davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-06

New YORK, Jan. 30-The sudden death
of, Secretary of the Treasury Window
while at the dinner of the Board of Trade
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-06
MICHIGAN CENTRAL
"The Niagara Falls Route"
SAGINAW Division.
OwOSSo TIME CARD.
TRAINS SOUTH.

TRAINS SOUTH.
Chicago Express leavess:47 a. m, arrives In
Jackson IL :o5 "a. IN, Chicago :35 D. M
Evening Train leaves Owosso 1853. arrives IN
Jackson 1910 p. m, Chicago6:i0 a. M Through
Sleeper bay City to Chicago).
Owosso Accommodation leaves 400 d m ar,i,
ing in Jackson Gas
TRAINS NORTH.
Bay City and Macl1naw Express leaves q s,p
o. M, arrives ut Bay City II 20 n. m. arrives In
in Macldnaw 900 p. m.
Marquette Express leaves Owosso 7:o5 ID. M.
arrives at Bay City 9:i5 y. M. arrives in Macli
nav $50 q. m.
Owosso Accommodation leaves jackson ro.as.
arrives ut Owosso l2:i5 p. m.
Way Freight leaves 20 D. M ana arrives NJ
Saginaw 5:i5 u. m.
All Trains Daily except Sunday.
T.. V. SMITH, Agent, owosso.
o. W. RuGGLEs, G. y. IA, Chicago.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-06

Influenza neither improves the looks, tenn
per or articulation. But Old Saul's Catarrh
Cure does cure 1t so quickly as to surprise
one. Only 25 cents package, sold every
where.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-06
Program

Of the State Agricultural Institute and
the third annual Shiawassee County Farm
ers' Institute, to be held at the NJ. f.
Church, Byron. on Tuesday evening and
Wednesday, February 18th and 18th;
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-06
owosso Produce Market.

CORRECTED WEEKLY.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-06

tanned the diners with brief but forcible
grafton, and sat down amidst the loud ap-
plause of his auditors. Judge Armour
then got up and was in the midst of his
speech introducing ex-Secretary Bayard,
when some one cried: "Look at Secretary
Windomin
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-06
TRAINS NORTH

OWOSsO,
o. w. RuGGLEs, G. y. IA. Chicago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26
Wide Awake fof oesSbet

Has a pleasure in store for all young
lovers Of English literature in the form
Of . narrative by Miss G. Fl. Garland
called THE Maidens Of the Lakes"
Dorothy Wordsworth, Edith Southey,
and Sara C~oleridge), lovely girls to
whom Wordsworth addressed his poem.
THE Triad" with portraits of the three
girls. and other Illustrations "The
Trouble Grandpa Nature had with the
Horse" by t. j. Bates. bee Hunting"
by Rowland z. Robinson, and q -iJoint
Snake, by e. Olin; are three peculiarly
interesting National History articles
"a Night with Russian Wolves, "a blood
curdling true story By Lient-Col. Thorn
alike, 'Jessie's Chickens" a hotie-life
story by Hattie Tying Griswold. "Edith's
Guinea Pig" q travel story by Esther
George, and Bronson Company Limit
ed)," another home-life story by j. II.
Jameson, are very entertaining. A
Moqui folk-tale of THE Genesis of
Earth and Moon," a Morse folk tale of
'Why the Sea is Salt" the Margaret
Patty Letter." the Drawing of the
Child Figure" Miss Runners art-pa-
perl afe readable and instructive. Mar
earet sydney's Peppers Serial Is in
tenselJ interesting this month. Men
and Things Is full Of good original an
ecdotes, and there are many readable
poems and enjoyable pictures, puzzles
and the Children's Letter Box. 81. 40 a
year, 20 cents a number. d. Lothrop
Company, Boston.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26
ON THE BOOK SHELF.

THE king of Sweden has presented
the town of New Sweden, Nc, with a
fine library.
THE Bodleian library has now half a
million volumes and grows at the rate
of 100 a day.
THE public libraries of Europe al
together contain about 81, 900, 900 vol
umes; those of this country contain
about 3d. 600, 900.
THE Union Pacific road has collected
q library of cases of eiectment from
trains of passengers whose tickets
were in some way irregular.
In 351 towns and cities Of Massachu.
sets PAS now have free public libraries,
aud the state has lately provided aid for
103 small towns and villages which have
no libraries.
A TREMENDOUS plethora of novels is
reported in Paris. For example, -, 600
copies of the last production of a popu-
lar writer have been returned to the
publishers. 1t is said that another pub
Usher has 100000 volumes on hand,
which arc unsuitable.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26

and looked at me, and I saw no Indian
but a white man. He threw away his
head band and feathers: his blanket lay
upon the ground; a white man stood
before me.
Don't you know me now, Prue?"
he cried; and I lay in his arms.
It was Ralph-my Ralph, and I know
how the blessed spirits feel when they
meet their lost and loved in Heaven.
Oh. how could l live through such
sorrow to meet such joy! Has any
other ever been so comforted?
What a day that was! What joy all
seemed to feel. How good was God!
How I loved Him and all nv fellow
beings! l was gladder than the bride,
and young again, though the tale he
told of his captivity and his longing for
home made me weep. Yet he was with
me again.
Thank God we are together still,
though twenty years have flown; and
it is o the year of our Lord 1T92. In
those days when we have both passed
away from earth they will tell our story
in the town that has taken the place of
settlement; but l can never tell them
why the Indians spared Ralph's life
while the other prisoners were all
killed. or why they were always good
to him until the day of his escape, for
that he never knew himself.-Mary
Kyle Dallas, in y. Y. Ledger.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26
DOMESTIC DESPOTS.

DocToR-"There is one thing more.
Your wife must not speak a word to-
day. Tell her that" Patient Husband
-''W-would you mind telling her your
self?"-Dorfarbier.
BASEBALL FESD-"f heard you had
q match with your wife last night,
Batsby. What's the scorer" Batsby
tmournfuily)-''She shut me OUT
baltimore American.
Mr.. BREEZY-''Just on your account,
madam. I've been hiding my light un-
der a bushel for years." Mrs. Breezy
80, dear. E~xtravagant as ever! Why
didn't you buy a pint cup2"-N. Y. Her.
aid.
"You'LL drive me into the grave with
four demands for money" said old
Sleek. "Then you'll have to give me
one hundred and fifty dollars more.'
said. Mrs. Sleek, because mourning
goods r very expensive"
REMINDED Of His Nuptial Vow.-The
Wife three a. m.)-"When you married
me, did you lot promise to love, cher
ish and protect me?" The Husband
(sleepily)-"Yes." The Wife-"Well,
then, get tip, light the gas and kill that
mosuuito."-N. Y. Sun,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26
iMPERsoNaiiTiEs,

III
AsIA,R collector in Boston has q col
lection of IL, 545 stamps-
A HIGHLAND MO- girl has hiccouahed
fourteen hours q day for nearly a
month.
A CLERsYMAN in New South Wales
complains that out of III marriages
which be has celebrated within the last
Fear, 81 called him out Of bed between
II at night and 8 in the morning.
A FRENCH mechanic committed sui
eide because he had lost the power to
drink. lie left d letter saying: "Ond
srnall glass of liquor makes ME III now:
As 1 cannot live without drinking, I am
killing myself" p
THE pastor of the Methodist church
In Moravia, Kan, must be an original
sort of person He breaches the SER
mon and then makes the congregation
engage in the exhilarating pastime of
guessing at the text
A FARMER of Norwich, Kan, was
robbed Of his entire wheat crop one
hight after it had been cut and stacked.
The thief had It thrashed at night and
sold the grain for one Thousand dollars;
with which he decamped. The farmers
house is a long distance from his farm
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26
GUARDING AGAINST LIGHTNING.
shut Up the House and Avoid n DRAFT
and You Are Comparatively Safe.

| shut Up the House and Avoid n Draft
and You Are Comparatively Safe.
With all the innumerable stories OF
what are called "streaks of lightning"
that destructive agent is always
scrupulously obedient to the laws Of
attraction; and what we thoughtlessly
call freaks" are simply the peculiar
variations of the attractions which
conduct the electrical discharge. Light
| ming will always follow the best con-
ductor that furnishes the highest
measure of attraction. That would
usually be a lightning rod, if it is
properly attached to a building. In
the absence of such a protection an
electric discharge may follow a Chin
ney, but it is much more likely TO
enter a window or a door through
which a current of damp air is passing.
Indeed. it is seldom that lightning
enters a house at all when it is thor.
oughly closed up, but a damp current
of air is one of the best conductors that
an ordinary house offers to electricity.
Almost invariably, when death is
caused by a lightning stroke in a
building, it is stated that the lightning
entered by an open door or an open
window, and if all persons would cx-
ercise the simple ~precaution of
promptly closing every door and win
dow whenever a thunderstorm is ap-
preaching there would be little peril
to life in our houses. In nine eases
out of ten when a thoroughly-closed
lo- - etr,,lr h- 1iDhtninn thara &c
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26

A .ooman rho can see.
She's the woman who gets well.
It's the woman who scon,t see and
won't believe who has to suffer.
: And it's needless. There's q
medicine legitimate medicine
that's made to stop. wopan's suf-
feriug and cure Homan,s. ailments.
Its DR., Pierce's Fayorite Prescrip-
ton. It's purely vegetable and
perfectly harmless7asz powerful
general, as well IS uterine, tonic
and nervine, impsrting vigor and
strength 10 the whole system. Fol-
periodical pains, weak back, bearing
down sensations, nervous prostra-
ton, and all "femafe complaints"
it's a positive REMEDY. Il improves
digestion, enriches the blood, dispels
aches and. pains melancholy and.
nervousness, brings refreshing sleep,
and restores health and strength.
No other medicine for women is
guaranteed, as this is. If it fails to
give satisfaction, in any case, the
money paid for it is refunded You
pay only for the good you get. On
these terms it's-the cheapest.
But more than that, it's the best.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26
BY THE FIGURE FIENn

THERE are said to be 90, 900 differen,
kinds of postage stamps in the world.
THE total number of immigrants
landed in the United States during 1890
was A., 500.
The absolute wealth Of tn. United
States according to the last census is
SCI, 61o,0 900, 900.
ACCORDING to Jewish estimates the
number of Jews in this city is now be-
tween so. 900 and 100. 000.-N. Y. Sun.
ABOUT $500 species of wild bees are
known. and of wasps 1,loO, of which
40 and 10 respectively live in Britain.
IL the 5000, 900 letters that reached
the dead letter office last year there
was money amounting to s2s,s42 and
checks and notes of the value of ST.
471.S1I.
The public debt of New York city is,
in round numbers. 800, 900, 900. The
public debt of Philadelphia is $50, OOo,-
900. The public debt of Chicago IS sls.-
IS, 400.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26
BETTER THAN TAGS.
A System OF Ear-Msrking That Has Given
General Satisfaction.

A System OF Ear-Marking That Has Given
General satisfaction.
A system of ear-marking which is
much better than tags consists essen
TALLY of tattooing a number inside the
ear by means of an instrument pro-
vided for the purpose.
This would be effective in the care of
sheep. but not so good for cattle. The
implement, however, is expensive, and
the application some trouble. A con-
siderable number of red poll"d cattle
breeders in England and this country
are using asystem, equally effective for
sheep, which it seems to me is simpler,
and for cattle, at least, much better.
1t consists merely of a system of
notches in the ear by which you can
make any number you like from one
up into the thousands. Any punch will
nswer that makes a notch or hole
large enough to see or feel distinctly.
It may be round, square or triangular.
but the punch cutting a round hole is
much the cheapest The punch used
for putting in tags the pur-
pose.
] do not know who is the author of
The system, but | presume there is no
patent on it. Assuming the animal to
be looking toward you the notches with
their values are as follows:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26

put on over the crimp in the wire. and
the stay of No. $ or Q wire thrust
down through. The washer is then
fiattened. and the wires are securely
locked together as in Fig .. 1t is
claimed that the crimps in the wire
provide against expansion and contrac-
ton by heat and cold. which | think is
true, though believe that eve this
fence would be better for a ratchet
or similar device, to keep it always
taut.
As to the expense: | buy my wire in
800 pound lots. delivered. for 5 cents
per pound pound best galvanized
reaches nearly 20 feet; 5 wires at :
cents per rod. - cents: 4 stays at 81
cents per pound, I cents: 81 washers at
S cents per pound, G cents: 4 staples. l
cent: total. ID cents. I put posts 20 feet
apart. / find this fence a good pig
fence. A man and boy can build about
p to 40 rods per day, putting stays 3
feet apart. | have used barbed wire
for top strand in some instances. 1t
requires a spccia! tool TO build this
fence, the ''crimper." which costs 81
J. +. Wing, in Country Gentleman
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26

ward I mean so that when the wires
strain the post they will pull II against
the ground sill. i in cut is a fiat stone
or plank i or 4 inches thick. The brace
D-should be 8 feet lung-rests on this,
and is not necessarily fast to it. At C
put four or five strands of large. strong
wire around base of post and end of
brace; cross them in center and twist
them until quite tight. II is well TO set
from fence. The brace d. remember,
must not he butted up against anything
solid-it Is free to slide-except as re-
strained by the wires ut {. This wiring
ut c must be strong and thorough. The
pull of the fence wires is transferred
through the brace u Tn the bottom of
the post through the strands c. ] am
moi competent to calculate the strain
on the wires at G, but I judge it to be
over 30 per cent. of the total strain ex-
erted by the main fence wires. How
ever, wire is cheap, and a number of
strands can be put around and twisted
up in a very few minutes.
II Nouh Pcnt HAS Dteh iedhtu pdch d
little when the bracing was done. the
pull of the fence will bring it straight.
and no power applied in a forward di-
rection a uproot it unless something
breaks. ] use a 5N5 brace for my s.
wire fence, made of No. s or Q wire,
so that it will not bend. This post will
not pull up, or give in the ground. wen
if the hole is not filled with earth after
it is set, providing it Is a solid stick and
will not bend or break.
have built the perfect wire fence"
1t does very WELLS as near perfection
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26

Syrup"

We have selected two OF
Group. three lines from letters
freshly received from pa
rents who have given German Syrup
to their children in the emergencies
of Group. You will credit these,
because they come from good, sub
stantial people, happy in finding
what so many families lack-a med
icine containing no evil drug, which
mother can administer with con-
fdence to the little ones in their
most critical hours, safe and sure
that it will carry them through.
Ed. L. WILLIS, of Mrs. JAS. w. KIRK,
Alma, Neb. I give it Daughters College,
to my children when Harrodsburg, Ky. /
troubled with Group nave depended upon
and never saw any it in attacks of Group
preparation act like with my little daugh-
it. 1t is simply mi ter, and find it an in
raculous. valuable remedy.
Fully one-half of our customers
are mothers who use Boschee's Ger
man Syrup among their children.
A medicine to be successful with the
little folks must be a treatment for
the sudden and terrible foes of child
hood, whooping cough, Group, diph-
liberia and the dangerous inf1amma-
tons of delicate threats and lungs. o
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26

Ralph XIII me, also. ii yoa like. b1i
do not talk TO ME-. I. losthe you ALL"
But The Indian did not move. -
Indians do not always kill prison.
ers," he said. 81 knew a white man
once who was spared and lived with
them for years. His pame was like
your husband's-Ralpi. Oh, yes; they
do not always Kill"
I was trembling row fforH head I'd
heot.
Ralph" I cried. ''Teil me Mhcre
he is. Tell me where tod saw him!
Speak! Speak, Savage; Have mercy for
erse! Is it he? I will go to him if it Il
through fire. Tell mer'
He shrugged his shoulders
"You would not know Kim If yousaw
him." he answered.
''itss hs Sd altered? Have they dis
figured him? All, but I should know
him and love him still" / cried.
mo. You might meet him and never
guess that you saw your husband" he
answered, and turned away.
A little spring was close at hand, he
bent owe il. l sat down upon the
grass. I could no longer stand ives
ne drinking9 No; he was washing his
face, and suddenly he wheeled about
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26
WAS A GOOD INDIAN.
A Denver Resident Tells How q Res
Mans Gratitude Made Him Rich.

a ACh" AsCe
Mans Gratitude Made Him Rich.
n. T. Walters, of Denver, is a silver
made millionaire who ten years ago
was a dry-goods clerk in the city of
New York and not worth a dollar. He
takes great pleasure in telling how
he got his start. His story is one of In
dian Notwithstanding accounted
exceeding are.
when l decided 10 go west in search
of my fortune in 1880. he said:
81 struck out for Carson, New.
From that point / started on a pros
pecting tour. I had been out about
three days when I came upon a solitary
Indian. He was going in the same di-
rection that ! was and he consented to
act as my guide.
"One night I was suddenly awakened
by the Indian. He was greatly alarmed,
saying a rattlesnake had bitten him
and he wanted some whisky. j had no
whisky and the poor fellow was scared
half to death The snake had bitten
him on the shoulder. He could not
reach the wound to draw out the poi
son and he was afraid to ask me to do
it. l took hold of the mans arm, how
ever, sucked out the poison and put a
chew of tobacco on the wound. Next
morning the Indian was all right
Much has been said about the un.
grateful Indian, but I never saw such
gratitude. He wept and danced for
Joy. Then he told me where there was
a rich gold-bearing vein. He took me
to the place and between us we took
out one hundred thousand dollars
worth of the metal and then sold the
mine for sixty thousand dollars That
gave me the means to invest in silver
mines all Of which turned ont profit
ably. have had a phenomenal run of
luck and l lay it all at the Indians
door:"-Chicago Nswa
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26

had had from wicked pale faces; anG
once revenge fills the heart of a savage
1t goes with him to his grave. Yes, il
goes down to his children. and rankles
in the heart of his great-grandchildren.
There is no forgiveness in a heather
soul.
But Hope Settlement had been spared
so far. We had been very quiet and
harmless, it is true. but that was no
reason. We were out of the way of the
worst tribes, and not in plain sight OF
the paths they mostly took: and we
were not in terror, only prudent in
keeping ourselves ready for defense;
and once home the guns were all
stacked outside the door and we had
our feast Simple enough, but we were
healthy and happy and not used TO
great dainties They drank my health
in cider, and they wished me all the
happiness the world could give and
Heaven after it; and then the dance
began.
We had a contra-dauce. and lied IL
with Ralph. ! stood there smiling.
joyous, f.ll Of hope, without . fear IN
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26

Hollister and land they had dressed
me in my wedding dress, and babe Inc
look at myself and sec how pretty
was Well-but that is not for me tC
say. Only I did not feel as if ! knew
myself standing there all white. with a
veil on ny head and white roses in my
hand. We couldn't get orangc-blos.
SONS, and we were all glad, ! think. !
know ] vas as happy rs the angels are
in Heaven.
You should have seen the picture
from our door. One side the green
woods. the other the green prairie
like q sea it looked with the wind
swearing its long grass gently up and
down, as waves rise and fall, and just
eighty little houses and then barns
gathered together and the stone church
on the Hill and the schOolhouse below
il. II was Gale Hope Settlement, and
it was prosperous and others were
coming out to u shortly, and in so
small a place we were all
friends, and everyone was hidden
to the wedding, and everyone
came. We walked II the church. and
I walked beside Ralph, and the rest
came after, arm in arm, with many a
joke and many a laugh. The minister
and his wife and five little girls in
white muslin gowns were already at
the church. So was the old man who
kept it tidy, and a wagon full Of men.
passing by us TO clear a place farther
on, had stopped TO see the wedding.
Before we went in my father invited
them all to come Y and share the
supper and the dance, and they thanked
him kindly and said they would if their
rough dress might be excused, for they
had no holiday clothes with them: and
SO we went into the church; and then
all were silent and ~reverential, and we
two stood before our good Parson "
Ter and promised to cleave unto one an
other, in good report or evil report, in
sickness or in health, until death did
us part; and the pastor kissed me upon
my forehead, and my parents took me
in their arms, and all the folks came
about to greet me as a wife, and ! was
no longer Prudence Lee but Prudence
Hollister; and away again along the
footpath that cut a brown way through
the green grass from the church to the
settlement, every woman with her
gown over her arm, every man with his
gun over his shoulder.
No, I make no mistake. In 1712 men
always took their guns to church with
them on Sundays, and at any tina
when there was a meeting there or a
wedding; for, look you, there was
never any telling when the redskins
would be upon a place.
They were always ready to kill and to
make prisoners. They revenged on
those who would gladly have been at
peace with all the cruel treatment they
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26

1t will be seen that with a few
notches you can indicate any number,
which can be read by a blind man, AN
not well be removed without defacing
the a and cannot loose. Suppose You
wish to indicate the number fourteen.
Ten, three and make it Six hum
dred and sixty-three would be indi-
Gated by 500; 100. 60 and 8, or 400. 200,
60 and 5. and so on. The notches
always figure up. by addition of their
values, a definite NUMBER. McLain
Smith, In Breeders Gazette.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-26
rHE,fARMfNG WORLD
a. SMOOTH, WIRE N
Experiences That May Prove q value q
Iufereat tn MANI.

|
Experiences That Asy Prove u vsias aat
Interest to Many.
Perhaps some experiences OF mine
with wire fence may be suggestive and
Useful. I BEGIN bafldins wire fence a
year ago, so the first 1 built has shown
me THE effect Of. the Winters Gold on it.
To make a good smooth-wire fence It Is
first needful that the end post be well
set and braecd | have tiled various
forms Of end braces and have hit on
one that l believe for cheapness and
effectiveness cannot be equaled by any
patent continuance.
Let the post be of good size. 5x5 or
6x6. II should be : feet long. Frame
or spike across the bottom end a 3x6
piece 3feet long. Dig the trench for this
across the plane of the fence and ) feet
deep. Set post in with c~ross-piece for