davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun., 1900-12-14
neninmin B. crocIser pead.

Sacramento, Dec. 13. = Benjamin b.
Crocker, the first purchasing agent of the
Central Pacific railroad, is dead at his
home in this city. He disposed of his
railroad interestA several years ago.
The sun., 1900-12-14
Funeral of Alexander Morgan.

Alexander Morgan, who died at No.
410 Scott street, on Monday, was buried
yesterday afternoon from the home of
his son-in-law. Interment was made in
Mt Salem cemetery.
The sun., 1900-12-14
John w. yerIses Nominated.

Washington, Dec. 13.-The president
has nominated John w. Yerkes of Ken
tucky to be commissioner of internal rev.
enue.
The sun., 1900-12-14
rnst Main Traln wrecked.

Burlington, Dec. 13. The I ticassI
Burlington and Quincy railways
mail No. 10 from Chicago was WIRE
two miles west of Kirkwood. FireN
Shannon was killed, and Engineer san
ueI Dove was badly hurt. The engir(
jumped the track and was demolished
Two mail cars, with their contents, were
burned. The mail clerks were not injur-
ed severely.
The sun., 1900-12-14
SHERIFF'S SALES.
SHERIFFs SALES.

sALE-RY VIRTUE OF A WRIT
y of Levari Facias, to me directed. will be ex-
Market street between Tenth and Eleventh
streets, in the city of Wilmington, New Castle
county and State of Delaware,
ON FRIDAY,
THE 2Sth DAY OF DECEMBER, 1900.
at O'Clock p m.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23
AT 1T AGAIN:

Will be pleased to have my customers
call.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23
A GOOD THING

There's one good thing when they feel
dry.
That business men cannot pass by,
For far and wide it's fame you hear,
They stop to drink of Rainier" beer.
On draught Or In hottie a Criterion
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23
AUCTION SALE
OF
Delinquent Sugar Stock
IN THE
KamalO Sugar Go.
LIMITED.
ON WEDNESDAY,, APRIL Is,
AT 12 O'CLOCK NOON,

At my salesroom, SO Queen street,
by order of the Treasurer, Mr.. Hus-
tace, the following delinquent stock of
the Kamalo Sugar Co., Ltd, unless the
DELINQUENT assessments, with in
terest thereon, are paid at the office of
T. Hustace, Honolulu, before the day
Of sale:
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23
CCIliIIs

Ever becom e
chilled through and
through -?
The acute sen.
sation of cold is
followed by fever.
ishness and aches in
all parts of the body.
Finally the whole
trouble settles in the
throat and lungs in
the shape of a cough.
There is nothing
so. bad for a cough
as coughing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-04
PLEVNA HERO'S WORK
DEATH OF THE FAMOUS TURK
ISH GENERAL
eecalls His Memorable Defense in tho
RussO-TurkIsh war-He Inflicted Less
of $4,000 Men on tho Russians at
Plevna-Hs Last Stand.
(Snecial Letier.l

The death of Osman Digma, the
foremost general of the Turkish army,
recalls the memorable defense of Plev-
ma during the Russo-Turkish war, in
which Osman immortalized himself.
Even before the historic defense he
had made his share of history. His
forces were feared throughout the Bal
kans before the Cossacks of the car
sought the entrance gates of Constan-
tinople 23 years ago. When he was
Is years of age he had come from
Tokat, in Asia Minor, where he was
born, and graduated from the military
school of his nations capital He was
many opportunities for observing Eng
fish, French and Russian methods of
warfare. He was given the badges
of brigadier general in 1873 after his
dreadful onslaught on the rebellious
Cretans and Servians. At Widdin he
commanded division. In the Balkan
country he was called 1.-The scourge,"
but his soldiers idolized him and that
was all he cared for. His aim was
constantly to preserve the spirit of
integrity of the Turkish army, and he
resorted to appeals to fanaticism, to
love of plumber, to weakness for loot,
in order to gain his end.
Russia advanced upon Turkey in
July, 1877. The Danube was crossed
that month. Osman was at Widdin
He naSsed tn Tripono1iS and thenca m
Plevna. His army numbered 10000
men. He decided that Plevna was the
key to the Balkan entrance to Con-
stantinople and that he must hold that
key. The Russians then outnumbered
him two to one. But he threw up
trenches, settled his men in the little
village and planned surprises and sor-
ties Twice he repulsed the Russian
advance. Their dead were so thick
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-04
ORIENTAL FIRE-WALKINo.
Bsrs Feet Wholly Unharmsd by white
Hot Stones.

Andrew Lang, who has written ex-
tensively on myths, rituals and strange
human practices, has recently made
collection Of stories that remind one
Of the experiences of Shadrach, Mes
bach and Abednego. In India, japan
and a number of the South Sea islands
custom still survives which is known
as the fire walk" Sometimes it is
prefaced with incantations, and 1t g
usually followed by feast. The relig-
ious part OF the ceremony is conducted
by priests. The origin of the custom,
both in respect to time and place, is
apparently unknown, but it is possible
that the rite has now lost some of it's
carrier significance and detail. The es-
sential feature of the performance, at
least from the point of view of the
uninitiated is walking barefoot over
bed of stones that have been rem
dered red or white hot by fire. The
stones are laid at the bottom of an
excavation like that prepared in New
England for a Rhode Island clambake.
Logs are cut into suitable lengths and
piled over the rocky foundation, and
these are then ignited. From four
or five hours to a day are consumed
in this part OF the preparation, which
has been preceded, of course, by the
work of digging the pit or oven and
arranging it's rocky foundation. The
embers having been hastily raked off,
and red hot or white hot surface hav-
ing been exposed, several men de-
scend into the oven and walk more
or less leisurely across the stones. In
most cases they suffer no apparent
harm. An Englishman who tried the
experiment himself, and was accom-
panied in his undertaking by three OF
his fellow-countrymen, furnishes Mr..
Lang with a short account. He is Col.
Gudgeon, British resident on one OF
the Society islands, Raiatea. The
glowing stones on this occasion afford
ed path twelve feet long. The act
OF walking over them preceded the
ceremony of cooking the ii plant, and
was first performed by priest and his
attendant. They went down into the
oven, bearing branches of the tt tree.
On leaving the pit the priest offered a
bifurcated branch to Colonel Gudgeon,
saying, 1T hand my power over to
you" The attendant did the same to
one of the other whites. The remain
ing two Englishmen held no Il
branches, but merely walked behind
Col. Gudgeon. Three of them escaped
without harm. The fourth, who, by
the way, looked backward after start
ing, was somewhat burned.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-04
OleO and Butter Compared as Food.

Oleo and Butter Compared as Food.
The HYGIENE Gazette says: Oleomar-
garine is claimed to be perfect substi-
tute by chemists for butter. We have
understood that it was mainly made
from beef tallow added to other butter.
sometimes with the stomachs of pigs
(Piper) Sometimes muscle fibers are
found in the oleomargarine. (Piper.)
II this is so we fail to see the pro-
priety Of the name. The fat acid of the
tallow is mainly stearin. Margarine is
fat peculiar to human fat. We don't
see why it is claimed for beef fat. So
that this butter ought to be called
"oleostearine." Taking then this nom
enclature, we have then two elements
to compare with ten elements as found
in the natural butter.
II this is SO, it is difficult to see how
any one can say that the artificial prod
uct is as good as the natural. This is
more apparent when we consider the
substance, ''lecithin." This is phos-
ported oil, and a peculiar constituent
OF the nervous system. Cooley found
1t in the yolk Of the egg, hence it is
named "lecithin." 1t has been found
in the human blood in the proportion
OF five ten-thousandths; in the blood
OF pregnant women ninety ten
thousandths have been found, and
in the blood of the umbilical ar
terry, seyenty-fve ten-thousandths-
This lecithin is then nerve food
par excellence. 1t is used for
nerve growth and activity. An infant
5 months old receives about forty-six
grains daily. If our butter is to be
made from oil and tallow, simply be-
cause it can be the means of making
money for the manufacturers, and be-
cause the artificial product can deceive
the taste, touch and smell of the most
experienced, 1t is time for physicians,
at least to stop and consider the object
OF food, which is to furnish US with
healthy bodies and bones, muscles,
nerves, blood vessels with force to
run them so that soul and spirit, sur
rounded with glorious, hale body,
may enjoy its existence, as our Creator
intended it should.
Butter is a good nerve food. Oleo-
margarine honestly made may not be
unhealthy, but it cannot, in our opin-
Ion, for the reasons given, take the
place OF the normal product Of the
mammary gland. If it does, would it
not be cheaper for families to spread
tallow on their bread than to almost
throw it away in the scavenger, later
perhaps to be manufactured into oleo-
stearine?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-04

Upon the hill slopes that one could
neither go up nor down without using
bodies for steps. Osman, back of his
rock and earth defenses, laughed He
knew that in the end he must be
whipped-he would make the victory
cost the czar more than men dreamed
1t would when the war commenced.
Through August Osman kept raising
his trenches at Plevna. For five days
the Russian forces with cannon and
men assaulted his position and failed.
Skobeloff assaulted him in September,
lost $4,000 men and failed. CONSTANT
nople sent word to Osman that he
could surrender or retreat. The latter
he never intended to do. AS for the
former, he waited. The Russian army
was increased to $4,000. Todleben sur
rounded Plevna and sat down to starve
out the Turk. His wait was long and
costly. Week after week Osman made
sorties that cost the Russ far moro
than the Turks. For 144 days, until his
held out against 1000 guns. Even at
the end of this time he did not mean
tsmely to surrender. His giving up
should be as glorious as his resist
ance.
October 9, 1877, he made his last sor-
ties His men and the Russians met at
the river Vid. For several hours the
Turks, food hungry as they were,
triumphed. They captured battery,
they annihilated regiment of grena-
diers. Siberian regiment was bay
onetted. Their valor was unsurpassed.
The Russian line gave way at all
points. But Todleben knew this could
not last His men suddenly ceased
fighting, with their lines opened, and
then the Russian cannon loaded with
shrapnel began their work. Osman
Pasha went down wounded but refus-
ing to surrender. Not until afternoon
did he give the final word and the car
mage ceased. He was carried to a hos
pital. He smiled when his captors told
him their losses during the siege were
$4,000 The Grand Duke Nicholas
grasped his hand and said: 81 honor
you for your noble defense of Plevna."
Staggering from physical pain, Osman
rose and silently saluted. The victors
allowed him to retain his sword.
When the war was ended Osman was
placed in command of the Imperial
Guard of Constantinople. He was min
lister of war for a number of years.
One of his late positions was marshal
of the palace, and it was his duty to
taste the food prepared for the sultan.
During the war with Greece he was or
dered to the front to take charge of
lhe Turkish armies, but the war was
ended before he could take command.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-04
To the work-weary pIor H.....


Alas, poor horse! How few are your
Gays and how manifold your missriss!
When joyful June time sees your ad-
vent into this sphere Of usefulness"
and the farm boy halls you with de-
light, how suspicious the season. how
fresh the air; but how long and weary
are the hours when mamma is away
1T work and how sweaty she is when
she comes back and you hunKrilv
suckle at her oVer-heated udderi How
badly that milk agrees with you. to be
sure! 1t makes your little stomach
ache, and after while Won az.
ashamed to look at your scattered
scurfy skin in the pelucid water OF tho
drinking trough which was washed
out when mamma was a colt. How
proud you are when In the cool dewv
morning you are allowed to accom-
pany your weary parent on a trim 70
town! But, oh, what a difference
when the noon-hour comesl Your
poor little body is all wet with sweat.
the kinks are all gone from your tail
and your baby joints and muscles are
all tired out. What bliss il Ia wban
the kind farmer allows your dam and
you to roam unheeded the pastures
fresh and green and the milk is met
to your taste and full of nourishment
But how awful it is when the dov
comes for you to be separated from
your doting mamma, and soon tho COLA
snow comes, and you cannot tell folls
just how fearfully it hurts your ton~
der gums to chew those frozen. flint
like ears Of corn and how dificult !.
is to swallow that rusty straw. woody
fodder and wirey hay. How terribly
the billiards. blow in at the cracI,,
and crevices of the old tunbIedo,,.-
shed in which you are shelterad 80
how the ice water chills your vo,,n1
blood until with all these varied trials
1t is little wonder that in spring vo,,
look like a shadow and envy the Ia
sey heifer that has been well fed an
winter because it is going to ba =
money winner soon While Won r..
Just to struggle up any old wav
And SO 1t goes from year to wear
until, at last, they break" you to wor,,
and almost break your ribs a, ~
same time, Just because you neitbar -.
derstand nor appreciate all in -
ute the fesrsome heavy things thew n.
you to with skin-chafing il-att,ue
harness. How sore is your poor nscS
and the red spots upon your sho,,
ders show how the collar gals, Hov
strange your feet feel after having
been cut. rasped. burned. tb,nst
through with nails and weighted down
with great iron shoes! How harsh !,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-04
5TORMING OF BADAJOs.
The Triumphant English Soldiers became
Drunken wretches.

The fire of the French was fright.
fully accurate and concentrated, says
New Lipplncott. Gen. Walker himself
simply dripped blood; he was a mass
of wounds. His ladders were found to
be all too short. The walls of this
fortress were 30 feet in height. How
ever, through some lack of staying
power in tine French, success at last
crowned the attack. One man
clambered somehow to the top Of the
wall and pulled up others, until about
half Of the Fourth Foot (now the
Kings Own Royal Lancaster regi-
men) we're fairly into the town.
Walber's men took three bastions.
Gen. Picton, severely wounded, had
not dared to risk losing the castle but
now hearing the tumult of Walkers
success, he sent his men forth and
thousands went swarming through
the town. Phillipon saw that all was
lost, and retreated with a few hun
dred men to San Cristoval He sur
rendered next morning to Lord Fitz-
roy Somerset. The English now occu-
PtVN thS tONhs w LII lllelI COhidtlCS
lying stark, or perhaps in fearful tor
ment, in the fields beyond the wall OF
Badajos, these soldiers, who had so
heroically won this immortal victory,
became the most abandoned drunken
wretches and maniacs. Crazed privates
stood at the corners Of streets and shot
every one in sight. Everywhere were
soldiers dressed in the garb of monks,
of gentlemen at court, or mayhap
wound about with gorgeous ribbons
and laces. Jewels and plate, silks and
satins, all suffered a wanton destruc-
ton. Napier writes of shameless ra-
pacty, brutal intemperance, savage
lust, cruelty and murder, shrieks and
piteous lamentations"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-04
LADY LOUISE TIGHE,

No social event OF the century equals
in celebrity the ball given in Brussels
on the eve of the battle of Waterloo.
The last survivor of this famous event
has just died at Woodstock, Ireland
and in her last days she often referred
to that Asght Of gayety and tragedy so
graphically described by Thackeray in
Vanity Fair" and by Byron in "Childs
Harold" This woman was Lady Louisa
Tighe, daughter of the duchess of
Richmond, by whom the ball was Civ
en-. II was she who buckled on We'll
lington's sword ere he left the bril-
liant ballroom to go out and begin tbs
fight which decided the fate of Europa
Lady Tighe's father. the duke of Rich
mond, had a residence in Brussels
near which city the British under Wei.
lington were encamped. On the night
OF June 16. 1915, the duchess gave q
ball in honor of the British officers
Wellington was there. While the ball
was in progress a message from
Butcher came to Wellington, and about
the same time the sound OF guns was
heard. Wellington, after a few mo-
ments OF abstraction, gave orders to
one OF his staff officers, who instantly
left the room. Others saw him 60
and, one by one, they stole away from
their partners. who in many cases
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-04
TURKISH POLICE JUSTICE.
A PAtrolman Tries Case la the Open
Str ct.

Str ct.
| witnessed in Constantinople an
amusing instance of Turkish police
justice. An Armenian and Kurd had
quarreled over the ownership of a to-
bacco box. AS their language grew
more expressive and their speech loud
er a crowd collected, delighted with
the dispute. The Kurd had picked up
the box on the street and the Ar
menian declared it was his. When they
were about to come to blows a police
man came up and tried to effect COM
promise, but neither disputant would
give way. At last the Armenian sug-
gested that the Kurd should be asked
to declare what was in the box. The
Kurd promptly answered.: Tobacco
and cigarette paper" The Armenian
smilingly informed the officer that all
the box contained was a 25-cent piece.
The policeman gravely opened the
mysterious case, then turning to the
crowd with the air of a Solomon, said:
The Armenian is the owner of the
box. l return it to him. The Kurd
is a liar. (Here he smote the man
from the mountains over the head.)
Allah be praised! For my trouble in
deciding this complicated affair keep
the rs cents. Chicago Record.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-04

Arbor day is the only holiday which
speaks for the future; all others cele-
brate the past. Yet even Arbor day be-
gins to have past. Eighteen years
ago, during the first forestry congress
in this country, the children OF Cincin-
natl marched to Eden Park and planted
a young tree for each President. Wash
fngton would be prouder of his Cincin-
natl oak than of his mythical cherry
tree; and Jackson would find his hick-
DRY harder to break down than was the
United States Bank.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-04

deems to you after working fa,tbn,.
in the dusty fields to be left at ~.
noon hour with the harness upon 80
perspiring back while the or,r.-
washes himself. cools OF. has A.
licious drink OF ice-cold well wa.
and then a generous meal. But vo,,
poor beast. have to tackle the sar,
old hay you left there In the mornIr~
and half masticate few hard ears %
corn which only seem to heat vorr
blood more and more and make va,
less able for the afternoons lahor
How you long for night to come. and
then how uncomfortable 1t is after al,
with the hard ill-bedded floor IN I,o
on and the ammonia from the festar-
ing manure irritating your ewes ana
lungs and the mosquitoes buzzing ana
biting unhindered, while your master
lies secure behind gauze protected
windows and shores luxuriouslv unor
a downy bed. The myriad host of 6iea
that greets you when the robin
sounds his opening note at sun-un &.
the vanguard Of the army that viii
harrass you all day long as you toll
YEARLY without the protection of even
the cheapest kind of fly-net. How von
long for water a dozen times a dav
when your task-master is taking n
long, deep pull at the little brown inc
in the cool, wet, slough. How bor.
ribly hot the sun is as it beats down
upon your unprotected head and how
you would like to borrow the big
straw hat your master wears. II Is
not to be wondered at that you get oc-
casional attacks of sunstroke. colic
mud-fever, lymphangitis, and a hun
dred other kindred evils, or that the
lice infest your skin and other nara
sites have eaten out name and tail. n,
is wonder, however. that you do not
kick oftener and harder and that Won
live so long, for you are OF all domes-
ticated animals the most abused
When the time comes for you to 90
to horse heaven" the relief must he
beyond description and surely YOU Of
all beasts have been a good and faith
full servant and have amply earned
your rest.
How different, oh readers of the
Farmers Review, is the lot of the
horse that happens to be born the
servant of humane master!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-04

Prince Henry, the kalser's brother,
even did not come out of all the re-
joicings in his honor at Berlin with
out trespassing on the emperor's do
main. When the kaiser and he were
driving down Inter den Linden shouts
of Long live Prince Henry" were
heard on all sides. William II. keen.
ly felt the oversight Matters were
not improved when the brother, quite
beside himself with joy at this enthusi.
astic reception in his homeland, re.
moved his headpiece and waved il
Justify in the air. Now, according tC
strict Hohenzollern etiquette, it il
against all rules and regulations fol
any German prince to salHte wher
driving with the emperor. Prince
Henry forgot all about this on the spur
of the moment. BY his brothers COM
mand he was reminded of it by the
grand master of ceremonies somewhat
later.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-04
NATURE AS ARMORER.
Ready Made Mail Coat Which PuExles
the Lobster's Enemies.

Ready Made Mall Coat Which PuExles
the Lobster's Enemies.
There are few departments Of hui
man life where man has been SO en-
tirely anticipated and at the same time
surpassed by the lower animals as in
the invention of armor, says the
Strand. His cunningest devices of the
mailed fish order were none of them
original. If you examine a fine and
fully developed suit of plate armor in
the form which it assumed at its high
est zenith in the fifteenth century you
will find that the trunk and limbs
were completely inclosed in a splendid
fitting jointed case of iron plates, all
exquisitely polished. The suit as q
whole was a triumphant product OF
the armorer's art. Yet if you look at
Holsters tail you will see at q
glance that all these clever devices OF
mans imagining had been invented
and patented long before by nature,
and that the elaborate workmanship
OF the Plantagenet craftsman who
cased knight and horse for the battle
field or the tournament in glistening
metal was but poor imitation of the
ineffable skill with which the unheed-
ed crustaceans of the time protected
every vulnerable portion of their bod
les from the assaults and attacks of
their submarine enemies.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-04

The state OF health OF one OF our two
surviving ex-Presidents was the sub
teet of numerous newspaper para
graphs q few weeks ago. Neither OF
the two has yet reached the average
number Of years attained by ex-Presi-
dents from Washington 30 Arthur.
Washington's brief life after he left
the presidency was longer than that Of
Polk OF Of Arthur, for in the June fol-
lowing the close OF his chief magis-
tracy Polk was dead, and Arthur sur
vived Ais retirement less than two
years. John Adams lived twenty-five
years as ex-President. and his son,
John Quincy Adams, showed for near
ly nineteen years how Importantly a
former chief magistrate may serve his
country. Van Buren, and Fillmore sur
vived the presidency twenty-one years:
Madison. nineteen years: Jefferson and
Tyler. seventeen years; Pierce. twelve
years. and Hayes nearly as long.