davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-08-30

can only by adoption but they must
be able TO read and write before they
take the oath of allegiance and be-
come soldiers
The causes that lead a young man
to enlist and assume the arduous
duties Of private soldier are too nu-
merous to be specified, Young men
who find themselves arrived at ma
turlty without any trade or profess
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-08-30
An Incident of Life in Texos,

In some Texas towns it is impossible
to ascertain when any particular train
leaves without going to the depot and
inquiring of the agent how many hours
behind time the train is. Col, Yerger,
who lives in Austin, wished to 90 to
San Antonio on the o'clock train, so
he said to his colored servant:
Sam, go down to the depot and see
what time the o'clock train leaves. "
1t was 3 o'clock when Sam returned.
We'll, when does the train leave?"
Hits dun lef', boss. Hits lef' at
half past 2, sah."
"What."
81 did jes whut yer tole me. Yer
tole me ter see when de train lef, an
watched till it was plain cutter sight on
de udder side OBJ de Colorado Ribber. "
BEWARE OF the man who defends any
kind of evil.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-08-30
LAWS OF ARMY LIFE.
HOW UNCLE SAM GETS HIS Sol.
DER BOYS.
Recruiting Onloes In All Largo Cities
Where the Would-bo Soldier May Enlist
No Man with Impaired Constitution
Need Apply-Rlgorou Tests,
Must BE phYslonlln Sound.

1t happens occasionally that peo-
pie see In their wanderlngs about a
large city flag flying from the win
dow Of building, and are curious to
know what mission Of peace or war
1t represents A close inspection Of
some letters on the building in the
vicinity Of the flag explains its pres
ence. The letters form this sign:
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-08-30
Maintaining Quarantine.

French journals are criticising the
attitude of United States delegates
to the sanitary convention at Paris.
The Americans have opposed every
measure tending to make quarantine
less rigid. Their object is to make
the regulations so close that quaran-
tine measures can be used 10 restrict
immigration.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-08-30

sion, and who crave change and adj.
venture, take the army as the most
desirable career open to them. 1t
takes only half an hour to take the
oath, get into uniform and become
q full Pledged soldier
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-08-30
The Original Ossifled Man.

In the Museum of Natural History in
Dublin is the skeleton of a man, ma
tive of the South of Ireland, who was
called the ossifed man. His body te-
came ossifed during his lifetime He
lived in that condition for years. Pre-
vious to tie change he had been a
healthy young fellow of superior
strength and agility. One night he
slept out in field after a debauch, and
some time later he felt the first symp-
toms of the strange transformation
The doctors could do nothing to avert
the progress of his malady. His joints
stiilened. When he wanted to lie
down or rise up he required assistance.
He could not bend his body, and when
placed upright he resembled a statue
of stone. He could stand, but not move
in the least His teeth were joined
and became an entire bone. The doc
tors, in order to adm mister nourish-
ment had to make a hole through
them. He lost the use Of his tongue
and his sight left him before he died
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-08-30
He DIDN'T Relish the bill OF Fare

The guest at the hotel table laid
the menu down and gazed up at the
waiter.
Have you any corned beef and cab
bage" he asked.
mo, sir"
Get any auerkraut and sausage?"
mo, sir.
Got any cracking bread?"
mo, SIR"
The guest was becoming uneasy.
"Well," he said, in an unpleasant
way, have you got anything to eat
here at ALL"
There the bill of fare, sir, replied
the waiter, nodding toward it,
The guest picked it up and examined
it carefully.
"Um," he said, after a thorough in
spection, 81 can't eat that. At least,
not raw. Take it out to the kitchen
and have it broiled bit, will you?"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02
HUNTING AND FISHING.

ABOUT $4,000 people are killed every
year in India by wild beasts and rep
tiles.
DEER are numerous in northwestern
Maine. and annoy the farmers whose
lands are near the forests.
SNAKE, just discovered in Brazil.
has tusl1s like boar, and a two-foot
horn ornaments its forehead
SALMON fishing is prohibited in the
state of Washington between six p. m.
on Saturday and the same hour on
Sunday.
A QUAIL almost pure white was late
ly shot near Atlanta Ga. The only
part not white was the tip of the tail,
and this was of the usual hue.
A HUGE lobster, thirty-fve inches in
length, was lately caught by Everett
Smith, at the edge of the surf, in
Patchogue, N. Y. One of it's claws is
twelve inches long.
GEORGE JAMIsoN, of Bath, Me-, had
just warned Michael Nelson to handle
his gun carefully when he (Jamison)
tripped and fell, and received death
wound from the discharge of his own
gun.
THE largest fish caught in the CO.
lumbia river so far this season was a
sturgeon measuring II feet inches
long and weighing 755 pounds, which
was landed at Knappton, WASH, a
week or so ago. The head alone
weighed ISL pounds, and the fish
yielded 427 pounds of edible meat.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02
GARDEN AND FOREST.

AN OdOrless onion is cultivated by
Chinese gardeners.
A PEAR that weighs over thirty
ounces is on exhibition at drug store
in Atlanta, Ga.
THE British scientific expedition to
the Philippine islands is said to have
discovered $500 feet above the sea
level, on the sides of the extinct volca-
no Apo, flower five feet and half in
diameter.
A FARMER near Shepardstown, Pa,
raised a stalk of cabbage with one
huge head in the center and eighteen
smaller ones around it. These were
about the size of a quart measure and
perfectly formed.
In the earlier periods of life trees in
crease much faster than when adult
the oak. for instance, grows more rap
idly between the twentieth and Thrift
eth years-and when old the annual
deposits considerably diminish, SO that
the strata are thinner and the rings
proportionately closer.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02
MARINE SHIPPING NOTES.

The United States has CSC vessels en-
gagged exclusively in foreign trade:
Great Britain has 5,96S.
THE steamers between Europe and
North America carry on an average
about 10000 passengers month.
THE American line steamer New
York. when running at full speed,
burns enough coal in single day to
last family using ten tons a winter
for thirty-three years.
ITALIAN ships are worked cheaper
than those of any other nation. The
monthly expenses of an Italian ship
with crew of twenty men are about
s475; of an American ship, 1000.
1T is estimated that an average of
more than 2,000 vessels and II. 900 lives
are lost in the various seas and oceans
every year, the value of ships and car
goes being roughly averaged at about
$1OO,OO0,OO
THE new steel ship Centurine, which
arrived at Duluth, Mimi, last week.
broke the record Of the great lakes for
speed. She made the run from Buffalo
in less than sixty-eight hours, or 14.7
miles per hour The speed across Lake
Huron was 15.9 miles per hour.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02
SHELTON. MASON FRIDAY FEBRIAKY 1901
ADDED TO THEIR FAME.

GOD reigns and the government at
Washington still lives.-Garfeld. in q
speech made on the day of Lincolns
death.
ONE tongue is enough for a woman.
Milton, when asked if he would in
struct his daughters in foreign lam
guages.
lis the first beat of the drum, of ill
omen for France.--Marie Antoinette.
when the states general was sum-
moned.
NONE of you know where the shoe
plnches. - Lucius Aemilius .Paulus.
when asked why he divorced his beau
tiful wife.
If were to begin the world again.
I and knew just what l know now. I
would never write verse. e.-Alexander
Pope.
AFTER us the deluge, Nine. de Pom
padour said when warning was given
OF the downward tendency of things in
France.
GOOD Americans, when they die. go
to Paris.-Thomas G. Appleton. Re-
peated in the Autocrat of the Break
fast Table.
IT does not signify much whom one
marries, as one is sure to find the next
morning it was some one else.-Sam-
uel Rogers.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02
WELL UP IN YEARS.

THE oldest person in Indiana is ''Aunt
Badly" who recently attained her 10th
birthday. She is an inmate Of the Old
Ladies' home at Terre llaute.
THE seventieth anniversary of their
wedding was recently celebrated by
Rev. Benjamin Stevens and wife of
Hannibal, Mo. His age is 90, and hers
is SO.
NUMEROUS descendants make happy
the declining years of Mrs. Rowena
Harty, of Parrott, Ga. She is SO years
old, was married at the age of II, is
the mother Of II children, has 81 grand
children, and 26 great-grandchildren.
JUDGE n. P. carp, the S0-year-
old father of the carp boys, celebrat-
ed among the toughs OF Tombstone's
toughest days, was married in San Ber-
nardino, Cal, few days ago to a coy
bride whose years cover half CEN
turY.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02
THE COAL TRADE.

DURING the last year 100000 tons
of coal were mined in Westmoreland
county, Pa.
SHIPMENTS of Pocahontas coal at
Lambert's Point during 1898 to Novem-
Der l, were Isis, ,0S0 tons.
ONE of the peculiar features of the
coal trade is the importation at San
Francisco of coal from China.
THE number of persons employed in
the bituminous mines of the United
States in 1892 was 212,S 1893, as compared
with 205,372 in 1891. This places the
total Of employees in coal mines of the
United States in 1892 at tally of 341,- :
943
On the tipple at Hoytdale mines,
Beaver county, Pa, the coal is dumped
by William Grundy, who is sixty-one
years of age. He has been on the same
tipple for twenty-eight years, and dur
ing that time has dumped 2,520,O00
tons of coal
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02
The Market Report.

The following are the prices paid to farmers
and producers by Seattle business houses for the
articles named, goods delivered in Seattle This
report is corrected weekly and can be used in
local trading:
HAY-Puget Sound, siO @14 y ton
HOPs-New crop, 10 "a II cts.
GRAIN-Oats, $50; Barley, $40; Wheat s24;
Corn, $25; Feed meal, $40 a 25.
observation-disclosures, new Puget Sound.
SIS and s17; Carrots, sl2.
BUTTER-Creamery, % cts; California, 20 90 25:
choice ranch,2 ,26 a 80.
EGGS Eastern, % cts . doz; Ranch, 80 q 35.
Pou.TRY-Spring chickens, 81 "a p doz;
hens, S. SO a e. Ducks, IS al; Turkey, 15 Ts fb,
LIVE SToCK-Choce beef, So cts a 4 COWS,
32 cts; Sheep "A cts; Hogs, ~ cts; Calves, 4to
HIDES AND PELTs.Heavy sailed steers, 6 cts;
ct les. dry, 7 cts. Dry Elk, 10 a 16 cts; deer.
summer, 80 cts, winter, %; sheep skins, 65 cts,
full wool, Fl @ 40, wool, IA a. Is cts.
LOGs-Light demand. Fir, superior quality,
$3.50 @ $50 . NJ; choice cedar, $50; common
logs. s4.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02
COMMON NAMES.

HURST meant wood, hence residents
in or near a wood bore the names of
Hurseley, Hawkhurst, Ashurst, Elm
hurst and the like.
Coz meant any prominence of land,
and hence came the Cops, Copes, Cop
leys, Copelands, Copps, Cophams, Cop
wills, Cobdens and Cobleys.
STARCH and stark were synonymous,
which accounts for the abundance of
the Starks, formerly manufacturers of
or dealers in this article.
HEIFER herds were yeat herds, hence
the Yeamans and Yeaters Cowherds,
Coherds and Cowarts were the men
who tended the herds OF COWS.
SWAIN was formerly man who kept
hogs, and his descendants are the
Swaines, Swaynes, and perhaps also
Swaims, Swinnerts and IIoggarts.
HILL comes from an old English verb
meaning to cover, or put roof on;
hence the Hills, Hillyers, Ielliers,
Heelers, and even Holman and Heel
man.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02
FARMERS IN FOREIGN LANDS.

The refuse of sugar cane can be
used in making paper. which should
enable sugar planters to get better
return from their plantations, the
method of manufacturing being simple
and inexpensive.
THIS years apple crop has been heavy
throughout the United Kingdom and
the fruit is quite equal to the average
in size and somewhat above it in quail
ity Pears, although less plentiful,
gave good return.
WITHIN the past twenty years the
area planted to wheat in Great Britain
has decreased by 100000 acres, and
that planted to barley by 100000 acres,
while the area planted to oats has in
creased by 100000 acres.
THE production of olive oil in Ceph-
alonia is very considerable, a crop
yielding from $4,000 to $4,000 barrels,
more than Is per cent. of which goes
into local consumption, the remainder
being exported exclusively into Russia.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02
PRESS PlCKINGS.

THE New Idea. new newspaper just
born in Red Lodge, Mont, announces
itself as independent in politics, re-
ligion, and etiquette .
THE ten Sunday papers in New York,
together with the three in Brooklyn,
published one Sunday 420 pages alto
gether, aggregating 5000 columns and
$500, 900 words.
THERE is a newspaper in Kansas
edited by a convicted thief, whose
chief assistants are a forger and a
burglar, and published by gang of
known felons. It's office is in the state
penitentiary.
THE Standard, an evening English
paper, and the Germania, an evening
German daily, of Evansville, Ind,
have passed into the control of a coop
erative company composed of all the
employees of the two papers.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02
WIT OF THE DAY.

AFTER a woman has been married
three weeks she doesn't like to have
her husband around the house in the
day time.-Atchison Globe.
AMONG other virtues it must be said
of the football player that he doesn't
get his hair cut in a crowded shop on a
Saturday night.-Philadelphia Times.
TALKATIvE FBARBER-''There's one
thing that never causes me any sorrow
to part with" Luckless Customer
''And that is?" Talkative Barber
"a comb. Next gentHvBuffalo Cou-
rier.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02
FIGS AND THisTLES.
A sr1seY man is never contente

A sTINGY man is never contented.
WHERE hard work kills one man,
worry uses up dozen.
If happiness is your main object in
life don't try too hard to get rich.
A LIE always has dagger in its
hand. no matter how well meaning it
may look.
GENERALLY when man feels the
need of economy he thinks it ought to
begin with his wife.
!. The man who lives with his head in
the clouds will generally be found
standing with his foot on somebody's
neck.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02
DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.

The House committee on Pensions
has made favorable report on bill
repeating the law that prohibits the
payment of pension to any person
who voluntarily engaged in or aided
the rebellion against the United
States.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02
CAUGHT ON THE WING.

IT is believed that the fly can make
six hundred strokes second with it's
wings.
The vanity of the sparrow is so great
that it will gaze into a mirror by the
hour if not disturbed.
A SWARM of flies will make their ap-
pearance at a car window and easily
keep pace with train, even though it
be rushing across the country forty
miles an hour.
A FLOCK of geese is used by DR.. Nc
Bride, of Orange, Va, as team. In
winter they are attached to an ice
boat and draw him over the ice at
speed of a mile in forty-eight seconds.
THE condor scars higher than any
other known species of bird, spend
ing nine-tenths of it's life floating
above the rarifed atmosphere at a
height of over three miles above the
level of the sea.
THE British cuckoo and the Amer
lean crow blackbird were never known
to build nests as other birds do. They
content themselves with depositing
their eggs in the nests Of others, usu-
ally choosing that of some smaller
representative of the feathered tribe.
In Great Britain and many other Eu-
ropean countries there is widespread
belief in the superstition that the COM
mon white pigeon is herald of death.
y bird of this species alighting upon a
chimney or flying against window
is said to be sure token of a speedy
death in that house.
WHAT THE STATES PRODUCE.
MISSISSIPPI is second in cotton, fifth
in rice, sixth in horses and mules, and
seventh in sugar.
MASSACHUSETTS is first in fisheries,
second in commerce, third in manufac-
lures and printing.
INDIANA is third in wheat, fourth in
corn and hogs, seventh in cattle and
railways, eighth in coal.
IDAHO produces 100000 bushels of
wheat, $1,000,000 worth of fruits and
100000 pounds of wool.
MAINE has 10000 square miles of pine
forests. The lumber industry sends
out 400, 100000 feet year.
TEXAS is first in cattle and cotton,
second in sugar, sheep and mules, sew
enth in cows, eighth in hogs.
CoNNEcTICUT leads in clocks, is third
in silk manufactures, fourth in cotton
mills, and eighth in tobacco.
NEW JERSEY is first in silk manufac-
lures and zinc, fourth in iron, sixth in
buckwheat, and seventh in rye.
MISSOURI is first in mules, third in
hogs and corn, sixth in iron and horses
seventh in oats, ninth in sheep.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-02

Olympia Advertisements,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-25
MISSING MANAGER or BOOK BlNDERk

George Douglas Newry thirty-two years oia
whose home is at No. IA Perry-st.. was reported
missing az Police Headquarters yesterday. Ne"ry
was manager Of a book bindery conducted by Mrs =.
4. Doane at No. O. Lafayette Place. There Is some
mystery connected with his disappearance which
the police are trying TO solve. The missing mans
wife caused general alarm 10 be sent out for MIN
lie has been missing since Thursday last In the fore
noon Newry left the bookbnding establishment 10
transact some business He had also arranged 70
meet his wife and 20 with her TO purchase a c.oaa
for herself Mrs. Newry said she met her HUSBAND
about 10 O'Clock but he left her again In few mn
utes saying he was going back 10 his Office. lie
failed to return 10 the bookbndery. and nothing mas
since been seen heard OF him.
rhe missing man is of slim build. about feet
inches high He has dark-brown hair ami mustacnA
and wore dark suit and new black overcoat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-25
TIE OWL KILLED TWELvEPOCND TURKEY

Norwich Conn. Nov. - (SpeciaD-A Ledyard
farmer. seven miles south OF this city basged a
boot owl with steel trap AZ his henhouse one
night this week the biggest. greedlest, most Zero
c.Ous one probably taken In this county The
bird had visited his farmyard half dozen times
after n.ghtfdll. and each visit picked up one OF
the farmers fat hens or plump chickens, and went
away his home IN hollow tree with MS prey
Finally he tackled twcve-pouad turkey gobhler
The turkey struggled WIKI his foe, however. ana a
ncrce battle onsucd. In which the turkey was speed
ly slain. but the owl was unable to get away win
his game. and after partly pucking II by the dry
process" popular the Nutmeg State LETT the COB
blcrs remains head. bones and peck OF feathers -
the farmers yard. tn" farmer get a baitcd steel
trap at The ~ pole on the following night, and
took the nocturnal fowler alive. lie sold II 10
Joseph COnnor OF this city. but the big fellow Will
Is 50 fierce AMI refractory that Mr.. Conner VIII
chlorOf.ru II and have IL stuffed
Horace Nose. tho noted turkey raser OF Westerly,
whose practice II IL 10 provide the White House
table with the Thank giving bird annually, has al
ready selected handsome turkey for President
luscious. but not the biggest bird In his flock. and
largest ani nncst turkeys in the world This IA
NOUS breed developed in North Stonington. a
town adjoining Westerly. and fine specimens Of IL
In size from twenty five 10 forty 1--WE pounds,
even attaining weight Of nfty pounds The Prcs
dents turkey viii weigh about thirty pounds. as II
belongs to 4 litter that WAS Matched last spring
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-25
York some 10 New Haven, and much OF II 10 sois
In the neghboring towns.
NOW HE GAVE CHEAPER OWNERS.

Eugene Bergadeu some time ago Kept a n'ue
French wineshop at No. / Greer wlch-s Inc reg
ular patrons noticed not long ago that the SIZE OF
their bottles Of vine was considerably Increased ana
trade picked up To cHnch matters. the Frenchman
reduced the price of his table d'h6te dinners. ana
everybody satisfied. II appears. however thar
at the time the reductions were made the firm OF
J. Gundach & CO.. vine merchants In Broac-s'-
sold TO Bersadeu claret and other wines 10 me
amount or 3l.075 II. II is alleged that the French
man based his reductions this purchase as he
made any attempt 10 pay the bill oi me vine
merchants. After the wine was gone the broad-s-
people heard that Bergadieu was making prepare.
tons return 10 France. and they accordingly went
before Judge Truax, IN the supreme Court. and GOT
an order for Bergadleu's arrest. Sheriff Wagering
served the order yeser lay and Bergaieu Is IocAeo
up in Ludlow street Jail in default OF bail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-25
PERSONAL NOTES IRON RHINLBECK.

Rhnebeck n. Y. Nov. "a tSpeciaD.-Among the
numerous charitable enterprises TO which Mrs
Levi i. Morton lends her aid and influence. there
Is none in which she probably feels more per
sonal interest than In the Woman's Needlework
Guild OF America. of which she Is the honorary
president. The work OF this organization consists
In the gathering and putting IN good repair OF all
sorts OF worn garments by the local guilds
which are forming all over the country, and
the collecting and forwarding OF these necessaries
under the direction OF the National Guild. to such
poor and needy persons In different parts OF the
United States as may be In want OF such assist
Contrary TO the reports published. Governor elect
Morton and his family Will not leave Eerslle and
occupy their apartments at the Hotel Renaissance
before going to Albany. They will only those
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-25
aS aT9 MT has

apartments ne convenient stopping place VIM" on
brief trips 20 town. and viii max" lll"rsN" th'lr
head quarters until after the Governors Inaugural
ton. when they viii occupy the Executive Man
sion.
" T. p!nsmor. and his family Viii remain at
The I.orI4t~ uufl after the holidays. when VIII
probably b." ih" orDa.ion ~ large faniiF paIt
MIR ami Mr.. D..icu Mills yili not return to their
town house until after THANKSGIVING
Dr and Mrs Seward webb hav' been the guests
az MIR and Mrs John Jacob Aston. at Fcrnclinc.
pn Friday Mr. and Mrs. Aston LETT for SheIburne
Falls w. wher" they viii visit the Wcbbs Tor a
nv davs returning here to give large house
party FOR Thanksgiving.
Mr. Jacob Rupert and his family have left LIN
wood IIlll for their residence in Nsw-York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-25
Sewing Machines.

We have a Sewing Machlne-"Ths stewart rs the
hos, oc-stich machine in the market and We guarantee
In every way shape and manner
Under name The stewart II costs you Just 70 less
than you have = pay Tor the same machine with the
makers name on f. Overproiuc,lon makes unloading
necessary You would be greatly surprised were We to
give you tho makers name.
No l. handsome strong iron stand case Of antique oak
Maker price 400. our
No sJOO. " ............-...- -. 80
- q" GOO ......................2 O.75
Those comparisons ought settle question Sew
ing Machines.