davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1926-04-09

the witness az to what difference
there Ia between preventing a man
from gambling and preventing him
from drinking. The witness replied
that he felt the law always had taken
care OF those who drink TO excess.
I4sbor Sees Disrriminati atieu.
The last witness called at today.
session was Henry r. Hnfers. secre-
tary of the New JERSEY State Fedora
tion Of Labor. He ~ id he did not be-
lieve the people anted the return o.
The saloon or the re ST ora ton OF strong
drink. hut that modifica ton Of the
Nolstead law To permit beer and wine
would make the EoIstead law more
enforceable by greatly reducing the
demand for hard liquor ha ndled by
booiIesgNrS.
Mr.. Iiiifers declared he believed the
Nois;ead law had created disrespect
for all law. that il is not enfOrcea bic
and that the morals ~ the .lation are
worse than before prohibition.
He said worninSmen feel they have
been Disseminated against because
wealthy people can get intoxica nj $
which they are una HE 10 obtain.
Says Experts Make Wine.
Mr.. HIilfers declared ii would he
more dif1cult to say where YOU can.
not get it, than to sar where YOU
can. He said he had heard Of ona in.
sta nee in New jersey where there wa 9
community snl-c. still used nv q
Sroun or people " chipped in on q
pro-"ata hasis.
The witness said he did NOT think
the committee would find much objec-
'ion To permitting wine. for the reason
that the king Of il had been reduced
to science.
Men make living goinS from
home To home during the grapa sea
son making wine and looking afte~
its fermentation" Mr.. Hilfers testified
: You can make a pa Ia tai BILE wine, hut
YOU cannot make good beer. no ma tier
how expert home brewer YOU are"
The committee adjourned until to-
morrow morning.
The committee recessed until IN
o clock tomorrow. when II viii allow
I"o more hours for the "wetS" to
present their arguments Senator
Walsh of Montana suggested that the
hearings then Re adjourned until the
Brookhsrt-S contest is settled.
The matter was referred for later con-
sideration.
Evening star., 1926-04-09

about It. IL they got beer they
want To make a lOt of stuff
which in the end Is nothing but It
lot of sour slop."
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CHE WHY of
SUGGESTIONS
THE WERWOLF
By H. IRVING KING

THIS ancient superstition-a belief
I that some human beings were at
times temporarily changed into wolves,
still retaining their human intelligence,
but taking on the VOLTS fierceness-
once so widespread, still fingers in
Europe in the regions where wolves
most abound. The best opinion is that
the superstition originated in primi-
tive times from men covering them
selves with the skins of beasts for the
following reasons:
Food was the principal desideratum
of the savage and he clothed himself
in the skin Of an animal in order that
he might decoy other animals within
reach Of his dart or his club. Also,
disguised in the skin of beast, he
might, with the more safety, prowl as
scout around the camp of his enemy.
Again he assumed the skin of wolf
or other savage beast in order to in
spire terror or thus disguised to work
revenge upon an enemy and have his
work blamed upon a ravenous animal.
That one Of these imitation wolves
should sometimes be wounded by those
against whom he. was practicing was
inevitable and when, afterwards, the
man who had been playing the part
was found to be wounded and would
give no explanation Of his wound what
more natural then for the savage to
say, II shot wolf. Here Is man
mysteriously wounded and wounded
the same as wounded the wolf. Ergo
this man was temporarily changed into
wolf"
During the Middle ages many peo-
pie were put to death on the charge
of being werwolves and about the time
that Roger Williams was founding the
state Of Rhode Island on this side the
water tribunals In France were con-
demning to death men accused Of be-
Ing werwolves.
(0 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicats.)
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qZ1ze TALE oNA
KIDDIE MIYDD q
l2Artl1ur Scott Bailey HENyp

"All ask you to do is to tell the
story to Mr.. Crow"
'He won't believe 1t, either" the
tailor retorted.
Perhaps he will when he hears the
rest of the message" Freddie an
swered. II was just going to explain
that Riddle Katydid has trick of
rubbing his wing covers together to
make that Katy-did sound"
For the lands sake'' cried Mr..
Frog, as he leaped into the water,
convinced at last of the truth of Fred
die Firefiy's claim. 81 must hurry
home at once. for dawn's already
breaking. And Mr.. Grow may come
sailing over my place at any moment"
He landed with a splash in the creek
and started to swim rapidly away.
But after few strokes he paused and
turned around. "You might almost
say that Riddle Katydid Is a fiddler,
mightn't you?" he called.
Something like thatl' Freddie
Firefly agreed a bit doubtfully.
'I'll tell Mr.. Crow that, anyhow"
said the tailor. s'It will make the story
more interesting, at least. And so
far as I can see, 1t can't do any HARM"
And then he FASTENED away, leav-
ing Freddie Firefly to get home as
best he could in the gray Of the early
morning.
you may as well put out your
light !" Mr.. Frog shouted back, as he
disappeared among the reeds. But he
didn't wait to see whether Freddie
took his advice. He was too much ex-
cited over the strange news. And as
he swan easily along with practiced
strokes he kept talking to himself.
'I'm a pretty clever chap, l am p
he chuckled. I've discovered a great
secret this night. And old Mr.. Grow
will be glad to hear all about it.
Perhaps he'll want me to help him
with his newspaper after this.
"And for all / know I'll have so
much to do that / won't be able to
make any more clothes for my Gus
TONER'S"
He hadn't swum far before he had
entirely forgotten that 1t was really
Freddie Firefly who had discovered
the secret and told 1t to him.
No doubt II anybody had reminded
Mr. Frog of that fact he would have
been very indignant.
(9 by Grosset & 'Dunlap)
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Captain Kidd Turns Pirate

WHEN on one fine spring morning
Wv in the year 1896 Capt. William
Kidd set sail for New York, bearing
a commission from the king of Eng
land to suppress piracy in the East
Indies, and wherever else such I'M
lawful doings fiourished, there was not
a man of the 160 aboard the galley
Adventure but that greeted with a
cheer the prospect before him-the
certainty of fame and fortune. Lucky
for them that they could not look for
ward into the future and see the end
their leader and nine of his men in
chains in the Newgate Jail, on trial
for their lives in historic Old Bailey
and writing in the clutch of the hemp
around their threats on Execution
dock on the bank of the Thames!
The Adventure touched at the Ma
deira islands, crawled south along the
east coast of Africa, rounded the Cape
of Good Hope, ran up to Madagascar,
where the captain watered and vic
tualed his ship and then continued
on towards India In the meantime
a plague had broken out aboard ship,
and at the rate men were dying and
being tumbled overheard, it began to
look as though the Adventure would
have not fighting man left before
ever pirate ship was sighted. More
than that, the captain showed no in
clination to get at the business in
hand Here he was near the haunts
of the buccaneers, but he made no
move TO seek them out and carry out
the commission of his king
Instead, he sailed aimlessly up and
down the coast of India until there
arose loud murmurs among his crew
at his indecision and inactivity. Then
the captain made his decision, but
what force influenced him to 1t no
one can tell At the port of Babb's
Key. in the Gulf of Eden, fleet of
fourteen ships, known as the Mocha
fleet, was being loaded with a rich
freight for the ports Of India. Fear
full of pirates the fleet set out, with
convoy of Dutch and British ships.
One sweltering day Captain Kidd
swung the bow of the Adventure
around sharply. Indecision and mac
tivity was over. William Kidd had
made his decision. Were off to
Babb's Key, my lads" he shouted.
well ballast this ship with gold and
silver and precious stones from Mocha
fleet" William Kidd, the hunter of
pirates, had turned pirate himself
nla
their status? Let the cheer which
burst from their threats at his an
nouncement answer that!
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s. LOTT
~ ELMO SCOTT WATSON
q. 1926. Western Newspaper Union.)
"Set a Thief to Take a Thief"

"Set a Thief to Take a Thief
&c EFT thief to take thief'-that
ancient axiom may or may not
have been penned in the year 1896, but
as events In the life of one Capt Will
liam Kidd, turned out that's what 1t
finally amounted to- For Captain
Kidd, the most famous freebooter in
all history, started out as an avowed
enemy of pirates. His becoming a
pirate himself was an afterthought,
and probably as much a surprise to
him as it was to certain influential
friends of his who were expecting him
to be the means of putting rich profits
in their pockets.
For when Captain Kidd sailed from
Plymouth for New York in the spring
of 1896 in the little galley "Adven-
ture," he bore the commission of his
majesty, King William III, to go forth
and take four notorious sea rbbbers,
Captains Too, Ireland, Wake and
Maze, who daily commit many and
great piracies, robberies and depreda-
lions upon the seas of America and
In other parts and also all such pi-
rates, freeboOters and sea rovers, be-
ing our own subjects, or of any other
nations associated with them, which
you shall meet upon the coast or seas
OF America or in any other seas or
ports"
The commission had been obtained
for him by Earl Bellamont, the newly
appointed governor of New York, a
Colonel Livingston of that colony. and
several English noblemen who had
formed a company to finance the en-
terprise. In addition to capturing pi'
rates and keeping whatever property
could be obtained from these outlaws
Of the sea, Captain Kidd was also en-
powered TO prey upon the shipping Of
France, Englands traditional enemy.
Such prizes, however, must be brought
TO the nearest British port and there
condemned and the property disposed
Of by the proper authorities.
Kidd enlisted so seamen in England
and so more in New York. He had
iiIllC III S6CuIDlS just lIc
men for such an expedition. To some
of them the lure of rich legalized loot
ing was ample inducement. Each man
was TO share equally in the spoils, aft
er % per cent of their winnings had
been deducted for the company. To
others, whose past would not bear
close inspection, a voyage just at this
moment was a blessing, and going
aboard the Adventure was matter
of keeping two jumps ahead of the
law, whereas remaining on shore
meant the usual one jump ahead.
So with his double-barreled COM
mission and his crew of these choice
characters, Captain Kidd cast off the
lines of the Adventure from wharf in
the Hudson river and headed south.
Madagascar on the east coast of At
RIGA was his goal. No pirate-hunting
upon the seas of America" for him.
His commission also said "other seas
and ports" and Madagascar, which
came within that category, was the
haven of the ocean highwaymen who
preyed upon the rich East Indian
trade.
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cupfuls of flour, one-fourth teaspoon
full of salt, one-half teaspoonful of
soda. Separate the whites and yolks
of two eggs, beat welh- add the egg
yolks to one cupful of thick sour milk,
stir in the sifted flour and other in
gradients, add three tablespoonful of
melted butter and fold in the stiffiy
beaten whites. Cook on hot, we'll
creased waffle iron.
Imitation Pate de Fois Gras.-Cook
in separate saucepans in enough wa
ter to cover one Calls tongue and one
Calls liver and let stand a day in
refrigerator to become cold and firm.
Cut the tongue into small triangular
pieces to look like truff1es Put the
liver through meat grinder, using
the finest knife; repeat the process.
Into a large mixing bowl put the
chopped liver and add one-fourth its
volume in softened butter, working
them together until smooth. Now add
to the liver paste one tablespoonful of
onion juice, one teaspoonful each of
made mustard and worcestershire
sauce. one-fourth of teaspoonfuI
each of ground cloves, cayenne pep
per, one-half of nutmeg grated. and
salt to taste. Butter the glasses and
pack the paste as firmly as possible,
mixing the bits. of calfs tongue with
1t. Cover with melted butter and set
In the ice box. This will keep for
weeks.
Corn Dishes.-If we are to be loyaI
Americans we should at this time try
to serve as much corn as possible.
Make corn bread corn gems, corn
griddle cakes and corn meal mush. A
kettle of well-cooked mush served
with good rich milk is dish which
is both wholesome and satisfying.
Serve with few bits of shredded salt
Goldfish for an appetizer and feel that
you are pleasantly doing your duty
by the corn crop that we are asked to
help consume.
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u)HO SAID
fast as the Romans do;
when ! am at Milan, | do
. not faSt.n c

n HESE are the words Of advice
given to st. Austin by st. Ambrose,
one of the fathers of the early Chris
tian church. st. Ambrose's advice was,
in effect, that his co-worker should
enter middle course and give no UNI
necessary offense which might lessen
his influence among the people with
whom he was working. Continuing
his advice, he said:
$50 likewise you, whatever church
you come to, observe the custom Of
the place, if you would neither give
offense to others, nor take offense
from them"
When one considers the age In which
st. Ambrose lived his attitude was, in
deed, tolerant and savored little Of the
spirit of asceticism which made many
people of that day the torturers Of
their fellowmen swho did not agree
with their opinions.
st. Ambrose did not set out to be
priest. He was the son Of an Office
holder at Treves, and as young man
he studied for the law in Rome. He
practiced law at Milan and was at one
time governor of north Italy. His
kindness and wisdom in handling the
affairs of the province under his adj
ministration so endeared him to the
people that they unanimously called
him to be bishop of Milan, though he
had not yet been baptized into the
church. He withheld acceptance of
the Office for time but finally yielded
and set himself in strong opposition
to the Arians-a sect which denied the
equal sovereignty of God and Jesus
Christ.
Many religious works are extant
which are from the pen CT this man.
st. Ambrose died in the year 397, aged
about sixty-four Wayne D.
McMurray.
Sc by George Matthew Adams,
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nN---
@4BBREVIATED
0k-=STORY
PHRENOLOGY

WANDERING about viewing the
w sights of the Round Corners coun-
ty fair, Steuben Veskitt noticed the
booth OF Professor Kismet, phrenol
ogist.
Here's my chance to find out If
there's really anything in the science
of phrenology,' he thought. And he
went into the booth and requested Pro
fessor Kismit to feel his bumps.
Hmm" began the professor, 'your
stabilistic curve is almost concave-
that means that your will power Is
not only null, but void. Your attic
protuberance is negligible-which indi-
absent, that no one who knows you
well would trust you to pick out wall
paper for them. Fifty cents, please"
IF you expect half dollar for that,
you can keep on expecting till you're
black in the face" Kissed Steuben.
ooh, well, let me be fair" he
thought. professor Kismet may be
mere charlatan, and I wouldn't like
to think that I ever condemned thing
hastily"
And he went In and uncovered his
head for Madame Swastika, who be-
gan: you have an unusually pro-
life jollitific activity, which indicates
that you are good nature itself. Fur
thermore, your outstanding pinnacles
are supernormal, showing that you are
the Soul of honor and the acme of
justice. You are an almost infallible
judge of human nature and are gen.
orally known as prince of good fell
lows. Five dollars. please"
with pleasure" said Steuben Yes
kilt, handing it over. "You have
proven to me that phrenology is based
on sound scientific principles"
And, bowling himself out, he went
and lost eighteen dollars playing the
shell game.
% by George Matthew Adams)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Poets and Due Bills

A letter which Edgar Allan Poe
wrote apologizing for his inability to
repay loan of $50 has just been sold
at auction for $500 This is ten times
the amount of the original loan The
heirs of the creditor were given a
chance for a handsome realization,
even if they had to wait a century.
1t is good business to keep the due
bills from poets, after ALL The poet
Is another animal that is worth more
dead than alive.-Los Angeles Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
WHEN / WAS
TWENTY-ONE
At 21-Ruth Cross, Latest of the Wom-
en- NoveIists to Win Fame, Had
Passed Through Large
Slice of Life.
BY JOSEPH KAYE

" a ABOUT this time got my de,
"A gree at college and was elected
to Phi Beta Kappa. Under my pic
ture in the college annual were these
prophetic words: None but an author
knows an authors woes! 1 started
gathering in rejection slips at thirteen
and / kept steadily at it thereafter.
"Sandwiched in between my years
at the university were various years
of teaching, the first year In what is
now Oklahoma-it was Indian terri
tory then. / believe there were only
four white women in the town, includ-
ing myself. Then / tried my hand at
being assistant cashier In the one
small bank. 1 recall wildly the graft
ers,' who were regular feature Of the
scenery. They were always bringing
Indians into the bank to sign away
their compensations.
Quantities Of Indians were en-
camped round about, and shooting
fray occurred in the streets almost
every day. Next taught in Victoria,
Texas, a beautiful little semi-tropical
town near the Gulf coast. Then l had
a year out on the plains where the
wind blew all the time, sometimes so
violently that the sand drifted In
through the windows and lay inches
deep on floor and beds and dining
tables.-Ruth Cross"
TODAY-Ruth Cross suddenly shone
across the literary horizon with a
novel, 1.-The Golden Cocoon 1t won
her immediate fame, with all that that
means-more books accepted, stories,
plays, and so on. In brief, she had ar
rived.
90 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
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should make good corn pop in a min
ute and half. Do not throw away
the old bachelors Chose that won't
pop)-they can be put through a
grinder or mill and will make a good
breakfast cereal served with top milk.
Parched sweet corn is delicious ground
and served with milk.
Pop corn is used as a garnish for
corn soup. Pop corn with milk makes
a delightful supper dish. For those
who like chocolate the following will
be enjoyed: To two cupfuls of sugar,
add one-half cupful of corn strip, two
squares of chocolate grated and one
cupful of water. Cook until the strip
hardens in water then pour while hot
over four quarts of freshly popped
corn; stir we'll to insure the uniform
coating of the kernels.
For sugared corn make a strip by
boiling two cupfuls of sugar and one
cupful of water until the strip hardens
in cold water; pour this strip over six
quarts of corn and stir until the grains
are well coated
Pop Corn Jack.-This is homemade
cracker jack: Take a cupful of mo-
lasses, two tablespoonfuls of water,
one teaspoonful of vinegar, cook until
nearly brittle when tried in water,
then add tablespoonful of butter and
a pinch of soda Stir into four cup
fuls of pop corn, adding handful of
shelled peanuts. Stir until all are
well covered with the strip. Pulled
rice may be used in place of corn;
pour out into a buttered tin to cool,
break into squares when cold.
Maple Sugar Pop Corn BaIls.-Pre-
pare the strip using maple strip or
maple sugar just as for pop corn balls;
the flavor is especially delightful
Served with maple wax, the children
will have a rare treat.
What to Eat.
This is the time of year when waf-
f1es for breakfast, waffles for luncheon
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Much in Little

The fastest trip around the globe
was made in 30 days.
Montana had both the lowest birth
and death rates in 1923.
A new system of making bricks al
lows one man to make 1000 day.
Seventy years ago the population of
Ireland was double what it is today.
A building $50 feet higher than the
Eiffel tower is proposed in New York.
A daguerreotype album of famous
murderers was sold in London re-
Gently.
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''l'm Pretty Clever Chap, ! AM"
He Chuckled.
Mr.. Frog. And that's where every
body else is mistaken, too. Tonight
was lucky enough to learn that Kid
die Katydid has been fooling us all
this time"
you don't say soP said Mr.. Frog
''Then who is it that sings that ever
lasting chorus?'
Nobody"
"Nonsense!" Mr.. Frog scoffed "I
can be fooled once, maybe. But I'm
not to be fooled twice. And you
needn't think for a moment that you
can make me believe any such thing"
81 don't care whether you believe 1t
or not" Freddie Firefy declared.
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The cuticura TniIet Trin

Having cleared your skin keep it clear
by making Cuticura your everyday
toilet preparations. The Soap to cleanse
and purify, the Ointment to soothe and
heal, the Talcum to powder and per-
fume. No toilet table is comolete
without Decentralization
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MR.. FROG is PLEASED

KKIDDIE KATYDID doesn't sing !"
~ Freddie Firefly told Mr.. Frog
hurriedly, when they met again.
And Mr.. Frog was so surprised that
be almost sat right down in the mud.
what do you mean?' he cried.
"You must be crazy! For there isn't
single person in all Pleasant Valley
that hasn't heard Riddle Katydid
singing his tiresome song on fine
midsummer night"
That" replied Freddie FREELY
-that is just where you're mistaken,
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THE.
KITCHEN
|CAHINET

90, 1926, Western Newspaper Union
his work for a day;
And once and no more he Is given
to travel this way.
And woe If he fly from the task,
whatever the Odds
For the task is appointed to him
on the scroll of the gods.
Edwin Markham.
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NapoIeon's Wooden Horse

Probably the most expensive toy
ever bought was broken-nosed
wooden horse that had belonged to
Napoleon Bonaparte, and which was
sold In Paris some years ago for
So, 400.
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seasoned with butterF
1t is always welcome at
any time. Corn to pop
well should increase its
bulk twenty times. If a
wire pepper is used for
popping hold it far
enough away from the
heat to avoid burning.
The right degree of heat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12

and waf1es for
supper are a well
come food.
Waffles.-Of the
dozens of waffle
recipes which are
all good, this is
the best, by far:
Sift together one
an n ono-for1rtb
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Hint to Husbands

A shrewd husband doesn't say:
"That cheap hat is prettiest." What
he says is: II think, dear. 1t makes
you look too young Detroit News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12

Don't be hasty in jumping at con-
clusion. You may not be able to col
lect your accident policy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12

The divorce judge, like the poor
marksman, makes good many misses.
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POP CORN WAYS

Is there any food more appetizing
than fresh, tender, well-popped corn
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Information Wanted

where's your dog today, sonny"
"GOne home, l guess"
where is that?"
That's what / want to know"
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This is the time of year when waf-
fes for breakfast, waff1es for luncheon