davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
oh, the Brute.

The first half was one Of the most
brilliant exhibitions of college tag ever
seen in this country, and ended in Yale =
favor with 16 tags 10 Harvard's u. The
most spectacular play Of the game Oc-
CURED near the close OF this half, when
the entire Harvard team made dash
for the iron fence. Harold. who was
1T" for Yale. was in a quandary, as,
according 70 the rules, Il was not per,
mitted TO tag a player while touching
iron.
Then a brilliant idea seized Harold.
he stuck pin In the arm OF the Harvard
player nearest him The latter imme-
diately released his hold Of the fence
and jumped I'm the air with a scream.
The Yale men then tagged him. Captain
Terence. of Harvard. demonstrated, but
the officials. looking carefully through
the rule book. could find nothing per-
tanning 10 pin sticking. so the Yale tae
stood good. Captain Terence then re-
sented the action of Harold on the
grounds Of rudeness. Thereupon the
brutal fellow was chastised by the
referee and put out OF the game.
Some Dreadfully Bruised.
'Jn the second half the boys showed
the terrible exertlon Of the first nart
Of sthe game. and the playing was ex-
ceedingly dragging. 1t soon became
plainly evident that Harvard was out
classed Much time had to be taken ou,
in this half. as many Of the fellows were
almost out Of breath. and some of them
were dreadfully bruised. Several OF the
players collapsed when final time was
called, and had to be taken TO the hos
pital. The final score was Yale % tags.
Harvard 10 tags.
There is strong feeling of resent
ment among Harvard people against
Harold. the cruel player. who was pur
out OF the game for pin sticking. and
there is probability that tag connections
between the two colleges viii be severed
because Of the only unpleasant incident
that marred today's otherwise manly
pa
The Washington times., 1905-12-24

Things are picking UP a little In
this section Of the country once more.
Milwaukee. Kenosha, wis, and KaIa-
mazoo are all staging occasional fights,
and Peoria will take a hand Christ
mas Day with n rattling mill between
Kid Taylor and Billy Ffnucane. light
weights. both OF Chicago. OF course
the same laws that prevent real fights
in Chicago could be invoked in Peoria.
but the ruling powers there are evf-
IDENTIFY more liberal minded-or some
thing Of that sort.
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and other farm products, it is argued
that it will be of great benefit to the
producers of these products, partic-
ularly potato raisers.
1t is said that the tax on industrial
alcohol is about $2.O7, or approx
mately one thousand per cent. of its
original cost 1t is quite apparent,
therefore, that the cost to the con-
sumner of Industrial alcohol is chiefly
tax.
A bill to do away with this tax will
be introduced in the coming congress.
There are doubtless two sides to the
proposition. 1t might be good thing
and it might not Even now wood
alcohol is used to a considerable ex-
tent in adulterating some food prod
ucts, and if it was made so cheap the
temptation to use it would be far
greater.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22
JAYH< WKER JOTS

There was an unlucky thunder storm
at Pittsburg the other day. Lightning
struck in thirteen different places.
The Troy Chief observes that the
sunfiower isn't more of weed than
the jinpson, the emblem of Missouri,
anyway.
Warming from the Hays City Repub-
liean: There is talk of starting a sa-
loon in Hays, paying monthly fines
Better cut it out; it will never go in
Hays.
An Ottawa man has an acre of
onions that he expects to yield four
hundred bushels. Some specimens
weigh as much as twenty ounces each.
This story is enough to bring tears to
your eyes.
Our reputation has been saved
again. confesses the Grant County
Republican. 1--WE received a mess of
nice roasting ears, the kind we used to
have back east. from Mrs. w. o. Hill
bert. We let out our belt two notches p"
| 1.-THE Chanute SUM- says the Par
sons Sun, makes a bid for the Office
of poet laureate of the christening of
the Kansas with the following effort "
and then follows a patent medicine
| lad" This will doubtless make the
| Sun a great many votes
| An old cash book was found the 9TH
| er day in cleaning out behind a desk
| that had stood in one place for years
The book was used in 1875 and here
I are Some VI the QI1CCS 1OlCQ III II.
Nails 15c 10, calico prints 10c yard.
thread 10c SPOOL lard zoe H., coffee
| soc h., tea $1.25 h., salt 21sc h..
raisins Csc h.. currants Csc H., sugar
6 u lbs for 81.
| Bent Murdoch Indignantly denies
that he ever kicks on anything or
| knocks on anybody. He says: The
editor of this paper; who has been on
the decent side, the honest side, the
patriotic side, the loyal side of every
question that has been up for discus
sion; who has stood by his party, his
state and the flag, without a flicker,
since time began; who never kicks on
anybody or anything; who prints col
umns and columns of kind things,
commendatory things, about every
body every day in the week; who
breaches apostolic succession, final
| perseverance of the saints, the rites OF
baptism, the Ten Commandments and
the holy grail, should not be classed as
a knocker. This paper never kicks.
It's the only really meek as Moses pa
per in the state"
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
An August personage-the summer
girl.
When the nervous man is all on
edge he proceeds to get an edge on.
The stubbornness of other people
would be firmness if we had it,
A Beware of the dog sign is put
up that he who reads may run.
It seems as though some girls take
piano lessons simply to kill time
No matter where we are passing the
summer, the summer is also passing
us.
Does distance ask for any security
when it lends enchantment to the
view?
F'our-fifths of the human body is
water. and in women it consists of un-
shed tears.
true Christian is man who
prays for rain when he knows that
damp weather gives him rheumatism
Sitting on a young mans knee isn't
a positive sign that he can support a
girl forever.
have the money than to be compelled
to pay it when you haven't.
Sunday School Teacher-'HTomnay.
is your father a Christian?' % Tommy
Tuffnut-''No, ma am; he's a plumb
err
LUIS VI peOpAe WHO expect 10 read
their titles clear to mansions in the
sky will be surprised to ind them
mortgaged.
Mr.. Saphedde-"A mans brain il
most active when he smokes" Miss
Pert-"Graciousi L shouldn't think
you would ever stop"
Scribbler-"How did you like nv
new play last night? Wigwag-"I
went nome and had an awful Dream
ScrlDDler-Wh nat was it?" Wigwag
y dreamed 1 went to see it a. sec
ond time
Muggins-"I wanted my doorway
painted white in the Colonial style.
and that fool of a decorator did it up
brown. l fired him on the spot.'
Buggins-"I suppose you told him
never to darken your door again.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago News. ]

From the Chicago News
Nearly all busy people are happy.
Love and philosophy have nothing
in common.
Even a silk hat is useful to cover a
bald spot.
A farmer says that loafers and poll
ticians are synonymous.
Truthful persons seldom boast of
their own achievements
If man marries for money he
earns every penny he gets
Every time some men think, they
ought to be allowed another guess.
It's fairly safe to judge theatrical
manager by the company that keeps
him.
one can't judge the good there is in
a man by the worldly goods he pos
sesses.
Flatterers are clever mind-readers-
rhev tell vain women exactly what
they think.
There isn't a department store on
earth large enough to supply every
thing a woman wants.
AutomobiIing may be the poetry
of motion until the machine breaks
down-then it is blank verse.
No. Cordelia. the woman who is
most admired isn't necessarily the
most admirable woman
whoever knows when to quit hoping
for the best is the one who gets out
of the deal with a good profit
A girl who has a sweet will of her
own during courtship is very apt to
develop a sour won't after marriage.
1t is impossible to judge one wo-
mans like or dislike for another by
the manner in which they kiss when
they meet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22
GLOBE SIGHTS.



No man can do himself any good by
criticising others; but any man can
accomplish something by criticising
himself.
Don't ask your friend to tell you
his troubles, for if he does he will
think you should do something to re-
lieve them.
A man very decidedly under the in
f1uence of liquor, and carrying a baby,
was on the Streets last night. Many
men will carry a baby under no other
circumstances.
In every place of business there is
an employe who is the trouble man.
whose duty it is to straighten out
trouble. But in the homes, thS
trouble man. is a woman; it is the
mother.
To the young man who has not been
| Matched, and who does not know
whether he will hatch out a goose or
| a peacock life seems a great success
but after he has turned out a goose, he
gets an entirely new set of ideas.
A fellow who lived in Atchison sew
eral years and who was great to tell
| The people generally said he was in
nocent Had he committed the
crime" they said, she would have
told about it,
The children will be glad to learn
| land perhaps therefore take a deeper
interest in science) that the Wise Mer
| have decided that every one should have
just what he wants to eat; that the
| craving is natures signal that the food
| longed for is needed. In other words
| when child cries for candy, it is not
he who cries, but his system.
1t is related that an Atchisor
preacher said to a woman at prayer
meeting recently: ttSister, you talk OF
the cross you have had to bear. You
have a good, kind husband, who never
was unkind to you in his life; he is
prosperous, your children are good
and the health of your family is al
right Will you kindly explain what
| is the cross you talk so much about p
The woman sobbed, but finally man
aged to say: MY husband insists or
putting his head on the cushions or
my parlor lounge" Whereupon there
was sympathetic groan from all the
| other sisters present. They knew
| though the preacher didn't, what Z
cross this was to bear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22
ALCOHOL VS.. GASOLINE.

An organization known as the Ma
tionaI Association of Automobile Man
ufacturers is agitating the abolition,
by the next congress. of the internal
revenue tax on alcohol not used in
beverages, or, in other words, on alco-
hol used in the industries. It is
alleged that if this is done industrial
alcohol will be used to a considera BILE
extent instead of gasoline in running
motors. and its consumption will be
greatly increased. As it is nanufac-
tured principally out of corn, potatoes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A Chicago professor has made the as
founding discovery that women are in
creasing in numbers far faster than
men. Are we to conclude, then, that
some of these days the human race will
make up and find itself all girls?
The real name of the Russian con-
gress is the gosudarstvennaia douma.
How would you like to live in a coun-
try where you would have to say that
every time you wanted to say something
mean about congress?
AS an instrument of death the auto
mobile seems to equal the Missouri
mule.
When a girl reads about valuable
papers she instinctively thinks of curl
papers.
A New York congressman has decid-
ed to resign and run for member of the
state senate There's more in it, you
know.
In telling why it closed the Philadel-
phia mint the government said there is
no demand for gold or silver coin" Did
the government make any inquiries in
your neighborhOod on that subject?
There's one thing about it: When we
have dry weather we don't run as much
risk of being drowned in the lakes on
Kansas avenue.
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Borrow's Piety.

There are still stories of Borrow
awaiting a biographer who, in Mr..
PetuIengro's phrase, is not 'bitten by
the mad puppy they calls gentility-"
1t is possibly this species of hydro
phobia which induced Prof. Knapp to
omit one characteristic story of the
subject of his memoir. When he set
out for Russia as the agent of the
British and Foreign Bible society, Bor-
rows sole funds were a f5 note,
change for which into gold his moth
er procured for him at his request.
Writing to her from St Petersburg.
Borrow urged her to be more careful
in the future, as one of the fve sover-
eiens which she had given him proved
to be bad. However" adds this
strangest of missionaries. thank the
Lord, succeeded in passing it in Lon
jon."-AcademY.
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KANSAS COMMENT
FRoM THE SECOND.

Uncle Cy Leland, who appears to
have more on hand than he can well
thrown out the life line to the Second
district, to save it from sending Henry
Alien to congress. The Second district
may go on in its fool hardy way and
do just as it pleases, but whatever the
result, Uncle Cy can have the satisfac-
ton of knowing that he did his duty.
We all like Uncle Cy. and while feel
ing grateful to him for his interest in
Second district politics, we are not car
ing much about his political Sores
Miami Republican.
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Prince Voc and Women.

Prince Yoe of Korea was talking at
Atlantic City about the outrageous
bathing dresses that young women wear
at Ostend and Trouville.
But a mother, a young mother said
Prince Voc would never wear a bath
ing dress of that kind out of respect for
her children. As 1 look at the modest
costumes of the women bathers here, I
would thing they were all mothers, were
not some of them too young"
The prince smiled. Then he resumed:
1T is a fact that little children have
an unusual influence on young mothers
l heard the other day of a mother who
came downstairs in very decollete
gown. and then went upstairs and took
it off again. Why? Because her little
son, when he saw her in it, said:
'''Oh, I'm going to write and tell
papa
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York P

CFrom the New York Press
A woman thinks she sees a great
many things that she knows she
doesn't.
Having pull with most people is.
being able to get for 81 something
worth 80.
1t makes a girl feel awful queer to
be Rugged when she has a porous
plaster on her back.
A girls idea of being dressed is in
way that makes her feel uncomforta bic
for fear people will think she isn't.
A man could be a great success in a
lunatic asylum if he took all the adj
ness.
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How He Did 1t.

story is told of a certain famous
inventor who is fortunate enough to
be able to employ a large staff of en-
gineers and mathematician to aid him
in the solution of knotty problems.
Some time ago the inventor desired to
find the cubic capacity of a certain
vessel of unsymmetrical proportions,
and asked his mathematicians to solve
the problem. AS the story goes, the
mathematicians spent weeks of time,
filled whole books with their calcula-
lions and finally presented what they
said was a close approximation to the
true result. Thereupon the famous
inventor placed the vessel on plat
form scale. filed it to the brim with
water, obtained its weight when full
and when empty and in few minutes
he had a result as good as the mathe-
maticians-for that particular vessel
Engineering News.
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some spring or other down there, as he
was in that locality much of the time.
The argument on the question will come
about as near settling it as win the
argument on whether the government
brought home the actual bones of John
Paul Jones or those of some Frenchman
that now pass for the Jones bones.
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MEMORIES.

" nat tender reflections Irvine
around your boyhood's goal,
Al Iancy once again you see
Inc good old Swimming hole.
% frolic in its cooling depths,
BY dropping willows girt
gu see the mischief loving lads
Who used to soak your Shirt.
an, what change from, care free days
You hustle now for pelf;
Alas! in life's big swimming hole
GU soak your clothes yourself
Brooklyn Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22

How do you explain these mutlhies IN
very easily answered the English
fisherman. people who can tell traw-
sighted to recognize their own command
ers. shinston Star.
Never mind our poverty, darling. ours
viii be the old story of love IN cot
Yes. but who's going to supply the
cottag e?"-Brooklyn Life.
do her family approve of her ambition
to go upon the operatic stage?'
..Um-er-yes and no. That is, they ap-
prove of her going away to sing.
Visitor-I wish to see your employer.
3ffee B9X1Tm sorry to say he is not It IN
Office Boy-Becau use it goes agin me con-
science to tell lies.-Cleveland Leader.
Little WIn.e-say, pa, what are the
the sinner is elected to. my son.-Chicago
News
Farmer Jonas-Is your boss afraid Of
autos?
Farmer Heckbin-waI, yes-he's had tn
when Fhey break that he fairly shoulders
when he sees one a-conin' Puck.
Mr. Timmid-You are going to beer
married, hear.
Miss Loxett-I sincerely hope to be.
Miss Lovett (desperately)-You may ask
me now, if you really care for me.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
rs the zemstov congress doing real
worlz?''
egates, but the man who calls the roll is
Washington Star.
I, cad hasn't her ''' - ''''9 VI ms
on, no! Not at all. Why, he got that
| Press.
But Why didn't the supeTntendent of
How unreasonablel Why should you
expect him to know anything until he sees
Finnigan-Th' scientists be sayin' thot
befoor long there'll be twoice as NANNY
people as tn country kin support.
Mulligan-Niver we moind. Be thot tonne
yure dollar'll only buy half as much amy
way.-Judge.
Whats your fathers business?'' asked
| Mr.. Paekinham.
''Businessi'' exclaimed Lord Harry. MY
deah sir, my fathah has no business"
9h excuse me- thGught Be might be be
graft ss-chicaso Record-Heraid.- '@' ms
Father-why don't you do something
yourself instead of depending on me to
help you?
son-what are you kicking about? Don't
| you get your moneys worth IN TeduxinE
| that you're the better man of the two?-
| Detroit Tribune.
Pa asked Tommy what's the differ
ence between assurance and 'insur-
| ance p;
Wei, my son, one is what the agent
has and the other is what he persists in
trying to sell you."-Catholic Standard
and Times
| Has Harold asked your father to give
| his cOnsent?''
| HE told father last night that he had
| made 5000 in real estate deal. so I SIP
pose he's asking him on the instaIlment
! plan. milwaukee Journal.
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wHar nu.L sAYs.

Don't y think it." Bill sezee-
Il don't marry.
Got as much the way / be
S I Kin carry.
Paddle my canoe alone
Two might sink IT.
Want no sorrers but my own.
Don't " think 1t.
Don't " think it, Bill allows.
.'Trottin' double.
Takin on them marriage vows,
Leads ter trouble.
Got some money in my clothes
Hear me chink it.
Married men all hev, I s'pose!
Don't v think it.
Don't v think it," Bill let's on.
'.Nothin' to It.
If I knowed gal, doggone
F 'ud do it.
All the time I watched hiS eye;
Seen him wink it.
Think Bill never means to tie?
Don't y think it.
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22

ENJOYS Settle the Railroad Cues
ton" is newspaper headline over a
peace conference report. It relates to
the Chinese Eastern. however, and does
not relieve congress of the necessity of
wrestling with the railroad question the
coming winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22

1t is said that the inhabitants of
Portsmouth are taking sides in the
peace controversy, and no matter
what the ENJOYS may or may not do.
people who have dwelt side by side
as neighbors for twenty years will be
lighting the battles of Russia and
Japan over long after the conference
closes. Thus the serpent will leave
his trail behind him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22

1t is to be hoped we get the war
out of the way, that Norway quiets
down, and that no trouble breaks
loose elsewhere after the middle of
November. We will be too busy then
watching for what congress is or isn't
going to do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22

What's the use of all this fuss about
whether or not the water used in chris
tening the kansas came from spring
that John Brown drank of. The story is
that there was spring down in Linn
county or whereabouts where John
Brown once camped and out of which he
drank It is quite likely. that the late
1Er. Brown did actually drink out OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22
LOGGING ALONG.

WI Ting Fang says he is not push
ing the Chinese boycott. From this
distance it does not appear to need
pushing.-Chicago News.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
HOME NEWS willie AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State Journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
TO any address at the rate of thirty
cents a month. Address changed as
often as desired. While csE Of town
the State journal will be to you like
. daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22

Anyway Messrs. Witte and Komura
cannot complain that we did not give
them enough attention when they
were doing their little act at Ports
mouth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22

1t seems that there were about as
many votes against the divorce in the
recent Norwegian election as there are
Republican votes in an election in
Arkansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22

Reciprocity" says Governor Cum
Minis, "has been damned by false
friends 1t has been coddIed in con-
ventions and crucified in congress"
This is a refreshing diagnosis, whether
it is correct or not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22

Mr.. Rockefeller's income is esti-
mated at $26, 100000 a year. His
present quarterly dividend on his
Standard Oil stock alone will amount
to $4,000. 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22

OF course the sultan of Sulu thought
he was comforting a great favor on
Miss Roosevelt by Offering to make
her another suItana.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22
NOT ALL OF IT.

Calculations showing that Mr..
Rockefeller has been giving away
more than his income from Standard
Oil during the past year are likely to
be misleading. One years dividend
from any single investment is far
from representing the mere lucre that
actually comes his Washington
Star.
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AND HE KNOWS.

Ohio Democrats may just as well
quit now. Chairman Dick has an,
nounced that he will not permit the
Democrats to carry Ohio this year
Atlanta Journal.
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The Cummins presidential boom
doesn't seem to be going much faster
than the Shaw presidential boom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22

1t is said that Mr.. Rockefeller did not
begin to get rich until he was thirty
five. Think what a job Miss Tarbell
would have had had he begun to get
busy earlier
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WHY IT EXPLODED.

A Minneapolis drug clerk was blown
up by a soda fountain explosion. A
lady customer had probably taken a
drink and had it charged.-Des
Moines Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22

Among other things that do not
contribute to the peace prospect are
the bills of the mosquitoes at Ports
mouth. The peace ENJOYS feel like
hurrying away as soon as possible.