davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09

stick in couple of shells in case we
Old Man Carmody. put a stopper on
that by declaring that the team
wouldn't stand for shooting from the
wagon, and so We coaXed Wilbur to
keep his artillery under cover until
later.
We arrived at the house and Wilbur
was introduced all around and we had
an elegant supper waiting for us. We
showed our prospective member the
gun-racks, the mounted ducks, jack
snipe, woodcock, ruffed grouse, prairie
chickens and other specimens in the
front room, which was our show
room," and then we got together in
the sitting-room for another session of
''cinch." Well, sir, this here Wilbur
was lucky devil at "cinch." Seems
as if he got the cards, and he knew
how to play 'em. He kept winning
| steady, and by and by after he was
about three dollars ahead Buck
Swearingen went out doors and after
padding around in the light snow that
| lay on the ground, he comes in kind OF
sly and says: "Whered l put my
| gum"
This Wilbur fellow he'd just won a
| game, and big Jack" was shufiling
the cards, and Jack" speaks up and
says: What's up; is that old owl out
there, 'Buck?"
mo" says Buck" "but I saw a
rabbit running around in the orchard,
and thought I'd run in and nail him.
l win the five if l get him, don't I?''
"Oh, no." says big jack" that's
for fair start in the morning, every
fellow in the timber and the dogs
loose. Go ahead and get him, though.
Hold or, though" says Jack" as a
thought seemed to strike him, what S
the matter with our new member TAX
ing first crack at him?"
"All right" says Buck" well both
CO." So Buck" and this Wilbur boy
they snakes their breech-loaders out
of the cases and out they put
for the rabbit. big Jack" ducks out
of the side door and In under the
kitchen and away goes the rabbit.
There he goes" whispers Buck.
as the rabbit sails away as slick as a
cash basket, and goes down the hill
Give it to him, soak him"
So this Wilbur fellow ups with his
/ gun and aims for the rabbit, and
then he drops his gun and takes a
peek, and then he raises his gun, and
still he don't shoot.
Shoot, shoot" says Buck" hell
get clear away If you don't hurry,
4 What ye waitin' for?" says Buck"
I'm waitin' for some one to turn
the power off, says this here Wilbur
fellow. Il amt shootin' any mechan'
ical rabbits unless l get q crack al
'em settin'"
And big Jack" paid for that supper
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
AWED BY THE CROSS
SAVAGE INDIANS RESPECTED
SYMBOL OF CHRISTIANITY.
crucifx on Breast of Young irishman
Who Fell with Custer Was Means
of Saving Body from
MutiIation.

The following story of the Custer
battle-ground was told to the writer by
one who received it from an eye-wit-
ness of the scene described-a witness
who, indeed. had fatal interest in the
field. since he himself had lost his IA
ther in that last heroic stand of Custer
and his men.
Among the soldiers who were en-
gagged in fighting the Indians, in the
campaign of which the Custer episode
forms a part, were two young Irish.
men who had been in the Papal Guard
at Rome. Before they left for America,
the pope had given them his blessing
and presented each of them with
gold crucifix upon which the mystic
bencfccnce of his prayers had iallen.
One of these young men was with
Custer when the general and all his
followers went down before the fero'
ciOus onslaughts of the Indians. The
other was with the company which
was the first to arrive upon the field.
The scene of the battle was indie
scribably horrible. The CHASTITY nude
bodies of the dead lay about in man.
ner to sicken the soul. They had been
stripped, scalped and mutilated &C
cording to the custom of the savages.
The young Irishman wandered hope
lessly about in this fearful charnel
place in despair of finding his friend.
All at once he discovered a body
neither scalped nor stripped. but with
it's limbs decently composed as If by
a kindly hand. He recognized it as
that of his comrade. On the quiet
breast lay the gold crucitix of the
pope, attached to the slender chain
on which it had always been worn.
The squaws engaged in stripping
the bodies had discovered the holy
emblem hung about the young mans
1eck, and awed at the sight of it, had
Seared to wreak their usual horrors
upon him. They had Strengthened
ais limbs and left him without the dis
figuring marks of the tomahawk.
The friend of the dead man took the
crucifix and a lock of his comrades
hair and sent them to the young mar
tyrs mother ip Ireland.
1t was said by those who looked on
that the Indians who spared the
corpse because of the crucifiX must
have been those who had come under
the training of the famous Father De
Smet, since he had given the savages
among whom he worked such deep,
though ignorant, reverence for the
cross, that they would never dare to
maltreat body on which it was found.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
Only a Square Deal.

How much of the money which Is
sent away to the catalogue house.
ever returns to the community from
which it is sent? How much of the
money spent with the home merchants
goes to build up other places? Who
helps pay the taxes, build roads anC
bridges, erect churches and school
houses, fosters and encourages public
improvements, buys farm produce
carries names Of the needy on the
debit side of the books the yea,
around, and is willing and eager a.
all times to assist them by credit o,
money, if they may need 1t? Is it the
catalogue house or the local mer
chant? The local merchant? Their
why not give him the opportunity to
figure on that cash order" perhaps
you are about to buy. He can fill it
freight included, as cheaply, and II
some instances much less, than the
catalogue fellows will charge. Stanc
I'D for home trade. Dollars sent away
for goods never return, but help builc
up the large cities and big catalogut
houses which are not only trying tt
squeeze the life out of the country
towns, but are selling goods not one
cent cheaper than local dealers from
whom the people expect credit when
ever they need 1t.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09

The United States census bureau
has issued a report showing that the
total amount of cotton in the United
States ginned from the growth of 1907
to January 16 was 10,337 ,607 bales as
compared with 12,176,199 bales for the
same period last year and 9,9SS,634
bales for the same period in 1906. The
total number of active ginneries was
27,370. In this bulletin round bales are
counted as half bales. The number Of
round bales included is 1852 for
1908, 25S,717 for 1907 and 27O,669 for
1906. Sea island included SO,187 for
1908, 56,326 for 1907 and 1O4,71O for
1906. There were ginned 1851, sos
bales to January 1, 1908.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
PURCHASED EXPERIENCE.
Dealing Away from Home Causes Un-
necessary Expense and Annoyance.

One peculiar phase Of human nature
is shown by how some people will
jump in and buy goods without see
ing what they are getting. Not long
ago a man out in western state, who
had made a few thousand by farming,
decided to build a new house in his
home town. He was a tight-fisted
pinch-the-penny kind of fellow, and
decided that he would buy all he could
in the way of fixings from the mAil-or.
der houses. He had the local plumb
er do the lead-piping and a lot of
work that the mailorder people
couldn't do, then ordered his bath-tub
and toilet fiXings from a mail order
concern. He priced the tubs in the
local house, then decided that he could
save two or three dollars. lie got
his tub and his stand from abroad
Both came without fixtures. There
was a lot of trouble over freight and
when the tub was put in place il was
found that nothing in the town could
be had to fit it. Faucets, valves, etc.
were ordered from the house that sup
piled the tub. When thcy came it
was found they were the wrong size
They were sent back, and another LOT
sent. Then even the local plumDa!
had to work two or three days extra
to get things in shape. When the iol
was completed, it was found that the
cost was some SIS more than the
home man offered to do all the work
and supply the equipment This is
only one Illustration of how money
can be saved by ordering from q
house at a distance.
Some who order from the retail
mail-order houses get a taste of tho
real thing. A young man in Ne
braska town sent 65 cents to one ot
the concerns for a buggy whip. i
was represented as cheap at twice the
price. In a week or so he got it by
express, charges only IS cents. 1t wa!
done up in a package that the com
pany didn't charge for but when ex
amined, the young man found tha
the same whip could be had of hi
home storekeeper for 80 cents. There
was cents money order and postage
70 cents eXpressage and G5 cents fol
the whip, making total of $1.45, no
counting the trouble Of ordering-al
this for whip that could be had foI
one-third the amount at home.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
OHIO STATE NEWS
Latest Happenings of Interest Prepared for Our
Readers.
SAFETY RAZoRS
Figure n Ex-Fire MarshaI's Accounts
Books Reported Missing.

Columbus, O.-MissiHg books retard-
cd the work of the Howe committee.
when. 20 the surprise Of all but the
members of the investigating body, the
offices of the treasurer and auditor
suddenly We're given rest. and the
state FIRE marshal's Office, under the
administration of Hy ID. Davis, was
placed on the gridiron. It was at
tempted to show that supplies for the
office had been paid for and neve.'
delivered in the years 1904-5. State
Fire Marshal Creamer showed thai
Marshal Davis paid out more money
for these things in one year than he
did in two Besides this, safety ra-
Eors. costing $5 each, were noticed as
items in bills paid. According 10 one
of the Witnesses, deputy marshals bor-
rowcd money from him in chunks not
less than $40, finding it convenient TO
make the touches" becaus" he sold
supplies to the office.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
schooIteacher'a Long Walk.

East Liverpool, O.-After she had
wandered for two days and two nights.
foodless and thinly clad, through snow
and rain, over muddy roads, and
through woodlands, Miss Emma Pals
ley, of Augusta, Carroll county for
whom citizens of two counties have
been searching, was found near Elk
ton, too dazed to talk and barely abls
to walk She had wandered 80 miles
from her home. She said she was OH
her way to the home Of her grand
father, at Newhouse, near Elkton. 1t
is thought that her mind is affected.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09

$50 for something that could take
in veteran sport" And every win
ter, after the shooting had closed and
the boys had lots of idle time on their
= hands. Big Jack" always was work
ing on some racket that was calcu-
lated to cover some hunter with con-
fusion and cause him to set up guam
titles of cigars, or buy a supper for
the members Of the club.
And so this particular winter Jack"
had fixed up the slickest scheme you
ever heard of. The clubs headquar-
ters were at a farmhouse about a
quarter of q mile from the lake, and
we used to go out there as soon as
there was a good snow on the ground
and take some beagles along and
shake the country up for rabbits. Back
of the sitting-room of the farmhouse
was the kitchen, and it was built high
up from the ground and boarded un-
derneath. Back of the kitchen was
the orchard, and 1t was on a side
hill, with the trees pretty low to the
ground: an old orchard pretty we'll
gone to seed.
big Jack" who was clever me-
chanic, and an electrician besides,
went out there and built a little trolley
track in the orchard that ran up
and down hill and around among the
trees, and that worked as slick as one
of these little tracks that they use to
send cash back and forth on in the big
stores Well, sir, he next shot a
rabbit and got it mounted all stretched
out, and then he fixes the rabbit on
the track and gets the wires and pull
1eys arranged so that he could keep
the rabbit on a steady swing around
this track, up and down, in and out,
by sitting under the kitchen and work
ing the dirgus from down there.
Well, say, now! Didn't that tame
some of the real wise" boys?
guess yes! Every Saturday night when
we'd go out to the lake we'd take
some hunter along, and after the boys
would get to playing "cinch" in the
sitting-room, some fellow would come
Ill SOIL vi SAClISO soy " ASiS 81
my gum" and commence to tumble
around the gun rack. The fellows who
were in the deal would say: What do
you want with your gum"
Then the Nimrod would say:
"There's a rabbit out in the orchard"
BY q little smooth work we could
generally get the new arrival to dig
out into the night with the fell intent
of destroying the rabbit; and If he
was real hunter, even he would usu-
ally take a couple of shots at the
trolley rabbit before he would catch
on" to tho joke. But If he was a
green hand he would stand there and
bang away for a dozen shots. The
boys always went along and fed shells
to him and encouraged him to shoot,
and after he had finally "tumbled" to
the. hoax, it was worth a supper next
week in town.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
Time to Pick Up Baruain Curios.

Foreigners in Japan find a great op-
portunity to purchase curios at the be-
ginning of each new year. Every one
in Japan is expected to clear up his
books and pay his debts by the last
day of the old year. The tradesmen
send in their yards-more often miles
of bills to the honorable lady of
the house." and presents are politely
exchanged all around. Shopkeepers
hold bargain sales to enable them to
pay the wholesale houses, and if a
man cannot raise sufficient money to
pay his creditors it is not an uncom-
mon thing for him to sell off sufficient
or even all of his property at a sacri-
flee to enable him to meet the new
year with a smiling face. The only
other honorable way out of his diff
culties is for him to commit suicide.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09

One time we got word nom lack"
that he had a fresh victim in tow
who would be on hand the next Sat
urday night at the depot, and for us
all to be sure to come down and meet
Wilbur. This Wilbur was simply sag
ging in his side-pockets with money.
and it was figured that he would do
the handsome thing by the boys when
we gave him an interview with our
rabbit. So a full attendance was there
at the depot, and we had our four
beagles along to give the meet the
appearance of the genuine thing. Will
bur was there all right. and he
seemed to be the most promising thing
in the way of "tenderfoot" that had
been sprung in long time.
He was just breaking into the shoot
ing game, and Big Jack" was helping
him out and lending him books and
going out shooting clay pigeons with
him, and had put up his name tor
membership, and we all gave him the
glad hand" and prepared to hand
it to him plenty when we got out to
the lake.
All the way out We sat in the
Smoker" and this Wilbur won about
a dollar and so cents playing "cinch''
with three of us. He was green
enough hunting, but he seemed to
know how to play "cinch" all right
We talked lot about the rabbit shoot.
ing around the lake, but we didn't tip
off our game by any remarks about
rabbits in the orchard. Then big
Jack says: Wen make up purse OF
five dollars for the fellow that gets
the first rabbit" and everyone agreed
to it and Clipped in so cents apiece.
When we got to the station Old Man
Carmody met us, and when we asked
him about rabbits the old man says:
"Slathers of 'em. | see 'em playin
round the yard on moonlight nights
and they're gnawin' at the old cab
bages left in the garden an chasin
each other in the orchard. You'll
have fine sport tomorrow; there
hasn't been a gun fired at 'em yet.
Well, of course this was a grand
steer" for Wilbur, and gave him an
idea that there were rabbits by the
million in the country and he wanted
TO get his gun out OF the case and
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
Wooster Raises $375,ooo.

Wooster O.-Announcemcnt was
made by the trustees of the Univcr-
sity of Wooster that the efforts of the
past year to secure 100000 for the
college had been successful. One
year ago John d. Rockefeller offered
the institution Sl25,00O upon the con-
dition that an additional $375,OOO be
raised by the trustees. With the eX-
ception of $4,000 donated by L. H.
Severance, of Cleveland the sum was
raised by small gifts from all parts
OF the country.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
Town DeIuged BY Cloudburst.

Aberdeen, O.-Enormous damage
was done here when a cloudburst oc-
cured above the high hills back OF
the town. A flood of water rushed
down through the town and swept
tnrough homes to depth of one foot.
Tons of earth and rock were trans
ferred from the hills to the town, and
it will take months to place the
streets in repair. Cattle, hogs and
chickens were swept down a creek
into the Ohio river. Many barns We're
destroyed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
COL. w. L. CURRY NAMED
AS Beneficiary of the Woodburn Bill,
Passed BY the Senate.

Columbus. O.-Col. w. L. Curry,
be the beneficiary of the Woodburn
bill passed by the senate
The measure reorganizes his depart
ment and gives it added duties, but his
nomination for the place will soon fol-
his salary will be increased from
81 500 to $4,000 per annum.
There was no opposition to the BILL
as many of the senators did not fully
understand its purport, and there was
a movement to have it reconsidered.
but none Of the objectors had the
nerve to stand for another :est vote.
and the matter dropped.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
COUNTIES BARRED
From Collecting Interest on Cash in
Banks Since 1893, Says Judge.

Lima, O.-Judge Mathers, in common
pleas court, held that counties IN Ohio
shall not collect interest on money de.
pOsited by lreasurers with banks he.
yond 1898. The prosecutor sued all
leading banks in Allen county for in
terest on money held by them for the
county during the last 20 years.
Judge Mathcrs says the county has
no right of action beyond the passage
of the legislative act authorizing such
suits, but that the banks are liable for
interest at per cent for all county
moneys they have held since then.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
all Out To a Man.

Wcllstop, O.-The suspension Of the
coal mines in this field is complete.
The 1900 miners employed in this
county are out to man. Reports
from the local union in this district
are all favorable, and the fund in the
treasury exceeds that of two years
ago. Several companies mining coal
for their own consumntion have asked
PERMISSION to sign the scale and pro-
coed. 1t is expected that the national
board will grant permission.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
Widely Different Varieties.

'ls it a good idea to make speech
whenever you get chance?" said the
young man who is learning the states.
manship business.
at depends" answered Senator Sor,
ghum. "on whether your speech is tho
kind that shows your constituents how
much do you know or how much you
don't"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
Ohio River. Flood.

Cincinnati.-The Ohio river reach
ed a 55,7-foot stage here, and after re-
naming stationary for several hours,
began TO recedc. The present rise
crippled river traffic. as the large
steamers were unable to pass under
the bridges. The Grand Central de-
pot was abandoned by all roads. The
suffering has been intense. At vari-
Gus places along the river houses have
been inundated and considerable dam
age reported.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
Divorced, He Cries For Joy.

Hamilton, O.-When Judge Gard
granted a decree of divorce to Jacob
Wittenbeck from Belle Crist W!tten-
beck, Wittenbeck could not control his
joy. Leaping to his feet he cried
I'm free! I'm free!" Judge Gard
asked him if he intended to marry
again. Climbing into the witness
stand Wittenbeck said: "No woman
not were she gold and silver and
diamonds. You can't tell them l got
enough learned some things"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
Will Adjourn April II,

Columbus, O.-Republicans of the
house have decided to adjourn actual
business of the present session April
II. The Adler resolution calling for
adjournment April 12 was amended to
read April II, but that the house re
assemble April 81.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
Einf;t Months in Prison.

Norwalk, O.-Mrs. Martha J. Camp
bell of Steuben, the aged Sunday
school superintendent and w. C. T. U.
leader convicted few weeks ago of
aiding and abetting an arson for the
purpose of prejudicing the insurance
On dwelling" was sentenced TO
serve eight months in the peniten-
,iary and to pay the costs of prosecu-
tion
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
EXON GRATED
OF Immoral Conduct Prof. Humphrey
Will Be in Committees Report.

Columbus, O.-Prof. G. p. Humphrey.
superintendent of the public schools
at Ironton, and a member of the state
board Of examiners for teachers GER
tificates, will be exonerated of the
charges of immoral conduct made
against him by Mrs. Mary B. Dol
linger, in the report to be made by
the committee from the general as
sembly that recently investigated al
legged irregularities in the school sys-
TEN Of the state. This was practi-
cally decided upon at the first meet
ing of the committee since the final
session was held a couple of weeks
ago. The committee agreed that the
evidence offered against Humphrey
vas not sufficient to sustain tha
charges.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
Not That Kind.

A young woman in Philadelphia but
recently married, was enjoying the de-
lightful novelty of marketing one
morning shortly after the termina,
ton of the honeymoon. I.
Il wish to get some butter, please II
said she to the dealer.
Roll butter, num-" asked the man.
NO. promptly replied his custom.
er; I'VE wish to eat it on toast. MY
husband doesn't care for rolls. s."-Har.
ner's Weekly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
Fire Drill Passes House,

Columbus, O.-The house passed
the bill by Representative Geo. Reed,
which provides for compulsory fire
drill in schools. The bill as amended
requires that weekly instructions be
given the pupils to familiarize them
with he dangers of fire, etc.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
Rohhed the Mails.

Piqua, O.-Harry Hance and Joseph
Jones are being held here for the fed
sral authorities, charged with robbing
the mails. Hance drove a mail wagon
and. it is charged that, with Jones, he
pifered valuable letters. Marked bills
were used to trap them.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
neath nf WelI KNOWN CitIzen.

Cincinnati.-Perin Langdon, Sc. of
this city, managing head of the Lang
don branch of the National Biscuit
Co., died in his home, after an illness
Of eight weeks. Death was due to
complications following an attack OF
pneumonia.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09

In the course of a paper before the
French Academy of Medicine Prof
Grimbert recently stated that the Cen
tral pharmacy, which dispenses sup
plies to the public institutions in Paris
and the department of the Seine, an
nually furnished 10000 leeches for use
in the ospitals.-Medical Record.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-09
Hearing For Hunt Bill.

Columbus, O.-Chairman Crawford.
of the committee on railroads of the
house of representatives, said that the
bill of Senator Hunt to compe2 sleep
ing car companies to keep the upper
berth closed when only the lower berth
is sold, would be given hearing on
ADrii S,