davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05
MARCH, APRIL, MAY.
Weak Nerves Poor Digestion, Impure Blood,
 Depressed Spirits.

The sun has just crossed the equator on it's yearly trip north. The real equa- tor is shifted toward the north nearly eighteen miles every day. With the re- turn of the sun comes the bodily ills pe- culiar to spring. With one person the nerves are weak; another person digestion poor: with others the blood is out of order and still others have de- pressed spirits and tired feelings.
 All these things are especially ture of those who have been suffering with ca tarrh in any form or la grippe A course of Pe-ru-na Is sure to correct all these conditions. It is an ideal spring medi- cine. Pe-ru-na does not irritate7-it in- vigorates. It does not temporarily stimulate--it strengthens. It equalizes the circulation of the blood, tranquilizes the nervous system and regulates the bodily functions. Pe-ru-na, unlike so many spring medicines, is not simply a physic or stimulant or nervine. It is natural tonic and invigorator.
 Send for free spring book. Address the Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing company, Colun1hus O
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05

after polishing the surface of the mir TOT gather the material at the center of the top and bring 1t down softly at either side framing the glass in folds of pure white.
 When this Is done to artistic satisfac- ton peep in and see what a transforma- tion!
 The true tints of the complexion, the expression of the countenance and eyes, the correct color of the hair, will be very accurately reflected.
 This is one of the milliners' oldest se- crets. Many of them drape the glasses on opening day in the softest drapery of pure white. It is done with the view of giving the fair patronesses the best view of themselves possible, administering in this way little subtle flattery, thereby disposing more easily of a greater amount of goods.
 Then the white-draped mirror, the lace covered toilet table makes dainty spot in any girls room.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05

wedding, St. Thomas is certain to be jammed to the doors with a crowd that would willingly pay the price of endless misery and discomfort to see how an ex- president of the United States passes through the marriage ceremony
 While the exact hour of the ceremony has been withheld in the hope of defeat ing the efforts of the crowd, the wedding is quite sure to take place at the noon hour. The newspaper writers who like to gloat over the details of the brides costumes will have very little founda- tion to build upon, because it will be the personification of quiet simplicity, and in that the future Mrs Harrison shows rare good taste, which has always been her chief characteristic.
 The Bride.
 The central figure at all weddings is the bride, for weddings are always re- garded as the peculiar property of wom- en- and they look at the bride ten times to once at the groom Mrs. Dimmick will make very fair bride to look upon, not withstanding that she is nearing the age of 40 Her figure is more giriish than matronly, although well rounded and plump. In her girlhood days she was Vivacious, but now her sprightllness has been mellowed into a quiet dignity, which well befts the wife of man like General Harrison.
 Mrs. Dimmick's life has been a sad one Her father, Russell B. Lord, and her mother separated when she was a small child. Her early life was embittered by domestic dissensions, which were only ended when her mother took the two lit- tie girls, Lizzie and Mary, back to h. dianapolis, where the grandfather of the children, Dr. Scott, a Presbyterian preacher, lived. Shortly after the sad home coming pr. Scott was called to Springfield, H., and there the future Mrs. Harrison grew up. --Dr. Scott was for time president of the Presbyterian insti- tuition now known as the Concordia Col lege of Springfield but not making a suc- cess of 1t he established a private school, which yielded a fair support to the little
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05

on record as being opposed to Kissing. Yet almost any one will forgive Marital his tirade against the habit when they appreciate what he must have passed through. He says: Rome gives on ones return after fifteen years absence such number of kisses as exceeds those given by Lesbia to Catullus. Every nelghbor, every hairy-faced farmer, presses on you with a strongly-scented KISS. Here the weaver assails you, there the fuller and the cobbler, who has just been kissing leather; here the owner of tlthy beard, and one-eyed gentleman; there one with bleared eyes, and fellows whose mouths are defiled with all man. ner or abominations. It was hardly worth while to return.'
 Few men ever associate kissing with one-eyed gentlemen, garlic-scented rus ties, perfumed cobblers. or others of that ilk, but if they did the custom would pass into oblivion quicker than dethroned politician. Yet in Italy kissing thriyes with fervor unknown in any other country, and one man kisses another man with as much ardor as if he had just found his long lost love.
 A few hundred years ago kissing was indulged in in England on a wholesale scale. When one man visited with an other he always kissed the latters wife and his daughters, for 1t was the custom of the day, and if the host denied the guest these privileges it was regarded as deadly insult.
 The custom was vigorously opposed by the good John Bunyan, who wrote of 1t: "The common salutation of women I ab- hor; 1t is odious to me in whomsoever see 1t. When I have seen good men sa- lute those women that they have visited, or that have visited them, I have made my objection against it; and when they have answered that 1t was but piece of civility, I have told them that it was not a comedy sight. Some, indeed, have urged the holy kiss, but then have ask ed them why they have made balks? Why did they salute the most handsome and let the ill-favored one go?"
 A hundred centuries from now there will probably be a few railers against
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05

jingle of the wedding bells with the hid eous shriek of politics is an inharmonious business. Besides. it is unkind to in- sinuate that the general has one eye glued on St. Louis, while the other Is fastened on the marriage altar But pol .ticians have been known to think and say unkind things before, and they have been talking in this strain good deal of late.
 II Is the intention of General Harrison and Mrs. Dimmck to have the wedding ss quiet as possible, but in this they are bound to be disappointed. The fact that the ceremony will be performed in the very center Of the fashionable district and in d church capable of holding 2500 persons at a pinch. and. moreover on the day after Easter Sunday, argues we'll for crowd that would require two regt- ments of soldiers to hold at bay. Unless precautions are exerted of a kind never before attempted at a New York church
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05

uated from the Columbia Law school, where he was completing his education. He graduated in 1880 and became a mem- Der of New York law firm. After an- other effort to reconcile their parents to the match had failed the two took mat ters into their own hands and eloped. Their marriage took place in October, 1881, and In the following January the young husband was stricken with ty- phoid fever and died after brief illness. Mrs. Dimmick was a wife less than three months.
 Upon her husbands death she went to Washington, where her mother and grandfather had moved after her mar riage. Her elder sister Lizzie, the beauty of the family, had already mar ried Lieutenant Parker of the navy. Young Dimmick had left a fair sized fortune to his widow but much of this has been dlssipated by unfortunate in- vestments in suburban Washington real estate. Mrs. Dimmiclx still has a fair in- come.
 During President Harrison's stay in Washington as the nations chief execu- tive Mrs. Dlmmick figured prominently in society and the affairs of the White House Her life there is said to have been marred by unfortunate msunder- standings with her aunt, Mrs. Harrison, but of this little need be said.
 Mrs. Dimmicks s wedding rousseau is not very elaborate. She has never been very fond of fine raiment, and seldom wears jewelry of any kind. Rumor says that she is to be married in a gown of gray silk, simply made in the prevailing mode After the ceremony she and Gen eral Harrison, with less than thirty of their most intimate friends, will sit down to wedding breakfast at the home of the brides sister, Mrs. Parker, in East Thirty-eighth street.
 There will be little fuss or feathers about the wedding, except what the peo- pie at large choose to make.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05
GENERAL HARRiSON'S BRIDE Simple Arrangements for the Ex-PreSident'S Marriage. NO FUSS OR FEATHERS But All of Curious New York Is Sure to
 Crowd St. Thomas to View
 the Ceremony.

New York, April 3.-In St. Thomas Protestant Episcopal church, on Fifth avenue, where the famous wedding of the young Duke of Marlborough and handsome Consuelo Vanderbilt took place last November, Ex-President liar rison will be married to Mrs. Mary Scott Lord Dimmick on Monday, April 6. The Rev. Dr. John Wesley Brown, rector of the church, will tie the nuptial knot, and prominent men and women from all quarters of the land will shower con- gratulations and gifts upon the newly welded pair.
 It is not an every day occurrence for an eX-president of the United States to take a wife, and the wedding is sure to attract the tumultuous attention of the tens of thousands of men and women in New York and surrounding cities who seem to have no other occupation but that of rushing to notable weddings and funerals. The wedding is also pregnant
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05

with more than ordinary interest for the reason that 1t Is generally understood that General Harrison's children, Rus sell B. Harrison and Mrs Mckee, will keep aloof from the nuptial festivities, and, moreover, will avoid meeting their stepmother on all possible occasions.
 The shrewd men who make presidents of the United States are also watching the matrimonial venture with curious in- terest. They are the men who believe that a powerful string was attached to the generals letter of declination, writ ten to his friends in regard to the nomi- nation. A little thing like wedding can excite popular interest to fever heat, and some people think it may have a ten- dency to make the bridegroom a potent factor at the coming battle in St. Louis.
 Politics and Mntrimony.
 However. the minglng of the merry
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05

family.
 One of the events to this home was an occasional visit from Mrs. Lords sister Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, and her hus- band, then lawyer of some local repute in Indianapolis. The two young girls were immensely fond of Aunt Carrie and Uncle Ben, but if any one had then spoken of the possibility of the little dark-eyed Mamie Lord being one day the wife of Uncle Ben that person would have been assuredly regarded as the rfpest subject for an insane asylum the world over.
 Her School Days.
 The two sisters attended a private school Tn Springfield kept by Miss Cor coran, who for years never tired of talk ing of Mamie Lord as the most mis- chievous scholar she had ever had, but the mischief was always of a healthy kind the result of a vigorous vitality ana
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05
som hipp O

a childish desire to be always doining something.
 It was in 1875 that Mrs. Lord and the two girls moved from Springfield to Princeton, N, J., and it was there that Mamie Lord met the man that afterward became her husband. The first five years in Princeton the two sisters attended private school kept by a Mrs. Moffitt, wife of one of the professors of the theo- logical school. To put the finishing touches on her education, she was sent for short time to the female college at Elmira, N. Y., and on her return home she met Walter Erskine Dimmick, son of Samuel D, Dimmick. wealthy law yer and one of the political powers of Pennsylvania.
 The young people speedily fell in love. but the parents of each objected to ali talk of an engagement or matrimony be- cause of their youth. This was in 1879. and young Dimmlck had not yet grad
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05
THE KISSING CARNIVAL
Extraordinary y0SCuIation For
 eign Bound Steamships.
EUROPEAN RUSH BEGINS
Some of the Ancient Philosophers Protested Against the Kissing Custom, but They
 Never Saw These Sights

New York, April 3.-Many of the an- cient philosophers and thinkers wrote ponderously on the dainty subject of kissing, treating it as a modern writer would handle some grave religious dis cussion. Had any of these old fellows lived until today and could visit one of the docks of big popular steamship company just now when the first of the spring rush to Europe is setting in, he would see more styles of kissing and more of it than he ever dreamed of. It might induce him also to treat the subject in lighter vein, for the significance of kiss has undergone a tremendous change within the last few hundred years.
 Any one who is famaliar with the his- tory of the kiss has much to wonder at on one of these piers If he can maintain his mental equilibrium in the midst of the fusillade of kisses which swish along the steamship at departure time. But 1t is a difficult matter to recall historical facts and make lightning comparison when the center of such cyclone of os- culation.
 The Persian Way.
 That grand old man Herodotus, for in- stance, who wrote and knew more about Africa twenty-six4 centuries ago than all the modern explorers of the dark conti- nent put together, made study once of the kissing habit of the Persians, and as a result handed down this to posterity "If Persians meet at any time by acci- dent the rank of each party is easily dis
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05

covered. If they are of equal dignity they salute each other on the mouth; if one is an inferior, they only kiss the cheek; if there be a great difference in the situation, the inferior falls prostrate on the ground"
 The ancient Hebrews had an elaborate osculatory system. They had the kiss of benediction, appreciation, salutation udoration, subjection. valediction, recon ciliation, affection and rather strangely
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05
What W ise Men Have Said.

Ideas are the factors that lift civiliza- ton. They create revolutions. There is more dynamite in an idea than in many bombs.-Bishop Vincent.
 When suffering has broken up the soil and made the furrows soft, then can be impla4ited the hardy virtues which out brave the storm.-Punshon.
 Truth is so great a perfection that If God would render himself visible to me he would choose light for his body and truth for the esouL-Pythagoras.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05
THE WHITE FRAMED MIRROR.

It will Tell You Exactly How You Look to
 Others.
 Let not her to whom nature has been niggard of her charms despair.
 If she would see herself in the decep- tive mirror as others see her with the eye, or as nearly as possible, let her hasten to a dry goods shop and buy a quantity of soft, pure white material gauge if possible if not, Swiss or India muslin will answer very well.
 Be sure and have it pure white and
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05
Sweet Faces Are Useful.

Napoleon craze-are the rage Not only do they do duty as brooches and buttons, but they are used as decorations for toil- ct articles, picture frames. bonbonnieres and what not.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05
Rome's Wholesale Plan.

With the exception of few callous hearted, cross-grained wretches of be- nighted intelligence. there are not many people who have ever placed themselves
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05

of treachery. Unfortunately details of the process by which each of these emo- tions were shown are missing, otherwise they might be handy to Young America when he goes a-wooing in these bright spring days
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-28

glo1ienx que Pascual. perdidaments enamo
rado de la sen ,rita de Olairefont, sc habfa
stre vido hacer frenre ga padre. v esta
cenfidencia, embellecida por ciertns detalles
dc la 1nvenci6u de la familia de Felicia fo
mo todos los caracteres de una calumnia.
- Asegnra ban que Antonieta Pa cual ha-
bian sido sorprendidos por el barqnero, Que
arroJo ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS de su casa Ia 10
ven am pndor, estuyo en- POGO que no ss
sQuien habfa de pensar semaiantas exoa
sos, tratsndose de IN muchacho que narecia
tan formali
LAM La desmoraliz acion IL inyadfa todo
I'D otfos tiempes no sueedfan aquellas co
sss, "
Psro 81 castigo iba ser eismplar las
intrIgas de los Clsirafonts para fomanfar Ia
discordia entire ell alcalde su hiio. les cos
tartan nlen caraa; porque si b .sta entonces
lss 81. aeaIo con ciertas consideraciones. estaba
uispuseIo no gnardaries mas en- adelante.
otoIa algnna cosa qLe iba 4 decidir al
asur TO de ,berto. Sc proponfa 40 caIlar,a .
era cierto que, poe 10 menos, lie con ienarfan
traoaJos forzsdos perpetuidad. va one
d6bilss - iolno
el rnismo dia que SO firmara Ia serstano;a
81 oas.iiio. vendido en- pdblica subasts. seris
adIudicado Oarvajan. go =
70 stras esfsras Sc opinabs de distinto
modo, fayorabse Pascual. annana ta.ras;s.
estaba lieno de inexactitudes ii reat' o's1
hacfa = 1siaeo que &c
~ Al! El aicalde iba a yersa a., -,
por a. Der prestado 81 cincuents nor ,ssrs.s ps.o
saheauose de testafsrros, sin mas oh;sla 49,.
nundir al inocepte marques Adso duol
= sApIs qulen era el veriad.ra 80 t. J.
rosa 0nAsssyent. Oarsaian Is facilifa ~ =, 80
W. para nnir q extranjero, y, sustrav6nTo-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-28

No, no sucedera. porque mafana mismo
quedara ssldado FL cr6dito.
i Vamos, estas locot (dijo soprie ndo con
lsstima Carvsjap)f sOon que dinero9
Con ell mfo -
Si la casa Sc hubese hunddo, de seguro
Carvsjan recibiera Fl golpe con mas vigor
que oyo las palabras de su h;io.
-5Sabes 10 que dices2 -balbuce6.
--Si, tambien como 10 que ouerfa mated
haeer
lie atreveras coDtrsrrestsr mis- pro-
yectosi
NO retroc edere delante de nada. con tai
do evitar esa expolisei6u indigna.
sC6mo te atreves hablarme asj2
-Porque mi inspiran horror los actos de
usted.
AL oir estss palabras, Carvan avauxo un
paso, amenszador terrible. trastornaba su
rostro una colsra salvaje; sus oios brillaban
con IN faego iLfsrnal, CON las manos cris-
padas, que mas que man,s parecfan garraa.
sc lie hubiera tornado por un espfritu del
aveIno.
-iAhl Me amenazasI Me ultraiasl Pues
bueno; no esperes piedad, nj t6, nj los mise
rabies quienes defendes; atrsy6adote. Gre
yeron obtener IN triuDfo, pues ims uaban
que no to co nbatirfs; va veris todo 10 one
30 nago cusndo Sc me provoca lValiante
protector tienen en II, misero gusano one
pretendes destrnfr uu robla ray6sdolel o .ros
mas fuertes que tt he reducido la NADIA, v
shora Podras apreciar ex Actamsl te ST apriata
fnerte ml mAno cuando Sc propone estruiar
slguien. iNeclol lOrsiste TO 10 10 ol 3 ta
offecieron esos hip6 ritss de CLAIRE font Que
SO valen de II, siryiendose de una chicueIa
para atraertei IAhl No es muy svara one
digamss Pr guat-selo Sc novio. Que De
drl6 el matrimoLio iudefnidames to -. Y
ademss, acabara por despreoiarts. Como
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-28

til, que no lleyas IN de delaBte de tn spelli-
do, osss pTetender una hija del ilustre mar
cues do Clsirefontf Luego que hsyas saca-
Go las castaf1as del fuego. te echarap la
Gale como IN lacayo... Vaya. comprende
@s cosas. Pascual. -. H1io mfo., 70 no
te epgs1o; soy franco Y sincere; eetss al
borde de un abismo Si procedes asf. al re-
negar de tn padre, habtas faltado los-m mas
santos deberes mo me eyess Lavanta Ia
cabezs, hombre. Contesta Prometeme 20
Il 4xionar; no des ese dinsro. | Caram-
bal
Ouests mueho gar arlo Despues no seras
III agradeoido, nj psgado, iPascual Pas
cual
Sc acerc6 al joven; 10 abraz6, 10 acarici6.
hablAndoie con ternura, con elocucncia, ga
riando las entonaciones
Avido por convencerle seducirle, al YER
le inm0vil, sOrdo mudo, escudado Dor an
irme voluntad, de nuevo monte en- c6iera. v
exclamo con furia
-lFusra de aqnf miserablel lQuftate de mi
pressncia, iBfame, que vendes q tn padre
10 aseainast Porque me matas, If 81 no
lcgro yer los Clairefont en medic del srroyo
me muero, poTque no ne vivido para
tra cosa Nacesito yerlss sumido en- la ma
da J Ia dssssperacion. u que me quitas
e@te codiciado bien .vete vete.
sQne esperas1 Sal de eata casa, sino ouieres
que to cruce ell rostro
-lPadrei ;. gimi6 Pascnal
lie prohib0 que me ilames aff No es
mi hijo Quien prccede ds esa manera.
FL iogtn, muGo az horror ante aauslls
fnria que no retrocedia por NADIA. hizo mn
gesto de dssesperaci0n, 10 dirigio In puer
T.; pero Carvalan 10 detuyo para intenfar oil
1.timo esfuerzo.
-Espsra, oye nj Ultima pslabra; tssnsi-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-28
OAPITULo xI'

Al dia siguiente, con sorpresa satisfac.
cion iDtensas, la poblaci6n de Nenvile &c
eItero de que Ia qnerella entire Uarvaian '
Clairefont adquirfa otro aspecto, gracias
La ruptnra de relsciones entire ell alealde su
hijo. Habfan yisto Fleury, a Tonde1r '
DumoDtier aendir pres urosos la casa de Is
cslle del MeTcado salir POGO despnes ges-
ticulando y discutIendo
Por otra parte, Pascnsl So instaI0 proyi
sionalmentc en- casa dc Mnlsjean, Que se dc.
cid quemar las naves. declarsndose fran
co partidario de la familia del MARQUES.
IQae vel taja para los habitantes del pue-
bio, aburridcs dssu vida mon6tona, quie.
msdios de alimentar II murmuraci6n oua
era "a entretenimiertoI
Las maias IeDgaas estahan de enflorsbue
ma, sus concentrates adquirfan proporoio.
nes m tempo risibles aspantosas.
Los Dnmontiers contaron L familia T.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-28

iamos No psgues, te prometo dsjarlos
tranquilos.
No. padre; perdoueme. pero no me flo;
si edio ie ciega, serfa usted capsz dc en-
gsf1arme.
Los eabsllos CRISES de Carvajan Sc erizaron
sobre su cabezs. Alzo la mann para pegar
10 81 hiJo, pero su brazo cayo i1erte, sin
fuerza Pretendio gritsr, y no pudo. Re
busco IN insulto en- su cerebro. solo pudo
decr con VOC renca:
Isl tn madre We este; te maldecira.
No, todo 10 contrario. TeDgo Ia certeza
de que me bendice dssde ell cieio,- replic6
Psscual irguiendo 10 frente con orgullo
de1ando al viejo ebrio de rabia al verse
impotsnts para dominarlc, sali6
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-28

- la accion de La justicia. hacer mas 81 GU
IA La condsna del iLfeliz Roberto, que era
Ian lnocente &C mo un nifIo recien nscido.
Pascual 10 habia descubierto todo. indig-
nado, intent6 hscer transigir su padre, Y
le meacioDo al verdadero cnlpable pero Car
Valan reslstlo, y entonces su hijo sc fue, de
ciarando que iba defender al REQ en- Ia An
niencla impedir la venta del patrimonio
Gle ClaiIefont.
En- dos dfss perdi6 Neuville su habitusl
nsonomla; va no era aquela pequens ciu-
uad, tranqufla y adormecida, cuyos habitan-
eeS mataban oil tempo con sus diversioDes
Iastldlosas sus pequenos negocios, sin To-
grar en- absolute ahuyentar ell r6dio.
Las calles ordinariamente desiertas desds
por La mafana, SO lleDaban de cnriosos que
alscnrrian por elias, discurriendo Hoticias dc
casa en casa. discutiendo, ia en- pro- "a
On contra del marquee su familia.
Los mas anciauos no recordabau b9r
prfsenciado otro espectacnlo como squel.
darlss de este Iltimo.
Pascual habfa rennido en- ST las simpatfas
lie todos los corazones senaihles.
EsIaoa enamoradc; ie6mo no interessrlesI
L's nomoras. por el contrario, conoeedo-
res per ex exPerlencia del poderio do CarTaJsn,
asegus a5au NAL para Clairefont
NO SO resiste tan fAcilmente 81 alcalds
1eclan on vez haja) Cuando sus iptereses
estan ue por medic. es eapsz dc todo, estn
vez tiene interesado ademks el amor propio
rsseual es IN buen muchat ho tiene mucho
saiento. pero no lograra ga objeto. GQ1isn
% mete en- semeiantc atolladero, por defen-
Ger personassque NADIA 10 importan, porque
Iusgo de amor es como fuego de pajai IN
Wal dc ssis meses le huhiese cho olyidsr
u Della Antonleta, y no teDfa necesidad au
fenlT para eiempre con 6u padre.