davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-10
Good Roads.

AS early as 1867 the improved mac
adamized highways Of France had a
total length of 2OO,951 miles, while
the length of unfinished highways was
then stated at 174,667 miles, most Of
which is now finished.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-10

Between Madagascar and the coast
Of India there are about $4,000
islands. but only 900 Of which are in
babitod, but most Of which are capa-
bic Of supporting a population.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-10
A Long Crulse.

Since he began yachting about Sc
years ago Lord Brassey has sailed
nearly 100000 miles in a dozen yachS
Of varying tonnage.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-10

be at mucn later stage III me JUS
education.
After the training has once been be-
gun, regularity in the lessons is of
prime Importance. For instance, it
will be conceded at once that it is
much better to give a dog
a half-bour lesson on each
of ten days than it is to give
him a lesson of five hours duration
on one day. While a dog has very
good powers of memory, he soon for
gets his first lessons If it is not re-
freshed by daily repetition in respect
to them. The trainer may have a
similar forgetfulness concerning his
ru'n first lessons, which should adj
monish him to be considerate.
While punishment times is a ne
cessity, its use as a whole is unnec-
essarily comprehensive. There is no
doubt but that 1t is inflicted in most
cases under a mistaken belief that il
is useful in forcing the dog to learn
what the trainer desires he should
llarn ana that it really accomplishes
the desired purpose. The idea, so ap
piled. is a mistaken one. Punishment
never teaches a dog anything othel
than in a negative manner; that Il
to say. It simply deters him from do
ing certain things. Il does not In Ia
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-05-02
.Tauanese Life.

The japanese do not use milk, cows
being an animal almost unknown In
Japan. Milk, an animal product, falls
under the condemnation which ex-
cludes everything that has pertalned
to life from the list of articles used
for food. Animals taken In the chase
are excepted. as are fish. The Japa.
nese mother nurses her own child, con.
tinulng sometimes up to the sixth year,
though other food Is given In addition
after the first or second year. The
main food of the japanese mother con
sists of rice. fish. shellfsh and sea.
weed. Wine or alcoholic products are
never used. Medical men think that
the large use of the products Of the
sea Is the reason why rachltis Is I'm.
known. OF course the japanese know
nothing about butter, cream, cheese.
etc.. but they make an excellent sub
stitute from bean, rich not only In
oil, but also In heterogeneous elements.
Yet consumption is common among the
upper classes in Japan. Mountaineers
are, however. exempt from tuberculo-
sis. The japanese are a small people,
smallness with them being a race char
acteristic
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-05-02
RuSy With q History.

The kings coronation crown is to be
adorned with what is termed "the
Black Prince ruby" It is not gener.
ally known that this stone, which now
forms the center of the Maltese cross
on the late Queen Victoria's crown, il
not ruby at all, but simply a red
spinel. 1t is Of large size, and If II
were true ruby would far surpass in
value the Koh-i.noor itself, for rubies
never run to the same size as diamonds,
and being also far rarer are consider
ably more valuable in price per carat.
A four carat ruby, for instance, would
be worth about SIC, 900, probably even
more If it we're a hawless stone; a four
carat diamond would not be worth the
half of that sum.
The so-called "Black Prince ruby
derived its name from the fact that it
was given to Edward, the Black Prince,
by Don Pedro of CASTLE in gratitude
for the victory Of Longoro in April,
1867, which restored the throne OF
Spain to Don Pedro. Henry V wore it
in his helmet at the battle of Agin-
court, and it has ever since formed part
of the crown jewels of England. In
spite of its having been proved to be
nothing but spinel it still figures in
the description of the regallia as a
"ruby," and as such was shown at the
famous exhibition of 1852, when the
royal jewels we're one of the most in.
terestina exhibits.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-05-02
DIED AT AGE OF II2.
sa1lie Waters, an Ex-Slave, Was You
Mnu,nu ..f Time Of W. of 1910

SaIlie Waters, an Ex-Slave, Was Young
Woman at Time of War of 1912.
Sarah. or "Sallie," Waters, an old
Virginia negro woman, who went "a
New Orleans with her young mars.
ster" and mistress with Gen. Andrew
Jackson was preparing TO whip the
British invaders at Chalmette, died al
her daughters home at 1928 North Der.
bignay street, In that city, recently, al
the very advanced age Of 112 years.
She was laid to rest in the new Lin
coin cemetery in the rear of the city.
and numerous children, grandchildren
and great grandchildren followed the
remains to the burial grounds.
There can be no dispute about the old
woman's age. She was between 25 all
80 years Of age when she came TO the
Crescent City just a few months before
the battle OF New Orleans. Sallle vas
slave and was bought and sold sew.
eral times. One time she was stolen from
her master In Virginia and brought to
New Orleans and sold TO a Mississippi
planter
Aunt Sallie. according 10 her story.
was born In Mecklenburg County. vIr-
ginia. Her father was Creek Indian.
She belonged to the Vms family OF vir-
ginia Mr. VOns business carried him
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-05-02
They Were All Boys.

Mrs. Sarah Barker Brandon ls {
widow at Moundsvllle. w. Va. Sh,
was the third wife Of Charles Brandon
who died of a broken heart because hi.
wife left him after having given brit
to fifteen sons OF the old man. His
second wife had borne him elghieer
sons and his first wife died after the
birth OF her second son, making a to
tai Of thlrty-iiye sons to his credit
These sons were good soldiers In the
Civil War. the father furnishing sew
enteen volunteers for the service. They
were In Ohio and Indiana regiments
and only one of them was killed In bat
tie.
The old man was celebrated Indian
fighter and a veteran Of the war ot
1912. His father was killed by Indians
when he was 3 years old. The Indians
kept him a prisoner In Pennsylvania
until he was Is years OF age, when
he escaped and went to West Virginia.
Mrs Brandon is now 10 years Of age
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self,
~ only wish to tell you, Mr..
Unwin, " said steinhatdt, looking hard
at me, "sincc you have seen good
deal OF my ward, Miss Lacroix" (Bir-
ley evidently chafed at that). especial
" lately, understand, and since 1t
may have entered your head that some
time she might make you beautiful
wife, | wish to tell you that you must
give up thinking anything Of the sort,
because she is going to marry my son
Frank"
"Oh, that d----d for a tale, Man
uel" exclaimed Birley, before l could
say word.
"Will you be quiet, Jim?" said
Steinhardt, with restrained voice, but
glaring eyes, and that apoplectic, pur-
plish flush suffusing his head and face.
NAY, lad," said Birley; that's a
point on which | mum ha' my say. Be-
fore you tell anybody Louise is going to
marry Frank, you must get the consent
OF at least three lpeople-the girl her
self, your son, and her other guardian,
that's me.' Steinhardt looked at him
in unfeigned surprise, but he went on :
"Your son, that's your affair, OF course (;
but the girl, that's partly mine; and |
shall not see Paul's Louise engaged to
marry anybody against her own wish
and liking"
"Liking" scoffed Steinhardt.
"What has liking to do with it? Lik-
ing should come after marriage with a
proper, modest girl, not before"
"That may be your foreign way,
'Manue, but it's not our English way,
nor our Lancashire way, nowther."
"Confound your Lancashire!" cried
Steinhardt.
"If it had not been for Lancashire,
my lad" said Birley, thoroughly
reused, "you wouldn't be the big man
you arel"
"Are you mad?" exclaimed Stein
hardt, striding up and down the hearth
rug, and glaring from Birley to me.
"You shall repent this! Mr.. Unwin,
l had better have talk with you an
other time"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-05-02
Cod Liver OIL from Beans.

During the wait between acts a med.
ical student and a young woman who
sat together became slightly embar.
rassed for topics Of conversation. Fin
ally and not unnaturally in view OF the
nature Of the young mans studies their
talk drlfted to the subject of disagree
able tasting medicines. Among the
horrlbles they mentioned were cod llv.
er oil and castor oil.
81 don't see." mused the young wo-
man, "how any one can bear to eat
the beans that stuff is made Of"
what kind of beans do you mean p
inquired the young man.
why, cod liver oil beans. to be
sure"
Aren't you thinking of castor
beans?" ventured her companion.
why. | always thought cod liver
oil was made from BEANS" she said.
and the good breeding Of the young
man was shown by the fact that be
didn't even smile, but several Of those
who sat near by hadn't equal control
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-05-02

REV. DR. PARKER deals deadly blow
to the Englishman's Sunday. This sen
timent was warmly applauded by the
congregation.
Rev. DR.. Joseph Parker. d. D., has
been preaching since 1S4S. Since 1869
he has been in London. where he built
the City Temple at a cost o. $350,000.
This church has many branches and
missions throughout London and en-
joys large reevnues. The pastor is one
of the finest orators and most popular
ministers in the great metropolis. He
declares he wears gown in the pulpit
because he has the worst coat in the
congregation. Rev. DR.. Parker has
published Peoples Bible" in twenty
FIVE volumes, being a series of sermons
expounding the books of the Bible.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-05-02
WORK OF SALVATION LAsslEs.
How They Toll Day and Night Amid
Sickness, Want and Vice,

How They Toll Day and Night Amid
Sickness, Want and Vice.
Where hunger, sickness and vice
stalk hand in hand the Salvationists are
the most active The familiar haunts
of this dread trio are marked off by the
army into districts. Each soldier of
the Salvation Army has a prescribed
territory A certain block of houses or q
certain number Of tenements is patrol
led by each. The soldier. usually las
sic, starts at the top of each of the
great buildings, teeming with life, and
visits every family. even into the very
basement. Then, when her territory
has been covered. she reports the In
stances of need These needs are sup
piled as soon as possible by the Saliva
tionists-sometimes through their own
resources, sometimes through the aid
of friends who do their charity through
the army.
In what is perhaps the very poorest
quarter of the city is the day nursery
of the army, where for 5 cents day
some of the lassies care for the chill
dren of working women. The little ones
have a sunny playroom; they are fed
when they grow hungry; and when
they are tired they are tucked away In
little white beds to sleep. In many dark
rooms, cellars or garrets, which people
call "home," the cooking. the cleaning,
all the housework. is done by Salvation
Army women. in their strange poke
bonnets, while the mother is too i'll or
weak to care for her family or herself.
On the Bowery is the worklngwOm-
ems hotel of the army, the only place
In all New York where some Of its
women, and among these the very low
est. would be allowed to sleep. Every
night this place gives refuge to women
who are turned away from the doors Of
lodging houses. They reel and stagger
up the steps of the worklngwomen's ho-
tel and are cared for. Not all Of those
who sleep In this lodging house, says a
writer in Leslie's Weekly. are Of this
class of women-old, dissipated and des-
titute, the unutterably sad and ugly
remnants Of brief and glittering reign.
But the ensign in charge of the hotel
turns no needy woman from her door.
There are 1903 beds, and every night
nearly all of these are filled
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-05-02
WHERE TRUE DEcoRuM REloNs,

Strangers Are Awed by the Dignity
of the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court is ceaseless
source Of interest to the stranger in
Washington. Even when the court is
not In session the chamber In which 1t
sits Is viewed by constant stream of
visitors, who enter 1t with quiet rever-
ence. Ordinarily 1t is the dullest place
where men assemble to do business.
The decorum Is painful, but this does
not deter the American who comes TO
inspect the seat Of government from
lingering fondly about the place. When
the famous Kentucky case was argued
not only was the chamber filled, but a
long line Of visitors waited in the hall,
says the Washington Post.
The manner of these pilgrims at the
shrine of the law does not indicate any
loss of respect on the part Of the plain
people for this august body. The two
places in Washington where the van
dial stands in awe are the Supreme
Court and the White House, and the
latter has not been afforded invariable
protection. In all other places may be
found the dirty finger prints Of the
vandal. The monument e. Clipped.
statues are marred. fragments are cut
from the hangings Of the Senate and
House Of Representatives, names have
been scratched into the marble and on
the bronze doors, but something holds
the most ruthless in check when he
comes to the Supreme Court
There is no talking among the specta-
tors when the court is in session, and
even when the bench is vacant and
strangers are viewing the deserted
chamber they uniformly speak in whis-
pers. The old white bearded colored
man who sits at the door is the personl,
flcatlon of silence and dignity, and the
sight Of him is enough to make the
most frivolous grow grave and walk on
their tiptoes. He silently opens the
door for each conner and nolselessly
closes 1t. If the chamber is full he
stands with his back to the door, and.
without uttering a word, keeps others
from attempting TO enter.
The other day two lawyers met in
'front.' Of the courtroom doors. one attired
In light suit and the other In dark
clothes The one in light suit remind
ed the other that he had on dark clothes.
but purple necktle. The colored tie did
not bar him. But the lawyer In the light
suit could not venture into the cham.
ber. Though they were merely specta-
tors, they must wear dark clothes IL
they would appear within the bar Of
the court. What awful thing would
happen If one should appear before the
bar Of the Supreme Court in light
suit is not known, for no one has ever
had the temerlty to try 1t.
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More Serious than an Operation.


you oughtn't to have turned mt
down that way, Luella," said yount
Spoonamore. as they rode home from
the swell party.
"In what wayT innocently asked
Miss Qhickstep.
Kept me dancing attendance on yoJ
all evening. and when tried to talk t
you, as did several times, you turned
your back on me. Is that the way al
young women treat the men they're
engaged to marry?"
"Yes, II the men are too fresh"
"Was | too fresh%
"a little, dear"
"Did you want to humllIate me be
fore all those people?"
"Oh, no." she said. lightly. But you
needed the treatment-or suppose we
call 1t an operation-and | had to per
form the operation. II everybody saw
1t couldn't help It."
80 you call it an operation. do your
he said, glaring at her In the dark.
ness Of the carriage. "Weil, 1t was
more than that!'
what was it?"
at was a clinic"
And they rode on In silence.
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10 New Orleans Oh more than one coca.
sion. The young woman made one Of
these trips in a wagon with her master
and young mistress. II took the party
over month to come from Virginia to
this city. One day. after they had been
out for week or so, she saw blue
spot on the sun. Every one thought it
an ill-omen--they thought the world
was coming toan end.
The young mistress was greatly
frightened and became deathly sick.
The husband. who was dearly devoted
to his young wife, rushed about from
place to place. seeking doctor. He
finally reached one and his wife was
soon able TO resume the journey south
ward. At place in Alabama the party
found the ground literally covered with
locusts. A peculiar thing about the
bugs was that each one had kind Of
letter on It's back. The young master
picked up number Of bugs and spelled
out Sally's name. 'Lordy! LOrdyP ex-
claimed the darky, not knowing what
to make of the strange phenomenon.
The travellers reached New Orleans
a short time before the battle Of New
Orleans Aunt Sallie was the cook of
the party. She managed to get about
occasionally. and on one of her trips
saw Gen. Jackson. Mr.. Vons returned
to Virginia shortly afterward and took
the cook with him. Mrs. Vons died and
Aunt Sallle was then sold to Try Nun of
Maryland When her new master died
she was stolen, with four children, two
boys and two girls, and brought to New
Orleans and sold to Jack Doty. She and
the children were sent to Mr.. Doty's
plantation, In Wilkinson County, Mis-
sissippi, where she remained until the
close Of the Civil War.
The old woman was the mother Of
about score of children. says a Ne-7
Orleans special to the ST. Louis Post
Dispatch, thirteen of whom were
reared. OF these three are still living,
the eldest. who is between 70 and 20
years, being the eighth llld. The
other two children are SO and 40 years
of age, respectively, the youngest child
having been born when Aunt Sallie was
63 years old
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ITO be continued.)
LINCOLN LETTER FOUND.
Wartime Mlssivs 10 the Mother Of Five SOM
Who We're Slain In Battle.


soiled and faded, torn and frayed, q
letter written by Abraham Lincoln a
few months before his assassination
has been found in some rubbish and
papers on Broadway, near the post.
office, says New York report. II
reads as follows:
Executive Mansion, Washington,
November 81, 1854. To Mrs. Bixby,
Boston, Mass. / have been shown in
the file of the war department a state.
ment of the adjutant general Of Massa.
chusetts thai you are the mother OF five
sons who have died gloriously on the
field of battle.
~ feel how weak and fruitless must
be any word OF mine which should at
tempt to beguile you from the grief oi
a loss so overwhelming. But l cannot
refrain from rendering you the consola-
tion that may be found in the thanks
of the republic they died to save.
pray that our Heavenly Father may as
suage the anguish of your bereavement
and leave only the cherished memory Of
loved and lost and the solemn pride
that must be yours to have laid &C
costly a sacrifice upon the altar of free.
dom.
"Yours very sincerely and respect.
fully, A. Lincoln"
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CHAPTER vi.

had tacitly assented to Freeman's Is
suggestion, that no more was to be
thought or said of Dicks horrible pam
tomimic confession; but it impressed
me as being too vivid to be lightly dis
carded as without any basis of fact,
continued to think of it very much I
thought of it more because, in spite of
the unreasonableness of such a coniunc-
tion, and its manifest "waste of detec-
tive speculation" las Freeman would
have said), the vapors, SO to say, of
Louise's dream would persist in ming
ling in my imagination with the va
pors of Dicks delirium. Gould it
really be that Mr.. Lacroix had met his
death in some such way? And if he
had, how had he come by it?-and
where? Was it even possible in the
mystery of things that Lacroix had
been smothered in one of his own vats2
But discovery l made about this
time-trivial, apparently, yet to me
significant--fxed my idea more firmly
in my Imagination. One night while
sat thinking of my return to London
/ took up my Bradshaw, and carelessly
began noting the times Of trains from
the neighboring large town to the me-
tropolis. The lines of three companies
passed through it, and | became inter-
ested in noting how the rivals ran fast
and still faster trains against each
other. In this survey my attention
was fixed by very small fact: one
company ran one of its two quickest
trains so that it reached the neighbcr-
ing town abcut midnight-the only
very quick train within two or three
hours of that time. l found easy op.
portunity to test in some degree what
significance this fact might have.
Early in the week following Dick
confession, Mr.. Steinhardt had gone to
London 70 attend his trial, in the court
of Queens bench, think it was. He
would be absent for more than fort
night, and had therefore many well
come chances of being in Miss La
croix's company. was asked several
times to dinner, and was encouraged to
find other and sundry occasions for
calling.
On one of these occasions l found
Miss Lacroix alone. After some casual
remarks began to work toward my
purpose by abiding to Steinhardt's
business in London.
''It will be a serious thing for him,
said I-"wont tiff he should be so
unsuccessful in his defence as your
father was?"
"He will not be unsuccessful as poor
father was" answered she, with a sad
shake Of her beautiful head; "Mr.
Steinhardt is not scrupulous as father
was; he tells falsehoods with rude sim
plicity, like his great chancellor, and
so people think him to be all honest
truth. He will succeed in his case. /
think-I have heard him talk it to
Frank-and he'will come back more
despot than ever. Poor father" She
leaned back, and looked sadly out over
the valley, from whisb rose the smeke
and sound Of its daily t6il, fatigued
and forced, thought, on that warm
summer afternoon
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where he prHctIced law and where hla
subsequent career is familiar history.
Miss Rohrer, who was one Of the
brightest as well as prettiest girls in
Andrew County, in the meantime mar
ried the man Of her fathers choice. the
cashier of Rohrer's bank He lived
recklessly, and finally died, leaving the
wife poverty-strcken and with five
children. A few years ago she appeal
ed to Mr.. Altgeld to send her and the
children to some friends in Syracuse.
N. Y. and he responded. She is dead
now. and Mr.. Altgeld later made a
contribution for the support of her chill
drpn
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-05-02
TRAMP TO GOVERNOR.
CHAPTER IN THE CAREER OF
JOHN P. ALTGELD.
HE Trials and Hardships as a Farm
Laborer in MiSsouri-His Early Love
Suit spurned and the Pathetic Re-
auIt.

His Trials and Hardships as a Farm
Laborer in MiSsouri-His Early Love
Suit spurned and the Pathetic Re-
suIt.
In the spring of 1878 the late John
P. Altgeld. then 20. was working on q
railroad grading contract in Southeast
ern Kansas. He had drlfted west from
his Ohio home In the effort to better
his condition. but opportunities were
scarce and money was still scarcer with
him. To live he had to work, and day
labor was the only thing that he could
find to do. While employed on the rail-
way job, he was taken i'll with fever.
He was taken to the rudely constructed
temporary hospital maintained by the
contractors, and there he lay for some
weeks while the fever ran Its course.
When he was discharged as cured and
essayed to take up his work again he
found that he was unable to do the
labor expected of him. He had to aban.
don the job, and pennlless, weak and
emaciated. he started to walk to the
State capital, where he hoped to OBJ
tain occupation more suitable to his
condition.
Cared for by a Farmer.
When three miles east of Topeka he
stopped at farmhouse and asked the
farmer to give him some light work
suitable to his condition, asking in re-
turn only board and lodging for short
time. The farmer liked his appearance
and modesty, and. being kindly dis
posed man. took Altgeld in. In the
fortnight he remained there he recu-