davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-08
Tie Ep,s ode Closed.

He is a young lawyer. and she lived in the west end. They were to have been married in mouth. The other day they fell to quarreling over the telephone She was petulant. He wssangry. Final. ly she called him b-b-brute and said that he could consider the engagement off,
 "All right" said i.e. and then hs "-ang or. ss they say ia telepI.on. rarIance,
 and sne--wsil. aha returned tho r,.,. m-AIhauy Jon1nAl
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-08

At the French Crystal palace was shown d lock that admitted 3,674, 585 combinations. Fichet was four months ill unlocking 1t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-08

Bout 10000, GOO of the bovine spe zare now to be fonnd ill the Argen lnepublic. They are all descendants |sAs cows and me bull which were @ted into Braz.I in the middle of
 Rxteenth century.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-08

According to the computation of Vii- ialpandus. the cost of sninnan's tennle uas $I7.521, 965, 6s6
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-08

sonors of war; is the privilege al-
 10 the enemy. on equalization, of permitted te retain their agsas.
 is he highest honor victor oau
The courier., 1897-01-02

Weh1ve the hot sun. Lincoln Coal Co.
Bert Weston is expected to spend
Sunday in Lincoln.
Miss Annie Hunting OF Boston, who
is the sister of Mrs. Arthur b. Smith Of
Omaha, was the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
+. W. Smith Of Lincoln. A very pleas
ant dinner was given her Tuesday by
Mrs. Esther Smith.
Mrs. j. NJ. Robinson is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. j. b. Wright.
Miss Florence Thompson is visiting
friends in Hastings.
nj. n. Baldwin atten led the Monday
Night Club in Omsha this weex. A few
figures of the co. illion were danced after
twelve o'clock.
Try Lincoln Coal Co. g Beaut'r, 1860
Miss Catherine Cary is the guest OF
Florence Hawley 1913 NJ street.
W. Farnham Smith came down from
Omaha Tuesday to attend the Crane
Baird wedding, at which he was an
usher
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Smyser a
son-Fredericx Hawley -Smyser Jr.
Miss Florence Putnam leaves Monday
for her school in Utica, New Yorx, after
pleasant vacation.
Uni" students say our Thrs 9 "Beau:s,
are elegan'. Lincoln Coal Co, l2O6 o.
Miss Meta Low returned with Wini.
fied Hill from their boarding school near
st. Louis to spend the holidays. Miss
Low is sister to Sam T.. Low clerk of
the district court.
Burt E. Forbes Of Beatrice was in the
city this week.
The second floor OF the Harris block.
1874 n street, has been fitted Up for a
dancing hall. Tn, 1oor has received
the attention Of experts. 1t il OF hard
wood, and the boards are laid parallel
with the length Of the hall. Parties
desiring TO re1t it can do so at the
Courier Office, in the same block.
The Bible school OF the Frs. Presby
terian Sur day school completed years
work in most charming manner last
Tuesday evening. The amusements
were chiefly arranged by the primary de
partment. The musical director, Miss
Sallie Furnas, is complimented by all
for the excellent drill and the success Of
the Christmas cantata-S She has spent
weeks in planning the program. Several
children from the intermediate depart.
ment assisted. Chester Parks as Santa
Claus and Mildred Parks as Queen of
the Fairies were excellent in their parts.
both in acting and singing. They have
sweet voices. There we're pleasingly
rendered solos by Alice Huntsinger.
Annie Jones, Louise Barr and Nellie
Tate. Besides the beautiful choruses
by the little ones. The fairies went
through some very dainty marches.
They were Mildred Parks, Jessie Mosh-
er, Helen Boggs, Joyce Broadly. Ruth
Rryan, Mamie Cunningham, Myrtle
Christaer and Lulu Saylor. Miss Clera
Smith accompanied the singers syma-
thetically. Messrs. Walt, Curtice and
Abbott rendered an instrumental trio
An interesting recitation
by Miss Rena Alderman, stirring organ
by Miss Givens and an address
which pleased the children by DIR. Hind
nar. completed the entertainment. The
church was packed with children and
ldults.
Miss Anna Dick. modiste, has moved
The courier., 1897-01-02
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

The University Glee club under the
direction and management Of Professor
Willard Kimball expects to make short
trip about the middle Of January, TAX
ing in Nebraska City, Peru and Fall
City. The club is once more upon ifs
feet under Professor Kimball's atle
management and expects to do a great
deal to bring the university before the
eyes Of the people OF the state.
Miss Alice Slaughter left Wednesday
for Victor. Colo, where she will visit
her sister. Mrs. Gamble.
Canon City coal at the Wbitebreast
Coal and Lime Co.
Mr.. Harry Barber. instructor in
science IN the Nebraska City High
school attended the Teachers associa.
tion meeting this week. Mr.. Barber
read a paper on What facilities are
necessary for teaching science"
Victor r. McLucas VI Fairbu,y spent
a few days in Lincoln as guest OF tie
Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
Allen w. Fling. principal OF the Ne
braska City High school attended the
Teachers association meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Sherman are
spending Few days in Lincoln.
Professor Edwin II. Barbour went to
Washington ID. G. last week to attend
the meeting Of the American Scientific
Association. While there he will de-
liver lecture on the Daemonelix or
Devils Corkscrew." Some very fire
specimens were collected 10 Sioux coun-
ty Nebraska by the Morrill, Expedition
from the University Of Nebraeki.
Professor Barbour will illustrate his
lecture by views and specimens that
were shipped last week.
jesse P. Rowe spent the holidays IN
the Black Hills. He visited in Deadwood
Leads and Newcastle. Wyoming.
Charles Hayden. chief engineer for
the Cody Canal Co., located in the Big
Horn Basin, Wyoming. was in the city
last week. The headquarters of this
are at Red ! odge, Mont.
Miss Minnie Gaylord started on Mon
day for Des Moines, Ia, Chicago and
Buffalo, N. Y Miss GaylOrd's vocal
solos were great treat to the Lincoln
people.
Miss Cotner of Omaha has been the
guest of Miss Jessie Lansing during the
Christmas vaca ion.
The Bucyrus Mandolin club will meet
with Mrs. F. W. Smith tonight to
practice for the musicale 10 be given i'm
the near future. A full membership is
desired for tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs c. G. Dawes were enter
tained Tuesday and Wednesday by
Judge and Mrs. Holmes.
The Patriarchs will give dance next
Monday evening at the Courier hall in
TO Mr.. and Mrs c. G..
Dawes.
Dan Wheeler of Omaha while in Lin
coln Tuesday on business was the guest
Of Mrs. Sarah Marshall.
Miss Gertrude Culbertson left Mon
day for Omaha after pleasant holiday
1isit with her parents.
The Model Restaurant is an excellent
place for family board. 1t is also ex.
situated for persons spending
lay in the city. Ladies while shopping
an find no better place for luncheon.
Ieals Is cents, Sunday dinner % cents.
Tickets 50. BIG South Twelfth. Soup
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05
Price ( ;s1tEof Cheap Goods
Vlinngghls Big Racket St9ga|
ON FRONT ErnE| Er OPPOSITE ORION H'1
Furnishi{ss.

Ladies' nice Hose at A"u . h
Kid Cloves At BE. Cent.Ifne D Jog Skin
Gloves at 45o; Kid Gloves, = m e qe"l
ity, at 75c: Gents and Lates' SUI BoxS'
for the collar. at Sc: ~SatfDbws, worth
Csc, now 1Oc; all With long string
ties, al 10c: beautiful Silk Scarfs for
Gents, worth &c, now 1Oc, Ec and aDc:
Ladies' Lace-edged Handkerchiefs at 1lc;
Long Kid Hair Curriers' at sc a bunch:
nice Nickle Watches, keep splendid time.
81 .35; beautiful Chains at Csc; Gold-Flled
Watches, for Ladies and Gents. double
cases, at $3.50 and $500; nice Twiiled-top
Umbrellas at SOC; nice handles. Very fine,
with top Conger handles, at 75c; better, at
$1.OO and SIS; Dress Buttons from &c to
1Oc a dozen: Linen Thread at &c a spool:
Dragon Spool Cotton at 1c a spool: good
Mating at 10c a yard; Floor Oil Cloth at
zoe and Csc a yard: good Rag Carpet at
18c a yard: nice, pretty Ingram Carpet at
22c a yard: nice Brussels Carpet at SOC a
yard, nice Rugs at SOC each; nice. pretty,
all wool Fringe at 10c a yard. nice Win
dow Shades 12c each: Carpet Tacks at 1c
a paper; Stove Polish at &c a stick; Lead
Pencils at Sc a dozen: Mooress best school
Ink at &c a bottle: nice, fins School Tab
lets at &c; one pack of Envelopes at &c:
one pound of fine Writing Paper at Zoe;
the Paper. nice ruled goods. at &C a quire.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05

ea usoss ttneerind .rnme.
One Of the latest ehptana %
to be discussed in 70 '"se no"
c~ontemplases a tunnj porto nee. r.
land with the mail oppos oI.ne
United Kingdom. Tn at poi os~s
approach most CLOSELY termid ,
hole u,oula - - GeHn but this
would not materially { 0
tages. perhaps nents -
Two principal argu prise. osse1
in support of the enteon mi .Hiptoe
means Of communication Ir ut .sSse.
he strangement bettshortei 'Ano aIiu
England. and it wouldcotland tue ti'ae
between Canada and 4 Arno1 1oI US
sengers n mail. Mlfor R~ell'-r"sssi
member Of parliaHendting thu ast- VINO
is conspicuously advocSrst Of proJec.,
says in regard to the fhese wv"
possibilities: bme
I understand that Ahmed SONS are
in V OF the establ& wo ~ OF q Tree
ferry connecting the bur wantries- !
believe that Mr.. BalHr that's al one
time inclined to fav 00Uyh a pee
ferry, however. is an
Tor Ii would not met ne u''acui's al
ALL The sea will alw - oc the sea.
and a ferry would onl - aFeIEy. -
tunnel, on the other h hu "fuiu De u
very definite bond"
The new line of fasv naii steamers
which is to run from ahia1 10 1ias-
gov will probably carry sreft HeAI OF
mail and some passenSfS NJ now 30
by way Of New York s4hu que stown.
Mr.. Arnold Foster re MARKS "a siaa
connection: IF the Vhew naoian
mail steamers touched Iat MoSOsie anu
Neville were in direct rAhwaS cominuh-
ication with london Liverpool and
Glasgow, think what th2t
would be for oassenpars to America
From Neville to HALIFAX u.s. think.
about eight hundred T. one thousand
miles less than FRONT New York 10
Liverpool. Clearly that Is th} way TOT
mails and passengers TO go poth 10
Canada and to the PacFlc.
The narrowest availa pie passage De-
tween the two big islanos hes between
Larne, a little north p belHast, ana
POrtpatrick in Scotland ana iS twenty
two or twenty three MES br9ad. n
distance from Ireland 20 incl Muli or
Cantyre is an Stand. rot a peninsula,
and another tunnel wol!u De needed to
connect it with the maAnland Of Scot
land.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05

At this writing We are unwilling to
believe hat Russell is completely
bossed by Marion Butler. That would
be the tail wagging the dog. We prefer
to regard it as a mutual admiration af-
fair, and they are drawn simply to
each other as two men hanging on to a
capsized boa in a very boisterous sea
thetic and companionable. Russell and
Butler are sailing against the wind
and tide in the leakiest of boats and
have eternal shipwreck staring them
in the face. Each is ready to adopt
any theory or suggestion that gives a
CLEAN of hope or promises to save them
from speedy drowning.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05
LaceS and Ribbons.

Our Laces and Eabbons 10 would be well
to remember. We have rdce Valencienne
Lace at 15c a dozen yards; nice wide Lace
at &c a yard. II you need Ribbons, I
carry the stock of the city. Everything
in the Ribbon line. No. 10
Tafeta at poe a yard; or 70 Satin. all
colors, at &c a yard.
Nice Boys Suits at &c, S1.O and BE
We have the largest store in the city.
covering 100 square feet. and our stock
Is one of the most complete and among
thelargest I'm the state. and we sell Dry
Goods II bottom prices. always low for
cash.
You will find this big store on Front
street. opposite the orion Hotel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05

After using a 10 cent trial size of
Ely's Cream Balm you will be sure to
buy the so cent size. Cream Balm has
NO equal in. curing catarrh and cold in
the head. ASK your druggist for it or
send 10 cents to us.
ELY BROS, IS Warren ST., N. Y. City
1 suffered from Catarrh three years;
it got SO bad I could not work; I used
two bottles of Ely's Cream Balm and
am entirely well; I would not be with
out it.-A. c.. Clarke, 341 Shawmut Ave,
Boston.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05

We nave not read all of DR.. Weir
Mitchells Hugh Wynne," recently is
sued. but perhaps two-thirds of it. 1t
rs a decided success as an historical
novel Of our Revolutionary a times.
HI is full of interest, local color, dramat-
Ec situations, strong character
and the facts Of history are sk1llfully
rSsed and idialized and with real fresh
ness and interest. 1t is full OF stirring
events and love making, and some OF
the characters are indeed presented
and elaborated with high art and decl-
f1ed virility. The able critic of the TIL
bune says of it with marked Approval:
Costumes, topography
notifies, all the things whereWltn ne
might have constructed an historical
pamphlet, he has rightly regarded as
subsidiary to the central mitlve or MS
story. That is love motive, with divers
interesting developments of character
springing from it. Hugh Wynne,
Enstead Of taking it's place amongst the
archaeological novels, stands forth as
an narrative of lively human interests,
with creatures in it of flesh and blood.
The personages are drawn with skillful
sympathy, and are all. or nearly all,
remembered as individualities. The
anthor has wisely refrained from at
tempting overmuch ~portraiture oil MIS-
forical celebrities. His vignettes or
Washington, Franklin and the rest are
artistic but brief"
The style is specially adapted to the
Zines in which the story is cast, n
IN that sense is a decided achievement.
There is a flavor of quaintness and
sbe dramatic movement is admira-
bly, preserved throughout. Not having
read all we cannot give a final Judg-
ment. But it is a novel far above the
current novels and has much more OF
strength and felicity of touch and aptly
pervading tone than any novel we re-
member to have read that has been
produced within a decade in our coun
try bearing upon historic events. The
Tribune says of it that altogether the
book is read with a keener sense of
human nature, human vitality, than
has been aroused by American histori-
cal fiction in many a long year." 1t
was given out in a spirit Of perfervid
Nraggadocio in the publications of the
FIRST two numbers that at last "the
great American novel; long % for
had appeared. We notice that the New
Yory critic is guarded now and does
even call it "a great novel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05

by Mr.. c. f. Shorter CAV some relics"
Of Emily. the sister who was even a
greater genius than Charlotte, but
whose one novel is not a tenth so
well known as Charlotte's Jane
Eyre or even some of the other books.
Mr.. Shorter publishes some OF Emily's
poems not before known. She was
richly endowed with genius. but living
In obscurity and dying young it had
not fully lowered. " Wuthering
Heights" her only novel. will long live.
She was extremely retiring and always
avoided strangers, and even in the rec
tory lived much to herself preferring to
eat alone. Mr.. Shorter says, al the
conclusion OF his paper, This in brief,
Is all we know and shall probably ever
know of one of the greatest women i n
our literature" She gave more evil
dences of a high and singular genius
in her gi-lhood and early womanhOod,
than any other English female writer
has given in such early years. What
h would have developed into with
health and long life can only be sur
missed. Charlotte asserted her superior
talents-her genius-and yet all who
have given special attention to both sis
tiers are persuaded that Emily had the
other paper is on the acquaintance or
connection between T~hackeray and
Charlotte BrOnte. The extracts from
her letters on the great author Of
Vanity Fair" shows wonderful in
sight and power of criticism. Some
year or two ago we laid some extracts
before the readers of the Messenger.
She was ahead Of her day in her PEN
etrating glance at Thackeray. She dis
cerned powers that only the reading
world accepted fully at a later day.
Writing in March 184S, this great wo-
man said to Mr.. w. S. Williams, Of her
publishing firm:
"You mention Thackeray and the last
number Of Vanity Fair. The more 1
read Thackeray's works the more GER
tain 1 am that he stands alOne-alOne
liz sagacity, alone in his truth, alone
in his feelings CHS feeling, though he
make no noise about it, is about the
most genuine that ever lived on a print
ed page), alone in his power, alone in
his simplicity, alone in his s~elf-contrOl.
Thackeray is a Titan, so strong that he
can afford to perform with calm the
most h~erculean feats; there is the
charm and majesty Of repose in his
efforts he bOrrows nothing from
fever; his is never the energy of deli
rum; his energy is sane energy, delib-
crate energy, thoughtful energy. Forcl-
bl >, exciting in it force, still more inn
pressive than exciting, carrying on the
interest of the narrative in a flow, deep,
full, resistless, it is still QUOTAS quiet
a reflection, as quiet as memory; and to
me there are parts Of it that sound as
solemn as an oracle. Thackeray is
never borne away by his w ardour;
he has it under control;. His genius
obeys hint is his servant; it works
no fantastic changes at it's own wild will
it must still achieve the task which
reason and sense assigns it, and none
other. Thackeray is unique. l can say
no more. I will say no less"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY.

Any one to dogmatize about religious
dogmas and doctrines should be par
ticularly we'll informed. and after a
sincere, honest, receptive examination
of the questions upon which he dog
matizes. Ignorance, often of a very
dense kind. is very frequently the
mother Of dogmatism. A one-sided, an
imperfect view Of a question is apt to
leave a man floundering while a broad,
enlightened, scholarly view would
leave him planted upon the very foun-
dalton rock Of truth. The greatest
bigots and the most cock-sure people
we ever met in their discussions of the
dogmatics and Biblical doctrine were
half-informed, without even having
candidly examined the questions in dis
quite and without consequently such
knowledge as could authorize onfde
assertion and mental infallfbility. It is
very certain that fullness Of informa-
ton derived from a persistent and
broad range of study is a curative Of
many errors and a friend to modesty
Of statement. We have lived long
enough to have a radical change of
opinion in some dogmatics, and that too
after perhaps years of reading n re-
Election. We remember to have once
accepted one dogma as true and in
evitable after six months reading. But
fifteen years more of sincere and con-
stantly recurring study relieved us Of
his first conclusion and established
our belief Upon other foundations. A
truth seeker cannot be satisfied until
he a patiently, sincerely examined
both Sides. Audi alteram partem.
Not having anything special in mind
about which to write for our column of
Sunday CauserieS, we opened the Bible
and the first thing that came under our
lita." We read the first ten verses of
the 18th chapter, and saw in it one or
two practical thoughts that it might be
well to dwell Upon briefly. We read in
the second verse-"And the barbarous
people showed us no little kindness"
Paul and the two hundred n seventy
five others in the ship, lac just suffered
%shipwreck, and all safely escaped to the
island, and met with a generous and
kindly reception from the inhabitants
described as barbarians. We AXE it
that they were not b~arbarians as we
term savages. native Africans and 9TH
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05

The most striking thing to us in liter
allure and the most hopeful, is the re-
turn to the old writer's. New editions
more Of the once very popular and
clever writer's Of forty and fifty years
Ago or earlier. The fact that the works
OF the great novelists are appearing in
new and better editions augurs well for
n future Of literature. 1t is pleasant
to know that Fielding, Jane Austen,
Scott, Thackeray, Dickens, Charlotte
Bronte, Mary nj Evans C"George
Eliot'') Bulwer and Charles Kingsley
are read and appreciated to such an ex-
tent their works are issued in new edi-
tions deliberately edited perhaps. The
1.-THE old noveIists are constantly COM
ing back for their due. Scott gets
printed in one new edition at least, nj
sometimes in half a dozen, every year;
and the publishers are always reviving
.Marryat or John Gait or Lever or some
other Of the lesser great mes n put
ting them into hadsome form. Lever is
OG1uS lduIlCuSO Ill d SOISCOOS SoAARASSS
edition in London just now" We men
Toned before that authors about for
gotten, but of very genuine merit, Xix
Lover, Gait, Henry Kingcley and others
had beer treated to new editions with
In two or three years. There are single
novels like "Anastasius," John Hall
FAX" "Vatrek,'' Ten Thousand a.
Year" pamela" "Wuthering Heights"
and some Others that will be long read
after most or all of the other works OF
the authors are forgotten. This year
aEe read for the third or fourth time,
ns the case may be, four of Scots great
s Itch novels and they were better
xhanforty or fifty years ago when read
I'm Iife's young spring. There is indeed
u personal and unequalled charm in
Scott.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05

What ever else may happen in North
Carolina in the next eight or ten months
let not the white men take each other
by the throat. The enemy will gain on
fdence and increase their plotting for
victory just in proportion as they see
personal chickering's and political an
tagonisms and all manner OF discord
among h men Of the white rae I'm
union there Is strength" Believe it.
N. C..
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05
Shoes.

Shoes of all kinds, from nice Shoes for
Ladies at soc a pair; fine patent tip Don
COLA finished Shoes at CSC a pair: nice
Ladies' fine Shoes ut $780,; Children's
Shoes. from 2 to 5, at 19c a pair: better.
from 6 to S, at 35c a pair: Children's
school Shoes from sc to 800 and SIS a
pair; Shoes for Gents and Boys, nice satin
buff, all solid. in Lace and Congress. at
s1.O a pair; Gents nice Calf Shoes. in all
style toes, at s1-eo; better at S-S and up
TO $50 and 500; very fine Calf Shoes, in
Russet. Tan, Dongola or Black Calf, nice
Shoes. my price at 500. regular price
$3.50.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05

1t appears difficult to ascertain the
precise number of cotton mills In North
Carolina The statements vary from
time to time. The latest statement 4,
lS5. There are 1,167 manufacturing es-
adjustments in the state. There are
So wooden mills, Is hosiery mills. two
silk mills. four bag factories and two
towel factories and so on.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05

he Tammany democrats have nomi-
a member of one Of the oldest families
i'm New York. He is the nominee for the
consolidated metropolis. The platform
ignores Bryan and the Chicago plat
form.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05

A1aska's treasure fields continue to
be an Ell Dorado for thousands of eager
seekers after gold. News from Seattle
is that the state Of Washington has a
I.IDndike.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05

The sense of security against sud-
den emergencies from Group and bron-
chitis, felt by those who are provided
with a battle of Ayers Cherry Pectoral
would be cheaply purchased at ten
times the cost of that remedy. In all
lung complaints, it is prompt to act
and sure to cure.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05
Dress Goods.

Wa carry Dress Goods OF every kind
&c. inch Novelty Worsted at l2lxc a yand:
a beautiful figured o s-half wsol Balm
tine, 3s inches wide. Is yards. also all
wool. Fall Styles. lovely. pretty goods
aNs 25c.
We carry Innings. Of all Kinds. Dreas
Trimming Braids frsm 1c t. &c q yard.