davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
UNDERWOOD AND NEW ENGLAND

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The Advertiser has noted with great ification, and 1t publishes with pleas ure on this page, an editorial from the Pennington Valley (Conn.) Herald which approves without reserve the public career of Oscar Underwood, and with equal heartiness commends him as a candidate for the presidency. The Herald is paper published in state which cast its vote for Samuel J. Til- den for President, which twice cast its vote for Cover Cleveland for Presi- dent and which now has democratic governor With sound leader like Un- derwood, enjoying the confidence of the people of the country Connecticut would clinch itself in the democratic column.
 To us in Alabama, the home state of Underwood, there Is encouragement in the outspoken indorsement of MT. Underwood expressed in an influential journal published in the heart of New England. The Herald is the home town paper for nine Connecticut towfs, Pennington, Canton, Burlington. Avon, New Hartford. Fimsbury, Granby Hart land and Barhamstead. Appealing to the great mass of people who ultimate ly decide all political questions the Herald says:
 If the thinking men of this country, the middle class, who make up the great majority will stop to think. they will come to the conclusion that Os- car Underwood more nearly represents their beliefs than any man who is be- fore the people at this time as a presi- dential candidate.'
 If a voice is raised so strongly for Underwood in the heart of the New England and directed toward New Eng land democrats, we are justified in be- lieving that in other sections of the country there is the same strong sen- timent of thinking people that Oscar Underwood is held to be not only an available candidate for the presidency, but one in every way worthy of the high office. The Advertiser differs from the concluding sentence of the Herald's editorial. The Advertiser diff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
Lee Longs OK

Lee Long, chairman of the state. tax board, has very famous muley head ed OK, alleged to possess four upper teeth which, in the pictures taken of the animal, are to be plainly seen. When Long is in Greenville he finds his greatest solace in blowing this OK.
 "rhe name of my OK" stated MT Long last night, lis Milton H. Smith l named him in honor of the president of the Louisville and Nashville railroad for two reasons, the first being that l am fond of the man and the animal and the second being due to certain obstinacy displayed at times by the animal
 The OK is 39 years of age and can eat corn like a horse. When, after a lon gabsence, return home he greets me as affectionately as dog. He doesn't bark exactly, but in other ways plainly intimates the fact that he pos sesses human intelligence. There IS an automobile on the place. and several horses, but I never intend to permit any faster animal cor machine to inject bone of contention between the OK and me. Milton H. Smith, the ox,- is a | friend, indeed"
 Mir. Long is accompanied by Mrs. Long, and they will remain in Birming- ham for several days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
TEDDY BEAR vs. DOLLY
the Washington Post,

From the Washington Post
 An interesting question in psychology is raised by the report from Brussels that an organized effort is being made to re- store the doll baby to that position in the nursery from which it has been all but dislodged by the Teddy bear and kindred limitations from jungle land Belgian mothers, tis said without the semblanee of a smile. have come to the conclusion that it is the doll which first inspires the child with the maternal instinct. If this be true, obviously, to replace it with a fuzzy animal strikes at the very founda- tions of society. Probably no such craze in this line ever swept the world as the Teddy bear disease. It was as conta- gious as smallpox, and afflicted not only the young, but those old enough to have known better than to go paradng around the country with huff under one arm and a shaggy little bruin under the other. It will be interesting to observe whether Brussels will be able to banish the beast from toyland
 So far as the effect of playthnss upon the maternal instinct is concerned, these Brussels reformers would seem to have placed the cart before the horse. Does the doll foster the maternal instinct? Isn't it more reasonable to believe, on the contrary. that it was invented to meet the requirements of an instinct implanted in every feminine breast. and requiring no stimulation? If the little foxes and rabbits and squirrels have to give their offspring dolls at Christmas to keep the spark of maternal feeling alive in their daughters we never heard of it. We don't subscribe to this theory, the Brus- sells highbrows to the contrary notwith- tsanding. But what we should like to get little light on is this: What has been the advertising value of the Teddy bear to certain distinguished naturalist?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
From the Louisville Courier-Journal

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 NR. KARL KUMM, a German ex- plorer, or so described, arrives in O Los Angeles with strange tales of strange folk he found in the heart of Africa He can prove, he is quoted as asserting, that he found men with the faces of dogs who spoke with low gut teral bark and ran about in clans or packs" In another section he found men who stood on one leg like storks, so rarely using the other for any purpose that it was dwarfed. These stork-like men live in country that is a network of lagoons. But whether they catch min nows in their mouths the explorer does not say. In another part of Africa there are natives with faces like the peaks of birds, and they live in trees
 In the known world men are monoton- ously alike. It has been said by a makea of epigrams that the world produces 500 types of men and women, and but one type of lady and gentleman. In other words, persons of the same degree of de- velopment differ very little from one an- other And it is in complexion, customs,
 
 other differ most widely. All men discov cred up to the present time bear marked resemblance to one another physically. The dream of discovering men and wom- en who are radical departures from the type has fascinated explorers as much as the dream of discovering an animal more like a man than an ape or an ouranG outang has fascinated believers in the theory of evolution. It must be admitted that the explorers have had worse luck than the evolutionists. There are edu- cated apes which appear very nearly human in point of intelligence and physical aspects, and there are men whose mental and physical characteristics bring them near enough to the level of the chimpanzee or the ourang outang to whet the appetite of the Darwinian for further knowledge as to the still missing link.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
PLAYS.

PLAYS.
 In olden days
 We went to plays To see the hero bold Attack the knave And try to save The maid with locks of gold. No more we sigh With tear-dimmed eye To see her sorry fix We see the maid In tights arrayed Performing diving tricks.
 Milwaukee Sentinel And still we go To see that show, Regardless of the price. Old boys in sooth, And wicked youth Will even see it twice. But what of that? The reasons pat There'll be no row between us. For where's the man Built on plan To resist a "Diving Venus? MUCH WORSE. q don't suppose there is anything worse than having the rheumatism" ''Oh, yes there is." What, pray?" Having the rheumatism and not being able to talk about it."
 WEARISOME. We don't admire The star at all, Who tries to force curtain call. WELCOME TO OUR CITY! Among the visitors at LeRoy this week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
Ely Killing Time

Now is the time to begin killing Aies." said an amateur entomolos1st. Every fly killed now saves killing thousands a couple of months hence and tens of thousands before the summer ends.
 There need be no more difficulty in banshing the fly than was found in banishing the yellow fever bearing mosquito from Panama. It is only a question of people following the very simple directions which are published by the city health departments
 People must be taught to regard flies with horror. The fly means filth in the house and sickness in the family. A fly crawling over meat or butter, or falling into cream, is about as disgust ing a thing as can be contemplated by the person who stops to think where that fly has been or what it has been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
AN EXPLORERS YARN

But the explorers find the Patagonian and the Esquimau discouragingy like the na- tive of Uganda or equatorial South America. As soon as the awakened Chi nese cut their hair in the conventional manner they will look good deal like other nations. There were formerly wide ly believed stories that in parts of Africa there were pygmies with one leg, and that when such a pygmy wished to pro- tect himself from the sun during his siesta he raised his one enormous Hat foot above his head and, lying upon his back, slept in the shade of that unusual extremity Why the pygmy did not sleep under one of numerous good shade trees standing about in his part of the world, and rest his big, tired foot along with his small, tired body, credulous explorers did not ask. There was also stories of huge giants, whose one eye gleamed fiercely from their foreheads. But mo- body found such giants and Africa, which is now pretty well explored has yielded nothing new under it's sun in the way of physical formation. There are pygmies in some of it's forests, but they persistently walk upon two feet of equal size and do not elevate them toward the empyrean when they take a nap, The only one-eyed Africans are those who have suffered accidents. Even the peculi- arly ferocious beast who customarily ate a full grown lion for breakfast, tearing it limb from limb with the nonchalance of biase diner out, pulling the leaves of an artichoke from the stem, failed to show up, along with King Solomons Mines, and the city of Kor in which mummies of it's millions of former res idents who had been preserved by the use of oil were set up at street intersec- tions and used as torches.
 pr. Kunnn has contributed another in- tresting yarn about Central Africa. But it is less interesting in the period of the Cape to Cairo railroad than it might have been a hundred years ago.
 
 fers because it believes that not only is MT. Underwood a possibility, but that he Is probability, when it comes to selecting the candidate of the demo- cratic party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
REFLECTIONS OF X BACHELOR

From the New. York Press.
 What makes it so hard to be good is it's so easy not to be.
 The best luck farmer ever has is when the mortgage is foreclosed and he quits.
 they are out of school, but most never learn thing while they are in.
 There's some chance for a woman to run the house on a fixed sum unless her husband puts in his oar.
 Long before he is fit to be the office boy the average man gets grievance be- cause he isn't made the junior partner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
DEITY

By Robert Louis Stevenson. The cock shall crow 4a In the morning gray, The bugles blow
 At the break of day; The cock shall, sing and the merry bugles ring, And all the little brown birds sing upon the spray. The thorn shall blow P fsi,f
 In the month of May. t And my love shall go
 In her holiday array: es But I shall lie in the kirkyard nigh While all the little brown birds sing upon the spray.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
The sunday Concerts

CT am a strong believer in an orderly
 observance of Sunday" said well known
 Birmingham citizen. "I believe that no
 servile labor should be performed on
 Sunday except such as is necessary. l
 attend church regularly on Sunday, and
 I think that all children should be
 brought up as church goers. But l am In
 favor of innocent and refining diversions
 for Sunday afternoons. Reading rooms
 and Sunday concerts should be provided
 in every large city for the benefit of the
 masses. Birmingham has had only linn ited number of Sunday concerts, but these
 have been well attended and have been greatly enjoyed. Last October l attended a concert of Innis band in the grandstand | at the fair grounds and saw there an audi | ence of something like 5000. The year be- l fore the NaVassar band gave a Sunday afternoon concert that was attended by thousands. l heard not a word of pro | test against those entertainments, and l think it probable that there was lack of information on the part of the or ganizations that recently adopted reso- lutions condemning Sunday concerts.
 Apropos, here is what Richard F. Johnson says in Tuesdays Ledger:
 "The vast mass of men and women who attended the last Sunday afternoon concert, when Miss Lila Ormond sang,
 are church goers. Most of them had at tended divine services in the forenoon | and listened to good sermons. Many of them had gone to Sunday school and there
 were numbers who were going to the night service. By far the greater major | ity of them had sent their children to Sun
 day school. It was those dull hours of the Sunday afternoon, midway between the past week and the new one when time hangs heaviest, that two hours were
 taken out of the weeks 16S and given to good music sung by refined young wom- an, with another refined young woman playing her accompaniments. The crowd
 gathered quietly and after. the concert
 returned home long before dark and had
 a pleasing theme of conversation not at all disassociated with the elevating char acter of the Sabbath. That is what the
 last Sunday afternoon concert was. Its
 predecessors were just like it. ,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

Whats the matter, mother?" Your father has lost his collar button.
 RESOLUTIONS. Maud Muller is a test severe; . But 1 aver I'll write no<parodies this year Concerning her.
 -Pittsburg Post. The female of the species is A dainty bit But l will write no parodies Concerning it..
 -Milwaukee Sentinel. Miss Mary had a f1eecy pet, Twas not ram No parody will I abet E Concerning lamb.
 Cincinnati Enquirer. The boy stood on the burning deck . May be there yet No parodies on him, by heck, Will I abet.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. Bards, 'tis privilege to praise You one and all; This year I'll make no paraphrases On Locksley Hall.
  Here's where this resolution craze Receives a punch; l I'll parody and paraphrase The whole durn bunch.
 Springfield Union. And when a f1l-up comes my way, Like this, by gol, fIN I'll brand 1t with verse and lay It in my col.
 Houston ost. MIR. KNOX, THE DIPLOMAT Mir Knox, Secretary of State, and Mrs. Knox witnessed the usual cakewalk last night at Palm Beach, Cal. There was an exhibition of the turkey trot' and the grizzly bear" MT Knox described the turkey trot' as picturesque.-New York Telegram. .
 THE DEMAGOGUE. The demagogue's a noisy chap Whose tongue is never still; He loves an opportunity Some heated words to spill With flaming eyes and tousled hair And wildly waving arms, Forsooth. his every attitude The timid wight alarms. But, pshaw! No matter how he roars, We really shouldn't mind. Although he makes the welkin ring, He's merely full of winds *Please give the word wind in the last line the poetic pronunciation. Thank you.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

New York tailor says man is poorly dressed who does not have 30 suits of clothes There are, therefore, some poorly dressed people even in Bir- min gham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

The Baltimore hotel keepers care not who rule the convention so long as their bills go unquestioned and are duly paid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
A WISE MAN.

From senseless brawls," said William
 Tweets,
 I'm willing to retire. My voice is not--I quote John Keats "A bellows unto ire |"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

Chief Willis Moore\ of the weather government weather predictions are correct. He may be on the waiting list  of the Ananias club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

Feel in your pocekt and see if you have $3461. If you have not. get ready to vote down the trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

Mayor Shank of Indianapolis is get ting in line for 1916. He proposes to cut out the middlemen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

In Kansas the progressives say the ticket is to be Roosevelt and Stubbs. The latter name sounds democratic. to say the least
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

Secretary Knox is following in the footsteps of Secretary Root and the result remains to be seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

Nantucket did by wireless notify the or Islanders that it was meatless, and supplies soon reached it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

John Chinaman. proposes to wear Flu ropean clothes and he may yet oall his trousers pants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

Happy little uncrowned Pu Vi can now play with the uncrowned boy next door.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
SENSIBLE.

SENSIBLE. We much admire the birdman who Doth keep a level head And after soaring in the blue Goes tranquilly to bed Without a single broken bone, And very little caring If fools remark in scornful tone, "Oh, hum! He's not so daring"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

Charles Francis Murphy of Tammany Hall is going to Baltimore with 30 votes in his pocket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

Mir. Morgan would have put all Amer ican artists on Easy street if hei lad spent bis art money at home instead of Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

The appearance of straw hats in store windows indicates the possibility of the coming months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

Nantucket, once isolated by ice, Is again enjoying beefsteaks and newspa- pers, those two great necessaries of life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

There are now 4299 foreign mission aries in China, and they are now wei comed and even honored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

The poets up north are waiting until began to write poems on Spring"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

The Manchu princes have lost their tobs, but they still retain their titles and titles are priced high in this coun- try.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

There are 33,311 insane persons in the state of New York, but these are not the people one sees in subway rush.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

At Baltimore the winner must have 716 votes. and no candidate will have that number at the outset.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

Young Teddy has left the carpet fac tory and is now a trotter in Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
SOME VARIATIONS

It Is easier to get rid of the Manchus than that old foe, Famine, in China.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
STORM BREWING.

were MT. Nag Martin and. MT. Buford
 Trotter.1Kansas City Starr z
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
A PAINFUL ORDEAL.

"Dibble frequently has trouble after his meals"
 "Indigestion?" fsFFi "No. He fndsit hard to stand off the cashier with promise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
A SWIFT ELEVATION.

X SWIFT ELEN AIIUN. q understand Twic1ham had rapid rise out west"
 "Yes, indeed. There must have been at least 20 men at the other end of the rope"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

Run, children, run! Run out into the yard and play.i
 Whats the matter. mother?" Your father has lost his collar button"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21

fers because it believes that not only is Mir Underwood possibility, but that he Is probability. when it comes to selecting the candidate of the demo- cratic party.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-10-11
RISKS LIFE TO
STOP RUNAWAY
Team Nearly Goes Down the
Market Street Hill

At the risk of his life Arthur
Seger, of Gordon street, stopped a
runaway team belonging to Halpern
& Son, of 34S High street, early last
night AS the horses, attached to
heavy truck, ran westward in Cor
don street at High street about
o'clock young Seger grabbed them
by the bride and was dragged Ssev-
eral feet. He was not injured. The
iunior member of the Halpern firm
claimed the rig after Seger had
brought it to police headquarters.
The horses walked a~ay, from the
south westerly corner Of smith and
Hobart streetsA On Marke1--4rss;ss a1--S4rssI
they became frightened and began
to run at mad pace toward the
waterfront. At Water street the
animals narrowly escaped plunging
down a steep hill into the waters Of
Raritan bay. AS by a miraculous
swing the horses turned into Water
street safely. On their way up Cor
don street several persons made
vain attempts to stop them. Young
Seger took a desperate chance, ran
and brought them to a halt.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-10-11

plate, Yerkes to Cady. One run, two
hits, no errors.
Eighth Inning.
Boston-Hooper flied to Fletcher.
Yerkes grounded to Fletcher. Speak
er doubled to left. Lewis out, Fletc
cher to Merkle. No runs, one hit, ns
errors.
Giants-Devore out, Wagner a
Stahl. Doyle flied to Hooper Shod-
grass safe on Wagner's error. MUIR
ray singled to left center. Merkle
famed. No runs, one hit, no er-
rors.
Ninth Inning.
Boston-Gardner singled to GEN.
ter. Stahl sacrificed, Ames to Mer-
kle. Wagner walked. Cady forced
Wagner, Fletcher to Doyle. Wood
singled to right, scoring Gardner and
sending Cady to third. Hooper flied
to Snodgrass. One run, two hits, no
errors.
Giants-Herzog flied to Speaker.
Meyers flied to Cady. Fletcher flied
to Stahl No runs, no hits, no err
rorS.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-10-11
EVIDENCE OF
MORGAN GIFTS
Senate Committee Hears His
Philadelphia Partner.
Special by United Press h ire.

Special 6y united Press hfre.
Washington, Oct. lie. T.Stotes-
bury, of Philadelphia, Morgan's part
ner, the first witness called pre-
sented complete records ON his contri-
buttons.
Il collected s165,795 in Pennsyl-
vania, In 1904 and turned it over to
the Republican committee" testified
the Philadelphia banker. "In 1908 !
collected S101,657. In 1912 I gave
$4,000 to Representative McKin-
ley for the Taft cause"
Stotesbury said that in 1904 Bliss
told him he would have some money
for the New York state campaign,
and said that If Bliss could raise
S150,000, Hartman would give $780,
900 more. Among the contributors
to the fund raised by stotesbury in
1904, were Drexel and Company,
200; American Bank Note Com
pany, $1,000; Charlemange Tower,
$500; Bethlehem Steel Company,
$4,000; Cambria Steel Company,
$4,000; United States Steel Corpora
ton, $12,775; Midwife Steel Com
pany, $4,000; Pennsylvania Steel
Company, $4,000. The total contrib
utions of the steel interests were
$34,525. Among the 1908 contribu-
tors to Stotesbury were Drexel and
Co., $4,000: John Bromley and Sons,
$4,000; Frank Dixon, 1000. There
were several anonymous contribu-
tions of $1,000, but the rest were
small. Samuel Aaronwitz who fol-
lowed Stotesbury on the stand told
how the Taft watchers at the polls
in the New York State primaries mas
aueraded as Roosevelt men. He de-
clared that S. s. Koenig. New
York county Republican chairman,
secured a batch of Roosevelt badges
and tackled them on Taft men. In
one district where this was done
Aaronwitz said Roosevelt secured
seventy-one votes while Taft received
over 800. Aaronwiaz admitted re-
ceiving 5000 from Roosevelt leader
and said 1t was for campaign ex-
penses.