davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-01
fcoNrISUEDil

~
There's something about this that
needs looking after, he said at last
We must find out about that Mexican
He may be merely a follower of the
show, or he may have been reconnoiter-
ing our encampment for some purpose
Of devlluy Whatever his designs are
In prowling about here, one thing is
certain-thc girl Lupita doesn't stand
IN with him She was dead in earnest
when She went for him with the dagger,
and If the rope hadn't held her she'd
have come mighty near getting him
I've got TO go back 20 the tent to
give the boss Snowman his money, - he
continued. Perhaps l can find out
something further in the Tpatter while
I'm there He may tell me something.
and shouldn { wonder if by paving q
little attention to Lupita l might find
clew as to who the fellow is Whatever
information | gain Of him from the girl
4 must get without her knowing what
I'm after l suspect he's been false
lover, and as she's Mexican all through
she would rather settle scores with him
herself than give him away to me, even
IT would take up her quarrel She's a
dangerous creature TO handle, but I'll
chance it, Don't keep awake for me If
j should be late I'll find you"
He entered the tent, leaving me to
await his temperance. ] went TO the
corral to see after our horses and found
that they were all right. The three out !
laws were leading their horses back TO.
ward the place where they had eaten
their supper near the trail, and saw |
Them taking the saddles off the animals |
as if they had decided 10 pass the night |
there The Missourian and his family |
were already at the wagon disposing |
themselves for the night Carmen and |
Dolores had disappeared in the inner
room of the station Don Ramon sat
with the station men on the bench be.
fore the house, and the two prospectors.
after they had gone down to their camp.
ing place to look after things there.
came back 10 smoke theirpipes with the
party about the door Here we all re-
talking for half hour, still
hoping that the blackboard would arrive.
for If It came, the ncws 1t might bring
would largely determine with all of the
travellers at the station the question of
their departure in the morning
Don Ramon was as yet lacking the
harness for his mules The thought oc-
CURED TO me to stroll down TO the Mis-.
sourlan 5 camp and inquire whether that
parsonage might not have harness TO
sell, The mother and children bad al
ready retired TO the seclusion Of the can.
vas topped wagon but the head of the
household was sitting pipe in mouth,
ON the wagon tongue, keeping awake so
as TO let his mules feed awhile longer
before he tied them up for the night ]
broachcd the object of my visit and was
so fortunate as to find that he had pick.
ri up pair Of new harnesses at a bar.
gain from broken down team in the
Alamosa valley, which he would sell at
A price entirely reasonable Much graf
fled by the discovery, came back to
Don Ramon with the report that had
secured him the refusal of pair of har.
nesses so that, unless unforeseen OBJ.
'tacles INTERVIEWED, we might make our
start on the morrow.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-01

| In the front room where the station
keeper and his herders stay But the
herders will sleep in the corral tonight. -
ut is well TO know that. We must
have our horses in readiness and force
the door that opens upon the corral. 1t
will lie i'll the shadow almost until the
dawn. "
1t will be unnecessary TO break the
door in, senior. At my signal Dolores
will open it to como TO meet me- 1t is
all arranged between us. 1"
Good. Have the men in readiness
and let them understand that they are
to make short work of any one who gets
in the way. :"
One word more, senior. There are
two caballeros, Americanos, who have
travelled with Don Ramon's party from
the Apaches pass and intend to accom-
pany him rs far as Silver City. They
are well armed, and in carrying away
the senorita We may have TO reckon
with them.
"Whcro do these cursed gringos
Sleep"
"That Dolores could not tell me- but
she thinks they spread their blankets in
the front room Of the station, with Don
Ramon and Manuel
PITY it is not upon the prairie, where
we might anticipate all trouble from
them by quietly cutting their throats.
But we will deal with them quite as
effectually if they presume TO interfere. 4"
1t IS well, senior. Shall i 60 to in.
form the men to bring up the horses?"
wait a little, Miguel We will rec
onnoiter the station to see that all is
clear. The moon is too bright to be the
best for our undertaking. Would it
were darker "
The two men emerged from the shad.
ow of the cactus and for moment
stood fully revealed to us in the moon
light. One, as / already knew from
what had been said, was tho Mexican
whose face / had seen at the tent en-
trance. He was of medium height, of
slender, athletic form and was dressed
III the Mexican costume Of Jacket, som.
brero ard "charro" pantaloons. His
large silver spurs were fastened at his
%NN~<'t e''N WV PiStoio iiuilS III Ills DtlU.
His companion, man shorter of stat
ure, was similarly but less richly at
tired and vas equally we'll equipped !
with weapons. Ursuspicious of our
presence, they passed so near us that I
could by reaching forth my arm have
touched thcm with the muzzle of my re.
volyer Silently they stole past us. Ris-
Ing to cur feet, we watched them van.
lsh from out sight as they passed into
the long shadow Of the station building
On Their way 10 rcconnoiter the scene
where their plot was to be enacted.
Felix touched my arm and pointed
westward down the plain, where the
moonbeams lighted long vista among
the mosquitoes and cactuses. There at
The end they were reflected from a bit
of metal that might have been buckle
or gun plate. About it were darkly ont
lined the forms of group of men and
horses standing motionless in the shad
)ws.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-01

ENttL tN ~ WHtSIti UNA Htt StOIU 81 ms
experiences.
light, in which appeared as dark masses
those objects upon the ground which in
tercepted the luminous rays.
Keep well in the shadow" Felix
cautioned me. There may be other
people than we abroad tonight who
would resent our intrusion. >"
From the station building long
black shadow stretched westward and
mingled with the darkness of the cactus
and mesquite clumps of in that direc-
ton. Into this shadow we passed, and
in its darkness walked silently down
into the hiding of the vegetation. We
continued onward until we had got so
far away from the station that the sound
OF our voices, talking in low tones,
could not reach it. Not until then did
we stop. We crouched in the conceal.
ment of mesquite clump, and Felix inf
whisper told the story of his expert.
ences since the close of the performance
When i left you and went in TO thu
tent. he began, II found the Senior
Trinbajo, naturally enough glad to sec
me bringing the money to pay for his
entertainment. The company, after the
latiCues Of the evening were all taking
Z late supper of tortillas and chill colo
radio. After 1 had counted the money
out 10 him and he fonnd that 1t exceed
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-01
The First Blankets.

In the reign of Edward III there were
at Bristol three brothers who were emf
nent clothiers and wooden weavers, and
whose family name was Blanket They
were the first persons who manufactured
that comfortable material, which has
ever since been called by their name and
which was then used for peasants cloth
ing.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-01
FELIX NARCHANT.
By CLARENCE PULLEN.
copyright, 1897. by the Author.l

Chapters /, III. III--Felix Marchant and his
friend travelling on the san Simon y ain. ar
rive at Camp Bowie, where they meet Senior
Don Ramon Nalesquez Bustamente and his
lovely daughter Carmen, from the santa Cruz
Valley; they set out To pursue still further
their journey, closely followed by Don Ramon
and party.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-01-14
The Ladies' Start IL.

Fort Pierre Stock Journal:-The
families OF Slow Eagle and Iron Moe
casin went up Bad river Tuesday
and the squaws Vi the respectivefam-
lilies started a battle which was taken
up by the aforesaid bucks. The re-
suit so far is that Iron Moccasin is
seriously chopped up while his oppo-
nent is cut very badly. They are
both expected to die. Before the
scrap was completed the squaws
took a hand in it and theyarepretty
badly hacked topieces. The fighting
was done with axes.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-01-14

June 2O-Alfred Stafford and Murcy
Harrington.
June 27-Samuel G. Mccarthy and Ada
Carl.
Aug. 15-Charles Hammill and Agnes
NJ. Harker.
July 13-Charlss W. Carl and Mary
Snyder.
Aug. 17-Charles L. Kelley and Grace
E. McMurtry.
Aug 17-,Allen Hubbard and Mary NJ,
Mckinney.
Sept IA Edward i. Hunt and Rhoda
Parmley.
Sept. fisherman d Stewart and Maud
Kowen.
Sept. 23-P. j. Dunn and Maude
Sweetland.
Sept. 25-Matlias Shuster and Anna
Trythall.
Sept 26-Homer G. Leverich and Mary
Elder.
Sept. 90 Solomon +. Anderson and
Ada Il. Baldwin.
Oct. 14-Elias II. Albee and Cecilia Z.
Weaver.
Oct. 2S-Dr. Samuel Hewling and Anna
4. Stebbins.
Nov. lS-AlLert Z. Kelley aed HELEN
McMurtry.
Nov. 2O-Emil Pearson and Mary AL
mond.
Nov. Oh Ulysis s. Grant Ditch and
Cora May Mccarthy.
Nov. ~23-Joseph p. Estee and Anna
Roberts
Nov. 23-Otho H. Collins and Gertrude
Furman.
Nov. %. Henry c. Arbogast and Susie
Lockett.
Dec. Robert Corrin and CRETE Ufen.
Dec. 5-Alyia l.. Young and Sarah Fer
guson.
Dee. Alexander Olson and Ellen NJ.
Johnson.
Dec. l0-John vanLoon and Myrta H.
Sweetland.
Dec. 22-John Sedan and Lille Z.
Paterson.
Dec. 26-Francis A. Ross and Grace
Hanks.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-01-14
TILL DEATH 10 Us PART.
Cnpid' Record in Hand County Duriug
The year 1886.

Cnpid' Record in Hand County Duriug
the year 1896.
Following is "a list of the couples
married in Hand county during the
past year, and date licenses were is
sued:
Feb. 1S-James W. Lawvin and Mary
Z. Sanford.
March Honey Jennings and Elenor
Ditch.
March G-Omar A. Hague and Cora
Mullen.
March 9-Raleigh S. Mead and sylvia
E. Snoddy.
March 16-Robert Holmes and Marea.
ret Mcdowell.
March 2~S-Benjamin Wingard and Nell
lie Carl.
April l3-George T. harris and Marga-
ret NJ. Frazer.
April &C. Ii. Davis and Susan Schaf-
fer,
May l0-Anton Hardes and Sophie
Schafer.
June 9-Ralph Holloway and Nellie
1. Strs.
June Oscar Olson and Elsie Allo.
way,
June l~l7-JancS ftocking and Ella
Smith.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-01-14
Perseverance and Time,

Aberdeen Sentinel: South Dakota
is destined to become one OF the rich
est states in the union. People may
pull up stakes and go in search Of
better openings in Missouri and Vir-
ginia but the fellows that hold on
will succeed. She has the soil, climate
and natural advantages bestowed
by the lavish hand OF nature. Time
will tell.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-01-14

The Optical Comedy company, will
give away II 81 piece set of silverware
to the h~andsomest lady and on the
last night Of their stay an American
gold watch to their patrons. These
presents are worth more than the
entire door receipts of the week.
Free tonight.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-01-14
RE HEIGHTS.

+. r. Gardner left last Tuesday fo"
q few weeks visit at his old home in
Iowa.
Miss May and Rose Maxwell were
unable to teach their schools last
week; both are suffering with severe
colds.
There will be II Missionary concert
at thechurchneXtSabba eve. under
the auspices OF the Ladies Missionary
Society, Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Camp
having charge of the program.
At the annual meeting of the
Congregational church society the
old officers were reelected. Officers
are as follows: Trustees, Mr.. 5. Ber-
ry, Mr.. Camp, Mrs. Willett. Clerk,
Mrs. Camp. Treasurer, Mrs. F. Gard
ner. Deacon, Mr.. Moore. Financier,
Mr.. Moore. Standing committee.
Mrs. Camp and Mrs. Gardner.
Personally Conducted Excursions to
California.
The North Western Line is now
running personally conducted excur-
sions to San Francisco and Los An
geles every Thursday. The route is
through some of the most pictur-
esque scenery in Americas and the
tourist sleeping cars in this srIYice
are of the modern pattern, naaUlS
upholstered, and furnish every con-
yenience and comfort.
For further information apply to
agts.of {. & n. w. Ry,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-01-14
COUNTY EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.
BY SUPERINTENDENT MORTON.

1t was our pleasure to meet with
the Reading Circle Board at their
session at Nermilliou. The object OF
this board is TO get the teachers and
the pupils to do a certain amount OF
reading; therefore, it is not so much
a question as to each PERSONS buy
ing a set of the books. Ii he has ac-
cess to them by uniting with his
friends, the end in view may be ac-
complished and the expense reduced.
This is especially important for the
pupils of our county; for If an entire
school is DESTROYS OF doing the work,
a full set of the books may be pur-
chased at Il very slight expense per
pupil and by theircirculationa among
the different members, all may have
the benefit eff them. We cannot af-
ford to let this opportunity pass and
| hope that III teachers will bring
this before their pupils and urge
the necessity Of directing their read
inc in u line that is considered para.
mount to their best interests. There
is too much reading to no purpose.
If YOU are in doubt about this, ask
the pupils Of the higher grades for a
list of the books that they haveread
and follow this with the questions,
(Which one do you like best?" and
Why do you like it," A pupil who
has for a companion, n good book,
will not be subjected to the tempta-
tions that often arise by the social
gathering. Did you ever know OF
any ones being led estray by The
reading of wholesome literature?
| was also pleased to find the
board favorable to textbook on
Mental Science for one of our books
in the Teachers circle for next year.
Let us have throughout the county
more talk about the good books
that we read and a better knowledge
of the lives of their authors.
Anna Andrews accompanied her
monthly report with specimen draw
ings executed by Orrie, Bertha and
Jessie Carr, and Edith Jones. The
work is well done and wepredict that
the patrons at Beulah will find them
selves well paid by visiting their
school.
Sarah Snoddy completed a three
months term III Beadle. She will
teach the Brown school, Gilbert tip.
in the spring.
Maggie Ross is teaching in Beadle
county; Edith Wearne has begun Il
term in Como; Anna Hall, in Bates;
Fay Fisk, in Hubert.
Harlan Carl thinks of accepting
the state agency for a book firm.
The column congratulate Mr..
Ross on his bride. We do nOtunder-
stand that Miss Hanks will give up
her school in MOndamin by reason
of this accession to her school.
Program for meeting of He. 7. A.
next Saturday:
Opening exercises at 1:15 p. m.
Current enthusiastically.
A test problem {. W. Williams.
English History-Harry FrosS.
Recess.
School Government Prof. Davis.
Song-Clara Burk.
A test sentence-Bridget Dunn.
RecitatiGn-Chas. Hubbard.
Greatest Event OF the 18th cen
tury-free parliament.
TsyI nE.Tly M rs, DaUT
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-01-14

Owing to the sickness of Clerk T..
n. Wade and his confinement at
home in south Hand County, Clerk
W. III. Smith is still on duty at the
court house, with Deputy Barnes
getting Gsed to his duties. Clerk
Wade's bond has been approved, and
he is expected in this week.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-01-14

January is III winter month";
not it is the unexpected that hap
pens. We should be prepared to re-
ceiye the winter. There are many
Januarys in life-and the person who
expects them and prepares for them
gets through best.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-01-14
It is Thought by Many

when the Creator said to woman
"in sorrow shalt thou bring forth
children" that a curse was pro-
nounced, but the joy felt by every
Mother when she first presses to
her heart her babe, proves the
contrary.
Danger and suffering Turk in
the pathway of the Expectant
Mother, and should be avoided,
that she may reach the hour
when the hope of her heart is to
be realized, in full Vigor and
strength.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-01-14
Advertised Letters.

For the week ending Jan. II 81.
the following letters remain uncalIed
for in the Miller postoffice.
j. j. Morris.
Thos. A. Callahan D
Parties calling forabovc will please
say advertised. JOHN PUsEY, L. NJ.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-01-14
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

We have concluded to close out
our large stock of wall paper at re-
duced prices. If \. JOHNSON & Co
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-01-14

Don't fail to attend our clearing
sale if You want good goods cheap.
\ splendid stock 80 select from.
Att J. W. COQUMLETTE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-25

twenty-five pounds. Slung over your
shoulder by the foot, his head bangles
against your heels. He IS a wild mon
arch, eloquent of the woods and noun
tains and their innermOst secrets, fed
only by the most delicate wild fruits
and crystal spring water, formed for
the highest beauty nd strength known
to American bird kind, with a flesh
more delicious than his stall-fed cousin,
because of the gamy favor impaired
by the wild food. To a man who has
killed and eaten a November wild COB
bier, Thanksgiving Day has a meaning
blank to other mortaIs.
An English writer has deived into
the history of the turkey and this is
the interesting story he tells:
The time of the first appearance of
the turkey in the eastern hemisphere
is doubtful NJ. BriIat Savarin and
other French writers attribute it's in
PRODUCTION to the Jesuits Of Paraguay,
and the above-named learned gastron-
omer adduces in proof of the debt We
owe the followers of Loyola, the fact
that in many parts Of France turkeys
are called "Jesuits," by reason of the
large farm belonging to the brother
hood named BOurges. This statement
is. however, decidedly at variance with
another authenticated by Montluc, who
says that the first turkey ever served
at table in France appeared at the
nuptials of Charles ~. "a. D. 1870,
who ate a wing of the fowl for his sup
per But the probability is that the
Spaniards introduced the turkey among
US at a much earlier period, mention
being made of it in Europe in the year
1924 The first turkeys came to Ger
many in 1884 Let the date, however,
be what it might-whether the turkey
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-25
FORTUNES IN COAL DIRT.

The Reading Railroad Company has
bee71n the work of reclaiming the great
masses of anthracite coal now Dufled
in the mountains of coal dirt scattered
all over the Schuylkill coal BASIN Dur
ing the season just closing $4,000 tons
of good coal were reclaimed from the
coal dirt near Kalmia coIl1ery alone
KaInia. colliery is now abandoned as
a coal mine, having been worked out
1t was one of the very best OF the READ
ine, Coal and Iron COmpany's proper
tiles in the west end, and Its product
was vast in the many years OF It's
ao+iz-a oneration. Now the company
has turned its attention to retaining
the coal in the dirt mountain at the
coIlierv. Suitable washery machines
we're nut in, and quantities of first
class coal are being taken out of what
was considered a great black mass OF
worthless dirt.
There is no way of estimating the
weight of all these mountains OF coal
dirt in the three Pennsylvania anthrac-
ite coal basins, but they are all Valu-
ah1e especially where there is a plenu-
fuI supply of water. In recent years
the discovery has been made that
naa coal is a tirst-class fuel. They now
take out and classify not only pea coal,
hut buckwheat and rice as We'll Inc
cornnanv is able to make at least 81
clear DrOfit a ton on this washed coal,
which would make $4,000 clear profit
On the KaImia washery alone Indi-
viduals have gone into the business,
and the Bertollette Brothers of Cir
ardsvilIe are doing very well, shipping
as high as sixteen cars day. In
short time. it is probable, many more
will be engaged in washing out good
cool from these dirt heaps, some of
which are eco feet in height and cover
ten acres
At one big dirt bank very rich find
has inst been made. During the war
the demand for lump coal for United
Ss+o+as vessels of war was so great that
-ey-eraI of the Reading Railroad col
Iiarias could not stop to bother with
eroa1 coal. The rush for lump and
Staanboat necessitated the pushing of
email coal out Of the way in order to
hurry M the shipments of the big coal.
tTzT7ie small coal went out on the bank
and was soon covered up by the dirt
from the breakers, and buried
out of sight, to remain there
for thirty five years. 1t has
now been discovered and it is
thought, may prove worth hundreds of
thousands of dollars. It requires very
little work to run coal through the
newly patented washeries. Hence ma
chinery is now used in washing and
separating coal, not only at coal dirt
banks, but also at the mines. Coal just
mined is brought up into the breakers
and thoroughly washed, and is put on
the cars bright, clean. and sparkling.
ssT4Ov in+ensa are the fires of 1ox-aY0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-25
The FIi5Eoru Of America
In LMin0 Pictures.
National Celebration To Make Thanksgiving Day
Memorable
Pictures That Will Give An Idea of How Our Glorious
Ancestors Lived

New York.-New York will have q
double celebration on Thanksgiving
Day, for it will honor not alone the
Puritans of the Mayflower days, but
also the heroes who made the evacua-
ton of New York by the British a pos
sibtlity. 1t is the National Society OF
New England women, aided by the IA
nous MayfOwer Society, who Will to-
gether make November % a memo
rable day in the annals of American
celebrations. Two of the New England
scenes to be represented by living PIC
lures are The Pilgrim Sabbath and
The Marriage of John Alden and Rrls-
ella" The first of these show the May
flower in the distance, and VIII repre-
sent the first Sunday after the landlng
on which the whole party, men, women
and children, was able to join IN the
religious observances of the day. Jan.
n, 1921.
After these scenes will come a scene
from Dutch history in THE welcome
to Stuyvesant." This has been chosen
as typical of the Dutch power IN Amer
lea, Stuyvesant being the greatest HS-
ure of that period. This viii be noisy
scene, for the old Knickerbockers, We're
so glad to see their great GoVerLlor li ie--
they used up all the powder IN the city
for +aIutes and had to stop because
there was no more.
Another New England picture will be
'tThauksgiVing in 1G2O 4hIS Will
serve the double purpose of showing
the lighter side of New England HE
and of Frightening up the programme
tt will show the usual family reunion
for the Thanksgiving dinner, and the
Hi! Betty Martin dance Will be IN
trOduced-
Evacuation Day" will consist OF Two
scenes. one in the Bowery and the other
at the Battery. In the first w ashlng-
ton and his staff are waiting OUTSIDE
the citv for the announcement OF the
british commander that his troops have
left the place, and in the next the same
Dartv. with as many other people as
can be secured, will be seen watching
| the departure of the British ships.
| The other scenes of the revolutionary
0eriod will be the Inauguration OF
W. shineton'' and the French En-
bassv Ball. given two weeks after the
ina11g11ration. In the latter scene the
nin11et will be danced, and this is ex-
Dected to be one of the prettiest things
In the entertainment. The women who
participate in it will wear Watteau
Gowns trimmed with the French and
American colors, and the dance will
reDresent the alliance of France and
the United States.
The 1912 scene viii be 1.-THE Presenta-
ton of the Freedom of the City of New
York to Commodore Isaac Hull of the
Constitution This scene was selected