davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
NOW TO SAVE TIE pA11sADrs.
net Mueh Hepe, Evtdently. In the schsss Il
Federal Purchase.


To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sfr. Since the
women Of New Jersey have taken up the ques-
ton Of saving the Palisades. through the agency
Of the State Government. from the destructive
operations OF the quarrymen. the Palisades Com
missioners have quietly subsidized. We hcar no
moro that the Military Committee Of the
House will report favorably the Palisades Forti.
fcation bill; !" that "thc War Department APP
proves of the measure;'' or that prominent
army officers, recognizing the Importance Of the
Palisades for military or strategical purposes,
indorso tho proposed Military Reservation bill.
Missing these heretofore frequent and familiar
statements, the public will look for tho forth.
coming annual report Of the Commissioners with
great interest and curiosity.
In reply to an inquiry as to tho reliability Of
tho that woro made Il. the publ O
press, ana the prospects Of q favorable report
from the Military Committee. to which the bill
III. r. 2,1s7) had been referred. Gen. j. A. T.
Hull, tho Chairman. wrote eighteen months ago
the following letter:
COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS,
WASHINGTON. u. c., May Il, 1890.
DEAR SIR: I am fully persuaded that the Palisades
bill can never get q favorable report from this com.
mittee. At request of several gentlemen interested
in the project We have let the question rest with the
idea that It would die hero. Why they want II let
alone, you probably know better than l.
J. A.. 7. HULL
On Jan. 10. 1897, the Commissioners reported
to the Governors of New Jersey and New York
that after presenting their bill on Dec. 10, 1895,
and having had q full discussion and hearing
before the Military Committee of tho House.
1.-The pressure Of other business, deemed by tho
committee to DO OF greater Importance. was SO
great that no action was taken on the Palisades
bill up to the adjournment Of Congress in June
Tho Commissioners concluded their report by
stating that "a continuation Of their efforts
would result in success at an early day"
Nine days before this report of the Commits.
sioners was made, Gen. Hull, in reply to a fur.
thor inquiry in regard to the probability of the
measure passing, sent the following answer:
COMMITTEE on MILITARY AFTAIRs.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. 8. 1907
DEAR SIR: Your favor of 9Th inst. received. Tho
on Military Affairs OF the House Of Repre-.
sentatives has by practically unanimous vote linden.
nitely postponed the bill for the protection OF tho
Palisades OF tho Hudson. II anything 10 done In this
matter. the States of New York and New Jersey will
have to do it. Yours very truly. IA. T. HULL
The women of New Jersey who have taken
hold of this question In the only right and in
telligent way deserve not only the thanks oil
every good citizen for their courage, but also fol
bringing to public notice the false hope of ma
tional aid which for nearly three years has per.
mitted the uninterrupted DETACHMENT of the
Palisades. PALIsApEs.
New YoRK Nov. 30.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
Southern Utah CenRor.

What sort Of politics do they have in Utah 7
And what sort of work do they have In Utah 2
Do they work at all, or do the climate and
their own wealth Of pocket and temperament
allow them to loaf and invite their souls con-
tinually Is politics in Skum Pah and Pole
Patch essentially different from politics in San
Francisco and New York; The idle politics
which prevails. II 1t does prevail, in Utah. o Rht
to be studied by philosophers and economists.
Why can't the Hon. EDWARD ATKINSON of Mas
sachusetts 90 to Utah and examine idle politics
carefully and heap up a few tons of statistics
about iti But he will have to promise the Com
missioner for Indian Affairs not to offer any OF
his cookery to the Indians.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
1t is hopeless to try to keep track of all

1t is hopeless to try to keep track of all
the Arkansas %JoNEsEs, statesmen to a JONES.
Itseems to be Governor DAN JONES who informed
his fellow countrymen that he must positively
refuse to consume any food or feel any thankful
ness on Thanksgiving Day. Tho demonetiza-
ton of silver and the establishment of the single
gold standard and the maintenance thereof"
said DAN JONES. IL 1t was DAN JONES. "have
turned aside the gifts of Providence. and I can
not believe that He wishes US to return thanks for
such a condition of affairs" Still, DAN JONES
in his public majesty and DAN JONES In his pri-
vate capacity arc different. AS a statesman,
DAN JONES mourns. Is an individual. he may
have gone to q turkey shoot" on Thursday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30

From the Oh fcd0O Neus.
A person who recently attended an art exhibition
has drawn up a set OF rules to enable the novice to
know what kind OF a picture no is looking at. He
says that II a painter paints the sky gray and the
grass brown he belongs TO the old school.
II he paints the sky blue and the grass green he be-
Tonga ~ yne realistic school.
II he paints the sky green and the grass blue he be-
longs to the impressioniSiio school.
II he paints the sky yellow and the grass purple he
IL q colorist.
II he paints the sky black and the grass red he is an
artist of great decorative talent and may make post
es II he perseyeres.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
siberian Horses, Maues and ra,,..
From the Philadelphia Record.

Three hundred bales of horses manea ana
tails. TO be used. for upholstering Furniture.
have been landed here by the British steamshins
from far-away Siberia. and are taken from
horses used by the Cossacks after the animals
have outlived their usefulness. Horses Az
cheap In Russia, and after having seen better
days their names and tails are the only thinRo
left OF a commercial value. Very often these
mails, and the beasts left 10 their fate. Here Inc
upholsters use the hair for stufing chair bacfs
from Russia brings the beat price, because An
hair Is the longest. ana conseq uently the beat
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
African Oyster. Grow on Trees. Toe.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE sus-Sir: l read In to-day's
edition OF your valuable paper the story OF "oysters
Growing on Trees l have been telling my friends
that this W as a fact In Africa for the last ten or twelve
years, but found many incredulous. ! was trading
for four years In what are know as the "Ol Rivers"
namely, Benin, Bonny and Old Callahan rivers on the
west coast OF Africa. and during that time frequently
found oysters attached to the trees below the high.
water mark: For some miles up the rivers 1t is I'm.
possible to land. as the ground Is all blue mud, or a
delta OF decayed vegetation. and the water rises and
falls six feet or so, according to the way the tide may
be running at the time. and ut low water the oysters
may be found attached 10 the roots OF the trees.
NEW YORK, Nov. go. II. o. BATEMAH.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30

me Tsu.usany cater on Senator Mn, senassS
rnurphy, nr. Parkhurst and other-

r1urnhy, mr.. PnrkhuFat nud otheF.
Frous the Brooklyn Eagle.
"what Is there in this story that you sum
moned Mr.. York of Brooklyn to your headquar-
ters and Induced him to Join with Tammany
Hall in q war on cx.Gov. Hill and Hugh MO
Lauehlin r. I asked Mr.. Croker.
The shadow OF a smile fitted over his features.
and then with q slight shade Of annoyance In his
tones he replied in = very positive way:
"The story Ia foolish. Inever Mr..
York to Now York. ! have not begun any war
on MT. HILL"
"You snid to o reporter that you recognised
Senator Murphy as the State Democratic lead
or" I remarked.
YES; I exprasaad n preference. but q great
deal appears to have been made out OF q simple
remark. 1 didn't suppose that 1 had stated any
thing new. My opinion of Senator Murphy has
been known to many people for q long time"
Then, laughingly: IL don't know that Mr.. Hin
himself would object to accounting Senator Muir.
phy AZ a leader. 1 have no unfriendly feeling
for Mr.. HILL"
Then you are not making war on the CD
Governorf'
The story is absurd said Mr.. Croker, and
he seemed surprised that the report should have
%And your relations with Mi. McLsughlinf e.
Are as friendly AZ ever" said Mr.; Croker ) IN.
ntSs sse citations. NI Il Is true I have seen Mr..
York very often of late. but he came over to
Now York as a representative of the Kings
AT this stage OF the conversation ono Of the
Tamman chieftain's friends came. up with an
evening paper in his hand and said in n mock
serious way:
Have you seen what DR.. Parkhur't says
mo; what does he say ~ and Mr.. Croker
asked the question in the easy. complacent way
OF one vino had little or no interest in the query.
He says he thinks you are a better man than
Platt."
"Umph!'' then tho big chief glanced oyer the
remarks attributed to DIR. Parkhurst, but his
face was as stolid as that Of u man reading .
directory.
In response to tho suggestion that most of tho
newspapers which opposed the Democratic
nominee for Mayor seemed inclined to give to
the incoming administration q chance to show
how well 1t could govern New York, before con.
demning 1t, Mr.. Croker said, with some emf
phasis:
papers ought to condemn 1t, but il 1t does well
the papers should be fair enough to say SO. I
do you think tho incoming administration
will have much trouble in doing better than the
present administration ="
IL think not. said Tammany's leader. tersely.
~ think we can improve upon the reform ad.
phasis upon the word reform"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30

The Hon. TRUxToN BEALE's article on
Russian Humanity" in the December number
OF the Cosmopolitan, presents q picture of con.
ditions and methods in Siberia and Central
Asia which differs radically from Mr.. GEORGE
KENNAN's conclusions several years ago. Mr..
BEALE's report of personal observations will
strengthen the admiration with which the
American friends of Russia regard tho Cars
Government as q conauering. organizing, and
administering agent Of civilization.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
The Hon. JOHN WARWICK DANIEL of

The Hon. JOHN WARWICK DANIEL of
Virginia, a statesman OF much merit of coun.
tenance and voice, but rather oratorical and
melodramRtio than exact. has put forth a
definition OF Democracy. In a letter TO tho
Fourth Ward Democratic Club of Norfolk no
declares that Democracy means bravo and
unrelenting battle against all organizations
that do not stand for true American principles"
Probably this sounds well when read In a rich
bass voice. but 1t 10 not clearer than crystal.
What 10 peace T. asked Mr.. CHADBAND. "Is
1t Marl No. IL IL strifoI No." What are true
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
silver and wheat au.hel and BushsI.

From the Martin (Tenn.I Mad.
Two OF our country cousins. both Republicans. stood
on a corner the other day talking politics:
"Well. its peculiar like how polertics goes. amt
II? ?" remarked one to the other.
yep" answered the other. as he oombed his head
with his horny hand.
Ibid you ever notice how silver and wheat IL keep
In together?
Mot particular"
Eyes. both OF 'em liz a dollar q bushei."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30

From the Philadelphia North american.
There's no thought OF weather
In y football crowd;
They're all cranks together
In q football crowd,
The young. the old. the lame, the halt,
All gather under heavens vault
And boot. and yell. and shout. scream.
For the players OF the favored I, am.
There's nothing like the waste OF steam
In . football crowd.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30

the Salisbury Ministry to cease dallying
with foreign Governments on the blmc.
tallic project out of courtesy. lest worse
things befall them than a temporary loss
of credit in the city Of London. Such i'll
timed courtesy is interpreted as business.
and may give foreign Governments cause
to complain that England tempted them to
come and negotiate when she was not pre-.
pared to deal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
Needed In vienna.

from The Detroit NenS.
The Austrian ReichsrAth appears TO be very weak
in its Thomas Bracket Reed department.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
Principal Di2eronce.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Eear'sishted strans"r-.Do all your asphalt paved
StIees smsm as disagreeAble as this one
River. T" Ns Nniosse
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
The Color L,ns In Ma,no's Claa FLATS.

From the LspcfstOn Journal.
1t is a dull day when Maine doesn't fash some new
mineral or gem discovery in tho eyes OF tho world.
The latest is a black pearl as large as q split pea, the
product of a Georgetown clam Nat.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30

American principles. Mr.. DANIEL Trying to
break down business by means of bad money,
batting the Federal courts. and raging against
wealth
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30

Uour friends tCho Javor us NTH Tnanasortpts for
Osbtedtton totsh to hapo rejected articles rtturnsd,
tAsB must IN all cases send stamps for that purpose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
All Quist In HidaIEo.

FSoHs the MsItcan Herald.
II is 90 quiet In the State of hidalgo that one can
hSGE ths worms boring In the usSA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30

nom Brooklyn

FroM Brooklyn IN
- w S-HSSssns csfsIs v Tsss So'' 10 mean By saStaG
bAahsp-Wttho1t being hsaEd, ny ssa.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30

The friends of Col. JACK CHINN are very
proud that Mr.. KIPLIEo has written . story
about him.
The record-union., 1897-11-07

Prize Dent w0MNS WORLD PUB co.. North William st. New York Cy

ATTITUDES about the poles with a nat
ural fearlessness. A squadron sent
out by Russia to explore the south seas.
and reach the pole if possible, had at
tanned a degree of latitude which the
Commodore proudly told himself had
never been reached before by whi.e
man or other human beings. While
he reflected upon the fame that would
surely embellish his. name, his sailors
cried Land ho,' Off to the south he
deserted a long low-lying bit of land,
and FASTENED to shape his course to
reach it, there to plant the Russian
standard on its highest point, claiming
it in the name of his majesty
What was his disgust and astonish-
ment when, as his vessel approached
the shore, he observed. over a bit of
headland, a flag fluttering from mast
head. In few minutes little schoon-
er poked her nose around the point and
came sailing smartly over the waves
towards his vessel. The lean Yankee
captain, who was standing in the rig
ging as the schooner came up in the
wind, yelled:
'Ahoy there! What ship is that?"
His majesty's ship the
We'll, this is the Nantucket. from
Rhode Island. We're doing a little pi-
loting in these ATTITUDES, and if you
want to run in the cove yonder. why,
We'll pilot you in for small charge"
The Admiraps disgust caused him to
square his sails around and shape MS
course for Russia.-Harper's Round
Table
The record-union., 1897-11-07
"Stones in the Head"

There are some curious pictures in
the Dutch museums, which would sug-
gest that at one time the removal of
stones in the head" was a common
operation. Thus, in the picture of
Pierre Brueghel lie Vieux, in the en-
craving room of the Amsterdam Muse
um and of Van Bosch in the same col
lection, and also in the picture by Jan
Steen, i'll Boijmans Museum, Rotter-
dam, all of which are of the sixteenth
tions of patient undergoing an opera
ton for the removal, not of one stone,
but of quite a pile of stones. In an
interesting paper by DR.. A. Cartaz, in
La Nature" he applies himself to the
question as to what was the operation
which the painter intended to ridicule.
It is probable that the pictures related
to operations which were for the most
part purely fictitious, and addressed to
subjects Of disordered minds. In other
words, it was an opportunity which
QuackS even at that time did rot fail
to seize. In the picture by BruegEei lie
VieuX may be seen, hidden under a
stool, a confederate with a basket full
of stones, ready to be passed at the
proper moment, as the ball is passed to
the juggler. In Jan Stems picture the
operation is evidently being conducted
at home but here the operator is not
without sixilful accomplices-tl1e mat
ron, his habitual assistant, with her
cunning expression, and the urchin who
laughs at the humbug of the thing. as
he passes the pebbles, which the crafty
chaylatau car1SeS to roll over the neck
of the suffering patient.-Lancet.
The record-union., 1897-11-07

upon a couch and buried her head
among the cushions, then you don't
care for me, after ALL"
"And do you know, Jack she was
saying to him a quarter of an hour
later, when they We're both sitting on
the couch and she had abandoned the
cushions, "fve minutes after 1 had
been SO horrid to you and you had gone
1 was up stairs crying my heart out,
and willing to give worlds to have you
back Only I knew you would never
ask me again. And Hope Brewster
dropped in, and 1 was too miserable to
fabricate, so l told her all about it.
She said she was sure it would turn
out all right; but you see knew you
better. and 1 assured her you would
never give me another chance-never.
And the facts have proved 1 was right,
for I had to do the second proposing
myself didn't 1? Won't Hope be sur
prised when she knows it all?'
And wouldn't you be surprised if you
knew it ALP reflected Kendall. as he
looked down contentedly into the face
of the dearest girl in the world Yes,
of the trio, I am the only one who
knows all the sides, and who is not in
for surprises
But he would have been the most
surprised of any of them had he at
that moment seen at the unfrequented
north side of the park reservoir a cer-
tain lonely little figure standing, a
dropping, girlish figure in a military
coat with a turned-up collar, and a
sailor hat which had lost its usual
jauntiness; for the bright head was
resting dejectedly on the iron reservoir
railing, and the girl was weeping as
though her heart would break.--Louis
Corlyn Pond, in New York Evening
Post
The record-union., 1897-11-07
Consumption ured.

An old physician, retired from practice
had placed in his hands by an East India
missionary the formula of a simple veg
etable remedy for the speedy and perma-
nent cure OF consumption, bronchitis. ca
fections, also a positive and radical cure
for nervous debility and all nervous COM
plants. Having tested its wonderful cura-
tive powers in thousands of cases, and de-
string to relieve human suffering ! will
send free of charge to all who wish il,
this recipe, in German, French or English,
with full directions for preparing and
using. Sent by mail. by addressing. with
stamp, naming this paper. w. A. Noyes,
$40 Powers Block. Rochester, N. Y.
The record-union., 1897-11-07
Familiar Instance.

You See" argued Uncle Silas, the
rugged and uncompromising free silver
advocate of Buckheart Township "how
the trusts an monopolies are runnin'
everything. In the cities, 1 am told,
they can't even open the big iron safe
in bank without blamed combina-
tion!"-Chicago Tribune
The record-union., 1897-11-07
Everything Calm.

Stranger-There seems to be some ex-
citement in town.
Resident - No, sir No excitement.
There's going to be lynching about an
hour from now, but everything's quiz
et.-Chicago Tribune
The record-union., 1897-11-07
A Yankee Shippers Trick.

A good anecdote is told illustrating
the superior enterprise of the Yankee
shippers years ago. The Bedford
whalers left port for many long voy-
age, sometimes to the far north, at
ether times to the far south. These
intrepid followers of the sea sought
and pursued the whale in the ice-clad
The record-union., 1897-11-07
Breaking It Gradually.

Howso-Slobs is kind hearted man.
Cumso-Why?
Howso--When his wife's pet poodle
died he got a friend who suffered to
break the news to her.-New York
World
The record-union., 1897-11-07
For the Record-Union.
EictiOus.

We say that the sun has gone to res
When it sinks behind the hills;
And when man goes to his nightly coucl
That there will end his ills.
Fictions! The sun doth never rest,
But ceaselessly shines on;
And many grieving, human breast
Has ached till the pallid dawn,
-ELWYN IRVING HOFFMAN,
The record-union., 1897-11-07


w SOC "a y
send y vail liable
ortHs
The record-union., 1897-11-07

A hot bath is usually rather decried,
as provocative of colds and other evils.
Every one knows of cases Of severe ILL
ness occurring from exposure to the
outer air soon after such ablutions. And
yet nothing is more refreshing, as moth
ing is more harmless, if properly taken.
This means that one should use the hot
bath. as one does that of very cold
water, merely as plunge. followed by
quick and thorough rubbings and mas
sage
The record-union., 1897-11-07

Occasionally the art of piping" as 1t
is called by confectioners, is useful to
the cook. Any deft-handed person can
make very pretty ornaments with icing
by the aid of no other tools than small
bag of stout paper, such as grocers use.
IT, in addition TO this, a few tubes are
employed, and if the worker has any
taste whatever in that particular direc-
tion something quite elaborate and in
tricate may be evolved.
The record-union., 1897-11-07

The sense of the fitness of things Is
offended by a recent whim. 1t is clock
face set in the center of a filigree cross
cf gilt. Emblems with sacred aSsocia-
tions are in wretched taste thus en-
ployed and the beauty of the work
manship does not compensate for the
idea The same fault may be found with
any use of the crucifix as mere bric-a-
brac. One sometimes does see this
blunder made or the display of other
objects dear to the religious heart in un-
suitable conditions.
The record-union., 1897-11-07

Lemon and orange jelly are pretty and
toothsome served together. Although
some cooks make these dishes so stiff
with gelatine that they are leathery, it
is usually considered really nicer to see
a quivering, uniformed mass of jelly
rather than a moulded form in any de-
vice, if the latter calls for that unap-
petizing thickness of the materials en-
ployed.
The record-union., 1897-11-07

The odor OF food is always to be
dreaded in the upper rooms of home
where sometimes there seems no pre-
venting the penetration. no mattr how
far removed the kitchen, of certain
highly scented dishes. In the sick-room
this is peculiarly to be feared. as is the
lingering odor Of medicines and of food
carried there. which often distresses the
invalid. In such cases IL is well to have
laid aside, for the purpose, a number
OF sheets Of brown wrapping paper
which have been soaked In saltpetre
water and allowed to dry. on one of