davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
PERFECT BICYCLE LAMP.
The Wheels Generate Current Which
Produces the Light.

The Wheels Generate Current Which
Produces the Light.
The man who rides his bicycle at
night and becomes acquainted with sta
tiOn-house lodgings because his light
goes out may rejoice. An electrical ex-
pert has come to his aid and has in
vented lamp that begins to burn the
moment the bicyclist gets astride his
wheel and never stops shining until his
feet rest again on terra firma. Whether
he gets on or off with reconciliation or
hurriedly, the brilliant little disc keeps
time to his movements. The bicyclist
himself furnishes his own light. The
revolution Of the wheel generates the
electricity and its rays are thrown by
q new form of reflector that is a twin
patent with the lamp.
This double invention was designed
by French-American electrical expert,
Ernest Tilmann, of New York, who
patented 1t first in this country and
afterward throughout the world. The
apparatus weighs about pound and
a half. 1t is attached to the bicycle by
a universal bracket that can be made to
fit the fork of any machine. A little
rubber wheel that lightly touches the
outer or inner rim OF the bicycle wheel
communicates motion to small metal
wheel with ball bearing mountinSs, and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
A Punster Rit.

A person who delighted in pun, and
could not forego the pleasure of one,
though it might deprive him of friend,
consider n dish of wood cocks quite a
luxury.
Some Of his friends who had fire.
quently smarted under his lash. per-
ceiving his weak side, determined to let
him feel the lex talionis.
Accordingly, they one evening intro
duced a stranger. who, in the course of
OF game in his neighborhood. This
reused the punster's attention. and he
inquired whether there were any wood
cocks.
''Oh. plenty" replied the stranger;
''they are brought in quantities every
market day, and sold for u mere triffe
q brace"
Such an opportunity was not to be
lost, and the punster requested, rs a
particular favor, that the gentleman
would send him small hamper, that he
might regale himself and his friends.
The request was complied with. and
the hamper arrived. His friends attend
ed to see it opened.
oh said he, as he lOosed the cord.
"what a glorious sight we shall have!
A whole hamper of woodcocks-the
very essence Of luxury
With eagerness he raised the lid; but
who can paint the punster as he stood,
when, instead of his favorite game. he
beheld number OF spigots and faucets,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
MRS. MARION suTLER


ototoo o0notOrs
When Miss Florence Faison, a daugh-
ter OF one OF the finest families In
Virginia, met Marion Butler, that young
man was poor, obscure fellow
who was trying to support large fam
lily of brothers and sisters by editing
country paper In North Carolina.
At that time the aristocratic Miss Fai-
son little imagined she would one
day be Mrs. Marion Butler. But
Ter saw and loved. and ut once struck
In boldly and told Florence exactly
what was In his soul. She listened and
loved him for his love of her. They be-
came engaged and her people fought
the match furlously. But she would
not be gainsaid. and so they were mar
ried. Before the honeymoon was over
Butler ran for the United States Senate
on the ticket of the Farmers Alliance.
He was elected. Mrs. Butler has the
distinction Of being the wife Of the
youngest member of the Senate. Her
husband was elected not three years
ago, and his election was the1outcome
of notable fusion between the Popu-
lists and the Republicans. The fu-
sionists divided the two Scholarships
between them and carried the State.
Butler was born In 1868, and was hence
Senator at the age of 81. Not since
the days of Henry Clay has there been
such young graybeard In the Senate.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

his constant occupations. The soil
is not cultivated to any considerable
extent, the Beers living the life Of
pioneers, trusting to their herds and
the chase for subsistence. When such
men are called together for military
service they come for business, and
make no dress parade Of the occasion.
There is no drill, only rude discipline
is observed, there is little pretense OF
conforming to the usages OF warfare
as carried on by civilized nations; the
fighting is on the order Of every man
for himself. 1t Is the Indian and from
tier method over again, the method that
has more than once proved the destruc-
ton of British force; the method that
brought about Braddock's defeat the
method that annihilated whole army
during "the terrible march from Ca
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

great numbers from 1925 to 1880 began
to crowd them too much, when. as one
man, they abandoned their homes, load
ed their wagons and marched into the
interior. After several halts they final
ly settled in the Valley of the Orange
River, great stream which flows al
most across the continent, and there
founded free state Of their own. This
movement of population took place be-
tween 1852 and 1885. and for number
of years they remained unmOlested.
Some difficulties arising between them
and the English in regard to bound
aries, an agreement was entered into
I'm 1852 by which the independence OF
the Boer state was acknowledged. For
twenty-four years this arrangement
was continued in force, but in the
meantime the English colonies had ex-
tended so as once more to make them
neghbors to the Beers. The latter had
by this time also increased and had
peopled the country beyond the Vaal,
known as the Transvaal. and finding
the entertainments of the English a
constant source of annoyance. most of
the Beers moved across into the terri
tory beyond.
They were not good coloniZers in the
sense of founding strong and perman-
ent state. while their occupation as
herders and hunters brought them into
conflict with the Zulus and other pow
erful and warlike tribes of natives, and
as these made no distinction between
white men. the English were easily
drawn into a war with the aborigines,
partly on account of the Beers, largely
on their own. The Zulu war did as
much for the Beers as for the English,
and in virtue of this fact, at its conclu-
sion the Boer country was formally
taken into the British empire. Taking
1t in and keeping 1t in were, however,
two entirely different operations, for
the Beers had acquiesced in the affair
with a mental reservation, and four
years later broke into open revolt, de-
feated with Great slaughter the forces
sent against them, and compelled the
negotiation OF new treaty, by which
their country was to" be under their
own political control, although the
suzerainty of the crown Of Great Brit
ain was acknowledged.
Officially their country Is known as
the South African Republic, and the
right Of participating in the political
affairs of the country is restricted to
the Dutch population. Y fright here
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

man as though he titled couple Of
acres Of marsh land with spade and
hoe and had to run In the middle Of a
stormy night to work on the dikes. He
speaks Dutch; it is the official Ian
guage of the government and courts,
and it alone is taught and used in his
schools. The hated foreigners have es-
tablished schools for their children,
where English is taught, but every
cial heresies and on no account are his
children allowed to attend them. The
railroad from Delagoa Bay to Pretoria
he regards as a modern invention Of the
enemy and views it with especial sus-
picion, since by means Of it troops may
be brought from the coast to the in
terror in quite too short time to suit
his convenience.
His territory Is nearly twice the size
Of Missouri, and the white population,
including the foreigners, numbers
about 10000. while the natives still
living within its limits are estimated
at 100000. There is no standing army,
but in times of public danger every
male citizen Is required to go to the
front, and so the republic can put in
the field $1,000 sharpshooters, who col
lectively compose a very formidable
force. The Dutch government has one
advantage over every other; its wars
cost nothing but the expenditure for
arms and ammunition; otherwise Its
army is self-supporting, for every Boer
brings his own provisions, and when
they give out he sends home for more,
so that the commissariat is very small
part of the military problem in Boer-
land.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

acres of Boer land, were soon located
and in course Of development.
But the Beers were cunning. Before
Il company could secure the right to
work gold mines In the Transvaal 1t
was compelled to make considerable
concessions to the government and no
long time elapsed before the English
residents who operated the mines dis
covered that they were paying the en-
tire expense of carrying on the govern
ment while not having the slightest
voice in its management Naturally
they felt aggrieved, and their discon-
tent was fomented from Cape Town,
the authorities there being anxious for
the annexation of the Transvaal to the
British dominions. The Jameson raid
was evidently connived at. If not
planned, by the Cape authorities, and
the result Of that ill-timed movement
is fresh in the memories of all.
The success of the Beers against ia
mieson was due to the same causes
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
ROYAL Sarcasm.

When the Princess Clotilde, the
daughter of Victor Emmanuel, came to
Paris as the bride of Prince Napoleon,
Eugene, herself a parvenu, felt some
constraint In her dealings with the
daughter of race of kings. but did
\all that she could to conceal her feel
ings. Clotildc was very good, very
pious, very quiet, but as proud as Luci-
fer. At one of the splendid fetes that
were arranged to celebrate her arrival
In Parisythe Empress remarked to. her.
with anrair of one who has been ac-
customed to that sort of thing always:
II am awfully bored, aren't your"
"Yes," answered Clotilde, quietly; "but
am used to It." Eugene never for
gave her for this remark.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

morning At the now French'hospital By
DIR. Oscar j. Mayer, assisted by Drs. J.
II. Barbat #. h. Carpenter, A. J. VII
liam. H. b. dc Mnrville, George Gross
and Leo Newmark. The subject OF the
operation was Edouard Wuger, n ma
tive OF Switzerland. who was injured
In an elevator accident on April %,
1894, In the wine cellar of the Pacific
Union Club.
The operation performed by DIR. May
er was the removed Of the last dorsal
and first lumbar vertebrae, In connec-
ton with their spinous processes. WI
ger was suffering from compression
of the spinal cord. caused by the dis
placement OF the vertebrae and verte-
bIal arches, injuring the spinal nerve
centers and causing paralysis of the
lower extremjties. BY removing the
COMPRISING portions restoration Of ac-
tivity to those parts is restored To
obtain this result 1t was. necessary to
remove the vertebrae. The operation
Is considered one of the most delicate
known to the profession, and the sue
cessful conclusion OF Dr. Mayors un-
dertaking Is hailed as a triumph, not
only for DR.. Mayer, but for the profess
sion in this city.
Some few years ago Sir William Nc
Kenzie, England's most eminent sur
geon, performed an operation upon n
patiept similarly injured, whose life
was despaired of, and though that OPP
Grafton was less delicate and hazard.
GUS than the one performed in this city,
the circumstances Of 1t were cabled to
all parts of the globe.-San Francisco
Call
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
A Divided Jury.

A man was on trial in Lake County
recently on a charge of grand larceny.
He was accused of stealing hog. An
old rancler whose tnterest In the case
was due 70 ne fatt that he owned
big drove of hogs listened attentiveIy
to the impaneling of the jury and then
left the court roOmiwith undisguised
disgust. y
whats the matter, sam?" inquired
an attorney.
"That jury's goin' to disagree" he de-
clarcd, emphatically.
"What makes you think SOP"
think? I don't think nothing about
1t. know It."
"well, then, how do you know it?'
"Why, they've got six hog men that
raise hogs and four men that knows
has stole hogs on that jury, an nobody
ever know'd a hog raiser an hog
thief as would agree on hog case."-
San Francisco Post.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

Among a lot of Fresh-Air Fund chill
dren sent to the seaside last summer
was one poor little waif who did not
Join in the other children's games, bur
was found alone down on the rocks
surveying the ocean. ''Wouldn't you
like to come and play some games with
the other little girls?" she was asked.
"Oh, no, sir" said the waif; "rd rather
look at the water" And what do Won
find to interest you in the watery, .sOh.
there's such lots Of It," said the waif'
enthusiastically; "and It's the on;y fims
m my life ever seed enough Of any
thing"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
Working Butter.

One of the greatest mistakes made in
working butter is made when 1t is too
soft to finish i'm one working. and is
placed in the refrigerator IN large tubs
to COOL says Chicago Produce. The
outside will then become so much har,,-
err than the inside, and thus, when
worked the, second time. 1t is apt to be-
uneven, moftled, or, II 1t is mt all chill
ed too much. the friction spent in soft
enfng it during the working will make
IL greasy
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

that brought them success in previous
contests with the English. Every Boer
is, from his earliest years, horseman
and hunter. The rifle is an indis-
pensable part Of his equipment, and
he knows how to use it well. The game
of his country is the wariest known to
the hunter, and only first-class shots
can bring it down. AS soon as the
Boer boy can handle anything a gun is
placed in his hands and he is shown
how to use it. Shooting and riding are
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
Strictly Polite.

A prince went to inspect rare collec-
lection Of books In a little town. The
Mayor accompanied him. To his great
amazement the prince discovered that
all the books were placed on the shelves
the wrong way about.
what made you arrange them In
that fashion,"
II could not permit the volumes to
turn their backs on your highness.".-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

pectors = nosing round elsewhere, and
II was not long before some one To-
Gated claim within the limits OF the
South African republic. Others fol-
lowed, and, In an Incredibly short Time.
II was discovered that Transvaal was
rs rich In gold as any other part OF
South Africa, and twenty-one gold
fields. covering altogether 100000
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
A Mean Trick.

A certain married lady OF Hope sat
up till II o'clock the other night wait
ing for her husband to come home. At
last, weary and worn out with waiting,
she went to her bedroom to retire and
found the missing husband there fast
asleep. Instead Of going downtown,
he had gone to his room. She was so
mad that she wouldn't speak to him
for week.-Hope Examiner.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
A NEW POET LAUREATE.

Alfred Austin Prom oted to Wear the
Laurel Crown of TennysOn.
a successor to- the late Lord Tenny-
ut length been found in the person of
Alfred Austin, who was recently APP
pointed. The new laureate was born
in 1886 and graduated from the Uni
versity of London in 1853. In 1861 he
went to Italy. where he resided for a
long time, varying the line of his poetic
writings, for which he had special
aptness. by contributions to magazines
and newspapers. During this period
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

Majuba Hlll was stormed BY the Beers.
an witness among the British
troops declared that even when the at
lacking force was within hundred
yards, and the bullets were dropping
like hail among the English soldiers.
hardly a Boer was to be seen. a
glimpse of hat behind rock or OF q
figure dimly outlined on the ground az
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
BRITISH AND BOERs.
ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE TALE
OF BRiTAlN'S AGGRESSION.
Something of the brave and Spirited
People Who Have Piuckiiy Resisted
Invasion-A Nation of Fronticrsmen
aud Sharpshooters.
,outh African Republic

Win the invasioii by DIR. Jameson,
the dnliplstration OF the British South
African COmpany, OF the Transvaal and
the dcfeat " hissforees there by the
patriotic and hardy Beers, another
chapter has been opened In the long
story of British aggression and Boer re-
sistance in South Africa. The Beers
have an ineradicable hatred for the
British and very justly.
The ancestors of the Beers settled the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
The Lion. the Keeper and the Tanner.

The Lion, the Keeper and the Tanner.
1t is not often that menagerie Of
fers such scene OF keen excitement as
was once witnessed during the stay
Of a wild beast show ut birmingham.
The keeper had gone into the lions
cage to clean it, but had omitted to
see that the sliding door which divided
the cage into two compartments was
securely closed. He had hardly begun
his work when an old lion, hurting it.
self against the door, forced it open and
seized the man. The onloOkers were
powerless with CONSERVATION, but the
lion-tamer happened to be shout, and,
with real courage, mt once entered the
den. He fired a pistol loaded with
blank cartridge i'm the brute's face, but
to no purpose. ThereupOn he belabored
1t with blows with the loaded butt of
his whip. At first this shower of
strokes only angered the lion into saw
age cries, but at last the tanner dealt
1t blow between the eyes which stun
ned the animal for the moment, and
during this short interval the tanner
seized the poor keeper and succeeded
in hauling him out of the cage.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

Cape country in 1850 and remained in
undisturbed possession for more than
a hundred years, until the colony was
conquered by the English in the latter
half Of the last century. Even after
the conquest however, they remained
until the arrival of British colonsts in
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

comes the rub. When the honest
burghers founded their state beyond
the vaal nobody dreamed that the
country was good Tor anything but
agriculture and grazing, but the dis
covery of gold and diamond mines In
the English possessions set the pros
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

Glow splendidly things are arranged
In this life,r said Harold Fucash. DO
you think soY" Certainly. First
comes Christmas, when man spends
every cent he has. and then comes New
Years, when he swears of from all his
extravaganza" -Washingtou Star,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

bull" Hiding behind trees, fences,
stones, logs, taking advantage of every
inequality of ground, the Beers stalk
an Invading force as they stalk herd
Of antelopes, and their shots are rarely
wasted, as the enormous proportionate
loss In Jamieson's force shows. When
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

Baron Anderson once released from
his duties juror who stated that he
was deaf with one ear. sYou may
leave the box" said his lordship, "since
1t is necessary you should hear both
Sides"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

this in turn drives the armature Of the
dynamo. The light is two-candle power,
but it's illuminating force Is vastly mag
nified by patent reflector that consists
of n double parabola, the object OF
which is to effect double focus.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
Ants on Horseback"

1t has long been known that several
species Of ants maintain and feed an
other sort of insects for the sake Of
the wax which they exude, and which
the ants use as food. These ants are
said, therefore, to keep cows. But it
has only lately been discovered that
there are ants which ride on the backs
of others, and are thus the cavaliers of
the insect world.
Not long ago French explorer, NJ
Charles Meissen, in travelling through
Siam, observed Il species of small gray
ants which were new to him. these
ants were much engaged i'm travelling;
they lived in damp places, and went in
troops. To his surprise, he noticed
among them from time to time an oe-
casional ant which was much larger
than the others, and moved ut a much
swifter rate; and each OF these hrger
ants, Monsieur Nielsen saw, always
carried one Of the gray ants on it's
back. This discovery led him to watch
their movements closely.
He soon saw that while the main body
VI SEuy anus WAS dlWdyS Ou lOOt, UUeN
were accompanied by at least one Of
their own sort mounted on one of these
larger ants. He mounted and detached
himself now and then from the line,
rode rapidly to the head, came swiftly
back to the rear. and seemed to be the
commander of the expedition.
The explorer was satisfied, from his
observation, that this species of ant
employs larger ant-possibly n drone
of the same species, though he had no
means Of proving this-asl we employ
horses to ride upon; though scarcely
more than one ant in each colony seems
to be provided with n mount.
1t Is known that some ants maintain
others in their service as servants or
slaves. Certain warrior ants Of South
America confine their own physical eff
forts to raiding and plundering, while
all the ordinary offices Of life are per-
formed for them by servants. The lit
tie gray ants of Siam appear to be a
more Industrious race, though they APP
preciate the convenience of having a
man on horseback" among them. -
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

Another peaceful Indian has been dis
covered in Montana. He has been pet.
rifed over 1000 years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
MA Not PatrAnize Home Indn..-r

DID Not PatrOnfze Home Industry.
English tradesmen are indignant be-
cause the dried potatoes, carrots and
turnips provided for the Ashantee ex-
petition were ordered by the govern
ment In Germany.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

When q man is asleep, and forgets
that he IL alive, is his happiest time.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
A pTasterstroke OF surgery.

A very delicate piece of surgery was
successfully performed last Friday
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

Love never loses by being tested.