davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1891-11-14
THERE is NONE BETTER.

DR.. r. l.. st. John of Rowland, Put
nam county. Missouri, takes especial
pleasure in recommending Cbamberlaln's
Cough Remedy, because he knows it to
be reliable. He has used 1t in his prac-
tice for several years and says there is
none better. 1t is especially valuable for
colds and as a preventative and cure for
group. This most excellent medicine is
for sale by druggists.
, 1891-11-14

OMAHA, Nov. l3.-Capt. P. H. Ray.
formerly judge advocate of the depart
ment of the Platte, and at present in
charge of a company of Indians at Fort
Washakie, who was placed under arrest
two weeks ago by order of Maj. Kellogg,
commanding Fort Washakie, charged
with characterization, has been released
by command of Gen. Brooke. Capt. Ray
has now preferred charges against Maj.
Kellogg.
, 1891-11-14

A orazy man Jumped from the window
of a coach on No. Yesterday as it was
leaving Sherman. The trainmen did not
discover it until too late to pick HIM up.
A section foreman and gang are hunting
for him but without success. He had a
ticket to Butte, Mont.
, 1891-11-14

CARMANAH POINT, B. c.. NOV. ID
The British ship Sarah, belonging TO
Yarmouth, N. s., bound from Manila
for Port Townsend, is ashore at Carmanah
and is a total loss. Two of the crew we're
droWned
, 1891-11-14

KANSAS Cry. Nov. 14.-An assayer
to whom was submitted the sample of
gold ore found in borings under the Mis-
souri, river. near this city, certi6es il
would weigh out 1928 of gold to the ton
which is good ore. The gold is in a pecu,
liar place in the ground under the river
bed, and it would hardly be practicable to
mine 1t. Biologists think it is the wash
ings in from some gold bearing region.
, 1891-11-14

as a young man
with s4S5 in his
pocket. and by
hard work and
Shrewd manage
ment increased his
capital to a mil
lion. In old age,
h o W Q v @ he
branched out too
far, gave too much
credit, and the re-
suit was financial
I----
, 1891-11-14

TOLEDO. Nov. l3.-The Knights of
Labor convention, this afternoon was
spent in secret work, The proposition to
admit lawyers to membership in the order
vas rejected
, 1891-11-14

New YORK, Nov. ia table compiled
by Bradstreet's gives the clearing house
returns for the week ending Thursday
night, Nov. 5, as follows:
, 1891-11-14

The business friends of Mr.. Levi NJ.
Bates in New York city used to joke him
about his mania for life insurance. He
was a prominent dry goods dealer, a thrifty
native of Vermont. who went to Gotham
, 1891-11-14

Is meeting with great success everywhere,
and is rapidly supplanting every other
preparation of a like nature.
, 1891-11-14

BosToN. Nov. 13.-Wool Quiet. Ter
ritory. 5695S for fine clean; 56C05S
for fine medium.
, 1891-11-14

Go to Germania Hall if you want a
good. pure and undulterated 5-year-old
Stonewall whiskey $l.00 per quart.
, 1891-11-14

OFFICERS.
7. B. HICKS, Pres. @. E. ABBOTT, Cash.
]. q. LOOMS, Asst. Cash.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06
Early Girls.

One of the latest absurdities of the
day is the manner in which young
schoolgirls, from fifteen to seventeen,
are allowed to emulate their elder SIS
ters in indulging in social dissipations.
During the recent season there have
not only been dancing classes but also
private cotillons and dinner parties
given for children who should either
be asleep or in the nursery. If din
ners are to be given for the 'doves,"
as the ''sub-buds'' are often called,
what is left for them when they really
are introduced into society? 1t is no
wonder that some of the debutantes of
the last few seasons have been found
to be well versed in the ways of the
world, and ready to go quite as far as
their elders, when it is considered that
the bloom of maidenly freshness has
been taken off at innumerable cotillons,
dances. sleighing parties and dinners.
Mothers would do well to refuse to
allow their daughters so much social
liberty while they are at school, for
they will find if this continues that their
''buds," when presented to full-grown
society, lack the nameless charm that
ingenuousness alone gives to young
girls.-BOSton Gazette.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06
Her Royal Sweetness.

To be called her Royal Highness is
the destiny of every woman born to
wear d crown, writes Lady Elizabeth
Hilary in The Ladies' Home Journal,
but it remains for one woman among
all the royal families to have the en-
dearing title of Her Royal Sweetness
given to her, and that honor belongs
to Alexandra, Princess of Wales. She
has that marvellous art of making
goodness seem attractive; of making
the right act the pleasant one and of
impressing upon all who know her the
knowledge that to do good is to have
a pleasant time, and not to do it is to
miss some of the pleasure of life
Many princesses have been written
about as having been beautiful, as hav-
ing caused great wars, as having done
great deeds of valor, of having made
men die for them and kingdoms quar-
rel over them. but of none of them can
it be said as it is of this gracious lady,
that the whole world bows down before
sweetness and goodness, that peace has
been the watch-word of her life-and
not only does she value peace but those
loving sisters, Faith. Hope and Charity
abide with her.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06
Detection by the Thumb.

In China traveller wishing for a
passport is compelled to have the palm
of his hand brushed over with fine oil
paint; he then presses his hand on thin
damp paper. which retains an impress
sion of the lines. This is used to pre-
vent transference of the passport, as
the lines of no two hands are alike.
The cunning Chinese have also dis
covered that the impressions of no two
persons thumbs are alike, and also that
the impressions of no one persons two
thumbs are alike.
The European police keep books OF
photographs to identify criminals; the
Chinese police keep merely impressions
of each criminals two thumbs careful.
ly labeled and numbered. He may
shave, he may wear a wig, he may
paint himself dark or fair, he may APP
pear young and 1.-THE or old and Grip
pied, but he cannot alter the impress
sions of his thumbs. which can at any
time be traced on paper and compared
with the impressions always kept in
safe custody by the celestial detective
force.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06
ATTACKED BY A BUFFALO.
How Sir Samuel Baker Saved the Life oil
Fellow Hunter.

Sir. Samuel w. Baker, in his latest
book, ''Wild Beasts and Their Ways"
narrates an adventure which shows
that hunters life may depend upon
his attention to small details. Sir
Samuel and Mr.. Dick were shooting in
Africa, when they saw solitary bull
buffalo on the opposite side of a small
creek. The bull was evidently in a
state of great excitement for as the
hunters drew near he faced them.
tore up the turf with his horns, and
looked down the perpendicular bank,
twelve feet high, as though meditating
descent.
Dick, who carried a little rifle, a
single barrel. which shot a small
spherical ball had. by Sir Samuers ad-
vice. doubled his charge of powder.
'Aim at the back of the neck if the
buffalo lowers his head" said Sir
Samuel to his companion. throwing a
hard clod of earth so that it fell into
water at the foot of the bank. The
splash caused the animal to look down,
exposing his neck. Dick fired. The
bull convulsively turned round. and
fell upon his side.
The two men waded ACROSS the
creek at shallow place, and ran to
where the PROSTATE animal was lying
apparently dead. Dick. standing in
front of the bulls head. reveled in the
delight of his first buffalo.
Never stand at the head of buffalo,
whether dead or aliven' exclaimed Sir
Samuel, whose experience had taught
him to be cautious. Stand upon the
side, facing the back of of the animal,
well away from its legs, as l am stand
ing now"
Scarcely had he uttered the words.
when the bull sprang to his feet and
blundered forward straight at the as
tonished Dick. not three feet distant.
He jumped forward to avoid the horns,
but tripped and fell upon his back
right in the path of the savage bull.
AS quick as lightning Sir Samuel
drew his long hunting-knife and
plunged it behind the buffalo's shoulder.
The animal fell to the blow. He had
received his death-stroke.
If the hunting-knife had not been
tempered steel. with keen edge and
a sharp point the story would have
had a tragical ending. The blade. a
part of an old Andrea Ferrara" High
land claymore. was Is inches long.
inches in breadth. double-edged. and as
sharp as il was possible to make it.
Sir Samuel saw to it that it was al
ways in the condition of a surgeons
lancet. He never left the camp for a
days shooting without first examining
its point and edge. No servant was
allowed to handle it, and when il
needed sharpening he himself honed
it. When he struck the buffalo the
sharp double-edge of the long knife
divided the great artery of the heart.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06
OF COURSE THE BOY WAS INNOCENT.
But the Milkman Would Like to Get
Hold of Him.

There is milkman on the North
Side who is looking for a boy with a
lantern. When he finds the right boy
and the right lantern he is going to
thrash the one and smash the other.
This milkman has trained horse.
He makes his rounds about a. m.,
and, as it is dark then, he carries a
lantern. When he strikes a block in
which he has a number of customers
he takes can of milk in one hand and
lantern in the other and goes from
house to house. The horse follows the
lantern as long as it is in sight. The
moment it disappears in a doorway or
behind house the horse stops and
waits for its temperance.
Very convenient and nice it is for
the milkman. but the other morning
when he was saying pretty things to
some servant-girl boy emerged from
an alley near where he had disap-
peared.
And the boy carried lantern.
As he moved off down the street the
horse followed him. The boy noticed
it and stopped. The horse stopped
also. The boy looked at the horse
curiously for a moment and then
started on. The horse also started.
The boy stopped again, and this time
he seemed to ''catch on" so to speak.
He put the lantern down and went on
bv himself. The horse didn't move.
That settled the boy. He went back.
picked up the lantern, and went whist
ling down the street.
After the milkman had run three
blocks to overtakc his horse and wagon
he came upon boy with lantern-an
innocent boy; boy who never thought
about horse following him; a boy who
was surprised to think that horse
would be such blamed fool as to do
such thing. The boy said so himself.
And when the milkman had been
bluffed off the boy chuckled to himself
and allowed that he had not had so
much fun since the day he painted the
cat blue.
The milkman-well, the milkman is
apparently sorry that he didn't thrash
the boy on general principles, because
the next morning the horse went off
and left him again. and when he over
took him he saw a lantern disappear
ing down an alley Chicago Tribune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06
The WheeIbarrow Test.

Three or four of US on the car were
talking about Gen. Sherman's death,
and. as might have been expected, one
of the group modestly admitted that he
was with the lamented General on his
famous march to the sea. There was
a woman in the seat ahead, surrounded
by bundles and baskets, and evidently
going somewhere on visit. The war
talk soon stirred her up, and she
turned to the veteran and queried:
Where you right in battle?''
'tYes'm."
Dead men all around?"
''Yes'm."
Wounded crying for waterP"
''Yes'm."
'Bombshells and cannon balls fall
ing around you like hail?"
t'Yes'm."
'.And you didn't run?"
Nom, 1 should hope not" he
modestly replied.
Stood right there and never got
scarf, eh?"
"Yes'm."
well, now. 1 don't believe itr' she
bluntly exclaimed. 1T amt human
natur'. 1t amt accordin' to things"
u hope you do not doubt my word,
madam"
Yes, do" she sharply replied. u
don't believe you have got any more
nerve than my Sam has, and Sam can't
stand the test"
Then you have test?"
Yes, l have. You jest get off at
Scottdale, where am going to stop.
There'll he wheelbarrow somewhere
around there, and you just stand off
about thirty feet and let me bear down
on you with it. If you don't jump or
dodge or climb a telegraph pole, I'll
give in that you are the bravest man I
ever sawm
Tin afraid haven time to stop
off, he stammered.
Il knew you wouldn't have" she
dryly replied. They never do. They
talk about bombshells and dead men
and slaughter pens. and they make out
that they charged up to the roaring
cannon; but the minute 1 talk wheel
barrow they kuuckle. You needn't
say no more. You've wilted."
And he hadn't another word 10 utter.
~ Y San,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06
THE PEARL KING.
An American Who Formed a Lucky Part
nership with Cannibal Potentate.

A slender young man, with a Jewish
cast of countenance, stepped up to the
Palace hotsl register and signed HIM
self Samuel Harris, Tahiti" says the
San Francisco Report. He is an Amer
lean, and was born and reared in this
city, though his home i in the Per-
modus islands, in the Society group.
He is only % years of age.
Harris was educated in the grammar
schools of San Francisco. and on being
graduated went to work at one thing
and another without much success.
Finally he saved few hundred dol
lars and went to Tahiti. A variety of
misfortunes left him penniless there.
On one occasion the boat was capsized
and on another he was thrown ashore
and lost his goods in the surf. Trad
ing was fatty a failure with him, and
he told his friends so. This was near
ly four and half years ago. Pres
emily he sunk out of sight and the peo-
pie who knew him in Tahiti saw him
no more for two years. When they
saw him again he was on the high road
to prosperity.
When he went away from Tahiti he
took passage to the Permodus islands.
Most of the natives there were canni-
bals-at least they had that reputation.
He settled on the islands, which are
celebrated as the chief pearl fisheries
of the south seas, and made friends
with one of the principal chiefs. An
American of experience such as that of
Harris could not fail to become soon a
power in the islands. In year after
he had gone to live there he had in
duced the head chief to take him into
partnership in the pearl fishery profits.
Then he began to make his trips regu-
larly to Otaheite to dispose of his
pearls, which he did at prices that sat
istied the chief that he had treasure
for partner.
Life on the savage reefs of the Per-
modus, alternating with the almost as
savage life of the Tahitians, was pleas
ant enough for while. but year ago
Hareis grew weary of the existence
and sighed for a change. The chief
would not consent to his departure,
however, and Harris has been for
twelve months trying TO induce the
old fellow to let him go. But the
chief knew what a good thing was
when he had it. Harris. however,
determined to pay visit to San Fran
ClSCO SplIC llC CIll6l, dull at ldSl luS
ex-cannibal consented to let the part
nership continue even if Harris should
remain away six months.
In the meantime the chiefs fame has
been waning, and Harris is known all
through the south seas as the pearl
king, and most of the traders there
think he is the chief of the islands, as
the real chief has the astuteness to stay
in the background and let Harris con
duct his business for him. When Har-
ris left the islands to take ship for San
Francisco he was attended part of the
way by quite an escort of boats.
Mr.. Harris intends to spend some of
his time here. and then 90 east for
awhile. He landed on the islands
practically penniIess, and now, by
means of not neglecting his own busi-
ness while looking after the chiefs, he
is worth large fortune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06
THE KOLA NUT,
Can 1t Be Made to Take the Place of Tea
and Coffee?

A well-known medical journal is re-
commencing the kola nut as a substi-
tute for tea and coffee. The nut. it is
said, contains little tannin and not
much more caffeine. 1t is claimed that
it will soon take the place of tea and
coffee entirely.
A botanist, who has made a special
study of the nut and its properties, said
to a Cincinnati Times Star reporter:
1T is mistake to say that the nut
will take the place of tea and coffee.
1t has an astringent taste that is un-
pleasant, and / do not believe it will
ever be used extensively. or at all, in
civilized countries. The kola nut is
native of the coasts of Africa. but has
been introduced into and thrives we'll
in the west Indies and Brazil. 1t grows
on a tree 40 feet high, which produces
pale yellow flowers spotted with pur-
pie. The leaves of the tree are six or
eight inches long and are pointed at
both ends. The fruit consists of five
long, slender pods radiating from a
common center. One of these when
broken open is found to contain several
nuts somewhat similar to hazelnuts and
of about the same size. The nuts are
solid, being slightly softer toward the
center than on the outside.
1.-The natives of the countries where
the nuts grow use them for various
purposes. They pass for money in
Africa. They are also used as a symbol
of friendship and hate, the light colored
ones signifying the former, and the
dark the latter. They are supposed to
aid digestion, and it is the practice to
chew small bit before eating meal.
They allay thirst, and if a piece be
chewed and held in the mouth while
drinking, the most bitter and stagnant
water can be taken, and will taste
sweet and agreeable. l doubt if this
quality of rendering stagnant water
pure is possible by the nuts. l rather
think that the astringent taste of the
nut paralyzes the gustatory nerves
momentarily, and for that reason the
water is not tasted. Hunger they are
also supposed to allay but they do no
more than paralyze the nerves. They
have stimulating effect, and when
going on long marches the natives
chew bits of the nuts continually, and
with about the same effect as if intoxi-
eating liquor had been used, though
without the same bad results. Powder
ed kola nut is sprinkled in cuts and
wounds and has healing effect.
"A chemical analysis of the nuts
shows them to contain 20 parts of caf-
feline and but fraction of a part of
tannin. No, it will never be used in
the place of tea and coffee. Its taste
and chemical properties are against it"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06
TalIeSrand and Napoleon.

What was strange in Napoleon's be-
havior towards me was that at the
very time that he showed himself most
suspicious of me he was endeavoring
to draw me nearer to him. Thus in
the month of December, 1918, he asked
me to resume the portfolio of Foreign
Affairs-which straightway declined,
convinced as was that we could never
agree on the only possible way of his
escape from the maze into which he
had been brought by his folly. A few
weeks latter. in the month of January,
1914. before his departure to the army
and when NJ. de Caulaincourt had al
ready started for the Chatillon con-
gress. the Emperor worked almost every
evening with NJ. de la Besnardiere,
who had the foreign Office in M. de
Caulaincourt's absence. In the course
of these conversations. which were
kept up far into the night, he often
opened his mind to him in strange
fashion. Thus he several times re-
peated to him. after reading the de-
spatches in which the Duke of Vicenza
told him of the progress of the
Chatillon negotiations, 'Ahl If Talley-
rand were there, he would pull me
through. "-Talteyra'ad Memoirs in
Ce7ltLrU.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06
BabOO English.

Lady Dufferin tells some interesting
anecdotes about the Baboo English of
the Hindoos. One man during an eX-
animation was told to write an essay
upon the horse. which he did in the fol-
lowing brief terms: 1.-The horse is a
very noble animal, but when irritated
he ceases to do So" Another had to
write upon the difference between
riches and poverty, and he ended by
saying: I'm short. the rich man welt
ers in crimson velvet, while the poor
man snorts on flint
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06
KITTY NEALE.
The Catastrophe That Broke Up Nice
Bit of "Spooning."

All in the Golden Vale
met with Kitty Neale,
On her poll the milking pail, a lamb nosing at
her knee.
Oh, her eyes were dreams of blue,
With the sunlight dancing through,
And her saucy lips the hue of the rose on the
tree.
For a year and for a day.
have sought in every way
That maiden fair as May for my true love to
gain;
Every art of tongue and eye
Fond lad with lasses try
had used with ceaseless sigh-yet all, all in
vaini
But that morning, at the trace
OF the trouble in my face,
She paused with timid grace and murmured
my name,
And, a blessed, blessed man.
I'd a kiss beneath her can
And consent her waist to span, without one
word of blame.
And amid the blooming bowers
I'd have rambled on for hours,
With my blushing flower of flowers, under
heavens blue dome:
But the lamb he took a tilt
AT her pail till all was split,
And crying iii be kilt!" Kitty darted home,
Alfred Perceval Graves in London Specta-
tor.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06
Eggs in England.

In 1890 English importation of eggs
them sent anes oyer anG Soopy Of egs
England received more than 10000.
600 from Belgium, and nearly 75,000,-
900 from Russia. From Portugal came
100000 and smaller quantities from
Norway and Sweden, Morocco, Italy,
Turkey and Egypt. Malta and the
Channel Islands also contributed, as
even Australia has begun to do not
withstanding the eggs from thence
must be at least six weeks old before
they are put on the English markets.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06

The thrifty citizens of Russellville,
KY, get rid of carcasses by tying them
to the rear of Pullman sleepers on
night trains. At first sucking calf
was hitched on by a stout rope, and
only few nights ago it was large
hog. A porter on the sleeper was
frightened out of his wits on the latter
occasion when he stepped out on the
platform and saw large, black object
sailing along in the air about twenty
feet in the rear.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06
Old Hebrew Inscriptions,

The oldest inscription in Hebrew
that cut in the rock which was discov-
cred by boy while bathing in the
pool of Siloam-has been cut out and
carried away. 1t is said that the
vandals broke it while getting it out,
and that a Greek of jerusalem has
bought the fragments.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-05-06
1t Was a Great Invention.

The st. Louis Globe Democrat tells
about cranky invention of Western
man who thought that horses are
worked too hard. 1t was carriage
that ran on four very high wheels.
The driver sat in front and the passen-
gers on each side, like those on an
Irish jaunting car. The horse was
underneath the affair, and wiggled
along with only his head sticking out
like turtles. The beauty of the ar
rangement was a four-foot belly-band
that went underneath the horse, and
when the concern started down hill
the driver turned crank and lifted
the horse off the ground, and the
whole business, horse and all, rolled
on together till level road was reach
ed, when the crank was again turned.
the horse lowered till his feet reached
the ground. when business was re-
sumed in the old way. The advanta ge
of the invention was that it enabled
the horse to ride down hill; the disad-
vantage was that it could not foresee
and follow the win dings of road
There is no knowing how much might
come of it, though, had it not hap
pened that the machine ran off the
track one day when going down a
winding hill, ran into the gulch, killed
the horse, smashed the whole con-
trivance to pieces. and hurt the man
SO badly that when he got well he de-
clined to undertake the construction of
another