davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20

CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-Thomas B. Reed s.oke
in the Auditorium this afternoon to an aud
fence which occupied every available inch Of
standing room. Mr. Reed was introduced by
George R. Peck, of Chicago and was wildly
cheered as he arose to speak. He spoke for
about half an hour dwelling particularly on
the currency and tariff questions
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20

Some Hindoos wear mustaches and boards
turned UP, but all wear whiskers which are
shaved off once when adult of their con-
nection dies. The shaving off OF whiskers is
thus sign of mourning
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20

HERLIN, Oct 19.-PFef. Behrine and Herr
Knerr. a private lecturer, announce the dis.
covery OF tetanus assti-toxiRe which is ex-
pected to greatly reduce the number af
deaths from traumatie tetanua
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20
RAY STATE GAS CASE.
Papers BEING Prepared for the
Grand Jury.

Grand Jury.
BOSTON, Oct. 19.-President Addieks
and Treasurer Miller, of the Bay State
Gas company. are in Boston today. in
consultation with attorneys, and it is
understood that papers are being
drawn up to be laid before the grand
jury During the afternoon, Thomas
W. Lawson was in close consultation
with Mr.. Addicks. their attorneys and
others interested on the Addieks side
of the big controversy, but the nature
OF the business transacted could not be
learned.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20
GUAyAaUIL FUNDS SAFE.

Not Injured by ting Heat of the
Great Fire.
GUAYAoUIL, Ecuador ipoct. 1s.-The off,
Gals of the Bank off Ecuador succeeded at
O'Clock this morning in opening for the
first time since the great fire, the vaults of
that institution. To, their satisfaction they
found the paper money. documents and
the vaults. to be in perfect condition. This
will tend to restore confidence and will lead
to an earlier resumption of business than
was at that time anticipated.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20
Iowa Editor Dead

KEQKUK. To-. Oct. 1a-Jesse B. Howell.
for twenty-five years business manager ard
part owner of the Gate City newspaper, died
this morning aged sixty-ffve.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20

Register today ff YOU want to
vote Nov. 3. Get your name ON the
list. Booths open from u. IN. to
8 D. m.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20
Edffar cremafesI.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. Oct. Is.-fn compIi-
anee with his washes. the remains cf the
late Horace Rubiee, editor ef the Milwaukee
Sentinel. Will be c-elrated sf Forest Home
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20

but wherever trade goes. This year there Is
involved also a question OF whether we shall
have public tranquility and whether law and
ordeF shall be supreme In the United States
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20
Small Bank Suspends.

MARION. o., Oct. 19-The Marion bank
failed to open its doors this morning. As
sets and liabilities are not yet known. The
nominal capital Of the bank was $2s,0oo.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20
TWO NEW BISHOPS,
One Of Them for Duluth, to BE NOM
mated Today

NEW YORK. Oct. 1.-two missionary
bishops are to be chosen at the convenfSo1
OF the house Of bishops of the Protestant
Episcopal church this week. Nominations
Will be made at the first session tomorrow
morning, and in accordance with tbe rnIas
the election viii be held the following dav
The house Of bishops meets in seeref cen.
claye SA
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20

cemetery on Wednesday, Immediately aftel
tic arrival there of the funeral cortege
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20
IN ON FLAG DAY.
Democrats Rather Like the Idea of
IL Themselves.

4 CHICAGO, Oct 19.-Chafrrnan Jones.
OF the national Democratic commit
tee, issued the following appeal this
afternoon:
The american flag has always been tha EN-,
htem Of national honar, and Il wifi always
remain SO. 1t fs too sacred to be Rrostftuted
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20
TERRIBLE MASSACRE.

New One lis Reported, But No De-
tails Given.
LONDON, Oct. pa dispatch from
Paris to the Daily News says that an
Armenian correspondent sends infor-
nation that a terrible massacre oc-
Cured at Van in Armenia On Oct q
No details are given
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23
a SONG IN THE NIGHT.

The tenderness OF little ioSeS
Is sweeter than our dreams OF
heaven:
far ia the woodlands moan the doves.
And God to them their grfcfs has
given:
And when they die. in twilight late
Some sad bird floaneth for her mate.
what are the songs OF birds to be-
or flowers to fieci; the futures dells,
To birds that sang farewell TO thee
And broke thy heart with their fare
welisl
What the sweet breath of flowers 10
those
That once made iife's immortal rose?
Still, suns will rise, and suns will set
And morning bloom DER land and
deep;
And hearts shall whisper: we forget, -
Even while they weep-evcn while
they weep!
Through life, through death, through
good and i'll
We love, and we remember still
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23
Unreal Life OF Kings.

This young mantle Kaiser VII
helm-from all I have observed since
he became my neiglbor i'm Venice
writes Mr.. Zangwill in Astor's maya
zinci lives highly colored dramatic
existence, in which there are sixty
minutes TO every hour and sixty sec
onds To every minute. the sort OF life
that should have pleased Walter pater.
He must be n disciple of NietZscle, n
lover of the strong and the splendid.
this German gentleman, who is just off
TO Vienna to prance ut the head OF
1.500 horsemen. While he lived oppo-
site me il was all excursions and
alaruns. As a neighbor an emperor is
distinctly noisy.
And yet. tits n strange life, kings
What an unreal universe OF flags and
cannons and phrases must monarchs
inhabii. DO they think that the streets
are always gay with strcamers and
bunting and triumphal arches. al
ways thunderous with throats OF men
or guns, always impossible? DO they
imagine their subjects pass all their
lives in packed black masses, waving
hats? Pocr kings! always class
them with novelists for ignorance of
real life. And to think that they can
only get to know life from novels!
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23
Bicycle DESTROYS Grazing Bushes,

THE bicycle besides doing other
things good and had said the owner
of Il stock and pasture farm in Mont
gomery county, Md. lis playing sad
havoc with the horse grazing business.
The wheel does away with hundreds OF
horses. and the necessity for them. and
consequently the number OF horses
sent out to pasture during the summer
months is getting smaller and smaller
each year. I am psw blowing up and
planting fields that have been constant
ly used for pasture for thirty years,
simply for the reason that no horses
are sent me for pasture, and 1 can not
afford to let the fields remain non pro
ducing.
.'As far ne the pasture business Is
concerned. though mt one time 1t was
profitable to many farmers w..iin easy
distance OF Washington. ii is thing
OF the past. We had n taste OF it last
summer, which prepared us for 1t
somewhat, but this season we have
been convinced that we must have
other sources OF income. My expert
ence is only that of others in the same
business. and though the most of us
are rather old to learn new tricks, we
have TO try To do SO or get left with
idle fields on our hands. Washington
Star.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23
APecuIiar swindIe.

'"rhe most peculiar swindle 1 ever
knew Of" said y. II. Willingham 0f
New York ut the Ebbitt. 'and one
where detection is very improbable, is
being worked i'm New York. 1t is the
returning of lost pocket books. The
swindler works upon the theory that
all men are rascals, and he finds
enough who are not honest to make
a good living. He gets an assortment
of cheap pocket books. executes n bogus
draft or two in the name of his intend
ed victim, puts in two or three counter
felt bills of large denomination inserts
card with the name of his victim
upon 1t, then assuming an honest ex-
preston visits the man he has selected
as victim, tells him lie has found
the pocket book displaying its contents.
and as the mans name was I'm the book
he had hunted him up. Then he tells
little story of being very poor. and the
victim almost invariably gives him So
or SO, and takes the book and its con-
tents. OF course, he can say nothing
when he fluids that lie has been swim
died. The man who thus returns lost
money succeeds in catching several dur
ing a day and realizes good living.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23

ed I'm the near future. Much the larg-
Get mileage credited TO any one com
pany. OF the total given Tor the six
months. is that built by the Kansas
City. Pittsburg an Guif-ncariy 40
mnes-in Arkansas. Texas and the In
dian Territory. The second longest
aud San Joaquin Valley roads, miles
lin California
1.-The story Of small town in this
State. twelve miles from Philadcl-
phia," says the Long Branch Record.
forms n fitting object lesson on good
roads In consequence OF the bad roads
the wagon-makers whereabouts built A.
horse wagons TO carry fifty-five bushci
baskets as a maximum load. which
was regarded ms heavy one. Real
estate has gone begging for years;
there was no market for IL. IL has
been impossible 10 settle up estates. be-
cause no buyers could be found for
the land. A few years ago the people
of the community woke up. The town
issued $4,000 worth of bonds and APP
piled the proceeds TO building good
roads. AS n result the wagon makers
In the vicinity are making 2-horse
wagons to carry. not lifty-fve bushel
baskets but loads made up OF ninety
to- 10 bushel baskets, and still the
loads are not regarded as heavy Two
horses are able to do more work than
four horses formerly could do. and
with greater ease. On the old roads
two meh and four horses with n wag-
on weighing 1000 pounds could take
two and a half tons of produce to mar
ket and bring back an equal weight of
fertilizer. making one trip day. Now,
on the good roads, one man with two
horses and wagon weighing 1900
pounds takes four tons to market,
bringing back an equal weight, max
ing four trips d day"
One of the most discouraging items
shown by the recent official census Is
the rapid increase in the amount OF
child labor in the United States. Hun
dreds of children who are barely old
enough to leave the nursery, and who
are scarcely able to distinguish be-
tween right and wrong, are brought
face to face with the hard world and
compelled to grapple with men in the
fierce competition OF life. This state
ment suggests a train OF sad reflections
Without the power TO resist evil and
possessing none of these educational
incentives which kindle yearning for
higher and better things, the conse-
qucnces OF this infantile exposure To
the vice of the age are direful to con
template. Some may escape unin-
jured and grow up into useful and Wig
orous men, but the great majority of
these young toilers are in danger of
drifting into the straits of error. In
Chicago. where attendance on the pub
lie schools is compulsory, the report
shows that large number of children
are employed in the stockyards. fac
tories and business houses, devoting all
the time which they can give after the
expiration Of school hours. One of the
saddest phases of the stern necessity
which compels these children to earn
their daily bread is the fact that many
OF them are engaged in occupations
which are not conducive to good NOR
ais. Even i'm Boston there are hun
dreds of children under twelve years
old who sell papers. black boots, de-
liver messages and serve as cash and
GRAND boys In large retail establish
Iaents.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23
FENCE 900 MILES LONG.
Battles o: the Austria lans With the De.
structiYe Rabbit


The New South Wales government.
II may be remembered. offered rward
OF $4,000 to any person or persons
who could suggest an efficient method
OF getting rid OF the rabbi.: laf. nj.
though this liberal reward lei 10 The
receipt Of no fewer than 2t;0o jchepcs
from all parts Of the world, none OF
them was regarded as satisfactory. and
the offer was Withdrawn.
Tho final outcome of royal commits
sions, of infeEcolonial conferences and
Of the testing of every practical method
INSTRUMENTATION, is that the most effec-
tual method Of dealing with the evil is
found to be the construction Of rabbit
proof netting. by means OF which the
animals can be kept from acres not
yet infested. can he shut off from food
supplies and can he more effcctually
dealt with locally.
The length Of some OF these fences
Is enormous. There is one starting at
Barringun, on the Queensland border
and following the Main Trunk line
from BOurke TO CorOwa-a distance Of
i07 miles; and there Is another along
the entire western boundary Of New
South Wales a distance OF $40 miles
The Queensland government too. has
erected similar fence along cOnsid-
cradle portion Of the northern bound
airy Of New South Wales. but the sur
veyOr general Of Queensland i'm the re-.
port already referred 90. says that "the
rabbits must have come through tho
fence IN mObs and drOves Of innumer-
able multitudes ~ some time" and
thus have established themselves in
Queensland as wei.
This. Of course. is tho weak point IN
regard to fences. which are liable TO
break down I'm places. more especially
In times Of Hood and where they
cross over creeks. while keeping Of
constant supervision over the fences.
so that immediate repairs can be- done
when openings appear rs quite imprac.
ticable where the distances arc so
great Ia many instances countless
thousands Of rabbits have been seen ON
one side OF n fence dead or dying Of
starvation. after eating al the avail
able food supplies and lcaping up at
the fence I'm their attempts to surmOunt
H. one can imagine how they would
rush through I'm the event Of any open
ing appearing. and how % single break
in the fence might be the doom Of
country not previously infested
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23
Labor n South Africa

The English carpenter has hoy" to
carry his tools for him; the English
bricklayer has n native hodman To hand
the tricks 90 him. which he proceeds to-
set. Work requiring skin Is very often
done by whites. because they do n
much better. but white labor leans on
and uses black labor. So on the rail-
wayr the statlonmasters and guards
are white. but the heavy jobs " bich
need little skill fall TO the blacks: so
iieid-hands and fhoS,. who actually herd
the cattle are natives. though there are
usually whites over them In n position
of authority.
In all new countries skilled labor il
dear. but I'm South Africa IL Is cxcep-
tionally dear. because tho skilled white
man insists on having blacks bcnentii
him. and black labor though II Is
cheap III measured by the price paid for
II. Is really dear il measured by what
II accomplishes: for Ii is unskilied and
uncertain. the native. except In n few
Of the older parts of the country. notyet
having acquired that habitof steady and
patient industry which makes labor ef-
fect,ye. Ii is of course I'm the newest
districts. where the ntives are still raw
and scarcely removed from a savage
state. that this uncertainty is most felt.
In the gold fields or the Trnsvaal and
Mashonaland the supply Of native work
people often falls short. although at
johannesburg n native can earn three
pounds tS1.p month besides his food
and such lodging ns he needs The de-
vclopment of the mines is, OF course.
TO some extent retarded by this diff
Guilty of obtaining n permanent supply
of labor.--Century.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23
ANnxel Storm Pr.

II. !. Pettus has built n novel and
unique storm pit at Healing Springs.
He informed us that he had been trou-
built the storm pit 20 relieve their anx-
ictics The pit is built under the hill
I'm such q manner that u would be i'm.
possible for the severest storm to reach
It, and Is so arranged that should al the
cottages ~ the Springs be blown there.
CD and burned Il would not affect the
refugees 'n side. Ample provisions have
been made FOR ventilation. and IL can be
truthfu'ly said Healing Springs has "a
refuge in time Of Storm Washington
(AlaJ Ncwa.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23
A Bicycle Doc.

At last bicycle dog has been well.
develoI 81. % is n wei known fact that
any dog ~ the ordinary breeds wiz
either bc left behind by tho confirmed
bicyclist or killed 10y exhaustion. Buf
an ENGLISH breeder has discovered that
by interviewing specimens Of two par.
ticular sorts Of dog De- can obtain
creature Of strong constitution able 20
travel fast. and 10 stay almost any die
lance. For nearly three years be has
been experimenting. aud during that
time some Of Iris creations have been
very slrnngc hensla.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23

a railroad man has compiled statistics
which show that there is only one rail
road posssepger killed out of every
! $50, 1913 carried on the railways, aud
that for every 1873, S22 carried, only
one is likely 10 be injured. He bases
his calculations on tho fatalities and
casualties on railroads during tue last
twelve years. His figures showthat a
mans chances are such that he would
have to travel 4, 406, 659 miles before
getting hurt, and go AZ, SIS, 966 miles
before being killed.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23

Until flower has played an i'm
portaht part in some great historical
ey,ni, as did the thistle of Scotland
and the shamrock Of Ireland, or until
1t has been surrounded by overwhelm-
lug sentiment through close and con-
timed association with some distin-
gnished and widely beloved man or
woman, rs was the cise with the corn.
flower of Germany and the violet of
France, 1T IL idle 10 propose any
flower ns n National emblem.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23
Mica.

The commercial micas are; Musc1v,te
(white mica, rblogop!te (nmber mica).
biotitc (black mict'. Muscovte il use
principally for stove panels For ihis
purpose it must lie clear aud free from
spots The best n covite is ruby red in
color when in blocks. The white color
comes next in value. The sizes of the
sheets most desired for commercial pur-
poses are 1 X , inches up to 8 X 10 in
ches Tllocopile is II ed chiefly for
electrical purposes, and is FREE from
wrinkles crev.ces. Il splits easily an
Is very Hex bic, stands a very u gb tenn
TeratuTc without disinlegrating. dark
spots lesser its value Waste mica is
ground and used n lubricant for heavy
bearings, IN ccrtps. Insulating COM ounds.
fer decorating wallpapers, aud rs n feriil-
izer. Scrap micI is made up into large
sheets patent process. The principal
sources of mica are India, Canada and
the United States Machinery is liable TO
injure the sle,ts. Mica is m'ued chiefly
by hand. The mineral is blasted. sorted.
5. III 10 tie correct thickness, and then
trimmed and paf kc1 for the market IN
packages Of one pound AS a rule My
4 per cont is brOis Ut 'nto marke iable
form, so that the wa &C. is enormous.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23
PraotIonl Relief In chosts.

"The most practical belief In ghos .
I ever knew" said \. l.. brennan OF
Chicago at tho National. lis that Of a
customer of mine at Pekin. I'll. The
firm is the leading one in the town
handling agricultural implements and
WAGONS The business Is transacted
under the name of r. & II. Smith.
sold them several bills. and on one of
my trips Mr. IT, Smith. with whom
always dealt. said that nc would con
fer with his brother that night as to a
matter Of business. ! returned TO the
hotel and happened TO mention that
was detained in order that the brothers
could confer 70 my astonishment. I
learned that Theis Smith. TO whom the
matter WAS referred had been dead for
twenty years but was supposed to re-
turn every night and conduct the bust
ness In case Of any doubt i'm the mind
of the living brother. hc goes TO the
office and cOnfcrs with the spirit Of his
departed brother. The profits Of the
business are divided ms they were be-
fore the death Of the senior brother
Washington Star.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23

4 new kind OF fuel has recently been
made in Boston. 10 is q mixture OF
Mexican asphalt and peat aud turf.
conn scted aud baked together The
compressed fuel was tired February q.
NJ the headquarters OF the Boston Fire
Department, by running n fire engine
with 81. u got mp steam quicker ana
held n higher pressure while the engine
was operating than camel coal would
do. with n smaller consumption Of fuel
for given amount OF work
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23

Apropos OF the scandal over duel
Ing in Germany, an English paper re-
lates that, few days ago, judge,
trying case of cowardIy assault,
susnatized the conduct of one of the
prisoners, who WAS brother reserve
officer. as "unseutlemanly," where
upon the culprit challenged him to
duel. Naturally, he promptly re-
fused, md for refusing to fight with a
prisoner whom lao had tried the Mill
tary Court of Honor has removed the
judges name from the roll of OIL
GERS
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23

The working OF the compulsory ac-
cident insurance in Germany is aptly.
illustrated, says the Literary Digest,
by the case of the widows and orphans
OF the miners who persisted in conse-
q1enci Of the explosion in the Kleo-
phas pit in upper Silcsia. The s ate
guarantees each widow twenty per-
nt OF her late husbands income.
She further receives fifteen percent
iar cach child, until the maximum of
sixty percent IS reached. As the com
mny which owns the mine ngrees TO
pay half a. much again widows with
three or moro children receive ninoty
percent Of their late husbands earn.
ins Childlcss widows must content
themselves with thirty percent
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-23

The Empress Dowager Of China, re-
Gently dead, was purchased of her
preuts IN childhood, after tho Chin
esq manner. anil probably represented
70 h.r first owner money investment
'0oui equal to the cost here Of a
IH1nE-siyiug turkey, remarks tho
Now l'rN Tribune. Destiny directed
h.r way first ms scrvitor and hand
H'i to The foyal household. n0d her
own c.eecrnoss and talent did the rest.
I.ra e.uerntion before her death she
"s"ns of tho most Influential per-
''' sa- r CiIina; not so much tho
over behind tho throne as in
at oi %, for there was no
A.ucnt Of tho influence which
r."l in Affairs Of a1ministra-
.''.l policy She was generally,
DOB always, an ally Of III Hung
''.'' 200 sympathy with his ideas Of
I'''r..s aud social reform, and had
'a. enough to- appreciate bis value.
ho uulmiudul Of her own
'1. qualities and ond1wments.
." h"' death an important figure in
'..... politics passes from tho stage
"'o history II will declare Of
'''' Sine was an extremely clever
'' who, under equally propitious
'.''."' might have been rs great
'''''i as Elizabeth or Catherine.