davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
The simple speech.

From the Reader.
was lately tolG a delightful story Of
great statesman staying with a humble
and anxious host. who had invited a
party Of simple and unimportant people
to meet the great man. The statesman
came in late for dinner. and was intro
duced 20 the party; he made a series Of
old-fashioned bows in all directions. but
no one felt in a position TO offer any OBJ
servations. The great man, at the con-
clusion of the ceremony. turned to his
host ard said, in tones that had often
thrilled a listening senate: What very
convenient jugs you have in your bed
roomsl They pour well!" The social
frost broke up; the company were de-
lighted TO find that the great man was
interested in mundane matters of kind
on which every one might be permitted
TO have an opinion, and the conversa-
ton, starting from the humblest conven-
fences Of daily life. melted insensibly into
more liberal subjects.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
CONQUEREDl

Written for The Washington Heraldl
After the organ grew silent after the hush Of rravs
Love came vestal virgin. and laid her offerin.
there.
The stars came out from the twilight gray.
And the doves rocked to slep in the fading day.
Fierce and loud through the woodland wide
Came voice from the depths Of the mountain side
Ont from the forest the deep voice rang
And over the pathway passion sruang.
Love hung over the wild seas edge.
And knet in prayer On the rocky ledge:
With head bowed down and Quivering eve
She listened and heard wild passions CRY.
Deep In the thickets the boughs unclasped.
Passion crushed the vines sure and fast,
And clearing the path. painting stood
BY trembling love- With leaping blood
Bafned love. so pure. 80 sweet 50 fair
Exultant passion watched crouching there:
Love neither shrank nor fed. but CLOSER pressed.
And, sObbing. laid her head on passions breas;
ALLIE SHARPE BALCH,
May Is, lsOa
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
Fewer Tickets Now Sold

The methods Of thrifty member of a
fashionable colored church. messenger
in one Of the departments. by which he
sells numberless tickets for ice cream
festivals, garden parties. excursions.
lectures, and like entertainments. have
just come to light. 1t seems this colored
brother is the trusted Cerberus Of GER
tain high official. and stands between that
functonary and the public He is sup
posed to have sufficient penetration to
keep out Of his chiefs sanctum all Of
those who seek TO take up his time with
foolish matters and to admit all those
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
Why He Became n burglar.

Prom the Daily News.
A burglar. entering country mansion
az midnight. was surprised and captured
by the owner who said: IF you tell me
what drove you 70 this business I Will let
you go"
Motors" replied the conquered one
sullenly.
In what way?" asked the master
Were you Q horseman?''
NO" replied the burglar. Il used 20
have one of the best begin stands in
London, but how is a feller goin' 20 have
any chance 10 beg from a man what's
whizzin' past at thirty miles an hour?"
This novel excuse so uckled the master
Of the house that the intruder was
promptly released and ordered TO hurry
away.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
Joins Diplomatic Corps.

The diplomatic corps has recently re-
ceived two accessions. Col. Baron de
Bode, who succeeds Col RaspopoH. as
military attache Of the Russian Embassy.
and Baron Stael de Holsteln. the success
sor Of young Won Siebert, the second
secretary Of the same embassy. Il is
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
The Main Thing

From the Chicago Tribune
Deacon Hardesty-Tm sorry to hear
that you are dissatisfied with your
preacher. lie is most excellent man.
Brother McGinnis (of another congrega-
tion)-Oh. yes. and he's a good preacher
but he doesn't draw well. We have n
chance now to get a man who has lust
been tried for heresy.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14

We made the payment. had eaten
breakfast and We're on ours way down
the river toward Gandara by S o'clock.
Lieut.. Covell is the commanding officer
here, and there is no such popular scout
post in the islands. Men will come for
hundreds Of niles 10 enlist with Coveu,
as result Of which his command is
always full strength, while many others
are forced TO struggle along with half
or two-thirds of their regular quota
The commanding officer IS q strict dfsci-
plinarian, but extremely conscientious
and just in his treatment of the men.
and there Is not a scout who would not
lay down his life for the COmmandante
The scouts look with great cOndeScen-
ton and contempt upon the constabu-
larry. and an officer has only to say
'Allee samee constabulary" TO almost
irrevocably insult a soldier-lt is worse
than a blow in the face.
The other officers at this post are
Lieut. Fred Damman and Capt. Hath
away. the latter an assistant surgeon.
who has just arrived with his wife and
sister-in-law The ladies are wonder
fully enthusiastic, over conditions In the
Philippines. but do not take kindly to
the cenyipedes, scorpions. and other
creeping evils that for some reason
seem 10 infest Gandara, Miss Gier. the
single lady, is Of course a great belle
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-24
CYCLONE SWEEPS OVER ADAMS

About $50 Thursday evening
miniature cyclone swept over Adams
and, although much damage was
done, it could have been much worse.
The sorm came from the southwest
and struck the machinery shed
owned by J. H. Carey first and then
the barn owned by J. F.. Majerus,
completely Gemolishing the building.
The tin roof on John Carey's build
ing was partly blown off and num-
ber of windows in the second story
were broken. Torgerson's tin roof
was also slightly damaged. Wood
sheds and other out buildings in
that block were blown over and de-
molished
The heaviest damage was probably
done to NJ & J. Krebsbach's building.
Both of the large plate glass win
dOws in the front and rear of the
building were smashed and a large
and costly window display of fine
crockery was smashed. There was al
so some damage to other goods in the
store. and this firms loss will prob
ably be in the neighbeChood Of
|$400.
| The plate glass window in M.
Schneider's hardware store was
blown in and his barn was also badly
damaged.
The roof of Fred Tolksdorf's barn
was torn off and carried over into
the garden. "a.
The commencement exercises OF
the Sacred Heart school were being
held in Sabeps hall when the storm
struck and the hall was crowded .tc
Its utmost capacity and a stampede
of these people was narrowly averteC
by the cooler heads. Sister Euphra
sia showed remarkably cool judgmen
by taking up a stand near the Stair
= and in quiet manner urging every
, one to keep their seats. If a stamped
should have started it is an assured
, fact that some one would have beel
: killed or badly injured. AS it wa
p the storm did not strike the hall AM
}. everything passed off very smoothly
1 1t was narrow escape for Adams
n land, although much damage wa
4 done, we are thankful that it was nc
q worse.-Adams Review. S
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-24
TORNADO AND HAIL STORM

church, a large stone capstone was
struck by lightning and hurled to
the ground. At the time there was
large audience present attending
forty-hou devotions and with the
roar of the storm and noise OF the
hail, panic was imminent, but
Father Hughes, the priest in charge
of the meeting, quieted the fears by
reassuring words and the large audi
ence remained. A damage to glass
and building of several hundred dol
lars was suffered. The north illum-
mated window in the Baptist church
blew in, flooding the gallery. Loss
$1OO. At the court house, court
was in session, but soon adjourned
over Sunday. The hail broke several
of the large windows on the north
side. One Jury was in charge of
sheriff Nicholson, who had them in
the upstairs jury room. After the
windows were broken in he took
them for safety to his own Office.
At Barr's brick yards on the east
side, the boiler house and engine
room were badly damaged. Joe
Cota's house, which was being moved
was injured some. A number of
barns in the northwest part of town
were blown down and many were
moved and twisted Many porches
and leantos to houses were damaged.
In the surrounding country the
reports are most discouraging. In
all directions the hail has damaged
or destroyed the growing crops in
addition to the damage done to build
ings by the tornado. Southwest of
town H. H. Hubbard's barn was
blown down. Northwest, Cecil Free
mans barn was badly wrecked, but
| the part where is horses were was
not taken. The barn on the old
Corneveaux place was destroyed.
lost barns. South of town, Andrew
Hobson's new barn was blown down.
E. V. Hart's barn, near the Cement
| Work, on the Woodard place was
destroyed. John Schiller on the old
o. Ayers farm, lost his barn. The
| ice house at the Saints Rest Cream
cry blew down. Besides these many
cribs and small buildings were dam
aged. For instance, in the Concord
neighborhood alone, Edison, Frank
Smith, Furlong, Fred Christianson,
Manchester, Perkins Savage and
others, have had their windmills
blown down by the storm
After all, the damage to the crops
| is by far the most serious. Many
farms show nothing but ruined fields
the hail cutting grain and grass and
pounding it and also young corn into
the ground. In every direction comes
the same report of heavy damages
Practically the whole of Mower
county is badly hit, although the
northeast townships are hurt the
least. In parts of Udolpho, Wal.
than, Austin township, Lyle and
Nevada the damage was especially
severe. An average of $4,000
! damage to the crops for each town
ship would foot up half million
dollars and many consider this not
excessive. No one knows of SO
severe storm ever visiting this Sec
tion. 1t is impossible to give a just
estimate Or conception of the condi-
tions One of the heavy losses is in
fine trees hardly place escaping.
At the Ellis evergreen farm over ESQ
! of the fine evergreens were over
turned. Everyone you meet has some
loss to report. 1t is a source of graf
titude that through all, there has
been no loss of life reported.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-24
MARRIED
Observation-Disclosures

At the residence Of the brides par
ents in Lyle township, Wednesday,
evening, June II, 1908, Ray DeRe-
mer and Miss Una Padelford, Rev. G.
w. Lutz of Austin officiating. Only
the immediate families of the con-
tracing parties were present. The
bridal gown was of Alice blue silk
with net over waist. The groom is
a son of C. DeRemer of Nevada town.
ship. The bride has been an efficient
teacher in the county schools for two
years. Both are very worthy and
popular young people who have the
best wishes of many friends. They
Remer farm which the groom has
charge Of. A reception was given for
Mr.. and Mrs. DeRemer Thursday ev-
ening at the home of the groom S
parents About rs were present and
a very enjoyable. evening was spent
music and games adding to the pleas
ure. Among the guests from away
were Mr.. and Miss Blyt0n of North
wood, Iowa, cousins of the bride and
Bert Dillingham;, uncle Of the groom
GILMORE-NORTON
Al Lue I0SIO6nC6 Ol CIe UElOo
mother, Mrs. VIM. Miller, on WinOns
street, June II, 1908, Harry Gilmore
and Miss Sadie were married., Rev. G
w. Lutz of the NJ. E.. church 0d1ci
| ating. Only relatives and few in
innate friends were present. The
| wedding march was played by Mis-:
Lucy Thomas Miss Kittie Morton
was bridesmaid and Clarence Mosse.
groomsman. The BRIDES gown wa
of French lawn and she carried roses
The reception rooms were decorated
in green and white for the occasion
A wedding dinner was served afte
the ceremony and in the evening MI
and Mrs Gilmore left for Columbus
Wis, to visit her relatives. They will
be at home after July 1 at 205 nortl
! Greenwich street. The bride wa
reared in this vicinity, formerly liv
ing near Oakland. She is gifted an
popular and will make an eficien
he1pmate. The groom is clerk in tn
o. S. Express Office and is a youn
man of excellent character and {
: genial disposition. We join in hear
ty congratulations.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-24
The Best pills Ever Sold.

'After doctoring Is years for chronic
indigestion, and spending over two hun
dred dollars, nothing has done me as
much good as Dr. Kings New Life
Pills. / consider them the best pills
ever sold: ::"Writes b r.. Ayscue, Of In
gleside, N. C. Sold under guarantee at
4. q. w old's drug store. 25c. I'M
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-24
Cedar City Cemetery

The Cedar City Cemetery Associat-
ION will hold their annual meeting at
the grounds on Thursday, June 25,
1908 for special business. \.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-24

Do you wish 3 State Fair premium
list for the coming fair? Call on L; b.
Baird. Austin. ss8
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-24

taken off, Nearly all the street lights
were broken. Damage about $4,OOo.
The smoke stack of the city laun-
dry blew over and broke through the
roof. causing a loss of 81 900.
At the Grand hotel the chimneys
and smoke stack blew down, break
Ing through the roof and doing dam
age by water of $1,500.
chimney on Hirshs block blew
over, carrying a part of the wall SO
that the rain poured in in torrents
-. ':nn a part of the store and doing
IT.. Of $4,000. The sign at Bas'
s,. ntothing store blew against thu
window, breaking the large plate
Rademachers brick block on Mil
street lost part of the brick walls OF
both sides, The sheds on the olt
Tn7ffy corner were demolished. Th'
te1enone companies suffered heavil!
m broken poles and wires. 1t vii
cost several thousand dollars to brinl
things back as they were.
A chimney over Donovan & Cos
lees furniture store fell onto the sky
light, letting in water which di
damage of $500. The west part g
the roof on the main brick 5. N
Normal college building was tor,
off. Loss $500. At the county fai
grounds hardly anything remain
but the dwelling house. The gran
stand, the women's building, tn
barns and sheds and the exhlb
buildings were demolished or bad!
twisted. Loss $4,000. . Frankll r. llkl
+ school building was broken and all
windows, letting in rain to 90 co1 O.
siderable damage. At the Catnol Cat 70, y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

extensively by You fellows as a gentle
manly manager that I'm now out of q
managing job. Nowadays, as 1 UNDER
stand it, they want a hard, hard guy
for base ball manager; one to drive 'em:
one to get the work out of en- as the
drool runs; one to hotfoot 'em at every
hour of the day and night Well, 1
wasn't, it seems, hard enough while oc-
cupying my managerial berth over across
the bridge in Brooklyn. l was too blamed
much of a gentlemanly manager It's
got SO that "A gentlemanly manager as
You people put it, is regarded as a softie
in the base ball business. So the next
managers billet 1 get. l wish you'd can
that chirp about my being "a gentlemanly
manager. Nothing in that stuff for me.
1t is, as l say, a nice line of paste, but it
doesn't assay out on salary day. Next
time L get managers job l want you
fellows to get into the habit Of calling
me that low-brow Donovan that ruff
fanly manager Donovan that bullying
son of scouse cock by the name of DON
ovan' and all similar. ThatH be the
boosty kind of stuff. Get me in this L
mean ii. Eve found out that there's such
thing as base ball maKager being too
internally 'gentlemanly' for any belonged
use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
Base Bail Benefited.

The abolition of racing around here is
going to be fine padder for the gate re-
ceipts for the New York base ball clubs.
That fact became patent along toward the
close of the past season, but it is going
to be much more manifest when the ball
season begins next year
1t is computed that the racing regulars
around this town comprise an army OF
something close TO 10000 men. \ whole
lot OF these chaps, when the racing game
went on the fritz along toward the be-
ginning of the autumn now waning, FELL
into the habit of attending the ball games.
There was no fun for them in going to
the tracks with the ban on betting, and
they had 10 so somewhere. Now that
the racing game has been definitely can
celed it is predicted that they'll be at
tending the ball games next year every
day in numbers up in the thousands.
Most of these racing regulars are fell
lows who will not, even now that their
regular game has got its uuietus, take to
activities that will employ, their daylight
hours. They're not built that way AL
ready they're getting into games that
only take up the night part of their time.
I'd hate TO say just how many little poker
games have been started in New York by
the regular racing regulars, since the rae
ing game collapsed, but the number must
be away up in tie thousands. Another
big bunch of the racing regulars have got
employment III the gambling houses. which
are tiourishing right now in New York
as they never have before in my recollec-
ton. It's d pretty safe bet that not >
per cent of these ex-resuars of the tracks
will settle down in jobs that will take up
ther time during the hours of the day
They'll dub along somehow and they'll
have tie price for Il seat at the ball
grounds right along too.
Nllle hguIlng on all this, the hackers
OF the New York ball clubs own that
they re trfie worried as to whether
these eN-Tegulars' of the race tracks will
try TO put tie gambling business i'm oper-
alton when the ball season begins next
year. There always has been more o.
less private wagering on the games over
here. buf fear is expressed that. with such
a big bunch of. fellows on hand at the
games 10 whom gambling Is the very
breath of their nostri!s. the betting thing
will take a start here in. connection with
the ball games that may be bad for the
base ball sport. If the ex-regulars try to
put that gag over. however. they are
going to meet up with a hot reception
right from the jump The base ball folks
iii authority here will he right on the Job
of cancelinS all of that kind of comedy,
and even sitter measures than Barney
Dreyfuss had TO take to knock the gam
bling OH the games out in Pittsburg will
be taken here. The fellows caught offer
ing odds on games and plays and SO on in
the stands here will not be thrust out OF
the grounds simply here as they were in
Pittsburg. They'll be pinched. and the
pinch will mean something in New York
where the gambling laws have been
tiShtened up SO that they include even the
of pair of gloves between SEM
mary girls. The eX-regulars will get
their warning in advance 1t may be that
they'll listen. If they don't they'll be
sorry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

were just animated dogs meat They
were broken down crabs that had been
tried in sure-enough studs and been
proven dire failures. The skates that
they bred couldn't and wouldn't get out
of their own way
But the soil cultivators up in the inte-
rior of New York weren't supposed to
know that. The farmer persons were sup
posed to believe. as no doubt many of
them did believe, that the stations that
were sent to them were crackerjacks in
the stud line smack-dab from profitable
Kentucky breeding farms.
The farmers accepted the stations
rather gingerly, and they used EN- GIN
gerly.
Now here's the new squeak. since the
fact became apparent that racing is dead
since, that is to say, Mr.. Hughes was
reelected governor:
Why. the farmers just shan't have the
services of those stations any longer, SO
there now,
The moribund. not to say defunct. rae
ing body hath said so. The racing body,
with fine absence of any sense of hui
NOR. hath said that. inasmuch as the
farmers upstate didn't do their little
dangdest to hand the walop to Hughes
and to push in their man Chanler (tney
only thought Chanler was their man, at
that why, the farmers are going to be
punished. just like hathaway The
farmers are going to have those dogs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
1T TAKES MONEY
TO GO TO WAR

NEW YORK November e1.-The wise
men in base ball do not believe that war
is coming The Eastern League and
American Association want recognition
of their two organizations as IL class by
themselves. The governing powers in
base ball. the national commission. will
not grant them this. and neither will
the national association. which is COM
posed of all the minor leagues rang
ing from the two bodies who want a
separate classification TO the smallest
league in the game.
In order to get what they want the
American Association and the Eastern
League will have to go out by them
selves and wage a war on all organized
base ball That is where the whole
thing will fade away as far as Il real
base ball war is concerned as the two
organizations have not enough money to
carry out their plans.
1t is claimed that options have been
secured on grounds in Chicago, Pitts
burg and several other cities that the
boilers plan to raid. 1t is easy to get
options on vacant PROPERTY. 1t is when
it comes to making a ball ground out of
it that the trouble comes. An option
costs but little, but when it comes to
putting in the actual plant it is different
Major league base ball plans are ex-
pensive things nowadays, and the East
ern League and American Association
know it very. well. They won't really
pull away from the national association
of minor leagues They are just making
Il strong bluff in order to get some con-
ceSSions in the way of drafting players,
both by the National and American
leagues. and by the two boiling associa-
lions from the minor bodies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

removed the elder man, who also carried
an athletic breadth of shoulder. reached
his hand beneath the shoulders of the
weeping athlete and pulled him to his
feet.
Brace up. old fellow he said. ITS
all over now. Tell me what came into
you?"
For minute the boy stammered. He
couldn't say a word. Finally he threw
his arms around the neck of his brother
and gulped:
well. we won. anyway"
And with another hysterical spell Of
weeping Ted Coy fell across the bed and
buried his face in his hands.
The brother. who had carried the Yale
team to victory eight years ago, sat be-
side him holding his hand. and this is the
way the rest Of the team found the heroes
Of 1908 and 1900 when they came to see
If everybody had been dressed.
The strain had told, and this was the
relaxation which followed the greatest
game of 1908. Here was a man six feet
in height and weighing 100 pounds-the
hero of the day-crying like a child The
fortunes of the game had rested upon his
shoulders. With no one to guide him he
had seen the weakening of his team
With d score of & to 0 against them, he
had deliberately ordered the right half
back to take his position at right end,
and he had gone into the backfield de-