davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-27
THREE SONGS.
They viii Live Above All Others In
the Man Who Heard Them.

They viii Live Above All Others In
the Man Who Heard Them.
The brilliant, fashionably clad audi
ence roared an ovation to the great
singer. She was unquestionably the
best soprano in the world. The critic
turned to his friend, the self made mil
Iionaire, and said:
Did you ever hear any song more
exquisitely rendered."
YES" said the rich man musingly,
for he was touched by the magic of
what he had heard. Yes; I have
heard three greater singers"
81 want to knoww exclaimed the
critic
THE first was years ago. The singer
was plain of face and gray of hair and
tired of body. There was much work
to do and many little mouths to feed.
/ was the youngest child, sick and
cross, and that dear singer crooned to
me a lullaby, and l slept 1t was
wonderful song.
1.-THE next was years afterward. We
had a little cottage. 1t was summer.
and the windows and doors were open.
Ny wife was in the kitchen preparing
supper. She was singing something
about her true love coming home to
her. 1t was for me. And that too.
was wonderful song.
Some more years elapse- There Is
a little toddler in the garden. and she
sings hesitantly something about dad
dy and his baby.
these are the three singers, my
friend. who beat all your TetrazZinis."
And the critic? Well. perhaps the
critic agreed with him.-Albany Times
Union.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-27
LIQUID AIR.
The Way It Acts as a PreservatiVs of
Animal Matter.

Animal Matter.
II is sometimes necessary to pre-
serve parts of a human body or of
some other animal for the purpose Of
testing for the presence Of poisons.
In such cases the preservatiye must
fulfil certain special requirements. IL
must be able to prevent absolutely any
decay or putrefaction: it must not IT.
self cause any change in the tissues,
either structural or chemical; it must
not introduce any substance that
would in any way interfere with the
subsequent tests or give rise TO false
conclusions, and it must be easily han
died.
Liquid air has been found to he
quite well adapted TO this use. It's
low temperature about 40 degrees
below zero, Fahrenheit prevents abb
soluteIz all -nunefaction as well as all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-27

Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Dr.
arrhoea Remedy is today the best
known medicine in use for the relief
and cure of bowel complaints 1t cures
gripping, diarThoea, dysentery, and
should be taken at the first unnatural
looseness of the bowels. 1t is equally
valuable for children and adults. 1t
always cures. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-27
CHENEY.

The body of Mrs. Anna ]. Cheney
was sent this afternoon to Finiayson,
MINI, where services will be held and
burial made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-27

All the news al the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-27

Dear Mrs. Thompson: What will
take the musty smell out of house?
HOUSEWIFE INQUIRER.
When dampness gets into upholster-
ed furniture, carpets, drapery and
sometimes even the wallpaper and
woodwork, il will take some time TO
get rid Of that musty smell.
Such articles as can be moved
should be set out where the air and
sunlight can get at them. Carpets
need TO be taken up, summed aad
beaten outdoors, and floors scrubbed
and dried thoroughly. Heating the
house as hot as possible for few
days ought to do some good and will
be possible now that cold weather is
due.
Strew chloride of lime about a damp
basement.
To make the house atmosphere
more agreeable have little bottle of
lavender water standing open in each
room.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Q-Not long
ago I was called away suddealy, SO !
hired an auto from the garage. The
driver is a young married man. He
drove me TO the place and returned
for me that night. The rumor was
started that l was out JOY riding with
him. What must do? (2)-I will be
Is in January. Am ! too young TO
marry a man of 40? GA crowd of
young folks are going on a PICNIC.
Would it be wrong for me to call a
young man up and ask him TO go? He
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-27
Mems Shoes $3.50

for $3.50
then the
he paro
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14
SEA MADE FORTUNE

That early sailing took two months
in fair weather, and the vessel in
which Astor was a passenger encoun-
tered very rough winds, so that it was
the middle OF January before she
reached Chesapeake bay. There, as
far as the eye could see, was nothing
but ice.
Within a days sail of Baltimore the
vessel became locked in the ice. Some
Of the passengers were able to walk
out on the ice and reach the shore,
but young Astor declared that as the
owner of the ship had contracted to
land him in Baltimore and lodge him
in the interval, he would remain on
board
One of his companions was an elder
ly German who was returning to
America after a visit to his native
land. He and his young countryman
became quite friendly, and it was from
this chance acquaintance that Astor
learned about the money to be made
in the fur business. The elder man
had been a penniless immigrant him
self, but had made a fortune out OF
furs, and did not hesitate to give
young Astor many pointers that later
on we're invaluable to him.
His second notable adventure with
the sea was half a century later. He
had been in Austria and had spent
three years with his daughter, who
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14
Big One in New York Menagerie Was
Kind Until Rodents Began to
Steal Bread.

New York-Animals and birds in
search of charity need not apply to
Hattie, an elephant in the menagerie
in Central Park, for aid Hattie
brought her career as a philanthropist
to an end when she killed the three
mice she discovered stealing a por-
tion of the bread that she had intend
ed to give them.
Hattie became known as a creature
of fads almost from the day she ar
rived in the menagerie. At one time
she showed fondness for playing on
the harmonica and dancing. With the
assistance Of William Snyder, head
keeper, she mastered these accom-
plishments. She took pride in the ad-
miration which her exhibition aroused.
Her friends among the visitors to
the menagerie are inclined to believe
that she wanted to initiate women of
fashion when she began to dispense
charity to mice by giving bread
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14
PLAYS NEAR MURDERED WIFE
Musician Sends Aged Mother Away
Then Kills SeIf--Intended to Send
Body Away In Trunk.

New York.-Playing the MisererG
from the opera III Trovatore," to a
company of diners, who encored him
repeatedly, while the body Of his wife
whom he had slain, was lying conceal
ed in his apartment, Albert de
Brahms, violinist and orchestra lead.
er widely known here and in Paris
decided one Sunday night the details
Of the method by which he intended
to dispose of her body. Then when
discovery OF his crime seemed to be
made by his gray-haired mother, one
Of the innocent causes of the tragedy,
he sent the aged woman away from
his apartment at 229 West Thirty.fifth
street. Then he went into rear bed.
room and shot and hanged himself.
Within two minutes after De Brahms
died a new trunk in which the police
are convinced the murderer intended
to ship the body Of HIS wife out OF the
city, was delivered and the double
crime was revealed
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14

him in motion the cows ran of and
left him.
These African elephants have many
signals which they use TO communi-
cate among themselves; for instance,
when e cow gets the wind of hunter
she signals "on guard" and imme-
diately every elephant in the herd
stops grazing and listens with trunk
to the ground. They are as silent as
the grave.
Even when a shot among them
causes a stampede and the forest re-
sounds with the first crash Of their
moving they can disappear without
making the slightest noise. They can
move so silently that / have often
come within fifteen or twenty yards
Of a big beast, mistaking his trunk
and forefeet for trees in the jungle.
On several occasions the beasts re-
ceded so quickly and so quietly that
lost them altogether.
When they want to they can make
more noise than any animals in the
world. A herd of two or three hun
dred will trample down an entire ma
tive village and all the farms around
It with such noises that can only be
compared to an earthquake.
Again a herd will slide through the
forest so quietly than you can't hear
them ten yards away. AS their senses
of smell and hearing are acute, they
rarely fall into the elephant pits
which the natives dig to capture them.
I don't suppose one pit in a hundred
accomplishes its mission. When the
go through the forests they
hold their trunks close to the ground,
and by tapping every now and then
then can detect. any pit, no matter
how skillfully concealed. before step
ping into it.
The moment they strike any ground
that is the least bit suspicious they
tap it carefully and make wide de-
tours. OF course. when a herd is
stampeded they haven't time to in
vestigate the ground and then they
fall into the pits.
The generally accepted theory that
the calves are only to be found with !
COWS is also fallacy. The COWS are
the leaders and the fighters Of the
herds, so it is only natural that they |
should turn over their offspring to be
cared for by the bulls when they |
are busy. And that is ex-
actly the case.
I have seen bull elephants playing |
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14
SHE is 100; NEVER DANCED
Woman of Wenham, Mass, Does Not
Want to Vote, and Even Scorns
the Automobile.

Wenham. Mass.-Mrs. Mary F..
Hodgdon, CT this town, observed her
one hundredth birthday at the home
Of Mrs. Elizabeth Moulton, at West
Wenham. She is in possession Of all
her faculties to a remarkable degree
and talked with many visitors. Votes
for women" find little favor with her.
T think that the women have
enough about their homes to look aft.
er without bothering about voting"
Mrs. Hodgdon said.
In all her long life Mrs. Hodgdon
never attended a dance. She classes
dances as frivolous, and she believes
that young people can put their spare
time to better advantage. She has
never ridden in an automobile, al
though her son owns one.
"The old way is the best, and
would rather ride behind the old
horse I had than all the automobiles
there are" she said.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14
Yet Head of AStOr Family Stood
in Terror of Ocean.
During Storm, After John Jacob Be-
came MultI-MiIlionaire, offered
Captain of Vessel $4,000 to
Be Put Ashore.

New York.-It is recalled that John
Jacob Astor, the great-grandfather Of
Col. John Jacob Astor, who went down
with the Titanic, twice escaped ship
wreck and that the fortunes Of the
great house were really laid on board
the vessel in which the German lad
sailed to America.
In September, 1888 Astor, who was
destined to become the richest man in
the new world was working in Lon
don for his brother George, the pro-
prietor Of a flute factory. He had
toiied in the factory for two years and
at the end of that time was the posses
sor Of is guineas and two suits OF
clothes When the news came that
benjamin Franklin and his associates
in Paris had at last signed the treaty
which completed the independence OF
the United States young Astor deter
mined to seek his fortunes in the new
land.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14

had married Count Rumph, and was
on his way home in consequence Of
the panic that had been caused by
President Jackson's attack upon the
Bank Of the United States. At this
time Astor was worth S40,O00,000 and
was the richest man in the United
States. He reached the boat shortly
before she left Havre and induced the
captain to give up his stateroom for
his use
No sooner had the vessel cleared
the port, however, than Astor, who had
been so eager to embark, wanted to be
set ashore.
1t was arranged that he would be
sent back the next day, but the wind
changed and the vessel got out into
the Atlantic In a couple Of days she
was driven back near the coast Of Ire
land and the terrified millionaire Of
fered $4,000 if the captain would put
back with him. The captain refused
because of the dangers OF the Irish
coast. This was the last time John
Jacob Astor went to sea, though he
lived ID years after
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14

with the calves and looking after
them on numerous occasions. The
fact that you see a couple Of calves
does not indicate that a COW is close
by, Their papa may be in charge OF
them
It is only a matter of a few years
until the African elephant will be ex-
tinct Most Of the fine specimens
have been killed or already The
herds that are roaming the iungles
have little ivory, and are, therefore,
immune from elephant hunters. How
ever, as civilization spreads, the herds
are being destroyed, for the reason
that they are a menace to the safety
Of the natives, besides being the de-
stroyers Of much property.
Now that they are suspected Of car
rying sleeping sickness. their doom Is
sealed For this reason / am anxious
to return to Africa as soon as possible
to complete the specimens for my
group. Unless I do so no museum will
be able to group elephants as they
are in all their glory,
l inspected hundreds Of elephants
without finding any really fine speci.
mems. Mrs. Ackley and ! shot three
bulls having tusks each weighing over
100 pounds. But what am after par
ticularly is a bull with tusks weighing
200 pounds, full-grown animal.
Many elephant hunters have killed
three and four hundred animals with.
out finding as large tusks as we did,
but we were on the lookout only for
the finest specimens. These fine speci.
mems are very rare, for the reason
that when a bull develops tusks Of
fifty pounds, which is quite an early
age, perhaps twenty-five years, he be
comes the target of every hunter
black or white, who sets eyes on him.
Thus it is only the more crafty bull
that, seeking the protection
of large herds or clinging to the more
regions such as dense for
ests, managed to survive to a ripe old
age and develop a growth Of ivory.
There is one old bull, perhaps the
most splendid specimen in Africa, we'll
Known III OBduudt WuO mas DCSu SSGh
by many hunters. He is so well pro
tected by a large herd Of aggressive
COWS, who charge on the slightest in.
timation of danger, that no one has
been able to reach him.
On my return to Uganda l intend
to find him and eventually install him
In the Museum of Natural History.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14
This Elephant Kills Mice

crumbs and delicacies which she did
not care to eat. She did not confinC
her generosity to the mice, however
and one of Mr. Snyder's dogs found il
to advantage to visit Hattie's stall
when hungry. She even permitted the
robins to enter her quarters and feast
More than a dozen mice have made
It q practice to scurry into her stall
Immediately after her feeding time
and pick up the crumbs. Hattie
semed pleased by these visits and per
mitted the rodents to come and 60
when they liked Three of the mice
the other day began nibbling at LOAF
Of bread in her stall and had feasteG
for several minutes before Hattie no
ticed them. Then the elephant house
resounded with her cries of rage.
The mice tried to escape, but Hat
tie was too quick for them. While
the rodents were squealing for mercy
she lifted foot and stamped out
their lives. Four other mice were IN
the stall and ran away when they saw
Hattie kill their companions.--New
York Herald.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14

table Compound. My husband said IL
would restore my health and it has. -
Mrs. MAY WYATT, Ashland, KY.
There are probably hundreds of thou
sands of women in the United States
who have been benefited by this famous
old remedy, which was produced from
roots and herbs over thirty years ago by
a woman to relieve woman's suffering.
ReadWhatAnOtherW Woman saysI
Camden, N. J.-'T had female trou-
bic and a serious displacement and was
tired and discouraged and unableto domy
work. My doctors told me l never could
be cured without an operation, but
thanks to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound / am cured of that affliction
and have recommended it to more than
one of my friends with the best result" "
Mrs. ELLA JOHNSTON, 324 Vine st.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia L. Plnkham Medicine Co. (cOnil-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter viii
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held in strict confidence
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14
Youth Admits Fatal Duel

and at the count of three, given in
chorus, both fired. Tuttle's shot
missed; but Joyce hit, and Tuttle sank
to the floor Of the car.
Joyce then put up his revolver, as
sisted Tuttle from the car to the hos
pital and told the doctors that the man
had been shot accidentally.
When Joyce was placed under ar
rest, he admitted that the duel took
place, and Tuttle in dying statement,
made to County Detective Rafter said
he received the wound in the revolver
fight with Joyce.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14

sion as we'll as most of the beliefs
about the elephant are erroneous.
In the first place the elephants we
see here in America are Indian ele-
plants. They are understood, even
the largest Of them.
A full-grown African elephant is
nearly three times the size Of Jumbo
which was the largest elephant ever
brought to America. l have shot sew
eral specimens which stood over thir'
teen feet and which weighed at least
twice as much as Jumbo.
Next to the monkey, the elephant is
tho wlsest and most intelligent Of all
animals am not saying this of the
domesticated Indian elephant, but 6t
the African elephant in his native
state And the African elephant is
always a huge wild beast. He is
never domesticated.
During the past two years that !
spent In British East Africa and
Uganda studying the elephant as he
has lived for centuries, I learned sew
eral things about him that entities
him to be called the most intelligent
of all animals, the monkey alone ex-
cepted.
In many respects he surpasses the
monkey, but the latter's intelligence
more nearly approaches our own, and
for that reason we must consider him
the highest type Of intelligence.
Much to my surprise, / discovered
that the bull elephant is rarely a fight
er. Indeed, there is little danger from
him The generally accepted theory
that the big bulls are not found in
the big herds is fallacy.
The bull elephants that are found
roaming alone are almost invariably
senile gentlemen who have been cast
of by herd. While l succeeded in
getting three splendid specimens Of
bull elephants the finest specimen is
still at large. l was unable to get
him, for the reason that he lives in
the center of a herd Of 700 elephants,
who guard him night and day.
These herds of elephants have COW
leaders. The leader is usually an old
animal with an ugly disposition. The
cows protect the bulls, and the mo-
ment they scent danger they crowd
around them in order to prevent them
from being shot. If they can see the
hunters they will charge them, leaving
enough of their number to guard the
bulls.
Their sense Of smell is very acute.
They can detect the presence Of a
man a thousand yards off, but unless
he is moving they can't see him, even
If he is within hundred yards. When
they catch a whiff Of wind tainted by
man the COW elephants charge in that
direction and it is a hundred to one
that they will locate the person.
If it happens that hunter can get
near enough to shoot a bull elephant
the cows gather around the bull and
try to carry him away. saw several
cows vainly try to carry off a big bull
elephant that I had shot.
If he had been able to make any ef-
fort himself they would have succeed
ed, but the bullet from my rife had
him, and after trying for sew
eral minutes to lift him up and get
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14
pyIna Antagonist Tells How Survivor
shot Him in Car Following a
Dispute.

Scranton, Pa.-Frank Tuttle, 20
years old, is dying in the Emergency
hospital, Carbondale, from bullet
wound received in duel fought with
Chauncey Joyce, 22, in a freight car a
few days ago. A bullet from Joyces
revolver struck Tuttle in the right side
and the doctors say he will not live,
Joyce is under arrest.
The two men had served short en-
listments in the army, Recently they
went for stroll in the woods, and
in their ramble they talked Of their
army records. The chat led to a dis
cussion Of their ability as marksmen,
and an argument that followed re-
suited in one challenging the other to
prove his skill in duel.
Unaccompanied they went to rail
road switch and climbed into a freight
car. Taking opposite ends Of the car,
hey loaded their revolvers, took aim
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14

Winnipeg, Mana special govern.
ment committee has ordered that the
whole town OF Frank, Alberta, DS
moved as a protection against rock
and snow slides. 1t has 5000 inhab-
itants. Nine years ago in a slide "a
lives were lost. For several days rock
and snow have been tumbling down
the side Of Turtle mountain, at the
base Of which the town Hes
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14
Whore be Drew the Line.

II don't find you trying to sell me
blue paint when ask for black" said
the irate customer.
Il don't object to you trying to force
me to buy a screwdriver because you
haven't the sort of garden hose l
want"
my dear sir"
You can try substitution all you
want to- and If you get away with 1t all
right. But when you try to convince
me every time / come into your store
that l ought to adopt your politics in
stead of my own, draw the line
Good day"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14
5000 Indians Win.

Washington, D. C.-The right Of 5,
600 Cherokee babies born after Sept
1, 1902, and living on March 2, 1906
to participate on an equal footing
with other Cherokees in the govern
mental distribution Of several million
dollars of the Cherokee funds in the
treasury was upheld by the Supreme
court of the United States.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14

A man In North Carolina, who was
saved from conviction for horse steal
ing by the powerful plea Of his law
yer after his aoquittal by the jury.
was asked by the lawyer:
Honor bright, now, BILL you did
steal that horse, didn't your"
Nov. look a.here, Judge" was the
reply. Il alters did think ! stole that
hoss, but since hearn your speech 70
that ere jury, I'll be doggoned II ]
amt got my doubts about it"-Na-
tional Monthly
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14
.Iust hIa Job.

Joakley-Now, there's a fellow who
doesn't do anything but pick up pins
all the time"
Coakloy-Well, welll that's queer
superstition.
Joakley--Oh, no; it's not supersti-
ton, but an occupation. He's en-
ployed in a bowling alley.--Catholic
Standard and Times.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14
HUMOROUS HAPPYLAND
ProVocation.

"Bingley, why does Oldboy refuse to
speak to you? You used to be great
friends"
Eyes, when we we're bachelors; but
he's married now"
And what difference does that
maker"
well, the fact is, made him
handsome wedding present of a book,
and he hasn't spoken to me since"
What was the book?"
Paradise Lost. Tit Bits.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14
Plain Words.

"Jiggs paid you compliment yes
terday."
'Is that So Pardon me a moment
while initiate my chest. What did he
say about me?"
"He said you could make more fool
remarks IN less time than any other
man he ever saw"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-14
So rhounhtfuI of Him.

Bridegroom 1.-TWO days after we'd
ding)-I haven't seen anything yet of
that $4,000 check from your father.
Bride-Well, you see, dear, papa
heard that your father had already
given US one, and he knew we
shouldn't care to have duplicate pres
ents