davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

in the spaces without regularity, so
perhaps one will come next to 500,
which makes the game very exciting.
If the missile happens to strike on the
line of division between two squares
it counts nothing the game can also
be played indoors, the squares being
marked on paper.
The Britons derived nearly all their
games from the Romans and Greeks,
and in the fourteenth century perhaps
the most popular was called water
duintain." This was always played
by boys and young men, and was very
popular in London. A pole or mast
was fixed in the river Thames with a
shield fastened in the middle of it.
Three or four boys would row rapidly
up to it, one standing in the stern OF
the boat with ais lance. When he
drew near enough to the shield he
would endeavor to breack his lance
against it. II the stroke was not
skilful enough the standing boy would
be thrown with some violence into
the water; but if the lance broke the
boy would preserve his position, and
boat would proceed on its way. This
game of "Quintain" was not confined
simply to the water but was prac'
tised as well on land. Living quin
tain" was extremely popular. One
boy, armed with shield tried TO
parry the thrusts OF his opponents
lance. But this so often resulted in
serious accidents that it was popular
only when played with weapons that
could do no harm.
The most common form OF "quin-
tain was a post securely fastened in
the ground, on the top of which turn
en a compass crosspiece, bearing on
cne end q broad BOARD and on the
other a sandbag. The feat was to
strike the board with a lance or rod
and to dodge quickly past to avoid be-
ing struck by the sandbag as it turned
the crossbar from the impetus OF the
stroke at the board,--New York Tri-
hume.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08
Questions Ceased.

A precious little chap, the child of an
old and intimate friend, was dining along
with his parents at friends house. The
soup. which was very thin, was passed
around, but Charlie was observed triAing
with his spoon.
The hostess said Are you not hun
CRY Charlie?'
Yes" replied Charlie, but I'm not
thirsty
When the meat was served little lat
e, the hostess very kindly asked:
Charlie, can you cut your own meat Z
Charlie, who was already handling his
weapons, replied:
Can't 1? I've cut quite as tough meat
as this at home
For the rest of the dinner the hostess
did not put any further questions to the
young hopeful
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08
cANcER cuaE RY 3. 3. 8.


All Chronic. Doop-seated Skin and Blood
diseases Cured, To Prove II B-B.B. Free.
Mrs. M. L. Adams, Fredonia, Ala, took
Botanic Blood Balm (B. B b. which ef
fectuaIly cured an eating cancer OF tbs
nose and face. The sores healed up per
feetly Many doctors had given up Ael
case as hopeless Hundreds OF cases Of
cancer Of the face, lip, breast, eating, Of
fensive, fostering sores, persistent PIN
ples, carbuncles, suppurating swellings hava
been cured by the B. B.; all the sores
healed UP perfectly. B. B. also eurei
eczema, itching humors, scabs and scales
bone pains, ulcers, offensive pimples, blood
poison, carbuncle, scrOfula, risings ane
bumps on the skin and all blood troubles
Druggists, 81 per large bottle. 70 prove
it, B. B b., free and prepaid by writing
BorAN1c BLOOD BALM Co., IL Mitchell
st., Atlantis, Ga. Describe trouble ana
special free medical advice sent in Sealet
letter.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08
A True story.

A friend Of mine once had a dog
named Mig He was very large New
foundland dog, with long shaggy hair,
and was a very intelligent dog.
My friend bought him of q market
man.
While Mig was at the store nights
the policeman always ratified the door
to see If it was locked and they soon
found that it bothered the deg very
much, and so they ratified the door
when it was unnecessary. Very soon
Mig knew the step of every policeman
that came there, and could tell when
one was coming.
One night one Of the horses was
cast in the stall of the stable which
was connected with the store. Mig let
them pull the horse out Of the stall;
hut when the policemen were ready to
60, Mig stood in front Of the door, and
would not let them go, and he stood
guard over them until his master
came in the morning and called him
away.
There was a man who was great
friend Of Mig's, and often came into
the store to see him, who afterward
became policeman; and, when he had
oil his uniform, Mig disliIed him as
he disliked any other policeman, but,
when he was in his plain clothes, Mig
liked him again.
The most wonderful thing about Mig
was his intelligence in stopping runa-
way horses and saving lives. II a
horse had on a bride, he would stop
him by catching hold of it; or, If he
had no bride on, Mig would catch
him by the nose; or, if the reins we're
over the dasher, he would jump into
the carriage, catch hold Of the reins,
and stop him.
One time n horse started to run
away, and Mig saw him; and, when
the horse turned the corner, Mig threw
the horse down and held him there un-
til his master came. He would not let
any one touch the horse
A number OF times his master had
seen him jump into the carriage and
hold the reins to stop the horse or
catch the reins when they we're drag
sing on the ground.
These are only a few incidents Of
the twenty-eight horses that he stopped
during his lifetime. He also saved
many lives. Mig lived to be twelve
years OF age. and left many grateful
friends.-The Christian Register.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

We wonld caution all people against &C
cepting substitutes for Perun., Insist upon
having PerunA There is no other inter
nal remedy for eaLarrn that will take the
plasc Of Peruna Allow no ono 70 persuade
yOi 10 the contrary
ii you do not derive prompt and satin
factory results from the use Of Pcruns,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving ?
full statement OF your case and he will be
pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address Dr.. Hartman, President OF The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08
The ola soldlor.

Eyes. this is the place explained the
old soldier with the wooden leg, revisit
ing the battle field of Gettysburg after a
lapse of thirty-hve years, and looking
about HIM Il shall never forget this
spot
Il suppose said the stranger, observ-
ing his emotion, this is the spot where
you lost your leg while fighting for your
country
mo" said the old soldier. Il lost my
leg in a sawmill in Kansas on the nth
day of May 1877 This is the place where
got scared and ran like the devil
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

"You look worried tonight, William,
said the rural editors wife. Anything
wrong"
well, rather replied the local mold
er of opinions, An indignant subscriber
came into the office this afternoon and
nearly punched the life out of our per-
son"
MY goodness |" exclaimed the power
behind the press. u hope he didn't stop
his paper"
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08
lieIieNeI.

"Say, Mr.. Clerk" said Uncle Sassa-
fras, at the seashore hotel, Il want you
L look at this thing found in my rooml"
'Ahw exclaimed the clerk, enthusias-
tically, "a most remarkable discovery !
One Of the ancient insects of the genus
Culex y
Wall, be gosh-durned / was jest
erbout t make kick, thinldn it was a
skeeter y
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08
Ntrnck HIS Gnte.

What are you doing these days?'
asked the friend
I'm investigating snails," said the am
teur naturalist
"Snails? l thought ornithology was
your hobby
"Well, it used to be, but l found that
birds were a little too-er-swift for
me- Chicago Tribune.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

VIC. Mccall, Granville, o., writes; 'Ihne
your Tetterine 10 be maryelously gooe
thing for skin diseases. SOC. box ron
j. T. shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. IT your drug
gist don't keep IL.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08
roniny's Conclusion.

Tonmy's Conclusion.
Whenever little Towser
Wants anything to eat
He sits up like a kangaroo
And smiles a smile most sweet.
And am pretty certain
The kangaro so gay
That sits up just like Towser
Must be hungry all the day.
--R. K. Munkittrick, In June DellneatoE
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08
Mrs. Annie Mckay Chaplain Sons Of
Temperance, $40 Spadina Ave, Toronto,
Cured Of Severe Female Troubles by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

DEAR MRS. PNKHAM - Being mother Of five chndren
experience with the general troubles of my
ceracd when Of my children born and from that hour
my Affections found that within few months my health
impaired had female weakness and inflammation and
frequent flooding became weak and dizzy but kept my feet
dragging through my work without life pleasure neighbor
helped by taking Lydia E. PnShams Vegetable
Compound insisted that take least bottle. did and
felt that kept the treatment For months
the Compound faithfully and gladly do say health and
strength are know how value it when
nearly and appreciate how great debt owe
The few dollars spent for the medicine cannot begin to pay what
very truly Mrs. ANNA MCKAY Chaplain
Sons Of Temperance"
$4,000 FORFEIT IF ABOVE LETTER rs NOT GENUINE.
No other female world received such
widespread unqualified endorsements Refuse all substitutes
invites write for advice.
guided thousands health. Address, Lynn, Mass
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

A powder. II rests the feet. Cures Corps.
Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching,
Sweating Feet and Insrowing Nails. Aliens
Foot Ease makes new or tight shoes easy, At
all Druggists and Shoe stores Is cents. Ac-
cept no substitute. Sample mailed FAEE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, n. Y.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

An absolute cure for all foot troubles,
Guaranteed 20 stop all odor and excessive
Precipitation. Brings red, burning, smarting,
tired and tender feet TO perfectly normal
condition. A superior toilet article for ladies,
This powder does away with the use Of dress
shields. Druggists, or sent direct In hand.
some sprinkle top tin package for ace. EDWIS
F. MERnrL1., Maker, Woodstock, vt.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

New York plumbers and gas filters
will receive S4.2s a day, commencing
Tuly l.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

NJ L. Thompson h Co., Druggists, Cou-
dersport. Pa. say Halls Catarrh Cure Is tho
best and only sure cure for catarrh they ever
sold Druggists sell it, 75c.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08
AK Your Dealer For Allen's root "a

The man who invents excuses invariably
infringes on an old patent
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

If love is blind, how can there be such a
thing as love at first sight?
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

FITS permanently cured. NoAis ornervous-
ress after first days use OF Dr. Kllne's Great
NerveRestores. s2trial bottle and treatisetree
Dr.R.H. KLINE, Ltd, 98l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

Time may be money, but you've got to
spend the one to make the other.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08
sFerriii's Foot Powder.

A negative answer may be given in
positive manner.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

A pensive wife is better than an eHpen.
slYe one.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08
OhIe KnowS rettsrlns.

It's easier to make fool of a man thA'
to make 2 man of a foo,.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

People who ore in love with themselves
have no fear Of rivals.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an lnfallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w.
SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
ieething, soften the gums, reducesinhammae
ton. .allays pain, cures wind collie: 25c. bottl-
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08
What She reared.

A large whale gives on an average twenty
tons of rendered oil.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08
MiLIiOnS Of Women

Use CUTICURA SOAP assisted BY Cuteura Ointment, for
preserving, purifying and beautying the skim for cleans
ing the scalp Of crus scales and dandru and the stopping Of
falling hair for soenng, whitening, and soothing red ough
and hands, for baby rashes ehng and chafngs in the
form of baths for annoying irraon and nammatons or too
free offensive paton, IN the form of washes for Lucrative
weaknesses and sanave, antpc purposes which readily
suggest themselves to and mothers and for a the pur
poses of the toilet BATH and nursery. CUTCURA SOAP COM
bncs delicate emoent properties derived from CUTICRA the
great skin with the purc Of cleansing ingredients and the
most refreshing Of flower odours. It uncs ONE SOAP at
ONE PRICE, the BEST skin and complexion SOAP and the
BEST toilet and baby soap in the world.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-08

COMPLETE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL TREATMENT FOR EVERY HDM0R
% cleanse e skin ofe
AOrST.
and soohe and heal
Is Client
s"S Scty ~ the ands
9 eProps,B Boiou q
rauohcrh
HqudE
swS PICKET Ts containing % doses curoURA nlaiVe
economical blood and ah
The Washington bee., 1902-01-04

OF course she does not leave her owH
card for the men of the family, but she
usually shows that recognition of the
other adults.
Formal calls are made between the
hours o. three and six. Informal ones
should be timed with consideration.
Do not stay less than ten or fifteen
minutes or your visit will appear per-
functory; nor more than half an hour,
lest you make your hostess twice glad
at your departure.
There are no further rule about who
shall make the first call than that
residents take the Initiative in calling
upon newcomers. aud brides. elderly
people and hose IN delicate heelth are
entitled to first calls.
II one OF the family open the doorthe
cards should be laid uuobtrusively on
the hall table while one asks courteous
y for the person one wishes to see.
A man should alWays leave d card
for the neither wnen calling upon
young girl. "The Lady from Pnila-
delphia," IN the January Ladies Home
Journal.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-04
LOST IN THE WOODS.
Strange Adventure of Miss McCOn-
nell, of Utica, N. Y.
Her Life Saved by Deer which Gave
Her Shelter and Protection, at
the Expense of Its Own Life,
as Ii Turned Out.

According to the story told in the
New York Sun by Miss Margaret Nc
COnnell of Utica, n. Y, of her wander
ings in the forest while she was lost,
she owes her life 10 a deer.
She started at nine a. N. on Monday
from her boarding house at McKeever
on the walk which resulted in her los
ing her way. 1t was not until Wednes-
day morning that she was found by
Fred Reber, of Boonville, who was out
deer-hunting.
Reber shot buck and the report of
the shot had hardly died away when he
heard a call and then the words: Il am
lost" Following the sound he found
Miss Mcconnell sitting on some bOughs
on the edge of a swamp. Realizing the
state of exhaustion in which she was,
he dragged the still warm body Of the
deer 10 Miss Mcconnell and laid her
upon it. He then built fire around
her, buttoned his warm hunting coat
about her and went for help.
Since she has begun to recover her
strength she has told Of her wander
ings in the forest. She kept moving
most of the time. She knew that if she
allowed herself to sleep the chances
were that she would freeze, and so she
compelled herself TO keep moving as
much as possible and refused TO allow
herself TO sleep.
After spending Monday night in a
ruined shack, she resumed her walk
and soon was drenched by the rain
which fell on Tuesday. Late on Tues
day afternoon the rain changed to
sleet and then to snow, and, to give the
finishing touch to her hardships at
dusk Miss Mcconnell fell into a branch
of Bear creek and was soaked up TO her
shoulders.
In this cold and forlorn condition she
crawled under some balsam bOughs as
night fell, trying to protect herself as
much as possible. She had been here
The Washington bee., 1902-01-04

only a short time when a buck came up
to her.
The part of Miss McCOnnells story
which follows is remarkable, but that
such experiences have been known is
vouched for by woOdsmen. She says
that the buck came into her shelter
and lay down beside her. After
awhile he went away, but soon re-
turned with two does.
The does were more timid, and soon
ran away. The buck went with them,
but after a few minutes returned and
spent the rest of the night in Miss Nc
ConnelPs company, lying so close TO
her that she was able to stroke his
nose. He stayed until after daylight
and then went away.
It may be that TO the animals pres
ence was due the fact that Miss McCOn-
nell remained awake through the night
and thus saved her life. At any rate
it is thought that the buck did save her
life at the expense of his own, for it Is
thought he was the buck killed by Re
Der and that the shot which killed him
was the shot which Miss Mcconnell
heard and which was the means of
bringing the rescuers to her. She was
greatly grieved that the deer had been
killed
The Washington bee., 1902-01-04
JOHN F. CARROLL.
Croker as Dictator of Tam
many Hall

John F. Carroll, who is said to have
succeeded Richard Croker as master
of Tammany, notwithstanding the de-
nial of the story by Croker himself,
was formerly clerk of the court of
general sessions. This post is an i'm
portant one, and pays a salary OF
$4,000. Carroll resigned the place to
become CrOker's deputy in the Tam
many organization, an Office to WHICH
no salary is attached. Carroll is in
terested in the ice trust, and appears
to be in no want of wealth. His po-
itical record covers a period of 2s
years active service with Tammany.
In the very beginning of his political
life he was intimately associated
with Robert A. Van Wyck, mayor of
New York. Carroll was ~on made a
district leader, and maGs lis district
an important Tammany strcec lold.
In 1879 he was made clerk of the
grand jury, and was, subsequently,
clerk of the Seventh district civil
court and later clerk of the general
sessions. In the city campaign four
years ago he was CrOker's chief ad-
wiser, and he has had charge of Tam
many during the absence ef the
boss In Europe.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-04
WONDERFUL OLD MAN.
That He Expects to Live Seven
Years Longer.

Jeremiah Gleeson, who lives in Mon
roe township, Knox county, is the old
est survivor of the civil and Mexican
wars, and is probably the oldest man
in Ohio.
GleesOn was born near Londonderry,
Ireland, in 1898. At the age of 20 he
left his native country for America on
account of the oppression of the Irish
by the English. His desire for wild
life brought him to Ohio, which he has
called his home state for more than
so years. He was captured by the In
dians and held prisoner by them for
more than three years, and says he
grew as wild as any of his captOrs.
During the Indian wars Uncle jerry"
as he is familiarly known, fought un-
der Gen. Andrew Jackson. The two
became fast friends, their friendship
lasting till the generals death.
When the war with Mexico broke
out G.eeson enlisted and served under
Gen. John c. Fremont. After the war
he joined an expedition to seek gold
in California, his oldest son accom-
panying him. The son was lost in the
famous Peg-leg gold mine. With
small fortune he returned to his fam
lily in what is now Monroe township.
When the civil war broke out Uncle
Jerry" again took up arms for his
adopted country, serving three years
as a union soldier. He wanted TO en-
gage in the recent troubles with Spain,
but was not permitted, owing to his
advanced age.
Withal the old man is genial and
sunny tempered, a character not un-
like "Uncle Billy Sanders" in Joel
Chandler Harris TALES of the South"
He was seen by Cincinnati Enquirer
representative recently and was able
to give in detail the story of his re-
markable career. He was working on
his farm with team which, compare
lively speaking, was as old as the
driver. He said that he expects to live
to be rs years old.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-04
THE ACCIDENT ROLL.
It Proves That There Is a Destiny
That Shapes Our Ends.
Sometimes the Merest Trifes Cause
Death, at Other Times Terrible
Calamities Have 80 Effect
The Theory Illustrated.

To take the accident roll of the
United States for a week, one might
find in the little things that cause
death a measure of proof of the doe
trine Of the fataIst. WSen an engine
boiler blows up without scratching
the engineer, and when the prick Of
needle causes death in few days, one
may well wonder al the fates.
Miss Blanche Young, of Wabash,
Ind, was the victim of the needle point.
She was at work in a millinery store
and in sewing she stuck the point of
a needle deep in her finger. She went
on with her work, however, and the
poisonous dyes in the fabric caused the
finger to swell terribly. Blood poison
ing developed rapidly, from which the
young woman died in agony.
No less strange was the death of Ed
gar P. Seeger, of Chicago, at Utica,
n. Y. A pimple appeared on the
young mans face and he Garelessly
Rricked it with a pin. Inflammation
followed, blood poison set in, and
death was the result.
Within a week the dentists chair
has cost three lives in a more or less
direct way. At Sioux City, Ia, the
filling of a tooth caused a stroke of
apOplexy to DIR. Adelaide f. Kilbourne,
and she died as she was leaving the
chair. At Loyal Wis, an aching tooth
drove himbal ]. Berry to a dentist
with the request that ii be pulled at
any cost. 1t was a molar far back in
the jaw, and was so firmly rooted that
in the pulling of it the jaw bone was
fractured. The accident was discov-
cred at once. and remedies applied, but
blood poison set in killing the pa
tient in a few days. In Chicago the
other day Miss Mamie Ferry, of Oak
Park, died from fear of the dentists
chair, TO which she was going in the
Chicago College of Dental Surgery.
She was troubled with a weak heart
The Washington bee., 1902-01-04
An English VsrsIon-

Mary had a little hen.
Twas feminine and dussri
IL laid ike smoke when eggs were 0AS@s~
Rut stappss whsn eggs we're ss~r'
The Washington bee., 1902-01-04

and the nervous strain to which she
was subjected caused her to fall dead
in the street.
Among the inconsequential things
to cause death an acorn, the shell Of
a peanut, and a grain of corn are the
least.
Barbara Bothman, little girl living
in Jackson, Miss, was the victim of
tte acorn. She had been complaining
o. pains in her right side, and the ply
sicians who were called in decided upon
an operation for appendicitis. In the
appendix the acorn was found, much
enlarged from the heat and moisture.
The child recalled having swallowed
il in her play. The shock of the oper-
alton was too much for her and she
died.
Lloyd Rogers. four-year-old son of
an Illinois farmer, near Galesburg,
got a grain of corn in his trachea.
A violent fit of coughing followed,
in which the corn dropped into the
right bronchial tube, out of reach.
The kernel would move for several
inches freely, bat the physicians
could not recover it and the child
died from exhaustion.
Near Rockford, H., the seven
months-old son of Edward Fisher
was allowed to play with a peanut.
Putting it in it's mouth the nut found
its way into the child's windpipe,
choking it to death before the par
ents discovered the accident.
One of the strangest deaths record
ed recently in Illinois was that which
came to the 13-year-old son of Thorn
ton Daniel of Scotland county. An
other brother of the boy was on his
road 10 a neighbor's house, riding a
horse and carrying a sharp butcher
ing knife in his hip pocket. The boy
asked to go along, and was allowed
TO get up behind the brother on the
horse. The horse began plunging
with them, in which the younger
brother was thrown against the
sharp knife. which pierced his heart.
Joseph Carter, 22 years old, killed
Edward Campbell, aged A, with a
single blow of his fist. The two men
had been at enmity, and Campbell
on one occasion had threatened Car
ter with a knife. Finally, at Camp
BELLS challenge, the two met to fight
out their grievances with fists. Car
ter landed the first blow just over
CampbeI's heart and the man
dropped dead without sound.
You may figure it through the
whole range of accidents" said a
fatalist TO a Chicago Tribune man.
'You either get it, as the soldier
puts il, or you don't get it; and you
couldn't explain why in an age"