davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
dangling after you since you were tel

dangling after you since you were ten
years old"
What about Cymlin and yoursef?"
Then Matilda laughed, and her
countenance changed, and she said
seriously, Upon my word and honor,
| was never nearer loving Cymlin than
was last night, yet no was never less
deserving of IL. IT'S a good story,
Jane. | will not pretend to keep II
from you, though | would stake my
last coin on Cymln's silence about the
matter. lie came into my presence,
as he always does, III at ease, and
why, | know not, for a man more
handsome in face and figure II would
not be easy to find in England. But
he has bad manners, Jane, confess
II; he bushes and stumbes over
things, and lets his kerchief fall. and
when he tries to be a gallant, makes
fool of himself"
you are talking of my brother, Ma
tilda, and you are making him ridicu-
lous, a thing Cymlin is not, and never
was"
wait W. ddHts WAS KIM 10
him, and he told me about his life in
Ireland, and he spoke so well, and
looked so proper, that | could not help
but show him how he pleased me.
Then he went beyond his usual man
ner, and in leaving tried to give me IA
bow and leg in perfect court fash
ion; and he made a silly appearance,
and for the life of me I could not help
smile-not a nice smile, Jane, in.
deed, twas a very scornful smile. ard
he caught me at It, and what do You
think he did?
81 dare say he told you plainly tina,
you were behaving badly?"
MY dear Jane, he turned back, he
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
Good News From Minnesota.

Lakefield, Mimi, Jan. 4.-Mr. Will
liam Il. Gentry of this place is one of
the best-known and most highly re-
spected men in Jackson County. For
IS years he has suffered with Kidney
Trouble and now at II years of age he
has found a complete cure and is well.
His cure is remarkable because of
the length of time he had been suffer
ing. Cases of 40 years standing might
be considered incurable, but the rem
edy that cured Mr. Gentry seems to
know no limit to its curative power
MIR. Gentry says:
IL have suffered with misery in my
back tor about Az years and had all
the troublesome symptoms of Kidney
ond Urinary disease. l tried various
kinds of remedies. but all to no effect
until tried Dodd's Kidney Pills. Now
/ have no pain in my back. and feel
quite well in every way.
Il am II years of age and feel
better than | have fer the last 40
years. | attribute It all to Dodd's Kid.
ney Pills"
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06

leaves little TO chronicle. James chief
excitements came from her visits to
Mary Cromwell and Matilda de Wick.
The affection between Jane and
Matilda had the strong root Of habit
as well as OF inclination. They could
not be happy If they were long apart.
Jane visited frequently at Jevery
House, and Matilda quite as fire.
quently at Sandys.
One morning in the spring OF 1858,
Jane was returning from a two days
visit to the Cromwels. The air was
so fresh and balmy she went to Jew
cry House resolved to ask Matilda
to drive in the Park with her AS
she went upstairs she wondered what
mood she would find Matilda In, for
there was a certain mental pleasure
in the uncertainty Of her friends tenn
per. She found her lying upon a sofa
in her chamber, her little feet, pref
tily shod in satin, showing just below
her gown; her hands clasped above
her head, her long black hair scatter
ed loosely on the pillow. She smiled
languidly as Jane entered, and then
said:
81 have been expecting you, Jane.
/ coud not keep the thought Of you
out OF my mind, and by that token
knew you were coming. Pray, where
have you been2 Or. where are you
going?"
81 have been spending two days
with the Cromwels, and the morning
is SO fair, wondered If you would not
drive an hour in the park. Do you
know that Cymlin arrives from Ire
Journey well taken, il he saw you at
the end of t."
you are a little late with your
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
CHAPTER vIl.-(continued.l


Cromwell wants only that Parlia-
ment should know its own mind, and
declare itself dissolved God knows
it is high time. but Vane, and more
with him, would sit while life lasts.
Martha, my heart is troubled within
me. Have we got rid OF one tyrant
calling himself King, to give obedi-
ence to a hundred tyrants calling
themselves Parliament? II shall not
be so. As the Lord liveth verify, it
shall mott"
There was meeting of the Coun-
Gil at the Speakers house the night
after Israel Swaffham's indignant pro-
test against Parliament, and Crom-
well, sitting among those self-seeking
men, was scornfully angry at their
deliberations. His passion for public
and social justice burned, and in a
thunderous speech, lit by flashes of
binding wrath, he spoke out of a full
and determined heart. Then he
mounted his horse and rode home
ward.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
CHAPTER VIII.
Upon the Threshold.

II we believe that life is worth llN-
ing, our belief helps to create that
fact, for faith is in matters of the
spirit all that courage is in practical
affairs. To Jane and Cluny this be-
lief was not difficult, for limitation
always works for happiness, and dur
ing the ensuing year life kept within
the bounds of their mutual probation
and of Cluny's military duties, was
full OF happy meetings and partings;
days in which Love waited on Duty.
and again, days in which Love was
lord of every hour; when they wander.
ed together in the Park like two
happy children, or. If the weather
was unfit sat dreaming in the stately
rooms Of Sandys about the little gray
house in Fifeshire, which was to be
their own sweet home.
So the weeks and months went by,
and though they were not alike, they
had that happy similitude which
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
BY AMELIA f. BARR.

news, Jane That is one of your
faults. Cymlin was here last night.
He spent a couple of hours with me-
then she smiled so peculiarly, Jane
could not help asking her:
What is there in your way of smil
ing, Matilda? am sure 1t means
story Of some kind
II shall have To tell you the story
for you could never guess what that
smile was made Of Forst, however,
what did you see and hear at the
Cromwells'
Il heard in passing manner that
Prince Rupert is of the seas forever
that he is at the French court, where
he is much made Of "
Jane Swaflham, have you no fresh.
er news?" and she pulled out of her
bosom many sheets of paper tied to-
gether with gold thread Il had
this yesterday" she said, "by the
hand of stephen, and may as wei
tell you TO prepare to meet stephen de
Wick, for he VOWS he will not leave
England again until he has speech
with you"
Then he is forsworn; | will not see
him"
1T will be no treason now to speak
to your old servant The Amnesty
Act will cover you. But | fight not
Stephens battles; | have enough 10
do to keep my own share of your
friendship from fraying. Now, | must
tell you something concerning my
self. | am going to France"
"France!" cried Jane in amazement.
'Nes, France. have persuaded my
uncle that he ought to go there. and
look after his affairs. | have persuad.
ed my aunt that it is not safe for
my uncle to go without her and they
both know my reason for going with
them, although We do not name Prince
Rupert"
when do you go, Matilda?"
Tomorrow. IL Stephen be ready
And let me tell you, Jane, stephens
readiness depends on you"
"That is not so"
1T is. hope you will be definite
Jane. You have kept poor StepheI
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
TOO eIppY EoR Her.
Costume Shocked South sea islanders
Sense Of ModestN.

Costume Shocked South Sea islanders
Sense Of Modesty
When the late Bishop Selwyn first
went as missionary to the South
Sea Islands he found the natives in
various islands very tractable. The fact
however, that the islanders went alb.
solutely naked caused the good bishop
some anxiety and he resolved to direct
part of his efforts to get them to wear
at least the minimum of clothing.
He therefore obtained some bright.
ly colored calico and lett 1t lying care.
lessly about his hut, knowing we'll that
the bright colors would soon attract
the attention of the natives
An old native lady soon afterwards
called and "bishopy" allowed her to
eye the cloth for some time. AT last
he picked up a piece, and, Offering it to
the native. said that he would give
It to her u she would wear it.
She departed in great glee, but re-
turned the following day with a down
cast look, and the cloth neatly rolled
up.
Handing it back to the astonished
missionary, she said. ME no wear
that, bishopy; me too shy!"-Stray
Stories.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
A DEFENSE OF SLANG.
Writer Believes It TO Be the Language
of Sincerity.

OF
So far from being an evidence OF
national levity and lack of seriousness
slang is the language of sincerity. 1t
is the result of an instructive effort
to get as far away as possible from
everything like pretentiousness. 1t is
the antipodes of bathos. 1t Is the
language of the whole people, because
1t is expressive of the national sense
of humor that is never so keen as
when it contemplates with a JOY like
wise unutterable the spectacle pre-
scented b. a fake exposed. 1t is blunt.
II is cr e. 1t is brutal sometimes, but
it is always sincere. It directs against
the citadels of evil the mighty en-
ginery of laughter. 1t does for our
nascent abuses what the mordant sat
ire of Martial and Juvenal failed to do
for decadent kome.-Prof. Herman
Spencer IN Booklovers' Magazine.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
Webster Was Willing.

When Daniel Websters market man
had sued him for a long unpaid bill
and got his money he was so scared
at his tenerity that he stopped calling
at the door for orders. The Godlike
Daniel asked him why. one day, and
the man confessed that he supposed
Mr.. Webster would never trade with
him again. "Oh," said Webster, sue
me as often as you like, but for heav.
ems sake don't starve me-" There
was never a time when the great man
was not willing to owe as much as
anybody was willing to let him owe.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
Millions In Oats.

Saizer's New National oats yielded
in 1903 in Mich. 240 bu., in Mo, 255 bu.,
in N. D.. $40 bu.. and in 80 other
states from $50 to 300 blu. per acre. Now
this Dat IL generally grown in 1904,
yield, and millions of dollars to the
farmers purse. Try II for 1904 Largest
Seed Potato and Alfalfa Glover grow
ers in America.
Salzers Speltz Beardless Barley.
Home Builder Corn, Macaroni Wheat
Pea Oat, Billion Dollar Grass and Ear
Hest Canes are money makers for you,
Mr.. Farmer.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10c
in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co,
La Crosse, Wis, and receive in return
their big catalog and lots of farm seed
samples. CIV. n. W
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
THOUGHT HE WAS KILLED.
Small Accident Nearly scares Work.
man to Death.

Small Accident Nearly scares Work
man to Death.
A workman in a big building com.
pany's yards nearly died Of fright a
few days ago. The foreman heard
yell and much commotion among a
lot of carpenters in the yard and
rushed to the scene. He found one
of the men on the ground with two.
inch bit apparently sticking through
his side, white as a ghost, and prac'
tically out of his mind. His fellow
workmen had sent for an ambulance
and were about as badly frightened
40 he. The foreman took out his
knife and slit the mans jumper and
shirt down the back. The bit came
away with the shirt, tightly rolled up
in 1t, and the man was absolutely UNI
scratched. 1t appeared that he had
been standing against an unfinished
caisson in which twoinch holes were
being bored. The bit was run by
compressed air, and when 1t came
through the planking was very hot.
It was the heat from the bit which
made the workman think it was in
his body.-New York Post.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
Stops the Cough and
Works on the Cold
Iative Bromo Quinine Tablets Price 25c
HabItual Criminal Law.

Great Britain is to have an habitual
criminal law resembling those Of some
of our states. The plan row under
consideration is that of an industrial
penal settlement for the special ben.
eft of such "habituals," where special
efforts would be made to reform them,
and opportunity given OF regalning
their liberty by industry and good con-
duct, but only on probation.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
Corn Sauce.

Cook a dozen ears of sweet corn for
five minutes, then cut from the cob.
Add to this corn a head Of cabbage,
cut fine, two chopped green peppers,
one red pepper, chopped cup of SUI
gar, five cents worth Of ground mus
tard, tablespoonful of celery seed,
three pints of vinegar and salt to
taste Mix well and boil for twenty
minutes. Put up in air-tight cana.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
How to Keep a Cellar Dry.

It is very hard to make dry eel
lar. When the soil is not porous the
ground about must be well drained.
Then the walls must b. covered with
good cement, while sometimes 1t is
necessary to cover walls and floor with
hot asphalt.-Conntry Life in America
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
Cats Well.

In the south of Ireland, near lnchi'
geelah. is the Cats Well" the waters
of which are supposed to exert mar
velous remedial effects upon ailing
Tables.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
Tourists Enriched Switzerland.

Tourists have in decade convert
ed Switzerland from one of the poor.
est to one of the richest countries, the
money per capita being larger than
that In the United States.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06

No muss or failures made with
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06

Mrs. wInsIow's Soothing syrup.
For children teehing sOftens the gums, reduces IN
nammRtlOn, alays pain, cures wind collie. 9ca bottle.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06

lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-Mrs THos RoBBlSs'
Maple Street. Norwich, ~ Y. Feb. II, 1900.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-06
A TYpleal Duel.

a typical duel Is that reported from
the town of Minsk, In Russia. Two old
friends, lawyers had been to the thea.
ter together. Coming out. one acci.
dentally knocked on the others hat.
lac apologized. but the other, very an.
cry, called him names The result
was a duel in which one was killed.
Neither had shot a pistol before.
10000 Plants for 1Gc.
This is remarkable offer the John
A. Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse. Wis.
makes. They will send you their big
plant and seed Catalog, together with
enough seed to grow
1000 fine. solid Cabbages.
1000 delicious Carrots.
1000 blanChing, nutty Celery.
1000 rich. buttery Lettuce.
1000 splendid onions.
1000 rare, luscious Radishes.
1000 glcriously brilliant Flowers.
This great offer Is made In order to
Induce you to try their warranted seeds
for when you once plant them you
will grow no others. and
ALL FOR BUT l6c POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice,
and If you will send them zoe in post
age they will add to the above pack
age of the famous Berliner Cauiifiower.
CIV. n. u
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-08

approximately. estimated that the ay-
eTage yearly income of these men is
$3.50 or that the public in the country
pays s1JD. 100000 annually for medical
attendance. emitting entirely the
money spent for patent medicines.
which bring millions of dollars to
manufa cturers. or the amounts spent
for doctors prescriptions or paid To
Qua clls and commercial doctors. The
preparation for the practice of medi-
cine that gives man good standing
iu the profession means an expense
of. literally speaking, $4,000 for four
wears in reputable medical school.
1000 for general expenses during
two years hospital service. and per-
haps another 81 900 for setting up in
practice.
The well-known specialist receives
some large prices for his work. but
in exactly the same proportion the
value of the time he gives. away is in
creased. There probably is not a
doctor i'll the country who makes
100000 regularly every year. those
who make $4,000 are NE re handful.
and the average physician it should
he remembered, has an income of
$40
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-08
Hanec,,s Bad Ereak.

Paris BcacOn: The popular saying
that history repeats itself seems to
have been borne ont in the foofSpeech
made by Judge EIbriGge Hanecy. Of
Chicago. before the republican love
feast al Springfield Wednesday. Four
Near> ago at the love feast HanecN,
who was then Cook county's candi-
date for governor. made speech
which sounded like a studied Insult
from Cook county To the state at
large. He told his hearers in effect
that ne would come To the convention
with Il solid delegation from Cock
county AT his back. and If they didn't
like IL they could lump it. for be was
going 10 ne the nominee Of the con-
Ventiun. "Wednesday. "a the spokeS-
man of the First district in Chicago.
he appear TO have accomplished an
other deiiverance. which was charac-
teTized by AN equal lack II tact and
sense. The state at large accepted
his challenge four years ago. and al
though the man who was entitled to
the nOmiEation was robbed of IL bv a
miserable tiuke. Hanery was effectu-
ally abolished Ii now appears he has
throwu down the gauge of battle
again though not in his own behalf
fhi, time IL i therefore up TO the
republicans of Illinois that the def
does nj lack an acceptance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-08
= Night Alarm.

Worse than an alarm of. fire at night
is the brassy cough of Group, which
sounds like. the children's death knelI,
and ii means death unless something
is done QUICKLY Foley's Honey and
Tar never fails 70 give instant relief
and quicEEA Cites the worst forms of
Group. MEs. p L. Cordier, of Man
nington. Ky. writes: My 3-year-old
girl had a severe case of Group; the
doctor said. she could not live. ! got
a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar
the first dose gave quick relief and
saved her life" Refuse substitutes.
Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-08
"Holier Than Thou"

The Springfield (Ma>s.) Republican.
la referring 10 the indictments which
federal grand iuries have found
against two republican United States
senators. says:
III il At singular fact that the con-
servntivc reaction against pOpulism in
Nebras ka and Kansas should have
brought into the highest public places
men who get indicted for criminal Of
fense~ in the courts. Senator Dietrich.
OF Nebraska. has escaped only on q
time Limit the probable disgrace of
conviction in case charging him with
selling a po~toffice nomination. Sen
ator Burton. OF Kansas. now finds
himself indicted by the federal grand
jury of 1t. Louis ON the charge of ac-
cepting $500 from corporation in re-
turn fDr the exercise of his Influence
in the corporations behalf at the
pOStC flee department. The shame at
tending these two federal indictments
of nited states senators on criminal
charges falls both on the states the
men represent and upon the august
legislative body or which they are
members. The populiSt senators from
Kansas and Nebraska were ridiculed
and abused. but they were never un-
der criminal Indictment for offenses
against honesty.
The Springfield Republican has
never been charged with populistic
iuclinati,n> and. therefore. the com
piiment it pays tu senators of that
party mast me accepted a AN en-
phatic rebuke To the republican part y
and the republican senators who have
been indicted. II must he apparent
har the republican "holier thanVhou
argument. 80 often resorted 10 and "a
often defeated Ivy little .lap>eS of the
idud L" which the Springfield Repub-
lean refers. i somewhat fraIZlcd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-08
NEWS IN OUTLINE

Miss Mary Kip. daughter Of the late
Bishop Kip. of California. was I T.
ried ut Omaha TO DIR. Ernest Robip-
son. Kansas City surgeon
W r. Hearst has placed ats1 900 900
mortgag e 0n the property of his New
York papers.
Because of the Jim Crow law i'll
Alabama Bishop Arnett paid over $50
for sleeping car all to himself in
that state.
Andrew Buse. one of Minnesota 5
territorial pioneers. is dead at Min
neapOlis at the age of 81 years.
The officials of the Window Glass
Workers Association of America
have notified all members to qglit work
where the Philadelphia wage scale is
not being paid.
General Reyes has been elected
president of Colombia. He sails this
week for Paris.
There has been Il steady decrease
in the number of new cases of typhoid
fever reported i'll Columbus, o., during
the past week.
MOdicum. carrying 100 pounds and
ridden by Hildebrand, won the $10,-
900 Burns handicap at the Inglesidc
track. San Francisco.
An ice gorge forty feet high is
threatening LoSansport, Ind, with in
undatiOu.
At dinner given by the Manhattan
club at New York Alton b. Parker was
doomed as the Democratic candidate
for president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-08
A Cure for Eczema

My baby had eczema so bad that its
head was a solid mass of scabs, and
its hair all came out. l tried many
remedies. but none seemed to do any
permanent good until l used DeWitt's
Witch hazel Salve. The eczema is
cured. the scabs are gone and the lit
tie ones scalp is perfectly clean and
healthy, and its hair is growing beau
tifully again. l cannot give too much
praise to DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
Prank Farmer. Bluff City. Ky. In
buying Witch Hazel Salve look out
for counterfeits. DeWitt's Is the origi-
nal and the only one containing pure
witch hazel. The name T.. c. Dewitt
d Co. II on every box. Sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-08
Escaped an Awful Fate.

II. Haggins, of Melbourne. Fla.
writes: "My doctor told ME l had
and nothing could be
done for me. I was given up TO, die.
The offer of free trial bottle of DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
tion induced me to try it. Results
were startling. ! am now on the road
to recovery and owe all to DIR. Kings
New Discovery. Ii surely saved my
life" This great cure is guaranteed
for all throat and lung diseases by
Hartz & Cllemeyer. druggists. Price,
so cents and 81. Trial bottles free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-08

The democrats of Florida have par
tally ,Oly ed the problem Of electing "A
United States senator by vote of the
people without the need If an amend
Inent Ia the United States conStitu-
lion. Under the primary election law
Of that state the candidate for seHa-
tor designated by the popular vote al
the election 10 be held in May will he
duly chosen by the Florida legislature.
The nominee must have received Il
ma iority Il all the votes east at the
primary. aud IF no candidate shall re-
ccive Il ma iority If votes the two
highc-t ON the list will he the only
candidates al the second primary
election. when the choice will be
uaGc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-08
MardI Grns. New Orleans. La.

The Illinois Central Railroad will
sell excursion tickets Peoria to New
Orleans. La, Feb. 9 to Il, at the low
rate of $24.3j. with return limit to
March ). provided ticket Is deposited
by Feb. 20, with fee of soc.
Stop over allowed on both going and
return trips.
Solid vestibuled trains. consisting of
standard Pullman sleepers, library
ear. free chair cars and diners. Quick
est time. Our own line all the way.
For further information write or
call on the Undersigned.
G. A. SMITH,
Commercial Agent.
City ticket offices 500 Main Street
Peoria, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-08
TIPS TO TRAVELLERS
so to Oklahoma.

Feb. 16. and March 1 and II Sthe C.,
r. ]. q p. railway will sell one-way
colonist tickets to all points in Okla
homa and Indian Territory at rate
of $40. and to "A number of points. in
Texas the rate will be $l1.50.