davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

would seem a strange custom indeed
to American girls but they could not
help enjoying it. for the most wonder
full of dolls are on parade and the
queerest of things are eaten in honor
of the occasion.
Sometimes in February. each year.
dolls fairs or bazaars open in all the
cities and villages in the Flowery
Kingdom And on the stalls of the
vendors are displayed the most fasci-
mating dolls you ever saw, complete
wardrobes for them, tiny sets of dishes
and miniature furniture.
Always, there are dolls dressed to
represent the Emperor and the En-
press, with their court attendants, at
prices ranging from about one dol
lar to two hundred, according to the
purse of the prospective buyer. And
every doll fits into a beautiful white
wood box as snugly as you please,
to keep 1t from breaking.
On the morning of the great festival,
the little Japanese girl is up as early
as you are on Christmas morning, to
arrange her dolls. in order of their
rank, on the high seat of honor"
which Is a dias to be found in every
home of any pretension5 in Japan.
First, she places the Emperor and
the Empress, arrayed in gorgeous bro
cades, in commanding position above
the other dolls. The mannikin En-
peror carries two swords and the tiny
Empress has her eyebrows shaved
off and replaced by linked lines.
Aselow them she places three beauti-
fully dressed dolls known as the
"maids OF honor" and near them are
tiny vases of flowers and miniature
bottle of wine. These are to be served
to Their Majesties fguratively of
course, whenever they desire them.
Below the maids. at the right and
left of them. stand two court min
listers holding bows and spears with
which to defend the royal personages.
And then, II the little girls father is
wealthy enough to afford 1t, are placed
around them any number of court
ladies and gentlemen dolls In full court
dress. But always, no matter how
poor the parents may be. there are
the dolls representing the Emperor
asd the Empress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

Never, from then on, could any one
but Alexander ride Buoephalus. for
the proud steed recognized him alone
as his master. And for sixteen years
during all of Alexander's venture
some wars and wonderful conquests-
he rode Bucephalus.
Once, in a terrible battle in india
the youth. now become Alexander tha
Great, rode the horse too far into the
ranks of the enemy and they were
the target of many spears.
But the faithful animal though
wounded in several places. carried his
master out of the melee to a place
of safety. There, overcome by his
hurts. he sank to the ground and died.
Alexander. though now King, wept
as he stood over the body of his be-
loved friend. He gave him splendid
funeral and erected magnificent
tomb for him. More than that he
named the very next city he founded
after him. calling 1t Beucephalia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

ming errands for the good people of
the village, splitting wood and doing
anything and everything that would
bring him an honest penny to take
home to his mother and his little sis
ters and brothers.
"Oh, I'm so tired" sighed Cedric as
he put down pail of water he had
been carrying and sank upon the
warm, green earth to rest in the shade
of the tree. This is so heavy and /
have carried it so far"
Blathers opened the other eye and
sat up straight, clasping his long
wallxing-stick before him and leaning
upon 1t.
"Humphl" he said. And then again,
"Humphl" which was simply his way
of expressing his disgust at any one
who worked.
"WhewP" exclaimed Cedric as he
took Off his hat and wiped his dripping
brow.
Son" asked old Blathers, what
have you got in your bucket?"
water" answered Cedric promptly.
Farmer Green gave me the bucket
full OF II and told me to carry 1t to
his house over yonder beyond the mill.
We Cdfk4 k4El ~ Hi lHd way from the
other side of the blacksmith's shop at
the crossroads and I'm all tuckered
OUT
And no wonder the poor lad was,
for his bucket was not the sort you
are accustomed to see Bridget use
when she scrubs the kitchen floor. In
those days the buckets had but one
handle-just as you can see for your
self in the Illustration. And instead
of carrying 1t as Bridget does, Cedric
had to balance the bucket on his
shoulder and hold on to the bucket
by the one handle-whieh he held on
to by thrusting his fingers through the
opening.
'Hee-heew laughed the shameless
old man, "hee-heel The idea! You're
Il fool, Cedric, to carry water all that
distance-just plain, common, every
day water! Hee-heei"
Cedric looked at him surprised and
then quickly got to his feet. The old
man was still chuckling away for dear
life. though. for the life of him, Cedric
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Boat Ready To Sail.

and all Is ready for the rigging.
Cut a mast holder of some three
fourths of an inch wood, and fit 1t
into the hold about four inches from
the bow. Nail 1t in at each edge
as shown on the near side of the fin
ished boat. Now, with a large gimblet
or drill, bore a mast hole In the mid
die of this block, for the mast, which
is to project five and one-half inches
above the top of this piece.
The mast and 'yard-arm," or top
sail cross-piece, can easily be made of
little sticks, and a sail as shown
hemmed If posslble-fastened in its
proper place with string. Holes
punched in the sides of the boat re-
ceive the strings from the two ends
of the sail. These holes may be made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
JULIUS CAESAR AND EARRINGS.

I'm his youth, Julius Caesar set the
fashion of wearing earrings,
which had before that time been
confined to women and to slaves. who
We're chiefly distinguished in that
manner from freemen. The custom
once introduced, continued to be gen.
eral among young men of aristocratic
blood until the time of Alexander
Severus who, adhering closely to SIM
plicity of dress, abolished this fop-
perry. EARRINGS have at various
periods been fashionable in France
with gentlemen even so late as the
Revolution, when the wearing of gold
en- rings was prohibited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

other and looked down at his shoes.
Now hearken to me, Cedric" went
on Blathers It's nothing but water
in that bucket, isn't It? And all wa
ter is water, isn't it? And right over
yonder. just by the mill, you can dip
up a bucketful of as pure water as
any-even as that from the spring
down by the blacksmith's shop. Well,
son, If you'd been wise, you'd have
emptied your bucket the moment
Farmer Green got out of sight car
ried 1t along all this distance as light
as feather and then filed 1t again
at the mill-race. And from there It's
only step to Farmer Green's house
He would never have known the diff
ference-water's water, isn't it--hee-
heel"
Poor Cedric didn't know quite what
to say. He dug his toes in the ground
and thought and thought-just as
hard as his little brain could possibly
think.
Thank you, Mister Blathers," he
said finally, ''but maybe Farmer Green
wanted this particular water-and no
other would do. He told me to carry
this bucket to his house-and IL had
SAhPNiCA ~ anu tiitil iiiiSo IL o5aiii
from the mill-race I wouldn't-well
you see. I wouldn't be obeying orders!
I guess I'll be going now-it isn't so
very far from here and I'm quite
rested. Good-day, strand can l run
some errands for you soon?"
'Hee-hee!" laughed old Blathers
'Hee-heel No sir-ree, son, not fool
ish boy like you'll Any boy who runs
errands for me must have some
sensel"
As for Cedric, he lugged the heavy
bucket clear up over the long steep
hill and down past the mill and up
the next hill where he gave 1t to
Farmer Green's wife-who gave him,
In turn, penny for his labor.
Now, 1t might seem more wonder
full to relate that the water in the
bucket was some sort of magical wa
ter that Farmer Green especially
priced. But 1t wasn't-it was just
plain water! So, perhaps, after all.
Cedric was foolish in carrying the
bucket full of water all that great
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

to eat and bright silver dollars pop
ped up out of hole in the earth as
fast as one could pick them up--just
as the lazy old fellow was dreaming
such pleasant things, voice broke
rudely in upon his imaginings.
"Whew Whew!" 1t said. "Oh, I'm
so tiredl"
Blathers opened one eye and looked
slowly around. There before .him
stood Cedric, lad who worked Hard
each day, from sunrise to sunset, run
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

~ NCE upon a time, way, way back
in Colonial days, there lived in
a certain village an old man
named Blathers and young
boy, Cedric. Now old Blathers was
one of those lazy, shiftless people who
never do any more work than they
actually have to. More than that, he
would think and think and try to plan
ways by which he could make others
do the work he himself should do.
He loved nothing better than to sit
and bask in the sun on an old bench
under his favorite tree in the orchard.
There he would dream the long day
through, too lazy sometimes even to
go to his house for his MONDAY meal
when his good wife called to him that
it was ready.
She. poor woman, toiled hard from
morning to night at her wash-tub and
in working and scrubbing and cooking
for neighbors to earn the money with
which to keep the roof over their
heads.
But little Blathers cared about thatl
All he wished to do was to sit and sun
himself and nod and plan ways to es-
cape the little bit of work he simply
had to do around the house.
Now, one day, Blathers was loung-
ing on his favorite bench and watch
ing the birds and the butterflies fit
about In the bright sunlight. as happy
and contented-and lazy-as even he
could ever hope to be. 1t troubled
him not whit that only that very
morning his poor wife had begged and
begged him to help her carry the
clothes from the neighbors' houses
for 1t was wash day-and split some
wood that she might have a roaring
hot fire to heat the water.
He just mumbled few words and
slouched out of the house to the or
chard where. once seated on his bench
with his back against the tree and his
hat pulled down over his eyes. he
promptly forgot about such things as
kindling wood and work and a poor
wife at home bending over her tubs.
Just as he was doing off into a
wonderful dream in which corn grew
on the stalks all cooked and ready
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

imals neck and patting him upon the
nose. Then, in trice, he had leaped
to his back.
Bucephalus reared and plunged and
kicked out for dear life. But the boy
hung on, calling out to him gently all
the while and patting his glistening
neck. And presently, the horse saw
that the youth upon his back was his
master-and kind one. too-and
permitted the Prince to ride him
round and round the field.
Instantly the whole assemblage
broke into loud cheers and, you may
be sure, King Phillip was indeed
proud of his son.
go, my son. he said, "and seek a
Kingdom worthy of you. Our land Of
Macedonia is far too small for such
as you!"
Now that is not the end of the story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
N OIIrpIIZZle Corner

and a fourth of pink, and you will
have the color all Irishmen slike best.
HIDDEN STATES REVERSED.
Each sentence contains a state
spelled backward. No state contains
more than five letters:
1. "Oh, diamond" she exclaimed.
2. He had the saw oiled.
3. ben, I am goins away he
said.
4. You will stay also, hope.
5. He took his axe to town.
6. He found his hat under the bed.
ANSWERS
HIDDEN STATES REVERSED: 1,
Idaho; 2, Io0a; 3, Maine; A, Ohio; s,
TerdS;; 6, Utah.
LETTER ENIGMA. Question
FRA ACTION:-Gr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
HERE is scarcely a schoolboy in
the land who has not heard Of
\ Alexander the Great and thrilled

Alexander the Great and thrilled
- at the mighty deeds of arms he
wrought way back in those ancient
days when Greece was in the height
of her glory.
OF course, we all know that he was
the soldier who, having conquered the
whole of the then known world,
sighed because there were no more
worlds to conquer. But, did you ever
hear the story of how. though but
a mere youth, he tanned a wild horse
and ever thereafter the beautiful an
imal so loved him that-but that is
running ahead of our story.
Now, men in those days. just as at
present, were interested in breeding
and raising fine horses. Indeed, a
beautiful mount then was even more
highly priced than today. So when
King Phillip, of Greece, father of
Alexander. heard that famous old
horse trader named Philonicus had a
coal black steed that was far more
magnificent than any he owned, he
straightway desired to become its
master.
Now Philonicus was shrewd old
fellow and, though he had owned the
horse for several years and had re-
ceived many offers for him, he stead
fastly refused to part with It for less
than $4,000. Even in these days
thirteen thousand is big sum of
money; but then 1t amounted to at
least twice that much.
So. you see, only a king could af-
ford to pay such a sum. Philonicus
was indeed willy old fellow, for he
failed to inform the agents of King
Phillip that the black beauty had
never been tanned and was still so
wild that no man in all Greece had
been able to ride him. So he pocketed
his money and turned the beautiful
animal over e the King.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

couldn't understand why. But, listen,
and you shall see.
"Humph!" drawled Blathers again.
IF you'd use your head a bit, son,
you'd make it save your heelsi Old
man Green gave you that bucket of
water way down at the blacksmith's
shop did he: and you've been Juggling
it along all the way, eh? Hee-hee! |!
The more fool Farmer Greenland
the more fool your
Cedric shifted from one foot to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Two Familiar Diseases
- HERE'S scarcely boy or girl in |
the land. who, at some time dur

~ HERES scarcely boy or girl in
the land, who, at some time dur
Ing his childhood, isn't taken i'll
with measles and with whooping
cough. Perhaps you remember when
you had them" and the way you
scratched and scratched and "whoop-
ed' and "whooped."
If so. you no doubt will be inter
ested to learn few things about these
maladies. To begin with, then, there
is no land in the whole world whose
children do not at some time or other
have the measles. Way back in the
Tenth Century it was known to the
Arabs-but they considered it a form
of smallpox and, later, a variety of
scarlet fever. In some countries years
and years go by without anyone hav-
ing the measles; and then, all of a
sudden, a lone case of it appears and
-presto--very soon it spreads all over
the land!
Whooping cough is whooping cough
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

with small wire nail.
A large, long iron nail will help
her keep well ballasted If placed in
the bottom, or some pebbles may be
used for ballast instead. In going
very fast she will need this ballast
to keep steady, but otherwise not.
You can test your boat, or give 1t
its trial trip across the full bath
tub, by the aid of a breeze" from
a fan, but the best place for real
sport is to sail 1t on some shallow
pond, or large puddle-which heavy
rains often leave.
This boat requires no rudder as
with this kind of sail it can only
sail before the wind-that Is, with the
wind directly behind its sail, but you
will find 1t can get over the water
in lively shape II there is even a
small breeze to help it. AS no real
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

the world over-but some races have
the queerest cures for 1t you ever
dreamed of. The gypsies, for instance,
feel certain that a dormouse roasted
and eaten will bring relief, while In a
certain section of England ignorant
people pull several hairs from the
mead of a child i'll with whooping
cough, roll them up in bit of meat
and give the latter to a dog to eat
believing that in this way the disease
will pass from the child to the animal.
Now what would you think of your
good, kind family doctor If he gave
you such treatment as that when YOU
were barking your head Off and
strangling and choking in painful ef-
forts to catch your breath!
The cucumber was introduced into
England over four hundred years ago
by the Dutch. Persians and Rus
slams eat it as fruit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

the proud spirit OF Bucephalus. And
as he watched, he became angry at
them and sorry that so noble an an
imal should be SO badly treated.
Just then King Phillip, enraged that
old .Philonicus had SO basely tricked
him and that his prize horseman could
not mount the animal. cried out:
Take the steed away! I have no
use for him.
Immediately the young Prince step
ped forward and, with scornful look
at the disgruntled riders, said:
But, Sire, we lose good steed be-
cause the men have not skill enough
to mount him."
"Do you think" retorted the King,
even more enraged by his sons words,
"that an untried lad like you can ride
a horse that my best trainers have
failed to subdue!"
"Sire. I cant" answered the lad,
without moments hesitation.
The King laughed "Oho! ne ex-
claimed scornfully. "And II you fail,
young man, what price will you pay
for your naughty boast 2"
"The price of the horse. Si1e," re-
piled Alexander quietly. Being
Prince, he of course had monies of
his own and could pay the amount
should he lose.
"very WE'LL" assented the King.
So, with the eyes of the entire as
semblage upon him, the youth strode
manfully across the field to where
Bucephalus stood trembling with rage
and kicking up his heels. Gradually.
step by step. Alexander worked nearer
and nearer to the plunging animal,
calling out to him all the while words
of comfort and kindliness.
Instead of abusing him, he tried to
soothe his raging temper. And he
SO maneuvered as to prevent the
horse becoming frightened at his own
shadow on the ground. And. pres
emily. he was gently stroking the an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
LETTER ENIGMA.


My first is in quinine, but not in
pill:
My second is in upset, but not in
spill:
My third is in leave, but not in go:
My fourth is in sail, but not in row.
My fifth is in turtle, but not in
dove:
My sixth is in like. but not in love:
My seventh is in ocean. but not In
water:
My eighth is in coon. but not In OF
ter:
My whole is something
Each person does ask,
Be 1t about pleasure,
Or about some great task.
FRACTION PUZZLE.
Take sixth of orange, third of
red, fourth of blue, a sixth OF yellow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

long distance? And perhaps, again.
Farmer Green could never have told
the difference between it and water
from the mill-race?
Cedric's mother. though, told him
he had done exactly right, when he
narrated the incident to her that even
ing; and she patted him proudly on
the shoulder and-well. what do you
think about 1t? Was Cedric right.
or was old Blathers wise? Think Il
over. f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
A Day for Dolls in. Japan

BY the side of the dolls are set
forth the tiny dishes and miniature
furniture for the supposed use of the
dolls. There are miniature bowls of
soup and rice, tea steepers and chop
sticks. The guests themselves eat
rice-cakes, mochi, which is a kind of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

sailor can be in toy boats, to manage
them, they can only sail this way
before the wind, as sailing ION the
wind" or lacking" takes a helmsman.
This tin boat will not only sail fast,
but will carry a sizable load.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

as did everyone else present Then
he called one of his best horsemen
to mount and ride the animal that
he might see his PAGES.
Straightway the skillful rider es-
sayed to mount-and straightway
Hucephalus reared up on his hind legs
and hurled the man to the ground.
He tried again. but with the same
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
exander The Great Tanned a Wild Horse

result. And, one after another, all
the most expert horsemen in the
Kings retinue tried to mount the
snorting, plunging horse but met the
same fate. They even tried to subdue
him with sticks and stones and cruel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

The next morning Phillip had Buce-
phalus-for that was the name Of the
horse-brought before him in a large
field. The King went into raptures
over his strong, wonderfully shaped
limbs and his flowing name and tail,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

~ NCE every year, in Japan. the
land OF the cherry blossom, a
day is set apart on which the
" little maidens hold high carnival
with their dolls. 1t comes on the third
day Of March, according to our reck-
oning, and Is called o Hina Sama. 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

treatment. Proud and unconouered.
the coal piack stallion stood alone
paving the ground, with his flaming
nostrils quivering and his eyes fash
ing fire.
While this had been going on.
young Prince Alexander, the Kings s
son. stood by watching the vain at
tempts Of the cyuel horsemen to break
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

depth, amidships. one and one-half
inches; and about two and one-half
inches at the bow and stern.
Any good piece of tin will do for
this boat. but the handiest will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

make one that will beat the other
fellows. The one described herewith,
you will find. will win the cup" in
every event in which 1t Is entered,
against wooden crafts of any sort.
The illustration showing the boat.
gives an idea OF what a simple kind
of craft this is. The original boat
measures eleven inches from bow tip
to stern tip three and one-half inches
"amidships' (beam); and moulded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
How to Make a Tin Toy Boat

E<AA OST boys. at some period in
E W their lives, are fond of maxi
ing and sailing toy boats
NJ N ~ and thew i1SIta1Iv xuapt to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

sweetmeat and drink a thick, syrup
wine permitted the children only Of
this occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Faithful Cedric and Lazy Blathers

~ NCE upon time, way, way back
in Colonial days, there lived in
q certain village an old man
nan1ad Rlotharg and a vo.1po O.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-15
ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW
GOV. BROWN BELIEVES 1T MOST
VITAL QUESTION IN GEORGIA.
We Can Have No Civilization Without
Laws Are Based Upon Teachings
of the Bible, He Declares.


The Atlanta American, Hearst S
Sunday newspaper published in At
lanta, asked Governor Brown to state
what he regarded as the most import
ant matter before the people of
Georgia, and his reply on The En-
forcement of Law is as follows:
"You ask what l consider The
Most Important Duty or The Most
Important Question That Faces the
South
In reply l unhesitatingly answer
the strict and impartial enforcement
of the law.
The burden of the South is the
negro population. While it is I'M
doubtedly true, in my opinion, that
those who comprise the great major
ity of the negro population are doc
lie, peaceable and in a great measure
industrious and should be protected
equally with the whites in their
rights, yet there is a considerable per-
centage of that race which is shift
less, indolent and to some degree
violent. The latter class furnishes by
far the larger percentage of the total
number of criminals, certainly in the
state of Georgia
In Atlanta. for instance, | see it
stated that during the past year
there were SIS unlawful killings. |
have not seen the division as to the
races, but feel quite certain that