davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01
ognized the view of Bristol. from the
noted Brandon hill!

noted Brandon hill.
In the June (1S97) number of the
Popular Science Monthly Professor Da-
vid Starr Jordan, president of the Stan
ford University, published an article in
which he charged that the WillOughby
photograph was a. fraud. and said it
had been made from an old plate taken
twenty years ago. Professor Hudson
remembered that the famous cathedral
Of the town was at that tirse undergo
ing repairs. An investigation into the
methods Of photography used by Mr..
Willoughby which was made by an
officer Of the Albatross was not salts.
factory. The old prospector fatty re-.
fused to disclose what sort of chemicals
he had used OF how he had developed
his plates. Professor Jordan took
high scientific ground in his criticism
of the photographs. and did not hest
tate to say that so far as mirages in
Alaska were concerned, the Wialoush-
by pictures were rather poor and I'M
substantial guide.
Professor Jordan's argumant would
be strong or even convincing from the
standpoint of circumstantiaf evidence
were it not counterbalaneed by testi-
monial evidence, the validity of which
there can be no reasonable doubt Even
II Mr.. Willoughby's photographs were
not genuine, the chances that he really
saw mirage city are very great A
man named Bruce, well known in Alas
ka, testifles that he saw the city de-
scrlbed by Mr.. Willoughby. S. B.
French also says he was fortunate
enough to see 1t. There is an Indian
legend about Glacier Bay in which the
story of the phantom city is preserved.
Robert Christie and George Patterson
of Bartlett Bay aver that they, too,
have seen 1t. And Eow comes MIR.
Thornton, man of position in Seat
tie, and FIVE members Of Prince Luigi's
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

that he is very anxious, to try his luck
in Alaska, make. a, fortlane, become a
good citizen and netri4ve his good
name. He wants; Auditor Seibart to
interpede fon him with Gov. Staphens
and SECURE him a pardon. He points
out, in foreeful, language that, if he is
kepa in prison until the expiration of
his sentence. in tat2, the gold field will
be overerowde6, and his chances OF
striking 81 rich, lead will be greatly d.
minished
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat:
J. B. johnson, the desperate convict;
who fired the prison and led the re-
volt in '83, by which $4,000 wOrthhof:
property was destroyed. and who has
since made several. murderous assaults
on officers, is suffering with aseveree at
tack of Klondike gold fever. He has
written a letter to State Auditor. Jas.
M. Seibert, one of the prison inspectors.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

Myrtle-"They say that you made =
regular fool of Algy Persons, at the
islands. last week." Maud-"No; they
are wrong l might have done it but
for one thing" Myrtle-"What was
that?" Maud-"S Somebody had fin
ished the job before got hold of him."
Cleveland Ieadec,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01
ITO BE CoNTINUED.)

Resented the indignity-"What made
you quit the club, Billy?" Reason
enough, I can tell you. worked five
years to be elected treasurer and then
they insisted on putting in cash regis.
ter" --Detyoit Free Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01
CHAPTER XVII.

L was a raw, wet,
windy night when
Marjorie arrived at
the railway station
of d u m T r i e S.
Scarcely had the
train reached the
platform when the
figure Of a young
man leaped upon
the footboard and
looked in at
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01
Another Theory.

The most curious thing about the
insane rush to Alaska is chat the pro-
portion Of fools in the rest Of the
world does not seem to be materially
decreased.-New York Tribune.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01

nee again "The
Silent City of Alas
ka" has been.
brought before the
public with it's
mysterious towers,
its deserted streets,
its quaint roof tops
and its quaint
beauty. The man
who describes it
this time Is g. w
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-10-01
IN A MIRAGE CITY.
THE WONDERFUL SIGHT WIT
MESSED IN ALASKA.

The Silent City In the Clouds supposed
to Have an Original Somewhere on
This sphere-Lateiy Seen by a Srnt,le
Man..
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22

those rascals at the bridge were bound
to have their fun, and about 1000 of
them set up yell.
"'Take him along, general they
howled. He amt mo good-never was
on a horse before in his life-can't do
nothing but eat-take him and keep
him!'
THAT was the send-off my comrades
gave me; but the general understood
the humorous side of camp life, and
he merely smiled and kept straight
ahead.
Il accompanied him short distance
and returned to my company in the
course of an hour or two, after the
generals staff had joined him.
"That is the story of my meeting
with Bob Lee. Do you wonder that we
boys Ill took fancy to him? He was
just aE clever to Private Smith as he
would have been to general, and 1
could see that it was pleasure to him
to share his rations with me.
"But the boys guyed me about it
long time. They told the story with
lots of fanciful fourishes, and three
years later, when / went to the west
as an officer on Gen. Forests staff, /
found that the tale had preceded me
and had made me we'll known in army
circles. Chicago Times-Herald.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
BITES OF MOSQUITOES.
Many Cases of Serious Illness Hnv
Been Traced to Them.

Many Cases of Serious Illness Have
Been Traced to Them.
Many cases of serious illness and
some deaths have lately been traced to
the bites of mosquitoes. The insects
are bred and fostered in decayed mat.
ter and the transfer of poisonous germs
to the blood of the victim causes the
complications. A person bitten on
one of the veins behind the ear by a
mosquito inoculated with the poison OF
putrid matter would be in great dan.
ger, for the germs would reach the
heart and brain within few minutes.
The puncture of large vein is very
dangerous. A person with thin or
diseased blood is more liable to serious
injury than one who is healthy. The
humidity of the season is source of
danger. Large quantities of decayed
matter are produced from which the
insects derive fatal poison. James +.
Whitaker, in the American Text Book
of Medicine, gives the opinion that an
thrax, believed to be identical with the
plague of olden times, can be COM
municated by mosquitoes. Their
bites may be treated by an application
of oil or pennyroyal, liquid ammonia, a
solution of bicarbonate of soda or pot.
ash, or of chloroform. Recently a
large salt marsh on Staten Island
which had been prolific breeding
ground for mosquitoes was sprayed
with crude petroleum, with the result
that the plague has nearly disappeared.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22

In Switzerland recently conducted
experiments show that the course OF
bullets may be DETECTED by electric
wires. -Four wires were strung parallel
to and 1875 feet away from the line OF
fire at the range near Thun. At inter,
walls of 80 feet the course of the bullet
was marked by paper screens. A cur
rent of 5000 volts caused DETECTION OF
rs feet from the course, and toward the
wire at distance of 275 yards. A
Japanese rife threw a slender bullet
that went straight for the wires and fol.
lowed their course, in close contact un'
til its energy was spent in friction
Eevn cannon balls were affected by the
current.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
AUTOMATIC TELEPHoNE.

ceiver, which is held to the ear, are
made in one piece and hung at the side
of the apparatus, as shown in the cut.
The necessary coin is thrown into the
slot, visible in the upper part of the
box, and falling upon a spring makes
AN electric contact, which releases the
catch holding the crank firmly in place,
The crank can then be turned and the
conversation can proceed for three
minutes. After this period has elapsed
the telephone is disconnected at the
central and automatically locked, so
that continuance of the conversation
can be had only by depositing another
coin. The apparatus is rapidly becom-
ing popular, and there are upward Of
$4,000 of them placed in various cities
of Norway and Sweden.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
POPULAR SCIENCE.
oHLoRArE oF RoTAsH.g
How II Is Refined by Means of Elec-
tricaI Applinnees.

trical Appliances.
The city of Niagara Falls has more
factories making chemicals by electric
lty to-day than any other city in the
world. The plant for manufacturing
chlorate of potash is the first to intro
duce this industry into the United
States. The uses for this product are
continually increasing. From 100000
to 100000 pounds are annually inn
ported, large portion of which is used
in calico dyeing as an oxidizer. It is
also employed in the manufacture of
parlor matches, blasting powder and
some of the snckeless powders. 1t is
taken incidentally for various ailments.
The salt commonly called muriate of
potash is found in large quantities in
Stassfurt, in Germany, and is shipped
to this country in bags containing 24O
pounds each. 1t is dissolved in wooden
tanks, pumped up to storage tanks, and
is led from them through pipes to cast
iron, porcelain-lined, electrolyzing
tanks, divided by porous partitions into
positive and negative compartments.
The chloride solution is kept circulat-
ing from the positive to the negative
compartments, being electrolyzed in its
passage, and evolving chlorine gas at
the positive pole, and forming caustic
potash at the negative pole. The gas is
led into the negative compartment,
where 1t combines with the caustic
potash, forming hypochlorite and
chloride of potash. 1t is then led down
to tanks containing lead steam coils and
evaporated to the concentration point
of chloride of potash when cold. From
here it is run boiling hot to tanks,
where it is allowed to cool. Little of
the chloride crystallizes with the chic
rate, as the two salts form at different
densities. The chlorate crystals are
rakcd out and dried and packed in kegs
holding 100 pounds. The mother liquor
is pumped back to the storage tanks to
be used over again in the cells,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
GEN. LEE AND PRIVATE SMITH
Two Occasions ON Which the Former
Entertained the Latter.


Two Occasions ON Which the Former
Entertained the Latter.
Henry 81. Smith, the well-known
cotton broker of Atlanta, Ca, is a
model business man, and apparently
the last person in the world to take any
liberties with stranger. But appear
ances are sometimes deceptive, and
Smith makes out strong case against
himself in a story which he occasional
~ tells when he attends confederate
reunion.
SIN the early part of the war;" said
Smith, Il was a private soldier under
Stonewall Jackson in Virginia. At
that time l was a mere boy, and my
gun was almost as big and heavy as /
was. You can imagine how tired and
hungry 1 was after l had marched
two days without any food. A driving
rainstorm came on, and could hardly
drag my feet along the muddy road. A
tent by the roadside attracted my at
tention, and / saw gray-bearded face
peeping out at the marching troops.
"Hello, old mani shouted; got
anything to eat in there?"
"'Yes; what's the matter?' the man
in the tent replied.
II told him that was hungry and
had been marching two days without
a scrap of food.
"'Come right in,' said the old fellow,
pleasantly.
"Into the tent / plunged in hurry,
throwing down my gun and smacking
my lips in anticipation of square
meal. The stranger opened camp
chest and invited me to help myself.
You should have seen the way sailed
into the rations. I ate ravenously
without saying word, and for the time
forgot all about my kind host.
Finally he asked me if would have
drink of water, and handed me q
gourd from bucket in one corner o1
the tent. l took big drink and got
ready to depart.
"'You have been very kind to me-
said to my new friend, and 1 woulG
like to know your name
My name is Lee was the answer.
Lee-what Lee? asked him-'no-
Gen Lee?'
THAT is my name,' was his quie'
response.
"Well, was taken aback, of course
but l was young and cheeky and
made the best of it. Soldiers had M
handkerchiefs, and so l wiped m,
hand on my breeches and gave the gen
erals paw a cordial shake.
"He asked my name and told me t,
take care Of myself as left
"a few days later my command wa
on the march, and had just reached
a bridge when it was ordered to opel
RANKS to let Gen. Lee pass.
Il was standing at the head of tn,
line, and when the general dashed up
followed by negro servant riding OF
another horse, could not keep still.
Howdy, general!' 1 shouted.
"'Why, Smith, my boy he replied
as he pulled up his horse. Here, Smith
get on this horse and follow me-
"The negro turned over his horse t.
me and mounted him.
81 rode off with my commander, feel
ing mighty good, 1 can tell you; bu
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
HARD ON The BLOOD.
Acid Food Frequently Causes De.
rangement of the Heart.

Acid Food Frequently Causes De-
rangement of the Heart.
DR.. w. I. English, of Pittsburgh, be-
lieves that we eat too much acid food
Nature evidently intended that we
should confine our use of acid fruits
and vegetables to the summer months,
but we now eat them during the whole
year. The flavor of tomatoes depends
upon the acidum lycopersicum. II is
estimated that since 1890 the prNduc-
tion of this vegetable has multiplied
ten times. In 1885 New York city con
sumed weekly 25 car loads Of lemons
The daily demand now exceeds that
amount. Oranges are used in about
the same increased quality. Five years
ago, lines, the most acid Of all fruits,
were in small demand. To-day they are
imported fresh and picked in large
numbers. Rhubarb plant, gooseber-
ries, currants, cherries, plums, apples
and pears are canned in vast amounts
for winter use. Sweet apples are
hardly salable in the markets. Acid
favored drinks are in demand at the
soda fountains. Acid conditions favor
the development Of micro organisms,
promote fermentation and cause re-
duction of red blood corpuscles. A de-
rangement of the heart and other or
gans often results. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
He Lenrned II IN the Armr.

Il don't think men generally take
very kindly to needle and thread" said
an old veteran. "but there must be in
this country good many thousand Of
men who are pretty handy sewers,
nevertheless, thanks to their army
training. know that l have never for
gotten how to sew. Even now, 80 years
and more after the war, if I've got any
little sewing to be done, and it isn't too
complicated, likely as not I do it my
self, without bothering anybody else
about II at all Chicago Chronicle.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
Anecdota of r..

The following anecdote of Gen. Rob-
ert e. Lee is Characteristic Of the mag
unanimous greatness of the Virginia
chieftain: "At faculty meeting of the
Washington and Lee university during
Lees presidency one of the professors
made some disparaging remarks about
Gen. Grant. Gen. Lee in indignation
rose from his chair, and looking the
professor full in the face said to him:
Sir, if you ever presume to speak dis
respectfully Of Gen. Grant in my pres
ence either you or l will sever connec-
tion with this university '"--St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
Lapse OF Memory.

She-Did you bring me that com.
plexion powder?
He-Er-my dear, it slipped my mem.
ory entirely.
She-And yet before we were mar.
ried you said my face was one no mar
could forget.-Cincinnat Enquirer.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
EeIicitntinnn Certain.

"It doesn't make no difference what
happens" said Mr.. Corntossel, "us
farmers is goin' to git congratulated"
"But the condition of crops makes
some difference, doesn't it?"
mo. Eff they're big they'll tell us
to be cheerful because we've got so
much to sell. An if they're scarce
they'll congratulate us on the prices we
orter get."-Washington Star.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22

"You wish. to be relieved from jury
duty, but you ha cent good reason, >
said the judge.
'It's public spirit" said the un-
willing talesman, "on the score of econ
omy. I have dyspepsia, judge, and ]
never agree with anybody. If l Sc, on
this jury there will be disagreement
and the county will have to go to the
expense of new trial"
Excused" said the judge.-Green
Bag.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
TORNADO IN EMBRYO.
singular Phenomenon Recently Wit
messed at New Orleans.

messed at New Orleans.
A singular phenomenon met the eyes
Of those good burghers of New Orleans,
says the Times Democrat of that city,
whose gaze happened to be directed
skyward at half-past two o'clock the
other afternoon. Some excitedly called
out that it was cyclone, Others called
it waterspout, and still others dubbed
it whirlwind and tornado. Whatever it
was, it was, at all events, very active and
menacing for quarter of an hour, and
kept large portion of the community
in painful suspense until it disappeared.
The whatever-it-was appeared dramat-
ically over Lake Pontchartrain, darting
down in lurid, sulphurous haze, and
hanging like great blue-black icicle
from heavy black pail of cloud. AL
though great distance from the center
of the city, it could be seen that the
cloud cylinder was revolving at ter
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
I some EIectricaI statistica.

According to statistics, the number
of yearly telephone conversationsint the
United States is 75,O0O,OOO; of tele-
graphic messages, 65,OOO,oOO; of arc
lights, 1,O00,0OO; of incandescent, 49,
100000, and several hundred thousand
electric motors. There are 1000 electric
railways. 1t is estimatedthn 20 2,5OO,-
0OC persons in this country electricity
contributes means Of livelihood.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
A Truthful saw.

When church is out, and Jack and Jill
In linked seclusion stray,
1t takes them two long, lonely hours
To pick their honieward way:
And as It's scarcely half mile,
No reason can find
Why it should take so very long.
Except that 'love Is blind"
-Pich
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
rhona Mlllinerx Rllla.

Shell think one thing is very I'M.
fair. A woman is forced to reveal by
her name whether she is married or
not. All men are called 'Mr.," and
there is no way to distinguish the mar
RED from the single by their names.
,He-Oh, yes, there is. It's very easy.
She-How, would like to know9
He-Just examine the checks he
signs.-Detroit Free Press.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22

rife clip il space. For awhile it hung
gracefully pendant, then by force of the
centrifugal action began to lift at the
bottom until ithad assumed the shape of
an enormous sickle, thrust down an
grily from heaven, ready to NOW away
all before it.
The next change was one of gradual
dissolution, the tail curling up and then
flying off at right angles to the east
ward in thin black, vermiculate stream
ars like snakes. At one time in the proc
ess of dissolution it looked as if it were
going to reform, but of sudden gave
over the idea and melted away in space,
much as cloudlet does in the blue of g
summer day.
The local weather observer, although
he had not himself seen the phenom-
enon, said that from the descriptions he
had heard the vermifOrm appendix to
the big gray cloud was identical with
the western tornado. The meteoric con-
ditions, however, were such that the
storm could hardly have done much
damage. Devastation by tornadoes is
always accompanied by very low bar
ometer, 29.80 or 29.70 degrees, while
there was high barometric area over
this section. Had the cloud reached
down to the earth it might have upset
boat or overturned house or two, but
as there was little or no forward motion
the damage would have been confined
to the space of few hundred feet.
AS soon as the cloud had dissolved, or
drawn back into the big nimbus from
which it was born, heavy showers OF
rain fell from opposite ends of the
mother cloud and soon cleared the at
mosphere.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE.
New Apparatus Is quite Popular in
Norway and Sweden.

Norway and Sweden.
Norway was the first country to es-
tablish public telephone stations which
need no attendants, but the system is
spreading all over the world. A very
simple nickel-in-the-slot arrangement,
connected with a crank which is used to
call up the central station, made it pos
sible to place a large number of ap-
paratuses at convenient points, thus
greatly increasing the efficiency of the
service. The telephone does not differ
much from the ordinary apparatus, ex-
cept that the mouthpiece and the re-
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
DID THE WORK OF A HORSE.
The queer JDb ofa Union PrisOnec
in the south.


In little volume published by Mr..
Patterson. of jefferson City, in 1874
the biographies of the members who
composed the general assembly that
year are given. Among others this
paragraph will be found:
Benjamin Allsup-Born in Tennessee
and removed to Douglass county, Mo-;
was captured by Gen. Shelby, tried as
spy and condemned to be shot; worked
in the bark mill of the rebel tannery
ct Little Rock all winter as a horse
and was released in the spring.
To a group of friends at the Laclede
hotel Col. Henry A. Newman, of RAN
dolph county, the other day related a
truly interesting story about Mr.. ALI
sup, with whom he served in the lower
house of the Missouri legislature in
1874, Mr.. Allsup is now dead, but a
host of relatives in southern Missouri
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
Revenre On N RivoI

He traced Mauds name upon the sand
A tribute to the lovely bud
A Jealous wave rushed up the land,
Washed out the "a" and left 1t Mud"
Chicago News.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
"A auestionabIe Pedigree.

Newrich-I'm going to plant lot Of
shade-trees around my house. What
sort is the best, do you think?
Bunsom-The shadiest kind of tree
1 ever saw was that family tree Of YOUR
that you showed me the other day
Up-to-Date.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
Another Thing.

Wife-You saw Mrs. Browser last
evening?
Husband-Yes; but not to speak to
her.
Wite--What a storyI i heard you
were sitting with her for more than
two hours.
Husband-That's so; but it was she
who did all the tall1ing.-Up-to-Date.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
The Tent of Winanm

How much of wisdom we can see
With sages who with us agree.
But fools who hold some other view
oh. bah! They're not worth listening to
Il. A. W. Bulletin.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
Second Tramp-Dat's what / said.
The CheerfnI Idint.

ut must have been very tender
hearted butcher who killed this lamb"
said the Cheerful Idiot, pausing in the
saving of his chop.
"Why?" kindly asked the shoe clerk
boarder.
HE must have hesitated three or
four years before striking the fatal
blow ."-Indianapoli Journal.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
rhe Height of CrneItx.

"Cruel, heartless womanl" cried Lord
Cashibroke. "You told me you loved
me, and yet discover that your father
u bankruptl.-Tit-Bits.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
WiIling to Forret u.

She-I know that I'm not good look
Ing, but people forget my face when l
sing.
He-Won't you sing nowP-Town
Topics.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
Modern Courtshi,

she-Have you shaved to-day?
He-Yes.
slave you perfumed yourselfg"
Certainly"
"Have you smoked any cigarettes?"
"No."
"Well, then, you can give me kiss"
-Tammany Times.