davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1892-01-20

bright, pretty girl, twenty-one years old,
who has taken up the line of business
followed by her father. She was born
in Montreal. Her parents moved to
Chicago when she was young. The
great fire swept away all their property,
and they came to Cincinnati. Miss
Hulda was educated partly in the public
schools and partly by private tutors. At
h time Of her fathers death she was
too young to continue his business, and
when she decided to become a customs
broker (the only one of her sex in the
United States) she found she must be-
gin anew, for the business built up by
her father had scattered and there was
sharp competition in the field.
She went boldly out into the business
world, made the acquaintance of her
fathers old patrons and sought new
ones for her own. 1t was a hard battle
for a young girl, but she won the fight
and now controls an extensive and
profitable business, attending to all the
importing of several of the largest of
the firms Of the Queen City. The goods
are consigned direct to her, she figures
up the duty, pays the same and delivers
the goods to the proper parties. 1t is a
business of extraordinary difficulty In
detail. She must know the different
ratings; she figures the duty on every
manner of goods from every country
under the sun The bills are made out
in the particular coin of the realm from
which the goods come. She must re-
duce that to United States currency.
She must keep herself posted in all tar
iff laws and regulations, and follow the
legislation of congress in regard to all
changes in the customs and tariff laws.
The government officials applaud the
neatness, exactness, carr and dispatch
of all her work in u business for which
few men are as well qualified.
Jack Frost is the leading -four in the
West.
, 1892-01-20

The obituary column of a New York
newspaper contained, Dec. 90, the fol-
lowing:
William Hennessey, who was buried
in Scranton on Thursday, was one of
the Oldest miners in the Lackawanna
valley, and was at one time the most
prominent figure among that class of
workmen. During the 'long strike" of
1S79-S0 he was president of the famous
Miners association, and his manage
ment of its affairs did much toward
making that memorable struggle be-
tween capital and labor a peaceable
and businesslike one. He held several
public offices in Hyde park, and is
gratefully remembered by ali classes for
his heroic conduct during the terrible
smallpox epidemic that prevailed in
Scranton and vicinity some years ago.
A large pesthouse was built on West
Mountain, and Hennessey volunteered
to take charge of it and nurse the vic
Tins of the scourge, although he had
never had the disease himself. He re-
manned for weeks in the pesthouse, and
there are scores of people in the valley
today who We're inmates of the hospital
who declare that they W their lives to
his careful nursing. He passed through
his terrible ordeal safely, escaping the
contagion. He died at Forest City, and
vas about seventy years old.
, 1892-01-20
HuLoA REGINA eraser.
sketch and Portrait of the Only womsn
Customs Broker,

In the center of the business district
OF Cincinnati is a sign reading, "H. R.
eraser, customs broker" 1t is that Of
Miss Hulda Regina eraser, who is an
other example of what women can do
In competition with men. She is a
, 1892-01-20

Fancy Calendars for the holiday season.
Call aud see samples at The Leader office.
, 1892-01-20
La Grippe.

The tendency of this disease toward
pneumonia is what makes it dangerous.
La Grippe requires precisely the same
treatment as a severe cold. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is famous for its
cure Of severe colds. This remedy
etfec.ually counteracts the tendency OF
the disease to result in pneumonia. pro
vided the proper care be taken to avoid
exposure when recovering from the
attack. Careful inquiry among the many
thousands who have used this remedy dur.
ing the cpidemics Of the past two years
has failed to discover a single case that
has not recovered or that has resulted 10
pneumonia. Fifty cent and 81 bottles fol
sale by druggists.
, 1892-01-20
A Little Girls Experience ia a Lighthouse,

Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Prescott are keep
ers of the Government lighthouse on
Sand Beach, Mich, and are blessed with
a daughter, four years old. Last April
she was taken down with measles, fol-
lowed with a dreadful cough and turning
into a fever. Doctors at home and at De
troit treated her, but in vain, she grew
worse rapidly. until she was mere a
handful of bones Then she tried Dr..
Kings New Discovery. and after the use
OF two and a half bottles, was completely
cured. They say DR.. Kings New Dis
covery is worth its weight in gold, yet you
may get a trial bottle free at Roedels drug
store
, 1892-01-20
NO Impurities in
Royal Baking Powder.

1t is the only baking powder yet found by chemical
analysis to be free from all impurities and absolutely
pure. This perfect purity results from the exclusive
use of cream of tartar specially refined and prepared
by patent processes which totally remove all the tar
trate of lime. The cost of this chemically pure cream
of tartar is much greater than any other, and it is
used In no baking powder except the Royal"
Dr. Edward C. Love, formerly analytical chemist for the
US. Government, who made the analyses for the New York
State Board of Health in their investigation of baking pow
ders, says of the purity and wholesomeness Of the Royal
al find the Royal Baking Powder composed of pure
and wholesome ingredients. 1t is a cream of tartar
powder, and does not contain either alum or phosphates,
or other injurious substance.
(Lae u S CERT Chtmia1 "E. G. LOVE, PHI. D"
Pref LoOes tests, and the reeent official tests by the
United States and Canadian Gove,nmenks, Show the
Royal Baking POuaer to be a cream Of tartar baking
bo0aer superior TO all others IN strength and AaOening
bo0e1.
, 1892-01-20

Worn-ou1,
I" run down." feeble women, need
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
1t builds them up. It's a powerful,
restorative tonic, or strength-giver
free from alcohol and Injurious
drugs: The entire system is re-
newed and invigorated. 1t i'm
proves digestion, enriches the blood,
dispels aches and pains, gives re-
freshing sleep, and restores flesh and
strength. As a soothing nervine, it
allays and subdues hysteria, spasms,
and all the nervous symptoms COM
monty attendant upon functional
and organic disease. It's the only
guaranteed medicine for women.
1t does what is promised - or it
asks nothing. 1t gives satisfaction,
in every case, or the money paid
for 1t is refunded.
That's the way its makers prove
their faith in it. Contains no alco-
hol to inebriate ; no syrup or sugar
to derange digestion ; a legitimate
medicine, not a beverage. Purely
vegetable and perfectly harmless in
any condition of the system.
, 1892-01-20

In buying a cough medicine for chill
dren," says 81. A. Walker. a prominent
druggist Of Ogden, Utah. never be
afraid TO buy Chamberlain's Cough Rem
cdy. There is no danger from it and re-
lief is sure to follow. | particularly rec
ommend Chamberlain's because | have
have found it to be safe and reliable"
Fifty cent bottles for sale by druggists.
, 1892-01-20


into quarters.
Small holes must
b o b u r n Q d
through each end
of each section,
after which a bag
of bright yellow
silk or satin is
made and the CO.
coanut pieces,
first fastened to-
gether by the bot
tom holes with
yellow ribbon,
are placed around
the bag, which
, 1892-01-20
A Cocoanut Basket.

Take a cocoanut shell and have it
, 1892-01-20

tons Of shell. A wide hem and draw
strings at the top are used to hang it by,
the pieces of shell being fastened by tho
upper holes after the top has been drawn
In place.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07
German
Syrup"

Here is something from Mr.. Frank
A. Hale, proprietor of the De Witt
House, Lewiston, and the Tontine
Hotel, Brunswick, Me. Hotel men
meet the world as it comes and goes,
and are not slow in sizing people
and things up for what they are
worth. He says that he has lost a
father and several brothers and sis
tiers from Pulmonary Consumption,
and is himself frequently troubled
with colds, and he
Hereditary often coughs enough
to make him sick at
Consumptionhis stomach. When
ever he has taken a
cold of this kind he uses Boschee' S
German Syrup, and it cures him
every time. Here is a man who
knows the full danger of lung trou-
bles, and would therefore be most
particular as to the medicine he used.
What is his opinion Listen Il
Use nothing but Boschee's German
Syrup, and have advised, I presume,
more than a hundred different per-
sons to take it. They agree with
me that it is the best cough syrup
N the market" q
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07

In the History of Athens county,
Ohio, Joseph Bobo relates an adventur
in which his father took leading part
He and one of his neighbors, a Mr.
Shidlcr, found hole in the rock
which they thought might conceal /,
bear. Mr.. Bobo lighted a torch ant
started in to explore, while Shidlel
stood outside ready to shoot if BruiI
tried to escape.
Father went into the cave abour
twenty-five feet, and was on tn,
point of giving up the search, wher
suddenly bear, which had beer
crouching behind rock, rose up ant
struck the torch with his paw Tn,
torch fell to the floor, and was ex
tinguished.
Father didn't wait for ceremony, bu,
got out of the cave as quickly a.
possible, and told Shidler what had hap
pened. All remained quiet, and after
waiting awhile, father lighted a torch
and went in again to shoot the bear
lie proceeded cautiously, and the
moment his eyes fell on the bear he
fired, but only wounded the animal.
Bruin uttered tremendous growl anG
father saw him coming. Quick a,
IhOuSnJ ldtHer Threw down the tOrci
and lay fiat on his face. The beal
rushed for the mouth of the cave, claw
ing viciously at fathers head and body
as he passed over him; but Shidlel
was ready for the brute, and when he
showed himself at the hole, gave him
an ounce of lead that settled him.
Fathers wounds, though not serious
were bad enough to leave scars for the
rest of of his life. The bear weighed
800 pounds
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07
Bruin and Beehive.

An ingenious trick which the Siber-
ians employ in capturing bears is the
suspsnding of a very heavy block OF
wood by a cord from a bough directly
in front of beehive in the hollow
trunk of tree.
When the bear comes to rob the hive
he pushes away the block from the
door of the hive, and is surprised that
it comes back and strikes him in the
neck. This awakens his rage. Anx-
ious to get the honey, he gives the block
terrible push, and, of course, il re-
turns with all the more violence, and
sometimes breaks his skull or knocks
out his teeth.
1t is said that the bears sometimes
fight with these swinging blocks for
half an hour at a time. At last the
block gets in a good blow; the bear is
thrown to the ground, where he is
speedily dispatched by the peasant con-
cealed and awaiting the result of the
singular tree duel.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07
Shark Story.

One famous shark story has long been
current in the navy. A professed eve
witness locates the incident in the Gulf
OF Mexico, and fixes the date some
where in the early seventies. Accord
ing TO this historian the ship lay at
anchor in spot where many sharks
were visible, and the younger officers
fell to fishing through portfolio with
a great hook baited with hunk of
meat. Presently an immense shark
was hooked and drawn up to the port
hole. Then a sailor reached down,
and, with keen knife ripped the fish
so that only the shell was left hanging
to the hook. An instant later some
body cut the rope and the monster fell
back into the Gulf. "And dye think
that shark was dead?" He swan round
for minute, and, before we knew
what he was about, gulped down
everything the sailor had cut out OF
him..
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07
AN AGED ADVENTURER,
A Tramp Who Has Travelled the World
for Fifty-six Years.


II never worked; / never was i'm a
poor-house. | am professional tramp;
yes, gentlemen, professional tramp;
but | never begged of anybody. |
tramped over the world twice, yet there
is nobody who can say an i'll word of
me. People took sympathy on me
that is how / got along; they fed and
clothed me and gave me shelter. This,
gentlemen, has been my life for fifty.
six years"
In this strain Joseph Clinton, an ema.
ciated and weather-scarred old man OF
nearly 20 years, told his pathetic story
to the officials at the Philadelphia hos.
pital recently. Despite his worn and
broken-down appearance he has the re.
tinement of one used to better things
and one whom experience has taught
much.
When but years old both of Gin
toms parents died and left him alone.
He admits with candor that he has
never done a stroke of work in his life.
lie has simply existed. In winter his
sleep was snatched in barns
with blankets plying neighbors
gave him to shield him from the cold
In summer he sought rest on the grass.
1t was a notifying event to the old
man to be compelled to enter a work
house. Unusually intelligent, he as
serts that he never touched drop OF
liquor, while his language is easy and
fluent and his general department that
of man in easy circumstances.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07

rolling upon the ground, and from II
undoubtedly came the piercing cries
which had proved so alarming.
Going straight up to the thing the
Squire touched it with his foot, then
bent down to feel it with his hand, and
then burst out into a roar of laughter
that at first startled the three farmers
almost as much as the ghosts shrieks.
Come here, you foolsr' he shouted.
"Come and see what your ghost Is >
In a hesitating way they drew near,
and examined the cause of their fright,
1t was white meal bag containing
two very lively young pigs, which had
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07
TRIP AROUND THE WORLD.
Various Ways by which 1t Can BE Ao.
complished.

There are LOO steamers traversina
the four great ocean routes. The first
is that across the Atlantic, another by
Suez to India, China and Australia tt
go around the world in that way il
takes eighty to ninety days, and cover.
$4,000 miles. The passage money is
81 200, and the traveller who wishes t.
go in comfort and ease should have an
other $1,000 with him. Another Sc;
route described is that by which yor
start from San Francisco and sal
around the American continent to New
York. The journey is l6, 500 miles long
it takes 100 days TO cover it, and tn,
fare is about the same as that ar DunC
the world. To go around the Cape o
Good Hope to Australia and bacl
around Cape Horn is about %, 900 miles
and can be covered in eighty-one days
The cost is only $3.50.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07
TRUE GHOST STORY.
A Scotchman Who Was Not Afraid of
the Spccter.


About a mile beyond the Beech Hill
stood Squire MacdUnald's store, and
one dreary night in late autumn there
came thither first Rory O'More and
then Sandy Big John, and finally Alec
Gillies,all in a high state of excitement,
and asserting with much positivencss
that they had seen ghost on Beech
Hill. Now, the Squire was as shrewd,
hardheaded and interpretations a
Scotchman as ever traded tea or butter
or sugar for eggs, and had no more faith
in the Beech Hill ghost than in the man
in the moon.
But this time the testimony of the
terrified witnesses happened TO agree
remarkably. The ghost had appeared
TO all in precisely the same form,
namely, as a white, shapeless thing
that rolled along the ground uttering
shrill and threatening shrielSs. The
matter was surely worth looking into.
"Hark ye, now" said the Squire at
last, Il believe you're nothing better
than parcel of foolish boys. and 10
prove il I'll go up TO the Beech Hill nv.
self and see what it is that has come So
nigh soaring the life out of YOU"
Thus speaking, he got his coat and
hat, and, calling upon them TO follow.
set off for the scene of the ghosts
walk. Rory and Sandy and Alec would
much rather have been excused, but
pride overcame their timidity, and they
followed in their leaders track. Hard.
ly had they reached the foot of the hill
when the shrieks they had heard before
came TO their ears
There it is again. exclaimed Rory.
with trembling lips. Can we not hear
it, 'Squire?"
ITO be sure i can" responded the
Squire, stoutly; "and I'm going TO see
what 1t is Come along"
The distance between the doughty
Squire and his followers incrcasased
ie went on, while the shr.ells grew
stronger with each forward step.
When about the middle of the ascent
ae saw the ghost. 1t was, as the men
aad reported, white shapeleSs thing
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07
Taken for a Crank

A semi-fiendish delight often seems to
possess people of strong nerves in sneering
at those with weak ones. The irritability
of the nervous hypochondriac is ridiculed
as natural i'll temper The very genuine
and distressing symptoms from which he
suffers are made light of. He" or ''she is
a crank ~ is the cheerful sort of sympathy
with which the nervous invalid meets from
the unfeeling and the thoughtless. At the
same time no complaint is more defined
and real, none has a more easily explain
able origin when it is chronic. Imperfect
digestion and assimilation are always &C.
companied by nervous debility and anxiety.
Build up the powers of assimilation and
digestion with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
and nervous symptoms, sick headaches
and a generally feeble condition of the
system are remedied. Remember that
fearful ravages are produced by la grippe
among weakly nervous people. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters cures it, and prevents ma
laria, rheumatism and kidney complaint
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07

WIN Ely Sre am balm u cnllu can
10 treated without pain and with perfec,
safety Try the remedy, it cures Catarrh
My son has been afflicted with nasal ca.
tarrn since quite young. was induced tc
Try Ely's Cream Balm, and before he had
Used one bottle that disagreeable catarrhal
smell had all left him He appears as
veil as any one. 1t is the best catarrh rem.
edy in the MARKET. c. Olmstead, Arcola,
III.
One of my children had very bad dis
charge from her nose Two physicians pre-
scribed, but without benefit. We tried
Ely's Cream Balm, and, much TO our sur.
prise, there was marked improvement.
We continued using the Balm and in a
short time the discharge was cured.-O. A
Cary, Corning, N. "
Apply Balm into each nostril. 1t is Quick
ly Absorbed. Gives Relief at Once.
Price so cents at Druggists or by mail.
ELY BROTHERS, Sc Warren St., New York.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07
Cupid and the Maid.

Maiden fair,
Pray take care,
Cupid's stealing close behind you!
In his hand
Holds band
First to catch and then to bind you.
Maiden pause
Ere he draws
From his culver arrow pointed;
Else dart
To your heart
He will send all love Amounted.
Maiden look
Near the brook
Stands a perfect young Apollol
Don't you seel
Careful DO
Where you go will Cupid follow
Maiden sings,
Cupid filings
Ger her eyes his hand unheeding,
Flies his dart
To her heart,
Wounding it to heavy bleeding.
Maiden fair
Have q care
Now you're blind, the ways alarming
All, my dear,
Have no fear
Cupid leads you to Prince Charming.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07
Looking Forward

Drake-Doctor, wish you would sx-
anime me and tell mo what you think
about my mental balance.
Doctor-It's all right.
Drake-Ain't there O little something
wrong; just enough to put me down as q
crank, you know.
Doctor-Absolutely nothing.
Drake Tin disappointed tone)-Well,
good bye.
Doctor-What did you want to know all
this forl
Drake-I felt strong, abnormal i'm
pulse to rob somebody, and / wanted to
find out whether / was crazy enough to
make it safe il got into court.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07
Holiday Wisdom.

There is a shadow of hope for the
mean man with no Christmas in him,
for he does some little justice to hu.
rnanity by hating himself.
The empty stocking on Christmas
morning tells of an emptiness of heart
for which the judicious as well as the
humane should grieve. II is cruelty
that cannot be repaired in year.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07

Bulldozing Lawyer-You say upon your
oath, sir, that Miss Fortysmith is ALFRED
homely What do you mean by that9
Enthusiastically is-well--
Lawyer-Come, come! How homely is
ALFRED homelyl
Witness-Well, its darned homely, IL
you'll excuse my saying so.
Lawyer-Now, sir, you have not answer
ed my question at all. Tell the jury il you
can. just how homely Miss Fortysmith is.
Witness-Well, I've known her face to
fade new carpet in ten minutes,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07
HOM'S ThiS2

We offer One Hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY az CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known i. j.
Cheney for the last Is years and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions, and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists Tole-
do, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free Price IS cents per bottle. Sold
by all druggists.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07
! SAW mn HUS BAND.

horses, At the next stoppage the guard
found my poor friend senseless.
She had found in the paper an ac-
count of the death of Capt. Norris by
suicide at the very moment she had
seen hisapparition.
When Mrs Norris returned to her
children, and had in some degree recOv-
cred from this awful shock, she spoke
with calmness of what she called her
last interview" with her husband.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07
, DONALD KENNEDY
OfRoxbury, Mass.,Says:

tsrange cases cured by my Medical Discovery
come to me every day. Here is one Of Paralysis
Bllndness--and tho Grip. Now how does my
Medical Discovery cure all these? 1 don know,
unless IT takes hold of tho Hidden Poison that
makes all uumOE
VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA, Sept. 9th, 1897
Donald Rennedy-- Dear Sir: l Will state my
case 10 you: About nine years ago was paral yzed
In my left side, and the best doctors gave ne no
relief for two years, and was advised to try your
Discovery, which d!d it, Cuty and In q few
months was restored 20 health About four y"a-s
ago became blind IN my left ego by spO'eu
cataract. Last March was taken with La Grippe,
and was confined 10 my bed for three months. At
the end of that time, as in the start 10 struck me
that your Discovery was the thing for me; so
got bottle, and before IL was half gone was able
to 30 to my work in the mines. Now In regard TO
my eyes, lost my left eve and abo ut six months
ago my right eye became affected with black spots
over the sight ma did the left eye perhaps somo
twenty of them--but since have been us ug your
Discovery they all left my RICH teyc but one; ard
thank God, the bright light of heaven is once moro
making its appearance In my left eye. am wonder
fully astonished Mt 1t, and thank God and your
Medical Discovery.
Yours truly, HANK WHITE.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-07
A Sad Accident

Woman-You seem to be a strong healthy
man. Can't you get alongl
Man-No, mum. i hain't had no means
Of support since last July.
Woman-Were you thrown out of work.
Man-No, mum, but me wife broke her
irrum, and she hain't been able to do
weeks washing since.