davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-04

a ConaA4run with It's Answer.
TO Sn kpnos or TEE Bus-t~i In whAs respect
does Fassstt resemble . ChinAmAnf
Detached from his Flat he becomes a object Of
ridiculs among his fellows ".
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-04

The system Is often rapidly reduced BY . ssvsss
attack Of diArrh9A other bowel Affection that II
baliAm a sure curative for Asiatic cholera, cramps
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-04

WARRINGTON, Oct. 3;-The Treasury Depart
mont has paid out S4.70O.OOO on account Of
pensions 80 fur this month
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-04
a 6ubstitute.
Hrom tks bu.tou Bsua,

MFRS, MiEism =, DO you keep that horrid pet
May because IL amuses mamma when
papa 10 away
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-04

ing Ivsn 70 cviiissd man.-frsiiAs fss = d -
vaTd Studsnts
Oh. mol Marriage ia
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-04

castle with beautiful Views down tho river.
In his halls are ranged the trophies Of many
Rocky Mountain adventure. horns. antlers. and
stuffed heads Of deer. moose. elk. and such
like wild game. His house. which was built By
Mr. R. NJ. Hunt is unequalled for spaoiousness
and artistic arrangements.
The coming season In town will be heraldsd
by succession Of shows. OF which the chrys-
anthemum show or great floral and horticul-
tnral exhibition at the Madison Square Garden
will be the hrst Six thousand dollars will
be given in premiums at this floral display.
and 1t is eafd that not only autumn flowers.
but all the fruits and blossoms OF the earth
will be gathered together to do honor to the
occasion. To many people this will be more
attractive than the horse show. which will I'm
mediately follow the feast Of flowers
Notwithstanding the wars and rumors Of
wars among managers and impresarios and
the ferceness with which Rustic Chivalry"
has been driven from pillar to post and played
football with and fought and scrambled over
until all interest In Mascagni's popular opera
has died out in the public mind. the musical
prospect for tho winter Is not bad after ALL II
Mr.. Grau performs half that he has promised
he will bring over very satisfactory troupe OF
singers. with Abani. Lehman. and Marie Van
Zandt as sopranos. and Bcalchi and julia
Ravogli In the contralto parts. His tenors.
barltones. and bassos are also sufficiently
strong. and with Damrosch and his men
to do the orchestral work. even tho thin and
feeble numbers Of Belllni and Donizetu may
carry a good deal OF enjoyment with Thorn. 10
far boxes have rented WELL and thore Seems
every prospect that the social aspect OF the
Metropolitan will be much tho same this win.
ter that 1t has always been. And why noti
Soft nothings can be whispered. girls can chat
ter. and men can laugh and general hilarity
prevail as we'll to the tuneful music OF Italian
composers as to the grander compositions OF
German artists. And therefore grand dress
parade and boxes brilliant with diamonds and
beauty will probably greet the performers on
Dec. IA. the opening hight.
Mr.. Ignace J. Paderewskl, tho Polish gentle
man who has 30 commercially advertised hika-
self by sending his photograph attached Q"
the programme of his performances. Is said to
be an artist Of rare versatility and magnetism.
That he IL to be assisted by the symphony
Orchestra with Walter Damrosch as conductor.
and that Mr.. Stelnway has guaranteed him
$500 a night. should be advertisement enough
In itself without the accompaniment Of The
gentleman's counterfeit presentment
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22
Nemesis.

He learned to dance for her sake all tie latest
rhythmic motions,
And wore a shirt that did not fit to suit her
wonan's notions,
Because he did not like it much she made him
wear nerino,
And when he sighed for poker she insisted on
casino.
He smoked cabbage leaf cigar. because she
bought il for him,
And staid in from the club each night ard
let her bore and bore him.
He wore the neckties that she got until he
caused a riot,
And sat up till tho peep of day to keep the
baby quiet.
And when he came home tired at night it was
her constant caper
To make him read aloud the jokes from every
comic paper
Until one day he sneaked away and bought
himself a coffin,
In which triumphant he laid down and
straightway went right off in.
And when she heard the awful news she had
fit conniption
ing inscription:
"Here lies my loving husband. John; Death
came at last and hit him:
He got the coffin by himself. know it doesn't
TT him"
Tenn Mason III Clothier and Furnisher.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22
The ventriloquist on the Elevated

Cali out for Fifty ninth street" rang out
in an elevated train the other evening. The
people, who were on their way home after
a day of toll, started up and made for the
door, but discovered to their surprise that
not the Fifty -ninth street station, but only
the Twenty-third street one had been
reached.
'What does this mean?" chorus of
voices asked the brakeman, and the owners
of the voices glared at the uniformed en-
ploye.
Don't know. 1 never called out Fifty
ninth street."
The perpleXed passengers returned to
their seats and were soon hidden behind
their newspapers. When the train pulled
up at the next station at Twenty-eighth
street, the announcement rang out again,
"AIl out for Fifty-ninth street."
The conductor became enraged, and
looked about eagerly to discover the mis-
creant, but the people in the car, under
standing then that a ventriloquist was
among them, burst out laughing. They
dropped their papers and scanned faces to
find out who it was that by throwing his
loud voice to the platform of the car, had
succeeded in playing the joke. At each
station the ventriloquist called out the
same thing up to Fifty-ninth street, where
| got of, and all that time he remained
undiscovered. Thus is prosaic life in the
metropolis occasionally enlivened.-Epoch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22

prisoners returned about noon and was TO
ceiyed by Miramon with smile and
hearty Mexican embrace.
Before the expected supports had time
to reach Miramon he was compelled by an
overpowering attack from the north to
abandon Zacatecas and take up the return
march toward Mexico. When we were two
days' march from Zacatecas we were sud
denly attacked in the rear and on both
tanks by Gems. Escobodo and Trevigno
with 5000 cavalry. In trice our prison
ers were freed and our captured artillery,
together with our own, taken. Our in
fantry scattered almost without firing
shot. Miramon barely escaped with few
staff officers toward Queretaro, and his
Young brother, Col. Don Joachim Mira
mon, fell wounded into the hands of the
enemy Surrounded by my faithful blacks,
I threw myself with hundred men-the
others having fallen-against regiment,
in order to shield Miramon and to save
what was no longer to be saved Like
wedge my gallant fellows drove their foam
ing steeds into the mass of the enemy's
riders, carrying death and destruction on
the points of their swords and receiving
death and destruction in return. Sabered-
and stabbed by sword and lance, and trod-
den under the hoofs of a thousand horses,
the brave troop sank, buying with their
hearts blood a free road for the fleeing
general.
Ny horse was shot under NE and two Of
my blacks were trampled to pieces before
my eyes in efforts to rescue me. Seven
blacks still remained by me, and these could
have saved themselves by leaving me in my
plight. One of them had saber cut across
the face, and another carried the broken
point of spear in his breast. I myself,
unwounded until now, received shot in
the left shoulder that had been aimed at
my head, but failed of the mark because OF
push from one of my negroes. The shot
had been given Sin sport" by a Mexican of
ficer and the faithful man who spoiled the
aim paid for the act with his life, for the in
human wretch before US shot him dead and
then transfixed his body with spear. A
Mexican staff officer now took us in charge,
and out of my hundred only six remained.
l saw, too, by the shots directed to the earth
that the wounded were being slaughtered
as they lay. Col. Miramon was borne on
stretcher into the streets, where he was
made target for the revolvers of the Off
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22
A Street Car Episode.

"You know where to leave me-" said a
lady on Third street car the other day as
the conductor took her fare.
''Yes'm; Columbia street is your street,
believe" he replied.
The lady retired into brown study, and
one of those men who knows it all and
never gets left, and isn't anybody's fool,
took up the attention of the conductor with
a long yarn about how street cars should be
run and what rapid transit would do for
the people, and when the conductor thought
of that woman again he was just crossing
Willis avenue.
''She'll have me discharged if tell her, :"
he said TO himself, and cold drops of terror
stood out Oh his manly brow.
Once the passenger did look out of the
car window, but seeing an unfamiliar part
of the city concluded she was still en- route
to Columbia street.
The car went to the end of the line and
returned on its way down town again.
"C-o-lu-m-bi-al" called the conductor
bravely, and the lady gathered up her traps
and stepped out on the platform.
Good gracious, CONDUCTOR she be-
gan
''Hurry up, madam" urged the conduc-
tor, and after assisting her off he hastily
rang the bell and the car started again.
And the astonished woman was heard to
remark, "No wonder the cars go slow; they
travel backward detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22
The Amenities.

I was waiting at a station on the Second
Avenue 81" road the other day when no.
ticed an umbrella member and travelling
glazer. The first had a lot OF ribs and
handles and old umbrellas, and the second
had dozen panes of glass in box on his
back Seeing that they regarded each
other with GOODNESS, / asked Of the um-
brella member:
Don't you recognize the profession
when you meet?"
cts not the same line of business, sir"
he replied. Anybody can putty In pane
of glass, but it takes an artist to mend an
umbrella"
While he walked to the other end Of the
platform | SHE'D up alongside of the glazier
and remarked:
''Any hard feelings between you and the
umbrella mann"
''Oh, no, sir-no personal feeling It's
simply that my professional pride de-
mands that he speak first. He's trade.
you see, while l have profession"
Two hours later l met them In company
at Chatham square, and the glazier recog-
nized me at once and took me aside to say:
Its all right, sir-all right. He has as.
sured me that he once failed in business for
$4,000, and we've agreed that both have
professions, and that both OF US are pro-
fessors New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22

turn with Emin Pasha," promises to be a
valuable addition to the literature for which
Africa is responsible.
Major Casati in 1879 resigned his COM
mission in the Italian army and proceeded
to the Soudan to assist Gessi Pashi, one of
Gordon's most earnest co-workers, who
was then engaged in quelling an insurrec-
ton of the Soudanese under Solyman.
Upon Gessi's departure Casati remained in
the country, independently exploring CEN
sral Africa, and his long residence in those
egions, his thorough knowledge of the
languages of the various tribes, his init
mate relations with Emin Pasha and DR..
Junker, coupled with his own personal OBJ
servations, lend quite special character
to the scientific and geographical informa-
ton which he gives.
The picture of Casati appearing here
with is published by courtesy of Messrs +.
Warne & Co., of New York city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22

nerves of steel give way and the strongest
form is Frustrated by poor little piece Of
lead-the head of a gigantic black-that
head whose skull / had once all but
crushed-with wide open eyes, rested upon
my weak but still breathing chest. BE had
received the death shot in my stead.
In November. 1866. the seat of the MeXi-
can republic was at Zacatecas, and the i'm
perial general, Miramon, previously presi-
dent of Mexico. but at this time brave
and Jealous supporter of Macmillan, hast
eued with q small force from the City of
Mexico marching through Queretaro and
recruiting on the way. / was at Queretaro
with the remnant of my blacks awaiting
orders. Miramon had heard of the storm
ing by the Egyptians at Oaxaca, and also
of their exploit at Catorze, and in conse-
quence he made me commander OF his body
guard, umhering about seventy men and
comprising loyal Mexicans, several Ger
mans and a few Frenchmen Ny blacks
had meanwhile been we'll mounted and
soon commanded 10 men on splendid
steeds.
Miramon, without awaiting for support.
fell upon Zacatecsss with such fury that
the enemy was completely surprised The
astonished and demorallzed infantry at
tempted TO form on the plaza of the market
place, bat seemed to have no hearty wish
TO await our little column. rapidly advauc-
ing with drawn bayonets and loud battle
cries. A large number of prisoners, twenty
cannon. and mass OF the documents and
papers of the hostile government were the
reward Of this blow. Juarez himself fed
as usual, guarded by 400 cavalry, and al
though was close upon his heels and ex-
pended the last breath OF man and horse 20
get possession of him, he had too much the
start. l missed nay object. but with 100
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22
Humoring the Girls.

The other day Mrs McFrivol, of Van
Ness avenue, entered her parlor where her
four daughters were waiting for the car
riage TO take them TO the Bigwallettes
ball, and said:
''My dear girls, have just received a
letter, in a black bordered envelope, from
London. where, you know, your Uncle
William has been seriously i'll for
''Great heavens!'' exclaimed the young
ladies, beginning to weep.
''Of course, there is every reason to sup
pose-don't make your noses red, for era
cious' sake-to suppose that it contains sad
news butt
But, maw" exclaimed the fearful quar-
tet, lust look at all our new gowns, ana
and everything"
Exactly" continued the modern Cor
pelia, 81 was going q to say that while
the worst is TO be feared on the other hand
we really know nothing definite as yet, and
considering all the circumstances have
concluded rot to open the letter until to-
morrow morning"
And, repowdering their noses. with CRATE
full smiles the girls rustled beamingly out.
San Francisco Examiner.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22

GERS until his head was crushed to pieces
and his body had been pierced by hum
bred bullets. One hundred and twenty
three Frenchmen, myself and my six ne
groes were conducted on the following
morning to the inner court of the hacienda
of San Jacinto, and informed that by order
of ''the highest powers" we were to be shot.
My two black friends lay half dismem-
bered on the ground, their dusky faces,
with white pupils, steadily fixed upon my
bloodless, tired and dropping head, for my
wounds had not been bound up. The other
four, dark and threatening as a stormcloud,
stood around US, crashing their teeth. The
horrible execution had been visited upon
ten of the condemned, and their bloody and
sometimes still active bodies were thrown
on a cart and carried out past the living.
could count almost exactly when my turn
would come, and every man will believe
me, without particular proof, that the stu
alton was not a pleasant one. AS gen.
darme, missed by the first volley, was forced
back to the wall for second attempt, there
sounded in my tortured heart the loud cry,
"EntsetZlich, schone den Mann" Horrible,
spare that MANI. At the same moment the
colonel commanding the execution put
spurs to his horse, and with one spring of
the beast was at my side. "Sie sind Elm
Deutscher?" (You are Germany he called
to me, and while another volley ran g
through the bloody court / replied with
choking voice, "Ehemaliger Prcussisher
offizier" Formerly Prussian officer), and
wondered not a little at being addressed in
my mother tongue. The colonel placed his
hand on my head, and as Abraham and
Abdallah, two blacks who held me upright
sprang upon him frantically, he signaled
an officer and had me and the six Soudanese
~ my side conducted out of the hacienda;
he himself rushed out through an alley, and
returned half an hour later to say that he
had begged our lives from Escobodo be-
cause we were not gendarmes, or French
men, for these alone had been condemned.
The friendly colonel, Carlos Won Gagern,
also formerly Prussian officer, looked
after our needs with the heartieSt amiabili-
ty, and at evening came with an escort of
men and seven extra saddled
horses. He told me that Escobodo and him
self had had words with Gen. Trevigno,
and the order of clemency in our cases
might be revoked at any moment. He
bound me on my horse, gave me money,
and handed my unwounded blacks re-
volver each. The escort was to guide US
by roundabout path toward Queretaro
and leave us at daylight.
1t was a martyr-way that lay before us in
spite of all The negro with the lance
wound fell dead from his saddle on the
fourth day; the others remained by me to
the end. On the twentieth day we reached
safety at TeXecoco on the coast.
GEORGE l.. kILMER.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22
The Evil Eve.

The Corsicans are not the only people
in the world who believe in the evil eye,
Scr the Turk is so affected By it that he
thinks it extends its influences 10 what
ever animals belong to him. Strings of
coral are sold on the streets and said to
be a preventive against the evil. 1t is
very curious TO see the donkeys. crowds
of which are found in the streets, with
strings of coral twisted in their tails.
When he gets IL violent rage the
very worst thing that Turkish gentle
man can threaten his donkey with is the
taking away of the jewels which protect
him from the evil eye, for in this way he
will give him over to all kinds OF cruelty
and the possession of the demon In
the markets bits of coral are laid among
the purple grapes or green vegetables
with the hope that good luck will come
TO them and they will bring a higher
price.-New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22
He Knew Memphis.

He was backwoods Tennessean seeing
Washington with an official friend, and
the last night they did CLEOPATRA" as pre-
scented by Bernhard.
He was greatly Impressed by the per-
Torrance, and in that scene where the
Egyptian queen sits upon the terrace over
looking Memphis his enthusiasm dubbed
over.
''Moonshine and molassesp' he calculated
in a whirring whisper; "ain't that a socker
from the headwaters? What is it, any
how"
Its Memphis, whispered the official,
holding him down.
Come off" he said, after moments
reflection, sit amt. They don't talk
French in Memphis. l sold car load of
mules down there last fall. "-Washington
Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22
How a Maine Woman Saved Her Watch.

Wasn't it stranger
"Who ever heard of such thing!' And
then they both smiled and both kept silent.
One of the ladies is married and lives in
Lewiston. Her husband told the writer
what they were talking about.
MY wife," said he, ''has a small gold
watch she wears in front of her dress. The
day you overheard her she had been in a
store rather crowded, and a man grabbed
the watch by the chain and ran. During
the afternoon she had met with an acct
dent, and roll of tape which she was car
rying concealed about her person had be-
come viciously loose and was bothering
her. She took it and thrust it in next to
the watch.
''In some way the watch had caught it,
and as the thief started away the tape be-
gan to run out like ships hawser. The
thief, turning around quickly, saw what
was following him, and in CONSERVATION
he dropped the watch, and my wife recov-
cred it. That's a true bill, and l can prove
it. Lewiston Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22
RESTORATION.

There is Venus carved in stone,
Far famous for its sculptured charms;
IT'S queenly. fair, and marred alone
By this; the goddess has no arms
Those shapely arms were interiaced
For centuries with dust and mold;
So close their marble clasp embraced
They broke ere they released their hold.
Those fair limbs mingled with the earth;
But nature yields all she inmures;
And now they have their second birth.
And we see them here restored in yours.
Could that white Venus but possess
Your arms in girlish grace so sweet,
Then would her calm. cold loneliness
In all its glory be complete.
America
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22
nrenms Are Wnnderful.

DR.. Reid had blister applied to his
head, and plaster which was put on after
ward causing excessive pain, he dreamed
of falling into the hands of Indians and
being scalped. a whisper in the ear is suf-
ficient to produce a dream, and it is re-
lated of certain officer that his compan-
ions in this way conducted him through
the whole process of a quarrel, which
ended in duel, and when the parties were
supposed to meet pistol was put into his
hand, which he fired, and was awakened
by the report.-Cassell's Magazine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22

HE following eX-
citing story of the
French campaign
in Mexico is trans
lated and adapted
from the German
of Tn. Gaudert, a
commander of the
Zouaves.
Napoleon se n t
tn e unfortunate
Macmillan a bat
talon of Soudan
negroes, w hi C b
had been present
ed him by the vice
row of Egypt, Is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22

An Egyptian scythe is exhibited among
the antiquities in the private museum Of
Flinders Petrie in London The shaft Of
the instrument is wood, supporting row
of flint saws, which are securely cemented
into it. This sets at rest the speculations
which have been made as to how the crops
of the land were gathered IN the flint and
early copper age.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22
Almond Bavarian Cream.

Blanch three ounces of sweet and one
ounce of bitter almond. Cook them in
butter till they become of nice yellow
color, remove from the fire, and when cold
pound them. Soak half boxful of CELIA
tine in a half cupful of water; add to it q
pint of rich milk, boiling hot, and three
tablespoonful OF sugar with the pounded
almonds. Cool it upon ice, and stir it till
very smooth. then beat in lightly a pint
of cream whipped to stiff froth, and put
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22

The hardy Firms today have their sweat
house in every village, where the weekly
or semi-weekly bath is taken, till the bather
reeks with perspiration, and the men rush
out and throw themselves in the snow for
relief They find by experience tEat such
alterations enable them TO bear the rigors
of their winters, and centuries would have
shown their error If they were mistaken.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22
War and Means.

Homeseeker inspecting a 3at}-How m
the world are people to live in such little
cu5by holes as theSe'
Agent-Easy enough, mum All you
need Is folding beds and camp chairs and
self doubling up tables and few things
like that.
"Humph! can hardly turn around il
these rooms myself"
Il see, mum It's too bad 20 be 80 afflicted,
mum. You should take anti-fat New
York Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-22

There are about 2,se0 counties in the
Union, with an average size of about 1000
square miles. but this average is enormous
" exceeded in many instances, and IS also
frequently fallen below Leaving out the
great unsettled counties of the west the
average county would bs about 500 square
miles in extent