davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Press., 1902-06-19
Old Saws and Say2m~R.

A few old sayings on the subject of food come to us rather as a surprise in our age of daintiness and refine ment, yet they have their raison d'etre notwithstanding. Meat is much; man. ners are more;" Cease your chatter and mind your platter;' '"The ass that brays most eats least;" "The wing with the liver to him who's the giver;;" 'He can give little to his servant who licks his own trencher."
 Apropos of this remark, it is anus ing to note that manners" was the name given to the remnants of meal. These came to the servants as official perquisites; hence our well worn ex- pression before emptying a dish, "Leave the last slice tor whatever it may bel for manners" though if votes were collected on this point it Is hardly likely that any of us would have taken 1t as 1t stands in the original.
The Press., 1902-06-19
Ugliness at a Premium.

Tn the town of Haschmann, Ger many, prizes are offered yearly for the men who will marry the ugliest or the most crippled and to the women over forty who have been tilted at least twice. The money was left by big financier. and he, realizing that beauty is an attraction hard to overcome, made provision in his will that out of the income of the fund not less than f16 shall go with the ugliest girl in any year and the cripple shall receive tl2. The four women over forty who have been tilted by lover receive, when the funds will permit, f1O each, but the trustee can vary this amount and at his own discretion offer a larger prize to some one who will marry an unusu- ally ugly girl or one to whom nature has been specially unkind.-Tatler.
The Press., 1902-06-19
1 HER
 DENIAL v V By Ruby Douglas
V V By Ruby Douglas
Copyright. 1902, by the
 s. s. Mcclure Company

Do you know what Pm going to de ny myself this Lent, Harry?" asked Lois Burruss on Quinquagesima Sun- day.
 Harry Norval, to whom she address ed her question, had been with her al most constantly during the past few months and was very much in love.
 "I'm sure 1 don't know; some silly thing, I suppose" answered Harry. who was not in the best of moods.
 They had been walking on Riverside drive, and she had persisted in carry ing on frivolous conversation all aft ernoon. In vain he had endeavored to bring her to a serious frame of mind sO that he might tell her what he had been thinking of for months.
 "You should be the last one to call it silly" she replied, laughing and brush ing back the soft auburn locks the wind blew about her face. 'T don't think it silly"
 Lois, wish''-
 "I told you to call me Miss Burruss LUIS IS SO uAuISulACus oAO HI 4uAIS grown up now, if you please, MT. Nor val"
 Grown up; yes, she was, if 5 feet inches may be considered as such.
 Wont you be serious? You know I've called you Lois ever since always, and Pm not''-
 Aren't you going to guess what I'm giving up?" she interrupted. She knew what he wanted to say and was deter mined he should not have an opportu nifty.
 "No; Pm not"
 "Please guess; just once," she plead ed. Don't be cross." And she looked up into his face in a dangerous way She knew the effect her eyes had or him.
 Candy, then. All girls do that" he replied grossly. A frown gathered or his handsome face as he realized how he had always to do what she wanted.
 ''Nothing so sweet. Guess again."
 "PingpOng."
 ''No, silly, but something equally nice to play with" she said saucily.
 "It must be I, then" he answered looking straight ahead of him. "Correct. shall give you up al through Lent. You must not come te
The Press., 1902-06-19
She Understood Fully.

The teachers in the public schools are prepared for surprises from the children under their care, but occasion ally something so entirely unexpected pops up that the surprise is lost in un- feigned astonishment. A teacher in New York is responsible for the fol- lowing:
 "We were studying Longfellow's s 'Evangeline,' with which the children seemed especially charmed. Finally, to make sure that all understood what was meant, I asked of a girl of Ger man parentage, And what do you un- derstand by the reference to Evange- lines milk white heifer?'
 With eyes lighting with the con- sciousness of clear knowledge Barbara said, The milk white heifer was her lover, ma 'am.'"
The Press., 1902-06-19
PHOSPHORESCENT OCEAN.
Little GelatinOus Organisms Whicl
 Create the Appearance.

Little GelatinOus Organisms Which
 Create the Appearance.
 A milky Opalescence, permeating the entire sea for immense distances bound ed only by the horizon, is a somewhat suddenly, lasts perhaps for several hours and passes away as rapidly as it came, and this without apparent cause. At midnight we had the singular white ness enveloping the sea. while the more brilliant kinds of phosphorescence shone in the midst of flashing green, yellow or bluish lights, as the case might be-a gorgeous nocturnal dis play.
 During these hours my surface trawl net drifted astern of the ship. The wa ter was alive with countless myriads of little gelatinous sacs measuring one sixth of an inch in length-delicate tu- nicate organisms which required the aid of a microscope to reveal their per feet structure. A few specimens placed in an empty meat tin in a darkened cabin could be seen indeed with the naked eyes careening madly around in the salt water, each one glowing with that peculiar opalescent light which saturated the entire sea for so many miles. It was small species of salpa, nearly related to much larger kind on the side of which the late Professor MOseley wrote his name with his finger, the signature being visible on the dead body throughout the night glowing with the brightest phosphores. cent light.-Cornhill Magazine.
The Press., 1902-06-19
The Saving Sense of Humor.

Some of the worlds greatest humor- fists unite with that spright1y gift a deep tenderness and broad sympathy. Their lips smile at spectacle of the absurd at the same instant that their eyes overflow in recognizing the pathos that Is its so frequent accompaniment. It is this quick perception of situa- tion as a whole, this power to see all its aspects at once, that gives us just judgments tempered by mercy, severity lined with leniency, that acts as a sav- ing grace to culprits.
 The world would be better and hap pier if every one in it who is invested with authority over his fellows had this peculiar sympathy with wit, which makes it impossible for one to be a bigot and a tyrant. Humor and cruel ty do not go together, although there Is kind of counterfeit humor, some times mistaken for the real thing, which Is essentially oppressive, be- cause it finds enjoyment in looking upon that which Is at the same time grotesque and horrible. But this is far removed from the gentle humor which mellows their judgments and humanizes actions. - Florence Hull Winterburn in Woman's Home Com paniOn.
The Press., 1902-06-19
Beyond Belief.

When Abhaham Lincoln was a young man, his prodigious strength and his skill in wrestling were matters of note throughout central Illinois. Few in deed were the men who could boast of having laid him on his back.
 Somewhere along in the thirties there was case on trial in one of the circuit courts in that section in which an ef- fort was made to impeach the testimo- ny of one of the witnesses. The evil dence was conflicting. Some would believe the witness on oath and others would not.
 At last middle aged man with a de termined expression of countenance was called to the stand. The usual question was put touching the reputa- tion of the witness for truth and verac- ity:
 ''Would you believe him on oathY
 "No, wouldn't" he answered, and before the lawyer on the opposite side could interpose he gave his reason:
 'I heerd him braggin' onct that he'd throwed Abe Lincoln in a fair an square rassle."
 No other witnesses were called. The attempt to impeach was successful.
The Press., 1902-06-19
HNmvAm1v.

"Say," the girls father called from above stairs, 'this is an unearthly hour for that young man to be here, Mary!
 You're right" responded the young man. who had just been accepted; ''the hour is unearthly, sure enough; it's simply heavenlyT-Philadelphia Rec ord.
 READ IT IN HIS NEwsPAPER.-Georg Schaub, 8 well-known German citizen of New Lebanon, Ohio, Is constant reader of the Dayton Volkezeitung. He knows that this paper aims to advertise only tIe best in its columns, and when he saw Chamberlain'sP 'sP Pain Balm advertised there in for lame back, he did not hesitate in buying bottle of it for his wife, who for eight weeks had suffered with the most terrible pains in her back and could get no relief. He says: "After using the Pain Balm for few days my wife said to me, I feel as though born anew,' and be- fore using the entire contents of the bot tic the unbearable pains had entirely van- ished and she could again take up her household duties." He Is very thankful, and hopes. that all suffering likewise will hear of her wonderful recovery. This valuable liniment Is
 For sale by E. K. Taft, H. F. Cady, Stafford; Gardiner Hall, Jr., & Co., South Wilmington.
The Press., 1902-06-19
A DaZed Porter.

Scene-Pullman car entering St. Louis. Porter obsequiously whisk- brooming woman passenger. After lingering expectantly he receives tip "a five cent nickel. He looks at it critically, then drops it into the GUS pidor, remarking defiantly, "Ah'm CT portah frum Chicago" "Open this windoww commands the woman. He obeys, whereupon she stoops. picks up the cuspidor and empties it upon the track; then, drawing herself up haugh- tily, observes, "I am lady from Bos- ton."
 When in the station every passenger had left the car the porter said to the conductor: Los dat nickel. en- Ah'm CT fool. It teaches me CT lesson, how somdever, never ter fool wid none O desc Yankee women. Why, der ain't CT woman through de whole west who'd CT thought O castin' dat nickel on de roadside when dey knowed Ah wanted it."-New York Press.
The Press., 1902-06-19
Warned In q Dream.

An instance in which a dream was useful in preventing an impending ca- tastrophe is recorded of a daughter of Mrs. Rutherford, at Ederton, the grand daughter of Sir Walter Scott. This la- dy dreamed more than once that her mother had been murdered by black servant. She was so much upset by this that she returned home, and, to her great astonishment and not a little to her dismay, she met on entering the house the very black servant she had met in her dream. He had been en- gagged in her absence. She prevailed upon a gentleman to watch in an ad- joining room during the following night.
 About o'clock in the morning the gentleman heard footsteps on the stairs, came out and met the servant carrying a quantity of coals. Being questioned as to where he was going, he answered confusedly that he was going to mend the mistress fire, which at o'clock in the morning in the mid dle of summer was evidently impossi- ble. On further investigation a strong knife was found hidden in the coals. The lady escaped, but the man was subsequently, hanged for murder, and before his execution he confessed that he intended to have assassinated Mrs. Rutherford.
The Press., 1902-06-19
HnyQ COuP0Ee.

You must have courage. my boy. No matter what band of circumstances ar
 ray themselves against you. if your purpose is right you will succeed. Life is beautiful thing. The chance to fight is a great blessing. No matter how hard the situation may seem. keep on doing right. bravely face the future. set your standard high, work and wait. be patient and thankful, and you will win. You may never be rich as the world goes-not rich in money or rich in power-but you may be rich in the Knowledge of the truth that you have made the best of your chance to be a man. Don't set your standard by the men who have achieved great wealth. That is nothing compared to the riches that belong to him who has struggled to enlarge and ennoble the circle of life in which he is cast.-Schoolmaster.
The Press., 1902-06-19
Fire Sunerafiti0na.

eff a fire does not burn we'll" says the old household superstition, "and you want it to draw, you should set the poker across the top bar of the grate." This is supposed to placate the gnomes. whom it was formerly believed were very jealous of the robbery of their un- derground country of it's coal treasures and were very apt to take their venge- ance out in preventing the fire from burning. It was the mystic form of the cross thus made which was SUD- posed to drive them away. Neverthe- less 1t would not do to use the shovel in this charm or the fire would be sure to go out.
The Press., 1902-06-19

Perhaps, she thought, he might. bt out of the city, for she had heard nth ing of him all through Lent
 It was with a heavy heart that s.l dressed Monday morning to go to th, church. She was one of the alt..r guilt and had to take the flowers used ol Easter to the hospital to cheer the pa tients in the general wards.
 The nurses at the parish hcspitai knew her and were always glad to sct her sweet, smiling face.
 What lovely flowers this morning. Miss Lois," said Miss Shelly, q nurse who met her in a lower corridor.
 ''Yes; aren't the lilies perfect? They are from the altar"
 May l have just one for my pa tient? He is not in the general ward, but he seems lonely, poor boy. His friends, if he has any, do not know he is ill. He talked of a sweetheart when his fever was highest, but she has not been to see him." She took waxlike lily from the bunch. Come over to the front room on floor when you are up there, and if he is awake you may see him and cheer him up."
 "Pll be only too glad to-"
 Lois went about the wards speaking to the various nurses and leaving flow CTS with them for the invalids Miss Shelly met her just outside her pa tents room and said she could come right in.
 "Mr. Norval," began the nurse as they stepped into the fresh little room, "I have"-
 But she got nc further. Her patient stretched out his thin white hands to Lois and was kissing the little ones she put in them.
 Harry" was all Lois could say as she sat down beside him.
 When Miss Shelly, seeing the situa- ton, went out on pretense of getting water for the lily, Harry Norval took his visitors hands in his again and said: Have l kept Lent to your satis faction now, dear? May I say love you nowY
 Miss Shelly lost her patient soon aft CT Easter.
The Press., 1902-06-19
Cats of Long Ago.

The piercing and cutting teeth of some of the cats of long ago are the most perfectly adapted instruments for cutting purposes that ever were seen, being unequaled by any manufactured tools for such uses.
 For example, there was the "gom- phodus." which was as big as the lar gest panther and had two teeth in it's upper jaw resembling daggers, each five inches in length. AS weapons for penetrating flesh they are unrivaled among carnivorous animals. recent or extinct. They are rather like the teeth of some huge flesh eating dino- saurs, the terrible reptiles" of the Mesozoic epoch. which had cutting teeth that nothing could resist. Doubt less this creature was inconceivably bloodthirsty. Quite as fierce, however, and even more formidable by reason of ita greater size, was the contem. porary "pogonodon." which was as large as the biggest jaguar.
The Press., 1902-06-19
Talked Ten Dollars, Worth

"I remember when Judge Austin was trying case in the criminal court" |" said a Milwaukee lawyer, ''that he had a fellow to defend who was evidently guilty. When the time came for him to plead, he rose and said he was will ing to let the case go to the jury at once, believing that there was no chance for acquittal.
 "He was nudged by the defendant, who said, For the Lords sake, say something.'
 "'You know you are guilty, and you didn't pay me much anyway whisper ed the lawyer.
 "'I know that said the prisoner. I only paid you $1O. and for goodness sake talk $1O worth anyway
 Every one in the room heard that. and Judge Austin talked his $1O worth He cleared his man too."-Chicago Chronicle.
The Press., 1902-06-19
The Belief In a Devil

A maidservant belonging to one of the women's colleges had been out with her lover without leave from her mistress and was returning late along my road, at the top of which lived the lamented Professor Nettleship. Now, the latter had a large yellow dog that took the usual canine delight in seeing cats scatter and flee. and. the better to bounce on them when they were stealthily crossing the street, he would perch himself on the top of the pro- fessor's garden wall. surrounded and half hidden in the foliage. AS the tru- ant maidservant passed beneath him he caught sight of cat in the middle of the road and. making a spring at it, collided with her and knocked her down. She picked herself up and ran screaming home, almost mad with ter TOT. because, as she said. the devil had jumped on her back and thrown her down.-International Monthly.
The Press., 1902-06-19
The GiIded Man.

At the headwaters of the Orinoco Spanish traditions located the land of El Dorado, "the gilded man," po- tentate whose country was so rich in gold dust that he had his body anoint- ed with oil and sprinkled with gold ev- cry morning, so that he shone in the sun as though gilded. It is a curious fact that the country in which tradition located this marvellous being has never been explored by a white man.
The Press., 1902-06-19

The legislative committee on banks will recommend that a charter be granted for new savings bank in this village.
 The Stafford National bank has in- creased its capital from $150, 900 to $2OO, 900, and the stock representing the in- crease has been issued. The bank has just put in new vault and safe made by Herring, Ferral & Sherman.
 By an act of the legislature, the Staf- fordville Manufacturing Go, hasbeen in, corporated. This company is simply con- solidation of the three joint stock com- panies and two firms of which the late Hon. B. A. Converse was agent, into one company, with the above name.
 At the town meeting held last Satur- day, Richard s. Beebe, Wm. A. Foster and David E. Whiton were chosen com- mittee to oppose in behalf of the town the removal of the county seat from Holland to Rockville, and this committee was authorized to draw upon the town for funds to use when 1t was deemed jndicious to incur expense. It was also voted If a new location for the county seat be needed that the town of Stafford appropriate the sum of $50, ,0OO for the erection of suitab ble buildings to be presented to the county, should they be located here. Both of these measures were unanimously SUD- ported by the meeting.
 Births-Stafford Springs, June 15, 1879, a daughter to John Cornell.
 Staffordvllle, 16th, daughter to Or lando Smith; 18th a son (11 lbs) to Mi chael Shea.
 Union, 18th, son (114 lbs) to Nathan Matthews.
 Stafford (Hollow), 18th, daughter to Henry Marcelle.
 Marriages-Stafford June IS, by Rev. G. V. Maxham, Wm. A. Colburn al d Sarah Hyde.
 West Stafford, 11th, by Rev. l. Petit bone, Washington D Graves and Edith A. McIntire, both of Stafford.
The Press., 1902-06-19
A Clever Thief.

This is how the presence of mind and audacity of Chicago thief saved him
 from being locked up: A policeman who recognized him and knew he was "wanted" put him under arrest, with the words, "You are wanted at head quarters" "Yes, know" replied the thief quickly. "I was arrested last night and was bailed out this morning. You are too slow" 'Tt does look that way" said the crestfallen policeman as he told the thief he could go, of which permission the thief lost no time in availing himself. Later, to his chagrin, the policeman found that the thief had not been previously arrested.
The Press., 1902-06-19


 Spiders have wonderful eyesight, but l am quite sure that the scorpions yi- sion, notwithstanding his six eyes, is far from being acute, says an English naturalist. It it very difficult to catch a spider with pair of forceps, but a scorpion can easily be captured if no noise is made. Spiders see their prey before they are caught in the web, but the scorpion makes no movement what ever to seize flies or cockroaches until they indicate their whereabouts by movements. This being the case, it can readily be understood how easily the scorpion may be reused into motion by the vibrations of music.
 If tuning fork be sounded on the table on which I keep my caged SCOT pion, he at once becomes agitated and strikes out viciously with his sting. On touching him with the vibrating tuning fork he stings it and then coils himself up, as scorpions do when hedged in.
The Press., 1902-06-19
$1OO Reward $1OO.

The reader of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been unable to cure in all it's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the med ical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires 8 constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces oi the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting 90 much faith In it's curative powers that they Offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that ft fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address; E. j. CHENEY 6 CO.,, Toledo. o.
 e1-Sold by Druggists, 7bc.
 Halls Family Pills are the best. 2S
The Press., 1902-06-19

see ne once, anu II we meet OH tue street you must simply say. How do you do, Miss Burruss?' in the most dis tant manner possible, your most per feet society style. Now, am I not self sacrificing?'
 They were almost at her home
 ''Lois, you're joking. Pm not the one who is keeping Lent. I refuse to be a party to any such"-
 "Oh, but you must. I've made up my mind. and absolutely forbid you to come to see me until Easter Sunday"
 You may as well say doomsday. Look here, Lois, I"-
 "I know you are, and so am just as hungry as I can be. Come in, and I'll make you the incest Welsh rabbit you ever tasted. It will be our last, you know, until Easter"
 He went in with her in the hope that they might steal a minute alone to- gether and he perhaps persuade her to give up this Lenten notion. Forty days would seem an eternity to him, and he would hate Lent and everything per taining thereto all the rest of his days. But if Harry Norval had hoped for a tete-a-tete he was mistaken. Lois cas- fly outmaneuvered him, as there were other young people at the house. His heart went down to the bottom of his patent feathers and remained there all evening.
 "Remember. not until Easter" she said as he took her hand to go. "Reallv?' he asked earnestly as he pressed the little hand in his. "I can't; p-
 But he could not finish. The others claimed her attention After he had gone Lois felt tempted to call him back and retract her words She began to see that the ordeal would be harder than she had expected. Forty days without the jolly little theater parties and walks and talks! But for his sake she held to her purpose. He gave her so much, and she-she did not know how much she was ready to give in return. The days of absence would teach her.
 A large fragrant bunch of violets which came on Ash Wednesday morn- ing was the only reminder she had of him.
 Her guild work in the church and a little extra charitable work kept her time well occupied, but she never for got to count the days until she would see Harry Norval.
 Lois went to church on Easter morn ing, pretty and fresh in her new spring frock and the indispensable bonnet, but 1t was not of them or of the ser mon that her thoughts were occupied. She was happily anticipating the events of the afternoon.
 Would he come then or would he punish her and wait until evening That was the question she asked her. self over and over again.
 The Burruss doorbell sounded many times that afternoon, but each time Lois heart was doomed to sink again to it's normal condition. No Harry Nor val appeared. Even the evening did not bring him.
 Lois tried to tell herself she did not care. Other men came, and she talked and laughed, but at the first opportuni- ty she crept away to her room. From a drawer she took withered bunch of violets which, had they not been past reviving, would have come to life with the tears which fell upon them.