davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-26

a new and essentially nineteenth
century use has been discovered for the
catacombs by which the subsoil of Paris
is honeycombed. The subterranean-
galleries Of this kind beneath the Jardin
des Plantes have now been converted
into 9 species of laboratory and aquari-
um. A number of them have been fitted
with reservoirs and glass tanks, while
in others the inches which once con-
tanned human bodies have been con-
verified into cages, where scientists are
able to. study the effect Of total and
partial darkness upon animal life.
Demorest. l$} II
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-26
outwittins . store Detective.

A detective in a well-known retail
store is engaged in the mental process
Of kicking himself whenever he thinks
of a certain transaction which took
place last week. At a time of day when
the store was crowded the detective,
who was keeping a sharp lookout for
evildoers, was approached by we'll
dressed, intelligent-looking man, who
Informed him that he was employed as
detective in another store, and had fol-
lowed shoplifter from his firms store
to the present place, where they would
find her at the glove counter stealing
gloves. "Let her alone" said the
strange detective, and when she loads
up I will follow her home, and we can
then make a big haul" Consent, was
given to this plan, and the shoplifter
stole 5000 or $500 worth of goods un-.
molested. Then she went out, followed
by the strange detective. That was the
last ever seen Of the pair, and the store
detective wonders how on earth he was
duped 80 easily. Philadelphia Record.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-26
] Fatal Ouriositx.

Visitor Ito attendant friar at the re-
fectory Of a convent Are we allowed
to smoke here? ~.
4 Friar-No, sir. ..g#
Visitor-Then where do all these
stumps of cigars come from that see
lying about? i& aSffsF3 s ~&a
Friar-From those gentlemen who
didn't ask.-Odds and Ends.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-26
Not 3 Wig ProDosition

III Prosperous Manufacturers think It
would be well for US to do sonnet thing for
our employees to prove to them that
we appreciate their services. How
would it do to give them wine sup
per?
at all.
why not ~
I'VE would have our hands full. =.
3Up-to-Date. s 81 q.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-26
Knew All About Them.

She had been to the seashore and
was deeply interested in all that per-
tanned to it. s":
q did you ever see a shark?" she
asked. IS
We'll, should say So" he answered.
II bought house and lot of one once
on the insta1lment plan." - Chicago
Post.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-26
A Remembrance,

Resemblance.
death and the people of Germany
are alike in one respect"
''Name it,
'The people Of Germany like to use
money direct from the mint"
"Go on
death loves shining mark, too"
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-26
Expensive Emulation.

Buncode That was beautiful dress
your friend Mrs. Fitley had on the other
night. ts. ,s.z, : II. ...,..
Easie-Yes, it cost me 500.
Buncode How So?
Elasticity wife saw it.-Up-to-Date.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-26
whara thu Ruh Gonna.

There are flying machines and flying ma
chimes, ssg
And aerial boats by the score; La
But the sorest part for the air marines
Is that each one refused to soar. sr =
,t'f =" IN, Y, World.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-26
BAD FORM IN MEXICO.
Light on Mexican Manners Comes I
u Polite American.

Light on Mexican Manners Comes to
Polite American.
The man who had been down in Mex
leo trying to buy up carload of silver
dollars made for the American market
and guaranteed worth their weight in
sterling silver was in town the other
day looking for customers incidental
~ he ran across Star reporter and
offered to sell him ton or two of dol
lars. Then the man asked for light,
and the reporter, Hopping the ashes
from his cigar, handed it over to the
returned traveller. ''' :.s* ... -.s,~.
There is such a difference in Gus
toms," said the man, taking his light
from the borrowed cigar. Snow you
notice how politely and thoughtfuIly
for thoughtfulness is the true polite
ness-you knocked the ashes off your
cigar when you handed it to me to light
mine" !.
Reporters are always polite" sug-
gested the reporter. 'e.:s' -
"As was saying" continued the man,
unheeding, >"there is such difference
in customs. Now, when went to Mex
leo the first time didn't know the
Mexican code Of manners, and about the
first thing I did when landed was to
ask q man for light. He handed me a
cigar with the ashes on. I thou ht it
was bad manners, but tipped them off
and kindled my weed. I did that four
or five times, and I always got it the
same way. Then began to hope some
of them would ask me for a light so
could show Mexico what real manners
were. got a chance one day, and when
man asked me for light tipped off
the ashes, and, with salaam at least
two yards across in it's widest sweep,
extended him the blazing stump. He
took it, Of course, because he was too
polite to treat a stranger otherwise, but
he did it in a way that showed me some
thing was wrong, and I began asking a
question or two. ss.7 rq,
''The result was that I discovered
what the true form was and what an ass
l had been making of myself trying to
teach those CASTLE soaparoons what the
code cigarro was. My instructor told
me that the thing to do was to leave the
ashes on at their full and to daintily
touch the unlighted cigar or cigarette
just about the fire line between the ash
and the tobacco. After that, being no
longer in ignorance, to avoid bloodshed
or international complications, never
again was flip with the ashes of my
cigar" Star. IT,. 70, ~. IA
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-26

g the dance Of the Brooklyn Coun-
try club ct Bridgeport, Conn, the other
evening. the men danced in their COLT
suits.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-26
Personally Acouainted

& Slobbs-I've heard that Beelzebub
walks the earth IN the form Of woman.
Henpeck-I believe that.
slobbs Why?
Henpeck1 married her.-Town
TopicA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13
MAILS IN MARTINIQUE.
They Are Irregular, to the Detriment
of United States Merchants.

They Are Irregular, to the Detriment
of United States Merchants.
The United States consul at Martinique
reports to the State Department that the
mail facilities between the United States
and Martinique are wholly inadequate and
Instantaneous to the United States. He
says it frequently takes a month for q
merchant to communicate with dealers in
the United States.
''The Quebec Steamship Company" he
says, carries the mails from the United
States to the island. A vessel leaves New,
York about every twelve days and letters
arriving in New York for this port MAR
tinique) after the steamer has sailed have
to wait for the next steamer. All steam
ers of this line carry freight and land at
every island on their voyage, which con-
sumes from twelve to fifteen days. After
leaving Martinique for Barbados or Dem
erara vessels frequently sail from those
points direct 10 the United States. thus
leaving Martinique without any mail ia
cilities whatever. In consequence Of this
merchants who deal with the United States
and are anxious to place all of their pur-
chases there are compelled frequently to
order goods from Barbados or other En-
glish points. The island pays no subsidy
for carrying the mails away, and as there
is hardly anything exported from there to
the United States the steamship ronpany
does not care to incur the expense OF land
ing at Martinique for the mails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13
A Nice Question of Precedence,
To the Editor Of The Evening Star:

A Nice Question of Precedence.
To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
l agree with you, Mr. Editor, when Won
say, under the heading, "A Nice Question
OF Precedence" that for a nation that is
a pure republic the United States is better
provided (material rights with aristocratfc
institutions than any country on the
globe" &C., and I have the honor to in
form you. in behalf Of my society, Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution that I'm
the proof positive of the abundance of
deeds that live and never die of revolution
airy sires and danes we have no desire
nor need Ito envy the effete monarchies of
Europe" or to adopt their colors'' for our
crown of jewels. American liberty. which
10 our legitimate and imperishable birth
right that some people would be glad to
OWN. Our cOlors Gas you doubtless are NOT
aware of are those Of 1.-THE Immaculate
Mary" and are also the colors of the
American patriot. Gen. George Washing
ton. and our title of nobility, American
woman, is the grant given by American
patriots, sealed and signed with the blood
of heroes, and makes us "aristocratic'
peers to all and superior to many And.
Mr.. Editor, be assured that we Daughters
Of the American Revolution can ever and
anon see that precedence" is ever given
our crown of jewels, American liberty. at
home and abroad. IF B..
Charter member Mary Washington Chan
ter, Daughters Of American Revolution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13
lruaSses
GERMANS AT HONOLULU
The First InstalIment Of Jmm,~r,.-
HIS Arrived There


Inc United States consul at Honolulu re-.
ports to the Secretary of State that on Julv
70 there arrived at the port of HonoluIu
~ Germans, of whom ZIG were men. u
women and 81 children. These Immigrants
ne says, have located on the islands ia
work on plantations, and will receive
wages at the rate of SIG. SIT and SIS per
i,'ohth. Inc women will be given work if
they want it. and will be paid according to
the work performed. The consul saws This
Is the installment Of a large number of
German immigrants who will locate in the
ISLANDS IN pursuance to stipulations made
by the Hawaiian government and the honds
given by the planters about a wear apo
Inat a1ter a certain time the plantation
iaporers shall be one-tenth European or
american The first lot of Immigrants the
consul says, was composed of healthy. ro-
Dust people, who desired to get to work at
once on the plantations. where it is beliey
ed tney Will become a most useful and ex
emplary labor element CA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13
| Another Invoice of the
$40 SI2rn and SIr 70 SERGE.

TAO1 W u j. oAAN w O.CO w 5 ~
Here is welcome news to n good many Of
you. We have just received a new invoice
Of those famous Black and Blue Storm
Serge suits to sell at SO. $3.50 and $3.50
made up in latest style. We now fit
any figure. matter how stout or how
slender-and no matter how long the skirt.
Elegant Serge Suits, lined with finest
silk, at SD so and sos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13
Algerian Tobacco in the West Indie,

Algerian Tobacco in the West Indies
According to advices received at the
state Department, the sections of finance.
war and navy, constituting the council of
state of the French West Indies, have
passed a law, which went into effect Nav
II last, admitting manufactured tobacco
from Algiers into Martinique, Guadaloupe.
Cayenne and Reunion free of dutv II &C.
explained that this action has had and
Will continue to have a tendency to curtaii
TO a considerable extent the importa tion
OF TOBACCO manufactured in the United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13

want" ads in The Star nav hecause
they bring answers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13
t able No. s.

Small lot of "Hcnty" BOoks-cloth bound
For 30 CENTS
Hurd's Finest Envelopes and ends worth
up to 1Sc pkg. For Sc PACKAGE
so Large Views Of Worlds Fair. For 3 CENTS
Odd shades of Imported Tissue Paper-regilar
prices to 4c sheet. For Sc DOZEN
Doc Fancy Edge Crepe Paper. For Zoe ROLL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13
A TERRIBLE
SHIRT WAIST
SACRIFICE.

The balance of the shirt waists 60
for little or nothing. We are not
trying to get cost even. Ne have
big stock, and il shall be reduced at
all hazards.
All the Soc. & 7Sc.
waists Doc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13
Toilet requisites.

Tomorrow you may take the cashmere
bouquet soap for
IL cents cake.
Carnation toilet soap, which usually sells
for 10 cents-is offered tomorrow for
3 cents cake.
Large bottles of Red Seal toilet water
the sort for which YOU usual, pas 80 cents
is offered tomorrow at
81 cents bottle.
Imperial borated ,altIim powder ,laiuftlv
perfumed- which sells ..veiyuhr.e Tor II
cents-is offered tomorrow at
7 cents box.
Tomorrow We offer the regular 30 End
zoe. toilet extracts Including BOTH for
only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13
Ladies' SSc. Hose. PIC.

N<o~VNHSO WV NVOSS SDN
Ladies' Fast Black Lisle Thread Drop
stitched Boot Pattern Hose, all o.
sizes-were 35c. pair. To close. -. ZlNs
Ladies Underwear Reduced.
Ladies' fine quality soc. Balbrig- De-
gan Drawers. To close. ........... ZONe
Ladies' 25c. quality Imported n hc
Swiss Ribbed Vests. To close. nUSs
Rs Ssss yes sSod e. Sea aIsye lse Swiss 1c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13

The beard usually turns gray first, and should be
colored to correspond with the color OF the hair Of
the head. Buckinghams Dye colors q natural
brown oe black.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13
Clearing Sale of
High=Class Waists.

The final and lowest reductions have been
made in the Shirt Waist stock. You may
now take your choice Of the finest and hand
soonest Lappet Lawn and Lawn Shirt
Waists at mere song.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13

Every stock of merchandise in the house
that belongs with this season must go out
this season. 1t may require heavy losses to
accomplish our objert-but that object must
and will be accomplished, as we are deter
mined not to carry over any OF these goods
to next season. These prices may not
seem low when compared to those quoted for
mere truck and trnsh-s0 We wish to en-
phasize the fact that We handle only the
strictly first-class qualities Of merchandise
and we stack our reputation back of every
sale we make. Here are the final marching
orders on these goods:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13
Suits & skirts cut.

You can see that are serious in these
reductions. We are making a quick dear
ance of the stock
Black. navy. white and black and white
check duck skirts. made with wide. hens
and well made-redLced fIom dollar TO
50 cents.
Plain and fancy linen crash skirts and a
lot Of fine pique skirts-Mell Inade-have
wide hems-reduced from 81 To
% cents.
Linen crash and white duck suits some
plain and some trimmed with braid-all
sizes-reduo ed from 50 and 81 to
SI.5o each.
Lot OF fine ll-linen crash and white
pique suits; Some trimn ed and OTHERS plain;
Elton and blazer effects. Reduced from IS
and more TO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13
Mems furnishings,

In the Beidler stock which We purchased
last wick were many wonderful values for
the men folks Hardly seems possible for
dependable goods TO sell for ~ little:
Mems fancy perccle Ecglige shiris-with
attached collars and cuns-pcarl buttons
which Others advertise great bargains
at 80 cents-are offered for
80 cents each.
Mems pepperir jean d-swers-whirh you
can't buy for less than 80 cents are offered
tom0rrw at
23 cents pair.
A lot of mems line sispenders. with draw
ers attachment-in all the patterns
which Others ask 70 cents for-ar. offered
tomorrow at
II cents PAIR.
TIE best quality bone collar buitons-
which won't break easily-are offered ut
S cents for dozen.
Cuts i'm boys dept.
Youths crash suits, coat. pants and vest.
well made-sizes IA TO Is-rcduced 70
SI.6o each.
Boys linen crash and white duck knee
pants. sold for 3oc. all This season, to go at
10 cents.
Mems and youths light and dark summer
coats-all sizes-resular Soc. sort
IS cents.
Balance of our boys straw hats all de-
siraole Styles sold up 20 Sl.ej-io go for
rs cents.
Boys enc white India Inon biousc vaists.
trimmed with enb-0iiery-sizss TO S-ro-
duced from 53c. to
30 Ceiits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13
Clearing Sale of All
Wash Suits

Elegantly made Crash linen Suits CD
Elton Jaeket-were So. 75-now. ........ VA
Handsome So Crash Suits now. Q-f
few Of those beautiful 50 Denim G.
suits ho"
All Pique Suts-in both white and col
ors-reduced to cost and less.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13

sROFULA, BLOOD POISON, CANCER. ECZEMA
letter and oil other disorders of the blood per.
manently cured and all faint eliminated from the
system by g. 8. g., the greatest purifier.
mol IN N&f.1Y
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-12-01
Rest and RplioG.

A piece of machinery run by steam
and overworked will become cranky,
creaky and out of gear, owing to some
expansion of metal from heat and fric-
ton. Stop it's work, rub and brighten
and let it rest. In a short while it will
be restored and will run smoothly. The
human system is machine. Too much
work and worry are thrown upon it,;
too much of the heat of daily cares; too
much of the steam Of daily business.
The nerves become cranky; they are
restless, sleepless and twitchy, and a
neuralgia condition sets in. Pain
throws the machine out Of gear and it
needs rest and treatment to strengthen
and restore. st. Jacobs Oil is the one
remedy Of all, peculiarly adapted to a
prompt and sure cure. So many have
so freely testified from experience and
use to its efficacy in the cure Of neural
gia that it passes without saying that
it surely cures. It will be a gracious
surprise to many after the free use of it
to find how easily pain, cares and worry
may be lifted, and how smoothly the
human machine goes on.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-12-01
A Curious Freak of Nature.

Gus Frisch, who lives near Thirty-sev
enth and Market streets, is the owner
of q curiosity for which he has received
many tempting offers from museum man.
ayers, but which he refuses to sell.
About three months ago Mr.. Frisch re-
ceived from his brother, who is mis-
sionary in India, two eggs that were
joined together. A note accompanying
them explained that they were peacock
eggs and a great curiosity on account OF
their strange form. Now, Mr.. Frsch has
a friend in West Philadelphia who is
poultry farmer, and the idea struck him
to have the eggs Matched in an incubator:
In the course of a month the shells fell
apart, and, instead of two separate birds
stepping out, the pair came forth joined
together by a thick band of what APP
peared to be gristle. BY dint of extreme
care and careful feeding the strange pair
were nursed through babyhood, and are
now beginning to get pin feathers of yarl-
Gus colOrs. Their odd appearance eXcltes
no end of curiosity, and they are interest
ing for another reason. Jack, the right
hand bird, is very fond of Mr.. Frisch,
while Ned, the other, shows an extreme
aversion to his master. When Mr.. Frisch
returns home from work he gives 4 shrlll
whistle, and then a fight ensues. Jack
tugs toward his master, while Ned pulls
the opposite way. Things are only set
tied by one or the other being whipped,
when the victor follows his inclination,
dra gging the vanquished bird with him.
PHILADELPHIA Record
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-12-01
WESTERN MINING NOTES.

The Colorado Springs Gazette an
nounces the sale of the two Little Mon
tana claims and some fractional prop
critics to the Gold Coin company for
$4,000.
The Bellefontaine near Nevada City,
Nevada county, Cal, has a twenty-inch
ledge which runs from $25 to $50. with a
two-inch sulphuretic streak on the foot
wall, which smelts ore running 1892 per
ton.
In a great porphyry blowout a large
body CT gold ore has been discovered in
the Ophir mining district, Colorado. The
ore can be quarried at a cost of 50 cents
per ton and it runs from $50 TO $50 per
ton in gold.
The people of Rawlins, Mont, are
excited over a discovery of ore that as
sayed $1,000 per ton in gold. The mines
are near town and there has been a per
feet stampede to the place. There seems
to be good body of the ore.
The greatest depth reached in gold
mining in California is in the Kennedy
at Jackson, Amador county, where the
shaft, perpendicular depth, is sinking
from the 21OO to the 23OO foot level. The
quartz at this depth is not of such high
grade as that from the 900 to the 1900
foot level, but it is of paying quality.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-12-01
The SubediuOr.

Let no man run away with the idea
that the subeditor represents the inferior
side of journalism; on the contrary, it is
harder TO get one good subeditor than to
discover a dozen good Underwriters.
The subeditor is a man of whom the
public knows little; of whom, as rule,
the public has never even heard but to
those inside the mighty machinery of a
great newspaper, the hand and brain and
thought Of the subeditor are seen under
meath every line of the hundreds of col
umns that make up the daily issue. To
few men is given the gift of knowing the
exact proportion of things-whether this
item should get a column. or half a
lively seize on the interesting and central
fact in story, and gut" the copious
''liner's" copy of all the rest; in short,
the subeditor, like the poet, is born, not
made-FrOm the London Sun
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-12-01
Two items Became Tangled,

In small country newspaper Offices,
where the copy goes from the editor to
the compositor, then, after printing, di-
rectly to the subscribers, the need of a
proof-reader is often felt, says the
Youths Companion. For example, i'm a
Missouri Office, a short time ago. the boy
in making up the forms got the gal
legs mixed.
The first part of the obituary of an
impecunious citizen had been dumped in
the forms, and the next handful of type
came from a galley in which was a de-
scription of a fire. The country folk
were much startled when they came to
the paragraph, which read thus:
"The pall-bearers lowered the body tc
the grave. 1t was consigned to the
flames. There were few if any regrets,
for the old wreck had been an eyesore to
the town for years. OF course there was
individual loss, but that was fully COW
cred by insurance"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-12-01
Reindeer in Alaska,

Dr. Sheldon Jackson, for twenty years
ment's experiment of importing reindeer
from Siberia is success, and that the
problem of winter travelling in the interi-
or is practically solved. Three hundred
miles per day can be made over the snow
with relays at reasonable intervals and
best of all the reindeer viii rustic his
own food.
The best map of the Yukon londike
mining country has been printed in folder
form by the Northern Pacific Ry. Send
a 2cent postage stamp to Chas. S. Fee,
G. 2. A, st, Paul, MINI. The folder IL
full of up-to-date information regarding
rates and routes to Alaska.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-12-01
A Few Dad Facts.

Here are a few peculiar facts gathered
at random: Stammering is almost I'M
known among savages Watchmakers
have notably. good eyes, only one in TWEEN
ty having defective vision. Rings are worn
by married men in Germany as dis sin
gushing marks. Out of every nine per-
sons who die suddenly eight are men.
There are more drinkers in Belgium than
in any other country of Europe. Few
blue-eyed people are eolor-blind. Only one
person in 1890 has a perfect nose. Only
one person out of every 100000 rail
road travelers.is killed by accident. Eng
land boasts of 270 different kinds of re-
ligions England pays for the title
"Queen of the Sea" by the loss of three
seaman every day throughout the year.