davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
Wonderful Feather Work.

Among the strange tribes Of men
about whom little is known are the
Chamacocos, living on the upper Par
aguay river. An Italian artist. Sig
nor Boggiani. who visited these people
not long ago, had given a vivid deS-
cription of their appearance and Gus
toms. Like all wild tribes in warm
countries, they wear very little cloth
ing. but they excel in the art Of max
ing personal adornments from the
feathers Of birds Their country
abounds with birds of the most beauti-
full plumage, including parrots. toucanS
and trogans, whose feathers are daz-
zling in color, rheas with gray plumes,
musk ducks of a glossy black color
egrets with feathers of a pure white,
and spoonbills of a delicate pink hue
The Chamacocos combine all this
wealth Of colored and graceful plum
age in an artistic manner, and some of
these savages, tall and of perfect
shape walk their forest glades in habi-
liments more brilliant. if less ample,
than Paris modiste could produce.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
Boiling Water with a Wire.

An electric boiler device. adapted to
be applied to any pot or kettle, has been
patented to F. w. SCHNEIDER Jenny, of
kenelbach, Austria Hungary. This in
vention comprises a ring-shaped heat
ing body of refra ctOry insulating mater
ial containing resistance wires and sur
rounded by 4 suitable protection cas-
ing. y handle is attached to this ring
for raising or lowering into or out of
pot or kettle. The resistance wires
are connected to an electric circuit by
suitable insulated wires passing up
through the handle If it is desired to
boil pot Of potatoes, the ring is low
cred into its pot by it's handle and the
current switched into the resistance
wires in the ring. The latter immedi-
ately becomes hot because Of the heat
generated in the wires by the resistance
few minutes the water in the pot will
be boiling and the potatoes cooked. The
ring can then be removed and washed
and the coffee boiled in the same man.
ner. The pots and kettles all rest upon
The top Of an ordinary wood table dur
ing the process eff cooking. The sight
of pot boiling while resting on a
table and with only a small flexible
wire extending into the same is indeed
4 very unusual one, and would no
doubt excite many modern house
keepers greatly upon seeing the same.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
Gigantic Extinct Bird.

By the falling Of an overhangins
cliff near Hastings, England, an inter-
esting slab of stone was exposed. It
bears on its surface the clear impress
sion of the foot Of some gigantic ex-
tinct bird having three toes. Each toe
mark is niRe and a half inches long
and shows that the original Of the i'm
print had claws two inches In length.
The ball of the foot, where the three
toes should meet as a center, does not
appear, indicating that that portion of
the foot did not reach the ground.
From the tip Of the middle claw to
where the spur-toe mark is seen b,
hind is exactly twenty-6o1r ipchaa
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
Finds Gold Coin on His Farm,

William Stoffelt, an old German
farmer in Webster County, Missouri,
has suddenly become rich. While dig
ging a we'll in his stock pasture work
men struck an iron safe, which was
found to contain $11.600 in gold coin.
A portion of a human skull was also
found. It is supposed to have been an
Indian grave, as the Kickapoo Indians
formerly occupied that portion of the
state. Where the gold came from is a
mystery, which may never be solved.
The most plausible theory Is that it
represents the plunder Of robbery
committed long before the war by the
Kickapoo Indians. 1t is known that
about the year 1920, or possibly some
years later. an army paymaster, whose
name cannot now be recalled while
en- route to Fort Gibson, Indian Ter
ritory, to pay off the soldiers stationed
there. lost large sum Of money in an
encounter with the Indians The gov
crnment attempted to recover it, but
without success. This may be the gov
ernment's long lost treasure, but Stof-
felt is in possession now and took the
necessary legal precautions to hold it
against all corners. Unless the gov
ernment or somebody else can show q
clear title to the money it will be Stof-
felt's absolutely after one year A
great crowd of curiously inclined peo-
pie besieged the banks as the gold was
being taken from a buggy and placad
in a vault.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
Valuable Egyptian Record.

According to Professor ". Flinders
Petrie. who Is now at work clearing
the ruins Of temples at Luxor. the
granite tablet recently discovered at
Thebes. Egypt. contains the first in
scription found on Egyptian monu-
ments thai in any form makes men
ton Of the Israeltes. The tablet was
made under the direction Of King Ne
renpthah, and records that during the
war in Syria, about 1900 B. c., he
fought the people Of Israel and spoiled
them.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
eees Resent the Shotgun Method.

John Reybeck and H. c. Moore, Of
Rush township. Penn. engaged in an
exciting battle with bees, and were ig-
ANONYMOUSLY defeated, in addition to
being terribly stung. Their faces and
hands are swollen out of resemblance.
Hundreds Of bees were slain during
the fight
While Moore and Reybeck were talk
ing several sWarms of bees began hiv-
ing on trees and Il rail fence. Moore,
the proprietor, fearing that the queen
bee was preparing to fly across the
fields to clump Of trees a mile dis
tant. requested Reybeck to aid him in
collecting the bees. Moore ran to the
house. and procuring bass drum be-
gan to beat it in order that the sound
would drown the peculiar signal of the
queen bee. The method was ineffect-
i've. Then he got shotgun and fired
into the closely packed insects The
bees darted at the farmers and stung
them so badly that their sufferings
were intense. They We're in danger Of
becoming blind, and. to avert this,
staggered into a cornfield with thous-
ands OF bees on their persons and
thousands more buzzng about their
heads. Moore's lips were almost swol-
len shut. but he managed to tell Rev
beck to dig holes in the ground for pro-
lection for their hands and faces.
Their finger nails were worn off and
flesh lacerated by their efforts. FL
nally the holes were made. and. being
partly composed of clay. afforded great
relief. For two hours the men lay al
most smothered. when the bees few
away.-Phladelphia Ledger.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
MOUNTED A cows BACK.
A Bank Clerks Disastrous Trip With
Girl on Tandem.

Bicycling has been the favorite
amusement Of Mr. John Martin, Of Bay
Cliff Villa, Brooklyn. ever since the
wheel first began to displace all other
methods Of lOcomotion. Mr. Martin is
employed in the South Brooklyn Say
ings Bank. and most of his time out
side of banking hours is spent on the
wheel. So great is his enthusiasm
that it impcls him not only to ride, but
to induce others to ride also. One of
the others is a young lady living on
Staten Island, not very far from the
ferry.
One night recently Mr.. Martin went
over to Staten Island on hired tan
dem with vacant seat. After he got
to the island the seat was suitably oc-
cnnied and he and the fair Staten Is
lander were spinning along one Of the
travelled roads that lead to the interior
From this road they turned into one
less travelled, being filled with the
spirit Of adventure, and thereby got into
trouble. There was a cow asleep in
that road. Whether or not the COW
saw the wheel approaching is matter
of conjecture. Maybe she did see it
coming, but considered it beneath her
dignity to move. 1t is certain, how
ever. that the young lady who occupied
the forward seat of the machine didn't
see the cow until it was too late. Then
she uttered a Shrek
IoI NV bo ;o1r
sayed to rise. and at that instant the
tandem climbed agilely up on her neck
and fell. The girl landed on the ami
mails vertebrae, pretty we'll forward,
and her companion coasted along the
backbone quite far aft. The COW rose
and the young lady rolled into the gut
ter, uttering piercing shrieks. The
young man rose and said 'ShoO"' to
the COW. He ought to have known bet
ter. 'Shoo' is the thing one says to
hen. In the case of a COW it is quite
unavailing. 1t angered this COW, whose
feelings were already somewhat ruff
fed by the circumstance of two able
bodied young persons and machine
distributing themselves about her anat-
omy. Therefore she essayed to charge
upon the young man, but her hoofs got
caught in the forewheel of the tandem,
and in two seconds that wheel looked
like large portion of spaghetti with
out the dressing. Satisfied, or perhaps
alarmed by the ruin she had wrought,
the animal then departed believing.
1t was three miles to the nearest
town, and Mr.. Martin found himself
with a smashed tandem, pair of
considerably wrecked trousers,
wrenched knee, and a hysterjcal girl
He walked the three miles, and the girl
and the tandem accompanied him,
how, he hardly knows. When they
got there his companion was taken ill
from the excitement and strain of the
long walk, and he had to get doctor
The doctor brought her around all
sent them on their way, but not re-
jocing.
Mr.. Martin used to expatiate upon
the cheapness and economy of the
wheel as means of lOcOm0tiOn. Now
he has few figures of his own against
him. He had to pay for the doctors
services; he had to pay for new pair
of trousers. and he had to pay for the
tandem. The only thing he didn't have
to pay for is the COW. He hasn't used
the words ''bicycle" and 'economy' in
the same sentence since.-New York
Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08

The finest wire in the country is
made at Taunton, Mass. This metal
cobweb of minute diameter is exactly
1-5O0th part of an inch in thickness
much finer than human hair. Ordinary
wire, even though Of small diameter,
is drawn through holes in steel plates;
but. on account Of the wear, such
plates cannot be used in making the
hair wire. The Taunton factory men
toned uses drilled diamonds for that
purpose.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
Cave Halt His Windows to a Neiehbor.

The most benevolent man reported
this year lives in Whitneyville, Me.
His house having windows and blinds,
he concluded that duty called him to
divide windows with a man who had
neither. Upon the strength of this con-
clusion, he gave away every alternate
window, boarded up the apertures
thus made. and closed the blinds to
keep the generous act from the knowl-
edge Of his neighbors.-Machias (Me.)
Republican.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
Wounded Beast Takes Mortal Revenge,

=
The tragic death of Mr. Macarthur,
young officer of the Burmah police, is
worthy of special record as an exam
pie of British pluck. endurance and
presence of mind worthy of our high
est traditions. Having shot a panther,
which fell into a hollow and could not
be found by the natives accompanying
him, Mr.. Macarthur proceeded with
some Of them in search of the animal.
It sprang out very suddenly upon him,
dashed him to the ground and struck
his unloaded rife from his hands.
The brute then began to gnaw one Of
his knees, and while it was so en-
ployed. he contrived to reach his rifle,
load it aud shoot the panther through
the head. He was able to direct the
natives to construct a rude bamboo
litter to carry him back to the station.
Hopes Of his recovery were for a time
entertained, but blood poisoning set In
and he died three days after, his
friends deeply regretted one whose
moral courage was quite In keeping
with his personal bravery.-London
Court Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08

London has a company which in
sures against twins 1t Is called the
Love Guarantee Society. A premium
of $40 is required, and then, if the
insured couple are blessed with twins
the company pays them $1,000. The
first policy issued proved . losing one
TO the company.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08

Young ostriches have been hatched
by artificial incubation on a farm in
Maryland. This novel proceeding was
under the direction Of Edward Shmid,
e WasbinSton
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08

A cow wandered into the town hall
Of Kingman, Ariz., where the county
records are kept, and she ate some Of
them and tattered the rest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-29
EIGHTY MILES AN HOUR.
PATH OF DEVASTATION MARKED THROUGHOUT
THE UNFORTUNATE CITY-INCTDENTs OF

PATH OF DEVASTATION MARKED THROUGHOUT
THE UNFORTUNATE CITY-INcIDENTs OF
THE DISMAL NIGHT THAT FOL-
LOWED THE STORM.
(BY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNEl
st. Louis May @-In the records OF the local
Weather Bureau the wind never blew with the
velocity 1t did yesterday. For nearly thirteen min
utes the speed registered the observatory was
eighty miles an nour. and this point was well re-
moved from the centre OF the storm. While the
tornado lasted and for hours after II passed. rain
fell In sheets lightning struck numerous buildings
and the property loss by fire alone is enormous
The entire city lighting and the electric street rail-
way system In the southern part Of the city were
parayzed and last night the streets were lined Tor
miles with idle and motioness.
An incident Of the storm was the partial blowing
down OF the City Hospital The entire west wing
and part Of the roof the north wing OF the ram
shackle old structure were blown away. Two pa
tents killed and number seriously Injured
How many OF the unfortunates Of the city resting
In the hospital walls at the time the storm struck
1t will die as the result OF the exposure to the ele-
ments cannot be conjectured.
Down Papn-st. and other thoroughfares In the
path Of the storm there Is scarcely house stand
Ing. Chou,eau-avc. was almost blown off the earth
from one end to the other. and Gratot-st Is heap
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-29
NO APPEAL FROM THE DECISION.

From The Washington Post.
Over at Rawley Springs. in the shadow OF tne
talking to old man. .....
speaking distance, "d'yo think gal o fifteen
young { marryT
Certainly replied
IL tole yo' 3d." exclaimed the girl triumpha ntiy.
"Shucks." calculated the old man petulanty.
Stranger I'm powfu dis'p'inted."
He certainly looked II.
cause yo' said gal o. fifteen wus { young Z
marry. Me an Jimmy hyar wuz tn kin erbout NIT
wen yo' rode. Inter sight ] wants [ marry heri
she said she'd leave ct { yo. FL 20 saia g., q
ef yo' said she wasn't she wouldn't. She reckoned
ez yo' he'd a purity homes face yo' could give ianr
d'cison An now thur amt no weddn goan talk
place" , -. .p
'''Tainr a bit O. use Z argy ct; yo' done cye 20
dcishun an AZ vgnny wou'on mai y 'net s'' 81
And with nth many q dolsfui shake of the had he
struck or down the road. The girl appeared TO Do
Immensely pleased and 1t occurred to me later thaS
had done her genuine favor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-29
CHILDREN KILLED IN SCHOOL.

TRAGEDIES OF THE STORM IN AUDRiM
COUNTY, MO.
Mexico, Mo-, May pa cyclone swept across
Audrian County last evening. doing damage to
crops and wrecking many buildings The reports
say that people have been killed In the coun-
ty and probably twenty-five badly injured In the
Rean Creek district q schoohouse was carried
away and daughter OF Joseph c. Ware was
killed Lulu Eubanks and Hida Blase. also school
children, fatally injured
At the Bye schoolhouse. six or eight miles fur
Their southeast, not a pupil escaped unin1ured. ana
five children killed, three outright. two dying
later in this place The schoolhouse was utteHs
demolished and several Of the children were blown
a great distance away and were not FOUND Unit!
several hours afterward. and then In muthatso
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-29
A TORNADO STRIKES COLUMBIA, PENN.
ONE MAN KILLED AND SEVERAL BADLY INJURED

A TORNADO STRIKES COLUMBIA, PENN.
ONE MAN KILLED AND SEVERAL BADLY INJURED
MUCH DAMAGE DONE TO PROPERTY.
Lancaster. Penn, May 2S.-A tornado which
came from the York County shore swept across
the Susauehanna River this afternoon shortly
after o'clock and did vast amount OF damage
in Columbia, about ten miles from here toge'her
with several fatalities. 1t first struck the pian-
ing mill OF John Forrey. unroohng the structure
and doing great deal OF damage TO houses IN
the neighborhood of Front-st. The black cloud
than struck the Columbia Rolling Mill. lifted
the roof bodily and buried fifteen men In the
ruins.
Following are the casualties: Percy Zerger.
buried under the roof; fatally Injured. isaac
Haverstick puddler. leg and head crushed ana
body scalded; dying. Walter Drummer, CUT on
head arm broken and body bruised. william
schleeger hand broken and injured about BODY.
Harry Duck. puddler, struck by timbers and
badly cut on the body. Joseph Dangert driving
a cart on the outside Of the mill, was buried by
the roof and had to be dug out: seriously hurt
internally. His horse was killed. The rolling
mill Is demolished and the machinery ruined.
Albert Hill. colored. and four other employees
names not known, were working inside the mill,
and were blown forty feet into Shawnee Creek
and nearly drowned
The storm next struck the electric-light station
and badly injured the building. John Hughes.
the engineer was instantly killed In trying to
close the window. He was blown into the fly
wheel OF the engine and torn to fragments
The damage to the property Of the Columbia
Rolling Mill is estimated at 10000. Twelve
pudding furnaces were destroyed, and that sec
ton OF the mill was wrecked. Isaac Haverstick,
a puddler. who was most seriously injured died
this afternoon His body was terribly scalded
by escaping steam from the boilers. He was
fifty years old and had large family. or the
dozen men injured several are seriously hurt
Before striking Columbia, the tornado did a
large amount Of damage on the river shore OF
Wrightsville The gable end Of the Lutheran
Church was blown in. the schoolhouse unroored
and a large amount Of lumber In the YARD OF
Bilmyer & Small blown into the river
After leaving Columbia, the storm travelled east,
doing considerable damage about Mountviiie
and Bohrerstown by blowing down tobacco
sheds and uprooting trees 49,,
Bethlehem. Penn. May 2S.-For two hours this
afternoon rain poured in torrents. In Bethlenem
forty houses along Gauchy Sewer were nooded,
the water being three feet deep on the nrst
floors. In South Bethlehem at five places prop.
erty was six feet under water. The damage VIII
reach many thousands Of dollars. ....
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-29
Silver violet baskets, aSpar-
aguS dishes, punch cups,
toast racks, sweet = bread
dishes, and many other sea-
S0nable novelties.
THEODORE B. STARR
200 Fifth Ave.,
Madison Square.

Shepherd building. at Seventeenth and Pine sts'
was secured. and In the gloomy old halls anu cham
bers there were scenes enacted last night and SUI
ferings endured that will live 70 the end OF me eN
stence OF those who witnessed them. Ambulance ater
ambulance drove up and deposited at the gates tne
torn and malmed. Means and cries OF anguish re-
sounded through the old building All night ionG od
CORDS of doctors assisted by Sisters or the Goou
Shepherd cared for the wounded. The dead were
carried away the lorsue as fast as POSSIBLE our
through the rows of cots on which reposed tne
racked bodies OF the injured. The Sisters turned
over to the use OF the city the entire south wing
and the upper floor room that was tit FOR use' Tor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-29
PHILADELPHIA OFFERS AID.

philadelphia May 2S.-Mayor Warwick to-day
sent the following telegram OF sympathy and oner-
ing aid to the Mayor of St. Louis;
We have learned with sincere regret OF tne
calamity that has visited your city, ana l. as mayer
~ the city OF Philadelphia. extend 10 you tne
heartfelt sympa OF the citizens OF our city IN
your hour OF need. As president or the Cisasn -,
permanent Relief Committee, We heartily oner 10
YOU our aid. Let know at your earliest con- on
yencnce II our assistance can be OF use TO YOU we
stand ready in every way extend to you any
assistance you may require. II the response lnHi-
nent Relief Committee will be called at once TO
take action.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-29
III Sawyer member Of the hrm' was
GALS iniured.
The or THE VICTIMS OF wEDNEs-

nr.n AND THE INJURED.
The or THE VICTIMS OF wEDNEs-
raRliAN DAYS STORM.
"a partial list Of the people killed
ST. H1 's., storm In this city Is as foiio"s'
NV Harry. No So2 South second-s''
sElsChns ,obn. No 2403 South Broadway.
SkD rR wallace T C. 'coorea'' NO. va '0''' 'e"e'
Un-s,s, Wallace. No. 81 South Jener'on-ave'
BRAp',s tookkeeper for Epstein q bernstein
clLnrrcER. Alexander driver NO. 900 M's 1850
csSre Mrs and child No 1850 Menaro-s'' 0ur'eo
snder ru, ura Sawyer Manufacturing Company No
Iesn chouteau-ave' -
liz ~ Mrs. No. 1.H5 Missssippi-ave.
a.ypor. Miss Katie and her m0'"er' w. OH ''''
cx.eerson- ave 49,, -. p..,,, mill Ninth and
pE sIssH il. r'''' . ~. .oa SCOUT, rw.,,s..,.
ID A,., peniamin No o33 North sixth-st'
% ~ Joseph patient at City Hospital
ss,sERR Joseph
pa frank C.. No. i.742 Papin-st'
yul,r bcokkeeper
sssoy Henry Missouri ana "''e' 1''''
ues ,srn,e Shrewsbury Park
tlhN, n No. LOl4 ArInstrong-ave
pSi' w.,rv No i169 South seventh-st.
81. ,ansya No /. 729 Choteau-ave
Sn-.. q engineer Aetna Iron WORKS.
M,r.N Willie. Seventh and fu'ser SIS
nIr.x Harry. Seventh and Rutser sts
ElLs.M rbomas Seventh and Rutger SITS.
.,'MEREAU. william ,.,,.x.
y 10 Hamilton-ave.
NJ. Seventh and Rutger sts
sn,xrSHElM James. Seventh and Rutser ss ~
ucA, w.r,aohi superintendent Waters-Pierce OIL
rpoNAL "a'ia'"'
onp.iy, Martin. No. 2.745 Clark-ave.
fV, ,o.snhine No 300 South Twefth-st
W. No. - robert. Blair and Fenton SITS
~. r.,,s. No 4o8 South seventh-st.
". 49, william. No. IS South Broadway.
osn ,ohn. No, 1892 Mississippi-ave.
peNpY John p, o,,,, ,,,.,..
hIr-cv Cfares No. 1.236 High-st
N"a,cIrrz francisco. City Hospital
FVsn v-.,c.,ca a Spanish woman at City Hospital.
49,. ,.s ,.,,. No 1907 Park-st.
N. .s-s c,.1es Sawyer Manufacturing Company
',,v,-s Cus.ay No. 9lb Rutger-et
vna ~, anys for Eberle Keys livery company
Ws,0 Nd No LIS South Ninth-st.
WhLn' rs.,.s. dnfant). No 172s South Nnth-st
w SOW robert bricklayer. No 4.2l% College-ave.
Will rR winam Eighth-st. and Park-ave.
wooLsEY Michael.
.s,rps Fred chief engineer Union Depot Railroad
Hipa~.rhouse Jefferson and Grier aves
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-29

a..a men and much damaged property were left IN
,,s wake The storm came from the southeast ana
travelled northwest. The greatest destruction was
done in the little town Of Jarrettown Here stone
shed was blown down, and Alfred Mofett and VIM
field Emsy hosers. and five horses In the structure
were killed The schoolhouse and Methodist Cnurcn
and several other houses IN the village were wrecked
The track Of the storm was marked by unroofed
houses wrecked barns, uprooted trees and ruineo
crops , =. 10000.
Al Amber the handsome stone house OF AlexahoeS
Knight was blown almost to pieces. The money
loss by the storm will be heavy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-29
SYMPATHY FROM HARRISBURG.

HARRISBURG Penn. May &.-Mayor Patterson 10
day sent the following telegram to the Mayor OF d.
Louis:
The people OF Harrisburg direct me TO extend 70
Won their sympathy In this hour OF your great uls-
aater and to tender you substantial aid II DESIRED
We await your wishes
The Mayor will call public meeting and request
Governor Hastings to preside II the reply from St.
Louis warrants him In doing so.