davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-22

VaTANTED-You our postal cards to write, en-
w velopes to address or any kind of type
writing to do at home or in office by the
owner of typewriter. Address MISS
STENOGRAPHER, Portland Press office,
city. POL
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-22

WANTED-You to try Burnham's Beef
w Wine and IRON sold by trade every
were. For quality, economy and sales, no
equal. Bargain cases sold by THOMPSON q
HALL, wholesale grocers and druggists,
dozen 10 cent size free with case lot. 21-1
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

clare a great many of the dogs that come
to an unumely end in the death chamber
there are converted into a superior arti-
Gle of cod liver oil for the use of conSump-
tives. They declare that a number Oe
doctors regularly visit the pound and
select nice fat dogs, which are slaugh-
tered by the attendants to be rendered into
oil for the alleged physicians patients.
not only this, but the patients themselves
often send relatives or friends to the
pound to get dogs for this purpose Usu-
ally the attendants kill and dress the dogs,
receiving a small fee for their trouble.
Sometimes the dogs are taken away to
be killed. One dealer said he usually got
from half gallon to gallon of oil from
dogt that the oil had no disagreeable
odor If the dog was young; that the dose
was a tablespoonful three times a day.
An interesting feature brought out was
that after person had once used dogs
grease other remedies would have no eff
feet whatever on him.
Out on Milwaukee avenue rainworm
oil and ant spirits are held in high re-
pute. The druggists have frequent calls
Tor these remedies, and they always I'LL
OLIVE oil bottle and the latter with alco-
hol slightly colored. The Germans believe
both remedies are valuable for external
use for all sorts of aches and pains, in
also taken internally. In a standard Ger
man pharmacopeia, DIR. H. Hager, in the
the ant spirits. The directions given are
to take ten parts of ants to two parts
of alcohol. The ingredients are to be
rubbed in a mortar and left to stand
for two days. The resulting colorless
liquid is then ready for use for rheuma-
tism, paralysis and the like.
Snake oil is regularly quoted in some
drug price lists. A man named Schulz
at Cairo, Ill, is engaged in its manufac-
ture. John Jones of Phoenix, Ariz., de-
votes his entire time to the manufacture
of rattlesnake oil, for which he gets "a
a pound, the purchaser to pay express
charges. Snake oil is reputed to be val
liable for rheumatism. He comes to the
city occasionally to work up trade.
Skunk oil is in considerable demand, also
for rheumatism. The skunk oil is obtain
ed from the skunk farms where the ami
mails are bred for their skins. Belief in
these remedies is often found among
American born people.
In all parts of the city there is a good
trade in love powders the purchasers
usually being of the servant girl class.
when girl comes in after love pow
ders, F" said a drug clerk on North State
street, who often has occasion to fill sueh
orders, 1 give her a little sugar of milk,
which is absolutely innocuous, if she wants
it for herself, and tell her to take two doses
a day. If she wants it for her fellow she
usually asks for the magic drug in the
shape of candy. In that case give her
some worm lozenges. The drugs must give
satisfaction for the orders are frequently
re6llad -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
College Girls at Play.

From the New York Tribune
There was funny game of basket ball
the other day between two teams of girl
students at Lake Forest Qll) University
the teams representing Mitchell and Fer
men we're admitted to the Enclosure. IT
was hard fought battle. but IL resulted
in tie. From 9:15 o'clock until ION
O'Clock. the time the game closed, the
yells of those taking sides were heard
Hippity-hop,
Hippity-hop,
Mitchell Hall right on top,
Hippity-whoop,
Hippity-whoop,
Ferry Hall right in the SCUM
That was one of the yells that resounded
through the huge building, Here's an
other:
Spickety hickety, rickety, ran.
Spickety, hickety, rlckety, can.
Who can? We can
Ferry Hall can
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
MAN OIL IN DEMAND.
1t is One of the Queer Remedies
Called for at Drugstores.

From the Chicago Tribune.
AYE want dees filled wit man OIL"
With this the speaker, a raw-boned. stol-
id-looking Swede, handed a dirty, two
ounce vial across the counter of Divis-
ion street drug store to the clerk Without
saying a word or moving a muscle to in
dictate establishment at his singular re-
quest, the clerk took the vial and dfsap-
peared behind the prescription case In
a moment he reappeared, and handing
the vial back remarked in an Indifferent
tone:
Ninety cents"
Being asked to tell something about
the traffic in the fat of human beings, the
clerk grinned.
81 gave the fellow two ounces of simple
cerate and charged a fancy price, to i'm
press him with the genuineness of the
man fat " said he. Il see no harm in the
deception. This fellow has unbounded
wouldn't be happy until he believed he
had some. If didn't sell him some no
would find a druggist who would The
simple cerate will do him Just as much
good as man oil. We often have calls for
remedies as absurd as this. We ALWAYS FIJI
them-out of the simple cerate bottle il
it be an oil, or some other harmless drug
if it be something else"
Investigation disclosed the fact that tho
various portions of the city has its Decu
iiarities in beliefs as to the efficacy of
various unusual remedies. In the Swedish
settlements man oil is believed to have
marvellous virtues in aches and pains
when applied externally over in the
stoek-yards region an in he southwest
portion of the city dogs grease is held in
high repute as specific for consumption
The men in charge at the dog pound de-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

From the indianapolis News.
Sugar Creek township will go down in
history as the only place north of Mason
and Dixon's line where resolutions of Sc
cession were presented at a public meet
ing, debated, and passed. Sugar Creek
township at that time was the best devel-
oped and most thickly settled strip of land
in this part of Indiana. One Saturday AT
ternoon, Feb. 16, 1861, a public meeting
was held in the school house at which
with only one dissenting voice it was re-
solved that IF after all peaceable efforts
have been made to keep the several states
united in one grand confederacy thew
must divide and we must be cast with one
or the other portion, we do of choice tSre-
fer to be attached to the southern confed-
eracy."
The resolution was published in the
Louisville daily papers, all of which con-
tanned lengthy editorials, in which il was
claimed that the action of the voters of
Sugar Creek township, Shelby county In
diana, voiced the sentiments of almost all
the people of the western states Yet no
county furnished more soldiers in propor-
ton to its population than did Shelby
county. In two weeks time after Sumter
fell two fun companies We're Organized
and ready for the field, and three more
were In course of organization.
John Blair Of Blairstown, N. j., who
is now in his 94th year, Is the Oldest repub-
lican in the state, and is still an enthu-
siaSt. He has attended every national con-
Vention OF the republican party but one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
Letter From LIppman Bros.

Savannah Ca, Feb 6, 1896.-To the Seven
Sutherland Sisters, Savannah, Ca. Ladies'
We take pleasure in stating that we have been
purchasing your goods for the last eight years,
in lots of 81 ,0O9. and we have always been
pleased with the sale OF the goods and our Gus
toners have always stated that they have been
pleased with them also.
We take pleasure in stating this for the bene
fit OF the public, so as to introduce you 10 our
people and recommend your goods on account
Of this your first visit TO our city. Very re-
respectfully yours, LIPPMAN BROS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
EDISON OUTDONE BY HIS DISCIPLE.
Wizard Tesla Substitutes Dilute Air
for Electric Light FiIaments.

President Andrews in Scribner's.
A more original genius than Edison, ver-
itably wizard, is his young disciple, Nj
kola Tesla. who was born in Servia, and
found employment with Edison on land
ing in America. For small electric lights
he dispenses with the filaments inside the
bulbs, and makes dilute air do their work
He sends currents of high tension through
space, without any conductor, at a voltage
many times greater than that employed
in electrocution. He receives in his person
currents vibrating million times a sec
ond, of two hundred times greater voltage
than needed to produce death. He sur
rounds himself with halo of electric light
and calls purple streams from the SOIL
His experiments are of the utmost promise
to the Industrial world. His aim is to hook
mans machinery directly TO nature S,
pressing the ether waves directly into our
service without the Intervention or the
generation of heat, in which such an enor-
nous proportion of the energy goes to
waste-eO per cent in arc lighting, ~ IN
incandescent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
Small size SOC.
Hair and Scalp Cleaner soc.
Sample package 10c.
BE SURE AND TRYIT.
I4I BrOughtOn Street
What the Mayor of Jacksonville SAYS.

WHaI INC Mayor OF JHCAsohVIIIe says.
Jacksonville, Fla. Jan. q. 1s94-Niss Isa-
belle Sutherland: Dear Madam-Replying to
inquiries whether or not knew your family,
am glad Of the opportunity to render a service
Qf 1t be one) by informing you that l. when a
boy and since. knew your grand parents,
mother and father, Rev. Fletcher Sutherland
almost as well as my own, and no man that
have ever known was more highly respected
in the community he lived than your grand.
father George Brink, OF Wayne county, New
York;. TOUR mother, her brothers and sisters
were my young associates, and nothing could
be said derogatory 10 their integrity or char
acter. l am, very respectfully,
w NJ. BOSTWICK,
Mayor Of Jacksonville, Fla
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
BROOKS EARLY BIRD WORM SYRUP

Restores all cases of Suppressed Menstru-
alton. $1.0O at druggists.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
MOzLEY's LEMON ELTxIR

Cures Indigestion. Constipation, Bilious
ness Sick and Nervous Headaches. Sleep-
lessness and Heart Failure. Soc per bottle
At druggists.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
MOTHERS RELIEF.
WOman's Comfort,
NOMAN's ORGANIC REST

Makes Childbirth Easy. s1.OO per bottle at
druggists.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
An Indiana Township That Ceceded

Never fails to get all the worms from
children. Csc at druggists.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
MozLEY's LEMON HOT DRops

Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hemorrhage and
all Throat and Lung Diseases. 25c. AZ
druggists.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

-Rumor has it that a prominent Amer
lean magazine Is trying TO induce Ii Hung
Chang TO furnish an article upon the po-
litical situation in the east.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

1t is rumored in London that the
queen contemplates comforting a duke
dom upon Princess Beatrice 1t is prob
able, If this intention is carried out. that
the princess will be created Duchess or
Kent.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-01-17

Gie ftbiittelte Sdmuef no6 Sis
Sanb uno ipintte benz Marquis NIT
ibrem SGher elm freunbf9aftli9es 4es
bepobl 5u; Sann DerIieB iie ben Saui.
Die 8lide bes 8antisrs perfoigten Iie,
ioldn9e iie nod gu fe6en ipar, unb als
bic Sebersatattar, bic ibr Saar
f9miidte, auf Der sroben Sreppe per>
f6panb, feufste er lief auf.
y0as 1T cine Sraa!" iagte Roquiers
nebea ibm. H'e
nSa, cine ent5iidenbe 5rau!" ertpiz
berte 9ernbeimer.
Grfbipieg eine Weile fill, tpGbrenS
er ben iungeti Mann nit einem iroe
nii6en 2d6eln ins @eii6t I9aute.
Damn fagte er: rI6er iie ift ipeber fir
Sic nod fir midi"
nSa, tper fann bas tpiiIen~ meinfe
Roquiere getafen. Die 3ufdne i'm 2e=
ben Iinb 70 unbers6enbarl Sie fdnn
gBittipe iperben, i1 fam fie beiratben
nab tann fie nit mir betriigen!"
limb Sernbetmer perbliifft Fe6en
lGfenb, entferHte ii3 Der Marquis..
Ro4 INNER IieB bas Sr9eiter bon
ben bergolbetsn Gitraben bes &uppels
fdols 6erab feline acknowledgment
WeiIeH ertlingen, nod tmmer tan5ten
bic fr06liben paGre in ben feitli9 erz
Ieu6teten gfGumen5 aber fir Samuel
mar Glles Obe. trii6 unb leer. felt bic
pel4e fir i'm cine Stunoe lang alles.
in einem 3aubersldrs bate erI9einen
laien ui4t mebr 5uge9en mar.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-01-17

-6IrbenSntI. @r7ter Serr:
rWout Sbr beute qlbenb einen Ssat
nit Mir ma6en9" - 3tpetter Serr:
gSd, mo oern?" - GrIter Serr: ggtuf
6em Martte uBter Der groben 29terte.
9dbin bat mid meme Q9nss gum
StelI0idein beifellt." - 2ioettsr Serr:
r9d tannIt Su afer So4 nSnt Scat
fpielen!" = GrTter 9srr: .gta, fir ben
Gau, baB lie - ni1t tpmmt,- b.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-14
ment has been recommended for the
determination OF another part.
TRIALS OF A WOMAN EDITOR.
Abused by a Rival Who Thought
She Was a Man.
Houston Post


The beautiful young girl who hat
graduated only year before with the
highest honors rushed into the family
sitting room and flung herself with 6
storm of sobs upon the sofa.
"Whst is it my dear?" asked hel
father, soothing her gently. "Has
anything happened to discourage
your
Papa" said the mai1en, raising
her tear-stained face, " am done with
journalism for ever. When you al
lowed me to purchase that weekly
newspaper / thought that no occupa-
ton on earth could be 80 noble, so
elevating and powerful to scatter
good and wisdom throughout the
world. When l began editing the
paper everything appeared bright and
rOse-colored.
my editorials were praised by the
entire Texas press, and l got flatter.
ing words of encouragement from
even the large dailies. 1 was, oh, so
proud of the fact that although a wo-
man, 1 had been admitted as an equal
member of the great brotherhood that
exercises such an influence upon the
minds and morals of the people. Last
week wrote q gentle criticism of an
article that appeared in little weekly
in another county. This, papa-this
is what l find in the next issue of
that horrid paper"
The lovely girl handed her father
the paper and buried her head upon
the sofa pillows while he read the fol-
lowing:
"We would say to the loathsome,
knock.kneed, piebald iabberwack
that infests the editorial dugout OF the
Weekly Herald-keep your shirt on!
The disgusting idiotic drivel that emil
mates from the clapper-jawed, squir.
rel-headed, slab-sided puddle-duck
that spoils paper for that sewer-pipe
of journalism should get a pair of
buckskin, kick-proof pants, or else
quit squirting such bsck-handed put
rified slime at decent papers. If the
humpbacked, putty-faced vermin re-
ferred to doesn't like our remarks, we
will call any day and scatter . few
locks of hair and brsss-buttons around
said Herald Office, or forfeit . years
subscription"
Papa" said the girl graduate in
small but decided voice, "I want you
to buy ME cook. book and some long
aprons, Pm going to stay at home and
help mother about the house"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-14

A story is told in The India Rubber
World of q meek looking stranger,
with distinctly ministerial air, who
applied for permission to look over .
large rubber factory. He knew
nothing at all about the rubber busi-
ness, he said, and after little hesita-
ton he was admitted.
The superintendent showed him
about in person, and the mans ques-
tions and comments seemed to come
from the densest ignorance. Finally,
when the grinding room was reached,
he fingered little, and asked in a
hesitating way:
Couldn't have q specimen of that
curious stuff for my cabinet?"
Certainly" replied the super
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-14

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Little boy" said man severely,
" / wouldn't act that way
"WhyT
Because it's wrong to fight, and
"Yes, but wot did yer do at my
age"
"DoG Iobeyed my parents, brought
smiles to the faces and joy to the
hearts of my playmates"-
Never got too sick Z got Sunday
school,
"Never!"
"Never smoked grapevines in"-
Never, never, my poor boy
Never licked kid littler'n you
"No, sir"
"Ner stole a peach, ner melon,
ner"-
Never, boy, neverl"
"Never lied Z git nuther kid
whipped. when 'twuz your turn
NAY, verify
"Say"
"Well ?"
How'd ye spend yer timer"
ain study, in reflection, in applica'
ton, in solemn meditation"-
"Say mister, you oughter run fel
Office"
"Ah, true and wisely said, my dear
little boy.
"Ah, true and wisely said, my dear
little boy. You svince wisdom be-
yond your years and environments
We have need OF good men in Office
Yes; ye oughter rum
"Ah, my dear little
"So'st tn fellers ON tn other side
could tell ye wot ye are. 'Twouldn't
be perlite in mel"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-14
ANOTHER SENATORIAL ROAST,
The Gentlemen From Missouri Has
n CauSllc T0n1ue.

The Gentlemen From Missouri Has
q Caustic Tongue.
The most caustic utterances heard
in the Senate since Tillman's sensa-
tional speech was that OF Vest (Dem.)
on the 9th inst, arraigning Secretary
of Agriculture Morton. The general
satire and ridicule directed against the
Secretary and his illusions to the
President made the speech hardly less
notable than that which recently
startled the Senate. Vest referred
derisively to " colossal intellect deal
ing with cabbages." He severely
criticised the practice OF furnishing
costly flowers from the government
greenhouse for receptions at the
executive mansion.
"The Democratic party has been
most unfortunate" said the Senator
emphatically, mot only As to ito
international discords, but also in the
fact that the devil has owed US q
grudge and has paid it in the Secre.
tary of Agriculture"
1.-THE Secretary has" continued
Vest, "put the Democratic party in
an.agonism to the great agricultural
interests Of the party. The trouble il
that he is a monomaniac on the gold
standard"
Vest closed with a remarkably sar'
castle and bitter peroration. He re
ferred TO the useless seeds which i,
was asserted the Secretary had proper
ly refused to buy. "But," added th,
Senator" there was one seed not men
toned. 1t was" he proceeded smilinI
maliciously, "the aurefer feniculun
canes Morton@, or in palmer words
Morton's golden dogweed. This woul'
flourish while this Secretary, swinging
his golden censor at the executive
mansion, shouted his holy. holy, ar
thou, oh, Grover, king Of kings AM
lord Of lords.'"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-14
Widows Pensions
Portland Welcome.

According to the provisions of bill
favorsbly reported in Congress, the
widow of the late Secretary Gresham
is to receive pension of 5000 q
month, and the widow of general Ew-
ing 500 q month. Another widow,
Mrs. Cogswell, whose husband was a
brave officer OF ct least equal merit
with Gresham and Ewing in the war,
was recently granted pension OF SIS
month, after a long and acrimoni-
GUS debate upon q motion to cut it
down to $50. Some such widows, in
fact, are allowed only $50, others, like
Mrs. Gresham, $500 or more. Mrs.
Garfield and Mrs. Grant are rich wo-
men, aud have sons who are rich too !;
yet the government pays them large
pension. There is no element Of JUS
tice in this. In this country rank is
not supposed to count. Bobby Burns
was the Worlds Democratic poet
" The rank is but the guinea's stamp"
"A mans a man for q that" Be-
cause Mr.. Gsesham filled . higher
civil position than Mr.. Ewing, or Mr..
Cogswell, or Smith, or Brown, or
Jones, is no reason why his widow, left
"well fxed," should receive . larger
pension. In fact there is no real valid
excuse for pensioning these widows at
all. Need should be the only test; if
the widow OF a man who has served
his country we'll, like Gresham, or
Ewing, or Cogswell, is destitute, let
the government support her; pay her
$50 or SIS a month; let the widow Of
one have the same as the widow OF
another. There is no possible reason
or excuse for these 5000 pensions to
faverites. 1t isn't the amount Of
money paid out by the people that is
to be objected to so much as the prin-
ciple. 1t is disgraceiul, degrading, to
not only the widows themselves, but
to their champions who urge the pass.
age of such bills.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-14
when Democrats viii Die.

The editor of . Georgia cross-road
Democratic sheet, being twitted b,
his city exchanges about his party be
ing dead, breaks out with the follow
ing:
"When the lion eats grass like an OK.
And the fishwOrms swallow the whale;
when the terrspin knits wool socks.
And the hare IL outrun by the snail;
When serpents walk upright like men,
And doodlebugs t-avel like frogs:
When grasshoppers feed on the hen,
And feathers are found on hogs:
When Thomas cats swim In the air,
And elephents rOost on trees;
when insects in summer are rare.
And snuf never makes people snecze;
When fish creep over dry land,
And mules on velocipeds ride;
When foxes lay eggs In the sand,
And women In dress take no pride;
When Dutchmen no longer drink beer,
And girls get to preaching on time;
When billy goats butt from the rear,
And treason no longer q crime;
When the humming bird brays like an ass.
And limburger smells like cologne;
And plOw shares are made out Of glass,
And the hearts Of GeOrgians are stone;
When ideas grow In Populist's head,
And wool on q hydraulic ram;
Then the Democratic party will be dead,
And the country not worth a d-m."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-14
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON FRIDAY EVENING, Il, 1885,

intentent, although it was a COM
pount the secret of which was worth
Thousands of dollars, certainly; cut
off asmuch as you wish"
With eager step the visitor ap.
proa'hed the roll of gum, took out his
knife wet the blade in his mouth,
and
"Sop right where you are" said
the superintendent, laying a heavy
handupon the stranger. "You are a
fraudand a thief. You did't learn in
pupit that dry knife won't cut
rubba."
So saying, he showed the imposter
to the door, and the secret was still
safe.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-14
II You Want g he Loved. !.


Don't find fault.
Don't believe all the evil you hear.
Don't ieer at everybody's religious
beliefs.
Don't be rude to your interiors in so.
cial position.
Don't repeat gossip, even il it does
interest crowd.
Don't underrate anything because
you don't possess it.
Don't 60 untidy on the plea that
everybody knows you.
Don't contradict people even if you
are sure you are right.
/ Don't conclude that you have never
had any opportunities in life.
Don't believe that every one else in
the world is happier than you.
Don't be inquisitive about the af-
fairs OF even your most intimate
friends.
Don't get in the habit of vulgarizing
life by making light of the sentiment
of it.
Don't express positive opinion un-
less you perfectly understand what
you are talking about.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-14
National Conventions. ..

National Chairman Harrity last Fri
day issned the official call for the Dem.
ocratic National Convention. 1t reads
"The Democratic National Com
mittee, having met in Washington,
January 16, 1896. has appointed Tues
day, July 7, 1896 At II O'Clock noon,
and chosen the city of Chicago as the
place for holding the Democratic Ma
tional Convention. Each State is en-.
titled to representation therein equal
to double the number OF its Senators
and Representatives in the Congress