davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-01-02
e "a. WE3sas3&s.ta aaIB,
Dealer In
i. ID III e Il, r.,
Shingles 9ash, Doors, l1ncls
ana u1lders Hard ware

Genuine Glidden and Waukegan Barbed Wire Pumps Piping
Fittings and Air King Galvanized Wind Mill Noun
Cedar oak Fence Posts rubber hose paints
brushes Bugges phaetons Surveys hacks harness. Studebake
I'm and spring wagons In addition the above 220 lots and
blocks Sinner improved and unimproved Also
lots in tho town Of Haetsve for SALE don't claim to be the
claim to keep good stock as Kept In the county
will sell cheap of competitors In any line that carry
in
The herald., 1896-05-17
PAID OFF AN OLD SCORE.


How Governor Mckinley Got Even
With Senator Henderson for an Old
Trick.
Ex-senator Henderson once stole
speech from Ex-Governor Mckinley
when they were young lawyers practic-
ing together in Canton. They entered
politics about the same time and during
the campaign often spoke from the
same platform. 1t was during the first
campaign in which Mckinley had ever
taken an active part that Henderson
served him the scurvy trick we relate.
During this campaign Henderson had
invariably closed the meetings and COW
cred such ground as his companion had
left uneXplored. Mckinley had pre-
pared his speech with great care and
had committed it to memory. lie had
Ho other at hand and at their various
meetings of course, repeated the same
speech without variation. Henderson
was possessed of phenomenally retell-
tive memory. ana after he had heard the
governors speech a half dozen times he
knew it by heart and was able to repeat
it word for word. The fact was I'M
known to Mckinley, however. and one
night when Henderson complained of
feeling unwell and requested the privi-
lege of opening the meeting with a
brief talk and leave the bulk of the ora
tory to Mckinley, his obligng friend
acquiesced.
Thereupon Henderson took the plat
form and made McKinley's speech YER
batim ct literatm. The future cham
pion of protection was dumbfounded,
and when his time came TO speak he
could only apologize and excuse him
self on account of sudden illness. Nc
I<inley took the cruel joke good natured-
ly, however and laughed with Mandcr-
son over it when they retired to their
room.
Many years after when both had be-
come famous. Mckinley had his re-
vengc. Henderson had forgotten the
affair altogether and once again they
found themselves booked to speak at Il
joint meeting. Mckinley had not for
gotten his former experience and saw
here an opportunity to even up. In the
most polite and aifnble terms he re
quested TO he permitted to open the
meeting and was promptly and gracious
ly accorded the privilege. He opened
with his usual deliberauon and pro-
cecded to argue at length every Ques-
ton and discuss every issue with I'M
uesual fulness until he had COW
eyered everyj matter which could
be construed into the least semblanco Of
political Or partisan Importance. His
prolonged talk occupied nearly three
hours in its delivery and consumed all
the time allotted to both speakers.
Henderson stood it for two long hours
and then he climbed down from the
platform and made his way to the pri-
vacy Of his room at the hotel where Nc
kinley subsequently found him. red
lot and reeking with perspiration over
his efforts TO do the subject justice
When Mckinley appeared he was re-
ceiyed with cyclone of rebulles, plen-
tifully cmbelishod with profanity. AZ
ter the offended man cooled off Il little
Mckinley reminded him of the joke he
had perpetratcd upon him in the long
ago when they were young. Mander-
son ultimately forgave his friend. but he
did it reluctantly and by degrecs.-Lan.
caster, o., Gazette.
The herald., 1896-05-17

the arms Of the cruel and lurking foe She
might chance upon the spot at which q score
OF them lay hidden. Nevertheless she sped
swift-footed towards the wall of leaves, and
In moment she was STOPPING low to take
the plunge.
Suddenly out Of the darkness, a little way
to the right, two men emerged and looked
towards the chalet. Their eyes caught the
Hash OF her figure darting past. Without
word they closed In upon her, compelling
her to enter the woods little more to the
lett than she had intended. So that instead
OF having thick woods all the way to the
ciefts mouth, she had to cross an open
space OF twenty yards across.
When Gertrud emerged upon this little
woodland cirque, where a thousand times
as child she had spread out her cups and
baked her mudpies In her girlish playings
at housewife, she almost tripped over half
dozen men all lying on the grass. She
swerved to the right in order to avoid them.
one or two sprang after her with growls
like wild beasts, and to avoid these new
assalIants Truda had to dodge between her
nrst pursuers She could hear them crash
ing after her in the wrong direction. She
bent her head till she was running almost
double. Truda kept the side of Martins
cleft for hundred yards before plupging
into it, letting herself down by the branch
es OF trees and bushes into its depths. and
clinging perilously with her knees to every
1utting crag and point of limestone rock.
Her pursuers came laundering after. She
could hear them calling in prison slang the
one to the other. But they serched in vain.
Tor not one of them was mountain man or
The herald., 1896-05-17
We're the rescuers after all to arrive too

Were the rescuers after all to arrive too
late?
Not till the white coats of the cavalry
had surmounted the last rise, could they
see the source Of the flames. But they heard
the rafting OF small arms, the cracking OF
timbers, and the hoarse shouting of many
men.
The tall columns of soaring fire made an
awful hlckering twilight among the gloomy
forest glades. Presently the Hussars of
the Black Eagle topped the brae and there
before them was the great house of st.
Polten, which SO long had stood unfinished,
flaming to the skies. and the convicts run
ming every way with torches and blazing
pine faggots, like ants in a disturbed hillock
Of fir needles.
But the chalet OF Alt Karl was still dark
and untouched.
pile Of faggots had been laid down in
the porch under Truda's roses, and was lust
beginning to fame up. The rattle OF
| musketry rang about the house in a circle
OF fiery flashes For the convicts had found
more arms and ammunition In the burning
chateau.
30 busy were the besiegers that the
cavalry were actually among them with the
sword before they were aware And then
with wild yells of terror the wretched men
fled for the shelter of the woods, the horse
men riding them down mercilessly, so that
but few escaped. For the marvellous light
OF the burning palace shone every way, even
into the densest thickets And all that
night the pursuers rode hither and thi.her,
striking and killing along the woodland
ways as far as the spring of St. Martins
The herald., 1896-05-17
PERSECUTION OF SMOKERS.

Barbarities to Which They Were Sub
jected in Early Times.
While Englishmen smoked and laugh
ed at their kings wondrous ways or
growled at his tenacious grip upon their
pockets. eastern potentates were treat
ing their subjects us only despots can
for daring to indulge in the Frankish
novelty. In Persia, where but recently
jealous strife ragged for sole possession
of the tobacco trade. Abbas l.. of dread
memory, cut off the lips of those who
smoked and the noses of any who ven
tured to snuff. On one occasion he
threw an unfortunate man whom he
discovered selling tobacco into fire
along with his goods. Yet. by and by,
this demon of cruelty himself was en-
thralled by Nicotina's charms and be-
came one of her most fervent devotees
The Turks, under Amurath w.. were
similarly punished for infringing his
edict against smoking. Sir Edward
Sandys of I'ontefrac. III his travels in
1910. bears testimony to similar acts of
cruelty by Mohammed ". During his
stay in Constantinople he witnessed the
punishment of Il sturdy Turk who had
been caught solacing the burden of life
WIFI tllc Ndpol VI iilS iISN IOuuu Joy.
Short-lived, however, was his happiness:
he was dragged before the tribunal and
condemned to the torture of having Il
hole pierced through the cartilage of his
nose and pipe inserted therein. Then,
in order to render the punishment more
impressive to1he multitude. he was
seated on the back of an ass with his
face TO the tail and driven through the
streets of the city, while criers proclaim
ed his offense and its merited punish
ment according to the law of the sui
tan.
Not less cruel were the barbarities in
1lcted upon Russian subjects who, UNI
der Gar Michael Fetlorowitz, were pub
licly lnouted for using tobacco in any
fOrm-in some Instances their nostrils
being split open. II guilty of Il second
offcnSC, death alone could wipe out the
crime. The ambassadors OF the duke
If IIOlstein who visited Moscow in
1854 relate that they We're eye-Witnesses
of IL public exhibition of this kind
when eight men and one woman were
punished with the knout for selling to-
bacco and brandy. BY way of pnlating
this Russian alrocity they were inform
ed that houses in Moscow had been set
on fire by smokers falling asleep and
dropping their lighted pipcs.-Gentle
mans Magazine
The herald., 1896-05-17

undefended. with no one but wounded
man within.
He bolted the door therefore and ran up
to the higher window which had been
Gertrud's. Cautiously he looked out and
listened. The night was very still. Not
breath of air whispered among the pine
trees.
Cuckoo! cuckoov'
The voice of the bird came from the di-
rection in which the girl had vanished The
Count took it for a good omen and the
prayer of his heart became Thanksgiving.
THAT was little Trudchen's voice." said
Alt Karl, when the Count st. Polten re-
entered the room where, In. the darkness. the
old man still kept his keen vigil. peering
out of the open window across the narrow
space which divided them from the woods.
Then the Count told Alt Karl all that his
Gertrud had done. But the old soldier
showed no sign of emotion
at is in the hands of Cod" he said.
"Did she take the revolver" -.
ut is at least gone from the place" re-
plide the Count
Then She may indeed die as may we
all" said her father; but otherwise am
not greatly afraid for Truda.", ~. .-,y
Rarely had Ger.ruds heart beat so wild
ly as when she dashed across the lawn into
the thick blackness of the woods. Her
hand was on her pistol, for she knew that
she risked infinitely more than her own life
upon the issue of her quest. She might. for
instance, for all she knew. run straight into
The herald., 1896-05-17
HOGS MAKE GOOD MINERS.
Their Propensities Utilized by an In
genious but Lazy Prospector.

Their Propensities Utilized by an In
genious but Lazy Prospector.
II was riding through the mountains
in Trinity county few days ago." said
a prominent mining man recently, when
j happened to take a trail that led by
old 'Blrlap' Johnsons cabin. You
know he has always been called Bur-
lap Johnson because he was never
known TO wear Il pair of boots, but al
ways kept his feet sewed up in burlaps
like canvas packed hams. | took
dinner-cold bread and bacon-with
him, and then sat down for Il smoke.
Wouldn't you jest as soon do your
smoking outside, podnerY he asked.
Certainly said but you don't OBJ
ject to The smoke of cigar do your
was naturally surprised, for he was all
ready putting away at an old corncob
pipe.
mo. of course not. seem as I've
smoked nigh onto fifty years, but want
to keep my hogs to work
My curiosity was aroused, but I said
nothing. He took down double bar
relied muzzle-l loading shotgun and his
powder horn. Then he went out TO
shed and got pan Of sheled corn. He
rammed Il couple of charges down and
poured handful of corn into each bar
rel. lie put on Il percussion cap,
pressed it down with the hammer and
blazed away at the hill across the little
gulch. The roar had not died away till
q drove of hogs came running, granting
and squealing and commenced to root
the side of the hill for corn. Whenever
they Stacked up their work the old man
fred another charge of corn.
"'Thats Il mean trick said I. why
don't you feed it. to them in trough"
4" Feed it to emf he repeated in
amazement. Then they wouldn't work.
Besides they don't need it,
"'What do you want to make them
work for. and why do you waste corn
on them if they don't need it,
why. man alive. They do as much
work as four men would. They root up
the dirt. an when rain comes all
have to do is to sllicc it,
Then / understood that he was using
the hogs to help him mine. San Fran
cisco Post.
The herald., 1896-05-17
2SSRCRocKgrT.
PART II.-(Chap.er V. Continued.)
Copyright, 1896, by s. r. Crockett.)

Whi'n y Count vas still meditating,
"Ci.,-- ,...t little Trudas first shot in the
room above. 1t was answered by the cry
of a man in angry pain, and then came the
soft trample of many rushing feet over
ereensward.
Crack! crack A swift double report rang
out again from the room where the school,
girl of Breslau kept her vigil.
The Count was on the point Of rushing up
to succour his ally when she called down
tmperatively, keep your place Count! They
will attack you next. l can keep them back
on this side."
And she spoke no more than the truth,
for half dozen muskets spoke from the
woods, and then with a rush as many men
sprang out of the covert Of leaves and ran
hard for the back porch of Alt Karl's chalet
II once they got safely within it's shelter it
might have been difficult to reach them with
bullets. Four of the men carried long
straight section OF tree trunk, to be used as
q battering-r ram to force the door,
The Counts rifle cracked, and the end of
the tree dropped promptly to the ground
The man who had been carrying one side of
the log laid his hand on his thigh and roar
ed aloud. The Count laid down one smok-
ing weapon and lifted another. With this
he took aim at the nearer of the two dark
faced men who. with muskets in their
The herald., 1896-05-17
SKATES MADE OF GLASS.
They Arc Said to Have Many Adval

They Arc Said to Have Many Advan-
tageS Over Those Made of Steel.
81 believe the dcath-knell of wooden
and metal skates has been rung," said
one of the largest skate manufacturers
to an English reporter Several practi-
cal inventors have been experimenting
OH these articles for years past, and the
latest result is Il skate made of glass,
hardened by a recently discovered pro-
cess to the consistency of steel. The ell
tire skate is of this substance, the upper
part trembling Il slipper, open behind,
with a split leather 'lace-up hecl-cap.
among several advantages stated are,
that they are much faster than steel
blades and so extremely slippery that
they will run almost equally well over
rough. snow-covorcd ice as upon smooth,
and also glide easily over inequalities,
broken tWigs and other distractions.
They are made very sharp. and. owing
to their extreme hardness, it is impossi-
bic to blunt them; and, unlike steel
skates, they never want grinding, and
cannot rust.
"These crystal skates are really beau
tiful in appearance. being nearly trans
parent: the substance has, also. while in
he liquid state. been valiously colored.
They have already been privately tested.
a famous skating champion recently
1ied pair ut the Niagara Ice Rink.
using mahogany -colored ones. TO avoid
attracting notice. the time being hardly
ripe for exhibition. A private trial has
also been made in Paris at an ice ril.,
exclusively hired for the occasion, sev-
cral ladies-among them a celebrated
lady continental skater-taking part;
their skates were colored blue. crimson,
brown. etc. to match their costumes."-
Baltimore American
The herald., 1896-05-17
PREVENTS JAIL ESCAPES.
Prisoners Who Attempt to Break Out
AsphyXiate Themselves.

Prisoners Who Attempt to Break Out
AsphyXiate Themselves.
One of the neatest inventions that
have been made recently is the one
planned hy +. V. Snims. Mr.. Simms
was greatly interested in the Jail deliv-
cry. and Immediately after the prison.
crs escaped he set to work to devise
plan to prevent any similar occurrence.
Mr.. Simms proposes TO surround each
cell by an alright compartment. This
will be filled with carbon dioXidc under
il pressure much higher than that of air.
In each compartment there will be
small retort, containing Jumps of mar
bic, covered by diluted sulphuric acid.
This will fill the tank with gas. In an
other part CT the compartment small
rubber balloon. partly filled with air or
other gas. is held in place by wire
frame.
Fastened to the top of the balloon is
4 thin metal plate connected to an
electric wire. Directly over the plate is
the point of Il screw. to which the other
wire is fastened. This screw is turned
until it almost touches the plate, and
the wires are connected with bell
and battery. When a prisoner once
bores hole through the wall of his
cell the carbon dioXide fills the room and
he is asphyxated. In the meantime, the
pressure being reduced in the compart-
ment, the balloon will expand, and the
plate will come in contact with the
screw. When the circuit is closed the
bell will ring and arouse the turkeys.
Mr.. Simms did not explain about ventl-
lation. and this seems to be the chief
drawback to the plan. 1t would be a
simple matter for the prisoner to open
his windows and allow the gas to cs-
cape.-LouiSyille Post.
The herald., 1896-05-17
FREE LIBRARIES IN MASSA-
('HIfSt,,IvcS

The last report of the free libraries Of
the State of MaSsac huSetts shows that
there are less than twenty towns iii the
State without free circulating libraries.
In 2J6 towns and cities % libraries
are owned and managed by the munich
pality. In thirty-siX other towns the
municipality is represented in the man.
asement. In twenty other towns the
municipality though not managing the
libraries, appropriate money for their
support. There are only seventeen IL
hraries which have no connection with
the municipality. During the last three
years the number of hound volumes in
the free libraries of the state has in
creased from 2.IJ9. 400 to 3.139. G37. and
in the last year there WAS Il circulation
OF G.2OT ,CGl books.
The herald., 1896-05-17
II HS7ORY Of The SeVEN 7eFRS WIZ

"Trudchen." he said, "have they killed
your father at last?'
But his daughter smilingly answered
him, "'Tis but little blood-letting and Will
do thee good Father Karl. 1t is not for gal
lows thieves to make an end of such SOL
der as thou art
So when they were somewhat treasured,
and the blood stanched, Alt Karl babe them
to lay him along a couch by an open win
dow and give him gun or two, for 1t was
natural that he should desire also to have
his chance at the scoundrels.
But for long time there came no sign
of further attack. The peace of an utter
quiet settled on the chalet and Its encom-
passing ring Of sombre woodlands. In the
long gades where the confederation Of the
flowers strove with the green pigmy armies
of the grass which should be the greater,
not blade waved, not a petal nodded, so
wonderful O silence brooded over all. The
sun smote overbearingly down upon Them
so that the humming of the bees and shrill
whistle of the cicades almost ceased as the
performers retired to take their siestas till
the sun should creep little lower.
The herald., 1896-05-17
CHAPTER VII.

THE CLEFT OF ST. MARTIN.
The Count stood a moment where she had
left him in speechless amazement. Then he
took hurried step or two in the direction
OF the wood, as though to follow and bring
the madcap back. but the folly Of this pro-
ceeding Immediately forced itself on him.
He could not hope to catch her. He knew
nothing of the way by which she had gone
He would be leaving the chalet open and
The herald., 1896-05-17
4 CIiRIOIiS CENTIHEDE.

one Of the NEST interesting creations
of nature is The luminous centipedp. Il
curious combination of lizard. snake
ana natural electric light plant. 1t is
about one and onC-fourti inches long,
its body being covered with short hairs
It's body is very narrow. and appears to
be in sections. In consequence of this
peculiar formation the creature appears
to move sidewisc. except when fright.
ened. Then the natural electric light
plan feature appears, and with an Ill
most instantaneous Wlvc-likc motion
beginning ut tie tail. the color of the
reptile changes from orange to a green.
ish phcSphoresccnt shade. Then, spark
ling like a tiny streak of green light,
the creature darts away TO Il place OF
refuge. When one OF the pair is in
search of its mate the color grows n
bright yellow. butat Will the centipede
can resume its darker color. and then,
ii lying close TO the grain Of Il piece of
wood, is hardly noticeable
ton.
The herald., 1896-05-17

III 1901. When the British and Foreign
Bible society WAS founded. not more
than l,0onU00 copies of holy writ ex-
listed printed in thlrty-iive languages. At
the present moment something like l4I.-
00oG00 copies including 1000 900 added
TO The total last year. IN $50 different dla-
lects. are IN circulation. while the sacred
book is new being translated into JOG
additional tongues.
The herald., 1896-05-17
CHAPTER vi.
WHO SHALL SAVE?

II like this not" said Alt Karl; at goes
not soundly right. I would rather see the
scoundrels storming up to the doors of the
house yelling for our blood than abide this
uncanny quiet"
The Count st. Polten had relapsed into
his customary lassitude, save that his eyes
sometimes rested with a peculiar express
sion of establishment on the returned
schoolgirl from Bres!au. Gertrud howev-
The herald., 1896-05-17

Berne is the capital of Switzerland, but
the seat Of government is more general
ly at Lucernc. where al the ministers
and foreign ambassadors reside.
The herald., 1896-05-17

A HAZARDOUS EXPERIMENT.
The next London show sensation is to
be the cntombment OF 4 man six days
under six feet of earth. They expect to
dig him up alive.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-31
SUPPORT HONE INDUSTRY.

These are the People Who Sell H.na-waio Gods.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-31

CstarTh stars IN the uasal passages,
efIertlr o ewes, ears and throat, aud h
I'm fact tho great enemyOi the mucous
msmbrnne. Neglected code IN TO
bead nImbst Inevitably procele cataffu
csuslnr an excessive 4 " OF muo ~,
and n the mucous discharge become =
interrupted the di'agree'ule results OF
uslarrh will follow, such a. bAu bteatn,
severe pain across forehead anu aDou,
the eyes, roaring ana buz1lhg sounu
In the ears and Oitenilmes very ouen
pive dschtIgr. Eye Cream BAin 10
the acknowledged cure TOT these
troubles.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-31
LADIES' SKIRTS.

large illustrated for prooa anc
description.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-31

A greet many people are Influenced
by what ottore DO, anu lhAl ~ on" W
the reasons why % many lahe NE
mons Liver II gulalor. VI was sun 100
ing gtrRtly rom ohllls enl lever A"I
ths more outline | took tho NO ~
fell. | was tOll Of Simmons Live
Regulator, ny friend In Arkansa.,
ami 1 don't reed TO take much OF u
before 1 WAS entirely rrllryej'' -
Rytop Bradley, Tallahas'te, FIa'