davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The herald., 1896-08-28
Triboulet, the Jester.

Here is story of Triboulet, the jester
OF Francis and probably the most famous
In history:
A great noblcman who had suffered
from Triboulet's gibcs threatened to have
him fogged. The jester complained to the
king. Have no fear, Francis said, for if
any one were bold enough to kill you I
should have him hanged in an hour after.
ward. oh, sire, replied. Triboulet,
would 1T not please your majesty to have
MIN hanged an hour beforc?' Triboulct
happened to be present at a meeting of tho
council at which there was discussion as
TO the road by which the French army
should invade Italy. Gentlemen, inter
rupted the Jester, you appear to consider
yourselves very wise, but you are strangely
mistaken, for you have forgotten the most
essential point. And what Is the most
essential point?' queried grave councillor
IT is simple enough answered Triboulet.
You have dcliberatcd at great length as to
the road by which you shall enter Italy,
but you have never thought Of the one you
will take when you have to leave it again"
The herald., 1896-08-28
HOW HE RECLAIMED HIS vALlsE.
Listened to tho Advice of tho Crowd and
Then Took His Own Way.

1t was an hour after midnight when he
toiled up the steps of the Alley Il, - carry
ing valise. Instead Of putting it down
on the platform while he was waiting for
the train he, placed it on the railing and
rested his elbow on it.
OF course, while he was in that position
some one brushed against him, and the
grip took q tumble to the roof of low
building 12 feet below. Instantly every
one on the platform was on the spot asking
what had happened some of them sympa-
thizing, some sniclsering and nearly all Of
fering suggestions.
The fat man held out a cane with u
curved handle and said ''If you could tic
a rope to this you might hook it into the
handle Of the grip and pull it up" Strange
to say, no one had q clothesline in his vest
pocket, and so that idea had to be passed
up
you'll have to wait till morning" said
another, land get the people who own the
building to let you get up on the roof. -
Better notify the police, " suggested an
other. This seemed to gain the approval
of the crowd except one man, who thought
1t would be a good idea to tell the ticket
seller about it, which he Immediately start
ed to do.
All this time the man who owned th
grip said not word, but calmly waitet
until the crowd had exhausted its stock o
suggestions. Then he turned to n colorct
youth and asked him il he could climb.
The boy answered in the affirmative, and
then the man said, "I'll give you quarter
If you will shin down that iron support
and bring up my grip"
In less than minute tho yalise was in
the owners hands, and the others were
wondering why they didn't think of that
hemselves.-Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1896-08-28
How Bicycles Are Bought.

"I wonder where on earth the money
comes from to pay for all these wheels?''
said the first passenger
''You are rot the only one who wonders
about it, said the other passenger. Its
an everyday conundrum with host of
people wondered at it myself until a
day or two ago. Then l found out some
thing that set me to calculating. We have
an office boy and pay him 81 a week-every
cent he's worth. A day or two ago he
came up stairs carrying brand new
wheel.
' Whose wheel, Jimmie?' I asked.
=" Nine he answered. Amt she q
butte? High grade, you know. Cost hun
dred plunks.
Yours I echoed How can you af-
ford 800 wheel?'
Easy, he answered. Installlnent, you
know. Five plunks down and five a
month till she's paid for.
"And that's how it happens that 81 q
week boy can secure a 500 wheel. And
guess you'll find that's only one case in q
thousand OF the same sort. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer
The herald., 1896-08-28
A Pie Hint.

The great annoyance Of people who are
baking fruit pies comes from the loss OF
the rich sirup of juicy pies. To Prevent
this take strip of muslin one inch wide
and long enough to GO around the pie and
lap. Wet the cloth in cold water and lay
1t around the edge, half upon the pie and
half upon the plate, pressing it on either
side When the pie is taken from the oven,
remove the cloth This will be found .
euccesG
The herald., 1896-08-28

derful glamour surrounding q woman who
is popularity supposed to curl her hair with
bank notes which no amount of personal
charm can ever supcrsede. Men with little
or no money generally desire well lowered
girls as wives, while rich men do not find
it unpleasant to add to their wealth, and
by choosing an heiress, carry out the old
adage of riches go to riches. "
The herald., 1896-08-28
Blaine's Grave.

Next fall the ashes Of the great James G.
Blaine will rest in the spot that he would
have selected-on the brow of Winthrop
hill, in Augusta, beside those of his son
Walker. Mrs. Blaine has definitely de-
cided upon the removal of the remains
from Washington, and the noble lot of
three acres wherein they will be inferred
long will be sought out by reverential Wis
itors the world over.-Lewiston (Me)
journal
The herald., 1896-08-28
Wealth or Beauty.

(which has the best chance Of marriage,
NE heiress or the beauty" was the query
propounded by an English newspaper re-
GENTLY The prize winner was a young wo-
man who replied that "a lovely face is very
attractive, and men pay much attention to
~ happy possessor. But there ID won
The herald., 1896-08-28
No Time For Sentiment.

Mammal don't like the idea of that
young Harris hanging around Jenny so
much. He hasn't cent except his little
salary.
Papa-You needn't worry. They are
both too busy talking about bicycles to
have any time for lovemaking -Indianap.
oils Journal
The herald., 1896-08-28
Big Diamonds.

The largest pure diamond, that belong
Ing to the rajah of Mattan, weighs 367
carats. The one of the next greatest
weight, the Orloof, or Orloff, weighs 1893
earatS.
The herald., 1896-08-28
Men! Be Strong

1t is a laudable desire in all men to nos
sess vigorous manhood. This is impos-
s!ble as most men live. Excesses. exposure
overwork. confinement to desk bad air
and lack of exercise are all destructive to
healthy nerve force. Every man can
stand some building up. Inability to do
hard manual labor. short breath and palpi-
tation of the heart are common symptoms
of the breaking down of the nervous sys-
ten. They mean that a weakness exists
Get the strength back through natures
best source-electricity.
Your belt has cured me OF a most ag-
gravated case of lumbago. / was so bad
that could not stand up straight. thank
you very much for what your Belt and
good advice has done for me.
THOS. MCDONALD
Pomona, Cal.
Thousands of people who have tried other
means of treatment-other makes of belts
and have discarded them for Dr. Sanders
are now praising it highly. Read what they
say in the little book, Three Glasses of
Men, pocket edition of which can be
had free sealed, by mali OF at our office.
SANDEN ELECTRIC co.
2o4}aS S.8roajwav, cor. Second, Los Angeles, Cal
ONCE Hours-S q. IN. to G. PM. Evenings
to 8; SUNDAYS 10 to l.
The herald., 1896-08-28

Try our port Ind snerry wines at "a
cents per gallon. T. Vache & Co., Com
mercial and Alameda streets Tele-
ph.ne 300.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
william Thomson-Lord Kelvin.

William Thomson's father undertook
complete charge Of his education till he
was 10 years old, quickening his latent
genius into activity and training him
with such skill that the boy, directed
along the best methods Of work, which
had been made eXquisitely clear to him,
advanced by leaps and bounds into the
very arcana of the exactest of all the
sciences His classical and general edu-
cation was likewise carefully attended
to by his father. He was matriculated
as q student in Glasgow at the early
age of 10 years-little more than out of
his childhood.
He was q mere youth when he went
to st. Peters college, Cambridge, and
at the age of 81 he passed as second
wrangler and was first Smiths prize.
man. But ere he had won these honors
he was already famous, for his contri-
buttons at IS years of age to the CAM
bridge and Dublin Mathematical Jour-
nal had attracted the attention and ex-
cited tho wonder of the scientific world
i'll France AS well as in England by
their boldness, originality and accuracy.
He was shortly afterward made editor
Of that famous journal and gathered
round him a brilliant staff of writer's
Yet it was his own papers which chiefly
aroused the attention Of scientists
When % years of age, he was appointed
to the chair of natural philosophy in
Glasgow, which he has now occupied
for so years and which will forever be
associated with his name-Good Words.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
Vocabulary Of Ono Word.

81 shall never forget my first visit to
Madrid" said a woman to the New
York Sun man. 81 was the only men,
Der of our party who knew any Spanish,
and knew but one word, that being
'leche'-milk. But by means of gestures
we managed to get along until break
fast was served. Then, as luck would
have it, thcs maid brought my coffee
without any milk, and also, as luck
would have it, / promptly forgot the one
word of Spanish that knew, and which
of all words was the one most wanted
at that moment. This time neither
gesture nor yelling was Of any avail
so, at last, in desperation, l seized a
piece of paper and pencil and drew a
picture of COW. Whcreupon the maid
tripped off and came back with three
tickets to the bull fight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
Tho Captain of The Standard.

Charles Dickens was not militant
editor. Starting The Daily News with
great zeal, he soon wearied of his self
imposed task and resigned the editor
ship, tired to death and quite worn
out" Butt in this century America has
not had monopoly of the fighting cd
itor. Captain Hamber, formerly in con-
troll of The Standard, gave Il conspicuous
example of pugilistic skill He had
driven down with Mrs. Hamber to the
office, leaving her i'll the cab for IA few
minutes. While he was away the driver
addressed her in tones she did not like
Tom, she said, when her husband re-
appeared, this man has spoken impcrti-
nently.' Get down from your perch at
once said the Journalist. The man.
with an oath, descended. Hamber boxed
him first ON one ear, then on the other
When the cabman squared up to the
editor, the latter slipped at right and
left into his opponent. polishing him off
very neatly. "-Gentlcman' Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
A Pumice Stone Barrier.

A floating barrier of pumice stone 10
miles long, over 200 yards wide and
Is feet deep, closing seaport to all
vessels as effectually as boom could
do, is not the sort of thing one is likely
to forget, and yet that was one of the
results Of the KrakatOa eruption, the
port being Telok Retcung, in Sunda
straits. Formed i'll q few hours, it would
almost seem to be the supreme effort of
nature i'll the pumicc making line were
it not that such immense quantities are
found ut the bottom Of the sea-;i queer
place for pumice stone. But pumice,
when produced, is really heavy. 1t is
only the air cavities in it that make it
light, and az it floats it becomes water
logged and down it goes. Most Of the
pumice we use in Europe comes from
the Lipari islands, north Of Sicily, 1.-The
home of Vulcan" whence Vulcano as
the name of one Of them, and our vol
cano" as descriptive of the natural fea-
ture Of which it is the type. Here are
the pumice quarries--at Monte Chirica
and its craters Monte Pclata and Forgia
Vccchia-wherc over 1000 men are at
work in the narrow tunnels and CALLER
les, lighted by clay lamps of antique
form. The whole hillside is perforated
with groups of these tunnels, which
number between 600 and 800 and are so
narrow that the men can hardly pass
each other i'll them. And Just rs coal is
found in beds alternated with sandstone
and shale. so the pumice is in layers be-
tween harder lavas and ashes. -Leisure
Hour
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
happy one.


A healthy baby is the real level for which
the wedding ring is only the setting.
There is no place in Natures economy for
a childless marriage. Welded couples that
are childless are never truly married A
baby Is the tie that binds. The baby is the
pledge that makes husband and wife one in
nature and in fact, and that teaches mutual
self-sacrihce and sympathy. Thousands of
couples are childless because of the wife's
neglect of her health as a woman. Too few
women fully appreciate the importance of
keeping healthy and vigorous the organs
upon which motherhood is dependent As
consequence, they arc weak where they
should be strong, and motherhood is either
an impoSsibility OF a torturesome and dam
geIous ordeal. This is easily remedied..
The most wonderful medicine for women
Is DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription 1t
acts directly and only on those delicate or
gans upon which the perpetuation of the
race depends. 1t allays inflammation.
soothes pain and makes those organs
healthy and vigorous. II prepares for
motherhood. 1t makes the expectaut period
comfortable. 1t makes baby's coming easy
and almost painless and insures health II,
both mother and child. Druggists cell it.
II take pleasure In expressing nv faith in
your Favorite Prescription ;" writes Miss Edith
Cain. OF Clinton. Allegheny Co.. Pa. AMER two
years of suffering l began taking DIR. Pierce's
medicine and now am entirely cured had
been troubled with displacement of internal
weakness. but now am well and happy will
cheerfully recommend DIR. Pierce's Fayorite Pre-.
scription to all invalid ladies'
The profit side of life is health. The bal
ance is written in the rich, red pure blood of
health. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
constipation and make the blood rich and
pure. They never grippe. By druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
HUMMiNG BIRDS.
II Il . Mistake to Think They Cannot h
Tanned.

Tanned.
1t is popularity supposed that hum
ming birds are too delicate to endure
captivity, but this is a mistake, as /
personally know, says a writer in the
New York Home Journal, and can give
account Of several that have been tanned.
Living specimens of these tiny members
of the feathered tribe were owned by q
friend of mine awhile since and exhib-
tied in the window of the late proprietor
Of TaylOr's saloon, Broadway, New
York. In fact. instances are numerous
in which they have been kept for
months, and even for q year, incaged,
in England as well as in this country,
and believe that large collection has
for some time existed i'll the Geological
gardens, Regents park. London. A
young lady Of New York has for some
time amused herself with these delicate
creatures as pets. They build their nests
in the lace curtains and have raised
little families in the parlor. There are
plants for them to fly about in, and ev-
cry day the florist sends basket of
flowers for them to extract honey from.
They are like little rainbows flying
about the room, and they light on the
head of their dainty mistress with per-
feet freedom.
The humming birds shown in Broad
way were caught by German, who
succeeded in tanning them very easily.
They subsist, when Gagged, upon honey
or sugar and water. He had them placed
in little crystal cages, with pretty spray
perches and punches of glass flowers, in
whose cups their food was placed. After
being Gagged two months they became so
tame that they readily learned to thrust
their long, slender, threadlike tongues
between the lips of their keeper for the
sweets on which they subsisted. In their
natural state they also feed upon the
minute insects which infest flowers, and
no doubt, if this sort of food were sup
piled to them, together with honey, by
those who held them in confinement,
they might be kept alive for as long a
time as some of the more hardy pets OF
the aviary.
The birds at Taylor's attracted O
crowd of people from morning till night,
who seemed to never grow weary OF
watching them. They We're evidently at
that time a ''new sensation" to the
habitues of Broadway. Nor is this t.
be wondered at, for, what with the
flashing iridescence of their plu,nage,
changing with every motion, from EN-
erald to ruby and gold, their marvelou,
delicacy of form, their extreme rapidly
of flight. now lowering over the honey
laden calyx, now darting from spray t.
spray or perching upon a twig, coquet
tishly pluming themselves with theil
long, slender beaks, they are really OBJ
| jects of grace and beauty, worthy thu
admiration Of every beholdcr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
RELEASE OF A GYPSY MOTH.
4 Careless Freuchman's Experiment Have
Led to Trouble.

4 Careless Ereuchman's Experimeu.i Have
Led to Trouble.
On o certain i'll omened day in 1869
gentle breeze rippled through the
streets OF quiet town in eastern Massa-
chusetts. 1t left chimneys unframed
and hardly rippled tree. yet if it had
been a cyclone it could hardly have done
more damage, for in a bare little frame
tenement house on q side street stood
Pandora's box full of troubles waiting
to be spread broadcast over the land,
and the breeze furnished the needed
key. Presently the owner Of the house
and of Pandora's box, a Frcnchman,
known to his neighbors for his curious
experiments in silk raising and for his
absorption in the study of strange in
sects, was seen searching anxiously in
the grass outside his window. People
who saw him said that he seemed much
disturbed at the failure of his quest.
Well might he be, for he had Just let
loose one of the plaques of Egypt upon
fair and fertile land. He had lost "le
zigsag," and the new world has gained
the gypsy moth.
Mr.. Trouvelot, the silk grower of
Medford. can hardly expect to have his
name pleasantly remembered among
his quondam townsmcn and country
men, but he should be given credit both
for intelligence to foresee the conse-
quences of his negligence and for the
candor Immediately to give notice of
the danger to which the public was ex-
posed. But his warning fell on deaf
ears. No one realized that the pest,
which is a nuisance rather than d dam
ger i'll Europe, would gain such head
way in a new home. and, freed from
its hereditary enemies, was to deviate
wherever it went. 1t would have been
economy, if the future could have been
foreseen, to appropriate $1,000. 600, il
need be, to quarantine the whole neigh
borhoOd, to fell the trees, to rae the
houses to the ground, to pillow the fields
under and leave that part Of the town
a desert. But 10 one rose to the emer-
gency till it was too late.-Springfield
Republican.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
Lightning Reduced to Figures.

Modern scientific discovery is fast un-
raveling the greatest mysteries of ma
ture, and it now appears that there are
but few things that are hidden from
the gaze of him who looks for them in
the proper way. Lightning was former
" one of the greatest enigmas among
natural phenomena. Today We know
that the average electromotive force of
q bolt of lightning is about $500, 600
volts; that the current is IA, 900, 600
amperes, and that the time Of discharge
is about one twenty-thousandth Of i
second. In such bolt there is energy
equal to ., 400, 600 volts, or 8. 2Si, IS2
horsepower. st. Louis Republic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
The Discovery saved HIS Life.

&. Caillouette, druggist. Beavers
vile, ILL.,, says: ITO DIR. Kings New
Discovery owe my life. Was taken
with la grippe and tried all the ply
sicians for miles about, but of no
avail. and was given up and told l
could not live. Having DR.. Kings
New Discovery in my store. l sent
for a bottle and began its use. and
from the first dose began to get bet
ter, and after using three bottles was
up and about again. 1t is worth its
weight in gold. We won't keep store
or house without it." Get q free
trial at Hartz & Ul!emeyer's drug
store
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
Executors Nofirs-

Estate Of Patrick Mcdonald, decsased
The Undersigned having been appointed exeCu-
nix Of the last viii and tesfaoeut Of Pafrick Nc
Donald, late OF the county Of Rock Island, eoaae
vii appear before the county court Of Rock Island
county, at the ONCE Of the clerk Of eaid count IN
the city Of Rock Island, II the November term, on
the hr6t Monday in November next, af which dine
al persons having claims against eaid estate Are
notified and requested TO attend. for the purpose
Of having the same adjusted.
quest TO make immediate payment 10 the IN
dersisRed.
Dated this gath day Of August. A. D.. iso8.
BRIDGET MCDONALD, kxeeuSrt1.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
Dangerous Drinking water.

Death turks in impure water. 1t
breeds diseases, often in epidemic
form.
The first symptom is looseness OF
the bowels. These diseases are
checked by taking Foley's Collie Cure.
Sold BY NJ r. Bahnsen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
False EeDcrt.

Rose-Do you sec that man who has
Just come, Lulu: They say he's cashier
of the Tenth National bank.
Lulu-what. He: I've met him al
ready and he's only lis president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
LEGAL.
Executors Nottco.

Estate Of Anaxiah Thoentoa, doceasod.
tof OF the last will and feotaAe1S OF Amas,sh
THORNTON, late Of the county Of Rock island.
ttate OF lllinoio. deceased. herehy gives notice
ncck leland county, at the once Of the clerk Of
salo court IN the city Of MOCK Island, 1t the NO.
vemoer term. on the frS Monday m November
next, at which time ali perpopc having rleiWs
aealnst eaid estate sie notified ana requested T.
attene Tor the purpose Of having the sanc I'd
yueseo. Al Iersons indebted 10 esid estate ere
defsigned.
Dated this Goth day OF August. A. D.. 1854.
J. .. REID, Executor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15

When Baby was sick. we gave her CastorA
When she was Child. she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss. she chung to Cassoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
NEW
PASSENGER SERVICE
To the Eas! via the
r. !. & P,

THROUGH CAR SERVICE
Lines east Of Peoria carry through
coaches and sleeping cars on nigh
trains to principle cities.
X. STOCkHOUSE,
Gen. Ticket Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15

No Other Law Has Caused So Much Blood.
shed-Thioueh This Code the Kingdom
Of Ha, lover Lost It's Independence and
Was Absorbed By Prussia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-12
The Nominee for vice President,

Arthur sewall the democratic nominee
for Vice President, is not well known out
side Of his state, although he has been
quite prominent as a business man and.
in quiet way. as a politician, in Maine
for many years. II Is doubtful II tenth
part of the delegates had ever heard his
name before it was presented to the con-
venton yesterday. They had of course
heard the name of his son, Harold NJ
Sewall, who was consul general to Samoa
during Mr.. Cleveland's first administra-
tion, and who has since become a repub-
lican.
Mr. Sewall is a man OF sterling worth
and possesses business ability of high
order. He may not add anything to the
strength Of the ticket, but he will not
be a drag upon it. If he should be elect
ed he would discharge his duties faith
fully and with credit to himself and his
party
1t is surprising, to say the least of It,
that convention that condemned ma
tional banks so strongly and called for a
more stringent control of railroads by the
government should have nominated the
president and owner of a national bank,
and who for years was president of a
railroad and VINO still has large railroad
interests. From the brief sketch we have
OF Mr.. sewall 1t seems to be a fair in
ference that he was more acceptable to
| the convention than the platform upon
vention, however, was a remarkable and
an emotional body, and it is difficult to
give satisfactory reasons for much that
| II did