davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-20

river near Lamar, S. c., saved a COM
panion, John M. Gibson aged 19, from
drowning after a desperate struggle.
The commission awarded him a silver
medal and $500 to be devoted to edu-
cational purposes Mrs. Sadie L.
Crabbe, aged 35. of Coopers Landing,
Va, lost her life on February IL, 1905,
while attempting to save from drown
ing Ralph Young, colored, aged 19,
laborer Mrs. Crabbe Is survived by
her husband, Charles. a son aged nine,
and three small daughters. The family
is very poor. The commission award
ed a bronze medal and appropriated
$1,000 to be expended by the executive
committee as 1t thinks best for the
children. Miss Anna Margaret Cum
ningham, aged 20, nurse at the Sa-
vannah Hospital Savannah, Ga, was
awarded a bronze medal for her part
In the attempt to save from drowning,
on May 26, 1906, Walker Cults, aged
81, an attorney Of Savannah.
There was a big time in Charlotte
dents visit the whole city bestirring
itself to do the presidential party hon.
or. The feature of the presidents
short stay, says a dispatch, was his
meeting with the widow of Stonewall
Jackson Mrs. Jackson lives in a
stones throw of the station and she
was present there when the train pull
ed in as the head of a company Of
ladies appointed by Mayor McNinch to
receive Mrs. Roosevelt. When he was
introduced he took her hand and re-
mained talking for fully five minutes.
Mrs. Jackson. you do not know how
glad l am to meet you. What! the
widow of the great Stonewall Jack
son! Why 1t is worth the whole trip
down here to have chance to shake
your hand" He referred to her grand
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-18
MATAMoRoS NEWS.

Senior JESUS Benavides, the con-
cessionaire who has the bull-hght-
ing and other amusement privileges
for Matamoros, says that the bull
ring is about completed, and that
the first fight will be given when
the new railroad is running regular
trains into this city. The cuadri-
la will be headed by the noted
matador Espartero (nick-named
"Esparterito"), and Moreno
Grande dc San Bernardo" The
bulls have been engaged from the
Hacienda de Guaname, state of
San Louis Potosi, noted as breed
ing the fercest and most active
bulls in Mexico. The shipping
point for this ranch is Moctezuma,
on the Mexican National Railway,
and not only are the bulls very eX-
pensivc, but the cost Of transporta-
tion is considerable. as much extra
prccaution is required in handling
these dangerous animals.
Amid a lot Of hides and bones
brought into town this morning
from one Of the OUTLYING ranches
were four deer-heads, ornamented
with fine borns. There was one
magnificent pair of antlers in the
lot, which would have brought a
fancy price from a collector in the
North They were attached to the
skull of a noble old cervine pa
triarch, aud counted eight full
points. They will probably be liter
ally thrown on the bone pile. \
Senior Celestino Garav, manager
of the Hotel Matamoros informs
your correspondent, that he will
put the porters and servants of the
hotel in blue uniforms with brass
buttons, as soon as the suits arrive.
He also says that when the trains
begin TO run on regular schedule
from Monterey, he will put a new
BUS in services at the National
railway depot for the convenience
of the public.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-18
Diminishing Drunkenness.
Columbia Herald.

Columbia Herald.
Ten years ago, said Conduc.
tor Scovern on the Burlington train
into Carrollton, Il carried on New
Years Day from fifty Ito 100 pas
sengers WIG were drunk. The
coaches were filled during the
holidays with a lot of maudlin fel.
lows who could scarcely get on OF
off the train. A fewyears before, "
continued Mr.. Scovcrn, who has
been on the road some thirty years,
whisky drinking was prevalent
even among the preachers. car
ried one preacher home from con
ference who dropped a quart bot
tie of whisky on the floor of the
coach. He was called before the
bishop of his church for the oifcnse
of drunkenness and was asked
20 testify, but declined. 1t was
formerly thought TO bc manly to
get drunk. A great change has
come over the travelling public in
this regard. Nowadays il has be-
come questionable 10 get drunk,
silly and unmanly to carry whisky
on excursions. The railroad COM
panies now refuse 10 employ drink
ing men, yet in former years / have
seen passenger conductors so drunk
they could hardly stand to take
trains out. AS far as the devil of
drunkenness is concerned and my
observation in North Missouri goes
the world is getting better. l do
not know whether there is more
drinking or not, but certainly
there is far less drunkenness.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-18
TWAS EVER THUS.

VI think someone Is knocking,
said Romulus one evening, jest be-
fore the. time to light the lamps,
Rubber out the front window and
see who il is.
Remus peeped out and saw the
shewolf with whom they had board
cd I'm their early DAYS.
Aw. fudge Let or knock, said
Romulus She'll soon get tired.
But instead of bcecuing tired
She knocked for an hour, and Ro-
mulus finally was compelled TO
drive her away with a club
This fable teaches that even IN
those days there were men who had
trouble in keeping the wolf from
the doors. - Gazette
II also shows that even in those
days they had persistent knock
ers" and they were difficult 10 get
rid of.-Florcsvillc Chronicle.
1t also shows that people in dire
necessity may turn to the wolf for
succor, but when prosperity comes
the bcncfactor often gets lost in the
shuttle.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-18
A Suspicious Character.

Tell you how it was, said the
landlord of the tavern at Polkville,
which as everybody knows is in
Arkansas. He said he was from
Ypsilanti, Michigan (spelled it out
for 'em) and they just nacherly
took and rid him out of town on a
rail. But, great guns! what oc-
casion was there for treating him
sou asked the tourist in surprise.
Why"
Aw, you see, they didn't be-
lieve no such a dad-dogged word
as that was the name of any place
on earth--they just lowed it was
sort of an Ananias. They didn I
like a stranger to start in a-lyin' so
early in the game.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-18

Little Brother: 'Rollo. what is
the difference between'a man and
boy?"
Bigger brother: A man is a
boy that is too old to be spanked;
that all the difference.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-18

Weeks. 4 laughed at my wife
when She first took up physical
culture for a fad. "
Peeks. Why don't you now?"
Weeks: Il dassen't.'
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-18

Old papers. 25o per 200, at this
Office.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-18
At the Dancing School.

A dancing teacher in Hartford
instructed her class of six-year-olds
to practise 4 certain dance at home.
The week following she asked a
chubby-fa boy if he had done
so. He promptly replied: Yes, +"
Hoping for a more courteous re-
ply, she said Yes, WHAT
Yesterday" was the answer
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-18
Room Enough For Two

As I came home at sunset,
Whistling all the way,
Driving my team and wagon,
After the work Of the day.
Beautiful Janet Fenton
Smiled me "How do YOU do2'
And said, with pride, "Will you take a
ride
There is room enough for two
For she had the bluest eyes
Under her curls of brown;
And the neatest figure dressed
In pale-blue, printed gown.
Fresh, and trig, from her hat
To her pretty Newport shoe,
And said, with pride, "Will YOU take
ride
There is room enough for two"
/ Again and again we met;
And the liking ever grew,
Till dearly loved the girl,
In her modest dress of blue.
And drove her past my home,
And 7 said Though its rooms be few,
II you'll be my bride, and sit by side,
There is room enough for two.
She answered; "What of your hcart2
For unless its love I share,
Unless it is all my own,
For your house I 80 not care,
But if there's love in the house,
Though the rooms be small and few,
We shall always say, Come whatever
may,
There is room enough for two"
Many year has come and gone since
then;
oh, many a happy year,
Sons and daughters we've had ten.
Both trouble and right good cheer.
But the house grew TO our needing,
The love came TO our call,
And what matter then whether two
or temp
There was love and room for all,
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-18

EVERY community has the fol-
low who can tell YOU just how to
run a newspaper, what TO say, and
what to leave out. The Browns
vile country is fortunate in this
direction, but there are a few who
could do the business better than
the editor. 1t has always been a
matter of wonder why these born
newspaper fellows don't start a
paper Of their own, and conduct il
along the lines they suggest that
the editor follow. II would doubt
less be a bowling succcss-about
two weeks.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-18

THE many friends of Hon John
n. Garner will sympathize with
him in the death of his brother,
which occurred recently. Mr.. Gar
ner is now at home being called
there by this sad event.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-18
Had Never Met Before.

They had just been introduced.
Really, she said timidly.
Your face seems so familiar TO me
I think we must have met before.
. impossible, 4" he sighed; if we
had ever met before should either
be engaged to you, married TO you
or dead of broken heart ere this.
No wonder she asked him If he
wouldn't like to wear her college
pin for awhilel
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-18

+. w. Truwit, John Seaman,
and Capt. J. Hangland, the latter
of the life saving station. came up
from Point Isabel yesterday.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-18
Johnnie of Fifty Years Ago.

X. Lamity's Harpoon.
Fifty years ago Johnnie got up
at daylight started the fires, fed
the horses, MIXED a dozen long
horned COWS that gave barely
enough TO go in coffee, chopped
and brought in wood, ate a hearty
breakfast and walked three miles
to school.
Today Johnnie don't get up at
all, unless forced to do so, eats lit
tie or no Breakfast, sneaks out to
the buggy house and smokes a
cigarette, and if the school house
is over three blocks away be takes
a street car.
Nowadays when Johnnie is bad
at school the teacher takes down
her books and gives him a black
mark. Next day Johnnie Is worse
than ever.
Fifty years ago when Johnnie
was bad at school, the teacher took
down a dogwood sprout, made
about two dozen black marks OH his
legs and Johnnie never repeated
the ofense.
The Johnnie of fifty years ago
Is now a hale hearty man.
Fifty years from now the John
ME of today will be dead and
buried.
Isn't this a true tale, Johnnie?
Weeks. 1 laughed at my wife
T.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-18

BY flying sol miles in four hours
the pigeons of the Adelaide (Aus-
tralia) Flying club have establish
ed a worlds record.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
:,APs CARRY MANY TRIPLES
Scholars in the Field Provided With
scors Of Things That VIII Make
: Them Comfortable.

London.-Dr. Ethel NcCaul, VIM had
Jus, returned from Japan, has brought
with her the complete OUTFIT OF = Japan
90 soldier Of the Imperial Guard, - vel
a samples OF the food supplied On 90
tive service The king has inspected
these articles with extreme interest," and
certainly they show . minute and tsasa-
.cious care for the Japanese ''Tommy's"
welfare that might afford useful suggss-
tons to other nations.
The japanese soldiers are even pro-
yided with such details % mosquito nets,
warm hoods and gloves (the latter hung
by cords from the neck, 40 that they can
not be LOST, . sheepskin waistcoat Tor
cold weather, boots, Tighter, and of far
superior make to those Of the En9lish
army, q housewife. an, Identification
label and I tin box OF creosots: pills i
! Dried vegetables, tel. salt and other
wholesome commodities are aupplied
with the foodstufs; the rice rations are
ready boiled, and even fodder for the
horses is prepared by drying.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
vrl1eN wlvse WE'RE PLENTIFUL.
Conditions In English Marshes Two
J.. centurles Aao.. -:

Conditions In English Marshes Two
:, Centuries Ago.. ~,..a -,
De6oe. tho author of 'RobiDson> Cru
soe." Travelled through ~ great east
srn marshes Of Eng1anA n 314s. He
records that in that "AoD1DAft II the
world" it was commoa % meet with
q man who had from Ire to fifteen,
wives; indeed. he says, hat some had
more. Defoe adds that aHAerry fell
low, who had himself had about =
score Of wives. told him that the men
Of the marshes, being seasoned to the
damp climate, took little harm from
II, but that they went into the "hilly
country" for their wives. when they
took the young lasses out OF the
wholesome and fresh: air they were
healthy. fresh and clear and well:
but when they came out Of their ma.
tive air into the marshes among the
toys and damp, there ther presently
changed their complexlone. got an
asue or two and seldom held it above
half q year or q year at most" Ono
wife was sacrificed. another was pro-
cured; and 20 the process went on.
Defoo IL careful to state that, this
merry intormer "fbbed q little'-at
least, concerning his own wives; but
no declares that the general statement
h perfectly true >E
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
FOR DOVER CHANNEL
'Freneh and British dovsrnmsnts Plan
: = TO- Transport Railroad Trains r.
Across tho Water

neutrality-suspicious. between tho
British and French governments for q
boat service that will carry whole rail-
road trains scrose tho channel between
Dover and Calais are about completes,
and parliament will be asked to pass the
necessary bill. which there is NO doubt
It will do; The expenses will be borne
BY both tho English and French govern
ment In equal shares.
Already plans have been submitted by
the Armstrongs and several other
shipbuilding concerns for twin screw
steamers large enough to transport
trains such distance. Hydraulic ele-
vators will be built to permit the en-
barking Of. trains ct low tide. and It Is
expected that the crossing Of the cham
mel will be effected In less than 80 min.
utes 1T 2speed Of about Il knots. 49,:
Since the success. Of the American
systsm Of ferryboAts two: Hines have
been installed Ii Europe. one between
Copenhagen and Malino in Sweden, a
distance Of 23 miles, and another b.
tween, Waremunde In Germany. and
0jeder In Denmark, q line which has
greatly increased the commercial possi-
bilities Of Germany
The distance from Dover to Calais ID
len. than three times the distance from
Manhattan to Staten Island.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06

Example q Russian honesty.
"A few ysase go { Russian =Warship
was on special duty in Behring sea,
guarding the seal fisheries. prevent
ing the slaughter Of the seals during
the closed season. Tho admiral of the
station, in the course Of IN inspection
Of the vessel. invited any Of the sail.
orr who he'd any complaint to make
to step forward. One Of the men. ~
spokesman for the whole crew, COM
planned that tho seal money" prom
Used them had not been paid. On the
.astonished admiral inquiring what hs
meant II came out that the ships
commander he'd been doing = lucrar
tivs trade b. kllliag -the eeals plaeed
undsr BIZ protestion md 1aa1ng IL
skins 20 xoEdoa 90 Ia ta1iaa the
A1v No. fHfthsEzzAr3 M ]. - - sdaiy
Et !. 4 = . sss,a',sa A. as.E
y .s;sss.esss n f,zx.s sts
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
lmprepse civilized Dress.

- ~
. lmprepse civilized Dress. ": :.
wiring OF Savage and Civilized
Dress" Ndwin Swift Baloh says that
while It might be assumed that the
superior development Of the brain Of
civilized man would result In some
form Of. dress far better and more
tasteful, than anything found amone
savases. It may be doubted. whether
this IL the case. One marked error Of
civilized dress is its interference with
the proper ventilation, Of the skin. The
human animal breathes with his en-.
tire skin; refuse matter is thrown OF
% Precipitation through every pore.
The fact iaswell known. but in the
garments rehabilitation 1t 10 almost
universally nnrecognizsd. +
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
MEN 0UTNuMBER WOMEN.
The Census Bulletin Recently Issue
Shows an Excess Of Males in
=. United States. :

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to q, censu,
bulletin recently made public there are
moro men than women in the United
States. but In tho cities there are more
wonen than men. In continental United
Gtetee there are 1.63s. 1871 more males
tdan females, or about two in each 100
people. Europe has an excess Of f.
males; every other continent, 90 far "a
known, has IN excess Of males.
American cities ~ . rule have more
females than males. In the 1851 cities,
each having in 1900 at least $500 inhab-
itants. there were POI. $50 more females
than males. and this Notwithstanding
the many western cities which con-
tanned more males than females, and tho
enormous number Of foreign born In tho
country. Ave-ninths Of them male and
, large proportion Of them living in the
cit1os. X +
Notwithstanding tho great excess Of
males in the total population Of. the
United States, there are two periods Of
itfe at which the reported number Of
,healalse 4ezggseser. Qpas ding from
shout IS years Of age to the snd.of life,
probably IL due mainly to tho longer
rvsrase life Of women: the other, from
IL to Is, probably Is apparent rather
than real, and due mainly to the greater
number Of women who claim erroneous
" TO belong 70 this ege period
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
TOT rs A: FINE .VloLINlsT..
Unusual Ability Of :1ive-4 s.r-old
New Jersey Youth-Bright Tu-
l. turs Prophesied for Him.s- >, ..

Tacony. N. J.--Though only dvsyears
old, little James H: Livingstone, of t.
cony, has already achieved more than q
local reputation - q violinist Of unusual
ability s-s;e,. -. ::s.,;'4
His first public appearances wsre
made last fall ~ soloist with tho t.
cony orchestra a& musical given By the
Ladies' auxiliary Of the Tocany Episco-
pal church and with the same orchestra
in the grand contest at Maennerchor hall,
on November,11. where It won the Sec
ond prize.
On both OCCASIONS tho boys playing
surprised and delighted tho audiences.
and It 10 freely predicted that bright fu-
ture lies before him.
James early showed evidence Of pos
sessing a natural talent for music. He
could whistle any tune he had once
heard, and soon learned to pick them
out on the piano. About q year ago his
parents placed him with Prof. George
A. Ebbeckes, believing that II the boy
had real talent It was not too Early to
start developing It Events have.shown
the wisdom az their action, for the boy
showed q natural aptitude for the violin
and improved daily in his knowledge Of
It's technique. Prof. Ebbeckes' 10 proud
Of his young pupil and expsots great
things Of him. ..-..:. 49,.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
VIII Wed 20 Win Hat.

Waterbury. Conn.-To win . new hat
Gus Meyers, . cigar dealer Of this place.
50 years old, has advertised for q wife.
Meyers draws the line 1t, eross-eyed
women and demands that tho woman
he marries must appear within two
weeks. II she doesn't he will lose the
hat. The applicant for . kind and low
Ing husbands promise Meyers makes
must be ,able-bodied and between 80
and 50 years Of age. AS an afterthought
Meyers adds that she must have suf-
ficient means to provide for him a com.
Portable home with all Of the necessities
and few of the ;luxuries Of life.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
Few, :. peIl 1 ra { Hid,

Judged even by the most dolnlto
code Of morals. no one q wholly bad.
Few nre deliberately bad. Their vel
nesses and their errors are due to :
certain defective sense Or disease
They cannot for this reason escape
condemnation Z and Z punishment -
such o6snses - come Within tie 10.
.Na suf tho II q p0rhape
II Tie subm ~ 5000 Z iIr1n % the
sidsei sad - ariuuisa from
DQ0 :moEo - uepas ~
;afsssstsi{ iSlbs - - = 4. So,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
An eloquent Defense.

= Col. Moriarity was defending the
climate of India. IAN nonsense, he
says: there's no better climate I'D
the world. But there are = lot o.
younx fellows who come out to India.
and they eat and they drink and they
drink and they eat, and they die. and
then they write home TO their friends
anA tell them that the climate has
kif3ed thsm. OF course. lots of .pso.
ole dte in India. Tell me whers
tAsy dpnt and III % and end M
Gays thsrA Pei zsz.s...S = vi 81 \:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
ENcH3AcH on zUHcER yea.

Nsss :.and IL Reclaimed From, tho
North Sea by the tiol'anders.
The Chicago drainage canal b.
Q mere ,plaything; compared with the
engineering feat Of draining HARLEM
lake In Holland, says q writer IN the
New Fork Tribune. The Dutch buff
. dixie around q piece Of the sea and
then pumped the lake they had made
entirely dry. This was SO successful
that other portions Of the sea have
heen reclaimed in the same way. Now
the NetherlanaArs have set out to dry
mp sea, the Z.xder Zee, and reclaim
about 800 square miles. The cost Of
this undertaking Is estimated at e41,.
000, 900. of $4,000, 900 more that, the
cost Of the New York subway. The
Dutch government. however, expects TO-
get its money back, as it will have
450!O0o acres Of land, from which Il
expects to get q rental Of $500 900 q
year. $500.
One might think that such a marshy
tract Of land, even after it has been
reclaimed and drained, would be ma
larial. Not SO. The draining Of the
land will be done . little at . time
10 rs to shorten the marshy stage a.
much as possible. Coast land, even
X low; when, past the marshy stage, ~
especially healthful.. FurthsrnorA
he people Of thif country ssrs sssd e
lows,a4a .At4y rata. ~ esesesS =,
taNegIl i S .
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06

Thoroughly Trustworthy.
The Japanese have reached high tide.
and their luck Is about to turn. The
Chicago Tribune remarks that the In
formation comes straight from autheu-
tic Russian sources.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
seunes::6ee.a osnsileslst.

- 0sQ150 .309s1 40Oss03tQotSksF4E-.I *3.
X eoneryills i gsnsalogist rsoelyed:
rooontly . letter from LADY Who
wants to Join the Colonial Danes. ii
began: ~ write TO- ask your assist,
anos II ioeking up my posterity..,ss
Some time ago he received : letter
from . lady out West, who wrote:
that she. had been informed that shs
wac descendsd from Sir Waltey
Raleigh, who came over IN the May
lower" and asked Elm 70 trace tina.
complete line Of descent: ssomsrv Willie:
; (MADD.1 SQ0yU8ls = -. '"f' =
sycA~ODs/s 81 [,