davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-12-19
o. E.. S..

SILVER STATE CHAPTER NO. 6,
0. e. 8.
Meets in Silver State Hall at 7:3o on
the second and fourth Thursdays Of each
month. Visiting members In good rtand-
ing always welcome.
MERCA ABEL, w. NJ.
MARY BONNIFIELD, Secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
Great Sport for Lion Hunters,

From the San Francisco Bulletin.
Mountain lions have increased SO rapidly
In Yellowstone Park of late that they
threaten the extinction of deer. elk anu
other wild animals that live in this great
government game preserve: So numerous
have the cougars become that the govern
ment through President Roosevelts recon-
rnendation, has given John and Homer CON,
celebrated guides and hunters at Meeker,
Col a contract to clear the lions out OF
Yellowstone Park. John Gon is the guide
who won fame taking President Roosevelt
on his successful cougar-hunting Trip 10
Colorado.
The work of hunting lions in Yellowstone
Park will, 1t Is estimated. take several sea-
sons and in the meantime there is de-
mand for lion hunters In Colorado, Wyo-
ming and other cattle states. where Stock
men are suffering great losses from these
predatory animals. Cougars are said to Do
on the increase in the Rocky Mountains
Owing to the enormous number of noun
tain lions in Yellowstone Park the govern
ment will now have to pay a large bounty
to the Goff brothers The hunters Will re-
ceiye a bounty of s. on each mountain hon
they kill, in addition to salary OF 30
month each for their work. Most of the
work will be done between the spring ana
fall, for the winters are very severe in yell
lowstone Park. the climatic conditions be-
ing almost arctic, owing to the moisture
generated by many geysers. The Con
brothers have the largest and finest pack
Of cougar hounds in the world.
For some reason the mountain lion pre-
fers the flesh of colt to that of any other
animal, and cougars have become the terror
of horse raisers in the Rocky Mountain
states 1t Is estimated that as a result OF
the ravages Of mountain lions in the last
year not fifty colts are left alive on the
ranges between Phoenix and Prescott
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
The Value Of Frivolity.
From the London World.

From the London World
Which Is worse-to be too serious or too
frivolous? have no doubt about the mat
ter myself, so far as individuals are con-
cerned, though all extremists are bores.
The perpetualy lively. feather-brained,
pleasure-crazed creature Is almost. II not
quite. as Irritating as the deadly serious In
diyidual. Both types are heavily represent
ed just now in hotels; but apropos Of the
accusation recently lodged against us that
as nation we are becoming too frivolous,
one cannot help saying that we are great
deal livelier than we were few years ago,
and for this relief ssurediy we have cause
to be thankful.
In consequence we are accused Of having
become too frivolous. It seems to me that
we have just got matters nicely balanced.
This is an age when we are prepared to be
cranks on the slightest provocation. Peo-
pie crave for missions, they wallow In phil
anthropy. they pounce with avidity on new
religions, they will plunge into politics or
write attacks on women, society. the de-
generacy of the age, or anything else that
gives them an opportunity OF airing what
they call their views. So surely, II desipere
IN loco were not occasionally to be permit
ted to us. ii is fearful to think what we
should become. Our frivolity is the anti
dote to the notwithstanding disposition to-
ward crankiness. 1t really keeps US sane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
Bucking Broncos Scarce.
From the Denver News.


The outlaw horse of years past. the hero
OF bronco-bucking in the south and west. Is
rapidly becoming thing OF the past. and
in ten years will be more scarce than the
fast-dying buffalo and the old-time cowboy,
according to John NJ Kuykendall. who
makes a speciality of collecting the widest
horses that can be procured for bucking
contests.
Ten years ago the outlaw was as plenti-
full as jack rabbits" said Mr.. Kuykendall,
"but 1 have been able to get only about
fight out Of $1,000 horses that have looked
at during the last year. The outlaw horse
comes from the poorest FLOODED that roam
the ranges of the west. He Is a criminal
among horses. just as surely as men who go
wrong have bad blood In their veins. His
parents are in nearly every case mustangs.
and the stock Is the same as that which
roamed the plains of the west In the early
days and degenerated through uselessness.
Nearly any horse will buck" he declared.
'1f you turn him loose In a pasture for sew
eral months and then try to ride him. but
he will kick up only a few times and then
quilt. The outlaw will buck. though. after
he has been ridden successfully, just as
takes years to break him Of the habit. and
he Is never safe. II he ever gets a chance
he will start or bucking again, and he al
ways Is dangerous.
you rarely hear Of q famous buclter now
although ten or twenty years ago every
large range had several outlaws that no.
body could ride. The cowboys can ride as
well as the old-time cowboys, and they are
not degenerating. The breed of horses
throughout the country Is improving stead
lily. and this is the death knell Of the out
law. It will take away some Of the most
picturesque western life when they go en-
tirely, but that Is going rapidly, anyway,
and horse owners Will be the gamers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
ABOUT THE INTELLIGENT CROW
Some Remarkable Stories of Wisdom
Displayed by the Bird at Times.


By this title to an article in a recent is
sue by Charles Hallock, am reminded
OF many of the doings of tame crows that
have known.
wonder how many know that by getting
young crow. before 1t is able to fly. and
by patience and perseverance for a few
days. or perhaps weeks. 1t can be taught
TO talk. and after the first few words that
1t learns ito pronounce II learns much
faster than any child that I ever knew or
heard Of Among wild crows l never have
seen one that tAlked. SO I cannot say
whether talking would brighten. crows or
not. but presume 1t would. l wish that
pair of talking crows could be mated,
and raise brood to whether they
would teach their young to use human
speech.
One Of the talking crows that L have
known was owned by a man of the name
of Lew Itabady. who kept a hotel In Pc
toskey,l Mich: and his wife day. in n
fit. of anger. for some misdemeanor that
the crow had cut up. grabbed him and
took him out in the yard and chopped his
head or. the crow shouting. "Oh. don'tr'
i oh. don't!' as she carried him to the
block.
I suppose I should not write this last
part; neither do 1 know you will pub
lish 1t. but l was angry at her for killing
the crow, for I had taught him to talk sew
eral years before, and the offense was
small. He had undertaken to fly OFF with
small bottle of something. ink probably,
and had dropped it. and the bottle broke
and made stain on the carpet Her
husband would have been willing to re-
carpet the room rather than to lose the
crow. and he was as angry about it as l
was
don't know that all crows could be
taught to talk. for 1t seems reasona BILE to
me that some of them might be much
more intelligent than others. have known
three talking crows, and they all spoke
hQ n
put not more so than a few persons that
nave known: but their talk is very much
crow does not use a lot OF meaningless
words. and he knows what he is talking
about e
One or these crows was owned by a man
that lived In Cena, Upper Michigan. I
CONT know as he or the crow either "a
time since / was there but that crow had
knowiedge and command of wit and
Iepartee that would beat the best criminal
lawyer that ever tried to tangIe a witness
in his evidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
RAIL WRECKS AND SPEED.
many Accidents Are Caused by Swift
Going, But Other Causes ALLEGED

From the Chicago Tribune
whenever excessive speed Is blamed for
a wreck on the raifr all railroad men set i'm
loud howl OF protest. Yet,ft is the conf
dentiaiiy expressed opinion of disinterested
parties who know the railroad business that
Tour accidents out of five on every railroad
system are caused by putting on too much
steam where conditions require a slower
pace. .-,..
In eight cases out of ten. said one rail-
ROAD man whose experience is that gained
from many years OF railroaaing in the
United States. ''the cause of railway acct
dents can be found in excessive speed-that
is. speed too great for the roadbed covered
mere are IN every road stretches OF track
where operating officials have a right to
can Tor every ounce of speed the engine can
make, out there are also great many places
where the least possible speed is required
places such as curves track exposed to high
water, yards. active switches and other such
soft spots as they are called
when the speed schedule is adjusted to
the necessities of these conditions an enef-
neer usually can take his train through in
safety, but II Is when the running time has
Deen reduced without due consideration OF
these soft spots, and the engineer Is forced
to make high speed where safety requires a
let down. that an accident is the final out
come.
Perhaps, however, 1t is not always the
upon for more than II can safely give for
the officials must rely upon what the engi-
neer tells them. and it Is seldom indeed
that an engineer is willing to confess that
he cannot make the pace asked of him. Be-
sides this. there is the faith which every To-
connective driver has in the division superin-
tendent which makes him willing to try
anything his boss suggests to him. Just as
a dog will jump from a third or fourth
story window at the whistle of his master
the engineer will jump at the call of the
superintendent, always believing he would
not ask what could not be done.
1t Is the hardest thing In the world to
get an engineer to confess after a wreck
that he was going at a high speed at the
time. That is why we always hear OF
spreading rails and such things when a
train jumps the track. This explanation
was once offered me as the cause OF such
an accident on the road of which | knew
every inch. got hold of the engineer and
asked him how fast he was going at the
time. He thought 1t might have been twen-
ty miles an hour. on account OF the curve.
Little by little he Increased his estimate I'M
TIL found that he had time to make up
and had taken the curve at a pace which
acted on the train like the old game OF
crack the whip acts the small boy on
the end.
THE weak spots In a roadbed are the
spots that set the limit on the speed to be
made over that roadbed, and as these spots
are taken more or less into consideration
the chance Of accident Is increased and d.
mjnished. I"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
Birds That Rarely Sing.

From the New York Tribune.
The venerable Susan B. Anthony, at the
National Suffrage Associations convention
in Portland. Ore. insisted on the value OF
special education and special training
1T is useless" she said. ito attempt to
reform or to elevate businesses or customs
that we have not thoro ughly studied When,
in ignorance, we try to set right and to help
the world, we do more harm than good
We make fools of ourselves
Indeed, we are then Ike little girl
whom / knew when I was editing -Tha
Revolution The child went with her
teacher one afternoon to visit the county
prison. She became interested In a con-
vict who was knitting stockings. and
stopped to talk with the man.
% DO you find II dull here. sirr she said.
Indeed. I do. miss the convict ans
wered.
STILL said the child. the singing of the
birds helps to relieve the monotony, doesn't
itr
Singing of the birdsr said the convict.
In a puzzled voice"
Yes said the little girl.
What birdsT asked the man.
'sThe weIl-meaning but ignorant child,
with a helpful smile, replied:
% The little jail birds. They must be a
great comfort to you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
Age Limits Revised.
From the New York Times.


Not long ago there was much remark
over the announcement by many large en-
ployers that they would not engage men
Deyond an age SO young that many were
startled. Insurance actuaries were telling
us that expectations OF life were increasing,
and here was dismal thrusting back of
the period of usefulness. all too short at
best 1t was later explained that the age
limit was intended to apply to beginners,
and not to those in service, or to retire
ments from duty.
Now comes the further announcement
by several railways that even this modified
restriction Is found impracticable The
Chicago and Alton. one of the pioneers in
the movement, hereafter will employ half
sestan without regard to age. The Bos-
ton and Maine will employ suitable men OF
Milwaukee and st. Paul and the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy have similarly
'aEeliorated their practice.
It would be interesting to know more
fully the details and the reasons for this
reconsideration. We're there not men
enough OF the limited age requirements?
Were the young men not suitable to the
duties requiring experience and Judgment
as well as strength and buoyancy? Or is 1t
fact that age is less q matter Of years
lived than OF the lives lived? II q woman
Is as old as she looks Is not a man as old
as he works? Years alone are no measure
OF the original force born into every one
along with the rest of hereditary quail
ties. nor L. age any criterion of the use
made Of the force received. Precocity may
alone are no index to either. It would be
gloomy indeed. II the resources of science
and sanitation sufficed to extend our years
only to have modern industriaiism condemn
to uselessness the added expectation of life
Old age has its compensations but COM
pulsory fdleness Is not among them There
will be much relief at the unsatisfactory
working OF plan which "scrapped" too
much human material for no sufficient rea-
son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18

passenger for Paris, where he intended tn
spend his fortune. His savings were In
sumcient to defray his Journey and he ar
rived here in Paris with his check un-
cashed He had not been In Paris long be-
fore he met a man who asked him the vs y
with pronounced German accent, and who
turned out to be countryman. They made
friends. had drinks. over which the prefer
naturally candid young man told the whole
story of his wonderful luck. FINALLY they
had supper together. The wine was potent
and the ex-stoker had forty winks after the
liquors On awakening he was told that his
new friend had hurriediy departed. He felt
in his pockets His case Containing the
$4,000 check had of course gone the way
OF the friend and he had not money enough
left to pay the bill. All he could do was to
go round to the police. confess his simplic-
ity and obtain through the German consul
free passage to his native land. for which
he has just left penniless after having had
fortune in his possession.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
Big Prize for a Dollar.
Special cHblegram to The Star.

tItVt"I VH"ItsFdII IHt Star.
PARIS. September IA remarkable
story. which reads like a scene from a play.
is just being told along the bouIevards OF
Paris.
While in New York young German
stoker of twenty. on board a steamer bound
for the West Indies. bought a 81 ticket in a
lottery for charity. then sailed for the An
titles. On his return to New York. happen
ing to pick up a paper. he found that his
number had won the big prize of $4,000.
No more stocking for him. He shook the
coal dust of the engine room from his feet
forever. went TO the bank. put in his prec-
ious ticket. received a draft for $150.O00
prefixed Ven" to his common ordinary
name and took the next steamer as a sa Don
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
Equal to the Occasion.
From the London Chronicle.

The Worcestershire defendant, fined 10
shillings for driving without a light. who
has insisted upon paying his fine In cop
pers because he considered 1t rotten af-
fair" has his precedent In the tradition of
an Oxford undergraduate whom the proc
tor fined 8 shillings for some breach of
university law. He also brought out the
money in coppers with a view to scoring
on" the proctor, but the latter was equal
to the occasion by all means, Mr.. -
be said, only / must trouble you to bring
me penny at time at o'clock every
morning until the whole SUM II paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18
A Painful Prospect.

The majority of golfers In these days do
not begin as little boys. Thus It Is abso-
lutely necessary that. II they ever wish to
play good game. they should avail them
selves of the services of a really good and
competent teacher. i am convinced that
the standard rs lowering, and want to see
II raised for this country should always be
easily the first In golf. and n things 90 on
as they are there IL danger that Il may
not be 30 In the future
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18

De Beers mines with providing from 30
to % per cent of the gem diamonds of the
world. and according to New York i'm
porters the syndicate still holds this COM
manding position. and will continue to do
so until greater supplies of fine diamonds
are revealed in fields beyond the De Beers
control than are now In sight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18

Mrs. Clara Bewick Colby, who Is now
editing the Woman's Tribune at Portland,
Ore, will be in Washington in January to
prosecute the federal suffrage question be-
fore Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18

Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey. who was a
delegate to the Ladies' Auxiliary to the
Union Veteran Legion. which met in Will
mington. Del, on Wednesday and Thurs
day of the past week. was guest while
in that city of the Chief Justice Of Della
ware and Mrs. Lore. Justice Lore Is the
leading advocate In his state for woman
suffrage Before returning to Washing
ton Mrs. Mussey will go to New York.
where she will have conference with Mrs.
Donald Mclean, president general of the
n A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-18

The Study and Pleasure Club held a pre-
liminary meeting Tuesday evening at the
home of Mrs. L. E. Mason, near Conduit
road. The club will resume it's regular ses-
sions the first Tuesday in October, and
continue without interruption, except dur
ing the Christmas holidays, until the first
Tuesday in June. ,.-..-. y.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-09
LAW RULES IN CHICAGO.
CONTINUED From lage ~

proposition attributed to him by Mr..
Thorne was without foundation and he
explained why he had spoken Of a
twenty-four hour limit to reinstate the
striking teamsters. He said he had no
intention of leaving the city and that
the prospects of success for the strik.
ers appeared brighter every day.
Morton Laughs At Conspiracy Charge.
Mark Morton, president of the EN-
ployers' Teaming company, who is
named in the resolutions adopted by
the labor men as threatening to de-
prive team owners of railroad patron
age for refusing to lock out their
transfers, declared last night that
the charges of conspiracy were laugh
able.
Levy Mayer, general counsel for the
Employers association, says the
charges are brought by the labor lead
ers to cloud the issue which led to the
strike, but that the plan will prove
failure.
Banks which have contributed to
the strike fund of the Employers as.
sociatio:l were scored at the meeting
OF labor delegates and the officers of
the unions declare that there will be
some transferring of funds before
E;any days. The office of Sheriff Bar
rett is also to be investigated to learn
the truth of reports that non-citizens
have been sworn in as deputy sheriffs
in violation of the constitution and
laws of the state.
Railroad Strike in Canada.
Toronto, May S-The Grand Trunk
railway machinists from Montreal to
Port Huron, Mich, went out on strike
today. twenty-five hundred men are
involved.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-09

ness Is business, or politics is politics,
and think they could not succeed for a
minute if they were to carry religion
into their daily life. Do not divorce
the secular from the sacred, but live
for Christ, every day.
Seventh, do not allow the inconsis-
tencies of a protesting Christian to
keep you from becoming a Christian.
If the Lord be God, follow him. If
some one does not live the life he
should or processes to, pray God to
make you more faithful
Eighth, do not think you cannot be
successful in your business or profess
sion and be a consistent Christian.
Those who will be the most successful
in business, other things being equal,
will be those who conduct it in accord
ance with the principles of Christian
ity.
Ninth, do not build your hopes for
eternity on good intentions. There is
probably not one in hell who intended
being lost. All the devil wants is to
keep you from present decision. God
says: Now is the day of SALVATION
Rev. Crossley closed with an earnest
appeal to all who had not yet decided
to live Christian life to do so at
once.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-09

mother charged that Milton Franklin
Andrews attempted to murder the girl
by poison while on the Pacific coast
and this convinces the police that if
they can capture Andrews they will be
able to establish good case against
him.
The body Of Bessie Bouton was
found on Cutler mountain south of
this city, on the afternoon of Deem
Der II last. The woman had been shot
in the head and every article of her
clothing removed. The body had been
placed face downward and in an effort
to prevent recognition. gasoline had
been poured over the remains and a
fire built under the face. The extern
sive dental work was not destroyed,
and 1t was this that led to the identity
Of the victim.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-09
NEGROES WILL AID HART.
Members of Race in Davenport Raise
Fund to Defend Him.

Des Moines, May 5. - S. Joe Brown
has returned from Davenport, where
he was called to defend Joseph Hart
a colored man, who is charged with
killing James Poppis. Greek work
man who was employed with him in
dredging work. The negroes of Dav-
export and Rock Island, have raised a
fund which will be used in the de-
Tense of Hart,he being without money.
Poppis was killed a few days ago
The men were paid so much per car
for the work. An empty car came to
where Hart and Poppis were working.
1t is said to have been Harris car, but
Poppis claimed it. In the alteration.
Poppis is said to have picked UP a
stone and threatened Hart. The lat
ter struck him wit ha pick handle, the
blow proving fatal
Saturday Hart was bound over to
the grand jury and will probably be
indicted for murder this week.