davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
SAVED BY HIS HORSE.
Very Peculiar Escape Of u Man from {
Break I'm the Ice.

Very Peculiar Escape of u Man from q
Break In the Ice.
The story comes up from below the
city, says the Lewiston (Me.) Journal,
about man who attempted to cross
the Androscoggin on the ice and was
swamped, together with his team. He
had been hauling wood across the river
for several days. and had just one more
load to haul.
as the wuter was up on the face of
the ice he first thought to put off haul
ing it. but the thought that perhaps
there would not be another chance to
haul it made him go across. Whom he
started back he thought he wouldn't 30
in the same track where he had hauled
the rest, SO he went little above.
The ice began to crack slowly when
he got to the middle. Quick as a fash
he urfasteped the two tugs and ono
holdback. Then he struck the horse
violently with the whip. At the same
time the sled load of wood vent
through with crash. lie commenced
to sink with it. but when the horse Lad
been struck he jumped ahead and,
breaking the off holdback, jcrkcd the
man off the load and dragged him to
the shore with the reins. There he
stopped and the man got up
When he looked back the top Of the
wood and the shafts could be seen sticl.-
ing out Of the hole in the ice He says
that he had rather lose the wood than
go near the hole again. 1t is frozen In
now
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
ALLIGATOR SHOOTING.
An Exciting Sport Which Il Pussued n
DARKNESS.

Darkness.
Mr.. Kirk Munroe describes In the
cosmopolitan canoe trip in company
With two young Seminole Indians. Mic
cochce and Iiowilla, who were engaged
IN their regular occupation of hunting
alligators for their hides The canoe
was a dugout, made by Miccochee him.
self out of huge cyprus log. The trio
made camp late in the afternoon, and
after awhile Mr. Munroe discovered
what he had not before suspected-that
the hunting was to be done at night
Darkness had hardly fallen before
the believing of alligators was heard
sound much like the roar of au angry
bull Miccochee listened with evident
satisfaction. "Allapatta plenty. Ne
catch 'em, Uncah!"
We had killed FIVE of the monsters
when we turned orr prov up stream.
Miccochee welded his push pole from
the stern, Kowika sat in the middle of
the canoe, while |, with jack light on
my head and rifle in hand, occupied the
position of honor in the bow.
The alligators had ceased their NUT
terings and | had begun to think that
we had killed or frightened them al.
Just then ! was startled by a slight
motion on the bank but n few yards
away. At the same instant two Goals
OF fire cleaned through the blacl5ncss-
What could they be? | was about to
speak. when 4 sharp mist" from be-
hind told me that the moment for
action had come. Taking hasty aim
at one of the lurid Goals, fired.
The report of the rifle was followed
by such wild rush into the water. such
whiriing and splashing, such showers
Of spray and bloody foam that it was
as if 4 small cyclone had been dropped
from the heavens into that quiet spot
Little KowilSa screamed in his excite
ment, but Miccochee only expressed his
at my bad shot by nutter-
ing: "Ho-le-wa-gus! Heap bad"
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
spry Old Maios People.

Maine is noted for her hale and spry
old people. Ex-Gov. Garcelon, in Lew
iston. eighty-fve years old. is an active
rider and driver of fast horses. of which
his stables contain twenty-thrce fine
animals. Mrs. Jonathan Dow, of Deer
lsde~ eighty years old, has knitted forty
pairs of stockings and woven two hum
dred yards Of rag carpeting and one
hundred yards Of cloth during the paSt
season in odd moments snatched frd +,
her general bousework and the care ~
a flock Of hens. Mrs Joanna Bunkl
OF West Trenton, eighty-seven yef
old, has lust finished a waistcoat wAme
she cut and made without the ussI
giasses Mr.. Robbins, also OF l'or I
Isle, is seventysix, and. last
besides doing much repairih
vehicles. he made all the woodw
four carts, one jigger, = dor'N,
Wagon ana horse slsd
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
THE CLGcPf.G csLCCN.
John !,u.-s Curious Version OF an Amer.-
can Idea.

Joan !'u.ss CCr:ous Version OF an Amcr!-
can Idea.
Between the British conception of
'G!oo3 and that in vogue on this side
OI tie Atlantic there is this in COMMON
LAT both are entered by q side door
after ni.-httail. There the resemb-
I22:cc ceases. John Eulls saloon is
IN exhibit in the transportation build
ing, wac-cin it is full as difficult to
iooii upon the wine when it Is red as it
ought TO be in Evanston or Bangor
Joan Eull ; saloon is as dry as his
comic papers. He lables it sleeping
Ha-oon" to distinguish it from all-night
places where we never slaep. 1t oc-
cupies 4 position in the rear of the
Londcn L Northwestern Railway COM
Panys highly v2rai-hed trainlct. in
Ccriors,y constructed to defeat the
eaos OF the trafic..cr in popcorn. five
beg"
The British sleeping saloon is our
Creat-Gran,lrlUtlers' Pullman car. IL
Is the great American sleeper" as it
would Awe been had it been invented
oeiore the war. Entering by it the
British passenger finds himself in d.
iniantlve closet where he is permitted
% alnoae his pipe. Two rigid-bac!led
c1airs won!d elbow each other for
ntandinG room if they had any elbows.
AHc man IN Charge says: Ills is what
Fan as to put up with in Tchicago."
as tie opens the door. Six berths are
slowed away on either side of the
s'noAing sa}con. The berth saloons
orc divided into compartment saloons,
iour compartments comprising the en-
TIRE carriage. Two of the cornpart-
nentS contain four bcrths devoid of
ary evidences of curtains in front.
rs remaining couple are of scrli-se-
ciusive character, containing two
oerths each, and being intended for
roomEiates or elderly married couples.
ihc car Is probably half the length of
TIC ordinary Pullman, and is destitute
OF even the adorrrcent of the harmless
necessary darby with the appetite for
Uuarterss
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
HiGH.PRICEO FOOD.
Tobacco and Gold on a Far on the Upp0s
Ynkon River. Alaska.

Tobacco and Gold q Par on the Upp0a
Yukon River. Alaska.
R. d. Miles, a recent visitor in San
Francisco, gives the Call a graphic ac-
count of the prices current for ordinary
commodities on the upper Yukon river.
Alaska
He has, according to the Call, just 70.
turned from that country, where, he
states, there were over one hundred
men at work during the last summer
washing gold from the river bars and
riffs. The majority of them will winter
in that country.
We'll, I'll tell you, am glad to get
back to civilization again." he said.
Gold is plentiful; in fact it is an ordi.
nary trick for man to wash out from,
twenty to sixty dollars n day, but q
man needs all that to live anyway COM
Portable in that country. and he has but
little to show after season of hard
work.
when left that country trader
with a small stock of goods was making
his way up thc river from some of the
coast trading points in a canoe. In
fact he had several Of them loaded with
provisions. lie was assisted in his jour
ney by half dozen Indians.
We'll, when he left, after selling out
his cargoes, he had about all the gold
dust the miners hal washed out in four
or five months of steady work
I'VE ra1 short of provisionA, and had
eubsistcd on bear meat and other game
80 lcng that we willingly parted with
nearly all we had to get some civilized
eatablcs.
well. this tradcr--his namc was Er,-
nors-sold the several sacks CT spuds
he had with hin, ut the rate of from
thirty to fifty cents per potato.
"Ilis Cour sold fer twenty dollars Q
sack. and we were just glad enough to
pay five dollars . pound for the very
poorest quality of tea he had with him.
He had several sides OF bacon in his
stock. which he disposed of at about
one dollar slice. A few sacks Of the
despised bean brought one dollar .
pound.
I'VE had been out of tobacco for near
~ two months, and had drawn but lit
tie solace out Of pipefuls of dried leaves
and moss. When this fellow appeared
on the scene we took him to our hearts
as benefactor and gave him ounces Of
gold for plugs of tobacco. An ounce Of
gold brings sixteen dollars In Alaska
and nineteen dollars at the mint here.
I'VE bought q hundredweight of on-l
ions, for which we were assessed six
ounces Of gold. n
II tell you what, we poured out the
dust upon that fellow Emuons, and he ,
had 80 much of it don't think would !
like to take the contract to pack it frotLs
here to the city hall -
You must not think from this apt-
palling price list that we wcrc starving
10 death We had plenty Of game and i
nsh. bat that kind Of grub pals on tie /.
appetite" Il
The boys" however, appear to have
made money on the Yukon river bars
Mr.. Miles states that oil cf them have |
stakes" and he came down to Victoria
with several of them who he'd "c!cancs, |
-" from twelve Thousand dollars 70
Ewcnty-cight Thousand dollars apiece.
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
Thou-ht lie uad Lost Els P.p.,o,.

!n a snail village in Maine there
Evns al old soldier who has for tnauy
years received pension from the gov
ernracnt. which with his small earn
ipgs 6y occasional joys, makes him
comfortable. One day, while az work
In he house Of ancighhor. he slipped
nj the tcp OF flight Of stairs afal fell
to the bot''.sn. Che lady Of the hoase
ht,.rrl the noise. and hurried 20 learn
{, :, cause Why, Arah-ose.' She said.
"i' that you? Did yoa fall down
stairs? hes. Elarrn. did." answered
tn. old RAN. and for about t.. couple
Of minutes thought I'd lost my PEN
aim.
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
TERRG EONNG'S SALAMANCA.
Wonderful Snake CharmIn. Ey IA Ols
Negro voodoo Woman Ia s,y0isi,ra

wonderful Snake Charmin: by IA Old
Negro Eoodoo Woman la E.ooisiaun
An aged negrcJs OF great repusc "a a
"voodoo," or witch doc.r2ss, aInocr the
ncgrocs of this section, writes . ctr-e-
sponGcnt from Terre Eonnc, La, 40
cording to the Chicago Times, is Q tract
ing much attention, not only fro,a
those OF her ovrn color, but from the
more intelligent portion Of the cor,-
nnunity, and the way in which she docs
this ID to apparently swallow n num-
Der OF small snakes Of O variety un-
known in this section. They ore of q
dusiy color, nearly black, pied with o
dull green about the fat head, and Of .
dirty white in the belly. These rep
tiles remain secreted about old Nance's
cabin until she gives a peculiar wh,s-
Ting call, when they will come to her.
wriggling in great haste over the floor.
up her dress, and run into her open
mouth, Kissing hideously. They disap-
pear and remain hidden sometimes for
minutes. She asserts that they are con-
cealed in her stomach until she rccalls
them, when they will come pouring out
10 writhe about her scraggy neck and
coil in her bosom.
Where the snakes really 90 when
they vanish in her mouth is a mystery
and has puzzled all the physicians
about, many having come from New
Orleans to witness the phenomenon.
Some really believe that the snakes do
go down into the stomach, while others
are convinced the witch is simply play.
ing some sleight-of-hand trick on them.
but II the latter Is the case 1t il SO clev.
erly done that there is no detecting the
performance.
The witch presents q most extraorii-
nary and hideous appearance sitting
with the snakes darting their fat heads
in and out of her toothless mouth. with
their little bead-like eyes snapping a. II
in fury all about their mistress. As
nearly as they can be counted thers
are six or seven Of these reptiles,
though old Nance says there are many
more, but they are all 50 much of a size
and color that they cannot be identified.
They are probably of a harmless
though old Nance declares they
are highly poisonous and no one wish
- to experiment with them.
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
MODERN ATHENS,
IL Ia Raising It's Standards to rhn,e Of
Classical Greece.

~ ~ NShislnS its Standards TO Fho3e OF
Classical Greece.
u once had chat with the late
Prof Sophocles, the famous native
Greek professor of Harvard, On the
subject of the pronunciation Of our
language as taught in America" said
the Greek consul, Mr. ID. T. rimaycn-
sis, recently, to reporter for tie los
ton Herald. II asked him why he aucht
pronunciation which he knew was
not right.
"'It doesn't make any difference
what pronunciation we teach he re-
piled, because these boys will mover
know anything anyway.
THE Germans have been the most
conscientious and thorough students Of
the ancient Greek language" contin.
ued the consul lit is but fair to say.
however, that very learned Greek
lady, who has been in this country
Htuayiag your institutions. says TIA,
he found class of girls in Wellesley
college who were better versed in
Greek classics than the girls IL cur
own schools in Athens. | shou;i say
tley must be very good. then, for
rcat revival in Cree; ella assira, study
IS ta''en place within a few years.
q .le spoken language is ccnforrn.n2
r'ore and more closely to classical
s.aT1arls. Foreign words that have
c.ept into the language are being cast
aide. | noticed the increased purity
OF the language when | returned. 70
Greece and met some of my university
classmates. They were following clas-
siaal Greek so closely that thorcht of
first it was joke or al affectatioa. Lu,
I'oon saw that the SGT were ali t:.ll,
in, shat way"
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
HIS MOTH-R'S BIBLE.
The Eook on Which President Cleveland
Took the oath of ONCE.

The Eook on Which President Cleveland
Took the oath of ONCE.
Among the relies stored away in the
clerks Office Of the supreme cour: of the
United States, writes Washington cor
respondent Of the Philadelphia Times,
is handsome morocco-covered Bible of
large octave size. 1t is the Bible that
was purchased eight years ago to ad-
minister the oath Of Office to President
Cleveland at his Inauguration on March
f. 1t had been the invariable custom
before the Inauguration of Mr.. Cleve-
land to purchase a Bible for use at the
Inauguration ceremony and to present
this interesting memento afterward to
some member Of the presidents family.
Following this custom, the clerk pur~
chased Bible to use in the inaugura-
ton of President Cleveland, but Mr..
Cleveland notified the committee of ar
rargemcnts Of the senate that he wished
to take the oath on the Bible given to
him by his mother whez, as a Young
man, he started out in the world to
make his fortune. The committee nat
urally respected this sentiment of the
president-elect and SO Mr.. Cleveland
took the oath on his mothers Bible IL
was q small book, morocco bound and
gilt-edged. So far as is known here,
Mr.. Cleveland still has the book, and in
the belief that it will be used at the
coming ceremony the clerk of the su-
preme court has not purchased
Bible to be used on that occasion. It
was planned -four years ago to use the
Bible purchased in 1855 at the ceremony
of 1889; but after considering the mat
ter the clerk determined to purchase
another Bible for Mr.. Harrison.
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
Fifth Dist. Levee Beard

Reaching every homo in
the parish, it is all excelIcn
medium for
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
ADVERTISERS

who desire the business Of
this section.
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19

Board Of School Dl'tors
AND OF THE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-25
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and Improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, wno live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 20
the needs of physical being, Will attest
tie value to health OF the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced IL the
remedy, Syrup of Figs
It's excellence is due % its presenting
in the form most acceptable ana pleas
snt 10 the taste, the I~fnshing snd truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive: etfectually cleansing the system,
dispeliing colds, headaches and feve-s
and permanently curing constipation.
II has given satisfaction 70 millions ard
net WITH The approval of the medical
profession. because il acts on the KID
news, Liver ani Bowels without weak
ching them and It is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance
Svrup of Figs Is fer sale +, al drug
Eisss ii soc and 81 bottles, bat It Is mar
afactured by the California Fig Syrup
-. only, whose name : printed on every
package. also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being wei informed, you vii aol
accept any substitute II oierei
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-25
She Had a Long Memory.

A Lewiston lady, n speaking about
punishments in school, reiStes an incident
in her own case. When a girl of is years,
she attended school in her native town.
Some trouble arose that called ii question
the yeracity Of either herself or another
girl. The teacher insisted that she was
the offender. She insisted that she was
not. The alternative was offered her TO
receive punishment or leave the school
She took the latter alternative. The teach
er remained four years, and she did not
return, and her school days virtually ter
minated at that time
Twenty years later the teacher and his
alleged offending pupil met one day. He
recognized her and extended his hand. She
refrained from taking il. The act might
have seemed unlad like. but il was just in
this case. The man was not offended, for
he knew the treatment was deserved, and
he had the manliness there and then to
acknowledge a wrong Of 20 years previous.
He had learned that the other pupil had
uttered the falsehood, and the girl who
had been compelled to leave the school was
wholly innocent Of the charge. This
knowledge came to him a short time after
the occurrence, and IL had weighed upon
his mind, causing him many approaches
Of conscience. Often he had wished to re-
pai- the wrong, but u lack Of opportunity
had prevented. His expressions Of SINGERS
regret led 90 prompt fOrgiyeneSs.-Lewis-
ton Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-25
WILL DRIVE IT TO MARKET,
Thirteen States Report Enormous Guam
titles Of Wheat Being Fed.

Chicago, Dec. 24.-The Farmers Re-
view tomorrow will say: Reports have
been received by the Review from cor
respondents in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan, Kentucky, Missouri, Kan
sas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Min
nesota and the Dakotas on the extent
to which wheat is being fed to cattle.
In some parts of Illinois wheat has been
feed largely, especially where markets
are not easily reached, or where other
feed crops are short. In other parts
less has been fed in some other states,
apparently because no other farm pro-
duct is found salable. So good many
counties report little or no wheat being
FED. Indiana is probably feeding a little
larger proportion and in some of the
counties third of the crop will be dis
posed of in this way. Ohio is feeding
the crop freely and in some localities
more wheat than corn is being fec.
over a large part of the state half OF
the crop viii be marketed in the form
of livestock and there are counties
where the proportion of the crop fed
will be no less than 20 per cent. In
Michigan the amount fed varies great
ly. Some counties are feeding none
and others nearly all of the wheat crop.
Reports of thirty and forty being fed
are quite common. Kentucky reports
large quantities being fed and some
counties will thus dispose of half their
crop. Missouri report q like con-
dition. Kansas and Nebraska are
feeding very largely, the low price max
ing it a very economical feed. In some
localities in Iowa it is being fed very
largely, even uD TO half the crop, but
in other counties il is receiving little
attention as feed. In Wisconsin. Min
nesota and the Dakotas considerable
iS being fed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-25
EDISON KNOCKED OUT.
American 9raphophone Company Is the
Genuine and Only.

Washington, Dec. PA decision was
today rendered in the supreme court
of the District of Columbia in suit
brought by the American Graphophone
company against the Columbia Pho
nograph company, but the real parties
defendant being Thomas A. Edison
and the Edison Photograph works.
1t was alleged by the American
Graphophone company that the or
iginal Edison tin foil monograph was
a failure, as the sound records it made
We're not accurate, permanent nor ca
pable of being reproduced as often as
desired; could not be detached from
the machine, handled and transported
and that the art as now known was
created by the inventions of Alex
Graham Bell, Chichester \. Bell and
Charles 6 fainter, who began their
work under the auspices of the Volta
Laboratory association, and who were
afterwards acquired by the American
Graphophone company, and that every
monograph, every photograph cylin-
der and every monograph record be-
came practically and valuable only so
far as il relied upon the principle of
engraving records as distinguished
from the abandoned method of in
denting used in Edison's original tin
foil monograph. The court finds for
the American Graphophone company
on every point, issues a decree of in
junction against the defendants and
orders an accounting by an auditor of
the court. Other suits are pending in
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, MaSSa-
chuSettS, Illinois and Kansas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-25
HALLS ARE SILENT
LAWMAKERS HAVE GONE HOME
FOR CHRISTMAS.
Speaker Crisp and Few Other Mem
bers About All That are Left-No
Regular Committee Work Doing
President Signs Bills-Sub Com

Washington, Dec. 2f.-The capitol was
practically deserted today. Only few
rambling sight-seers, the capitol po-
lice and now and then a stray senator
or representative woke the echoes IF
fits spacious corridors. The charm of
the festivities of Christmas at home
was the magnet that had drawn every
one who could leave from the congress
sional grist mill. Only the members
and senators from the far west, and al
so those whose families are in Washing
ton remained here. Several OF them
were at their desks for a short time to-
day examining their mail but they had
put their congressional labors behind
them and matters congressional were
in a state Of suspended animation.
Speaker Crisp was in his room IN the
rear of the hall of representatives.
about noon debating answers TO let
tiers, but he was almost the only MEM
Der in the vicinity Of the capitol today.
Mrs. Crisp and her son and daughter
are here TO eat their Christmas dinner
with the speaker and he Will remain
here throughout the holidays, No COM
lnittee work viii be done at either end
of the capitol during the recess.
Senator Blackburn says the commit
tee on rules, of which he is chairman,
will not take I'D the question cf a clo-
turc rule or any other subject until
after January /. The Kentucky sena-
tor left the city today TO remain until
congress reconvenes. Some work will
probably be done on the appropriation
yet unreported by Chairman SayreS
and some of the members of the sub
committee but their work viii be SUBJ
ject TO Upltimate revision when the
fuI committee meets.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-25

PAPER mache, or anything less inham-
able than wood.
The board visited the ships at Nor
folk and Philadelphia and made de-
tailed report upon the alterations need
ed in the case of each ship, recommnd-
ing the substitution of corrugated iron
instead Of wood as IN the Texas. IN
many cases, and of iron instead OF WOOD
ladders wherever found. The board
reportsitself embarrassed for want of
knowledge concerning the fires III tne
engaged in the action off the mouth
of Yalu river. The points in doubt are
as to the amount of woodwork ana COM
nustible material, as TO where the hreS
occurred which at first ignited them
and the facilities for spreading; as 10
their facilities for eXtinguShng ilres; as
to the place of storage of cor15usti5ie
materials, such as oils, turpentne, al
cohol, paints, ether, etc.
The board was favorably impressed
with the system of joiner work OF the
Texas. but thought that considerable
of the woodwork could be dispensed
with If time and opportunity were per-
nited to experiment. The board rec
commended that the commandant of the
Norfolk navy yard be allowed TO carry
on such experiments. In the cases of
the battleships Massachusetts, Indiana,
and Oregon, which are nearing compile
ton. the estimated cost of the recon-
mended changes is $3.50 in the case OF
each vessel.