davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09

round. and saw, by the faint gli-nmer Of
light that came across the room from
the broken window, a heap of some
thing on the floor, and knew by in
stinct that that something was hui
man body.
Terror ran through me with an icN
shudder. and creeping across the foot
woman. A shawl was thrown over
the head and shoulders, and I could
not see the face. Fear lent me cour-
age, and STOPPING down 1 snatched the
covering from the face. Great heavensl
Murder had been done; the face.
once beautiful, was stained with
blood 1 touched it, it was warm. (
spoke, I called, but it answered not,
nor moved. 1 realized momentarily
the plot into whic h had been dragged.
The wretch had chosen me as a victim
to be accused of the murder which he
had committed. My head reeled, the
surroundings stupefied me. Rushing to
the broken window I again and again
shouted for help, breaking the broken
easement with my bleeding hands
Would help never come? 1t seemed a
lifetime of torture. At last my ear
caught. amid the roaring of the
storm, the sound of a voice. Again I
called. Yes, it was an answer to my
call. A watchman had heard my cries
and came up the passage underneath
the window. 1 told him as well as l
could from my prison, that l was
forcibly locked in and begged him to
get assistance and release me. He went
away. Again suspense. dare not
move, dare not look round on that
fearful sight again. At last 1 heard
the sound of many feet, the bursting
open of a door, the tramping upstairs,
then the door of my prison was broken
open. and a light, carried by the
fol nd fol IN,
me. I told them how 1 had been
brought to the place. and explained my
adventure as we'll my dis
traught brain would ALLOW me.
They examined the room ind
the body of the woman whom
tanned by them. After this all seems as
a dream to me. 1 recollect that 1 saw
a white -haired old gentleman there. I
remember cell, magistrates court
and many faces looking at me Then
I saw dear old Mary Watson, who cried
over mo and took me in a coach to my
uncle's house I learnt afterwards that
had told my story in q rambling way
to the magistrate, and had mentioned
my coming up to London to see my
uncle before his death. They had also
found some letters upon my person corr
sent messenger to the house and
brought Mary Watson. All this so
clearly proved the truth of my sta te-
nents that I was released unpublished
by law, but carrying away with me the
burden of q shattered constitution.
The terrors OF that night brought on
q severe illness and for days I lay in
delirium, fancyinR myself prisoner in
that nasty room with q dead body and
the storm bowling around me. Change
and good nursing, thanks to dear old
Mary, brought me round; but time can
never erase from my memory the tor
lures that passed through, and when
it recurs to my mind the same icy
txenor runs through my now feeble
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09
A MANURE BOAT.

cleaning out stables. 1t is in effect a
''stone boat provided with box for
holding the manure. The rear end OF
the box slants back, as shown in the
cut, so as to furnish a starting place
for unloading. The chain shown at the
rear end is used in drawing the boat
into the barn, then the whifdetree is
unlocked from that end. the horse led
around and hitched to the front end.
AS fast as the barn is cleaned the horse
moves the boat along, and when the
Job is done it is hauled direct to the
field and scattered. It is not necessary
to get In to the manure with this appa-
ratus, as it Is unloaded by a man stand
ing on the ground. - Orange Judd
Farmer
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09

Tho Bridegroom Did Not Give 1t the
Altar, But Did His Duty at the Church
Many guests at a fashionable church
wedding few days ago were surprised
when they saw the bridegroom stop
near the door and kiss the bride. 1t
was marked departure from the
old rule of ending the wedding ceremo-
ny by a kiss that it caused great deal
of comment
Very few of those who saw that in
teresting feature of what the bride re.
garded as an important part of the Ger.
emory know how it all came about
Hundreds of friends had watched the
lovely girl as she moved gracefully
toward the altar. After the ring which
told that she was bride had been
placed on her finger the young bride
looked lovingly toward the bride
groom. One could see she was ready to
receive the bridal kiss
But the bridegroom had apparently
forgotten that part of the ceremony.
He seemed interested only in getting
out of the church. and abruptly offered
the young woman his arm. With a
little pout of annoyance she placed her
hand on his arm, and they started to-
ward the church entrance.
The bride did not intend to leave
that church without having obtained a
bridal kiss, which to her seemed to be
of as much importance in the ceremony
as the words of the minister.
When near the door she whispered
something to the bridegroom which he,
in his efforts to get beyond the gaze OF
the throng in the church, failed to un-
dersta2d.
you did not give me my kiss" the
bride repeated in a tone which caused
her words to be heard by some of the
guests near the door.
Il beg your pardon, but I forgot all
about it," whispered the bridegroom,
and right at the door he gave the bride
the kiss she had expected to receive at
the altar.
Then the bride, complete happiness
having been restored by this rounding
out of the marriage ceremony, walked
gracefully out to the carriage and was
driven away with a face wreathed in
smiles--N. Y. Herald.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09
:rreatmcnt for Sore Feet.

This trouble will be a certain result
of permitting COW to stand in wet
mud or manure, as this inflames the
tender skin between the claws of the
hoofs, where blisters will then appear,
and, breaking by tho rubbing, will
form sores. If this Is neglected the
hoofs may be wholly destroyed and the
animal permanently injured. The feet
should be we'll washed with water and
tar or carbolic soap, then dried and
dressed with an ointment made of pure
lard or vaseline, ten parts, and one
part each of turpentine and acetate of
copper, stirred in the lard when it il
melted and until 1t is cooled. 1t is
we'll TO- bind the sore feet in bandages
and to keep the animals on a dry floor.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09
An Anarchist slonkish Colony.

Estagel, in the department of the
eastern Pyrenees, has colony of about
fifty professed anarchists. who live
something after the fashion OF the
monks of the Thebaid They never do
any work except to cook enough
victuals to enable them to exist; they
have taken vows never to marry and
to keep away from female society alto
gether, they do not go to taverns; they
dress simple and are said to be strictly
clean in their habits. The police made
q descent on them recently and seized q
lumber of anarchist pamphlets and
newspapers which they had in their
eooma.-London Telogreph.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09
Adv.nsaxs Of Good Roads.

The Charlotte IN. C. } Observer quotes
q prominent farmer Of Mecklen burg
county as expressing the opinion that
Charlotte's growth and Improvement
are largely due to the roads leading to
the city. and saying that lands in his
section had increased much in value
in consequence Of the better roads He
mentions two tracts which were bought
last year, ono for e1s an acre, which
was sold this year for es5 an acre,
the other for SIS per acre, which sold
for $50. These figures serve but to
strengthen the general belief that good
roads do much for the towns with
which they afford ready communities
ton.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09
Breeding for tho Dairy.

There is one important point in
breeding for the dairy which is often
lost sight OF even by those who mean
to be good dairymen in every particu-
lar. This is having harmony in size
between the sires and the heifers and
COWS to which they are bred. A long
train of disorders is directly tracea 20
the fact that heavy sires arc allowed to
run with the young heifers and small
er cows. and unrestricted service often
allowed. This is a matter which IL
often permitted to go by default, SIM
ply through carclessuess and not from
Jack OF knowledge -Eeraa Lite.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09
WON 81 AN OUTSIDER.
Ho Waited Until tho JACKPOT Ma0h1ns
Was Well Loaded.

He Waited Until tho JACKPOT Mashsns
Was Well Loaded.
The two men were not intoxicated,
though a faint bouquet of cocktail dal'
lied on their breaths-
The man with the heavy red mus
tache and the lavender tie stood with
his hands deep in his pockets and his
cigar tilted thoughtfully upward, gaz-
ing at a slot machine on the cigar case.
His companion was reading the race
card on the other end of the case.
The man with the red mustache push.
ed his hand little deeper into his
pocket Then he dropped the coin in
slot at the top Of the machine The
nickel dropped with q tinkling sound
through a series of pegs and in a little
tin compartment at the bottom. At
the bottom of the machine there were
four little traps. Each held five or six
five-cent pieces The man put another
nickel in the hole. He seemed more
interested now, and watched the coins
journey with something like ANNA
ton.
AS the coin touched one of the COM
partments there was a little click, and
the bottom of the tray dropped, dump
ing half-dozen nickels into a trough.
The man picked up the money.
''Say, Ed he said to his COM
panion, ''come here. Let's beat this
thing
Ed made an entry in a MOTEL book from
the race-card and walked over to the
machine. The two men patiently drop
ped niclels through the hole in the box
until they ran out Then each got q
dollars worth of the barkeeper The
little trays We're getting heavily
loaded, when one of the men put in a
lucky coin and got back a handful OF
money.
The machine stood near the street
door, which was open. group of four
or five men were watching the game.
The two men were doing their best to
fill up the machine, and were succeed
ing reasonably we'll when a man step
ped through the door and Joined the
group. AS to Clothes he was evident
ly the understudy of man much
larger than himself. His coat was of
the Prince Albert variety, and showed
traces of many meals taken without
the caddish use of a napkin. The sun
and lack of backing had helped him
out in making tan shoes of what
once were patent-leathers- By this
time one of the trays in the ma
chine was heaped full of shining
nickels and was still receiving sup
plies. The last conner had his hands in
his pockets and seemed to be hunting
desperately for something Suddenly
he withdrew one hand with something
pinched tightly between a very dirty
finger and a thumb.
up OcS1oS LIlo man WIFI Cn0
red mustache he reached over and
dropped a nickel in the hole of the ma
chine, giving it a little, peculiar twist
as he did SO. The coin ratified down
into the fullest tray. There was a rat.
tie of coin and load of nicl>els dropped
into view. Reaching out two grimy
paws he scooped up the money and
bolted out of the door.
The man with the red mustache gave
a little gasp, swallowed once or twice
and jumped for the door. Halfway up
the alley was man running very hard
and out behind him hoated the tails OF
n greasy Prince Albert coat--Chicago
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09
He Was Modest,

The older tramp had made a haul OF
a Rne meal for himself and his partner.
s'Willie,' said the beneficiary as he
munched on a cold chicken leg, you
takes de cake
mot if it's cake of soap, my boy
reioined- Willy, with commenda bio
modesty. Free Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09

L "d9 IA WIG
year 1921.
/ w q s 6u M
moned to the
great city by
my Uncle Rob
ert's old house.
keeper, Mary
Watson. [ was
my uncle's fav-
orite. and had
been led to. be-
lieve l should
be the inheritor
of the greater
mart IF his
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09
FOR CLEANING STABLES.

A Device Which Is Very Popular in the
Illinois Dairy District.
The illustration shows an apparatus
used in the Illinois dairy district for
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09

''And did the west impress you favor
ably?" they asked.
Carried me by storm" answered the
returned traveller, who, on one occasion,
had been waited across three counties
by cyclone. Truth.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09

Nothing violent, Oft have heard
tell, can be permanently
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
BY j. HAROLD HOLT.

tcopyrieht, 1894. by the Author.l
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1894-10-06
Democratic Campaign literature.

Wanamaker, late Postmaster Gen.
eral under President Harrison, a man
with plous regard for the truth, as
well as for bis own interests, adver.
tises In whole broadside OF the Phil.
adelphia Record that, owing to, aud
solely on account of, the new Demo
cratic tariff, he can and will, fright off,
now,n make to his customers the fol-
lowing amongst many other magnifi.
cent reductions IN prices over bis coun-
ters:
ain new oil wool dress goods, chew
lots imported to sell at $3.50 aud 81
per yard. are reduced to 30 cents
cashmere aud cheviot plaids imported
TO sell at $3.50 and $3.50, down 10 75c
All-wool sacking goes from 80 cents
10 81 1-2 cents per yard; sail cloth
from rs cents to 50 cents; French aud
worsted serges from $1.25 10 81
bengalines from $l.50 to 81; silk
figured tamlses aud batistes from $l.5C
to rs cents. Broadcloth, In ali colors,
Is cut from So to $1.50 Women's
wash dresses, In duck, pique, aud the
like, that have ranged from 50 10 $40
are put down to q uniform price oi
81, and a vest goes with each suit
All silk satins drop, according to price,
as follows: 81 per yard, cut 10 75
cents; $1.35, cut to- 30 cents; $1.b0,
cut to $l.20; so, cut to $1.40; So, cut
10 $2.25, SO so, cut 10 $2.65. On silks
the cuts average higher, ranging from
33 to so per cent off all along the line.
"Wanamaker sells everything. In
shoes the reductions are as heavy ~
in fabrics. Women's calf Oxford tics
go from 50 TO $1.30. Infants shoes
90 from 81 to 80 cents. High-cut
Romeo slippers, In all sizes and colors,
are reduced from So to $3.50. On
linens of all kinds the average drop is
20 per cent. On ribbons 1t Is 40 per
cent On carpets 1t Is 80 per cent
On silk curtains 1t Is over 80 per ccnt
On children's clothing 1t ia 40 per cent
Wall papers go all to pieces, being
from 80 per cent in higher grades to
30 in the lower ones. Mems clothing
goes down 25 10 80 per cent, aud
youths' clothing still lower"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1894-10-06
Salt for Peaches.

The unusual floods oflast year along
tho Atlantic coast have led 10 what
may be a discovery Of frst-class i'm
portance to peach growers. In Kent
county, Nd, and other portions of the
State along the coast, the water rose
90 high that In many places It flooded
the peach orchards and the trees stood
with their roots In the salt water for
considerable periods Of time. The
farmers corcluded that II would be
fatal to them, but they were mistaken
The trees we're not hurt at all. On
the contrary, those trees that stood In
the water are almost the only ones
that have any considerable amount Of
fruit on them now. A gentleman ID
Kent county says that the only trees
In his orchard which are In good bear
ing are those that had salt water
baths, and that the semi circular out.
line OF the food In his orchard may
be clearly traced by the presence oil
fruit on the flooded trees, and It's ab.
sence from those that tho water did
not touch. A number of other peach
growers bear the same testimouy, and
Maryland farmers are now asking
themselves whether the peach treei
would not thrive better for the appli.
cation of salt. One prominent peach
grower proposes to try dressing hi,
orchard with the seaweod, which &C.
cumulates in great quantities along
the shore In the late summer and fall
aud Gays that he feels confident Of the
most satisfactory results.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1894-10-06
LE0TA Dors.

Cotton has become such an unremu-
nerstivc crop that 1t Is quite refresh
Ing TO point to some among US who
are departing from the beaten path
and arc making money thereby. ct.
Worthlngton has four hundred acres
In bermuda grass, from which he cuts
yearly four hundred tons of hay,
which be sells readily at SIS per ton,
delivered. Stock cat the hay raven
ously aud thrive upon IL The expe-
riment station of the Mississippi A. Il
NJ. College begun a series of expert
ments in 1888 with grasses aud forage
plants, and up TO 1894 there were
grown $50 species which met with
various fates according to the class
and condition Of the soil. However II
Is especially interesting to note that
for general cultivation In lime soils
bermuda has given better hay crops
than have any Others. Ia feeding for
milk the test showed that bermuda
hay and cotton seed gave next to the
best results. All Of our lands grow
bermuda aud It behooves US to put
ope-third Of our lands In this wonder
ful grass, thereby breaking the bond
age under which We are laboring with
cotton. Mrs. Susie Mcconnell is q
prosperous planter and she too Is a
hay maker. She also has COW peas
for sale. In fact oil planters try 10
garner enough corn aud hay for their
own use and most of them succeed 10
doing so.
Mr.. Arnold Treibcr aud hi, pretty
bride are "at home' to friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. 5. B. Lawson are In
bad health and contemplate a sojouru
at Ho; Springs. Misses Florence and
Annie Lawson are popular In Leots
society.
Judge J. NJ. Basket and wife are Il
be congratulated upon having such q
pretty debutante niece to live with then
Mr.. aud Mrs. Z. FraDkel are rich IL
children ss well as In the "world'l
goods" However they doplore the
departure OF two sous TO the A. Il NJ
College at Starkville.
DR.. N. g. Bankstou aud wife hav,
fitted up cosey little home and ar,
very happy In II.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Gidden hav,
the sympathy of the community OF
account OF so much sickness 10 theiI
family.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Thos. Worthiugto,
are the happy possossors OF niue chill
dren, two Of whom are pretty debut
antes and arc very attractive.
/ Niss Louise Buckner, the very pop
ular school teacher of Leota, IL visit
Ing relatives in Greenville, awaitin,
the opening of school which the trus
tees set for Oct. 18th.
DR.. aud Mrs. ID. s. Humphreys wcr,
happy In having their mother, Mrs
ex-Gov. Humphreys, to visit them las
week. She is good company an,
brightens the heal Is Of oil who ar
thrown with her. Her short visit wa
regretted.
Mrs. Jno. X. Mutt is at homo, sfte
an absence of four months In Ken
lucky. EULALU.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1894-10-06

There is q tomato plant IN Perry, Ga,
that ls now twelve feet high and still
growing. Twenty-eight ripe tomatoes
Of large size have been gathered from
the plant and six or eight are now ou
it.--Commercial.
Pshawl that's nothing. Mr.. John
Burnett has q tomato plant in bis yard
that is twenty fect high and growing
like Jacks beanstalk. lie counts bis
tomatoes from It by the bushel. In
fact its q mighty poor tomato vine in
the Delta that won't grow twelve feet
high and bear bushel oftomatoes.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1894-10-06
LELlxD D0rs.

Cotton and cotton seed is now COM
ing into Leland rapidly aud business
Is now beginning to put on fall appear
anee.
The cotton planters In the vicinity
Of Leland met Saturday, 9th to come to
some agreement on price for cotton
picking. All agree that 40 cents per
100 pounds is to much for pricc cot
ton is now selling. The price win now
be 80 cents for 100 poundS
Our Mayor w. X. Burford reports
thugs very quiet In town and there
fore no business In bis court, but Bro.
II. w Garrison has been grinding
away nearly every day In bis court,
dealing out Justice 10 the guilty In bis
district.
Two OF our young sports J. T. Dean
aud j. A. BizzelI len Leland Wednes-
day morning at o'clock on hsndcar to
Elizabeth aud then over G. P. to Cato
station armed with shot guns and 400
shells to kill all the squirrels In Bogue
Swamp. They also got preventative
from Kennedy's saloon for snake bite
to take with them, when they returned
to Leland 4 p. m, j. I. Dean had one
poor little squirrel. Snake bite cure
all goue aud bad report to make
generally. think they have another
trip planned for the near future.
Hon T. c. Cothens was in Leland
shaking hands with his many friend'
Monday evening.
Mr.. w. II. House left for Ferris
Texas, Friday evening, he will return
In about one week with his BRIDE ant
will make Leland his home.
Messrs. G. A. Heard, b. o. McGe,
and w. X. Burford were visitors te
Greeuvillc last Monday on business
before the Board OF Supervisors.
Miss Csppie McGee opened the Le
land school on Monday last with every
fattering prospects for . successful
school this season.
Mr.. j. T. Best was III Wintervill'
last Sunday aud Monday on . busi
ness trip. No one acquainted will
the facts will doubt thIs.
Mr.. ]. II. Collier says . man ha
plenty Of "nerve' that will get wor
ried while cotton 10 selling for 3 cents
MIRA w. b. Brooks was q visitor t
Memphis this week.
Mr.. j. w. Tate Of Memphis, Tenn
is now located In Leland, buying cot
ton for an English Syndicate. Th
farmers and merchants will do we'll t,
see Mr.. Tate before selling thoir cot
ton.
| 1t 10 generally conceded by the LIE
land people that Mr.. Chas. Cochra
"counter hopper for NJ. X. Hay 10 til
handsomest "child In town."
Mrs. Sampson aud children are YER
well this week. Don't think we hav
had to give the children q dose o
Paregoric at night for 10 days.
Yours truly, Tom SAMPSON.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1894-10-06

The compiler Of the foregoing sta
tistlcs is animated by the very bes'
motive which can obtain with thu
country newspaper; TO give the yer,
best color to, and extract the highes
degree Of comfort from, a discourag
Ing situation that the facts and figure'
will admit. In the quoted effort be
has succeeded to degree which will
be acknowledged by all cotton grow
ers who are not carrying on a vain
struggle with debt aud a rate Of In
terest which were incurred when cot
ton was 10 aud IL cents per pound.
In this connection the following i
relevant and apt:
The Mississippi farmer who Is max
Ing five cent cotton with which to pay
for twelve or fifteen cent bacon Is IL
the middle OF mgnty usu hA'
Boonville Plaindealer.
And the sooner he gets TO the enc
of II, the poor house, the better iol
the country. Hc is travelling with nj
ewes open aud has no one but himself
TO blame. We do not know OF mar
of that kind iu this county, however
But even at five cents a pound th'
man who makes cotton on land yield
ing only bale to four acres eau coun
on about $35 for the cotton aud seet
In the home market, whereas tli'
wheat raiser in Kansas, Nebraska, tn
Dakotas, etc, with an average of y
| bushels to nn acre aud nome marke
of 80 cts, eau only realize $a4.
There Is money In cotton a. an.
price this generation Is apt 70 Know
TO the farmer who makes bis owl
supplies, aud they are all steering 70
wards that haven, aud most OF tne'
have reached it.-Aberdeen Examiner
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1894-10-06

"On 10 Pekin !" is the universal
song IN Japan. The progress of the
war has surprised the world. 1t is
one of the most remarkable In history
since Alexander, with handful
of Greek soldiers, marched In triumph
through Persia, aud routed over
whelming multiludes with bis small
band of warriors. The energies Of
China seem parslysed, aud her troops
display an astonishing degree Of cow
ardice and lnefEiciency.