davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
DIED MANY TIMES.
Oscar WiIdc's Mortal Demise Not the
Only Passing of the Man.

Edgar Saltus, in New York Journal.
Oscar Wilde died not merely the other
day but several times. Several people died
because Of him, too. There was his mother;
there was his wife. The latter died a thou
sand times. Her passing was a release.
1t is regretable that she should nave lived
at all. Many a woman has beheld the
transformation of the perfect lover into
the perfect beast. Few were less fitted for
the spectacle than she Many a woman
has supped on horrors. No woman has
had them fed to her on a longer spoon.
AS a young girl she was the image Of
spring. TIL phrase may sound affected.
1t is exact. Were Browning here he would
testify 10 it. For that matter, he has. In
her album he wrote, From a poet to a
poem" 1t were difficult to be more pre-
else. AS she ook she acted. Ethereal
in presence, she was ethereal in ways.
There was about her the breath of books
In her ~infrequent laughter was the ripple
of the rain. From a creature such as that
suffering should be shut. Needless at best
and stupid at worst, there pain is a brutal
thing. And suddenly I'm her face it leaped.
1t came in her sleep, stood at her side.
plucked at her sleeve, woke her with a
start n shook insanity at her. 1t made
her heart its lair, turned her days into
nightmares, accompanied her into uncon-
sciousness and followed her out, followed
her everywhere. No wonder she died. Her
passing was a release. Even the weariest
river winds somewhere safe to sea-
We can't say as much of Oscar. HIS
passing is a relief. But he had his share
o. dying, too. AS he put it in his last and
best bit of work: He who lives more lives
than one more deaths than one must die
AND he put it rightly. For he died at the
dock. he died in jail. and he died all along
the boulevards of Paris.
His death is a relief. But his conviction
was the tragedy of literature. Sydney
Smith, Theodore Hook and Douglas Jerrold
rolled into one could not have been as bril-
century of wits. We never heard him ut
ter a platitude save once, and in the mouth
of any one else that one platitude would
lave been a paradox. He exuded epigram.
He showered it even on blackmailers, and
put one of that lot to flight witt but the
point of his tongue.
1t was on that unequaled wit of his which
he relied TO annihilate Queensberry's
charges. II AVE all the criminal classes
with me-" he announced, and that was his
one platitude, yet one also of his million
mistakes. After that technically speak
ing. he ceased TO be.
We can't help regarding the whole cpl
sode as a great pity. For though the man
was put in Jail for no other reason than
because he should have been, yet in the
man there was a mind, and in that MIND
a mine of gems more brilliant than any
which the world has seen since the dazzling
days of Aristophanes. The exhaustion OF
it was the tragedy Of literature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
Funny Men i'm Congress.
Ainslee's Magazine.

Congress always has its funny man.
Sometimes there are two or three. The
funny man OF this House is Private John
Allen. of Tupelo. He has held the position
for the past ten or twelve years. Before
him was Sunset Cox. whose heart was
broken because the House would not take
him seriously long enough to make him
speaker. Allen also had been handicapped
by his reputation as a humorist. He is the
ablest man In Mississippi. and the best
known, and yet he has never been able
TO secure an election TO the Senate. This
Is Aliens last Congress. and so the place
will be vacant soon. II viii probably be
filled by Champ Clark. When Senator Ma
son. of Illinois. was in the House of Repre-
sentatives. his reputation was that of a
humorist. and nothing else.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
THE SILK ~PETTTCOAT.
A Most E-xtravagant Piece of Femf-
nine Apparel.


New York Commercial Advertiser.
The silk petticoat is the most perishable
article of dress ever invented. with the
single exception OF the tulle ball gown. Ii
a debutante wears white tuile during her
first season, as many d~ebutantes do, even
In this sophisticated day. she needs a dozen
tulle dresses before Ash Wednesday puts
a stop to the dancing and gayeties that
necessitates airy frocks. The foundation
of silk or satin does not evaporate, TO be
sure, but the making of fresh tulle over
dresses every week or SO is a strain on the
patience and purse of the average mother
and her bud of a daughter. Nowadays
debutantes make their initial bow to So
ciety in all the splendor of brocade and
satins. One girl came out last winter in a
frock of pale blue panne. Her grandmoth-
er, who assisted her daughter and her
granddaughter to receive. wore pearl-gray
velvet, and as far as youthfulneSs went
the latter would nave been quite as appro-
pirate for the bud" as was the gown she
wore.
But to the petticoats. Granting that they
are so easily worn out, and they wear into
rags and fringe in six weeks If worn con-
stantly, the solution Of the problem is to
have a great many. The luxurious woman
has petticoats to match each gown, or, ar
white and pale-hued dreams of LONELINESS
TO wear with the evening frocks, darker
and palmer skirts for street wear, snort
skirts for the country walking suits and
Ciose-nttlnS anu Irliieu petucodts " Shot
ing.
The black satin petticoat is the most USE
full and practical affair of its kind for the
woman who cannot afford things too fra
gilely pretty for daily wear. Lined with
hannel it Is as comfortable and as light as
the clumsy wool petticoat. and hangs much
more gracefully and looks better. The black
satin petticoat of the moment is cut to fit
smoothly over the hips. Its bottom is fin
ished by three or more founces, each one
sioped upward at the back to hold the
dress out around the feet. The pinked
founce has given way to the hounce fin
ished by a corded piping. The black satin
petticoat has many virtues, not the least
of which is the fact that it can be worn
with almost any gown. AS for wearing, 1T
will outyear half a dozen taffetas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
and locked up by The police, charged With

and locked up by the. police, charged with
vagrancy-
1t was the old story of closing his grip"
No one could say just where. and how. and
when IT began. Blackburn had married and
had two daughters. These women are now
Well known in Denver, are married and
have children OF their own. For some
reason the father shuns the daughters.
Six months ago Blackburn crept into a
room over the chambers of the Board of
Public Works. BY stealth he carried rags.
papers and like materials up until he had a
soft bed. 1t was not clean, but neither was
Blackburn, and he did not care. BY night
he would prowl in alleys and byways, pick
ing food from garbage boxes. He made no
effort at work of any kind.
Long occupancy of the deserted room
made him bold, and the other night he tried
TO slip up the stairs while the City Hall
police sat outside in the air. He was dis
covered and locked up.
His wife is dead, long ago Most of his
former friends have forgotten him. The
story of his undoing has passed almost to
oblivion. Like a specter he haunts the
scenes Of his former prosperity, and one
of these days he viii disappear as "a man
Of no account"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
A Girl. Best Counselor.
Home Journal.

Ladies' Home Journal
Trust your ather's Judgment OF your men
friends rather than your own at first. The
gay, witty. responsive young man who Will
probably most attract you will not be the
one who will be likely TO lave his serious
consideration and respect. Talk over your
men friends with your father, and see what
healthy, Unconditional. sane imam stand
ards he will set up for you I really think
IL q girl could have but one counselor in her
love affairs IL would better be her father
han any one else. A mans mind il a great
tonic 10 the somewhat diluted fnteilecl of 3
girl In her first sentimental experiences.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

houses. Then he gave the song of the wolf
wild in the West, and the now Of the coy
ote. They came rushing out into the night
and listened. Suddenly they lifted their
muzZles and began a diapason of wolf
music, a chorus remembered from days of
freedom. He bowed his adieu. The. moral
needed no telling.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

something more about my boys / paid
the reverend father a visit at once.
AN EXPLANATION.
"When L had entered his house and taken
a seat. in accordance with his cordial invi-
tation. ne said: I wanted 10 tell you the
rest of the story about those boys who put
distractions on your railroad. You will
doubtless recall that some time prior ITO
the finding OF those obstruction a passen-
ger train was wrecked near those spots in
the early hours of the morning. The
coaches were thrown into the ditch at the
side OF the track and turned completely
over. While this was a pretty serious mat
ter 10 the people who were injured and TO
the railroad company. it proved to be quite
a picnic 10 the ~thOughtless, irresponsible
small boys in the vicinity. They devoted all
their spare time 10 climbing up and down
and over the coaches, in through the win
dows, and watching the interesting process
OF raising the cars out of the ditch and
putting them back on the rails. Not long
after this wreck a little girl. who was a
cousin OF these boys. came 10 pay them a
visit. She lived in a small town, which had
no railroad running either through or close
to it. hence. everything connected with
railroads was a source Of new delight 10
her. The boys entertained their cousin
with stories OF the good times they had
enjoyed among those wrecked railroad
cars. The little girls eyes fairly plugged
out with surprise and interest. and she
said she was very sorry she could not have
been visiting them at the time the event
occurred. The boys promptly showed their
gaifantry by declaring that their guest
should not be disappointed. They would ar
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
FED BY POSTAGE STAMPS.
Origin of a Curious Popular DeIu.
sion In Europe Concerning
Old stamps.

Most people entertain the curious de-
lusion that million old postage stamps
will get an orphan into some charitable
home. How the idea originated no one
knows, but there il no truth in it. 1t is
quite true, however, that the orphan
home at lie Locle, Switzerland. is part
ly maintained by old postage stamps.
The reader may ask: How is this
done? In this way: This orphanage,
being in the center of Europe, receives
old postage stamps from all the coun-
tries OF Europe and other parts OF the
world. In this institution are Sc or
phan girls, and these old postage
stamps are judicious,y mixed by them
and placed into parcels for sale TO
stamp collectors. In this way the or
phanage makes about g120 year.
which goes 10 the support Of the poor
children.
Every year three London publications
make a collection Of old postage stamps
for this charity, and this year the pa
pers are offering over 81 800 in prizes
.or the biggest collections Of old
stamps. The stamps may be either Eng
ush or foreign.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
"IMPORTED" CHEESE.
Varieties Made Here That Cannot He
Detected from Those Actually
Made Abroad.

Certain kinds of so-called imported
cheeses, which are made up in the cen
tral part of this state and Wisconsin.
are about AS good as the real article
which they c,evcrly initiate" said "a
New forkrestaurant keeper. Not long
ago wen, hrough Greene county. Wis,
where the cheese industry Is very i'm
portant The assessors statisli les for
1898 gives the amount Of cheese from
the factories there as 6.000.000 pounds.
but II is doubtless more than that.
This great product is shipped 10 the
Pacific coast and from there 70 Mexico
and South America.
These factories turn out the big.
round, Swiss cheeses. the fancy SO.
called foreign cheeses and Limbnrger.
The business is almost entirely con-
tro,led by Swiss cheese makers who
have been trained In their native coun-
try. and their Swiss cheeses are made
exactly like the imported article. Ii
would surprise YOU IL you knew how
large proportion OF the alleged in-
ported chceses are made in this country.
There are foreign cheeses. Of course.
which cannot he counterfeited here be
cause the pasture land Is q ifferent but
the more common ones are easily repro-
duce5."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
UNEXPECTED PRESENTS
Peculiar Transportation of Words
Frequently Found In Modern
Writings.

II 1t happens that some public char
acter becomes the object of set of
resolutions, cane or other testi-
monial, the printed account OF the
function presents some singular fea-
lures, Owing to certain carelessness
In the handling of the English lam
guage-elastic ns that medium of
speech is--the writer makes himself
say exactly the opposite that he IN
tends to say. A well-educated man
and regular writer for publication
will make this glaring error in the
ma aiority of his productions.
For instance. the uation--that is. a
small portion up pockctbook
to buy Admiral Dewey n home. IN
every published account of that func-
tion, headlines and all-none is barred
that has come under the eyes of the
writer-the text ran after this man
ner: Admiral Dewey Given a House"
The elision of the proposition to-" in
the eyes Of the writer of that line,
seems to have atoued for the blunder.
The effect is that ADMIRAL Dewey was
presented TO house instead of the
house having been presented 10 the
admiral.
Instances without number are print
ed wherein prominent educators. law
makers and Others are formally picked
up-in language If not in physique
and presented TO walking sticks under
the designation Of canes. In ninety
out of hundred cases of this kind the
recipient is made the subject instead
of the object Of the sentence. This is
incouvenient for the mon who are be-
slowing attentions on n corpulent per.
SON.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
WORK OF A JEALOUS DOCTOR.
The Inhuman Way In Which n Promi-
nent Philadelphia Mnn Was
Made Blind.

Henry Askin, once a wealthy and
prominent man in Philadelphia, but
now totally blind and an inmate of
the Masonic home. tells remarkable
story of the fearful result of one ply
sician's jealousy of another, saws the
New York Mail and Express Mr.. AS
kin declines to give the name of the
doctor in question.
He says that in 1875 his eyes began
to trouble him, and the efforts of his
physician, who was also his friend at
that time. seemed to be unavailing.
Growing alarmed, Mr.. Askin called in
another doctor. whose treatment was
effective: The first physician contin-
ued to visit him, but did not prescribe
for him. Suddenly Mr.. Askin's eye
sight began to fail, and the second
physician was poweress to help him,
being finally compelled TO admit that
his patient was iDcurably blind.
Thirteen years after Mr.. Askin lost
his sight the doctor who first attend
ed him died. On his deathbed he con-
fessed that, being jealous OF the sec
ond physicians success with the case,
he had drugged Mr.. Askin's medicine
and produced blindness. from which
the victim never recovered.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

summer water and Cy didn't want ter
git his feet in it. So after they got
started across Cy he pulled his feet
up to keep 'em out O the water, an
in doin so he struck the old mare
in the fianks ag'in, an down she went
right thar in the middle o the White
water on New Years day Course Cy
yelled an then Pete begin laughin'
What the matter with yer? says
Cy to Pete.
'Nothin', only i was just thinkin'
that thar was one thing / forgot to
tell you bout that mare says Pc e.
She's got just as good nose for fish
as she has fer bears and deers, an
I'm sorry l never thought o that or
| should have asked more to boot
ICY didn't wait till he got out o.
the river to see through the trick, an
between hollerin' fer help he prom
ised himself and all the folks in hear
in distance, which was only Pete.
.hat if the good lord would only help
him out o that bath he never would
trade hosses ag'in.
And Cy never did, an that were
the only New Years resolushun I ever
knew of as bein' kept"
WRIC HIT A. PATTERSON.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

GO PEAKIN' Of New Year resolu-
shuns," said the old lndianian,
- 81 know of resolushun Cy
ADAMS made down in Buena Vista town
ship. Franklin county, Indiana. Made
and kept. Fact is that resolushun o
Cy Adams is bout the only good ever
know O. New Years doin' anyway
That resolushun cert imly did Cy good
cause it stopped .hinnl ltradin' hosses,
and Cy allus lost when hestraded hosses.
There's no place northho' the Ohio
river where folks trades hosses oft'ner
than they do in Buena Vista township.
'Tain't considered nothins for man
to trade hosses six or eight times day,
and then come home nights ridin' the
same hoss he rode away in the mornin'.
"As a usual thing folks there don't
|. trade hosses to make nothin', cause
they cant. Everybody knows what
every body's hoss is like, an if they
don't they have darned good eyes for
hosses in general, an can pick out the
spavins and such like quicker'n scat.
ICY Adams was bout the only excep-
ton to this here rule | ever knowed.
Cy had more money n most folks in
them parts, and Iearly alius had a
good hoss cause he bought 'em. but he
allus lost 'em a tradin'.
/. "Pete Reynolds had been livin' in
Buena Vista township nearly all his
life, and then he moved away up to
Michigan for awhile. Pete lived up
there in Michigan nigh onto four year. |
! reckon, an then one day he an his cid
woman and two boysSeomes moseyin'
back to Buena Vista fownship ag'in.
When he got back Pete said old Buena
Vista was good 'nough fer him, and he
was goin' to live and die there
"When Pete come back TO old Buena
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
SCHOOLS IN CITIES.
Kansas city and Milwaukee spend
the Least Per Capits-Ea.tcrn
cities Higher.

A shortage in the school fund In 81.
Paul has caused the superintendent of
the school system in that city TO make
comparison of the cost per pupil with
the similar cost In IA cities, SAYS the
Buffalo Express. On the basis of the
figures OF attendance the cost In ST.
Paul is S22,0s. Only two other cities
show a smaller cost --- Kansas City,
where the school year is only nine
months long and where the cos is s2Oo7.
and Milwaukee, where the salary ac-
count alone makes the cost $2i.S7. Sew
eral cities run from S24 to $2s, while
the cost amounts to $3.50 in Pitts
burgh and to $+0.77 in Denver. The
eastern cities have a much higher rate
than those in the west. Denver except
ed, and there the cost Of labor anu
fuel Is excessive. The figures given
have TO do with the entire school sys-
TEN, but the difference Is wider when
high schools alone are considered. Bos~
ton, with its suburbs, has - high
schools, for which il pays a per capita
rate OF Ss540; on salary basis alone
II amounts TO $62.io. In ST. Pau, the
total per capital cost in high schools
on the basis OF average daily attend
ancc is s4i.36, and out of this $3a.oi is
expended for teachers salaries.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

old mare in the fianks with his heel.
Course ! didn't see it, but Cy he told
me all bout it. Says Cy to me:
THAT old mare drapped on all
fours .quicker'n scat, and when j seen
her thought she stumbled. so j says
to Pete if he wanted leetle help
mo says Pete to Cy.
"'Wbat's the old mare a stumblin'
on?' says Cy to Pete.
"'She amt a stumblin' on nothin',' '
says Pete to Cy.
What's the matter with her then.
anyhow says Cy to Pete.
This here's trained hoss.' said
Pete to Cy. She's better'n any dog
YOU ever see. Here | went moseyin'
off up to Michigan lookin' for bears
and deers, an here's bears and deers
right here in old Buena Vista, an
darn my buttons if | ever knowed it.
Why don some'n come an kick me,
anyhow
what you mean bout bears and
deers?' says Cy to Pete. There amt
been any bears and deers in these
woods that | ever heard tell of for
several years back, 'cept one Jake
Moore killed a year or two ago.
"'Well, there's bears or deers or
both round here now. / kno1 il
cause that hoss hasn't fooled m for
goin' on three year now, an l hunted
with her nearly every day a durin'
that time till came back here to live ,
What do you mean by huntin'
N'th herT says Cy to Pete.
We'll, you see, while / was livin'
up there in Michigan l took to hunt
in, an as / never could have no luck
with dogs | learned this old hoss
to take the place Of dog. After
While | got her learned so well that
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
FINDS GREAT VEIN OF MICA.
DIR. W. IL. Nichols, of Indiana. Makes
Important Discovery In Brit
fSh Coin hin

DR.. W. r. Nichols, of Huntingdon.
Ind, is back from British Columbia.
where at the head waters of the Peace
river, he discovered a great vein of
mica. DR.. Nichols in 1897 penetrated
LOO miles into the uneXplored north
lie cured the Indians with his medi
cines, and they in gratitude told him
of gold deposits. He made his way
across mountains, and on the slope of
one ran across this great vein of mica
The next year he went in again with a
partner, {. w. Norris, Of Chicago. and
staked off claims. He and Norris have
brought with them five tons OF mica
valued at over 100000. They claim
they can produce cubes of mica four
feet square. Heretofore the largest
sheets have been measured in inches.
The doctor will claim the prize Of
f25.o00 offered by the British govern
nent for piece of mica four feet
square. He says his sheets can be used
'or glass in locomotives and on battle
7hips. The vibrations OF the gun firing
always skaters glass. and the nayies
OF the world will want his mica sheets.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
HE WAS A GAME HORSE.
A Runner That GaliOped Home a
Winner with a "Twitch"
ON His Nose.

I've seen many thing on race
tracks, but l think the greatest race
ever saw was at New Orleans a few
years ago." remarked track follower
the other day.
1T was several years ago at New Or
leans, and one of the best horses to bet
on was Duke of Milpitas, owned by Al
derman Casey, of Chicago. But he was
a rogue, and whenever he took it into
his head to run no one could beat him.
but if he suiked nothing could bulge
him. On this particular day he was
warm fayorite, as the distance was
seven-eighths, the going heavy and all
conditions just to the liking of the
Duke. He went to the post all right,
but, he was soon out of sorts and no
amount of lashing could make him
bulge. Finally a 'twitch' was sent for
and the assistant starter soon had the
Duke toeing the mark. Finally he
showed inclinations to run. and down
went the flag, with the Duke off in frsnt.
The 'twitch' had caught on his nose in
some manner and the stick kept hitting
him on the legs and chest. Despite this
Or, perhaps. on account OF it-the
Duke ran faster than he ever did be-
fore. lie won all the way, with the
twitch' hanging to his nose. Alderman
Casey won small fortune on his horse,
and has the same old 'twitch' hanging
in his private office to this day.