davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22
SEALING FREIGHT CARS.
New York Central Lines Trying a New
Guard Against Thieves.

Guard Against Thieves.
A new way of sealing freight cars is
being tried out on the New York Central
lines between New York and Buffalo.
Up to a few years ago the annual loss
by freight rObberies on this division ap-
proximated 100000 This loss has been
cut down materially by a system of pa
troll organized by William A. Humphrey,
chief of the railroad police of the divi-
sion.
Every one who has visited a freight
yard remembers the device of twisted
wire with lead seal that was supposed
to protect the doors of loaded freight
cars. 1t was simple matter for thieves
to untwist the wires, rob a freight car
on siding and then clamp the lead seal
back in place again.
When this was done the robbery re-
manned undetected until the car had
reached it's destination. Then it was
impossible to say where or when the
loot1ng was done.
The new scheme does not have for its
object the greater security of the car
doors themselves. A complicated device
lock is impracticable, since it is neces-
sary to arrange it so that the car doors
may be opened quickly and without a
key. The new seal aims rather to make
certain the detection of any tampering
WIFI car OH the HfSC Inspection dItef
the time of the robbery.
The lock itself is simpie-merely pin
through a staple and hasp. very like the
ordinary barn door sort. The difference
lies in this, that the pin drops down into
a slot where it is secured. in place by a
pasteboard car seal. The pin cannot be
withdrawn without the removal and
practical destruction of the card.
1t follows that the first inspection will
kl4k
with and that it will be easy to figure at
what point or between what points the
robbery was accomplished. When this is
known, the railroad detectives say, it is
comparatively easy to catch the thieves.
The card seals are so large that their
absence may be easily noted by man
beside the tracks when a train is in
motion. 1t is believed that the impossi-
bility of opening ear without the break
being detected at the next station if not
before will in itself prevent large pro-
portion Of the pilfering.-New York Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22
Through the Storm
SeczSScoS1eSSsSSsSss

The final rupture came two years
after their marriage. Emily in re-
bellious anger told her husband that
she would no longer live in the same
house with his mother. you must
choose between us" she said, her splen-
did voice vibrating with all the I'M
leashed emotion of her being, yet with
no faltering in it. "If she stays,
60"
Stephen Fair, harassed and bewil-
dered, was angry with the relentless
anger of a patient man, reused at
last.
Go, Them he said, sternly. I'll
never turn my mother from my door
for any woman's whim.'
! The stormy red went out of EN-
ily's face, leaving it like marble
mask.
You mean that?" she said, calmly.
Think we'll. If l go, / shall never
return"
81 do mean it." said Shephen.
Leave my house if you will, If you
hold your marriage VOW so lightly.
When your senses return you are well
come to come back to me. I will never
ask you to-
Without another word Emily turned
away. That night she went back to
John and Amelia. They, on their part,
welcomed her back gladly, believing
her to be a wronged and ill-used WON
an They hated Stephen Fair with a
new and personal rancor The one
thing they could have hardly forgiven
Emily would have been the fact of her
relenting toward him.
| But she did not relent. In her soul
she knew that, with all her just griev'
ances, she had been in the wrong, and
for that she could not forgive him!
Two years after she had left
| Stephen Mrs. Fair died, and his wild
owed sister went to keep house for
him. If he thought of Emily, he made
no sign. Stephen Fair never broke a
word once passed.
And now Stephen was ill. The
strange woman felt certain pride in
her own fiexibility because the fact
did not affect her. She told herself
that she could not have felt more I'M
concerned had he been the merest
stranger. Nevertheless, she waited
and watched for John Phillips home
coming.
At 10 o'clock she heard his voice in
tee kitchen. She leaned out of the
bed and pulled open the door. She
heard voices below, but could not dis
tinguish the words, so she rose an
went noiselessly out into the hall,
knelt down by the stair railing and
listened. The door Of the kitchen was
open below her and a narrow shaft of
light struck on her white, intent face.
She looked like woman waiting for
the decree of doom.
At first John and Amelia talked of
trivial matters. Then the latter said,
abruptly, did you ever hear how
Stephen Fair WASP"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22
An Immigrant Girls Prize Essay.

More than seven hundred pupils COM
peted in a prize essay contest in the
Baron de Hirsch school at Jefferson
street and East Broadway New York,
and the award was won by Pauline
Garb, ffteen-year-old girl who landed
from Russia only nine months ago total
ly ignorant of the English language. The
subject of her essay was America
and here is what she wrote:
America! How beautiful this name used
to sound to me when / was in Russia, at
the time of the revolution, at the time
in the tight for the rights of mankind, at
the time when you could seldom see happy
smiling faces.
At that time l began to dream about
America / thought of it day and night
Even in my sleep l saw this wonderful
country.
A long time has passed since then. Now
am here in this bright land of day. The
more 1 think of America now the more
see that what dreamed before was true
America is a wonderful country coun
try where the bells of freedom and liberty
were first heard by the people,. a country
where every. person enjoys his freedom
and opportunities-in short, country where
every man in the world can find his fortune
seem to appreciate their fatherland. Very
little they know about other countries, from
Wnere their ancestors came and where they
struggled str asson so much But this fact we can
not assert about immigrants. No matter
how long they will be in the land of free
dom they will always appreciate it, be-
cause they can never forget the grievances
and sorrows which made them come to
Such people do not remain foreigners
Ihey try. to make this country their father
land and help to maintain it's greatness
among the civilized nations in the world
The essay is interesting for the point
OF view. 1t is most interesting, however
for the facility of expression which il
of the fact that it was written by one
to whom only three-quarters of a year
ago English was an unknown tongue.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22
MIGHT OF THE MITE.

Sing a song of microbes,
Lurking everywhere;
Swimming in the water,
Sailing through the air;
Buried in the cellar,
Clinging to your clothes,
Sticking to your fingers,
Creeping up your nose;
Mixed in all the sauces,
Stirred in every cake,
Swallowed with the pastry
Hence the stOmachache;
Boiling in the soup pot,
Baking in the bread,
Prancing on a thread;
Billions on banknote,
Millions on cent,
Trillions on the greenbacks
Used to pay your rent;
cancer on sunbeam,
PhthiSiS on a mote,
Forty thousand ailments
GallOp down your throat.
Read the daily paper,
If you have doubt,
Microbes as they caper
Spread the seeds of govt,
Propagate the fever,
Make you have the hives,
Mark your face with freckles,
Kill a cats nine lives;
Give us ear and toOthache,
Give a horse the heaves,
Roup and pip to chickens,
ToughnesS to the beeves.
Microbes cause the earthquake,
Raise the storm at sea,
Raise the dreadful cyclone,
"Skeeter" and the flea;
Start the Wall Street panic,
Cause the summer frost,
Make the stylish bonnets,
Make the price they cost;
Cause the family quarrel,
Cause the auto smell,
Give the chauffeur awful nerve,
Give the people-well
Microbes may be vicious,
Still, they like their fun;
Got into a rhymster,
See what they have done.
Fl. J. Kellogg, in New York Time
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22
Saved the Situation,

She raised her head from his shoulder
for a moment.
do you believe that exercise and To-
tions and toilet preparations will i'm
prove a woman's looks?" she asked.
He pressed her blond curls back upon
his chest.
''They couldn't improve the looks of
some women" he said.
''Whose?' she asked.
''Well. yours and Violet Cochrane's,
for instance" he replied thoughtlessly.
II don't understand you," she said,
raising her head for the second time
and chilling him with look. ''We are
not at all alike"
Il mean," he replied, turning her
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22

easily, it was found to be made fast to
something. Recourse was had to the
steam capstan, and by, its means the
wire was pulled up, when the end of
it was found to be securely hitched
round the screw OF a motor boat. The
name was undercipherable. The engines
pear to have been down so very long.
She has evidently been sunk in a COLI
sion and was very badly holed on the
starboard side The engines were made
by Brookes of Lowestoft, and were
eventually transferred to the customs
house at Portland for custody pending
nouiries.-Strand Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22

head for the second time, and thinking
quickly, ''that your looks couldn't be
improved, because they are perfect as
they are, and that hers couldn't be i'm
proved because no amount Of work could
make her pretty"
And the freight nickered knowingly
as she sighed a great sigh of content
ment and relief, while he drew a deep
breath-Tit-BitS
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22

horse and rider upon which depends the success and
the life, of the performer.
The the trapeze is not at all disturbed at be-
ing high In the air; the higher up he is the more
security he feels that in of accident he will have
time enough instinctvey to twist his body into the
right position for falling into the net What worries
him most is the fear of unsuspected weakness in
his apparatus.
The animal trainer is afraid of accidental
scratch from good-natured but blood poisoning
than Of any actual conflict with angry animal;
than that he has real affection for his animals and
dislikes the stern necessity of furnishing them The
very clown is not much pleased by the laughter of
his audience disturbed by the thought that quite
fails appreciate the time and he has expended
working out the details of his humorous contribution
The Atlantic
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22
HOW TO SOLVE THE INDIAN PROBLEM.
By Brig. Gen. K. d. Pratt

BY BrIg. Gen. K. ID. Pratt.
- For a number of years 1 had charge Of
7 ; ! !: :
( IN some of the strongest Indian chiefs, held as
~ prisoners of war, part of the time shackled
M ! and handcuffed myself revolted against our
E system, but did not desert the people 1 re-
moved the shackles and adopted the kindliest
| u system of treatment possible in prison life,
IN and endeavored in every way to heal the
azz1 wounds and make them worthy, sefrespect-
ing by giving to them education and Industrial
funess.
filled them with the hope that, instead of being
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22
It Must Be the Plumbing.

Old Lady first visit to insane a~ylum)
Don't these people give you a great
deal of trouble?
Attendant-It isn't the patients that
gives us the trouble.-Bohemial
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22

Carries sister May, six years of age
on being asked why the Sabbath day
was different from the other days in
the week answered very carelessly, ooh,
that's the day you pin things on, stead
of sewing."-The Delineator.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22
A Strange Catch.

During some firing exercises off ST.
Adams head by two men-of-war, the
wire by which the target was being
towed parted. The targets were picked
up, but, instead of the wire coming in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22

The Woman Hater-Can you ex-
plain why it is that woman hardly
ever thanks man for giving her his
seat in a street car? The Man Halter
Easily, sir! 1t is because she hardly
ever gets the Brooklyn Life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22
A Curious Prophecy.

Two north Germans were sitting to-
gether in beer house discussing the
English war scare and other terrors.
One asked the other:
''Do you think you will ever see the
fall of the German empire?"
''That is not impossible" said the
other in reply.
''Why?"
''Well. I will tell you"
He then told his companion the fol-
lowing story:
When William I. was Prussian King
he. in the early sixties, once went to a
well known countess, who was noted for
her propheSying powers. He asked her
whether she thought that he would ever
become German Emperor.
Certainly" she replied; remember
the revolution of 1913: it was killed in
1S49. the year after. Take these figures
vertically and horizontally, thus:
1S49
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22
REAL DANGERS OF THE CIRCUS.
By Ralph Bergengren.

The individual point of view of the per-
former toward his work is full of surprises.
Rarely, if ever, is he worried over the things
that the audience imagines make him uneasy
and never about his own equipment of
nerve, muscle and judgment. The bareback
rider worries about his horse, for the slight
est deviation from the animals customary
course and gait ruin a harmony between
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22

You can't always tell by the price
mark. Radium is rated about the
highest of all minerals, and it accom-
plishes the least of any.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22

1.-THE direct influence Of lax laws in producing the great
increase of divorce the last forty is relatively
small" Moreover the tendency of legislation for the
twenty years has been decidedly in the direction Of
greater stringency
The failing grip Of the legal institution need not en-
tail corresponding abandonment of the hallowed ideal
Of marriage as lifelong union. If the iron clamp be
Ioosed does not follow that the sken cord is weaker
Although in thrtyeght the resort to divorce has
become three times frequent, there is little to show
that couples taking the of wedlock with any
other desire expectation than union till death.
Nor can conclude that wronged spouses are less
faithful than formerly to this ideal The loveless
couples Of the good old times to have been
held together by public opinion religious ordinance, g
of remedy, the expense of divorce or the
wifes economic heplessness rather than by heroic
fidelity to an ideal.
In nineteen cases out of twenty the marriage pur-
ports to be shattered by fragrant wrong such
adultery cruelty drunkenness deserton Imprisonment
for crime neglect to provide. Nevertheless, the
growth of divorce cannot be taken sign of in
creasng depravity the part Of husbands wives.
Often the cause that figures in the record is
for deepseated rritant Physicians declare that
many marital troubles have their roots in the pathoo
gy Of SEX and argue moral fault the part of
either spouse-The Century.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22

Advertise in this paper, and make your
wants known to your home people.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22
PATHOLOGICAL DIVORCE PLEAS.
By Edward AIsWOrfh ROs

1t is erroneous to suppose that the explana-
ton and cure Of the drift toward divorce is to
be found in legislation. Twenty years ago
Prof Wilcox, on the basis Of the most rigid
investigations, declared: "The immediate,
direct and measurable influence of legislation
is subsidiary, unimportant, almost impercepti-
ble." DR.. Dixie, the secretary of the National
League for the Protection of the Family, said
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22

The Day of Rest.

which year may. and may not, prove
atal."-New York Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22
1871

''Add them up and you get 1871, the
year, as history shows. Germany was
united under William l."
'How long will I remain Emperor"
asked the King.
The countess answered he would re-
main Emperor till his death, the King
at once asking: when will that event
take placer
''Take the last year and use it the
same way, your majesty said the
countess.
1871
8
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22
1883

which eventually became the death year
of the then Emperor William.
"Well." said the one German to the
other. show does that affect the fall of
the vaterland?''
''It does not affect it directly" said
the other. shut it is noteworthy, that if
YOU once more apply the same policy to
the last year, that of 1888, we get
1883
s
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-22

1t Pays to Advertise.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-12-08
RlslKF NEWTON


II d. w. Cox Of Merrill 10 stopping Al
the American.
II Nr. and Mrs. J. Hssstg are down
from the Fort.
A Buy a piece OF kornek brass for
Xmas at Winters.
Dressed poultry at the Monarch
Mercantile company.
Cp-to-date ornaments at the stills
Dry Goods Company.
J. Frank Adams Is In the city from
his ranch near Merrill.
MIR. and Mrs. James Edsall Of BY
are visitors In the city.
See the new line Of kornek brass.
Winters jewelry store.
Is and IA X. gold wedding rings.
Winters tewelry store.
Hand Bass. latest patterns, nobby;
at the Stilts Dry Goods Co.
Bamber Z Peairs. painters and
paperhansers. Phone s6%.
A postcard album would please one
OF your friends. star Drug Co.
Progressive supper. Whitc-Maddox
building, Friday, December 10th.
James Woslow OF Merrill was In
the city Tuesday transacting business.
Z. n. Myers is In the city from his
homestead on the Fl. klamath road.
The best tea and coffee can Be had
" Tue Moo"'en Me!can'''e company
"'.V poese'oooA 'or tue 's'ner'
husband OF young man' star Drug Co.
Ga o.. ....,s. -. 49,. 49,
ca
.,.s, s,.s .,. A..
family vIn .ur.,v m.ra ~ s,.r
Drug Co.
All xm.. nre..n,. ~r.nn.a 4, ,,co
boxes and handsomely engraved free
at Winters.
Buy one Of Edisou's latest phouo.
graphs for a Xmas present. Winters
jewelry store.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Knott OF Fort
klamath are visiting In the city for
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-12-08

wo pack presents TO 10 any place
free. and We do II neatly and nicely.
too. Star Drug company.
Everything to enhance the appear.
ance Of an Xmas package--stickers.
seals. etc. Star Drug company.
Condor Is In need Of houses. re-
ports the Times" WIN Condor nnc
u man for putting up houses there'
AZ the meeting Of tho Woodmen Of
the World Tuesday night. twenty new
members were admitted To the lodge.
They will be initiated on tho evening
Of the eighteenth.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-12-08

nice gift for Christmas special 1t
80 per boz.
BACK COMBS AND BARETTEs
A new line Of Rack Combs and Rar.
scttes, some In sets. Back Combs.
.25 70 $3.50. Barsstses. .25 to
$3.50.
WOAEN's AND CHILDREN'R
HANDKERCHlEFS
We are ahoWtng ~ eleGsat assost.
ment Of Handkerchisfs from &c sp
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-12-08

Dolls dressed to your order at the
Q Deal.
Nsw-Messaline silk waists. X X X
Store.
December records now on sale at
Winters.
Fresh creamery butter and fresh
ranch eggs all the time at Good
rich's Cash Store.
VIII Brotherton came In today
from his homestead on the gap road
to Bonanza. taking out supplies.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-12-08
lined, $1.25. 81. so. $1.75 an"
MEMS NECKWEAR

MEMS NECKWEAR
A nice assortment Of Ncckwear
made Os pure silk and new patterns:
excellent value; IN appropriate
ch''ssnas sift' so.
NEW LINE OF WOMEN'S ROMEO6
We have Just opcned several cascs
0f new fur.tsimmcd Rou,eos 10 scy.
eral choice ct'lors, such ~ grey.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-12-08
HECTOR'S
Good Goods

brown. red' b'sek' $1.jO aud
$500.
MEMS SHIPPERS
We are now showing y nice ~.
sortment Of Mems slippers In several
sep'es and colors. We have one that
will please you for $500.
MEMS COMBINATION SETS
Something new for the men folks,
Soa can certainly please them with
Que one Of these ss's' priced S1.25 to
$500.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-12-08
HECTOR'S
Reasonable Prices
NEW NECKwEAR

NEW NECKWEAR
A beautiful line Of the latest crca.
lions In ladies' Neckwear. priced At
%. 80. 70, 81. 90.
NEW BELTS
A select lime Of new Belts In jct
buckles, colonial, 0xidised silver aud
e(c.s N excellent value for oaly TX.
NEW RCCHING
A nice assortment of Rachlug In
neck lengths In assorted coloss; also
II pasln white PIT up IN pretty bog;
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-12-08

Elmer Newton brought his little
daughter, Ruth. into the city this
mornin. to have the arm she recently
broke. treated BY the doctor.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-12-08
WILL GRANGE SCHEDULE


until next spring. at which time the
change could be made without much
Inconvenience to the public.
. All Of them expressed themselves
~ favoring a change In the schedule
Of train No. IS. 20 - to make con.
nections At Weed under the present
schedule. but II Is doubtful II the
railroad company will 20 20 far - to
change the schedule OF . through
train to meet that Of q branch.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-12-08
~ LINEN
CHIEFS

MEMS PURE LINEN HANDKER.
CHIEFS
Meas Pure Linen Hasdkeechiels,
with initial. fos ,25; othsss.. 20.
. Tor 80.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-12-08

to 10 Childrea's Handkeschiefs,
. ." boz. fos ,05.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-24
HEAT is EXCESSIVE.
Temperature Of Past Three Days
Highest of Season.

Wednesday was the third consecu-
tive day on which the mercury had
been towering around the extreme heat
latitude and the temperature at noon
time was the highest for the three al
that hour. At nOontimc on Monday
the mercury indicated 81 degrees in
the shade. and at the same hour Tues
day it showed Sc degrees, but on
Wednesday it climbed a little higher
and went to 81 degrees.
Tuesday night was perhaps the
most uncomfortable for the season on
account OF the heat and at O'Clock
yesterday morning the mercury indi-
Gated from 20 to 73 in the shade. Thy
sky was overcast and Threatened rain
but none, came and the heatsSvas OBJ
prcssiye. s1At noon the mercury regis
tered 81 and at 2 o'clock in the after
noon. it had gained one degree.
Early in the afternoon a slight
breeze sprung up and was followed
by a drop in temperature and at
o'clock it indicated sc degrees. This
was but temporary. however, for al
4.30 the mercury was back to So de-
grees and held there for some time
At $50 it had only fallen to sc, and at
Z o'clock to "a degrees.