davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
TAE VETERANS.
The Boys in Glue Occupy tho National
Capital, which Is Turned over to Them

The Boys IN Glue Occupy tho National
Capital, which Is Turned Over TO Them
In All Its GLORY.
WASHINGTON, Sept. lo-The boys in
blue took full possession Of the national
capital Sunday and the regular inhab-
itants took back scat.
A blue sacls coat, with two rows of
brass buttons and soft hat, orna-
mented with gilt cord and @. A. r.
badge, is the prevailing style in fall
fashions in tho city. Many of the
mavn hundreds OF members of the
Grand Army who have already ar
rived are further cmbellished with
ladies' Many OF the wives and daugh-
ters OF the soldiers, and possibly some
of their sisters and their cousins
and their nunts, have taken advan-
tage of the transportation rates to
see the most beautiful city in the world.
Tho blare of the brass bands, the shrill
notes OF tho fife, tho tap of the drum
and the inspiring calls of the bugle are
common sounds
Grand Army Place, as the famous old
"White lot" is hereafter TO be known
officially, is, of course, the great object
of interest. Nothing more beautiful
and picturesque can be imagined than
the appearance it presents to-day, with
it's hundreds of tents, It's myriads of
flags and banners, and, anchored in
such surroundings, the long, black
man-of-war Kearsarge, with tapering
masts, furled sails and grinning can
non.
rr1,n ;e - f1,n faef
objects of attraction to the veterans.
She is now practically completed, and
will be put in commission Monday,
fully officered and manned. When Mai.
w. II. Michael proposed his plan no one
supposed that he contemplated building
an exact model of the old Kearsarge,
but he has accomplished what he set out
to do, and the query is, how did he do
it? Maj Michael has friend in Sem
ator Manderson, who knew what that
gentleman had accomplished in the
same line in his own state.
The monument lot is south of the
White lot, and separated from it by u
roadway. Here are the barracks
series of long, wide and low temporary
buildings covering an acre or two of
ground. The sides are of canvass and
the roofs of boards. These barracks
are free quarters, and intend to accom-.
modate more than 10000 men. The
hunks are in three tiers Each one is
about two feet wide and six and hall
feet long. A piece of strong muslin or
canvass is nailed to each side of the
bunk frame work, and is raised at one
end in lieu of a pillow. This is the
veterans bed, he supplying his own
blanket.
Thousands of visitors will be given
accommodations in public buildings,
sleeping on mattresses laid on the floors.
A great many Ohio men will sleep in
school buildings in the southeast section
of the city.
Near the barracks is an immense din.
ing shed, where the charge for break.
fast or supper is thirty-five cents, and
for dinner fifty cents or ticket good
all three meals can be obtained for 81.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
CONFIDENCE.
New Workers Not Panicy Over tho
Cholera in Their Midst.
The Individual is suppicmentlnE tho Oni-
cial Effort In Fighting tho Plague
FroHts Are Near and Cholera Must
Go-FOur Oascs on the bohemia.

New YoRK, Sept 17.-The metropolis
awoke Friday morning to n cloudless
sky and n crisp, windy atmosphere.
These weather conditions while cholera
Is near become daily an element in the
news situation.
Frost is not far away. The days arc
already having chills by night and fe-
vers Mt noontidc. The crisp air also
braces and brightens the population
against fright or that nervous appre.
hension that in its results invites
the approach of any disorder. There
has not as yet in any locality of the
city been reported any symptoms of
hysterical panic. Even neighbors to
those who have been stricken are com.
placent and accept the situation philo-
sophically, If not even carelessly. The
clement of confidence in constituted au-
thority is present. Daily those who
read the prints are learning how firmly
and closely the various municipal Off
cials are cooperating. The street
cleaning department is quick
ened in it's efforts, and the
people observe the results daily in
the renewed and more careful securing
of the streets. Lower portions of the
city are being attended to in u manner
! SO thorough as to be a novelty to the
dwellers thereabouts- The odor of dis
infectants is upon the air. Tho pun
gent, cleanly smell of chlorides comes
| from unexpected localities. The indi-
vidual is supplementing the official eff
fort, and in homes, offices and business
places generally precautionary measures
are evident. Shoulder to shoulder with
the health board stand the police, with
| Byrnes in the forefront Doctor and
policeman for the time being are
brothers They travel in pairs and
groups. The hospital authorities have
slit open their armor of hide-bound
apathy and are alert and cooperative
| The coroners, too, are grimly active or
ready for activity. All vacations in the
board are this morning declared off,
and the entire staff will wait in con-
slant readiness for prompt action if un-
happily they are needed.
The funds for protection are daily
piling up, and people who read the
morning papers are reassured. In one
fund, that of the chamber of commerce,
is the sum of $156, 900 over s63, 900 of the
total having come in Thursday.
The poor who read feel their anxiety
lessened. The rich, they see, are alert
with their means and this counts for
good to the poor more than to the
wealthy. 1t is an element of strength
in the situation. Then behind all
local effort is the proved strength
of the state and it's blunt and
homespun executive He has said he
don't care for votes lost or won by any
action he may take in case like the
present cholera trouble" The people
all have read of this, they know what
he has done and they feel more than
ever reassured.
| DIR. Byron visited the Bohemia at
quarantine. He reports that there
were IL deaths at sea, and that four
cases were removed to Swinburne
Island Friday morning. He reports
that those who died on board the vessel
| died of gastro-inteStinal trouble,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
FREE FROM CHOL6RA.


New York's Health Board Reports No
New Suspects Discovered.
New YORK, Sept 19.-The board of
health issued bulletin Sunday after
noon in which it was stated that no
cases of suspected cholera had appeared
since the last bulletin, and no deaths
from cholera had occurred since Tues
day.
They report that there is no reason to
believe the diagnosis of the attending
physician in the case of Peter Callahan,
u suspected case of cholera, to be incor-
rect, in that the death was due to diar-
rhoea and exhaustion.
The report of the bacteriologists us to
the case of Mary Conerty, a suspected
cholera case, is to the effect that no
spirillum of cholera has been discov-
cred
Mayor Grant, Superintendent Byrnes,
President Martin, of the police board,
and Dock Commissioner j. Sergeant
Crane went down the baysSunday after
noon on the police boat patrol. At
upper quarantine they were joined by
Health Officer Jenkins, and the party
proceeded to lower quarantine and
Camp Low at Sandy Hook.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
Embedded In SNOW.

There is Vfruit-grower in Kentucky
who evidently thinks great deal while
sitting under the shade of his own vine
and fig tree. He noticed that in three
out Of every five years his best apples
and peaches We're killed by March frost,
and he set himself the problem of find
ing some means of so prolonging
the winter in his latitude that the trees
would not wake from their hibernal
sleep until spring was far advanced
After trying various experiments he
hit on the idea of digging circular
trench around the roots of each tree,
filling it with pounded snow and ice and
then covering up with "a thick stratum
of clay. "The plan was perfectly sue
cessfuL The ice melted, but so slowly
that its influence kept back the flowers
from three to four weeks, In other
words, trees which used to bud i'm the
middle of March can thus BE- made to
prolong their winter sleep until the
beginning of April, when the danger
from night frosts is generally past -
philadclphia Ledger
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
DOGS LIKE TO SING.
Some of Them Have IA Taste for Music and
Love to EoCaliZc.

LONS W
A hand organ started in with "Annie
Rooney" half block away, and the big
St. Bernard dog which had been lying
on the steps jumped up and started for
it on the run His intention was not to
assal the musician. On the contrary,
he no sooner reached him than he sat
up on the curb within three feet of the
instrument and, clevating his nose in
the air, proceeded to howl most dismally.
''Now, just notice that" said his mas
ter to three young ladies who were sit
ting on the steps, "AIost people sup
pose that music is apt to be distressing
to dog 1t isn't SO at all. Rover will
run square or two any time to sing to
hand-organ. He enjoys it intensely.
If you doubt it just see how his tail is
wagging while he vocalizes"
do you call that singing?" asked one
of the pretty girls in white, laughingly,
"Why, certainly; he does his best and
thai is all anyone can do. 1t isn't every
dog that can sing, either. The accom-
plishment is rather exceptional. Even
Rover will not sing to every tune, but
when he hears one that is in his roper
tore, so to speak, he Joins in at once.
That is not howl of pain but of ex-
treme enjoyment. He does not even
take any notice of the monkey, because
he is so absorbed in his operatic efforts. -
but It is all on one note" said an
other of the girls.
THAT is because Rover has only a
single note in his vocal register. 1t is
not so with all dogs A friend of mine
has Skye terrier which accompanies
him when he plays flute. If he be,
gins with low note the beast strikes
II low note also, going up to higE
tenor howl as he ascends the scale
There IS another man l know who has
Il Gordon setter that will sing when
ever he is requested to do so, without
any accompaniment All you have tC
do is to say to him, Sing, Sam, and hC
begins at once. And yet one of my sci
entifc acquaintances once assured me
| that the bowling of dog in response tc
music was an involuntary reflex actor
consequent TOT painful irritation of the
animals nerves Such notion is, in my
opinion, pure nonsense. e."-WashingtoI
Star.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
MORE CHOLERA.

ArrtvnN OF the Bohemia In Very BAD
CondltIOn-Eleven Deaths on tho voy-
age.
NLw YoRK, Sept 16.-Thursday night
another plague ship arrived in port
with It's story of disease and death on
the voyage
Eleven more victims add to the long
list OF those who have died OF cholera
between Hamburg and New York.
This is the story of the steamship
Bohemia, which reached New York
Thursday night and anchored in the
lower quarantine.
Her coming has been dreaded as much
as the coming of her sister ship and
sister death house, the Scandia. She
left Hamburg at the time when the pest
was at its worst, and her 6S1 steerage
passengers, gathered from the infected
regions of Germany and Russia, were
confidently expected to bring the chol-
era with them, and these expectations
were realized.
"We have had eleven deaths on
board" said the captain. "They were
all of little children. There is no sick
ness on board at present The last
death was five days ago. Nobody hns
been Ill on board since then"
"How long after you left port did the
first death occur?"
about the fourth day. The chill
dren were very young. The oldest was
between four and five years. They
were all in the steerage. No adult pas
sengers have died or been sick"
M l.. I A..
the sorrowful tale from down the bay,
Here is the situation in nutshell as il
is Thursday night:
One new case of cholera and some sus-
pected ones. That is the city's story.
A sewing woman hurried away to the
Reception hospital, the first patient to
Ge sent there; a dozen cases under sus-
picion, more or less serious; four suspic-
ious cases reported in Brooklyn, which
later were declared to be only cholera
morbus; suspicious cases reported here
and there, but with small foundation in
fact, and new pest ship in the lower
hav- tl"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
sleeves for New Autumn Gowns.

While the leg-o-mutton and full
bishop sleeves remain in fashion, French
tailors and modistes are making great
use of the close coat-sleeve, which they
decorate at the top in endless ways
with full jabots of lace or of the dress
fabric, faced with contrasting color,
with Hat, Hungarian caps, with accor-
dion plated puffs, with odd-lool1ing
bands strapped or buttoned diagonally
across the upper arm, with bias folds
running from the inside to the outside
seam of the sleeve from shoulder to
elbow, with rich pieces of arabesque
passementerie put on in most artistic
ways of chouX of silk or velvet ribbon
galoon holding down full puffings of
the dress material, and 50 on. Upon six
out of every ten of the new autumn
dress models the close portion of tho
sleeve, from elbow TO wrist, is made
either of velvet or of plain fine cloth
covered with passementerie, braiding OF
bias folds. IN. Y. Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
Places That Are Exempt From Cholera
Irrigation worlsing wonders.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1e.-The census
bureau has issued bulletin upon the
general subject of irrigation in the
western states. 1t is shown that of the
1914 sos farms enumerated in the arid
region in June, 1890, 52,5S4 or ~ 13 per
cent. contained land on which crops
were raised in 1889 by the artificial APP
plication of water, the entire area of
land irrigated being 1864, 416 acres,
90. 70 per cent. of the total area of the
52, 5S4 irrigated farms, 900 per cent. of
the total area of the whole number of
farms enumerated and about one-half
of one per cent Of the total land area
of the arid RECON-.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
Escnned -From TIre I.innd.

BABYLON, L. l., Sert. 1G.-Babylon
was excited at midnight by stories to
she effect that cabin passengers, of the
Normannia, had escaped from FIRE
Island. Conductor Freeze, of the Long
Island railroad, came to the Watson
house late Wednesday night and said
he had had passenger from Babylon
fof New York, who had paid his fare in
German gold. The passenger was ac-
companied by several women, and the
party was nervous Later, u boatman
said to some persons whom he met that
he had earned $3.50 since dinner by
bringing party of persons from Fire
Island that had come from the Cephanh
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
DECREASE AT HAMBURG


commence RESTORED,
HAMBURG, Sept. 19.-From the re-
turns received in regard to the ravages
of the cholera epidemic in this city it is
learned that 2S6 fresh cases and 127
deaths were reported Saturday These
figures, however, include ninety-siX
fresh cases and forty-fve deaths which
occurred on previous days, thus showing
a big decrease in the number of patients
and the mortality from the pestience
No demands were made on the author
tiles Sunday for the transportation Of
the bodies of victims to the mortuary
until $50 O'clock n, IN. A fact showing
the return of confidence on the part of
the people is that the usual concerts
were given in the st. Paul beer garden
Sunday afternoon for the first time in
several weeks. Other public concerts
were resumed Sunday.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
ALIENS IN THE CENSUS.
Interesting Figures Furnished by Six of
the Largest states.


WASHINGTON, Sept 17.-The census
bureau issued bulletin on the color,
sex and general nativity of the popula-
tion of the states of Ohio, Indiana, Ill
inois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Mime
sofa. OF the male population of
these states taken as whole, over
81 years of age 1850 per cent. are
aliens, "a per cent of aliens have been
naturalized. 7.31 per cent have taken
out their first papers. AS to the remain
ing ss7 per cent nothing has been
learned. OF the aliens in Ohio 35. 43
per cent can not 5peal1 the English
language. In Indiana the percentage
of those who can not speak English is
90, 10; in Illinois, 1924; in Michigan,
27 90; in Wisconsin, 1928, and in Mime
sofa, 81. &C.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24

NEW YORK, Sept, 10.-Grave disorders
are reported from Corocoss, Bolivia. A
horde of Indians entered the town,
sacked commercial houses, burning sew
eral and killed many people. 1t is
thought that Gen. Camalbo is now con-
sulting with the Indians near Challa-
gaia, although he sends another letter
to Pacheco disclaiming any revolution
nrv views
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
The Mississippi spanncd Once More.

CLINTON, Ia, Sept 10. Saturday, two
years and nine days from the driving
of the first pile, September S, 1890, the
Clinton and Illinois high bridge was
opened TO the public, without public
demonstration or display. That will
come later. The bridge is 1904 feet in
length, including approaches.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24

BUDA PEsTH, Sept 10.-The ninetieth
anniversary Of the birth of Louis Kos
suth, the hungarian patriot, was fit
tingly celebrated in this city Sunday.
The birthday fetes opened with pro-
Ycssion in which several thousand per-
sons took part
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24

BERLIN, Sept. 19-Dr. Stuhlman,
writing from Tabora, reports that
Enin Boy is in the power of the Arabs
at the south end of Albert Edward
Nyanza, awaiting for assistance to es-
cape The Arab revolt in the Congo
State is spreading to German territory.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
Partially.

slave they named your baby brother
yet, Adams?"
"Yeth. They've called him Georgia,
after Uncle George, and don't like 1t a
bit. wanted him named Adamth, after
me."-Harper's Young Peopl
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24

PITTsBURGH, Sept 17,--Hugh o'Don-
nell, the leader of the Homestead strike,
who is charged with murder, gave him
self up Friday, and, after waivingla hear
ing was remanded to Jail until Satur-
day. when an application for bail will
be made before Judge Kenneday, OF
the county court
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
rhrre Nrnrincs Injured.

FORTRESS MONROE, Va, Sept, 10. THE
cruiser Philadelphia wens to Norfolk
Sunday morning and put three men
seriously injured by the explosion of a
gun Saturday in the Naval hospital.
She passed ont for Newport at p IN.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
More Troops Sent.

KNoxvnLE, Tenn, Sept. 17.-Some
additional troops from Memphis were
sent to Coal Creek, Friday. They go to
more fully strengthen the forces at that
place and divers against any attack Of
the miners,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-24
DISMAL OUTLOOK.


Continent.
LONDON, Sept. 16.-The general chol-
era outlook is not so favorable. Ac-
cording to the cables, all the world ex-
cept England seems to be catching the
plague. The authorities here are grow
ing more careful. Six Belgians from
Antwerp got ashore at Dover, where
the authorities are very lax. They
wer caught at Canterbury and quaran-
tined.
On the continent the plague seems tc
be getting fresh grip. There are sew
eral cases at Stettin. The River Oder
is strongly infected, as vessels from
Hamburg are allowed to discharge their
water ballast into it, and the Oder is
used for drinking purposes, There are
several fresh cases at Antwerp.
The situation at Havre and st. Pc
tersburg has improved. The Hamburg
authorities have voted another million
marks to fight the cholera.
Following the lead of the English
press, German newspapers are loud in
their complaints of the treatment of
ocean passengers at New York. The
National Zeitung stigmatizes the scenes
at Fire island as unworthy of civil
lied country.
The Berliner Tagblatt, while protest
ing against "the barbarous conduct
of the yankee mob" recognizes that
the authorities are showing full ap-
probation of their duties At the same
time it hopes this lesson will not be
lost upon Germany, and that the
promised reform of sanitary adRinis.
tration at home will include closer sani-
tary inspection of transatlantic steam
ers before sailing, SO as to deprive
Americans of all reasonable pretext
for restrictive measures.
THE DALTONS CAPTURED.
Train Robbers Who Outrlvaled the
Jnmcs-s20, 900 Earned by the Their
Captors.
PARIS, Tex, Sept. 16.-A dispatch from
Deming, N NJ, states that Deputy
Marshal Sam Williams, of Paris has
captured Bob Dalton, Grant Dalton,
Amy Dalton, Sam Wings and "Thrce-
Fingered jack" of the Dalton gang OF
train robbers. In the fight between the
marshafs posse and the robbers two of
the latter were killed and five captured.
Three of the gang are yet at liberty.
1t is supposed that the gang intended
to rob the Southern Pacific while on
their way to the Mexican border. Mar
shal Williams bears evidence of the
fight, several fingers of his right hand
being shot off. Shortly after the last
raid by the outlaws, which occurred at
Adair, Indian Territory, July IA, Will
Jams started in pursuit of the despera-
does. He followed them out of the
territory into Kansas, thence to Col
orado and New Mexico, where the cap
ture was made.
The Dalton gang is wanted in the In
dian Territory, Kansas, New Mexico
and California to answer the charge of
train robbery. The rewards offered by
the officials of the railroads and by the
express companies robbed. in Kansas
aggregate S22, 900
Places That Are Exempt From Cholera
BERLIN, Sept 16.-The German pa
pers, in discussing the cholera epidemic
note that places situated or mountains
and not on river are detritus and prac-
ideally cholera proof, and that the ba-
sins of the Rhine and Moselle also ap-
pear to enjoy absolute immunity from
cholera, Some doctors attribute this
fact to the wine grown there, which is
believed to be effective against the
Srarpns Of obo1ara tuTNh,,c and tU.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-08-19
The Planet Mercury.

Though Mercury is one Of the smallest of
the planets, it is perhaps the most trouble
some to the astronomer. 1t lies so close to
the sun that it is seen but seldom in com
parison with the other great planets. Its
orbit is very eccentric and it experiences
disturbances by the attraction of other
bodies in a way not yet fully understood.
A special difficulty has also been found in
the attempt to place Mercury in the weigh
ing scales. We can weigh the whole earth,
we can weigh the sun, the moon and even
Jupiter and other planets, but Mercury
presents difficulties of a peculiar character.
LIE Verrier, however, succeeded in devising
a method of weighing it.
He demonstrated that our earth is at
tracted by this planet, and he showed how
the amount of attraction may be disclosed
by observations of the sun, SO that, from
an examination of the observations, he
made an approximate determination of the
mass of Mercury. LIE Verrier's result in
dicated that the weight of the planet was
about the fifteenth part of the weight of
the earth In other words, if our earth
was placed in a balance and fifteen globes,
each equal to Mercury, were laid in the
other, the scales would hang evenly
;, fs'SStory of the Heavens"