davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The morning times., 1897-01-31

did ne say fourteen?" asked a sar-
castle traveller.
''Noap. He didn't say nuthin' about
it, but I found his mark on a tree af-
terward He was four days without
puryishuns."
And he didn't starve TO deathF'
''NO. sab. He had on a plir o long
legged bUtes. and he ate EN- up.
Thar was jest huff Of 'em 10 last fOut
days arter his purvishuns run out"
''Then after eating up his boots the
snow went OFF, queried the passen-
ger.
NO. The snow didn't go off fur
three months. If the snow had gone
of John would hev come down the US
ual way. About the time he had eat
up the last scrap of leather Il big griz-
zly bar sid down on him of a ledge"
OIL see! Providence sends a griz-
zly bear in the nick of time, and your
brother kills it and is saved How long
did the meat of that grizzly last?"
He never got a pinch o. that meat"
replied the old man. 1T rayther sur
prised him when the bar showed up,
but he managed TO put three bullets
into him.
''And then the bear ran away"
NO. sab. No bar could run in that
snow"
Then your brother climbed a tree
and escaped him:"
NO, sab. 1 reckon the bar was 700
clus at hand fur that. No, my brothes
didn't git up no tree
What did he do, then?"
HE fit as long as he could
And then the bear died at his feet,
1 suppose:"
NO, sab. The bar was found dead
| half a mile way, wlrar' he had been
carried by a slide"
And how did your brother get
away"
He didn't git away, san"
But you've been telling what he
said to YOU" persisted the man.
No. / hevn't, sab. You see. when wa
found the bar We found John inside
I of him, and We had 10 sOrter guess the
rest. though I think We hit it purity
/ elus.''
"And you mean to say your brother
was eaten alive:"
''SartInly."
/ "But-but''-
'If We hev any remedy to restore him
/ TO life, stranger, I'm wiIlin' We should
| try il, but l slla'n't believe in it till I
see it work. Yes, eaten alive. and he
! was inside the bar. Poor John, Poor
| John! I'm jest on my way up the
mOuntin' now TO see if | kin find any
signs that he had time to sing a hymn
| afore the bar took him in
The morning times., 1897-01-31

Copyright 1897, by the Bacheller Syndicate
There is in Brooklyn, n. Y, an in
stitution which is the first of its kind
in America. 1t is hospital Tor the
manned and afflicted which never re-
fuses admission to any, and never talis
to cure, even in the most aggravated
cases.
The matron of this beneficent 1nsu-
tuition is a little Danish woman, Mrs.
Westring, who came to this country
with her husband about eight years
ago. In her own land she had worked
in doll factory at Copenhagen, and
what she did not learn about dolls dur
ing her employment there is not worth
knowing.
The matron of this beneficent instl-
dence in this country than she imme'
diatelv set to work to save the lives
and limbs of the favorites of her girl
hood. A private hospital for dolls was
the result of her efforts, and it has con,
tinued to grow from the very beginning
The morning times., 1897-01-31
HAPPENED TO HIS BROTHER,

mo, never met up with any adj
venture worth reladn'," said the griz-
zled old hunter, as we badgered him
for story while the train had 10 wait
at a station in Wyoming. "My brother
John used to meet with some purity
clus shayes, though"
Then we asked him to relate some
thing about his brother John, and.
pointing away to the mountain peaks.
he said
my brother John was up thar on
a hunt last winter and had hard time
of it. The snow come afore he expect
ed it, and the fust thing he knowed
it was fourteen feet deep"
The morning times., 1897-01-31
Ra1Iade ofrhe FIrfng steel.

Ice as gray as n pane of glass,
Hills above with the SHOWS bedight,
Forms below them that swiftly pass
Smooth as a swallows curvins flight.
The trees stand stripped by the sea-
sons blight,
And streams are bound in 4 wintry
seal;
While echoing out from left to right,
Comes the hollow ring of the flying
steel.
Sun o'erhead. Ike a disc of brass.
Shining slow on the snow-drift'z
height.
Down below is the frozen grass
Shut from the source of life and light.
A wan cloud drifts, like Il vagranI
spriJe.
In airs hat the chill north-winds
CONCEAL;
While stiH from the ice, in sounding
might.
Comes the hollow ring of the flying
steel.
Here they scatter, and there they
mass
Figures slipping away from sight
Far in the distance. lad AMI lass,
Fading and disappearing quite.
The rusheS waver. as black as night,
As over their tops the breezeS reel:
While floating back, in the winds deS
pite,
Comes the hollow ring of the flying
steel.
ENVOI.
Prince, through the winters keen de-
light
The skater cleayes, and from spurn-
ing heel,
Full armed with blades as falchion
| bright,
Comes the hollow ring Of the flying
| steel
Ernest McGaffey, in Life.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

have its Eyes" and mo" apparatus put
in order. 1t was one of those that mods
it's head violently or shakes it vehe-
mently in answer to questions put to
it, and it's greatest charm is that it al
ways agrees with its mistress who has
the key Cor rather the string) to her
dolly's heart.
Another cripple was of the kind that
makes faces and cries. There are two
faces in her repertoire, pleasant one
with which she says "papa," and one
dreadfully screwed up, with which she
cries for mamma" This is really a
two faced doll, and not one that can
The morning times., 1897-01-31

sometimes when I get through there is
none of the old doll left"
1t is always cheaper to buy missing
piece than the whole doll. A head can
be put on for prices ranging from
twenty-five cents up to several dollars,
according to the size of the doll. A
twenty-six dollar doll has $500 head
but a ten-inch doll can be topped for a
dollar or less.
Mrs Westring is often called upon to
put a new head on a black doll. In
such cases she usually colors the skin
of face and neck to match the body
and then dyes a wig.
The morning times., 1897-01-31
THE LAST OF THE HILTONS.
BY CHARLES B. LEWIS.

of the Hiltons would hardly care to
ever show his face again in Went
worth to find buyer.
Next day after my arrival l strolled
about the town and finally entered my
grounds and walked about, and then
entered the old house. Windows were
broken, doors gone and the roof leak
ing in a dozen places. The place was
simply an old ruin. AS l wandered
through the rooms the thought of that
| strange clause in the will flashed
across my mind. 1t had been dismiss
ed from my mind when / left Went
worth, nor had it come up again in all
the years l had roamed about. | could
not recall the wording of it now. on
ly remembered that / was to stand at
The morning times., 1897-01-31

The fashionable silks this season
have moire effects, and moire with sill
yer or gold threads running through it
are very effective Tinselled fabrics of
all sorts abound in the shops, but they
require very careful blending with 9TH
er materials to make them becoming.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

Many of the new toques have :, high
small crown, but the real Farisian
toque is cut away so much at the mid
die of the back that there are two
sharp points fitting down on the hair
at either side, while flowers and white
feathers are very conspicuous in the
trimming.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

Sleeves in evening gowns are very
short butterfly puffs or draped puff
caught with bow of satin ribbon or
bunch of flowers, and there is no fash
ionable medium between this and the
long sleeve, which means that the ell
bow sleeve has had its day.
The morning times., 1897-01-31
Some WhiIns of Fashion.

One secret of success in dress is to
find out the colors which are most be-
coming and never wander away from
these, no matter what the fashion is.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

Mahogany -colored hair is the latest
fad and the transition period between
dark brown and this coveted shade Of
red is very interesting to the keen OBJ
server.
The morning times., 1897-01-31

The Sitting Lady (frankly)-''I go into
society to find a husband. Why do
you?"
The Standing Lady-"To get away
from n husband."-Chicago Tribune.
The morning times., 1897-01-31
a Rise in Life.

"The Woozletons seem to be stepping
high lately"
Yes, they've bought Il sideboard that
isn't a folding bed."-ChicasO Record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-29
The New Chinese Agitation.

From the Chicago News.
The mass-meeting of Chinese announced
to be held at Central Music Hall tonight is
the first formal and organized attempt on
the part of the Chinese Equal Rights
League of America to secure what China
men regard as their rights under the con-
Stltut1on of America. The meeting is an
nounced as the first protest against IAN
outrageous law smuggled through Con-
gress." said law being the Geary exclusion
act Of 1882.
1t has been demonstrated that orient al
ana occidental civilization cannot blend in
this country, the Chinese, therefore. stand
Ing In a class by themselves as regards
the attitude of the American people toward
them. This country has extended hosp,t-
able welcome to all who come from other
lands with the purpose of becoming Amer
lean citizens and conforming. to American
customs and standards of living. The Chi
nese, whether from ina bility or from choice
90 not conform to these customs or stand
ardS and cannot be asSimilated as other
races. Chinese civilization has worn its
grooves too deeply in the mental, moral
and religious character of its people for
tnem 10 take on the impress Of new condi-
tons.
There is consequently an "irrepressible
con1ict between the orient and the occi-
dent in this regard No party that would
advocate opening our western gates to the
uncounted millions of China would sur
vive single election. 1t may be unfortu-
nate Tor the general cause of ciyiliza lion
put seif-preserration is the first law of ma
lions as OF individuals and will he con-
formed to, despite written constitutions and
laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-29
The Opponent. of Annexation.

A committee composed of full-blood and
half-blood Hawaiians has arrived at San
Francisco en- route to Washington to op-
pose ratification of the annexation treaty
The members are described as property
owners and men of prominence, and one is
the president of what is called the Patriotic
League of Hawaii. Precisely what and
whom they represent, and what their full
program is, will of course be revealed at a
later day.
Upon the face of things, however, the
Hawaiian who opposes the annexation of
the islands to this country must have one
or the other of two desires at heart: %
He wants the monarchy restored, with
either the former queen OF her niece as the
beneficiary Of the reaction, or c) he wants
the islands to fall into the hands either of
Great Britain of some Asiatic power.
He feels assured-as for that matter every
body else does-that the present Hawaiian
government, worthy as it is. and i'm
measurable advance On the old order of
things. is but temporary. The head of the
government himself admits as much. The
circumstances are such that, if left for
very long exposed-and especially after an
adverse decision on the proposition to make
the islands American territory-the govern
spiracy abroad, would not be able to sus-
tain itself.
In whose interests therefore are these
Hawaiians coming to Washington? The
question is entirely proper because the
friends of annexation state their case with
entire frankness. They have no conceal
ments about it, % The offer of the islands,
Is open and aboveboard and comes from
authorities competent to make it. (2) The
Islands would strengthen the position of
the United States in the matter of its
western boundary, besides being desirable
on other accounts CD The islands as
American territory would prosper as under
no other condition of things The United
states and the islands would mutually
benefit The union proposed has long been
advocated by leading American statesmen
This. in a few words, is the case of the
annexationists. The best intelligence and
the leading property interests of Hawaii
faFor annexation. and the progressive SEN
timent of the United States favors il.
What is the full purpose of the opponents
OF annexation? After the overthrow of the
dole government, which put an end to Or
Sanized corruption. and raised the flag of
honesty and progress over the islands
what?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-29

Prosperity signs continue to accumulate.
A Pit:sburg firm employing $500 men mas
decided to grant to these workers an in
crease of ten per cent in wages, thus
restoring former rates that were reduced
when business was suffering from the gen.
eral depression. The present action is en-
.tirely voluntary and serves to indicate that
the revival Of activity in all lines has been
sufficient to warrant a heavy outlay that
will admit the workingmen to a share OF
the benefits of good times. Reports are
received to the same cheering effect from
Michigan. The farmers of the state are
complaining bitterly. but not of bad times
They nave found such market for their
products that the railroads, choked with
orders from all sources, can not supply
freight cars enough 10 do the hauling. One
branch of trunk line was at a recent
writing four hundred cars in arrears. The
furniture factories in the western part of
that state are overwhelmed with orders
and it is stated that in some instances the
firms have been forced to withdraw their
leave with full pay. 1t has been found
useless to accumulate orders that can not
be filled for many months and hence these
establishments have stopped soliciting ousi-
ness. These are material symbols of the
good times approaching or already here.
They indicate the general situation better
than pages of statistics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-29
No More Horse Car. in wu.h,nx,o,

A-Sooo many horse cars are now runnine
'hfoush the streets of Washington. more
IMAM at any time for some months mast
OWING 10 the disaster that crippled the
rapid transit equipment of one of the lare-
es' hhSs- since that disaster, however
'he company affected has gone ahead with
energy 10 equip the roads reached by the
disturbance OF the system with the under
GROUND electric method of TRANSPORTATION
anu Two other city lines have been bought
ny d syholCate that gives every assurance
Oh an intention to proceed without DELAY
Win the equipment Of those roads with the
same system. These endeavors are ac-
companled by signs that the capitalists
concerned realize the value of hours in
such enterprises, and it is within the DOS
slpllties that within six months horses will
nave disappeared from the Fourteenth
street. the Pennsylvania Avenue and the
lexington lines at least, while they may
also nave been superseded on the Belt by
modern electric motors. When this shall
have been accomplished the city will be
nearer It's ideal of street railroad equip
ment than ever before in its history. and
but one horse car line will be in use This
line, the Anacostia. has long been an eye
sore, wretched apology for urban transit.
and nuisance to other lines in its occu-
patton of portions of their tracks. 1t has
penetrated to the heart of the business sec
ton of the city, and it's small. dirty cars,
drawn by miserable horses. have provoked
citizens to bitterness and visitors to mirth.
Better service could be afforded by this
road through the agency of a transfer
arrangement with one of the large rapid
transit lines that traverse the city, and the
community would be spared the humilia-
ton of seeing its business thoroughfares
utilized by these relics of an abandoned
system of transportation. Now that the
prospect is that within a few months the
horse cars will be entirely removed to
make room for more modern Devices some
effort should be made either to bring the
Anacostia road up to date by the same
means, or else to exclude it from the CEN
ter of the city. Either measure would be
beneficial to its patrons. and, in the light
of the experiences of other corporations, it
should prove equally advantageous to the
operating company. The year 1898 should
witness the permanent exclusion of all
horse cars from the streets of the nations
capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-29

Just at this time. when the question of
cloture la the Senate is under discussion
as a mere or less possible contingency, il
IS interesting to note a correction of a
pc pular error by The Critic the literary
weekly This Journal. in the course of
us review of ex-President Harrison's new
Dock. points out that the author has fallen
into mistake common among writers
and states.nen in declaring that the Senate
has always refused to adopt any form of
cloture- The Critic thereupon quotes a
rule in force for the guidance of the Senate
of the First Congress, 1ISo-9l. which pro-
vided as follows:
In case of debate becoming tedious
four Senators may call for the question:
or the same number may at any time move
for the previous question-viz.. Shall the
main question now De putt"
Not only was this rule written. but 1t
vas utilized and enforced many times dur
ing this period The Critic quotes from
the writings of VIM Maclay. Senator
from Pennsylvania. and known as the orig
iral democrat. to show that 1t was at that
time regarded by members Of the upper
house as easy to call the question and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-29
A National Quarantine.

The futility and danger Of the quaran-
tine methods employed by the Gulf states
and surrounding communities during times
of disease contagion have been amply DEM
onstrated during the past season Of preva-
ience Of yellow fever throughout a large
area in that vicinity. The Star early called
attention to the need of a better system of
duarantining and urged that the powers of
the Marine Hospital Service be expanded
until that government bureau could take
charge OF any such epidemic and control
all the neeSlful measures for the preven-
tion of a spread of the fever There ap-
pears elsewhere in this issue an Interview
with government official who has had
such experience among the people of this
section and with the administration of af-
fairs In the midst of an epidemic that he is
authorized to speak as he does concerning
the need of radical reform In this direc-
ton AS he points out there are no less
than five systems of quarantine In vogue
In the affected region, each Independent
OF the others. the officials of each Jealous
Of those of the others and the orders and
acts of one ignored and countermanded nv
all the others Under such circumstances
1t is remarkable first that there has been
any real quarantining and next that the
Intervention of single authority with
power to supersede all five of these agen-
cfeS with one supreme and efficient bar
rfer against the fever A quarantine should
not be mere wall around a community to
keep out all those from without and to
keep In all persons who may be there ex-
posed tC the fever. 1t should be a filtra-
tiCn process. a method whereby the dan
ger points may be guarded while permit
ting those innocent Of infection to depart
for safer places. With each small town
quarantined against all others in the i'm
mediate vicinity. with armed men patrol
ling streets. river fronts and railway
tracks. with state and county boards at
war over bills of health and isolation Or
ders, a state of chaos is created that can
but result in trade paralysis, panic and the
ultimate victory of the fever over the
measures to prevent 1t. The Stars lnfor-
nant suggests that the only rational
method of coping with the situation is to
empower the Marine Hospital Bureau to
organize all necessary quarantine agencies
and to administer such regulations may
be suggested as neeiful by the situation
and by the experience of the officials. The
problem is the more difficult, Mr.. Dahl
gren points out, by reason of the revival
at such times of the state rights spirit.
Congress should approach this question
without delay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-29
Foot Rail and Lynchinx in Georgia

The present Georgia legislature Is doing
sc me Things and refusing to do others in
a manner calculated to attract almost as
much attention as the rIotous lower house
of the Austrian reichsrath. 1t passed a
bill prohibiting the playing of foot ball
within the boundaries of the state, a meas
ere with perhaps a. worthy purpose. but
not practically furthering the needed end
Of wholesome reform of this sport. 1t
gave favorable attention to proposition
at the same time legalizing prize fights,
though that measure has not yet been for
maliy considered. 1t has now capped the
climax Of it's present course by voting to
table bill. drawn by competent men and
reported from committee, tending to dis
courage The practice Of lynching In the
state. Georgia can i'll afford to attack
such subject as foot ball In q radical
manner and leave untouched the immeas-
urably greater problem OF lynching... It Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-29
PERHAPS the uncommon

silence debate" Perhaps the uncommon
ness of information concerning this state
of affairs Is due in a measure to the fact
that the legislative sessions OF the Sonata.
as well as the executive, were secret until
February %, 1874, and thus the records
of those earlier debates are not as familiar
to students Of American legislative mat
tiers as they might otherwise have been.
Certain 1t is that the Senate started its
work with a cloture rule and subsequently
dropped 1t for some reason. 1t is easy to
surmise that this rule was too stringent IN
the license 1t gave to a small number Of
Senator's to prevent discussion. In its
effects 1t was an agency for the exercise
OF tyranny by the majority, and 1t was as
capable of abuse as is the present condi-
tfcn that springs from the lack of any
cloture measure whatever. Thus the Sem
ate has ever been at the two extremes
OF this proposition, first with a rule tending
to deprive the minority Of all rights what
soever. and then creating. by the abolition
OF that rule, license for unlimited de-
bate that gives the minority far too much
control The later propositions for cloture
In the Senate have been marked by mod
Grafton when compared with the original
RUE They usually stipulate a certain
period for debate as a minimum and then
proceed to establish a method whereby a
motion to close the debate within a further
period OF reasonable length may be put
and voted upon without suffering from the
endless chain Of debate that Is regardless of
sunJect-matter- The Senate may not for
years agree upon some such common-sense
plan of procedure. but it is important now
TO note the fate of the first and only rule
upon the subject and to take warning from
IL. There is danger in any extreme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-29

From the st. Paul Pioneer Press.


The peculiar feeling which has been Of.
fective in keeping New Mexico out of the
Union on account of the heterogeneous ma
ture of it's population will operate vet more
strongly in keeping out Hawaii until its
population shall have become practically
homogeneous with that of our present
states. When that desideratum shall have
been gained; when Hawaii shall possess a
population sufficient in numbers and of like
character to that of Minnesota or Ohio or
Texas-what reason can be set up why she
should not receive the honor of statehood
And IL, in some closely contested presi-
Dental election, Hawaii's vote shall be
found in the column which gives major
ity of two or three electors to the winning
candidate, so that 1t may be said that
Hawaii determined who should be our
President, what difference will it make
that Hawaii, and not Vermont or Rhode
Island or Delaware or Nevada gave the
casting vote? Isn't American citizenship
of as good a quality in one state as in
another?