davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-11-18
HOUSE OF SURPRISES.
The Home Of British Diplomacy. No.
10 Downing Street.

The Home Of British Diplomacy, No.
10 Downing Street.
Why does the residence Of the prime
minister Of the kingdom resemble the
dwelling Of a retired grocer Of simple
tastes7 The reply to this is forthcom-
ing. 1t does not 1t only pretends to
resemble the dwelling Of a retired gro
GER No 10 Downing street begins to
reveal itself as a surprise packet when
you have rung enc of its three bells
and persuaded Its front door to open.
You then discover yourself in an en-
trance ball whose mats. walls and gen.
eral shabbiness would be the instant
ruin of Bloomsbury Temperance
hotel. and you perceive that you haec
unwittingly done IN injustice to the
retired grocer. You decide that no gro.
Ger. at any rate no English grocer.
would tolerate such kennel.
But when you have penetrated a lit
tie farther. and especially when you
have mounted the frs, flight of stairs.
you will be ready to remodel your
views once again. Within thirty sec.
onds you will have lost your bearings.
Within sixty you will admit that you
are in palace full Of bewildering cor
ridors and endless sump;uosity. with
here and there glimpse Of SEINE i'm
mense and stately apartment. No. 10
Downing street begins just exactly
where you might have expected II to
finish. Its ramifications are innumer-
able. Its geography an enigma even to
the most ancient janltor-From Phil
potts and Arnold's The Statue"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-11-18
AcARD.


THE MANY FRIENDS AND AC-
QUAINTANCES OF MR. A. u. RATE.
MAN WILL BE GLAD TO LEARN
THAT HE HAS AGAIN RESUMED
THE STUDY 0FVETERINARy SUR
gerry AND DENTISTRY AT WASH
INGTON, D. C. AND WILL PRACTISE
HIS PROFESSION IN CHARLES AND
ST. MARY'S COUNTIES.
ASSEvERAL VALUABLE HORSES
HAVE DIED THAT MIHGT HAVE
BEEN SAVED IF THE OWNERS
COULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CALL
IN THE SERVICES OF A VETERI-
NARY SURGEON. MR.. RATEMAN'S
KNo WEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
IN TIE DISEASES OF THE HORSE
WILL BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO
THE HORSE AND CATTLE OWNERS
OF OUR SEC TION.
me INDEPENDENT WISHES HIM
EVERY SUCCESS AND DOES NOT
HESITATE To SAY THAT HE WILL
WILLINGLY RENDER ADYICEAND
ASSISTANCE TO ANY OF HIS MANY
FRIENDS WHO MAY WISH TO CALL
ON HIN HE WILL BE AT HIS
COUNTRY HOME. YATTEN FARM.
NuN KSEY p. o. SATURDAYS AND
UNnAYS OF EACH WEEK During
TIE FALL AND WINTER.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-11-18
BANK G. CHECKS.


A young man Ind kept In bis pos
session : several days a check from
his uncle. His uncle died, and be
FASTENED TO the bank to cash the
check. When he found the bank would
not pay the check until II had orders
from the heirs or from the courts be
was surprised and observed to his IA
Their that be thought Of a check as be-
ing SO much money II the signature
was good.
As matter OF fact, however, a
check Is merely an order from A. to
B.. who holds some OF AS money, to
pay a certain amount thereof to @.
It Is not money. even II the names on
the check are good and well known
and the bank is solid as the govern
ment Although checks are given in
payment Of debt and a receipt usually
is signed on the spot. yet the passing
Of a cheek does not constitute pay
ment Of Indebtedness until II is paid
by the bank.
Nor will the concurrent receipting Of
the debt for which 1t is given change
this. If the check Is not paid on pres
entation to the bank the original claim
stands against the drawer or giver OF
the check. But a certified check con-
stitutes payment on the part Of the
person who draws it.
Checks may be antedated or post
dated-that is. dated before or after
the date Of delivery. If postdated
checks are paid before the day speci-
fed the drawer can recover the mon
ey. for the bank has acted not in ac-
cordance with any order from him.
but on its own responsibility.
II a blank is left for the date the
holder is authorized to insert the true
date Of delivery. but no other date.
The insertion Of any other date or
changing the date without the consent
Of the drawer maIses the check void
New York Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-11-18
BIBLICAL TROUBLES.
Knotty Language Problems Transiators
Have TO 2olvs.

Knotty Language Problems Transiators
Have TO 2olvs.
Some Of the riddles that have to be
solved before the Bible can be trans
lated into remote and barbaric tongues
are cited In that annual wonder book.
the popular illustrated report of the
British and Foreign Bible society.
How. for example. can you find a
name for lamb" among the inhabit-
ants OF some island where the only
quadrupeds are pigs and rats7 How
can you render whittier than snow" in
the dialects Of West Africa. where
snow is utterly unknown
Occasionally the difficulty is one Of
sheer space. Lengua. the speech Of
an Indian tribe In Paraguay. which
haE been furnished with the gospel
according to ST. Mark. is so unwieldy
that the word eighteen can only be rep
resented thus: "Sohogemek- wakthla-
mok emiRik antanthlama." Literally
translated. that means finished my
hands. pass TO my other foot--three."
for fingers and toes serve as units.
The word for butter in I.engua is
''waltky : ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ikpith-
inuk." which means literally the
grease Of the Juice Of the udder of the
cow"
In New Guinea the translator want
ed the proper idiom for far be It
from me to do this thing" so he con-
suited an intelligent catechumen.
YES" replied the catechumen. Il I'M
derstand exactly. We have the pre-
else idlom. We say. May speak to
my mother-in-law before / will do this
thingr" for in that land Of strange
taboos one Of the objectionable sins Is
for man to open his lips TO his wife's
mother.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-11-18

When our hatred is ton bitter II
places US below those whom we hate.
-Rochefourauld
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-11-18
LONDON THEa1ERs.


In the orchestra Of a London theater
there are only eight or ten rows Of
stalls. and Immediately behind them is
the pit, which is walled Oh by a bar.
Fier or fence that stretches clear across
the theater. In the pit there are no
individual seats-merely rows Of long
benches on which the people sit rather
closely together.
II Is. OF course. impossible TO reserve
seats in advance. and people who are
going to the pit have to come early on
the evening OF the performance In or
der to secure the best places.
Hence in the case Of a popular play
long queue Of people may be seen at
Z o'clock stretching from the pit door
all along the sidewalk, waiting for the
house to open. They keep their places
very patiently in line. united by a com
mon mood Of pleasurable anticipation.
One manager awhile ago made the
experiment Of selling reserved seats In
the pit at the usual price. but to this
the pit people objected strenuously on
the ground that they could seldom
know IN advance just when they would
find themselves possessed Of that hap
py combination Of money and an even
ing OF which would permit of theater
going and preferred to take their
chances waiting IN line when the for
tunate opportunity arrived.
The pit is patronized by people IT a
very estimable class and Is often fire.
quented by well educated men and
women who wish to save money aud
do not care TO dress Whereas seat
in the stalls costs half guinea Tor up.
proximately $3.50. place in the pit
costs only two and six Tor approx
mately 60 centsl. and the play can be
seen very nearly as well.
In the pit the same program that is
sold In the stalls for sixpence Is sold
for twopence. and the pit has re-
freshment bar of its own which is
cheaper than the main bar Of the thea
ter. OF course the real reason why
there is a pit in the London theaier Is
that there has always been pit. That
IN itself is sufficient for the British
mind, but It must be admitted that the
system is on grounds Of common sense
an exceedingly good one.-Bookman.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-11-18
Eating -Four Hundred Year. AGO.

-Four hundred years ago eating was
practically confined to two meals a
day. but In many parts the second or
evening meal was OF such protracted
character that laws were passed tins
ting its duration. Thus at I;erne there
was law against sitting at table mere
than five hours N Rale. from 10
o'clock in the morning 10 u o'clock IN
the evening was the maximum permit
ted, but The town council was nnahl,.
to practice its own cOunseis OF l,erfe,-
ton and TN great occasions finished in
private. In saxony the innkeeper was
forbidden to serve more than four
fishes ut one meal
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-11-18

The talk had gone back. and fro
and the youthful Socialist had been
announcing that no man ought to get
his living by cheating. and we all lis
tened to him and agreed that II was
dreadful when men and women did
not tell the truth, but tried to make
their living by deceivlng people. Mil
lIonaires. landowners. tinanclers. we
scarified all of them who cheat the
public.
mo one should make living by de
ception." said the young man.
Then a quiet voice from a woman
came from the corner Of the sofa.
what about the conjurer?
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-11-18

Upoa beinL Ga led n she police couri
charged with an assault uian IN
at a soda water fountain tenn
ant arose and said, Your halar safl
guilty. bur | plead Il eounfer ease
Whereupon the aforesaid clerk agos,'
and replied: ~Your homer. ihe vouater
didn't have anything 10 do with H. /
walked around the counter before l
struck him "-Case aud Comm Ut.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-11-18

Tell me. Harry sad May ri ~
ley's admirer 70 her young bro Aer
~who is this other fellnw that's beer
calling on Your sister:s
Il don't know his name. replied
Harry. 81 just call him April show
ers.'
What for?"
because he brings May flowers"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-11-18

A distinguished society leader'of New
York, lately returned from Il moi, r TRIP
through France. said that her nr,sf q
i.ghtful experisnr was hear.ng the
French pheasants sin,.ing the naaypn-
naise.- Everybody
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-11-18

Mrs. A. Didn't her constant slngln.
In the fat annoy you. Mrs r. Not
so much as the constiut fit in her
singing Boston Transcript
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-11-18

'John. don't you think | have worn
this pair Of shoes long enonshs~
No dear. If they were long enough
s9u wouldn't have had those corns"
Houston Post.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-27
Vigil Of Loue Killed Sauant

less invalid. Then came the report that Lord Kelvin himself was serious ly Ill, and within a week or two the announcement of his death followed.
 Tt was his solicitude for the con- fort of his invalid wife-his helpmeet of life time-that really killed him.
 Though he was a man of advanced years, and had need to husband his strength, from the day that Lady Kel- win became an invalid he was in con- stant attendance upon her. He could scarcely be prevailed upon to leave her for few minutes, even;, he seemed to feel that that time was wasted which he could not devote to the care of his wife. He was con- vinced that her illness was mortal,
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-27
How Affection of Lord Kelvin, the Famous British Physicist, for Ills Wife Really Led to
 His Death.

TWO years ago in December. the cable brought the news to this coun- try, where he was widely known and loved, that Lord Kelvin, the great Brit ish physicist, had died after a brief illness. A day or so later the cabled accounts of his funeral told that the only flowers on his casket at the flu neral was a wreath from Lady Kel- win. How Lord Kelvin's great love for his wife really led to his death Is here told for the first time, and the story is vouched for by MT. George Westinghouse of Pittsburg, who was one of Lord Kelvin's most intimate friends
 When Lady Kelvin accompanied Lord Kelvin to America" said MT. Westinghouse, everybody who met the two were invariably impressed with their deep devotion to each oth- CT. It was easily apparent that Lady Kelvin was not only sharer in her husbands interests in mechanics, physics, industrial development and all science. in fact-of which he was in so great degree a master-but also that their domestic relations were ideal, she constantly looking to his comfort and ministering to him, and he responding with gentle carresses.
 During Lord Kelvins last visit to this country, his friends here learned that he was deeply solicitious regard ing the state of Lady Kelvins health. Some time after his return to Eng land, word was received that Lady Kelvin had, in fact, become a hope
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-27
BANDITS CAREER
 ENDED BY SHOT
.,.o,oN HEDGEPETH, TRAIN ROB. are COMES CLOSE TO DYING
 WITH BOOTS ON"
CHIEF DESM0.lD'S OPINION
Farmer Head of St. Louis Detective Force Says Man Slain by Chi caoo Policeman Was Nat
 ural Criminal.

st Louis.-When Policeman Decker of Chicago fired the shot that caused tbe death of Marion c. Hedgepeth, he ended the career of criminal who was as daring and desperate as any bandit who ever held up a train or blew bank safe.
 The man in St. Louis who probably knew more about Hedgepeth than any other person is Maj. William Des- mond former chief of detectives and one of the greatest thief takers in the country Desmond has reputation among crooks as the cleverest sweater" they ever had to deal with. "Billy," as the old crooks call him, never mistreated a prisoner, but he had way of putting them through the "third degree" that brought re- suits. It was case of will power with Desmond and he kept nagging his man until he had a confession or was satisfied in his own mind that the prisoner was innocent. St. Louis lost the best man it ever had on the po- lice force when Desmond quit.
 50 Hedgepeth was killed by a DO lceman," said the veteran detective
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-27

when informed of the bandits death Tn Chicago. Well, l expected he would end that way. He told me once ne expected to die with his boots on. and he came pretty near doing it.. Hedgepeth was a natural criminal. He made all kinds of VOWS when Gov. FOLK released him from the peniten- uary that he would lead straight lie, but had no confidence in him" "
 Desmond was among those who worked up the Glendale train robbery case against Hedgepeth, the job for whlch the desperado went to the Mis- souri penitentiary for l3 years.
 Starting out in life poor country youth and living in Prairie Home, MO- Hedgepeth became in years tune a criminal who terrorized the entire west and whose name was spoken in fear and trembling.
 Up until before his death Hedge. pe'h worked in shoe factory in Min neapolls, Minn. His fellow employees Anew nothing of his past. He fought
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-27
Wines for Royalty.

Sherry is wine that has almost disappeared from the table of Ed ward VII. The king some years ago sold a large quantity of sherry that had been laid down in the royal eel lars many years before his accession, and since the sale of sherry has quite fallen out from the list of fashion able wines in England. His majesty knew what he was about. He had reached the age when light wines are advisable, for healths sake, and he neither wished to oblige himself nor his guests to partake of even the smoothest, mellowest sherry. Among some facts concerning the wines served at his sovereign's table, re- gently related by the head butler in charge of the department at Buck ingham palace, he says visitors often go over the cellars, and on one occasion after he had told the history of certain almost priceless claret to a foreign royalty who was inspect. ing the wines, the latter exclaimed with a laugh: Why, wine like that ought to be in a museum"
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-27
The Degraded 'Possum.

"I sho does hate ter see 'possum in de city, put fer sale lak' chickens. on de street. It ain't de place for i'm; it takes all de sperrit outer i'm. an you got ter buy i'm quick, an run home an put i'm on de fire, or he'll worry hisself down to nuthin' in less'n two days. You des cant git up no excitement wid 'possum in a cage. He outen his element dar. What he want is ter have de dogs ter tree i'm, an ter see you tryin' ter shine his eye, an ter git you ter climb de tree. den reach fer him, an miss i'm, an go tumblin' down, kerba-am! An, me! A 'possum is de mos cur's S creetur in der country; but his ways is his ways, an der ain't no use tryin' ter git roun' 'im!"-Atlantic Constitu. tion.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-27
PitlfuI Talk of the Once Great Singer Not Long Before Ills Death In Poverty at New
 York.

Brignoli-what a wealth of musical memories the name awakens in those lifelong lovers of operatic music whose heads are now gray. For Brig noli, coming to this country In 1855, for quarter of century thereafter was probably this country's most pop ular operatic tenor-a veritable Ga ruso of yesterday. He sang with Patti at her debut, with Nilsson. La Grange, Parepa-Rosa, Tietjens-all the great singers of his time. He had the coun- try at his feet.
 Many are the memories that come to me of poor Brignoli. whom l met several times, at last to know quite we'll But most vivid of all my recol- lectons of him is that of our last meeting, which occurred but few months before he died in poverty he who for years received what were then unprecedented sums for singing excepting, possibly. those paid to Pat ti and Nilsson.
 Returning to my hotel about mid night of the second day of the Re- publican national convention which was held in Chicago in 1884, l heard some one call my name as I passed the entrance of another hotel. Turn ing about, I discovered that it was Brignoli, whom I had not seen for about year, and then In Washing ton.
 We shook hands. If you please" he said with the grace and politeness and courtesy that were inbred in him, T would walk with you back to your hotel" Then he added, by way of ex planation as we started of. "I have walked much by myself this evening, and it seems happy to me to meet some man that I used to know. to talk a little with him."
 Are you singing here. Brignoli?" asked.
 "Ah. no, not much" he said wear. ily. q came here to sing little, but Brignoi's voice-what is 1t? Puff and here he snapped his fingers with disdainful gesture. 1t Is gone. It is no longer Brignoll's voice.
 What is the trouble?" asked. Have you been ill?" He touched his breast Sick lere."
 For a moment he was silent. Then is heart spoke.
 What is Brignoli now? Nothing. e might as well be dead. It would
 a better. perhaps. An, it would sure have been better, perhaps. An, 1t
 ould surely have been better for .ignoli if he had never had voice. hen he would have stayed in Naples. Ia would have had good trade. He vould have lived and worked and
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-27

hard against the desire to return to his former murderous existence. Fin ally it triumphed over him. He quit his position and went to Chicago and attempted the robbery of a saloon. He was caught in the act, and when cor nered fought a desperate pistol duel with the police. A pistol shot mortal ly wounded him. He died an hour later.
 Hedgepeth's mother still lives in the little Missouri village. He was known by the aliases of Sam Woods. l.. l.. Williams, II. " Swanson, Marion c. Hedspeth, Marion Davis, Marion c. Hedgpeth and J. c. Clark. He was 45 years old at the time of his death
 Hedgepeth started on his career of crime in November, 1883, when he was arrested on charge of larceny and sentenced to seven years imprison- ment in the state penitentiary at lief. ferson City, Mo- He broke prison a short time afterwards, but was re- captured. In 1889 he was released
 On February 10. 1892, he was ar. rested in San Francisco, Cal, charged with robbing train at Glendale, Mo. He was sentenced on September 2S. 1893, to serve a term of 25 years in the Missouri state penitentiary after long trial. He was pardoned in 1906.
 On September 2, 1907, he was ar. rested at Omaha, Neb., suspected of having been implicated in a robbery at Council Bluffs. Ia. He was convicted and sent to the Iowa state prison at Fort Madison on March s, 1908, and released after serving one year.
 Fifteen years ago Hedgepeth was a leader of the notorious Sly-Wilson gang of safe blowers and highway men. It was he who gave the police the tip which led to the arrest and conviction of H. H. Holmes, the multi. murderer of Chicago and Philadelphia.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-27

and to those who endeavored to per suade him to rest now and then he re- piled that during the time left to him and to Lady Kelvin to be together, he felt that he ought to give her his con- stant attention. And so, hour after hour, he sat by his wife's bedside. holding her hand and talking with her.
 At last there happened what Lord Kelvin's friends had feared all along the strain of his constant vigil of love broke him down completely, and having no surplus vitality to rely upon for recuperation, he passed away.
 To-day Lady Kelvin fingers on, hopeless invalid-and doubt not that all her thoughts in all her waking hours are of the man whose whole married life was dominated by the one thought of her comfort and hap piness."
 Copyright. 1909, by F. J. Edwards)
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-27
Caruso Of the Last Century

loved and laughed like others of his family. He would have had something for his old age. He would not now be walking the streets in the night, thinking this: Not any longer are you Brignoli' Because he learns this when you have a voice and sing so that they clap and shout. then you are an idol. They point the finger at you on the street and say, That's Brignoli' But when the voice is gone, then you are nothing. They for get you. They don't remember that they ever knew you. They have for gotten Brignoli, and he once had the world at his feet. An, 1t was all bad. a very bad mistake, I would be happy now in Italy, if only l had been just Brignoli, without voice."
 What could I say? In silence we reached the door of my hotel. Across the way beckoned a well-lighted bar. saw Brignoli's eyes wander in its direction. "Ah, if could only buy a drink of brandy" he appealed. He the Brignoli who had been great-who had received the worship of the great was stranded in a great city with out cent of money in his pocket!
 A few minutes later he passed out into the night, and the next 1 heard of him was that he had died in pov. erty in New York City.
 Copyright. 19O9r- by E. J. Edwards)
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-27
Eirs. Time on Record.

A blind man, guided by large and athletic dog, went down the street the other day. Just as they turned cor ner the blind mans dog saw dog it knew and darted forward in a way that threw the sightless mendicant to the ground. He was speedily assisted to his feet, however, by a waggish passer-by, who remarked that he had heard some remarkable stories of the feats performed by dogs. but this was the first time he had ever known one to pull down the blind.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-27
Hard Head Broke a Shield.

when Deputy Judge Amphlett was ueaiihg with the judgment sum- monses at Pontypool county court re- .eh'iy large shield bearing the royal arms Tell from its place on the wall WI ml'h crash on his honor's head. inefe was a cloud of dust, the women m court shrieked, and his honor's wig , ,vni on the solicitors table below. "neh the judge had recovered from tue shock he observed as he rubbed a'S mead that there was a large hole .a 'he tallen shield where it had suucN nm, On this he remarked jok- es | have hard head. If hit s1a' hole In it there will be some
 1nnpehsatlon after this! !"-London