davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20
INTERNAL TROUBLES.
War Between Cuban Parties May
 Block COn&reaa.

Havana, Sept. 19.-The nationalist members of congress will tomorrow publish a minfesto calling the atten- tion of the people of the country to the succession of alleged Illegal and fraudulent means whereby the moder- ate coalition secured a majority in congress.
 The nationalists purpose to continue to absent themselves from the sittings of congress and to balk the majority again by breaking the two thirds at tendance necessary to open the Mo- vember session. The Moderate are en- deavoring to prevent this by the enact ment of rule designed to supersede the constitutional requirement that two thirds shall constitute a quorum in the event of members continuously absenting themselves
 The opposition to the bill placing on the free list sugar grinding and other classes of machinery Is increasing. Americans here predict that if Cuba persists in making alterations of the tariff inimical to the United States. the latter government will nulify the ro- ciprocity treaty. Minister Souters will tomorrow present personally tho matter to President Palma.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20
"Hosdlum" Had Queer Origin.

San Francisco Cal-"Hoodlum." which has found place in the vernacular. is well understood to apply to class of young toughs who have no respect for sex, age or the rights of decent persons and no sense of what is becoming. Few know the uerl- walton of the word.
 It was in 1872. when the Odd Fellows held a picnic at Redwood City gang of toughs attended. Among the gang from San Francisco was one whose name was Hood Lummix. who was a peculiarly formed creature Clumsy. big-footed, with a large mouth and protruding teeth. thick lips. a bIk bushy head of hair of sR dirty brick col or standing out like quills on porcupine. this almost malformed specimen attracted th,. attention of young rowdies who picked upon him for days sport. Go where he might he was followed by a gang who hooted and made things unpleasant for him during the day.
 The amusement of the gang did not con fine itself to the picnic grounds. They went outside, broke into orchards and flow CT gardens, destroying valuable property and finally wound up by shooting a val uable horse belonging to a rancher
 This last act was more than the sher' if of San Marco could stand and he bagged A couple of dozen of the offenders. When the case came up before the Justice of the Peace in Redwood each of the accused laid the blame on Hood Lummix simple minded Hood got six months in jail. IT sentencing him the Justice, who was very much displeased that he could not senc tho entire gang to Sttate prison. delivered A lecture to the offenders, in which he said
 ~ now warn you to keep out of this coun ty: we want no more or aO"u Hu'iAliiiN "' his gang to visit us,
 The word was thus coined for common
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20

the daintiest of drills The ordinary marches and usual drill changes can be used. The music however should be blithe and the step. instead of the march step, is a tripping waltz or two-step
 The butterflies be both little girls and little boys They should be light of foot and quick of motion.
 To the head fasten two long antennae. Wings. of paper. colored from life and stiffened with wire, fastened at the back. depend upon the raised arms of the child for motion The skirts should be short, the slippers and stockings match ing the skirts in color. The little boys are attractive butterflies when dressed in tights. with loops and streamers of chiffon falling from the coored wings.
 As the drill progresses. quick leaping and long poses will be found to add to the daintiness and will make the whole sug- gestive. All movements must be strictly in time with the music
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20
MURDER OF MISS ROBERTS.
Negro Woman Arrested Believed to Know
 Her Assailant


 Annston. Sept. 19.-(Special) )-The po- lice arrested a negro woman this afternoon charged with being implicated in the mur- der of Miss Bessie Roberts last Monday.
 The woman is in the city jail and re- fuses to talk. Before her arrest she told several conflicting tales of the crime and seemed to know more than she would tell at any time It is believed that the murder CT stayed at her house the night after the detd was done. and while In a drunken condition told her of the crime he had com nl.teu.
 The negress' reputation Is very unsavory and l..,le confidence can be placed in what he says The police believe that she has some kr owledge concerning the crime she has not toid.
 The suicide theory was advanced again today, but when the woman was arrested this quieted down. The horrible deed is still the talk of the town.
 The State has offered a s250 reward, while a similar amount has been raised by citizens for the arrest of the guilty party. J. oscar Roberts, brother of the dead woman. left today for New Orleans It Is not known if his trip is made concerning the crime or not, but 1t is thought he is believed to be route to her former home in Texas in sctrch of evidence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20
4 SAINT IN A KITCHEN.
Dear, No! Not Ill." Twelve Years Helpless
 and Cheerful as Dawn.

Harpers Weekly.
 Two strangers threaded field of wav- ing gray wheat and knocked on a farm house door and asked for food. Come in! You're welcome but you'll have to get it yourselves. I can't move"
 She was beautiful and as serene a R"lini Madonna, and she cheery and bright and smiling and full of trust and goodwill.
 Dear no" she said I'm not i'll You cant call 1t Illness. It's just a kind of rheumatiz. I haven't been able to move out of this chair for twelve years or more, except when they lift me on to the bed. But I'm used 10 1t. and I can't say I suf- fer much. I accomplish good deal for a woman without any legs hands Just open thu pantry door over there and you'll see tho bread-box There's milk and butter in the ice-chest It's a good thing preserves.
 Yes I can do most of my own preserV ing. can lift things with my wrists I've got six children. four big boys and twt little girls, and they're all helpful and can do so much I've never had to have a hired girl My Joe can do housework bet tern any hired girl ever l hardly ever miss my legs and hands. When I geS tired sittin' here by the door they just wheel me out in the field where they re workn I sat in the hay-field a good deal this July when I had time"
 To look at the smiling. unlined face would almost have convinced one that tho summit of human happiness was to be tiSc motionles in an invalid's chair
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20

threatens to spoil the festivities while the meagre harvest tends tp give .he people the inclination to complain of the waste of money spent on tho ooro- nation, although the amount is not large.
 only the governments of Germany. Austria, Italy and Roumania have sent messages of congratulation. The oth- CT powers will be representa- at the coronation in merely formal manner and some of them, like Great Britain and Holland. who withdrew their min- isters, after the assassination of King Alexander and Queen Draga. are talk ing practically no part in the affair.
 In ract the memory of the regicides still casts a shadow over the court. It is rumored that King Peter receives threatening letters and Is constantly in communication with the secret police
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20
OFFICERS FOR FRONT.
Guardsmen Dislike Idea of Splitting Up
 Regiments.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 2,

St. Petersburg. Sept. 20.-(2:15 a. m.) ) There Is story afioat that a sudden call has been issued to officers of the guard regiments stationed at St. Pe- tersburg to report for service at the front.
 According to report, the order directs that eight out of G totol of fifty six officers of each regiment should be chosen by lot and drafted to serve with regiments now in the Far East. It Is stated that the order has aroused great discontent. Whole regiments are anx- ious to gc to the theatre of war, but the officers intensely dislike the pros- pect of the organizations being split up. It Is impossible at this time to obtain an authoritative confirmation or denial of the report.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20
FIGHT TO FINISH.
President Shaffter Will stand By Strik-
 ing WOrkmen.

Youngstown. O.. Sept. 19.-President Shaffter of the Amalgamated Associa ton of Iron and Steel Workers. in an interview today, said the fullest meas ure of support would be given the striking workmen here by the Associ- alton, even to going beyond the con- stitutional provisions.
 No condition, he said. should stand in the way of winning the fight. The present trouble, he said. between the Carnegie Steel Company and the Amal- gamated Association Is the result of an attempt on the part of the company to destroy the integrity of the uniform and sliding scales which have existed for years and under which corporations and many independent firms are sat- isfied to operate their plants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20
WORKED TILL
 MIDNIGHT Councils Four Hours in Talk and Work. THE SULLIVAN RESOLUTION It Proposed Important Police
 Change. Temporary School Houses Have Been Rented in Annexed Territory South Perry Street to
 Be Paved.
THE SULLIVAN RESOLUTION

The City Council was in session last night from eight o'clock until few minutes of midnight. Much work was accomplished and much more would have been gotten through with had the aldermen been able to avoid protracteo discussions of office buildings, hogs and the policy of policemen making arrests without warrants.
 These three subjects. however, turn- cd on the flood gates of eloquence and the aldermen were compelled to hur- ry through their work to toward the flag end of the night.
 Alderman Sullivan was responsible for the Councils argument on the po- lice question. He presented n resolu- ton which directed the Judiciary Com . mittee to consider the advisability or preparing and submitting an ordinanc" which would prohibit a policeman in- without showing the proprietor his written authority.
 Mir. Sullivan did not say so and none of his opponents made the charge but is was suspected that the raSolu- tion was aimed at the practice of talk ing patrolmen of their beats and send- ing them in plain clothes to saloons Of the city to investigate alleged viola tions of the law. The Alderman from Ward six made an eloquent plea for his resolution
 1 "A practice has sprung up in the po- lice department" said Alderman Sulli- van, "of taking patrolmen off their beats and sending. them around spy ing in plain clothes. Without any cause or reason they have the right now to invade a home or place of business without a warrant. This practice is wrong. it is wrong in prin- ciple and practice. It is doing great injustice to a class of men who pay heavy licenses and taxes. I respect and honor the patrolman who. in uni form. goes into a place and arrests violators of the law but I despise this other practice.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20
OLD SOLDIERS DEED.
stabbed Captain of His Company al
 Newport News.

Newport News Va, Sept l9.-Fol- lowing a difficulty over the refusal of his captain to issue a pass giving him leave to absent himself from the grounds. Frcdk. K. kingloy. seventy two years old. an inmate of the Nation al soldiers II"m" at Hampton fatally stabbed Captain Augustus C. Paul. six ty-siN wears of age, tn" commander of his company in the lluer's office to- night.
 Captam Paul was the son of Gen. Paul who was killed at the battle of Getty shUrg.
 Knglcy was a minstrel performer of some note before and after ,hc civil war. He is a prisoner in the guard house at Fort Monroe tonight and will have hearing tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20
GEN. HASTINGS DEAD.
Commander of Regiment of Mckinley
 SuccumhH.

COmmnnder Of HeR1meht or McNIhIey
 Succumbs.
 Petersham, Mass. Sept. 19-Gen. Rus sell Hastings, 69 years of age, of Der muda, died here yesterday of heart dis ease. General Hastings was living in Ohio when the Civil War broke out and enlisted in an Ohio company on the day of the first call for volunteers by President Lincoln.
 He went out with the 2Srd Ohio, a three year regiment in which were Rutherford B. Hayes and William Me Kinley General Hastings became Ad jutant General on the staff of General Hayes and lated was male Colonel and Brigadier- General by brevet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20

Great Britian has a new law, which reads That a person shall not estaoHsh any wireless telegraph station or install or work any apparatus for wireless telegraphy in any place in the British Isles or on board any British shin in the territorial waters abutting on the coast of the British Isles excep, under and in accordance with n, eense granted by the Postmaster General
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20
CORONATION OF PETER.
Only n Few Countries WiH Participate
 in Ceremonies,

Belgrade. Sept. l9 The city is law ishlS decorated and filled with visitors uttthere is no great enthusiasm over the Approaching coronation of King Petdr which will occur Wednesday. Thei weather is cold and rainy and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20

doctor in the coal mining districts of upper Silesia thinks he has discovered in coal dust a cure for consumption, owing to its drying and disinfectng effects on the lung tubercles He was led to investigation by the fact that consumptive people com.ug from other regions to the neighborhood of the mines recovered their health.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20

The Butterfly Drill TRs butterfly drill and dance is one or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-20
Ignorant of the Law.

whether he had ever seen certain sec tions of the State Code, which define the duty of the commanding officer of a company of the Alabama National Guard, Captain Hay replied that he had not. Neither had he ever received any orders to stand an examination or had he ever stood one.
 Continuing his evidence, he said; My first orders about turning out the com pany were received through my broth er. l never gave any order to load the guns, but fixed bayonets at the arm ory."
 Captain Hay was allowed lo remain
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
VAST CAVES IN ENGLAND,
scientific investigation Of Those in
the hendip Hills.

Srelaeology" is scientific cave
huE,iEs. There is a society for that
puIl"se with headquarters in Paris
whlan recently investigated the caves
IN The Mendip hills in England. These
caNes are of vast extent, perforatins
two masses of limestone. lying on
either side of a core of old red sand
stem. forming the center OF the Men
DIPS. Some are .'swallet holes" alb
sorb.ng rivers. others stalactite cav
erns, One, called WoOkey hole. marks
the emergence, in the form of the
river Axe, of two streams "swal-
loved some miles away. One OF
these swallets is 500 feet deep. An
oth"r cave. called Swildon's hole, is
drapol with wreaths and festoons Of
pure white staactite. Lambs Lair.
on the northern side of the hills, is
the most magnificent stalactite cav
ern In Great Britain: while adjoining
WoDkey hole another chamber has
just been found with 1.200 stalactite
pendants. all of dazzling whiteness.
Ihe famous spring which gives its
name to the town of Wells is believed
to come through hidden caverns from
the higher parts of the Mendips.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
Australian Underground Lakes.

Underground lakes have been dis.
covered in the district of Eucla, in
Australia, situated thirty or forty feet
from the surface and generally con.
tanning large volumes of pure, drink.
able and usablc water. They are in
arid regions, which they will help
to fertiliZe as soon as their waters are
brought to the surface and applied.
This will open to cultivation and col
onization extended territories now
practically desert. Many Australian
rivers sink into the earth and are
lost and it is thought that the waters
Of some of them gather to form the
lakes discovered Similar phenom-
ena are found, though on less extcn-
sive scale, in France and other Euro.
pean countries, but Australia will
prObably be able to turn hers to bet.
ter account than any of them.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
SHORT SERMON FOR THE DAY.
Debt That Is Owing to the Pilsrim'
and the Pioneers,


Prov. xxx :1s-"Where there Is no WIS.,
ION. the people perish"
Thanksgiving day reminds us, year
by year, to look backward, count our
blessings and, with gratitude to the
Giver OF every good gift, to look for
ward with faith and courage to q still
better future, for the years are sure
ly bringing with them better things.
We think to-day not only of present
prosperity, but of the men who laid
the foundation for the great struc-
ture OF our national life. The Pill
grim Fathers of New England and
the Pioneer Fathers of California diff
1erent as they were in character. had
many common traits, such as love Of
liberty, dauntless determination and
especially the faculty of looking for
ward with faith and hopefulness.
They were not satisfied with the con.
dition OF affairs and they longed for
larger life. AS a result of that dis
satisfaction, coupled with a capacity
Tor work and the power to see great
possibilities in the future, we inherit
the glorious realities of our present.
day lives.
Every people that emerges from
barbarism has before it a vision of
better things. A vision of better
things came to the founders of orr
nation and state. We are grateful to
God for the vision of our fathers that
has been SO largely realized in the
magnificent achievements of our ma
tion and in the glorious growth of our
state.
Has this vision OF better things
ceased? If better things are possible
we must make them ours. This vision
also will be realized. The church
shares this optimism. Her eyes see
the great work that is hers and her
hands are ready and her heart glad:
and the vision of righteousness which
alone truly and permanently exalts a
nation is urging her to larger efforts.
for well she knows there are no "bet.
ter things" without religion, which is
itself vision of God and duty and
an enlistment in his service.
There never has been an inventor
who has not had a vision of what HE
invention would be. But Tision alone
does not accomplish much unless il
prompts to vigorous action. The In.
ventor sees the possibility and then
works for it. Through years if neccs.
sary, through many failures he pcrse.
veres. keeping the vision before him,
knowing that hrs success is not n mat.
ter of chance. No one who tries to
live without WORKING can be called
manly. The Pilgrims and the Pioneers
were not shirkers, but workers. They
were men not afraid of any task,
Deserts and mountains and perils of
land or sea, instead of daunting their
brave hearts, addcd to their eager.
ness TO press on.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
KEEP THE HEART YOUNG.
Old Age Can Be Kept at Arms
Length to the Last.

There are few better ways OF fool
ing Father Time than following the
old advice to keep the heart young"
writes Robert Webster Jones in the
Housekeeper. 1t is astonishing how
young a fellow can look and feel who
maintains fresh and lively interest
In sports and pastimes or ha" some
hobby which he can ride in leisure
moments. Anybody who has his
health can keep young. lll-health is
the only excuse for age. and even
this handicap in life's race can be
overcome in large measure by a
cheerful, contented mind.
That the length of human life Is
gradually increasing. statistics show.
1t is not increasing by leaps and
bounds, nor is there any indication
that perpetual youth shall ever be our
portion. AS we learn better how to
live. we shall live longer and happier
lives. We cannot hope to live for.
ever, and time spent in planning this
impo! sibility is time wasted.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18

To fight against the lnfdcl,
Our paladins afar have gone;
CASTOR has left the young Iselle.
Whose tender heart is his alone.
Lullaby
All how she wcpt. the poor demoiselle!
Lullaby. sleep soft and well;
Sleep. my little one, sleep!
No news has come for a whole long year.
What VOWS for her love fair Iselle pays;
Can cruel death SO far from here
Have cut off the joy of those happy
days?
All how. she trembled. the poor demoi'
Lullaby, sleep soft and WE'LL
Sleep, my little one, sleep.
When alas there comes to the fair Iselle
Rumors frightful. and dread to hear,
That the bones of the knights who In
battle fell
Are white on the sand OF the deser,
drear.
All, how she died the poor demoiselle!
Lullaby. sleep soft and well:
Sleep, my little one. sleep.
The morrow came. CASTOR. woe to tell.
Faithfully seeking his fair young bride:
Tive me. Oh. give me. my 1scllc.
You jealous walls that her beauty hide.
Lullaby
She is no more thy poor demoiselle!
Lullaby, sleep soft and well.
sleep. my little one. sleep!
Isabel Francis Bellows. after tho
French. in Boston Transcript.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
Coffee Not at First Appreciated

knowledge of the taste and value
OF coffee spread but slowly. so that
it was not until the middle of the six
teenth century that it reached Con.
stantinople. Here it melted the Bit
ter hostility of the priests. An ex-
Ccssiye tax was imposed upon coffee
houses, Notwithstanding which they
hoCrished and extended. After the
lapse of another hundred years cof
fee reached Great Britain. where it
was introduced by one Edwards. a
British merchant long resident in
turkey. The first coffee house in
London was opened by his Greek serv-
ant. Pasqua Rossie, in 1852. and the
introduction of the beverage into Eng
land met with the same opposition as
in the East.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
GAME OF TURKEY QUESTIONS
Pastime That Will Help to Round ou.
Pleasant Cav

For the game of turkey questions
get together twice as MANY blank
cards, carte dc visite size, as Won
have players. We VIII say that the
number of the company is twenty
persons. In this case you will need
forty cards. On twenty of them write
questions relating to Turkey and the
Turks. On the other remaining
twenty write answers to these oues.
tions. The questions can be taken
from any good book on the subject
but care should be used in selecting
such as the average American could
be required to know.
When the forty cards have been
written, put the questions in one bowl
and the answers in another. The
question bowl is passed. and each
player in turn takes a card from it.
The answers bowl follows. and all
players dip into this also. If a plaver
thinks he has received from the an.
swers bowl an answer to his question
he retains the cards in hand and
ceases to play. But if he considers
that the answer he holds belongs 10
some other question he returns the
card to the bowl it came from and
draws again. No consultation with
regard to cards is allowed Question
cards cannot be returned. All play.
ers who succeed in answering their
questions correctly draw among
themselves for a nicely illustrated
book Of travels in Turkey
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
Power of Light.

The extraordinary resuscitating
power of light recently received a
curious Illustration in the silver mines
at Laurium. A mine had been aban.
dOned 1000 years, and the seed OF
some poppies was found beneath the
Stag OF species which had disap.
peared for twenty centuries. The Stag
beng removed. in a short time the
entire space was covered with the
most gorgeous show of poppies. After
their twenty centuries rest they had
blooncd as vigorously as ever with.
ont air or water