davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
THE POOR WHO TRAVEL.

Watts-"rhis talk of American Sill
periority makes me tired. Why, only
last week n shipload of 800 paupers
came over here from Europe, and still
they call this great country"
Potts-"What on earth has that to
do with it?" 81,
Watts--''Well, you don't ever hear
of, our American paupers being able to
take trip to Europe, do you ?''-In-
dianapolis Journal.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
Raising oanaiere is q new and prot

Raising oanaigre is . new and profit
able industry in New Mexico, states
the American Farmer. 1t is a native
plant, the root of which has been
found very useful for tanning. 1t ia
sliced and dried in large factories es.
tablished for that purpose and shipped
to the Fest. One New York firm has
Offered TO contract for $4,000 tons o
year of green canaigre for the next five
years, 1910 a ton. 1t grows luxurious
ly in semi-arid soil, where little else is
raised. So
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
a VALUABLE SECRET.

"My friend, said the flashily
dressed man, as he approached the I'M
sophisticated youthson the street cor
ner, would you like to know the
secret OF enormous wealth? / have it,
but circumstances prevent my using
it, Twill sell it to you for atty
cents"
well, what's the secret" said the
young man rs he, passed over silver
coin. ,sEs
First, !" said the hashily dressed
man, MS he prepared to move rapidly
around the corner, "first you get lot
of money; and, second, you keep it. :"
Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02

"Wo didn't raise quite SO much po-
totoes this year as last" announces
the St. Louis Republic, '"but there
will he enough to go around. The
total yield is estimated to be about
148, 100000 bushels. At sixty cents n
bushol, the estimated average price,
the crop is worth nearly $50, 900, 900. ="
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
MY LAST PROPOSAL.

HAD madc other
declarations of love,
all OF them unsuc-
cessfnl.' I was glad
to think, and yet
here ] was Mt forty
well, let lis say
between thirty and
forty-shiverine. ON
the brink ofanothcr
proposal. L had
Just como home TO
my rooms in Kings
Bench Walk after
dining Mt the Bnrn-
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02

The very latest computation puts at
1863, 900, 900 the value of the real
estate and buildings owned by the City
Of New York. In 1871 the estimated
value of the city's real estate was
1857, OOO,O go. The assessed valuation
of the city property is 1905, 100000.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02

The ''pet name" is disappearing
from the face of the earth. In large
hotel last summer, where there were A
large number of children, there were
Daniels, Samuels, Martins and Emel
ines, without one Gle" in them ALL
The antiquated titles of the first half
of the century are resurrected again
as in this case, and no attempt is made
to soften them. The Eloise and Leilas
and Mauds are likewise dying ont. Ii
will not be long at this rate, predicts
the Chicago Herald. before one can tell
a body's age by the name he bears,
they belong SO completely to periods.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
.r11E GREAT couNTRiHss.


Death, for ell thy grasping stealth
Thou dost convey = - !, ssse
Lands to us of broadcast wealth,
That stretch away
Where the sunshine hath no foil,
Past the verge of our dark soil,
Past the rim whore clouds uncoil. 4
Mourhers. whom thine ayarlce dooms.
Once gave a space
In thy kingdom past the tombs, 1
With open faco ~ ~
See the smallness Of our skies,
Large, until mortal dies
And sbrlnks them to created size
o the freedom, thnt doth spread,
When life is shown =. fs9Jg
The great countriesthat the dead
Have open thrown {t5ll
Where, at our best leisure, we 4
With spirit may walk free
From terrestrial poverty
Eh Michael FELL.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
TnE nEsuLr OF uls ErroRr.

Trivvet-''Do you remember John
M. Spilkins, who went West to make n
name for himself?"
Dicer-"Yes."
Trivvet- "Ho succeeded
Dicer-"Ah?" .rf
Trivvet-"Yes; his name now is ].
Melancthon Spilkins. Judge.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
CORRECTING WRONG 1,IrREssIoN.

Dyspeptie Guest lin RESTAURANT
"Do yon live on these victuals your
selves?" sf
Proprietor-"we do, sir"
81 should think it would be mighty
bad for your health.
"My friend, we are not in this bust
ness for our health. "-Chicago Tri-
bune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
SATISFACTORILY EXPLAINED.

Hicks-"one can never tell what
Flutter thinks"
Wicks-" THAT depends. I have
heard Flutter say that he thinks in
French. Perhaps you don't under
stand the language; therefore how
could you be expected to tell what he
thinks?" Boston Transcript.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
A SURER WAY.

Store Proprietor = "What means
this mob in the street? we must clear
them out"
Clerk-"ShallI send for the police 2"
Store Proprietor -. "No, indeed !;
have ono of the men go out and take
up contribution. Boston Tran
script.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
A QUESTION OLE FIRE

els this building fire-proof?" asked
the man will. blue glasses and large
gripsack.
"Not if you're book agent" re-
piled the ianitor, conclusively. Wash
ington Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02

The full bench of the Supreme Judi
cial Court Of Massachusetts, has just
decided that man is justified in pre-
venting dog fight, and that if in do
ing such thing he gets bitten the
owner of the offending dog must re-
spond in damages if called upon to do
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02

The Dansyille IN. " Breeze sagely
observess "You may think you are
doing business, but you are only max;
ing bluff at it, like child making
mud pies, unless you advertise lib.
eraIJv fht
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
THEY UNDERSTOOD.

"AIrs. Bordem," said the upstairs
young man severely to his landlady,
"this coffee is too weak"
1t was then that, amid general ex-
cited nudging and signalling, tho
other boarders passed the whisper,
clos paid up Chicago Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
NOT wIpEsPREAp.

Binks-''How is that revolution in
Cuba progressing?"
Jinks (who reads the papers)-"It's
all over"
You don't say What became of
the revolutionists?"
They were both caught, 1 believe"
Life.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
THE soS's VIEW.

Father-"You talk too much, my
son. You shouldn't do SO. Aim rather
to be II good listener.
Son That would be rather thank
less role, papa, for listeners never hear
any good of themselves. Washing
ton Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
A Flower That Changes Its colors.

A flower lately discovered in the
isthmus of Tehuantepec is, white in
the morning, red at noon and blue of
night, and is called the chameleon
mower In default of any botanical
name. 1t is probably species of tho
hibiscus mutabilis. The colors do not
pass abruptly from ono shade to the
other, but change gradually from tho
white OF the morning to tho pink and
red and thence to the blue. at night.
The Tehuantepec tree grows to the
size OF guava tree and gives out n
slight perfume when the flower is of. a
red color.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
THE WAY CLEAR.

Fweddie-"What would You say if
l should ask you for ten dollars?"
Cholly-"1'd say you must DO broke,
old fellow"
Fwcddie-"Thcn I'll ask you for
ten. / was afraid you'd say you didn't
have it. Truth.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
BEYOND HIS POWER.

Mrs. Younghusband-"You make
light of everything do"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES must except
your tea-biscuit, my, dear. Judge.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
There are yet 100000 acres Of
Government lend in Kansas open to
settlement $3.50

The railways of England and Scot
land derive a larger revenue from
their goods than from their passenger
traffic. ~.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
FRIENDSHIP FOR HESENuE ONLY.

"Didn't lie prove to be your friend
in times of ndversity?"
=. "9es, in times of his advcrsity.'-
Chicngo Record.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
WE'LL SAID.

She-'I suppose You find me much
changed after SO long an absence?"
He" Changed You look exactly
like your old self"
And both were pleased with the say
ing.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES IRON
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Room for Research-FrIcnd for
Revenue Only--wcll Said-Bc-
yond His Powcr-A Cues
ton OF Fire, Iltco Etc.

Philosophers. gr,int us q coon.
Take this fact and hare something to spy
onit - ~. Rtt AhF Afa0t. ~
The less pianos in tune, We
The more some ones anxious to play on il.
Washington Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02

A plan Of heating mills has been in
troduced by which heated mir is deliv-
cred from large fan into fuss in the
walls, registers from each fue deliver
ing the air into the different rooms,
this air being heated by the waste case.
from the boiler. 49, f-,ss
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-02-02

The navigable river mileage
Europe, Asia and America is LA, II,
miles. The United States have I'll
greatest river mileage, 1885.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
THOSE ARMoR PLATES.
InfOrmer Charles Craig Tells III
story.

Informer Charles Craig Tells His
story.
Washington, June 26.-In the armor
plste investigation to-day Informer @.
HI. Craig was ON the stand upon many
collateral matters relating to the Carne
gle works He denied hat he had APP
preached Prick in the role of a black
mailer as the latter claimed, and said that
he had gone to Frick after leaving to tell
him about the frauds being carried on in
the works ''Frick endeavored to i'm
press upon me that he knew nothing
abo. t. Sc frauds said Craig Witness
said that at this time Craig knew of the
plan to lay before the secretary of the
navy and had consulted with sill and
others, but he'd not made ny his mind
whether to make affidavit or not. He had
received ST. 300 from The government TO-
his information. He never offered to
sell -cut to Frick as Sill had charged,
nor received any offer from Frick. When
asked what Lad been his motive in going
to Frick, Craig declined to enswer, for
private reasons, as he said. Seven men
had received rewards from the secretary
of the navy, five receiving $35,000 to di-
vide among Sill, Perry, Smith the law
yer. Riley and James. Attorney jerks
witness each received $3.50 and two
n en, L. A. Craig and Edward Harsler,
eoch SITS,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
CYCLONE IN KANSAS.
A Village Wrecked and Many Per-
sons Probably Killed.

Village Wrecked and Many Per-
sons Probably Killed.
Wichita, Kan. June 2G.-A terrible
cyclone from the southwest struck the
village of Keighley and nearly wiped the
little town off the earth. All the tele-
graph wires are down and the informa-
tion was brought to Leon by courier
who rode on swift horse. Owing to the
fact that the courier left Immediately
after the cyclone passed over all the de-
tails are meager. 1t is known, however,
that Ed Thurman was crushed to death
In stable. Many We're pinned under
falling houses, and their fearful walls
indicate serious injuries. 1t is thought
that many were killed as the cyclone
swept on its course as far east as the
people could see it. Two general stores,
the largest buildings in the village, were
crushed like eggshells. A freight train
was standing on the side track at the
time and six cars were lifted up and
turned upside down. This would indi-
cate that the cyclone was at least 200
feet wide. The wreck standing ON the
track is piled ag thirty feet high an
morrow.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
suicide in New YORK civ by

committed suicide in New York City by
shooting.
Adam Garnett. wanted at Upton, Ky,
for burning barn and eight horses,
was captured at Kokomo, Ind.
John Word. Southwestern outlaw,
was killed near Wichita, Kas., by
deputy marshal. Ward was a member
of the Dalton gang.
A stranger tried to cash a forged
draft for $500 at the First National
bank of Lebanon, Ind. Payment was
refused and the man escaped before the
attempted fraud was discovered.
In general row in Brenn's saloon
In Kampsville. Calhoun county, ILL.,,
John Ritter, James Avery and Clarence
Swan were stabbed and several others
were severely bruised.
Ida Hedrick died of morphine poison
ing ut Charlottesville, Ind. Molie
Packet is under arrest. The girls We're
rivals for the affections of a young
man.
Fred Hasselman, living four miles
south of Pearl City, Illinois, shot his
sister three times this morning. Her
condition is critical The quarrel arose
over the division of their fathers prop
erty. Hasselman escaped.
Edward DeTIart, aged Is, shot and
fatally wounded VIII Riggs, aged II,
at Piefson. III. DeE1art has been pay
ing attention to Riggs sister against
the brothers wishes and the latter gave
DeHart several severe beatings.
Fred Lampman, night clerk at the
Arlington hotel at Findlay, Ohio, was
gagged, bound and Chloroformed DUR
ing the night by unknown persons and
the safe was then robbed of $500 and
the saloon adjoining robbed Of an equal
amount.
Daniel Gambol, twenty years old, ar
rived at Moberly, Mo-, and strutted
about the depot platform fiourishing
revolver He met three policemen
and shot Officer HEM in the shoulder.
The police opened fire and killed Gam
Dol. His home was in Kentucky.
Lot P. Hosick, ex-probate judge of
Guernsey county, Ohio, attempted sui
eide in wooded ravine near Cam
bridge, Ohio, by cutting his throat.
He was barely conscious when discoy-
cred and taken home, where he lies
dying. Financial troubles caused it.
Phillip Roberts, a United States dep
Ity marshal, was shot and probably
fatally wounded by John X. Raddy
at Tracy City, Tenn. Raddy was sus-
| pected of running a blind tiger in
Tracy City and Roberts went to Rad
dy's store to investigate.
Richard Nagle of st. Louis, who is
suspected of having misplaced switch
cn thn Mobile g. Ohio railway which
caused the fatal wreck of passenger
train at Fish Lake the night of June
4, has been held without bail IN Mon
roe county, ILL.,, where the casualty
! occurred.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
CrInninnl DoIngs.

Bud Smith, the desperadO, was killed
by the sheriff at Watonga, Ok.
Thirteen suicides were reported at
New York on the 10th.
Another member of the Dalton gang
Is killed in Indian Territory.
Erastus Wiman is sentenced to Sing
Sing for five years and six months.
In quarrel at LeadFille, Colo, oyer
10 cents, William Miles killed George
Schinn with a razor,
Two strikers were seriously wound
ed in fight with deputies near Bir-
mingham, Ala.
d. S. Conley, defaultlng sheriff of
Phelps county, Neb, was arrested in
Champaign, Ill.
Mrs Lucy B. Treadwell, aged 60
years, committed suicide ut Des Moines
Ia, by taking carbolic acid.
Frank Carr was sentenced at Vim
cennes, Ind, to one year in the peniten-
tiary for robbing railroad cars.
The New Orleans grand jury return
ed an additional indictment for bri-
berry against Aid. Callahan.
Fl. L. MeDowns was arrested at
Geneseo, H.. charged with sWindling
banks at Moline, ILL.,, with bogus
checks.
George w. Mccormack, a young and
brilliant lawyer of Charleston, s. O.,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.
DELEGATES GATHER AT DENVER
FOR THE CONVENTION.
t0wa's Delegation Attracts COnsid-
erable Attention, Being Led by the
Famous state Band-Des Moines Is
After the Convention.


Denver, June 26.--Fully 1900 Repub-
litsns are already here to attend the
rsettirg of the National Republican
league, and more are expected. Delegl-
tiens came in yesterday from Iowa,
Dtfh, Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana and
NV Mexico, the Ohio delegation arriy-
Ing about 10 o'clock last night, and later
in the evening delegates arrived from
Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Tennessee
Tho attendance bids fair to he much
greater than was anticipated The In
Giana people. for instance, had engaged
twelve rooms for their accommodation,
but their number was SO great that forty
redms we're necessary to acconlniod ate
them, and some difficulty was experienced
in securing comfortable quarters.
The Iowa delegations arrived yesterday
afternoon. The members attracted con.
siderable attention as they marched
through the streets to the Brown Palace
Aa4el. headed by the Iowa State band.
The delegation is large enc, and with
1t are all the state officers except the
governor. The people of Iowa are anxious
that the next convention should be held
in Des Moines, and the delegation has al
leedy begun preparations in the way of
wir ming delegates over to their way of
rking. Colorado people are here in
large numbers. But little work has been
Gone so far, but the large attendance
fIem the silvcr-producing sections indi-
Ct te that the friends Of the white metal
are ready for vigorous campaign.
Parks for the platform to be submitted
to the National Republican league con-
ycntion are as numerous as snowtiakes
in mid-winter and as diversified on many
| points as the pronun,i lmerto of the
various state conventions of the party
! that have been held in the East and the
| West since the beginning of the year.
! 1t is practically settled, however, that
| the platform will declare in favor of hon
| est elections and fair count; for pro-
| lection to American industries, tempered
with reciprocity toward friendly nations;
| for lit Leral pensions to the soldiers of the
war; for civil service reform and the ex-
purgation of the spoils idea from poll
ties. and for America for Americans. On
| the currency question the platform will
| declare for the use of both gold and sill
yer as standard money, and for the
| equality of the purchasing and debt-pay-
ing rover of the dollar, whether of silver,
l. rtld or Danar
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
An Unknown Man Murders a Woman
md Kills HimaeIf

An Unknown Man Murders a Woman
and Kills Himself.
Ciicago June 26-Mrs. Ga rrie Reid, who
was employed as o bookkeeper in sn office
at Blackhawk street AID Cherry avenue,
was shot end killed by an unknown
man who Immediately after shot and
Ei'led himself. The murderer rushed into
the Office whe.e Mrs. Reid was at work,
an, ri ing Ills victim outside the office,
short and excited conversation ensued
The MN suddenly fired five shots at
Nj. ]s.id, killing her instantly, and then
Sc, t two bullets into his brain, falling
dead on the woman's body. The only
cew to his identity is the name Hunt,
found on his underclSthing, ard the fact
that Mrs. Reid called him Fred. Mrs.
Reds husband, who is said to be a
fugitive from justice and a defaulter for
about $4,000, is now, the police think
in Bismarck, N. D.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
Foreign Gossip.

An unsuccessful attempt was made
to assassinate Crispi, the Italian pre-
mier.
The king of Dahomey was educated
in France and speaks French f1uently.
He became barbarian because he was
disappointed in love affair.
Prime Minister Sagasta of Spain has
announced to the senate that if the
commercial treaty between Spain and
Germany is rejected, the cabinet viii
resign or the cortes will be dissolved.
Drouth in the Province of Entire,
Rios, Argentina, has killed 200, 900 head
-1f=~e4TtIe, lC0,0OO Sneep ana ao,UUU
horses, the whole being valued at 3d.
100000 in currency.
The political situation in Peru is bad
ly complicated, and is causing much
anxiety. Those who are closely watch
ing the course of events fear there will
be u revolutionary outbreak before
long.
A Brussels newspaper announces
that the Danish soldiers have captured
Raschid, ex-governor of Stanley Falls,
and Rumaliza, the Arab chief, who
fed after the recent defeat of the
Arabs.
1t is reported at Paris that the Ital-
ian ambassador in Berlin will be re-
placed, owing to his strained relations
with Emperor William, due to quar-
rel between the ambassador and an
official, who is a relative of the en-
peror.
A number of workmen attempted to
hold 40 open air meeting at Vienna
recently. The proceedings became dis
orderly, whereupon the police ordered
the crowd to disperse. The order not
being obeyed the police attempted to
disperse the crowd by force, but the
latter resisted and attacked the police,
some of whom were injured. The
gendarmes finally cleared the square
in which the meeting was being held.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
sylvester Neeaham Attempt. to E.-

Sy4V6Ster NeeOn0m attempts TO KS
- cape From Custody.
st. Paul, Special. Sylvester Need
ht m, sixteen years old, made desperate
attempt to escape from Deputy Sheriff
Horst. Sylvester, his brother james and
a youth named Peter DAILY were ar.
raigned in the police court on charge of
stealing a quantity of -four from box cars
in the Duluth yards. The case was dis
missed aginst James Needham on the
ground that he was not concerned in the
theft, and Judge Orr ordered Sylvester
Needham and young DAILY remanled TO
the county jail for preliminary examina-
ton June Is. Deputy Sheriff Edward
HOIST teok the lads In charge and, not
det ming 1t necessary to handcuff them,
took them unmanac cled out of the court
rccm. Just as Deputy Horst reached the
alley leading from the court house to the
jail with his prisoners, young Neadham
twisted himself gut ef the officers grasp
and ran like a deer down Cedar to Fourth
street and dawn Fourth toward Minne-
sofa, Peter Quint, assstant iailop at tho
county jail, was witness of young Need
hams break for liberty, and, Fastening
out OF tie side entrance of the Jail, he
took charge of Deputy Horst's remaining
prisoner and the officer started on run
after the fugitive. A number of persons
around the court house and In the police
court took up the chase, and he was soon
captured.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-28
A BITTER RACE WAR.
Frenchmen In Lyons Assault the
Italians.

s 81
L5pns, June 26-The body of NJ Car
rot was taken from the prefecture and
placed on train that will convey it to
Paris. After prayers for the dead had
teen offered the casket containing the
rems lns was carried out and place on q
gln carrie ge. While this was being
dene salutes of artillery were fred,
trumpets were sounded and drums were
beaten. Every civil and military honor
was shown the dead The square in
front of the prefecture was densely
thIonged, as were all the streets leading
to the railway station Troops and
gendarmes kept the route cleap., As tie
cad oartege passed slowly along the
streets were remarkably silent. Almost
the only sounds that could be heard were
the trampling of the horses and the
lrmbling of the gun carriage. Every man
along the line of march removed his hat
as the body passed by him, and there
were silent prayers offered for the repose
of M. Carnot's stul.
No sooner had the cortege gone by,
however, before q great change appeared
in the crowd. The people who had here
tofore stood reyerent and mute before
the nations martyr now gave vent to
their pent-up excitement and rage. Ev-
erywhere could be heard cries of Long
live Carnot and death to his murderer"
The sudden transition in the feelings Of