davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-09-20

a CAPABLE mother must be healthy mother
~ The experience Of maternity approached
~ without careful physical preparation.
Correct and practical what the wond
be mother she secure without cost by
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-09-20
8, S, S. FOR THE BLOOD

entirely different potash and forces the
disease remedies only shut the poison where m u S forever
nent places the reach Of ALL We give all nece:sy da .d
enbarrassen
WE for fn intormaton Swift Specific Co., Atlanta Co.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-09-20
HOME cure
FQRBLOODPO|SON.

There is not the slightest doubt that the
doctors do more harm than good In treating
Contagious Blood Poison; many victims OF
this loathsome disease would be much better
off to-day If they had never allowed them
selves to be dosed on mercury and potash, the
only remedies which the doctors ever give Tor
blood poison.
The doctors are wholly unable to get rid OF
npt to heal up the outward appearance OF the
q This thew do by driving the poison into the
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-09-20

Mr.. II. l.. Myers 1OO Mulberry Ot.i
hundred dollars with the doctors when realised that
they could do good had large spots all over my
Scdy and these broke out into running sores ana
duces decided to try s. s. s. last resort, and was
soon greatly improved. followed closely your Direc-
chest began to grow paer and smaller and before long
disappeared entirely cured perfectly ana my
skin has been as clear glass SINCE cured my.
self at home after the doctors had failed completely
It is valuable time thrown away to expect the doctors
20 cure Contagious Blood Poison for the disease is be-
nond THAR skill Svifts Specific
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-09-20
Beware Of the Doctors
Patchwork; You Can
Cure Yourself at Home.

this vile poison and only attempt hesi TP the Into the
system shut in with their constant d o. ash
into and continued indefinitely the drugs doing
more damage than the disease ITSELF az -, ....
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02

A man who fractured his funny bone
concludeslthat it is not a funny matter.
He said: s'The displacement of the
olecranon is accompanied by disable
ment of the whole arm for a long while.
Webster describes the point as follows;
THE large process at the proximal end
of the ulna which projects behind the
articulation with the humerus and
forms the hony prominence Of the ell
bow I have 1t with me. I fell on the
ice In 1878 and broke off my left funny
bone. 1t hurt, but I did not know what
had happened for months. and then DR..
Henry Fish Of Fargo told me. 1t was
too late to do anything then except ex-
ercise to bring my muscles into condi-
ton.
ga new development set in then, and
the lower part Of my forearm became
fiat, while the upper muscles developed.
At present I a pull or lift as much
with that arm as I could at any time,
but I cannot strike or push with it and
cannot exert downward pressure with
it at all, unless / hold my arm rigid
and put the weight Of my body upon it.
l can scarcely hold a sheet of paper
upon my desk, and for fully 10 months
l could not use my left arm at all. Per
haps it was because / did not have
surgical attention soon enough. Recent
ly / had a photograph made, and the
fragment of bone was clearly shown ly-
ing loosely in the joint. After the frac-
ture two splinters protruded from the
skin and were removed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
Enreat.

It's giant oaks. chestnuts and magno-
las are thickly draped with moss and
wreaths of aerial orchids, ferns and
festooning climbers and parasitic plants,
which hang in great tufts and pendants,
waving over the blue hydrangeas of the
underground. Some of the branches of
these trees are perfect gardens in them
selves. In the soft drapery of moist
moss that Tricky clothes their branches
and in the beds of fine mold from the
decaying leaves that fill their ~crevices
are to be found, not only luxuriant
clusters of exquisite orchids and many
kinds of other epiphytic plants, but
even large, woody shrubs and ever
green's, with a variety of flowers and
foliage.
A gorgeous feature of the forest is
the blaze of crimson blossoms of the
Magnolia campbelli. Here in its home
it is a forest monarch over 80 feet high,
and it's huge flowers, like those of the
cotton tree below, appear c~uriously on
its bare branches before it leaves. White
magnolias also abound, scenting the
air with their fragrance. Delicately
pink hydrangeas IS to 30 feet high are
common, and ferns are so numerous that
over so species may be found along this
forest road within a few milesA-''Trav-
els in the Himaiayas."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
O. wortad - Knovv

OF women who wear black some wo-
men always have an air of recent be-
reavement which misleads the ordinary
mind. AT a railway station in this state
not long ago a tall woman robed in
deep black. accompanied by a young
woman in colcred garb, sat waiting for
a train. The station matron lowered in
the vicinity, evidently with something
on her mind, and finally beckoned to the
young woman, who went to see what
was wanted.
HAS she got a corpse with her p the
station matron asked.
"Corpse2" the young woman ex-
claimed, looking over her shoulder in
ghastly fright. "Who's got a corpse
with her? What do you mean?"
Don't be scared, lady," the matron
exclaimed. "Most of EN- that travels
in deep mournin has corpses on the
train. 1 just wanted to know if your
lady had a corpse with her"
Goodness, nor' said the young wo-
man. "Her husbands been dead SO
years. You ought to be ashamed to
shock people that way. Don't you ever
treat me that way again"
The station matron looked disap-
pointed, and the young woman went
back and sat down without ever feel
ing at liberty to tell the lady in black
what had happened. = Indianapolis
Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02

This was really all he knew about
dress goods, but he argued from the
standpoint of common sense that there
must be something queer about a mans
selling goods at less than cost. Incl
dentally it may be mentioned that Mr..
Nuwed had been bitten by one of those
Cuban cigar peddlers, although, of
course, he kept this fact secret from his
wife, but it served to cut his eyeteeth,
and he applied the lesson to the sebroad-
cloth" peddler. According to his dag
nosis, the man was either a smuggler
and liable to the law or a thief, in
which case Mrs. Nuwed might be re-
lieved of the goods by the police, if not
suspected of receiving stolen goods, or
a plain everyday fakir, with a new
version of the Cuban cigar game.
Neither of the first two arguments
appealed to Mrs. ,Nuwed, for by that
same barbaric trait of femininity al
ready mentioned the sex seems to de-
light in a slight flavor of lawlessness.
As for the insinuation that it might be
a ssphony'' piece of goods, indeed she
declared she would trust her own eyes
against any would be swindler. Ac-
cordingly she proposed the next day to
make o%vertures to Mrs. Pearl for the
purchase of the goods, and the best Mr..
Nuwed could do was to persuade her
to take a sample of it to some reliable
store to be tested.
Accordingly the next morning Mrs.
Nuwed sailed down town with a piece
of the coveted goods in her pocket. She
felt a guilty sensation every time she
passed a policeman, and hid the sample
in her deepest pocket lest it should
prove a clew. She went to the store
where she usually does her trading and
under pretense of trying to match
the sample presented it to the clerk.
"Oh, yes" said the clerkSstwe have
this goods, although not in the same
grade"
Mrs. Nuwed glowed With a feeling of
conscious superiority.
"What is the d~ifference2' said she.
"Well, our is SO cents a yard; this
seems to be an inferior piece, and you
can buy it for about 80 cents a yard"
"Well, what kind of cloth is itf'
faltered Mrs. Nuwed.
"Flannel, just plain black flannel, .
answered the clerk, 'tbut it seems to
have been CLOSED on one side. They do
that with a hot iron and some kind of
preparation to makeit look like broad
CLOTH"
That is why Mrs. Nuwed did not get
her bargain, and why Mrs. Pearl is
making the 'broadcloth" up into horse
blankets. Washington Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
ESTABLISHED 1879.
In the second half for a long time

In the second half for a long time
neither side gained much advantage,
but eventually the Rangers forwards
made another of their famous rushes.
and Williams seemed once more to have
the Camboro goal at his mercy. He
steadied himself and took a deliberate
shot, and a loud shout signalized the
fact that that Bob Templeton had
made one of the most wonderful saves
ever seen on the ground.
Not to be denied, the Rangers made
several more onslaughts upon Camboro's
goal, but Bob was always equal to the
occasion.
At length, just before the call Of
time. a clever passing run by the Cam
boro front rank resulted in the captain
shooting into the Rangers net, and the
whistle went amid tremendous excite
ment, Camboro winning by two goals
to one.
Bob felt a mar again as he received
the mayors ELUSIVE congratulations.
He had been tempted, but when the
momentous moment came he had stood
the test.
Bob was tired when after the match
dinner he arrived home, and as he rested
the reaction after the excitement of the
day set in and his trouble once more
occupied his mind. He knew well that
now he need expect no mercy from
Colonel Bill.
May, who seemed in strangely good
spirits, comforted him, saying that she
felt sure something would turn up to
help them, but she would not have been
SO sanguine had she not had a little
card up her sleeve.
Be that as it may, when Bob came
down to breakfast the next morning,
she handed him a letter, and as she
watched him break open the envelope
and read it she did not evince any K
traordinary surprise when he suddenly
shouted, "Hurrahl"
"Let me look, said May, and, receiv-
ing the letter, she saw thatit was from
the mayor and read as follows:
"Dear Templeton-I want you to ia
vor me and one or two of my codirect-
ors by accepting the inclosed check, as
some recognition of your splendid serv-
ices today in the match we are all so
proud to have won. l knew all about
your trouble and temptation, but l had
faith in you as a man of honor, and my
faith was not misplaced. Yours faith
fully
May made a little confession. telling
how, from certain murmurings in his
restless sleep, she had put two and two
together and arrived at a pretty correct
conclusion regarding Colonel Bill and
his Vaccinations; how, in desperation,
she had gone to the mayor to ask him
to advance her the money on Bob's sal
airy; how he had listened to her as she
related all. including Colonel BilIs
offer, and how he told her to wait until
after the match, trust in her husband.
but to say nothing to him in the mean
time.-London Tit,Bits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
DAWN.
Over the chilly sea

Over the chilly sea
The dawn comes shiveringly,
Pearl white, the night dreams ~clinging to her
eyes.
Forlorn alone she waits
By the worlds open gates,
A timid stranger under alien skies.
A little while, and loi
Her robe Of pallid snow
Kindles to silver shot with orange streaks.
AS the still skies unfold
Swift change from gray to gold
How the rose red hushes her virgin cheeksl
She hears from tiny throats
Melodious greeting notes.
The waters brighten foaming round her feet.
Ger many a drowsy mile
Earth wakens with a smile
And dawn's heart leaps her loneliness to
greet.
Dawn goes to day, to eve,
That lingeringly takes leave,
Brought in the suns care DER the shining
dome;
Then in the nights recess
She drinks fo~rgetfulness,
In dreams knows not the days desired home.
So when she comes again
Across the glooming main
Ever thus sad and strange is that new birth,
Ever unknown and new
The Joy that thrills her through,
Kindled at sight Of the awakening earth.
Ever mans aged eyes
Greet with new sweet surprise
The lily Of heaven, child of all days deceased,
And mans heart, old so long.
Uplifts the primal song,
Smitten like Memnon from the sacred east.
Walter Hogg in Spectator.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
A BeIIicose youth.

The boy is still father to the man. A
certain prominent political hustler.
who, like the British tar in s'Pinafore,
is ever ready with his fists, showed his
pugilistic taste at an early age.
The first day he went to school the
family were, of course, anxious to know
his impression of the new occupation.
"Well. Sammy" said his father,
''what did you learn on your first day at
school2"
Strengthening up and assuming a
b~ellicose attitude, Sam replied, "Father,
l learned I a lick every boy in my
class.
A few days later his love of pugilism
and frequent battles led to his expul-
sion. He came home that day and sur
prised his good mother with the remark,
"Well, mother, thank the Lord, I have
been turned outl"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02

my companion, With a confldenIX NOD.
''She's used to girls like me-"
"You surprise me-" 1 retorted Nsar-
castically, but she only laughed agains
l returned to my paper.
An hour passed in silence. The train
began to slacken speed as we neared
the station next before Beech Hill. She
looked up and said:
would you really rather I didn't
come with your"
/ had passed a wretched hour. This
girl was evidently bent on blasting my
character.
MADAM" said I, 'if you will get
out at this station, I'll give you a e5
note"
"Whatf 1 heard you never gave
away a farthingl They said no one
could get a penny out of you"
SIT is true that I disapprove of in
discriminate charity, but under the
circumstances I'-
"Think 1 am a deserving object
Well, I'll take it"
With a sigh of relief I took a note
from my pocketbook and gave it her.
"I'n pay it back soon" she said.
"Never let me see your face again"
apologize for me to the Guntons.
Goodby."
She jumped out lightly, and 1 sank
back murmuring:
THANK heavenl"
After l got rid of her my journey
was peaceful and happy, and l forgot
my troubles in the warm greeting my
old friend Bob Gunton and his wife
gave me. The girl must havedied about
the telegram; at least Bob made no ref
renee to it. He had a fine family of
boys and girls and presented them to
me with natural pride.
"That's my lot-except Addie. She's
gone to see some friends, but welexpect
her back every minute. They keep me
alive, l can tell you, Miller"
After tea my host and hostess insist
ed on taking me for a stroll on the ter
race. 1t was a beautiful evening, .andtI
did not mind the cold. AS we wereltaIk-
ing together / heard the rumble Of
wheels. An omnibus stopped al the
gate.
"Ah, the bus" said Gunton. .It
runs between here and our market
town"
l hardly heard him, for, to my hor-
ror, l saw, descending from the bus
and opening the gate, that grill
"Send her awayl" Icried. ''Send her
away On my honor, Bob. as a gentle
man, I know nothing about her"
"Why, what's the matter?"
81 solemnly assure Mrs. Gunton and
yourself that
whats the matter with the mani
What's he talking aboutf"
"Why. Bob, that girl-that barefaced
girli'
"That grill Why, that's my daugh-
ter AddieI'
"Your daughter 2"
The little mink walked up to me with
a smile, dropped a little courtesy and
said:
81 knew, MI. Miller, that it wasn't
true that you would refuse help to a
really deserving case. The others said
you would, but I thought better Of
you"
And she had the ~efrontery, then and
there, to tell her parents all about it'll
l think parents are the most infatu-
ated class of persons in the community.
They laughed, and Mrs. Gunton said:
Chow clever of you, Addict You must
forgive her, Mr.. Miller. My dear girls
are 8 playful
Playful And she never returned the
Hh note.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
~Ashes Of angels, CaGe.

/ once knew an estimable ladyRwho
In the absence of her cook undertook to,
make a certain kind of cake. She took
''some" of one kind of ingredient, ga lit
tie of another and ga smallfquantity"
of something else. To herIdelight and
surprise, the result was a cake of which
neither she nor any one else had ever
heard. 1t was an entirely new cake and
an extremely delicious one. Proud of
her achievement, the lady gave the cake
the beautiful and poetic name of ''ashes
of angels, " and on the very next occa-
sion when the absence of her cook made
it possible for her to venture into her
kitchen she tried to repeat her success.
This event happened in the year 1883,
and ever since that date the unfortunate
lady has been vainly trying to repro
duce her wonderful cake. She has never
once succeeded, although she has made
at least 200 different varieties of cake
and pudding, each one of which has
been more deadly than the other. She
is still hoping that one Of these days
she may hit upon her flashes of angels
again, but as that cake was purely the
result Of chance the prospect that she
will be able to make it a second time is
not bright. L. Alden in Pearson's
Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
OLD AGE.


Yer wornts a job, yer dew,
An ye're only sixty-tewi
Thenks, we've all the parylytics as we're
needin withart yewl
This amt no bloomin '~orspital, this factory is
notl
strong an on the spot,
An tibet is whort yer amt, my friend, mort by
a tidy lott
1t amt no yoose ter try,
So tike an pawss awyel
Thurs the young 'uns close behind yer, an
ye're blockin up the wyei
An whur are yer ter go2
'Ow the dickens shud l knowf
Thurs no one 'ungerin fur yer when ye're
sixty-tew or sol
Yer as a fust clawss chericter, yer don't go
on the booze,
Yer've got a bit O. strength still left as ye'd
be prard ter yoose.
But ~ev'rywhur yer awsks fur wuk yer finds as
they ~refoose,
An ev'rywhur ye're told
Ye're art. right art, clean bowledi
Aye, the sin thet's pawst ~furgivin is the sin o
bein oldi
An thurs nutthink as yer'n get
Penshing schemes is OFF, yer beti
u mye be tibet good time comm, but it
amt a-comin yeti
With the growth of thrifty 'abits 1t is wrong
ter interfere,
Likewise we 'asn't got no twenty millying
parnds a yearl
An one thing Is too differcult, an toether
things too dear.
Old ige AS done yer trick,
So Jest yer mawch off quicki
Thurs the work'ouse an the ceme'try-yer've
only got ter picki
London Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
Not So BAD.


Dotty Thimble rushed up the stairs
to Lucy Cleary s room and burst through
the door.
HE isn't such a fool. after alIi'' she
exclaimed.
"Who isn'tT' asked Lucy wonder
ingly.
"That Gerald Thompson"
Lucy's lip curled. What makes you
think so2" she asked.
"'Cause he kept us all guessing for
three hours at Maria Eveson's library
party last night"
Ibid he? How?"
HE came in with a bicycle lock tied
IN his shoe"
"What did that meanP"
"That's what none of us could make
out until it was time to go, and then
he told us and it was so simple he made
us all feel like fools"
"What book was it that he represent
cdr"
"Locke 'On the Human Understand
ing He's coming over to call tomorrow
night. Detroit Free Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
A Real BottomIess Pit.

Few indeed are they who have pene-
trated to the innermost recesses of Will
lis cave-to the great rotunda where
the icy water of the ''big spring takes
a leap into the midnight blackness of
the ~s.bottomless pit. The entrance to
the cave is at the summit of a hill near
Versailles, Ind.
Rider Haggard, in his imaginary pic
lures of underground horrors, has told
nothing that would equal the true story
which a single misstep would furnish
in Willie cave. A stream Of water
pours from the rock, and, pursuing a
devious underground channel for a
quarter of a mile, energies into a vast
chamber with a slanting, slippery floor
inclining to a sink hole in the center.
Down this hole the stream pours and is
lost forever. By means of ropes and
weights the sink hole has been sounded
to a depth of 400 feet, and still the
bottom has not been reached. The room
is surrounded by a narrow ledge Of
rock, on which daring explorers have
made a complete circuit. One step of
the ledge upon the slippery floor would
mean almost instant death in the bot
tomless pit.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
Even Though He Hated lawyers.

President Dreher of Roanoke college
tells this story of the late Edward Aus
ten Of Boston: Meeting President Eliot
of Harvard some years ago. he said,
with a familiarity warranted by a life
long acquaintance: Stop, Charles.
What is the next building you want at
Cambridge2
President Eliot replied, sThe build
ing we most need now is a new build
ing for the law school.
ooh, said Mr.. Austin, i hate law
yersl But what do you suppose such a
building would costf'
1.-THE president thought a moment
and replied: 1T would depend on the
material used. An adequate building
of brick could be built for from $50, 0OC
to $40. 600
Are you sure, asked Mr.. Austin,
that 500, 900 would be enough to pro.
vide a thoroughly good building2'
yes. replied the president.
"'I'm your man., said Mr.. Austin. ;
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
HEART Q, BEAUTY.

Oh. where are thy white hands, Heart o.
Beauty
Heart O. Beautyi
They are as white foam on the swept sands,
Heart o. Beautyi
They are rs white swans in the dusk, thy
whitN hands,
Wild swans in flight over shadowy lands.
Heart o. Beantyi
oh. lift again thy white hands, Heart o.
Beauty,
Heart o. Beautyl
Harp to the white waves on the yellow sands,
Heart o. Beautyi
They will hearken now to those waving
wands,
To the magic wands of thy white hands.
Heart o. Beauty
From the white lawn till the gray dusk,
Heart o. Beauty
/ hear the unseen waves Of unseen strands,
Heart o. Beauty
/ see the sun rise and set over shadowy lands,
But newer. never, never thy white hands, thy
white hands,
Heart o. Beauty
-Fiova Macleod in New York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
Consumption and Fresh AIR.

1t is a matter Of common knowledge,
says an English exchange, that the late
Sir Andrew Clarke cured himself Of
consumption by living as much as pos
sible in the open air. The principle in
volved has since been generally recog-
nized by the medical profession, with
the result that the old bad practice Of
keeping consumptives in warm, stuHy
rooms has been almost entirely aban-
doned. 1t is fresh air which is mainly
responsible for the cures worked at such
places as Davos, where the patients
spend IA hours a day out of doors,
breathing cold, bracing mountain air.
while they are e~xhilarated by bright
sunshine. The result is that each dis
eased spot in the lungs is cut off from
the healthy tissue by a ring of stretched
cells, across which disease germs cam
not pass. and SO the malady is arrested
until the strengthened body can over
come it.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02

In his book on Australia, Richard Sc
mon declares that the prevailing ideas
of danger from sharks are greatly exag
gerated. Individual sharks may posi-
bly,, he thinks, develop cannibal tastes.
but such are exceptions, rarer than
man eating tigers and ~crocodiles. The
divers and fishermen in the Torres
strait. where big sharks abound, do
not show the least fear Of them.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-02
Union transportation company.

Tuckerton Railroad.
Leave Mount Holly tor Tuckerton 9.5l A. M
40 P. NJ, daily except Sunday, and on Sat
urday at 200.
Leave Tuckerton for Mount Holly, 7.Os A. NJ,
3.0s p. daily except sunday.