davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-03-17
Storytelling in School.

"A progressive young man
North Carolina has develope
what seems to be a new featur
in connection with public schoC
work. Discovering as a teache
the value of story telling in con
nection with the teaching of grans
mar and composition, he has turn
ed his whole attention TO story
telling. 1t is his plan to visit sucl
schools as employ his services for
day or a week at a time, al
the case may be, sroupins
the pupils according to grades il
audiences to listen TO his reel
tai of tales from Uncle Remus
Hiawatha, King Arthur, Ulysses
or fairy stories, Bible stories, and
bits of history and mythology
This is a new way of teaching lit.
erature, and we are bound to say
that it will be quite as instructive
and certainly as inspiring and en-
tertaining as the dissectlne process
customari!y connected with the
subject. Every one who has had
anything to do with children
knows the eagerness with which
they will listen to stories. The
brain finds in them the food it
needs, and naturally told stories
are much more effective than the
sitter form of reading, The ria
terialist who asks in regard TO
every phase Of school work, OF
what value is ii in fitting the child
toHarn his living? will see nd use
III story telling in the schools. He
will consider it an arrant waste of
time; out the young man who
means to make his living by story
telling understands the thing bet
ter. lie knows that the mind is
thereby given food for thought,
that the imagination is stimulated,
that desire to read such stories is
awakened, leading to greater inter
est in reading on the part of the
children, and that-and this The
practicalist and the materialist will
shake his head Att is good 10
give a child bit of entertainment
and allow him a little relaxati IN.
"Out of the mental t,od he gets
every day." says the young man,
6 the child is constructing for
himself a mental and moral
world. The story presents lofty
ideals of life. 1t touches all the
chords of llte-feeling, sympathy,
love. imagination, aesthetic. ethical
and religious" Therefore he con-
siders that his work touches the
school at its vital point,--The Even
ing Standard, New Bedford, Mass.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-03-17

One or two of those small but
very choice vineyards still left.
Who takes the next? Too cheap for
anything! Also some larger ones,
which will cost just a little more.
Also two rooms to rent, furnished
for light housekeeping. Town
lots always for sale.
P. POND.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-08
z ...,rp..~vr n-uur..

Fernandina, Fla, is the largest ship
 ping point in the world for phosphate rock. The rock. which is used as a fertilizer, was discovered in Florida In 1888. In 1890 the shipments from Fer nandina amounted to 10,428 tons. Each year it has increased, until last year 195,000 tons were shipped from that port. This year it is expected that the shipments will reach 28S,000 tons. All the phosphate rock shipped from Fer nandina goes to foreign countries. The harbor of Fernandina is unsurpassed by that of any Florida port, the depth of water over tho Icing 22R feet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-08
NOT BY DEPUTY.
Queen Victoria Is Said to Re Her Own
 Housekeeper.

Queen Victoria Is Said to Be Her Own
 Houselseeper.
 am sure very many of my readers, writes E. M. Jessop in the August Pail Mall Magazine, will be glad to hear that, notwithstanding the enormous amount of business with which she has to deal, the queen is to large ex- sa awn housekeeper. The first ;.lorning paper of sugges- tioLs sl the clerk of the kitchen IS place. efore her, from which in her own la94d she orders the menus of the day, both for herself and such of her grandchildren as may be with her These menus are at once sent to the kitchens, gardens and other depart ments concerned, to obtain the yiands required, and their contents duly en- tered, together with the quantities of materials used, in the books which are kept in the royal kitchen The queens chef receives a salary oe 300 pounds per annum, and has as satellites four mas ter cooks, two roasting cooks, six ap- prentices and six kitchen maids besides pantry men and other lesser lights. In addition to the great kitchen at Wind sor there are the greenroom for veget- ables, and the confectionery and pas try kitchen. This last is most impor- tant department, controlled by con- fectioner with six assistants and fitted up in the most complete manner. All har maiesfv's favorfte cakes biscuits pastry, etc, are made here and sent by special messengers several times a week to whichever of her residences the court may be staying at. All stores at Windsor are under proper su- pervision, 10 materials being served out without proper requisition signed by the head of the department con- cerned. Not a bag of dog biscuits can even be ordered for the kennels unless on the proper printed form. In fact cal1y as methodically conducted as any great London business. This method which was evolved by her majesty and the late prince consort out of the chaos which descended from the days Of George ", entirely does away with waste, extravaganza and the abomina, ble perquisite system, and moreover it enables her majesty to exercise that wise control over her finances which enables her to keep the grandest es- tablishment on relatively the smallest royal income in Europe
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-08
THIRSTY LONDON.
The Quantity of Water Required ts
 Supply the Big City.


 Supply the Big City.
 Tn 1894 the astounding total of 192,- 100000 gallons a day was reached by the combined water companies of Lon don. This was supplied to the 5,500,- 900 inhabitants at the rate of, say, thirty-two gallons a head for all pur- poses. These figures represent an enormous volume of water, though small when compared with the mighty river that flowed into old Rome. We can only deal with the figures roughly; the supply fiuetuated to considerable degree at different times in the year; it is therefore not possible to be math- ematieally accurate. Allowing for a slight increase since the last return and taking in other sources, to which 1 shall refer little later, we may pretty safely put the present London water supply at about 200,000,000 gal Ions a day. Let us try for a moment to realize what these figures mean. With 200, 0,000,000 gallons of water we could fill lake a mile long, quarter of a. mile wide and five feet deep. The water in it would weigh nearly a mill lion tons. This lake would stretch from the Bank of Church, yet it would be emptied in single day to assuage the thirst of London. Or suppose we could freeze all this water, we could build up a great block of ice a thou sand feet long, thousand feet wide and thlrty-two feet high. If we allow for the expansion of freezing the block would of course be still bigger. Sixty five of the largest ironclads in the British navy could float in the water we use every day in London. When we come to compare our supply with the mighty torrent of Niagara we be- little it. The water goes laundering over the falls at the rate of 2,00O .000 tons minute, or 420,000, ,00O gallons. Our whole daily supply would be whirled over long before the second hand of watch would have travelled once around the dial. And could we divert the magnificent torrent for only three hours we could supply London with water for whole year at the present rate. Niagara is big thing Good Words.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-08
NATURAL WOODS IN BuocIEs.
They May Largely suppIant the oid
 Style Painted Vehicle.

The conventional black-painted buggy will have sharp competition next season by the revival of the de- mand for natural woods Already many of the buggy manufacturers have laid in large stocks of fine WOODS and are making them up in a large number of light pleasure vehicles foI single horses. Many samples are shown in windows around the city, and the bouleyards give promise oI having light-eolored rigs galore foi neYt year. The woods are highly pol isned and in beauty will compare with the handsomest pianos. Birch, bird S. eye maple and oak will be the WOODS most generally used, because, while they finish beautifully, they are the cheapest. The oak will be stained in some instances, giving it the rich gold and darker shades. Mahogany and beech are the. kinds selected by those who prefer the deep rich red shades. Mahogany also gives considerable va riation in color, that portion near the heart being darker than the part close to the bark of the tree. Careful match Ieg of the shades produces q charming effect. Ash and poplar augment the yellow shades. Hard maple has good even dark color, and walnut ranges from dark to light. One order has been placed for red cedar. and it is said to be coming out of the prepara- tory courses a remarkably handsome production. By far the handsomest wood that can be used. in my opinion" said an experienced Wabash avenue buggy-maker yesterday, lis the syca- more, and there will be 8 number Of buggies made of it. l made one In Wisconsin years ago, and 1 believe II was the prettiest piece of wood l ever saw, and the coloring and shading is most brilliant. It is of light red color, and a good piece, well finished, gives the idea of flames, or sometimes like the sunshine on dancing water. Such a piece of wood, passing rapidly before the eyes in a good bright light, will make any one admire it, while the more sentimental will be in raptures. Cypress is much like the sycamore, fanny and reddish, but not quite so brilliant. Rosewood and Circassian and French walnuts are magnificent and will be used in many. In these buggies the dash as well as the body will be of the finest pieces that we can get. and we expect to have the most beautiful buggies in Chicago next year that can be found anywhere. There is no reason why the buggy should always be black-no more than there is reason person should always wear black clothes, and natural wood buggy, in addition to its fine appear anee, is cheaper to keep and requires little work to keep it clean. Even when dirty it is presentable. ."-Chi. cago Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-08
HARDENING PLASTER OF PARIS
Process by Which the Usefulness of the
 Composition May be Enhanced.

Process by Which the Usefulness of the
 Composition May be Enhanced.
 These plaster casts are very success ful as a rule," said a lover of fine arr iE the statuary gallery at the Art insti- tHte the other day, "but unfortunately, they cannot be long preserved. The Humid weather, of which we have superabundance in this locality, Will destroy them ere many years have passed This is the general complaint. Recently, however, a patent has been taken out in Germany for the treat ment of articles of plaster of parls with an aqueous solution of ammonium borate, for the purpose of hardening them and rendering them fnsolubie in water. The process referred to IS said to give results decidedly superior to anything that has heretofore been pro- posed. The hardening liquid may either be mingled with the plaster in the act of molding or may be applied on the surface of the finished casts with a brush. The solution is prepared by dissolving boracic acid in warm water and adding thereto sufficient am-  monia to form the borate, which re- mains in the solution. The manner of using the solution is thus described: The saturation of the gypsum or paint ing of the plaster of paris is carried out in the cold The objects are sub- sequently rinsed off and dried. The surface becomes very hard after two days and insoluble in water, while the induration in the interior advances more slowly. By means of the fluid described gypsum floors can be hard- sned and rendered more durable and ampervious to the influence of the weather. Saturating with ammonium borate is said to be especially useful on the exterior walls of buildings, bar racks. etc.; on the latter, because ex- periments have proved an antiseptic action of the liquid.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-08
A cARBoNic ACID MOTOR.
lts Peculiar Advantages for Use In Au-
 tomobiles.

tomobiles.
 The latest novelty in automobiles is one propelled by carbonic acid. the in vention of c. D. P. Gibson of Jersey City. Describing the model now in op- eration: Inside tho box, toward the rear, is an engine weighing only thir- ty-six pounds, and having cylinders whose diameter is one and seven eighths, with a four-ineh stroke. On either side of it. and reaching length wise in the box, are arranged flasks, or cartridges" of liquid carbonic acid, coupled to each other and to slender tube that feeds the engine. By means which MT. Gibson does not yet describe, the fluid is vaporized and expanded in the cylinders. A working pressure of from 1000 pounds upward is thus made available. The crank transmits it's mo- ton by sprocket and chain to the rear axle of the wagon without any inter mediate shaft or gear. The sprocket on the crank shaft has nine teeth, and that on the wagon axle Ia sixteen-inch sprockeD has twenty-nine. The driv- tIS diG tnIIly-tIS WutSlS. w It'll the simple mechanism here described MT. Gibson Is able to run his wagon up the most astonishing grades. He climbs those appalling hills for which New Jersey is famous, and believes he can go where no gasoline motor can follow. He takes his wagon through deep, dry sand, too, where 1t would be almost impossible to take any other self-prepelled carriage. Without the carbonic acid flasks and engine the carriage which he showed to a report CT the other day would weigh nearly 400 pounds. The fasks, contents and engine added about 400 pounds more. Some 500 or 600 pounds of human freight have been put into the wagon on occasions. A total load that is scarcely less than 1,400 pounds has thus been moved up hill snd down with the utmost ease.-New York Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-08
THE STORY OF A PEARL.
Interesting History of One Exhibited
 In Cincinnati.

Interesting History Of One Exhibited
 In Cincinnati.
 A pearl valued at S10,0 ,000 is on ex- hibitien in a jewelry store window in Vine street. Nor is the pearl with out history. Mr Smith purchased it from Julius Pedrazolli, a descend ant of the royal house of Italy. The pearl is over 100 years old and it's story is an interesting one. A party of pearl divers were plying their trade in the waters of the East Indian seas. A sudden eommotion among the work CTS told of the presence of their dead ly enemy, man-eating shark. All but one escaped, and his companions were mortified as they watched the poor fellow struggling in the water, unable to render him assistance. By great eff fort they succeeded in rescuing the upper part of the body from the yo- racious fish and bore the mangled re- mains to the house of the grief-strick- en parents. The day before the bur- ial this almost priceless pearl was found in the mouth of the dead man. The pearl was sold to Koloko. na- tive chief, and for many years remain ed in the royal family of the tribe. In 1880 Julius Pedrazolli, an Italian traveller, saw the pearl, and, attracted by its perfect shape and beauty, he bought it from the tribe, together with the crude gold setting and ring made by the native jewellers. MT. Smith purchased it from Pedrazolli and claims that the pearl has no equal in the United States. The pearl weighs 46 grains, and in daylight it's beauti- full hues are dazzling. Commercial Tribune
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-08
Bananas.

New York Tribune. A virtuous ban- ana company has withdrawn from the unrighteous banana trust, shocked and hurt because it was asked to help force the price of bananas up from Sl.l5 to $2.50 bunch. The public value Of this news is that bananas can pc profitably produced at s1.15 . bunch. Now, good bunch contains at least hundred bananas, and there fore bananas can be prod .sced at a lit- tie less than a cent and quarter apiece. And one banana contains as much nourishment as a pound of beet
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-08
 Womanless Town.

New York Tribune: Utah claims a town of $50 inhabitants, not one of whom is woman. Not only are wom- eE not allowed as residents, but they are forbidden to enter the town limits. This unique village is named Sunny side. and is situated in Whftmore Can yon, near Price 1t is coal mining camp and is not, as might be supposed, the property of professed woman ha- ters, but of sordid business men. The company which owns the coal mines has no. yet secured perfect title to the lands which form it's property. Until the title is secure any one es- tablishing a home on the land might claim property right and force the company to buy him out, and it was to prevent any such contingency aris- ing that the company issued the edict against the miners wives living in or even visiting the place.
 Mohammedan Women Medical Patients. of the European physician is sought for female member of any Moham- medan family of distinction, the only part of the patient which the doctor is permitted to see is the hand, which is thrust for that purpose through a small opening in curtain. This has had the effect of making medical men able to give fairly respectable diag- noses based upon the sight of the hand alone.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-08
 0OLU UMN

A BUSINESS CHANCE-Eight parties n wanted with s250 each to join me in de- velopng gold and copper mine. Can De paid in monthly payments as work progress es With this amount expended can com mence shipping ore. If you want first-class investment investigate this proposition.
 1e5 Fl. ?. PALMER, Tularosa, N. M.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-07-24

lfDptiap, ana tha Insect hAs basn deter,
mlDsd IN be nThe Poplar steM tlnll
hOnsa" scientifically known An Pam
phlaOA B|OpnlleaNIis The gAll N
nbOOl TIM Nise N \ Trash green pen pDd
bAa u mDNthlltkH OpeDinp On tka NDhaI,
slde, Tho Hnll begins 10 torn about
Tin tlMa TIN fOIlAps Ia pub 0ul ID ila
spring, ami IN eANAed by TIN plnDtuves
" Ma parent lOUse, Tia@nNN N y
%DAlp'nl wOleotiol foL AN yOnDs ma
teDdeE lipe, gaplys ar lbe spring llls
young lDh6 mAy DDN seen ppDWdRh into
lin onyity NJ tM gAll They have tlpee
pAlpa " lnpsr OD9 pair N %ADlaDnaa, And
mn pfOysdsd Win \ smoking beAi BY
MaAnk OF which they punptUIe tls
iIsku0 VI I'm SOnna tsDdBp gAll and take
np TIN lNlGes " tla plant Later ~ TIM
NeNaDn Those Hoe acquire wings, crawl
ON NJ thp sAll aud migrate y Othnl
lgpea ADd start nav colonies, VIII Tin
wind 10 aid than Tiny may fly u long
distance NJ lhAt \ small colony may be,
O0M8 vary extensive
Very lIttla bAA bAen published about
kla iDHaOl Dnh II appOaIN thai " hAs
1l0t hem lOOkOd upon M u vary ln'
pOIiAlI Insect itH OoGDvEeh0a IN blllH
lDps, hOWevnI, dnmnNshAies Tint TIM
lnHp1I N enpnDle Or NnnAlnA grant IN
Jury, l Ii saen ~ Dn OE special lMI
pOplNnOY when WI pNHslnM thu value
~ ll0 ntplnp IN AwNhnde lpae ~ Mon.
lAnA Ht IN pvNbAhla bhAt \ nplAy ~
hnvOAolln pHllllslD nppli0d jnst III lhe
lanyra Me unfolding IN thR applnN
would h u pOoh remedy " N impDA,,
AlDIo 10 rpDol than when protected
wllhlN TN HNlla " IA Ton Into w
STRAY fDp them lhlA yphpi
desire tO iDhn lhla opportunity w
NInn upon TIM public Tin Importance Of
nnUing thA attention NJ Tho nntOWOl0Na
lt ~ TIN Agricultural Hspeptmalt
HlnliOn 10 my Outr MeAk NJ inppots lhnt
mny Ooonp W. VIII oheUIfully and nv
promptly nv pOaHlbln reply 10 VII NlolD
communications, hatlHvs on Inquiry
silOnld always ba AQgOMpAnled by
aDpOlMaDsN OF th9 insect about WhlBb
Information ~ daalved, The specimens
should bo aN0lOH9d ID u WOOden ~ I'm
bon nl0na with Il supply Oh tho ApppOi
pviAla fOOd IN IAat t66m On tbe journey,
N MOI necessary IN punch bOleS ~
lhp bon IN insects require lll lIltlH NV
Ton breathing puIp OrhR " h0lna. AIA
punched IN tho bon Vim l0Oh N liADlD 10
dvS ~ and deprive tba insect W food,
N, A, UOOleyl BntOmOlONlsl,
M0ntAnn Agricultural l8spmment hin
tI0n,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-07-24
AdsevtlsaO belt1rsi

tjst III Ieftavs vamalplDg uD0alle1 INV
IN Tin pOatOtim nv billings fMlOw,s
af0na n0pniy, MOOtAnN, INV fhe walk
eDAlNR MY w, 1900
Allan EIDpJ glNvk, WIZ gomav,
WHltWj g00k, Harti n0OpuI ~ "
ganpinRbamt Ian, Edwaid4, dergMai
ENglAnd, n F0plp, Aptla0l wv,
dNak Urambh INV N)j UumaH,
gtl!i UAa!0pt uhpM ~ WHlont N.Y.
HydReg d0knsaM ~ H. dQllyL w. WI
d0Uah II, W. kHpar dOsaph bePevlnt
RNAgReat .EtndllptL MIN ,AlMAi
NNDFh GRetNlni MgHlenahaD. Ghg!ley
MManM w. w. M0ave, H. M .hays,
TIe0dNei Narth0E wv MI W0AdA,
Mn W. NJ f0k0fA tHWlM
-! ssI.ss. ss!!,gf, M s3'a" WIN p''As'
y Habeeek, pesfmastsH
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-07-24

Dnapnh by TplbnNH nv MOHl Popular Inll
plNypp IN lipnnl Falls

Sometime mao qhe DNiIy Tribune
announced that II would plye AWAY
a pOln medal l0I Tho mDht popular
DlNyaD IN thn HVent Falls club, Ono .vOlo
10 bn dooldnd by o0ppona ellppad from
lbo Tribune, David W, ". NeMiOaa,
OnIfiW Or Inn yenI'H HiliIDas Club,
md w yD aapnt OAtOlley q tln dIunI
VAlla N)Nb, lAoelynn lhA highest .y0iH,
I,lDnl \ plurality Df' ,apa over Tull,
ThAfTnbsnn lpsNpehklDn ~ llle oQlr
losl A1ysI NsAvfoFA annlN le lbo olly
nu uN)iya yv6lgW only y tpw we0lp
ngO, bnl< fia Inn mnd0 many fllanda
hRva, w biN plRSing and lin peFsOn'
ally, md, thoS vAl lod 70 hla supports
gvAnd aiylp, Nv Inn played great phil
III ayRvy HnMe, hAs inspired Vim whole
club Win llfe, And haA conducted hlnl'
Aelf, Oh md 0Y Vim diamond, III. hp0ll
manner lllnl hn hAb won lhn ndDllvn'
tlOD N MI, Wba pa0pln NJ tbn olly
hAya shown THAR appreciation, ~ hlA
mOvits hi fUll maAa,iva, md no VIII
dpDbtlanS pvigo Vim MadAl yovy highly,
Nv NnnvfOAh WnH porn III HnlalAn'
indy, N, ", VI y0nvH, nR0,, nld nm
bnAn plOylnH bnH eynv HlDgh, IN ,Whs. y
yOnih V0p fOnv yaAps hu played WIN
lhN WnHhiDAlM collage glnD, "
ghealMvtOwD Nh, Then r0v twO yenva
Inv wins WIN, I'm DOvop lI1al,) oIDh ~
lind mndn aloIl M oaN0llant iooMd Win
tIDas0 clubs ltnt tta Div lanpnea Walo
npAlOna W Hpalva nm nlln nnaly 10
algDpd With tbn Now ymh olDb ID
Nm NnnOnM lnnlNhJ reminding wlnl
IN tor lWO md OD0shnlf ygnvH lAsh
ypNf, Ie OADRht fM Mn HilliDHA nlnD,
IN Inv HevIns M ANm0H Wild Halenh,
VIlis s0nAOu, ha baHnn ~ plny Wild tne
Toronto olnb, bnt nflai u fow weaha 10
VIM boNabt by Vim Newark olnb,
wIllOb HpefDad w bp HOlnH w plaaae,
Iin stimulated I'm NOWnIk Olnb
HIaAlIN bNt nnnnoial support WAH
lnohlDg nnd tha olnb WIN dlHDADnnn.
A law Gays lnl0gJ lD r6onlyed olfnpr
hOm lbs Hntia md 0vaAl VnlIa 1lnbA,
on Tin Hnme dry, md n0aaplod di0nt
VnlIH' OIlaE Hn dNNH NJ DijHV, iiin
Inn aNpthl III every aNDlH asll0hi no IN
vauOENlaed I'M Vim DAAt NnloDW W the
MONTANA laNRnpL sNnd N RlHD u heAyy
bNtfeI, AHa w d0ld mptain. NJ fhe
GREAT VnlIA llnb md nn AkooIlent mND
IN lhnt p0HlllOn
MI NoNrfOsH WIS mMfl0d ID I0vah
DAB, Inn VhNDlnAlvtnH, and Mib Nanps
Inn DNa0MpnDiad him w Grant VullS
IN vnvy DvObnbla lhNt thay VIII Make
ibatr hOWe hNN NV WI indefinite
pNvj0d,