davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
BUILDING ASSOCIATION.

Excelsior Council No. 231, meets in Ryon's
Hail. every Friday evening.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24

The Pleasantville Home Communion. No, 8.
meets every Tuesday evening in Red Mems Hall.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
HOME COMMUNION.

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Phil Kearney Lodge, meets in Ryon's Hall on
Saturday evenings.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
SECRET SOCIETIES.

iMPRovED ORDER RED MEN.
sssnnewaugha Tribe, No. 40. meets Ia Red Mems
Hall ON Thursday evenings.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24

Pleasantville Lodge, No. 36, meets in Red Mems
on the first and third Monday night in each
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24

South Jersey Council. No. s12, meets in Red
Mems Hall on the second and fourth Monday
nights in each month.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Here is letter from the pastor of the most influential church in South Baltimore, that every truth-seeker should read care fully.
 Every disheartened sick person and every man or woman who has lost faith in the remedies he or she has tried be,ause none of them has done any good-every one who is sick ought to be cheered up and filled with new hope and determination by the letter written by Rev. William T. Bailey, pastor of the Curtis Bay Church, the most intu- ential church in South Baltimore.
 On March 31, 1896, the Baltimore Sun, under display headlines, published the fol owing news Oi Rev Mr. Baley's atHlctiOn Rev. Wm. T. Bailey, pastor of the Cur tis Bay Baptist church, was paralyzed m the tongue while preaching Sunday night, -s--1 .o-s 'AiS t'O"s si Ot speech. ~ SO--z7-~ gatiOn was at once dismissed, and Dr. - was called. He said Mr. Bailey was suffer- ing from severe attack of nervous pros tratlOn caused by nara study anu UVerWoIa, 7, and that he must have rest and quiet"
 The whole city was shocked. The papers soon began to record an improvement.
 On April 13, lS96 the following open let ter was addressed to the prOprietOrs of Paines celery compound:
 South Baltimore, Md, April 13, 1896. Messrs. Wells, Richardson & Co.,,
 GentIemen:-I was taken very i'll while preaching Easter Sunday night. My doc tor could not help me, so l discharged him and began Uo use Paine's celery compound with crushing effect. I will not hesitate to say that it is the best medicine in the world.
 1 am, Fraternally,
 William T. Bailey.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
Spanish Soldiers.

One of the most pathetic, and even heartrending, things in the history of modern warfare has been the sending of thousands of very young peasants from the interior districts of Spain, who are in the deepest ignorance of the worlds affairs, to combat ill Cuba, not visible enemy, but the terrible fever, which gives to but few of these un- acclimated youths from the bracing highlands of Spain a fair chance of recovery. So little do they know of affairs that they are scarcely aware what they have come to the low coasts of the tropical West Indian island for before they are stricken down.
 The simple-mindedness of the aver age peasant-sOldier of Spain is illus trated by a story told in q Spanish jour- nal. During the brief reign Of the re- public which followed the banishment of Queen Isabella in 1868, Don Carlos, a prince who claimed to be the rightful King of Spain under the old Salic law excluding women from the throne, made war against the republican gov ernment. His standard was raised in the northwest corner of the country, and almost all his soldiers were BasqueS-aS the people of the ancient race who inhabit that part of Spain are called.
 The city of Bilbao was defended by an army of the republic. One moonlight ;,,h+ ,,;c = ;f~ N- met outside the trenches. One, a sol dier of the republic, wore the uniform which but lately had been royal; the other, the Carlist, had on njs m0du,a.c ecle galo. Surmounted Uy the Wl'- beretta. and carried au ancient Hint lock rifle. At the ends of their beats the two "enemies"-neither of whom knew why he was fighting the other came together.
 Good evening, comrade!" said the Carlist, politely.
 "GoOd evening, cOmrade"' answered the other.
 "Where do you live, cOmrade"
 'I live in q little village in Aragon. on the other side of Spain."
 Possible"
 Aye. And where do you live?"
 "On wonder mountain"
 "And whom are you fighting for here?"
 ''For King Carlos And for whom do you fight?"
 "For the republic"
 "For the republic? And who is the republic?"
 That I don't rightly know, cOmrade, but I think she is a new queen who lives in Madrid"
 The two men were silent for a mo- ment, looking amiably at each other, and then the Carlist said wistfully:
 "Why doesn't our king marry her, wonder and have an end of Wars!'
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
Strange Funeral Customs,

"Localisms enter largely into death notices" remarked a funeral director. Tn PittSburg few people believe that a death notice is complete unless there is attached to it the line, Friends of the family etc. Widow of the late is also very popular. In Philadelphia, where there is always lots of spare time. they run to poetry St. Louis neople give the names of nearly all of the surviving relatives. In New Or leans there is an odd custom. There the death notices are tackled to tele- graph poles in the business district where the deceased worked or was known and ill the neighbOrhood of his home. They have printed blanks for this purpose, and the udertaker fills them in and has them nailed up."
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
Pastor Curtis Bay Baptist Church.

i A few weeks ago there was published 8. testimonial of the great virtue of Paine's celery compound from Rev. Charles l.. Thompson, D D., IL. D., the eminent Pres byterian preacher of New York City. Rev. Dr. Meek, editor of the Central Methodist. recently wrote an open letter, telling that Paine's celery compound had worked a re- markable cure in his case. And last month the great temperance evangelist, Francis Murphy, told the public low Paine's celery compound had been blessing i'll his fam fly.
 These are few among thousands.
 Every one knows conscientious, Chari- table persons who are too busy, more often too prOcraStinating, to save their health from going to pieces, and find 1t easier to help others than themselves. Such per sons fill up the army of brOken-dOwn busi- ness men and SicklV women.
 Every one in this spring time needs 10 purify the blood and regulate the nerves. Garry home today-not by and by-a bottle of Paine's celery compound. Cure ner- vOUsness, neuralgia, and rheumatism this spring. You can now put your health on sound basis by means of Paine's celery compound.
 Charity should now begin at home. Att tend to your own health and that of your family.
 Paine's celery compound is within the reach of every family here there is a mem- Der afflicted by auy stomach. liver or kid ney trouble. It cures permanently and rapidly.
 1t must be distinguished from all other remedies.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
THE END.
Genoa Marriage Brokers.

In Genoa there are regular marriage brokers. who have pocketbOoks filled with the names of marriageable girls of the different classes, with notes of their figures, personal attractions, fortune and other circumstances. Etese brokers go about endeaVoring to arraBGe- -G0nDea- tiOns III the same OnhaUd mercantile manner which they would bring to bear 1f.0n warchmdiSe transaction. and when they succeed they get a cOmmis- sion of or 3 per cent upon the portion, with such extras or bonuses as may be voluntarily bestowed by the party. Mar riage at Genoa is thus Oftentimes sim ply matter of business calculation, generally settled by the parents or rela- tions, who often draw up the contract before the parties have seen one another, and it is only when everything elso is arranged and a few days previous to the marriage ceremony that the future husband is introduced to his partner for life Should he find fault with her man. ners or appearance he may annul the contract on condition of defraying the brokerage and any other expenses incur sed.-London Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
An OdditY.

Joubert, the French moralist whose ''Thoughts' had great success, was so odd and original that witty woman declared he gave her the idea of a soul which had met by chance with body that it had to put up with and do with as we'll as it could
 His friend and editor, Chateaubriand, described him as an cgOtist who was always thinking of others. His ambi- tion was to be perfectly calm, yet no one betrayed so much agitation as he.
 In eating and ill taking exercise ho was as inconstant as coquette. For sev- eral days he would live on milk; then for a week he would eat nothing but hash. On one day he would be jolted in a carriage full trot over the toughest roads; on the next he would be drawn slowly through the smoothest alleys.
 He had library of mutilated books, for when he read he used to tear out of a book the pages that displeased him. - Youths Companion.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Later in the year the proprietors of this wonderful remedy received still another letter from Dr. Bailey, as follows:
 Gentlemen:-I propose to do what can to let people know of your Paine's celery com pound, the medicine that has done me so much good. I shall, in my own way, in speaking of my rapid and great improve ment, from the pulpit, give, as is justly due, tribute to Palne's celery compound. mar ried, six years ago, Miss Lillie B. Dunna- want, a lady we'll known Tn social life, the niece of Capt. Robert F. Lewis, U. s. Navy. During the whole six years she has been an invalid suffering from hysteria, laughing crying and screaming, so that she could be heard for squares. l have had great deal of trouble and expense. Eighteen doctors have, first and last, attended her, and one bottle of Paine's celery compound has done her more good than all of the other medi-
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
EuRoPe's ARREST QUEEN.
Queen Natalie of Servia ana How Sh
 Retains Her Beauty.

Retains Her Beauty. One of the fairest Queens in Europe Is Queen Natalie, of Servia. and her greatest beauty is her neck.
 The Queen takes frequent and regu- lar exercise with a heavy pitcher on her head. The result of this is to straight en and strengthen her neck, and tO give 1t the form which the highest standard Of female beauty requires. Not only does the exercise add to present beau ty, but it arrests the ravages which time makes more quickly ill the female neck than in any other place.
 She appears in the park surrounding her castle at about o'clock each morn ing taking a brisk walk witb her pitch CT on her shapely head.
 Queen Natalie has abundant black hair and a rich coloring. Her figure IS very strong and erect, and her carriage is perfect. for her favorite exercise tends to develop the latter quality as well as to beautify the neck and snouI- ders. Her flesh has the ffrmness of marble.
 Her head is placed on her shoulders after the manner of that of the Venus Of Milo. There are no protruding bones, no wrinkles, no hollOWS, but neither is there any superfuous fat
 The exercise to which Natalie owes so much Of her cfarm is one which has been pract.ced Dy women oE the poorer classes in many countries. Rachel, it may be remembered, met Jacob when she was going to the we'll with her pitcher. The women of the Oriental countries, of Greece, and of Italy have always been accustomed to carry pitchers and burdens on their heads.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
HIDDEN PLACES.

Why a weasel should hate rat Is strange as he is only an elongated rat himself. Hats and mice love hidden places, and weasel is about the only living thing that can hHu them out. Aches and pains are like ra's and mice. They seek out the hidden places of the human system and gnaw ana raV]ge az, the muscles and nerves St- JaCo,'s o--' iita a weasel. knows how 10 go for them. IT. viii peneiraie 10 the sec-et recesses oi the main. and breaks up its habi'atioon ana dTiyss it ont. Rats and mice shun the cor ners where a weasel has been, and pains and aches once fairly driven out by or Jacohs Oil are permanently cufeu ailT T.oIo SCI, ,nns, be rafieuce with the treatment; some chronic forms are stubborn and resist, but the great remedy will finally eonqHss,r; s, a and nd give health and strength to the afflicted parts.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
White Handled Razors.

-.-------- - = - = - ---- - '-''- OWL a white handled razor because If an old superstition that bad luck goes with it. A razor j. t0 the b9rosr what @ locomotive is to the engineer, and there are more things to learn about It than one would suppose. For instance, there are razors that will cut certain qualities of hair better at certain seasons than at others Climate and weather have great deal to do with razors. Some Will cnt better in cold weather and some ln hot. These are only a few of the causes that affect razors, and they and many more all tend to make the barber who does much work keep accommodating ra- zors until he has all sorts to pick from. Kansas City Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
That Banshce,s Wall.

There is considerable discussion in the English papers about the wall of the banshcc which was said to have been heard in East Kerry before the fa- tai bog moved. A correspondent writes that the late Archdeacon Whately, the celebrated archbishop's son, told him of a certain instance Of the banshee's cry. The archdeacon said that he distinctly heard the wall while ill an Irish coun- try parish administering the holy com munion to dying man.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
D0d0 fIdfkIl5 iY6ddInQ
Dv VTOLA P0gEB0RO,

Mrs. Harkins and some of her "kin' v aited on the table and served q good er Dper of cold chicken, oysters ("coxe" . o5 sters, if you know what they are) hot biscuit. coffee and cake. Ire hotel peo- pie lied now to give something of that jollitv to the occasion that had charac- terizcd # in their previous imaginings, but t. ey 7yero uader a saddening spell, and besides, not realizing that the we'd ding feastwas to come 50 early, they had supped at home and were not hungry, and tlls in itseli was depressing.
 HarI7 soon lost tle cheer the meeting glances had given hlm. Charley was bearing herself toward him with all the unconscious indifference she had worn f)r days past and was again de. voting berself to paliiating the suffer ings of the iout cf bridegroom. Harry wondered that her father could consent 10 let her come to such q place. It was not a desirable thing for a young lady to meet such people, however 1t might do for others.
 After the supper the preacher at once knd finally disappeared, and, lola chance immediately made itself felt on all rides. Everybody, while tho second rs- Ulc'' was eating, was smiling. trying to talk. Soon all were moving about. and the aGability 0f all who l.ge. L0v. -5 ba atfable was welcomed, even in help less way hy the young Harkinses. Soon ,., ola vvi,ita Ico1oJ ,,oc,r- xr.;+E, o EII1o slipped into the main room, seated him. self in a corner and immediately occa- stoned much chuGkling interchange of sly looks and humorous comment. All sections of the party, so to speak, sym- pathizcd in the point of view that in- duced these demonstrations, for it was certain that a number of church mem- bers of various degrees of social eleva- tion woula dance tonight and repent tomorrow, CT at least when they were duly "disciplined'' for their fall.
 The dancing began, the old negro call ing out the figures of the quadrilles and having great deal to say about ''busy bee. That busy bee was an old ac- quaintance of every one present and helped, as it had done many a time be- fore, to tighten feeling of good fellow ship all around, for Uncle Ned for a life time had withstood all arguments in fa- yor of the use of the more usual term of vis-a-yis.
 The young Harkinses were transform ed, and with confident good will asked ladies to dance with them, adies whose
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
Enjoyable.
,,, rnnllr nniOY shooting EN

"Do you really enjoy shooting:"
 "Why, yes, of course, ; said the dear girl, who had lately bought light rife and a lovely pair of hunting bloomers. "Every time I manage to kill rabbit or a poor little bird 1 have just the loveliest cry imaginable. "-Indianapo- lis Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Watches were first called Nuremburg eggs. Some of them were or inches ill diameter, as large as the small sized cheap clocks now exhibited ill store windows They were first made in 1447.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
Baltimore, May IS, 1895.

Baltimore, May IS, I85d. Wells, Richardson & Co.,,
 Gentlemen Tt is impossible for me to ex- press the emotions of my heart on the great good Mrs. Baiiey and have derived from the use of Paine's celery compound. l am rev man. We have taken together eight bottles, and 1 wish to cOntinueltsu use. The people of my church are very kind to the poor, and I have given to some of the poor money with which to purchase the medl- uue You may usG my name fl you wish and 1 will with pleasure answer all com municati0ns sent me. l believe the rem edy is the best in the world.
 EGurS very trulv
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
THE FAULTS AND FOLLIES OF THE

Are numerous, but of the latter none is more ridiculous than the promiScuOus and random Use of laxative pills and other drastic cathar- ties. These wrench, convulse and weaken both the stomach and the bowels. If Hostel terS Stomach Bitters be used instead of these no remedies, the result IS accomplished with out pain and with great benefit to the bowels the stomach and the liver. Use this remedy when constipation manifestS itSelf and there by prevent it from becoming chronic.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Joe keeps his wife and motherln-Ia@ IaS nlaS st him half The time" What veXeS them so He calls them his board of lady managers.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Occasionally a woman earns a little money "of her own," but does man ever have any money that is "his own" in the same sense?
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Malaria and Grip positively cured tat9 als9 all other Medical and-uTgicel cases guarall1 N writee Confidential DIR. CRAIG & CO, MedI- cal Institute, ISl6 Market St., San FranclscoCai'
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Pisos Cure lgc CDusum .-iou is the best, of all cough cures. - JeuTge w. LOtZ, abucher, L.. august 25, Ie5
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Lash's Kiincy and Liver Bters IS lhe | DtsI family medicine. is purely vegetable ana con ?Ii talns no ingredients that are III any wa! Ili furious
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

dropped on her knees and screamed "Harry, HarryF' and Harry let go the Harkins he was holding and sprang to- ward her and lifted her away from that doorstep, and with that they both dis appeared.
 It is to be supposed that Charley had not noticed that her father was in Guite as much danger as her lover. To tell the truth, of course both she and Harry had each whipped up tho sense of the oth- CTS danger for their own dramatic pur- poses. have no doubt but the colonel objected to Charley being shot, but he only snatched the pistol from the liar klns boys hand and did not feel con- 1 strained to abandon the business in hand ! for her sake.
 By the time she and Harry were scat. ed on the wood pile-and it was very short tlme-peace was restored and the unproftable prodigal sent off to pri- vate apartment in charge of his mis- guided brother, but Mrs. Peytee's aoi- tatlon on this occasion, like Charlev's own, was of an uncOmmonly enduring nature. She had too much astuteness to make nuisance of herself, and as ev- cry one else strengthened up and tried to pass over the late unpleasantness as the most natural thing in the world, preparatory to getting away as soon as possible, she, too, seemed to strive to appear at ease. but she kept near the colonel with er air of dependence upon his protection and a sUbtlv conveyed sense C- safety in his shadow which be eliminating judgment, too, as to where to turn, that pleased him and raised his idea of her intelligence. Evidently she did not make the mistake of consider ing little rheumatic stiffness as help less old age. The colonel conceived the notion that it would be pleasant thing to do the driving himself on the way home and to have Mrs. Peytee on the seat beside him. The reprehensible fact was that the bit of tussle had stirred the colOnels blood and made him feel 15 years younger.
 Harry, too, was considering the possi- bilities of the homeward trip The Oth- CT young man was gentle, good natured young fellow. Harry resolved to make a contidant of him and beg him to sur render the buggy and Charley to her be- trothed. The other young man imme- diately, blushingly and with the eager ness of embarrassment consented Ho had no sooner done so than he was trou- bled for fear his surrender was unworthy properly high spirited man. He knew he had heard of blood flowing about smaller matters, but he realized his own incapacity for living up to some high ideals and was helpless against his own human sense and sympathy.
 Though quite in the dark about some trifies whose amazing potential impor- tance we have seen, Mrs. Peytee confi- dently and correctly announced the en- gagement of his daughter to the colonel on the way home, and that announce ment formed the point of departure for a conversation that was exactly to her mind
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

When yCUr skin looks yellow. and gs- rise lu the mo.ulug with bud taste ln your mouth take Lash' 's Kidney and Liver Bitr--
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
How to Cure Trouble.

Work is your true remedy. If mis- fortune hits you hard, hit you some thing else hard; go at something with q will. There is nothing like good, sol i'd. absorbing, eXhausting work to cure trouble. If you have met with losses, you do not want to lie awake thinking about them. You want sweet, calm. sound sleep, and to eat your dinner with appetite. But you cannot unless you work.
 There are some great troubles that only time heals, and perhaps some that can never be healed at all; but all can ps.-tt,-4r------ ------ ,. ce1 work. Try it. you who are afflicted. T. Is not 3 patent medicine. r is au a-r.s.r remedy AT good physicians iIl |, -,,..,I ,,..-.>..-- -S-l--- Il "A -.,5 of mental and moral disease. It Op, crates kindly and well, leaving no dis. agreeable or ill effects. It will cure more complaints than any nostrum in the Materia Medica. and comes nearer to being a "cure-all' than any drug or compound of drugs in the market: and it will not sicken you if you do not take it Sugar-cOated.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Lash's Kidney and Liver Bitters IS relnedy -- I,- @fs'lv 91ef-TC' for -fc treatment ct AI Kidney. liver stcmaCu and sOWel tiOlD e1.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

cine. She and are together using Paine's celery compound, and 1 will with pleasure let you know the result. Fraternally,
 William T. Bailey.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
TEA GARDEN DRIPs.

Try it, and you will fnd it better and sweeter syrup than you ever tasted before.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
TEA GARDEN DRIFTS.

Sweetest sud richest faroIed table syrup ever mNLe. Thy it
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
MEDICAL

RUPTURE and PEEi3S cured; no pay N until cured; send for book. DEs. MANSFIELD S PoRTgRFIELD, SSS Market St., San Francisco