davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27

grow rich and the poor poorer. The
woman who fiatters herself that she
has not changed much In the 20 years
she has been a wife. needs but &c. wan
der back among her old associates to
have the truth that she has been rid
ing swiftly along In Times chariot
demonstrated to her. The old inn
keeper and his good wife. who sat in
the front pew Of the village church on
the evening she was wed, failed to
recognize her. The postmaster, a
handsome, red-cheeked, CHEEKY young
man in thoseAdays, faces her now with
snowdrifts among his sparse, dark
locks, spectacles covering the eyes
that had been so dark and sparkling
20 years before. He faces her with
out the faintest CLEAN of recognition.
His tongue loosens when she makes
her identity known to him, and makes
inquiry for the girls and boys who had
danced at her wedding. Had Hattie
Vail and Harry Williams-the two
who had "stood up" with her-wed,
or had Alice Shaw or Bessie Wells
won him? The story of each separate
love affair holds her interest abb
sorbed.
''They all come here for their mail
of an afternoon. You may watch. II
you will, and see which, If any, you
will be able to recognize" Never had
q wanderer who had returned to the
old haunts a more exciting, pleasurable
hour. She who had been the beauty
of the village in those other days, was
the first to enter-frowsy of head,
with a faded shawl pinned about her
shoulders, youngsters clinging to her
skirts and a market basket on her
arm. The village blacksnlith's wife
was not pleased to be reminded that
she had not made good her boast that
her beauty should win her a foreign
prince, or at least millionaire.
The girl who had been the poorest,
yet sweetest of them all, was welded
to one who had at last become mayor
Of the town, while the fair maiden
who had been the haughtiest of them
all, had welded circus clown to es-
cape the fate of being an old maid.
The doctors daughter had married the
undertaker's son, a very suitable ar
rangement. The miller's daughter
and the village baker had also joined
forces.
Each and every lass and lad had
welded very differently from what
they had planned when time was young
with them. The come-ups and go
downs among them We're more inter-
esting by far than the pages of any
novel could be. After visit to the
home Of her girlhood and notinge all
that has transpired, the average wom-
an is prone to be more satisfied with
her own lot.
The test of years proves that each
one slides into the groove he or she
was intended for, no matter what
promises illuring youth held forth. We
often pity those whom we thought we
might envy.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
The Aim of Christian Education
BY REV. WALTER SCOTT.

Christian education aims to make life glory instead of grind
open wider the door of life and to add power to the
lens of the microscope the telescope.
1t take the drudgey out of life push ones horizon
farther order clearer of life stands for high
noble pleasures that wealth cannot buy 1t character wealth.
soul property which disaster misfortune wreck ruin
you familiar with science and history and teaches how
make life healthy and successful 1t enlightened CITIZEN
ship mparts intelligence political and economic problems 1t
brings Joy sedyery opening possibilities in undis-
covered truths
ones mentality stirred by the passion OF expansion
feel the tonic of growth the ndescrbabe satisfaction which comes
from the consciousness of perpetual enlargement
1t aims to fill few years with the most delightful associations and
cultured people, at age when ambitions and high ideals have not
been shattered by disappointment or the unbounded faith
in human nature shocked by violated pledges.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
The Rluff That Failed.

mo" said the fair. but frigid mnld,
II wouldn't marry any man on
EARTH
II get you" replied the practical
youth. my trusty neroplane Is an
chored to the TRASHY lightning rod. and
friend of mine who Is sky pilot,
will gladly tie the knot above the
clouds"
And seeing that her biuff was called
the fair one struck 4 match TO the Ice
berg pedestal on which she was posing.
and fell into his waiting arms.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
Elaurina the Profits.

81 suppose" remarked the horse re-
porter TO his friend the humorist, that
you make good thing out of your
paragraphs"
"Well, some days | make very little
and ether days not quite so much"
replied the funny man. "Now, take
yesterday, for example; I only penned
five lines, but 1t represented twelve
big round dollars
sWell, that isn't so worse for one
days toll" said the horseman. by
the way, what did you writer
"An order to my grocer for interior
department supplies" explained the
Joke carpenter.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
Study WouId-Be Husband
Like an Algebra Problem,
Woman's Advice TO Girls

Girls OF today would make better
and more practical marriages II they
were taught TO study the qualifications
Of the men they meet and 10 con-
slider them in the same light as they
do algebra problems nj school. Is the
advice Of Mrs. Frank Deehani.
Mrs. Dechant drew square on the
blackboard, it's four corners indicating
what. she said. were the four neces.
sary adjuncts to a good husband-abfl-
ity, reliability, endurance and action.
To discover whether man has these
qualifications, she declared, was the
problem every girl has TO solve at least
once In her lifetime. and she should
be as carefully trained for 1t as she
Is for her school examinations.
She advocated mothers talking over
with their daughters the eharacteris-
tics OF the young men they know. not
only to gain their opinions on the sub
ject. but to give advice and counsel
TO them for their future life.
Every girl. she said. should be sure
that the man she chooses has an
abundance OF the four qualifications
before she makes up her mind TO mar
~ him. and she can only be sure II
she has been taught and trained be-
forehand In a calm. dispassionate man.
ner.
She also advocated talks on home
making. division OF income and prac-
teal methods OF housekeeping as a
part of all girls education, whether
they are working girls or not.-phila-
delphia North American.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
But Neither Came Back

A man who had just finished COM
Portable meal at restaurant the 9TH
err evening suddenly rose from his
chair. caught up his hat and umbrella
that stood against the wall and rushed
out of the building.
"Stop him" exclaimed the proprie-
tor. "That fellow went out without
paying"
"TIl stop him" said a determined
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27

looking man, who rose up hastily from
a table near where the other had sat.
"He took my gold-headed umbrella.
I'll stop him and I'll bring him back
in charge of police officer. the
scoundreli"
Without a moments hesitation he
dashed out of the house In hot pursuit
of the constituencies villain. And the
proprietor, cold. hard, unsympathetic
kind of man, has somehow begun to
suspect that neither of them will ever
come back. = Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
Well Mated.

Windig-I've got dog that can do
almost anything but talk.
Bifkins-Well, you and the dog
ought to make good team.
Windig-What do you mean by that :
Bilkins- about all you do 10 talk.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27

Pittsburg, Penn Your medicine has helped
me wonderfully. When was girl IS years old /
was always sickiy and delicate and suffered from
irregularities. Three doctors gave me up and said
! would go into consumption. l took Lydia X.
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound and with the third
bottle began to feel better. / soon became regular
and got strong and shortly after was married
Now have two nice stout healthy children and am
able to work hard every day. Mrs. CLEnEsTIsA
DUERRIso, "a Gardner St. Troy HILL Pttsburg, Penn
All women areinvIted to write TO the Lydia r..
cine Co., Lynn. Mass, for special adVIce.-it will
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
Jim Was Ahead of Him.

ats so strange" sighed the omni-
bus conductor, 'how, when two boys
start ont with equal chances. one of
them Is bound to forge ahead. There
was Jim. He and l were the best of
friends In youth. But look of me
now. Equal as our chances were, jim
Is ahead"
"What IL he doingr asked the gen
tleman sitting near the door.
Hes the driver Of this ere bus.
came the answer. did give We yer
ticket, please 7'-London Answers.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
Avc!dino a suaaestlon.

"De you think your townspeople
will give you any banquets?"
mot If can head 'em on" replied
Senator Sorghum. II don't want to
get with crowd and sit right down
In front of reminder of the high cost
of living problem"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27

where she spent
her girlhood, to
find out what has
become of the
companions of her
youth. If she can
afford a visit TO
the old home, both
h er tin e a n d
money In crafty
ing the yearning
are well spent.
In the small
towns far remote
from the gre a t
city, the years
that flow onward
do not bri n &
N a n y changes,
except that those
who were rich
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
Another Point of View.

brains will tell, my boy said the
man who thought he was in the wise
class.
Brains do not tell" replied the con-
trary person. IF they did all the
world would be in the secret and
brains wouldn't be worth any more
than the market price at a butcher
shop. Seer
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
o-BAN DARKENS GRAY HAIR

Grny. sireaked, prernatureiy gray or
faded hair quickly restored TO natural
dark shade by shampooing hair and
scalp with Q-Bnn. No dye-perfectiy
harmless--acts on roots-revives color
glands Of the hair thus making al
your gray hair healthy. thick. fluffy.
evenly dark without n trace of gray
showing. 90 cents a big bottle by par
eel post. tAlso sold by most druggists.l
Address o-Ban. Memphis. Tenn.-Adv
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
paraIyzed Him Anyway.

The 0ne-O u r
friend Buttinski Is
suffering from an
athletic stroke.
The Other-You
mean a paralytic
stroke. don't your
The One-Oh
either Is correct
He was struck by
n professional box
err.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
In One Way.

She tagTessiyely)---D yon be-
lieye. sir. in women coming to the
front?
He (sourly)-Yes. do. With soap
and broom and plenty OF water.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
covETEp,sY ALL

but possessed by few-a beautiful
head OF hair. II yours 10 streaked With
gray, or IL harsh and stir. you can re-
store It TO its former beauty and lus.
ter by using La Creole" Hair Dress.
Ing. Price S1.00.-Adv.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
AS Suggested.

"Snce leaving college" said young
Sapleigh. II am at loss 10 find any
thing to take up my mind"
III you will permit me-. reJoined
Miss Knox, II would suggest that you
Try small piece OF blotting paper"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27

Harrisburg, Penn When was single I SUI
fered great deal from female weakness because
my work compelled me to stand I'll day. / took
and was made stronger BY tn use. After was
married took the Compound again for a female
trouble and after three months passed what the
doctor called growth. lie saidsit was a miracle
that it came away as one generally goes under
the knife to have them removed. never want TO
be without your Compound In the house, Mrs.
FRANK KNOB, 1642 Fulton St, Harrisburg, Penn.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27

Former ingenue of the spoken drama
who first posed for the motpn-pieture
camera about four years ago and made
such n success in her first attempt that
she adopted the work for livelihood.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
Rapid Transit.

Are those col
ors fast ?'' asked
the woman at the
cheap dress goods
counter.
"They are the
swiftest ever, mad
am. replied the
truthful clerk. "Af-
ter they once get
started they run so
fast you couldn't
catch them with
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
just So.

"why do you call life hurdle
racer she inquired.
Because we are always jumping
at conclusions" he replied.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27

Hazel-Don't you think Mr.. Cumso
has rather an arch look?
Aimee-Yes, now that you mention
1t, he is awfully bow-legged..
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
Doubtful Honor.

Little Lemuel-Say, paw. what is
an empty title?
Paw-An empty title, son, IL your
naw's way Of referring to me as the
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
Possible Explanation.

Parker-Mrs Howells evidently
practices her pieces at home before
singing them in the choir.
Harker-Why do you think so?
Parker-Because her husband never
attends church.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
Momen0nce
@npaHd5
Now in Good Health Through Use
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Say it is Household
Necessity. Doctor Called it
Miracle.

All women ought to know the wonderful effects of
taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
those who seem hopeessy ILL., Here three actual
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27

Giovanni Libretto. dead in New
York, ordered $4,000 spent on his fu-
neral.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27

A new typewriter attachment auto
feeds envelopes or cards
INTO machine to save an operators
lime.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
Satisfied With Results

I have been selling DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root for six and one-half years
and my customers are always satisfied
with the resalts obtained from the use
of the medicine and speak favorably re
garding it. have used it for pain in
the back" and bottle or two put me in
good shape and made me feel fine again.
/ believe DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root viii
cure any cases for which IL is recommend
ed il they are not of too long standing.
Very truly yours,
FRANK JENKINS, Druggist
Pilgrim. Texas.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27

Pennsylvania Industrial fatalities In
August numbered 246.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
Hardly Able to Move.

Albert Lea MnnaFor about year had sharp pains
my back and hips and was hardly able to move around the house
takinr lydia pnkha, yegetahe frnronnd and Liver Pa
feeling than for have little boy eight months
old and doing all would be without your
remedies in the house there Like hem'-Mrs f. l.
YosI, GIL Water ST., Albert Lea Mimi.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
civ Furnishes Free LIoht,

The cltye of Ashland, Ore. supplies
its citizens with free electricity for
porch Illumination.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
Adds to the
Joy Of Living

1t isn't alone the deliciously
sweet nut-likc taste of Grape-Nuts
that has made the food famous,
though taste makes first appeal.
and goes long way.
But with the zestful favor there
Is IN Grape-Nuts the entire nu-
trirnent of finest wheat and barley.
And this includes the rich mineral
elements of the grain. necessary for
vigorous health-the greatest JOY
of life.
Every table should have it,
daily ration of
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
* NZgS I'D n~VcNAy Oh
5 Aa8z13
Gathered Smiles

head of the house when there are vIsi-
tors present.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27

In many a womans heart there is
, longing to go back to the place
x.sbora she Snpnt
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27

Eendte o
will You viii booklet Of valuable information
sale a a
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
AZ Others See Us.

n racing automobile.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
DRUGGISTS HIGHLY RECOMMEND
DIR. KILMERS SWAMP ROOT


We have been handling DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp Root for fourteen years and dur
ing all that time we never had a dis
satisfied user of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root; all Of our customers speak very
favorably regarding it. We know Of
cases of Gall Stones, Gravel, Catarrh or
Inflammation Of Bladder and Rheuma-
tism where it produced the most benef-
cial results. We believe it is q good
medicine for the diseases for which it
intended.
Very truly yours. QB
McCUNE DRUG CO., y
BY N. Il. McCune,
Bridgeport. Texas.
No,.,ua.~ stth ing
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-27
after LONG YEARS
BY LAURA JEAN Ll66EY.
Copyright. 1881
If, I should meet thee

After long YEATS,
How should l greet thee
With silence or tears?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-02

posures the places that the more notorious and
then have OF a caliber witnesses that jury
could be secured to depend upon thern- Happily the
housing survey be OF higher type of investiga
ton than sIeuthing for gambling helIs the other
differently pursued Our point is that while the
survey the complete results ii is
essential to the removal or correction
OF conditions for the discovery Of which is
necessary. better housing and sanitary
conditions the survey IL means TO the end rather
than TO the beginning of that betterment.
Which is submitted tor whatever it may be worth to
contemporary its proposed investigation of clean
ups; for its enlightenment a general principle to
which the administration profoundly devoted.
The rule seems be. pass some kind OF law, then
noise have a secret investigation then great noise:
final and effective resus-nothing.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-02
STEINRRINCK,S PUNISHMENT.

The United formal of Ger
many that appropriate punishment has been inflicted
on the commander of the U-boat torpedoed the
liner Sussex. The New York Sun suggests that the
punishment" nothing than hon
orabe decoration.
There is circumstantia evidence that effect The
Sussex blown up March "a. on April 81 the
London Times. the accurate newspaper in Great
Britain carried this item among its Berlin dispatches
Naval First Lieut.. Otto stenbrinck. the commander
of a German submarine has received the Ordre pour
Merite (the order Merit). Naval First Leuts
wennnger and Werner, both commanding subma-
House of Hohenzouern"
This will be observed, nearly a month after
commission of the Sussex ofense which the
American ultimatum to Germany led to the pledge
U-boat reform. Otto Steinbrnck was commander of
the U-1S, which sunk the Sussex. At the time when
the honor was conferred him the identity of the
guilty submarine and it's commander not known
outside Of Germany. 1t certainly looks if Stein
brnck decorated for that particular exploit
OF course, it is possible that afterwards
shed. in compliance with governments demand
and the German governments assurance. But
efforts made through diplomatic channels learn of
the precise nature the commanders punishment
seem to have failed.
This situation naturally recalls the Capt
Boy-Ed. whose egtmate activities in the United
States the cloak Of the German diplomatic
resulted in his forced recall 1t announced
recently a dispatch from Copenhagen that Boyd
had decorated by the kaiser with the Order of
the Red Eagle lin recognition of his services in
America"
these reports true, the kaiser is still using
strange methods to cultivate American friendship.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-02
The Veluet Hammer
By Arthur Brooks Baker
EIIHU ROOT.

ELIHU ROOT.
The function of the government is
not so quickly learned;
It's duties can't be instantly deter
mined or discerned;
But every class which ever bred
upon this fertile map
Desired 10 own the government as
its exclusive snap,
To get its anxious fingers on the
levers and the screws
And operate them 10 promote its
interests and views.
Whenever moneyed interests have
raised their frightened yelp.
They've always had one soulful
source Of sympathy and help.
The youthful lawyer, champion of
predatory Tweed.
Who served that worthy person in
his doleful day OF need,
Is still 20 be depended on 10 work
the will OF gold.
Although it's barely possible that he
is growing old.
But it's a sad. a cruel fact which
coniscates your goat.
That they who have the Doodle do
not also have the vote.
Though Root would find the uncon-
tested favor Of the class.
He couldn't swing the necessary
franchise OF the mass.
He'd surely be a breathless but de
feated alsoran,
And SO the Grand Old Party must
put up another man.
For even with Friend Theodore to
lay a friendly whack
Upon the broad expanses Of his
plutocratic back.
The commoners would carve him
with their tried and trusty
knife
Upon the simple record of his NAM
mon-serving life.
The elephant will have 10 have a
guide Of good repute
If he's TO reach the haystack with
his long and hungry snoot.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-02
PIONEERS.

James j. Hill a glorifed pioneer he did
imperial scale what hundreds of thousands of hum
bier Americans doing in their modest way.
Instead Of developing farm, Mr.. Hill developed
empire. Instead of winning a quarter section from
the wilderness and making it fruitful he populated
states and laid the foundations for vast
community wealth, where there had been only barren
solitude.
He the typical American, only on a bigger plan
than most of The American Including our broth
the Canadian. for Mr.. Hill born in Canada)
is essentially pioneer. He must forge ahead occ1py
places challenge in its hars.Iest
moods and its hidden forces to his
Lsttery the impulse has seemed weaker but that
only its immediate object is changing. The
is getting filled up There is frontier
The plains mountains and deserts have been explored
Their possibilities pretty well known. Transporta
ton the prerequisite is we'll started Territorial
velopment henceforth be pretty much matter OF
steady growth along established lines
But there remain plenty Of opportunities still for
pioneering They involve the development of
sd resources of human energy. And may yet
have many James ]. Hill to create new empires in
the great business industry, science
nd
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-02
JUNE ,, 1910.
NOT PEERLESS FOLLOWER.

Mr. Bryan declared at Saratoga. that he has about
reached the point where. he no longer follow a
political party which refuses indorse national pro-
hibition"
This does not soInd at all like William j. 1t prompts
US to ask what party ne has been following when we
fully understand that ne has been peeressy leading
the democratic party for 20 1t is late for Mr..
Bryan pose mere follower. For a decade ne
has been head pilot in boat headed up Salt
river for a party that his He may have reached
the point where he can the party but
down at the bottom Of the pit of political oblivion
are & whole lot perfectly fine democrats who will
swear that William never followed their party min
ute. any direction.
Maybe the Bryan declaration that he is follower
is Just the first act nsdious Irritation with the pro-
hiSton party.