davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-28
Business District Burned.

Toronto, Ont, Dec. 28.-The busi-
ness district of Golden City, in the
Porcupine district of Ontario, was
burned today. The loss is not known
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-28

Miss Nancy arie Pierce, of
Washington. was married Wednes-
day. December %. % Lieut.. George
Clelano de Neale Of the United
states marine corps. II was one Of
the notable weddings of the season
at the capital
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-28

All the news an the time.-Ths
Argus.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29
lea DRINKING in Siam.

Tea is to be found in every tent
and dwelling in Siam. There is al
ways a kettle on the fire filed with
tea and prepared for drinking, which
is done by adding milk, butter and
salt
This is their way Of fixing this bev-
erage, and is said to be pleasant after
one becomes accustomed to it. A Pc
culiar mode of hospitality is shown by
these people in reference to their tea,
1t is always at the disposal of every
stranger and traveller. He need not
ask for it. Neither is it expected that
he should, but he must have his own
cup
This is imperative and accordingly
every one carries a cup with him at
all times. Some of these utensils are
marvels of workmanship and are high
ly valued They are generally made
of some fine grained wood and oft
times are lined with silver and gold
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29
AS Monsieur Lamy.

pleasure-loving princess; probably she
it might not be so tragic to devote
life entirely to the rearing of fam
lily if the king himself made less of
Interior matters. But the fate Of
woman pledged to large family and
a philandering husband is hardly what
the usual mind would look upon as
happy.
Speaking of newspaper clippings, a
number bearing on this matter bear
cautions worth copying:
Young King Is Wild; Dignifed
Spanish Ministry Likely to Get Many
Shocks; Priests Are Mortified; Boy
Monarch Mocks at Holy Relics and
Scouts Traditions of the Church;
Shows His Fathers Traits; Naughty
Dons Are Apprehensive of Court
Scandals When Their Ruler Realizes
His Full Power" SPANS King Is
Merry While Subjects Mourn; Joyful
Times at Ritz" Peter Pan Alfonso
Ne~er VIII Grow Up" King to Do
Paris as Suits His Fancy; Court Finds
Him Hayward; Signs for American
Bride" Alfonso the Tickle" King
in Paris Incognito Treat to Boule-
vardiers."
Under each Of these captions is
story, more or less spicy, dealing with
some scandalous thing the young
Spaniart has done
Concerning the Mysterious Lamy.
There is story current in Paris,
which may not have been told before,
of certain mysterious Mons. Lamy,
who goes and comes and spends
money freely. and is he gayest of
the gay. and then drops back to OBJ
security No one appears to know much
about him except that he gets good
deal of suspicious Difference from those
who are very close to him.
He disappears for months at a time
only to turn up again, prosperous, gay
and blithe as ever. And-hush. scan
DALI He bears a striking resem-
blance to Alfonso of Spain. Some are
even so lacking in tact as to whisper
that the mystic M. Lamy is none
other than the Spanish king. But
who in this skeptic age pays the least
attention to the gossip?
And there Is another little story of
beautiful black-eyed singer of Paris.
who left once about the time M.
Lamy went on one of his period.
ic hibernations. Later some Paris
ians who are in the habit of know.
ing the notables-boulevard notables
happened upon the singer In Mad
rid. She was not singing there: in
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29
Poor Way to Moisten Stamps.

Don't lick stamps" is the advice
of a medical journal. 'The adhesive
stamp is a sanitary blunder," accord
ing to the authority, which admits,
however, that it Is business neces-
sity. 1.-THE habit is opposed to COM
mon sense of cleanliness" the writer
continues, "let alone what bacteria
logical requirements may teach. No
persons need lick a stamp if they Sc
rously make up their minds never to
do so, but unfortunately the use Of
stamps has created a habit which,
once contracted, is difficult to avoid.
The habit of licking stamps is in fact,
practically universal, and few people
consider it an offense against good
manners. There are several devices
which are intended to obviate the lick
ing of stamp, but their adoption is
comparatively rare. Licking envelopes
is equally Objectionable, and it is time
that human ingenuity found a conve-
nient way of sealing d paper cover or
of attaching stamp which shall not
require the aid of the saliva"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29
NapoIeon's Model Library.

In view of the recent talk about
limiting the size of Libraries by de-
stroying the rubbish, it is interesting
to remember that Napoleon once tried
to make a list of all the books in the
world which were worth preserving.
He believed when he sat down to his
task that a thousand volumes would
suffice; but the list grew under his
hands and ultimately included three
thousand volumes. Even so, however,
there were emissions of which LORD
Rosebery and Mr. Edmund Gosse, as
we'll as the general reader, would have
been likely to complain. When the
emperor came to look over his first
list, he found that he had unaccount-
ably left out the Bible. In his second
list he forgot to mention not only
Virgil and Shakespeare but-Very
curiously-Moliere.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29

deed, there was no opera in the Span
ish capital at the time. AT another
time she was seen leaving little-used
portal of the royal palace. Still later
she reappeared in Paris concurrently
with the return OF the gay NJ Lamy.
Ludwig's Case an Example?
Even IL Lamy is no other than AL
fonso, and that there was no opera
In Madrid, and that she was seen COM
Ing from the palace, one must con-
clude no worse than that the monarch
is fond of good singing and took her
to Madrid with him to hear more of
her voice where the vulgar audiences
would not disturb his enjoyment Lud-
wig of Bavaria sat alone In theater
for months of nights listening to
Wagner's music and going mad. Why
not Alfonso?
The late King Edward of England,
who was burdened with no great repu-
tation for primness, noticed On Al
fonso's several visits to him that the
Spaniard was quite as fond of the
glances of chorus girls as of polo The
English are a polite constrained peo-
pie. They do not gossip like their
French neighbors, so one hears little
of the sequel to the things King Ed
ward noticed.
And all of this goes to show merely
that Europe has not yet been stripped
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29
Ninht Caps for the Roses.

Remarkable are the pains which one
English amateur gardener takes to
protect his pet roses from the sun, the
rain and heavy dews. He gives each
rose a night cap. Alongside each of
the rose bushes an upright stake is
driven into the ground with arms from
which are suspended waterproof cones.
The cones are adjusted so that each
one acts as an umbrella or sunshade
for the rose it is to protect. In the
morning the cones are taken off. II
the sun is too strong in the middle Of
the dav the cones are put on again.
They are always in place in case oil a
heavy sho.. =, and at night each goes
to sleep benesth its protecting cone.
where the heavy dews cannot spoil its
shape and beauty
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29
EUROPE SHOCKED
AT GAY DOINGS
Of SPANISH KING

so, was the object of much Castilian
bitterness. The social notables of the
country, in which nearly everyone is
either an aristocrat of high breeding
or an actual peasant, opposed her with
no little show of spleen 1t was even
asserted that His Most Catholic Ma
Jesty, Bourbon, and by the same to-
ken in their opinion head of the most
royal of European houses, was ally
ing himself with much inferior race,
with woman in whose antecedents
had been dancer. The dons forgot,
the late Spanish king and certain lam
GERS is matter Of romantic history.
They were not counting, to be sure, on
Alfonso's fondness for the same sort
Of thing.
Hostility Overcome by Gentieness.
Thus Victoria stepped into an at
mosphere of cordial hostility. All this
she has overcome; her good English
gentleness, patience and virtuous do
mesticity has melted away the objec-
tons of the aristocrats. But other
troubles and worse assail her now.
She cannot but know the leanings of
her royal husband and cannot but
grieve at them, for, even though the
hot blood of a Spaniard may think lit
tie of gallivanting, the cooler veins of
England and Germany must shrink.
Victoria is not happy, even with her
children and the respect of her peo-
pie.
One of the VOWS exacted Of the wom-
an who marries a Spanish king Is that
she will bear him as many children
as possible. This vow Victoria took
and the regularly growing family of
the young monarch attests her fixed
ness of promise.
A queen is different from any other
woman, especially if she be young.
Ena of Battenberg was a serious but
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29

of its last gay king. Even if George
Of England is a puritan and his wife,
Mary. a prude; even if the car is a
coward even if Franz Josef is prepar-
ing for the grave; even il William Of
Germany is busy with war and poll
tics; even, ah! even if Leopold is dead
and dust, We still have Alfonso. He is
all the gay could wish, a sport, a
sportsman, boulevardier, risker Of
life and limb and reputation. He
plays polo, tennis, golf. drives motor
boats, fast automobiles and would
like to take flyer in airships Chow
appropriately He looks as well on a
Paris boulevard as nice looking COM
moner. What more can the sybarite
conscience ask of a mere king?-New
York World.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29

H 0lS.-Leopold is dead; long
- We Alfonso!
Albeit they sat and sit not
u on the same throne, one has
succeeded the other, and there
III Is another demonstration of the in
ner Significance of lie roi est mort !.
Vlve lie roll" One passes; some
weep; some rejoice; the big world
spins and cares not at all; another
succeeds and supplants. When Leo
pold died he had reached that age and
senectltude where the crown of wild
owe might Well have circled his head.
Instead he wore into the grave the
crown of wild oats. That he wore. too.
the crown of the Belgians was to him
incidental. He could not pass either
the Belgian or the olive circlet to the
young Bourbon, but he did leave him
the oaten wreath.
The scandal is all over Europe.
Paris, which has million recording
eyes. knows that the young Spanish
throne holder Is such blade as Paris
likes to have drawn in it's pleasure
places. London has known the gayety
OF Alfonso's humors. Madrid and La
Granja? Yes, Alfonso has even been
indiscreet; the philanderings have got
back home. The neighbors and fe-
male relatives are talking in husky
undertones across the back fences"
And what are they saying? Well,
what can one say of a king? Is he
not royal and is not royalty supposed
to have reserved for himself some
rights? True enough they chased the
callow little Manuel out Of Portugal
for just such escapades, as Mile. Des-
lys is herself willing to admit for
purposes of publicity, but then, that
affair was just the last straw. Per-
haps they shall shoot at the heels of
Alfonso for much the same reason one
of these days; they get restless in
Spain often enough.
Who needs to be reminded Of Cleo
de Merode, the Paris beauty and dane
er on whom Leopold lavished gifts
and ancient love? Mile Merode does
not. In Paris, with no such lovers to
tiatter her now, she is comparatively
poor and bitterly neglected. Who
needs be told of the many other gay
and pretty Parisians who knew the
late kindled ardor Of the king of the
Belgians?
And no one needs be reminded of
the Baroness de Vaughan, that daugh-
ter of a concierge and brothel, whom
Leopold established in a palace, just
a gentle stroll from his own Laeken,
who is the mother Of his reputed chill
dren; upon whom he showered titles,
wealth and largesse, and to whom he
left the bulk of his great private for
tune? AS long as men still talk of the
indiscretions of kings, Leopold and the
janitor's daughter will not be forgot
ten.
At the beginning Of this story of AL
fonsos little gallivantings let it be
said that he has done nothing to hold
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29
LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA,
SECURES DRY FARM
ING CONGRESS
FOR 1912.

The term, dry farming" does not
Indicate all that might be implied It
does not mean a system of irrigation.
but one where all the rain fall and
precipitation is stored up and con-
served in the soil, to be drawn upon
by scientific and sane processes when
1T may be required to forward and in
crease the growth of grain.
In certain sections of the Canadian
West as we'll as in the American
West, there is portion of the coun-
try in which the soil is the very best
for the growing of cereals, but the
geographical locations and relative
position to the rain avenues, do not
give the advantage that other parts
possess in the matter of precipitation.
Agricultural science, however, has
been making rapid progress during
the past few years, and it is now as ?
certained that it is not altogether the
number of inches Of rain that is es-
sential to the growing OF crops, but
its conservation, and that is the
meaning of Dry farming" "Dry
Farming" may we'll be applied to dis
tricts where there is a heavy rain fall
and better results will follow. The
education of the public into these new
methods, not new exactly, but such
as have had satisfactory demonstra-
ton, is not alone the purpose Of these
dryfarming Congresses. One idea is
to bring into life and into operation
h1 90 III Tn
within what might be termed semi
arid, without placing them under the
restrictive and expansive process of
irrigation.
The Congresses are attended by
thousands and they bring representa-
tives from all parts OF the world. The
Province Of Alberta, and also of Sas-
katchewan, has taken a vital interest
in the Congresses which have been
held in the past two or three years.
The Province of Alberta has made
provincial exhibits. districts have
shown their products, and last year,
several hundred dollars were taken in
prizes; this year the Province OF Al
berta took prizes ten to one in excess
of any state in tho Union. Alberta
has won eight out Of twenty special
cups, that province taking one, Eeth-
bridge one, Arthur Perry six, and
John Baxter, Edmonton, carrying off
one sweepstakes. When it came to-
a matter of location for the Congress
for 1912, the City OF Lethbridge,
which had put up a splendid fight for
it, secured the Congress by unani-
nous vote. It is expected that the
Lethbridge Congress will be the larg-
est yet held and will be the biggest
convention in the history of Western
Canada. In emphasizing his invita-
ton to Lethbridge, one of the speak
ers said he had just received tele-
gram from Magrath (near Lethbridge)
stating that of one thousand acres OF
wheat just thrashed Hethershaw and
Bradshaw had thrashed $4,000 bush
els.
Literature sent out recently by the
Canadian Government Agents, which
will be sent postage free on appiica-
ton, tells of hundreds Of splendid
yields in all parts of Western Canada.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29
NOTHING the Matter.
lsser-Are You single

Canvasser-Are you single
Man at the Door-Yes.
why, the people next door told mo
you were married.
so / am"
You told me just now you were
single"
Eyes; so | did"
We'll, what is the matter with
you?"
Nothing, sir. My name is Single
and I'm married. Good day. sir.4
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29
PRESIDENT SAYS
Rates TOO HIGH
Chief Executive Urges Downward
Revision of Schedule K.
MESSAGE SENT TO CONGRESS
Document Uphoids Protective Princi-
pie Put at the Same Time Most
Al IDENTIFY Supports Recommen-
dations of Tariff Board.

Washington.-Pres Taft trans
mitted to congress the report of the
taiiff board on schedule K. Accom-
panying the report, the chief execu-
tive sent to the national legislature
the following message:
To the Senate and House of Representa-
tives:
In my annual message TO congress, De-
cember, 1909, 1 stated that under section
of the act of August 8. 1909, l had aS-
pointed a tariff board of three members
to cooperate with the state department
In the administration of the maximum
and minimum clause of that act, to make
a glossary or encyclopedia of the exist
ing tariff so as to render it's terms intel
lgible 10 the ordinary reader. and then
to investigate industrial conditions and
costs of production at home and abroad
with a view to determining to what ex-
tent existing tariff rates actually eXem-
plify the protective principle, viz: That
duties should be made adequate, and only
adequate. to equalize the difference in cost
of production at home and abroad.
I further stated that / believed these In
vestigations would be of great value as
basis for accurate legislation, and that
should from time to time recommend to
congress the revision of certain sched-
ules in accordance with the findings of
the board.
In the last session of the SiXty~first con-
gress a bill creating a permanent tariff
board of five members, of whom not
more than three should be of the same
political party, passed each house, but
failed Of enactment because of slight diff
ferences on which agreement was not
reached before adjournment. An appro-
priation act provided that the permanent
tariff board if created oy statute, should
report to congress on schedule X in De-
H1ar
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29

Even if anybody accidentally hap
pened to save a little money Christ
mas or birthdays or something like
that would come along to burn it UP.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29

candle to the goiugs of the old Bel
gian. But not for that reason should
he feel encouragement He is young
and-revolutionists being considera-
BILE meanwhile--he has time.
AIfonso's inheritance.
Alfonso began to betray interest In
things that young kings should eschew
early in life. He came by the 1nciin-
alton honestly. Alfonso XII. wasn't so,
slow Files of newspaper clippings
which GO not more than half dozen
wears into antiquity contain the record
of his children by morganatic wife
suing for recognition or legitinization
or something like that. and memory,
If il stretch itself about thirty years,
would drag forth good many wis
per-w orthy stories of the Spanish klng
,,bo died before the heir, the present
Alfonso. was born.
probably the only melancholy ng-
ure in this scene is the fair-haired, pa
tient queen. who was Ena OF Batten-
,arg She is the mother Of four OF
Alsonso,s children. Life to her con-
sists mainly of the duties OF the house
hold and the nursery. 1t may be true
that this is by al odds the great
snhere for a woman, yet II Is hardly
in accord with what a queen might
81. CO..
onee9 Victoria. when she hrsi came
go, ~ share the throne OF Alton
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29

Ancients Used Lightning Rods.
AS early as 400 B. G. the ancients
had observed that iron rods had the
power to avert lightning
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29
Presidential Amendments.

Therefore, to carry out so far as lay
within my power the purposes of this
bill for a permanent tariff board, l APP
pointed in March, 1911, board of five.
adding two members of such party affili-
alton as would have fulfilled the statu-
tory requirements, and directed them to
make q report to me on schedule * OF
the tariff act in December of this year.
In my message Of August II, 1911, ac-
companying the veto of the wool bill, l
said that, in my judgment, schedule x
should be revised and the rates reduced.
MY veto was based on the ground that,
since the tariff board would make, In
December, a detailed report on wool and
wool manufactures, with special refer
ence to the relation of the existing rates
of duties to relative costs here and
abroad public policy and fair regard
to the interests of the producers and the
manufacturers on the one hand and or
the consumers on the other demanded
that legislation should not be hastily en-
acted in the absence of such information;
that I was not myself possessed at that
time of adequate knowledge of the facts
to determine whether or not the proposed
act was in accord with my pledge to
support fair and reasonable protective
policy; that such legislation might prove
only temporary and infiict upon great
industry the evils of continued uncer-
tafnty.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-05-16
BUS
Preparing For Assembly Al
SummerIand Beach
Ohio Baptist Plan For Big
Chautauqua This Year

Granville, May 12-Secretary Rose
and his assistants at the Ohio Baptist
convention headquarters in this place
are very busy men these days making
ready for the big Summerland Beach
Assembly, which is to be held July 20
30, 1911, at Summerland Beach, on the
beautiful Buckeye Lake. Summerland
Beach is a beautiful strip of land pro-
jecting into Buckeye Lake. 1t is To-
Gated half mile from Millersport, and
is reached by two roads for driving,
the T. and o. G. realroad, passenger
launches, and the Del Fisher Line
boats, which run from any point Oh
the lake. Buckeye Lake Is the
most beautiful body of water in Cen
trail Ohio, and each year thousands
of campers can be found on its shores.
Over two hundred and seventy five
lower launches are ahoat upon The
lake, and new ones enter the water eT.
cry week. There are several sailing
boats and hundreds of row boats give
easy access to fine fishing and other
recreations. In Summerland Beach 1t
is thought that the Assembly has
found home so beautiful and d.
sirable, that wave of enthusiasm Will
sweep the state and that there will be
a larger attendance this year than e,-
er before
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-05-16
ELOPED
To Windsor, Canada, And
We're United In Marriage
frederlCktOWD Man And Mt.
Vernon Girl Married

Mr. Frederick Schrader of Freder-
icktown, employed at the Foote foun-
dry, and Miss Lena Vert of Chester
street, this city, were married in Wind
sor, Canada, on Wednesday. The
bride and groom arrived in Mt. Yer
non Thursday evening to spend sew
eral days, after which they will make
their home in Fredericktown.
A few days ago MIR. Shrader applied
for marriage license at the court
house in Mt. Vernon but 1t was lo-
fused because of the fact that Miss
Vert was under age. Not to be foilsd
in this manner, the young couple went
to Canada and were united in mac-
riage.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-05-16
The Glory to Come.

Not until the Savior appeared and
made His conservation unto death, on
behalf of the race, was 1t proper for
even Him to give such assurances.
But after His conservation, during the
three and half years of His minis
try, He declared His mission to be the
seeking and recovery OF that which
was lost. and the giving to His foot
step followers of share with Himself,
not only In the Sufferings of this pres
ent time, but in the glory 20 come.
Now Is the time In which. by holiness,
faithfulness, loyalty TO God and to the
Truth, and the laying down Of life for
the brethren, we may make our "call'
Ing and election sure" TO the highest
imaginable reward-glory, honor and
immortality, the divine nature.
"ol Tor that glorious dawn,ng we watch
and walt and pray,
TIL DER the height the morning light shall
drive the gloom away:
And when the heavenly glory shall flood
the earth and sky
Wen bless the Lord for all his works and
praise him by aud by"