davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

A well dressed woman lately entered
aParis jewelers. shop and asked to see
some valuable gold pins While she
was examining them q man began play
ing barrel organ before the door. The
music seemed to annoy the lady, and,
stepping to the door, she threw piece
of money to the man and told him to
go away. which he did at once.
On returning to the counter she said
that nAne of the pins suited her, but
that as some compensation for the trou-
BILE she had given she would buy q
brooch. She accordingly chose one, paid
10 francs for it aud was leaving the
shop when the jeweler missed dia-
mond pin of great value from among
those she had been examining. He ac-
cordingly stopped his customer, who
seemed highly indignant and insisted
ON the pruprietor's wife searching her,
which was done, but no pin was found
The jeweler then set his sister to
watch the woman. who was seen to en-
ter another jewelers. shop. and was pre-
tending to make purchase when the
organ grinder made his appearance. As
soon as he began playing she again
threw some money and ordered him to
move ON, but the person who was
watching her perceived that with the
money she had given the man a piece of
jewelry. This was at once made known
TO the police, who arrested both, and ON
searching the man they found several
articles Of stolen property. Paris Let
Aesr
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

Mrs Isabel G. Barrows, in an article
in the New York Independent on "Plain
Life and High Thought" as exemplified
ut Leipsic university. says:
Leipsic is one Of the great flower
marts Of Europe. 1t is joysome sight
TO go through the early morning market
and see the flowers of all kinds in masses
beyond conception There is no student
so poor that he cannot add to the beauty
of his room the charm of flower when
for Q cents he can have big bunch Of
mignonette This very morning the
expenditure of "a cents gave one literal
ly an armfal of mignonette, large and
fragrant; forgetmenots. bluer than the
sky Of rather gray Leipsic; great golden
buttercups like those that grow ON the up
land meadows of the Rigi; kornblumen,
the old emperor's favorite flower, and
lilies Of the valley in profusion Plain
living. amid flowers. with music ma
ture and friendship at command, may
easily lead &c high thinking. and the
student who Is here to strive for nc
quirement Of trnth may well scorn the
trappings o. wealth. since wealth is not
needed 10 command the highest and
hest
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

Professor Crookes, in his recent re-
markable lecture ON diamonds, men,
toned some interesting facts concerning
that always popular subject. When in
examining diamonds under polarized
light the black cross of the polarizer re-
wolves around a particular spot in the in
side of the crystal and the point is exam
ined with high power, slight flaw and
more rarely a minute cavity are some
times seen. This cavity is filed with gas
at an enormous pressure, and the strain
which is set up in the stone by the eff.
fort of the gas to escape is not infre-
quently removed only by the explosion
OF the gem. tbs not at all uncommon
for diamond to explode soon after il
reaches the surface, and some have been
known to burst in the pockets of the
miners or when held in the warm hand.
Large crystals are more liable to burst
than smaller pieces. Valuable stones
have been destroyed in this way, and it
is Whispered that cunning dealers have
often done a handsome stroke of bust
ness by allowing responsible clients to
handle or carry in their warm pockets
large crystals fresh from the mine. BY
way of safeguard against explosion some
dealers embed large diamonds in raw
potatoes to insure safe transit on the
ocean voyage.
Professor Crookes showed that dia-
mond could actually be too hard. From
a rich yield of beautifully white dia-
monds in New South Wales great things
We're expected. When parcel of many
hundred carats came to England, it was
found they were so hard as to be prac-
tically unavoidable as gems, and they
were ultimately sold for rock boring
purposes. The intense hardness of the
diamond was illustrated by an expert
ment. The diamond was placed ON the
fiattened apex Of a conical block Of steel,
and on it was brought down q second
cone of steel. As these cones We're forced
together by hydraulic power the image
of the diamond and the steel faces Of
the cones were projected ON the screen
with an electric lantern. The stone was
seen to be squeezed right into the steel
blocks without being injured La the
slightest degree.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29
SAMPLE CORPSE.


&<W#WNM 8N ma Vk&U &&M&4&Mk&M&  &&4A~
vertisinE Emhazming.
An Ohio undertaken named Pearce
doesn't allow sentiment to intprfero
with business He can't see Why tho
shoemaker adjoining his establishment
should advertise his skill BY displaying
his samples, or the tailor across the
street hang his latess Eartorfal confec-
tion in his front window, while the en-
balmer's good work has 10 find lodg-
ment beneath six feet Of earth almost as
soon az IL has been accomplished
Mark Twain, when he was shown the
mummy Of a Pharaoh who lived In the
time Of Moses, shrugged his shoulders
with contemptuous indifference and re-
marked to the curator Of the museum:
"Hayen't you got corpse that Is a
little fresher?'
AL Mark has TO do is to visit the fu-
neral direction establishment Of Mr..
Pearce at Ardmore. There be viii prob
ably find something more to his fastidi-
ous fancy liz the shape Of q sample Of
embalming. kept on view by Mr.. Pearce
for inspection by his customers The
subject" has now done service for q
period Of three years, and the proprietor
confidently expects that it win last as
long as he remains I'm business
The body in question has been in the
very warmest workroom Of his estab-
lishment all this while, and the leather
like flesh Of the corpse is totally FREQ
from odor or putrefaction. Some say
the hair ON body viii grow after
death. This probably originated in the
mind Of . dramatist or novelist. who
wanted to scnsationalize his readers to
sell his books, for there lies Mr.. Pearce's
dead man, with his very last hair cut
the same as it was two or three years
ago. Then some say that the hair viii
fall out, but you couldn't pull the hair
ont of that body with tweezers. Each
hair seems to be particularly riveted in
to the hardening leather and bone,
Even the fuzzy, lighter hairs of all
other parts of the body remain the same
rs they were at death.
Formaldeheyde, q product Of wood
alcohol, and q comparatively recent
product, is the fluid with which the
body was embalmed, and Mr.. Pearce
says that there is now fluid, with 9TH
or elements added, that is far better
than the l40 ounces, or little over one
gallon-S3 worth-of the formaldeheyde
used for the dessication of the body in
question. New York Herald
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29
Saint Narg'S Beacon.
coal AND IRON.


Zhe rmport.ns RelatIonshfp q These I've
va1uabIe Minerals.
Statistics show that, whereas Great
Britain in $50 produced 20 per cent of
tho worlds supply Of coal, at the pres
emit time k produces only % per cent
Atlantic liners no longer carry coal
from Great Britain for the return jour
ney. They now take in American coal.
and no less than 1900, 900 tons Of
American coal were thus consumed in
1895. The condition Of tho iron mann.
featuring industries has always exer-
cised most important influence On the
production Of coal, 50 that q large de-
srand for iron draws with IL Q large de-
mand for mineral fuel During the last
% years the worlds production Of pig
iron has increased from IA, 900, 900 to
&c, 900, 600 tons. but the share taken by
Great Britain has fallen from IS. 8 per
cent to 20 per cent. while that Of the
United States has increased from IL
per cent 20 &c. q per cent, that OF Ger
many from lila per cent 20 2l.4 per
cent, and that Of Russia from per cent
70 T. per cent Indeed, iron il now be-
ing imported from the United States
into this country, and. incredible as it
may seem. the railway station at Mid.
dlesbrough. the center Of the iron trade.
is built of iron brought from Belgium
Surely. Their. the a0thor Of "Our Coal
Resources at the Close OF the Nine
teenth Century" IL hardly right In
thinking that British coal and iron still
hold their own He argues that other
countries Of Europe are exhausting their
coal supplies just as Great Britain ia.
yet the figures he gives show that Ger
many has in reserve. within n depth Of
5000 feet. 100. 900, 600. 600 tons Of coal
as compared with our (England's 81
81, 1888, 600. 900 tons within q depth Of
1000 feet And this estimate does not
include brown coal. Of which Germany
raises 25, 900. 600 tons annually. Ma
furN
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29
CHEMICAL FIRE ENGINES.


They Have Done Much TO Reduce the Loss
From Water at Fires.
Mr.. Charles T. Hill writes Of 1.-THE
Fire Patrol" In St Nicholas. the final
paper in his series on the New York fire
department Mr. Hill says:
The chemical engine. used consid-
erably In the fire departments of several
cities. has aided materially in lowering
the loss by water at small free The
preparation carried In the tanks Of these
engines has q double advantage-not
only does it extinguish large body of
fire with the use of a small amount of
water. but the liquid itself eveporates
quickly. leaving very little drip" In
the apartm@nfs or floors underneath the
fire.
The tanks Of these engines are charg-
ed with solution Of bicarbonate Of so
da (baking soda) and water. with
small cylinder of sulphuric acid sus
pended at the top When the tank is in.
verted. this acid is emptied into the
soda and water. and the mixture at
once generates carbonic acid gas at
great pressure. Charging the liquid
with this gas gives it the necessary pres
sure to drive ii a considerable distance
The hose Is coiled around reel ON top
Of the engine. and always connected
with the tanks. 80 when the fremcn ar
rive at fire all they have TO do is TO
run OF as much hose as they need. dash
up stairs with the line. give the order
to dump" one Of the tanks (there are
two. carrying 90 gallons each), and they
are all ready TO go to work The chem
ical engine has eztinguished more than
25 fires Of considerable size since il has
been in service in the New York depart
ment, little over year 1t is station
cd on the upper west side Of the city.
where there are q great number Of
dwellings and fats. and it has aided
materially in keeping down the fire
losses in that part Of New York.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29
JoHNsoN's BOSWELL.


me AiEexea 0riglEaz s0uree a. 0ns
Know7edEe OF Ensllsh xatsrsturs.
TO some Of us--T suspect, indeed. 60
. good many-Boswell represents tho
original source not only OF knowledge
about johnson, but Of our knowledge Of
English literature IN general. Ha was
our infroducer 70 the great anonymous
club formed By English men Of letters
from the days when Shakespeare met
Ben Jonson TO the days when Carlyle
discoursed to Froude. We became menu
hers Of the craft in spirit under Bcs-
wells guidance, whether we have or
have not become actually identified
with it in the flesh It therefore be-
comes next to impossible 20 abstract
from Bogwell-all our later knowledge
has been more or less ingrafted upon
him, however far we may have travelled
from the source. Boswell gave the nu-
ciens, and more or less consciously we
have used his world as a standard inev-
itably taken into account in all later
Judgments To suppose Boswell nonex-
istent Is for such readers to suppose q
kind of organic change in our whole es-
innate Of literary characteristics.
When reading, especially about some
Of the other famous takers, Coleridge's
monologues or Sydney Smiths explo-
sions Of fun, I find myself thinking how
they would have sounded ut the Miter
or the Turks Head. Thanks to Boswell,
] take the Johnsonian article to be o
fixed datum like the official yard at the
Tower, and to be asked 20 put that out
Of my head is to be invited 60 deprive
myself Of my only measuring rod. It is
exceedingly difficult. at any rate, to put
oneself outside of Boswell and to con-
strue n portrait Of johnson simply ont
Of such other materials as are here put
together.
have read Hawkins and Mrs. Piozzi
and the rest, but always with the help
OF the preconceiyed notions. Where
they could be fitted into Boswell have
accepted them as corroborations, but
when they differed have probably re-
jected the uncongenial elements with
perhaps careless assumption that they
must be inaccurate, and yet it seems
only justice to these respectable persons
TO consider whether we ought not to re-
open the point If Nine. D'Arblay saw
something OF johnson which was not
revealed to Boswell, may we not discov-
err similar supplementary hints in the
other attempts at portraiture?-Leslie
Stephen in National Review.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

An interesting sight at Opelika. Ala.
is patch of "limbless" cotton. The
plants are from five to seven feet high
and have no limbs or branches nc all.
The bolls form on little twigs two and
three inches long, and when in bloom
the stalk presents the appearance Of o
white column. A crop of about four
bales to the acre is what is expected un.
der fair conditions. This Alabama patch
Is tie property of the Rev. ]. N. Fitz.
patrick, presiding elder of the negro
Methodist church, and such is his care
of his unique crop and his confidence in
his neighbors that he watches it at night
with dog and gun.-Exchange.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

10 was greatly afflicted with a
cough for several years, and last fall had
more severe cough than ever before.
/ had used many remedies without re-
ceiying much relief, and being recon-
mended TO try bottle of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. by friend, who, know
ing me to poor widow, gave it TO me,
Itried il, and with the most gratifying
results. ThefiFss bottle relieved me very
much and the second bottle has ALSO
luteiy cured me. have not had as good
health Tor twenty years. Respectfully.
MRS. MARY A. BEARD, Clarence, Ark.
Sold by William +. Greenwich & Son.
Leonardtown, and all country stores.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29
on emo HIrh O..

Ellen Beach Yaw. the phenomenal
Soprano went on yachting cruise re-
Gently in southern California The
waves grew high. and she soon took to
her berth. One Of her friends. going to
inquire how she was progressing. heard
her cummings lullaby in q most pecul-
Jar tone of voice Her maid came 20
the door and explained that Miss Yaw
was sick. But she is singing. the Wis
itor exclaimed Yes | KNOW" an
swered the maid. but Miss Yaw means
in tune that way 50 it won't disturb
any one else kansas City Journal
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29
Interesting Information.

"The reason they make so much fuss
over my birthday. explained Kitty to
the young man in the parlor who was
waiting for somebody. else. sis that I've
only had six. Sisters had 80. and she's
so used 20 'em she don't even mention
'en. How many birthdays have you
had. Mr. Spoonamore?' '-Chicago Trib-
une.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

The omnibuses Of one London compa
ny cover Just about 90, 600, 900 miles In
the course Of ysar-half as much as 10
covered by the trains Of the London and
Northw sstern railway distance suffi.
cient to take them nearly three timea
around the world every day
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

Among the many devices to assist the
blind one of the best is typewriter in
which the keys have raised letters and
which punctuates the paper with either
letters or the dots contained in one Of
the blind alphabets.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

Between 10000 and 200, 900 kits
are made every year. The killed regi-
inents OF regulars, militia and volun-
teers number some IL battalions AS
the military kilt is only provided bien.
nially this represents supply Of 1000
year.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

The Canadian department of agricul-
ture estimates the population of the Do
minion to DO ). l25. 43S, gain of rather
less than 5000 since the census of
1891. In 1890 there were two states Of
the Union that exceeded Canada IN pop
ulation-New York, with 8, g97. $50 in
habitaEts. and Pennsylvania, with
6.25S.OI4.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

So sou think Doctor Ellington is
o auack?'
mo / don't think so: / know it.
lie told me Yesterday after ] had ex-
paired my symptoms that need
Cd more exercise and here I've been
rutfirr dGNr csrret and hanging
PICTURES for the past two weeks
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

A little girl sat gazing fixedly at
the new bonnet Of one Of her moth
er's visitors, until the caller smil-
inglY asked; "Do you like it, my
dear:r
The child replied; eyes. do.
Mamma and Aunt Milly said it
was o perfect fright, but it don't
brighten me Bit"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

In North Dakota the killing Of quail
and English and Chinese pheasants is
prohibited until 1906, and beaver and
sitter cannot be trapped and killed until
1903.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

Frogs and toads have remarkably
acute hearing. Tic slightest noise in
the vicinity of a pond will at once at
tract the attention Of the frogs and put
them ON their guard
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

Brown: / hear you have profsrts
at Louesomewood. How does cur
land lie:" Green: MOI ,eaily so
well as tie agent Who Sud it to me-
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

II horse racing were abolished, il 10
estimated that over 70. OOC people would
be throws oas Of employment in Ene
land
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

Farm ITO acres, good buildings, fine
soil and well improved. Suitable fol
trucking. Price, 81 800. Near st. Jo
seph's Church. Terms easy.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

A small farm, II miles South of Chap.
tico at Cross Roads. Two miles from
steamboat wharf. ~ acres. Common
improvements. Good stand for business,
mercantile or mechanical. Suitable for
fruit. Price, 800. Terms easy.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

Farm 40 acres on Sc. Clements Bay
Fine two-story dwelling. New. Suita
BILE for cultivation of fruit. Beautiful
view. Terms easy.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29
GTaDh0Dh0les are sold for SlO a up


Farm of 800 acres, fertile, good -
buildings, situate about IT miles from
Oakville and four miles from steamboat
wharf. Good state of cultivation. Price,
$4,000. Terms easy.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-29

Small tract of land on tributary of st.
Clements Bay Good dwelling. About
8 acres. Good for trucking. Price, $3.50.
Terms easy.
10. r. MORGAN,
Leonardtown, Md.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-19
Los HoNSkEs Dn PAPA IIo

Gilberta p ,Iidec'6
-Recibelo t1. mama.
--l Piensas que q no guerra vertel
-Dfle que estoy mala. /.
= Pero tu padre. desgraciada, tu
padre....
- 70 no reconozco 4 mi padre el de.
recho de disponer de mi persona
Haz 70 qre e pido. madFe mia, y 20
tomo sobre mi toda Il responsabilidad.
No habis que discutir. porque llama
ban. Costeelar entl6.
Despues de hab.ar un momento pre-
gunt6 por Gilberta.
Is & On POGO indi' puesta- babu-
ce6 Ia sonora Fsvosai.
Costeclaf no pareci6 sotprendefse.
-Favoral- tendra mas pena
que yo cuando sepa este contratiempo.
Msjor que eu1.qlieFa otra nadre de
bfa "a sonora de Fsvoral compsendef
aprobar IL invencible fepuenancia DE-
Gilbesta
paba Il raz6n ism hija.
Y sin embargo, veinte amos de esela.
yitnd habiao Al jado los tcsosies de Sd
enereia hassa el punto que en- pfeseneia
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-08-19
LIBRoS BARATO OS.

De venta en- Ia isuprenta del
BOletin Mefcantil
Jurispfudencia popular por F
f.astres "Tutela y Consejo d.
camilla !" /" Ell testamento y Ia he:
rencia" I" El matrimonio J" I" Fl
liaci6n -Patria- -Potestad- --Aljmen
oS =,
Compilation de.las disposicio
.es organicas dc la Administers
IN de Justicia Ell Ultramar, pc,
,atlchez Ocaf1a.
Repertoire de Jurisprudence
n materia criminal tornado po'
ma junta de Abogados, bajo l.
,irecci6n de D. Vicente Romer,
iron compl snde desde 81 all
SO 5 1890.
Ley de En.uiciamiento Civil
or ManrGsa. 5 tolnos. p
C6digo Civil, por Scavo.a. IL
mos y , apcldices
Compilation legislativa, pot
'erLandez, 10 tomos.
C6digo de Comercio, per RI
ZERO Gir6,. tomo.
C6digo de Justicia Militar.
Lryss Giviles lie Espafa, p,e
'ledina y Mliah6n, 1 tolno.
Codigo Civil, per G. de las Co
>as, tomo.
Instr.,'nentos pdbicos, po.
1arzoso, | tomo.
Ley de F.n.'l..ciamiento Civ
or Ia Re vista dc los Tribunal,
tONo.
C6digo penal para Cuba y r..
Rico, por id. id., l tomo.
El Ahogsdo popular, por i
Huguet, tomo.
C6digos Antiques de Espaha
por Marcelino Martinez A.t,i!,
ia, 2 tGMos.
Diecionario municipal, por G.:
,nte, 8 toinos.
Diccionario de Admin;strse;t,.
oor Alcubilla, 10 :omos.
Auuarios del 81 j 50, por ID.
Derecho Administrative, po
Sbella. 3 tomos
Diccionar:;. de fojpnular;os, ~
Manual lie 5;r;gados Mu'.;.
les, pcc IL. tolno.
Manual del Secretario de A
,rtamien: ;, por id, | t.mo.
Manual ,le t; rm;.ial::es pa,.
III oiCs cisiies. po, il; tn,no.
Manual de torrnu'sr.cs para /.
srimiaal, por ID, /. tomo.
Lleln lie tseeal1ontsr.as, poi i'll
tomo.
Idera de quinta5 por ID, TO
no.
Idem de eApropiaci6n forzosa
por id, / tomo.
Idem de mr. .'es, por id, To-
mo-.
Iden del mstriu.oaiO, per id,
tomo.
Legislation de minas, por Dra
70 Molh, l tomo
'Consejo de familisa, pOr Ace
tOmo.
Gufa de Contribution TssEito
'ial, por Freixa, / tcmo.
Frocsdlmientos CivilA. Crimi.
lalss, Caa6aices y Con.so s;o.o-
|dminish~avsar per T. astras, J