davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-12

The potash bin, recently laid before
The federal council by the prussian gov.
eminent Is designed to create a trust
II an the potash mines Of the country
under the auspices Of the imperial gov.
ernment. In Berlin financial circles the
proposed Jaw is favored as measure
for protecting the national resources.
The American market amounts to sixty
per cent Of the export trade and is val
ued al s700o000 a year The bil pre-
sented to the federal council provides
that the output IF potash shall % oid
through the joint selling concerns TO
which tbe potash miners belong at inland
prices, subject to the approval Of the
federal council Existing contracts with
Americans would be taken over By The
syndicate provided they are not for
longer periods chan two years Accord
ing to section of Gle Payne tariff aet
III ii should be shown that Germany
was discriminating against the United
states, Il would Il obligatory upon the
president 70 penalze all German exports
b the imposition 81 Is PER cent duty
81 addition to what would be collected
originally upon them
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-12
u.ea.l.n 60 4. 81 a.naL4

The Eel. 2;02A, win not be raced ca
the ice this winter The gray wonder
has been barred in the free Tor Ill al
Ottawai hence his vacation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-12
German Potash Law Called
Discrimination
III ADVOCATES CONTRACTS
Vigorous Assertion Made by the United
States The Act Provides a Ma
tional Monopoly in
Potash.

Berlin, Jan. l2s-The United States
government yesterday informed the Ger
man foreign Office that i would regard
The adoption by the Reichstag of the
proposed potash law as a discrimination
against American interests It IS under
stood that the American position is that
the adoption Of the measure would con-
stitute such a discrimination against the
United states as Is described in section
Of the Payne tariff law.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-12
ARMY BILL pAssEs LOS.

Et Carries an Appropriation Of eos. 2oo,-
900.
Washington, Jan. Ia.-CafryiHg an
appropriation az sos 100000 fer the
maintenance Of the army for tie fiscal
year Of 1911, the army appropriation
bin PASSED the House yesterday bY a
vote 81 is8 to lo6; present and not vot-
ing g The opposition was due to The
fact that the department estimates
were exceeded.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-12

Dyspeplets SS ssS Ssi$s$ss I'm
Heartburn Nausea, Wind % tho stomach sea-
sickness sleeplosanass arising from lndioestloni
an diseomforis nf Dyspepsia. They are composed
OF tho best diaestxes5 earmuHtispH and correct
ives and arc agreeable and economical Put upin
thee Sizes i0c., 25e and 81 Sold hy an druggists
and soNt promptly b mail en- receipt Of prcQW
y. HOOD GO. Mig. IheminfH Lowell, MASS
W Made BIZ Hood Hts Good.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-25

$4,000, has neither school, church nor
other public building, the only thing Of
the sort being letter box on a pillar.
Villages with but single inhabitant
are not unknown, one Of them being
Skiddaw,. in Cumberland. The single
villager complains bitterly because he
cannot vote, there being no overseer to
prepare voters list and no church or
other public building on which to pub
lish one, as the law requires. The
lonely rate payer in a Northumber-
land village has declined to contribute
money to maintain the roads, remark
ing that the one he has is quite good
enough for its use. In the isle of Ely
Is a little parish with about a dozen
inhabitants that has no rates, as there
are no roads or public institutions of
any kind and consequently no ex-
penses.
Kempton, near Bradford, can proba-
bly, lay successful claim to tine distinc-
tion of being the longest village in the
world, as it struggles along the road
for distance of seven miles.
Sometimes a village will entirely
disappear, having been built either on
the edge of the crumbling cliffs that
make part of the coast line or over an
ancient mine. One of the latter class
is In Shropshire, and each year one or
more of the cottages tumbles as the
earth sinks beneath it. - Harper 8
Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-25
THE COMET HUNTER.
His Emotions When He Finds a New
Wanderer In Space.

VeS'" y" SPoSos
The process Of comet hunting is per-
haps the most fascinating branch Of
practical astronomy. If there still lives
among us moderns one only survivor
Of the traditional astronomer, one pa
tient, expectant lover Of the skies, seek
him among the comet hunters, for to-
day, as Of old, you will find him perch
ed on some tower scanning the heav-
ems from dusk to dawn, sleepless, al
most hopeless Of success, yet ever sup
ported by the thought that perhaps he,
celestial. Let US follow him at his
work. Suddenly he sights faint patch
Of hazy light, as for an instant uncer-
tain, yet trusts that his eye deceives
him not. Another minute and larger
telescope mas made him sure. 1t is
there. He hurries to his library and
consults Herschel's catalogue Of known
nebulae. He finds the place in the
book; down the page runs his eager
finger. There is nothing recorded at
that exact spot on the sky. 1t must be
a comet. Yet even Herscheps careful
scrutiny was not so very infrequently
at fault. AS yet there Is no certainty.
He must apply the final test.
The larger telescope is now brought
into play. If this is truly a comet 1t
must be following some appointed or
bit in space. 1t must be changing its
position with reference to the stars.
Probably half an hour will serve to
settle the question to an experienced
eye. The minutes pass. Is there mo-
tion or Is there not? He thinks there
is. Now he Is almost sure there Is.
Yes. No man could remain impassive
His pipe goes out; he forgets to smoke.
Another quarter hour makes assurance
doubly sure. Success Is his.
But now he is seized with new
fear. Is he the first or has some otn-
er anticipated the discovery? There Is
another tireless comet hunter who
lives in Vienna. Perhaps even now
word Is on the telegraphic cables.
There is need Of haste. The astrono-
mer runs to the telephone, calls long
distance and asks for the Harvard
college observatory, which is the GEN.
trail distributing station for announc-
ing new discoveries. They tell him
calmly that they have heard nothing;
that the discovery will be at once veri
fled and made known by cable and tel
egram in every observatory through
out the world before morning. Our
astronomer goes to shut up his tele-
scopes. He will work no more tonight,
but he sways a little as he crosses
the room.-Prof. Harold Jacoby in
Harper's Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-25
cox AND UNCLE JOE.
Interesting Congressional Incident Dat
ing Back Thirty Years.

interesting congressman inCiocnt Ddt-
ing Back Thirty Years.
"A new story on Uncle joe that /
am told never was printed was related
to me by former Governor Benton Nc
Millin Of Tennessee, while was trav-
cling with him recently" said Repre-
sentative James M. Cox Of Dayton, O.,
to Washington Post reporter.
1T was my first meeting with Gov
ernor McMillin, and my name suggest
ed the story. When McMillin was in
the house number of years ago the
brilliant Sunset Cox of Ohio, was q
member Of that body, as was also the
present speaker. On one occasion, ac-
cording to Governor McMillin, Cox got
up to make speech on some moment
GUS question.
"As always when Cox spoke he had
the attention Of the house. He had
launched into his subject and was ad-
dressing himself to an important phase
Of his speech when Uncle joe rose and
assumed the attitude that is so familiar
to everybody.
He jerked his hand out of his
pocket, and pointing at Cox, but ad-
dressing himself to the speaker, Mr..
Carlisle of Kentucky, requested per-
mission. to ask question. Mr. Cox
paid no attention to Uncle Joe for
several minutes, but the latter was in
sistent and finally Speaker Carlisle
asked Cox If he would yield the floor
for question. Cox paused for mo-
emnt and said
I will yield to the gentleman from
Illinois for question on one condition.
Every time he interrupts he draws forth
his hand and points 1t at me as IL he
had pistol, and it frightens me. II
the gentleman from Illinois agrees
while speaking to keep mis- hand in his
pocket, will yield the floor for a ques-
tion, but not otherwise
Speaker Carlisle asked Mr. Cannon
If he would accept the condition offer
ed and Uncle Joe agreed. But he had
not proceeded far when he nervously
drew forth his hand and again pointed
1t directly at Cox. In moment Cox
was on his feet, and declaring that
Cannon had violated his agreement,
demanded that Cannon resume his
seat. And Uncle joe mad to sit down"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-25
THE FOURTH ESTATE
[continued from Third Page.l

why don't you go to the girl and
tell her?" suggested the newspaper
owner.
About her mother and why she
died?"
We'll, perhaps not. But hope you
won't follow the Bartelmy story any
further. I'll be just as well pleased"
I've got to follow 1t, Mr.. Nolan.
can't STOP" calculated Brand. I've
got the goods on him now. I've got o
story that will drive him off the bench
when We print it."
.What?" half rising.
True; every word Of it." Brand
paced nervously across the room.
For Gods sake, Wheeler, don't &c
off at half cock!" cried Nolan.
Half cock! Why, tell you I've got
the facts. I've been working on 1t fol
months"
"Now, listen to me. You're a young
man. In spite Of what you say about
him know that in his public life he's
mighty well thought Of by some of the
most prominent men in this city, and
-weakly-"well If they believe in him
I don't-see-why"-
"Will nothing convince your" excit.
edly. "If he should offer me a bribe tc
kill this story would you acknowledge
then that he's a crook?'
why, yes, of course I would"
"Will you let me print that story in
my own way and promise not to in
terfere?'
Yes. But the girl" Nolan reminded
him-"how do you think she'll feel Il
you print that story%
But Brand was not to be swerved
from his purpose.
TT can't be helped. I've got to go on
Somehow you know the thought comes
to me that perhaps it all may turn out
for the best"
well, I hope So" commented the
newspaper owner, but, man alive, Sthis
story you
He was forced to cease abruptly, fol
Judge Bartelmy and Ed Dupuy entered
the drawing room and drew near.
To be Continued.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-25
THE PLANETS.
They All, With Their Satellites, Ex-
hibit Phases Like the Moon.

hlpit Pnases Like tho MOON.
We are likely to regard the moon
as the only thing in the heavens that
exhibits phases such as the quarter,
the half and the full. AS matter Of
fact, all planets and their satellites
exhibit separately such phases, and
most of them can be easily seen with
small power telescope. Thus Mars
and Venus, which are comparatively
close to the earth, show through the
telescope at times a beautiful crescent,
at others a half planet fully as bril-
liant, considering the distance, as does
our satellite. At times also the plan
cts suffer eclipse, just as the earth,
the moon and the sun, and these
eclipses are foretold with as great ac-
curacy.
AS to just what causes the phases,
say of the moon, is easily to compre-
hend by a homely analogy. If one
stands in the corner of room, places
a globe of some description in the next
corner and a light in the third cor
ner the phenomenon Of the half moon
is seen. The light, representing the
sun, shines Of course on half the globe
representing the moon, but the OBJ
server in the corner sees only half Of
the surface toward him illuminat-
ed. If now the light be placed behind
the observer and little above his head
a full moon will be seen, the sum-"
however, shining on the same area Of
surface as before, merely allowing this
time a view from the "earth" of the
whole amount Of illumination. All the
phases can be demonstrated in this
manner by moving the moon" direct
ly outward from its corner.
One of the greatest discoveries Of
science is due to observation Of the
eclipses of Jupiters moons. 1t was
found that when the earth was in the
part of its orbit nearest to Jupiter,
these eclipses occurred sixteen min
utes. earlier than when 1t was in the
farthermost part, whereas by all rules
of astronomy they should have occur
red at the same minute each time. 1t
was deduced from this that light was
not instantaneous and consequently
took sixteen minutes to traverse the
diameter of the earth's orbit, a dis
tance of about 200, 900, 900 miles, thus
giving to light a velocity of 1876, 900
miles a second, which was accurately
shown later by other experiments
st. Louis Republic.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-25
FIRE ExrlNeuIsHERs.
Chemical Principle Involved In Blank
citing the Flames.

Chemical Principle Involved In Blank
citing tho Flames.
The fire extinguisher hangs upon the
wall In home. factory and business
house and 1t becomes such an integral
part Of the scenery" that no especial
attention is paid to 1t by people who
are constantly passing every day and
many times every day, says the st.
Louis Star. Yet these same people
would be surprised, doubtless, when
told that fully so per cent Of all fires
are put out by means Of this small in
strument, which has become such an
important institution In American
cities.
Why does fire extinsuisher ex-
tinguish? Is a question often asked.
The answer is very simple. Fumes
given out by the extinguisher when
broken" act the. same as q blanket
would act on flames.
In a bottle in the copper shell Of
the extinguisher is solution compos-
ed of the following: Four fluid ounces
of commercial sulphuric acid, one and
one-half pounds Of carbonate of soda
and two and one-half gallons Of water.
These are the quantities used In a
three-gallon extinguisher, the size In
use now. These chemicals, when
brought together at the breaking OF the
bottle form a powerful carbonic acid
gas, which. In the vicinity Of heat,
forms thick blanket that smothers
the flames.
The fumes act as blanket would
act. The oxygen, necessary to the life
of the flames, cannot exist wherR the
carbonic fumes permeate and the fire
must go out A three-gallon extin-
guisher will pour forth an effective
flow Of gas for one minute. This equals,
in fire-fighting, the use 81 100 gallons
of water applied through hose. One
Of the best features Of this form Of
fire escape lies In the fact that on oil
fires, the most difficult to manage, the
fumes are more effective than on any
other kind. Many terrible fires In the
oil districts have been controlled by
carbonic gas fumes.
I. While the general principles Of all
extingaishers are the same, they are
made in various types. Some have
the inverted bottle, which must be
turned upside down to be effective.
Others require thatxthe bottle within
be broken by heavy blow on patent
head.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-25
WONDERFUL RETRIBUTIoN.
An Incident of the Workings of Can.
ada's Government Protection.

An Incident of the Workings of Can.
ada's Government Protection.
In September, 1904, two white men
entered the Lesser Slave lake country
in the Canadian northwest, ostensibly
prospecting for gold. Subsequently
the Indians reported that one Of the
men seemed to be travelling alone, an
observant Cree boy adding, 'The
white mans dog won't follow
that fellow any more" The answers
given by Charles King Of Mount
Pleasant, Utah, regarding his lost
companion, Hayward, were not sat-
isfactory. King was arrested, and
there began one of the most splen-
did bits Of detective work Of which
Canada has record.
Sergeant Anderson turned over the
ashes Of a campfire and found three
hard Jumps Of flesh and small piece
of skull bone. In front stretched q
a likely place in which to look fol
evidence. Setting Indian women tc
fish up with their toes any hard sub
stance they might feel in the ooze
Anderson secured a stickpin of unus-
ual make and a sovereign case. He
Systematically drained the lake and
found shoe with a broken eyed
needle sticking in it. The campfire
ashes examined with the microscope
yielded the missing part of the nee.
dies broken eye and established un-
mistakable connection between lake
and camp.
The maker of the stickpin in Lon
don, England, was communicated
with by cable, and the Canadian gov.
ernment summoned a Mr.. Hayward
to come from England to identify the
trinkets of his murdered brother
Link by link the chain grew. Il
took eleven months for Sergeant An.
derson to get his complete case ir
shape. The mounted police brought
from Lesser Slave lake to Edmonton
forty Indians and half breed wit
nesses. The evidence was placed be-
fore the jury, and the Indians re-
turned to their homes. A legal tech
nicality cropping up. the trial had tc
be repeated in it's entirety, and once
more those forty men, women and
children left their traps and fishing
nets and came into Edmonton to tell
their story.
The result was that Charles King
was found guilty of the murder OF
Edward Hayward and paid the death
penalty The trial cost the govern
ment of Canada over $30,000-all to
avenge the death of one Of the wan
dering units to be found in every
corner of the silent places, an un-
known prospector.-Agnes Dean
Cameron in Century.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-25
TRAVELLING In Asia Minor.

had an amusing adventure In the
train leaving Damascus. was travel
ing third and had got q corner seat
and put my bag on 1t to keep It:
when I came back to the carriage
found a Turk had thrown my bag
gage or and appropriated the seat
Without thinking Of the consequences,
I put my hand behind his neck and
then, placing my foot against the
seat, heaved him OF and sat down.
He whipped out q nasty looking knife,
but before hes64 p use 1t the other
occupants Of the carriage seized him.
and he was paciHed by decent
looking old Turk giving up his Seat.
Later on, in another carriage, q fell
low insisted on trying to embrace
me; and the other occupants never
had any scruples in removing my hat
An Indian sola topee-and exam
ming my passport, books, <or any
other article one happened to have
In ones hand. The guide books ad-
wise Europeans not to trat1nl third
class, and I quite agree with the ad-
vice unless one has an absolutely i'm
perturbable disposition. There is no
doubt, however. that travelling third
class affords the observant tourist q
splendid opportunity Of gaining a
close insight into the character OF
the people. A good example Of thiE
is afforded by an incident which oc-.
Cured at Hannah. A countrymaa
was leaving his home; his family and
friends had come down to. see him
OF. Iscould understand very little
Arabic; but 1t did not require much
intuition to guess that the words
spoken to him by those he was leav-
ing behind were ones OF sympathy
and announcement, The object of
their solicitude was eS1o e4tiys feel-
ing the parting acuteiy. for his only
response to all their cheering words
was "Inshoo Allah" ('Tf God wishes
|it.") One has often heard Of the
erhotionless Oriental; yet In this case
the parting was as genuine in its
emotion as any to be seen in the
west. .--Wides World Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-25
New Powerful Explosive.

A new explosive is made by mixing
perchlorate Of ammonia with ain or
ganic substance containing tapnin.
The perchlorate may be partly replac-
ed by nitrate Of ammonia or common
saltpetre. Myrobolan and diva-diva
are suitable organic ingredients. A
good explosive mixture consists Of SO
parts Of myrobolan and "a parts OF
perchlorate of ammonia. Nearly halt
Of the perchlorate may be replaced by
saltpetre. The proportions are by
weight, and all the ingredients should
be pulverized before being mixed. The
new explosive is we'll adapted for use
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-25

in coal mines, as the temperature pro-
duced by its explosion Is too low to
ignite either coal dust (choke- damp
or marsh gas (firedamp). 1t is advis-
able to convert the mixture into plas-
tic mass by the addition Of fish glue,
oil, OF, preferably, agar-agar. The ex-
plosive is very powerful. yet 1t is not
easily ignited by shocks and can be
handled with safety.-Scientifc Amer
lean
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-25
CHANGED HER MIND.
Story Of an Extravasant Husband and
a Saving Wife.

Saving Wife.
Hello, Harry, Is that you?"
HIN, yes, dear. What's upY
"Oh, nothing. just thought I'd call
you up and tell you ! was coming
down town this morning to do little
shopping and ask you II you'd take
me out to lunch. Just where you usu-
ally go, you know. Please! It'll be so
nice to eat where you always do.ggs
"oh, all right! What time viii You
be down."
"At about 1890"
"All right I'll be here. Goodby."
Then this happened at the restau-
rant records the Chicago Tribune.
"oh. so this is where you usually
Gomez"
Nearly always, dear. The service
is good and the music rests mel"
"Oh!"
Yes. Don't you like it?"
1T looks quite elegant and, expen-
sive" @
mot particularly expensive. In fact,
think 1t is quite the reverse. You
can get splendid meal here for rs
cents"
"Seventy-five cents! Charles Nor
ton Harris, do you mean to tell me
that yoa. spend 7b cents every day for
your lunch"
mo, don't. I'm just telling you
that you can get splendid meal for
that amount. Now, my dear, what are
you going to have? Would you like a
little appetizer"
DO you mean a drink"
Yes. A-er-cocktail or something"
And so this is the way you spend
your money! On appetizers! Charles
Morton Harris!"
my dear, was merely asking you
If you wanted one. That does not
necessarily imply that I drink every
day."
you mentioned them quite as II
you were in the habit of 1t. No, do
not want an appetizer. My appetite
10 qulle BOOO just dS IL IL.
well, let's see. What would you
like to eat?"
"oh, don't know. I haven't made
up my mind"
What do you say to a nice little
steak for two-with mushrooms? You
are so fond of them"
rs that what you usually eat for
lunch? Do you feel that you can af-
ford things like that? I don't. I nave
a sandwich and cocoa and manage to
get along quite we'll. It's all / ever
have. Sometimes only eat bread and
butter"
my dear girl, there's no use of your
making martyr of yourself. I am
willing and able to pay for everything
you want to eat. never dreamed that
you had been stinting yourself on
lunches, and don't see why you have
done It,"
That's always the way. No matter
what a woman does to help her hus-
band along, it's never appreciated.
She might as well go ahead and enjoy
herself I don't know what 1 want to
eat"
well, let's see. Perhaps a salad will
be NICE"
Salad! Forty cents!"
my dear child, will you please stop
worrying about prices? When you
come down to lunch with me want
you to have what you want regardless
of price. Now what will you have?
Hurry. up, the waiter is getting impa-
tient."
1.-THE waiter! HIM! Why are you
worried about the waiter? Has he
anything on you?"
mo, dear, but you see the time 10
slipping by. Now, what will you have
to eat?"
II don't know. Go ahead and order"
Would you like a club sandwich"
Just as if 1 didn't get enough of
sandwiches during the week? No, sir!
II you can afford to eat here every day
you can certainly give me something
to eat that I relish on the one day
come down."
"Will you have a steak with mush-
rooms?"
7 will
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-25

Both Expired.-The charge was one
of keeping a dog without license, and
the defendant evinced tendency to in
terrupt the evidence. He was sternly
hushed, but eventually his turn came
The clerk of the court turned to him:
do you wish the court to understand
that you refuse to renew your dog IL
cense?"
Yes, but
I'VE want no butts. You must renew
the license or you will be fined. You
know 1t expired a month ago."
Yes, but so did the dog. Do have
to renew him too?"-London Taller.