davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-13

dad than there is on any man ever
nursed. Wen, dad asst me What ,,ss
sood Tor Dlisters, and / told him lime
Juice was the best thing. so he sent
me 70 get some lines. They are a
little sour thing, like a lemon and
told him TO cut one i'm two and soak
the juice on his head and face and
went to supper. cause dad looked so
dis-eputablc he wouldn't go 10 fba
dining room. When bought the
LINES the man gave me a green per
simmon, and of course dad got the
pcrsimmon instead of the lime. and
when / came back to orr room after
supper dad was in bed yelling for a
doctor Say, YOU know how a persim-
mon Fuckers your mouth up when you
eat II Wen. dad had Just sopped
himself with persimmOn juice, and
his head was puckered up like the hide
Of an elephant and his face and
cheeks We're drawn around sideways
and wrinkled so / was scarf / gave
him mirror 10 look at hisself, and
when he got one look ne said: Hen
merry. 1t is all over with your dad, you
might just as well call in a lawyer 10
take my measure for will and an
undertaken 10 fill me with stuff so I
viii keep till they get me home BY eN-
press with handles on. What was that
you called that fruit / sopped my head
with?' and he grOaned like he was at
revival. Well. / told him he had
used the persimmon instead of the
lime juice / told him TO. and that I
would cure him, so / got a cake OF
dog soap and laundered dad, and put
on stuff TO take the swelling out, and
the next day he began 10 notice things.
Ii would have been all right only
chamDeTmaid told somebody the mean
old man with the pretty bOy in al had
the smallpox. and that settled il. You
know in a hotel they are Offal sensi-
tive about smallpox, cause all the
boarders viii leave if a man has
pimple on hisself, so they made dad
and I go into quarantine in a hen
house for week, and dad said it was
all my fault trying TO get him 10 raise
hair like Rockefeller Well, ] must go
home and explain to ma how l lost my
hair and eye-winkers. II 1 was in
your place l would take little tar
and put it on where your hair was be-
fore the explosion" and the bad boy
went out. leaving the old groceryman
drawing some tar out of the barrel. on
TO "A piece Of brown paper, and dab
bling it on his head with his finger
Copyright, 1904 by Joseph B. Bowles-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-13
Peck's Bad Boy Abroad
lie oId groceryman ,had a var

The old groceryman had a war map
spread out on the counter, and for
on hour ne had stood up in front of
it reading a morning paper. with his
thumb on Port Arthur. his fingers COW
vering the positions occupied by the
japanese. and Russian forces in Man
churia. and his face working worse
than the face of the car eating a
caviar sandwich and ordering troops
to the far east, at the same time shy
ing at dynamite bombs of nihilists.
There was crash in front of the gro
Gerry and the old man jumped behind
a barrel, thinking Port Arthur had
been blown up, and the Russian feet
torpcdoed.
Hello. Matsuraa. you young mon
key" said the old man. as the bad boy
burst the door open and rushed in
with shovel at shoulder arms, and
came 10 present arms in front of the
old man. who came from behind the
barrel and acknowledged the salute.
Say. now. honest, did you put that
chunk of ice in the stove the day you
shipped out last?"
Sure Mike" said the boy as he ran
the shovel under the cat that was
sleeping by the stove. and tossed her
into a barrel of dried apples. 4 want
ed TO demonstrate to you old Michael
ovitski, the condition of things at
Nladivostok. where you candle-eating
Russians are bottled up i'm the ice. and
where we Japanese ave going to make
you put on your skates and get away
u Siberia. What are you doing with
the map of the seat of war?''
"Oh, was only trying to figure out
the plan of campaign. and find out
where the Japanese would go to when
they are licked" said the old man.
This thing is worrying me. l want
to see Russia win. and l think our
government ought to send them all the
emhalmed beef we had left from the
war with Spain, but If we did you
monkey japanese would capture il,
and nave a military funeral over il,
and go on eating fish and rice. When
this country was in trouble, i'm 1864,
the Russians sent a fleet of Warships
to New York and notified all Europe
TO stand back and look pleasant, and.
by the great horn spoons. L am going
to staud 10y Russia tr bust. | would
like 10 he over there at Port Arthur
and witness An explos lon of a torpedo
under something. Egad. but I glory in
the smell OF gunpowtier. Now. say,
here is Port Arthur, By this barrel OF
dried apples, and there is Muskapata
by the ak handle barrel, see?'
Well. you and I are just alike" said
the boy Let's have a sham battle,
right here in the grocery. Get down
that can of powder
'Tain't against the law. is it?'' said
the old man as ne handed down a tin
canister of powder. L want excite
ment. and valuable information, but I
don't want TO undIIly excite the neigh
boris"
oh, don't worry about the neigh
bors." said the boy. as he poured a
little powder under the barrel of dried
apples. Now, as, you say. this is Port
Arthur This chest of OOlOng tea rep
resents a Japanese cruiser outside the
harbor. This box of goldfish represents
a Russian fort. see2 and the stove rep
reseuts a Russian cruiser This barrel
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-13

up his elbow to ward off any possible
descending barrel or stove lid. Il now
realize the truth of General Sherman's
remark that war is hell. Gosh. how ii
smarts where the skin is burnt off.
Give me some of that salad OIL and
the old man sOpped the oil on his face
and head, ard the boy rubbed his lips
and ears. and. they looked at each
other and tried TO smile two cracked
and wrinkled and scorched smiles,
across the counter at each other.
Now. you little Japanese monkey. L
hope you are satisfied. after you have
wrecked my store, and fitted me for
the hospital. and l want you TO get out
of here, and never come back. By gin
ger. | know when I have got enough
war. They can settle that affair at
Mukden, or Holoyahoo, or any old
place. / wash my hands of the whole
business. Git, you SpitZ. What did
you pour SO much powder around the
floor for? All wanted was a little in
nOoent illustration of the horrors Of
war. not an explosion
That's what | wanted, too" said
the boy, as he looked up on the top
shelf at the cat. that was licking her
self where the hair used TO be. How
aid | know that powder would burn so
quick? Say, you are unreasonable. Do
you think i Will goADff and leave you
to die here under the counter of blood
poisoning, like a dog that has eaten
a loaded sausage? Never, / am going
10 nurse you through this thing, and
bring you out as good as new. / know
how you feel towards me. Dad felt
the same way towards me, down in
Florida, the time he got skun. You
old people don't seem to appreciate a
boy that tries to teach you useful mol
lig" F
What about your dad getting skun
in Florida? 1 never heard about it,
said the old groceryman. as he took a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-13

his head and he played golf bare
headed and in two weeks had 20 have
his hair cut with lawn mower.
cause it made his brain ache Dad
said if Rockefeller could raise hair by
the sunshine method he could. and he
threw his straw nat overheard, and
began 10 fish i'm the sun for FISH and
hair. Well. you'd a dide to see dads
head after the blisters began TO raise
First. he thought the biisterS was hair.
but when we, got back to the hotel and
he looked in a glass. he see it wasn't
hair worth cent. His head and face
looked like one Of these hippopota-
muses., and dad was mad. If ! could
have got dad in q side show ! could
have made a barrel of money, but he
won't never make a show Of hisself,
not even to make money. he is 50
proud. There ia more proud flesh On
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-13

hand mirror and looked at his burned
face.
Why. that was when we first got
down there" said the boy, looking at
the old man and laughing. Gee! but
You would make boy. laugh if his lips
were chapped. You look like a CREASED
pig at a barbecue. Well, when we
struck Florida, and dad got so he
could assimilate high balls, and eat
oranges OF the trees. like "A GRAF. he
said he wanted to go fishing and get
tanned up, so we hired a boat and
l rowed while dad flshed. I asst him
why he didn't try that new prescrip-
ton TO raise hair on his bald head that
j read Of in a magazine, to go bare
headed in the sun. He asst me if any
body ever raised hair on bald head
that way, and ! told him about Mr..
Rockefeller. who had only one hair on
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-13

Ro tAe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-24
DUN'S REPORT.
Trade Expands as the
Confidence Increases.
Less Idle Machinery Than at
Any Recent Date.
Gains Continue to Be Made by TEXTILE
Industry.

New York, Sept. 23.-R. G. DIM G.
COS. weekly review of trade. tomnr-
row. viii say:
Trade expands steadily, as confidence
Increases with the harvesting of the
crops and mercantile collections are
less tardily met. Lower temperature
stimulates the demand for fall and
winter wearing apparel This improve
mont is extending to all departments of
manufacture and in the aggregate
tncr. is less idle machinery than at
any recent date. Settlements of labor
disputes have helped in the develop
mrnt of this favorable condition. Rail-
way earnings for september We're 81
per cent. larger than a year ago and
foreign commerce. at this port for the
last week, shows a gain of s.. 941 ,6S7 in
exports, AZ compared with 1908, al
though imports decreased $ll3,06l
There is no evidence Of anxiety
among consumers Of iron and steel to
place laIge orders or to secure quick
delivery. yet the tonnage gradually
EXPANDS ana it is evident that the low
est point of the depression has passed.
Nnd"rate gains continue to be made
ny the textile INDUSTRIES, i''il
rs to WoolenS and WorStedS. Staples
are quoted somewhat higher AVID
PROMPT deliveries are urged by pur-
chaScrS.
Increased activity al the mills has
hcInnd to sustain the eastern markets
for wool and brisk competition ut tn"
London auction sale was also Il factor
of Importance. Irregularity in cotton
goods must be attributed to an errhtiC
demand that emenateS from uncertain
IT, regarding the raw material
Exports to China suffered a decrease,
somewhat. while better demand from
In liz Was reported. Fall River spin
ucra ar" buying Il little raw material
and it is thought that tn" strike WI
soon terminate. but Their" IS no oftiri 4
statement III the situation. Lev I
grades Of html1ck sole leather "r'
still active ana other lines are stead.
but quiet. Boot and shoe iobbers ~"
seeking to place supplementary or'i""s
for fall SHOES STIMULATING quick d,iiN-
ery. which indicates that their holdi1 gs
arc small Staple lines attract much
attention ana some advances are again
noted III quotations.
Failures this week. aggregate -
in the United States. against 80. las
year. and 30 in Canada compared with
10 "A year ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-24
THE SPECIAL TRAIN
Left Bar Harhor at p. M. Thursday
With a Large Party.

Bar IIarbor. Me. Sept. 23.-The Spe-
cial train bearing His Grace. the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, which was
wrecked at East Brookfied. Mass.
early Friday. left Mt. Desert Ferry a,
& o'clock, Thurs lay night. direct 70,
Washington. ID. c.. via Portland. WOr-
ceSter. Albany and Philadelphia. He
will b" the guest of Bishop Saterlee
until next Monday. when he will return
to New York. His Grace was accom-
panied by mis- wife, Mrs. Davidson.
Rev. Mr.. Ellison. vicar Of Windsor. and
Rev. Mr.. Holden. who have composed
his party since leaving England. also
J. Pierpont Morgan Of New York. MI.
Morgan returned. Thursday. from a
business trip to Boston in order to ;tc
company the archbishop on his special
train.
His Grace has been the guest OF Rev.
William Lawrence, bishop of Macso.
chusetts, since Friday, Sept. 16. Pre-.
v;ous to that he was at Northeast IIar-
Dor a week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-24
A WARNING
Given With Prophetic
Utterance by Redmond.
The Irish Race Is Slowly Slip
ping from Its Moorings.
Makes Appeal for Irish Americans to
Aid Old Country.

chicago. Sept. 23.-To an audience of
his countrymcn that filed every sedt
in In" Auditorium. John L. Redmond,
Irish Nationalist, has uttered this
warning:
our race IS slipping from its moor
insS- It is dying. Ii we are passive
ana inactive Ireland will cease to he
the home of the Celt. There ave more
CID men and little children and fewer
young men and women in that island
than my other country on ea:th. The
death Of the race can only hc WaracI
"ff ~ acting in the living present. We
must not neglect an opportunity"
Then n" made this prediction:
We shall seize our opportunities.
Before the oldest man in the audience
IS dead Ireland will have won good
II assure Of self government"
MI. Redmond declared he wanted to
tax" back 10 Ireland with him $50o6O
subscribed by Irish Americans. Fol-
lowing his plea. Chairman John +; Fin
crtE announced that sympathetic Chi
Gag" iri3hmen already had subscribed
5000.
resolutions We're adopted declaring
tEaf IN" certain fixed. and positive
"'h'ahd IF tho Irish people is and for
ever snail he home rule for Ireland. "
IL WIS explained that by home rule
WAS meant the vesting of the govern
nen' 81 Ireland in Parliament as
se'ii''td upon the soil of Ireland in
ucpthueht Of alien influence
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-24
IN SOUTHWEST AFRICA.
Looks as If Germany Had Long Cam
paian on Hands.

Berlin. Sept 23.-Three officers OF
the Typographical department of the
general staff will leave here on their
way to Southwest Africa, Sept. 30, I"
conduct a typographical survey and
make new maps of the country. it iElv-
ing been shown by the present cam
aicn that the existing maps of the
German possessions in the region are
quite inadequate.
A detachment Of the railway bat
TALON. which Will sail on the sam"
Steamer. will. after improving the
landing facilities. take III, the CON
structioi nf Il railway line III the rear
of the ;'2mE.
These steps are taken t. Indicate a
belief thlt the authorities have a long
campaign on their hands, which opin-
iru il strengthened by reports from
tar" Town ol further uprsings by the
natives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-24
LIKE A FLASH
Came a Hard Knock from Coffee

It's Il simple matter to satisfy s"nsi-
BILE. thinking people by Il 10 days trial
of Postum III plac" Of coffee, for if il is
coffee causes the illness. an almost i'm
mediate chang" takes place The Oh
coffee ailS. sluggiShneSS. insomnia. Lack
OF en-. rgA stomach troubles, sai'ow
skin. headaches. and all the others,
Whatsoever form the nerves drciI"
upon. when they are thrown out If
balanrr by coffee. begin to leave and
its only 4 question Of 4 short tim"
when Postum Will rnd them all ANA
bring back health.
81 had drank coffee every morning
in and out of season until two years
ago when all of Il sudden my stomac h
rcbcllcd ana shortly thereafter be
came i nervous wreck. couldn't eat a
bite without intense suffering. ! lost
most All my flesh ANA WaS practically
STRIVING because | couldn't get any
good out of what little food did eat.
zone morning when in this wretch
cdly run down condition | read :,
maya zine article about Postum Food
coffee AMI the cas-" seemed 50 much
like mine | sent out ana got pack
age. Al that tim" almost nothing
would Stay on my stomach but tn"
first cup If Postum wife made for me-
seemed 10 warm and n,urfsh me clear
to my finger tips ami this delightful
glow Of Well fed feeling continued. For
til" first five or SiX days the Postum
was all could Keep on my stomach
or even take at all without great
suffering. but l got better so fast
added other foods gradually and kept
gaining strength and flesh until now |
can eat hearty meal and really enjoy
life once more | know if was Pos tum
that saN'd me from starving to death
when my stomach had been ruined bv
coffee.
know lots of folks don't make
Postum right but it takes ONLY Is min
utAs boiling to make it perfecp ac-
cordins to the directions Then III
! better than the hest coffee Name
!, given by Postum CO.. Battle Creek
: Mich.
Ten days trial of Postum, nrovas
!; whether on not it's the coffee burts Won
t Get the little book The rood +,
WellNilie" in each package
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-24

81 contracted a severe cold several
years ago, which from neglect developed
into urinary trouble, and threatened
Bright's disease. I used Peruna faith
fully for three and one-half months,
when my health was perfect once more.
have never had any trouble since."-
o. Fred Lindstrom.
Catarrhal inflammation Of the mucous
lining Of the kidneys. also called
" Brght's disease" may he either acute
or chronic. The acute form produces
symptoms of such prominence that the
serious nature of the disease is at once
suspected, but the chronic variety may
come on so gradually and insidiously
that its presence is not suspected until
after it has fastened itself thoroughly
upon its victim.
At the appearance Of the first symp-
tom P"runa should be taken. This REM
edy strikes at once at the very root of
the disease.
A book on catarrh sent free by The
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-24
IN A WRECK.
Continued from page ~

plate glass mirrors in the cars We're
bl oxen as We're also several of the
breakfast dishes. MIR. Morgan was
suddenly thrown forward but was not
pitched from his seat. The members
Of the archbishop's party we're also
badly shaken up. but none except a
maid was injured. She was slightly
cut i'm the race.
Soon after the car came to {. stand
still, Mr.. Morgan Went to the station
and sent several messages. Wh.n
asked as to the effect Of the collision
on those in the cars, ne said:
There was an accident and no on.
was injured. Get this over the wires
as soon as possible-that no one WAS
injured"
The archbishop and PARTY did not
leave the cars until just before the
journey wos resumed. DR.. Davidson
had nothing to say, but his secretary.
Rev. Mr.. Ellison, in q brief statement
said that no one had been hurt He
also gave Il list of the occupants of tn.
special.
As soon as news of the collision
spread through the village some one
turned in an alarm Of fire and the East
i;roOkfcld apparatus FASTENED to the
lHilr'ad yards hut their services were
no; needed. Several physicians also
went /" the station not knowing but a
ee"ious accident had occurred
The easthound track was cleared IN
IN hour and q half ami the westboIlnd
trock Just before 10 o'clock. Tn.
railroad officials sent ii combination To-
rumotive and coach known as the
"Rerk shire observation car to draw
the two special cars to Albany
Al the invitation Of the superintend-
ent Of the road. the archbishop ana
party and Mr.. Morgan Went on board
the observation car ana the journey of
the special was resumed at 80.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-24

Mr.. GEORGE KING, Deputy Sheriff
AVA OF Rensselaer, Co., N. V, for years
was well known merchant Of Troy.
IN letter from No. As King ST., Troy,
N. Y, he writes:
"Peruna cured me from what the
doctors we're afraid would turn into
brIghrs Disease, after l had suffered
with catarrh of the bladder and kidney
trouble.
"Peruna is blessing to a sick man.
Eight bottles made me we'll man and
were worth more than a thousand dol
lars to me. 1 cannot speak too highly
Of it. 1t is now four years since was
troubled, and 1 have enjoyed perfect
health since."-George King.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-24
CHIEF JOSEPH'S CAREER
Was Cause Of Gen. Miles Coming into
Public Prominence.

Butte. Mont. Sept. 23.-The death Of
Chief Joseph of the NeZ Perccs, which
occurred. yesterday. closes the career
of one of the greatest figures in the
cary days of Indian campaigning in
Montana. Chief Joseph sprang into
prominence as q result Of raid made
by the Nez Perccs under him in 1871,
when. with about 300 of his followers.
Chief Joseph. making desperate efforts
to- resist the encroIchm"utS of the
whites uron his lands in Wiilowa Val
ley Iaan", went upon the warpath.
rlassarriug tn" settlers If N-illown
Valley. chief Joscph's last battle was
in the Scar Paw mountains. where IL
was trapped by Cen. Nelson a Mills $.
1t WAS this battl" that brought g n.
Miles Prominently before the public.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-24
REV. S. |. cURTiSS, D. D.
Demise of Prominent Chicago Divine
at London.

London, Sept. 23.--Rev. Samuel Ives
Curtiss. d. d., professor of Old Tesla
ment literature and interpretation at
the Chicago Theological Seminary.
died NJ st. Rarthclomew's hospital
here. Thursday evening. He went to
see his London publishers. Thursday
morning and while in their office. suf-
fered a stroke of appoleXy. He never
recovered consciousness.
Chicago. Ills, Sept. 23.-Dr. Samuel
Ives Curtiss, who died. Thursday even
ing, in London. was senior professor of
the Chica go Theological Seminary and
n leading Presbyterian churchman of
the West.
A letter from Zurich. Switzerland.
last Wednesday. told Of an indisposi-
ton which prevented the delivery of
gress of Basel. DR.. Curtiss went from
there to London. intending to sail on
Sept. "a. for New York.
DR.. Curtiss was returning from Sy-
ria whore he had spent several months
annually since 1898 in the study Of
primitive Semitic religions. He loft
Chicago i'm juno. aud III spite Of his
advanced age. 60 years. made the jour
nov alone.
For 70 wears Dr. Curtiss occupied tho
chair Of Old Testament cxegesis in III"
seminary. During the last six years Of
his liz. he also wac president of thu
Citv Missionary Society.
HesidoG several trarslations he has
The body Of Dr.. Curtiss will he taken
"a the United Stnt"S on the Atlanti.
TRANSPORT liner Minneapolis. which is
T" sill from London for New York
Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-24
SHOT BY RIOTERS.
Deputy at GIass2crt. Pa, Nailed by
Strikers.

pittsbure. Pa. Sept &C W. Find
lar deputy guarding the property of the
Pittsburg Steel Cos. plant at Glassport,
rot which broke out between about .
rrri,,cre and the same number Of mon
fH1,,,rIovad in the mill and deputies. Two
rni,-mnion men employed il tn" plant
80 hadJv beaten with clubs and stones.
N-ra,aro,,s nictol shots were exchanged
, fore The deputies succeeded in scatter
in En .,'s strike has been in progress for sew
eral months and tr Fgenr has rDs ar bsp IN
nui nr Of the strikers. and as the Dor
l.s,, has little police protection. dtHcnl-
QUIZ h,I boeT, exn1 rien'ed in keeping dawn
The disturbances.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-24
TRANSATLANTIC RATES
Discussed by Some Prominent Lines
at Frankfort en- the Main.

Frankf fort ON the Main. Sept %.
Herr Bal!in. director general Of tn"
Hamburg American Line. Herr Vie
gand. director general of the North
German Lloyd Line. and Herr c.
Plate. president of that line. j. VII
mick Of tho Italian Steamship C".. Of
Genoa. and a. & J. G. Reuse HIN. Of tn.
Uolland-American Steamship 90, h"l'!
= meeting here. toda| to discuss the
transatlantic passenger rates.
Pre- ced:ng tho conference Her"en
Palm. Wiorand and Plate hal a long
interview with Chpn"' llor Won Bucl1V
IT Horburg. at which the German
governments desires in the matter
were presumably explained.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-24
Fifty Against Two.

1t Is not reasonable to expect two
weeks Of outing to i, ercone the efrcc1s
Of fifty weeks Of confinement.
Take n bottle of floods Sarsaparii.a
along with you. Three doses, daily of
this great tonic will do more than any
thing else to refresh your blood, over
come your tired feeling, improve your
appetite, and make your sleep easy and
-octful