davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-08
"A DREADFUL PRISON.
No One Who Enters Ever Returns to tn
 World Again.

No One Who Enters Ever Returns to tn, World Again.
 | Some fifty miles from St. Petersburg. upon the lake of Ladoga, there is a small granite island entirely occupied by fortress. It is Schlusselburg, the dreadful prison of state. worse than the French bastile, worse than the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, with its Trou betzoi and Aleneevsky Ravelins i and it's underground cells. The most resolute of the revolutionists, men and women, who have taken part in actual conspiracies, whom it is not considered safe to keep in the fortress of Peter and Paul, are sent there, says Free Russia. l The absence of any inha bitants except those employed in service renders it possible to isolate the prisoners to de gree unattainable anywhere else. No one is allowed to land upon the island. Sentinels have orders to shoot anyone who approaches. If the near relatives of prisoner inquire concerning him al the police department in St. Petersburg they are sometimes told "alive" ol dead" Sometimes no answer is given
 The soldiers and guards are them. selves prisoners who mingle only with eazN Otder, and are carefully watched e,o A-ac rare occasions when they are al lowed to make a visit to the mainland. It was possible to establish secret com munication with even the most jealous. ly guarded prisoners in the St. Peters burg fortress. But the fortress o1 Schlusselburg remained dumb like the grave it is, though some of the best known men of the revolutionary party. in whom the greatest interest was fel1 among the whole body of frevolutionists. were kept there. We rarely could ever tell whether they were alive or dead A few months ago, however, our friend in Russia received some news from thi place of endless misery. It is very brie only such as can be conveyed upon bit of paper smuggled with the greates danger through some friendly hand. merely tells which of the prisoners art dead and which are still alive, but even this summary is eloquent enough. We learn from 1t that out of the fifty two prisoners sent there in the course of the last eight years twenty, or about forty per cent, are already dead. Sev- eral of those who survive should be added to the list of the dead. They are insane, and have lost what is as pre- cious if not more precious to man than
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-08
Thus Far-No Farther.

In China, it appears, the distinction between physicians and surgeons is more sharply defined than with us, and every man is expected to stick to his own branch of the profession. A rich merchant was struck by an arrow, which remained for some time fixed in the wound. The principal surgeon of the place was sent for, and after insist ing in pocketing his fee in advance cut off the arrow, leaving the point buried in the patients body. On being asked to extract it he said medical etiquette would not allow him to trespass on a brother practitioners province. The arrow being inside the body the case was clearly one for physician.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-08
"oLO GLORY" IN AFRICA.
Wild Animals of the Jungle Wearing tine
 Stars and stripes.


 Stars and stripes.
 A private letter from a member of the Dunlevy-Hotchlziss expedition, on the upper Congo, recently received i,1 this city, says the San Francisco Examiner, contained the following unique incl dent:
 'NNe were dozing through our midday siesta yesterday, July 4, when we heard the approaching tread of herd of large animals. Whitson, who is also an American and veteran of the war, said: That sounds almost like troop of cavalry charging, does it not?
 "'Yes,' I replied; it would hardly surprise me to sec the regiments flag burst out from the edge of the wood there
 ''You may imagine our stupcfaction when this very thing happened. A tat tered American flag came streaming through the bushes of this remote African jungle, and it's bearer halted for a moment, with his companions, di- rectly in front of our camp. The colors were attached to the mane of huge giraffe, whose towering neck bore it's frayed remnants aloft like flagstaff. One of our Zulu bearers informed us that Stanley, near three years ago, had thus decorated five of these animals, caught in corral, and turned them loose again-his object being to mysti- fy the Wambesi, who regarded him as a powerful medicine man or sorccrer. {"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-08
Apply for information About THE GREAT
 SOUTHWEST

Immigration Agent, A., T. 6 s F. R. R.
 623 Rialto Building, Chicago, III. This railway passes through twelve states and territories, and having no lands Of itso o sell has no object in advancing the interests of any special locality, or in giving any other than ab- sOlutely reliable information. It realizes that thc prosperity of the farmers of the great south west means prosperity to itself also, and is thus as possible.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-08
oRATlFlED CURIOSITY.
The Young Man Pressed the Button and
 Put Out the Lights.

OuC Ilte
 A gentleman recently gave a house. warming party, having just moved into a new dwelling. A large company was invited, and the entire mansion was thrown open to the guests. The house was modern in it's appointments to the last degree, even to be lighted with elec- tricity instead of gas.
 One young man among the guests saw much to arouse his curiosity and was on the alert for new discoveries.
 A celebrated singer had just taken her place at the piano, when this young man, who was standing in the lower hall near the parlor door, caught sight of something that looked like black rubber button in the center of small marble disk. What could that be for?
 He was so anxious to know that he could not listen to the singer, says Lon don Tid-Bits. The crowd was great, and he felt sure he could examine the curiosity without being noticed. He passed his hand over it slyly. touched \ the rubber or metal button with his [ fingers, pressed it softly, and on the in stant the parlors and hall were in total
 
 darkness.
 The song of the soprano was ended in little shriek, and the air was full of exclamations.
 ''Pray keep perfectly quiet, the voice of the host was heard saying. "We will have lights in a moment"
 Grouping his way through the crowd. stepping on their toes, striking against them and putting his outstretched hands into shrinking faces, the chagrined host finally made his way into the hall, felt along the wall until he touched the elec- tric button, pressed it and the rooms were again flooded with light.
 The inquisitive young man hadn't presence of mind enough to hold his tongue.
 "Oh, is that what that thing is for?" he said. ''I didn't know, or I-I-I- would not have touched it.n
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-08
A QUEER BUSINESS.
An Engllshwoman Who Sold Eirc., Ro g
 for Boys.

 An EngllshwOman Who Sold Birch Ro g
 fo- Boys.
 great English editor, Mr. Henry La bouchere, tells of an advertisement that appeared recently in one of the London papers, which read as follows:
 DlRCI RODS-Sraall and handy, Is. by post, D well packed IDA WESTON. care of Mrs. Tayler 8 Hawthorn terrace. Canterbury.
 This was such strange advertise ment, says uarper's Young People, that Mir. Labouchere thought he would in quire into it, and so he sent to Miss Weston q note requesting her to send him birch rod as advertised, and en- closing the necessary shilling. Shortly the rod arrived, and with it note from Miss Weston to this effect:
 Miss Weston incloses one rod here with. It must be stecped in water to restore its suppleness, and the handle may be wrapped in ribbon. Miss Wcs- ton advertises at Q less, but with view to restore the rod and reform the pres ent 'untamed race of English boys and girls"
 Just think of it! Making regular business of selling birch rods to make boys better. How would the boys c1 this country like that, and would they agree with my informant that this lady isengaged in a great and glorious work?
 am afraid not, and am further not afraid to say that the modern boys who stand in need of the rod are like angels visits, few and far between.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-08
Perfumes of Plants,

A German botanist, Mir. Regel, has made public the result of his researche; as to the cause of the perfumes o plants, and the factors which diminisl or increase them. '.Light and hea naturally play a very important role Darkness prevented the development ol perfume in flowers of which the buds were only slightly advanced, and wher submitted to it's influence, and even the plants whose flowers exhaled perfume only at night, lost their odor If com Pelled to live in continued darkness
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-08
A Fortunate Dream.

An engineer on a railroad train in North Carolina dreamed that large rock had fallen on the track near Leatherwood creek and that the engine had been smashed by collision with it The dream so impressed him that he declined to make his usual trip over the road in the morning until he had tel egraphcd to ascertain if there was any. thing the matter at Leatherwood creek. An answer was flashed back that a hnge rock had fallen on the track with in a few feet of the identical place dreamed about, and that, although hands had been working for hours to remove it, the track was still ob- structed.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-08
WHALING OFF NORWAY.
Bombs That Are Attached to the liar
 poons, and How They Work.

Bombs That Are Attached to the Har-
 poons, and How They Work.
 Whales off Norway are harpooned with an instrument of peculiar con- struction, says the New Castle (Eng. Chronicle. It consists of a shank, into which two barbs fold; these spring out and sit fast in the animals flesh when a strain comes on the line attached to the harpoon. The harpoon is fired from cannon mounted on a swivel carried in the bow of the steamer. The head of the harpoon carries an explo- sive shell, which Is fired by the break ing of glass tube filled with sulphuric acid, and the tube is broken the mo- ment the animal strains the line at tached to the harpoon in its dash to es. cape after being struck.
 The line attached consists of length of chain next the harpoon, and then a stout cable, and the two are connected by an accumulation spring which takes and breaks the first strain of the ami malls dash. Usually the explosion of the shell fails to strike vital spot, and in that case the whale is apt to show fight.
 The steamers employed are vessels built of iron, about sixty to one hun dred tons register, with engines of twenty-five to fifty horse power, nom inal. Such vessel, with sails backed and engines working full speed astern. and with long length of cable drag ging through the water, presents very powerful obstruction, but yet monster whales often prove powerful enough to move the steamer with considerable speed.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-08
Chiokenized Cat.

A Maltese eat that was born and has lived most of its life in chicken coop out in an Illinois town has developed a strange habit of sleeping on a perch just as the chickens do, standing on one leg, with his head folded under one of his forelegs.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-08

Ear marks: Clean split from root to point left ear, upperbit in right ear Wattle (varuga) on jaw, under. mouth. C on left jaw (cheek) bulls C on left cheek only. Flooded stock c on left cheek and C on left ribs.
 HENRY HUNING Post office: Show Low Arizona. Range: Show Low creek, Silver creek, Laguna Ortega and Laguna Salada.
 Horse brand C C left shoulder.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-01
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES.


Default having been made m the conditions
and payment OF a certain mortgage made and
executed by Margaret Medler, then Of the viii
ldge of Caro-, County of TuscOla, and State of
Michigan, party of the first part, to the under
signed, George Peck, of the city of Detroit Coun-
~ of Wayne, and State aforesaid, party of the
second part, bearing date June p, AID. 1882, and
on July lSt. 1882, duly recorded I'm the Office of
the Register of Deeds for the county of ST. Clair
State of Michigan, in liOpr 80 OF Mortgages, on
page l55, whereby the power OF sale In said
mortgage contained has become operative and
upon which mortgage there is claimed to be due
aud secured thereby ut the date of this notice,
the sum of one thousand three hundred and nine
dollars and thirty-fOur OnehundredthS dollars
Isl ,3O93D, and no suit or proceedings at law hav
Ing been instituted TO recover the same or any
part thereof. Notice is therefore hereby given
that on Tuesday, February 10th. A. d.. 1892, az
twelve O'Clock, noon, there will be sold ut public
auction to the highest bidder at the front door of
ing the place for holding the Circuit Court for
the county of ST. Clair, the premises in said
mortgage described or SO much thereof as may
be necessary To satisfy the amount due on said
mortgage. with interest at ten per cent, and all
legal costs of sale, including an attorney fee of
thirty-iive dollars, provision having been I'm said
mortgage made for such attorney fee.
The premises hereby made subject to sale are
in said mortgage described as follows: The
west half of the southwest quarter of section
three CD, town four a. north, range sixteen 90
east, Michigan; excepting right OF way OF rail-
way across said lands,
Dated November 9th a. u. 1891
GEORGE PECK.
i. :. WHEAT, Mortgagee
Attorney for Mortgages
Caro-, Mich. %
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-01
ORDINANCE NO. IA.

Relative to the Return of unpaid taxes to the
County Treasurer
The Council of the Village of Yale do hereby
Ordain Us follows:
That from and after date hereof IL Is hereby
provided that In case the Village marshal col
ectOr, or other person duly authorized TO collect
any OF the various Village taxes on his roll, duly
assessed on real property situated within the
corporate limits of said Village within the time
prescribed by law, or any renewal, or extension
thereof ordered 10y the Council, then and ~ such
ease IL Is hereby provided that all such unpaid
taxes on said real property, shall be returned TO
the County Treasurer by said marshal, collector,
or other person duly authorized To make such
return, in the same manner and with like etect
as returns by Township rreasurerS, and i'm ac-
cordance with Act No. POO of the Public Acts OF
Michigan for 1891.
Dated this sth day OF December, 1891,
JOSEPH EFFRICk. j. G.. HOLDEN.
VILLAGE Clerk. President
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-01
The Right Kind Of Religion.

Just ut this time our country needs Il
religion that will make man pay his
debts. Shouting don't settle old ac-
counts with God or man. We want to
bounce right on a fellow and put him
out OF the church il he goes to u ball
or theatre, bat never say word to the
pious scamp who never pays his debts
Preachers and people who never pay
their debts are doing the church more
harm than dancers or drunkards, for
there are more in the church. Reader,
we are getting pretty close to you?
Then lay down and goand pay up, and
you can read on at ease. And don't
stop paying because TIE "statues of
limitation" excuses the open account
you mace for meat and bread You
must pay il in cash or God will make
you pay it in fire and birthstone. God
knows 10 such excuses as Homestead
exemptions" Vixen you raise that ex-
cuse to keep from paying your debts
you can stop singing "whCn can read
my title clear. Nou've got none Up
there.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-01
The Weekly EXpOSitOr.
FRIDAY, JANUARY ] 1892.
Leap Year.

Avery important tisapprOaching
leap year-and if at the close of 1892
there remains Il single unmarried wom-
an in this fair village it will be because
she prefers Il life of single b.essedness.
OF course, YOU lords OF creation, will
pooh-pooh The idea, and say that Il girl
does not stand any better chance of
getting husband inlc0p-ycar than she
does any other time, and then you will
add that old story abOutO man wishing
to do the counting himself. / am pre-
pared for all those silly arguments, and
Scorn to reply TO them, but just watch
and see if there are not more engage
ments announced this year than in the
past. And now, kind sirs, you need
not read any further, rs the rest OF my
remarks are addressed exclusively to
the girls. one of the sweetest little
maids i'm Yale came 10 me the other
day with very long face and said she
wished girls could propose. She said
Jack had been perfectly devoted to her
for over two years and she Just knew
he loved her, but the dear boy WAS 50
bashfu he could never ask her To be
his. He has tried TO propose ever 50
many times and ! have done all
could TO help him, buta lump always
came up in his throat and stopped him
just before he got to the important
part. Now am not 4 bit bashful, and
if il was only the custom / could do
the popping myself and then every
thing would be lovely.
Jack is not the only young man who
is troubled with Jumps in his throat in
critical moments, and young ladies
have to use little stratagem in dealing
with these afflicted creatures. 1t is n
good thing to begin with leap year
party-that makes Il good starter. In
vite him to go, and let him understand,
in Il delicate way, that you preferred
him TO any man of your acquaintance.
This ilatters his vanity and gives him Il
better appreciation of your taste and
Judgment. Then, when you get to the
party and have seen to the filling out
of his program, you can treat him Just
as he would treat you if he had any
sense. Find him seat in some dim
nook under the stairs or in the cOnserv-
atory, and fan him gently while you
talk in whispers. If he is Il human be-
ing he will enjoy it immensely, so
much indeed, that were you to invite
some other man to the next leap-ycar
hop, he will feel hurt and indignant,
and will probably call you little flirt.
But he will go 10 the next party when
YOU ask him, and if he does not find
his courage in that shady corner under
the stairs or 1.-THE carriage going home,
then he Is unworthy of the name of
man and should be blackbalied from
respectable society.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-01
Varieties.

Better late than never-IIusbands.
Try Dullam's Great German 25 cent
Cough Cure at Grant Holden d Bro. s.
Money which is coming to YOU does
not always arrive.
Try Dullam's Great German % cent
Cough Cure at Grant Holden d Bro.
Ladies do not like to grow old, and
yet they're the very first to adopt new
wrinkles.
Try Dullam's Great German - cent
Liver Pills, 40 in a package, at Grant
Holden q Bros.
A rather unsteady man was heard to
declare that the genuine old Virginia
reel is Il mint iulep.
Try Dullam's Great German 10 cent
Liver Pills, 40 in Il package, at Grant
Holden d Bros.
The shades of night are falling fast,
said Mr.. AIitts rs he went to pull down
the blind and jerked it off The roller.
Try Dullam's Great German l5-cent
Liver Pills, 40 in each package. For
sale by Grant Holden q Bro.
No cause for divorce.--If ever you
hear that Il man is resigned TO his
troubles, you may know that he has to
be.
Thanks, said the guest 20 the col
ored man who brought his soup at last.
you have taken great wait of my
mind
Hunker-'AIinc is tailor made
watch. Spatts-'lIoW is that Hun
ler-It was Il premium with Il suit of
Clothes
The greatest worm destroyer on earth
is Dullam's Great German Worm .LOz-
enges, only - cents per box. For sale
by Grant Holden d Bro.
Ethel-'Do YOU know of auything
more delightful tlan real true lover.
Maud-'Nes.' Elhoi-'N hat Maud
Two OF them
Jack Jsadlyj-'One call which
make last night cost me ten dollars"
Tom lhappily)-'Aud one ! made cost
me diamond ring.
Itch on human and horses and all an
imals cured IN 30 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. This never
fails Sold 10y Grant Holden u RIO,
druggists, Yale. Mich.
Snooper-I see it is proposed to OK
hiblt ClcopOtra' monument at the
Chica 90 exhibition. Simoral -Wcll,
that's all right sAe was one of the
worlds fair.
Two papers for the price OF one-our
own and the Farmers Friend, which Is
large lG-page paper, printed every
two weeks, and chuck full Of good
reading matter for the farm and fire.
side. Pay in advance now and get
the benefit of this offer.
English SPAWN Eminent removes
all hard, soft or calloused Jumps and
blemishes from horses. blood spavins.
euro. splints, sweeney, ring-bOne, STILES.
sprainS, all SWO, len thrOatS. coughs. etc.
Save $50 by use of one bottle. IL Is
warranted the most wonderful blem-
ish cure known Sold by Grant Holden
IL Bro, Yale. Mich.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-01

Pronounced Hopeless, Yet Saved
From letter written by Mrs. Ada +.
IIurd, OF Groton, :. D., we quote;
"Was taken with 81 bad cold, which
settled on my lungs, cough set in and
finally terminated in consumption.
-Four doctors gave me up, saying |
could live but Il short time. | gave
myself up to my Saviour, determined if
| could not stay with my friends on
earth, | would meet my absent ones
above. My husband was advised to
get DR.. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption, coughs and colds. | gave it
Il trial, took in all, eight bottles; it has
cured me, and, thank God, | am now a
well and hearty woman Trial bottle
free at Grant Holden & Bros drug
store. Regular size soc. and 81.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-01
MORTGAGE SALE.


Default having been made In the conditions Of
70 certain MORTGAGE made and executed 10y Albert
Mckeunl ana Annie Mckcnua, his wife. to Cor
ueliuS 4. 'oburu, aud dated on the i4th day OF
June, A. d. 1857, and recorded June 10th, ls5;, TN
ltber - OF MORTGAGES on Uare 49, bon the Office q.
the Register OF Deeds for st. CLAIR county, alich-
igan, which mortgage WAS duly assigned Dy said
COrEeUs a. CCbHrn to the Commercial Bank OF
Port llufun, Michigan, on the 18TH day at March.
lS9O.Whirh assignment was recorded March lith,
page tfl, in tine Office Of the Register OF Deeds
for said county; whereby the power OF sale con-
tanned I'm said mortgage has become operative.
aud upon which there is claimed TO be due. OF
Interest accrued thereon. the sum OF seventy
eight dollars ana seventy cents (sTS70l, and also
an attorney fee of fifteen dollars provided for hy
statute and in the said mortgage. Notice is
hereby given that said MORTGAGE will be fore
closed hYa sale otthe premises described therein,
~ public auction 60 the highest bidder. at the
iront door of the city hall I'M the city OF Port
Huron (that being the building In which tie
Circuit Court for said county is heidi, on Satur-
day. the 21th dayOf February, 1892. az zen O'Clock
in She forenoon, 20 satisfy the amount due ON
said attorney fee and costs of this foreclosure no
suit or proceedings having been instituted TO re-
cover the interest due rs aforesaid. SAID mort
gagged promises are described as follows All
those certain pieces or parcels of land situate IN
the township Of BrOckway, ion the county of Sc.
Clair, state OF Michigan. 10 wit: The cast half
of the Southwest quarter, the southwest quar-
ter OF the northwest quarter, and the northeast
~ town eight (S) north, range fourteen (iD east
The said sale will be made subject TO nine
hundred and fifty dollars of principal hereafter
To become due on said mortgage. and the inter
est thereon from June iith. 1891.
Dated November2i, 1891.
COMMERCIALLY BANK. Atty for Assignee.
Assignee.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-01

over twelve year ago I was afflicted
with very serious female difficulty,
and for the iast sjStecu months was
under treatment Of three of the best
physicians thatm0ncy could employ.
Under their skilltul treatment ! gradu-
ally grew worse, until they decided
they could render me TO permanent
help. one Of my friends persuaded
me 10 try Il bottle OF Dullam's Great
German Cleric Tonic, and after taking
three bottles, can say am IN better
health than ] have been for twenty
years, and am now sixty years old but
feel as young as thirty. - a bottle.
June ,, 80. MIS-. TH0s. TtNDY,
Flint, Mich.
For sale by Grant Holden q Bro,
druggists.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-01

'FONSORIAL ARTIST. Yale. II you want q
4 first class halr cut, shave, shampoo or sea
foam, don't fail TO give him Il call. Charges
moderate