davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1899-03-18
CHANGE OF LANGUAGE
Example of the English of Today md
OIden Times.
From the Gentlewoman,

From the Gentlewoman
Here is the Lords prayer in the English
or former times. the best example of how
the language has changed:
A D. 125S-"Fader ure in heune. ha1ee-
weide beoth thi neune, cumen thi kuen-
eriche. thi willie beoth don in heune and in
erthe. The suerysh dave bried gif GUS
whilk dave. And yorzifure dettes az vi
vorsifen ure dettoures. And lene Gus nought
into temptation, bot delvvor of eyel
Amen"
A. D. 19OO-"Fadir our in hevene. Hale-
wyd be thi name, thi kingdom come. Thi
Willie be done as in hevene and in erthe
Oure urche days bred give US today. And
forgive US oure dettes, as we forgive our
dettoures. And lede us not into temptation.
bote delyvere us of yvel. Amen"
A d. 15s2-"Ovr father which art in
heaven. sanctiaed be thy name. Let thy
Kingdom come Thy will be done, as in
heaven, In earth also Guie VS. today our
super substantial bread. And lead VS. not
into temptation But delieurs us from evil
Amen
A. d. lSl1-"our father which is in heav-
en-, hallowed by thy name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be DONE in earth as 1t is In
beauen. Glue us this day our dayly bread.
And forgiue VS. our debts as we forgiue our
debtors. And lede VS. not into temptation
but deliuer VS. from evil. For thine is the
kingdome. and the power and the glory for
euer. Amen
Evening star., 1899-03-18
Dwarfs of the Cameroons.
From the Birmingham Post

Although reports of a race of small stat
ure in the interior of the Cameroons have
peen current for some years. no traveller
mad until last year been able to verify tho
rumor by his own observation. Ouotiny
from the Allgemeine WissenschaftIicbe Re
rchte the Deutsche Rundschau Announces
that the first accurate information respect
ing such race was obtained last wear by
the Bulu expediti N of the German military
1orce. Seven individuals of the pygrny tribe
were, after much difficulty, brought to the
camp through the instrumentality of a ma
i've chief. Some of them showed traces of
admlxture with other tribes but one wo-
man, who seemed to possess the typieaJ
characteristics of the race was carefuIly Y
measured, and had a height of almost ex-
actly four feet. The color was a Chocolate
brown to copperish, the palms of the hands
alone being of yeilowish white. The hair
was deep black, thick and frizzed: the
skull broad and high: the lips full and
swollen. The mode of life seems to re-
semble that of other pygmy tribes as they
are very shy, wandering about from place
to place, and avoiding frequented routes
They are skilled hunters, and collect much
rubber, but dispose of it to other tribes for
transport to the coast. Professor yirchow
speaking or these people before the Berlin
Anthropological Society in November last
said that apart from their small size they
possess all the characteristics of true ne
groes, especially in their hair; and that.
like the other pygmy tribes. they must be
regarded as the remains of a primitive pop
uiation, from which the various negro
tribes have been derived.
Evening star., 1899-03-18

ped about and tilted i'm the fashion that has
given them their name, he asked an old
Bedouin chief who stood near how he inn
agined they got there, as they always spend
the summer in Europe. The sheik at once
replied: va khamageh (my dear sirl, do
You know that these little birds are borne
across the sea by the larger ones?'
The traveller put the same question to a
couple of Arab donkey boys who came up
to offer him their beasts.
Surely" they cried, "Abu Sand (the
stork) has carried them over the sea-
1t is said that Indians of the regiou south
OF Hudsons bay tell similar tale of a finch
which travels very comfortably on the back
or the Canada goose. 1t certainly seems
improbable that belief so widely dissem-
mated should be wholly without founda-
tion.
Evening star., 1899-03-18
A Curious Coincidence.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
In connection with the peace proposals
Of the czar there has been pointed out a
curious coincidence between 1T99 and 1899,
and some interesting and not generally
known facts are recalled. In the first
mentioned year the czar and the King of
Great Britain had a correspondence - on
military armaments. but it was then with
a view to their increase, not decrease.
The idea was to combine England, Rus
sa and Prussia against our common
enemy, France" Russia was to supply
the men and England the money.
The car informed his good brother
George. King of Great Britain, that "he
was ready to afford their ally. the King of
Prussia, a succor of land forces" and that
he had destined for that purpose $4,000
men-infantry and cavalry and artillery
The government of George III then nm
dertook to furnish the czar with a subsidy
of 5000 pounds month, and engaged to
pay the first amount as soon as the Rus
sian armament had crossed the Russian
frontier. and to pay a like sum at the be-
ginning of each month for twelve months.
unless peace should first be made,
Evening star., 1899-03-18
Pretty Fnir World, After All.

From the Galveston News
Win eyes of many colors many bues
ne look at things and all get different views:
ir but "teh We meet, and view with view compare
why, Diess your hearts, all things look pretty fair
Indeed they do
Despite what some declare:
For ii is true
That things look pretty fair.
We speak in many tongues these latter DAYS.
ana hnd more faults to blame than good to praise
Bnt when the speech Is done to the last letter
Each one admits this world Is getting better
Indeed they do
Despite of faults that fetter;
For 1t is true
This -'orld is getting better.
tNen the ones that wore the narrow face
ana SAID that we We're heading for some place,
Now mug a thought, haunting. shad0wy shape,
Aalf rear, haif hope, that we may yet escape.
Indeed they do
That by scratch and scrape
We might pull through,
And barely escape.
On! II Is good to live these latter days
50 good we just would like to live alwayaf
FOR We are getting better everywhere.
And all around us things look pretty fair.
Indeed they do,
Despite what some declare:
For it is true sr + +,
That things are pretty fair.
Evening star., 1899-03-18
Her Look.
W. W. Campbell in Chambers Journal

w. Campbell in Chambers Journal.
Time may set his fingers there,
Fix the smiles that curve about
her winsome mouth, and touch her hair,
Put the curves Of youth to rout;
But-the something God put there,
That which drew me to her first,
Not the imps Of pain and care,
Not all sorrows fends aecnrst,
Can Kill the look that God put there,
something beautiful and rare,
Nothing common can destroy;
Not all the leadeu load of care,
Not all the dross of earth's alloy;
Better than all fame or gold,
True as only Gods own truth,
1t Is something all hearts hold
Who have loved once In their youth.
That sweet look her face doth hold
Thus Will ever be to me; 81
Joy may all her pinions fold,-
Care may come and misery:
Through the days of murk and shine,
Ihough the roads be foul or fair,
i Will See through loves glad eyne
That sweet look that God put there.
Evening star., 1899-03-18
"I'm Married. Now" He Said.

sCl
b. Coiburn Clark in the Criterion.
Come up to the club Wathome .tonight,''
l SAID to chum OF. mine
wei nave bottle and bird all right,
AND my cigars are fine.
we want another to play at whist"
"A paiior oersprcad his tan
lie coughed little behind his fst-
m married now old man.
l went to hunt up a dear good pal
Qf my fathers long ago;
a hermit, quite lame and blind and small
HIS hair was white as snow
VIII we go for blue-fsh In the mornT'
l shouted into his head;
But just as sure as you have been born
I'm married, mon," he said.
! gave up at last and went to call
on the best girl In the town;
batier escorted Ihe through the hall
Said she would soon be down.
l asked her to share my humble pay
But fell on the floor In fts
When she replied, in a naughty way
I'm married. Mr.. Pitts"
Ihey found me raving maniac
In the Hall OF Art next day.
Grooming low love. songs behind the back
Of mummy girl, they say
VINO showed me the sign tackled on her breast
ana dropped upon my knees
head there the truth that might have guessed
Third wife Of Rameses."
Evening star., 1899-03-18
When One is Young,

From the Chicago Record.
When one is young what matters caref
For youth has mirth and joy to spare
The future is a blazing fire
That lights the pathway OF desire
And doing's but name for dare
What smiling masks the grim fates wear,
How amfable and debonairi
The best seems easy to acquire
When one Is young.
Youth Is q mult-miliionare
Who fattens on the best of fare:
Whom all delights and naught can tiret
' Who treats the world as his empire.
But old age acts its fatal snare
When one Is young.
Evening star., 1899-03-18

The czar has just sanctioned the estab-
lshment of an agricultural colony at Die
nan-Abad, in the government of Bessarabia.
This is the first official departure from the
law forbidding the residence of Hebrews in
villages. The movement is due TO Baron
Horace Gunsburg, who has granted 1850
acres on his estate to be set apart as a set
Element for Hebrew agriculturists They
must all be more or less trained in agricui-
tural pursuits. Trade will be absolutely for
bidden Should store be found necessary
it must be kept by Gentle.
Evening star., 1899-03-18
A Doctors Strange Fees.
From the British Medical Journal.

from The British Medical Journal
A correspondent has sent us an extract
from letter received from his brother. a
medical missionary In Sechuan, one of the
inland provinces Of China. Il had" he
writes "a very distinguished patient this
afternoon. She is the wife of Sai-Tai of
Tien-Tsin. in Chih-Li province a man who
governs an area probably equal to half a
dozen English counties. She brought her
fee with her. a fowl. a duck. sixty eggs
two pounds of cakes and leg of mutton.
Last time she came she brought not quite
so much, but since then she has sent over
eight stocks OF beautiful chrysRnthemums,r
Evening star., 1899-03-18
A Toast.

Catharine Young Glen in the Century.
Quick, for this hour is a vision!
Fen now 1t Is going; twill pass
With the dying away of our laughters
With the wine in the glass,
Drink! to the hearts high exulting!
Drink to the light on the brow,
What do we know Of the morrow?
Drink to-now!
What do we know of the morrow?
Never for us, it may chance
This thrill of the lips, this enchantment
Of love in the glance!
Never agafh such n flower,
Ask why it blOssomed, or how?
Breathe not-the blooms on the petali
Drink tO-nOw'
Evening star., 1899-03-18
The saiIsr's Dirge.
| Caroline Wetherell in I,exite,s Weekly.

Meath the wave he lieth low,
None his sepulchrei may know,
Gradled sweet on Oceans breast,
Whom he loved the fondest, best,
Why for him the-tearS outpour?-
Weep for those hat Wait ON shore.
Maught recks he .ef wind or tide,
Shadowing fleets that over-side
Blackening hulls 'Heneath the wave,
toemen moderingi i4ne the grave;
Maught to him the sasage gun,
CaraI Mrafk wres.haa OF death ,%i 81 yiSsory Won;
PhosphOr candIeS hglH. the gloom,
Boom of surf. theIatsAs kneIl-
mus the hero slnHbefeth we'll.
Evening star., 1899-03-18

Inexperienced Golfer On difficulties)-
What do You do in place like this?
Sandy-"Weel, mon, usually swear like
the de'il. I'm vera sorry to say"-Puck.
Evening star., 1899-03-18

In the Moiuccas there are even more
striking examples nF3g of the Dutch fam
iii.s having been continuously on the is
lands for 300 years, and they have stIIl the
fair compilations and robustness of form
characteristic of their kinsfolk in Holland
The government physician at Amboyna. n
German, assured me also that the race is
quite as prolific as in Europe, families of
ten or a dozen children being not uncom-
mon The Dutch, however. live sensibly in
the tropics, doing all their Official work
Between the hours Of and II am, resting
Evening star., 1899-03-18

Lord of the winds. teel tEee nigh,
/ know thy breath in The burning sky!
And wait, with thrill Id every vein
For the coming of the hurriaape.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16
Mrs. Col. Richardson
SAVED BY MRS. PINKHAM.
LETTER TO MRS. NO. 7s,so6l

LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. 72,bool
"You have saved my life, snatched
me from the brink of the grave almost,
and I wish to thank you. About eigh-
teen months ago l was a total wreck,
physically. j had been troubled with
leucorrheaf for some time, but had given
hardly any attention to the trouble.
lat last inflammation of the womb
and ovaries resulted and then / suf-
fered agonies, had to give up my pro-
fession musician and piano playerh
as confined to my bed and life became
terrible cross. My husband sum-
,oned the best physicians, but their
,ncft was but temporary at best. /
,elieve l should have contracted the
morphine habit under their care, If my
common sense had not interviewed.
Zone day my husband noticed the adj
vertisement of your remedies and i'm
mcdiately bought me a full trial. Soon
the pain in my ~ovaries was gone. i am
now well, strong and robust, walk,
ride a wheel, and feel like a girl in her
teens. / would not be without Lydia
L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; 4,
is like water of life to me. / am very
gratefully and sincerely your we'll
wisher, and | heartily recommend your
remedies. hope some poor creature
may be helped to health by reading my
story."-MRs. Col. E. p. RICHARDSON,
RHINELANDER, WIS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16
%ARTERS NIX
A Is what the largest and best
%SsNSAN school systems use.
Another Case Of Superstition.

hho'iiVE NHsc oi SuperS'itton'
Nearly every passenger on the Long
Island railroad who has been a com
muter for one year or over has at n
time or another lost something that
has found its way to the information
bureau. More umbrellas are inquired
for than. anything else, reports the
New York Press. \ farmer was look
ing for one on Saturday. when did
you lose it?" asked the big, fat man
ager.
1T wur about ten days ago"
(Which train? What day."
The 'leven o'clock night train,
Thursday night, a week ago. 1t wur
left in the smoker car"
ION which d~ivision?'
North Shore. 1t had er straight
handle, rough like, and there wur
a tear in it nigh the top
We've got a thousand umbrellas
here without names on 'em. Why don't
people have 'em marked?" He looked
through a large book, went to- the par
eel room, picked up an umbrella and
began to examine it.
The farmer cried, That's it, that's
it! Open it an see if there amt a
tear"
"Open an umbrella in the house?
Not on your life! Take it,"
Agricola FASTENED away, but was
called back TO sign his name by way of
receipt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16
To Uoc,e paul Kruger.

Keep your powder god and dry. Dom
Paul:
Never close our weather eye. Dom
Paul;
Have your rife clean and bright;
Look to fore and after sight.
They are planning day and night
You will need TO watch them ell.
Dom Paul. Dom Paul.
Shoot to kill 'em when you shoot, Dom
Paul;
They are coming for the loot. Dom Paul
They'll be gathering you In,
Just as sure as sir Is SIN,
For they know you have the tin
You must battle for II all,
Dom Paul, Dom Paul.
Then get out your little gun. Dom Paul;
For you don't know how to run, Don
Paul.
Don't discuss about the right.
When a rattlesnake's In sight,
And Ills pizen head shows fight.
Don't you do a thing at all,
Not a thing to him at all,
Dom Paul, Dom Paul.
James jeffrey Roche, In the Bostor
Pilot
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16
Too Hard n dob.

Cleveland Plain Dealer: The new
postmaster at Hayville eyed the in
spector wrathfully. "Naw," he said
II don't like this job"
why, doesn't the pay suit your
asked the official.
"Oh, the pays all right enough"
"Work too hard?"
"Only bout six letters q day."
whats the trouble then?"
"People put up too many jokes Oh
me-"
"How's that?"
"Why, looky here, this here letter
fer instance, is directed to ole 5
Buckle, an tn got it marked 'Pleas'
forrard.'"
swell, what's the matter with that
It's customary"
"Oh, ii is, is it? Well, / amt no spiri
! medium, thankee. 81 Buckles beer
dead these six months"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16
WHEN A BEAR CHASED FUNSTON
Az Episode in the Early Career Of
the Kansas General.

the Kansas General.
Forest and Stream: William Allen
White, Of Emporia, Kas., and General
Funston, the hero of the Philippines,
were at one time on a hunting trip in
Colorado. They made their headquar-
tiers in q deserted village near Estes
park. Mr.. Funston, whom Mr.. White
describes as a shocking bad shot, went
out hunting regularly after mountain
sheep, and finally succeeded in killing
a good ram, which they bore in tri-
umph to the house which at the time
they were honoring with their pres
ence. They had disposed of most Of
their sheep when one morning they
were surprised to receive a visit from II
game warden. While Mr.. Funston en-
tertained this gentleman in the front
parlor Mr.. White pulled up a couple OF
boards in the drawing room and lost
the head under the house for the time
being. The game warden departed
silenced and apparently convinced.
A few days later than this Mr.. Fun
! ston went out after raspberries, taking
his gun along as usual. He gathered
a pailful of berries, which he put in a
! shady spot and threw his gun down
. beside them. Wandering a little away
from this spot he at length lay down
and went to sleep. He was awakened
some time later by an unfamiliar noise
and on sitting up saw n very handsome
cinnamon bear making for his pail OF
berries. 1t need only be added that
the bear got the berries, the future
general of the volunteers making a
mastery retreat along the mountain
side until he reached the bosom of the
deserted village aforesaid.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16
No Wonder 1t Panied.

Parsons Weekly: A tender-heart-
d old woman noticed a horse with a
road rubber stretched round its leg
bove the hoof. She asked the driver
If the cab why it was there, and sug-
rested that it was cruel to place it on
he animal.
Yes, num-" replied the cabby, tits
painful TO TIE horse, no doubt, but
hats not the worst of it. It's the
getting of it on that pains the poor
ching. Why, we had to stretch the
land and draw it over the horses head
nd down all his body TO get it on"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16
important Information for Men and
Ome

For those who arc accustomed to send
ng away from home for their goods it
S Of the greatest Importance TO know
he character and reliability Of the estab-
'ishmcnts selling goods to families from
catalogues. The great emporium Of the
John NJ. Smyth Co., located at 100 to
l6G West Madison street, Chicago, has
been established for a third Of Il century,
and has furnished over a half a million
homes in Chicago and vicinity alone.
This firm enjoys the confidence Of the
public by its many years Of fair dealing.
1t issues an immense illustrated catd-
Iogue that should be in every family, as
It describes and gives the price of every
article required for household use. A
sample of the extraordinary values Of
fcrcd by this firm is shown in the Illus
tration Of the gc%ntlemen's overcoats in
another column Of this paper. These gar
mcnts are indeed wonderful values, and
vet they are but a sample OF the thousand
and one useful articles illustrated and
described in the beautiful catalogue Of
the John NJ. Smyth Company.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16
TOLLS THE KNELL OF ROYALTY
The Regulations that Govern the
Use of st. Paul's Great Bell.

Use of st. PauI's Grea Bell.
Westminster Gazette: The great
bell of st. Paul was not tolled for
Prince Henry Of ~Battenberg because
he was not i'm the line of descent from
any English sovereign. This honor is
paid only to a member of the royal
family who could under any conceiv-
able circumstances . succeed TO the
throne, though it may be doubted
whether the bell would toll for a royal
infant not in the direct line OF success
sion. This rule does not apply to the
consort of the sovereign, of the heir
apparent or of "a prince or princess on
the steps of the throne. The booming
of the great bell of ST. Paul's was the
FIRST intimation which the citizens of
London received of the death of the
prince consort, which occurred at IL
o'clock on the night of Saturday, De-
cember IA, 1861.
Outside the royal family the only
persons for whom the bell is tolled are
the archbishop of Canterbury, the
bishop of London, the dean of st.
Paul's and the lord mayor of London
dying in his year of Office. The bell
tolled is not Great Paul, but the great
bell on which the hours are struck. On
the occurrence of a death in the royal
family the home secretary at once
communicates with the lord mayor, de-
string him to convey the news to the
dean of ST. Paul's, with a request that
the great bell may be tolled. The bell
is then tolled at intervals of a minute
for an hour. The last occasion was on
the death of the duke of Clarence, on
January Ia, 1892. The duke died at
9:15 a. N. and the bell was tolled from
II till II. AT the funeral of the late
Canon Liddon, in September, 1890,
Great Paul, which is much the deeper
and sonorous bell of tho two, was made
available, as by the rul RS the old great
bell could not be used,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16
CHAPTER III.
Containing Norma, the Daughter OF
a Boer."

After a time / took more interest
in the conversation and the stories of
my guide than l did in my W adven-
lures. We were trekking very leis-
urely in a northerly direction through
the district of New Scotland, with the
idea of spending the winter in the
gold fields at Pilgrims Rest.
Meanwhile, / found the weather On
the high veldt so utterly magnificent,
from my point of view, that ] didn't
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16
How lie RcsembIcd Irving.

Tit-Bits: Amateur actor Ito friend)
What did you think of my Hamlet,
Charley?"
Dear friend-"Immense! In n
part of the play you were equal to
irving"
Amateur actor-"In what part was
that, Charley?"
Dear friend-"Where Polonius
gives his parting advice to Laertes."
Amateur actor-"I was behind the
scenes then"
Dear friend-"So is Irving"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16
HaIl'SC atarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price IS cents.

The earl of Arran has discovered
gold on his Irish estate in combination
with copper; and n new kind Of marble
has been found in fair abundance neal
galway.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16

If Miss Helen Gould were to appear
in public decorated with all the badges
and medals she has received since the
beginning of the Spanish-American
war she would rival a commander OF
the German army ON gala day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease. a powder for the feet.
1t cures pain nj, swollen, smal ting, nervous
'eet an instantly takes the Ing out of corns
md bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis
covery of The age. Aliens +, Ot-Ease makes
ight-iitting or new shoes feel easy. 1t is a
certain cure for sweating, callous and hot,
ired, aching feet. Try if to-day. So d by all
druggists and shoe stores. BY mail for 25c,
n stamps. Trial package FREE. Address,
Allen 5. Olmsted, lie Roy, y. Y.
The early fish catches the worm,
md then its the worms turn to laugh
when the fish gets the hooks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16

mo pay, no preach" is the. motto of
Rev. Mr.. G%rensinger, of Mertztown,
Pa. Last week he went on strike and
positively refused t. preach because
his salary had not been paid. At last
accounts the strike was still on.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-09-16
Discovery Of Life Plant.

SO full Of vigor that if one of its leaves
he pinned to a warm wall another
plant will grow. 1t is these same prin-
which enable Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters to arouse to life and duty
the overworked stomach. The sufferer
from dyspepsia or any stomach
trouble needs it.. A private revenue
stamp covers the neck of the bottle.