davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31
WHIR OF THE WHEEL.

The Irish Cyclist says that an old farmer quietly watched a wheeman lose control of his mount and go over a wall machine and all. and then re- marked: "Wen. we'll And so they can make them leap pnow!"
 The very latest thing which has been attempted is a game of billiards on bicycles Two Chicago gentlemen played a game of billiards whilst mounted on bicycles It is stated that the stakes were [ 800 side, and the rules expressly forbade either player to rest his machine against anything whilst making his stroke.
 The largest bicycle ever built was the product of m American concern, and was built for advertising purposes. The framework was made of six-inch tubing The wheels had a circumfer- ence of 45 feet and were fitted with single-tube tires Is inches in diameter. Half dozen men could readily find room on the gigantic saddle.
 Some time ago we chronicled the case of the young man who nearly killed himself by endeayoring to ride 365 sue cessive centuries one each day. An other fool has assumed the mantle He proposes to ride 100 miles day for an entire year-or until he collapses. There is no way restraining such fel- lows; they must learn in the school of experience, like all other fools.
 II is probable that no further attempt will be made 10 import foreign cycling champions to this country Their ex- perienees have not been very pleasant, as they are outclassed by our own rid CTS. Many will doubtless come in the future, but not under the management of any of the associations. Hereafter, the foreign riders will pay their own ! expenses
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31
A MISSING WORD.
But the Worthy Preacher Hit Upon One That Mus Just ns
 Filling,

A North Carolina preacher, in one of our western counties, whose memory some times fails him at the critical point, was recently preaching a sermon before a Sun day school convention. His subject was "Ihe Resurrection" The thought toward which he was driving with al physical earnestness was that the doctrine Of the resurrection was the very essence of the Gospel. The word "essence" he had care fully calculated to use in a tremendous epitome of his whole thought. Rising on tiptoe he shouted: In nutshell, my brethren, the doctrine of the resurrection ls the very-is the very"
 Alas his chosen word "essenee" was zone. He paused a second and then strode forward, and shouted in thunder tones: The doctrine of the resurrection is the yery-is the very" The recalcitrant was again nowhere in sight. Pausng once more, and mastering his physical weapons for a hnal desperate endeayor he lowered his voice, but with intense earnestness, as if angry with poor absent essence" he again let drive Brethren, the thought l have tried to impress upon you is that the doctrine of the resurrection is the very IS the very-is the very soup of the Gospel" Hamilton Review.
 One swallow may not make summer, put one frog makes a spring. Chicago Daily
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31
Hard Mnn to Get At.

The manager is hard man to see. Shut in his private office and with well-trained boy in the anteroom, he is inaccessible tc anyone whom that boy does not know You cannot even get your card sent to him; the boy always says he is not in. You will get the same answer at the box office. remember hearing an old manager once say to his office boy: My son, If you don't learn to speak other peoples lines you will not succeed in this business. l have writ ten a part for you. Whenever anyone you don't know says: Is Mr. Brown ing that's your cue to answer: No, sir l wish you to be dead letter-perfeet in that line from this time on Scribner's.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31
Beware of ointments for Cutarri
 That Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense ot smell and completely derange the whole sys tenn when entering it through the mucous surfaces Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is often ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured by |. ]. Cheney & Co, Toledo O., contains no mercury, and Is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Halls Gatarrh Cure be sure you get the gen uine It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by r. ]. Cheney & Co. Iesti moniais free
 Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31
l|k kN HE DNNR.
Serious Conflict Between Whites and Blacks in Little River
 County.
THE NEGROES FlEEIHG FOR THEIR LIVES
Said to Have Been Plotting to ATenge tho Death of One of Their Number, Who Assassinated a Wealthy Plehter-Inno' cent Darkies Appeal to Their White Friends for Protcctioh.

It is reported several negroes were lynched near the line of Little River county, Arkansas, and Bowie county, Texas,
 The trouble arose from the assassina- tion several days ago of J. A. Stockton, a rich planter, by a negro named Gen eral Duekett, who surrendered and was taken from the sheriff and lynched.
 Among the victims are Edward Good win, Adam King, Joe Jones, Ben Jones, Moses Jones and one whose name was ot learned.
 It is claimed the blacks had planned war against the whites to avenge the death of Ducllett, and some of them in formed the whites of the plot,
 The informer stated that in the gang plotting race war were twenty three desperate negroes, and it is thought the whites will not cease the war against them until all are killed ol driven from the county
 Al of the victims that have fallen before the whites were pursued singiy over the country and met their fate at different ,imes and in different local ities. Ed Goodwin was shot down on Mud Creek near Rocky Comfort and his | body thrown into the stream. The ! three Jones brothers fled in different directions when they learned Of their pursuit, and were run down and shot one at time
 Little River county is one of the rich est farming sections in the state, and has large colored population, mostly tenants on the cotton plantations. They are fleeing from the county in droves, and unless the fears of the innocent and industrious ones arc allayed the planters will be unab.e to secure ten ants for their lands
 citizen of Texarllana, who owns one of the largest plantations it. Little River county, summed up the situation as follows. This trouble was brought on by the assassination of Stockton by DuclIett, and the 1ynchiHg Of the latter by hot-heads. Then there is class of worthless negroes in the county who will not work, but live eff the more in dustrious of their race. This ao-ac- count element is always trying to stir lip trouble between the two races. and they are the ones that have been plot ting against the whites The hegro who attends to his own business is as safe in Little River county as else, where.
 The negroes are greatly frightened, and many of them have appealed to their white friends for protection
 The whites declare they will not modest the innocent ones. but intend to rid the county of every mvInb Der of the gang of plotters.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31
Days of the Horse Numbered.

The greatest electrician in the world de- clares that the days of the horse are num- bered, and that in a short time electricity will completely suppIant mans most useful animal. In 20 years, he asserts, the horse will be curiosity Diseases of the stomach, liver, kidneys and blood would also be curiosity if all sufferers would take Hostel ter's Stomach Bitters. There would then be practically no dyspepsia, nervousness, sleep fever or ague.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well known remedy, SYRUP OF FIGs, manufactured by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co.,, illustrate tho value of obtaining the liquid laxa- tive principles of plants known to be incidentally laxative and presenting them in the form most refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system. It Is the one perfect strengthening laxa- tive, cleansing the system effectually, dispelling colds, headaches and levers gently yet promptly and enabling one to overcome habitual constipation per manently Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and sub stance, and it's acting on the kidneys liver and bowels, without weakening 0r irritating them, make it the ideal laxative.
 In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remedy are obtained from senna and other aromatic plants, by a method known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co. only. In order to get its beneficial effects and to avoid limitations, please remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
 LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK, Y. For sale by all Druggists.-Price soc per bottle
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31
pbepomepaIIy Common.

Visitor-So this Is some of that weather that you brag so much about? l. seems to me to be about like the average for this time of the year over the country generally. age? Young felIer, I've lived in this same place fer nigh onto ? years, an this here weather is more like the average than any we've had in ali that time.-Judge.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

In the last congress the University of Michigan had one alumnus (Cush- ing K. Bayisl in the senate and 13 in the house. The Fifty=siNth congress will add to this number Senators Quarles and MeCumber and two new repre- sentatives.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31
You Gan Get Alienes Foot-Ease FREE.

Write to-day to Allen S Olmsted, Ie Roy, N. Y, for a FREE sample of Aliens Foot
 Ease, q powder to shake into your shoes. jt cures ehiblans, sweating, damp swollen, aching feet. It makes tight shoes easy. Cures Corns, Bunions and narrowing Nails. Alldruggists and shae stores seIlit. 25 cents.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31
Cruelty.

"Oh, I knowed I would get it." said the man who had been fined for selling tinted butter, "and 1 guess I can stand 1t. But it does seem kinder hard to have been fined by }. judge with dyed whisEers Indianapolis Journal
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

A rheumatic affection is never recipro- eated.-Christian Work.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

Piso's Cure for Consumption relieves the most obstinate coughs.-Rev D Buch- mueller. Lexington, Mo, Feb. 24, '94.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

To Cure Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31
The Best Prescription for Chins.

and Fever is bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss CHILL ToNIc. It is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, ,50c
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

Stricken with Sciatica? St. Jacobs Oil will strike it out and cure.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31
Bustn ess.

Highwayman-You our money or your life. Lawyer-Here's all have.
 "Al right. Now get outl"
 (Taking him by the buttonhole)-" Wait a minute, friend. Don't you want to en- gage counsel to defend you in case you should be arrested for this fair|-Boston Journal.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

There is only one thing more important than to learn patience, and that is to learn when not to use it-Town Topics.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

If you want friendship to last, you must put a little money into It, and keep putting 1t in.-AtehiseR Globe.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

A muddy street may look like "hasty pudding" but it's hard to stir-about in.- L.. A. W. Bulletin.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

There is money in many sports, but base ball has diamonds in it.-L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

The growth of the beard is stronger on one side of the face than on the other. It is usually the case flat the hair grows more rapidly on the side on which we are strongest.
 A new story by Frank R. Stockton is called "The Associate Hermits."
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

Stiff as q poker-snrc as a boil? St. Ja- cobs Oil will relax, soothe, cure.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

Don't cover your neglected duties with the cloak of excuse.-Ram's Horn.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31
Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs

When hen gets on her perch at ! she a rooster?-L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

Ever thus-heirs to aches and pains St. Jacobs Oils the doctor.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

Why suffer with Neuralgia! St. Jacobs Oil will drive it all away.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

Damp weather brings Rheumd Jacobs Oil brings the cure, promptS
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

kaHsas, Opens February g. In the Ozark Nj tains. Delightful climate. Beautiful scef ,ursion rates. Through sleepsrs via Fr| Line. Address J. o. Plank, Manager, Rd H, Arcade, Century Building, or Fri Ticket Office, No. 1ol N. Broadway, Louis. Mo.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

It is usually easy to rob busy man. Atehison Globe.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

Some men are so mean their best friends don't like them very well.-Atchsou Globe.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

A mixed pain has bruise and sprain. Jacobs Oil cures the twain
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

OompOunu Is tHe UV6ICOlIIIIIB O1 Va9e9 of supposed barrenness. This great medicine is so we'll calculated to regu- late every function of the generative or gans that it's efficiency is vouched for by multitudes of women.
 MRS. ED. WoLFoRp, of Lone Tree, Iowa writes.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

One swallow may not make a summer, put one frog makes spring Chicago Daily News
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31
Cleared.

"Now," said Bunker, 'I can once nor, face the world an honest man. The last O my debts is outlawed. .'-Philadelpki North American.
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

IL is reported several negroes were lynched near the line of Little River county, Arkansas, and Bowie county,
The Monticellonian., 1899-03-31

SAN FRANCISCO CAL. LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK N. Y. For sale by all Druggists.-Price Soc. per bottle
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-04-29
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Give the young orchard good culti-
vation until the tree comes into bear
ing.
In pruning the gooseberry and cur
rant prune TO secure a spreading, open
head.
Powdered hellebore, either dry or in
solution, is sure remedy for the cur
rant worm.
For all leaf-eaters the spray may be
used as soon as the first leaves appear
on the trees.
Newly set strawberry plants should
not be allowed to bear fruit; pinch off
the blossoms.
To propagate blackberries cut the
roots into pieces two or three inches
long and plant them.
There is no advantage in planting the
tender varieties of vegetables until all
danger of frost is past.
A little wood ashes around each
strawberry plant will help in securing
more and better fruit.
One of the best ways of destroying
weeds on the lawn is by cutting off close
and applying turpentine.
In nearly all cases it is best to leave
the mulch on the strawberry bed until
after the fruit has been harvested.
With blackberries and raspberries it
is a good plan to give thorough cultivar
ton during the early part of the season.
While clover cannot be eXcelled for
seeding down an orchard, it should not
be done until the trees are in bearing.
by planting all small fruits in long
rows the work of giving clean cultiva-
ton can be done much more economic
ally.
Curled leaf in the peach is a disease
of fungus character. 1t develops usu-
ally after a cold spell, followed by g
period of warm weather..
One good remedy for mildew on
gooseberries is to spray with potassium
sulphide at intervals of ten days or twa
weeks during the season.-St. Louis He.
public.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-04-29
ARE GREATLY PLEASED WITH
WESTERN CANADA.

W. r. Milburn, John Holmes, M. r.
Dagger, E. L. Stetson, of Buena Vista
County, Iowa, report as follows of the
Canadian Northwest as to its situa-
bility for farming, and the advantages
it offers to the agricultural immigrant
from the United States: 1--WE came here
solely to look up improved farms and, il
suitable, to select such as pleased Us
best. We have not visited the home
stead districts at all, though we believe
them to be very inviting. Our inquiries
have been confined solely to the district
around Hartney, Deloraine and towards
the Souris River in Manitoba. Our inn
pressions of all that region are in every
way satisfactory, and we have decided
to go back to Iowa at once, and, having
disposed of our several interests there,
to return to Manitoba in the month of
March next, and, effecting our purchase
of improved farms, which we find we
can do at reasonable rates, Immediately
begin farming. We are greatly pleased
with all that we have seen in that part
of Western Canada. The soil we find
to be more than equal to that of our
own country for wheat-growing, and
the other conditions of climate, schools,
markets, ETC., are all that we could wish
for.
"To show what an energetic man can
do we may mention that we found one
such at Hartney who had rented farm
on shares, receiving two-thirds of the
returns as his share of the crop. When
he came to sell his own produce he
found that his two-thirds, when con-
verted into cash, was enough to buy the
farm he rented out and out, which he
accordingly did, and is now it's owner.
1t is our intention to induce as many of
our friends as possible, who are prac-
tical farmers, to remove from Iowa to
this country, where we believe there is
a better future for the Industrious man
than is now to be found anywhere on
this continent. We are well known in
our part of the State of Iowa, and we
invite correspondence from its resi-
dents in all parts with regard to this
region of Western Canada which we
have visited, and to which we intend to
| return ~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-04-29

wild canes may be seen to do in the
woods. Half the canes were bent each
way against a post and fastened with
bits of soft leather tackled to the post
as grapevines are fastened to build
ing. They were not fastened in close
bundle, but spread up and down the
post for a foot or more, as shown IN
Fig. /. When the season was favorable
they would reach the ground and then
the tips could be layered if wanted.
In the spring the ends were cut back
far enough to prevent the fruits get
ting dirty, and nothing more was done
until after picking, when the old wood
was cut away and loosened from the
posts and the new wood fastened in
place, it having previously grown at
will. A plantation kept in this way
had the rows snug and narrow until
nearly picking time, when the new
growth would sprawl somewhat, as
shown in Fig. ., but as cultivation was
stopped during July this did not mat
ter. This probably would not pay for
the commercial grower, but for the
careful amateur would be both neat
and novel;. b. Pierce, in Ohio
Farmer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-04-29
GOOD Town 20 Live In.

The citizens of Rolfe, Ia, woke up to
the fact that they We're money losers
because of the poor condition of their
streets and highways. They got to
talking, and from talking to working,
and subscription paper good for $3.50
was obtained from the business men.
This was presented to the city council
and similar amount voted from the
city treasury. This was supplemented
by .toeral donations of team work by
the farmers. Gravel pits We're bought
and opened, and on four leading roads
out of the Jlty all winter force of men
has been Aauling gravel. Rolfe will
have good roads hereafter, and people
from afar aad near will go there to
trade becaaEe of it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-04-29

few days before setting out as short
way out of the difficulty.
"Oh, my wife is too sharp for that"
he replied; "she will attend to the set
ting herself before the plants have been
delivered Is minutes, and she will
know, too, whether the plants are fresh
or not"
1 saw at once that his wife was not
to be trifed with, and proceeded TO
give him some hints about trellising
his bushes after fashion practiced by
an English gardener who began his
American experience about the time
the Doolittle raspberry was brought
out, more than 40 years ago.
He set his plants about five feet apart
and between each two pair of plants he
set a stake six feet high. The canes
were allowed to grow at will without
pinching and naturally arched over as
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-04-29

When they don't your whoIe body
must suffer.
If you are sick, doctor your kidneys,
because as soon as they are well they
will help all the other organs to health.
The mild and extraordinary effect of
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney remedy, is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases and
is sold by druggists in fifty-cent and
one-dollar bottles. Make note of the
name, SWAMP-RoOT, DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root.
You may have sample bottle of this
famous kidney remedy sent free by
mail postpaid, by which you may test
its virtues for such disorders as kidney,
bladder and uric acid diseases, and uri-
nary troubles, obliged to pass water
frequently night and day, smarting or
irritation in passing, brickdust or sedi-
ment in the urine, constant headache,
backache, lame back, dizziness, sleep
lessness, indigestion, nervousness, skin
trouble, anaemia, Bright's disease, neu-
ralgia, rheumatism, bloating, irrita-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-04-29
GLASS RETAINS HEAT.
Professor of Physics Explains in a
Simple Way why Greenhouses
Stay Hot Inside.

1t is very curious, said the old profes.
sor of physics, to see how many market
gardeners there are who raise things
under glass, make money out of the
process, and yet do not know why their
heating frames and their hothouses re-
main hot inside.
Now, as matter of fact, the heat
mechanism of a hothouse depends on
well known proposition in physics.
/ suppose you are acquainted with the
fact that the energy from the sun trav-
els in the form of little waves.
The energy does not come down to
us in straight lines; it comes, as it We're,
in zigzag manner, dancing from side
to side as it comes along. If these
waves are very short, light is the result;
If they are trifie longer, they take
the form of heat.
If the light waves strike anything
on the way down, they are very apt tc
be made longer, or rather are apt to be
turned into heat. Now, the waves which
form light are so short that they will
readily pass through glass, but the
waves which form heat are so long that
they will not pass through.
From this, therefore, you will see
why a hothouse remains hot. The en-
ergy from the sun passes into the house
through the glass roof in the form OF
light. Then it strikes the objects in
the house and is turned to heat.
But this heat cannot pass out through
the glass. The heat waves are too long
So the light keeps coming in and the
heat keeps accumulating, and soon the
hothouses become very warm, indeed
even on the coolest days in winter.
OF course, our dwelling-houses are
heated by the sun in the same way The
light comes in through the windows
but the heat cannot pass out.-Boston
Globe,