davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Decorah-posten., 1895-08-16
"@mropas nrpltse Sjprne".

ga ben triitne Seiolfnits / Serge
sOoina for 20 slar iiOen reiite fig MOB
bet tprtilte Serreogmme, anebe iu9en,
6pilte iture Sesiuenbeber, Der to g(ar
ienere Ifnloe b(iue Seloen berof. aoms
pen ior!es mes SaarOnattetbeb, unret
al SjGlp fra bet narlis9enbe Montc=
negro og al rusiiite &ubler. Oct bar
oenne file, fraiti9 peoliscbolot SLANT
me, Der omIioer blusiebe pp til ben
rusTf@tDrtiite Sri9s fore 8ranb.
Staar man ret %operior liDuenoe Scribe
reoeller? Der Ii9es, at buert rl8Iiit
SlG9tleo ital buoe lin urienta(Ite &ria.
Otter Srisen 178S-92 iuI9te meO 40
aars Meacmrum Srigeu 182S-29;
25 @ar ienere uObrso arimfriaen, on
20 gar eftcr ben rus iiIfstprfiIte @rig
1S77-79. Som nan Ter, bliver
6reosperIooen ltaoig t%ortere, % mob
ben biitpriIfe InalO9i itrioer in9enluns
Dc uobruooct al en- &rig / (. Gr. 1897,
til bpiltcn Sio ben rusIiite Surs nne
Organization ital uRre iuloItenoio
9iennemi6rt. N~anriomBetit &ri9spar.
tiet i &rslanb iremfommer meo 9eies
net: De Sriitne paa 8alfanbalpgens
iuloitGnoi8e 8eirielie fra BET rusIilfe
alag pg &pnitantinopels Grobrina, iaa
fan Oct meo 9retelfabct5 Sialp pere
Iitfer paa en- enprm Silllutning. 90
Iarbunoreoets nGre up9ang uogcer
Ell mpItilt Mtast Oper life altIpr prolais
lie @emptter. Seseiitrin9en tiger pco
2anten ON, at / bet npe 9l~orbunoreoes
Se9pnoelie fan bet itpre8erf pore iulps
bproet, % bet triitne &prs bore reiit
paa ScfiasW oifeeu. Ilerauoer ben
3oie Itpreoe &uslano nleo Ell meotio
o9 nboieliS SiQie, Der life tiQpo, at
Seltrebelier, iom ban life opStjenote,
tom tlloroe og ojorOe Jig gialoenoe.
San baooe / oft Sab puot NOT for at
boloe Sri9spartIet / glue. Men for at
ppnaa ben ngOpenoi9e 6aItbeo i bette
Tuntt, bebopeoe ban oDiaa lin psriuns
llsc Griarln9 ON arl9eus ~ubpsseliss
beber, Der bapoe eiterlaot NIB Iletteliae
SpOr i bans itanobaitiae ps peipiaioe
Si9l. Den un9e Seller bar life oisie
SelpOpleoelier at itotte lin 5rcostiars
li9beo til. Sar er al en- i~uaaere "a
mere m%petaseliS Natur emo Taberen
o. fan umnIig. ulIereoe Tom 6gloe al
i'm lluSoom, eie oerues Mooitanoss
trait p~pcrIor Snlgipeliernes sSnodp.
belle cs iaite @reb / Sta~tsitprelieu.
naar bet siGloer at fue Ell ppppreuoe
Iaataloet 6olfcitcmnius, Der itctter iio
til Guslanos "beliBe MiSipn". Z en-
slOer az 60 SIar, Onrsjpct al en- 2o.no.
rig DaoertrOnet &e9isrjnss Gaioritet.
'ormaaeoe Glrrnuber Ben 2oen life Of
Decorah-posten., 1895-08-16
STcrianof Scntgbeo.

On engelif Nuls, iom fommer uo
8eting, Cir uofprli9 Seretnins ON bet
fprite iormelIe MDoe meQem be fiueliite
Og ~japuneiiite Observation-Disclosures /
SbimUneieti. % De peb beune 9eiligs
beo life bauoe anbet at 9iGre, END uerle
6uloma9ter, iaa uoFplote De Wpoet
iuropri9t meo Somplimenter.
@reu Sto. ben jupuueiiIte llbeuri9ss
miniiter, aabneoe Gammenfomiten meo
at siore ll~noItDlonin9 for MipoeIteoets
Garpeli9beo. "9enue lIle Sp," ia9oe
ban, bar ingen Spsuin8, iOm er uars
big Ell Mouo al 9eres G~relences tDie
&on9. 8i TANNER ps iormelis uUer,
at Vi life bor rpset beore at bpoe
Gem"
"Gercs Grelleuce er iiaubbeb cliff
pRroi9!" iplreoe ben f~ineIiife 8ices
forge 81 Sung Chang.
5uloma9terne blep o~erefter uboerlet.
"2pr jes ipsr9e, ON 9eres Grelence
timber min 5ulcm0at iUrben?" ipurgte
81, iUm berneo CAB en- lioen Snert til
Supnneierne, iorbi be bapoe uegtet at
9Uotienoe be fBrit aiienbte 8incIeres
5uloma9t.
"9ereS Grslences 6ulbmust er fulbs
tonlmen tilirebsitiQenoe," ipnreoe @reo
StO; "jes befIaser bare, at 6aus Sra,
ieltGt ben t~iueiiite Setier life bar iat
lit NauI unoer."
"Stnts ltitten or iurfieIig / be for
ifielisc 9anoe," iparebe 81 l~afpniIf.
"Set t~ineiiite Statsiegl er hos os iapn.
9oot meo llnoeritriit."
Samtalen bleu MI alminoelia, %
81 siUroe %ppmGrtiom paa Neboenoig.
beben al SOB Spritanelie melem &ar=
ternc, "ipr at binore, at Niicns guile
&ace itnl lis3e unoer for @uropas
buiOe Soce". Som.tbis fpmplimer.
terebe ban @rep Sto for De itore 8es
former, ban bouoe iubisrt i Sapar.
Set subbommelise 5uripn bar life
gnblinger," ipareoe Sto. "Spis De-
res 2unb sjDr en- p~irtelis Gnitreuselic
for at BIZ itrrtt, iaa uil life Simler
nGste Gem lin SiGlp." 90 ban bar
furiistis npt til at %tilipie: "3et er
Dor nauoise SeriterS, Ssiieren al So
pans iurtienItiuloe 8esiering, iOm al
&ris % Sou ifploes. Spao Ntaat bar
pel jog, Miuitcreu. bnut til at uorette
upeet?"
Samtalen be9nuote III at Hoppe op
al Wtan0el pna Gmuer; men 81 fom
I'll rnoiGtum9 meo at ipDrge eiter be
laponeiiIie lluoerhunbleres gllcer. Ga
ban baooe iauet Suar paa bette, meo.
petite ban. at ban ielu bar 10 Nar.
% oa man baooe iaoet liot mere al
oenue Sla9s, blep Der buffet % 2pIter
9toei ON at mDoes Gnsen eIter til
Niten.
=. Seie Stoen, mems bette FOB pao
nlpo % Vol noturlisois iapaueIiIte o.
hnsl'ne Soloater bpsrauore libel.
Saaoan CT Siplomoti % iaoSau G
ari9.
Decorah-posten., 1895-08-16
TecprobsW nrfeo.
9ecDrab % Smegn.
SebsfalO.
Zen 15oe glusuit 1895.

Se0stalD.
Snsong 9iten brn9tes til 3ecOrab
be jorOiite 2epriueer al SOGun 8.
Riu9itao, Der ogoe / fit Siem | Minnes
oppliS Sirsoa9 Mpr9eu omtreut 81. 8.
9soeu tom iaa itile, rolist % imertes
irit, at bauS Suitru % SDru, Der bar
peo Ssbsiergen, Ilet life tunoe merle
bet. San bar uaret ing iioen Soften
1898. Sau reiite oenBans | 9iitritict
Os bulot poIitiite Galer, ug paa fine
8eiier bleu ban Iaa iortlplet, at ban
alorig tunoe ouerpiuoe bet, p9 iDr ban
riblte al Bet par ban SGriu9spatient.
San leo al Nitbma alereoe fra ling
bommen at ps WOoItanostrniteu bar
al ben @ruuo manI te life ina flor.
SUbun GirsituO fsbtes / Dane Co.,
ISIS, rGr StOu9btun, Iaret 1850, "a
bar nltina As Iar gammel. Neite
Var fntteoe SorTlorene I'll WStnllelgelt
Co., bpOr De bpeoe til for faa slar Iioen.
Zen 15oe Suli 1878 inosif ban i
9Gstcitab meo 9iii8 Snna Guberion,
9atter al 6. guoerIpn, Der meo Ell
ooreu Spn, Gpoiuo, eiterleuer ham.
s 1881 flpttebe ban meo fin 5umilie
til Iurtbiielb, Wiuu., % i 1891 bers
ira til Miuneapplis.
ScsraueIien ipre9aar aG. 2 / Giters
mibbag ira 9ecorab Weni9beos Sirte,
ug bans Suuser, 8ruf. Mobn, oil, eIter
Sssirrjus al gfosbe, i~urrette ueo 3d.
sruuelieu.
GCruSen Samilien iuIste Iruf. WtObr
ca 6amilie Of gturtbfelo, Rinu., pg
Sr. q. 8. Seisberg al Ct, Saul, meb
9iset til 9scorab.
Decorah-posten., 1895-08-16
WnmcIoclSc.

Ti bar nctop moo;a8et ira Sr. 8. s. 9.
@eet "$relte8ru9pen~, ct SiacOe al ocn
6oreneoe Sirfes Srriter % 9rofesioyer %
8 SlIeoer Of StoIebpanin9er. Ser cr ialt
$50 Yortrrtter. DC er ale paa ct Gnr
HnOta8elier nGr soot %uofprte os uubefn,cs
paa bet beoite. 3ette 8jueoe, Der er 22N33
CONNER fort. buroe iluoes / etboert 0lcm /
ben 6orcneoe airfe. 9lac 8eiintn9er ino.
lenoes til 5. 8. s. 8eet @rauo Mteaoow
W|inn. Triicn er So. 8iQeoet ienoe5 pr.
GrpreiS.
Decorah-posten., 1895-08-16
lllGffestilieloe.

Ssuur GitermiOoas b9note ben ipr.
seIige llIylte Gnlmor, at Brakeman
9eoer Reoerieu iulOt paa 6tinnegaus
gen % i'll oct ere Ben fuuIt liot uuens
for autclen. 9an bplot paa meo at
iuu GecornbsT rGuet iitanb. 9eserne
9uubuep % @lliams her al Spen blep
bcutet meo GrtrutOg, % De amputereoe
Sinet. Zen uIptteIise Niuuo beiiuoer
Jig eiter 0mitanoisbeOsrue iaa bra,
ipm man fan pente.
Decorah-posten., 1895-08-16

Snsodg ben 21oc 9tug. oil y. Is. u. & ".
Hp lnoe oigaa ct ipe0elt gco fra 9ccOrab
81. 130 6orm,ooaa. 3rr % Tetur ioter
Sl.25. &etnrtraiuei afganr ira Snocpeu.
oence 81. Z Niteu. Su5Oag er ben 3Oie Sal
nfoe fore Mibiommer. gnooeIpb og Sicpcle'
mgoe S~noepenoence. SiSie fGrIte 9la5ies
SGooelcb inobeiatter oocr so Entries. Gre
BlcpcleIgb al De burtislte 8,cpclerpttrrc /
Soma.
N3an benoenoe fig til 9. G. 81. d 81. GpS
Ngenter for Grmer Oplpsninger pg
SIletter.
9. Wortou, g. z. & g. o.,
Cedar Napios, Soma.
Decorah-posten., 1895-08-16
500 Wclpuutua. sion

st sr oS Ell @lGoe at meooeIe 9Glerns. at bel bor
t|l'sS SleenltaoeH at 'arere ben femme SaaSom Ma.
iarF9 l ale StaSier. Sias Gntarrb Gure or BEN ersis
SRF' Der q tIcnot til SiOeutabeu. satarrb q, en- s0n,
IiluonSl9aoon, "a irrpsr iiliuarrnee gebaphlir,
oeaS Saiarr0 Cure iases tm9pcacis. o. pirtrr Sir,,s.
IN. me- J ~ oa goslgg9tr 5n1oommsns Cprnoeiie 40
ssVss U'M lse @lNIte % blRlpcr Qlturtn / mems w,
SSlss. el'rie AZ teuae 1leoirin Tar ttpr 5,Iiro ~
~; I, yashsn o. tI9Ooet. Sl00 for hptrt 9iifTlbc' hsnn
w lau tT8s' Sirlp dler SIonssbnrs' "'"''' va"
"''' T.. j Sbenes & Co.,
sS S''a' hos ale ayuibeis,, 20 gents'
Decorah-posten., 1895-08-16

Suis Der or en- 2nmpefomite in'
ben Gitv Council, ina bsr ben ie eitsr,
at 2dmpetpnoeren ioetminoiie boIoer
fine 2ompcslas rene. Wleo 2psteu ionr
bet saa, font Oct fan.
Decorah-posten., 1895-08-16
GDinoelig NeanefnnIf.


"ppOr sammel er Dc, 5rue?"
9amen: "0et ftal jes Itrag iige
Dem. 9a ies blcp gift, pnr ieg IS
os min Wtano 80 Aar 9ammcl. g}u
er ban bObbelt iaa summel. fol9eljg CT
leo 4G".
Decorah-posten., 1895-08-16

Siplomatiif. Stubenten i tit nne
So9ls: "Si9 mig, bunb bar Geres for.
ri9e 9o9erenoe betalt?"
Tarten; "9an itutoe 9ipe tppe aru,
uer Om Maaneoen, men ba ban lille Be.
tnIte, faitebe oi bam uo!"
Stuoenten: "Nu bel, jco taacr Be-
relIet pna be iamme SetinaetIer."
Decorah-posten., 1895-08-16

6rpien ": Suao iDnes bu ON BIT
llqelie SstienOtitab. 2iltalsr ban
Oig?"
6rHfen g.: "Mei, ban lie melt"
Decorah-posten., 1895-08-16

SOmmeren (til ct tuiuOeli9t Iione):
"9oor 8arnmel er Dep" (Sun tier. J
Seq oil 8lrre Dig Opmerfium paa. Of
10 l9nsere De uenter nleo Sparct. be5tp
Glore blir 9e."
Decorah-posten., 1895-08-16

2OeiDOist. (Qi en- MisIunsberet.
n'nS): "9et, iOm De enselIte Mis.
l'OHer liar itpIOer fine fore Teiu!tater
0lanOt SannitaIerne, er Deres operur.
ocntlise Seigbeo.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-04-19

Rad BEN g a ffeetrGna.
den. 5rdu (sY ibrem Mann): 6r:s.
Heb mir NAL bic SSreiluarte auI o;es
fen 8rief. -. mir batiea uns beute 10
Oiel gu er5I9len, oaB mir Die saaae
3lnge troden seporoeH lit!
81 d fr! ~: Sic bdben dlio iebt
Sbre unioeriitdtsfuoien bs,roet, o.;
Sa tpobl! o.: Ra. bas 1T Sbnen ipobt
rsdt BART setpproen. pie9 g.; 0is
aitbt, absr meiRem Sater,
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-04-19
6. g a pitel.


On tpsla,m bic tsls Romits ibr.m Rim:u Str.
mat; uno srlI Slmtn tiniots -ibut:nG" iinnsn
ipsr0sn. m dbes oeb cut uno niiBl.a 81 ltitn!
DGbrsro iiber BEN !0duptsrn bes
@rafsn uWo isiner dngebetsten Sophie
Elm 10 beoro6lihes llngefpitter iitb 5us
IammtnSog, trabte bic tolIe SomtsB auf
ibrem @rdoiber SengIts. Potrimpos
eebsiBeu, querfelbein Der Sentbiner
8emartung gu, 2pro uno 2aop, bic
beiosn prd9tigen 9erltbarbtner, fpranz
gen in peitsn, ihlpsrfGlissn SdBen
nebenGer uro tmmer pisSer laut blufs
fsno am SdlIe Oes Yfeross in bic !SObs,
ni9t a6teno Der tpobl9e5ielteu peits
ibsnbisbe, bic oft genu9 auf i6ren biz
den YslS nieoerTauIten. Die aomteB
hattie bereits erfubren, pis ldItig, tpenn
ntbt gar geidbrIi4, Die Sunbe peroen
tonntsu, ipeRn tic ben nero6ltn, Ikrs
aus rngeOuloiaen Sen9It ritt, uno
Iprqts oann tets bdfiir, oaB lie suriid=
ssbdlt:u Durpsn. 9eute a5sr battsn iia
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-08-26
A Mine on Fire Over Forty Years.

The commissioners appointed by the
local government to inquire into the
"history, causes and effect" of the coal
mine fires Of PictOu county have just
finished taking evidence. The commits
sion is composed of Inspector Gilpin,
Deputy Inspector W. Madden, Henry
Mitchell and A Dick The work of
the commission was directed mainly to
an investigation of the condition of the
FOord pit This mine has been on fire
in one place or another since the 6fties,
and it is burning yet. Explosion after
explosion has occurred, and many lives
have been lost. When fire broke out
in one place, the miners resorted to an
other, sinking new shaft. To avoid
the fire on an upper level a shaft was
sunk and coal taken out on the level
Immediately below the fire. Soon the
fire came through, and again the miners
were driven out. Nothing that the
owners could do availed to drive out
the fire, and the splendid mine has been
practically abandoned, though little
coal is now being taken out ON a level
below part that is on fire. The OBJ
ject of the commission is to learn
whether something cannot be done to
save SO valuable a property as the Foord
pit.-HalifaX Herald.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-08-26
No Longer Boarders.

A Boston lady who is passing the
summer in New Hampshire writes to a
friend that the word ''boarders" is not
allowed in the house where she is stay
ing, 'remunerative guests being the
term employed as substitute by the
landlady and her fin Gle steele daughters.
This recalls to mind washerwoman at
Princeton some years ago who informed
one of her patrons that she needn t think
she took in washing because she was
obliged to. cit is just fer pleasure
and to pass a bit Of the time. Boston
Gazette
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-08-26

They tell good story in Dalton of
a recent revival meeting in one of the
rural districts of Whitefield County.
In the middle of the services the
preacher said:
"Will Brother Smith please lead in
prayer"
Seven men arose and began praying
at once.
This embarrassed the preacher, and
he said hurriedly:
81 mean Brother John Smith,
At this announcement one sat down
and five more got up and began pray
ing. The preacher saw his mistake,
said nothing and let the eleven pray
it out among themselves.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-08-26
Her Conclusion.

She was small girl, but quite large
enough to reason and draw logical con-
illusions. In her fathers back yard a
swarm of bees was kept, and they seemed
especially hostile to the small girl One
day they stung her over the eye, and
there was a swollen little face for a
whole week. The next week they stung
her on the arm, and finally her cup of
sorrow seemed filled when she received
another sting on her leg. AS the mother
patiently applied the usual remedies to
the last wound the little one sighed and
said, SIT does seem to me, mamma, as
if there was no good place on a little
girl for bee to sting. ''-Syracuse Post.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-08-26
A Riot In a Theater,

Serious riot arose in the Edinburgh
theater in connection with the wounded
feelings of the servants. Those were fine
times for footmen. When their masters
attended the theater, they had free adj
mission to the upper gallery. This was
all very we'll so long as the management
did nothing to offend them. But che
Scottish servants of those days had
keen sense of dignity and would not
submit to be satirized. So when the
farce ''High Life Below Stairs was an
solved in full committee that they
would not allow such a scandalous libel
on themselves to be produced OF the
boards.
A letter was written to the manager of
the theater, in which it was stated that
a band of 70 men had sworn at any cost
to stop the production of the piece. This
letter was foolishly read aloud on the
stage, and then in spite of the threat it
contained an attempt was made to per-
form the farce. Hereupon the upper gal
lery turned rebellious. The noise and
discord were prodigious. The masters
in the body of the house went up to
demonstrate with their contumaciOus
servants, but the latter would not listen
to the voice of authority. Order was at
last restored, but not before the foot
men had been expelled in a body from
the house. There was no free admission
for footmen after this. -Gentleman' S
Magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-08-26
Lightning and Sarcasm.

An evening paper, writes Walter
Besant in the London Queen, the other
day published letter from a correspond
ent giving advice what to do in case of
lightning. | read the advice eagerly, be-
cause I am horribly afraid of lightning.
The greatest safety, he told us-I hope
I am giving the information correctly
is to swing hammocks in different rooms.
They must be suspended from the wall
by silken ropes. Very good indeed. 1t is
an eminently practical piece of advice.
My own family contains nine persons,
as rule. There are, happily, more than
nine rooms. I shall have all the furni-
ture stored in the garnet and rig up
hammock in every room instead. You
cannot we'll put more than one hammock
in each room Think of the beauty and
convenience of the arrangement, as we'll
as it's safety! When there is no light
ming about, we shall sit in the hall,
where we shall also take our food. We
shall receive our friends on the stairs.
When thunderclouds gather, we shall
retire each to his own hammock and
await the storm in calmness. Houses in
the future will be built no doubt ON
purpose for the accommodation Of the
tilightning hammock.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-08-26
Pussy end the Fly Paper.

The trouble that may arise from the
use of "tanglefoot'' fly paper is not con-
fined entirely to flies, as was shown in
Portland, Conn. the other day. A
Swede family, living on Penfield hill,
purchased literally of the paper and
spread it about the house. Shortly
afterward great comm otion was heard
in the pantry. Investigation showed
that a kitten had become mixed up with
sheet of the paper, and in its efforts
to get away had stepped on another.
Crockery was knocked from the shelves
and other small articles broken by the
confused feline. Finally the cat rolled
over on the paper, which made matters
worse, and for awhile it looked as il
the house would have to be given en-
tirely TO the pet. 1t was found neces-
sary at last to shear the unfortunate cat
in order to extricate it from its diff
Guilty. --Exchange.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-08-26
SOUTHERN LYNCHING.

Rev. j. Milton Waldron. colored.
preached a sensational sermon at
Jacksonville, Florida, on the evening
of Aug. II, on lynchings. Among 9TH
er things he said: "In reconstruction
days the killing of negroes was con-
doned because it was said to be nee
essary in order to get the government
into the hands of the southern whites.
When it was no longer necessary for
that purpose, some other excuse had
colored man was found who had been
brute enough to initiate his white
neighbor and attempt to rape a wo-
man. If it was white woman the
crime was thought to justify the
whites in taking the law in their own
hands and lynching or even burning
the negro. From lynching for rape,
or supposed rape, the habit has grown
until now colored men, women and
even children are lynched IN the South
for rape, suspected rape, barn burn
ing, stealing and resisting arrest.
Hundreds of colored families are
driven from their homes every year,
property destroyed and wives and
daughters outraged and whipped.
This state of affairs has continued un
til it has bred an element in the South
among the whites. who care nothing
for the law and set no value upon hui
man life TT has made the negro re
vengeful, and is fast goading him on
to desperation. The spirit of lawless-
ness, murder and revenge has spread
among both white and black in the
South until it has become alarming.
Something must be done, and done at
once, or our fair southland is forever
doomed.n
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-08-26
PLATINUM IN ALASKA,
Miners Now Turning Their Attention TO
the Deposits on the Yukon River.

Miners Now Turning Their Attention TO
the Deposits on the Yukon River.
Alaska has developed an unexpected
store of precious minerals in the last
few years, and just at present miners
are specializing as to the quantity of
platinum that might be found III hat
territory and worked with profit. For
years it has been known that platinuEl
exists in Alaska, and traces of it have
been found on the banks of the Yukon
river, but it is only Of recent date that
the miners have given the matter any
serious thought. This neglect seems
strange when one considers that plati-
mum is worth from ST. so to SIS. so an
ounce.
Platinum is nearly always found in
bars associated with free gold in placer
deposits. Platinum ore, as it is some
times enormously called contains irid-
ium, rhodium, gold, copper and iron. It
is usually found in rounded or f1attened
grains having a metallic luster, though
it comes occasionally in cubes and oc-
tahedrons. Had the miners who have
been working on the different creeks in
the Yukon basin for the last two years
known the value of the little globular
masses of platinum they would not have
been so quick to resent their persistent
presence in the rifles. At present the
most important sources of platinum are
the hydraulic mines i'll the Ural noun
tains of Russia. About 80 per cent of the
worlds production comes from this
source. Next in Importance perhaps are
the gold washings of the Pinto river i'll
the United States of Colombia, which
produce 5 per cent of the entire prod
uct
India, Australia, Peru, Haiti and
Brazil produce small amounts of plat-
mum. Platinum has been found in small
quantities in various parts of this coun-
try, but it is only in the placers of the
Pacific slope that it has been discovered
in marketable quantities. It is estimat-
ed that the United States imports about
5000 pounds of platinum a year from
Russia The metal is used chiefly in the
manufacture of jewelry, chemical ap-
paratus and incandescent electric lights.
There has been of late years an increased
demand for the metal and correspond
ing increase in the price. If the plati-
mum deposits in the Yukon valley in
Alaska approach anywhere near the ex
pectations of the prospectors, it is pos
sible that they may prove as valuable
as the gold mines in Alaska.
Asbestus is also found in the south
eastern portion of Alaska, but whether
in sufficient quantities to make the de-
posits profitable remains for future de-
velopments to show A recent issue of
an Alaskan newspaper says that Clark
Miller and party discovered extensive
asbestus veins in this section last sum-
mer. The quality is pronounced by ex-
perts to be first class, and specimens
show it to be of unusually long fiber
and free from foreign matter. New
York Sun.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-08-26
The Champion Orator.

j. Howard Moore is known as the
champion prohibition orator of the
United States. He is studying in the
University of Chicago and is the presi-
dent of the University Vegetarian club.
He thinks it as wicked to eat meat as
to drink liquor. He believes in woman
suffrage, has curly hair and soulful
eyes, declares that this country is the
land of the boss and the home of the
sot, but hopes to change all that by a
frequent delivery of his prize grafton,
1.-THE Scourge Of the Republic. " He is
full of youthful enthusiasm
York Tribune.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-08-26
A LUCKY SHIP.

Within single month the first class
United States cruiser Columbia has
given most gratifying evidence of ex-
traordinary speed and extraordinary
strength of structure. The wretched
bungling of which she was the vic
tim at the hands of the British dock
hard authorities when she was hauled
out in the new dock at Southampton
would have wrecked almost any 9TH
er war steamer in the world, weighted
down as she was with guns, stores and
heavy masses of machinery. The
dock was a new one, the managers
were inexperienced, and the huge
vessel was insuficiently supported.
The usual "bilge blocks" were not adj
justed, and that neglect caused the
enormous weight of the ship and her
armament to rest upon the keel plates.
1t was feared that the ship was badly
Injured. Nevertheless she came out
of the English dock in such condition
as to permit her to make her brilliant
run across the ocean, and a careful
examination of her hull in one of the
great docks of the New York Navy
Yard has now shown that no import
ant harm resulted. The keel plate is
indentedslightly atintervals for about
a hundred feet, and will require
Strengthening and re- riveting. But
the work of repair will probably re-
quire only few days to complete,
and the Columbia will then be availa-
BILE for the summer maneuvres of the
North Atlantic Squadron. She seems
to be, indeed, lucky ship.