davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
GRIP FILLING GRAVES.

Marked Increase in the Mortality Re
ported in New York City.
NEW YORK, Dec Special Ten
deaths from the grip were reported to the
Board of Health to-day against IL for the
preceding day. Six were in tenement
houses and four in private houses. The
total number of deaths reported was 156,
seven more than for the day before.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
WHOLE TRAIN BURIED.
1t Was Caught in a Western Landslide, but
No One Was Killed

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Dec. 25.-Early this
morning heavy landslide occurred in the
big cut on the Chicago, Milwaukee, ST.
Paul and Omaha Railroad leading to the
Missouri river bridge.
A train passing through was buried in the
debris. No one was badly hurt, but the
As hours. Trains from the West are all cut
off
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
NEW ADvERr1sEMENrs.
BETSY AND | ARE OUT.
A NEW VERSION.

wants suit OBJ clos, boss, and wants 'em
Or Betsy'li do some scoldin' when get home
ter night;
For Betsy's got 'er temper. boss, de wus' you
eber saw,
To tell de truf, tween you an me, she's
wus'n Ter mudder-in-law.
When fust courted Betsy, she was mighty
smart an slick,
But now her only pleasuah is to boss aroun'
An jes' befph cum away we had Jolly
An if I hadn't left jes' den, rs feared mout
1t all came bout de papers, whar yo' adver-
tisement am,
Says 1: "Dey doan mean wot dey says. it's
Den Betsy she got angry. and said, says she,
"I knows
strassburger & Joseph sell de bestes' kind er
clos;
Look at de suit yo' bot las yeah, you
couldn't wear ft out:
Look ut de crowds cat go's dar, dey knows
An amt de folks all tickled an praise dem
Bekase dey keeps dey promise. jes' like dey
advertise?
An Of you don't go dar for clos dis very
Dar'll be a heap Of trouble heah, as suah as
you am born"
Den Betsy made er motion, like fer to get de
broom,
Yo' bet yer life when she turned roun' l
wern't in dat room.
Now, boss, jes' do yo' lebel best, and make it
good an cheap;
Sumfin dat'll keep me warm, an Betsyu
quiet keep.
1 wouldn't have dat gal strike out for all de
suits in town,
For Betsy's good, butts mighty hard ter keep
her temper down.
sGentlemen, don't forget that 1t paid
Betsy's consort to visit us-it will pay you
even better, for we are now offering very ex-
ceptional bargains in suits and overcoats
previous to stock-taking.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
HE was A GLUTT0N.
A Groom Who Sickened Himself on an
Odd Advertising Scheme.

PERU, IND, Dec. pa novel wedding
was that of John Manning and Miss Mag
gle Swope, which occurred in the show
window of one of our dry goods stores last
night, the merchant paying tine minister
and furnishing a nice supper, which was
eaten in the window and witnessed by fully
1000 people The bridegroom partook so
heartily of the repast as to become sick,
and physician had to be called in.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26

This S h a k e s.
peare Table (top
2ox2o) in antique
oak, imitation ma
hogany, walnut or
Sixteenth Century
oak, is the general
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21
THE LEGEND OF NEW RIVER.
How Water Came I'm the Desert After q
Child's Prayer.

How Water Came I'm the Desert After q
ChIId's Prayer.
In the early fifties a party of emil
grants on their way to the gold fields
of California by the southern route, via
ella River, crossed the Colorado by
the ferry left by Graham in 1913 and
"struck out on the desert for the land
of promise, says a Pioneer of 1S49 in
the Hartford Courant. The trail was
well defined by abandoned wagons and
the bones of horses, mules and human
beings. Struggling through the yield
ing sand. the thermometer at 12o de-
grees, wheels falling apart animals
dying from heat and thirst they on the
second night out halted some ten miles
from Cookies Well" with the water
in their kegs exhausted. Tradition
states that little ten-year-old girl was
heard praying, in one of the wagons.
for water. 1t states that in her child
like faith she said; 30 good Heaven
ly Father / know that have been a
very naughty. naughty girl, but obi
dear, am so very thirsty, and mamma,
papa and the baby all want to drink so
much. Do, good God, give us water,
and will never, never be naughty
again"
The gaunt, half-starved desperate
men gathered around the wagons, dis
cussing how and what movement to
make to save their lives and their dear
ones, with no thought OF gold now,
and listened to the humble petition.
One voiced the rest and said May
God grant it," Soon the voice OF the
little child, in cheerful accent, sounded
clear in silent night 80 mother,
mother. get me water; oh. can hear
it running; oh, do get some for baby
and me-" They thought her delirious
from her sufferings when suddenly n
babel of sounds broke forth from the
oxen and mules, all frantic and en-
deavoling TO break loose from the
wagon poles. A rustling noise called
their attention to a slight depression
near the wagons, and on investigating
the cause they found water gushing up
out of the sand sweet, clear, but
warm. Their sufferings were over
and they reached the mines better and
wiser for this interposition, as they
firmly believed, of divine Providence.
This spring continued to flow, run
ming due North for twenty miles; then
was lost in the sand. In places it wac
two miles wide and from four to
twenty feet deep. When immigration
in 1851 moved by the isthmus and the
Northern route the miraculous water
disappeared, as its mission was accom-
plished and its divine work done. But
the memory OF the "new river" that
was caused by sand bar below Yuma,
will long be remembered by survivors
of the thousands benefited by it IN
l850-51.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21
SPOON COLLECTIONS.
Their Origin Traced to Custom of Eu
ropean Travellers.


The custom of collecting spoons
doubtless had its origin in the visits
paid by our well-to-do people to Eu-
rope, since it has from time immemo-
rial been the custom Ito bring back
something" in the way of souvenirs OF
the trip. Representative articles from
the several countries visited we're easy
to obtain, and il was but a step to the
fashion of getting like articles from
different lands by way OF contrast-as,
for instance. head dresses foot wear,
gloves and the like Presently it was
found that the various countries in
dulged different patterns OF spoons
that in England the handle terminated
in a representation of full-blown
rose; in Scotland thistle took the
place OF honor, the stem of the handle
more or less representing tn , prickly
stalk OF the national flower; in Holland
the traditional windmill is not only
represented, but is arranged so that
che slightest movement of the spoon
sets the fairy wheel in operation.
These, as we'll as the gold-enameled
mementoes from Denmark and Nor
way. are representative OF the coun-
tries and the European cities will be
found TO have emblematic spoons, the
engraving OF which is calculated sim.
ply to recall the single municipality
Good Housekeeping.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21

The life of a man, affirms the new
Episcopal bishop. Phillips Brooks, was
never so significant and glorious as il
IS to-day. Man IN the fulness of his
existence is being drawn upward.
Science begins to study in the rocks
and in the stars, and by and by she is
coming home to man. What he was.
how he came to be here upon this
earth, what has been the history oil
his development what is he to do and
what is he to be-these are the great
questions which present themselves
before every philosophy and system OF
religion. and which will not down. "
i believe they are answered for the
Christian.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21
III. nrenI. Trouhie Him.

A Rhode Island man is having a
serious time keeping track OF his
meals. He maintains that his first
meal was his breakfast, and that his
subsequent dinners suppes-. and
breakfasts should follow in order.
Thus. when he has missed dinner
and supper on one day, the first meal
OF the following day was his dinner
and the MONDAY meal his supper
His reckoning seems little odd to his
neighbors, but he is sure he is right
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21

OWING to several causes we have
few native American artisans. The
first cause is the organic defect OF
American primary grade schooling.
In all European countries manual
training is regular part OF the pri-
mary grade course. Children begin
10 draw and make things as soon as
they begin to read and write. Their
senses are developed with their minds.
They learn how to use the eye and the
hand for invention and construction.
They acquire the habit of close obser-
walton OF form and color. They ac-
quire the habit Of patient experiment
with things in order to make some
thing useful with them; and at the
same time, as they are drilled in color
as we'll as in form, they instinctlvely
impart touches OF beauty to what they
patiently and thoroughly make.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21

IT is not generally understood that
the policy deliberately sanctioned by
the Car in regard to five millions of
the population Of his Empire means
nothing short of wholesale slaughter.
The victims of it are flying by the
thousand every week to countries
where chance to live is not denied
them. But for every thousand able to
emigrate there are tens of thousands
whe must remain, and their condition
is becoming deplorable almost beyond
the possibility of description.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21

WHEN athletic clubs in colleges be-
come so many schools for training pro.
fessional rowers and baseball players
the true aim OF the gymnasium is
missed, and the physical branch Of
education degenerates into grave
abuse A good fielder in base ball toe
frequently developes the capacity Of
his heels atthe expense of his head. Il
frequently happens under this system
that the foremost in athletic sports do
not take many college honors for their
intellectual attachments. This species
Of college athletes, in which the sport.
ing element enters so largely, does moi
essentially differ from contests in the
prise ring or on the race track.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21
"sohsay Get Your Guns

That old chronological absurdity
which derives the word news" from
the initial letters of the compass
north, east, west, south--is again going
the rounds of the press. Such deri-
walton is equally correct with that of
the southern school boy who said that
hominy was derived from homini (the
dative case of homo, mani because it
was good for n man" News is
simply the plural of the ad jective new
used as a noun. The French use nou-
velles, the plural of nouvelle. Really,
there is no science in which a little
learning is so dangerous thing as in
philology.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21

ANY foreign ecclesiastical effort to
perpetuate race distinctions in this re-
public would be grave blunder and
the Roman Catholic church has been
wise in avoiding any such offense to
the national feeling. The rapid as
similation OF all nationalities and their
speedy transformation into Americans
distinctively are the aim and the glory
Of our political and social system.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21
AFFiXING THE SEAL.

The United States Has Worn Out One
Seal Already.
The secretary Of state has no right
to affiX the great seal OF the United
States to any paper without o war
rant" from the president authorizing
him to do so. says the St Louis Re-
public. This warrant is always fled
with the document SO sealed and reads
as follows:
Il authorize and direct the secre-
tary of state to cause the great seal of
the United states TO be affixed TO
Whatever the document may bel
dated this day, and signed by me- and
for so doing this shall be his warrant
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21

BUT for the free kindergarten a
great claim must be made. It is open
ing q door into sordid and hopeless
lives and letting in light freedom, am
bition. 1t is laying new foundation
for the family life of our people and
its effects are to be seen, not only in
the pupils OF the schools but in their
parents, whose forgotten pride stirs
into new life in seeing itself born anew
in their children.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21
As4.ooo.ooo Bridge.

One OF the longest and most costly
railway bridges in this country is now
being erected in the newest portion of
the United States almost at its ex-
IRENE western boundary the great
steel bridge which the Union Pacific IL
building across the Columbia River at
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21

The number of accidental deaths of
children of the poor in England has
become so large as to awaken suspic-
ion that many infants are murdered
annually by parents too poor to sup
port them, and a coroner's jury re-
Gently brought in verdict with a
recommendation that laws be made
NOR severe with view to suppressing
the crime. Such things do not speak
well for modern civilization.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21

LET every architect remember that
he is an artist and that he means
something to be expressed in stone
and brick; and that there should not
be one stone or one brick in his ex-
preston OF his idea without reason
such an apparent reason as gives
harmony and grace while it conceals
strength,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21

The people of the duchy of Gotha
are happy over the fourishing state Of
their public finance. So plethoric has
the treasury become that bill has
been introduced in the House of Repre-
sentatives suspending all taxation for
three months.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21
president of the United States"

i vi iuC OhAbSN OLdOto.
The great seal is affixed to nothing
but treaties, proclamations, commits
sions, pardons and passports. The
old seal, which had been in use since
the foundation of the government, was
worn out and replaced bya new one in
the early part of 1886. It is "a curious fact
that the old one which was used so long,
was imperfect and never did answer to
the description set down in the statutes.
Although using the seal is supposed TO
be solemn affair and the penalty for
its improper use is so tremendous it is
left in charge of a clerk. just like any
other piece of furniture. and it is
doubtful II the secretary secs it twice a
year. During the early days of the
government it was guarded with much
vigilance, as its appearance upon any
document was known to give that doc
ument the force of law, but now the
people look to the newspapers and
not to piece of parchment for their
information.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21

No LIVING man can tell what his
career will be. His name, though he
would scorn to think it. may become a
by-word and reproach. II personal
names are IN be given to school build
ings let selection be made from the
mighty muster-roll of those whose ca
reer is forever closed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21

THE highly educated man, If he
does not pile up q fortune rapidly or
exhibit great enterprise. may still
possess more of life's happiness and be
a more useful man in the community
than his less sophisticated but more
successful business neighbor.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21

Vancouver. Wash. The length from
the Washington TO the Oregon shore
will be 5000 feet and the draw pier
will be over 400 feet long. The cost
OF the structure will be over 81, 000,
600
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21
sonoma. sup.crr.pesn River.

Sonoma, Cal, has no fear for her
water supply. A subterranean river
runs under the town, and three artesian
wells close together yield daily out
put of 100000 gallons.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-08-21

The town of Sandwich, out, was
founded in 1921.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-10-26
Zoo Much Rain in Ksns.s.

AroRINsoN, Oct. Pc. e.. Armsby,
cashier of the Kansas Trust and Bank
ing Co., who returned from the western
part of the state last evening said /:
"Unthrashed wheat in that section was
damaged from 25 to 90 per cent, on ac-
count of the wet weather and poor
schocking- The grain has already COM
menced to grow, and many stacks are
gone.
A good deal of wheat still remains in
the stack which is ruined. The farmers
are busily engaged in thrsshing their
crops, but will not get through before
the first of the year. The average of
wheat put in this fall will not be as
large as last fall.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-10-26
Deed of Love.tck Indian.

BLAINE, WASH, Oct. 24.-An Indian
named Joseph Williams, 20 years old,
committed suicide early this morning at
this place. The deed was executed in
novel manner. The Indian tied small
cord to the limb of a tree, four feet from
the ground, and wound it tightly around
his meek. Strangulation was accom-
plished by throwing himself face down
wards, with the weight of his head and
shoulders upon the cord. The act was
committed because a young Indian
woman would not consent to marry him
before November 15. A Catholic priest
was to be present and perform the cere-.
mony on that date.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-10-26

to whip DIR. John E. Plouf, at his office
in the Olympic block. About twenty
men who had heard that Plouf was to be
whipped stood in front of his doorway
waiting for the woman, whose identity
is kept secret, to appear. She finally
drove up in a hack and sent up to the
doctor asking him to come down to her
carriage. The doctor suspected some
thing and sent back word that if the
woman wished to see him she must
come to his Office. She then rushed up
stairs and knocked at the Doctors door.
A young man, who, in the meantime,
had been called in, opened the door and
the infuriated woman raised her whip as
if to strike him, and then, seeing her
mistake, called for DIR. Plouf. The door
was quickly slammed in her face, and
DIR. Plollf telephoned for the police, but
the woman lett before they could arrive.
The crowd of men stan ding about re-
fused to tell who the woman was, al
though they claim that she was aveng-
ing insults to a younger sister. The
doctor, on the other hand, claims that
the assault was instigated by T. H.
Dempsey, ex-manager of the Times, who
has fancied personal grievance against
him.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-10-26
Minister Egan Will Probably be Sent
Home by the Chilian Government
for Political Reasons.
lgnatius Donnelly Gets one Dollar d am
age---St. Louis Laborers Want an
Eight-HOur Law.
More Trouble About the San Francisco
Postofice Site--- Burned in
Wreck.

CHICAGO, Oct. 24.-W. F. Burns, a
native of San Francisco, lately engaged
in the secret service of the Chilian gov
eminent under Balmaceda, has been in
Chicago for nearly week. During that
time he has been in daily communi-
cation with the state department, and
Monday he will leave for Washington
for consultation with Assistant Secre-
tary Wharton, which may result in
adding to the seriousness of the present
strained relations with the Chilian gov
ernment. Mr.. Burns was asked about
what he thought of Minister Egan's
position in Chill. Said he:
81 don't think he can stay there.
Egan was certainly hand-in-glove with
Balmaceda, and if the juuta are lot of
scoundrels, as believe they are, they
have the legal right to turn him back to
America. They are not afraid of this
country. None of the South American
nations are. All their dealings are with
European countries. When the United
States sent the Tallahassee, or some
other tub, to Ecuador 81 year or two ago,
that country sent down to Chill to ask if
Chill would help Ecuador in fight with
the United States. Think of that"
Mr.. Burns declared with good deal
of earnestness that he did. not believe
that Balmaceda was dead. He would
not tell why. Mr.. Burns asserts that
while in Berlin he was thrown in prison
without trial by the German police, at
the instigation of the Chilian govern
ment, and he demanded satisfaction
from Chill and Germany. He was kept
in prison ten days till he convinced the
German officials, by showing his papers
that there was no reason for his deten-
ton. Then he started for America, and
was arrested twice before he reached the
frontier. He was held but a few hours
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-10-26
COMING TO THE COAST.
A Syndicate Representing $4,000, 900
Sending an Agent to the Sound
Cities to Invest.
A Collision of two Ships Causes the
Loss of one and sixteen Lives---
Wet Kansas This Time.
Blaine has Nothing to Say on the Chill
ian Affair---The English Flood
Continues.

ST. Paul, Oct. 26.-George N. Sims,
managing director of the Lombard Trust
company, Qimited) of London and New
York, was in this city yesterday for a
short time. 81 have been made repre-
sentative of abont 5000 900 of English
capital and am directedto place it where
the greatest benefit can be derived, -
said Sims. ST am not to use it for spec
ulation but to invest it in safe real
estate, factories and industries.
cit is my intention to go to Tacoma,
Seattle, Portland, Everett and other
cities along the Puget sound. 1 shall
probably put a great deal of money in
Everett and seaport towns, as we believe
the Panama canal will be opened in five
years and perhaps in less time. There
are two great enterprises under consid-
Grafton that will affect the northwestern
interests greatly. One is the establish
ment of line of steamers between
Puget sound and China and Japan, and
the other is the laying of submarine
cable between the same places. The
enterprises are not fully matured, but
can assure you they are almost certain
ties"
Sims was urged to tell who were the
men back of the two great enterprises
but he refused, except in SO far as stat
ing that part were Englishmep and the
others were eastern capitalists.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-10-26
TWO sHIFs COLLIDE.
One Vessel sinks Almost Instantly--six
teen People Drowned.


One Vessel Sinks Almost InstantIy--six-
teen People Drowned.
LONDON, Oct. 20.-The British steamer
Boston from Cardiff for London arrived
at Falmouth after having been in collis-
ion early this morning with the British
bark Charlwood from Antwerp for VII
paraiso. The Charlwood foundered, al
most Immediately after the collision
with loss of fourteen lives. Three
men were killed on board the Boston at
the time Of the collision and the steam
er's bow was badly stoye in. The cap
tain of the Chhrlwood, his wife son and
governess and stewardess, together with
all the barks' officers and six of her sea-
men, total of sixteen persons, were
drowned in spite of the desperate efforts
made by life-boats of the vessels which
happened to be near the scene of the col
lision to rescue them. The efforts of the
would be Hfe-eavers were greatly iiamp-
cred by the darkness which prevailed at
the time of the accident. The spot
where the two vessels met is not far
from the Eddystone rocks and one and a
quarter miles from Plymouth. Only an
apprentice and the captains daughter
were eaved.