davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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,nocrats of Jefferson Goun-

nocrats of Jefferson coun- ress-Eagle of the 31st ut, 1ent. Mir. Edgar Brewster, long article in which he sbored effort to show that tier of collecting the reve- iministratior of the Collect
 by lay Republican pred r. A. G. Thompson, was ient than my own, and he deduets the remarkable
 that he, Brewster, should
 led for Sheriff by the Dem- ny in preference to myself. this question. however, l
 proceed to let a little of Int of truth through Mir. i. artfully prepared "Com- datement. and beg your -sideration of the following . st place, the tables of fig prepared by Mir. Brewster Id after having been check \ ere certified as correct by
 rk Sallee. As soon as they
 Ished it became apparent he table headed Annual tof A. G. Thompson. Col
 de and approved July 20,
 revenues collected from 93, to July l, 1895, Mir. had made a mistake @ in
 gor Of S5.940.l2 In this
 Dr. Thompson is credited
 ection of:
 hool tax..............$S ,453 32 with poll taxes..... 5.562 09
 penalty.............. 37S O3
 truth, as shown by the
 ad attested by the follow ,r ate of the County Clerk,
 latter twoitems, amount
 A0l2, are included in the ; fHs making a double credit rnount::
 ,;fLuFF, Ark April 1, 1896.
 certify that in a former
 taken from the records in f0y Edgar Brewster, and ten the Press Eagle of Mch.
 as an error in the credit
 ld school fund penalty of anPbis aH0nnt was inclatled = S37, ,454 9. 9 dist. et school
 Pnd should hay. been left olenent.
 L. T. SALLEE. D. C. E 8 this error Of $5, 940.12 lotal of S153, ,693 7S, leaves ' total $f47,753.66, which,
 10 his own figures. leaves
 my favor of S1, 44333 ,16. rster's attention was at
 to this error both by Mir. \, nyself, but up to this time noon) he has refused to tep toward correcting it, sln informed, continues to feslese false figures. Demo- < Aerm their own opinions as ssress of such conduct.
 is practical fact, the total
 Collection of revenue from ca Y has no bearing what
 efficiency of the officer. real estate collects itself, Inik. The Collectors duties ssn mandatory laws, and he in the matter what bt tax on land is not paid eldSes 1t the duty of the Col 4Ap It at public auction, and 5 gus 1t is struck off to the man with sense enough am The running gear of a ms sean appreciate this truth, t argument on this point All however, lest Wr. Brew
 Say that I have left any l84 4alstorted array of figures 1st T will review bis com- lnlllstail.
 ER 10 his sixth table, or Se Mir. Brewster shows
 ''al collections made by son from Nov. l, 1892 to z 5' amounted to $142,- Was his first year in of- i, snth table shows that for
 alod during my first year,
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&3.OS7.66.

which is nearly twice as much as their entire collection on this ac- count. These are plain facts; unde- niable facts. For proof read the fol- lowing table from the record, certi- fled by the Clerk:
 Comparative statement of collec- tions made on personal delinquent lists by A. G. Thompson, Collector from Nov l, 1892, to Nov. l, 1894. and by c. H. Triplett, Collector from Nov. l, 1894, to Nov, to April l, 1896:
 A. G. THOMPSON COLLECTED: On del. list for 1891 ...............$3 1896 3l On del. list for 1892. 2................ 65I 9S On del. list for 1893. ................ S65 97
 IOtat t-............................ z.9lf 70
 c. H. TRIPLETT C0LLECTED: On del. list for 1S92...........,..$ 9 65 On del. list for 1S93............... ], ,337 B On del. list for 1893 Cd cob 2sS Al On del. list for lS94............... 1850 52
 Total........................ .......S6,00 92 Deduct Z,9l4 Zo
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Bal. in favor of Triplett S3, ,0S7 66 I hereby certify that the above statement is scOrrect, as appears from the records in my office
 Witness my hand and official seal this April 3, 1896.
 F. B. FLANDERS. Clerk [sEAL.] By L. T. SAILEE, D. ., AS to the matter of errors, l will not deny that I am human, and hence liable to err-so is Mr. Brew ster. I have not had time to make an investigation of his record in this respect. but hasty glance discloses the fact thatin his delinquent list for 1893 he returned a certain man as "dead." The gentleman in question, is yet very much alive, and is, and was then, working here in the city. took the list and collected his tax for 1893, and also for 1894, and expect to collect it for 1895, unless he should really die or move away. Tn conclusion I call attention to the fact that under the present Dem ocratic county administration eX- penses were reduced by more than S1. .000 per month during the first year, as shown by the following re- port of the County Commissioners: To the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Hon John II. Elliott presiding:
 We, the Commissioners of Accounts for Jefferson county, do most re- spectfully report that we have, as required by law, made a thorough and complete examination of the books, accounts and vouchers of the several county officers, and present the following as the result of onr in- yestigation, tO-wlt:
 <
 We feel gratihed to be able to call your attention to the reduction in the general expenses of the county for the past year, which amounts to. in found figures, about $i2,G00.
 
 We do most respectfully submit this as our report, this Sept. IS, 1896.
 k. D. MCGAUGHY.
 V. 0. ALEXANDER.
 J. 5. TRULCCK. Upon this record and my general conduct of the office, present my claim to renomination for a second term, according to Democratic usage, with full confidence in the fairness and judgment of the Demo- crats of Jefferson county.
 Respectfully,
 c. H. TRIPLETT.
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IMPERIAL LODGE, No. 94, K. of P, meets every Friday night at their Castle Hall, over Citizens Bank.
 Fraternal welcome extended to all visiting knights and brethren. J. ". LAEGsToN, H. l. HoLDERNEss,
 K. E. and s. C. c.
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Call and see V. Foti SS Co.. corner Third avenue and State street, for fancy fruits, nuts and confections, Imported olive oil, macaroni, Italian cheese, Italian colsup, fresh oysters, crabs. Genuine imported Italian macaroni 10 cents per pound; per box, $1.75. Imported olive oil 65 cents per quart. Come and see us.
 V. FoTI x Co.,,
 4 1d1m Third Ave. and State St.
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The Latest Creations

Tn new Dresden Grass Linen and fancy Percale, Ladies and Misses Waists. Also d full line of Children s and Bows Straw Hats and Ladies Sailors.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-09
last year 103 mackintoshes and $40 hats
and caps were found among other arti--
Saved by Glove Button.

(. How much may depend upon glove
fastening was illustrated at, one of the
Monson slate quarries in an adventure
which the person concerned would not
care to repeat. He was derrick man,
who stood on the brink of one of the
great chasms from which the slate rock
is hoisted. His duty was to catch hold
of the big hook depending from the
end of the bottom as it swung over the
bank and attach it to the crate to be
sent back into the pit. Standing upon
the very edge, he reached out to catch
the hook which dangled near him. 1t
was winter and he wore thick buck
skin gloves The hook slipped from
him as he leaned out but caught into
the fastening of his glove. The swing
of the great boom took him off his feet
in an instant and carried him out into
giddy space with his life depending on
the gloves holding fast. His whole
weight was hung on that button and
there was a clear It's feet of space be-
tween him and the floor of rock below.
The moments that passed before the
boom could be swung back over the
bank seemed like hours to him but he
got there at last, safe and sound. Lew
iston Journal.
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MEN OF MARX.

In his younger days Ambrose Thomas
had some celebrity as an athlete, and in
his old age he was extremely fond Of
physical exercise and Of outdoor life.
The fact that he lived to be IS shows the
benefit he derived from it.
Prince Ghika, who has been ap-
pointed Roumanian minister at Paris.
belongs to one of the most famous fam
lies Of his country. In the last ten
years there have been three Ghikas oc-.
8cupying posts as ministers one at Ber-
lin, one at London and the one now ap-
pointed at Paris.
Fx-C Congressman Harter, who com
mitted suicide, once described himself.
as "a Jeffersonian whose influence POI
litically is conservative, for safe meas
sures and against radical, unsound, med
dlesome legislation, quiet man in.
manners, a plain man in dress and a
studious man by habit
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meantime Goodfellow, who is not a
citizen of the United States, had started
his son to Whatcom to take out his
naturalization papers in order to be
able to file upon claims for himself.
When passing through Blaine young
GoodfelloW told the story and in less
than an hour half the population OF
that town was on it's way to the new
Eldorado.
Not only is Blaine represented in
the mines" said Mr.. Weber, 'sbut the
majority Of the men from Ladner's
Landing, across the British Columbia
border, are pouring across and panning
out the dirt of the Point Roberts hills.
These are not the only discoveries Of
gold that have contributed to the con
tagion of fortune hunting in the north
west corner Of the state. Another
rancher, whose name do not remem-
Der, while sinking a well at his place
on Lulu island, afte- reaching a depth
Of thirteen feet, brought to the surface
dirt that panned out $1,000 to the ton.
He is still digging the well, but it is
not for water.
Those who had already squatted and
staked out claims in connection with
the Goodfellows and myself held a
meeting and named their find the Clid-
tamen mining district, which name the
new papers recognizing the filings win
bear"
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LOST ARTICLES.

They Amount to. Pretty sum In .
The following Interesting items have
been gathered about the articles lost on
railroad trains in England: &:
At the Euston railway. station 10000
articles are received every year. The
inquiries for articles that have been
lost but not found average over twenty
day.
a first-class passenger from Liver
pool threw his false teeth out OF the
window with some plum stones. The
track was searched and near it the
teeth were found and duly restored to
their owner.
The Great Eastern Railway company
sold the following articles last year
among the unclaimed lost property
One hundred and forty handbags, five
enormous cases of books, 459 pairs of
boots and shoes, GA collars, cuffs and
fronts, 252 caps, 506 deerstalker hats,
1000 single gloves, 23O hats (women's)
and bonnets, 81 brushes and combs, 265
pipes, ITO purses, 100 tobacco pouches.
1,006 walking sticks, 800 socks and
stockings, 108z towels, 172 handker-
chiefs. 2,301 umbrellas, 1913 articles and
seven big cases Of wearing apparel.
At Bing's Cross it takes six weeks
to sort out the articles for the annual
sale. Umbrellas are sold in lots from G
to SO, and bring from $40 lot down.
Last years lost and unclaimed prop
erty in the Great Northern was sold for
$3.50. 1t included 1000 walking sticks
and 1900 umbrellas, so the things must
have gone for almost nothing.
Gloves are. sold very cheap: at one
sale 1000 went for about cents pair.
The purses found on the Southwestern
trains yield, on an average, $500 year.
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Why WIRES Go OVER HoosAc.

II Is So Damp In the Tunnel the me
sulation Wears Ont Quickly.
ut is strange how little pieces Of mis-
Information will travel and how gener-
ally they will be believed |" said Jew
eler the other day. For instance,
some newspapers started little para
graph to the effect that it was impos-
sible to telegraph message through
the Hoosac tunnel, on the Fitchburg
railroad, and this paragraph went the
rounds of nearly every newspaper in
the country. had travelled on the
Fftchburg; and had gone through the,
tunnel. / knew it was lighted by cleo
tricity, incand escent lamps being used.
and couldn't understand why it was
Impossible to make the telegraph work,
SO wrote to an official Of the road, ask
Ing II the newspaper paragraphs were.
true, and If 1t were to give the reason,
for the failure. received a reply say
Ing that there was no truth in the para
graph, but that the wires were strung
over the mountains instead of the tun-
mel as a matter of economy. There is
SO much dampness in the tunnel that
the insulation on the wires wears out
SO fast that it is cheaper to run the line
over the mountain.
Il have noticed another paragraph to-
che effect that there is one red diamond.
AS a matter Of fact there are many red.
diamonds. They are rare, especially in
America. but are frequently seen in In
dia. Baldwin. the White Mahatnaa has
a couple Of red diamonds number OF
pink ones and green one. He has a.
white ruby, paradoxical as that may
seem. But a stones name depends on
its composition and not it's color. His
diamond is not an emerald, because It
is green, nor is his ruby diamond be-
cause it is white."-Buffalo Times
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Here's a Way Worth Initiating.

Charles H. Patterson, a manufacturer
of Dayton, O., speaking in New York
recently, told how he had made money
by being kind to his employees, 600
girls. He started a school to teach.
them how to work more intelligently,'
gave them five minutes for rest and
calisthenics morning and evening, put
a stove and colored woman in each de-
partment and served coffee and soup
free, started a laundry to save them
the trouble of taking their aprons home
to wash, bought 1000 aprons for them,
fitted up room with a cot and medi-
cine chest, and says it all paid-the best
of girls eagerly seek the work, and.
they work willingly and we'll.
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end sat the rajah, moving the white,
pieces by messenger; at the other the
young English officer was directing the

end sat the rajah, moving the white
pieces by messenger; at the other the
young English officer was directing the
blacks. .e.
AS the game progressed, pawns,
knights, castles and bishops were sacri-
feed. AS they we're lost on the board
their lives paid the forfeit. Then. with
fendish cunning the rajah made a
move that placed the white queen in
peril. The agonized Englishman must
capture the queen and sacrifice her or
lose the game and his own life.
Fortunately, the gifted writer of the
tale. (whether true or false, we cannot
say, inspired in this dreadful moment,
made brilliant coup and checkmated
the cruel rajah at the same time, saving
the white queen
This strange and exciting story fell
into the hands of some bright young
people in Frostburg, Md, and it was
determined that it was just the thing
to enact for charitable purposes. IN
fortunately, while some of the favored
people in Frostburg understood chess.
the majority Of the toWnspeople did not.
So they compromised on checkers. So
the best player in the town was selected
and challenge was sent out to the
neighboring cities to produce their best
player for a game with living checkers.
The player selected for Frostburg wa 5
Mr.. Hugh Spier, the local champion At
checkers. Homecoming, a town near nv.
rejoiced in Mr.. D. r. Sloan, hitherto
undefeated at the game On his behalf
the citizens of Lonaconlng took up the
challenge, and last Thursday night the
game took place in Meats opera house
Frostburg. The floor Of the opera house
had been painted to resemble a huge
checkerboard, and twenty-four young
ladies, twelve in black and twelve in
red, took their respective places, and to
crowded house the game began.
Withbreathless interest the audience
followed the brilliant play, for both Mr..
Spier and Mr.. Sloan were in fine fettle.
As the players were jumped they re-
tired from the board, and the lucky. few
that reached the king row were
crowned with gilt tiaras.
The games were closely contested
from until 10. Three in all were
played, Mr.. Spier, with the red, winning
the first, and Mr.. Sloan, with the black.
the second. The third and decidi linz
game, after a half hour of excitement
and suspense, ended in draw 1t was
almost as interesting as its Indian coun-
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CRAZY OVER GOLD.
Story Of : Great 8 ind,' Of wealth Near
sssS Blaine. ss Ss:S Y, sss; 4

Story Of 3 Great Find,' Of Wealth Near
George Weber, a United States GUS
toms Inspector, arrived in this city re-
Gently from Blaine and tells Of a. great
excitement among the people there and
across the British Columbia line over.
u "gold-fnd. says the Seattle Post
Intelligencer. Mr.. Webber's story
sounds like a tale of fiction, and, while
there is nothing romantic about it.
there are exciting suggestions Of wealth
to be got from the earth. Mr.. Weber
says that rancher named James Good.
fellow, whose acquaintance the inspec-
tor made while on duty at Point Rob
erts, came to Blaine and asked him to-
return to Point Roberts with him and.
pass an opinion on what GoodfelloW
considered gold in the sand and dirt in
the hills in the neighb orhood Of the can-.
neries Of the Alaska Packers associa-
ton. Mr.. Weber, who was at first
skeptical, having had a numbeS of
years practical experience as a miner,
at last consented, and, hiring team,
accompanied by Goodfellow, made the
fourteen-mile drive to Point Roberts.
He procured pan and went to the
hills, directed by the excited rancher.
Goodfellow pointed out the place
where he had first made his discover
les, and Mr.. Weber, scooping up a pan
of the. dirt, went to a creek near the
place and began washing it. The first
thing after the soil and surface dirt had
been removed was a black sand lying at
the bottom of the pan. After this had
been washed out Mr.. Weber states
that he could hardly believe his eyes,
for the bottom of the pan was covered
with shot gold. Having in mind sew
eral Sailing" propositions, Mr.. Weber
/ again took up pan of earth at a con-
siderable distance from the place where
Goodfellow claimed to have made his
discoveries. This second pan was even
more prolific of the yellow metal than
the first, and upon convincing himself
| that Goodfellow had told the truth he
| jumped into his buggy and as fast as
possible made for Blaine, from which
place he proceeded to Whatcom, where
he recorded two mining claims, and
| then returned to Point Roberts. In the
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ONLY A SCORE LEFT.
The Annihi1ation of Snake River In
tlians Began in 1863.

The Annihilation of Snake River In
Il dians Began In 1868.
/ Capt. Jim mot the Bannock captain),
accompanied by Camas Jim and two
other Snake river Indians, paid visit.
to Gov. Mcconnell the other day for
the purpose of receiving information as:
to the game laws and soliciting square.
meal, says the Boise Statesman The
governor gave them a document, with;
flaming ribbon attached, setting forth,
the law and stating that it applied with,
equal force to white men and Indians
The visitors are members of a remnant
of a small tribe of Indians that have in
habited the Snake river valley for no,
one knows how long. The tribe was so
small that the government never placed
them On a reservation. There are only
twenty of the tribe left The annihi1--
alton of the band was commenced in
Salmon falls ferry killed something,
like fifty of them. One of the men, a..
fellow named Beach, had a shotgun and,
discussion arose as to it's efficiency as;
an Indian killer. To test its merits a.
band of Indians was induced to come
into narrow pass near the house OF
the men, when Beach opened fire and
the buckshot fairly moved them down..
Later an attack was made by the
men on an Indian camp and twenty
six redskins were killed.
Since then disease has played havoc
with the tribe and but twenty of the
Indians remain. They live on the
game and fish caught during the fall
and spring.
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terpart with the, living cheAAmen, IL l
though, Of course. no fair young lt.ssss
we're sacrificed
The 3 to 1' ament will be repeated inihs
near future 1re and all Of the young ladies
of Eros tburg have their hearts set upon
being IN the game, either as red or black
pieces. They have no choice.
The Journals picture was drawn
from q diagram of the hall and photo
graphs Of the young women who were
the living checkers.
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Never Touched Him.

The stomach Of an ostrich that died
a few days ago in the menagerR in Cen
trail Park, New York, was found to
contain a wooden clothespin, two pieces
of glass, a mouth harmonica, a piece Of
umbrella handle four inches long, a
metal skate key, a brass door key, a
silk handkerchief, horn comb, two
pieces Of coal, and three pebbles and a
hatchet. Yet the ostrich did rot die of
indigestion, but tuberculosis Daily
Tyre.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-09
GOSSIP OF THE STAGE.

Marie Tempest is negotiating for the
American rights Of the new Gilbert and.
Sullivan opera.
''The Rise of Silas Lapham" is being.
dramatized by Paul Kester. with the
collaboration of the author, William
Dean Howells, and William H. Crane is.
to produce the play.
Next season in Hoyt's Midnight
Bell'' Digby Bell will take the part
originally played by Seabrooke, that
of Deacon Tidd. and Mrs. Bell (known
as Laura joyce will play the role Of
the school mistress, first created By
Isabelle Coe.
b Louis Harrison has been engaged for
leading part in a new piece by Cheev-
er Goodwin and Woolson Morse, which
is to see the light in Chicago. There
are three acts, and the characters OF
each act get lost and do not reappear
in the succeeding acts, all except Me
Harrison.
4 define an actor as a man who can
play at least one part in Shakespeare
and play it we'll The part may be a.
trivial one or an important one. 1t NAV
be in comedy or in tragedy. Shakes
peare, in my opinion, is the crucial test
of an actors intelligence.--W. j. Fer
guson, in Dramatic Mirror.
Very few people know says Henry
Irving, that Edwin Booth and played
together in Manchester in 1860. I was
a young man then, and Booth was In
tine midday Of his marvellous career.
We We're together six weeks. My feel
Ing for him was one of love and rever1
enee. sometimes believe that I shalt
never look upon his like again. But
over all his life was the shadow Of a
great tragedy. You could read it In
his face, end it tinged all he said and
did
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found his way to the potentates court
and demanded her of her captor.
f The rajah admiring the bravery of the
man made much of him, but refused the
boon he asked. Finally finding the En-
glishman was an expert chess player he
made fiendish compact with him that
they should play a game with living
achessmen, the rajah to furnish the
pieces
The terms of the game were simple.
AS either side lost move the unfor-
tunate pawn was to lose his life, the
rajah's executioner standing by to be-
head him instantly. Then if, at the
end, the Englishman won he was to
take the girl and both would be escorted
back to the English possessions, safe
and sound; if, however, he lost, he was
to lose his life and the girl must enter
the rajah's harem. The Englishman
consented; it was the best he could do.
The following day the courtyard OF
the palace was laid out in the form Of a
gigantic chessboard, and at given sig
nal. the living chessmen took their
places. To the Englishman's horror he
saw that the white queen. the piece OF
his adversary, the rajah, was his sweet
heart! It was devilish ingenuity
worthy of an Oriental.
However, the game went on. At one