davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
A PAGAN MYTH.
It Linked May and Matrimony With
Unhappiness and Misfortune.

It Linked May and Matrimony With
Unhappiness and Misfortune.
The pagans had a myth that "only
bad women marry in May" They had
another-that If the marriage did take
place the couple would live most un-
happily, and children born of the mar
riage-if it was 10 hopelessly rendered
barren by thus slapping the fates In
the face-wOuld be deformed or imbe-
cile. With prizes like that In prospect
it is not much wonder that the ignO-
rant and superstitious taboo May mar
riages, but there is no eXcuse yet for
this idiosyncrasy Of thinking people
at least no sensible one
Ovid was a firm believer in the su-
perstition and said that no widow or
young girl would marry in May unless
she wished to invite the d~ispleasure Of
the gods and that the %imprudent wom-
an who braved their wrath would fill
an early grave. Ovid pinned his faith
to rosy June, the birth month Of June,
and when he got ready to launch his
daughter on the matrimonial sea he
studied the stars and all the supersti-
tons to make sure that he would not
run upon Scylla in steering off Charyb-
dis.
Resolved to match the girl. he tried to
find
What days unprosperous were. what
moons were kind.
After June's sacred ides his fancy stray
ed
Good to the man and happy to the maid.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
\. xirtna az An order and aAc... az ~

~ virtue OF IN order and decree Of the county
scosrt q Grant county South Dakota. msde on
~ petition ofthe undersigned administrator
q IL estate OF Charles w. Cannon, deceased.
loR - order 70 sell the real estate, hsreineftol
loecrioed. - private eele. Of said deceased, q
~ Npyomhev term A.. D. 1901, Of said court TO-
sW1t: eAsthe twenty-eeventh day Of December, A.
~. ~. teid. o1m!nistratftx, shall, on or altes
~ 6Me11th day q January next. after the hour
of tn o'clock IN the forenoon OF said day, soil
6 private nd, q the county court room, 6 the
hoaoe, II the city OF Milbank. IN eoId
counly. The roel eetats described % follows, 20.
VT: ~ uoetb.oQoe quarter Of section twenty
eiehe r j, ln tpwDship one hundfed ana twenty.
1ng{h % yaN0o 1oHty-nine (lo) wet. of The
1ftl IElIsilel .sgsalas, = Grant county. soath
Dakooa.oot11 fOlDogtne te!ns. to-wit: the pur.
49, 81 ~ - belasce OF The purchase pFies
6sssS psss.sss =. isas.
Conooo. 1oeDooO1.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
A Chapter Of Accidents.

It was the upper deck Of a London
bus. A passenger, a digniied person
age, lighted a cigar and threw the
match, as he supposed. into the street.
A few seconds later he was surprised
to find that his umbrella was on fire.
At the same instant a sharp gust Of
wind opened it and carried it, like q
flaming parachute, through the air.
Making a sudden grab after his truant
property, the passenger overbalanced,
plunged headlong over the omnibus rail
and after turning a somersault landed
upright on the road unhurt.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
ouesr Cure FOR Toothache.

00OT O0KC EOx 8OOVWBCWG0
In ~6taffordshire and Shropshire, Eng.
IND. they have a most extraordinary
Gre for toothache. The sufferer
watches q mole's runway with spade
md traps and as soon as he succeeds
= capturing one OF these reputed eye
- little animals cuts Oh It's paw and
quickly applies 1t to the aching molar.
u order to make the cure sure and
elective the paw must be amputated
while the mole Is vet alive. Further
more, II the aching tooth Ia on the
uf9ht side Of the Jaw. a left hand mole
INV must be used, and vice versa. A
SIMILAR toothache superstition exists In
- Cape Verde islands and also on the
Uanaries.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
Evangelical insurance Company

At the annual meeting of the
Evangelical Mutual Insurance
company held at the court house
the first of the week, it was vot-
ed to discontinue the hail bust
ness, as the heavy losses by hail
made the business unsatisfac-
tory. It was figured that the
company is now able to pay
about 10 per cent of hail loss
this year and with future collec-
tions will probable be able to pay
five or six percent more. John
Roth, who has been secretary of
the company since its organiza-
ton, refused reelection to the of
fee, and John Burr was chosen
his successor. The old officers,
J. D. Steiner, president, and
Ben Moser, treasurer, were re-
elected.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05

''I'm surprised that you favor higher
education" said the visitor to the vii
lA4e blacksmith.
"Well, the colleges are improving"
explained the man Of Drawn. Thine
was when they didn't teach nothing but
book learning, but now by the time my
son gets through the athletic course
he'll be 1T for a first class blacksmith"
Detroit Free Press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05

"I't's such kindness as this
that brings tears to my eyes,
said the glad recipient of thanks
giving onions. It's such weather
as this that kindles again the
flame of hope in the bosom of
Rawson, the coal man. For "Hot
Stuff call at the Big Wind Mill.
Both phones.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05

In the old opera house every
evening. Skates 15c per hour.
Skates for children under IL
years. 10c per hour. Dec. 90,
Jan. 9Th and Jan. 18th free for
ladies.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05

= darby who had obtained : mar
ARge license from the register Of deeds
r HAIifax returned next day with the
nconse and asked IL he couldn't st hi1
DGney back. You see. jedee," ~ ex-
D0nined. n thought I WIS boat tsr
unETy ! woman w1d nome monsy, wen,
r. "a bGhol', she didn't have Gnou1h ~
- ~ a my honsymoon.s-WeD1n
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
Trouble ON Another score.

Doctor-When can you pay me my
bill for curing you Of insomnia? Pa
tient-I don't know. doc. I sleep %
soundly now that my wife goes through
my pockets most every night and takso
ovesything.-Life.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
State Of South Dakota
}ss. In County Court.
County ofGrant

In the matter Of the estate Of George Kon-
slant, deceased. Notice 10 hereby gwen by the
undersigned. administrators of the estate OF
George KOnstant, deceased, to the creditors OF.
decoesed. to exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers, within six months after the first pub
licatiou OF thte notice, 10 the said John kon-
slant. Administration aforesaid ~ the once OF
Thsd L. Fuller. city Of Milbsnk, in the county Of
Grant. South Dakota.
Dated Ct Milbank, 8. D., December 80. 1905.
JOSH KONsrANr,
deceased.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
Not FrfenA.

vrau Ais that gentleman over yoNp
der q friend OF yours1 Frau B.-No;
ho6 my husband.-From the German,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05

The more you speak Of self the msgs
you are likely to he.-Zimmefmann.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05

LOW PRICES are what many people are looking
for-never suspecting that there is a standard and
as soon as prices are less than standard grade goods
can be sold for, there is one of two things to be con-
sidered-the goods are sold at less than cost or, the
quality is sacrificed-and that is where you are the
loser on every purchase. A word to the conservative
shopper is en~ough-cheap goods are dear at any price.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-17
ROMAN EXCAVATIONS.
More Remains of Ancient STRUCTURE
Are Discovered.

More Remains of Ancient Structures
Are Discovered.
In continuing the excavations Of the
Imperial Tribune In the Forum more
fragments Of stucco modelled with
winged figures have been found, says
the London Standard In studying the
position Of the Piutei of Trajan and Of
the square edifice that stood near .
large dedicatory inscription has come
to light, with bronze letters nearly six
teen inches high, Of which the forms re-
main In the slabs Of travertine. 1t IL
twelve yards long and records the
names Of the magistrates and the au-
thortties Of the senate and the people
Of Rome, and may be a dedicatory In.
scription Of the pavement of the I'M
perial Forum.
Sig. Boni has come to an Interesting
conclusion with regard to many Of the
buildings belonging to the first and
second century.
He Is now convinced that a large
number Of them that were supposed to-
be built Of long, fat bricks are really
composed Of tiles, obtained In millions
from the great confagrStions that de-
vastated Rome. The aQuNduct Of the
Aqua Traiana, the entire port of Ostia,
near Flumicino the hemicycSe of the
Forum Of Tra1an. the HorreA under
the Basilica Of Maxentius, many NJ ths
tombs on the Via Latina and the Wy
Appia, including the internal part q
the tomb Of Cecilia Metella, and many
other buildings, are all formed Of these
remains. This would entirely alter the
dates attributed to many buildings
which were formerly supposed to be un.
questionably fixed by the stamps of tho
supposed bricks Of which they were
composed, but which Sig. Boni feels
that he has now proved were taken
from the remains Of very much older
constructions.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-17
KEEP A FAMILY RECORD.
Dim c>,lt often Even with 1t to Prove
Ones Identity.

Dim Nut Often Even with 1T to Prove
Ones Identity.
ParacNxical as it may seem, the
most difhcult thing to prove in court Is
who you afN, says the New York World.
1t Is Simple matter If you have still
living plenty of relatives of an older
generation, but suppose your parents
and uncles and aunts are dead, 1t be-
comes well nigh impossible. AS a mat
ter Of fact, your knowledge of your
identity is absolutely hearsay. You
know your father and mother called
you their son, and to that fact you may
testify If the question of your Identity
should ever come before a judge and
jury. But the testimony goes before
the jury with the warning from the
judge that it is only hearsay, for you
have no personal knowledge Of the
matter.
Official town or parish records are
valuable, but by no means conclusive.
Suppose you are John Smith, son of
Robert and Mary Smith, born at AL
bany, on Aug. 1, 1866. The records of
births in the bureau Of vital statistics
at Albany will prove that son named
John was born to Robert and Mary
Smith on that date; the register of the
church may prove that John, son of
Robert and Mary Smith, was baptized
on a certain date, but they do not prove
that you are John Smith of whom
these are records.
| To establish the connection between
you and the person mentioned In tho
records, In other words, to prove your
own Identity, is the difficulty. II your
mother Is alive, she can do 1t; II any
relative who has known you since you
were born Is alive he can do It,
The successive suits for tho estate
Of A. T. Stewart failed on grounds such
as these. The plaintiffs, cousins of the
late Mrs. Stewart, were unable to prove
their relationship. 1t was necessary In
one of these cases that man should
prove his late father and A. T. Stewart
to have been brothers, but he had no
personal knowledge of the matter; he
had heard his father In Ireland refer
to A t. Stewart as his brother, but
the court would not let him testify
even to that and, as the defendants
denied the relationship, the case fell
to the ground.
Very often 1t Is necessary to success
In litigation over an estate to prove not
Anly who were your parents, but who
Vece your grandparents. Family Bibles
with the records therein help out In
this, but are not at all conclusive Birth
and marriage certificates are accepted
as corroborative, but 1t requires quite
a mass Of such matter, together with al
least some witnesses who can testify
Of their own personal knowledge, Be
fore court viii accept such a fact AZ
proved TO Its satisfaction.
All this illustrates the great value
Of keeping family records, for these
vhds not Conclusive. arU strong cor,
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-17

roborative evidence of identity, espe.
cially If the handwriting Of the sue
cessive heads of the family In which
the entries are made can be proved,
which Is generally fairly easy. Many a
great estate has been lost to its rightfuf
owners solely because Of their inability
to prove who they were.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-17
OHAPTER XIII

Frere had gone on brief fishing ex-
petition. At last 4 peremptory signal
warned him 1t was the sound of a mus
ket fired on board the brig. Mr.. Bates
was getting impatient, and with a scowl
Frere drew up his lines, and ordered the
two soldiers to pull for the vessel
The Osprey yet sat motionless on the
water, and her bare masts gave no sign
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-17


appalled, immensely Of the mine disaster In the
which died explosion of fire damp
'front.'
the
o
OF
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-17
On. Thinx that saved Him.

one Thing that Saved Him.
Casey-Oh, but that bye O. Finne.
gan's II the bad one.
Cassidy-Aye He'd bring his faith
er's gray hairs in sorrow to the crave.
II 1t wasn't fur wan thing.
Casey-An' watts that?
Cassidy-The Finnegans always cit
bald befoor they've a chance to tit
gray.-Philadelphia Press.
sympathetic Entomology.
Why won't that Mrs. Green wear
birds on her hatr'
1 think it Is because she has . bee
IN her bonnet-"-Balttmore Americaf>
But the day worker acquires moA
coin than the day dreamer.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-03-15
OFFICIALS ARRAIeNED.
Decide to Enter No Plea Until Later
Date.

Caldwell, Idaho Meyer, Haywood
and Pettibone were arraigned before
Judge Smith Friday morning. They
entered no plea. having decided to
wait until next Friday morning at 10
o'clock to answer to the charge. AS
has already been told the men were
indicted jointly with John l.. Simpkins
for the murder of former Governor
Steunenberg on the 30th day of De-
cember. The men, heavily guarded
but not shackled, were taken from
Boise early in the morning and brought
back and returned to the penitentiary
Immediately after noon.
With his face turned toward the,
sunshine that streamed in a great
golden flood through the wide window
near him, Meyer, head of the Western
Federation of Miners, stood in the lit
tie court room and listened without
appearing to listen to the reading of
the long indictment against him. Next
to Meyer stood Pettibone. Haywood
was at Petitioners right. Both Hay
wood and Pettibone listened intently
to the reading. Meyer gave no out
ward manifestation of interest.
1t is set up in the indictment that
the men personally supervised the
construction of the bomb and the
placing thereof Two specific charges
are made. The first is that the de-
PENDANTS discharged the bomb them
selves in some manner to the jury un-
known. The second is that they so ar
ranged the bomb that Steunenberg
himself, by opening the gate at which
he was killed, upset some sulphuric
acid in the internal machine, and that
the said acid exploded the dynamite
caps, giant powder and other material
of which the bomb was made.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-03-15
CHAPTER VI.

IT was the night OF December 10,
rain making still cosier the living
room of the cottage, where, not FAR
from the flames of the wood fire that
made more ruddy the neatly kept red
of the brick hearth, Margot sat spin
ming, while Jean, curled up in big
times before-her deft fingers smooth
and twist the fax.
Hast thou heard aught of Langue-
doc since we left?" he inquired.
Wondering what new mood had TAX
en- hold of the boy, that he should
bring up matters of which she had
never ventured to speak, but relieved
as well to feel that she might now i'm
part to him information she had re-
ceived some time before, Margot re-
piled, "Yes. The chateau has been
closed since the month after we left,
with only Tatro there as keeper; for
Monsieur Etienne has returned to
Paris, where he is in high favor with
the Great Committee"
"Peste!" The word, half sigh and
half hiss, was full of vindictiveness
Then the dagger did but slight injury,
after all, for all the rust on it's blade,
that would surely have poisoned bet.
ter blood, even if the thrust had not
let out life"
Jean, Jean, do not speak so! cried
Margot, looking aghast Surely thou
couldst never really wish to kill thy
brother! | always claimed that the
act was only because of thy mad.
dened brain; and with good cause, as
any one with heart and feeling must
admit"
"He is no brother of mine!" de.
elared the boy, his face kindling into
a fury of rage. Never you say such
thing again, Margot. My name is
not his, nor is he any kin of Jean La.
fitte.'
She made no attempt to cain him :;
but her face was troubled as she re-
sumed her work.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-03-15
NEW STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

Washington.-The senate on Satur-
day passed a bill for the admission
of new state to be called Oklahoma,
and to be composed of the territory of
Oklahoma and Indian territory It
was the house joint statehood bill with
all the provisions relating to Arizona
and New Mexico stricken out The
motion to strike out was made by Mr..
Burrows, and it was carried by the
close vote of 81 to 35, after having
been lost by the still closer vote of 35
to &c.
AS amended by the senate the bill
provides for the creation of the state
of Oklahoma out of Oklahoma and In
dian territories upon the adoption of
a constitution. The state is allowed
the usual quota of executive, judicial
and legislative officers, two United
Stat senators and five members of
the national house of representatives.
A constitutional convention with 110
members, SO of which are to be chosen
by each of the territories comprisins
the state, is provided for, and all male
citizens or male Indians 21 years old
are eligible to membership in it.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-03-15
ERUPTION OF VOLCANO
IN THE SAMOAN ISLANDS
Three Villages Destroyed by Solid
Wall Of Molten Lava Which Reaches
Far Out Into the Sea.

Honolulu.--The officers of the
steamer Sierra, which has arrived
here from Sydney. N. S. W., via Sa-
moa, report that the eruption of the
volcano on the island of Savaii one
of the Samoan group. continues on a
large scale. Three villages have been
completely destroyed, including Mala.
cola, where was located the finest
cocoa plantation on the island. The
residences of A. King and c. Barleley
has been reduced to ruins and are
total loss.
The lava from the mountain is flow
ing into the ocean in a stream three
quarters of mile wide and twenty
five feet deep, at the rate of twenty
feet an hour. At night solid wall of
molten lava five miles long may be
seen reaching far out into the sea.
For some distance ahead the sea
water is boiling, and the surf breaks
over the fiery stream.
The government recently chartered
the steamer Maori to remove women
and children from the zone of danger.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-03-15
TROUBLE AGAIN BREAKS
OUT IN THE PHILIPPINES
.Moros Go on the Wsrpath, and In En-.
counter With Boys in Blue Get the
Worst Of the Argument.

Manlla.-Major General Wood re-
ports from Jolo that q severe action
has taken place between troops, a con-
tingent of the naval department, the
constabulary and body of hostile
Moros at Mount Dajo near Jolo, open
ing on the afternoon of March and
ending on the morning OF March 8.
II is reported that GOO outlaw Moros
were killed in the crater of the pre-
cipitous volcano five miles from Jolo.
The Americans lost eighteen killed
and fifty-two men wounded, including
Captain Rivers of the Fourth cavalry,
Lieutenant Agnews of the Sixth infan-
try, Lieutenant Gordon Johnson of the
signal corps, Ensign Cook, command
ing the Pampanga, and Captain White
of the constabulary. The attack was
under the immediate command OF
Colonel Duncan of the Sixth infantry.
The fighting lasted two days among
the lava ridges which had been strong
ly fortified by the Moros. Artillery had
to be hoisted by means of block and
tackle up the last 500 feet at an angle
of 60 degrees. General Wood highly
commends the work of the troops.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-03-15
H AFTTTE u
nl I0UISIANA
BY MARY DEVEREUx
" NTH ILLUSTRATIONS C. WILSON
Nasvzs1t 9a2 S> Icoveo1
Ree,7eD

which was to light them to their cnam'
bers above.
They parted as usual fol, the night
little thinking that this was to be the
last of earth's nights for one OF them
Il was the next morning-the morn
ing after the famelit, awful night that
witnessed the capture OF Toulon py
the Revolutionists.
There is no need to repeat the. story
which history has told of its horrors;
OF the bombardment and assault; OF
the unspeakable woe that was visited
upon those shut up within the doomed
city. The night was past; and now
had come the grief and sorrow OF the
living, to fill the day with tears for
the dead; now had come the means
and cries of the mangled and dying.
In one of the lower rooms OF a
small, partially burned house, not far
from the blackened ruins of her own
cottage, lay Margot, who had been
killed while she and the boys were
making preparations for fight to a
place of greater safety.
The three we're in the living-room,
where her whirring wheel had filed
the peaceful silence CT the evening be-
fore. She had made up the bundle
each one was to carry (taking pains
that Jean should conceal upon his per-
son the money intrusted to her by the
baron), when large piece of shell
tore its way into the room and entered
her breast, killing her instantly.
Scarcely had the boys realized this
when they found the cottage to be on
fire over their heads. But they had
time to halfcarry, halfdrag Margot's
body to the street, and thence to the
house where it now lay, stretched
upon a rough bench and covered by a
blanket, in this bare room, filled with
men, women and children whom fire
had rendered homeless during the
night.
Outside, before the house, stood a
file of soldiers in the uniform OF the
Revolutionary troops, at whom the
homeless ones within stared appre.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-03-15
Nephew Accused Of Crime.

Denver.-A News special from Pa.
gosa Springs, Colo, says that the
dead body of George Weir who was
at one time an inmate of the soldiers
home at Leavenworth Kan, but more
recently has been living on a ranch
near here, was found in a clump of
bushes by searching party organ
ized after 1t became known that Weir
was missing from his ranch Oral
Weir, his nephew, aged 23 years, is
under arrest pending investigation of
the cause of the elder Weir's death.