davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17
RIDDEN DOWN BY HORSES.

whats the matter with driving them
the other way and run the convicts
down? We've got to do something to
stop them, or they'll overtage US
Il tell you what, they'll think its
cavalry attacking them" said the bu-
gler. They're on the lookout for the
militia, and it's too dark to see any
thing, and we'll ride behind shouting
and bugling, and they'll think the
troops are down on them sure
1--WE could drive them through that
cut at the top of the hill there just
when the convicts were at the foot on
the other side, and they'd come out
four abreast in solid column and
break right through the convicts," said
| the adjutant Are you willing they
should charge, John Carrington?"
| IF you reckon it will do any good,
and the convicts won't get them"
1.-The convicts will run like white
heads, said the pugler. 'They will
scatter in every direction. There is
nothing that frightens mob so much
as a cavalry charge"
SUCCESS.
The horses were driven into the road
The rear guard lined up behind them
with switches in their hands, while
John Darlington stationed himself in
front of them to keep them in place.
little hill, and the road cleared the
crest through a narrow cut. Through
this cut the horses were to be driven as
soon as the convictS were heard APP
preaching the foot of the hill on the
other side.
The voices of the convicts came stead
lily nearer The bugler put his bugle
to his lips. The others raised their
switches to the position of front out
Charger roared the adjutant Down
came The switches a chorus of hurrahs
burst forth, the bugles blew, the horses
in the rear, maddened by the blows
plunged and leaper, the other caught
their fright, and the whole mass of
horses gained fury and swiftness with
every bound, dashed up THE hin, swept
through the cut and hurled themselves
down upon the advancing convicts.
few rifles rbarked but the horses accus-
toned to fire arms, were fearful only of
the whips behind them, and wavered
not as they rushed hadlong upon the
mob before them. A cry of terror arose
from the ranks of the convicts and
they melted away like magic before the
glorious cavalry charge. Wildly rang
the cheers of the rear guard and the
notes Of the bugle, and drawing their
sabres they pursued the convicts, who
through hardihood or WEAKNESS Jagged
behind in THE rout, and drove them
into the woods after their comrades.
Now let's hurry up and get out be-
fore they came back" said the SER
geant major. when the last convict had
disappeared.
They won't come back said the
adjutant DO you suppose those fell
lows are going ito hang around here ITO
see if that YVES hoax? They were
charged by cavalry and broke, and it
was everyone for himself, and they
can't possibly get together again. They
think thaIt the country is full of sol
diers and each one will strike out
alone"
What are you going to call this bat
tle?" asked the bugler. 1T ought ito
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17
SIR WALTER RALEIGH's PIPE.

Among the many anecdotes told of
Raleighs practices with his pipe may
be mentioned that of his outwitting
the queen in wager she laid with the
gallant knight respecting the weight of
the smoke which exhaled from a pipe
full of tobacco. II can assure your
majesty" said Raleigh, that 1 have
so well experienced the nature of it
that I can exactly tell even the weight
of the smoke in any quantity I con-
sumo Il doubt it much. Sir Walter"
replied Elizabeth, thinking only how
impossible it must be to catch the
smoke and put it in balance, land
will wager you twenty angels that you
do not solve my doubt Whereupon
Raleigh drew forth a quantity of the
weed, placed it in finely adjusted scales,
and, having ascertained its weight,
commenced to smoke it, carefully pre-
serving the ashes. These at the finish
he weighed with great exactness.
Then would it dawn upon her ma
jesty how the wager was to end
Your majesty said Raleigh, can
not deny that the difference hath
evaporated in smoke Truly I can
not" was her reply. Then, turning to
those around her, who were cycling
with amusement the curious play on
the pipe, she continued, Many labor
ers in the fire have 1 heard of (alluding
to alchemists) who turned their gold
into smoke, but Cir Walter is the first
who has turned smoke into gold''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

added to the forty rifles they had
taken from the guards, the convicts
would be able to repulse any force that
could be raised and sent against them
in the time it would take them to reach
the mountains. Once in the mountains,
they would separate and make good
their escape.
QUICK WORK.
Within fifteen minutes from the ar
rival of the messenger, the cannon had
been spiked and the battalion bearing
the muskets and followed by the school
delivery wagon loaded with sabres and
swords, was en- route for the country
town. The adjutant and ten others
upon the horses that constituted the
mounts of the cavalry squad of the
school, were to serve as rear guard.
They were to ride mile or so behind
the column, ready to give warning of
the approach of the convicts. The
cadets started out ,briskly, though it
was the supper hour, and had covered
three miles before one of the rear
guard came galloping UP with the news
that the convicts had just reached the
school. When a mile on the road, it
had occurred to the adjutant that the
ammunition should have been des-
troyed, the arms might have been left
with no fear that the convicts would
use them. So the rear guard hurried
back to see the convicts drawn up be-
fore the armory with their leaders dis
tributing the two thousand cartridges
of the school among them. There were
only two mounted men with them, for
the messengers sent out by the surviv-
ing stockade guards had particularly
warned the farmers to- take their
horses with them ii their flight. AS
soon as the ammunition was DISTRIBUTE
ed, the convicts were in motion again
and on the trail of the cadets, for the
marks of two hundred feet were easily
discernible in the road.
A DESPERATE CHANCE.
Five miles of the seventeen had been
covered and the supperless boys began
to flag. The bad boys, accustomed to
endless tramping ON the punishment
squad, were marching we'll, but the
good boys, especially the good small
boys, were showing signs of fatigue.
The occasional messengers between the
rear guard and main body observed
that the convicts were gaining rapidly.
Would they overtake the boys before
the alarm could reach the country town
and bring aid to meet them? Some
thing must be done.
The rear guard tore up the boards
of culvert, but the convicts walked
around it and were in no wise de-
layed. They attempted to destroy the
bridge over little creek, but a few
bullets whistling around their ears
caused them to retire abruptly. Eight
miles had been marched and the long
summer twilight had deepened into
night. The battalion was but half a
mile ahead of the rear guard now,
the convicts but mile behind. If the
cadets could make another three miles
before being overtaken, they ought to
meet succor from the country town,
but they would soon be overtaken UNI
less something was done to delay the
neighing and trampling of many
horses. The rear guard halted. The
would seize these horses and
speedily overtake the cadets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17
a REpuBLIcAN GAyEL.
1t Was Made From Log Handled
BY Abraham Lincoln.

1T Was Made From n Log Handled
BY Abraham Lincoln.
When the great Republican national
convention convenes in st. Louis on
June 16 next, one of its early acts will
be to cheer the name and memory of
the greatest conmoner and American
martyr, Abraham Lincoln. Before the
convention proceeds to routine work it's
chairman elect will be presented with a
beautiful gavel fashioned from a log
taken from the cabin built by Mr.. Lin
coin at Salem, ILL.,, in 1892 The gavel
will be presented by State Senator O..
F. Berry, nephew of the Jonathan
Berry who was in partnership with Mr.
Lincoln while conducting a store at
New Salem.
This gavel was made by Mr.. William
Henry Bartells, young man of Car
thage, Illinois, whose fame as wood
carver, was established through the ex-
quisitely carved oak bedroom set
which was exhibited at the Worlds
fair, and furnished the governors room
in the Illinois state building. Mr.. Bar
tells also carved the gavel that closed
the Worlds fair.
The accompanying illustration is
from a photograph recently taken of
the gavel. 1t is about one-third the
actual size of the original. Both ends
will be mounted. One end will be
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17
A QUESTION OF SHIPS.

The fundamental principle of naviga-
ton, and therefore the controlling ele-
mentary law of maratime strategy, is
the physical law of displacement-that
a floating vessel invariably weighs nei-
ther more nor less than the quantity
of water which it's immersed part dis
places. 1t is a consequence of this law
that the weight of a ship of given size
is constant. Within certain limits a
builder may distribute the weight as
he pleases. He may assign so much to
hull, so much to engines of propulsion.
and the remainder to cargo For a
given speed the weight of engines for
ships of the same size will be much the
~ame. The builder therefore must
choose between assigning weight to
hull or giving it to cargo. A very
strong hull means reduced carrying
capacity, great carrying capacity
means huh of the lightest possible
construction. To these elementary con-
ditions is due the difference between a
ship of war and a merchant ship: the
merchant ship must necessarily be con
structed TIC carry the greatest weight of
cargo possible, consistent with a hui
strong enough for navigation, and wit
propulsion sufficient for the speed re-
quired in its business.
The moment the hull is unnecessarily
strengthened the ship will cease to be
able to compete as a carrier with other
ships OF the same size and speed which
having lighter hulls, can carry more
cargo. A ship built with hull special
ly strengthened in order to Withstand
the various shocks of battle cannot in
peaceful trade pay as commercial en-.
terprise, and the merchant ship. with
its hull lig'htened down to the margin
OF safety, can never be exposed to the
same rough treatment for which the
man-of-war. with its speciaII0
strengthened framework, is prepared.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17
A Disastrous Fn1ure.

Financial convulsions which disturb
the equilibrium of the business world
are productive of far less mischief
than the failure of the kidneys to per
form the office assigned to them by
nature. When these organs become
inactive the circulation acquires inn
purities which bring on dropsy, diabe-
tes, Bright's disease, gravel, catarrh
of the bladder and other maladies. To
impart to the kidneys and bladder a
healthful impetus, very different from
the excitement produced by an I'M
medicated alcoholic stimulant, use Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, the finest di-
uretic in existence. This excellent rem
edy for inactivity of the kidneys is
also of the greatest service in maIarial
dyspeptic, bilious and Pneumatic
troubles, and has received the unouali-
fed sanction of eminent physicians.
The nervous. the elderly and infirm
and convalescents derive unspeakable
benefit from its use. Use it with per-
sistence and at fixed intervals, and
anticipate with confidence the happiest
results.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17
socketless Electric Lnmps.

A new feature in incandescent lamps
for decorative purposes has been
brought out by New York firm in
the form of a societies. lamp. Here
'tofore the expense of supplying and
setting up lamp sockets for individual
lamps has seriously hampered the use
of display incandescent lamps. This
has been overcome by a form of sock
etless lamp in which one terminal is
located at each end of the lamp, so
that when strung in chains or festoons
very beautiful effects can be obtained
at comparatively slight cost. These
lamps are of three-candle power, and
designed to operate four in series on
sixty-volt circuits and eight in series
on 10 or 100 circuits.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

Having been very successful in rid
ding the orchards and vineyards of the
state of several insect pests by pittins
one destructive insect against another.
principles in her rivers Some OF the
rivers are almost alive with carp, which
are a serious nuisance because of their
destructiveness to other fish. The state
fish commissioners have procured a
large number of black bass, of both
the small-mouthed and large-mouthed
varieties, and turned them loose in the
carp-infected rivers. Bass are vora-
cous feeders and game fighters, and it is
expected they will destroy great num-
bers of the carp fry and eventually clean
out the carp. The bass are, of course,
very desirable fish to have in the rivers
while the carp are not.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17
Novel Method of Welding.

The Chicago Betting company has
just finished a huge leather belt,
claimed to be the largest ever con
structed, which is to be used by the
Louisiana Electric Light company,
New Orleans. It's dimensions are:
Length, $50 feet, width, feet; weight,
$500 pounds; thickness, rs inch. In
its construction the selected portions
of $50 oak-tanned hides, picked from
over 5000 skins, have been used. From
end to end not stitch or rivet has
been used, but the parts are glued to-
gether. There is not spot where
at least two solid thicknesses of
leather do not cover the spliced sec
ton of the third layer In gluing the
pieces together, they were subjected
to 220 tons hydraulic pressure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

high Park corner, one of the grandest
stretches Of down scenery opens out
we may stop for a spell after the uphill
climb to admire the cloud shadows
chasing each other over hill and valley,
and drink in the sweet pure morning
air. Then We turn northward on the
old ditching road, and, resting for a
spell before negotiating the final rise
that winds round to the east of the
shoulder of the Beacon 1 have a chat
with a. Sussex wild Mani" Not a saw
age, or a maniac, but a gatherer of
wild flowers, wild plants, ivy trailers.
mushrooms, autumn leaves, or what
ever may be in season, for the Brigh-
ton flower shops. From him 1 learn
that Drimroses are scarce as yet, but
that where he had been that morning,
you could NOW the violets with a
scythe."
UP TO THE BEACON.
We have had enough of lettering in
the valley. SO we soon cover the dis
tance. rugged tlh5ugh it be. to Ditch
ling Beacon, the highest hill in Sussex.
and S58 feet above the sea level. Leav-
ing the bike by the roadside we climb
to the topmost summit; standing here
on the greatest elevation at the edge
Of the Downs. the glorious Weald Of
Sussex is at your feet.
North. east and west the view is al
most boundless, with villages and
churches dotted here and there Later
on in the summer from here to Clayton
Holt, three miles to the west, the hills
will be radiant with colder gorse and
purple heather OF course our old
friends, the Romans, pitched one of
their innumerable camps on this spot;
indeed, it is said TO have been one of
a triangular guarding this pass" over
the Downs; the other two camps being
on the summit of Hollingbury Hill,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17
a JACK ROSE.

Twas Jacqueminot rose
That she gave me at parting;
Sweetest flower that blows
Twas a. Jacqueminot rose.
In the lone garden close,
With the swift bushes starting,
Twas a Jacqueminot rose
That she gave me at parting.
If she kissed it, who knows
Since l will not discover,
And lone IS that close
If she kissed it, who knows?
Or if not the red rose,
Perhaps then the loverI X
If she kissed it, who knows,
Since l will not discover?
Yet at least with the rose
Went a kiss that I'm wearing!
More 1 will not disclose;
Yet at least with the rose
Went whose kiss no one knows,
Since I'm only declaring
That at least with the rose
Went kiss that I'm wearing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

Five pretty waiter girls, attired in
boomers are the attractions which are
daily crowdfng a restaurant on Uni
versity place. New York. 1t is now
three weeks since the proprietor opened
the Dress Reform" restaurant. Mer-
chants, lawyers and commercial men
hocked to the place, to the joy Of the
owner and the delight of the blooTner
girls, for the tips are larger than they
were when the young women wore
skirts. The costumes consist of dark
blue serge boomers, black silk stock
ings, slippers, light colored waists and
black belts with silver buckles.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

turn them into the road and send them
flying to keep the convicts from getting
them
Don't do it. You'll run our boys
down and the horses will turn back
and the convicts get most of them
anyway. How many are there?"
"One hundred and ten. 1 was going
to turn them loose and ride behind
them and larrup them at great rate"
and a boy of II rode up to the rear
guard.
& say" said the sergeant-major,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17
why Gold is Used in Filling Teeth.

1t is not generally understood that
be welded into solid mass while
cold. 1t can also be pressed into the
smallest cavities and depressions
When once the cavity is properly
cleaned and the gold carefully put
in, care being taken that it fills every
particle of space, the union of teeth
and filing is as nearly perfect as pos
sible without the action of heat. A
gold filling may be built up to almost
any size or shape required. None of
the acid secretions of the mouth or
stomach have any effect upon it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

and spires. 1t is just here, bordering
the roadway, that one notices many
huge stone powders, evidently belong
ing to no local stratum, but which
must have been stranded in this val
ley long ages ago, carried slowly flither
from afar by glacial action. The team
STEERS are just going forth to their days
work as we leave the village and COM
mence ascent of a winding but ride
able hill, that brings US out of the park
ct the northwest lodge. 81
Emerging from Stanmer park at
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

sex angler can testify But, going back
a little earlier. 1 find that Dame Jul
Llama Berners, writing q century previ-
ously, in her ''Boke of st. Albans,' -
speaks of carp as ''daynteous fysshe,
but there ben but few in Englonde,
and therefore I wryte the Jesse of
hymi'
A QUAINT CHURCH.
'Tis but field or two from the old
1noated farm to the church, an out-of-
the-way specimen of transition Norman
and early English architecture, with
its broad chancel. nave and south porch
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

Halo, the house, shouted the adj
jutant.
Halo, yourself responded voice
We're the rear guard of the military
academy running away from the con-
victs with the academy arms
This is Major Csrrington's stock
farm and I'm John Darlington. Every
body was away when the news came
and they sent me back to drive the
horses away. I'm getting ready to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

A. l.. Wooster, a prominent citizen of
Osseo, Mich, after suffering excruciat-
ingly from piles for twenty years. was
cured in a short time by using De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, an absolute
cure for all skin diseases. More os-this
preparation is used than all others
combined. For sale by Nelden-Judson
Drug Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

cellent paint for use on all metallic
surfaces. 1t is impervious to heat and
moisture. This might be especially
useful on steel ships 1t would seem
as though the uses of wood pulp were
inexhaustible.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

surmounted by western tower with
shingle spire. A short run of less than
two miles along a pleasant, undulated
road, and we are at Westmeston, where
the church dedicated to ST. Martin, the
soldier saint, stands, with it's quaint,
shingled dovecote steeple at the west
end. D. d. D,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

Glass bricks for building purposes
are being manufactured in S;lesia.
They are translucent, without it's be-
ing possible to see through them,
strong and cheap.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

Hewlett Bros Three Crown Spices
are positively the only home ground
spices. Try them, they are fresh
and pure and retain their full
strength.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

'Lieutenanti'
Yes sir
Have you a platoon of scientists ready
for active service?'
.Y es SIR
.-Deploy them in front of the fortifica-
.tions opposite our right wing, with in
struetions to turn on the cathode rays
and find out how large force the enemy
has behind those walls. Chicago Post.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

Mrs. R. DeYoung, Middlepurg. Ia.
writes: have used One Minute Cough
Cure for six years, both for myself
and children. and 1 consider it the
quickest acting and most satisfactory
Cough Cure have ever used For sale
by Nelden-Judson Drug Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17
have a name"

have name
What do you think of calling it.
The charge of the Forty eventh Ken
lucky cavalry?'' suggested the adju-
tanL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17
WHEELING In
OLD ENGLAND
Many american Tourists "1rot'
About That Way.
QUAINT TOWNS GALORE
BEAUTIFUL ROADS ONE OF THE
INDUCEMENTS.

"cabby," However, is Great Loser
as a Cousequence-Use of the
n Wheel Takes One Into out-of-the
Way Places, in Which There is
Always Something of Great His
tOriea1 Interest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17
Wood Pulp Paint.

Another use for wood pulp has been
discovered. 1t may be mixed with
coloring matter and makes an ex-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

capped with gold and the following in
scription will be engraved thereon:
National Republican Convention held
at St Louis, June 16, 1896, nominating
for president" the
name of the nominee to be inserted
GAY DAVIDSON.
The record-union., 1896-02-06
v-T-EdF
uznzAs=za--zzzaAz zaAzlzlllllzzsz7szz1

Containing all the
news of the Record D =
i MON, h as tn g ii
largest circulation 3 I'd
of any paper on the B Q
Pacific Slope, its "
readers being found q :
in every town and a.
hamlet, with a con- q %
stantly increasing
list in the Eastern
States and Europe. Il ID
S p pecial attention E
paid to the publica- S
ton of truthful 81 d
statements ofthe re-
sources Of Califor- D
MIA and the entire "a VQ
coast, best methods b -
of agriculture, fruit
and vine growing. q %
The record-union., 1896-02-06

Ice; Beleher, &c; B & B, soc; Bodie, 39c;
Challenge, 35c; Chollar, 63c; G c v, 50 20;
Confidence. 81 %; c Point. 19c; H & n,
81 10: Mexican, 5sc; Occidental, 81 05;
Potosi SIC; s New Ale; Union BIC.
Afternoon Session-Mexican, soc; G. &
G, 43c; B & 3, soc; C V, 50 Is; Savage,
50q51c; Chollar, 63c; H & n. 81 Is; S New,
42c; Bullion, lie; Union, 36c; Occidental,
81 10; Bodie, 40c
Closing Quotations-Alta, &c; Alpha
Con, 15c; Andes, 16c; Belcher. 26c; B & b,
79c; Bodie Con, doc; Bullion, lie; Bulwer
Con, 15c; Challenge Con. 35c; Chollar,
perial, &c; c Point, 1Sc; Exchequer, 7c;
g & c, 42c; H & n, 81 10; Justice, &c; Ken
tuck, 7c; Mexican, 58c; Mono, 17c; Occf-
Potosi, SIC; Savage, soc; S NeV, 42e; Union
Con, See; Utah Con. 10c; Yellow Jacket,