davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-11-03

The seeds Of the laughing plant
Of Arabia produce the same effect
upon persons as laughing gas. The
plant attains a height Of from two
to four feet, with woody stems,
widespeading branches and bright
green foliage. Its fruits are pro-
duced in clusters and are Of Il vel
low color. The seed pods are soft
and woollv in texture and contain
two or three black seeds Of the size
Of a Brazilian bean. Their flavor
is a little like opium, anil their
taste is sweet. The odor from
them produces a sickening sensa-
ton and is slightly offensive. The
seeds. when pulyerized and taken
in small quantities, have a peculiar
effect upon man. He begins tn
laugh loudly, boisterously. Then
he sings. dances and cuts all man
ner Of fantastic capers. Such ex'
trayagance Of gait and manners
was never produced by any Other
kind Of dosing.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-11-03
The chsrIsmaans Rose Tree.

The most venerable rose tree in
existence is said to bloom against
the ancient church Of Hildesheim,
in Germany. Notwithstanding the
many parties which at different
times have been in the ascendency,
they all seem 70 have respected and
tended the rose tree, which, it il
said, vas planted by Charlemagne.
The trunk is now almost as big as e
mans body. There are five princi-
pal limbs trained against the
church, the tree being protected
by iron ratings inclosing an area
Of about twenty.six square feet,
The rude German soldiers in early
ages tended the tree, Catholics and
Protestants, in turn masters Of the
town, drained the ground, the SOL
diers Of Turenne fastened up the
branches with clamps, and those oi
Napoleon, n century and a half
later. erected the railings.-Lon-
Ion Globe.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-11-03

It was the FIRST time he had sung
in an Episcopal choir. and he felt
strangely out Of place in the vest
ments he wore. The other chor;s-
tiers looked comfortable enough.
but the new one was sure he would
trip on the skirts Of his cassock
when he went up the chancel steps,
and he knew that il he did not
stop pcrspiring biz clean linen cot
ia would be sadly unused. The
opening prayer had been intoned
by the rector and the singers were
in line waiting for the introduction
to the professional TO be played
when ore Of the bases whispered
in the new mans ear:
"You're a tenor, aren't your"
al suppose So" he replied. out
] feel like a two spot"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-11-03
MANY Make Fatal Mistake,

Thousands get sick and many die
without indemnity against ACCIDENT.
SICKNESS AND DEATH. 4 complete
Policy covers all the above. You should
also have a policy on your HORSE OR
MULE against death from any cause.
The North State Mutual Life insurance
Co. Of Kinston. y. G., with paid in cap
itai Of 100000, issues the CONFLICT l.
POLICY. The Southern Live Stock In.
surance Co. Of High Point. y. G., with
paid in capitol Of $50. 600. issues the Pol
lev for your HORSE OR MULE. For
Information see OF write
r. n. LEE,
Room Is, Wright Building,
P. o. Box 3sl. Durham, N. G.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-11-03
e-ldass The Cham.

Blackberry pie bridges the chasm
between the millionaire and the
pauper. II is found on the mahog-
any table Of the naughty society
leader and on the oilcloth covered
pine table of the lowly washcrwom.
an. IL IL on the bill Of fare Of the
grandcst hotel and is fed 10 The in.
mates Of the poorhouse. The rich
man who rides in his gasoline bug.
~ and the poor tramp who ride.
the rods under the freight car NJ
steps from cross tie 10 cross tic in
the blistcring sun meet on a com.
mon level nj the lunch counter. and
both order blackberry pic. In 4
word, blackberry pie h The ono mr..
ticle Of d.: which makes The who'q
World hin. Monroe fnga...r.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-11-03
Dream. and Ninh.mar,..

Mar Of our fommonest dreams
are occasioned b. bodily conditions
or surroundings. Iooscncd sheets
at the foot Of the led on a cold
night soon deposit a sIecpcr's feet
in rger or snow banks, just as a
second helping at dinner or a tend
ency to lie on ones back in bed
really conjures up whole legion. Of
spooks. Certain eyidence on this
point was COLLECTED in Dr. G. Stan
ley Halls psychological laboratory
at Clark university from personal
testimony. Frota this it would APP.
pear that children prefer animals
for their nightmares, whereas
adults incline toward BURGLAR, Jail.
ers and the like.-i0ndon Lady,
Realm.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-11-03
THE cHILTERN HUNDREDS.
One Of the Political curiesitiss OF
+ Great Britain.

+ Great Britain.
This is survival of the time
when the people were very jealous
of the crown and were constantly
in fear that the throne would de-
stroy the independence of the com
mons by corrupting members with
offices, a use of patronage not en-
tirely unknown in present day
America. To prevent that it was
wisely required that a member
must give his constituents an OPP
portunity to approve or disapprove
Of his course by expressing their
confidence by a reelection to par
Lament or showing their displeas-
ure by defeating him. Of course
nowadays a seat in the cabinet is
not at the disposal"o of the sovereign,
but is solely the gift of the prime
minister, the party chief, so that
no question of bribery can enter
into the acceptance of a place I'M
der the government. But the elect
crate still reserves to itself the
right of approval, and the new min
lister, after he has accepted office,
but before he can take his seat in
the house of commons as minister
of the crown, must have the assent
of his constituents.
Curiously enough--and this is
interesting as showing how the
English people cling to tradition
there is no provision made for the
resignation of member of parlia-
ment, and the only way in which he
can resign is for him to accept an
Office of profit and trsst under the
government and decline reelection.
There is a nominal and fictitious
post known as the stewardship OF
the Chiltern Hundreds, a district
in Buckinghamshire whose steward
some centuries ago was charged
with the duty of suppressing rob
bers and who was, Of course, CON-
pensated for his services.
A member who desires to retire
or to seek reelection because he
has entered the government applies
to the prime minister to be ap-
pointed steward Of the Chiltern
Hundreds, which vacates his seat.
The appointment is duly published
in the Official Gazette, and the va
cancy in the house Of commons is
thus created. There is, of course,
no limit to the number of persons
who may be appointed stewards Of
the Chiltern Hundreds, although it
is the unwritten law that the ap-
pointment must not be conferred
twice on the same day. II there
were a dozen men who wanted to
resign at the same time they
would have to take their turn
Maurice Low in Forum.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-11-03
HIDING MONEY.
Queer Places In Which the cubans
Secrete Their Spare Cash.

| seerete Their Spare Cash.
Although there are now excel
lent savings banks in Cuba, for
generations the people have been
accustomed to secrete their cash. A
traveller tells of one hiding place in
u bird house in a tree. The Gu
bans residence had been looted a
number of times during various
revolutions, but the raiders had
never suspected the bird house in
the tree. After the death of the
head of the family the valuables
we're removed by the children and
placed in the Havana bank. In
another case the wall Of building
was chosen. A man with consider
able patience followed out one of
the stones in this wall. Five days
were consumed in chipping out the
hollow. Within this hollow the lit
tie casket containing jewels and
money was placed. Then stone
slab had to be cut to replace the
front without showing any break.
This required two days more. The
piece Of stone was slipped into
place and sealed with cement. In
order to remove the stone front
tools were required each time. But
this hiding place served for years
and exists now.
One man thought he had found a
most effective hiding place when
he put a shelf up under the caves
of his house for holding the cash
box. This place was chosen partly
because of the existence of a small
hornets nest there. Robbers, as a
rule, will not take much interest in
searching a place in the vicinity Of
a nest of wasps or hornets. But
the home of the insects grew, and
after a few months the nest ex-
banded to the box, and the owner
could not get the box without dan
ger of being stung. He was obliged
to hire two bee experts to come
with nets and ladders and remove
the box. A wasp stung through
one mans mitt just as he grasped
the box, and the receptacle fell to
the pavement below, and some
small pearls we're scattered about
the place. Several hours were con-
sumed in finding the lost valuables.
The owner vowed that he would
place his valuables in depository
in Havana thereafter.
Another odd place for hiding a
bag of cash was in a followed table
leg. Cuba is noted for its ponder
Gus articles of furniture. There
are table legs with ample surface
for following a secret chamber.
Usually a tightly fitting door is
made, and when this is closed the
bag is we'll concealed. The hall
light stands are not overlooked in
some Of the homes Of the Spaniards
and the Cubans. The natives Of
the country love to have plenty Of
hall light. These hall lights are
often fixed to elaborate stands. One
such stand proved to be a very ef.
fective hiding place for years un.
til one night the house burned
down, and the money went with it
Chicago News.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-11-03
WANrrn-srrrrss M.n.ntrr rnn,,i,,

WAETED-sUccEss MAGAziSE requires
the service Of a man in durham 20 look
after expiring subscriptions and 10 re.
cure new business by means Of special
methods unusually effective; position
permanent prefer one with experience,
but would consider any applicant with
good natural qualifications, salary g. g.
per day. with commission option. All
dress, with reference, X. {. Te4rorh
Form fy2, Success Magazine Bldg.. New
YORK.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-11-03
Tie p0rch climber besitated.

The porch climber hesitated.
T'm only doing this" he nut.
tered, "because getting in On the
ground floor has never made any
money for me in business way.
and it's up to me 70 get even with
the world somehow"
Convincing himself by this spe
cious reasoning. he softly pusIl"ti
up the window and climbed inside
-Ct;,8~3 THINE.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-11
STOLE HORSE AND BUGGY
John Kushnard stole q Horse and
Buggy at Trip and Was
Arrested Here.

Getting on a drunk was the undo-
ing of John Kushnard. He drove IN
to Mitchell Friday with ashorse and
buggy and he was SO drunk that he
caused considerable disturbance in
the vicinity of the B~riedenbach gro
Gerry, corner of Second Avenue west
and Rowley street. That evening
Policeman Purdy responded to a call
from the neighbors and took the man
to the Jail.
Before his appearance in police
court Saturday morning Sheriff Cook
questioned the man as to his Identity
and business. He said his name was
John Kushnard and had been work
ing on a farm near Trip. He had
driven in with a team and surrey
which he said he had left in some
vacant lot. Sheriff Cook and Chief
Allison made a search and found the
rig on a lot Hanson street.
The marshal at Trip was phoned
to and the owner of the rig, George
Kleinlin, who came up Saturda!
night with the sheriff from Olive
and identified the man and rig.
The prisoner was taken to Olive
Sunday morning by the sheriff.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-11
SELECTED A SECRETARY
!. j.. Whitaker, Former University
Student, Called as the Y. NJ.
@. A. Secretary.

At the meeting of the directors of
the city Y. M. c. A. Tuesday evening
it was decided to issue a call for a
local secretary which was extended
to e. L. Whitaker, Of Moose Jaw,
Saskatchewan, Canada. 1t is ex-
pected that Mr.. Whitaker will be
here within a week ready to take
up the work.
1t is the intention of the men in
charge of the plans to fit up the
rooms formerly occupied by the po-
lice justice and the militia in the
basement of the city hall and install
shower baths and light gymnasium
apparatus. This will be a place for
exercise and recreation for the young
men of the city.
The committees in charge of the
membership and subscription lists
report very favorable and satisfacto-
ry response to their appeals.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-11
ENLARGING THE RouNDHousE
Milwaukee Company Started Work
on Making the Roundhouse of
Greater Capacity.

Fol a long time the Milwaukee
company has had the material on
the ground for charging the round
house to accommodate the handling
OF a greater number OF engines. 9th
er work has claimed the greater
share of attention with the result
that the charging process has not
been taken up until just now. For
a month the company has had a
force of men putting in a larger turn
table, and during that time the en-
gines have been kept out Of doors.
This work is practically completed
now and the roundhouse is again be-
ing used. The new turn table is fully
a third larger than the old.
The addition to the roundhouse is
being constructed on the east end
and two stalls will be added at this
time, although it was the intention
at one time to increase the number
of stalls to eight. The stalls to be
constructed now will be several feet
longer than the present ones, and
are made longer to accommodate the
presence of two large compound en-
gines, which, it is said, are to be in
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-11
INDICATION OF BEAUTY
First of the Decorative Work 1ndi-
Gates Decorator Robe Will
Excel All Efforts.

With two days spent in decorating
a portion of the towers OF the corn
palace, Col. Robe is giving strong in
dications of making good his word
that he is going to give Mitchell peo-
pie the handsomest decorated palace
in the history of the institution, and
everybody that has een the work SO
far are inclined to agree with the
hanSaS colonel.
Heretofore the decorations on the
six or eight towers on the south and
west sides and the big dome in the
center have usually been done with
heads Of grains and light lines and
figures of corn decoration. These
have have looked we'll it is true, but
the new style that Col. Robe has
adopted for .ne towers puts the 9th
er designs clear in the shade, where
they will never be r~esurrected again.
Started to work on the big dome in
the center, which, by the way, ought
to be twenty feet higher and then
decorated with electric lights al
night, the colonel mapped out a solid
design of corn, which is done in vel.
low with light red backgrounds form
ing a pretty figure of a Grecian char.
acter. The design is done in soliG
corn with no open background anc
the effect is very beautiful. All o.
the towers, we understand, will re
ceive the same treatment, and the
general effect will be 100 per CEN
better to the building as a whole
The entire exterior will be practical
ly all of corn and the corn idea will
be more prominent than eve
There are As men at work on tn,
palace at the present time, and it viii
take a larger force with this addi
tional amount of decoration to b.
done.
The corn ma is being brought t,
the palace indicates a we'll advanced
stage of the grain, which is far be
You'd the danger of frost, and if tn,
rest of the corn in the county is a
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-11

vim and energy, and were themselves
quite a bit surprised by the manifest
desire of the voters to remove the
county capital to some point on the
railroad. The Parkston petition con-
tains the of fully 200 nor
than are necessary to get the ques-
ton before the people, and there is
little doubt but that the voters will
have the opportunity in November to
vote to remove the location to this
city, in which event it is almost GER
tain that Parkston will be designated
the permanent county seat of Hutch
inson county.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-11
CAN'T GET ON TICKET
Democrats Named in Convention
Cannot be Placed on the Tick
ct IN November.

TIE democrats have found out to
their sorfo. that the primary Law
is not SUCH a good thing wntn it
operates agains their wishes, though
they have been holIering for SUCH a
law. and no" that they have been
provided with one it has been the
e Of Knocking out a portion of
TIL ir state and county tickets.
When the mountainous OF the state
convention. held at Rapid Ci1y, we've
presented to Secretary Wipf for
filing, the state official declined to
accept them as not oelng in COM
formity with the primary law. The
party leaders decided to test the
question before the supreme court.
That body has just handed down
a decision which makes it impossible
for the nominees Of the state conven-
ton to be placed vn the democratic
| naliol for the November election. So
all that will be represented on the
ballot will be the candidates for
eoverncr, lieutenant-governor and
the two congressional candidates.
The others are laid out cold.
1t is understood that the same
ruling will hold so far as the county
conventions are concerned aid where
the democrats nominated county
officers at the convention they will
also be- debarred from getting on the
ticket. This will put several of the
nominees out of the running who
were nominated at the county con
vention.
The party leaders, it is stated, will
concentrate their efforts to elect the
g%overnor, lieutenant governor and
the two congressman, and also the
short term candidate for congress
land with less labor on their hand.
they expect to stand a greater SHOW
Ifor electing them than IL they hat
a full ticket TO fight for.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-11
NELSON BEAT CANS AGAIN
The Ferocious Dane Put an End to
His Old Antagonist for
the Last Time.

San Francisco, Sept. 10.-Battling
Nelson clinched his claim to the light
weight pugilist1c championship by de-
feating Joe Cans for the second time
Colma arena yesterday afternoon.
fight ended in the twenty-frst
round when Cans, beaten down by
a succession of blows from his stur-
dy conqueror, failed to get upon his
feet within the count of ten. The
veteran colored fighter was severely
punished, but the champion, too, bore
the marks of battle. From the first
clang of the gong to the last moment
Nelson forced the fighting, never CIV
ing ground and gradually battering
down his older and less vigorous op-
ponent.
Cans succumbed in the t~wenty-frst
round after being numerically
trounced. Nelson in this round rain
ed right and left blows to jaw and
body and Cans sank to the floor. Me-
chanically the now defeated fighter
watched Referee Smith wave his
hands, apparently too far gone to
hear him count. Not until the count
of ten was finished did Cans, aspen
pale, his face terribly cut and his
eyes CLASSY, attempted to rise. He
realized, however, that it was toe
late. and feebly declared: 81 have
positively fought my last battle
At no time did it appear that Cans
had a chance to win. Time and again
he would shoot wicked punches tc
Nelson's face and body, but the lat
ter never for an instant wavered
Failing to arrest the rushing cham
pion at any stage, Cans seemed te
lose heart and gradually weakened
,, though he often rallied and fought
back fiercely.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-11
far advanced as this there is no pos
sible danger from frost if it should
come in three or four days.
State Endeavor Convention.

The Seventeenth annual convention
of the State ndeavor Union will be
held at Redfield, October 1918, 1908.
Rev. G. H. Hubbell, for six years
field secretary of the Ohio state
union, will be present. General Sec
rotary William Shaw, of Boston, will
be with us Friday.
Each society is asked to send two
delegates. Entertainment on the
Harvard plan-lodging and break
fast.
We have been granted a rate "a
one and one-third, provided we have
100 certificates of full fare paid
coming.
Talk up the convention. See that
your society sends at least one dele.
gate. For further particulars, az
dress, J.. P. Anderson, Huron, S. d
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-11
START COUNTY SEAT FIGHT
Parkston Business Men Start the
Movement to Move County Sea
From Olivet.

Parkston Advance: Tuesday a del
egation of Parkston business men
attended the meeting Of the county
commissioners at Olivet and formally
presented the Parkston petition for
the submission of the county seat
removal question this fall. The Pc
tition was filed in the Office of the
county auditor and September %
was the date set by the commission
ers for the hearing on the same. The
Parkston citizens have gone into this
thing with all their. characteristic
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-11
stalled in the service in and out OF

stalled in the service in and out Of
Mitchell, very likely to the west.
Nothing has been heard as to how
soon the company intends to start
on the new depot building, which
was to be started by October 1. The
word that came from Chicago seemed
to be positively assuring that the
work would start Immediately after
the corn palace season was over with
and that it would be kept up all win
ter long. 1t would seem that some
of the material ought to be shipped
by this time if work is going to start
in three weeks.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-11
Grey Wolves Troublesome.

Rapid City DESPITE the best CT
forts on the part CT The stock men to
eXterminate the grey wolf, which for
SO many years has been the soui &c Of
great loss of stock, their efforts have
seemingly been iii vain and tsill the
d~epredatlons go Gu They are offer
ing substantial rewards in addition
to thai offered by the state. They
have set out poison, organized hunt
ing parties and resortal TO every
known method for graduating the
pests. The latest report of damage
to stock m from H. NJ. Crow
hurst, from the Bad Lands near sceu-
l. According to his story twenty
young colts were killed on the GIL
Ranch. Fifteen on the Brown ranch,
besides many other smaller losses
which Will amount to several thous-
and dollars. Not alone to younger
stock do the wolves confne their
operations, but it is said full grown
horses have been attacked ana kill
ed or hamstrug SO that it was neces-
sary to kill them when found. One
of the traits of the wolf which makes
it difficult to exterminate him is his
power to travel a great distance in
one night, kill stock, feast to his
hearts content and then return to
his hiding place. Ranches state that
it is possible for a full grown to trav-
ell fifty or sixty miles in one night.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-11
Mitchell Grain Market.

Wheat, No. 1, soc; 2, SIC; 3, $50;
4. rs; rejected, zoe; fax. $1.07; OATS
40c; corn, &c; barley, 40; rye, 60
durum, 70; velvet chaf. SOC. q
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-22
Mrs. James Wallace, living at sos

Mrs. James Wallace. living at sos
Third street, Bismarek, N. D., says:
My husband had occasion to use
Doan's Kidney Pills two months ag
and the good results he obtained war
rant me is recommending them. Fol-
some time previous to using them
suffered from q severe pain through
his back, which at times radiated to
all parts of his body. Finally he
learned Of Deans kidney Pills and
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-22

procured a box at the Lenhart Drug
Go. The results received were very
gratifying and in a short time he re.
ceived a complete cure. am glad
TO recommend the remedy that cure
him.
Fer sale by all dealers. Price Soc.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, n. II,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doans
and take no other.