davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1891-02-13

The plural wife system prevails at
San Carlos, where it is regarded by
Apache bucks as profitable for the rea-
son that wives are tireless toilers. They
chop wood, carry water, pack hay,
herd stock, build wickiups, cook, and
in fact do all the labor calculated to
contribute to the necessity and com
fort of the camp. Apache women are
observation-disclosures bought and sold.
A bucks wealth is estimated in part
by the number of his wives. The value
of a wife is calculated by the weight she
can carry uS-ISnOs~<L~sa having defect
I've spines and unable to pack a sack Of
flour, or bundle of hay, or an eighth of
a cord of wood and a pappoose at the
same time, are not regarded as valu-
able property, and are less appreciated
by their masters than a pony or a burro.
Globe Silver Bell.
, 1891-02-13

The shy, fierce badger has ustel enough
been found amcnable t. gentle I eatmeut.
provided his education begius in snrly life;
bat probably few OF IIs trihe have ever
proved 50 docile rs a d rmestic-tted badger
NJ Enstone house, in DNfordshire, This
aLimal, it is stated, m0nifests tho greatest
delight whom ner master approaches
Taken out of her cHre she waddles-for
SIN" is very lat lin up md down
tie lawn. aud appears perfectly happy.
TIE terriers are regarded by perfect indif
tercnca Between her and the cat, on the
other baud, it is admitted that mo love is
lost, brt even that seems to be mainly the
Hult Of the cat, who viii occasionally ele
vite her back, but ";l~es heart when with
in spr.uS.ug dist,urg." This interesting
X; "as captured, it Uppea-s, when a cub
at dnu - Norton, So feeds, It is said, on
eooAeI meat, watch mGy account for her
nav ,eljy cDaa s'u London News.
, 1891-02-13

An interesting relic Of the olden time Is
to be found in the room Of a young and
globe trotting Philadelphian. 1t is an an
tique double handled sword, and evidently
has seen hard service. One Of the massive
upturned guards must at some time or
other nave been completely shorn of, as it
has been mended by two braces on the side.
This blade has been denied in several places
and the handle is covered with leather Of
the toughest workmanship. The excellent
temper of the blade is remarkable. You
can bend It into = complete semicircle, and
on relieving the pressure IL springs back
with tho clear metallic ring which denote
-, ball
on the end gives a perfect balance, and al
though the weapon seems too massive for
service, yet so admirable is the balance
that It can be swung round and round
with no difficulty at all.-Philsdelphia
Times
, 1891-02-13
Wien Con. Butlsr was AdmIttsd.

There are few lawyers in practios in Bos-
ton today who recall the beginning Of Gen.
Buffers legal career. One Of these few Is
I. 3. None, who indesd began thu life Of
= lawyer on thu very same day as Gen
Butler.
Butler and myself" said Mr.. Morse,
had zach studied law for three years,
lacking three months. We had studied in
different Offices in Lowell. II we had COM
pIeted tho three years' course Of study it
would not have been necessary to take an
examination do not recall what judge
It was TO whom We applied TO be examined,
but / remember be ASKED why we wished to
be examined at all when three months
more study would secure our admission TO
the bar. Ben said, We want to know
whether we know anything or not
1.-THE next morning we went to the judge
at the MarrimAc house to be examined It
was my turn first. The judge had a lot Of
questions prepared. which l answered to
the best OF my ability. Then It was Ben's
turn. When he came out / asked him how
he got along. and he said, Hang It'll He
made me answer a lot OF questions, but
would not tell me whether l had passed or
not The next day the Judge announced
in court that We had passed the eEnmina-
ton and were entitled TO admission to thu
bar. This was in 1s4o."-Boston Adver'
lHer.
, 1891-02-13

One is afraid to say how manyt thousands
OF years ago were made the first obserya-
tions OF stars Of which we HAYS any certain
knowledge; but in all probability they
were made not less than seven thousand
years ago, by priests in Egypt, who re-
quired to know when certain stars rose
above the eastern horizon, in order that
their morning sacrifice might be offered at
the proper time, a is. exactly at sun
rise.
Nowadays, such eye observations have
given place to others made by elaborate in.
struments, which enable us to observe
stars not only on the horizon but in any
part OF the blue expanse Of heaven, while
by the increased power Of telescopes the
number OF stars within our ken has beer
increased from six thousand-the number
which may be seen in both hemispheres by
the naked eye-to probably about eighty
million.-J. Norman Lockyer in Youths
Companion.
, 1891-02-13

l removed a formidable wart from
my daughters hand by the application
of simple lemon juice, which is an in
fallible cure. The wart requires satu-
rating with the juice once or twice a
day for three or four days, or about a
week in some cases. The wart dimin-
ishes gradually and disappears alto
gether without pain, and leaving no
mark and without mourning any of the
risks mentioned in connection with the
professional process. Another equally
~efticacious and harmless method is to
saturate the wart with potato water
daily for about a week, or, better still,
with the froth obtained from the water
while the potatoes are being boiled
Cor. Home Queen.
, 1891-02-13
ooart.hip a, chin,I cresk.

"Ketched yer Mott, din err
"Ketched whoT'
Mott McGar."
'.Doin' wotf'
''Climmin' er tree"
by gum, yer did, Teatl How's yer
MARI
Right shearp peart en- hustlin'."
En- yer parF
Right shearp peart en- kickin'."
"Whoop! thet's bad cause
Cause Dyer Y git lonesome,
TeatT'
Course, yer knows err do, Mott"
Il git lonesome, too, Teat.-
My, MOTIF
Il got er pony, en- two OF teanA,
Teat."
SIS yer, MottT
"En er log house"
Mercy. MOTIF
En- er later patch"
"Oh, MOTIF
"En-en-I hain't got no gal, Teat -
Yer knows 1 likes yer. Mott"
Say, will yer, TeatF'
'Wotn yer gimmel Gimme Their
pony eff err dor
"Gin yer everthink, Teat.n
"Everthink yer gotr'
yes
"Um willin'."
But yer par's kickin'."
Let par kick. Wen fine, Mott.
Mars a-hustlin' New Orleans Times
Democrat
, 1891-02-13


These washhouses are each fitted with a
steam engine, rinsing and boiling tanks,
centrifugal w~ringers, a washing machine,
and a drying room. For a penny or three
ha'pencs the poor Of the neighborhood may
perform all their "bluo Monday" duties on
any day OF the week. When the washing
Is over, and their goods are in the drying
rooms, they go away, and ruturn again to
lease the use OF irons, ironing tables and
ironing blankets whsrswith to complete
their tasks.
Those who can AFFORD them and want sea
water baths at home purchase ocean water
at twopence a gallon, delivered at their
doors. It comes to town every night, the
trade in 1t being a speculation OF one of the
railroad companies. There is a swimming
bath in the Peoples PAlace-another insd-
tuition which conveys to the mind q sense
of the size OF London. 1 did not see 1t, but
l know In a general way that 1t is an enor
mous building. containing = library, read
ing roomh, billiard hall, baths. trade and
scientific schools (hsying 5000 pupils In the
evening classes, by the way, refreshment
rooms, public halls, winter gardens and
many other attractive and improving feat
ures-Julian Ralph in Harper's Weekly.
, 1891-02-13
woodsn Bands to Prevent Them Bursting

Wooden Bands to Prevent Them Bursting.
The natives of several of the South
Sea islands cut off cylinders of hollow
trees and slip them up over the feet
and legs to the armpits, thus leaving
the whole stomach and abdomen COW
cred with a solid wooden band. In this
endihgot the" hfGip the feast which
mentions seeing them so tightly wedged
in these improvised casks as to be utter
ly incapable of extricating themselves
even by outside help.
The misery endured by these poor
fanatics while in this helpless condition
must be terrible, as it is well known
that the roots, fruits and plantain they
use for food causes misery to the user,
ever when not fettered by bands of
any kind. Yet it is not strange that
these savages should have such rites
when our forefathers of but a few CEN
turtles ago did as bad or even worse,
not even providing a wooden band
st. Louis Republic.
, 1891-02-13

The resent Indian outbreak at Pine
Ridge demonstrated conclusively that a
serious bluudcr had been committed in
removing the quartermaster's depart
ment from Cheyenne. The central
location of this point and Its railroad
facilities marked ii as the place par eI-
cellence for a quarternaster's depot. 1t is
not yv, 49, late to remedy the hlubder and
supplies and necessary mnh.,.-v equipments
should be massed here to be in rea ni-.ss
for the spring campaign, should the
Indians again break out
, 1891-02-13

Tie origin Of tae National Marine band
At " hiugton Is most cs.rious. Nearly p
huna..i years ash "a Ylp.sec captain Kid
% pari ,slrolliaX troop o. IA ,-,ei4us on the
shores 4 the Bay o. Nus.t. and brought
'l'L1 "a TITS ountr Fr.rt fhis handful
d l~-siirIS the mad MS de- -elopcd. The
lr thtants Oi tue" sfa Italians are
'"" .-u'ut Tie wc!tGIt, grap,coG Wash
ua-tnu o1uIe Of theau ary y=Ymineut law
ygrs, aud Others u.tye ta... ulInas con
nccted with the bssJ Nu1vI hotels and tho
largest tai estate Offices la tnc Capital City
New Iurl. World.
, 1891-02-13

How well the boy knows him, 'Ie boys
mani No need to tell him this man likes
BOYS He shows 1t IN all his actions. II he
doesn't say anything there is a kindly
twinkle in his eye every time II falls upon
a boy that speaks volumes. Perhaps he
has boys at home, perhaps he hasn't. for II
isn't every father of boys who Is a boys
man Ihave known the father Of n dozen
boys to be no more a comrade for them
than the sphynX. When they were little
they ran and hid every time they saw him
coming lie frovncd on all their youthful
sports and dealt u1nityiugiy with every
boyish folly. Then ! have known a man
with no boys Of his own who loved and
was beloved by nil the boys in the neigh
boraood.
Happy the boys who rave a boys man
for a fathe-. He can join then, IN the.r
plcasure and symPaJbiZe with them in their
Youthful gricf,. The boys man is rarely
disturbed by the shout and laugh OF ex-
ub.rapt b8yhood. 10 some sour neighbor
Be not looking on be wouldn't mind taking
a romp with the boys himself. He Is in
lulvent when they tgample through the
gqrtlen in search OF a flying ball, and II
they invade his orchard in search Of early
fruit he Is more likely 70 look the other
way than TO set the dog on them. He is
clpit4l comnany to go hunting or fishing
with, aud n he knows where the best
strawberries or blackberries grow he isn't
satisfied until he tells the boys all about il
He is iudulgput to the pranks Of boys.
He is never disturbed by their tin horns
and FrecrarkrrS on the Fourth of July,
aud II it would be any satisfaction to a boy
watching around the corner u sEe him
kieS nm oil hat With a brick in It on April
FOOLS day. why he will just az and kick 1t,
corn or no coru. And tic boys man never
hicks behind. Boys can always hang on &c
ILe hind aNletree OF his buggy, or climb
INTO the tail end OF his lumber wagon, OF
load down his cutter or bobsleds, and be
never so much as threatens them with his
whip. On the contrary be shouts 'jumT
'bolrdr' aud becomes the jolly center o
their youthful glee.-TeNss Siftings.
, 1891-02-13

The brass knuckle ring is the newest
delight Of the delightful young mar who
feels that he u go armed, you know,
but cannot eondescend to anythinv ,r, =
SO low as a pistol or a knife. IL l.
band, fully an inch deep and u
ately thick, meant to be worn inste;.o oi !
"knuekle" on the little finger OF the strik
ing hand and deep set with several more
or less precious stones to give it an limo
cent and ornamental appearance. This
weapon is quite effective when we'll laid
on, and its beveled edges and corrugated
surface arc calculated to cave sears-New
York World.
, 1891-02-13

In writing Of his school days the late
Gca. +. E. Spinner said: Teaching In
those early days was principally by Undue
ton, and It was induced by rod and ferrule.
Spare not the rod Wa the edict at home
and in the school. Spare the rod and
spoil the child came from the pulpit, the
school room and the nursery. Perhaps
this is the reason why l did not spoil, and
that l am now at the age of 50 years SO
well preserved. The rod was never spared
fully say 4 nave nO'vE a. 80 asy------ILL
struck a child a single blow. l was licked
enough to last through tho whole four n
erations OF self and my posterity. l have
found 1t safe through life to practice tho
reverse OF what was taught me to do."-
Philadelphia Ledger.
, 1891-02-13
CLEVELANDS SIL YER VIEWS
The Sun is pleased TO make this re-

Inc Jun - Ilthrth W mhhI AAA8 IL
mark:
IL will be amusing to observe how The
LEADER will get around the point blank
shot of Cleveland and Fairchild at the
silver bill.
Whatever views The LEADER may
have entertained and expressed on the
subject Of the free coinage of silver have
neither been dictated nor Influenced by
motives of party expediencY. We have
attempted to look at the question entirely
from the standpoint Of the good or evil
that has ensued to the masses Of the PEG
pie by the demonstration of silver, The
the act of congress demonetizing silver
has exercised a widespread and perVasive
influence for evil which, while mitigated
BY the act OF 1878, still needs the finishing
touch of free coinage 70 restore the equi-
ties which were destroyed BY the act .
1873. demonstrates
Mr.. Clevelandiot a time server. We
that he 1t him with the courage of his
-guyictions when 10 the face of the over
whalming revulsion of sentiment in the
United States senate, the popular feeling
10 the West aud the almost inevitable
contingency OF his nomination to the
presidency in 1892, he still boldly %reiter-
ates the opinions which he had previously
expressed on the coinage OF silver, and
unequivocally says he still entertalns
them. Such courage and honesty one
must perforcc admire and yield TO them
the tribute Of his respect. But while do
ing so one need not abato a jot or title of
his own honest convictions. which TRE
LEADER will continue to maintain until
their fallaey shall have been logically
demonstrated.
Until such time marx US down as un
reservedly i~avorinR silver.
We have endeavored to be frank with
our contemporary. Will it be equally
frank with US, in stating whether it was
or was not in favor OF silver previous to
the vote Of Senators Carey and Warren
cast against silver IN the United States
senator An early answer may contribute
to the miTth of the community.
, 1891-02-13

a common method of obtaining a cure
for the whooping cough IL to inquire Of
the first person who is met upon a piebaId
horse what is good for the cough. A cele-
brated doctor who once went a journey on
a horse thus colored was so frequently in
terrupted by questions about the disease
that he assured his partner 1t was with
great difficulty he passed through some
villages. He generally silsncsd their i'm
portunities by recommending toast and
brandy.-London Tit Bita
, 1891-02-13

Frank W. Gillett, 22l, Second Avenue,
New York, writes:
II deem it my pleasure to testify to the
phenomenal effects OF Bran6reth's Pills,
upon myself, in ~extricating from my
system the most aggravated form OF
Indigestion, the attacks OF which were
nearly as severe as spasms. After a
costly treatment two boxes of Brandreth's
Pllls have put me in q better condition
than l have been for years"
, 1891-02-13

The canned fruits and meats e1-
ported by the United States have i'm
proved 80 per cent. in the last two
years, and are again being largely pur-
chased in the countries which had al
most outlawed them. Packers found
that adulterating their goods, in haste
to get rich, simply killed a market in
one season, and only first class goods
are % shipped.-Detroit Free Press.
, 1891-02-13
SITTING BuLL
Has Returned From the Happy Hunt
ing Grounds

And has advised his followers and the
citizens Of Cheyenne TO call at the wash
ington Market, which is headquarters
for the best Beef, Pork, Mutton and
Veal, TURKEYS, chickens, Ducks, Geese,
Qnail and Prairie Chickens. Fresh
Salmon, Sturgeon, F1ounders, Sea Bass.
white Fish and Trout. vegetsbIcs:--
New Tomatoes, CaulInower, strawber-
ries, Lettuce, Radlshes, Celery and
other things too numerous to mention.
Remember the Washington Market Is
here to stay and VIII not be undersoId In
our line Of goods, quality taken into con-
alteration. Leave your ORDER for PouI-
try for the Holidays
, 1891-02-13

The following note left by a tramp was
found on the Kitchen table by Mrs. Jacobs,
OF Youngstown, o., the other day: my
Dear Good Lady Friend-I came here o
stranger. and found nobody at homa. j
hungry and took a piece of pie. 1 will
return some day and pay you for 1t. Much
Obliged. This is all 1 have got. Keep them
until l return" With the note was left
Ledger
, 1891-02-13

Who Is the author Of the saving, Moth
ing is osrtsih hut death aud taxes
This MOT FIRST TF1eags IN literature in n
letter o. hcIji.aig Franklin, written in
t's', 3D. H. l"sug, - q ,iGsuisicl French.
Hrar r,n..lin says: Our consideration is
ID tIOIs tyerv-hing appears to
Pr"rs.. mat IL y-il Ipr. at in this world
1.'u.H# i, ,r.aNH b.,t 4.4lI aaI taxes ~
- l.-.-.. g. H-nago~r-nt
, 1891-02-13
HAVE YOU A COMPENDIUM OF
COOKERY1

If not go to Underwood Bros. and Sc
cure one before they are gone. They cost
you nothing, aud remember they will sell
you just as many goods for a dollar as any
house 10 the city. All goods warranted.
A. UNDERWOOD & Bro,
Sl4 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-02-13

bound to Have Her Dog Respected.
When Miss Agnes Huntington arrived
at Baltimore she went to q certain hotel to
take the rooms engaged for her. The clerk
informed her that dogs were not allowed
In the hotel. Miss Huntington, it is re-
ported, refused to part with her canine pet.
and, as a result, went with it to another
hotel.-Philadelphia Ledger.
, 1891-02-13

Mr.. Arnel, while cutting timber one day
north OF the city, came upon a petrihed
deer. he brought it home with him and
has it on exhibition 1t is the root of a
tree, twisted and gnarled into a most strik.
ing LIKENESS to a deer, with its four legs,
neck, head, body. ears and even hoofs COM
plete.-Gray's HRrbor (Ore.) Times.
, 1891-02-13

At Tamworth recently a rock maple tree
was cut, in the heart of which, eight feet
from the ground, was found a rock which
weighed five and three-quarter pounds
The wood was solid and healthy all around
the rock, and the tp4i WAS three feet
through at the place where the rock was
found.-Nashua Telegraph.
, 1891-02-13
Through sleeper to st. LouI..

Commencing Sunday, Feb. !, 1891, a
through Pullman Palace Sleeper will be
run from Salt Lake City and Ogden to St.
Louis via Denver and Kansas City over
the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific
railway..
, 1891-02-13

A physician tells a story of a lady who
was seized with apoplexy while playing
cards. She was unconscious from Thurs
day evening until the following Sunday
morning, and when she spoke the first
words she uttered were, "What is trumpsi"
Boston Herald.
, 1891-02-13

When the Sioux 90 on the warpatb in
anything like reasonable weather they
exercise great economy in dress. They
paint their ponies with red and black paint
in crosses. They also wear their hair loose
and flowing and put q liberal allowance of
red and black paint on their faces. Deco
rative art prevails largely In their makeup.
contriye, are painted on their forehead.
Hnn ehins while a cross of red and BLACK
paint anorns eacn S-~-L -pbiIad.I.LI
Ledger. ~Laoelphla
, 1891-02-13
Modern Men with Ancient AppelIatIop

Who was the Chseronian sage, the Celtic
Homer and the French Ovidi
Plutarch, who was born in Cherona, In
Botia, one Of the old Greek provinces, was
sometimes called the Cheronian sage. BY
the term Celtic Homer, Ossian probably IA
meant. He Is supposed to nave lived in
tho Third century. Several writers at one
time and another have been called the
French Ovid, but the Characterization has
oftenest been applied to Du Bellay, who
lived in the Sixteenth century.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrnt.
, 1891-02-13

Does your back ache7 Oregon Kidney
Tea will cure You.
, 1891-02-13
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-09

eral amendments were :dded to this
constitution from time to time, and
complete new constitution was adopted
in 1916. This has since been radically
changed in some of its most important
provisions, especially in the Judiciary
article, which is, at this writing, again
under consideration by constitutional
commission. The numerous and impor-
tant amendments of 1874 were demand
cd by the growth of evils incident to
the states system of local government.
Pennsylvania has had three constitu-
tions; Ohio, two; Illinois three since
1918. The southern states are excep-
tional, because their existing constitu-
| lions were made necessary by their at
tempted secession from the Union.
California's first constitution was
! adopted in 1S49, and the state has had a
| new constitution since then. 1t was
adopted in 1876, and furnishes an ad
| mirable illustration of the manner in
| which people who do not enjoy the
benefits of the town meeting provide for
| the most minute and intimate subjects
| in the fundamental law of the state
Henry LOomis Nelson, in Harper's
| Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-09
LIKE ELIJAH OF OLD.
How a Calf Was Translated Bodily tC
the Heavenly Grazing Grounds.

How a Calf Was Translated Bodily to
the Heavenly Grazing Grounds.
cattleman of the Choctaw nation
tells a remarkable story of q cyclone
which he witnessed in the Indian ter
ritory. Said he: sit was about three
o'clock on recent afternoon that dark
clouds appeared in the southwest,
and in q few moments the clouds
turned light blue and it seemed as if
they were on fire with lightning. A
perfect calm prevailed and the heat
was suffocating. The clouds seemed
to split in the middle, going east
and northwest. Then | heard q
low, rumbling noise, like continuous
thunder. On the prairie was a bunch
of cattle which belonged to man
named Corning. The terrific wind, or
what YOU might call tornado, lifted
the cattle into the air some fifty feet
and dashed them into the trees, killing
them outright. Now, l am going to
tell you something that may seem in
credible, but is nevertheless the truth:
saw calf carried up into the clouds
and disappear. The animal went round
and round in a circle until lost to view.
4 vigilant search was made for the
calf, but it has never been seen since.
The wind tore things up for a mile or
so, when it spent its force. Rain and
hail followed in the wake of the storm
and a number of trees were uprOoted-
The storm was confined to the wood
and did not reach the crops in the
cIo, --rSn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-09

A great deal has been said about the
typical American face. James E. Kelly,
the eminent sculptor, who did some ex-
cellent work on the Battle of Mon
mouth statue, was asked to give his
idea about it. He said that the beak
nose was one of the main character
istics. in his judgment, of what went to
constitute a typical American face. Add
to this high, broad forehead, cheek
bones not too high, face more long than
oval, lips that in thickness would be a
medium between the sensual ones OF
the Venus de Pergamos and the classic
size of the Venus de Milo, and a square
cut. prominent chin. He thought Amer
lean artists should not contine their
ideals to Grecian faces.-Chicago News.