davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

what ought we TO wind up WITH"
"Oh. that is simple enough
Yours devotedly.' or Yours until
DEATH or some such rhodomontade,"
he said. hurriedly scratching of the
glowing words.
Now sign 1t. am so stupid, you
see; / need all your good nature in
eounseliug me"
Just the initials-in my case It
would be NJ. L."
How can l ever thank you
enough" said Malvina. rapturously,
as she folded the little pink billet.
But you'll never let Thorneycroft
know that l had a finger in the pie"
laughed Mr.. Lacy.
Never-never, upon my word!"
fervently asseverated Miss Hender-
son. And. If smiles were sunshine,
Montagu Lacy's homeward way
would have been one illumination
that evening.
Five minutes afterward, MaIvina
entered the room where Leslie
Brown was deluding herself with the
idea that she was reading.
Leslie" she said, earnestly, 81
want your advice"
Miss Brown looked up, rather sur
prised. Although they were second
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

AS every one who has visited Lon
don knows" said young man for
merly attached to our embassy at the
British capital, @the number of pas
sengers carried on certain buses is
limited by regulation.
@once a kindly Irish conductor,
though quite aware that his bus was
full, had permitted a young and sickly
woman to squeeze in. The bus had
not proceeded far before the usual
crank spoke up. 'Conductahi he ex-
claimed. You've got one over your
number, y know!'
Have /, sir?' asked the conduc-
tor with affected concern. Then, be-
ginning to count from the opposite
end, leaving the complainant until
the last, he repeated: Wan, two,
three, four, foive, six, siyln, eight.
noine, tin, 'lefen, twelve. thir--so 1
have, sir, an, be the Lord Harry,
ye're the wan. Out ye gol'
And out he did go. "-Plttsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
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la PLATA, MARYLAND, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1910

utiering Of these incoheront sen,
fences. hurried out Of the room.
xclvina watched her with sly,
cat-nEeA -,ile.
Il thinkhhaye done for you, Young
Lady" she thd0Aght to herself. with
eli your rosy q Reks and big. gray
oyesl A little aneuverlng. and /
shall bring Mr.. Mkntagu Lacy to my
feet, now that this dangerous rival is
out of the way"
Mr.. Lacy's astonishasnt, the next
day. on receiving Leslie'A indignant
message Of mot at home" was ek-
treme.
What does it all meant" he NUT
tered Il Will see her, or"
And he sat himself resolutely down
on the front piazza. thus laying regu-i
lar siege to the unconscious Leslie.
line OF tactics entirely different.
from anything Miss Henderson had
supposed him likely to pursue.
Here l sit until midnight-or un-
III she comes outi" he told himself.
Presently she came, but not alone.l
Malvina Henderson was with her,
who was rather more discomftedl
than Leslie at the sudden apparitlon
which confronted them. But he did
not notice the elder Of the two ladies'
at all.
Leslie" he exclaimed. reproach-
fully, but Leslie shrank back, color
ing violently Leslie, you have no
right to deny me an answer thus"
DO not call me Leslie,'" she
cried, Indignantly.
why should / not2 You never
scolded me for it before"
You owe all your sweet words
and familiar expressions to this
lady" said Leslie. drawing back, and
motioning to Malvina
do ~" said Mr. Lacy, with rather
a puzzled air "well. l really wasn't
aware of It. VIII you please, Miss
Brown, to explain yourself?"
Malvlna felt as IL her veins were
filled with molten fire instead OF
blood; she would have given worlds
to escape the explanations that she
foresaw was coming.
Leslie caught from the dainty ruff
fed pocket of Miss Henderson's silk
apron the note which had pierced
her heart like sword, and extended
it to Mr.. Lacy ere Malvlna could
snatch 1t back.
This will be sufficient explana-
tion," she said, haughtily. THE man
who can write such a letter as this to
one woman, while he is making love
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

to another, scarcely deserves the title
of gentleman"
Mr.. Lacy eyed the document with
amazement.
Il did write this letter." said he:
but it was to no woman. 1t was
written to Joe Thorneycroft."
But Malvina Henderson did not
stay to await any further deyelok
ments. Murmuring some incohereIEi
sentence about forgotten engagf-
ment, she darted back into the houee.
and fifteen minutes afterward she Had
the modification of seeing Leslie
and Montagu stroll past the wins
dows in all the radiant abstraction
from the outer world that belongs. of
right, to true lovers.
For Cupid had befriended his own.
and Malvina's shallow plot had utter
ly failed in breaking two hearts
New York Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

Cham Clark, discussing the latest
political scandal, said:
Some of the testimony was bad,
very bad-in fact, unanswerable.
You couldn't get around 1t. 1t was
like the remark of the new parlor
maid.
This girl was greenhorn. She
didn't know the pretty daughter was
engaged to be married, and when the
pretty daughters intended called
after weeks absence from town this
is what the parlor maid said to him:
Miss Minnie you're wantin'2
Well, don't know whether she's in
or not. But If you're the young gem
tleman that was here last night till
half-past twelve and got caught hug
gin and kissin' her in the parlor,
why, she amt In to you no more and
never will be- Washington Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03
UU0W1oo1oo9o10Uu0UUUU1We
INDOOR EXERCISE FOR
HEALTH and DEVELOPMENT.

Dr. W. r. C. Latson has something
very interesting to say in The Outing
Magazine regarding exercise. He di-
vides the people In general into three
classes. trained athlete, those who
exercise at random. and those who
neglect exercise altogether. In one
place DR.. Latson says:
The ordinary professor knows
no more about the principles Of bod
lily development than he does about
ancient Coptic And the poor lay
man. cropping to find some guide to a
correct method Of physical training,
must necessarily fail to obtain from
his desultory experiments any real
or lasting benefit.
In the first place, current methods
Of physical culture aim at Fictitious
results. The man is trained, not to
develop a fine physique, powers Of
endurance. grace. and general bodily
efficiency. but to win at some particu-
lar event.
"Of course the poor little people
who exercise at random or who fall
Into the net of the willy professor
get little or nothing for their time
and money The men and women
who write the articles or who prepare
the material for the courses as a
rule know but little. il anything.
more about the matter than those
who are held up for the price Of the
instruction. The result is failure to
realize any great or lasting benefit
from the time and effort put forth"
In conclusion, DR.. Latson describes
system of ten simple exercises which
will result in an increase Of health,
strength. endurance, and bodily eff
cheney which will be a surprise and
delight to the student.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

II izJinteresting to note that, fol-
Iowin& the worthy example Of some
snsaIfer cities, it is proposed to have
what may be termed cleanup
week" Anent this, the excellent ad-
vice given from time to time by DR..
Neff. director of the department of
public health, is full of good, practi-
cal suggestions regarding the best
methods of sanitation, the removal
Of rubbish from cellars, the cleaning
Of dirt and dried leaves from drain
pipes and roof cutters, the cleaning
of dark and unsightly corners by
some disinfeetant wash and the ad-
mission of sunshine to rooms ordinar-
lily darkened and neglected, the
proper care and cleansing of rugs,
carpets. bedding and clothing and
the draining of all stagnant pools Of
water in cellars and back yards
Philadelphia Press.
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consins, she was not particularly
partial to Malvina, and she had rea-
son to suppose that she herself was
not favorite with the fading passe
brunette.
My advice, MaIvina?" she re-
peated doubtfulIy.
Yes" laughed and blushed NAL
vina. about getting married. l am
going to confide in you, my dear.
have had an Offer
Leslie arched her fair brows, inno-
Gently. and Miss Henderson went on,
with well-aftected air of pretty con-
fusion.
.'From-but you can never guess
from whom, if you were to try for a
hundred years. From Montagu
Lacy"
Leslie Brown grew pale, and then
scarlet.
You must be mistaken. Malyina.
He"
And then she stopped.
"Oh, / dare say" said Malvina, a
little maliciously; Hbut you'll tell
quite a different tale when you see
the letter l received from him to-
night"
Leslie smiled: what else could she
do, secure as she was in Montagu's
alteration OF herself. She could only
pity her cousins monstrous delusion.
But Miss Henderson was prepared
with testimony to back up her words.
She unfolded the note and laid it on
the table.
you will believe his own words,
if you don't believe NINE" said she,
laughingly; and the blood seemed to
turn to ice in Leslie's pulses at the
sight of the well-known handwriting.
MY own darling it began, but
she could decipher no more Her
head swan, her lips quivered.
Il do not wish to read it." she
said hurriedly. II have no wish
10 pry into the secrets Of Others"
But that is entirely a mistaken
idea, Leslie. We both wish you to
know our plans. Let me read 1t to
you, Ii you will not look at it your
self"
She murmured out the flowing SEN
tences of love-smitten rhetoric which
the unconscious victim had penned
so merrily not fifteen minutes before,
but Leslie Brown scarcely heard
them. 1t seemed so impossible 20
monstrously absurd that Montagu
Lacy should dare to make open love
at one and the same time to herself
and this black-eyed, vindietiye old
maid. That he, whom she had
deemed the very impersonation Of
everything that was noble and chiv-
alric, should be so utterly falsel II
he were untrue, then what and who,
in all the world, could be pronounced
real?
Miss Henderson's cooling, Sypocrit-
ically-sweet voice broke harshly in on
the thread of her reflections.
Do tell me how to answer him?"
she murmured. you see how he
) essen for an immediate reply What
. oall say?"
ssI-I don't know" said Leslie,
ssessing her hand on her forehead.
my head aches-I don't think I
am very well this evening. Some
other time, Malvina, will answer
your questions.
And Leslie Brown, whose self
command had barely extended to the
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03
Character in Chins.

The minority who have square
chins and big lower jaws say that we
of the reeeding chins have neither
will nor strength OF character, which
is absurd. as any one may know who
remembers that General Wolfe and
Mr.. Pitt had practically no chins at
all, to say nothing OF living soldiers
and statesmen. To Judge man by
his chin is no less foolish than to
judge him by the bumps of his skull.
London Spectator.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, said a
Cornish novelist, used to illustrate
the development of art in America
by a story of the past.
He said that. in the 40s, a. rich
Bostonian built fine house in the
Back Bay. He decided TO adorn
the lawn with statuary, and. having
heard of the Venus de Milo. he wrote
to Rome for a replica.
The copy duly arrived. It was in
marble. But the Boston man no
sooner got 1t than he sued the rail-
road company for s250G for mutila-
tion. He won the suit. too. T-Miane-
apolis Journal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Some men wear themselves out.
and others simply rust
Many a man makes a noise like
virtue to drown the clamor of his
vices.
Lots of us who are sure we are
right never go ahead.
The man who is blind to his own
interests seldom interests any one
else.
The man who Is too busy to make
friends seldom succeeds.
Even when charity begins at home,
it usually ends with some foreign
missionary.
A plain duty is like a plain person.
1t is aly'ays the least attractive.
when they get on the scales is
about NC only time some men ever
have the(r own weigh.
The su rest way to shatter an idol
Z IS to marIb y it.
Blessedy are the meek, for they gem
orally are married,
It is hal d for a woman to conceal
her faultsh in a decollete gown.
The tn Npuble with bore is that
when he gets wound up he doesn't
Nso,
The kbal player should always res
me that a hlt in time saves nine
Il people are so lucky tk--- II
hApuld jump from the frying
Al into the fire they would put the
fire out From "Dyspeptic Philoso-
ply, in fhe New York Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03
Pats Pathetic Passion.

DoLIcEMAN PAT peruses picture puzzle prize proner
r Premium promised person purchasing placing painted
pieces, producing perfect pictures.
Pat ponders. purchasespaying prodgious price-pre-
place puts pieces promscuousy pursues particular
plan, pompously prophesies prompt performance.
Pieces proceed perversely pauses perturbed
lem perpexes Prolonged perpexlty produces panic
tiful poteen potatons prove pernicious
Proracted puzzng produces profuse perspration
ing pain paor, papation Pills procure partial paaton
Pat persists perseVeres protests perfection possible
Punishment pursues pertnacous policeman. Poor Pat
pays penalty, pershes pitifully, prone PROSTATE.
Parents provide proper pail.
Priest publicly pronounces panegyrc
Paper prints pertinent paragraphs prasng popular prom
inent policeman.
Pat planted permanenhy-camila J, knight, in Life
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

Alice and Nick and few poodle dogs
Were seated at home last night.
The flames burst forth from TIE cracking
logs
And their glare was warm and bright.
Daddy is after those naughty French
Cried Alice in delight;
Its good for them, too; they have no
defense"
And her pride was pretty sight.
Race suicide is a terrible thing,
As Daddy has often said
Her eye was clear, her voice had a ring
Then Nicholas raised his head.
He laid down his paper, then took i up,
His words had q meaning sting
For he said, as be kicked the nearest pup:
Yes, it's a terrible thing"
Theodore G. Ditrich, in New York AInar-
lean
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03
Technically Speaking.

$50 there is to be a divorce. said
the woman who discusses everybody.
1T seems but a little while since he
asked for her hand
Yes. replied the rude man. He
got the hand all right. But it turned
out to be a misdeal, Washington
Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

my wife has cried only twice since
we've been married.
"Cn what occasions?"
when l told her | couldn't afford
to get her set Of furs for Christmas
and when l got EN- for her."-Cleve-
land Leader
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Tensss.

$50 YOU think your neS il ~
tion should appeal to sSaaasstssa
both the old and the negs9, Z. -
Yes replied the tisa - mana
ger The leading actress Is woman
with 2. future and the heroine Of tbs
story Is a woman with past. -
Washington Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03
Desperate.

Maud-"Jsck proposed to ne last
night"
Mabel Poor fellow; so he did
keen his word after ALL"
Why, what do you meant"
Mabei-@When l refused him last
Neak he said it would cause him to
GO something desperate. IN. A. P.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

Society Woman see by to-Gay 5
paper I am referred to as "one of
fashions butterflies. "
Her Husband Considering the
way you 60 through your clothes.
should think moth would errE
better. STRAY Stories.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

--Show me some tiaras, please.
want one for my wife. =
Yes. sir. About what price?"
Well. at such a price that | can
say; DO you see that woman With
the tiara2 She is my wife - Tie
gence Blaetter
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

Pardon me. Governor" began the
interviewer. Il"
Certainly, certainly" replied the
Tennessee Executive. reaching Al I't.
blank. What are you guIif IN ! :
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03
One Kind.


iPopl"
Eyes, my son"
Were there two Of every kind
went into the ark?"
Yes. my boy; two Of every kind. "
''And was there two suifragettes2"
-Yonkers Statesman.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

Angry Man Cat the teIephone)--
you go hang yourself, Sniithersl
(After a pausel Do YOU hear megv
Central--"Your party hung upl"
Puck.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

violet-"I wouldn't want to stand
in your shoes"
Miss smallfoot teoyiy)-''You
couldn't. t."-Brooklyn Life.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03
4 Grewsolne Proposition.

You don't go after that dentist
very often?e
No." answered the bill collector.
I'm afraid to. Every time see him
he offers to take the account cut in
trade. Washington Star
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

AN almost totally bald gentleman,
dining one day in restaurant, called
out in anger, Waiter, there's hair
in my soup?"
The waiter was a taetful man, and
he replied, "Ah, re magueeficent
hair! Undoubtedly from monsieur's
kead!"
And the much-fattered diner
smiled blandly and remarked, "Ah,
we'll; accidents will happen!"-Hu-
man Life.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03
SinlnIe.

Mistress-sw Why. Lizzie! Now you
have broken another valuable vasel
You have done more damage than
your wages amount to. What shall l
do2s
Msid--Raise my wages. ma'amlr
= Fllegende Blaetter.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

"Have you seen the Washington
Monument.
Yes" replied the New Yorker.
"It's pretty tall building. but what's
the good OF it without any Offices for
rent? Washington Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

Mrs. Heck Your carpets are 80
fresh and bright looking. What do
you use to clean then ?"
Mrs. Peck-'My husband. Bos-
ton Transcript.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03
IN rHE GARDEN OF LIFE.

Y cHARLEs BUXTON eoisc, IN SUCCESS MAGAZINE.
All when first began 70 plant
Iafe's garden ciose, ! did not know
fTor was young and igncrantl
What choice Of seeds ] ought to SOW
And many things planted there
Alas turned out but barren seeds.
And Others died for want Of care.
And many more proved noxious weeds.
But in the midmost place 81 I'll
A little slip grew, unaware,
And ii had hurReoned fair and tall
Before knew that Il was there.
Around its head the sunlight drew
The sweet earth drew around ITS root,
And fairer still in form il grew
To bud, to Blossom, and to fruit.
And now, so radiant it grows,
The garden is a magic bower
spaces Of perfume and Of rose,
Soft-yeied with beauty and with flower.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-06-03

Canada imported s2.415,79s worth
vi paper and paper manufactures
FROM the United States in 190s-09,
against ss37,154 worth from Great
earitain. out Of total import Of ss,-
, s1s worth.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-16
The City Of Minot Has a
Splendid WaterWorks System

| With but one minor leak left to dis
l.cover the new waterworks at Minot
| win soon be ready for acceptance by
the city when water users win be al
lowed to tap the mains. Contractor
Kennedy is in that city and with his
men is endeavoring to locate the trout
BILE.
The Minneapolis Tribune in it's last
issue has the following writeup of the
new plant;
Minneapolis is very much interested
lin the success of Minot's new $4,000
filtration plant which will be turned
over to the city within the next few
weeks. DR.. Ruediger, state bacteri-
iologist for North Dakora will soon con-
duct a thirtyd day test before the plant
is finally accepted by the Minot city
commission. The company must show
that the plant can deliver water to the
! mains of the city SO per cent pure.
| Those who have given the plant thor
ough study maintain that the process
Followed solves the problem OF puri-
flying river water where contamina-
Iion and pollution of various kinds has
/ taken place. s.-
Minneapolis, which recently appro-
priated $4,000 for a meteorological
investigation in TO the feasibility of fl
tering the Mississippi water, will watch
with interest the success or failure of
this plant 1t is the first OF its kind
in the northwest.
Similar plants are in successful OPP
CREATION at Cincinnati. Lawrence, Mass;
Birmingham. n, Y, and in many other
eastern and southern cities. Minot's
entire. system, including water mains
and filtration plant cost the city. about
I 5000. 600.
/. The water for the city's supply is
| drawn from the Mouse river, a slow,
winding, sluggish stream, Its water. Is
muddy and most uninviting looking.
A stockman might hesitate before al
tlowing.his cattle to water at it's banks.
| When. filtered. the. water is as clear
as crystal submits successfully to a
IS per cent. purity test and tastes pleas
ing to the palate. H..
Drawn from the river by gravity, the
water first enters a large intake well
twenty five, feet deep and eight feet
wide. This we'll is situated a few rods
/ from the filtration plant and the water
is drawn from the we'll into the. plant
by low duty pump with a sixteen inch
suction and carried into a large coagu-
lation tank divided into two chambers.
Each chamber is twenty feet wide,
forty feet long and fifteen feettdeep
with a capacity Of $4,000 gallons.
AS the water enters the tank 1t is
treated with sulphate of lime and by
drate of iron. These chemicals are
the only coagulates used to produce
precipitation, and to cause much of
the impurities to sink to the bottom
of the tank. The lime and iron in
duced at entrance to the settling tank
act as magnets for much Of the i'm
purities. Following this preliminary
process OF purifcation, the water is
passed over ffltering beds, filled with
thirty inches of fine Red Wing sand
and two beds Of gravel, twelve inches
thick. One bed consists Of fairly
large gravel and the. other is smaller
gravel.
The. water percolatesr down through
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-16

ers the other day about his first con-
signment OF potatoes. The grocer did
not want TO buy but he got him Ia
look at them. Potatoes were IS cents
but he gave me So cents for the wagon
load" says starkweather. Those are
the first potatoes have SEEN said he,
that didn't run Thirty pounds OF clay
to the bushel.' 20
II the stun is not put UP right II
is not salable. 1t It is not salable the
producer can get nothing for It. And
1t is not every farmer who Is an ex-
pert packer. IA ga
That is one place where the coop
erative movement helps the farmer.
He can, through association, market
his produce in the right way and in
the most attractive form Some farm
can find their way we'll enough by
themselves. But those are the very
men who are foremost in the. CO. opera
tive movement. They are first to real
ize what they can gain by pooling their
issues.