davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-22

would have passed but for the strange unusual figure
standing the platform. A golden haired woman with
neck aud like Chinese bronze and dressed in skirt
of grass, He paused.
Two thousand rupees,"
What. ieered the professional seller. =" Foi an
houri from PARADISE O. of weak hearts what is this
hear? Two thousand rupees?-for hour fit to dwell
in the of heaven
keen eyed Mahomedan edged closer to the platform.
lie stared and sucked in his breath. He found himself
pulled two ways He had money but he had knowl-
edge.
Who sells this maiden;' he asked.
Mahomed Ghori."
Which is he? "
" He squats there"
The Mahomedan stopped and touched the old mahout
the shoulder
Call off this SALE and my master will make you
rich
The old sinner gingery felt of the speakers cotton
garb. All My master must be rich dress thee in
Where is your gold? Bid satircally
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-22

kahlyn Hare! She laughed The old behind her
nodded approvngy hearing the sound but not sensing
its import. All, when the came, when the fool
who bought her lead her home, she would be-
guile him and the first sign of carelessness she would
her heels. She knew that she going
a. before; back to the beasts of the
jungle who least made effort to molest her long
she kept of their way.
Wild and beautiful she was as the old mahout turned
her to professional seller
s. Crcassian. T"
" From the north"
A bride from the desert!"
"A yellow-hair"
A daughter of the north seas!"
The old mahout squated close by and rubbed his hands
He would be a rich that night; bags of rupees;
well thached house his gray hairs till that day
they placed him the pyre the burning CHAT. The
gods good
Durga Ram, known familiarly Umballah, this
hour forth into the sunshine brooding lie not
in a happy frame of mind Many things lay heavy upon
his soul; but among these things there not
brought about all these failures
this thought rked him most. Here a almost
within reach of his greedy fingers the water to Tantas
10 have underestmated this yellow haired young
he who knew well-there lay the bitter sting
He had been too impetuous; he should waited till
all her fears had been alayed That spawn of silva ths
military, insolent again, and rupees their
dead? Was she alive?
The white hunter had returned his camp yet
but the sly Ahmed there. The perpetual gloom Oh
the face of the latter reassuring to Umbalah
Ahmeds master had found her. To wiring the white
mans heart was something He dared put him out
of the way: too many knew.
And the council beginning grow uneasy. How
long could he hold them in leash:
What woman. As magnificent daughter of
Froz shah of Delhi Fear she knew AT
moment he loved her with his whole SOUL another he
hated her. longed get her into his hands again.
wreak his vengeance upon her for the humiliation she
had by wit and courage heaped upon him. 81
ready" He could hear it yet When they had led
away to the ordeas-" ready" A woman and
afraid to die!
into the treasury; there many about, many
tongues But Col Hare knew where the silver basket
lay hidden, heaped with gold and precious stones and
torture could not wiring the hiding place from him. May
he be damned to nethermost hell Let him, Durga
Ram, but bury his lean hands in that treasure, and Ma
raka swallow Alaha and all its kings. Rubes and
pearls and emeralds and far country to idle in to be
feted in, to be fawned upon for his rches
And Ramabai and his wife, Pundita let them beware;
let them remain wisely in their house and meddle
with affairs of state.
A thousand rupees!"
Umballah looked up with start Unconsciously he
had wandered into the slave mart He shrugged and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-22

The old mahout purred and smoothed his palms
gether. Three thousand rupees rajah's ransom! He
would his elephant; his wife should ride in gilded
palanquin, and his children should shoes Three
thousand rupees He folded his and walked gently
to and fro
" Five thousand rupees F" said Umballah, impeed by
he knew not what to make this bid
ripple of surprise the crowd The regent
the powerful Durga RAM bidding in person for his
zenana.
Kathlyn's tingled with life again. and the
sudden bounding of her heart sifed her. Umbaah
She surely lost Sooner later he would recognize
her.
The mshout stood up, delighted He was indeed for
tunate He salaamed.
Huzoor, she is GENTLE he said
The high-caste who had bid 1900 rupees saaamed also
Highness she is yours" he said. "I cannot bid
against my regent"
1t was the custom to mark purchased slave with the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-22

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
katbIyp Hare believes father, Hare.
BE In dire peril In AlIaha, principally of India
The King of AIIaha has recently died. because
the colonel had he names him
tIiaba. loves kathiyp has forged sum-
prison. She leaves home N California to
him.
Upon her arrival AIlaha ne In Informed by bu,-
bash that her father, being Dead she Is to be queen
and must him forthwith. Her refusal tnfur'-
ates him, but KathIyns beauty and spirit have
made strong appeal to the people he ste'ds tue
point for the time being priest announces that no
rule unmarried. but because the youpg
II with the laws OF the state
will be given to decide
when Kathlyn reiterates, at the expiration Of the
grace. he refusal marry Umballah she re-
ceives tribunal that she Is
to undergo ordeals with wild beasts. IL she
permitted rule without hindsance.
Bruce American and fellow passenger
he boa which brought Kathlyn to A1laha,
her elephant which carries her from the
scene her trials frightened away,
After a ride filled with peril takes refuge in u
ing be ancient priestess risen from the
tomb, allow remain the guardian of the
sacred But Kathlyn's haven is also the abode
OF a lion, forced fee from It, with the
savage beast In pursuit She escapes and fnds n
treat n jungle, only fall into the hands
bar of slave traders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-22

The photodramG corresponding to the instdments OF
The Adventures of Kathyn" may noto be seen at
number of the leading movng picture theders By this
unique arrangement oith the Seg Poyscope company
is therefore possible only read The Adventures
of Kathlun in this paper but also keep pace aoh
each nstalIment of it the moung picture theoers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-22

Two thousand rupees shouted the professional
seller
:" | have gold but my master will give 10000
rupees for yonder maid. Quick, Old fool be quick
Be gone thou beggar!' And the old man spat
81 Memsahib' the Mohammedan called in English,
do not look toward me, all will be lost. l Ali
Bruce Sahb's chief mahout and we have believed you
dead Take care. | go to inform Ahmed. Bruce
Sahib has returned"
Kathyn when she heard that voice, shut her eyes
Umbaah had drawn closer There something
about this half yelled slave that stirred his recollection
Where had he that graceful poise? The clearness
skin though dark; the roundness of the throat
and arms.
I" Three thousand rupees
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-22
copyright: 1914: By Harold Mac Grath.l ]
CHAPTER VIII.
THE SLAVE MARK

SLAVE MARKET.
!, AvING decided upon the fate of Kathlyn, the
. natives set about recapturing the wild elephant.
1t took the best part of the morning. When
this was accomplished the journey to Allaha was
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17
COL. J. E. CRAvENS DEAD
For Many Years He Was Prominent
as a Statesman and a Lawyer.

Fort Smith.-Col. Jordan f. Cravens
SO years old, resident of Arkansas
since 1881, and prominent as states.
man. lawyer and politician, died We'd
nesday afternoon at the residence of
his daughter, Mrs. ]. W. Howell.
Colonel Cravens was born in Fred.
erickstown. Mo-, November 7, 1880. In
1881 he came to Arkansas with his
father. and until his DEATH made this
state his home. He studied law in
Clarksville under Judge Felix I. Bat
son of the Supreme Court bench, and
was admitted to the bar in 1854. At
the outbreak OF the Civil war in 1861
he enlisted as private in Captain Oil.
yer Basham's company of Churchilps
regiment of cavalry, "The First Ar
kansas Mounted Rifles" He was
wounded three times at the battle of
Oak Hill. He next became major of
the Seventeenth Arkansas regiment,
and on it's consolidation with the
Twenty-first Arkansas regiment he
became colonel of the regiment.
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17
MALARIA fever
LESS PREVALENT
ARKANSAS HAD 1888 CASES DUR.
ING SIX MONTHS OF 1918,
SAYS REPORT.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-Mala fevers pre-
vailed to a much less extent in the
South during 1918 than In previous
years, according to the Public Health
Service in a report on its investigation
of the prevalence Of the disease. Tho
states include Alabama, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina,
Florida and North Carolina.
To obtain statistics relative to mala-
ria, postal cards were sent to physi-
clans in all these states except North
Carolina and the data received repre-
sented the reports Of on -sixth Of the
physicians who received the cards. For
Alabama the report for the six months
of 1918, from May to November, in
elusive, gave total of 1908 cases OF
malaria; Arkansas for August to No
vember, inclusive, 1888; South Caro-
lima, from August to November, inclu-
sic, 10000 Florida, for the same pc
riod, $3.50 cases, and Georgia, from Au-
gust to October, inclusive, 9,S25 cases.
For the year Mississippi is reported to
have had 61,S11 cases
The report points out that of the
91,061 cases Of malarial fever reported.
1884 cases (3008 per cent? nearly
one-third, were said to have occurred
in children under Is years OF age.
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17
FULL CREW LAW IS VALID
iron Mountain Fined by Hot SPRINGS
Court for Its Violation,

Hot Springs.-The constitutionality
Of the full crew railway law enacted
by the Arkansas legislature was pass
ed upon in Circuit Court here when the
court held the law constitutional and
fined the st. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern railway $50 and costs for
violating it.
The law provides that all. RAILWAYS
OF 100 miles or more long shall main
tain switching crews consisting of an
engineer, fireman, foreman and three
helpers. Formerly only two helpers
were maintained
The case has been pending in the 10.
cal courts since last December and the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
took an active part in prosecuting the
case against the railroad The con-
tention of the trainmen was that in
switching yards, where crossings had
to be guarded against accident to the
public, it was necessary to maintain
three helpers in addition to the train
crew.
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17
L0NOkE VETERAN IS GONE
He Began as a Farmer and Accumu-
lated Considerable Estate.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Lonoke.-John Claiborne Goodrum
Sr died Tuesday morning at his home
here, after an illness of several weeks.
Captain Goodrum was born in
Greensboro, Ala, in 1886 He was left
an orphan early in life, and, in 1852.
when only 16 years of age, he moved
to Arkansas in company with his
brother. William Goodrum. The broth.
ers located in that part OF Lonoke
county now known as Goodrum town
ship. The country at that time was an
unbroken wilderness.
He began as farmer and accumu-
lated quite an estate. In 1861 Mr..
Goodrum enlisted in a company raised
by his brother at Brownsville, and was
soon appointed quartermaster. The
company became a part of Pleasant's s
regiment, but at the battle of Prairie
Grove, General Pleasant was killed
and the command was afterward
known as Bells regiment.
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17
HUERTA WEAKENS;
ASKS FOR TIME
MEXICAN DICTATOR PLEADS FOR
ARBITRATION, WILSON SAYS
TIME HAS PASSED.
he MUST SALUTE THE FLAG
Offenses Of the De Facto Government
at Mexico City Can no Longer
Be Tolerated

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington.-With a majority of
the ships of the American navy un-
der orders to proceed Immediately tC
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Mex
lco, the United States government
gave Provisional President Huerta fin
al warning that unless a salute is fired
to the Stars and Stripes within a reas.
enable time to atone "for repeated
offenses against the rights and dignity
of the United States" serious results
will follow.
General Huerta, when informed by
Charge O'Shaughnessy of the proposed
demonstration of the atlantic fleet.
argued that the episode growing out OF
the arrest Of American bluejackets at
Tampico is fit subject for arbitra-
ton at The Hague, and that he would
appoint commission to investigate
the incident. President Wilson, in an
emphatic reply through Charge
O'Shaughnessy is said to have told
General Huerta that the time for de.
lay and evasion has passed, and that
the American government will tenn
porize no longer Administration Of
ficials hold that insults to the flag and
questions of national honor are not
subjects for arbitration.
All information that reached Wash
ington from Mexico City tends to show
that General Huerta is bluffing. Some
ant1-AGerican demonstrations at Vera
Cruz and other points are reported.
General Huerta submitted to an ex,
ecutive session OF the Mexico Senate
Wednesday the demands of the Ameri-
can government for salute to the
flag No information of the result has
been received.
While expressing earnest hope for
peace the president told members and
house Committees on Foreign Affairs
that the offenses of the de facto gov
ornment at Mexico City could no Ion
~ De tolerated, and that unless Huer-
? complies with the American de-
rHNdS seizure of the customs house
t T2mDico and Vera Cruz and even
Re declaration af Pacific blockade,
1u:tirG off commercial intercourse 9
with the United States would be justi.
led u precedents in international
az.
NJ 9C~ressive act such as the land
'0G o. marines or the shelling of any
owns CT the seizure of any ports will!
- undertaken without authorization
from Congress after President Wilson
hes personally delivered a message on
he subject.
The nearly unanimous approval that
H5Iubhcans and Democrats alike gave
he administration first steps made
I apparent, however, that should Rear
Admiral Badger find it necessary. Con
gress would back up the American
navy without hesitation.
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17

Little Rock.-Mr and Mrs. James S.
Barkman of Little Rock announce the
wedding Of their daughter, Miss Kath-
leen Barkman, and David Allen Gates
Jr., editor and publisher of The Fay
etteville (Ark) Daily, at the home of
the brides parents April Is.
1t was a notable society event II
Little Rock because of the prominence
and popularity of the principals Miss
Barkman was queen of the Confeder-
ate Reunion in Little Rock in 1911 and
has twice been maid of honor of the
Trass-mississippi department of the
United Sons Of Confederate Veterans,
acting in that capacity at the Macon
and Chattanooga reunions. She grad
uated from the Little Rock High
School in 1910
Mr.. Gates is a son Of Hon. D. A..
Gates of the Arkansas Tax Commits
sion. He graduated from the Little
Rock High School in 1909 and from the
University of Arkansas in 1912. with
the degree of A. b., at the age Of 10
years. He Was Assistant Secretary
of the State Senate in 1913, Assistant
Secretary of the Tax Commission in
the summer of 1913 and since October
l, 1913, has been editor and publisher
of the Fayetteville (Ark) Daily.
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17
ARKANSAS DEBT
NOT VERY LARGE
PER CAPITA INDEBTEDNESS OF
STATE REDUCED TO 76
CENTS IN 1912.
MAKES A FINE SHOWING
Per Capita Debt for the Whole United
States Is Four Times That
of Arkansas.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Weetern NcWsphper Union news service.
Washington Preliminary figures
from the forthcoming bulletin pertain
Ing to national and state Indebtedness
and funds and investments have been
given out by Director w. j. Harris
OF the Bureau of the Census, Depart
ment of Commerce. The bulletin car
ries information for the state of Ark
ansas, as well as for the other states
and the United States.
An inspection of the tables in the
bulletin shows that only biennial re-
ports were received from Arkansas.
In this state the amount of outstanding
bonds decreased materially during the
period, while the floating debt of s3,-
100000 in 1890 disappeared altogether
in 1908 In the case of funds and in
vestments the securities show a small
general increase, the cash changing
more or less from year to year, reach
ing the maximum of s1,16S,000 in 1904.
The debt per capita decreased precep-
tibly from 1890 to 1910, due largely
to the marked reduction in the floating
debt.
In 1880 the total debt of Arkansas
at the close of the fiscal year, Septem-
Der 80, was $6,S45,0 900; in 1890 it was
s5,450,000; and in 1912 1t was $1,251,-
600. the decrease being almost wholly
due to .he marked decline observable
n the floating debt. The population
Of the state increased from $685. 900 in
1880 to 1,5SO,000 in 1910, thus assist
ing in bringing about a very great de-
crease in the per capita debt. In 1880
the per capita debt amounted to S8,46 j;
10 years later it amounted to $4.82; in
1900 it had gone down to $1.01; and
in 1902 it had been reduced to 81 cents.
Since that time the changes have not
been so marked, the per capita debt
amounting to 76 cents in 1912.
The average per capita for the whole
country is 1852, or slightly more than
four times the per capita debt for
Arkansas. On the other hand, where
as the per capita debt for Arkansas
fell from sS46 in 1880 to 76 cents in
1912, the per capita debt for the whole
United States fell only from $5.48 to
1882 during the same period.
At the present time about IT per
cent of the total population of the
United States will be found in the state
of Arkansas. and 4 per cent Of the
total debt Qess sinking fund assets)
Is attributed to that state.
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17
Formulation of PenitentiarM

Little Rock.-There were five es.
capes and six deaths at the state peni.
tentiary during the month of March.
The escapes were Roy Chamberlain,
Bert Aiken, Chas. Sanford and Fred
Forst, white men and Merrell Wesson,
colored. The deaths were VIII White.
law, viii Jones, Will Allen, Henry
Rogers and Luther Critz, colored. and
Frank Patterson, white Jim Reed,
colored, and Sam Lambert, white. were
recaptured. There were 9S9 In the
penitentiary March /; 56 were receiv-
ed and so we're discharged during the
month,
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17
ARKANSAS CATTLE
ARE |MPR0v|NG|
OF TEXAS FEvEH
TICK INCREASES VALUE
$8.31 PER HEAD.
THE PEOPLE ARE SATISFIED
In 1910 the LOGS From Death Alone
Amounted to over Three Million
Dollars In Texas.
'estern Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington the government
in 1906 took up the work of eradicating
the cattle tick. carrier of Texas fever
among Southern cattle. millions of dol
lars have been saved to cattle grow
ers throughout the South and South
west and the value per head Of cattle
in Arkansas has increased 1881 and in
Oklahoma $500.
In 1910 there were in round numbers
100000 cattle below the Texas quar-
antine line, with valuation slightly
in excess of $27Oo0,oO0. In that year,
one-eighth of this sum, or $3,400 900,
represented roughly the annual loss
from deaths alone not counting the
depreciation in other ways, such as in
stunted growth, discrimination in mar
kets, shrinkage In milk production,
ETC.. all of which more than doubled
the above aGnount.
A. ID. Melvin, chief OF the Bureau
OF Animal Industry Of the Department.
OF Agriculture, has received letters
from Arkansas cattle raisers in which
the efforts of the department to eradi-
cate the cattle tick strongly are COM
mended. p T. Harrison of Newton
county, Arkansas writes:
"We had some trouble here at first.
as many refused to dip cattle. but
these were overcome and now tho
people are more than satisfied and
every farmer IS trying to raise cattle.
Our cattle are bringing now from IL
to 5 IL cents for range cattle, so you
see where Mr.. Farmer is satisfied
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17
Arkansas Leads the Elect.

On Board the U. S. S. Arkansas at
Sea-Four dreadnaughts of the Allan
tic fleet under Rear Admiral Badger,
commander in chief, steamed out OF
Hampton Roads at noon Wednesday
and turned southwark to join the
American naval force off Tampco. I'm
der orders to maintain a speed OF IL
l-2 knots an hour, they should make
the Mexican port next Wednesday,
In the squadron that felt its way out
to sea were the flagship Arkansas, the
Vermont, New Hampshire and New
Jersey.
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17
DERMOT MANS INHERITANCE
Wealthy Aunt in Holland Leaves Him
a Legacy Of About $35, ZOO.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.


Dermott.-G. V. w. Heyle, manager
of the Dermott Tobacco Company, has
inherited a large estate in Holland
from his aunt, Fraulein Anne Van
Dehr Dorrse. The legacy consists of
one-fourth Of her estate and $4,000 in
cash, valued at about s35, 1000.
Fraulein Van Dehr Dorrse died at
her home in Cloengsbigh, Holland,
about four months ago. Mr. Heyles
first knowledge of her death and his
inheritance came last week In a letter
from his mother, a wealthy philanthro-
pist and educational leader of Paris
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17
For EmbezzIinq Waste PAPER.

Madison, Wis.-William L. Essman,
former state superintendent of public
property, pleaded guilty to embezzle-
ment and was sentenced to IS months
Imprisonment. He appropriated s47S
for waste paper he sold while superin.
tendent.
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17
Federals Being Pounded to Pieces.

Chihuahua, Mexico.-Federals de-
feated at San Pedro de Las Colinas
are being pounded to pieces between
two forces of rebels, according to a
telegram received by General Carran.
"a from General Villa. Villa received
aid from an unexpected quarter, sup
posed at the time the telegram was
filed to be the forces of Gen Gonzales,
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17
cunmen Witness a Perjurer.

New York.-Carl Dresner, one Of
the eleventh-hour witnesses before Su-
preme Court Justice Goff last Satur-
day in the final effort of the four
gunner, slayers of Herman Rosenthal,
to get trial, was arrested after con-
Tossing himself a perjurer in a signed
statement to District Attorney Whit
man.
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17
German National a Depositarv

Washington.-Thro the efforts of
Senator Joe T. Robinson, the Germa
National bank of Little Rock has been
designated as United States dep
sitary, and upon orders of Secretary
OF the Treasury McAdoo $4,000 in
government funds will at once be de-
posted in the institution.
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17
Straus Is for Tolls Repeal.

Washington.-Oscar S. Straus, sec
retary of Commerce and Labor in the
Roosevelt cabinet, advocated repeating
the Panama tolls exemption before
the Senate Canals Committee.
The Forrest City times., 1914-04-17

The Southwestern Tel. and Tel.
Co. viii erect new $4,000 plant at
AshdoWn.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-07-02

Assessments Of the total capt
bn Of The four biz railroads.
which now have suits pending IN the
United states court here to restrain
the collection Of part of their franchise
taxes Tor 1912 and 1913. we're oomplei.
ed by The state board Of valuation and
assessment These assessments are
practically the same 40 for 1918. The
Louisville a Nashville was assessed
ut s72.0oo. J0o. instead Of t7t.s2s0O7
as last year. the Chesapeake < ohio
At so. 1855. sos. no raise, the Cincinnati,
New Orleans a Texas Pacific, $1,000.
Oeo.0oO no raise and the Illinois Cen
tral. 81. 5eS90o. raise Of 5000, ooe
Tie roads have 30 days in which 10
appear beiorN the board 10 protest
The Louisville Gas and Electric Co
was assessed at Sloe00.ooo tentative
y. The Cumberland Telephone Co
was assessed at s3.0oo.oeo. the Amer
lean Telephone Co. ~ sSooooo. and the
Kcutucky Traction and Terminal Co
at N.gss.0oo