davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-15
SPELLING STUCK THE JURY
Point of information They Wanted In
voIved No Great Legal Nnowl-
edge, If Judge Had Il.

Here is one that was told at tea
given by Miss Geraldine Farrar, the
singer, when one of the party re-
ferred to the judiciary and the pc
culiar cases that frequently come be
fore the courts:
Some time ago there was homi-
eide case in a western court in which
there was considerable doubt as to
the guilt of the accused The trial
judge seemed to share the. popular be-
lief
Gentlemen of the jury, said he,
in concluding his charge, if the evi-
dence, in your minds, shows that
pneumonia was the cause of the mans
death, you cannot convict the prison
err
"Whereat the jury retired and IN
about ten minutes the constable re-
turned and presented himself before
the Judge.
Your honor he remarked, the
gentlemen of the jury want some IN
formation
ON what point of evidence? asked
the judge.
None, Judge. was the rejoinder OIL
the constable. They want to know
how to spell pneumonia. -Phll'
adelphia Telegraph
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-15
STEAM HEAT CAUSES COLDS
Druggist Has Noted Effects at the Be-
ginning of Winter-Busy Season
for Medicines.

Here, Doctor" said man as he hur-
ried into a drug store, give me some
thing for cold quick. Give me the
best remedy you have in stock and |
promise you that in future steam radi-
ators and | will keep far apart The
radiator was the cause of my present
trouble"
The druggist gave him the remedy
and the man hurried off.
That's strange" remarked the drug
gist to another customer who was wait
ing for a prescription. Would you be-
lieve 1t if told you he was the fourth
person who came in here today buy
ing medicine for hold in the head?
The peculiar part of the matter is that
all Of them complained that steam
heat was the cause of their colds
ION reflection, however, that
shouldn't strike me as strange, for we
have the same thing happen every
year Our busy season for cold medi-
csnes begins at the time when the
steam heat is turned on.
Persons susceptible to colds
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-15

from charity to faro. The arrival of
the sympathetic Rankin, who believed
his master had a headache, with a
note from Mrs. Gerard interrupted the
bookkeeping which, for the first time
in his life, Broadway had begun. 1t
had not been encouraging. as far as
he had gone.
He read the note and found it to be
an invitation. Deciding to accept 1t.
he decided, also, that 1t must be the
last one of the sort he must accept
1t had become intensely plain to him
that now had come the time when he
must cease his gaieties and fl- more
money.
He was a gloomy figure at the feast
that night, and his gloom grew with
every aged smile which Mrs. Gerard
cast in his direction. 1t was plain
enough to him, to everyone, that this
exceedingly rich lady, of uncertain age,
regarded him with very friendly eyes.
She even sometimes called him Jack
SON" After the dinner he took Robert
Wallace downtown with him In his
sixty horsepower touring car
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-15
To Make a Bird Rathe.

II for some reason or other known
only TO his stubborn little self your
canary refuses to take a bath, try this
remedy:
Don't give him any lettuce or other
green for a week Then put small
leaf Of fresh, green lettuce in the bot
tom of his bath, half fill it with mod
erately cool water and put the bath
in the cage.
The birds desire for the lettuce win
almost always cause him to go into
the water before very long and once
in, he will find 1t so pleasant that he
will doubtless take bath regularly.
II he still refuses to battle. repeat
the same treatment until he learns to
like his bath as much as he likes let.
tuce,
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-15
FpON IHf PLAY OF GBORGEMCOHAN FP

You've drawn rather heavily
against it."
Bat it was strong enough to stand
a terrible strain"
Not quite strong enough to stand
without a protest the strain to which
YOU have subjected it, Mr.. Jones. It's
not exhausted. but its"
Getting tired?" Broadway himself
supplied the words.
About that. You have not been
having il written up, you know:
thought perhaps you didn't realize the
figures. I've had them all made out
for YOU
Broadway took one swift look at
them, then sank back in his chair and
took a longer look at them. Well, III
be -!" he ventured.
Il was afraid you'd feel that way.
only thought you ought to have a
hint of just how things are running.
Young men lose track of things some
times. I've known it to occur before.
Jackson scarcely saw Broadway
when he went out of the gray build
ing, and it was the first time he had
ever trodden Broadway without see
ing and admiring it.
Hello. Broadway" cried a merry
voice from just beyond the curb. 1t
was a blonde voice, and issued from
natty little motor car with a sedan
chair top. Broadway had bought that
motor car and given it to the blonde
voice. Let me put you down some
where"
I'm not feeling very fit. You might
take me to the morgue."
Jump in, we'll make it the Knick-
erbocker."
But the Knickerbocker had no
charms for Broadway at that mo-
ment. He made his stay as brief as
possible in the bright restaurant.
"Dollie, darling" he said gloomily,
Il don't need a restaurant, today; |
need a hospital. How would you like
me, Dollie, honestly, if l was broke"
You? Broker" She laughed.
No; seriously. How would you like
me?"
It's nonsense; but you know what
Stanley does to broken dishes"
The ash can. Eh?'
1T wouldn't be. for you, of course;
but-what's the use of being Mr..
Grump? Brace up? Come on up to
ChurchilTs and we'll drinky-drink it
outy-out."
But Broadway would have none Of
such a plan as that. He went to his
apartment, and, rummaging in every
drawer and pocket, collected every
bill which he could find. There were
a hundred of them, ranging in all
sorts of figures and for all sorts Of
articles, from diamonds to gasoline,
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-15
Kent His Secret Well.

One of the most successful disap-
pearances on record was that OF Will
liam Howe. Howe was a successful
tralesman in Jerwyn street, London,
and one morning in 1905 he left his
wife. telling her that he had business
in the city. He never came back, and
all efforts to trace him faissssaA After
some years his Il Eas.w Eieventh & * )
and ~ ata. Ca He accused h
cially passed tcs as.las.s aataatl,s r.
administer her husSand's estate. Thu.
one evening in 1923, the widow yre
ceived a letter from an anonymous
correspondent, requesting an inter-
view the following day in Birdcage
walk. Mrs Howe duly kept the APP
pointment-and discovered her hus-
band. He had been living in disguise
in the same neighborhood all the time,
he explained, and keeping a close eye
upon the movements of his wife. 1t
is said that the reunited couple lived
happily ever afterward
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-15

great many are-are affected by the
heat and before they realize it they
are sneezing and coughing. The steam
heated atmosphere is too much for
them. They sit in rooms altogether
too warm, although sometimes per
sons are unaware of this condition be-
cause the radiators do the heating
slowly. and when they come out in
he open the sudden change causes
them to take cold"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-15

found awaiting him new sheafs OF
bills. none pressing him-mere state
ments. The rumor had not started
that he was not good pay. Broadway
still delighted in him. still endeavored
to induce him TO accept its credit. This
gave him new distress; he knew him
self-he knew he would go out that
night and run more debts.
Suddenly he knew what to DO. 1t
came to him without an effort OF the
brain. 1t was a tragic inspiration.
Without word to Rankin, stealthily
and secretly. he went forth into the
afternoon in his smart runabout, still
driven BY the taXi-cabman, who now
regarded him with something akin to
worship. and sought gunshop and
chemists.
In the former he made purchase of
large. grim, blued-steel automatic PTS
toll of the largest caliber they had in
stock. and secured one box of cart
ridges 1t seemed a waste of money,
which by rights was definitely the
property of creditors, to buy so many
cartridges. for he should need but one
However, he feared that to ask for one
would pin attention to him and frus-
trate what he had in mind, so he put
the heavy box into his pocket 1t
made it sag outrageously which very
much annoyed him. No man on
Broadway was more careful of his
clothes. But what, after all, did
sagged pocket matter now?
At the chemists he secured an ounce
of bichloride of mercury, which had
been fashionable of late among smart
suicides. He had no difficulty in OBJ
tanning ii. This eased him and fur
Their satisfaction grew out of the fact
that though it held potentialities as
deadly as the automatic gun and cart
ridges could hold it made little pack
age, not heavy in the least, and so
did not sag the other pocket, where he
placed it very carefully.
AS he whirled uptown in the run
about he frequently felt of the deadly
things.
He liked the feel of neither of them.
The revolver was so hard and bust
ness-like, the pill bottle was so slip
perry. so cold and heartless! What an
end was this for Broadway Jones!
Again seated in the little study, he
solemnly reviewed his life. He saw no
points at which he had made very
great mistakes, save the important one
of thinking that a quarter of million
is a lot of money in New York.
1--WE been nothing but a piker," he
reflected and. I've acted like the
trade-marked article. l ought to get
it in the neck and l am going to get it
in the neck"
This unpleasantly reminded him and
he caressed the neck wherein he was
Ito get it. Never. in the past, when
liz had used that slang expression had
really suggested his own neck to
him o. oJEsr a1ttsaeffA : 4 - = Now
it made his flesh creep am his blood
run cold behind his collar
Well, here goes." he whispered.
and took out a pill, afterwards arrang-
ing the revolver, which was already
loaded.
He held the pill between the fingers
of a tremulous left hand gripped in
his faltering right he held the weapon.
Here goesi" he said again-and
Rankin raped upon the door
Hastily he hid the dreadful eyi-
,iences Of his dire intention.
Come in" he feebly called
CTO BE CONTINUED
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-15
In Praise of Poverty.

1t seems matter of universal desire
that poverty should be abolished We
should be quite willing to abolish lux
ury. but to abolish honest, industrious,
self-denying poverty would be to de-
stroy the soil upon which mankind pro-
duces the virtues which enable our
race to reach a still higher civilization
than it now ossesses.-Andrew Car
negie.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-15
SYNOPSIS.

Jackson Jones. nicknamed broadway
because Of hts continual glOEincatiOn OF
New York's great thOroughfare, is anN-
iOus to get away from his home town OF
Jonesvilie. Abner Jones. his uncle Is
very angry because Broadway refuses 70
settle down and take place In the gum
factory in which he succeeded to his
fathers interest Judge Spotswood in
forms Broadway that $4,000 left him bF
his father is at his disposal Broadway
makes record time in heading for his
favorite street in New York.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-15

Take a close look at the people you
meet every day and rejoice that you
were rot born a cannibal.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-15

High minded people do not have to
become airship chauffeurs in order to
prove it.
The Spectator., 1914-12-01
ODD COINAGE ON NIGERIA
leQaI Tender That Is Unhandy to Carry About in Any Consider
 able Quantity.

Among the strangest coins in the world are those used in certain out-of- the-way towns and villages in south west Nigeria, on the west coast of Africa, and called "manillas." In shape they resemble a horseshoe with the two extremities fiattened out like a camel's foot. Being made of solid copper. three-eighths of an inch thick, they weigh over eight ounces each. In face value" seven of these queer coins are equivalent to one quarter, so that dollars worth would be an uncomfortable, heavy load.
 Not only are these 'manillas" used among the natives, but white traders accept them as legal tender for goods sold at the various stores. At one time the strangely shaped money had quite a circulation in certain parts of the coast, but its use is now restricted to few bush towns and one or two of the smaller seaboard places. includ- ing Bonny, Brass and Akassa. Ma nillas" are now very difficult to ob. tain, and curio collectors value them not solely by reason of their scarcity but because of the novel serviette rings they make when silver plated
The Spectator., 1914-12-01
RAINE INDICTED IN U. S.COURT
Former Memphis Bank Official CharO- ed With Misuse of the Mails.

Memphis.-The federal grand jury returned indictments against c. H. Raine. president, and Claude Ander son. cashier, of the Mercantile Bank at the time of its failure for over $1,' coo, 900 in February.
 A blanket indictment charges the two former officials with using the mails to defraud Raine, who is in New York. is now under S25.00O bond for appearance for trial in the Shelby county criminal court.
 The indictment against the two of- ticials grew out of the failure of the old Mercantile bank before 1t received national bank charter.
 The government charged that iu circulation through the mails of bank statements signed by the two officials the postal laws had been violated. the statement setting forth financial con- ditions of the bank which did not ex. ist. As consequence the indictment declares. the depositors were de- frauded.
The Spectator., 1914-12-01
BRIGHTEST OF INDIA'S GEMS
Beauty Spots That Are to De Found in the Valleys and UpIands of
 kashmir.

It has been said that India is the brightest jewel in the British crown, but one cannot realize the brightness of the gem to the full until one has sojourned for space in that veritable dreamland situated in the wedge of mountains forming the north center boundary of that peninsula. No other country in the world can boast of such diversity of scenery, or is so full of beauty spots as the valleys and up- lands of Kashmir, a writer in the Wide World states. Snow covered mountains, pine clad hills, rushing tor rents, clear streams, limpid lakes, and broad alluvial plains all combine to make up this wonderland, which forms the summer haunt of many jaded plainsmen from the sultry can comments of India. Of late, alas. the ubiquitous globe trotter has discov- cred it, and his excessive supply of cash brings higher prices, silk socks and white waistcoats into a paradise where boiled shirts" and other ap- purtenances of an evil civilization should never have been allowed to penetrate.
The Spectator., 1914-12-01
HOW RESINOL CURED
 ITCHING SKIN TORMENT

Baltimore, Md, May 23, 1914: My limbs from knee to ankle were con- pletely covered with eczema for a year. It commenced with several small water pimples, which burst when scratched them, until they developed into sores. and oozed a yellowish fluid. hated to go in company, 1t itched and burned so badly. l had no rest at night. I tried good many remedies for eczema. both liquid and salve. but they did me no good. only made the skin more rough and scaly. I learned of resinol ointment and resinol soap and tried them. and was relieved of the severe itching and burning AT ONCE. and after a months steady use was completely cured" (Signed) T. 6. Lewis, 1921 Summit St. Resinol soap and resinol ointment are sold by all druggists.-Adv.
The Spectator., 1914-12-01
MIGHT BE CALLED EVIDENCE
At Least Participant in Fight Had Reason to Believe He Was
 Telling the Truth.

Two colored soldiers at frontier post had a fight, during which one of the combatants lost an ear, and the other was accused of having bitten it off. The case was tried by general court-martial, and the counsel for the defense, in cross-examination of the one-eared man, the principal witness for the prosecution, asked: Where did this fight take place?"> Tn Mista Nelson's con field, jes' outside de reservation" answered the witness What was the condition of the ground?" Hit wuz covered wid stub ble-co'n had all been cut Now. said the counsel, glarng at the wit ness, you are on oath, and will get into serious trouble if you tell any thing but the truth. Could not your ear have been torn off by the sharp stubble?" ''Yaas, sah," said the wit ness, Init mought.' Then what dc you mean by stating under oath tha, the accused bit it off?" "'Cause, said the witness, q done seen him spit 1t out"
The Spectator., 1914-12-01
FRANK ASSERTS INNOCENCE
"Grotesquely Prosecuted For Crime of Which He Has No knowedoe."

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Atlanta, Ga.-Leo M. Frank, under sentence of death for the murder in April. 1913, of Mary Phagan. Friday gave out a statement to the public de- claring his innocence and reviewing the circumstances of his trial and the legal steps taken to obtain for him a rehearing or the setting aside of the verdict.
 Franks statement was issued from his cell in the Fulton county jail. where he has been confined since his arrest two days after the discovery of Mary Phagan's body in the base ment of the pencil factory of which Frank was superintendent. He de kclared he has been prosecuted wrong fully and grotesquely for crime of which I have no knowledge" and mentioned that in all the steps taken for a new trial the question of his guilt or innocence never has been re- viewed by the higher courts. but only the legality of the proceedings havc been considered.
The Spectator., 1914-12-01
Before Congress of Vienna.

One hundred years ago Alexander of Russia, the king of Prussia and other sovereigns, accompanied by a large retinue of diplomatists and sol diers, made their solemn entry into Vienna to take part in the congress which was to readjust the map of Europe. The thrones which Napoleon had overturned were to be righted and the old despots whom he had dis missed were to be given back their scepters. The first weeks of the con gress, however. were not devoted to the serious business at hand, but were spent In a succession of magnificent festivities. Notwithstanding the finan- cial ruin of the country, Austria ap- propriated sums amounting to thou sands of dollars daily to provide balls. banQuets. concerts and other enter tainments for the visiting monarchs and their advisers.
The Spectator., 1914-12-01
CONFIDENCE IN POWER
 OF THE BRITISH NAVY
WINSTON CHURCHILL SAYS IT HAS HAD ITS SHARE OF
 THE LUCK"
w....ru New.,,p.r un,o. New. Service

Westeru Newspaper un,os News Service.
 London.--Winston Spencer Church i'll. first lord of the Admiralty. in a speech in the House of Commons. told the country that despite the loss of some of the older ships of the British navy, there is every reason for confidence in the power of the navy.
 The first lord told of the danger to British ships from mines and subma- rines. and the possibility of armored and fast enemy liners escaping to the high seas to prey on the allies shipping, which, he added. had been prevented thus far. He closed with the statement that there is another danger. that of an oversea invasion -an enterprise full of danger for those who might attempt it."
 Mir. Churchill said that considering the work the navy had done in the protection of British commerce, the restrictions it had placed on the en- emy's supplies and the conveying by it of great numbers of troops across the world. with ones eyes fixed on the mischances that had occurred and knowing all the circumstances, he was bound to say. "I think we have had our share of the luck"
The Spectator., 1914-12-01
BRITISH STEAMSHIP
 SUNK IN THAMES DUE TO EXPLOSION WHICH IS SAID TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN
 HER OWN MAGAZINE. ONLY FOURTEEN RESCUED Explosion Was so Great 1t Shook Buildings in Sheerness and Ship
 Sank in Three Minutes.
ONLY FOURTEEN RESCUED
Western Newspaper Cn',n New, Service

Western Newspaper Cn'rn News Service.
 London.-The British battleship Bulwark was blown up by a terrific explosion as she lay at anchor off Sheerness Thursday morning. Orly IA of the crew of about 750 men sur vived.
 The announcement was made Thurs day shortly before D. m. by Winston Churchill, first lord of the Admiralty. He said the explosion is believed to have originated in her own maga- zines.
 The Bulwark. which was completed in 1902, cost s5,OO0,000. Sheerness is on the Thames at the mouth of the estuary of the Medway and is 35 miles down the river from London
 The force of the explosion was SO great that houses in Sheerness and in South End. seven miles away and on the other side of the Medway, w"ro shaken violently The people fled in- to the streets in alarm. Dense clouds of smoke and flame shot into the air. The vessel disappeared beneath the water in three minutes. Immediately after the explosion the vessel was plotted out by smoke. and as the veil slowly lifted handful of men were seen struggling in the wa ter.
 Small craft picked them up. The band of the Bulwark was playine when the explosion came. Officers of the port scout the public impression that the vessel was the victins of German submarine. These seem to be supported by the absence of an upheaval in the water. The explosion is believed to have Whether it was caused by accident or design is a question to be determined by commission which has been ap pointed to investigate and which will begin its work Friday.
 The Bulwark. 15.000 tons displace' ment, was laid down in 1899 and com pleted in 1902. She was All feet long l 75 feet wide and drew 29 feet of wa. ter.
 Her armament consisted of four 12 inch. F 6-inch guns, 16 12-pounders 1 six 3-pounders and four submerged torpedo tubes. She had comple ment of 75O men.
The Spectator., 1914-12-01
That Printer Aoain!

The advertisement had puzzled the applicants, but the rector was still more puzzled when some fifty or more ladies ranged themselves alongside his house at the appointed hour
 T can keep a set of books" re- piled the first applicant, but I haven | a bass voice"
 The rector seemed still more pug zled.
 Indeed" went on the fair one, T don't think you'll get a lady clerk with a bass voice.
 A light seemed to dawn on the rec tor, and he took a paper off the side tabe and looked for his advertise ment. This was how it ran: <, Lady clerk wanted, with good bass voice."
 The insertion of a d has caused all this trouble" he said with a smile as he dismissed the fifty anxious ap plicants. ''I wanted lay clerk
The Spectator., 1914-12-01
Explanation.

A sturdy Scot, six feet five inches in height, is gamekeeper near Stafford England One hot day last summer he was accompanying bumptious sportsman of very small stature when he was greatly troubled by midges The other said to him:
 My good man, why is 1t that the midges do not trouble me?"
 Il daursay." replied the gamekeeper with a comprehensive glance at the others small proportions, it will bt because they hevna seen ye yet"
The Spectator., 1914-12-01
Hens His Application.

Here's a Swiss named Egg who lives in New York petitioning to have his name changed"
 Sort of an egg shake, eh. Whats the trouble?"
 He and his wife have four chil- dren, and his family is constantly re. ferred to as the halfdozen Eggs. He claims his yolk is too heavy to be borne"
 Tt appears that he did once and got beaten, whipped to a froth. Poor Egg could bare scramble home. "- Boston Transcript.
The Spectator., 1914-12-01
Sympathy.

The queer turns of the darky mind are aptly illustrated in a little tale which comes from Representative Car lin of Virginia. One Sunday morn ing the family had gathered around the breakfast table, where waffies were among the delicacies in order.
 The little negro housegirl brought in the molasses pitcher and put 1t down. Then she opened the top and observed 8 thin scum on the sur face.
 You'll have to take that out, An gelica," the mistress told her. and pour some more"
 The little darky headed for the door. And as she disappeared through the doorway the family heard her mur- mur:
 'Po, ol' 'lasses. DO ol' lasses-even de DO lasses been obercome by de heat"