davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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Over in Russia a man may now
pray without a license from the state
church How old Metropolitan Pobied.
offskiwizcsvensensikoffskyvitch must
he wriggling and worrying about his
liver.
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So great is their desire for equaliz.
ing the distribution of wealth that the
Vanderbilts and Astors are continual.
ly swearing of some Of their taxable
valuation.
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Possibly the far.sighted Pennsyl.
vania lawmakers who passed the anti.
wife-kissing law thought thereby to
make the kissing OF ones wife an
enjoyably exciting pastime.
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A sacred calf from India has arrived
at the New York zoo. The veal from
this animal is said to taste like angel
food.
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John d. Rockefeller got an $4,000.
coo quarterly dividend from the Stan.
dard Oil Company the other day. It
is understood that he also continues
to have a large assortment OF kind
words on hand.
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A Minnesota college president pro.
poses to change the college yells so
that those expressions of iubilation
shall be less vulgar and slangy How
would "Oh, JOY, Oh, joy" do?
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King Edward has ordered four bar.
rels Of Kentucky whisky Col Waiter.
son might send over a few choice
shoots from his mint bed to round out
tho consignment,
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Three hours from proposal to wed.
ding Is the record of a Chicago couple,
The success Of the experiment will
depend on the length Of acquaintance
before the proposal.
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The cake walk is the latest fad
among the smart set Of New York.
And this gives Henry Watterson an
opportunity to remark in his usual
delicate way that blood will tell
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"of old bachelors and old maids, "
asks Max O'Rell, which are the hap
pier9" Wouldn't Which are the un.
happier?" be putting It more proper.
ly?
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The exact right and wrong OF the
Balkan situation will not be clear to
everybody until Mr., Kipling gets time
TO write a poem about II.
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The dickens, You bet" and Holy
smoke" have been declared to be pro
fame by the president of Hamline uni
verslty. Why were "Cricky' and "oh
la left out?
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Mr.. Schwab began by having his
luncheon at his desk on his first busy
day after his long rest. Another man
who hasn't learned wisdom by ex.
perience!
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A young man went into Wall street
with a million and came ont with a car
load Of experience. He wasn't salts.
fed with the million, but will he be
with the experience?
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A woman spiritualist in New York
has said that men who smoke in this
world will smoke in the next. This
is putting 1t delicately.
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Perhaps the New Jersey barkeeps
formed a temperance union because
they knew what Jersey lightnin was
made Of
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Trainmen must be more careful In
some parts OF the country 1t costs a
great deal more to kill man now than
It did formerly.
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If Miss Pauline Astor winds up by
marrying a man without a title ii will
probably be over the dead body of her
father.
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The eternal feminine question Isl
rs my hat on straight" The eter.
nal male question is: "What1l you
have?"
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Perhaps the world is ready for the
voiceless college yell.
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Rents are going up, but never mind.
A dispatch from Portland, Me-, says
Holsters are lower.
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It must be a great comfort to the
Buffalo police to reflect that some one
Of their theories is probably right.
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II Is seldom one woman praises an
other without adding But
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Once more we are forcibly remind
ed that the wages OF sin Is death.
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THE DEMING GRAPHIC

DEFINING. NEW MEXICO,
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over which to spread. Some Seeds like those
of the pea bean and watermelon, are plant
ed directly in the garden; but others, among
which are the cabbage, tomato and lettuce,
are first sprouted in "hot bed" and after
having attained sufficient growth and
strength are transplanted in the garden.
The hot bed is box two or three feet
square filled with fine rich earth, covered
with a slanting roof of glass. The sides
and rear are planked up to keep out cold
winds and the front or low side is always
set toward the south to get the full benefit
of warm sunshine. Fy
Planting the Seed.
When the garden is parceled off the
farmer and his assistants take two wooden
pegs, with strong cord running from one
to the other, and stick them in the ground,
one at either end of a particular patch
(some people call each division of the gar
den "patch'), and If it is a pea or bean
patch, where the plants may grow in con-
tinuous rows or do not have to be planted
deep, another peg or stick Is run along
beside the cord, making a straight furrow,
in which the seeds are sprinkled and the
earth afterward scraped over. If it is
variety that must be transplanted large
round pin Is taken and holes punched in
the ground at regular intervals along the
stretched cord. The children around the
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she likes to have me out in the fresh air.
need 1t. just as Topsy does. and the doctor
said l must be out doors lots. Jane made
That up. SOS I'd have to stay here and
then she could be off downstairs. OF
course she IL see me go through the kitchen,
ana then she'll know she's got to come up
stairs and stay with the little boys"
All right said Nettie. Then IL YOU
can go down, I'll help you put away the
clothes"
In few moments Miss Seraphina's hand
some outfit was safely laid away, and Net
tie, who was very impatient to be out in the
sunshine again, caught Topsy up and ran
to the nursery door. The next moment she
turned around and called to Daisy who. at
the farther end Of the room, was tying on
her hat:
Hurry up, Daisy, and bring the key; the
door is locked"
Daisy bounded across the floor, ratified tho
door knob as hard as she could, then pound
ed and kicked upon the door as II She
thought her little hands and feet could bat
ter 1t down. Nettie meanwhile stood gazing
at these strange actions in silent wonder.
At last she exclaimed. What makes you
act that way, Daisy? Why don't you get
the key and unlock the door,"
haven't any key said Daisy angrily;
don't you see that bad, old Jane has lock-
ed US In, and gone off, nobody knows
where?'
Then she burst into tears and threw her.
self at full length on the floor.
Go be continued)
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AROIT THE HEN

The hen is a small kind of an animal,
and 1t lays eggs. They have two legs and
two feet. The hen is to be found in diff
ferent parts of the country and city. There
are quite a number of different kinds OF
hens, Cochin China and Guinea hens and
Plymouth Rock and lots of others. The
hen is a useful bird. Sometimes people
make their living by raising hens and
chickens. Last year people used their
feathers for boas. The hens and chickens
are used for eating, and people in the
country raise chickens. The hens have
ways of talking to each other in a way
that people can't understand what they
say. The hens hatch their chickens out of
eggs. The way they do it is to sit on the
eggs until they are warm and the chick
ems break the eggs and come out, and the
hens eat food such as grain and corn and
chickens mothers. If the poor only knew
how to raise chickens it would be a great
help In this way they could eat the eggs
and the feathers would keep them warm.
too. MARGUERITE F. age g
Dear Editor: l like to read the letters
from the other little girls and boys, and L
would also like to see mine published. My
little donkeys name was Honey" and he
came from Colorado Springs He had to
be put in a large wooden box and I know
it made him very tired. AS soon as he
was taken out of the box I got handful
of sugar and he licked 1t out of my hand
My mother said that when she was in
Colorado they were used to climbing steep
rocky mountains. Our cook used to bake
ginger cakes every week, and when
Honey" would smell them he always went
around to the kitchen window, and when
1t was open he would put his head in. He
also was very fond of noodle soup I read
the ''Children's Page" every Saturday and
like it very much. From your friend,
BEATRICE L.
very pretty story Beatrice. We shall
be glad to hear from you again.
To Helen r. P.-We shall be glad to
have you contribute accounts of strange
and interesting animals But do not copy:
tell the stories in your own words.-Ed
Katharine Graves should try something
original
Fillmore Elker writes an interesting let
ter, telling of pleasant days spent on a
farm.
When We have the space to spare we
print all the interesting letters received
but sometimes, as is the case today we
must hold some over for a future oppor-
tunity. Let us see how many good letters
We write about Easter and it's pleas
ures Begin at once.-Ed.
Dear Aunt Dorothy: 1 want to send you
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A PEEP UNDERGROUND
AN OBJECT LESSON IN EARLY
SPRING GARDENING.
How City Children Can See Vegetables
Grow From Day to
Day.


Not many Of our young readers know
much about the way the vegetables which
they eat every day are grown. There are
many who have visited relative farm
down in the country. but only a small num-
Der who have gone in the early spring in
time to enjoy the fun of helping to lay out
and plant the garden. Out in the country
they do not have to go to market for cab
bage, beans or corn or any such things
that grow In our climate. These vegetables
are all grown just out back Of the house.
A little distance from the kitchen door, Of
ten like big yard. with whit washed
paling fence, is the place where all the
vegetables used by the family grown.
Where the farm is a large one and a good
many men are employed the garden some
times covers several acres of ground.
Laying Out the Garden.
Along in the spring, usually about the last
of March. the garden is laid out. 1t has al
ready been spaded up two or three times
during the previous fall and winter, and
the earth is rich and mealy. Plots are laid
off for the different vegetables, small ones
for some kinds such as lettuce or parsley
and large patches for beans and peas or
products of which a great deal IS eaten or
that grow on vines and need a large area
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A Dogs Devotion.

The strong attachment of dogs to human
beings Is sufficient in itself to assure them
a place in the household.
Mrs. Sarah Bolton in her book on 1.-The
Dog" referring to the steadfast faithful
ness of all kinds Of dogs, from terrier to
st. Bernard. mentions the case of one
found by Leland Stanford, jr., for whom the
great university in California Is a me
mortal"
One day when Leland was about ten years
old he heard a great tumult in the street
and darted out of the house.
He came back covered with dust, holding
a homely yellow dog in his arms. Before
his mother could reach him he had flown
to the telephone and summoned the doctor.
Thinking from the agonized tones of the
boy that some of the family must be very
i'll, the doctor FASTENED to the house
At first his professional dignity was be-
Titled at being confronted with a dusty, ex-
cited boy, holding a dirty mongrel with a
broken leg. But the earnest, innocent face
of the boy disarmed him and he took the
boy and the dog to a veterinary surgeon.
who washed and dressed the dogs wounds
and then turned him over to his new mas
ter
The boy took care of the dog until it re-
covered, and it repaid him with devotion
that was touching.
When the boy died in Italy his body was
brought to the marble tomb in Palo Alto.
The little yellow dog had been waiting his
masters return from Europe. When he did
not return the dog knew that something
was wrong, and after the body was placed
in the tomb lay down in front of the door.
and could not be coaxed away even for
food. One morning they found him there.
dead and buried him next to his protector
and friend.
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out from his head. He was constantly
drawing them in at the slightest sign of
danger Another queer thing was that
when the weather was dry or cold, and he
ne could retire within the shell and close
the mouth with a hardened mucous and lie
torpid until it became warm and moist
again. -'-'1''
rL huHpllng mad a great many friends,
There was the slug, who, poor thing as
Ihumbling thought, had no shell. Then.
700. ne liked to visit the water snails. In
fact' they were relatives of his.
But Ihumbling had good deal of trou-
BILE getting away from his enemies Tn
ties, ducks, birds, and especially blackbirds
wanted to eat him, and one day he dreamed
that bad boy put some salt on his shell
TO melt it, Now, Thumblng knew that this
would be the end of him. His shell began
to melt and fade away and lust as his honsa
was all gone Thumbling awoke and found
that 1T was all a dream
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the glass sheet of thin uncolored paper
Is placed. The space behind the paper is
then filled with moss. such as florists use.
Rich earth may then be put on top. This
is to be the garden. Now we get some
seeds-large ones, such as corn, peas,
beans sunfower or watermelon. They are
placed in a glass of water and allowed to
stand over night. When we are ready to
plant. the upper lacks fastening the glass
on the box may be removed and the glass
lifted off. The soaked seeds are laid on the
paper, an inch or more apart; there should
not be more than three rows Of seed across
the box, one above the other for the roots
of the upper ones will get mixed with those
of the lower seeds. 1t is well to have
about three grains of the same seed one
under the other, each in different positions
that is, one grain of corn turned upside
down. another right side up and a third
crosswise. After arranging the seed on the
paper the glass is put on and the lacks
pressed down. Then the moss in the box
is thoroughly saturated with water. and
the box set in warm place. Every day
the moss must be watered. If a piece of
cardboard is tied in front of the glass so
as to keep the light from the seeds they
will sprout and grow faster. The illustra-
ton shows section of such a garden two
days after the seeds were planted. The
one on the left is grain of corn, that in
the middle is wheat and the other is a
sunf1ower seed.
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Don't Look at II

1 once learned lesson from a dog We
had. My father used to put a bit of meat
or biscuit on the floor near the dog and say.
No. and the dog knew he must not touch
It. But he never looked at the meat. He
seemed to feel that If he looked at It the
temptation would be too strong; so he al
ways looked steadily at my fathers face.
A gentleman was dining with us one day,
and he said: There is lesson for us ALL
Never look at temptation Always look
away to the Masters face"
Yes, this is the good old way; do not look
at temptation. avoid It; pass it bv"
When the thought of doing wrong in any
way comes into your heart YOU NAV be sure
1t comes from Satan; so do not look at II.
but look up to Jesus and ask Him to keep
You and make you more than conuueror
over every temptation, through Him that
loves you.
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Aunt Dorothy's Letter
Dear Children:

Dear Children:
I read short while ago that the native
song birds, which were driven out of the
city parks by the English sparrows were
coming back again, and ] am sure you will
all be glad to learn this Many of them
are so friendly and build their nests so
close to human habitations that there is
much pleasure to be derived from watch
ing their habits as we'll in listening to
their songs.
l knew a little girl living in the suburbs
of a large city who one summer hung bits
of thread, worsted and string on the bushes
and clothes line In her yard and watched
the birds carry them off and weave them
into their nests. A pair of birds built in a
tree just in front of her bed room window,
where she could reach out and almost
touch the nest, and there the mother bird
laid her eggs and Matched out four little
birds. The little girl, whose name hap
pened to be Dorothy, often sat at the win
dow and watched the mother as she fed
her little ones and later on taught them
to fly.
In August of the same year, when it was
very warm and no rain had fallen for a
long time, Dorothy one day saw two birds
bathing in tiny pool of water that had
collected in a little hollow in the side
walk when the grass was watered. Poor
BIRDS she said to her mother They
haven't water enough for a BATH
her mother suggested tnat Sne make q
bathing place for them, and this is the way
she did it. In the yard at the side of her
house stood great oak tree. Under 1t
We're two big powders, with rhododendrons
and ferns growing about them. Dorothy
brought a large soup plate from the house
and with her mothers assistance scooped
out a little hollow among the ferns, in
which she set the plate banking the earth
up around the edges of it and surrounding
it with moss and ferns. Then she filled the
plate with water and retired the ni1ZZa
to watch developments. In a little while
bath. Did you notice how a robin
gets over the ground? He does not hop
most birds do, but runs taking three
or four rapid steps, stopping to look about
him and then taking three or four more
When he happens to spy nice, fat worm
partly in the ground it is funny to watch
him pull it out.
Well, this particular robin ran, in his
queer. jerky way, toward the bath, and
when he reached 1T cooked his little head
on one side, then on the other taking
good look at it. Then he hoped to the
edge, then into it and enjoyed fine splash
and when he flew away not a drop of water
was left
Dorothy delighted with the success
of her experiment. She kept the bath filled
with water and many birds came there
during the warm weather to enjoy it.
Now, how, many of you can tell me some
little stories about birds? This is a good
time of the year to watcu mem and learn
something of their ways. Let ut hear from
you. Yours, sincerely,
DOROTHY DAY.
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Doing and Not Doing

Sir said lad, coming down to one of
the wharves in Boston and addressing a
well-knoWn merchant, have you any berth
on your ship? l want to learn something. -
What can you do?" asked the gentle
man.
II can try my best to do whatever l am
put to-" answered the boy. II have sawed
and split mothers wood for nigh on two
years"
What have you not done?" asked the
gentleman, who was a sort Of questioner.
We'll, SIR said the boy, after a mo-
ments pause, II have not Whispered In
school for whole year"
That's enough" said the gentleman
You may ship aboard this vessel and 7
hope to see you the master of her some
day. A boy who can master a woodpile and
bride his tongue must be made of good
stuff eo'N
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The Flicker
(Thompson-Seton copyright, 1902

The flicker, like the bluebird and black
bird, is one of the first heralds of the ap-
proach of spring. He comes as early as
March, if the days are but a bit warm to
encourage him. The flicker is of the wood
pecker family, though he has so far depart
ed from the habits Of his relatives as to
spend considerable time on the ground and
to depend largely for its food upon berries
and ants. 1t is often startled from lawns
and hillsides, and may sometimes be closely
approached, and a sight Of it's plumage is a
revelation to one who has seen from dis
lance only its dark brown body and white
rump The ashy gray Of the nape of the
neck sets off the bright red patch and the
black crescent on the breast appears with
great prominence. The breast is hand
eomely spotted, and the quilts on the under
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Princes Request Not Granted

Prince Adelbert, the third son Of Kaiser
William, has been permitted to set I'D a
separate establishment for himself at Kiel.
The prince is now eighteen years old, and
is having his first taste of independence, 50
far as the encourage of his instructors per-
Inits. He begged his father to allow him
four horses for his carriage, but the en-
peror refused.
His ma1esty's system Of bringing up his
children is to deny them as many things as
possible, consistent with their position, so
that they may look forward to Sometime
to maintain the zest of life at least until
their education is finished. Emperor win.
JAMS own youth was regulated on that
principle
He declares that the most melancholy
sight on earth. to him, is a prince for whom
life is exhausted.
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Thumbling's Dream.
A SNAIL STORY

All children know the story of Thumb
ling, the little boy who was no bigger
than ones thumb. You remember how
when he was lost he crawled into snail s
shell and. curling up slept comfortably all
night Well, when he was in there he had
a wonderful dream, and, having so many
other things to tell after his strange ad-
ventures he has never before had a chance
to tell any one about this dream.
1t seems he dreamed that he was the snail
that used to live in the shell and he did all
the things that the snail used to do, and. in
fact lived the whole life of the snail in
one night.
First, of course. he dreamed he was a
baby snail. timer even than he himself
was, and of course, you know how tiny
that must have been. He was living under
a stone down in the cold, dark earth. 1t
seemed as if he loved to stay in such places,
where it was damp and dark. And what a
queer house it was that he lived ina shell
which, instead of having rooms, had one
long and beautiful hall of spiral form that
grew narrower and narrower in nearing
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sides of the wing and tail feathers are
golden yellow. Its flight is rather graceful;
the wing strokes are slow, and between
them the bird drops a little so that its
progress is undulatng or In waves instead
of a straight line
The flicker, though not known to raise
second brood, greets US with a second
period of song, so that we hear again in
June the gladstone shout or mating call of
the early spring days. The plumage, as a
whole, of the flicker Is scarcely equaled
and not surpassed by any OF those common
ly known to lovers Of the feathered tribe
These Illustrations are used by special
arrangement with Messrs. CHM & Co. of
Boston and New York, and the stories have
been adapted from BIRD Portraits" pub
lshed by the Messrs. Gapn & Co.