davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-05-17
VI.
An Anonymous Letter.

The first lot of bills that I paid for
the Carney establishment contained
n for two dozen bottles Of Scotch
whisky which had been ordered by
Mr.. Carney and shipped by express
to Carney-Croft on the day that he
and Bobbs were in my Office. / made
no mention of this item to Miss Car.
ney when 1 was going over the &C.
counts with her, but paid 1t on the
chance that 1t was correct. In this
was not mistaken, for, although
never saw John Carney again except
for an instant. | did see the identical
"a bottles, empty, of course, In the
cellar at Carney-Croft.
1t was more than three years after
the death of the old gentleman and the
stable boy, and l had gone back to the
place to arrange for its opening after
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-05-17
wa, is it.~ I asked impatYentry.

"Never mind what 1t is, for the pres
ent," he replied. III I am wrong In
my surmise you can safely put 1t
down to whisky, and IL | am right,
you are no better off, though perhaps
no worse. Now, ] am not going to
say anything more about 1t tonight"
But in the meantime what an to
do with him?" I persisted. II may see
him again or be asked for advice
concerning him at any time, you
know
Leave him to Bobbs, Ware; leave
him entirely to Bobbs and let him go
his W way as he WILL" said Mac
Ardel earnestly. IF It's whisky, the
sooner he drinks himself to death the
better, and IL It's the only other thing
1t al be. Bobbs is a veritable God
send to him and to all of you, too.
Whatever you do, leave him alone
yourself, for you can't do him any
good and you may get into a lot OF
trouble IL you bother with him. Let's
go down and play a game Of bill
liards."
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-05-17
TRIMMING FOR THE JUMPER.
White Lace and Light Embroideries
c%unningly Used.

Many Of the new cloth frocks de-
signed with jumper bodices show a
tendency to introduce about the neck
and shoulders a trimming much dark
er than the tone of the dress material,
but this is combined with quantities
of white lace and light embroideries
which. of course. are admirably set
of by the dark background of braid
of silk bands. There Is no embellish-
ment, M matter how elegant. where
buttons do not at in nicely. and many
of the most successful decorative
schemes W much OF their merit to
the Introduction of various little nov
elites in the way of buttons.
Nothing is more effective upon q
dark brown OF black dress than a
touch Of yellow. and q good way to In.
troduce a little vivid coloring into the
fashionable jumper blouse is to make
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-05-17
Giving Clothes a Rest

After the skirt Is thoroughly clean
pressing table or board, pin each plait
down in its proper fold, cover the skirt
with a piece Of dark, wooden goods,
which had been previously ~dampened.
and then press.
After it is pressed hang II up care
fully and leave the plaits pinned
down until used.
To emove dust from silk skirts do
not use a brush, but wipe them with
a piece of v~elveteen, which will not
wear the silk and will remove the dust
much better than a brush.
Silk or ruffied skirts should be fitted
with tapes sewed on the lower rufies,
by which they can be hung upside
down. This prevents the skirt from
sagging and the rufle from dropping.
Gown Of delicate material should be
put away in long boxes or bureau
drawers, each skirt being folded in the
plaits into which 1t should fall when
worn. The bodices should be stuffed
with tissue paper, the sleeves and
trimmings filed out with tissue paper
also.
Wash frocks should always be put
away in trunks, boxes Or drawers.
whether they have been worn or not.
for in hanging they grow stringy, are
more easily affected by dampness and
lose freshness.
Suits and frocks should be carefully
gone over and mended and repaired
before they are put away for rest.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-05-17

a little shield for the front, starting
broaden out until the greatest width
is in the exact center. The sleeve car
ries GU the same idea by the intro
duction of a little colored embroidery
in the seam Just at the wrist, the en-
broidery being carried round the
wrist.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-14
BEAUTY OR AGE, WHICH?
From the BOSTON Herald.

fIpm inc fiOSloh iteIatu.
\. Woman who claims she'd rather he
IAN old liIa n y .darling' than the beauty
doctor $ slave. says:
If | ever marry again IL will be n
man old enough to he ms father" She
said. 'tr least II man enough Older than
Am to keep on thinking I'm young
without this m~assaging ami electric
needing and skin flooding that is wear
ing me to a frazZle.
And what one of The. millions OF
beauty seekers, who are constantly
worrying lines into their faces in their
frantic struggle to get them out. that
does not echo these sentiments"
Tom looks ten years younger than
l do. but WI were the same age when
we wer. married." SiElls the woman
of 40. and then she forMith spends ali
her pin money TO be- cooked and pound
ed by the beauty doctor. eats rice when
she wants meat and meat when she
wants rice. and lets her husband and
her children shift for themselves. Will.
she gives the rest cure or the exercis.
cure. coca butter rubs or lev tubs a
thorough trial I'm her frtMzicd search, foY.
the fountain of youth.
OF course ii may h., that woman IS
only a slave of an idea. II NAV h.
| What IL man admires crowsfe., and m
creasing adippse AS much as he does
a veivety cheek ana s%ylph-ik. figure.
| but i'm the. Iiyh, of wo,nau.s clumor for
PENDING ,natier thu, is made up of
| recipes for fre,kIcs and wrinkles and
scrawny ne.ks Of he,. nushins patron-
age OF massa.is,s and beauty doctors
1t il clear thar she has no faith In
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-14
Looking Out for the Future.

\ oun member of a Sunday scho".
was soliciting recruits foi. her class. am!
called upon "A newly married couple
who had moved near her home. After
Il few pleasant remarks of ~ general
character. she aid
II am trying ,o &c, .ew scholars
:or our sunday school. Wi, you send
your children to our SCHOOL,"
She VAS much tiisappointed when
told that the lady had none. hui in
A moment her face frightened and she
asked:
viii yon send them when you 40
have them ="
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-14
KANSAS NOW HAS
fewer CYCLONES
And Much More Rainfall Than
Was Usual Some Thirty
Years Ago.
CYCLONE CELLARS RARE
Dtate Authorities Claim Wind Has So
Moderated That Windmii,s Are
Now Hardly of Any Prac-
teal Use.
From tn. WASHINGTON Herald.

ii.ifl ltl' .'Silf4t> ~ .Ht''.
Professor Willis L.. Moore. chief OF
he United States Weather bureau. has
-aisei Il storm oit In kansas. Some
i,ne ago H.. warned settlers in The
western parl "f that state that the
.uuntiy there Was not good farm land
aud advised them not 10 settle OF IL.
Ia other words be charged that there
Was something the matter With Kan
sss. Professor Moore declared that
Their. was no NOR. rainfall in Kansas
now than there MAS thirty or forty
years ago. that .hoNe YVES just as much
wind out there as eyer.
This WAS Il serious rejection on the
SuIii'owe, state. for The reason that
the people tner" we've tvyiag to build
up and develop the western tier If
counties. Nnrn. lo and b,l"i!.. a pro
nunciaintn,o cam" from tnr federal
weaih"r bu.enu Warming settlers that
Western Kansas MAS dry and arid and
that The wind there. ~hom it blew ut
al. bieN with frishifGi velocity. max
ing cNcioile cellars an cNerNda, nnc-s-
sitN.
Weather Bureau Operative.
The Kansas university has rum a
Weather bur."u for ile last t~hirty-four
years. and the records of that inStitu-
tion HAY" been sent here To SHOW that
t'rofrSsur- :N-~,f-.-.!tr-s f,,,t -ktHv WHEAT
ne Is talking about. For OF
comparison ;ne thi,t E-~fOtr-yeaI period
WAS divided into TWO p~erios!S of seven
teen years each. The records show that
the annual blow of wind f"r the last
seventeen years. covering IN" pcpulist
era when Senate w. \. PETER and
Mary Ellen Lease were prominent in
public life in Kansas. Was lo.N0U miles
less than the average blow of the pre-
ctdihg seventeen years. II is ulso
shown ih;t the average annual rain
iall of the, l.St seventeen wears W,tS
three inches greater than The average,
rainfall "f IN" FIRST seVonteen-Nea. pc
liod.
The state authorities in writing to
Washington "a the subject declare ihat
ile wine has $" moderated" i'm recent
years THAT tn, old Dutch Windmill near
the state university. one of the old
landmarks of Nansa@. ',.l tn go out
If business. Cyclone cellars. IL Kansas
have become q rarity.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-14

Dieu no more.
Thank Cod" the young man NUT
going to do about it,"
Well. Stanton" drawled Cheney.
I'm not going to do anything about
ii. It's stopped. that's all you want"
WAS ii Grace Abney?." slowly asked
Stanton.
NO it wasn't Grace Abney." replied
Cheney.
Well. you 3eat me. colonel. But I
suppose o know what you're doing.
Now nothing remains but u settlement.
What's the fec"' he asked. reaching for
his check oOk
That's So said Cheney. smiling.
II forgot the fee. The fee will be your
promise to say nothing more about this
case. You will also extract the same
promise from your friends who received
case Is closed. Remember me to Judge
Treat when you next see him. And
don forget to get a new butler. Good
evening"" They shook hands and STAN
ton went the door.
At $40 Miss Wood had gone and
Cheney was alone. He opened the desk
drawer, Ook therefrom the tell-tale let
ters and samps and Miss Woods steno-
graphic notes with transcribed report.
| He threw them all in the crate. touched
a lighted match to them and, as the
flames mounted higher and higher. de-
strOying every evidence of the woman's
folly, he murmured:
We'll. anyway. l had my fingers
crossed when l old Stanton 1t wasu't
Garce Abney." His conscience was
easy. and when nothing remained hut
ashes he put ON his nat and y..rt IA
dinner.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
FAREWELL TO PEACHES.
Latest Cold Snap Virtually Knocked
Out the Crop in Georgia-Cot-
ton and Corn Hard Hit.

All the reports received by State
Entomolcgist r. l. Smith indicate
that the peach crop in Georgia is
total loss. He received reports Mon
dav from James Cureton and T. Nj.
Cato, of Austell, who state that all
the fruit in that section is killed.
Mr.. Smith received a telephone
message from Adairsville, cne OF the
largest peach-shipping points in North
Georgia. to the effect that 80 per
cent of the crop there was killed
Sunday. 1t was stated that the fruit
was practically all right until thai
time, but the severe frost and freeze
which came then finished it.
Mr.. Smith is sending out letters to
all the peach-growing sections Of the
state making inquiry as to the ex-
tent of damage done the crop, and
expects to have definite information
about the matter the latter part OF
the week.
A. NJ. Kitchen, a we'll known peach
grower of Baldwin, Habersham coun-
ty, stated that his county would
scarcely turn out single crate OF
peaches this year.
There is not a crate OF peaches
left on my place. he said, "and l
am satisfied there is not in Haoer-
sham county. l am satisfied the loss
in Habersham county alone this year
will be s250,000.
"Of course I know only what have
heard as to other sections OF the
state, but the indications all point to
a general destruction CT the peach
crop by the recent severe and con-
tinued cold weather.
]. A. Hall, OF Calhoun, superin-
tendent of public buildings anG
grounds of Georgia, who has peach in
terests in his section, says he is
satisfied there is not crate OF
peaches left in Gordon county. They
have had practically winter. weather
for the past ten days or two weeks,
he said, and it has .een impossible
for them to survive it.
The temperature recorded broke
April records for more than twenty
years. Cotton has been the heaviest
sufferer. In consequence of the phe'
nomenally early season, many nelds
in .Scutl Georgia had been planted
for a sufficient length of time for the
plants to be we'll above the ground,
and these have been killed outright.
Farmers are putting forth prodig-
ious efforts to secure cotton seed for
rerlenting. and are meeting with but
partial success. They are paying 40
cents per bushel for seed, which they
sold only a few months ago for just
half that price.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
STEVENS TALKS CANAL.
Former Chief Engineer Arrives Homo
and Says Sea Level Waterway
Will Come in Time.

John F. Stevens, who recently re-
signed as chief engineer of the Pana-
ma canal, arrived at New York Sat
urday on the steamer Panama from
Colon. Mr.. Stevens declined to talk
about the work on the isthmus. II
is his present plan to take long
rest. incluiing a trip to Europe be-
fore again engaging in active bust
ness. Mr.. Stevens said he was great
ly flattered by the send-off given him
ly 5000 canal employees when he left
Colon. Il retired on the best OF
terms with my fellow employees" he
said.
When Mr.. Stevens was informed
that a story had h:en published to
the effect that his resignation was due
to a realization that the canal never
would be completed, he replied:
That's nonsense. The cana: Will
be competed just as sure as Eou are
alive"
Asked as to whether he thought
.ne canal eventually would be III TIE
sea level type, he replied:
Undoubtedly, 10 time"
Mr.. Stevens said he resigned fol-
purely personal reasons. The report
that the@ cana: will never be built
because theye was no rock foundation
for it, Mr.. Stevens said:
cit is all rot," adding: The founda
tiors on the isthnlus are as good as
in New York CITY,"
will you see the president IL
Washington?' he was asked.
Ii he wants to see. me, he will
know where to find me- said the
chief engineer. Il have done my
share ot the work en- the canal and
am willing that SOME one else should
take hand.
The people of the United States
should get the idea out of their heads
that the canal work is not progress
ing. 1t is going on splendidly."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
COMBINE FACES HEAVY FINE.
Standard Oil Company Found Guilty
on 1858 Counts for Rebating.

on 1858 Counts for Relating.
The Standard Oil Company of In
diana, which has been on trial for
the past six weeks before Judge Ian.
dis, in the United States district
court, at Chicago, on charge Of hav.
ing received rebates from the Chi.
cago and Alton railroad on shipments
OF oil from Whiting. Ind, to East ST..
Louis, ILL.,, was found guilty Saturday
night on l,4SS counts out of the orig
inal 1908 in the indictments. The re-
naming 44o counts were dropped from
the Indictment on account of errors.
The oil cnmpany is liable to fine OF
$29,260,0O0, as the Elllins law, which
the Indictment charges the company
with having violated, provides q fine
OF $1,000 to $4,000 for each offense.
Pending the decision on a motion
for new trial the court will not pass
sentence on the company.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
BOLD WORK OF LONE BANDIT.
Stage Coach Held Up and Sum Of
$4,000 Secured.

The stage running between Malta
and Zortman, Mont, was held up Sun.
day night by a lone bandit, according
to a telephone message received in
Great Falls, and a sum estimated at
$4,000 is said to have been secured.
The robbery occurred just north Of
Zortman, as the stage was entering
the Little Rockies, with a consign'
ment of money to pay the wages OF
the miners at the ZOrtman mines.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
Widespread and Wrought
Most FrightfuI Havoc.
HUNDREDS ARE KILLED
Two Tows Completely Leveled and a
Third is Yet to BE Heard from.
News OF Disaster is Diff.
cult to Obtain.

The city Of ChilpeAcingo, Mexico,
has been completely destroyed by one
OF the heaviest earthquakes that has
ever visited that section. The known
dead so far number eleven and the
badly injured twenty-seven. The ut
most panic prevails everywhere and
people are fleeing to the open coun-
try. Many minor shocks completed
the work OF destruction of the first
earthquake.
All telegraph communication with
the outside world ceased shortly al
ter 1870 o'clock Sunday night, when
the first shock was felt. The tele-
graph operators have installed tenn
porary quarters on an open square
and are working with the Sky tor
roof
Word has reached Chilpancingo
that the town of Chilapa has also
been destroyed. AS yet no details
have been received as to the number
Of dead and wounded, but it is fear
ed that the number will be large. .
Chilpancingo is the capital of the
state of Guerrero and four years ago
was visited by an earthquake which
killed and wounded many OF its in
habitants and destroyed large part
Of the town. The population OF the
town is 7,49S, and until the panic
into which the citizens have been
thrown abates some it will be impcs-
sible to state just what extent the
recent earthquake has decreased it.
The population Of the city of Chilapa
is $4,000.
Midway between the cities OF Chill
pancinso and Chilapa is located the
city of Tixtia. This is prosperous
and progressive community and as
no word has been reco'ved from that
place it is feare, mat it also has
been destroyed. According to the
movements of the earthquake T1xrIa
would be in its direct line, and If
the city has escarld 1t has been
only by miracle.
The National Bank of Mexico re-
ceived a telegram saying that 500
lives were lost in the destruction OF
Chilpancingo. The telegram adds that
both cities were completely destroy
ed. In governmental circles the re-
port is not credited. The federal
telegraph Office in Mexico City de-
claras that the first and last report
received was that contained in the
dispatch received about noon Mon
day. 1t is admitted that both cities
were leveled to the ground, but it is
not thought that the death list Will
even approximate 500, owing to the
fact that the houses are massive al
fairs built of stone and adobe in or
der to resist earthquake shocks.
The federal authorities at the cap
ital have been appealed to by the gov
crnors of the districts Of Braves and
Chilpapa for tents as the inhabi-
tants in the stricken cities are now
living in the open, having constructed
dwellings out OF palm leaves and
branches.
The governor of the state of Guer-
rero has dispatched military engineers
and troops to the destroyed district
and the work of rescue and sanitation
is being carried on in systematic
manner. Both cities are so far remov-
ed from the railway that it is I'M
possible to obtain rapid intelligence
! OF the disaster.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
FIVE DIE IN THIS WRECK.

Fast Train on Great Northern Shat
tered and Burned.
Running at speed of forty miles
all hour, the Great Northern west
bound Oriental Limited, which left St.
Paul for the Pacific coast points Sun
day morning, was derailed at lis
o'clock Monday morning, at Bartlett,
n. D. Five persons We're killed, and
a score or more injured, sCme OF
them seriously.
After the wreck a gas tank explod-
ed, and the train took fire, seven pas
senger coaches being destroyed. There
is said to be some evidence that the
rails had been tanpered with.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
TEXAS soLoNs REAssEMsLE.
State Legislature Must Grind for
Thirty Days Longer.

With rather decided friction eYi-
dent between Governor Campbell and
the members OF the Texas legislature,
that BODY adjourned sine die at Aus
tin Friday, ar.sr a four-monthS' ses-s
sion, and were reconyened in extra
session within ten minutes by Gov
ernor Campbell.
Governor Campbell demands legis-
laclon upon the taxation of corporat6
interests along lines that he will sug-
gesl in a special message.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
THAW TRIAL WAS COSTLY.

Conservative Estimates Place Ex
pense al S3oo,coo.
The total cost of the Thaw trial
at New York has broken all records.
The most conservative estimates place
the expense OF the trial at s3CO,000.
Of this amount s2OC,CvC will fall upon
the Thaw family.
The trial has also cost the people
a large amount, and it is believed
that the estimates of 100000 will be
exceeded.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
PATTERSON LOSES HIS CASE.

Colorado Ex-senator Held in Contempt
by U. S. Supreme Court.
The supreme court of the United
States Monday dismissed the writ of
error in the case Of former United
States Senator Patterson, of Colorado,
in which he was fne3 $1,000 by the
Colorado supreme court on the charge
CT contempt The action aftirms the
decision of the Colorado courts.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
PRESIDENT NAMES HUNDLEY

As U. S. District Judge in Alabama,
Despite Bitter Opposition.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Oscar P. Hundley, of Huntsville, to be
a United States district judge for the
northern district Of Alabama. The.
presidents action ends long contest
for this Office. There Was said to
be considerable opposition to Hundley
from members of his own party.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
AFTER ELEVEN YEARS FREEDOM

Escaped Negro Convict is Again Be-
hind Prison Bars.
Burton Kelly, who eleven years ago
escaped from the Georgia peniten-
tiary, was captured near Americus
Friday morning by Sheriff Bell at The
point OF his pistol, the negro show
ing fight. Kelly was sentenced for
murder in Jasper county anc escaped
from the penitentiary in 1896.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
WORK OF TRAIN WRECkERS.
Plunge Of Passenger Into Open Switch
Deals Death and Destruction.

Three men killed and one probably
fatally injured is the result of what
is believed to be the work OF train
wreckers at Cheneyville, La, on the
Texas and Pacific railroad, between
/ and 2 o'clock Sunday morning
when a westbound passenger train
plunged into an open switch. The
wreckage caught fire and the mail
car, baggage and express car and
two passenger coaches were burned.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
BUSINESS SECTION WIPED OUT.
Sunday Blaze in Texas Town Plays
FriahtfuI Havoc.

Fire Sunday destroyed almost the
entire business section Of Alpine,
Texas. The total losses will reach
$4,000. Not business house on
the square escaped the flames. Some
Of the structures were entirely con-
sumed and ali suffered heavy dam
age.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
PHlNlZY STILL IN A POUT.
Declares Report Of Expert jackson 70
Be a WhiteWash.

In an editorial in the Augusta, Ga,
Herald Wednesday Bowdre Phinizy de
clares the report of Expert Jackson
in regard t. tine conditions of the
Georgia railroad to be a whitewash
and criticises both the railroad com.
mission and the expert.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
FOR OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS

New York HerSId Company Is Fined
Sum Of $4,000.
Judge Hopgh, in the criminal branct
of The United States criminal court
at New York Wednesday imposed fines
sygregating $4,000 against the New
York Herald Publishing Company
James Gordon Bennett, proprietor
and Manley w. Gillian, the advertising
manager. The fines, which were i'm
mediateiy paid, were imposed as
result of pleas Of guilty to indictments
charging use of the United States
mails for improper purposes.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
ONLY SIXTEEN PASSED
Out of 1889 Applicants for Position of
Pure Food Inspector. :

TuTe FVVu tVSPSSHVIs
The civil service commission at
Washington has completed its exam
ination of applicants for the office Of
inspector under the pure food law.
Out OF SO applicants for chief food
and drug inspection chemists, 80 pass.
ed. There were 1889 applicants for
the position of food and drug tnspec.
tor, but the, examination proved to
be so rigid that only sixteen were
found to have met the requirements.