davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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thing" he said to himself. When this idea
popped into hts mind. I'm wait till it
cools off before go to that thing. Guess
I'll stake myself to en- ice cream soda"
and two minutes later, right there in the
Union station drug store. he was push
ing chocolate Ice cream soda into his
countenance, when. with perfect Inn
punity and with nobody to Whit at his
dredged into the home destroying things
that he'd had in mind for ever 50 long.
Guess I'll sift down town and see II
can run into any Of the old gang" said
evening. and he figured that he might
come upon few of 'em. He did come
upon several of them. as q matter of fact,
but they were all in a hurry.
"Hey, whatcha runnin' for?" he'd call
after one Of EN-. bachelor. and the re-
ply would be something like:
Got a doll to take to the show this
evening, and I've got to hustle and
Dress" or. Got to meet some folks to
take drive" or some such stuff.
Cine on n play some billiards." he
said to one OF his bachelorilood pals, who
didn't appear to be in so much OF a
hurry as the others.
"Aw-r-r. it's too hot" was the reply.
You're 'fraid o. being trimmed, that's
what ails you" jeered the married man,
and this riled the bach, and SO they
played some billiards. and the bach made
the married man look like slate pencil
that's been run over by Stag train at
the game. The married man didn't enjoy
the game, at that. He felt that he wasn't
enjoying it al the time. He'd rather be
home. he kept saying to himself. with his
neglige outfit on. reading the Stah-yeah-
pape and his little spouse sitting in the
opposite chair, and
But. whee. He woke up to 1t all Of a
sudden-why, his wife, wasn't home at
al-she was away. And the house was
all darkened up and wasn't 1t going to
be gloomy when he got home, and
He mopped his forehead and wondered
what he could have been thinking Of to
frame up that scheme whereby she was
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terrifying OF rats and mice was invented
and even, / understand, became quite
q seller. The invention was simply \
papier mache cat provided with luminous
eyes. The idea was to plunk the papier
mache cat with the phosphorescent lamps
In front OF q rat hole and the eyes would
do the rest
"A Chicago man who stated in his ap-
plication that he had twice been held up
by footpads, neither of whom he cared To
shoot to death with the pistol that he car
ried on his person because he didn't want
to have the shedding Of human blood on
his soul. applied for patent on Ii hol-
low bullet with a gelatin tip. The hoI-
low bullet was to be filled with a certain
powerful gas. Upon striking the mis-
creant intended TO be brought down the
soft gelatin tip of the hollow bullet would
drop off. permitting the escape OF the
aforementioned powerful gas, the over
powering narcotic properties Of which
were designed to put the victim TO sleep
for an indefinite length of time. The
Chicago man couldn't prove his case,
however, and so he had to go without his
patent.
"Any number OF contrivances have been
invented for the awakening of sound
sleepers. One Of them was a sort of
automatic hydraulic jack which began
operations at the required and adjusted
hour by slowing pushing the mattress
upon which the hard sleeper reposed up
Evening star., 1909-07-10

dinner coffee. Mrs. Jobson discounts this
mellow mood of Mr.. Jobson's by at least
- per cent. But. OF course. she had
TO ask him.
What is il, my dear?'
WHY, something about husbands max
ing their wives regular allowance"
said Mr. Jobson, blowing smoke rings
AT the cat and looking mighty expansive
and contented. Chap that wrote the
stuff gives a lot of reasons that sound
pretty good to me why wife should
have her regular allowance. Never
thought before of the reasons he gives.
st that. That, in fact is the trouble
with US husbands. We don't have time.
ourselves, to dope out the wife's side
OF the matrimonial business. and that
accounts for the fact that some OF us.
occasionally, involuntarily fall into the
way of being. perhaps, a trifie unjust
with our spouses.'
Does the writer advocate an allow
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that. Not that he doesn't love his wife.
please keep in mind. But he certainly
was keen for another crack at the bach
thing. as he uluslngly expressed it. Yes
he put her on the train, remarking unto
himself as he did so that she sure was
a mighty trim and stylish little person,
and that he hadn't seen anything in
skirts for quite batch OF days that mad
anything on her
Fact is, when it came right down to
that thing of helping her aboard the
train. why, he kind o hated to see her
go, and the month that she was to be
away began right then and there at the
station to look as If it might turn out
TO be a pretty long month. In fact, again.
he hedged and crawhshed leetie just
before he hoped off tho train when the
"AIl aboard" call went.
"Y'know hun," he said to her, 1T you
don't feel like sticking out the entire
month on the farm, why. you can beat IL
back after couple O weeks. and
.'Oh, no. dearie, that would be foolish. .
In tone OF decision. Il shall of course
remain the entire month"
<
"And let him see how he likes it. seeing
that he's so greedy to be by himself"
she was saying to herself: which is about
what they all say to themselves in SINH
lar circumstances, for they know pretty
well where they stand and how strong
they are)
Well, the hectic flush OF anticipation
that he'd been wearing right along up
to the time of her departure faded rap
Idly as he saw the train that carried her
rumbing out of the station.
.Dogged II l don't hate to see her hik-
ing away, after ALL" he said to himself
pretty rueful. course it's a great gag
n fnat1OnSa
not have TO report to anybody. and this
thing of folks being separated for while
every year is the candy: but. gee. the
house'n seem queer without her fiddling
around in her kimono. and"
Then Ire remembered what he'd had 1t in
mind TO do as soon as she got out of
town.
'Oh, it's too burned hot to touch any,
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took up again. The latter part OF It was
especially odd to listen to. / can't dope
it out how any natural boy could feel
like that.
Its not 50 queer when girls look for
ward to the reopening of school, for I re-
member that when ! was a tyke the lit
tie girls were always ready and even
eager for the taking up of school.
But boys? Well, not in my boyhood
day-not much \
Say, used to get miserable along to-
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to be away from him for a hull long
month. He was pretty blue about it.
Quitting the billiard plant and his
billiard opponent. he ran into a pair OF
the line and joined EN-.
TASTES rotten, this he said to him
self. Didn't want it at all. and don't
know why I'm taking it. Rather have
time. Mans crazy to get himself all het
up with booze this kind O. weather
Then, too, he found the conversation OF
his two bachelor pals pretty frivolous.
flighty and foolish. They didn't interest
him. They drolled along on topics that
he'd left behind long. long ago. They
sounded to him. in fact, like couple OF
bone-oonks. and he felt like beating 1t.
But he remembered, with another catch
at the breath, that there wasn't anybody
at home to greet him, and SO he sus-
gested:
Say, you soft meat, let's go get an
other sucker or two and play little
poker. hey?"
him in one voice. "Polser in this kind o.
weather? What's ailin' you, anyhow, old
hawss? When did you first get dippy like
this?''
Well, he had to do something. he said
to himself and so he ulooched around
and sat into one OF those regular house
games of poker with the kitty thing that
chews up all the change If you play till
a couple O'Clock in the morning. He
didn't play till 9 O'Clock, however, for he
was frisked Of $50. all he had with him, at
the dollar-limit game long before mid
night; and then he had to go home.
He had figured that it was going to
be a heap of fun to wabble his latch key
into the key hole the first time and not
have TO make any explanations as to
what had kept him. But it was very,
yairv different from what he had antici-
pated. The silence of the house was
grisly. The stairs creaked crafty under
his feet. The bedroom looked as strange
as some room bed never clapped an eye
Evening star., 1909-07-10

it easy in the tonneau. IIe took one
glance at tho little colored boy and said
sonething TO the chauffeur. The big car
stopped, the lawyer jumped out. picked
M the basket OF clothes. heaved II into
the tonneau. grabbed the little boy bv
the elbows and heaved him in, too, and
jumped In the front seat
Then the car started up and In about
a minute was out of sight.
Those things don't cost a cent, but
they seem to be the rarer for just that.
The performance looked good to the two
or three people within seeing distance.
All. what sigh of relief went up
"A from the members of the House of
Representatives last Wednesday when
it became apparent that the end OF tho
tarifr session was in sight. Most folks
naturally would think that the House
has had by far the easier time Of t.
But some of tho representatives don t
seem to think so.
Good gracious" said Representative
Tawney OF Minnesota IN bunch dis
cussing the probable get away date. II
Washington was a summer resort ard
there was anything to do here other
than twiddle ones thumbs and wilt II
mightn't have been so bad. But I'd
rather have had to work every blessed
day from the 18th of March down 20
the present time than to have spent
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tinguished relative of his. This patentee
was Orvile Grant. a brother of Gen.
Grant Orville Grant got out patent
designed to render the milking OF cows
easier Just how practicable this inven-
ton proved 10 be was manifested by Gen.
Grants description of how It worked
"Orville." said Gen. Grant to some
friends. tried the thing on a COW that
Rad no respect whatever for patents.
Orville didn't look so pretty when he got
through, but he knew blamed sisht
more
"A lot OF folks" continued the former
principal examiner. "are 50 hidebound In
their conservativeness that they advert
10 the Wright brothers aeroplane as
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T STRUCK me as a
queer thing" OBJ
observed the ro-
tound man with a
couple Of superflu-
GUS chins. when I
overheard s o m e
b oys a W h ! ! 9
ago saying that
they were sorry
school was out
and that they'd be
glad when school
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Darned measley way to treat q man,
that's what / call it..
Yep, II sure is the truth as observed
above, that man born OF woman-married
man-is an inconsequential and wrong
headed vessel crawling meath the archin-
dome of the mazarine sky.
CLARENCE I. CULLEN
Evening star., 1909-07-10

AN that Is born or
woman Is an incon-
sequential a n d
wrong headed yes
sci before the
Lord.
Married nlen, any
how.
The wrong-head-
edest and inconse-
quentialest feature
about a married
man is that some
Evening star., 1909-07-10

GUESS, after all.
there's something
in what this fellow
says In The Star
paper here" OBJ
served Mr.. Jobson,
tossing the paper
down.
1t was at Mr..
Jobson's. mellower
hour-just a t ( e r
he'd got the cigar
agloW atop of the
Evening star., 1909-07-10

on before. He began to sympathize with
himself. malelike, as he shucked his
clothes
'She seemed DANCED willing. at that to
romp off away from me for a hull month
mighty blamed willing, when 1t comes to
that he grumbled to himself, and then
he mumloled some more pihfng stuff
about women being burned ungrateful,
anyhow for all the care and affection
that feller lavishes on 'em, and SO on
the old, old line of tommyTot whereby the
male seeks to shift the thing off OF his
own shoulders on to some other shoulders.
Well, that was just one sample evening.
All the rest OF the evenings since this
mans wife has been away-and she's still
away. don't worry--have been about the
same, differing only in details. They've
all been equally dismal. dreary and
things. The solitary car rides he's taken
have made him tired. The one boat ride
been such an ass when a real young feller
as these young fellers on the boat all APP
peared to be. The former pals he has
met up with all impress him with sense
OF their utter pinheadedness and no,
'countness. He's eating irregular meals.
with no appetite, around at different
restaurants and becoming bit gaInt.
He stays away from his home as long as
he can of evenings, because the place is
SO Internally miserable without her. He
has written her several letters in which
he has tntimated that he fears that he
has some mysterious and battling physical
complaint, but she has replied to these
letters by recommending him TO take a
little .quinine for a few days running and
he'd be all right.
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RTILLE is rather
an unusual name.
observed a former
principal examiner
in the patent omce.
but / recall an
other Orville. be-
sides Orv Ill e
Wright, who was
an inventor. nut
whose one patent
was a good deal OF
a Joke with a dis
Evening star., 1909-07-10
-ers inc warming,
Beware of Mount Crawford.

terS Inc NdrNIHB,
Beware of Mount Crawford.
Mount Crawford is a helpless. hopeless
forsaken town about eight miles from
1Iarrisonburg. Not a new house has been
built In the community in the last quar-
ter of century and most of the dwell
inrs look as if they hadn't been painted
or repaired in all that time. The town
which stra ggies out along one man
street for a mile and d half or two miles.
i the most vTetched. poverty-strlchen
looking place in all the beautiful val
ley.
Not along ago il appears that the au-
fhorities OF the town figured they could
pick up quite a bit of money FOR thenn-
selves and for the community by solhs
Evening star., 1909-07-10

VERY few miles
along the valley
pike from Win
chester to Stauu-
ton, which Is so
m u c h frequented
by automobilists
from Washington,
b a ltim o re and
elsewhere, { h e T c
should be big
signboards bearing
in plain charac-
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And SO. with his wife due to remain
away for another fortnight yet, he's as
lonesome as pup tied under a shed on
the Fourth OF July, and sulky. sullen and
utterly down in the mouth besides. And
the burden OF his thoughts all the time is
this:
What gets to me is that she was so all
fired willing to trot off, the way she did
and leave me all alone here. doggone it.
with nobody to talk to or anything.
Evening star., 1909-07-10

out on the Tenleytown road. in the
~ afternoon OF one of the hottest days
OF the recent hottest spell. little darky
boy. seven or eight or nine years old.
was Juggling along a big basket Of clothes
Apparently he had walked the two or
three miles out from Washington and
there was no telling hom much farther
he had to go. Anyhow, he was pretty
nearly all in and II was very evident
from the lop-sided way he walked and the
number of times he stumbled every hun
dred yards. that the heat was getting to
him good and strong.
Just about this psychological moment a
big touring car came chufflng UP in the
rear, the owner. who has q country place
out that way and who is a well known
local lawyer worth a lot Of money, taking
Evening star., 1909-07-10

] guess they don't have mlny chances to
get away where its COO, this kind OF
weather sold tickets for the excursion
on my car. just as all of us did, and then.
after q man or woman had bought one.
I'd ask them ii they were going TO use IL.
Mostly they weren't. So | collected
couple of dozen and brought these chill
dren along for good time" Jim looked
around at the twd dozen tired. happy
little folks and grinned at his friend.
And I've had good time myself said
he
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-20
WATERvILLE CLINICAL SOCIETY.
First Meeting Will Be Held at City
Building Tuesday Night.

The Waterville Clinical Society will
hold its first meeting OF the year at the
City building on Tuesday, Sept. 81. The
business session will be held in the
afternoon at the common council rooms
and will be open for the members of
the medical profession. The meeting
will be called at o'clock. The meet
ing will be a symposium on tubercl-
losis. The evening session will be held
at o'clock in the Opera house and will
be open to the public. A cordial in
vitation is extended to all.
The exhibit by the State Board of
Health. secured by the Waterville
Clinical Society, which has been on ex-
hibitiOn for the past week, will be
closed after this date and those vno
have not examined the exhibits rela-
tive to tuberculosis should not miss the
opportunity.
The following is the program for the
afternoon and evening sessions:
Symposium on tuberculosis at Waterville.
Afternoon session to be for members of
the medical profession at the Common
Council room, City building to be open
ed at 2 o'clock.
Pathology. Bacteriology, Serum Treat
ent. DR.. D. B. Cragin. Waterville
Symptomatology,
Dr. c. H. witherin, Oakland
Differential Diagnosis,
DR.. E. H. Porter, Pittsfield
Surgery, DR.. John Towne, Waterville
Address,
Or: Estes Nichols, supt. Me. Sanato-
rum, Hebron
Evening session at o'clock open to the
public. to be held at Opera house.
The Prevention of tuberculosis,
Dr. A. G. Young. Augusta Sec. Me
State Board of Health
Bovine tuberculosis and Its Sources of
Danger,
Dr. A. Jolly. Waterville. Sec Me. Vet
Medical Association
Treatment, DR.. F. c. Thayer Waterville
The Social Aspect of Tuberculosis,
Ir. Estes Nichols, Hebron, Supt Maine
Sanatorium, Hebron
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-20
NEWS IN BRIEF.
items of Interest Condensed for the
Journals Busy Readers.

The I Fraternal Order of Eagles in
convention at Omaha, Neb., Friday de-
cided to hold it's next Grand Aerie at
st. Louis.
No clues developed Friday to aid in
ing the murder of the two little Italian
children in Utica. n. Y, last Sunday
evening and the wounding of a third.
A dispatch received Friday at Mo-
pile, Ala, from the Isle of Pines, off
The southern coast of Cuba, tell of the
3oss of the steamer Nicholas Castina
With "a members of it's crew and two
passengers during the recent hurri-
cane in those waters.
A dispatch from Chicago states that
for the first time in "A years Halley's
comet has been observed with the
naked eye. The observation was made
observatory at Lake Geneva Wednes-
day and Thursday nights. Two photo
graphic negatives were secured.
Judge Frederick Dodge, sitting in the
United States district court at Boston
Friday, appointed Robert r.. Oliver as
ancilliary receiver for the banking and
brokerage firm Of Freeman, Rollins &
Co, which was petitioned into bank
ruptcy in New York recently. The firm
had a branch office in Boston,
According to advices received Friday
at Boston the Boston schooner Stillmar
F. Kelley, bound from Newport News
TO Havana with coal, was wrecked or
Grand Cayman Island, w. l., in g
cyclone which swept over the Wes
Indies on Wednesday. Captain Aller
and crew were saved. The schoonel
Stillman F. Kelley was built in Thorn
aston. Me-, in 1905. She is valued a
about $4,000, all of which was in
sured.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-20
Waterville Lodge, Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks, Is Organized.

WaterVilie Lodge, brotherhood of
railway Clerks, was organized in this
city Sunday afternoon with a large
number of members. The order con-
sututes all clerks in the einpioy of
the Maine Central Railway in this part.
lie meetineANas held at the A. 0. T..
W. hall andNas attended by delegates
ana members from Portland, Bangor
and several Massachusetts cities.
The members from Boston and vi
entity arrived in this city Saturday
evening and were the guests at the
Rebekah supper at the Odd Fellow
hall. In the evening the members at
tenaed the performance at the City
opera house as guests of Manager c.
NJ heileher. They greatly appreciated
the many favors extended.
The business meeting was called to
order at . o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Thomas F.. Fardy, president of the
Boston Lodge. No. 119, presided at the
meeting and explained the benefits de-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-20
N. E. 0. P. Field Day
At Camp Benson.

One of the happiest events in the
history of the New England Order OF
Protection in this section of the State,
was the field day of the order at Camp
Benson, Newport, Saturday. There was
large number present, including a
good sized delegation of members and
their friends from Waterville. The day
was passed in dancing, games, con-
tests, eating and in various ways, sew
eral taking advantage of the boating
on the lake. Music for the dancing
was furnished by the N. E. O. p. Or
chestra from Bangor, consisting of five
pieces. There was lots of fun watch
ing the ball game between Bangor
and Pittstield lodges. which was won
by the former by the score of to 2
The game was umpired by the grand
secretary of the order.
There were several contests for
prizes, a fat ladies' race, 1OO-yard
dash, free-for-all race, boys running
race and potato race. Three of the
prizes were taken by Waterville peo-
pie, Mrs. Arthur Barton winning the
fat ladies' race and Bert Butler and
his sister, Mrs. Perry Simpson, win
ming the prize waltz. Several of the
Grand Lodge officers We're present and
much enthusiasm for the order was
shown by all present. The field day
was SO successful that it will undoubt-
eddy become an annual affair.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-20

rived from such an organization. ].
F. Putnam of Somerville, Mass, a
member of the Brotherhood of-Railway
Trainmen. delivered the principal ad-
dress of the afternoon. Several of the
other members spoke.
Waterville Lodge was organized iby
the election of the following officers:
President-William J. O'Donnell.
Vice president--George s. Bradford
Chaplain-Charles Vigue
Sergt. at arms-J. E. O'Donnel.i
Outer guard-Napoleon Poirier.
Inner guard--1saiah Gray.
Sec. and Treas.-Elwood A. Howe.
Those present from out of the State
were: Thomas f. Brady, ]. Frank Put
nam, Somcrville: George Easily, Ded-
ham; c. W. Furlong, Edward H. Hep.
ron, Charlestown; j. w. Cobb, Somer>
vile; F. E. Perry. Boston, Cochesett;
w. j. Townsend, Hyde Park; l.. G..
Playdon, A. j. Subatch, Lawrence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-20
The Maine Central Depot
Being Greatly Improved d,
Corn Coming Slowly and The
Corn Shop Work Is Slack.
Lower Power House Has Twisted
Shaft--.Some Good Fishing.

The addition to the Maine Central de-
pot is growing rapidly and the frame
is now ready for the outside boarding.
The building will be ready for occupan
cy in about two weeks. The American
Express will have it's offices in the
building instead of on Church street
as formerly. The baggage room will al
SO be moved into the new addition
When the work is completed Oakland's
railway accommodations will be equal
to any in this section of the Stae
The work at the corn shop is slack at
present, as little corn is being brought
in by the farmers. The dry season re-
tarded the growth and the frost DAM
aged the remainder of the crop.
Mrs. Dora Shaw of Portland is visit
ing Mrs Andrew Faulkner.
Samuel }. Foster has returned from
vacation passed at Rowe pond.
Miss Nevada Huff has returned from
visit with relatives in North Wayne,
Fayette and Chestervlle.
Mrs. Harry P. Lowell is now regular
relief operaor In the local telephone ex-
change.
The main shaft of the engine at the
loEer power rouse mas peen seHl away
for repairs The shaft was twisted by
an overload on the dynamo, caused by
short circuit
Leslie Rowe has entered the employ
of the Waterville & Fairfield Road as
mOtorman.
G. G. Dunbar of Kineo was in town
Saturday on business.
Sprague Mace Saturday caught g.
pound pickerel and 3-pound bass, to-
gether with several perch while fishing
at Snow pond.
Clarence Davis has moved his fam
lily into the Morrison Libby house on
Summer street -ys4