davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02

could call it nasty without compunc- ton. It was nasty. 1t was hot and tt was wet. It bred mosquitoes in vast muItitudes in mosquito districts. and In lesser swarn1s in the districts where usually mosquitoes are unknown n was moldy; 1t was sticky: 1t was pro- ! tracted. It made people weary of lIy- ma. When has there been a summeE the fdiosyncracies of which have been so generally execratedP
 And besides being uncomfortable the year has been calamitous Vesu. vtus has spouted fire; earthuuake and ] ire have destroyed San Francisco, anc done vast damage to Valparaiso. Ty- phoons have swept ruin in upon Honn Kong. West India hurricanes have done the like to Mobile and Pensacoia September saw England blasted with more than midsummer heat, and early October saw Buffalo prostrated by q snow blizzard. It has been a year of extremes and excesseg, meteorological political. and social, and it will 40 ou' leaving long bill of damages for bet. ter behaved years to pay.
 They tell us that the widest freaks of climate befail in the first ten years of each century, and along about fifty years later, after the middle of eaeb century; that the winters of extreme cold come at those times, and the mos fractious and peculiar summers. The, lay it to the recurrence of the big sur spots, which make 1t shagy, causins the Gulf stream and other currents to struggle from thelr right course, ane upsetting all sublunary habits. That the minds and passions of men are ar. fected by the rest1essness of theiY earthly habitation is easy to believe whether or not the belief is well founded. Now some of the foreboders bid us look out for a very hard winter. but we have already had Gin 1904 and lS05) two pretty hard winters, and lto predict another seems like rubbing il
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02
wELLs wELLi
An English Critics MsurnfuI View Oa
 America.

An English Critics MeurnfuI View Oa America.
 | London Academy.
 Fifty years ago the American mind promised to become one of the grand | intellectual forces of modern civiliza. i tion. Tn the period of intellectual ] stagnation in Europe. between the de- cline of romanticism and the rise of evolutionism, a new school of thought was formed in America in which the ideas of the Orient were combined with those of the Western world Elm erson framed Buddhistic view of life in which there was retained an ex- hausting sense of the worth and poetry of the material universe Whitman found in the mystic idea of the soul something that clothed flesh and mat ter with a fresh beauty and a fresh significance. and in the philosophIc idea of evolution something that gave to individual existence a new purpose and a new grandeur. Whistler, some years later. discovered in the decorative style of Buddhistic art the principle of a new manner of painting. and Pefrce recognized in the connection between thought and purpose the ground of a new system of philosophy. None of these pioneers, however. has found among his countrymen another man of genius to resume and consummate his work.
 This sudden decline of American thought is the Btrangest of all the events of the civil war. And in view
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02

lead to the inference that the left. side of the mouth gets more than its right ful shGre of the cigar. but such is not the case.
 There are other classes of men of whom these left-handed revelations might not be made and proved with the facility here displayed. Motormen, masons and others have little oppor- tunity for smoking during the week.
 When they do smoke, either hand ia good enough for them. Tie smoking Hmbidexterity of this class extends to all pipe and cigarette smokers whose labor is physical in the heavy sense of the word.
 To be sure.. a close observer will find the left hand favored more or less by every class of smokers from Green lands icy mountains to the other place. The weaker hand seems to want the job worse than the other. and 1t mani- fests a peculiar aptitude for handling the weed unerringIy. So cigar smoI<- ing may be regarded as left-handed habit. simple. if not always pure.
 Then again.. there is the person whe holds his cigar in peculiar positions. The accepted rule Tn this matter is to keep the lighted end away from the face and thus minimize the danger of scorching the mouth.
 In the hollow between the thumb and forefinger with the lighted end point ed inward is one manner of holding a perfecto, It is a decidedly bad way. It tends to hold man up to suspicion and robs him of dignity.
 A formal and sensible way Is to follow the method of most smoking men--hold tho weed between the first and second fingers until it becomes too short for comfort, when the second finger and thumb may take hold and carry the job along to its not distant conclusion.
 Only men given to affection hold their cigars between other fingers than those designated. and such men can- not be numerous enough to form a species. or tho official records would mention them. In this monograph the habits of the cigarette smoker have not been disclosed for the reason that men addicted to cigarette smoking have no very serious habits.
 Pipe smokers always smoke one way. They draw the smoke in and then blow 1t out. Their manner Of holding and handling the pipe is as interesting and varied as that and not a bit more.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02
ENGTNEER KILLED.
rasa~nwars on Baltimore te ohio Have
 Narrow Escape.

Fsasaenwars an Baltimore a Ohio Have
 Narrow Escape.
 Pittsburg. Dec. 1.--Fast Baltimore X ohio train No 10, bound from cleve- land, O., to New York, ran into an open switch at Guffey coal mines about fifteen miles east of Pittsburg tonight, killing the engineer, Harry Sheppard and seriously injurlng Charles Denny the fireman and F. P. Farmer. the baggageman.
 Several of the passengers were slightly injured by being thrown from their seats but were not seriously hurh That many lives were not lest in the wreck was remarkable. The train was running at rapid speed when the open switch was reached the engine and express car were thrown from the tracks on their stde.
 Fortunately the Pullman and the baggage coaches retained their upright positions. The cars, however, were fearfully jared and all the passengers were thrown to the floor. The wreck occurred at 10:l5 and most of the pas sengers were in bed. Detectives are Investigating the matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02
Absent-AIinded BrldegroOp,

HIIdUUIpUId hECOIU.
 At banquet of clergymen recentl, the subject of absent-minded people was under discussion and yarns sn. cient and of recent origin were told n, several speakers. It is seldom thal ministers compete with one another I'd tell stories that task the credulitv oI their hearers, but upon this occasior Rev. stephen w. Dana. pastor of ths Walnut Street Presbyterian Church carried off the honors. There was [ physician whose absent -mindedness was so marked that 1t often cauyec qdeer complications" said pr. Dana ''Why, when he was married the min. ister told him to place the weddin1 ring on his brides finger. He reacheo for her and. felt her pulse, and. as if was very naturally beating faster than normal, exclaimed: Let me see your tongue"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02
cHAReEs ARE UNTaUE.
steamship Line Declare Railroads Dii
 erimshate Against New Orleans.

steamship Line Declare Railroads Dis
 erimsnafe Against New Orleans.
 New Orleans. Dec. t.--Several steam ship lines entering New Orleans to- night called for an investigation of charges made by the New Orleans cot ton exchange that this port is dis criminated against
 The steamship lines declared the cotton exchange charges to be untrue. These charges were first that this port is discriminated against in density Tn compression of bales and. second, that tramp steamers are kept away from the port by concerted action of several railroads.
 The lines recommending investiga tion are the Leyland, Head. Harrison and vSgemana lines. the Texas Trans port and Terminal Company. E. Sevil- la and Company. and Richard Meyer. agent for several companies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02
wAen the Ment Nrna rnlrnn,,n.

Between the Missouri and tho Pa. cinc," said member Of Congress "save a strip of culturable prairie noi above two or three hundred miles wida the region is waste and sterile no bet, ter than the Desert of Sahara, ant quite as dangerous to cross" The au. thor of these words was Edward Batef of Missouri. whom Horace Greeley Iona afterward boomed for the presidency in The New York Tribune and in the Chicago Republican Convention of 1860 and who became Attorney General ir Lincoln's cabinet
 This was in the session of Congress of 1929. As late as is43 MoDufYle 0. south Carolina in a speech in the Son nte which was applauded by many DOT. sons in and out of that chamber, dc. clared that for agricultural purposes he would mot give pinch of snuH foi the whole territory" west of the Rock, Mountains.
 Putnam's Mcnthly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02

origin that destroyed the sf6,000 to- bacco plant of w. c. Rice and Sons al Fredonia, on the night of November IL Previous to the Rice fire, several to- bacco barns were dynamited in Trigg' Graves and Caldwell counties.
 The protective association was form cd throughout the dark tobacco dls- trict and severest measures were talk on against growers who refused to join 1t, Marauders visited their farms at night and cut down the tobacco plants with hoes, set fire to their barns and committed other depreda- tions.
 The i'll feeling began about six years ago. when the Italian government sent agents into the dark tobacco field. These agents paid such high prices for the tobacco, that other agents were driven out of the field.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02

of It's effect upon the spiritual life of the nation we are sometimes inclined to doubt whether the victory of the Northern States was a just one. A race of sincere and generous liberators does not, on turning home from a glo- rious battlefield. dedicate it's mind to low and material ends. Yet this is what the Americans seems to have done. Their culture Is now q borrowed thing animated by no life of it's own. Their art Is become a reflection of French art, their literature a ref1ec- tion of English literature. their learn ing a reflection of German learning
 A velieity of taste in their women of the richer class seems to be al that maintains in their country the sem blance of high. serious and disInter- ested passion for the things of tho mind And. to judge by the works commonly produced by these women, it Is indeed only a sembIance
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02
PREsIpENT,s oPINIoN.
nOes Not Think Fire Was Work of
 His Members.

U0es NOt Thtnk Fire Was Work 0h
 His Members.
 Nashville Tenn. Dec 1.--A long dis tance telephone message from the PPesIdent of the Dark Tobae0 Planters Protective Association. Charles H. Fort, who lives at Saddlesville. Tenn, he gave his opinion regarding the burning of the tobacco stemmeFies at Princeton, Ky. this morning. This was the first intimation he had of the outrage He said: .
 'In the absence of the facts as to details cannot give an opinion on this particular case. I feel sure, however, that 1t was not the work of our mem- bers. It may be that some of the grow CTS of that section have become so out ragged with oppression that they have resorted to this method of revenge. l am not willing to exculpate any one for such an outrage"
 Hon. Felix c. Ewing, general man. ager of the Dark ToDaeco Planters Protective Association, is in New York, and an opinion from him on the out rage could not be secured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02
Report Is Denied.

Berlin. Dec. 1.--An answer to a re- port published abroad that Germany obpected to the South American repub- lies taking part in the international peace conference at The Hague. it is officially stated that when President Roosevelt in 1907 because of the Pan American Congress at Rio de Janeiro. Germany was the first country to agree to this in consideration of the South American States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02
The wicked Yenr 1aOa .

ord for the year 1906 is made up," says E, S. Martin, in Appleton's Magazine. it is already possible to set 1t down as year of grievous peculiarities. The weather has seemed to be altos gether indifferent to precedent The winter neglected it's business of mak- ing fee; the summer was of sort to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02

London, Dec. l.--After having achieved triumphs with more classic numbers. Adelina Patti chose for her farewell to London audience this af- ternoon the two songs with which she won the hearts of the people of many countries, Home, Sweet Hcme, and Booming Through the Rye
 Her renderation of these brought the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02
LEAVES FOR SCENE.
Kentucky Fire Marshal WIll IRvesti-
 gate Princeton IneendIariHm.

NNHNENs-N'H3
 Louisville, Ky, Dec Mott AyTes, state fire marshal. left for Princeton today to investigate the alleged incen- diarism of the two tobacco factories. He has the powers of a grand jury to summon witnesses and require them to testify under oath.
 It is not improbable that Governor Reckham will be asked to call out the militia to protect property in those dis tricts in view of past outrages.
 e. F. synder, secretary of the state hoard of fire insurance underwriters. says the insurance companies will not be responsible for the loss of the plants under the clause exempting khem in cases of riot and invasion.
 The insurance companies are already Investigating a fire of incendiarS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02
TerrltorinI nanlE CIonee.

South McAlester, I. n, Dec. 1-The bank of Kiowa at Kiowa. in the Choc- taw Nation, closed it's doors today on account of slow collections and ina bility to realize on it's assets. The bank had a capital of $10.OO0 ard owee ss, 900 borrowed money. The liabilities exceed the assets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02
Gnfeh nrOnn ReIt.

New Orleanss Dec. Fired Beel, of Wisconsin, tonight won the wrestling championship of the United States from Frank Gotch in a three fall bout. Beel took the last two falls after Gotch had won the first.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02
PATTl CHOOSES SONGS OF
 HOME FOR HER FAREWELL

vast audience. which filled every cor ner of inc Royal Albert Hall to it's feet and the famous artiste received
 an ovation which seldom has been
 equalled. The handclapping and cheer ing continued for upward of half an hour. Mime. Patti was deeply touched and with the greatest dihlculty repeat
 ed a verse of Coming Through the Rye"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02

Japan's rice crop Is good this year being 50,000,ooo koku, and increase Of thirty-two per cent over fSso5 and than the average crop.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02
RnlIlnn in RanI,.

London, Dec. 1--Bullion amounting to 32,000 pounds was taken into the Bank Of England on balance today.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30
Letter 10 Judge Pennewlll
Dover Del.

Dear sir: The cheap paint too is the
one that covers more than you think;
the cheap one to wear is the one that IS
young when old.
Mrs Moore, of Kelsey, n 7, bought
IS gallons Devoe to paint her ho1se
two coats; her painters said it would
take that. Had gallons left
Mr. James Ackley's house, IN Cairo
,CatskIll Mountains), MY. was painted
Devoe; it wore IA years; and the paint
was in good condition then. He was
going to paint, the last we knew
though. That's the way to preserve
house; repaint when there's no oc
casion.
Yours truly
f. w. DEyoE & Cc
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30
500 Reward, SiOO.

The readers of this paper viii be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able TO in all its stages
and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity Catarrh being constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment Hall s
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN, thereby destroying the found alton of the
disease aud giving the patient strength by build
ing up the constitution and assisting nature In do
ing its work. The propTietors have so much faith
in Its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that II fails 10 cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address +. j. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists Zoe,
Take Halls Family pills for eonstip alton.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30
James Flanagan Answers Last Roll Call

A torpid, inactive liver can produce
mora bodily ills than almost anything
else. 1t is good to clean the system
ont occasionally. Stir the liver up,
and Get into shape generally. The best
resuIts are derived from the use OF
DeWitt's Little Early Risers: Reliable,
effectiye, pleasant pills with reputs-
ton Never grippe. Sold by VIM. +.
Dunn.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

Delaware has seven men in the gradu-
atipg class at Jefferson Medican Col
Iege this year. They are William W.
pits Of Ocean View; George W. Belts
Of Ocean View; Robert z. Ellegood, OF
Fllendale; Charles M. Walton, OF
Iarral. William G. Pritchard, OF
Townsend, Owen 9. Spear, OF Will
ra;noton and james Beebe, of Lewes.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30
ClOsInE of Mails.

Going North.-e.55, $50 A. NJ, 500. 500
7SO p. NJ.
Gong South.-7.45, 11.2O A. M. 415
7.S0P.M.
For Clayton and Oxford r. P. O and
Clayton, Del, 7.45 A. NJ, and $40 P. NJ,
Clayton and Chestertown r, P. o. 6.55AM M
and 800 p. NJ.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

Crown and bridge work a speciality.
DR.. Comegys, dentist, Smyrna, Del. v
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

Coal during month of May $500 per
ton of ., 24O pounds. S. J. Reynolds.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30
WANTED.

A WHITE MAN, between 20 and So
years old, to drive my mill wagon. Steady
employment. Apply to
G. b. MASSEY,
Cheswold Del.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30
Yours truly
F. w. DEvoE & Go

See that your druggist gives you no
Imitation when you ask for kennedy :
Laxative Honey and Tar, the origlnai
Laxati Fe cough syrup. Sold by Wm'
t. Du bn.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30
Kent County School Commissioners

The regular meeting of the Kent
County School Commissioners will be
held at Dover on Friday, June 1, 1906.
THOMAS G. ROE, Sec'y.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

". G. Hill has for sale the best
makes of all kinds of fruit packages at
bottom prices.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

Money to loan by Samuel J. Rev
nolds, broker.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30
FOR RENT.

room Dwelling ON Market street.
Water and electric lights. Possession i'm
mediately.
Apply to
CHARLES Bitter.
Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

Clayton and Chestertown r, P. o. 6.55A.M
and 800 p. NJ.
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
short Items OF General Interest Gathered
During the Week.
Money to loan by Samuel j. Rev
nolds, broker.
Crown and bridge work speciality.
DR.. Comegys, dentist, Smyrna, Del.
Coal during month of May $50 per
ton of ,, 940 pounds. S. J. REYNOLDS.
". G. Hill has for sale the best
makes of all kinds of fruit packages at
bottom prices.
lce;-By calling at our Office you can
make favorable arrangements for your
seasons supply of ice. Smyrna Mig.
& Trans. Co.
For Sale-Cow Peas at S1.75 per
bushel; Crimson Glover Seed, S4. 80 per
bu.-Joseph E. Holland. Milford, Del.
The Circle of Kings Daughters will
meet at the home of Mrs. Ella Griffith,
on Commerce St., Thursday, MAY 81,
at 80 o'clock p. m.
All Smyrna High School Alumni
are requested to meet at the home Of
Gilbert S. FAIRIES, Friday evening, at
SIS o'clock.
Smyrna Benevolent Sojiety will
meet at the home of the President,
Monday evening, June 4th, at 7.3O
o'clock.
THE Coal STRIKE IS OVER and we
are prepared to put in your coal for
the month of May, $500 for first-class,
clean coal, 224O pounds. Smyrna
Trans. and Mfg Co.
An important meeting of the Wom-
ans Foreign Missionary Society of
the Asbury NJ. E. Church will be held
at the home of Mrs. Laura Yocum to-
morrow afternoon at $50 o'clock.
Members are requested to be present.
Cor Sec.
Next Sunday morning Childrens
Day exercises will be rendered at As
bury NJ. E. Sunday School and in the
afternoon Childrens Day will be OBJ
served by the Smyrna Landing Sun
day School.
The following is the Taylor's Bridge
Roll of Honor for the month of May
Lillian Huggins, Minnie Rothwell
Florence David, Mamie McClain, Let
David, Hilda David, Mable McClain
Edgsr Deakyne, Myrtle Bennett, Mag
gle Regener, Nora David, Nettie Reg
ener, Lewis McClain, Lizzie Deakyne
Ethel McClain.
A we'll established Business HOUSE
Delaware Corporation) is desirous o
selling a few shares of Preferred Stool
in each town throughout the State
Guarantee to pay seven per cent annua
dividends, payable semi-annually
Good reference. Address Preferred
Stock, Box No. 1873, Wilmington, Del
A very interesting Children's Da.
program will be rendered in Asbur
NJ. E. Church Sunday, at 1920, con
sisting of recitations and music. Th
musical part of the program will b
under the direction of the choirstei
W. o. Hofecker, Esq. The music
very attractive. There will be specia
selections by the children and recita
tions The regular education colleC
tion will be taken; it is hoped that tn
friends will come prepared as the OF
fering will be a plate Offering. A
are welcome. At $50 the reguia
twilight services for the summe
months will begin. These service
will be made attractive in every re
spect.
Letter TO Judge Pennewlll
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

short Items OF General Interest Gathered
During the Week.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

The following is the Taylor's Bridge
Roll of Honor for the month of May:
Lillian Huggins, Minnie Rothwell,
Florence David, Mamie McClain, Lee
David, Hilda David, Mable McClain,
Edgsr Deakyne, Myrtle Bennett, Mag
gle Regener, Nora David, Nettie Reg
ener, Lewis McClain, Lizzie Deakyne,
Ethel McClain.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

Next Sunday morning Childrens
Day exercises will be rendered at AS
bury NJ. E. Sunday School and in the
afternoon Childreus Day will be OBJ
served by the Smyrna Landing Sun
day School.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

Ice;-By calling at our Office you can
make favorable arrangements for your
seasons supply of ice. Smyrna Mfg.
4 Trans Co.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

An important meeting of the Won
ans Foreign Missionary Society of
the Asbury NJ. E. Church will be held
at the home of Mrs. Laura Yocum to-
morrow afternoon at $50 o'clock.
Members are requested to be present.
Cor. Sec.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

THE Coal STRIKE is OVER and we
are prepared to put in your coal for
the month of May, 5000 for frst-class,
clean coal, 2240 pounds. Smyrna
Trans. and Mfg Co.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

For Sale-COw Peas at S1.75 per
bushel; Crimson Glover Seed, "a. 80 per
bu.-Joseph E. Holland. Milford, Del.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

A we'll established Business House
Delaware Corporation) is desirous OF
selling few shares of Preferred Stock
in each town throughout the State.
Guarantee to pay seven per cent annual
dividends, payable semi-annually.
Good reference. Address Preferred
Stock, Box No. 1873, Wilmington, Del.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

The Circle of Kings Daughters will
meet at the home of Mrs. Ella Griffith,
on Commerce St., Thursday, May 81,
at 80 o'clock p. m.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

Smyrna Benevolent Sojiety will
meet at the home of the President,
Monday evening, June 4th, at 7.3O
o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-30

All Smyrna High School Alumn i
are requested to meet at the home of
Gilbert s. FAIRIES, Friday evening, at
5. Is o'clock.