davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
To Raise Farmers Dues.

Fort Worth, Textile executive COM
mittee of the Texas Farmers Union will
hold a meeting here to adopt a consti'
tutional amendment increasing the State
unions dues from so cents to 81, which
will place $4,000 more in the treasury
yearly. The money vii be used to carry
on experimental work and to assist the
system of selling products.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
AMERICANS NOT JAILED.
Report From Nicaragua to This Effect
Denied,

Managua.-The report that President
Zelaya has put many Americans in jail
because of their refusal to contribute
to the war fund is untrue. The Amer.
leans here have been assured by the gov.
ernment that they are perfectly safe.
There are no Americans in Jail at Ma.
nagua, and there has been no request, &C.
cording to the governments statement,
for a contribution for wal o. any othel
purposes.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
BOIL WEEVlL KILLS CATTLE.
Animals Pasturing in Infested Field
Die from Mysterious Cause.

BreauX Bridge.-A mysterious NAL
ady which has caused the death of
a number of cattle in this section
is now believed to be the boil wee
vii of the Mexican variety. 1t was
in the fields most greatly infested
that the cattle were stricken, and in
the absence of other plausible theo-
ries the supposition that the eating
of the weeyils on vegetation was res
ponsible for their death is now con
fidently believed. The State Depart
ment of Agriculture has been asked
to make an investigation.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
o9,737BALESG|NNED
ACCORDING TO REPORTS UP TO
NOVEMBER II.
Texas Had Ginned Over 1900, 900
Bales, and Georgia More Than
1900, 900 Bales.

observation-disclosures report shows g..
los, 131 bales. counting round bales rs
half bales, yinnrd from the growth OF
1909 to No. II, compared with 9,j9j,sO9
1908.
Round bales included this year are
l23,S5S, compared with l.3,o0s for 1905.
Sea Island, G,,6O1 for 1909, compared
with jG,1Ol for 1905.
The cotton ginned by states to Nov.
IA, 1909, compared with that ginncd to
the same date in 1905 and 1907. ioi-
lows:
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
Ringing the Belle.

Jeweler-"I understand that you
want From Guy to Gwenyth' en-
graved on the inside of this ring, sir??'
Youthful Customer-"Yes, that's right.
But-er-don't cut the 'Gwenyth' very
deep. l might want it altered to
Gladys or 'Irene!'"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
S35O,OO0 Paid for Ball Club.

Philadelphia.-The Philadelphia Ma.
tional League Baseball Club was sold
Friday to a syndicate of which Horace
S. Fogel, of this city, is the head. The
price pail by the new owners is said to
have been S350,000.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
The PHILOSOPHER of Folly.

What's the USE" asks the Philoso-
pher OF Folly, "in judging a man by
what his enemies tell you about him?
His friends are all perfectly willing to
give you a complete list of his faults"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04

On Nov. "A, 1908, 1873 per cent. of the
entire crop of the country had been
ginncd.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04

Alabama -. sO7,911 ,O:O,124i 1862
Arkansas -. 551,61, 665,2?32 3S5,52s
Florida 80. $685. 5l,491 3j.45l
Georgia -. .5j9,G7l ,j6+.037 l,3S2,094
Louisiana 2l7.i3GI Sal 1858 35l.24l
Mississippi 73l,o92 l.os6, 1873 1892
y. Carolina. 466,5l% 45l,434i $4,000
Oklahoma 416,523I 322,O5l 4S4,657
5. Carolina yl3,401 93S,92Gl Sjl,36l
Tennessee 1s4,451 243,493I 1899
Texas ..... :, lo0,97oI 2,s63,32Sil 1O5,52o
All others. 1895 1851 1873
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04

Stu,c. 1909. 1908. 1907.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04

PO1NTE-ALAIACIIE la, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1909.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

ly, galloping very fast along the
ground like q dog.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

source In native, but the life So
mali leads makes him wonderfully
quick at finding a way out of fix OF
this kind. 1t was very lucky the pony
was not killed by lions or hyenas
while Hassan was away.
Just before Hassan's pony was near
~ caught by the lioness We had pony
killed by lions, the man on his back
escaping rather cleverly. At that time
we had two separate camps. six or
seven miles apart, each of them on the
edge of the Marar Prairie, on ban
or open grass plain many miles In ex-
tent This was the best place for
lions it has ever been my luck to come
across. Hardly a day passed that
lions were not seen by one or the other
of US, very often right out in the open.
miles from any bush. 1t was cool,
cloudy weather while we were there,
and the lions seemed to do most OF
their hunting In the daytime. There
were so many, and they were SO bold.
that the Somalis were quite nervous
about walking through the bush In the
daytime. Between us We shot "a
lions in this place in a little over q
fortnight. Besides lions there was
more game than have ever seen any
where else. Large herds of hart
beeste, oryx, and Sommering's gazelle
were to be seen feeding in every direc-
ton. Besides this, In the open there
were a good many ostriches and few
hunting cheetahs. In the bush at the
back of our camps were Walters ga
zelles, 1eopards, warthog, and innu-
merable dikdik and birds. In the
rocky hills saw several klip-spring-
ers.
One morning my companion was
reused by his natives, who told him
that three lions were just crossing q
strip of open ground within 100 yards
of his camp. Before he was ready,
two or three of the men jumped on
ponies and galloped after the lions
three very fine males with names
which were by that time making OH.
The natives meant to try and keep
them engaged till the hunter had
time to get his rife and cartridges
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

along through the thin grass at the
edge of the strip going towards the
bottom end. She did not see us, as
we were rather behind her and stand
ing quite still.
When l shot she seemed to stumble
forward, but recovering herself
caught sight of the man on the pony.
and before could shoot again she
was half way towards him, going like
a flash. He had not seen her when
shot. as she was hidden by the
grass, and by the time he got his pony
turned around and started she was
close to him He salloped straight
away from me, and I dare not fire at
the Honess for fear of hitting him.
For nearly 200 yards 1t looked any
money on the ioness. She got right
under the pony's tail, but did not seem
to know how to strike, and at length.
to my great relief, the pony began
to gain on her. She at once pulled up,
and turned into q bush where she lay
down stretched out at full length,
painting. Running up. I shot her be-
fore she could prepare for another eff
fort MY first bullet had gone through
the muscles Oh tu6 just OSIOW
the shoulder, and being solid had only
drilled quite a small hole. The ma
tives said that the reason she could
not catch the pony was because lion
could not spring before a momentary
halt to crouch. II this Is SO, a pony
could always get away from a lion
galloping straight behind it, unless the
pony was such a bad one that the lion
could come alongside. On two or
three occasions 1 have been chased
myself in the open grass plain, but
have always got fair start, and my
pony has had no difficulty In keeping
out of the lions way. A pony boy OF
mine was very nearly caught one day
In the open. He was trying to round
up a lion, and got rather too close
to it on a tired pony. He only just
got away. This same lion afterwards
chased me and two or three OF my
men for quite a long time. Unless a
pony falls down, am sure there is
nothing to be feared from a lion in
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

While work on q new building vas
going on In a southern town not long
ago an old negro employed as a bod
carrier suddenly slipped while near
ing the third story and plunged head
long to the ground Several passers-
by rushed over expecting 20 find .
man dead with a broken neck, as sns
old fellow had struck sGuarsiJ On the
top Of his head Finding the old man
still alive some one lemptieG the con-
tents of a whisky bottle down his
throat In q few moments the cid
negro sat mp and looked around
How do you feel RON. ErcIsy
asked bystander kindly.
We'll, sah," came the reply. = WIZ
sorter confused when I fuss started.
but now dat Is bit rs All right
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

the open, If one gives him a pretty
wide berth, SO as to get a start when
he charges. As rule the lion will
give up the chase after 100 yards or
so. This pony of Hassan's was about
the best l ever saw in Somaliland.
He would not put a price on it, be-
respectable income by making looting
expeditions on its back, as it was SO
fast nobody could catch it
Killing camels to Save a Pony.
A year after this I met Hassan
again, and asked him how his pony
was. He said it was very well, but
that he had very nearly lost 1t short
time before. He had been down in
the waterless plain on a looting ex-
petition with some other Eidegalla
warriors. After successful raid they
split up to avoid pursuit, and Hassan
was on his way home driving some of
the looted camels In front of him. 1t
was very dry year, and although it
was the rainy season, he had been
unable to find any water in pools to
give his pony. The result was that
three days with little or no water to
drink, the pony got beat, and at last
lay down, about 20 miles from the
wells they were making for. No
amount of stick would get it on its
legs again, and Hassan was In de-
spair. He knew there were no vii
lagos at the wells where he could get
| vessels in which to carry water back
to the pony, and it seemed as if moth
ng could be done to save it. At last
he thought of plan. Driving the
camels at top speed to the wells, he
gave them as much water as they
could drink, and hurried them back
again. He found the pony where he
7, had left it, in a very bad way, but
Immediately proceeding to kill and cut
| open the camels, he took the water out
of their stomachs and gave it to the
pony, which revived sufficiently to
| struggle to the wells. After a few
days rest 1t completely recovered.
Hassan added that he could very soon
get some more camels, and that he
| would rather have cut the threats of
a hundred than have lost his pony.
This story shows a great deal of re.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

"Pow'fuI fertile country faoun thsh
In Texas said the colonel Yes. SEAL
Why, sch, ! know spots 6aoun then
where the trees grow so close IogesheE
that you-aI couldn't shove youh hand
between theh trunks And game sens
Why, sch, I've seen FsEgfnyuh deezh
In those same forests with aEtls1s
eight feet spread, Yes, sehr
At this point some nedGIescEs idiot
Isked the colonel how such deer ever
managed TO get their anfiers befweso
such tree trunks
Tibet, seh,~ said the colonel draw
ing himself up with saueIchznx Dig
nifty. SIS then business Body .
MAGAZINE
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

An effort is being made 90 build q
suitable memorial church or tie site
OF the original Shiloh church &C S1t-
Ion battlefield. now one ct the most
attractive OF military parks II vas
on this very SPOT the bloody battle Of
Shiloh was begun on the morning o.
April s, 1852 It - the purpose 30
build a memorial church to eosr not
less than $4,000 The names Ct al
contributors will be recorded IN .
permanent register and kept On e.
hibition in the church, which viii -
open to visitors and tourists
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15
A Wounded Lion at Bay.

ground like q dog.
A Wounded Lion at Bay.
While this was going on we could
hear Hassan shouting in the distance.
SO now we ran OF towards the sound.
When We started the shouts seemed
to be almost stationary, but as we ran
they got further and further OF till
at last We could hear nothing. We
then turned to go back for the wound
ed lion. As We got near the place
where we had left him, we could hear
tremendous row going on. men
shouting, dogs barking. and the unmis-
taxable grunts of an angry lion. Run
ming up, We found the lion, with his
shoulder broken, standing in a bush
surrounded at a respectful distance
by the little dogs. They kept up an
tncessant yapping. and every now and
then the lion would make a drive at
them, but they were much too quick
for him with his broken shoulder, and
were at him again directly he re-
treated to the bush. The little Mid
gan and one Of my men were close
by. yelling with excitement As
walked up to try to get shot with
out hitting one of the pack, the lion
took no more notice of the dogs. but
kept his eyes fixed on me. 1 never
saw lion look nastier. but suppose
his broken shoulder had sickened him,
and shot him without difficulty. The
Midgan, after calling his dogs, had
run on after US, and had come on the
wounded lion. We skinned this beast,
and the little Midgan rather amused
US, as he got so very much annoyed
because his dogs would not eat some
great chunks of raw licn-flesh he cut
OF and offered them. We were on
our way to skin the other lion when
We met Hassan looking rather sorry
for himself. He said that the lioness
had trotted quite quietly at first. and
he had brought her round in a circle
towards the place where he had left
us. riding alongside of her. and shout
ing to let US know where he was.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

and catch them up. The lions were
galloping among scattered mfmosa
scrub, making for the thick bush be-
yond. and with an object In view a
lion can get along at very fair pace
In the cool of the morning. One Of
the men got start of the others and
was rapidly overhauling the lions,
when he lost sight of them for a mo-
ment. He galloped up to the bush
where he had last seen them, and as
he rounded it, one lion came at him
from behind and the other two from
the front They had got sick of run
ming and had waited for him. The ma
tive did q very clever thing. There
was no chance of getting away by
galloping. as he was regularly hemmed
In, so, half checking the pony, he put
his heel on its wither, and jumped
right into the middle of a mimosa
bush. Almost as he jumped the lions
knocked the pony over, and when my
companion came up he found them
eating it, taking no notice OF the
dismounted men close by. The first shot
hit one, and while he was following
it up the other two gave his men the
sup. lncSc lno llOAS WSEC uCClQcUly
out of luck, as / got them the same
night
Approaching Big Game in Jungle.
That morning a ioness killed q
heifer close to my camp. I had al
ready seen her tracks several times,
but they had always led US on TO some
stony hills where We had lost them.
This time the same thing happened
again, so. thinking she would probably
come back that night to finish the
heifer, we decided to sit up for her
We therefore made an enclosure of
thorns under a mimosa bush near by
The hat top of the bush came
down to meet the thorns built
up all around and one could
hardly tell the whole thing was
not bush. in the front there was a
hole to shoot through. and at the back
we left an opening so that we could
get inside. After this we returned
back to camp, and in the evening after
dinner went off again. taking my bed
ding on a donkey. This donkey was
also to serve as bait, for the natives
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

Sheer white goods, IN fact, any fine
wash goods when new. owe much CT
their attractfveness to the way they
are Iaundered, this being done N .
manner to enhance their textile beazr
ty- Home laundering would be eszzL
given to starehing. the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen. without thicke15nz
the goods Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised 1t the
improved appearance Of your work
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

There are so many fast young men
nowadays" remarked the first young
woman
HIN, yes. you do seem 70 have
difficulty in catching ous.~ replied tbs
other young woman
Now they meet without speaking
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15
KNEW HIS SON.

Prodigal Sou-Father. I have re-
turned
Father-Yes, gol dern ys- ! thought
you'd show up about the time the pref
ty summer boarders began to arrive
at the farmr
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

And II every mothers SOC OF rs
made a strenuous effort &c reach the
top there wouldn't be such crowd as
the bottom
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

Unluchily she crossed the track of
the wounded lion. and after smelling
at the blood she became perfectly un-
manageable. making of at a gallop
and charging him whenever he got
in front to try to turn her. At last
she had gone into the thick bush on
some hills, where he had lost her.
When we had skinned the other lion
We made cast to try to pick up the
fourth, but could make nothing of
him-I never got this lion, although
he killed one of our donkeys the next
day.
Badgering an Angry Lioness.
We had not been back in camp very
long when my companion came in. say
ing he had run across a lioness in
the hills. which he was sure was the
one We had seen, as she was very
angry. She had run into some long
grass, and had charged out towards
his men, when they were going up to
light 1t. He was very unwen with
fever at the time, and although he
had two or three shots. he was so
shaky he could not hit her. and at
last felt so ill he had to give her up
His shikari told me the lioness was
very much beat from being >badgered
about in the sun and he was sure we
could find her. l owed her one fol
frightening Hassan, SO We started al
once, Hassan not coming, but sending
a relation of his on the same pony
After a short ride We got to the place
and found the tracks going into 6
long strip of high feathery grass. We
| cast all around and could find NJ
| tracks coming out, SO decided to burr
| the patch. 1t was about 200 yard.
long and perhaps so broad. 1 couls
not command the whole of it, SO
told the men to light it at the toI
and along one side. and Abdulla ans
| / took up our station halfway dow
the other side. about 80 yards on
from the edge. At the bottom end
put the warrior on the pony to Sc,
If the lioness broke that way. Al
most directly the grass was lit bi:
spotted hyena Numbered out and cam
within a few yards of US. but tn
great part of the patch was burnt be
fore there was any sign of the lioness
Then / caught sight of her slinkin
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15
On the
SpOOr of
the King
of Beasts
BY Lord DeIdmere

D get good sport in
Somaliland the first
thing is to get a
good shikari. There
are excellent men to
be found with care
and good luck. but a
great many who are
absolutely worthless.
In addition to 9th.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-29
80,

ping noises, should have felt that
Louise,s imagination had run away
with her. The outer door was closed
and locked, and the staircase curved
above US. for all the world like any
other staircase.
Halsey, who had never taken seri.
ously my account of the night Liddy
and I were there alone, was grave
enough now. He examined the panel
ing Of the wainscoting above and be-
low the stairs, evidently looking for q
secret door, and suddenly there flashed
into my mind the recollection of q
scrap of paper that Mr.. Jameson had
found among Arnold Armstrong; eff
fects. AS nearly as possible l re-
peated It's contents to him. while Hal
sey took them down in notebook.
II wish you had told me this be-
FORE" he said, as he put the memo.
randum- carefully away. We found
nothing at all in the house, and ex-
pected little from any examination Of
the porch and grounds. But as we
opened the outer door something fell
into the entry with clatter. It was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-29
= cue from the billiard room.
Haleev pioknd ~ IN u,,th 80 a

cue from the billiard room.
Halsey picked 1t up with an excla-
nation.
That's careless enough" ne said.
Some of the servants have been
amusing themselves"
was far from convinced Not one
Of the servants would 60 into that
wing at night unless driven by dire
necessity. And billiard cue! AS a
weapon of either offense or defense
it was an absurdity. unless one &C
cepted Liddy's hypothesis of ghost.
and even then, as Halsey pointed out.
a playing ghost would be a
very modern evolution Of an ancient
institution.
That afternoon we, Gertrude, Hal
sey and I, attended the coroner's In
quest in town. DR.. Stewart haa been
summoned also, 1t transpiring that in
that early Sunday morning. when
Gertrude and had gone to our rooms,
he had been called to view the body.
We went the four OF us. in the ma
chine, preferring the execrable roads
to the matinee train, with half Of Cas-
anova staring at us. And on the way
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-29
NNlJzR4zzNlYS.BY
. R;!:X Mza$
CHAPTER XIV.
Gives the Alarm.

liddy Gives the Alarm.
The next day, Friday, Gertrude
BIKE the news Of her stepfather's
ath to Louise. She did it as gently
she could, telling her first that he
Gs very i'll. and finally that he was
ad. Louise received the news in
most unexpected manner, and
len Gertrude came out to tell me
" she had stood it, think she was
most shocked.
She Just lay and stared at me.
mt Ray" she said. do you know,
believe she Is glad, glad! And she
too honest to pretend anything
se. What sort Of man was Mr.,
ul Armstrong, anyhow"
He was bully as we'll as ras-
!, Gertrude" said. But am con.
iced OF one thing; Louise will send
! Halsey now, and they will make
all up"
For Louise had steadily refused to
Halsey all that dag, and the boy
IS frantic.
We had quiet hour, Halsey and I.
1t evening, and I told him several
ngs; about the request that we
e up the lease to Sunnyside, about
; telegram to Louise, about the
.nors of an approaching marriage
tween the girl and DR.. Walker, and,
t Of all, my own interview with her
day before.
de sat back in a big chair, with hts
e in the shadow, and my heart fair
ached for him. He was so big and
yish! When l had finished he drew
ong breath.
Whatever Louise does" he said,
othing will convince me, Aunt Ray,
It she doesn't care for me. And up
two months ago, when she and her
Their went west, was the happiest
low on earth. Then something
de difference; she wrote me that
people were opposed to the mar
Sc; that her feeling for me was
at it had always been, but that
nething had happened which had
.nged her ideas as to the future.
not to write until she wrote me,
whatever occurred, was to think
best could of her. 1t sounded
] puzzle. When 1 saw her yes
lay, 1t was the same thing, only,
haps, worse"
Halsey." I asked, "have you any
Of the nature Of the interview
ween Louise Armstrong and Arm
the night he was murdered?"
It was stormy. Thomas says once
twice he almost broke into the
n. he was SO alarmed for Louise"
Another thing, Halsey." I said.
We you ever heard Louise mention
oman named Darlington, Nina Car
toni" -
Never" he said positively.
OF try as we would, our thoughts
AVS came back to that fatal Satur-
night, and the murder. Every con.