davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1912-01-02
NATL.
Sorialcn roman Y dveh delhi.
SpiSal Maxim Gorkij.

Tn imaS, ocka
IzrotivSi poslednii zavitek .ic
zadovoljno dostavila:
- Tukaj ie Sc nekaj ...
PriSli so delavci : Skledicami y
roki ko so Sc priblizali, Sc ie Ivan
Gusev slasno zakrohotal; Vlasov-
ka ie prenehala ; podaianiem lc-
takov in lacela deliti Julio in re
zance. GuSeva sta Saliivo pripom-
Mia:
- Kako Spretna ie Nilovua,
- V sill hudiG muSice lovi, -
Sc je mrko oglaSil kuriaG. - Red
nika 50 il vzele. te pola>ti' Ma.
daj mi "a tri kopcjke rczancev .
Kai IA to! Konec tc ne no,
Hvala IA priiazno be,cdo {,
Sc mu je ~nasmeiala matt.
Odhajaje Y stran je Sc ~godrnjal:
- Dobre besede pri meni MISC
drage
Ampak nj ga, XII hi mu Jill
SPECIAL - je pripomnil kovac in
:" nasmehni!. ZaGudcno je zmaial
Z rameni in dostavil:
To ie Avljenie. otroci. - Sc
dObre besede ne moreS spetati %.
Mice je ne zasluzi
Vasilij Gusev ie vStal. lapel ie
svojo suknjo in vzkliknil:
Topic SEN jedel, pa me vSc-
emo hladi,
Potem Sc ie obrnil tudi Ivan ie
vStal in z~viigaje odSeI.
Vlasovka Sc je zadovolino ma
smejala in klicala:
- Juha Rezancil Omaka PRAY
vroce
PremiSjevala ie. kako opiSe 81
nu Svoj prvi poSkuS, a pred MO je
zopet vStalo vpraSujoce in zlobno
obIiGie GaStnika. Ma MEM 50 Sc
premikali crni brki in izpod vrh-
ME. razdrazeno privzdigniene ust-
nj so Sc blesteli bell, krcpko sits
nieni zobie. V prSih n.ienih ie ka-
kor ptica pela jarka radoSt. obrvi
50 il lokavo trepetale. urno sc je
obracala in govorila sama Sebi:
A tn ... tn je Sc en- zavitek. .
XVI.
Yes dan je cutila V >vojem srcu
nekaj novega. prijetncga. IveGer.
koncavSi delo pri Mariji. je pila
cal "a oknom So .ie oglaSalo emo
kanje konjskih kopit pc blatu in
zadonel je znan gias. Skocila je
kviSku. hitela V kuhinio k vra-
tom. Nekdo je urno stopil V vezo.
Pred Ocmi SO il je stemnilO. naslo-
Mia Sc Je ma vrata in Jill odprla Z
nOgo.
Dober vecer, mamica, - je
zadonel znan glas, in ma pleGa il
je leglo dvoje subj dolgih rok.
V Srcu sta Sc vnela bridko cuv-
stvo ~razocaranja in veselje. ola ie
uzrla Andreja. Razgorela sta So in
SpOUla V mogoGno. zgoGe Guvstyo.
obJelo 10 .ie kakOr vroc val. raz-
gibalo in 4 %oblicjem ST. ie naslo-
Mia ma Andreieve prsi. Krepko 10
Je pritisnil k sebi. roke so mn ire
petale. Matt ie molce tho plaka-
la; Andrej je pogladil niene lase
i'll lapel:
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Jury Frees Slayer ~

eminent claim In the mountains of
Trinity county and of his going ND
there alone and working in the hope
OF making home for himself and
Vile; the hardships he suffered during
the winter; the sudden coldness of
the infreQuent letters of the woman
for whom he was working aroused his
suspicious and he returned home unan-
nounced; how he hid behind the por-
tieres until his wife returned with
thompson at midnight, and what he
saw that caused him to whip his re-
voiver from his pocket and confront
the pair has been told. Character wit
nesses testified as to his honesty, good
habits and desire for a home. His at
torney overlooked no point in his de-
Tense, and the jury agreed with him.
Prescott's wife was not in court when
the verdict was given.
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Il think threw It in the waste
basket"
I'VE must have that letter, senator, ;,
put in young reporter earnestly.
@Your cooperation with the press and
the oficers Of the law win mean much
in"
say young man." broke in the SEM.
ator. rs this joker" He was cult.
waiting the language necessary for use
with mules) in intensified farming.
and INDUCED in few epithets before.
he stated:
~That Black Hand is nothing
nothing at all tried to all my foun-
tain pen this morning with indelible
ink, and still have the black hand
with me-" For proof he held up an
inky palm which liberal applications
Of pumice-stone had failed to whiten.
This was the newspaper rumor.
Quieted. The disguised golfers saun-
tered away to conceal their feelings.
and the senator went back to his.
game, wondering why It was that a
man could not even talk about his
fountain pen without awakening re-,
portorial energy and national atten.
tion.-Chapple's News Letter.
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californians Uphold Killing Of
Home Invader.
Twelve Men Declare Husband Was
Justified In Shooting DespoIler-
Prisoner Admitted Deed and
Did Not Plead Insanity.

Oakland, Cal.-An Almeda county
jury applied the unwritten law to
Harry F. Prescott and justified his act
In having shot down the despoiler OF
his home. Prescott's second trial for
having killed Ralph Thompson in the
Prescott home on the night of Febru.
airy 20 last. ended two hours after the
jury had received the courts instruc-
lions.
There was little deliberation.
The big room was crowded with
men, but there was a breathless still
ness as Louis Rudolph. clerk, took the
folded slip from the foreman of the
jury and read:
We, the jury. nnd the prisoner at
the bar not guilty"
The verdict was direct application
OF the "unwritten law" There was no
question as to the killing Of Thompson.
Prescott admitted 1t, and did not plead
insanity. He was a married man with
wife he had sworn to protect and In
his own home he had shot dead the
man who had come between them. On
that ground he went before a Jury of
his fellow men. who justified the act.
On the stand Prescott told of his
having no trade other than that of fur
niture salesman. of his i'll health and
>sing out Of work, Of fling or . gov
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her without money, so I went to tho
best jeweler in Washington and or.
dered $4,000 worth of jewelry. told
them was stopping at the Raleigh
and would send for the jewa!ry.
when met Lee I told her was
going to give them to her, and she
threw her arms about my neck and
kissed me. guess I'll have to pay
well for those kisses. Then took.
her lavilear and gold wedding ring
and told her to wait while I went to
the hotel and got the jewels. only
took them because knew she would
wait for me II I had them. It was
Lees beauty that turned my head.
Il intended to 90 to the hotel ana
then go back to Lee and tell her L
couldn't get the jewels until tomor-
row. ] thought she would be nice to
me then. because she would believe
she would get the jewels II she treat
ed me well. But before got to the
hotel they arrested me-"
Champion is held on q charge OF
larceny. The laviIear and ring were
found on the prisoner.
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Coreless Apple Alarms Pie-Eaters
vYYASHINGTON

w ASHINGTON restaurant men and
W their customers were much dis
turbed the other day over the news
from Georgetown. Del. that man
OF that place, had succeeded In de-
veloping an apple that has no core.
IT'S an outrage" said the proprie-
tor Of one restaurant, when he saw
the dispatch. Something ought to be
done. Oh, Mr.. Rigger!"
A wiry looking man of about fifty.
who was lighting q cigarette at the
cigar lighter, came over to where the
proprietor stood.
"Mr. Rigger," explained the proprie-
tor. is one Of the oldest customers
I have. He has been taking his meals
in this restaurant for 20 years. It
ought to be OF interest to get ais
views on the. subject" Whereupon
the contents OF the dispatch were ex-
planned to the customer.
Il. Tor one. WON'T stand for It," de-
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Love, Not Larceny" Leads to Arrest

JAMES Harris Champion. reared on
= farm In Alabama, the only other
product of which was one bale Of cot
ton a year, came to Washington the
other day to earn a livelihood. Only
one day Of joyous freedom was en-
joyed by Champion. and then his
dream of world conquest was nipped
in the bud by the police, and then
James. looking from between the
bars at the First precinct station. NUT
tered:
ut was love, not larceny. that got
me here"
And then Champion told the police
a story Of a starved soul, a crippled
body, and the first sight of a'beautiful
woman--the most beautiful woman he
had ever seen-and how infatuation
for Lee Chapman. whom the police
well know, compelled him to live 4
lie and the consequences Of It.
Wednesday evening I met Lee
Chapman on the street. She was the
prettiest woman I ever saw" said
Champion. "and guess loved her as
soon a. looked at her. Anyway,
loved her soon afterward, for she was
the only pretty woman that ever paid
any attention to me-"
And then Champion sobbed . little
when he said:
you know q cripple doesn't get
many smiles"
Il didn't have any money and saw
I couldn't make much headway with (.
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I1NWONTED excitement disturbed
- the usual morning calm of the can
itol, when 1t was whispered that Z
senator had received q message from
the BLACK ], Hand" Immediately
there were visions Of detectives trac-
ing up every evanescent clue, for It
had been stated positively over the
phone by the senator that he was the
victim Of q Black Hand disaster.
There was CONSERVATION when the
senator was encountered at the golf
links. and an excited group Of play
ers surrounded him to quiz about the
alarming missive. what about that
Black Hand letter." they cried.
What Black Hand letter." asked
the senator absently.
why. the one you were talking
about this morning"
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TROPHIES ARE HERE

them guinea fowls and francolins
(Which resemble our partridges), and
plantain eaters, crows, bustards, vul.
lures, vulturine guinea fowl. owls,
hawks. kites. secretary birds. horn.
oilis. pigeons. parrots, sunbirds. fly.
catchers. etc.. are represented. There
are also four ostrich eggs.
The party remained In the field
nearly year. having sailed from New
York for Mombasa on February IS,
1911. not dispensing until February is,
1912, at Nairobi.
The territory traversed was mostly
to the north and east of that covered
by Colonel Roosevelt on the earlier
Smithsonian expedition. and included
the country lying between the north
ern part Of British East Africa and
southern Abyssinia.
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PREDICT DOOM TO SOCIETY
Time Coming When All Will Be
Under the influence Of Ether
or MorphIa.

Rome.-A posthumous work BY
Cesare Lombroso has just been dis.
covered in Italy. The subject Il State
Of Society in the Next Century"
As usual. he takes q very pessimis-
tic view and especially Of the inhabi-
tants of the United States. who, he de-
clares to be all suffering from neu-
rasthenia- He calculates that mad
ness increases in the States with
three times the rapidity of the IN
crease Of population. and that this
malady will increase for divers rea-
sons.
He considers that the human brain
will become larger. but that the abuse
of alcohol will become worse ana that
this In turn will be abandoned for
stimulants Of greater power. He pre-
diets time when all viii be under
the influence of ether or morpliia.
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NJ ASHINGTON.-It is decidedly hot
w in Washington. There is moth.
ing especially new or startling in this
statement, may be. but it serves neat
ly as an introduction to the interest
ing narrative appended. During the
summer months. 1t seems, when a
Washington resident is not discussing
the baseball team he occupies his time
figuring reasons for the utter success
Of heat here.
Numbers of perfectly reasonable
reasons have been so figured. HUI
Nudity, for one; the discouraging,
mushy asphalt; the white buildings;
the wide streets-oh, any number Of
reasons.
However, this story is written to
narrate the discovery Of an entirely
new theory accounting for the heat
peculiar to Washington. 1t was dis
closed to Washington visitor during
a dragging, sun stified walk along
Pennsylvania avenue the other after
noon. It was typical Washington
summer day, the kind referred to by
an old resident who said:
well, admit that the mornings in
Washington are pretty hot. And to-
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THE DECREASE OF DOCTORS.

A Boston physician is quoted as
saying that the peoples health is I'm.
proving and the doctors are starving.
He adds that IF the doctors keep on
declining In numbers as fast in the
next rs years as they have in the
past rs there will not be many left"
The doctors. like the poor, will be al
ways with u.s." for do what we may
to promote health and to avoid dis
ease there are times necessarily when
the physicians services are required.
Probably II everybody took the trou-
bic to keep his house In sanitary or
der and guarded himself against ILL
ness and maladies to the best of his
ability the most of the doctors soon
would be looking for different sort
OF Job. But the average man does
not do these things, says the Lo6is-
Vile Courier-Journal. The doctors
themselves preach prevention and the
campaign for better health never
ceases from one end of the country
to the other. but there are lots and
lots OF people who do not get
interested. The doctors, the boards
OF health and the sanitary engineers
are working constantly for better
health conditions and there is i'm
provement almost everywhere, but the
results achieved would be infinitely
greater and more beneficial and far
reaching II the general public could
be awakened to the Importance of CO.
operating In the work.
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Weather Is Decidedly Hot at Capital

ward noon it Is hot. But again, we
have the afternoon. All, then 1t is hot.
Yet our wonderful evenings and to-
ward midnight! What q pleasant
change the heat isl"
That's the sort of day It was. The
visitor referred to was plodding along,
attempting to be unconscious of his
swinging doors on the other side Of
which, it is matter of common re-
port, most cooling beverages may be
obtained.
The visitor noticed tiny wagon.
It was much after the order of the
old fashioned 'hokey pokey" cart. 1t
drew up to the curbing. On the cart
was the legend:
"Fried Cakes!'
One can scarcely imagine the effect
Of that sign unless it has confronted
one, through the quivering heat waves
Of Washington.
The walker staggered on. Game
then another cart. fashioned in the
manner of the first A sign on its
side proclaimed:
Roasted Peanuts!"
The visitors grew dry. The heat
seemed to increase. But that was the
error Of heat prosecuted mind. As
he swayed there, around the corner
came third wagon On it was .
third sign:
Hot Sausage!"
III ~ AZ
Washington visitor turned and fed
through a convenient swinging door.
It II hot in Washington-then some.
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clared Mr.. Rigger, firmly. II have.
been eating in this place so long that
It would seem like breaking home ties
to stop 1t. but If this restaurant ever
serves pies made Of these coreless APP
pies I'll have to go somewhere else"
Quiet yourself, Mr. Rigger," Inter-
posed the proprietor II intend to see
that your rights are protected.
simply won't buy pies made Of core
less apples"
Thank you!" exclaimed Mr.. Rigger.
and he grasped the proprietor's-
hand.
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WERE MARRIED BY BLuNDEH
Greenwich Pair Encountered Justice,
Looking for PrIest-Marriage
Still Holds.

Greenwich, Conn.-Anna Marano
and Antonio Calanzo were married by
Justice Of the Peace Stephen L. Rad
ford by an error. so they declare. and
the justice cannot until the knot. al
though he was urged to do so when
the error was discovered.
The bride is twenty and the bride
groom is tweuty-one years old. They
applied to Town Clerk Wellstood for
license. The clerk said he gave
them one. explaining that they
should give 1T to the priest. He
says the bridegroom then asked Il
he couldn't be married right away.
Justice Radford was present. and he
obliged them by performing the le-
gal services. Then the couple visited
Rev. Father Ryan at st. Mary's rec
tory.
They asked to be married and when
Father Ryan inquired for the license
they showed him a marriage certid-
cate. The priest accompanied them
back to Town Clerk Wellstood, who
showed the marriage return Of the
justice. The clerk was asked to issue
another license, 30 they could be re-
married by the priest
1t was q knotty problem. and he
evaded 1t, saying the bride was under
age and her parents were not present
to give their consent. Justice Rad
ford was willing to return the two dol
lar marriage fee, but he could not I'M
tie the marriage knot. The question
was next referred to Town Attorney
but he said he could do moth
Ing. The pair were finally told that
they were married for keeps. and that,
after doing penance a. provided by
the church. they would be recognized
as married by state and church.
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WEDDING ENDS AN EscAPADE
Son OF Retired Officer Of Marine Corps
Asks That Marriage With Actress
Be AnnuiIed.

New York.--John d. Smyser, Jr.,
student at the Baltimore Medi-
cal college and a son Of Capt.
John d. Smyser, a retired onicer
OF the United States Marine corps.
played the leading role in a trial for
annulment OF marriage in the chancery
chambers before vice-Chancellor How
ell.
Smyser testified that he wound M 4
nights escapade on August 10, 1906.
by marrying Edna Anna Leader, q
young actress then playing In the
Cherry Blossoms." He said that 10
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Rainey Collection Of Animals Ar
rives at Washington.
Many New Species Are Found by
Hunter In African Trip-Edmund
Heller viii Aid In Preparing
Specimens.

Washington.-The final shipment O,
the extensive natural history collec
ton made by the Paul ]. Rainey
expedition in British East Africa, mum
oering some fourteen barrels and thir.
teen cases. has just been received at
the United States National museum.
and Is being unpacked in the taxider-
my shops. The collection Is of i'm.
mense size, including some 1000 speci-
mems. more than seven hundred of
which are those of large game.
Edmund Heller has been the guest
OF Mr.. Rainey on his African hunting
Trip. and accompanied the expedition
Tor the purpose of preserving the ami
mails obtained. Mr.. Rainey has do
mated the entire collection to the Smith
sonian institution and the National
museum. While Mr.. Heller had
charge Of the preservation Of mann.
mails In general. he paid special atten-
uon to collecting carnivores and uueu-
lates.
In a Smithsonian publication. now
IN press. Mr.. Heller describes twenty
Tour new species of African rodents
found in the collection. During the
trip Mr.. Rainey granted Mr.. Heller
every opportunity to make a complete
survey of mammals. His assistants.
twenty or thirty trained negro skin.
ners. porters. etc.. were employed BY
the safari.
Among the material obtained is the
famous series of lions captured by Mr..
kainey's American bear hounds. as de-
scribed in HIS well-known lectures.
There are also many specimens of dif.
rerent kinds of antelopes. Including
the hartebeestes, wildebeestes and wa
as well as buffaloes, zebras.
cheetahs. monkeys and rodents. A few
hippo skulls and rhino skins and one
elephant were also collected.
A large number of birds were Sc
cured. including some of the rarest
species. Many are game birds, among
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For years past the sugar growers
In Hawaii have been obliged in order
to maintain the fertility of their sugar
lands. to import large quantities Of
potash from Germany. The Stussfurt
rock found In Germany contains near
~ % per cent of pure potash. It is
the largest known source of supply.
Late investigations carried on by
chemists under the direction Of DR..
=. v. Wilcox. head of the Federal Ag-
riculture Station In Honolulu, have de-
velcped a new and important source
of potash supply. In the Hawaiian
Gazette OF May DR.. Wilcox an
nounces that the ordinary black vol
canic sand. or lava cinder, millions of
tons Of which are deposited near the
extinct craters In the Sandwich Is
lands, is found to yield from to z
per cent of potash The potash is
not in a readily soluble form and
disintegrates slowly. but the sand it.
self will serve to loosen and tighten
the heavy soil of the sugar fields.
feeding the soil for several years after
admixture. The commercial value Of
the sand for fertilizing purposes. ow-
ing to the potash impregnation. is es-
timated at IS or Sc per ton. and 1t il
available at slight cost for carriage.
The discovery will be the means OF
great saving to the pineapple growers
- well as the sugar planters in
Hawaii.
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had not seen her since and saw her
only twice before the marriage.
Smyser testified that he made the
acquaintance Of the actress while
walking along Sixth avenue, Manhat-
tan. one night He was eighteen years
old at that time. He said he repre-
scented himself to be the SON Of q rich
man.
The second time they met they
made an engagement for August 10.
Smyser said that the two visited sew
eral Newark cafes. and the last that
he remembers they were In Electric
park. a pleasure resort on the out
skirts of Newark.
According to one of the witnesses.
the young woman asked Smyser while
seated at a table:
Jack, will you marry met"
Sure. III marry everybody" was
the reply young Smyser was alleged
to have made.
Smyser said that he had a hazy rec
objection OF sitting In rocking chair
In somebody's house, and that 4 man
whom he did not know was standing
before him. He said that at : q. m.
the next morning the girl told him
that they had been married.
Asked what he then did. Smyser
Il took the first train l cou,d vet
out OF Newark and beat II for New
York"
the young woman was not IN court.
She learned that Captain smyssr Wa
not wealthy and she decided net to on |
pose her husbands application.
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An English hoteLkeeper stigmatizes
Yankees" as excessively mean be
cause no matter how wealthy they
are. they want their moneys worth
every time. In other words, Amer.
leans who do not submit to being
plucked. are mean in the eyes of those
who are unwilling to give them their
moneys worth. Cheerfulness in add.
ton to willingness to be cheated is
rather a startling standard to set.
even for bold hotel pirates.
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In this day when dogs are muzzled
And chickens are frequently kept out
u the neighbors' gardens electric
mpanies should be willing to in
ute their currents and keep them
eating up water pipes and the
vibs of skyscrapers.
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According to figures given out, Eu.
rope got $2oo.ooo,ooo of good Ameri.
can money for various costly Injuries.
The European nations ought to treat
this nation with fostering tenderness,
for here is where their money comes
from.
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New York to H.v. .FIx Squad. !.

New York.--A picked squad Of New
York policemen will hereafter be
known as the ny squad" being as
signed to duty with the city health
department to make war on the
house fly. The ny squad" will not
kill flies. but will turn attention rather
against breeding places. such az ref
use heaps. uncovered garbage cans
and other sources Of the ny nuisance.
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Diamonds in Rats Nest.

Neenah. Wis.-Seven years ago
Mrs. Charles belong lost trace of two
diamond earrings valued at 5000.
Carpenters remodeling the house found
the jewels In partition where rats
had nest. Incidentally an apology
was made to a servant who had been
Indirectly accused of the theft.
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A man In Berlin has been sent to
prison for FIVE years for selling diluted
alcohol as beverage. In some places
they send such men to the city coun-
ell.