davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-06
SAM AND THE GHOST.
He Tried to Stay In q Haunted House
Overnight.

IT, UFuO0 70 Guy III = VJ8OuSO0 GO00S0
Overnight.
This is the latest darby wheeze. ac-
cording to Jimmie Allison, who met q
bunch from Kentucky the other night.
"Down near Lexington" said Allison,
"there is a haunted house. Naturally
the owner wanted to take the curse of
his property, SO one Sunday he hired
old Sam. an enlightened negro. to sleep
in the place that night. You know
and I know there is no such thing as
a ha'nt, SAM said he, and II there was
they can't do anything on Sunday. $50
I'll just leave you locked in with a
quart Of whisky. and Monday morning
I'll come for you with a wagon and
give you So
$50 Sam was locked in. On Monday
morning the owner appeared with the
wagon. but no Sam was to be found.
There was 8, window missing from the
house. though-sash and all. he fol-
lowed Sans trail through a little wood
by the saplings that had been bent
down. and finally he reached the edge
of the swamp. That fool Niger said
he, will get mired down there If he
don't look out. I'll come back this aft
ernoon and get him.
'.But that afternoon he couldn't find
Sam. Time went on until he became
seriously alarmed about the old fellow.
On Thursday morning he got on his
mule. took his hound dogs and started
sut to trail the runaway. About 4
jclock in the afternoon of Thursday
he found the old chap. completely ex-
hausted. He was just able to drag a
leg. What's the matter with you. you
fool nigger?' he demanded. Here you
60 and bust out of my house Sunday
night. destroying a good window COM
pletely. And here ] find you out in the
swamp. Where have you been all the
timey"
CLAWS. Marse Bob.' said the negro.
Il been comm back since Monday
morning. "-Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-06

Appropriate.
"What kind Of a head shall I put on
this article about the statue Of Lib
erty?"
'sIf you want to be neat and appr0-
PIRATE 1 should suggest Roman caps"
ABaltim5tfe American.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-06

How She Won Out.
"HoW did you manage to catch the
man you wanted?" we asked Of the
bride.
by pretending to try to catch a man
I didn't want" she confessed.-Chfca.
90 News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-06

Dull Preacher Reasonable.
WifeJohn, dear, your trousers bad-
y need pressing. They look % II
you'd been sleeping In them.
Hubby-I have. These are the ones
I wore to church.-Boston Transcript.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-06
A Bsnanxa.

A 0onanxa.
First Starving Author-What would
you do. old man. IL you could get s
cents q word for your stun?
Second Starving Author-That's easy.
I'd write q dictiopary.-Town and
Country.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-06
Way L GosA.

Way Il Goes.
"What goes in one town doesn't 60
in another"
slow, now"
'.sSome places are advertising them
selves as flyless cities, others are hust-
ling for aviation -meets."-Washington
Herald.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-06
A SERIOUS
BLUNDER
BY F. A. Mitchell
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.
By F. A. Mitchell

Edgar Ainsworth was editor Of the
Literary Review. One day he criticised
a novel published under the name Of
Rosamond Stanford as follows:
"'Her Mistake by Rosamond Stan
ford Zones Bros.). is a mistake all
through. In the first place, 1t was a
mistake for Miss Stanford to try to
write a novel at all. Her hero, Milton
Truesdale. is a prig. Her heroine, Alice
Van Zant. would do very well for the
leading lady of a child's play. The
scenes are like a London fog, the char
acters as stiff as the f%igurehead Of a
sailing ship of the nineteenth century"
1t was Saturday night when Aims
worth consigned the poor authoress'
labor to oblivion, and the foreman of
the composing oom was calling for
copy for the Literary Digest. The edi-
tor called a boy and sent up criticisms
of six novels, all of which he had read
that afternoon, to I'll up the column
unprovided for. Then he went home.
put a hot water bag on his stomach.
another on his cheek and after a few
hours more suffering went to sleep.
He awoke ut 10 o'clock in the morn.
ing refreshed. After a bath and a
breakfast he lounged, and If he saw a
newspaper lying about he took it up
and put it in the stove. He dined at
2, slept from 8 till 6. took tea and pro-
ceeded to make his usual Sunday even
ing call on his fiancee. Marion Schoe-
field.
Miss Schoefeld, who bad been used
to his calls for several years, waiting
while her lover condemned enough
books to enable him to marry her. was.
as usual, watching for her lover on
Sunday evening at the parlor window.
Mr.. Ainsworth was disappointed at
not seeing her at the accustomed place.
Fearing something serious had hap
pened, he hurried into the house.
Meeting her sister in the hall, he ask
ed a%nxiously:
"Where Is Molly?"
No answer.
"Great heavens! IL she ill?"
No answer.
do tell mel!
"Molly is well enough. She'll be
down presently"
Ainsworth walked the parlor door
for half an hour, when, looking up, he
saw his love standing mute before
him. She had entered * silently that
she had not heard him. She looked
as IL she had been buried and e1-
humed.
"Rose-sweetheart!" he exclaimed.
"What has happened?
"a good deal has happened" was
the reply.
"Tell me. I'm dying with suspense"
perhaps you will not think It a
! matter of importance. The truth has
simply been spoken"
1.-The TRUTH"
Eyes. It IL no fault Of yours"
"Whose fault Is 1T"
mo ones. l have simply made .
mistake.
what mistaken"
I'm trying to write a novel,"
"You write a novels"
"Yes. have been engaged Tor more
than a year OF one"
"Well?"
II have been advised by n near
and dear to me-that's the worst Of
Observation-Disclosures I made a mis-.
take in trying to WRITE"
"Who told you that nonsense"
Besides. I've discovered that the
man I took for q model for my hero
is a prig."
"Who did you takeT'
Zone I love-"
"Good gracious! You didn't take, me7'
Eyes; I did" with q sob.
"Well, we'll, sweetheart, who told
you all this? Have you been getting
some addlepated FOOLS opinion on your
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-06
Rule Of snob Society.

Mack-l understand that Van Dyke
has been dropped by society. Wyld-
Yes; he made himself unpopular be-
cause he paid his debts instead Of his
social obligations.-Puck.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-06
His First fonpsr.

VSB-rSToS uOppOSs
when a man puts on his drst high
hat" remarked the observer Of events
and things. che couldn't look any more
important II he had been handed q
halo."-YOnkers Statesman.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-06
The Axsraaa Man,

However loosely n may use the e.,
preston 1.-THE average man." however
plausibly another may argue that No
such parsonage exists. the average
man has q. very distinct reality. HI
exists not in Imagination, but In tho
actual world Of physical objects. The
~impossibility Of Identifying bin - no
argument against hts being. The aver
age man 10 a monarch. the only mon
arch we have in q democracy. Before
him all other men bow down. HI
word IL law. indisputable. inescapabss.
From this decree there 10 no appeaf-
and no redress. He courts suggesdoa.
but not interference. To this real but
unnamed person politicians musA
make their appeal and statesmen look
for support. He combines radtcaiis0
With healthful conservatism. 10 not Of
ten carried away BY the passions Of IL
moment, but II he IL his mental equi-
librium is quickly restored. He may
occasionally be wrong, but never for
long. In the end his judgment Il cor
rect and infallible.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Masked Mountain Climbers.
The natural conclusion upon meet
ing a masked man In an unfrequented
location is that we are In for an n
counter with a highwayman, but this
Il not necessarily the case, for the per
son might he a scientist engaged In
exploration work. Mountain climbers
have found that some such protection
Il required to ward OF the pain and
Inconvenience Of snow scald. Along
the Pacific slope there are several o.
g~anixations Of amateur m0untafn.
climbers. and the aayantaeessffOo0s
protection Tor tho skin Of til fae0
49, 0rst appesclsese " ts5.
$500
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-06

Cat-IW get you yet, Mr.. Parrot.
Parrot-You had better tackle the
canary bird FIRST and get q reputation.
New York Mail.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-06

VAO ! AVvSs
GOOD gracious! You didn't take me7'
ayes; I did," with q sob.
"Well, we'll, sweetheart, who told
you all this? Have you been getting
some addlepated FOOLS opinion on your
manuscript"
1.-THE novel has been published"
by whom?"
"Jones Bros"
Mr. Ainsworth began to &c through
q milestone. d
"Has 1t been criticisedr'
Eyes. A criticism appeared this
morning"
I'm what paper3"
1.-The Literary Digest"
Ainsworth saw that without Q coup
all was lost. II wrote all the criticisms
in today's issue. I wrote none on .
book by you"
my own name wasn't on the tile
page. It was Rosamond Stanford" ei@
"What was the name Of the stofyr
"'Her Mistake"
"'Her Mistaken Ny gracious, Molly.
how could you have tried to write q
story Of British society without evse
having visited England?"
II didn't"
And that scene between the duke
and Lady Tatterton-it 70 ridiculous"
There IL no such scene In my novel"
II shall stand by my guns. Your hero
Auchincloss Is a prig. I'll never give
In on that"
"Auchincloss? he isn't my hero. Ny
hero is Roy Courtenay. I drew him
from you"
There's no such man in His Mis-.
take
"'Her Mistake"
I'm talking Of His Mistake"
my story was Her Mistake"
II begin to see It all. You are bark
ing up one tree. I another. Isn't It
funny that this middle should make
q pun? We've both made Q mistake
Kiss me. darling. I'll get at your book
ON Monday. But I warn you that II
you've made me your hero you've
struck . maS." s
II haven't any such thing: I've ct
4 noble. good. trues'-
He stopped IL rsst Win kissea.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-28

The Good Government leagers
had a rousing meeting at Parks
last Sunday that was given by the
people of that little town and sur.
rounding country. The meeting
was very largely attended nearly q
thousand persons being present.
The meeting was addressed by Mr.
A. V. Fournet, DR.. G. w. Martin.
Wade Martin. George Esstin, 7.
T. Bienvenu. This meeting de.
monstrstsd how popular was the
cause of Good Government and
indicated clearly that when the
votes are counted after the polls
close on the 23rd Of January, that
tho Third ward will record q glo-
riously large majority in favor Of
the League candidates.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-28

-Wsduesdsy next will be All
Saints day and a. is usual with
our people. much attention will bs
given the Cemetery, and tokens of
remembrance will bs placed upon
the tombs and graves of our loved
ones who have gone before. 1t is
indeed, Q beautiful custom to at
least, once q year that the dead
should be remembered and atten.
tion bs given TO their peaceful
resting place.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-28

Congressman Joseph E. Rams
dell addressed our people at Dn-
champs Hall last Saturday even-
ing. The meeting was advertised
to take place at $3.50 O'Clock p. m.,
but Mr.. Ransdsll was delayed in
reaching here and the meeting on
ly took place at half past five
o'clock, aud Notwithstanding this
delay, Mr.. Ransdell had a full
house to'hear his splendid address.
Mr.. Ransdell has made q very
favorable impression hero and We
feel satisfied that Mr.. Ransdsll
will carry St. Martin parish by Q
handsome majority.
Mr.. Ransdell being knight OF
Columbus, the members Of the To-
cal lodge, after the meeting, invi-
ted Mr.. Ransdsll and his friends
to the beautiful homo of the lodge
whore a splendid punch and cakes
were served to the guests. Toasts
were made by Mr.. Ransdell who
expressed feslingly this attention,
Mr.. Chas. q. Mouton of Lafayette,
Mr.. Robert Martin, Judge Jas.
Simon and DR.. j. r. Olivier. Mr..
Ransdell left the same evening for
Lafayette to take night train for
Now O,lrsns.
Mr.. RausdelI made many good
friends in this town and parish and
We are satisfied that he left 40 we'll
impressed with tho result OF his
meeting in st. Msrtinville.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-28

Biliousness is due to disOrdered con-
ditiOn Of the stomach. Chamberlain's
Tablets are essentially stomach medi-
cine. intended especially to act on that
organ; to cleanse it, strength 1t, tone
and invigOrats 1t, to regulate the liver
and to Danish biliousness positively and
effectually. For sale by all druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-28

Don't tribe with cold Is good advice
for prudent men and women. 1t may be
vital In case Of child. There is Moth
ing better than Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for coughs and colds In chill
dren. 1t il safe and sure. For sale by
oil druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-28
Its Equal Don't Exist.

No one has ever made q salve. oint-
ment or balm to compare with Buck
lens Arnica Salve. It's the ons perfect
healer Of Cuts, Corns. Burns. Bruises,
Sores. Scalds. Boils, Ulcers, Eczema.
Salt Rhsum. For Sore Eyes. Cold Sores.
Chapped Hands or sprained its supreme.
Unrivalsd for Piles. Try it. Only 25c
at all druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-28
Insure Your
Baby's Comfort

In the house. on the street-Anywhero
and Everywhere by using q Wagner
Quick Folding Go-cart.
We have afull stock Of the New Models
on hand-Come in and examine them.
The Waeneris Roomy and Comfortable
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-01
SCOTT M. E. CHURCH.

The Sunday School and choir will
render appropriate Easter exercises
on the anniversary of the Board OF
Foreign Missions April 18th. Mr..
Fred Brown is the new Sunday school
superintendent. Mrs. Dora E. Wal
lace will have charge of the Easter
program.
Mr.. w. S. Evans, chairman of the
Foreign Missionary Committee is or
ganizing his committee with the view
of obtaining a large offering for for
eign missions Easter Sunday. We IN
vite the cooperation of all lin this
worthy enterprise.
The District Superintendent made
flying trip to Pueblo last Monday.
He was the guest of DR.. S. P. Doug
lass. The work that was discontin-
ued in this city last summer has been
re-organized.i A rally was planned for
July End.
The Rev. w. r. Stephens of Colo
RADIO Springs has purchased beau
tiful twelve room residence for his
son Nash, at cost of $4,000. The
property is next to the church. He
will move in this beautiful residence
and rent the parsonage. He is hav-
ing 1t fitted up with electric lights.
The basement of the church is being
put in condition to hold Sunday school
and Epworth League services. There
will be a kitchen and dining room put
inalso. The church edifice will be
enlarged to hold the constantly IN
creasing congregation.
The Official Board planned cur
60 10
day in May. Each member and friend
will be requested to contribute one
dollar. The new conference year has
been started off with flattering pros
poets for a bright future. Our motto
"Eyery organization at work.
The Ladies' Aid Society was very
pleasantly entertained last Thursday
evening by the pastor and MS wlle.
musical and literary program was
rendered to the delight of all pres
ent.
Mrs. Pash led the Epworth League
last Sunday evening in very inter-
esting and acceptable manner. Mr..
w s. Evans will be the leader next
Sunday evening.
The topics for Sunday are: The
Prayer in Gethsemne," morning, ana
evening. "The King and the Coun-
try." Every Wednesday evening the
nastor leads the prayer service with
short Scripture talks. Come.
Mrs. Williams who has been iden-
tilted with the Seven Day Adven1sts
for the past eleven years has declaeu
To come back home to the Methodist
church She placed her name on the
church roll a few weeks ago.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-01
MISS HATTIE MALONEY MAKES
S4.oo THE FIRST DAY.

The Afro-American F'raternal Life
and Benefit Association pays you your
sick and accident benefits while you
are sick or hurt, not waiting until
you are well. Five, ten and fifteen
dollars per week sick and accident
policies for s1.OO, $500 and $500 per
month.
We are still crying for agents. One
perfectly new agent, Miss Hattie Ma
loney, wrote an application to-day.
making just s4.O6 for herself for the
first days work. Come on and work
for a good concern. Stop complaining
about hard times. See J. H. Morris,
cur general agent, at noon any day.
1920 10th street, Denver, Colo.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-01
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS ANNUAL
THANKSGIVING SERVICE.

The annual Thanksgiving anniver-
sary of the Knights of Pythias of N.
A., S. A., E. A., A. and A, was cele-
brated last Sunday by the three X.
of p. lodges and Courts of Calanthies
of this city at the Peoples Presbyter-
at O'Clock the procession marched
from the Castle Hall, 18th and Curtis
street to the church. The subordinate
lodges being headed by the Uniform
Rank in command of Maj. A. r. But
ter.
The church was filled to overflow
ing. In fact, many had to be turned
away from the big vedifice which was
Inadequate to hold the tremendous
crowd.
Chancellor Commander c. w. Black
well, after opening the exercises, sur
rendered the gavel to Master of Cere-
monies C. A. Franklin, who conducted
the remainder of the program. After
the preliminary exercises the program
was opened by the reading OF the
proclamation by X. of r. e. s., w. A.
Rice. The address on Pythianism by
DR.. S. A. Huff, who by the way, is
one of the brainiest men of the Or
ganization, this fact being clearly
demonstrated by his eloquent and logi-
cal delivery, was great treat. The
address of Supreme Deputy Mrs. d. II.
Williams, was of nature that brought
forth merited comment.
Grand Chancellor DR.. j. III. r. west
brook, spoke on foreign correspond
ence. The doctor is always pleasing
sneaker, being an orator of no little
ability and he revealed much light
on the order, showing the vast prog
ress it is making throughout the CIV
ilized world.
After the reading of the Scripture
lesson by Grand Prelate c. w. Young,
the Rev. ]. A. Thomas-Hazell was in
troduced. After announcing his text,
be smoke for nearly an hour and as the
Reverend is a member of this great
organization he was fully qualified to
deliver the goods, which he did in
manner which was indeed pleasing to
everybody, and especially to the
knights. and Calanthies. His. sermon
WAS full of logic and his language ana
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-01
SHORTER CHAPEL NOTES.

Already the members of Shorter
Chapel are alive with the spirit of raj
lying for the $1,000 which the church
voted to raise in a meeting last Fri
day night. The trustees have chosen
fifty leaders who will strive to make
each of their clubs do it's full share.
This rally will begin on Easter Sun
day and close ON the fifth Sunday in
May. The members of Shoter Chap
ell are noted for their loyalty and lib
erality and this spirit will continue
to dominate this special effort.
A picture of Shorter Chapel's most
beautiful parsonage is being pre-
sented to the members and friends of
the church by the trustees with their
request for cooperation in their
spring rally.
The summer schedule of services
goes into effect at Shorter on Sunday.
Preaching at IL a. m. and p. m. All
weekly services will begin at s p. m.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-01
olsturbed Peaee Of salmon.

Some queer charges are brought
from time to time in the police courts
in connection with game and fish
preservation, but that brought against
a collier at Cockermouth seems to be
unique. The man was charged with
disturbing salmon on their spawning
beds by walking up and down the river
banks. 1t was staeed In evidence that
the fish were SO numerous that some
of them had been driven right into the
side to spawn. and that they ceased
II anybody stood on the bank and
looked at them. This sounds rather
like a scientific fairy tale, but the
magistrates believed it. and fined the
collier los. for prying into the domes--
tic affairs of the salmopidae. / take 1t
that the magistrates imagined that his
interest was not purely scientific. for
1t seems difficult to construe walking
on the river banks as an offense under
the salmon fishery act-London Truth.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-01
Cause Of the Servant ProbIema

In the congested quarters on the
East side of Manhattan island there
are 100000 people to the acre, mostly
foreigners. The women and children
work at making garments. neckties.
ruching, lace and artificial flowers.
They work by the piece and their
hours are not limited. Six cents are
paid for the finishing of dozen trous-
ers and 40 cents for the manufacture
of 100 artificial flowers. Yet many
of these women who work IL hours a
day to earn SO a week could obtain
twice that sum, and not work so hard.
as cooks and housemaids; and in New
York city as in every city in Ameri-
ca. there is a demand for competent
domestic servants at fair wages.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-01
THE PASSING OF FREE HOME
STEAD LANDS.

Resolutions have been forwarded u
Congress from most of the western
states that have government lands Tor
bomesteading, recommending that all
government lands he transferred 10
the states. If Congress should pass
such a law and the government lands
are transferred to the states, the ne
groe's opportunity to acquire nome
at SIPS per acre, five years to pay
that amount without interest or taxes,
will have passed for all time. 1t be-
hooyes the Negroes residing in states
where there are homestead lands to
secure their portion of practically
free lands before such law goes into
effect.
There is now good government land,
that is adjoining state lands, that can
be homesteaded for SLIPS per acre,
while the state lands are appraised
from $3.50 to $75 per acre. When
state lands are purchased taxes and
interest begin at once; when govern
ment lands are filed on for homestead
there is no interest and no taxes un-
til final proof is made, which time is
from five to seven years.
Negroes not only in Colorado but
everywhere should secure land now
before it is beyond their each.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-01

Rumor has it that the genial second
waiter at the Traffic club, Mr.. Thorn
as Williams, will soon depart for the
Pacific coast. Mr.. Williams host of
friends here have always considered
him man of unusual courage, but he
suddenly became affected with "cold
feet" when he began to measure the
distance between Denver and San
Francisco and remarked to the boys
at the club that he had not the nerve
to undertake the journey alone. 1t is
said he will soon become benedict
and the madam will go along to look
after him.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-04-01

The Grand Musical and Literary en-
tertainment by a select chorus and
noted soloists at the Peoples Presby-
terian church Thursday evening of
last week was well attended. Prof.
HewetsonWatson deserves much
praise for this excellent entertain
ment. The voices were well trained
and the sentiment of all present was
that this concert was the best ever
heard in this city.