davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1899-08-16

bro6t pirb. Ri9t baB es It9 I'm frie9erii9e
l1nterne6munqen banbeln t0nnte; pielme6r
limb es bur9aus frieOli9 geiinnte SD0ne
Nl6iong, bic in Der unmittelbaren Nddbar=
f6aft 6es 6auteuils Der Sard9 8ernborbt
feline GeGsftide losidlugen unb Su:n Nus
6enten an Die groBe 8iinitlerin m;tne6msn.
Stimmungsbou lit bic So6rt bon Nuz
bierne aur Pointe bu Ha5. Den Weg lpeiit
uns Sund4ft Der iteinerne, oben bur9bro>
8ene &irAtburm bon pIogoff, ben mir BARN
5ur &ebten Iiegen lafIen. Sang aus Stein
ge6duten &irben utb 6duiern b~egegnet man
in Der 8retdgne iiberbaupt bdufig; au9
trifft man in ben Sii9erb0rfern Der &iite
bel Qrmutb an, unb fobalb elm Nagen nit
5renben ii6 fe6en ober bDrsn IGBt, finoet
ii4 elm She'll Der Sorfiugenb elm, tint ben
Meg3oa gu forbern. Werben einiqe Gouz
itiide in ben @6aufeeItaub geporfen, 10 pirb
Der Weg fretgegeben, unb Die gan3e Mann=
16aft 5iebt ft9 in oOer bor zines Der perlaIz
iettet 1telnernen 9Gufer auriid, fro6 ul1b
gutter Singe, ba bas Sageperf roQbra4t
tit, uno eS nur mod gu iiberlegen gilt, toie
Die Seute bert6eilt tperben ToQ. SIN fpdtsren
Neben enttpideln iib biefe iungen 8llrI9en
5u ben ti9ttgften Matrpfen Der fran31tz
i9en 8riegsz unb 9anbelsmarine; berlaTen
tie ben Stenf, 10 finben mir man9en bon
tbnen unter ben Sslonbfif9ern pieber, be-
rem SebenslOOs pierre 2ott, Der bortrefflidt
Senner Der 8retagne, in 10 dnf6ault9er,
9ardtteriittf6er Weife ge19ilbert bat.
User Dfters Die ntitGi9e probin3 Grant
ret4s beiu3t, fam ii9 Der Wa6rns6mung
ntdt bsrf6lieBea, OdB bic Srauen bort Oos
9eft in ben 9dnben BADEN. grne1t Eanan
bat btefe Sbatiabe in einem ieiner liebens=
tpiroigften 8ii9sr, ben vGrinnerrnsen aug
Der &inobeit unb Sugen03ett", beroorge6oz
ben. 9eraoe unter ben 1rauen uno MGb=
den Der 8retagne begegnen uns au9 3Gufia
intelligence @efi9ter. Wit flugen Nugen
6lidt gar mdnd6es Sinh unter Ieinec tpeiz
BEN 9aube berpor, als o6 es bersits iiber
Die 8Gtbie( oes Safeins nd6firnen miiBte,
SpGter teat ii9 etne geptfie &otetteris Elm,
Die audi in Dem f9mtden apItim gum
Nusbrud 9%eGangt. Die 9altben = Bon
nets" unb rGOiffes" - erI4tinen in ben
m~annigfa6iten 9pielarten; Oas geItidte
Mieoer, eigenartiee Nermeloufi9ldge falen
ni9t min0er auf.
Die iungen 8urfden ftnb 5umsiit trdf=
tige SetaGten, Die in tbren ~tur3en, 6unfleu
Saden unb nit Den br~eittrdrnpigen 6iits1t
BON oenen LANCE, fdpar5e SammstbdnOe1
auf ben Riiden bindbfalen, bic 8orfteIunQ
ftrpbenber 9efunb6ett erpeden. 8utabt
5ldu6ert, Der Siibrer Der redIiTtti9er
S9ult in Srunfreid, i6iIDert einsn bieie,
iungen 8urf9en, benz, als er in Der v8az
pe1e Der Mutter 9pttes" BEL Qlinper Der
Suit abninmt unb nie0ertniet, Iangss
BLONDES 6adr iiber Die @9ultern naGt
SIN Otter feben bic 8retonen min0er poe.
tii9 aus; nur Der groBe, runoe SUIT bleibt
i6nen aud bdnn treu, tpenn bas Nntlit
Gdneit bon Hun3eIn bur9fur9t 1T.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1899-08-16
Auf 0er ,,0lDmpia".
Gin 8efu9 auf 1omiral OeweY's Slaeef4if
in Grieit.

Gin Dfterrei9if9er a~Orreiponoent, Der
@~elegenbeit bate, bas 5laggf9iff &b>
miral 9epep's tpabreno ieiner Gntpe=
Ten6eit in Sriet gu beiufen, I6ilbert bic
@inbrii6e, pelhe bas S4iff uno bas Be-
BEN auf 6emIelben duf i'm semd9t, in Der
na9ftebenben o~nregenben Plauoeret:
User in einem amerifani19en Qlmana9
bic Marine na9f9ldgt, finoet als eriten
Mann berielben, an Der @pibe Der Sifte,
Mbmiral 9epsp, 8ommanbunt Der aIiaitz
i9en Station; bann ert fo;gen Die ibrtz
gen Ramen berer, bic i'm porldbrtgen
&riege fir bic Ser. @taaten 10 bputOnsnbe
Siege errangen, @ampfpn, S6leh Stgsz
bee 1tnb bic uebrigen. Mer BEN amertfd@
niI@en admiral in ben Dfterre;Aii3en Sc
tpGffern fennen gelernt, mem IS bergonnt
mar, aus 1etnem NeuBern, aug 1ett1em USE
fen auF bic @nereie, Nusbauer, bic Wtlens@
fraft nno 9er3enssiite gu 1GlieBen, DEN
fam es ni6t @unber nebmelt, hab Nmez
rita feinesgleifwn ni9t bat, baB er als
erfser rSGag9en>Offt5ter" Die Martne be-
fsbltst. Climbers itebt es NIT benz i96nen
peiBen @4Gu9ti9tff, bas heute auf Der
blauen Nbria Iiegt unb feline getpalttgen
Surmen i'm iiibli6en @OnnsnI4ein ben be-
tpunbernoen Wugen Der Srtstinsr oarbtez
tet. Sc nimmt unter ben S4lffen Der
Union cine beI6eibene Stelitllg Elm nno
ftebt bonn friegsbautednifden Stanbpuntt
binter Der rSnbiand", pSSptud", DMaRo@
9uIetts" unb Der Oregon" melt 3uriif,
penn au9 feline 5abrgef3ninOtgtett etne
erDBere 1T, uls bic bteTer Ssetoloiie, Die
offisieueu Oaten Der Olympia" louteu:
Olympia, pah3er= 8reu5sr, gebdnt 1891,
$3.50 Sonnen Displacement, Gabr9eidtp;nz
biafeit Zig 9noten in Der @tlnoe, IT.
313 pferbetrdfte, bat $1,796.0o0 g~etOtet.
Die 8utterieu beftehen aus bier 8saOai5ea
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1899-08-16

gnoaben b%etrsffs Seg p@Otet be &Wiis' auf .inem @iB=
Der idnOniB Oes 8sri3tertutters beru5teu. Gr babe
Oeutli6 eeiaot, iein @uter lei Gt1entbaInsr elmer
% trtbi@oft in Chicago. Ser iun0e Munann
i6reibt ferncr Dab er eelegentlib Der @eeroignno DEG
Glettriters Der pSlDmpia,1 Der unteripegs farb InO
in 3rieit beitdttet tpurOe, in 9egisituna ots S6iifs=
orStes als SOlmeti0er an 2anO Qe9anJen lei uno bri
bieIer @eleQenbeit AUD etiYas pon Der Stoot Sriet SO
ie6en betommen babe. Gr ipridDt ieine 6reuOe pariiber
aus, Dab ietne GienitSeit BALD I'll GnDe lit pnO er balo
feline @ltern ipieDerieben pirb. 98iQie @umann lit
Oerielbe iunoe Matroie, bon penn Sic rSIs. Stats
%seituno" am 10. Ntai 1898. ieinenl 81. Geburtstoge.
eiuen @riei aus Wtanila berDffentli0te.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1899-08-16

ni6t lance i'm OienIte, b1 pddte ihn bic
9erspeiflunq, unb er beiertirte. 4ber I'M
0ater6oufe dls9eld6t Derren, neil man
ltnre6t unb bic Nnberen Rent geDobt, nos
oiebt's ni6t. N1ip blieb er in Gallfornte;r,
tpp er b~e1ertitt mar un0 ptri4tets leoe Ar@
belt. bic 8rot unb &le:2er f4affte. 4to9
bret Wonaten mar er ptener auT ietn S4tff
auriidoefebrt, er6ielt bolen ParDon, ipetl er
f6 ieGbf seiteGt, unb fam banit auT Die
Olympia" auf Der CT nun bier Sabre Dent
unb fir bic er Elm 6einldt6S9efu9l %perrot9,
oas inn fir Die pirtlide 9eImat9 feblt. @r
nirb nod 10 lange biencn. big Die ~Slpm@
pia" na6 Mmerifa 5uriidgefe5rt, alp Bis
Ottober. ga po1en Sic S6ren AntheiI
an ben Observation-Disclosures 6aben - Die
SIR MGe 10 tpo6l berb;eut 6ubt?" fra9t mon
i'm. Qber er I9aut am WtdI Der ~Slpm@
pia" boriiber in bic SSerne uno fagt nur:
Die SHUTTER m06te i'd pieberTeben e5
iinb feds Sabre, felt i1 bon ibr fort bin.
Sic bat mid ni9t bergeien." Btr mo6ten
linn cine 5re1be MAIDEN er fou 1th in
SrieIt etpas taufen, tperu er 11rlaub bal
Bel elmer 2D6nung bon "a Dollars i'm Moz
nat fam cine Outage nidt5 f9aoen ober
nein - Die 3umutbung berii6rt i'm pelnz
li9, unb er ma9t alien gintpdnoen ein
@nbe, inbem er iagt: rGbrl;4 uno tpoRrz
baftig - i4 tDnnte MIDI ni3t ba5u ent=
i4IieBen, ettpus gu nebmea. Sa fibre Ie4r
germ 8eIu9 berum urO plauOere germ -
man fommt ni9t oft ba3u,"
9as peiBe 99tff unO bic tpeiBen GRGnz
ner barauf, Die ben @aft 10 freunoli4 aufz
nebmen, Die 10 bantbar iino fir ieoes 3ei=
9en freunblifer Sbeilna6rne, Obtuobl es Ia
bod nod INNER Die 5rem0e lit, in Der Iie
IiA befinben, tperoen uns IobdlO nt4t Gus
benz @ebd9tniIIe f4minpen. Ser aber, Der
an Der Spite itebt, Der Munn nit offenem,
e6rli9em 9eii6t unb benz unfpru9sloIen
We1en, Der uns bon 8prb nod 9riBe nod
fenbet, tpirb Nlen, bic feline 1n3iebenoe per
IDnlibfeit fennen g%elernt, fir INNER i'm Sc
bG4tniffe bleiben.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1899-08-16
Gin neues mitteI sur GrhaItune oes
europdif6en frteoens

oa6 2orb 8eresforb am S~onnabenb Dor
elmer @eriummlung gum beiten. @s 1T ein>
fa4 unb prattif4. rWenn ale Md6te,
bic alf Der Sriebensfonferen3 bertreten finb,
es pirtli4 ernit metnen nit Der @rbaltung
bes Sriebens, 10 tDnnten fe nidts beferes
tbln, als cine unitdnotge Summe CUR @rz
baltung unO @erftdrtung Der ensIiiden
Slotte bei3utra9en." Qorb 8eresforb be-
trd9tet bies bur9uus ettpa ni6t als eiuen
f9le4ten 8iB, fOnbern ais bic logiI6e Con-
iequen8 ieiner inneriten l1eberSeugung, baB
ni3ts mebr dls cine ftarte nnb itets ftdrfsr
meroenbe eneGif9e Slotte our grbaltung
beg surOpaii4en 5rieOsns beitrdgt.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Great and free people deem just and proper.
The right of consent Is always dependent
on the power or ability to consent So
nrmly Is this principle established that Its
simple statement Is lts own conclusive argu-
peace. ),
1t is claimed. or ut least urged by few,
that we are drifting toward Imperialism.
The only imperialism possible Is the i'm
periallsm Of commerce. And that is sure
ground. We will not surrender 1t now. 1t
came to us through the fortunes of war
1t Will remain with us for the uses of
peace"
Chairman Curtis Speech.
Ex-Congressman George NJ. Curtis of
the Second district was chosen perma-
nent chairman by agreement He deliv.
cred three-minute address. in which he
chilled attention to the addition OF six
teen Republican Federal Senators, and
said that il the Republican party was
kept in power it would successfully Crap
pie with the problems of unlawful trusts
and combines so that no oppression or
tyranny or injurious monopolies should
distress or burden the people. He con-
tinued: a
Iowa to-day occupies most conspicuous
position In the eyes Of the nation. with an
able and practical representation In the
cabinet; with recognized national Repub.
lican leaders In the Senate and House OF
Representatives and our own gallant Hen
derson soon to occupy the Speakers chair.
Peerless for yenrs In the essentials OF a
great commonwealth, which has moved up
close to the head OF the sisterhood of States.
an able army of the Republican party, and
with recognized Republican national lead
ers in the United States Senate, In the
House of Representatives and In the cabi-
net. the deliberations of this convention
Will attract the attention Of the nation.
The coming campaign is but the doorway
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
A SONG OF VIE noAn.

o will walk with you, my lad, which.
ever way you fare,
You'll have me, too, the side of you,
with heart as light as air;
No care for where the road you takes
a-leading- anywhere
1t can but be joyful jaunt the whilst
you Journey there.
The road you take's the path of love,
an that's the bridth Of two
And I will walk with you, my lad,--O,
I will walk with you.
10! will walk with you, my lad,
Be weather black or blue,
Or roadsides frost or dew, my lad
o will walk with you.
Aye, glad, my lad, walk with you,
whatever winds may blow,
Or summer blossoms stay our steps, or
binding drifts of snow,
The way that you set face and foot's
the way that will go.
And brave I'll be. abreast Of you, the
Saints and Angels know.
With loyal hand in loyal hand, and
one heart made of two,
Through summers gold, or winters
cold, it's will walk with you.
Sure, will walk with you, my lad,
As Scve ordains me to-
To HeA ms door, and through, my
lad,
o will walk with you.
James Whitcomb Riley, in Lippin-
colts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
snobbery in Church.

A church is usually considered, to be
place where class distinctions are to
certain extent merged, and all are,
with a qualification, deemed equal In
the sight of the Almighty. At the par
ish church Of Kiddington. in Suffolk,
England, however. different ideas pre-
vail. Here rigid line is drawn be-
tween those Of high and those of low
degree. The local gentry have one
section of the church, business folk an
other, laborers third, and poor people
have the privilege of sitting in the
aisles. A fifth subdivision, even, is OBJ
served; for the children of the two lat
ter classes are relegated to the region
of the church door, where the sexton
maintains order with the help of a sub
stantial stick.-Golden Penny.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
short state 1teu..


A Lutheran school is to be erected at
Waterloo.
Blackleg has broken out among cattle
In Iowa County.
A petition is being circulated for a
rural mail delivery route at Iowa City.
Tho Des Moines City Street Railway
has contracted for twelve forty-foot cars.
George Satterthwaite, carpenters.
committed suicide at Muscatine.
Mrs. Hester and son and daughter of
Alics were all severely injured in run.
away.
An association is being formed at
Washington to open and beautify park
In that town.
Two instructors have been added to the
English department of the State Agri-
cultural College at Ames.
The surveying for the second track
Of the O. & N. w. has been completed
from Marshalltown to Ontario.
B. Sybrandi, farmer living near Sioux
Center, committed suicide by hanging.
BE leaves wife and family.
The Burlington basket factory was
burned, entailing loss of $4,000, with
but $500 insurance. One hundred and
twenty men were thrown out Of work.
The postofice at Union Center has
been suspended. Mail goes to Maquo-
keta.
A very strange disease has made its ap
pearance in the herd of cattle owned by
James Cunningham. prosperous farm
or, living near Glare. The cattle are
growing blind at rapid rate, and within
a month one-third Of herd Of seventy
dve animals have gone blind. The first
animal to show any effects of the diseass
was COW which went partially blind for
time. but has now recovered. Since
that time twenty-five have gone blind.
4 rams traits are often MorsA tn.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

y AotAi ~ - -. =. f{ss .144
To this t6tel Mould be added seventy
miles Of thssd6uble 4tAsk which the
Northwestern will llla west o. Tama,
this year. The NorliyseAtern will have
expended $500, COO Ill iowa BY fall, So
000.000 Of which WIN go on nine miles
from Boone to Ogden to construct d new
bridge across the Des Moines river and
elevate the tracks 1856 feet above low
water mark. It will cut out eight miles
Of the hardest grades and most hazard-
GUS stretch Of "double-header" track on
the Northwestern system. The North
westerns extensions are: Denison, main
line, to Wall Lake, twenty miles up to
the west branch Of the Boyer river to
connect with the Lake City branch; from
Wall Lake down the Soldier river to con-
meet with the Sioux City and Pacific at
Mondamin. seventy five miles; from Burt
northeast to connect with the Omaha in
Minnesota, forty miles in Iowa; from
Belle PLANE to Blue Earth City, MINI,
40 miles.
The Central goes from Fort Dodge to
Omaha, 100 miles.
The Rock Islands line will run from
Gowfie to Sibley.
The Milwaukee from Rockwell City to
Sac City and Storm Lake and Fonda to
Spencer.
The Minneapolis and st. Louis from
New Ulm, Mimi, to Storm Lake.
This possible 500 miles of new road
will bring the States mileage up to near
~ 1900, and will put Iowa second in
railroad mileage in the United States.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

The Burlineton's flyer was wrecked a
mile east of Murray by crashing into
three runaway freight cars, which had
been switched into the main line. Engi-
neer Goulden was injured about the head
and had bone broken in his left leg.
Truman Swain Of Alton. passenger,
was slightly bruised on the knee. Traf-
&c was delaye' ave hours.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Brakeman Hodge. running out Of
lama on the northern Iowa division Of
the Northwestern, was fatally injured
while his train was pulling out Of the
yards by being struck by coal car that
was being switche6 by switch engine.
BE WAS thrown under his train, which
ran over his left arm at the shoulder and
otherwise injured him near the heart.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
DAVENPORT WILL HAVE ROAD.
Only $4,000 Moro Is Needed and
That Amount IL in sight.

Only $4,000 More Is Needed and
That Amount 10 in Sight.
The promoters of the Iowa and Mis-
sissippi Valley Railroad, which is to form
q connecting link between the Muscatine
and the South and North Railroad at FL
rick and Burlington, and eventually to
extend south to Fort Madison, have made
Burlington new offer, cutting down
the sum of 100000 which 1t was first
requested should be raised, in addition
to right Of way and terminals In the city,
10 SEQ, 900. including right of way and
terminals. As $4,000 already has been
raised and the terminals and right Of
way secured this leaves only $4,000 to
DO raised by Burlington to secure the
road.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
The Anttquity cd the Law.

The Invention of saws was various
ly attributed by the Greeks to two or
three individuals, who are supposed
to have taken the idea from the jaw
bone of a snake or the backbone of a
fish. There is n very curious picture
among the remains discovered in the
ruins of Herculaneum, representing
the interior of carpenters work
shop, with two genii cutting piece of
wood with frame saw, and on an
altar preserved in the Capitoline Mu-
scum at Rome there is perfect rep
reservation of bow saw, exactly re-
sembling, in the form of frame and
the twisted cord for tightening itthose
used by modern carpenters. From
these remains 1t is evident that these
forms of the instruments were known
to the ancients.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
Prayers for a Dangerous Naissio,

At some ports in the kingdom pray
ers are offered for the safety Of the
crew Of outgoing vessels. A slip as
follows was handed to the Soldiers
Mission chaplain: Capt. Jones going
to sea his wife, desires the prayers of
the congregation" And, amid the gig
Cling of some, they prayed according
ly-London Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Louis Melcher's house in South Center
vile. was entered and 1894 and his gold
watch are missing. Mr.. Melcher is col
lector and returned home late at night
with over 1900. He put the money be-
tween the mattress and the bed springs
near the foot of the bed in which he and
his wife slept. When he awoke he mo-
ticed that the room had been ransacked,
and an investigation revealed the fact
that his watch and money were gone.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
Probably Fatal Accident.

John Fisher, resident OF South Bend,
Ind, was badly and perhaps fatally In
jured BY being run over by freight car
near the Smith quarry. in the western
part Of Davenport. It was necessary to
amputate both legs at the hips.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Living In Hawaii is not without its
disadvantages. IL a story told in the
Family Herald may be believed. The
natives lave little idea of respectful
Difference, and insist on calling their
employers by their Christian names.
One lady. who upon her arrival was at
once addressed as Jennie by the men
servants, expostulated with her sister
for allowing them to become thus ia
miliar. She was assured that every
effort had been made to induce them
to say Mr.. and Mrs, but this they
steadily refused to do.
No, no. they said, "too many
Smith, too much Jones-you John and
Lizzie"
One Englishwoman was determined
that her servants should never address
her in the familiar fashion that other
white people had allowed to become
common. She therefore instructed her
husband never to mention her name in
their hearing.
One day this lady had some visitors,
and to their great delectatlon the cook
presently put his head inside the door,
and asked, sweetly:
"My love, what vegetables do you
want to-day?'
After that the Englishwoman was
content to be called simply Mary
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Another horrible accident occurred
near the Milwaukee yards in Savanna,
In which Tom Mcclure was horribly
mangled and later died. Mcclure was q
printer by trade, and for the past two
months worked in the Sabula Advocate
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

He had learned something from the
battle Of Manila; that is, he had learn
ed something from the newspaper ac-
counts of the battle of Manila, al
though that was not the subject under
discussion.
You see" he said, referring to some
thing that had taken place, at hap
pened about S O'clock
why, no, it didn't" asserted one Of
the listeners.
Not by our time, perhaps admitted
the resourceful young man, "but by
London time"
mo; nor by London time either"
well, then, by Hongkong or Manila
time. You see, you shouldn't jump ut
conclusions. You can't tell just the To-
cation from which a man may be fig
uring, and 1t certainly was s o'clock
somewhere on this globe Mt the time
that this happened"
Thus we see that it is going to be
more difficult than ever to pin the ro-
mancer down to facts.-C Chicago Post,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
THE MANIAC GUIDE OF Z
MOUNT vESUvIUS.

MOUNT VESUvIUS.
lNN<N<~N.<~N
I have in my possession an old cop
per coin. all fused and twisted out Of
shape and every time look ut 1t it
causes shiver to run through me, as
II suddenly plunging into sea of ice.
7 Now 1t is not the manner In which 1
came by the coin that occasions this
unpleasant feeling, but the way in
which 1t became fused and
But here Is the tale, and after perus-
ing 1t you can see IL l am justified In
the disagreeable feelings caused by the
remembrance Of the scene am about
to describe.
1t was a beautiful, calm morning In
August, 1860.
We-that is to say, myself. three
other gentlemen and two guides, six
in all, were slowly clambering up the
rough, uneven sides of Mount vesu-
vius on our way to explore its era
ter.
No one but those who have been in a
volcanic rayaged region can form the
slightest idea Of its desolate, dreary
appearance.
Not a shrub or blade of grass re-
lieyes the monotonous extent OF black,
broken scoria, which lies in all posi-
lions, resembling somewhat the broken
surface of Unfinished sen.
Half way up the view was sublime,
and again and again we would stop
and allow our eyes to wander out over
one of the most beautiful prospects
that ! have ever had the pleasure to
behold.
The bay Of Naples gently rippled
and kissed the shore at our feet, the
islands Of Capri and Ischilla dottlng
its placid bosom, like twin emeralds
In casket of silver, while further
Westward stretched the blue waters Of
/. Mediterranean until the mild hori-
acl and Its glasy surface were softly
shaded into one by the master hand
Of nature; nearer rep0ses tile city.
with Its matchless palaces, its tur-
reted towers. While farther inland the
eye could roam for miles and miles
over the fairy-like panorama of vine
yards, villages, fields and villas, un-
til even It wonld he dazed nv tho hril.
liant hues and relieved when npa,n
turned upon the arid waste through
which we were toilinr
At last we reached the verge OF the
crater and looked over.
The sights we saw and tba sound,
We heard win never no arosa,, fror,
my memory.
Looking down into tho ,mmansa ho.
sin. we could zee the smokinr t,erv
cone situated, In tho center SENDING nm
momentarily discharges Of seeming
red hot matter. 81
Our guides informed us TINT there
was no danger. Int II seemed almost
like courting death ia venture into
the yawnine abyss. which anneored
like the entrance to Dante,s Inferno
itself.
But Mt last after some hesitation
we determined to do the mountain.
properly or die in the attempt.
So we commercial the descent And
q. - -. .ns ueeeen. zAuu
hanas 90 e.. .,,"., : s s.,'...
and I'm NOT positive to this dnv
...,,a.ns. ~, s u''s
Crawling here. hanging there. where
a misstep would send Won n thousand
feet down n shameless mass. hola,ng
by protecting rocks 80 hot ma to couse
n.,, o s,,,rhI,a,,s A ~ ao' . 10 y tauss
tiame burst ont bere eA and there ye's into to
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Tame Quail.

A Missouri man has gone into
business Of raising tame quail.
birds. he claims. are more easily,
than chickens aud fur more pre-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Mabel-Pshaw! Why, you would
marry the first man who came along.
Lillian-Oh, well, you wouldn't even
wait for him to come along if you knew
where he was hiding.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
SAVING himself Tro.ble.

HE seems to be an unnatural faith,
er. He never goes near the baby
.'That's only because he's afraid he
might learn how to take care Of IT,
Brooklyn Life.