davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-01-15
NEW PEN BOARDS MEETING
Board Already Divided, Ludwig
 and Tucker in Minority.
Governor Donaghey Votes Against Ben L. Griffin for Penitentiary
 Secretary.

Little Rock, Jan. I5.-Special- Deeper in the mire than ever was the old penitentiary board, is the new one which was organized yes terday afternoon, as 1t is now en- gagged in legal battle with the Arkansas Bdck & Manufacturin Go. over the possession of the con victs in the hands of the brick company, with the contractor, the aggressor in the fight. During the inauguration yesterday after noon notices were distributed among the new members of the board that chairman John R. lobe had called special meeting of the board for 4:3), at which a superin- tendent and secretary was to be elected. The five members of the board, Chairman lobe, Governor Donaghey, Commissioner Tucker, Secretary Ludwig and the attorney general attended.
 The attorney general introduced a resolution providing for the i'm mediate recall of the state convicts from the Arkansas Brick & Manu- racturing Go. The resolution was adopted without a dissenting vote.
 Secretary Lud wig made motion that all officers of the penitentiary and board be selected at the meet ing. Gov. Donaghey amended, so only the secretary of the board and the superintendent of the pen itentialy would be elected. This carried with Ludwig and Tucker dissenting. Gov. Donaghey nom- mated James Pitcock for superin- tendent and Secretary Ludwig pro- posed the name of Fred Hutto. Pitcock was elected on the votes of Gov, Donaghey, Chairman lobe and the attorney general.
 The election of a secretary was then taken up. The attorney gen eral nominated John H. Page and V SOLu lulSSlOuSI uSkSl nun lldlCQ Ben l.. Griffin. Gov. Donaghey asked if Ben Griffin was present, saying he wished to request him to withdraw his name. Commission CT Tucker replied this could not be done unless he gave his consent. AIr, GE;an could not be found and oil the vote he received only the votes of Tucker and Ludwig, whereupon Page was declared elected.
 A motion was then made to no- tify the senate at once ot the ap- pointment of the officials. Gov. Donaghey asked for a week in no- tifying the senate, so he could look fully into the law. Commissioner Tucker insisted upon an immed-
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-01-15
DEBTS THREATEN TWO COLLEGES BAPTIST SCHOOLS IN STRAIT Central and Ouachita are Heavily
 in Debt. Vigorous Campaign to Relieve Financial Burden Said, However, to Prom
 ise Success.

That a mortgage on Central Col lege will be foreclosed ill March and that "Ouachita College can scarcely hope to open next fall, y unless immediate steps are taken to relieve the financial burden of these institutions, is the rather startling statement made by Finan- cial Secretary R. G. Bowers in an article just made public.
 The total indebtedness of these two Baptist colleges is placed at S69, 3o6.45, of which .SI7,S33 45 represents the outstanding debt against Central College. The principal items composing the in debtedness of the Conway institu- ton are as follows; R. ]. Brown, mortgage note, S5,ooo; Bank of Conway, mortgage note, S5,25o; w. w. Rivers, note for pianos, S2,I5o; w. w. Rivers, note for back salary, S5,4oo.
 "The debts have now become so heavy" says Dr. Bow CTS, ''that we must pay them or they will crush us. This is crisis. Ark ansas Baptists must pay up their debts now or soon be out of the school business. If something significant is not done in two years our schools will be running on a lower basis (and that means death) or they will be sold for debt. There is suit filed against Central College now for foreclosure of a mortgage against the property. This case will go to the courts in March, If we are not able to stop it by paying off he claims. Ouachita College can scarcely hope to open next fall if some of its obligations are not relieved" "
 Dr. Bowers believes, however,
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-01-15
What Is an Abstract?
An ABSTRACT of Title

is a brief outline of all the conveyances or other instru- ments of record affecting the title to a given piece of land, from the government down to the hour the Abstract is sign ed. Our Abstracts show judgments, liens and taxes that might affect the title, and are always brought down to the very hour and minute we sign them. The only ac- curate or dependable way Ab- stracts can be made is from an accurately prepared set of Ab- stract books.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-01-15
SPECIAL MESSAGE
 TO LEGISLATURE

Little ROCK, Jan.I5 Special. - Governor Donaghey today sent a special message to the general as- sembly, notifying it that the Ark ansas Brick and Manufacturing Co. had enjoined the state from annulling the contract providing for furnishing them with the labor of 800 able-bodied convicts. The governor asked for the passage of a joint resolution cancelling the contract.
 The message was received with cheers. The joint resolution was introduced at once and was read twice in the house under suspen- sion of the rules. It will pass the senate Monday, it is thought.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-01-15

fate notification, saying he would protest to the senate against the appointment of Supt. Pitcock. The motion was finally carried to give the board week in notifying the senate of the appointment of Supt. Pitcock and asking for its confirmation.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-01-15
WEATHER FORECAST.

New Orleans, Jan. I5.-Tonight threatening, colder. Saturday threatening
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-01-15

TOday's Marriage Licenses. w, S. Mathis, 2G, and Alice Loux, 25, Conway,
 G. w. Witcher, 10, and Flor ence House, I6, Vilonia.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
The Admirable criohton.

The bearer of this honorable name
was James Crichton, who was born in
Scotland in 1860. He was the wonder
of his age in scholarship and in all the
accomplishments that could distin-
guish a gentleman. At the age Of
seventeen in Paris he challenged all
the most famous scholars of the time
to a public discussion, in which be
held himself ready to answer any
question in theology, Jurisprudence,
medicine, logic, mathematics or in any
other science in any one of twelve Ian
guages and in either prose or verse.
In this boast he succeeded, and it was
then that the title of admirable was
given to him. The Duke of Mantua in
1882 employed him as tutor for his
son, a dissipated young man. One
year later Crichton was one night
during the carnival assailed by three
masked men. He succeeded in dis
arming and unmasking the leader, in
whom he discovered his pupil, the
dukes son. He at once knelt down
and offered the prince his own sword,
and the young reprobate ran it
through Crlchton's heart. - Chicago
News.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
The Weather vane Saws

All, who else sees so much as the wind
and 1?
We see the sun get up and the cloud sail
high.
We see the stars a-lighted in the evening
sky,
And when all the birds are sleeping then
the moon comes by.
[ turn to east and see the sun just getting
out of bed,
Or west and see him drowsily a-getting
in instead,
Or north, and winters storms and SHOWS
they blow all white and chill,
But to the south and s%pringtime is com
ing DER the hill.
On Sunday all the people come slowly
~sauntering
To the church beneath my steeple and
enter in and sing,
But / need not wait to hear them a week
nor half so long,
For every day l hear the wind that sings
a sweeter song.
Sometimes the children fly their kites.
They come quite close to me.
Al red and blue and white and pink;
they're very fine to see.
But sometimes IL they float too near back
they are pulled again,
And all the little children shout "Leok
outl The weather vane!"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
ANIMAL DETECTIVES.
Bird and Insect Policemen Punish
Rogues of Their Kind.

BRO n insect Folicemen FunlSn
Rosues of Their Kind.
Birds and insects are wonderfully
clever detectives. Upon one occasion
a gentleman living in India observed
a large flock of crows leaving a tree
near his house. Shortly after they
were gone violent disease broke out
In that vicinity.
An English %beekeeper placed a
quantity of what he believed to be the
best quality of sugar In his hives. But
the bees promptly turned it out, and
the man found later that the sugar
was a cheap imitation.
Swallows and other birds that mi
CRATE always choose as their dwelling
places localities which are healthful.
People, knowing this, watch these
birds and build their own houses ac-
cordingly.
Then there are bird and insect po-
Ifcemen which xiii the rogues among
their kindred. Ladybirds, for instance,
keep the queen flies off roses, and the
reddish brown ant patrols the cotton
fields and keeps them clear Of the de-
structive cotton boil weevil.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
RELIGIOUS AcRoBATS.
Dangerous Aerial Slide Annually Per.
formed In India.

FORMED IN tnolas
India offers many curious things In
the way of religion, and the strangest
Of them all is the aerial slide, whichH
performed annually at Kulu, In the
Himalayas. At a point where there is
a cliff oyerhanging a precipitous gorge
several hundred feet in width and a
hundred feet in depth a rope is made
fast to the rock. The othef end of this
Is carried across the gorge and there
secured to a stake. The total length
of the rope between the two points is
when drawn taut $500 feet, and the
end attached to the cliff is several hun
dred feet higher than that fastened on
the opposite side of the ravine. Thus
a slide Is contrived, and 1t is a danger
Gus one to all appearance.
1t is down this incline that the per-
former has his path. For the lofty
Journey a sort of saddle Is provided
made of wood, with holes In it, through
which the rope passes. But before a
start Is made the whole length of the
rope is wet to prevent the saddle frosn
catching fire from the friction. The
performer sits astride this seat, and to
his legs are fastened bags of sand,
which serve two purposes-they enable
him to maintain an upright position
during his lightning-like descent, and
they increase the momentum. The
lower end of the rope is carefully
wound with bits of carpet to check the
speed before the stake Is reached.
Without this precaution the performer
would be dashed to pieces.
The terrific velocity of the descent
for the first few hundred yards is
shown by the stream of smoke that
trails from the wake of the saddle, de-
spite the fact that the rope has been
wet. Afterward the incline diminishes
somewhat, and the pace becomes CORE
spondingly slower. By the time the
goal is reached the jheri, as the per-
former Is called, is able to come to a
standstill without disaster.
This slide in the air Is supposed to
reveal the will of the gods as to the
crops of the approaching season. If
the perilous trip is accomplished In
safety q plentiful harvest Is assured.
Naturally, therefore, every care Is tax
en- to minimize the dangers of the per
Torrance. The ceremony is of ancient
origin, and those who engage In 1t as
jheri form a small caste apart.-New
York Tribune.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
Lennx,s Quick Method.

~Jenny's uncle, who was a school
teacher, met her. on the street one
beautiful May day and asked her il
she was going to the Maypole dance.
"No, 1 amt going"
ooh, my little dear" said her uncle,
"you must not say L amt going You
must say 4 anu not going" And he
proceeded to give her a little lesson in
grammar. "You are not going. He is
not going. We are not going. You are
not going. They are not going. Now.
can you say all that, Jenny?"
"Sure, l can" she replied, making q
courtesy. "There amt nobody going
Ladies' Home Journal.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
A MEDFORD STORY.
Legend of the Phantom Ship and 1t:
Mad Pirate Captain.

LCACnQ OF InG TndfIlOm 0UiR anu It's
Mad Pirate Captain.
The town Of Medford, Mass, has a
legend of a phantom ship beside which
the Flying Dutchman is only a peace
full merchantmen. The Medford story
runs that a ship laden with rum and
gold and silver bars put out from that
place in the days when the Spanish
main was infested with pirates. II
was headed for a West Indian port,
but got into the doldrums and was Sc
long becaImed that water anu4pfyVr'
sions gave out, and all hands persisted
of thirst and starvation. When the
wind came up again the ship sailed
away with her CHASTITY crew, was seen
by a buccaneer, chased and over
hauled.
The pirate captain made fast to his
prize without firing a single shot, and.
attributing the vessels nonresistance
to fear or lack of arms, he was the
first man to leap on board. But the
rope with which the captured ship
had been carelessly dashed to his own
parted under the strain of the seaway.
and he found himself rapidly borne
away from his comrades on what he
soon discovered to be a floating coffin.
A stiff breeze filed the sails Of the
derelict, and before his own vessel
could overtake it night descended on
the ocean, and the pursuing ship lost
sight of 1t altogether. Left alone in
pitch darkness on the grewsome craft.
the pirate went mad with terror and,
Selling the wheel, raced away before
the wind and, according to the legend
was condemned to range the seas for
ever thus in command of his horrible
prize.
Woe to the ship that encountered 1t
scudding along by moonlight or in the
lightning's glare, manned by skeletons
and steered by a shouting, g%esticulat-
ing mailman, and when on several DC
casions it was sighted In the fog off
Medford 1t was considered as the her
aid of storm and disaster and the loss
of many ships.-New York Press.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01

An unusual spectacle was witnessed
at the Theater Royal, Nelson, Auck-
land, when the jury, who had been
locked up three nights because they
could not agree to a verdict In a MUIR
der case, were allowed to witness a
living picture display. They had ex-
pressed a desire to attend the theater
as a relief, and the judge consented
Auckland News.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01

The condition of the working woman
In France is truly pitiable. There are
ut the present time no less than 14,O00,-
900 women In the republic. and of this
great host a majority is self support
ing. The highest paid woman workers
are those employed as cutters of pre-
cious stones, and they are paid $1.80
a day. About the poorest paid are the
dressmakers, who receive an average
wage of go cents a day. The "
ment now on foot to secure for French
women the privilege of casting the
ballot is carried on with the object of
gaining for them a formal recognition
In the Industrial world In the hope of
lettering their condition and enabling
them to obtain a living wage for their
labor.
Ferdinand. the new ear of the Bull
CARS, owes much of his success in life
to his fortunate association with good
women His mother, the late Princess
Clementine, daughter of Louis Phi
lippe, was q beautiful character. She
entered into the life of her sol as q
real companion and made all his inter-
ests her very own. When he was elect
ed to the throne of Bulgaria he did not
know a word of the language, and it
was his talented mother who taught
him. With her own great private for
tune she helped him develop his new
principality and to put it on a firm
financial footing. His first wife, Marie
of Parma, was a gentle, delicate won
an, loved devotedly by her husband,
who was inconsolable for her loss and
waited long years before he espoused
the amiable Eleanora of Reuss, who
will be a real helpmate to her hus-
band no matter what fate has in store
for him.
The students at Bryn Mawr are hav-
ing a new educational experience this
year. All of them, big and little, ad-
vanced and otherwise, are being taught
how to spell. All are required to at
tend spelling classes twice a week, and
any girl who absents herself is fined
50 each time and receives a reprimand
In addition. The Bryn Mawr author
tiles have resolved to take a decided
step toward the advancement of spell
ing, which has become almost a lost
art.
A woman writer In a leading paper
devoted to woman's interests declares
that all the heroines of fiction are
mere children; that twenty-three is the
ideal time of life unless the woman
happens to be college bred. In that
case she is apt to be t%opheavy, and her
attractive period wiz be delayed ten
years. The bachelor girl is at her best
at thirty and is supreme at t~hirty-fivs,
an age when she can play on the weak
nesses of mankind as upon a harp of
a thousand strings.
st. Petersburg is now reputed to be
the most promising place for spinsters.
The male population of that city out
numbers the female by $4,000. In
other parts of the empire the proper
ton is much the same. The demand
for wives is so brisk that m~arriageable
women are being imported from the
provinces and q regular business of
supplying brides has been created.
MARY DALE.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
A SIMPLE LIVING ROOM.
With Mission Furniture 1t Can Be
Made Very Attractive.

The illustration shows charming
living room furnished in brown and
yellow.
The walls are painted a warm vel
low, an excellent background for the
water color sketches which ornament
them. The ceiling is of brown rafters.
The fireplace is of dull red brick.
Brown mission furniture is fitted with
yellow leather cushions. The oriental
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
Conundrums S.

Where can one always find happi-
ness? In the dictionary.
A man and a goose fell from a bal
loon and landed on a church tower.
How did the man get down? He pick
ed the goose.
Why does a sculptor die most hor-
rible death? Because he makes faces
and busts.
Why is life the greatest conundrum?
Because we must all give 1t up.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
OF GAME.

player has a certain space on the slate
allotted to him, and be may dispose his
men In whatever part Of 1t he pleases.
The track of the pencil must be
straight or curved. Any shot in which
there is an angle does not count. We
here give a battlefield where the strife
is ended. In this the German side
has killed all the opposite side in eight
shots, while the French in eight have
been able to kill only nine men.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
Young Folks
AMUSING WAR GAME.
Slate and Pencil the Harmless Weap-
ons of Mimic Battle.

OHs OF WTT1TC bdILIss
Draw on your slate or paper a plan
like that in the cut below. The dots
represent soldiers, one side being
French and the other side German.
Each player is provided with a sharp
ly pointed pencil, and the game is
played thus:
The German, keeping the point of
his pencil IN a spot denoted by a can
non, draws 1t quickly across the slate
in the direction of the other army.
The pencil naturally leaves a line to
mark his track, and If this mark pass
es through any of the men belonging
to the other side they are considered
dead. The game is over as soon as all
the men on one side are dead. Each
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01

rug shows up strongly all the pale
yellow tones. Brass ornaments deco
ate the mantel. The lamp shade is
yellow, and the portieres are of deeper
yellow velvet. A white polar bear rug
shows to good advantage in the center
of the room. r. DE LA BAUME.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
A Work Maker.

"Binks is weak financially, isn't he?"
"He hasn't much money, but he gives
employment to a great many men"
''Who are they?"
"Other peoples bill collectors. Lon
don. Tit-Bits.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-10-12

Die applifation ielblt mnSfiiaen nm
Gngliid pcrltcbei1 ullo ipreden font
ncn. Is ulterlie0t besbolb tuobl tei'
mem 3neiieI, baB ollie Gin9ennnOer'
ten, sic nad) Dem 3. Hopcnlbcr 1909
Niirger perocn uno nod nidJt Steu.
cr5obIer lin0, Die Yriihtng pcld)e Dos
WorDldli6cr WaGiredts.I mell0eunelii
porifrcibt, nit 2eitti9feit ~beIteben
f0nter,. 9(ud) Die inteaisenten DE
ger, bic niht Steuer5obler iillo, lper+
pcn bic Eriiiung beitcben, ulo MIR
scr gGn5lid) ulnilieItoc Neger 0trd)
0os ENHANCEMENT entrcdltct lperoen,
Bon Den $4,000 bis G0,OOO Neger.
Stimnl0cbern oes StdatcS luetDen
lrnacfGbr 25,OO0 bis 10000 ourh Dos
NmcnDcment politiid entrcftct Nor
ben bis lie entluc6cr iolpcit rorgc.
ihrittcn iinN, OoB tie Die Yriifung be-
itcbcr f0nnen ODER @igcntbuml 5ltm
BON $500 erlporbcn hobcr.
Tna Enhancement piro ocn 9tcger,
Der 6nS @oblredJt id0bt, onGcr gum
Sporcn mo sur @%rlongung elmer gu
ten SGulbiloling ouiporncn.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-10-12

baltimore, rs. September 1909.
Ia ole Stra ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Der
siaot baltimore im, ecictlit porsei6risbensr
speiie ibren enosiiltiaeit uno currleiltei De
ridt fiber Die 5n9eipreteuen GutLhhoi9un9en.
~llnfuffen uio 9scriberbDhuitaen fit ole Con
apenne, bon Der i b.apenus big 8ur n3rbs
lidel @rer5e ocr Staot Baltimore. nebft oet
erl1uiertocr Yl1isu in 8enldbbfit Der BOX
fhrifteii bes Gapitels 274 DER gfie Der 2e'
~GiSlntur bon DtarnIano bonn 211rc 1904 iino
BET an g. Didr6 1908 inter5eibHeter gieroros
mine CIR. 2t6 bes Dinpors inb Stahtrntbs bon
Baltimore nlo nnoerer oaranf be5iaii1en @es
fete rlo 8eroromlngen bel mir biliterleaf bn'
ben, = t+
pirh bicrmii befannt aeeeben, bnB befagier
9eriht Ilno Vldile auf oiefe s8etie in oiefefr
9iirenu binterIeei lporoeu itno inb bab Der
eero cine Rerfpu ODER Terfo1efi, ooer cine ooer
Ine6r Gorporattoicnt sic NIT bcr Tertbeiluna
Der rorbennrDten, Grtihdoiaurnen ooer Eertbs
erh1bunaeu uniufrirocn fito, innerbnIb breibtD
500 lasen ponl 30. tSrptemIber 1909 an ais
Dem erften Id9e Der bon mir alisge9niigetet
Ber1ffentIi6ura oiefer 9ioti5. f6riftIih onaes
gen on hn9 Rnltinorer Stabigeritbt appeairer
mo bus befaQte @ertbt criitd5en I58cr, otcfeIs
ben al r~coioiren,
(Sept29, Cft6 ,13,2Ol Observation-Disclosures.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-10-12
Tranfrcid nno Maroffp's Iinans-
Wticrc.

Slllton Wiilui &oiio lit IN Iitarj'
nptben mo ipia einen groben Gltnlp
onlegen. iIm Die Sinalt6en Wnroffp's
81 .loniren." 8. f. o~iiiSnbeiiern ober
Su prontn. Gr bruitd)t @elb, I'm cr!O-
lid einigc n~othipenbige Mcformel
ms @erf i'll ieten. gan; b~einnbcrS
ober, I'M ole BON ben Sron5olen ge.
Iorberte ariegsentid)1oigune 81 b..
5ablcn. Ger arnle Seufcl aui benz
moroffoniihen Sbrun bat lid ,iunr
nienlals I'M arieee nit 0roufreiu,
befunoen mo iein @~oreGnaer Ibbul
a5i5 crit rad)t nid,t. Nber ouroui
fotnmt eS olld) gar nid)t an. Gle
5ran5oien baben in Maroffo arieg
geiiibrt, grpBe Soften eebobt uno oo.
bel betrohtlid] piel Shaoen ol,ee.
riftet. Ioiiir MAIDEN ite Jest bsn
Snltau Mulof Safio unN icinc lin,
tertboren peront,portlih. Sic beree,
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-10-12
Ee%partemeut fir btirntlidle eiher1eft.-Snnien.
2RbsScfartfmeHfl bts Webaubs' 5utpcfturs'
Bureaus, NatbbGus. ~

Y BaTtlm c, ben 3, Nltobet fVUy,
.Sd babe. ,gtppliiatiouen tlr bic ioleenoell Br1'
oilesieil erbalien. t't' i.tt
M. 1917, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. / Gctrolcllntz oocr
Sdfo~iinsAlofcbine bon Bipei YicroeiratteE.
SuB bon ledDcnbqu. >irube, / 9Gnpfnniflue
bon 80 Yferoefrdfien.
9tr. 52i-+3i. Aselt. 8rattsE traBe. 9 Sanpt:
ieifel NIT elmer Gdpdjitdt BON $50 Bteroefrdlfeu
uno!2 EGmpfs miio eleitrtiChe allnlbinen init
elmer @eiammt,Gupa8itdi bon 100 Rferoefrdfteii.
Sreerb Semuro, iuelher Ginpe1loulaen ee'
gen bic Terletuun9 obigtr Yrioilegien oil erhe'
ben tat, moec ieile Notwithstanding ali. ooer
Dor 6ienitaa, ben II. Gfiober 1909, in cie'enl
siireau cinreiter, iuant ilber ~oiele.ben per'
bGnbeIt lperbct miro. '''
GSparb .. 9rehsu,
U2. Sftpber.) 8ebduoes Snipeftor.