davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1900-07-20

BLACK HILLS LODGE NO. S6, B. ot
l. F. Meets every Friday 1t 2 p. m In
G. A. R. hall. J.E. Johnson, Master.
B. J. Harnish. Secretary.
, 1900-07-20

CUSTER POST NO. /, G.. A R
Meets second and fourth Monday even
lnSs in G. A. R ball.
E. F. Gaskell, P. c.
J. A Cokefair, Adtt
, 1900-07-20

WASHINGTON CAMP NO. /, P. o.
s. OF A. Meets second and fourth We'd
nesday evenings in G. A. R hall
G. W. DeForst, Pref
o.. S. jackson, R s.
, 1900-07-20

ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION NO.
lO3. B. Of l.. E. Meets first and third
SatW lay evenings At 1880 In G.. A R.
hall.
James King, Jr., Chief Engineer.
Farley Mathison, First Assistant
, 1900-07-20

R W. BAXTER. JR-. LODGE NO.
Ct. B. Of r. R T. Meets first Wednss-
day afternoon and third Wednesday
evening In G. A. R hall
Oscar Morris, Master.
H N. Burns, Secretary.
, 1900-07-20

LARAMIE TENT NO. Z, x. o. T. L.
Meets every Tuesday evening in I. o. O.
F. hall. C. B. RIdgAway, Com.
J.. K Swigart, r X.
, 1900-07-20

WAaATCH TRIBE NO. Z. l. O. Il r
n. Nssts hrst and third NoodAy svsa-
tuss IN ]. o. o. =. hall
Chas Bergman. &.
Chas. II. NtDsn, G. 1t r.
, 1900-07-20

LARAMIE HIVE NO 4, L. O. T. IL
Meets second and fourth Fridays Of
each month in !. o. O. F. hall.
Emma L Prickett, Lady Com
Helen Kidd, Record Keeper.
, 1900-07-20
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, 1900-07-20

LARAMIE LODGE NO. 3O4, FRA
.TERNAL UNION OF AMERICA Meets
third Thursday Of each month at G. A
R. hall May Baird Campbell. F. u.
Inez McCutcheon, Secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30

day Episcopal settlement of buildings. de-
voted to educational and religious uses. viii
cluster around the projected Cathedral of St.
Peter and st. Paul.
The Cathedral School, the gift of Mrs Hearst,
and popularity known the Hearst School, is
situated in a beautiful grove of oak trees not
far distant from the former home of Mr.. Cleve-
land, Oak View, and Beauvoir, the estate Ad-
miral Dewey has leased. The building is Italian
Renaissance in style, and built of Indiana lime
stone. 1t is thoroughly fireproOf, the beams and
girders of Steel the staircases of iron and marble
and the wainscoting of tile and marble. There
are a hundred and sixty rooms in the great
house, and it will accommodate one hundred
boarders and three hundred day scholars.
The architect of the school is Robert W. Glib
son, president of the Architectural League of
New-YOrk, and nothing has been left undone to
make it model in its way. A covered playroom
fas been provided for rainy days; an art studio.
lighted by skylights and admirably arranged,
occupies the top story, and a dark room for de-
veloping photographs, photography will be
taught in the gymnasium. has been installed
The library, reading room and music rooms have
been carefully designed, and the roof has been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30

converted into a garden for the us of students
from "Iich line view of the SURF 9unding coun-
Try can be secured. The cornerstone of tho
building bears the inscription For Christ and
His Children" and THAT Cur Daughters Nav
be as the Polished Corners of the TempIe"
Ut jacob ii. Hollander, formerly a member
'f the Johns Hopkins faculty and now treas
ufer or the island of Porto Rico who was in
town early in the week. regrets the sensational
reports which are so widely spread and believed
IN this country regarding the island of which he
is an official
visitors to Porto Rico says DIR. HoIIander.
so home and say they saw poverty of
course they did. What did they expecr
to see? Did they hope to find people
raised in the twinkling OF an eye from want and
degradation to their own elevation? Did they
expect to ind wealth where poverty for genera
lions had regned? Did they believe that by
some supernatural agency impoverished Porto
Rico had been raised to the level of their own
country? II seems that people who go to Porto
Hico do expect such changes TO have happened.
They measure the island by the standards of the
United States. They do not appreciate that we
are wrestling with people OF the tropics. who
have been accustomed to plant a banana tree
then to lie in It's shade until the banana grows,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30

ing from South Africa in about the same guam
titles before the war.
There was a great scarcity of rough this
side of the ocean when the hostilities in South
Africa began. and only few American gem
merchants were able to secure enough to keep
their cutters employed during the long period of
interrupted intercourse with the mines. Some of
the shops in Brooklyn and few of those in
Manhattan were inactive from last December
until a short time ago. and some are even now
running with a diminished force of cutters
During the inactivity here many of the cutters
who within the last ten years had come from
Holland to pursue their occupations in the
United States returned to their native land, be-
lieving that the Amsterdam and Antwerp dia-
mond merchants mad foreseen the war and laid
in sufficient supplies of rough to keep the fac
tories there in operation. They were disap-
pointed, however, and most of them are again
in New York.
Nearly the entire diamond supply of the world
is now derived from the South African mines
and all the productive mines in that region are
controlled by a monopoly known as the De
Beers Syndicate Another monopoly. in which
many of the De Beers shareholders are said to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30

be interested. purchases the entire output of the
mines, and arbitrarily fixes the prices at which
rough diamonds shall be Sold contracting with
the &c Beers Syndicate for it's product year
in advance. This syndicate had gradually ad
vanced prices to a high figure before the begin
ming of the Boer war, and they were then higher
than ever There had long been a shortage of
grades, and this still continues. but the
prices are generally about the same as before
the mines were invested by the BUeT forces.
Leopold Stern, OF stern Brothers & Co, of No.
Is Nassau-st., who had just returned from
Europe. yesterday informed Tribune reporter
that the supply CT rough and the prices Ct
diamonds were more nearly normal at the time
Of his departure from London than at any time
since the trouble between Dom Paul and the
British reached an acute stage. You can
truthfuny say said Mr.. Stern. that the con-
dtion of the marFet is nearly normal
that there is no cause for complaint the part
either OF buyers or sellers"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30
BILLIARD BALLS AND ELEPHANT TUSES.

From The London Express.
The consular report the trade of Zanz bar
caused some excitement in billiard circles yes
terday.
AS stated in yesterdays Express it told of
a record pair of elephant tusks ten and one
half feet long, and players spent the greater
part of the day trying to calculate how many
billiard balls could be made out of them, and
what the balls would be worth.
The problem made the calculatOrs tired. and
a no two agreed. the subject was placed before
Mr. Lauriston Fraser, of Fraser Brothers, for
his opinion.
This gentleman is probably the bes; authority
in the world billiard balls. He has been in
the trade for twenty-five years, and among la I
turner's occupies a similar position to that Of
John Roberts among billiard players.
He shook his head when asked the question
and replied: The tusks too big to be used
in trade.
1--WE require tusks from four to five feet long
and out Of these get any number up 20 nine
balls.
mo ivory is worth more than FL a pound,
and the IL 600 given for the Zanzibar pair is
simply fancy price, paid because of their rec
ord size.
when rough ivory is transformed into bill
fard balls its value is increased by about one
third, and, in addition there is the price paid
for the refuse. which is made into rings paper
knives etc.
eff these big tusks were used In our trade and
e1,oO0 was their fair value, they would bring US
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30
SHE GRASPED IT.

From The Chicago Post
She was trying her best TO grasp the political
situation, but there many things that
bothered her
What is a trust?" she asked at last
lit is any business combination made by mem
beers Of the opposite political party" he replied
Then of course it was all clear to her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30

and pluck and eat the fruit with as little eyer
else possible"
OF the Porto Rican tariff DR.. Hollander saws.
Il can imagine nothing more uncalled for than
the wave of emoJIonalism that swept the United
States over the Porto Rican Tariff measure
The measure was godsend TO the people OF the
island. and the cry against it in the United
States found no echo in Porto Rico. II has been
the means OF helping the natives 10 get upon
their feet, so to speak. and has done all that
those who advocated IL in Congress claimed il
would do Had IL not passed. Of two things
would have been the inevitable resUIt-a burden
some internal tax on the people or subsidy
from the United States The first would have
been too heavy to carry; the other alternative
would have made the islanders wards OF charity
and would have further encouraged them in idle
ness. From practical demonstration OF the
operations Of the act. 1 am more than COR
WINGED of the wisdom OF the measure. AS to the
finances OF the island I would say that in the
place of a. deficiency we nave now surplus Of
about Se5OOOO, a most encouraging omen Ny
budget this year will net about $2.OOOOOO.
realized as follows: Customs in Porto Rico
81. 100000 Porto Rican customs in the United
States. 100000. and from the internal revenue
OF the island. 100000"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30
REVIVAL OF DIAMOND CUTTING.

MARKET AGAIN RESUMES A NORMAL CON-
DITION AFTER THE BOER WAR
There is marked revival in the diamond cut
ting industry in this country, a result of the
driving of the hostile Beers from the neighbor-
hood of the mines at Kimberley. South Africa
Work at the De Beers mines has been resumed
and regular shipments OF rough diamonds are
again being received in London. American buy
ers who have recently returned from the Euro
pean markets report that the conditions there
are again ABOUT normal and that rough is COM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30
WELL TRAINED.

From The Indianapolis Journal
"Flavilla. you ought TO take more pains With
your letters to MyTtila
Nonsense. pa If she can read i4er own VIII
ing she read mine"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL.
COMPLETION OF THE NATIONAL CA
THEDRAL SCHOOL
FACTS ABOUT PORTO RICo-sENAToR MoRRILL's
INTEREST IN THE AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGES.

COLLEGES
Washington. Sept. 29-The National Cathedral
School, the cornerstone of which was laid on
Ascension Day. 1899. is the first structure to be
finished In the Cathedral close, estate of
thirty-one acres on Mount ST AIban. which lies
on the old Tenallytown Pike. at its Intersec-
ton with Woodley Lane. bought some two years
ago by the Diocese of Washington. where one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30

as balls probably FL 400 besides leaving plenty
of pieces to work out into mirrors and small
fancy articles"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-27

WHAT DID HE WANT?-He entered
the shop hurriedly with the air of
man whose mind was filled by a
weighty commission. Those whom be
passed at the door heard him coming
under his breath a formula which he
seemed to fear might slip away and be
lost. He approached the counter like
one wishing it were all over.
81 wish to get," he said boldly,
"some ribbon for red baby"
The shopgirl's blank stare seemed to
arouse him to a sense of something
lacking. :, -,
"That is" he said, ~ would like
some baby for ribbed red one."
The assistant was smiling broadly
now and four others, a shop-Walker
and several customers, gathered and
grinned in unison.
He began again:
"That is-of course, you know J
mean some red ribbed baby for one
that is-some red ribs for one baby
someone's red baby's ribs-some red
ribs for one baby-thunder and guns
Where's the way out ?"
He departed speedily.
II wonder" said the shopgirl
thoughtfully, an hour afterward, "lf ne
could have meant some red baby
ribbon ?"-Buffalo Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-27

is backed up by numerously signed Pc
titions. Mr.. Clark went to Washing
ton last week presumably to urge his
claims. In addition 10 the parties
named, it is said that several dark
horses are tied out in the woods.
There is no telling who will get the
plum. OF course Mr.. Gregory will
continue to hold the Office until his
successor is appointed and qualified.
In the meantime be is Saving wood
aud saying nothing" The Ledger,
January "a: Special State Constable
James B. Caskey made raid on
Sam Boyd, colored, last Friday night,
and captured four gallons of the
"oh be joyful" which he con6scated
as contraband. Sam was bound over
Saturday by Magistrate Caskey for his
appearance at court for violation of the
dispensary law. w.'.... Mr.. Edgar Slogner,
son of Mr.. Crawford Stoguer, of this
county, died at his home several miles
East of town, Thursday night last,
after short illness, of phneumonia.
He was about 25 years OF age, anu
leaves a wife and one child surviving
him. ....'....'Jim Black mon, the Negro
who was convicted, at the March term
of court for this county last year, OF
burning Mr.. R. J. Flynn's barn near
Newcut, and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for ten years, escaped from the
state farm, near Hagood, last Thursday
evening. ......M Master Clarence Caskey,
son of Mr.. Wylie @. Caskey, of Newcut,
aged about IL years, met with pain
full accident, and one that came near
resulting in the loss of his eye sight,
last Friday. After several unsuccess.
full attempts to discharge a gun, be de-
cided to put some powder on the tube
and apply fire to it. The result was
that bis face was badly powder burned.
He is doing we'll and there seems no
doubt now that his eye-sight will not
be impaired. ...'.."Everybody here will
remember Mr.. J. r. Kennedy, who
clerked several years for Fitzpatrick q
Bro, and all who knew him, will he
sorry to learn of his death, which oc
Cured last Wednesday, after only a
few days illness, at Washington, Ga.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-27

them, aud for a few brief moments
they got withing hitting distance of the
foe. Well did they avenge the slaugh-
ter of the Scots the bayone,s, like
tongues of fame, passed above or be-
low the rifles guard, and swept
through brisket and breastbone. Out
of their trenches the guardsmen tossed
the Beers, as men in English harvest
fields toss the hay when the reapers'
scythes have whltened the cornfields !;
and the human streams were plentiful
where the British guardsmen stood.
Then they fell back, for the fire from
the heights fell thick as the spurme of
the surf on an Australian rockribbed
coast. But the guards had proved TO
the Beers that man to man, the Briton
was his master.
In vain all that day Methuen tried
by every rule he knew to draw the
enemy; vainly the Lancers rode reck-
lessly to induce those human rock linn
pets to come out and cut them off.
Cronje knew the mettle of our men,
and an ironic laugh played round his
iron mouth, and still he stayed with
in his native fastness; but death sat
ever at his elbow, for our gunners
dropped the lyddite shells and the
bowling shrapnel all along his lines,
until the trenches ran blood, and many
of his guns were silenced. In the val
lev hebind his outer line of hills his
dead lay piled in hundreds, and the
slope of the hill was charnel house
where the wounded all wrilhed amid
the masses of the dead; ghastly tri,
butte to British. cunning. For hours ]
stood within speaking distance of the
great naval gun as it spoke to the enc
my, and such sight as their shooting
the world has possibly never witness.
ed. Not a shell was wasted /; cool as
if on the decks of a pleasure yacht our
tars moved through the fight, obeying
orders with smiling alacrity. When
ever the signal came from the balloon
above us that the enemy were moving
behind their lines, the sailors sent a
message from England into their midst,
and the name of the messenger was
destruction, and when, at 1.9O p. m.,
of Tuesday we drew off to Modder
river to recuperate, we left nearly 5000
dead and wounded of grim old Cron-
ie's men as token that the lion OF
England had barred his teeth in earnest.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-27
Humorous 9epart,nent.

WANTED THE TROUSERS. "A young
fellow on the south side has Negro
valet, an old-fashioned southern darky.
"Here, JEFF, I want those trousers
cleaned and pressed today" he said,
pointing to rather loud striped gar
ment that JEFF had long had his eyes
on. =
"All light, sah," said JEFF, with a
sigh.
Next morning JEFF brought the trou.
sers back with big grease spot still
prominent on one knee.
"Can't you get that spot out? ?" said
the owner of the trousers.
"No sah."
"Did you try turpentine?"
"'Fo de Lawd, I done sacchuraled
'em wild turpentine."
"Did you try coal oil? ?"
ayes, sab, po'ed quart ob lie on
'em."
"Did you try hot iron ?''
"Puty nigh bu'nt 'em up"
"Did you try benzine ?"
"Done tried benzine, kerosene, and
all de other zines, an faint tech dat
grease spot" ,
"Weli, did you try 'em on ?" queried
the master with a twinkle in his eye.
eyes, sah," replied JEFF with alacri-
ty, SAN dey's puffect fit, grease spot
an all, sab. Chicago Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-27

EACH ONE HAD A CALL.-"Yes, y
said the. old before-the-war darky
"dey didn't fergit me in de Christmas
1 tell you got seven secondhand long
tail coats, seven par er britches, seven
OIL beaver hats, en- Lawd knows jes
how many collars !"
"Aud what did you do with 'em
all?"
"Well, sub, my ol'es boy jumped
into one er dem, en- no sooner did he
Jump dan he felt call ter be mis-
sionary. Den, de next ter him popped
into n'er one en- felt call ter be pro-
fesser in a school house. En- den n'er
one rugged himself out, en- felt call
ter be a lawyer, en- he's a-hangin'
roun' de jestice courts. N'er boy put
on a suit en- feel call ter be con.
gressman-do' he never took drink
in bis lifetime"
"And how do you feel about it ?"
"Well, sub, ter tell de plain truth
en- no lie, l all mix up bout it. Fel
de life er me l dunno w'ether Ise
preacher, politicianer or jest de same
fool nigger 1 been ever sence freedom
broke out !'-Atlanta Constitution.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-27

For NoBoDY.-The Detroit Free
Press tells of a disappointed office
seeker who at last obtained a gift
through late-won humility. When
he arrived at Washington, it was with
the idea that be was distinguished
and prominent citizen but after hang,
ing about and swallowing disappoint'
ments, he began to suspect that ne
was not so very important after all.
Then be thought of home, and the
means of getting there, and sought out
Colonel Blank, the passenger agent OF
q certain railroad.
II say colonel" he remarked per-
suasively, II want to 20 home"
"Why don't you go?"
"No money! Can't you give me a
pass?"
The colonel stifened.
1--WE give passes to nobody" said he.
The countenauce of the disappointed
candidate frightened with smile OF
humility.
'Well, colonel" he pleaded, "then
give me one. I'm nobody"
The colonel admitted the force OF
the argument, and gave the pass.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-27

PAT HAD THE BEST OF IT AFTER
ALL.-On seeing a notice in the win
dow of country shop that everything
was sold by the yard, an 1rishman
entered.
"Do you sell milk ?" said he.
"Yes," said the shopman.
"Then give me yard" said Pat.
Gall right" said the shopman. And,
dipping his finger in milk can at his
side, he drew it a yard in length on
the counter. Looking up triumphant
ly at Pat, he asked:
"Do you want anything else today,
sir?"
"No," said Pat; "but just rowl it
up in a bit O. paper, and I'll take it
home wild me-"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-27

Trains Nos. 80 and 33 connect at Blacks
burg with trains on the Gatfney Division.
Train No. 80 connects at Camden with
the Charleston Division of the Southern
Railway for all points South:
Train No. 80 leaving Camden at u. 40 p.
M, going West, makes connection at Lam
caster, S. c., with the L. 4. c. r. r., at
Catawba Junction with the S. A. L., going
North; at Rock Hill with the Southern
Railway going North.
with the Southern Railway from the
South. At Marion, n. c., with the South
ern Railway going West.
Number S VIII stop ste pp,sn,i at ReFshaw for
Elgin. Caskey's, Springfield, Roddy's, Leslie,
Old Point, Newport, Kings Creek. Millwood,
Union Mills, Golden Valley, Vein Mountain.
SAMUEL HUNT, President,
A. TRIP, Superintendent,
s. b. LUMPKIN, Gen. F. and p. Agt.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-27
PHOTOGRAPHY
IS AN Art

\ ND it takes an artist to be photo
II grapher. One who Is not an artist
doesn't stand much of chance Of max
ing success at photography. 1 have
given years Of study to this especial line
and can say with pride that my work
will compare favorab ly with that of any
photographer in this section.
The best and most perfect photographs
are the results of experience and not ex-
periments. I do all Of my developing,
retouching and finishing, thereby obtain
ing the best possible results.
AS Far AS Prices
Are concerned, you need not worry your
self along that score. l know that my
prices are reasonable and you will agree
with me when tell you what they are.
I am also prepared to develop and print
pictures taken with pocket cameras. If
you have Kodak or Vive or any other
camera, and for any reasoD you can't de-
velop and print your pictures, bring them
to me at my gallery on West Liberty
street. j. X. SCHORB.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-27

AN OBLIGING SON-IN-LAw.-"Oh,
Tom" exclaimed the bride of six
months, "What do you think! Moth
er says she wants her body cremated." !"
"She does, eh ?" said the husband.
"Well, tell her to get ready and I'll
take her over to the crematory the
first thing in the morning.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-27

R8 "I'd much rather man called
me a knave than a fool" "Of course.
It's the truth that hurts"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-27
CAROLINA & NORTHWESTERN
RAILWAY
Schedule Effective Dec. 18th, 1899.

Connections at all functions with South
ern, s. A. L., s. G. u G. Ex., L. & c.
L. 7. NICHOLS, Address E. F. REID, Auditor,
General Manager. Chester, s..