davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17

| Senator 1Iartshorn and his career Born the of farm laborer, he had been first a farmland himself, then
 q country school teacher, self-educated;
 a lawyer in a small village; country at | torney; county iudge the leader of the
 bar in all the southern end of the state
 He had earned large fees, and, aided by
 his wife, a hard-WorlIing and thrifty country woman he had saved and invest ,, ed his money. Judged by country stan dards he was a very ricn man. He had served two terms in the lower house of the state legislature. There his
 eloquence his force and his blunt honesty had attracted wider attention. He him- self had been inocuated with the virtue
 of senatorial ambition. His wife had died. There was left of his family only one daughter a girl of 20.
 Three years before he had moved to Chicago and bought a house on the North Side in q district which had immediately
 sent him to present it in the state senate
 His ambition to become a United States senator had long been favored by the Herald. the leading organ of his party in the state.
 He was rich, aggressively honest, blunt straightforward, not to be reached by any of the influences which move most
 men. It a hard problem.
 Peter Potter closed his books and sat staring into space out of the window. Ills pipe went out in his mouth. Presently he called to Yama San, his Japanese but Ter, and said something to him in his | native language. The little brown man smiled in a pleased and knowing way Quickly he pulled the curtains on the | library windows and lit little red-shaded lamp. Then he threw open the doors of | a low, carved teak-wood, Japanese cabi- net, which stood in one corner of the room. The cabinet was divided by shelves l into three compartments. On the top shelf stood some scores of little manikns, | carved ivory and wooden dolls: below on | little pegs, hung great collection of tiny 1 garments the lowest shelf was filled with l curious mechanical toys
 | Yama San lifted stol or low table, | with q fiat. black top, and put it down | close to the front of the cabinet Then lie sat down, cross-legged, on the floor in 1 front of the open doors, and looked over 1 his shoulder at his master
 | Peter Potter spoke a few words in Japa- nese. The butler smiled knowingly and l took from the upper shelf manikin with brown wrnkled face and white chin ! beard With delft fingers he quickly | clothed the little figure. tossing its thick mane of white hare into careless waves, | thrusting it's right hand into the bosom I of the black frock coat, and raising the l left arm in high gesture Then he | stood the completed creation on the top ! of the stool.
 | "The statesman,s said Peter Potter, with
 an ironical inclination of the head. He added a sentence in Japanese A moment
 later the butler stood a second figure be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17

speech will be. If he stammered and stuttered-nstead of being the most effee- tive speaker i'll the Senate-it would still be just the same. The boys in the com bne will be so sore at Us for trying to deceive them that they will vote solidly against the bill in a spasm of affected virtue.
 "Then the next morning the Herald will come out with Il broadside showing how 1t has saved the streets for the people, and a few months later old man Harts- horn will go to the Senate on tidal wave of popular favor.
 "It want you to make it impossible for either Hartshorn or young Wilkins to be ill the Senate chamber when our bill comes up"
 Peter Potter rose to his feet and stood looking out of the open window over the | black jungle of roofs to the blue lake in the distance. He was slowly rocking back and forth from heels to toes.
 What have you done?" he asked. Nothing. l have carefully considered every plan which occurred to me. Money won't do; personal influence, social infiu- ence-they won't any of them reach him. But l tell you something must be done It's a desperate case I've even thought you remember Dr. Cronln, Potter Twenty millions is a lot of money"
 Assassination is a little out of my line Wilson," said Peter Potter. How did you find out what you've been telling me?"
 Young Wilkins told his wife of his dis covery and of the plan for upsetting us; she told her mother; she, in turn-Tve my own ways of getting important in- formation"
 It's fortunate you've done nothing. have no liking for repair work on botched jobs"
 Then you will undertake"
 'I will undertake nothing. I will do what l can on certain conditions. In the first place you must go to New York and stay there until the fight is over You must keep what you have told me an ab- dormant east with you and keep him un- der your eye. If the fact that you have knowledge of the intended Herald-Harts- horn coup leaks out I shall hold you re- sponsible for it. And-win or lose-my fee shall be 5 per cent of the amount in- volved--which will be one million dollars. Preliminary to eevrything else l shall ask you to deposit that sum to my credit in the Twentieth National bank"
 The man whose pickings are the great cities of two continents hesitated only moment. In the game he played q million dollars was no more than a white chip.
 "rhe matter is absolutely in your hands, Potter he said finally. T shall leave for New York tonight
 That evening after dinner in his apart ment on the northside Peter Potter sat down with his scrap DOCKS and read everything which had been printed about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17
down as the old man had dropped it..

down as the old man had dropped it.. ''Hello!' he shrieked, and waited for an answer. There was no response. He
 rushed across to the coat room. Senator Hartshorn hasn't been here"
 said the attendant. There's his hat and coat"
 Visions of abduction-of possible mur- der-came into the excited mind of Will
 kins. He ran breathlessly down the
 stairs into the big basement of the build ing.
 Senator Hartshorn,' he called. He opened the door of the first room at the foot of the stairs and rushed in. The | door closed behind him with a sharp click. When he tried 1t again he found 1t locked on the outside. | Senator Hartshorn drove like mad down Capitol hill and turned his frantic horse | into Sangamon street. He saw Dr. Elm 1 mons standing at the foot of the stairs which led up to his office. Get in!' he cried. "I'u tell you on l the way"
 , But the doctor insisted on first getting 1 his emergency satchel. That delayed mat ters only moment Quickly the white | horse was running swiftly out along the 1 level Salem road. In half an hour the white buildings of the Jackson farm came l into sight. The farmer and his family heard the sound of hurrying hoofs and came running out 10 the fOau, Where are they" cried Senator Harts- horn.
 They want hurt, after an," stammered l the farmer.
 ",Fhe automobile ran into the ditch | here and the people was thrown out, but 1 they never even got scratched. They went on In a few minutes.'' "The telephone gasped Hartshorn. white and trembling with the reaction. "They was a stranger come running in l and asked to use our phone,' said the l farmer. T guess it looked pretty nasty
 at first. Must be quite a relief to you, | sir"
 By Godi" broke out Senator Harts- | horn, suddenly, sprnging from the buggy: T want to use your phone myself" He hurried into the house, called the Capitol, and presently got the senate ante | room on the wire.
 ''rhe legislature has adjourned with
 out day" said the voice at the other
 end of the wire. "Everybody's gone" Don't tell me-" said Peter Potter to himself, when he heard that the Wilson deal had been consummated, don't tell
 me that the automobile is only pleasure vehicle!"
 That evening he gave Yama, his Japa- nese butler, 5000 in crisp bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17
Mixed Drinks of Pompell.
Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 That there is little new under the sun one aften has occasion to admit, for fre- quently antiquity reveals many things which show that the scientific knowledge and the devices of today were the prop erty of some few wise men hundreds of years ago. A Birmingham manufacturer visiting Pompei not long ago was amazed to find in collection a small cable skill fully made of tough wire and almost exactly similar to those used in modern industries.
 You may go in the silver stores today and select from an artistic assortment a hot water urn, with it's lamp-ike contri- vance for keeping up the temperature, and deem that you are buying something extremely modern. But you will be mis- taken.
 There has recently been added to the Naples Museum q splendid collection of these objects dug up from the ruined city Archaeology has been able to piece to- gether an almost entire picture of the uses of these beautifully designed urns. In Roman times wine was always mixed with water.
 The host would ask his friends how
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17

horse. harnessed to a light buggy, to a post directly in front of the grand stair way leading up to the main entrance or the capitol.
 Inside the senate chamber the air was tense The members seemed to reel the imminence of coming sensation. Only Senator Hartshorn sat cool and deter mined in his place, grimly waiting the call of house bill 4O26. Up at the report CTS desks young Wilkins squirmed with painfully suppressed excitement. Ills eyes glistened with anticipation and a bright spot glowed on each cheek me big clock over the high platform Of the lieutenant governor marked five minutes of the appointed hour-2 o'clock.
 Suddenly a little page hurried down the aisle and stopped at the desk of senator Hartshorn. He whispered excitedly to the old man. Senators sitting close by heard the boy say Your daughter" and .both of 'em badly hurt" Then, With out stopping to ask permission, Senator Hartshorn sprang up and almost ran up the aisle to the anteroom. Nllklns saw him go and sprang to his feet, cry oi warning trembling on his lips.
 In the anteroom Senator Hartshorn lift cd the receiver of the telephone 10 his ear.
 "Hello" he cried. excltedly. '"rhis Is Senator Hartshorn.'
 This is the Jackson farm, eight miles out on the Salem road" sounded clear voice. An automobile went into the ditch here a few minutes ago. There was a man and a woman in it. Both Of 'enl are badly hurt. Your daughter ts-
 "rll be there with a doctor in lew minutes" broke in the old man, agony Tn his voice. Without stopping to visit the cloakroom Senator Hartshorn rushed out into the corridor and down the wlde marble steps. At the bottom-as by spe- cial favor of providence-a big white horse was fastened. The old man untled the animal, jumped into the light buggy and lashed the horse into gallop down the steep hill.
 Wilkins waited for a moment at ms desk in the senate chamber. Down below the sing song voice of the clerk ot the senate began to read house bill 4O26. There was not an instant to lose Wll- kns jumped over the railing which cut off the reporters desks from the floor of the senate and rushed wildly down the aisle.
 ',Where did Senator Hartshorn go?" he shrieked at frightened page.
 Tn there to the telephone room" was the answer
 He found the receiver still hanging
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17

they would like to have it. Some preferred To nave their wine cooled, and snow or snow water was put into the wine Here Is where the world has the advantage over Roman in the modern refrigerating methods which makes 1t possible to have Ice at all seasons without regard to the product of the winter. But a custom among the Romans which nowadays seems strange was the admixture of hot water with the wine.
 Special vessels were adopted for heat ing or keeping the water hot and they were often of beautiful ahd elaborate design. There are many and ingenious va rites of these urns, each one possessing space for the hot water, a tube or other receptacle for hot coals and tap. Be- sides their chief use of heating water for mixing with wine they could be used also for cooking ovens.
 Great numbers have been dug up in Pampeii and Herculaneum, where in the days of their prime they must have formed beautiful table ornaments. Now that the winter custom of mixing hot punches and toddies is irt vogue it is not improable that the artistic impulse will lead to the reproduction of these beauti- full ancient models.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17
and u

, drVe-should remember her. He explained | that he had reached Springfield that | morning in his touring car and could not
 resist the wish to see her again before ! he resumed his trip When he bade Miss l Hartshorn goodby that evening he had | made an engagement to take her Tor q
 ride in his car next day. | Old Senator Hartshorn had never met
 the young idler before. He knew him by . reputation as member Of the smart I set and shared his daughters evident ! pleasure in receiving such fastidious at l tentions. He welcomed Darling cordially
 and gave fattered consent to the pro
 posed ride.
 The automobile eXecursion was q de- 1 lightful one-at least to Miss Hartshorn. Darling knew well how to be fascinating l to young girl who was hungry for at | tention.
 q shall continue my trip tomorrow, Miss
 Mabel" he said, but I'll be back in l Springfield again on my way home next l Thursday. On Friday-if you'll go-fn
 take you on a long ride in the country" The girl promised, and there was a ring l of keenest pleasure in her voice when
 she told her father that Clarence Darling
 was coming back to see her the next week.
 | As for Darling, on the following morn | ing he ran his car back to the town at which he had originally left the train, and from there sent telegram to an ad- l dress previously arranged with Peter Pot l ter.
 | Machine working beautifully" he wired Everything properly set" | On receipt of that message Peter Potter l took the train for New York to give his | final instructions to John Wilson, the | president of the Consolidated Street Car
 companies.
 If we succeed in checkmaling the
 IT, I,A I
 will be an awful howl. The minute the 1 bill is signed you must do something to l make it binding. You and the syndicate l had better both send trusted representa-
 tives to Springfield. They can be sta l toned in the governors office, and, act
 ing on their joint telegraphic approval of | the bill, the syndicate can take title to your securities and pay over the money. | The completion of this transaction, in which the extension of time granted by the bill is the most important consider
 ation, will make the subsequent repeal of | the bill difficult. If not impossible. The
 courts will protect the interests of the innocent third party in the transaction ! which is the syndicate.
 | At II o'clock on the morning of the Fri day when the Herald-Hartshorin coup
 was to be sprung. Clarence Darling trun- dled his big machine up to the Leland hotel and went in to remind Miss Harts- | horn or her engagement 10 rlue With nm.
 He found her ready and waiting. But, first he accepted an invitation to eat luncheon with the old man and his daugh- ter.
 Senator Hartshorn was absent minded ! and dstraught. All his faculties were , concentrated on the great exposure he | was to make that afternoon at o'clock. Shortly after 1 o'clock Miss Mabel and | Darling left the hotel in the big motor | car.
 At 1:3o o'clock the senate was called to | order. At the same moment a stranger 1 drove up the hill and htched big white
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17

"EXactly. Of course, the omission of this paragraph was almost immediately discovered by the clerk of the house. lie had 1t corrected at once, and new and completel copies of the bill printed and distributed. But the bill was long and complicated one and, unfortunately, after the members of the legislature had once carefully read the bill in the mutilated form it first reached them, they could hardly be expected to give an equally careful reading to the corrected copies, especially since the clerk did not feel it necessary to call their attention to the fact that the first copies were not com pIete. Consequently the bill passed It's second reading without any notice being taken of the change. IL comes up for final passage in the senate on week from next Friday-the day set Tor the final adjournment of the legislature.'
 '''rhe governor" questioned Peter Pot ter.
 "Wln sign the bill the minute 1t is pascal"
 Possible reconsideration and repeal?"
 That has been provided for. A New York syndicate will take title 10 all my holdings of stocks and bonds the minute the bill becomes a law. Twenty millions of dollars are involved
 "'rhe plan is worthy of you, sir
 q fancled so. It avoids lot of nasty publicity and scandal. It involves deal ing with d few men Instead of with enough to make up safe majority of the legislature. It is less expensive, though that Is a minor consideration. But 1t has its faults, else l should not be here"
 Wilson stopped and waited, but Peter Potter said nothing. He was sitting, with half closed eyes, his chin resting on his right hand, one foot twisted about the leg of the chair.
 ."The scheme has leaked out" went on Wilson "The addition of the missing pararagraph has been discovered. Unless something is done we shall be defeated- the paragraph in which we are interested will be stricken from the bill before IL is passed
 "Nothing has been printed about the discovery"
 Not vet. It was made by Wilkins, Springfield correspondent of the Herald. When his sharp eyes fell on the little joker in the bill he said nothing, but took the first train to Chicago to consult With his chief. Together they have arranged clever coup.
 "You know old Senator Hartshorn? He has been taken into the plot-and he alone He's too rich to be interested In a financial proposition. He's too ambitious for political preferment to be reached by any other influence that l know or. He expects to go to the United States Senate
 next year--he's the Herald's candidate 1 for that place.
 Our bill comes up for final passage as I tell you-on week from next Fri day. It has been made the special order | of business for o'clock on the after , noon of that day.
 Neither the Herald nor Hartshorn IS to | say a word about the discovery untl the | bill is called up. Then corrected copies containing the missing paragraph in black tvpe are to be distributed, and old Hartshorn is to get up in his seat and rip the thing to pieces. You Know \ him and you know what the effect of hlS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17
3 Case Of the Senator's Daughter
,.o.o.o.o.o.E,.o.c.fs.csc %
BY HENRY M. HYDE
e.<e.ca.ss.<e.<>.t,.t,.to.t,.ts.t

side the first. It represented young girl smiling and carrying a crimson um- brella over her head.
 ."rhe statesman's daughter said Peter, lowing once more.
 Half d dozen figures were quickly dressed and put on the stage. Last of all was a manikin representing q young man dressed in the height of fashion. The Japapnese placed it in the attitude of lifting it's hat to the girl.
 "The Smart Set and the Beautiful Daughter of the lncorruptible States man." said Peter Potter and closed his eyes.
 Yama San, looking over nls shoulder. saw that his masters eyes were shut. With @ quick motion he reached to the lower shelf of the cabinet and took from it an automobile. There was look of a spoiled child on his face. He wound the spring which controlled the operation of the little machine, put the girl and the young man on the seat, and started, the thing running on the top of the stool. Peter Potter opened his eyes and, with a look of annoyance on his face. started to speak to the half frightened Japa- nese. Then, suddenly, he stopped short.
 The automobile, running In widening circles, had reached the edge of the stool and fell thence to the floor with an ominous buzzing of wheels.
 "Banza!" cried Peter Potter, springing to his feet
 The Japanese, who had started to pick up the wreck, looked up smiling at his master
 That will do," said Peter Potter. You may put the things away"
 Next morning early he called Clarence Darling to his office. Young Darling was a man of good family and fine social connections. For ten years or more he had been a professional society man. Just how he made a living was a mys- tery to all but the initiated.
 Clarence" said Peter Potter, i've little job for you, If you have nothing important on hand for the next ten days If you follow instructions 1t will mean 5000 to you"
 The matter was quickly arranged. That night Clarence Darling took a train for a city within twenty miles of the state capital. With him went a new 4o-horse power touring car. On the following day at noon he drew up his car in front of the Leland hotel in Springfield. He had his machine taken care of, walked into the hotel office and looked over the reg. ister. After dinner that evening he sent up his card to Miss Mabel Hartshorn, who was living at the hotel with her father during the session of the legisla- ture.
 Darlng-who went everywhere-had cas- ually met the Senator's daughter at one or two unimportant houses in Chicago. She was pleased and flattered that he who had the key which unlocked all the great stone castles on the Lake Shore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17

There Is hope for the most hopeless case of Rheumatism If the sufferer will only take Botanic Blood Blam (B. B. B) It invigorates the blood. making it pure and rich, and destroying the active poison in the blood, which causes the awful symptoms of Rheumatism.
 Leading Symptoms-Bone pains. scI- atica or shooting pains up and down the leg; aching back or shoulder blades swollen joints or swollen muscles: difficult ty in moving around you have to use crutches: blood thin or skin pale: skin itches and burns; shifting pains: bad breath; sciatica. 1umbago. Sout. etc. Ro- tanc Blood Balm (B. B. B. will remove every symptom. giving quick relief from tie first dose and B. B. B. sends a rich tingling flood of warm, rich. pure blood direct to the paralyzed nerves, bones and joints, giving warmth and strength just where 1t Is needed. and in this way mak- ing a perfect. lasting cure of Rheumatism in all its forms. B. B. B. has made thou sands of cures after medicines or doctors have failed to help or cure.
 Weak, Inactive kidncys-One of the causes of Rheumatism is due to inactive kidneys and bladder. B. B. B. strengthens weak kidneys and bladder. draining of all diseased matter, and all uric acid. so the urine flows freely and naturally.
 Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) Ia pIeasant and safe to tnke. Thoroughly tested for 30 years. CompOsed of Purc Botanic Ingredients. Strengthens Weak, stomach, cures Dyspepsia. Price per large bottle, at drug stores or express prepaid. Sample free by wF 7 ing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta. Ga. l.1
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-08-29
Our Next Governor.

Hon. +. f. Noel, of Holmes
County, has been chosen by the
voters of the State as their stand
ard bearer ard will, without doubt
be declared by the Democratic
Executive Committee which meets
today as the nominee for COVER
nor by a handsome majority.
This dignified gentleman and
statesman will fill the governors
chair with credit to himself and
to the State Of Mississippi, and
every citizen within the borders
of our grand old commonwealth
is to be congratulated upon the
termination OF one of the hardest
struggles in the political history
of the State.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-08-29
VETERANS REUNION.
On Sept. 1919
PRoGRAM:

EkDOkAM
On the evening OF Sept. 18th,
the Southern Cross Drill will be
given at the Opera House, under
the direction OF Comrade W. l..
Mclean of Memphis, who was a
prisoner at Johnson's Island, in
1854.
The dwelling exercises will
take place at IL a. 81. the 10th.
An address will be delivered by
a distinguished statesman. Dim
ner at 1880 p. NJ. in the Court
House yard. At 1880 Veterans
will form n line OF battle and
march to field of action.
All veterans are expected 10
take part in the battle. Clean up
your guns and be ready for the
fray. II you have no gun borrow
one from your neighbor. Twelve
guage single or double breech
guns will be used. Ammunition
furnished by Camp.
a generous public is invited to
the Reunion with baskets to help
feed the thousands.
j. L. SHISAULr, Com.
X. l.. STEPHENS. Adit.