davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-05-22

You do not? That is like you. sa
gonsFous and iusti Let me tal1 volss
/ have had money sent me frop, ,ef n
unknown person. Miss Cum j 1,
not encourage me to think it coins1 = -
Robert. She thinks it Is sent BY some
charitable person. She hopes he. may
never come back, and does not want me
to think Of him. Bat / knolO he sent
the money.
You think SO too? On, R3xie-then
he is doing well somewhere, and think
ing OF mel If I might only see him.
You think 1 could only be a helpless,
Encouraging burden to him, now that /
may never walk again. and il IS hard
70 thiuk if he should come .baclz he
would still find me lying here. wouldn't
nina It at all if it were not for his sake.
And Yot il he would only come back l
know | could be something to him still.
He woIld find could be happy lying
hefe-and Rlxie-oh Roxiel-I never
had betore-uever before, such love and
courage aud i9ith IN my heart for him as
u 'ltayc nowf
You say you thiuk he Will come back.
] know he wilf somefme; bug il seems
hardto wait. When think Of his sor-
row and ali his temptations, and thiak.
| might talk to him and comfort him, 81
seems bard to wait. 1t is a whole year,
R5zie? Think, if you had been sepa-
rated from your husband whole year,
while you had been i'll and, both of yous
had been in sorrowl u
You think he wiit come pack soonF
B1Lie, you know something about
hipI He hag hean tn Couth A nprica an
one Of your husbands vessels? He has
been doing well? 1t t0as he who sent
me the money On, R5xie, tell him 1
want to bee him. Telthim. must see
himl
Could I bear to see him now? Then
be is herel Call him quick, Roxie.
That is Ills step l hearl Oh, R1berti
Robertl
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-05-22
ns,,rr r.llos Ndeaa. ~

On a general review of the business
outlook a commercial journal concludes
that there has been great Improvement,
and that the indications clearly point to
further improvement. 1t says: THE
period Of depression is ended bank
ruptcies have declined fifty per cent. in
the last six months; a feeling Of cour-
age and confidence has succeeded the
protracted period of dependency and
doubt a better demand is reported for
most kinds Of goods throughout the eoun-
try; in most branches of industry a
greater activity is reported based upon
a more active demand scores Of mills
and factories have started up which have
been idle for several years.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-05-22
NelI Gnrnne.

Olive Logan, the actress, writing of
former great actresses in HQlper's for
June, gives us this account Of the II.
nous Nell Gwynne She was aueglect.
ed waif, and a5 q mere child was sent to
haak oranges in the pit Of Drury Lane,
wbole herprettY ways and brigh, sayings
always attracted q crowd. Her personal
popularity among the habHue8 Of the
play house won the attention OF the man
ager, and Gs q natural transition, by his
aid, she passed from in front of the foot.
lights to behind them The old darist
Pepys has left clearer indications OF her
style Of acting than any one else, and
his testimony, as well rs all criticism of
her which / have been able to CLEAN,
points conclusively to the supposition
that Nell Gwynne was an actress much
OF the Lotta type-a gay, lively little
creature, full Of dash and spiEis iC comic
parts, but who failed altogether in sen
timont. and in heroic tragedy was most
abominable. Pepys notes that he was
most infinitely displeased with her ....
ia a great and serious part, which she
does most baseiy.
Talent so decided and personal attrac-
ton so marked would win the admira-
tion Of any audience, ancient or modern,
/, d Nelly was always devising some
y v grotesqueness in costume to add to
-e-Se fun. La one of her parts she came
on the stage unexpectedly, wearing n
hat ns large round "a n cnrt-yVheeI. and
which almost hid her. This was dome
as q 'take-oh or some PASTORAL pla.
F, Z, Il E, "a, = ..>~f,rsped a. tho Tiya
| theater, exac.Iy $40 y -s-I1g
Lolita burlesques ModJeska. Fatal o.
fortunate, as one looks at it from the
moral or the worldly point OF view, was
Nelly's hat assumption. Her success
that night with her enreptured audience
exceeded any she had hitherto achieved,
yet this was her last appearance upon
tho stage When the curtain fell, the
king went behind the scenes and asked
for Nelly. Her stage thereafter wss Nt
Windsor Castle, her auditors the court.
London to-day is dotted with mohl-
ments, in the shape Of hospitals, re-
rooms, and other places Of succor i1r
the poor, which were founded by le
muuifcence of Nell Gwynne. NatRS ;
the poor people were fond Of " 9
from all the scorn and rage VIZ : ~
lavished on the licentious coUylE~
the Second, little Nelly wq1 r. 81
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-05-22

A thousand years ago, the Chinese had
tho same ideas i'll regard to the catching
Of fish and the working of nets as they
have at the present. The lakes and riy-
ers of China, especially those in the
north, are so abundantly stocked. that
the fish catcheTs make their living by
actually eeizing and drawing the fish ont
of the water with their hands. The
man goos into the stream, half swim
mng, half waking, raising his hands
above his head and letting them drop,
striking the surface with his ha1ds.-
Meanwhile his feet are moving on the
muddy bottom. BY a rapid dive. he
brings up fish in his hands. Striking
the surface frightens the fish, who sink
below, and thereby ae felt by the feet
and secured. Another curious method
is sometimes prac,iced on several of the
great rivers. A man sits at the stern Of
long, narrow boat, steers her with a
paddle TO the middle of the river. A
narrow sheet Of white canvas is stretched
along the side of the boat, and along the
other side net is fastened SO as to form
a barrier OF two or three feet in height.
Iheman keeps perfectly still, while the
hsb, attracted by the white canvas. ap-
proach and are caught in the net. Tie
fishing cormorant is often trained to
catch fish, and are diGgent workers,
obeylng promptly the call of their mas
ter. On the rivers and canals near
Aing-Po, Shanghae and Foo Chow Foo.
the employment of these birds is by no
means an uncommon sight, bat they
are never to be seen fishing in the sum
mer months, their work being in the
winter. The birds have, of course, to
be trained, which is carried on in the
Se.ormorant breeding and fishing estab-
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-05-22

haRgari face he were in tic first days
I after you parted from him. You would
never turn Your head to give him one
+ look. HOu were right, and set if used
I To- turn me faiut almost, with pity and
+ regret TO sec you pass him s9. one
night you took to going home through
the by.streets So that you need not sec
him again, and you would lot lei me go
with you.
Lhat night r bert came MP and spoke
to me. III sN5 lie felt WoulI be sorry
for him. His talk was an about YOU.
r .xie. BE seemed to frd comfort in
praising You. Al first [ telt so strange
with him / could only listen to him and
answer him q little, Iough TO show I
cared. Bot when Be began TO say tLat
yOu bad taken the wrong way Hith him,
that you had taken away the spring Of
his energy in trying to overcome bis
fault, That he had nothing hog 10 tfv
for-notLiue to look forward to-sLen Z
found tongue 60 talk TO linn. 'Vhv
don't you WIN her back? / SAID. you
c0a do it. Ij's only 70 be manly and
upright as you wero meant 10 be. IT.
You would not drink again, r bert, and
would keep away from bad companions,
she w0uij SEQ the change in you SO soCai
Why won't you wiu her back 2?
] spoke 50 fast aud earnestly he looked
at me in surprise. But I did not care,
| was go sorry for him; / went on talk
ing; | said more than ] could repeat
All that was IN my heart about him came
ont, and ! could not sayit without tears.
! From boxing surprised, he began to be
moved and sobGrcd. He sIid ho did not
know any as human beng cnred rs much
for his salvation as ! seemed to. He
said | put new courage into him, aud
that he meant to Try again. When /
thought it an over 90 home that night /
wondered that ] should have sad so
much to him.
Ycu know thet from that time Robert
fell into the haba Of joining me every
night. He did take a real earnest start
toward q better life. / could feel sure
OF il, and presently | wanted you to see
It. asked you one night to go homo
our way. You refused and then [ told
you plainly [ wanted YOU to see Robert
-that / thought he had changed. You
looked sharply at me-.tLen, aud ] re
member what you said:
- He viii mover change except rs the
Docs oGa0cs does. Hes weak; it's in
: still say he 7'you said that for your
oils and that the, such g fool as to sec
'c..l ~ s"l u '''' oeing that you we're
Ahough the averas, IS for hila, aud
hAway and cat wa IL that Z begged
e never refusl or try to see you.
= a little fgait little long 7;
-p7g 0r,srlI tt74aA 80
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-05-22

An unsuccessful lover was asked by
what miachance he happened TO loose his
divinity. Alas said he 4 fattered
her until she grew too proud to speak
to me.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-05-22

The following are among the towns in
Nevada which sprung up as if by magic
in the neighborhood of wonderful mines,
and collapsed as quickly when the min
eral gave cut: Hamilton, that had S 900
people, has snow 100; Treasure Hill G, 600,
now 80; Shermantown 1000, now one
'ilyl All these were incorporated cities,
with mayor, councils, fire departments
and daily newspapers, with innumerable
hotels, churches, saloons, gambling dens,
gorgeous fancy stores, ball rooms. Ia
the Toiyabe range, near Austin, are five
such deserted towns, without single
inhabitanti
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-05-22

London boasts 20, 600 burglars.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-05-22


~ patiepco l1plass IL was from ,re -
"a asked no ig + 5id ,ot l,,o,,.if A,4
v.to,, I il(l,,1 80, -, -, t,-,.t -
tbo1gIt it oIJ 80. IA -.
sg.,,l3 ,,l, r.,,.,., -, "a il,,,, a,-,I ~
Ctbcr ''-'' ''''
W., u,o-,,-l.l q ,.,., ,-.l...i. .,..7 f-,1;-1.
,oca,,f I3e i,',-a p ~ ~, II ..'I ~
Lro,y Inu, f,llI ,f - a-,I r5s, ~, t,o',t
rSre fr.,s 49,. Ill 7 80 tt,-t 7 a1,,ll
ra,e hin, tl,c Iaes ,l;n.7 .-,, f..-s1I t,.1
5s,,c.ers tl,ot 49, -. -. III
ma so ,seb se +o tltrl n,o+ -
6srI eforc a,rlI o-e.t g., ~
,..,s0 onl,,- ana B.,;.. "a ,-',, ~
human hand tbaf ,res nsrge5 A. tr,,
tuew ip INV Leart tLal 5iJ ,irL-
f'1gr vo[, Ia i ..aeal fo faoI -, ~.
rqr3 a. n 1T TLno,g 4 nc -,ot ;oai
9I.ev fbat lnJ Won - l,;,,a r,,, tIa4 -
ino wbcn von beal,1 "a ,ga~s raj
Uo1I1 i've to .he q I,-,,,la,.7 g -,
Won sa;d kreg II ,,;rbt Le t,e-o IN
II An NOT sbalo n,g tLe,,. o,,F -, -
b,c ca,oa t,re R1rio e oi1 go 4, -
done over ooain aim, cou,9 not aot
differently.
Twas better than you9 Ob mo. WV
way was open when yours was barred.
that was all. There's strange coward
ICE e., IN me, Roxie. never dared pse my
me ne muc9 except where felt very
great need Tor It, Robert needed it.
tbia I al9 9iR| :, ,a,t : w'7 uo1 l3 4eeaiess oy
erfir into ,C,,r1l H. ;,t Too-u Ioe care
s+re1atI, - IL, az "lll.on' c'ali Oh
aai,aI' -' = -. 'i."u o'Is lot GelP-
| asked MN II ne had not such faith IN
the gracious help OF Jesus Christ as he
was |iiilhg 10 confess before men. He
was true and earnest when he sssented
to ihat, II ever man was. We waited
to be married till we were admitted 10
membership IN the church. r }xie, You
know when the halt and manned were
and manned Some of them might lave
stumbled and fallen before ever thew
conld be led to their places at tho table.
They were to be made whole some time
bat they were not brought in whole.
The first time that he fell after our
marriage / was as wretcbed as Won eonI5
hive foret5ld. Bat / had been sick and
he was ont a. vork 7 bastana5 ~, - ~. ~
better. and then he GOT bette' aIso IT,
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-11-12
American Superstition.

IN" following superstitions, handed down
by tradition, are Jet feryently believed in
many parts OF America; White specks on
the mails are luck. Whoever reads epitanhs
loses his memory. ToroclI the cradle when
empty Is injurious to the child To eat
"hIie hell IS tOlllng for q funeral causes
toothach". The growing of hen indicates
some approaching disasters. When
mouse gnaws gown some misfortune NAV
ht apprehcndrd. He who has teeth wide
assunder must seek his fortune in some
distant land. Whoever finds four.leaf
trrtoll-shanrock should wear it for good
luck. hegGers bread should be- aiyen to
children who are slow in learning TO sneak.
Ii child less than twelve months old be
brought INTO - cellar he becomes fearful.
When children play soldiers on the road.
SIDE 1t torebodes the approach of war. A
enid grows proud if suffered to look into n
mirror while less than twelve months old.
lie who proposed moving into a new house
must send IN beforehand bread and new
broom. Whoever sneeZes at an early hour
either hears some news or receives some
presents the same day. The first tooth cast
by child should be swallowed bv the
mother, to insure IL new growth of teeth.
Buttonlng the coat awry, or drawing on n
stocking insi4 out, causes matters to 20
wrong during the day. By bending the
head to the hollow Of the arm the initial
letter OF the name of ones future spouse is
represented. Women who SOW fiaXseed
should during the process tell some con-
founded lies, otherwise the yarn will not
bleach white. When women arc stuflinc
beds the men should not remain in the
house, otherwise the feathers will come
through the tick. When a stranger enters
a room he should be obliged to seat him.
self if only for moment,as he otherwise
takes the children's sleep with him. The
following are omens of death: A dogs
scratching on the floor or bowling in a
particular manner, and an owl hooting in
the neishborhood of the house. Domestic |
harmony must be preserved when washing
day comes, in order to insure fine weather, |
which is indispensable, as that ceremony is |
generally performed out of doors.-Ncac |
York Itmcs
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-11-12
Reduced in Circumstances

me front door Of business office ON
"FIS""id street stood open yesterday and
S'eh'e" 10 invite strangers to enter. and tho
o""eF WAS therefore not surprised when a
man OF dIlapidated look walked in and fool
"a seat. When asked to state.his GRAND no
hitched his chair little nearer and ael,oJ =.
advice?" NV = "iV Oh
" :" ell, guess So Was the reply.
Gu see, the case is this" continued
tie man, hi;ching still nearer. "I-m os;T
months ago was rich. By Il series Of Jnis,
fortunes have lost every dollar. WHAT
"ou''' you term such 4 case? How worI!I
you refer to it,
Well, II it was Inc should refer ia if os
My late misrortune"
That's good. but very common rvor,
ooay has misiortunes, and plenty Of Deonia
have had late misfortune. wanted ~
stHE" something original"
on might say you were down tnn
banks, suggested the citizen.
That's old, too, and besides nv wifi.
couidh make use Of the term. When -
DOOR agent cilird at my door She couldn't
say size W., unable to purchase. his yC}.l.
7"chuse We WEI" down the banks, No
no We are an educated family Int awC,I
hard up Just at present..
on might state that owing TO recon.
unsuccessful srccu.at;ons, and 50 forth
les, but that's dreadful old. We all
speculate, and We al lose. Now. surpose tbnt
a oig gun was coming to my house to dinun,o
make the best spread can. have broad
, , water and bread and picked hrcts ana
KNIVES and forks and napkins and 50 ON
~. yeV J IePI ont cast down, and rs we
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-11-12

TO WHOM 1T MAY CoNCERN.-There is no
use in putting up the motto " God bless our
home" if The father is rough old bear, and
the spirit of discourtesy and rudeness is
taught by the parents to the children, and
by the older to the younger. There is no
use in putting up the motto " The Lord will
provide" while the father is shiftless. the
mother is shiftless, the boys refuse to work,
and the girls busy themselves over gewcaws
and inery. There is no use putting up the
motto 1.-The greatest Of these is CHARITY"
while the tongue of the back. biters wags in
that family, and silly gossip is dispensed at
the tea-tabls. There is no use in placing up
conspicuously the motto "The liberal man
deviseth liberal things" while the money
chinks in the pockets of "the head of the
household" groaning to get out and see the
light Of day, and there are dollars and
dimes for wines and tobacco and other lux.
urles, but positively not one cent for the
church. In how many homes are these
notices standing-let us say hanging-sar.
casms, which serve only to point Jest and
adore satire The beauty of quiet lives of
trustful, hopeful, freehearted, charitable
lives, is one of surprising loneliness and
those lives shed their own incompatible
fragrance, and the world knows where TO
lind them. And they shall remain fresh
and fadeless when the colors of the pigment
and the worsted and the floss have faded.
and the very frames have rotted away in
their Jonts.-Christidn at Work.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-11-12
Learn a Trade.

! never look at my steel composing rule
that do not bless myself that while nv
strength lasts, am not at the mercy Of
the world. II my pen is not wanted. can
go back to the type case and be sure to
ma work, for learned the printers trade
roughly-newspape work, lob work.
book and press work. am glad have
good trade. 1t IS a rock upon which
the possessor can stand firmly. There ia
health and visor for both body and mind
IN an honest trade. 1t is the strongest and
surest part of self-made man. Go from
the academy to the printing Office or the
artisan bench, or if you please. to the
farm-fOr to be sure, good farming is n
trade, and grand one at that. Law thus
a sure foundation, and after that. branch
OH into whatever profession you please.
You have heard, perhaps, of the clerk
who had faithfully served Stephen Girard
from boyhOod to manhood. On the twenty.
first anniversary Of his birthday he went
to his master and told him that his time
was up, and he certainly expected i'm.
portant promotion in the merchants
service. But Stephen Girard said to him
4" Very well, now 90 and learn a trade"
What trade, sir?'
Good barrels and butts must be in de.
mand while you live. Go and learn the
cooper's trade. and when you have made n
perfect barrel bring it 70 me-.
The young man went away and learned
the trade. and in lime brough: his old
master SPLENDID barrel of his own make.
Girard examined it. and gave the maker
two thousand dollars for it, and then said
to him:
"Now, sir, want you in my counting.
room, but hcnceforth you will not be
dependant on the within of Stephen Girard.
Let what will come, you have good trade
always in reserve"
The young man saw the wisdom and un.
derstood.
Years ago when the midde.aged men of
to-day were boys, Horace Greeley wrote:
1t IS great source of consolation to us
that when the public shall be tired of us
as editor, we can make q satisfactory liveli.
hood at setting type or farming; SO that
while our strength lasts, ten thousand
backheads, taking offense at some article
that they do not understand, could not
drive us into the poorhouse"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-11-12
To Young Men who are Afraid of
Working Themselves to Death.

H. u. Rurdette thus writes in the UaUk9p.
Ana then remember, my son, you have to
work. Whether you handle a pick or a
pen, wheel-barrow or q set of books.
digging bitches or editing paper, ringing
an auctlon-bell or writing funny things, YOU
must work. If you will look around YOU.
you will see that those who are most able to
work are the men who work the hardest.
Don be afraid OF killing yourself by over.
work, son. 1t is beyond your power to do
that. Men cannot work so hard as that on
the sunny side OF thirty. They die some.
times, but IS because they quit work at
e p. NJ. and don't get home until 2A.M. It's
the intervals that kills, my son. The work
gives you an appetite for your meals, itlends
solidity to your slumber, it gives YOU per-
iect and grateful appreciation OF a holiday.
There are young men who do not work. nv
son; young men who make a living bv
sucking the end Of Il cane whose entire
mental development is insufficient to tell
them which side Of Il postage stamp to lick
young men who can tie a necktie in eleven
different knots and never lay wrinkle in
1t, and then would get into II West Hill
street car to go to Chicago; who can spend
more money in day then you can earn in
a month, son, and who will 70 to the
sherltf to buy postal card, and apply at
the office of the street commissioner for
a marriage license. But the world is not
proud OF them, son it does not know their
maine, even; 1t simply speaks of them as old
Soansos boys. Nobody likes them, nobody
hates them, the great, busy world doesn't
even know that they are there. and at the
great day of resurrection, if they do not
appear at the sound of the trumpet, and
they certainly will not unless somebody
tells them what it is for and what to do. /
don't think Gabriel will miss them or
notice their absence, and they will not be |
sent for or disturbed. Things will 30 on
just as well without them. Sofind out what
you want to be and to do, and take off your
coat and make a dust in the world. The
buster you are the less deviltry you will he
apt to get into, the sweeter will be your |
sleep, the brighter and happier your hoH |
days, and the better satisfied will the world |
be with you.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-11-12

There is a young woman in New York,
of whom it is related in the Tribune that she
has just begun her work in college as a
medical student. The life of this girl thus
far has been full of toll cheerfully undergone
for others. AS one of the daughters in a
family of nine children-a family compare
lively poor and very interchangeable has
made brave struggle, early and late, in
domestic labor at home, in teaching and in
book binding outside. Through these latter
labors she has been able to help her brothers
and sisters through their education, give
comforts to her delicate mother. and take
something of the burden of life from her
toiling father.