davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
BAlLOONISTS HAVE
A TERRIFYING RIDE
Car Is Dragged Over Cacti,
Rocks and Sand of Desert
for Miles
Aeronauts of the Racer United
States Have Unpleasant Ex-
perience in Arizona

Los ANGELES. Nov 25.-A dispatch
from Ehrenburg. Ariz-, from Sap -aln
A E. Mueller. pilot OF the racing bal
loon United States. and J. K Hurcnin-
son. who accompanied him. states Inal
the landing OF the balloon there Mon
dav Afternoon after its 250 mile ighr
from Les Angeles. was accomp LlSned
after a terrifying experience
The balloon descended on the desert
and. driven BY a stir wind. dragged tne
occupants OF the car fO- miles over
desert cacti. sand and rocks The men
were forced 10 climb into the rigging OF
the balloon and were badly bruised be-
fore the gas fnaily escaped from the
bag and its fight was stopped
TREPIDATIoN OF INDIANS
The Indians on the reservation where
the balloon landed were greatly
wrought up over the appearance OF tne
air craft and regarded IL with mucn
trepidation.
Most OF the fast flight was made al a
height OF from 10000 20 $4,000 feet. the
Colorado river being crossed at the lat
ter altitude shortly after crossing the
river the pendix rope OF the balloon
broke and the bag descended with great
rapidity until it struck the desert The
basket Of the balloon plowed a furrOw
through the sand and rocks for miles
before fl was finally halted
COLD CONDENSED GAS
One other time during the fight.
while midway between the san Jacinto
noun tains and the Colorado river the
aeronauts encountered a cold current OF
air at great height. which condensed
the gas in the bag so rapidly that the
balloon fell several thousand feet into
the rocky crags below. from which thee
men escaped injury only by climbing
into the rigging.
The dispatch states that Captain
Mueller will rest several DAYS at Ehren-
burg before returning to this city. The
collapsed balloon and basket are far out
on the desert.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
FRANCISCO TALAVERA
FOUND IN SANTA CLARA
Former Stanford Student Re-
moved to Trinity Hospital
in This Cify

BELMONT. Nov. 25.-Francisco Tala-
vera, the former Stanford university
student in the engineering department
who escaped from the sanitarium of
DR.. A. NJ. Gardner at this place Novem-
Constable Toomey yesterday while wan
dering about the streets AT the direc-
tion Of DIR. p. Orneias. the Spanish con-
sui at San Francisco, Ta1ayera was
taken to that city. where he was
placed in the Trinity hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
no GIVE coLoNIAL LUNcHEoy

The Colonial Danes of America.
chapter 5. will entertain at a colonial
luncheon TO be given Saturday, Novem-
her %, at the Fairmont. This associa-
tion claims the distinction of being the
first society of women organized for
patriotic purposes. The president of
the local chapter is Mrs. George Law
Smith and the secretary is Mrs. A. j.
Rafsch
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
SAuORs LAND AT MANILA

MANILA. Nov 26.-There was gem
eral rejoicing in Manila today when
150o from the Atlantic battleship fleet
were permitted to land and came ashore
for the first time since the arrival OF
the feet Reception committees greeted
the sailors at Cavite. school children
sang at the landings and artillery
booned forth salutes as the men
stepped ashore.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
LOST HUNTER GOES INSANE

REDDING. Nov. 25.-Charles Roper
Of Talent, Ore. who was lost for 10
days in the mountains of southern
Oregon and went insane from hunger
and exposure, and escaped last Satur-
day from a searching party which had
found him the day before, is now being
held here awaiting the arrival Of his
brother.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
THEOSOPHIST LEADER
INVADES NEW ENGLAND
purple Mother" Establishes a
Branch of Reincarnation
Cult i'm Massachusetts,
Especial Dispatch to The Call

Especial Dispatch 70 Ihe CaIII
WEST NEwBURY, Mass. Nov. 25.--
Katherine Tingley, the Purple Mother"
Of Point Iona, Cal. has established a
home and branch of her theosophistical
cult here.
She has secured title TO the Joseph
Watson homestead through Miss Lucy
Bradley. herself a member of Miss
Tingleys official family at Point Iona.
Mrs. TingIey is delighted to get a
place so near her old home at New
buryport She is now in Cuba but will
come here to superintend the opening
Of the establishment.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
DESERTS FROM ARMY
TO VISIT SWEETHEART
Young Soldier Who Left Monte
rey Post Is Arrested at His
Home in Missouri
Ispecial Dispatch to The Calll J

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-. Nov. 25.-Lured
by love for his sweetheart, Miss Sarah
Carter of Garfield. Ark, H. Morris.
aged % years, deserted his post with
the United States army. Eighth fnfan-
try. at Monterey, Cal, recently and
came back to his home at Crane, Mo.
from where he visited his sweetheart
at her home. He was followed and ar
rested in Crane today. He is held in
the county jail here awaiting instruc-
tions from the war department He
Will probably he taken to Fort Leav-
enworth for court martial this week.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
WAITER is STABBED

Fred Nadine. a waiter living at 81
Steuart street, was stabbed several
times last night while visiting a resort
at 46S Pacific avenue w. s. Sheppard
was arrested shortly after Nadine was
taken to the hospital and charged with
an attempt to commit murder. Police
man James Bolan and M. w. Bigelow
arrested Sheppard.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
j. /. LEECH RESIGNS
AS PUBLIC PRINTER
s. B. Donnelly of New York
Slated to Succeed Him as
Institutions Head
Especial Dispatch to The Call

WASHINGTON. Nov. 25.-John S.
Leech. public printer. rendered his res
ignation to the president today, and it
is expected that Samuel B. Donnelly. of
New York, will succeed him. DonneIly
is member of the general arbitra-
tion board of the New York building
trades and during the campaign wrote
strong letter urging labor to support
Taft This letter was made public by
the president.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
BRUTAL cARMAN ARRESTED

Robert i. Eachns, conductor, who
treated Mrs. Elizabeth Max of the Hotel
BeryI I117 Geary Street, so roughly
Monday on his car, was arrested yester-
day by Policeman Naylor and taken to
the Mission station. He was immedi-
ately released on $40 cash bail He
will appear in Police Judge Weller's
court tomorrow morning. The name
given in the complaint was Frank
Curley.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
FATuER LoRIGAN DIES

SEATTLE. Nov. 25.=Father E. P.
Lorigan, pastor of st. Edwards church,
Whitman. died suddenly last night from
heart trouble. He expired shortly after
returning from the lecture by Father
Thomas E. Sherman of Chicago. Father
LorIEan had been here three years.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
TRIAL SET IN cARMAcK CASE

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. Col.
Duncan 3. and Robin J. Cooper and
John d. Sharp were arraigned TODAY in
the criminal court charged with the
murder Of Senator L. w. Carmacl and
their trial set for December g. The
prisoners were not allowed bail
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
SIX MEN Ron BANK

NORFOLK, Neb.. Nov 25.-Six roh-
bers dynamited the State bank of Page.
Neb. near here today, securing all the
cash in the bank, said TO be about
$4,000. and made good their escape.
While two men did the work, the others
stood guard.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
HARyARD PRoFEssoR DIES

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Nov 25.-Prof.
George A. Bartlett, for many years con-
nected with the German department of
Harvard college, died suddenly at his
home in this city today. aged 65 years.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
KING MANUEL NOT ArrAckED

PARIS. Nov. 25.-Dispatchesz received
here from Lisbon state that the report
that King Manuel Of Portugal has been
attacked by a mob in the streets OF
that city is absolutely untrue The
king left Oporto today.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26

JAPANESE MINISTER DIE1San Sebastian.
Spain. Nov. 25.-N. Angild Na1iiro, the Japa-
lese minister 70 Spain. died here today.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26

Do You Want S5.OOf
Read THE CALLS weekly offer on
page IL.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
An Art Criticism.

An illustrator, whose work for the
magazines is now generally admired,
tells story of his early days, when
his lines were not in such easy
places as they are now.
II was pretty hard up" he says,
land in the West was once obliged
to. make a living by quick paintings
at country fairs. 1 remember how,
on one occasion, I was surrounded
by a crowd gazing at my work.
was hurriedly conveying the colors
from the tubes to my palette and
from thence to the cheap stuff they
called canvas, very anxious to get the
effect desired and to be through with
the job, as I was desperately hungry.
The man nearest to me was absorbed.
Say, he finally. exclaimed, you're
clever, all right, painting two pic
lures at once Then, after pause,
he added But that one you got your
thumb through is better than the
other. Philadelphia Public Led
ger.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
Indian Etiquette.

eff you should ever go into an In
dian tepee.' said John H. Seger, "re-
member they have rules Of etiquette
that are more rigidly adhered to than
in our parlors Do not think they
are not sensitive, for they are more
so than the Japs. If you make fun
of his layout the whole family will re-
member the insult for lifetime. The
seat of honor is just opposite the
door, across the fire pit. Wait until
you are invited before you take that
seat. If you go boiling into an In
dams tepee and rush over and take
this vacant seat he may not take you
by the nape of the neck and throw
you out, but he would like to if he
thought it could be done without cut
ting off his rations.. In leaving the
tepee never pass between any one and
the fire. An old chivalric warrior
will crawl around the side of the tent
and kick a hole in the wall on the
north side in blizzard before Nhe
would violate this rule of etiquette
and pass between his guests and the
smoking embers. "-Arapahoe Bee.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
Insects and Mirrors.

In his experiments to determine
whether it is the color or the odor
of flowers that attract bees and other
insects, M. Plateau, the Belgian zoo
logist, bethought him of trying q
mirror. He selected a flower of
striking color and strong odor, and
placed it before an excellent glass
in which the reflection was perfect.
All the insects went straight to the
real flower, and not a single one APP
preached the reflection in the mirror.
Youths Companion.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
Busy Still.

What" asks the Wyoming Fri
bune, has become of the old-fash-
toned, freckle-faced boy who got the
water, chopped the wood, split the
kindling, MIXED the COWS, fed the
pigs, curried the horse and did SD ch
other chores as his parents found
for him to do?"s He's probably being
kept busy handing his lazy son mon
ey with. which to bug rolled-up troh-
sers and cigarettes. Denver Post.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28

Nerve-trying Leap Year is here,
and it behooves all unmarried men to
be on the alert as to where they go
and what they do and say. You may
talk about the bravery and holiness
of men all you want to, but women
are born with a kind Of artistically
dissembled nerve, which no man, no
matter how wide and varied his ex-
perience, can ever hope to match nor
cope with on an equal footing. They
the women-may pretend to be
timid and to hesitate when they pro-
pose, but the truth of it is they don't
mind it whit In fact they delight
exceedingly in the opportunity, while
the man to whom the proposal is
made, If he be not possessed Of ex-
traordinary nerve power, will ex-
perience all the agony Of one forced
to stand barefoot on q red hot stove,
or to have molten lead poured down
his back.
How TO refuse the girl is prob
lem that has racked many a brain
during Leap Year. Few men know
the secret. The result has been that
many have said, Eyes, when they
meant no. simply because they did
not have the nerve to say mo" And
disaster rampant has been the out
come.
There can be no doubt that Leap
Year is the most trying of all other
years on the unmarried man. 1t is
the time when he needs to call into
force all the courage and fortitude
he possesses. There is no task that
man has to perform so very torturing
to the nerves as to say mo- to a
pretty girl when she has proposed.
The probabilities are, of course, that
you must say moor at least that
you must try to say no." Therefore
it behooves every man to learn how
to say mo-" or otherwise this year
there will be crop of marriages,
that man nor nature never intended
with all the resultant harvest of ca
lamity and woe.
Timid Must Not Hesitate.
Courage and firmness are the first
requisites. For the courageous man
in full possession of all his faculties,
it might do to hesitate and evade the
question, and thus delay the matter
until Leap Year is over. But for the
timid man such rule will never ap-
ply. He must come right out and
say mo-" without any hesitancy at
alla. Don't wait a second, or your
courage may fail Don't think at all
Just say no, " and then jump out OF
the window or by other means get
away from the scene as quickly as
possible and leave the town. &c
somewhere else, begin life all over
again, and make it a rule to take
a years vacation every Leap Year
thereafter and spend the time al
some hunting resort or mining camp
where no females can be found.
For the courageous man, the man
who has nearly as much nerve as
a woman, a different policy may be
pursued. If the girl is not too per-
sistent-if she live somewhere else
than in Boston or the Twin Cities
or Chicago-he may be able to avoid
the marriage and at the same time
not come right out and say mo
No better direction can be given to
this man than to employ the tactics
used by women. Say II will be, q
BROTHER or "this is so sudden" OIL
better still, tell the girl that you had
intended proposing yourself, that you
object to Leap Year proposals and
ask her to wait until next year when
you will have another chance to pro-
pose. Tell her anything. Don't mind
a little white lie; resort to any kind
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
DeposIts shouId Be Insured.


Captain Park is firm believer in
the feature of insurance Of deposits.
Discussing the subject he says IL
part;
This Is a novel subject but recent
events make its discussion pertincht
and appropriate. # Georgia should BE-.
gin a system Of insurance on deposits
it would be wisely taking the lead IL
reform, which all honest people will
concede to be desirable. Our great
commonwealth should enact a fair and
just law which would be of rare value
to the state, to its banks and to its cit
liens who are depositors."
More Atlanta Repositories.
The state treasurer recommends an
increase IN the number Of state depo-
STORIES in Atlanta because Of the emer-
gency created when the bulk Of the
taxes come in about December goth.
With only two repositories here he
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28

A railroad thatsl IS wei trained ought
20 make money
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08

Wise advice but rot easily followed in Richard
MOODS changed with surprising quckness At one
moment recalling some dream of his love at the next
cumstance Of the e'a day =
his feet a wild about him
None answered him. and his withering gaze Iet
'Ye have the look OF that man" he cried with
savage laugh, then: "Te divil what wine did
-rascais that you were-damned rascais. I'll teach
something Draw upon me. say, draw upon me
And swiftly from the word he passed to the deed.
Now he a trembling hand for his sword
and would have drawn it. No one had anticipated this
thought OF what might justly follow jest
an snrosr as rTe old bonse had rarely known before.
Lackeys running with lanterns: great danes inn
plored their cavaliers to them young girls turned
there the that the king was coming
Verify It needed TO that Richard Escomoe
vas ruined irrevocably and that no human agency
The king. the king. Make FOR the kins."
In hushed whispers men. and women too uttered
words and drew aside with curious longing to
and hear all that was done and spoken When MS
Richard Escombe drinking goblet Of water
OF those who put shame upon Churchill and
Mr cunninghame alone had the courage 70 remain. am
treadine Georges heels and whispering
still his counseis Of arrest
castle upon any plea whatever As general OF the
stan feel it my bring this to your snoWl-
edge Your Majesty viii be the judge of Sir Richard
7 shan be the judge said the king He spoke
quietly with a meaning lord failed alto
g>ther perceive y shall be the Judge Take me to
the place
And he burst in upon them-end there is Sir
Richard standing With pale face and unsteady hand
and there willoughbT looking white and
frightened while IL tic shadows are craned
necks and vice the simmer Of Jewels ana the
black of the crimson OF cheeks which owe
little TO nature v-het moment for EscoInbe what
hour OF jesting fortune
There is the man" cried Harbornc n1sgnfncently.
The king nodded his head.
Sir Richard Escombet" he cried
Your masesty"
nurmur Of astonishment rippled round through
wide ring or faces. What miracle had happened,
them Was this the report had made a drunkard
and insane? Behold stands upright befcre them ALL
his face is ghasty pale but has returned TO him.
and with reason, dignity.
Your majesty he repeats.
The king advanced another step and put question
With whom did you ride into London Sir Richard?"
With Lord Harbornes friends-Mr. Cockraine and
Mr.. Ausgrove, sir"
And after THAR But perceive you have been
drinking, Sir Richard. Was that with my lord aiso?
"A health TO your majesty on glass OF wine-but
upon my honor. There's been that between sir
which wine may well blot out drank reconciiia
tion-but glass, upon honor
"Ahr cried the king. in strange tone The expec-
fancy OF those about stretched As bow
This ruined man. how well he carried himself And
the kings anger-they waited for that to fall Ny
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08

his own summons been fiction. He had for Rich
Kingdoms, that he might come to London and
there settle wager between his majesty and the duke
bred and that which It had had not done upon New
A kings messenger riding headlong arrived at
Windsor 10 minutes after Sir Dick had Quilted the
Intentions had been made known by other means
that Escombe had indeed gone to London
merely turned his horse about and went he had
Els task was accomplished and making douoly
sure by inquiries at the inns ne arrived at ssns,n Al
pears worthy George had doubt about the
had been sent for And lucky for him that he came
for this was not king to be trined with
follows naturally enough At Northunlberand nous.
his majesty heard Harborne very patiently but with
ttletatte he had aversion which was not to be dis
degning to inform him OF tho truth he went hinseiI
EscoInbe- In what condition he found hinn-a
but weak and aiing-you have already heard
Indeed. nnd that the king sent message presently
excusfnx until morning, that a
great revusion of feeling attending tbs discovery OF
the royal favor. stancn enrs se ma,
with strict instructions to garrulous landady that
following and by means neglect to report him
self to his majesty.
morning Dick opened his after heavy night
Of sleep and hence ne went to 6ne paase IN an
somewhat astonfshed ind the king surly beyond
which Sir Richard understood but III interview
read OF the briefest-George asked many ques
tion upon discipline among his guards. and
nnay dismissed the aronted captain almost though
he had bee place hunter who had obtained admis-
sion to the palace by Escombe knew the king
we'll and this treatment did not overmuch deprcss
him A believer the old proverb concerning a
princes had hoped little from the Cuelphs
perhaps desired little and when his majesty.
parting commanded him not to leave London until
he ordered to do. the words we're no surprise
..rTfs o beiabor the guards he said himself.
.perhaps TO speak the great review Well London
Is as good other place and better while Kitty IL
in It, This day will go her and tell her the
she may have heard what happened to yesterday
no pleasant tale others would tell It. I'd be
than g naadrnan did I go her at once"
Here proper resolution, beyond all question
but IT which makes much clear to No shadow
of e doubt remain concerning Sir Dicks
knowledge want of knowledge Of the supreme mis-
fortune which happened to him yesterday WY, he
was ignorant Kitty had been the assembly
and although dim recollection of dark hour
hovered in his mind, what the of had been
he knew no than the dead. In this Ignorance.
however he not long to dwell. Little Ensign VIII
loughby him the very threshold OF the palace
FOR that nne boy had now become gentleman one
of the princes taking the captain aside to his
room hs begged for brief hearing.
you know she has left London. Sir Richard. .
he began-for could Ensign Wfiloughby hold his
tongue
Diak stared At htn IN wendsE
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08

lord. surely. had known hour of triumph so
precious him
An said the king. in strange tone-he was look
ing Harborne closely who meditates a
possbility-but single glass health? That is
very proper account give 1t is also little per-
picking. sir Richard But glass
He walked toward the little table set toward the
pavilion door and held up decanter from which the
wine had been poured.
the flask, Sir Richard?'
TT IS, your majesty.
"Ah Then my lord Shall drink to me also. What
more right and proper than that? Come, my lord,
health to his majesty will that?'
He poured glass of the burgundy and offered
it to the amazed noblenan They that Harbornes 5
face study the painters. And, mind men
and women TOO read kings ceverncss in fash
OF merry light All. this far seeing old soldier,
George--he knew he knew
Come. my lord. Do you hesitate? A health to mes
say that not willlng?@
drunk toast already. majesty
And will drink again at cornmand-that, sir.
or an alternative will before this
soldier spoke nova king to those who must
The about though this were
the crisis Of an the playhouse the nnal
every limb Lord what trap be for hilni
The wne-it seemed him the glfttering
of naiSchisvous What could he do; what answer
make king who knew
of wine my health, must tho alternative
Harborne lifted glass and drank it slowly. The
drug ran like an opiate his veins. and
nothing moment all waiting in breathless
the company Then rseling he lost his balance and
fell an nanmate thing at the kings feet
cried his majesty And then, raising his voice
so that all might hear. he said:
ard Escombe to- London see that he has not been
fairly treated. Churchill command apartment
be prepared for him. viii hear Sir Richard in
the morning.