davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19
Puzzle to Trace the Lost Pennies

cents, is still spoken of in trade, but
no one ever hears the one-cent piece
mentioned. In many towns in the
south and west the tradesmen offer
nothing for a penny, a five-cent pur-
chase is the smallest that can be
made. But of late there have been
more demands for pennies from the
west, and the government experts
have declared that this Is sign of
increased frugality.
In the east, the chief use OF the
penny, outside of filling the child S
bank and buying the daily paper, is
for the purchase of chewing gum and
one-cent candies. The increase in the
number of penny-in-the-slot phono
graphs and moving picture machines
in the last few years shows another
way to which the public has taken to
get rid of its pennies.
Uncle Sam takes in many pennies
for stamps and post cards, and many
of them flow into the contribution box
in the churches and religious societies.
But all these ways in which the penny
is put to use does not explain where
they eventually go or what makes
them disappear in such vast quantities
every year. Even the government
coinage experts do not give satlsfac-
tory answer to the problem.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19

TOPEKA, 'Kan.-Dr. S. ]. Crumbine,
/ secretary of the Kansas board Of
health, has put his official foot into
the mixture always present at cir
cuses, fairs, Fourth of July celebra-
tions, picnics and other gatherings of
like nature. This mixture is known
as misunderstanding to the barker
who spiels before the refreshment
stands. Generally it is something that
looks little like lemonade because
there is a lemon peel in the tub, but
It hasn't the taste of the refreshing
beverage mother makes.
Since the memory of man runneth
not to the contrary, the one chief de-
light of the small boy and girl and the
big boy and his sweetheart has been
to drink circus lemonade at the circus
fair or picnic.
No one knows who invented the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19
'49ers Going Into History, Unwept

who reached California in those
days" he declared. only those who
had the grit to spend months at sea
or across Indian-infested plains and
mountains succeeded in getting there.
The people of today do not know how
much their country owes to the 49,
ers. They did more toward the de-
the men who fought in the revolution
or any other single group OF men.
Most OF them were very young. The
man among them who was over twen-
ty-fve was rare. And they did not
get rich. The men who came after
ward on the railways, with capital
and improved mining methods, or
who went into real estate were the
ones who reaped fortunes.
The pioneer who got enough for his
railway fare and 81 900 more with
which 90 buy farm considered him
self lucky. Those who came after
ward on the railway we do not con-
slider real pioneers. They are not
eligible to our society.
1--WE were privileged to take part
in an epoch of history unlike any
thing that had ever gone before, and
It is something whose like can never
be seen again. There may be other
countries still to be developed, but
there is no place left in the world
where such spreading of civiliza-
ton over an enormous wilderness can
take place in 50 few decades as It
did in the western United States.
The '49ers, as they went west in
their prairie schooners, saw miles
upon miles of fertile country whose
existence had been scarcely known,
and they were the most important
factor in developing the entire west"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19
DAME NATURE HINTS
When the Food Is Not Suited.

When Nature gives her signal that
something is wrong It is generally
with the food. The old Dame is al
ways faithful and one should act at
once.
To put off the change is to risk that
which may be irreparable. An Arizona
man says:
"For years could not safely eat any
breakfast. l tried various kinds of
breakfast food, but they were all soft.
starchy messes which gave me dis
tressing headaches. l drank strong
coffee. too, which appeared to benefit
me at the time, but added to the head
aches afterwards. Toast and coffee
were no better, for I found the toast
very constipating.
"a friend persuaded me to quit the
old coffee and the starchy breakfast
foods, and use Postum and Grape-Nuts
instead. l shall never regret taking
his advice. / began using them three
months ago.
"The change they have worked in
me is wonderful. 1 now have no more
of the distressing sensations in my
stomach after eating, and never have
headaches. I have gained IL pounds
in weight and feel better in every way.
"Grape-Nuts make delicious as
we'll as nutritious dish, and I find
that Postum is easily digested and
never produces dyspepsia symptoms"
There's Reason"
Get the little book, "The Road to
Wellville." in pkgs.
Ever read the above lettery A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine trues and full OF human
interest.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19

NEW YORK.-Spurred on by Acting
~ Mayor John Purroy Mitchell, Pc.
lice Commissioner William A. Baker
has caused several raids to be made
on the gambling joints of this city,
and the lid has been jammed on so
tightly that s1.OOO,OO0 of capital in
vested in such places is idle just now,
while the owners are wondering what
next?" Impatient over the veXing de-
lay, Acting Mayor Mitchell in a letter,
following several raids, has put square
ly up to Commissioner Baker all re-
sponsibility for the non-enforcement
of laws against gambling and vice. He
charges the police with being grossly
derelict in their duties, and declares
that the situation his secret service
men report could not exist without
police connivance. There is panic In
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19
PHILADELPHIA What becomes Of

ID DHILADELPHIA.-What becomes of
the vast volume of copper pennies
that are turned out each year by the
government? They are never called
in and redeemed like some kinds of
currency and coins, but they seem to
disappear as fast as they are stamped
and put in circulation.
1t is unusual if the date on any of
the pennies in mans purse at the
end of the day is over ten years back,
yet the Philadelphia mint, which coins
all the copper pennies, sends out in
some years as many as $1,000, 900
worth of them to the trade centers-
10O,000,000, one-cent pieces. If laid
fiat, edge to edge, in row they would
reach more than one thousand miles.
And still there are some sections of
the country where the penny is little
known.
In many of the mountain districts of
the south the York shilling" 12R
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19

HICAGO.-The 49ers of Califor-
~ MIA gold fever fame are pass
ing into history. The epoch of
which they are survivors is closed
and the last of them are becom-
ing too feeble to come to the an
nual reunion which has ben held in
Chicago on admission day" each
year for the last twenty years.
A notice reluctantly admitting these
facts was issued recently by Secre-
tary George W. Hotchkiss, the young
est of the California gold hunters,
who at the age of seyenty-nine is in
too feeble health to take charge of a
convention. The entire executive
committee Of the organization ap-
pointed last year is either dead or
under a temporary disability prevent
ing them from serving, and half Of
the fourteen pioneers who attended
last years meeting have since died.
A heroic effort to get trace of all
surviving pioneers in the middle west
resulted in the return mot found" of
half of the hundred letters sent out
by Mr.. Hotchkiss, and, while he hopes
to find few '49ers for a meeting
on discovery day" January 1S, the
secretary said sadly that in ten years
they would all be gone and nothing
but printed pages could tell of a
movement whose like the world can
never see again
''It was picked lot of young men
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19
The Privilege of Man.

B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the exc
cutive board of the Frisco system Of
railroads, on one occasion took to task
a young man In his employ who had
announced his intention of marrying.
The youth in question was drawing
a small salary, and Yoakum remon-
strated with him on the ground that
he could not afford to marry and that
his wife would have to suffer great
privations.
"Oh," said the young man, II guess
I've got as much right TO starve wo-
man to death as any other man has"
Popular Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19
Finally. Opened Safe.

They have a new fireproof and bur
glar-proof room for department records
at fire headquarters in New York. Com
missioner Waldo wanted a certain
record the other day and sent a clerk
for it. relates the Sun. The clerk
couldn't open the steel door, and the
lock had got out of commission. He
tinkered at it for an hour. while the
head of the department waited. "Send
down to the Yorkville court and gel
burglar" a visitor suggested A
locksmith was sent for instead. He
worked at 1t for two hours, but could
not open 1t. Then he did as bur
glar might do. He drilled holes
around the lock and got the door open
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19
Prize Fighting and Prayer.

The little son of Nelson T. Wender
of Seattle has been trained by his IA
ther to box. He is only six years of
age. His father puts the gloves on
with him and usually. after few
rounds. holds him down on the floor
until he counts him out In the regular
fashion of:
"One-two-three-
One night the youngster knelt down
at his mothers knee to say his pray
ers and he began:
"Oh, Lord, one-two-three-feur-
five"
Then he remembered himself and
said quickly:
"'Scuse me, God. thought / was
being counted out,"-Popular Maya
zine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19
A Good Job.

Jacob H. Sohiff, at dinner on the
yacht Ramona, condemned a concern
That had gone up.
Straight business methods are the
only ones," he said. There is a moral
In the receiver story.
! "A man, you know. said one day to
. little boy:
well, Tommy, what are you go
ing to be when you grow upT
"a receiver, SIR Tommy answered
promptly. Ever since pas been a re-
jceiver we've had champagne for din
her and two automobiles.'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19
Childish Reasoning.

Look at the brownies, papa!" ex
claimed little miss as she gazed up
ward at Wall street skyscraper.
"They are not brownies, dearie,
replied papa. "They are big men, like
me, but they look SO tiny because they
are so high"
IF they were twice as high, would
they look twice as small?" she asked,
showing the mathematical turn not
unnatural in the offspring Of sue.
cessful broker.
Papa answered YES"
She made quick calculation and
remarked: "They won't amount to
much when they get to heaven. will
they?"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19
Simple Expedient,

An American student at German
university tells of a professor who
was reading aloud in classroom pa
pers on celebrated living German
novelist, who had been written by
the members Of the class After read
ing one he commented upon its ex-
cellence. you show an exact COM
prehension Of the matter" he. said.
addressing the student who had writ
ten the paper; tell us what method
lyou used"
oh" replied the student, II Just
wrote to x, stating what I wanted
to know, and that was what he sent
back"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19
She Has Changed Her Opinion.

81 hear your maiden aunt is visiting
you"
"Yes. Came yesterday.
"How long does she expect to stay?"
'"Oh, l don't know-probably for
some time"
81 feel sorry for your wife. be-
lieve heard her say not long ago
that she despised the old lady"
"She used to, but she has changed
her opinion-in fact, has great re-
spect for her now. Aunt Hetty brought
three trunks, two of them filled with
things she smuggled in from Europe"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19
Extravaqances.

I'm afraid you were very foolish to
write those poetic love letters" said
one New Yorker.
Maybe So" repiYed the other. But
when it comes to expressing ardent af-
fection writing verse isn't as foolish
As signing deeds to real estate"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19

Cheerfuiness should be the gift Of
the sunlight, the air should suffice for
inspiration. and radiance of wisdom
In the lonely waste Of the pine woods.
making us dance and run about hap
PLY like children.-Emerson
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19

gan with Doan's Kidney Pills and
soon received relief. In six weeks
was completely cured"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents Q
box. Foster.Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19
Indie atoms.

Il might know this conservatory be-
longed to a baseball enthusiast"
"Whyg"
Because it has so many pitcher
plants"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19

A careless philosopher says q man
never knows who his friends are un-
n he hasn't any
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19
DON'T NEGLECT YOUR KIDNEYS.
Little kidney troubles gradually
grow moro serioua and nave the WAY

to dropsy. diabetes
and fatal Bright's
disease. B o gin
using Doan's Kid
ney Pills at the
first sign of trouble.
They cure all kid
ney ills.
Mrs. F. L. Stew
art, Walnut Grove
ST.. Princeton, KY,
says: Doctors said
I had gravel and
gave my case up
as hopeless. | grad
ually grew worse
and death seemed
near. Finally I be-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-19

Cholly Soft-May I-sw-have Just one
aw-good-night kiss?
Miss Wise-Why, certainly, you
poor, dear boy! How you must miss
your nurse when you are away from
homei
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-02-03
Ink at 500 a Pound

'The best India mkt should
really be called China ink-never
leaves China" said missionary. cit
costs 500 pound, and the scribes
use it in writing the correspondence
of the royal family and the mandarins
India ink is made of the oil of the
poisonous seeds of the sosamum or
COLA tree. Varnish and pork fat are
added to this oil, and then, by means
of combustion. all is changed to
lampblack.
'"The lampblack paste mixed with
glue is beaten for days on an anvil,
fine musk is gradually mixed in to
give perfume. and the purest gold leaf
to give rich luster. Finally the ink
is dried in molds for about a month.
what makes the best India ink so
costly is its purity, and, above ALL the
long time given to it's combustion and
subsequent beating. If you saw its
beauty you wouldn't think it dear at
500 a pound"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-02-03
Good READING.

A good book is the next best thing
to good friend. Indeed. there is such
thing as the friendship of books, for
a book often performs the friendly
function of beguiling our tedium or
solacing our affection. There are
books we take from the shelf in the
spirit in which we grasp the hand of
friend. The leather binding with
which we are so familiar seems to be
the outer integument inclosing a soul,
a human personality. When we start
to read, it is as though we became the
docile listener, willingly allowing our
1maginations to be led captive by the
enchanting language of a living speak
er. Just as being with bad man is
likely to have a demoralizing effect
upon our characters, so the intimate
association with a bad box may in
1uence us in the direction of a de.
PRAYED and perverted point of view.
1t is said that man may be known
by the company he keeps. He may
also be known by the books that are
on his five-foot shelf or in his pigskin
library.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-02-03
How Could He Do It?

Dear me- gasped Mrs Hollonutt,
here's terrible item in the paper
My word how the poor man must
have suffered!"
Well, what is it?" asked the hus-
band
why, one of those unfortunate Mar
athon runners over in New York swat
lowed a sponge"
What? Let me see After care
fully reaomg the paragraph Mr.. Hollo-
mutt flung the paper down There
never was woman yet Who could
GRASP slalple fact in prlpt. This
ldoesn' ny the fellow swallowed a
sponge.
q knov it doesn't in those exact
words, as ated his wife; but. then,
how on earlh could the poor man
throw up the sponge is he didn't swal-
How it?"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-02-03
MUST CONTROL THE EYELID
Wink is Absolutely Forbidden toaPer-
sons Engaged in Number of
Vacations.

"Your eyes look strong enough"
said the oculist to his new patient.
Whats the matter with them?"
II wink" said the patient, help
lessly.
"Ah-ha," said the oculist. "Whats
your business"
II have none just now, on account
OF that wink said the hopeless young
man. II used to be a clerk in dry
goods store till that wink got the up
per hand of me. That queered me
with the shoppers. They thought 1
was trying to flirt with them. They
complained. 1 couldn't make the boa;
understand, and-here 1 am"
GJust So" said the oculist. you
have my sympathy. am treating a
street car conductor, druggist and a
young man who has just entered the
ministry for the same trouble. They
are also out of s. job because they
couldn't help winking 1t is all right
for longshoreman or sand plaster
to wink whenever he feels like it. but
person who meets the general public,
especially the feminine part of it is
likely to be in hot water half the time
If he doesn't learn to control that
wink"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-02-03
WOULD NOT DENY IDENTITY
Admission of Charges, However, Might
Have Been Made in More Dgni-
fled Manner.

A characteristic figure in the poll
tics of the middle west once ran for
congress from the state of Ohio His
free and easy manners made him pop
ular with the boys, but his life had
not been irreproachable, and from
many quarters came evidence of oppo-
sition. This opposition crystallized
finally at a meeting of the Ministers
league OF the district, and delegation
was sent to ascertain beyond question
the truth or falsity of the charges
against him.
Though the object of their visit was
known to the candidate, he received
the ministers with hearty greeting,
and stood before them smiling, while
their chairman, man of serious mien,
unburdened himself of the questions
previously agreed on.
"Mr. Blank" said the chairman, unc-
tiously, "are you the man who has
been seen frequenting race tracks? ?
Are you the man famous tn this COM
munity for your devotion to games of
chance played for money? Mr.. Blank,
are you the man whose notorious i'm
morality has for years been a blot
upon this town and shame. to all it's
honest citizens? Are you the man we
have described, Mr.. Blank"
The states,man's eye twinkled as the
catechism was concluded.
Gentlemen" he said, returning to
courteous gravity. 81 am that identi-
cal son of a sea cook"
Needless to say, in spite of Goa
tinued opposition, the popular favorite
was overwhelmingly returned.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-02-03
UNHAPPY HOMES OF AUTHORS
Large Proportion Of British, Writers
Have Been Unfortunate Ia
Domestic Life.

Someone with a passion for genuine
antique scandals has been poking into
the private lives of classical English
writer's and finds among them dis
tressing proportion of celibates and of
unhappily mated persons, says writ
er in Success Magazine. For the bene-
tit of book-loving gossips he has pre-
pared list of the foremost British
authors with a short description Of
their domestic relations. The list is
so full of matrimonial wrecks that the
compiler is forced to wonde. whether
cheesemongers, stock brokers and the
rest of us have as poor a chance at do
nestle happiness as poets and play
wrights.
No fewer than Is out of 6S we'll
known authors never were married at
ALL A number, including Milton, Bun
yam, Southey and Hazlitt, made sew
eral matrimonial ventures. OF the
rest, Shakespeare, Dyden, Addison,
Coleridge, Carlyle, Ruskin and Dick
ems are the most notable of a long list
OF those who were unhappily married.
Why should the production of litera-
ture be apparently so incompatible
with happy domestic life? Are lit
erary men less capable than lawyers
and plumbers of choosing congenial
mates? The truth seems to be that
the writer husband is at home so
much of the time that he becomes as
familiar an object there as the old
cane-bottomed chair. Two persons who
can survive "a hours of each others
society per day without jars are hap
PLY married indeed.
81 have only one thing to ask you"
said wise young bride-to-be to the
prospective husband, land that is that
you will promise not to be in to
lunch"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-02-03
i his daughter, returning Monday

it his daughter, returning Monday
evening.
Mrs. Ella Greenlee and her brother
Byron were Gray visitors Saturday,
and visited Sunday with friends in
the country.
George Ross Jr. is at Winnipeg
Canada, sent there as a harness artist
for an engraving company, of Mimi
eapolis Mimi.
The special meetings closed here in
Gray, Thursday evening of last week
and they are now holding meetings
at Eden Valley.
VIM. Brandhorst was hauling out
baled hay Monday and Tuesday to
his fathers place where he will live
the coming year.
Mr.. Frank Gray had a bad spell
church last Wednesday night and
had to be carried home, was quite
poorly for several days.
Invitations have been received here
for the wedding of Carl Forsbeck
and young lady OF the northern
part OF the state for Feb. 9Th.
Mrs. Ed Mitchell and children went
| to their home at Coon Rapids Mon
day evening after being here over a
week at the bedside of her father,
grandpa Nedrow who is improving
now.
Charles A. Beers started Monday
evening for his Idaho home. He spent
last Wednesday and part of Thursday
with his sister Edna and family a,
Carrollton on his way back from
Chicago.
Miss Matilda Jensen cams
Friday evening returning to he,
school work Sunday. Mr., Jensens
family and Mrs. Stark going over
with her and attended church at
Eden Valley.
! Mrs. Nels Christensen and her brot-
her James Grife started Thursday
morning Jan 9th. for Omaha their
new home. They will all be much
missed in this community. We are
expecting them back to the farm a
part of the time as the warm days
come in the spring.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-02-03
Couldn't See It That way.

The nine-year-old daughter of a
Richmond lady was endeavoring to
teach the dusky offspring of the cook
the letters of the alphabet. Teeny had
learned the first two, but couldn't re.
member the letter &c"
Don't you see with your eyes?" de.
manded the youthful tutor. Cant you
remember the word see?"
"Yassum," said Teeny.
Five minutes later Teeny again be.
gun bravely. "a, B." and there she
stopped.
What do you do with your eyes,
Teeny?" demanded her instructor.
Il sleeps wifi EN-" said Teeny.-
Sunday Magazine OF the Milwaukee
Sentinel
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-02-03
Audubon ToMnship

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Jens P. Jen-
sen new boy.
Miss Maude Boehme is very i'll
with Appendicitis.
John Tibben has rented part of
the Amos Tibben farm.
The chicken pox is on the wan as
it has nearly gone the rounds.
Henry Marsh of Dexter visited
part of last week in this vicinitya
Our new assessor, John Tibben is
getting along fine with his work,
Miss Maude Coll returned from a
pleasant visit to Dexter last week.
Nick Theilen still continues very
III with little hopes of his recovery.
Chas. Newman and wife were call
ers at the Geo. Kness home Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Burlsten on the
Juhl place are the parents of q new
baby.
Mrs. Yern Wheeler visited with the
Elmer Boemhe family part Of last
week.
George schlater and John Jacob
son are going west this season they
intend to start soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Benton up in the
edge of Guthrie Co. are the happy
parents of new baby girl.
Mrs. VIM. Vanaernam and Arthur
attended teachers association, down
in Cass Co. Saturday, they report a
fine time. s