davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-07
A Look at NOrdau,

Max Nordau, the author of 'Degen-
Aration," has been spending few
days in London. His works, notwitll-
standing their enormous success, are
interesting from the literary, rather
than from the scientific point of view;
but the man, quite apart from his
books, is a striking individuality.
Short, thick-set and powerful looking,
he gives an impression of self-assertive
vigor. Few people are aware that the
name by which he has become so
widely known is really a pseudonym,
although he has borne it legally ever
since the age of fifteen. when he
changed his name from Sudfield (South
Field to Nordau North Meadow. AS
may be easily imagined, Herr Nordau
is a great friend of Prof. Lombroso
He is very fond of England and Eng
lish life, and at one time thought Of
settling here, but now all his interests
are in Paris. AS so often happens, he
himself takes little interest in the work
that has made him famous. He wishes
rather to shine as a novelist or play
wright, and this in spite of the fact
that both his plays and novels were
distinct failures. Max Nordau speaks
every European language with f1uency
and ease. He served hard Journal
istic apprenticeship, acting while a
medical student at the Pesth uniyelS-
ity as reporter to the Pesther Lloyd.
London Letter.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-07
Paternal Advice.

"Ben," said the old colored deacon
to his son, ''you's a-gwine out now in
ter de great en- wicked worr''
"Yes, suh!''
"En you wants ter heed my exwise."
Eyes, suhr'
"Well, dis is erbout all I got ter say
ter you: Don't go in de poultry busi-
ness when de moon is shinin', en- al
ways be sho' en- keep in de front part
er de mule!'-Atlanta Constitution.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-07
Insuring ConsumDtives

Cincinnati, Oct. 21.-Special.-Re
ports say that leading life insurance
company is accepting risks to the
amount of 100000 on lives of con-
sumptives taking the Amick Chemical
Treatment for lung disease. The
Amick Chemical Co. Of Cincinnati is
actually paying the premiums on this
Insurance and presenting policies to
their patients. This company claims
to have the most complete statistics on
consumption in the world. and that
these risks are good, providing the pa
tients take a course of the Amick treat
ment
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-07
StOnewau Jacl1sOn's Father-in-Layy

Colonial houses are so numerous that
they do not get much notice from the
natives out in Germantown, but there
is a yellow pebble dashed colonial
house at the corner of Germantown
avenue and Walnut lane that has at
tracted much attention lately. The
property can only be traced back in
the deeds to 1888, but the house was
certainly built before the Revolution,
for a skirmish which left the marks
OF bayonet thrusts on the interior
walls and blood stains on the floors
was one Of the incidents of the battle
of Germantown. DR.. Shippen. a still
we'll remembered Philadelphian lived
there a long time. In the old house
were held the meetings which culmin-
ated in the starting of the First Pres
byterian church Of Germantown. Dr.
Blair was then tenant of the house,
and he started the church. The house.
too was the birthplace Of Lafayette
College at Easton. Here Rev. George
Junkin conducted a manual labor
school; the students made trunks and
packing boxes and cultivated a farm
OF forty-tWo acres attached to the
building. The school was not a sue
cess, so the president, faculty and
many Of the students went to Easton
and started the college, which has
since proved such marked success.
The doctor was a man of great force
Of character and had pre-eminently
the courage of his convictions. It was
he who hauled down the rebel flag the
students of the college at Lexington,
Va, had raised, and burned it in their
presence. He had two sons.in-law in
the rebel army-Stonewan Jackson
and Col. Preston-but he was himself
intensely loyal l.-Philadelphia Record.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-07
A Remarkable Offer

The Publishers Of The Youths Compan-
ion have just made remarkable offer to
the readers Of this paper. New subscribers
who will send at once their name and ad-
dress and $1.75, will receive free a hand
some four-page calendar, 7x1O in, litho-
graphed in nine colors, retail price so cents,
The Youths Companion free every week to
Jan. 1, 1896, the Thanksgiving, Christmas
and New Years Double Numbers free, and
The Youths Companion 81 weeks, a full
year, to Jan. 1, 1897. Address The Youths
Con panion, 1919 Columbus Ave.. Boston
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-07
Or New YOrk'S.

"Mamma,' said Willie, "do you sup
pose they will let me ride my bicycle
when l go to heaven?'
"What makes you ask such a ques-
ton as that, dear?"
''But don't believe it'll be any fun
pursued Willie, pensively, eff they
sprinkle the golden streets as they dc
rs.'-Chicago Tribune.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-07
A Startling Announcement,

Slowpay-"The Old Time Bank must
be short of money!"
Deposition Caesar! Why do
you think so?''
Slowpay-'I asked them to lend me
some, and they said they couldn't pos
sibly."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-07
Unnecessary to His RuSiness

Pacific Pete had scraped up ac
quaintance with the young tenderfoot
"But how did you lose your left
eye?"
lose it:' thunderously.
yves, SIR
~'Why, 1 cut that 'ere eye out SOS l
wouldn't have ter shet it sitin' gum y
Chicago Record.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-07
MOUNTAINS IN THE SEA.
Cable Layers Had to Pass around q
Range Seventy-fve Miles LG.lG.

Cable Layers Had to Pass around a
Range Seventy-five Miles Lo@g.
There exists in the great ocean be-
tween Australia and New Caledonia
a range of mighty submarine noun
tains, whose limestone tops rise within
800 fathoms of the surface The dis
cOvery of these peaks rising sheer
1900 feet from the bottom of the deep
sea, was made by the men who have
just finished laying the first section Of
the trans-pacific cable. Sir 1Audley
COOte, who Was at the head Of the ca
bic expedition, arrived here yesterday
on the steamer Alameda from Sydney,
New South Wales. He said:
THE sea from Australia to New Cal
edonia has been surveyed by Il Brit
ish and an American vessel. Your
AlbatrOsS went there and did some
very good work. but, as it happened.
both this expedition and the other
missed the strange feature of the
ocean that I have described. We had
anticipated no great difficulty in lay
ing the cable section. and did not fEd
any until suddenly the bottom Of the
ocean began to rise. We were forced
to cut the cable there in midocean
and to buoy UP the ends. 1t was then
found that what had hindered us was
range of submarine mountains.
''There is nothing else like this in
the world that I know of The mOun-
tains rise in abrupt peaks, and are
hard limestone and granite. BY care
full measurement we found that the
peaks were more than 1000 feet on the
average, and the highest of them 1906
1nt Of hn
Less than 300 fathoms from the sur
face of the water we found the tops
Of the highest mountains. The range
extends for nearly seventy-fve miles;
that is, measuring from the extreme
n0rtherly to the extreme southerly
point. To lay the cable around this
range took forty-eight miles more of
cable than we had counted on. We
had to go around the peaks as a rail
road would go around a mountain on
land."-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-07
Great Possibility Opens.

IN prOnlDltlOn dlStrlCt.
First Wheelman - Say, pardner,
what's the matter with your machine,
anyhow?
Second Nheelman (puhng}-you'l
keep mum?
"Sure."
''These tires are pumped full of red
eye and I've got straws till you can't
restu'- Chicago Record.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-07
A Gloomy Outlook

"Iron horse" snorted the locomotive,
pettishly. Iron horse, indeed! Do
they take me for back number?'
The Poet shivered.
For he could think of nothing to
rhyme with bicycle except icicle.-De-
trOit Tribune.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-07

care He bravely told Mrs. P. she
needed an outing. The ocean ozone and
the salty breeze would do her good.
So he encouraged Cape May and bid
Mrs. P. go there by all means.
1t was decided by the Poinsettes dis
cussing Cape May to have Poinsette
room down town while Mrs. P. was thus
Cape Maying.
The Poinsette house in the usburbs
might better be locked up during Mrs.
P.'s absence from the city. It would
esteemed safe to leave the Poinsette
lares and penates to the unmatched
ministrations of the Congo who per-
formed in the Poinsette kitchen. 1t
would be wiser to dismiss the servant,
bolt and bar the house, obtain Poin-
settle apartments, and let him browse
for food among the bounteous restau-
rants of the city.
Poinsette found room to suit in a
house on Capitol Hill. It was one of
long row of houses. Poinsette reported
his victory in room hunting to Mrs. P.
Poinsette was now all right and ready
for the worst. Mrs. P. might bend her
course to Cape May without further
hesitation.
. Mrs. P. was glad to learn of Poin-
sette's apartment success. She went out
and looked at his find, to be sure with
her own eyes that Poinsette would be
comfortable. Incidentally, Mrs. P. kept
sharp eye about her to note whether
the boarding house books carried any
pretty girls. Mrs. P. did not care tC
have Poinsette too comfortable.
There were no pretty girls. Mrs. P
approved the selection. The very next
day she kissed Poinsette good-by and
.rumbled to the station, from which
arena of smoke and noise train leaped
OFF like greyhound and bore her away
for Cape May.
Po1nsette did not accompany his
spouse to the station. Ten years before
he would have done so, but experience
had taught him that Mrs. p could care
for herself, and so he remained behind
to fasten up the house.
Soberly he went about locking doors
and fastening windows and thinking
rather sadly, as all husbands so de.
serted do, Of the long, lonely month
before him. At last all was secure, and
Poinsette turned the key in the biz
front door and came away.
1t was one o'clock in the morning
when Poinsatte, the sole passenger
aboard foaming night-liner, toiled ur
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-07
Old Way of Eating Mustard.

Mustard used to be eaten whole and
dry instead Of in a paste made from
mustard -four.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-07
SHE'LL NEVER KNOW.

OINSETTE was to
be left alone for
four weeks. Mrs.
Poinsette had set
tied on Cape May as
a good thing for the
hot spell. S h e
would HE thither
and leave POinsette
to do his best with
out her.
Poinsette did not
ID h -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-05
NELSON BENEFITS DEBTS.
Tacoma ledger Mort2agcd and Hotel
stock Hypothrcnted.


Tacoma. Nov. s-SpeclaI-The Ledger
Publishing Company. the Tacoma Hotel
Company ana IottIe Bennett. Earuishee
defendants IN Col r. j. Huesiis' suit
against Nelson Bennett. filed answers late
this afternoon. The LedEcc C0mpaDy's
answer says IL owes Bennett S37.2S919 on
notes and open accounts for money adj
Vanced by Bennett for valuable CoG-
sheraton and for use IN business TWo
notes were executed ny the corporation 20
bennett on April rs. 1888. ore for $1,000
and the other for N4 o. 81. Another note
executed August q. 1884. IS for s5.53S.le,
and tGe omen accounts amounts % - 500.
Tslo answer states further that all Of
said notes were secured oy chattel mort
gage executed hv shid slrn.shtee defe nd
amt 20 MI Bennett. further. that all os
above notes and Indebtedness. with secur.-
y Therefore. have been by Bennett sold
ana assigned fo The Bennett National
bank. ~ F5iraaHen. go secure dent o.
Mr. Iennctt 20 Use na-k ~ $3.50 Furth-
-. the answer states. that a. the ume 0f
corporation showed only one srare Of
stock ln ne~rett'a name.
The answer ~ che Tacoma Hotel Com
f-0v states th3t ta1 SHARES ~ stock ~
the par value ~ fiHH each. stand IN Nelson
He~n.tt.s rawe on tr- books aa1 tNot
@N ~ e hes been hy Bennett hvuothos1 4
pa security f1~ s.- lchls 90 divers persons
an2 rar@ -a'trae aUo1- them H. f.
Ar1 Ties TRUSTEES ~ tne Tacoma er-a~i-,.-
of he lta-k 7t Tacoma 1000 shares THE
ctrer shares a~e held rv parties urku5.v.l
r. ca~1.sTer 8ege~3ar.. tso hst-l ~ou,~8n,-
Bats answers are SWORN te hv Henry
E.ae.ENani secretary ot taa corporations
ara Mr. tfr0r~tt e r.Et8tr $50 rotary.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-05
EUGENE FIELD DEAD
Heart Failure Overlook Him in
Bed at Night.
PASSED AWAY IN HIS SLEEP.
Ehe foremost American Huuorfst and
satirist, and Writer OF
beautiful Verses.
PASSED AWAY IN HIS SLEEP.

Chicago. New. 4-EGxene Field. the
poet, died Of heart failure about 5
O'Clock this morning.
For some days Mr. Field had been ailing
but il was supposed he Was suffering from
his usual stomach troubles, and no serious
turn WAS anticipated. Or. Frank Reilly,
who vas summoned this morning, pro-
nounced the death 10 have been caused
by the forma ton Of a clot " blood In the
heart. Although yesterday Dir. Field was
feeling so 81 that he teIegraphed 10 Kan
cas- city canoeing an engagement which
he had there for tonight. ne sat up until
q late hour chatting with Ar. Yenowine.
Of the Milwaukee illustrated News. 8fr.
Yenowlne was to have accompanied Mr..
Field 10 Kansas CITY. and had come from
Milwaukee for that purpose. The deceased
vas very cheerful and the two Sat up
until q late hour discussing future plans.
Shortly before midnight Mr. Field had a
telegram sent 10 Kansas City. saying that
he would be able TO come later in the
week
Upon going 20 bed Mr. Field ala not
complain. but during tie night Fred Field.
the I4-year-old son Of the deceased. heard
his father grcaning Ia bis sleep. The lad
thought nothing of this until morning.
when the sleeping man gr0aned more
heavily than before then became perfect
IS stlli ard quiet When the family reach
ed the bedside they found that Eugene
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-05
THE LExow WORK AT TACOMA
Effort TO Find Out Who Besides Boggs
Detraudcd the city

Tacoma, Nov. .-Special.-Mayor Ed
ward s Orr was witness before the in
vestigatinS committee of the Chamber Of
Commerce and Taxpayers League today.
The committee was in session nearly all
day, with Chairman l.. ". Roys presiding.
Tho meetings are held in a room in the
Chamber of Commerce building set apart
for the committees use.
All of the city officials have been re-
quested 10 appear before the committee
and give information relative to muncip-
al affairs generally and matters connect
Cd with the city treasury In particular.
Controller T.. V. benham and Mayor Orr
have thus far appeared before the COM
mittee. The testimony Of the word can
be SO used in this connection Of the may
or is regarded as the most important yet
obtained by the committee. Just what
Mayor orr told the body'it is impossible
to learn, except in a general way. The
committees Investigations cover large
field, and one of the most important mat
ters with which il is concerned is the man
ner Of the settlement between the city
and the Bank of Tacoma, made in Sep
TENDER. 1894.
At that time the bank ought to have had
nearly s250.000 of city funds on deposit.
When Boggs went out of Office the bank
rendered a certified check for the amount
to Treasurer J. ". McCauley. the incom-
ing official. The latter declined 10 receipt
for the account, and the settlement be
tween the city and the bank was left
to the finance committee. The manner of
this settlement is one of the matters in
70 which the investigating committee is
inquiring.
George w. Boggs' administration OF the
Office OF city treasurer and the now fam
Gus warrant deal is another matter into
which the committee is GSgressively
urobing None Of the present city oiiclals
except possibly a councilman or two, IS
eupposed TO have made anything out or
the Roggs warrants. How many private
citizens were interested is a matter or
conjecture. The comnittee is supposed
10 be trying 10 solve that question, ana
those in a position TO know say That the
list IS q long one ard steadily growing.
All Of the credit for exposing the war
rant iugele and the unlawful speculation
in CITY securities cannot, however oe
claimed by the Rows committee. over a
,-ear ago the administration, through
city Attorney WicEersham. laid sufficient
information before Prosecuting Attorney
Cojner TO cause the arrest Of Boggs and
his trial on the charge Of emhezzlement
It was generally supposed then that Boggs
would be convicted, but he WASH t. The
court held that the evidence OF the banks
books could not no used against him.
Another matter into which the inFesti-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-05
FIoo's pills a's 'a: - ,- 1'',s . f.
Of Horace have a high place

TRANSACTIONS Of Horace have high place
tn literature
Mr. Field was slave OF tobacco. and
his untinaeIy end was undoubtedly charge
able 70 excessive smoking.
Eugene Field was not ore % the great
poets. but be had delicate fancy and a
hssbbEng hurnor. Indeed. there is 10 man
living In America today who has 90 keen
a sense Of humor and the power or ex-
pressing that huruor in charming IAN
guage. His luIlabies and clild-poems viii
have q permanent place In our literature.
Most OF his best work in the newspapers
was comment on current events, satire
on the Chicago aristocraey and on literary
pretenSers. and wIl be- forgotten. Such
matter gave the Chicago Record the laTg-
est circulation OF any paper west % New
York. but most OF Il Is not worthy OF pres
ervatiOn. for IL deals with subjects that
are not Of permanent interest Like
Holmes. he was n finely educated man
and a scholar. and ne had as delicate a
sense OF hunor: but Fields Little Boy
Blue" his most famous composition. is rot
80 touching as Holmes Under the Nio-
let's" and the autocrat's stirring lyrics
were quite beyond the range OF Field.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-05

Field was no more. His body was lying
In an easy, natural position. The heat OF
life had not yet died out. and a tranquil.
peaceful expression on hts face gave the
appearance OF having dropped into "a gen
tie slumber
The funeral services will take place at
the Fourth Presbyterian church on We'd
nesday at p. m. Rev. DR.. Frank w
Gunsaulus viii ofilciate. assisted by Rev.
br. Frank IT. Bristol and appropriate ad-
dresses VIII BE made by Rev. Or NJ NJ
Stricken and Luther Latin Mills The in
torment will bee at GTaceland cemetery.
aad VIII be private.
Eugene Field was borin ut ST. Louis Sep
tember :. 1850. and was son OF Roswell
Martin and Frances Reed Field His par
ents were both natives OF Wfpdhau conn
", VI His father was Dred Scott's first
attorney IN the case which resulted IN the
famous Drcd Scott decision by the United
states supreme court. Eugene FIELDS
motheT died Ia ISL lie was then put un-
der the care OF lbs cousin, Afiss Mary
Field French. Mt Amherst lie attended
Williams college. Knox college and TIE
state university Of Missouri He adopt
- the profession nj q newspaper writer.
beginning with the 81. Louis Journal.
lie was later connected with the ST.
Joseph, 40. Gazette. the 81 Louis Times
Journal the Kansas CITY Times and the
r.
august r. ISIS - accept q position on
the editorial star OF the CalcaEo Morr-
ing News. now tho Record. and his cor
noetou with this paper continued with
cat interruption until his death. Ficii's
last contribution g ais department In that
paper, -Sharps ard Flats" was published
Saturday morning. and Tn O. was char
Eeteristic defense Of Bill Nye and refusal
Ia accept tAe reputation AS TO the cause
oE che recent assault on the humorist iu
Paterson. y. J. Us addition 90 hts news
paper wcrk N1e}a established q rrputa-
tlen as uowerfn. ana clever writer 81
stories aHd verses litS latest poem Of
frete nsian was ''Fhe brFRm ship" print
al in the pest-fnte}tceaccs last month
Tie was especially adept IN poems and
stories az clai3 lifs. and his printed books
number half a dozen volumes Tie made
himself famous as render ~ his own
stories and verses Bu june, i&2 Knox
college conferred upan Field tse honorary
dexreo II a II. lie leaves q vile and i've
chil3ren.
when Eugene Field was about y years
oh his father died ana lon him and his
elder brother. then "a 3eurna}js' IN Kansas
city q snuF competency. - which young
Fleld's sharo ca reaching his majority
was SsaeA In 1871 on receiving hls i1-
hertfance he eauVcrta1 .t into ready cash.
ard ln company W.th several companion
Ne Travelled EHr9pe y few gears lANur-
ious livins dwiualr3 Bis fogfnne. and he
then became a newspaper man. Ia octn-
her. ISIS he married Nss Julia $ Cc1-
stock 80 81 Jeeena. Mo- AFTER tc had
t-f4atfehea Hls fame 90 Chlcaeo thf New
yerx Stn offered f5g0 $4,000 g year e.
come 90 <ew York, but ho REFUSED
Charlie A. Dana 81 ooe ol tac vafr1es.
admirers ~ rfel3 Ia personal appear
en- afr Ftels Was a TAN. ststc i>--.oak.
eetfsrsian usfh aae ukESQHo crowned
=, : sAaf.tv head. which .amt- lately fr1-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-05

81. Louis, Chicago & St. Paul railway be-
tween Springfield. H.. and East ST. Louis.
on October 90 OF Sidney ". Long. former
~ foreman Of the Lake Shore shops in
this city. at the age OF Is Years. Mr.. Long
was chief foreman OF the Northern Pacific
roundhouse at Tacoma from 1891 TO isas.
ana IN the latter part OF 1899 became fore
man OF the Lake Shore shops on aeco,,rt
Of his wife's Illness he lcgt here In Ma
lSsi and removed 20 Illinois. where ne oh
tanned the position as engineer which
caused his death. He had considerable
property IN this state. and left many
friends here and In Tacoma.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-05
Tho shelby TO BE Con,scated.

Victoria Nov. 4.-The trial Of the seal
ing schooner Shelby for hunting in pro-
hibited waters and during the closed sea-
son took place today in admiralty court.
The schooner's presence in the prescribed
waters was admitted, but the hunting de-
MED, the owners contention being that she
was sailing home, ard unfavorable winds
carried her out of her course. Judgments
was reserved. but the general opinion is
that the vessel will be adjudged guilty and
cnnnscnt ted TO the crown.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-05
Re,orr Mass Meeting in Tacoma.

Tacoma. Nov. 4.-Specal.-Nearly 1000
people assembled tonight at Germania nan
in response to the call of the Morning
Union. Thomas Sammons was chosen
chairman. George H. Walker, I. o. Alb
bolt. A. n. Jordan and President Harris.
Of the council, made address on municipal
reform. \ resolution was carried. calling
for the arrest and conviction OF al NAL
efactors in office. The meeting organized
q citizens charter reform club. pledged TO
municipal evil service, and adjourned.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-05

The Pierce county Republican Club and
the Doolttle Club have appointed joint
committee to rustic for il. AT n meeting
u the Joint committee Saturday night it
was decided to leave the work in the
hands of a subcommittee, consisting OF
7. {. Sullivan. Senator e. ". Taylor. DR..
J. W. Close. c. .. Bates and Secretary
Ellis +. Chamberlain, of the Pierce COuu-
~ Club The state central committee has
been asked to name Tacoma as the place
for holding the convention next year.