davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The leader., 1903-09-23
!. NOTICE.
Matters Of Interest to School Teachers
and Patrons.


Interested parties are hereby
notified that the county school
board will be in session on Mon
day, Sept. IA, for the purpose OF
locating the county schools. The
free public schools of Lincoln
county will open on Monday, Oct.
10. The law provides that all
county schools shall open on the
same day. Trustees and teachers
are requested to act accordingly.
Examinations for teachers will
be held at the court house in
Brookhayen as follows: First
white, Sept. Is and 10; second
white, Oct. 16 and II. First col
ored, Sept. 25 and 28; second col
ored, Oct. % and "a. On Fri
days examinations will begin at
8 a. M, on Saturdays at s a. m.
The policy of the county in the
future will be, Lincoln county ex-
aminations for Lincoln county
teachers. Transfer licenses will
not be accepted on par with our
county licenses.
Trustees are notified that no
salary in excess of $50 will be
paid to any teacher without pro
fessional training, part of which
has been received within twelve
months.
EDGAR GREEN,
County Supt.
The leader., 1903-09-23
Opening Sermon for Whitworth College.
EDGAR GREEN,
County Supt.

Services at the Methodist church
Sunday were of unusual interest.
DR.. B. F. Jones preached the
opening sermon for Whitworth
College, which was full of spiritual
beauty, rooted and grounded in
the faith" The music was excel
lent; and solos by Mrs. A. B.
Middleton and Mrs. M. t. Flood
met with responsive hearers; as
also did the singing of Mr.. Stratton
a visiting commercial traveller, and
the fine voices of the full choir.
A large congregation was present.
Rev. H. 6. Hawkins occupied
the pulpit at night; and again a
goodly company assembled, to hear
this consecrated minister and
teacher.
The long procession of college
girls lent charm to both occa-
sions, as youth and beauty must,
under any circumstances. At the
evening services the electric lights
were, turned on for the first time
and brought visions of ''the land
that is fairer than day. as the
pure CLEANS of the light illumi
mated the spotless walls and at
tractive appointments of the beau
tiful audience room. The day
was a satisfactory one to all con-
cerned.
The leader., 1903-09-23
Political Mass Nicotine.

Pursuant to a resolution unani-
mously adopted at meeting of
representative citizens from all
parts of Lincoln county, held at
the court house in Brookhaven on
Saturday, the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, A. D. 1908, at 2 o'clock
p. M, mass meeting of the quail
flied electors of said county will
be held at the court house in the
City of Brookhaven on Saturday,
the Goth day of September, A. D.
1903, at / O'Clock p. M, to nomi-
nate a candidate for County Treas
urer.
DR.. FRANK MAXWELL,
Secretary of Mass Meeting.
The leader., 1903-09-23
ARemarlsahle Record.

Chamberlain's Cough, Remedy has
a remarkable record. 1t has been in
use for thirty years, during which time
many bottles have been sold and used.
1t has long been the standard and main
reliance in the treatment of Group in
thousands of homes, yet during all
this time no case has ever been re-
ported to the manufacturers in which
it failed to effect cure. When given
as soon as the child becomes hoarse
or even as soon as the cfoupy cough
appears, it will prevent the attack.
1t is pleasant, many children like
it. 1t contains no opium or other
harmful substance and may be given as
confidently to baby as to an adult,
For sale by G. E. Grafton Drug Co.
The leader., 1903-09-23
sneciaI MEETING.

A protracted service will begin
at the Presbyterian church on
Friday night at 5 o'clock. Rev.
J. w. Roseborough, Of Union
Springs, Ala, will assist Pastor
Chandler. The gifts of this min
lister of the Gospel as a preacher
and orator are calculatedto attract
and inspire; and it is earnestly
hoped our people will respond to
the opportunity Of the week. The
public generally is cordially in
Ivited to attend. Sunday annouce-
ments will appear in Saturday s
Leader.
The leader., 1903-09-23
sTRINGED INSTRUMENTS.

Miss Mayme Viyion, Of Whit
worth College, will teach stringed
instruments to young ladies or
gentlemen outside Of the school.
Special attention given to club
work. Instruments sold or ezs
changBd,
The leader., 1903-09-23
His Life Saved by Chamberlaia's Collie
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.

- =. 70
aB. 4. Eyer, we'll known cooper of
this town, says he believes Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea re-
NEEDY saved his life last summer. He
had been sick for month with what
the doctors call bilious dysentery, and
could get him nothing to do him any
good until he tried this remedy. It
gave him Immediate relief" says B T.
Little, merchant, Hancock, Md. For
sale by G. 3. Grafton Drug Co.
The leader., 1903-09-23
pearIhayen School.

The Pearlhaven School will open
Monday, September 28. Il Is
urged that patrons have their
children present On the opening
day.
q. w. BARRINGTON N,
Principal.
The leader., 1903-09-23
HOLIDAY NOTICE.

Our store will be closed on
Tuesday, September lind, and
Thursday, October LIST, on ac-
count OF Holidays.
L. COIN & BROS.
The leader., 1903-09-23

On account Of holidays my store will
be closed September q. Is and October
Isl. Z. DANIEL.
Evening star., 1903-12-19
ENCOUNTERED A BLIZZARD
Clerk Young of Supreme Court Becomes
Reminiscent.

The most unusual, disagreeable and
memorable Christmas of my experience
that | recall was that of the year 1863" re-
piled Mr. John r. Young, clerk of the Su-
preme Court of the District of Columbia,
to a query. AT that time I was connected
with the pay department of the Union
army, and had been stationed for several
weeks at st. Louis, Mo-
Just about Christmas l was directed
with a number of others, to proceed to
Cairo. and take along a small iron safe
containing a considerable amount of money.
AS we were making preparations to start a
blizzard put in an appearance, and for five
days not a train entered or left the city.
Finally We determined to get to Cairo
by nook or by crook and our first move
was to cross the frozen Mississippi river in
am omnibus. l understand that was the
first occasion on record that the ice had
been sufficiently thick there TO permit of
such an undertaking.
The weather was bitterly cold but at
East st. Louis it was found that an at
tempt would be made TO get a train through
We made ourselves as comfortable as was
possible in an ordinary day coach. and pro-
ceeded very nicely until we approached
Odin. the junction of the Ohio and Missis-
sippi and the Illinois Central roads There
we were halted by an immense drift a huge
cut being entirely filled with snow
other train coming our way had been stop-
ped on the other side of the cut We ar
ranged to make our way to it and have it
back in the direction it had come. After
quite struggle we managed to reach the
other train and get the safe containing the
money there also Then off we started
again IN high spirits, but our joy was short
lived. y few miles only had been trayersed
when another snow bank stopped us
Our situation was far from delightful
We were on the open prairie with no habi-
tation or relief within reach. Although
there was a stove in the car. the fuel had
given out and we had absolutely nothing
in the way of food
In an effort to keep warm we burned
everything IN sight that was combustible
even the woodwork and fittings of the car
There we stayed, dismal and dreary. hungry.
and cold, until late the next afternoon
when the railroad people managed to reach
us by dint of hard work and perseverance,
The Christmas season of 1865 by reason
or the occurrence related, / have always re-
membered ViNidly, and have no desire 10
repeat the experience"
Evening star., 1903-12-19
THOUGHT He HAD YELLOW JACK.
Col. Biddle Recalls Unpleasant Christ
mas at Matanzas. Cuba.

Certainly one of the most lonely Christ
mas days ] ever spent was in December
1885, said Col John Biddle, Engineer Com
missioner Of the District
1T was not only a day of loneliness for
me, but decidedly unpleasant as well. Prior
to the American occupation of Cuba / was
sent to Matanzas. Cuba, to be in readiness
TO take charge of a corps of engineers. |
arrived several days before Christmas, and
there were scarcely any Americans there at
all. or If there were any in the town
failed To discover them,
''rhe dirty little hotel where I was obliged
to stay was filed with Spanish officers, ana
none Of them was inclined to he friendly.
Christmas morning / was taken suddenly
i'll with an acute attack Of Indigestion, and
was obliged to take to my bed.
1t was HOiSed abroad in the hotel that |
was sick with yellow fever, and that was
sufficient 70 cut me off almost entirely from
communication with the outside world
Nearly al day ] lay in my bed and en-
dured a variety of pains and no one would
come near me for fear that the yellow
jack would fasten itself upon him. | was
unable To get out Of my room. so / was
obliged 10 endure the pains and loneliness
cOmbired.
20 along late in the afternoon I succeeded
In getting the proprietor of the hotel to
send for doctor, and by night I was feel
ing much better. l learned later that the
Spanish officers were preparing to pack uD
their belongings and take quarters in some
other part of town, as they were afraid /
was afflicted with yellow fever. and that
the proprietor of the hostelry was seriously
debating the question as to whether it were
best 10 have me put out in the street or
lose his other customers | don't desire 10
spend another Christmas like that of 1898 -
Evening star., 1903-12-19
SCRoOGES IN THE WORLD.
Commissioner Vests Comment O
Dickens Story of Tiny Tim

Every Christmas just as certain as that
glad event comes" said Commissioner
Henry l.. West II take down from my
shelves well-worn book and read that
ever-beautiful Christmas Carol of Charles
Dickens. From the first words, tOld Mar
ley was dead. to begin with, through to
the prayer of Tiny Tim, God bless u.s.
every one the story appeals to me- 1t is
the Christmas spirit embodied in words
There are lots of Scrooges in the world but
there would not be many if they could
read about the man whose cold and un-
sympathetic heart was melted by the in
nGence OF Christmas. If they could see
themselves pictured Dickens portrayed
old ScrOoge they would hasten to do good
to others. 50 that they might themselves
feel the glow of Christmas cheer
Excepting the biblical narrative of the
birth of Christ, which for dignified and
beautiful simplicity and poetic expression
IS uneGuaied, ! believe that no Christmas
story has ever been written, nor will in my
judgment, ever be written like unto the
Christmas Carol | defy any one to read
1t and not be made better. 1t will germi-
nate the seeds OF generosity and love of
human kind, no matter how deeply buried
in the stoniest heart. If / could have nv
every school room in the land on the eve
of the Christmas holidays 1t ought to be
as much a part of the pupils instruction as
arithmetic and geOgra ply.
Il do not believe [ ever really appreciated
the spirit OF Christmas until | read this
Christmas Carol And if | could write a
story like 1t l would ask no higher fame"
Evening star., 1903-12-19
The Spirit of Christmas.

From Golfers Weekly
Though Christmas comes each year, it
means too much ever to be stale. In religion
1t celebrates the best part of the Christian
faith, new JOY that came into the world
As holiday it is the season of expansion.
generosity, leading others lives Cold rea-
son would say that the best time for maxi
ing gifts was when necessity called oppor-
tunity invited, or impulse urged but Christ
mas throws reason to the winds and opens
the arms of faith and profusion once each
year. The shops are loaded with grotesoue
and useless toys-useless, save to give LITTLE
human beings joy. Many a poor soul
plnches for the sake of donating some suer
don of its love, and is, perhaps, the better
Tor the sacrifice, Wear this for memo
words mean more, and of all gifts as the
American genius said, the best is a norton
of thySelf. Therefore. the poet brings nc
poem; the shepherd his lamb; the farmer
corn; the miner gem; the sailor, coral and
shells; the painter. his picture; the girl a
handkerchief of her own painting" Alas
Tor us, who can give only what we bi,y-
and yet even tlat carries our emotion for
IT is chosen lovingly. Certainly the princi
pie of the widows mite holds true in Christ
mas giving as in charity, for all depends
upon what 1t means to the giver Who has
not been moved by receiving the trjhute of
a chilG-a bit of paper tooth, or cIrI--cor,in
or pathetlc-ln way that he could he
touched by no carelessly choosing Croesus9
SO no wagon load of the roses can carry tbe
perfume or the heart as it is borne by the
blossoms which the giVer'S hand has cuIled
or his slender purse has shrunll to b,,v
Christmas the season of giving and reioic-
ing, helps us all to part of the spirit after
which the day is named; the child with his
JOY, the rest of us with charity and the
love. of man. How few are a Christmases
in one life!
Evening star., 1903-12-19
HEARD GRUEsoME NOISES
How Two Young Men Spent Christmas
Eve in Haunted House.

Modesty forbids that I should recount
any one of several unusual Christmas ex-
periences that have fallen 10 my lot" re-
marked Mr.. William 3. Robson chief
deputy United States marshal for the
District of Columbia, but a very close
FRIEND of mine, whose name | am not at
liberty to disclose, figured in an adven-
ture the 25th of December several years
ago that I am sure he will not soon for
get, and which is certainly interesting
may as well explain at the outset that
this is full-fedged, genuine, sure
enough ghost story.
There is certain well-known house
on Capitol Hill that long enjoyed, or.
rather was handicapped with the reputa :
ton of being haunted. All manner or
weird accounts of strange happenings
thefeh gained circulation. and, as is the
custom. tenants could not be obtained
so the house remained vacant
AT holiday gathering of young ner-
sons one evening the haunted structure
was the topic of discussion during a nor
'oh OF the evening My friend, who does
fear" pooh-poohed the suggestion of
ghosts, and. in order to establish tba
fact that the house was not haunted vol
unteered to spend Christmas eve therein
Another young fellow not to be out
done in professions of bravery. in the
presence of SO many young ladies' offered
to participate In the adventure and tho
offer was accepted.
"All arrangements were easily made
One of those in attendance at the social
gathering was an employe of the firm of
real estate agents that was in charge of
the questionable. structure. and he volun-
teered TO furnish the KEYS. The day he
Tore Christmas couple of cots We're
Evening star., 1903-12-19
HIS BEST GIRL THEN.
Now She is His Wife and Thereby
Hangs q Tale

Prior to my election as president of
the international Association of Ma
ohinists," said Mr., James O'Conneu. who
is also third vice president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, Il was en-
ployed by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company in the roundhouse at Oil City.
was in charge of the house and superin-
terded all running repairs a term an
piled to repairs made upon a locomotive
without placing it out of commission.
The particular incident / am about tn
relate occurred about twenty years ago
at Christmas. I was invited to take din
ner with my best girl who resided in
neighboring town. I exerted every en-
ergy in making arrangements TO accent
the invitation and promised to he on
hand. Christmas eve we were kent busv
with work. Several locomotives were
brought IN late in the evening, and l
worked after hours 10 finish the repairs
on them in order that there might be no
need Tor my services at the roundhouse
the next day.
''On one of the locomotives = steam
valve had gotten out of order and in the
hurry to finish up the job my assistant
forgot to replace the key in the throttle
valve stem inside the steam dome This
was not noticed however, and when he
bad finished left forsmy home, with the
firm belief that everything was all rigbt
My thoughts also wandered to nv Christ
mas oinhef ana L was feeling in high
spirits. My eXuberance, however re-
ceived severe shock about O'Clock
Christmas morning, when / received q
hurry call to come to the roundhouse
with but little delay I put on my cloth
ing and hurried to the shop fearing fbat
something unusual had happened which
would make it impossible for me to take
dinner with my sweetheart
when / came in sight of the round
house / saw big locomotive enyeloped
In q cloud of steam near the turning nit
The engineer had fired up and started
out OF the roundhouse. When he attempt
ed to slow down the steam valve refused
to be shut off. He was frightened speech
less as the engine continued toward the
turning pit. When came closer the en-
gine began to snort and let out volumes
of steam. The workmen had placed ties
and steel rails in its path te prevent in
from running into the pit, and it was try-
Evening star., 1903-12-19
STORIES OF CHRISTMAS.

seemed that he has the best of 1t.
thought | knew what L was about. but 1t
i.nS tGIned out tiiat | was wrong, as
now nave to work for the price fixed by
the bosses, do ali the other men who
took the places of the strikers. 1t seems
to me al ti4s stage that | haven't much to
say about it
The two men repaired to a nearby res
taurant, where they had something to eat
and talked Old times, when the two
had worked together. In reply to query,
Gaze saiG that mis- pay had been greatly
reduced. but he lad the assurance that, if
good mes continued, he would receive
moe pay.
But Cade continued, promises are like
pie crust-made to be broken-and | have
no good overcoat or holiday presents, and
tomorrow is ChfiStmaS.
Bailey reminded Cade. in n iocular way
chat lie should be contented since the lat
ter had exercised his right to make an
individual agreement. Cade admitted his
II stake, ana painted a word picture of the
distress at his home.
We Were to get a turkey from the
firm, he said, but the boss has gone to
Lake Champiain to participate in an ice
boat race, and viii not be back for a week.
he evidently forgot all about the turkey.
Cade inquired as to how the world was
treating Bailey, and casually asked as to
how the morrow would be celebrated at
the home ol the latter. who explained that
he. with the other members of the union,
were working eight hours a day at a $3.25
rate, and replied that he expected to see
turkey on his dinner table the next day
Bailey explained the advantages of a
collective agreement, and invited Cade to
take dinner with him the next day and to
attend a meeting of the union. Both invi-
tatlons were accepted, with the result that
C&de's c-rcumsta aces were greatly inn
pf owed soon thereafter
He joined the union, is its president,
and wears a union-made overcoat and a
broad smile. He aspires to be delegate
TO the next convention of the federation,
and has arranged for a family reunion the
coming Christmas.
'Cade says his present good circum-
stances were brought about through his
meeting Bailey on Washington street
Christmas eve several years ago, and they
are now like brothers.
Evening star., 1903-12-19
AMONG OHIO's PIONEERS.
Senator Fairbanks Tells of Christmas
in His Boyhood

Senator Charles w. Fairbanks of Indiana
will have his aged mother and all his chill
dren with him for the Christmas holidays
His mother, Mrs. Mary A. Fairbanks lives
with a daughter at Springfield, Ohio. Sen
ator Fairbanks makes it an unvarying rule
to have his mother and his children with
him on Christmas occasions, and this has
been the family practice for many years
Il think the observance of the Christmas
holiday is the most beautiful of all our
American customs, he said today. 1T is
particularly sweet for the little children
and, while the delightful myth of Santa
Claus fades all too soon, Christmas still
continues the best and prettiest of all hol-
ldays And this is in addition to the deep
religious significance of the anniversary"
The senator was asked which was the
most pleasant Christmas he could recall.
They were all very charming in my boy
hood" he said. The day was always
passed on the old Ohio farm home, where
l was born. 1t was ever the occasion of
a large family gathering and a notable
event of each year. 1t did not differ par
tcularly from the celebrations. of our
ne1ghbors or from the rural Christmas of
today In Ohi0 and Indiana. The country
was newer, however, in those days and
there were perhaps closer acquaintance
and friendships among the pioneers. Then
the good cheer may have been cheerier,
the apples redder the cider and the girls
sweeter and more sparkling than they are
now But of course, / would hardly want
to say so, even If it were true. But the
Ohio boys Christmases forty years ago
We're just about everything the heart of the
fond and frishy buckeye youth of that
period could hope for. l never passed but
one unhappy Christmas in my life, and that
was The year when ! finally forced myself.
against my earnest desire, to be undeceiv-
ed about dear old Santa Claus. And even
after all these years l shall not deny that
would be oVerJoyed if l could believe it
again"
Evening star., 1903-12-19
Ing its best to climb over these obstruc-

ing its best to climb over these obstruc-
tions.
Il Immediately discovered that the
throttle stem had become disconnected,
which was caused by the failure to re-
place the key in the stem. The condition
of the engine placed the officials of the
road in awful plight. as 1t was in
tended that the locomotive should pull
the morning train to Buffalo. l expected
to take the same train and knew that it
would require fast work to make the re-
pairs before the time the train was
scheduled to leave Oil City. The fire in
the box was put out, and after the loco
motive had cooled the steam dome was
removed and the key was placed in its
proper position in the throttle valve
STEM In short time steam was again
gotten up and the engine worked in per-
feet condition. In the meantime / re-
turned to my home, attired myself in my
best, caught the train and took dinner
with my sweetheart, as l had planned.
ana the most pleasant feature of this
nttie incident is that the lady who was
then my sweetheart is now nv wife,