davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26
HOw'a This:

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
rny case Of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. ]. CHENEY 4 Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known T. J.
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions aud financially able to carry out any
obligation mado by their firm.
WEST & TRuAx Wholesale Druggists Toledo,
Ohio
WALDlNa, KINxAS & NIAavrN, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system Testimonials sent free.
rrice, Use, per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the beat
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

One outsrowth Of the use of automo.
biles ON the public roads OF England.
With the obvious disadvantages Of
their speeding, is the proposal to build
n special highway for motor cars. The
proposition is for Il road with broad.
smooth wooden pavements - extend
the fHli length Of the island n such
route as motor tourists would prefer.
tt is also proposed 40 have side paths
for cyclists This would be an exDan-
siye undertaking. and oaly partially
successful In freeing The ordinary roads
from the dreaded machines But it is
clear thar something will have to be
done for the protection OF the public
Automobiles travelling the common
roads also used by horse carriages. at
the terrible rate Of from forty to sixty
miles an hour. are nearly rs intolerabla
as would be the locomotives from the
steam roads doing he same thing The
common use Of highways by vehicles
having such different rates of speed
viii in time. BE- condemned The risks
are 100 great Either Il way viii he
discovered for restricting the speed Of
The machines. or special roads FOR them
VIII need to he provided The trolley
cars are sufficiently pcrilous acquisl.
tion 10 the highways but they keep on
their iron tracks. and drivers Of slow
or carriages can keep out OF their way.
But Inc automobile driver claims the
whole road.-Boston Herald.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

to stock a portion is returned as MAN.
ure, but in the roots that are turned
under remains 4S pounds, as well as
% pounds in the decaying material.
When the entire crop is plowed under
the value of the nitrogen per acre, at
fifteen cents per pound, is 1856. ac-
cordng to the above yield. Clover can
therefore be proftably grown as
green manurial crop outside of its
value as hay
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26
THE REAL THING.

Are you real indiana" asked tho
investigating youth of one of the
painted Indians who accompanied a
Wild West medicine show.
"Sure!" replied the Indian. 81 was
born an raised in indianapolis, In
diana. Columbus (Ohiol State Jour.
nal.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26
Dividing a Round sIIo.

a reader from Canada asks for the
best method Of dividing round silo
which recently came into his posses
sion. Should the partition be put in
crossways of the openings or extend
from the op2ningsg If the partition
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26
Eocket.Lile Nine Rnei,sts

At some of the deepest borings in
the world, Tor exampie-those in tie
copper country bordering ON Lake
Superior-buckets Of ore are now
noisted TO the surface from the deptb
Of a mile al the rate of sixty miles an
hour.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

The race horse is said to be a breed
derived from crossing the Arabian
and English breeds: and horse racing
properly began in England in the time
Of James / ---
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
moss after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
NeTyeRestorer. S2trial bottle and treatisefree
DER. II. KLINE, Ltd, 9S1 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

Mrs. Winslow' Soothing Syrup for children
teethng softent the gums, reduces inGamma-
ton, allays pain cures wind collie. 25c a bottle
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

The constant labor Of 6o,G00 people is
required to make matches for the world,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

Nearly all the dwelling houses in Japan
are two stories high.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

Il seems queer that fast colors are the
kind that don't run.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

Delaware took its name from the river
which fronts it, and this was named from
Lord Delaware, who died off the coast in
IAN
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

Money refunded for each package of
PUTNAM FADELEss DYES if unsatisfac
tory.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-26

II ROM a California newspaper
~ we take the following inter
es,ing facts:
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
A DimcuIt Fent.

In the old days OF western Pennsyl
vania. when the people had little mon
ey to pay for teachers and could spare
their boys but little time from the work
OF the field. school kept" almost in
cessantly during the few weeks wher
II was In session, with no Saturday
holidays and very brief recesses. Al
one little schoolhouse among the noun
tains an old fashioned Irish schoolmas
ter was once employed who kept his
boys grinding steadily at their tasks
but gave them permission to nibbl,
from their lunch baskets sometimes al
they worked.
One day, while the master was in
structing a class in the rule of three
he noticed that one of the pupils was
paying more attention to piece of ap
pie pie than to the lesson. "Arrah
there" said the master. Jack Bales
be listenin' to the lisson, will yew TN
listening, sir" said the boy. "Listenin'
is it, exclaimed the master. "Thcn IL,
listenin' wild one ear ye are an attn
poi wild the ether"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
The Rheumatic Fiends.

II have been in the business for nine
YEARS" says a drug clerk quoted by the
philadelphia Record, land up to date
l have learned of 1907 cures for rheu-
matism which regularly licensed ply
sicians know nothing about-oI, at
least. II they do, they don't recommend
them. People come in suffering from
rheumatism and It's queer that peo-
pie who suffer from rheumatism all
seem 10 look and act allke-and present
a doctors prescription.
"rhe first thing they want to know IL
how much its going TO cost. | look
over the prescription and tell them,
and then they invariably rear up on
their hind legs and howl They tell me
about the virtues OF something that
cured Uncle Henry goats milk, drunk
at 3 o'clock every morning; raw on.
ion carried In the left hand hip pocket,
a horsechestnut carried in the vest
pocket. magnetic rings-oh all sorts
of things that I've made notes of. II
has become 50 that | am discouraged
over the chances of filling a prescrip-
ton for rheumatic patient"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
Political Fences.
Keeping

1.-The political expression keeping
your fences fixed,'" said an old cam
palgnCr, lis due 10 a remark once made
by Senator John Sherman.
1T was at time when the senator
hal amassed the most OF his fortune.
lie had farm near his home town,
and while preparing to drive out to 1t
one afternoon he was accosted by a
book agent. who labored hard to sell
one of his books. Mr.. Sherman was
not In mood to make any such pur-
chases. and he finally silenced the man
by saying: Il can't afford to buy your
book. 1t takes all my money to keep
my fences fixed
"In reality Mr.. Sherman referred to
the fences on his farm, but some OF his
political associates, hearing OF the re-
mark few days later, took II up at
once and made a political phrase OF It..
1t was first confined only to the state
of Ohio. but ii has now become so
common that no one ever takes the
trouble to wonder where 1t Originated"
Philadelphia Times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

Scene-Pullman car entering st.
Louis. Porter obsequiously whisk.
grooming woman passenger. After
lingering expectantly he receives a tip
IA five cent nickel He looks ut IL
critically. then drops it into the Gus.
pidor. remarking dehantly, "Ah'm er
portah frum Chicago" open this
Window commands the woman. He
obeys. whereupon she stoops, picks up
the cuspidor and empties II upon the
track; then. drawing herself up haugh.
tily, observes, 81 am lady from Bos.
ton"
When I'm the station every passenger
had left the car the porter said 10 the
conductor: LOS dat nickel. en- Aim
er fool. 1t teaches me er lesson, how
somdever. never ter fool wild none O.
desc Yankee women. Why, der amt
er woman through de whole west
who'd er thought o castin' dat nickel
on de roadside when dey knowed All
wanted it."-New York Press.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

An instance In which dream was
useful In preventing an impending ca
tastrophe is recorded OF a daughter or
Mrs. Rutherford, at Ederton, the grand
daughter OF Sir Walter Scott. This la
dy dreamed more than once that her
mother had been murdered by black
servant She was so much upset by
this that she returned home, and, to
her great establishment and not little
10 her dismay, she met on entering the
house the very black servant she had
met In her dream. He had been en-
gagged In her absence. She prevailed
upon a gentleman TO watch in an ad-
Joining room during the following
night.
About 3 o'clock I'm the morning the
gentleman heard footsteps on the
stairs, came out and met the servant
carrying a quantity OF Goals. Being
questioned as to where he was going.
he answered confusedly that he was
going to mend the mistress fire, Which
at 3 o'clock In the morning In the mid
die of summer was evidently impossl
BILE. On further investigation a strong
knife was found hidden In the Goals
The lady escaped, but the man was
subsequently hanged for murder, and
before his execution he confessed that
he intended to have assassinated Mrs
Rutherford.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
Conner In Cheese.

The green color Of certain kinds of
italian cheese IN due to the milk hav
ing been kept standing In copper YES
sells During this period of rePose the
milk takes up considerable quantities
OF copper Indeed it Is customary TO
estimate the decree Of acidity attained
by the milk by noting the gradual dis
appearance OF the brightness of the
highly polished metallic surface. DIR
OF green parmcsan cheese from yari
ms places and has found that TO about
every two pounds of cheese there is
present from s to 3.3 grains Of copper
Health
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
siIencing the Que.tioners.

A French gentleman. who had been
with NJ. de Talleyrand for twenty years
accompanied him to the congress at
Vienna after Napoleon's exile TO Elba.
People naturally concluded that this
long intimacy had made him familiar
with number OF particulars Of the
minister's life and bearing also upon
the events with which he had been
mixed up. Worried with questions, the
friend invariably replied that he knew
nothing, but the questioners would not
be satisfied and returned to the charge.
every WE'LL" finally said Talleyrand's
confdant, III tell you a peculiar and
altogether unknown fact in connection
with NJ de Talleyrand. Since Louis
XIV. he's the only man who can open a
soft boiled egg with one backward
stroke of his knife without spilling a
drop of the contents of the shell. That's
the only popularity | know In connec-
ton with him."
Discretion had scored n decisive VIC
tory. From that moment the questions
ceased.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
Forgetting His own Picture.

Reynolds once forgot the existence
Of one of his pictures. Burke once oh
tanned very early work and called on
the great artist. submitting the work
as that Of young student who sought
advice from the master Reynolds had
long look and then asked, lis the
painter a friend Of yours?"
Burke replied in the affirmative.
"Well," replied the great man, II real
ly don't feel able to give an opinion. It's
a cleverish thing, but whether 1t is OF
sufficient promise to justify the young
man in adopting art as profession
cannot say"
Sir Joshua had entirely forgotten his
own work.-Chambers' Journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
A Clever Thief.

This is how the presence of mind and
audacity OF Chicago thief saved him
from being locked up: a policeman
who recognized him and knew he was
wanted" put him under arrest, with
the words. You are wanted at head
quarters" Yes, | know" replied the
thief quickly. II was arrested last
night and was bailed out this morning.
You are too SLOW" at does look that
way" said the crestfallen policeman
as he told the thief he could go. Of
which permission the thief lost no
time in availlng himself. Later, to his
chagrln. the policeman found that the
thief had not been previously arrested.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
Wan and Hlr skin.

Keep the pores OF the skin open and
In good c0uditiOn NY frequent bathing.
Man sheds his skin just rs thoroughly
rs some of tine lower orders of crea-
ton. hut he does il more slowly and
mpercertilily The cells which com
pose the lower strata of the epidermis
are perpetually renewed ana push up
ward aud the outer layer must he con
stantly removed. This process. which
is termed dpsquamution, Is absolutely
requisite TO the health and beauty OF
the skin. The more rapidly this proc.
pss is carried n the more clear and
transparent becomes the epidermls and
the IN re- roseate and velvcty the skin
tissues which are constantly forming
below
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

In the town OF Haschmann. Ger
many. prizes are offered yearly for the
men who will marry the ugliest or the
most crippled and TO the women over
forty who have been Tilted ut least
twice. The money was left by big
financier. and he. realizing that beauty
Is an attraction hard to overcome, made
a provision In his will that out of the
income Of the fund not less than ZIG
shall go with the ugliest girl in any
year and the cripple shall receive tl2.
The four women over forty who have
been Tilted by lover receive. when the
funds will permit, FLO each, but the
trustee can vary this amount and at
his own discretion offer n larger prize
to some one who will marry an unusu-
ally ugly girl or one to whom nature
has been specially unkind.-Tatler.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

Tennyson was only eight years old
when he covered both sides of his
brothers slate with a poem on "Flow-
ers," done in unimpeachable meter. His
brother had said To him, See IL you
can write poetry" and when he read
the verse on the slate he merely said,
you've done it," Between the ages Of
eleven and twelve the young poet wrote
an epic of over 1000 lines In Scott's
octosyllabics mingled with heroics.
These were the only finished poems Of
Tennyson's boyhood, but when about
fourteen or fifteen years old he com
menccd n drama in iambic meter which
still survives. Thus he practiced him
self in three different meters before he
began seriously to write or publish.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
Talked Ten Dollars. worth.

Il remember when Judge Austin was
trying ease I'm the criminal court, "
said Milwaukee lawyer, that he had
n fellow to defend who was evidently
guilty When the time came for him
to plead. he rose and said he was will
Ing to LEI tie case 20 TO the jury at
snce, believing that there was nc
chance for ucquittal.
He was judged by the defendant
who said. For the Lords sake. say
something
You Know YOU are guilty, and you
diGa't pay me much anyway whisper.
cd the lawyer
i Know that said the prisoner. i
only pul YOU so. and for goodness
sake taik $40 worth anyway
"Eyrry one in the room heard that.
and Judge Austin talked his so worth
He cleared his man too Chicago
Chronicle
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17


Spiders have wonderful eyesight. but
am quite sure that the scorpions VI
sion, Notwithstanding his six eyes. Is
FAR from being acute. says an English
naturalist II II very difficult to catch
spider with pair of forceps. but a
scorpion can easily be captured II no
noise Is made Spiders see their prey
before they are caught in the web. but
the scorpion makes no movement what
ever TO seize dies or cockroaches until
they Indicate their whereabouts by
movements This being the case, 1t
can readily be understood how easily
the scorpion may be reused into motion
by the vibrations Of music.
III tuning fork he sounded on the
table on which | keep my Gagged scor-
pion. he at once becomes agitated and
strikes out viciously with his sting.
On touching him with the vibrating
tuning fork he stings it and then coils
himself up. us scorpions do when
hedged in
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
A singainr Marriage Custom.

The KurGs have Il very curious and
somewhat dangerous marriage custom,
which one would think would be more
h 5nored Ia the breach than in the oh
servance. The husband surrounded by
bUdyguard of twenty or thirty young
men. carries his wife home on his back
in a scarlet cloth and is desperately as.
sauted the whole way by a number of
girls.
Sticks and stones are hurled at the
bridegroom, who. IN the coming home
with his bride, can hardly be consider
cd n very happy man, for the irate
amazons often inaict on him marks
which he carries TO the grave. 1t may
be that among the lady pursuers are
some of the bridegroom's former
flames" who turn the mock attack
into downright earnest to avenge
sighted love.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

In 1860. says Il writer in the Kansas
City Journal. Colonel Alexander of To
peka, who was an intimate friend of
President Lincoln. visited him ut Wash
ingtoH and found him i'm a greatly de
pressed state of mind.
This being president isn't all il is
cracked up TO be. is il. Mr. LincolnY =
inquired Colonel Alexander.
NO" said Lincoln. his eyes twinklinl
momentarily II feel sometimes like
the Irshman who. after being p;ddcn
on rail. said, 'Begorry. If it wasn't
for the honor NV the thing. I'd rather
walk"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
An Excited vision.

"Baptizng days" are great events
among the negroes Of the south. Or
one occasion the old black preacher
took two candidates. one middle
aged. sedate. quiet man. the other q
young, eXcitable fellow. well out i'm the
stream. where the water was waist
deep. He put the older one down first
who came UP. folded his arms and look.
ed dignitied and pious.
The ,unger one, after being put un-
der, came up greatly excited and shout.
ing: GLORY! Glory. seed de Lord
| seed him i'm de water--right down dan
ut dc bottom"
The older one. pa:ting him on the
shoulder, said: Hush. honey: hush
Dat warn't dc Lord. seed il. II WAS
nothin' but terrapln."- New York
Tribune.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
Taking one. Own Pul.e.

Being able to take" ones own pulse
is a doubtful accomplishment, because
the heart has some peculiarities, the
Importance of which are sure to be
overestimated except by physicians,
and much uneasiness occasioned in
consequence. Irregularity of the pulse
is naturally to no small number OF
people without other signs of disease
1t may also be simply a transient
symptom. due to errors OF habit or
other causes. which, disappearing,
leave no trace behind them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
The Invention of the Steamboat.

Robert Fulton's Clermont the first
steamboat of any practical value, was
launched into the East river Ii is not
known who first conceived the idea of
propelling boats by steam; probably
Salum1n de Caus. in 1915. Many per
SONS experimental with steam propul
SION between 1868. when William Hen.
nv Of PENNSYLVANIA placed II small boat
on the ConeSt0ga river. and 1907. when
the tlermoni made its trip 10 Albany
Among them were the Marquis de
.lOnIIroy. James RumSey and John
Fitch These men produced models
which were worthy OF the name steam
boat. but the ClermonI was the first
steam vessel produced which actually
carried passengers ana freight. aud Rob
rrt Fulton is fairly entitled to the cred
Il of hyentIne the steamboat.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
Too Costly.

King George III. once wished to add
the Green park, in London, to his pal
ace grounds whether the people liked it
or not. He inquired of his minister as
to the cost.
His lordship. mindful of the general
discomfort then prevalent, answered:
'The cost. sir? Oh. 1t would be a mat
ter Of three crownsr
The king took the hint. The people
kept their park and the sovereign his
triple throne.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

No living germ OF disease can resist
the antiscptic power OF essence Of Gin.
nanon for more than few hours. In
destroying microbes 1t is not less ef.
fcctiye than corrosive sublimate. Even
the scent kills them. A decoction of
cinnamon should be drunk In local..
ties where typhoid fever or cholera
prevails.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
Grnfifualc

Gratitude Is the fnlrest blossom that
springs FROM the soul and the heart OF
man knowpth none So fragrant: while
its opponent. ingIatitude. IL a deadly
weed not only POISONOUS In itself. but
impregnating the very atmosphere In
which IL grows with fetid vapors
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

The instructive fear which eats have
OF dogs Is illustrated very umusingly
by strrking dog and then caressing Il
blind and newborn kitten with the
same hand that has touched the dog
II once the kitten will spit aud duff
itself up in the most absurd way. dis
tinguishiug the smell OF the beast
which experience for thousands of gen
erations has taught IL most To dread.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
An Ancient river

In Long Island sound not far from
the north shore Of the island. is clearly
defined the channel of an ancient river.
As shown by the United States coast
survey, it Is gorge having depth OF
about sixty feet below the general floor
OF the sound oil either side of IT, The
gorge or channel was cut into the bed
rock Of gneiss. the erosion of Viii IA is
exceedingly slow.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

The Japanese never sleep with the
head TO the north This IL because the
dead in Japan are always buried with
the head Ia that position In sleeping
rooms of many of the private houses
and of hotels II diagram OF the points
OF the compass is posted upon the cell
ing FOL the convenience OF guests
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

"She keeps an immense establish
mcnt. doesn't sher
"Oh indeed. yesn head coachman.
two footmen. two grooms and stable
boy Il housekecper cook. undertook,
Kitchen maid. upstairs and downstairs
maid. governess. husband aud child"
Puck
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

what a regal carriage he hast There
is surely royal blood In his veins. DO
you know him2' whispered the enthu.
siastic woman
Eyes. replied the man, ''he comes OF
a long line OF janitors. "-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

lyon ought to have change OF
scene" said the physician.
"Bu, my dear air" protested the pa.
tient, Il am travelling man by profes
sion"
avail. that's the point Stay home
awhile and see something besides no
tel rooms and stations Washington
Star
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17
A Nice Friend.

Markley = You're nice friend q
have. Why didn't you lend Borroughs
the s. he wanted?
Kraft Why should 1?
Markley-To save me- You must
have realized that he knew II he didn't
get ID from you he would from me
You're practically robbed me of that
"fiver philadelphia Press.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-17

A man needs exercise as well as a
schoolboy. but take II moderately.
Some OF the gnarled and knotted frames
of early age are the rheumatic bodies
Of overworked acrobats. - SchooImas-
ter.