davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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What a Real Eearl 10.

The real pearl-that is the fine.
spherical, iridescent GEMS not @
product of the mother-of-pearl or nacre
lining Of the oyster shell, as are the
barocque and seed pearls. but is form.
cd In the gills and never grows In
size. They begin as small blister
containing hyaline fluid which con-
denses slowly and gradually hardens
IN concentric layers. The iridescence
b due to the minute films Of air or
gas that are confirmed between the
layers.
rtecord Genealogical r+ee
A Spanish nObleman. the Count Of
Orca, has q genealogical tree complete
In every branch from Noah downward
A golden ark figures in the family
escutcheon, and the count maintains
that his E;tle commentaries the serv.
ices rendered to humanity by his an
restor at the tine nT he Daluge.
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euperstItlons Of Siam.

In Slam all babies receive the same
name at birth. This name is Dang.
which means red, and 1t is the only
designation for some months. At birth
cord blessed by the priests is tied
round the outside Of the house and
three balls Of rice are thrown In "luclxy
directions"
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Yule for Christmas.

"Yule" is the old name for Christ
mas, and is still used In Scotland and
the north of England, and retained In
the term "Yule-log." 1t was originally
in England and Scandinavia the festi-
val Of the winter solstice.
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Makes a Good Breakfast.

rwo-pound white perch is a big
one. saws the American Forestry Maya
zine, and, as rule. they do run more
than half that weight to the catch.
They are easy to capture, for they
largely take the right sort Of bait
and few kinds make a better breakfass
NNoA. tho hungry uondCy1oon
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Ant Hills Starr a Fire.

Perhaps the strangest Of causes
which ever produced a fire was an
ant, hill. There is a species of ant
known as the wood ant which makes
nest entirely of vegetable matter.
Under certain circumstances this may
fermeat until 1t gets hot enough to
begin to sinolder. Then comes q
breeze which fans the spark into
fame' and the result may be 8 ssziRss
forest fra
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-23
625, 600 BOTTLES Igsss
SOLD TN NEW YORK
Biggest Thing Of Kind Ever Seen In
That State, Declares Big
Wholesaler.

The fact that 625, 900 bottles of Tan
lac have been sold in the state of New
York since its introduction there less
than one year ago, is a big business
item that will attract unusual atten-
ton throughout the entire East, for
nothing like 1t has ever happened be.
fore. 1t breaks all records.
Mr.. George B. Evans. manager of
the Gibson-Snow Company, the well
known wholesale druggists, with
branches in Albany, Buffalo, Roches-
ter and Syracuse, recently announced
that the preparation was now selling
in their trade territories alone at the
phenomenal rate of approximately 5OO,-
900 bottles a year.
IF the present rate continues" said
Mr.. Evans, ''this state alone viii prob
ably require considerably over 10000
bottles year. This is tremendous
figure, but / am really conservative In
making this statement"
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
advertisement.
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"SAPPER" (
COPYRIGHT by Geo h Dorian Co.

hideous with your vocal efforts. Stray
passers-by will think that you are all
tight. Then will come the dramatic
moment, when, with a heavy crash,
you ram the gate. Mortified at this
wanton damage to property, you will
leave the car and proceed In mass
formation up the drive"
"Still giving tongue| queried OAR
rell.
"Still giving tongue. Either Ted
or Jerry or both of 'em will approach
the house and inform the owner in
heartbroken accents that they have
damaged his gate post. You three will
remain in the garden-you might be
recognized. Then 1t will be up to
you. You'll have several men all
round you. Keep 'em occupied-some-
how. They won't hurt you; they'll
only be concerned with seeing that
you don't go where you're not wanted.
The last thing they want to do is to
draw any suspicion on themselves
and, on the face of it, you are merely
five convivial wanderers who have
looked on the wine when it was red.
I think" he added thoughtfully, shat
ten minutes will be enough for me-"
"What will you be doing" said
Toby.
II shall be looking for Potts. Don't
worry about me. I'll look after my
self. Now, is that clear?'
Perfectly" said Darrell, after a
short silence. "But don't know that
like it, Hugh. 1t seems to me, old
son, that you're running an unneces-
sary lot of risk"
SCOT any alternative?" demanded
Drummond.
eff we're all going down." said OAR
rell, "why not stick together and rush
the house in a gang?"
mo go, old BEAM" said Hugh, de
cisively. 'Too many of. 'em to hope
to pull it off, No, low cunning is the
only thing that's got an earthly of
succeeding" With a grin he rose, and
then strolled toward the door. Nov
go and rope in Ted and Jerry, and
for the love of Heaven don't ram the
wrong GATE
"What are you going to do your
self" demanded Peter suspiciously.
SIN going to look at her from close
to. Go away, all of you, and don't
listen outside the telephone box"
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81 love you, Phyllis"
(To BE CONTINUED
REMAINED KING OF HEAVEN
AMUSING Hindu Fable Concerning the
Climber Who Succeeded in
OutWitting Fate.

"What is written on the forehead
must come to pass ;" this is one of the
major articles in the Hindus' pessimis-
tic credo. Yet even India has its I'M
Observation-Disclosures who deny the
power of fate. They offer, in scat
tered stories and proverbs, convincing
evidence of their incredulity. A fable
tells how two fishes named Fore
thought and Readywit escaped the
fishermen, but Fatalist was caught and
persisted miserably. A rather unusual
story tells how a tricky gambler out
witted fate. After death he went to
the other world. There Yama, the
judge of the dead, said to him. Gam
bier, on account of your crimes you
will have to live world-cycle in hell;
but once on time you gave a coin to
a knower of the Supreme Soul; there
fore you are to be Indra, the king OF
heaven, for a single day. So say
whether you will take out first your
period In hell or your period as Indra."
81 will take out first my period as In
dra," answered the gambler. Then
Yama sent him to heaven, and the
gods, having deposed Indra, made the
gambler sovereign in his place. EN-
ploying his new power the ephemeral
Indra Immediately called to heaven all
his gambling friends and female COM
panions; then he commanded the
gods: Garry us all in moment to all
the bathing places, both in heaven and
on earth, and in the seven continents;
and enter this very day into all the
kings on earth, and bestow, without
ceasing, great gifts so that we may
receive merit accruing from this gen.
crosby" Thus the gods did and by
means of these holy observances the
gamblers sins were washed away and
he obtained the rank Of Indra perma-
nently. When Yama was Informed OF
the matter the next day he exclaimed
in establishment, 'Dear me! This
gambler has cheated us i"-Asia.
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CHAPTER V-continued.

"Such is your rule And I think
you have failed, haven't you, you un-
pleasant specimen of humanity? How
will they kill you, 1 wonder?"
1t was at that moment that the man
made his mistake. He looked away
only for a moment-but he looked
away. Just as a cats nerves give
after while and it looks round for
an avenue of escape, so did the crouch
ing man take his eyes from Hugh.
And quick as any dog, Hugh sprang.
With his left hand he seized the
mans right wrist, with his right he
seized his throat. Then he forced
him upright against the door and held
him there. Even when inch by inch
he shifted his grip on the mans knife
hand he never took his eyes from his
opponents face; even when with a
sudden gasp of agony the man
dropped his knife from fingers which,
of a sudden, had become numb, the
steady, merciless glare still bored
into his brain.
You're not very clever at it, are
your" said Hugh softly. ut would
be so easy to kill you now, and except
for the inconvenience I should IN
doubtedly suffer, it mightn't be a bad
Idea. But they know me downstairs,
and 1t would make it so awkward
when / wanted to dine here again.
So, taking everything into
account, 1 think"
There was sudden lightning move
ment, heave and quick jerk. The
tmpersonator Of Potts was dimly con-
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the waters edge, until at length wisps
of 1t brushed gently round the bunga-
low itself. Suddenly the window of
one of the downstair rooms was flung
open, and a man with n white bag
gard face leaned out drawing great
gulps of fresh air into his lungs.
Three other men lay sprawling un-
couthly in chairs, and two dogs lay
motionless on the hearthrug.
After a moment or two the man
withdrew, only to appear again with
one of the others in his arms. And
then, having dropped his burden
through the window on to the lawn
outside, he repeated his performance
with the remaining two. Finally he
pitched the two dogs after them, and
then, with his hand to his forehead
he staggered down to the waters
edge.
"Holy smoker he muttered to him
self, as he plunged his head into the
cold water, ''talk about the morning
after!'
After a while, with the water still
dripping down his face, he returned
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He Seized His Throat.
scious of flying through the air, and
of hitting the floor some yards from
the door. He made a frantic effort
to rise. but the pain was too great,
and he rolled over cursing, while the
soldier, his hand on the door-knob,
laughed gently.
''Fll keep the toothpick," he re-
marked, ''as a memento."
The next moment he was striding
along the corridor toward the ele-
vator. As a fight it had been a poor
one, but his brain was busy with the
information ne had heard. True, it
had been scrappy in the extreme, and,
in part. had only confirmed what he
had suspected all along. The wretched
Granger had been foully done to death,
for no other reason than that he was
the millionaire's secretary. Hugh's
jaw frightened 1t revolted his sense Of
sport 1t wasn't as If the poor blight
er had done anything; merely because
he existed and might ask inconvenient
questions he had been removed. And
as the elevator shot downwards, and
the remembrance of the grim struggle
&c had ha1 IL the darkness Of The
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ing me. / am keeping house now and
am able to do all of my work. cannot
say enough for your medicine. It has
done more for me than any doctor. /
have not paper enough to tell you how
much it has done for me and for my
friends. You may print this letter If
you wish. - ELIZABETH C. CoRLEY,
care of A. P. Corley, Edmund, S. C.
Ability to stand the strain of work is
the privilege of the strong and healthy,
but how our hearts ache for the weak
and sickly women struggling with their
daily rounds of household duties, with
backaches, headaches, nervousness and
almost every movement brings new
pain. Why viii not the mass of letters
from women all over this country, which
we have been publishing, convince such
women that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound will help them just as
surely as it did Mrs. Corley?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-23
GASSED!

Synopsis.-In December. 1918. four
men gathered in a hotel in Berne
and heard one of the quartet, Carl
Peterson, outline a plan to paralyze
Great Britain and at the same time
seize world power. The other three,
Hooking, American, and Steineman
and Won Gratz. Germans, all mil
Eonaires, agree to the scheme, pro-
viding another man. Hiram Potts.
an American, is taken in Capt
Hugh (Buli-Dog) Drummond, re-
tired officer, advertises for work
that will give him excitement, sign
ing 'XI0." AS a result he meets
Phyllis Benton, a young woman
who answered his ad. She tells
him of strange murders and rob-
berries by a band headed by Carl
Peterson and Henry Lexington.
She fears her father is involved.
Drummond goes to The Larches,
Miss Benton's home, next door to
The Elms, Peterson's place. During
the night Drummond leaves The
Larches and explores The Fins.
He discovers Lexington and Peter
son using a thumbscrew on Potts,
who signs a paper. Drummond
rescues Potts and takes him TO his
own home. He also gets half of
the paper torn in the fight. Peter
son visits Drummond. departing
with threat to return and recover
Potts and the torn paper. Hugh
substitutes Mullings for Potts. The
band carry off Mullings and Hugh
to The Elms. When Peterson dis
covers the hoax Drummond Is
made to stay all night Irma. Pc
terson's handsome daughter, warns
Hugh he will be killed. He goes
exploring during the night, runs
into a cobra, escapes mysterious
death and refrains from breaking
Peterson's neck. Drummond enlists
the aid Of Algy Longworth, Toby
Sinclair, Ted birmingham and Jerry
Seymour. the latter an aviator.
Drummond discovers a man imper-
Fonating Potts
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Despot.

Our word, despot, is from the Greek
word, expressed in our alphabet, and is
written despotes, meaning master. The
meaning of despot is one who rules
without constitutional check or re-
straint; an autocrat; hence an abso-
lutte ruler who abuses his power; q
tyrant; a hard master. Such unlimit-
ed authority is said to be despotism.
An absolute ruler, who used his pow
er well and ruled with justice and
mercy, always seeking the welfare Of
his people, could not be called a des-
pot, although he was an autocrat, a
one-man ruler. Some Of the small
states in southeastern Asia have abso-
lutte rulers, and several are despots.
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THREE.

I'm glad you two fellows came
down." said Hugh thoughtfully, as he
entered the sitting-room of his bunga-
low at Goring. Dinner was over, and
stretched in three chairs were Peter
Darrell, Algy Longworth, and Toby
Sinclair. "Did you know that a man
came here this afternoon, Peter?"
81 did not. Who was it,"
Mrs. Denny has just told me-" Hugh
reached out a hand for his pipe, and
proceeded to stuff it with tobacco.
"He came about the water. And he
told her that 1 had told him to come.
Unfortunately, I'd done nothing of the
sort"
"What do you mean, Hugh?" asked
Toby Sinclair.
'Its pretty obvious, old boy" said
Hugh grimly. ST should say that
about five hours ago Peterson found
out that our one and only Hiram C.
Potts was upstairs"
"Good Lord!" spluttered Darrell,
by now very wide awake, "what do
we do, sergeant-major?"
1--WE take it in turns-two at a
time-to sit up with Potts" Hugh
glanced at the other three. "D-n it
you blighters-wake upI"
Il don't know what 1t Is" Darrell
said, rubbing his eyes. 81 feel most In
formally sleepy"
"Well, listen to me-confound you
Toby!"
SORRY, old man." With a start Sim
clair sat up in his chair and blinked
at Hugh.
They're almost certain to Try and
get him tonight" went on Hugh.
Having given the show away by
leaving a clue on the wretched secre-
tary, they must get the real man as
soon as possible. It's far too danger
Gus to leave the-leave the" His
head dropped forward on his chest !:
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Cloth Upholstery.

Cloth upholstery may be besa
cleaned by beating curtains and backs
lightly with a stick or carpet beater,
after which the accumulated dust Is
whisked of with a brush. Grease or
oil may be removed by an applica-
ton Of lukewarm water and mid
soap, applied with q wooden cloth.
There are number Of wooden clean
ers which win work very wen on cloth
upholstery. but gasoline and benzine
have a tendency TO spread instead Of
to remove dirt.
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Doesn't Mean Anything.

CreditOr-Is Mr.. Perkins home?
Maid-No. sir.
Creditor-But / see his hat and
coat hanging on the hall tree.
Maid-That doesn't mean anything
my dress is hanging on the clothes
line in the yard, but I'm not there.
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Just a Rehearsal.
Vampire
Wretch, out Of my sighti"
II was man when / met your
you're a worm nowi"
"Gosh u exclaimed the leading man
as he paused to mop his brow, this
Is warm work"
Were not getting a nickel for 1t,
either" groaned the leading lady,
Birmingham Age-Herald
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IereQ every month.
/ was not able to do
any work and tried a
lot of medicine, but
got no relief. / saw
your medicine adver-
tised in a little book
that was thrown In
my door, and l had
not taken two bottles
of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege t a Bile
Compound before I
-1 J ILL.,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-23
CHAPTER vi.
In Which Very Old Game Takes
Place on the Hogs Back.
ONE.

ONE.
a thick grey mist lay over the
Thames. 1t covered the water and the
low fields to the west like a thick
white carpet: it drifted sluggishly
under the old bridge which spans the
river between Goring and Streatley.
1t was the hour before dawn, and
sleepy passengers, rubbing the win
dows Of their carriages as the Ply
mouth boat express rushed on toward
London, shivered and drew their rugs
closer around them 1t looked cold
cold and dead.
Slowly, almost imperceptibly, the
vapor rose, and spread outwards up
the wooded hills by Basildon. It
drifted through the shrubs and rose
bushes of a little garden, which
stretched from a bungalow down to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-23
Measuring Raindrops.

Raindrops are measured by permit
ting them to fall into a shallow tray
containing dry flour or plaster Of paris.
Each drop thus makes a cast Of itself,
which Is carefully measured. The
largest raindrops are about a quarter
of an inch in diameter.
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The Latter Of Human Kindness, Eh7
English Paper-Plain cook wanted
for the country. One who can milk
COW and a Christian preferred
Boston Transcript,
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to the bungalow and found the other
three in various stages of partial in
sensibility.
wake up, my heroes" he remarked,
"and go and put your great fat heads
in the river. We were all of us
drugged or doped somehow. And
now" he added bitterly, we've all
got heads, and we have not got Potts"
Il don't remember anything" said
Toby Sinclair, except falling asleep.
Have they taken him?"
"Of course they have" said Hugh.
"Just before l went off I saw 'em
all in the garden, and that swine
darlington was with them. However,
while you go and put your nuts in the
river, I'll go up and make certain"
With a grim smile he watched the
three men lurch down to the water;
the room which had been occupied
by the American millionaire. 1t was
empty, as he had known it would be,
and with a smothered curse he made
his way downstairs again.
TWO.
HAS it struck you fellows" re-
marked Hugh, at the conclusion of
lunch, "that seated around this table
are four officers who fought with some
distinction and much discomfort in
the recent historic struggled"
"How beautifully you put it, old
flick % said Darrell.
HAS it further struck you fellows"
continued Hugh, shat last night we
were done down, trampled on, had
for mugs by crowd of dirty black
guards composed largely Of the dregs
Of the universeY
"a veritable Solomon" Said Algy,
gazing at him admiringly through his
eyeglass. 81 told you this morning 1
detested your friends"
HAS 1t still further struck you."
went on Hugh, trif1e grimly, shat
we aren't standing for it? 1 propose
that we should tackle the blighters
tonight"
Tonight! J" echoed Darrell. "Where?"
"At The Elms, of course. That's
where the wretched Potts is for a
certainty"
sand how do you propose that we
should set about it," demanded Sim
clair.
Drummond drained his port and
grinned gently.
"By stealth, dear old beans = by
stealth. You - and I thought we
might rake In Ted birmingham, and
perhaps Jerry Seymour, tos join the
happy throng-will make demonstra-
ton in force, with the idea Of draw
ing off the enemy, thereby leaving the
coast clear for me to explore the
house for the unfortunate Potts. An
accident. A = car. =.
What is the connecting-link. :. :.
Why, drink. Write it down, Algy, or
we might forget. Now, can you beat
thatf'
I'VE might have some chance" said
Darrell kindly. ''if we had the slight
est idea what you were talking about"
PAY attention, all of you," said
Hugh. Tonight some time about ten
of the clock. Algy's motor viii pro-
coed along the Godalmingv Guildford
road. 1t VIII contain you tnree-also
Ted and Jerry Seymour, If we can
get 'en. On approaching the gate of
The Elms. you win render the night
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WOMEN WHO
CANNOT WORK
Read Mrs. Corley's Letter and
Benefit by Her Experience

Edmund, SGT was run down with
nervousness and female trouble and suf-
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earl necklace and the
are at present
chess Of Lamp

The duchess of Lampshire's pearls
were world-famous; the marquis of
Laidley was apparently enjoying his
tea. And between the two there
seemed to be connection rather too
obvious to be missed.
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QUEENS MONUlRNT.

Mexico City.-A monument ded-
icated to Queen Isabel OF Spain who
materially aided Christopher Col
umbus in his search for . new
world, may be erected here. The
movement was launched at Q recent
banquet Of bankers and merchants.
A similar monument to Her
nando Cortez, the intrepid Spaniard
who conquered Mexico from the
Aztecs, was suggested but the idea
was not enthusiastically received.
1t Is hoped to unveil the monu-
ment to the queen at the time Of
centenary Of Mexico's Independence
next year.
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NkNTED-AGENTS.
KHAN OF KHIVA
IMPRISONED BY
MOSCOW "REDS''

Copenhagen.-The khan Of Khiva,
his prime minister, members Of his
military staff and dignitaries of his
court are imprisoned in Moscow.
says q Danish business man, who
recently arrived here after having
been in a Moscow prison for about
Q month.
The khanste of Khiva of which
the city Of Khiva is capital, Is in
Russian Turkestan and formerly
was an important kingdom Of Asia
In 1873 It became virtually subject
to Russia though for q time there
after it maintained = certain amount
Of independence.
That the soviet government Of
Russia has ben active In Turkestan
Russia has been active in Turkestan
less messages from Moscow, stating
that q congress Of young Bolshev-
lists was recently held at Tashkent.
Other Moscow dispatches have told
Of meetings Of some of the Moham-
medan races Of central Asia osten-
sibly for educational purposes.
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PRINTING

WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS, PRINT.
ed or engraved. Why pay for en-
grayed ones. when we print them for
much les and you can't tell tho differ
ence. See our samples. Also fancy
Stationery and good job printing. Safety
Printing Co.. 313 Eighteenth street.
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