davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Arizona republican., 1920-06-13

and there was no need for a new jail. It was suggested that a service mems school be erected on the ground and now a free night school for former sol diers sailors and marines stands on the jail site.-New York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1920-06-13
SCHOOL ON A JAIL slrE

on the west field of the Hudson County court house, Jersey City, ground was set aside some time ago for the erection of n new county jail
 Then the saloons closed in Jersey City
Arizona republican., 1920-06-13
IIkEn HIS TALK

"No," said. the appreeiative listener to the book agent; T don't want the books. But I'll tell you what l will do. If you'll come. around with some phonograph records of your fine talk about 'em, I'll purchase a full set Washington Star.
Arizona republican., 1920-06-13

A person 32 years and months ola has only lived a billion seconds
Arizona republican., 1920-06-13

caption convey possibilities wealth a general
 
 all those qualities dependably that require Incidentally nes nements of finish and equipment which found the best automobiles the price is m
The Ordway new era., 1920-11-05
The Man Who
Wasn't Himself

The lady smiled reassuringly. Eel
len has solved the difficulty. We may
call it house party, and you guest
as well as she and L.
Leaving me out of It," complained
BENIN "why shouldn't he put up at
my lodgings for the night?"
Just the thing" agreed Clinton.
VERY good of you, Mr.. BENIN. II
will-will save Miss Lowrie the trouble
Of"
"BotheratIon !" exclaimed Amy. "If
Charlie takes you away he need never
show his face here again. Besides he's
not going to. because you're going 10
stay home"
THAT settles It," declared Doctor
Kirkland. when TOodlums puts her
foot down Come. Charlie. Good
night. my dear. Girls, don't let him
escape you"
Don't worry" replied Amy. 'El-
len and | shall treat him SO nice thai
he won't want to leave"
I'D be glad TO stay even II you beat
me-" suggested BENIN.
THAT would make it quite house
party" observed Ellen with "a wistful
PialINt 1T 'ililbAis
Amy laughed outright. "She and
Charlie are going into horticulture.
They think two peaches will make
two pairs, If provided with the cor
rect accessories"
SIS there man In town more cor
rect than yours most devotedlyF
queried BENIN.
'"rhe only gentlemen invited to this
house party are brothers" banteref
the little hostess. "Do join ~
Thanks, mol Good evening. every
body Meet you ut the bank. Will,
BENIN covered his hasty retrent. "I'm
coming. doctor. Leave the door OPEN
Even Clinton smiled at the precipi-
tate flight Of the young elegant.
Trust Tillie to have his room all
ready" said Amy. "I'n put him to bed
right away. Come, brotherklns, else
the sandman will catch you. It's time
you toddled or to Sunderland"
Clinton looked TO Mrs. Kirkland for
succor The lady smiled and gra-
ciously wished him, pheasant dreams :
Good night !" murmured Ellen. She
lmpulsively rose and started toward
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WHAT'S IN THE NAME
"AMERICA"

Millions sing america: compare
| lively few know the origin of the
name. Its history and its symbolism
are described in communication to
the National Geographic society by
John II. Finley as follows:
"'America'-a name that was first
heard on the planet, or at any rate
first put on printed page, according
to the best authorities, In the village
of st. Die. among the Vosges noun
tains in the east of France, often call
ed the baptismal font Of America. :
"on a pilgrimage to this valley of
the Vosges some years ago, 1 found
still standing the cloisters where the
scholars had lived who wrote The In
PRODUCTION to Ptolemy's Cosmography
the book in which 1t was suggested
that the name America be given to
| the newly-discovered fourth continent
and who prepared the now famous
map on which the emerging continent
was identified. There, too. 1 found
the site of the old printing shop, and
the house itself in which the printer,
Jean Basin, had lived.
"At the beginning Of the war the
Germans had occupied 1t, and in 1917
their guns looked down upon 1t from
the blue line of the vosges.' The
cloisters, close under the mountains.
| I found in q recent and second pill
grimage had not been damaged, but
there were many houses that had been
destroyed by shell or by wanton fire.
though Jean Basins was still stand
ing.
europe could not readily forget the
geography Of its infancy and child
hood, but America began from Its God
fearing settlement with an astronomy
| of infinite distances, with geography
partaking of the sky as well as Of the
sea and land.
"As there was no feudal system of
society for America to unlearn, be-
ginning as 1t did with the compact
and CONSTITUTIONAL so there was no
physical theory of the universe for 1t
to abandon. 1t was democratic and
Copernican from Its first national con-
| sciousness.
with this Copernican consciousness
of the universe, America should be the
lenst provincial of the continents, for
Asia and Africa, as well as Europe,
still remember the old cosmography
and In some darker regions still cling
to it"
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SEA sLEDs FOR AIRPLANEs
Speed Of Giant Floats Makes the
Taking of From Small Space
Matter Of Ease.

Giant sea sleds capable of carrying
airplanes out in midocean are being
developed by Boston concern. Some
are equipped with four motors, total
ing 1,75O horsepower, and have
speed of 50 miles an hour.
In the event of war with foreign
nation these sea sleds would be util-
lied to transport heavy bombing
planes across the ocean. Thousands
could be sent at a comparatively low
cost.
While 1t is possible for an airplane
to learve the deck of a sea sled, there
is not sufficient room for landing to
be made The flying machine would
have to work out Its own salvation
once its wheels left the sled.
These sea sleds are built to lift and
run on the surface of the water. When
a speed of so miles an hour is reached
It is possible for an airplane to open
Its motors and leave the deck without
any further runway.
Experiments made off the New Eng
land coast show that small alrplane
can take or when.afhe sea sled Is
making but 40 miles an hour In
heavy sea. Other tests are being made
to develop the high power planning sea
sleds into pleasure craft as well as for
military and naval purposes.
Gordon S. Orme Of New Orleans, a
wealthy sportsman, has had a 32-foot-
er built for his use in the Gulf of Mex
leo. Factories have been established
in Atlantic City to aid In producing
the sea sleds. which are now being
tested of the New England coast.
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WHAT IS THE UKRAINE? !?

In the heart of the Ukrainian ter
ritory Poles and Ukrainians partici-
pated in struggle with the Bolshe-
Wiki.
what is the Ukraine? The Poles
and the Lithuanians of n few centuries
ago knew well this most turbulent Sec
ton over which they attempted to
rule, and imperial Russia for long
time was greatly troubled by this very
unruly part Of her expansive domain.
The Tatars and the Turks felt Its
proximity because of the many raids
made upon them by the wild warriors
of the steppes." says Nevin o. Winter
In communication to the National
Geographic society.
1.-The Ukraine includes southeastern
Russia, with the exception of the
province known as Bessarabia. which
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til sky and horizon meet In barely
perceptible line. Parts of 1t remind
one very much of our own western
prairies In spring and summer it is
an ocean of verdure, with the varied
shades of green of the growing vege-
tation interspersed with flowers of
many hues later, In the autumn after
the crops are harvested. 1t becomes
brown waste of stubble and burned-up
pastures; in winter 1t is a white. glis-
tening expanse of snow.
"There are not many old towns In
the Ukraine. Except in Kiev and
Kharkov, one will hardly find build
Ing more than hundred years old.
No old medieval churches built up by
the toll of generations of devout
hands, no old chateaux of the nobil-
ity, no palaces rich in pictures Will
be encountered. The great majority
of the towns are still big, overgrown
villages.
'The towns are separated from each
other by enormous distances, with I'M
perfect communication. The peasants
plant their villages in the lee of some
swell in the surface or by the edge or
a stream in which they can water their
fiocks during the drought which may
come"
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tween ais hands ana Dent down to KISS
her forehead. Little sister-lIttle
sister!'' he half whispered. Now go.
please goi"
"Will" she ecstntically gasped.
"You do-do remember mel"
"No. it's not that" he hastened TO
curb her JOY. "Please go ut once"
She went out detected. He bolted
the door and looked about the room
with an distracted gaze. The almost
ascetic simplicity of the decorations
and furniture gave marked promi-
nence to the two large photographs
on the dresser. The young man went
across to study the faces that the pho
tographer had represented with un-
usual fidelity. Though so dlssimilar
they were alike in being lovely.
He smiled whlmslcally and mur-
INJURED: Two darllngs-my fIancee and
my lttle-sisterl
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MANILA: KANSAS CITY OF
THE PHILIPPINES

In connection with the continued dis
cussion of Independence for the Phil
| ipplnes the capital city of the islands,
Manila becomes of special interest.
As a transport wends inward from
the China sea, 1t passes the island Of
| Corregidor. beyond which stretches
Manila bay, whose 120-mile circumfer-
ence could surround the navles of the
world. Its rival will not be found in
the far East. On the right of its en-
trance stands Cavite. where Dewey
sank the Spanish fleet.
From the bay the city of Manila
seems to lie almost at water level
with hazy mountains for back
! ground. Before the United States
came to the Islands Manila was a
sleepy town, sprawled lazily beyond
the bay and the wharves of the river
Pasig, which bisects 1t. Its streets
were quiet and almost deserted at
times. its suburbs shady and pretty,
| and a general air of 'manana" per-
vaded Its atmosphere.
Today its estimated population
equals that Of Jersey City, Tndianap-
'
with launches and vessels of every
description, Including the houseboats
of literally floating population Of
fifteen thousand; and through its port
it sends yearly to other countries near
| ly hundred million dollars worth Of
hemp, sugar, copra. tobacco and other
| comodltieS.
A unique sight in Manila is the Pace
cemetery. which at present has fallen
into dlsuse. 1t is composed of two con-
centric walls about six feet thick,
honeycombed with holes just large
enough for coffin. In the olden days
these were leased for periods OF five
years. AT the end of that time If no
one was sufficiently Interested In the
remains of an inmate to pay his rent
for another five years his bones were
thrown on a heap at the back of the
cemetery. Imagine the "shlmmy" the
flesh on an ancestor-worshlplng China
mans backbone would perform should
he behold the queue of one of his pro-
genitors Drotruding from this Golgotha.
Out from the walled city near the
bay shore is Luneta, a small amuse-
ment park, and Wallace field, used
for sports and the annual carnival.
In the days of Spanish rule Wallace
field was an execution ground for po-
litical prisoners. and here DIR. Jose
Rial. the Filipino surgeon, novelist
pnd patriot, was executed.
ManIla's chief shopping district is
north of the river. and enterprising
Fllipinos, Americans and Chinese have
set up stores, banks. factories and
restaurants, giving this portion Of the
| city an up-and-doing air.
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him. only to stop in sudden remem-
brance and stand blushlng between
dismay and half-hearted expectancy.
Good night - excuse me - good
night /" he stammered, and he hurried
out past Amy into the hall.
She darted after him, but did not
overtnke him until he paused in the
upper hall before the door of n deli
ciously dainty pink and ivory boudoir.
She placed II caressing hand on his
shoulder when, mt the sight of the
feminine furnishings of the room, he
would have stepped back.
Aren't you going to tell me how
much prettIer 1t Is than II wasf" she
reproached.
"You forget this Is the first time l
ever 1t Is very pretty. though. Far
too exquisite for man."
Horrors |" she cried. "You must
be half asleep. Go on to your own
room"
He looked Mt the closed doors of the
other rooms as II in doubt. She cut
short his hesitation by leading him to
the end of the hal, and into large,
simply furnished bedroom.
'Didn't tell you?" she said. "Til-
lie has everything neat as pin" She
darted ahead into closet and came
out with nm armful of garments. "Yes.
Tillie has hung up your lounging robe
and pajamas. Here they nre. You'll
want good hot bath after your trip
and there's Ellen and her mamma
so III not stop to talk. Good night"
1
Good night" he replied. trying TO
avoid her affectionate gaze.
I'VE must nor keep them waiting
she said, upturnlng her CupIds bow
lips to him.
To have altogether refused that In
vitation would have been an Impossi-
billty. He caught her small head be.
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.YouR FIANcEE WATTS"

SYNOPSIS. - Allghtlng from a
train at Denver a well-dressed trav-
eler Is familiarly accosted by
man about his own age. The trav-
eler Ignores the advance. A few
minutes later he is greeted as
"wnT' by an elderly lady and gem
tleman. who stop their auto to
speak. lie imagines It a case of
mistaken Identity and announces
himself as "Rlchnrd Clinton" on
his way to the coast. The couple
appear greatly surprised, and learn
ing he Is to be in town until mid
night, the lady. introducing herself
as Mrs Kirkland. and her husband
as Doctor Kirkland. invites him to
dinner, explaining the action by his
truly remarkable resemblance to a
friend OF theirs. He accepts. At
the Kirkland home he meets
young lady who greets him as her
flance. She is Ellen Kirkland. and
plainly is greatly hurt by his asser-
tion that he is Richard Clinton"
At dinner "Clinton' learns that his
host Is a medical specialist and
that he is believed to be WIN Low
rie. a young man who had been
suffering from n nervous break
down ana Hau gone eNHN lNI iHtul-
cal treatment Lowrie had had In
his possession bonds OF the value
OF 900. belonging to the bank
where he was employed, which
have disappeared and of which he
has no recollection. with Doctor
Kirkland Clinton" goes to the
Lowrie home. the doctor being sat
isfied that Amy Lowrie. WINS sis
ter. will convince Clinton" he is
really Lowrie. suffering from loss
Of memory, Amy declares at once
he is her brother. and insists on
treating him as such. to his great
embarrassment. Doctor kirkland
sends telegram TO the santa
rum where Lowrie is undergoing
treatment. Ellen and Amy try In
vain 70 convince Clinton" he Is
WIN Lowrie.
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"I never saw a dinosaur,
I never hope to see one"

Yet, according to reports from At
rican explorers live dinssaur.
brontosaurus has been found In Africa.
Now that the dinosaur is with us.
potentially, big game enthusiasts will
be interested In this description of pre-
historic big game, quoted from COM
munication to the National Geographic
society by Barnum Brown:
To-day we must go to Africa for the
biggest game; but there was a time
in the dim distant past when America
produced animals larger than any now
living. That was so long ago that
nothing remains of these creatures eD-
cept their bones, and they are turned
to stone.
1.-THE animals are dinosaurs; for
the moment we will call them lizards
not the creeping. crawling kind, but
huge reptiles that stalked upright
through the jungles. rivaling in size
the elephant, the hippopotamus and
the rhinoceros.
"The place is Alberta. Canada, and
the time of their existence 100000
years ago.
In tneSe U1HTSHeS VI pIehistoiN
times dwelt host of reptiles, some
large, some small and of various forms,
flesh eaters and herb eaters, but all
sharing certain characters in common
and known as dinosaurs. Not any
were closely related to any living rep
tile, yet they had some characters
common to the lizards, crocodiles and
birds.
"Of the kinds characteristic of the
period one species, herb eater named
Trachodon, was more than 30 feet long
and about Is feet high when standing
erect. Its head, with broadly-expand-
ed mouth, resembles that Of duck.
but back of the beak there are more
than 1000 small teeth, disposed IN
many vertical rows each containing
several individual teeth, the new ones
coming up from below as the old ones
wore out.
"The long hind legs terminated In
three large-hoofed toes, and the short
er, slender front feet were parity
webbed A long, thin, slender tall act
ed as a powerful swimming organ, and
the body was covered with rough tu-
berculate skin. Having no means OF
defense, 1t lived chiefly In the water
where it was free from attacks OF the
flesh eaters"
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BARBADOS: ISLAND OF
VAST RESOURCES

Barbados Is one of the most inter
esting and least known of the pos
sessions of Great Britain.
Pear-shaped. solitary, farthest east
of the West Indies. Barbados general
ly is accounted the most healthful OF
the group even though 1t is the most
populous country in the world, per
square mile, except China. and George
Washington carried to his grave the
marks of smallpox contracted on
visit there.
The island-there Is but one despite
the misleading plural name-is but an
eighth the size of our Rhode Island,
but has twice as many inhabitants
per square mile as our smallest and
most densely populated state.
Seldom does a volcano become an
asset. but volcanic eruptions have con-
tributed largely to the fertility of Bar
bados. When the sun was obscured
throughout one day in May, 1912, the
Barbadans were panic stricken, but
when the gentle rain of black dust
subsidized. the deposit was found to
be ashes from an eruption of st. Vim
cent Soufriers. nearly 100 miles to the
west, which enriched the soil.
Long before that time, though, Bar
bados was productive. Oldest of Brit
ish colonial possessions except New
foundland, 1t also was the first place
in the British empire where sugar
cane was planted. Its average crop
of this now high-priced commodity is
7. -. L.
planted In sea-lsland or long-staple
cotton; raises 10000 punches yearly of
the Chinese banana, and exports mo-
lasses.
One phenomenon of Barbados has
not been accounted for. For years
the so-called Barbados Coffin Story"
furnished mystery which would In
terest present-day psychic investiga-
tors. In the yard of church near
Oistin's Town Is churchyard burial
vault, hewn from rock and arched with
cemented stone. A woman was buried
there in lead coffin, according to
Barbadan custom. Several years later
when the vault was opened again to
receive another body, the coffin had
been removed from its original po-
sition. Upon the second occasion spe-
cial precautions were taken to seal
the vault. Several times thereafter,
though seals were unbroken and there
seemed no other mode of entering
the solid rock and masonry, the cof-
fins were displaced. Finally the mouth
of the vault was cemented, and when
1t was time to receive another body
officials of the island and an i'm
mense crowd gathered for the cere-
mony. Once more all the leaden cask-
cts were found to have been disturbed
and the family had their dead removed
to another burying ground. No salts
factory solution of these strange oc-
currences has been offered.
A natural curiosity of Barbados Is
the animal Flower Cave" the so
called flowers being sea worms.
Not so agreeable are the Mauchineel,
or poison trees, along the shores,
whose leaves blister the skin and con-
taminate the water
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CHAPTER lV-continued.

"Stay7 You mean stay here and rob
me Of my trip1" pouted the girl.
"very sensiblyl" exclaimed Mrs.
Kirkland.
Unless you drive me mad !" quail
fed Clinton. 81 shall stay in Denver.
hut on condition that Doctor Kirkland
shall at once telegraph TO inquire
about Mr.. LowrIe"
The telegram shall be sent to-
night" said Doctor Kirkland. NO
doubt we shall hear from the SANTA
rum some time tomorrow"
''yery well. l suppose can keep
snne that long. May | ask you to
send telegrums for me to No that
will not he necessary. The answer to
your telegram will prove that l can
not be Mr.. Lowrie."
'Mr, Lowriel" chuckled BENIN.
Clinton flushed and almost suatchcd
out Il wallet, which he opened so hur.
riedly that the contents fell from 1t.
Among them was bank draft and u
ynrd-long railroad ticket. As he caught
these from his lap to hand to Doctor
Kirkland BENIN stopped to pick up
the baggage check that had fallen on
the floor. With them lay numbered
brass piece such as is given out us
receipt Mt checking counters.
When BENIN handed Clinton the pa
per baggage check the metal checl,
was not with them nor was 1t on the
rug. The owner did not notice its
absence. He was pointing TO the name
on the ticket and draft.
There is clear proof of my iden-
tity." he said. stupid of me not to
have thought Of It before. Draft dr..
In my favor; my signature on thu.
ticket"
Bemm glanced at the signature and
said a trifle sharply: That's not your
writing"
You mean 1t is not VIII Lowrie's." !"
corrected Clinton. ut is my nnme.
Richard Clinton and my signature"
One of the results of dissertation is
change of handwriting" observed
Doctor Kirkland In his most cocksure
tone.
There is the bank draft" argued
Clinton. ut is drawn on San Fra
cisco. shall cash 1t tomorrow"
BENIN shot quick glance at tic
physician and lightly remarked !:
"You'll need to be Identified. I'll he
glad 10 Introduce you to your bank"
Miner"
Your other selfs bank" chuckle,l
BENIN
AS viii Lpwrie. you know. you we're
confidential agent and broker of the
Fourth National" explained Doctor
Kirkland. Charlie and | have our
accounts there. so 1t Will be less awk-
ward for you to present your draft
where he and i can explain the stu.
alton"
Explain" muttered Clinton. "well
l suppose ! must make the best of 1t
Now II you'll kindly give me your Of
fee card and the address of the banI
md direct me to the nearest hotel"
Listen to himl" cried Amy. "IIo
tel.-when he's Mt homei That come,
of travelling for months"
Miss Lowrie." he gravely replied
"your mother is away. can no NOR,
stay here than ! could have agreed I,
your travelling alone with me-"
Isn't he the silliestl"
81 meap .t."
"AInmma, what If Amy should asl
us to stay tonight?" suggested Ellen
Clinton looked about him with tn
alnrm of the bird under the descend
ing net of ne fowler "Mrs. Kirkland
musr bry ror-" he protested.
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"That elinehes IL. He GER
tainly is VIII Lowrie."
GRO BE coNTINUEDJ
Giant Snail Of Africa.

A valuable addition made recently
to one of London's foremost zoos was
n collection OF giant snnIls. many Of
them measuring as much ms eight
inches. These snnils came from East
Africa. and had they remained longer
they probably would have been eaten
by the natives. Both the snail and Its
egg are considered delicacles In that
fnr-off land. The egg is 30 large II 4
often mistaken for pigeons egg.
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partakes Of the character Of the Bal
kan states and is peopled with Rou-
manians and Bulgarians. The great
seaport of Odessa and surrounding
country have been added to it under
the new alignment.
1.-THE Ukraine does not reach much
north of Kiev or east Of Kharkov. but
1t Is a large state in itself, about as
large as the former German empire,
with some twenty-five or thirty mil
lions of people living in 1t.
"There is lure about the lImitless
stretches of the steppes In the
Ukraine. In wide, level spaces, or in
gentle undulations, they reach out un-
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Passing True.

''The leading lady of the play made
her mark in the first scene"
Eyes, l saw her do 1t when She
leaned her powdered face on the hero's
black dress coat shoulder"
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SOME BIG GAME OF THREE
MILLION YEARS AGO

Speaking of the brontosaurus, If any
one ever did. one might paraphrase
Gelett Burgess: