davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09
QUICK WIT SAVED HIM.
The Way Criminal Fooled Paris
Police Chief.

The Way a Criminal Fooled a Paris
Police Chief.
In the Memories" Of M. Claude,
chief Of police during the reign Of Ma
poleon Ill, there Is much that Is fas-
cinating to lovers Of detective stories.
One Of M. Claude's experiences was
that in which he was outwitted by a
clever criminal who saw in the police
chiefs resemblance to Beranger when
the poet was at the height Of his pop
ularity a means Of escape from cap
ture. The criminal had returned to
Paris and was living as rich student
of it's Bohemian splendor.
Claude thought to make an easy
capture Of his man by attending GER
tain famous ballroom at the hour when
dancing was at it's height. He tells
the story:
II had no difficulty in discovering
him seated among a swarm Of pretty
girls and bewitching danseuses.
of getting the better of cunning enc
my-surprise and audacity-I walked
straight up to where my rascal was
seated. l walked slowly, with steady
steps. my eyes on the eyes of my man.
He was a dark skinned, handsome fell
low, with a face as brazen as 1t was
cynical. saw by on imperceptible
sign that he recognized me. He turn
ed pale-he was mine!
II was almost near enough to cap
ture him when / saw him bend to the
ear Of one Of his companions. Instant
ly all the girls surrounded me and
stood in a feverish, excited, ardent
phalanx before me. They formed an
impenetrable barrier, behind which my
rascal escaped, while the women press
ed eagerly upon me, crying out:
"'Beranger 1t is Beranger!'
1.-The magic name presented upon
the youthful spirits there the effect
of an electric spark. All the dancers
Of the establishment stopped dancing
ana surrounded me Win accldHldtloHS.
The students and young girls rushed
up to me, some bearing bouquets, 9TH
ers glass in hand. l was literally COW
cred with flowers, while the whole
place rang with shouts, hundred
times repeated, of 'Vive Beranger!
Vive Beranger!'
II was aghast, and yet l understood
the trick. On the point of being COL
Jared by me, the man l had marked
down had recourse to this shrewd
game, which must have succeeded even
better than he expected. I certainly
had some points of resemblance to the
illustrious song maker or the whole
world Of students and grisettes in the
Latin Quarter would not have fallen so
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09
NATIONAL HOLOCAUST.
Our Fires Cost Millions More Than
Germany's Army.

Our Fires Cost Millions More Than
Germany's Army.
We hear much in this peaceful
country, says a writer in Everybody's,
about Germany's burden Of militar-
ism. Well, our national bonfire would
pay for the Kaiser's whole army
maintenance and leave surplus an
nually Of s20,00O,000 for a fireworks
fund wherewith to appease our pyro-
maniac appetite. II Germany is ap-
peased by wars and rumors of wars,
how much more sorely Is the United
States oppressed by fire and the evils
that attend 1t! And the worst OF 1t
Is that his loss, in great part, Is
needless and superfluous; incredibly
and idiotically stupid and short sight
ed.
Europe proves so much. No nation
there but would be appalled, at such a
fire bill as ours. In the forty-nine
principal cities Of Europe there Is
less than one fire annually Csc, to be
exact) to every thousand inhabitants.
In this country we maintain gener-
al average of four and a half fires
per thousand persons. The per capita
loss by flames in Italy is IL cents
yearly; in Germany, 49 cents; In
thirty of the largest European cities,
81 cents, and in 252 American cities
the per capita destruction averages
1910. Boston, in many respects the
most scientifically administered and
municipality progressive city In this
country, has yearly bill OF a million
and a half dollars from loss by burn
ing. The European city Of equal size
gets along with one-tenth Of that sac
rifice. Our debit side of the fire led
ger sums up a heavier total than the
combined losses Of any other six CIV
ilized nations in the world. Nothing
this side of the sun equals us for
combustion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09
DustI Dust! Dust!

A woman, essaying work in certain
rooms in certain cordage factories, has,
for initiation, an attack Of mill fever"
says a writer in Everybody's. 1t is
a cold, temperature, loss Of voice,
a lassitude. 1t keeps the patient in
her house for few days. Passing off,
it yields in time to hoarseness, an
asthmatic habit, enfeebling, chronic,
in many cases.
These facts, long familiar to older
countries, were substantiated for this
country in 1906 through an extraordi-
narily painstaking investigation con-
Quoted by Miss Mabel Parton on behalf
Of the Woman's Educational and In
dustrial Union Of Boston and the Fed
GRAFTON Of Women's Clubs Of Massa-
chusetts. Eleven Of sixteen doctors
elaborately interviewed by Miss Parton
stated, from wide experience among
cordage factory operatives, that chron-
ic asthma, chronic catarrh and chronic
bronchitis were unduly prevalent
among them.
This is certainly bad. But is it be-
cause Of something inherent, something
irremovable, in the making Of cords,
ropes, twines? Not precisely. Pre-
cisely, 1t Is because Of dust, extremely
removable dust.
When We see men metal polishers dy-
ing by the hundred of throat and lung
diseases, because Of the dust which
rises into their nostrils when they
press metal objects against whirling
wheels Of emery, corundum, carborun-
dunn, we do not say, Industry is bad
for men," We say, Dust Is bad for
men," So, sometimes, we put hoods
over the whirling wheels and attach
pipes to the hoods and place suction
fans in the pipes.
On top of one of the buildings of a
big manufacturing company In Chica-
go there is a pipe through which, thick
as cinders from a smokestack, come
hurled, swirled, scattering, pattering,
fine metal particles, drawn up from
the rooms beneath, sifted to rifted
drifts all over the roof by the wind,
lying there a heavy hell-hued snow
storm of lead iron, brass. 1t was all
Of it in the air of the rooms beneath,
breathed by the men, two years ago.
A suction fan can carry metal. 1t
can carry flax fibre. Neither men nor
women really need breathe a harmful
quantity of any kind Of dust metallic
or vegetable.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09
LAST OF HIS KIND.
Fashions In Millinery Have Made the
White Heron Extinct.

Fashions In Millinery Have Made the
White Heron Extinct.
High above the mashy wastes which
border the klamath lakes in southern
Oregon, a lone white heron winged his
desolate flight month ago, his beady
telescope eyes turned now right, now
left, while from his needle-pointed
beak dismal and discordant cries
sounded requiem for the departed
members Of his kind, for he was. alone
in the world, says the Technical World
Magazine, the sole survivor Of a once
proud family.
On broad pinions the snowy survivor
of former legion floated to the east
and then to the west; the far-seeing
eyes searching vainly each stretch Of
lake, land or sedgy waste for a famil-
lar patch Of white which would betok-
en- the presence of father, mother,
mate, chick or friend, but he saw none
for President Roosevelt had been too
late in setting aside the klamath dis
trict as national bird reserve and the
delay has sealed the fate Of the white
heron family.
But one is left, according to the off,
cials of the United States land office
and Of the National Association Of Au-
dubon societies; just one white sample
remaining of myriad thousands Of one
Of the most beautiful of all native
birds; the cruel decree of fashion hav-
ing brought about so savage butchery
and so persistent hunt for white
plumage that biological historians will
in future works, record the melancholy
fact that in the year A. D. 1908 the
white heron followed the great aux
over the dismal trail that stretches
backward to the ages that are gone.
II President Roosevelt had only sign
ed that executive order one year ago
or even six months-the heron would
have been saved, but he signed it in
September.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09
Wise William.

When Justice Buffum opened court
in a small town in southern Georgia
one morning last week, ne called loud
ly. Zones against Johnson!"
A dignifed gentleman came to the
bar and said: 'T am Doctor Jones, your
honor, the complaining witness. M!
chickens were stolen and found In the
possession Of"
"One moment. DOCTOR" the judge in
terrupted. I'VE must have the defend
ant at the bar. Jones against Jonn-
son! Jones against Johnson! Is the
defendant present? Is William john
son In court?"
A tall and shambling negro shufneo
to the bar, ducked his head, pulled his
woolly forelock in token of respect. ano
grinned a propitiatory grin.
"Ah's Willyum Johns'n, please sun
ledge" he said. "Ah doan' know nuf-
fin bout no 'fendant, sub. Ah'm 1es
de man wot took de chick'ns."
Don't talk like that" the court
warned william. You ought to nave
a lawyer to speak for you. where's
your lawyer"
"Ah ain got no lawyer, jedge-
Very we'll, then," said his honor
"Pu assign a lawyer to defend YOU"
"Oh, no, sub: no, sub! Ple-e-ease
dom do dat!" William begged.
why not?" asked the judge. III
won't cost you anything. Why don't
you want a lawyer"
"Well, ah'll tell yo', subj" said Will
liam, waving his tattered old hat con-
fidentially. Hits jes' dis-a-way-af
wan tub enjoy dem chickn masef."-
Harper's Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09
ALIEN CRIMINALS.
Many of Them Manage to Land on
American Soil.

Many of Them Manage to Land on
American Soil.
On every vessel sailing from Paler-
mo or Naples are q dozen or more
members of the Camorra or the Malta,
employed as sailors, coal beavers and
stewards, says Everybody's Magazine.
1t is their fraternal duty to aid their
brethren to evade the passport law.
If there are six or more members Of a
ships company earnestly desirous of
always be done. There are recorded
instances where a stowaway has been
hunted for three hours by twenty men,
after all the officers and crew have
been sent ashore, and has remained
undiscovered-because he was sewed
up in a mattress in a bunk.
When the steamship has tied up at
her berth in an American port, the fu-
gitive puts on the uniform Of overalls
of one Of his confederates and easily
makes his way off the pier. And thus.
a seasoned and hardened criminal, his
blood-stained hands against all the
world as the worlds hands are against
him, he is turned loose in the land Of
the free and the home Of the brave.
Every steamship man concerned in the
Mediterranean trade knows something
Of the system; one Of them has admit
ted these facts 1t is the theory of the
professional policeman Of America that
the Italian criminal comes to us
through France and Canada. That Is
nonsense he has neither the intelli-
gence nor the means.
The ex-convict has the New York
bers Of his society in Italy. He makes
his way to this address as quickly as
he may. He is without work and in a
strange country. 1t may be that hap
py chance will find honest work for him
at once. But usually 1t Is not so. He
becomes. more likely, a willing and
useful tool Of the Black Hand, a de-
pendent on the generosity Of more
thoroughly acclimated criminals The
stealthy delivery Of blackmailing let
ters, the stabbings, the bomb plant
ings, and even the murders of the
Black Hand type are done by men who
are so ignorant and so helpless that
they face starvation II they do not
carry out the orders of the Black Hand
thugs who house and feed them after
their surreptitious entry into the Unit
ed States.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09
HE oBEYED ORDERS.



One day a young recruit was stand
ing guard before the door Of the en-
trance of Peter the Greats private
chambers in the palace of st. Peters
burg. He had received orders to ad-
NIT no one.
AS he was passing slowly up and
down before the door Prince Menschi-
koff, the favorite minister Of the czar,
approached and attempted to enter.
He was stopped by the recruit.
The prince, who had the fullest lib
erty Of calling upon his master at any
time, sought to push the guard and
pass him. Yet the young man would
not move, but ordered his highness to
stand back.
"You idiot" shouted the prince.
Don't you know me? You'll be pun
ished for this!"
The recruit smiled and said:
VERY we'll, your highness, but my
orders are peremptory to let nobody
pass"
The prince, exasperated at the fell
lows impudence. struck him blow
in the face with his riding whip.
Strike away, your highness," said
the soldier but I cannot let you go
in"
Peter, in the room, hearing the noise
outside, opened the door and inquired
what it meant, and the prince told
him.
The czar appeared amused, but said
nothing at the time.
In the evening, however, he sent for
the prince and the soldier. AS they
both appeared Peter gave his own
cane to the soldier, saying:
THAT man struck you in the morn
ing. Now you must return the blow to
that fellow with my stick"
The prince was amazed. your mai
esty," he said, this common soldier
is to strike me?"
II make him a captain" said Peter.
But I'm an officer Of your majes-
tvs household" objected the prince.
T make him a colonel Of my life
guards and an officer Of the house.
hold" said Peter again.
my rank, your majesty knows is
that of general" again protested Men
schikoff.
"Then I make him a general, so that
the beating you get may come from a
man Of your rank"
The prince got sound thrashing In
the presence Of the czar, and the re-
cruit, who was next day commissioned
a general with a title, was the founder
of a powerful family whose descend
ants are still high in the imperial ser
vice of Russia.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09
This gives an estimate that is acc

This gives an estimate that Is accu-
rate enough to give very good idea
of what 1t costs to produce each par
ticular crop. In figuring the cost Of
labor enough should be added to pay
for the use of the machinery. The cost
Of seed will include cleaning, testing
and other preparation. Perhaps the
best way to figure the value Of the ma
nure applied is to include it in the rent
of the land. This the corn crop
which receives the first benefit from
the manure, can be charged a higher
rent on this account. The amount
charged to the oat crop will be less,
while the clover crop. which really adds
to the fertility Of the land, will pay the
lowest rent Of all. Where the grain is
fed on the farm there will of course be
no charge for marketing. The cost Of
clover seed. which is sown with the
oats, should be charged to the next
years clover crop.
Following the expense account should
come a profit and loss page:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09

readily into his trap. was as bald as
the poet at that time, and at all times
I have had a certain good natured,
sympathetic benevolence in my ap-
pearance such as the portraits Of Ber-
anger show to this day.
well. If the youth of Paris counter
signed the intentional error of my clev-
er scamp I owed it to my resemblance
to the poet. Though I was tricked, I
was well tricked. 1t was not for me
to own to these giddypates that l was
not Beranger. but Claude, the police
man, the agent Of all the prosecutors,
judges and lawyers who under the
restoration had done so much harm to
their idol. I escaped from the ovation,
which was becoming delirious under
an avalanche Of flowers"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09

Farming on high priced land must
be conducted on business principles II
the greatest profits are to be realized.
The farmers work is by no means done
when he has raised large crop OF corn
or successfully fattened carload or
steers. He must be able to market his
produce at a profit and must also know
whether the steers were fed at profit
or a loss and what 1t costs to produce
each crop Of grain.
1t is a fact that the only way to know
Just what you are doing and just what
parts Of your farm are bringing in a
profit and what ones are being run at
a loss is to keep books" This does
not necessarily mean a complicated
system that will require half your time
to keep in shape. BY little care the
method Of keeping accounts can be so
systematized as to amount to only a
few moments a week.
The first and most important book
Is the check book. The check book
habit" will often save great deal Of
money and trouble. II you lose your
check book or have it stolen, you still
have your money left. You do not have
to waste time trying to make change,
since the check can be always made
out for exactly the right amount. When
you give a man a check in payment for
what you owe him, he must sign that
check before he can draw the money
on it. At the end of every month the
bank returns these signed checks to
you, and you thus have receipts for
all the money you paid out during the
month.
For general accounts any good sized
blank book will answer. There are a
number Of specially made farmers ac-
count books, but blank book which
you can rule to suit yourself will be
just as good or better. The first page
should be devoted to an inventory of
the stock, grain and machinery, to-
gether with their value. Following
this should he a map Of the farm.
Next to this should come the cash
account A convenient and simple way
Of arranging this is as follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09

Funeral Baked Meats.-John Sharp
Williams, at the end of his recent de-
bate with Gov. Vardaman at Meridian,
Miss, according to the Washington
Star, talked about pride.
There is a decent and noble pride,
said Mr.. Williams. "and there is a pride
that is mean and ludicrous. An aged
citizen Of Yazoo tells of an old woman
whose pride was Of the latter sort.
This old woman lived in Yorkshire,
There was a funeral one day in the
next village. She did not attend 1t, but
a neighbor of hers was there. That
night she called on the neighbor and
said:
well, Nancy, hear you wor at t
funeral
".Yes, l wor,' Nancy replied.
what kind Of funeral wor it?'
Nancy shifted.
why, it wor a very mean affair,
she said. There wor nobbut few bis
cult an sich.'
"'Ah,' said the other old woman,
them's the sort of ways 1 don't hold
to. I've lost five, but, thank 'evins,
I've buried 'em all with am"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09
ISLAND HELLO GIRLS.
Many Come From the Best Families In
the PhIippines.

Many Come From the Best Families In
the Philippines.
Victor F. Ward, a civil engineer Of
Manila, who is visiting this country on
leave Of absence, speaking Of the Fill
ipino hello" girls to a Washington
Herald reporter, said that they come
from the best families Of the islands
take their work more seriously than
their fair-skinned sister Of the Occi-
dent.
'She has her servant" said Mr..
Ward, "who is also her chaperon, to
accompany her to the office, carrying
her lunch, and who calls to take her
back to the security Of her home when
the gong rings on her days work.
1.-The Spanish custom Of never per-
mitting an unmarried woman above
the age Of IL to leave the portals Of
her casa uraccompanied still prevails
with both Spaniards and Filipinos Of
the better class.
1.-The fact that the field of labor,
aside from domestic service, for the
Filipino girl is so limited, makes en-
ployment in this line especially desir-
able and much sought after by the
daughters of the well-to-do Filipinos.
Hence to be hello girl in the Phil
ippines is an honor, carrying with 1t
prestige and entry into the best soci-
ETY..
ITO serve as central in Manila a
girl must speak and understand Eng
lish, Spanish and Tagalog. and some
Of them possess a working knowledge
of Chinese, Japanese and other ORR
entail tongues.
"As the word hurry Is unknown in
the Far East, so likewise is 1t often
necessary for an impatient subscriber
to curb his temper when telephoning
But the tones of the dulcet voiced
operator, 'dhe lyme ees beesee, senor,
soothes him to patience.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09
And He Got &.


ac.entleman." said the drummer OF
druggists sundries, as he looked
around on the half dozen men VINO
were asking him for the latest story,
"I believe I have felt about 400 differ-
ent feelings in my life, and the balm
lest one of all was the feeling that l
had something coming to me, ana
would get it If 1 stayed on the road
long enough"
"And have you got it?" was asked.
.I have. got it FIVE days ago when
I was coming into Chicago. l was very
comfortable in my Pullman when a
Young man came along and told me a
pitiful story and wanted me to buy MS
diamond ring. The game Is older tnah
the hills, and 1 was on in a minute
Bogus story and bogus diamond. Will
ing to sell me a $500 ring for $50.
asked him where the green spot was
in nv eve, and while I was plumlns
myself the man in the other part OF the
section pulled out three tens ana
pocketed the ring. Did I look down
upon him with pity and contempt? Dlo
I smile? Did 1 grin? Did ask MIN
where his guardian was? Oh, yes-on'
yes. and he speaks up and claims that
the stones were diamonds and the ring
well worth 200 plunks. 1t nettied me
to see the ass so cock-sure and to near
him saw that Of course l was no judge
of diamonds, and put up $50 that ned
been done for. The conductor held the
money, and when we got into town we
made for a jewelry store. We took IN
four of 'em before I laid down. Same
story in each place-ring worth sZoo'
"And you lost your $50?"
"Slick as slick"
"And there was a game in it?"
"Of course, you camel. Seller ana
buyer were confederates and they prob
ably worked the scheme six days
week. II I'd got ready to buy, some
excuse would have been made to head
me off. Yes, gents that's what was
coming to me, and now that I've got
II / feel relieved, and If any OF you
think you can push pool balls about
lust lead the way and I'll show you
that it's all a pipe dream"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09

Spectacular. .-"How'dy, BrutusY'
greeted the tall thespian as they met
on Clark street. They tell me you
are about to start out on the road with
a real sensation?"
'I should say So" laughed the moon
checked manager with the big cane
and the headlight diamond, I've got
the real thing. 1t is an up-to-date I'm
Gle Toms Cabin"
"Oh, pshaw; I've heard Of up-to-date
Uncle Toms Cabins before"
Yes, but this is the real goods, old
chap. Listen! Liza crosses the river
in a motor boat; Legree chases her In
a 5O-horse power automobile and Lit
tie Eva goes to Paradise in an air ship
Can you beat that?"-Chicago Daily
News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09

,t9' Would you have the trusts, your
honor, placed at the mercy Of the gov
ernment?" exclaimed the attorney for
the biggest of the bunch.
STRIKES me that would be simple
reversal Of present conditions" re-
marked the attorney for the other
side and calmly watched the case go
to the jury.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09

Once a year these two pages can be
balanced, and you can see Just where
you stand in the hog business. In ad-
dition to the expense and income pages
for the different classes Of stock there
should be pages for keeping track Of
changing works" at thrashing time,
for breeding records, for butter and
cream, for poultry and for any other
special line in which you are interested.
Lining up and arranging the pages
will make q good rainy days job for
some of the children, and after that the
time required to keep the accounts in
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09

sions. In keeping in touch with the
local butter. egg and poultry markets
the telephone is especially valuable.
1t is also a time saver in many other
ways, so much so that the up to date
business farmer cannot afford to be
without one.
THE END