davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01
HUMOROUS.
Taking persons-Policemen.
A fast gait-One that is boltet

A fast gait-One that is bolted.
The lay of the land-'Hail Column
bia"
Always out of conference.-the
nose.
A water -course-A series of tenn
perance lectures.
Misses don't count--except in the
treasury department.
No veteran smoker would enjoy
smoking in the dark, because to smoke
properly one must have light.
She-What is that dreadful noise
overhead? He-Oh, that's Sprocket
in the flat upstairs learning to ride the
silent steed!
Chow do you stand on this irrepres-
sible financial question, Chumpley?
"Sorry, old man, but l can spare you
cent today"
An exchange has found out when
Adam was married. OF course it was
| on his wedding Eve; most everybody
knew it before.
Mrs. Newrocks-I like our new but
Ter very much. Mr.. Newrocks-So do
! |; but, sometimes, I'm afraid he has a
poor opinion of us.
Father-This likeness of my son is
very much like him. Has he paid for
it? Photographer-Not yet. Father
THAT is still more like him.
Hobson-I've seen a drop of water
run an electric light plant. Dobson-
Where did you see drop of water do
that? Hobson-At Niagara Falls.
Thompson says you may talk about
your water cures, your movement
cures and your blue-glass cures; but
there is nothing like the sinecure, af-
ter all.
1t was a delicate piece Of sarcasm in
the boarder who sent his landlady
razor neatly inclosed in a handsome
silk lined case and labeled ''butter-
knife"
"What was the popularity of Me-
thuselah?'' asked the teacher. He
lived to be very old without ever
learning to ride bike" answered the
smart boy.
Visitor (shivering)-Do you always
have this kind of weather here in
April? Resident-Not at all, sir.
Sometimes we have this kind of wealth
er here in July.
The Colonel-So poor old Mike has
committed suicide, has he? Well, L
should have thought that would have
been the last thing he would have
done. Tenant-Which it were, sor.
edith. 1 noticed last night that
Mr.. De Rich paid you considerable at
tention. 1 hope You showed HIM
proper amount of civility." Ingenious
Debutante- yes, mamma, L did
I'm sure he knows he can have me for
! the asking.
A raw Scotch lad joined the volun-
teers. and on the first parade day his
sister came with his mother to see the
regiment. On the march past Jock
was out of step. Look, mlther,
said his sister, they're a oot of step
but oor Jockr'
81 don't see why you consider your
political career failure, SAID the
man. my friend, said the citizen, with
an earnest sigh, 81 have been In poll
tics for fifteen years and have never
vet attained the prominence of being
called a Judas by the newspapers.
'I'm sorry, Mr.. Tympany," (" said the
leader of the brass band to the big
drummer, "but we shall have to dis.
pense with your services y Why
"Why? You ask me why! A man who
has got so fat that he can no longer hit
the middle of the drum asks me
| whylp
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01
SOME LAWS OF THE ROAD.
Rules Regulating Travel Upon the Pub.
lie Highway.

The talk of the many thousands is
often turned toward the law of the
road, for there is no one who does not
make use of roads either to ride, drive
or walk upon. For the protection OF
the travelling public it is necessary
that certain rules regulating travel
upon the public highways be general
ly observed, says the Utica IN. W
Observer.
Our statutes do not require q trav.
eler to keep upon any particular part
of the road, or to turn out in any Ger.
tain direction, but it is the universal
custom in this country for vehicles
and animals under the charge of men
to take the right side of the road when
practical to do so. A team should, in
general, keep the right side, whether
meeting another or not. Yet, when
two are going in the same direction,
and one wishes to pass the other, he
should pass on the left side, as the
first team has the right of way, and
cannot be expected to deviate from his
course upon the right side. One pass.
ing another must use great care to
avoid collision, as nothing but neces
sity will warrant him in doing this,
for both, going in the same direction,
belong upon the right side, and by
any deviation from his proper side
one assumes all risk of the expert.
ment. The rule must be very strictly
observed at night. or when, by reason
of storm or fog, it might be difficult
to distinguish others approaching.
A traveller on foot or on horseback
must give way to a vehicle, and o
lightly loaded team must give way to
heavily loaded one, but team with
heavy load ought, in certain cases,
to stand still SO as to allow a lighter
vehicle to pass. The driver of horse
must use ordinary care in it's manage
ment, and is liable for all damage.
caused by careless driving, and if he
leaves his team he must use ordinary
care in hitching it, for if a horse left
unhitched starts and occasions dam
age the responsibility rests upon him
who neglected to hitch it, But if a
team is hitched with ordinary care and
is frightened by some unusual dis
turbance, as by runaway team run
ming against it, and the team so
hitched breaks away and in turn runs
and causes damage, no liability rests
upon him who carefully hitched his
horse.
The movement of sleighs and sleds
upon the snow being comparatively
noiseless,i it is customary to attach bells
to them or to the horses, and the want
of bells would render a person liable
for damages. Bicycles are regarded as
vehicles, and are subject to the same
rules-they must give way to heavier
vehicles, and foot passengers must in
turn give way to them. Massachusetts
laws require bells to be attached to all
bicycles. AS no one is obliged to build
fences next the highway, the use Of
which is common to all people who
choose to travel upon it, so droves of
cattle and other animals are not re-
sponsible for damage by their travel
ing heads, if reasonable care be exer-
cised in their management.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01
Her Nationality.

Beenaway- Why, hello, Hennypeckl
/ hear that you are married. Bride
one Of the village girls?
Hennypeck (meekly)-No; she is a
foreigner.
s'Eh?"
"a tartar. Puck.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01
Animals Live without Water.

There are many different kinds OF
animals in the world that never, IN all
their lives, sip as much as a drop OF
water. Among these are the llamas OF
Patagonia and the gazelles of the far
East A parrot lived for tifty-two
wears in the London Zoo without
drinking drop of water; and many
naturalists believe the only moisture
imbibed by wild rabbits is derived
from green herbage laden with dew.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01
Not Uncommon.

An authority on palmistry says that
woman with a long thumb will al
ways do her best to have her own way.
So will almost any other woman.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01
Displacement.

y \ They we're telling fish stories in q
ewiston barber shop. 81 caught a
ckerel the other day out of pond in
. Mis- county, and he was the biggest
! bupkerel | ever saw" :,
medic n',nnn. om % hnt WI whan n' T npiisd him ont
lowered the lake four inches. -
Tiston (Me.) Journal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01

a Persian carpet'has been lin ul
2oo years IN the main hall Of ahe s
palace in Teheran.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01

r, MsAfamous pear tree, which has lived
Adouselly six centuries, near Toulon,
near ice, was destroyed recently by .
Frai'o Dapint wind storm. The trunk was
viole'ht. W twelve feet in circumference.
nearl
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01

The railways of the world carry over
40. 900. 900 passengers weekly.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01

onv little word Of mine
il May ~ny make a life the brighter
q % any little song Of mine
Nav Ha make heart the lighter,
noS M' Selp me speak the little word,
'V And take my bit Of singing,
"a "a drop 1t in some lonely vale,
AHE To set the echoes ringing.
The evening times., 1897-09-29
SUGAR MADEABEAR TARGET
Attacked With Other Stocks for a
General Decline.
Falling Off I'm Securities Generally
Little Resistance Shown to an
Early Onslaught.

New York, Sept. 20. Stocks opened
dull and irregular.
The professional bear faction again took
control OF the stock market Immediately
after the opening today, and there ap-
peared to be little opposition to the pres
sure for a decline. The London quota
tion were rather encouraging, and an
other batch Of excellent earnings came,
bur these factors counted for nothing, and
speculation follow ed the lines it has taken
OF late
The dealings may hardly be said 20 have
had any particular feature, as losses OF !
per cent We're common il the first half
hour of trading. Special attacks on Sugar,
Chicago Gas and Rock Island wereevidentIy
designed for their effect on the general list
email rallies follows the making OF the
lowest prices, but the market exhibited
little resistance.
Government bonds W ere unchanged. Rail
way bonds steady.
The general market du ring the last
hour has beea weak and without any ap-
parent support. Room traders have Of
fered prices down and there has been some
forced liquidation. Stop orders have also
helped the decline.
Commission houses have few orders aud
the market Il almost entirely professional
one.
The evening times., 1897-09-29
PITCHED BATTLE IN COURT.
A Justice of the Peace and Mer
chan. Came to Blows.

Paterson, =. j., Sept. 29.-There was a
pitched battle in Justice OF the Peace
william Lewis cour, r0otn, on Main street,
TO-DAY, which attracted over 1000 men,
women and children TO the scene.
The comlitants wefe the Judge hiluself
and Simon Rapp, a dry goods merchant.
Levi conducts second hand clothing
s:ore, which nc utf,izes az court roon,.
This morning Rapp asked the judge to
allow iim tn leave package in his store,
until lac had made q few purchases.
THIS was granted. and Rapp. after leav-
ing the store, entered another kept by
a rival OF Levi, and there bought a suit
or clothes. Levi watched Rapp, and when
the latter returned for his package the
judge refused TO give II up until he was
paid for it's care. tt'
Rapp refused and the battle began. Levi
caught the fellow under the chin and cross.
oountered ON the nose. The claret flew in
all directions, and Rapp began screaming
for help.
A crowd quickly gathered, and Levi de
ciGed IL arrest Rapp for attracting a
crowd. The Justice pffl ioned Rapp's arms
behind his back, and, followed by an inn
mense gathering, walked his man to police
headquarters. -
AT the police station Chief Graut order red
Levi ont OF his office He then counseled
Rapp to have the justice arrested for as
saulting him. This advice was followed
and Levi was hauled before Judge Senior.
lie was held I'm bail for trial. Rapp viii
also bring civil suit against the justice.
The evening times., 1897-09-29

Marriage licenses have been issued TO
Che following:
Matthew q. Acton and Alice v. Green
wood OF Alexandra, Va.
Thomas E. Gilman AMI May p. Blunt, OF
Hanover county, Va.
Jacob G. Kraushoff and Bella Mayes.
Rudolph r. Gibbs and Alice c. Marean.
Jesse E. sevigart and Rebecca S. Daw.
James II. Morrison aud Carrie Irene Her
bert, of Fairfax county, Va.
Timothy NJ Ring and Mary A Sweeney.
Walter NJ Frere and b slle Lash.
William r Taliaferro and Virginia NJ.
gwats, OF Augusta county, Va.
HnIery f. Hinnant and Elizabeth r.
Campbell
j Harry Norris and Mae A. De.lcrer, OF
Ieesburg, Va
j. Eston Payne and Belle s. Pittinger.
Harrington White, OF Syracuse, n. Y, and
Annie NJ. Hooper, of Connellsy1lle, Pa.
Harry w Arnold and Idonia L. Eaton.
Joseph Bitter and Eliza Mayors.
joseph L. Williams and Nettie II Adams.
James L. jackson and Josephine A Bos-
ton.
Cornelius Beverly and Mary Daniels.
William p Davis and Ceestine Hawkins
The evening times., 1897-09-29
A WRECK AT HAaTIHSDUEG
Luckily No One Was Hurt in tie
Smash Up.
Miraculous Escape of Passengers
and Trainmen-- Train Reached
Here Several Hours Late.

Baltimore and OHIO train No. &, due at
Washington from Chicago at 6.47 this
Inorhing met with an accident at 4:3O this
Iuo.ning while passing Trough Martinsburg,
| W Va. No one was Injured.
| The train had MADE tn. stop at Martins
burg and was pulling sout. Very little
neadway had been gained. While passing
nearly in front of the Martinsburg distil-
iery defective ran was, struck.
The engine. No. 14O3,. driven by Hugh
C. Ripple, the tender andsthe first express
car passed over safely.
The fsll split under the weight of the
setond express ear, and that left the track
| aud turned on its side.
The mail car also left the track and ran
end on intoa IA little creek that flow by the
railIoad at that point. The forward truck
of the baggage car was deraiIed, but
neither OF the day coaches OF sleepe rs left
the rails.
Tie cars that remained on the track
were DIR avn back to the station, the mail,
baggage and express matter transfer ed to
other cars, and the run to Washington
continued. No. reached Washington at
9Io.
There was no excitement, and the train
crew behaved admir- ably. The mail for
the East was sent through at 10 O'Clock.
No. was In charge of Conductor Tom
Allen. The derailed cars sustained but
slight damage.
Mr.. E. A. Mason, of Pittsburg, who oc-
Cupied sleeper at the time OF the acct
dent, said that tie escape of passengers
and crew without injury wa ssimply mir acu-
lous.
'.The tagCage car went over first and
rolled over and over down the hill into "A
stream OF water. What baggage was not
crushed was damaged by water. IN the
mail car were two clerks, who escaped
without injury but were badly frightened.
The mail car was smashed into splinters.
anG when the clerks We're picked up IL was
thought that 10th were dead.
"1'he back sleeper, which / was in,
was partly overturned and had the ap-
pcarancc of leaning eainst a TELEGRAPH
pole. The ran broke into thirteen pieces
and wa told that similar accident oc-
CURED at this place short tire ago.
The train was due at $40, but did not
reach Washington until 800. The rail-
road officials We're on the scene soon
after the accident, and We're solicitous fo-
the comfort OF everybody.
The evening times., 1897-09-29
EXPERTS STILL TESTIFY
Evidence About Human Bones Fay'
orable to Luetgert
Scientists and Professors OF Anai'
omy Giving Zest TO the froceeo-
ipgs in the Murder Trial.

Chicago, Sept. 29-Expert B. L. Reise' :
teAtin ony in favor Of Luetgert has createa
, feeripg of uneasiness I'm tie ranks oi ti'e
nrssecution. This morning the state
attorneys were closeted with Prof- George
Dorsey 10y whom the bones alleged 10
have been found IL the middle vat oil
I,petgert's sausage factory were positively
identified as human, and partially ldenu-
fled as those OF woman.
Prof. Reise declared he found no sesa-
mo,o hones after his experiments with
the cadaver of a woman, upon wmch
test he gave evidence yesterday while
dorsey fdentlfied sesamoid claimed to
nave once Teen portion OF Mrs. .Luetgerts :
skeleton.
Pref dorsey further intends to substsnti-
ate his statements upon the witness stand
on rebuUUal
Assistant states Attorney McE'yen re
su,ned his cruss-exa xan,inauOn OF the de
fonse's expert, Dr. ReiSe, this morning
Each question asked by The public proSecu-
for only served TO bring out replies that
more Ilttly anu CiitptistiRoA
the testimony OF tie States experts
Iir. Rcise said that he did not believe
thai the homes offered in evidence 10y the
State had teen boiled in a solution OF caus-
tic lotash Their surface was too smooth
audthv texture too fine 10 make il probable.
Sesan,oid bones the witness says, could
not withstand the terrible onslaughts or
such a solution, which would rapidly dis
solve and disintegrate them. In boiling
two human hodies in the Luetgert factory
vat, under conditions similar TO those out
lined tv the States witnesses as having
existed during the dis1ntegration Of Mrs
luetgert's body, witness closely watched
the effects OF the potash on the fleshy
Tissues and the bones. They greatly diff
fered FROM those theorized 10y she State.
Prof John II. Long, of the Northwestern
rniversity faculty, followed. his testi-
nony was on lines similar to DIR. Reise's in
regard to the experiments on the bodies
uf "A man and woman inthe etgert vat
Prof Long was fortified by lot or
SCIENTIFIC Instruments including costly
microscope, spectroscope, etc. he also
had an array of liquids, bones, and other
yrewsoule matter taken from the vat,
after the defense's experiement.
The evening times., 1897-09-29
THE STREETS IN WINTER.
superintendent of Cleaning Wants
$4,000 10 Remove Snow and Ice.

TIE approach of the winter months, and
the request in the report OF the superin
tendent of street cleaning, just made, for
an appropriation of $4,000, for remov-
ing snow and ice from the streets, are
nIcst interesting at this time, especially
when il H. known that the present appru-
priatiOn Is only 81 600, and that from
$1,000 to $4,000 has been absolutely nee
esSary for the limited work done hereto
fore
In 1885 il cost 1900 10 clear off snow
and ice. Last winter the expense was
$4,000. In neither OF these years was the
wirIer exceedingly severe, and yet the
ordinary street cleaning ha ad ID suffer &c.
500 one year, and 81 900 tie other. Ia
MAKE up for the lack OF appropriation.
Streets went dirty In the spring and sum
n'er 10 exactly this extent.
This winter il will be the same The
first heavy snowstorm will probably eat
mp the whole 81 600. IL the winter is
a snowy and cold one, all the remainder
VIII be urprovided for and if any w,rk is
doaPit must he out OF the re gular appropIa
ton.
great many people and the superin-
tcDdeht among them, would not be averse
10 having the snow and ice even more
quickly anc more thoroughly removed
than heretofore. This Will not be this
winter. Even the city must pray for
warm weather TO give us as good service
as heretofore. The appropriate for
street. Cleaning, as il is now, is made
quate, Major stuttler says, without any
drains on it for SHOW. IL is estimated
that only the warm rains from heaven
viii help the city now to keep up the
regular schedule
The evening times., 1897-09-29
FOX HUNT ON THE AVENUE.
Escape and Exciting Pursuit of u
Little Fellow

A fox hunt without hounds attracted
much attention this afternoon On PenII-
sylvania avenue.
A larEe gray fox, the pet of MI. Harry
Harvey, which jest arrived in Washington
last evening chewed the rope attached
to its collar, and eluding its owner, ran up
the Avenue.
The little animal W as greatly frightened
at the multitude of bicyclists who went
in pursuit. several colored men believed
a 'possun was loose and hurried in the
direction taken by the foxy creature.
AT the parking between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets the fox left the wide
street and sought shelter under large
plant.
Then it was espied by colored man.
who seized the animal which had beco me So
frightened as to lie quiv in his hands.
The captor took his prize to Mr.. Harvey
and received half dollar for his trouble
Mr Fox is now fastened with a chain
The evening times., 1897-09-29
COURTESY 10 PROFESSIONALS
Miss Blair VIII Give an Extra Mati-
nee AT stuart Robson's Request.


Washington, ID c., Sept 2s,
Miss Eugenie Blair-Our friends tell me
sucf pleasant things about your extTaordi-
nary performance Of East Lynne" that
l am exceedingly anxious to see it. Can't
you maLage to give an extra ma tinee-say
on Friday next-in order TO crafty my Gu
liosity? Best wishes, and believe me, very
sincerely etc, STUART R0BS ON.
Mr.. Stuart RobsOn-I highly appreciate
your request, and shall be pleased to pre-
sent East Lynne" for a special perform
ance on Friday afternoon. 1t shall he my
best endeavor TO gain your approval. With
best wishes, l arn, very sincerely yours.
EUGENE BLAIR.
The above correspondence explains itself.
Miss Plair has also received several other
communications uf the same purport, and
her compliance with Mr.. Robson's request
will, no doubt, be gratifying news TO her
many al, d,nirers.
The performance of East Lynne" on
Friday afternoon will lie in the nature of
a professional matinee, az I'm addition
TO Mfr. and Mrs. Robson, Messrs. Donnelly
and Cirard and all the other prominent
Thespians now i'm tie city have Teen in
vited to he in attendance
The evening times., 1897-09-29
THE LIBRARIAN's MURDER.
stuyvesant Held for the Killing of
Major Wilson.

Philadelphia, Sept. 2e.-Marion A. stuy-
resant, the West Indian negro porter, must
face the grand jury TO answer the charge
of numbering Major william c. Wilson, tie
Walnut street librarian.
This WAS the day fixed by the court
for the postponed hearing of the applica-
tion for stuyyesant's discharge, on writ
Of habeas corpus. Just what evidence
the ccamonw wealth has ia it's possession
cannot lv stated, but Judge Biddle was
apparently Impressed with its Importance
when he announced that the writ was dis
I.harged, and that the Case would go TO the
grand jury. This action was a great sur
prise.
The evening times., 1897-09-29
DicyciS Folklore

tFro!l the Chicago Post.t
"iluw absurdit isto speak OF the bicycle as
j modera invention
Isn't it comparatively modern?''
Not az all; not at all. Why, Richard Gif-
ford, poet ofthc latter part of the last cen
tury, speaks Of girl who 'revolves the sad
vicise.:uGes ofthings as she turns the gitldy
wi.eeI.' To what under the sun can those
vioissitudes refer If not to the bicycle? Ill
bet If l had all he ever wrote here coul,l
fiud sone reference to bloomers. And he's
not the pnly one, either
"No?"
"welE, I should say not. You can 20 clear
back to the Old Testament andfind thecase
Of inah whose tire was puncturedin some
way while he was try ying to cool his brow
with the contents Of the old caken bucket.
It's in Ecclesiastes, xii, 6, that you VIII find
the mention ut the wheel broken at the
cistern" And Pope knew of them, too +"
How do you know?'
'By his prologue to the Satires, In which
he ASKS:
Satire or sense, alasi can Sporus feel?
Who breaks a butterfly upon wheel?
"of course, It's a fool question, because no
one breaks anything upon wheclif be can
help il. They aretoo hard to clean But it
shows that you couldn' t fool him on the sub
ject Of bicycles, anyway. Then the old Tes-
tamert Dobs up again with a mention Of u
wheel In the midst OF Wheel W hich is so
clearly reference to the sprocke wheel
that 1t seems almost like waste of time
to explain it. There Is also a line about
a bicycle that needed oiling."
"In what?''
'.1E Tho Brookside,' poem, by Lord
Ifought,;n. He writes of wandering along By
the brock, and then intimates that he had u
squeaky wheel and that something went
wrong with it, In the words, The noisy
wheel was STILL Even Disraeli compared
the wn.,d TO a wheel, and Milton spoke of
the whee's of Ptoebus, who was evidently
the first person to start bicycle livery.
Why, it makes me tired to have people
acting and talking as II roone previous to
this genor alton knew anything
The evening times., 1897-09-29
JOINING WITH THE BRITISH.
Americans Adhere to Protest
Against Serving Belgium.

Brussels, Sept. 29.-Several Americans
were present at a meeting held last night
by British subjects 10 protest against the
new BelGiSn law compelling foreigners to
serve i'm the civil guard.
ReSo!uli ions were PASSED reque sting the
British government 20 take steps to relieve
British subjects in Belgium from liability
t) serve in either military or auxiliary serv
ice under any other than the British SOW
ereign. The Americans adhered TO these
as conveying a request TO their own govern
ment for similar relief
The evening times., 1897-09-29
Passed a Bnrning Shin.

New York, Sept. 29.-The steamer vigil
ancia. from Havana, arrived I'm port this
morning. Her officers report that early on
the morning Of September 81 they passed
IA burning ship. There were no signs OF
life aboard her, and her boats were gone.
showing that the crew had escaped by that
means. The vessel was disrnasted and
was probably wrecked I'm the recent gales
and fired and abandoned by her crew.