davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-27
Handouts Meat.

Little more than a half OF the bill
that London settles every year goes
into the pocket OF the English farmer
From the ends of the earth comes this
vast supply. This great ogre OF a city
Of ours. before whose gastronomic ef-
forts the feats OF all the giants OF leg
end and fairy tale fade into insigniti-
canoe. has taken his toll of the wild
ranchers from boundless Western prai-
ries. OF the beautiful chestnut-colored
herds OF the Andalusian Mountains, OF
the piebald-coated cattle that the hon.
est Dutch tend as their own children,
and of the sturdy oxen Of the North
German plains. says Cassell's Maya
zine. Canada and Australia send us
lambs and sheep. the River Platte our
OK tongues. Hamburg and Rotterdam
our pigs. What an advertisement for
the Navy Leaguel What an object
lesson for those who declare our fleet
is overgrown,
1t passes human comprehension TO
think what would become of London
IL our command of the sea were lost
and the foreign supplies failed. IL the
10000 live cattle from America that
swell the metropolitan cattle herd dur
ing the year never reached their des-
tination; IL Hollands half million OF
sheep were forced to remain on the
home pastures-in short. IL the 140, 900
tons Of meat, neither bred nor fed in
these islands, that London annually
consumes, ceased 20 appear in the but
cheers shops of the metropolis.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-27
The Horse and Half Dollar.

She was a very easy going person,
and the repose with which she told the
story was beautiful, aggrlvating, ri1ic-
ulous.
THE man came and woke me up. 1t
was 2 o'clock, but he said that our
horse had got out of the barn, so we
got up and dressed and went out after
the horse. and we found the horse and
out him back in the stable. Tbs next
morning we gave the man half 4 dol
lar.
And the rext night the man came
and woke us up; and 1t was oclnck
again. just like the night before. Ana
the man said our horse had got out CT
the stable again. SO we got up ard
dressed and we found the horse and put
him back in the stable. And my hus-
band gave the man so cents again.
Then the third night the man came
and said that our horse had got out
again. And ii was about the same
time. o'clock. But we were very glad
the man came to tell us. And when we
found the horse again we decided that
we would lock the stable this time so
that the horse couldn't get out, and so
the n an wouldn't have TO come and get
us out of bed to go out and get the
horse lack into the stable again.
And we did lock the stable. But the
next night the nign came and got uS
ND and told us the horse had got out
Of the stable again. And we had to
get up just like on the other nights to
20 md get our horse again. And each
tire we gave the man 90 cents. But
this time we saw that the stable had
been broken oren.
$50 my husband asked our neigh5or.
and he said that his horse got out or
his stable nights. only little earlier
than our horse did, and the same man
told him about his horse getting
away. And he paid the man so cents
every time. SO my husband decided
that we would watch.
AID we did watch that night, but
the horse did not get away. So we
never found out whether the man let
the horse out to get the so cents or
not, because the day before the man
had ing himself
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-27
rhosr Eleyen obs.lnate ,Ien Agal,

Those Eleven Obstinate Men Again.
A correspondent writing from Vir-
ginia to Law Notes, gives us the fol-
lowing jury story: In a prosecution
Tor horse stealing tried in Bedford
County, Virginia, Just after the war,
The evidence was conflicting and. as
usual. the attorney for the prisoner
obtained from the Court an instruction
hat the prisoner was entitled to the
benefit of every reasonable doubt. The
Jury retired. and after they had been
out about two hours the dinner hour
arrived. The judge sent the sheriff to
ask IL the jury were likely to agree.
The answer came. Yes" The court
waited until 9 o'clock in the afternoon.
and again sent word to know IL the
jury were likely TO agree. Again an
affirmative answer came back. Supper
time came, and no jury. Once more
the sheriff made his pilgrimage to the
Jury room and returned with the same
answer. Lights were procured. and
about o'clock the jury filed in with
their verdict, which the Court read
solemnly: we. the jury, find the de-
PENDANT not guilty by d-n tight
squeeze" Upon the first ballot the
Jury had agreed to mot guilty" but
enc juror hung the jury nearly twelve
hours on the "d-n tight squeeze" add
endum.-Law Notes.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-27
SOMETHING NEW IN STEEL
A Discovery That Is Expected To
RevoIutionize a Great Industry.

A Discovery That Is Expected To.
RevoIutionize Great Industry.
Just as Americans begin to feel that
they are upon the verge OF developing
superiority to Great Britain not only
in shipbuilding, but In the steel trade,
in which such a number of valuable
foreign contracts have lately been
taken by our manufacturers in the face
OF British competition; and just as ma
ture seems to encourage the American
aspiration by showing that the English
coal mines will be exhausted within
another fifty years. science seems to
be coming to the aid OF tie Britisher
and may be about to ope, new fields
of competition in steel in Ihich Amer
lea must take part IL she is to main
tain her hard-earned prestige.
The discovery has been demonstrated
in London. and is being made much
of by the English press. that the abil-
ity to produce perfect steel by casting
il in vacuum made by liquid hydro
gen with process that II is not pro-
posed to make public, has at last at
tanned practicability. A company has
been formed with capital OF thirty
thousand pounds to experimentally de-
as successful as Prof. Dewar, the dis
coverer presumes 1t will be. the air
bubbles that now cause flaws and
weakness in steel will be done away
with and metal will result such as
the world has never seen. To say that
this means possible revolution In the
steel trade is to put II mildly, and II
the English government can control
the process, as 1t Is now intimated may
be the case, then American scientists
and those of other countries will be
put upon their mettle to get even with
the Britishers, says the Marine Jour-
nal.
Liquid hydrogen, which is the great
agent now discovered, is described as
clear, colorless. transparent and very
volatile fluid no clearer than pure
water. out only one-fourteenth the
density of water. In its lightness 1t Is
out of all proportion to any known IL
ouid A piece of paper when placed
in 1t sinks. The difference between
LIQUID hydrogen and liquid air is as
great IL not greater than the difference
between the ordinary temperature and
LIQUID air. Liquid hydrogen places
temperature at within twenty degrees
of absolute zero, which is represented
by 494 degrees Fahrenheit and 27S de-
grees Centigrade below zero. The boil
ing point of liquid hydrogen is 252 de-
grees below zero, at which 1t Is capa-
BILE of enormous pressure.
The discovery must AFFECT every
problem Of physics and chemistry. Its
possibilities are illimitable. 1t may
reyolutionize the methods that have
been laboriously built up during the
last three hundred years.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-27

A few years ago the river drivers
were working on the West Branch
The logs had jammed into a nasty
snarl, and no one hankered for the job
OF going out with a cantdog and start
ing the key log. In the crew was an
Indian who was noted for his GOODNESS
and his keenness. The boss finally
looked over in his direction. La.
coote," he said, "you go out and break
that jam, and ri see that you get a
nice puff in the paper" The redskin
looked at the logs and then at the boss
dead Injun look On nice on paper.
he grunted and walked away.-ThC
Aroostook (Me.) Pioneer.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-27

1T am sorry to have to say II, but l
have good reason to believe that young
man who is paying attentions to your
daughter is not person Of steady hab-
it's"
And have good reason to believe to
the contrary, my friend, for he has
been calling on her steadily for The
last nine years."-Boston Pilot
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-27
WHEN CARO- KNEW

She sank among the cushions and
lifted her laughing eyes 1T feels like
childhood and playing hide-and-seck, :
she said.
cit is better than childhood" He
gave her a look that splashed her
cheeks with color.
''Once upon a time" he began, there
was a little lover who brought his
sweetheart the biggest plums and ripest
peaches. and always carried home her
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-27
letter. salt aheum and Eczema

The intense itching and smarting incl
dent to these diseases IS instantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. II
is equally efficient tor itching piles an !
a favoriie remedy for sore nipples. chap
ped hands. chilblains. frost bites and
chronic sore eyes. 25cts per box. Fol-
sale by Feldmeyer Bros, City Drug
Store.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-27
RATS or AuvKMrssaNo

s.ne sQuare. six lines tint insertion "a 90:
sutksuuens ifisertions 90 Gents Sp cial rates
made. with monthly, quarterly and yearly ad-
Tertisers.
eTLocal notices and political or personal
communications Is cents per line: subsequent
insertions. 10 cents Ier line.
Ordinary rarriare announcements. twenty
d-e Gems. Oaifusry notices will be charged
for at one-half the usu i rates of advertising
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-27
when 1-hey knew Him.

There are plenty OF women who
would be glad to get me" he said.
Every likely" she replied, pointedly.
.'but none would care to keep you
after she once had YOU"
He went outdoors to say what he
wanted to say after that thrust. He
felt that he couldn't do justice to 1t in
the house.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-27

Dr.. Cady's Condition Pos0ae,s. are just
what horse needs when in bad condition
Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge
They are not food but medicine ard the
best in use TO put horse in prime con-
dition. Price IS cts per package. For
sale by Feldmeyer Bros, City Drug
Store.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-13
MULE DENTISTRY.
An Expert Dentist who Operates on
Twcnty-FOur Of the AMI
mails Every Day.

A Mexican mining company which
owns 2O0 mules keeps dentist on It's
staff simply TO look after the mules
teeth.
One of Mr.. Mules amiable weakness
es is the habit of boiling his food,
which frequently causes dyspepsia or
other diseases. This boiling of his food
is not caused by n desire to hasten his
meal, but because his molars or back
teeth, having more work to perform
than his front teeth, wear away in the
course of few years and become
much shorter than the front ones, thus
allowing the food to pass into the stom.
Gch without being properly masticated.
In cases of this kind the incisors, OF
front teeth, have to be filed down an
eighth or quarter of an inch.
The molars of mule are 2h inches
in length, while the incisors measure
2R inches, and judging from his signs
Of pain, the nerves are as sensitive as
those of human beings. An expert
dentist operates on "a mules day.
The extracting Instruments are from
two TO three feet in length, and the
entire case of instruments weighs
fully 80 pounds. The teeth of every
mine mule are examined and treated,
it necessary, once or twice "A year.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-13
A Profitable Industry.

An enterprising Marylander, whose
farm is mostly swamp land, along the
Potomac, is rapidly acquiring a for
tune in raising bull frogs for the mar
ket He ships them in crates contain
ing dozen each and plenty OF sea-
weed to hotels and restaurants in New
York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and 9th
er cities OF the east 1t is a profitable
business. No farmer in that section of
che state makes half so much money
with double the laDor. With the as
sistance of two or three colored men
he can raise and sell several thousand
bull frogs every month at the rate OF
1S dozen and the raw material costs
practically nothing. He lately re-
celved an order from Berlin for 800 fat
yourg frogs; to be shipped alive by
steamer from Baltimore, and was un-
able 10 ifl 1t, because OF che domestic
being so great The success OF
tliis Maryland farmer ought to arouse
a host Of imitators in all parts of the
Il ought not to be any trou-
bic TO raise bull frogs anywhere, for
swamp land is by no means a scarce
article in the eastern states.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-13
kiImer.

Charley Spencer of Cleveland, spent
a few days last week with his brother,
Isaac, at this place,
A. d. Hallett, of this place, is en-
gagged as sawyer on the sawmill ofGes-
sci Bros, near Macksburg. He will
work al winter.
Mrs. Henry Rhodes and granddaugh-
ter Lizzie, returned from an extended
visit with relatives in Ross county.
Jack Shaffer, of Harrietsville, re-
sumed his duties as p. NJ. here Mon
day.
Several of this place are suffering at
present with grip.
The school here is progressing finely
under the management of ]. V. Stone,
of Eaglesnest.
Miss Winifred Hallett returned to
her school Monday at Oak Shade after
vacation of two weeks. M.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-13
Petroleum for Road Making.
o the Editor of the Derrick :

To the Editor of the Derrick:
/ read with much interest the exper-
-ments Of Major Meigs of Keokuk, Ia,
in yorr issue of December 80, 1898 re-
lating TO the employment of crude oil
for good roads. About the month of
November, 1897, l contributed an ar
ticle to your paper entitled Crude Oil
for the roads. 1t was widely quoted
throughout the United States, and am
the recipient of several interesting let
lers requesting full details of my OBJ
servations, the most conspicuous be-
ing the letter from G. L. Wilkison,
acting examiner, Div. "a, U. S. patent
office, Washington, d. c., for official
use~ My observations of the effect of
crude oil on the road cover a period of
three years. At Tie end Of that time
the preserving qualities of crude oil
were plainly noticeable. No mud in
wet, or dust in dry weather being on
the oil treated bit of road, notwith-
standing the road had not been pre-
pared Tor Tor treatment and the oil be-
ing the result of an accident, and that
In the most unfavorable time of the
year, mid-winter. However, the eff
feet was phenomenal. am pursuaded
by the results of my observations in
which have been intensely interested
tnat a road properly prepared and
treated with crude oil, will be
thing Of beauty" if not a joy for
ever-then for three years. Accepting
the Majors suggestion of one barrel
of crude oil to each 100 feet of road 12
feet wide at cost of SIS per mile and
three years of good roads would be
the result for the small expenditure of
$25 per mile for the year. feel assur-
ed that we are entering upon an era of |
good roads. and that crude oil is des-
tined to be the active agent.-Cor. Oil
City Derrick.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-13
FRIDAY. JANUARY is. 1893.
Tax on Brice Legacy.

Washington, Jan. 10.-The late Sen
ator Brice is the only man of very
large means who has died since the
war revenue law went into effect. This
law imposes a heavy tax on legacies,
and provides that whoeve rinherits
between $4,000 and $25,OOO shall pay
at the rate of rs cents for every 500
inherited; and when the property ex-
ceeds 100000 and does not equal
81 100000 that rate is multiplied by 21a
and becomes $1.S7 Ter 800. There is
a proviso, however, that all legacies or
property passing by will or by the
laws of any state or territory to hus-
band or wife of the person died posses
sed as aforesaid shall be exempt from
tax or duty.
Senator Brice left no will. His wild
ow has qualified as Administrative of
the estate, and has filed schedule of
personal property left by him valued
at 100000. Besides the widow there
are five children, and besides the per-
sonal property in New York it is be-
lieved that the estate is worth several
millions of property situated in Ohio,
Indiana and elsewhere. The Brice
case has not been before the Commits
stoner of Internal Revenue, but there
are several similar cases of Importance
under consideration. Under the law
THAT portion of the estate that passes
TO Mrs. Brice as widows dover will be
exempt from taxation, but the inherit
ance of other heirs-that is, the per-
sonaI property distributed among them
will. be subject to tax. If this per-
sonal property of the children-which
includes the income from real estate
should equal 100000 for each he'll, the
tax woud be $11 1920. The rate upon
inheritances of personal property ex-
ceeding $4,000 in value is $2.25 up
on every 800. The law requires that
the administrator shall present a
schedule to the Collector of Internal
Revenue, setting forth all the properey
which the deceased possessed with a
list of every person entitled to any
beneficial interest therein.
Under the laws of New York Mrs.
Brice will also be compelled to pay a
state tax of 1 per cent, with per cent
off for cash.-Chicago Record Cores
pondence.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-13
Has the Kelley Motor Secret Been
FOund2

From recent disclosures made at
Philadelphia 1t appears that accident
is again to accomplish what persis-
tent and earnest effort has repeatedly
failed to do. Persistent and earnest
effort was bafiied in every, attempt
made to discover the secret of the
Kelley motor. Accident has disclosed
evidence of what may be the cause OF
the startling effects that brought so
many dollars to the Kelley treasury
Workmen engaged in cleaning up the
old labratory in which Kelley worked
on his mysterious motor, discovered
an immense hollow sphere set on a
foundation of stone and mortar, be-
meath the floor of the room where
Kelley delighted to give exhibitions
of his unexplained source of mechani-
cal power. There is a secret air con-
nection, and the skeptics declare that
the wonderful cabalisitc motor was
nothing more nor less than a common
every day compressed air machine. 1t
is recalled now that in his exhibitions
of the marvellous power possessed by
his mystic motor, ,Keeley at every dem
onstration. picked up a brass wire
from the floor. This Is believed to be
the connection that controlled the
compressed air and made his motor"
motorlze.
The officers of the Kelley company
and other believers in the invention,
are wroth over the discovery and loud
in their disclaims of the sphere being
the secret" either by weight or air,of
the motor. They don't know what it
is, or to what use, if any. it has been
put. They simply claim to know that
1t isn't One director remembers that
when Kelley was exhibiting a "mul-
tip.icator," which enlgmatlcal essen
al of the motor the discovered sphere
resembles, he made a mistake in turn
ing the power and instead of making
1t light as air, turned the power the
wrong way and the multiplication of
weight caused it to crash through the
foorwhere it was permitted to remain
undisturbed ever since. 1t is an in
teresting explanation. The multi
plicator" probably built its own foun-
dation after through the floor. manu-
featuring the trowel and other neces-
sary tools, mixing the mortar and
gathering together the heavy rocks
wnlle passing through space, The di-
rectors should be cautioned against
'peaking so freely of the matter
There is danger of an inadvertent
disclosure of the motor secret.-Times
Star.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-13
Ocean Instead Of a River.

The situation before our government
in the Philippines is no different from
that which has confronted it at every
step OF the expansion across the con
tinent,from the headwaters of the Ohio
to the mouth of the Columbia. We
have crossed a wide ocean instead of
Wide river, that is all; but Manila is
no more remote now than the Illinois
towns were a century, or California
half century ago.--New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-13
Pullman Will Become Part of
CHICAGO,

Chicago, Jan. 12.-The dream of
Geo. M. Pullman's life has been shat
tered. The fenced-in model town of
Pullman is to become free commun-
ity. The anomaly of a city within a
city is at an end. The Pullman Pal
ace Car Co. has accepted the decision
of the supreme court of Illinois. The
decree will divorce the great corpora
tfon from everything save the business
for which it was incorporated.
Pullman's churches and schools, ho-
tel, magnificent Arcade hall, market
house, public library and 1000 brick
residences will be sold to the highest
bidders. The Pullman Iron and steel
company will be reorganized The
brick works will pass from the control
OF the company. The streets of Pull
man will be given over to the author
iGies of the city of Chicago and the
wafer works will pass into the control
of the city.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-13
4 DIMrNuT1vE REVOLVER.
II IL only one Inch and a Half Long
Yet II Shoots with Great
Accuracy.

Perhaps the smallest revolver ever
known has been discovered in Germany.
1t is 1hinches long and is made OF
steel, gold-plated. The handle is made
OF pengl. The hammer and trigger
work exactly MS in regular revolver,
and the cylinder holds seven cartridges.
Each cartridge is so small that TO load
the revolver n rammer and pair OF
pincers are used. These are attached to
the handle by ring. The cartridge is
picked up with the pincers, inserted in
to the chamber and rammed into place.
The cartridges are charged with full
minite, and the ball is about the size
of No. shot. When the trigger is
pulled and the hammer strikes the car
fridge there is an explosion about as
loud as when gun cap is snapped.
This little revolver shoots accurate
", but it. is so small that one cannot
handle it so that it may be aimed eX-
actly. The ball has force enough to go
through heavy cardboard. The hole
where it enters is very small, but ii has
tearing capacity when it comes out.
The revolver was bought by Mr.. C. j..
Schneider, who tested its shooting
powers in his Office one day. lie placed
"a card on his desk and fired. There
was little scream from the stenog-
rapher on the other side of the room,
who was rubbing her neck and insisted
that something had stung her. The
ball had gone through the cardboard,
struck the lock of the desk, glanced Off
across the room and hit the young
woman
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-13
No More Booze.

Germany's inebriates, after one
more year of such carefully mftigated
liberty as the dear kaiser's subjects
are permitted to enjoy, will enter upon
4 period of restraint calculated to fill
them with mingled horror and indig-
nation. With the beginning of 1900
there will go into effect a truly re-
markable lava law which places ey-
cry habitual drunkard under an in
terdict involving complete submission
TO the will of duly appointed eur
ator. This person will be empowered
to put the person whom he regards as
A dlpsomaniac anywhere he pleases.
there to undergo treatment for the
malady as long as the curator pleases.
And the new law formulates a fine
broad definition in telling what a
drunkard is. 1t says that the term in
cludes everybody who in consequence
OF 1nebriety, cannot provide for his af-
fairs, or endangers the safety of 9th
ers.' This measure was first advocat-
ed in Germany 35 years ago, but hith-
erto its enactment has been prevented
by influence not difficult to understand
How the regulation will work remains
to be seen. That it may effect good re-
suits is obvious and equally evident is
che possibility that it may lead to ty-
ranny such as would be utterly unen-
durable--anywhere out of Prussia.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-13
Hooking Valley To Be Sold.

Columbus, o., Jan. 1.-THE Column
bus, Hooking Valley and Toledo rail-
road will be sold here February 24,un-
der order of the United States court by
special master commissioners. No
bid for less than 81, 3,25O, 900 will be con-
sidered on the railroad property and
none for less than $75O.OOO on the
property of the Hooking Coal and
Rail Road company. a subsidiary con-
Germ. The sale is furtheranee of the
reorganization plan.