davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
PATENTS !: ssss9ss;ss e. issS
A Girl Who Held Her Fallen Brother on
Alps Thirteen Hours.

The heroic effort of a girl smuggler to
save the life of her elder brother after
holding him thirteen hours on a rope over
a precipice is reported from Bellnzona.
Mile. Poretti, aged eighteen, and her
brother, aged tWerty-three, left Swiss
territory to cross the Baldisco Pass, car
rying contra band goods into Italy. On
the summit they were overtaken by
violent snOwstOrm-Whichr ragged through
out Southern Switzerland-and were
soon In deep snow.
The Poretis rOped themselves, the
young man leading. They lost their
way, and while attempting to find the
path Poretti fell through the snow into
a crevasse into which he nearly dragged
his sister, who, however, planted her
ice-ax in the snow and withstood the
shock.
Early the next morning several snug
glers crossing the pass from Swiss ter
ritory into Italian found the young girl
near the ordinary route taken by SNUG
glers, and recognized her at once, as she
belonged to a smuggler's family, and
lived at Chiavenna. The smugglers at
once drew up the brother, but found
hours his sister had held him by the
rope. He had received severe injuries
in the head, and his body was frozen.
The smugglers carried down the brave
girl, who was almost unconscious, az
we'll as the dead body of her brother,
and notified the Poretti family at CHA
VIENNA. On reaching the valley the girl
had recovered sufficiently from her ter
rible experience to explain that she and
her brother had spoken for several hours
after the accident, and at last he had
said that he felt nothing and wanted to
sleep.
A warm night followed the snowstorm,
6or h.
found Under the great strain the rope
had cut through the girls clothes, and
her waist was bleeding when she was
rescued.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
CANARY BIRDS.
| The Care That Should Be Bestowed


The Care That Should Be Bestowed
Upon Those Sonssters.
Those who are charmed by the sing
ing Of the canary will find in the fol-
lowing directions much that will in
crease the happiness of the songster,
provided the hints are needed:
Place the cage so that no draft of
air can strike the bird Give nothing
to healthy birds but rape and canary
seed, water, cuttlefish bone and gray
ell paper or sand on the floor of the
cage; no hempseed; a bath three times
a week. The room should not be over
heated-never above 70 degrees
When moulting shedding feathers)
keep warm, avoid all drafts Of air.
Give plenty OF German rape seed. A
little hard boiled egg mixed with
crackers grated fine is excellent
Feed regularly at a certain hour in
the morning. By observing these sim
pie rules birds may be kept in fine
condition for years.
For birds that are sick or have lost
their song procure bird tonic at a bird
store, Very many keep birds who
mean to give their pet all things to
make them bright and happy and at
the same time are guilty of great cru
city in regard to perches. The perches
in a cage should be each one of a diff
ferent size and the smallest as large
as pipestem
If perches are of the right sort no
trouble is ever had about the birds
toe nails growing too long, and, of all
things, keep the perches clean.-Ex-
change
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
WISCONSIN CLUB
INSPIRES MUSE
Reporter Is Sent to Write 1t Up and
Brings Back Poem Which Is
Accented

CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 25.-[Special. !
The dinner of the Wisconsin club Tues
day evening inspired Tribune reporters
up and here is what he turned in:'
The sons Of old Wisconsin sat round the
festive board
And sang and quaffed from trimming stems
while jests and songs a horde
Poured out from every Badger son, for
each guest had a turn,
The while his fellow diners Quaned and
made tobacco burn.
1t happened at the Midday club, this merry
round OF jollity,
For men of the Wisconsin club are surely
men of quality.
No stiff and formal dinner, with speeches,
for that bunch
Twas stems and cOrncOb pipes and all
that goes to make Dutch lunch.''
Betrousered Hebes raced about, anxious
busy crew,
stein of foaming brew.
Then Irish songs and German tunes, Wis
consin yells, and al
That goes to make bully smoker, y
Oscar Binner called the toasts. and empha-
sized it hard
That stale ones" would be frowned upon
and '.chestnuts'' would be barred
Fred Upham did a lively turn, and Dr.
Murphy, too;
Judge Elbridge Hanecy then sang an Irish
dltty new.
George Kelly tried to make a speech; he
stood and waited long,
For every time he tried to talk they sang
the kelly" song,
''Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" 1t float
ed round and round.
George stood and smiled, tried thrice tc
speak, but he at last was downed
Frank Billings told a yarn or two, the Others
did the same.
And Angus Hubbard "told few that
added to his fame.
Well, anyway, all voted when they heard
no more reSpOnsin
To toasts, the dinner surely was an honor
to Wisconsin.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
BADGER SUGAR MEN CALLED
Officers of Menominee River COMPANY
Take Books to New York.

MARINETTE, Wis, May 26-Three
officials of the Menominee River sugar
company, President G. L. Cook. Man.
ager G. W. Mccormick and Secretary f,
J. Brown, have been subpoenaed to bring
the company's books and testify in the
case of the government against Charles
K. Helke, secretary treasurer of the
American Sugar company, now on trial
In New York, charged with defraudine
the government on imports. It is said
that a large part of the stock of the
Menominee River Sugar company is held
by the American company. The officers
have gone to New York
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
A Hard Lot.

Nicaragua has been distinguished
even among Central American repub-
lies by the number of it's revolutions
Discovered by Columbus, it takes it's
name from the chief who ruled it at
the time of it's exploration by Doirla,
in 1922. Of it's earliest rulers it has
been said that the first had been a
murderer, the second a murderer and
rebel, the third murdered the second,
the fourth was forger and the fifth
a murderer and rebel" Nicaragua
abounds in prehistoric remains, and
in some parts, it is said, the inhabit-
ants still supply themselves with pot
terry from the vast quantities preserved
below the surface.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

One of the most interested and inter
esting delegates to the national conven-
ton Of the Methodist Episcopal Deacon
ess association in session at Grand Ave
nue. Methodist church of Milwaukee is
Vlna Smith of the Chicago Deaconess
home.
Miss Smith has the distinction of be-
ing the only deaf-mute deaconess in the
world. Her services are devoted solely
to her own people, of whom there is a
goodly colony in Chicago. The Deaf
Mute Methodist society in that city,
which numbers about sixty, holds it's
services every Sunday afternoon in the
First Methodist church, under the direc-
ton of Rev. J. E. Hazentab, himself a
deaf-mute. Songs, prayers and sermon
are all given in the sign language.
Miss Smith is a woman of wide Gull
ture, with a splendid sense of humor, aud
the faculty of making people happy. This
afternoon she will sing several songs in
the sign language.
The baby in the picture is the child
Of one of Miss Smiths friends. 1t is also
deaf-mute
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
.Ak1&& Rzc MINISTERS
nEsS = WIFE.
E&1G l.IHTrA 5Y FED 5cfAEFER.
Fey FRED SCIACFER.

The minister's wife has many demands
Awaiting her busy but tired hands.
Who must rear up the perfect child,
Never by gossipers be beguiled,
Make fancy lace objects for the bazaar,
Wear lace on herself that is palmer
by far,
Fill in at the organ, help out the choir,
Work for the church when all others
tire?
You've guessed the repIy-perhaps you
knew it:
ooh, well, the ministers wife should
do it,"
The minister's wife can look ahead
To winning a crown and wings when
dead;
While we, admitting her chance Of re-
ward
Manage to make her way to it hard
The more that she does Of our duty for
us
And plods through life without any
fuss.
But when the heavens in judgments
burst,
And God calls the meek to rise up
first,
Long habit will make US answer to it.;
ooh, well, the minister's wife should
do it,"
Cincinnati Post.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
Killed by Fear.

Frederick /. of Prussia was killed by
fear His wife was insane, and one
day she escaped from her keeper and
dabbling her clothes with blood, rush
ed upon her husband while he was doz
ing in his chair. King Frederick i'm
agined her to be the white lady
whose ghost was believed To invari
ably appear whenever the death Of a
member of the royal family was to oc
cur, and he was thrown into a fever
and died in six weeks.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
,-~--a~cl,,s View of Women n poIitice

Some interesting observations of
Prince Bismarck on female suffrage have
lust come to light. Of women in poll
cr, he said: we men are all clumsy
calmly bears. even diplomatists More
over. much less would he made public
:cr sensible woman's mouth can keep
silence. On the other hand. it can draw
IN opponent in a tone of harmless chat
er many secret that he would not
We up to us men. Woman's mouth
that's so overwhelmingly on most difficult
subjects that we never notice. old don
keys that We are. that we have told
hem more than we intended to- For
everything that is feminine beats us i'll
cunning. Berlin dispatch London Tele-
graph.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

she was married to young Milan John
son. the 1Iyear-o,d son of the chief
ana was crowned the queen with the
usual pomp and ceremony. She left
aer young husband and the band in Bos-
ton her fare being paid by the chief
VINO also supplied pocket money. 1t
appears the queen" had heard from an
oh.E brother III the far west. who had
catherine that lie would come east and
AXE care # her. Queen GATHERINGS
BOY husband IS unhappy without her and
nay leave the tribe to join her in Eliza
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
illustrated Time Tables.

Ingenious descriptive time tables have
been issued by a western railroad in
which the traveller finds, just opposite
the figures showing the time of arrival
and leaving of trains, a description of
the place and the interesting scenes
along the route Between the figures
are scenic photographs. At the top of
each page is a diagram giving the alti-
tude of the line at the various points,
Popular Mechanics.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
Hindu ModernitY.

Hindus are beginning to recognize that
the old landmarks of Hinduism. caste
among them,are beginning to vanish. The
question always remains, however,
whether this breaking away in social and
religious matters from the traditions of
the past is for the best.-Madras Weekly
Mail
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
WIRELESS IN ROCKIES.
Marconi to Have Station on Pixies
Peak as Relay Between Atlantic
and Pacific.

DENVER, Colo, May 26.-According
to information received here, Marconi
will establish a wireless station on the
top of Pixies peak. to be used as the
midway transmitting and receiving point
in an effort to send messages from the
Atlantic TO the Pacific coast. The sta
ton will DE similar to the one used by
Marconi at Glace bay, Canada. The
construction Of the station, it is said,
will be commenced upon Marconis re-
turn from Europe, for which he sailed a
few DAYS ago.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

With SO many burdens to shoulder n
life,
Who envies the white-faced ministers
wife?
is there call for those frequent tasks
Which Christian duty of each one
asks
Teach a class that's left In the lurch,
Respect q dull sermon (nor doze in
church,,
Sew for the heather, visit the sick,
Bring peace twiXt two whose tempers
were quick?
We say, while we dodge and even pooh
pooh it,
oh, well, the minister's wife should
do it,"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

he danced about the floor in ecstasy.
But recovering his self-command,
within one month he had obtained
most of the leading facts known to-
day about the physics and chemistry
of the alkaline metals. What pleas
ure for Davy, and what an advantage
for science, if he could be alive now!
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
End of Foolish Girls Romance.

Catherine Filtabis, of Elizabeth, n
j.. a romantic girl of II years. who
last February wandered into the John
son gypsy camp at night-has returned
to her home, having tired of the nomad
life. When she joined the gypsies she
said she had no home In two days
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
The Proof.

''Why do you consider your painting,
The Bee Hive. the most true to life
drawing you ever nader
Because the man who paid me S25
for it said he got stung"-Judge.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

There is a reason
Why Grape-Nuts does correct
A weak, physical, or a
Sluggish mental condition.
The food is highly nutritious
And is partially pre=digested,
So that it helps the organs OF
the stomach
To digest other food.
1t is also rich in the
Vital phosphates that go
Directly to make up
The delicate gray matter
OF brain and nerve centres.
Read "The Road to MELVILLE"
In pkgs. "There's a Reason"
POSTUM CEREAL COMPANY. Ltd.
Battle Creek, Mich.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

Your working hours have been re-
duced to eight. Then for heavens
sake, work eight hours!
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27

Boiled alligator flesh tastes very
much like veal. 1t is much eaten in In
dia.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-05-20
Courtesy In Post Office.

"One of the striking things in Bos-
ton," said a New York woman, is the
courtesy of the main post Office cor
ridor attaches. | had occasion to ad-
dress an envelope at one of the corri-
dor stands.
:" Shall put new pen in for your
/ heard a gentle voice at my elbow
say.
81 looked around and saw a roly
poly man with gray mustache with
a box of pens in his hand.
az use up nearly three boxes day.
he said as he inserted a pen in the
holder; folks spoil them by jamming
them into the blotter. This is the
best pen we have, and think you viii
like It. 1t is really too good for this
place, for it wouldn't last five min
utes In some peoples hands
"He showed a second box.
"'These long pens l sort of keep
for the old ladies' he said; they are
very fond of them. They come beg
ging me for them
HE laid a second one on the desk.
"'You might take this along with
you he said. I've got to lay them
out anyway Then he bowed and was
gone"
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-05-20
Her Red Hair Spoiled EIopement.

Her pretty red hair and the tele-
phone proved the undoing of 14-year-
old Grace Smith. who with Calvin
Bodkins eloped from Bath county to
Harrisonburg where they expected to
take the train for Hagerstown.
The girls father, John NJ. Smith.
telephoned Constable Revercomb to
intercept the lovers and hold them
until his arrival. The constable recog-
nized the couple by the girls hair and
held them at his home until her papa
arrived. Bodkins, who is Is years old,
denied that they were the persons
wanted, but Papa Smith arrived with
in an hour and took his daughter back
to their Bath county home, so miles
away-Harrisburg correspondence
Baltimore Sun.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-05-20
BUNYlP MERELY LARGE SEAL
Scientist Sheds Light on Mysterious
Animal That Terrified Aus
traIian Aborieines.

Early settlers in Australia learned
from the blacks the legend of the
"bunyip." fearsome creature sup
posed to dwell In the swamps and to
terrify beholders from time to time,
Many appearances of this mysterious
animal have been reported. but in no
case was the evidence satisfactory or
conclusive. The latest story of the
"bunyip" comes from the Black
swamp near Stawell, 70 miles from
Melbourne. The director of the Mel
bourne zoo went up and succeeded in
viewing the animal through a power
full field glass. He pronounced 1t to
be an unusually large SEAL The zoo
authorities have offered a reward of
$50 for its capture.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-05-20

Husbands are the masters at home
in everything but fact,
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-05-20
IN TOO MUCH OF A HURRY
Rural Delegate Indignant AZ the Idea
Of Driver Taking the Death
for Granted.

A sweet dispositioned horse was
slowly pulling delivery wagon down
Seventh street the other afternoon
when, just below Chestnut street. his
feet crossed and he fell heavily to the
pavement
Up to that time a large crowd had
been watching some laborers who
were digging a hole in the street near
by. but as soon as the horse turned
the flip-fop they all "shook" the hole
and hustled to the better show Kind
HANDS unhitched the fallen horse from
the wagon. but notwithstanding this
help and the appeals of the driver, the
horse refused to climb back on his
hoofs.
While he was still lying on the cold
stones commuter from South Jersey
Joined the jubilee. First he saw the
hole in the ground. next the horse:
then a look of surprise fioated over
his features
Look here. constable" he said to
policeman, "ain't we goin' leetle
biz too fast with that boss? Yer liable
ter have all yer work fer nothin'."
What do you mean?" asked the po-
liceman.
WAL, it's jes' this way" said the
rural delegate, should think We would
kind O. save time by waitin' ter see If
the boss is goin' ter die afore We start
ter dig hole ter bury ."--Phila-
delphia Telegraph.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-05-20
CEMENT TELEGRAPH POLES
Railroads viii Soon Be Using Them,
According to a Well-known Con-
sultins Engineer.

The time is not far or" said Rich
ard L. Humphrey of Philadelphia.
president of the National Association
OF Cement Users, when you will see
no more wooden telegraph poles and
fence posts along the right Of way
of the big railroads.
Right now some OF the great rail-
road systems are planning to use ce-
ment poles ON which to string their
telegraph wires, and the big telegraph
companies likewise have discussed the
advisability of employing cement for
their wires. Good telegraph poles are
becoming scarce. but 1t is not solely
because Of the scarcity that the rail-
roads are going to use cement Rail-
road experts recognize that cement
pole will be better in many ways. As
minor consideration. they can be
made more slightly. bu the chief rea-
sons are the saving OF money and the
durability OF the cement pole. Rail-
road and telegraph companies suffer
much less when windstorms come
along and sweep down miles of their
poles. The wooden pole rots and is
easily broken. A cement pole would
not have to be replaced in rs years.
1t will stand all manner of climatic
conditions. growing harder and
strong as It gets older.
Especially In the west, where the
railroads often have prairie fires TO
encounter, will you find in few years
the fence post of cement in general
use. The right of way of the big rail-
road now Is fenced of with barbed
wire strung on wooden posts. Along
comes fire and many posts are de-
stroyed When the cement post is in
use fire will have no effect and the
saving to the railroad company Will
be immense.
Ties for the roadbed are to be
made Of cement They will outlast the
wooden tie many years and will be
stronger and give the rails more
solid foundation Hundreds Of con-
crete passenger stations are being
built by the railroads, and cement Is
to be used in the construction of the
great freight depots Of the future.
Tho leading railroad men know the
value Of guarding against future cost.
and they are going to adopt cement as
the material for their bridges, tele-
graph poles, fence posts, ties and their
buildings"
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-05-20
Train Saved by Woman.

By the courageous and intelligent
action of woman, q serious acct
dent was prevented on the Caledonian
line at West Ferry, Scotland. In the
course of a fierce gale large Tree on
the railroad embankment was uproot-
ed and thrown across the track. For
tunately, the fall of the tree was no
ticed by young woman in a cottage
in the neighborhood, and she, reali-
zing the danger to passing trains. hur-
Red to the nearest signal box, which
was about half a mile distant. The
signal man, thanks to the information
he received, was able to stop two
passenger trains, due from Glasgow.
until gang of plate layers was sum
moned to clear the line. This work
was accomplished in about an hours
time. The woman. Mrs. Bell, has been
presented with a handsome acknows
edgemsot by the railroad company
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-05-20
SAFETY IS OBJECT SOUGHT
Avoiding Wrecks Now the Greatest
Problem of Railroads.&c. Re-
cent Device.

The Erie railroad has instituted q
12mile experimental section of an
electrical automatic railroad safety
signal system that promises for the
safety of railroad travel. The engine,
according to Golfers Weekly, has a
brush arrangement that connects with
the third rail, In the cab are instru-
ments that will bring the train to a
stop the moment 1t enters block on
which there is another train or a
broken rail or any other obstruction.
The train is stopped automatically.
Then the engineer takes down his
telephone and calls up the nearest
station and asks what is the matter.
He can also talk with the other en-
gineers on the line. A time meter,
similar to the paper disk time clock
of the Waterman in big buildings, rem
ders It impossible for him to make
a false report as to the time he re-
ceived the danger signal and what
he did Another signal In the engin-
GERS cab is a green light that burns
as long as the track is clear, but goes
dark as soon as a danger zone Is en-
tered. A push button in every station
will stop any train along the track
for miles. AS soon as the station
agent pushes this button the train
comes to stop. The engineer calls
baci; to find what it is all about. The
agent explains and gives orders.
Aside from it's first and primary i'm
portance as a safety device, 1t can be
operated in connection with local and
long-dstance telephone service. On
the first experiments made few days
ago the engineer and messenger on
a fastmoving train in New Jersey
telephoned to the editorial rooms OF
a New York city newspaper and could,
they declare, have as easily talked
with Chicago
That this sort of a system may be
generally adopted and applied to rail-
road service seems to be likely, as Its
installation and operation will be less
costly to a railroad than the loss OF
rolling stock that is being constantly
smashed up in the wrecks that have
become so frequent they hardly count
any more even as important items OF
news.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-05-20
Mexican Beer Is Sweet.

"The Mexican is as fond of sweet
things as he is of hot and spicy
Dishes" says Raymond V. Plat OF
Mexico City. Even their beer is
sweet.
Some years ago breweries were
erected in some of the cities of north
ern Mexico. but the natives did not
like the product. When, however,
they took to brewing sweetish beer
the drink at once became popular.
Nowadays all the beer one gets on
the other side of the Rio Grande is
sweet"