davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

The easy escape OF the naval officers
who have been accused of smuggling
upon vessel of the United States isnot
creditable. It is an act of mistaken cour.
tesy on the part of one department of
the government to another All these
departments represent the people, yet
if private citizen had been as clearly
caught, he would have forfeited the
goods seized and paid heavy penalty
in addition.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

TIE English national hymn, "God
Save the Queen" should now be
changed to "God Save the Prince Of
Wales" Come to think of it, there
must be something in the saving ma
ture of that anthem, which every loyal
Englishman delights to sing. for it has
Saved" the good sovereign for promis,
ing reign of over half century. Nc
other English queen ever reigned as
long or so we'll.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
GEN. GRANTS OLD HOME.
An Historic Relic to BE Exhibited at the
Worlds Fair.

An Historic Relic to Be Exhibited at the
Worlds Fair.
The historic log cabin in st. Louis
County, Mo-, which the late Gen.
Grant erected with his own hands, and
with logs cut and hewn by himself, is
about to be removed from its present
site and shipped to Chicago, where it
will be regretted for exhibition at the
Worlds Fair. The cabin, says Frank
Leslie's Newspaper, stands on an
eighty-acre tract Of land, on the Jeffer-
son Barracks and Rock Hill road,
about ten miles southwest of st. Louis.
The land was given to Mrs. Grant as
a wedding present by her father, Mr..
Frederick T. Dent. on the occasion of
her marriage to the General, then
Lieutenant Grant, Aug. %, 1848. The
cabin was erected in the fall of 1854,
just after Grants return from the Pa
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

feet freedom, and left in something Of
the freedom of their native Jungle.
Even live game has been supplied to
them. so that the fingers and leopards
and lynxes could hunt for prey as their
natural instincts dictated
II such an experiment were tried in
Central Park the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to (smalD Animals would
probably have word to say But in
Berlin the pursuit of knowledge was not
hampered, and the instantaneous
cameras, placed at proper intervals in
the artificial jungles, caught the pic
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

lures. They show the animals in the
act of bouncing upon their prey.
1t is understood that the geological
Society, of Philadelphia, has become in
terested in the matter through the in
strumentality of DR.. Samuel G. Dixon,
who brought back from Berlin a series
of photographs and presented them to
the society. The society may try repro
ductions of its own, following the Ger.
man method.
The German photographer, not salts.
fed with catching the animals in some
characteristic situation, in most deli,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

neck in front of the withers with his
jaws, one forepaw clasping the shoulder
of the animal and the other fully eS-
tended under the throat, Should he be
unable to crush the spine with his Jaws
he will then jerk the head back violently
and thereby break the neck.
81 have examined" he says, "hun-
dreds of animals killed by tigers, and
have never yet detected injury to the
blood vessels of the throat, but invari-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

quite intimately acquainted, who used
to catch hog or deer almost daily on a
perfectly open and burnedup plain.
Small animals are for the most part dis
Matched with blow of the paw,
but in the case of the moro
bulky. the experienced tiger, leaping
on the back of his victim, grips the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
ssnsSR;f'

n motion, the Germans have just pro.
duced finer results than Muybrdge or
any other man in the same line.
The Berlin Geological Garden is one
of the finest in the world. Hamburg,
which is close at hand, is the lion
market of the entire circus world. Con-
nected with the "Zoo," the Germans
have fitted up wide Enclosure where
wild animals could be uncaged with per-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

PEoF. SLAv1N having gone to En-
gland and Prof, Sullivan being ong root
to Australia, these two eminent scient-
lists will now for some time constitute
End comprise the champion long dis
tance debating school.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

AI1rrLE girl Of Reading, Pa,
shouted murder so Justify at the sight Of
mouse that several policemen and a
crowd of passers-by rushed to assist
her. When she grows up she will lee
tnre on woman's rights and denounce
the man who prefers to lie in bed while
bnglars ransack the cellar to disturb.
ing them.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

Mr.. DEpEw affects certain indig-
nation because he and the other direct
ors of the New York and New Haven
Railway were indicted for their refusal
to obey the law prohibiting the use Of
stoves in passenger cars. The very
idea of expecting railroad directors tc
observe the law is too absurd to be
entertained for minute. When it
comes to drawing salaries the high
officials of those corporations are always
on hand, but in cases where response
bility is to be placed for violation Of
law it is brakemen and engineers who
run the road-not the directors. Since
Mr.. Depew acknowledges that he and
his associates were badly scared, we may
conclude that they will abolish the car
stove right speedily, now that they have
escaped punishment for past neglect.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

THE Rev. Mr.. CARswELL, of Georgia.
has gone over his figures again and
found that he has made no mistake in
his prophecy that the world is coming
to an end in 1901. The wise man, there.
fore, will date his note to fall due
after January /, 1902.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

One of Germany's rich citizens has
offered to give $4,000 to any one who
will demonstrate that the sun, moon
and stars are inhabited. If Mr.. Pen
nington has sand" he will get into his
airship and make tour of exploration
without delay
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

A NEW limerick in the hands of the
street fakirs is small savings bank into
which the depositor puts his cash,
which Immediately disappears. The
novelty consists in the fact that the
bank is small,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

italian emigrants continue to arrive
In New York at the rate of 1000 day.
This fact is suggestive. to say the least,
and must make Rudini stroke his whis-
kers thoughtfully.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

IT is said that Geronimo, the old
Indian chief who used to like so we'll
to look upon war sad liquor when they
were red, has no." become an earnest
Christian and an enthusiastic Sunday
school teacher. This is all we'll enough,
but about the time the old man applies
5or orders and wants to be sent to q
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

IT now appears that the French sci
enlist who was reported killed and
eaten by locusts in Algeria is alive and
well. The origin OF the story lies in the
attempt Of an Algerian newspaper man
to write a funny paragraph, which
shows that, the world over, the
newspaper humoyist is one and the
same, incomprehensible and fearfully
and wonderfully made.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

THERE was time when the peopl,
of this great republic were won't to con
slider all things Canadian as slow, bu
that must have been before the grant
hustle of the Canadian Pacific Railwa,
began. Since that event the managers
of the company have not allowed any
thing to get away with them and have
led the experienced, self-confdent
railroad men of this country a pretty
chase, which will grow more interest.
ing as the months go by and the con-
nections of the new Canadian lines are
extended. The Grand Trunk is rubbing
its eyes in establishment, and other
roads coming into competition are
dazed at the rapid way the Can
adian line has been extended. Our
countrymen must "agitate themselves. >
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

III is pleasant to know that Herr
Most. the anarchist, has been sent to
Blnckwell's Island, and that he is sur
rounded by water, even though he
doesn't let any of it touch his person.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

RvDYARp K1pLtNG is hale and hearty
and is likely to live to write many more
tales. The people Of the United States
would not wish the man to have long
Illness, but they would not complain if
he remained ust sick enough not to
offend us with his insufferable egotism
ior few vars. Give Rudyard few
years to ripen and he may be all right.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

SLAv1N and Sullivan are alike in two
things; their surname begins with the
same initial letter, and they. have the
same capacity for getting drunk and
acting as disreputably as is possible
under the circumstances. Pugilists in
their lighter moments prove themselves
to be but little higher than the beasts.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

HE Germans are the
most thorough peo-
pie in the world,
says the New York
Press. What they
undertake to do at
all they do exceed
ingly W ell. AL
though Muybridge,
an American, was
the first man to de-
velop and perfect
photogralh by of ami
nal loco m o tion,
showing tho horse
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

If it be true, as William Redmond
says, that English iuries are not gifted
with much Intelligence then it follows
shat what ails American juries is Moth
ing more nor less than Anglomania.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

cifc coast, and he lived there in com
curative poverty for some years. The
house, which is in a good state of
preservation, is fifty feet long and
twenty feet wide, and is divided into
four large rooms, two on each floor,
separated by an eight-foot hall in the
center of the house, with q broad
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
English In the Yoa. oooo

A pathological statistician calculates
that IN the year 1000 there will be
1,Vo,Ooo,o0 people who speak English
and that the ,ther European Languages
people. '0oo'ooo
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

SIR WILLIAM oN-CuMM1NG is
going to write book. That is to say.
having failed in pushing few coun-
tiers over the line. he is going to try
the opposite course Of pushing few
lines over the counter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

SISTERS are great takers. 1t would
surprise the young men very much if
they knew how much their sisters tell
other young women about them. A
young man has very few secrets he can
keep from his sister, and she hasn't any
she can keep from the girls she goes
with.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

THoUGH men are killed every day for
walking upon the railroad tracks, other
men continue to do it. It is as foolish
practice as that of a boy tying one
end of rope to calf, and the other
end to his waist, but boys do it every
day. Ten men may be killed in ten
days for doing certain thing, but the
eleventh man will do the same thing
the same way on the eleventh day.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

OU1DA, a law to herself, presumes to
spank Master Rudyard XII ling thus:
g A young man" with emphasis, "has
of late been hailed as q fine writer,
when he has neither knowledge of style
nor common acquaintance with gram
mar, and should be whipped and put in
q corner like naughty child for his
impudence in touching pen and ink,
without knowing how to use them"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

but when further concealment is impos-
slble he will course deer or other swift
footed animal with quite extraordinary
turn of speed. a dash of 200 yards in
the open is nothing uncommon, and the
ar7ho" mentions the case OF one ti.rcss,
VITA ".l~a' he says lie was at On, time
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
Shoe. for a ROYAL Inc.,,

A London tradesman recently re-
celved a" order for sixty-four pairs Of
shoes 10; the daughter Of the Grand
Duke Paul OF Rrs ia child less than
a year OLD. '' JUL
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
with q |

: JOHN o'BRIEN. American from choice,
as he earnestly confded to me that
after once seeing an American circus
there were no attractions for him
under European canvas.
II always ride with long leg," said
he, because believe it's the proper
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

A GOOD head can afford to wear a
mighty poor hat. But good hat neve,
adds value to brainless head.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

VERY romantic missionary work, this
marrying young man to reform him,
or marry heather to civilize him {!
But as practical scheme it is a monu.
mental fizzle. Miss Cora Bell Fellows,
once Washington belle, entered the
mission work and married one of her
scholars, Sam Chaska, full blooded
Indian brave. He turned out as ninety
nine and nine-tenths per cent. of the
young men do who are married for re-
formatory purposes. He lapsed into
abominable laziness, and became low
down, fat-footed aboriginal loafer, who
let his wife support him. Mrs. Chaska
has now applied for divorce. This
woman ought not to be harshly judged,
for she is but one of a large and respect
able class of young women whose ideas
of actual life are colored with romantic
fancy. As belle in Washington soci-
ETY. she necessarily came in contact with
class of young men in patent leather
pumps, enameled shirt bosoms, pressed
trousers, and sweet, frothy intellects-
a sort of "aagels'-food" young men. No
wonder her soul longed to run away
with a two-fsted coachman or Sioux
Indian. But she was fooled There
can be no vigorous reformatory work
carried on in the family when man
leans one way and the wife pulls the
other Her good inG uence will be more
thoroughly neutralized by one bad
husband than nine bad men not her
husband. Therefore, let the young wo.
man who wants to save the world see
to it that she is not unequally yoked
with any interesting fragment of that
unsaved world.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
American Silver in Canada.

Canadians are complaining of an
influx of American silver coin, which
is displacing the home article.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
In THE zoo OF BERLIN,
WILD ANIMALS PHOTOGRAPHS
Ell. IN PURSUIT OF PREY.
PhotOyrupllv.

Graphic Pictures of Living Animals T.xen
by Cameras in the Berlin Thiergarten
Remarkable Results of instantaneous
py0tnUrnr1,v
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

Oun schoolhouses should be made
gnore homelike and cheerful. Many of
them are veritable barns.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
1t Was True.

@The same old jokes" snarlea n.
landlady as she overheard the nav 'us
boarder discussing tho spring lamb 'S
"They've one thing in their favor
answered the boarder.
what's that?" snapped the land.
lady. N
"They are not as old as the lamb ,
was the cruel answer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

IT will please every true American
to know that the Hon. Mr.. Sullivan
and the Hon. Pete jackson met and
parted in San Francisco, upon the de-
parture of Boston's leading citizen for
Australia, in perfect amity. 1t was not
long ago that Mr.. jackson accused
Mr. Sullivan with the atrocious cruelty
of talking through his hat" and for a
moment it required all the art of the
best fistellects which San Francisco
boasts to prevent tragedy which
would have been deplored whereve,
the civilization of Drawn has darted its
replendent rays. That Mr.. Sullivan
has been able to forgive and forget SC
terrible an insult is a pleasing proof o.
the civilizing influence of the brute
cult of the age which will not 20 I'M
noted by every optimist who hopes we'll
for the future Of his race.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

IT is remarkable how we'll we can
get along in this world if only other
people will do right.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
HUMCR.
His Time Wa.

The bill Of fare was ' n
French. ''s mongn1
waiter he said, after u,
over it, want to make hale ter glancid|
aSutt'nly, sah," answered. -, dollar 4
Is there q good dinner o ,ne ~ waite
Of fare without going ont vi shis 81
st.a1g sas1 United States language
Then bring it on. Hero,s
hush money. I'm no linpuist . yod
time is worth $40 an hour CO.. ana nj
on you!" 'e' nov
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
Two Prison nin.

Prison warden-The dinner o,a
from Delmenico's has come. Tosf
to the prisoner who killed q man lake
Assistant-An right. Who t. q,
bread and water for? 40 10
Warden-That's for the man ",
stole ham.-NeW York Weslh, vi
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
Won't Go mn She No..

after being at the Paris Exnos;.;,,
I don't suppose you will care f. . ao .
the next Worlds Fair, Miss Jurn e; 81 >
well, no. Even if 1 was sure r..
would be fair IN the next world ' 7 ~
IN no special hurry to go there" o.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
The Amende Honorable.

Aunty ito whom the ga ne OF Da sot
ball has been explained)-l 90 n''
quite understand it, yet. Lain
Little Boy-Why, aunty, it's as ptA'
as the nose on your face. osa)
Aunty (who has rather large H ;ons
You should not use such expressioA''
my dear. =. him.
Little Boy chastity correcting n a. .
self)-I mean, aunty, it's as pan nol
pikestAff. = Street d Snlt1hs wv
News.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

Previous 10 h is en-
gagement with Bar
NUNS show last year
he had been for five
years equestrian di-
rector of the P arts
Hipprodome. AS his
N a m e implies, he is
not a Partisan by
birth. He is now an
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

New YORK for the year 1890 received
b total of 400, 900 immigrants.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

O'Brien is, but for the benefit of those
who have not 1 will state that he is
simply one of the many wonders OF the
wonderful show.
You see very little of him at the
best, and then only passing glimpses
as he flies by. He rides one horse and
drives five in long string before him.
Not only drives them, but jumps them
over hurdles and keeps them in line
as straight as the curvature of the track
will allow.
All this is hard enough in itself
much harder than it looks-but, moro
than that, I noticed that he rode with
a long leg," and that puts the feat
among the wonders.
OF course his legs were really no
longer than usual, and quite in pro-
idortion with his five feet six: The
stirrup straps were, however, much
longer than usual, so long that his
legs hung down straight without a
bend of the knee.
Mr.. O'Brien is small, wiry fellow,
with light mustache and curly hair.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

presbytery, or synod, or conference,
look out. He may merely be looking
for FIGHT.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
A short study in evolution.-L

The Laws Majesty in Arizona.
They are not very rigid as to court
formalities down on the Rattlesnake
Lode in Arizona.
Il don't see the prisoner" said the
County Judge, as he walked up pre-
paratory to sentencing culprit.
"Where is he?"
"I'm blessed if I know" said the
Sheriff, looking under the benches
"Just lent him my paper of fine cut
too"
"Was he big red-headed man, with
scar on his cheek?" asked the fore.
man, who was playing stud horse poker
with the rest of the jury.
"That's tho cuss," said the clerk,
who had been betting on a horse-race
with the Prosecuting Attorney.
"Why, then, said the foreman, "he
asked me to 60 out and take drink
about an hour ago, but / showed him
1 had three skies. and he said, Well,
next time, them" and walked out.
"The thunder you say!" roared his
Honor. However he's sure to be in
town next week to see the dog-fght
and some of you must remind the
Sheriff to shoot him on sight. The
docket is just jammed full Of horse
stealing cases, and there's no time to
waste over ,measly homicider. Next
case. "-Sana Francisco Ne,Ds Letter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
Got Through Charging.

South American General Ito his SOL
diers) Nov, my brave men, charge
once more! Victory will be ours, anu
your country will owe you an everlssF
ing debt.
Soldiers-That's what it's owing " u,
now. We won't charge any more un'n
We are paid what's already due u.s.
Wouldn't Bear Quotation.
what an original fellow your bIo.u
er is, Miss Amy. You should nav. W
heard his remarks this morning "nen =
the big conductor stepped on his COIL o.
What did he say, Mr.. Sample -
20, as I said, they were original ~
I can't quote them"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
lures. They show the animals in the

A PAIR OF LEOPARDs FIGHTING OVER PREY
(From an instantaneous photography
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

staircase leading from the lower to the
upper story. The two lower rooms
have each a spacious old-fashioned
fireplace, and each is lighted by two
large windows. All OF Grants chill
dren, except the two eldest, were born
in this cabin.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
A Differences,

A Difference.
I saw sign yesterday: 3wa,u
Strips snd Screens This sbo "eaths
weather has more modesty than I'M ma
of orr society women. The D som
soreen.-Free Press. ICY oon
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
Nota spentrthrift.

Not Spendthrift.
"My young friend, I am sorry to not
that You are falling into habit Of pro
family"
"H'mh! You use some pretty strop,
language yourself, occasionally"
$50 l do" replied the old man, sbu
I don't waste it.