davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29

east. 1t has the dust-green color of
sage, smells like sage, tastes like sage,
and animals that feed on its leaves
and yellow flowers flavor their flesh
with sage. Well, wherever this plant
grows the desert grouse may be found
The grouse feeds and fattens on sage.
There is nothing he likes better. He
must have it. Let the sage be de-
stroyed and the bird moves on. The
desert grouse is the largest grouse of
the western world and it is exceeded
in size only by the great grouse of
Europe-the capercailzie. 1t is very
superior in size and strength to the
common prairie hen or the pinnated
grouse, usually weighing twice or
thrice as much as that bird. 1t will
measure two or three feet from tip of
wing to tip. Living in a gray land,
nature has provided for the protec-
ton of the bird by making it also
gray. 1t is curious how nature looks
after its creatures by making their
color, as rule, harmonize with the
landscape. In grouse-land there is a
great deal of alkali in the soil and
over that grows the graygreen shrub
berry. The sage grouse seeks its safe
ty in concealment rather than in
flight.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29
Handsome Though not Brilliant.

Though the general color effect of
the grouse is gray yet it has markings
of white and black. A large black patch
underneath the birds body is a feat
ure of the desert grouse. On his
shoulders he wears epauletts of white
The reason for these white shoul-
ders is that in browsing through
the sage brush all his days
the heavy gray feathers are worn off,
exposing the fine white neither
feathers.
The grouse, though not a high
flyer and not so agile on the wing as
his eastern cousin, possesses great leg
power. He is active and speedy as a
runner, rather quick to take fright and
is an expert in losing himself among
the brush. 1t should not be under
stood that these birds do not rise from
cover. They often do. Hunters seek
so to frighten the birds that they will
rise. 1t is not difficult shooting then.
The grouse of the desert has that
general grouse trait the "whirr''.
When he rises it is said that he whirrs
louder than the eastern grouse. When
thoroughly reused to his task he is
pretty strong flyer and can go a mile
at stretch, alternately sailing and
Tapping.
The flesh of the desert grouse is
good when not too sagey. The young
birds, when feeding on grass -hoppers,
are unsurpassed for tenderness and
flavor. The older birds, as with all
the other feathered tribes, are not so
tender as the young. When feeding
exclusively on sage their flesh is
strongly impregnated with the flavor
of shrub, somewhat unpleasantly so.
One is reminded of the taste of par
fridge meat when that bird has been
feeding on resinous buds in the au-
tumn.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29
GobbIers from Far and Wide.


Indeed, the Presidents Christmas
dinner does not cost him very much, for
Uncle Sam pays the wages OF many OF
the White House employees who have
q hand in preparing it and almost all
of the goodies" which grace the fes-
tive board are donated by admlring
friends of the President. Not only does
Horace Vose send prize-winning
turkey, but gobblers that rival it in size
come from poultry raisers in other Sec
tions Of the country, and there are
donations of cranbePries from Cape
Cod, a parcel Of the famous Roosevelt
potatoes" sent by the farm hands on the
Presidents estate at Oyster Bay and
other delicacies sent by "neighbors"
far and near.
Such marketing as is necessary to
I'LL out the menu for the Presidents s
Christmas dinner is done by Henry
Pinckney, colored man who holds the
position of White House Steward and
draws salary of 81, 800 year from the
government for managing the domestic
affairs at the White House. A day or
two before Christmas Steward Pinck-
ney sets out in the unpretentious
vehicle which serves as the Presidents S
private market wagon and makes the
round of the markets-for the White
House patronage is not confined to any
one merchant. In preparation for the
Christmas dinner it is presumably not
necessary to purchase any coffee, sugar,
salt or other staples, for all such sup
plies for the Presidential mansion are
purchased in quantity and kept in a
storeroom adjoining the kitchen, which
looks like a full-fledged grocery store.
All in all, the White House Christ
mas festival comes pretty near being
a counterpart of the old-time, old
fashioned institution of our forcfa-
theirs.
1t is we'll on toward $50 o'clock 'ere
the last piece of mince pie has disap-
peared, and then the entire party, from
the President to Quentin, the youngest
occupant of the White House, makes
a bee line for the big East Room
where a rousing frolic winds up the
holiday.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29
THE DESERT GROUSE.
KNOWN As THE SAGE HEN AND
COCK OF THE PLAINS, A TYP
ICAL AMERICAN BIRD.

Is the Largest of the GrouSeS and
Feeds Mostly on Sage-HaS Hand
some Coat of P1umeS and Makes a
Savory Roast.
The desert grouse is a representa-
tive American bird. 1t is, of course,
not as exalted and heroic as the eagle,
and is not spread over so wide an
area as the common chicken, but for
all that the desert grouse is typically
American. The bird is more famil-
iarly known to travellers, dwellers in
the arid and semi-arid regions of the
United States, and sportsmen, as the
sage hen," and, as a matter of course,
where there are sage hens there are
sage cocks. Often the bird is referred
to as the prairie chicken, but the ref
erence is inaccurate. 1t is a game
bird of great beauty. 1t was named
"Cock of the Plains" by Lewis and
Clark who, though perhaps not the
first whites to make the acquaintance
of this bird, at least were the first
white men to identify it as distinct
pathological species and to pause
long enough in the ardous business
of exploration to give it name.
Found Throughout the Arid Region.
1t is seen in all the arid and semi
arid parts of the land where it has
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29
CATHOLIC DIVORCES.
VATICAN ANNULS MARIA AGES
IN CERTAIN CASES.-ATTOR-
NEYS OF ST. PETER,

Ambassador Whitelaw Reid appoints
son of English Earl as Chief Lackey
The Tipping Question.-Other For
eign Gossip.
1t is stated on authority that the
Vatican will always annul a marriage
if it can be proved to it's entire salts
faction that one or the other of the
parties to the alliance was not a free
agent in the matter. One of the most
notable cases of annulment of a prince
ly marriage, on grounds such as these.
was the dissolution some years ago of
the marriage bonds of the reigning
Prince of Monaco and his first wife.
Lady Mary Hamilton. At the same
time the Vatican pronounced the mar
riage null and void it also pronounced
that her son was, in every sense of the
word, legitimate. Princess Mary, whose
mother was a princess of the reigning
honse of Baden and whose father was
the English Duke of Hamilton, was
forced by her kinsman and guardian,
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29

In the Colonial style with white walls
and woodwork and is furnished with
rare old pieces of mahogany furniture
most of which were discovered by
Mrs. Roosevelt in out-of-the-way local
tiles in Virginia and Maryland. The
dinner is served by colored walters
and the table is laid with Mrs. Roose-
yelts new china-delicate ware taste
fully ornamented with a Colonial pat
tern in gold, each piece bearing tiny
representation Of the seal of the
United States in colors.
The dinner is prepared in the re-
fitted White House kitchens, which are
located in the basement directly below
the private dining room. There are
two kitchens, one about rs by 40 feet
in size and, opening from it, a smaller
kitchen of about one-half the size. Or
dinarily the equipment of the smaller
or family kitchen is sufficient for the
preparation of the dinner for select
party at the Executive Mansion, but
at Christmas the great hooded range
in the larger tiled kitchen is brought
into use for the roasting of the thirty
pound Christmas turkey, sent by Hor-
ace Vose, the Rhode Island farmer who
for thirty-f1ve years past has sent each
year a magnificent specimen of the
king of fowls for the Presidents
Christmas dinner.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08
SOUTH DAKOTANS GOT
OYER CORNHUSKER GOAL
Journal Special Service.

Lincoln, Neb, Oct. 7--Playing in a
high wind with the temperature close
to 80, Nebraska defeated South Dakota
by score of 42.to today. Fun bling,
which was Nebraska S most serious Of
Tense, gave the visitors their only OPP
portunity to score, Case grabbing the
ball and running the length of the field
In the first half South Dakota proved
a harder proposition than Nebraska had
bargained for. A blocked kick off and
center rushes carried the ball to South
Dakota 8 s1O-yard line and Mason was
pushed over for the second touchdown.
Morse kicked goal. Score: Nebraska,
IL; South Dakota, O.
Rice went in for Nelson at the begin
ming Of the second half. Nebraska
played with a rush South Dakota could
not stop. In two minutes Of play Mason
went over for a touchdown after run
Of fifty yards by Denslow. Eager
kicked goal. Schmidt made Nebraska IS
next touchdown. Goal was missed.
Two minutes more and Denslow was car
ried over for Nebraska S seventh touch
down. Goal was missed again. Taylor
made the next touchdown and Cotton
missed goal Final score: Nebraska,
A.: South Dakota, 6. 3,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08
BADGER PLAYERS !.
BEAT LAWRENCE
Wisconsin Team Piles. Up Score
of "a to 0 in Hard Fought
Game.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Madison, Wis, Oct. Before Q
crowd Of 800 Wisconsin today defeated
Lawrence, "a to 0, one more point than
Chicago made against the same team.
Because Speik, assistant coach of Chi
cago, was present taking notes, Coach
Holt shifted Wisconsin almost beyond
recognition, only Bertke, Roseth, Remp,
Melzner and Decring Of the regulars
starting in the game. Lawrence worked
the double pass on Wisconsin three
times, once for Is yards and for 30
and 40 yards, the 30-yard run almost
resulting in touchdown for the visit
ors Just before time was called. De-
spite the fact that the badgers used
subs, the team played together well.
Roseth was the Wisconsin star, his
limo 4plunging being the best of the.
season. Wisconsin's first touchdown
was a fuke., After carrying the ball
the length of the field on the kickoff
Fisher fumbled inside Lawrence g FIVE
yard line, the ball rolling over the goal
fine and Wrabetz falling on it. In the
first half Wisconsin made eighteen
points, Bertke holding the line in
championship form, making two touch
downs and Wrabetz the other. With
the score standing 90 to 0 and time al
most up the rooters yelled, Remember
Chicago!' Then the varsity pulled to-
gether and went the Chicago score one
better. The teams lined up as follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08
MAROONS TOO BIG
FOR HAWKEYES
Stages Men Run Up Score of
42-0 Despite Iowa's Stiff
Fight.
Journal Special Service.

g - ~ .
Chicago, Oct. with a substitute
team from the start and constant ad-
ditions from the scrubs, Chicago Is ma.
rooms defeated the University of Iowa
today by score of ~ to 0, all but
one Of the touchdowns being made in
the first half. The hawkeyes were
husky, and looked as if they ought to
have walked thr1the team Coach Stage
selected for the occasion, but appear
ances were more deceitful than usual,
and after the visitors had withstood
Chicago's charges for a few minutes
they wilted fast, and the maroons run
up the score rapidly. Stages men used
straight football.
The weather was the worst imagin-
able for football, for the gridiron fairly
sizzled under a blazing sun, and the
players sweltered in their heavy togs,
while the 5000 spectators found the
highest wraps uncomfortable. Shirt
waists and even shirt sleeves were fash
ionable. The players stood the heat for
perhaps ten minutes, then began to wilt
| and turnout most Of the first half the
play was slowed up by constant delays,
due to injuries and exhaustion.
The lineup:
seidel, WasRburn Right tackle. 49,. Badenoeh
NJ Right guard Mol
| lockwood Left guard :. ........... Meigs
! Schwinn Left tackle. .......... Hill
STREET .......... Left end Parry, Harper Hitch
Kent, Fritzel =. Quarterback Eckersall, Harper
- Hitchcock, Walker
MCGOWAN, Greene .Fullback... ........ Bezdel
| Murphy Right halfback. ..s... Boone
/ gIouchdOWns, Parry, Harper, 3, Bezdek, Ecker
SAIL Walker. ~
Goals. Parry g. Walker. Referee, Hoagland
| Princeton. $50 so -.
Umpire Walbridge, Lafayette. Time o.
/ halves, So and Is minutes - =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08

in. no. wise disgraced. They put up a
plucky, fight against odds and. won, the
admiration of the football enthusiasts
by their persistency and spirit. ) III,
" -. Crowd Was Large.
The crowd was the largest and the
noisiest of the year: The: university
band was on the running track; in front
of, the main stand and gave variety to
the waits. There was the first varsity
yelling Of the year and, whenever the
hickertails started, bracing up and
working the old cry, Of - Hurry! hurry!
Coach Ristine of Ames was in the
stand during the game and afterward
expressed an opinion that Minnesota
barring accidents, would have another
strong team this year. Coach Sweet.
land, after the game, was outspoken
in his admiration Of the gophers. He
was prond Of the showing of his team
and paid high comp liment tot Min.
nesota team and its coach. "The treat;
ment we receive ,here,' said DR.. Sweet
land, sis such that altho we have to
go home losers we 60 back with an
added Friendship for Minneapolis foot
the Minnesota team. Our boys 90 into
the Minnesota games with dash an6
spirit. It was a good, clean game anG
our boys fought well. That IS all any
coach could ask under the circum
| The game drew out all Of the enthu
siasts and after its close there was con
siderable handshaking among them. TIL,
weak points Of the team were dis
cussed and their merits praised. It wal
generally thought that had the heat no
slowed up the men, in the second hal
that the score would have gone higher
Taking into considerations all Of TIL,
crudeness which would have been dan
gerous against heavier and. faster 90
ponents the general verdict was tina
the team made <creditable showing
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08
South Dakota
pLAYEp no "a. sTANpsTIL1

Mason City, Iowa, Oct S.-The Iowa Industrial
school of Eldora played fast game Of baseball
with Memorial university here Friday. Neither
side scored.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08
CARLETON BEATS
EAST HIGH TEAM
Minneapolis Boys Play Fast Ball
in First Half, but Succumb
in Second.

East High played Carleton to- a
standstill in the first half Of their game
at Mortified yesterday but succumbed
to the superior weight of the college
players in the second half. The score
was 16 to 6. Both teams felt the in
huence of the weather and played
slowly, taking out a great deal of time.
The losses Of the week were keenly
felt by the crimson team, which entered
finished with six. In view Of the Grip
pied condition of the team the showing
made was very satisfactory to Coach
Wyman and the university avenue root
ers. Twelve of the sixteen points scored
by the Congregationalists were made on
straight line bucking and four by a
place kick. .Westbrook made the first
touchdown of the game, and the only
one for East High, early in the first
Coach Wyman, Manager Turnstrand,
Trainer Caine, fourteen players and
about twenty-five rooters went down to
Mortified Saturday morning and re-
| turned on the afternoon train. They
were well pleased with the showing
made and speak highly of the hospi-
tally Of the college men.
Captain Bunnell was probably the
most consistent ground gainer for East
| Il.
and Carnbrook were the other crimson
stars. In the first half Westbrook
kicked off to Carleton on their 15-yard
line and they returned the ball fifteen
! yards but fumbled to Westbrook who
broke loose from the scrimmage and ran
thirty yards for touchdown and; sub
sequently kicked goal. Score: East
Side, 6; Carleton, O..
Carleton then took the ball down the
field SO yards on straight line bucks
] for touchdown and kicked goal
rest Of the half the ball hung close tc
the center of the field, and there were
several exchanges Of punts.
In the second half East high began tc
show the effect of the heat, and the
/ pounding Of the Carleton line which
outweighed them twenty pounds to the
man. Near the middle of the hall
Carleton again plowed down the fel6
! for touchdown and kicked goal
Score: East Side 6, Carleton IL.
! The ball then hung between the goal:
until the last three minutes of play
East Side then held Carleton on theil
Il 3-yard line. and punted to the 30-yart
line. Carleton made fair catch, and
on the return scored goal by a place
kick. Score: East High 6, Carleton Is
The teams again lined up for a kick
off, but time was called before Eas
Side had time to return the ball.
East High lined up as follows:
Rollins, left end; Morrison. left tackle; sher
bloom, left guard; Huey, center; Clogroye an
Kelly. right guard; Carnbrook. right tackle
/ Hawley, right end; Comfort, quarterback; West
brook and Phillips, left half; Worcester, RICH
/ half; captain Bunnel.
Officials Tonpkins, referee; Strang, umpire
i Barnard head linesman; Woodbury., timekeepeI
score-East High 6, Carleton 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08
ILLINI WON FARCICAL
GAME FROM NAPERYILLE

Champaign, ILL.,, Oct. THE Illini
defeated the Northwestern college from
Naperville by score Of "a to today.
Because they had to catch train the
visitors insisted on quitting before the
second half was ended. The contest
collegians had to rest after every melee.
The feature of the game was the so
yard run Of "ShortyO Ray, the base
ball shortstop, who is the latest find.
Ray ran thru the entire college array
in Eckersallian style, and shook off and
eluded every tackler. Kirk and Car
ruthers led in the attack but the regu-
lars were soon supplanted by substi-
tutes. Grill and Leonard starred when
the conflict was renewed in the second
half, Cribs run for twenty-five yards
being feature The line-I1n.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08
THE DAYS. SCORES

Al WEST.
Minnesota 45. North Dakota 0.
Minnesota Freshmen 20, La Crosse o.
Chicago 42. Iowa 0.
Northwestern 5,vWabas1 O.
Illinois Freshmen H., Armour 4.
Michigan SO. Case o.
Wisconsin 81, Lawrence o.
Nebraska ~, South Dakota 6.
Illinois "a, Northwestern College o.
Knox A.. Wesleyan o.
Cincinnati g.: DepauW o.
Notre Dame %, Michigan AgI. 0.
Drake 80, coe is.
Ames SO, State Normal o.
Indiana 20, Kentucky O.
Monmouth AZ, Iowa NEEDLES O.
st. Thomas 10. HannIine Medics o.
PIIfsbury Fl. Deaf Mutes 6.
East High is, Carleton s.
EAST.
Princeton "a. Georgetown O..
Harvard. 2. Maine 0.
Columbia o. Wesleyan 0.
Cornell "a. BucknelI Q.
Yale 1e. Syracuse o.
Pennsylvania II. Swarthmore d.
Annapolis 20, Virginia Military 0.
Carlisle H.. Penn State O.
West Point 10. Colgate 6.
Hamilton "a. Rochester o.
Lafayette 49, Ursurnus o.
Brown az, Worcester Technical o.
Williams IL. Union o.
New York 2. Lehlgh o.
Tennessee 1O4. Hartman O.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08
HARVARD, %; MAINE, o
Crimson Players Have But Little Trou-
BILE with Their Adversaries.
Journal Special Service

Journal Special Service. -
Cambridge, Mass, Oct. Harvard
% to. o, today. Harvard time and again.
ploughed her way thru the Maine line
for great gains and when an attempt
was made to circle the ends it went
through in easy fashion. In the first
half Harvard scored 16 points, mainly
by bucking the line, using her regular
team. In the second half, with a team
scored, but at no time did the men
exert themselves.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08
DEAF MUTEs DEFEATED
Pillsbury Academy Administers Hard
Drubbing. the Score Being 81 to 6.

Owatonna, MINI, Oct. 7.-Pillsbury
this afternoon administered a hard
drubbing to the deaf and dumb team
from Faribault, the score, being 81 to
6. The score by the mutes was on q
fumb1ed ball and while the game was
exceedingly fast for SO hot day, it
would have been much better had Coach
Jones been able to play. Pillsbury will
meet Carleton next Saturday, in which
game Jones will appear.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08
AMEs WINS RAGGED GAME
Defeats State Normal School, SO to 0,
Tho Work Is Poor:
peoial to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. -
Ames, Iowa, Oct. In a ragged
game here today Ames defeated the
State normal school, 80 to O. The Nor
NAL team was unable to stand the hard
line smashes Of Ames and were forced
back over their goal seven times. Nor
nal fumbled numerically and both
teams were continually penalized fer
offside plays.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08

Grand Forks 12, Red Lake Falls, O.
Journal Special Service.
Grand Forks, N. d., Oct 7-Gran6
Forks F h1g h ss9po h Gsevaa Rec
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08
Elk Point 5, Akron o.

Elk Point, s. D., Oct. Main for
Elk Point high made brilliant end
run in the last FIVE minutes today, win
ming over Akron, Iowa, to 0 IN tho
The daily sentinel., 1905-02-02
III. aett.r Lane.

Il hear thee speak % the better land
Thou casast It's Ehiidrau a nlupY band
lTothers On where t. that radiant shore .
T. lr where the flowers of the orange
blows.
And tie hrealss siaHes through The
myrtle rouEhsT
NOT there. not there my chiId.
rs It where the fsarhery palm trees rise.
Md the date grows ripe under sunny
or midst the zreeu ISLANDS OF sIistsrlHs
Where fragrant forests perfume the
And z5FaaE- bright birds. en- their starry
Bear ne Ticb huss % an glorious thiuss 7''
Not there, not rEere- Gay ehAdi
Is tt far away. in some region Oh.
Where the rivers wander % er san4s %
Where tbs burning rays os the ruby shine.
And The diamond As1rs Up the zecrsr
And t6s peasI sieams forth froz TIE coral
sfElu1T
Is ii shess. sweet mother. that better
hudf
Not there not there my ehnsr-
Eye hath not seer IT, ny gentle boy,
Ear hath not heard It's deep songs OF ioTs
Dreams cannot picture q world 50 fair
sorroW ard death may u0t enter there
Time doth not breathe on les fadeiess
It Is there. it is there my ehndi
-F'eliell Heu1us.
The daily sentinel., 1905-02-02
said sy Fat

Juds D. Cady Herrick Is 4 good
story teller He told one while At ths
Holland house few days ago OF an
Irish gardener who IS in the employ
Of a friend
Pat had not been long IN this eounr
try said the Judge, before he Sc
cured employment at his trade On an
estate owned by a friend Of mine n
Rhode Island A few weeks ago Pat
was found drunk BY his employer.
aEt propPed up against the stable
door
Have you any excuse 20 make.
asked ny friend. for being n this
disgraceful condition.
They told me it was your hirrs-
day SOFT. replied Pat
What has that got to DO with Itr
Inquired ny fris1ds I don't see the
connection
e Shure. said Pat. q you suppose
I'd dIzgracs nesif by not gstriu drunk
On your birthday. SORT
-Buk you've been drunk for =
week
-shure,' Pax said, 7 was making
up for the sfvin years / didn't serve
yer. zotr
Pat got OF. Not guilty. but don't
DO 1t again was the verdict New
York Globe and Commercial Atyer-
tiser-