davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
A Pleasing Surprise.

N
of a small periodical life has been saved.
Dr. Peter Fahrney's paper, The Surprise,
brought a surprise to August Miller, a re-
spected farmer of Verdon, Neb., and the way
in which it happened he candidly relates in
a letter to DR.. Peter Fahrney, Chicago, H.,
the sole proprietor and manufacturer of DR..
Peters Blood Vitalizer. Mr. Miller writes:
~ owe you debt of gratitude for sending
me your paper, The Surprise. 1t was the
your valuable medicine, DR.. Peters Blood
Vitalizer, which has done nae such good
service. For twenty-eight years have been
troubled with rheumatism, and last Winter
I was confined to my bed for three weeks,
unable to be up, even part of the time. My
wife had to bring my meals to my bedside,
and every evening toward dusk the pain
would begin and last until morning. 1t
seemed almost unbearable. 1t was while
in this condition that I received copy of
your paper a second time. The first one l
received / did not pay much attention to, as
/ had very little confidence in your promises.
Now / concluded to send for a trial box. /
used six bottles of the remedy, and have
had no rheumatism since. This Summer
accomplished great deal of work on my
farm, twice as much as have been able to
do these last two years, and this Winter
have been chopping wood in the bottoms,
free of all palms,"
The Vitalizer can only be had of local
retail agents, or from the proprietor direct
See advertisement elsewhere in this paper.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
Ants Wearing the Green.


81 once witnessed an interesting but peeu-
liar spectacle in animal life, but one which I
have never been able to account for" re-
marked Abraham /. Givens, Of BRENNAN,
Tex. 81 was going home just at nighfall
over a sandy road, when l noticed directly
in front of me what appeared to be a long
line of green ribbon about one-half an inch
thick. 1 stopped to examine it, and, to my
astonishment found that it was procession
of ants, marching three or four abreast, in
very close order, each one carrying little
piece of green leaf The effect was a con-
tinuous line of green without any break. 1
went back to find the beginning, but as it
issued from the grass at the roadside was
unable to trace it further in that direction.
l then followed it for several rods, until it
entered the grass on the other side and was
lost to sight. Whether it was Palm Sunday
or st. Patrick's Day with the ants, or some
political jubilee they were celebrating, has
always remained mystery to me-"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
CHAT WITH CONTRIBUTORS.

We are requested by the Eurekdn TO give notice
to puzzers that there is yet time TO enter its 1894
medal solving contest. Solutions TO January,
March and May numbers a, 5 and 81 may be mailed
as late as June 10 No. will not be issued until
July l. The generosity of the editors of this paper
should be rewarded with q spirited competition
for the medal" Cyelo-Puzzledom," Arty
Fishers new department, has reached and it
occupied in the Home Journal with "Mysteries.'
Romola's fiat is irst-oass and the gem of the issue.
The form-work could be greatly improved. and
doubtless will be-Words 8 in No. 1922 and in
No 1923 are to be found in Webster of 1894; in No.
1928 has nine letters. Use of the diphthoDg as one
letter was first made by A. F. Holt, and No. 1923
is dedicated to him. II is of the best squares
ever pubshed-Eugene has completed his work
with the Worlds Congresses, and has associated
himself with the firm OF Lord & Thomas news
paper advertisers, Chicago.-Nyas has favored
us with q new style numerical and decaptation
combined. II will be given next week.-Have
you seen The Enigma"f If not address us for
copy.
5-l0-'9A 3. o. CHESTER.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
NO. 1324-TRANsPosITIoN.

NO. EXPERIMENTATION.
TO Edris.)
Within a shady forest
Where the cooling breezes blow.
And no sound is heard but the voice of the bird
And the ripping brookleps flow,
To the earth one day came a maiden gay
Came a maiden long ago.
I would that could picture
The face that / recall,
But no pen could trace her mstehless grace
And her charms and beauty ALL;
Or the heav My smile that came the while
All the earth it seemed T. enthrall.
Beloved by Him in heaven
And beloved by the angels there,
All the light above seemed to take the love
OF this maiden good and fair;
But she tried to TWO up an idol, true.
In this weary world OF care.
All, sad becomes the story,
And as keen the bosom's smart.
In her souls dark grief there was no relief
For her sad and breaking heart,
So one Summer day she was snatched away
And in heaven has part.
"Ahi grieve not, dearest sister"
In her hand she clasped my own;
Then she placed her head OH my breast and said
II fear not to GO alone,
For know above is a purer love
And a sweeter, better home"
So
Within that same old forest
Where the fragrant flowers grow
On her grave each year. to my list ming
Comes a song of long ago;
And the waters tell that she loved too well,
So in peace she lieth low.
Isis, Philadelphia, Pa
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
NEW PUZZLES.-NO. 40.

In Natures most mysterious plan
Not much was learned till WHOLE began.
Vague were the doctrines that were taught,
Impeding knowledge, truth, and thought
Till ALL obtained what Science sought.
Each one who seeks for what is true
Should make COMPLETE to help him through:
IT'S only thus he can advance
Out of the gloom of ignorance.
Great minds that have discoveries made
Achieved their end by TOTALS aid;
It gives us light not seen before;
Neglect it not, tits Wisdom's door.
-NELsoNIAE. Nelson, H.
Not Italia's sunny shores, nor yet in bithesome
France,
Or cen in England was my birth, where ruleth
arrogance.
Along the Emerald Islands shores hourished
many years,
Nor dreamed of prosecutions dire nor harbored
inward fears.
God in his wisdom made me from my fellows diff
ferent
Engendered in my bosom truths that seem from
heaven sent.
Regardless OF traditions lore I seek to know the
right
More difficult to gain than gold-e'er hidden from
sight.
toiler l. a laborer, and sometimes prone to fight.
ST. JULIAs, Utica, n. Y.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
NOS. 1323-CHARADE.

NOS. l0So-CHARADE
A kitei
Mammoth and strong and white;
Which stood as high as arm could reach,
With a tail as long a Senate speech,
And, verify, twice as bright.
boy!
Little. but full of joy;
Busy from dawn till set of sun,
And ready for any sort of fun,
Or mischief without alloy.
windI
Bosterous and unkind;
A calamity-seeker. big and bad
Which eloped with the kite. ONE TWO the lad,
And left not q trace behind.
belli
Ringing solemn knell;
Telling the WHOLE of this tragic tale
OF the mammoth kite and the minute male,
Who assembled and never fell.
SUB Rosa, Boston, Mass.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
Birds That Can Sew.
Popular Science Monilay.l

Sewing seems so ingenious an art that it
must be reserved for the human species
alone Yet the tailor-bird, orthotomus longi-
cduda, and other species, possess the elements
of it. They place their nests in a large leaf
which they prepare to this end. With their
beaks they pierce two rows of holes along
the two edges of the leaf; they then pass
stout thread from one side to the other alter
nately With this leaf at first flat, they
form horn in which they weave their nest
with cotton or hair These labors of weav-
ing and sewing are preceded by the spinning
of the thread. The bird makes it itself by
twisting in its beak spiders webs, bits of
cotton, and little ends of wool. Sykes found
that the threads used for sewing were
knotted at the ends.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
THE NATIONAL rR1BuNE WASHINGTON g. THURSDAY

half lemon, q little grated nutmeg. and one
teacupful of sugar. Mix well. Spread over q
clean CLOTH which has been dipped in hot water
and sprinkled with -four. Sew up loosely and
boil in a covered kettle for 80 minutes. Serve
with cream or fairy butter, equal proportions
of butter and sugar worked to a cream.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
There to Stay.
IChicaqo Tribune. 7

Is anybody waiting on you, MADAME"
inquired the fioor-walker.
yes, sir" retorted the middle-aged mat
ron, fiercely. 81 reckon they're waitin' to
see if 1 won't 90 away without stayin' fur
the II cents in change that's a-eOmin' to
metn
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10

C. B. King Chaplain of the Tennessee Divis-
ion of the Guards, is one of the veterans who
is deeply interested in the work of the G.. c.
The friendship that exists between him and
Emmett Searcy is like unto that of Jonathan
and David. Mr. King showed his loyalty by
serving nearly four years in the 9Th Tenn. Cav
and is now worthy member of the GAR
lis address is Haley Tenn.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10

Jno. o. King is the son of 5th Tenn. cav
alrymap, and is thoroughly devoted to the
cause of Progress and Patriotism. He holds
the office of Investigator, Tennessee Division of
the Guards; is skilled banjoist, courteous and
refined and his friends are numerous wherever
he is known. He is salesman and book keeper
for a general merchandise house, Sewanee,
Tam
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
Don't Tobacco-Spit Smoke Your Life

Name of the little book just received-tells
about Noto6ac, the wonderful, harmless, eco
nomcal cure for chewing, smoking. cgaret, or
snuff habit. You run no physical or financial
risk, for Noto6ac is absolutely guaranteed to
cure or money refunded. Your druggists got
it or will get il. Write for the book-mailed
free. THE STERLING REMEDY Co, Box 8, In
diana Mineral Springs Ind. Agents wanted.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
SOS MISREPRESENTATION EN1eMAs.


ITO Total nth regdrds)
ONE rose no early to escape the heat.
For she rode daily, some dear friend TO meet.
Two wrealS vengeance on devoted beaux
As have found 1t when dared propose.
THREE made great mistake. the time she ceded
A feet yet gentle horse for gold not needed.
Four clips his pony's name, then takes his place,
His PAGER passes all and wins the race.
FIVE rouses up from his debauch. and thinks
That he will now reform, then freely drinks.
SIX (bed negotiated for quite cheap
Falls, with Hebrew namesske, fast asleep.
-MAUDE, st. Joseph, Mo.
ore man in Florida went out to swim;
A hungry alligator dined on him.
Two Kings by fortune blest, but wishing more
Possessions keep adding TO their store.
THREE renegades from Dixie, forced to steal.
PurIoined dozen eggs, and had a meal.
Four serious thoughts. as well as gay ones, come
The thought of death Is that which yexes some.
FIVE riches are misspent too many times,
And may be at the foot of CHASTITY crimes.
SIX deeterious causes often goad
The rising bard TO pen r little ode.
SEVEN green plants bedeck the old stone wall:
The house-leek is The greenest OF them all.
COMPLETES beast,
To say the least,
And for ones pen funny theme.
In regions torrid
This monster horrd
Il found, beside some sluggish stream.
HERCULES. Omaha, Neb.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
HAPPY HOUSEHOLD.
Some Economic Suggestions and Excellent
Recipes for Loyal Home Workers.

Recipes for Loyal Home Workers.
ECONOMIC SUGGESTIONS.
Dredge your cake with -four before icing,
aud thus keep ii from running of.
Keep oranges and lemons in wire baskets or
in a wire net, in a cool, airy place, if you
would have them fresh.
Your tea and coffee will last longer, and
have finer favor, if you will keep it hermeti-
cslly sealed in fruit charges instead of in tin
boxes.
Russia-iron roasting pans, though costing
more than common iron. are cheaper in the
end than common iron. They do not rust and
warp.
II you want glass tumblers to last we'll do not
put one within another or wash them in very
hot water.
TOAST WATER IL SICKNESS.
Did you know that toast water is delight
fol beverage for the sick, and particularly CRATE
full 20 those whose stomach is weak? 1t can be
drank hot or cold, plain or slightly favored
with bit of orange or lemon peel or slice OF
pineapple. Physicians recommend it.
Toast stale bread until very brown, but do
not burn. Break it into a pitcher and pour
over boiling hot water until covered Drain
of the water through little wire strainer
| when the patient complains of thirst, and
serve in glass or china cup, so as TO look as
inviting as possible.
RAMAKINs.
We do not know how ramakins got their
name but we do know they are akin to some.
| thing good. To make them, mix teaspoon
| full of flour with two ounces OF melted butter,
| two ounces of grated cheese, two tablespoon
| fuls of cream, and two beaten eggs. Stir all
| well together and bake in small tins or teacups
| 10 minutes. Serve very hot with dust OF
cayenne pepper If you like anything piquant.
APPLE PUDDING.
To six apples, pared and chopped. add six
| eggs. one and one-half cnpful of bread crumbs,
one-half teaspoonful Of salt, the grated peel OF
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
Mae L. Bicknell, Somerset, Ne.
NOIR FREwIN's PHILOSOPHY.
Those Who Think with Donovan that the
World Is Not a Great Cheat.

World Is Not Great Cheat.
EDWARD BELLAMY's STANDARD.
The world is not great cheat. We cry out
at its injustice, and rightly; bat that does not
license us to do wrong to avenge it, nor can we
expect TO go UNPUBLISHED il we do.
We may never reach Edward Bellamy's
standard, but we can at least improve upon the
present Education alone will not do it;
Christianity, with the other good Influences,
will.
The thoroughly Christian does not
regard the world as cheat.
o. Edith Dickey.
HOW WAS 1T WITH DONOVAN?
Not only Noir Frewin but thousands of
others are constantly crying, The world is a
cheat" How was it with Donovan, our hero
He was deprived in infancy of the love and
careful training of the mother whose pure.
sweet influence should have affected his whole
life.
IN youth he was cheated out OF his rightful
property, and thus thrown upon his own re-
sources; it is now his true character asserts
ITSELF He meets disappointment ON every
hand, finds evil thrust upon him, and the
world in very truth appears zone great cheat"
But does he sink beneath the mighty force oil
the current in which others are perishing?
No. Though almost hopeless from despair,
he rises above his environments and, ere the
| story closes, we find in him our ideal of manly
strength and purity of character. My closing
thought is this: Perhaps many of our readers
are surrounded by circumstances similar to
those in which Donovan was placed. Let u.s.
as did our hero, rise above them. rememberin g
that
" 1t is not just take it, this mystical world oil
ours;
IT'S garden, will yield as we make it.
harvest of thorns or of flowers"
Are We not the architects of our own for.
tuner Let US strive boldly for the best that
there is in life. and thus defy the world.
Edna Ii. Poor, Independence, Iowa.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10

Care should be taken when blowing in .
young orchard not to strike the trees with
the whiffletrees. More trees die from this
cause every year than from any other.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
rns 1321-2-souAREs.

l. Porposes (Obs.) 2. Fastdous. 8. To renew.
T. Advanced 5. ADnuiling by vote. 6. Town OF
NIonastr. Turkey. z. Relating to the two print
tive germ layers. g. Any gall resembling seed
-SToCLEs. Mt Vernon. Ill.
DAN ID. LYON. Irwin. Pa.
l. Town. Etah Province, India p The Latin
name of Spain g. CuIled. 4. Acting with demon
sfratiye or foolish fondness. 5. Town of Vendee,
France. Bij) 6. Scrobiculus cords. (Dungl.) z.
Town of Holstein. (Worc) 8. Town OF Persia in
DAN D. Lyon, Irwin, Pa.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
NOS. 121Z18-souAREs.

l. To provide. 2 Sales at retail. 3. Ordeal nuts.
Dungl) T. Share. (Obs.) 5. French engraver.
I72s-I788 6. test. Z. A heavy adze. CNuttall.)
k. T. DID. Washington, ID. C.
l. Makes void. 2 Not exhausted 8. A genus
of bvalve mollusks. 4. Quite new. 5. thin silk
or wooden goods. 6. Applies ones self to. tObs.)
Z. Sui.ing stew. *. L. G. R., Lyons, N. I.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10

A vigorous cock and 10 or II hens, with
good large lot for range, will pick up much
of their living and supply fresh eggs and
frying chickens in abundance for an ordi-
nary family. Scraps from the table and
kitchen, sour milk and grass about the lot
will furnish nearly all the food needed.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10

Those insects that gnaw and devour foli-
age can usually be destroyed by the appli-
cation of London purple or Paris green. If
used in water, they should usually be ap-
piled in the proportions of one pound of the
poison to about 200 gallons of water. When
the plants to be treated are low, it is often
more convenient to apply these poisons dry.
This may be done by mixing the poison
with flour, plaster. or other diluent, and
busting it through eheesecloth on the
plants. Among the insects that may be de-
stroyed by these poisons are the codling-
moth or apple-worm, the leaf-rollers of fruit
and box-elder trees, the Colorado potato
beetle, cabbage-worms and army-worms.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10

The Rural NeU Yorker says a number of
farmers will try this Spring the plan Of
sowing crimson clover with cats. If the
clover make good growth with the grain,
this plan will prove very valuable to those
who want to secure the greatest amount of
fodder from an acre with the least labor.
The oats could be cut for grain hay then the
clover will make a good crop, and after cut
ting it, the ground may be plowed for rye or
wheat. 1t remains to be seen whether the
clover will attain sufficient size for cutting
after removing the crop of oats. 1t will,
doubtless, depend much on the season. The
advantage of scarlet clover for this purpose
over the common red is that it apparently
does well on soil zoo light to grow a good
crop of common clover, and that 1t is some
what quicker in its growth. On the other
hand, the common red clover has the advan-
tage, where it does well, that it may be left
over, if desired, for another year. The scar
let clover, when seeded early in the Spring,
ends its career the same season.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
ANSWERS TO NO. 1873.

122S-An1hraclte. jSZI-S-lrnpIclt-y.
I22s- 1928 TAG
cav ERA
BOLAS MAN III d
BENALLA ART G LIE
COSDYLOID TENTACU l 4
ALAYAPPLES ARTIC ULATOR
WALLPAP CALCULARI S
STOPPED ELL Rec
ALLIED D j + s
DER TOE
Frs
122e-Denal: nailed.
l220-BABC0 123i-B o XCR AB
ADELMAN OP ER o
BECAUSE XERAs
CLAIR Il Ora AN
OMUINIC RIOS ACE
CAsCINA AsINEGO
sRNEECAP BEAT SON
1232-An acrim onious mniden's tale.
I233- 1874
SA PA
HAC TRY
PM PEP
PASTA CONCA
BARTOL MORSES
BELLoNA MARTELS
PALMERTN CORCELLE
PAR LEYING PoRTELLEN
STORICAL TINSELLI NG
SANTONI NATE PRECELL ENCE
ACIALANGLE WAYPASS ENGER
I235-Puzzle construction and reimbursement
furnish wholesome recreation for multitudes; de-
lighiful, inteligentisl yet frequently vexatious
pastiine. however cryptic success attending labor
affords untold satisfaction.
Authors of word forms: X l.. G. X. A. F. Holt.
Parus, st. Julian. Pallas, Dan ID. Lyon.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
NATIONAL HISTORIC COMMITTEE

The following are the first and second prize
papers. in answer to the question proposed by
Hartley B. Gates "What is Human Liberty?"
His own paper, for which has been awarded by
THE TRIBUNE copy of Capturing Locomo.
tive" will appear at another time.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10

Subject: The Infant Moses Found in the Ark.
Ex.,f2i LILO.
lone reading these notes should first carefully
study the paragraph from the Holy Scriptures as
indicat led ab0yel
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10

This scene is too tempting to miss the
notice of the poetic. Several favorites of
the MUSES. have attempted the description
in verse. We notice "The Sisters Watch"
by Emily Thornton. One might read it
with profit to his class rs q comment on this
lesson. Victor Hugo's Moses on the Nile,"
beginning, "Mes Soeurs, Ponde est plus
frache," is delightful reading. The last
two lines are:
Israel, o cradle shall redeem thy worth;
A cradle vet shall save the widespread earthl
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-10
ANsWERs:

/. Human liberty is natural liberty within
the limits of right
2. All persons who obey Gods commandments
are entitled to human liberty.
3. To exercise our liberty is to preserve it,
and if it is to be perpetuated to the coming
generations of mankind, it must be done
through education. 1t cannot be left as an heir
loom.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-06
The Gander as a Fighter.

There are few better fighters than goose, or
a gander more PARTICULARLY. Those ragged
white Russian geese bite like bulldogs Ii is
no mer' peck with Them; they bite and hang
on. The common old farmyard gander is a
capital lighter when he is driven to it. AT a
certain rlace in Scotland there used to be a
Gagged golden eagle. He preferred TO Kill his
own dinner, and il used TO be a cruel sport TO
watch him dispose of any unfortunate hen or
guinea fowl lhat was put into his cage.
They tried him, believe, with every sort of
Domestic poultry Ducks. peafowl, turkeys
me eagle WIS master OF them all. He had no
trouble tn finishing them on, no trouble even
win The "bubby-jock." But at length they
trled INN with gander; but lie could make
nothing of II. The eander crouched into a
corner, drew BACK his head, presenting nothing
but "A broad. spadelke bill from whichever
quarter HE eagle tiled to attack him.
lie eagle tuned and fretted and grew very
angry; he made desperate attempts 10 AXE the
EanGei 10 he flank. but the wise Old bird de-
ieated them all. In the eud they had 10 give
the gander his liberty as the reward OF his
courage, aud TO satisfy the eagle with the mach
more succnlent dainty OF young turkey
Notwithstanding Magazine.