davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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We Expanded in That Direction
Over Forty Years Ago.

land vas leased to the American Gu
ans company. There vas NO safe an
choraee about the island and the com
pany placed . buoy about mile and .
half from the western beach. This II
the only anchorage today.
Baker island forms an irregular
quadrilaterai figure about . mile long
and Q fraction less than . mile In
width. It u Of coral formation There
II absolutely NO water on the Island.
and drinking water can be obtained
only by dtstiiiing SEA water. The to-
Dography Of the island 10 somewhat
similar to that Of Howiand. save that
on the west side - . small open bay.
In which ID . boat anchorage.
The island IL encircled BY . reef
some 800 fest wide. and Its 1agged
heads are awash At high tide A
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our OLDEST PACIFIC ISLANDS.

beat about for days before an anchor
age II possible.
Baker island was discovered by
Capt Henry Foster. OF the bark ia
maica. in 1857. It was reported from
time to time by various other marin
ers, but vas not accurately charted
until Commander Meade visited 1t. In
1872.
The island is . veritable death trap
Of the sea, a. its Wreck-strewn reef
attests. Not only are shores strevn
with wreckage. but nearly . dozen
skeletons Of ships still exist in the
clutches Of the reef.
Such are our other possessions in the
South Sea.
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appointment Of . eovssnsr over them.
In fact. they are % far from anywhere
that even the most Dses1stent ONCE
seeker would scarcely sscept an ap-
pointment there. HOU1and or Hoi-
land island ID the laSauue Of the two.
and 10 separated iron no1fer island BY
an arm Of the - sboak tvoaty-avs
niles vide. II II about tJo ooss boag
and . tribe over . halt DlDs IN width
II vas discovered by CnoG G. E.
Netcher. Of the American bark Isabel
Ia. Sept. >. lsa3. and vao formally
taken possession Of BY hin the next
morning In the name Of United
States. He raised nag - the island
and deposited . box At ths epot OF the
stag containing . record Of What he
had doae. In 1857 the Island vas vis-
it'd by the whaling bark fustsnouth.
The nag staa erected BY CaDe Netcher
had been blown down ~ IL winds.
but the bark's captain fosnd the record
and promptly raised another Gag. He
was determined that II SAoald stand.
and how we'll he succeeded 70 shown by
the decayine stump whieh still stands
there, though another 1ag Sta6 vas
raised some fifteen yeays later. on .
higher part Of the island. BY Comnan-
der Meade, United States steamer Mar
raeansett. Capt Neteher also dis
covered another island. quite mSnn-
tainous. and evidently Of voacantc orr
gin. about forty-nve miles north Of
Hovland. and took posssssion Of this
also In the name Of the United states.
Near the center OF the island are
thiekets OF small trees covering
an area Of many aerest The
eastern side Of the island 10 composed
Of q succession Of ridges. eenerally OF
sand and shells. At earlier stages OF
the islands growth these may have
successfully formed the weather shore.
Bits Of pumice and driftwood are scat
tered all over the island. There are
no springs on the island. but water
may be obtained by diegiag few feet.
In the center the island spreads out In
Q plain containing about 600 or 500
acres. This Is susceptible Of cultiva-
ton. but the island would Be valueless
we're It not for Its coral and Its guano
deposits. The guano covers the entire
middle part. from north to south. and
b from six inches to four feet in depth.
At the time OF Commander Meade's
visit, In 1872. the euano export vas
about 5000 tons annually. Consider-
able coral vas also being exported.
Duriae the early nftiss the British
chip Pelican vas wrecked o. . reef
near Howland island. The crew man
ageA to get to the Island in safety.
Ooae years later the huts they had
lived ia and other traces Of the trip. In
is71. could not be found. The men had
lasappsared. What had bsco0e Of
shs0 vill Aoubtless nsvsr - kn0wn.
Duuselsss tirpA a Tie eternal seli-
snAs. aaA - battlias With - barAs
aal rats. With vAieA tAs islaad
sbsusaa they bsilt . ran % . boat
anA pus 70 -. oaly 70 meet asatA h
shs mighty vaters-
Houianl islaad yin Hever - vis-
teeA ~ tourists for IL sahs q Its
srensry. n b aioose Cat. - coral
furnatssa. 80 rises bat svsasy es<t
abUvs u ugvsl q shs ~. caay absss
tvUsve - 0G0ssa sbovs ~ Dsvs1 - ths
na0A st1a Ths vssesso ~ - IL
ssaaaA b s1aoAsly asVsss1DA. 60 08sA
q q = covses1 WseA - ahuD1aAs
0oWth - veostntSea.
o1ssslv sssss u Goso ~ ~ ~
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a valaAhae Product

Last year $500 .oOe pounds Of alu-
minium. valued at s1.71s.ooo. were
produced in the United States. The
value per pound was therefore -
cents. In 1855 10000 pounds Of that
metal were produced. valued at nearly
1888 q pound.
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AysagsA.s 49,, H.ss-n.sss
~ oaly snso tn1 0vollaa.
=. Dasains. svestiAg V6st,
~ Bnnloas. Ash 1se Allsa'o
~. . powder 70 - shaksa into
- ~ al DsuGgistD ~ 0Aoe
/ 1Ge. 0a0pSe seot Y88R A.
1llGB 8. Oinsts6. Ls1sy. y. =.
- =: s..;:s. n: 70 !xs:n{ =: y:st ,es: 2:
M ho0s - Q mattress"
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HOUSE or MRS. PHILIP SHER1-
DAN.
Cl1sa0s. - sAV quietly planned .
IN VhleA sAoai1 testify h . sub-
Gona11nl vay - their love for hin
on0uso Jo1nDsa q Chseasu aad tweo-
sy-s1sUo 49, ffssaas eoatsihsssd saeA
~ - g oaooo aol b01gAt IL
bsass. ~ 1o15 nAe1s lslaaA avsaus.
WasA1n0osA vsssy-ovs tAsssas1 Co.,
lass - ~ Dsess paS1. 81 os.eee -
sUsoe ~ s1Uo1sA u Was . co0pests
s0ps1Do - ~ Osnssal Who k1sw
useh1ag aosue = une0 ~ essA vas
psunuu0o6 - - = - O0D. Tbe -
~ o0oune - s11Boo = - 1ay. -
~ Wosoo-AeageD0 Vu1oss1 ~.
e.. 01sssoao uvo1 = - hssss ~
yunDU uDen eas1V - ~. ~. . -
DBuoaey ~ -. - - so0ovo1
oosos0 - ~ oUaonsA lson1os1 ~
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0oeostAns - Wsesao9 - - boUsOvoo.
The pope has invited chemists and
librarians from every part OF Europe
to meet at Einsiedlen abbey. Swttser-
laad, to consider the question Of paper
and ink. The natter 10 . grave oas.
sincs the records OF this generatioa
viii disappear In . time which can b
estimated. unless the materials for
writing be Improved. A number OF
documents from the archives OF the
vatican, Il 10 said. will be submitted
By the pope These documents are
scarcely decipherable. though they
were dated in the present century.
Perhaps things were worse In Italy
than elsewhere. for II was an incident
In Rome that nrst called public atten-
ton to the evil. Bearing on this poant
the London Mail says: Certain re-
turns were demanded In parliaments
referring to the condition Of the army
In 1870. When the war o0ce produced
them they were illegible. In tweaty-
fve years or 20 the ink had faded and
the paper decomposed. This vas an
extreme case. ~ Il turned out after In
auiry, but all the records had deteri-
GRATED In an alarming manner. In
some cosntries. perhars. greater care
has been used In selecting the suality
OF paper and iak. bot Il b sAnittsd
that the best will not endure hhs tAs
writings of old. This v . rsbahe -
our coaceit. This 49, d seisasi0s -
~nshaus~
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cock the new brown stoas hoass q
the corner Of rwenty-arst and y
streets. Mrs. Hancock lived here but
. few years. and sold II soDs tine b.
fore her death. II 10 nov vacant and
''for rent" signs decorate its vindows-
In 1885 Gen. Miles was placed IN
command Of the army. and shortly
after friends In Boston. New York.
Brooklyn, San Francisco and othsr
cities. East and West. quietly gathered
together some $40. 900 and. represented
BY q small! committee. after consulta-
ton with Gen. Miles As to location.
bought and presented to him house NO.
1876 n street northwest. in the center
Of the finest residence section. The
price paid. including repairs. II said
to have been -. 900. and the balance
Of the fund was used for furnishing
and decoration. So the project OF buy
ing and building . home for another
Of our heroes will not Be without
precedent in the history Of Washing
ton, and should the desired or neces-
sary sun b raised. one more historic
house will Be- welcomed to Washing
toa's ALREADY lengthy list
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MRS. LANorRY's HOME.

4 Csa,tRv BsssAsses h ~ E.siish
vuAaga
Mrs. Langtry's country residence Is
situated in the pretty village Of Kent
ford. four miles from Newmarket. 1t
is fitted throughout With all that mod
ern convenience and luxury could sug-
gest. The entrance hall has . wooden
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BOFR METHOD OF LETTERING HORSES.

The Boer never
carries forage for
his mount, but de-
pends on such pas
ture as the spot he
chooses for his
camp may afford.
The way the horses
are hobbled. as
shown in the draw
ing. Is certainly as
effective a. Il II
cru el. Protests
have been made By
humane members
Of the South AM
can colonies and
republics. but tie
custom seems TOO
deeply rooted to b
easily abolished
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The lseuteaant oovernor q DuFOa
- erders1 ths rsaovatisa q A1lo-
dooa Nin's 0auDossu0 q 1oaoAaAaS.
IL wort 10 - 6oas ~ IT, puoo1o
vuehs asVastasas - IL nAsnseaAnh0
q . histosteal serUetuse. M y tho
ts0b Whieh ssos esv yeass - -
assseras - ~ ss0s DuFUi boAnasAeA.
vho bs1ssvsa tAas ~ 1s1a1 eo0e
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" ssassy sses sos - 0es La0p.
! - 80 -. osess No. sAAn ease-
f0 Ws1s6acA csy GaA CAsa0ss thas
- hssaih = 0g 1esI aahss.
hsd LanD Co. ''Ds1E A." CAksaGe.
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6cs Il ths Paris e1posltioa- 'Wsli.
\. you ought 70 - aloag - sAov
% NJ vifs's istts6s-"
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THE DEWEY HOUSE.
COMBS TO MN A. a MATTER
or CUSTOM.

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h 60 esss ~ = bssses iss sls
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s-Ov8iaaA LAoitea.' Va unsoa Pa
6SScESst tt0S 90 6nose oQuio-
4Sekst 09cs. - i7sA street.
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esls Cara has just ansvsrsA 4 lst-
Wpoee ha9 . year ago.. neto
"No. u isa't: you probably Asdn
~ ~ yX ysX Sos ess your winter
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-08
Reporting a Sermon.

Before ex-Congressman John Finerty
became famous as the great American
British-lion- tail-twister, he was one OF
the best reporters in Chicago. He was
on the Tribune" and one day GER
tain city editor (best known to fame as
the man who always wore straw hat
and smoked a corn-cob pipe) decided
that Mr.. Finerty should be ''disciplin-
ed" 1t was Saturday and some time
after midnight. Mr.. Finerty was as
signed to report the morning sermon of
an obscure minister way down on the
Southside Finerty was the senior, and
his associates were thunderstruck.
They expected an explosion at least,
but Finerty remained calm and digni-
fed, although a trif1e pale. Then he
will resign they thought; but Finerty
walked out and made no sign. To the
surprise of every one, he reported the
next day as usual, and turned in an
abstract of the sermon. Every one
read it on Monday morning, and it was
certainly an eloquent and carefully re-
ported sermon. That afternoon a man
of clerical cut called on the city editor
and asked to see the young man who
had reported his sermon the morning
before. Mr.. Finerty was introduced.
The man of the clerical cut would like
to see Mr.. Finerty alone for few mo-
ments. Out in the hallway he asked
"Of course you were not at my church
yesterday morning." mo-" replied
Finerty. "Well, I simply stopped to
thank you for the sermon. 1t was far
more eloquent than the one preached"
Finerty had composed the sermon in
a neighboring cellar beer saloon on
Saturday night. L. Sprogle. in Lip
pincott's.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-08

Every one who had a hand in the
late election. especially those on the
winning side. can tell funny incidents
of the event. Yesterday wen-known
Republican leader told story to a
group of politicians that made them all
roar with glee.
Il was working said he, 'in one of
the Seventh Ward divisions. where
there is an unusually heavy colored
vote. Up came strapping big colored
fellow who sang out the name Joe
Johnson The poll book showed that
johnson had voted two hours before,
or at least his name had been used for
that purpose. The colored man was
vigorous in his protest. He peeled off
his coat and declared that he hadn't
voted, and unless he was permitted to
exercise that privilege there would be
trouble there and then. Just then a
colored leader was struck with happy
thought, and he came up to the irate
citizen with this pacific statement and
propositions: What's de mattah wiz
yo,' Johns'n? What's de use maxim
trouble? Jess step back in de line an
use Jim Baxter's name. He amt voted
yet This proposition seemed to suit
Johnson. for he took his place at the
end of the line, and in less than five
minutes later came to the front and
sung out Jim Baxter The Judge was
laughing so he could hardly hand the
man q ballot. However, it went through
without kick l don't know how
Baxter was fixed when he came up to
vote, but guess he just used any old
name" Record
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-08
EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Tho Men Almost Unanimous In
Wishing to BE Mustered Out.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. THE poll
of the Eighth California Regiment,
taken to see whether they want to stay
in the service and go to the Philippines
or to be mustered out at once seems
to be tending toward the same result
as that of the Seventh California-the
men are anxious to return to their
homes, now that the prospects of fight
ing have dwindled down to a possible
necessity of quelling the Philippine in
surgents. The men of the three COM
panies of the Eighth at the Preside,
Major A. K. Whitton commanding,
were almost if not quite unanimous in
expressing their desire to be mustered
out Major Whitton had each man
give the express reason for his deci-
sion. Most of them said that If they
remained in the service it was doubtful
whether they would be sent to the
Philippines or not, and even if they
should go to the Philippines they
thought that garrison duty there would
be no less monotonous and irksome
than garrison duty here.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-08
LOUIS GIMM THE WIN NER.
FIRST UNDER THE WIRE IN
THE BICYCLE RACE.
The Finish Close One, the Leader
Being Only a Wheels Length
Ahead in the Last Lap.

NEW YORK, Jan. Louis Gimm of
| F'ittsburg won the twenty-four hour
| bicycle race that ended at 10 o'clock
| tonight There were eighteen starters,
and eight finished. They were: Louis
Gimm, Pittsburg; Burns w. Pierce,
Boston; Charles Turville, Philadelphia;
'Fredericks, Switzerland; John Law
| son, Chicago; Oscar Julius, New York;
T. Hale, Earl D. Stevens and Charles
| W. Miller.
The final score was: Fredericks,
| Pierce, Turville and Gimm, 400 miles;
Lawson, 449 miles laps; julius, 437
miles 6 laps; Hale 433 miles 4 laps;
| Miller, 422 miles 6 laps.
| Gimm was first by a wheels length,
Pierce second, Turville. third, Freder-
| icks fourth and Lawson fifth.
| The record for the distance is 457
miles lap, by Pierce.
Ten thousand people witnessed the
close.
The finish was sensational. To give
| the FIVE men who had a chance to win
| a free field, three of the other COM
! petitors who had survived the struggle
were asked to retire from the track ff-
| teen minutes before the day had ex-
pired. When this was done Lawson
made a. desperate effort to make up the
| three laps that separated him from the
Headers, and succeeded in catching them
mapping and gained a lap. He tried to
repeat it, but the others were after him,
and he failed.
| The race was heart breaking from the
start. Fredericks, Pierce, Turville and
Gimm never left their saddles for
moment. They even refused to take
nourishment and stimulants when the
sprint was on. bcs;1
Waller. who was one Of the favorites,
| lost a lap through an accident to his
| tire Friday night, and for fifteen hours
he made brave struggle to regain his
| lost ground.
So it was through the day, success
sion of desperate sprints, in which the
riders took long chances, and even
risked their necks to gain lap. Most
of the men were in apparent agony all
| through the evening, the exceptions
being Gimm and Fredericks.
| Miller was the first of the eleven
leaders to leave the track. But the fast
bunch soon dwindled down to eight.
| Fredericks, the foreigner, was ap-
parently the freshest man in the race,
and early in the evening his repeated
attempts to get away from the leaders
by a sudden sneaking sprint caused his
rivals great anxiety.
Little Stevens was the next of the
LEADERS to fall by the wayside The boy
lhad been in every sprint from the be-
ginning of the race, and was favorite
with the crowd.
The pace had been SO irregular, at
| OF a
that the record was only ecIipsed at
times. One hour the leaders would be
a few wards ahead of the record, the
next one a mile behind it. But from the
moment that Stevens retired and left
hut four men tied for first position, a
steady, fast and killing pace was main
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-08

The following real estate transactions
have been recorded since our last re-
port:
Laura M. Ray to John Landis-East
40 feet of north 116 feet of lot /, H
and /, Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets; 1855.
Walter s. Bassett to Arthur B. Min
ford-Undivided half of lot /, o and P,
First and Second streets.
Joshua Tevis to Lloyd Tevis-South
sc feet Of west 40 feet Of lot 2; south 40
feet Of lot l, and J, Second and Third
streets.
Estate of Sophia Sharp, deceased, to
distribution-Surveys 795 and 100.
Elizabeth Rey to George A. Myers
North quarter of west quarter Of lot
Il, G and II, Seventh and Eighth
streets.
Charles J. Barry, by Commissioner,
to Robert Devlin-South quarter OF
northwest quarter Of section %,
acres in southeast quarter Of section
%. township north, range east; ST.
100. 40.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-08
COWARDLY MURDER.
"A Section Hand Shot and Killed by
Fellow Workman.

STOCKTON, Jan. Frank Maggie,
a section hand, was killed this morn
ing at 5 o'clock by fellow workman
named Brend.
The trouble occurred at Paulsells, on
the Sierra Railroad, where the section
hands stopped. The two men quarreled
yesterday afternoon after they had
finished the days work, but the Sec
fion boss made them desist, and both
retired.
About 5 o'clock this morning Brend
arose from his bed and stole to the bed
side of Maggie and shot him as he lay
asleep. After committing the cowardly
murder Brend made his escape, and is
still at large in the vicinity. A large
posse is out searching for the man, and
the authorities are confident that he
will be captured.
Maggie lived but two hours after he
was shot.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-08

But F,ecamp has source of interest
to many greater than the abbey, and
perhaps even more profitable than its
fisheries. There are no Benedictines in
the place now, but their liquor is all
over the world, and the place where it
is made is the great sight of the place.
One hears the story heard at all the
Certosas. A monk famous for his piety
and for his knowledge of herbs was its
first distiller, and he wrote out his re-
cipe, and it became one of the treasures
of the monastery. And then Francis l.
paid a visit to Fecamp and pledged his
royal word that he had never tasted
anything better. The monks went on
making and distributing the cordial till
the Revolution broke over them in 1898.
Then the monastery was broken up. All
its portable property was seized, and
somehow nobody thought Of the Bene-
dictine liquor.
1t was lost to the world, like Sybil-
line book, till-quite in our own time
in 1863, the original parchment, faded
and yellow with age, most opportunity
turned up, and the Benedictine indus
try was started and worked on lines abb
solutely up to date. You can go over
the place-where, however, monastic
hospitality is not found to consist with
modern travel-and it is really a won
derful sight. Certainly they take care
of their workpeople. will not trouble
you with accounts of the bottling and
the corking, or Of the contents of the
packing which. If the bottles are
not dummies, fills one with kind Of
wonder. But everything is delightfully."-
clean, the rooms airy and lofty, the
young women young, the superintend-
ing nun calm, and the perfumes agree
able and not the least alcoholic. If I
have my own doubts about that recipe
on faded parchment written out by
Dom Bernardo Vincelli in 1910, there
can be no doubt about the business
done in 1S9S.-London News.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-08
So Far as the Northern and Central Por-
tlon Of the State is Concerned.
The Rainfall Has Given the
Ground a Good Soaking, the
Downpour Providing Plent1-
fully For all Present Purposes
in the Valleys, While Heavy
Snow in the Mountains 1nsures
a Prosperous Season For the
Miners.

SAN JOSE. Jan. 7.-Considerable rain
fell this morning, and there were sew
eral slight showers during the day and
evening. Prospects for a continuance
of the storm seem to be excellent.
The farmers and fruit growers are in an
exceedingly happy frame of mind, and
consider that all fear of an unpropitious
season has passed. The ground has re-
ceived good soaking, and the grass
has got an excellent start. For the
storm which commenced on the lst
16O inches have fallen, making a total
of 5.15 inches for the season.
MILTON, Jan. lit rained steadily
last night and to-day and this
vicinity has been provided with plenty
of rain for all present purposes. AT
Blood's place, in the Sierras, near the
eastern boundary of Calaveras County,
snow lies at a depth of from ten to
fifteen feet, varying with the locality
The melting of this body of snow in the
spring insures the mines an abundance
of water for the next summer. Last
winter the snowfall in the high Sierras
was exceedingly light, and consequently
there were many idle mines last sum-
mer. A prosperous season is now fully
anticipated.
SUISUN, Jan. IA steady downpour
for twenty hours ending at noon to-day
has given Solano County a soaking.
There are indications of a renewal of
the storm.
STOCKTON, Jan. THE rainfall in
Stockton for the storm which :om-
menced Friday evening measured .46
of an inch making % for the month
4.54 inches for the season against 3.31
inches this time last year. The outlook
is for more rain tonight.
MODESTO, Jan. THE rainfall of
the past twenty hours amounted
to .63 of an inch. Stanislaus County,
except that part west of the San Joa-
quin River, is now in splendid condi-
ton, and the prospects for big crop
We're never brighter.
WALNUT CREEK, Jan. There
has been generous downpour during
the last twentyfour hours. The total
precipitation for the season is inches.