davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
CHEATED BY THE DOCTOR.
Took of Two Fingers, but Charged
Enough For a Full Hand.

Took Off Two Fingers, but Charged
Enough For a Full Hand.
IHlNA." said the man with the
dropping n%ustache. Il mist
nave Inherited my tendency to
noIo out Tor the worth of my money.
There Is nothing that gals HE 50
badly as to be cheated. | don't object
to paying we'll for a good thing. but it
disturbs me to pay out even u dime
for what is worth only a nickel. As
l have said, ! think l must inherit this
trait. or whatever it may be called.
My uncle Thad was a great hand to
insist on getting his moneys worth,
and when he didn't he always roared
loudly enough to let everybody know
It.
Zone time he got his hand mixed up
in the cogs of a harvesting machine.
and 1t was pretty badly mangled. The
doctors thought ut first they could save
1t, but in a few days there began to
be indications of blood poisoning, and
Uncle Thad was informed that he
would probably have to lose his arm
He kicked pretty hard, but at last gave
In. when he was told that he would die
unless he submitted to an operation.
'"They got Doc Bates down from the
county seat to do the operating, and
Tor a week or two Uncle Thad was
pretty low. Finally he began to pick
up, and when he was convalescent one
of his neighbors dropped in one day to
see him.
"'Well, Thad.' the caller asked. how
you gettin' along?'
"'Oh. first rate said Uncle Thad,
but if you ever have to get any
operatin' done on you don't let Doc
Bates do it. He's the worst cheat in
this county. He charged me $45 and
only took off two fingers "-Chicago
RecOrd-Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
What Authors
Are Doing

Louise Forsslund (Mrs. Charles Carey
Waddell), author Of "Old Lady Num-
Der 3d." is said to have a spirit
Of sympathetic comradeship which n
ables her to meet on equal terms the
quaint Long Island seafaring people
about whom she writes so entertain
ingly and thus to draw them out at
their best. She is fond of them and
they Of her. One old man, e Say
Vile, her home. who had told her
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16

STUART. her telling Of the adj
ventures and romances Of these hum
BILE souls has a charm that is irresisti-
BILE. While we laugh at the drolleries
Of her dusky heroes and heroines there
r underneath them all a deep note of
aympathy, and We know that her peo-
pie r real. Mrs. Stuart does not be-
lieve in inspiration. "The only inspira.
tion l know" she declares laughingly,
us hard work" Her version of how
she came to New York and launched
forth into literary realms then un-
dreamed of, told in her own way, is
most interesting:
Impending poverty did It. When
the time came when l found l must
make money I did not know which
way to turn. Like the majority of
southern women, I had been brought
up to enjoy life and take no thought Of
its serious complexities, but when the
problem confronted me l knew that ]
must rise to the emergency. as so many
have done before and since. l had
never written anything for publica.
ton, but decided that 1 would try. l
spent three weeks planning a story.
then sat down and wrote 1t. l was
fortunate enough to have it obtain
instant recognition. That was the be.
ginning. You know the rest"
Probably no writer in America works
harder than Mrs. Stuart, and she is
of this c0untry's most popular all.
thors.
One Of the most talked Of plays pro.
duced in years is 1.-The Battle" by
Cleveland Moffett, and now that it has
been novelized by the author the story
Is being read with intense interest
throughout the country. 1.-The Battle
is a tale of the " ending struggle
between capital and labor. between
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
Sounded So Like Him.

"Did you think Of me. dearest, when
I was away"
Il certainly did," replied the dutiful
wife.
"And did you miss me much?"
swell. fortunately an automobile
broke down in front of the house
nearly every day. and the way those
men talked made it seem so home
like"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Having borrowed trouble and made
yourself miserable herewith. you. be.
ing honest. are constrained to return
1t with interest and thereby make
some one else miserable.
There are people who cultivate a ST.
pernaturally wise look for the purpose
Of covering up their inward foolish!
ness. /
Money talks. but it seldom addressed
large audiences.
A gift Of CAB has been the undoind
OF many a man.
The man who makes a fool of him1
self has ne one but himself to bland
Il he doesn't do Il good job.
rrenzied tinance is the kind q have
minus the money when you are called
on to pay Christmas bills.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
Inquiries.

Inquiries.
Are THE Banks Of the Wabash"
guaranteed:
Do the 1.-Two Little Girls In Blue"
know that their gowns are passe?
How can | raise the mortgage on
my Old Kentucky Home?"
Has THE Old Oaken Bucket been
sterilized?
Is 1.-The Man Who Corrupted Had
leyburg' the same n who Broke
the Bank at Monte Carlo?"
Is IA Tramp Abroad" any more am
bilious than the specimens we see in
this country?
Is 1.-THE Good Old Summer Time 60
ing to last all winter?-Judge's Library.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16

BE makes frequent trips to America.
"The Bill Toppers" was published ST.
multaneously in France. England ami
the United States. 1t is now being
adapted for the stage by one Of the
best known American playwrights.
Mr.. Castaigne's best work, he says.
u done on rainy days. and when the
weather is bad he writes from morn.
ing until night. On fair days he spends
much Of his time bicycling.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
The heft of Theft.

The Heft Of Theft.
"Your Methods said the indignant
official. 'were simply highway rob-
berry,"
"Again you wrong me-" answered the
sugar importer. "They We're low
weigh robbery."-Ohio State Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
Reason For Bravery.

"1'm not afraid of bumblebees."
"Aren't you? am"
"Well l am not"
"Why:"
"'Cause they always stay in the
country, and l never 60 there"
Told Her Nothing.
"What kind of a man did Belle
marryw
II hear he is an octogenarian."
"Oh. l don't car anything about his
religion. How much money has he
got. and what is his age"
The Kind That Bites.
"What is Scroogs in such a hurry
for"
maybe he has just got a wireless
from his wife,"
wireless nothing. You can bet
there We're barbs on it."
Should Be Exempt.
"He is both fat and bald"
"Then he shouldn't have to pay
taxes"
Just Alike.
"The Lord loveth a cheerful giver."
$50 does the chronic borrower"
Watch Him.
Beware OF the affable stranger!
Be there with your hand on your gun.
He isn't around. you may wager.
With all of that honey for fun.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
Not Desirable,

WV 0Vouba 0UO
"1s he an intimate friend Of yoursT'
II think So"
"Think SOL"
eyes"
"Don't you know"
swell. as he finds it impossible to
distinguish between my property and
his l think ! might say that we are"
Preferable.
HE is a very promising young man.
IL don't car for that kind"
"No?"
mo; l prefer a ~discharging one."
"Discharging?"
"Yees; one who discharges his duties
instead of promising to do So"
Changed the Tune.
He was honest, though poor,
And was sure, very sure.
That he loved her alone for herself,
But her father went broke,
And he swore twas a joke
As he laid her away on the shelf.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
The World Il
Of Books -
AIR S. R q T II
ME- N e r Y

M s :; n = Up , y
8 T U A r T,
whose 6 dialect
stories and readings
have made her IA
nous, has written a
book. Aunt Amity's
silver Wedding"
which promises to
add much to her
fame. Her old ne
gro mammies and
ragged p~ickaninnies
are real people, and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
The Kind That Bites.
Just Alike,

Just Alike.
"The Lord loveth a cheerful giver.''
$50 does the chronic borrower"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16
Watch Him.,

Beware OF the affable stranger!
Be there with your hand on your gun.
He isn't around. you may wager.
With all of that honey for fun.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-02-16

Excusable.
"Does a Russian always tell the
truth, pap
II suppose not. but l think a fellow is
excusable if he breaks his word now
and then when it is an extra lon.
0ne."-New York Press.
Twins.
A man bought a real oyster stew,
A. nan misled people dew,
But 10y came to him
. When under the skim
He found not a single. but tew!
-Boston Herald.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06
NEW ALIGNMENT IN MASS.

Boston, March Sl.-The political
situation brought about in the State
by the phenomenal victory of Foss
last week is the chief subject of
conversation in political circles now.
Il is believed to presage Lew
alignment in both parties this fall,
and in Republican circles little less
than a panic prevailed.
One of the most interesting stories
of the day concerned a conference
between Governor Draper and Sena-
tor Lodge the night before the Con-
sressional election, at which the en-
tire Republican situation in the State
was reviewed. 1t is stated that
Senator Lodge was practically certain
that the Republican candidate, Will
lam r. Buchanan, was defeated when
he went down to Brockton to make
his defense of The tariff and high
prices saturday night.
Senator Lodge is quoted as having
told Governor Draper that the situa-
ton in this State was desperate, an6
that in the event of the election of
Mr.. Foss it might be well for both
Governor Draper and Lieutenant
Governor rockingham to retire from
the field this fall and leave it open
to brand-new set of candidates who
might harmonic the party. That
the Senator's suggestion is being
seriously considered was S2uched for
today by one of the leading Republic
cans of the city, and close friend of
the Senator.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06
LOOK WHO'S HERE NEXT."

The Big Fun Show the Laugh
Factory, u real, live, enjoyable, re-
liable Minstrel company who never
disappoint. Manager Coburn and his
Merry Men, the old fayorites with
the latest songs, the newest jokes,
the cleanest fun. For ten years con
stantly progressing, improving, and
providing nights entertainment
which never ofends, never disap-
points and never surpassed by any
similar company.
Coburn's Greater Minstrels is the
great big fayorite of all the laughing
musical, enjoyable performances of
the season. Don't forget the date
Wednesday, April 6, at the
Hooff's Opera House.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06
PRIMARY KILLED.

Huntington, W. Va, March 81
The Congressional Committee of the
Fifth West Virginia District met
to-day and agreed upon delegate
convention as the manner in which to
nomiate a candidate for Congress,
and FIX the time and place as WEIGH,
on June ss. An exceedingly warm
fight was waged in the committee
between friends of Congressman
James Hughes and A. A. Lilly, an
aspirant for nomination, the latter
seeking to have primary called to
determine the nominee, but Hughes
had slight majority. The Lilly
forces viii contest the action before
the State Republican Committee on
the ground that there was no legal
quorum of the committee.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06
MARYLAND Observation-Disclosures.

Annapolis, April Following an
all night session of the Maryland SEN
ate, the Diggies bill, which prohibits
negroes voting at city, town or state
elections in Maryland, was adopted
by strict party measure.
The bill was introduced late last
night, just as a seemingly sleepy
session was being brought to an end.
1t was promptly referred to com
mittce with orders to report forthwith
which, following brief recess ofthe
senate was done. The bill was then
put through the routine ofIegislation
with the ways creased and exactly
three hours and FIVE minutes from
the time that it was handed over the
clerks desk it had been passed.
The constitutional amendment
which will permit the white voters
to pass on whether or not a negro
owns real property valued at $500 has
paid the taxes on it for two years
may vote, has yet been draftd.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06
miles.
MARCH A RECORD BREAKER.

The meteorological summary for
the month of March discloses the
fact that it is record breaker in sew
eral respects.
The absolute highest temperature
on record, of any day in any March
for 90 years was Sc degrees, which
occurred on the cath. The mini
mum for the month for e2 years was
+ degrees, but the minimum for last
month was 90. There were SIX days
in March which ranged up in the
SOS. The average temperature for
the month was 81, which has been
exceeded only once in 90 years. In
1908 the average for the month was
50 degrees, while the last average
for the month was 1907, when it was
SO.
March was absolutely the dryest
in the history of the weather bureau,
with one-tenth of an inch of rainfall,
a mere sprinkle. The average rain
fall for March for 90 years was SIG
inches, ranging from o.Io in 1910 to
Gel inches in 1908.
There were 10 clear, Is partly
cloudy and 6 cloudy days during the
and there were frosts on the
Cd and 4th.
March smashed all former tradi-
tons by coming in like lamb, re-
lamblike for 81 days and 60
ing out as gentle as spring zephyr.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06
NCORRICIBLE.

He asked 50 many questions that
day that he finally wore out his moth
er's patience.
Robert, she cryed, ST you ask
me another question shall put you
to bed without your support"
Robert promptly asked another and
was packed of to bed. Later his
mother repented. After all, asking
questions was the only way he could
acquire knowledge; so she tiptoed up
stairs, knelt beside Roberts bed, and
told she was sorry.
''Now DEAR she said, IF you
want to ask one more question before
YOU go to sleep, ask it now and l will
try to answer.
Robert thought for moment, then
said: Mother how far can a cat
spit:''-Success.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06
ERUPTIONS FACE OF sun.

Chicago, March So.-Stranse
eruptions have appeared on the sun,
according to statement today by
Professor Edwin B. Frost, director
of the Yerkes observatory at Williams
Bay, Wis.
The eruptions shoot from the sur
face of the sun likeskyrockets. They
are easily visible at the edge of the
disc. One of them shot out to a
length OF 10000 miles, as near as
we coul,A ssy!mate. 1t then detached
itself from the main body and sped
through space, mass of luminous
gas not dissimilar to comet. Before
it disappeared it had reached dis
lance from the sun of about $50, 900
miles.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06

TRAVELLING men that come to our
town remark that we have a very
pretty town. Yes; we have pref
ty town, and by the number of traye-
ling men that come here regularly
know that we must have a business
town. But this is not the only in
dicatiOn. Everything is on the move
and boom. New enterprises are start
ing among US and new life is quick
ening in the old industries. Many
things attest the prosperity of our
town. With her trade, herchurches
her schools, and her cultured popuIa-
ton we have a frst-class town in
which to live.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06
SOCIETY

Mrs. Chas. Russell McCulloch,
with her accustomed poisc and cor
diality, pleasantly entertained the
Four O'clock Club, last Thursday
afternoon. Most enjoyable refresh
ments followed the conclusion of the
interesting club-program, thus afford
ing an opportunity for a bit of socia-
bility, before the members dispersed.
Those present were Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Bryan, Mrs. Vim. Steenbergen,
Misses Josephine Howard, Josephine
and Reba Beale, Kate Stribling and
the hostess, Mrs. c. R. McCulloch.
The regular meeting of the Four
O'clock Club will be held, tomorrow
afternoon, with Mrs. William Steen-
bergen.
The Friday Bridge Club was in
formally entertained by Mrs. Mary
Margaret Bryan, last Friday after
noon, at its first meeting after Lent.
The open-handed hospitality of Judge
and Mrs. PoFenbarger's home, to
which Mrs. Bryan and her little
daughter Natalie belong, is SO well
known-the welcome to each incom-
ing guest so CHEEKY and cordial, that
the houses entertainments are al
ways a pronounced success. This
occasion proved no exception to the
general rule, for the ladies' not only
thoroughly enjoyed some interesting
rubbers of that fascinating intellect
ual game of Whist, but also the de-
liciOus refreshments, daintily served,
later in the afternoon.
Miss Lille Lee HoSg will be
hostess to the Club on Friday after
noon.
a NOTABLE EVENT.
The husbands will entertain the
members of the Societas Club, to-
morrow night, at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Liter. The
occasion will be an annual custom of
the Club, and Euchre will be the
feature of the entertainment after
which, an elaborate luncheon, in
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06

a witness for railroad case at
Fort Worth, asked to tell in his own
way how the accident happened, S aid I:
We'll, Ole and | was walking
down the track, and heard a whistle,
and | got off the track, and the train
went by, and l got back on the track,
and l didn't see Ole; but walked
along, and pretty soon l seen ole's
hat, and | walked on, and seen one
of ole's legs, and then seen one
of ole's arms, and then another leg,
and then over to one side ole's head,
and | says, My God! Something
muster happen to ole's.'
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06

PERHAPS no class of people meet
with so much or 50 severe criticism
as teachers. Much of this criticism
is unjust and exist solely because par
ents and other listen to unyerifed re-
ports and do nothing to acquaint
themselves with the real inner work
ings of the school room. Any person
experienced with children knows that
these reports, even when absolutely
truthful from their point ofyiew; can
not be relied upon. Again any one
who has the training of children, has
experienced the Notifying that even
the best trained children sometimes
woefully lapse from their knowledge
of good manners and courtesy when
away from home and among other
children. Some mothers will not toll
crate any correction of their children $
manners by the teacher, taking it as
direct insult to their home training,
when it is but the result of childish
heedlessness or selfwill. No greater
injury can be done teacher than
to condemn her at home in the pres
enee of pupils. There are many
they usually aIlude to teacher as
as school-marm-who presist in be-
lieving and encououraging that
school teacher is never to be regard
ed with other than suspicion.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06

IT is uncomfortable sometimes, =
says Uncle Joe Cannon, to live in
a government by the people, Well,
yes; for instance, when the one be-
comes the engineer of machine
that seeks to make the government
by the people merely government
by the machine.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06
THREE YEARS MORE.

President Taft has completed the
6rst year of his administration. The
Baltimore Sun, paper that has al
ways been friendly to Mr.. Taft, says:
At the beginning of his term in
the White House he was believed to
be man of broad views, with the
courage of his convictions, but many
of his best friends now admit that he
has disappointed them. He began
with an apparent intention of re-
forming the tariff downward, but
when the standpatters had had every
thing their own way with the Payne
bill he commended it, instead of de-
nouncing it. In sOacting he fellbe-
low the standard set up By demo
cratic predecessor. When unfaithful
democratic senators failed to make
the rates of the Wilson tariff bill ac-
cord with anti-election promises
President Cleveland signi6ed plainly
his disapproval and refured to sign
the bill. He accepted the response
bility of his position as leader of
his party and insisted upon the per-
formance of its promises. President
Taft preferred to follow and applaud
where he could not prove. II, as
he said in his speech at Newark, n.
j., few days ago, all the newspa-
pers unite in hammering the admin
istration, it is because he has neg
lected great opportunity. He is
still personally popular. There is
yet in the three remaining years of
his term chance to regain lost
ground. This he can do by remem-
bering that he is president of the
whole country, not of a party-least
of all of the greedy, selfish, ultra
protectiOnist section of his party. He
knows, or should know, that the
mOnopolistic trusts he processes to
wish to reform are built up by the
tariff. If he does not know this, his
party is in advance of him. For him
to defend tariff which strenthens
the hold of the monopolies distresses
his best friends. No amount of de-
Tense or explanation by the president
or anyone else, says the St. Paul
Pioneer-Press, republican journal,
will convince the American people
that the pledges of the republican
platform nave been kept. The tariff
law, when all defense of it has been
weighed, remains as dishonorable
deception Lawyerlike bubbles
from the president as to the intent
of the platform are unbecoming to
his hig Office. His seeming insincer-
ity in the tariff matter may throw
doubt upon his directness in other
measures which he is proposing to
congress. He still has opportunity
to regain public confidence if he will
sink the partisan in the patriot, the
politician in the statesman.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06

SENATOR JEFF Davis is altoseth-
er too quiet. He should remember
that Senator Tillman is absent on
sick leave, and it is up to him to do
double duty as star performer.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06

The way the Minority stood to-
gether, in the House of Representa-
tives, to unhorse Joe Cannon isgrati-
flying to Democracy the country over.
Unity is our watchword this year.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06

MISSISSIPPI gave old Senator Gordon
a great welcome on his return. 1t
would have been better had they
arranged for him to remain in Wash
ington indefinitely. Gordon is need
ed there.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06

IT took Missourian to Show
Uncle joe" The Hon. Champ
Clark is from Missouri.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06

W. L Douglas shoes are the loves.
price, quality considered, in the world.
Their excellent style, easy fitting and
long wearing qualities excel those of
other makes. IF you have been paying
high prices for your shoes, the next lime
you need pair give W. L Douglas shoes
a trial. You can save money on your
footwear and get shoes that are just as
good in every way as those that have
been costing you higher prices.
II you could visit our large factories
at Broekton, Mass, and see for yourself
how carefully w. L Douglas shoes are
made, you would then understand why
they hold their shape, fit better and
wear longer than other makes.
CAUTION w. = Douglas name and ny-e In
htaiped on the bottom 10 protect the wraTeT alnSf
hish prizes and inferior shoes. Take. No SIbSTI-
S,, ~ y. = D29gias shoSs arr pot ior sale IN your
-P0R Skyt,
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06

Now show US the man who says
the House is not deliberatiye body
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-06
Where Silence Is GoIden.

you are an American. and yet you
don't believe in free speech. How's
that?" I'm in the state department"
Newark News.