davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09

lily, but I tell them of my good friend,
your Vegetable Compound, and that
there will be no backache and bearing
down pains for them if they will take
1t as I have. I am scarcely ever with
out it in the house. b.
I will say also that I think there is
no better medicine to be found for
young girls to build them up and make
them strong and well. My eldest
daughter has taken Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for pain
full periods and irregularity, and it has
always helped her.
81 am always ready and willing to
speak good word for the Lydia E.
Pinkham's Remedies. I tell every one
/ meet that owe my health and hap
piness to these wonderful medicines"
Mrs. J. G. JOHNSON, Scottville, Mich,
RID. 8.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
Of female diseases.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
Now Amt That a Fact?

We beg to differ with the psycolog-
ist who announces that our dreams
are reproductions of the actual events
in which the dreamer participated in
his waking hours. Even in the warm
est weather it not our practice to en-.
ter crowded drawing room clad In q
single garment OF no great length
Chicago Tribune.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
Where He Made IL,

'Hullo, Binks!" said Wobbles. 4
hear you've been in the chicken busi-
ness"
Yep" said Binks.
Made anything out of it?' asked
Wobbles.
Yep" said Binks. Ten thousand
dollars"
Z Ten thousand dollars in the chick
en- business?" demanded Wobbles. .
Nope. Out of it." said Binks.-
Harper's Weekly.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
(cHAPTER x.-continued.)

"She always seemed like such lit
tie child to me that l never dared-to
tell her." he faltered. I've done it
in this"
How will you get the note to herr"
-T know the jailer Perhaps when
he comes to bring US our dinner can
persuade him to send 1t to her.
Nathaniel thrust his hands into his
pockets. His fingers dug into Oba-
diah's gold.
Would this help?" he asked.
He brought out shimmering hand
full of it and counted the pieces upon
the table
Two hundred dollars-if he will
deliver that note" he said.
Neil stared at him in amazement
"If he won't take 1t for that-Tve
got more. I'll go a thousand"
Neil stood silent, wondering II his
companion was mad. Nathaniel saw
the look in his face and his own
flushed with sudden excitement.
Don't you understand" he cried.
THAT note means heaven or hell for
Winnsome-it means life-her whole
future! And you know what this cell
means for u.s." he said more calmly.
at means that we're at the end OF
our rope, that the game is up. that
neither of us will ever see Marion or
Winnsome again. That note is the
last word In life from us-from you.
It's dying prayer. Tell Winnsome
your love, tell her that it is your last
wish that she go out into the big,
free world-away from this hell-hole,
away from Strang. away from the
Mormons, and live as other women
live. And commanded by your love
.-she will go!"
1--WE told her that!" breathed Neil.
81 knew you would"
Nathaniel threw another handful
OF gold on the table. m
Five hundred" he exclaimed. It's
cheap enough for woman's soul!"
He motioned for Neil to put the
money in his pocket. The pain was
coming back into his head he grew
dizzy. and hastened to the bench. Neil
came and sat beside him.
$50 you think it's the end?" he
asked. He was glad that his COM
panion had guessed the truth.
Don't your"
"Yes."
There was minutes dark silence.
The ticking OF Nathaniel's watch
sounded like the tapping of stick.
What will happen?"
81 don't know. But whatever It
may be 1t will come to us soon. U.s.
ually 1t happens at night"
There is no hope?"
Absolutely none. The whole maiu-
land is at the mercy Of Strang. He
fears no retribution now. no punish
ment for his crimes, no hand stronger
than his own. He will not even give
us the pretense of hearing. am
q traitor. revolutionist-you have
attempted the life of the king. We
are both condemned-both doomed"
Neil spoke calmly and his compan.
ion strove to master the terrible pain
at his heart as he thought of Marion.
If Nell could go to the end like
martyr he would at least make an at.
tempt to do as much. Yet he could
not keep from saying:
what will become OF Marion?"
He felt the tremor~ that passed
through his companions body.
II have implored Winnsome to do
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
SURPRISED,

Teacher-When a man goes about
and talks good deal, what is he
called?
Tommie-An orator, ma'am.
That's right. And when a woman
goes around and talks good deal,
what is she called?"
"a ce."-Yonke Statesman.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
The Miserable Villain.

Low Comedian-After all these
years Eggbert has at last succeeded
in making hit with the audience.
Soubrette-So? How does he do it?
Low Comedian-You know he has
always played villain roles.
Soubrette-Yes.
Low Comedian-Well, in the last
act Of new play the author allows
him to repent and say, 1--WE been
miserable villain" That confession in
variably brings down the house.-Bos-
ton Post.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
How They Act, Some of Them.

Guest-I am amazed to hear you
say that the delicate and refined
young lady is Miss Pert. | met her
at Fashion Grove last summer and
thought her the loudest, coarsest
commonest, most vulgarly hoidenish
creature l ever saw in my life.
Hostess-But that was in the coun-
try, you know.-New York Weekly.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
A Fellow Worker.

'Yore hands don't look as if yew
ever done any hard work." said the
old farmer.
'T work with my head instead of
with my hands, SIR replied the city
boarder, haughtily.
Huh" calculated the. o. I. 81 don't
want no butters-in round here"
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
Recognized the Inevitable.

Pyrrhus had just won his costly
victory over the Romans.
"Well!" he calculated. 81 suppose
I've got to say it-posterity will ex-
pect it Of me. But it's such moldy
old chestnut. Here goes: Another
such victory and"
But we shall be more considerate
than Pyrrhus was. We shall stop the
quotation right there.-Chicago Trib-
une.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
,lekeI Theaters Get Pipe ORGANS,

Seattle. Wash.-ln the northwest
moving picture houses are becoming
large purchasers Of pipe organs for
use In their establishments. A Sc.
attle company recently installed eight
pipe organs in the five and ten cent
houses In this city and vicinity.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
Drawing the Line.

"The fresh young man who always
wants to start something" remarked
the Observer of Events and Things.
draws the line when it comes to the
morning fire."-Yonkers Statesman.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
A Iodfer,

Mrs. Hoyle-My husband is trou-
bled by perspiration of the hands.
Mrs. Doyle-Mine, too, and it Is all
the manual labor he does.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09

Were the commencement exercises
interesting?"
"Very. The time was divided be-
tween advice from public men on the
selection of career and suggestions
from graduates on how to run the gov
ernment."
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
hat did I say that he didn't
CeIebratinq.

"And you call that your master
piece?" asked the convivial friend.
Il do," replied the artist.
as it dry YETI" +
at is"
"Well, let's go out and wet it,
Yonkers Statesman.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
Her Bait.

"You have to have different bait for
different fish, don't you, MAJ"
II guess so know l caught lob
ster with mistletoe."
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
Accounted For.

Belle-I wonder why that cookbook
ing doctor avoids me SO and is so
cool to me when we meet?
Nell think it is because Ned
thoughtlessly told him what you said
about him.
Gelle-What did I say that he didn't
like?
Nell-You said. don't you remem-
ber, that he had such killing ways.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09

Hix-Suffering from digestion, eh7
What have you been eating?
Dix-I think l ate too much health
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09

KnNEV Is deceptive disease
thousands have it and
II. don't know it. II you
want good results you
can make no mistake by using DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney rem
edy. At druggists in fifty cent and dol
lar sizes. Sample bottle by mail free.
also pamphlet telling you how to find out
II you have kidney trouble.
Address, DR.. Kilmer d Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09

v q ~ . Id Ulo COul.
pound and Sanative
Wash have done me.
I live on'a farm and
have worked very
hard. I am forty
five years old, and
am the mother Of
thirteen children.
Many people think
1t strange that I am
not broken d W n
with hard work and
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09

Patent YOUR IDEAS. They may bring you
Sttxgerald Co.. PatAttys Box K.Washington. Do
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
OWES
HER
HEALTH
To Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Scottville, Mich.-"I want to tell
you how much good Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-09
DENVER DIRECTORY

RIM I0nK Dsa,sy & n al kinds Of MER-
log mailed free Cor. 10th & Blake. Denver.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
INCURABLE.
An Illustration of Some of the Inter
ference That Wireless Opera
tors Cannot Overcome.

Few are the steamer passengers who
saiI TO visit the wireless Office aboard
ship to watch the operation OF the in
struments and to question the oper-
ator. Needless to say, the technical
understanding Of the well meaning
visitors is a variable quantity. The
operator must listen TO wondering ex-
carnations. original suggestions for
the improvement Of the service, dis
courses on the relations between wire
less telegraphy and spiritualism and
other doubtful topics with uniform
courtesy. At times, however, the
strain is too great. 1t was a lady pas
senger with an eye for details who
came to the wireless room and looked
wonderingly in.
"Oh, here's the wireless! May I
come in? Isn't It wonderful to think
of sending those-those waves-you
call them waves. don't you? How fas-
cinating to work at this! Are those
jars filled with water?"
Those are condenser jars, madam,
quite empty"
Really? l don't believe I could
ever understand it, That coil of wire
looks like a birdcage."
THAT is the inductance helix"
what are those things over your
ears?"
''The receiving telephones"
"Then you have telephone cOnnec,
ton too. One can hardly keep NJ
with the times these days. What does
that coil dO?"
'That is the receiving tuner and in
reference preventeT'
Wonderful! Does it keep out all IN
terference?"
"NOt ALL" replied the operator wea-
rily. Some kinds of interference cant
be tuned out; we just have to stand
it."-YOuth's Companion.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
EIGHT CENTS A DAY.
Workers Pay In England When Boare
Was . Shilling a Week.

Workers Pay In England When Board
Was . Shilling Week.
There was a time when 4 workman
in England received 8 cents a day as
an ordinary wage. when skilled ar
tisans commanded - cents a day and
when women worked in the field at
such tasks as Teaping straw, hOeing,
planting beans and washing sheep
for cents a day, and a wise student
of the subject has expressed the opin-
ion that the British workman Of that
day was better off than he has ever
been since then.
That sounds paradOXicaL But the
explanation is this: The workman
who sold his services for cents a
day could buy good beef or mutton for
11a cents a pound. Wheat cost him on
the average only 1S cents a bushel.
He could get board for u to 16 cents
a week. The pay he would receive for
fifteen weeks services would suffice
to purchase a supply of suitable food
stuffs, according TO the standard of his
time Consisting Of wheat, malt and
OatmeaD. to maintain his family fol-
an entire year.
Under these circumstances cents q
day-increased to u cents in harvest
time-was a fair wage. and times
were good" for the average workman
-McCluTe's Magazine
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Opera In Dumb Show.

The late Clara NOvellO in her remi-
niscences tells how Malibran once ap-
peared in "SOnnambula" without ut
tering a note. She had taken cold
and was prevented from singing al
the last moment, though crowds OF
early comers already filed the house
"On the manager telling her, in de-
spair, that, besides loss of money
these disappointed people would be
dangerous she said, I can't speak
above my breath; I should have to dc
it in dumb show Bum at once
caught at this outburst as if seriously
meant and on his knees begged hel
to try this, and she, fred by the nov
city, did so. The grateful public raw
ed in praise of this surprising tour d.
force, and the sensation it made filled
the papers"
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
BURNT CORK.
The Paste Used by Minstrel Perform
ers When Backing Up Is
Factory Product.

The popular impression as to the sp-
plication Of burnt cork by Ministries
performers and actors in general -
that it is rubbed on the face and hands
Of the player from cork whose end b
charred in a convenient gas jet. This
impression is, however, incorrect The
burnt cork used by minstrels ana
others is the product of the theatrical
paint factories" just as is any other
cosmetic or pigment employed by the
profession.
One house makes it in the following
manner: The cOrks are placed in three
tin vessels, resembling wash boilers,
with holes punched in their sides and
bottom. Alcohol is sprinkled over the
cOrks, and they they are fired" When
the corks have been properly charreo
they are placed in muslin sacks, which
are kneaded in barrels of water. This
| operation forces the powdered charcoal
through the sacks into the water
When ell the charred cOrks have
been worked through the sacks into
| the water in this way the water is
drained through a close canvas sack,
and what remains in that sack is
ready for the performers. The stun
is put up in cans, from which, when
the minstrel is ready to "black up" he
| takes q little of the black paste In his
hands and applies it to his face, neck
and sometimes his hands.-New York
| Herald
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Gothic Architecture.

Gothic architecture began about the
ninth century after Christ and soon
began to spread all over Europe. It's
great feature is the pointed arch, and
it was at first called the pointed
style" Most Of the glorious old world
cathedrals are in the Gothic, and ii
is generally conceded that for religious
purposes no other style Of architecture
is so perfectly suited. 1t -'as been said
that the first idea Of the Gothic was
suggested by the interlacing bOughs
and trunks Of the great woods in which
German Christianity was formed
hence the name Gothic.-NeW York
American.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
A CURIOUS BIRD.
The Crested Hosctzin When Hatehsd
Has Four Legs.

The Crested Hosetzin When Hatehsd
Has Four Legs
The crested hOactZin of British Gui-
ana is the only survivor Of q certain
race OF birds most of which are now
known only as fossils. The hOactzin
inhabits the most secluded forests of
South America, and its survival be
yond it's congeners is doubtless owing
to its retiring habits and to the fact
that it feeds on wild arum leaves,
which give its flesh a most offensive
flavor, rendering it unfit for food.
The chief popularity of the hOactztn
consists In the fact that when It is
hatched 1t possesses four well develop
ed legs. The young birds leave the nest
and climb about like monkeys over the
adjoining limbs and look more like tree
toads than birds.
The modification Of the fore limbs
begins at once after Matching, when
the claws of the digits fall OF and the
whole clawlike hand begins to fiatten
and become wing shaped. Feathers
soon appear, and before full growth is
reached not a vestige remains OF the
original character.
The adult birds not only have no
claws upon their wings, but their
/ thumbs even are so poorly developed
that one would hardly suspect that in
the nestIings we have the nearest ap
proach to a quadruped found among
| existing birds.-LOndon Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
A STUDY IN FIGURES.
Calculations Necessary to Produce the
Nautical Almanac.

Calculations Necessary to Produce the
Nautical Almanac.
It may safely be said that no one
outside the publishing Office has read
the entire Nautical Almanac from be-
ginning to end, but each figure Of the
printed almanac is in the office ex-
amined twice and read three times.
The total number of figures exceeds
a million; but, great as that number Is,
1t is trifing compared with the num-
Der of figures employed in the calcuia-
tions, as the almanac figures repre-
sent "bare" results only. The moon,
for instance, requires for its calcu-
lation more than a million and half
Of figures, and similarly with other
branches of the work, such as the
sun, the planets, etc. Contrary to the
general opinion, practically every f1g-
ure in the book is fresh from year TO
year.
The tables from which nearly all the
work is calculated have been original
" constructed from the labOrs OF the
astronomical observer and to a large
extent from the observations OF the
sun, moon and planets made at the
Royal observatory, Greenwich. Tele-
SCOPES and other astronomical apph
ances are cOnspicuously absent, SIS the
work of the staff is purely mathemad
cal and not rvational.-LOndoI
TELEGRAPH
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
LEST WE FORGET.
a Critic Reminds Us of How the Ma
jority of People Have Fought
Progress.

We Of this big republic cOmplacent-
ly affirm the glory Of our national
achievements and are not without
temptation to acclaim them as proof
Of superior craft and judgment.
But herein do we forget that We are
on record as having cast our vote
against every move that has contrib
uted to the present century's develop
ment.
We raised our voices in cOntemptu-
Gus protest against the first projected
railways. Had the locomotive waited
its signal from the people it would not
yet have started
When the electric telegraph was
shown TO US we brushed it aside as a
toy and laughed its inventor to seOrn
when he offered to sell US his rights
for a few thousand dollars.
We put into Jail as an impOstor the
first man who brought anthracite coal
to market. We broke to pieces HOwe's
sewing machine as an invention calcu-
lated to ruin the working classes, and
we did the same thing TO the harvester
and the binder. We scorned the type
writer as a plaything.
We gathered together in mass meet
! ings of indignation at the FIRST pro-
posal to install electric trolley lines,
and when DR.. Bell told us he had In
vented an instrument by means OF
! which we might talk to one another
| across the town we responded with
accustomed ridicule, and only the reck-
less among us contributed it its be
| ing.-Atlantic Monthly.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
BATHING Machines,

Somebody has inquired why bath
ing machines" the comfortable priva-
cy of which for ocean bathing has
never attracted bathers in this cOun-
try, are called machines, remarking
that there is nothing of a machine
about them except the horse which
draws them to the beach. The answer
has been found in the new Oxford
Dictionary. 1t appears that a ina
chine" was originally a structure OF
any kind, material or immaterial," and
has nothing to do with machinery, a
later word Ships were called ma
chimes, and it would have been proper
to speak Of pulpit as a machine
ArgOnaut
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
81 tssas b .4sks3issisl sg.skaas izisz.sGaza
DISLIKES INNOVATIONS.
The Rhinoceros Is the Most ConserVa-
tive of Beasts and Attacks Any
thing That Is New to Him.

Sir Frederick TreveS. the distinguish
ed British surgeon, in his book "Ugan-
da For a Holiday has a word or two
! to say about the rhinOcerOs.
''The rhinOcerOs is the embodiment
of blind conservatism" he writes. "lts
hide is impenetrable, its vision is weak,
while its intellect is weaker. 1t has,
however, two marked qualities-com-
| bativeness and a sense Of smell. 1t is
aroused to its maximum energy by the
presence of anything that is new. This
/ object need not be a thing that is ag-
gressiVe or incOnvenient. Its offensive
ness depends upon the fact that it IS
unfamiliar, and the more unfamiliar
the object is the worse the rhinOceros
acts.
| when a rhinOcerOs smells man ne
will charge him with maniacal Vio-
lence, although the man may be mere
| " sitting on a stool reading Milton.
The massive beast will dash at him
| like a torpedo or a runaway Iocomo-
/ tive simply because the smell OF him
: is novel. Actuated by this insane hate
of whatever savors of an innovation,
the rhinOceros has charged an iron wa
ter tank on the outskirts Of a camp
and has crurlpled it up as a blacksmith
would an empty meat tin
( "a conservative rhinoceros with
senile dislike of anything new once
charged a train on the Uganda railway
but with no more serious results than
the tearing away of the footboard OF a
carriage. AS regards the rhinoceros IN
this case, it appeared surprised that
thing composed, as it had imagined, OF
flesh and blood could be so hard. II
went OF with an additional grievance
and an increased swelling Of the head.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
MOSCOW CATHEDRAL.
Fantastic Looking Edifies Erected BY
Ivan the Terrible.

Fantastic Looking Edifies Erected BY
Ivan the Terrible.
One of the most extraordinary and
fantastic Christian places OF worship
in the world is the Cathedral OF Mos
COW, known as Vasili Blajenni, strange
not only in outline and conception, but
even stranger in its history. No one
knows the architects name, but the
story goes that the czar ordered his
eyes to be put out directly the church
was completed, so that he should new
er be able to surpass his work. The
idea OF the building was inspired by
the wickedest and maddest monarch
who ever sat on q thTOne-1van the
Terrible, czar of MuscOvy.
The architecture is in every respect
extravagant and barbaric, and the col
oring is garish in the extreme 1t has
nine chapels, rooted by nine cupOlas,
each different and each stranger than
the other. One resembles a pineapple,
another a melon, third is said to ape
a hedgehog in its appearance, and the
rest are more or less grOtesque. Some
are gilt; others are painted in brilliant
hues. Indeed. the only description is
/ that it is a nightmare Of church, the
| fitting legacy of ruler who grtlled
| his counselOrs in frying pans and
clothed his subjects in bearskins in
order that trained dogs might worry
and tear them to pieces.-Strand Maya
zine
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Julius Caesar.

Caesar was assassinated March 10,
A B. c., and was at the time Of his
death fifty-six years old. 1t is not
alone as a military genius that his
fame endures. By almost common
consent ne was the most remarkable
all round man of antiquity-masterfu
" great not only as general, but as
writer. statesman and administrator.
In addition to these high accomplish
ments he was a great mathematician,
philologist, architect and jurist. His
conversational powers were extraOr-
dinary, and from all accounts he was
in his manner one Of the most at
tractiye of men.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
"Touch Not the Queen. y

Under this titie a Paris journal pro-
fesses to give an account Of the tragic
death o. the queen Of Siam, who was
as greatly loved as her cOnsOrt. Some
years ago her majesty was boating
with ladies of the court in a lake in the
gardens OF the palace at Bangkok. The
boat overturned, and the queen could
not swim. She was surrounded by nu-
merous persOnages who could have
saved her iife, but no one has the right
to extend the hand upon the queen.
The king alone could have held her up
and prevented her from sinking, and
he was nowhere at hand. Respectful
" the court allowed the queen to
drown.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Some Consolation,

He was a frugal Scot and when the
collection plate came round dropped
in a form in mistake for the humble
copper. Speedily discovering his mis-
take, however. he stepped softly down
the aisle and requested the OOf gath
erer to give him back the coin, which
request was politely but firmly re-
fused. A shade of disappointment fit
ted over the northerner's face as he
walked slowly back to his pew.
"Aweel," he said, 'ft's a loss, but
there's some sma' consolation in re-
hectin' it's a bad one. 1t might have
got me into trouble anywhere else."-
London Telegraph.