davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02
MISSING LINK OF THE PAST.

Where. where is the time -honored apron.
:, me apron our grandmothers knew?
d was ample ard checked, n was ribbon
bedecked-
Nay. twas every known abric or hue.
Hnd tne linen ones whittier than snowdrifts.
90 siossy with patience ard starch,
''o" "here have they vanished, or has
progress banished
Them all In her fin-de-siecle march,
say, where is that cute little apron.
with pocket adorned with a bow?
ascinations untold did that small pocket
hold
For the fingers and eyes of each beau1
sueh Dainty, such furbeiowed aprons.
Each RULED or ribboned or laced
win strings most alluring. embracing. Sc
curing
1t safe TO her trim slender waist.
A. where is that dearest of aprop,
So snowy, 50 soft and so cool.
when mothers lap" cured every sorrow
endured
Every heartbreak of playground or
school?
1t Is folded In lavender. yelloyed
With time and my kisses and tears.
falling,
1t summons from long. lonely years.
And where is that old-fashioned apron,
The apron no new woman wears
Since her smart tailor gown most correct
ly would frown
On such feminine frippery ard snares?
Ihen what earthly occasion 10 wear 1t
Would office or clubroom allow?
No small hands OBTAINING, no home cares
restraining,
No apron strings tether her now!
Dame Fashion, restore the lost aprons
Make womanly home life the style.
Our ball gowns neglect and our tailcrs re-
ject;
Reverse folly's wheel just awhile
And bring back the old days when only
The home seemed the dearest, the best,
When Cupid completely each manly heart
neatly
Bound fast with those apron strings blest!
San Francisco Chronicle
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02
A WAY TO SETTLE IT.
Chance for Trouble Bat
Peace Prevailed.

Now, then, sir, I think we have little
business with each other. Suppose we settle
il right here
II know what you mean. Say, look here.
You and i are counting the same girl, and
naturally we don't like each other. That's
the trouble, isn't II ="
That's it, and we don't need to waste
many words over it, either"
I'VE won't. i would like to occupy your
time Just about two minutes, however, and
il we can't settle this thing without fighting
I'm your man, from a Cuban machete to a
Philippine parang or any other weapon be-
longing either to normal or to expanded
America. Suppose you kill me. You
couldn't marry the girl. Even If you escaped
hanging it wouldn't do you any good. She
would never look at you again. Suppose
kill you. / couldn't marry her, either. But
you wouldn't get much satisfaction out OF
that. You wouldn't be in a position to do
any Growing. Suppose we kill each other.
II the girl cares for either Of us it would
break her heart. So what's the good Of
fighting? Why not arbitrate the casey'
"Arbitrate it?'
Yes It's a toss-up, anyway. One Of us
stands as good a show as the other, and it
wouldn't muss things up as a fight with
deadly weapons would. We can state our
case and leave the decision to the arbi-
traitor"
but, great Scott, Whom could we get to
do the arbitrlting?'
Suppose we leave it to the girl herself"
"All right | hadn't thought of that"
Chicago Tribune.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02
One Way to Get Married.

Archduke Heinrich of Austria, ii is
related to the Kolnische Zeitung, de-
string to marry Miss Leopoldine Hoff-
mann against the will of the emperor
hit upon the expedient of arranging
for the passive assistance" of priest
who dared not celebrat a marriage
under pain of the emperor's anger.
So the srchduke gave a banquet, to
which he invited the priest. After the
soup had been served he rose in his
place, on which the guests expected
a toast But the archduke, pointing
to Miss Leopoldine Hoffman, pro-
nounced slowly and solemnly the
words: most reverend. this is my
wife" Miss Hoffman, Immediately
afterward arose in her turn and said:
"This is my husband" According to
the theory of passive assistance" in
Germany and Austria, these words
spoken before priest rendered the
marriage of the pair valid and sacra-
mentally concluded. The emperor was
said to be extremely astonished, but
could dc nothing, for the church says:
"Nhat God has joined let no man put
asunder. News.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02
The Western Pistol.

One of the big frontier six-shoot-
ers used by the rough riders at the
charge of San Juan Hill attracts
good deal of attention in the window
of an uptown store. 1t is type of
weapon almost peculiar to the west
single action. 45-caliber, with a bar
rel eight inches long and wooden
handle. The real cowboy and veteran
miner will carry nothing else. Both
despise a double-action or self-cocking
pistol, and in the ''low country" ii
is a common thing for ranchmen to
take out the triggers of their six
shooters and fire them by manipulate
ing the hammer with the thumb. To
see an expert do this is to witness a
pretty piece of juggling. Another od-
dity of frontier revolver etiquette is
in the way the weapon is carried.
Many cowboys sling it in holster or
the right hip, with the handle point
ing outward. 1t is drawn with a curl
Gus circular sweep, and comes up
cooked and ready for business. More
than one "tenderfoot" has bored a
hoe through himself in attempting to
acquire this particular Bit of lnger-
dsmain.-N. o, EweFpswoerat.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02
KILLED BY DISEASE.
War Victims Whose Fame Will Not
Live in History.
A, up,arnished and Unprejudiced
Account of the Conditions Ex-
listing In the Various Tent
Hospital stations.
Especial Camp Meade (Pa) letter.

Especial Camp Meade CPa.) letter.
The war is over. Spanish bullets
have spent their force; but the
patriot dead of this war have
not vet been numbered. The enormous
volunteer army is still in the service,
and though many have been fur
loughed over 100000 men are still in
the camps awaiting further orders. In
every one of these camps feyers pre-
vail. 1t is true that the spread of dis
ease has been checked, but the germs
are sown too deeply TO prevent the
Only last night | was at the home of
member Of company f, First District
OF Columbia volunteers, who had died
that morning. His was the first fatali-
~ in the company, and his corporal
told NE that the young man had hard
y been i'll throughout the Cuban cam
paigu. lie came back in the trium-
plant procession of his regiment,
marching firmly in the ranks. The
same evening he wa. attacked with the
too familiar Cuban fever.
2. Every day similar reports are re-
ceiyed from many regiments. What
Spanish bullets did not accomplish
Spanish disease has and is still doing
among the returning heroes, while over
the camps of those who waited in vain
for an opportunity to advance to Cuba
and win fame and glory On the battle
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02

tives. Proper treatment meanwhile
was neglected. | found a striking H.
lusiration at Camp Alger, Va, where
was informed that a charitable lady
had obtained large number of Their
IGometers. as the division hospital had
been for months almost entirely or al
together without these invaluable in
struments. At this hospital almost all
the patients were typhoids. Think of
treating that disease, which perhaps
more than any other demands a con-
slant gaugng Of the temperature of
the blood, without the aid of a Their
mometer.
When was at this same camp, one OF
the surgeons admitted o me that hos
pital privates had been mustered INTO
the service from all kinds of trade on
satisfactorily passing IA physical eN.
animation. These men were then sup
posed TO attend to the wants of the
sick. The surgeon also admitted THAI
cut of the six men that came under
his immediate command five ware so
ignorant that they had 10 be taught
how to read Thermometer.
For that matter the surgeons in
charge are frequently none too COM
retent. 1t is claimed that veterinary
surgeons have been assigned TO take
charge of hundreds Of typhoid pa
tents, and just now great outcry has
arisen over the appointment of head
physician al one of the large camps. a
man VIII ;se card as a veterinary sur
geon some one is Said TO have discov-
cred. In fact, brief conversation Wit h
many OF the physicians now at the hos
pitfalls will convince anyone of their
limited qualifications. although, on
the other hand, some of the best me IL
in the profession have accepted minor
positions and are hard at work III de-
tached branch hospitals.
A source OF criticism at the present
time is the fact that by the movement
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02

field the ominous specter of typhoid
still hovers.
1t may be said, however, that condi-
lions are greatly improving, for the
deaths now occurring are mainly the
results Of the epidemic that ragged dur
Ing the past months. AT Montauk the
conValescent typhoids are being fed
on champagne and ice cream, and as
1hephysictans recommend this diet the
supply is TO be kept up. There is one
ep'curean lieutenant at Camp Wikoif
VINO has been making practice Of
messing with convaiescent typhoids.
Inc so-caIled field hospitals are still
IN genera! use. A soldier may be re-
ported sick in quarters"-that is he
remains in his tent and for the time be-
ing IS relieved from his military duties.
II ms condition becomes more serious,
ne is transferred either to the regi-
mental or TO the division hospital, or
perhaps he remains behind in one of the
tFahch hospitals left by an army on the
march. AIiof these regime entail, division
ana branch hospitals are merely an ag-
si'ga'lon Of tents with cots for the pa
"eH'S' and sometimes not even con-
,e"'eni cots are had. Such hospitals
lave been constructed a Dunn Loring.
f-aS' Falls Church, Camp Mead. Wash
ihgion barracks, and at many
o'her places. When the hospitals
became crowded, flies were spread
between the tents and more pa
,en'S were put there practical
: III The open air. For wounded SOL
e'eF such tent hospitals are often quite
FEASIBLE but it may well be doubted
Ine'her men suffering with typhoid,
rheumatism and dysentery should be
quartered there. ! was told by an eye
witness that one night in rainstorm
several hospital tents were blown
uo"n' and the patients lay for almost
an hour exposed 10 the storm and
dfenehed by the rain.
IL Is against these division tent hos
p''ais that the cutlery of the public
press has been mainly directed. The
iaek OF accommodations. absence of
medical supplies. ignorance and al
,eged criminal negligence of attendants
nave been the subject of the most Sc
we're CRITICISMS. No doubt there have
ueeh some gross exaggeration, and yet
.he criticisms of the so-called yellow
journals have been by no means base
less. To-day the Montauk hospital is
no less than exemplary, but when the
transports first brought the thousands
oi soldiers there was considerable con-
fusion and much suffering. Many
Deaths might perhaps have been pre-
,en'ed by more systematic methods at
'ne outset. Medical supplies were fire.
quently wanting. while at other times
$50 physicians tell me-the patients
were gorged with medicines. Typhoid
parents, for Instance. who. as modern
medical practice teaches, require al
most nothing but careful diet and cold
baths. have been fed on limitless guam
Htiss Of qainine and other alleged curs-
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02

of troops from camp TO camp ii was
found necessary TO leave many who
became too sick 10 move al brarch
hospitals hastily constructed along
the road. There are such tents seat
tered all through the country from
Tampa to. New York. While the pa
TENTS at regimental hospitals were
generany able to move with their
regiments some of THOSE at the division
hospitals had to remain behind. Thus
at Camp Al2er, where 10000 troops
went away to various places, 80 pa
tients, in charge of few surgeons and
attendants, had to be left way out in
the woods between Falls Church and
Wedderhurn Va. At Bristoe and
other places n few sick men remained
behind IN a desolate country.
1t has been suggested that all these
hos pitals be consolidated at the gem
eral hospitals. such as those at For.
Myer, Fort Mcpherson and Fort
Thomas. While a regimental or di-
vision hospital may receive only the
patients of its own organiza ton, from
which the surgeons are selected, gen
eral hospitals are for the use of any
troops in the United States service.
The general hospitals are excellent.
Fort Myer has now about IS patients,
many of whom on returning to their
re gimentai mess have told me that
they wished themselves back to the
flesh pots of Egypt. The general hos
pitfalls are regularly established in
situations pertaining to the regular
army, and that is the secret of their
superiority, for, though the volunteer
officers have meant well, il has been
a problem almost beyond human pow
err to properly systematic the enor-
nous volunteer organizations in any
OF it's branches in so short period.
At the Fort Myer hospital every room
has been utilized for the patients, and
even the riding school was converted
into a ward. the largest hospital ward
ever used in this country.
In speaking of private charity. one
must not forget the good Samaritans
of the geptler SEX. What woman has
done TO alleviate the suffering of thou
sands and thousands of soldiers no his
tory can ever record; but those who
have suffered and have seen the suf'
fering know of their great and noble
work EFT GUNDLACH
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02
ADULTERATION OF FOOD.
English Are Adopts in the Business
Especially of Sauces
and Jams.

From time to time one reads so much
in the newspapers concerning the
adulteration of American food, says
an eminent New York analytical chem
1T, that the average consumer might
be tempted to believe that this is the
only country in which such fraud and
deception is practiced. But this is far
from being the truth, for during a re-
cent visit to England had occasion to
test the quality of various eatables
there. and the result was that found
they contain much larger percentage
of deleterious matter than our own
products possess.
For instance. bottled fruits are in
England colored green by the addi-
ton of copper in the form of the sup
phate C'bluestone"). A knife blade
immersed in the juice of the fruit will
rapidly become coated with a bright
deposit of metallic copper. The Eng
lish have not adopted the simple and
harmless plan which the French have
of giving an apparent green color to
their preserved fruits and olives by
x Z
Sauces, potted meats and fish are con-
stantly adulterated or colored by
means of Armenian bile. This is done
partly from custom, but chiefly to con-
ceal the dirty appearance of the pastes
and sauces The British public will
have its anchovy sauce red. The I'M
colored sauce is unstable, though the
superior to the red abomination, the
filth being removed from the former,
while in the latter it is merely con-
cealed by the Armenian bile. Jams are
adulterated by the mixture of inferior
fruits. Marmalade frequently contains
apple pulp or even turnips. Coloring
matter and artificial fiavorings are
freely used.
An ingenious industry goes on large
" in London which is wholly unsus-
pected by the public. Raspberries, or
anges and other fruits are purchased
by the wholesale chemists and the
juice extracted. Then the pulp is
bought at low price by the manu-
facturers of cheap jams for fiavoring
and placed upon the market as fine
new season jam" or marmalade. Mus
tard is adulterated with -four and
tumeric; pepper with husks of seeds
and any kind of dust that comes handy
TO the dishonest vender. So that the
business of the drug grinder offers Just
as much temptation TO the adulteratol
in England as it does in America
Washington Star.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02

IL became seriously i'll three years AGO.
The doctor gave me medicine for indigestion,
but | continued to become worse. | had
several physicians at intervals who gave me
some relief, but nothing permanent
81 read in the newspapers articles regard.
ing the wonderful curative powers OF DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, and
finally concluded to try the pills. i pur-
chased six boxes. This was five months ago.
The first box gave me much relief. con.
tinued taking the pills, and after using four
boxes was cured
These pills are recognized everywhere as
a specific for diseases of the blood and nerves
FeV paralysis, locomotor ataxia, and other
diseases long supposed incurable, they have
proved their efficacy in thousands Of cases
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02
A NATION OF DYsPEPTIcS.
From the Mountainoer. waIhali.. N. Oak.

From the Mountainocr. waihslis, ", Oak.
The remorse Of guilty stomach is what
large majority Of the people are suffering
with to-day. Dyspepsia is a CHARACTERISTIC
American disease and it Is frequently stated
that eve are a nation Of dyspeptics."
Improper food, hurried eating, mental
worry, exhaustion; any of these produce
lack OF vitality in the system, by causing the
blood to lose it's life sustaining Clements.
The blood is the vital element IN our lives
and should be carefully nurtured. Restore
the blood to its proper condition, dyspepsia
will vanish and good health follow.
For example, in the county OF Pembina,
North Dakota, a few miles from Walhala,
resides Mr. Ernest Snider; man of sterling
integrity, whose veracity cannot be doubted.
He says:
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02
Exam R.chelordom.

"He has made his bed, let him lie in
IT," exclaims the world. How cruel
ia the world! Especially since the
world, of course, knows what terri
BILE thing is the bed which the average
man has made!-Detroit Journal.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02
The CatchalI.

~ trusted you with my heart said
she. with bitter sobs, "and what have
YOU done with it?'
His laugh for harshness could have
..,,.n n erosscut saw the deckhead.
.Have you looked in the top drawer
~ the bureau?" he asked.-Cincinnaii
Enquirer.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02
A Striking Resemblance.

The addresses Of young man having been
declined by young lady, he paid court TO
her sister. How much you resemble your
sister" said he, the evening Of his first call.
You have the same hair, the same fore
head. and the same eyes"
And the same noes" she added quickly.
Tit. Rita
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02

Public opinion " divided as 20 the wisdom
Of keeping the Philippines. Wise statesmen
are found on both sides Of the question.
Public opinion. however, IL all one way IN
regard to the wisdom Of everybody keeping
their health. For this purpose Hostetters
Stomach Bitters 10 widely used. This medi.
cine is both preventive and cure for malsriai
fevers. stomach disorders. torpid liver and
impure blood. IL 10 agreeable TO weak stom-
achs and soothing to the nerves.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me
many q Doctors bills. +. Hardy, Hop
kins Place, Baltimore, Md. Dec. 2, '94.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02

Since the discovery and introduction Of
Dr.. UoGsrs TEErHISA fTeethfh0 Po'cdsrs)
the death rate Of small children has largely
decreased TEETHISA Ads Digestion, Regi-
lates the Bowels and makes teething easy.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02
Poverty-stricken.

"wben I married you" she said.
.you hadn't dollar.
sNo; nor any sense, either' ne re-
plied OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES North
American
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02

Often what man calls principle is mere
bit of seeking to force his views upon others.
Washington Qa.) Democrat.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02

A man imagines before marriage that he
will be his wife's cup Of JOY, but finds out
afterwards that he is only fy in it.--Atchi-
son Globe
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02

Hang sword over mans head and he Is
more likely to cut the thread than move
from under.-Atchison Globe.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02

The approval of your conscience is an ex-
cellent thing. but IT is not sufficient to get
700 a raise Of salary-Puck
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02

Don't Neglect Cough. Take Some Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar instanter.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02
No Won pIome TbemY

May-They say the Spanish girls are most
crazy.
Csrrie-What fors
Because the Spanish soldiers are coming
home without their arms."-Up to Date.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02

Leading a woman to the altar is usually
mans last act Of leadership.-Chicago
Daily News
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02

Nothing makes a man so sad as TO have a
girl jolly him.-Chicago Daily News.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-02

Germany has to-day 403 beet sugar
factories, Of which number Prussia has
3l2.
The Delta independent., 1898-03-11

The people OF cur neighboring city
Grand Junction, are having all kinds o:
trouble with regard to their water sup
ply. The system furnishing the town
with water has been owned and operated
by private company and the service
given has been most unsatisfactory. At
a recent meeting Of the city council the
water company offered to sell the plant
to the city for 10000. The council by q
vote Of to 3 offered t55.OOO which was
promptly accepted. Monday night =
meeting was held attended by large
number OF citizens, and the five council
men who voted to purchase at t55.OOO
severly censured. 1t is claimed that
e25OOO is more than the plant is worth.
Those who have been kicking on Delta's
comparatively excellent water supply
should take notice.
The Delta independent., 1898-03-11

Tuesday morning as Joe. the eight.
yesr-old son Of John Obergfell. living
four miles down the Gunnison from
Delta, was riding horse to school he
was thrown and received injuries FROM
the effects OF which he can hardly re-
cover. 1t seems that while on his way
to the school house be was obliged to
pass let Of loose horses. One Of these
kicked at the animal the boy was riding
which started to buck and threw the
boy out Of the saddle. In some manner
the boys foot caught in the stirrup and
he was thrown with fearful violence to
the ground and dragged for some dis
tance. The skull was crushed above the
left temple causing conclusion Of the
brain.
The Delta independent., 1898-03-11

An organization has been formed by
leading business men Of Mesa and
Garfield counties for the purpose OF
gathering and compiling statistics OF
sugar beet growing in those counties
and in Delta and Montrose counties and
placing it before the financial public
with view to inducing capital to build
a beet sugar factory at some point in
one IL these four counties. 1t is ex-
pected that Montrose and Delta county
business men will take hold Of this work
and see that their counties are properly
represented in the organization. Mesa
and Garfield counties have each appro.
priated $50 towards this work and
Delta county should raise at least 800
as her share.
The Delta independent., 1898-03-11

J. D. Smith has made an examination
Of the amount Of snow on Grand Mesa
about Alexander Lakes and reports as
follows: The depth Of the snow in the
quaking asp is from lS to % inches; at
the edge OF the spruce about two feet.
eight inches. About the hotel the depth
is nearly three feet. while on the north
side Of Ward lake the ground is bare
as is also the south side Of rim rock. The
reservoirs contain nearly two feet Of
water. In some Of the timber the
ground is nearly bare and what
snow is found is light and feathery.