davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-09-04
LONGS PEAK

Is the highest point IN northern COLORADO, I4,27t
feet. The trip from the Estes Park hotel to
Lambs the actual starting point is full Of inter
est. The road skirts Mary's lake and leads
through ample pastures for the first few miles, then
through forest with the stupendoes cliffs of Lilly
Mountain overhansing the valley. This moun
tain 4s5 feet in height and its upper cliffs are
steep and bare On the inner side, while on the
eastern slope heavy timber grows to the toe. Lily
lake lies a. the base Of the mountain and gives it
its name. Starting from Lambs at a. m, timber
line Is reached ABBOTT go. An hour later what Is
called the Boulder Field" II entered. As It's name
implies, this is literally field Of various sized
bouldes. At this point horses arc abandoned and
the natural means Of loeomotion resofted to.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-09-04
GEM LAKE.

In Estes park is not surpassed by any in the state.
It's numerous streams are filled with trout. Indeed,
1t was this feature that first attracted attention to
the park, and every season since it has been
visited by thousands who make the trip for fishing
alone. The supply seems inexhaustible, and the
fisherman rarely returns at nishtfan without
good catch.
There are two good trails over the range which
bring Middle park and Gem lake within days
easy ride from Estes park. Nearly every day
hunting parties are formed. Good shooting is
found as soon as timber line Is reached and bear,
elk, deer, mountain sheep, grone, ptarmiean and
other game offer rare inducements to the sports
man. Horses, guides, IN fact a complete outfit,
can be had at the park.
Mech can Be said Of the health giving qualities
Of the climate Of Estes park which cannot be said
of many other localities IN this state of eternal SON.
shine and rarified air. Scientific investigation, Oh
servation and experiment. have demonstrated the
fact that the altitude Of Estes park coupled with
the Surrounding condition., has the most salutary
~fEeef ,sr,oo eos,s,su,okSvss And .sShc,at;~.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-09-04
ESTES PARK

Is situated in Larines county, Colorado, sixty
miles northwest Of Denver and at an altitude of
7,500feet above sea level.
It's reached from Denver BY pleasant journey
Of forty miles over the Burington route to Lyons,
thence by picturesque sage road through the
St. Vain Canon. The stage ride Is one Of the
most interesting features Of the trip and furnishes
diversity Of scenery not excelled in the state.
Following the cratic eousse Of the St. Vfain, Il
zigzaes up toward the Park, the eye rests upon
ever-chansins seenes-hillsides covered with wild
flowers, huge and varied eoloced rocks; deep
sorges, yawnlng ehasms and fowning preeipiees.
On the right as you enter the Park stands Mount
Olympus, an imposing granite peak rising fifteen
hundred feet above the surface; on the left, fifteen
miles distant, that sturdy old patriarch, Longs
Peal, looms up, proud pater to the peaks for
many miles around. In front, Mounts MeGreeor
and Fairehi1d, two fuilerown children Of this
noble parent, abo fifteen miles away, appear only
stones throw distant.
The basin Of the park is an undulatng prairie Of
green pastures, changing to pine groves and rock
scattered hills. The Gordon Of lofty mountain
peah which surrounds the park includes Longs
peak, Fairehild, MeGregos, Prospect, Lily, Sheep,
Deer and Olympus mountains, Estes Cone and
others Of less magnitude.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-26
Painting Spells and Dizzi-
ness f follow LaGrippe.
We Hear About This Disease Than Formerly But 1t Is Still
Very Prevalent
From the Nez0 Era, Greens6usy, Ind.

noteworthy instance of the falli-
bility of even the most skillful physi-
clans is furnished in the case of Mrs.
j. e. Smith, of Greensburg, Ind.
For four years Mrs. Smith was af-
ficted with a nervous affection that
finally left her almost completely
helpless and which the physician who
first attended her said positively
could not be cured. Subsequently,
number of physicians in this and
other cities, declared her case to be
hopeless.
Today in spite of the verdict of the
doctors, and without their aid Mrs.
Smith is perfectly well. To New
Era reporter she told the story of her
extraordinary recovery.
Give years ago l had severe at
tack of la grippe, followed later by
another. During the four years fol-
lowing, my health continued to de-
cline, until finally l was hardly able
to move.
"After having the grippe" said Mrs.
Smith, 81 was able to be about for
awhile, and to do some work. But in
short time after the second attack
l began to experience nervousness,
and often had fainting spells, my
trouble being similar to Mysteries. I
gradually grew worse, and in short
while I became subject to such spells
of nervousness that [ could do no
work, being scarcely able to move
about the house. / could not sleep
and could not eat. [ would lie awake
nights, my muscles twitching contin-
uously. My physician called it nerv-
BUSINESS of the throat and breast, and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-26

after treating me for several months
said that my case or any case like
mine positively could not be cured.
Different physicians in Greensburg
and other cities who attended me,
agreed that my case was hopeless. For
three years I fingered in misery, try
ing different doctors and remedies,
but none did me any noticeable good.
Finally my druggist advised me to try
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie, which was so highly recommend
ed by newspapers. AS last resort |
tried them, thinking that if they did
me no good death might soon give me
relief. The first dose helped me, and
with every dose [ improved. | took
about three boxes and a half and was
completely cured, as you see me to-
day, perfectly healthy and able to do
all my own work"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in
condensed form, all the elements
necessary to give new life and rich
ness to the blood and restore shatter-
ed nerves. They are also specific for
troubles peculiar to females, such as
suppressions, irregularities and all
forms of weakness. They build up the
blood, and restore the glow of health
to pale and sallow cheeks. In men
they effect radical cure in all cases
arising from mental worry, overwork
or excuses of whatever nature. Pink
Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose
bulk) at so cents box or six boxes
for $3.50, and may be had of all drug
gists, or direct by mail by addressing
DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-26

recently going the rounds is entitled
the Village of Demon Orchids and re-
lated with much circumstantiality
how the collector heard of a superb
and Incompatible orchid, acres of
which grew together in constant
bloom but giving out such an insup-
portable odor that every creature per-
ished that attempted, to approach
them. He reached the spot but was
obliged to survey the coveted prize
from affair with field glass, and even
then hardly escaped to tell the tale.
Of course there is not a word of truth
in any part of this story. Another
collector actually brought a very
charming and new orchid, the eulo-
phiella elisabethae from the interior
of Madagascar, but to discourage any
poaching on his preserves by other
collectors, tells how as he journeyed
towards the spot under the guidance
of native chief the chiefs brother
was pounced upon and torn to pieces
by that terrible beast the protocryp-
toferox madagascariensis. By the
way, there isn't any such creature
though protocrypta ferox is the name
of the small and comparatively harm
less civet cat. Owing to The tribal
laws the collector was Immediately
offered the choice between espousing
the widow or being creased and
burnt to appease the spirit of the de-
parted. Being a gallant Frenchman
he was incapable of sighting lady
and triumphantly proceeded with his
new brother-in-law to gather all the
plants and destroy what he could not
gather-and he adds a hint that his
truculent brother-in-law in Madagas-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-26

In all other plants besides orchids
the ovules are ready for fertllizing
when the flower blooms, but it is not
so with orchids. The preparation of
the ovules requires the expenditure of
large amount of nutritive material
and plant food is scarce where the or
chids live and the plant cannot afford
to risk such loss as would ensue if
a half million ovules were developed
and never fortified. So the ovules do
not begin to form until the flower is
safely fertilized and has begun to
wither away.
The pollen grains send out tubes
which enter the stigmatic tissue and
slowly grow downward for weeks and
often for months before the ovules are
ready for fertilization. In the genus
wanda this takes place six months af-
ter the flower has faded; at that time
the pollen tubes enter the cavity,
coalesce with the ovules and the en-
bryos begin to grow. Small as they
are, even at maturity, their ripening
requires twelve months more so that
a second crop of flowers has come and
withered away for half year before
the first seeds are ripe.
After this review of the curious and
wonderful characteristics of this
group of plants think you will agree
with me that sober facts are stranger
than fiction or the travellers tales that
have been written about these plants;
though [ will admit that a good many
professional collectors and others
have had robust imaginations on
which they chiefly depended for &C
counts of their adventures. One tale
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-26


insect can regain his liberty.
We often find in this group of or
chids the same popularity | have be
fore mentioned that the masses rotate
through quarter of a circle aftel
they have been detached so as to as
sumo the exact position necessary tC
reach the stigma of another flower
but sometimes the movement takes
several hours, thus making il
quite certain that the insect viii
have flown to a different plant
for some of these orchids pro
duce spikes six or eight feet
long with hundreds of flowers, and il
is a great advantage in the produc
ton of seed to have the pollen come
from a distinct individual and not
merely from another flower in the
same spike. In some species the pedi'
eel is so elastic that when first re-
moved it springs straight upwards
thus tossing off the auther cap whose
protection is no longer needed and
then slowly moves forward INTO posi-.
ton to fertilize the stigma.
In Madagascar there is star-like
white waXy orchid bloom whose nee
tary is foot long and contains honey
only at the extremity. This caused
70 hot iY,x
moth with an immensely long pro-
boscis-longer than anything the en-
tomologists had dreamed of hitherto
would be found to be the carrier of
pollen from flower to flower of this
species. This prediction was ridiculed
by some entomologists, nevertheless
in due time the insect was thereafter
discovered and found to act in the
manner described.
Some of the orchids of this tribe
have thin leaf-like pollen masses; the
stigmatic chamber opens by such a
narrow cleft that it seems almost i'm
possible to insert the pollen masses
even Intentionally. They are left
sticking by their edges in this cleft
but as it opens out wider inwardly
and the part of the sheet of pollen al
ready inside swells from absorbing
moisture the remainder is gradually
pulled inside and swallowed up in the
stigmatic cavity.
In other species where the stigma is
an open cup-shaped cavity this begins
to close over after the pollen has been
left upon it and in a day or two not
only has the opening entirely disap
peared, but two arm-like appendages
of the flower have also curled over il
to hug the precious morsel tight and
prevent any possible injury to it.
One orchid of the island of Trinidad
is fortified by native bee which has
a tongue twice as long as it's body but
as the orchid offers no nectar, but
only sweetened pulp, the bee has to
use it's jaws instead of it's tongue
which is tucked away underneath it's
body and projects beyond it's tail-in
fact this is the sort of tongue that
could a tail unfold. The pulp is SO
placed that the bee has to back up to
the flower and gets the pollen stuck to
it's wriggling tongue tip to be trans
ferred in due course to the stigma OF
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-26

4
and then carry off the pollen masses
| Above the bucket is feshy substance
attractive and somewhat Supplying
to bees which dispute with each other
in great numbers for place to gnaw
this pulp, and partly by the contest
and partly intoxicated, they tumble
down into the bucket below, the wa
ter vets their wings SO they cannot
fly out and are compelled to crawl out
through the spout. The first bee will
have the pollen glued to it's back and
generally returns to the same or an
other flower leaving the po-len on its
stigma as it escapes a second time
Sometimes there are so many bees as
sembled that there is a continuous
procession of them through the pas
sage.
The last example of cross fertilizing
device to which [ shall refer is per-
haps one of the most remarkable OF
all. In the genus catasetum alone
among orchids the male and female
flowers are borne on separate plants
though occasionally a plant may be
found bearing both kinds on separate
spikes and even third variety OF
flower which is intermediate between
the two. producing both pollen and
ovules, but these hermaphrodite flow
ers are sterile and seem to be re-
version to the type of remote ances-
tors which like all other orchids bore
perfect flowers. For long time bota-
nists thought the three kinds of flow
ers were not only separate species but
belonged to different genera and were
almost dumbfounded when plant
turned up bearing all three kinds of
flowers at once. The male flowers
have a feshy lip with a large cavity
lined with crests Of a sweet and nutri-
tive pulp and overhung by slender
curling horn which is sensitive to the
slightest touch, transmitting the irri-
tation almost instantaneously upward
to the anther which violently shoots
out the pollen attached to very large
and very sticky disk which invariably
lands with resounding slap on the
back of the unsuspecting insect-us-
ually a hairy bumblebee and sticks
fast beyond any possibility of removal
by any efforts of the insect. When
the horn or anteuna of the flower is
touched by a bristle the pollen is
thrown as much as a yard away and
people touching the flowers in their
lighthouses often have the pollen
thrown in their faces. This violent
election and the unusually large
amount of viscid matter on the disk
ensures the pollen's attachment to the
bristly hairy surface of the bee; no
other part of the flower is sensitive
except this horn and the flower may
be freely Jared and poked and ham
died in almost any other part without
disturbing the pollen, and the horn
itself does not appear to move, SO that
it is not an action similar to the snap
ping of trap when the trigger is
meddled with but seems to be what
for want of better name we may call
a nervous impulse. If the tip Of the
horn is touched with drop of boiling
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-24

SAN FRANoIso), April 23.-Five
Thousand people ssw Jimmy Barry al
Jimmy Anthony, bantam weight,
fight twenty rounds be ore thu
National Athletic cut, The fight was
Tor $1,000 purse, rs per cent to the
winner, al ll5 pounus. Very little
time was wasted, MS Barry set the
pace. He led time aud again aud git
away without return. 1t was evident
that Barry was the cieverer man Of the
two, but his blow did not aesn to hurt
the Australian.
The twentieth and last nd was all
Barry's as he smashed his opponent
on the eye and the Jaw repeatedly
Although Anthony was still on his
ieet when the round cloaed, the referee
announced that as the bout was fol
points, Barry WAS clearly entitled to
the decision anti the purse, aud was the
champion bantam-weighto OF the world.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-24

st. LOUIS, April 23.--James E.
Thorpe. "a m.torman, was shot by Ira
Stapsbury In front OF the city hall
t. ay. Stansbury was In buggy
urlvlng on the track. Thorpe ran an
electric car IN behind tue buggy anu
sounded the gong iof Stsnsbufy to get
of the track. Stunsbury was driving
last and refused to turn out. Thorpe
ran his car up to tue buggy ahd
bumped 1t of the track. Stansoufy
dispassionateiy stopped his horse,
lowered the mood OF his buggy, pro-
duced revolver from under the scat
and deliberately shot the motorman
through the thign. When arrested by
al astonished policeman Stansbury
was perfectly calm. He said he had
as much right on theptreet as car,
and That no m3tormal had any iran
chise to run him down.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-24
Yiciims of the saIt river.

DENVER, April GA special to the
Republican from PLpaix, Ariz.
Three more victims have been taken
by Salt river, making seven within u
month. This stream ia swollen by
melting SHOWS, yet the fords are coca.
sionally attempted by reckless persons
ana usually with disaster.
John Skeleton, q brlcs manufacturer,
left the city, accompanied by woman
and nm unknown msn, all bound Tor
Silver City, N. NJ, where Shelton has
kilns. They were in a light spring
wsgon, which was taken sp by the
current in the center of the stream.
All three were thrown from their seats
anu uisappearei beneath the muddy
waler. The bodies did not rise.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-24
Our Mexican mIni.,er Sick.

ST. LOUIS, April 24.-Ger. Powell
Clayton, U. ). minister 10 Mexico, re.
turned TO this city yesterday morning
from Little Rock accompanied by Mrs.
Clayton anu their daughter Niles
Charlotte.
~ am nearly as sick rs when / left
mere last week." said Gen. Clayton to
a reporter, "nut thought L would re-
turn anyway for the reception that
has been arranged for me here"
Gen. Clayton was banquetted at the
Mercantile club rooms by the Spanish
club. AT p. m. there was a general
reception. Gen. Clayton win leave
for Mexico on Msyl.
They leave tonight for their home
at Eureka Springs, ARR.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-24

porting OF ammunition and guns was
no way to pssce.
The PREMIER asserted that the last
thing the imperial government at desired
was war, AM he added that II war oc-
cured, 1t would be the fault OF tn q
Transvaal. Great Britain WAS deter
mined to maintain the L1uion con-.
vention, and her position az tue para
mount power in Africa. Transvasl
autonomy, he asserted, was not worth
q years purchase without the protec'
ton OF Great Britain.
Mr.. Sausr conIemned the attitude
OF the premier, and suggostei arbitra-
tiop, adding that II Great Britain used
furce, 1t would mean civil war.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-24

LONDON, April 23.-rhe Times cor
respondent as Canea says that today
The insurgents are attacking Fort
lzzedin, which is occupied by the inter
naiiOUai troops in addition to the Turk
isuhgarrison. Three warships have LEFT
5uua ana anchored opposite the fort.
Col. Vassos has written to the admirais
to nsk whether the powers are In
alliance with Turkey The object Of
this inquiry lie obvious.
A dispatch to the Daily News from
Canea says that Col. Vases has noli.
ned the admirals that he has been
ordered to attack the Turks.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-24
a QUESTION OF rnEcroENon.
Foreign Embassadors VIII Make n,
Demands.

New YORK, April 23.-Msyor
Strong gave out the following COM
munioation t0usy:
IMPAIRMENT vi State, Washington
d. O., April -. 1S97.-HoD. Wilism
L.. strong, Mayor Of New Y1rk:-My
Dear 5ir--rhere mas been a great deal
OF foolish matter printed in the papers
here about tho question oil etiquette as
TO whether the President and his cab.
met should precedo the ambassadors
OF foreign countries anu other members
OF the diplomatic corps In tho proces.
sion to the tomb OF General Grant. /
am assured by Sir Julian Pauncefote
and the French emOassauor mat the
alleged struggle for precedenee be-
tween the membero OF the csblne. and
diplomatic corps is pure fiction. The
ambassadors have msde no request or
claim in regard 10 the matter Of pre-
cedence, and l am advised by one OF
them that they will not participate In
The procession, Tut viii take whatever
position lie assigned them on the
stand. JOHN rHERMAN."
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-24

the Turke were everywhere scattered
about.
TURKS HOLD PREvEsA.
BERLIN, Anil % "A telegram re-
ceiveu nom Constautinople says that
while II 10 true that the fort OF Prevesa
has been partly destroy ed by toe guns
OF tho Greek warships and those oil n
battery which the Checks captured, the
town OF PrevesR 10 not damnsoi anu 10
SILL held by the Turks.
BULGARIA THR.ATENs To Mobiles
LONDON, April ga dispatch to
the STANDARD from lite respondent n
Constaniinople, enyt: The Russian
government has sharply ordereI Bull.
garia to keep quiet, yet Bulgaria has
given the PsIte notice that ebe W II
mobiles her troops tomorrow (5atuf-
day J, unless the berstP, tine warrant
tor fve more Bulgaria. bishops 10
Maceaonia) and the appointment Of
Bulgarian commercial agents at Us.
kub and Monastir are granted.
DECISIVE BLOW.
NEW YORK, April 28.--A dispatch
10 The Worla rom Louuon sayt: u
lees Turkey can bring tue war TO a
rapid termination the triumph Of
Gresce cannot be prevented, 1t Is as.
serted in quarters here In which the
real situation Is thoroughly understOou,
especially the desperate state of the
auitan's finances. Therefore, Osman
Pashs, the hero OF Plevns, has been
| sent to the front with orders TO strike a
decisive blow without loss OF time.
That a panic Is prevailing ut Yildiz
Kiosk is plainly shown, too, by the
sudden dispatch OF the Russian envoy
at ConstanIinople 10 SJiia to stay the
menacing demands of Prince Feruin-
anu OF Bulgaria, which tho Porte Is
equally unwilling to refuse or concede,
Tue situation 10 deemed to DO extreme-
| Iy critical, anu uuless Osman Pasha
can gam u conspicuous triumph the
! calnoiysm OF Constantin0ple which the
| powers have disgracefnily compro'
missed themselves IN trying TO prevent,
may come at any moment.
| III the ministerlal circles here,
| where quick defeat OF Greece IL
| regarded as the surest anu least unsafe
solution OF highly dangerous com.
pliuation, the new developments are
| causing conservation. The increase
OF popular sympathy for Greece coused
by the gallant conuuct OF their troops
| following the first defeats, has
| amounted to revuhion.
The incapacity OF tho European
| concert 1, at least universally admii ted,
and lite conclusions can now be safely
| ignored.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-24
WILL HIr w MAnD.
inc New Tarin Announced by the
canadian Govrrnment

inc New Tarin Announced by the
canadian Government.
OTTAWA, April 90. The new tariff
announced by the government Will hit
the United States pretty hard. In
that regard 1t is popular here, but
doubly b. on account OF the preferences
1t makes In favor OF BRUSH goods.
These preferential terms for Great
Britain and other countries disposed to
receive Canadian products at favorable
rates, the finance minister explained
in Parliament, w0uid be in the form
OF reductions 4 ON the general ist OIL
one.eighth for tie fist year, and alter
that period they would be Une-qnarier
of the rate in the general tariff.
These reductions woulI apply to ali
schedules except those imposing dutie'
intended for revenue on tuch articles
as wines, tobaccJs, cigars and clsai-
ettes.