davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
HearttoHeart,
Talks.
FOUR FEET ON THE FENDER.
By'EDwHN A..NYE.7
s | mused the fire burned. "

"As l mused the fire burned"
The poet lacked an essential element
20 his muslng-two more feet on the
fender.
When the one man and the one wo-
man sit by the fire and talk Of their
family problems there is apt 20 be hap
plness IN the home.
The man has been about his bust
ness in office or shop or field during
the day. The evening gives opportu-
nifty for conference and fellowship.
When the man and wife sit with
four feet on the fender and talk things
over there are apt to be safety, sue
cess, happiness.
Whereas
II the man habitually goes down
town" or to his lodge or to loaf with
his fellows or II the wife cares more
for an evening card game than for her
husbands company 1t is a question OF
time when there will be mlsunder-
standing. friction, peril.
A normal woman yearns to be a
chum OF her husband.
What she longs for is that her hus-
band shall treat her as companion and
confdant.
In the play as Matrimony Fail
ure2" one incident stands alone as re-
vealing the heart Of real wife.
The habit Of going away alone to
the city TO have a good time has grown
upon the husband. The wife says:
Hereafter you must take me with
you, and YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
A GOOD FELLOW CAN. BE"
That was a pathetic, true heart cry.
Many a husband does not know what
a good fellow his wife can be. No
boon ally can be as companionable, as
CHEEKY, as entertaining. as helpful as
your wife II you win only give her the
chance.
Matrlmony Is partnership.
Connubial happiness requires that It
be understood that each is a full part
ner Each partner must have faith
in the other There must be consulta-
ton and cooperation. There must be
no secrets from the other.
Treat your wife or your husband as
pal.
You two are like a team Of horses
working in double harness. Each must
keep up your end OF the doubletrees-
II one shirks or deceives OF balks the
burden Of the other is by so much the
heavier.
Cultivate each other.
Your partner is really the best friend
you have IN the world
sit BY the IRE sometimes with your
feet on the fender and talk over things
as In the days OF your courtship.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
WEST END BOYS IN
ATHLETIC STUNTS

athletic work at the West End Read
ing Room will be given. and about iifty
boys are expected to be on the floor
The boys are being drilled by Henry
Jones, the physical director John S.
Graf. of the Y. NJ. c. A., will also give
a demonstration.
This evening the High School basket
ball team OF the Y. NJ. G. A. will play
the senior team of the Reading Room
and the working boys team OF the Y.
NJ. c. A. will play the first team of the
junior department there tomorrow
night
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
TEAM CAPTAINS ON
HUNT FOR PLAYERS

Managers Of all the teams in the city
have been getting around among the
players and getting their promises, but
even at that il is believed there will
be some surprises when the time comes
I'm the leagues for the captains to file
the names Of their players. It is sew
eral weeks yet before there viii be
anything dfinite known in tho matter
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
FAST FIGHTS ON
SPRINGS CARD
Three Bouts on the Program
and Good Sport is AS
Sured

Brandywine Springs rink tonight. The
mill between Joe Seiger and Bill Dono-
van will be one Of the big affairs OF the
evening. A knockout has been predicted.
but this is unlikely as tho men arc
"stockers." In a ten-round bout much
may be expected.
Speed for the card viii probably be pro-
vided by the bout between Eddie oKeefe
and Kid Preston. Both are in good con-
ditiOn. Kid Feeney and Kid Booth. both
local boys, will afford an interesting mill.
The referees will be Al. Kaufman and
Jimmy Ryan. Some fight fans from Phila-
delphia, are expected.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
BOWLERS WILL
HAVE NIGHT OFF

owing to the fact that his is holi-
day. there will be no bowling tourna-
ment on the Y. M. G. A. alleys to-
night. on Friday night. Day and
Robinson will meet kurtz and
Sweeney. The later two will meet
Barskey and oJnsen, and then Day
and Robinson viii roll BarslCy and
Jensen, this making the usual nine
games OF the evening
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
TONIGHT
TONIGHT

Don't forget tonight at the Springs
Skating Rink, the best Boxing Show ever
given i'm Delaware. First bout Kid Fceney
and kid Booth. Parkside a. c.; second
bout. Eddie O'Keefe and Tommy Preston.
Jack O'Brien's boy. Wind-up 10 rounds,
between Billy Donovan and Joe seiger. of
Denver. Spring cars every minutes.
Special Eastlake car at $50, at Thirtieth
and Washington streets. Al Kaufman of
California, referees
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
THE STANDING
chaIIenne bod Rifle Trophy.

WAsHINGTON. d. c., Feb. 22.-The
National Rifle Association Of America
has sent a challenge TO the Dominion
Rifle Association OF Canada for an an
nusi match between the two coun-
tries for the North American trophy,
10 be shot for on alternate years at
Sea Girt, n. j.. and ottawa, in Sep
tember. General Bird W. Spencer,
president of the National Rifle Asso-
citation, presented the trophy
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

The ancient Russians only knew the
pipe. using tho grade Of tobacco called
Makhorka. In 1908 tho production OF this
grade aggregated about 1H,Co0OoO pounds.
The redskin Of British Columbia is a
splendid farmer. and his house IS scrup-
uiously clean. Usually II consists OF two
or three rooms and cellar, where supplies
arc kept.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
Rnwlinn Mark Rnai.n.

ST. PAUL. Mimi. Feb, 22-In the
international bowling tournament
Horndorf and Faotz. Of Chicago. rolled
a total OF 1924 IN the doubtless beating
by 20 pins the mark set by Weller
and Gcissel, OF ST. Paul, last week.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
n.Inwar. 70 PIav L.hinI,.

NEWARK, Feb. 22.-sport is occu-
pying the attention Of the students
of Delaware College today. The var
sity basketball team will go TO South
Bethlehem 10 meet the Lehigh FIVE this
evening, and a fast game is promised.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
Bows in AthIatio Work .

An exhibition Of the boys work Of
the Y. NJ. c. A. will be held this eveu-
ing In tho Gym" of the association.
special invitation Is extended TO
women. Besides drilling. the boys win
go through numerous tactics in ath-
letic work
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

side, Charles Welsch; Brownson, John
Mulrooney; Wilmington Gas Company,
+. a. Grifiiths; Y. NJ c. A.. Frank Tray
nor; Wilmington, Matthias Fin
ger; Peerless. Alexander Abrahams; E;
Landlith, +. w. Hastings.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
Y. M. c. A. RasknthalI.

The Virginia basketball team and cm-
ployed boys OF the Y. NJ. G.. A.. played
a tie game on tho associations floor last
evening. Tho result was 10 20 TO- The line
up was:
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
eo,.,lino a pi.rcels AII.vs

The bowling team Of the Wilmington
Gas Company Study Club will roll the
fremont team on Pierces alleys this even
ing.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
Y NJ. q A
Virginia

Field goals, Thompson, ?; Dickerson,
2: Mink !; Fahey. Q; Cooke .; Rimhng-
or. /; Foul goals. Thompson, y referee.
kins.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
BOWLING

In the Boys Bowling League on the
Y. NJ. c. A. alleys last night these
scores were rolled
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

Apr. IS. is. 20. Apr. "a Is. IS, Apr. IA. Is. is.
May ]. Junel2 a. May 8. q. II. June2o. a.
%. July 3, 81. .. Sept. 1. 2 "A Oct Z. a
Sept. 10. 1ils, T. IS
Oct 50
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

In the Two-man League the follow
Ing scores we're made Saturday after
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

Apr. 30. May Apr. Is. 7s. "a.
!. 2, 3. July 2s. May %. 80
%, 80 81. Sept. 30. 81. June2e
II. Oct. 6. 8, 3. Oct. /, 2.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

June1o. Il. u. June15. IS, Is,
l3. Aug. 5.6.7. 10. Aug. 1. 2,
8. Sept. 2s. q. 3. 4 Sept. q
zs. "A. ..
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

Nay 49, IA Is May TO- H. May 81 s5 a. May H. H. Is
July g. II. i22 July "a "a at 7s July is 2o July H. ls
uiy Is. o. 2s. a. Aug q, liA Is Is Augl1s. 20. Aug
Aug Il. q. a. a. IS .. 80. is. 90 n
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
At
ST. Louis

q j g. Il. n
N
July la Alsept rs Ia AuB 20
49,. 90 p. q.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

Apr. Is. ls. 20. Apr. 30. May
May s, 2s.1.23,4. July
June 25. 25. 81. Sept. 4. IL.
Sept. 5, s. Oct. Oct. 9. g., 9.
1.3.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
OFFICIAL NATIONAL LEAGUE SCHEDULE. 1910
Al 4
Cincinnati
Chicago

May q. p. q. May 13. IA. Is. N
"a. Is. July "a. Is. July ~. p. i:
"a IS. Is. Aug. %. "A. Aug. II
%. 30. "a. "a. "A. 2
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

Apr. is. 10. 20. May 5, 81. q.
May 8. June June zs. 20,
p. %, q, Is. 30. July q. 80.
July s. Sept Sept. 2. 3.
Is, 8.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

June 2. 3, 4, 8. June s. :. 8. 9.
Aug. 13. IA. Is. Aug. 9. 10. i
Is. Sept. 1s. 20. Il. Sept. Is.
p. IL, 1s.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

June15, is, IS, Juneio. II. l7,
~. Aug. 1.Z2. 13. Aug. 6.6.7.
4. Sept. 3. "A. 8. Sept. zs. 2,
70 q.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

Apr. II. %. .. May 4. s. I. 5.
June2o. a. q. June2S. "a. rs.
June q. . July 4, t.AS
Sept. 6, ia
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

May II. Is. -. May .. 10. Ii. May 10 Il. Is.
10. July II. Il. IL July .. 10. ne. July a. "a.
lis. 20. Aug. 10, Il. II. Aug. 8. q, ~ Aug.
20, p. q. 2s 22, p. "a
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

ivELAND.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

Apr. q. Is. q. May n. "a. "a,
30. May Is. q. July13. IA,
30, 30. 81. Sept Is. IS. Aug.
4. 2. s. y. 30. a.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

sHINGToN
Evening journal., 1910-02-22
OFFICIAL An1ERIcAN LEAGUE SCHEDULE. IelO


May a. ., 5s. May Il. is. II, May 10. Il. Il.
81. JulyIs. "a. Is. July1s. ls. l3. July %. %
10. 1s. Aug. rs, %, 81 Aug. Is. Is, 2s. Aug 2.
rs. n. IS. 20. q. "a.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

June 8. 7. s, 9. June 2. 9, 4. S.
Aus. 9. 10. IL. Aug. 13. IA, 15,
o. u. Sept. 10, II, 16. Sept. Is,
IS. 20, n.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

|LoUIs......
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

May S. s. Z. 3. May ? 8. 81 Apr. IS. /
July "a, q. q. May %. 30, 30. 20. q. Jul
80. Sept. 10, II 81. Sept. 80. la, %, "a
ls. oct. /. 3. e. SIS.
Evening journal., 1910-02-22

Apr. n, %, a. May a. Is. Is,
July !. 2. 4. 4 Ia. Aug. Is. Is,
Sept Z. 8, 8, ia. Aug. rs. IS,
10. 26. q.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-17

experiments by ROmanes, moreover,
nave proved the truth of the ancient
belief that, by letting down its tail and
licking the end, the rat extracts oil.
milk. wine. molasses, and other fluids
from deep or narrow necked vessels.
No single point, / think, illustrates
better the sagacity of the rat than the
way in which ii eats an egg. 1t bites
through the shell and chips off small
fragments as neatly as squirrel opens
nut, consumes the entire contents
without spilling a drop. and then sits
up and licks itself clean like cat.
Rats will steal eggs from under sit
ting hen. In Washington, d. c., they
carried off seventy-five dozen eggs
which commission merchant had in
cautiously stored in a wooden tub.
Their method of handling eggs is also
characteristic. An egg is as large for
a rat as a barrel for man-and much
more fragile. Yet there is evidence of
the fact that they pass eggs along
from one to another, although not
probably as has often been reported,
by forming long lines, like a bucket
brigade. The operation Is, naturally, q
difficult one to observe: but apparent
ly il takes two rats to each egg. One
holds the egg in its paws, passes 1t on
to the other, and then runs ahead to
take ii once more In its turn. The
same device seems to be employed to
carry an egg downstairs. the one that
has the egg passing it to its compan-
ion, which stands on the step below.
Going upstairs, however, at least in
some cases. each rat puts its head be-
tween its fore paws and pushes the
egg up with it's hind feet. Sucn ap-
pears to be the general procedure
McClure'S
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-17
humorous Department
Like Some Other Epitaphs.

81 was called in by a clOse-fisted old
merchant the other day" a Boston
lawyer remarked, smiling. He wanted
me to draw his will. and this l pro-
ceeded to do. following his verbal in
structiOn. Presently he said:
ITO each and every clerk who has
been in my employ for ten years | give
$4,000
This seemed like a considerable sum
to me, and l ventured a slight protest,
as he had a number of daughters and
his entire fortune was not large.
"Oh. that's all right, he said, with
a little crooked smile. You know peO-
pie have always said that l was close
and hard, and l want them to think
we'll of me when I'm gone
Il was a little touched and said
something, but he waved it aside and
we continued with the draft. When
it was finished and as was about to
leave the office, the old fellOy smiled
again his little crooked smile.
About those $4,000 legacies,' he
said, there isn't clerk in my place
who has been with me over two years
but it will look well in the papers
Green Bag.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-17

His Cough Cure.-"In my boyhood
there came to our town." said clergy
man, "a gentle minister who, the very
first Sunday of his incumbency, stop
ped effectually his coughing congrega-
ton.
1T was a congregation, too singular
ly addicted to coughing. Rattling VOL
leys of coughs ran over it every few
minutes The minister, indeed, that first
Sunday could hardly make himself
heard. He had rather a weak voice.
We'll, after his sermon had proceed
ed for ten or twelve minutes, now au-
dible enough, now drowned under
great waves of coughs, ne took reso-
luton, and when the next outbreak was
at it's height he ceased preaching.
"At once the coughing ceased. There
was a profound silence. The minister
smiled.
my friends said he, it seems that
when l stop you stop
From that day in that church they
coughed no more"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-17
SCARCITY OF COMMON SENSE,
In Reality It Is About the Most Un'
common Quality on Earth.

In Reality It Is About the Most Un-
common Quality on Earth.
The only thing that has never be-
come common is common sense. 1t
remains rare when all other qualities
can be picked up by the wayside. Half
the dictionaries do not attempt to de-
fine it, so elusive is the trait Per-
sons haZily say: Common sense Is
morse sense" and vaguely feel that
they have somehow failed to state
fully its exact characteristics. A num-
ber of instances can be cited where
common sense was displayed, and quite
lot of persons claim distant rela-
tions who were generally supposed to
possess the quality. But this is about
as near to it as is possible to get.
Geniuses are all over everything: one
is obliged to step carefully to avoid
treading on them. Poets, politicians,
reformers, men of mark-they block
traffic; and as for playwrights and
novelists and singers, ii Is as much as
one can do to breathe, they so clog the
atmosphere. Only common sense Is
unusual, and by this skittishness
prompts us to find it,
1t may have been killed out in the
large centers by tine reigning passion
for phraseology. A certain homclness
and succinctness is a necessary ac-
compartment of common sense; a
home truth crudely-a little rudely-
expressed, with crumbs of subsoil
clinging to it. A touch of nature
bluntly applied to artificial complica-
tions, sending them hurrying about
their business. This type of speech,
which is to say type of mind, perhaps
exists in the quiet corners of earth,
parts nasally calculate, no tomfoOllsh-
ness around here" Yet common sense
is not a mental dialect. 1t is rudi-
mentary mode of thought, simple Wis
ion, and we in the cities are scarcely
acquainted with it. because we find
simplicity wofully dull. To speak SIM
ply, one must have something to say;
and if one depends upon the matter
there are likely to be tiresomely long
passes between the talks. Conse-
auently, we console ourselves with
method, and though we have nothing
to say. We make a point of saying 1t
excessively well. We adorn it until
one cannot be quite sure that it does
not under its charm Of phrase mean
something. At any rate, the form Is
too good to ever break it and brutally
search its kernel. So common sense
retains it's rarity. and though one
knows so little about it, one has a
strong feeling that there is very
slight possibility Of its ever becoming
really common.-New York Evening
Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-17

However. he finally badc the ambas-
sador inform his chief that to his
(MicholitZ's) keen regret he would not
be able to partake of the great dish
because mis- familiar would be highly
displeased if he ate anything but fruit
and vegetables on that particular day,
anil he might bring some great calam-
ity upon them all by offending his ia
mliar spirit.
When he arrived on the scene of the
feast he found everybody waiting for
him. THE yams and taro," he says,
had been nicely boiled and for the
preparation of the long pig a hole had
been dug in the ground in which big
fire had been made and n lot Of stones
had been heated. The meat, carefully
wrapped up in plantain leaves, had
been deposited between these hot
stones and the whole was well covered
over with leaves and clay.
presently the meat was lifted out,
and to judge by the relish with which
1t was eaten and the surprisingly sa-
worry odor the long pig was done to
perfection. The hand and ribs, which
were considered tit-bits, were reserved
for the chief and his honored guest"
THE "honored guests" request to be
excused from eating of the meat, how
ever, was accepted, the chief evidently
being afraid to provoke the anger Of
the orchid hunters familiar. Micho-
litz persevered with his vegetarian
meal in tine gruesome surroundings Of
the feast and washed his fruit down
with draughts of kava, which had been
prepared in the orthodox manner, the
women having chewed the kava root
first.
During the course of the meal the
chief expressed his great regret that ne
had been unable to offer a roasted
baby, which he said he considered su-
perior to sucking pig.
ITO tell the truth" the chief explain
ed, my emissaries have been faring
very badly at the hands of some en-
ragged women, whose babies they had
appear before me at the feast"
Micholitz concludes his account of
this grim experience by dilating on the
pleasure with which he left the scene.
1t should be borne in mind when
reading this narrative that the Incl
dent it describes took place only a
few months ago, thus showing tnat in
New Guinea at any rate cannibal or
gies are still carried on. That the re-
served Micholitz should have been in
spired to be communicative on this
occasion at once reveals the sort of ex-
perience which an orchid seeker may
still be called upon to face and throws
some light on the more barbarous So
cial customs of the savage Papuan
tribes.-London Daily Mail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-17

A Diplomatic Official.-During the
reign of Emperor Napoleon III. he and
the empress visited Normandy and had
arranged to spend a couple of days at
Evreux. NJ Janvier de la Monte, who
was the prefect learned that the rev.
olutionaries intended to hiss the Sover-
eigns as they passed, and so he sum-
moned the leaders of the movement
and told them that he knew of their
plot IF you carry out your plan said
he to them, you will get six months
in prison. If you do not your friends
will accuse you of cowardice and trea-
son. AS a way out of the difficulty |
propose to lock you up at once until
the emperor has gone" The conspir-
ators accepted the terms offered them.
and so the emperor was greeted only
by cheers, as the revolutionaries,
frightened at the arrest of their chiefs,
had not dared to utter a sound After
the emperor and empress had gone
the prefect went in person to release
his prisoners, who had had such
pleasant time that they greeted him
with cries Of Long live the prefect!
to which Nj. Janvier de la Monte. who
was a man of wit, replied, MY friends.
do not overdo it,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-17
Congressman Champ Clark.

Champ Clark's ambition to become a
member of congress was born when
he was a ragged. bare footed youngster
in Kentucky. The minority leader told
about that ambition in the house the
other day, and it made a pretty good
story, until Senator Cannon came
along and injected some sensational
utteranccS into the proceedings, where
upon the remarks of Clark were almost
overlooked. He was kicking about an
appropriation for the maintenance OF
the speakers automobile, and referred
to the expenses of maintaining the
government.
Il am proud of my seat" said Mr.
Clark, "as any man here. | will stay
here if | can get $500 a year. and
would stay here if you cut the salary
down to $4,000 year. | would stay
if YOU cut it down to $4,000, if YOU cut
it down to $4,000 would stay here
If YOU took the salary away as long as
I had bank account enough to stay.
That is because | like the service here.
1t is the thing that | looked forward to
from time that | can scarcely re-
member, when | was Il poor, barefoot,
ragged boy hocing corn on Il rocky hill
in Kentucky.
Il had never seen Il lawyer. | had
never seen congressman, | had never
seen court mouse, but | made up my
mind then that was going to b" a
lawyer and that | was going to be Il
member of the house of representatives.
and made good on both propositions.
The picture of that little ambitious
boy, working as a hired hand. dream
ing of the day when he was to be here,
abdes with me to this day and Will
abide with me "-WaShingtun
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-17
LAST ENGLISH WOLF.
He Was Captured In His Den BY a
Farmer,

Farmer.
The wolf is q very hard animal to
exterminate. 1t is practically absent
from the eastern United States, but
stray individuals are still found in the
mountains even here, and probably
will be found for centuries to come.
There are wolves in every great cOun-
try Of the continent of Europe. after
many centuries of civilization. In
France several hundred are killed ev-
cry year. In Great Britain, however,
there are no wolves. Tradition records
that the last one was killed in the year
100, and the story Of how it was done
has been told by many a fireside.
1t is in Sutherlandshire, Scotland,
that the scene of the tradition is laid.
cred in the rocks near Flen-Loch the
den Of a wolf which had been ravag-
ing the country.
Poison had with him his son and an
other young shepherd boy. The
mouth of the den was very narrow.
Discovering from certain signs that the
old wolf was not at home, and being
himself too large to enter the den,
Poison sent the two boys in to see If
there We're any young wolves.
The boys crept in, and presently dis
covered a bed i'm which five lusty young
wolves were lying. They called out
Father! Father. We've found the lit
tie wolves!"
Then choke 'em quick" Poison
shouted into the hole.
The boys began to beat the young
wolves with their sticks, whereupon the
little animals set up terrible yelping,
which could be heard outside the den.
Suddenly the sne-wOlf jumped out of
bush close by and rushed past the
shepherd and into the narrow hole
that led to her nest.
She leaped so quickly that Poison
could not stop her until she had partly
got into the hole; but he managed to
seize her by the tail.
Father, Father" the boy called
out from within, what is it that stops
the light?"
He held manfully to the She VOLTS
tail, however, his feet braced against
the entrance to the cave. The young
wolves yelped, the she-wOlf struggled.
1t was a terrific tuSsle, with the She
VOLTS mother-love pitted against the
mans father-love.
Presently the shepherd, bracing him.
self anew, managed to whip out his
hunting knife, and stabbed the wolf
repeatedly in the launches and sides.
She could not turn about, and the
man had the advantage as long as he
could cling to her tail.
She sank down dead at last, and, as
the boys had already succeeded in
killing the little wolves, she was the
last wolf killed on British soil.