davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-18


told Fay she would carry her If she was
tired. and lifting her in her arms she did
not seem such an old, decrepit creature at
all rs she went stalking through the snow
storm, while little Fay fell asleep thinking
Of Christmas.
The morning papers that Christm"s
morning called upon all generous people
TO add 10 the happiness Of Christmas morn
ing aud help to heal two wounded hearts
by restoring to them their little daughter
Fay. with "blue eyes and golden hair"
The evening papers found clews and chased
them down, and thus it went day after
day and week after week. but il the earth
mad swallowed her up little Fay could not
bave disappeared more completely.
Winter snOws melted away and watered
the earth for the coming Of spring flowers;
spring flowers bloSsomed into fruits OF
summer and were succeeded in turn by
the falling Of autumn leaves. Winter had
whitened the northern fields once again.
when on the edge of a rolling river close
to the iimpid waters Of the Gulf of Mexico
where the sun still shone with warm.
bright rays and the zephyrs still famed
thefragrance Of the orange tree, band OF
stroillng gypNes We're encampcd Dark
browed and swarthy viSaged they were
from the child playing in front OF the tent
20 the old dame grooming over wild
melody. But there was one exception;
fsir-very fair-little girl of perhaps six
years, with matted, tangled hair that still
showed its gold, and with eyes of heavens
aeep blue that seemed TO have world of
shought ia them. lay in the warm sunlight
on the edge OF the camp, dreaming dreams
and thinking thoughts she dared not
inter In the weary tramps for the mast
year she had learned well the lesson that
she must obey each nod and beck and
keep her thoughts to herself. And so she
Jay dreaming and hearing nothing OF the
talk going on in the tent till she heard the
words.
Day after tomorrow will be Christmas
you know"
What was thati Christmas She had
not heard The word for "A yearl What mem.
ories 1t brought rushing, crowding back
upon her brain Christmasl Could She
ever ioree'l She could see the Christmas
srte now, and the snow falling upon the
street" OF The dear old city, and Fido, too
ami at last little bent and decrepit
woman who became tall, strong woman
|" quickly and so mysteriously. Il all
see'ned NO strange, and so far, far away
COW "'
When the hour for sleep came she was
Hhi thinking and thinking. and she re-
se'Vrd slap from the hard hand of old
Hnn'y Ter heedlesSness, ai,l she crawled
on INFO corner of the tent and cried softly
80 herself
but she could not sleep The picture of
KIND manly face, aud the warmth of a
motaers foad embrace remained and
eolaed with her. Hour after hour passed
va ,nis way till at las. she could stand IL
PionRef slinnine on her shoss and stock.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-18
CELEBRATION OF XMAS
THE WAYS AMERICANS UAVE ON
DOING TT.
Customs OF Our English, Dutch and
French Progcnitors During This
Happy Season.
HRIsTMAs ",

an honored day q
festivity in on,
country from tho
first, for Dutch
u u glish add
French Hugue
nots all brought
the happy custom
with them Fem.
ing was the com.
mon characier,.
tic Of all. but ia
degrees and kinds
varied rhar.....
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-18
nIistnk.a I'm sna.nh.

Do not say two first. ETC.. but say first
two, as only one can be first.
1t IL better TO say last two weeks, sto.,
rather than past two weskA
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-18
HER TWO CHRISTMASES.
TOUCHING LITTLE STORY Abooh
4 LITTLE GIRL. !
She Wa. So Joyful and no happy" ""'
the Spirit of the Steam SAID Z"
Her and It's Effect.
OMORROW Is

ON O r r o w Is
Christmasl T o.
morrow is Christ
masp' cried little
Fay. clapping her
hands as she
danced along the
sidewalk in the
softly falling
snow. did you
know tomorrow
Is Christ m n 3,
Fidoi" And Fido
ium ped and
barked and rolled
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-18


quire2
1t IL lucky still live TO tell,
For roasted I'd been had there been any fire
Down a chimney II was that fell.
And who owned tho chimney you never could
guess,
Nor could find 1t, though far you should
roam;
The place Is a secret, but will confess
had dropped into Santa Claus home
It's needless to say that made great noise
Whenl tumbled down there in heap;
Iscattered a lot Of old Santa Claus toys
And awakened him out Of his sleep.
He raised up his head and he rubbed his round
eyes.
Then he gazed while made low bow,
And you could not manifest greater surprise
Should he come down your chimney now.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-18

rap, and small fairies como forth from the
ground.
Who delight TO do service for me.
They work with viii. either daytime or night,
Ever ready to come when CALI
Then thump went his cane. and up came
sprite
Who escorted US down long hall
The FIRST room we entered was filed with ten
score
OF these fairies. all working on dolls:
There were dolls on the tables. and dolls on the
floor.
And new dresses hung round on tho walls.
The fairies were making them look very
choice
The most costly could. somo Of them. talk,
And while was looking one raised up its voice.
Saying, Mamma, please take me to walk"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-18

told Fay she would carry her If she was
tired. and lifting her in her arms she did
not seem Such an old, decrepit creature at
all rs she went stalking through the snow
storm, while little Fay fell asleep thinking
Of Christmas.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27

Gen. Robert +. Ice. according To- all
accounts, was nearly as much given 10
kissing the girls as Gen. Sherman was
Another relic Of the war has been
discovered in Virginia A few days
ago while log two feet in cfrcumfer-
ence was being cut in two near bloody
Angle" in Spottsylvania county. the
saw went through the butt end Of a
underground shell which was imbcdded
in the log out Of sight. II is supposed
that the tree was about nineteen inches
in diameter at the time the shell was
fired in 1868, as these trees grow about
quarter Of an inch in year
The German army has singular and
touching manner ~ preserving the
memory Of the soldiers killed while
carrying the colors Every staff that
has been clasped in action by dead
soldiers fingers is encircled by silver
ring, on which is inscribed the mans
name and these words: "Died hero
death with this color in his hand. .
Richard Knowles, the sailor who
lashed Farrugut TO the rigging Of the
Hartfor = the battle of Mobile BAY,
says that after he had taken turn or
two with the ratline the old admiral
grufiiy asked him what he was about.
and on being told by Knowles that the
caption had directed him 10 make the
admiral fast, and the latter said: 80.
all right" and helped 10 fasten lines
about himself
Capt. Robert NJ Woods, adiutant of
the Sixty fourth Illinois, was the first
Acknowledgement of the Grand Army of
the Republic. Little Red-IIeaded
Bob signed every paper discharging
the men Of the Fourth division, Seven
teenth corps, when they were mustered
out at Louisville, Ky, in July, 1865. He
was popular man in the Seventeenth
corps, and his genial qualities were
known to the rank and file Of every
regiment in the corps, who used 70
joke him upon his red head whenever
he passed the marching column. He
always took these plensantries as they
were meant by the boys, and had a
witty answer TO all their jokes. His
name should, and will, go down to pros.
terity with that of DIR. Stevenson's.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27

" l. stated that ship-oi.war built
in the temperate climate OF ordinary
steel and clad with say 1000 tons Of
nickel steel armor. would DO destroyed
by visit to the arctic regions owing
TO the contraction OF the steel b. tho
extreme low temperatures The eN-
psrlments were made with compound
armor plates faced with % Per cent
nickel steel and it remains TO bs seen
whether similar or lessened effect
would DO produced on the steel con
tanning from 20 per cent OF nickel.
PHILADELPHIA RocO ID.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.


strange aud Terrible suspicious tOu-
cernIng Garlbtldr. ia "a Wife.
The family OF Garlbaldi nave read.-
~ accepted the pecuniary assistance
FROM the government which the
old patriot so persistently refused
up to the very last. His sons
although gallant soldiers. are shady
chara tiers in business matters. His
son-in-law. Canzio was one OF his
cleycrest generals Ia times OF war
but he shares tho discredit Of tho
young Garlbaldis As Tor Garibaldrs
widow. Franseca RamOslno Il Is
probable that had she not borne the
great lberatOr' name. she would have
been called upon 10 answer before the
tribunals for tho death by poisoning,
IL Caprera. OF Anita the daughter Of
Garibaldi by his first wife. as we'll Ar
for tho mysterious death OF a beauti,
baldps notice aud who was found
-trung.ei with q cord around her neck
at La Madalcuu although. 81 course
these two crimes have never yet been
definitely brought nome 10 Guribaldfs
third and least eommendablc wile.
Nor ARE these two murders the only
tragedies connected with the honorcd
name Of Gartbaldi, for his fathers
faithful secretary Colonel Basso. tho
c0niidapt Of all his secrets as well as
OF his wishes was placed under &C..
strain BY thc liberator's widow. under
the prctext that his mind had become
unbalanced through grief Al the death
Of his master Having succeeded In
making his escape from the insane
asylum az Genoa where be was In
carrerated hts body was discovered u
couple ~ weeks later. with kulio
driven through his heart Tho Argo-
maui
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27

SOME persons affect to find il hard
10 believe that anybody In these times
is moved by sense Of duty. They
sneeringly laugh at the idea that even
our ministers act from disinterested
motives. They launch their favorite
theme. freighted with denials OF all
unselfishness. bearing the pennant
which asserts the universally OF sorlid
personal ambition and conduct. They
think. because this floating mass OF
SANDER occasions no response. that the
quiet may be interpreted as proof that
there is no response TO be made. and
that their position is unassailable.
This latter supposition is, indeed cor
rect We all see in these persons the
tendency and Roadway which demon
strate the utter futility OF argument
or appeal. They simply wish to be-
lieve as they do. and wilfrlly thrust
aside all evidence Of the great differ
ences OF human character tempera.
menL views OF life and actuating
principles Undoubtedly. the greater
loss h their own; and yet there is
another loss 70 the community. Their
constant harping upon the mean mo-
iiYes Of Individual action is demoraliz-
inE oebasing. Society suffers in COM
mon from these earping growing
eyniez In times Of disaster and de-
preston they add 10 the weight Of
public misfortune BY their cruel
-ehuckles and intolerable arrogance Of
having foreseen the dread event.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27

PERHAPS we cannot estimate cor
rectly the extent of our influence over
every one with whom we come in CON
tact because in the majority Of cases
we are not trying 10 WELD any infiu-
enee. We meet casually with half a
dozen acquaintance il the course Of a
day; we talk on different subjects and
part and straightway We forget all
that passed between Us. or We think
We do But the impressions given and
received are as inetfsceable a they
might be slight and we can never
hold converse for a brief half hour
with any feIlow-creature without leay-
ing some marx and carrying some
away.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27
= MAMMOTH STUMP,


tsitfa~n Tree which Measure utss
Tlur Fssg u Diameter
Long hctur6 the advent ~ Ghr whiln
man Ia California forest fires ragged
and from recent discoveries Il ~ Prob.
able that giant trees wrro Thus de-
stroyed. Ia comparison 70 which our
much lAudcd saquolas and gtlw0Ods ~
the present ARE but -apllngs In 1879
Commodore Apctshy Jo3es u. s y.
established small saw mill IN tht
Mill Valley for the purpose Of getting
out lumber there being no saw mills
on tho coast at the time. 4 few rein.
nRut4 " this old mill sill remain tho
locality being about SIX miles frum
Suusaltto on the North Pacific coast
railway. Close by this mill there can
today be plainly traced tho outline 81
tree destroyed by fire perhaps ages
ago The stump still measures fifty.
two icet in diameter and from appear.
auccs perhaps nucU measured fully
sixty fccL
P~utud this mammoth stump hud
grown immense trees which werr CO.,
and used in the saw mill Ia 1879
Siuso then third growth has bcea
made the sight ~ which would makr
glad the heart 81 any lumbermau. The
stump was measured lately by Edward
a. 4. Gallagher the pioneer. vino los.
his reputation for ysracity IN lsil,
when his description Of tho aoquoias
Of California was published in the
Eastern papers in which the statement
was made TINT his employees had driven
wagon and II yoke OF oxen through
pSostrHto tree that was burned hol.
low. and they would drive for 100 feet
and gee of and went through a
tuosholo. Al tho snme time tho state
mont was made that he had folled q
tree seventeen feet In diameter and
had used tho hollow OF ono that was
standing In which 90 stable thirteen
head OF horses. California Fruit
Grower
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27
HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC

Spcrta"lrs were invented in the vsnr
1870, but wnre not IN general use until
noarIy 200 years later
The giant Galnbrn, brought from Araldn
to Rome during the reign uf Clnndlus
CHsHr, was ten feet high
Melons wers first called cnntslot,,,.s
from being cultivated at Cantrhippi a
village near Rome where they had bspn
introduced from Armenia 10y missionaries
Tho Carthagcnians were the frat Il, ia
troduee stamped leather currency.
Leather coins with silver nail driven
through the center were issued IN Fran.
by King Jobu the Good in 1905.
Antelope valley, in the upper part nr
Los Angeles county, Cal, which, n few
years ago was regarded ms n semi desert
and an irreclnimable wilderness. nn,y
hoasis eight schools. with an aggregate
attendance OF nbout go pupils. and Is
soon 70 establish another school district
inc valley turned out something like n
million dollars worth OF produce mostly
grain last year
The locating Of st. Paul, Mimi. where
u ~ was due 20 too much whisky else.
where According TO Father Galtier. tho
officers at Fort Smelling drove away tho
settlers who had located across tho river
because they furnished 10 much whisky 10
the soldiers, and they settled at vnrlons
places along the river Many having 10.
Gated at ''the Cave" now 81 Paul n
church was built therc and city grew
around IL.
The famous oak under which Tns.o +,
supposed to have spent the greater pnrt on
the day during the last year Of his life
when lac had retired TO the convent of
SAINT onofrio, was blown down during "a
violent gale recently. Tho tree. which nil
visitors 20 Rome used 10 visit, was Kent
standing by supports OF masonry on ali
sides, but ut last, Notwithstanding all tho
caro- taken 10 preserve Il, IL has succumbe,l
to old nge. The trunk will, however. bo
Kept as relic IN the convent Of SAINT
Onotrio
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27
TenehIne Joe ) Lo..on.

Uncle 'Rastus. who has caused tho
arrest Of his vito for assaults Il want
20 tor glib II 70 her iejge-gib hor
do limick oh de law! Dis amt do fust
time she 'saulted me.
judge "lm afraid nunty I'll have
20 fine you ten dollars
We'll 30 honah amt got ton
conts.
Judge. 10 Uncle 'Rnstus; "Itll be
ton dollars, Uncle Rastus
Uncle 'Rastus handing over tho
money with bewildorod look; All
right jodgo derc's do money" To
wife as they leave tho court together
''Dar. ole woman II trus' yer 'speri'
once'll larn yo' n lesson that yo' won't
fergit - saturday Evening Post
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27

RUssIA's car IS a tyrant because OF
hereditary instincts and a natural dis
trust of a brutalized and ignorant peo-
pie, But the torch Of liberty has been
kindled in Russia never again to be
extinguished. The moujik may re-
main a clod but the educated classes
Of Russia have studied civilized gov
ernments to a purpose. The car ;
police may temporarily suppress con.
spiractes but they will break out in
new quarters ana with renewed force.
The ground on which Alexander III.
walks is honeycombed with pitfalls.
Not even South American republic
is in greater danger of bloodshed and
revolution than the vast empire that
is in Europe but not of Europe.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27
rwo NOTABLE UrraaANcgs

Bishop ~ Ity"rFo,l je.t, fsh CHRISTI
anity q tha great danger ri tbrss time.
Thr Jelly tsh though pretty aud graceful
tn tAr svh Is 10 sooner east ashore than 81
h"eom6- q urrr b"ip;e.s lump Jrlly hsh
Christianity mnkrsau idol n Christian
virtues while 10 proposes o. sweep away
all denomination harricrs There are
thousands q jpIly fish clcrgytuen. aud
countless Jrlly tisl sermons every year
Logiuus IT ellis fish studrnts aru turned
out of the universities. aud there arc
myriads Of jelly fish worshippers, Ill 81
which is the result %; nu unhappy dread
y dogma
Arrhdcncou Fnrrnr Where would 6s
the popular teachings about hrr IL W.
calmly and deliberately erased from our
English bible the thrcs words .dnmna.
ton hsll' and everlasting Vet /
say unhesitatingly say. claiming the
fullest right e speak with the authority
% knnwlcdge say, with tho cnlmSat
andinls' unfiinchiag sense ~ rcspnnsthil
ity I say standing here in tho sight Of
tod aud my savior aud It may 10 tho
angels md spirits ~ tho dead. that not
ono Of tiles" words ought 10 stand any
longer our English bibles, for In our
present nccepiatiou 10 them thcy nre sim
ply DETERMINATIONS
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27
rHE cuRg-ALl Elsnn
Qults a, Mueh Of a Nulsanee IN
as Her..


oults a. Muoh OF Salsanee IN
as Her 'se
This il a very bad cold ve
Cooling said Bloobumper I've
awful code. replied Goblin.
Now. the last time / bad
cold as that, went on BIoob., a
drawing a memorandum book fros \,
vest pocket and consulting 4 N
advised me 10 take Turkish ba,h
it, Have you tried that remedy sa
selip think sou said il was X sl'
falllble cure. -
NO Bud -
"Oi course you haven't proo..A
Bloobumper, Us he searched a.
other entry IN his memorandum 49,
The cold ! had before that von
commended me 10 cure by the ami
ton Of mustard plasters applied IN.
tifully To my chest ana ths smai ],
my back. OF course. yoa hs,ss.
tried that yourself
why. sou see
''Oh yes | see. Bloobumuer l.,..
ruptedi but when had u cold 1 N.
weeks before the last one | mentions.
you said ga@pn or two 81 gool 4.
herb tea would iN me up II I woaR
take Il on going 70 bed and y ~
into a persplration. Have you deso
that with yonrselt?'
The fact Is hl0O
Oh. no doubt But here 1. =
other cure Tor cold sou told me abo.,
s'x months ago fake teaspoostI
OF ground cayenne pepper every hos-
until we'll lave yoa tried thataa
Blubumper you"
Certainly / know, Welt oa 49,
9th 81 last January you told mo ~,
SIX grains Oi quinine. taken lust H..
loru retiring would break Up N.
worst cold that eyor got into d maa,
system Why don't you Try tho ga.
uiue pills7"
Il cOuIdn't
Perhaps not bur Ia Dscembef
you suggested fgn electrical shoeks
from powerful battery Tn euro
70 know why ,ha, hasn't cured yoa,
cold.
Well. I've hasu ="
Doubtless that vas Il. Bul Nbes
had a severe cold Ia November
Iotted down another remedy you lo.a
ne Of and Tor which I was very tnacA
obliged although ! neglected 10 taks
Il fou told mr 10 stun tablaspoaa
ful Of parrgoric up my nostris al
the cold would b. gone 10 Ten hour
suppose yoa try thar noW Z"
HUT I'm under ,ho doctors cars.
uUw -r
On that doesn't mako the slight
o.. difference. lou told me 20 your
self in the early part 81 Ociober
VIII n WAS under physicians car
myself lou said that doctors dtdu'
know any thing about colds but ll
would just wrap myself o. a vol ahoe
and pile blankets Dn or before morn
ing the sweating would drive ever
particle % cold from ms sysiam y
sou remember that adyiccg Thin
sou might give il fair te.al" 81
Cooling WAS gpur London T.dihh
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27

ONE journal has called attention to
the circumstances that whereas a cen
fury or two ago handsome woman
inspired sentiments Of such admiring
curiosity that her arrival or departure
drew vast crowds and rewarded tho
patient waiting OF hundreds beauty
of the same sort is so general nova
days as to evoke no ripple Of excite
mant 1t is no longer so rare that it
attracts peculiar attention. Again,
the portraits OF women OF acknowl-
edged loneliness preserved in many
houses and galleries. or public build
ings and wondered at for many years.
can not stand comparison with many
living countenances whose good looks
are so little beyond the ordinary as to
inspire neither poet painter com
poser nor sculptor with subject for
rhapsody in sonnet, on canvas. by lyric
or in marble
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27

IT is only as the law Of force is
suspended or superseded that human
ity differs from brutality or that ciyili-
ization becomes possible. It is, the
most interesting fact, perhaps the
most significant fact of human brutal
ity. that those races which have relied
most on this brutal law OF the survi-
val OF the strongest have become vie
tins OF it and that without single
exception. No state which has relied
on violence, or on the law whose last
appeal" is violence, has survived when
the last appeal was really made. Hab-
itual violence so degraded the general
intellect that whatever degree Of civ
ilization had been attained was lost in
a general decentralization which made
impossible the united effort without
which no nation or clan of human
brutes can maintain bruta, suprem-
acy.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27
nnttls Of rrnlrlr nrn,r

The battle 81 Prairie Grove was an
unusually severe one for the numbers
engaged. licrrons division sustained
the assault of overwhelming numbers
from 70 o'clock IN the morning until
he was reinforced about p. NJ. Gen.
Heron reports that he had sent many
Of his troops to Gen. Blunt and entered
the battle with but six infantry rrgi-
ments, three batteries, and about 500
cavalry. making altogether about 300
men. He lost out ~ these lO4 killed.
353 wounded, and 80 mi, sing, or SO IN
all. Gen. Blunt puts the entire force
engaged on the Union side at 1000
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27

You for NORMAN JONES, Publisher.
IDAHO.
som'BLACKFooT.

THERE is peculiar sadness associ-
ated with the dispelling of our youth
full illusions II sombers us TO think
that they are gone beyond recall
those radiant and alluring illusions
amid which We reveled once. But
such is life the treasures of one Pc
riod become the dust OF succeeding
years and 50 we trudge along this
strange path OF life with great capac
ity for delusions, glad to be caught By
them. sad to lose them.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27

JUMBO q horse owned b. SRyln
Rock .hipbuilder is said 20 BE- tho
largest horse In Connecticut. lie il
nearly seven trot high and weigh.
! 700 pounds lle i powerful AMI.
NAL and has dragged with apparent
ease two ton logd With the chit.
drcn he Is Il grea, layorite. II costs
q good deal 70 feed him. a. he has
eight rcck- 81 oats AZ each meal and
make, away with 200 pounds Of has
every week Ills shoes ARE ~ uuasunl
size and weigh four pounds cnrh