davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-04-14
E TENDENCY OF BoNNETs.

llls Toward Larger, Wider Shape Ma tl terials and Trimmings.
 '0N Some one has said that 'an ill-de- 0ed bonnet is unpardonable," which FFFIst mean an unbecoming one, for if a
 nnet is becoming 1t is a success, no ---@tter how many eceentricities it may .v play Many of the spring creations A millinery art, with their wide
 'eading bows, extended wings, up- finding Feathers, and marvellous com
 aatlons of color, look like miniature rndmills in the shop windows, and i've every appearance in the hand of
 ing badly devised, but when they
 sput on the head of the right woman idTe aE air of beauty and style } iich is as surprising as it is irresisti-
 Hats usually make their appearance
 m advance of other styles, and this
 ar they come in wonderful variety.
 ench bonnets have wiGe strings,
 men torm the large bow under the --a1n, While the modest English toque IS no Strings at all. This is trimmed
 tn wreath of flowers and an erect W m ront, at the back, or both, and
 a very popular shape
 Another very Frenchy bonnet has a pseIfitting half circular or square- nped piece which is really the bon et' and this is closely beaded with jet rarldescent beads. But the most con plcious part of this little confection is he circular piece which stands up at ne back, and is covered with fine 1oWers in such way that it has the Hect n shape of a tiny peaeock's tail pread to the fullest extent. In front K tnls IS velvet bow with rhinestone mcktein the center.
 biack is introduced on almost every mt eabher in feathers, ribbon or jet. Rnlie green roses or black mignonette hake Every effective addition. Pink pses and black velvets form another sompanation which, is described. The senaeney of bonnets is toward a afger wider shape, the effect being sanea by the square effect of the trim. ming N. Y. Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-04-14

ne British museum has over a hun uzs1 7olumes of 'centos. " that is, books s3a1E'osed on given subject by taking
 sasnees or verses from other works BY pnfting them together in a sort of '.ssese or patchwork Among these s.as s2as productions is life of Christ
 1itsen by the Empress Eudoxia. in ns.ss .'.'sss eaken from Homer. Another life 1 'ae same person is in lines taken '.q's 1so.la irgll by Alexander Ross, and q .'y salaety of other literary trifies of sim
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-04-14
NERVOUS WOMEN.
Fidget, Fuss and Grow Old Befor
 Their Time.

'uget, Fuss and Grow Old Before & Their Time.
 Aorm of manner,n which the n newspaper writers all over the
 are so vigorously agitating, seem to be not question of re- loWth but one that has been for lecaaes a cause of comment. wilt Tn one of his short talks, oi class of people whose man. vne respect at least, is much in
 Improvement; those whose .anners will not suffer them to ps you; but, what is almost as
 1Q6ESr r rfand snsd pf ;n,s ,s,.
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DR. A. w. TROUPE,
PINE BLUFF, ARK.

Office hours-ll a. m. to P m., to 3 D. m., : to s. P. III.
 Telephone with office over SculPs drug store; residence, No. 9l7 West Firth avenue.
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we thought him good tiger until to-day,
when he seized the daughter Of Sung Tsao
We had bitter experience in this village
once which shows the truth of what 1 say.
Our village had been guarded for many
years by good tiger. He gave warning
of his first visit by stopping outside the
village and roaring, to give us time to get
into our houses and out of the way. Then
he came in leisurely, looking around, and
seizing goat made off. We knew at once
he was good tiger and did not attempt
to drive him away. Once or twice a week
he would come and get goat or dog, al
ways roaring before he came and after he
had gone. He generally came in the day
time, while bad tigers usually come at
hight.
One night we heard our good tiger
roaring fearfully outside the village, but
he would not come in, staying outside and
roaring fearfully. We knew that some
thing was wrong, and we went outside
and listened. We heard the rushing Of a
fearful flood in the river, and we had bare
ly time to escape to the hills before the
flood came and washed the village away.
Then we knew that our good tiger had
come to warn us and recognized that he
held the soul of great philanthropist who
had died only few days before the tiger
made his first appearance.
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DUELlNo IN EUROPE.
Punished If You Fight and Disgraoed II
You Refuse to Fight.
Anna-Polka-M azurka.

Punished If You Fight and Disgraced II
You Refuse to Fight.
Dueling is the leading and almost the
only athletic sport in Italy. 1t is true
that there is an Alpine club, so called be-
cause its members climb the lesser heights
of the Apennines, but there is no cricket,
and except among the laboring classes ball
games of even the mildest character are
hardly ever played The young italian
gentleman finds in dueling an exercise
which is beneficial TO his muscles and suf-
flciently exciting to interest him, and the
middle aged italian keeps up his practice
with the foils and occasionally challenges
and fights friend just to show that he is
not too old to have lost a genial interest In
the innocent pursuits of youth.
Dueling is contrary to law in Italy, but
the duelist is never punished (unless he
should accidentally kill MANI except in
the army, where the sport is obligatory and
strictly prohibited. The same curious
anomaly exists in Germany, where army
officers are arrested and punished If they
fight q duel and either cashiered or forced
to resign If they do not. The italian officer
when challenged to fight is virtually told,
you'll be condemned If you do and con-
demned II you don't" This seems to the
Anglo-Saxon decidedly idiotic, but moth
ing can we'll be more idiotic than duel
ing. Playing charades in drawing room
rises to philosophic heights of wisdom in
comparison with it.
At least ninety-nine Of every hundred
italian duels are Of the class technically
known as first blood" duels. That is to
say, the combat ceases the moment either
Of the adversaries loses bod. In these
duels the sword is always used and the
slightest scratch on the hand or the arm
which are the localities usually scratched
--signalizes the end Of the game and au-
thorizes the duelists to sheathe their weap-
ons and go somewhere to dinner together.
Instances have happened In which duel
list has been accidentally run through the
body and killed, but incidents of this sort
are extremely infrequent compared with
the fatalities of the football field italian
dueling is probably the safest Of all ath
letic sports, except prizehghting as prac
tieed by modern pugilists by means of let
tiers to the sporting papers. -Idler.
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when went away to another locality to
work some claims had there. The stage
rumbled In the next night and fellow
new from the States got off. He didn't
know thing about mining and had never
seen mine, but he went out the next
morning, bought pick and pan and
shovel and struck out for the hills.
"He stumbled that day on my prospect
hole, and without word went to work.
Well, he only dug three feet till he struck
pocket, afterward celebrated as the Uncle
Sans pocket, from which he took $50, 900
worth of gold. Mark you, he didn't get
more than q third or quarter Of what the
crystallized gold was worth. He did not
know that 1t was worth three or four times
as much as ordinary gold. He took it to
7. G. Kleinchsmidt. The latter, with his
experience, saw at once what it was and
snapped it up. The pocket was in the
shape of a pumpkin seed 5 feet long, 8
feet high and about inches wide in its
widest part. 1t was pretty full of gold and
made bonanza for Brown. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
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I0IS Ambitions.

1.-THE Pima Indian is taking naturally
to hats, trousers, shoes and all the things
that decade ago he despised as frivolous
and useless innovations, said man from
Arizona. HE has tasted of the white
mans canned salmon and has found it
good. He has tasted Of the white mans
fire water, and he desires closer acquaint-
ance with people who can evolve so
much tribulation and Joy combined from a
single peck Of grain. He has even tried
the plan Of working little, instead of
lolling In the wattamotie wickiup while
the sQuaw rustled for feed. The expert
ment of work has proved satisfactory, for
did 1t not bring forth large white pieces of
metal, which the white man was pleased
to accept in payment for tobacco and even
for the water that brought back on gal
lop the blithesome days of boyhood? And
another thing to be considered is that the
Jack rabbit Is becoming scarce, and the
Pima who would have meat must raise ii
himself They have not quite come to the
point where the COWS are kept for milking
purposes, but they will get there before
long. Within another decade will come a
time when from the Pima nation may be
picked many individuals who will bear
almost every qualification that is deemed
essential to American citizenship. New
York Sun.
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1t is certain that a too indiscriminate
application Of water is double poison to
nervous patients. 1t is, on the other side,
incontestable that water applications in
the right measure and in manner adapt
ed to the character of the affection are ex-
cellent Equally advantageous for them
are going barefooted, when properly pre-
scribed, and the air bath. In connection
with the water and air cures, certain res
piratory and muscular exercises are adj
vantages and may, in certain advanced
stages of disease, be applied passively by
massage and similar operations. Among
other things, gardening and other occupa-
lions in the open air are of great benefit.
Unhappily, in the large cities, where the
majority of the patients live, there are only
a few so fortunately situated as to be able
to enjoy such employment to any consider
able extent. Those who are able to go
clear into the country and work in the
fields and woods in the sweat Of their
brows will perhaps, If they are prudent
and other conditions are favorable, effect
q happy cure of their nervous disorders. -
New York World.
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A Prediction by the Blue Devil at SEQ Which
Was Terribly Fulhlled-Belief In Trans
migration of Souls and the Magistrates
Tiger Story.
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Copyright New York Musical Echo Co., 1894.

money. The captain was In q quandary,
but shrewdly set to work to find way
out He consulted the local authorities,
and in few hours he had every Chinese
priest in Annoy down on the steamer beat
ing tomtoms, burning joss sticks and rails
ing general hullabaloo to scare off the
blue devil and exercise his evil influence.
When this was done to the satisfaction Of
the priests, they pronounced the vessel
safe, and inside the next "a hours the
missing members of the crew and the nor
NAL passenger list put in an appearance,
and the Nam Chow sailed. Within 4S
hours the propeller shaft broke, pounded
hole in tho bottom of the steamer-it
was at highland Of the 400 odd souls
aboard only So were saved.
1.-THE Chinese, continued DR.. Bedloe,
"are firm believers in the transmigration
of souls. The dogs in the streets may con-
tain the spirits Of ones departed ancestors,
and they treat all animals with the great
est circumspection.
II once went with q party on q tiger
hunt several days journey in the interior.
We arrived at last in the tiger country and
made inquiry at village If there were any
tigers In the neighborhood. The head mag
istrate, a shrewd old Monaghan, declared
in the most positive terms that there were
none, nor had there been, he affirmed; In
many years. We had been informed other
wise, but could learn nothing, and so pro-
ceeded further into the country. We had
proceeded but few miles before runner
came from the village we had just left
with message from the magistrate. He
begged our most humble pardon, but
would the illustrious and most benevolent
gentlemen be so kind as to return at once?
He had been mistaken in saying there
were no tigers in the nelghborhood. There
was one, and it was a very bad and most
dangerous one. Just after our departure
it had entered the village, seized q young
woman and made off with her into the
Jungle. Would we be so oondescending as
to hunt up the tiger and kill himf
eve returned, got on the track Of the
tiger, and with a strong force of heaters
succeeded in killing him after about four
hours of cautious hunting. We then re-
turned to the village leaving to our at
| tendants the task Of skinning the tiger
and bringing in the hide. The old magis-
trate could not abase himself enough for
the falsehood he had told us, but his apol-
ogy was the most remarkable feature. He
gave us a good meal of curried chicken,
bamboo sprouts, fish and some excellent
tea, and as we ate he told US the following
story:
Zone cannot be too careful about ami
mails, said he. They may be good anil
mails, and ones own parents might have
passed into them. Think how sad 1t would
be if one should kill relative thinking
it was tigerl This tiger which you killed
today had never done US any harm, only
taking a goaf or a dog once in awhile. and
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ODD TALES OF CHINA.
SUPERsTITIoNS WHICH STRANGELY
INFLUENCE THE MONoOLlANS.

A Prediction by the Blue Devil at SEQ Which
Was Terribly Fulhlled-Belief In Trans
migration of Souls and the Magistrates
Tiger Story.
"Some years ago." said Edward S. Bed
Toe, ex- consul to Annoy, 1.-THE steamer Nam
Chow sailed from Singapore In the straits
for Annoy. She carried several hundred
Chinese as passengers On the second day
out the captain from his position on the
bridge saw great connection among his
Chinese passengers forward and sent the
mate to find out the cause Of the disturb
ance which arose seemingly without rea-
son and grew with each moment. The
mate shortly returned from his mission,
with look of mingled perpleXity and
lamusement on his bronzed and weather
beaten face.
", Captain, said he, this is tho FUNNIEST
lot OF heathens have struck yet Blow
me if ], can make them out The beggars
have yarn, and they all stick to it like a
lot of sea- lawyers lying under oath. They
say that Just before the rumpus began
what they call 'blue DEVIL came down
on deck right but of the smoke from the
stacks and walked up to them. The whole
b'ilin,of 'eh declare they saw him, and
that he said the steamer was going to be
wrecked and nearly all on board lost He
said, so lhey give it, that\ there Is just one
honest Cinnamon on board, and that for
his sakdhe came to give chem warning.
They say that when the "blue devil" got
through with his palaver he gave an awful
grimace, walked backward into the smoke
and disappeared. And nowfhey are as
crazy as March hares, and evefy mothers
son of 'em in blue funk with fear that
the Nam-C Chow will go to DaVyN Jones
locker in the next hour.
1.-The captain was visibly annoyed, but
he said little He had sailed too long in
Chinese waters to be thrown off his bal
ance by any queer freak on the part of q
lot of Chinese deck passengers, but his
Scotch blood was too full Of belief In sec
ond sight not to give him feeling Of relief
when the harbor of Annoy was reached In
safety. Within week the cargo was dis
charged, and the vessel was ready for hel
return trip to Singapore. But, though the
Nam Chow usually took several hundred
Chinese deck passengers, NOT one wa
booked or could be induced to go. Tit
native cooks and walters had also deserted
the ship, leaving their wages with thu
purser. The story of the blue devil haC
got around, and not Chinaman WoulC
put his foot on the steamer for love O
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The President is to try the tonic eff
fects of salt water excursion. His
party will take a saline trip before long,
but the tonic effects will not be appar-
ent.-Lowell Courier,
North Adams feels justly proud of
the fact that the Massachusetts, legisla-
ture has authorized one of the new nor
NAL schools to be located there. Her
citizens have been untiring in their eff
forts to secure this school and are to be
congratulated on their success.
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A Montana Gold Pocket.

Commissioner Merrill, who is one Of the
owners of the Liverpool silver mine, 10
miles from Helena, told strange story of
the finding of crystalllzed gold, which IL
Illustrates the queer luck of men engaged
in mining, and how close call he had in
the finding of gold himself.
"I was mining in the st. Louis gulch, |"
he said, land had got down four feet of
the seven rednired to rehch the nocket,
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Greenlanders have no regular mealtime,
but eat when they are hungry. They seem
able to go without food for remarkably
long time, and also to eat at a sitting the
most astonishing quantity.
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Suffering Sisters
Salt Rheum Causes Them Much
Suffering
Hood's sarsaparIIIa Purifles the
Blood and Wins Another Victory.
Concord, N. II.
SCI. Hood & Co., Lowell. Mass.

&C. I. Hood 8 Co., Lowell, Mass:
Gentlemen: Hoods Sarsaparilla has done
so much for my children that 1t is with pleasure
and feeling of thankfulness that write for
publication few lines in commentator of it.
cannot find words strong enough to express
our confidence and gratitude for Hoods sarsa-
parilla- Both Of my little girls have been
troubled with salt rheum. When quite small,
blotches formed all over their bodies and on their
limbs. The flesh broke out and the little ones
Suffered Great Agony
on account of the itching sensation. had read
of the good Hoods Sarsaparilla had done in
cases of salt rheum, so 1 decided to give it a
trial Myrtle, five years old, had several erup-
tons on her forehead, while Bernice, six years
old, suffered much from sores back Of her ears.
After the first bottle had been taken the little
ones began to improve; they seemed brighter
and the humor
Began to Disappear.
They have taken Ave bottles and Myrtle Is
entirely cured. Her flesh l. smooth and soft,
her health is better and she is bright and
sprightly as any child Of five years of age.
From the start, Bernice has improved and the
humor is nearly all gone and she is in better
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For Nervous People.

Lanes Family Medicine Moves the Bowels
ecah daY. Most people need to use ~.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-09
Teachers Examination.

Notice is hereby given that for the pur-
pose of making an examination of all per-
sons who may offer themselves as candidates
for teachers of the schools of this county,
the county school superintendent thereof
will hold public examination at the county
court house, Corvallis, Oregon, beginning
at o'clock, Wednesday November IA, 1894.
Teachers eligible to state certificates,
state diplomas, or state life diplomas, must
present recommendations and make appli-
cation at the same time. Applicants not
present at the opening, will not be permit
ted to take the examination,
r. F. Holm,
County School Superintendent.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-09
Of Oregon when it became the pubnshe,

Of Oregon when it became the publisher
of the books which had already been
adopted for use in that state? We state
facts known, we believe, to every person
in Oregon, when we say that it used
every means in its power to render these
books easily obtainab1e by the people
and at cheaper rates than ever before.
To this end and at great expense ii
brought its business and capital to your
state, and established one of its branch
houses in your city of Portland. 1t has
thus cast its lot with you and identified
itself with your community. We are our
selves, therefore, in business sense,
Oregonians, sharing the fortunes of your
state, and entitled to fair and just treat
ment from our fellow-citizens. That we
shall receive justice and even generosity
at your hands is assured to US by the
traditions of the Pacific Coast.
AMERICAN BOOK COMANY,
By its officers and Directors.
OFFICERS.
DAVID b. 1VlSON, President,
ALFRED c. BARNES, Vice-President,
HARRY T. AMBROSE, Treasurer,
GILMAN H. TUCKER, Secretary.
DIRECTORS.
HENRY H. VAIL, Chairman,
VIM. H. APPLETON,
w. w. APPLETON,
DANIEL APPLETON,
HARRY T. AMBROSE,
ALFRED c. BARNES,
CHAS. J. BARNES,
HENRY B. BARNES,
A. HOWARD HINKLE,
DAVID B. IvISON,
VIM. B. THALHEIMER,
GILMAN H. TUCKER.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-11-09
CHARACTER OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY
THE AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY.

| THE AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY.
| The writer of this "report' has set
| himself up as critic and censor of the
character and merit of the school books
published by the American Book COM
oany. He says, while this company has
| many excellent books, "ctiefy confined
to the academic and higher grades, it is
very weak in the lower grades and in
mathematics" He also says cit is cheap
er for the American Book Company to
print and furnish an inferior book than a
good one, and its profit is greater upon
the poorer one, although it may sell it at
a much less price, He instances Har-
rington's Speller, and says it is wretch
ed book, made of ''cheap paper and
Pasteboard," which ''fair1y bristles with
mistakes and inaccuracies"
That the paper, printing, binding, in
PRODUCTION, and marketing of poor book
costs less and give a greater profit, al
though ''it is sold at a much lower
price" than correspondingly manufac-
tured book of higher intellectual merit,
is statement which is simply idiotie.
Anybody who knows anything about the
publishing business, or who has any conn.,
mon sense, knows that the cost of the
printing and binding-that is, the me
chanical production-is precisely the
same whether the book itself be good,
bad, or Indifferent. 1t is also we'll known
that the cost of copyright is so small
share in the cost of production as practi-
ca1ly to make little difference; while the
expense of attempting to introduce and
place book poor i'll merit, with a GER
tainty that it will not long give salts
faction and hold its place, would ten
times outweigh the additional cost OF
copyright.
Harrington's Speller is an excellent
book. prepared by the late very bright
and accomplished superintendent of the
New Bedford, Massachusetts, schools,
and was first published by the Harpers,
house most careful of its reputation, but
which thus Endorsed it by its great name.
This book is also approved on its merits
by leading educators all over the country,
and so widely used that its circulation
has reached into millions. The relative
profit on this book, however, is not
larger than the average profit on other
school books.
If there is one characteristic in the
American Book Company's list more
pronounced than another, it is the super
ior excellence of its elementary books,
prepared for common and grammar
schools, as all teachers, superintendent
and unbiased publishers who know the
facts will unanimously testify, If book
is found to be faulty, it is corrected; if it
has outlived its purpose and usefulness,
it is discontinued. Our uniform and
constant instructions to all our agents
are to present and urge, in any given
section those books of our list which are
ikely to prove most acceptable and suit.
able to its school work, without regard
to the fact that one book is more or less
profitable to us than another. OuI
agents are not informed as to which books
pay copyright and which do not; or of
the relative proftableness of different