davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-09

The" ffreJ had died upon the hearth, and they lighted no candle. When Johnny Appleseed gave his warning cry in the clearing and his cautious tap on the window and was instantly gone to other clearings and other win dows it meant that the Indians were near. En
 Skenedonk and I, used to the night alarm and boots and saddle in hurry, put ourselves in readiness to help the family. I groped for clothing and showed small legs and arms into 1t. The little creatures, obedient and si- lent, made no whimper at being reused out of dreams, but keenly lent them selves to the march.
 We brought the horses and put the woman and children upon them. The very dogs understood and slunk around our legs without giving mouth. The cabin door was shut after us with out noise, closing in what that family called hOme-a. few pots and pans, patchwork quilts, a spinning wheel, some benches, perhaps a child's store of acorn cups and broken yellow ware In log corner. In a few hours it might be smoking heap of ashes, and the world offered no other place so dear What we, suffer for is enriched by our suffering until it becomes price less. #S
 So far on the frontier was this cabin that no community blockhouse stood near enough to give its inmates shelter. They were obliged to go with us to Fort Stephenson.
 Skenedonk pioneered the all night struggle on an obscure trail, and he went astray sometimes, through black ness of woods that reofed out the stars. We floundered in swales sponging full of dead leaves and drew back, scratch ing ourselves on low hung foliage.
 By dawn the way became easier and the danger greater. Then we paused and lifted our rifles if twig broke near by, or a fox parked, or wind rushed among leaves as batter of moccasins might come. Skenedonk and 1, sure of the northern Indians, were making a venture in the west. We knew nothing of Tecumseh's swift red warriors, except that scarcely year had passed since his allies had toma- hawked women and children of the garrison on the sand beach at Chicago. Without kindling any fire we stopped once that day to eat, and by good luck and following the river reached that Lower Sandusky which was called Fort Stephenson about nightfall.
 The place was merely q high stock ade with blockhouses at the angles and a gate opening toward the river. With in, besides the garrison of 160 men, were various refugees, driven, like our family, to the fort. And there. coming heartily from the comman- dant's quarters to receive me, was George Croghan, still boy in appear ance, though intrusted with this dan gerons post. His. long face had dark
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-09
presses. He carries them rom Ppnn-
 sylvania on his back in leather bags, a

presses. He carries t1iem from PEnn- Bylvanta on his back 1n leather bags, a bag for each kind of seed. '.
 Doesn't he ever sell them?''
 "Not often. Johnny .Appleseed cares nothing for money. believe he is un- der a vow of poverty. No one laughs at him. The tribes on these grounds would not hurt hair of his head, not only because God has touched him, but because he plants apples. have eaten. his apples myself"
 ''Johnny Appleseed," repeated, and skenedonk hastened to tell me: "He has another name, but forget it. He is called Johnny Appleseed" The slim and scarcely perceptible tunnel, among trees, piled with fallen logs and newly sprung growths, let us into a wide clearing as suddenly as a stream finds it's lake. We could not see even the usual cow tracks. A cab in shedding light from its hearth sur prised us in the midst of stumps.a
 The door stood wide. A woman walked back and forth over punch con floor tending supper. Dogs rushed to meet us, and the playing of children
 
 could be heard. A man, gun in hand, stepped to his door, a sentinel. He lowered his muzzle and made us well come and helped us put our horses un- der shelter with his own.s- r., .., .. It was not often we had a wOman's handiwork in corn bread and game to feed ourselves upon, or a bed covered with homespun sheets. slept as the children slept until a voice rang in the clearing:
 '.The spirit of the Lord is upon me, and he hath anointed me to blow the trumpet in the wilderness and sound an alarm in the forest, for, behold, the tribes of the heathen are roundabout your doors, and a devouring flame fol- loweth after themv'
 Every sleeper in the cabin sat up- right or stirred. We said in whispered chorus:
 "Johnty Appleseed!''
 A tapping, light and regular, on the window followed. The man was on the floor In breath. heard the mother groping among the children and whispering: .-s4a
 Don't wake the baby
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-09

4 man rose Ip or1 tlac other side of tt. in his bag and took his kettle to the we'll for water. He then brought some meal from the cook house and made mush in his hat. .-s
 The others, turning their minds from future mysteries, began to talk about present danger. Open mouthed or stern 1awed, according to temperament, the young pioneers listened to stories about Tecumseh and surmises on the enemy's march and the likelihood of night at- tack.
 ''Tippecanoe was fought at 4 o'clock in the morning. said a soldier.
 1T was there" spoke out Johnny Ap- pleseed q laid me down in peace to sleep, and the Lord made me to dwell in safety. The camp fires burned red in the sheltered place, and they who were to possess the land watched by tho camp hres. I looked down from my high place, from My shelter of leaves
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-09
cHAPTER xxI.
ss HATs Johnny Appleseed," said skenedonk, turning in his saddle

6AIsS Johnny AppleSeeu,
 said Skenedonk, turning in
 his saddle
 ..What is Johnny Apple seedY' I asked.
 He is q man that God has touched" said Skenedonk, using the aboriginal phrase that signifed a man clouded in mind.
 God had hidden him too. could see no one. The voice echo still went of among the trees.
 Where Is he?''
 Maybe one side, maybe the other sDoes he never show himself?"
 "Oh, yes," Skenedonk said. "He goes to all the settlements have often seen him when I was hunting on these grounds. He came to our camp. He loves to sleep outdoors better than in a cabin"
 .'why does he shout at us like a prophet?'
 ITO warn us that Indians are on the warpath."
 He might have thought we were on the warpath ourselves" Johnny Appleseed knows Shawa- noes and Tecumseh's men," said Skene- donk as we moved farther from the in- visible voice. T think myself that he is under a VOW But nobody told me that. Why do you think sop
 He plants orchards in every fine open spot, or clears the land for plant Ing where he thinks the soil is right" @Don't other men plant orchards?'' No. They have not time or seed. They plant bread. He does nothing but plant orchards.''
 .'He must have great many"
 ''They are not for himself. The ap- pies are for any one who may pass by when they are ripe. He wants to give apples to everybody. Animals often nlbble the bark or break down his young trees. It takes long for them to grow, but he keeps on planting" IF other men have no seeds to plant how does he get them s''
 "He makes Journeys to the old set dement's, where many orchards have grown. and brings the. seeds from cider
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-09

copyslsbs. lsol. by sbo BOwEN-MERRILL COMPANY
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-09
RY FAREWELL CATHERWooD

(Dasea Uoon E6e f1Jgssgg Abe Ffe Ebe Dauobfn. -fen af LeuEs XVII and Maeis AnsOiHsFf1
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-09

----.--L..- :. z. 4- s=.-: ..
Arizona republican., 1904-07-28

ed a syndicate to assist him in the prosecution of his work. The Bandar Log Press was organized and from it were issued the Poker Rubaiyat," and a series of stories by George Ade. MT. Holme, by the way, had made some of the illustrations of Ade's Fables, all though the greater part of this work has been done by the famous John T. McCutclleon. Mir. Holme gave an in- teresting series of chalk talks at the Doris theater in this city The only other work of a local character he per formed was the illustration for the Re publican of the hanging of Rentaria and Hidalgo at Prescott year ago.
 John Francis Holme belonged to the higher class of newspaper artists. His performances were never 'frowsy'' or amateurish.
 His work was of the same finished character as that of McCutcheon and Bergman. But his work was not wholly confined to newspaper illustra- tion, for many of his performances with the pencil have been highly prais- ed.
 Mir. Holme was born at Corinth, w. Va, in 1868. and was educated in the public schools of Keyser. of the same state. He worked on a country news paper until 1884 and on a civil engin- eering corps a year later. He became connected with the Wheeling Register as artist and reporter in 1885 and re- mained with that journal for two years. The succeeding two years he was with the Pittsburg Press and it was then that he first came into public mo- tice as q newspaper Illustrator by his delineation of the scenes of the Johns town flood. He was subsequently con nectad with the Chicago Saturday Blade, the Chicago Times. the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Post, the Chicago Chronicle and the Chicago Daily News. That was his last active work with any paper. He started the Chicago School of Illustration, which is still in existence under the manage ment of Mrs. Holme..
Arizona republican., 1904-07-28
DEATH OF FRANK HOLME
The Famous Artist Expired at Denver
 Yesterday Morning.

Frank Holme, the artist, died at Den yer yesterday morning at S:45 o'clock. Mir Holme, who had lived in Phoenix since a year ago last fall, left here for Denver about a month ago, hoping that the climate of that region might prolong his life a few weeks, but those who saw him on the night of his de- parture did not believe that he would live to reach his destination. Not long after his arrival at Denver a telegram was received from his wife who was in Chicago saying that she had been sent for to go to the bedside of her hus- band.
 During his brief stay in Phoenix MT. Holme made himself a part of the community, and there was no one in it more generally beloved. He came here a sufferer of tuberculosis, which had already reached an advanced stage. There was for a time an appar- ent improvement of his condition and have come here in vain. But for six months before his departure his decline was steady and gradual Most of the time of Mir. Holme here was spent on a ranch near the city surrounded by similarly afflicted newspaper men. artists and actors, and in this congen- ial company he said he was passing some of the most enjoyable hours of his life.
 Tn his illness he was never idle. Be fore he left the east fellow artists actors and journalists, among whom were Geo. Ade and Kirk LaShelle form
Arizona republican., 1904-07-28
RAIN AT THE RESERVOIR
That Whole Region Redeemed From
 the Drouth.

correspondence 70 he Republican.)- From present indications it would seem that this part of the Salt River valley, at least, is about to be blessed by the long looked for rain. The storm W hich prevailed last Friday night was very heavy one, and if the rain con- tinues, the prospects being good at the present time, it will be of inestimable value to the surrounding country and the valley. There was a very good shower on last Wednesday evening, but Friday nights rain was a reminder to the inhabitants of the good old sum-
Arizona republican., 1904-07-28

mer, time of ST. It began falling about six o'clock and continued una bated until well along in the morning. About ten o'clock that night the oc- cupants of headquarters camp were aroused from their slumbers by some one giving the alarm that the camp was flooded, and all hands jumped out Of bed to fnd that the ground was covered by two feet of water. The flooding Of the camp was caused by the uprising of Pinto creek, which for q long time had been merely a dry river bed, but inside of a few hours Pinto ran five feet deep and a quarter of a mile wide, caused by a cloud burst up at the head of the creek.
 Heavy rain also fell in the Sierra Anchas, but it did not do any damage to the saw mill road. Heavy show CTS up Tonto creek made Tonto run high and Salt river rose several feet in consequence.
 The heavy rain did no material dam age to the Globe high line road except wash out few small culverts, which can easily be repaired. The Phoenix Roosevelt road between Harpham's and Fftzgerald's camps, suffered some slight washouts but the damage is of no consequence.
 Cattlemen in the surrounding coun- try who have seen their cattle die by thousands this summer had almost giv- en up hope for any rain, but 1t may be that relief is close at hand for a continuance of the rain will soon pro- vide an abundance of feed in the surrounding hills.
 All the foremen working on the PhoeniX-Roosevelt road report the work progressing rapidly and if the rain continues it will result in filling the tanks between Fish Creek hill and Mormon flat and make it possible to work OH the read between those points.
 J. E. Patton, who has the contract for packing the supplies from Mesa to the different road camps, has put on an additional train of twenty burros and he will be able to transport q much larger quantity of supplies from now on.
 The work on the power canal is pro- gressing rapidly. Practically all of the tunnel work on the upper division of the canal line is completed and the work of concreting the tunnels is well under Eay.
 
 for the grading of the power canal, are working force of about three hundred white men and about a hum dred and fifty Pima Indians. The concrete conduit, crossing the Lee wash. is completed and Inspector Da- vey reports that the work of putting in the culverts will begin some time during the coming week.
 The general health of the '. s. G. s. is fairly good, considering the weather, although the sengineer in charge of Roosevelt, C. R. Olberg. and Dr. Palmer. the government physician. are both laid up with an attack of typhoid. MT. Olberg is convalescert and it is hoped that they will both be up and around again soon B. A. Cher. clerk at the saw mill has also suffered slight illness the past week and is recuperating in Globe.
 Last Sunday a very enjoyable picnic was held at Indian Springs in the Sierra Ancha mountains. The party was composed of A. L. Harris and wife. the Misses Parker and Miss Mamie Wolfschlager of Detroit, Mich, and
Arizona republican., 1904-07-28

MoDeyback says: am Schil- ling's Best; lam true and good and as fine as is worth while if you don't think so, your grocer hands you back your money.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-28

Norman SchemerhoTn, Walter Lupkh and Finley McGuire, of headquarters camp. O. T. Reedy and Walter Reidy, who had been spending a weeks vaca- ton at ,he rest Camp' iI the noun tains. also atten1-d the picnic. The day was spent in sightseeing, the seen
Arizona republican., 1904-07-28

cry in the Sierra Anchas being espec- ialiy fine. The party also visited the Cottonwood canyon and the Natural corral, which is considered by some people 10 possess as much interesting scenic features as the Grand Canyon of AEzoua. WALTER REIDY.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-28

When some one you dislike dies and goes to heaven, do you wonder if they are taking a mean advantage of you by telling about you?-AtchisOn Globe.
 When a man does quit smoking, how proud he is of it!-Atchison Globe.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-25
In Looking
Around

For Carpets, Oil Cloths, Mattings and
house furnishings, bear in mind that
our store is headquarters for everything
that is new al up-tO' date in this line.
We have just received large stock OF
Lace Curtains and POrtiers, and we offer
them at exceptionally low prices.
See our new line of Bed Room Suits,
Odd Dressers and Dining Room Tables.
We furnish large French Dresser with
our $4,000 Bed Room Suit. See them
before buying.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-25
The story of Il Visicn.

\ Scottish newspaper prints the FOL
lowing "rrElall,Hbic and dreadful eX'
peripnrc." which correspondent says
he heard from the liDS of Il fellow pas
sen~pr. a mpmoer of parliament. Thi'
man had LEFT home early in the NOM
ing. Travelled about hundred miles by
rail and put up at Il village hotel. Feel
ing fatigued he retired to his bedroom
at an early hour. He was in the act "l
undressing when there appeared to him
what was evidently the ghost of his
four-ycar-old son arrayed in the vest
mrntS of the tomb. y conviction that
his son. whom he had left in tie morn
ing in perfect health. WIS dead urge
him to drive 70 the nearest station II
time to catch Il train that passed III
midnight. On reaching home carly mex
morning he found that his boy had
died about tie time the vision had az
pearcd To him.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-25
A Toad In a Hole.

II you poke about the corners Of a
garden you will soon understand, says
the Garden how the stories Of toadS
imprisoned in solid rock arise. You
hardly ever ind toad in its chosen
retreat w!thoc; wondering how it man
aged to get in anu how il proposes /"
get out again. ard our ancestors ell
shrincd this batrachian habit in Tn"
phrase toad in hole" as the name OF
q dish in which piece of meat is
baked inside 4 batter, with no visible
means OF entrance or exit. This pecul'
lar faculty of the toad for burytng him
self without leaving trace behind Is
due to his trick Of burrowing back
ward. as crab does, his strong hind
legs shovelins the earth forward unit
he IS covered
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-25
BILLY" CUMMINGS
Asks His Many Friends to Assist Him In Securing
the Office of Collector and Treasurer of This
City. His Candidacy Strikes the Popular Cord.

his ballot for the best man
In every City election. This alone
will make him strong but this Is
not all He has been resident OF
Sistersville for number of years,
a good citizen, honest and true TO
his friends and man who has al
ways been considered good na
tured and we'll meaning. He wants
to be Collector and Treasurer OF
this City and he will be without
doubt. he Is well qualified for the
Office; can fill it just as we'll as any
man In town and should have 1t.
Through misfortune, Mr.. Cum
mings has been confined to his bed
and to his room for nearly three
years. His health Is poor and he
is partially paralyzed, therefore he
cannot do as other candidates will
do. get around and see the
voters but no one will for
one minute work against him
bat on the other hand we SIN
cerely believe the voters will be
almost unanimous for Cummings.
The "Citizens" party is to be cos,
graduated on getting his consent
to run as 1t will add great strength
and confidence to the ticket. He
will be nominated by reclamation
and will be elected, as said before,
beyond any question. Mr.. Cum
mings will much appreciate the eff
forts of his friends In
his behalf and he promises to at
tend to the duties of the Office with
ability and integrity
Hurrah tor Cummings. He will
be the next Collector and Treasur-
err of Sistersville and the people
will be proud they have selected
him.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-25

When 1t was learned on yester-
day evening that W. E Cummings,
better known to the people gener'
ally as plain Billy" Cummings as,
pired to the office of Collector and
Treasurer 1t had the effect OF a
bomb shell In the camp OF the City
politicians Every one seemed to
Immediately realize that he would
run only likened unto a much
scared Jack rabblt,and scarcely any
one would refuse or fail to cast his
ballot for this popular candidate
hence 1t was a scramble for the
local workers to secure his name on
their respective tickets. 1t Is true
that through the solicitation of
friends Mr.. Cummings has consent
ed to pe,mit his name to
90 before the people and
he has decided to join the forces
of the new party, The Citizens
Ticket" therefore we call attention
to the public to his announcement
which appears In this Issue. The
convention called by the citizens,
irrespective of past party affiliations
will be held In the City Building
tomorrow evening to nominate
none but good men for the city
Offices.
It would be simply useless for
rs to tell the voters ANYTHING about
"Bilr" Cummings. He Is too we'll
known to every man, woman and
child In the community. But suffice
1t to say that Mr.. Cummings has
been In the past true Republican
In National and State politics but
always of a liberal mind and cast
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-25
Four Boys Sent Home.

Hugh Craig, the last of the boys
charged with the postofice at
Adonis, Tyler county, was found
not guilty by jury In the United
States court yesterday morning.
Craig was released from jail IN the
afternoon and has returned home.
Charles Shuman, of Tyler coun-
ty, who has been given a jail SEN
tence for contempt of court, was al
50 released and sent home. Shu-
man was concerned In the robbery,
bat 1t was recently discovered that
he Is a halt-witted boy and the
charge against him was dismissed
Rice, the only one of the four
boys against whom a verdict OF
guilty was returned, was released
by the court on his own recogni-
zance to answer at the next term OF
court for judgment.
Charles Lysle was discharged a
number of days ago by the court, 1t
having been learned that he was
forced to take the part he did IN the
robbery.
None of the four boys are more
than IS years OF age.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-25
II Has Becn Done.

1t Has Becn Done.
.Still, Of course" said the tobacconist
to the wooden Indian. lit is possible
sometimes to make good round sum
out of a perfectly square deal."-Syra-
cuSe Herald.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-25
Nearly Forfeits His Life.

A runaway almost ending fatally,
started a horrible ulcer on the leg
of J. B. Orner, Franklin Grove, Ill.
For four years 1t de6ed all doctors
and all remedies. But Bucklen's
Arnica Salve had no trouble to
cure him. Equally good for burns,
bruises, skin eruptions and piles
25c at D. A. Hendershot's Drug
Store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-25
Not Tangible.

II money talks" I guess
Its talk to me
Is done by wireless
TeIrgraphy.
Philadelphia LEDGE.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-25
improvements.

1.-THE owner OF our fat Is contem-
plating a great Improvement
THAT so?'
"Yes. Hes going to discharge the
anitor."-Cincinnat Enquirer.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-25
Was a Poor Sailor.

A yoUn2 graduate who was hunt
ing for a position received an offer
Of place ~ shipping clerk from q
firm to which he had applied for
employment
Il am sorry I cannot accept your
kind offer OF The position of ship
pin clerk" he wrote, "but the fact
is that ! am always III when at sea. "
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-25
A Lingering Cold

Is quickly cured by Bunsen's Pine
Tar Cough Honey. Also specific
for La Grippe, whoopipg cough;
bronchitis and all throat and lung
affections. Try Bunsen's Pine Tar
Cough Honey tc day and you will
be pleased with the result. No
cure, No pay. Price IS & so cents.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-25
A Sad. Short Story.

A Sad. short Story.
To bet on the market
He thought il joke.
He went to broker.
:. And now he is broke.
Washington Star.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-25
Proud of Him.

us your son Josh doing well in III"
city,
IL should say he is" answered Farm
or COrntosSel lie bought gold bricH
the first day he was there an conc
home an sold it to me for twice what
it cost him. tell you. that boys gu'
enterprise. Washington Star.