davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1892-01-21

longs to "A bour-MAURIcE MAETERLIScK.
geois family of some standing in Client,
and has been admitted to the Belgian bar,
although he says he has no sympathy with
or desire to practice the legal profession.
He is n slow worker and a great admirer OF
English and American literature. He con
siders The Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allen Poe, the best short story
ever written. He has not yet passed his
tyenty-eiRhth birthday,
, 1892-01-21

promise. She got her early training from
Mrs. Annie Yeamans, in the stock company
of Harrigan and Hart, in New York. She
had been on the stage six years and had
hundreds of friends, although she was only
twenty-five years old. Some of the best
work she ever did was as the wench in
Money Mad"
, 1892-01-21

Belgian Shake
speare," rs he is
sometimes called,
is constantly add
ing new laurels to
the crown which
his tragedies have
w o Notwith-
standing the NOR
bidness of almost
all his writings,
Maeterlinck is a
very ordinarily
happy ookin g
m tall, fair
haired and pink
skinned. He be-
, 1892-01-21

actress. w lille
preparing for bed
in a Cincinnati ho-
tel she spilled some
violet water on her
dress. Afterward
$ h e approached
the stove, and the
C o m b II s t | | e
fumes of the liquid
took fire. She died
the next day.
At the time OF
her death she was
Il memb Der of Come
dian Jimmy Pow
ers' "A Straight
Tip" o pany,
playing the part
of Bedelia Dolan,
the Irishwoman.
She was n very
beautiful girl and
an actreSS af Ureat
, 1892-01-21

The best salve in the world TOR cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fevei
sores, letter chappsd hands, chilblaiEs,
corns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction OF
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by A. E. Roedel, druggist.
, 1892-01-21

rider who claims
worlds honos, for
500 u side kauf-
man was born Mt
Rochester about
twenty-nine years
ago, and began his
bicycling career in
lSS1 1t was not
long before he was
astonishing large
audiences by his
marvellous feats on
the wheel. He Wis
tied the principal
American cities
and went abroad
five years ago.
Since that time
he has presented
his repertoire of
100 difficult feats
in all the leading
cities of Europe.
One of his o
pop ular exhibit
tions is skipping
rome while he ia
, 1892-01-21

A Remarkable Case.-Mr. Walter
Wheeler of the Washington Mills,
Lawrence. Mass. for Two years afflicted
with varicose veins, accompanied by a
troublesome eruption. was completely
cured after taking only eight bottles Of
Ayers Sarsaparilla.
, 1892-01-21
Trick nIeyelI., Kaufman.

Nicholas +. Kaufman, who claims to be
the champion trick rider of the world, will
soon return from England to his home in
Rochester. y, Y. and orange II match
with Canary. Maltby, or any other trick
, 1892-01-21

EFO r Z young
people ''go in" for
amateur theatri-
calls they should
fully consider the
fact that "a good
deal Of time will
have to be devotr
ed to them II they
are to be well
done There must
, 1892-01-21
AMATEUR THEATRICALS
How to Improvise Stage, Cur
tain and Scenery.
GOOD RESULTS AT SMALL COST.

Double PArIors oner n Fine opportu-
nifty for Amateur Performances, but
tho Rest Place Is In "A CommodIous
Lon or Like Apartment.
, 1892-01-21

I lie ARREST stock of fine l. andes. OLD
ghiskies. choice hqueuTs auo supef6ne
cigars at GEORGE Masten's well kn Jwr
house, corner Sixteenth and, ferguson
, 1892-01-21

The new light in dramatic literature
which rose on the European horizon in tho
person of Maurice Maeterlinck shows ne
signs Of finding. On the contrary, tn,
, 1892-01-21
Ill Fated Mary Bird.

An awful warning to women who use
toilet lotions carelessly near fire is contained
in the story of the death of Mary Bird, the
, 1892-01-21

Is a most loathsome, dangerous. and preva-
lent malady. 1T is a blood disease, usually
OF scrofulous origin, and for which local
treatment Is useless. Before health is pos
slble, the poison must be eradicated from
the system, and to do this
, 1892-01-21

Jack Frost is the leading -four in the
West.
, 1892-01-21

Subscribe for the Leader.
, 1892-01-21

Water and Sewer Service, Grease Traps
and repairing a speciality. All material and
work guaranteed. A complete stock of new
goods always on hand. Estimates furnished
on application.
Orders left at q. Schweickert's hardwsr
store will receive prompt attention.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-26

She happened into her husbands
office one afternoon last week. He
was out at the time, and the young
lady typewriter In the front Office said
he was gone only for a short time and
would return soon. So the wife sat
down at his desk TO wait for him. A
typewriter letter lay before her, and
interestingly her eyes followed Its
lines.
"Dear jack" IL read, "you want to
know something about my typewriter.
l want to say to you That she Is a
daisy"
The wife clutched her hands con-
vulsively and gasped for breath. Her
first impulse was TO rush into the pri-
vate office and assault the young lady
employed there.
"But no." she reasoned, ait is not
her fault entirely. My husband is
the one to receive the greater censure.
Oh, that / have been so blind. Fool
that 1 was to trust him. But he
shall know the extent Of my hate as
he has undeservedly known the depth
of my love"
Then she read further: !"I am well
acquainted with several. other type
writer's, but none of them are in II
with mine. was fortunate to secure
the one / did, and I'm really in love
with my selection.
This was altogether too much for
the wife to bear, and the opportune
arrival of her husband was all that
prevented her from visiting the young
lady who was in measure response
BILE for all her misery. When hel
husband entered the room her dis
turbed and excited appearance alarm
ed him.
"Why, what's the matter; my dear?
She pointed to the letter. For al
instant her husband was painfully
puzzled. Presently he laughed heart
fly. Then he handed her another
note, which read:
DEAR Tom: l want to buy type
writing machine. Do you like yours
and had 1 better get that kind:
Yours, JACK"
And then the wife laughed, ant
brushing a tear from her cheek sale
that she knew he was dear, gooC
boy.-Chicago Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-26

double. BY tripping a bolt the dome
drops by gravity distance OF two
feet, the steel walls covering the win
dows as the upper section falls. But
the dome does not drop directly. BY
an ogee it is rotated two feet as it
drops. This rotation draws a steel
plate across the doorway and also
hangs opposite the window openings,
small portfolios through which the
armed guards in the turret may fire
their weapons. AS the tower is cir
cular and portfolios are in the front
part guns may be fred straight ahead,
and If the car is next the engine the
engineer and the fireman may be pro-
tected from the turret. The sides
and the interior of the car itself can
also be covered from the ports.
The movable roof section may be
lifted by the same power that controls
the air brakes. The movement OF
the turrets may be directed entirely
from the engine If desired, or dropped
from the interior of the tower.
Between the turrets and the CEN
trail part Of the car are the wash
room and other conveniences, and
also little inclosed platforms intended
for observation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-26

ing the house, we fln1 ourselves in
large room about % feet long by 30
feet wide. In the center is square
fireplace, over which is suspended an
iron pot for cooking. Round it sit
group of Withholding men dressed in
skins, and two or three naked chill
dren. The old men have a most ven
cradle appearance, with their long
white boards and flowing hair. The
head Of the fireplace is the seat of
honor and here a raised ledge about
IL or 13 inches high and feet long
is erected. The Amos sit cross
legged, like tailors, never on their
heels as do the japanese. The win
dows are square holes closed at night
by shutters made of two boards fas-
tened together by a piece Of rope.
Around two sides Of the room are
benches for sleeping. At night, mats
are hung in front Of each sleeper"
The Amos are nature worshipers,
and every stream and mountain has
its own guardian deity. The most
important part of their creed is the
worship of the hear, whom they adj
mire for his courage and regard as be-
ing a sort of relation on account OF
the daughter of Kamui. To call an
Aino a bear is a most flattering re-
mark. A stick with shavings tied to
the end is kept in every house and
planted outside, and is believed to be
in some way an emblem Of god
When rice brandy is drunk six liba-
tions are made to the stick and one
TO the fire. A superstition prevents
the sale of a stick belonging to liv-
ing man, but occasionally one belong
ing to the dead can be bought, though
usually this is buried with the body.
The Aino really has no fault but
drunkenness, passion INDUCED by
all on every possible occasion. Polyg-
amy, though not unknown, is rare,
and women are nearly always virtu-
Gus. Children, while small, are car.
ried strapped to the mothers back.
They are very docile and gentle, and
are early taught the elaborate cour-
tesy which all the Amos practice to-
ward one another.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-26
IIRht "a a Measurer.

The accuracy Of modern scientific
processes is indicated by the proposal
to employ the wave length Of light as
a standard of length. Already light
furnishes a standard Of measurement
in astronomy, a Eight year." that is,
the distance a ray of light will travel
in the space of one year, being the
unit employed in reckoning the dis
lance of stars. But the proposed
standard based upon the length of the
waves Of light involves an almost in
finitely more delicate estimation.
We may take one fifty-thOusandth
Of an inch as an average estimate for
the length of a wave of light, but
that would be true for only a particu-
lar quality of light. The color rough
ly indicates the wave light. The red
waves are the longest, the violet
waves the shortest, and when STAN
dard of measurement is chosen in the
way suggested the length OF the wave
belonging to particular kind OF
light, or a particular part Of the spec
trum, will be selected.
In a lecture nine years ago Prof.
G.. G.. Stokes said: "The French refer
their metre to the dimensions of the
earth. The English refer their yard
to the length of the. seconds pendu.
lum.
"But supposing the earth to be
slowly contracting by cooling, both
these natural standards would be
liable to be affected in the course OF
ages; and If such catastrophe were
to occur as the impact on the earth
of some great globe visiting our solar
system, the dimensions of the earth
and the value of gravity, and accord
ingly the length OF the seconds pen
dulum, would at once be affected tt
an unknown degree.
"But the wave length OF light Of q
given kind would remain unchanged
and the survivors of such catastro
phc might have recourse to 1T to re
cover the ancient standard of length.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-26
Touch and Go.

An old Snowman tells the following
exciting story of his experience when
connected with well-known me-
nagerie:
after the exhibition was over" he
says, II passed into the menagerie to
talk to the Waterman. From some
cause he was absent from his post,
and 1 walked across the amphitheater
toward my old friend, the elephant,
to give him an apple, for we were the
best of friends. He was one Of the
largest elephants | ever saw, and was
as good-natured as he was large,
was about halfway across the ring
when 1 heard growl, and, looking
round, saw to my horror one Of the
lions out of his cage and approaching
me in crouching manner ready for a
spring. had sufficient presence Of
mind to realize my dangerous situa-
tiOn, and to know that it required
the utmost caution to eXtricate my
self from it. One hasty motion on
my part, and l would be in the jaws
Of the monster.
Il felt that my only hope was the
elephant, IL l could reach him, but
he was chained by the foot and could
not reach me. Nearer and nearer
came the lion, waving his tail in a
manner that meant business. If /
turned my back he would spring, if l
took my eyes from him / was lost.
1T was terrible moment. glided
backward as swiftly as l dared; | had
another fear; feared stumbling back
ward, and knew if did fall l would
never rise, but that where l fell l
would make meal for that lion.
"As / neared the elephant / saw
that the lion understood my move
ments, and, fearing that he would be
baked Of his prey, he prepared to
bring the matter to crisis. l then
saw that had but one hope-to rush
with all my speed to the elephant.
/ think must have jumped twenty
feet when l turned, and l know the
lion jumped thirty, but he just missed
me. How l completed the race l do
not know. l only know that the ele-
plants trunk was round my waist,
and he was lifting me up on his head
1 was saved!"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-26
TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
AFREE AND GRATEFUL PEOPLE
PAYS HONOR.
Decoration Day Awakens Fresh Momorie0
OF and Creator Gratitude TO the Brave
Patriots Who Gave Their Lives for Their
Country-Their Graves.
Honor TO Heroes.

The coming of another Decoration Day
marks one more remove along the path
OF peace and prosperity from that con-
fiict, the echoes of which grow less dis
tinct and the memories of 1t more mel
lowed as the sands of time slft into the
shadows of the softening past. The
sorrow for our patriot dead is a sorrow
we would not forget. Gladly as we
would alter the aspects OF that darksome
picture of the fading years; much as we
lament the fratricidal strife and It's dire
full results, we would not II we could be
wholly divorced from the memory Of 1t.
That era In the nations existence serves
as an awful, majestic background for the
scene In which the arts OF peace are
painting the happier central figures Of
the present. In the wars great grave
was buried nations error and human
Lty's shame. The letters Of the slave
were hidden In that mound from the
gentle bosom of which sprang the newer
and grander life Of the republic. The
war Is story Of the past the sequel Of
which is well-nigh told. It's fearful OUT
lines have been happily smoothed away
until we may pensively mediate upon
The lessons 1t taught and look upon its
patriotic aspects with feeling OF pride
Akin to deepest and purest Joy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-26
Tell the Truth.

In answer to the accusation that
girls of the period tax too heavily the
purses of their escorts to ball or thea
ter, a defender of her order suggests
that young men should not keep
the state Of their finances such
a profound secret. She says: There
isn't one girl in fifty, I'll war
rant, who would order an expensive
meal, or enjoy it when ordered, II
she thought that its cost was seri-
Gus item to her escort. The average
young man hasn't too much money,
but is filed with a fierce desire to
see that his fair one has the best and
most of everything. 1t is an Ameri-
can fashion, and very noble and
gallant one, but it can be overdone.
/ don't mean that the young man
should plead poverty" but neither
need he assume that indifference to
expense that a millionaire is supposed
to show and seldom doesl A tact
full girl can steer between these two
extremes neatly and without offend.
ing. After all, poverty is no crime.
II it was the prisons would be pretty
DODulOus.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-26

which to-day spring blossoms that
sweetly cover the scars Of strife, and
with grateful hearts we join with nature
In the gracious work.
Cover them over with beautiful flowers,
Deck them over with garlands, those
brothers Of ours.
Lying so silent by night and by day.
Sleeping the years Of their manhood away;
Years they had marked for the joys of the
braves;
Years they must waste In the sloth of the
grave.
All the bright laurels they fought to mako
bloom
Fell to the earth when they went to the
tomb.
Give them the need they have won In the
past,
Give them the honors their merits fore
cast;
Give them the chaplets they won In the
strife;
Give them the laurels they lost with their
life.
Cover them over-yes, cover them over
Parent and husband and brother and
lover;
Crown in your heart these dead heroes of
ours,
And cover them over with beautiful flow
81
One there is sleeping in yonder low tomb,
Worthy the brightest OF fow'rets that
bloom.
Weakness of womaDhood's life was her
part;
Tenderly strong was her generous heart
Bravely she stood by the sufferers side,
Checking the pain and the life-bearing
tide;
Fighting the swift-sweeping phantom OF
Death,
Easing the dying mans frttering breath
Then when the strife that had nerved her
was DER,
Calmly she went TO where wars are NO
| more.
Voices have blessed her now silent and
| dumb;
| Voices will bless her in long years to come
Cover her over-yes, cover her over
Blessings, like angels, around her shall
! hover;
| Cherish the name of that sister of ours,
And cover her over with beautiful flowers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-26
Nile Mud.

There is nothing to make one real
ize the importance of mud indeed
like a journey up the Nile when the
inundation is just over. You lounge
on the deck Of your dahabieh and
drink in geography almost without
knowing it. The voyage forms per-
feet introduction to the study of
mudology, and suggests to the observ-
ant Misunderstanding you and me-the
real meaning Of mud as nothing else
on earth that l know Of can suggest
it; for in Egypt you get your phenom-
enon isolated from all disturbing ele-
mentS.
You have no rainfall to bother you,
no local streams, no complex denuda-
tions; the Nile does it ALT does
everything. On either hand the bare
desert stretches away, rising up in
gray, rocky hills. Down the midst
runs the one long line Of alluvial soil
lin other words, Nile mud-which
alone allows cultivation and life in
that rainless district. The country
bases itself absolutely on mud. The
crops are raised on it, the houses and
villages are built Of it, the land is
MANFRED with it, the very air is full
Of it. The crude brick buildings that
dissolve in dust are Nile mud solidi.
fled; the red pottery of Assiout is
Nile mud baked hard; the village
mosques and minarets are Nile mud
whitewashed. l have even seen a
ships bulwarks neatly repaired with
mud. 1t pervades the whole land
when wet as mud undisguised; when
dry as dust storm.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-26

she found large boat, and for many
months sailed the sea. At last she
landed in a mountainous country
(Japan) and gave birth to son and
a daughter. The descendants Of
these children married, some among
themselves and others among the
bears Of the mountains. The chill
dren of the bears were brave and
skillful hunters and withdrew further
and further into the inaccessible
mountains, where they yet live and
direct the affairs of men,"
This legend, besides accounting for
their origin, also gives the reason for
the curious physical phenomenon,
the bushy growth of hair about an
inch long, which distinguishes the
older Amos. This is black and
bristly, and generally is not found ON
the younger men, though children
have been known to possess it. The
people live chiefly by hunting and
fishing. Their weapons are rude,
consisting of spear for killing fish,
and bows and arrows. The arrows,
which are ingeniously constructed
in three pieces, are poisoned on the
tip with aconite. The dress of the
Amos is simple, being mostly skins
and a curious fabric woven out Of
bark. Until or years old chill
dren run about naked; they then put
on the adult garment, which is
henceforth always worn. The island
of Yezo is as large as Ireland, but
the population numbers only some
1913, 900. The Japanese live in some
of the villages, and the relations
between the Amos and Japanese are
peculiar The Aino never mixes
with the others, nor would he even
think of building house next to
Japanese.
"Their houses, writes Mrs. Flesher,
"are really huts. A wooden frame is
first built and on this bundles of
reeds are tied. Inside is a second
wall Of reeds tied singly. The roofs
are extraordinarily steep, very much
like those of the Quebec houses, and
probably for the same reason-to shed
the heavy snow and prevent it from
crushing in the roof. To each house
there is little ante-chamber. 1t is
never lighted and is separated from
the house proper by square curtain
of rushes bound with hide. Enter
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-26

The vernai springs and the golden su-
tumns came and went, and the SHOWS Of
winter sifted their silver Wilderness over
new-made graves. Sometimes a soldier
boy would come home on a furlough and
return with hundred messages Of love
TO those In the ranks. And how eager
were his comrades TO learn all he had
seen or heard. 1t vas Like stealing q
glimpse of home andfriends to chat with
one who had recently looked upon those
dear old scenes.
Hi Harry Holiyi Halt and tell
A fellow just thing or two;
You've had furlough, been to see
How all the folks In Jersey do.
It's months ago since was there
I. and bullet from Fair oaksi
When you were home. old comrads say.
Did you see any OF our folksi
The Sunshine Of Peace.
But there came happy time when the
great army OF soldiers were given an
unlimited furlough, and though OF the
thousands Of brave men who marched
away only a scant hundred or two re-
turned, the difference in numbers but
emphasized the greatness Of the victory
won, and the imperishable glory Of those
who died In It's achievement. There
were happy reunions In the homes OF the
nation. From the pine-clad hills Of New
England to the shores OF the Gulf
and the Pacific there came a glad re-
Spouse to the tidings, "The war is over"
The clouds, dark and terrible while they
remained, rolled away and let In the
sunshine OF freedom that shall brighten
as the years pass. The men who died
opposing each other at Shiloh and NAL
vern Hill and Gettysburg, and were
buried together as they fell, have been
resolved into the common dust from
which they came. The blue coat and
the gray have mingled in the mold from
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-26
No Pepper for Ben Butler.

An old friend who knows him we'll
says: Seen. Benjamin +. Butler Is
fond of good living, and likes his
meats and vegetables made toothsome
with all the proper condiments save
one. He positively and emphatically
refuses to touch the daintiest bit Of
cooking that is seasoned with any
preparation of black pepper. Gen.
Butler loathes black pepper, and will
have none Of it in his food If he knows
1t. The cause of this peculiar dis
taste he explained to me some years
ago while lunching at a well-known
Washington cafe. He said he had
made discovery that the South
American hides which are shipped to
this country are preserved in their
transit by the profuse use Of black
pepper, which sold at low price as
pure ground pepper to hotels and
restaurants.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-26


Careless though to- morrow's fight
Should close for them In deeper nightI
Careless though that far sweet strain
For them should never sound again.
SAh love, good nightp the bugles rang,
And hushed tho song the soldiers sang.
Too soon shall reveille awake
And shot and shell your dreaming break;
Till cannon thunders usher day,
slumber softly while you may.
Wrapped In your faded coat OF blue
For day shall need you. soldier true.
HAd. love, dear love. good night, good
night;n
For you we battle and the right
GAll. all is WE'LL" the bugles sing.
But ahi what fate shall morning bring ,
Hail OF iron and leaden rain.
Prayer and parting, sigh and paini
Who shall victors' garlands win7
Who with tho dead be gathered in7
As fades the light from white winged tent;
As snap the heart strings bullet rent;
AS clouds that never come again,
So passeth life and all its pain.
Day needed thee, but day no more
Shall break for thee on sea or shore.
Thee never now n bugle strain
khall summon to the fray again.
Beyond the din OF battle field
Where foemen fight and foemen yield,
The angels whisper GALL is WELL"
No bugle notes our realms shall swell
Yours was the highest boon-to die,
To keep the old flag in the sky.
Yours now the sweetest b)on-to rest
He knoweth test, He knoweth best