davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1933-12-07
The Human Side of the News
Rare Manuscripts Saved by Chance-Lemmings
Blu EdUUin C.. Hill.

waste-basket what he considered
pretty poor stuff.
But Mrs. Kipling, finding the
discarded sheets in the waste
basket, was thrilled by the lines
and sent the poem to the Lon
don Times, signing her huS-
bands name to the accompany
ing letter. The old Thunderer
was so delighted and moved by
the poem that it gave it nearly
a whole page, setting it out in
big, boldfaced type-something
it had never done before in a
hundred years.
Only a few years ago the
Liberal Party under Mr.. Lloyd.
George ruled the rooSt in Eng
land. But so enormous have
been the mutations Of those few
years that the snow white head
of the astute Welshman now is
barely visible on the horizon Of
world affairs, and the party he
once ruled has been split into
factions.
All of this prompted the Lon
don Times to the amused COM
ment that this flight of the Lib
erals makes one think of those
strange little creatures called
Jennings,
The Washington times., 1933-12-07
Mass Suicide

The allusion made by the
Old Thunderer Of Fleet Street
brings up one of the most GU.
rious facts in all nature, this
mass suicide impulse of those
little mouse-like creatures, the
Scandinavian Jennings.
At certain intervals every
few years. hundreds of thou
Sands-millions-of these tiny
creatures feel the impulse to
march to the distant ocean,
and the whole vast army takes
up the march, moving in a
straight line, over or under any
obstacle; climbing mountains,
swimming rivers; never stopping
until they reach the blue At
lantic into which they plunge.
None ever returns.
There is an ancient belief
that these little Jennings came
originally from the lost Con-
tinent of Atlantis, lying now
somewhere on the bottom Of
the Atlantic Ocean. The peas
ants of Sweden and Norway
firmly believe that the lem
mings are stirred and swept
away, every so often
Copyright, 1898, King Features
Syndicate Inc.) =
The Washington times., 1933-12-07
Open On Sunday
Mt. Vernon

decision of the Mt Vernon Ladies Association to open
home Of George Washington to the public on Sundays will
beshaied with delight by patriotic Americans
great national shrine which has been preserved by the
and devotion of the members of the association will
aftr be open to public view Sunday afternoons from
2 Until o'clock
he liberalization Of the open hours of the shrine will
enbe thousands of persons from all parts of the country
w otherwise could not have paid their respects to visit
mn Vernon
here many who have been deprived of the oppor-
tuty of making patriotic pilgrimage to Mt Vernon be-
ce the fact that they could not make the trip except
Sunday and that day the mansion has heretofore been
cl&ed.
here have sound for refusing to admit the
Sunday is believed In the first place the great
wds which would be expected to visit the place would
necessarily weaken the old homestead
ecently engineering skill has strengthened the building
th this danger is happily thing of the past.
here also the objection that opening of the estate
SD day might be irreverent
Patriotic and civic clubs have long advocated that visitors
admed Sunday and the Kiwanis Club international
Tenty launched concerted movement to bring this about
The Mt Vernon Ladies Association by its action in making
shrine accessible Sunday has further earned the ad
mfation and esteem which the American people already
0Msd it. 4 ~
The Washington times., 1933-12-07
Three-Minute Journeys
By Temple Manning

close to the sea. This leads to
the famous Villa Igiea, which is
now a hotel, and to Acquasanta,
another smart and popular bath
ing resort,
The electric trolley from the
Pizza Bologni in Palermo takes
one to Monreale, with its cele-
brated cathedral, the most beau
tiful Norman building in Sicily.
The mosaics, from the year
1882 cover a surface of over 68,-
900 square feet and depict
scenes from the scriptures with
Greek and Latin descriptions.
Besides the church are the IA
nous cloisters of the Benedic.
tines, with hundreds of twin pill
lars decorated with mosaics sup
port a series of pointed arches.
In the center of the square
formed by the cloisterS is the
wide basin of an Arab fountain,
the waters of which rise from
shaft as slender as a flower
stem. To the right of the
cloisters is the modern part of
the convent with magnificent
paintings.
The Washington times., 1933-12-07
For Kindling

Thomas Carlyle, after the
terrific toll Of completing the
first volume of his French
Revolution" destroyed all his
notes and sent the finished
manuscript to John Stuart Mill.
Mills housekeeper, looking for
wastepaper with which to start
a fire one winter morning,
picked up a sheaf of papers
from a table and used the
papers to build her fire. 1t was
Carlyle's precious manuscript.
When Mill reported the loss, the
crusty Scotsman felt physical
agony, as if an iron hand was
squeezing his heart. But down
he sat and reWrote the volume
from end to end, and we will
never know how the second
labor compared with the first
great as the second was.
Joseph Conrad lost the manu-
script Of "Almayer's Folly" in
a railroad station restaurant in
Berlin, and nearly lost it again
in Africa.
But the most remarkable piece
of fortunate chance was the
salvation Of a poem which many
consider one of the finest ever
written in the English language.
Rudyard Kipling, fired with pa
triotic fervor, wrote a poem OF
five stanza. When he had crossed
the last 1T" and dotted the final
81" he read it over. crowned
with distsSte and threw into the
The Washington times., 1933-12-07
Political Ozark Continent"
Challenges Young Voters
Blu James T. Williams, Jr.

governments today in communi.
ties North, East, South and
West.
President Roosevelt knows
what he is talking about when
he denounces this outworn sys-
tenn of government because he
had to contend with it while he
was governor of the State Of
New York.
Although the Empire State of
the Union is far from being in
the heart of the Dark Cont.
nent," conditions there are bad
enough to challenge the organ
lied hostility of all young
pioneers who are approaching
voting age or have recently at
tained it.
For example, the State Of
New York today, outside of New
York city, is divided into 81
counties, cut up into 932 towns,
SO cities and 35 villages. In
these have been organized fire,
water, lighting, sewer, sidewalk
and improvement districts to
the number of 2,467. In addi'
ton are 9,504 school districts
making a total of 13,497 mu.
nicipal units outside of New
York city.
Many citizens Of New York
State are living under II diff.
ferent layers of government.
The towns and counties alone
have supported over $4,000 off.
cials, and the people are paying
tribute to over 1000 tax col
lectorS.
The Washington times., 1933-12-07
Needless Burdens

What is true of New York
State is bad enough, but there
are conditions in other States
of the Union which are even
worse. In fact not one of the 48
States of the Union can yet
boast of a system of State and
local government sufficiently
simplified to meet the challenge
of new day.
Even so we'll governed State
as the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts is still plagued from
one end to the other by the ex.
travagances of the county ring
and by it's sinister grip on county
and local government.
Even the States of North Car
olina and Virginia which under
the administrations of progress
Sive governors like Gardner and
Byrd have begun the conquest of
their part of "the dark CONT.
nent," have a long way to go De-
fore they complete the job.
And until the dark continent
of politics is explored, con-
quered and civilized by an
invading army such as only the
younger voters of America can
raise, government in the sew
eral States will continue to
totter, public education to
suffer, the administration Of
justice to falter, and the pO-
liticaI racketeerS Of county and
local government to feed at
the public trough.
Copyright, 1888, The Washington TimesI
The Washington times., 1933-12-07
Palermo

FaleFmO
AS q tourist center, Palmero
Is surely one Of the most inter-
esting and beautiful in all Italy
If not in all Europe. Year after
year, the foreign colony at Pal
armo becomes more numerous,
the Anglo-American colony be-
ing exceptionally large. And if
you have ever spent even a few
hours in this beautiful Sicilian
capital, you won't be astonished
that it is fast becoming pop
ular winter resort. No wonder,
since the city is so large and
beautiful, the climate so mild
and even, and there is a grand
Seashore resort at, Mondello,
close by.
Like so mony of the towns Of
southern Italy, Palermo is
divided into two distinct parts,
one ancient with narrow wind
ing streets and relics Of many
civilizations and ages, and the
dern quarter, with wide,
straight boulevards and streets
devoid of monumental buildings
and beautiful gardens. The ira
ditional center Of Palermo Is
the old and characteristic Pi-
azza Vigliena, better known as
Quatro Can't, where two of the
most important thoroughfares
of the town meet at right angles.
One of these is the Victor Eman-
uel, a perfectly straight road
which starts from the sea, ira
verses the town and continues
beyond the Port Nuova as far
as the slope of Monreale. The
other road is the Via della Lii
berta which crosses Palermo
parallel to the sea.
BygOne POmp and Glory
Along these roads are wonder
full old palaces, exquisite churches
filled with treasures, museums
and galleries. The municipal
offices are housed in the Pa
lazzo Pretoria, restored in the
sixteenth century and standing
in the piazza named for it.
A beautiful sixteenth century
fountain dominates the square.
Here and there are wonderful
old villas and palaces, many OF
them set in magnificent gar
dens. Palermo is paradise for
those who would learn history
while rambling through wind
ing old streets and stately
squares where buildings become
more than stone or marble as
they tell their mute, but still
eloquent, story of bygone pomp
and glory.
For contrast, visit Mondello,
once a fishing village but now a
smart bathing resort with de
luxe hotels and thermal pa
vilions and a fairly good golf
course that is now being i'm.
proved. From Mondello there
is the good coast road that skirts
Monte Fellsgrino and keeps
The Washington times., 1933-12-07
ONCE OVERS
Defense of Youth of Today

Defense of Youth Of Today
You should realize that it Is
a serious matter to circulate
a derogatory report about any,
one, especially a young woman
or married woman.
If you are middle aged or
older you may be a bit shocked
by the talk and actions of the
young people Of today.
They conduct themselves in
a way that surely would have
brought censure a generation
ago.
For that matter the same
was said of youth, in whatever
generation, by those who were
twenty to forty years older at
the time.
Perhaps some "bad end" was
predicted for you in early life.
What you did was as daring
for that day and age as are
the things that seem so unwiSe
and even disgraceful to you to-
day.
But youth Of today is open
and above board and probably
as clean in mind and spirit as
1t was when you were young.
They do openly what you did
in secret.
There is more freedom Of the
sexes but can you say truth
fully that proper bounds are
overstepped any more often to-
day than they were in your
time?
OF course you can't.
You will find young people
generally as clean and virtuous
as any you ever knew in those
Clden times. ..a.aa.,...
The Washington times., 1933-12-07

A great adventure awaits the
more than 100000 young
Americans from Maine to Cal.
ifornia who will come Of age
during the New Year just ahead.
This is the opportunity to ex-
plore, conquer and civilize what
has been aptly described as "the
dark continent of American pol
itics"-county and local gov.
ernment in the several States.
To engage effectively in this
adventure, however, the young
pioneers who enter upon it must
possess three qualifications:
The Washington times., 1933-12-07
Might Doesn't Make Right

Might Doesn't Make Right
Too many persons think that
to be positive in their asser-
tions is to strengthen their
stand or position.
They feel that they must be
forceful in denunciation of
what they do not believe, and
vigorously argumentatiVe in
presenting their opinions.
They resort to pounding a
table, raising their voices to
high pitch.
Thus they succeed in rousing
themselves to an angry point.
But nothing convincing is
gained by such tactics, is
there?
They may cause another per-
son to withdraw or acquiesce.
But such quiet submission is
not indicative of approval or
acceptance.
People are not won over by
strong language.
You will defeat your purpose
by using the strong arm method.
To answer an assertion by
calling it silly. announcing that
you are surprised that they do
not display better judgment, is
not satisfying argument.
You might be called silly your
self if some folk were not afraid
to say what they really think.
Don't forget that good sense
is possessed by many, not just
a few.
You might be surprised If you
knew how many people consider
your opinions lacking in a good,
sensible foundation.
(copyright, 1ssS, King Features -
=. =. syndieatsI Inc9 ,..--.
The Washington times., 1933-12-07
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland :

might be more stimulating and
less soporific.
The difference between love
and marriage IS like the diff
ference between dining ala
carte and table d'hote. In the
first case you can choose what
you like; in the second, you
have to take what you get.
It is sad to reflect that an
old flame, who is one of your
beautiful memories" may re-
gard you just as one of his
"lucky escapes"
Marriage is like vaccination.
If it doesn't take" the third
time you try it, you might just
as we'll give up and stop irri-
tating yourself.
If it were not for woman, men
might still be conversing in signs,
dressing in leopard-skins and
eating their frogs-legs raw. But
then, if it were not for man,
woman might still be wearing a
string of beads instead of back
less evening gown and counting
with sea shells instead of play
ing politics. They have a CIV
LIZING effect on each other.
According to a good lawyer,
Cruelty and desertion" are what
a man is guilty Of, when he tells
his wife that she's too old to
wear these foolish little hats, and
then goes out and slams the
door.
Somehow, it gives a woman a
certain amount of satisfaction,
to call up her husbands office
The Washington times., 1933-12-07
WISE WORDS

It Is the nature Of foolish
reason to seem good to the
foolish reasoner.-George Eliot.
Virtue Is bold and goodness
neveg Shakespeare 9,
The Washington times., 1933-12-07

and find out that his stenogra-
pher doesn't know where he is,
either.
If the modern mans heart
were merely made of flint, it
wouldn't be so diScouraging; it
is the fact that it is made Of
elastic that battles woman.
Copyright, 1888, King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-12-07

Perhaps, if we spent the
same time and ingenuity in
putting a little color and fla
vor into marriage as a man
wastes in coloring and flavor
ing a cocktail, wedlock, too,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-08-10
MT. LAKE PARK

At the base of the east slope of
Cars Knoll there is dense patch
of Joe-Pye weed and from short
distance the massed bloom against a
background of green shrubbery, flank
ed by the brownish-purple flowers Of
the tall iron weed give an effect wor-
thy of formal garden. Many of the
wild flowers and weeds of this region
respond readily to cultivation when
transplanted to favorable locations
in soil similar to that to which they
are accustomed. Frequently the re-
suits are very gratifying. For in
stance, there is nothing more snowy
than the common Culver's root, when
properly cultivated, with its long,
slender white or pale lavender spikes
z or inches long. The plant some
times attains a heigth of or feet.
The heavy downpour of rain few
days ago played hob with the east
tennis court located along the board
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-08-10
and son Billy left last Saturday TO,
their home in Larchmont, N. Y.

and son Billy left last Saturday for
their home in Larchmont, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horner Davis, of
Clarksburg, are occupying the Max
well cottage this season. Mr.. Robert
Davis was a weekend visitor.
Mrs. Walter Foster, of Grafton,
Pa, is a guest of Mrs. Laura Simp-
son. Mrs. Simpson also has as her
guest Miss Carrie Seeds, of Indianap-
oils, Ind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred C. Fleming are
spending few days in Fairmont.
Mrs. Walter Cressin was a visitor
in Elkins this week.
VIM. L. Branch, ST., and son were
business visitors in Weston, w. Va,
last week.
Misses Sallie and Minnie Mccoy,
of Fairmont, are guests of DR.. and
Mrs. L. L. Carr.
James Turley spent Saturday and
Sunday in Quaker City, Ohio.
Mrs. G. M. Brown, of Loeb Lynn,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-08-10
Grimes, has returned to her home.

Grimes, has returned to her home.
Mrs. Skyles entertained at bridge
on Friday evening in honor of her
house guests, Mrs. Oscar Ricketts,, of
Washington; Mrs. Walter Talbot and
Miss Clara Woods, of Winchester.
Casselman Chesley is in Chicago
for few days.
Miss Eleanor Gillin, of Washington,
is the guest of Miss Joanna Grimes.
Late arrivals at the Mountain Lake
Hotel were Miss Helen Jones, Pitts
burgh; Mr.. and Mrs. Hallowell Par
ker, Baltimore; DR.. F. P. Clothing,
Pittsburgh; Mrs. C. C. Maddox and
Mrs. E. H. Dixon, Kansas City; Mr..
and Mrs. M. B. Williams, Wheeling;
1. N. Booth, Sewickley, Pa; Miss Mae
Deming, Washington, D. c.; Thomas
S. Arbuthnot, Pittsburgh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Taylor and
son, Bruce, will leave Saturday for
their home in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willoughby Chesley
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-08-10

August 7. 1888
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-08-10
DIED.
MRS. MARY C. MITCHELL


Funeral services for Mrs. Mary C.
Mitchell, aged rs years, 9 months, and
II days, who died at her home about
II o'clock last Thursday morning,
were held from the home on Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock Rev. C. A.
Shilke, pastor of st. Marks Lutheran
church, officiating. Interment was at
Bittinger.
The deceased was a native of the
Bittinger section, having been born at
Cheviot Dale, near that village,
October Is, 1857, the daughter of the
late William Kemble Cunningham and
Eleanora Boyer Cunningham. She
spent 26 years in Arkansas, returning
to her native section in 1916, settling
in Oakland
Pallbearers were Martin Ralston,
William Ralston, Charles Ralston,
Jefferson Ralston, Thomas Swami and
Albert Kahl, and flower bearers were
Elizabeth Thompson, Geraldine Kahl,
Kathleen Ralston and Miss McCulley.
Relatives attending the funeral
from out of town included Miss Ruth
McRobie, Washington, D. c., Mrs.
Thomas Henderson,, Morgantown, w.
Va; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Swami,
Bloomington; Mrs. Jefferson Thomp-
son, Miss Elizabeth Thompson and
Miss McCulley, near Homer City, Pa;
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Ralston and Miss
Kathleen Ralston, Frostburg.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-08-10
Card of Thanks

We wish to take this means of ex
pressing our sincere thanks and ap
probation to the neighbors and oul
friends for the kindness and assist
ance extended during the illness ant
after the death of our wife anc
mother. We also wish to thank those
who sent floral tributes, those who
offered cars for the funeral, to the
ministers for their consoling MESA
ges and the church choir for the beau
tiful anthems.
ALEX. C. MASON
WADE H. MASON.
Advertisement 26-1t*
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-08-10
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
By FRANK P. LITSCHERT

The next international meeting tc
interest the American people, no"
that the London economic conference
is out of the way, is the recovering
of the Geneva Disarmament Confer
ence next October. At present, ac'
cording to most political experts who
have studied the question, there is not
much more chance this conference Will
succeed than there was for the Lon
don Economic Conference. There is
the same old story of confiictingng IN
terests on the part of European
nations.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-08-10
MRS. SARAH A. MASON

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah A.
Mason, who died last Thursday morn
ing at her home on Third street, were
held from the home Saturday after
noon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Archibald
Moore and Rev. C. A. Shilke officiat-
ing. Interment was in Oakland ceme-
terry.
Pallbearers were Jesse ]. Ashby,
Jr., H. w. Kahl, William King, George
Little, Oscar Turney and A. G. Ross.
The deceased was aged 80 years, 10
months, and days. Surviving are
her husband, Alex. C. Mason; one son,
Wade H. Mason, of Oakland; two
brothers, Oscar Friend, Deer Park;
and Dolliver Friend, Clarksburg, W..
Va. She was born near Deer Park,
the daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel w. Friend, and resided in
Garrett county except for few years
in Florida. She had been a resident
of Oakland for thirty-nine years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-08-10
ATTENTION TURKEY
RAlSERS---POULTRYMEN.

DO not wait until blackhead
strikes your turkeys or coccidio-
Sis gets in your chickens. The
Kasco method of feeding will
control this. See US for free in
structions. No obligation. If
you are troubled with this disease
now, do not wait. Come in now,
we will tell you how to control it.
Kasco Feeds For Best Results
OAKLAND CASH FEED STORE
S. B. ArOnhalt, Manager
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-08-10
MRS. GEORGIANNA C. BURST

Funeral services for Mrs. Georgian
ma Custer burst, 78, who died Tuesday
afternoon, August l, after short ILL
ness, were held Saturday afternoon
from the New Germany Reformed
church. Rev. Mr.. Wright, pastor, Off
ciated.
The deceased was the wife of Will
liam H. burst and had spent many
years in the Grantsville community.
She was daughter Of the late Samuel
and Lydia Custer. Her husband, a
daughter, Mrs. Sydney Setter, with
whom she resided; two sons, Floyd
and Lee, both of Grantsville; three
sisters, Mrs. Joel Kinsinger, Cassel-
man; Mrs. Lewis burst, jennings;
and Mrs. Edmund HENDERSON, of st.
Paul, Pa, and four grandchildren sur
vive.
Burial was in the New Germany
cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-08-10

has returned home after spending the
weekend at Wellsburg, W. Va, with
relatives.
Mrs. Margaret Turley and daughter
Gladys spent a few days at Western
port.