davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18
sTRANGEsT OF TREKs.
Fleeing from Wrath to Come, on Ad-
 vice of New Leader. JohannesburE Correspondence Pail Mall

Fleeing from Wrath to Come, on Ad-
 vice of New Leader.
 Johannesburg Correspondence Pail Mall
 Gazette.
 Of all the remarkable treks the Boers have made the strangest is that just begun, The trekers were dwelling In the KIerpsdorp district of the Trans vaal more than a hundred miles from the Rand. Locally known as the "Swanepoels Gemeente"-in plain Eng fish the Swanepoles eommuntty--these people are a sort of religious seet who have seeded from the old Dopper Church. For some years they have of the Vaal. Numbering about 500. they form quite little republic.
 Community of property and a general system of cooperation have rendered their isolation possible. Their predi- kants preach the Gospel, but are fed and supported without being deemed worthy of the "laborer's hire" Vainly they have tried to gain converts from the Dutch Reformed Church. The Predikants of the latter are such high ly favored and well-paid persons that 1t would i'll please them to exchange mocracy and severe stoicism of the Swanepoels. z
 The Gemeente may be termed a sect between the Plymouth Brethren and the in silence. Within the last couple of months new leader has arisen among them, one Roos, and he has stirred up the band to more strenuous efforts much converse with strangers, is the cause of the present upheaval. owing to the prolonged era of depression on the Rand many prospectors have rushed off to the diamond dlggings of the Vaal River,
 Camping near the swanepoels, these men have probably, expatiated on the deplorabIe condition of affairs in Jo- hannesburg. The outcome of this knowledge has convinced the leader, the Transvaa1. Thus. he preached to his flock: Johannesburg Is even as a city Of the plain, the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah awaits it; that destruction dred miles. Therefore must simple, pious souls flee from the wrath to come" The community has long wait ed and now all are agreed that the Spirit has moved them.
 But the Spirit did not move In very practical manner. for 1t was inc cumbent on the leaders to invoke the aid of railway officials. The latter rec quired no less than f1,00O for the un- dertaking. To spend this gigantic sum, to the thrifty Swanepoels. Therefore. as the sons of Israel going down to Egypt the 500 set out in carts and wagons, on foot and on horse, taking on a thousand miles to the land of ertson district of Cape Colony.
 They comprise the best class of farm CTS and their departure is, therefore, fort to escape contamination from modern evils Is somewhat unique, and the Boer is no mere passive resister.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18

Mountain climbing with the aid of a balloon is the latest amusement that Germany Is preparing to provide for tourists.
 In this case the big air bag does not perform It's usual functions. It be- comes a kind of locomotive, hauling d car up a steep inclined railway.
 The inventor of this curious hoistlng device believes that 1t will supersede the ordinary cable roads up mountain sides, and, while being perfectly safe, will afford tourists d thrill that will add greatly to the zest of exploration.
 Tests of an experimental balloon rail- way, made near Saizburg, Germany. seem to indicate that the idea is prac- ticable and that it will probably be- come popular with travellers who are constantly looking for something new,
 Seating oneself comfortably in a small railway car and being lowed with ease to the top of the Matterhorn Is certainly something quite different
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18
slmnIe sImon sImple.

.rbara are said to be- more genuine haarfv laughs to the minute m Ni&oh s& Zinimerman's new cartoons :, sxttlys s.tsN, asarlza, simple simon Simple Wnich e. comes to the Montgomery eLne@tIe .', rIa- day night, than any muslSsA Sl"" "o" OeIU Iu inc first place, the characters .harnselves are funny, having been mod eIed after famous cartoons which nave hsen seen in the colored comic sup, nIenents of the Sunday newspapers TOT many months; next. the story IS Inos1 , humorous and the situations eVoiveu @ Os the authors are ludicrous m the e1- trene. simon Simple and his negro chum Nose, are the central nsures in inc piece and the stunts they Tn dulee in would give an ordlnary per son enough exercise to last nun the rest of his natural life. Judge ana Mrs simple; Speigleberger' the Joklns IIl Dutchman. Tony the dago; Swatem the con and Nanny Johnsing are much m evidence in the fun making, while tne @ bevv of pretty girls which constitute the chorus sdng well and dance grace fully. The plece Is hard to describe In'that 1t is a happy combination or old English pantomime with trick seen cry, curious effects and ballet divertise- ments; operetta by virtue of the ex- cellent music and farcical by reason of the multiplicity of comical situations.
 The large company numbers more than sixty persons and is headed by William c. Wheip as Simon, Jerry Sul- Iivan as Nose, Waly Clark as Spiegel- berger, Walter Lieberman as Judge simple. George w. Lewis as Swatem Franklin Farnum as Tony the dago Drury Rector is the prlma donna of the organization, singing Alma Vassar most seIIghtfully. Maggie Baxter will ap- near as Nanny Johnslng, Bessie Brown ing as HuIda the soubrette and Kate CIemons as Mrs. Simple.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18
An Antl-Japanese View.

Boston TraVeler.
 are sincere In their pretensions of friendship for this or any other eoun- try. They will split diplomatic hairs while at the same moment stealing American patent rights and bullying the world into submission to their claims Some of those who have vis- fted Japan and scratched beneath tho veneer believe with those who obtained their Knowledge only from the study of history. that the Japanese are des- tined to he absorbed inevitably and at not distant period, by the Chinese. and for the purpose of racial protec- tion in this country radical discrimina- tion between the two races is not wise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18
An Americnn Hnnored. i.

Frederick Courtland Penfield, of New York. formerly United States minister to Egypt. writer of books and maga- zine articles on foreign travel and diplomacy, has just been notified by the French government of his promo tion to he an officer of the Legion of Honor. Mir. Penfeld was created a ehevalier of the order on New Years dav. 1905. Six years ago Mir. Penfleld won the gold medal of the French academy. He also received numerous European decorations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18
,1,.b,anu,s New Governor.

Fred N Weaver. who has just been reelected Republican governor of Michi gan. is an Englishman by birth, but was brought to this country by his pa- rents when he was three years old. Although only 80 he has heid public ofice continually for fiften years, and no man in the country in public life has cleaner record. He has been at the head of all movements for reform In his state
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18
stlcIxn ,Tem On Too

An engineer Of Frankfort has in- vented an automatic postage stamp selling machine which not only sells
 the stamps. but sticks them on the let- ter, The machine possesses the addi- ltionsl advantage of being Impossible
 to rob.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18
American Peanut Crop.

large peanut dealer in Norfolk, Va. says that the peanut crop In the United states now amounts to ii,o0O,- 0O0 bushels annually. The total sales amount to between $s,OOO,0O0 and tiO,- 900, GOO.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18

now at work. The construction scheme of the play is peculiar in that it's story privileges It's presentation practically without scenery, the action being conS fined to one or two plainly furnished roms of home. The author proposes to give his theme. intimate domes.ir treatment As he himself expresses 1t. Seeing the play will be like pulling brick out of a one family dwelling and noting mlnutely whats going 0N inside during periods when the family has discarded it's company masks and manners."
 Henri de Vries, Hollands foremost actor. has accepted new play by 8 Hnew American author, Rinehart Rob erts, with which he will open his sec piece is 'The Double Life" and the theme Is said, to be exceptional and to possess much originality in treatment Mir. de Vries, 1t will be recalled, scored distinct triumph during his first en- gagement in New York, where he du-. plicated his extraordinary success which marked his engagement of more than year In London. Much Is ex- pected of MT. de Vries in his new play which differs widely from "A Case Of Arson.' in which this remarkable arr ttst interested no fewer than seven of the nine characters of that drama MT. de Yries Is under the direction of L.. S. Sire He will open his New York engagement al the Bijou Theatre eat- ly in January.
 Klaw and Erlangers production of Frank Pixley and Gustave Luders's new musical comedy, ''The Grand Mo- gull" will be presented on the stage for the first time at the Lyceum Thea ire in Rochester. tomorrow evening. Brief engagements in Syracuse. Co., lumbus and Milwaukee will follow and Sunday evening, December 2, 1t will begin a run at the Colonial Theatre in Chicago. The company presenting this piece will be very large one. Frank Moulan will play the principal com edy role. Other leading parts will be played by Maude Lillian Berri, CarrIs Reynolds, Edith St. Clair, Phoeba Coyne. Pauline Thorn, John Dunsmuir, George l.. Moore, w. H. Macart, Sager Midgeley, Seymour Brown, J. K. Adams and Eugene Moulan. The new peice will be staged In three acts with scenes representing the royal palace in Honolulu, the throne room of the MogufH palace In the Island of Inde Southern group of the Philippines, ana a fortified courtyard Iurrocnding the paiaca Twenty-one faus'cGI numbers will be introduced in the telling of the story.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18

Contracts have been sigped providing for the production By Charles Dilling- ham early next season of Dora" a heart interest drama. domestic in char acter, on which Haddon Chambers ia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18
neWs cf tbc Stage

the play go on with as little ot him in 1t as possible. l have seen such things happen in my own experience and hu- man nature is much the same syoru generation to generation. I do not mean to intimate that there is any traditional or psychological connection between the part of Julius Caesar and bad acting. Far from 1t. have played Julius Caesar myself"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18

Lulu Chaser will soon begin rehears- als of Paul M. Potter's comedy, '"The Beauty shop" in which she will appear late in December under the direction of Klaw and Erlanger. This firm will also make early productions of Francis wilson's Miss Dolly Waters" R. A. Barnet's extravaganza, ''Pocahontas," :" Edmund's Days "The Round Up" George V. Hobart's Peaches" Hartley Manners Marriage of Reason" Edgar selwyn's The Energetic Mir. West. :" 'tGoggles and Gasolene,' comedy from the German. and new plays by Henry Arthur Innes and Charles Klein.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18

With his share of the royalties from hls musical successes. "MlPe Modlstep and The Red MilT'-written in con junction with Victor Herbert-averag- ing seven hundred dollars weekly, Hen ry Blossom will henceforth devote his talents to the writing of plays Of serf- ous purpose. The Story of a Country Town" a work on which he Is now engaged, will be the first product of his new ambition. The piece which is to be produced next season, has been given the title prefix, Miss Phllura.s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18

Requests for repeat engagements of Frank Daniels in Sergeant Brue." are pouring In on Charles Dillingham; iron managers at all points of the comedi. ans route this season. The famous funny man. however, will not be seer as the comic London bobby after this season. Omar" the comic opera SC, lected for him by Charles Dillingham; as the successor of Sergeant Brue." will reveal Daniels again as a police officer but this time in Persia, and of a ranl higher than that of an ordinary ser. geant cop.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
rIADE FROn NATIVE ROOTS.
 SAFE AND RELIABLE.

That the roots of many native plants, growing wild in our American forests, possess remarkable properties for the cure of human maladies Is well proven. Even tho untutored Indian had learned the curative value of some of these and taught the early settlers their uses. The Indian never liked work so he wanted his squaw to get well as soon as possible that she might do the work and let him hunt. Therefore, he dug Spapoo6e root for her, for that was their great remedy Tor Ie- male weaknesses. Dr. Pierce uses the same root-called Blue Cohosh-ln hls sFavorite Prescription sktllfully com biped with other agents that make 1t more effective than any other medicine ID curing all the various weaknesses ano painful derangementS peculiar 70 women:
 Many afflicted women have been saved from the operating table and the sur geon's knife by the timely use of Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription Tender ness over the lower pelvic region, Wltn backache, spells of dizziness, faintness, bearing down pains or distress should not 70 unheeded A course Of "faVOrite Ere Scription" will work marvellous benefit In all such cases, and generally effect permanent cure if persisted in for req sons hle length of time. The sfavoIiN wholly prepared from native medicinal roots, without drop of alcohol in it's make up, whereas all other medicines, out up Tor sale through druggists for woman's peculiar ailments, contain large quantities of splrituous liquors, which are very harmful, especially to delicate women. "FaYorite Prescription con tains neither alcohol nor harmful habit forming drugs. All it's ingredients are printed on each bottle wrapper. It is a powerful iuvigorating tonic, imparting health and strength in particular to the organs distinctly feminine. For weak and sickly women, who are sworn out, " or lebilltated, especially for women who work in store, office, or school-roOm, who cit at the typewriter or sewing machine, or bear heavy household burdens, and for nursing mothers, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription will prove prlceiess cement because of its health restoring ana strength-giying power.
 For constipation, the true, scientific cure Is Dr. Pierce's Pleasant PeiIetS Mild, harmless, yet sure,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
PICNIC LUNCHES
BY cORNELIA 0. BEDFORD.

It is needless to state that the great CT part of the preparation involved in picnic lunch should be attended to the day before. Meats should be boil ed, cooled and chopped or ground; the seasonings added and the mixture put in a cold place. When roast meats are used all gristle should be trimmed of and when cold sharp knife should be employed to cut slices of wafer-like thinness. The meat slices should then be neatly piled one on the other and the plate on which they are laid wrapped in an old napkin wrung out of cold water. followed by a second wrapping of stout paper. So fixed. the meat will not become hard and dry as meat usually does when out.
 When a very early. start Is to be made 1t would be quite advisable to prepare the sandwiches over night, wrapping them in damp napkins until ready to pack The bread should be at least one day old that it may be thinly sliced. As a rule, most people (espe- cially children) prefer sandwiches made from chopped meats as they are easy to handle when forks and knives are not to be used. The ham sandwich is always 2 popular one but any meat Is suitable; a few made of cheese pound- ed to a paste with butter and season. ing will be likely to find favor. also hard boiled eggs prepared In the same manner. Do not forget to slip in few sandwiches with mustard pickle
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08
EAT rows OF MusKRATs.
H,rh Lfvers fin New York Get Them ms
 ~swnmp Rabbits"

High LtVerH Tn New hoEA USt A"H s
 ~swHmp Rabbits"
 New York Times
 ThAt New York city Is one of the largest consumers of muskrats as food lis not known to most patrons or the game dealers. Chicago. which is us only rival as eater of muskrats. mas room for countless barrels of swamp rabbit" caught along the famous nnarshss on Lake Michigan.
 New York's muskrats come from chesapeake Bay, for the most part. The trade is a large one. There are snip ping points on the bay from which 80, 900 muskrat pelts are sent yearly to fur dealers. The carcasses or two thirds of these animals are barreled and sent by steamer to Baltimore com mission merchants.
 A barrel holds about 200 muskrat car casses. They are worth to the shipper from S5 to $10 a barrel, and the trap pers find that 1t pays to save the meat An ordinary season on an eighty-acre marsh will bring from 1000 to 2,oOO peIts worth from S25o to $500. If to this Is added the bring of from S25 to $6o for the meat, considerable sum ,is added to the trappers' income. A thousand rats a season is a small catch for a professional trooper. Mert Rob bins, Of Blackwalter, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland averages 200 rats q day during the season oa ms marshes. He hires from three to five men to tend his snares and traps. and shoot over hIs decoys Last year he cleared more than S3.000. He ships barrel of musk rats a day to Baltimore by the steam CTS.
 The meat of the muskrat Is very dark. Its flavor is as delicate as a rab- bits. During the traping season musk rat flesh Is on sale on all the butcher shops along the Eastern Shore. espe- cially at Cambridge. Crisfield. and oth- CT water towns" The butchers buy 1t from the trappers, paying from 2 to { cents a carcass The rats are then sold to town people at the uniform price of four for a quarter.
 The swamp rabbits" or "black ducks" are served at all of the cheap hotels and lodging houses once or twice | a week. Sometimes they are boiled. sometimes fried. and sometimes baked | Ere eluently the patrons of the houses do not know what they are eating. A party of book agents in Captain Can | non's hotel at Cambridge ate hungrily of the meat placed before them. Cam
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

nlling. chopped fine and blended with a little of the dressing. Sandwiches made with mayonnaise instead of but ter tend to soak slightly but minced cress or nasturtium leaves sprinkied over the buttered slices will be found very spicy and good.
 Tn making cake add . little mere -four than usual and bake about five minutes longer: this will ensure ffrm- er texture for handling. Also 1t wtiI probably be better to use patty or gem pans than loaf tins. Jelly and cream cakes are too fragile to be carried.
 The wax or parafine paper used ev confectioners Is the best thing to have. Wrap the sandwiches in parcels of two and At them neatly side by side. Wrap the cakes In the same manner. When pies are included in the list they are best made turnover fashion and quite small
 Lemon and other fruit juices should be sweetened and bottled without the addition of water. Coffee and tea should be made at least double strength and be put up in the same way. When used 1t is very easy to dilute to the proper proportions.
 There are several styles of picnic hampers in the market but 1t Is really better to use stout paper boxes whicn can be destroyed when ernptted. Pack the sandwiches In one, cake in another. fruits in third and odds and ends In a fourth Such articles as have strong odors (bananas, cheese. etc) should bs wrapped in double thickneeses of the waved paper and be placed in box oy themselves Paper napkins, light wood en plates. tin cups and other extras go in the last box. When the meal is over do not leave the ground filtered with a miscellaneous collection of egg shells. crumpled papers. boxes. etc. but gather all together, pack In the largest empty box, tie and drop It lif in a park) in a waste can or Tn some place where 1t can. be easily destroyed.
 Sandwich Filings.
 l. Blanch one quarter of a pound or almonds. add the same weight eaeh 2. English walnuts and seeded raisins and put through the food chopper. Moisten with grape juice till the mixture is sott enough to spread easily.
 2. Chop celery very me, add an equal amount of cream cheese and auf- ficient sweet cream to notsten 10 paste. them and put through the food chop per. Make a thick sauce with enc ta- blespoonful of butter. half teaspoon fuI of curry powder. one third Of cupful of milk, a pinch of salt, half the egg haste with more salt and cayenne to season we'll
 {. Stone and steam half cupful ok dates and the same quantity of seeded raisins When soft beat together to paste.
 s. Stone and pound to paste tive dozen large olives. Mix with q ecant half cupfuI of thick mayonnaise Pim olas may be used In the same way
 6. Blend together equal quantities of pounded English walnuts and Neu- ehatel cheese. moistening with thick nayonnaise.
 T. Put one cupful of drained baked beans through the food chopper add teagpoonful of chopped parsley, q few drops of celery extract, one teaspoonful of onion juice and very little made mustard.
 s. From some cold roast lamb trim off all fat and put through the food chopper then pound to paste. Sea- son with salt, little curry powder and moistsn with sweet cream.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

United Daughters of the Confedexncy. Editor. Mrs. Harvey E. Jones. State Historian. Spring Hill. Mobile County. Alabama.
 Our Fallen Heroes. The manner of their death was the crowning glory of their iives."--Jeffer- son Davis.
 But there are desds which should
 not pass away, And names that must not wither.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

ly to the fact that Richmond chapter. through its President and other Chap ters in Virginia, and the South. have made ccntinuou4 efforts toward such an end since 1ss7 when Colonel Will Ham Knause, generous Federal soi- dfer. appealed for flowers to decorate the graves of Confederate dead, at Camp Chase. O. The government since then has been repeatedly importuned by them for permission to place a sim- pie memorial shaft over the graves of southern prison dead on Northern soil, without avail
 Hcaped Reward.
 Richmond Chapter. U. D. C., feels that the success of the bill recently presented by Governor Foraker vas due to the action of Colonel Knause and the determined efforts of Southern women. The chapter. in common with others, has now reaped it's reward in ths erection of the first monument to Confederate prison dead at Madison. Wis. Members of the chapter desire to specially thank the Grand Army Post for carrying out their request in the singing. at the unveiling ceremonial of the U. D. c. Memorial Hymn" and for conducting thcsservfces; to Major F W. Oakley. Captain Hugh Lewis and Mrs. Jessie W. Luther. for kind and gener- ous assistance in furthering the efforts of Daughters of the Confederacy to honor their dead
 Mrs. N. V. Randolph. President of the Chapter, has had specially kind letters from Major F. W. Oakley and Mrs Jessie Luther, enclosing clippings from the local papers in regard to the un- yelling and containing tha warmest as- surances of sympathy and regard.