davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-08-30

1t is not enough that people shall be
clad; they must be dressed. Costly
thy habit as thy purse can buy" was
the advice of Polonius to his son;
''rich. but not gaudy. for the apparel
oft proclaims the man." and the advice
is just as good today as it was 800
years ago
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-08-30
An IncreduIous Lawmaxe.

An IucFtUUAOuB AAWuU4CA
It is recalled that when the protector
oof the railroad up Mount Washington
sought charter from the New Hamp-
sshire legislature one of the lawn kkers,
in his speech on the subject, said,
-@'GiVe the fool permission: but he 4night
as well ask for railroad to the nEoonr'
But the railroad is still running TO the
Tip Top House.-Buffalo CommS rciaL
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-08-30
Tn IS"S l'S-HC5.

"HOme is the dearest place on earth, %
remarked Bii,,enS to Wilkins.
eyes" replied Wilkins. that's why
we quit housekeeping and went to
oard."-COlumbuS (O.) State Journal.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-08-30

That two men may be real friends.
they must have opposite opinions, SINH
lar principles, and different loves and
hatreds.- .-Chateaubriand.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-08-30

When a man approaches yoS and
begins telling how honest he u hold
your hands on your. pocketbook- Atch-
ison Globe.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-08-30

A married man says that q wife
should be like a roast lamb-tendsr and
sweet, nicely dressed, but without
.sauce.-Chicago News.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-08-30
A TEXAS WONDER.
Halls Great Discovery.

One small bottle of Halls Great Dis.
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes, gravel, cures diabetes
seminal emissions, weak and lame
backs, rheumatism and all irregularities
of the kidneys and bladder in both mer
and women, regulates bladder troubles
in children. If not sold by your drug
gists, will be sent by mail on receipt o.
81, One small bottle is two months
treatment and will cure any case above
mentioned. DIR. 3. W. Hall, sole manu-
facturer. P. o. Box 629, st. Louis, Mo
Send for testimonials.
Sold by Wight & Bro, Tallahassee
Fla.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-08-30

Spruce Pine. Ala, Dec.1, 1899.-Dr.
Z. w. Hall, Dear Sir-I spent last year
in your city and while there your rem
edy was recommended to me. After
trying several other physicians, pur-
chased one small bottle of your remedy.
1t cured me. Respectfully,
VI DDETED
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09
NAMES BIRCH TREES.
constabies Responsible for Their Origin
 in That state

in That State.
 Norway (Maine) Correspondence of the New York Times: Since the paper. makers commenced to build big sul- Dhite mills in the Maine woods the price of spruce timber lands has doubled, and in some cases trebled. Next to spruce, the timber in greatest demand is clean and thrifty white blrek. which is sawed into bars and sent by the shipload to Scotland to be used for thread spools. Nearly all the factories in the United States, and more than half of those in Great Brit ain, obtain their spool stock from hta.ee. According to A. A. Burleigh e' f.cnlton, Maine, who has spent the
 ssIt of his life in the woods as > .tts-ber operator. Maine's birch trees c aue to the spiteful conduct of two employees of the Maine land office. Some French Canadians in 1920 squat ted on state land near the Penobscot river and defed all efforts to eject them. Finally. in 1925, two special constables were sent to the place from the land office in Augusta, with in struct1ons to make clean job of eViet- ing the Frenchmen. The constables, after turning the families out, set fire to the houses and haystacks. Twelve hours later the French village was a smoking mass of ashes, and the big gest forest fire ever known in the state was sweeping north, burning off more than fifty townships of old-growth pine and doing more than $10,000, 900 damage to the state lands. Many square miles of hackmatack timber were also burned over, the fire eating ten feet into the black peat logs that bad been accommodating for years and years. It is tradition that, after crossing Aroostook county, the fire leaped the St. John river and swept over New Brunswick, terminating in the destruction of Miramichi, where l20 persons perished. The survivors were forced to flee into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where they stood neck deep in the water for two days and a night, while deer, caribou, moose, bears and wolves swan around them, seeming to seek protection from their enemies. After the fire had burned itself out and the land had absorbed the alkali of the ashes, about 5,000,000 acres came up to wild cherry and white birch saplings. For more than ten years the two species struggled for control of the territory. Then the black knot, which had been imported from Europe, killed off the wild cherry trees, giving the birches the right of way. About 5o,o00,00o board feet Of spool bars are now shipped out of Maine every year and the supply ia etill large.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09
FREcA0TIoN IN POWDER MILLS
Poeietless Clothing for Employees and

Soeketiess Clothing for Employees and
 Trousers Must Not Be Turned Up.
 The danger buildings of Q powder mill are themselves so constructed that not nail bead CT iron in any shape is exposed. and the roofs are made slight, 70 as to give easy vent to ex- plosions The garments of the work CTS are pocketless, so that they cannot carry knives or matches, or, indeed, anything, and are made of nou-inflam- mable material Even the buttons must not be made of metal No one is allowed to go about with trousers turned up at the bottom, because grit is collected in that wa, and the mer- est hard speck of foreign matter in a charge of gunpowder is fraught with danger. The entrances to danger buildings are protected by boards placed edgeWise, So that when the door is open nothing ill the shape of dirt can work in. This also serves as a check to any one who might thought lessly enter without having first re- moved his boots and put on the over alls that are kept just inside the door. Doors are made to opel outward, so as to enable them to escape the more readily, and on the approach of thun- derstorm the works are stopped and the operatives repair to the different watehhouses scattered over the 300 acres covered by these extensive works. Every week the machinery is inspected and the reports as fe its condition are printed and fled. In the case Of a dan- ger building needing to be repaired 1t must first be washed out before q hammer or other iron tool is admitted to it. When artificial light is required. as when working at night or in dull weather, the lights are kept outside, being placed on the window ledges. In the case Of the works magazine, which Is surrounded with water, no light of any kind is ever permitted near 1t. These are only a few of the precau- tions against accidents at the works, They are sufficient, however, to show how lively must he the sense of dan ger. Men in powder houses usually have an arranged plan Of escape in their minds and at the leasl unex- pected noise have not hesitated to plunge into the canal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09
COME FIGURES ON THE IeEMEN
He Handles all Immense Amount of
 Coneealed Water Daily

He Handles Immense Amount of
 Congealed Water Daily
 From the Philadelphia Record: How'd you like to ne the iceman?T Snyder, the calculating barber, was ar tiscally executing a quickstep on the razor-strop when the above little ditty f}oated in from the busy thorough fare, causing smile of contempt to fit across his features. That simply makes me weary" ke remarked, as with a flourish he daubed the patrons face. You hear that latest aequisi- ton in the way of slang phrases re- peated by men of every station, just as if the ieeman's lot was an earthly paradise. As 8 matter of fact the in- diYiduaI who embarks on career which involves the marketing of con" gealed moisture doesn't have to run around searching for his troubles. How many people do you suppose ever think of the amount of money that drips right out of the ieeman's hands when the sun beams down on his heavily loaded wagon? Don't amount to much, eh? Well, you'll change your opin- lon when I bring up a few figures for youF consideration. Starting out with ton of ice, I estimate that melting alone causes a dead loss of about 100 pounds to the dealer. That doesn't seem much, but when you calculate that about 100 wagons a day right here in town lose that amount the fig ures are amazing. One hundred thou sand pounds at, say 10 cents per hun dred, runs up the tidy little sum of $109. Three hundred and sixty-fve times S100 gives Us the annual loss locally of $36,5 Takes a little nerve, doesn't it, to be an iceman? Then if during the summer these drippings could be collected I figure that they'd supply all the hospitals in town with ice water baths for .sunstroke patients. Frozen into a solid lump, the entire years drippings would make a cube as big as a ten-story office building. Then, again, the waste when the cakes are cut is enormous, to say nothing of what yanishes into the air when the ice is whisked clean with a brush broom. But, without going into fur ther details, I think you'll agree that the man who peddles ice has enough trouble to worry him into all early grave, Tonic?''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09
JUSTICE IN CHINA.
Story of u Hung Chang and Would
 Be Prisoners.

Re Prisoners.
 Of Ii Hung Chang number1ess sto- ries are told in Chinese socfety. Now
 and then one reaches this country through our consuls in China. On one occasion when the premier was having 8 bitter fight with some of the more conservative membe of the tsung-li~ yamen he received as a present 8 mag ni8eent cake, which he had reason to suspect contained poison. He put the cake aside and set all his powerful machinery to work to find out who
 was at the bottom of the plot. The investigation was partly successful, the frime being traced ito three men, of whom one at least. was absolutely guilty, Iii had the trio arrested and brought to his yamen. When they ar- rived they were ushered into his pres- ence and were received in his eourtl- est manner. The cake was produced,
 with the remark that "politeness for . bade his tasting it until the three generous donors had had an opportun- ity to enjoy it's excellence" Ii cut fhe cake and one of his seryitors handed it to the unwilling guests, Each took piece and ate, or pre-, tended to eat it. One crumbled the pieces and let them fall upon the floor, but the other two ate calmly, without manifesting any emotion. Ten minu- utes and the two men began to show symptoms of suffering. Ii smiled be- 8 dgnantly and said to the man who
 had not eaten: Your wisdom is so great that l am compelled to pre- serve your head as a souvenir to transcendent genius" The man was removed and promptly decapitated. To l. the other two the premier remarked:
 he cake that you are eating is not
 1e one you sent me, but one which zf had my cook initiate The poison 5 from which you are suffering exists
 only in your imagination. I know of no way to cure your present pain ex cept by letting you share the same
 fate as your friend who has just left the roon1." As they were led away
 the statesman said to his retinue: .'It
 IS pity that man who can eat a deadly corrosive poison with an un-
 moved countenance should so misapply
 the talent wherewith heaven has en-
 dowed him."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09
EVOLUTION OF WALLPAPER.
1t Took Time to Introduce 1t and Bring

It to Its Present Perfection.
 From the Paper Trade: While va- rious kinds of printed fabrics were known to the people of most remote antiquity it was not till the eighteenth century that wallpaper anywhere near it's present form came into common use in Europe, though it appears to have been used much earlier in China. A few rare examples which may be as early as the sixteenth century exist in England, but these are limitations, gen. orally in flock" of the old Florentine and Genoese cut velyets, and hence the style of the design in no way shows the date of the wallpaper, the same traditional patterns being reproduced with little or no change for many years. It was not till the end of the last century that the machinery to make paper in long strips was invent ed. Up to that time wallpapers were printed on small square pieces of hand made paper and were very expensive. On this account wallpaper was slow in superseding the older mural decora- tions. such as tapestry, stamped leather and paper cloth. work printed in London in 1744 throws some light on the use of wallpapers of that time: "The method of printing wall papers of the better sort Is probably the same now that it has ever been. Wooden blocks. with the design cut in relief, one for each color, are applied by hand, after being dipped in an elastic cloth sieve charged with wet tempera pigment, great care being taken to lay each block exactly on the right place. so that the various eolors may register or get together. In or der to suit the productions of the pa- per mills these blocks are made in England twenty-one inches wide, and in France eighteen inches wide. The length of the block is limited to what the workman can easily lift with one hand-two feet being about the limit as the blocks are necessarily thick and in many cases made heavier by being fnlaid with copper. especially the thin outlines, which, if made of wood, would not stand the wear and tear of R4 III b1A2Ss HI I4OSA tl1lQ SOIQ OI 6l1N CE printing the design is first printed in strong size, the flock (1nely cut wool of the required eolor) or metallic pow der is then sprinkied by hand over the paper; it adheres only to the wet size, and Is easily shaken off the ground or unsized part. If the pattern is re- quired to stand out in some relief the process is repeated several times and the whole paper then rolled to com press the flock. Cheaper sorts of paper are printed by machinery, the design being cut on the surface of wooden rollers, under which the paper passes. The chief drawback to this process is that all the colors are applied rapidly, one after the other, without allowing each to dry separately, as is done in hand printing. A somewhat blurred appearance is usually the result
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09
Rattle with a Huge Shark.

A NhIp-taiIed shark became entan- gled in fishing net off the Delaware coast the other day. Captain Green Of Green Brothers Sturgeon Fishing feet while watching his men at work noticed a great eommotion in the water and some of his fishermen battling for life. He bore down to the spot and he and his crew assisted in killing the shark. but not until five men had been wounded by the monster. The shark measured 26 feet from tip to tip.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09
The Proverb= Applied.

Indignant Cittzen-oA. yes, you ar rest a few newsboys for shooting craps for pennies. but you let the big gam blers go unharmed-I almost said un. touched. City Offlcia1-Have you never heard of the proyefb about taking care Of the pennies and letting the dollars take care Of themselyes?-Ind Journal.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-02
EAST MONTPELIER.

The three act drama "a lighting
chance or the blue and the gray will
be given at village hall soon. The
play is composed entirely of ladies.
Due notice will be given later.
Miss Faith Wheeler returned to her
home in Woodbury. last Sunday.
Remember this: No other medicine las
such record of cures as Hoods Sarsapar,lla.
When you want good medicine, get
Hoods. d
Mrs John Anderson, of South Rye
gate, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Cullum'
Miss Florence Hill, of Montpelier,
is spending part of her vacation with
her sister, Mrs. John Buck.
Burdock Blood Btters gives man clear
head an active brain. d strong, vigol Gus
body-makes him fit for the battle Of life. DIV
Bessie Hammett has recovered from
an attack of the measles.
Nina Hobbs has new piano.
Services will be resumed next sun.
day at the brick church by Rev. Anna
b. Aldlidge, who has been spending
her vacation of four weeks in Canada.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-02
WILLIAMSBURG,

While there has been some cues
tioning about the matter of our select
men borrowing money to build the
new school house in the quarry dis
trict, owing to possibly some techni-
cal fault in the warning for a late
town meeting, the chairman of our
school board believes that when the
case is passed upon by legal authority
there will be no trouble about the
matter, and that then bids will he
wanted for building it.
No such thing as Summer complaint"
where DR.. Fowler's Extract of Wild Straw
berry is kept handy. Natures remedy for
every looseness of the bowels div
Our place has failed thus far to get
all the granite business it has waited
in the past, despite some advantages
we think our village offers, and so we
jump at anything that holds out hope
Of more of it. If now the Bolton
Falls electric company can be persuad-
ed to give us electric power for shops
here it may give us start in the
right direction 1t is woltl working
for if it can be had.
Group instantly relieved DR.. Thomas
Eclectrlc Oil. Perfectly safe. Never fai's.
At any drug store. DIV
We hope this years census of our
place will show fifteen hundred and
more people. The first one, taken in
1880, showed l46. In looking over
the names of the - families in that
census, of that number we count only
seven names that arc found here to-
day, and doubt if all bearing these
are descendants of those having the
name at that time. OF the 81 heads
of families, we think but two had had
a college education, such as it was in
those days.
Eczema, scald head hives. itchiness of the
skin OF any sort instantly relieved, perma-
nently cured, Doan's Ointment At any
drug store. DIV
We have Just had the pleasure of a
call from Miss Bertha Payne, now of
Minneapolis, Mimi, and daughter
of the late Rev. Erastus c. and Mrs.
Caroline Gilman Payne, long ago resi-
dents of this town. 1t was Miss
Payne's first visit to her mothers
early home here. For years Rev. and
Mrs. Payne lived in Mankato, MINI.
Nine children were born to them,
eight of whom, four sons and four
daughters, survive them. For time
after going west, Rev. Mr.. Payne
preached in a Universalst church
that he started in Mankato. After
wards he was county superintendent
or schools there for some years, and
afterwards held the Office of recorder
OF deeds, etc. Mrs. Payne died Is
years ago, and Rev. Mr.. Payne died
seven years ago at the age Of 81 years,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-02

Barre rejoices at the prospect of
having a new hotel. There is plenty
of room for two hotels in this busy
community, and we sincerely believe
that they would be paying institu-
tions from the start. 1t is remark
able and lamentable circumstance to
find a city OF the size and of the business
that this one possesses, to be without
better accommodations for the recep
ton Of the public. We have one Of
the best hotel men in Vermont and
we trust that Mr.. Morse will find him
self better provided with building &C
commodations ere long.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-02

China holds all the high cards. There
is no doubt of that, and those cards
are the members of the foreign Legal
ton. Their position is ii very prec l.
rious one. The imperial troops who
have claimed friendship hereto
fore will row stand up with the pre-
cous bodies of the foreign ministers
between them and the advancing allies
and dare them to 'come on" Tn
d0ubtedly the legations will not be a.
ble to hold out until relief reaches
them and the probability in that
their fate is already sealed.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-02
CORINTII.

Charles Avery and William Bennett
are hayiog in the Burrough for James
hickey this week.
Mrs. L. Ovitt from Maple Wood
spent Sunday at Osca Taveys.
Mrs. r. A. Doe died last. Friday,
hel funeral was on Sunday from her
late residence. Mrs. Doe was in her
So year, she has been patient suf-
ferer for four years. She leaves two
sisters and large circle of fri 'nds to
mourn her loss. She has spent all of
her life in this town, she was Il wo-
man that was highly respected.
Two little sons of the late Van
Sleeper Of Lowell, Mass. are spending
the Summer at Charles Sleepers.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-02
A Minister'S Good Work,

~ had a severe attack of bilious collie, got
bottle of Chamberlain's Collie, Coera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, took two doses and was
entirely cured" says Rev. A. A. Power, of
Emporia, Kan. "My neighbor across the
street was sick for over week, had two or
three bottles of medicine from the doctor
He used them for three or four days without
relief, then called in another doctor who
treated him for some days and gave him no
relief, so discharged him. | went over to
see him next morning. He said his bowels
were in terrible fix, that they had been
running off SO long that it was almost bloody
llux. asked him if he had tried Chamber
lainns Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
and he said, NO went home and brought
him my bottle and gave him one dose; told
him to take another dose in fifteen or twenty
minutes If he did not find relief, but he took
no more and was entirely cured" For sale
by L. A. Drown x Co.. druggists. DIV
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-02
The effect of Charles II. Hoyt'S lif

The effect of Charles II. Hoyt'S life
upon the public, is similar to that
produced by his plays. One moment
the audience is roaring with laughter
and the next they are weeping in
sympathy. So a few days ago all
New England was mourning his sad
misfortune, and then in a few short
hours they are rejoicing in the decree
of the court which granted his release
and his return to the guardianship
of his friends.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-02
What Not to Saw.

DO not say, ~ can't eat Take Hoods
oarsaparilla and say, Il am hungry all the
time, and food never hurts me-"
Never say to your friends that YOU are as
tired in tie morning as at night. If they
happen to be sharp they will tell you Hoods
Sa1saparilla cures that tired feeling.
DO not say, my face is full of pimplcs."
You are quite likely to be told by some one
"Iheres no need Of that for Hoods Sarsa-
parllla cures pimpes."
Its IMPROPER and unnecessary to say, MY
health is poor and my blood is bad" Hoods
s'aIsaparrilla will give you good blood, and
good health will follow as a natural copse-
Quence. d
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-02
Prevented A TrsCae;v

Timely information given Mrs q Gorge
Long, OF New Straitsville, OHIO. say.d tWr
lives. A trightfnl cough loig kept II =
awake every night. Shr had llitd many
remedies ard doctors but sle.tllv gr, W
worse until urged to try Dr. klns's New
Discovery. OAe bottle wholly cr ed II, ;
and she writes, this marvelo,, re1ciu,
also cured Mr.. Lo1g of a S. we're itta,k cl
Paeumonis. Such cures ale positive pro, f
OF its power to cure all throat, che st ana
ung troubles. Only SOC and $40 Guarsn-
ueo. IIlal bottles ilee u. Paglor Drug
Store. Iv
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-02

Another list of good names were
placed on the honor roll at the Mont
peler convention yesterday. 1t is
their politics, not their reputation or
ability that constituted their ever
present hoodoo when standing before
the voters of their district as cand;-
date for public office.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-02
STOW Il.

Fred Scribner, of Bath, Me is at
home visiting his parents.
DR.. II. w. Barrows has purchased
W. l. Atkins residence on Maple
street.
Almond Harlow, who fell from a
staging about ) years ago and has
since suffered With spinal trouble
died Monday afternoon. Funeral ser
vices were held at the branch today.
Rev, Mr.. Barnard otlicilling.
MeSsrs. c. l.. Mcmahon, Il. E
Smith and +. o. Burt started Mon.
day afternoon for trip to Nova
Scotia expecting to return SATURDAY.