davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-27

cued by the man who afterward be-
came her husband. AS is the custom
in India. Rance Khud, while still
toddling child, was affianced to the
son of friend and neighbor. At the
age OF IL, just on the eve of the chill
dren's marriage, the youth of 13, Who
was to be the bridegroom, died, End,
according to the irrevocable laws OF
her caste, she was doomed to be burn
ed on his funeral pyre on the banks
of the sacred river Jumna, over from
the city of Benares. AS Lalros had
much to do with what followed, 1t is
just as well he should tell the story.
Il, the son of 4 European father,
was guiding a detachment of the First
Bengal cavalry through the jungles to
Benares. While concealed in the bush
waiting for sunrise we saw the dead
youth carried down to the waters
edge on bamboo stretcher, and,
judging from the sort of crowd that
had assembled. we concluded that we
were about to witness a suttee. The
body was covered over with a green
silk robe-for he was high-caste
Brahmin-and placed on pile of res
inous sandalwood logs. Then the
cloth was removed. the bier placed on
the pyre, with the feet toward the
Jumna, six logs were laid on the body,
and all was ready for the widow.
Led by a relative, Rance walked
slowly down the bank to play her
tragic part in the ceremony, covered
with flowing robe of white. A Bra
min priest stood at the head of the
body-the scene is before me now as
If it were but yesterday-and he di-
rected the proceedings in the coolest
manner possible. Taking the rod pre-
sented her by the Brahmin in her
right hand, Rance walked three times
around the bier and waved it over
her head. The Brahmin next handed
her torch. which, though to all ap-
pearance not lighted, contained
spark of fire within. Very soon the
waving of the torch caught a current
and ignited. ! could not see tie girls
face all this time, but could see that
her form shook like an aspen leaf.
"The Brahmin now, amid profound
silence. having ordered her to apply
the torch, Rance advanced toward the
pile with totterlng steps, and in a mo-
ment the pile was ablaze Now came
Ramees time to sacrifice herself to
perish then and there in the fierce
flames that were already stretching
out their tongues toward her tllmsy
robe.
"She hesitated, she trembled. and by
command of the priest two men were
about to throw her on the blazing
pyre. when the officer commanding
the detachment, n young man with a
soft heart, ordered his men to charge.
They obeyed the order with alacrity.
and not a moment too soon, dispers
Ing the suttee party, which fed to It's
boats. leaving Rance falnting on the
river banks. In taking this step the
officer really disobeyed orders. For
tunately we found what we had come
for. We saw that the rebels were
fortifying Benares. AS for Rance. the
rolonel's wife took her under her pro-
lection. and she became my wife"
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-27
Arrested for Murder of 80.

Dallas CTexas) Cor Chicago Inter
Ocean; The sheriff of Austin county
last night arrested Captain John Nc
Donald, for two years resident of
that county, on warrant charging
him with murder committed In San
Patriclo county forty years ago. Cap
tain Mcdonald secured his release on a
writ of habeas corpus after his arrest
for the killing of Jim Moyet In 1859.
His bond was fixed at $1,000. He dis
appeared from there. was soon lost
sight of in the war between the states.
and was not fully identified until yes
terday as the man wanted ruder the
old Indictment.
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-27

The heretofore rumored changes in
the system of paying the employees of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad took
permanent shape last week at meet
ing OF the heads Of the several depart
ments and general superintendents.
called by General Manager Underwood
for the consideration OF that matter.
1t was determined to replace the pres
ent dilatory process OF running the
pay cars over the entire system, in
volving an expenditure of three weeks
time In distributing large bulk of
currency aggregating one million dol
lars per month. by more convenient.
expeditions and safer process OF dis
tributing through the hands of the sta
ton agents checks payable at any one
OF the 81 banks upon the line Of the
system and by any agent OF the COM
pany. The new arrangement is ef-
fcctive May LIST. -.a-a.-
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-27

Smallest of Known Flowers.
The smallest flower known to the
botanist is said to be that OF the yeast
plant. 1t is microscopic In size.
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-27

cousin Emeline is such trial to her
parents I'm what respect?' "She
doesn't seem to have single particle
of inborn Difference to wealthy people"
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-27
:. .oss :s,s,:s ssss v,o s.s Tompson's Eye water.

wANTED-Case OF bad heaith that RIPA.N.S
will not benefit. Send cents TO Ripans Chemical
Co.. New York. for 10 samples and 900 testimonials
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-27
Looking for II Hardy Orange Tree.

An orange tree that will grow and bear
fruit as far north St Louis and Phil
adelphia is promised by the officials of the
Agricultural Department. The destruc-
ton of orange crops and groves in recent
years through frosts in northern Florida
directed the attention of Secretary Will
son to serach for some measure of relief
for the owners who have been suffering
financial loss. He has been superintend-
ing the crossing of the Florida orange and
the Japanese trifoliate, n hardy variety
of fruit. and now has several thousand of
the hybrid plants which will be set out
during the present spring. The experts
believe that the new orange will survive
frost and moderate amount of cold, and
are confident that the experiment will re-
suit in producing trees in which the ex-
cellency of the Florida orange will be
combined with the hardness of the Jap
anese plant. If the experiment succeeds
the department will materially assist in
reviving the orange industry. not only in
Florida but in other southern states, and
will at the same time assure the orange
eaters of an unfailing supply.
cousin Emeline is such trial to her
parents" I'm what respect? She
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-27

w. N. U.-DENvER.- NO.I7.-iseS
When Answering Advertisements Kindly
Mention This Paper.
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-27

without 1t. / never fail to recommend
1t when an opportunity presents IT.
self II. Caldwell, Robeline, La.
Gilbert Hofer. Grays. KY, says in
letter dated March 7tk, 1894: Il have
used four bottles of Pe-ru-na and am
well OF my catarrh. and 1t cured my
Bright's disease. / had been troubled
for two years. I weigh twenty pounds
more than l did before ! was taken
sick. l shall never be without Peru
na."
Send for free catarrh book. Address
DR.. Hartman, Columbus. o.
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-27
KIDNEY DISEASE,
Caused by Internal Catarrh, Promptly
Cured by Pc-ru-na.

Hon. ]. H. Caldwell. a prominent
member of the Louisiana State Legis-
lature. says the following in regard to
Pc-ru-na for catarrh:
II have used Pe-ru-na for a number
Of years with the very best results for
catarrhal diseases. I shall never be
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-27

Aren't you afraid your daughter will
get her brains knocked out playing baske I
ball?" mo: as she looks when she is In
the game don't think she has them with
her"
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-27
Remarkable Murder In England.

Biddenden, quiet country village in
Kent, was recently the scene OF re-
markable murder. The rector's daugh-
ter, n middle-aged splnster, had quar-
relied with several parishioners, and
wrote to six of them to meet her at
church on certain Sunday, as she
wished to make up. 1t happened to
rain, so that only one of the persons
addressed, Sunday school. teacher,
attended church. After the commun-
ion, Of which both partook, the woman
invited him into the vestry and asked
the curate to be witness to the rec
onciliation. She then drew a revolver
and shot the teacher dead.
The daily sentinel., 1899-10-06
Clerks wear rree. os.ss.

It is a rule at the well-known bank
ing house of Coutts & Co.. London. that
none of the bank clerks wear mus
taches. 1t has long been considered .
point of business etiquette that all the
gentlemen employed at the bank
should wear frock coats during busi-
ness hours.
The daily sentinel., 1899-10-06
RIO GRANDE WESTERN
THE copRA INDUSTRY.
An Important Trade May be Trans
ferred to the United States
from Marsedlles.

Consul Skinner at Marseilles invites
attention to the fact thai the occupa-
ton of the Philippines by the United
States may lead to the transfer to the
United States of an industry now al
most exclusively confined to the city
of Marseilles. He refers to the copra
industry, and states the situation as
follows:
1.-THE crushing of oleaginous seeds
and cocoanuts, for the extraction of the
oil they contain, has for many years
given employment to hundreds of work.
men, and the skillful use of blended oils
in the manufacture of soap gave to this
city it's worldwide reputation for the
latter. Inmore recent times, the Amer
ican cotton seed oil has to large ex-
tent replaced the copra or cocoanut oil,
at the same time severely crippling the
seed-crushing business. A soap manu-
facturer advises me that the cotton oil
cannot, however, entirely supplant the
cocoanut oil, as the former, if used
alone, produces soap too soft to be
acceptable to commerce; and the lat
ter, if unmixed with cotton or peanut
oil, makes soap as much too hard.
I am informed that mixture of about
half and half produces the best results.
and that the failure of Marseilles man
ufacturers to maintain these proper
tions has been followed by distinct
falling off in the quality of some ia
nous brands of Marseilles soaps.
1.-THE copra or cocoanuts crushed in
Marseilles come almost exclusively
from the Philippine islands. In the
year 1897 the imports amounted to $780,
100 metric quintals, in addition to
which 1910 metric quintals were i'm
ported from the French colonies. The
highest price paid at Marseilles during
1897 was 1904 and the lowest $o.31.
The nuts fall from the trees and lie on
the ground until the hard shell sep
arates from the kernel and decays. The
kernels appears to lose none Of its use
full qualities, though permitted to re-
main on the ground for year or more.
When favorable opportunity occurs
the copra is gathered, dumped into
some small coasting boat, and eventual
ly reaches Marseilles. At the present
time the price is uncertain and almost
double the average figure, because of
complete suspension of arrivals from
Manila. On January II the total stock
of copra in the docks and warehouses
was only 1880 quintals, and the fear
now prevails that the troubles among
the natives will prevent the shipment
of any considerable quantity for some
time to come.
"The assurance that means Of COM
nunication between the Philippines
and the United States will soon be
established will make it appear easy
for American capital to build and oper-
ate crushing mills; and, with cotton
oil in unlimited quantities to draw
upon, the manufacturers of soap will
be in possession of additional resources
for carrying on their business."-Wash-
ington SL ..
The daily sentinel., 1899-10-06
g'on ...s es p.,.l 1. . o..Al..isi...

An odd candlestick il in bronze Of
the brilliant flaming red always A.
sumed by Mephistopheles in masQusr-
ade. 1t represents his satanic matss-
" in all the familiar brilliancy. with
horns and cloven foot, the latter ssrv-
ing as a standard. The tail is curved
into q loop handle for the candlestiek.
and the candle itself. Of the same fam
ing red wax, nts between the horaA
The daily sentinel., 1899-10-06
Consumption

IN IL incipiens ssags may b cured. HUD.
YAM has drawn tAousands away nom tAs
slutehss Of the dreaded disease. Many people
havs been restored - perfect health BY HUD.
YAM after their Gases were Dronounosd hope
- b. the best physicians. You can - s1EoA
The daily sentinel., 1899-10-06

Y yoa viii. Do not Do
lay. RsAsabe1 that d.
hys are dangerous. Thsy
aFs especially - N easss
q hoiDtsns osnssnH-
~, Look a1 tAess syAH
ta0A. Study them eare
fully. Are tAsy ysanf :
rAsA ysa must - care
M Yea ass within the
9sasp q sensuADusa.
MUDYAu vii release
20, HAAs u . . Z An
-.
The daily sentinel., 1899-10-06

/. FLUSHING OF T11 OXBTxD IN
THE AFTERNOON AND 0V0H1No-
the nrst symptom q ssasanDesso. 1UDYAN
will cause It 70 diaAppsaR. HUDYM VIII
establish q perfect sirsulae4sa - tAs Mod and
cause he ehssks - assume nsrnal sssy sslss.
Z. T1oKL1Mo IN TH1 THROAT
AND COUGH. AZ ans ~ ssush b . slisAt
hsck-HUDYAN win step he tickling and The
cough. HUDYAN vii Es,isvs Il n Ssw days
.. A SLIGHT PAIN II oN1 on
BOTH LUNGS. usuAlly Hsas The tops. This
= an indication thas tAs ssasunptivs germ
has invaded the lang tissue. HUDYAN VIII
eradicate the germ. HUDYAN will restore
the lung tissue - healthy ssadtasa md Drs-
vsnt further dsstx0st3ea.
Z. wDAKMH00 ABOUND T He
HHART. The heart 4 bseening weak. HUD.
YAM viii stssngtAsa \ aaA sasss Tie veal.
sss - aissDpsas.
HUDYAN shsuA - sssA u saes. II viii
make The lunG tis1s strong 80 the gsfns II
he disease VIII - raplAly drawn frea he 81
ssa. The. ysu VIII regain ysaf health snd
ssrsnstA- HUDYAN can b sbtainsA q al
Aruggists isr 30. Per paokass. - . paskasss sor
ala ysus druggist does nst keep aUD-
YAN, ss1A direct 70 tie HUDYAN REAEDY
COAPANY, oa1 Tra1cisoe, CaA A STAG u
physicians and surgeons may - ssasuissd frss
ysu will call Yea may san o. WRITE. - yea
Assars. ConsultAsiso frse. AAvios = fFss.
Address
HUDYAN REMEDY COMPANY
ess. otsskssa, Market end t,lss ~
ses Fr..s,.ss. o..
The daily sentinel., 1899-10-06
Local Time Table.

The following is the correct time for
the arrival and departure of the trains
running into this city on all the roads:
RIO aRANDE. (BRoAD GAUGE
Arrive Depart
No 10, 9:45 m No4, sos N
No 8, 1924 a m No IA, 4:1O p m
No l, 11:H pm No2, 6:19 p N
RIO GRANDE MARROW GAUGB)
Arrive Depart
No Z, 4:3O'pm No 8, $50 IN
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-07
BUTTE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Problems in Political and Social
Science.
SKETCHES OF ARMY LIFE
"The Training OF Girls for Work"-Remi-
niscences ofNeal Dow-"Social Settle
ments" by C. R. Henderson.
Value and Distribution"

We flatter ourselves that with ad-
rancing civilization wars are becoming
fewer and less horrible in their de-
tails, but the time is yet far distant
when we may expect them to cease. or
when it will be safe for a nation to
neglect the most thorough preparation
for an ever-threatening conflict. The
events of the last two years have
brought this truth home to our people
with much emphasis. This have also
created an interest in books concern
ing the theory of warfare, which has
resulted in the production of some
hooks on the subject of much value
Two Of these books are THE Conduc-
of War. Short Treatise on Its Most
Important Branches and Guiding
Rules" by Freiherr Won der Colman
Goltz, and Inquiries Into the Tactics
of the Future Developed From Mill
tary History" by Fritz Hoenig.
Edward C. Boynton's History of
West Point and Its Military Import
ance During the American Revolution,
united States Military Academy" and
Rufus F. Zogbaums Horse, Foot and
Dragons: Sketches of Army Life at
Home and Abroad are not new
books, by any means, but they are
books that will be of special interest
TO many of our readers.
The following publications of the
United States government should be
mentioned in this connection, as they
are books in some demand 1T the IL
brary:
Register of the Commissioned and
Warrant Officers of the Navy of the
United States, and of the Marine
Corps" 1896, 1897 and 1899; annual
Report of the Major General Com
manding of the Army" 1878; Drill
Regulations for Light Artillery, United
States Army and Official Army
Register 1896 to 1899.
Among the patrons of the Butte IL
brary are many who indulge in the
collection of postage stamps. This Is
an occupation that frequently becomes
of absorbing interest, and when sys-
tematically pursued results in the ac-
QUESTION of much knowledge of prac-
teal value For the use of our anna
teur philatelists, as this class of col
DEBTORS is called, we have received of
date two important works, The first
belongs to the well known Collector
series and is The Stamp Collector"
by W. j. Hardy and Z. d. Bacon. The
other is the first volume of Adhesive
Postage Stamps of Europe: Practical
Guide to Their Collection, Identified
ton and Classification" by w. A. S.
Westoby.
Mis- Edith A. Barnett has made a
contribution to an important subject,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-07

Then two large rooms were found. one
packed with the soft, wool-like lining
of seeds, the bed of the young, and an
other and larger filled with seeds,
acorns and barley from a field some 800
or 400 feet distant. The nest was per-
meated with tunnels in every direction.
and finally these entered the ground.
So it would have been impossible to
burn the little creature out, as 1t
would merely take to the underground
hole. which led away no one could tell
where. The thieving propensities of
the animal are so well known that on
some ranches when anything is missing
the ranchers invariably look at the
wood rats nest before they make
charges against human beings.-New
York Sun
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-07
To Bleach the Negro.
From La Science Franchise.

From La Science Franchise.
1t is known throughout the world of
science that electricity can exert a
characteristic action the tissues and
liquids of the organism. What is the
exact nature of this action? What is
its exact mechanism? Is it exclusively
mechanical or exclusively chemical; or
is it alternately chemical and mechan-
ical? Does it act by electrolysis or by
vibratory massage? over all these
delicate questions hangs still pail of
mystery. But this does not prevent
psychologists and therapeutists from
making common use of electricity in
all its forms, and in particular by the
method of electropuncture by which
they sometimes obtain results both
curious and encouraging. The
method is used mot only for destroying
undesirable growths of hair eradicat-
ing birth marks, warts, etc, but ALSO
with success for erasing tattoo marks
that had been suppose to be indelible
Electricity, therefore, modifies the It's
sue and liquids of the living body when
it traverses them, either by provoking
certain chemical reactions or certain
changes of state, or by suspending or
disturbing the nutrition of the blood
vessels and nerves. These facts are,
perhaps, not easily explained, but they
are undeniable, and although the laws
that govern them remain hidden in OBJ
security, they none the less manifest
themselves by visible and tangible eff
fects, one of the most common of which
is decoloration.
1t is extremely rare that in the cases
noted above of the surgical use of cleo
tricity, it does not leave scar so dis
tinct that it alters the color of the
skin, on which appears white spot of
considerable size. 1t is proba BILE that it
exerts peculiar selective action on the
coloring matter or pigment of the cpl
dermis = The epidermis consists
of three distinct layers of cells, one
above the other. In the deepest layer
layer, the so-called mucous layer of
Malpighi,' is found the coloring matter
to which the skin owes its hue, and
which is known as pigment" The pig
ment exists in all races in the form of
brown granulations, mingled with the
cells of the mucous layer" The only
difference in this regard between a ne
gro and a white man Is that in the
negro these granulations are more num-
erous and larger. II we could, by and
process whatever, destroy or disorgan-
ize these Elementary infiltration, which
are as it were, natural tattoo marks,
the skin would present in spots so
treated even if it were the skin of a
negro, the characteristics of an albino's
skin, whose popularity is that 1t lacks
pigment altogether. Now, 1t is neither
impossible nor even Improbable that
electricity acts on the pigment. We
| have a right to suppose that 1t does,
| since it always leaves behind it light
| colored scars. Hence, if you wish to
| bleach a Kaffir or Zulu, a Yolof or
! an Abyssinian, instead of running your
| self by buying soap and rice powder
| set to work to depigmentize him cleo
| trically.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-07
IT'S A MEAT-EAT|NG CITY
Enormous Quantities Consumed
by Butte People.
AND THE REASON FOR 1T
1t Takes Every Month a Drove OF 725
Cattle. 100 Sheep, 1,2oo Hogs
and 300 Calves to Satisfy
Butte's Appetite.

Few residents of Butte have any ad-
equate conception of the enormous
quantities of meat consumed regularly
in this city. Butte is pre- eminently
meat-eating community. 1t is the
characteristic of the town. Families
which in other localities ate meat spar
ingly, on coming to Butte soon acquire
the meat habit and have flesh in some
form on the table at almost every
meal This excess of meat consump-
ton is probably due to the fact that
no vegetables or fruit are raised in
Butte and have to be shipped such
great distances that they are seldom
so fresh as to be very tempting. Fish
is also shipped such a distance that
few families eat it often. The meat
in Butte is, however, always good and
the city consumes enormous quanti-
ties.
Every month a drove of about 725
cattle are devoured in Butte. In ad-
dition the city devours each month
about LOO sheep and lambs, 1000 hogs
and 300 calves. Since the recent con-
solidation of several slaughtering COM
panies the meat for Butte has been fur
nished by the Butte Meat and Provis-
ion company. the Montana Meat com
pdny OIL anaconda and Fat Mullin IL
Co Some retail dealers and restaur-
ants have beeves and hogs shipped
here from the East, but the great bulk
of the meat is slaughtered close to
the city. The cattle killed here now
mainly come from oregon and Idaho
Some Montana cattle also is killed,
brought here from the Big Hole. The
several local companies have been con-
solidated in the Butte Meat and Pro-
vision company under the management
Of Ralph Louis. This company kills
each month 600 beeves, 1900 sheep and
lambs, $50 hogs and 200 calves. The
price paid for steers ranges from GA
to TX cents per pound, while and
cents are paid for cows, live weight.
The price for sheep and lambs Is about
SAs cents, for hogs ~ cents and for
calves to IL cents. An average
sheep as 1t comes to the slaughter pen
weighs about so pounds, hog 120
pounds and calves from 100 to 300
pounds.
The range has been very short the
past year and cattle men have had
to feed their stock from November to
June /. Range reports are to the eff
feet that hay is light in Montana as
a rule. June was dry, and the pres
ent month is starting in dry with the
result that the grass is burning UP.