davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

and u may be IL 1ask3d N &l6nt fear
or favor, the vast majority OF them
are short-lived: the. intqnse rigor Of
their exercises would knock out the
most robust contribution, and many
trunks have outward show, rather
than great structural strength.
Hence tho merrimont Of the baggage
smasher and the ACTIVITY 4 OF the
trunk producer. The great. Ameri-
can public must have trunks and
plenty OF them, for there are multi
tudes OF trunk.dwellers In this land
of the free.
When our ancestors sailed over
from England they brought with
them q great supply Of chests. As
Chester was Q place noted for carved
chests perhaps some OF the most ar
tistic came from that section, but
they were most noted as features for
household adornment rather than for
their peripatetic powers. 1t Is his
torical fact that our good grand
fathers travelled with saddle-bags
long before Saratogas were dreamed
of; their sons began to assume the
coaching and canal-boat facilities,
convenience of the carpetbag, and
the dignity of the portmanteau, and
eventually dropped into the raw-hide
trunk habit This In brief Is the
geneeis of the fashion that has in
spired the great industry of to-day,
under consideration, Common leather
hand bags, or patent veneered paper
hand bags, may be had cheap enough
of the jobbers. The finer goods of
fancy feathers, alligator, seal, Rus
sian. or lizard, may be furnished with
gold, silver, ivory, or pearl fittings to
cost upward Of 1000.
When 1t became fashionable to
take outings" at summer resorts,
the demand for trunks grew cor
respondingly, and the Saratoga with
the swell top swept into fashion after
the war. Even In the earlier days,
when sole-leather trunks and port
manteaus were the proper and sen.
sible style, base limitations began to
creep In, and q Philadelphia firm
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
No Chance in That Profession.

Mr.. Sholllcks was very angry
Some one had broken his favorite
mcerschaum, and replaced it in It's
case. He questioned his wife and
the servants about II, but they alike
protested to be unaware that it had
happened.
Presently his only son came In.
George" said his excited parent,
do you know anything about his
broken pipe?"
Father" sobbed the lad, Il cannot
tell lie. Forgive me, father! 1t
was ! who did IL. / cannot tell a
lie. Forgive me, father! 1t was /
who did 1t. cannot tell lie!
Mr.. ShOllicks patted the boys
head. in lntimation that the offcnse
was forgiven, and then rushed from
the house to melt into an agony OF
tears.
But 1t was not the SCATTERING of
his meerschaum that distressed him
now. He had quite forgotten 1t. A
worse thing had befallen him.
Heaven help me-" he moaned.
"Ever since my son was born IL has
been my ambition, my dearest wish,
to rear him foT my own profession;
and now--and now. Oh, It Is "A
cruel blow"
For M. Shollicks was lawyerl
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
EDUCATION IN GROWING THINGS

How Children Can BE Kept Interested by
Well-Selected "Rubbish."
Give little child congenial en-
ployment, and he will almost invari-
ably be happy and good-natured.
Toys alone are not all that he re-
quires-his active little mind de-
mands the stimulus Of intelligent oc-
cupation, even at the early age OF 3
or 4, and it behooves mother who
has the responsibility Of his mental
growth at heart to provide the where
withal for development There is
something very touching and beauti-
full in seeing an intellectual woman
OF real ability eagerly interested in
the rudiments for the sake of her
little child, says the New York
Tribune. At an al frescO tea In the
Berkshires not long ago well-known
authorsss commenced filling her pook-
cts with rubbish" as she laughingly
called the collection she proposed to
add to trunk full of odds and ends
which, as she explained, she intend
ed taking back to town for Occupa.
ton for her small boy during the
winter. Dried MOSES and curious
insects, preserved in alcohol to ex-
anime with the microscope; pressed
wild flowers and grasses for herba-
rum, and various seeds from inter-
esting plants to start in the spring,
etc.
~You can make lovely experiment
with an acorn or chestnut" she said
by way of illustration, @by suspend
ing one by a thread within half an
inch Of the surface OF the water con-
tanned in a hyaclnth glass, and
leaving it undisturbed. In a month
or two 1t will throw a root into the
water. and shoot upward a straight
little stem, from which will develop
tiny beautiful green leaves. You
have no idea how such experiments
delight very young children, and how
1t awakens their intelligence. An
other interesting bit of growth for the
nursery is to take one Of these pine
cones, place 1t In wine glass half
filed with water, and after 1t has
imbibed the moisture for few days
sprinkle it with canary seed. In a
weeks time the seed will sprout, to
the intense satisfaction OF the tiny
gardener. Or an old sponge may be
kept wet and completely covered
with living green. Object lessons
such as these teach many things
which the inqulsitive intelligence of
early childhood imbibes without eff
fort, but which cannot fail to de-
velop and enlarge the mind" Moth
ers who. like Martha, are careful
about many things and worry per.
petually over the physical well-being
of their children should consider
whether they are careful to supply
nutriment to the brain as well as the
body.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

In contact with particle of dust.
The japanese girl devotes much time
and attention to her hair, which. as
a rule, is very luxuriant In growth,
black as ravens wing and shiny be-
meath its dressing Of oil. The pic
ture given above shows maiden of
Japan aided by her servant in max
ing her toilet. Those who have been
accustomed to the usual conyenien-
ces Of the toilet table OF the Ameri-
can girl will see how greatly the
bellies Of the fowery kingdom are
handicapped in the art Of self -adorn.
ment.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

began to make buff-leather trunks
strengthened with fiat steel ribs.
Back in the H,Gs, the majority OF
trunks were made !, from pine and
whitewood covered with muslin. This
was lamp-blacked, coated with var
nish, and bound In green bands with
bright brass rivets Prior to this
was the old hair-covered trunk (hides
tanned with hair on) with red leather
trimmings, then followed the sheep
skin trunk era;. then came split
from sheep, russell creased, bound
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

but modest red. The old-tImo COM
mercial traveller trunks Y ed 70 weigh
l16 TO $50 pounds, now they range
from 20 70 100 pounds. and outweaf;
their welghty predecessors
The model modern trunk js to COM
blne lightness, strength and durabil
ity with comfort, and the internal
economy of bis trunks Is remarkable.
He has z place for everything, and
everything should be In its place to
carry with absolute security, from
flligree feathers and silk hats to curl
ing tongs and small bottles. He does
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
Whaling.

Apropos Of the Canadian complaint
that whalers owned in the United
States are trespassing in Hudson Bay.
two whaling bsrks from New Bed
ford were reported last year in Hud-
son Strait bound for Hudson Bay,
and great many were reported from
various parts OF the north Atlantic.
Many OF these latter were in pursuit
of sperm whales. The sailing whal-
ers are more aud more confined to the
Atlantic and its tributary bays, now
that.steam whalers are SO successful
Ia the north Pacific and the Arctic
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

year, when he and }. 5. Clark were
the runners up In the national cham
painship doubles held in Chicago
They were easily beaten by Clarence
Hobart and Fred II. Hovey. Cbase's
family has been a leading one in ten
mis- circles for some time. The broth
er of the present champion, G. A..
Chase, won the first Western States
tournamentin 1887 and held the title
of Western champion until defeated
by his brother in 1890.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
Pure Air.

Pure air, like pure water, is color.
less and odorless. Smells are sus-
picious. Be certain when an odor lie
detected that there Is something In
the air which should not be there; II
permitted to remain 1t will cause
trouble. Pleasant odors, like the
breath OF flowers, or the fragrance OF
balsam, ncw-mown hay and pines,
are fiuctuating; nature does not waste
her sweetness. Unpleasant odors are
pervading and get stronger rs a
warning Of their danger. Ii the Of
Tending cause is not removed in
stantly health will begin TO decline.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
Reptiles in the Wells.

During continued dry spell In
south Florida, reptiles often are OBJ.
liged to resort to unique methods for
obtaining fresh water. One need
not be surprised while pumping
water to see little brown frogs issue
from the pump, and ono man was
rather startled while pumping to see
snake two feet long issue from the
spout, and upon striking the ground
quickly crawled under house. The
reptiles crawl into the pump to enjoy
the water held up by the valves.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
THE PRAIRIE DUG-OUT.

Isolated Farmers Protected from the big
yard and Cyclone.
Most Eastern people doubtless think
that none but the poorest of 'front.'
iersmen would live in "dug-outs. A
"dug-ou" is house dug In the earth,
sometimes In the side Of hill. But
those who are familiar with life in
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
TOWN OF BIGTRUNKS.
GROWTH IN CHICAGO OF 4
GREAT INDUSTRY.
CHARLES =. Nixon Gives Some Interesting
information Conoerning the Prey of
ths Rsgeags-smashers-F the An
tsqps ehsst 20 the Modern Trunk.

Genesis Of the Trade
The lively panorama presented In
railway station with the arrival OF
Q train is never failing, ever chang
ing, In its human interest The
blase traveller, the tired tourist, the
busting man of business, the dn de
steele girl, the bride of yesterday,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

tive times he has
earned the title of
C b a m pi o n of the
Western States, the
first time being Ia
1890. He also won
the Western doubles
with his brother in
1889 and with j. A.
X rso n in 1891.
The nearest Chase
ever came to being a
n n t o al tennis
ch q mni0n was Last
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

the home OF Miss
Ellen Beach Yaw,
whose vocal ran @
startled the musical
world recently at a
Damrosch concert in
New York. Mozart
once wrote Of Mile.
Agujari: "She has
a lovely voice, a hex-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

South American ants have been
known to construct tunnel three
miles In length, labor for them pro-
portionate to that which would be
required for men to tunnel under the
Atlantic from New York TO London.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
THREE AND A HALF OCTAvES.

Tho Marvellous Range Claimed for the
Voice of n Californis Singer.
operate managers throughout the
world are casting longing glances In
the direction Of Los Angeles. Cal,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
OUR BUDGET OF FUN,
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO
MOS HERE AND THERE

Jokes and Jokslsts thss Are supposed =
Have Been Recently Born-sayings and
Doings that Arc Odd. Curious, and Laugh
sbls--The Weeks Humor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

those trunks alone until we arrive in
the place of destination, possibly
1000 mites away.
In the interim that blessed bag
gage has many adventures that no
society Tor prevention Of cruelty
takes cognizance Of; IL is thumped
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
GREAT ON TENNIS.

Sam T. Chase, of Chicago, Came Near He
ing a National Cha mpion.
Sam T. Chase, of Chicago, is one
of the best known men in the coun-
try in tennis circles. EOur consecu-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

oss-rIveted thatthey miaht fall of
a sky-scrapcr without breaking. The
trunks of commereial travellers are
built to battle with the World. and
arc very strong and substantial,
bound with rawhide, cornered with
drop-bslt steel, and painted a dark
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

Martyrs to the Art of Personal Adorn-
ment.
The japanese are Clearly people,
and M matter how humble their
home, nor how poor its inmates there
Is never room for dirt in the Eouse-
holds The floors OF the howell or of
the palace are as clean as the tables
of the American homes, and one can
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

Large COiIecuon Oh small Books.
The largest collection Ia existence
OF the smallest books in the world is
said to be that owed by M. Georges
Salomcn, a Partisan amateur, of
whose 700 little volumes none Is
larger than inch wide by 2 high.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11
Nor Go d on LIMITED OR FAST
MAIL TRAINS.

BY return mail came Preside Mt
Caldwell's annual pas, on the Nickel
Plate to President Newell. Across
its face in flaring red ink and in the
bold handwriting OF Preside mt Cald-
well were written the words:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

SO DO Poor Ones Hero.
Model tenement houses In London
pay handsome dividends.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-11

NOT COOP on PASSENGER TRAINS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-05-02
Pleasing For wou.n.

The womanly side of Queen Victoria
is pictured exceedingly well-and ap-
propriately, too, in this the month of
her seventy-ffth birthday-in an arti-
Gle on 1.-The Womanly Side of Victoria, ("
which Arthur Warren contributes to
the May issue of The Ladies' Home
Journal. Among the pictures in the
article, those showing the Queen at
breakfast and in her pony carriage,
are interesting and new. Frank r.
Stockton gives two more of ''Pomona's"
characteristic letters, showing the
heroine of ''Rudder Grange" in various
adventures in her quest for social
boom among the English aristocracy.
MIR. Howell S literary biography I'M
der the title of MY Literary Passions
holds the interest surprisingly well.
The editor questions whether all this
clamor about this being .'woman's
century" is wise. The biography of
the number consists of sketches. with
portraits of Mrs. Edward Everett Hale.
the wife of the famous preacher
author, and Miss Nancy Baily, the
wonderful woman indeXer of England.
Mrs. Burton kingsland takes up the
education and religious development
OF "A Daughter at Sixteen" and Alice
Morse Earl, the author of "China Col
lecting in America gives delight
fully humorous account of her at
tempts to secure My Delft Apothcary
Jars. Woman everywhere are re-
membered in Miss Hadleys Needle
Honinton for Polished Tables The
Silks of the Summer and The Art
of Dressing for Travelling" by Mrs.
MallOn; Materials for Summer Gowns.
by Emma NJ. Hooper, and "StilI Life
in Oil Painting" by Mrs. Haywood.
Thoughtful mothers will appreciate
Mrs. Scovils Children and the Sab
bath" and housekeepers will welcome
the page devoted to The strawberry
and its L ses. = Altogether this May is
sue is singularly attractive and worth
many times its modest price of ten
cents. Published by The Curtis Pub
fishing Company, of Philadelphia, for
ten cents per number and one dollar
Der wear.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-05-02
The Era of Muscle.

This is an athletic age. Everybody wants to
be strong The craze-for it has well nigh
reached that stage-enects both sexes and
even childhood. The pugilistc phase of this
fad in young America is by no means morally
promising. But it is one thing to be endowed
with vigor and another to be Sandowed with
muscle. Super muscuiarity is often induced
by physical effort perilous to health and calcu-
lated to shorten life. The vigor which
means regular and efficient discharge of the
pnHsical functions, is the first medium at
which all may safely aim without causing
ruptures or breaking blood vessels. Hostel
ter's stomach Bitters is largely conducive to
a gain in vigor OF this sort. since it stimulates
and assists digestion, promot' regular bilious
secretion and keeps the bowels in order.
steep, that grand recuperator of nervous
vlgor, is encouraged by it. and it remedies
malarial, rheumatic and kidn trouble.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-05-02

A honey enthusiast thus sums up the
merits of his favorite sweet: A free.
regular and constant use of honey is
probably the best medicine for throat
troubles there is 1t is a wholesome
and economical substitute for butter.
being as E rule half the price of that
article. Honey is of more service in
our cooking than many people i'm
agine. Honey may, indeed, replace
sugar as an ingredient in the cooking
OF food. In rice buildings the writer
invariably uses honey instead o,
sugar; the flavor is more deli
cious. For preserving most kinds OF
fruit honey is far preferable to sugar,
as it has the quality of preserving fol
a long time in a fresh state anything
that may be laid in it or mixed with it,
and preventing its corruption in q far
superior manner to sugar. For many
medical purposes honey is invaluable.
To town residents who may be iaded
and look careworn after the excite
ment of late hours, when the skin be
comes dry, red and harsh looking, try
the effects of rubbing gently thir
coating of honey on the face before
going to bee. 1t is one of the finest
cosmetics in the world.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-05-02
THE SHORTEST TWILIGHT.
Quito, the Capital of Ecuador, Leads the
World in This Peculiarly.

The period of twilight shortened to-
ward the equator and lengthens to-
ward the poles. In other words, the
less the thickness of air through which
the rays of the setting sun have to pass
the sooner darkness comes. From this
it naturally follows that the region of
the shortest twilight is the one which
Is situated nearest to the equator and
at the greatest elevation.
The two conditions are combined in
the region which strands Quito, the
capitol of Ecuador. This plauteau is
nine thousand four hundred and forty
two feet above the lever of the sea: it
is also surrounded by mountains,
twenty peaks, eleven of which rise be-
yond the snow line. being visible from
the streets of the city. Added to this
it's only fifteen miles south of the
equator; hence it has shorter twilight
than any other spot on the equa-
tor. Partly because of the eleva-
ton, and partly because the Western
mountains intercept the rays of the
setting sun and so cause darkness to
follow daylight with greater rapidity
than at any other spot on earth.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-05-02

at Slight Expense 1t Is Possible to Fit
Your House with Incandescents

At Slight Expense 1t Is Possible to Fit
Your House with Incandescents
New York Press: Mr. j. A. Corcoran
of Jersey City has just completed a
novel experiment. in the applic; ton of a
windmill TO an electric lighting plant
The plant, though an experimental
one, is now in operation without as
yet single mishap. and the storage
cells furnish current for twenty
four incandescent lamps in Mr. Corco-
rams residence. Everything points to
the complete success of the scheme
The mill has a diameter of eighteen
feet and at speed of twenty miles
an hour is capabl of delivering three
horse power. The dynamo driven by
belt from the main gear charges set
of storage batteries. 1t is so designed
that throughout the wide variations of
speed of the windmill it maintains the
potential constant. Mr. Corcoran
says that the application of windmill
to run the dynamos of an electric
lighting plant will place electricity in
the homes of thousands. who can thus
secure their motive power from nature
A windmill is not very costly struc
turc, and any one who owns a bit o.
open land about his residence car
erect one and fit up his simple electri
cal apparatus inside of it. The thou
sands of windmillS one sees in travel
ing over the country, if Mr.. Corcoran's
scheme proves a permanent success
may tie utilized for lighting the resi-
dences of the owners and those o.
their neighbors, as well as drawing
water for stock. One windmill will
light half a dozen residences at the
same time.
The machine in Mr. Corcoran' wind
mill occupies a floor space of only
thirty inches square and fifteen inches
high. The dynamo has maximum
current capacity of thirty-iv amperes
at thirty-five volts and is put into
action when the speed is COO revolu-
tons per minute, that is, when an
eight-mile breeze is blowing
great thing that deferred expert
ments with windmills was the wind
itself, but it is believed that success
~ miles per hour that can be depend
ed on throughout the United States
While the maximum and the minimum
rate, of course, vary during different
seasons at the sea-coast and in differ
ent localities, the average rate of ~
miles can be obtained at almost any
point in the country. Near the sea-
coast and in elevated localities the
average rate is much higher and it is
in such situations that the first at
tempts will be made throughout the
country to apply the plan of general
ing electricity with the aid of wind
So it will be readily seen that the util-
ization of the waste forces of nature
is steadily pushing itself to the front
Engineers now study applications
which were hardly considered proper
for sane man to consider a dozen
years ago.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-05-02

That, of ell known agents to accomplish
this purpose, Dr.. Pierces Pleasant Pellets are
unequaled, is proven by the fact that once
used, they are d.,coys in favor. Their SOC
regular, not to further constipate, as 10 tho
case with other pills. Hence, their great
popularity with sufferers from habitua1 con-
stipation, piles, and indigestion.
The " Pleasant Pellets are far more effec-
tive in arousing the liver to action than "blus
tions, and have the further merit of being
purely vegetable and perfectly harmless in
any condition of the system no particular
care is required while using them.
Composed of the choicest, concentrated
vegetable extracts, their cost is much moro
ket, yet from forty to forty-four "Pellets"
are put up in each sealed glass VIAL as sold
through druggists, and can be had at the price
of the more ordinary and cheaper made pills.
DR.. Pierce brides himself on having been
first to introduce Little Liver Pill to the
but none have approached his Pleasant Pei
lets " in excellence.
For all laxative and cathartic purposes
the Pleasant Pellets" are infinitely supe-
rior to all mineral waters sedlits pow
ders, salts, castor oil, fruit syrupS $50
purgative compounds sold in various forms.
Put up in glass walls, sealed, therefore
always fresh and reliable One little pei
let " is laxative, two gently cathartic.
AS "dinner pill" to promote digestion,
take one each day after dinner. To relieve
distress from over-eating, nothing equals
them. They are tiny, sugar-coated. anti
bilious granules, scarcely larger than mus
tard seeds. Every child wants them.
Then, after they are taken, instead of dis
turbiDg and shocking the system, they act in
a mild, and natural way. There is no re-
action afterward Their help lasts
Accept no substitute recommended to be
:" Just as good" They may be better for the
dealer, because Of paying him better profit,
but he is not the one who needs help.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-05-02
At The Concert.

He had gone to the symphony con
cert expecting to hear After the Ball.
with variations and Daisy Bell with
out them, but when they turned a
whole raft of con motos an
scherzos and ap. PTS and appoggiaturas
and other chromatic dingbats loose on
him, lie began to wonder what he was
there for and to spar for an opening to
get out. He found it at the first inter
mission, and before the we'll bred APP
plause had arisen as far as the balcony.
he was in the lobby
Hello" exclaimed friend coming
in, 1.-The concert isn't over, is it?''
Its over my head" he responded
md hustled himself on into the open
air.-Detroit Free Press.