davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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Not only are these crops the largest
on record. but in most cases, what is
highly important, quality is exception
ally good It should also be noted
that the fruit crops as whole have
been unusually abundant, and that new
er in its history has the nation been
SO generally and so generously favor
ed by nature. All food products de-
rived from plant life should be rela-
lively cheap this year and aid mate
tally in keeping down the cost of liv-
ing Only meats are likely to be dear,
since the supply of these has been &C
tually declining. If the cost OF living
is to be reduced, it can only be ac
complished by larger product and less
waste both of materials and labor. Els
Inmates now place the value Of agricul
tural products this. year as high as
$40, ,OO0,OOO,OOO Possibly this figure
is excessive, but it is safe to say our
mers will produce at least $5OO,OOO,
600, more than last year With
such marvellous increase in the
bounty of nature, it will be impossible
to prevent an active fall and winter
trade, Pessimism must shriyel away
before such results.
In the first half Of the week base
hall, battleships and the Balkan wal
were too strong combination Of di
versions for the stock market Prices
had already shown liberal advance
discounting much Of the business i'm
provement, so that it only requireC
drawbacks of al ordinary nature t
periciptate a profit-taldng movement
European sales, and the large accum
ulation of new issues, though well me-
discouraged fresh buying, and the de
cline was further accelerated by mod
crate short selling, although opera
tions on this account were of an ex
eeedingly cautious character
Intrinsic conditions continue salts
factory The volume of trade is large
and steadily increasing. There is nc
abatement in the pressure of traffic
upon the railroads, which are certain
to make much more satisfactory re
ports, gross and net, than year ago
for the three months ending Decem-
Der /. The only complaints now eman-
ating from railroad circles are those
relating to the congestion of traffic
and scarcity of cars; the latter an in
convenience for which shippers are
sometimes fully as responsible as the
railroads themselves. In some re
spects all traffic records are being
broken. and not since the panic q
1907 have conditions been SO satisfac
Las Vegas optic., 1912-10-15
PICTURED
in new MEXICO BOOK
EDITION ISSUED IN DENVER
GIVES BIOGRAPHIES OF PROM
INENT MEN

Pictures of more than 400 represen-
tative New Mexico men. together with
a biographical sketch Of each man,
interviewer with historical facts Of
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ago ! would have said tnat it was like silver horn
or golden crescent My expressions original
now would be sorry II 90 one but me noticed It,
though already realize that much OF artists
greatest art is lost To the thoughtess reader.
The girls hudded together a group. white and
scared staring at the ruined church. just ahead OF us
and afraid TO SO step farther 1t was indeed wild
and lonely scene with the light of that el6sh moon
touching bit Of the bcfry and everything else looking
shadowy and terrible like things in troubled dreams
The wind was beginning to among the tall pine
trees IN the churchyard. and, while stood sbyerng
and hesitating, a schecch-oWl i'm the beifry LEI 0ut
frightul screech
OF course We knew what il was, we had heard lots
OF screec-ows before. They love the along
river and half a dozen Of them live there But We
weren't expecting any noise then, SO we all jumped
and kittie James screechcd too. The other girls were
sorry for kite, | not. Though | am only fl
teen | am a student of life, and this thought came
how perfectly dreadful he must have fclt when Ktte
James screeched much better For of course.
screeching was in kitties life, "a thing apart" IS
Shakespeare says, but II his whole existence"
quote more from Shakespeare than do from the
Bible, because Shakespeare is coldy intellectual,
While the thought about the screech was in my mind
and | was wishing | had pencil and some paper to
getting entirely about the haunted ruin Mabel Blossom
spoke up in distinct but trembling words
Il will go first" she said. Il will ask the first
question The rest of you needn't come with il you
afraid
She started off toward the ruin with rush as if she
had picked herself up and thrown herself at it. knew
why II was because she scared to death and
didn't dare to go slowly. The other girls thought it
was because she brave. Don't you how
much better understand things than they do? Maidic
and ] went after her with languid steps; wasn't
bit anxious TO get nearer to the ruin OF course the
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RUN. ruin, tell me true.
l. May IseIoH. ask of YOU
The name of my tufwe husband"

At first there WASH a sound in reply. But Just as
| began TO feel my spine getting little warmer that
terrible voice from the abyss again and this time
it walled like banshee
"F-r-e-d-c-r-i-ck M-a-n-s-o-n."
Don't ask what happened next II would take
real writer like Edgar Allen Poe to tell you Besides
! don't remember. ! only know that got back to the
girls somehow, and that stumbled across the cold
wet fields for centuries and centuries At last |
thought had always been running away from ghost
through DARK night and that | must keep doing it
till the world came an end
was going to shrek with the awfuncss of Eyes,
| really was) when looked up and the blessed
old convent buildings snugged together in front Of
us, with our beautiful the chapel spire pointing
peacefully to the that beginning to come out
knew nothing could happen to us. then so stopped
to breathe, and the others did too and pretty my
mind got quieter II went 70 work again right away,
thinking about Frederick Manson. HI is a boy simply
dctest. and the girls know it. ! him when ! am
home vacations bit ] never answer the letters he
writes me FIe has soul for art. and he is not in
fcectual He makes feel the way YOU do when you
peel a peach draw your finger nail across crack
50 terribly bitter that I sat right down on the wet
grass and began to cry. ! never felt nervous in
II won't marry Fredericl, Mansonm I cried "I
won't | won't! I'd rather die right here without
watingr
Maudie Joyce IS Southern girl from VIRGINIA Once
in very very long time when she gets terribly excited
she talks with a kind Of queer Southern draw and
accent the way her old black NANNY nurse used to
talk to her when she was tiny girl She sat right
down on the wet grass beside and put her
tight around me- and rocked me back and forth
"Doan you be frightened honey" she said over and
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thousand nightmares Maudie and bent over Mabel
and each caught her by one foot Then ran, too
taking Mabel with Ms, II wasn't easy, for Mabel is
plump and the fields were rough; brt we were strong
er than knew Even ii She was dead we couldn't
leave Mabel to the lost souls in that rum So we ran
and dragged, and dragged and ran Once Mabcts hair
caught on the stump OF tree and had To stop,
and another time her blouse caught on something and
tore straight down tic front before we could get her
away All the time ! thought of how the evil spirits
might pursue us Tor robhine them OF their prey, and
of the shapes they might take 1t is strange indeed
and terrible, how mary different thoughts the mind
can think at such a tiule.
While were pulling the blouse heard painting
hreaths around us. At FIRST was afrad to look up.
VINO wouldn't be pause 70 inquire. But finally
dld, and saw that il only the rest of the girls,
running behind and beside us. We were all to-
gcther again Everybody running except the stark
burden we dragged after us but that getting
the ground nice and 1st too. BY and by began to
Kick SO we could hardly hold the feet We stopped
again and dropped them, and saw what had happened
We had been dragging Mabel's face through le wet
grass because we picked her up by the wrong end
aad were IN such a hurry But it had revived her.
SO you see II was really the best thing could have
done, though we hadn't thought Of that at The time
We had lust trusted TO instinct which il is truly said
rarely fails the young.
Pretty soon Mabel bogan to moan and at last she
sat UP and wiped hcr face ard asked what had hap
pcned. and where Sic was She wasn't very far from
the ruin We hadn dragged her a ong distance. after
an though t had seemed miles. The hunted church
see i by looking back
After few minutes Mabel got on her feet but she
couldn't walk, and she begged leave her there
to die alone. We had 10 wait till she was stronger,
and while we were waiting began 20 get calner and
finally had an idea. fastened to share It with n'y
dear companions
a don't believe we beard anv So; al" said.
u believe imagined it. hocarse wc frightened;
Or perhaps we hypnozcd ourselves. going back
10 try again
It was not noble courage that moved me- but that
which is stronger than Hfcmy art. All Of sudden
seemed impossible for me to 20 on without knowing
" |
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better to 90 With Us into the Jaws Of death and per
haps slide down than to wait behind ana die alone
The minute Mabel got to the wall she leaned across
was right behind her. and I distinctly her shut
her eye The owl hadn't screeched again after Kite
had discouraged him. and there wasn't sound
except kite's hard breaths The moon had gone be-
hind cloud again We heard wings lutter-thc owl,
perhaps, or bats in the ruin-and the scampering Of
little ee below rs like the feet Of mice.
Suddenly Mabel spoke ZIP, loud and clear. in the in
VOCATION Adeline Thurston had written for her:
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NCE, when was a little girl. three whole
years younger than am now. Sister Es-
telle Wrole this sentence in my autograph
album May angels ever guide your pen
Sometimes they DO can almost fcc them
guiding it and beautiful flowers of thought
fall on the snowy pages before me, and
write SO last my hand gets covered with
ink up 10 the wrist, and | have a dreadful
time afterward. with pumce-soue. Even
when angels are not guiding though.
usually have two beautiful hopes sprout-
ing in my breast when begin story.
One IS the hone Of making II trne 10 LIE.
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We stood slose behind hcr and held our breaths and
waited for what would happen. The wing, and feet
stopped l never listened to 50 much stiffness and
then to So many echoes it seemed as if the whole
wide world must have heard Mabols words going
down into that abyss like thunder claps and coming
tip again in waves Of sound that rolled around us.
Kitte James says It was three hours before any
thing else happened but really in about five minutes
a low, waihng voice to us from below. This IS
what said
'Io-h-u Cor don"
The gentle reader won't believe this. but it hap
pened You have heard Of hcroiues being frozen TO
the spot when somethiug terrible occurred That's
the way was-frozcn ! could not stir an inch and
felt my knatted and combined locks parting, exactly
the way Shakespeare saws they do.
! guess tho oter girl, ic, the way ! did; there
wasn't sound among them Even kittic stopped
breathing; not a Leaf petticqat ruStied- tried
TO look around. but INV eyes Wouldu't move My eye
hall, felt like frozen drops. Then We. heard
queer, heavy sound. and there in front of Us WAS
Mabel Blossom, stretched out 81 the ground Hat on
her face She lay perfectly sll We know She WIS dead
That moved the girls, They started off in every
direction. in eap.ng tarnls il the gronnd was
risiuc rnlcr them art they had :o r. up first. and
they Trey uttered ch9ka3 ho-rh," noises. They
were trying TO scream and they couldn't 1t was like
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"Wn YOU promise soienny TO do il, and not to tell
a living soul. except Maudie Joyce, till its all over
ross your heart.' she asked.
"ls 1t wicked " ! inquired
"li is" said Mabel Blossom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-27
BENEATH F STREET
Government Buildings to Be
Connected With Tunnel.
TO HOLD ELECTRIC WIRES
Will Connect With Conduits From
,, Pension Office.
COMPLETION SET FOR NOV. l
Slope in Underground Passage Re-
quired in Order to Avoid
the Sewer Main.
COMPLETION SET FOR NOV. l

BY underground passage-without put
ting foot to open street-after November
! one may walk from the Patent Office
building right over TO the former Post
ONCE Department building. That is to say.
II may be done with permission of the
superintendent of the buildings-for it is
not to be a public walkway
A brick tunnel, fiat at base and arched,
its six feet of interior height and four
feet of width affording sufficient room
for any ordinarily tall man to walk up
highland stopping is not forbidden to
siants-or for any ordinarily thick man
TO squeeze through-for humans of more
than a yard and a third diameter must
give up the enterprise and stay QUITS in
the course of construction. 1t is already
half completed
Will Garry Electric Wires.
The tunnel is intended to carry the
conduits for the electric lighting wires
from the producing plant under the for
mer Post Office Department building to
the Patent Office and Pension Bureau
buildings. The conduits will be set in the
thirteen-inch walls of the tunnel. five in
each of the side walls and six in the arch,
sixteen in all. The wires for the Pension
Bureau building will be connected with
the conduits from that building under the
pavement along r street.
There will be no obstruction i'm the tun-
mel when il is a finished product There
will be just brick walls underfoot, over
head and on each side. There are to be
tnoco bricks in that tunnel which Is
log feet inches long from the front of
one building TO the front of the other
IL will cost S3.o44 TO construct accord
ing TO the contract This is one of the ex-
penditures to be posted to the debit side
of the appropriation of $4,000 for the
Improvement of the sanitary conditions of
the three buildings of the Interior De-
partmenf
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Slope Made Necessary.

The long tunnel is not level all the wav
II IS approached by steps downward from
both buildings In order to escape the
sewer main that runs along the middle of
The street a slope is made imperative
1ncrc Is a dry we'll 10 be made at the
Old Posi- Office Department building end
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of the tunnel, where water seepage, If
any, may collect and be drawn off by the
steam pumps of the plant.
j. s. Hill. chief engineer and assistant
superintendent of the buildings of the
Interior Department. is supervising the
work of construction. A Washington con-
Germ, the r. J. Beall Construction Com
pany. r. ]. Bear, jr.. manager, has the
contract.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-27

BAND CONCERT TODAY.

Fort Myer. Va. 18th Cavalry
Band. Arthur s. Witcomb. direc-
tor. II am.
Guard mount:
March. Captain Anderson
Brockenshire
inspection "Serenade Magnolia
Missud
Troop the line, THE Morton
March ..............-......B Brooks
Review. ''Ironbound' Heed
Sacred concert:
Overture. Religious ST Cecilia"
Batish
Cornet solo. Aria from Sampson
ct Della" ......... Saint Saens
MY Heart At Thy Sweet Voice"
Sacred selection. Queen of
Angels ...................De Vile
March, Boston Commandery.'
Carter
TOMORROW.
United States Soldiers Home.
Soldiers Home Band, j. s. NJ
zimmerman, director. pm.
PROGRAM:
March. .Vindobona'' Komzak
Overture, lie Pre- AUX Clercs,"
Herold
(The Dueling Ground).
Paraphrase, Taps"
KunZel-Zimmerman
Selection, aida" ..... Verdi
Characteristic, THE Turkey Trot."
Denmark
Potpourri, "Broadway's Echoes.
No. -....... Lampe
Finale. Universal Peace" Lampe
THE Star Spangled Banner
The United States Soldiers Home
Band concerts hereafter will be
given i'm Stanley Hall. Soldiers
Home. Concerts will be given every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
afternoon throughout the winter,
beginning at 800 o'clock. Begin
ming November II. each Wednes-
day concert will be devoted to or
chestral music.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-27
PARK VIEW CITIZENS
TO DEBATE REFORMS
Proposition for Indeterminate
Sentences and Parole Law
Under Consideration.

The proposal for an indeterminate
sentence and a parole law for the District
of Columbia will be considered by the
Park View Citizens Association at a
meeting 10 be held Friday night. Novem-
Der /. and by that body probably will
be referred to the Federation of Citi-
zens' Associations. IT is expected that
this will mark the beginning of a cam
paign of education in the interest of
important pathological reforms recon-
mended for the District.
The principal speaker at the meeting
will be. w H. Whitaker. superintend-
ent of the District workhouse. at Oc-
coquan, who in a recent report to the
District Commissioners recommended
that provision be made for the reform
which the association will discuss.
Oficials Invited to Attend.
Invitations to attend the meeting will
be sent to the Commissioners. George
S. Wilson. secretary of the board of
charities: f. S. Martin, supervisor of
Fairgrounds. and other District Off
Gals. Mr.. Martin will speak on the
needs of Washington's Fairgrounds.
Supt. Whittakers recommendation to
the Commissioners will De outlined be-
fore the citizens association. 1t pro-
vides that prisoners should not be SEN
fenced to the workhouse for definite
periods. but that instead a parole board
should be created, the duty of which
would be to determine when prisoner
is ready to return to society and become
a useful citizen. The plan even con-
templates the finding Of employment for
discharged prisoners.
May Go to Federation.
If the association. of which John G.
McGrath is president, adopts resolution
favorable to the plan, the matter, as
stated. will be referred to the Federation
of Citizens Associations. This will as
sure it being given a wide discussion by
all the civic bodies Of the District. 1t is
considered likely that Mr.. Whitaker 8
recommendation may be embodied in a
bill to be introduced in Congress at the
coming session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-27
Administer RUGS

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36x72 in. Regular value, C0Qz
1880. Special. P<sOS
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Regular valu e. $1,000 ca or
special OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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Toledo at Minneapolis = Postponed
on account rair
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Where does the Enterprise get all
those large melons2 They always have
them. SO
Tonight the Grand theatre will run
the great two reel feature film Phillip
Steele" from the book by James
Oliver Curwood also a one reel fea-
ture entitled Wanted, Wife. .
Mr., and Mrs, Harrison Bethel are
here today and a party consisting of
Mr. and Mrs Bethel, Mr. and Mrs. A
G. Marrs, and NJ. and Mrs e. c..
Marrs win leave for a few days camp
ing trip on Spavinaw.
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Chicago at Philadelphia-Po Postponed
on account rain.
St. Louis at New York-Postponed
on account rain.
Cleveland at Washington-Postpon-
ed on account rain.
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MISCELLANEOUS ADS.

10 OOoOo 100000 o
Crazy Water for sale at all grocery
stores. 1w
FOR SALE-A desirable residence
lot in the Knight Additional a bar
gain If taken soon. Apply at Chieftain
office. tt
FOR SALE-S Standard sewing ma
chine and buggy and harness, almost
new. Enquire of Mrs. Kate Sniggs or
Phone 96, $50
There will be an ice cream social
on the lawn at the Catholic church
Tuesday, August goth Music by the
Vinita band 96-S
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FOR SALE--Two very desirable
building locations, very reasonable;
close in, southwest Fine shade, fruit,
side walks, curbed and graded, water
light, all paid. G. C, FINLEY, Vinita
Abstract Co.
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0 0 o 5000 ooooooooo o Q
0 oOOOoooooooOoo 600
0 THE WEATHER o
D Tonight and Wednesday in; o
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THE WEATHER
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Crazy Water.
Try Whitney's restaurant. If
Mill run bran, s1.25. at Garrison's.
Ish Davis is in Miami today on bus
mess.
Fancy homegrown melons at Garri-
sons.
Harry Bland was over from Alton
today
Cooking apples, 15c a peck at Gar
rison's,
In. Bunch is down from Bluejacket
today.
Hunters Cream Flour Peoples Gro
Gerry $50
Pure corn chops. s1.6O per 100 lbs,
at Garrison's.
Bert Chandler went to Muskogee to-
day.
Sweet and pure flour. Peoples
Grocery $50
i C. w. Flint returned last evening
from Tulsa
The city council will meet in regular
session tonight.
Northern grown potatoes, 9Oc a
bushel, at Garrisons.
r. e. Edmisson of Welch is in this
city today.
Red Star -four, s1.S5 a 4S-pound
sack, at Garrison's.
Miss Jessie French is visiting here
from Kansas City.
Crazy Water for sale at all grocery
stores. 1w
Clarence w. Jones was here last
night from Big Cabin.
John Nall was here from his farm
near Pensacola today.
IS pounds granulated cane sugar to
the dollar, at Garrison's.
Miss Agnes Ritchey is here from
Kansas City visiting her aunt, Mrs.
VIM. Malone
Mrs. H. NJ. Smith returned last
evening from Tulsa where she has
been visiting for some time.
S. and P. Flour at the Enterprise
Grocery Best biscuit flour made. S-9
A number of Vinita visitors in
Colorado will return in the next few
days.
You will save 10 per cent on every
thing if you trade with Garrison.
w. NJ. Malone will leave for Durant
and Fort Smith tonight on business
trip.
Col. J. ]. Spencer has begun the or
ganization of Craig county into Will
son and Marshal club
Crazy Water, for sale at all grocery
stores 1w
Attorney ]. Howard Langley of
Pryor is hearing the county shortage
cases as referee today.
S. o. Brown is here from Tahlequah
in the interest of the Draughton Bus
| mess school at that place.
John G. Williams and Miss Addie
Clark of Catale. were united in mar
riage today Judge Stanley officiating.
Elberta peaches are now in full
blast in this section. While the fruit
is not large the quality is quite good.
The Taylor-Henderson and Lewis
Rogers hearses met the Frisco this
morning to take the remains of the
daughter of Dr. Trout and Mr. Rem
frow. Both of the ladies died at Mi
ami
Mrs. c. c. Fleener, who has been
visiting relatives in this city, left last
night for Ft. Scott, Kans9 to visit a
few days before going to her home in
Kansas City
Mr.. u. G. Helme has returned to his
home in Kirksville, Mo, after visit
with Gene Englehart and family Mrs.
Helme and daughter, Louise, will not
/ ,..t...., for .op,o tirna
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FOR RENT-To small family, five
room, modern cottage, hot and cold
water, bath, electric lights, gas, etc.
Enquire at Chieftain office.
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Notice.

The vestry of ST. Johns Episcopal
church yesterday granted their min
lister, VIM. H. Talmage, a vacation FOR
one month.
Regular services, except Sunday
school, will be closed until the middle
of September.
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FOR SALE-Lot 13 in block 80,
size 80 by 1856 feet, west front. One
block west of North park. This is a
bargain. Apply at Chieftain office. If