davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27

fering With the nus,aaess OF the medicine
man. 1ne -astoa Of devil-drivfnG seems
W -ktst only am02g the northern Sfyots,
vine I'VE upon the mountaius Southwark
tho people are strict adherents Of Buddha.
ana II 10 common among them 20 see the
long. yellow-robed or red-robed Lamas
They are exceedingly superstitious and
willingly pap large presents to the priests
Tor fancied privileges. A Lama has a
vision and announces that will die within
three days. A gathers together his pos
sessions. never doubling of the fact but
br1be to be conveyed to the Lama, also
through the medium Of q servant The
Lama protests against bothering the god
with SO trumpery a matter as the life OF
A, but being persuaded to do so. gets him
respite for three years. At the end of this
time the procedure takes place again. A
r1ch man, on dying. will dispatch his sery-
ant for many miles with gifts to the near
est Lama, to inquire after the future of his
soul and know where and in what form
ne VIII appear on earth. And the Lama
accepts the gift and tells him.
The eiyots are secretive, and prefer to
communicate nothing. Ask how many they
number in q village and the reply win be !:
Every day some die and some are born;
how, then. shall IL be toldT' To those who
have lived long among them. however, they
VIII expand upon many sacred subjects
Tney Will even show the much-dreaded
caves OF the ancient race they dispossessed,
situated 100 versts southwest of the juno
tlon OF the Bei-kem and Kha-keem, sources
OF the Yenisei. Russians who have inspect
cd these dwellings report vast finds OF elk
bone, charcoal and even of brass fmple-
ments. But few know certainly about
tnem. Tor II the Lamas heard of IL ii would
go hard in fines and damnation for the
his race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
New York and London.

The Local Government Journal. In maxi
ing some statistical comparisons between
New York and London, says that Greater
London Is double the size of Greater New
fork and has double the population It has
more tnan twice as many policemen, but
only half as many firemen, q fact which
can be easily accounted for when the char
acter OF the buildings Of New York Is re-
membered. We have four timea as many
scholars In our public schools, but only rs
show that big classes as we see them In
LONDON schools are not approved In New
York. We have more public libraries but
not SO many as We ought to have consid-
ertng the difference in population. There
are In London only half as many hospitals
as can be found in New York, and con-
sidering the extraordinary number Of acci-
dents In that city compared with those In
London the hospitals appear to be needed
the New Yorker can boast Of possessing
nine more cemeteries than can be-found in
London. and he puts the religious enter
a church or chapel for every 5000 persons,
while we only provide one for every 1900
The municipal debt hangs heavier round hie
neck, the London debt being about IS per
cent lighter for each ratepayer ''OrRan-
lied charity relieves one family out OF
every 400. but in London one family in
about forty-iive b maintained by the rate
payers. As regards crime, particularly that
coming under the head Of HOUSEKEEPING
and burglary. we are better OF than New
York, probably because we are better no
Iced. both a. regards numbers and char.
acter. II crimes In London under these
heads were in tho same proportion az those
In New York we should have 1000 IN
stances every year, whereas We only hayo
about 100 1nre than New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
Mich Goats.
From the London Spectator.

From the London Spectator.
The goat ought to do a great deal to re-
heve the scare which has been produced
by the reports that we have been habitual-
1y drinking milk infected with the tuber-
cle-bacillus, as 1t Is said that very few
cows are free from tubercle. In Sicily,
Naples. Leghorn. Hyeres. Avignon. goat
men go about from door to door and sell
milk freshly drawn from the goats-a flock
OF ten or twelve goats. At Leghorn and
at Avignon 1 myself have bought fresh
goats milk at the door. No doubt in many
cthef continental towns q similar goats
milk trade Is carried on. The English.
however. are slow in quitting their usual
groove, however advantageous and whole
some the quitting may be. Many years
ago l suggested to the British Goat So
ciety the advisability of importing some
mich goats from Malta I have nowhere
seen finer mich goats than those of We
letta, taken round the streets, and the
goats MIXED at the door Of each house.
The finest are white, with small ears, and
pink udders, reaching almost to the ground.
Comparatively speaking, they give a larger
Qauntity of milk than cows. and the goats
are much more economically fed than cows
In Calcutta there Is a pretty small goat
sort Of toy goat-which gives good milk
The inhabitants prefer goats milk with
their tea to cows milk, and those who have
tried it think SO also. Then on the high
lands Of Naples and Rome they have q
mich sheep. from the milk of which the
famous "Ricotta" Cream curds) IL made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
DANGERS OF GUN PRACTICE.
The Bravery of n Mate Saved n Shft
From Distraction.

The Bravery of Mate Saved n Shin
From Destruction.
From the San Francisco Chronicle
There is considerable danger in this
naval practice in gunnery,'' said an officer
of the United States navy the other day.
Il came very near going up into the air
in small bits on this last squadron cruise
We were at heavy gun practice at sea- and
but for the quickness of gunner's mate
would never have returned AS you prob
ably know, the heavy guns In the turrets
are fired by electricity, the gun being dis
charged simply by pressing a button. The
omcer IN command of the forward turret
on our ship during rapid-fire practice was
just about to press the button to Are one
OF our big guns, when a gunner's mate was
seen to grab at something on the wall Of
the turret and then fall in heap on the
floor. The officer pressed the button hut
the gun was not discharged.
when the mate came to- he was asked
what had happened, and he informed the
omcer That the breech of the gun had not
oeen locked, and that what he grabbed at
on the wall was the wires forming the
eiectrlc firing circuit. When he saw that
the officer was preparing to fire the gun
ana at the same time observed that the
Dreecn OF the gun was not locked, the only
thlng that occurred to him to prevent the
gun being discharged was to DESTROY the
circuit, which he did promptly and ef-
1ectively: When all this occurred there
was a charge of $50 pounds of powder in
the gun, another charge Of the same size
IN the turret ready to be served, and the
passageway leading to the powder maya
zine was wide open.
But for the quickness of the gunner,s
mate the gun would have been blown ont
inside the turret, the gases from the burn
ing powder would probably have ignited
the charge lying in the turret, this explo-
SION would have ignited the powder in the
whole ship, crew and all, would have gone
up In the air. A thought that has occurred
to me Is this: Suppose the accident had
occurred, what do you imagine the verdict
the loss of the ship would have been? since
this experience the department has adopted
electrical means to prevent the discharre
OF any OF the large guns until the breech is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
Who's Dead3
the Chicago Record.

From the Chicago Record.
Who's dead? Who at this moment died,
Or far away OF close at hand
Out where the ocean furies hide
Or on the crime-infested land?
Who, when you bent to read this line
(No matter where, no matter how
Death came to him and gave the sign
OF beckoning), who died just now?
King, was it? Bishop? Robber? Wife?
Or babe in some worn mothers arms?
Or patriarch just finding life
Possessed of newer, fresher charms?
PERHAPS it was a boy whose face
Was bright with youth-perhaps a bride
Perhaps a chief of some wild race,
Stretched on his bullhide shield-who died
And where? In fair and sunny Spain?
Or in the endless northern night?
Or on the parched Sahara plain
Or on some stony m1nntain height?
Touched Death sothe islet of the sea
Where oceans part apd oceans meet.
Or did he come d Hhes{,to be
Within the houselacHoss the street?
IG u.
Who died Just nov? Each human breath
$50 calculating men feclare)
Is but tally for "a death
In this great hive ofimen, somewhere.
Somewhere just now oser trembling lips
There passes forth lffe's final sigh,
just as the disaptearipg ships
Drop down below the line of sky.
Who died just now in all the world?
For some one. stAtisthians say,
Is for each passing moment hurled
Down Azraers dark and gloomy way.
10 stand, gaunt-eyed and white and awed.
Where Chnron's boathshts duly shine.
VINO was itndied just now? Pray God
Not some one of your kith-or mine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27


Fortified with letters Of introduction
from Lady Pollock and Miss Thackeray.
I visited Tennyson. Spending the previous
night at Cowes, 1 was driven eight miles
to Farringford, where Tennyson then lived,
by a very intelligent young groom who
had never heard Of Tennyson. Arriving. I
sent up my name, and heard presently
rather heavy step in the adjoining room,
and there stood in the doorway the most
un-English looking man I had ever seen.
He was tall and high-shouldered. careless
in dress. and while he had a high and
domed forehead, yet his brilliant eyes and
tangled hair and beard gave him rather the
air of partially reformed Corsican bandit,
or else an imperfectly secularized Carmel
lite monk, than of a decorous and we'll
groomed Engiishman. He greeted me shy
ly. gave me his hand, which was in those
days a good deal for an Englishman,
and then sided up to the mantelpiece,
leaned upon 1t, and said, with the air of
an aggrieved schoolboy: Il am rather
afraid OF you Americans: your countrymen
do not treat me very well. There was Bay
ard Taylor" and then he went into a long
narration Of some grievance incurred
through an indiscreet letter of that we'll
known journalist. Strange to say, the ef-
feet Of this curious attack was to put me
perfectly at my ease. 1t was az If had
a pet because some one of my fellow-coun-
trymen had spelled his name wrong 1
knew myself to be wholly innocent and
to have no journalistic designs. nor did l
ever during his lifetime describe the in
terview.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
RANDbM0vERSE


A Father'f Prayer.
Written II The Bve9ans asar.
Hush, softly treaCmy Eaby sleeps,
His little hands eroseed on his breast,
Placed BY the guai1iaa angel so,
To show that he,is truly blest.
His wond'ring eyes arg tightly closed.
His rose-leaf HpS are half apart,
The downy linen barely moves
Above the trembie Of his heart.
Oh. God, May Those d Jar eyes meier know
Desire for a stimuli sight;
May those sweet lips ne'er move to speak.
Save words approvedi Of Thy might:
May he Ger knowswhet through that heart
The rich blood courses hot and strong;
Naught but devotion for the Right,
And detestation for the Wrong!
Protect him, Father, SO that hs Y
May e'er revere Thy holy name,
So when Death sends to him the call
He may be ready that 1t came.
Secure in sturdy consciousness
That while the path Of life he trod
His footsteps ever kept the way
That leads to Thee and Thine, Oh, Godl
CLUSKEY CROMWELL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
SOME LIVING PREFENDERS


From Tit-Bttn.
The profession Of the royal pretender Il
| very much overdone in Europe just now. A
Madrid editor has found six men who think
| they have claims to the crown OF France.
| besides any number who think that they
| have paramount rights to the throne OF
Spain. and the purple Of small Italian prin-
cipalities
The most interesting Of the Spanish pre-
| tenders is not Don Carlos. but q man
| whose name is seldom mentioned outside
the Iberian peninsula. He Is the Duke Of
Medina-Celi. chief defender Of the faith.
fourteen-fold g-andee Of Spain, first of all
Castilian knights. and direct descendant OF
Ferdinand and Isabella For him and his
family the race Of Bourbon-Anjou. who
now rule Spain. are nothing more than
is crowned. the dukes herald appears in
the palace. and. in the presence Of all the
grandees OF Spain. protests in the name
OF his lord against this usurDation, sets
forth the claim of the Medina-Celis to the
throne. and challenges every knight who
may venture to dispute the legitimacy Of
the dukes rights to defend his opinion in
! duel to the death. ION the mountain or
on the plain. by day or by night"
AS no grandee Of Spain has ever seen At
to take the duke and his herald seriously,
the head of the house of Medina-Celi has
been left free to spend the income from his
enormous fortune on his fads and to make
perennial tours of his numerous estates. 1t
Is said that he can travel from one end of
Spain to the ether, and sleep every night
In one OF his own houses. Under these cir
cumstances. he has proved a less trouble
some pretender than Don Carlos. This chief
OF Spanish pretenders was once so i'm
poverfshed that. with the help of his Sec
rotary, he tried to turn into coin the gold
chain of his Order of the Golden Fleece.
BY the death Of Count Chambord and some
luck In matrimony, however, he was
eventually enabled to lay up a fortune
against rainy day and keep his decora-
lions away from the goldsmiths and the
pawnbrokers.
A group~of pretenders who are chronical-
ly bankrupt afltict the Italian provinces.
At almost any time one may find in the
continental newspapers brief paragraphs
concerning the difficulties which a Count
Of Aquiia. or Trani. or Syracuse. is having
with the sheriffs. A census of pretenders
has not been taken. A partial list of those
who think that they have valid claims to
the throne of France was published re-
Gently. however. They are Don Carlos;
Alfonso XIII King of Spain; Francis some
time king of both Stcilies; Francis Sc
bastian's son by his second wife, an aunt
OF the dead king; Robert, once Duke of
Parma; Louis Philippe of Orleans. All
these gentlemen are descendants of Louis
XIII Of France. The last one to announce
his prete 1sions to the world is General
Francis OF Bourbon, who suddenly began
calling himself Duke of Anjou after the
Count of Paris death, and sent out a mani
festo concerning his claims. This course
has been rather disa strous to him. for he
has been deprived not only of his COM
mand in the Spanish army, but also Of the
salary that went with 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
COURTsHIP IN zUNILAND.

women DO the LOvemaking and Pom
the All-ImpOrtant Question.
From the Woman's Home Companion
Inc powers freely extended the women
OF lunt are many, being particularly ia
VoraDle to them In domestic matters and
IN everything pertaining to the home.
These peculiar liberties are manifest before
marriage, as well as after for the alleged
privileges of heap year hold rule contin-
uously In Zuniland. When one of the
daughters Of the tribe takes an amored
liking for young man, she very frankly
confesses it. and her parents are informed
OF her choice Of a prospective husband. II
they approve, the interesting information
is impaired in due time to ms family: an,;
~ the yet perhaps unsuspecting subject of
the selection is suited, in turn he makes,
through the mutual parents an engage
ment to visit his adBlirer at ner home He
Is received somewhat formally by the
maiden and her family, when something
sues between the young people. while the
father and mother, with the other MEN,
bers of the household, sit apart, amiably
pretending not to Listen:
Thou c0mest," she says.
Yes. how be We these many days?' he
answers
Happy. Gather and Sit" and she mo-
lions him to q seat near her.
as HcNeT-ldiflilS hospitality on the part
Of hostess, when q visitor enters a Zuni
nome she places food before him and bids
him loosen his belt and lessen his hun
ger" But he appears preoccupied, and
partakes quite spartngly- TO give the polite
impression that he is a light eater-an i'm
portant point in the favor Of a prospective
husband.
Thanks; I am satisfied" he says after
dining off little more than a birds rations
Eat enough. You must have come think
ing of something. What have you to say!"
she asks. encouragingly.
81 don't know"
"Oh, yes. you do; tell me-" she coyly per-
sists.
I'm thinking of you," in a whisper
Indeed! You must be mistaken"
NO"
Then do you love meI'
81 love you!"
"Trulyy'
Truly"
Possibly we shall see. What think you,
father?" as she turns in apparent perplex-
ity to the family group.
las you wish. my child" her parent re-
plies.
She then appears to ponder the matter
for the first time, and after due considera-
ton of the momentous question consents
to become his yi-lukia'ni-ha, or "his-to-
be-" and from that time on they are as de-
voted to each other as are lovers in any
CLINE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
A Madrfgal.

Before me, careless lying,
Young Love his ware comes crying:
Full soon the elf untreasures
His pack of pains and pleasures
With roguish eye
He bids me buy
From out his pack Of treasures.
His wallets stuffed with blisses.
With true-love-knots and kisses,
With rings and rosy letters,
And sugared vows and letters
He holds them out
With boyish fiout,
And bids me try the letters.
Nay. Child Il cry, know them;
There'S little need to show themi
Too well for new believing
l know their past deceiving-
I am too old
q say), and cold
Today, for new believing!
But still the wanton presses,
With honey-sweet careSses,
And still, to my undoing.
He wins me with his wooing,
To buy his ware
With all its care,
Its sorrow and undoing.
AUSTIN DoBsoN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
A Winter Night.

Frank Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution.
Pile on the logs! the bright flames start
And up the roaring chimney race;
How grateful should we be, sweetheart,
For just this little fireplace!
I said today that was poor,
And poor in some things I may be,
But here's a shelter-who needs more2-
And your bright eyes to shine for me!
Draw near. and sum our blessings sweet;
While We are housed and clothed and fec
The bleak winds hound from street to street
Souls that share notifies daily bread.
While we. safe-haSbored from the storm,
Have all our happy hearts desire.
There.s many a weak and wounded form
Bends Ger a hearth without fire.
Thank God for Homei and If knock
Sound at the DOOR this icy night,
o let US hasten to unlock
And bring a brothereto the light!
1t was for this Gods gifts were lent
To light the way for7those that roam;
II was Tor this the Christ was sent
To shelter thosatthat had no homeI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
Autumn.

Written for The Evening Star.
Summer has flown with her Respondent
train.
Her silver web no more the spider wesves
Across the pathway or beneath the caves
Fer bold Autumnus' has begun his reign.
No mere is heard-t the WOODLANDS plaintive
strain,
Nor chirps the katydid among the leaves.
But Id the ripened mast the chill wind
grieves,
Ard swollen streamlets maunder DER the
plain;
The somber fields lament their ravished
grain,
And Hveried woods have donnei a motley
dress:
Fair strays of golden-rod have decked the
And sumachs wave their cressets in the
breeze;
But, ali! the saddened earth smiles less and
less,
And scarcely heeds the waning suns caress.
FRANCIS c. LONG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
The Dull Darwin.
From Chamber Journal.


Since the days of Sir Isaac Newton there
has not arisen a greater man Of science
than Charles Darwin. and yet he was con-
sidered by his father and schoolmasters as
"a very ordinary boy, rather below the
common standard in intellect" ITO my
deep modification" he tells US. my father
oEce said to me: You care for nothing but
shooting, dogs and rat-catching, and you
will be q disgrace to yourself and all your
family"
Young Darwin had strong and diversified
tastes" 30 has many q boy who II con-
sidered dull and stupid because his tastes
do not coincide with those of his compan-
Ions. or are not of the kind that his parents
and teachers consider most profitable. The
boy Darwin was called Gas" because with
his brother, he got up . small chemical
laboratory In the tool house Of the school
garden, and spent his leisure hours there
making gases and compounds, instead Of
joining the boys In their games. He was
aiso publicly rebuked by the head master
for wasting his time ION such useless SUBJ
jects." Darwin the philosopher has taught
us that evolution IL slow process. and his
teaching was exempliaed IN Darwin the
boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
Court Knew What Was Poker.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Paul Milhken, who is one of the most
popular men on change, was yesterday on
the floor rehearsing the latest poker incl
dent. 1t is unnecessary to say that he Sc
cured a great many auditors, as there are
numerous admirers of the great American
game there. A private game had been
broken up In a small town which was very
religiously inclined. and the players arrest
ed and taken before the county judge The
first prisoner was told by the judicial light
to rehearse in strict honesty what was go
ing on when the officer appeared
well - had just dealt 1t was a jack
pot-said I, Open it. but it will cost you 81
to come in The next player put up the
needed amount and said: Well, 1t will just
cost IS more to be in this play The third
one advanced 1t So more. and when it came
to me / looked at my hand and found a
pair of threes. 1 had been lucky. and con-
cluded to go in the jack pot and did so.'
Prisoner Is dfsmissedi cried the Judge,
interrupting him in his story.
well, what's the trouble?" said the lat
ter. looking about alarmed and studying
the Judge in surprise.
why. simply this: You are charged for
playing poker. and your own evidence
shows that you were not" replied the
court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
Forest Fires By Friction.
rom The Scranton Trituns.

It has been commonly supposed that the
destructive forest fires Of which we read 80
often in the journals OF the day are to be
attributed to human carelessness-or DEVIL
try, but. II we are to believe the story Of a
Canadian engineer. who claims to have wit
messed the occurrence he describes, these
fires are not always originated In that way.
The engineer says: A tree had been partly
uproOted by q severe wtndstorm, and leaned
over against the trees nearest to IL, some
OF which happened to be dead. Fierce gusts
drew down from the neighboring mountains
and caused the branches Of The inclined
tree to rub with considerable force against
those upon which It rested. After the fric-
ton thus developed had besn kept up for
many hours, the dead wood began to glow,
then burst into name and q IRE that swept
through miles and miles Of valuable timber
Was the result Whatever may BE- the pro-
portion q truth to Action In the Cana
dams story, he must be credited with hav-
ing nome o. the Qualifications Of q success
ful narrator. It u certainly IN interesting
yarn, even 4 Il b merely IN Ingenious
gus0 ~ ths origin a. nystsr3ous forest
AREA