davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02
II WAN YOU, OR NOBODY"

clock" said Jennie. but again May
frowned upon the suggestion.
mo, indeed! That won't do. Jonas
has no end OF clocks and needs no more.
Lets give him something that he would
never dream Of getting for himself"
"Oh, girls!" broke in Sallie Green,
with ringing laugh. i've thought Of
the very thing! Let's give Jonas wife
for his birthday present! He has ev-
erything else that he needs. and you
know he is altogether too timid to even
secure wife without some assist
ance!'
won't he resent it?" asked the girls,
timidly, but May checked them im-
periously.
"Certainly not. If she is the right one.
What man would! The only thing Is
to see that she is in every way worthy
Of him, for Jonas is really a splendid
fellow, even if he is bashful. Jonas
shall have wife for his birthday, that
much is settled. Now. who shall she
be, and low will we present herr"
The three girls sat for moment in
silence; then suddenly May was struck
with bright idea. The other girls
stared at her in breathless amazemept
when she told them what it was.
"Why. May Gardner, you must be
crazy" they cried simultaneously.
mot a bit Of I'll" said May, stoutly.
"Now, see here, girls. be sensible. Here
we are, getting older and older every
day, and not a man In the village that
Is marriageable except Jonas. Now.
we all like him. you know we do: but
If we wait for him to propose We'll all
die old maids, and that would no
awful. All Jonas needs Is a little on.
enlargement, and no one will ever
know that we used our Influence for
each other"
And, finally, her reasoning prevailed.
possibly by the aid of tender senti.
ment existing toward Jonas In the
hearts Of both the blushing maidens.
II say, Jonas. you'd oughter be think
in of marryin'," said Uncle John Gard
ner shortly after the important agree
ment between the three young ladies'.
Il spose So" said Jonas absently,
with little blush.
"Pears to me you'd better be lookin'
around" continued the old farmer, as
indifferently as possible. Your thirty
fifth birthday is comm and you've
ben half your life without Z wife.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02
Ais Observation-Disclosures.

"Well. FISH," said Mr.. Ryefuddle
partially steadying himself by clawing
ON to the door-frame and gazing at the
wife Of his bosom with fishy and TO-
cusless eyes, us the (hic) first time
ever saw a liv(hic)ing puzzle-picture
Now, which of the two Is (hic) which
and which is not (hic) which? In osher
words, which Of 'em is (hic) and which
of her amt one Of (hic) 'em? On the
ozher hand, which one Of the two that
l see Is the (hic) one l don't see, and
which is the (hic) one I see but don't
think I do? pause for = (hic) re-
ply"
N. Bile got it.-Judge.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02
Will the Panama Canal Pay?

~ attempt been made by Colonel George Earl
! Church. in the journal Of the Royal Geographical
n Society London, to show that the Panama Canal
will not pay He begins by asserting that the pro-
jected waterway could not hope to gain any OF the
commerce passing between Europe the one haid
and Asia and the other The figures seem con
elusive point The distance from the English sea-
port Plymouth Yokohama in Japan is 5 miles less by
Suez than by Panama Even by the OF the Cape or
Good Hope Plymouth to Shanghai by 45 miles
than by Panama canal AS regards the trade
in favor Of the routes, but this accord
ing to Church. would be than cOunerbaanced
canal tolls With reference to The west coast or
South America reminded that the most valuable
part freight traffic from the nitrate deposits
Of Chile u.s. In the first place. uncertain how long the
nitrate will last owing to the douJt concerning the
depth Deposits and things are now 1t Is
questionable whether the nitrate trade than three
which goes sailing vessels. would take the
Panama route owing the fact that extensive region
Of Gains adoins the terminus The value OF the
Of Pacific slope Is not disputed by Colonel
Church. but he believes that the greater part or Will con
he conveyed the continent by rail- There Is
no doubt transconnental railways have super
seeded the Cape Horn which used to employ huge
fleet of cpperhps and they have practically absorbed
the which the isthmus by the Panama
Francisco via the Panama hallway valued at S7O
OOOOOO but years later 1t had shrunk to less than
s.. 900. OOO.- Harper's Weekly
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02
More indians than Ever.

THE removal Of 5000 Choctaws from Mississippi and
Louisiana to the Indian Territory. which is in
progress. need inspire eloquence about red mems
l wrongs and 'palefaces broken treaties" The treaty
breaking the other side: these members Of
the tribe descended from those who failed
West in 1880 they agreed and they exchanging
precarous and hard existence for comparative auence
Our indians do not fare badly. Far from dying
out they increasing In number. The Of 1890
reported 2490OO Of then Secretary Hchcocks
port shows increase 269OOO Allowing for Indian
mixture in reckoned whites. there Is Indian
blood In the country to-day than when the Pilgrims landed
Then the tribes decmaed by disease and wasted by
wars; great Of uninhabited forests lay between
them. and they could not hold lands wider than
they used Now their descendants mainly dwell In compact
communities usually civilized and prosperous
The in value Of their lands has made most OF tho
Indians weltodo the richest tribes being three or four
times wealthy the number Of average whtes-
New York World
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02

prise, but when he answered her he
was In desperate earnest.
II want wife," he said boldly, and
then blushed rs red as poppy.
That's what mean" said Jennie,
still lowering on Mysteries. do you
want a wife for birthday PRESENT."
Jonas caught his breath and looked
at her sharply. Had she turlsed mind
reader, or was 1t simply chance ques-
ton?
But Jennie was desperately in ear
nest, as well as Jonas. She had to full
fill her part toward securing the COM
bination wife and present.
May Gardner or Sallie Green would
marry you. am sure. They are both
nice girls, and you're bound to like
them" She blurted out the words in
the most astonishing way, and then
finished by bursting into fit of crying.
But l don't want Sallie Green or
May Gardner! l want you. or nobody,
for my wife," Jonas said bravely.
The sight of her tears had made
him bold. and he was holding her hands
now in the tenderest fashion.
And before IL o'clock she was his
promised wife, and when he left her
there was only one cloud upon her hap
piness. 1.-The girls will be awfully
mad" she said over and over, but,
anyhow. have kept my promise-I am
going to give Jonas a wife for his birth
day."-New York Daily News.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02
THE OLD WOOD FIRE.
How 1t Was Built and Kept Alive bv
an Expert.

an Expert.
After the evening chores were done
my father would appear in the door
way with the big black log coated
with snow, often Of ampler girth than
himself and fully breast high to him
as he held it upright, canting in one
way and another, and walking it be-
fore him on its wedge-shaped end. He
would perhaps stand it against the
chimney while he took breathing
spell and planned his campaign. Then.
the andirons hauled forward on the
hearth, and the bed of half-burnt
brands and live Goals raked open, the
icy log was walked into the chimney.
where skillful turn would lay it
over, Kissing and steaming, in its lair
Of hot embers. says writer in the
Atlantic Monthly. 1t seemed thing
alive, and its vehement sputtering and
protesting made n dramatic moment
for at least one small spectator. The
stout shovel and tOngs, or, perhaps, a
piece of firewOOd used as lever,
would force it against the chimney
back; then a gOodsized stick, called
back stick" was laid on top of it,
and the andirons were set in place.
Across the andirons another good sized
stick was laid, called a "fore-stick,"
and in the interspace smaller sticks
were crossed and thrust and piled, all
quickly kindled by the live Goals and
brands. In very cold weather a fire
was kept burning all night, our father
getting up once or twice to replenish
It. Even in summer the Goals rarely
became extinct. A good heap Of
them, covered with embers at bed.
time. would be found alive when raked
open In the morning.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02

~" CStupc HUN
Yankee soldiers during operations at
Atlanta. He and a Texas scout were
sent on peIilous mission in citizens
clothes. Il knew every path leading
to the city and the streets as well as
l did the hog paths around my own
farm, and General Hardee directed me
to ascertain information about the en-.
envy, which believed could do from
a woman living in the city," sand Mr..
Livingston.
I'VE rode up to the back gate, but
to our establishment the Yankees were
in her house. | sprang back into my
saddle and we galloped away, the Yam
KEGS hot after us. Years afterward.
the late General Cogswell, of Massa
chusetts, and l met here in this com.
mittee room, and happened to learn
that he was the military commander
at Atlanta at that time. Then l told
him my story.
when l finished telling it General
Coggswell put his arm on my shout
der and said:
LET us be friends through life.
am mighty glad the boys did not cat
you. AS soldier. you know what
would have been your fate under the
circumstances. and we never would
have met under such delightful condi-
TONS
From that day until his death Cen
eral Coggsweil and myself were as
fast friends as any two men who ever
wore the blue and the gray. I was
one Of his pallbearers and saw him
laid to rest among the people he served
20 WELL"
Congressman Livingston comes Of
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02
Railroad Accidents and Their Causes.

n URING the past year all the railroads Of the
| I United States, 1877 persons killed in railroad
| accidents collisions. derailmens. boiler explosions
etc. and 1856 passengers injured During the
period British roads single passenger
killed and only 478 injured in railroad accident
II be argued that have nearly 100000 miles
this country against 1000 in Great Britain 1t must
be answered that the liability to railroad accidents
with the density of traffic. That say
of collision etc. greater the greater the number of
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02
SAGE DROVE BARGAIN.
Then Made Neighbor Pay for Ride In
Work Of Hired Man.

Work Of Hired Man.
Russell Sage has not squandered
very much on clothes and personal lux
uries during his long life, still he has
spent some pretty large sums on
horses, his love Of which has amount
ed to almost a passion. Some time
ago he paid $4,000 for team Of trot-
tiers for use at his country place on
Long Island. and the first time he was
to drive them he asked Frank Tilford,
who was a neighbOr of his, to go with
him. How Uncle Russell made the ro-
tund TilfOrd pay for his outing is still
told with great glee throughout the
countryside.
After driving little way team
was seen approaching drawing a load
of salt hay out from the meadows
along the shore. Immediately said
Sage:
Il am paying too much money for
bedding for my horses. Now we'll see
what this man wants for his load of
hay"
SO the stranger was stopped and the
aged financier began negotiations.
'What do you want for that load Of
hay?'
Five dollars" was the reply.
Five dOllarsY' said Sage. "Why. II
is not worth a cent more than three.
1t does not cost you anything; all you
have to do is to cut it."
Well" replied the farmer. at takes
n good half days work, and the use
Of my horses and wagon"
But Sage would not pay S., so a com.
promise was made for 81 for the load
delivered.
where shall leave it?" said the
farmer.
AT Frank Tilford's," said Uncle
Russell, and, turning to Tilford, as
they drove on, he said:
you see, Frank, IL he knew that
hay was for Russell Sage he would
not let 1t go for less than 81. And, by
the way. when he leaves 1t at your
place, just let your man bring it over
to my barn."-Mail and Express.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02
good fighting stock. his grandfather,

good fighting stock. his grandfather,
who was born in Ireland. having
served under Washington in the revO-
lutionary war. Before entering public
life he followed the pursuits Of farm
err and was vice president and presi-
dent respectively for eleven and four
years Of the Georgia State Alliance.
For many years he has been a power
In the Democratic politics Of Georgia.
He was elected to the Fifty-second
Congress and has sat in that body
ever since.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02

der who was thor
gu g b ~ "recon-
structed" soon aft
er the last gun Of
the conflict had
been fired. writes
a Washington cor
respondent. II e
was telling, In the
A pro p riations
Committee 70 o III
at the Capitol. the
story Of his mar
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02
Jonas Birthday Present
70

a CERTAINLY, Jonas must have q
~ birthday present! Now the Ques-
ton is, what shall 1t be?" said
black-eyed May Gardner in a deter
mined manner. Just think! He'll be
IS years old, and has never had one.
except when he was little boy. almost
too young to remember!" she added,
alphabetically.
did he say that?" asked Jennie
Deering, with curious blush.
"Yes, he told Uncle John so." said
May quickly, land when uncle repeated
It to me just decided that he should
have present this year. sure"
Lets send him something that 10
useful! An old bachelor needs 80 many
things that he would never think Of
buying himself. We could send him a
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02
Tho School for Scandal.

Look at the crowd of women 60
ing into Mrs. Cables house. What's
the attraction?"
"Detraction. The sewing circle meets
there to-day."-Philadelphia Press.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02

We don't believe we ever knew any
me who was not all right in theory.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02
ESCAPED A SPY'S FATE,
Georgia Congressman Had lose Call
for His Life In War Times.

One Of the most popular members Of
Congress is Representative Livingston,
of Georgia, q former Confederate SOL
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-03-02

attempt has been made by Colonel George ia
Church, in the journal Of the Royal Geosraphic'
Society in London, to show that the Panama Cans
will not pay. He begins by asserting thai the pr
The Washington bee., 1903-01-24
What Alcohol WIZ Do.

1t is said that Peter ETaus, who lives
IN Indiana, holds the record for being
arrested more times within a given pc
riod than any other man in the state.
Recently the state board OF charities,
hearing of the case, instituted an in
yestigation OF ~ court records. It
showed that in Is years he was arrested
l69 times for intuXication, l29 times Of
which he was placed in jail 10 sober
up, and 30 times he was tried and con-
victed. During the IS yea4s he spent
42O days il jail. The total cost to the
county for the period mentioned was
S651.60. In his younger days he paid in
=nmerable fines. aggregating large
amounts, but he has served sentences
from 10 to 20 days in jail for the last
20 years at least. By his own request
be has recently become an inmate of
the county infrmary. At one time
Peter Evans was reputed TO be worth
5000. all OF which has slipped
through his fingers. He is 65 years OF
age
The Washington bee., 1903-01-24
West vlrEiaIs Jim Grow b.

The latest report now comes from
West Virginia. A bill has been
introduced IN the legislature to es-
tsbhsh the "Jim Crow" Car law in
the State. THE BEE has no idea
that such bill will become a law,
while it is true, that many colored
men, especially on Saturday even
ing have bottles and "demij bins"
full Of whiskey, some half drunk,
riding in the car. 1t is unfnrtu-
nate that the better class of colorel
pesple, must suffer for the wrongs
Of those who have no regard or re-
spsot or themselves or anyone else.
II law Was passed allowing rsil-
load companies TO discriminate be-
tween the bad aud the good of both
races, there would be no objections
to the passage of such law
Some Of the most dirty white
men and women are often seen in
cars. theatres, dining rooms and
other public places, and the mosr
refined and highly educated colored
citizen is not permitted to enter
Certainly these dirty and filthy
white people are equally objection
able to respectable cOlOred people
as vel as similar characters are
Objectionable to the white peopls.
The Washington bee., 1903-01-24
EiAd ts RstraetS

A newspaper spoke of Prof VIM H.
Ferris as PROF" Ferris. thus inSnuat-
ing that Prot. Ferris had no right TO ha
called professor. but he was appointed
10 the chair of Natural Pm lusOphy in
the Florida Ntate Normal and Indus
trlal College IN 1900, and taught in he
FLORIDA Baptist College prior TO the
Jacksonville FIRE.
The New York Sun re ognized Prof.
Ferns appointment, for ii aid in he
heading of al article, New Negro
professor in a Florida College, and
president Nj. w. Collier in a letter to
Hon. Nm. 7. Harris u. S. Commits
SIoner OF Education. expressly refers
TO Mr.. Ferris as, Prof +, IRIS.
When Interviewed Prof. Ferris said
that this papers account of the meet
ing, under the caption of The Ferris
Wheel was gross Misrepresentation
and that re Ort given in The Wash
ington Bee, The Washington Record,
The Boston Guardian, The New York
Age and the Atl~nta Age, was a truer
account. These papers distinctly
stated that the house was divided and
three OF them stated, that even the
OppO ents OF Prof. Ferns, admired hi.
ankness, and thought he was fair, in
the other papers.
The assertion that 1.-THE entire
haTangue was a brutal assault, upon
the philosophy, purpose, integrity aud
laborS OF DR.. Washington. " was a ma
llClOuS misrepresentation, as Prof
Ferris commended Mr.. Washing or
Tor his work Tuskegee. bat criticised
hlm for certain assertions about lin
Crow Cars, Re ised Constitutions, 3"
and for meddling in pohucs, when he
all along said, the Negro should keep
out OF politics
The Boston Herald is one of the
white papers that took Booker
to task Tor endorsing routhern ConSui-
tons and the New York Times IS one
OF the whit papers that raked Booker
i"r meddnng IN politics. when he had
all Ong said the Negro ought 10 keep
out OF politics. The editor who pub
lished the false report had 10 retract.
The Washington bee., 1903-01-24

when he came along again one day
and dropped into the water right
where he. had lit the spring before.
This time got two more good shots
at him, and | knocked a feather out
of him, but that was all l could do
with him. lie didn't wait for any
more trouble, but pursued his way
north.
Ever since that tine, twice 4 year,
that old duck comes quacking along,
and I've shot and shot him till /
know he must be half full of lead,
but / can't bring him down. Gener-
ally, you find a big duck leading a
whole flock. keeping his place AT the
apex of the triangle they form in
their flight, but this old fellow trav.
els alone. Doubtless he has his
sweethearts here and there along the
! line of his route, hut he shuns all So
ciety while on his aerial voyages.
- have been lav.ng for him for a
week past, and yesterday. when he
came piling down from the north,
| ! was ready with a new gun and
! shells loaded with M. chilled shot.
"'Ill put an end 10 his fOoling this
| time | said to myself, as he swooped
down into easy reach of me, and then
| let loose at him in earnest. l shot
at him three times, the last shot GER
tainly taking effect in his left wing.
| for he went of lame on that side,
but the tough old rascal managed 10
flap away and l suppose by this time
he is pretty near to Texas.
81 don't know what to make of
that bird. I can say without boast
ing that I am a good shot, but
can't do anything with this phenom-
email fowl. / think there must be a
duck doctor somewhere down south
/ who patches up my old friend and
fits him for running the gantIet with
: me.
But I'm going 10 set that duck
some day. I've got that big green
feather stuck up over my desk and
Tn bound To have the rest oS them
II have 90 use Gatliug gun"
The Washington bee., 1903-01-24

wanted his money. Then the grocer's
wrath bubbled over.
Dem boys. Dem Ieedle loafers. Dey
makes az dis trouble. ! will see der
chudge und ave dem TO der prison
send"
But, says the New York Times, ii was
only the beginning Of his troubles. The
west wind had done a thorough job and
scattered the balloons all over that
part of Long Island. Through the day
farmers, men who worked ON the rail-
way and trolley lines, even tramps,
trudged into the grocery, proudly bear
ing TOY balloons and insisting on dol
lar each Eor returning them. All were
filed with Indignation at the grJcer's
refusal. And. 10 add insult 20 injury,
the boys responsible for The veXing Of
his spirit clustered IL little groups, up
and down the street, just out of reach,
and by their loud and unfeigned ex-
presSiOns of delight added TO the ro-
tund gToceT's misery.
Late in the afternoon the grocer ex-
planned his troubles TO friendly pO-
lieeman and asked how the majesty Of
the law could be invoked to punish the
erring boys. The policeman, after hear
ing the facts, delivered his judgment
with the solemnity of a Solomon.
IfyOuse haven't paid out the money,
| there's nothin' you can do. But if youse
pay the coin, them boys is builty of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses."
This cleared matters up for the puz-
| zled grocer.
Yah" he exclaimed in relieved
tones. dat vas il. False bretenses.
OF course it vas false bretense to say
dot pay a dollar for dem little bal
looms. Vat dey link vas? 4 fool?"
The Washington bee., 1903-01-24

it?" The correspondent confessed
ignorance, and he explained matters
1t seems that after the war of 1913
the government of the United States
became convinced that the entrance
to Lake Champlain should be guarded
by fort strong enough to engage
any British fleet which might at
tempt to force an entrance to the
lake. And 50 Fort Montgomery was
constructed at a cost of nearly $780,
900. II was an immense fortiiication
for those day, and was arranged for
three tiers oi GIar.
just abou, Jhc tir1e II was com.
pleted the joint surveyors fixing the
line between the United States and
Canada came along. and. after doing
a good bit of figuring, announced
that Fort Montgomery was on Cana
dian soil. The northern boundary If
New York stale was the forty-fftb
parallel, and this fort was several
hundred yards over the line. Work
on the fort came to an immediate
standstill, and the matter was made
the subject of a special treaty.
1t was decided that in view of the
fact that the United States had not
Intentionally encroached on Canadiar
soil the fOrty-fifth parallel should be
bent q little out of its course at this
point so as to include the fort. That
is why the fort is called Fort Bluo-
der"
1t was never armed and has never
been occupied by more than one or
two men. AT present a sergeant OF
marines is stationed there, and his
sole duty is to raise and lower the
flag at sunrise and sunset.