davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-22
Suit on Note.

Suit has been commenced by H. A.
Briggs to collect the sum of $40
from j. r. Porter. In the complaint
1t is stated that a note for the
amount was given by defendant to
Alex Galbraith, and by him was
to II. A. Briggs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-22

A Portland seed firm has just pur-
chased 1900 pounds of homegrown
bronze grass seed from Colfax firm,
which has made a specially of growing
this seed. The demand for it has be-
come so strong that it is impossible
for local seedmen in Portland to sup
ply it from oregon farms where it is
produced.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-22
Sunday A. ID. Il. Service.

owing to the increase in the Sun
day messenger service, Manager HIATT,
of the local A. d. T. office, has ar
ranged to have an additional messen-
ger on duty all day Sunday, thus
giving better service.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-22
Good News,

In the lower right hand corner of
this page you will find some interest
ing things concerning the Golden
Rule Store. You must read what
they have to say. You can rely on
their ads.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-22

f. H. Skinner's private bank at
Birmingham, Ia. has failed with a
deficit of 100000. Skinner has been
indicted on nine counts.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-21

DID LINCOLN SAY lT.-The Cleve-
land Plain Dealer, after trying for
some time to answer inquiries regard
ing the occasion Of Abraham Lincoln's
use of the words, you can focl all
the people some Of the time and some
of the people all Of the time but not
all the people all the time" gives 1t
up. Colonel Hay was appealed to, but
that blographer Of President Lincon
had to acknowledge he never encoun-
tered the sentence when making min
ute investigation of Lincoln's speeches,
papers, letters and recorded sayings.
An Ohio congressman who had been
asked the question referred the inluir-
er to the library Of congress, where, IL
anywhere, the information could be OBJ
tanned. The Washington Post reports
the result. Assistant Librarian Spof-
ford made a written reply, in which he
says the sentence does not occur In
any of LIncoln's writings, adding that
Mr.. Nicolay, Dncoln's secretary and
associate Of Colonel John Hay In writ
ing the elaborate biography Of Lin
coin, told Spofford the alleged Lincoln
saying was spurious. Librarian Spof-
ford says the real author Of the popu-
lar sentence was Phineas T. Barnum,
the famous Snowman, who fooled the
people" more successfully than any
other man Of his time.-New York
Tribune.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-21

fellow equal to lying in bed and watch
ing one single man calmly cleaning out
the premises simply because you know
that IL you bulge you'll get a bullet
through your gizZard: you'll be dead
and YOU won't have harmed the other
fellow one iota.
1T was the fellow rafting at the
combination of the safe that awoke
me. 1 got up in bed and exclaimed:
WHO the devil are you?
He was just as astonished as was.
He had supposed the house was emp
ty. He jumped up and reached for his
hip pocket. His pistol stuck, and that
was my chance: but the sleep was still
in my head and 1 moved too slowly
and the next moment 1 felt the ring
of the muzzle touching by forehead.
do youse want to croak" he ask
ed. Die. l mean: p'raps you don't
savvy what croak Is. Well, see here,
IL you don't you'd better keep still. l
don't want to do you this trip. Youse
lust lie still while finish this job, an
I'll let yer live. See"
81 said all right; would keep still.
told him to hurry up and get through
to take what he wanted and / wouldn't
interfere with him-since l couldn't.
He told me l was wise guy ana
went back to work. l don't know how
he did II, but he opened the safe In
few minutes. There were some pa
pers of Jorkinss in 1t which he chuck
ed on the floor; then he gathered up
the old jewelry. Next he began pad
ding about the room, swinging MS
lantern from right to left.
What do you want now?' asked
impatiently.
II am looking for your duds, pard-
ner,' said he.
He found them and began emptying
the rockets. All the time, of course,
he kept facing me, with one eye on
my figure, which he could dimly see IN
the bed.
leave me my carfare,' said /:
Yes, to get after me quicker may
be. Not on yer life.'
He didn't. He took every cent.
"Then he began pottering about the
dressing table, and 1 saw my scarfpm
go. I said nothing: what was the use!
But at last his hand fell on my watch.
".Drop that shouted. sitting up In
bed.
He raised the pistol suddenly.
".Whaffor?' he asked, turning the
circle of light full on my face. Youse
had best lay still II yer don't want me
to ventilate yer anatomy.
".You let that watch be! shouted
angrily, still making as IL to get up.
You let it be. Take anything else
YOU want, but that watch was my
fathers and my grandfathers and
you'll never get away with 1t while l
live
He came right up to me and cover
ed me with the pistol, with the lantern
shining right in my face.
"All right, pardner,' said he, II you
feel so bad about it, I'll leave it. It's
only old junk, anyhow. But you lay
still. I'm goin' down stairs for my
pack. See? An you lay still. II you
move for ten minutes, I'll come back
an do you. See?'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-21
Go to - well you know where

"'Go to - we'll you know where I
told him to go.
"Just before he left the room he
made his only mistake. He opened his
lantern to blow out the light, and as
he did so the full glare fell on his face.
Did I see It? Did I seize its lines? ?
Well, I'm not a popular portrait pain
ter for nothing.
He locked me into the room.
started to dress, for thought would
have to drop out Of the window and
run to the nearest house. knew 1t
was useless to shout-no one could
hear me.
But I remembered the bathroom
door into the servants hall, so crept
down stairs that way. He was gone,
so I got to the telephone in a closet
off the dining room and raised Central.
A few minutes later the popping of
pistols from all the houses around
proved that central had spread the
news. / put on shoes and things and
Joined the chase, but our man got
away.
"The local constables sent me to
New York police headquarters, and
there l told my story to the detectives
the next morning. Their minds were
plainly blank. There was nothing
characteristic about the job; the fell
low had just walked through an open
window. There was no clue.
"They took me down to the rogue's
gallery. / went over the burglars and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-21

irg Into the lighted room. and finding
k,s brother up. "shorely, you haint
still fret,in' over that business. ]
wouldn't let little thing like that
bother noe q minute"
81 was just going TO bed" said Ron
aid, looking up. II am going now.
Don't worry about me"
Dave laughed significantly, and
nointed TO q revolver which. like pa
per-weight, rested on q pile OF loose
papers.
"lIl bet that pup has got its stom-
ach full for the first time sence you
bought it five yeer ago. Whew!" The
speaker whistled In low surprise as he
noticed another revolver protruding
from a newspaper on the table. Saint
that my thirty-eight caliber"
Ronald avoided his glance.
II got It in your room just now."
Dave stood perfectly still for mo-
ment, a great look Of wonder on his
face, and then he sat down on the side
of his brothers bed. He had washed
his feet at the tub in the yard and they
were wet, still only half cleaned and
red-looking.
$50 you are really goln' to call I'm
out?" he said, under his breath.
Ronald looked him directly In the
eyes.
"God knows there Is nothing else
for me to do. Dave. have tried to see
some other way, but I can't"
"Well, you'll need somebody with
you, an I'm yore man."
"I'd rather not have anyone. thank
you, Dave. He and | can fight just as
we'll alone. I'd rather die than take ad-
vantage of him. l only want to satis-
fy myself-to get rid Of the memory
that he has"
81 know how you feel, an don't
blame you. When will you see i'm"
"In the morning"
"Well, go to bed an get some sleep;
you may need steady aim; he may be
a good shot; them army chaps general.
" Is"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-21
Fortunes In Waiting.

In spite Of the enormous inroads
made on this earth's great store OF
wealth. diamonds, gold. oil, gas. coal,
iron and other materials. recent In
vestigations have brought to light the
interesting fact that treasure fields
containing fabulous wealth still re-
main intact.
Investigations have proved, for in
stance. that huge areas Of the floor OF
the Pacific are strewn thick with i'm
mense deposits Of nodules. Of man
ganese. Invent a practicable and
economical method Of recovering, It,
and the individual who does so will
at once become rich beyond the
dreams of avarice.
The most crying need Of today Is a
substitute for Para rubber. It is cer-
tain to be discovered sooner or later.
Malleable glass was manufactured
and used by the Romans nearly two
thousand years ago. But the secret
has been lost. It seems odd that no
one in this age Of mechanical progress
has been able to rediscover the meth
cd of manufacturing a tough and un-
breakable glass. Whoever succeeds in
doing so and making the discovery
economically useful will reap great
reward.
Real photograph In colors is still an
open field and offers boundless oppor-
tunities for the inventor. In smaller
matters, too, the list OF wants unsup-
piled is endless. jewelers., for In
stance, are still quite without any safe
method of fixing pearls on jewelry.
such as rings, where the gems are
mounted without a surrounding set
ting.-London Chronicle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-21

sneak thieves; my man wasn't there.
described the fellow, but all the
points l could give about his height,
build and features were too general to
convey any clear idea; the man had
no strongly marked feature.
II was going away very blue and full
OF blind anger. Suddenly an idea
came into my head. -
what a fool / am said I. Give
me a pencil and a sheet Of paper, and
I'll draw him for you
They all crowded around quite in
terested. l began to sketch the face
I had seen in the glare Of the lantern.
They stopped over the table. began
with the fringe of hair and the rim
of the derby hat, gaining time to get
the features strongly before my minds
eye.
II marked the eyebrows, and as I
began to fill In the eyes one Of the de-
tectives gave sort Of exclamation
and crowded next to me. Then came
the nose, hooked with f1aring wings to
the nostrils and a cruel sort Of line
starting from the corners down to-
ward the chin.
by gum! said the detective.
"Then 1 outlined the mouth, a thin
Tipped, hard affair. showing the two
middle teeth in a ratlike grin just as
he was on the point Of blowing out
the light.
"'Stop right there, said the detec-
tive. know your man. You needn't
go any further He turned to the
others to add He's Mike the Kid.
We've never had him here and he's
never been mugged. But I've been
hearing things about him Of late and
I've been wondering what his game
was. I'll bet he's out on the Bowery
now and I can get him inside an hour
He got him that night. 1t was
Mike the Kid, all right. I identified
him the next day. The detective told
me that when he took him to head"
quarters that morning he showed Mr.
Mike my sketch and told him how he
had been caught.
Gee said the fellow, II I'd
knowed l was up against one Of them
artful blokes I'd a put his picture on
the blink with a plug Of lead Then
the ingratitude Of the world overcame
him and he almost shed a tear as
he walled, and to think that I left
him his grandfather's watch! New
York Sun
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-21
Mistellaneuus 8eadins.
THE BURGLAR AND THE ARTIST.
II Was Gun Against Pencil and Pencil
Won Out.

Won Out.
I'm sure 1t was my oldest expert
ence," said the artist, "and rather
think my friend the burglar took the
same view of the incident.
You see. didn't care very much
about what he took, personally. 1t
wasn't mine, but I hate to have any
one think he's got the best of me.
There's something crude and inartistic
in being walked on. That's why
followed him up.
II had hired the house at Manorville
on the Sound for six weeks, furnished.
All the plate he gathered up was Jor-
kins's. The jewelry he got in the lit
tie dinky safe was some old family
stuff that Mrs. Jorkins didn't care to
sport at Bar Harbor. The reason they.
never got 1t back was that 1t went
into the melting pot next morning.
MY wife was away. too. She was
doing a weeks penance with her
mother In the mountains. SO, abso-
luteiy all lost w.s my scarfpin and
the money in my clothes-total. per-
haps $45 or $50.
But tell you there Is nothing stirs
up the latent capability for rage in
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-21

KING ALFONSO AND AMERICAN GIRLs.
The Rev. Thomas Van Ness, who
has travelled much in Spain and who
has a rich fund of stories Of that coun-
try, tells this anecdote Of King Al
fonso:
A certain member of the Spanish
court was urging upon his majesty the
advisability Of his marriage with GER.
tain princess, when the young king
interrupted him.
NO" he said, II shall marry an
American. First, because the Ameri-
cans are all rich, and that will please
you. Second, because they are all
Republicans, and that will please many
of my people. Third, because they are
all beautiful. And that will please
me."-Boston Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-21
WAR ON GROUND HOG.
Interesting Publication by Washington
Bureau.

In an interesting volume upon
Long Range Weather Forecasts"
copies OF which were received yeGter-
day, the central bureau at Washing
ton seeks. apparently, to deal aoaar
plexus blow to some Of its competi:
tors, notably the ground hog, the bear,
the goose bone, and even the moon.
'Tf," declares the publication. "the
saying regarding the coming out Of
the ground hog and the bear on Can
dlemas day possesses any merit, II
rests upon the fact that fine and clear
days In the early part of February
are usually cold days, and that cloudy
weather at that season is likely to
prevail during warm days. The ami
mails in question therefore consult
their own comfort in cases where they
make premature exit from winter
quarters. II II is cold they return:
IL It Is not cold they remain out until
the inevitable return OF cold weather,
which at that season will not be de-
layed many days
"The accumulation Of food by souir-
rels, beavers, and other animals dur
ing the autumn months is also taken
as a guide to the character OF the
coming winter. It Is assumed that
the gathering OF a large supply Of food
indicates a long. hard winter, and vice
versa. Careful observations Of the
habits Of animals show that the au-
tumn habits referred to or their omis-
sion bear no relation to the character
Of the following winter The quantity
Of nuts stored by squirrels Is govern
ed by the supply Of NUS at their dis
posal.
"The thickness Of pl image on Wild
and domestic fowls is lso a resu Of
feeding and past conditions Of wealth
er, rather than an indication Of the
character Of future weather. And the
goose bone theory is one on which no
two geese agree.
Moss, bark on trees, and the thick
ness Of nut shells, pumpkin rinds, etc.,
furnish another basis for long range
weather speculation that also confuse
and misinterpret conditions that are
due to past conditions and have no
bearing on future weather"
After thus disposing Of the weather
prophets in whom the oldest inliab-
itants" still place confidence, the vol
ume says Of the work OF the bureau:
'The United States weather bureau
which possesses facilities that permit
1t to surpass all other meteorological
services in the accuracy Of its predic-
tions, now issues forecasts each day
for periods Of one and two days in adj
vance, and at times the period Is ex-
tended to three or four days This
is the greatest length Of time for which
calculations based upon present avail
able data and information can be
made.
1.-The data referred to is received
daily by telegraph from an area that
embraces the United States, carlada,
the Western Atlantic ocean, the Vest
Indies, and Mexico. and the forecasts
are results Of careful studies from day
to. day of atmospheric changes, nove-,
ments that appear within the region
of observation. The daily calculations
thus prepared are subjected to a rigid
verifcation that yields 80 to So per
cent Of verified forecasts that have
been made in detail ef each twelve
hours Of the forecast period"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-21
TO RE CONTINUED.
= The closer a man Is the harder 1t

"a" The closer a man Is the harder II
is to touch him.
9H Many a man wastes lot OF
wind blowing about himself.
~ It's a whisky strait for the topper
who hasn't got the price.
"a The less polish a man has the
more reflections he Is apt to cast.
tn Who would not rather be a VIC
tim of prosperity than Of adversely?
1a Only natural-born hypocrite Is
capable of laughing heartily at an an
cient story.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-21

.ts man Is compelled to lie to a
woman occasionally II e would re-
tain her friendship.
fTA jackknife In the hands Of
boy is almost as dangerous as a jack
and gentle.p-Exchange.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-08-26
"yvhat dla he getgr

"what did be get?"
"The man lived. and he got of with
y year. I have no doubt be is out now.
but he has not dared TO show his nose
here. We have a cousin of his here,
and dare say he could tell you where
he is
"No. no." cried Holmes; mot a word
10 the cousin-not word beg of you.
The matter is very important and the
farther / 60 with il the more important
it seems 10 grow. When you referred
in your ledger to the sale Of those casts
l observed that the date was June 3
OF last year. Could you give me the
date when Beppo was arrestedT'
II could tell you roughly by the pay
list" the manager answered. "Yes, -
he continued. after some turning over
Of pages. ''he was paid last on May 20"
THANK you" said Holmes. II don't
think that 1 need intrude upon your
time and patience any more with n
last word of caution that he should say
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-08-26

Now. you see how the affair begins to
clear up. The other fellow Is probably
an Italian also and a member OF the
Malta. He has broken the rules in
some fashion. Pietro is set upon his
track. Probably the photograph we
found In his pocket Is the man himself.
so that he may not knife the wrong
person. He dogs the fellow. he sees
him enter a house. he waits outside for
him, and in the scufIie he receives his
own death wound How Is that, Mr..
Sherlock Holmes?"
Holmes elapped his hands approving
".
Excellent, Lestrade. excellent be
cried. But I didn't quite follow your
explanation Of the destruction OF the
busts''
The bustsl You never can get those
busts out Of your head After all. that
is nothing; petty larceny. six months at
the most. II is the murder that we ere
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-08-26

convinced that heard some sounds
downstairs. I listened. but they We're
not repeated. ard I concluded that
they came from outside Then sud
denly. about Eve minutes later. there
came a most horrible yell-the most
dreadful sound. MIR. Holmes. that ever
heard. II will ring In my ears as
long as l live sat frozen with hor-
ror for minute or two; then I seized
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-08-26
The Adventure Of
the Six Napoleons

Ccs,,yssss iSOs. D. a. csras Ds,l. ssS csili.,'s
KsektJ
(cn..-.-h. rons 4. Nf.cl... pallr... - 4.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-08-26

7 was no very unusual
thing for Mr.. Lestrade
OF Scotland Yard TO look
in upon US of an even
ing, and his visits were
welcome 10 Sherlock
Holmes, for they enabled
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-02-17
EnaIand,s scIf.Mare Men.

ST. James Gazette: England. long
dlspar2ged by American Boosters. par-
tlcularly by those American boosters
Who think America the only land OF
limited opportunity. is beginning to
up her selY-made men. We hear
SO much Of American captains of in
dustry, of John d. Rockefeller, the
farm laborer'B son of Edison. the
newspaper boy: of Yerkes the youthful
soap jobber. that we are apt to forget
British giants of perseverance. Iiy-
angstone worked as q factory hand un-
lll 70; he man who sought and found
MIN in the wilas was born in a work.
house. Tne great firm of w. A. Smith
az Sons was begun by two brothers so
poor that the Wife of one had to go into
domestic service. The house in Tangye
begun IN a little workshop, whose. rent
was but IS q week; that Of Lever Bros.
mad u scarcely more p~retentious start
at Bolton. a coffee stall on q London
curb was the fount and origin OF
Pearce & Plenty: $500 pounds once
formed the total capital Of the "uni-
versal' Whiteley. Bass brewery was
founded by a carrier; the Elder-Demp-
ster line Of steamers by a ships ap-
prentice, now Sir Alfred Jones. The
inventor of Bessemer steel was once a
poor, almost starving boy in London,
the poorer for having devoted his labor
to an invention Of whose Dronts the
robbed him. So one might
on throughout the whole range of
our industries. 1t is the sergeant and
Che plain constable of life's affairs who
have made this nation industr;ally
great, and carried its flag and fame to
the end Of the earth.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-02-17

Going through the hospitals in our
large cities one is surprised to find such
Il large proportions of the paticnts lying
on those s~now-wliite beds women
and girls, who are either awaiting
or recovering from serious opera
tons.
Why should this bc the case? Sim
ply because they have neglected them
selves. Ovarian and womb troubles
are certainly on the increase among
the women of this conntry-they creep
upon them unawareS, but every n of
those patients in the hospital beds had
plenty of warning in that bearing
down feeling. pain at left or right of
the womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in
the small of the back, leucorrhoa. dir
%zincss, flatulency. displacements of the
womb or irregularities. An of these
symptoms are Indications of an I'M
healthy condition of the ovarics or
womb, and if not needed the penalty
haste be paid by adangerous operation.
When these symptoms manifest them
selves. do not drag along until You are
obliged to go to the hospital and sab
nit to TN operation but remember
that Lydia Il. ~Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved thousands of
women from surgical operations
When wome are troubled with ir-
regular, suppressed or painful menstru-
alton, weakness. leucorrhoea, displace-
ment or liberation of the womb. that
aearing-down feeling, inflammation of
the %o7aries, b~ackachc. boating Tor flat
ulencyl. general debility, Indigestion,
and nervous p~rostration. or are beset
with such symptoms as dizziness. lassi-
tude, excitability, irritability, nervous
Lydia Z. pinkiam's Nesstab!e Com;
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-02-17
the 1880 DANDY
TO BE- REVIVED
London TaiIors Are Predicting
Extreme Fashions Of Days
OF Lord 5aaconssleld.
CORSET AND LONG HAlR
When Dandy Had His Day sooiet,
Was Net Sufficiently Developed
in America to Afford Him
Much g. a Field.

New York Herald: Tailors. shoe
makers. corset makers. BARRIERS and
other artists who contribute to thu
making of the ultra fashionable mai
an New York are wondering if tho
dandy OF seventy-hye Years ago is Id
return here the same as he is threaten;
ing to do in London. Gable dispatched
and observing men from tic TTitisi
isles bring reports 10 the effect hat
the epicures in dress in Londun havs
revived many OF the c%Ntravagant f-1;
lures OF attire which distinguished tine
dandy OF 1890. 4;
1t is only within the las: six months:
that these old Victorian fashions havy
been revived. At nIst u few extrem5
d~ressers began wearing Their hal;
songeF than he prevailing fashion, andl
this was soon followed by the old styi
Watch guard for evening dress. With