davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-16

beetlesome place" that Stanley had lived in
while he was waiting for boat home after his
first crossing OF Africa She had made friends
with local witch doctor and was accustomed
to receiving visits from him during the hours of
daylight. One night. about II o'clock. she heard
him paving at the shutters. (The Africans never
knock for admittance) He wanted Miss Kings
ley to visit sick friend Of his We can imagine
the response he would have got from most white
folks under the circumstances. Miss Kingsley
blithey followed him out into the dark. They
had no lantern. The native plunged into the
forest, and his companion found her way after
him by keeping an eye on his white breechclout.
The case of the patient was urgent. They hur-
ried. In the course of their swift walk through
the trees they both banged headlong against a
huge python that had festoOned itself across the
path. They were terrified of course. but ducked
neatly under the monster and proceeded Miss
Kingsley gave the sick man some drugs. re-
turned to her house and sat down for a long
talk with her guide. The gist of what that man
talked" she says, was Goethes 'Prometheus.'"
A traveller capable of this sort of thing Is a
traveller TO whom it Is pleasure to listen She
is always looking out for the little matters odd
obscure and profoundly interesting. which go to
make up the social and spiritual life of her West
African friends. Thus she gives us this vivid
vgnette of a curious native figure. the minstrel
who frequents market towns, and for fee sings
stories Each minstrel has a song meta
strongly made net OF a flshing-net sort. On to
this net are tied all manner and sorts of things.
pythons back bones tobacco pipes, bits Of china.
feathers bits Of hide. birds heads reptiles
heads bones etc. etc. and to every one of these
objects hangs tale. You see your minstrels
net, you select an object, and say How much
that song? He names an exorbitant price; you
haggle: no good. He won't be reasonable, say
over the python bone, you price the tobacco
pipe-+more haggle; finally you settle on some
object and it's price. and sit down your heels
and listen with rapt attention 10 the song, or.
ra Their. chant. You usually have another. You
sort of dissipate in novels in fact The
most impressive sOng-net that saw was
one at Buana. It's owner | called Homer on the
SPOT. because his works were terrific two.
Tied on to his small net were human hand and
@ human iawbone They were his only songs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-16
A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TREASURE.
From The Saturday Review.

From The Saturday Review
photographed treasure of singular inter-
est has recently found its way 10 Sothebys.
1t has hitherto beel supposed that there is only
one copy in existence Of the 1891 QuartO OF the
two parts Of The Troublesome Reign of King
john" the old plays on which shakespeare
drama was founded-namely. the Capell copy"
now in the library of Trinity College, CaIa~
bridge. But here is a second, and in finer c,il7
dition than Capelrs copy Its sole defect ~
that it wants the title page to the first part,
II begins in a with the verses to the Cen
tlemen Readers. For the rest ii is in magnih-
cent preservation. having the headlines not
shaved off, they have been in the Capell
copy but, with one or two exceptions where
they have been slightly cut into. quite intact.
The result OF q collation. with Dr. FurnvalPs
facsimile OF the Capell copy has been TO show
that, though the text is practically Identical
with Capelrs. there are many highly interesting
varianh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-16
Gbe Netp}lork Gribnate
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.
SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1899.

1t has been a matter for rejoicing that the
Sablishers have abandoned the old habit oil
publishing scarcely anything but Christmas
books during the winter holidays Occasional
literature" is rarely toerabe. Nevertheless IL
might perhaps be asked that some supervision
be exercised over the stream of fiction brought
out in the spring. We do not ask novelists TO
give us nothing but green pastures and sweet
sentiment We may grant them crime or
two But the prevalence of gloomy books in
the spring is this year. at any rate. an afront
to the weather 1t would be painful If it were
not funny. The fact is that in the spring one
cannot take the grewsome writers seriously. TO
look up from a choice murder or an artistic
Euiridc to a landscape full of fresh beauty or
10 patch of city sky. is to become suddenly
aware Of the comical falsity and futllity OF that
kind of novel The transition from art to
nature is too complete. 1t leaves the noyelists
tragedy" a farce
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-16
ELUSIVE NATURE.

The daisy droops upon It's stem.
A glow is on the grass;
L cannot touch her healing hem.
And yet l feel her pass.
The bending willow whispers low
Till wave and whisper meet; .,..
The very river seems TO flow
In song beneath her feet.
And yet, and yet. I am so blind,
only feel her wings,
And deep within my troubled nina
The tranquil heart OF things.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-16


The Poet Laureate of England has not
aroused enthusiasm on this side Of the water
by his lyrical Outbursts on international themes
On the other hand. his recent letter to Secre-
tary Hay on the copyright question has been
Received everywhere with sympathy. This
suggests that not only England but all the
nations. might well establish an Office like unto
that which Mr. Austin now fills in its State
significance, but differing in that the occupant
would be obliged to express himself in prose.
Such an official, corresponding with foreign
governments on all public questions relating to
art. literature. music or the drama would
doubtless be able TO render signal services to
the world France has Il Minister who looks
after artistic matters to n considerable extent;
the Latin nations have always given a more
or less official standing to the aesthetic inter
ests of the people, and semi-puhlic societies
have also exercised useful functions OF the sort
We are discussing in all countries; but Spoles-
man such as Mr. Austin has just shown him
self to be is nevertheless needed wherever
there Is national feeling for the development
Of culture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-16

Illustrated journalism is no new thing. The
rude broadsides of the sixteenth century were
the forcrunncrs Of the modern paper with its
many portraits and pictures. But illustrated
Journalism as we know il is almost new in
vcntion and certainly a matter of recent years.
Mr. c. X Shorter treats the subject in an in
tercsting paper in "'The Contemporary Review"
He speaks with confidence of the future Of
Illustrated journalism. The newspaper with
pictures can no more be crushed out now, he
declares than the three RS" This statement
iHcOntrovertible. as it seems TO us, is in amusing
contrast to the Mortified expressions which were
used when the daily papers first adopted Illus
trations The truth is that much the same
reasons that apply to the illustration Of books
apply to the Illustration of newspapers. In due
course the paper without illustrations, in time
of war, for example. will be an anomaly. With
the machinery for the swift reproduction Of
Photographic illustrations being improved by
leaps and bounds the future of illustrated jour
nalism is. as Mr. Shorter justly points out, as
sured beyond all possible question.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-16

curious paradox is involved in the question
to which "The London Spectator has recently
addressed itself, opposing the Judgment of Sir
George Otto Trcvelyan. That distinguished
man of affairs and man Of letters. in lecture
on literature and action. gave the preference,
on the whole, to the career of letters. 1.-The
Spectator" demurs and points to the terrible
failures in literature. Candidly says this jour
nal, we prefer good merchant to a bad author,
and we think that observation may be ac-
copied as indisputably right. But the paradox
TO which we have alluded is found in the
tenacty Of the failures. What Is il that sus-
tains the bad author through years of humia
ton? The vanity inextinguishable in the hui
man breast counts for much. but it does not
wholly cover the case: nor does It answer to
say that the failure is usually stupid. He is
often very intelligent and modest But in the
face Of Encouragement and fiat rebukc that
would disillusOnze a man Of action at the
outset, your writer of infinite mediocrity sticks
at his hopeless task with the devotion Of man
of genius fighting fate in the proud conscious
ness of ultimate success. 1t is one Of the mys-
ferries of life
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-16

WEST AFRICAN STUDIES. BY Mary IT, Kings
ley With Illustra tons and Maps. Octave, PIP.
xiv 639 The Macmillan Company.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-02
ASK FOR IRON GRAVEYARD.
'e"seian Government Wants Wa
terproof Bnrying Cround for
10000 Bodice.

The iron manufacturers Of Fennsyl
vania have been asked through the me.
dunn OF the national association OF
manufacturers TO submit proposals 10
the government Of Venezuela for an
iron graveyard, in which 10 renter IS.
700 bodies. The proposal is novel with
IRON Industries Of Pennsylvania. al.
though there are u few iron cemeteries
IN southern cities. The s~raveyards,
particularly in Caracas, heretofore have
been built of stone, but these have
proved unsatisfactory, and the Vens-
zue1ans have become tired Of building
grayeyards, which have been erectedat
great expense of marble and granite.
1t is believed that iron win answer
every purpose. But it must be made
waterproof, and Mr.. Nagle, Of the Man
u~facturers' association, said he did no,
doubt that Pennsylvania mechanics
could furnish 4 structure that would
answer every purpose.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-02
Shot Her Husband.

a dispatch from Middlesboro, Ky.
dated Feb. 22nd, says:
Matte Winston shot and kille,
Green Winston, her husband, thi
morning in Lee county, Virginia
Winston and his wife did not gei
along we'll and it was said he was in
the habit of whipping her.
This morning they got into a row
at the breakfast table. Winston
threw a glass at his wife's head
when she went into an adjoining
room and secured a shotgun. When
Winston saw his wife with the gun
and noticed her determined face, he
sprang for the door. When he
reached the doorway his wife fired.
tearing away the top Of his head.
The man instantly tell dead.
The woman, when she saw what
she had done, picked her husbands
body up and put it on the bed. She
then left home. She has not since
been seen. Mrs. Winston is a frail
delicate woman and weighs but one
hundred pounds.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-02
CENSUS OF NEW POSSESSIONS.
Big job Ahead for the War Dsnar,-
ment In Cuba, Porto Rico, Guam,
avail and Philippines.

In addition to its added duties IT now
seems probable that the war depart
ment will have TO supervise the next
census taking in the recently acquired
possessions Of the United States. The
census bill as reported to the house
makes no special provisions for this
branch Of the work, but Il the general
terms Of the measure are not considered
sufficient TO cover this work an amend
ment will probably be drafted. 1t il
contemplated that in the island of
Cuba only the census OF the principal
cities will be taken and the population
OF the island estimated upon these re-.
turns. With Porto Rico. tam. Hawaii
and the Philippines. whi,a ar cor.id-
cred American territory. an effort will
be made to get exact figures on popula-
ton, homesteads. mortgages. etc. It il
expected this work can he accom-
pliShed with a great degree Of accuracy.
and the en-umeratorS who are assigned
lloilo and the Sulu group viii doubt
less find lively and interesting work
ahead Of them.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-02
A Good Man Cone.

On last Saturday. Feb. 25th, Mr..
Elisha Bailey, of Dryden, Va, died
at his home of heart failure, after
only a few. hours illness. He wa,
one OF Lee %county's. most highly re-
spected and estimable citizens, and
his sudden death has caused general
sorrow.
Mr.. Bailey was one Of Grants
veterans, and at the time of his death
was in his ~ifty-ninth year. lie was
regarded by all who knew him as an
upright, undetermined gentleman and
numbered his friends by the score.
tie leaves a wife and several
children to mourn their loss. Mr..
was a brother-in-law of our
.ownsman, VIM. Young, and Of Hon.
Young, of Lee county.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-02
Old Coin Brings a Fortune.

John Tremley, OF Railway, y. j., is be.
moaning his ignorance Of the value of old
CONS. For years, until recently. he
carried and Old silver piece in his pocket
A lew weeks ago he sold it to John Mar
bacher for % cents. Marbacher was rs
ignorant as Tremley of its value.
Happening into John Metzinger's saloon
a few evenings LATER he jokingly rendered
II IN payment for a round OF drinks. The
saloon keeper, noticing that the coin pur-
ported to he quite old, offered 81 for il
and became its pOssess0r. A man named
Claude Gorisse then purchased it from
Metzinger for s..
GOrisse lost no time in communicative
with a New York coin collector. Neto-
tIations leading to a purchase of the coin
were Immediately made. The collector
went to Railway, and when he returned TO
New Ork the coin was safely slowed
away in his wallet. The price paid by fine
purchaser was $4,000. Tremley il a poor
man and works at his trade as carriage
painter. GOrisse is a poor Frenebmnp
about - wears old. He will use the
money to buy n home for his declining
years. There are thousands of coins in
circulation which could be sold at high
prices to coin dealers. You can yet a
telling all about their values. also
book telling what used postage stamps
re worth, by sending ten cents, silver. to
'kN NOVELTY Co, Lansing, WA. 9-l2
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-02
Notice Of Seizure.

Notice Is hereby given that the persona
property herein mentioned has been seiz
ed by me for violation Of the |lnlerna
Revenue laws OF the United States at tn,
following times and places, viz:
One single barrel breecn loading shot
gun, made by Hopkins and Allcn), found
in the Illicit distillery OF Marion Kern, in
Scott county, Va, January 10Th, 1899.
Six kegs OF spirits, seized in depot at
Coeburn, Va, February i'm, 1893, two
Of which were shipped to Sarah Ramey,
two to II. Horn, one to +. Ramey and one
one to Charley Glenn, containing about
A. gallons each.
Eight kegs Of spirits. seized in depot at
Coeburn, Va, February 2Oih, 1899, two OF
which were shipped to ;. Mullins, two to
H. Horn, two to a. TAYLOR aud two to r.
Ramey, containing aboutIl, gallons each.
All Of the above spirits were shipped
from j.. l.. Wilmington, OF Wilmington,
y. c., to the several parties mentioned
above at COeburn, Va.
Any persons claiming any of the above
property will come forward and present
their claim within thirty days from thi,
date, as required by Section 1850. Reused
OF the United States.
Given under my hand this, February /
!2nd, 1899. ". Is. KmBoraN,
Deputy COilectD. 9th Dist. Va. I
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-02
& Ed Stewart Hod.

y dispatch firm Nit Vernon, XIV.
to the Louisville Ereniag Post, date,
February 22nd. says:
Early this morning freight No. 8;
ran over and killed Edward Stewart
near this place. He was employed
as trackwalker.
When first seer by the engineer he
was sitting on the rail asleep. The
engineer tried to stop the train, but
did not see the lad in time. Stewart
was an excellart boy. His remains
will be buried at Livingston, where
his brother Johns remains were in.
tered last year.
John was killed while under a car
repairing it by the engineer backing
against it.
Ed Stewart was well known in
big Stone Gap. He was formerly
employed on the L. * n. section at
this place. His brother referred
o IN the above dispatch was killed at
'tonega over a year ago while re-
a car.--Ep.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-02
CAMARASAURUS DINOSAUR.
An Ancient Resident Of 1hfs Cont
nent Takes I'D His Abode ut
New York Ctr.

Distinguished families who hav,
great pride Of ancestry must take of
their hats 10 a pew citizen Of New York
This citizen has a strangely foreign
name, derived from the Greek, but he
Is American born. He lived on this con-
tinent 1899, 500 years before Columbus
discovered America, so that his lineage
rather antedates that OF the Oldest fam
lily OF which the ancient city Of New
York boasts.
This new citizen. at once 20 old. Is the
Camarasaurus Dinosaur. He Is puttinp
up, or is being put up. a; the Museum OF
Natural History. Prof. Henry Fairfield
Osborn, Of the museum. is his best
friend and greatest admirer, but every
scientific manin the world would gladly
seize the opportunity to visit him and
study him. When uuscientifc people
are permitted to see this monster thew
viii stand appalled, before the bigaest
thing on earth.
mo Camarasaurus Dinosaur Is one
OF the family Of mighty lizards that in
haoited the earth during the geological
periods.
His tremendous bones were found
last July by the field party headed by
Dr. Workman. the esteo'ogist. the stu
uent OF bones, in Prot. Osborn's depart
ment OF the Museum Of Natural His
tory In the wilds OF Wyoming In a bed
d chalky clay Of the Jurassic period DR..
Workman and his diggers found the
'amily burying ground Of the Dino
.aurs.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-02
Almost a Fire.

There came very near being a
serious fire in the Dostonice building
last Thursday about II o'clock.
Mr.. w. c. Robinson, insurance
agent, occupies the rooms over the
postoffice, and had placed some wood
on his fire and gone ont in town to
transact some business. When he
returned he found his offices filled
with smoke and upon investigation
found that the fire from the CRATE
had fallen out and had burned a hole
clear through the floor and was ready
to drop down into the postofice lobby.
water was applied quickly and the
hre was put out, thus saving one of
the incest buildings in town. Had
the fire gained a little more headway
the building and contents would
doubtless have been seriously,'if not
totally, damaged before the fire could
been extinguished.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-02
Patton's Appointment.

Wade Patton, OF johnson City, a
nephew of j. Tip Powell, Of Bristol,
has received an order from the second
assistant postmaster general, direct
ing him to leave at once for Havana.
Cuba, to serve under superintendent
Welch in the reformation of the
Cuban postal service.
Mr.. Patton, who is a railway mail
clerk, is the young East Tennesseean
who received his clerkship only a few
months ago, at which time, during
his examination, he broke the worlds
record, his percentage being 100.
Welch requested the department
send him to Havana.-Bristol
Tribune.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-02
Story of Slave.

10 be bound hand and foot for years BY
the chains of disease is the worst form OF
slavery. George ID. Williams, of Man
chester, Mich, tells how such a slave was
made free. tie says: my wife has been
so helpless for five years that she could
not turn over in bed alone. After using
two bottles of Electric Bitters, she is
wonderfully improved and able to do her
own work" This supreme remedy for
Iemale diseases quickly cures nervousness,
sleepIessness, melancholy, headache, back
ache, f%ainting and dizzy spells. This
miracle working medicine is a godsend to
weak, sickly, run down people. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only 50 cents. Sold
10y j. W. Kelly, druggist. G
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-02
Ola newspapers for sale at this
~ cents per hundred.
5000. 90 Given AWAY.

Separate B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l Flower.
and use the letters to form As MANY word.
as you can, using the letters backwards
but don't use any letter in the same word
more times than it appears in beautiful
Flowers 1t is said forty small English
words can he spelled correctly from these
sixteen letters. For example-tea. feet.
at. etc. The Hamil Seed Company will
pay Two Hundred Dollars in cash TO the
person sending them forty words formed
as above. IT you are good at word maxi
ing and can form forty words write your
name and address plainly on your list aud
lnclOse the same with fifteen two cent
stamps for ten packets Of Beautiful Flower
Seeds of ten popular and different v~arities.
Our object in giving this Two Hundred
Dollars is 10 attract attention to and in
troduce our seeds in the L. ). This offer
will be carefully and cO%nscienti0usly car
rled out and it should not be classed with
catch-penny affairs. We will spend a
large amount Of money to start our trade
and want your trial order; YOU will receive
the greatest value in seeds ever offered.
1t two or more persons succeed in forming |
forty words the $500 will he divided pro-
rata. Nam extra special prizes Of valre
will he awarded to persons sending twenty
hive words or more who will asst in in.
reducing our seeds aud specialties.
Satisfaction is absolutely gnarf nteed or
money promptly refunded for tic
Send your list as early as pos
iible. Address Hamil Seed Co., 9GJ
Ave, Chicago, III. ell
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-02

We thank the people of Big Stone
Gap and adjoining towns and country
for their patronage the eason just
closed in millinery business, and
promise them that our new Spring
stock will be the most up-to-date
ever received since in business, and
we ask our friends and customers to
wait and examine our new goods,
which will be opened up in due
season, promptly on my return.
Yours to please, Mrs. j. NJ. Willis.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-02

The best school for literary begin
ners is the newspaper office. TO b.
a reporter for a while gives a young
man the best experience in dealing
directly with all phases OF life and
kinds of people that he can possibly
have. The writer's most popular to-
day all served an apprenticeship as
reporters. This is true of Rudyard
Kipling, Mr.. Howells, Richard Hard
ing Davis and Frank K. Stockton
in fact, Of nearly all writer's of today.
Home Journal.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-02
Through Taking Dispositions.

The taking of dispositions in the
Walker-Rhea contest has closed in
this county. No dispositions were
taken except at Stonega and Coe-
burn. We understand that nothing
was proven at either place detrimen-
tai TO Rhea. Some 90 or % men.
who were for Walker, were refused
at Stonega, who applied to vote, be-
cause they were illegally registered.
Nothing else was proven. 1t will be
a point OF law. and a new one, wheth-
er Congress will count these votes
for Walker. At Coeburn nothing
was shown except a few irregulari-
ties, occ%asioned by the excitement
and hurry at a big precinct, and this
involves one party as much as the
other.
The ballots were rerounted at
Gladeville Monday and no material
change was discovered. If Congress
the ballots which were de-
because Of the voters DESTROY
ing ell.the caption Rhea will gain
about 30 Votes In the county.