davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1907-07-04

An old gentleman stopped over
night at a small hotel in western
Pennsylvania, aud in the morning
asked for a drink of brandy, say
ing that he was not feeling very
we'll.
The landlord produced the
brandy and the old gentleman
helped himself. He poured out a
glassful and drank it. Smacking
his lips he said:
"That is pretty good. 1 guess
l will have some more"
Filling up the glass he again
drank the contents, and handed
the landlord a quarter. The lat
ter gave him back II cents.
you have made a mistake"
remarked the lodger, gazing at his
change. "You have given me
back too much. l usually pay 10
cents and you have only taken g."
"Well," drawled the landlord,
sit is cheaper at wholesale"
While waiting for the speaker
at a public meeting a pale little
man in the audience seemed very
nervous. He glanced over his
shoulder from time to time and
squirmed and shifted about in his
seat. At last, unable to stand it
any longer, he arose and demand
ed, in a high, penetrating voice:
"Is there a Christian Scientist
In this roomP"
A woman at the other side of
the hall got up and said:
Il am a Christian Scientist"
"Well, then, madam requested
the little man, would you mind
changing seats with mep I'm sit
ting in a draught."-Ex.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
TOT CRUSHED BY a TRAIN
Last viii and Testament OF q Little
Girl

Fit,sbGrg. Pa. Nov. 21.-Good- bye,
mamma: good-by. papa. | am going
20 heaven. Give my prettieSt doll T.
Sylvia and let Tommy have my GO
cart. and don't forget To let Nettie
have my Teddy Bear-poor Teddy.
Little Nina Hanch If Steubenviile,
Ohio. who had been crushed by a rail-
road train. thus bequeathed her few
belongings while she lay on a cot in
the hospital and the tiny spark Of life
went out.
The little girls death was pathet-
ioaHy tragic. She was cOasting in a
small express wagon on a street neal
her home and swerved her vehicle out
# the way Of the speeding automo-
bile. In doing 80 she directed heT
w gon across the cleveland and Pitts
burg railroad tracks. only 70 meet an
express train, which ground her un-
der the wheels.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
BuFIEC HIS WIFE'S BODY
Effort of California
Nan TO Conceal a Crime

san Francisco. Cal. Nov. 27.-The
rol.ce at Oakland yesterday arrested
II. \. wilkins. stationary engineer.
vino Is charged with the murder OF his
wife. whose body was found buried
underneath d shed near the Wilkins
home. The woman had rot been seen
Cor several days. though i was known
>he had given birth to a child Neigh
bors began making Inquiries ana Will
k!ns declared his wife had gone home
to relatives in tie east. A friend Of
he d5al woman. Mrs J. NJ. Anderson.
laims that Wilkins asked her To go
away with him that night and then
sayv she dreamed that she saw Mrs.
Wilkins dead. She told her husband.
who set IA foot an investigation which
resulted il the finding OF the the dead
Woman's body.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
Friendly Monkeys.

/ have read somewhere Il statement
that the anthropOid apes prefer our
company to that of their fellow mon
keys of lower degree. and | saw it
proved once in Calcutta. says writer
in Ornithological and Other Oddities.
The late w Rutledge. for many years
the leading animal dealer there and
I mine of natural history Information,
had q young ORG IN his yard. and at
my request opened its cage one Cay
10 let it choose its society, when, quite
(lisregarCling the other monkeys, it i'm
mediately came over to him and
climbed into his lap.
A fair sized female we had at the
Calcutta 100 also was q most affec-
Tomato creature. When | paid visit
to her she would always put her arm
alfectionately around my neck and
while being careSsed and played with
would drop any food offered by other
visitors.
But think it was on my very first
introduction to the orang that the hid
den humanity of the creature most I'M
pressed ne. This was many years ago,
when Abraham Bartlett was at the
London 100. He gave me private
interview with Il little Orang which had
lust arrived. The first thing the little
imp did was to Climb on my knee. take
off my hat and put il on his own head.
after which it proceeded gravely to
ninch one of the superintendent eye
lids. In sh)rt. it examined Us with a
scientific curiosity which in lower
animal was decidedly impressive. This
little man of the woods could not have
chosen a more striking way of claim
ing kinship so often denied
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
Tie Cussedness of a Sail.

Sometimes sail is only playful. and
wjIIfnl at the worst and after slight
show of resistance will succumb 10
vour arts. but at times they get ma
Icnant and cruel. They will fight you
fjarcelv, hitting back viciOusly. spite
fully battling for every inch. taking
most treacherOus advantage of an
relaDSe Of alertness or lOOSeness or
clutch. When a canvas has got that
devil in it. look out for yourself. That
Is when it fights to kill. That is
when it hurls men off yard and boom
to their death. At times you can only
CONQUER after steady and well gen
eralel fight At other times bit or
trickerv will succeed / have cursed
q sail and turned away pretendingly
beaten. when. thrown for a moment
off guard by my apparent carelessness.
IL has opened its defense. \ tiger
spring. a turn Of rope and the vic
tory * won. But ! tel you il makes
man Of vow u fight to the finish with
a sal. Every nerve tin@ling. every
vain Hushed with b.oG1. you take the
Last rurl. aHi wiki Il Hang YOU. you're
fast now q at and rrI"rt al snng
T. 7. Day in Outing Magazine.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
HIT The Old NAN HARD
Turned from the Conviction Of One
Son t. He5r the Othsr was Dead

Knoxville. Tenn. Nov. 27.--James
Sllen. an aged citizen of Polk county.
Tenn. was present in the suprem
court yesterday when that court sus-
ani sentenced his son. James. 10 die
m me eallows. January oh. for a
murder committed in Polk county
some months ago. While the father
and son We're going to Jail they receiv-
I'd another message that another son,
Harrison. had just net Il tragic death
in a COPPER mine at Ducktown. Tenn.
The aged man reeled and would have
fallen had he not been caught by
friends.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
TEN THOUSAND TRIbEsNEN
Fiercest Fighters of Morocco, Attack
French Camp, ard are Beaten OF
With Great Loss

Lalla Maghnia. Algeria, Nov. 81
Ten thousand Of the tiercest Benis
Nassen tribesmen sw0Oped down on
the French camp yesterday and were
teaten off with a loss of 1900 killed.
The fighting continued for a long
time and was conducted on the part OF
the tribesmen apparently with total
disregard for their lives. At one time
the French infantry were in danger
Of being surrounded, but they finally
disengaged themselves from their per-
ilOus position by most brilliant
charge of the Spahis. The rout OF the
Arabs was completed by vigorous
Smelling by the artillery. The French
less was eight killed.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
CRIMES AND CASUAL TIES
= List OF the Everyday Horrors that
kresTo.d b. the Press
Dispatches.

New York. Nov. "a strange dou-
ole tragedy. which for time bafhed
sDlution, happened yesterday when
Nicholas Smith, a welltny New York
manufacture va sh, ana Killed by
his bride IF six III ,nths, Mrs. Grace
Van Chaak Smith. VINO after firing q
bullet into her husbands brain as he
lay asleep. set fire to their house in
New Rochelle and then sent a bullet
into her own heart
Fireman extlnguished the flames and
saved thu lives Of two women servants,
who frightened b. the shooting, had
locked themselves in their rooms.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
BUTTER-IN REBUKED
Obtained a Beatire and Caused Wo-
man to Attempt Suicide

Marion. Ohio. Nov. 21.-"Npur hus-
band is over there is a saloon. drink
ing booze and blowing mis- money.
said a drayman to Mrs. Peter +. Lit
lie Yesterday. When Little came home
ne and his wife quarreled. Then he
hunted up the Giayman and pounded
him. Mrs Little locked herself up
in mer bedroom and turned on the
gas. She WAS not found Until three
hours later. and probably will die.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
TERRIBLE DEEDS OF TURKS
Another Fearful Report from Asia
Minor-Armenians Killed and
Tortured by Hundreds

Smyrna, Nov. 27-Sweeping the
province Of Biarbekr. Asia Minor, with
a force Of KurGs and irregular Turkish
troops, IbrahiIn Pasha has plundered
and burnt l51 villages and massacred
hundreds of Armenian Christians.
The massacres were attended by
frightful tOrtures Of the victims. the
women being outraged, the men mutt
lated and the children butchered by
scores before their parents eyes.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27

showered upon Us an Individuals and
- an OrdeH.
7 therefore request that ali lodges
arrange II attend divine service on
either November - OF December l. as
70 them may be most convenient. and
that special services ami music be ar
ranged for.
Desperation is hereby granted T.
all subordinate and Rebekah lodges to
wear the regalia and jewels Of the
order on such Occasion.
Done at the city IF Jacksonville this
10th day Of November, \. y. 1907. and
Of our order the seth.
j. w. White. Grand Master"
Attest:
A. NJ CuShman. Grand Secretary"
odd Fellows meet tonight.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
SHE MADE CENTER SHOTS

Baltimore. Nd. Nov. 27.-Maddered
by the belief that her husbands at
fections had been stolen from her by
Mrs. Sallie Brown. Mrs. Annie Maith
yesterday shot and instantly killed
Mrs. Brown. Two bullets from o.
cali6re revolver entered the victim
forehead
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
4 MOTHERS DEVOTION

The press dispatches yesterday tel!
the following pathetic incident about
the tenement fire in New York in
which thirteen lives We're lost.
IN one IF the heaps the tiremeH
found a woman who had made one
last desperate effort u save the life
# her baby. even when she knew thai
she herself was doomed t. a horrible
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27

death She had folded her arms very
tightly around the little one and then
hudGled down close to the fcor, her
own body protecting that IF her child.
The mothers body was badly burned.
That of the child bore scarcely a mark
but ii was dead from suffocatiOn. on
every side of the mother and child lay
the bodies Of other victims"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
Friendship, Love, Truth

Acknowledging our gratitude 70 the
supreme Ruler of the Universe for the
many evidences OF His mercy and love
Z. J. ". White. grand = as.eT. do here
by urge UPON the great body Il Odd
r'elloE:S under the jurisdiction Of the
Grand I.odge of FLO. ida to devote one
iay 10 special services. AS odd Eel
lows. in recognition Of divine bl, s-Irgs
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
The New Pure Food and Drug Law

We are pleased to announce that Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar for coughs. Coles
and lung troubles. is not affected by
the National Pure Food and Drug
Law, as it contains no Opiates or
other harmful drugs. ard we recem-
mend it as a safe remedy for children
and adults Sold by all dealers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
If you KNEW

The merits OF the Texas Wonder. you
would never suffer from kidney, blad
der or rheumatic trouble. 81 bottle two
months treatment. sold by druggists or
by mail Send for testimonials. DR.. f.
W. Hall 1926 Olice street, St. Louis.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
FORCED &c SELL AT once

Ten-room house newly painted.
newly rooted, etc Has good cistern
and out house and good yard Now
rented for SO per month. If interest
cd call ana get price and terms from
r. w Ditto
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
THANKSGIVING DAY
FOR ODD FELLOWS

J. W. White. grand master o. The
independent Order of odd Fellows of
Florida, has issued the following
Thanksgiving proclamation to the va
rious lodges throughout the state:
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27

OE.9O La=at.-e Fruit Syrup. the new
laxative that makes the liver lively.
puIiles the breath. cures headache and
regulates the digestive organs. Cures
chronic consultation. Ask u about
it. Sold ~ all dealers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
PNEUMONIA FOLLOWS A COLD

but never follows the use IF Foieys
Honey and Tar. 1t stops the cough.
heals and strengthens the lungs and
prevents Pneumonia. All dealers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27
EARLY BREAKFASTS

The Elk Cafe will serve breakfast
every morning as ee. a. o'clock il
desired.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27

Dolls. dolls, and IN re dolls. at
FishcIs and 10 Get sore.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-27

odd Fellows meet tonight.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-03-28
COIstOn Letter.

CoLsToN, March 26.-We have
been having some very fine weather
for the past week. A few of our
farmers will begin to plant cotton
this week. Look out, you early birds,
or you will plant again.
MIR. and Mrs. Creech, from Den
mark, visited relatives here last Sun.
day.
Messrs. G.. w. and R. L. Beard
visited Bamberg on Saturday last.
A pindar shelling was given at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Clayton
Saturday night last.
Mr.. H. H. Clayton and Miss Pau
line Clayton visited relatives in the
St. Johns section last Saturday and
Sunday. =.
The union meeting will convene
here next Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. w. Z. Mitchum, of Ehrhardt,
visited her parents here, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Beard, last Sunday.
The annual picnic to be held at
Clear Pond next Friday will be well
represented from this section.
Mr.. j. w. Beard went to Bamberg
last Saturday.
Rev. S. P. Chisolm, who is slowly
improving from a recent attack OF
lagrippe, expects to visit relatives al
Blackville and Mt. Carmel this week
if health will permit him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-03-28
Efrhardt Etchings.

EHRHARDT, March 25.-Several OF
our town folks went to Ashepoo fol-
a days sport with hook and line,
They took advantage of the early
train run for the benefit of the court.
ing people of Colleton comfy.
Farmers are making a fuss about
their fertilizer coming to them sc
slow. These warm days have put
them in planting notion.
Mrs. Emma Appleby and little
daughter, Virginia, are spending
some time with her brothers and sis
tiers. They will not return to their
home in Branchville until after Easter
Miss Ned Ehrhardt reached home
Sunday. She will spend Easter at
home and then return to her school
at Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. 2. Mcmillan spent
Sunday with their daughter, Mrs.
w. P. Pate.
Mr.. O. P. Folk was in town last
week on business. Says lagrippe has
had him for week.
Very dry and windy. Rain would
help the small grain crop as well as
ones feelings, and to settle the dust.
Mr.. w. P. Appleby spent Sunday
afternoon with his wife and returned
to Branchville today. JEE.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-03-28
COUNTRY NEWS. LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt News.

EHRHARDT, March 25.-Mr. G. B.
Clayton went to Bamberg last Mon
day.
The farmers of this section are
taking advantage of this beautiful
weather. Many Of them have finish
ed planting corn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurie Clayton went
to Bamberg last Monday.
Mr.. Charlie Fender was in town
last Tuesday. F..
Messrs. Mitchum Bros. have re-
opened their store.
Miss Sadie Mcmillan was in town
shopping last Friday.
Mr.. R. Miller and family moved
to New York last week.
Mr.. w. G. Sease, of Orangeburg,
came over last Saturday night to see
his brother, Mr.. w. E. Sease, who is
still very sick.
The town council has fixed a water
pipe from Main street to the school
house. This is convenience that is
much appreciated by all.
Mr.. F. P. Sease, and son, Norman,
were at Mr.. G. L. Kinard's last Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Kirkland, of
Buford's Bridge, spent last Saturday
night at Mr.. W. E. Sease's.
Messrs. j. C. Kinard, J. A. Chase
reau, G. L. Kinard, and J. J. Farrell
went to Edisto river fishing this
morning. ROBBIE HUGHES.
Ehfhardt Graded School.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-03-28
Mime sofa Preacher Wants InfOrma.
ton.

II am looking for light. There
fore appeal to you. Is the dispen-
sary liquor law of South Carolina a
success? Do you regard the recent
change in said law an Improvement?
Any information you shall be pleased
to furnish will be most gratefully re-
ceived." .
This is the letter which Gov. Ansel
has received from a preacher Of his
own church, Presbyterian, who lives
in Candy, MINI. Evidently the Pres
byterian brother knows as little about
Gov. Ansel as he does about the dis
pensary law. He has not heard that
the governors campaign platform is
embodied in the new dispensary law.
The governor sent him copy of the
Carey-C -Cothran act stamped with his
approval.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-03-28
State Epworth League.

It is indeed gratifying to note the
interest that the officers of the State
Epworth League are taking in the
coming session to be held in Bam-
berg April 1914. The president
writes us: Get busy with some
editorials on the league, talking up
approaching league conference. You
see we have the goods to deliver.
Now, if you will get two hundred
young folks there, South Carolina
will feel the inspiration. It will
solve the league problem. Seeing IS
believing. Try to publish the pro-
gram sent herewith"
And we. publish the program, Of
course. Also, several other notices.
Also, Miss Montgomery has for
weeks been talking league confer.
ence. The advertising is sufficient.
The work now is on the local leagues,
Let a party, of five or six go from
every league in the conference.
Bamberg is fine town, and visit
there will be enjoyed. The town is
begging for two hundred guests at
least. It will be a delightful social
and spiritual gathering. We hope
four hundred young people will
attend. The expenses of a trip are
little; the benefits great. Southern
Christian Advocate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-03-28
Next Sunday is Easter.

Lent is almost over. Easter falls
on March 31st this year, which is
next Sunday. Few people can figure
out the date that Easter comes on.
The date is governed by the moon.
It always comes on the seventh Sun
day after Ash Wednesday, which is
the first Wednesday after the full
moon in February. It has been thir-
teen years since Easter came as
early as March 81. That was the
date of the celebration in 1894, and
since then the dates have been be-
tween April l and Is. Last year
Easter Sunday was on April Is.
Easter will not come as early as
March q again until 1919 and not
again after that until 1920.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-03-28
Past Praying For.

A prominent politician while visit
ing in Washington recently took his
little son with him to the Senate
gallery. The boy seemed especially
interested in DR.. Edward Everett
Hale, and his father explained to
him that DR.. Hale was the chaplain
of the Senate.
"Oh! he prays for the Senate,
doesn't he?" asked the lad.
"No," said the politician, ''he gets
up and takes a look at the Senate,
and then he prays for the country"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-03-28
Darlington rIan'S Deed.

CHARLESTON, March 21.-R. L.
Bonnoitt, of Darlington, shot his
wife and then stabbed himself this
afternoon while visiting at the home
of Mrs. Bonnoitt's sister, Mrs. Laura
E. Hertz, "a Rutledge.avenue.
The act seems to have been done
during a temporary alteration of
the mind, as there was no apparent
cause for it. Mrs. Bonnoitt was
shot in the left side and is in seri-
Gus condition. Bonnoitt has one
wound in the breast, which is not re-
garded very seriously, having missed
his heart, although he seemed to
have tried for the fatal spot.
Bonnoitt was arrested and was lat
er removed from the station house
to the Roper hospital for the dressing
of his wound. He was sent back to
the station house, but again removed
to the hospital, as his mind seemed
affected and the latter place was bet
ter suited for his condition. Mrs.
Bonnoitt is at the Riverside infirma-
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-03-28
BONNOITT DECLARED INSANE.
Darlington Man who Shot Wife in
Charleston Sent to Asylum

CHARLESTON, March Or. l..
Bonnoitt, who yesterday afternoon
seriously shot his wife and tried to
kill himself, was sent to Columbia
early this morning, having been
found insane by the physicians at
Roper hospital, where he was sent
from the police station. Solicitor
Jervey consented to the removal,
upon the showing made of his insan-
ity. Judge of Probate Bryan decid-
ed that Bonnoitt was insane upon
testimony of physicians and signed
an order for his commitment to the
asylum.
The wounded wife Of Bonnoitt is
still in a serious condition at the Riv-
erside infrmary. It can not yet be
said that she is out of danger and
whether or not she can live. She is
in a precarious condition.
The young wife who received the
bullet from the maniac's pistol, has
only been married four months. She
is the second wife of Bonnoitt.
When boy it is said that he was
hit on the head and that the blow
made a clot of blood form on his
brain. This is supposed to have
caused his mental unbalancing. He
was a patient at the asylum some
years back, but was discharged as
cured. Yesterday he developed an
attack of insanity, with the terrib
results of the shooting. His brother,
Mr.. Marion Bonnoitt, of Darlington,
was in Charleston today to see him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-03-28
Headache in His Hands.

you've got a pretty bad headache,
sir, haven't you?" asked the barber,
giving a dry shampoo: =,
''That's just what's bothering me, y
replied the man in the chair. but
how did you know?"
''Tell it by my wrists and hands, -
explained the barber. ''You and l
are what they'd call magnetic medi-
ums. And the electricity in my fing-
ers takes the pain out of your head.
But get it. That's why l know.
My hands are aching now. l don't
often strike a customer like you,
however, or I'd have to 60 out of
business. I'll bet my arms ache for
half an hour after you're gone?'-
New York Post.