davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-09
WITHOUT LIMIT Or RESERVE,

TEN BEAUTIFUL VACANT LOTS, OF about BOX
100 feet each, on the south side of Cary
street, Just three squares west Of the Boulevard,
near the Electric railway, IN a direct line OK the
citys growth. and whore several attractive new
residences have been recently erected.
These lots will be sold. and all who desire to
secure one or more pretty homo sites at a bar
gain and on very easy terms should attend this
sale.
TERMS: Exceedingly liberal, and announced
at sale. j. 3. ELAN Il CO.,
OCT Auctioncers.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-09
These advertisements arc changed
every day to give you tho current news
of the store.

These are Wrap reception days. Tho
newly.rcfitted Wrap-room is now ready
for you who want to look or You who
want to buy. Come aud glory in the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-18
UNPOPULAR GREAT MEN.


Unpleasant Consequences of Getting Too
Far Ahead of the Age.
A little more than three and n quar-
ter centuries have passed since the
birth of Calico, the greatest philoso-
phcr and astronomer that Italy ever
saw. In the same ycar-IJ64-Shakes-
peare was born. At that time the PEG.
pie of the eastern continent were al
most totally ignorant Of the existence
of America They had heard in a vague
way about the great western world,
but they could form no conception of
the vast extent of our territory, many
believing that it was simply small
island. In the same year that Calico
and Shakespeare saw the light the
Hugucnots began settlement in Flor
ida, which at that time was thought to
be an enchanted spot Calico was
the eldest son of a nobleman of Flor
| cntine, and in his infancy manifested
an interest in the stars. While look
ing at the heavens one night he said in
childlilic manner:
There are thousands of stars, and
yet all of them together do not give
WV viz ~ Clltl0 tliN' NAtlI lISCIl
gives" No boy ever worked harder to
gain knowledge, and no boy had SO
many obstacles to overcome as this
youGg studeut Before nc had reached
his eighteenth year he was we'll vcrscG
in Latin and Greek, was an excellent
artist and an accomplished musician.
His father wished him to practice. but
his tastes and inclinations led him to
follow mathematics. Galileo'S ideas
were SO far beyond the age in which
he lived that no publisher dared print
his works. His first essay on Hydro
static Balance WIGS written in 1886,
but it was not until 1910 that it was
read by the public. His essay on THE
| Center of Gravity was not pu blished
until fifty years after it was written.
| While in his SEVENTEEN year he was
cast into prison and all his works pro-
| hibited This was terrible blow to
the old man, for he had committed no
crime; he knew in his heart that he
was right When he asked why he
was sent to prison he was told that he
lad been making false statements.
you say that the world moves, but it
does not, said his enemies. at is the
sun that moves" But the world does
move" said Calico, fearlcssly, as
they were shutting him in dark cell.
We speak of the dark ages" of the
ages of superstition, etc, of the CEN
turtles past, and forget all about the
ignorance, darkness and superstition
of the nineteenth century. Calico
stood foremost among the unpopular
great men of the sixteenth and seven
teenth centuries. There are three in
tho nineteenth century who are laughed
a:for advocating impossible" schemes
Mr. Morse, because ha said message
could be sent by wire; Cyrus w. Field,
because he said cable could bc laid
across the Atlantic; Edison, because nc
stated he could light houses and streets
by electricity. throwing Youth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-18
WANTED TO KNOW.

How TaIkative Tommy Made Trouble for
His Ma in Street-Car.
Tommy and his mamma were sitting
in seat near the middle of the car,
waiting for the train to start
Tommy's mother was a pronounced
blonde, and her hair was very red.
Another lady entered the car, and
took the seat Immediately in front of
Tommy and his mamma. This lady, too
was blonde; and there wasn't half
shade difference in the color of their
hair.
Tommy looked at his mamas capil-
larry adornment. and then at that of
the other passenger, and asked:
Mamma, is that lady's hair as red as
yours?"
Hush, Tommy
but is it?"
Tommy. be still! The lady viii hear
you"
Doesn't she know her hair is redo"
FLUSH, | tell you!'
Don't people like to have red hair?"
Tommy, if you don't stop talking, III
have to whip you"
but it amt my fault people have red
hair"
Tommy, do you hear me?"
eyes, IN. Don't you suppose that
woman has husband who likes red
hair as we'll as papa likes yours"
Tommy, will you stop"
Mamma, think hers is little red
der than yours"
Tommy's mamma grabbed him by the
arm, and was hustling him down the
aisle, when the object of his remarks
turned around and disclosed face much
redder than her hair, ~ she observed:
''If that young scamp was my boy, I'd
give him away; and if had as red hair
as yours, I'd take arsenic. So there!"-
puciy
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-18
Fecundity of Sea-Fish,

The degree of fertility varies to an
extraordinary extent among certain
fishes, and according to the sizes of the
individual. The ling produces greater
number of eggs than any other fish
twenty to thirty millions being an or
binary average among medium-sized
and large specimens On the other
hand, the pipe-fsh brings forth each
season only a few hundreds, the eggs
being taken charge of by the male.
which carries them about in a compart-
ment situate on it's under surface The
cod produces from two or three to
seven or eight millions of eggs; the
haddock from two or three hundred
thousand to nearly a million. In the
herring the number ranges from about
twenty to about fifty thousand, the
average for about sixteen specimens
examined being over thirty thousand,
showing a considerable greater fe-
cundity than has been generally sup
posed, Among fat-fish the most fertile
is the turbot. with from three or four
to nine or ten million eggs, and, the
least so, the long, rough dab, which
produces from about thirty to sixty
thousand Chicago Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-18
ONE PHASE OF DRESS REFORM.
The Weakness of House Servants for Snowy
Attire.


Tho Weakness of House Servants for SNOWY
Attire.
A woman may dress a turkey better
than she can dress her person; she may
blend harmoniously into sauce divers
fayors, and out of simple elements
evolve triumphs of culinary good taste
in every sense of the phrase, and yet be
herself dismal, unwholesome-looking
object while engaged in the daily rou-
tine of duties 1t seems to be an article
of belief with many cooks that personal
neglect and general air of untidiness
are outward and visible signs of great
culinary skill, the possessor of which
talent is by them deemed exempt from
the laws of neatness and order.
Their ideas on the subject of dress,
however, are by no means lacking in
defniteness, but unfortunately they are
confined to the elaboration of toilettes
for high days and holidays, and the nat
ural womanly wish to look well is per-
verified into a desire for tinery as insult
able as it is flimsy and flashy. Wages
are freely spent on imitation splendors,
tering with Jet. the head crowned with
the very latest style of hat, the young
woman sallies forth with the proud con-
viction that she is quite the thing"
In some such garb as this she often
applies for a situation, never dreaming
that she thereby imperils her chances
of obtaining good home; so much does
aft h.
keeper, who, by repeated experience,
has learned that finery covers a multi
tude of sins of omission, and that al
most certainly there is scarcely decent
change of under-clothing or whole
calico gown among the belongings of
the gayly-dressed applicant.
There are exceptions, of course, and
memory dwells fondly on the merits of
an excellent cook who joined to her
skill the rare virtue of appropriate, even
tasteful, dressing while she was Off
cially engaged. The neat print gown.
the glossy hair and bright face, and the
cheerful readiness to do her very best,
made visits to the kitchen most attrac-
tive, and it was easy to overlook the
want of taste and Judgment which gov
erned her choice of Sunday toilettes
In the good old times-of which one
constantly hears domestic servants
had neither the temptation nor the op-
portunity to indulge in fine dress, but so
long as cheap copies of all the fashion
able goods are obtainable, SO long prob
ably will wages be squandered in the
vain hope of looking as well as the best
1t is their own money, they have earned
it, and have the right to spend it as
they choose, and this is free country,
etc, etc.
But if these women could be brought
to see how greatly they would rise in
the esteem of their employers, how
much more likely they are to be
'healthy, wealthy and wise" if they
would buy and wear constantly only neat
boots and substantial, suita BILE garments,
they might possibly, without detriment
to their independence, adopt the more
excellent way. -Harper's Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-18

DEAR SIR:-I hereby send thee my
pocket clock which standeth in need of
thy friendly correction. The last time
it was at thy friendly school it was in
no way benefited or protited thereby.
for perceive by the index of its mind
that it is liar and the truth is not in il.
Purge it, therefore, l beseech thee, and
correct it from the error of it's ways and
show it the path wherein it should go,
And when thou layest thy correcting
hand upon it, see that it is without pas
sion, lest thoU shouldest drive it to de-
struction; and when thou see it con-
f0rmabl to the above mentioned rules,
send it home to me with just and true
bill drawn up in the spirit of modera-
ton, and will remit to thee in the root
of all evil Jewellers Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-18
HOMEMADE FILTERS.
A Simple Apparatus for Purifying DRINK
ing Water.

~
ing Water.
There is always use for filter in
every househord, however sweet and
clear the water may be. Even though
unapparent to the eye, there are apt to
be small, unsavory particles in tho
purest water, and the use of even a
common charcoal filter will eliminate
these. Charcoal, especially that made
from the burning of animal bones, is
the very best material for tiltering.
Foulest ditch water percolating through
it will come forth clear and sweet as
the product of a spring in a mountain.
Animal charcoal will not only remove
disagreeable gaseous smells, but will
also destroy all animal life in water;
but wood charcoal will perform all the
duties of deodorizing and clarifying. In
cities where the water supply is of a
suspicious character, filters are almost
a necessity, and there are many manu-
featured ones that serve their purpose
admirably; but they are excellent, and
even in many cases essential, in the
country, where wells and springs are
the source of supply. A very good
filter, which is warranted to serve
its purpose fully, can be made by
any ordinary handy worker in COM
mon tools, out OF material that usually
lies close at hand. One to be used
when water does not run from faucets
in the house can be made in the follow
ing manner: Take wooden box, three
feet high and foot square, open at the
top with shelf about foot from the
bottom. Place common stone jar ON
this shelf and rest hower-pot in the
mouth of the jar. Let there be hole
neatly made in the bottom of the jar,
into which fit faucet, if possible, but
if not, insert cork from beneath. In
the hole at the bottom of the hower-pot
place sponge, and a large sponge at the
sop of ttlc jar IN the opening, and lay a
thin piece of muslin over this sponge.
Then into the jar put layer of clean,
white sand (river sand is the best),
| three or four quarts will be enough. On
it put about the same quantity of pull
verified charcoal (animal, if possible),
and finish at the top of the jar with
about quart of small pebbles. Under
the shelf, with the corl1ed hole of the
jar Immediately over its mouth, rests
| the pitcher which is to receive the FL
| tered water. Pour the water into the
flower pot and the process of filtration
ut once begins. The flower-pot should DO
cleaned once or twice week, as it re-
ceives the coarse material in the water,
but the jar needs no attention oftener
than once or twice year. This is an
excellent, easy and very cheap style OF
filter Water it should be known, can
easily he kept cool without ice, by en-
folding the earthen pitcher or jar which
receives it in three folds of cotton or
linen cloth, kept constantly wet N. Y.
| Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-18
THE GOOD OLD REMEDY.

When everything goes wrong, boys
When you're sick or tired,
When you visit your best girl,
And by her pa get fired,
There's nothing IN the world, boys
win bring you such relief
AS real good hearty laugh, boys,
Twill soon allay your grief.
So for each pain whate'er tho cause.
Just try the laughing plan.
daughters an institution. boys,
Then let's laugh all We can.
Let preachers rate frivolity.
We very well do know
The greatest prosers use it,
But oppose it just for show;
They find it such a help. boys.
AS all poor sinners do,
And they need its consolation, toys,
AS much AS or you.
OF all the remedies on earth
Within the reach OF man,
LEughter's she best and cheapest, boys,
Then let's laugh all We can
Pharmaceutical Era.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-18
WOMEN IN MEMS POCKETS.
Almost = Catastrophe. Hut Il Turned Out
Satisfactorily.

Satisfactorily.
Mems pockets exert strange faseina-
ton upon women. Many and many a
quarrel has been precipated upon a
quiet and trustful household by the
wife, in an inquisitive mood, thrusting
her fingers into the pockets of the coats
~ waistcoats dangling from the nails
Of a wardrobe. She finds card, let
ter, bit of golden hair, or some little
gewgaw of feminine apparel, and green
eyed Jealousy Immediately takes pos
session of her soul Sometimes she
rushes with demoniac fury upon her un.
suspecting lord or master waving aloft
the tell-tale card or letter, but more
frequently she HES to her mamma and
the twain betake them to a sharp
detective, who is instructed to work up
the case. Maude is engaged to Joseph
Burleigh, called "Burly Joe" at the
athletic clubs, where he is known as a
good all-round man--which is Greek to
me. While Maude and Joe were pur-
suing the phantom of loves young
dream in the back parlor, Maude, wo-
man-like, began rummaging in Joe's
coat pockets. She criti.ise his hand.
kerchief and the perfume he used;
she commented upon his cigarette
case and match box, and asked the
use to which each key in the bunch
was put. At last it occurred to her
that she hadn't had her little fingers
in Joes right-hand vest pocket, and
so down into it's depths they were
thrust incontinently. There was a sud-
den start, a deeper grab. drawing
forth and holding aloft-what think
you? Why. half dozen as dainty little
silver hair pins as were ever thrust into
a Grecian coil. Now, as Maude's hair
was black as night and she naturally
affected gilt pins it was impossible for
Joe to claim that he had bought them
for her, SO, turning all colors, he STAN
mered out the real truth of the matter,
that he didn't know and couldn't tell
how the silver pins came in his vest
pocket Maude refused to believe him;
they had been bough: for some other
girl, some horrid thing with taffy-col-
ored tresses. She appealed to him to
make clean breast of it, promising to
forgive him if he told her the whole
truth. Suddenly Joe caught his weep
ing sweetheart up in his stout arms and
tossed her up into the air as if she were
fifty pound dumbbell.
"Hurrah, Maudc! have it." he cried.
"You know that Archie Lewis is in
love with that strawberry blonde, Kitty
Williams. Well, Archie and l have
joined lockers at the gymnasium. Our
clothes often get mixed, as we use the
same line of hooks. This afternoon I
reached the club before Archie, and he,
no doubt. hung his vest up alongside of
mine, then, as he continued to undress,
he found these silver hair pins in his
trousers pocket, and wishing to trans
Ger them to this pocket, he reached up
ard Slipped them, not into his, but into
my vest pocket That's the way the
thing happened. can see it all now
plain as Il pikestatfH'
YES" said the delighted Maude,
"and they are just the shaped pins that
Kitty wears o, Joe, didn't doubt you
for IA minute, but please don't brighten
ma like that again. st. Louis Repub-
lie.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-18
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A boy is expected to love his mother
even though she cuts h:S hair -Somex-
vile Journal "a
THAT young De We're is a very
promising fellow" "Ah! How much did
youlend him?"-Baltimore American.
-Author-"Do you suppose these So
| ciety women's novels pay?" Cynic-
''The publishers they employ? o. yes"
baltimore American
-"What would you do if you were in
my shoes, Jephson?" asked Hobbs.
BLACK EN-" replied Jephson.
vile journal.
Jimmie, do you know when your
sisters birthday is?" asked Chappie.
as? You mean was, don't you? She
had it some thirty years ago." returned
Jimmie.
-Carruthers-' wonder if De Broke
now regards marriage as lottery"
Waite-''No but poor Mrs De B. rather
looks upon it as a game of drawn.
Y. Herald.
-He-"I hope you're never jealous 81
me, dear?" She-''Jealous of you? Why,
now could be?" And he is still won
1ering what she meant. Sonora Demo
srat
--Pudley-"By love! What tall fell
low Jones is" Dudley-"Don't see it.
Did man. He's always short when
meet him. boston Bulletin.
II am of a very sympathetic dis
position" said N. Peck. ''Whenever 1
come home and find my wife with
nervous headache l am sure to catch
it"-Indianapolis Journal
SO your son has been starring as
an actor, Mr.. Cashcounter?" eyes"
DO tell me all about himl Who Is sup
porting him?" II am" - baltimore
American.
-"Strangest girl l ever met" NUT
tered Chappie almost TO himself
'Why?" asked Cholly. Accepted me-"
replied Chappie, absently.-N. Y. Her.
aid.
Things One Would Rather, etc
He-"No; my music isn't good enough
to publish" She-"But they publish
great deal of wretched trash, You
know. Harvard Lampoon.
AT Foot Ball Game. Cries from
behind-"Down in front! Down in
'front.'" Freshleigh, '95-"Who told EN-
| was trying to raise a mustache, Won
der?"-Harvard Lampoon.
straightforward am suffering dread
fully cutting my wisdom teeth, you
know" Doubleup-'Don't say? didn't
cut mine till after l was married. -
Kate Fields Washington.
Eager to Get Away. -Brobson--'T
saw a man running in Philadelphia yes
| terday" Craik-"No! What was the
natter" Brobson-"IIe was trying to
catch the train for New York.-N. Y.
Herald.
| "A Kicller-"Is there anything can
put in your room to add to your com
fort?" New Boarder-''I notice there il
no Thermometer on the stove; how do
you tell when it is going?"-N. Y. Sun.
The Ties of Time. Exhorter
''Timc and tide wait for no man" Bill
Badeye-"Time waited for me while
was doin' seven years of it for tryin' to
find out the time by another mans
watch. "-Broolilyn Eagle.
DO you think you could tell the
difference between a ltleptomaniac and
a shoplifter?" That's easy" said the
would he floor walker. The shoplifter
is unable to pay double price for the
goods, if detected. "-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
Insurance Solicitor-';Well, doctor,
have you examined this new client?"
Doctor hadn't thought it necessary.
You see, I've been treating him for the
last seven years" l. S.-"Thats
enough, doctor. If he survived that he
must be n man o; wonderful vitality"
Boston Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-18

to give me some idea of the extent Of
tho catastrophe. Our smoking-car had
been derailed and had rolled down a
steep embankment, dragging the en-
gine and one other coach with it. AS
near as they could tell at that moment
there had been at least a dozen killed
and twice that number wounded.
81 inquired: Where is my partner
Is he alive?'
"'Ycs, he is alive was the reply.
but he is in a bad fix. We arc working
our best to get him out of the wreck,
but without help he cannot be saved
lie lies there with his lower limbs
pinned in between two great iron rods,
and with ali the strength we have been
able to apply we can't release him. He
must be in horrible agony, though he
is still conscious
1T was but a step or two from where
we stood to where the man lay, and we
turned to see if there might not be some
possibility of helping him. A terrible
cry came from the sufferer. Just then
some one called: The car is on fire.
The coach is burning
The flame from some lamp had
caught The dry upholstery. The wind
had suddenly increased and was blow
ing the flame toward the spot where
our poor friend was helplessly PIN
toned. While some ran for water 9th
crs with AK and lever made an effort to
pry the heavy rods and timbers from
the sufferer. 1t was no use; there was
no appliance at hand with which it
could be done, and those who went for
water came back empty-handed. The
engine lay upon its side and every drop
of water had leaked out and had been
drunk up by the greedy earth.
"'Tor the love of God, men, do some
thing cried the imprisoned wretch.
Must slowly roast to death?'
with an awful effort he raised him
self upon an elbow and looked around
upon the faces near him. These were
rapidly diminishing in number, for the
heat had now grown too fierce to be
borne, and the crowd which had never
ceased their efforts to get him out were
driven away. Suddenly his eyes fell
on my face and recognized me.
You, he cried in an awful voice,
you are the man to do it. Take that
AK and kill me-.
The thought paralyzed me. He
saw me shrink and shuddcr, and with
a supreme effort he pointed his finger
straight at me and cried again with
more intensity than before; You! you!
do it, tell you
THE heat was making his garments
smoke. Don't let me roast he once
more cried. I forgot my pain and in a
wild delirium l snatchcd up an ak and
drove the blade crashing into his skull,
then all the world became again a
blank.
1T was many weeks before was
| restored to consciousness and many
more before I was alle to move. My
bodily injuries, though severe, did not
cripple me, and am now strong and
physically well. But my mind is some
times upset. believe l did the best
thing that could be done for the poor
man, though the act was performed in
frenzy that made me irresponsible.
believe to-day it was an act of hui
manity. 1t has wrecked my life, how
ever, for until memory fails l shall be
compelled to live that scene over and
over again in all its horror. Chic ago
| Times