davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02

Of her own accord and sat on ms
iap-
1t was here that Flossie flung the
obnoxious letter away from her n be-
| gan To weep wildly, and she was so abb
sorbed IN her grief that Miss Treadway
entered unobserved.
why, what Is this" exclaimed hei
aunt. She bent over the prostrats
form and said: 'Flossie dear; tell
| aunty.v
The girl only cried the more, but al
last walled, THAT mani that wicked
false man."
who do you mean:~ asked the be-
wildered woman.
Tom! See the letter on the hoorl"
Miss Treadway picked up b letter
put on her glasses and began to read;
at first she loked puzzled, then amused.
and finally she laughed outright.
Flossie raised her head and gazed at
her ~reproachfully with tear-stained
eyes which looked like wet vicIets, and
said:
"Oh, aunty, how can you laugh? The
false villaini To let q strange woman
sit on his lapi And / loved him sol"
Why don't you finish the letter."
asker aunt, with a quizzical expression
in her kindly eyes.
Because I WON'T" cried Flossie,
springing to her feet. Never mention
that man to me again. Where are my
hat and my jacket? / am going to ride
with Mr.. Trevor at five, and If he asks
me 10 marry him I viii say 'yes!'"
AT this Miss Treadway only smiled.
There, there. Sit down and listen
to o 0 old aunty. Nay, I insist. ii
| am not mistaken YOU left off just
when she sat on his lap2"
'Yesi" cried F73ssie. How can you
bear toIspeak OF III"
Listen interrupted Miss Treadway.
Flossie, awed by the unaccustomed Sc
verify OF tone, obeyed.
"She am down OF her own accord
and a on nay lap Fortunately, / had
a box Of sweets, and I was offering her
some when there came another tap at
the door. Putting her hastily down, for
/ did not wish TO be caught with a
young lady in my lap, / opened the
door, and there stood a stout French
nurse, with q high white apron and
CAP, who asked anxiOusly il IA petite
Mademoiselle Helene was within. And.
Flossie, h sternly reprimanded my
charmef for entererlng s. strange gem
tleman's apartments unlimited. md she
led the beautiful blonde away In tears
who, by the way WAS just three years
old, and IT was from a baby carriage
that | assisted her the day before"
BY this time Flossie had ceased te
weep, and, though much nbashed. she
could not refrain from Joining in her
aunt's laugh.
.Flossie. said Miss Treadway later
on, how do you like the idea of Toms
hirting2 And / believe Iheard a maid
en- say not long ago that she wished
he would tease her as he used TO do.
How do o enjoy III"
Spare met cried Flossie. you
know / don't like II. oh. / wish we
could go away from here. Mr.. Trevor's
attentions are so marked, and the worst
OF 1t Is / now realize that I am to
blame
What do you say to a trip to Ger
many. for instance r. said Miss Tread
way.
THE very thingiv cried FIossie, all
smiles.
And the next week found them bound
for the Fatherland.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02

New York Times.
A near neighbor Of ours. equally noted
for claiming ~iifalnbility and for being
usually in the wrongly intention as to
matters of public policy. and through
carelessness when only facts are con-
cerned-has deeply wronged the state Of
Iowa by creditlng Georgia with
having produced Mr. James Bal
lard, the poet OF forty pes
lures and Red Oak. This was 4
blinder as needless as ii was cruel. for IL
every poem from which our contemporarv
quotes, Mr.. Ballard proudly sings:
think that many, IL not all.
That Red Oak v OK one ~ fh> h4s.
New towns IN Iowa
These bsautiful lines not only settle "a.
Az time the quetsion Of where the poet
lives; ~ they throw much light on his
character: a man Of strong feeling. he
YET avoids All exaE6eratfon, and eve.l
while n1yeepInG along in the current 81 .hls
p4setona<e eunQttQn4< he can pause to In
1erf q Qu1l1[y1n8 clauei a. show re Is
4wer9 y 4 dense Ignorance s(1lr prevxils
AZ 4nme p4rte of TIM country. It does
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02
ence q the latter viii al the same time

cnce Of the latter win at the same time
be disclosed by a magnetic needle.
At this moment the speed OF the cleo
trio motors Is reduced, n OF the crew
carefully admits water into the after
tank 10 sink her stern, the bow OF the
submarine boat points directly upward
at the bottom of the man Of war, and
when the proper moment comes the
captain gives the order to fire a tor
pedo. Forward in the torpedo COM
partment the ringing of a bell gives the
signal for this final act. The officer on
duty there pulls open the valve that
shoots the torpedo with It's deadly load
of dynamite at the battleship. At the
same instant the engines are reversed
and the submarine boat quickly backs
away as the Whitehead torpedo goes
home on It's work Of destruction.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02
The Flower o, Dumblape.

Inc FIOWGE u
The sun has game down Ger the lofty Ben
And left the red clouds to preside DER the
While lanely I stray in the calm summer
cleaning,
To muse on sweet Jessie, the flower O.
How sweet IS the briar. wiz it's sauft fold
in blossoml
And sweet is the birk, WI its mantle O.
Yet ssweeter and fairer. and dear to this
Is lovely young Jessie, the flower . Dun-
blanc.
She's modest as ony, n blithe as she's
For guileless simplicity makes her It's
ain,
And far be the villain Invested Of feel
ing.
Wha'd blight in its bloom the sweer
flower o. Dumblane.
Sing on, thou sweet mayis, thy hymn to
Thou art dear to the echoes of Calder
Sac dear to this bosom, sac artless and
winning,
Is CHARMING young Jessi,. the flower 0.
How lost were my days till I met wi my
The sports o the city seemed foolish and
vain;
I meier saw a nymph I would ca my dear
TIL charmed WI sweet Jessie, the lower
o. Dumblane.
Though mine were the station Of ioftiest
Amidst its PROPULSION I'd langulsh in
And reckon as naething the height d It's
II gantIng sweet Jessie. the tiower .,
Robert Tannahill
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02

The corn has ears and cannot hear,
Potatoes, eyes, but canno sec;
Which state OF things Is rather queer
Or that's the way II seems 70 me.
The melon has a tender heart,
But still he does not love, they say.
The onion's skin will nevef smart,
Although Il has been built that way.
The cabbage has a giant head,
But stu Il lacks q bit Of brains,
And though the squaslf's head Is RED,
From wearing collars he refraius.
The bamboo always sports q cane;
The oak has limbs, but never walks
The willow weeps, It's plaini
How strange the tulip never talks
The pickle has no hands, but still
Hag warts to spare, I understand.
The trumpet flower must think II III
She cannot Join q circus band.
The barley has a beard. and yet
A barber shop he eve seeks
And here / say II with regret,
No kisses press h apples cheeks,
The blades OF grass i do not fear;
The rubber plant can never see,
Which state OF things is rather queer,
Or that's the way It seems to me.
Chicago Chronicle.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02

and her magazine will contain, in addi-
tion. six or seven whitehead torpe.
does. Her speed below the surface will
be nine knots for twelve hours, or TWEEN
ty knots for four hours, while being OPP
Grated by electric current, and when
awash she will develop eight knots un-
der gas pressure. She will be fitted AT
first with a fifty horsepower gas en-
CINE, but at a later date a 300 horse-pow-
err motor Will be used, which expected to
generate a speed of sixteen knots. This
will be a test boat. The cost of con-
struction will be about $4,000.
The coming tower win telescope and
can be drawn into the boat. it's place be-
ing covered owe in less than a minute,
making her ready to plunge. The two
expulsion tubes, where Whitehead tor
pedoes of the largest size are carried for
explosion under a hostile man of war,
are plainly visible from the front
These tubes run aft along the axis of
the boat and fill up a large part of the
forward compartment. The tubes al
be opened from the inside when the
Eaat is running twenty or thirty feet
below the surface of the water. She
can carry three additional torpedoes,
making q total of five big Whiteheads,
surTIcient 90 destroy the nve largest
warships afIoat. There are three sea-
cocks on either side of the boat. By
means Of these the sea water can be
let into her when the time TO submerge
has arrived and she rapidly sinks un-
der the surface. where the fire OF the
heaviest guns cannot damage her.
When her commander wishes TO come
to the surface the water Is either
pumped out from her tanks through
these sea cocks or 1t is forced out By
connecting these tanks with the COM
pressed air reservoirs.
Another resSarkable feature of this
boat is thai she carries two horizontal
scsews. These two horizontal screws
can be instantly connected with her
engines and the boat can sink out Of
sight in less than a minute by their ac-
ton alone. A curious feature of the
exterior OF the boat is the pocket for the
anchor. This is under the boat six feet
aft from her bow and a mushroom an
chor has been made that fits snugly
into 1t. the cable leading up to the top
through.a we'll and over the sheave aft.
This will enable the craft to go to the
bottom OF the sea and anchor there.
The rotor and storage batteries will
give seventy horse power for six hours,
and the boat win have a radius OF action
OF sixty miles when totally submerged.
Under the water She can make six
knots an hour for ten hours, but on a
pinch this speed can b raised to ten
knots for a short distance. The inven-
tor claims that the boat can easily run
- - - - -
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02

Mount sopris, near Glenwood Springs.
Colo. t4.3a0 feet above sea level, il TO
be made into a ummer resort. Among
The unique attractions VIII be the per-
summer months.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02

The only Persian newspapers which
resemble those published In other coun-
tries are those issued in India and
Egypt, which copy English models. The
few papers published at Teheran con-
tain Mite besides the shah's proclama-
tons aud pictures OF prominent OFF,
tfntM
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02

Ii has long been n i1IoOted question
whether insects are attracted 70 iowers
by the bright hues Of the petals or by
the odor Of the Il0wers. and recent ex-
perimenls carried out on quite an ex-
tenstve scale seem to Indicate that the
perfume is the essential directive agent,
IL Is concluded fhat insects are guided
from a distance TO masses Of flowers by
flowers are groHn Sinsly insects are at-
traeted generally nv color, aud where
the distance Is small the odor doubtless
assists iii attracting and directing the
movements OF the dying insects.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02

on the occasion OF the hundredth an
adversary of the death OF Schiller MAY
8. 1865 the Swiss government Intends
To give every pupil IN the public schools
a cory OF that poets play. William.
Tell. The sum OF $4,000 has been set
aside Tor thst purpose.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02

After three months trial Of the re-
suits OF backing out the betting news
from he n~ezEspapers I q Ermondsey
Ff-f4puppnJ pupffc ffprury3 ny mas pFFu ue~
ground that Il excludes an undesirable
class Of readers.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02

Copper mining once lourished I'M Ire
land. The Bailymurtagh mine. Ia.
WICKLOW county, averaged 6.000 Tons ct
copper pyrste per annuin between 1870
and l4s3. pAsuitory prospecting is go-
ms on at the present day in several
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02

A man brought up ak st. Adams as
an incorrlgible rogue was proved to
have married his aunt. Hhis children
are, therefore. his first cousins and he
N his own uncle. His grandfather and
his mother-in-law' are the same per-
son. Apparently the judge sympathized
with him, for he was discharged.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02

There is a gradually c:awning belief
that plant growth Is more or less OF q
chemical process that may be acceler-
ated or retarded by the application OF
the proper reagents, generally In the
form OF fertilizers. and that the ulti-
mate growth Is usually far IN excess
OF the value OF the material applied.
This rs aprOpos Of some Investigations
that have been conducted by IA. Ma
gaoka, Of the Toxic Imperial univer-
sity. III stimulating rice growth by the
stimulating action OF manganese In the
form OF sulphate. A yield
Of 81 per cent over a field fertilized IN
the usual manner was obtained by this
investigator and the value Of the i'm
creased crop was equal 10 o times
the cost OF the chemical applied.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02

The amateur detective considered
himself a sherlock
+" will 'sift this to the bottom.t he Ne
Piled At supper.
ooh. FORGET 1t. and 20 out and sift
the ashes, :" replied his weary wife.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02

il recent statistics are TO be relied
upon the number or men-high-piaced
oficers-in both services who do not
smoke would bear out the theory that
smoking is going out OF fashion LA the
British army and navy. IT appears that
the majority of naval officers are con
tent, like the French Ind Russians
with an occasional cigaret. III course
there are exceptions. The army has no
otficer who is q more ~inveterate smoker
than was the late General Gordon. who
WA mlserable unIess he had an ample
supply Of cigarets- Thus among the
non-smokers are 0uTd Lord Roberts,
General MacKinnon. General Sir Rede-
vers Butler and General Gatacre.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02
TOMS II

And 50 you positively refuse to give
up this intimacyg"
Really. you ask too much, Aunty.
What else can / do in this stupid place?
I am devoted to yachting, you know,
and besides Mr.. Trevor Is the only man
here Who has "a motor car"
But, my child, you arc engaged TO
be married. what would Tom say IL
he should hear OF it2 And what would
you do IL he followed your exampleT
"Oh, Iwish ne would His devotion
wearies me sometimes. He used to be
quite q tease. but since our engagement
he seems to have forsworn everything
exciting.
Flossie tossed her pretty mead until
her blonde curtis fell yer her eyes from
which cleaned a spirit or mischief.
The first speaker was Miss Treadway,
the girls aunt. and d wealthy woman
OF forty years, who had adopted her AFT
ter the death OF her parents. Flossie's
fianee, q young doctor Of good family
nnd some means, was completing a
medical course In Germany IN they
we're TO be married as soon as he re-
ceived his foreign diploma
The girl loved him, but she was very
y~oung-only nineteen n h was q.
wilful maid. having always had her own
way. Her besetting sin was love OF
admiration and she deemed 1T essential
TO her happiness to have a mar in her
tolls. So, being for h first time be-
reft OF her lover. she had drifted into a
serious Irritation with q rich bachelor
who lived near the seaside resort where
they were staying.
MI. Trevor's summer home, q fine
stone mansion, overlooking the har-
Dor, was the scene OF many festivities.
He had already given two dinners In
Flossie'e honor at which functions Miss
Treadway had served as an unwilling
chaperon, for she had realized that the
brilliant company invited to meet, them
regarded her niece as the future Mrs.
Trevor. Now we find her r~eproving her
u relative with Indifferent success.
"Flossie." said Miss Treadway, Il
think you ought to consider Mr.. Ire
yor's feelings. II Is not fair to him; he
does not know about Tom. Perhaps
you had better tell him."
And spoil all my fun2 Why, aunty,
what a fuss o are making about a
trifse. i canno NOPE around without
mems society. Tom Ks la Germany, the
sea divides us. and he is welcome TO en-
joy himself In like manner However,
there Is no prospect Of doing anything
SO sensible. Why, / verify believe he
spends all his leisure time writing to
me, / get SO many letters / don't read
half OF them. And hat sesainds me,
one came yesterday when ! was getting
ready to go out In the yacht. / haven't
e it yet; really, l had forgotten It,"
ssFlossie, you are intorrigiblei" ex-
claimed Miss Treadway with as nue.
severity Of tone as she was capable of.
II give you mp. wash NV hands of the
whole affair. But If you lose Tom do
not blame anyone but yourself. l will
leave you to your own thoughts az /
am due ait a meeting at the rectory his
afternoon
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02

Glass that can be heated white hot.
and then plunged into cold water with
breaking seems IN imDossibility,
but 1t has been recently made an ac-
complisled fact 1t Is made from Bra-
lillian quartz pebbles heated red hot
and then tltroWn into distilled water.
Then the purest pieces are selected and
welded with the Oxyhydrogen blowpipe
into long stems like s~tra1vs, from which
glass vessels Of amy shape can be made.
Thus FAR this uunrtz glass has been am
ployed chiefly for making laboratory
apparatus. al text tube made In this
way win not break when a white-hot
coal IS dropped into III.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-02
kUR0N NEVER
LOST A BATTLE
Japanese General Talked but
Little and Smoked Cigar
cts necessarily.
KILLED AT LAO 4 n
Though the Report Of His Death Lacks
Confirmation From Official Sources
Ii Has Not Been Denied
Resembied Grant.

Recent dispatches tvia St Peters
burg) from the front told of the death
OF General Kuroki and the shipment of
his body back to Japan. The dis
patches stated he was killed BY the
bursting OF a shell at Lilac Yang The
report lacks confirmation.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-02
NEW YEARS REQUESTS
TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
Hawaiian Evangelical Association, Y. M. c. A.,
Library Association and Other Institutions
Receive Munificent Gifts From the
Atherton Estate.

public
New Years gifts the form of bequests which the late JOS
Aherton left for his widow Not all Of these nstu
tons of what them and the
this morning will surprise them.
Following the principle of Mr.. Atherton l his widow in
sb be given the method acqescence with the
desires Altogether however good thousands of dollars
will be distributed for the aid OF educational religious and charitable
purposes in accordance with Mr. Athertons request
Mr. Ateon made charitable bequests his will but instead
left this his wife, the will providing that she e
bestowng gifts may fitting
friends religious charitable educational purposes
referring her for guidance wishes conversations
the subject
The institutions remembered with the
expressed in these conversations the Hawaiian Evangelical AS
Young Mems Christian Association Honolulu Library
Association the Kaaiahao Seminary Association the American
Relief Society smaller bequests.
To the Hawaiian Evangelical Association the largest amount
exceeding addition this Mr.. Atherton
while his death bed paid overdra the society for
large amount.
To the Y NJ C. A of $4,000 given bonds
the be used paying the salary of the General Secretary
The endowment fund of the Y NJ. c. A $4,000
To Library Association largest amount
while other lesser
Mr. Chas Atheon stated yesterday that always his
fathers wish that his charitable bequests be known
his idea declining information other than of the
OF the institutions be benefed ito that desire
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-02

War between Russia and Japan-as-
suming that the conflict be actually
maturing in the womb of time-must
afford an ideal test of what is known
in military circles as newspaper strate-
gy. There is scarcely one important
journal which is without theory of
its own regarding the most advisable
course for both Japan and Russia to
adopt when hostilities break out. 1t
seems strange that Admiral Alexeieff,
the viceroy in the Far East, should
have to travel SO many miles to ac-
quaint the Car with Japan's chances
in the event of war. The same result
could be attained, apparently. by a ten
dollar subscription to bureau of news
paper clippings. The st. James's Ga
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-02
WEDAY BADLY WORSTED BY
BARRY THE SAN FRANCISCAN

condition. After a little parley with
Jesse Woods, the referee, it was agreed
command of the referee. The arrange
ment was for fifteen rounds. Both men
had weighed in at 15S pounds. At the
sound of the gong they exchanged
blows without parley. Weday moved
lively. He landed blow after blow on
Barry's neck but the latter contented
himself with hook punches for the body
The crowd began to think that it was
Weday's fight. Weday's seconds did not
seem to think so and at every blow that
Barry landed on Weday's body they
shouted foul" But Barry did not
Continued On Page D.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-02
JAPAN'S CHANCES IN
A WAR WITH RUSSIA

zette Oondon), The Daily News Oon-
dom, and ever so many others. nave
outlined the whole course of war. They
know what Russia will try to do, what
Japan will try to prevent. where the
naval battles will be fought, and the
points upon which the forces of the
Car will be hurled"
1t should be understood from the
start, thinks the Independence Beige
(Brussels), that neither of the COM
batants would be supported by an ally.
Russia would request France 10 keep
her hands off. Russia understands
that the interference of the French fleet
in her behalf would at once bring the
British fleet to the aid Of Japan" Rus
sia has no wish TO try conclusions with
the mistress of the seas. But it would
appear from the London Times that
CONTINUED on Page 70.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-02
BOARD OF HEALTH MAKES
A CUT OF ONE THIRD
Government Physicians, Dispensary and Chief
Health Officer viii Be Dispensed With.
Sanitary Inspector and Asylum Guards
Have Salaries Reduced.

The Board of Health will third in appro
paons carrying the plan naugurad by Gov
Carter While the efficiency OF the health department will
be impaired by the contemplated considered
that the is only temporary the emergency
The decided will effect saving of thy-thre per
the appropriation made by the Legislature The de-
cdeu upon call for the cutting entirely of the list of government
physicians officer, clerks
the Board of Health offices.
1t decided maintain the inspectors their
ber twelve but the will $40 eac
month reduction in the salary OF guards the insane asylum
will be made from $50 to SIS per month.
The dPenary be closed entirely and the free
distribution of medicines INDECENT medical
will eliminated There will probably be reduction
settlement which Lgis
iature unnecessarily increased
The question of subsidies hospitals has left open having
been referred the Attorney General for legal opinion the
right of government refuse o pay
In the general plan making the cutting
of the chief health officer DR. Pratt be offered the position
chief sanitary No reduction salaries be made
departments the Territory where the salary has been fixed
by the Legislature
OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
The finally upon land
the expense that department only the salary of the Judge
clerk $3.50 SIS per month
The tenogaphe deputy registrar and deputy clerk have
been dropped
In the Attorney Generals Department of the assistants
Noah u has been dropped and other changes contemplated