davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The record-union., 1891-11-17
GRAVEL SUPPLY SHUT OFF.

Trustee Mclaughlin asked contractor
Parker why the two blocks on d street,
from Eleventh to Thirteenth, for which
e held the contract, had not been COM
pleted.
Mr. Parker said the blocks had been
GRADED and were ready for the gravel,
Tut that B. Labs had refused him the
gravel.
settled account for SlG0 between him and
Mg. Parker, and that the latter could not
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-10-23
$4,000

for recipe which will enable Us to make
WoLFF's ACME BLAcKING at such price
that retailer can proftably sell it at 10c. .
bottle. We hold this Offer open until
Jan. LIST, 1898.
WOLFF q RANDOLPH. PhiladsiphiA,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-10-23

Statistics show that the male popuIa-
ton of the civilized world is falling far
ther and farther behind the female. Ac-
cOrding to the last British census, the ex-
cess Of women and girls over men aud
boys in Great Britain is about 600, 900, an
increase in 10 years Of nearly 100000.
The German census of last December
places the number of females about 600,-
600 above that of the males in the king
dom of Prussia, or nearly three times the
excess of 90 years ago. There are 1,000,.
600 more females than males in the Ger.
man empire. In Sweden and Norway
the weaker sex" are in the majority by
$50. 600, in Austria Hungary by 10000,
in Denmark by 10000, and in all Euro
pean countries they outnumber the
males. In the United States, Canada,
and Australia the males are in the ma
jority, though not largely SO, the esti-
mated excess of males in this country
being only 100000 or 1900. 900. It is
plain that but for immigration, which
furnishes a much greater number of men
than women, the latter would soon be in
the majority here. There is large pre-
ponderance now of females in New Eng
land and in some other sections Of the
United States, and if immigration were
TO materially decrease undoubtedly the
surplus of males would soon disap-
pear in the whole country. In less civ
ilized countries, where women are
lightly esteemed, it is otherwise, India
having about 100000 more men than
women, while the males largely prepon-
derate in China. The obvious deduction
is that the higher civilization is most
favorable to the increase of the female
sex, and this suggests the interesting
question whether civilization is doing the
best thing for the world in producing
this result. A fact Of hardly less inter-
est brought out by the British census ir
the marked decline in the marriage rate.
which has been almost steadily tending
downward for nearly two decades.
Meantime there has been an even more
decided decline in the birth rate, 80 that
not only is marriage decreasing, but
marriages are becoming less prolific on
the average. There is the same tendency
in this country, prevailing chiefly among
the better classes. An excess of females
in a country is certain to have an un-
favorable influence on the marriage ratio.
and the moral consequences Of such o
state of affairs can easily be conceived.
Omaha Bee.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-10-23
fro BE cosr1NEuD.]
The sanctity Of the Tomb.

Greek and Roman alike paid the great.
est respect to the remains OF the departed.
and were very anxious that nothing
should disturb the ashes or the bones OF
ths dead or violate the sanctity OF the
sepulcher. Everybody will recall tina
lines ON Shakespeare's tomb at Stratfors.
cn-Avon, but for downright intensity Of
anathema the following would be hard
to match in modern times:
y give to the gods below, this tomb to keen
70 rluta ana 70 Demeter and Persephone and
the Erinnyes and all the gods below. r. snv
one shall dishgure this sepulcher or shall omen
". or move anything from 1t. to him let there
De no earth to walk. ne sea to sail. but NAV he
oe rooted out with all his race. May he feel ali
diseases shudderinE and fever and madness.
and whatsoever Ills exist for beasts or men.
MAy tAehe hgnt on MIN who dares move aught
from thia tomh.a
THIS Is from tomb at Athens erected BY
. sorrowing wife to her husband smost
sweet, but similar expressions are very
common. Sometimes in addition bless.
tngs are invoked ON the man who leaves
the tomb undisturbed, or who will make
ihations to the dead. Sometimes we
meet the request that flowers may be
thrown upon the tomb.
In some cases the sanctity Of the tomb
Is defended, not by supernatural terrors,
but by the prosaic statement of the fine
to which the offending person made him.
self liable. Sometimes the particular
form Of desecration which was most to
be feared was mentioned with a simple
directness which one may admire but
dare mot imitate.-The Cornhill Maga-
zine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-10-23

the neighborhood of some Of these Is
lands that in still weather the bottom
may be seen, as in crystal fountain,
and the inhabitants dive down four or
Ave fathoms in search Of conchs and
other shellfish, which are visible from
the surface The delicate air and pure
waters Of these islands are among their
greatest charms.
As proof Of the gigantic vegetation,
Columbus mentions the enormous size
Of the canoes formed from single trunks
Of trees One that he saw was capable
Of containing 100 persons Among other
articles found in the Indian dwellings
was . cake OF wax, which he took to
present to the Castilian sovereigns. For
where is wax" said he, there must be q
thousand other good things.' It is since
supposed to have been brought from
Yucatan, as the inhabitants Of Cuba
were not accustomed to gather wax.
On the 9th of December he reached the
eastern end of Cuba, which he supposed
to be the eastern extremity of Asia He
gave 1t, therefore. the name of Alpha and
Omega the beginning and the end. He
was now greatly perplexed what course
to take. II he kept along the coast as it
bent to the southwest it might bring him
to the more civilized and opulent parts
Of India; but If be took this course he
must abandon all hope of finding the is
land Of Babeque, which the Indians now
said lay to the northeast. and Of which
they still continued to give the most
marvellous accounts. 1t was state Of
embarrassment characteristic Of this ex-
traordinary voyage to have new and
unknown world thus spread ont to the
choice Of the explorer, where wonders
and beauties invited him on every side.
but where, whichever way he turned, he
might leave the true region Of profit and
delight behind.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-10-23
Funny Speeches.

Grose relates that Caulfield, meeting
Mr. Thomas Sandby, said: my dear
Sandby. I'm glad to see you. Pray, is it
you or your brother?" 1t was a Spaniard
who remarked ingeniously that an author
should always write his own index, let
who will write the book. Edgeworth re-
lates the story Of an English shopkeeper
who did pretty well in the direction of
the bull proper when, to recommend the
durability of some facric for a lady's
dress, he said; @Madam, it will wear
forever, and make you petticoat after
ward" This is quite equal to the Irish
mans rope which had only one end, be-
cause the other had been cut away.
Take, again, the rhyming distich by
Caulfieid on the Highland roads con-
structed by Marshal Wade:
If you had sesn these roads before they were
made.
You'd have lift up your eyes. and blessed Mar.
shal Wade" -Grose.
Touns,ia Eaw
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-10-23
NE use Alcohol

pure alcohol to make WoLFT's ACME
BLAcKINa. Alcohol is good for leather;
it is good forthe skin. Alcohol is the chief
ingredient of Cologne, Florida Water, and
Bay Rum the we'll known face washes.
We think there is nothing too costly TO use
in good leather preservative.
Acme Backing retails ut zoe.
and at that price sells readily. Many
people are so accustomed to buying 6rasa-
ing or blacking at SC. and 10c. bottle
that they cannot understand that black.
ing can be cheap at Zoe. Wewant TO meet
them with cheapness if we can, and TO 60
complish this we offer . reward Of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-10-23
THE SOLEMN PASSENGER.

!
he Approves OF the Pleasant Passenger
and Makes the Grufr One Stare.
sWell," said the solemn looking pas.
! senger in the front seat to the pleasant
young man just behind him, the har.
vest is past, but the summer is still with
us.
aSurel" replied the young man.
But it's on the wing, though, contin.
ued the solemn man. ats flyinglo
Right alongl" said the pleasant pas.
senger.
time is fieetingl" remarked the other.
well, said the pleasant youth, shak-
ing his head, that depends on how much
time you get.
@Sirl" exclaimed the passenger in
front.
Il say three months II fleet quicker
than three years." replied the pleasant
passenger, smiling. Wont it 2" said he
to the gruff passenger who sat beside
him.
They say SO that's tried it1" said the
gruf passenger.
The solemn passenger was silentawhile.
and then opened up again.
These are the days, said he. athaN
the frivolous and unthinking spend in
idling where the sea roars, or the mount
ain breezes whisper, or the streams Of the
valley murmur. You are not bound ON
idle vacation, I trust, my dear young
friend?"
We'll, not exactly!" replied the pleas.
ant young man, with a shake Of his
head.
aYou bet your life he ain'tl" said the
gruH passenger.
Il am pleased to know itln said the
solemn passenger. aBut grieye to hear
you suggest my wagering anything upon
it, even SO worthless and poor thing as
life. So you are not one of the trivial
throng who are just now hocking to idle
vacations2 2"
No. sir! am mott" replied the pleas.
ant young man.
= You rejoice met" said the solemn pas.
senger, lifting his eyes, while the gruf
passenger chuckled.
I'm going on vacation, though"
said the pleasant young man, 4but is
won't be an idle one!" And he smiled at
the gruH passenger, who chuckled again
and said:
Right you arel And the next station
is oursl"
"Ah." said the solemn man, sand ito
name?"
Sing Sing!" replied the gruff passen.
ger. This young gent stays three years
with us for having three wives, and mono
of them dead!"
The gruff passenger, from his manner,
apparently thought this revelation would
shock the solemn man into speechless
horror, and he was knocked dumb HIM
self when the solemn passenger grabbed
the pleasant young man by the hand.
My poor young friend!" he exclaimed.
Another martyr to righteousness and
faithfulness to the law! May the spirit
of Brigham sustain you'll"
When the train stopped and the gruff
man and the pleasant passenger got up
to leave the car the solemn man pressed
a card in the young mans hand. The
gruff passenger took it and read it. This
was its inscription:
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RISING SUN. CECIL MD. 23,

the life of these islanders as approach
ing to the golden state of poetical felici-
ty; living under the absolute but patri-
archal and easy rule of their caciques,
free from pride, with few wants, an
abundant country, happily tempered
climate and natural disposition to care
less and indolent enjoyment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-10-23
auckIen,s Arnica salve

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever,
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains
corns and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed TO give perfect satis-
faction. or money refunded, price 25c-
per box. for sale BY L. r. Kirk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-10-23

Call girl spring chicken and she win
laugh; call woman hen and she gets
mad. Call young lady witch and she
win enjoy It; call an old woman witch
and your life is in danger. Call girl a
kitten and she won't take IL unkindly;
call a woman cat and she will hate you.
st. Louis Republic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-10-23
HAD the Desired EfFecti II
pasIORkoEHlss

Had the Desired ERectS IL
NASHVILLE, B. l., March :, 1891.
/, the undersigned, suffered from epilepsy fof
. years mad no appetite and could do no work
Whatever; consulted number Of doctors, but
all said there was no remedy for my disease.
I then took Pastor Koenigs Nerss Tonic. and
am now 10 perfect health, and work allths time.
Thousand thanks 10 your remedy.
PELLIP MONGEONs
p5 PnosrEcr ST., NEWARK. N J.. Marcia. 1891. {
got some Of Pastor Koenig's Nerve Tonic
for nervousness and sleeplessness and 1t
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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29
Boys Worry a Chestnut vender.

The life of the chestnut and peanut
vender is a hard one, especially when
the street arabs OF tough but tender
years band together and swoop upon
him in serried array and compact sally.
A specimen of the "lately landed" order
stood before his caldron warming his
five digits and nursing the glowing
chestnut when II band of young urchins
sailed ny. One gave aquick kick at the
stand as they passed, which made it tot
ter. The Italian in charge made an eff
fort to save it, but it went sprawling,
tossing out the luscious nuts upon the
street This was the grand strategic
effect sought for by the urchins, as it
put the vender in hesitating position.
If he chased the boys he left the
stand, and if he went to the stand he
left the nuts The vender hesitated a
moment, and the little band of young
arabs waited to see what he would do,
prepared to scatter into complete indef-
niteness. The vender chose to look
to his stand, and his doing so was
signal to the youngsters. Like crows
to the prey they swoOped down upon the
nuts in triumph, and with howls and
boots filled their pockets to the full, pay
ing little heed to the forceful ejacula-
lions of the vender.-New York Times
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29
The Michigan Plan.


The state of Michigan presents a new
method of choosing and electlng presi-
Dental electors
The plan is this: For each congress
sional district to choose an elector, and
dividing the state into two grand dis
tricts for the election of the other two
Whether this may or may not be best
there is much to commend it, from the
fact that it is in line with the tendency,
just now strong, to the more direct
choice of presidents by the people.
1t gives to minorities in states a rep
resentation in presidential elections,
which they are now denied. 1t tends to
prevent the election of men to be presi-
dent for whom only a minority of the
people have voted, and the defeat of can
didates whom a majority of the people
desire to elect.
The general adoption of the plan would
remove, or at least greatly diminish, one
inducement to corruption in our politics
1t would do away with the pivotal
states" as all-controlling factors in
elections, and to that extent abrldge the
opportunities and activities of such can
vassers as Dudley and Quay.
A change of plan which offers such
advantages is at any rate worthy of
serious consideration, especially in those
states where political strength is IN
evenly distributed and the vote very
close, so that the struggle every fourth
year is to see which part of the state
shall WELD it's entire political power, to
the complete exclusion of the other part,
though the difference in their voting
strength may be very small.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29
The ONLY Case on Record.

A curious surgical case Is that pre-
sented by Henry Breen, Of Fort Wayne.
He suffers from aneurism Of the orbit,
and his is the only case of the kind re-
ported by physicians. He has received
many letters inviting him to appear be-
fore medical colleges, so they can exam
ime and study aneurism of the orbit, but
as he fears that the blood vessel back of
the orbit may burst at any moment and
thus end his life he has preferred to re-
main under the care of surgeons at home.
Breen was brakeman on the Wabash
railroad, and while engaged in coupling
cars at Cecil. o., he was caught between
the steps of the caboose and the end Of
saw log which extended over a fiat car,
and his skull was fractured. After long
and painful illness he rallied sufficiently
to walk about, but it was found that
the cords of the left eye were paralyzed
and refused to perform their natural
functions. The affection grew worse
and Mr.. Breen went to Springfield, Ills,
where the Illinois surgeons were holding
their annual convention. He was ex-
oAAAAA4SO W 80 OIL SUNS, WIZ
his case ''aneurism of the eye," and the
only one on record.
He was put under the influence of
opiates and an iron collar was placed
about his neck, to which was attached a
thumb screw which was pressed over
the orbit to stop the rush of blood. He
was thus kept for forty-eight hours, but
his case was pronounced incurable. He
is now at his home in Fort Wayne.
Breen is a man of strong muscular de-
velopment, and would appear to have
more thar the average mans chances for
longevity. He is not disposed to be
melancholy over his condition, and says
that he may outlive the entire Spring
field convention. At any rate, he has the
strange distinction Of being the only man
alive who wears collar made at a black
smith shop.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29

opportunities for millions of pounds on
millions; fruit of choice quality, and in
quantity beyond belief, considering the
almost entire neglect of fruit-growing
as business, and last, but not least,
fish, which attend to their own Matching,
feeding and growth, only to give them
selves away at maturity.
Soon we will have coal to sell over an
area imperial in extent; stone, with gold,
| silver, copper and lead to follow. We
have a summer kingdom which must
draw MANY thousands of tourists here
! The boosted summers of Colorado are
not circumference" to ours, as Mrs
Malaprop would say; our scenery en-
braces all that theirs does with much
that it does not. Beautiful Denver"
as her people call her, is a heap of brick
and stone, noble in its way and of its
! 1ind, but in a desert of cactus and sand
Her citizens surge from one end of town
to the other and from side to side, on
holidays seeking for some sight grateful
/ o the eye and for breezes to mitigate
The glowing heat of their summer days.
Unlike Denver, we can conscientious
| Iy invite the tourist to come and enjoy
fair islands, quiet lakes, cool -breezes,
leep groves and food, if not luxurious,
! better than the miserable resorts of Col
orado can possibly afford.
Here they do not run after tourists,
neither drive them away, but they can
surely come with pleasure and profit to
themselves and at reasonable outlay of
time and money.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29

While extra train No. GIL was coming
east Sunday afternoon a few miles east
of Mast Hope, on the Delaware division,
Engineer Edward Taylor espied a large
deer descending the almost perpendicu-
lar bluff on the north side of the track.
The deer reached the track few yards
in advance of the engine, and those on
the engine expected to see it run down,
but instead it started down the track in
advance of the train for a distance of a
quarter of mile, and then bounded
down the bank toward the river. The
men on the engine saw the deer until
the train went out Of sight 1t was a
buck with five prongs, and must have
weighed in the neighborhood of 500
pounds. 1t seemed to be greatly fa-
tigued, and was probably started up by
a party Of hunters in the heavy woods
back of Mast Hope. Taylor and his
fireman confidently expected to have a
saddle of venison for their Thanksgiving
dinner.-Port Jervis On. " Gazette.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29
The Farm Tools.

It would seem as if, after years of good
counsel on the subject, some farmers
would at least take the hint and look af-
ter the farm tools-particularly after the
seasons work is done; but it will require
a good deal Of preaching from the text
before conversion" is accomplished. So
one would think who rides far in almost
any direction this time of the year.
Mowers and horse ralzes still out in the
fields, plows astride rail fence, barrows
leaning up against trees-these are some
of the not uncommon objects which one
may see on some farms. Get them in,
give a coat of paint where needed, and
save dollars. -Independent.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29
He Became Humble.

There is Il pompous cashier in certain
San Francisco bank who lost all his pride
the other day
You must be identified" he said to a
tall, hook nosed woman in green, red
and blue, who brought in check at a
time his window was crowded.
"Well, I-I-why-I-no, it can't be!
Yes, it is, too. Amt you Henry SmythY'
That's my name, madam" he re-
piled coldly.
can yon don't know me, Hen? I'm
changed some, an 50 air you; but list
knowed I'd seen ye. You've got that
same old cast in your left eye, your nose
crooks little to the left, an you're a
Smyth ali over An you don't know
mel Don't know Salindy Spratt that
you ulster coax to become SaIindy
Smyth. Member how ye ulster haul me
to school on your sled an kiss me in the
lane an call me your little true love:
Member how ye cut up cause l gave We
the mitten? Land, Hen. could stand
here all day talkin' over them old times,
You kin identify me now, can't you
HEM"
Hen" did so, but in /. mood that al.
most produced apoplexy.-San Fran
cisco Wasp.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29
w aShingtOp,
Fairhaven Herald. }

No state of this great Union has ever
begun so auspiciously as that whose
name heads this article. What one of
them all has had the variety and the
quantity of products to sell outside of
her own borders? We have wheat in
great quantity; barley more than is, as
yet, called for, but with capacity for pro-
ducing it in any quantity; oats, beef,
hops, lumber and timber of every kind,
from baby's chair to gallant ships
main mas t; wool in small quantity, but
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29
Better Than They Expected.

Some men who had lost an anchor
near Linekin, in the town of Boothbay,
Me-, grappled for it the other day and
thought they had it. Twenty men drag
ged it ashore and upon the beach, when
their prize proved to be, not the anchor,
but the upper jaw of whale. 1t was
Is feet long from the bow in front to
either end joint, and u feet across from
end to end.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29

Being Coached on the News of the Day
An educational feature of compara
lively recent establishment in private
schools and seminaries for young ladies
is one which might be put down in the
curriculum Of studies as that Of current
opinion. For the past two or three
years number of the New York schools
and several prominent ones throughout
the state have instituted weekly lectures
upon topics of the times. For this pur
pose in some schools visiting talent is
employed; Ill others a member of the
teaching corps is detailed for the work
The things talked about by the world
at large at the moment are taken as sub
jects, and the addresses are vehicles for
the transmission of much valuable in
formation which the young women
would probably not obtain for them
selves-young women being the class
par excellence, and almost the only class
which does not read the newspapers
These lectures are intended for the ad
vanced classes, and are, though not so
stated, indirectly directed to the removal
of the bread and butter faint from the
coming society dobutante, it being no
longer considered good form for even a
young woman and belle to be wholly
ignorant of the important questions OF
the day.-New York Times