davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-03
Sale al Very Valuable Cattle and Other
ersonaI Properly.
Nov 7th. 1895.

b. virtue OF the powers contained in
a deed of assignment made to me by Mr..
J. B. Burwell, will on the 3rd day of
Decem Der, 1895, at 10 o'clock NJ, sell
at the Auction House of Frank Stronach
on Wilmington street in the city of Raj
eigh N. c., for cash 81 head Of superb
registered and graded cattle as fine as
any in the State, Jerseys, Gurnseys,
Holsfeins and Ayrshire Cattle. Pedigrees
furnished upon day of sale. Also, two
fine horses and four fine mules
will on the 4th day of December,
1880, az 10 o'clock H., sell at public auc-
ton for cash at the residence Of said J.
B BurWell on the corner Of Blount and
Peace streets in said ctv, al Of the
household and kitchen f5T t,uTn, &c, of
the said J B. Bnrweil viii also on
the 5th day Of Deoemhrr, 1895, at 10
O'Clock NJ sell at the farm Of }he said j.
B. Bu.weil q large iotof aruiug impIe-
mer's corn, fcdier seugEs end other
properly
B. r. NoNTAGU2, ss5ignee.
Raleigh, n o.. NV 49, '95
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-03

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills.
Biitousness, Indigestion, Headache,
2 pleasant laxatlve. All Druggist
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-03

CAlEMEN to take orders and collect. $50
~ bond, signed bya business firm required.
Exclusive territory. $25 90 $40 weekly. For
particulars, address p. o. Box 1854. New
oIk city.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-03

Do yon want an elegant ard juicy
st,ak or roast fit for kirg2 Don't
tsp Won 1T to i'U'o hirGs' stall in
, & f5..T1rt
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-03

! W. Hutchings has the finest west
ern beef ever seen It the m rSet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30

Pictured Romance, Library hall, Sat
urday evening, January 4th. Admission
90 cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30

to make e living. But in the winter
when the steam trawlers are laid up fish
are scarce and bring good prices. Then
it is that the ice fisherman comes for
ward and supplies the market.
His preparations are not elaborate, and
his whole equipment does not cost more
than SO or 500 In the first place he
builds or buys a "shanty" This is
commonly a miniature house about 5
feet square and 6 feet in height. It is
made of light pine wood and is either
lined or covered with tarred paper. It
has 'peak" roof, one door and no
windows. In the floor is a trapdoor. A
low bunk that will serve for a seat or
bed is built on one side. In one corner
is a small sheet iron stove set in shall
low box of sand.
An ak, lot of fish lines, a spear or
two and a bushel or so of coal complete
his outfit. When the fisherman is ready
to start, he puts his little house on run
ners and hauls it out on the ice. If the
wind is against him this is hard job,
but if it is with him his house slides
along easily.
When the fishing ground is reached,
he selects a location, chops a hole in the
ice and moves his house over it. The
runners are removed and the light shell
ter banked around with snow and ice SO
that it may not be blown away. Then
he is all ready to put down his lines.
The house is necessary for several rea-
sons Often the fisherman stays out on
the ice for weeks at time, and his
shanty is his temporary home. 1t also
provides him with a needed shelter, for
the wind that comes in after sweeping
over miles of ice and water would be too
much for any one but an Eskimo to
stand. But with ever so small fire in
the stove his little shanty can be kept as
warm as toast.
Another use of the tiny house is to
keep out the light This enables the fish
erman to look for some distance down
into the clear water. If he intends to
spear lake trout, he first puts out de-
coy. This is either a live minnow or a
small artificial herring, which he keeps
bobbing up and down. The passing
trout sees it and comes up to investi-
gate. This is fatal move for the trout,
for the fisherman has been sitting, spear
in hand, waiting for fish to appear out
of the blue depths beneath. When one
does, there is a fash of the spear and
the water is stained with red. The cap
tured trout is thrown out on the ice,
where it quickly freezes as solid as a
stick of wood. Then the fisherman re11lls
his pipe and waits for another.
In fishing with hook and line for
pike, whitefish and the like minnows
and other kinds Of bait are used. One
man will put down two or three lines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30

nothing supernatural in all this, and he
is so accustomed to the sounds that he
doesn't notice them. He knows that the
groans and the crashes are but.the sounds
of the constant battle between the ice
and the waves far out at the edge of the
foe A battle royal it is, too, but one
that is seldom witnessed without danger
to the spectator
The great lakes do not, as many sup
pose, freeze over their entire surface.
The most that the frost king can do in
the severest winter is to seize in his icy
grip a few miles of the shores edge. In
the great bays he has better chance
and locks them up tightly. The greater
portion of these immense fresh water
seas, however, are open the entire VIM
ter. The ice extends out from the shore
perhaps three or four miles. When it
stops, it throws up rampant on which
the waves break.
The war between the two elements
goes on all winter Sometimes, when the
cold increases and the wind is stilled,
the frost king extends his domain far
out into the lake, but with the first high
wind the water sends rank after rank of
foaming, angry breakers, which quickly
destroy the INVADERS outlying defenses
and regain the lost territory. The adj
vantage is followed up, and, although
the whitecaps dash themselves in vain
against the icy breastworks, the heavy
ground swells which succeed them roll
under the defenses and split the smooth
fields into huge blocks, which in turn are
hurled against the new outposts. In this
way the lake sometimes regains mile
or more, only to lose it again when de-
serted by its ally, the wind.
Saginaw bay, in which the state of
Delaware would make but good sized
island, is always ice locked i'll winter,
and the straits of Mackinac, which vary
in width from to 20 miles, are closed
for several months during each year,
sometimes from December to April
Saginaw bay is the most popular fish
ing ground for the ice fishermen. By the
1st of January the ice is usually two
feet thick or more over the entire sur
face, and as soon as it is safe to do SO
the fishermen hurry out with their shan
ties. They generally keep close together,
and village of 500 shanties with from
1000 to 800 inhabitants is no unusual
sight.
They are hardy men, these ice fisher
men. Their little communities are To-
Gated often Il mile or two and sometimes
three miles from the Shore They are
tempted farther out by the trout, and
their eagerness to get big fish often leads
them into danger. AS a rule they try to
keep inside the danger line, but it is
hard to judge just how far in from the
ice edge the effects of a storm will be
felt.
Every year fishermen are carried out
into the lake on small cakes. Sometimes
they escape after terrible sufferings, and
sometimes they are never heard from
again. What fortunes of cold and starva
ton they endured before they finally
persisted only the men who have beer
face to face with such a death can imag
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30

suitable for old and young, and their
fitness for each age depends entirely
upon the manner in which they are
made. A gown of dark mixed cheviot in
basket weave was made for a girl of II,
with plain skirt and a dark blue vel
vet crush belt and stock and had manches
of the same. The waist was fulled to
the belt and to yoke. The yoke was
covered with call over'' lace, with a
deep ruff1e Of oriental lace all around it.
One was of granite cheviot, with hecks
Of bright color mingled with the light
gray groundwork. This had two narrow
lines of black soutache at the bottom of
the skirt, which was laid in plaits from
the top. The waist had norfolk plaits
buttoned with half inch gray bone but
tons. There were straps on the shoulders
and down the sides of the skirt, cover
ing the pocket and opening. These were
trimmed with buttons and short lines of
soutache. The sleeves were plated at
the top and made in chatelaine shape
over the hands, and these were likewise
ornamented with buttons.
There are also other cheviots and mix
lures, soft and harsh serges and pinhead
checks, cashmeres and no end of mo-
hairs, and all Of these are not only hand
some, but cheap. Cashmere and camel's
hair in solid colors are very popular for
nice home gowns. One thing [ have to
say that know will please all the home
lovers, and that is we are on the verge Of
an era Of aprons. They will be of every
possible material, with fine white batiste
and black silk as the preference. These
aprons may be as much or little trim
med as one likes They will even be
worn when company comes.
There is quite good deal Of plush
employed in trimming plain wooden
gowns 1t is not as handsome as velvet,
but it will stand hard wear better.
There is another wooden material that
should be mentioned. 1t is the angora
cloth. This is brocaded in self color or
in different colors, and is soft and de-
1ightful to the touch. Tricotin is anoth-
er most useful house gown. The mohairs
are so brilliant and glossy and shed dust
so we'll that they are among the hand
soonest and most valuable of the house
dresses. There are Persian designs in all
sorts of colors and intricate palm leaf
patterns for comfortable morning robes.
Tor dainty and useful evening and re-
ception gowns, particularly for the
young, there are the fayetta silks in
their fine and delicate colors.- These
silks are noncrushable, nontearable, and
very beautiful. A rose leaf pink had a
plain, tucked skirt, with belt of white
MORE ribbon, yoke of white and pink
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30

inc. In the spring these disasters are
more frequent, as the fishermen are loath
to abandon their means of livelihood.
Liz in an ice fishing village is
unique. In the evening the men get to-
gether in the various shanties and
smoke, drink cheap whisky and play
cards. Music from a dozen accordions,
jewsharps and mouth organs usually en-
livens the evening air. Outside the wind
may whistle and the snow drive in blind
ing sheets, but inside the shanties there
are warmth and certain amount OF
comfort if not luxury.
A diversion sometimes occurs when a
shanty is blown over. Then if the sur
face of the ice be smooth and the wind
high the unlucky fisherman has most
exciting ride. With a 60 mile an hour
gale roaring behind it a sliding shanty
will occasionally acquire the speed of a
railroad train. If the fisherman happens
to be inside when his house is overturn
ed and started off on such trip, all he
can do is to crawl out through the trap
door and let his temporary home go IN
til it stops or is swept into the lake.
The shanties are usually well anchored
when the fishing is good, for the catch
is always stored outside, and the big
trout, frozen hard and stiff, are piled up
like cordwood. When the fisherman gets
pile big enough to make trip to the
shore with, he loads up big sled and
starts off for the nearest market. Some
times wholesale dealers drive out and
buy the trout on the ice.
These ice villages are rather unstable.
The Arab band that picks up its tents
and "silently steals away cannot mi
CRATE with less effort or on shorter no
tice than a winter fishing village. If
trout are scarce and prospector has bet
ter luck mile away from the village,
inside of an hour the whole settlement
will have moved, leaving nothing be-
hind to mark the abandoned site but a
few holes in the ice.
SEwELL FORD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30
FISHING IN THE WINTER.
A Thriving and Picturesque Industry
on the Great. Lakes.
FISHERMAN CHOPS A HOLE IN THE ICE

Builds n Shanty Over 1t and Then
spears Trout and Hooks WhiteGsh.
Fishing through the ice is a sport
with which every northern bred boy is
familiar. On the great lakes it is not
pursued as a sport. but as a business.
And very dangerous business, too, ii
sometimes proves to be.
About this time of year the lake fish.
ermen are out on the ice by the thou.
sands. Almost every big bay on the
shores of Michigan's southern peninsula
has its little settlement of fishermen
who are out there ready to endure all
p hardships and face all dangers in thei1
pursuit of the ice imprisoned whitefsh,
pike and trout.
In the summer time the big COM
panies, with their steam tugs and miles
of nets, food the market with fish. and
the individual fisherman has no chance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30

Hanke, the yen of Kotshi, in Japan,
has received a gift of 800 from the
government on account of the unusually
exemplary behavior of the villagers.
For over 200 years there have been
neither quarreis nor lawsuits in the
place, no crimes have occurred, the
taxes have always been paid on time.
and whenever misfortunes have come
the villagers have helped each other
without calling on the authorities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30

brocade, edged with oriental lace. The
sleeves were pulled to the elbow, where
there were white moire bows. Fayetta
silk in black is used for some home
mourning WINS, its rich, dead surface
making it suitable. One new house
mourning gown was made of black silk
warp henrietta, with the three front
breadths covered with English Grape,
The basquine was of henrietta, with
Grape facings and sleeves. A mourning
costume for a widow had the front
breadth, bretelles and sleeves Of Grape,
and all the rest was of the superb Gu
dora cloth. The waist was richly trim
med with dull jet trimming. Widows
bonnets may now be prettily trimmed
and leave off the white cap after the
first year. OLIVE HARPER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30

attached to some device which warns
him when he has bite. There is not
much sport in this kind Of fishing, but
it is profitable and rather comfortable.
1t gives the novice something of an
uncanny feeling to sit in one of these
darkened little shanties and look down
into the still depths Up through the
hole in the ice comes a weird, ghostly
sort Of light, and you can easily imagine
yourself in cavern at the bottom of the
ocean.
Strange noises are heard-muf1ed
means and groanings, sharp, startling
reports and low booming monotone.
The dShsrman knows that thena is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30
Toys, Silverware and
Jewelry.

When looking for Chastmas goods
see ours; we will beat any prices
named by any house. solvent or
bankrupt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30

We can keep you clean-Peerless
Steam Laundry. 112 and ia II. Eighth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30
DRESS GOODS.

Cashmere. all wool, 45-inch wide,
no such bargain has ever been Of
fered. SIC yard.
Cashmere. yard wide. all wool. 40
goods. now 26c per yard.
Cashmere. silk finish. very fine. all
wool, IS inches wide, was 75c, now
4Sc
Serge. half wool. "a inches, 25c
kind. 15c per yard.
Cashmere. half wool. yard wide.
great bargain, 15c per yard.
SO bolts novelty dress goods, at 2ocs
25c, and ACC per yard.
Plain Dress Goods, l213c, zoe, 300
and 43c per yard
Thousands of yards of other KINDS
of Dress Goods. Don't fail to see
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30
JACKETS AND CLOAKS.

so Splendid Garmentssto be closed.
$50 kind for $11; S12 kind for IS; So
kind for So; Sc kind for So. All go
regardless of cost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30
CHEAP, BUT VERY PRETTY.
inexpensive Goods Which Make Hand
some Gowns.
THE REDAWNING OF An APRON ERA.
CheviOts, Serges and AngOra Cloth
Brilliant MOhairs and Useful Silks.

CneV1OGSs SerSeS anu An&Or8 CAOIn-
Brilliant MOhairs and Useful Silks.
NEW YORK, Dec est is generally
the habit of fashion writers to reve1 in
descriptions of all the most costly goods
there are, and really the temptation is
great to do so, but not everybody wears
such expensive stuffs, and even those
who do do not always wear "silken
gowns to breakfast and satin gowns for
tea. Very many of those who have
plenty of money at their command wear
plain and simple garments of inexpen-
sive materials in their proper season.
There are hundreds of neat and attract
i've stuffs which make home gowns as
pretty as one should wish. There is a
granite cheviot, also. loosely woven
matte, or basket weave, and these cost
from so to rs cents per yard, so inches
wide They require but simple trim
ming and are most elegant when least
trimmed. They are equally refined and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30
Ladies' AMI ChiIdren's
Fur Sets.

New Styles of Furs, lowest prices
yet named. HFur -Muffs, sec, 92c.
S1.1O, sL49, S1.SC. s. 10. 50 81. See
them if interested. as these are the
lowest prices yet named on similar
goods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-30
LAST Call !.
NN@NN\o
rIILLINERY.

Our counters are filed with La
dies, Misses and Children's Hats,
Caps. Bonpets. Feathars. Trim
mings, Veilings, and everything.
sale is moving this line in a way SCI
dom equaled and never beaten We
will sell everything for just what it
will bring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-03
TAkOMA PARK.

The prayer meeting on New Year eve,
under the auspices of the Methodist Soci-
ety. at the home of Mr.. Norman Brainard,
was a regular old-fashioned watch night
service commencing at o o'clock and last
ing until IL, with songs. prayer, testimo-
malls. etc. Mr.. r. w. Best. president Of
the association. led the meeting, and re-
ceived many congratulations upon the very
successful result from the operation upon
his eye, his sight having been perfectly re-
stored. This organization will entertain
their friends In Takoma Hall on Friday
night with an old-fashioned taffy pull and
social. under direction of the ladies of the
society.
Miss Susie Davis of Rockville is a guest
of Miss Irene Steers of Montgomery ave-
nue.. Miss Davis, with Miss Rose Whitmer.
assisted Miss Steers In receiving her friends
on New Year day
visiting Mrs. NJ. c. Danforth of Sycamore
avenue Miss Florence Hewlett Is spend
ing the week with Miss Esther Danforth.
The Dramatic and Literary Club, No. 2.
of Takoma Park, have reorganized and are
now known as the Sleepy Hollow Assem-
homes of the members with a good time as
its object. The club now numbers nine,
viz, Misses Ella X. Chamberiin, Edna Gill
tert, Marcia Swormstedt. Eltinge Marshall,
Mary Cady, and Messrs. Claude Gilbert.
Charles Van Horn, Smith Cady and Jay
Chamberlin.
The coasting during the past week has
been without a parallel IN the history of
Takoma. young and old seeming to take
equal pleasure in this amusement, the hill
on Magnolia avenue offering unusual facil-
tiles.
Mabel. the young daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIII Smith, who has been quite i'll,
the result of a cold, Is improving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-03
ID A " MI . q
I'M POPULAR SHOPPING [PlMGEg m
4H6 9TH Street.

a teacher here as will be remembered by
the old residents.
Mr. Leopold Olszewski has moved into
his new house just completed in the Sher-
wood subdivision.
The remains of Miss Leah May, who died
here on Tuesday night, were sent to her
home in Charleston, w. Va.
Mr.. F. w. Tower of Washington, spent
New Year day with e. c. Hough.
Miss Ida ]. Quick is visiting her sister,
Mrs. c. w. Rubb, in Washington.
Mr. d. a. Breckenridge, who has been at
his horne in Purcellville. Loudoun county,
returned here on Tuesday. Mr.. Breckin-
ridge has decided to make his home here,
and will move his family at an early date.
The purchaser of the Noetzel property is
making improvements on same.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kerr of Michigan are
visiting their brother. Mr.. V. E. Kerr. They
are accompanied by Miss Libbie Butler,
also from Michigan.
Mr.. Charles Gulager had the misfortune
to have his pocket picked while passing
through the gate in 9th street depot ON
Tuesday. The thief secured ST.
Mr.. Russell Fravell of Woodstock has re-
turned, after a months visit to his home.
Mr.. Fravell has fully recovered his health.
The public graded school of the town re-
opened on Wednesday morning, after ten
days recess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-03
SUBURBAN NEWS
ANACOSTIA.

The week Of prayer, which next week
Is Observed at most of the Protestant
churches throughout the world. will be
observed at the Anacostia NJ. f. Church,
Rev. James McLaren, pastor, with serv-
ices beginning on Sunday morning at IL
o'clock. when the pastor will preach and
administer the holy communion. Mr.. Nc
Laren will also preach at night. On Mon
day and Tuesday night services will be
conducted by Miss Dew of the Deaconess'
Home. Washington; Thursday night, Miss
Ida E. Miner, also Of the Deaconess' home,
will have charge Of the exercises, and on
Friday night the services will again be
conducted by Miss Dew. The annual cleo
ton of officers of the Epworth League
will take place on next Wednesday night.
The retiring officers are: President, DR..
A. NJ. Green; first vice president, II. A.
Linger, sr.: second vice president, Mrs.
Ida L. McI.aren: third vice president, Mr..
John E. Powell; fourth vice president,
Miss Cora C. Mclean; secretary, Miss
Stella NJ. Fort; treasurer, Miss Corrie b.
Etzler.
The Anacostia Railway Company were
fortunate enough. Notwithstanding the
heavy fall of snow last night, to have
all their cars make full trips, and with but
little delay. Within half an hour after
the snow began to fall Superintendent
Newton had the snow pillow at work, and
as a result the tracks were kept compare
lively clear.
Three large bags of horse feed, which
were taken some days ago from a colored
man on suspicion that they had been
stolen, and taken to the Anacostia police
station, have been identified as the prop
erty of the lexington and Soldiers Home
Railroad Company.
Virgil Cross. who has been spending the
holidays with his mother, Mrs. L. M.
Cross No. 304 Fillmore street, yesterday
returned to school near Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-03
FALLS CHURCH.

Mr.. W. N. Lynch has purchased lot Of
Elmer I. Crump on Broad street. and will
build on same in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Hatch of Arlington
started for Kansas yesterday on visit to
relatives and friends, and will not return
Until March.
The Christian Endeavor Society will hold
a business meeting at the residence of Rev.
nual meeting Of the State Society, which
meets in Staunton. January Is, will take
place.
Mr.. E. D. Harrington. with his little
grandson from Washington. spent New
Year day with Mr.. J. L. Davenport, at
West End. Mr.. Harrington was formerly