davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1891-01-02
BRUISES.

7ie Dolphin Street.
baltimore. Nd.
Jan'yi IS, 1880.
II was bruised bad
ly in hip and side by
a fall and suffered Sc
yerely. St Jacobs OIL
completely cured
me" WM. C. HARDEN,
Member OF State
Legislature.
! -
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PRETTY MATTRESSES.
OF Course, This Experiment Was a Grea

Success.
Women will resort to most dreadful!
methods to get the men into their af.
ternoon teas. A pretty tea drinkeI
said: afternoon teas are bore, any.
way, but society has to keep them up
for the English, you know, would as
soon think of giving up their five O'Clock
leverage as their dinner. We keep uI
the teas, therefore. and struggle to get
the men into them, but a man doesn't
like to come at all.
Now, I'll tell You what an intimate
friend of mine did to get the men at heI
teas. She told me all about her plaI
before she put it in operation, and
was awfully shocked, and am still. She
declared. that the men wouldn't come to
teas to see girls that they saw all day
long and were to see later in the even
ing, but if she could introduce fem
mime novelty into the house they would
congregate to see it. So her idea was,
she said, to get lot of pretty girl wait
resses from the country houses round
about, put them into charming little
French gowns and caps, and have them
pass the tea about to the company.
Well, she started ont and engaged
half dozen perfectly lovely girls, and
then cleverly spread the fact abroad.
The men came out of curiosity, they
saw the six fresh, pink country girls in
neat dresses, and Immediately my
friends afternoon teas were success
oh, yes, / do mean to say that the
men game just to look at those
country girls. philadelphia Press.
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FASHIONS IN JEWELRY.
Odd Articles of Bric-a-Brac. Cut GIas

Odd Articles of Eric-a-Brac, Cut Glass,
Gold halrpins have one of the legs
twisted.
Bottle holders of silver have appeared
and find ready sale.
Silver gilt and colored enamel are the
newest aud showiest mountings.
Tennis racl1ets of silver surrounded
by bells are intended to charm babies
The latest travelling clock is fiat and
inclosed in leather case not over an
inch thick.
One of the prettiest summer trifles is
a moonstone heart set around with
alternate diamonds and olivines, both
small
Silver stands for calendars simulate
through the outer squares and forms
the border.
The mosquito in handsome and
timely manner ornament a new stick
pin. The body is of small diamonds
and the wings of tiny olivines.
Exquisite work is put into stick pins.
Here is chicken peclSing at an egg.
The egg is pearl and the chicken a
compound of gold, diamonds, and ruby
points which are its eyes.
Love-knots of silver and silver gilt
over which is filmy treatment of green
and blue to initiate ribbons have APP
peared At the ends they are finished
with three little diamonds.
Queen chains are made of links and
spirals, of which sections are given diff
ferent tints by metallic oxides A chain
of this sort was prettily terminated by
a pink enamel rosebud lightly outlined
with gold.
Novelties in glass are appearing.
Roses in red and yellow glass, with
outer petals of transparent glass are
mounted on upright branches. They
are hollow, and intended for flowers.
The idea is pretty one, and it is pref
tilv carried out.
Liquor glasses set in little enameled
cups are the daintiest thing possible.
Small brushes and combs are mounted
in this way; coasters for pin-cushions
in conventional and initiated forms,
pen-wipers and many of the numbers
of trifies that are enjoying the favor of
the moment are treated in this gayly
decorative style.
Brooches of stones set on different
planes have been alluded to before. A
conspicuous example recently seen had
for its center and highest plane large
emerald. On the second plane were
four diamonds set at the end of four
gold bars terminating the vertical and
horizontal poles as it were of the dia-
mond. On the lowest plane were four
small diamonds sunk in diamond
shaped settings terminating four bars
midway between the bars of the second
plane. The effect was enhanced in an
interesting manner by this setting
jewelers. Circular.
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STEAK WITH MUSHROOMS.
BE sure the Waiter Doesn't Bring You
Poisonous Fungi Instead

BE sure the Waiter Doesn't Bring YOu
Poisonous Fungi Instead
The London Lancet lately called at
tentiOn to the subject Of mushrooms as
food. and the risk of installing the poi
sonous kind of fungi for those which
are edible. II points out that it is a
matter of great Importance that the
public should be Informed as far as pos
sible Of the main qualities which dis
tinguish the two kinds of fungi. But
70 give a precise definition would be no
simple matter. II may be said. how
ever. that as a rule the poisonous fungi
are associated with high color, scaly
ar SPOTTED. are usually white or brown
iSh and brittle on fracture
The poisonous varieties. moreover,
generally grow clustered on wet or
shady ground. while the edible kind
grow IN the open. and generally in dry
pastures As a general rule those fungi
which have a bitter taste, or which
burn the throat, or yield a pungent
milk. a we'll a. those which on bruis-
ing assume various tintS. ought TO be
avoided. The note concludes with a
caution that ali plants OF this class
readily undergo decomposition, am
should, therefor in any else DC eatea
- fresa a. n.s>,i.gie
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''HE PUMPED ME FULL OF LEAD"
ing. but opened on him. The girl be-
ing there must have made me nervous,
for missed my man for the first time. =
And them"
s.Why. he pumrci me full of lead be-
fore l could pull trigger. Hit me five
times Then he mounted and swung
the girl up in front of him. Old Ramon
came up and opened on him l got up
and followed suit. lie got back at us
once-his last cartridge and caught
Ramon. for heard him groan. Then
the tenderfoOt yelled and rode off.
Boys, give me n big drink. I'm done
for
And when they brought the drink a
fast-chilling CORPSE was all that was
lett of Peter from Denver TO drink it.
And Chiquita?
Chiquita went 70 convent in St
Louis, and left there four years later,
a cultured and magniticeutly beautiful
woman. She will be pleased to re-
ceive any of Mr. Herries' friends At her
lovely home in the Back Bay district in
Boston. aud. il You succeed in pleasing
her. she will tell You of that awful
night at Picture Canyon when a ten
derfoot" from Boston showed how
..tenderfeet'' can fight when a sweet
heart Is At stake.
And old Ramona
When they hooked for him he was
gone. Nor was he or Edward Herries
ever seen again in Picture Canyon
Atantla Constitution.
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Specter Photographs.

Mr.. Arthur s. Green, an American
photographer, gives the following
method of making the camera a source
of amusement by the production of
''ghost" or shadow pictures-for ex-
ample, man starting back in horror
from his own specter. Make back
ground of the proper size by stretching
out some black material. Place the
subject dressed in white or light cloth
ing, in the right attitude to the right or
left of the center of the background;
then focus the camera and expose
the plate for half a second. The
impression will be that of a
shadowy and ghost-lilxe figure. Take a
chair and table. placing the chair in
the center of the background. and the
able ON the side away from the ghost
Seat the subject in the chair, with his
head turned to the ghost; focus again.
aud give the plate a full exposure.
which, if the light is good, should be
about two seconds. Develop and print
in the usual way. Any object to be
seen through the ghost should be pho
tographed within fifteen seconds expo
sure before taking the picture of the
ghost. Other devices of the kind might
be mentioned. but it will be more in
teresting to leave them to the ingenuity
of the amateur.-N. Y. Advertiser.
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HIS FIRST SLEEPING CAR.
The Young Briton Had Rather an Embar-
RAISING Experience.

RAISING Experience.
He was a stockily built young Brit
isher and this was his first visit to
America. His home is in Yorkshire,
and his English brogue could be cut up
into chunks as slippery and infinitesi-
NAL as your summer ice. II struck
my first sleeping car on the night of my
arrival in Canada" he said. ut was
the first time | was ever in an Ameri-
can sleeping ear. though had heard of
them. To my surprise there were no
seats visible. These mysterious cur
tains hung on both sides of a narrow
aisle and the lights were turned down
low. ] knew then that people were
sleeping behind those curtains. for !
distinctly heard snore. | had no idea
where my bed was, don't you know,
and as for rummaging along indiscrimi-
nately-the cold chills went creeping
along my spine at the very idea. Some
American would kill me. Where do
sleep? | finally asked the porter, COM
peeled at last to display my ignorance.
That black man looked at me a minute.
his eyes getting bigger and whittier all
the time, and his mouth hnally spread
So much / was alarmed. lie took my
check Number fo'teen,' SAID he, right
han side, uppah. Thanking him
alphabetically. | went carefully among
the curtains until / came to one with a
card hanging in front of it with my
number | had heard that Americans
usually undressed and went to bed just
as if they were at home; but / saw no
place to sit down to pull off my boots.
and am a little modest anyhow, and
so thought I'd Just lie down as | was.
Pulling my curtains aside, ] nearly
tainted when / discovered lady in my
berth. She discovered me at the same
time and gave yell that woke every
body i'm the car but the man who
snored. You could hear him blowing
away more distinctly in the painful
silence of the moment. At that time |
heard the prolonged ring of an alarm
bell in the porter's room. That indi-
vidual came shutting down the aisle
among the tousled heads that were
sticking ont here and there and wanted
to know what was the matter
"'Oh say, porter" said I, y don't
understand this-here's a lady in my
berth
- 'Yo' berth is uppah, sab, said up
pahr The porter explained and he
showed me shelf with bed on it
right above the lady.
Dear me, said |, quite innocently,
Il never saw one before, and you'll par
don me. I'm sure leard more gig
Cling and shifting Gag the aisle while
l was a trifie embarrassed. you know.
The lady had sturbed laughed pleas
antly and forgave me courteously.
How am | to get mp there, porter?'
"'Climb, sab, climb replied the
black
"'Step right ON my bed said the
lady.
:" Good graciousr she exclaimed. as
boisted myself. if the Britisher hasn't
gone to bed with his boots onr
Every body was now laughing ut my
expense, You know, and. to tell the
truth, was so much amused at my adj
venture ! could hardly refrain from
laughing myself. Washington Post
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SHE LED THE WAY
And Finally Emerged, Bedraggled, HI
still I'm the RIM.

And Finally Emerged. Bedraggled, Blu.
stiu I'm the Ring.
Come along here. Sary, I'm goin'
through this crowd" said a thin raced
old lady last night as the parade was
passing along High.
Grandma, you can't get through
there"
"Hey? Can't /? Come along"
with wild swing of the arms and q
nudging of the elbows the old lady
Owed into the crowd.
Grandma"
"Come along h'yer, Sary, push that
fool out o. the way. Get back there,
you fool"
''Grandma, can't"
Keep right behind me; I'll get We
ed idiot-h'yer, miss. put this umbrella
down, or I'll break it
''Grandmar'
'Come right along. Knock that see
gar out o. that FOOLS mouth. H'yer,
you impudent Niger, git out o the
way! Right alongr' And the ms and
outs of the old lady were truly wonder
full
sOh, Grandma, I'll be killed"
KILLED nothin'. Come right along.
liver, git back; out O. the way there;
quit scrowgin; don't blow your smoke
in my face; hain't you got no sensef
Where's yer manners? Ma ever whiT
We for ill-manners? Right through this
way, Sary! Stand back, there! Hyer,
you little fool, git back; don't kill the
child; where's the police? Confound
such place! Here, keep comm, Sary
Stand back! Out o. the wayl What's
the matter with you fool? Often my
feeti Git back Come on, Saryr' And
the old lady and her young charge
emerged from the far side of the crowd
looking like pair of towels emerging
from the rollers of wringer.
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tus growth and chapparal on the red
soil of the mesa
From the saloon within came the
rattle of dice. the chink Of glass, the
rattle of coin and the murmur of deep.
hOarse male voices The Rough Dia-
mOud was a most lucrative and Hour
ishing institution in the little railroad
town of Picture Canyon. on the line of
the Union Pacific II was one of those
places which at that time sprang mp
in a night and were deserted in a day
along the line of the great rOad- In
deed, they followed the track, and
wherever track laying ended tempo
rarily. there a town was certain to
spring up-almost as il by magic
There were thousands Of labOrers, rail-
road men, engineers and specul atOrs
With them came peddlers, stOrekecp-
ers and. last but not least, the great
army of gamblers and saloon men.
Some of these towns were located IN
advantageous situations, and finally
took on a solid growth and prOspered;
others, having nothing to Justify their
existence save the presence of the
army of railroad employees. vanished
utterly when that army advanced
further aud further on its mission of
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The other day the Acton (England)
school board asked its officer why a
certain gentleman's children did not
attend the board school The officer
replied that he had done his best TO in
duce the gentleman to send his chill
dren To Acton school. but that the gem
tleman wouldn't. Then why don't
You serve him with a summons or a
notice or whatever viii meet the case?"
asked the board. because" replied
the officer. the gentleman's bed is so
placed that only his legs are in Acton.
and can't very well serve summonses
upon a mans legs. His head is in Ham
mersmith, so that whenever l appear
he has only to pull up his legs and he
is no longer in Acton at alL"-Chieagc
TimeS
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TIE BACHELORS REveRlE.

Three locks OF hair in my hand hold
AS l sit in the firelights glow
)ne black, one brown and one like gold
They are relics of long ago.
And where are the girls who owned them now
The brown haired half brunei.
rhe beautiful blonde with the snowy brow,
And the maid with the braids OF ietf
The first was true till q rival lied
About me, and him she wed;
To-day TO her apron string he's tied,
And they're happy, hear il said.
quarreled with her OF the snowy brow.
And she married another, OF course.
She is living in South Dakota now,
Where she's trying to get a divorce.
And the dark-haired maiden, where Is shell
thought her affection sure.
But she wouldn't desert her home for me.
For her father was ia and poor,
SO gave her up and went away,
Declaring she used me III;
That was years ago. 1 returned to-day
And l find she is single still
No lover she's had since went away
Though her father has long been dead;
She teaches school, so the neighbors say,
To earn her daily bread.
i've wealth enough-she can have II all
Me with il. l think I'll write;
No. il isn't late BY Jovel I'll call
On the dark-haired girl tonight.
N. Y. Press.
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To JEssis's DANCING FEET,


How, as a spiders web is spun
With subtle grace and at.
Do thy light footsteps. ever one,
Cross and recro,s my hea-ti
Now here. now there. and u and fro.
Their winding mazes turn;
Thy fairy feet 50 lightly 70
They seem the earth 10 spura-
Yet every step leaves there behind
4 something. when you dance.
That serves TO tangle up my mind
And all my soul entrance.
How. as the web the spiders SPIN
And wantOa brceZes blow.
Thy soft and flny laces n
A swirl around thee flow,
The cobweb meath thy chin that's crossed
Remains demurely put.
While those are ever xhirled and tossed
That show thy saucy foot;
That show the silver grayness OF
Thy stockings siIkeu sheen.
And mesh q snowy skirts above
The silver that Is seen
How. IS the spider. from his web.
bangles in light suspense.
Do thy sweet measures fiOw and ebb
Sway NY enraptured sense,
Thy fiutt'ring lace, thy dainty airs.
Thy every charming pose
There are not more alluring snares
To bind me with than those.
Swing on Sway on With easy grace
Thy wifching steps repeat,
The love dare MOTTO thy face
offer. AZ thy feet
w. d. EIlwanger, IN Ceatury.
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The Horse.

The Arabian horse is a model of beau
tv, and the Arab treats his horse as on o
of the family; it lives IN the same tent
with him. eats from his hand. and
sleeps among his children, whc tumble
about on it without the least fear. Few
Arabs can be induced 20 part with a
favorite horse. The big and powerful
dray hsrse is the Flanders breed.
Wales and the Shetland isles produce
breed forming great contrast to the
Flanders horse. The Shetlie. as it is
called, is very small, its height being,
sometimes. only thirty-four inches, but
il is very strong and sure-footcd, carry
ing its rider with perfee, safety along
the most terrific precipices, and almost
invariably choosing 70 walk on the
very edge.-Detroit Free Press.
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In Twenty Years.

To the citizen of the Old World, who is
observant on his travels in the United
States, this is a country where development
is marvelously rapid. In Europe, family,
a town or a city which cannot trace its his
tory back more than two hundred and fifty
years is as hard to be found as a black
swan. Old towns have grown, but new
ones have not been founded. Sixty millions
more of people are here than a hundred and
fifteen years ago. But if the development
of hundred or two hundred years seems
wonderful to the European, what shall we
say of the material progress OF the last
twenty years. A single illustration is
enough. Twenty years ago this week, Chi
cago suffered an unparalleled loss by fire.
The business district was destroyed and
thousands of people left shelterless in the
streets. What is Chicago nOwi The sec
ond city of the United States. What were
the states west of the Mississippi twenty
years ago. What they are now can best
be ascertained by taking a trip over the
Burlington system of roads, which reaches
all important places in ten Western and
Northern States. For any information as
to rates, routes, and time of trains, call on
your local agents, or write to W. j. z.
Kenyon, Gen. Pass Agent, c., b. q n. r.
R., st. Paul, Mimi.
BowLEs-'wnat's the dinerence between
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wouldn't Cheat.

Marion, a child of six or seven years,
attends the primary school She was
reciting in mental arithmetic, and the
teacher told the class to write the an
swers on their states Finally, there
came hard problem:
add four and three"
child, as she afterwards related the in.
cident, It'll put down three straight
marks on my slate. and said, -Four,
five, six, seven But then / thought
that wasn't mental So. though
knew the answer was seven, / wrote
down fee "-Harper's Magazine
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The Only One Ever Printed-Can You Find
the Word?

There is inch display advertisement
In this paper, this week, which has no two
words alike except one word The same is
true of each new one appearing each week,
from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places a Crescent on everything
they make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name of the word and they will
return you book, beautiful Autographs or
samples free.
FIRST Central Operator-"Are you still
engaged 20 Remsen Hicksl' Second Cen
trial Operator-"No; he has 'rung of. -
Brooklyn Eagle.
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An iron buoy belonging to the
United States lighthouse establishment
recently drifted across the Atlantic. and
was picked up on the west coast Of Ire
land. The lighthouse board "a being
notified of the fact, presented the buoy
% the Irish light service, and it Was
thankfully accepted.
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A Golden Mean.

Pebble /. Timbertoe ton being re-
fused aims DO you know what would
do if | had your money?
Closefist-No, do not What would
you do?
Pebble /. Timbertoe-Pd be just as
mean as you are.-Puck.
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An Icy Invasion

OF the back and shoulders announces the
approach of chills and fever You go to
bed, if lucky enough TO sleep, you awake in
a furnace, or fancy so. Fierce is the heat
that consumes you. Then comes profuse
sweating. This over you resemble limp,
damp rag After the first paroXysm, pre-
vent another with HOstetter's Stomach Bit
ters, which knocks out malaria, biliousness,
constipation and kidney complaints.
FILKINs -"Well, count, did you succeed
in trading your title for Miss Milluns
handq" Count Keingelt-"No, her father
offered me too much boot "-Binghamton
Republican.
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But / say. Brown, why do you
wear that awful hat?" Because, my
dear Fred, Mrs Brown vows she will
not go out of the house with me till I
get a new one; and get plenty Of holt
days, dye see?"
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A Boston Case.

He-Are you quite sure that you love
him?
She-Yes, indeedl Why thought of
him right in the midst of my Browning,
to-dayi-Life.
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"A grocer by weighing his sheets Of
fly paper before he spread them out.
and again after they were well covered
with flies, has computed that l4l, 100
flies weighed exactly two pounds and
twelve ounces.
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Excursion South.
October 18th the Chicago a. Eastern Hi
nols Railroad Will sell excursion tickets 70
points South at one fare for the ronnd trip,
good thirty days. This will be the last one
fare excursion to Southern territory this
year. For rates and time tables address c.
L. Stone, @. p. a I. A, Z. a Z. l. r. R j,
Chicago.
ELDERLY Boarder-"How did you sleep
! last night, professorl' Prof. Larkin ties
tilyl-"Lying down. madam."-N. Y. Tel
egram.
Donor suffer from sick headache a moment
longer. 1t is not necessary. Carriers Little
Liver Pills will cure you. Dose, one little
pill. Small price. Small dose. Small pill
IT'S strange about a man and pistol
when he's got il pointed at you. You want
the man e. go of, but you don't want the
pistol tn--W ashin0tnn Star
How Ny THROAT HURST Why don't you
use Hales Honey of HOrehound and Tari
Pixies Toothaehe Drops Cure in one minute.
1T is a mean man who will get up Joke
on the medical profession when he owes his
doctor a bill.-Puck-
You cam help liking then, they are so very
small and their action is so perfect. One pill a
dose. Carriers Little Liver Pills. Try them.
CLOVES on the breath is plea OF guilty
Dallas News.
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Cd HEERlES,
or. as his cards
read. Edward
4. Herries, G..
E." stood in
the doorway of
the Rough Dia-
m Ond a n d
looked glOOmi-
" forth at the
rain as it fell
aslaut the cac-