davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29

he and Faust would have discussed the
local politics. He would have danced
the children on his knee, have told them
tales about the war-taught the elder
boy to shoot. Faust, with Il practical
man like Valentine to help him, would
probably have invented a. new gun. Val
entine would have gotit taken up. Things
might have come of it. Sybil, in course
of time, would have married and settled
down-perhaps have taken a little house
near to them; watched Marguerite grow
ing stout. He and Marguerite would
have joked-when Mrs. Sybil was not
around-about his early infatuation.
The old mother would have toddled
over from Nurnberg-not too often, just
for the day. The picture grows upon
one the more one thinks of it. Why
did it never occur to them? There would
have. been a bit of a bother with the
Old Man. I can imagine Mephis-
/ topheles being upset about it, thinking
( himself SWindled. OF course if that was
the reason-ff Faust said to himself: Il
should like to marry the girl, but I
won't do it; it would not be fair to the
old man; he has been to a lot of trou-
bic working this thing UP; in common
gratitude I cannot turn round now ana
/ behave like a decent sensible man. It
would not be playing the game II
! this was the way Faust looked at the
matter there is nothing more to be said.
] Indeed. it shows him in a rather nne
4 light, noble, if quixotic. If OH the other
hand ne looked at the question from the
point of view of himself and the girl, 1
think the thing might have been man
/ aged. All one had to do in those days
1 when one wanted to get rid Of the
/ Devil was to show him sword hilt.
Faust and Marguerite could be slipped
into a church one morning. and have
/ kept him out of the way with a sword
I hit till the ceremony was through.
4 They might have hired small boy.
/ You see the gentleman in red. Well,
he wants us and we don't want him.
+ That is the only difference between US.
Now. you take this sword and when
you see him coming show him the hilt.
I Don't hurt him, just show him the
sword and shake your head. He will
understand" The old gentleman's eX-
preston, when subsequently Faust pre-
/ scented him to Marguerite, would have
been interesting: ALLOW mel Ny wife
NY dear IA friend of mine You may
remember meeting him that night at
{ your aunt's."
As I have said there would have
been ructions; but I do not myself see
what could have been done. There
was nothing in the bond to the effect
that Faust should not marry, so far as
we are told The Old man had a sense
Of humor My own opinion is that,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29

get, that is. he don't at sea. His games
to say fire. It's only when he gets
ashore that he's got to figure on maxim
a bulls eye. His times took up dopin
out how to make a ten strike at the
navy department. Then he gets his
salary roze an sews on another gold
to say fire. He Just raises his finger
an some other fellow says It for him.
The boy with the pants keeps watch
He watches that nobody don't disturb
the other fellow. Of course, know
that from the standpoint of decently
proportioned finance there ain't nothin'
in keeDin' a watch. A fellow like Nc
Curdy'd scout such an idea. There's
nOthin' to it. But you've got to re-
member that they don't have the same
chances at sea They've got to con-
fine their operations to their opDor-
toonities.
Just the same, all the world loves
sailor. He's a good thing. There's
always lots Of people ready to love a
good thing. A man once asst sailor
if he'd seen Hazel since he come
ashore, an because the boy with the
pants says (which Hazel ?" they
started in chargin that all sailors had
a girl in every port. They've got their
failin's. of course, but 1 want to tip
you off that they're on the level. An
if they have got a sweetheart in every
the best of It. If any of EN- has
sweethearts in the port of Moo York
the chances is that that sixteen per
vanishes quicker than the Equitable
dividends when Willie makes a break
for Broa dWay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29

in over. Amt congress appropriated
a whole thousand dollars to entertain
EN-? Why, of course. You'll hear
lot of people kickin' about it an say
ing it's absurd. Some says they can't
even put UP all the DENNY tasses for
a Hyde dinner for a thousand dollars
but what do the people want? Where
would the congressional committee
come in for their pickins if they was
to give all the dough away? Wait till
the bunch lands an see what comes
of it. The submarine crew will head
for the Rathskellers an therell be
such a minglin' of English an Amer
lean tars as never was seen before
What's more. they'll all have the same
sort of pants on. The only way you'll
tell the difference is when one guy
says: My word" an the other says
DO tell" They'll give the prince the
time of his life. They'll show him the
Brooklyn Bridge, the moo bridge, the
insurance house where rents is Low.
an all the other sights, includin' the
Republican candidate for mayor. I'll
bet when he goes home he'll admit he
never see such a thing in his life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29

Wouldn't you get a better line on the
Sage Of Princeton if he was to wear a
Lindsey WOOlsey petticoat, a pair of
spectacles an a white linen cap with
rufdes on it? Why, certainly
The great handicap in goin' into the
navy is that a fellow don't get the
proper trainin'. They fix him up strong
on gymnastics, but weak on handshakin'.
If a fellow goes to sea after he's had
the proper business principles drilled
into him, it's another matter. He don't
forget 'em. He may be all right. But
If he starts out by goin' to sea he amt
never fit for nothin' else afterwards. He
don't get his nut screwed on right. First
crack out of the box he starts in tellin'
the truth; if a guy asks him a question
he sails in an passes out some facts;
if he owes a dollar he pays it. What
are you goin' to do? How can anybody
win out on any such lines as these on
shore? There amt q chance in a million.
Mind you, I'm not alludin' to the star
boarder's watch with the gold lace an
brass bindins. These guys catch on
before they ever set foot on a ship. They
train them at Annapolis. But the boy
with the pants is different. You see,
there's several classes in the navy just
the same as there is out of it. There's
the fellow that gets the coin an don't
do nOthin' an the fellow that does the
work an don't get nOthin' One says
Port your helm.'' an the other says
AYE, aye, sir" One says "fire," an
the other hits the target That's the
difference. You see, If the first guy
didn't say fire, the boy with the pants
wouldn't dare to shoot off no gun an
there wouldn't be no target hit. That's
where the gold lace bunch is great. An
tbat'e v-h"~a the wise boy knows his
business He don't have TO hit no tar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29

At the dinner which George Harvey
gave i'm New York in honor Of Mr.. White
and Baron Rosen a young Russian officer
was seated beside II, H. Rogers Il adj
rlire your country" said 5he Russian
ssbecaiise it Is SO peaceful. Politicians.
financfers the laboring classes, business
men, ministerial dwell amicably to-
gether, one happy family,
Mr.. Rogers laughed. zone happy fam
iIy," he said Eyes; such a happy family
as p. T. Barnum. our great Snowman,
used to exhibit The family consisted Of
a lion. a bear, a wolf and a lamb, all pen
ned together in one cage
50 Remarkable, a visitor said one day to
Mr. Barnum Remarkable impressive,
Instructive. And how long have these
animals dwelt together in this way2
% Seven months, BarnuIn answered,
but the lamb has occasionally to be re-
newed.' New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29
Discounts on the Sailor aud His Trousers;
also Equitable Dividends

bank director. It's the same with
walters an Chicago gentlemen. In the
restaurants you couldn't tell the differ
ence if the gentlemen didn't wear their
hats. OF course, in the theayters you
can spot the gentlemen out from the
ushers because the ushers is Wearin'
these red chest protectors acrost their
shirt fronts. You see. this question of
sailor pants, as such may not be fig
ured out as very important, but as
shown how things is, there's more to
it than you might think. This idea of
havin dress fixed up so you know what
a guy is, amt a bad idea, only it amt
carried far enough. Take for instance
Perpetual Parkhurst. Would ANYBODY
believe he was q regular .parson if he
didn't wear the proper co4lar2 Not on
your life. He's got to wear the collar
to tip the people off. Otherwise, he'd
be took for a high class ward leader
an would have to let it go at that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29

cent, hard working women in Nurr-
berg more entitled to the ticket. VVhyy
Is It that all these years we have been
content to accept Marguerite IS 8 fvpa
OF innocence and virtue?
The explanation is, I suppose, that
Goethe wrote at a time when Il was
the convention to regard all women a.
good. Anything "a petticoats was vir-
tuous II she did wrong It was always
somebody else's fault. Cherchez Ia
Femme was q later notion. In the days
OF Goethe it was always ChsFchea
Phomme. It was the mans fault. IL
was the devils fault. It was anybody's
fault you liked, but not hers. The con-
Yentton has not yet died out. I was
reading the other day q most interest
ing book by a brilliant American auth-
Dress. Seeing live far away from the
lady's haunts, venture to mention
names. am speaking OF Patience
SparhaWk" by Gertrude Anterior.
take this book because it is typical of a
large body OF fiction. Miss Sparhawk
lives a troubled life; it puzzles her. She
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29

tempt with poison (frustrated). C4)
same by hanging (frustrated), (5)
suicide by revolver, (effective).
"On the date agreed upon you will
receive a note giving my whereabouts,
and on arriving there you will find my
dead body and the last article as in
Dictated. I beg you to believe this is
not an attempt at a grim practical
joke. If you carry out your part, 1
will mine"
The editor replied in the paper itself
that it was perfectly willing to treat
with the would-be suicide, but that
before closing it made it a condition
to be allowed to have an opportunity
of dissuading the writer from his for
lorn and bizarre project.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29

jewels and accepts the young mans
arm for a moonlight promenade. And
when it does enter her innocent head
that he and she have walked that
shady garden long enough, what does
she do when she has said goodbye
and shut the door2 She opens the
ground floor window and begins to
sing. Maybe I am not poetical, but
I do like justice. When other girls
do these things. they get called names.
7 do not see why this particular girl
should be held up as an ideal. She
kills her mother: according to her own
account it appears to have been an
accident It is not an original line Of
defense and we are not allowed to
hear the evidence for. the prosecution
She also kills her baby. You are not
to blame her for that, because at the
time she was feeling poorly. don't
see why this girl should have a spe-
ciaI line of angels to take her up to
heaven. There must have been de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29
PRACTICAL SUICIDE.
Strange Suggestion to Treat With Man
10 Kill Himself.
Copyright. 1865 by Central News and

Copyright, 1905, by Central News and
Press Exchanged
Paris, Oct. 2S.-The editor of one of
the most widely read of the Paris
morning papers received this week the
following letter, whose practical spirit
at least entities the author to respect:
Dear Sir have tried hard to con-
tinue living. but I cannot. Before I
die I viii report to you the sad life I
have led since my dear wife ran away
with a man still less worthy of her
than myself. leaving me with a little
boy whom I adore, but whom, unfor-
tunately, I cannot support I cannot,
for have tried too often; I seemed
a marked man.
I'm order to compass the double OBJ
ject of Kidding the earth of a useless
encumbrance and of providing for the
support and partial education of my
bow. I make you the following propo-
sition: I will write you five articles,
which shall appear at intervals of four
DAYS. and shall deal with: % The
psychology of an imminent suicide, CD
the instinct not to live, 60 suicidal at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29

Berlin. oct. 2S.-The question of
abolishing the sword of infantry Off
GERS, at least in campaigns. is being
discussed IT is pointed out that the
TransvaaI war demonstrated that the
sword is an remembrance to the Off
Ger who puts himself at the head of
his men; besides, the reflection from
the steel attracts the attention or the
enemy. Some military critics assert
that as weapon it has become use
less, the cases of hand-to-hand fight
ing being very few in modern warfare.
It is recalled that in the China cam
naign many German officers left their
swords with their luggage, so as not
to be hindered in their movements.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29

~ often, when reading high
class literature. 1 put it to
myself again the other even
ing, during a performance of Faust.
Why could not Faust have married the
girl? I would not have married her
myself for any consideration; but that
is not the argument. Faust, apparent
~, could not see anything amiss with
her. Both of them were mad about each
other Yet the idea of a quiet, unosten-
tatious marriage with a weeks honey
moon, say in Vienna, followed by a
neat little cottage orne. not too far from
Nurnbefg, so that their friends could
have come out to them, never seems to
have occurred to either Of them. There
could have been a garden and darguer-
lite might have kept chickens and a
COW. That sort of girl, brought up to
hard work and by no means too well ed
ucated, is all the better FOR having
something to do. Later, with the grad
ual arrival of the family, a good all
round woman might have been hired in,
to assist. Faust, OF course, would have
had his study ana got to work again;
that would have kept him out of further
mischief The idea that a brainy man,
his age, was going to be happy with
nothing to do all day but fool round
after a Detticoat was ridiculous from
the beginning. Valentifle-a good fellow
Valentine with nice ideas-would have
spent his Saturdays to Mondays with
them Over a pipe and q glass of wine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29

they're different They're the same
gent but a different brand. Sailors
pants is the same the world over
What's more the Wearers is proud of
EN-. There amt a sailor that ever
as he would fight for his flag. He don't
mind If he don't get no brass buttons;
you can cut off his grub an he won't
do nothin' but growl, but if you try to
take away his pants you'll get all the
trouble that's comm to you. He won't
stand for it. Them pants is his trade
mark. You wouldn't know he was
sailor at all If he didn't have EN-.
You'd Just as likely take him for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29

the people likes sailors they like EN-
as a body, as we'll as by themselves.
Look how the public looks up to the
Navy. Here, for instance, is these
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29

= HEN you hear so many
people wailin' about how
"a a they can't manage to live,
WV how things is gettin' worse
an worse how everythin'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29
The MacuIafed Heroine
By JEROME K. JEROME
TCopyright 1906 by centr al News Press Exchanged

HAT is wrong with mar
kriage anyhow? I find myself
q pondering this question so
wv often, when reading high
class literature. 1 put it to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-19
Fruit and the Fever.

The Mobile Register admits that New Orleans got the fever because it's quarantine officers kept banana ships but three days before they permitted them to land their cargoes. Mobile has adopted five-day detention rule, whereas New Orleans now considers six days none too many. It is always hest to be on the safe side in matters relating to the public health.
 But the Register insists that Mobile is doing her full duty because 1t com pels banana ships to unload their stun sixteen miles below Mobile, from which point it is lightered to Mobile. This plan may save Mobile from some risks of infection, but it does not in any manner lessen the risks that the bananas bring to the interior. Those risks consist in the importation or ac- CumulaIlOn OI bJeSOils iuo oiu eASAs distribution throughout the country. The banana ships cannot be fumigated upon arrival; the lighters bearing bananas cannot be fumigated; the warehouses in which they are stored cannot be fumigated, and the cars that bear them to the interior must go un- fumigated-why? Simply because fumigation would destroy the fruit.
 The plain truth is, the banana trade should not be permitted at gulf ports in the present fever crisis. The Reg ister admits it brought upon the coun- try the present fever epidemic, and the trade is full of danger to the coun- try until frost comes, because it fills the land with stegomyia mosquitoes that stand ready to get down to bus mess as soon as fever patient comes in sight. Bananas and stegomyias go together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-19
Bia Export Figures.

A great amount of growing is going on in Dingley circles because the total of manufactured exports in the last fiscal year is set down at $543,620, ,297. But the figures do not stand inspec- tion well. Nearly one-third of the amount, s159, ,659. .07s, consisted of cop per in ingots and sbars. and of petro- leum, neither of which are manufac- tured to any considerable extent. These two items bring the total down to S348, 100000. The chances are that we sent abroad in the fiscal year goods really manufactured" here to the value of about three hundred millions, out of a total of $1,4s1, ,744,695 in ex- ports of all sorts.
 The figures of the fiscal year are chiefly satisfactory because no dump ing was done during the twelve months. We sent away iron and steel products valued at $134,725921, as against exports of that nature in the previous year amounting to $111,94S,- 586. Steel rails and locomotives are conspicuous in the list. So, too, of cotton goods. We sent away in the last fiscal year goods worth $49,666,OSO, as against goods worth $22,4O3.71S in the previous year. These two gains are very creditable and very satisfac- tory. and both are felt in this district. Our exports of manufactured products would be rapidly increased if we did not have tariff wall against the pro ducts of other countries, for it Is well known maxim in trade that one must buy where he sells.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-19
Exclusion Act.

If some of the senators and represen- tatives could travel up and down Ala bama as do and see the crying need for labor" said A B. Freeman, travelling passenger agent of the Queen and Cres- cent route yesterday, 'I do not believe that the Chinese exclusion act would have ever been passed.
 q go to one section of the state and the farmers tell me that they cannot pick their cotton on account of a scarcity of labor. In another section the mine oper- ator says that he cannot get out the capacity of his mines, because of lack of labor. I meet the superintendent of some railroad and he tells me that he would do this or that but he needs labor
 Tn the cotton mills, the saw mills and in fact every kind of mill in Alabama more laborers could be used and the heads of the various enterprises are call ing for labor all the time.
 From everything that I can read on the subject the Chinese laborer is superior to those of many other nationalitles and would be an improvement over some that are allowed to enter this country from southern and western Europe.
 q hear these complaints about labor all oyer the state.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-19
ACTS BILLED BY HIS WORDS.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 Booker Washington's acts belle his words. In a speech in New York city Wednesday evening before Q negro busi- ness meeting he said:
 "We should see that no fire of racial hostility is lighted. Ten million members of our race, the great masses, are in the south, and there in my opinion they will remain. There is a group of white men in the south, however little we may hear of them at a distance, who are con- stantly exerting themselves to help for ward our cause and we should see that no action on our part embarrasses them or makes their task more difficult
 These words, in view of his performance at the Saratoga hotel only few hours before stamp him as false pretender. He raised mountain of difficulties in the pathway of peace and real progress of the negro when he marched Into that din- ing hall with white woman. He knows full well that it will raise false hopes where they would not have been created but for his conduct. The best and truest friend of Washington will have to drop him. He is raising a great barrier between the races, while hypocritically pretending in speech that he is trying to prevent it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-19
How to FumIgate.
edied.

The burning of roll sulpher or flow CTS of sulpher in room is the best known way of ridding 1t of all pests and poisons. About six pounds to an ordinary room should be burned. By sprinkling the sulpher with alcohol it can be readily ignited. It should be put in an iron pot placed on bricks in a tub that has about an inch of water in it. This precaution is needful be- cause the sulpher may boil over.
 All crevices in room should be closed by pasting strips of newspapers over them, using for that purpose paste made of flour. All fabrics should first be removed, and all or naments of metal should be coated with vaseline. Close the room up tightly, and let it remain closed two hours. At the end of that time there will not be alive an insect or bug in the room or in it's walls, and every trace of pestilential air will have been elimi- hated.
 The cubic feet of a room is easily ascertained by multiplying it's length by it's breadth and the product by it's height. Burn one pound of sulpher to every 300 cubic feet of space.
 If every room in this city could be fumigated on given day the sanita- ton accomplished would be wonderful. All would be pleased with the result except the mosquitoes and other bouse- hold pests, and they would not be here to complain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-19
More Weeds Vet.

"The cutting of the weeds" said a stu dent of sanitary science yesterday, IS exceedingly timely. The hot suns will burn the discovered weeds quickly into ma terial as dry as hay, and it can be readily burned. But even if 1t is not all removed or burned, 1t will not rot. It will become too dry to rot, thus saving us from the evils of vegetable decomposition, what ever they may be.
 "There is good only" he added, Tin the crusade against the stalwart weeds or the present season. The cutting of them improves the appearance of the toWn' and it will probably add to the city health.
 ''Ile good work should go on, for not over half of the weeds growinS within the city's bounds have as yet been cut. This statement may surprise some people, but 1t is nevertheless true. Acres of weeds towards the city's outer rim have not been touched, and 1t is just as important and desirable that the W eeds be cut in the outer districts as iii il. inner blocks