davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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Somewhat compscated.

Four rdstemers had called that
morning. TIE dSzlsr, reflected that
the order by mail ~ necessarily
take time, so going to7ssg long dis
tance telephone he got hiaansxoFite,
iobber on the wire. This conversa-
ton ensued;
Hello! Is this the Retailers Sup
ply Company" t
"Yes."
''Who's talking?"
'watt."
What is your name?'
watt is my name.
"Yes. What is your name
My name is Charles Wait.
"ohi Charles Watt. Well, Watt,
send me this order on this Moons ex-
press. (Here he reads order)
"All right Are you Sehott?"
mo; I'm not shot nor half shot
Il mean are you John Schott?"
NO. I'm Knott"
"Well, then. what is your name?"
''Will Knott.
why, won't your"
"Uh! My name is viii Knott. of
Knoxville. want that order sent
out on to-day's noon express, sure"
Certainly, Knott Good-by."
And Knott went back to the coun-
ter wondering whether Watt said he
would or not or what.
But he got the goods.--san Fran
cisco Star.
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ayes, I've lived in Oregon all my
life until the last year. Father
you'll see him soon, for he comes to-
morrow-left Ohio as a young man.
He says he left his heart behind, but,
for all that. he married. and I'm his
only child"
The heavenly blue eyes thrilled
Miss Barbara again. Her lips trem-
bled slightly
1t is rather amusing to hear oil
fathers love affair."" continued the
young bride, with a chuckle, He's
searching for his first love now. Of
course he's quite serious, but can
assure you we are not Think of it,
Miss Lynn; he wants to find the girl
he loved twenty-five years ago. He
does not realize that she is now prob
ably fearful old trump, with long,
thin face. fat feet, no waist and a
wig
my dear, my dear. quavered Miss
Barbara, sharp pain at her heart,
for twenty-five years back she also
had loved her blue-eyed youth, and,
although she had grown old, she did
not think she was a trump
She looked furtively across at her
reflection in the mirror. She was old,
yes, seen by the girl. but frumpish,
never! How hard and unsympathetie
was happy youth
You may laugh" continued Mar
garet, "for you are so pretty, so sweet
yourself! But think of my dear faith
er remaining faithful to such scare
crow. Can we allow him to find her?
"If your father married he did not
always remain faithful" said Miss
Barbara, demurely. her heart swelling
with fellow feeling for the lonely
trump. "And are you sure that she Is
so Objectionable"
Margaret laughed.
mo, but we suppose it. A soured,
disappointed old maid. Oh, don't
you know the type?"
I'm an old maid. also" said Miss
Barbara, stifily.
= ou, my dear, are one Of Gods
prettiest creatures. Now, If you were
Miss Babs, well and good, but you
aren't, worse luck.
Miss Barbara started. Then, in a
I low voice, she asked;
as that her name?"
barbara is her Christian name.
don't know her surname. Dad would
never tell il to me. Miss Babs he
calls b. but we say, 'Babs the I'm
r = s,s. ssi' pr she issquite impossible
ACE sure.p
Miss barbara smoothed out the
| folds OF her dress with trembling fng-
ers nd.ayerted eyes.
Does he love her very much?" she
&uavered.
= "He's mad to find her. Yes, he
I loved her and she loved him. but hel
father wouldn't allow them to b'
married, and she hadn't the strength
to go against his will. In those day'
girls feared their fathers, strange tt
tell, SO father said goodbye, ani
went away. intending to return late
and AJAX for hes again. but he heaF'
that sne was married, and why
how pale you are! no you feel ill2
she exclaimed, springing forward. SC
lieitude upon her face.
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La PLATA, MARYLAND, FRIDAY, JUNE "A, 1910

''No, MOI" whispered Miss Barbara.
Go on. This story interests me
have heard Of one so like it."
Well. as a man mustn't remain
faithful TO another mans wife. father
married also. My other died two
years ago. and father retired then.
Soon after we came to Ohio. and he
heard that his first love had never
married. It was her wicked old faith
er who had spread the lie. So now
father is looking for her"
A long silencesucceededh her words.
Miss Barbara sat stiH and straight in
her chair. one bright spot on either
cheek. She dared not move, for the
room seemed swimming around. and
hundreds of eyes, the blue of heaven,
looked at her from every corner.
Through fog came Margaret's
laughing voice:
And Of course she'll be a trump
a sour old thingl All, If she could
only be like youl"
Twilight descended upon the house,
whiffs of newly mown hay came in
through the open window, one ray OF
the setting sun threw a shaft of light
across the room. It fell on Mrs.
Dale's upturned face. and, for a mo-
ment, Miss Barbara held her breath.
For in the girls place she saw her
lover. as he looked long years ago
Eyes, ! have heard a story like that
before" she said, in tremulous tones;
perhaps l know Miss Babs And, If
it Is the same, she loves him now, as
then. She may be trump, my dear,
and sour-for life is hard to the lone
ly-btt if she can give him the love
he Graves, if he can give her the Joy
father robbed her Of, would you still
wish them apart?"
Margaret dropped her burning face,
"No, perhaps not. If It we're love,
such love as that know But can it
be? She is old and rusty, perhaps"
His love will rub hers bright.
Once she was young, like you. Could
your love die? What is your fathers
name?"
"Carrol Lyle. Colonel Carol Lyle. y
The drumming at Miss Barbaras
heart quickened, and the hot blood
hissed and boiled within her brain.
She seemed to hear the clash of thun-
der. and stood one more in the tree
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-24
Retail Prices and Living Cost
BY j. LAURENCE LAUGHLIN.

There can be little doubt that the
retail organization by which goods go
from the wholesaler to the consumer
is unnecessarily wasteful and expen-
sive. There are twenty butcher shops
and groceries in every neighborhood
where only one is needed Each must
spend mucf in advertising. in show
windows, in rents. in costly fixtures.
in telephones. in wages, in horses and
delivery wagons. which are not essen
tial to the total result Five or sir
wagons, with salaried drivers, distrib-
ute trifling quantities of goods to
houses in the same street. The con-
sumer pays for this waste in the mar
gin Of retail over wholesale prices.
From 1890 to 1908, on an average,
wholesale prices have increased nine
per cent, while retail prices have in
creased sixteen per cent The differ
ence between wholesale and retail
prices in particular cases, varies
from 1925 per cent. to l00-15O per
cent
II one stops to analyze the process
Of retail buying It will be realized
that IL is the seller only who practi-
eally sets the price. There is no true
retail market price Busy or igno-
rant people pay what is charged them
without the patience or the power to
select In these days we pay for the
additional costs Of dainty and attrac-
tive packages for cereals, crackers,
figs and the like Indeed under the
cover OF special tins an amount of an
article is sold at price which makes
a pound cost two or three times as
much as formerly. The psychology
of the retail market is itself study
Of no mean interest. Habit. fancy.
caprice, rumor, emulation, gregarious
action Of a set, may play part. Once
a man gets established with a eli
entele he puts up his prices He
charges all he can get. and the con-
fiding customer goes on paying the
bills-until there rises a general cry
Of high cost of living, like that of the
present day. There are different re-
tail prices for each half mile as one
passes from the centre of city TO its
outskirts. Yet some persons think it
demeaning to bargain or seek for
lower prices. To spend reeklessly is
an evidence of what some regard as
belonging to social position
In the margin of the retail over
the wholesale price. in a community
not well shaker down into form,
there is an opportunity for serious
changes in the cost Of living. Out of
this margin the catalogue houses, the
wholesale grocery houses, the tea and
coffee houses. have accumulated great
fortunes-at the expense of the help
less consumer. Then what is the rem
edy2 Obviously. the creation in ev-
cry neighborhood of cooperative So
cieties for tho distribution Of goods
directly from the producer to the con-
snmer at actual cost--obyiating the
waste OF advertising, high rents and
useless duplication of seryice.-Scrib-
ners Magazine.
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shadowed lane, his arms around her,
his lips on hers.
The next day, after her lunch, Miss
Barbara climbed into her attic Here,
as elsewhere in the cottage, not a
speck of dust was to be seen, not a
sign of disorder.
Miss Barbara opened an old oak
trunk, and bent over its contents with
a smile. Gently she raised soft folds
of white drapery, and shook out a
dainty muslin gown. Pure and sim
pie, it seemed ready for immediate
use.
Then, ere she turned aside. she
drew out packet of weather-worn
letters. From them there fell the
miniature of a young mantle man
she had thought faithless to her long
years ago. Glad tears sprang to her
eyes as she gazed into his, then she
raised it to her lips and kissed it ten
derly.
When Marion. the maid who had
grown old with her mistress, carried
the tea into the little parlor, she
stopped short on the threshold with a
cry.
Miss Babs. You have gone back
thirty yearsi" she gaspei. setting
down the tray and staring at Miss
Barbara open mouthed, for in the
middle of the room stood her mistress
clad in a white girlish gown, blue
ribbon in her silver hair, bunch OF
roses in her belt.
Miss Babs!" repeated the old SER
want, tears streaming down her
cheeks, "but for your white hair I'D
say you're eighteen again. I'd"
And so l am, Marion, for he, Car
rol, is coming back to me. whispered
Miss Barbara.
Marion threw up her hands and
fed to her kitchen.
Lord help her!" she sobbed.
She's daft Thinks herself young
again and talks of MIN, her faithless
lover May the Lord help poor WON
en- who eat their hearts away, and
drown all men in the tsars they make
them shed!" shsagdded yindictively.
rocking herself to and fro in her
great despair.
Meanwhile in the parlor, Miss Bar
bara drank her tea with longing
glances at the steep. white road lead
ing past the windows to the house up
on the hill
t And Margaret's parting words rang
in her straining ears;
''You must dine with us tomorrow.
Ill send father for YOU. and you'll be
able to tell him about Miss Babs. F"
1 As she repeated the sentence to
herself for about the thirtieth time, a
quick step sounded on the path out
side, and she rose palpitating.
The next instant a tall, weather.
beaten man stood on the threshold, a
man with short, crisp. silyery eurls.
and eyes like the blue Of heaven.
And as these same eyes fell on the
little trembling figure before him, a
great joy sprang into them, and with
loud cry Of 'Babs! Ny little Babs
at lastlr he took the no longer lonely
Miss BaEbaTs to his heart,
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Mccarthy was boasting OF the
prominence OF his family in byso1e
ages. But there were no Mccar-
thys in Noahs Ark, said O'Brien
No" said Mccarthy. our family
was very exclusive in those days and
had yachts OF their own From
Norman E. Macks National Monthly.
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Lady (who has been shoppirg r
"When does the next train leave for
Oshkosh?"
Two-fifty, madam"
Lady tabsent-mindedly) Make
it two forty-eight and I'll take it. ~
Chicago News
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~We expect to have every traek in
The country put out of business. said
the reformer.
IL suppose you will, answered the
New York man. except the hundred
mile course between Washington aad
'5-ar-cc town. Washington star.
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II. Hubb-"The intelligence Of
flee manager told me that our new
girl was once an actress.
Mrs Hubb-'T believe it She
dusts the furniture exactly as the SOU
brette does it on the stage. Boston
Transcript.
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'rd like to pay my respects to he
king
Il can arrange for an audience in
about three weeks explained the
American minister
How long would 1t take yon =
get him on the telephone2 Ec
Vile Courier-Journal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-24

''1f you look about you said the
ominous acquaintance, eyou will see
the handwriting on the wall 4"
THE handwriting on the walt
doesn't worry me- replied senator
Sorghum, so long as they dtnl 80
rummasing into my private re
c..ap1a Washington Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-24

Conductor Ticket. pleaseH'
Passenger Certainly. sir Here
is the key of my trunk. which IS IN
the baggage car. In the pocket Of
my second best dress Is my mileage
book. k."-IIarper' Bazaar.
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she-"They say her husband was
driven to his grave
He--''WeIl, he couldn't very well
walk Boston Transcript
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-24
R0OSEVELTISMS FROM The
EX-PRESIDENTS BERLIN SPEECH.

The play is as evident in the moral and
spiritual world world of the mind and body Forces
good everywhere evident each act
ing with aihundred thousand fold the intensity with
which 1t acted in former
One of the prime dangers of civilization has always been
tendency Of the vFe virtues Of the
fighting edge When too comfortable and lead too
luxurious there always danger lest the soness eat
like acid into their manliness OF fiber
We to develop set of qualities
activities the Of seeing others, equally
necessary, atrophed.
There has been greater need OF high and hne
religious spirit than at the present time.
It would be than folly our part to ignore
need of intellectual leadership.
Unjust abhorred but woe to the nation that
hold its in time Of need against
all who would harm 1t.
Finally movement Of civilization, this
which felt hrobbng in of the globe,
the nations of the world together, while yet
leaving unimpaired country in the individual c
zen which is essential to the worlds wellbeing.
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Innis-"Do love herr why. man.
I can't sleep nights for thinking about
her.
Owens-"ThatA. r proof positive
| get the same effect from my tailors
bills. Boston Transcript
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REVIEW.

Dimly the spent days arrange themselves in rows;
Backward w look upon the serred files;
And what strong heart would fain recall the blows,
Fatestruck-the weariness, the tears the smiles!
We did live had planned 10 do:
We did waS the path eyes descried
What deemed sweet turned out but bitter
frstling joys fair, but quickly die
Still the mosaic Life deity wrought
Within the halls Of is hung,
As swonderfu il the things sought
Had all been found, and all been
Richard Wightman in Hampon's Magazine.
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I f.. Soobrlde-"Yes. dear. was
max selas--month I'd like you to
call on me and see the pretty fiat
have
Miss Jellus-"I've seen him, my
dear The Sacred Heart Review.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-24

Housewife-'Are you willing to
chop some wood for your dinner?"
Flooding Pete Sorry. mum. but
am a Pinchot man. Boston Tran
script
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low does it happen. said u
Young woman in the library,
Lord Byron is the only pc
read2
Well, replied Mr. ]
once won a bunch Of
horse by that name.
was up to me to g
my mascot. "--F
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-24

your new maid uses broken Eng
lish, doesn't she?"
Mostly broken china. ."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-24

1t is calculated that no fewer than
$1,000 people spend their lives on
the canal boats and barges OF Eng
land alone.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-24

Lloyd George is a Wechman.
Lloyd. George is a chief,
Lloyd George sInote the peeTa@c
And caused it lots of grief
The dukes and lords were angTy.
But Lloyd George didn't care.
He hiffed 'em with his budget
And had some votes to spare
The Commoncr.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-24

During our stay in Egypt -Ases--.,s777a
tied the Pyramids They ere coYsred
with hieroglyphics.
@Lor'l wasnTr you afraid Of get
ting some on you?r-New York rele-
graa
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shadowed lane. his arms around her,
his lips on hers.
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both Of
shyly. as
3 youths
she stood
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-02-18
OUR WARSHIPS COST MORE.
Than Argentine Ships Built Here With
Imported Steel.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The possibility
OF difference i'm the cost of ships
built in this country Tor foreign navies
and those built here for the use of the
United States brings out another fea-
ture Of the Payne tariff act and other
legislation affecting shipbuilding in
this country. The report that the bat
tleships about to be built here for the
Argentine Republic can be built more
cheaply than similar ships for the
American Navy was called to the at
tention of officials of the Navy Depart
ment today, and though nothing was
known of the particular fact it was eX-
planned how the difference could arise.
1t is part of the statutory provis-
ions that ships for the American Navy
shall be of domestic make and ma
terials, and as such, of course, are con-
structed of materials under the high
protection accorded such items in the
tariff law. Ships for foreign navies,
On the other hand can BE- built of i'm
ported materials, which, it il said, are
much cheaper than the protected
American product. Of course, these
materials come in paying a duty, but
80 per cent OF the duty il refunded a.
a drawback when the manufactured
product again leaves the country.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-02-18
CRASH HEARD FOR BLOCKS.
Chain Used for Hosting Three Ton
Steel Girder Breaks When Mass is
Near Top of Structure.


One man was instantly killed Sat-
urday and two others were injured
when a twenty-five foot three ton
steel beam being hoisted to place in
the new Office, building at Fourth
avenue and Twenty-fifth street fell
with a crash from the third floor to
the cellar.
Joseph Dawson, of No. 304 Passiac
avenue, Harrison, N. J., was killed,
his head being crushed in by the huge
mass Of steel. He was employed in
delivering material for the Atlas En-
CINE Company, of No. SO Isabelle
street, Jersey City, and had reached
the new building only few minutes
before the accident.
The injured men are Walter Price,
stationery engineer, of Twenty-second
street and Rutledge avenue, East
Orange, N. J., and an Italian laborer.
James Gambia, of Broome and Sullivan
streets. Neither man was seriously
hurt, although Price fell from the first
floor to the cellar, being carried down
by the mass of steel
Both Price and Gambia were cut and
bruised. Gambia was working in the
cellar near the spot where the steel
beam crashed through from above.
He narrowly missed being hit by the
girder.
The new building T. to b. a nine
teen story structure and il being put
up by the Andrew j. Robinson Com
pany, builders, of No. 123 East Twenty
third street.
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Lumber, Coal & Wood
"Elkhart Domestic Lump"

Has no equal on the market. Also the
genuine Big Vein George Creek for
heating and steaming. The best is the
cheapest.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-02-18
POPE is VIGOROUS, VISITORS RE
PORT.
Americans at Audience Impressed by
His Healthy Appearance and Ener-
getic Manner.

Rome, Jan. 22.-Americans who
have no official position and whose
words are, therefore, not inspired by
any attempt to produce certain effect
or conceal certain situation, are now
available as witnesses to the present
condition of the Pope's health.
Rumors had again began to circu-
late that Plus X. was not well, that
govt gave him considerable pain, that
his knees we're swollen, and that his
temperature was rising, while others
asserted that his heart was also the
cause Of considerable anxiety.
Bishop Thomas Kennedy, rector of
the American College, recently OBJ
tanned from Mgr. Bisleti, major domo
and master Of the chamber of his holt
ness permission that he be allowed to
present to the Pontiff a few distin-
guished Americans who were passing
through Rome.
The audience took place in the re-
ception apartment OF the Pope, adjoin-
ing the Clementine Hall and the hall
of Consistory. The party included
DR.. Edward Kellog Durham, Profess
sor of Pathology at New York Univer-
sity, whom Plus X. said he knew by
name as a great bacteriologist. The
others were Mrs. Durham, Mrs Ellen
SLOUGH, and Mrs. Thomas J. Garden of
Boston, and Mrs. Allen Tone of New
York. They were all admitted to kiss
the papal ring and the Pontiff i'm
parted to them and to their relatives
the apostolic benediction. They were
all impressed by the hearty appear
ance Of the Pope and by his benevo-
lent, and, at the same time, energetic
manner. He walked quite firmly and
without effort, showing plainly that
he was in the best of spirits an physi-
cal condition.
The ladies of the party had prepared
beforehand something to say to the
Pontiff, but at the crucial momentemo-
ton overcame them and they we're
silent
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-02-18
Kills His SOn-in-LaW.

Carrollton, Ca, February Elm a
duel with pistols fought near here, T.
r. Johnson, wealthy planter, killed
his son-in-law, Harry Camp. The
duel followed the elopement Of Camp
with Johnson's 1S-year-old daughter.
Camp eloDed with Miss Johnson four
days ago, taking her across the line
into Alabama, where they were mar
ried. Johnson, who bitterly opposed
the match, swore that he would make
his daughter widow if he ever met
Camp.
Today Camp and his bride were
driving to church when they met the
girls father. Johnson Immediately
began abusing Camp and dared him to
fight. Camp left hi buggy and both
he and Johnson drew pistols and be-
gan firing.
Johnson's first shot struck Camp in
the heart and he fell dead within q few
feet of his bride. Johnson was not
wounded. Mrs. Camp says she will
prosecute her father.
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#.##W
ART.
THE REASON.

Having purchased several thou
sand Photographic Mountings at
great sacrifice, we are able to make
work for much less than ever before.
This offer il good only while this
special lot Of goods last. Think of
it, a 40 per cent. discount, and the
work the same high standard a. in
the past. Don't miss this Once I'm
A Life Time Chance.
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FOR SAIL.

The Lineboro Canning Company offers
for sale, On private terms, their entire
plant, situated ut Lineboro, In York
county. Pa, along the B. & II. division
OF w. M. Railroad, with siding to fac
tory, IN q vicinity particularly adapted
70 the culture Of peas and corn espec-
Tally, with ample water facilities. For
further information call on or address
THE LINEBORO CANNING CO.,
feb tf -' Lineboro, Md.