIk and
agai-sFs capitalists
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

EISHor CoNE. the learned Episcopal
divine, has taken up the war On the
practice of bicycle riding 10y women
In recent address in buffalo. y Y,
a. the commencement exercises Of 81
Marg1ret's school. he said he hoped
none cf the rra iuatcs would ever be
seen astrillc "a wheel and that 1.-THE
girls hc had seen riding on Delaware
avenue locked like old women on a
oroomsticz."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

WILLIAM j. LAuD. whorec-.ived from
Harvard this year the degree 81 bach
eior Of arts. was the first Union man To
enter Richmond. it &, claimed, at the
close Of the civil war. lie had passed
lis entrance examination when that
struggle began. but instead of going
through college he enlisted and made a
good record
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09
A brilliant Light Gone Out.

William Crosten, who ten years ago
was recognized as one of the most
brilliant young criminal lawyers in
Wisconsin. died at St. Mary's hospital
in Racine of delirium tremens. Crosten
was at one time district attorney for
the Racine district and when but %
years old he had very lucrative
practice. Elated by success he took to
drink, and had been physical wreck
for the past eight wears.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

FORT MORGAN. Col, July I. Mrs.
Hans Yepson, a Dane, and her i4-year-
old boy Louis were drowned in the Lit
tie Beaver creek. 6 miles south of this
place, Sunday afternoon. The boy
went in bathing and struck washout.
His mother came TO his rescue and
stood on the bank trying to save him
when the bank caved in and she was
drowned with him.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

ROBERT BRowNING would never write
fpI q. .ls,dziur. lie wrote: n cannot
bring myself 10 write for periodicals..
II publish book, and people choose
10 my IL, that p, pves they want To read
my work. isn't - have them turn over
the pages of a magazine and find me
that is 20 he an unlimited guest"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

Horace GREELEY once said: THE
darkest day in any mans career Is the
day when he first seeks Z. get a dollar
in some easier way than by squarely
earning IT, This. SAYS the Troy IL.
" Times, Is sound doctrine and es-
peeially timely IN this period of rcck-
less speculation. hank vr.clSing and
visionary financial theories :. all directed
toward getting gain with the least pos
sihIe return therefor
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09
Killed by Falling Walls.

A terrible accident occurred at the
Fifth ward school building in James
vile, resulting in the death of three
men, Patrick Hageney, John Flaherty
and Richard X. Bennivitz The men
were at work tearing down the old
building preparatory to clearing the
ground for its new building when the
walls fell in, burying the men. All
three were taken from the wreck dead.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09
Shortened Their sentences.

Graham and Mcdonald, two burglars,
whose cases were taken before the
state supreme court and then to the
United States supreme court, where
their sentences were revoked, were
sentenced by Circuit Judge Parish at
Ashland. They were given ten years
each at Waupun, commencing June s,
1889, which shortened their former SEN
fences by four years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

NE. SINGEELS has made an interest
ing experiment as 20 the time required
- print his Philadelphia Record upon
paper direct from the tree. This Is the
record: th0ppiug one aud a half cords
Of poplar wool. stripping and loading
IN BOAT. three hours. time consumed in
manufacture Of woodpulp. twelve
hours; manufacturing the woodpulp
into raper, five hours; Transporting To
Record office. one hour and twenty
minutes. wetting paper preparatory %
printing. thirty minutes, printing ten
thous.u.y. Records. ten minutes. Total
time from tree ~ paper. twenty-five
hours
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

"Dr." buddy, an itinerant snake
charmer and patent medicine vendor,
struck Princeton the other day. While
there he met, wooed and won a village
belle, Miss Mazda Tasson. Objections
raised by the old folks were overcome
by an elopement. A hartford justice
made the twain one.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

SIN years ago a New Jersey gentle
man hcqu5athri five Thousand dollars
~ has estate 90 his widow and twelve
Thousand dollars 20 Henry Gcorgc for
the discrimination of siugle-taN Iitcra-
turr Tire vjll was contested bv the
relatives If the te>tltur. and now. at
the close Of the contest. Mr. George
gets three hundred and ten dollars and
tine relatives two hundred and ninety
six dollars The lawyers take the bal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

Nh HUlCKJ-.y. one of the enjoys Of
King t'unguuhama, now visiting Eng
land talked into a photograph, and
when he presently heard his own
words repeated verbatim he remarked
that IL was now No use for him 70 tell
lies as an hi, words We're recorded.
What "A pity the phonoI-aph cannot b.
put iL-O more general as.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

a HUNDRED wears ago. SAYS slot
machine man I'm the Philadelphia
Press, "a mau in England who kept a
tavern made usc of the Slot machine.
This was a TIN box containing tobacco
The frequenterS Of his tavern dropped
half-pcnny in the slot ana II struck a
lever which opened the box. Then the
purchaser took ont pinch 81 tobacco
and pat il IN one ot the pipes living
arogui ou tables In the barroom. Tn S
IS the first slot machine 81 which any
recon- Is known. Nowadays they sell
crythlng iu them. especially in Eng
land whcrc they a.e used for postage
Sfar.tuS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09

IT may not generally 6e known that
before the war thcrc was uo such flower
n the daisy ID thc state 80 Virginia
The hardy flower was q curiosity. Now
the field, just around Richmond are
white with them This Is specially 50
Of the late lattlchelds about ChiclSa-
h0miny river and wherever the fcderalS
had cncsIn pmcut>. An invest Cation
shows .Aat che seeds - the prolific
daisy were hrougbt-ihere in the bales
81 hay brought by tile union soldiers
IN Virginia when they were campcd
near the city. An oil bsttcry ives; Of
Richmond J. the spot fr1,E which the
daisy began ~ spread
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-09
Island No. IO5.

Upon request of the secretary of war
and the approval of the secretary of
the interior, President Harrison has
ordered that Island No. 105, near La
Crosse, shall be reserved for uses in
connection with the improvement of
the upper Mississippi river.