davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-08-05

been harder than usual for Franz and
his mother.
One day Franz was gathering wood
IN n forest. when he saw something
red on a bush. He thought it was a
owe but when he came close to it he
saw 1T was a tiny red cap. There was
a tassel on the top, n this had caught
on the bush. "Who could ever wear
such a little cap?" said Franz. ut is
Y large enough for a g r little
baby" He took it from the bush and
put it in his pocket, to show to his
mother and ask her if she thought any
one ever wore such a little cap.
When he finished gathering wood he
threw his bundle over his shoulder and
started home. Suddenly he heard a
voice very near say: Let me out;
let me out or 1 shall smother" Frank
dropped his bundle and looked around;
there was no n in sight. But the
me out or 1 shall smother" 1t seemed
to come from his pocket, and looking
down. Franz saw two very smoll feet
klcklng vigorously out of the pocket of
his coat.
Franz put his hand and drew out the
smallest mar he ever had seen or
heard of. MY, my" said the little
creature. painting for breath; you al
most smothered me in there. Where
is my cap?" he said, putting his hand
to his head.
"Is this YOU cap?" Franz asked as he
drew the little red cap from his pocket.
But he held it high over the head of
the little man.
Yes; that is my magic cap" he said
jumping up and trying to reach it.
III you will tell me about it," aid
Franz. II will give it to you.'
The little mar promised and Franz
gave him the cap. but how did you
get in my pocket" he asked.
You put me in there" was the re-
ply.
NO I did not" said Franz. 81 only
put the cap in my pocket"
But l had h cap on my head" said
the little man. This cap makes me
invisible. l can go anywhere if have
on this cap and not be seen. If it had
not taught on the bush I should have
beer away before you saw the cap. 1t
was the wood touching it that made
1t possible for o to see it. I am the
only boglin who has such a cap. An
old fairy gave 1t to me for helping her
to find an herb she wanted to cure a
sick girl with"
Are o sick?" asked the goblin.
mo. l am not SICK" said Franz. "but
1 am poor and my COW has not had
enough to eat and does not give good
milk"
"Oh. I can help you without the
fairy" the goblin told him. 1.-THE fairies
the not the only mes who help you
mortals. l am very thankful to you for
taking me out of your pocket before 1
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-08-05

piazza: we can give so much pleasure
to these sick children. and then they
ing about their nest. II think" said
Spotty, that we better build near the
may feed u.s."
Il think as you do my dear" Brownie
replied; and if you will look in the
corner of this piazza you will see the
very place-it looks like a broken
shelf. BY and by the nurse came and
took the children away, but they We're
all smiling and happy. and some of
them had not smiled before for MANY
days.
Perhaps they will come again to-
morrow one little girl said.
Il hope so.' said another. cit is such
fun to watch them hop about and pick
up the crumbs"
you see," said spotty, 1--WE really
must build our nest near these sick
children"
One morning when the nurse brought
the children to the piazza ex-
claimed: do look at the nest in he
corner and Spotty poked up her head
and chirped at them. In a few minutes
Brownie flew to the nest with a nice
Dig worm. Which he CAV to Spotty, and
thec children laughed with delight. And
when the little sparrows We're Matched
and Spotty and Brownie were teaching
them to fly the children were so pleased
they did not want to leave the piazza.
They told the children Who were too
III to sit on the piazza the story of
Spotty and Brownie, and they were so
interested that they forgot their pains
n time they could be told a new story
about the birds.
Spotty and Brownie brought up their
little ones to fly and hop around the
windows and the piazza of the chill
dren's ward, for" said spotty, s'these
SICK children cannot get out into the
sunshine as o can. n you can make
them smile by hopping about and chirp-
ing to them each day.
we Will teach our children~to think
of others as we'll as Themselves h
told Brownie. IAN that will give them
more pleasure than hopping about
quarreling with the other birds"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-08-05
HOW THE PUSSY WILLOW GREW.

~(Copyrlght, 1914, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
One night the fairy queen had all
her fairies gather around her. She
was telling them how thankful they
should be that they were happy and
that thew had such a beautiful world
to live in.
And that is the reason for your hap
piness,' she explained. You do good
and bring happiness to others and are
had nothing to do but look around for
amusement o would soon become
restless and dissatisfied and long for
things that others have.
But. Of course, fairies never long
Tor things that mortals have, so all
this talk is quite needless"
When the queen finished speaking
she saw one little fairy looked very
grave and did not smile and dance
about with the others.
This fairy was called Dewdrop, be-
cause 1T was her duty every morning
from the river and put them on all
the flowers, and h was usually the
gayest of the fairies, so the queen
called to her and asked, What makes
you so sad my Dewdrop? Is there o
plenty Of water in river beds for our
beautiful fiowers?"
"Oh, yes. my queen, answered Dew
drop. there is plenty Of water for my
flowers. but I am unhappy because OF
something I want and I know I can
not have"
Tell me about it," said the wise
queen. Perhaps I can help YOU" and
h drew Dewdrop close to her side and
listened to her story.
One morning the south wind
and gray cloud brought rain to my
beautiful flowers" Dewdrop began, 81
did not have any work to do, so l sat
under a big leaf and watched the ain
falling.
81 was in a garden and a house stood
near. BY and by q little girl came out
and called kitty, kitty and the dearest
little kitten came running up the path
meowing and swinging its tail. The
little girl rolled a spool across the
porch inc the kitten chased it. Then
it jumped through her clasped hands
and chased Its tail, and then 1t ran up
the little girls dress to her shoulder
and sat there with its head nestled in
her neck"
'But why should this make you so
sad, my Dewdrop?" asked the queen.
Tell her. Dewdrop." said one OF the
other fairies. for all Of them had gath
ing.
Yes, tell the queen" said another.
You see. dear queen, we all want q
kitten to play with" said Dewdrop.
and time Of us sees q little
girl with a kitten we are unhappy"
The queen looked very grave, for
never before had her fairies wanted
anything a mortal possessed. but she
did not scold.
After waiting q few minutes the
queen spoke.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-08-05
AZ 70 Bargain safes.

Testimony Of Mrs. Christine Frederick.
OF Philadelphia. before the House judi
ciary committee on the subject Of bar
gains has an especial appeal to the people
OF Washington. Mrs. Frederick's state
ments in depreciation Of bargains Of GER
tain kinds are co~rroborative Of the Wash
ington Herald's declarations, made 30 fire.
auently. that the consumers Of the city
and the reliable merchants Of the city
nave been made to suffer through the Of
ff.ssinF Of .pecious %..bargains. by "auc-
ers with nothing but noise and tinsel and
shoddy to attract their unthinking dupes.
Mrs. Fredesiclks. who - q representa-
tive Of the american housewives' league,
spoke to the committee q q hearing on
b proposed anti-trust legislation, assert
g the belief that .such an animal q. =
genuine bAtgain'' does not exist. She
wisely and sptly made the necenary OK
ceptions. Within these h named the Of
fering at low prices OF goods. which .
change Of seasons made It expedient to
9 before the public with special Induce
meats. O. OF special lots ana lines Of
Egonds which unusual trade condieions
m!ode + pNeslbSe and profitable to Uell q
lat a sNJport Of every exception Nh.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-08-05

Il will not promise you anything"
she said. but meet me tomorrow night
down by the river when the clock
strikes the last stroke of 10, and if the
moon Is shining I may have something
for YOU" =.
Oh. you dear good queen" cried all
the fairies at once. lit will be some
thing nice, we know"
Perhaps" answered the queen, smil-
ing. Now scamper away every one of
you and do our work with smiling
faces"
The next night the moon was shin
ing and the queen could be seen Chat
Is, If M had fairy eyes) fitting along
the banks Of the river back and forth,
back and forth. Flying in there and
out here. and as busy as two little
fairies could hav been on their busiest
night.
There" she exclaimed after a while,
Il think there will be enough for all to
have one" Then she stepped into her
chariot and waited.
The last tone Of the last stroke of
the midnight hour was dying away
when the fairies appeared by the river
and ooked about for their queen.
There h is" said one, catching
sight of the shining chariot under a
BUSH.
What is it you have for us?" they
all asked. running to the queen. The
queen led them nearer the bank of the
river n showed them slender, brown
bushes with tiny gray tufts soft and
slick looking.
But what are they?" asked the
fairies.
stroke them and see," said the
queen.
Each little fairy touched a soft, gray
tuft with her tiny finger. Meow,
Meow" came softly from each tiny
gray tuft. and then the gray tuft
and a tail and four little paws could
be seen. "Oh, oh. the darlings," cried
all the fairies, they are our kittens,
u dear little pussy cats we had
wished for sc long"
Each little gray pussy sat up and
looked at her mistress and then enc
fairy rolled a grain of sand (of course
they looked very large to a fairy kit
tenn and all the little gray pussies
Scrambled down from the bushes and
did all the tricks for the fairies that
mortal kittens do for their little mis-
tresses.
When the first streak of light showed
in h sky all the gray pussies
scrambled back to the bushes, curled
up and went to sleep and there they
slept every night until the last tone OF
the last stroke of the midnight hour
dies away, and hen IL you can see
with fairy yes you. will see each little
gray mite stretch out and sit up and
meow for her little fairy mistress to
come and play with her.
We call them pussy willow bushes,
but the fairies call them their little
gray kittens.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-08-05

came in through the window, the rose
looked in the mirror.
Why. whatever is the matter with
mel" h cried. my head droops and
my leaves look withered. Oh for a
drop OF dew to revive me! And my
perfume no longer fills the air! But
1 Will not fret" she said; "when the
lovely lady smiles upon me, I shall re-
vive, n she will pin me on her dress
again and that will bring back my per-
fume."
But when the lady saw the withered
rose. she took 1t from the vase.
1T is faded" she said and she opened
the window and threw the Door rose
back into the garden.
The other flowers saw the poor rose
lying faded and withered on the
ground. and they laughed and sneered
at her.
Thought you were to live forever"
they said. "You who are SO beautiful
should be able TO save yourself from
fading and not wither and blow away
as we SHALL"
Poor rose tried to hide in the tall
grass a at last she swooned from
shame, but the wind and q few drops
Of rain brought her to life again. She
lifted her head and looked toward the
window OF the lovely lady, and the
wind blew bolder and blew harder
against her poor faded petals and one
by they blew through the air.
"She 9 gone" said the flowers:
With All her beauty she could not live
forever"
But n OF the pedals OF the 9
blowing about drifted into the window
loi the lovely lAdy's room, and she
picked It up and pressed 1t to her lips.
You were beautiful, once" she said,
ana your perfume - not entirely gone,
1!. Keep you In my handkerchief box.
2 pedal nestled close to the soft
linen folds and went to sleep.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-08-05
g ; ! :! e; 34iS|&|@
THE BEAUTY AND THE SEA MONSTER.

Copyright, 1914. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Once upon a time II king and queen
had a very beautiful daughter. and they
loved her very dearly: but her beauty
was so great that the queen boasted
of it to all, saying: My daughter is
the most beautiful girl in the country"
Now. in ii cave by the sea lived an
old witch who had many beautiful
daughters. They lived in the sea. and
when they heard that the queen thought
her daughter more beautiful tina they
were. they complained to their mother
very bitterly. saying: This must not
be. There can be none more beauti-
full than we. We must show the queen
that our beauty is above her daugh-
er's."
The old witch was as angry as her
daughters. but she did not know how
to prevent the queen from proclaiming
her daughter the greatest beauty in the
country.
w will flood the land.' said the
sea beauties. " and send the sea mon
Ster to destroy the people,"
And they did. until all the food was
destroyed and many people died. Then
the people around the country appealed
to the old witch to protect them. as
they knew her daughters lived in the
sea and could keep the floods from the
a IL they wished. The witch talked
with her daughters and said she
thought the king and queen had been
punished. as they were as poor now as
the people.
But the daughters said: mo: the sea
Onste demands a sacrifice to be made
to him before he will leave the land
In peace. and the daughter of the king
Is the sacrifice that he demands"
Then the people went to the king.
but the king would not give them his
daughter. and the floods and the mon
ster came again. Then the people went
to the king Il second time. and the
OF the king told them she
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-08-05
THE SPARR0Ws AND THE SICK CHILDREN.

Copyright. 1914, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Spotty and Brownie were two little
sparrows, and they were looking for "a
place to build their nest.
There is a hole in the wall of that
brick building" said Brownie. III
fly over and look at it,
Spotty watched him from the limb of
a tree. What is he looking at?'' she
said to herself, for Brownie was
stretching his neck in the most in
Quisitive ann trying to look in a
window near the hole.
She waited as long as she could and
then chirped at him.
The family in that house have a
great many children he told Spotty.
az he perched on the limb beside her.
There Is a row of beds on both sides
OF the room and a nurse is feeding
some of the children. and others she
them seem to be asleep. 1 do not know
the nurse would do il all of them
aWoke at the same time"
LOOK, said Spotty, as a door was
opened on a long piazza. they are
bringing out the children in the chairs.
Let us fly over n look at them"
They look sick" said Brownie.
.sThey are sick" said spotty- 81
know what this place is-it is a hos
pital, and that is the children's ward
dow"
oh. look at the birds.'' said one little
girl as h saw Spotty and Brownie
hopplng along the railing of the piazza.
1 wish We had ON crumbs said
another little girl. It'll ask nurse If
she can get US some" said a little girl
who sat neal the door.
The nurse was kind and wished to
give The sick children all the pleasure
a could. and h brought a piece Of
bread for each child to break in crumbs
for the birds.
.Spotty and Brownie hoped from
q to chair. picking up the crumbs
and chirping. which delighted the chill
OF course. they did not. understand
what the birds said, but they were ask
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-08-05

Frederick held the good name Of h
merchant. His reliability is an assurance
that the bargain is a bargain. created by
the sagacity OF the merchant in utilizing
the opportunity. Such true bargains are
frequent. They are reasonable, logical re-
suits OF the changes of conditions brought
about by the course Of the seasons and
There are true bargains such as these Of
Tered to the people of Washington often
by the true merchants OF Washington.
bargair-an opportunity to buy goods at
lower prices than they normally command.
The way to get true bargains 10 to trust
trustworthy merchants.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-08-05
Thinker Il ths Actor.
W.. Temple

Tho depths Of religion and the heights OF
goodness ara inaccessible to the morally
stupid man the man who IL indifferent
70 truth. When people speak uf q prac-
tical man they usually mean one who fits
Ike . cogwheel into q machine or Indus
Try n which he lives. n does what the
Machine requires. Such . man - really
doing nothing 1t all. The man who Il
thtnkiny out something = really the man
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-04-02
Notice of City Election.

Notice is hereby given that the
regular general Election of the City
of Monroe, Mo-, will be held on
Tuesday, April 7, 1914. for the pur-
pose of electine the following off
GERS for a term of two years each:
Mayor, Marshal, Collector. Police
Judge and aldermen from the first,
second and third wards, and an
alderman to serve one year from
the 3rd ward to fill the uneXpired
term of B. T. Gentees. The voting
places will be: First Ward. Com
mercial Hotel; Second Ward, Cream
cry Mills; Third Ward, Council
Rooms.
The following judges are appoint
ed: First Ward, j. j. Brown, F. H.
Hagan and Horace Kent. Second
Ward, Oscar Hawkins, w. H. Elliott
and Richard Johnston. Third Ward,
j. B. Hays, B. o. Wood and A.
Jaeger. Sr.
JAMES S. SCOTT,
Mayor of the City of Monroe, Mo.
Attest GEO. w. TOMPKINS,
City Clerk.
Monroe City, Mo-, March 10, 1911 4
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-04-02
The Influence of Good Roads on
Health.

The influence of good roads on
pubic health is a point in their fa-
Vor that has not received much at
tention. The Kansas State board
of health puts the feature in the
foreground and wants modern inn
proved roads in that state because
they prevent disease.
They do this because they afford
drainage. A good road can never
remain a good road unless it is well
drained. The roadbed must not
have any standing water either on
its surface or below the surface. 1t
must have drainage, and the cutters
beside the road must have slope
and be kept free from obstruction
so that all surplus water can escape
quickly and easily.
An old fashioned, ill drained road,
with its frequent pools of standing
water on the road or by the road
side, with its bitches filled with
weeds, brush and all sorts of trash,
is breeding place of insect life.
Mosquitoes, flies and other insects
such as chinch bugs and grasshop-
pers, multiply there in profusion. 1t
is these insects which either carry
disease or are of the kind which de-
stroy the farmers crops For these
reasons well built, well drained high.
ways are a double benefit since
they give the farmer the inestima'
BILE advantage of easy cOmmunica,
ton with his market at all times Of
the year and by improving the
drainage check the breeding o.
harmful insects.
Good roads, mean, therefore, moi
only a great saving of time and la
Dor for the farmer, but the improve
ment in the hygenic conditions o
the farming community. He il
brought nearer to his market, thu
hauling capacity of his teams i
greatly increased, and he is n,
longer marooned on his farm TO
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-04-02

boys themselves but a real manly
boy who will make a manly man.
Hunting for this kind of a boy,
the business man does not seek i'll
the saloons or the pool halls, nor
back rooms where card games may
be found. Neither does he especi-
ally love the boy who has a cigar
cite hanging from his lips. Nor the
boy who stands at the corner and
smirks and makes rude remarks at
the women who pass. And above
all they will have nothing to do
with liar. But the business men
know. and it is not always bad luck
when a young man gets turned
down for that job he was expecting
and it goes to another. - Independ-
ence (MO) Examiner.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-04-02
The Bible Seven.

R. H. Billiard, Bible student.
writes the Bugle: Il was born the
7th of March, 1887, was married in
1870, will be IT years the 7th of
March. and have 7 children. The 7
children represents the 7 lean cat
tie, 7 fat cattle, the 7 candlesticks,
the 7 churches of Asia, the 7 seals,
or the 7 wise men. Take 70, rep
resenting the year l was married
and multiply it by 7 and you have
400, the number of years the chill
dren of Israel were in bondage. My
age, II, represents the 7 trumpets
and the 7 thunders, both spoken of
in Revelation, and the last rs on
the stage of time. The bible is full
of rs. Come on, next one, and give
your bible numbers. All bible
students know the full meaning OF
Ashland Bugle.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-04-02
JAMES S. SCOTT.
Feed Wei Bred Hogs.

There are a good many reasons
why one should feed we'll bred stock
of all kinds, and we speak mostly OF
swine. 1t will respond to liberal
feeding better, of course, and when
finished it will bring more money
per hundred pounds, but ever and
above the direct advantage that is
found in the animal itself there are
also advantages to the feeder. A
man who has lot Of well bred hogs
in his feed lot will take a pride in
them. This he is not likely to do
with a bunch of scrubs. What
man takes pride in he is likely to
give better attention to, and what
he does not take pride in he is apt
to neglect. A good lot of well bred
hogs puts the feeder on his mettle
n his feeding and management of
them. This principal is bearing
fruit in every state in the Union
where hogs are produced. The i'm
provement in the breeding of every
states hogs has been going on for d
number of years, and much advance
has been made. Where ones treas
ure is there will his heart be also
and accordingly we find very con-
siderable improvement in the care
that is being taken of the improved
hogs. Wherever live stock is grown
the same principle applies, and
farmers throughout the live stock
section of the corn belt and middle
should bear in mind and act upon
it. Not the least among the advan-
tages of growing superior stock is
the fact that it tends to make SUI
perior man of the farmer-Animal
! Husband.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-04-02

many weeks each year owing to the
imnassable conditions of the roads.
That health is promoted as well as
comfort and wealth by good roads
should give the argument for their
construction irresistible force so
that their building should not cease
until the whole country is lined
with them. - Boone Co. (Ky0 Re-
corder.