davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-27
GENIUS WASTED.
An American Dickens Passing His Life
in Ingloriou, O1scurity.

An American Dickens Passing His Life
in IngIoriou, ODscurity
81 struck literary genius in an
unexpected quarter" remarked New
ton Beers, the actor, to some pro-
fessional gentlemen. I'VE were play
ing Lost in London with speciality
acts to one night stands down South.
One dismal Saturday afternoon we
landed in small town. As night
set in 1t began to pour down rain. 1t
was a fearful night, but to my sur
prise there were about 100people out
10 see the performance. But the
gloom and damp without were in
fictitious, and in spite of all our ef-
forts no enthusiasm could be ex-
torted from the crowd. The next
morning l picked up the local paper
and was astonished to see under the
headline, Lost in London a full
half column. l was curious to see
what kind of a dramatic critic was
to be found in so small place.
The article began with a descrip-
ton of the night before. 1t was as
true to nature as anything Dickens
ever wrote. | could hear between
the lines the monotonous patter Of
the rain and see the pickering lights
OF swaying lanterns and men moving
about the streets swearing at the
elements. And the description went
on to within half-dozen lines of the
end OF the article, when it abruptly
wound up by saying that in addition
to the horrors of the night Newton
Beers was in town with his Lost in
London show, and suggested that if
the play could be cut off and let the
audience have nothing but the
specialties it would be appreciated
by the amusement loving public l
heartily enjoyed the article. 1t was
perfect description of rainy night
in London. Before leaving town
hunted up that critic and was sur
prised to find a rural looking rooster
who had never had an assignment on
a daily paper in his life. | tried to
get him to go to New York, and l
offered to assist him, but he would
not go. I bought dozen copies of
the paper containing the article and
sent them to friends in various parts
OF the country, and all were deeply
impressed with it | presume the
fellow is still doing drudgery and
hiding his talents on that obscure
sheet"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-27
What's in One Name.

The first half of the name s.Ferdi-
nand" is feorh, youth" or ''life;"
the second half is a little uncertain,
but may be conjecture6 to be prob
ably nanth. darling" 1t was the
Spanish Goths who gave it its earliest
vogue In the peninsula as Fernando,
or Fernan. San Fernando, king of
Castillo, sent it on to Aragon and
and thence to Naples, where it be-
came Ferdinando, and figured in
1.-The Tempest" accordingly as Ferdi-
nand. With Ferdinand and Isabel a
its fame grew worldwide. Again, in
Spain itself, it became fernando and
Herman, in which shape it was i'm
mortalized by Cortez- Who would
have suspected the conqueror of
Mexico of bearing a name which on
analysis turns out to be pure Anglo
Saxon?
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-27
Got the Mitten Every Tin g.

u can marry any girl please was his exc!a.
nation, but unfortunately then he did not pie ase
any; and there was plain reason for it. He had
contracted catarrh of the worst form, and. al
though wealthy. educated, attractive person
every other way, he was positively repulsve to
his lady friends a number of whom rejected bi
oilers of marriage. A fir end advised him TO use
Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. He took his advice
and now is the most popular beau in Town, and he
really can marry any CIR. he uleases'' to ask
1t made his breath pure and sweet, he has no
headache, no offensive discharges from the nose
in short, is in perfect health and all from using
few bottles of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-27
Slept lifty-Seyen Years.

Irving's rip Van Winklcn is be-
lieved TO have its foundation III the
wonderful story which Pliny relates
concerning the extraordinary ex-
perience OF a shepherd named Epi-
menides. The scene is land in Crete;
the time summer, and Epimenides a
boy OF some - years. During the
very ws.rmcst part of the day he
found that some of the sheep were
missing. and at about the same time
heard prolonged blcatings from the
almost inaccessible portions of a
ncighboring mountain. lie grasped
his crook and started off in the direc-
ton of the sounds. The path was a
very difficult one to travel over. the
day hot. so that long before he
reached the stray sheep he was so
overcome with fatigue that he lay
down in Il dry place in cool cavern
to sleep. He slept, so Pliny gravely
informs us, 81 years. At last, when
he had finally managed to shake off
the terrible lethargy that had held
him spellbound for more than half a
century, he returned to the herd
only to find brother younger than
himself totterlng, gray-haired
grandfather. That ".ll-wind" prov
erb is very appropriate in this case.
for we find that Epimenides' enforced
slumbers had endowed him with
miraculous powers He became q
great epic poet and Gnostic philoso-
pher, and even def1ed death itself for
nearly three centuries, not dying un-
til he had celebrated his 2S5th birth.
day.-St Louis Republic.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-27
Gold of Rome Found in spain.

A peasant blowing near the village
of Porcuna, in Spain, fortnight ago
turned up an amphora filed with
gold and silver coins, all in a good
state of preservation. The gold
coins are somewhat larger than a
twenty-five cent piece, and on one
side is The inscription: '.Sabina
Augusta Hadriana, G. r. A" The
figure OF a Roman soldier is on the
other side
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-27
Won by Her Tongue.

McHarlem-How long did you know
your wife before you married her?
Murray Hill-Two days.
Wasn't that rather short &C.
quaintance?"
IF you had heard my wife talk
you wouldn't ask such questions At
the end Of two days felt as though
l had known her for five years. IN.
Y. Mercury.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-27
POLITICAL ECONOMY LESSON,
The City of Philadelphia and the Peo-
pes Rights.

The City of Philadelphia and the Peo-
pes Rights.
When you have your big town.
some one must own the land and the
houses. If & few own them, the
many Will not like it. They ought
not to like it. In city where everv-
thing is right, every family will own
something. This will not come about
unless the laws are right. The laws
are not good unless bread is cheap.
unless men have skill in their work.
and are of saving habits, and unless
land is cheap, the city plan good, and
wrong doors are locked up at once.
But all these things will not bring
about the right city, in which most
people own something, unless the
laws make il easy for a man who
works with his hands to buy the
house he lives in. If a man owns
that, he will care more about looking
after his home than about making a
row because somebody else is richer
than he is.
This row is what the older people
call the social question:" says st.
Nicholas. Now, a man who owns
the house he lives in does not want
to make row. He is too busy taking
care OF his house. You cannot make
rioter out of that man. He is a
capitalist" He will never be a
turbulent striker. He is. in the best
sense of the word, independent
Riches are worth what they give.
The best things that Sley can give
are comfort and security. The man
who owns the house he lives in has
these. In Philadelphia any indus
trious, saving man can own his house
before he dies; and more such men
own houses than do not. Philadelphia
is the only city in the world in which
this is true. This is the biggest and
best thing which can be said of any
city.
The law in Philadelphia has mado
this easy, in the first place. by scpa-
rating the owning of the ground on
which tho house is built and the
owning of the house which stands on
the ground. This is done by what
are called liked "ground-rents A
SiOuHO-Ionb Is pau LOT Inc use OF
the ground Independent of the house
which stands on it. In Philadelphia,
a grOund-rent once fixed by the man
who irst sells use of the land can
not be changed and lasts forever. A
ground-rcnt docs not grow if the
ground gets to be worth more: 1t
stays the Sl@c. If the ground and
house get - be worth more, the man
who owns he grOundrcnt does not
benefit by this, but the man who
owns the house; Practically. when
a house is bought under this plan,
only the house is bought-the land is
paid for by fixed yearly sum which
cannot be added to.
The law did this. This is one step.
The next must be desire to save
money, and ability to use it after it
is saved. This is done in Philadel-
phia by savings-banks, which deposit
tors themselves manage, in order to
get together the money for each to
pay for a house. When you and TO-
600 other persons put your pen
mics in a savings-bank, they make
many dollars. These dollars are
taken by those in charge of the saw
ings-bank and lent to men who pay
interest This interest is finally
paid to you, less the cost of taking
care of the money.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-27
A Hoopskirt Fable.

Seeing his wife wearing q hoop
skirt. IL man said:
My dear, l am going out to pur-
chase Il silk hat If en- my return /
find yon still wearing that thing, !
shall take the trouble to slice off your
ears"
Returning, he found her still wear
ing it. and sliced off her ears.
The next day the woman was again
wearing the offensive garment
Madame" said the man, Il am
astonishedi"
"At what?n said she. Did you sup
pose that hoopskirts were suspended
from the ears?"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-27
A DcclaratiOn.

"Pop." said Willie, one Fourth OF
July morning, sis it noble thing tc
be independent"
Yes. my son. It is the only toll
cradle state to De in"
Then you and NON can go to
thunder. I'm runnin' me to-day
Harper's Bazaar.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-27
An Earnest Effort

Mrs. Lanouveau-Do you believe
that society women are sincere?
Mr.. Riches-Sometimes they are.
Mrs. Lanoveau-When?
Mr.. Riches-They are always sim
cere when they are trying to match
silks at q dry goods counter.-Chica-
go News Record.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-27
VIA. Caused Her Tears.

Mr.. Younghusband-Darling you
have been weeping. What is it, my
sweetest love? Mrs. Younghusband
-Horser adish.-Tid-Bits
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-27

He-My dear cousin, / assure you
/ would never dare to rob those sweet
lips of Kiss.
She-Oh. you hypocrit! Didn't you
make an attempt of that character
the other day?
He-Never-Far from having any
intention of robbing you of q kiss.
was trying to give you one.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-27

Winks Who is that long haired
genius with the cotton in his earsP
Jipks-Um-a music teacher, proba-
bly.--New York Weekly.
The Green Forest tribune., 1893-08-03
A Bold Robbery.

One of the most remarkable cas-
es of outlawry we have ever heard
of comes from Shaver, just over the,
Boone county line, about IA miles
northeast of Green Forest. Bob
Thornton's store was robbed in
open day light and in the presence
of number of by-standers bys two
neighbor boys, Will league and
James Youngblood, who were born
and raised in that community. It
is reported that they came to Mr..
Thornton's place of business on
Wednesday of last week and sit
around awhile with guns in their
hands, and suddenly presenting
arms ordered the clerk to deliver
up what cash he had on hands:
which aggregated about $50. Thon
they suited themselves to hat
each, and pair of shoes and took
their leave.
Mr.. Thornton was at Harrison
on that day but was Immediately
notified and the Sheriff and posse
Of men started in pursuit of the
bandits. We don't know with
what success they have met.
The Green Forest tribune., 1893-08-03
W0RLD,S FAIR VISITORS.

BY addressing the Worlds Fair
Corresponding Agency at 1882 CAL
umet Ave, Chicago, ELL, you can So
cure without extra cost nicely furn-
ished rooms in private families liv-
ing near beautiful boulevards, and
halt way between the city and Fair
grounds, having tour means Of
peaching either place within twenty
minutes ride. Prices from 75cts to-
s1.00 per day.
Give date Of arrival, length of
time room is desired, and all ques-
tions concerning dates will be an
swered by your enclosing 2-ct
stamp.
WoRLD's FAIR CoRRRspoNDINa
AGENCY, 3432 Calumet Ave, Chjca-
go, Ill.
The Green Forest tribune., 1893-08-03

For SALE OR RENT-The Mahan
grist mill in Green Forest. With
a small amount of repairing the mill
can be put in good running order.
For terms, address T. W. Goforth,
Berryville, Ark,
All persons idebted to me on
book accounts will confer favor
by coming in and settling the same
with Ellis Harbert.
Very Respectfully,
D. F. RAY.
The Green Forest tribune., 1893-08-03
Teachers Wanted.

The directors of school Dist. No.
81 will receive sealed bids from
teachers until Aug. 4, 1893, for
teaching the public school at Green
Forest. We reserve the right to-
reject all bids, Two teachers are
required, one principal and one as
sistant. School vi i'll commence, Aug.
Ia, 1898, and continue three months,
with the understanding that if tho
district furnishes tht means where
by the house can be heated, the
school will continue through the
winter or until such time as the
means available for teachers wagvs
may hold ont. Correspondence or
personal interviews solicited.
Il. D. GALLOWAY,
GEORGE CAMP, : Directors
W. A. Butt.
The Green Forest tribune., 1893-08-03

The citizens Of our town should
not make themselves SO expensive
when visiting our country neigh
bors as do Mike Coxey and Charlie
Chaunoy. Oscar Grim says that
they visited Jasper Anderson last
Sunday and actually ate up every
vestigc of grub en- his place. Jas
per says, though, that be will be
ready for them again as soon as his
beans come in.
The Green Forest tribune., 1893-08-03
Wanted-Reiected Scrip.

I will pay a liberal price for any
and all scrip that has been rejected
by the county because it was not
presented under the order of the
county court calling it in for re-
issue.
Call on or address me if you
have any such paper.
s. J. NORRIS.
Green Forest, Ark.
The Green Forest tribune., 1893-08-03

trous result would have to be re-
ported.
A relief squad from the Western
portion of the city, with Dick Gal
loway as captain, reached the scene
just in time to disperse.
The TRIBUNE force was early
mustered into line and came nearly
being identified with the dogs.
The Green Forest tribune., 1893-08-03

Prot. William S. Johnson and
Rev. VIM. Denton of Mountain
Home, Baxter county, were in
town last Friday. The former
is president and principal of the
Mountain Home Baptist College.
These gentlemcn are canvassing in
the interest of the school and So
liciting funds for the finishing up
of their elegant now building. This
is distinctively an enterprise Of the
Baptist Church of Northwest Ar
kansas and it is quite gratifying to
know that it is meeting with such
good success. The first session
opens in September with two or
three hundred students and q fac
ulty of twelve teachers. Prof.
Johnson is a young man of high
education and refinement and will,
no doubt, honor the distinguished
position he is occupying. Both of
these gentlemen were guests OF The
TRl BUNE while in our town.
Jake Shipman has traded his en-
tire stock of merchandise and store
building to 81. Phillips, OF Denver,
for his farm. Mr.. Phillips will
not engage in business here, but
will remove the stock to some other
point. We are sorry to loose Mr..
Shipman from our. mercantile
ranks, but pleased to know that he
will remain citizen OF our town.
He will engage in the Sewing Ma
chine business.
There will be a picnic at the
Campbell school house, one mile
below Rhodes & Massey's mill on
Yocum, creek next Saturday, the
5th. The enterprising citizens OF
that community have left nothing
undone that is in. their power to
entertain their visitors on that day.
We predict that a good time will
be had.
W. N. Cofield, the photographer,
leaves with his st udlo for Denver
tomorrow. Mr.. G. is good artist
and has made many friends during
his short stay here. We commend
him to the people Of Denver and
elsewhere as man who will
do the right thing.
A neat and carefully prepared
plot of our town has just been COM
pleted by F. o. Butt of this place,
and can be found by those desiring
to refer to it at the Office of W. A..
Butt. Copies of this may be OBJ
tanned at $l.00 each.
Tho "Patent," "Conqueror," and
Xxx" are the brands of Berry
Vile Roller Mill -four. This -four
leads everything that has ever
been on our market. tt.
Jasper Anderson, two and a
half miles northwest of town, has
recently completed neat>and sub:
stantial stone cellar on his prem
iseS.
The Berryvllle Roller Mill Flour
is tho best on the market. Quail
ty and quantity of each sack guaran-
teed.
Subscriptions for the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat or Republic taken
at this office.
Great bargains on summer cloth
ing att B. Sax's, Eureka Springs.
Miss Lille Ross of Berryville is
visiting friends in Green Forest.
Galloway's is the place for your
groceries.
Go to Galloway's for fresh con-
dictionaries.
Got pure confcctionarios at Gal
loway's.
The Green Forest tribune., 1893-08-03

Walker keeps the best sugars
and coffees. Try them.
Trunks, valises, ETC., cheap at
J. B. Sax's, Eureka Springs.
Do you trade at Walker's7 If
not you are missing bargains.
Save time and money by buying
your clothing of J. B. Sax, Eureka
Springs.
Make no mistake, 60 direct to J..
B. Sax's, Eureka Springs, when
you want clothing.
When you want o frst-class shave
or hair cut 60 to Lee Stacy, our
barber. Shop in Band Hall.
Buy the Berryville Roller Mill
Flour for sale by R. D. Galloway,
G.. Camp and Sneed & Co. If.
Every article Of summer wear
must be sold. We will make the
price sell the goods. J. B. Sax
Eureka Springs.
A singing school under the man.
agement Of Jesse Edwards was
opened Monday morning. A good
attendance is reported, We wish
IL success.
Sneed & Co. are closing out their
spring and summer stock at re-
duced rates in order to get room
for fall and winter stock. They
are giving good bargains in every
line.
Charley Roberts of Eureka
Springs is spending week with
friends in this vicinity. Mr.. Rob
erts is clerk in R. L. Meador's
general merchandising establish
ment at Eureka.
Ely Webb came in from Grayson
county, Texas, Tuesday night. He
will spend a month or so here Wis
iting relatives, etc. He tells the
old tale of woe of burnt up crops
| in the Lone Star State.
The fellow Crane, whom we
mentioned last week as attempting
to outrage girl in Usage township
one week ago last Sunday, was
captured and given a preliminary
trial in Justice Kingsley's court Of
that township last Friday. He
was bound over to await the action
of the grand jury, but took leg
bail Saturday, and has not been
heard of since. He was prose-.
cuted bv S. J. Morris OF this place
and defended by Rev. J. S. Shan
giles Of Carrollton.
A table of marvellous and beauti-
full workmanship may be seen in
the office of State Treasurer r. B.
Morrow. 1t was made in the
workshop of the Insane Asylum by
an inmate from Carroll County,
one..W. &C. Clemons who is possessed
with the hallucination that he is
Jesus Christ. The table is octagon-
al in shape, and is constructed of
5000 pieces of wood. The border
is very pretty, and alone is made
of 5000 pieces. The kinds of wood
used are oak, ash, holly, redwood,
black gum, red gum and walnut.
The top is inlaid with figures of
fishes, serpents and water insects,
its polished top having the appear
ances OF basin filled with water.
1he table only cost $3.50, but would
sell for several hundred dollars
and rival some of the finest work
at the Worlds Fair.-Arkansas
Gazette.
This man Clemcns was a resident
of Long Crock township and was
known to great many Green For
est people.
The Green Forest tribune., 1893-08-03
A COURAGEOUS BATTLE.
A Fierce Conflict Between Men and
Dogs on Our Streets Thursday.

n IVA w OVnAAbSv DOOWCVu nCn huu
Dogs on Our Streets Thursday.
Aud in that town dog was found,
As many dogs there be,
Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound,
And ours Of low degree
GOLDSMITH.
Never before since the foundation
of our little city was there such
fierce conflict, of the kind, as we
experienced last Thursday.
AS the sun was nearing the zen
ith and making the air sultry, a
regular pitched battle between men
and dogs took place on the public
square. The men did most of the
fighting, however, as we'll as a
goodly share of the running. A
canine supposed, from his actions,
to have hydrophobia was seen on
our streets. A number of our fear
less citizens with guns, pistols,
clubs, and axes charged madl y upon
him, and a half score of our ever
ready dogs thought to take hand
ia the fun and charged too.vThe de-
termined onset resulted IN the
shedding of no small amount of in
nocent blood, for when the smoke
had cleared away from the field Of
battle over a dozen dogs lay kill
ed or wounded on the scene.
The dead and injured are:
Bullger Harbere; a house dog, the
starter of the sensation, dead.
Theo Ray, an excellent water
spaniel, dead.
Sheppard Tanning, a farmer dog,
left fore-leg broken, will die.
Two unknown dogs, dead.
Three unidentified dogs, serious
ly hurt.
One stray dog, internally injur-
ed.
Dan Morris, a coming bird dog,
badly scared.
Ring Morris, a squirrel dog,
dead.
Shep shipman, watchdog, dead.
Those of the unfortunates who
were not identified and cared for
by relatives were removed to DIR.
Harbert's deposit yard on East
Main Street, where loud stencil
is now arising to their memory.
But sll is we'll that ends we'll, and
there is number of our citizens
who think the good work should
have gone on until the last repre-
sentatiye of our genus oanis was
wiped out; and when we recollect
the many hideous nights we have
spent because of the incessant howl
of these festive creatures, who were
apparently ready each moment to
bound forward vici ously and chew
up the space confronting them even
until long after the wee sma' hours
have passed, we are inclined to CO.
incido with this opinion.
The pluck displayed by our citi-
zens in this case of emergency was
gratifying, as we'll as the reckless
manner in which they handled their
weapons was horrifying. In less
than S minutes after the first pistol
shot rang out on the MONDAY air,
enough guns wore on the scene to
stock a small army. The STAIRS,
Daltons, or any other set Of despera-
does would not last long in our town.
They would do we'll to make note
of this one test Of our bravery, and
that all these boys and guns can be
mustered in more than moments
warning.
Aaron Graham was the leader on
the part of the citizens and fred
several telling shots.
Perhaps there was no better
marksman on the ground than
Dallas Harbert. He actually Grip
pied one dog out OF five shots.
Judge Butt and e. G. Dooling
both distinguished themselves by
the cffectual use Of clubs.
Prof. Burney did not participate
in the battle, but he is said to have
been the worst scared man in town.