davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03

1908 with surrounding states shows
the following:
The total taxes ~receiv-
ed from all of the rail
roads in the State of
South Dakota for 1905.
vas ....- ZOJ,OOJ.lJ
If the South Dakota
railroads had been as
sessed as much per mile
as the railroads in
Wyoming. our railroads
would have paid....... 49,, 10000
Or if assessed the same
as North Dakota our
railroads would have
paid 64O,OOO.OO
And the people of the
state would have saved
100000
If our railroads had
been assessed as much
per mile as the roads
in Nebraska, our roads
would have paid...... l,OOO,OOO.OO
and farmers. business
men and laborers would
have saved about ....... 100000
or about $50 for every
voter in the state"
If space would permit. hundreds
of instances of discriminative action
against the people and in favor of the
System and its allies could be cited,
but these will serve as illustrations.
While delegates to the convention
and the voters at the polls have for
years been helplessly driven to the
performance of the Systems will, they
have not been blind.
PASS SYSTEM.
How does this handful of men SO
thoroughly entrench itself against
the people and why haven'tthey soon
er been deposed! The process is sim
pie and familiar to most of the readers
of this article. Why are the railroads
so liberal in the bestowal of passes
upon delegates, candidates and pub
lie officers? Is it to secure their legal
rights 4No, they + secure against
Legislation of a co~nfiscatory character
and against damage or taking of
their property without due process of
law, by the provisions of constitutions,
state and federal, and their rights
can be enforced in the courts. Are
they prompted by motives of disin-
! terested benevolencei If so, why
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03
PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION.

PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION.
Public service corporations are es-
sential to the development of the
country and should be accorded fair
treatment by any party or govern
ment. They should not be the vic
tins of discriminatory Legislative, ad-
ministrative, or judicial acts. They
have no place, however, directly or
indirectly, in the control of political
parties or in the making or admins
tration of laws. Whenever they have
grievances to be redressed or rights to
be enforced they should be accorded
the same privileges that are given to
individuals, to appear before legisla-
tive committees and be given a fair
hearing. The same is true of their
treatment by administrative officers
and bodies. They should be accord
ed the same rights that they are given
in the courts. and should no more be
permitted to influence or coerce leg
islative or administrative action than
to pack juries or dictate to courts
what rulings they shall make or in
structions they shall give the jury in
cases where they are interested.
They have heretofore been permitted
by the bosses to participate with them
in packing Legislative committees,
and whenever a bill inimical to the
interests of the bosses or their corpor-
ate allies came into the hands of the
committee it was p~igeOn-holed and
never saw daylight again. This has
been the uniform practice for years.
TAXATION OF RAILWAYS.
In the matter of taxation. notwith-
standing the fact that the constitution
provides that corporate property
shall be assessed upon the same basis
as property of individuals. discrimina-
ton under this System has
existed in favor of the corporations.
The following figures taken from the
report of the Interstate Commerce
Commission for 1903 shows the amount
per mile paid bs railroads for taxes
in the states named for the year 1902:
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-04-07
Hark, bark! the dogs do bark,
The gummers are coming to town;
Some will rear, some will tear
And some will pout and frown.

That staid quiet little letter month
from the headquarters the Naval Stores Export this
starter of things doing bids fair apple dod look like the
official announcement OF a call for a Quaker meeting
Of these innocentg little circular letters addressed
stakeholder in the million dollar which had something happen
to it the early part of last December.
As the boys in the woods put nearly all of this million they will be
meeting the stockholders the Naval held
this city Tuesday next
oughng the stately instead being tangled by the honk onkl
the where the blazing wood the which cities
daled by the gering solitaire where the greeted with the
timber instead being aed
exploded gasoline these who the call to the first meeting
Of the Naval Stores Export Company will with that look searching
doncertg those who they the
satisfying to the question asked in the parWat have done
with the talent unto theey'
like the foolish steward in the parable the Jacksonville
Bunch which the business the with the million will
exclamW buried It'll" But unlike the foolish steward the
parable, gum CANNOT DIG 1T il
will be invited
like this
Condition of Naval Stores Export Company First Annual Stock
holders Meeing
.
realized from sale Of stocks to Shoer.
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-04-07

Terminals in Fcrnandna Tampa and Pensacola,
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid cash. mostly by boys the woods about 100000
Sundry debts $4,000
$955OOO
Loss in one year $63OOOO
reported that the present Of the stockholders the
will not tolerate further attempt the agreement made
with Shoer the organization the Export enter
the field Shooters command other business this city should make him
feel the prick Of strong competition s It. this
correct will LIQUIDATION the filing by any dissatisfied stakeholder
Of an application for a receiver
II liquidation settlement something like this;
Stakeholder Account with Naval
l0O5-Apri-Put .$lOO share
These figures not to be taken absolutely correct they not taken
from the companys books they offered practically the figures that will be
submitted the meeting Tuesday compiled noma
which did than thousand
dollars.
story printed being
discussed by the "Gm Bunch which appeared be the
story statements the unch" to the the facts
presented that the agreement Of all
parties
pnd-jusg orally all listen quite
considerably than
Continued Twelfth Page)
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-29
ORDERED By GOVERNMENT.

| Little Italy has two mysteries
cleared Up, and byeathes more freely.
One Is why Angelina Pascalini worked
SO hard and spent SO Ettle, and the
other is why Angelina Pascalini al
ways insisted on seeing the papers
that are printed in English, which lar
guage everybody knew Angelina could
not read. Angelina Is now married.
and the two mysteries deal with this
marriage.
In order that it may be known who
Angelina Is, let it be stated that he
hailed from Genoa, in Big Italy-from
Genoa where the sun shines brightly
! and the sky is tinted blue and red;
where men work slowly and live easily,
the money is very scarce. In the
course of the eighteen years which had
rolled over Angelino's head before a
far-seeing padrone packed him into
the steerage Of a very uncertain ship
and sent him sailing over the hilly
water to America, it may be doubted
If Angelina had seen altogether of his
own as much money as the equivalent
of five dollars. Nevertheless, he had
been happy in Genoa until he met
Nina-Nina, whose mother came from
Spain.
After he met Nina, by his own &C.
count, Angelina was no longer happy.
He realized then how very poor he
was, and how far away was marriage
with Nina. He worked as hard as he
could, and ate even more sparingly
than was the wont of his countrymen
of the black bread and garlic, and
drank less Of the bitter red wine.
Nevertheless, his hoard increased
but slowly, and Angelina grew desper-
ate. He sought Nina, and told her of
the padrone. He would go to America.
She looked at him wonderingly with
her big black eyes, and promised to
wait.
Angelina, having made his adieus
and stuck one last candle under the
portrait of his patron saint, went
away to America.
His welcome in this country dis
pleased Angelina. He liked ice and
snow little, but the jeers Of the people
he liked even less. True, the land
was discovered by one Of his country
men, named Columbus, four hundred
years before. But Angelina did not
know this, and it would not have made
much difference if he had. Those who
had ,profited by Columbus discovery
disliked Columbus countrymen, and
Angelina was made to suffer their dis
like.
However, he work u on railroads,
and In other way, until his debt to
the padrone was paid, and then he
began to work for himself. Despite his
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-29
HINTS FOR YOUyc GARDENERS
Boston Public Library Trustees Issue
Valuable Free Pamphlet.

/
For the purpose of assisting amateur
gardeners, and especially boys and
girls who, at this season begin to feel
an interest in plants and flowers, the
trustees Of the Boston Public Library
have printed little book for free dis
tributiOn. 1t is called " A Brief List
Of Books About Gardening" Its con-
tents are classified under the heads of
1.-THE Making and Care Of q Garden"
magazines thataret0 eseenin the H.
brary which aredevoted especially to
gardens: acollection Of books containing
descriptions by famous writer's such
as HOmer's "Greek Garden" from
1.-THE Odyssey" Pliny's "Tusculan
Garden;" Sir Francis Bacon's ENG
fish and French Gardens;" Haw-
thornes American Gardens" and
Thoreau's walden" There Is also
list of books which give information
about school gardens, outdoor art,
agriculture for beginners, mature
study" and publications of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Most Of the publications Of the depart
ment can be had free upon application
to Secretary Wilson at Washington,
and several Of the school garden series
are very interesting and attractive
little documents.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-29

EvTQ Permanently Cured. Motifs ornervousness after
TIL q first dayse use OF Dr. Klfne's Great Nerve Re-
etorer Send tor FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-29

CkLEBR4TION OF HER SEVEN.
WETH ANNIVERSARY OF
LlvDEPENDENCE.

Every Defender of the Alamo was
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Message OF
Old General Houston to Mexican
General Santa Ana.
Inc state Of Texas, born some sixty
years too late to assist in the revol,1.
tlonary events of '76, has it's own In.
dependence day in addition to the ma.
u0nal Fourth Of July, which it shares
however, with its sister states. This
patriotlc state celebration occurred on
April u, the SEVENTEEN anniversary of
the light at the San Jacinto, where 500
Texans gave double their number of
Mexicans one Of the completest drub-
blngs in military history.
Every schoolboy knows the story Of
san Jacinto as told in the books. Rut
there Is in the Southwest fire-side
tale about 1t which deserves to be bet
ter known. 1t is that the night before
the battle, the Mexican general, Santa
Ana, sent flag of truce to the Texan
camp with summons to surrender
ana an offer of pardon. Grim old Sam
Houston, the father of Texas, heard
the message and said to one of his
aids:
"Tell him to go to hell! Put that
into Spanish And the aid, trans
lating the answer into the language of
Spanish military diplomacy, made or
alton as it appears in the books:
General Houston prays that YOU
Will have the kindness to present his
compliments to General Santa Ana.
inform him that General Houston re-
>grets to be constrained to reply that If
General Santa Ana desires our COM
pany it will be necessary for him to
condescend to give himself the trouble
OF coming and getting U.S."
The biggest celebration Of San ia
cinto day was at San Antonio, for
there is the Alamo, and there was the
fight which came before San Jacinto
and turned the blood of every Texan
engaged to fire and his nerves to cold
,teel.
The defenders Of the Alamo, though
Wound by no law like those Of Their
mopylae, disdained to surrender. They
knew too well, from the fate of Nolan
and his hunters generation before
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-29
and a score of later butcheries Of u
TEE OLD ALAMO.

and a score of later butcheries of
prisoners, the character Of their foes.
For twelve days they held their post
against thirty times their number and
then they died, still fighting.
How they died-how Travis fell a.
cross the cannon-how Davie Croc-
kett lay in the courtyard in ring of
foes-how the intrepid Bowie, the in
ventor Of the terrible bowie knife,
fought to the end on the bed from
which he could not rise-hOw not one
man by the testimony Of their enemies,
even tried to escape-how the half
dozen that were overpowered and dis
armed were then cut down-is a tale
with which the world still rings and
will ring so long as dauntless courage
is admired.
1t was a deed from which no man
among it's Texan doors came to tell the
tale. It is a tale whose truth is as
sured by the fact that it could be told
only by the victors whose shame it
was, and not by the vanquished whose
glory it was. It ranks above Their
mopylae in the annals Of manly forti-
tude. AS has been we'll said: "Ther-
mopylae had it's messenger Of defeat:
the Alamo had none"
Texas is indeed fortunate that her
history, as all the world knows it and
as it lives in the hearts of her own and
all the American people, began with
the Alamo. As battle, the Alamo
.Igas a defeat. As an inspiration to
Nave deed and patriotic achievement
~ generations of Americans yet I'M
born, it is the splendor and the glory
Of Texas.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-29
Fond Memories.

A hard-headed old Pittsburgh manu-
facturer who made his fortune, as he
expresses it, with his coat off," was
induced by his daughters to accompany
them to Wagner concert, the first
he had ever attended. The next day
he Happened to meet an acquaintance
who had seen him the night before,
who asked:
II suppose you enjoyed the concert
last night, Mr.. Brownw
eyes; it took me back to the days Of
my youth" the old man said, with a
reminiscent sigh.
"Ah, summer days in the country,
girl in a lawn dress, birds singing and
all that?'
mo, the days when I worked in q
boiler shop in Scranton. Success.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-29

A portrait Of the son and heir Of the
Gear of Russia recently made public
seems to belle the statements issued
from abroad that the infant Czarevitch
is deaf mute and an IDIOT. The baby
prince is unusually bright and has
never had a days illness in his %
months of existence, though many
papers have often reported him as be-
ing in an extremely critical condition.
Czarevitch Alexis, as he is officially
known, was born on August IL, 1904,
at the very darkest moment of the
fortunes of Russia during the war
with Japan. Notwithstanding the
trouble sometimes through which the
Russian government has passed, the
infant who will some day succeed to
the throne Of the Russian government,
has thriven in adversely. The ac-
companying portrait was taken at the
Russian Palace at the express wish of
the Empress.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-29
Beats Carnegie's SDelIiug.

DSUCc OdAuSSlS SpCHIUgs
"Saylil," exclaimed the girl at the
handkerchief counter.
"Wotsmatter now?" asked the girl
at the ribbon counter.
"Aintchoogittin puftoet2"
"Wojjaskin thatfur?
"Yooralookinkina thin"
"Aintneether."
"Yartoo. Betterficksher back hair.
Scummin down."
"Quitcherrubberin. Mine jeroan biz"
"Saylil."
"Saycherseff."
Observation-Disclosures told?"
"Yeh-wunsertwice. Ever git
choors?'
"Yeh. Ootole juhY
"Erdkitsmith sayinsc. Cumtroo~
"Notchett."
"Thinkitwill?"
"Lykaznot. Letchoono fit does"
"Sayjen. Juno Kittenbills keepin.
cumpny?' s..
"Awka moff."
"TroO sima stannineer."
"Howjeerit?'
Starlight. Yooleerabout Il soonuff.
Sayjen, canchooketch on"
"Say, there, you girls" interrupted
the foorwalker. go back to your
customers"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-29
WASHINGTON No Place To Die.

While in Washington on her last
visit Sarah Bernhardt commented up
on the tendency to run the nations
capital in the puritan blue law fash
ion that has gone out of style nearly
everywhere else. She said that in
many respects Washington is more
beautiful than Paris. But" said
Sarah, why do you make Of your
beautiful capital country village?
You have no amusements here-no
gardens, no places where the working
men can 60 on Sunday or in the
evenings. At midnight everything Is
closed. 1t is then tina. Paris wakes.
I would rather not die in Washington.
It Is not a place for even so hilarious
an event"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-29
WIFE LEADS BLIND<CHAPLAlN'
One of The Touching Sights In I'M
House of Representatives.

Few persons, who, on visits to the
House of Representatives, see Mrs:
Henry N. Couden, wife of the bind
chaplain, fail to be impressed by her
gentleness and dignity. With unfail-
ing fidelity she accompanies her hus-
band to the door of the House, and
after resigning him into the hands d
a page she waits in the lobby until
the end Of his prayer. Then she ac-
companies him home. Mr.. Coden
seldom fingers in the House after MS
prayer is finished, but few OF the
legislators, from the speaker down to
the youngest recruit, fail to salute MN
and his gentle little wife. Mrs. Couden
resembles Dresden figure in her
Powered silk and old-fashioned bonnet.
She cares not for changing styles, but
year after year she wears a simple
gown of silk, with black bonnet tied
under her chin with Powered ribbons.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-29
The Wise Rudyard.

IL only myself could talk to myself
AS I knew him year ago,
I could tell him a lot
That would save him a lot
- Of things he ought to know.
--Kipling.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-29

There are 407 mountain peaks 10
( Colorado of an altitude of more than
10000 feet.
It is computed that the amount OF
water wasted in New York amounts
to 100000 gallons day.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-29

"They say Mrs. Krankley makes reg.
ular dolls of her daughters"
"Well, it's true. She fairly stlnA
them with breakfast food.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-29

The Bear and Thesis, ships used IN
the Greedy polar relief expedition, are
still in the service Of the United States
as revenue cutters.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-07
anu pulled his feet up on top and sat
'nere like frog on pond lily leaf

ana pulled his feet up on top and 81,
'".,e IKE frog on pond lily leaf
WY Jackass only stepped his feet in III,
.use' and dad wanted me to swim m,
S S"Thdss out to the camel, and let hin
.aIi oh onto the jack, but | knew dad
"ouiu sink my jack IN minute and
"0u'uh go in the river Well the
o o1.ii drank about an hour, with dad
S'''ins 'here meditating, and then the
U."soInen got them out, and we started
0n ior the pyramids. which were in
r p."lN sight like the pictures you have
'n' WIN palm trees along the Nile and
aus camping on the bank. and il
.o'heu as though everything was going
o ~ NC dill right, when suddenly dads
N"'iiel stopped dead still and wouldn't
move a loot, and all the rest of the cam
g" stopped, closed their eyes and went
10 sleep, and the Arabs went TO seep
anu uau an the jackass and | were an.
parehtly the only animals in Esypt that
were awake. ~ '''N'
DAD kicked his camel in the ribs but #
"oulul bulge. He asked me if
couldnt think up some way to start tbe
procession, and | stopped my jackass
"Nu tnouSht minute, and told dad I
"au It, | had bought some giant fire
crackers and roman candles at Cairo.
Win which | was going to tire a salute
On Top OF the biggest pyramid, to cele-
oIaIe Tor Old America. and told dad
WHAT mad got, and thought if got
on my Jackass and fired a salute there
III tne desert it would wake them I'D.
Dau said all right, let er go. but do it
'oi VI easy, at first. SO not to oyerdO it."
anu l got my artillery ready. Say, Won
can | IRE off fireworks easy. you got to
'ouch match to EN- and dodge and
TAKE your chances. Well. | scratched
d nlalch and lit the giant fire cracker
una put 1t under the hind legs Of dads
C"iilei' and when it got to fixing Lit my
roman candle, and as the fire cracker ey-
ploued like a 16-inch gun, NV roman
;alluie began to spout balls Of fire and
"lliled one at each camel. and the
" nole push started on a stampede for
.ne pyramids. the camels grooming the
ARABS praying to Allah. dad yelling 70
top er, and my iackass led the bunch
lnd | was left in the desert to picl, nm
he hats. 'P
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-07
PRESBYTERIAN REVIVAL CLOSES

welsh La; The Presbyterian revival.
which commenced here two weeks aqo
with hev. Charles L. Nourse and John
A. "A; Bollman in charge closed last NIGHT
i nree services were held Sunday at II
am " p m. (fOr men only) and At
''"0 ?. m. The business men of tbo
Town have taken an unusual interest in
tneSc services and express themselves
, "S 2lghly pleased with the straightfor.
Mafa; practical methods used in conduct.
i lnS 5he meetings. There has been a lone.
iIEed church war under the surface in
.h'S community, which was forced 70 an
issue and settled by the establishment
OF Presbyterian church, as the result
81 the efforts of Rev. Nourse and Mr.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-07

faces at me on my jackass, and FINAL!
dad wanted to change works with me
and ride my jackass, but l told him We
mad left the stepladder back at Cairo, SO
dad hung to his mountainous steed, but
the dust blew so you couldn't see, and IL
was getting monotonous when the
queerest thing happened.
You have heard that camels can fill up
with water and go for week without
asking for any more. Well. guess the
week was up, and 1t was time to load the
camels with water, for as we came to
the Nile every last camel made rush
Tor the river, and they went In like a
'oke OF oxen on a stampede, and waded
u clear UP to the humps, and began to
rink, and dad yelled for q life preserver
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-07
MEETING OF POLICE JJrpv

, rort Allen, La: A special meeting of
1me P0lce jury has been called for NEXT
thursday to appoint a Board of HeoItb
lor TINS parish. Owing to the recent
resignation of two members of this hody
There remains only one to serve in t5;,
o "a and in view of the two eases
OIL OIL smallpox that have recently broken
out here, it is necessary to have n fuIi
noaro 10 look after the welfare Of these
p .ha NJ! ana to prevent the spreading of
!ne alseaSe' AT present Sheriff Parkor
Is looking after these patients, bsvina
PROVIDED P tent behind the levee near
oft Allen for their accommodations
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-07
Red Hair.

When red hair makes it's appearance
on human head all lukewarmness is
at an end. 1t is either loved or loathed
It's admirers, with artists in the van, are
almost Historically enthusiastic. They
call 1t golden, though the gold that
comes out of the earth Is not often ex
actly that shade. A red.haired woman
is sure of success In some quarter,
however plain her face or insignificant
her figure. The detractors of red hair
say 1t is sign Of bad temper or immor-
atty or both, and therefore to be scru.
pulously aYoided.-Queen.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-07

pont come to the conclusion that
you are so inconsequent!al that il is
not necessary for you to 20 to the
meetings of your Union. If You ara
tnat sorry, it is high time that Won
begun to get some sense pumned into
you by contact with men of larger
Intelligence. IT, on the other hand
you are too big for the crowd hitch
up ana drive on to more ocngenia]
ciilnate. A man should not be allow.
ca 10 i've in community that he is
50 Tar above it that he is not ready to
90 something to help things along,