davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-24

part Of the show where the big White
Orpingtons pruned themselves.
Boss" said the negro to an attache OF
the owen Farms aggregation, 'wouldn
one Of them fat chickens make "A mighty
fine table decoration for Christmas?
Sure" was the answer They're just
as good as turkey-and some Of 'em are
nearly as big"
What d. the big 'uns weigh"
"Oh. up to twelve and thirteen pounds.
They must cost a good bunch Of money
about how much?'
From $500 to 5000"
"Aw. I don't mean the whole flock
mean for just one chicken"
That's what I mean, too"
"A thousand whole dollars for twelve
pounds Of undressed chicken Why,
that's" he paused here wild-eyed and
figured for a minute on a greasy note
book. why, that's about SS5 pound
Eighty-five dollars a pound for chicken
Yes? Anyhow. I'm proud to have looked
into the face of chicken that's worth
that much money"
The modern poultry magnate has made
fact out of that fable about the unfortu-
nate goose that laid golden eggs. In Mis-
souri, there lives a hen by the name OF
Peggy, whose owner says she Is worth
$1,000. The eggs Peggy lays are as good
as gold, in that they bring s. apiece. There
are few men that would eat a couple OF
the golden Peggy's eggs on toast without
! worrying over what they cost.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-24

Upon application Of Prison Keeper o.
borne, Judge Gnichtel a. Trenton, y j.
appointed two physicians as a commissN
to pass upon the sanity Of James j Gaii'
CHER. who is serving twelye-year sentence
for the attempted assassination Of NaW'
Gaynor on August 2. 1910, as the Mayor
was about TO sail for Europe.
DIR. William Jerome Arlitz and ".
George F. Sullivan. visiting surgeon ana
adjunct visiting surgeon. respectively ="
St Marys Hospital. Hoboken, declared in'
dignantly that they would not accept the
cuts i'm their bills which were made by u'
Board Of Aldermen i'm arranging fof w
payment by the city of all the surgeons
and physicians fees for attending Ms'"
Gaynor after the attempt on his ne lue'
bills were the only ones cut That OF u
Arlitz was cut from $500 20 $3.50 ana 'n~'
Of DR.. Sullivan from 5000 10 500 AS re-
commended for payment the fees amouh' !"
1880
Housewives of this c;;y are organl1ns
TO enforce the laws affecting food suppne'
TO lessen the cost of living and 10 ooua,N
needed legislation 10 aid them In then "
iects. The new organization is called 'H'
Housewives League. and includes uiNI.
prominent clubwomen and social "o'N',.
Some of the women will visit church s'.
ties and other organizations 10 enlis' 80
Grafton in the new crusade and to insA' :"
city-wide."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-24

-, stInct which causes the hen to sit on her
! flock and keep 1t warm. the nurse mo
chine is about six inches high, ana Is usua'
~ round. In the centre the heat comes III
| through a register. and about the cages arg
thick felt curtains split at intervals 10
! aIIou, the rachine-made chickens to get IN
under the automatic motherer. Wheh the
! chicken gets too big for this he Is reaoy
! IN take to the roost without endangerlng
/ himself by falling. and begins scratching
the world for himself The brooder fur-
nishes everything but the "cluck-ciuck'
That isn't the only revolution that the
ever-busy inventor has wrought IN the
henhouse. Now II is possible 10 make
hen sign her name when she lays an egg.
! Now wait!
! OF course. that doesn't mean that eacn
hon carries a god-mounted fountain pen
along and writes her Mrs John Hancock
on every oval she puts in the nest But
they have fixed 1t so that she registers her
eggs lust as effectually as II she did all
this. Not being educated, all the hens can
do is to make their marks. This is duly
/ recognized i'm law. II is brought ABOUT
| through the cleveIness Of the patent reg
istering nest The patent nest looks 70
the naked eye more like some sort of trap
than like the nests that you remember
seeing II is made of sheet steel and has
several sorts Of catches and traps, each OF
which, you learn later, has an important
function TO perform in registering the new
laid egg.
An explanation Of the nests operation
reminds one of the famous fly trap by
means of which the unfortunate insect,
while climbing down ladder, fails TO note
that the third rung is missing, and as a
result falls through. breaking its neck on
q block of concrete beneath. But the pat
ent nest does its duty without hitch and
is of great value when you want TO keep
track of your hens and see which ones are
LAYING down on the laying, so to speak
In the first place, bit Of crayon is at
tached to the left leg of each hen by
means Of patent holder. She uses this
in autographing her eggs. To keep the
different hens separate when several are
using the same nest they must bear cray
ons Of different colOrs. Tie entrance chute
of a nest is so arranged that when the
hen goes in she lets down a wire door out
side. which keeps other hens from butting
in and distracting her attention. This door
however can he easily pushed aside by
the triumphant hen coming out Having
laid the egg, the hen cackles. in accordance
with the laws Of wise nature. and seeks
TO leave the nest. Now, there is just one
way out-by the little door and chute
through which she entered. The mouth
Of this chute is so low that when the hen
goes to leave she has to stoOp down "a
make it, In so doing she makes a mark
on the bottom of the chute, which is COW
cred with paper, by means Of the crayor
attached to her leg. The thing is done
An attendant comes and sees instantly
p that an egg has been laid He takes this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-24

devised the nickleplated sleep wrecker TO
take the place Of roosters Growing. which
breaks the slumbers Of those who live
nearer Nature.
A queer thing, this Growing. There is
certain citizen in Manhattan who lives
near the beautiful and endangered Madison
Square Garden who has evolved the theory
that the rooster figures that the more
growing he does in life the higher VIII DE
his eternal estate in whatever milh-leu
heaven the poultry world looks forward
to beyond the fatal axe. The certain
citizen evolved this important philosophical
thought while lying awake nights iast
week listening to the din Of rooster crow
ing that came continually from the Garden
The twenty-third annual show Of the
New York Poultry. Pigeon and Pet Stock
Association was held last week and was to
blame for the ROSTERS The floor OF the
place was packed two coops deep with i've
chicken meat, and the conscientious Work
Of the attending ROSTERS made 1t entirely
unnecessary for the management to sta
ton a human barker outside TO announce
what was going on within.
Thank heaven, that bunch Of feathers
has gone from the Garden"s said the above
mentioned citizen last night. why, 1 heard
one Of the regular bench sleepers in Mad
ison Square complain profanely 10 another
that he couldn't sleep a wink for the
racket that came from the chicken show.
There was noticeable congestion Of open
air enthusiasts on the benches at the
southwest corner of the square, since these
we're the furthost from the growing
in the Garden.
Having lived in the city all my life
had an ignorant idea that normal male
chicken tore off a couple Of cock-a-doodles
when the rising sun caught his eye and
then lct his throat rest. but ] have found
from listening from my sleepless bed that
ON. rooster will crow as long as there is
another one u earshot TO crow back al Il.
since there were several thousand Of them
there in the Garden they kept it up day and
night From the way the fowls worked,
they must have had an impression that
when il came their turn to be judged the
amount Of Growing they had done would
count ~ per cent in the total Why. if
there had been any practicable way of col
lecting all the crows in some sort of tank
and afterward distributing them system
atically over the FIVE boroughs, we would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-24
Constant Reader Tells Him
What He Missed in
Last Weeks Papers.

ITS little off season for politics I
know" said Busy Man to Constant Reader
last evening, out I've got yearning for
political morsels. Can YOU cater to such
an abnormal Appetite"
Maybe can cook up few tldbits for
you" replied Constant Reader. Here
they are:
President Taft came TO New York 10
speak before the Economic Club, in Man
haitian. and the Young Republican Club
and New England Society. IN Brooklyn. At
the Economic Club dinner peace was his
subject--peace and the arbitration treaties
and in the course Of his remarks he tore 10
shreds the arguments of the majority in
the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
which recently reported against the pend
Ing arbitration treaties with England and
France.
AT the dinner Of the Brooklyn Young
Republican Club the President said he was
not in favor OF playing politics for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-24
SOME MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Now if you'll post me on what's been
going on in this country, I'll let your tongue
rest a while" said Busy Man.
The $1,000 paid monthly to John j. Me
Namara as secretary-treasurer Of the In
ternational Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers for organizing
purposes and for which he was not re-
qured to give an accounting, was inquired
into by the government officials who are
conducting the dynamite investigation be-
fore the federal grand jury at indianapolis.
The relation of the fund TO fees given 10
Ortie r.. McManigal the confessed dyna-
inter for his work in blowing up struct-
ures erected by non-union wOrkmen also
was traced
The Rev. Frank w. Sanford. leader Of
the Holy Ghost and Us Society, went to
Atlanta TO enter on the ten-year term in
the federal penitentiary to which he was
sentenced by Judge Clarence Hale. of the
United States District Court at Portland,
Me The specific charge on which the Shi-
loh leader was sentenced is that of causing
the death of George Hughey. member Of
his flock, who died at sea. by failing TO fur
nish provisions during the recent seventeen
months cruise Of the yacht Coronet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-24

, have stored enough chanticleer talk to
wake the city every morning for the next
two years. Thank heaven again, that those
chickens have gone! / stand some chance OF
/ enjoying merry Christmas now. The eX-
| perience my ears have had with that blue
| booded flock have doubled the already
deep affection l had for cooked chicken
Inside with the resonant chickens, II took
a sharp pair Of ears TO hear anything else
when the ROSTERS were working their
throats-and that was all the time. There
were basso-profundo crows from the roos-
ters with chests like Caruso's belt and
feathers on their big feet like Percheron
horses; there were shrill tenor crows from
fowls that were eggs year before last, whose
fine vocal cords have not acquired that
substantial mellowness which age only can
supply Now and then there came shrill
blast as keen as knife edge from the
wire cOops where the pompous little ban
tams held forth.
After YOU passed the fat ticket taker
and the red plush cutains. it took some
time before YOU gathered sufficient courage
10 take your fingers out of your ears. and
risk your hearing drums to the twenty
third annual uproar. Gradually you got
used to the ClamOT-One can get used to
anything. \ railroad engineer doesn't
notice the roar that shakes his cab and
which would deafen the novice
When one finally quit worrying about
his ears and looked around he observed
that he was surrounded by about an acre
OF rare birds and people stretching their
curious necks at the rare birds, and dill
gent men servants who were busly taking
care Of the competing chickens.
You know, they used to say when horse
racing could be bet on without making one
think OF prison stripes, that it was all
done to improve the breed" Well. they've
never INDUCED I'm chicken racing to any
great extent. and yet they've been i'm
proving the breed so fast that a chicken
to-day would take his grandfather for
some other sort of animal. The result is
some queer and valuable punches Of
feathers.
Valuable? Hear one incident:
/ one Of the visitors on the last day of
{ the show was a little, wizened negro who
peered into the cages with profound in
terest and made affectionate remarks to
some Of the younger and more tender ap-
pearing pullets. Finally he came TO the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-24

says the fund raised by the financier was
not for the national campaign Mr.. Roose-
welt In his reply thanks Mr. Sheldon for
taking the action he did, and goes on to
say that he never directly or indirectly
asked Mr.. Hartman or any one else 10
contribute money 10 aid his own election.
"A petition asking that the name Of
Theodore Roosevelt he placed on the pri-
mary ballot as a candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for President Of the
United States was received by Secretary Of
State Wait Of Nebraska. The petition is
signed by John .. Yeiser an attorney. Of
Omaha, and twenty-five other voters.
The Tariff Boards report on Schedule
X, sent TO Congress by President Taft, sus-
gests a general revision of the duties on
wool and woollens, and many reductions In
the rates The board makes no recon-
mendations. but points out what changes
are desirable In nearly all classes Of the
schedule the boards experts report the
majority of the rates Of duty prohibitory
and condemn the system Of levying them
The report points the way to two great
changes in the present system of levying
duties on raw wool and finished cloth. II
would assess duty on secured wool-not
wool and grease combined-and suggests a
graduated scale Of ad valorem rate on cloth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-24
MR.. TAFT ACTS ON TREATY.

Has any further action been taken on
the Russian passport matter?" asked Busy
Man.
President Taft notified Russia Of the
purpose of the United States TO terminate
the treaty of 1899 on January /. 1913. The
formal donuncation was communicated to
the Russian government by the American
Ambassador to St Petersburg The reason
given by the President for the termination
of the treaty is that # is no longer fully
responsive In various respects TO the needs
of the material and political relations of
the two countries, which constantly grow
more important; in other words, that It is
obsolete.
The action Of the President makes obso-
lete the Sulzer resolution. which Russia
found offensive I'm some points; keeps the
promise of the President TO denounce the
treaty If diplomatic negotiations looking TO
a different construction Of its terms proved
futile and is couched i'm such language as
will make possible the Immediate rosump-
ton OF negotiations looking to a new treaty.
President Taft sent to the Senate mes
sage stating the facts, and that body with
out "A dissenting vote adopted the joint
resolution reported by the Committee on
Foreign Relations ratifying the action Of
the President.
Having accepted in an equable spirit the
notification of the American Ambassador
that the treaty would be abrogated, Off
Gals Of the Russian government are now
directing their attention 10 the question Of
a new treaty. Apart from the lack of in
terest and the unconcern which character
lie the attitude at St. Petersburg regard
ing Russo American relations real appre-
citation and admiration have been expressed
I'm official circles there for the decisive
manner i'm which President Taft disposed
Of n matter which might have led 10 unde-
.i,o bIn COMMUNICATIONS "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-24
THE DISSENSIONS ABROAD.

"Slashng. rather than pecking. cuts Cor
dian knots" commented Busy Man. How
about the wars and disputes abroad
Persia orally accepted the Russian uti-
matum. which included the dismissal Of w
Morgan Shuster. the American Treasurer
General. and that gentleman, against
whom Russia made dead set, was imme-
diately notified that his services were no
longer required. The Persian charge
d'affaires at St Petersburg was instructed
to announce to the Russian Foreign ONCE
that all demands IN the ultimatum would
be conceded
Notes were presented by the United
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-24

States. Great Britain, Germany. France
Russia and Japan to the peace commission
ers Tang Shao-yi, representing Premier
Yuan Shih-kai, and DR.. WI Ting-fang. rep
rcsentng the revolutionists. now comforting
at Shanghai. The notes urge the impor-
lance of arriving at a settlement, adding
that the action thus taken by the sigma
tories to the note is inspired wholly by
friendly regard for Chinese interests. The
revolutionary leaders positively assert that
If Yuan Shih-kai persists in his refusal TO
accept a republic the powers giving him
their support will be regarded as the enc
mics Of China and the lives of all foreign
ers i'm China will he i'm danger. Tang Shao-
VI. the representative Of Premier Yuan
Shih-kai said after the first session of the
peace conference: 4 am convinced that the
abdiCation Of the Emperor and the estab-
shment Of a republic are the only things
that will satisfy the people and prevent the
furt hcr VhOlcSal 10 shedding of blood. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-24

MacVeaghs report. which has business
INTEREST," inquired Busy Man
ION the application Of the Westinghouse
Air Brake Company. Judge Elmer Il. Ad-
ans. in the United States Circuit Court N
ST. Louis, appointed Frederick j. Delano
Edward b. Pryor and W. *. BiXby receiv-
ers OF the Wabash Railroad Company. The
receivers bond was fixed at 100000 each
to be given I'm ten days
The hard hearted Sugar Trust is ON
cially considering the importance OF be-
nevolonce as an economic factor Its stock
holders at their next annual meeting will
be asked to approve a plan TO provide pen
sions for their 800 officers and employees
Already a respectable number of large pri-
yate corporations in the United States have
found such a policy highly successful, and
the American Sugar Refining Company
yearns to join their ranks. The directors
Of the company have worked out, the de-
tails of the plan"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-24

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Mrs.
Smith Holins McKm. formerly Miss Mar
garet Emerson, of Baltimore. were married
at Reigate, some twenty miles from Lon
don "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-24

Birds of Proud Plumage and
Marvellous Egg-laying
Abilities Graced the
Show by Their
Presence.
~ NE Of the drawbacks-or blessings
Of living in a city lies in the fact
~ that we get away from Natures
poultry alarm clock We Of the cities have
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-10-13

and liked him. The old gentleman
bought a little property about that
time that turned out to be a gold
mine"
With persistency the duchess said:
How d'you know It is clean money
Edith? Not that It makes a rap Of diff.
ference" she laughed prettily, but
how do you know that he IL rich to
this horrible extent%
! Lady Galorey put devn her address
book impatiently; Does he look like
an impostor?"
! The other returned: Even the
archangel fell, my dear Edith"
Well" returned her friend, this
one Is too young to have fallen far, |"
and she shut up her list in despera-
ton.
The duchess sat down on the edge
of'the lounge and raised her express
give eyes to Lady Galorey, who once
more looked at her sarcastically, and
went on:
Gordon liked the old gentleman; he
was extraordinarily generous-quite a
type. They called the town after him
-Blairtcwn; that is where the son
halls from He was little lad when
Gordon was out and Mr.. Blair prom
ised that Dan should come over here
and see uS one day, and this" she
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-10-13
He FAVoRs GOOD ROADS.

Thomas Mckay, who lives fourteen
miles from ObenEn, Kas., advocates
good roads with his time as well as
with his tongue. In an address to a
local farmers institute Mr.. Mckay
Said:.
Some of us farmers are standing
In our own light. We argue that we
should mot build good rOads for mo-
tor cars to travel over. have no mo
tor car, but it seems to me
that a good road that is good for a
motor car is good for a farmer to
haul a big load of wheat over, or for
me to- drive my suhry over to take
my family to town. We are too afraid
that we win do something which will
benefit some one else, and in fact,
We are the losers by our own acts.
have already graded a mile of road
along my farm on Prairie Dog creek,
Just to show you people that desire
n good road reaching from the south
pant of the county, where l Nive, to
Oberin, l will agree to take my boy
and my team, if necessary, and grade
another mile of that fourteen miles
Il the. rest of you business men and
farmers living along the road will
do your share
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-10-13

tapped the table WITH her pen, seems
10 be the day, for - came down upon
Us In this breessy way without even
sending a wire, inst turned up last
night. Gordon'S mad about him. His
father he's been dsad . year, and he 10
Just twenty-five"
Good heavenai" murmured the
duchess. Lady 0alorsy opened her
address bc4ksA1aA- aL.,- ..
"Gordon's got hm terribly on his
mind, my dear; - has forbidden any
gambling or any bridge as long as the
boy Is with Us.
Her companion rose and thrust her
hands into the pocket Of her tweed
coat. She laughed softly, then went
over to the long window where with.
out, across the paAA, the early winter
mists were flying. chased by a furtivs
sun.
Gordon said uAt the boys father
treated him like adng, and that while
the boy is here ~ Il going to look
out for him"
Over her shoulder the other threw
out coldly:
You speak - though he were in
den Of thieves. I didn't know Cor
don's honor was 10 fine. As for me,
don't gamble, you know"
Lady Galorey had decided that Lily's
insistent remaining gave her a chance
to fill her fountain pen. She was
therefore, carefully squirting in the
ink, and she hu1hed at her friends
last words.
Lady Galorey hsrself was the best
bridge player in London, and cards
were her passion. She did not remind
the lady in the window that there
were other games besides bridge, but
kept both her tongue and her temper
After a little silence in which the
women followed each her OWL
thoughts, the duchess murmured:
III toddle upstairs, Edie-let you
write. Where did you say we were
going to meet the guns for food%
AT the gate BY the White Pastures
There1l be a cart and a motor going
whichever you like, around two"
Right" her grace nodded; 'I1l b.
on time, dearest"
And Lady Galorey with a relieved
sigh heard the door close behind the
duchess. Wiping her fountain pei
delicately with q bit Of chamois, she
murmured: We'll, Dan Blair is out
Of Eden. poor dear, II he met her BY
the gate"
A fortune Of q round ten millior
pounds was a small part Of what thii
young man had come into by direct In
heritance from the Copper King o.
Blairtown, Montana For once thu
money figure had not been exagger
ated. but Lady Galorey did not know
about the rest Of Dams inheritance.
The young man whistling in hiI
! rooms in the bachelor quarters Of 0s