davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The silver star., 1898-03-10

count. If were you There's no good
in any of those Ravens-a vile, low
set"
Mrs. Enfield looked pityingly at the
brown-faced, bare-legged little gypsy,
who had skunk around the back door,
a basket OF late luscious blackberries
on her arm. and the deep flush that be-
tokened how plainly she had over
heard Mrs. Liddington's careless words.
still dyeing her cheeks.
Only Bessie Raven" How often
she had heard that phrase. How Bit
ter a meaning did it convey to her
cars.
The silver star., 1898-03-10

weeks. before they returned to their
city home-and SO be never get the
chance to tell Bessie Raven good-by.
The sun., 1898-03-27
Extravaganza That May BE Economy

The question which still possesses
vitality, What becomes of used pins:'
might be supplanted by "What becomes
of used visiting cards?'
Woman, who is VIGOROUSLY penurious
in many cases of domestic economics,
does not seem to have devised a way Of
disposing of & matter that might be
turned to some practical use
Here is al idea that charitable in.
stitntion in search Of funds might APP
preciate. Let the woman in charge of
somo social affair arranged for charity
beg, borrow--I was about to say steal
the contents of all the card trays in
town. Sort the cards, putting Mrs. Van
Aliens in one envelope and Mrs. dc
Peyster's in another When Mrs. Van
Allen goes to buy book or calendar at
the stationary bazaar, she is asked to
buy her own pasteboards back. She is
informed her envelope contains so of
her cards, and it will cost her cent
for each. She is naturally delighted at
the idea Of purchasing her cards at per
baps half price, and the Golfers Of somo
hospital or church may be the richer
from the practical money making
scheme. MAuDE JAMES Chiffon.
The sun., 1898-03-27
THE STORY OF A LIFE
HOW IDA Hustled HARPER WROTE
SUSAN 8. ANThONY'S BIOGRAPHY.

Lived For . Yesr with Miss Anthony.
Studying Her Character and Surround.
ings ~ Well ~ the Records Of the
Past-Mrs. Harper's Newspaper Work.
copyright. 1895. by the Author.l
Little more than year ago . para.
graph went the rounds Of the press an
nouncing that Susan b. Anthony's bi.
ography was to be written with her
own aid and supervision, and that Mrs.
Ida Husted Harper, we'll known west.
ern newspaper woman, had accepted
the task. The book is now written.
awaiting only the final revision before
it goes to the publishers.
The actual writing Of the biography
has been the lesser part Of the year =
labors, though this was no light thing,
as it will ill two large volumes and
cover nearly so years Of the life and
work Of a woman who has been active
in almost every great reform Of that
period-a woman who was organizing
a state temperance association when
Frances E. Willard was child; who
mortified the ladies'" and shocked the
men by being the first OF her sex to at
tempt to address teachers convention
in the state Of New York; who was
mobbed Oh antislavery platforms from
Buffalo to Albany, and all through the
war stood at the helm of the Woman S
National Loyal league, and who was
one Of the first women to dare to lecture
on social purity. And all these were,
comparatively speaking, mere side is
sues to the work for woman's political
equality with which Miss Anthony is
today everywhere identified.
More than 10000 letters We're care.
The sun., 1898-03-27
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
A Shyewd 3muggling Trick - Lovely
Woman In . Bank-Routed BY
the Colored Cook.

"Some Of the shrewdest tricks eves
played are by tho smugglers Of opium, p"
said H. A. Tanning Of Seattle, Wash.
"A very unique smuggling scheme was
unearthed few years ago by United
States secret service officers in North
Dakota It was noticed that an unusu-
ally large number Of cattle were being
driven across the line to the North Da-
kota markets. aud the secret service
men planned an investigation. For
some time their work was in vain, and
they had about given mp hope Of discov.
ering any unlawful operations when AL
accident revealed the fact that the nos.
trils Of the cattle were stuffed with
opium wrapped carefully in tinfoil. In
this way each steer was worth twice its
normal value. Hundreds upon hundreds
Of animals had been driven across the
border with their nostrils loaded with
opium, and it was estimated that the
smugglers had cleaned up profit Of
$25, 600 before the discovery was made.
But the smugglers were sly and they
escaped and were never captured. "-St.
Louis Globe. Democrat.
The sun., 1898-03-27

A novel feature of the biography is the
great use made not only of extracts from
original letters, but from the newspa
pers Of nearly 80 years. Wherever pos.
sihle the story is actually told or side
lights are shed on it by these press com.
ments and reports, and they certainly
show forth "the very shape and pressure
of the times as not the most gifted
writer after the event could do. No ar
gumcnt On defamation could prove the
change i'll public opinion as does the
contrast between such headlines as
"Shrieking Susan, The Reign of Pet
ticnats,' "WUman's Right to d.
Wrong" or "Short Haired Women and
Long Haired Men, and those above
the reports Of the recent tiftieth suf-
rage anniversary at Washington. for in
stance.
Personally Mrs. Harper is a bright
CHEEKY, energetic woman, quick of
tongue, kind OF heart and alive in every
direction. Whatever she does is done
with all her might. She works hard
and keenly enjoys good time when
she rests Her tastes are wholesomely
catholic. She is perfectly happy settling
down in home Of her own, which she
well knows how to manage, and she de-
lights in taking long tours and seeing
strange places. She is fortunate in pos.
sessing independent means, but has al
ways believed that it is as wrong for
women to be idle az for men. After the
completion of this book her plans are
vague. a thoroughly trained, widely
known newspaper woman, still in tho
prime Of life, doubtless much of her
best work is yet to be done.
GENEvIEvE LEI HAwLEY.
The sun., 1898-03-27
Child's Patriotic Gift,

Assistant Secretary Roosevelt recently
received q postal order for 81 from
Bridgeport, Conn, with statement
explaining that it was sent by patriot.
10 little girl Of Bridgeport who desired
to help some other little girl orphaned
BY the disaster to the Maine. Tho little
girls name is Lalla Cook, and she ac.
companied her contribution with a lrt-
ter to the newspaper, in which sho said :
II am little girl years of ago and
my grandpa gave me 81 to do as liked
with, and so thought | would send it
to you to give to some poor little girl
that lost her papa on that dreadful shin.
hope every littlo 10y and girl will
give something
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt wrote
an acknowledgment Of the receipt of the
money to the newspaper and said:
Through you want to thank little
Lalla Cook for her gift and to say that
1t shall be used just AS she desires and
that the people in the navy are glad
that the little American girl sbould
have thought of the children of tho
American sailors who wcre drowned
while DONG their duty. "-Philadelphi,
Press.
The sun., 1898-03-27


to apply it. Hand crocheted lace is
sought after. Machine made lace is
now SO perfect that it is nearly as pret-
ty as the real and just as durable, while
not so costly by a hundred times as the
handmade. One often sees skirts with
three and four quite wide lace tlounces,
sometimes white but more often black.
Over skirt Of a contrasting color the
effect is good. One very dainty fancy
was skirt of white satin, with another
over this of crepe lisse, also white.
There were four tlounces Of black chan.
tilly, each headed by IL row Of insertion
to match. The waist was a blouse Of
satin overlaid with the lisse and treated
in general like tho skirt.
Spanish tiounces are quite popular.
So are the tunic skirts. A very popular
new style has rows of narrow silk or
ribbon put upon the skirt in such
way as to suggest an overskirt. There
are many overskirts, but quite as many
where the whole gown is the same
Very pretty and novel effects are OBJ.
tanned by the arrangement Of the plas.
tron vests over the tailor suits. Blouses
are modified greatly, but are still cx-
ceedingly unconventional. Milliner's
folds are among the most stylish Of
trimmings. Cashmere is among the lat
est favorites especially for house gowns
1t may be made in any preferred style
and trimmed in any way.
Among the f0ibles-the above are the
legitimate frills Of fashion-there are
some handsome skirts and sometimes
blouses to match of white mohair
There are black silk skirts half covered
with graduated rows of black velvet
ribbon. There are chambray shirt waists
with tho fronts of some zephyr plaid
matching the color, and this is cut on tho
bias. Sometimes stripes are used. White
cuffs and collars are often worn, and so
are self colored ones.
Parasols in white taffeta silk are
braided in fine design and called mil.
ltary. Others have wedge shaped in
sets of different kind or color and are
called vandyke. Scotch plaid ones are
sometimes trimmed with black silk
knotted fringe, but they do not lool:
nearly so rich as do the black silk ones
finished in the same way.
Among the little things one finds new
gauntlet gloves made of silk and woven
so that it not only looks but feels like
suede, while it is porous and COOL
1t is expected that these will be liked
for cycling. They will not slip as do
the old kind Of silk gloves. Some are
made for walking of mat white silk,
with the gauntlet cuff Of brown with
brown silk stitching. They are undenia-
bly, pretty.
For new shirt waists there are new
madras designs in pla,ds, checks and
stripes. Some of the silks for shirt
waists and blouses arc black ground
with colorcd stripes forming checks.
Some have the whole figure in black,
but this is intended to he made for the
skirt only. If the skirts and waists did
not act SO much like a. ,apatible"
married folks, they would h. .8tich bet.
ter and not so apt to try oMa 4 temper.
They pull apart so persistently regard
less Of all possible consequences.
HENEIETTE ROUSSEAU
New York.
The sun., 1898-03-27

fully read for this ''pgraphy, among
them many from IT, u pst famous states
men, journalists, i"l lors, philanthro.
pists and refOrmCT' oar nation. Many
books were consul, 7 and conuared, as
well as files of thr .ntislavery organs,
The Congressional Record and reports,
and the woman's rights papers. from
the gently named Lily and Una of the
early fifties to Miss Anthony's own Wig
orous Revolution of the last sixties and
first seventies, down tO tho yet more
modern Ballot Box and present day
Womar's Tribune and journal. Besides
these, voluminous scrapbooks contain
ing clippings from newspapers all over
the. country from lS4S to the begin
ming of 1898 were drawn upon freely.
No pains were spared to verify even the
smallest fact Or most trivial name, and
throughout the work the great effort
was to choose, condense and arrange the
too abundant material so as to keen
within the allotted limit and yet give a
fair view Of all the progress bounded by
this long and busy life.
And who is the woman who has done
all this:
BY birth, ancestry and training Mrs.
Ida Hustled Harper is unusually well
qualified for her great work. She is Of
New England extraction. but was born
and has chiefly lived in Indiana. Both
her parents were aholitionists and lib.
eral thinkers III religious matters in
days when it cost much to be SO, but
their home was bright and sunny, and
as a girl Mrs. Harper enjoyed great
deal of gay society and through life has
been blessed With a delightful circle of
friends. She married very young, was
early left a widow with one child and
soon became interested in newspaper
work. She was first employed on the
Terre Haute Daily News, doing all of
that papers political writing, and later
was on the indianapolis News, where
she made specially of paragraphing
aud found her bright. pungent para
graphs reappearing in papers from all
parts Of the United States. For II years
she contributed weekly department of
current events to another prominent
Terre Haute paper and for IL was con
nected with The Fireman's MagaziDe,
then the most widely circulated lah,N
magazine III the country. While keen.
ing up these regular connections she .
travelled extensively as correspondent
The sun., 1898-03-27
DELAWARE AND ATLANTIC PHONE so7.
FOR LlCENSE.j

NvOTICE-I Andrew J. Nicdermaier. the oc-
~ cupant and tenant Of the house situated at
No. II and "a East Fifth street, In the Fourth
ward OF the city nf Wilmington, county OF New
castle and state Of Delaware, in compliance with
rhe requirements, Of the acts Of the General As
scInbly in such case made and provided, do here
by give notice that shall apply in writing to the
Court Of General Sessions OF the state Of Della
ware. in and for New Castle county. on Monday,
the 10th day OF May, A. D., lsJs, being the next
term of said court fora license for said house as
an inn or tavern for the sale thrren OF int0xcat-
ing liquors In less quantities than one quart to
I've drunk on the premises and the following re-
spectacle citizens of said ward recommend the
said application, viz:
$. N Saunders, J. G. Sasse Jr,
Lawrence Maurher Nicholas r. Goldberg,
Ludwig Mclchuir, Charles l.. Nrilcr,
J. H. Green, Clarence x. Holt,
John +, Alscntzer, james Kitchen,
:. q. Chadwick, W. II. IIartlove
Maurice l.. PnrsOns Hugh Duffy.
John kearney, Joseph Z, Cross
Charles G. Mninmclc. Andrew II. lculing.
WiliaW Wessharr John 7. Ialy
Andrew Schal!er Francis j. TMelman.
Lewis SA,sc, James Kane.
Robert G.. Porter, Bernard Bonner
Daniel Iuhl, Mclchoir Schlttlcr
ANDREW J. NIEDEKMAlER.
The sun., 1898-03-27

and saw much Of social. political and
literary life. Her special work appeared
frequently in the Chicago Times and
Inter Ocean, Detroit Free Press, Toledo
Blade, New York Christian Union and
other papers of like standing She Is.
by the way, one Of the charter members
of the Press association of Indiana.
Tho Worlds fair Of 1898 called her
into another field. She was selected to
write one Of the monographs for Indi-
ana, and also to read several papers be-
fore the different congresses, for which
she received diploma Of honorable
mention" from the board Of managers.
She was besides the Indiana representa-
tive OF the Worlds Fair Pross league.
Until 1896, while always interested
in equal rights for women and even
serving as secretary Of the Indiana Suf-
frage association and organizinga q series
Of very successful congressional district
conventions Mrs. Harper's work in life
had been distinctively that Of a writer
on general subjects, but when the great
California suffrage amendment cam.
paign opened, at Miss Anthony s special
request she took charge Of the press
work.
For eight months Of the year 1896 she
was chairman Of the state press COM
mittee, managing, organizing, writing
and feeling the public pulse by constant
communication with the $50 newspa-
pers which supported the amendment.
Her whole time was given as u free will
Offering
The end Of the campaign freed her
from suffrage work, and before she
could form any new literary plans or
connections she received Miss Anthony s
invitation to be the writer Of her biog-
raphy. Mrs. Harper returned with Miss
Anthony to Rochester and for all these
months has lived in her home, study
ing her character and surroundings as
well as the records Of hsrspast and Civ
ell every aid and facility in her task.
The sun., 1898-03-27

Some have the center corner rounded.
These are duplicated also in white chan
tilly. They are to be applied over fine
silk skirts AZ tablier and shawl draperies
and tunics. Some Will be lined with
liberty silk in bright color. The pret.
tiest saw was one over pale lilac.
These are to wear over the shoulders in
summer "for nice" Long scarfs of the
same kind of lace are offered for tying
as sashes, and very light ones carrying
the same designs are offered for throw.
ing over the hair in much the same style
as the Spanish mantilla. Lace will be
used Oh every place where it is possible
The sun., 1898-03-27
Routed by tho Colored Cooh

Dr' Lorlmer recently inTremont tenn.
pie told a story that was apparently
heartily enjoyed by the women folk
present.
When was first married" " said tha
doctor, II had my strict ideas about
Sunday observance. Mrs. Lorime, had
a colored aunty' for cook, and on~the
first Saturday after she camo wont
into the kitchen and told her did not
want any Sunday work, SO she could
prepare all meals for that day before.
hand
"sho didn't say one word whilo T
was talking; then she looked up. and
pointing to the door exclaimed:
Now, look hyah, Marse Geor,.,
You jest 90 in dar and tend to your
Christianity and leave me to tend to
nah Kitchen. W.
II went, and as near as l can rome,
oer she had not dinners Sundays as long
as she staid with US. '-Bostop Record
The sun., 1898-03-27
No EncrOachment on Mans Field.

In entering on new occupations for
their sex women shave not taken any
work away from men. New kinds of
work have come on the scene faster in
some cases than the workers were
ready. The majority Of women entering
the industrial world become either type
writer's, telephone girls, telegraphers,
trained nurses and teachers of physical
culture, occupations that have almost
without exception come into existence
within the past 80 years.
The sun., 1898-03-27

chantilly design on white ground. In
other laces there are new fanCies in
brussels application. There ara new de-
signs i'll mechlin, point de paris, vene-
,ian, alencon, genoa point and flanders
point and some renaissance braid laces.
The natural fax and wheat shades are
we'll liked. Valenciennes more than
holds its own, especially for trimming
the Organdies and other light stuffs.
Some Of the wide lierre and other sim
liar laco is used as berthas to evening
gowns and Is looped at the shoulders
and in front. while the back is in one
festooD. There are numbers Of large
triangu ular shawls Of black chantilly.
The sun., 1898-03-27
Lovely Woman In q Bank.

"If 1t were not for the women who
have bank accounts" said a paying
teller last week, "the routine Of bank.
ing business would be deadly dull. Sev-
eral days ago a woman went into the
Office Of tho Hamilton Trust company In
Broololyn and asked:
lis Mr. Hamilton here?'
"'No, madam, said the clerk, who
The sun., 1898-03-27
A Woman's Cleverness.


In Connecticut" says Felix Ma.
honey. "a rustic presented himsalf a.
the door Of the boarding house where 7
was staying and offered a basket Of frosh
eggs for sale. - 0'''
"'How many have your asked Tho
woman Of the house. A0
"'Seven Dozen, answered tho untn
tored rustic. ""'"
"'Are they all fresh?' asked N.
woman. '''
"'All laid this very day, ma'am, )
was the answer. The landiadv honoht
the eggs and engaged the man in con.
versation.
How many hens bavo Vooy Oh,
,nsked, ''"' viz
Vns>em, ,,nn'an said NJ, s,nn,o
'ustic. ~ Iips.cu pos,
The sun., 1898-03-27

us MR.. HAMILTON IERE!"
remembered her as q woman who had
started an account tho week previous
"'Where is he?' asked the woman.
II don't know, madam. Mr.. Alex.
ander Hamilton is dead, You know
"'1 didn't know it, said the woman.
oh, dear, I'm 30 sorry Now, how on
earth am l to get my money! And be.
fore the clerk could explain she rushed
out. New York Sun.
The sun., 1898-03-27
A WOinan's Lecture,

Miss Lidl Rose McCabe ii this win.
ter delivering with much success her
lecture on the "Preaching Friars In
Florentine Art" showing how much
these friars diSfag Ms'ern art.
The sun., 1898-03-27
OelmarVia Phone al.
BUY YOUR COAL AT
Coal and
llAILo Wood Yard

The largest family pea coal in the city. We
guarantee 22t0 pounds to the ton. Hard and
free burning egg. stove and chestnut coal.
The largest load OF wui in the city for u, 80.
The sun., 1898-03-27

Woman ON the School Board.
Miss ARIA s. Huntington is mem.
ser of the school board.of Syracuse.
The sun., 1898-03-27
Hotel Lafayette
5o4 MARKET ST.

Everything tirst-class and the best of
attention given guests.
The table is always supplied with the
choicest game, meats and vegetables that
can be procured. Only the choicest
liquors sold over the bar Reasonable
rates.
The sun., 1898-03-27
A CELESTIAL VISION.
THE FASHION EDITORS DREAM OF
FAIR WOMEN.

Arrayed In All the Gl0ries Of Easter
Raiment, '0S Model-Of Bewitching
Beauty, Cold Type Can Scarcely DO
Justice to Them.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10
They May Kiss the Cashier

Perhaps the most extraordinary Gus
tom in connection with restaurant life
is that which obtains in a certain lit
tie cafe in the suburbs of Paris, where
every customer whose bill amounts to
two franc about 36 cents or over that
sum is entitled to receive a kiss from
the very attractive young lady who
5-9,tts-ss cashier to the establishment.
So used has tbhss damsel become to the
osculatory routine t7hs5at she goes
through it without the slightest reti-
cenoe, looking upon itpurely as a mat
ter of business, and it Is reported that
the proprietor of the restaurant is more
than satisfied with the result of his GU
rious device for attracting patrons.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10
Apples in Southwest Virginia.

Some time ago we briefly referred
to the fact that the Diamond Orchard
Company, of this place, had been
chartered, and that it had $50 acres
of land in one body, Just south of the
corporate limits, which would be set
out as mammoth apple and peach
orchard.
Today we are able to submit some
figures concerning the enterprise, that
will necessarily interest our readers
For some time force Of from 70 to
IS men, several teams and plows, have
beer busily engaged in planting out
the trees. There will be $4,000 trees
planted (one-half each Of apples and
peaches, 10000 Of which have already
been set out, and 1900 more will be
placed this winter and next spring,
while the rest will be sent out and the
orchard fully planted by next fall.
1t is estimated by the men at the
head of enterprise that the peaches
set out will pay for the orchard and
all its running expenses during the
next ten years, when it is calculated
these trees will be out of the way.
By that time it is epected that the APP
pies will have begun to bear. EX-
perience has proven that apple trees,
we'll cultivated and cared for, when
from twelve to fifteen years old, will
Weld an average of ten bushels each.
As there will be %, 500 apple trees in
this orchard, we have from it the grand
aggregate of225, 900 bushels or =, 900
barrels.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
Co. has become very much interested
in this enterprise, and has been doing
some figuring on its own account,
which brings out the fact that when
the bearing time comes it will be
great thing for that road, too. Fig
uring as above, the apple crop at
$1,000 barrels they estimate that at
100 barrels to the carload, it will
take $40 cars to haul the apples to
market. Then figuring 80 cars to the
train, we have the aggregate Of 20
trains, of 80 carloads each, to do the
work.
Take $1,000 barrels of apples at the
lowest price paid this year for even
inferior fruit-$2.00 per barrel-and
we have for one season the handsome
sum of $4,000 to be divided be-
tween the owners Of the enterprise,
who do not expect to employ any
middle men," but will do their own
selling, packing and shipping.
It is not improbable that large can
neries, dryers, vinegar mills, &c, may
be operated here, too, in connection
with this and other orchards. When
it is remembered that the claim is
made for the orchard above referred
to, that it will contain as many trees
as all the other orchards in this coun-
ty and a large portion Of BotetOurt
combined, some idea Of what its ex-
tent and usefulness will be, is the
more easily comprehended.-Salem
(Ta) Tines Register.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10

No. runs daily between Harrisburg and
Hagerstown.
No. JOB sunday only.
Daily.
Daily except sunday.
On Sundays will leave Philadelphia at
4.5D p. m.
Pullman parlOr car and through coaches
between HageTstown and Philadelphia on
trains and 9aud through coaches between
Winchester and Philadelphia Oh trains and
:.
Connections for all stations on Cumber-
sf.t ssiitsy TaEho7Gd E96nyyivSa q al ;diT
road system.
J.F. BOYD, Superintendent.
II. A. RIDDLE. GenlFass. Agent.