davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-06-03
"a CEST OTCOyU.
OMAN.
Napsal Xavier de Maad@pin.
r o M An

eeni Jest die vas?"
"Jesx pokss otlstraniA ,olo-
vo."
Toto slibo Sc vsak "a % let
takrka jedno S kosti lebe6-
nou."
"Nuze, vyjmu sousedni ca
sti teto."
ITO bude niti, ale nepochy-
bne "a nasledek smlt opero-
van6!"
"Nikoli, panel" odtasil Ste
pan $ sdlveroa, vsak pouze
zdanliyou . nikoi skuteenou.
nebot' sam chvel Sc pred moz
nym nezdarem operace. Mike
Ii, panes to hude miti naopak
" zapeti uzdravem nest 'astni-
ce vyjasn&ni rozushn jejiho.
Avsak o v6cech takych nelze
sc pfiti, lie je pouze dokazo-
vati q il to dokazu!"
Osudnv okamzik nastal.
Domaci lekaf a1tavu byl "a
tim ySe pfichystal.
Esterka, kteraz chloroformo
wanna, uvedena byla do stavu
lplne bezeitnosti, vsazena byS
la ma kfeslo u okna kobky sto-
jici.
Ma hlavu jeji, jez opfrala sc
o diva n,ekke polStafe, padalo
pine sv6tlo denni.
Stepan Losiot otevfel M to
skiinku operacnimi nal tro-
il.
Ocel jejich sc : leskla "a
II slunecni.
SnQubenec Bertin sc podjal
smeleho a ne5ezpecneho dila
sveho.
Ouch jeho byl pevny jako
VILE; l'uka jeho Sc nechySla,
avsak velike krGpeie potu zro-
silly hojne cello jeho.
Div&ci ostatni pod mocnym
dojmem vyjevu toho tajili pax
dech svIj.
/ Operace trvala ctvrt hodi:
ny. cele to stoleti!
V posledni takrka vterin6
Gtvrte minut vyndan byl zlo-
mex olova z lebecneho obalu
.jeho a novy obkladek polozeA
ma otevfs.lou r&nu.
Minulo ctvr hodiny.
Esterka probirala Sc zvol.
Ma re stavu bezcitnosti ci-
Mia ma kfesle SVEN pohyby ia
ko osoba, icz sc zvolna probou-
ii.
Nahle otevfela o4i a rozhle
dla Sc kobkou svou pohledem
v nemz nebylo mic pomatene-
: no.
"Kde to jser tazala Sc
a pritiskla ODE ruce sve X ce-
lu.
Pritomnym nezbylo Gasu il
odpovedeti.
Vydechla z hluboka j pozby-
la vedomi.
Stepan dial rozkaz, ably Es-
Mdloba ia byla ocekavana
a nepodesila nikoho.
terka ulozena byla ma sve To-
re a aby zaclony kobky byiy
spuSteny, by prostor tento Ia
kalen byl polotemno.
"Ku podivu!' zvolal jeden z
lekaru, "avsak neobavate se
horecky?"
'Pfedvidam il q dovedu nj
zapasiti. Nejnebezpecnejsi kus
prace Jest vsak hotov. Mohu
nyni ruc.ti "a vSe.'
Riditel ,istavu pfistopil zno-
WI k Stepanovi.
"PoGinal jste 81 jake mistr,
kollego nily a blahopreji yam
k tomu.' del mu, tiskna nu
rullu i dodal pax hlasem tlu-
menvm: "Pamatujte \vsak, III
|. vazne okolnosti, o nichz jsme
iiz nluviF. Nezapomente, &c
tato zena byla sem dopravena
policeinim fiditelstvim, aby by
R'ditel ,ustavu pfktoupilzao-
! In na1nuSona Od 0Sfa4nfhn Sv9ta
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-06-03

pres to doufaan dovesti, co Sc
Jim nezdaiilo."
''Esterka jet iiz 90 roxy ST.
lenou."
Vim, ale byla by byvala uz
pred % lety vyiscena, kdyby
hrfed tehdy byl byval He4nen
pokus, jshoz se, nyni odvaaim.'
''Phl bych VAN vskutku pl-
ny zdar, ale nevefim v nsj.'
"Varuju was. znovu, byste
Sc nedopoustel t6to necpatrno-
sti."
"Vnitrni mocny hlas nutka
mne k nj. Ne nemohu jinak.'
"Nuze, chcete-ii vsi nloci bu
diz! Doprovodime vas K paci-
entce."
Vsichni, nesouce potfebne
nastroje operacni, odebrali Sc
ma to do kobky Esterciny.
We stavu silene nenastala Cd
nekolika dnd zadna zmena VII
bee.
Stala yztycena u okna q hle.
della ven do zahsady, kdez vii
yem prvnich mfazikl nocnich
zeleh stromG rychle zmizela.
Phi skfipotu dvefi, jez sc O.
tevfely, obratila Sc Ale:aa ry-
chic. Blankytne oci jeji upne-
ly Sc ma tolik neznamych tvari.
Oblicej jeji nejevil vSak pra-
Gadneho prekyapeni.
Stepan poizrocil ku pdedu.
Esterka. yjak Sc zdalo,. poznala
no, nehot' pfistoupila knemu a
podah mu ruku. Jeji 1plny
kid a pomerne yyjasheni du-
cha jejiho zdaly sc byti leka-
II dobrou predzvesti.
eide, panove, vizte nest ast-
nici kterou hodlam operovati.
pravil tento, obrativ Sc k SOU
druhum svym.
Jake pricin6 pf.citate Silen,
stvi jeff" tazal Sc Stepana
starickTy, holohlavy jeden le.
kar.
"Nejakemu nestesti. tctiz ra
ne, ktera zastihla lebku jeii,'
odvetil mlady dokto~. "Podam
vam neIpopiratelny du!Saz to
no."
Stepan velel Esterce used
nouti a odstranil obkladek. kite
~ po Ia dni uvazoval Sc j
pevnym zpusobem IA lebku,
yyloziv Jim jeste j:na o2atle
nj, jez byl vvkon"l, odhrnu'
ylasy silene. Ma misto zarud.
leho vystupku ma vrcholi hla.
Wy, kteryz objevil Esterky
kdyz do ustavu byla dana, zje4
villa Sc tam nyni jakasi iizvs
barvy blede iako ostatni kuze
jenom upr,stSed iizvy te bylo
mozno spot:iti jakysi cernJ
bod. kteryz ieden lekar po drl
hem prohledl 81 drobnohle
dem.
"Nuze, panove," vyklada
Stepan. "tato zena byla crane
ma pred % lety vystfelen n.
hlave, kule vsak, drive nez ne
st'astnici tuto zasah!a. odrazi
la sc nepochgbne jinf pied
met - zlcmek olova vnikl pal
do kosti le'oecne. prOryl il ;
zastal v nj vezeti: odtud ma
hly tlak jeho ma mock a
toho plynouci silenstvi teto x
ny nebohe. A tel,to zlomek o
Iowa Jest zde zcela iasne vide
ii. Nasty nador. kteryz isen
odstranil, abych operaci usn q
nil, zakryyal no drive tax. b
JIM lekafi, kteri Esterku leci
Ii, prave priciny silenstyi no
Ipochybne sc nedopatrali. Ji
! max byli by museli rovnez o o
peraci Sc pokusiti Esterka
tvrdim tax, byla by byval;
tehdy. jiz vylecena.
Lekari netajili Sc obdivem !
ustrnutim SWIM.
Neusmiyali Sc jiS.f ~
NR1.Ik .,x =, * o1n,,,Js ,yivyr,
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-06-03

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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-06-19
SUNDAY CHAUTAUQUA

TT is to be regretted that Sunday
L is again included in Kennewick's
Chautauaua dates. Chautauqua is
essentially community affair and
to be successful must have the en-
thusiastic support of all elements III
the community. There are those who
are opposed to Sunday Chautauquas
and their opposition is entitled to
consideration.
Neither the managers Of the Fill
SON White company nor the local co:n-
mittee are unmindful of this fact Ia
fact the Chautauqua managers are
looking forward to the time when
Sunday may be a day of rest for the
Chautauqua folk. To date it has
been impossible to accomplish this
and at the same time keep the price
to the level of the ordinary pocket
book. It is likewise impossible to ar
range the program so that sacred
or religious number can be given on
Sunday. A circuit, which makes Chau-
tauqua possible, cannot be maintained
on this basis. If the sacred number
came to Kennewick on Sunday, it
would be in Prosser on Monday, in
Toppenish on Tuesday and so on.
One of the first questions consid-
cred this year by the local committee
was that of the Sunday Chautauqua'
For the most part members of the
local committee are representative
and active members of local churches
and the question was considered from
the church standpoint. Every men,
Der of the committee would prefer
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-06-19

that Kennewick have no Sunday Chau-
tarcua date but their wishes in the
matter can in no wise change the
datings which were made up at the
beginning of the Chautauqua season.
Nor have the managers any control
over this feature under the present
plan.
All of these facts were carefully
considered by the local committee,
and in considering them the financial
side of Chautauqua could not be dis
regarded. If we are to have Chau-
tauqua it must be made financially
successful. The committee was unan-
imous in the belief that with one of
the big features of this years pro-
gram cancelled it would be impos-
sible to sell the season tickets for
five days for the price of six and the
price of season tickets is fixed by
contract. Then there is this feature,
at the close of last years Chautau-
qua, the Kennewick Business Girls
volunteered to sell the tickets this
year. Pledge cards were passed thru
the audience and many people obli-
gated themselves to purchase season
tickets this year. Both the Business
Girls and those who signed pledges
acted with the understanding that
there was to be six days of Chautau-
qua. Members of the committee felt
that they could not in fairness expect
the Business Girls to assume respon-
sibility for the sale of 5-day tick
cts for the price of six nor could they
hold the individual signers to their
pledges on this basis.
As we have said, Chautauqua IS a
community affair and must have the
general supper tot the community
Insofar as the local committee is con-
cerned the only way Sunday Chau-
tauqua can be eliminated is for this
community to pay for six days Of
Chautauqua and receive only five. Be-
fore this can can be done a definite
understanding to this effect must be
had with the prospective purchaser
before his support has been solicited
and not after his pledge has been
given.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-06-19
THE GAS TAX

IRON the operation of the 2-cents-
per-gallon tax, during the first
four months of the year, tate Treasur-
er C. L. Babcock estimates that the
highways funds will this year receive
81, SOC, 900 from this tax.
Here is one form of taxation which
is not burdensome and concerning
which there is hear few or no COM
plants. It is in fact one of the most
equitable taxes ever levied in the
state. The money raised from it is
used for highway improvements and
maintenance and every purchaser
uses the roads and the best feature is
that the gasoline purchaser pays the
tax unconsciously and consequently
uncomplainingly.
It is possible that students Of taxa
tion may find in the, gasoline tax a
basis for extending the sales tax to
other commodities and in so doing
tighten the direct levies on property.
It is too much to expect that any
system of taxation will ever be popu-
lar with those who pay it but the
application of the sales tax to gas
oline is proving so satisfactory and
so equitable that the possibility OF
extending it is worthy of careful con-
sideration.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-06-19
HOVER NOTES

dOV6n VNO1Sc
= 9 . = $.$ = = 2 = . . .
NJ. Gill returned Thursday from a
few days spent in Portland and As
toria.
The Kings Herald Band was enter
tanned Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Grover Montague.
Clarence Thomas returned last
week from Lowden.
Carroll Cushman who was operated
upon at the Pasco hospital some time
ago for appendicitis returned to his
home here Sunday.
Joe Mauraski returned Sunday from
a short visit with relatives at Van
couver.
Mrs. John Mills and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Mills and sons were dinner
guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Kenneth of Section Sunday.
Mrs. H. C. Graft with the Misses
Mabel Hughes and Anna Thomas left
Saturday for Pullman to attend the
convention of the Boys and Girls
clubs.
A group meeting of the W. F. M
Is. will be held at the home of Mrs
j. E. Hampton on the afternoon OF
June &c at one o'clock. -------.--
Mr.. and Mrs. Petit and sister OF
Seattle were guests the last of tho
week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
III. C. Graft.
Evening star., 1924-06-28
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge.

The breaking Of the floor Of the
Pennsylvania Avenue bridge over the
Eastern Branch by a truck is inter-
esting. That the bridge sustained the
shock shows that 1t has strength left,
but every bridge ought to be above
sharply emphasizes that until a new
and stronger bridge is built care must
be observed that all the floor timbers
are sound and that the legal limit Of
loads on the bridge are observed.
The engineers have determined that
no load in excess Of six tons shall
come on the bridge, and at each end
of the structure is sign to that ef-
feet. 1t was a five-ton truck that
broke the floor, and owners of the
truck say that the load did not ex-
ceed the limit prescribed for the
bridge. 1t is also said that the timber
which gave way was rotted. An in
vestigation is in progress.
The bridge floor is rough, and it has
been apparent for some time that the
planking is considerably worn, but it
does not seem that there was any
fear as to its safety when not put
to a greater strain than a weight of
six tons. Because of the rough hoor
there is uncomfortable vibration OF
ne iron structure, and the District
authorities are soon to lay a new
wood floor and top 1t with asphalt to
reduce vibration, as was done In the
Evening star., 1924-06-28

case Of the Calvert street bridge.
There is no proposal to remove or in.
crease the load limit Of six tons, be.
cause the engineers feel that the iron
underpart Of the bridge should not
bear q greater strain than that.
1t has been pointed out many times
that the new" Pennsylvania Avenue
bridge. built in 1890. should be re,
placed by a modern structure. There
has been not only a remarkable in.
crease in the volume of traffic, but
a great increase in the weight of sep.
arate loads. The bridge is called on
to bear strains which the engineers of
1890 could not foresee. The late
accident might have been a tragedy.
The jolt of the truck. one rear wheel
Of which broke through the floor,
might have broken the bridge. Wash.
ington, on both sides Of the Eastern
Branch, will not be satisfied until this
old bridge is replaced with one as
strong and safe as the Anacostia
bridge or the Key bridge.
Evening star., 1924-06-28
German Farmers
For New England

1t is an interesting prediction that
is made by the agent of a German
steamship company that a large pro-
portion of the immigrants from Ger
many in the immediate future will
devote themselves to truck farming
in New England. The agent has been
visiting both the leading manufac-
turing cities and the farming districts
near them and expresses the belief
that these districts could profitably
employ substantially all of the 49,
900 Germans who presumably will ar
rive within the fiscal year, in accord
ance with the quota Limitation of the
new immigration law.
1t Is not an unreasonable opinion.
Farmers in the west and center OF
Europe are accustomed to intensive
manded by conditions in New Eng
land. The nearby markets have great
ly increased in size in recent years
with the phenomenal growth of the
cities and the distances have been
automobile. Habits of hard work and
thrift, and to these should be added
cooperation, are assets with which
German immigrants may be expected
to be particularly well supplied.
1Hoy Will nave Aiao tae ChSou. oeS
ment of the example of other immi-
grants, not better fitted for farming
in New England, who have been sue
cessful. A generation ago abandoned
farms and farms promptly abandoned
for small pecuniary inducement by
descendants Of the coionists were
taken up here and there by Scandi-
navian immigrants. Later the Italians
and Poles and still later the Russian
Jews followed suit. But. small as 1t
is and hilly, rocky, sandy and
swampy as 1t Is in many places, New
England still has a great deal of fer
tile workable and accessible soil
ready to pay reasonably we'll for fts
exploitation.
Aud the descendants o{ the early
Evening star., 1924-06-28
Conquest.

TWO members of the Mount Everest
expedition perish in an attempt to
scale the peak Of the worlds highest
mountain. Unusual blixzards brought
disaster. but the expidition will re-
turn with the knowledge that some
of those who survived stood at a
higher point Of the earths altitude
than any man had ever stood before,
The other night a veteran Ameri-
can flyer, when his plane went dead
In the darkness above the city of
Dayton, faced death. Without hesita-
tion he did what no aviator had ever
done before at night-he climbed out
on the wing Of his machine, swung
clear and pulled the rip cord of his
parachute. He came safely to earth
q conqueror.
Out of the far east comes word that
the American flyers have landed at
Rangoon-pushing westward in their
conquest of a world aerial route.
Not so long ago two physicians
with the mysteries of radium and the
X-ray. At least one American physi-
clan is now lighting for his life. hav-
ing enda ngered himself with similar
experiment These men. too, are en-
gagged in conquest.
century 10 as much an age of adven-
ture, of romance, as were the
fifteenth and the sixteenth. Our Ma
gellans are all around US. fitting into
new time and working with other
means.
Here is something TO tell the next
s made "ss sse ''s s.s s0s sSs a ss. rS
nance out Ct lifa"-Milwaukee
Journal
Evening star., 1924-06-28
Classical Studies.

This morning assembled in this city
for its fifth annual session the Ameri-
can Classical League, organized only a
few years ago to promote the study
of the classics and to develop a clearer
understanding of the value of classical
education as factor for the higher
development of the youth of America.
For over three years an investigation
has been in progress by committee
of the league to determine the extent
to which classic studies are being pur-
sued in the institutions of learning in
this country. The report Of the in
quiry will form one of the most i'm.
portant features of the meeting.
No matter how intensified may be-
come the pursuit of the so-called prac-
teal subjects in our schools and uni
versities, the need of instruction in the
classics remains undisputed. The youth
who is well grounded in knowledge of
the learning of ancient Greece and
Rome is better equipped for any work,
professional or technical, than one who
is deprived or who deprives himself
of such an advantage.
Education is not merely the fitting
out of the individual with the tools for
doing the things that make for the
best living" in the sense of making
a career. There is something far more
to be desired than the commercial or
the professional OF the technical sue
VII Of
The highest development may come in
humble living, in comparative priva-
ton.
AS a means of true intellectual and
spiritual advancement. which should
be the goal Of all, irrespective of the
material rewards of business sue
cess the study of and acquaintance
with the classics is an essential. The
problem of the schooimaster is to win
his students to an appreciation of that
truth and to make them desire to pur-
sue such studies. To the average
schoolboy the dead languages" are
anathema. This perhaps is because Of
the methods adopted in presenting
them. There may be something wrong
with the mode of instruction. The
American Classical League is bent
upon finding out. If it can discover a
means whereby the golden treasure
of the past, which is equally a treas
ure today, will be more eagerly sought
by the younger Americans it will have
made a rich contribution to our cul-
ture.
Evening star., 1924-06-28
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKlN

Q. In reading the Congressional
Record / notice that when some
measures are voted upon the votes
are given in the Record. At other
times the names and votes are not
printed and the Record merely says,
THE bill was passed" What rule
governs this?-D. f. l.
A When a record vote is taken on
a measure the names and votes of
the members are shown in the Rec
ord; however, when the vote Is not
recorded this indicates that viva
voce (verbaD vote was taken.
Q. Has any colored student ever
been made a Phi Beta Kappa
A. J. B.
A. The Negro Year Book says that
forty-se seven colored students have
been made members of Phi Beta
Kappa, the university honor society
Q. l have a horse that snagged
herself on the under side Of the right
shoulder. The place seems to be
full Of air. What causes it, and will
it heal all right. B.
A. The bureau of animal industry
says that the air in the wound is
caused by the loose cellular tissues s
being filled with air which is pump
ed into this area by the movement
Of the limb back and forth. This
condition will not produce any Sc
rious results. but will correct itself
in time.
Q. How did the Iberian Peninsula
which is composed of Spain and Por-
tugal, receive this name.-R. S. /.
A The Iberian Peninsula was sc
named from its ancient inhabitants
who were known as the lberes. Ac-
corGing to some autho rites, the
word merely means inhabitants
The name seems to have been APP
piled by the earlier Greek navigators
to the peoples on the eastern coast
of Spain, probably originally those
modern Ebro. Iberian thus means
sometimes the population of the Pc
ninsula in general and sometimes the
peoples of some definite race whc
formed one element in the popula-
ton.
@. How long has Buffalo Bill beer
dead?-W. J. c.
A. Buffalo Bill died in Denver
Col, on January 10, 1917.
Q. Are passenger automobile:
ure?-J. G. NJ.
A. per cent OF passenger Cdl
mileage is for business purposes.
@. In what country or shire o.
England was George Washington
mother born?-M. E. w.
A. Mary Ball, the mother o.
George Washington. was not born il
England. Her birthplace was on hel
fathers estate in Lancaster County
Va. She was born in 1706. Hel
father. Joseph Ball, had four chill
dren: Joseph Ball, jr., Susie. Mary
and fourth child whose name is no
mentioned.
Q. Please give the history of the
name Abilene" as applied to a towr
in Kansas?
A. The name is derived from
province of ancient Syria The wore
means "a grassy plain
Q. Did Queen Victoria's reigr
bring about a lessening Of crime ir
England?-D. Q. r.
A. When Queen Victoria succeeded
Evening star., 1924-06-28
Convention Clamor.

Those demonstrations" at the NOM
mating convention in New York have
been, it would seem, of two kinds in
general, the spontaneous and the
manipulated. In all the course Of the
practice of putting up candidates for
nomination in open meeting there have
been outbursts of applause for favor
ties, partisan manifestations Of hand
clapping and cheering. Steadily in re-
cent years they have increased in vol.
ume and have heightened. 1t has be-
come a habit to time them with stop
watches. The chances of aspirants for
nomination have been measured by
them.
Z But these New York demonstra tions
have been worthless as guides. In the
first place they have been too well
prepared. And they have been too
often repeated in the same interest.
They have been "cued." with every
sign of rehearsal. And, Furthermore.
they have not been mainly the ex-
pressions of the delegates, the men
and women with the votes to nomi-
nate.
That the galleries and even the floor
of Madison Square Garden were
packed with boomers for the local IA
vorite son has been evident from the
beginning. When the big Smith demon
stration started upon the placing Of
his name in nomination the doors were
thrown open at the east end Of the
Garden and cohorts OF men, women
and children trooped in with banners.
invading the hall, filling the aisles and
accompanied by buckles grinding