davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28
Visits Advance Pickets.

1t is related that on one occasion. when
Wheeer's cavalry were lying on their arms
in front of Rssecrans' army, ready to re-
sumo the fighting at the break of day. Gen.
Wheeler visited his advance plckets late at
night 10 see if conditions were all right for
the resumption of hostilities Finally he
came across a picket who had built a fire
behind bush without regard TO the danger
of drawing the fire of the Union pickets.
But, worst of all. the man had taken his
rifle to pieces and was busily engaged in
cleaning the several parts. This trooper
was a Tennessee mountaineer and was
noted as a dead shot-one of the surest
marksmen in Wheeler's cavalry-but he
was woefully ignorant of the articles OF
war, against which he had committed two
grievous offenses, by taking his gun apart
and building a fire on the advanced picket
line.
The generals first impulse was TO have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28
Took His Big Pa Prisoner.

\ former employee of the Capitol told a
Star reporter an anecdote of the noted con-
feGerate general which occurred while he
was a member of Congress. a tall and
stalwart man, accompanied by his Wife and
soma boy of about ten years of age-were
passing through one of the corridors on
the House side of the Capitol. The husband
and father was a veritable giant. Soon
the small and spare form of Gen. Wheeler
appeared as the Alabama statesman came
out of one of the nearby committee rooms.
See that little man there?" said the big
man, who wore G.. \. r. button on the
lapel of his coat. well, that is Fighting
Joe Wheeler formerly of the confederate
army. His men captured me when l was
soldering in Missouri.
The boy had not heard what his father
said to his mother, so she bent forward and
whispered to the lad:
That man over there is Gen. Wheeler
and he took your papa prisoner during the
civil war"
The boy, after surveying the slight but
wiry form of the former confederate leader
fo- few moments, turned to has mother
and blurted out in a tone loud enough 10
be heard throughout the corridor:
''Aw. what is you tellin me. ~rhat little
RAN didn't take my great big pa prisoner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28

Prettily figured quartered oak, f
swell front, handsomely carved, lar
French plate glass, and highly pt
iShed
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
PARTs On me CAMERA.

~ Side View Of Interior, Showing CleaJa
against which the plate rests.
~ Cover or back OF camera, showing
spring to hold plate firm.
49, Inside Of the completed camera from
the rear.
% The finished box in perspective, show
ing pill-box shutter.
box to which the lens has been glued.
These little uprights will form the
holder, the plate resting upon
them half inch from the open end
of the box. (See A, B, C, D, fig. H. Il
is necessary to get these pegs just .,
half inch from the end of the box, for
this is the focus of me camera, and
the plate must be that distance from,
the lens.
The end or lid (see fig. 81 of the,
camera which holds the plate against
the pegs should be made of two thick
nesses of the cigar box lumber, the
lower piece being small enough to fit
inside the box and the upper piee8
large enough to cover the entire top.
The lid must also be blackened upon
the bottom side.
bottom side, tin, bent into a half cir
Gle Csee A, fig. 3D. This tin serves as
a spring to hold the plate firmly to the
pegs when the lid is put on. The lid
may be secured to the camera with
any sort of little clamps. used small
hooks and eyes (such as are used on
some cigar boxes), four OF each. The
eyes fastened to the edges of the lid
and the four sides of the camera.
The plates to be used are 2lAx2A
inches, and of course must be placed
in the camera in a dark room. Fasten
on the lid and place the finger over the
hole in the end. To expose take the
finger from the hole half a minute and
replace It,
This, of course, means, says the New
York World, that you cannot carry the
camera far from the house and must
at once take 1t in where no light can.
reach 1t till it is developed.
An improvement that is forth add
ing is simple shutter. Get a pill box
that is large enough to cover complete
ly the square hole in front Of the cam
era. Glue the bottom firmly over this
hole, and when dry cut out the bottom
over the square and trim neatly. Now,
with the cover of the pill box (the in
side of which you must paint black
on, your plate is safe, and You have
only TO slip 1t OF to make the ex@
pOsure.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
CARING FOR THE BABIES.
lore Babies Suffer from over-Feed-
ing Than from Anything Else
plea fer Clean Bottles.

1t is a well-known fact that many
babies suffer more from being over
fed than from anything else. One of our
readers who is an excellent authority
on hygienic matters gives me the fol-
lowing: When six weeks old, an in
fant's stomach will only hold three
tablespoonfuls, and from the fourth un.
til the tenth month about ten table,
spoonfuls; naturally, if more than this
amount is given, the, child will regugi-
tate part of It; one portion will be undi.
gested, and only the amount which the
stomach can digest will be taken into
the system. II the child is "bottle-fed,"
extreme care must be taken to keep the
bottles perfectly clean; no invention
equals the smooth, plain bottle, fitted
with a rubber nipple. The bottles sup.
piled with long tubes are dangerous, be-
cause very few mothers take the time
or care to keep them sweet and clean,
which is difficult to do. Particles of
milk will be left cIinging to the inside
Of the tube, under the best OF care. II
is best to have several bottles (any nat,
smooth bottle will dol and nipples;
when not in use, they may be kept filed
with water containing baking soda
They should be washed we'll and filed
with the soda water as soon as emptied
or refused by the child.-The Com
moner.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22

the ordinary course OF sprouts Of ma
him because of his pedigree.
She will soon wed the young king of
Spain and then will become a real
queen and have all sorts of homage
paid her and rank among the most ex-
allied personages on earth. He has
just joined the first class cruiser Drake
where he will have to undergo the
same sort of training as any other
midshipman, and nobody on board, not
even the humblest jack tar, will ad
dress him as your royal highness."
He has no prospects of ever sharing a
throne with anybody or even becom,
ing a rich man, for his widowed moth
err, Princess Henry of Battenberg,
youngest daughter of the late Queen
Victoria, hasn't much more than the
annuity of 100000 year which the ma
ton allows her. She will not be able
to leave him anything like a fortune.
Under the watchful care Of his uncle,
Rear Admiral Prince Louis of Batten-
berg, whose flagship is the Drake, he
will get just a fair chance to show
whether he has in him the making of
a smart naval officer. Prince Louis is
q thorough master of his profession, as
was shown on his recent visit to Amer
lea with the crack squadron under his
command, but though he had married
one of Queen Victoria's grand-daugh-
ters he was 20 years in the service be-
fore he reached the grade of captain.
From that it will be rightly inferred
that Prince Albert Alexander will not
be promoted bit faster than his mer-
its deserve. Whatever may be said of
the British army, the British navy is
no place for buffers, royal or other
wise. No man is ever given command
of a fighting ship who does not I'M
derstand his business. Albert Alexan-
der will never get that far If he does
not prove himself a thoroughly cap
able sailor.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22

books of recent issue. barrow is all
sympathy and intellect. Brisbane,
Hearst's leader writer, resembles
Hunter both in the bulginess of his
brow and in his intellectual rather
than sympathetic interest in social
problems. Young Joseph Medill Pat
terson is not known in New York ex-
cept by repute as the grandson Of old
Joe" Medill, the founder OF the Chi
cago Tribune, as odd q character in
his way as Horace Greeley.
This was splendid group Of unset
fish and thoughtful men for Mrs.
Stokes, so little time ago a poor cigar
maker on the east side, to welcome to
her country home. 1t is possible to
laugh at their plans but impossible to
doubt their earnestness. One cannot
call such men politicians in the or
binary sense. Their movement II il
succeeds will succeed too late to
bring them personally honors and
power. The nucleus OF socialistic DO
litieal organization is in quite other
hands and the political leaders will
expect still to lead.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22

opinion to follow their example. The
essential soundness of their position
that 1t i'll becomes them as bond deal
road directors they sell, Is unassail-
able. But if the example 10 followed
Morgan and other big international
figures must shrink some.
The names of most international
bond men are little known outside of
Wall street. Kuhn, Loeb & Co, Spey-
er Brothers and one or two other firms
In the same category are better
known in Frankfort and Berlin than
New York. One of the Kuhn-Loeb
firm has just given large sum for a
technical college in Hamburg. The
Speyersi have given millions in char
tiles. Such firms are more energetic
scarcely less important politically.
The Speyers financed the new Mexi-
can loan; Kuhn, Loeb & Co, that Of
Japan in this country. This, after
all, is the business which makes bond
houses famous-"high finance" in the
clearance it will make if the bankers
do get out of the railroad boards;
strange as it may seem, there are now
almost as many bankers as railroad
men on the boards of the principal
roads, the railroad men being in
many cases but a quarter of the
whole. Now this is bad. 1t shows that
the railroads have entered their sec
ond period of development. They are
properties, not projects; they appeal
to conservative dollar-hugging or
stock-jobbing ambitions as the case
may be, not to daring, resource, de-
votiou in the actual field. Financiers
deal with symbols where the railroad
men dealt in things; and can tell a
financiers' road any time from a rail-
road mems road. Contrast Jim
Hills" road with Harriman's, in the
past at least; Yoakum's with Goulds
Cassatt's with Vanderbilt's.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22

between the two parties. The Repub-
leans In Washington have issued
storm warnings to local leaders that
they must pass a decent Insurance
law and otherwise behave their pretti-
est, or the Hearst people via wipe out
both the old parties at the polls. II
Is nUl in New York city alone, where
The feeling still fingers that Hearst
was cheated out of an election-as he
undoubtedly was, and where If he
were running to-day In the public
anger at the street car merger he
would receive q majority over an
candidates; but IN every manufactur-
ing town the municipal ownership and
kindred dOgmas of the HearstIteB are
running like wild.fre / know one
staid farm nelghborhood far from tho
city whers Heacas got aaveraI votes
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
Iast tall as iustice Of De auprente

last fall as justice Of the supreme
court.
Arguments Of a conservative sort
addressed to farmers sometimes react
In unexpected ways, as the anti-canal
men found out year pefore last. The
railroad lobby that was spending big
fat rolls of money to defeat canal
Improvement thought 1t would be
smart" to issue addresses to farm
ers telling them that the demand for
labOrers on the canal would raise
wages and make help scarce. But
when the railroad men counted the
votes, they guessed maybe the hired
men had considered that argument tool
There could hardly be a finer look
ing body of men-not at all the red
flannel and bushy beard type of So
cialist Hamilton Holt, editor of the
Independent, looks like Napoleon;
David Graham Phillips is inches tall
er than r. H. Dayis, and desperately
In earnest. Ernest Crosby is a splen-
did candidate for the Lifeguards, al
most as tall as Stokes and big and
strong; John Ford is powerfully built
and bursting with energy; John Bris-
ben Walker is an ex-army man, hand
some and surprisingly young looking.
The average height of the gathering
must have been considerably above
six feet, every man has had plenty to
eat, and everyone knows now to wear
clothes.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22

road man, never even q practical bust
ness man or a great capitalist; he was
merely vel! advertised. How wretch
edly he managed some of these mat
ters is shown in his Equitable fiacco
and in the affairs of the busted boom
town of Depew.
Now John d. Rockefeller is a d.
rector IN exactly one company, and
none of his competitors at least has
ever accused him Of neglecting It, In
England Charles Rube, of the firm Of
Weinherr, Belt & Co., is the champion
director, though he is in but AZ COM
panies. But he is business man, has
no senate duties to perform and no
after-dinner speeches to make. Belt
Is perhaps next to, Rockefeller the
richest man in the world. The names
of the other Englishmen most csten
chosen as directors do not suggest an
EFFORT to advertise. Not until we get
to the twelfth name, that OF the Earl
OF Chesterfield, do we reach one that
sounds like advertising.
The Truth Is that foreign investors
have learned, and we may as we'll
learn, that It Is better to have little
known men to manage things they
know about than to put men famed as
bankers or senators to manage, in
greater number than they could pos
sibly attend to, affairs which they do
not know enough about to manage
even II they had the time. Really.
doesn't that sound like sense? But
II the fashion grows. Morgan will lose
his Strip OF railroading.
OWEN I4ANCaDOHG
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
HOW TO MAKE A CAMERA.
What the Handy Boy Can Do with
a Few Tools, Cigar Box and
a Piece of Tin.

The chief requisite in making =
PinhOle camera that will actually pro-
duce good photographs is fair
amount OF mechanical ingenuity and
good stock Of patience
The cost is a trife, or nothing, as,
all the materials required are a cigar
box, dozen little nails, such as cigar.
boxes are made with, a narrow strip,
OF tin one inch long, another piece OF
tin an inch square and bottle OF
glue.
From pieces Of the cigar box cut
three neat squares, each two and one
half inches each way, and two q lit
tie larger on two sides. The three
pieces must be exactly square, then
tack and glue them together to form
a tight little box, with one end open.
You must figure 1t out 80 that this box
is just two and one-half inches Tout
side measurement each way. This IL
where your stock Of patience may be
required.
When this is done blacken the inside
with ink. Now cut a little hole, one
fourth inch across, in the end of the
box opposite the open end, and beVel
the edges with a jack-knife upon the
outside of this hole. (See E, fig. IL
Take the inch square piece Of tin and
drill a tiny hole in the center, and
glue 1t inside the end of the box in
which the bevelled hole is cut, so that
it will expose the little hole in the tin
This hole in the tin acts as the lens,
and should not be larger than tho
point of pin.
To make the plate-hOlder, take four
slender pieces of wood, each of them
two inches long, and glue them in the
four corners of the box, so that the end
of each will rest upon the/end of the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22

(which is hs?" | asked; "the slen-
der man standing on the lower stepF'
That's the man." was informed,
only he is standing on the floor like
the rest of u.s."
Which was the case. Mr.. Stokes is
Just the height of Abraham lincoln,
six feet four inches. He is far slen-
derer than Lincoln and without his
giant physical strength. His is the
gentle face of an enthusiast and ascot
lc. II resolute disregard Of the feelings
Of others is necessary to leadership he
will be leader of nothing No man Is
more beloved by those who know him,
ret he has more of the magnetism
that sways men in the mass. He is
rather a saint than a soldier of So
rialism.
The group who took part with MIR.
Stokes in his country home in NOrO-
zen, Conn, in the famous socialistic
,onclave contained several men in
heir way as remarkable. Robert
Hunter is Mr.. Stokes brother-in-law
He was born in Indiana, worked his
way to an education, did settlement
work in his college town and in Chi
cago, came to New York as head
worker Of the university settlement,
married the sister of Mr.. Stokes, who
was engaged in the same work and
now lives in a model tenement. Hunt
er's book on poverty is a high author
lty In this and other countries. He is
scarcely past 80, has a bullying brow
and tackles municipal affairs rather
as an intellectual problem than as a
call upon sympathy He was not as
successful in the conduct of the settle
ment as either Jimmy" Reynolds, his
predecessor, or Prof Hamilton, his
successor, but he was prominent and
useful in city affairs, in the child la
bor committee and the like.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
Cones Cake.

For coffee cake take one cup sugar,
one-half cup cold Gomez, two table,
spoons molasses, two eggs, two cups
aour two teaspoons baking powder,
'ne-half teaspoon each salt and CHINA.
mon, one-fouFth teaspoon cloves, one
half cup each currants and raisins.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
Growth Of Socialism.

ROBABLY the
new socialists will
strive first to heal
the fierce warfare
between the two
wings OF the par
ty which has made
their little force
almost ridiculous
In New York.
That done, the
CO mbi nation
might hold the
balance of power
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
NO FAvoRs TO THIS PRINCE
Prince Albert Alexander Like Any
other Midshipman Of the
English Navy.

II 1t we're possible to conceive Of a
boy ever wishing that he were a girl
then one might imagine that Prince
Albert Alexander, of Battenberg would
like to change places with his sister,
Princess Ena. He is 19 and she is 49,.
Since she came out year ago she has
been pampered and petted and made
no end Of a fuss over, while since he
left school he has had to go through
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
Parsnips.

Boil for one hour or until tender.
Throw into cold water and remove the
skins. Cut into slices and sprinkle
with salt and pepper, Dip in melted
butter; then roll in our and fry in
butter until brown on both sides. Or
the parsnips may be mashed, sea-
soned and served with butter.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
Ratie,s Philosophy.

Little Katie started to dress herself
one morning in a great hurry. says
the Columbus Dispatch.
Katie" called her mother, why ara
yoa putting your stocking on wrong
side out?"
"oh, mother, Il takes toe long 10
hant a new pair, and there IL hOlN
on the othar sale. e
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22

means
in England a man
who joins many
directorates to get
the guinea fee
paid for attend
ance at board
meetings, But the
pluralism is worse
here. Depew was
until recently a
member of 81 di-
e c t o rates. He
was never n rail-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
IN THE METROPOLIS
GLANCE AT AN INTERESTING
GROUP OF SOCIALISTS.
LOOK UNLIKE OLD TYPE.
But Quite as Much in Earnest Are
These Well set-Up, Well Dressed
Gentlemen-Railroa Sec
ond Period.

EW YoRIS.--The
first time l saw
]. g. Phelps
Stokes, who has
been hailed with
in the fortnight
as a national
leader OF socialis-
tic thought, he
was standing in
a dense group of
people in a hall
way.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
NELLIE ROSS.

Jumped In fully dressed and managed
TO reach the shore with the boy, who
was completely exhausted, She had
recently been taught swimming at
school. In recognition of her brave
deed the Royal Humane society of
England is to present her with a vel
lum certificate.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
A BRAVE LITTLE GIRL.
Row a Schoolgirl in England Saved
the Life of Boy at Peril of
Her Own.

Nellie Ross, a little schoolgirl llv.
ing in West Haven, England, saved a
hoy from drowning in the River Rye
few weeks ago. Although the wa
ter was II feet deep at that place,
without a moments hesitation she
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
A Strong Group Of Men

LARENCE OAR
ROW, who at
tended the coun-
Gil, is a lean
faced Chicag o
lawyer who rep
resented the coal
miners in their
strike and who
has written an
autobiography of
a murderer that
is one of the most
eXtr aOPdinaFy
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
The Banker Directors.

HE retirement of
the members Of
the great bond
house of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co. from
all their railroad
directories con-
tinues to make
comment in hnan-
cial circles. The
question is wheth-
err other bond
houses will be
forced by . public
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
Iabor,-savlno

A labor-saying device. though not
especially new. is the dustpan with a
long perpendicular handle. IT'S use
saves many criek In the muscles Of tho
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22

Freddie Mother, what Is the baby's
name?
Mother-The baby hasn't any name
Freddie--,fhen how did you know he
eslnngsd heTs.--Detroit Frss PFeas.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-22
Two HeaViIy-Loaded Fast
Passenger Trains Col
Tide on Rio Grande.
Wrcckasc Takes Fire, and Many,
PiniOHed Under Debris,
Burn to Death.
FAILURE TO DELIVER
ORDERS THE CAUSE

An Engineer, who Put Forth Every
Effort to Check the Momentum
OF HIS Train, Found Dead at His
Post, and an Operator who, says
He Had worked Three Nights
without Rest, Went 10 sleeD-AIl
But Two of Family of Eleven
FSiIled-AvtuI scenes and Heroic
Work.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-22
PARLIAMENT BOWS
TO WILL OF GAR
Threatened Storm Over En-
peror's Refusal to Receive
Delegation Averted.
Try Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG. May 2l.-The
threatened storm over the Emperors re.
fusal to receive the delegation from the
lower house of parliament, appointed TO
present him Its reply to the speech from
the throne. has been averted. This mousse
this afternoon adopted resolution TO
proceed with the regular order Of BUSH
ness, and the discussion Of tho agrarian
question began.
The moderate leaders Of the Constltu'
tional Democrats, after laboring With
the hot-heads until the early morning
hours, succeeded in convincing them that
it would be q fatal bunder to precpi-
tate conrict upon a. false issue. ana
resolution was prepared pointing out
that the Importance of the address con-
sisted In its contents, and not IN the
form In which 1t Is transmitted to the
Emperor.
some OF the constitutional Democrats
frankly EXPRESSED the opinion that the
House itself committed an error in ap-
pointing the deputation when the law spe-
officially provided that communications
from the House should go through the
president.
The Gmperors action In refusing 20 re-
ceive the Reputation created much popu-
lar excitement The papers voiced the
fear that 1t meant rupture. While HIS
Maiesty's act Is In strict conformity with
the correctness and Journalism which have
characterized his career, nevertheless MS
failure TO seize the occasion to meet the
ncople's representa- tives Is sure to produce
n bad impression In the country