davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
QUEER JAMAICA WAYS.
How One Woman Failed in Rome +o
Do as the Romans no

Do as the Romans Do.
When in Rome do as the Ron,an,
do" says the old distich, but in these
Gays OF universal travel it is somewhat
necessary to know beforehand the man
ner and customs of the native inbabi-
tants OF the countries that are visited.
says a writer in the New York Tribune
nave eaten with chopsticks with "a
mandarin's wife and daughter in China
ana sat cross-legged with the Persian
iadles IN Teheran and smoked narg-
hlles, said an American, who was
hothlng II not cosmopolitan, but I
never falled to adapt myself success
1ully TO the customs of the country nm
til reached Jamaica, in the West IN
dles- L had letters to one of the mag
mates there, and upon delivering them
received prompt invitation to break
fast and spend the day. The honr
was not mentioned, but as the people
were French, l supposed of course il
was II o'clock, la fourchette, at which
tlme l presented myself, only to find
that had been expected at s. How
ever my entertainers were most hos
pitable and their usual frugal luncreon
OF cake, wine and fruit was evidently
supplemented by more substantial
Vlands for my benefit. After luncheon
L was asked if [ would like to take a
nap. AS l had just arrived, [ assured
my hosts that [ never slept in the day
time, and proceeded to make myself a 6
agreeable as possible. NY entertain
ers endeavored to be cheerful, but there
was something in the atmosphere that
made me aware that I had committed a.,
Solecism-and that I had guessed
rightly was very apparent in the re-
lIeved looks of the family when [ said
that l thought l did feel tired and
would be glad TO repose myself a little.
/ was Immediately conducted to an
apartment which had evidently been
arranged with the expectation that I
would go regularly to bed, and, wish
ing me a good rest, the lady and gen
tleman Of the house left me for the
whole afternoon. About o'clock one
of the daughters came to fetch me in
fresh toilet, looking very nice and
making me feel very tumbled and I'M
tidy in consequence. So, after I had
been shown the gardens, which were
really lovely, I began to make mes
adieux. But I must stop to dinner
they urged, they quite expected me-
But l thought they had had enough of
me, and persisted in my refusal.
thought they parted from me rather
stiff1y, and, in driving over the long
avenue which led up to.the house. /
met number of smartly dressed peo-
pie, who, I afterward learned, had
been invited especially to meet me. So
missed it all around and gave no
end of trouble and offense, all because
did not just know Jamaica habits. -
New York Tribune.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
MEXICAN COURTESY TO AMERI-
CANS.


Mention has been made OF the uni
versal courtesy with which Minister
Ransom has been treated in Mexico
The Mexican. officially and personally,
is polite in a broad, noble way. He
does the right thing at the right time;
does it with sympathy and delicacy.
When, for instance, Minister Gray lay
dead at the American legation, the
Mexican government lost not a mo-
ment in it's expression of sympathy. A
guard of honor was at once thrown
about the legation. Every official Mex
lean who had occasion to pass the
house did so with barred head. Talk
and laughter were hushed in the street.
When the remains were taken to the
station Diaz and his cabinet walked
with barred heads-mind you, walked,
which means great deal in the case
of a Mexican-behind the coffin. Every
possible token of deferential respect
was shown to the legation and the gov
eminent it represented.
The Americans are we'll considered in
Mexico. Gray was liked and respected.
This, too is peculiarly true of Minister
Ransom. whose courtly manner and
trained gentleness of demeanor are sin
gularly attractive to the Mexican taste.
Consul General Crittenden is also pop
and makes desperate attempts to talk
the language of the place, and the ma
tives take great joy and interest in it
all. Crittenden is a decidedly handsome
man, with snow-white hair, healthy.
rudy face, and an eye as bright and
flashing as a baby's. All this attracts
the MeXicans, who get the major part
of their impressions through the eye.
A great compliment was paid to Min
he came from, when Mexico
selected him as arbitrator between
Guatemala and Mexico, in the border
trouble. There was, too. tinge of
diplomacy therein. Mareschel. the Mex
lean secretary of state-and, by the
way as keen as a briar and as suavely
smooth as Chesterfield multiplied by
ten-does not favor or encourage in amy
fashion European intervention in Mex
lean affairs. IT was a great disappoint-
ment to certain European diplomats in
the Mexican capital when Diaz and his
state department decided on Ransom as
arbitrator in the boundary dispute.
They felt overlooked and more or less
neglected, and then again they would
dearly have liked to put their fingers in
the Central American pie.
This brings up another compliment
that was bestowed on the American
minister. Al the funeral OF Romero
Rubio, the late secretary of state, and
father-in-law of President Diaz, Cen
eral Ransom. though the youngest din
plomat in Mexico, walked with the
president. The funeral was purely an
official one. for no officer of the govern
ment be he president or customs col
lector. is allowed to be buried from the
church. The burial was from the halls
of congress and his cortege went afoot
to the cemetery. General Ransom was
the only diplomat in citizens clothes
but he looked so truly the embodiment
of Americanism and liberty that once.
only once, however, the sacredness of
the march was disturbed by a cry from
the people of ''Vive Americana"
ARCHIBALD W. BUTLER.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
SMOKING IN OUR CHURCHES.
Not So Strange When You Think
What Happens in Mexico.

Commenting on the fact that the pas
tor of a church in the Whitechapel dis
trict in London lately announced his
intention to tolerate in future the
smoking of pipes during services, I'm
dependence Beige says there is really
nothing so very strange about that. In
the Mexican courts of law, it says, the
smoking Of cigars is allowed, and it
often happens that prisoners puff away
at the fragrant weed while answering
the questions of the judge, who, of
course, adds to the smoke. Mexican
teachers reward diigent pupils by Civ
ing them permission to "have'' cigar
or cigarette during school hours; and
whenever the worthy master is in good
humor the school room air is likely to
be thick with smoke. Thirst accom-
panies smoking; hence, on the teach
er's desk stands a huge jar of ''pulque,"
the national beverage. to refresh tutor
and tutored.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

dows. 1 think the police had better
be notified to watch his movements
The minister had scarcely ceased
speaking when there was burst OF
merriment, which he did not like be-
cause he did not understand it. be
joined in the laughter himself, however,
when told that the man he suspected
was following the ordinary form Of love
making, being enamored of dark-eyed
girl living next to the legation.
After that General Ransom watched
the antics of the young man and be-
came much interested in his suit. This
youth, watching nearly all night, be-
meath the window of the woman he
loved, became to the American minister
a hero, and later when Ransom became
acquainted with the family he pleaded
for the nightly sutton, but to no effect,
for on closer inspection the senorita de-
cided she did not like him as we'll as
at long range, and consequently sent
him about his business. General Ran
som said that love affairs in Mexico
were even more difficult to understand
than the language, and has now lost
interest in both. He even became dis
gusted with the Mexican method of
wooing when other men followed in
quick succession and acted the bear.
as it is called, with the same devotion
as the first To close this romance in
which the minister became so interested
this Mexican belle finally chose the
homeliest and darkest bear" she had
during the season, but who was also
the richest. These affairs are governed
n Mexico somewhat as they sometimes
are in the States.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

nearer, and pretty soon 1 heard the
grinding of the brakes, and understood
that the train was coming to g. STOP
] didn't lose any time in getting out of
that wood shed, and going for that
train. 1 could see it standing close to
She water-butt. about SO yards down
the road, and knew, of course, that the
engineer was taking in water. When 1
reached her / saw that the train con-
sisted only Of a baggage car, and a
Pullman sleeper. swung myself up
on the rear platform Of the sleeper
and pushed the door open with a good
deal Of trouble, for the woodwork.
seemed to have sWelled. and there
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
THE FEoIININE INsTINCT.

SAY. Floss, what makes that snake
tie himself up in knot?"
Guess he wants to remember some
thing, and he hasn't got any handker-
chief. Life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
HIS MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTION.

Johnny-An editor is man what
puts things in the paper. isn't he, pa
Pa-Oh, no, my son. An editor keeps
things out of the paper.-Puck.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
RANSOM AND THE MEXICAN
DEAR"

On another occasion, General Ran
som entered the Office of the legation
and said, somewhat apprehensively, II
am afraid there is some plot on foot
door, For the past week I have seen
a man with a cape wrapped about his
face and his hat pulled over his eyes
walking up and down in front of the
house. He stops every few minutes
and peers up at the second story VIM
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
OUR MINISTER
In OLD MEXICO
Ransom and His Life in the
Tropical Climate.
SOME NEW EXPERIENCES
CANNOT GET USED TO A LATE,
RISING.

Mexican Servants Who Cannot or
VIII Not Learn EngIfsh-The
Minister'S PerpIexity Over Span
ish-The Motives of n ''Bear'
Observation-Disclosures of the
Mexicans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Blue diamond Label ON all High
Grade Three Crown Baking Powder.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
MINISTER RANsoMs RESIDENCE.
Isl, senior"
do you know where that is?"
Isl, senior"
L I L


He gave the note to the servant, and
motioning him to the door said: Now
co.
Isl, senior: 81, senior"
Don't stand there like jabbering
idiot and say 81, senor,' to me all day."
said Ransom, thinking his instructions
very explicit. Twenty minutes later
the servant returned, bowed respect
fully and said: Cafe, senor.''
The translator, who meanwhile had
come in, explained to the minister that
ne had given instructions about the
note at about the hour he usually or
ders coffee. Nothing that had been
said had been understood, but the Mex
lean had simply concluded that the
minister's English meant an order for
coffee. Without attempting to explain
further, Ransom, in great wrath, took
the note he had written, and, ordering
a cab, delivered it at the palace him
self.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-20
A CORRECT SHOWING.
A. This Rate Of Gain Bryan VIII Carry the
State Of Iiliaois by 30. 900 Majority
This IL what The Records Ballot
Really Shows On . Correct
Anslysis-Pslmer 10
Not In lt.

Chicago. Oct. 10. 1s9s.-tSpeciai.l-
Notwithstanding the fact that the bal
lot being taken by the Chicago Record
has been boycotted by silver men
throughout Chicago and the west, and
that the returns received indicate that
1t has been boycotted and ignored. IL
shows conclusively when analysed that
Mr.. Bryan will sweep Illinois and the
central western states. The returns
from Cook county. when analysed. as
they have been below. show that he
will carry Cook county by 10000 ma
jOrity; that he will carry the state out
side of Cook county by $4,000 majority:
and that he will have a total majority
in the entire state of more than So
900. While The Records ballot Is not
a fair test, and cannot be a fair test
Of the strength of the silver sentiment
in Chicago and the country. IL shows
indisputably that wherever a Demo-
crat is voting for Mckinley more than
voting for Bryan.
twice that number of Republicans are
The following table. taken from The
Record. and Endorsed by the gentle
men in charge of the ballot, proves this
to be true:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-20

death turns aside and whose FIRST born es-
CAPE unscati1ed while the children of Others
perish. The chosen people are the healthy
people. Nine:tenths of the deaths among
children are due to the ill-health of the
mothers during the period preceding moth
erhood. Every woman owes it to herself. her
husband and her children to keep herself
healthy in a womanly way. She should
thoroughly understand her own physical
makeup. She should realize the import
tance of keeping the organs of womanhood
healthy and vigorous. She can only do this
by taking proper care of herself and using
the proper remedy for weakness or disease
of those organs.
The best remedy for weakness or disease of
the organs peculiar to women is Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. 1t is truly wonderful
in its effects on the female organism Il
allays Inflammation, soothes pain and re.
stores health and vigor. Get it at the drug
gist's and take no substitute. Your health
and your children's health depend upon it.
Since wrote YOU we have had a baby girl born
to US" writes w. K. Malcolm of Kuobei CLAW Co .
Ark. My wife took your Golden Medical Dis
covery' and also your Favorite Prescription all
meut. and she had no trouble to mention. A
stouter, healthier child was never born. Our
child will be one year Of age the sth inst. and she
has not been sick day. Has not had so much
as the collie
Every woman in America should own
copy of DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser. In its ,ooS pages she will find plain
talks about all sorts of ailments These talks
are made palmer by copious illustrations
About 90 pages are devoted to woman S dis
eases and weaknesses. There are sugges-
tons for home-treatment This book has
already gone into more than a million
homes The original price was s.. So Now
an edition in paper covers is being distrib-
uted FREE. Send 81 one-cent stamps-this
pays for mailing cnlp-to Worlds Dispen-
sary Medical Association, Buffalo. n. Y. If
a copy bound in fine cloth is desired, send
10 cents extra-5I cents in all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-20
Why They N~os oseaa.

History dces not tell. On far ~ We
know. how 10 came zbout that nnemt-rs
cf the English parliament wear their
hats The custom has desrcnJcd from am
aer when iis prco.odings we~ MOT ~.
corded. but one MAY suspccf that there.
by hang. n tale Of sturdy and victorious
revolt against privilegc. snch ne broke
out at Versailles. could 10 b. r~rovcr~d
Nov and again We find antique sllus,oas
to the practice. When the commons
voted tina; every one should uncover
or stir or move hrs hat when the sp.ak.
or expressed the thanks of the bouse for
any serv;rs done by n member. Lord
Falkland stretched both hts arms out
and claspcd has hands together on the
crown of hiss hat and held 81 down Close
to hi. head. that all might 80 how obi.
Gus that faftery WAS TO him. Pail
Mall Gazrffe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-20
EFFECT or HEAT.
The BsDss sysseu Gee necsns Tee Z
Q High Temperasare.

he BuDsa System Csc 0eesne Tee -
. High rempersssre.
No one can tell how high n tempera-
ture man can endure until he is sub.
5ected to the trisl. The effect Il an in
teuseiy heated atmosphere IL causing
death has been but little studied.
''eome years since. says Dr.. Taylor.
the emiRent jurisprudent. 81 wa. con-
eulted in one CASE in which the captain
Of . steam vessel was charged with
granddaughter for causing . man TO be
dashed within . short distance of the
stokehole If the furnace. The man died
in . few hours. apparently from the Fl.
fects of his exposure. Yet the engine
rooms Of steamers in the tropics have
been observed to have . temperature n
high as l4O. and engineers after q time
become habitusted to this excessive
heat without appearing to suffer ma
terially in health. In certain manufac-
tories the body appears to acquire Q
power BY habit Of resisting these high
temperatures. Still, il has been proved
that many suffer severely.
I'm q report ON the employment Of
children (Londop) il il stated that in Q
glass mauufactory n Thermometer held
close to boys head stood at 1870 de-
grees. and as the inspector stood near
to observe the instrument his hat &C
tually melted out of shape. Another
boy had his hair singcd by the heat
and said that his clothes were some
times siuged, too. while . third worked
in Q temperature no less than $50 de-
grees. Amid this tremendous heat they
carry ON work which requires their con.
slant attention. They are necessarily
in motion"
In the Turkish baths higher temper.
atures than this have been noted. but
there il reason to believe that srrious
symptoms have been occasionally pro-
duced in persons unaccustoined To- them,
and that in one or two cases death has
resulted. All sudden changes from q
low TO high temperature arc liable 70
cause death in aged persons or IN those
who are suffering from organic diseases
In attempting to breathe air heated TO
temperatures varying from $50 tn zoo
degrees there in a sense If sufrocation.
with feeling of dizziness and other
symptoms indicative If an effect ON the
brain, and the circulation is enormous.
~ quickeued. An inquest was held ON
the body If q stoksr of an OCEAN steam.
ship. He had been by trade grocer and
was not accustomed to excessive heat.
While occupied before the engine fur.
mace he was observed to fall suddenly
on the floor in state Of insensibiliiy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-20


The sfoel umbrella srsspe. - ssys On
umbrells dealss. ''hss almost superscd.
ed the odd wooden ope. hut ID hns ops
drawback. n the owner az such sn INN
brrll. should be carrying HE ste-l Trans
tn the vicinity 81 IN elccssbe light az
trolley wsre. and shosld hsppcn se souct
the win with the steel point ef the nm.
brclla be would rrcri~e the fall forcs
al whatsoever charge the wire csrr,ed in
hss arm. I have heard of SEVERAL deaths
occurring from careie-spcss in tins re.
spect lately. One nerd NOT abapdop his
clo~rly rolled umbrella on this nccoupi
however. Al that 10 pec.sss'y b. SO lw
careful where the roini b. rlaes'd go that
% do~s bof rome On eonisct with ANY
elecirtoally charged body. ''-New York
Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-20

oosas, Psssssaa.0 - tass Ssssss osss
- 0osseno.

ooens psoeoooo1D - eooe Sogose oOoo.
- 09sssa0.
] City Council Room Rock Island. Oct
,'o.-The Council m~s In regular semi.
monthly sc>sioa st p. On. Masc=
Knox presiding ana an the aldermen
prcsent except Nsucker. Winter and
whcelan. The minutes of the Las,
regular meeting were read aud ar
proved.
Alderman johnson. form the Fire
and Light Committee. reported ne "a
the insurance tax that a letter had
been written tn the companies -~r.
ting forth the justice Of the per cen,
tax. In view of the value and cost of
tue paid fire department. and the 80.
sentive injustice of the charge of :
per cent additional made upon our cit.
iSens by the companies in consequence
thereof. Further time was granted.
Alderman Schrriner. from the Ord.
nance Committee. submitted an or
dinance amending the or.
ldinancr locating the standing place 81
hacks and express wagons along th.
side of Spencer squar~. Referred 10
the Ordinance Committee.
Alderman Schreiner reported back
the ordinance in relation Co creating
nm emergency fund for the Twenty.
fourth street storm drain. 10. read
the ordinance ssi moved lite adoption.
Alderman Kennedy and Tindali ~.
qucsted that the ordinance lsy over
under the law. and u Was 80 ordered.
Alderman Nelson moved that the
Mayer and City Clerk be instructed
to sign the contract with Mr.. Aucrs
for the Seventh avenue improvement
and close the agreement with Harper
a Eobinson for the payment Of their
half the cost. Carried 10 to Gin.
dali.
The clerk opened and read the bids
for n boiler of go horse power on
motion of Alderman Tindail: stir.
ling Co. Chicago. $3.50: Eabcork A
INilcox Co.. New York. No. 4. sass.
No. 2. s..i3i: Gcary Water Tn,r
I,oiicr Co. s1.sio. Alderman Foss
moved tn scccp; th. bid of the Stirling
Go. Alderman Fender moved as q
subsiitute tn refer Go the Mafrrworiss
COMMITTEE. Superintendent and Engi.
nccf. Substitute carried.
Permission Co open paved streets
was granted to Blake. Murphy a. Co.
on motion of Alderman ConrsnBon.
Mr.. Whitehead addressed the Coun.
ell In behalf of a patent CRATE for
burning slack coal ai the ~ai-rseofls
Int n saving claimed of 10 f,ef cent .
cost $500. tn be us~d in connection
with the new isoiirr grferrs~l io ihe
watersorks Committee. Suprfinteni
dent and Engineer.
Alderman johnson presented a 80.
tition of Theodore Boldorf and q. ~
i'un;l.y for rapportionneni al
IN. Twelfth street paving as~essms ii'
and moved that ., .e granted. Cor
ricsi.
Adjourned on m.sion ef Ai.l~TmaH
Fender. \. -. iiB~eing.
riiS rieFk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-20

90 ire rnsis ssenss Zoe escape % ftfsse from q .
hunsn .ysism 70 stssiy susssrsiss 81 regularity
so.rr the o'hsr csxsna Lst fsnsiirsisos ss
o.ss esnric. aud. lessinz 90; the immineni
d.nx of ipisuasss"n ~ ne syseis sno tbc3f
'o;si as.sra - 70 oreu-rnx. Bsppeioe I. siea~f
certain 10 me hsrs % lisss ~ secnsss sn-
scered. the bio snd ursss sfs psssonec ~ tbs
bile vh,ss alse si'isiss ihs sioes q tss stomach
sed efhsf unsapTy oosssqsenecs feiis~. bos
srsssr's Stomach Bffiers. prios tsaie sitess.
tive pr~senis 90 r~neesss issss fessi:s enc tesif
ess.~. - me esss pss rqsifs. see 70 siso &C.
salD &c csoss 10 oseraoiss Businesses. sessz,
eurs. ana vssissse % ss'i - cssstipsisc s<sSas
81 ;ss by~sis o. rsps~s nsrrs peoss. iotrosss
tn sppeti,c. s.srs me pr~rress 81 essls eeea,.
r,iisves ire irf-nifiss q 40. sse J. . bssiss,
sr.rrfissf.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-20
IT'S Hard % Get psse ss. ARM.

The tabulation ~ the enlis'men's in
the United States army for July shows
unmis.akably the carr with which re-.
cruits are now accepted Captain Palm.
CT. IN charge n the Chicago recruit.
ing station. enlisted only 20 men cot of
4s5 who applied for enlistment-an ar.
ceptance Of in IL. The army STANDARD
has been raised from time to time until
IL IL more difficult 60 enter 10 a. q pr,.
vafe for the small payment of els a
month than it - 60 secure admission
into sny other department. % the gov.
ernment- A good physique without Q
good moral chai scter debars an sppli.
cant. The total enlistments during The
month were s3o and the reyectious v.rs
2. 933.-Chicasc Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-20
s'usesi e,uausi p'ss~si

Dr. williams Indisn Pile Ointment
will cure blind. bleeding. alccrsssd
and itchieg piles. u sbsorbs the
tumors. sllsys the itching % osce.
scts - poul,ice. gives instant 70.
relief. DR.. willisne Isdiss Pile
OissDsss 10 prepared only Coz piles
ssd itchiag o. the private PARA, and
soothing else. Every bos q gusrss-
ted. Sold by druggists. sssf by
mall scs 90 cents ed u pr boz.
WILLIAMS Mt'e Co.. rrors.. Cleve-
land. Ohio. For sale BY 81 drug.
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-20

The bsst ssIve 10 Ne world sos
cute. brutees. ooeoe, aloors. sa1t
sseuo, fevse soees. tooees. chapps1
hssos. ehiibleaas. s0rns end ell skia
sespticss. ssd positively sasss
pilss 90 10 psy rsqsirsd. u 70 gues.
sssssd 20 give por5ose ssts0feotloo, -
osssy sssss1sa. fssss - sssas -
boz. vos sals Nv Hagls Q Ulle0syos.