davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05
Proposals for Street Work

Sealed proposals will be received a,
the office of the recorder of tie city OF
81, Johns, until Aug, 23,I9Io, alto O'Clock
p, m. for the Improvement of Portland
boulevard from the east line OF Point View
Addition TO the west line of Fairhayen
street in the manner provided by ordi-
mace No. 800 subject 10 the provisions
OF the charter and ordinances OF the city
of ST. Johns, and the estimate OF the
city engineer, ON file.
This improvement requires 6-foot ce-
ment walks, "a foot curb.
Engineers estimate of cost fII9s, ,6s.
Bids must be strictly in accordance
with printed blanks which will be furn-
ished ON application at the office of the
recorder of the city OF 81. Johns. And
said improvement must be completed on
or before October IS, 1910.
No proposals or bids will be considered
unless accompanied by certified check
payable 10 the order OF the mayor OF the
city of ST. Johns, certified by response
BILE bank for an amount equal to ten per
cent. of the aggregate proposal.
The right 10 reject any and all bids is
hereby reserved.
BY order OF the city council,
A. NJ ESSON,
City Recorder.
Published in the ST. Johns Review
August S, Il, aud 10, 1910.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05
Dear Cousin Hans:

Dear Cousin Hans:
You Remember vas promo.
toned once to der shoe department Of
der Muck Mercantile Co., for hero.
ishness or something's like der Carne.
gle medalsl Veil. / haf anoder pro-
motionings already. You see, we
sell our shoes so cheap und they are
so good that all der peoples they
find him oud pretty quick und II
keeps us jumping worser as a hop
pergrass. Veil, one day a pretty
fraulein canned trillipping In yust
as bright und schveet as der dog.
fennel after a summer rains, und
mine heart yust jumped my mouth
oud pretty nigh. but ] shut him up
quick und swallow a couple Of times
already und waited on nder fraulein
butt vas considerably ilustrationed
und | put her right foot in der
wrong shoe und her foot vot vas
left in der oder und she veared dem
that way und II made her vat you
call "pigeons.toed." und she canned
back to Mr.. Muck und made a big
holler und saidt: "Yust look vat
your liddle Yerman clerk did init
my feets." Und Mr., Muck vas very
sorry und said he would haf to dis
ciplination me und pretty quick pro-
motioned me to der grocery depart
ment to sell aigs cause der wasn't
any rights und lefts, Veil, dot vas
all right. We haf a splendid line Of
all kinds OF groceries, cottees, teas,
cereals, spices und gTocers sundries
und they are strictly fresh und sold
at the lowest possible prices. Come
und see me with the
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05

Some years ago We remember meet
ing at the door Of secondhand book
shop an excited Irishmau. tie had
Just bought the Irish Melodies" for a
shilling when he turned round ON the
bookseller aud burst out, but could
kill ye for selling these immortal gems
90 cheapr London Athenaeum.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05
The 4andwri,lno.

"lf you look about you" said the
ominous acquaintance. "you win see
the handwriting ON the wall"
''rhe handwriting on the wall does
not worry me-" replied Senator sor-
ghum. so long as they don't so rum
maglng into my private memoranda." ("
Washington Star.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05
Fourth of July Fund

Following is a list Of the receipts
and disbursement Of the Fourth Of
July committees. The statement Is
published in order that all who dc.
sire may know just how the money
was expended:
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05

Yes" said the nut TO the nail. ut
gave me a terrible wrench to part
from him. but | knew II would be
only a matter Of a few days before he
would bolt anyway"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

In order to insure q change Of al
vertlssmsnt the copy for sueh change
should reach this once not later than
Wednesday, at 3 o'clock p. m. Please
remember thls and savs the printsr
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05

konhern Pacific Railway
LEAVING sr. IoHNs


Mott Coast Limited via Puget Sound Io No a m,
North Coast Limited via North Bank 1:ss D. m;
Atlantic Express via Puget sound ms a M
Atlantis Express via North bank SsS a M.
Twin City Express via Puget sound $50 D. m
Twin City Express via North Bank 5.7S . M
Eastern Express via Puget Soand. is:ss a M
Eastern Express via North Rank os1s m
Mo River Express via North Bank - 7:ss p. m
Portland Tacoma Seattle Express. 7so5 a m
Branches.
Puget Sound Limited. $50 p. m; Grays Harbor
and South Bend Branches.
hacolt Passenger 4s1o d. m
ARRIVING AT ST. JOHNS
North coasa Limited via North Bank 7ssz D. m
North Coast Limited via Puget Sound 6;sS q IA
No. PACING Express via North hank 7:i7 q M
No fAcihe Express via Puget sound 6;ss .. m
Pacinc Express via North bank -7.sJ p M
Paeihc Express via Puget sound ----- 6;SS a N
western Express via North Bank 7.lJ y. m
Western Express via Puget sound - Iozos ?. N
NO. kivrr kxpress via North Bank 7I1 a. "a
MO. River hxpress via Puget sound ss56 D. m
Portland. raeoma 4 Seattle ExpTess SIS 3. n
nom Olympia, south Bend and Grays Harbor
faget soand Ltmiled- 80 as y u
faeoR Passenger ----- s,sS :. N
o. n. cosaslI. Agsnt.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05
BONHAM g. CURRIER
ORDINANCE NO. 800

An Ordinance Providing the
Time and Manner OF Inn
proving Portland Boulevard
from East Line OF Point
View Addition to Fairhayen
Street in the City Of St.
Johns.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05
Proposals for Street Work

Scaled proposals will be received at
the office of the recorder OF the city oi
~. Johns until July 10, 1910, al o o'clock
p. m. Tor the improvement of Leonard
street from the westerly line of Chicago
street 10 the easterly line OF New York
street IA the manner provided by ordi-
nance No, 3o7, subject to the provisions
ot the charter and ordinances ot the city
of 81. Johns, and the estimate OF the city
engineer, ON file, requiring 6-ioOt ee-
ment walks 2-ioot curb aud I6-teet of
maeadam ia center. Engineers esti-
mate OF cost sI4a7.oS.
Bids must be strictly In accordance with
printed blanks which will be furn-
ished ON application at the office of the
recorder of the city Of ST. Johns. Aud
said Improvement must be completed on
or before 90 days from the signing OF the
contract by the parties thereto.
No proposals or bids will be considered
unless accompanied by certified check
payable TO the mayor of the city OF ST.
Johns, certified by responsible bank
for an amount equal To ten per cent, Of
the aggregate proposal,
The right 10 reject any and all bids is
hereby reserved.
by order OF the city council.
A, NJ, RSSoN,
City Recorder.
Published in the St. Johns Review
July ~, August S aud "a, 1910.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05

Subscribe for the ST. Johns Review
and keep posted on the doinEs Of
the city.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05
THE PALM CAFE
Thss- Glover. Prop.

Pure California Port Wine
$I.a5 to $2.oo per gallon
Finest ever brought to St.
Johns.
Choice liquors of all kinds at
prices most reasonable.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05

Reduced Rates from all parts of Oregon and WashInston
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05
Attest;

Published in the St. Johns Review
August Sth, 1910.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
COMING TO HER OWN.
The South Grows Rich From Its
Soil,

Soil.
Cotton Production Of 1909" Is the IT,
tie of an interesting bulletin issued
recently by the census bureau. 1t Is a
long statement Of the crop Of 1909, in
Guiding facts about cotton seed, grad
ing, ginning and the distribution Of the
product in this and other countries.
The estimated value of the crop for
the year reached the sum Of $S12,OS9,-
600, as compared with s6S1 100000 for
the preceding year. This difference in
valuation was due to the higher prices
at which cotton was sold and not to
larger production. The value increas-
ed 1872 per cent, while the product, eX-
pressed in bales, declined Oil per cent
Cotton, valuable as it was to the
southern planter, was worth only about
half as much as the corn crop. 1t was
worth about s1OO,OOO,OOO more than the
wheat crop, and some $3.50, 100000 more
than the production of oats, leaving
corn king among agricultural products
| for the year.
Speaking Of the value of the crop to
the individual the bulletin says the
planter who received about $6O4 for
twenty bales in 1898 sold the same
number of bales last year for $l,6S6
which means much in the general
, progress and prosperity OF the south
The value of a bale Of cotton, including
the seed. was sS4.31 in 1909, as COM
pared with $3O.32 in 1898. The lowest
price for cotton was recorded in 1898
when the average for the year was 4.S
cents, compared with 1929 cents III
1909. The average between is about II
cents, which was crossed in the year
1907.
1t is pointed out that the production
of Sea Island cotton did not chahge
materially in 1909 as to the amount
produced or the price. This IS grown
only in a limited area, and the bulletin
makes a strong argument in favor oil
increased acreage, so as to compete
more fully with the Egyptian produc-
tion. It is said that many parts ot the
south are favorable to the production
of long fiber cotton, much OF whlcn
sold last year at 80 cents to the pound
The bulletin shows that the southern
nlanters could much improve their IL
nancial condition by resort to RAISING
Sea Island cotton.
The bulletin contains many 1acts
about the cultivation of the crop, war
upon the boil weevil, and discussion
of soils and fertilizer. Economies are
urged at various points. and the SOUTH
ern planter is admonished that ne oc-
cupies a unique place in the agricul-
tural development OF the couh.r!' anu
that he should through scientlhc anu
other means make the most OF the sit-
nation for his enrichment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
An Intelliuent Dog.

Here is a good story OF FARMER
dog which has been proved guilty III
obtaining goods under false pretenses'
The dog is extremely fond of sau-
sages. and has been taught by Ms
owner to go after them for himself
carrying written order in his mouth
Day after day he appeared at the
butchers shop. bringing his master
order. and by and by the butcher be-
came careless about reading the docu-
ment. Finally. when the bill was
sent in the farmer complained that ne
was charged with more sausages than
he had ordered.
The butcher was surprised. ana the
next time Lion came in with slip OF
paper between his teeth he took the
trouble to look at it. The paper was
blank. and further Investigations
showed that whenever the dog felt a
craving for sausage he looked round
for piece of paper and trotted on To
the butchers.
The farmer is something out ot
pocket. but squares the account by
boasting of his dogs intelligence.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
his way out of the throng. And must

his way out Of the throng. And must
the world wait longer yet?"
The mists had congregated about
the distant mountain side, and there
were seen the grand and awful feat
ures of the Great Stone Face, awful
but benignant, as if a mighty angel
were sitting among the hills, and en-
robbing himself in a cloud vesture of
gold and purple. AS he looked, Ernest
could hardly believe but that a smile
beamed over the whole visage, with a
radiance still Frightening, although
without motion of the lips. 1t was
probably the effect of the western sun
shine. melting through the thinly diff
fused vapors that had swept between
him and the object that he gaZed at.
But-as it always did-the aspect of
his marvellous friend made Ernest as
hopeful as if he had never hoped in
vain.
Fear not, Ernest" said his heart
even as if the Great Face were whis-
pering him-"fear not, Ernest: he will
come"
ITO he Concluded FRIDAY.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
A QUEER UNIVERSITY.
Cairo Has the Worlds Oldest Educa-
tionaI Institution.


"When we think of Harvard or Yale,
the former dating from 1888 and the
latter from 1901, we think OF them as
old universities" says writer IN the
American Educational Review; but
when we pass to the other side OF the
world we discover that even the old
est American universities are in reality
very young institutions.
"The Oldest educational institution
I'm the world is the University ot FL
Ashar, Cairo, founded in the year 9SS
by the great Saladin. 1t Is the central
seat of learning for the whole Moham-
medan world, as well as fountain OF
spiritual life. 1t occupies an ancient
MOSQUE in the Arab quarter of Cairo,
surrounded by a confusing maze OF
narrow streets where the population
is made up of representatives of every
race that follows the prophet.
The old mosque covers several acres
and consists of a series of courts sur
rounded by long cloisters with low
roofs supported by forests of columns.
The floors Of red tiles are covered daily
by multitude of men and boys, squat
ting in semicircles around their teach
ers, who sit with their backs to the
columns lecturing in monotones.
THE chancellor of the university is
always descendant Of the prophet
and is usually a man of ability and
learning. He occupies apartments in
FL Ashar and is not only the supreme
educational but the ecclesiastical head
of the church of Egypt.
There is no organization similar to
that in modern universities. Any rep
utable man who desires to teach can
obtain the privilege by application and
is assigned a column where he may
sit and impair, The truth as he thinks
proper His fame or ability will at
tract more or less students and dis
ciplcs. who pay him fees according to
their means"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
ORIGINAL TELEGRAPH LINE.
First In the United States Built From
Washington to Baltimore.

There was just one story to enliven
almost three months of debate in the
senate over President Taft's railroad
regulation bill. The senate was seri-
Gus most of the time. Senator Bailey
told the story just before debate was
finished, and it was suggested by the
legislation which the senate inserted
in the bill by amendment which has
to do with the regulation of telegraph
and telephone lines. Here it is:
The truth is that the first telegraph
line ever established in the United
States was established with an ap-
propriation from the Federal treas
ury and procured through the gener-
Gus impulse of a TenneSsean.
1T was in the closing hours of a
session when the appropriation of
$40, 900 had passed the senate, and it
seemed az if the adjournment of con-
gress would occur before it could he
considered in the house. Under ten
sion which few men in the world have
ever experienced Mr.. Morse went to
donrkeeper of the house and asked
him who was the best hearted man
among all of the representatives. The
dnnrkeeprr told him that it was Rob-
rrt l.. Carruthers of Tennessee, who,
strange to say, was n bachelor. He
sent for Mr.. Carruthers and made his
last appeal. He took Carruthers to
the basement of the Capitol, where he
had established his instrument, and.
taking a message from Carruthers as he
sat at one desk. transmitted 1t to an
associate. who received it at the other
desk and read it to Carruthers exact
ly as he had written it.
Upon that demonstration Carruthers
went back into the house Of represen-
tatives and secured the passage of
that item, and it is one of the irOnies
of politics that the first message ever
transmitted over an established line
came from Baltimore to Washington
Announcing the nomination of Car
ruther's great political rival for the
presidency of the United States.
Under those circumstances it was
not remarkable that the government
should have felt privileged to demand
at the hands of the telegraph company
concessions which were not generally
accorded it's customers.
And then, too, as | said moment
ago, we had not in that day reached
the conclusion that everybody who
uses public utility is entitled To use
it on the same terms. New York
Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
PART |.

PART l.
One afternoon, when the sun was
going down. a mother and her little
boy sat at the door of their cottage
talking about the Great Stone Face
They had but to lift their eyes, and
there it was plainly to be seen, though
miles away, with the sunshine bright
ening all its features.
And what was the Great Stone Face?
Embosomed amongst family OF
lofty mountains, there was valley so
spacious that it contained many thou
sand inhabitants. Some of these good
people dwelt in log-huts. win the black
forest all around them, on the steep
and difficult hillsides. Others had
their homes in comfortable farm
houses. and cultivated the rich soil on
the gentle slopes or level surfaces OF
the valley. Others, again, were con-
gregated into populous villages, where
some wild, highland rivulet. tumbllns
down from it's birthplace in the upper
mountain region, had been caught and
tanned by human cunning, and COM
PEELED to turn the machinery OF cotton
factories. The inhabitants of this val
lev. in short, were numerous. and of
many modes of life. But all of them,
grown people and children, had kind
of familiarity with the Great Stone
Face, although some possessed the
gift of distinguishing this grand nat
ural phenomenon more perfectly than
many of their neighbors.
The Great Stone Face, then, was
work of Nature in her mood of maJes-
tic playfulness, formed on the perpen-
dicular side of mountain by some I'M
mense rocks, which had been thrown
together in such a position, as when
viewed at a proper distance, precise
ly to resemble the features of the hu-
man countenance. 1t seemed as If an
enormous giant, or Titan, had sculp-
tured his own likeness on the precl-
pice. There was the broad arch OF
the forehead, hundred feet in height;
the nose, with its long bridge; and the
vast lips, WlllCll, IL IilSN NONiN iiS&'
spoken, would have rolled their thun-
der accents from one end of the val
ley to the other. True it is, that if
the spectator approached too near, he
lost the outline of the gigantic visage,
and could discern only a heap of pom
derous and gigantic rocks, piled in
chaotic ruin one upon another. Re-
tracing his steps, however, the won
drous features would again be seen;
and the farther he withdrew from
them, the more like a human face,
with all it's original divinity intact, did
they appear; until, as it grew dim in
the distance, with the clouds and glor-
flied vapor of the mountains cluster
ing about it, the Great Stone Face
seemed positively to be alive.
1t was a happy lot for children TO
grow up to manhood or womanhood
with the Great Stone Face before their
eyes. for all the features were noble,
and the expression was at once grand
and sweet, as if it were the glow of a
vast, warm heart, that embraced all
mankind in its affections, and had room
for more. 1t was an education only to
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
THE GREAT STONE FACE

look at it. According to the belief OF
many people, the valley owed much
of its fertility to this benign aspect that
was continually beaming over it, lllum-
mating the clouds, and infusing its
tenderness into the sunshine.
AS we began with saying, mother
and her little boy sat at their cottage
door, gazing at the Great Stone Face,
and talking about it. The child's name
was Ernest.
Mother" said he, while the Titanic
visage smiled on him, Il wish that it
could speak, for it looks so very kindly
that it's voice must needs be pleasant.
If | were to see a man with such a
face. l should love him dearly"
IF an old prophecy should come to
pass" answered his mother, I'VE may
see a man, some time or other, with
exactly such a face as that
What prophecy do you mean, dear
mother?" eagerly inquired Ernest.
Pray tell me all about it,"
So his mother told him story that
her own mother had told to her, when
she herself was younger than little
| Ernest: a story, not of things that
were past, but of what was yet to
come; a story. nevertheless, so very
old, that even the Indians, who for
merly inhabited this valley, had heard
it from their forefathers, 10 whom, as
they affirmed, it had been murmured
by the mountain streams. and whis-
pered by the wind among the tree
tops. The purport was, that, at some
future day, a child should he born
, hereabouts, who was destined to be-
come the greatest and noblest person.
age of his time, and whose counte-
nance, in manhood, should bear an eX-
act resemblance to the Great Stone
Face. Not few old-fashioned people,
and young ones likewise, in the ardor
of their hopes, still cherished an endur-
ing faith in this old prophecy But
others, who had seen more of the
world, had watched and waited till
they were weary, and had beheld no
man with such a face, nor any man
that proved to be much greater or no
bier than his neighbors, concluded it
to be nothing but an idle tale. At all
events, the great man of the prophecy
had not yet appeared.
20 mother, dear mother!" cried Ern-
oct claiming his hands above his head,
Il do hope that l shall live to see
himl"
His mother was an affectionate and
thoughtful woman, and felt that 1t
was wisest not to discourage the gen.
erous hopes of her little boy. So she
only said to him, Perhaps you may"
And Ernest never forgot the story
that his mother told him. 1t was al
ways in his mind, whenever he looked
upon the Great Stone Face. He spent
his childhood in the log cottage where
he was born, and was dutiful to his
mother, and helpful to her in many
things, assisting her much with his lit
| tie hands, and more with his loving
heart. In this manner, from a happy
yet often pensive child, he grew up to
be a mild, quiet, unObtrusive boy, and
sun Drowned with labor in the fields,
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q ~ -
high officers the Illinois
John
NJ L. Ewing
Illegal with
accused
declared If conspiracy existed
them Back Of the there Is
of OF
confession furnished what
evidence against the officials
admissions declared to have been obtained from him. That the
$O0OO fake
which
addition big dividends paid Thi
outward
That officials
OF
Of of
and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30

al Your best friend is not the one
who is always eXcusing your faults.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-06-23
Big Cities Soon Will
Know How Big They Are.
A Friend.

Washington, D. c., June 21.-The
mammoth task of recording the thir-
teenth decennial census of the Uni
ted States has progressed to such a
point that within few days the
census bureau will begin to make
public the population of the larger
cities of the country.
The figures for the cities contain
ing rs, 900 or more people will be
given out first. They will be followed
later in the summer by the population
of states by counties, which also will
include the cities of s, 600 or more
persons.
The returns of about $4,000 enum-
ertators hsve been received by the
bureau and it is expected the re-
mainder of the 10000 reports will
be in by July 1.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-06-23
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,

To THE VOTERS OF BEN Hill COUNTY:
hereby announce myself as candidate for rep
resentative from Ben Hill county, subject to the
white primary. | do not ask for Office under any
claims to right of hereditary succession, nor by
reason of any former trade or combination by which
this high office may be farmed out to successive
candidates; nor do | ask vindication at your
hands on account of any past failure to receive
your endorsement at the polls. If my record as
citizen and my loyalty to Fitzgerald, and my coun-
ty and state, for the past fourteen years, merits
your approval, will sincerely appreciate your sup
port and if elected pledge myself to represent the
whole people who will be taken into my confidence
in all matters of legislation affecting their interest
Respectfully, D. B. JAY