davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
NoBLEMAN AS PHEASANT GIRL"

Russian DisEuis as Domestic Nnn-
 ages to Win Wealthy Widow.
 A story which reads like a chapter from a romance of the middle ages is being published by the local press, New York Times Moscow letter says. The wealthy and beautiful young Bar oness Urusoff, widow of a distinguished Russian government official, took up her residence in Moscow about eighteen months ago and lived an extremely se- cluded life. Her beauty, however, at tracted attention wherever she was seen, whether In the streets or when riding or at the theater.
 All the young cavaliers of Moscow were hopelessly in love with her. The baroness, however, rejected all at tempts to obtain an introduction to her, and continued to live in perfect se- clusion. attended only by an elderly relative. Some months ago a young peasant girl began to visit the residence of the baroness, offering the servants cheap articles for sale. Once she brought some old Russian porcelain, which she offered the baroness. Subse- Quently the baroness used to buy differ ent articles from the peasant girl. who was intelligent, had good manners and considerable conversational talents.
 The baroness eventually asked the girl whether she would enter her serv- ice as lady's maid. The peasant girl agreed and became the baroness maid. She discharged her duties to perfection for fortnight, and then revealed "her- self as young Russian nObleman named Maximoff. who, taking advan- tage of his fair hair and complexion, had masqueraded as a domestic to break down the barriers with which the beautiful baroness had surrounded herself.
 Baroness Urusoff was so much i'm pressed by the extraordinary persever- ance which the young nobleman had revealed in coming month after month as a peasant girl, then working as a domestic to gain her favor, that she became engaged to him and the mar riage took place a week or so ago. The story has just become known in society circles in Moscow.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
The Breath.

The breath of healthy person has no odor. This is equivalent to saying that no one whose breath has habitual- ly disagreeable odor is in absolute health. Somewhere there is trouble, the presence of which, although not al ways the location of 1t, is betrayed by the expired air.
 A person with bad breath is not al- ways aware of his misfortune, or per haps one should say the misfortune of his friends, and it is a kindness and duty on the part of his family to tell him. The trouble can almost always be bettered, If not entirely removed and it is the duty of one so afflicted to place himself in the physicians hands for care
 The cause of bad breath is often evident, but sometimes very careful examination, weighing and rejecting one by one the different possibilities, is necessary before the seat of the trou- ble can be determined. Local troubles must be looked for and corrected. Ca tarrh of the nasal passages, or of one or more of the cavities in the bones of the face communicating with the nose, may cause very foul breath; this can be relieved In many cases by snuffing some antiseptic fiuid-well d. luted, for the nasal mucous membrane is sensitive-through each nostril sev- eral times a day. The nasal douche, so often recommended, should be used only tnder the direction af I physician.
 The mouth is often the place of ori- gin of the odor. Decayed teeth, or the decomposition of food particles al- lowed to remain between the teeth, or recedirg gums with suppuration round the edges of the teeth, may one or all affect the breath unpleasantly. The regular use of the toothbrush with an antiseptic mouth wash will usually remedy this. There may be an accumu- latlon of fur" at the back of the mouth, which gives an odor to the breath; this should be removed with spoon or the ring in one of the handles of pair of scissors. The tonsils may have mal- odorous accumulations of secretion in their pits.
 Trouble in any part of the digestive tract is very likely to declare itself In the breath. Constipation, especially, Is so betrayed. It is well known that some foods, onions, for example, will scent the breath, but it is not 50 gener- ally appreciated that the eating of large amount of meat will often give reculiarly disagreeable quality to the breath The emotions may have their effect, too, and the ill-tempered person or the worrier is thus an Offeuse in more ways than one.
 There is seldom any excuse for per manent bad breath, for the physician can almost always discover the cause.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

partnership But what of this type believes that her husband should be anything but silent partner with just enough in the firm questions of domestic policy the the controlling nteres-she her Self-inStrUcts him?
 The "drudgery of few rooms of which the wife discussing complains is not comparable to that husband employed in minor capacity endures for eight hours day every day his life is much the task but the dependence it entails that makes the mans occupation distastefu It is the daily lesson of discipline subornaton that hardest to learn And this no woman working in her home ever has to learn She makes her hours and method of work. and most important of all. she works for herself and her home For it is rarely that the tired breadwinner disputes her claim to supremacy.
 The main need of the young woman who thinks her household duties drudgery is divorce, but of duty and responsibility Quite recently there dis cusson between two learned ladies whether not wives by their household services their living The real to this question is that any wife her living in this manner. but that of them have wish to do The only woman slaves der the thirteenth amendment bonded to their selfish discOntent-
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
Tne Luck or Left-Handedne...

Of all "anti-lean" systems prescribed by physician or quack, perhaps none is so curious as that cited by Martin welker in an article written for the Western Reserve Historical Society on Life in Central Ohio Sixty Years Ago" The story also goes to prove that in left-handedness there may be an advantage unexplained by psycho- logical research. The expounder and example of the diet theory was an old settler, one of large family of chil- dren, who grew up to be very stout man, while the others were small and thin.
 The big iron pot which hung on the crane cooked the mush for the family. It was a usual thing to see the chil- dren. with their cups and spoons, seat ed all round the mush pot on the hearth, helping themselves to their supper.
 The old settler used to explain his plump condition in this way: When he was a boy the principal living was bean porridge When it was cooked it was set out in the pot, and all the family dipped.
 He alone was left-handed. The right handed ones, dipping in their spoons, soon set the contents of the pot going round in a whirl, and the beans and small fragments of meat partook of this circular motion. But he, being left-handed. thrust in his spoon, met the floating solid particles, and was able to appropriate to himself the more food. The others got the thin porridge.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
UNENOTIONAL BUGYRUS
E@5SS=SS555zSS5S

-An avrIdge O ten gallon a day for six months Is an almighty good rec ord for a scrub COW what hain't never had no extry feed nor 'tentlon," re- marked Sol Baker. I've seen a heap O fine-haired stock that wus fed scien- tifc an curried twice a day that wouldn't come up to that. What did Pete have to say?"
 ''He said he'd seen worse milkers, g replied Newt Foster, with a grin. Hes a great old Pete. he is"
 His idee of a right good COW Is one that'Tl give ten gallons a day, blow an acre an a ha'f O bottom land an lay aigs to boot" observed the store keeper. 'I wouldn't "a been s'prised if he'd aimed to buy that there cow But I ain't s'prised nohow."
 "If he'd been one O these yer Is- rulites an set down In a land of Ca naan overflowin' with milk an honey he'd have kinder made out, mebbe, but he'd have kicked because there wasn't no nice, hot griddle cakes and genuine maple sirup to go with them," ob- served Baker.
 "'Sfar's that's concerned, milk an honey ain't what I'd want for a stiddy livin'," said Washington Hancock. "If a feller can't eat thirty quail in thirty days, I'd like to know how he'd come out on straight sweetenin'. But Pete
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

cert'inly is hard to please. He reminds me O Bucyrus woolley a right consid'- ble.
 This here Bucyrus was one O them jes' tol'able fellers. He'd say Amen ? if he got stirred up. but you couldn't get him to shout 'Halleluyah !'"
 "Who was Bucyrus Woolley?" asked the storekeeper. Another O them old timers O yours, Wash?''
 "He ain't a right smart older'n I am right now." replied Hancock. II reckon he's Twin out Benton town ship way yit. If you want to hitch up some these bright mornin's to go out to see him. He ain't as enter tainin' as I am. though. One O these fellers at never has much to say an what he does say is mostly grunts. uster go to school with him an he'd grunt when he wasn't knee high to a duck. If anybody gave him a stick O candy he'd take it, but the only way you could tell he liked candy was to watch him eat it. He'd look at a dose O caster ile in much the same discom- passionate way.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
A LOVERS ENVY.

1 envy every flower that blows Beside the pathway where she goes, And every bird that sings to her, And every breeze that brings to heT
 The fragrance of the rose. 1 envy every poets rhyme That moves her heart at eventime, And every tree that wears for her Its brightest bloom, and bears for her
 The fruitage of it's prime. I envy every Southern night That paves her path with moonbeams
 white,
 And silvers all the leaves for her, And in their shadow weaves for her
 A dream of dear delight. l envy none whose love requires Of her a gift, task that tires: only long to live to her. I only ask to give to her
 All that her heart desires Henry Van Dyke, in Century.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
Circum.tances Alter Faces.

In order to play Rosemary" some years ago, John Drew shaved of his mustache. thereby greatly changing his appearance. Shortly afterward he met don theater, but could not just then re- call who the latter was. MT. Beer -bohms memory was better.
 ''Oh, Mir. Drew," he said, I'm afraid you don't know mo without your mus tache."-Everybody's Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

lar an found a nickel. He'd go to the circus an set through the whole show an the concert an you'd a thought somebody had jest clubbed him into goin' to the thing.
 ''If you ast him what he thought O the giraffe he'd say: oh, reckon its all right I s'pose there's nothin' spe- cial wrong with it.
 ~Ask him If he didn't think monkeys was the darndest cutest little critters he'd ever seen he'd say: 'Mebbe they
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

Then Bucyrus got married. Got one O the best lookin' gals there was any where around.
 Smart as a whip, too. She'd hus- tie an milk the COWS an cook break fast for Bucyrus an two hired men an have the dishes out O the way an a weeks washin' out on the line afore the sun was two hours high
 That woman of his knowed how to cook, too. She could fix up chicken dinner with dumplin's better'n anybody I ever seen, an her bread an her bis cult an her cake an her pies an her jell an preserves an pickles an but ter was the talk O the hull neighbor- hood
 Everybody down that way bragged about 'em but Bucyrus; but pshaw! he didn't see nothin' extra about the cook in or about her.
 "One time while he was courtin' her somebody bragged about what a purty gal she was.
 "'wen,' says Bucyrus, I've seen homelier'
 ..If she ast him how he liked the vittles he'd say, T don't know as there's anythin' special the matter with the vittles that you give me-
 That's the nearest he ever got to braggin' on her.
 "I reckon all that hurt her feeltn's
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
Rirht in Front.

Your wife has a swell new lid"
 ''Yes, that's the box her last years merry widow came in; she just stuck bunch of violets on the side and made 1t the latest dream."-Houston Post.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

He wus the only young one his folks had. an they nachally laid them selves out to please him, but nothin' they ever done made him crack a smile. He'd go around from mornin' till night lookin' s if he'd lost a dol
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

right smart at flrSL. Shed allus been uster havin' her folks make over her, an it come hard when she seen him eatin' his meals like they was so much hay an never a word O praise, how ever much she got done.
 Her mother was partickler mad an wanted her to pack up an go back home with her. But she allowed it was jest the way Bucyrus wus, an she kep' right on cookin' an cleanin' an mend- in an makin'. She got kind O used to his unenthuslastic ways in time.
 But finally suthin' comes up an she did quit him an quit him for good an all, as far s know. She hadn't gone back to him when came here to Atch- ison. anyway"
 What was the trouble?" asked the storekeeper. Did woolley git to lick in her?"
 "No," replied Hancock, "I doubt If Mrs WoOlley 'ud have qiut him for a little thing Ike that"
 Was there another woman in the case:" queried Baker.
 He wusn't that kind" said Han, cock. ''Bucyrus woolley was too busy. anyhow, for that.''
 What was 1t, then?" asked two or three voices at once.
 There was young feller come to the house an Mis- Woolley wus a good deal took with his style an appear ance," drawled Hancock. ~She ast Bucyrus what he thought about him.
 "'Ain't he absolutely the peartest, cutest. han'somest. softest, sweetest leetle feller ever wus or ever will beT she says. She was right enthusiastic about the little feller, Mrs. woolley was.
 'sBucyrus stood looSin' down at the pink-faced squirmin', toothless, bald headed stranger.
 "I s'pose he might be worse lookin' than he is he says. deliberately as you please. still, reckon I ain't got no right to kick at a dispensation O Prov idence.' '"-Chicago Daily News
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
Trying to Explain.

Howell-What did you mean by say ing that I would never set the world on fre2 Powell meant that you were too much of a gentleman to do it
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

It is always said of the best of them, "He Is a good man, but" And he has to die in order to get that word but" cut off.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
SleiEht of Hand.

Hyker I attended a successful sleight of hand performance last night. Pyker-So? Hyker-Yes. I lent a conjurer a counterfeit dollar, and he gave me back a good one.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

good clothing. without pleasure of any sort, without nope of rest vacation"
 In legal aspect this singular plea is absolutely untenabe suggest merely that foolish and selfish young serving the sweet of advertisement for some one But other phases it is interesting as being perhaps the remarkable record feninnisn gone to the head
 There seems be large number of women who have edeveoped of justice adequate conception the nearing of equality In the marital relation they must be either slaves slave drivers and failing tablish an absolute monarchy in their homes go elanking of imaginary chains railing at intangible fet ters Marriage has been said thousand times is a
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

followed by until there has burning which sears acrid bitterness of spirit which log endures under the of reconciliation tempest and temper often is the forerunner shining after rain On the contrary, it by far likely to up lasting dissensiOn anger. There sweetness in lovers quarres which compensates the sharpness of their sting; might well preach advisability of breaking bit of in order mend it with some wonderful cement which shall make it stronger than this world there many risks which 1t is wiser not to incur.
 Lovers quarres usually either ebulltons of jea ousy mostly due to Sefishness they come from what somebody has called the leakage of temper" most undesirable quality for either husband or wife avoid quarrels before marriage there is small hope that they will be able to eschew them afterwards
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

The man equipped to blow gardens is as popular these days as politician with money. and a good deal more h. dependent.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
ARE WIVES BUT sLAvEsl
By NixoLa GreeIey-Snifh

A young woman in New York City has brought suit for divorce on the novel plea that under the thirteenth amendment to the constI- tutIon of the United States she is living in -in- voluntary servitude." Isn't a woman tied down by marriage in uncongenial surround Ings as much a slave as the negroes who were freed under the thirteenth amendmentg" she asks. q drudge here in these few rooms with
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

are. I ain't seen a right smart lot O monkeys, though
 An his face 'ud be as sober as If he wus to a buryin'.
 "Bucyrus wasn't never feelin' right well. About middlIn' was as far as he ever got. He never got a good bargain, but he'd own up that some O the things he bought wasn't so cussed bad, eonsiderin' the price he'd paid for 'em. He had way O gettin' things cheap. because the feller that had 'em to sell never thought so much of 'em after Bucyrus stood an pershed out his lips at 'em.
 Then there was men around that would never try to tell a funny story if Bucyrus was anywhere near. Seemed like they wasn't so derned fun ny after all when he was list'nin'.
 He was cert'nly a worker, though. He'd make good trades an he'd work hard an If he had anybody workin' for him he'd see to 1t they didn't do no loafin'. If a hired man busted himself wide open tryin' to get job done Bucyrus would reckon he was do- in about as well as he could consider in the kind O feller he was That's all the feller'd get b'sides his wages, an they wasn't none too big.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
AVOID THE BEGINNING OF QUARRELs.r
By Helen 0:dfeid.

There Is no bit of wisdom which prospect iEe brides and grooms more proftably may take to heart than that while quarrels be- tween lovers who are still a-courting may successfully be patched up good. even bet ter than new, provided always that neither of the lovers meant malice, and also that both are affectionate and forgiving of disposition, the genuine matrimonial family row rarely
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

If a man hasn't red cent he Is apt to feel blue.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
DEpoRTMENT STILL COUNTS IN BUSINESS.
By John 4. HoWIaad

Business men of the older school are dis posed at the present time to resent some of the shortcomings in department which they find in the younger generation. They are in- clined to find fault with the young man be
 cause of his general lack of reverence for any thing They criticise his dress as loud They see in him almost the antithesis of the young man as he was in their day. Remembering
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

aII that Whs requIIe or lIeIseINes III ue tII1 tNeSe observers of the younger generation may go a little their criticisms of the type of young business They may exaggerate little their early virtues they may fail to recognize that the times aud the manners of subject to change
 these busy crowding times little of the odfash toned courtesy and consideration which ruled among gentle people to the hurried of bus ness with all of its subteness and balm. When sionally hurryins passing through doorway ahead of you pauses a hold it open and you nod thank you" that springs unthought to your lips can't you feel that mutually the two of have experienced little something exactly related to the sordd cares of life?
 There plenty of time. still. for these small observ of gentle breeding. Department, based honest decency still Is at premium in the world The young at large cannot afford to forget the fact
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-23
BUILD PERMANENTLY.

A subscriber residing AZ Haskell re.
quests the publication of the follow.
ing timely article which il reproduced
from the Oklahoma Farm Journal. The
subject of road and bridge building
M Oklahoma "a an important one just
now and deserves careful study and
whatever building Ii done should be
of th1 most permanent nature needs
no argument The article follows:
"a Garter county friend writes
that bonds have been voted FOR build
ing bridges IN his county and urges
The deslrabiIitr Of building these
bridges of durable material suca as
concrete 80 that those who have to
pay on the boaAs twenty years or
more from now will have something
to show for their money He is ever
lastingly right 4t b good business to
vote bonds for roads aud bridges. II
the money "a wisely spent for per-
mancnt improvements Unfortunate
~ Il Is not always SO spent The
work isn't done when the bonds are
voted The big Job is to get your
moneys worth aud IT'S part Of the
business Of every one Of you TO FOL.
low the expenditure Of these funds
and see TO II that good work Us done.
Many counties have very properly
turned down big bond issues for
court houses. There are pehaps three
counties IN 0kiahoma where the public
business calls for a court house cost
ing more than $4,000. tho rest Of rhem
can be well served with buildings
costing not more than s25.oOO. these
should be provided
when such a proposition comes
up. just figure out the extent Of build
ing that S25 .000 erects for private
business IN your locality Take into
account the amount Of private bust
ness that Is cerried on IN buildings
costing that much
with the great need Tor better
roads and country schools around ey.
cry county seat town in the state. the
business men Of the county seat are
not doing che best for themselves
when they insist that a court house
costing 100000 should be built al
county with such court heuse and
with poor roads and country schools
Is in about the same nx as the hobo
who has to keep his coat tigtly but.
toned 10 hide his lack OF a shirt ~
Phoenix