davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20
The Value OF Time

A Ienlon rnaneler has Loaf a fortune through misass a ~Nm
hy a fraction Of a minute.
A Nebraska man has lost a bride from the same cause The
,nuns Woman declared hat she would rather remain single than be
warrioa an her life by a man 50 slow as TO be late at his own we'd
ding
Many another. through susht oarecssneaa In keeping an ap
palntment has seen the opportunity % a hteume alp away
A cents are to dollars. % are minutes 60 hours. and the SAVING
of both Is an absolute necessity Tor the attainment 81 success
pest thou love utsf Then % not squandsr time tr that s ms
stuff lite is made 81"
benjamin. FRANKLIN. who said thia not only understood tho
value 81 time, but he put a price on Il that made others app'ee'"''
It's worth.
A customer who came one day 20 Frnkiiu's little bookstore IN
Philadelphia. net being satisfied with tho pree demanded BY Tue
clerk for a book he wanted. demanded 90 see the proprietor the
clerk pleaded that Ne Franklin Was very busy In the proaa faon'
but tho customer insisted. aud franklin summoned hurried ~
what Is the lowest price you viii take for this book. "FV
asked the leisurety customer
zone dollar and a quarter VAS the prompt repy.
WHAT WHY. your clerk asked me ony a dollar lust nowl'
~rrae" said Frankuu. and / could have better afforded TO
take a dollar than 70 leave my work"
The customer thought him Joking Come, ao~" be said. laugh
inx your lowest price for this bookf
one dollar and a half
why. man. you Just said a dollar and a auarteri-
Yes. and / could better have taken that than a dollar and a
half nov"
The purchaser paid the higher price A. that be had learned
eheapB from the greatest philosopher o., his day not oiy that he
who souanders his oWn time Il foolish. but tha, he Who wastes tho
time Of others il a thief
Ths busy World does not wait Tor iagEarda
Success will meet no man halfway unless be Ia on time.
The habit Of promptness ls = priceless possession
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20
Bio Meat Sale

Today and Saturday az the CITY
Hall Market. 500 THIRD. neaF fsaler
Prime rio roast. leAc. Tbone
steak. lee pot roast. &c 70 SC. or
Rex hama tse Phone year order
NJ Siss. lad 5s1a go
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20
PITT LULU"

Manette wao Lulu'a sister Man.
otto re- a delioately pretty girl
With checks like peaches, and vel
vet eyes "nonoe Manette." the
nahera Of the Jersey coast called
her. but for all her beautiful eyes
fbey did not find her 'doucc' 70
tilrm
No one knows how many lovers
Nanalta had IN the village, but
never Que Eot inside She Village
room shsre MhBefta washed aud
newod aud kept care Of Lula while
rnwad aud Kept are 81 Lulu
work never one Of them only Phi
10 Gordon. a private from the gaf
fiuon. found his way into her vii
fui heart Gordon WA a Wild sort
~ fellow. aud tho afand'more would
have none Of him fine ordered him
out ~ the house the fret time he
found his way there. and forbade
Manetio to see or speak "a him
aWain
MAuetta disobuyed
Every ilne he could got leave
when old Mere - nfan Was away
be used 10 come 20 the village. and
Lulu. happy and impatient ae q
lamb II nva could be. kept guard ne
sentinel AZ the door uhila the lovers
talked l.ulu liked to be busy. aud
hoe little feet nnFef tired Of run
ming arfanda for the folk she loved
One day the end Of all this at
rived
Tha regiment Was ordered 10
leave Jersey. and Gordon contriyeti
"a let MHnettc knoH that he would
b. with her by a certain time 20
say soadhy ana make arrangements
Tor their future A. II b. magic.
that very day Mere IL Brun had
rheumatism and weuid not lsave
home Mnnsiis had "a minister 10
her and the thought ~ not seeing
her lover almost distracted her A.
Last an idea flashed through her
brain MaHetts called Lulu aud
hade her run down the patch 20
meet her lover and keep him away
from the house The grand mere.
seeing the child acamper off. hnde
Mhnatte SO after her Glad "a obey.
Manstta flew off like a hare
Perhaps Krand'msre suspected
She roae ana followed and there. a
little way from the patch. among
The ferns and stones stood Gordon
with daneite ln his arms and Lulu
sitting on a pOini Of rock beside
them silent aud amiiluE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20
STAR DUST
By Josh"

? ST PRIZE ron nEsr CONTRIBUTION 81 SECOND PRIZE o.
aunp M YOUR YARNS. MAKE Am HRtHr, AND ApuFHss
-losH WISE rita STAR.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20

Contrary - a general consensus
Of opinion tha matter % the widen
ing o. Pine IT has developed lnto
a division ~ ]epiuipn The streets
COMMITTEES has uHsiiy told tbs prop-
srty holders that - vouit reeem.
mend neufabtY q the council
ahlehever petition seemed q have
the sanction Of IRE majority 81 the
0w nerus
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20

Get your. wagon umbrella and
paraffin horse covers frntn Tom
Henderson,. gtz Occidental 80
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20
PoLfa MuhT nr a%eMovEp.

These will be- troublesome days
Tor the telephone and electric rail
way companies on account ~ the
manifold street improvements nov
going on over the city. II has been
found that the poles aud guy stubs
of the Seattle Electric company and
the t8o telephone e0mpanicn in
many eases. are in the WaY c0nHs
g|uauliY CITY Engineer Thomson D.
sending cot notifications ~ The
companies wherever such trouble b.
found "a have tbena remove the
poles entirely oT - tsso back %
few fe.s los 10 a p.ahiss, strips
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20
In orssnhaeks

Doun In New Jersey a young No
man 4 making $500 = year raisinE
frogs lluainaaa eeama 20 b. on the
JUMP
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20
ponT FoaauT 90. wHITE.

The tailor. ges Collins building. IL
hls aNu cutter. That ~ Yoar
auit VIII be eat right "
send So eHnts 10 Knapp q West.
afchiisrta saa eeimian building faF
q toak " plans fug pretty heanss -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20

and she could not live Il down
Poor Manette One dag grand
mere closed up the cottage ana
took the Girl away She said the
Hriehhafa talked about them They
sent 70 France the old woman and
the girl aud since then tho house
has been empty.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20

The gin aaw her eranamofhers
threatening face Oypr haf lovers
shoulder aud started back Gordon
threw ont his arm ~ Keep her and
by accident thes~ 'ptlt Lulu over
the ia By the shock 0f his move
ment
They heard Lulu cry aud tried
al three ~ them 10 save her. bot
II was useless when theg reached
the bottom Luiu lsy dead
They buried her isnss days later.
The regiment had EOns before then.
Gordon with A. and grand mere
could not leave Aianetto, no lay tl
~ n fever
She dld not die. but q WIS five
seeka before she could even ~
II tho cottage door and then her
beauty was al gone Her skin wnh
yellow and her eyes dull looking ha
an old womuhiu She was not the
same EiH Gordon had loved She
seemed 20 realize her folly and
knew that haf wronEdoihE bad
Killed the innocent child she loved
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20

10. WHITE. TIA ThlLoe.
= hts Own cutter That's Why White
clothes have an Individuality zoe
Collins tmildinN second aud james
go
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20
% For Mays LAMB

~ Maffe 1eNHoa
So many write Of Mays iamb
II made me tired TO read II,
SO I Just poisoned a bunch OF grass
Aud a. that lamb did feed H.
When Mary heard u her lambs
death
I thought she'd set mad and scold,
nut she Just said. I'm Glad sou ala,
That lamb VAS getting old
The butcher then ! told II 90.
lie laughed and said. Get some
thing new
I cut that lamb up yesterday
And sold him for mutton stew
-E n BURKE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20

Jas n sloNuy. an inehme,, n
hnraoman. the keeper Of q thery
alableman. an agent Tor R1cA caller
In hia oil trust. aud the dlstHtof OF
the Phillips Ice trust. yisitet CHIP.
newa Falia this week lie left on
"Wednesday. and because I've pre-
ssmei be could not goi a CORNER on
the whole fair he returned to hiu
family IN Phillips In time % receive
this item Good for him %philllpn.
VIE. Times
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20
SUIT BROUGHT IN AUTO CASE.

Another automobile personal IN
Jury suit was this morning CON.
rnencel In the superior court ~ q
compliant filed - { G. Aiancoek
The defendant IN the proceedings
Il John Waite. aud suit o. brought
for s1.a85. alleged % have been The
damage sustained The acctannt ue
cnrrea when the plaintiff was dis
mounting from q street a on the
corner ~ second aud Madison ats
Waite. anpfuschlaK IN his maehiae
caught the plaintiffs lsE between
the step % the car and the auto.
hraisinn II considerably
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20

The baker IL the happisst man
ever Everything ha stlrs up pans
out we'll All he hneads Il bis lie
has dough 90 burn and bis stock u
atm rislng lie %certAiniy takes
tho cake ties a stirring chap and
does things up hf0wn Though be 4
veil bred aud something Of a hiGh
roller be- q not above mixing With
hls hands besides. he h pie Gus
and cheeffullY icing bis fayurn foi
everybody The baker Is the origin
al else man of the ycaat@M q ID
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20
NOTICE TO
SUBSCRIBERS

Should your copy Of The s,1 ,,ss|
10 reach you by 6 o'clock q III
up our main office suns ns,vel|
1850: Independent iissl' I'm ~
6 ana Z o'clock. and we ~" ssosa
you a copy at once. II yoa = M
miss II more than once. Il |
phone us every time you ss,,sls i
In this way we can DO asrx|
giving our subscribers 4
ssryIeo-and Il is the onV VA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-10-20

some New York girls are said 90
get on chocolate iaRa They must
s,t a wonderful dark brown taste.
A Chicago woman knocked her
husband down with an alarm clock
Tnea she called time on him.
'naut time Tor seine more Of
those pumpkin pie poems With the
New England label on them.
An organization OF Eastern ~.
elrty women declares that the
amount II material used Ia evening
euwua must DO cut down. iieipl
Help
The London academy says that
this country has III set acquired
the art Of writing prose Perhaps
rot. bat there ate several people
HIRE who can almost rival Alfred
Austin At writing stuff that Isn't
poetry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
as follows

The turkey of Thanksgiving Day will cost, this year, about twenty-five cents a pound. The trusts, and the high prices that they generatae on the one hand, and the extravaganza they fo- ment on the other, have almost put the national bird out of the reach of the average man who has banished race suicide. Large families invariably have excellent appetites, and turkey for consumption in such family must needs be something more than light weight.
 The Georgian, however, says nothing about the American mince pie or the dozen or more other concomitants of the turkey, and it is doubtful indeed If the bill for, five can be kept down to a dollar apiece. The turkey is, however, the piece that holds the place of honor at the head of the Thanksgiving table, and if he be large enough and good enough no one will leave that table hungry. No day, not even Christmas, celebrates the turkey as does the na- tional day of Thanksgiving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
Work Before Congress.

On Monday next the closing session of the Fifty-ninth Congress will meet, and the business to come before it must be transacted in the three winter months, less a Christmas recess. Tn that time Dhe appropriation bills must be passed, and to the regular list will be added a rivers and harbors. bill and probably public buildings bill. The President, too, may throw upon Con- gross several deeply interesting prob lens, notably those relating to an in heritance tax, and possibly those con nected with an income tax. The Fifty ninth Congress is pre-eminently a Roosevelt Congress, and whatever the President earnestly desires he will probably secure.
 But aside from the administration measures and appropriation bills, there will be a full calendar brought over from the long session. This calendar includes the Senator Shoot case, cam paign fund publicity, the prohibition of contributions to campaign funds by corporations, reduction of duties on Philippine products, the Appalachian forest reserve, the anti-injunction bill, the parcels post, eight-hour law, immi- grafton restriction, Santo Domingo treaty, ship subsidy, and at least ! dozen other broad questions that can not be speedily disposed of.
 It will then be seen that the short session has plenty of work blocked out, and the President may give it some that will render it historic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
Changing His Name.

"One of the most difficult things to ac- complish is to give new name to place when people have once become accus- toned to call it by it's first name' said a southside resident
 ''We have an example of this in the attempt being made to change the name Five Points to Highland Circle Of course, it will eventually become known by its new name, but for many years there will be people who will speak of it by its old.
 q once saw the sattne attempt made in another and an older city than Birming ham, and to this day, which Is now more than twenty years since, the new name was given, people calA the street the old name, and others call it by both Highrasd Circle has this advantage to assist the proposed change, the circle itself would suggest such a name, and being on South Highlands, fills out the other part of the idea. 2
 Tn big cities like {. Paris and London, some of the streets az d lanes have names that would make a persons blood curdle. Who has not heard of Petticoat Lane in London and Rue Mors,ue in Paris? Many attempts have been made to e inge such names, but without success. These names have been burned in, as it were, by long use and tradition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
Savinqs Banks.

'One of the most healthful signs of stability and prosperity is the growth of savings banks and banks with saving deposit features" said a capitalist.
 "A few years ago when I was in Bos- ton Patrick Collins pointed to the need of these in the south. He cited the sav- ings banks of New England with mill lions of deposits belonging to the people of moderate means, very many of them wage-earners. If I recollect right he cited one savings bank with $25,0OO,OO0 deposits, and there was a statutory limit to the amount any one depositor might place in any single bank.
 Tn no particular has the south made more substantial progress than in the savings deposits. It Is a great aid in financing the cotton crop, and as it grows and the warrant warehouse plan is put into general use, savings banks will pros per and the people will be educated and stimulated to thrift in adding to or com mencing a savings bank account. The use of the penny in the south has added to thrift and has impressed upon many persons the value of little things when they multiply. The penny has given a relatively greater value to the nickel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
Our Alabama Crop.

Up to November IA, the ginning in this state had been 1,05S,43S bales in 1904, the big-crop year; 944,391 bales last year, and 834,S7O bales this year. In 1904 72.8 per cent of the crop had been ginned up to November IA, while 769 per cent of the crop of last year had been baled on November IA. The average is just about 75 per cent Add ing the missing one-quarter to this years ginning, we have 1,113,0S7 bales, as against 1,3S9,0O0 bales last year; 1,470,000 bales in 1904; 100000 in 1903; and 1,O5OOOO bales in 1902.
 It is impossible to give the yield of each year with accuracy because of the differences between the yield and the commercial crop of each year. The crop of Alabama, however, swings around the millionbale point, generally showing a tendency to go above it.. ulS ttnQChCy nuo NOf$ASN oN' VI '%i years, and there is no hazard in putting the normal crop of this state at 1,15O,- 900 bales. The Alabama crop is rising quantity, and the future will doubtless disclose a like inclination. There will be fluctuations, but each five-year period will show an addition of at least 100000 bales to the crop of this state
 The crop of Alabama is generally about 10 per cent of the entire Amcrl can crop, but on account of great crop in Texas and the territories it will doubtless fall below 10 per cent this year. Experts will put the entire crop at 12,30O,O0O bales, and if this should prove to be the correct aggregate, Ala bama will be short in her contribution | just about 100000 bales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Architectural Effects.

Birmingham is gradually casting or the signs of mushroom growth that are always evident in new cities" said the travelled man.
 Already there are many very fine archI- tectural gems ia homes and business houses. l do not allude so much to the skyscrapers as to buildings that are lew CT, but are architectural embodiments of decided taste for the useful as well as ornamental The front of the Telephone Exchange building is pure type of the renaissance with d modern coloring There are several store houses that carry in their outward form ornateness and with in are equipped with all modern conyen- iencies.
 and gothic are the predominating caarae- teristics in the most pretentious of homes. Then, again, the Romanesque, with Us towers is often seen. One of the common types quite undefinable with filagree yotk -oriole. windows and sometimes mansard roof-can be termed composite; sometimes quite bizarre.
 "All In all, with varying taste and the exemplification of new ideas in architee- ture, with it's topographey and landscape so admirably suited thereto, Birmingham is becoming the city of beautiful homes' avenues and terraces"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
ROAST, BY "MARsE HENRI

From the Louisville Courier-J ournal
 The daughter of a New York multi millionaire publicly stated the other day that she spent $2OO,OOO a year on dress. She said it boastfully, dwelt upon the thought that she would never wear limitation" stuff, and in other ways man. ifested an unwholesome pride and ma te- rialistic snobbery which not only rem dered her absurd, but which was suffi- cient to disguest all persons of common sense, of heart and of human feeling.
 The rich woman should be ashamed of her extravaganza, not boastful. Her body may be resplendent in fine raiment, but there is something lacking in her spiritual nature. The pomps and yani- ties of the world, apparently interest her more than good deeds, the sufferings of the poor, or the development of her high CT self. A portion only of the vast sum she squanders could help many a starving mouth.
 There is only one gratifying considcra- ton in the case of this New York spend thrift and all others of her kind, and this is the fact that, at any rate, she is turn ing money loose. She is putting 1t into cir culation This is much better, after all than to hoard it away. It may be that eventually she will manage to get rid of the entire fortune-then who would there be to pity her?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
4 Market Contrast.

Morris avenue on Sunday is as diff ferent from Morris avenue on Monday as night is from day.r said a citizen.
 Everyone who he's had occasion to pass along that avenue on a week day knows what scene of hustle and con- fusion it presents. The pavements are stacked with boxes and barrels; crates of chickens, sacks of onions and potatoes obstruct the traffi c fer the pedestrian, while in the street horses and wagons are tangled up in alm ost hopeless confusion, some backing, so me going forward and some so completely jammed that they cannot move eft her way; niggers are shouting to each other at the top of thei voices and frightened children screaming as they avoid al plunging mule.
 "All this is reversed on Sunday. No person, unless cop pelled ot do so, passes along Morris ave.iue on Sunday. Silent and quiet almostls the desert, it would be taken for an lndoned place were 1t not for the odors that stream out from every aperture in ne buildings. And what odors they are. Passing one place you will get a combined apple-onion odor; then you strike groceries, spices and side meat; a few steps further-chckens; and another step, chickens and apples; in fact, it is an olfac tory feast for such as relish it, to pass along Morris avenue on Sunday afternoon.
 After such a "a ssage 1t Is a we ome relief to get out oln First avenue and catch a breath of fresh air blowing in from East Lake or the Highlands"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
WE ARE GROWING YOUNGER.

From Harper's Weekly.
 We are younger people than we were fifty years ago. The proportion of babies to the total population has increased The proportion of old age has diminished. So says the United States census of 1900. Of the babies that are born, three now reach the age of for every two that reached it fifty years ago. Infant mortality has di- unfinished, but old age mortality has in- creased. Since 1890 the increase of the death rate from 60 to 64 is per cent from 65 to 69, 61a per cent; from 70 to "A, 161s per cent; from 75 to 79 2 per cent; from 80 to S4, 15 per cent; from S5 to S9, 12 per cent; from 90 to 94 S01z per cent; from 30 up, 201a per cent. That is the record that Dr. John V. Shoemaker gleans from the census of 1890, and corrects by later information procured from Washing ton So we died earlier than our grand parents did. The reasons suggested for it the that larger proportion of weddings survive infancy and that life is more lux urious, and the nervous strain of it greater than 1t used to be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
ONLY sINeLE-TAx COLONY.
Is Located in Alabama and Is Thriving
 Town.

From the World Today.
 The dream of Henry George, as set forth in Progress and Poverty has become a reality There is actually a single-tax colony, the only one in the world that is rapidly becoming thriving and important community Two hundred acres of land were secured some time ago by ardent sin gle-tax advocates in Baldwin county Ala bama, and there, on a beautiful bluff over looking Mobile bay, the pretty village of Fairhope was founded It has developed into one of the most prosperous settle ments of the state.
 The population of Fairhope is now be- tween 500 and 700. There are more than 100 dwellings, three general stores, dry goods and millinery store, fine hotel. two drug stores, meat market, bakery. several mills, livery stable, printing of flee several shops occupied by various trades, a neat church building, fine public school buildings, town hall and lodges for benevolent or fraternal organizations.
 The association owns, free of incum- brance nearly 1900 acres of land. It also owns a wharf which extends 1900 feet into the bay. The steamer Fairhope keeps the town in touch with Mobile, a city of 50.- GOO. 16 miles across the bay, and the trip is made in one hour and a half.