davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07
FOX HOUNDS.
IL Doseeaptlo9 OF . Hunt That Mako
I 11nac6 Blood -T1nglA,

IL Oeseelptie1 OF . Hunt That Makss
-7s~-'ss--------- 81 OnsS Blood T1ngls.
We became aware, from tho shouts
of tho darkiee, as they urged the dogs
into the thickets, that these animals
had names of famous flavor, though
their appelations had not been bestowed
by one who possessed a fine sense OF
the historical or chronological unitics,
saws Lippincott's. Hi, yo' Clovis!"
"Come hyar, Uncas!": on, Brutus,
giton! What yo' sulkin' 'bout?' These
CALCULATIONS were accompanied by sun
dry kicks, delivered upon the represen-
tatiNes of these and other renowned
characters. To such uses do mems
names come after death.
After the disappearance of the hounds
in the thicket we rode slowly along tho
devious ways of the pine lands, listen
ing intently for that peculiar canine
cry which. announces the discovery of
q trail. It was not long delayed, for
gray foxes are almost as numerous in
eastern Virginia as rabbits are in tho
western states. Suddenly, amidst the
chorus of sharp, short yelps, we heard
long-drawn, wailing cry which at night
would be interpreted as cry of the
banshee, but which. ringing out on the
air of bright November morning, loses
it's ominous significance for every one
except the trail has been "struck." AS
the cry rose and swelled and was taken
up by 30 other mouths, our slow-fling
cavalcade became emthused with the life
and animation Of a cavalry company
that has just received orders to charge.
Reins were frightened, knees were
pressed closer to the saddles, hats were
pulled down over eyes and men leaned
forward over their horses necks like
jockeys waiting for the fall of the
starters flag.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07
THE ANCIENT CITY OF PEkiNG.
Ono Of the oldest In the World and the
Co onlfo1 r>f tho (Iroof Khov

Ono Of the Oldest In the World and tho
Capital Of the Great Khan.
The city is one of the Oldest in the
world; but it was not made a capital
until Kublai Khan, somewhere about
1882, fixed his court there Under the
Mongols the name of Peking was Khan
palik, or City of the Khan; and this
title was easily converted into Cam
baluc, by which, name it is known in
the accounts of those times. Peking
is now divided into two parts; the
northern portion is the Tartar city,
and contains about IL square miles;
in this are the palaces, government
buildings, troops and military bar
racks. The southern part is the Chi
ncse city, and is more populous than
the Tartar, less of it's space being taken
up by gardens and public buildings.
The population is estimated at different
figures; but 100000 appears to be
fair estimate.
A wall separates the Tartar from the
Chinese city, and a wall of varying
height surrounds the whole, that of
the Tartar section being about 50 feet
high, and that around the Chinese Sec
ton some 80 feet high. These walls
are of brick and stone filled in with
earth and paved on the top with slabs
of stone, affording promenade 12
feet wide. There are 16 gates in all,
and each gateway is fortified with tow
crs of stone; and other towers are
fixed at intervals of about 60 yards
all aroun0 the walls. These towers
project so feet from the outer side OF
the walls, and those at the gateways
have in front of them fortifcation
of semicircular shape, so that the
gate must be entered from the side
and not from the front.
The Tartar city is divided into three
Enclosures, each being surrounded with
it's own wall, and each inside of an
other. The innermost of these is the
Prohibited City, and contains the im~
perial palaces and offices. It's Cir
cumference is nearly two miles; the
wall is covered with imperial-yellow
tiles which look brilliant when seen
from distance. The inclosure next
outside of this is occupied by the gov
ernment Offices, and by the army ap-
pointed to keep guard over the emperor
and his family. The next outside of
this is the outermost of all, and con-
sists of dwelling-houses and shops
Noah Brooks, in st. Nicholas.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

Between TWO DAYS.

hate jest like the mischief to wake up at
dead o. night,
When other folks is sleepin'. n try with
all my might
TO drop into a doze ag'in; but somehow it
appears
At sech times, like my senses all We moved
into my ears.
It's absolutely curious how the rustlin' O.
the leaves,
Or the sighin' m the whisperin' O. the wind
around the caves,
Will sound to me like voices-though
know it jest can't be
Like strange. uncanny voices calm spe-
cially to me.
Ny thoughts take up the rhythm o. the
drippin', sobbin' rain:
m listen to my rosebush tappin'. tappin'
'gainst the pane.
Like bare n ghostly finger-tips a-knock-
in to come in
jest tap. m tap, n stop awhile, then tap.
m tap ag'in!
The shadders in the corners even seem to
take on eyes,
IN stare, n blink, n glare at me, like
black. unearthly spies.
Ny nerves git all be-flustered n my cour-
age sort o. sinks,
IN my thinker gifts a-goin' n jest thinks,
N thinks, n thinks.
There's somethin' right down awful bout
a feller's thoughts at night,
When his conscience gifts to naggin' n
drags out before his sight
All the skeletons o. mean things that he's
said m done m thought,
M the Weepin' wraiths O good things that
he hain't done when he ought.
I most believe that Satan cut the pattern
fer his blaze
From the torments that mortal kin en-
dure between two days,
When his conscience mounts it's high horse,
N his courage sinks, n sinks.
IN his thinker gifts a-goin' m jest thinks.
n thinks, n thinks!
Carrie Blake Morgan. in Leslie's
Weekly.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07
II AM BEING ROBBED"

everybody has left, and again the next
morning, before anyone arrives said
AIr. Bridgnorth.
What are the sums you have
missed?'
''They have varied. One night five
pounds were taken, another seven
pounds. third three pounds, and so on.
Altogether have been robbed of 55
sovereigns, and I don't know where it
is going to end" ~ !.
's"Have you any suspicion as to whom
the thief may be?''
"None whatever unless -" Mr..
Bridgnorth hesitated.
'Go on, sir" I said: Give expression
to your thoughts, they may furnish u
clew." -
''I was going to say continued the
solicitor, with some apparent reluc-
tance, sunless it be Hartley; but call
not believe him guilty of such a thing y
he added. - <4u.. X 4
''Who is Hartley?" I asked.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07
EI,;s 4s:...i Z
FOREIGN saOSSlP.

French two-cent postal cards, issued
for tho czar's r'svisit to Paris, are now sold
for one dollar, if they bear the postmark
OF the day of the cars arrival.
A Brussels firm has just accepted
contract for the establishment of tel.
egraph system throughout Abyssinia.
Each telegraph station is to be furnished
with q telephone, and the more i'm
portant are to be connected with the
residence of Emperor Menelik, so as to
enable him to keep, if not AN eye, at any
rate, an ear upon his dusky subjects.
-Froportiouately there is no great
town in the civilized world that has so
few daily papers as London. This is
due to the large expenditure involved
in starting one. Anyone contemplating
starting London paper must be ready
tc1ose $3.50, 1000 or $500, 900 per annum for
the first two or three years, and then it
is an open question: whether he will
have turned the corner.
The carly British custom of erect
ing cairns, or heaps of stones, to COM
memorate events is one greatly in favor
with the queen. The first royal cairn
was erected when she took possession
of Balmoral, and the estate is now quite
rich in these unique memorials, there
being one to commemorate the prince
consort's death and the marriage OF
each of her children.
In Genoa there are regular mar
rage brokers, who have pocketbooks
filled with the names of girls of the diff.
terent classes, with notes of their fig
ures, personal attractions, fortune and
other circumstances. These brokers &c
about endeavoring to arrange connec'
tions in the same off-hand mercantile
manner which they would bring to bear
upon merchandise transaction.
Gen. Glukhovskoi has been sent to
examine the bed of the Amer Daria, the
Oxus of antiquity, owing to informa'
tion given by the khan of Khiva wher
he visited Moscow for the czar's corona.
tion. The khan asserts that the Amer
Daria has abandoned it's bed and worked
It's way into the Sary-Kavaysh, which,
If true, will reduce the cost of turning
the rivers course into the Caspian sea
one-half. The rectifcation of it's banks
would then probably cost less than tht
projected railroad from Orenburg tc
Tashkend.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07
heard the closing Of his chamber door,
and mySWa tch BEGAN: - vi

heard the closing Of his chamber door,
and mywatch began: +.
The time passed slowly away. Twelve
o'clock struck, then one, and two, and
I began to think that my vigil would be
in vain, when, in the stiffness of the
night, l heard door softly opened
above, and q cautious footstep slowly
descended the stairs. 1t paused at the
foot OF them, close to the door of the
room in which I lay hid, and +, next
heard the jingling of bunch of keys.
as if the possessor of them were select
ing the right one to fit the lock. Amo-
1nent later the portal opened and the
pilferer entered.
The place was in darkness, and I had
to strain my eyes to watch his move
ments. The lantern I had with me
did not desire to use until the right mo-
ment, for it was my hope to capture
the thief in the very act of his larceny.
I had not long to wait. Wrapped in a
long gown and without shoes on his
feet, the pilferer glided stealthily to
the desk, and, fitting a key into the
lock, lifted the lid. He then opened
the cash box and took out some of the
coins.
Now was my time. Slipping from
my hiding place, I turned on my Ian
tern and confronted the culprit. AS.
did so, gave start of surprise, for the
man encountered was Mr.. Bridgnorth
himself, and could tell by his closed
eyes that he was fast asleep, and. of
course, quite unaware what he was do
ing.
Seeing that the lights from my Ian.
tern bothered him somewhat (for lie
passed his hand several times dreamily
across his face), I replaced the shade,
and the somnambulist at once closed
| and fastened the desk, and then walked
out OF. the Office, locking the door be.
hind him. Noiselessly I reopened 1t
| and followed him.
He retraced his steps up the stairs,
and, going to a cupboard on the landing,
stopped down, rummaging second or
two among some old rubbish at the bot
tom, and seeming to deposit his coins
there. He then entered chamber ad.
joining. Peering cautiously into this,
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

''Well, Sampson" said Mr.. Bridgnorth,
when he came down the next morning,
what is the result of your Watching
Have you discovered the thief?''
II think have, sir" was my reply.
''And is it's it-Hartley?" inquired
the solicitor, anxiously.
mo, sir, it is not Hartley" said.
"Thank God for that!" calculated the
lawyer, fervently, as if the statement
of the fact relieved him. ''But then,'
he asked, with some surprise, ''who is
the culprit?"
Before I tell you that,' I replied,
''l1i1dly see how much you have been
robbed of during the night
He went to his desk, counted over tho
coins, and said:
Pour pounds!"
''That makes in all-?" queried.
"Fifty-nine!"
''Come with me, Mr.. Bridgnnorth," :"
I said. II should not be surprised if
can put you in possession of your
money!"
With a puzzled air, the lawyer fol.
lowed me up the stairs to the cupboard
I have mentioned, the door of which I
opened. A panied expression came ove1
the mans face as he watched me.
"How strange!" he murmured, ha' I
to himself, half to me. II have been
dreaming every night Of this recess in
connection with these pilferings. and
the things inside it all seem familiar
to me, though have never once seen
them before!"
.''Stoop down, sir, and feel in that cor
ner," said.
He did as bade, and drew out soyer-
eign after sovereign.
Count them," I said, when he had
got all that he could find.
''Fifty-nine!" he exclaimed, going over
the pieces one by one. '"The exact
amount of my losses!"
''Just so," said, "and now, if you will
come back to the Office, will tell you
who is the thief, before Hartley comes
down."
We returned to his room, and there
informed him, to his intense astonish-
ment, of what had witnessed. ''If you
will pardon the liberty, SIR" I said, at
the conclusion of the narration, Il
should advise you to see u doctor. You
are evidently suffering from some
mental effection which, if neglected.
may develop into disease the effect Ut
which you cannot foresee." .:-..,. ~.
The lawyer acted upon my suggestion,
and called in 4 specialist, who ordered
him prolonged rest. A trying and
complicated case in which he had been
recently engaged had apparently proved
too much for him, and brought on this
peculiar form of brain trouble. When
last heard of him he had returned,
seemingly quite restored; and Hartley:
his confidential clerk, married to q
charming wife, was about to be taken
into partnersip with him.-Tit-Bits
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

required no great amount OF SaglClty
on my part, still 1 am inclined to think
that there is sufficient interest about
the affair to warrant making it public.
1 was engaged with the superi1-
tendent one morning on some routine
business when a note was handed in
from Mr.. Bridgnorth, a well-known So
aicitor practicing in the town. The
superintendent read the missive, and
then turned to me.
ut is case of pilfering, Sampson"
he said, land the thief, of course, can
not be discovered. There is nothing re-
~quiring your services this morning
and see what you can do in the matter" ."
put on my hat and went, as directed.
Mr.. Bridgnorth's place was we'll known
to me and was soon the occupant of a
seat in the private room at his office.
II have been a good deal concerned
of late" said the solicitor, turning to
the business at once, "about the alb
:straction of certain sums of money
from my cash box in my desk, and as 1
fear that I am being robbed by some
rone in the office, and cannot put my
aland on the actual offender, am COM
Epehed to seek the aid of the police"
"Quite SO, sir,' said, land it will be
both the duty and the pleasure of the
force, and of myself, to give you every
possible assistance in the matter. How
long have the pilferings been going
on?" [ asked.
"About week or ten days." was the
reply; land the robberies always take
place at night, after the office is closed"
"How do you know that?"
Because count the cash in my desk
>every evening before locking up, when
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07
How Shc Landed Him.

Helen-so he has proposed at last!
How did it happen? e"
Maude-I told him that was going
to be married.
"Why, Maude!"
Eyes, and it aroused him instantly.
He actually raved. And so took pity
on him and we are engaged"
"But you told him a ib." .-.....
''Not at all. When said was going
to be married meant to him" Boston
Transcript. #&s,s.. Y
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07
Danger Environs Cs

Twelve in aregion where malaria is preva-
lent. It is useless to hope to escape it if un-
provided with a medicinal alsafeguard. Wher-
ever the endemic is most prevalent and
malignant-in South and Central America,
the West Indies and certain portions Of
Mexico and the Isthmus Of Panama, Hos
tetter's Stomach Bitters have proved rem
edy for and preventive of the disease in
every form. Notless effectiveis is it in curing
rheumatism, liver and kidney complaints.
dyspepsia, biliousness and nervousness.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
Away.
If you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be made well, strong, magnetic,
full of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the wonder-work that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days
Over 400,0 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from
your own druggist, who will guarantee
cure. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07
THE MIDNIGHT WATCH.

: was during the
time of my connec-
tion with the.
po-
lice force that the
incident related in
the following lines
occurred. Al.
though there :! is
nothing startling
in the details, and
the unraveling of
the mystery with
which they deal
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07
He. Deserved sympathy.

Hello, jerks, why don't you get a
new overcoat? You look as if you'd
freeze in that light thing" .-
''Stay, my good man. Ihave no money
to buy such absurd things as overcoats.
The Turkish rug seller has been to town.
For further particulars see my wife. -
Cleveland Leader. ., .:@-s d.,
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

IT is q great mistake for the young to
desplse what the old have learned by ex-
perience.-Ram's Horn.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

P1so's Cure for Consumption has saved
Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Nd, Dec. 9, '94.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

NO man is interesting to a woman
whose past life has been so blamcless
that he has nothing to confess. .
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

No INVITATION, we think, ever caused
quite as much talk as the teIephone.-Yo onk-
erS Statesman,
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

The first horses in New England
were introduced into Massachusetts in
1920 or 1850. ~ -.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

THERE Is such thing as having great in
auence without having great talent.-Ram's
Horn.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

A DULL, racking pain-neuralgia. It's sure
cure-St. Jacobs Oil.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

THERE are said to be three men IN Atchi-
son who paid for monuments to the men,
ory of their wives first Observation-Disclosures
son Globe
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

parade to pass given point" Mrs. Ber-
ham-"Was the given point saloonl"-
Truth.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

For man to exert his power in doing
good so far as lie can is glorious task.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

JUST try. 10c. box Of Cascarets candy ca
thartic, ,inestliver and bowel regulator made
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

''Now, you wouldn't believe, to look
at him, that that man was Judge,
would you?" .
II don't know as I'd pick him out for
q judge, butsa glance at his nose would
be sufficient to convince me that he had
something to do with the bar Odds
and Ends. ],
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

LIMP and lame-lame back. St. Jacobs
Oil cures it promptly, surely.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

CAscARErs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe, 1Oc.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

The reformer is q living declaration of
War.-Ram's Horn.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07
THE "FAR WEST"

1t Has Gone Into the Past, with the Buf-
falo and Antelope.
The Ear West has joined the Seven
Cities of Cibola in the realm of rain
bow land. When the city of Spokane
Falls enjoys q better electric lighting
and street car service than New York;
when the Santa Fe trail has been for
half a generation line of Pullman
train service en- route for Tucson; when
the antelope has become a me1ag'erie
rarity and Fort Colville n refreshment
station for the tenderfoot, it. is ap-
parent not merely that the Far West
is only round the corner; but, spelled
thus, Far West with capital letters,
has Joined the Halls of the Montezu-
mas. In great measure this is true;
and with this disappearance of tha:. IA
bled region, that region whose history
has run into another volume, and which
now we may see only in the "Border
DRAMA" and the Observation-Disclosures"
ten-cent novel, there has passed much of
the danger of those appeals to boyish
imagination and ambition that have
"1puSuu 81 muCA cFiA LII Cuc ed<ocIu
cities. When, at last, there is no more
a Far West" where "guns'' are really
pulled from hip pocket-or leathern
belts-and popped at slightest provoca-
tion, and Indians are scarce as arc
pirates now on seas of commerce-and
the boys have come to understand this
-the books will do no more harm than
do the stories of old New York and the
tales of Robin Hood in Merry England.
And so if modern realistic roYance-
hetween or on the boarrls-loses some
thing of it's vividness and picturesque
ness, we can be easily reeonciled by
SOcietv'S pain-N Y Sun
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

49, FITS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free Sc trial bottle Il
treatise. DR. KLINE, 933 Arch st, Phila., Pa.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

CoLD quickens rheumatism, but quickly,
surely, St. Jacobs Oil cures it.
. NOBODY says 'tyes;" everybody says
h,'-Atchison Globe:
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07
I FOLLOWED HIM.

I saw the sleeper divest himself of his
gown, and get unconsciously into the
bed he had few minutes before left.
The Worthington advance., 1897-01-07

No ONE can study elocution and not b
affected decentralization Globe.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-01-20
SENATORIAL CONTESTS.
NO CHOICE IN ILLINOIS
CAUCUS.
TWO BALLOTS FRUITLEss.
Democrats Bolt Senator Hin la Sew
York enator Jones Returned
by Nevada - Anti Hurton
Bolt Is Threatened
In Kansas

SrRINoFELD, Ill. Jan l9.-The Re
publican joint caucus for the nomina-
ton Of successor TO Senator John NJ.
Palmer was held last night The first
ballot resulted as follows: Ex-Cor.
gresham w. i. Mason 81 Chicago, 4G;
Congressman Lorimer Of Chicago, 80;
congressman Hit L.; Congressman
Hopkins OF Aurora. q. G. f. Carr Of
springfield, 10; ) W. Allerton Of Ch-
ago, ]; George r. Adams of Chicago.
2; congressman Joseph Cannon Of Dan
vile. 10; necessary To choice 6i
The second ballot showed but little
change and the caucus adiourned until
tonight
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-01-20
THREATENED TO BOLT.
A right on Burton Ia the Republican
lMmnua

A right on Burton III the Republican
Caucus.
TOPEKA, Kan. Jan. l9.-The Joint
caucus of the Republicans was held
last night at the Copeland. Major j.
Il. Hudson was unanimously nomi-
mated for state printer but no action
was taken on the senatorial question,
an adjournment until Friday night
being taken by the Burton men after
the opposition had become ohstreper-
Gus and a portion had threatened To
walk out il the senatorial fight were
forced 10 conclusion.
John Seaton made the most vigorous
ltick. He declared that II Burton
were nominated lie would kick out Of
the caucus. senator Nellaek also
used some threats that caused some
uneasineSs
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-01-20
First Published in the Guthrie Daily
Leader Jan. IL, 1897.
Notice for Publication.

Land Office at Guthrie, o. r.. January
II, 1897
Notice IS hereby given that the follow
Ing named settler has filed notice OF his
intention 10 make final proof IN support
ol his claim, and that said proof will be
made before the register and receiver at
Guthrie, O. T on February 10. 1897. viz:
Ell Mattocks, for the W or sec n ID
l6 u, r3w.
lie names the following witnesses TO
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation Of said and. viz:
No'man A Myers. Scott c Ramey.
Lurd j Annis, Frank NJ Stanley, all of
Guthrie. O. r.
\ y j CROOK, Register.
3g21.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-01-20
First published in the Daily Leader Jan
a. 1897
Notice for Publication.

Land Office at Guthrie, o. T., January
5, 1897.
Notice Is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice OF his
intention 10 make final proof In support
OF his claim. and that said proof will be
made before the register aud receiver al
Guthrie on February i3, 1887, viz:
j. NJ Mcdowell, for the Sc or Of sec II,
In twp IS Of rev
lie nares the following witnesses 70
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation Of said land, viz.
William NJ Taylor. Chance Clark, John
Burns and Jerry Tyner, all OF Guthrie
OF. A n. j. CROOK,
1921 Register.