davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12

from q single steel rivet nearly hun- dred feet above the roof.
 The ruined stack is one of three, each of which is six feet in diameter. Recently, while two steeple jacks were employed in saving or the top of the stack, preparatory to lowering the top to the ground, the stack broke on. They climbed down but subsequently, found the stack so rusted throughout as to make climbing up the stump too peril ous. Besides, the broken end of the position as to prevent any tackle being fastened to 1t.
 It Is now proposed to have steeple jack climb an adjacent stack and swing a tackle from it to the dangling end of the broken stack. When this Is &C., eomplished, strong pull will be made to wrench the wreckage down.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
GRAND LARCENY CASES.
Two White Men and Negro Charged
 With Robbery.


 Mobile. Nov. 1l.-(Special )-The grand larceny cases against Charles ArtE. Waiter Dietz and Frank Coon, the latter a negro, were called in the recorders court this morning but con- tinued again until Saturday next when attorneys in the case agreed to 8 con tinuance which was granted by Judge Clarke.
 The three men are charged with systematically robbing the furniture store of ". H. Monk. ST., of several hundred dollars worth of house fur nishing goods. Much of the stolen property has been traced by the de- tectives but in all instances the par ties who bought 1t were entirely inno- cent of any wrongdoing. All three of the men were employed by the Monk firm and 1t is the opinion of the offl- cers of the business house that the robbing has been going on for several years. Dietz and Cook have retained Attorney J. W. McAlpine to defend them while Attorney John P. Mitchell represents the State, and win vigor- ously prosecute the case. The case will be fully gone into on Saturday morning when 1t is called before the recorder. a e.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
FARMERS MEET.
Annual Meeting of Lowndes County
 Farmers1 Union.

Annual Meeting of Lowndes COunay
 Farmer'S UniOn.
 Columbus, Miss, Nov. 11.--(special.) --rhs annual meeting of the Lowndes County Farmers Unionsiwas held at Flint Hill today, and there was large crowd present, all the subordinate unions throughout the county having been represented.
 The Border Springs Union, which was recently organized, was admitted into the ranks, giving the union to- tai of seven subordinate bodies throughout the County. Hon. Thomas Haney. one of the State lecturers was present, and delivered strong address 4o the farmers.
 E N. Franks was elected delegate te the State Convention to be held in Jackson next January and R. B Bar rentine delegate to the general con- vention now in session at New Or leans. The following officers were elected for the. ensuing year: E. M. Franks, President; L. G. Vaughan, Vice President; c. A. Russell, Secre- fary and Treasurer; w, J. Egger, Chaplain; Red Lofts, Doerlxeeper; T. J. Spruill, Conductor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
MoNuMnNT UNvEILEp.
COmnemOratIon og General Andrew
 Atkinsan Humphreys.

COmmemOratIOn oH General Andrew
 Atkinson Humphreys.
 Fredericksburg, Va., Nov. 11.-Com- memorative of Gen. Andrew Atkinson Humphreys and the Pennsylvania troops, who fought on the battlefield here in the sos a monument was un- yelled at the fredericksburg National Cemetery today.
 President George F. Baer of the Reading Railroad, who heads the Fred ericksburg Memorial Commission of Pennsylvania, and Rear Admiral Win field Scott Sehley, were among those who participated. About 1,500 Penn sylvanians. principally Federal vete- rams, marched in parade.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
ASSAULT. TO MURDER
roung White Man Arrested ln Birm.

Yeung White Mum Arrested ln Birm-
 fnGham on Serious Charge.
 Birmingham. Novs 11--(Speclal1-- Ollie Becker. af young white man, g years of age. has been arrested on the charge of assault with intent to nur- der. The charge was preferred by Myrtle Burke. a woman resident of the segregated. district, The charge is that Upon < fcomr&aint of the woman, 0fr ficers Tuck and Horan took charge of Becker His trial will be held in the police court on the 18th instant Becker denies the charge and says that he secured the ehloroform found on his person in Savannah, Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
ORDERED TO EAST.
Atlantic WIu Possibly Have Great
 Tactical Fleet.

Tactical Fleet.
 New York. Nov. 11--According to a Manila dispatch to The Herald, the recent orders for the supply ship Gla- cier and the hospital ship Relief to join the Pacific fleet at Talcapuana and Call lao, respectively. Is interpreted by the officers of the Atlantic fleet to mean that the armored cruisers are to be mobllized in the Atlantic, later joining the battleships and forming with the destroyers and scouts an immense tac- tical fleet.
 strip the Pacific of large ships. but the sentiment of the service favors con- centratiou. because. 1t Is asserted, the cruisers have accomplished little in the way of tactical development alone. their chief value being In support Of the battleships. H
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
REAL IRISH.

It takes the geunine Irish to hand 1t out right. Mir. and Mrs. Mary Mur- play come here direct from Cork-and if there's a better Irish act in the world, we want to see it.
 They call their act "rhe Coal Strike" Anyway it'll make hit with yOu.
 At the Majestic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
BIC LUMBER DEAL.
Twemty-five AHiIIIOn Feet oR Timber
 Chance HamAn

Changes Hands.
 Atmore, Nov, --(SpecIalI-A tim ber deal materialized last week or some importance when about (25. OO0.- O00) twenty-five million feet changed hands between the Southern States Lumber Company of Muscogee, Fla, and the Alger Sullervan Lumber Com pany, of Century. Fla.
 The two companies have large hold ings adjoining and their logging roads are so located that it was economy for them to exchange tfmbers. The deal does not effect the titles of the real estate,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
ENGINEERS PUZZLED.

How to Lower Dangerous Stack safe-
 ly to Ground.
 New York. Nov. 11-EngIneers of the Public Service Corporation of Newark, N. J., are in rather a quandary as to how to dlslodge the upper portion of a broken steel stack on the roof of the Corporation electric light and power house at South Orange, E. J. The wreckage weighs half a ton. and hangs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12

Headaehesl and Neuralgia from Colds.
 LAXATIVE PROMO Qunine, the world wide for full name. Look for signature D. W. Grove. 2bc. thu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
OLD HATS MADE NEW.

Cleaned, blocked, dyed, Bands, leath- CTS and bindings. Holt's Dye Works.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
ERE E!

For twenty-five years Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) has been curing yearly thous- ands of sufferers from Blood Poison. Can cer, Itching Eczema. Rheumatism. We so- Iicit the most obstinate cases. If you have aches and pains in bones side or back Sore Throat Pimpies Copper -colored Spots UI- cers on any part of the body. Hair or Eye brows falling out, Boils open. itching Sores or HumorH, then take B. B. B. It kills the potson. makes the blood pure and rich com pieteiy changing the entire body into a clean, healthy condition, healing every sore and stopping all aches. pains and itching, in this way curing the worst cases of blood poison BOTANIC BLOOD BALM (B. B B.) is composed of pure Botanic inEre- dients. It purthes and enriches the blood It Improves the digestion and strengthens shs nerves. DRUGGISTS. s1 PER BOT TIE. with directiona for home cure
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
Movs HAp RssroReo nsAlrn.
Her lnhrmltles Disappeared with
"Chanae Of Climate"

Some time ago the Virginia state
line was altered so as to include a
patch OF territory belonging 10 North
Carolina
section Of land thus transferred
included tumble-down cabin. where
dwelt an aged colored woman.
An lnquisitlve neighbor calling to
see how the negress enjoyed the idea
OF becoming virginian in her old
age, began the conversation by ask.
ing
How is the rheumatism. auntieY"
"Bettah. praise de Lawdl" was the
reply.
And the neuralgia2"
"Al gone. Clean departed"
And the utiff knee"
"Frisky as a III colt"
why. auntie. how on earth do YOU
happen to be 30 much better all of a
sudden2'
Well miss" replied the auntie,
proudly. "Ah always done heah dat
Virginny climates heap healthiah'n
de climate OF Moth Ca1ina. All reck.
on dat sho' counts 70 ma change TO-
de bettah."
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
HUNT POLAR BEAR

water to escape In this case he is
lost for he cannot swim as quickly as
a boat can follow, and the hunter can
kill him almost without running any
risks.
The dangers to which one is ex.
posed are less in the actual hunt than
in the incidentals. A hunter has al
ways reason 10 fear the sudden break
ing of the ice beneath his feet The
thick snow with which II is covered
often hides crevices or entire rup-
lures. Then there is the dense fog.
which rises with astonishing sudden.
ness: there are storms, which may in
lure the vessel, or at least keep it for
a long time imprisoned between ice
foes driven by the wind. The state
Of the weather makes the greatest
difference in these expeditions. An in
tense fog may keep one absolutely
motionless for ten days. without this
circumstance, Mr. Zafiropulo says. his
hunters record would have been
much more satisfactory. AS II was. at
the end of Is days Il shared 20 bears,
and the party had captured as well a
live cub six months old Besides,
there were 81 seals, two of them huge.
and two blue foxes In the bag The
party collected q kinds of birds.
which swarmed around the islands
This particular expedition reached
the latitude Of so degrees. at the south
of and very near the part of land
called Francis Joseph Land. Bear
island they discovered in an odd
fashion. They had left the icebergs
and we're looking everywhere for the
island without success. although they
knew that the land was 20 kllometers
long and had mountains ESQ meters
high. After exhausting all the known
means used In such cases. they were
looking despondently at the seagulls
which were always lowering about
and following them In whatever direc.
ton the boat took Evidently the land
was near, but where? A gull skinned
by them and, plunging into the sea.
picked up big sardlne, with which
she started on a direct flight home to
give II TO her young. This showed
them the direction OF land, and half an
hour later, in lifting of the fog, they
saw Bear island only little way on
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
ACTS LIKE A MAD MAN.
Human Being, Hall Animal Refuses
to Wear Any Clothes.

Monominee, Mich, Officials at the
Menominee county poo, house are M
against a strange proposition. With
one man who is :, " half man aud
half animal on their hands another
character OF the same kind has been
thrust upon them.
The first character was brought 10
the poor house years ago. His name
is James Eagen and he was born IN
Marinette county The man has no
mind at all He refusea 10 wear
clothes and his body IL almost covered
with long hair He eats from the floor
OF his dwelling like an animal. can
not say word and tho only sound
he malses is n whimper like an ami
NAL The authorities long ago gave
up the idea OF trying 10 clothe him az
he would tear the clothes OF OF him.
self moment after they had been
put on. lie does not know his own
mother and recognizes only the Keep
er who brings him his food.
The second character whom the atI.
thoritics now have on their handF "
Edward Simenean. who was ~ one
time brightminded iiii'e hey IN The
public schools Of The ely but who
now refuses 10 say a word reflsrg 10
keep clothes on himself and. like Ia
gen. eats and acts in all ways Ike AN
animal. Al an early age his brain be-
gan TO soften and at 10 yearH OF age
he had no Intelligence at an His
condition has grown worse and sep
ara'c quarters viii have 70 be giyeD
him
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
LlNIs rs MARY AM.

was hasiy, Very hasty-I am sorry.
Mary Ann.f
won YOU oome)back to our kitchen and
forgive me VI you CAM
"h longing MARY, longing for look
into your (eyes.
anu my hum9n self is hungry hungry
~ lor your femon pies;
~. matter OF a dollar we have
erlited faS apart,
VIZ pay II You'l forgive me and VIII
u Ip,Ee an afpple tart
"N'n ! see g. leaden biscuits and the
leathory 2ieak scan.
"'n on my Anees for pardon, Tor your
pardon A2ary Ann
''memoer how, Il happened, Il is clear
y, as II can be-
nov you wanted twenty dollars, and /
toid you TwentyNthree
was very young and foolish. on my dig
nifty intent
anu swear IL, Mary swear IL, did not
N"w what cooking mSant
an Older now and chasSenedi won't
n, you pardon me the break "a
'Vnt you listen 10 my pleading and
n, come hack 10 broil a steakN
""h You smother me with mushrooms,
w., ..Ashioned. Mary as you can? a
you make some fluffy biscuits Ike
YOU used 10, Mary Ann2
y you could lift the biscuit An, VIZ
'Vu could only look
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19

ment In a mine In Joplin. Mo. where
he welded shovel and held driIl
as common workman for weeks.
Recently he was located by the own
or OF the adjacent mine. J. II. Putnam
and when Mrs. Webb was notified
she headed a posse OF Texans and res
cued her husband from his peculiar
position and has now returned with
him TO Houston.
To cover their tracks the conspira-
tors are said 20 have carried hls
clothes, containing his valuables. TO
Galveston. and left them In bath
house, where they were found An
davits were secured from the boy,
who was supposed TO have sold the
bath ticket, and from a young woman
who believed she had seen Webb In
the surf. TO support the contention %
death by drowning.
An attempt was made 10 collect his
life insurance held In the New York
Life Insurance Company. hut payment
was refused and Mrs. Webb offered q
reward OF $4,000 for information lead.
ing 10 the discovery OF her husband
OF his body.
Webb declared that he does not re-
member a thing that happened after
he drove 10 Houston on the night Of
June 10 last until he found himself on
the public road near Joplin, Mo.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
HAVE SYSTEM OF BLACKMAIL

outburst?" she asked Weren't YOU
too hard on the poor fellow? He didn't
mean any harm"
Didn't heY" snapped the clerk.
HE meant all sorts Of harm His
kind always do mean harm when they
come around FOSTERING drug clerks
for pointers on Che sick folks IN the
block That is pet trick OF theirs.
There was time when actually
thought they wanted TO find out where
the sick people lived so they could
steer their organs In the opposite di.
rection, and not annoy the patients
But / learned that instead OF consid.
erately stealing away from the homes Of
aniiction. they hustled right down IN
front Of the windows, where man lay
III or dying and ground out tunes al
silence was purchased of liberia
figure New York Times.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
MILLIONAIRE IS FaUED
WORKING IN 4 NINE
OIL OPERATOR HELD UNDER
ARMED GUARD RESCUED eY
WIFE LEADING POSSE.

Houston. Tex.--After 1--WE months.
during which II was generally believed
that :. y. Webb, the millionaire oil
operator had boon swallowed up BY
the sea, he has been found BY his
family and has returned home. PM.
vate detectives have ascertained that
the man was drugged In Houston car
ried TO a small place near 81 Louis.
and held there under an armed guard
for long period Of time. lie escaped.
but all the time that had interviewed
between his abduction and his return
20 his former self was a blank. and.
not knowing what had happened.
feared to teturn lie found employ
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
,ur DEALT IN coNTRABAND BE
PAUSE OF THE EXCITEMENT.
a., Many Thrilling Brushes with the
excise officers on the Frontier
~ Switzerland, But Never
Loses Her Nerve.

,,,houeh the world never moved
tor tban Il does al the present time,
NE 10 some is still lacking in excite
aort and variety. To a certain Mdlle
.,ar,he Reye. who was young. beauti.
81 a,d rich. the quietness of her home
no Al Driye a small frontier village
=, Switzerland. had become unbeara-
Me The mountain scenery bored her;
I'D even the exhilaration of dashing
long dangerous highways in her 40
hoyse mower motor car at breakneck
sneed had begun TO pail. Something
,rust he done. Mdlle Reye decided to
IA excitement to her life. Then a
thrilling plan arose in her mind. To
sacco saccharin and snuff we're cheap
~~ongh 10 buy in Geneva. Away
scross the frontier in Haute Savoie
sncb Injuries were dear. Visions, no
ADMIT Of tales OF smuggling arose In
nor thoughts and added picturesque
ness 10 the idea. AT any rate. within
q few DAYS of the first conception OF
tho plan Mdlle. Reye had equipped her
sef for the enterprise Snugly stored
IN her powerful car she had placed
many pounds Of tobacco, whilst boxes
N snuff and saccharin completed the
cargo.
The right and wrong OF the exploit
had not escaped mademoiselle's mind
n successful, she realized her profit
would be great; so she satisfied her
conscience by determining that all her
profits should be given to the poor.
one dark night, driven by her elder
IN and experienced chauffeur. Mile
REEVE set out on her first journey
across the frontier. The GOODNESS of
the night thrilled her; and the excite.
ment grew intense as, letting the car
20 the chauffeur dashed by the
French excise outpost, and little la.
Ter drew up in Haute Savoie.
For some time mademoiselle made
her smuggling expeditions across the
frontier with impunity. Only once, so
far. had the excitement grown a little
more intense than she had desired
Then II was that the excise authori-
ties their alertness heightened by be.
ing repeatedly banked by the car, had
managed to get in close pursuit. Ma
demoiselle had heard the crack OF
their rifles. but the old chauffeur had
managed to reach the shelter OF Haute
Savoie safely.
But misfortune was In store for the
pretty smuggler Her chauffeur fell
III. and perforce she was compelled TO
engage another, less experienced and
resourceful. SO II happened that on
the second trip with the new driver,
the customs officers captured the car.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
SPORT IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS
GROWING IN FAVOR.
Expeditions Becoming Regular Thing
Every Year from Germany
Treaeherous Ice More Peril
Gus Than Arctic 1ruin.

Strange that it has not been thought
Of before as hunting ground, but up
10 within at least the last year or two
The Arctic regions as a field for the
sportsman has been neglected. II is
said that the Germans have been the
FIRST to make expeditions into the
frozen north for the sole purpose of
engaging in hunting big game. espe.
,lally the polar bear Every year now
he great German amateurs, with NJ.
Dc Gisbert of Hamburg as chief NOV.
ng spirit, organize jointly several
Arctic expeditions which have no
9ther object than that of the chase.
u one OF those expeditions made dur
lng the past summer George zafiropulo
gives an interesting account
The party left Drontheim on the
morning OF July on board the Lofo.
en-, heavy Norwegian steamboat,
about SO meters long and pretty well
manned. There were ten hunters, each
81 whom had his own cabin. The
numerous company which travelled
with them contained even the curers
Of skins, so that all trophies might be
safely preserved A doctor went with
the expedition.
I'm July they reached the polar
seas, where they plowed about till
they arrived at, on July "a, the Isle
.of Bears.
A bear chase is not very dangerous
II one has coolness OF mind and good
gun Taking everything into account,
u Is easier properly to wound a bear
man to catch rabbit. between hedges,
because In spite of his ferocity, the
bear knows very little about defend
ing himself against man, armed as
man is nowadays Besides, the Arctic
pear does not recognize man as such,
and takes him, for the most part. for a
seal.
sometimes the bear takes to the
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
IN THE JOYOUS HOLIDAY TIME
Man Evidently Was satlated With the
Delights OF Vacation.

II is related In MIR. Stewart Edward
Whites book. The Mountains" that
once upon a time a man happened to
be staying In a hotel room which had
originally been part OF suite. but
which was then cut on from the 9th.
ers by only thin door, through
which sounds carried clearly.
II was about eleven o'clock when the
occupants Of that next room came
home The man heard the door opeu
and close. Then tho bed shriekad
aloud as somebody fell heavily upon IL.
There breathed across the silence a
profoundly deep sigh.
Mary" said the mans voice. I'm
might sorry didn't join that Associa-
ton for Artificial Vacations They un-
dertake to get you Just rs tired and
Just as mad in two days as you could
by Yourself In two weeks Youths
Companion.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
unora,eful Parrot.

A parrot belonging to King Henry
VIII. one day fell out OF the palace
window az Westminster into the
Thames. and remembering a cry that
she had heard. called out: "A boat a
boat. for twenty poundsl" A boaimah
hearing her cry, came to her rescue
and took her 10 the king. claiming the
reward Polly had offered. The king
said he would give whatever sum
Polly should now say. But when she
was asked she very ungratefully cried
Give the knave a groat."
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19

New York because he WINS soolhed
for letting the hogs wander In the
corn, Philip Moore, farm hand. near
CraBbury, ". j., knocked his EN-,
ployer, Henry Riggs. unconscious, tied
him hand and foot and pat him an a
bag, which he flung in a lar corn n OF
the held The fellow then left the
place
Rigs wormcd his way ont o. the
bag and severed the ropes that bound
him ON the blade of hay cutter. He
fell in a faint Al the feet Of his wife.
II is said his condition is serious.
Moore Was caught on the road and
jailed
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
Always Grains Of Comfort.

In the exhaustless catalogue Of
heavens mercies to mankind. the
power we have Of finding some germs
OF comfort IN the hardest trials must
ever occupy the foremost place; not
only that Il supports and upholds us
when we most require 20 be sus-
tained, but because IN this source Of
consolation there is something. We
have reason TO belleye, Of the divine
spirit: something Of that goodness
which detects amidst our own evil do.
inss a redeemlng qoality; something
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19

States adapts himself to the prevail.
ing ideas about Englishmen. In the
course Of conversation with the noble
Italian who condescends TO brighten
one end of the Britisher. the visitor in.
formed the bootblack that he was an
Englishman-and Englishmen had a
great respect for Italians. and had en-
tertained Garibnldi In grand style
'Ingleesl Hal Tia! highest" said MI
Dago in soft, musical tones "Hal
They spio no good, dey droppa da
baitch!"
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
Children and Divorce.

As to divorce, children are the only
real consideration. do not mean
to advocate divorce as a remedy for
the present undesirable state OF the
institution Of marriage. But we are
bound 70 recognize that hasty mar
riage. however romantic II may be.
will not always keep the affections
permanent. When two people find
they do not love each other and n
they have no children TO consider the
best thing and the only thing for them
to do is to separate.-Charles Zueblln.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
A FAIR SNUGGLER

Mlle. keye attired in the latest paris
costume beamed on them unper.
eurped, 1t was all joke. she OK.
planned laughingly. as the customs ~
Meals overhauled the car and fast dis.
possessed II Of the contraband burden
Even when heavy fine was demand
ca the pretty smuggler only smiled
.osseo over bundle Of notes and
gayly rode OF. "u
10 recite the further smuggling al.
ventures OF Mile. Reye would require