davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-17
flee buildings, congressional library, N1nch;nr ,nnnnmant naval 0hSnr-

flee buildings, congressional library, Washington monument, naval obser- vatory, court of claims and such widely diverse institutions as the Freedman's hospital, the Pan Amerl- can union, marine barracks, Howard university, old Ford's theatre, Col umbia institution for the deaf, High way bridge, medical museum, Wash ington navy yard, Soldiers home and the Treasury stables.
 Senator Norris wants this lighting problem settled through the imme- diate construction of the dam and power house. He says that by a moderate additional investment the government will be able to produce enough to supply all the street rail ways, street lighting and residential and business demands for power and light in the entire District of Colum- bia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-17

ner's Bridge, hnety feet long, one of the most dangerous o1 the line, spanning a yawnng chasm that gives a view of surpassing grandeur of valley many colored and rich with vegetation, 5000 feet below.
 At Boca del Monte the railroad has attained an altitude of one and one-half miles above Vera Cruz and the fortress of San Juan detflua. The next station is Esperarl7 Then comes san Andres, 20? lometers from Vera Cruz, from h point the run to +hn MeXic ;apital is across the Central Plate,u, which is practically level there@ uts Forty kilometers further on the road touches San Marcos. There follow the stations of Apizaco where there is q junction of the branch railroad to Pueblo and the station of Guada- lupe, 300 !ilometcrs from Vera Cruz. and the highest point on the line, & 9333 feet 9SG feet Ligher than MeXi- co City.
 At Irolo, 347 kilometers from the starting point, the road meets b,3nch of the IEidalge x Nordese rail- road Twenty-Five 0 kilometers further ii reaches Otumba, on the plain near which was fought one of the fiercest battles between the Indians and the Spanish invaders after CorLez and his men had been ingnominiously ex- pelled from the Aztec city and were retreating to Vera Cruz to recuper- ate.
 At San Juan Teotihuacan, ten kilo- meters further on, the great ancient pyramids can be see on the right of the road Guadalupe, APO kilometers from Vera Cruz and the sea, by it's spat and dreary-loiking houses and neglected churches used as store rooms adVertises the suburbs of the Mexican capital, and soon after reaching it the train draws up in Mexico City at the Buena Vista sta tiOl.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-17

Washington, May 16.-More than seven thousand American lives were lost in the first Mexican war. How many will be lying on the field of battle before United States forces again triumphaltly enter the Vale of Anahuac' and seize Chaputepec and the Palacio Nacional?
 It is not pleasant topic to dis cuss. Mexican methods of warfare are not pleasant in themselves. Then the climate, the mountains and oth- CT peculiarities of the country will war on the side of the defenders.
 But. Scott did not have much trouble. one hears.
 No, unless you call long weary months of waiting and fighting, thou sands dead of bullets and illness, and other thousands in miserable field hospitals trouble"
 Then in counting the cost this time is must be remembered. that Huerta is in no such desperate position as was Santa Ana. The latter had al ready been suundly whipped at Palo Alto. and in several other battles in the north. He had had to hurry south to oppose NcOll III tHe udyS WAeA railroads were mostly known by books and pictures to Mexico. He had no such means for raising volunteers and rousing the populace as has the Indian Dictator now in the Seat Of power.
 7,SOO Americans Killed.
 To be exact, the government ar chives have records of the deaths of 7,SOO Americans in the first Mexican war. The largest part died by dis ease. The Mexican losses have been estimated at 25,000. The total cost to both sides was about $250000,000. The Mexicans put 100000 men in the field. There were 112.230 Ameri can soldiers engaged, of whom 73,770 were volunteers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-17
WOMAN SAVED FROM KNIFE BY
 WONDERFUL STOMACH REMEDY

The first dose proves what it will do.
 Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Reme- dy clears the dig stiye tract of mu- cold accrctions and removes pofson- ons matter. IL brings quick relief to sufferers from stomach. l.Eer and bowel trOuFles. Many declare it has saved them frol 0gerous opera tions; many arc e that 1t has saved their lives.
 Fhc remarkable success ot this
 mCdy has caused many atorS, so be cautioHs Be sure ifs .,lAYR'S. probahtv ii is known among our own l. l lborh0od; ask them. Go to Bcdel Pharmacy and ask about the w0nt ll results it has been accom- pls z among people hey know or st nd to Geo. H. MaEr, Mrg. Chem- ist, f5l-l56 Whiting St., Chicago, H., for free book on stomach ailments and many grateful letters from peo- ple who have been restored. Any druggist can tell you it's wonderful effects
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-17
RECALL STORIES 0F
 POISON NEEDLES"
Daring Attempt Made to Harm Pretty Wife of
 Stock Dealer.

London, May Histories of poison needless in New York were recalled here today by daring attempt to harm the young and pretty wife of we'll known stock broker, which took place in a tube lift, or subway ele- vator.
 She came to town to meet her hus- band by appointment at his office in Leadenhall street. She went shopping first and reached the city. or finan- cial district, by the Central London tube, getting out at the bank.
 On entering the lift for the street, she was jostled by tall man and walked across the lift and stood by the further gate. There were about thirty people in the big cage, but the man followed her and jostled her again, and, suspecting that he was a thief desirious of stealing the purse which she had swinging on her right wrist, she clutched it with her left hand also.
 At the same moment the man stand ing just behind her, she heard little ''ping" against her right ear, noise such as would be made by drawing a stopper from a tube and phial was thrust under her nose. The lift had stopped and the exit being the gate farthest from the lady she turned and started to get away from the stranger.
 As she followed the other passen- gers hurryinp ont she felt herself fainting, and she only had time to reach the lift man and say to him If anyone says that 1 belong to them don't let them take me away" when she lost consciousness. The lift man caught her and saved her from fall. The tall man got away.
 She remained unconscious for ten minutes, and on recovery gave the name and address of her husband, who was fetched at once.
 The police were told, but they think they have poor chance of capturing the man. It is presumed that he had hoped to support her just as she was losing consciousness helped of carried her up the few steps and put her in some concev- ance and taken her off.
 Inspector Lines, chief inspector of the police of the Tube Railways, in clines to the belief that the motive was robbery, but the official police do not hold that view. Lift attend ants of all the tube stations have been cautioned and a special watch is being kept.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-17

will pass soledad, where the peace treaty between the Spanish Genera Prim and the Mexican General Do. lado was concluded iG 1862. Here they will cross Il bl| } of 100 feet ever the Rio Jamapa Il the right deep gorge and thr e2mains of an old Spanish causeWay. !Ae country is broken with hills and yalleys.
 A few miles beyond Paso del Macho 76 ltilometers, from Vera Cruz 1000 feet high, the railroad crosses the San Aleio bridge of 31S feet. At ChiQuhite siding is another bridge 220 feet long, and little further on third bridge spanning the Atoyac river, roaring, leapinG current in the wet seasons. Tine as cent becomes sleeper and sleeper, the railroad following q grade of per cent that makes the engines snort and wheoze amid the hills Tha eleva- ton ascends from 1,510 feet to 2,I0 feet within 20 miles.
 At 106 kilometers from Vera Cruz the line p4sses through Cordoba, a town of 7,G00 population.
 \ Fears0me Point.
 Hard by Cordoba is a little for3- ress. Here amid weirdly grand seen cry, the railroad passes one of the most fearsome points on the line slowly and cautiously gliding down one steep side of the deep Metlac Berranca. On the other side of a yaWning ravine in the depths Of which tropical river churns It's way, is another line of railway on a terrace cut from the side of the precipice and at an angle similar to that of a toboggan slide. Five tun- nels interrupt this line before It reaches the higher level and turns the flank of the hill. The train glides slowly across the Metlas bridge, a skilful piece of engineering work. $50 feet long, built on a curve of 325 feet radius on 3 per cent grade 92 feet above the river. Eight cast and wrought iron pillars uphold it. Trainmen dread the pass and con- sider it the most dangerous on the line.
 After leaving Metlas bridge, the train passes through tunnels so nu- merous that often the locomotive will be in one and the last car of
 
 the train in another. From the last of these tunnels the train emerges on an extensive table land.
 Orzaba, a quaint provincial city of 35 1000 population, 4,O2S feet above sea level and 134 kilometers from Vera Cruz, is the next big town.
 After leaving Orizaba the railroad enters gloomy barranca called El Infiernillo (the Little Help, and crosses dizzy acclivities, passing through tunnels and over streams that have worn deep chasms into the traprock. Black crosses hard by mark the last resting places of un- fortunates who have fallen there, and warn wanderers of similar fate if they slip from the widening track above
 Train Through Clouds.
 On rainy days the train often passes through lowlying clouds. A little further on it approaches Win
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-17
Fearing an Operation, Fannie Ru pert Fries Treatment and Laughs
 at Surgeons.

Fannia Rupert of IinNille, Ark, suffered from stomach troubles and digestive derangrments of Yclrs} standing. Her condition WAS SCI iOnS and doctors urged an operation. She feared that because of her a%r.
 She took Mayr's Wonderful Stom- ach Remedy and right away her ap- Aette came back and her health inn proved rapidly. She wrote:
 "I received a sample of your rem edy and if has doIc all that you said if would do.
 "l feel better than l have for tWcn- ty-iive years, and the doctor sad there was no cure for me except an operation, and l was too old. My friends are astonished at the way l eat now
 Just such accounts come from the users of Mayr's Wonderful stomach Remedy all over the United states
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-17
Tax Commissions After
 Loan Associations.

Little Rock, May 16.-The Arkan- sas tax commission will again en- deavor to have unpledged building and loan stock placed on the assess ment books in the various counties. For this purpose the commission IS sending to all associations blanks upon which to make returns of un- pledged stock as required by Act BOY of 1913.
 The same plan was pursued last year, and over a million dollars in unpledged building and loan stock discovered in Little Rock companies. This was reported to the board or equalization for listing in the tax looks. A considerable amount was also disc covered in TeXarkaha. Fort Smith and Batesville, but the Helena associa ions declined to make any report.
 - evous" means pure paint-Sold and guaranteed by Cleveland-Ma-- thews Hardware Go. II
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-17
Hays HOnOrs Acquisition.

Little Rock, May Ex-Governor Hays has honored the requisition of Governor Hooper of Tennessee for the return of H. c. Hazel, who is under arrest in Little Rock. w. B.. Winfrey is appointed agent to take the fugitive back to Tennessee, where he is under indictment on a charge of false pretenses.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
cl,atteeton,s Suicide.

Thomas ChattertoR. the poet, was a
phenomenal boy. He wrote some re-
markable verse for one of his age. He
was born in Bristol, England. on Nov.
20, 1852. He went to London to better
his opportunities for employment. He
did not succeed and lost heart. He be-
came very poor and sometimes for
days was compelled to go with little
or no food. On Aug. "a Mrs. Angel,
the woman from whom he rented a
room, knowing that during three days
he had eaten nothing, invited him to
dinner. He was offended at her ex-
pressions, which seemed to hint that
he was in want and assured her that
he was not hungry. Withdrawing into
his garnet at nightfall on the same
day and quietly locking himself in
death came to him before daybreak on
Aug. 25, ITO. When, on his con-
tinued nonappearance in the morning.
the attic door was broken open it was
found from the contents Of a nearly
empty phial still grasped in his hand
that he had died from the effects of
arsenic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
Beauty Fashions.

In the days Of Roman supremacy
the women tinted their eyebrows with
black In emulation of COX eyed Venus. -
They painted their faces, sprinkled
themselves with perfumes and even
wore false hair or tinted their own
locks in accordance with the prevail
ing fashion.
The Greek ladies of the same period
employed maids who rubbed out their
mistress wrinkles, decorated" her
face with red and white paint and
darkened her eyebrows. 1t was then
also the fashion to coat the face with
white Of egg and goose grease to pro-
tect 1t from the sun and wind. It is
even said that they had recipe for
turning blue eyes to black.
These fashions all had their origin in
Italy, where in later years the notori-
GUS Lucrezia Borgia is said to have
dyed her hair different colors, accord
ing to her fancy of the moment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
Relation of City and Country.

With US cities are as certain to
spring up with the increase of country
population as the forests are to disap-
pear. City and country are organical-
~ related. Crops cannot be grown
without fields nor exchanged and man
ufactured under the modern system Of
division of labor without cities. Only
in the rudest pioneer settlements do
men dispense with this division Of la.
bors by doing everything painfully and
badly on the farm. Such settlements
are retarded and hampered until they
have towns for the city part Of the
work. When we estimate that the av-
erage inhabitant of New York may
have but few score square feet for
his own use we are apt to forget that
he can only exist on them because
somewhere in the country there are
acres Of ground producing for him, as
really and definitely for him as II he
owned them and hired the labor on
them, what Professor Penck has called
his ''sustenance ace."-Atlantic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
Power Of Water.

The power of water is enormous. A
tiny jet of water descending 1.600 feet
travelling at the rate OF 100 yards a
second cannot be cut into with an ak
or sword. It will fracture the best
blades of Toledo steel. 1t will hurl an
ak through an oak plank. 1t is quite
impossible for man to cut this stream
through. To compute the power of fall
ing water it is necessary to multiply
the volume of flowing water in cubic
feet per minute by its weight, 62.5
pounds, and this product by the YER
tical height Of the fall in feet and d.
vide by $4,000, the number of foot
pounds representing one horsepower
for one minute. A stream Of water
when flowing over weir five feet in
length by one foot In depth at the rate
of one foot a second and having a fall
Of twenty feet develops eleven horse
power.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
LINCOLN's sTATERoom.
The President Thought He Had
shrunk In Size Overnight.

The President Thought He Had
Shrunk In Size Overnight.
In The Everyday Life Of Abra-
ham Lincoln" Mr.. F. f. Browne in
cludes an amusing anecdote told by
Admiral Porter about the presidents
short visit to the front in the latter
part of March, 1865. Mr.. Lincoln had
changed his quarters from the River
Queen to the Malvern, Admiral Por-
ter's flagship. which was then lying in
the James river. near City Point. Ad-
miral Porter says:
The Malvern was small vessel with
very poor cabin accommodations and
was not at all fitted TO receive high
personages. She was a captured block
ade runner. l offered the president my
bed, but he positively declined it and
chose to sleep in small stateroom
outside the cabin that my secretary
occupied. 1t was only feet long by
AZ feet wide, very tiny place to hold
the president Of the United States, but
Mr.. Lincoln seemed pleased with it
When he came to breakfast the next
morning asked how he had slept
II slept weIl.'' he answered, "bdt you
can't put long sword in a short
scabbard was too long for that
berth" Then I remembered that he
was over six feet four inches and
that the berth was only six feet! That
day while we were away from the
ship all the carpenters were put to
work. They took down the stateroom
partitions and enlarged the room to
eight feet by six and half feet. A
mattress four feet wide was put in
the new berth.
Nothing was said to the president
about the change in his quarters, but
the next morning he came out of the
room smiling and said. "a miracle
happened last night | shrank six
inches in length and about foot side
ways. got somebody else's big pill
low and slept in better bed than /
had on the River Queen" He enjoyed
it greatly. but think if | had given
him two fence rails to sleep on he
would not have found fault. That
was Abraham Lincoln in all things
that related to his own comfort. He
would never let you put yourself out
for him under any circumstances.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
A NAVAL COMEDY.
Surrender Of the Spanish Gunboat CAL
lao at Manila.

Surrender of the Spanish Gunboat CAL
lao at Manila.
On the afternoon of the 18th (May
II. 1899 a small Spanish gunboat
came steaming up Manila bay. directly
toward the American feet The sur
prise of the people in the feet was
great; this little vessel seemed so con-
fident and friendly. Finally one of
our ships fired a shot across her bow.
This did not seem to make any differ
ence to her. for she kept on just the
same. Then we saw an officer go
alongside from the flagship.
We found out that evening that this
vessel was the Spanish gunboat Cal
lao and that she had been cruising in
the southern part of the Philippines
for a long time and had not heard
about the war. and. the time of her
cruise being finished, she was now re-
turning to Manila The officers and
men had been looking forward to this
for a long time. because in Manila
they were to find their wives, children.
parents. friends theaters. clubs, ho-
tells. newspapers and all the things
that make sailors look forward with
happiness to getting home They saw
a great many ships in the harbor fly
ing the American flag. but this did
not give them any uneasiness, and
when the first gun was fred by the
American ship they did not notice that
the shot came across the bow of their
own ship, and thought it was simply
the first gun of some salute.
But when the second shot was fired
and they heard the whizzling of the
shell they knew something was wrong
And when the American officer came
on board and told them that every
ship in the feet was destroyed and
that they themselves were prisoners
of war their feelings of joyful hope
went through a change that, let us
hope. few of us will ever know.-From
Admiral Bradley A. Fiske's ..'War
Time In Manila"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
Lively corpse.

Joseph G. Grow, a member Of the
United States diplomatic corps, tells a
story of Bunsen. the German scientist
who was often mistaken for his cousin,
Chevalier Bunsen.
When he was travelling in England
he met LADY who asked him, Have
you finished your book. Bible Work."
YETI
"'No, madame he said. 1 regret
that my untimely death has prevented
my doing So Detroit Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
Look to Your Plumbing.

You know what happens in house ir
which the plumbing is in poor condition
everybody in the house is liable to con-
tract typhoid or some other fever, The
digestive organs perform the same func-
tions in the human body as the plumbing
Noes for the house. and they shonld be
kept in first class condition all the time.
IF you have anv trouble with you diges
ton take Chamberlain Tablets and you
are ceitainio get quick relief For sa e
" All Deal RS
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
ANY Old EXCUSE.

Big Sister (who wants to be left
alone moment with her sweetheart
Fritz, the house feels SO stuffy, go into
the next room and open the window,
will you? Fritz-The window is open.
Big Sister-Oh. well, shut it again, viii
you?-Fliegende Blatter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
Spring Laxative and Blood Cleanser

Spring Laxative and Blood Cleanser
Flush out the accumulated waste
and poisons of the winter months,
cleans your stomach, ! yer and kid
neys of all impurities. Take DR..
Kings New Life Pills; nothing
better for purifying the blood.
Mild, non gripping laxative. Cures
constipation, makes you feel fine.
Take no other. 25c, at your Drug
gist-
Bucklen's Aruica Salve for All
Hurts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
Microscopic Engraving.

Perhaps the greatest feat Of micro
scopic engraving was accomplished by
Il Jewish farmer in Alberta. who pre-
pared AN address of welcome to the
Duke Of Connaught The address was
inscribed in Hebrew on a grain Of
wheat and contained no fewer than
200 letters. SO fine was the lettering
that microscope was necessary to
read the inscription with any ease
Liverpool Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
Collars FOR Dancing Men.

You can carry one or two extra col
lars inside the band of your silk hat
Men who perspire freely when dancing
go to the cloak room when their col
lars wilt and return in a few minutes
with an unfaded collar.-New York
World
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
ORPHANS COURT.

III. stated Meetings of the Orphans'
ourt OF Cecil county will be held on the
cond Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
administrators and Guardians, wanting
fel, accounts stated, viii please bring in
nei- vonchars y few days before Court.
Test THOS. B. MILLER, Register.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
Strengthens Weak and Tired wOmer

81 was under a great strain nurs-
ing relative through three
months Sickness" writes Mrs. J.
q. Van De Sande, of Kirkland ILL.,,
and Electric Bitters kept me from
breaking down. l will never be
without it.'' Do you feel tired
and worn out9 No appetite and
food won't digest9 1t isn't the
spring weather. You need Electric
Bitters. Start a months treatment
to day; nothing better for stomach,
liver and kidneys. The great
spring tonic. Relief or money
back. SOC. and $1.00, at your
Druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
The cheerful live longest in years and
afterward in our regards. -Bovee
Found a Cure for Rheumatism.

81 suffered with rheumatism for two
years and could not get my right hand to
my mouth for that length Of time. writes
Lee L. Chapman. Napoleon. Iowa. 81
suffered terrible pain so could not sleep
or lie still at night. Five years ago be.
gan using Chamb rlain's I4iniment aud
10 two monthsI was well and have not
suffered with rheumatism since.n For
sale by All Dealers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24

The Parson-Lottie. don't you know
it is wrong to worry your mother SO?
Little Lottie- Huh, you don't know
mamma! She worries me more than
worry her Chicago News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-24
strona on Good Form.

Bank Teller-This check is all right.
but you must be introduced. Can't you
bring In your husband? Woman-Who
Jack? Why, If Jack thought you
wanted an Introduction to me he'd
knock your block off!-Cleveland Plain
nnalor