davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
Was u Joke on the Doctor.

Colonel Daniel r. Anthony, brother
OF Susan b. Anthony. and the last of
the fighting editors OF Kansas. is on
record as the only man who has had
his aorta severed and lived. In a news
paper feud with a gambler of the name
OF Jennison, Anthony was shot. The
doctor told him he could not live. The
wounded man did not say anything,
but babe his sister good-by and went
to sleep, When he awoke he asked
the nurse; What time is IT." six
o'clock" replied the nurse, The colonel
chuckled for a moment; then said;
Say, there's a good joke on the doc
tor. isn't 1t? He said I'd be dead at
$3.50" He fell asleep again and when
he awoke the doctor acknowledged his
mistake.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
Glasgow Taxes Heavy Enough.

A story has been going .hs rounds
OF the American newspapers to the Of
feet that the city of Glasgow 10 80 well
managed that the citizens have been
relieved of three-fourths of the taxes.
Inquiries are constantly directed 10
the corporation of Glasgow asking for
details OF the means by which this has
been accomplished. The truth OF the
matter ID that while Glasgow corpora
ton has many Industrial enterprises,
1t Is a fixed principle that the profits
made on these shall In no case what
ever go to the relief OF the lax rates.
The profits go toward improving and
cheapening the particular product OF
the particular industry in which they
are made. Our taxes remain not per-
haps 80 heavy as those OF the MAORI
ties OF cities. but heavy enough TO
keep us In mind OF them Robert Mac
Intsre in Chicago Record.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26

TYPICAL PATIENT AT vITRY.
and stare at 1t for hours, nor could he
be induced to fix his attention else
where. IL left to himself this wretched
being would surely perish from starry
alton.
AS IL by a miracle from heaven JAG
ques has been put I'm his right mind
and In a few months will be sent home
entirely cured to his happy parents In
Marseilles. He is now learning the
carpenters trade and he will be ap-
prenticed as soon as he returns home.
How has all this been accomplished?
Doctor Bonneville says that he has
nor punished the boy at any time for
disobedience or transgresslon OF dis
cipline. First, there was a week of
patient observance OF his peculiar
form Of idiocy and n daily examlna-
ton Of the uniformed organs. He was
treated az at home. fed with Il spoon.
conveyed into the garden in a rolling
chair. left to mutter and stare at will,
and at night carried to bed. His nurse
in all details gave him maternal care.
In the case Of Jacques, Doctor
Bonneville determined that massage.
followed by a special gymnastic course,
vas the best treatment, for his dag
nosis revealed hat his form OF imbe-
cility was traceable mostly to an i'm
perfect development OF the facial, man
ual and pedal lineaments and other
peculiar deformities contracted before
birth and permitted to become aggra-
waited by Ignorant nursing. Electric
and medicated baths were also pre-
scribed by the doctor.
IL was weeks before Jacques could
stretch out his arms and months be-
fore he could stand up without assist
ance. As to feeding Jacques his fond
ness for certain dellcacies wal soon
ascertained. These were finally given
to him at every meal. but only when
he would reach out his hands for
them. Curious musical instruments
attracted the patients attention. The
only time when he was known to smile
was when the doctor would play on his
violin. Jacques soon learned to walk
from his room to the farther end OF
the garden IL he wanted to see and
hear the doctor play.
After three months Jacques fed him
self, could walk and talk and dress
himself. Then began a slow course OF
gymnastics. while Doctor Bonneville
left nothing undone to reduce the abb
normal facial formations by massage
and the mental restoration by the
p~estalozzian method OF instruction.
The latter method consists In object
lessons, the garden and the streets
and the rooms taking the place OF
books.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
(Special Letter.l

Especial letter.
George w. Vanderbilt. In order 10
do something OF consequence for the
human race. and incidentally to prove
that the moneyed class is not wholly
indifferent to the advancement of
science. will search Java for the miss
Ing link. The young master of Bit
more manor house has selected a bril-
liant Yale student, Mr.. David j. wal
ters, to lead an expedition to settle,
so far as human research may do so.
the most important problem that now
c~onfronts the biologists of the world
namely: Does the actual species OF
ape-like men that the logic OF biology
demonstrates to have lived at a re-
mote period of the carth's history still
exist?
Ernest Haeckel, the distinguished
professor at ,ne University OF Jena,
maintains that this soulless, voiceless.
~tve-fingered. tailless creature Is still
extant amid the jungles and tangled
forests of Northeastern Java, and he
last spring announced his intention to
set out In quest of this only link yet
missing to complete the wonderful
chain in the theory OF mans descent,
beginning with the monera or ogan-
isms without organs; advancing to the
amaeba. thence by seven stages to the
skull-less vertebrates.
The specimen Of the Pithecanthropi,
or ape-like men. that Mr.. Vanderbilt
hopes to find marks the twenty-frst
stage of Advancement from the single
celled monera or protoplasmic germ.
II Is the one link that must be found.
alive or in the fossil state, to COM
pletely demonstrate the new. wonder
full and startling philosophy of hui
man existence that eliminates a God.
and to clinch what must be admitted
to be the most brilliant product of the
human brain-the theory of develop
ment. Whether IL be called Darwin
ism or Haeckelism is of little i'm
portance. The doctrine of evolution
owes It's W development to several
stages, but to Lamarck. Goethe, Hux-
ley and Darwin in particular. 1t has
divided the Christian church, ii has
maue a warfare of science, and has
commanded more serious thought by
the brightest minds than any theme of
the nineteenth century. Upon the re-
suit of the hunt may depend the faith
OF go. 900 900 Christian people who
cling to the beliefs of their ancestors
Mr.. Vanderbilt is a believer, and has
lever wavered in his acceptance Of the
Adamic theory of creation. But hi
wants the truth. He Is like the editor
Of a newspaper in quest of facts. He
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
Kent Comfortable.

One would almost wish to be a fish
when the hot summer winds blow. and
especially a fish In the aquarium at
Battery Park. New York. The OH
Gals there have made arrangements
that add greatly to the comfort OF the
fish during the warm weather. Some
Of these Inhabitants OF the aquarium
require cooler water than that pumped
from the harbor. although that suited
them well enough in winter. The wa
ter Is therefore cooled for them dur
Ing the hot weather. There Is one
creature In the aquarium for which
the water must be heated all the year
round. 1t Is a little West Indian seal.
the only one that has been successful
ly kept in captivity. 1t was caught
with eleven others In the waters OF
what Is called THE Triangle" on the
coast OF Yucatan. The others all died,
but this one was saved by extraordin-
airy care, and the authorities are natu-
rally proud OF 1t.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
FAMOUS OLD PRISON.
Oid Haley Second Only to the French
Bastile In History.

Bastile In History.
odd Bailey" the most famous pris-
on in England, and second only to
the Bastile In France for historical
Significance, is about to be demolished.
This prison, which for COO years has
been a terror to criminals, will 500 be
pulled down and a magnificent strucr
ture embodying all the latest ideas In
sanitary inventions will be built. In
1878 the original structure was de-
stroyed and on the site was built a
court house. This, too, fell In the mo
popery" riots of 1880. as readers of
"Barnaby Rudge" will remember, and
the place was rebuilt and enlarged in
1909. SO the "Old Bailey" known to
Londoners today Is only about a hun
dred years old. 1t Is n of the most
desolate buildings in London and its
mere appearance has probably pre-
vented more crime than any other
agency in the world. Their name is
legion" might we'll be said of the cele-
brated criminals who have heard their
fate in that historic dock. according to
the New York Telegraph. Among po-
Iitical offenders sentenced at the "Old
Bailey perhaps the regicides are the
most memorable. Out of the twenty
one prisoners arraigned In 1860 twelve
were executed, while seven paid for
their part in the execution OF Charles
I. by lifelong imprisonment. A tragic
episode in the history OF the "Old Bal
ley" was the invasion of the court by
the Jail fever during the sessions OF
May, 1850. The fever obtained such a
hold in the neighboring prison that 1t
forced a way into the court, causing
the death of the Judge OF the Common
Pleas, Sir Thomas Abney Baron Clark.
the lord mayor and several other mem
bers of the bar and of the jury. These
plaques were directly consequent to
the lax sanitary laws. Little was
known of the art OF artificial ventila-
ton. The prisons were in shocking
condition. "Old Bailey" will always
be familiar to those who have read
Dickens. especially the lovery OF Bar
naby Ridge" Little Dorrit," Great
Expectations" and "0liver Twist" The
great novelist made a study Of Eng
1ish prison life. as he did OF English
schools. Nicholas Nickleby" awoke
the English public to the horrors of
their common school system. Little
Dorrit" raised such a storm OF indig-
nation that prison classification. the
greatest need OF the time, was soon In
troduced. AS Squeers disappeared be-
fore the singing pen of Dickens, so
Dennis. the hangman. and "Old Bal
ley" became things OF the past. and
today Newgate is a model prison. The
old building, now to be demolished,
was made as comfortable and health
fhl as the limited space would permit,
and the new ediice about to be erected
will be one OF the finest In the world.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26

has adopted the practical and natural
method Of doing what Professor
Haeckel wants done. He has sent out
a party himself. Mr.. David j. Walters
has sailed from San Francisco for Jap
an, where a special steamer will be
hired and properly equipped for this
expedition to the island of Java. 1t
is hoped to render the projected voy-
age of Professor Haeckel unnecessary.
Mr.. Vanderbilt expects to find the
Pithecanthropus at once IL he be where
Doctor Haeckel believes him. II the
ape-like man is not in Java Mr.. Van
derbilt's agent will search the forests
and the swampy until he
Is convinced Of that fact. The Pithe-
canthropus must be found or dis
missed from the field of contemporane-
Gus existence.
Man began to be a foreshadowed pos
slDility when the primary form of ape
appeared. Our semi-ape ancestors, IL
Darwin and Haeckel be right, pos
sessed only a faint resemblance to
the still livin s~hort-footed apes. The
tertiary period probably produced
than. They Originated" perhaps oua
of marsupials. or pouched animals (of
which the kangaroo remains). Then
came the tailed apes. but the narrow
nosed species In all that interests the
student of man. The tailed apes ''or-
iginated" out OF semi-apes by the
transformation of the jaw and the
changing of their claws into nails.
Most nearly akin to man are the large
tailless. narrow-nosed apes, the orang
of Asia and the chimpanzee OF West
Africa. They originated during the
miocene period In all likelihood and
developed by the loss OF their tails.
and partial loss OF their hairy cover
ing and by the exec sive develop ments
of that part of the brain Just allow
the facial portion OF the skull.
But toward none of these does the
present search tend. Mr.. Vanderbilt
seeks the ape who has ceased to be an
ape and has become a man! He
directed Mr.. Walters to bring back as
many live specimens as possible. To
kill such an animal would be murder.
Mr.. Walters Is Instructed to seek the
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
SUBTLENESS OF RHEUMATISM
Mild Cases Are Not Suspected OF Being
Serious and Are Neglected.


1t has been known for many years
that the most fertile cause OF heart
disease is rheumatism. Only recently
has II been realized, however, that
many cases Of rheumatism which give
rise to heart complications really run
SO mild a course that they are not sus-
pected OF being serious and are
neglected. This is especially true in
cases which attack the very young. In
children rheumatism often masquer-
AIDES under the name OF growing
pains" In infants it often fails COM
pletely of recognition. 1t has become
the custom to a lamentable degree to
give for 1t the coal-tar derivatives, the
various %antipyretic drugs, anti-pyrine.
p%henacetine, and the like, besides vari-
Gus derivatives of salicylic acid. These
drugs alleviate the rheumatic pain. by
benumbing the nerves; they also les
sen fever. The result of their use Is
that patients are enabled to move
about much sooner than they other
wise would. and this throws extra
work on the heart, and leads to post
rheumatic heart complications which
may cripple the organ of life. The re-
cent increase In the number Of refusals
of risks by life insurance companies Is
thought to be due to this cause. Doc
tors here from many parts of the world
deprecate the present excessive use of
these drugs. Pain Is natures demand
for rest. To allay It without reaching
it's cause Is to drug the sentinel who
watches over the citadel of health be-
cause his footsteps disturb our sleep
New York Post.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
Electric maon,..ry In sw.n..

UP till now electric machinery has
been manufactured in Sweden only on
a small scale. A Swedish company has
now been Incorporated, however.
which will build a comparatively large
establishment for the manufacture OF
electrical machinery. The factory will
be built in the northern part OF the
country, at a place called Ludviks.
where there is available water power.
The company has a capital stock Of
$780,, 600, and will In the beginning en-
ploy 400 persons. but intends TO devel-
op the business so as to furnish en-
ployment for 1000 workmen.--Frank
Woodward In Chicago Record.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
FIRE
Employed to Prevent Forest Fires In
MInne,ota,

Employed to Prevent Forest Fires In
MInnesota.
Minnesota has a law for the v
ton and suppression OF forest and
prairie fires. has regular fire war
dens," and, as a result, the chief fire
warden Is able to report that there
were only ten forest fires In 1899. These
burned over 3.63S acres and damaged
timber to the extent OF only 1854.
The whole number of prairie fires the
same year was "a; acres burned over,
24,616; damage done, S4.S56. The chief
difficulty that has been found In the
application of the laws to save Mime
sofas fine forests arises from the fact
that people do not like to report
against a fellow-townsman or neigh
Dor, and the machinery of the law IL
not extensive enough to depend upon
its wi workings Independent OF the
cooperation OF the people. Minnesota
has about 1900. 900 acres OF idle land
well adapted to the growth OF pine, and
a considerable part OF the report OF the
chief fire warden Is devoted to show
Ing that such taking over OF these
lands for this purpose by the state
would be profitable. He refers to Ger
many's experience since Frederick the
Great introduced forest or tree cul-
ture, and shows that the value of the
100 5000 acres of forest land in Ger
maryland unfit for agriculture-is
$500, 900 900, or equal to the assessed
a OF DrODerty in Minnesota -
Chicago News.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26

cy Gerard, a colored woman, in New
Augustine. Upon meeting the woman
he began to beat her, and after the
scufile that followed the woman was
found to be severely cut, and 1t Is
believed that Bell used a knife. The
woman's side of her story has not
been heard yet, but Bell says that he
came upon the m suddenly in a
dark and lonely neighborhood. She
was dressed in white, and as she ap-
preached, Bell says he thought she was
a ghost, and becoming frightened he
made the attack. 1t seemed to take
him some time to discover his mistake.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
Bathtub Growing smarer.

The change in the size OF the bath
tub is n Of the recent phenomena of
New York's growth. This valuable
and cherished adjunct to civilization
dwindles daily in size, and as the de-
mand for bathtub grows daily more
imperative in New York, there seems
a probability that II will some day
reach the proportions suited to a hall
bedroom.-New York Sun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26

speechless primeval mana type far
anterior to the Stone age.
II Is a splendid dream for IA man of
wealth, and. II successful. must put
the mint mark or the brand OF base
metal upon Darwinism forever.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
NIistnken for a Ghnst.

Aaron Bell, colored, is in Jail in st.
Augustine. Fla, and he gives a pecu-
liar story as the cause Of his trouble,
Bell is a grave digger, and while re-
turning from his work shortly after
dark on n recent evening, he met Nan
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
AFTER APE-LIKE MAN.
GEORGE w. VANDERBiLT'S Elk
petition TO JAVA.

Huge Question In the BaInuce-If the
Pithecan,hropus Is Discovered the
Belief OF Millions OF Chr,stiau. 1,
Likely to Be Affected.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-04
NOT UP TO THE STANDARD.
An Artist Claims the Beauty of Wo.
men is Fast Declining.

\ vell-kaown artist OF Philadelphia
recently made the statement tnat not
only has the style OF feminine beauty
changed greatly within the last few
decades, but that the Gibson girl Of to-
day would have seemed actually
bomely to the taste OF forty years ago.
That this statement is correct
glance at the portrait of the girl OF to-
day and that OF her grandmother viii
prove. IL s not merely the iufrm3tles
of age which make the grandmother
look So trail beside her stalwart grand.
daughter. The fact is that American
women have increased in height,
breadth and weight In the last few
years
Nor is that all When tho girl OF to-
day faints ID is not considered a sign
of her extreme sensibuity and related
TO her glory A doctor is called in to
prescribe for ne physical arrangement
which has caused it. She no longer
purses up her mouth after the prunes
and prisms fashion Of hygone years;
she runs about the campus of Bryn
Mawr or the board walk at Atlantic
City alike without a hat until her skin
takes on u tiuge which her ancestors
would have coldly likened to that of a
milkmaid. She walks, wheels and
plays golf until she cannot carry out
the traditions OF the family by APP
preaching the altar in her grand
mothers wedding shoes her hands al
so could scarcely conform to the rules
of beauty laid down in former years,
and yet, to our eyes, she is much hand
somor than the simpering, large-e eyed
creature who stood for beauty In the
portraits of bygone years.
What the ghost of dead ancestors
would say could they step from the
frames OF their portraits is quite
another matter,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-04

which shows with fair clearness the
probable result Of the election. Once
again the managers Of the two parties
search for the important weak spots.
deciding the points at which to do the
hardest work in the closing days of
the campaign
This Years Methods.
Some novel campaign methods will
be rosorted to by the two parties this
year. The republicans already have
adopted the plan Of sending out large
numbers Of monographs. which will
be used in small places. Eloquent
party speakers. like Representative
Dolliyer of Iowa and Representative
Dalzell of Pennsylvania, have been
making speeches into these machines.
The democrats, on the other hand, viii
make free use Of stereoptiCons. James
* Mcguire, chairman OF the demo
cratic state committee Of New York,
already has arranged TO give demo-
cratic stereopticon exhibitions all over
the state, He viii send out these
shows on & schedule in every respect
similar to that made by a theatrical
manager who puts a show ION the
road The republicans also will use
flags and maps in novel ways. They
VIII send out thousands of maps OF
the world, showing the American flag
floating over the union, Alaska,
Hawaii the Philippines, Porto Rico
and Cuba
Upward Of 100000 votes will be
cast for Mckinley and Bryan, and it is
to get these votes to the polls lnat
such tremendous campaign funds will
be required by the two parties
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-04
KNEW HOW TO MANAGE.
Weeps for $50 when She Wanted
Only $25.

SiiN GES'
ooh, dear" sighed the pretty caller
as she viewed her friends new bonnet,
fresh from the store, 81 wish my hus-
band would allow me to buy such a
love of a bonnet"
He would, my dear, if you knew
how to handle him." answered the
lady of the house.
No, 1t is a waste of words to try and
talk with him." said the pretty caller,
with another sigh Il saw a dream of
bonnet downtown the other day, and
the price was just what you say you
gave for yours-$25. But when /
mentioned the price my husband flew
into a rage and declared that $40 was
every cent that he would advance me to
buy a bonnet with and if l couldn't
make that do would have to do with
out"
Exactly" commented the lady Of
the house drily you can't expect any
other treatment when you'd approach
your husband like that My husband
CIV - JNaGh Ilii ''tllAAC way WI 1 ION
him for money. But this creature
called man is very easily hendled if
you go about it in the right way. Now,
when | saw this bonnet downtown
made up my mind that | would be the
happy possessor of it, so that night at
the dinner table l began going into
raptures over a bonnet that | had seen
while shopping, the price of which was
only $50, and then / added as an after
thought that | had quite made up my
mind to buy it.
What! roared my husband $50
for a bonnet? l guess not! You'll
have to put up with $25 and not a cent
more do you get!
"As that was exactly the amount
that | wanted | am afraid that the
tears that shed were somewhat
forced But gained my point, and
that was what | was after"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-04
ARE AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
Trades Organizations Have Legal
Standing in New Zealand

Trade and labor are organized
throughout New Zealand and as such
are recognized and legallzed by the
state in the act OF 1894 says the Lon
don Daily Mail The very title of that
act. though not changed, originally
ran An act to encourage the for
nation OF Industrial unions;" and the
whole spirit Of the movement is that
both employers and worhmon should
form their unions and associations on
representative lines under the proyi-
sions OF the act, aud that All questions
should be dealt with by the unions
and societies mp TO certain stage
and then brought by them and them
only, before the boards Of Cancellation
and ultimately, IL necessary, to the ar
bitration court
The trade and industrial unions OF
New Zealand are required to comply
with all the ordinary business safe
guards which should surround the cor
porate bodies which they form, ana
then but not tin then they are reg
isterol by the state and placed IN u
position TO act and be heard III indus
trial disputes Penalties are attached
to al breaches Of the provisions con
trolling the unions, and in some cases
TO enforce the award OF the court they
are heavy the maximum being 6 500
for each union, and falling the recoy-
cry OF this there falls a maximum lia-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-04
a Sermon in a Mining Camp.

Brothers and sisters. I come to say
goodby J don't believe God loves this
church because none % you ever die.
I don't think you love each other, be-
cause ] never marry any OF you. |
don't think you love me, because you
have not paid mo my salary. Your
donations are mouldy fruit and wormy
apples and by their fruit ye shall
know them Brothers, | am going TO
q better place / have been called to
be chaplain OF the penitentlary. Where
/ 80 ye can not nov come ] 20 90
prepare a place Tor you. aud may the
Lord have mercy on your souls -
From Jim Wardner OF Wardner.
Idaho"