davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09
SHOOTING A SALMON.
Il Was Mighty Exciting Even it the
Fish Did Escane.

u was Mighty Exciting Even IL the
Fish Did Escape.
Uncle Ben Brown was one Of the
earliest settlers in Oregon. He was an
intelligent man with keen sense of
hulnor. and his tales of pioneer days
always drew an interested audience.
This story is one of the most popular:
There used to lie lots of Indians on
the Rogue river when came here.
And they sometimes did mighty queer
things. There is place above Gold
Hill called the Dardanelles, where the
river PUSHES between steep rocks. with
big, quiet pool below.
II was camped ut the Dardanelles in
90. and one evening packer came
along. going south. An Indian was
there with his canoe. He'd been sitting
on stone for an hour or more with
out moving. watching the big salmon
that kept shooting out Of the pool, up
ending like stick of cordwood and
then plunging back into the water. No
doubt he was thinking how good a
steak off one of those salmon would
taste. The packer soon made bar
gain with the Indian to take him over
1.-THE Indian piled most of the pack
In the front of the canoe and took his
seat in the middle. The white man sat
behind and towed his horse at the end
of lariat- The packer had an old. fat
barreled. sawed off musket. called a
syauger.' that the Indian laid across
tho In oF H.
across he stopped padding and squint-
ed down into the water. He saw a
monster salmon right under the canoe.
Grunting 'Skookum salmon! he drop
ped the paddle and. grabbing up the
yauger. rammed it into the water up
to the locks. took aim and discharged it.
II guess he didn't know that he
couldn't blow hole in the Rogue river
with gun without startling results.
The canoe turned over like a fash.
Pieces of the old yauger went twenty
feet into the air The Indian and the
white man both disappeared. Present
~ the packer came up and began to
swim around. trying to collect his
goods. sputtering and making severely
critical remarks about Indians in gen.
eral.
1.-THE Indian didn't come up for some
time. When he did it was near the
foot of the pool. His face was covered
with blood. In two plunges he made
shore on the other side Of the foot of
the rapids, rushed up the bank and
stopped moment to brush the wei.
hair hurriedly out of his eyes. Their,
with one dazed look in my direction. he
exclaimed. 'Hoosh. hooshr and dived
into the brush. He must have thought
that the salmon or the gun or the river
was bewitched, for never saw him
again on Rogue river. So far as I
know. the salmon was uninjured."-
Youths Companion.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09
She Was Ready For Him.

Tramp-You know the sayin'. mum,
"He that giveth to the poor lendeth to
the Lord"
Mrs. Subbubs-Very true! And since
you speak in proverbs I'll refer you to
another old saw.
Tramp-Which one is dat, mum?
Mrs. S.-The one back In the wood
shed. Boston Transcript.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09

while others take
1t as coolly as
t b on Oh nothing
had happened.
II never see any
one embarrassed
that I do not think
Of That happened
at my home one
evening when 1
was giving a din
ner party" she
said. I've had al
most reached the
fnalNcourse when
c la tie was
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09

''Wh-what's that?" he stammered.
whats what?' inquired the native
courier in excellent Cooks tour Eng
lish.
Those reverberations. There they
60 again."
"Don't be alarmed" said the courier
soothingly. That's only old General
Weyler laughing over the latest war
news from Cuba. This way for the
Alhambra. please" = Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09
Tho Proud Father,
Can't Swear.

Guest lat summer resOrt)-That old
gentleman is your uncle, is he? Does
he play sok:
New Aa11lainta he has tried
1t, but hs's no good at that game. Hes
deaf and dumb-C Chicago Tribune.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09
This Worlds illusions.

This world is all fleeing show
For mans illusion given.
The smiles of JOY. the tears Of woe,
Deceitful shine, deceitful flow.
There's nothing true but heaven.
And false the light on glory's plume
As fading hues of even.
And love and hope and beauty's bloom
Are blossoms gathered for the tomb.
There's nothing bright but heaven.
Poor wanderers Of stormy day.
From wave to wave we're driven,
And fancy's fash and reasons ray
Serve but to light the troubled way.
There's nothing calm but heaven.
Thomas Moore
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09

groom ne had en-
gagged a villager.
and. as the man
had never posed"
before. Sir Luke
warned him not to
move on any &C.
count. Soon after
the sitting began
Sir Luke noticed
that his m cd e !
was not looking
very we'll, and he
suspended W ork
for a little to let
the man rest Soon
q fter they had
started work again
the mans eyes be-
gan to bulge from
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09
Ono Wow Of Il.

E1ttle Waldo-Papa. what ls public
spiritedness7 Mr.. Grumpman-It Is
that which prompts man to try to
mind everybody else's business before
minding bis own.-Sat1re.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09
49, The
Scrap Book
A Difficult Po.a.

Sir Luke Filder, the noted English
artist, told a comical story of one Of his
models for his picture 1.-THE Village
Wedding" AS a model for the BRIDE
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09
Took Him at His Word,

''Never write letters, young man
that you'll regret In after life"
''You speak as from experience?"
II do. In early correspondence with
her who Is now my wife signed my
self your obedient servant "-London
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09

most polite manner. beginning her let.
ter, "My Dear Mr.. Blank"
|ext day very stout and very irate
Homan appeared in the classroom an
grily forshing paper
I'll teach you to call my husband
my DEAR" she cried. why, my hus-
band. he amt never saw, you in his
life, and I believe him. you piece OF
Observation-Disclosures
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09
An orn,,n.,+ =, a..;..v

An Ornament 70 Society.
A society woman was commenting on
the way different people act under en-
barrassing circumstances, some stam-
mering excuses and acting like fools,
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09
JUDGED by His Apnstits.

An English actor was a member Of
q company snowbound in the Sierras
while en- route from California to the
east. Before their train was pulled out
Of the drifts they had been reduced to
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09
A Presumptuous raacb.r

a Presumptuous Teacher. E'~A
A public school teacher on the down.
town, east side. in New York city. had
pupil so persistently unruly that it
became necessary to write to the child's
father. This the teacher did in the
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09
Tho Bow and Arrow.


The first mention Of the bow and ar
row is found in the book of Genesis,
where 1t Is written that Ishmael, the
son of Abraham. ''dwelt in the wilder
ness and became an archer" "A bow
shot" too. Is mentioned as measure
Of distance. In the sculptured states
found at Khorsabad and Nineveh rep
reservations of archers frequently oc-
cur. and the bow seems to have been
q weapon in the Assyrian and Persian
armies.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09

Everything great is not always good.
but all good things are sreat-Demos.
henea.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09
A Perao,,aI AnoIication.


When one Of tie large benefactors Of
Harvard college library was business
man In Lawrence a customer of his
firm contracted a debt which ran along
for year or more without any signs
of settlement. Several letters, says
the Boston Herald. failed to bring
about liquidadon.
One day. while glancing over the re-
hgious notices in local paper. Har.
Yards benefactor saw something which
gave him an inspiration, and he went
to his desk and wrote the following
note to the debtor:
Mr.. -:
that you are to deliver an address on FRI
day evening before the 2. M. c. A. on
The Sinners Balanced Account" in
close yours, as yet unbalanced, and trust
that may have the pleasure Of attending
your lecture. <Yours truly. -.
A check came by the next mail.
For Fast Shooting.
The ride for rapid firing should have
shotgun weight. shotgun balance. shot
gun trigger pull. shotgun At, and the
lights must be such as can be caught
instantly without effort in alignment.
The hands grasp the piece firmly. not
with the rifleman's loose grip. but
The left arm pushes forward while the
dght draws back, and the trigger Is
pulled by transferring the drawing
back force to the trigger finger and
aot by any conscious crooking Of that
finger. The moment the bead covers
the mark the bullet must be under
way, Be the aim good OF bad-Outing.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-09
Not Failure.

Fouag Wrymer-I tell you, marriage
takes all the poetry out of fellow.
Frtend-Then it can't be failure.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-26
What's Doing in the World of Sport
ERRORS GAVE THE
SATURDAY GAME TO
H NINE

The pitching of Lampman and a
few errors on the part of the Daco-
tabs combined to give Superior Satur-
day afternoons. game, the score being
2 to l. Lampman let the Grand Forks
men down with four singles. which
were scattered over as many innings.
Grand Forks scored it's lone run in
the second when Bell singled and
to second on Persch's failure to
field the ball. He was sacrificed to
third. and scored on Morse's ground
er to short.
Superior scored in the third and
fourth innings. Persch. who was up
first in the third. was given passage
and advanced to second on Donovan's
single. The men were advanced Il
on an error. and Persch scored
on Curtis single. The winning run
In the next frame was presented to the
visitors. McCauley went out on an in
field %grounder. after which Dunn
singled. The latter was caught at sec
ond on Benrud's grounder to Bell.
Benrud was run down between first
and second. but. after tagging him.
DeHaven dropped the ball. Black
singled, but OF the peg to second Bell
let the ball go by into the field, Ben
rud coming home on the misplay.
Hyzer fielded the ball in time to catch
Black at third.
The score.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-26
SHOULD
Be LOT FASTER
Changes Make no Radical
Difference in Style.
of Play.
TOUCHDOWN COUNTS
Interval Between Quarters
Reduced to One Minute
From Two.

The latest changes in the football
rules should mea a speeding up of
the game. but the changes made do
not make any radical differences in
the style of play. Most of the modi-
fications have been made with the
idea of correcting minor abuses which
were observed in the game as develop
ed last fall. Tho main change has
been made in shortening the playing
field ten yards. SO that it is an even
100 yards in length. The idea is to
increase the space in which a for
ward pass may be used. This is made
possible by the establishing of a ten
yard zone o neither end Of the short
ened field. and in these zones a touch
down may be mad by using the for
ward pass. This is probably the most
significant change and the one which
will have most effect on the style of
play. for it provides a new way in
which a touchdown may be scored.
Try 1t.
There should be more rushing. for
tie number of downs is increased
from three to four, and also because
a touchdown is made more valuable.
A touchdown this fall will be six
points, and as the point for the goal
from touchdown and field goal re-
mains the same it will not be posi-
BILE for a team with a good kicker
to Offset a touchdown and possibly
win by kicking two goals. Not only
is the forward pass allowed to score
a touchdown, but the 2O-yard zone
for the forward pass is eliminated so
that the restrictions as to interference
with the play to all parts Of the field.
More Spectacular.
Among the minor changes is one
designed to prevent such an occur
renee as that by which Princeton de-
feated Dartmouth last fall. No long
er will a ball which bounds over the
goal posts mean points for the lucky
side. The interval between the quar-
tiers has been reduced to one minute
from two, which mean the speeding
up of the game. Another minor
change Is the one which permits the
teams to have cut one representative
on the s%idelines. This is designed to
eliminate the abuses which arose out
of coaching from the sidelines.
Tho shortening of the playing field
is not to be allowed to have other eff
feet than that intended, because the
provision is made that on the kick
off the ball shall be put into play
from the 40-yard line of the team
kicking off. Instead of reducing the
distance to the goal posts this length
ems it five yards instead. Similarly
after a touchdown. the ball will be
put into play from the 20-yard line in
stead of the 25-yard mark
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-26
HAMMER THROW PERIL.
Experts Favor Stopping it and Substi-
tuting Weight Hurting.

New York, Aug. ga movement is
on foot to abolish the hammer throw
in athletic meets. The event has been
marked as dangerous because fatali-
ties have resulted from wild throws.
The Harvard Crimson has asked the
opinion of noted trainers on the ques-
ton. Here are the answers in brief:
"Pooch" Donovan of Hardvard:
The hammer throw, as it is. is re-
garded as a d%anverous event. and If
the danger cannot be eliminated 1
think it would he best to substitute for
the event the throwing of weight for
height"
Keene Fitzpatrick of Princeton: 81
am very much in favor of substituting
the thirty-f1ve pound weight for the
hammer, for a weight that can be
thrown owe thirty feet is dangerous
to competitors and officials"
Harry Huffman of Dartmouth: "My
opinion is that the regulations of this
event should remain as they are. and
the necessary precautions should be
taken against accidents"
Thomas Keene of Syracuse: II can
not see where the danger will be les
sened by substituting a heavier ball
and shortening the handle. The chanc-
es of a broken wire would naturally
be greater with a heavier ball and it
would be more liable to accident than
heretofore"
A.. c.. Kraenzlein of Michigan: ct
believe the idea of shortening the
handle and increasing the weight of
the ball a very good one.
John Moakley of Cornell: IF a
change is to be made in the hammer
throw ven it would be the best to
substitute the thirty-five pound weight
1 would have the length of the handle
shortened"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-26
BERLIN GETTING READY.
Germans Plans for the Olympic Games
in 1916,


Berlin. Aug. 26.-In 1916 Germany
hopes to conquer the world in the
Olympic games.
1t will have a stadium also as big
as that of Athens, where the first re-
vival was held in 1896, and the field
proper is likely to be twice the size Of
that at Stockholm.
The place has been picked and the
next Olympic games will be held at
Grunewald. a suburb OF Berlin. about
ten kilometers from the center of the
city. The place is. perhaps. not the
most accessible in the world. but the
beauty of location will make up for
other shortcomings.
At present there is only one railroad
line running into the grounds, that be-
ing steam, but the chances are that
there will be other Of trans
portation by the time the gates are
ready to open our years hence.
The ride by automobile furnishes a
est in Berlin. 1t takes about twenty
minutes under the present speed laws
of the city, over perfect roads. to reach
the spot.
The field for the classic games was
laid out by allure itself, aided to a
certain extent by the hand of man.
The stadium will be built in the cen
ter of the race track, one of the show
places around Berlin.
AS it is now, the only thing neces-
sary to start the games would be to
build III seats, plant" the cinder
paths and open the gates. Around the
site run the different tracks. all turf,
of the Jockey club.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-26
CARR AID.
Drake and Coyington Go to Kaws i'll
Payment for Corriden.

Kansas City. Aug. 26.-An outfielder
who can hit and a pitcher who should
be able to take a turn with Powell,
Rhoades and Schiller M get away
good-well, they're coming. The out
fielder is Drake and the pitcher is
C%ovington: They have been will,
Providence in the International
from the farm by Detroit. Man
ager Carr announced last night that
Detroit had turned these players over
to Kansas City and that they will re-
port Immediately. They come to
Kansas City as part payment for
Johnny Corriden.
Drake is an outfelder who is rank
be used in center field. unless. per-
chance. he is a sunfielder. If he plays
the sunfield, well. he probably will
be sent to left. Drake was with the
Detroit club last season. He played
in eighty-three games and his batting
average was .279, nifty figure. He
made lightweight hits, line of them
He stole twenty bases. His fielding
average was .942. having 14l putouts.
four assists and nine errors.
Covington is a right handler whose
great fault has been a lack of con.
troll. At that he won seven ganes
and lost only one for Detroit last sea-
son He pitched eighty-two and two
thirds innings and was touched for
n%inety-four hits and forty-three runs.
He hit ten batters. walked thirty-three
and struck out twenty-nine, In sew.
enteen games he fielded perfectly,
handling three putouts and seventeen
assists.
These players have been going coed
for Providence in the International
league. Drake has been getting one.
two and three hits every day.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-26
TENNIS TOURNEY At BELcorK7.

TENNIS TOURNEY AT BELCOTKT,
Messrs. B. Courtright and S. Janus
of the Belcourt Tennis club, who at.
tended h state tennis tourney in
Grand Forks this week. used every
opportunity possible to boost the tour
laey which will be held under the di-
rection of their club August % and
-. There are five events mems sim
giles, ladies, singles, mems doubles,
ladies' doubles, and mixed doubles,
open to all corners. The Relcourt
club was admitted to member shin
in the state organization during the
week. B COPYRIGHT is secretary of
the club.
Among the players who have signi-
fed their intention of participants in
the tourney are: Anthem Landmark
OF Rolla. George %Sunberg, Willow City.
Myron Bacon with party from Grand
Forks. c. w. Fielder and George Nc
MILAN of Rottineau. Stephen Janus, r.
\. Clark. /. II. King. H. B. klineen-
berg, Mrs. Stephen Janus, B. Court
right. y. d. Richey. A l.. Owens. Ern-
est Choiniere, all of Belcourt. Arthur
DlNen. c. w. Wagner of Rolla, S. Fl.
Hosmer. d. y. Horsman and Rev. n
+. Bickle of Dunsith, n. p. Nordhv of
Ihorne, All the towns in the vicinity.
of the Turtle mountains and Fish
will be represented and MANY
OF the states best tennis players will
be present.
Belcourt has two of the best courts
in the state and has a Very pretty To-
cation.
DR.. A. P. Meriwether has been ap-
pointed referee. Entries should be ad-
dressed to s. Courtrieht, Secretary.
Belcourt. North Dakota.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-26
STAR PLAYERS ARE
MADE FROM JOKES
Marquard and Meyers Ex-
amples of Managers Pa
tience-Others Jokes.

Once a lemon. does not necessarily
mean a player may become a
representative of the nectarine class.
Early conditions may be outgrown.
lhat this is the truth has been DEM
onstrated in the National league
where a powerful team could be pick
ed from players who We're labeled
emoas' at the start of their big
league careers.
For mound duty, Marquard of the
Giants, Cheney and Lavender of the
Cubs, an dSuggs of the Reds might be
chosen. Marquard was the prize lem
on of the lot when he Joined the Gil
ants and for two years following. No
use telling what he was last season
or TINS. au he was scarcely a lemon.
Larry Cheney was let go by two or
three clubs before he finally became
most valuable hurler. AS
TOR Lavender. Chance would have
turned him back had the national
an American league discard before
he hecame ~CinClnnati'3 most depend
able pitcher.
Meyers Was Joke Catcher.
Chief Meyers. now the leading re-
celVer of The N1tional league and one
IF its host hatters. Was n Joke catcher
N>A 'E'N ne AK = = lf''I! ~ a 'YiiIli. Ifo
could no, throw aud was A scream on
high fouls. All h" roul1 do was bat.
and finally he Developed into a sta.
behind tho bat and so held his Job.
F"r frs, hass thore is A~erhie. bat
ting .333, an d"ensilar"d u brilliant
fl"ldlng first %sar}er. Few persons
thought he would be kept by McGraw
after his famous didn't touch Sec
ond' incident in 1905. But McGraw
did keep him and he has never been
sorry.
Gionts. nov tart'ne AZ vas a
clumsy second sacEor when he Joined
the club. > f"w y AZ; ago. McGraw.
however. bad f.ith in hir,. and Dole
finally rounded int" tn var riavnr
ne is TO-DAY. A. his start his stroog
point VS. the mAnufaetura of errors.
II" called ii an off day when he did
not fool" two or three chances.
Zimmerman j. .tnntrrr.
ON third base could b pl@ced Hei1t
Zlnmerlnan the batting king IF The
National league. With an average Of
$50. Not untIi this year WAS he cor-
sldered good enough to be q regular.
AT short field. Sweeney Of Boston
with a batting mark of $50, would
iii i'm. He did not look good Ia two
or three clubs which tried him out.
hut h. is a veritahle whirlwind AT tho
hat for the Braves.
Cutfelder Wilson Of the Pirates
was in the Joke class when he broke
in. hui a man who can hit. 81 is no
joke.
Al least two big league clubs tag
sed Northern. but he is making good
With Brooklyn. and has a batting av-
erase of 500 10 prove il.
Yes, it surely pays 70 hang on to a
player now and then. John McGraw
got together a championship III ny
being patient with DOYLE, Marquard,
Meyers. S~noderass, Merkle and
Fletcher. And Connie Mack would
never have Won %pennants in 1910 and
1911 had he discarded Collins. Barry,
Strunk and Mc!nnis on the strength
of their first showing.
LandRog44h.M NJ. aBflNB
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-26
The Second Game.


Grand Forks took the second game.
which was a classy pitchers battle
between Lefty Jarnigan and Dusty
Rhoades. These . two men, with a
high wind and clouds of lust to OPP
pose. in addition to the opposing bat
ters, threw stellar ball, each man al
lowing but four hits. Grand Forks
was fortunate enough to bunch her
bingles in the fifth inning, however,
and slowed away two runs, which
o the game; Bell. first up in that
frame. singled and stole second.
Morse fouled out to Benrud and Van
Dine flew out to Cummings. With
two dow Hyzer singled and advanced
Tell to third. Then Jarnigan came
up and won his w game. by plank
ing n between first and second
which scored Bell and Hyzer. who
III tho meantime had stolen second.
Tlyzer by the way played some poor
ball Yesterday. In the first game he
mulfed three flies out of four while
playing the center garden and struck
out twice. In the second he took all.
his nance without a skip and helped
win out by his bingle and steal of
second.
Jarnigan threw himself out of sew
cral bad holes. In the sixth inning
Perish singled and stole second and
third. Curtis walked and swiped
second. Then Lefty frightened up
and struck out Donovan and Ford,
l:hoades in the meantime having shot