davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun., 1891-02-04
IT MAY NOT BE SUICIDE
The Peculiar Letter Found Under the Pi
low OF Man Who Died Suddenly.

low OF n Man Who Died Suddenly.
BEAVER FALLS. Pa. Fob 3.-Henry Krueger
q German baker. owning considerable property
here. but doing business In Youngstown. died
late last night under circumstances which are
being Investigated by the Coroner He came
homo on Saturday night as usual to visit his
wife, On Sunday morning. be died in great
under his pillow and read as follows:
don't want anybody TO- blame my wife for
this affair nor cast y. |, W to her. Bod business
Some nersons say that the writing Ia not that
Of Kruger spd that bis business was COOL.
The sun., 1891-02-04
A lS-year.oid TeIogrspber DIsned for the
Accident.

AccIdcht
ALBANY. Feb. 8.-Ths State railroad Com
mission nled decision to-day regarding tho
collision at Rlley's cut. on the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company's railroad. between
tho State line and .Wipdsor, on Dec 81 last.
Killed.
operator 1t Windsor. a. boy l6 years old WAS
censures the officials OF the road and the sta-
tion agent at Windsor for allowing boy 10 act
as operator.
The sun., 1891-02-04
a Catch or 500. 900 Pound. of ,r.,,but.

GLOUCESTER. Mass. Feb. s..-The fishermen
report great schools OF gray halihut on iha
Banks, More than 100000 pounds were landed
yesterday.
The sun., 1891-02-04

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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26

After the marriage of Napoleon and
Maria Louisa the city of Paris gave
them a splendid banquet, which Cap
tain Coignet describes in his Maria
tive" He was on duty at the Hotel
de Vile, where the banquet was served,
with a squad of twenty grenadiers.
The table was horseshoe shaped, and
around-it weRe placed armchairs. The
dishes were of solid gold. When the
master of ceremonies announced 1.-THE
Emperor" Bonaparte entered, fol-
lowed by his wife and five kings Hav-
ing seated himself at the table, the EN-
peror made sign to the guests to take
their places
AS soon as all were seated the table
was cleared, as is usual at great din
ners, and every dish was carried into
an adjoining room where the carvers
did their work Behind each king
there were three footmen about step
from one another. Other footmen
communicated with carvers, and passed
the plates without turning more than
half way round to get them.
When plate came within reach of n
king the head footman' presented it to
him, and if he shook his head the plate
was withdrawn and another brought
Immediately. II the head did not move
the footman placed the plate in front
of his master. Not word was spoken.
Each napkin, as soon as once used,
disappeared, the footman slipping in
another. When the banquet was over
pile of napkins lay behind each chair.
No one was permitted to speak ex-
cept when the emperor addressed him.
THAT may be imposing, but it is not
at all jolly" is the captains comment.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26

The Piute Indians have tradition
that extends back they know not how
far into 1.-THE long ago" of an Indian of
giant stature who gave them trouble.
They say that the giant warrior came
from the north. He took up his abode
near Pyramid lake and made war on
the Piutes, killing many of their men.
The giant was finally slain by Piute
David, who crept up behind him and
drove a poisoned arrow into his body
between the shoulder blades. Two or
three of the giants tracks and his grave
are shown to this day. The tracks are
near the Truckee river, between Wads-
worth and Pyramid lake. They are in
soft sandstone, and are still kept clear
of sand and soil.
Every Indian that passes that spot
stoops and sweeps out any dirt that
may have lodged in the big tracks.
The giants grave is not far from where
the tracks are seen. The grave is al
ways kept clear of yegetation any
grass or weeds seen growing uponit are
pulled up by the roots In this way
the spot has always been kept marked.
The Indians also have q tradition of
huge animals that roamed the country.
They say these animals had horns with
which they were able to uproot trees.
To rid themselves of these great beasts
the whole Piute tribe turned out, sur
rounded the herd, and drove them into
Pyramid lake, where all were drowned.
Even now, when the lake is seen roll
ing about far out from shore, the In
dams point to the waves and say they
are the backs of the monster beasts. =
Virginia City (Nev) Chronicle.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
Three Important Numbers.

The whole world is looking out for
No. 1. 1t is a very important number
and is employed oftener than any
other. 1t is a component part of every
odd or even number, and is the root
and foundation of all numbers. There
is one God and one heaven. We have
one heart and one soul, one life and
one death.
Two is anumber of great utility and
prominence. The Creator kept it in
mind in many of his works. He Gre
ated man and all the beasts in two
sexes, and gave the humans two eyes,
two ears, two nostrils, two arms, two
hands, two legs, two feet and many
other double members of utility to the
body. All the passions are in pairs,
such as joy and sadness, hope and fear,
love and hate. Health and sickness,
living and dying, heat and cold, vice
and virtue, knowledge and ignorance,
truth and falsehood and the like are
represented in duplicity.
The number three is one of great
prominence and significance. Shake
speare says:
''They say there is divinity in odd
numbers, either in nativity, chance OF
death. Chicago Herald.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
A Wonderful Blind Man.

There is a man whose home is on
Cane Hill, Washington county, Ark,
by the name of John McClelland, who
is truly genuine curiosity. He has
two brothers living near Nowata and
Tahlequah, /. Il. This man is entirely
blind, and he frequently goes from
Cane Hill to Tahlequah and then to
Nowata, a distance of IS to 100 miles,
on horseback and without guide,
crossing Grand river and the Arkansas
river en- route. He will also mount his
horse and hunt up his other horses,
being able to tell exactly how many are
together by sound. He will go any
distance through the timber, apparent
ly as easy as any one. His horse will,
when passing under low hanging limbs,
raise his head to tell whether the limb
will clear his riders head. g.
Mr.. McClelland will recognize an ac-
quaintance by his voice as readily as any
one else will who can see. His blind
ness seems to be no bother to him as he
performs feats in travelling that are
truly wonderful Mr.. McClelland has
made several trips from Arkansas and
the Indian Territory to Texas and back
unattended.
Mr.. McClelland is a stock dealer, and
will buy and sell mules and horses, and
is able to buy with profit to himself.
At the Vinita q. to fair once he had a
horse that his brother was riding for a
prize Workmanship His brother was
not riding to suit him, and he mounted
his horse and carried off the prize
Exchange.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
Fame and n Syllable.

A gentleman in Washington who de-
votes his time to hunting up all sorts
of information, says he can prove that
the greatest men and women in the
worlds history had names that ended
in con-" He gives the following list of
famous men, to which the reader can
add at his leisure:
Samson, Solomon, Napoleon, Wash
ington, Wellington, Newton, Bacon
johnson, Nelson, Hamilton, Milton,
Byron, jefferson, jackson, Emerson,
Edison, Harrison, Clinton, Madison,
Hudson, Gibbon, Addison, Walton,
Wilmington, Wilson, Farjeon, Morton,
Audubon, Chatterton, Tennyson and
Lytton.
That is all very well if the greatest
men of the world have been English
men and Americans of English descent,
whose names so frequently end in ton
or son; but to say nothing of the fact
that some at least of the names given
are not those of the greatest men who
have ever lived what a mistake it was
that Abraham, Moses, David, Xerxes
Demosthenes, Cicero, Caesar, Pompey,
Charlemagne, Shakespeare, Dante,
Gladstone, Bismarck, Lincoln and
some thousands of others who might
be mentioned had names that did not
end with ION"
Moreover, a pretty good case can be
made out for 'er" as rival termination
Here are a few names that suggest
themselves at once: Alexander, Peter,
Luther, Spenser, Hunter, Webster,
Turner, Bulwer, Wagner. 1t would be
a pretty good mental exercise to extend
both these lists, and see which will
come out ahead. Companion.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
HindOO Women.

Hindoo women wear very beautiful,
and when wealthy very costly jewelry.
They wear a large ring in the nose,
quite number on each ear, and ever
so many bangles on the arms and
wrists, also massive gold and silver
anklets and rings on each toe. These
rich ornaments are very becoming, and
the women naturally think a great deal
of them. But widows are not allowed
any ornaments at all, nor must they
wear colors.
The condition of women with living
husbands Is not much better. They
must never look upon the face of any
other man, so that they are not allowed
to leave their homes, and these homes,
even among the rich, are not pretty in
the least. The small dingy rooms have
bare walls and hardly any furniture,
and look upon dreary interior yards
without a vestige of tree or flower
Mrs. David Ker in Jenness-Miller Mag
azine
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
A Cats Devotion.

= strange story in which a cat is a
pathetic character has come to light at
Paoli. A little boy of that village
owned cat that was a great pet in
the family. But the cat would have
nothing to do with any one except the
boy. The latter died, and for two
weeks the cat would come as usual
every morning to the door and going
in the room would cry very mourn
fully and walk over the child's bed
hunting for his lost friend. Finally the
cat disappeared, only returning occa-
sionally. At last one of the child's sis
tiers saw the cat in the graveyard,
where it remains, only returning for
food 1t keeps guard at the boys
grave, and can be heard at night cry
ing pitifully. Atlanta Constitution.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
a GREAT EQUATORIAL.
The splendid Telescope Erected mt the
Paris Observatory.

The Splendid Telescope Erected mt the
Paris Observatory.
The equatorial erected at the Paris
Observatory is the invention Of M.
Maurice Loewy, sub-director of the
observatory and member of the French
Institute, and is a marvel OF mechanism.
Thanks to the Dimensions of the tele-
scope to be used, stellar photographs
of admirable distinctness can be OBJ
tanned hereafter. 1t is not known
whether any fresh discoveries will be
made, but it will at least make those
already known more precise. 1t was
tried few days ago, and the mountains
and craters of the moon were clearly
distinguished. They also studied the
phenomenon of the absence of dawn
and twilight on the moon, as we'll as
the change from night to day without
transition. The mechanical part of the
instrument is as perfect as cockwork,
and the whole forms real masterpiece.
1t weighs rs, 500 pounds, but it can be
maneuvered by an infant.
The polar axis of this equatorial is SO
feet long, and the curve which turns
around this axis is 10 feet. The large
tube rests on a pillar of masonry. At
its top the elbow has q mirror and an
object glass 60 centimeters in diameter,
the field of which is Lit up by a light
shown on a plate joined to the tube.
nj. Loewy's equatorial has two object
glasses of the same dimensions; one for
looking directly at the heavens, the
other intended for photographing the
skies.
The first is achromatized for chem
ical rays; that is to say, to destroy the
primitive colors that accompany the
image of the objective. Thanks to the
other objective glass, the observer can
take instantaneous photographs. Views
of the moon, measuring IS centimeters
in diameter, can be taken, and these
the instrument enlarges by projection,
making them in diameter as much as
80 inches.
The observer is placed at height of
forty-five feet, the ocular glass is inside
the room, but the rest of the instru-
ment is in open sky. A star can be
followed in its sidereal movement
that is to say, from its rising to its set
ting behind the horizon-without the
observer having to leave his armchair.
An isochrome movement makes the in
strument revolve as the star moves, so
that it is always before the objective
glass. With ordinary telescopes as
tronomers are obliged to move from
their places constantly, SO as to follow
star, and sometimes they have to as
sumo positions that are inconvenient,
and necessarily prejudicial to the exact
itude of their observations.
For fixed stars which have a move
ment of their own, a mechanical ar
rangement of this sort permits of their
not being lost sight of for a single in
slant. The edifice is a square tower
sixty-five feet high. A movable tent
covers the whole apparatus when not
in use, and it rests on rails on which it
slides when needed for astronomical
observations. -Chicago Herald.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
HE WAVES ON THE HAaBoa BAR.

Oh, the rosy waves on the harbor bar
Laugh and blush; as the rising tide
Comes puising in from realms afar,
Comes sancing in fro.n the ocean wide,
And the fisherman huns quiet tune,
AS sweet as q song of q brook in juno.
That dreamiy sings TO the little flowers.
AS they browse on its banks thro' the sunlit
hours:
And he smiles as he drifts In his boat afar,
Past the rosy waves on the harbor bar.
Oh, the golden waves on the harbor bar
Dance like the light of loves young dream,
AS the taintless tide from realms afar
Comes ripping in with its sunny CLEAN.
From little cottage there peers face
AS sweet as violet's quiet grace;
And, with cheeks like the heart of II SUM-
rose,
She watches his boat as it seward goes:
And he waves his hand as he flies afar,
Past the golden waves ON the harbor bar.
Oh, tho fierce white waves on the harbor bar
Seethe and roar as tho maddened tide
Comes howlingin from the sea afar,
Comes laundering in from the ocean wide.
Gazing seward with aching eyes,
She raises her hands to the leaden skies,
Asking the life on one whose name
Brings to her checks the touch of hamo;
And with tear blind eyes she looks afar,
Past the fierce white waves on the harbor bar.
Oh, the leaden waves on the harbor bar
Sob as they roll to the surf girt strand,
Moaning for wrecks they have wrought afar.
For desolate hearths on sea and land.
Wearied with watching, she lays her head
For moments rest on her little bed,
And drearily thinks of the coming years;
While ever, thro' all her dreams, she hears
The moaning sob, as it floats afar,
OF the leaden waves on the harbor bar.
oh, the silver waves en- the harbor bar
Dimple and laugh in the moons soft light,
AS she rises out of the sea affair,
blushing globe in the heavens bright.
In the mystical sheen Of the queen of night
There's the CLINT of a sail that is snowy white,
AS u fishing smack tears her way thro the
foam
To sweetheart and happiness, love and home.
And tho tide comes swinging from realms afar,
Past the silver waves on the harbor bar.
Home Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
Better at Home.

A good woman was listening one day
with intense interest to her daughters
account of n long stay in Italy. The
different customs of life were touched
upon, and when the narrator paused
Aunt Hetty drew long breath and
said, "Well, I'm thankful I've been
called to end my days in New Harnp.
shirel"
80 you don't think you'd like Italy,
mother?"
mo, not mite"
mot the pictures and churches and
wonderful climate
II might put up with them," inter
rupted her mother, "but guess I should
get pretty well beat out sometimes,
wishin' for a good riz doughnutl"-
Youths Companion.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
The Greek and Indian Rider Compare

The Greek and Indian Rider Compared.
When riding merely and not fight
ing the Greek sat on his breech in a
natural position, took firm hold with
his thighs, but let his legs from the
knee down hang free. His attitude, as
shown in the Panathenaic procession
on the frieze of the Parthenon, was
singularly graceful in style, and that it
was the common one is to be seen from
Xenophon's rules for keeping the seat.
He managed the reins with light and
easy hands. The Indian, on the con-
trary, was as singularly awkward and
ungainly. He sat on his crotch, leaned
forward, with the thigh not far from
perpendicular, and the leg thrust back
! at almost right angle.
This he could do with the plains
pony, whose barrel was far from as
well rounded as that of the Thessalian
chunk, and he got a goodly part of his
grip from his calf and heel. The con-
trast between the statue of Alexander
or one of the Parthenon riders and any
of Catlin's pictures is striking. But
though the old time Indian was the
equal-probably the superior-as a
mere rider, of the Greek, it is the latter
whom we must select as model if we
wish to preserve any semblance of
beauty in equestrianism.-C T..
A. Dodge in Harper's.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
Electric Carriage Lamps.

A novel application of the electric
light is in the equipment of carriages.
Two lamps are on the outside of the
carriage and one on the inside, each of
three candle power, and all under the
control of the coachman or the occu-
pant. The storage battery used is
placed at the back part of the wagon
body, and will run all the lamps for o
period of six hours, the recharging
costing only about ten cents.-New
York Journal
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
Hunter and buck,

An exchange prints an adventure mar
rated by an old trapper living among
the Pennsylvania mountains almost
fifty years ago. He was still hunting
for deer when he discovered big buck
not twenty yards away. He says:
fired the instant saw him throw
up his head, and down he went as sud
denly as though the bullet had gone
through his brain.
stood my gun against q tree,
snatched my knife out of my belt and
hurried toward him. AS l reached
down to pull up his head he struck
out with one of his forefeet and knock
ed the knife out of my hand.
He was on all fours in an instant,
and the only thing could do was to
grab his antlers. never saw a mad
der animal. He snorted, bucked,
struck with his feet, and tried his best
to kill me. At that time 1 was strong
man, but for fifteen or twenty minutes
l thought my time had come.
My only hope was in clinging to his
horns. Several times he doubled him.
self up and made great efforts to teal
me with his hind hoofs, but managed
to keep out of their way.
BY and by the buck began to weak
en-, and 1 myself was about exhausted.
Finally let go one horn, got out my
pocket knife and finished him with it.
On examining his head afterward,
discovered that my bullet had struck
the root of his left antler and tempo
rarily stunned him.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
Companions.

When a good and respectable man
has been frivolous, it is no doubt q
comfort to him to find that some
worthy friend has been frivolous also
An English clergyman writes:
l was at Innsbruck with a friend,
and as we sauntered about ono after
noon, not quite knowing what to dc
with ourselves, we came upon a car
rousel, or merry -go-round. We walked
on, and then l said:
LET us go back and see the Xaveri
anum," public collection of paintings.
"No," said my companion. II don't
feel inclined for the Xaverianum. I'll
go down by the river"
So we parted. Now, had not gone
far along my way to the Xaverianum
before 1 said to myself:
81 don't want to see pictures either,
but as my friend is away-upon my
world am unknown here! Tll-yes,
will-Pll go and have round on the
whirligig!"
So / retraced my stops, and on reach
ing the merry-go-round, what should
behold but my friend seated on pie
bald horse, with short sword in his
hand, aiming at the targets he passed
in his revolution. He was a bald head
ed man, with long gray beard, and
his face and head became like beet
root when he saw me. 1t was not long,
however, before offered him the con
ISOLATION of companionship.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
A Sad yiew NJ IT,

Gilhooly-This world is full of mis-
cry. The happiest man is the one who
is never born.
Hostetter McGinnis-Yes, but there
isn't one in million that has such q
streak of luck. -Texas Siftings.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
Promptly Answered.

what did they do with Josephs
coat of many colorsT asked the Sun
day school teacher.
"Cut it down and made it over for
Benjamin." hazarded pensive little
boy at the end of the seat. Exchange.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
Not Quite Sure He Danced with the Queen.
When the Hon., Richard Vaux was in

When the Hon. Richard Vaux was in
congress his striking personality made
q great impression on the correspond
ents, and they set afloat no end of
amusing stories about him. When
questioned as to the authenticity of
that most venerable story of his having
danced with Queen Victoria the ex-
mayor replied that he was a member Of
the American legation before he was
twenty-o one years old, and added, with
q wink, that the circumstance hap
pened SO long ago that he had really
forgotten whether he danced with the
queen or not.-Philadelphia Record.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
Good for Ali Day.

Criminal-Oh, for heavens sake,
Jim, do something to keep the sheriff
off my track for little whilel Shoot
him, If necessary. L
Friend-I'n do better than that. I'll
engage him in a game of chess. Mum.
sey's Weekly.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
Copyright, 1890.

LLc COftU Woet0
for an inactive liver to do its work,
exposes himself to all the diseases
that come from tainted blood.
Don't waitl Languor and loss Of
appetite warn you that graver ills
are close behind. You can keep
them from coming; you can cure
them if they've come with DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
It's the only blood and liver medi-
cine that's guaranteed, in every case,
to benefit or cure. Your money
back if it doesn't. Thus, you only
pay for the good you get. Can you
ask more? 1t cleanses the system
and cures pimples, blotches, erup-
tions and all skin and scalp dis
eases. Scrofulous affections, as
fever sores, hip joint disease,
swellings and tumors yield to
its superior Alternative properties.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
That Tired Feeling

tresslng and often so understandable in the
spring months, is entirely overcome by Hoods
Sarsaparilla, which tones the whole body,
puriies the blood, cures scrofula and all
humors, cures dyspepsia, creates an appetite,
rouses the torpid liver, braces up the nerves,
and clears the mind. We solicit comparison
of Hoods Sarsaparilla with any other blood
purifier in the market for purity, economy,
strength, and medicinal merit.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26
A REAL LUXURY!

Looking the many homes of this country thousands
of wearing their lives in household dudgey that might be
materially essened by the Of few cakes of SAPOO an hour
saved each time cake used less wrinkle gathers upon the face
because the toll gtened she must be foolish who would
hesitate to make the experiment. and he chrh husband who would
gudge the few cents which it costs
your grocer sends you anything in place of SAPOLlO send
back and insist upon having just what You ordered SAPOLO always
gives satisfaction. On floors tables and painted work acts like
charm For securing potts. pans and metals has equal Everything
shines after it, and the children delight in using in their attempts
to help around the house.
articles and ordered
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-26

Everybody needs and should take good
spring medicine, for two reasons
ist, The body is now more susceptible to
benefitfrom medicine than ut any other season.
I'd, The impurities which have accumulated
in the blood should be expelled, and the sys-
TEN given tone and strength, before the pros
trating effects of warm weather are felt.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the best spring medi-
cine. A single trial will convince you of its
superiority. Take 1t before 1t is too late.