davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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- AAS - $780,
%announcent said. also held that Congress
exceeded its authority in giving such
directions. Secretary of State, Colby
is quoted in the announcement, as sup
porting the President IN this point citing
as a precedent the action of President
Haynes in 1879 in refusing the demand
of Congress that a treaty with China be
abrogated. The power Of modifying
treaties, President Haynes held, is not
lodged by the constitution in Congress
the statement continues: The mer-
chant marine act was approved June 9th
in the final rush of the seasons close
with no opportunity to suggest, much
less secure, its revision in any particular.
To have vetoes the act would have sacrl-
feed the great number of sound eniight-
ened provisions which it undoubtedly con-
tains. Furthermore the fact that one
section of the law involves elements
of illegality rendering the section in
operative need not affect the validity
and operation of the act as a whole.
Fiume, Sept. 23rd Gabriel DAnnun-
zio has appointed his cabinet for the
provisi ,nai govt. Of the Italian Regen-
cy of Quarnero. Il consists OF seven
''rettori" or rectors and D'Annunzio him
self will act as Foreign Minister. This
post, according to the constitution, car
ries with it the title of Chief of State
and at the same ti,ae D'Annunzio will
retain his title of commander. Elec-
tions will be held shortly in accordance
with the constitution to choose members
of the House of Parl ament. The people
are not enthusiastic over the poets new
move but he is using all means to per
suade the different. factions to accept
his proposals.
Chicago, Sep. 24th. Big break in tine
price of wheat took place today largely
as a result Of agitation for general cut
in food costs. The smash of values in
wheat amounted to as much as la cts.
a bushel and the market closed in a
semi-demoralized condition, December
delivery at 2.25 to 2.253 and March 2.15
to 2.16. In sympathy with the weak
ness of wheat, other grain markets also
gave way and both corn and oats fell
to the lowest price yet for the crop.
Paris, Sept. 24th.-Melancholia Undue
ed by an extraordinary sensitive con
science was responsible for the tragic end
Of the presidency of M. Deschanel, &C
cording to an article in the journal du
Peuple. President Deschanels Hines"
it said, was directly caused by his no
BILE, rigid conception of justice. Never
believing in capital punishment, he felt
the blood of an executed person to ne on
his own head, where executive clemency
had been refused to a man alleging him.
, 1920-09-29

sired to grant pardon but was prevented
by an administration that insisted on the
execution as a matter of principle. M.
Deschanel gave in and M. Loque was ex.
ecuted. After his death the attorney of
!.oque gave the President a memorandum
presenting proofs of the executed mans
innocence. Remorse for the monstrous
judicial error seized NJ. Deschanel who
lost his appetite, his sleep and his desire
to live. The matter preyed on his nerves
until he became a victim of dangerous
melancholy. His fall from a train four
months ago was not an accident but an
attempt at suicide, some time later the
President had 0utdistanced his friends in
a country tour and was found drowning in
a lake. A week before his resignation. he
was hauled olt of a canal. Neurologists
says: the mysterious disease" was sim
ply the pangs of conscience while the cpl
sode was merely another proof of that
dead men can kill'.
Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 18th. The fol-
lowing has been received by the Kings
ton wireless station from the u. S. Naval
Station at Tropical dis
turbance over Gulf of Mexico centering
latitude 25. long 80. and moving north
west, also indications of a disturbance
east of the Georgia coast, intensity and
direction of movement not yet known.
Sebastopol, Sept. 5 th.-General Wran-
gel opposing the Bolshevik forces on the
southern front has taken more than 10,
600 prisoners in 6 days, his cavalry sur
rounding the Bolsheviki along a front of
100 miles. He is now reported to be out
hanking the Red forces on the Dnieper
River.
New YORK, Sept. 9th 1920.
Flour, Blended Clears St. Lawrence brand
pr. brl. $11.00
Meal, Kindred per 100 lbs So 20
New Seasons Pork per brl. $500
Heavy Mess Pork per Dbl. $31. 90
Sugar--Grystals maximum per 100 lbs.
$10.3 SO.
Molasses Sugar $50 test, no quotation.
Cotton, Middling Upland, at Liverpool
per III. q $4,000.
exchange, New York and London, so
days sight So. AS
Exchange New York and London, sight
S.. 483
LONDON, Sept. 9th 1920.
Sugar, Demerara Crystals, Govt. controll-
ed and free OF control 1895. Sd.
Sugar-Moscovado Govt. co trolled price,
duty paid 95s. 102s.
Moscovado free of Govt. control duty
paid nominal.
German Beet $3.50 fob. no sales
White Java sugar elf United Kingdom
nominal 89s. Cd.
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her way to New York is due at Frederik-
sted at s o'clock on Satul day morning.
KILOGRAMS
ST. CROIX STA

Dublin. Sept. 24th.-Oficial announce
ment is made of an attempt to assassi-
nate Major General Strickland, COM
mander in southern Ireland while the
General was motoring through the
streets of Cork this evening. He was
not injured. The general returned the
fire, it is believed with effect.
Paris, Sept. Oath. President Millerand
this forenoon offered the Premiership to
M. Leagues and asked him to form a
Ministry. NJ. Leagues requested a few
hours to consult his political friends and
promised to give a reply later in the day.
The reply in the affirmative was forth
coming shortly after noon. After M.
Leygues had accepted the request of the
President he asked the present Ministers
to retain their portfolios and received
acceptances from them all. The first
minister ial council will take place tomor-
row morning. 1t will be presided over
by President Millerand who will COM
municate to it the text of the Presidential
message which will be read to the Parlia-
ment tomorrow afternoon.
London. Sept. Oath. The Govt. has
decided to extend the operation OF Sum-
mer or daylight saving time until Octo-
Der 18th.
London, Sept. oath. The miners deci-
sion today to SUSPEND the threatened
strike afforded a ray of hope for peace
in an otherwise gloomy situation. A
meeting of the triple alliance comprising
representatives of the miners, railway
men and transport workers also was
held today, but the results If its proceed
ings were not announced. there ap-
parently is a serious split in the lab0ur
ranks over the proposed strike, a large
body opposing such action. The miners
themselves are far from unanimous for
it, but the majority have thus far insist
ed upon keeping to their proposed course
of action.
Washington, Sept. 24th. President Will
son has declined to take steps toward
terminating certain commercial treaties
as directed by Congress in the Merchant
Marine Act, holding that such a course
would be wholly irreconcilable with the
historical . respect which the United
States has shown for it's international
engagements. Formal announcement Of
President Wilson's decision and the
reasons impelling it was made today at
the State Dept. The merchant marine
act. as approved by the President on the
closing day of the last session of Con-
gress, directed the executive within
ninety days to give notice to foreign
nations of the intention of the United
States to terminate existing commercial
treaties which restrict the right OF the
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-12-16
CLEVER MADAM HEN

IF MADAM HEN had not been tempt
u ed TO leave her nest that morning
all would have been well with her.
Madam hen knew she ought TO sit
on those eggs, for they were nearly
ready TO hatch; but for one little run,
she felt, it would not matter; she
would not be gone long.
But Madam Hen knew not Of the
dangers that awaited her. For Mr..
Fox had LETT his home that morning
with the intention of bringing back
for his dinner a nice plump hen, and
Madam Hen was very plump.
Mr.. Fox was hiding right back of
clump of bushes near the moist place
where the worms were, and hardly
had Madam Hen begun to scratch
when, pounce! Mr.. Fox had her and
into his bag he put her, head first.
But when Mr.. Fox came to a stream
he had to cross he sat down to rest
and then he heard something about
chickens and listened.
what is that about fine chickens"
he asked.
Madam Hen told him then of the
beautiful white eggs in a nest where
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then she said she would agree to ID
this if Mr.. Fox would take her bach
TO the place he found her. for my
nest is in some hay not far from
there" she told him.
Mr.. Fox should have known that q
mother would give her own life TO
save her children, but as he was. a
bachelor he knew nothing about such
things, SO he took up the bag and
| started back.
When he reached the place where
he had found her he let Madam Hen
out. but he took good care TO hold
her by one leg while he tied a string
to her before he let her 20.
1'If you make a sound" he told her.
"off comes your head
But Madam was not thinking Of
making any noise. She had another
plan, and if it worked off would come
Mr.. Fox's head perhaps, so she led
him quietly back of the barn to al
opening and let him look in.
Sure enough, there was the nest with
the eggs. Go in," said Mr.. Fox, and
in she went and hoped on the nest
Mr.. Fox saw an opening at the other
end of Madam Hens hiding plac,
but he thought nothing of that. All he
noticed was that the place was filed
with hay, so he held the string and
told Madam Hen he would wait right
there until the eggs We're Matched.
He did wait for a few Minutes and
then as he poked in his head again to
see if she were safe Mr.. Fox saw
crawling through that other opening
Mr.. Dog. Mr.. Dog saw him and right
through the place he came, pushing
Madam Hen in his hurry nearly off !
her nest. Out he bounded, and after |
Mr.. Fox he flew, for Mr.. Fox had |
dropped the string fastened to Madam |
Hens leg and forgot all about the |
chickens.
Madam Hen had made her nest in |
Mr.. Dogs house at the very back,
where the old boards had broken away
and a hole in the fence made another
door to his house, so no one but Mr..
Dog knew her secret, and, feeling he
must take good care of her, he looked
in many times during the day to see
that all was well.
Madam Hen knew if once she could
get back on the nest she was saved,
and her plan worked out just as she
had expected it would.
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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-12-16
HOW DO YOU SAY TT
BY c. N. Lurie
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
~wHo,s WHOM" AND WHICH"

THE relative pronouns, who
J. whom" and whose" should be
used only in speaking or writing of
persons; when reference is made to
animals or inanimate objects, the
proper usage requires the use of
(which" and "of which," (But,
whose" may be used instead of "of
which" when the use of the latter ex-
preston makes the phrase or sentence
awkward or harsh.)
Do not say, "Those which say so
are mistaken" Say, "Those who say
so are mistaken" Do not say, "He
has some friends which I know" Say,
HE has some friends whom l know"
- 1t is curious to note that DR.. Sam
uel Johnson, the famous English
writer of the eighteenth century, and
compiler Of the standard dictionary of
his time, was guilty of this error. In
his novel, "Rasselas," he said: Ere
quently every fowl whom nature has
taught to dip the wing in water" In
stead of "whom" he should have writ
ten (which"
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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-12-16
LIMITATIONS

THE reason why many women fat
l. to make a success Of their work
is because they are not careful II
studying their own limitations.
We all know that there are thou.
sands of people who think they can
write or paint or act or become mo
ton picture stars, and who waste
years of effort in thus attempting the
impossible, ending In disappointment
and poverty where half the amount
of effort given to something they
could do would have brought them at
least fair living.
But there are other limitations be-
sides those of lack Of artistic talent.
There are bodily limitations that need
to be recognized. There Is no more
use in attempting work for which you
are not physically capable than that
for which you are mentally or tenn
peramentally unfit.
Many people can do excellent work
IL they are not obliged TO superintsnd
or arrange the work of others. Fer
a woman of this type to try to run
a business of her own that necessi-
tates employing and managing force
Of assistants Is mere foolishness. How
ever we'll she understands the 3sbr
she will not make success Of 4 ~
she cannot direct other persons, T.
cause woman can trim hat smstt.
ly Is no sign that she can run sue
cessful hat shop. whether the money
TO start is available or not.
The old adage that It pays to kaow
yourself Is nowhere more y fss@kry
than In business life. Live .xw2ss-
is all very well, but you 49,
considerable learning befo . ~
tempt to start making IN
cially If you mean to stai /
yourself.
a Some Of us are congenitally unEsfe
fKsspell correctly. If that is your
trouble, don't try to be stenographer.
You Sgill drive your future employers
frantN and never be able to hold .
position long enough TO be sure ~
Viich eoor to get of.
Study your limitations. Everyone
has them, but the successful are those
who know them aud act accordingly.
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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-12-16
THE WOODS
BY DOUGLAS MAILocH
THE SNOW IS HERE.

The SNOW rs HERE
THE snow Is here.
/ ii l heard Il In the Might
| Upon the roof In marshaisd measure
tramp.
I The passing year
Has changed the world 10 white
And sci the seal OF winter on the camp.
But ssftsrday
A fOOsDath down the hill
Touched hands with other roads that Led
sfar.
But now the way
IL hidden meath the chin
OF diamonded drifts that glisten ike the
star. II
We are shut in ~
From ev'ry distant thing, 49,
That other life amid the world Il .;
From dirt and din.
Until returning spring s-t&
Shall ind the road and wax -
The chore-boy now
His frosted hnger blows
And makes his path from " /
to door;
Like sturdy prov
He parts the beloved SHOWS |
And heaps his brands Of conn the |
floor N.Y.
The fire he plies
Until the flames roar upward in q gale:
And we arise
To breathe the Wintry wine, .
To plunge abroad and ley tasks assan
So breaks the day; -
So comes the arctic dawn m
In this our world when snow Is here:
And SO away
The months shall follow on II
TIL softer skies shall mark another year.
The horses stamp
In clouds of steamy smoke
The Transfers voice of mastery await:
Their bits they champ
And shake their leather yoke
And life breaks forth where life II isolate,
Now from the wood
The timber on the hill, q
Comes stroke Of AK and sawyer's steady .
swing;
The tree that stood
Beside the frozen rill
In powdered snow to earth comes thm-
dering
Thus passes day 4
With shout and merry call, II
With echoed blow and crOsscut's z&ishy
sweep, Z
Until the gray in
OF eve envelops all 4
And drives US back to shelter ana TO sleep. J
Though this our life,
rugged life and plain,
OF sudden danger and Of slow reward, D
The wind knife,
scimitar of pain,
With death to nght and frosty strsasn V
to ford; y
Though chill the way a
Laborious the toll.
Though rough the fare. the habitation
rude; g
Though skies be gray, ~
Though stubborn be the soil, ~
And even day night Of solitude !:
We fondly know. ~
We know. in other years Is,
When we shall look again on sunny seas "
This land Of snow q
hall rise from out our tears =
Ind dearest seem of all our rreraerisa n
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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-12-16
Militant Honesty.

Have you lost faith in baseball
players?"
Certainly not" replied the genial
old gentleman. "a crowd Of y0ung
sters persuaded me to umpire a game
the other day on n vacant lot and
their sincerity was so great I was
lucky to escape with my life. "--Bir-
mingham Age-Herald.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-12-16
Beauty Chats
By EDNA KENT FORBES
NOSE TROUBLES

~ HERE is comparatively little
H. one can do to beautify the nose
except to keep the skin absolutely
perfect and keep it clean and healthy.
This means TO correct tendency TO
nose bleed, to have all adenoids re-
moved and to keep the nasal passages
in such condition that they will not
harbor disease germs.
Disease enters through the throat
and nose. Many serious affections
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-12-16

no one woud find it and she knew
her eggs would spoil. If only she had
time to hatch them she would not
feel so badly about going with Mr..
Fox. "But l have neglected my duty"
she told him. 81 should not have left
the nest this morning"
I'll tell you what I'll do" he said.
IF you will take me to the nest I'll
let you go. OF course am to have my
pick of two of the chickens when they
are hatched"
Madam Hen waited a minute and
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-12-16
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A Denial.

Sunday School Teacher-Always tell
The truth, my boy. You're too young
TO tell lies
New Scholar-Who? Me? Not
much. I've told 'em till l was so sore
| couldn't sit down.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-12-16

can be caught and stopped by using Il
nose and throat spray with some
simple disinfectant like diluted perox-
ide, salty water, or some solution with
pine in II. Adenods, by clogging the
passage where air enters, induce
mouth breathing with its consequent
Disagreement of the mouth and stupid
expression of the face. Catarrh, indi-
gestlon. deafness, and other ills de-
structve TO beauty follow this.
Nose bleed is an annoying alIllction,
and IS due frequently to an over.
abundance of blood. Doctors fire.
uuently let little blood now aud
then, in people troubled by frequent
nose bleed. II Is also In some eases
danger signal OF trouble In the
heart or lungs--enough so that people
troubled with irregular and Irritating
nose bleed would do well TO be exam
ined.
II the cause is I'm displacement or
enlargement OF the veins inside The
nose, a doctor can cure the trouble.
Temporary relief comes from putting
piece of ice on the spine, or stop
ping the nose with cotton for a time.
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The New York herald., 1920-01-26
SYMPHONY SOCIETY
HEARS NEW SONGS
Reinald Werrenrath Sings
Russian Cycle" by Daniel
Gregory Mason.
WORDS BY WITTER BYNNER
Composer and Author Both Present at
Aeolian Hall - Orchestral
Numbers Played.

Five songs of Daniel Gregory Mason.
constituting Russian cycle were n
feature OF the concert OF the Symphony
Society in Aeolian Hall yesterday after
room. They were set to poems of Witter
Bynner and sung by Reinald werrenrath,
cue Of Americas best barytones.
Two OF the songs were excellent. ~ Con-
certina Player" with Stravinslxylike har-
monies, was charming. Mr.. Mason has
made his accompaniment very colorfii and
rich in modern harmonic texture. Another.
called "A Revolutionary" was most er-
fective. Mr.. Warrenrath sang all ~ ther1
with such beauty OF tone and elegance Of
style that there was something 70 commend
in each one. His enunciation was distinct
and he sang with an earnestness that car
ried weight to his hearers. "A Prophet. %
dramatic but not very convincing: "a
Bcy," with few beautiful touches OF
melody but leaving the audience with a
feeling that 1t was unfinished and "A
Drunkard," trifle mono tonous, especially
in these dry days. were the other numbers
Beth the composer and the poet were pres.
ent.
The orchestra. directed by Walter Dam
rosch. played the Romeo and Juliet" syr1-
phony of Tschaikowsky. a suite By Saint
Saens and two Slavonic dances by Dvorak.
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
MISS N0vAES is SOLO!ST
AT PHILHARMONIC CONCERT

Miss Giuomar Movies, who since the
death of her mother few months ago
has not played frequently in New York
was the soloist at a concert of the Phil
harmonic Society yesterday afternoon in
Carnegie Hall. The hall was filled and
many persons had to stand.
There is an individual charm to Miss
Novaes touch She is a frank, straight
forward player, but she manages to in
fuse into her playing an emotional force
essentially feminine, yet strong and per-
sonal. She played Schumanns concerto
in A minor for piano and orchestra. There
were moments when she relaxed and
played without her usual verve, but there
were also long passages interpreted with
uneXceled beauty of tone and with pas
sonate, appealing quality that touched
her hearers. Her performance called for
prolonged applause.
The orchestra played Mozarts "Jupi-
ter symphony in a perfunctory manner,
and was hsard likewise under the direction
of Josef Stransky in Wotans farewell
and the Magic Fire scene from ''The VAL
kyrie' and in Tschaikowsky's "Marcche
SlaV."
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
Wounded Soldiers
Will Hear Dempsey

Through Lieutenant Arthur Robinson.
10th Infantry, Twenty-eighth Division Of
tho \. f. f..the inmates OF Officers Ward.
No. A. Fox Hills. Staten Island, have un-
dertaken to pass upon tho merits OF tho
case Of Jack Dempsey, worlds champion
heavyweight pugilist, who for some time
now has been endeavoring 10 clear him
self Of tho charge OF being Stacker and
draft dodger." In letter Lieutenant Rob
inson has drawn up a list OF questions
which he Will submit to Dempsey, con-
cuding by assuring the heavyweight
champion that upon receipt Of an answer
with satisfactory replies TO the ques-
tionnairo an Endorsement will be sent.
In the event that your answer is not
satisfactory" says Lieutenant Robinson
'an organization will be effected which
will take up with the State Department
and with the Governor and Legislature OF
each State the matter OF preventing you
from boxing before the public in their re-
spectivc States. In addition TO this the
governments of those countries which
fought Germany will also be communi-
Gated with"
Lieutenant Robinson. who before ne
went TO France and received wounds from
which he still suffers was a New York
newspa pcrman, assures Dempsey that "al-
though year has passed since the armis-
tice was signed there still are a thousand
men in the station Island hospital from
which can be selected court OF fair treat
ment."
The New York herald., 1920-01-26
AMERICAN GOLFERS BEATEN
BY SLIGHT MARGIN IN BERMUDA
Team of Eight Men Loses to Native Players by One Quarter
of Point After Having Won Two Previous Matches
! Pleasant Weather Returns

tset Of silver biscuit dishes to him and
Lady \Singer on Monday, the American
colony being represented by Mr.. w. II.
Chamberlain. of New York, and Colonel
w. c. Denny.
The Hamilton Hotel was opened this
week Among those there are Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred c. Mace. of New York. The
latter will spend the season here. At the
Princess Hotel are Mr.. Washington B.
Thomas. president of the United States
Sugar Refining Company, and Mrs.
Thomas.
The colony has been augmented by the
arrival of Lieutenant Colonel +. l.. Pay
son, late of the United States Army, and
Mrs. Payson, who have taken Wyndy
Crest, near Hamilton; Commodore John
A. Berkey. of ST. Paul, Mimi, and Mr.
j. II. Burwell, of New York. who are
running bachelors flat, and Mr.. Howard
Clark, son of the late Bishop Clark, OF
Rhode Island, who is at the Imperial Ho-
tel with his wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Astor and their
party will come from New York on board
the next steamship and will make a long
stay here. The party will include Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Russell.
Yesterday afternoon the American Con-
sui here, Mr.. William II. Padgett, took
a flight in the tir. 1t was preliminary to
a months vacation, which he will begin
tomorrow, when he starts for the States.