davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-08
GENTS FURNISHING Department.

go Dozen Seamless Hose at and Drawers at 23c EACH
lie palr, worth Soc. so Dozen Lamdered and
so Dozen Shirts and Drawers
at 25c each. White Shirts 4Sc each worth 75c
40 Dozen Balbrggan Shirts so Dozen Unaundered and
md Boys Hats at Low Prices.
ne of Mems Clothing the largest line of Youths othil
Children's Clothing and the largest line of Gents
OVER Prices than any other store OF the East.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-11

lan.i?s And the chorus comes in, ''Christ
rbe shadow Of rock in weary land
They sing a star song, saying, ''Who
Is he that guided us through the thick
niqbt. and when all other lights went
out arose in the sky the morning star,
mourning light on the souls darkness"
And the chorus will come in9 "Chrlst,
the morning star. shining on the souls
darkness They will sing flower song,
saving, esWho is he that frightened all
our way, and breatl cd sweetness upon
our soul. and bloomed through frost and
tempest?" And the chorus will come IN,
sChrist. the lily of the valley, blooming
through frost and tempest" They sing
a water song, saying, .''Who is he that
cleaned to us from the frownlng crag,
and lightened the darkest ravlne OF
trouble, and brought cooling to the
temples and refreshment to the lip, and
was a fountain in the midst OF the Will
derness?" and then the chorus will come
in. ssChrist, the fountain in the midst OF
the Wilderness"
Nv friends, will you join that anthem!
| Shall we make rehearsal this morning!
If we cannot sing that song on earth
we will not be able to sing it in heaven.
| Can it be that our good friends IN that
land will walk all through that great
throng of which I speak looking for us
and not finding US. viii they come
down to the gate and ask if we have
passed through, and not find us reported
as having come? VIII they look through
the folios Of eternal light and find our
names unrecorded? Is all this repre-
sentation Of a land we shall never see,
Of q song we shall never sing?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-11
What "a Tarpon Can Do.

AS the steamtug Mollie Mohr was
coming up the river from the jetties she
ran through school Of tarpon about
half mile below the city. Three of
these huge fish leaped clear across the
tugs forward deck, one of them mar
rowly missing Tom Ross head; the sec
ond struck the cabin. near where Cap
tain Marshall and fireman were stand
ing, and made dent as large as a mans
fist in the hard wood. The third struck
and bent an iron drift bolt half an inch
in diameter, and glancing off hit Will
liam Schunfield between the shoulders,
knocking him senseless; III fact, it was
thought for a time he had been killed,
and it will be some time before he will
be able to resume work. Captain Mar
shall says the river for considerable
distance was alive with these silver
kings, leaping around as If all the tar
pom family had concluded to celebrate
nineteen feet of water on the Brazo:
bar-Rouston Post
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-11
Antidote for 1rercuria1 Poisoning.

EMPLOYEES in certain departments OF
incandescent lamp factories, and III
other industries in which mercury is ex-
tensively employed, will rejoice in the
discovery of an effective antldote for
mercury poisoning. Mercury and It's
compounds are universally known to
have a most injurious influence on the
human system, and the shake, the short
ness Of breath, the sickening pallor, the
Iistlessness and semistupefaction OF
operators who are daily subjected to its
fumes are sadly familiar to those con-
nected with the pumprooms OF lamp
factories. Much has been done to I'M
prove the health of the workmen by
means of ventilation and improved ma
chinery and pumps, but still the evil
exists to a serious extent. Slight cases
are usually and quickly cured by change
of air or of work, but if not taken IN
time the trouble may end fatally. 1t IS
not always, however, that workman
can afford to take change of air or turn
his hand to a new employment, and here
the new remedy comes IN.
Some four years ago one OF the part
ners in a large Partisan incandescent
lamp manufacturing firm became SAIL
waited while experimenting with mer-
curry pumps, and he cured himself com
pletely by means of small doses of iodide
of potassium dissolved in milk. He next
administered similar doses to some
workmen in his lamp factory, who were
suffering from mercury poisoning, and
they quickly and completely recovered.
In his present factory, into which he
moved year ago, there has not been a
single case OF salvation, and this ex-
emption is attributed to the fact that
doses of the iodide have been continu-
ously administered to the workmen.
Men from other factories have been
taken on who on entering exhibited the
characteristic signs of mercury poison
ing, and who recovered forthwith. The
daily dose supplied by the firm to each
man is .25 gram of the crystallized
salt dissolved in about 400 cubic cen
timeters of milk.-St. Louis Globe
| Democrat.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-11
Books in Raised Type for the Blind

Last year alone the British and For
eign Blind association embossed $500
books in English, French, German,
Latin, Greek and other languages for
the use of blind readers. About $50
seeing volunteers are, we are informed,
engaged in writing out the first copies OF
books in Braille for this association, and
seventy paid blind writer's are employed
in making copies. Besides these, the as
ISOLATION continues to publish its two
magazines for the blind, Progress, start
ed by the late DR.. t. r. Arnitage In
1881, and Play time, a magazine IN I'M
contracted Braille for children, which
made it's first appearance last summer.
London News.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-11
The Fiereo Tortoise Skeil.

Sometimes the flesh of the tortoise
shell turtle is eaten, but it is not good
for much. There are two species-the
tortoise shell" and the "hawksblll'-
with not much difference between them.
Although their diet is vegetable one,
they are much more fierce than the car
nivorous loggerhead. They bite very
severely, and those who catch them
sometimes receive very painful wounds.
Interview in Washington Star.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-11
Cheao Enough, Certainly.

Il felt so cheap during the ceremony,
confessed the bride to her dearest trlend.
.sWhy, my dear?'
Because pa gave me away '-Detrol6
Free Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-11
THE HEAVENLY HOST.
DIR. TALMAGE breaches IN LONDON
ON THE ARMY OF THE REDEEMED.

He Cannot Agree with DIR. Dick That
Men VIII Study Mathematics i'm Heaven.
He Looks Forward to Il II caven of Light
and Music. joy and Rest.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-23
HOW TO BREAK A BRONCHO.
Tied to the Tail of Tame Animal, Usu-
ally After Much Difficulty.

The process of "breaking" a wild
broncho may be divided into three
parts: l. Throwing. 2. Haltering.
s. failing.
Throwing-A man, quick of eye and
steady of nerve, enters the corral.
Swing a rope rapidly in front of the
particular broncho wanted; this horse
is kept in the corral and the rest per-
mitted to filter out through the gate.
Then, deity, stout moose is whirlec
over the broncho's head and three or
four men lay hold of the rope After
many futile attempts the rope is finally
entangled in the broncho's feet and
the animal thrown to the ground.
Haltering -Quick as flash one of
the man throws himself upon the bron-
cho's head with one knee firmly on the
head. Then with dexterous hands the
horses feet are tied together just be-
low the fetlock. The animal is now
perfectly helpless and further proceed
ings are undertaken at the leisure of
the operators. A rope is passed around
the animals neck just behind the ears,
then brought down and twisted, with
half hitch, about the nose. There
are many knots and secret devices
used by various ranchers in haltering
broncho, each man thinking his own
espe cial method the best.
Tailing-Wh the broncho is vet
helpless, with all four feet bound, an
other broncho. already broken and
used to such work, is led to the spot
and the wild broncho is tailed" to the
tame one; that is, the halter of the
former is firmly secured to the tail of
the latter. This done, the wild broncho
is released and the two horses, thus
strangely fastened together, are turned
out to go where they will. OF course
there is backing, and jumping, and
pulling, and all sorts of unpleasant
things for the tame animal, but in two
or three days the broncho is usually
broken so that he will lead.
The broncho's further education is
undertaken by daring rider armed
with an immense Mexican saddle and
horsehair bride with wicked bit.
But, after all is done and the broncho
is broken to the saddle, the Detroit
Free Press says, you never can trust
him. He is like an Indian and you
may expect treachery at any moment.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-23
1T IS NOT A WARNING OF DEATH.
Scientific Explanation of the Ticking Of
the death Watch"

There is a more or less clearly de-
fined thread of superstition running
through the minds of most people, and
not few who have at various times
been involuntary listeners to the sound
of unfamiliar tickings, especially dur
ing the hours of darkness, have been
unable to prevent their imagination
leading them back to the stories told
them in childhood of the dreaded omen
of the tick of the death watch, which
precesies death in the family.
1t is now we'll known that the ticking
is produced by an insect and Paris
ian chemist has not only taken the
trouble to investigate the subject thor
oughly, but has sent to Paris paper
two insects actually caught in the act
of producing the sounds alluded to.
They were on the same sheet of pack
ing paper (strong tarred paper), but
on the opposite sides and at distance
of about four inches apart. One struck
forcibly with its head at the rate of six
blows per second, and the insect on
the lower side answered as soon as the
other had finished.
The insect is tiny beetle. barely a
VI OH lhSh loh IL 10 SCuCl-
ally during the night that it produces
the ticking sounds, and in order to do
so draws in the antenne and inter-
mediate legs, and, resting principally
upon the median legs, strikes its head
against its support by sort of rocking
motion. 1t is through this noise that
the male calls the female. The larva
of the insect lives in woodwork Crane
work, old furniture, etc., which it
gnaws in the interior without anything
ontside betraying its presence. A few
weeks after it has been transformed to
the chrysalis state the perfect insect
comes forth, and makes its exit from
the wood by boring a perfectly cylin-
drical hole in it, which thereafter
shows that the wood has been at
tackled, and it is often mutilated to
such a degree that it is virtually de-
stroyed.
A smaller species of the same genus
works equal havoc, not only with
wood, but books, herbaria, natural his
tory collections, cork, dry bread, etc.
The death-watch beetle has the invari-
able habit of feigning death when
seized or disturbed The stimulation
is SO persistent that when immersed in
water, or even in alcohol, the insect
remains perfectly immovable, and will
allow itself to be buried alive rather
than betrav itself
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-23
Ingenious Method of Rope Climbing

A valuable practical device is that
which has lately been brought to notice
by a French inventor, designed to
facilitate rope elm bling. while at the
same time permitting the climber to
have free use of his hand The appa-
ratus consists of two hoard Joined by
hinge, with a hole passing through
both the hinge and the boards, and
the extremities of the later provided
with straps, which can be fastened to
the feet of the man using the appa-
ratus. The method of clint ing in
volved in this arrangement is simple.
When the feet attached to the boards
are lifted the rope is free, but the
moment the feet are pressed down on
the boards the rope is firmly gripped.
1t is only necessary, therefore, to lift
the body by both hands as far as posi-
BILE, and it can then be held by the
hinged clamps until another lift is
made. BY the use of belt to hold
the body close to the rope the hands
may be left free. The devise, which
is claimed tie fulfill its purpose adj
mirably. is designed especially for the
use OF iirem.rl and painters, also to
serve rs II fire escape. -NeW York Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-23
COURTESY IN THE STREET.
1t Isn't as Common as 1t Should Be, by
Any Means.

Some months ago Oscar Fay Adams
brought down on his devoted head the
vials of female wrath by a magazine
article which he wrote entitled The
Mannerless Sex," meaning thereby
womankind; and the shameless wretch
not only did not repent of his offense
in sackcloth and ashes, but actually
wrote other essays on the same gem
eral topic and finally published them
in book form.
But with all his criticisms on the
lack of good manners in wonderland
some of them were very trenchant-
he did not exhaust the subject. He
did not. for instance, lay stress enough
on the lack of courtesy on the public
highways for which many men and
most women are culpable, and for
which there is no shadow of excuse.
However chivalric one may be or de-
voted to that sex which, with delicate
irony, is sometimes alluded to as the
weaker, it can not be denied that
women are the chief offenders in this
respect, or that they tread the streets
as though they had been constructed
for their special use and pleasure, and
as though the rest of mankind were al
lowed to use them only on their suf-
ferance.
A stroll along any of the promenade
streets of this or any city, says the San
Francisco Chronicle, will convince the
most credulous of the literal truth of
these assertions. Take three women
or girls walking down Market street
on Saturday afternoon, side by side,
and see how much courtesy they dis
play, or how much consideration for
the rights of their fellow pedestrians.
Down they come like three ships-of-
the-line under full sail, with banners
waving and streamers and pennons
flying, and woe to any hapless small
craft which comes athwart their hawse.
One crash, and then total wreck, and
silence, save the muttered abjurga-
tons of the unhappy wretch who vent
ured to oppose himself to the onward
sweep of those stately clippers under
full sail.
But it is on the street crossings, espe-
cially if it be muddy under foot, that
lovely woman particularly distin-
cuisines herself. She, that is, gener-
ally, two of her, starts across with SUBJ
lime Indifference as to whether she or
they have the right of way or not, and
if there be a man luckless enough to
be headed in the opposite direction he
has no option. He must get off into
the mud with as much grace and
aplomb as possible, and if he play any
role in the drama it must be strictly
thinking part.
1t is not right that ladies should be
discourteous anywhere or under any
circumstances. Itdetracts very much
from the charm of womanhood and
tends to put them on lower plane
than the one which belongs to them
by right divine. We freely acquit
them of intentional discourtesy, but
women should bear in mind that
thoughtlessness may be crime, and
that lack of breeding is evinced more
clearly by disregard for the rights of
others than by conduct which would
seem to merit more severe condemna-
ton Ladies will not be discourteous
on the public thoroughfares, and women
should not be permitted to be.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-23

contain her picture. She is now dressed
In European attire and presents very
different appearance from the little girl
who two years ago had her photograph
taken In the depths of Africa in her ma
tive costume. Her picture taken in
Africa and the picture taken in Paris
are both reproduced here, and they are
convincing proof that Sanabu has
grown in knowledge of the world with
in the two years. For little African
maiden she has undoubtedly seen q
surprising number of new things.
Sanabu is to spend some time in Paris
at school before she returns to her
home. The great varieties of sights
she has seen in the gay city has not
wRned her from her attachment to
her native land. She says she wishes
tc remain in France little longer, and
then go home to her parents. What a
wonderful story she will have to tell of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-23
Youth and Doubt.

When Youth went forth upon his pilgrimage,
A figure followed clad in sober gray;
Youth thought his sad companion was sage,
And listened to his counsels by the way.
Youth sought True ldeal-he did not know.
That Doubt was with him In this strange dis
guise-
Youth was delighted with the worlds bright
show;
His comrade saw all things with other eyes.
In woodland shrines. far FRI m the city's din,
Youth entered oft, hoping the true was
near;
But with him Doubt likewise would enter in,
And whisper words of trouble in his ear
As side by side they Travelled on one day,
A mighty temple by the road was met;
The stones reflected each the suns bright ray,
The sky seemed resting on the mnaret.
Doubt turned away; the Youth passed through
the gate;
He read in golden letters Ger the door,
"Who enters Is at peace with Love and Fate;
who enters here will leave these gates no
more"
Youth UNDERSTOOD and then he looked around;
His comrade came not near the perfect spot,
The Trne Ideal OF Youth at last was found,
And where Perfection was, Doubt entered
not.
-Flavel Scott Mines in Harper's Weekly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-23

the journey she was very useful as an
interpreter. For hundreds of miles
up the Benue she travelled, until the
party reached Yola, where they re-
manned for some time. At last NIXON
began his march south, through I'M
known lands.
On only few occasions was Sanabu's
gayety clouded. After the party had
reached the Congo Portuguese asked
NIXON how much he had paid for the
little girl Being the daughter of an
important chief, Sanabu regards her.
self as princess, and she was so in
dignant at the thought of having been
taken for slave that she burst into a
flood of angry tears. Nixon told the
Portuguese that the French did not buy
slaves, but that the little girl was the
daughter of big chief who had con-
sented to let her travel with the expedi-
ton to see the world
When Sanabu arrived in Paris moth
ing seemed to surprise her so much as
the height of the buildings. She had
with her photograph of the lowly
reed hat which was her fathers home.
The great buildings, four or six stories
high, seemed to her to be the most
wonderful thing in the world. She
already talks French with fluency, and
every one who sees the little girl makes
much of her. The newspapers have
printed stories of her home and of the
romantic journey she achieved with the
explorer, and all the illustrated papers
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-23
They Live in Boats.

A Memphis writer introduces to the
public strange population who are
counted as residents Of that city, al
though most of them were born on the
Mississippi or one of the streams empt-
ing into it, and have never lived on
dry land These people occupy float
ing settlement of house boats. The
boats are sometimes named, and many
of them are neatly painted and show
signs of comfortable furnishings, judg-
ing from lace curtains to be seen at
the windows and pictures to be seen
hanging on the walls of the interior.
The colony is made up of representa-
tives from twenty odd States drained
by the Mississippi and its tributaries.
Moored side by side $50 boats were
counted by the writer, who learned
that some of the families began their
navigation of the river as far north as
Montana. 1t is not a fixed population,
for, although most of the boats have
been anchored at Memphis long time,
the absence of one of the families is
noted now and then, and the inquirer
is told that the head of the house has
changed his habitat to New Orleans or
some other river city.
The house-boat owner, of course,
pays no rent. To escape it he took to
the water. His food consist chiefly of
fish, at catching which he is an adept.
He knows better than any body where
to find the cat, the buffalo, the perch
and innumerable other fish. Drift
wood serves him for fuel, and clothes,
tobacco, spirits and a few necessaries
are secured by an occasional days
labor as 'longshoreman, roustabout
or farm hand.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-23
MlZOns LITTLE BLACK GIRL.
She shares All His Journeys in Africa
and He Takes Her to Paris.

Lieut. Nixon returned to Paris the
other day after nearly two years
wanderings up the Benue River and
then south through Adamawa and on to
the tributaries of the Congo where no
white man had preceded him. He took
home with him little l4-year-old black
girl who is now the lion of the day in
Paris. This little girl. whose name is
Sanabu, is the daughter of the chief of
Igbobe, whose large village. containing
Is, 900 people, is in the region of the
lower Niger. When Nixon first saw
the child she was at the village of
Assaba, sixty miles from her native
place. Her father had heard that a
white man was coming from ASA ba to
his own town. and he sent messenger
in haste to ask if the white man would
be so kind as to bring with him his lit
tie daughter Nixon cheerfully com
piled with the request, and soon he was
en- route with the child in his caravan.
Her brightness and thirst for informa-
ton surprised him. He found that she
was acquainted with number of the
dialects of the country. In fact, she
seemed to have a decided gift for
languages. She could speak some
English. and in little while picked
up enough French to be able to talk
very well with Lieut.. Nixon. He found
she had great desire to see the world
and it occurred to him that he could
make her very useful as an interpreter
Before they reached her fathers town
he had decided that if the chiefs con-
sent could be obtained Sanabu should
accompany him throughout his jour
ney.
Sanabu was very anxious to remain
with the white mans expedition. She
said she wanted to see all of Africa
she could. and when she reached home
she added her solicitations to those of
Nixon. The chief and the little girls
mother heard of the unique proposal
without disapproval, and SO it was
decided that Sanabu should become a
member of the expedition as an inter-
prefer.
NIXON says that Sanabu throughout
the journty was the life of the party
She was very active and happy. No
member of the party could, so quickly
as she, learn enough of the new
languages they met to make them
selves easily understood. Throughout
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-23

her travels when she returns! And 1t
is very probable that Sanabu may &C
compiish useful work in acquainting
her people with facts about the new
civilization she has met. and stimulat-
ing their desire for better things than
those they are accustomed to in state
of semi-sayapery
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-23
Peace and Happiness.

slow do You get along with your
new hired girl?
40, sp.el lilly"
"Wha. is your secret of manage
ment?"
90, it is nothing very ;vonderful.
She lets me do as ike and let her do
as she likes. and there is consequently,
the utmos' pace and harmony between
US. IN. \. ir.sn
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-23
Longevity in Norway.

The average length of life is greater
in Norway than in any other country
on the globe. This is attributed to the
fact that the temperature is cool and
uniform throughout the wear.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-23

Influenza or cold in the head is quickly
cured by using r. Halls Pulmonary Bal
sam. Price so Cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-26
DIVIDENDS.

TITO THE DEPosITOBs OF TIE FARAERs
ALFXARDRIA, VA.
a final DIVIDEND OF SIXTEEN PER CENT.
has been declared and will be payable on sad af-
tor MONDAY, April 25,h. 1892 as the o&co Of
the undersigned, No. 2i2 King street, AiexaRdria,
Va. Dividends will only bs paid upon the pre-.
santation of deposit books
sp16 lot LEONARD MARBURY, Receiver.