davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28
Must Stop Taking.

Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture proposes that the new
pure food law shall be made Of some
use to consumers, so far as his regula-
lions are concerned. He will not toll
crate lying labels on cans or other
packages of foods, no matter whether
the lying is done in words or by means
of pictures. He proposes that the in
tention of the law that things shall
be sold for what they really are and
not for something else shall be given
effect if it lies in his power. And the
people can help out by giving informa-
ton and preparing to furnish proof
when they open cans and find that
the representations made on the label
are false-Chicago Chronicle.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28
TRADES FOR HORSES
Was a Thirteen-Year-OId Girl by HI
Mother, According to Complaint
(Des Moines Capital

Persuaded at the age of Is to man
Henry Toepfer by her mother WN
by the terms of an agreement wiz
the husband, received in exchange .
the daughter, a team of horses, is "
remarkable and startling story rei
ted in the petition for annulrnent
marriage of Alma Topper
At the present time the girl-wifsS
clares that she is but IA, and the :
tition as drawn up by Attorney Fra'
s. Shankland recites probably "
most unusual history of any SIN"
action ever filed In the county
But aside from the sensational sAF
ment made by the girlwife, the
tition is further remarkable in w
it is the first case ever brougl
Polk County under the section Of w
3140. This section reads as fono"
"A marriage between male u
and a female of IA years OF as'
valid. But if either party has Nv
tanned the age thus fixed the maH~
will be nullity or not at the Opu
of such party made known at an'~,
before he or she is six months w
than the age thus fixed"
In the petition it is claimed
the girl-wife told her husband
she wished the marriage declare
nullity, and that according 10
above statute she is entitled
annulment of that ceremony =
is asserted that she told IoepiU
her intention to not consider n'' =
welded to him last December
was IA December rs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28
STUMBLED
Fgo ON MONEY
Spokane (Wash.) Prospector Makes a
Rick Find of GaIena.

Samuel Solomon, of Spokane, finds
himself possessed of three valuable
mines, the discovery of which has
caused a rush of gold seekers to Gar
field Bay, in Lake Pend dOreille,
that has been almost unprecedented
in this district.
Three weeks ago Solomon occupied
a lowly cottage at No. 41S Oak street
Today he and his family live in the
choicest apartments IN a fashionable
hotel.
He set out July with a veteran
prospector for the Garfield Bay terri
tory. Solomon had had no experience
but had become enthused by
the arguments advanced by the pros
pector, and he furnished the funds for
the expedition.
They procured an outfit at Standpoint,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28

and they want well-known, true and
tried temperance Democrats to vote
for; and nothing will bring more
strength to the State ticket or more
harmony into the party ranks, than for
the temperance part of the party to
make the platform and nominate the
candidates for both the House and the
Senate. They are going to do it,any'
way, whether the conservative" like
it or not; and the less opposition they
have the smoother the running after
the nominations are made.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28
AS PREDICTED.

louisville Courier-Journal)
1t is now announced that the dollar
contributions to the Republican CAM
paign fund have proved failure. They
are not more than sufficient, it is said,
to pay the board of one member of the
Campaign Committee in New York.
Members of the Campaign Committee,
it is presumed, have luxurious tastes,
and the sum necessary to pay the
board of one of them would make
some of the dollar contributors open
their eyes so wide that they might
ever afterward be troubled with In
somina.
At any rate, it is treated as demon
strated that the contributions of the
faithful at dollar per head are not
going to be sufficient to pay the leg
itimate expenses of the Republican
campaign. There is always a special
emphasis put upon the term "legiti-
mate expenses" There is a pathetic
anxiety among the managers tnat the
shall all be legitimate. Print
ing is legitimate, and so is office rent,
and so is the board of the members of
the committee. There are other ex-
penses that it is found convenient to
define less clearly. There have been
schemes for corralling votes in
blocks of FIVE" though there is no
lnsuperable objection to blocks of
larger or smaller proportions. These
voters are sometimes poor men, and
cannot afford to leave their work, to
which they are greatly welded, unless
heir loss of time is made good. What
could be more legitimate than the pay
ment of poor men for days work
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28

1t is Just as important to have the
right kind of platform as it is the right
sort of men. If our nominees are in
structed on the temperance question,
Mr.. Patterson has said, in substance,
that he will consider these instruc-
lions as binding upon him so far as
local measures are concerned. If they
are not instructed, then the question
might be, probably would be, refer
red to the voters for instructions.
Then, again, a divided delegations
would be fatal For Mr.. Patterson has
expressly said that If the representa-
tives are without instructions and d.
vided, the people must decide. And
last but not least, candidates shall be
nominated who are in hearty sympa-
thy with the platform; not some one
who at the eleventh hour may bestride
the platform for the sake of getting
the nomination. There is no mistak-
ing the sentiment of this county. The
people want to be rid of the saloons;
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28
HOW THE SALOON PAYS.

Mark Twain says a man bought a
hog for $3.50 and fed it $40 worth of
corn and then sold the hog for So. He
lost money on the corn, but made $3.50
on the hog. This illustrates how the
saloons, which cause most of the
crime, pauperism and insanity of the
country, are increasing the taxes very
heavily; but the taxpayers are getting
some money from the license fees
Elk.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28

Keep your eye on the "conserva-
ives" The liquor men will make their
fight through the conservatives. "
The conservatives" want a "con-
sentative platform and conservative"
candidates. They say they "can keep
down a fight" by not being too rad
ical." The conservatives" have re.
tarded temperance legislation all these
years. They are strong temperance
men, of course; they are lust as good
temperance men as the Herald" of
course; they want to get rid of the
Saloon, of course; but the present is
never quite the proper time with
them, and the way proposed is never
just the right way; they always have
something better" to propose. Keep
your eye on the conservatives; they
will present themselves in all their i'm
whitewash just before the
election, or in the convention. 1t were
better to be radically right than con-
wrong.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28

1t does look as if the Temperance
Democrats will have a walk-over at
the election on October the 9Th, to
select delegates to the Legislative
Convention, to be held in Columbia
the following Monday, but, don't for
get to remember this, that over-confi-
dence is a dangerous thing. The bat
tie cry is, "The Saloon Must Co." The
fight is for general legislation that
will extend the Adams law to the en-
tire State, and for special local legis-
lation that will by legislative enact
ment abolish the saloons from Colum-
bia and Mt. Pleasant. If the real
downright, dead-in-earnest Temper
ance Democrats capture the conven-
ton, they will incorporate in their
platform a plank to that effect, and
they will require all the candidates
coming before that convention to get
on that platform before any nomina-
tions are made, and the nominations
will be made from those who stand
most gracefully and naturally upon
that platform But it is all in the
hands of the people. If they do not
take enough interest in this important
matter to attend to it, the milk and
cider, so-called temperance men will
attend to it for them, and they will
An n-hO &c ~ Iafa
neglect to do their part has been IA
tai to their cause. We understand
there is movement on foot to start
an organized effort for a more con
sentative" platform than above out
lined We have been expecting such
a move. We expected the enemy to ,
counter. We never expected them to
meet the Saloon issue squarely. The /
saloon men, if they can, will ally with
the conservatives, and by this
wedge hope to make division in the
temperance ranks by which they can
get one of their friends in. We are
informed that such a conservative"
course is under advisement, and that
orators are being solicited to take the
stump after the fair is over. Look out
for it, and be sure that the delegates
from your district do not wear that
guise. If the conservatives really
think they have a good cause. and
wish to discuss it, the columns of
the Herald are open to them. Or if
they wish to jointly debate it before
the people of Maury county, we think
we may promise them foemen worthy !
their steel for as many appointments
as they may name. We believe the
people of this county want no dodg-
ing or double dealing upon this mat
Ter. We believe they want no half
hearted men or measures. We be-
ieve they want to rid their county
Ind their state of TIE Saloon. Wheth-
IT they are for the Saloon or against
he Saloon, they are entitled to have
What they want, and to fair, frank.
pen discussion, without any quibbling D
IT lodging. 9
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28

Perhaps you hadn't heard it, the
phosphate dealers are trying to keep
it such a dead secret, and that is why
we tell you, that another big phos-
phate boom is on. The price of phos-
phate is high and soaring higher, and
the demand is great and growing
greater. If you have any phosphate
land, don't give it away. Why not
mine it yourself.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28

1t is just two weeks from today un-
til the election will be held to choose
delegates to the Legislative conven-
ton to be held in Columbia on the
Monday following, October s. The
issue in that election is "The Saloon"
And yet, face to face as they are with
that momentous question, the chris
tian manhood of this community are
careless and needless and bent on
Nero f1ddled while
Rome burned" Men will be trampling
each other to death in the mad chase
for the almighty dollar, when Gabriel
blows his trumpet.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28

That story from Knoxville, about a
combine between Gov. Cox and Con-
gresham Brownlow to defeat Bob Tay-
Tor for the Senate is pipe dream, 7"
of course; but to prevent the POSSIBLE
ity of such thing all Democratic nom-
inees for the Legislature should be
instructed to vote for Bob Taylor;
and the nominees from this county will
be so instructed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28
Sometimes we are forced to the con

Sometimes we are forced to the con-
clusion that every man has his
price" Right now ninety-nine per
cent. of the men of this town are
thinking more about making money
than they are about Kidding this coun-
ty of the accursed Saloon. A drink
of whiskey will buy some men to vote
for the Saloon, and big phosphate
deal, or big law suit, or big days
trade" will buy some other men to
leave home on the day of the election
and not vote at all. Verify it doth
seem that almost every man has his
price.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28

Majorities do not always win cleo
lions. An active. organized minority
can defeat twice their number, in
different and unorganized. The tenn
perance people of this town and coun-
ty are too confident; they are relying
too much upon the strength of their
numbers, and are undertaking or
overlooking the power of an organic
ed minority. backed with plenty of
Doodle.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28
SENATORIAL CONVENTION cALLEr

SENAi OHINL UNIV EN- tON CAELED
To the Democrats of the Twentieth
Senatorial District:
A convention for this the Twentieth
Senatorial District, composed of the
counties of Perry, Lewis and Maury,
is hereby called to meet in Columbia,
at the Court House, at one o'clock, on
Monday, Oct. s, for the purpose of
nominating candidate for the State
Senate for this Senatorial District,
and to take such other and further
action as may probably come before
said convention. The County Demo-
cratic committees of the several coun-
ties may order and determine, each
committee for its own county, the time
and manner of choosing their delegates
to said convention.
w. N. SLOAN,
Chairman Perry County Dem. Elk. Com.
A. B. COOPER,
Chairman Lewis County Dem. Ex Com.
]. H. KANNON,
Chairman Maury County Dem. Elk Com.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28

Just at this season of the year we
begin to long for the day after Thanks
giving, for then we know that the bru-
tally of football will be over for a
season. Nine parents out of ten will
tell you that they had rather their boy
would not play foot ball; and yet the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28

The wonderful Improvements in the
manufacture of Ready-to-Wear Gar.
ments makes it easier than ever to get
a suit to fit land we have made
unusual preparations in this Depart
ment this season.
Stylish suits in plaid and mixed
Suitings, plain cheviots and Broad
Cloths, ETC., made up in the new
Prince Chap Style, half fitting, full
fitting and half blouse effects.
Prices $1,000 to $500.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28

boys play; which goes to show how
little respect the average boy has for
the wishes of his parents, and how lit
tie control the average parent has
over the average son.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28
Mczeaa1a Anderson & Fpstt
Two Special Free Days for Ladies
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 4th & Ell

First showing of Fall Millinery.
Pattern Hats. brought head of Fashion
Paris New models, Baltimore and Chicago modal
models after studv
taking features OF all sources Of ~
and style.
While the colors and combinations gorgeous in the
Millinery as in Spring yet the soft beautiful Autumn the
browns blues Bordeaux etc. beautiful
ing the and eternal blaca color right and
black hold sway Fall Millinery
as in fabrics
Keep the dates we'll in
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-28

Best fitting skirts we've ever SHOW
Skirts that have the hang and
that only men tailors can give
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18

streets and TO join swarns of children who sang
carols from door to door in the villages round
about. He fortunate in his century If he
were now a beggar from house TO house he
would be arrested vagrant and sent to the
workhouse. instead of training his fine voice
and accumulating reserves of patience and
strength for another Reformation. But before 7
tell why there beggars in the new pro-
gressive Magdeburg 1 want TO repeat a story
which heard in Bremen. I had stumbled on a
three weeks fair. when the picturesque mar
ketplace and the adjacent streets were given IN
to small hucksters' booths. cheap auctions
maddening whrligigs. gyrating with a Partisan
accent, and fantastic side shows of every kind
Ordinarily organ grinders were not allowed to
ply their trade in the streets; but an exception
was made in favor Of this periodical festival
System came in during the rollicking saturnalia
10 regulate the nuisance in approved German
style The organ grinders were forced to under
go an examination, conducted by EXPERTS and
to prove their skill. Over two hundred OF them
applied for licenses. but only eighty survived
the ordeal the others being condemned either
for lack of practice or for inferior Instruments
The successful candidates, after paying heavily
for the privilege of turning their cranks and
soliciting cOppers during the fair were ordered
to take their organs to official tuner. who
would set them In a uniform key Consequently
when the streets swarming with holiday
crowds and the licensed orchestra was playing
merrily, there something like municipal
symphony. Itinerant musicians We're soliciting
aims like Luther but the German talent for or
ganizaton had come in to minimize public an
noyance.
Why are there beggars In Magdeburs mr.
Berlin. when in London there are thousands or
them hanging on to the fringe of wealth rnun,
bling for bread nights lodging, and easar
to put ragged arm against a muddy cab
wheel or to do any mental service for the chanca
OF picking up a copper? There is an easv ex
planation. Under the German penal code va
grants and beggars. or heads of households al
lowing any one under their roofs to beg in the
streets, are arrested and sent to warehouses; az
criminals. The warehouses. moreover instead
OF being comfortable refugees for dependant
paupers. as in England places of pun,sb
ment. where inmates are compelled 10 work ou+
their sentences with or less severity Tb.
obligation to work is enforced in GERMANY and
either begging refusal to work when ons
is receiving public relief is punishable offencs
Since II is more agreeable for men and woman
to work outside than in an institution for cor
rection, the warehouses; are>not more than half
filled II is a drastic system, but II is operat,pe
most successfully In North Germany One NAV
tramp, as / have done, from end of Maeda
burg to another without meeting a beggar: and
the workhouse to which vagrants and beegars
are sent from this district is half empty Not
only have beggars disappeared from the streets
of Prusslan towns. but there are not half so
many inmates OF warehouses; as there wers
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
European advertisements.

accidents have been recorded during the last fouf
PopnIar AIpnsT named FouTH.er met bis
death on the Coulter Aiguille on August / ne
glacier during his descent in charge Of a party Of
RECOGNITION. The accident occurred through Four
nier unroping himself 70 examine part sSa Q, the
their ascent The spot in itself was OF no spe-
FourGieps Fiai houder struck Protecting bowidsr
throwing him of his balance and edgins him over
woman staying at WalIenstadt about the same
reached spot high up in the mountains. above the
village, and endeavOred TO take short cut down to
spped hf and in moment found hersef being shes
downward toward the edge OF sheer drop Of $50
the branches OF pine tree some twenty Feet over
some Children. who had seen the accident procured
help from the village. When ultimately rescued. the
almost dead from fright A istls later IN the
month an & Italian DEPUTY & ssnGr a STG TSTGsoa wss
clinging coming away. while he was ascending tha
-Four Lausanne tourists. a week later were max
ing ascent of the Pierre Csbotz when one of
he was crossing the Paneyrossaz glacier; he lay
for twelve hours among the Ice with broken thigh
named Melcher was frozen 10 death on the slopes
the descent in company with companions Mel
cher. who was last and unroped. fell into small
crevasse in the Vadrentine glacier injuring himself
seriously. but not dangerously One OF his COM
other went down 70 fontresina Tor help CnIortu-
nately. however the rescue party lost their dreo-
reached, the victim had succumbed from the cold.
His companion had both hands frozen.
The Jungfrau few weeks ago the scene OF
of the most terrific falls of the year Two
young Germans. kqchler and Welsing. started ous
alone to attempt this dangerous ascent They were
never again seen alive Party after party had
secured the cuoirs crevasSes lodges and the prec-
ipces of the oberland giant and for weeks worked
their way up I'm almost inaccessible spots amid
tinuous showers OF stones and Ice At last the BODY
of of the victims was discovered in a cOuoir
the ROttal glacier, but in such position that
IL was impossible to reach IL. Lower down a boot
found. and eventually the battered remains OF
the second victim. A careful examination OF the
scene OF the accident proved that the men must
have fallen from the very summit of the Jun9-
frau-a distance OF less than $500 feetf
The most shocking accident OF this years climb
Ing season was. however. reserved for its closing
days On the first OF this four expert Climb
ers were dashed to pieces the Plan News glacier
at the foot OF the Pointe de Paschen near Bsx
Later accounts give many graphic details OF the dis
aster. Without doubt kleinert, who was found with
owing TO the dislOdging of "A rock and carried his
smashed almost beyond recognition. and in
every the head was crushed almost to a pulp.
showing the headlOng nature OF the fall The arms
IN each case were found upraised. IL TO protect
the head and II IS believed from this that the
roped members OF the party saw kleinert's foot
hold. Just above give way and instinctively raised
$50 feet. and nearly sheer.-Pan Mall Gasstte.
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
THE AUTHOR OF RAB."

Now, it at the house of the comely young
wife, in Greenhill Gardens-though the incident
as related occurred in Gayield Square-that I
had the honor of meeting DR.. Brown, and this is
why have thought 1t not inappropriate to re-
peat the story. But when knew the "cynosure
Of her circle" she was no longer the comely
young wife which the doctor calls her but a
kind. comely old lady fast approaching eighty
years of age, and one of the dearest types of an
Old Scottish gentlewoman I ever saw; in fact
a charming edition Of the character as drawn by
Sir Walter Scott in Mrs. Bethune Baliol She
was fond of telling the story, and used to laugh
merrily over it. She said she felt very ill., and
nervousy watching the doctors face and
that of her husband both Of whom looked very
grave; but when she heard the doctor say in
a subdued voice, as he turned to her husband,
'She can swallow nothing. Mr. NJ, and her
husbands reply in equally grave tone but
with slight twinkle OF humor in his eye. TRY
her Wi compliment" she seized with an
Irresistible fit of laughter which efectually burst
the abscess- She used TO say she could not re-
sist the impulse to laugh. the doctor looked so
very grave; and her husband, while he also
looked grave, had a half-comcal expression on
his face as he made the joke. You know" she
would add, Il always was vain, and Mr.. N,
who knew my weakness. often Quizzed me on the
subject t"-Chambers's Journal.