davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01
HORSE PUTS FOX TO ROUT.

On farm in Sussex is four-year-
old horse of rare intelligence. Recent
ly its owner was astonished to hear a
great commotjon in a field in which
a number of fowls are kept. He guess
ed that a fox was making off with
a duck. His suspicious we're correct,
but before he could get to the spot,
the horse, which was grazing in an
adjoining field, had cleared some high
oaken rails and gone to the rescue
of the bird Not only did it cause
the fox to relinquish its hold Of the
bird. but it seized the marauder with
its teeth and held it under the water
for some time.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01
HE CAN TWIST BIG SPIKES.

Michael Manson, a confectioner of
Wooster, o., although well along in
years. has just discovered that he has
wonderful strength in his hands. Man
sor watched a street fakir doing feats
with nails He tried some of them
and was astounded on finding how
easily he could twist and bend nails.
Then he tried the largest steel spikes
and these he was able to bend and
twist with apparent ease. Mansor
made a chain of the spikes to show
what he could do with his hands. A
strange part of Mansor's discovery Is
that although he ehas seen tricks of
the sort performed he never before
thought of trying to initiate any Of the
performances.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01
CHILDREN PAWNED FOR GIN

A fearful state Of affairs seems to
exist in southern Nigeria. AT a recent
missionary meeting in London, Eng,
II was stated that the country was
literally stepped in gin Half the rev
enue Is derived from the sale of the
liquor, and IN many courts the fines
are paid IN gin The estimated imports
of spirits into the colony during 1910
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01

A new use for seagulls has been dis
covered in England. where the birds
are sold to suburban agriculturists,
who clip their wings and turn them
loose in garden patches. where they
eat up the insects that prey upon
plants. The birds hop about as tame.
ly as If they had been born to such
work, and prove highly efficient. Here.
perhaps, is a suggestion that may be
utilized in the United States.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01

reached the enormous figure of 4,7OO,-
900 gallons, by far the largest on rec
ord. The drink expenditure at mar
riage and funeral ceremonies, has
grown greatly, with the result that
children are pawned to the gin trad
ers as security for debts incurred.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01

A man in New Jersey wanted a d.
yorce because his wife was too quiet.
Possibly opinion will be divided as to
whether this man was more of fool
or a curiosity,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01

t Pedestrians must always yield the
right of way to automobiles in France,
and there is no speed limit. 1t is a
serious offense to be hit by car, and
is usually followed by social ostra-
cism.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01

The new president of the Chicago
Stock Exchange was formerly a horse
shoer Another Illustration of the de-
moralizing effect of living in Chi
cago,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01

An average woman, says a scientist,
requires but nine-tenths as much nour-
iehment as a man, which may explain
WHY she insists on dishing up fruit
salad.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01

A Massachusetts court has decided
that in the home the husband is boss.
The fun will come when the court
emboldened husbands attempt to put
the decree into practical operation.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01

Those gold coins that Canada pro,
poses to issue are, it is officially an.
nounced, to bear "a characteristic
Canadian device" Which is it to be,
a snowshoe or a toboggan?"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01

St Louis boasts of the fact that it
holds the record for bloodless aero
plane flights. Evidently the atmos-
phere is so thick there that the aero
planes refuse to fall
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01

Boyhood has no monopoly of all the
pleasures. Even full grown man
who ought to know better can sunburn
his neck to a blister.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01

Expert Wiley says the whiskers
grown on meat in IT'S aging do not i'm
pair It. No, they merely make II look
funny,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01

Gloucester. Mass. is to have a home
primarily for old fishermen, seconda-
rily for the perpetuation of fish stories.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01

Sitting up late at night to watch for
the Kiess comet sounds something
like a romantic excuse.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01
CATCHES MONSTER sUNFIsH

The story Of the capture Of the
largest sunhsh ever seen In southern
Californian waters comes from Long
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01

between dinner and supper, and his
supper is in keeping with breakfast
and dinner.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-01

Fresh air is the best dope" for the
babies
The Washington herald., 1911-11-12

before Monday. By that time the young fellow was
hundreds Of miles away.
'We were not called in on the case. but learned
about It, and 1 heard Of what he did after that He
worked the same game In Denver, with Colorado
Springs his supposed home city. He worked 1t In
St. Louis, and little later he worked 10th Louisville
and Cincinnati in one day Finally he got into six
jewellers of St Paul In day, and OF them hap
pened to be member Of the Jewellers Protective
Association, which retained Cor protection against
thieves. This jeweIler for me, went up to
see him. The story he tolc familiar. There
was doubt the man who had turned the trick was
the who had worked San Francisco and the other
cities.
"'Can you catch himT asked the jeweller.
There's no doubt Of that 1 replied. Sooner or
later will pick him up. But If you want to get
The Washington herald., 1911-11-12

record, nothing in my past that I'm ashamed Of
can't understand why DR.. - should want to
blackball me-
"'who is 1t that's going to blackbail your asked.
"Dr. @,'he replied, mentioning the physicians
name
81 took of my cards and wrote on it-Tntroduc-
ing Mr.. Willie s.. William A. Pfnkerton.'
"'Give that to the doctor with my compliments,
said He won't bIackbal you.
The physician took the hint and my youni friend
admitted to the club. He doesn't know yet how
did it.
Now, you may say that this physician had paid the
penalty for his crime, that he owed debt society
and that he had right to be arrogant and exclusive
he pleased 1 grant that but maintain that he is
no better citizen than Of these Jean vaeans of
real life, who have escaped from prison and who
The Washington herald., 1911-11-12

impose on an unsuspicious tradesman He got lot
Of money through his thefts but blew It all in soon
as he got it and had resort to crime again to get
more.
81 first heard Of him good many years ago IN San
Francisco. That believe, the first place where
he worked his favorite trick.
Registering at a San Francisco hotel under the
name Of wealthy Of San Jose he visited a
jewelry store and picked out a fine diamond ring.
After making the selection he said rather bashfully
that he intending to be married and was buying
the ring for the young woman, but before deciding
purchase 1t he would bring her aronnd to see It. He
asked the jeweller to lay the ring aside for him, and
there nothing suspicious about his manner or
his request the ring put away for later inspection
by the mythical hancee.
'"The young crook went to FIVE other jewellers and
The Washington herald., 1911-11-12
THE MAYOR AND THE CAPTAIN.

HETTY politicians and ofRceholders followed their
Ichief, the Mayor of Eastern city. noisy tugs
down the bay when he leaving for Europe.
They cheered and sang and shouted that he was
jolly good fellow. The Mayor felt that he and,
that this demonstration proved him the biggest man
aboard ship. That he might appear to the men in
the screaming tugs he mounted the bridge where he
waved his hands and shouted at them. In the midst
Of his gor6cation he quietly but authoritattRely
ordered from the bridge by the captain Of the ship
But sputtered his indignant Honor, but 1 am
the chief magistrate off,
mo one is allowed this bridge without orders
from me-" said the captain turning his back with
afr Of hnaty.
That Mayor should be treated with such ignominy
in the eyes of his henchmen by mere man Of the
intolerabe. The Mayor made loud threats about
having the captain removed. .
few weeks later he returned on the same ship and
his faithful followers down the bay in tugs to
meet him. Again there the shouting and the
singing, but only the captain was on the bridge.
where's the chief? Where's the MayorT his loyal
men inquired. <.-E t.,, r.. = ~. -
Finally some one esped him. He was OF the
crowd struggling to get the railing the saloon
deck. ~
"A Mayor on land is parsonage, but on ship he's
only passenger" admitted His Honor bitterly to
his secretary he cast glance at the big captain
dominating the bridge in solitary grandeur.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-12
The Senator's Sarcasm.

eoR many years there served in the United States
Senate, from the West man Of brilliant mind
and many fine qualities but who was forever es-
tranging many with whom he desired to be friendly
by Of his incurably sarcastic both Of
speech and aetion
Once an intimate friend wrote the Senator urging
IN the government The Senator returned most sar-
castle reply, declining to recommend the appointment
1t said that he forgot the merited rebuke he
received from the friend who had suggested the ap-
pointment-
my Dear Senator:-I think 1t would be well for
you to your sarcasm for the rapidly increasing
number Of your enemies instead Of oerng It to the
decreasing number Of your friends, Of whom am
Ons.n
The Washington herald., 1911-11-12
ANCIENT. PUFFs AND SWITCHES


@AESARs wife may have been above suspicion
I so far her morals were concerned, but the
same could not have been said about her hair, any
than 1t could about the hair of the fashionable
matron Of to-day
The Greek, Egyptian, Carthagtnian and Roman
ladies Of twenty-five centuries ago made Of the
most astonishing quantities Of borrowed hair and
the Roman women Of the time of Augustus were es-
pecialy pleased when they could outdo their social
rivals by piling upon their heads greater tower Of
additional tresses. They also arranged curls formally
around the head
An extensive commerce IN human hair carried
on and after the conquest of Gaul, blond hair such
grew originally the heads Of German girls along
the Rhine. became very fashionable In Rome. Caesar
did not disdain to mix a little commerciallsm with
his military enterprises and collected vast amount
Of hair from the vanquished Gauls, which he sent
to market at Rome, and in the Roman provinces
a cropped head regarded a badge of slavery
at least Of subsection.
The hardressers Of Rome were persons Of real
importance and charged exorbitant prices for form
ing the hair into fancifu devices, such as harps,
wreaths and dladems.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-12
THE USE OF PERFUMES

THE use Of perfumes, from the standpoint NJ ,,oo.
breeding, is subject much discussed. An Inn.
portant feature generally overlooked, however IL
the tact that perfumes have decided medicinal char
acterlsucs, fact well known to the ancients OnG
Latin writer listed more than a hundred scents az
remedies Tor disease the place of honor being given n
the violet 1t Is essential Of course that the essence bG
pure and actually made from the flower
Most OF the violet extract and toilet water on the
market to-day Is merely chemical imitation and most
chemical limitations Of perfumes Irritating the
nerves. The lavender scented sheets of our grand
mothers were delightfully."- soothing to the nerves OF
the persons sleeping between them, for lavender Il
both quieting In Its effect and remarkable sleep In
ducer and having the exceptional merit of combining
refreshment and relaxation Most refreshing per.
fumes are stimulating Old writer's assert that jas.
mine alone is most valuable general tonic but add
that In most compounds 1t is injurious producing nerve
exhaustion and depression.
The compoundng of perfumes Is a distinct branch OF
chemistry-a perfume maker may be regarded as an
artist Of chemistry, blending his ingredients with thu
of and the taste and skill of the other profes
sion. Almost all perfumes have u basis amherorI,
ciye and while these materials are most neceSssr
great care must be exercised in their use for Urap
much viii make the PERFUME distressin0Iv ir1tah
ing to the user. The same Is true Of many combins
tions Of scents, such combinations even nrodncjn.
hysteria In mild or severe form If induiged IN =
all but one distinct scent should be used
The Washington herald., 1911-11-12
DIDN'T KNOW HER.

THERE was uncomfortable congestion at the
rear end Of the pay as you enter car, every one
trying to get out of the rain and mud an only a
third having their nickels ready. young man gave
the conductor quarter received his FIVE nickes and
dropped one of them into the box. Here" shouted
the conductor, put in another Nickel What for?
amt two people," retorted the young man angrily
Well who's that woman up there"
Il don't know l never saw her before"
well, she didn't pay" But the insistent passen-
gers demanded attention and the man at the box had
to drop the subject although he looked into the car
later glaring with especial disfavor at the youth
who disowned acquaintance with the woman whose
fare remained unpaid.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-12

him quickly you'll have to spend some money 1t will
cost about thousand dollars
THE jeweller demurred, just many other good
demur when they are called upon to go down in
to their own pockets to do a service for society II
every who suffers from the depredations of
criminals willing to help catch the man who
robs him there wouldn't be many criminals at
large Private detective agencies can't work for moth
ing, and few police departments afford to detail
follow the trails Of individual criminals except
in the serious Of But finally this st. Paul
jeweer came around and agreed to spend thou
sand-which he could well afford-to catch the ring
thief l knew then we would have the man soon."
How could you tell that7"
Because he certain to try the trick some
where else since he had been successful in getting
away with It before" replied Mr.. Pinkerton. 1T was
certain too that he would try in big city So the
way trap him, 1t seemed to me- to put the jew
elers in the big cities their guard 1t not much
trouble get description Of him. for many jew
ellers had him-to their And the checks
held by the banks gave samples enough of handwrt-
ing. We got out circulars containing the description
cast. Not long afterward one Of men picked him
up in Boston"
THE young fellow begged and pleaded for mercy,
but he had been at the too long to play innocent
and first offender, and all the six St Paul jewellers
identified him as the man who had robbed them. He
was convicted six counts and given four years
each-twenty-four years in the Minnesota Pent
tentiary.
'T got reports from the prison from time to time
The Washington herald., 1911-11-12
WHITE MOTHS ADVENTURE.

THE presence Of a common white mothmler in
Il McAdoo tunnel car the other morning caused
no end Of CONSERVATION among the passengers
and was nearly the cause Of small sized panic owing
to the remark Of an excited woman.
How the moth got into the car is q mystery, but
its appearance generally noticed until after
the car had left the Jersey City terminal and was
well under the river. The writer first discovered the
miller and was intently gazing at it in effort to
study out how it got far away from its native
heath. The gaze" became contagious in few
seconds and was taken up by the nervous and evil
IDENTITY superstitious woman opposite me- for she
uttered faint cry of "0h, my heavens look at that
butterfly It's a bad sign, and I'm sure this train
win never reach New York before we are all
drowndedr"
By that time every eye In the car was on the MOTH
which kept butting into the electric lights while three
four excited women grabbed the men nearest them
little with baby in her arms sitting next to
me asked If there any danger Of the pipes burst
ing and IN less time than Is consumed In telling 1t
every occupant the caught the fever of fear and
stood mp most Of them with look Of fright and ready
to make rush for the doors the moment they were
opened.
In the meantime the moth was entirely forgotten,
but before leaving the car caught 1t and let it In
n~- a1nH
The Washington herald., 1911-11-12

did the same thing. Now, he had introduced himself
and made his selection in six places, choosing rings
worth several hundred dollars apiece. His
to go to San Jose, which was not his home and
never had been and write to each jeweller the let
terhead of the firm of which he had pretended to be
member. In his letters he said that he had been
eSpectedly called home business and asked the
jewellers to keep the rings until he could visit San
Francisco again.
when enough time had elapsed for the jewellers
to get the letters but before they had time
them-for the answers would have gone to the firm
of which the young man pretended to be member
he sent each jeweer telegram to the effect that he
had decided to take the ring and would call for it the
next day So the jewellers did not the letters
Next day the young visited each jeweller, gave
him check which accepted without question, for
the jewellers had been completely deceived by the
letters from the highly rated firm In San Jose, and
took up the rings This Saturday, and the
forged checks could get back the San jose bank
The Washington herald., 1911-11-12
Mr.. ]. B. Dukes Ploughing.

I spite of the distractions of the Tobacco Com
pany's reorganization, Mr.. James B. Duke bestows
much attention upon the work Of developing and
beautifying his three thousand acre estate, Dukes
Park, near Somervile, N ]. Not infreQuently dis
tours Of inspection he personally directs the laborers
One day he took the plough from the hands of slow,
awkward foreigner, saying
Here, let me show you how TO plough furrow.
I've not forgotten how did that when ] was boy
In SOUTH Carolina
Another day be took the place Of the boss Of gang
Of workmen and before. he got through he dismissed
ava for iuafdciancx.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-12

are honestly trying to live rightly, with the double
fear not only of detection but Of re-imprisonment
hanging over them.
That is awful terror-that fear Of being found
out and dragged back to out prison sentence
But the man who, like Jean Vatican, honestly tries
under such handicap to be good citizen is entitled
honestly believe, to respect than the who
has paid his debt-certainy his task is harder one
and fewer men accomplish 1t.
Il have In mind that interests me very
much. could put my hands at any time es-
capped criminal who has nearly twenty years yet to
serve in the Saltwater Penitentiary In Minnesota
But do not intend to molest him reveal his secret
unless he commits another crime-which he is not at
all likely to do.
Swindler of Jewellers.
This fellow was one of the ceverest jewelry thieves
l ever knew, and I've known good many. He
young fellow of good family educated. could dress
we'll and liked ton short, just the kind of to
The Washington herald., 1911-11-12
JEAN VAL JEANS or REAL LIFE
UT Many HmwPAdar gdPm Crimes

He taking his Imprisonment easily and was max
ing himself a good fellow with the warden. He be-
came editor Of the prison paper and wrote some
really clever things for It, The reports that came
to me were 50 good that the man who brought them
asked day what made Of the fellows actions.
Hes getting ready to kiss himself out"' said,
and 1 was right. for not long after that he slipped
away between two days and vanished.
''Ot course, his photograph and description were
sent to all the police departments and detective
agencies, but nobody got a trace of him I hadn't
heard thought of him for twenty years until
couple Of years ago.
Il was sitting In the lobby of hotel IN Hong Kong,
watching the people passing. when a man whose face
seemed familiar came in. l studied him a moment,
then placed him. 1t the escaped convict from
Stiwater-the young Jewel thief! His hair gray.
but 1t was the same mani was sure of it.
IF had had any doubt about his identity It would
have been removed by his actions when he caught
sight of me. He started, turned pale and hurried
away. He had recognized quicker than had rec
ognized him.
"ln the few minutes that followed his recognition
Of me that went through all the pangs of
that Jean Vatican suffered. He could not stand
the suspense long, and he came over to where
l sat.
"'What does this mean-what are you doing here
in Hong KongT he stammered.
what you doing here?" asked him. and he
told me his story.
HE had lived straight from the time he escaped
from prison. He had had hard time Of It, between
keeping himself under and earning a living
He had done newspaper work and other things until
he finally drifed to Hong Kong. When 1 found him
there he had been for sixteen years a merchant in
that city had built up large and profitable business
and was Of the most highly respected business
men in the city. Nobody, not even his family ever
had much as guessed his antecedents.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-12
The Quality of Mercy.


81 had difficulty in making him believe that I ha.
not found his trail and to Hong Kong after him.
OF course hadn't and course didn't expose him.
What good would 1t have done? 1t would have done
infinite harm without doing any good.
ut lifted tremendous weight off the fellows mind
. In spite Of his outward appearance Of contentment
he had been looking for me- for some officer of the
law all these years Like Jean Vatican he had known
the terror of the eyldoer knows by bitter expert
the fate that awaits him If he Is caught The
man who has escaped breads Imprisonment more than
he who has always served out his tme for he knows
what kind Of treatment he will get in the ordinary
prison when he is taken back.
Jean Valjeans in real life? Yes there are many
Of them; many who have not after years Of
freedom entirely lost the fear of being recognized and
denounced and, what is worse dragged back to prison
again. And often that fear is justified. 1 i'll ,elI
you Of an instance.
More than forty years ago. when {: a young
fello~. desperate criminal ',roke jan in t. c.
He was man with a long as a bank burglar
and he was serving sentence that had many years
yet , - not Fnow man, but kaeu, about
him, and his escare a great ewspa2er sensation
at the time.
"A few years ago man called on me here in my
New York office. He was a crook whom recog.
nzed.
I've got proposition to make you lie said
lou remember so and SoY He named the who
had escaped so long 1 nodded.
I know where he is, said the crook. ran across
him little while ago. He's changed his me and
got rich He's been living straight ever since he got
out and he's one Of the prominent cizc IS up where
ne lives He doesn't now that In on, but I've got
MIN DEAD to rights. Now, you could go up there and
shake him down for big bunch of money for both
of u.s.
He didn't get any further. got up out of my
chair ard-well when got through with the fellow
had done some remembering myself
Look here said you did trick yourself I'D In
New Hampshire some years ago, and you made your
getaway after you sentenced. Ny recollection
is that you owe the State of New Hampshire about
fifteen years me and promise you that If that old
man you just spoke Of is moesed or approached
In any way by you or any else, for backmaiI or
to peach on him. I'll to it that you spend the rest
Oh your life In prison. and that goes!
The crook slipped out of my office and the old man
who escaped from prison forty years ago is still use
ful and respected citizen, so far as know nsvor
investigated the story the crook told me, but bav,
no doubt that 1t is true and that In the CITY he
there Is another Jean Vatican in real life"