davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1918-03-07

The Government is today the great
est employer of labor in the United
States, not considering railroad EN-
ployes. In normal times approximate
ly 100000 civilians are employed, and
i'll the last year the number has in
creased to 100000. In comparison.
II steel corporation employs 100000
men, and one railroad 100000.
, 1918-03-07
Notice.

No hunting or fishing allowed on my
ranch on Cedar creek. Please stay off
and ave yourself trouble.
Respectfully,
MATT WATT,
Saratoga, Wyo.
, 1918-03-07

314
, 1918-03-07

My regular customers and all Others
desiring any of the Raleigh Products,
call at Edwards Harness Shop until
April 1. Complete assortment on hand.
j. A. Mauk.
, 1918-03-07
$4,000 Reward.

The Saratoga Valley Stock Growers
Association will pay a reward Of $500
for the arrest and conviction of any
person or persons stealing or killing
live stock belonging to any member of
the above-named association.
J.. A. SCHOONJANS,
G. O. Young, Sec. President
, 1918-03-07

The Sun can furnish you with the
best in engraved correspondence paper,
cailing cards, business cards. etc.
, 1918-03-07

Pure-blood White Wyandotte eggs,
per setting of 10, $3.50. Call l.. r..
Kingman, phone No. 2F2.
, 1918-03-07

For Sale -Fifty-gallon gasoline
tank with screw top and faucet In
quire this office.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Esteban's support of the In
surrecto cause brings disaster to
himself and Rosa. The next in
stalIment tells of their plight.
(TO BE CONTINUED
EXPLAINS POISONING BY FOOD
Science Has Discarded Theory, Long
Held, That Ptomaines Are the
Cause of Infection.

Poisoning by food is no longer ex-
planned as ''ptomaine poisoning" but
in an address to the American Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Science,
DR.. +. o. Jordan showed that II is due
either to true bacterial toxins COMPARE
BILE to those of diphtheria and tetanus
bacilli, or to infection with specific in
lection carried by the food article. The
best known example of the toxin-forln-
ing microbes Is the bacillus botulinus
which has produced in the United
States % recorded cases of poisoning
Of which II were in California, while
Great Britain has reported no case.
This type of poisoning is rare. but in
lection with food-borne disease bac-
of cases. The bacteria are either pres
ent in the food itself, or the food Is
contaminated from human sources.
The chief food-borne infections hith-
erto traced to human contamination
typhoid fever and the various
paratyphoid infections; but TO these
must be added certain infections rare
ly transmitted by any food except
milk. such as diphtheria, scarlet fever.
and streDt0coccus sore throat The
type of infection from food contain
mated at its source is exemplified In
the diseases of certain food animals.
The chief infections known to be due
to food infected at its source are those
mainly meat-borne-caused by the
group of paratyphoid enteritidis bac-
terra, and those resulting from the use
of infected milk. The bacterial dis
eases of plants do not infect man.
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Chinese Queues Not Barred.

Although the traffic In human hair
has not been so brisk during the past
few years as formerly on account of
the veering of the fashions Ia hair
dressing toward the EXTREMIST simple
ity, there are millions of pounds Of
human hair exported from China. One
of the peculiar facts in connection
with the trade is that often after the
Chinese send the hair to us we treat
it and dye II and send ii back to be
made up for special use. This is usual
ly true In regard to the invisible hair
nets which American and European
women use TO keep their own locks
in order on windy day.
The hair-net business has become of
great Importance to the province OF
Shantung, which now provides practic-
ally the entire supply for the mar,set.
Thus the hair net worn by the veriest
stay-at-home in America has doubtless
crossed the ocean three umes.-Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
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harsh: he regarded the speaker with
such sinister. unhlinking stare that
she could scarcely finish: and so
f--can no longer afford to retain you
as administrator
Times Will improve" he said.
impossible! | tell you I'm bank
rupt."
so? Then the remedy is simple
sell part of your land"
Although this suggestion came natu-
rally enough, Donna Isabel turned cold,
and felt her smile stifTen into u girl
mace. She wondered If Cueto could be
feeling her ont deliberately. "Sell the
Narona lands?" she Queried. after a
momentary struggle with herself. "Es-
teban would rise from his grave. No.
1t was his wish that the plantations
90 to his children intact"
And his wish is sacred to you ELI %
Cueto nodded his approval. although
his smile was disconcerting. An nd
mirable sentiment 1t does you honor
But speaking on this subject, | am re-
Hllhh'd vi tildt dispute Will JOSH OIpH
over the boundary to La Joya. | have
promised to show him the original
deed to La Joya and to furnish him
with the proofs about the boundary
line. That would be better than IA
lawsuit, wouldn't it,"
DECIDEDLY! Butt will settle with
him myself"
Cueto lifted an admonitory hand, his
face alight with the faintest glimmer
of ironie mirth. Il couldn't trust you
TO the mercies of that rascal" he said
piously. mo, shall go on as l am,
even ut Il sacrifice to myself | love
Don Estehan's children as my very
own; and you. sonora"
Isabel knew that she must win a
complete victory at once or accept ir-
retrievable defeat.
Never" she interrupted. with 4
tone of finality. Il can't accept your
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
CHAPTER ~.
Retribution.

Although for long time Donna Isa-
bel had been sure in her own mind that
Pancho Cueto. her administrators was
robbing her, she had never mustered
courage to call him To II reckoning.
Nevertheless, De Gastano's blunt nccu-
sation. coupled with her own urgent
needs. served to fix her resolution. and
on the day after the merchants visit
she sent for the overseer. who at the
time was living on one of the plan
tations.
CEto was plainly curious 10 learn
why he had been sent for. but since
he asked no questions his employer
was forced TO open the subject her
self. Through dry. white lips she be-
gan:
My dear Pancho. times are hard. The
plantations are failing, and So" Pam
cho Cueto's eyes We're set close to his
nose, his face MAS long and thin and
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
CHAPTER tIl-Continued.

Good p Don Mario rose to leave,
for the exertion of his ride had made
him thirsty. You may name your own
reward for helping me and | VIII pay
it the day Rosa marries me. Now kind
ly advise her of my intentions and tell
her shall come to see her soon"
It was quite true that Johnnie
O'Reilly-or 1.-The O'Reilly," as his
friends call I'd him-had little in the
way of worl lily advantage to offer any
girl. and it was precisely because OF
this fact that he had accepted a posi-
ton here in Cuba, where, from the very
nature of things. promotion was likely
to be more rapid than in the New York
Office of his firm.
A dancing eye speaks every Ian
guage II singing heart gathers its own
audience. Before the young Irish
American had more than a bowling ac-
quaintance with the commonest Span
ish verbs he had a calling acquaint-
ance with some of the most exclusive
people of MatanZas. He had adjusted
himself serenely to his surroundings
when Rosa Varona returned from
school, but with her coming, away
went all his complacency. His content
ment vanished; he experienced total
change in his opinions, his hopes and
his ambitions.
He discovered, for example. that Ma
tanZas was by no means the out-of-the-
way place he had considered it; on the
contrary. after meeting Rosa once by
accident, twice by design. and three
times by mutual arrangement, it had
dawned upon him that this was the
chief city of Cuba, if not perhaps, the
hub around which the whole world re-
voived, certainly it was the most
agreeable of all cities, since ii con-
tanned everything that was necessary
for mans happiness. Yet despite the
thrill of his awakening, O'Reilly was
not at all pleased with himself, for, as
it happened, there was another girl
back home, and during his first year
Of loneliness he had written TO her
more freely and more frequently than
any man on such salary as his had a
right to do.
Inasmuch as her father was OReil-
ly's company" it may be seen that
Rosa Varona'S homecoming seriously
complicated matters, not only from Il
sentimental, but from business stand
point.
II was in n thoughtful mood that he
rode up La Cumbre toward the Quinta
de ESteban. late on the afternoon of
Dan MariO's visit. Instead of going di-
rect1y to the house, as the merchant
had done. O'Reilly turned off from the
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sacrifice. / am not worthy. Kindly
count at once"
Then Pancho Cueto did an unex-
pected thing. he laughed shortly and
shook his head.
Donna Isabel was ready to faint and
her voice quavered as she went on i:
understand me, we part the best of
friends despite all have heard against
you. | do not believe these stories
people tell. for you probably have en-
emies. Even if all they said were
true, l should force myself to be leni-
ent because Of your affection for my
husband"
The man rose, still smiling. at is l
who have been lenient," said he.
"Eh? Speak plainly"
GLADLY. have long suspected that
Don Esteban hid the deeds of his prop
erty with the rest of his valuables, and
now that you admit"
Donna Isabel recoiled sharply. "Ad-
nit Are you mad? Deeds. What
are you talking about?" Her eyes met
his bravely enough, but she could feel
her lips trembling loosely.
Casting aside all pretense, the over
seer exclaimed "Por ell amor de Dios !
An end to this l know why you sent
for me. You think l have been rob
bling you. Well. to be honest, so l
have. Why should toll as | do while
you and those twins live here in lux
ury and idleness. squandering money
to which you have no righti"
Have | lost my reason?" gasped the
widow. mo right"
AT least no better right than l.
Don't you understand? You have no
title to these plantations They are
mine. for | have paid the taxes out of
my own pockets now these many
years.
Taxes What do you mean?''
Il paid them. The receipts are in
my name"
Heaven! Such perfdy. And you
who knew him :"
The deeds have been lost for so
long that the property would have re-
verted To the crown had ii not been
for me. You doubt that, Ell? Well. ap-
peal to the court aud you will find that
ii is true. Now. then. let us be frank
lnasmuch as we're both in much the
same fix. hadn't We better continue
our present arrangenentsp He stared
unblnkingly at his listener. "Oh. |
mean it, Is 1t not better for you TO
be content with what my generosity
prompts me to give, rather than to
risk ruin for both by grasping for too
muchF
The outrage! | warrant you have
grown rich through your stealing"
Isabels voice had gone fiat with CON
sternation.
''I,ich? We'll. not exactly. but com
fortably we'll off. Cueto actually
smiled again. mo doubt my frankness
is shock to you. You are angry at
my proposition, Ell? Never mind. You
will think better Of il In time. If YOU
are Il sensible woman. But now, since
at last we enjoy such confidential re-
lations, let us have no more of these
miserable suspicious OF each other.
Let us entirely forget this unpleasant
misunderstanding and be the same
good friends as before"
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drive
Cross
The
of themw
night at the library under
othep
% o. Unce San in the post office
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WATCH NE
JGET A REWARD
| FER THIS (


He asked for reward the Murphy
dash for near axa The address
II OF So
baclw
and he had
cohoHnded mutt he would to Il pound
Murphy busted the Calkns
he Calkns
Fay Nnrpiys fare At that there capitol
creased the clauneur odd beans.
There endeh in
The fact that Cop Gakns
a the o oo
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southeast a rrison plaee SOUTH
the in question
d-outQ
aft
all
u
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0REILLY MAKES LOVE BADLY, BUT WELL ENOUGH TO
WIN THE HEART OF ROSA

synopsisDon Esteban varon his wealth
money jewels title The hiding
pace known only Sebastian slave Don Eseans wife dies at
the birth of twins Eseban Don Esteban maes the
Donna Isabel
OF the hidden Sebastian REFUSAL she
Don Eseban EYangeina. Don
Esteban refuses but the gambling he risks
Evangeina
Sebastian kills
and Donna Isabel
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CUHIOI Dc UOTHtTtH VIII tsVBFTS. IHeN
found that the bugbear around the
dark corner hasn't materialized
Especially Is this true of the group
that is working under the direction of
Miss Stella Osbourne at the District
campaign headquarters of the Red
Cross.
There are girls from several gov
eminent departments that have been
doing clerical work for the Red Cross
every night since early in April ex-
cept the night after the parade when
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"Hos May Name Your Own Reward

Rad and. after lettering his horse In
cluster of guava bushes, proceeded
o. foot He did not like Donna Isabel,
nor did Donna Isabel like him. More
over. he had particular reason for
avoiding her today.
Just inside the Varona premises he
paused an instant to admire the out
look. The quinta commanded an excel
lent view of the Yumuri, on the one
hand. and of the town and harbor on
the other; no one ever climbed the hill
from the city to gaze over into that
hidden valley without feeling a pleas
urable surprise at finding it still there.
We are accustomed to think of perfect
beauty as unsubstantial. evanescent
but she Yumuri never changed, and in
that lay its supremest wonder.
Through what had once been we'll
tended grounds, O'Reilly made his way
to sort of sunken garden which, in
spite of neglect, still remained the
most charming nook upon the place
and there he sat down to wait for Rosa.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
PROVING 1t.

Hasn't that star singer very high
voice?'
well, you go and reserve seats for
her concert and you'll find out"
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Visitors Puzzled Over Street Names in Capt

n comes 10
streets the national capital
likewise everybody
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Girl War Workers Are Not Afraid of the Dark

THAT who
the missing Girls especially
nothing that girls
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be blank
n
operators from
Another that time Washington
public
skip by the service is
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operators. BY Nm order issued by the
company operating the capital tele-
phone system unnecessary and frivol-
Gus questions will not be answered by
central"
If you forget to wind your witch,
Mt night and wake up early In the
morning oblivio9s of the time Of day
the ever-convenient hello girl" will
not be your savior.
II you are held in your office
while the Yankees and the Senators are
pummeling each other at the ball park
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31

has heard of Grant pIace, too But do
YOU know where Washington street is?
There is jus. about two blocks of It.
running frIan T22 Fourth street to
Sixth street northwest.
There are three Buchanan streets
in Washington in the northeast
southeast and northwest. There Is Il
jefferson street northwest. Jefferson
street northeast and Jefferson ave-
nue. northwest.
Monroe street is generally known.
There is Cleveland avenue and n
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
Central No Longer Is Bureau Of Information

ASfiINGToN.
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Having said this. Pancho Cueto stood
silent Il moment in polite expectancy;
then receiving no Ineligible reply, he
| bowed low and left the room.
To the avaricious Donna Isabel Cue
to's frank acknowledgment of theft
was maddening. and the realization
that she was helpless, nay. dependent
upon his charity for her living, fairly
crucified her proud spirit.
All day she brooded, and by the time
evening came she had worked herself
into such Il state of nerves that she
could eat no dinner. Some time during
/ the course of tine evening ii Wild Idea
came 10 Isabel Knowing that the man
j ager would spend the night beneath
her roof. she planned to kin him. At
/ first II seemed a simple thing to do
/ merely Il matter of Il dagger or pis-
/ tol, while he slept-but further thought
revealed appalling risks and difficult
/ ties, and she decided to walt. Poison
was far safer.
| Constant brooding over the treasure
j had long since affected Donna Isabefs
brain and rs a consequence she often
+ dreamed about II. She dreamed about
it again tonight and, strangely enough.
her dreams We're pleasant. Sebastian
i appeared, but for once he neither
cursed nor threatened her; and Este
/ ban, when he came, was again the
i lover who had eourted her in Ha-
bana. II was amazing, delightful.
f Il
the grounds of the quinta and he WIS
/ telling her about his casks of Spanish
i sovereignS, about those boxes bound
with iron. about the gold and silver or
naments of heavenly beauty and the
j pearls as large as plums. As he talked
/ Isabel felt herself grow hot and cold
with anticipation; she experienced
spasms of delight
Then of a sudden Isabel's whole
dream world dissolved She awoke. or
thought She did ut hearing her name
shouted. But although she underwent
the mental and the physical shock of
being startled from slumber, although
she felt the first swift fright of Il per-
son aroused to strange surroundings.
Sllt hlltN oIi ilit liStdlil iiiti SiiN llibal
still be asleep; for everything about
her was dim and Clark, the air was cold
and damp, wet grass rose to her knees.
Before she could half realize her con
dition she felt herself plunged into
space She heard herself scream
hoarSely. fearfully. and knew. too late,
that she was indeed awake. Then
whirling chaos A sudden, binding
crash of lights aud sounds Nothing
more!
Esteban Narona sat until Il late hour
that night over a letter which required
the utmost care in its composition. 1t
was written upon the thinnest of pa
per, and when 1t was finished the
writer ineloSed il in an envelope of the
same material. Esteban put the letter
in his pocket without addressing il
Letting himself out into the night, he
took the path that led TO the old
sunken garden. He passed close by
the well, and its gaping mouth, only
i half protected by the broken coping.
reminded him that he had promised
Rosa to cover it with planks. In its
present condition 1t was menace to
animals. if not to human beings who
were unaware of its presence
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eSpled a blsK IIIdog While making Ms
rounds. Hon eked up the canine with
great expec0 on of fetching to owner
with hopes AZ remunera ton. The other
policeman " b hopes of some fun.
with much speee-----c,a action to phone
booths did run. Wti'e onscef B6yuuuss. :,
To Murphy, you see, you call up and
find who the owner might be-" When
Murphy called up. the wires were
pulled" and Murphy. unknowing. was
thoroughly "bulled," for instead of the
owner the officer spoke to the other
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-05-31
With Blood in His Eye Dog Cop 5 seketh the Sly

THIS Is the tale of cops hound ID ent
dog pound. The cops mad the hound is n lie
chauffeur Is some bucks ahead Murphy, dog cop8 Il
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Washington

WAShlNGTON"Mos persons greedy" wodss spoken
w Washington woman who had been observing disgust the
many of her fellow observation-disclosures exploiting
The Glenwood post., 1918-11-30
Glenwood's Food Prices

The Glenwood Post co-operatngfied
publication these fair the retailer the mid
will below Iheed retan
will be changed the
should carefully charged
that overcharged Administration making
The prices given below Are
those by the food administration the
locality euti whea and
The Glenwood post., 1918-11-30

Woman loves clear, rosy complex
ion. Burdock Blood Bitters is splendid
for purifying the blood, clearing the
skin, restoring sound digestion. All
druggists sell it. Price $1.25 10
The Glenwood post., 1918-11-30

Remember that the Post Ia prepar'
tn do all kinds Of commercial psintIn!
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-29
AUTOMATICALLY
in DRAFT One.

Another lost of men failing to
I'LL out questionaires will be pub
lished next week.
The public is requested to rend-
er all possible assistance in round
ngi up these men, failure to file
questionaires automatically puts
them into military services with
out regards to dependents.
If the local exemption board
can get these questionaires while
the men are still in it's jurisdic-
ton, the exemption board will
consider their claims for depend
ency but after reporting them to
the war department for failure to
file questionaires the board has no
jurisdiction.
The following are the names Of
those that did not file their papers
last week.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-29

Willie Silver, Ringwooa, N. C.
Geo. N. Taylor, Roanoke Rapids,
Henry Smith. Portmouth, Va.
Daniel Jones, Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
William K. Thomson, Rosemary,
Robert Ivey, Weldon, n. C
Jessie Martin Hudson, Roanoke r.
Jettis Cornwell Davis Roanoke r.
Glenn Calling, Roanoke Rapids, n. C.
Willie Higson, Rosemary, n. G.
Anderson Day Scotland Neck, n. G.
John w. Faulk, Weldon, n. C.
Monroe Hodgers, Weldon, n. c.
George Anthony, Hobgood N. G.
Ernest Pitman, Scotland Neck, n. c.
Willis Northington, Palmyra, n. C.
James Edmonds, Scotland Neck
Mack Tillery, Scotland Neck, N. c.
VIM. Clarence Buck, Scotland Neck.
Thomas Elliott, Rosemary, N. c.
(Waynesville)
Frank Mitchell, Enfield, N. c..
Henry West, Rosemary, N. c.
Plumber Rowland Halifax, n. c.
lehman Curry Scotland Neck, N. C.
Dan Holt, Rosemary, n. c.
Frank Hunter, Littleton, N. G.
Thomas Long, Weldon, n c.
Edward Richardson, Halifax, n. C.
Benjamin West, Petersburg, Va.
Shepherd johnson, Hobgood, N. G.
William Cress, Roanoke Rapids, N. {
Lawrence Breeding, Weldon, N. G.
Connie Clark, Hobgood, n. c..
Bill Morris, Scotland Neck, n.
Exum Tillery, Weldon, n. G.
Raymond Alphin, Scotland Neck.
Issac Mcdaniel, Halifax, n. c.
William Singletary, Weldon, n. G.
Buddie johnson, Aurelian Springs
Ernest Johnson, Thelma. n c..
William Nick Price, Littleton, n.
Hurbert Jones, Roar~ke Rapids,
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William Henry Con;ey, Norfoll.. Va.
John M. Davis, Weldon, N. C..
Alexander Campbell, Roanoke RAPIDS.

William Henry Con ;ey, Norfoll.. Va.
John M. Davis, Weldon, N. C.
Alexander Campbell, Roanoke Rapids.
Allie o. Todd, Scotland Neck, N. G.
Charlie F.. Brewer, Littleton, N. C.
Robert Bell, Enfield, N. C.
Milton Brooks, HOLSTER, N. G..
Arthur Brown, Weldon, N. C.
Robert Valentine, Scotland Neck.
kest Scott, Littleton, n. C.
Charlie Sylvester Scott, Rosemary.
Archie Fennell, Ivanhoe. n. c..
William Bawling, Weldon, n. c.
Herbert Johnson, Enfield, n. C.
Jacob Henry Mason, Rosemary, N. C.
Bob Hill, Littleton, n. c.
jim Watson, Weldon, n. c.
Henry Branch Nargarettsville, n. c.
William A. Cain, Weldon, n. c.
Robert Allen, Weldon, N. c..
Cary Richardson, Essex, n. c.
Thomas Bond, Thelma, n. G.
Griffin Bunds, Littleton, n. C.
Walter Mills, Littleton, \. c.
Billy Caster Midgette, Rosemary,
William Frazier, Weldon, \. c.
Isham Hill, Halifax, n. c.
William Wilkins, Enfield, n. G.
David Morris, Weldon, n. G.
Ashley R. Lowe, Roanoke Rapids.
William A Williams, Enfield N. c.
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LOGS

buy twenty cars Of
Sweet Gum or Pine logs-logs not
aaallel than fourteen inches ut the
s.:,all end Of log. Quote prices F.
o. B. cars what station. Address
.LOGS'', care this paper. l-i5-lS-7t.