davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-11
AnnnrInr ,o the Phr.Ielan.

There are many peculiarly annoying features connected with the life of a dis peusary physician which would doubtless be laughed at if mentioned in the pres ence of physicians who have never filled q position of this kind All specimens of the lower classes cali here for treatment. and some. days they come by swErms- ragged, dirty and degraded tFamps and diseased drunkards. On the outside of the private office they sit on the benches for hours and wait their turns for exam nation For some reason. probably to excite sympathy, all Of these eieemo- syuaries attempt to get seat where they can see the physician There they will sit in a line on the benches and watch the physician on every move that hs makes Their eountenances are not the most cheering in the world, and the expres- si0ns show pain and suffering from dis ease and dissipation. aud, in addition. the paupers paPPosely wear the most for torn and far away lonesome look that they can assume
 Altogether the steady glare from these woe begSue faces that meets the physi- cian's eye every time he looks Ep from his tedious work. is a souree Of much az grayGtion and discomfort Even when khs physician is making entries in his ledger he, from certain tnseTutable power Of the mind. feels that every pau per's eye Is glsring at him with a siczly expression. and this constant thought be- comes finally to be a horrible incubus that has something of the depressing effect of bad dream. It is e worrying thought, as If man were dying in tEs next room, CT some dreadful calamity were about @ happen In order to TO move the eaase Of this depressed feeling large heavy screen was placed around the physician's private office. which en. tirely cuts of the occupants of the benches, and Is partial relief.-Dr B. StslDuetz in Globe Democrat
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-11
A Complaint Agaia,t Eailor.-

4 gentleman of my acquaintance who writes for the magazines has been com, planning b me that the wicked editors won't leave manuscripts alone This Is one of the Daradoxes of literature, it may be -emsr ked writer objects when the editors leave hiz MSS. SC severely alone that they cannot get Into print, he also protects when they ges into print because she editor does not favor them Eith sufi cient inattention, Really, however. my magRzinist Is not so unreasonable as be might appear at first tight. In business terms he objects te being treated upon ihss principle which led Mark Lemon to blto pencil out of the rich mans Punch ilB most powerful clause in Tom Hood g arlsignment of the rich mans selfsbaess iz his "S5ng Of the Shirt The trouble with the magazine htterateurs Is that it kas become a fashion to dress all msnu- keripts which find favor tn those peTiodi- leals with an editorial sczlpel My friend claims that t is almost impossible to get ha article printed as 1t is written Cherries.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-11
A NnrrI,.l.. tYn.i.a Ynnth.

Ople Ried, editor of The ArkansaW f-ayelcr aud author Of the forthcoming aogsI. 'sIseu Gausctt, v tells me aa inter ss4iag story about Thomas Nelson Pare, who was made famous by the chs FTuIn2 little story, -Isb Lady, Fssllshed two or three years ago in The Century. Pagt vas poor boy struggling against his very natuFe Co learn 70 be lawyer In a VE ginia town He had the itch tO write, and he did write this story, ''Aeh Lady H Some of bis friends said that tt was well told, and De thought SO himself, so be sent lt to the Scribners, who were then pub lishfng The Century. He never bear6 from t1lem and cCJIid b,Jt fetch an answeT to any of the letters he wrote about the matter sapB,sing they had thrown his manuscript away. and knowing the story was as good as any hs ooald write, he gave up the idea oi writing and pushed On fn the law as bet he cOuld, making Q very seaat IfviaA Twelve years after that he was strVf aet te receive . chsct from The Century for the story, which was then printed Twelve years that struggling y0ung mans fame lay tucked away la the dust ef pigeon hole. and he. uncOnsci0us that it vgs1s there, felt sat isfied that he was faliure as a writer. Twelve years. tis best years 0f his fife be wri1gled along. making Q sort of living fn profession for which he had not G genius. while he might have been writing beautiful stories for the pleasure and pzeht of tne reading wOrld.-C Chic9gy Tines.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-11
nY euMnEa wALk.

Ths shadow co the meadow's breast ts not nore caiu tnSa my reposss AS step by step. am tho guest Of eEery hT4ng thing that grows
 --R0ratio Selsaa PeWsTs-
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-11
MODERATION

Hsnt DOS sfs1rzace foF ysar foe so hoe Ea1as it do SinEe youTsGif We may CGtFzn. ss .es. s-s., s-s. ss--s -ss--. =:.:.- - F,s.s usi. asd ice ty 0vsg raazaizs-
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-11
An Igterps.lnr probscm.

An interesting problem has been pro pounded by a young man aged 10. who wishes Co know whether if coming events east their shadows before. going events ,sst theis shsdegs esAtnd HerpsF's 7sNas -1szk----.z,-s.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-11
ouaa

SC vsfv sszFn sRs eurs. Ehsss saH eE Racun 10 vide ezrpanzfen .ars but the starr tlaas asad from room to Fcaa h eAs sAsna aaazssea
 -caArlss LA-psaOs Fora
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-11
Nsr n...sseal Ia.trsment.

A new mssseal inafRDent. the Claw haFt. Et,e Iagsltlon q Al. Esseiz. e Bsas ssls. has aa
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27

IL47e man or woman who marks passage
IN ooSoks with lead pencil, not in the wa,
OF stuN dy, but merely becau,-. the passages
so marked favorabiy or 4ufavoraG.y i'm
press his o. her mind, is clearly a case of
arrested development Feeble, badly
trained boys sometimes have this habit,
and il is a common one with sentimental
girls Writers and students working
up" a subject or examining" for some
special purpose, sometimes fall into this
habit, but it is a lazy and altogether repre-
hensible one 1t Is a better plan to make
notes, and no thoroughly sound and dill
gent student will disfgure book, even if
he owns it. When the book belongs to
public library no honest person will put
his own personal mark on it's pages.
Yet the volumes one gets from even so
well managed an institution as the Mer-
camille library of this city are frequently
dishgured Current fiction generally es-
cape1, but volumes of poetry, ESSAYS and
biography are often pencil marked, to the
distress of the sensitive reader A volume
Of the first series of Matthew Arnold's
Essays in Criticism" for instance, con
tains marginal notes, evidently written
not by lazy boy or by silly girl, but by
some devout Romauist or Calyanist who
objects to the teachings of Spinoza and
some other writers therein treated of.
Every possible precaution is taken in the
great public libraries to protect their prop
erty, but the fools know no law.--New
York Times
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27

1t was in the dog days, so, ordering din
ner, he made it special stipulation that
one dish should be an ice pudding. The
waiter answered, eyes, sir" and disap
peared. In due course the dinner disap
peared also, at least as far as the roasts and
entrees were concerned. Now" said the
host, as he wiped the perspiration from his
brow, bring in the ice pudding" The
waiter vanished, and presently returned
bearing triumphantly noble plum pud
ding, surrounded by a sea Of blazing sauce
why, what is this?" asked the dismayed
master Of the feast. no you want to burn
US all upy' well, SIR" was the ag
grieved reply you asked for nice pud-
ding, and this is the incest pudding we
could make, London Truth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27

Ina general discussion of the times in
California Mr. Buck, alludiug TO the shift
lcssuess Of the spanish population, said;
at is interesting Co note the progress in a
retrograde iii, ,cron Of spanish grandee
who became possessed of lands and cattle
For instance, when came to Salina county
the great don who owned nearly every
thing was Don Pena, pronounced Penya
Today be is the same proud old don, but
she glory of his hidalgo has departed, also
nearly all Of his possessions.
"He may before long become a creature
dependent upou charity. Ii was case OF
selling this bit Of land and that, etc, until
everything has vanished The Spanish
can make additions to their capital only
through a fortunate year with cattle All
other methods attempted by them are SIG
nal failures. Il won't be so very long be
fore the last NJ the doas departs. leaving
nothing but the prospect Of career Of
toll before his progeny. Chicago Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27
ronr Element. IN ReIlgIous snceess.


-Four remarkable elements Of its struct-
ure have added greatly to the rapidity Of
the success which the Salvation Army has
attained
First-The use which it has made of the
energy ana devotion of women.
Second The immediate use to which the
Salvation Army puts it's converts II rec
oguizcd the great and nation regenerating
truth THAT every Christian should be Gods
missionary Many of the wayeriug might
have beer lost forever II they had not been
from the first taught and encouraged to
come out of rAeir evil surroundings, and
boldly to take their side with God and
with the work Of good.
Third Teaching men to give, At every
meeting Of the Salvation Army there is a
collection. Giving is usually declared to
be abhorrent 20 the steady going Christian.
The otlertory is supposed to frighten away
congregations from churches. The Saliva
tionists have better understood human
nature and better exemplifed the spirit Of
the early converts.
They have confidently made their mis-
sions self supporting, and have wisely
taught that acts Of worship are most tit
tingly connected with works Of self denial
That is how this sect of yesterday, started
by dscredited Methodist has succeeded
in raising revenue of some $500, 0o0a year.
But, after all, the chief secret OF the
growth Of the army has lain In the self
saCrilce--a self sacrifice not short Of hero
ism-which it has evoked in hundreds Of
its votaries. -Archdeacon Farrar in Har-
npr's
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27
Mis-. Aleott as Author ana woman

Miss Josephine Lazarus publishes in The
Century a thoughtful sketch Of the career
Of Louisa May Alcott, the children 3 author,
from which we quote these paragraphs:
Strangely enough, in her works, which
are the counterpart of her life, her defect
becomes a merit, and accounts for their
phenomenal success What was il Ia Miss
Alcotts books that surprised aud delighted
the children Of "A score OF years ago, and
that still holds its charm for the childhood
Of today2 Was it new world that she
discoyered-a fairyland OF Imagination aut
romance, peopled by heroes and enchanted
beings2 Far from IT, Ii was the literal,
homespun. child's world of today; the
common air aud skies, the common life OF
every New England boy and girl, such as
she knew IL, the daily joys and cares, the
games and romps and Jolly companions
all the actually and detail of familiar and
accustomed things which children love.
For children are born realists, who de
light ia the marvellous simply because Cor
them the marvellous is no less real than the
commonplace. aud is accepted just rs un-
coudltionally Miss Alcott met the chill
dreu on their own plane, grlyely discussed
their problems, and adopted their point of
view. drawing in nowise upon her inyen-
ton or imagination, but upon the facts Of
her own memory and experience. Whether
or not the picture, so true 20 the life as
she he'd lived it, viii remain true aud vital
for all times cannot now be determined
For the literature of children, no less
than for our own, a higher gift may be
needed, more finish and less Of the rough
aud ready" OF everyday habit and exist
euce, above all, perhap, a larger general,
izatjon and suggestion, and the touch OF
things unseen as well as things familiar.
But whatever the fate OF her books, Miss
Alcott deserves the niche she has won, and
the monument built for her in the record
of life which is q protest against the
doubts of the agc-the fear that duty may
have lost it's sway and character it's founda
ton, aud that happiness is the sole meas
IRE and rule Of living
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27

Perkins, practical Joker Is again IN -.
city This time he perpetrated new. -
sion OF MI old joke upon bis victim 4
evening and Perkins with friend
walking on the 3uwrry Suddenlr 80
.sssme upon a peanut merchant of the
Ian persuas%on Perkin- wa Iust3i,,lg,t
father of an Ndea Tue
Il say, GeArge, ne said to his fr;s,s
-'Pll bet ciga can MAKE rbat ~ fsr f,gna
angry within ~ wee minutes tim 81 ~. y
knew whether hA afont or ON barss ,,o4l
hard names. either. VI call MN
His mischief lovingA friend arcer,.a !,
challenge, and PerkiN approached reached t 55s
stand 'le
Gimme pint OF peanAts." he s,id
the merchant
He received and paid for them
"These are stale nuts" he Sexelaims5
after munching one Here, t,ola ia1
back don't want TO be swindledEjn oal
such fashion as this
"Fresha peanutta protested the Ital4
"Rosta him halfa the hour"
"See here, sir, you are trying to swindle
me and you know it, you miserable inter
lection" roared in Perkins, with well
feigued wrath
The Italian looked at his tormentor in
dismay He had never had such an epithet
applied to him before, and he was at loss
to know how to proceed So he kept silent
and stared hard at Perkins.
"Oh, you brazen old proposition, you
advert. you participle, you conglomera
ton of etymology, syntax and prosody
No wonder you can't talk when you are
brought face to face with such crime as
this What do you mean anyway, you ex
traneous old adjectiveY And Perkins
scowled at the unhappy merchant so
fiercely that his eyes dropped under the
care.
'"Yes, you know you are guilty, you
common noun, and | have = notion to
have you arrested"
Gradually the Italian had become angry
so angry that he evidently lid not dare
trust himself to talk, but at the sugges
ton of arrest and Imprisonment he grew
frightened He offered to ;ake back the
peanuts and refund the money. but Per
kins refused to give them up
No. he said sayagely, 81 will keep the
peanutta and use it as evidence, you COW
ering, bringing verbp' and he walked
away chucklng to himself al the success
that had attended his joke And still Per
kins is at large New York Herald
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27
A Hard Customer to Sell.

Two drummers were relating the expert
ences Of their last trip, Said one; II ran
across country storekeeper in the south,
ern part of this state that broke all records.
He is hard customer, and no one can sell
TO him but one man. When | got in his
town the other day made up my mind I'd
give him a line of goods-make him a
present of them, mind you, just for the
satisfaction of selling them in his store.
Well, laid out some samples and gave him
a fair price, He hesitated and / lowered
the figures, Presently told him that he
could have them at his own price, and pay
for them in thirty, sixty, ninety days or
two years. | told him to take the goods,
then when he got ready pay for them. He
wanted to think of it. That was enough
to stun a fellow, but let it go at that and
called in the afternoon.
Made up your mind? asked
" Not exactly he answered slowly.
You will let me have them at my own
price, and pay for them when get ready?'
That's the proposition.
Is that the best you can doY he
drawled out Well, wouldn't tell this to
the firm, but | slammed the door In his
face and ran down the street. "-C Chicago
Herald
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27

Philadelphia is a model in regard to its
street numbers, and its regularity enabled
its houses to be numbered in so instructive
way that the plan has been copied in
many other cities of the Union.
When, for example, one walks up Wal
nut street, he finds the first door above
Ninth street to bear No COL This although
the next house below it, across Ninth, is,
let us say, $40 The plan does not tell how
many doors there are in the street, but it
does something much better; it shows in
the hundreds figure or figures of the mum
Der in what particular block a door is to
be found.
If tailor adyertises coats at ,013 Wal
nut street, or any street parallel with it,
we know his door to be the seventh above
Tenth street Tenth street itself, and all
the thoroughfares running in the same di-
rection, conform to the system, and begin
new block with new hundred for a
number This makes it not only very easy
to find ones way about the city, but also
to tell in advance how long it will take to
get from one place to another.
In hotels and large office buildings a
somewhat similar plan is adopted, greatly
to the aid of guests and callers, Room All,
for example, will be found on the fourth
floor; Immediately beneath it will be 81
on the third floor, and over it 5l7 on the
dfth.-Youth's Companion.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27
Reasons WHY Man Mnr Nnl rlr.

Professor Hazen, of the signal office,
says there are insurmountab.e obstacles to
perfccting a flying machine Professor
Hazcn states I've u,an obstacle, thus
First-a is impossible TO use the food
which the bird use, to develop power by
any coutrvauce which can ever beinyehted
that will give one tlhe of the effect that
the bird gets That is to say while pos
sibly spring or other application Of force,
by using up an enormous amount Of en-.
ergy in very short time, might moment
arily initiate bird, yet the motive power
in such case would be rapidly used up
Second 1t is impossible, by the uost
delicate mechanism and most perfect
wings, to equal the perfection and adapta.
bility of the bird in its own element.
Third-There is limit Of weight beyond
which it is impossible for a bird to fy 1t
is probable that the ostrich had the power
of flight in ages gone by, but when its en-
yironment became such that it did not
need its wings 10 escape from it's enemies
or when il began to grow larger from any
favoring circumstances it used its wings
less aud less, so that now it is entirely in.
capable of flight 1t is probable that the
condor weighing fifty pounds, and with &
spread of wings of fourteen feet, is very
nearthe limit of weight We may conclude
then that we can never equal bird, anC
hence that self raising, self supportin!
and sell propelling flying machine canno
possibly be bult to carry man.-Indian
apolis journal
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27
The Invention of reltod Cloths.

An illustration of the intimacy Of the
most modern and most ancient of ciyiliza-
tions is found in the fact that it was left
for an American citizen to first successfully
essay the mechanical fabrication of felted
cloths Thomas Robinson Williams, of
South Kingston, r l., invented the pro
cess of making felted cloths of commercial
length, and patented it May %, 1880 Since
that day felts have appeared in innumera-
BILE forms, as printed and embossed piano
cloths, ladies' skirts floor coverings, often
with highly artistic designs material for
roofs and protectors against weather,
piano hammers, shoe Innings, etc Il is diff
ficult to imagine any department of indus
try in which wool, in it's feted form, does
not somewhere play it's part. Thus we
have taken the simple discovery of an
tiquity and made 1t among the chief in
strumentalties of civilization-S n. d.
North in Popular Science Monthly
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27

4 meat chopper for domestic use is dis
tinguisbed by the fact that the meat is
cut by an action like that Of pair Of
scissors and is not torn apart; neither is
It ground into a greasy pulp The forcing
screw feeds the meat up to a knife with
eight radical blades, revolving between a
fixed two bladed knife aud a cutting plate
of novel construction The plate has q
number Of grooves converging toward a
central aperture, the ribs between the
grooves having sharp cutting edges, The
work is well and rapidly done A medium
sized machine will produce four pounds q
filled sausages per minute.-New YORK
Telegram.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27
The Plan works wen.

A sensible man, wise in his generation
and beyond kind, has admitted thav the
only way for man TO save money Is TO
give il all TO his wife aud let her manage it
for him. Women-and when one says wo-
men be does not mean butterhles-have a
horror OF debt, aud viii manage 70 live in
side their income be it ever SO limited.
This Utopian man adds farther that be
has since he made his wife master Of the
exchequer, no unexpected bills coming IN
st unreasonable aud embarrassing times,
but everything is done on cash basis, and
something is being laid mp for the future,
New York Sun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27

The London Queen thinks that Mrs. OH.
plant is 1.-THE most feminine of women
writers, F." and when she talks about Burns
in her new book on Edinburgh it finds "a
miserable Mrs. Grundyisru" in the remark
that "a foolish and almost vulgar firta-
ton produced one Of the most imprisoned
and exquisite songs Of love and despair
which has ever been written 10 any Ian
guage-'Ae fond kiss, and then we sever. ,"
The foolishness and yulgarity, The Queen
more than hints, belongs to the woman
writer who objects to the Irritation rather
than to the Irritation that gave the song.
So are there always two points Of view
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27
A MOTHERS LESSON.

Everything had gone wrong that day,
And my temper was sorely fretted,
And sharply spoke to my little boy.
Who was used 10 being petted.
/ told him TO go by himself and play,
And with questions not to trouble,
For he was little hindering thing
And made my cares just double,
He stared in surprise, then turned away,
With his curl crowned head bent lowly.
His winsome face had a grieYing look
And his little feet went slowly.
turned again TO my yexing work,
And the room seemed very quiet,
But after all was Ill at ease
And longed for my baby's riot.
turned to call him, when something went
By the window with sudden flashing.
heard hoarse shouts and hurrying feet,
And a sound of something crashing.
sprang to the door; men were lifting up
A child, all limp and quiet,
From the ground where the trampling hoofs
had been.
In an instant / was by 1t.
Kneeling there in the dusty street,
Eager and Amt and fearful,
While a plying crowd came surgipg round,
Horror stricken and fearful.
But, ah! twas another mothers heart
AuaL was bEUhth lihl bulnLutF morning.
Who saw the light Of her life go out
With never a word of warning.
But where was my boy2 Why, in grandma's
room
land tho room seemed full of glory,
Curled In her lap, with her arms clasped
round,
And listening 10 a story
have learned my lesson, and now deem
II my greatest boon and pleasure
To live for my little hindering thing"
Lest merit heart breaking leisure
Lillian Grey in Housewife.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-27

Mr. A NJ Thomas who lives Just across
The Georgia state line, in Gadsden county,
Fla. is thirty-fve years old and is the
father Of thirty-two children, all of whom
are alive Mr. Thomas wife is three years
younger than himself Fifteen years ago
they were married Twenty months later
they found themselves the parents of four
bright and beautiful children With al
most unvarying regularity ever since the
family has been increased by the addition
sometimes of twins, sometimes Of triplets,
until the number has reached thirty-two.
Mr. Thomas and his wife are thrifty,
happy and contented couple, and their
thirty and two little ones are as fine a set
Of children as one may often see. New
York Commercial Advertiser