davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
HOUSES ON MADE" GROUND
The Reason They TEEN with Mala-
ria and NOxious Gases.

Good gravel has so largely come into
request that many suburban lands
with that valuable substratum are
quarried to a considerable depth be-
fore being sold on building leases. But
it is essential to restore a level surface,
as even the most speculative builder
would hesitate to run up meat villa
residences" in deep holes. The owner
frequently gets over this difficulty by
allowing urban refuse to be shot into
the excavation; in many cases he even
exacts a small sum for every load tilted
on his ground. The surface being thus
leveled, year or two are allowed for
the soil to sink and become compact
Occasionally grass is sown to give q
natural appearance to the spot
All is now in readiness for the build
er, who proceeds to lay the foundation
for his terraces" avenues" and gar
dens," which he subsequently adver
tises as ION gravel soil" So they arc
but between their ground floors and the
gravel lies thick stratum of partially
decomposed rubbish. tcaming with
malaria, and not for many years will
the deposits cease to give off noxious
gases.
But the tenant, coming from a diff
ferent locality, knows nothing of til,
making" process to which the ploi
has been subjected. When, therefore
Ill health dogs his family, he puts il
down to defective drainage or some
other structural deficiency and spend.
money freely on remedial measure:
without the least benefit All thii
misery might be prevented If it wer'
legally prohibited to build human habi
tations on decomposed refuse until tn,
soil had acquired a wholesome char
acter.-LondOn Globe.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
rnn dc caIornc.

How many of these who use eau de
cologne from Cologne daily. one might
almost say hourly, are aware OF the
fact that It was invented by an Italian
and not by a son Of the FatherIand.
which gives it's name2
Almost 200 years ago an Italian
priest. Giovan Maria Farina, cked out
his modest fortune 10y selling perfum.
cry, little art objects and so on at Do
modossola. Lin 1902, happening to be
In Cologne and making use Of some OF
the finest vegetable productions of the
country. he discovered the secret Of
the miraculous perfume, which has
never been revealed to this day except
TO his descendants. He soon devoted
himself to the sale OF his invention.
which was so satisfactory that. need
ing help in its manufacture, he had his
brother and nephew join him from
Italy
The increasing fame Of the water
brought increasing difficulties of rival
ry. New firms who stole his name his
trademarks. stamps and so on sprang
up Ike mushrooms. but they could not
steal his secret.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
s-.nlsinr q NarghiIe.

"The narghile is the best instrument
TO smoke tobacco through. provided YOU
use it In the right way" said a man
who knows "Most people use it in the
wrong way. They load it with tobacco
and light up with a match as though
it was a pipe they were smoking. This
is incorrect. and the narghile, so
abused. has an ahomlnable taste and
odor. The right way to use the mar
CHILE is first to dip your tobacco in
water. sqvCoze the wnter out and place
the soaked, damp mass I'm the pipe
bowl Then you take a lump OF burn
ing charcoal and set it on the top OF
the wet tobacco and begin TO smoke.
The tobacco itself. you see, is not really
aught; it's the charcoal that's alight; il
is the burning charcoal that eats the
tobacco up. This is the secret of mar
Chile smoking. And Earghile, smoked
properly, is delicious-m makes. in fact
the very best smoke in the world."-
Philadelphia Record.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
METHODS OF SUICIDE.
How Desperate Persons Adopt Pre-
vaiIing styles of Destruction.


vaiIing styles of Destruction.
'sThe remarkable methods several sui
cides have adopted in this city recently
call attention to the fact that methods
Of self destruction are largely matters
of suggestion" said q doctor. when
q man gets IN tia, condition where he
wants to Gle. Ee has little Inventive
ability and adopts the method that has
been brought to bis mind. You viii no
tice that after one person kills himself
with acid there follows n long list of
acid suicides. II IS the same with any
unusual method. one person gets up
an original way, and that inspires the
next one TO try his hand until we have
a whole series of such grewsome nov
elites.
81 have proved this theory. Several
years ago | was discussing this feature
of suicide with several friends, includ-
ing the coroner. They ridiculed my
theory. / offered to prove it. 1t hap
pened that shooting and hanging were
popular Just then. / wrote an article
for a newspaper on the horrors Of
strangulation and pistol wounds and
explained the ease with which one
could kill himself with prussic acid.
Death from prussic acid, you know. is
absolutely instantaneous and, many be-
lieve, painless. There had not been a
suicide with this acid for more than a
year, but within n week after the artl-
Gle was published there were four. and
one OF the unfortunatcs had clippings
of my article In his pocket.
"Of course l was accused Of killing
these four 10y suggestion, but l was
never arrested and do not feel guilty.
for when once n person has decided to
kill himself the method is a slight mat
ter. No person I'm his right mind will
commit suicide We all know I'm our
sane moments of easy ways to end life,
but when in the suicidal frame of mind
nature seems TO rob us of our reason in
this direction. as if in desperate hope
Of preventing the sacrifice. New York
Mail and Express.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
THE REsuLr

Delaware has two vacancies in the
United States Senate because OF the
selfshness and brutality OF John Ed
ward Addicks.
. Now she has elected a Democratic
congressman through the efforts OF this
same gentleman.
Thus The Delaware Republicans, after
the 4th OF March, next, viii have no
voice in national legislation, unless the
new Legislature shall show more inde-
pendence than the last
To accomplish this result he has
poured out money like water. There has
been a perfect deluge. In Kent and
Sussex counties the roads and by-ways
almost ran with It. From $50 TO $50 a
head was the offer, and every man who
accepted voted for Byrne
The Republicans and Union Republi-
cans together have probably carried the
Legislature At this writing there
seems to be no Doubt OF 1t, but John
Edward Addicks is farther away from
an election than ever. He has held
his own in Kent and Sussex, but lost
in New Castle.
His brutal act OF opposing Ball be-
cause Of personal hatred, and OF send
ing Henry A. Houston to Congress, can
never be forgiven. Addlcks is out CT it
--eternally and irrevocably out Of it.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
A PERSIAN PARABLE.
The Side OF the world the Pcssim
Had Not seen.

Had Not Seen.
There was a certain man WI
thought The world was growing wol4
lie was always harl;rg back TO II
good old times" and was sure that I
human race was dcgencrating. AIe
he said. were al toying to cheat opd
another, and the strong were crushhIls
the weak. one dag when he was ~
ing his pcssimisticyviews the calf sa I
TO him: n
Il charge you hereafter 10 lcok carp
fully about you. and whenever you sfa
any man do a worthy deed go TO hitf
ana give him praise or write 10 hiAr
about it. Whenever you meet q ma
whom you regard as worthy to hasw
lived in the good old days. tell hit
of your esteem and of the pleasure yo,
have had in finding one so cxaltc,a
and desire that you write out an aIe
count of these good deeds for me thaa
l may share your joy in knowing *
it,"
So the man was dismissed. Hut ba,
fore many days he returned and pros
btNtch hiilintAl htlOiG the NdilI. W nef
ordered TO explain his presence. h,
walled:
"IIave pity on thy servant. and rel
lease him rom the necessity of com.
plimenting men upon their worthr
deeds, oh, my master And. oh. son OF
Mohammcd. pray thee absolve thy
servant from the duty of reporting I'd
thee all the good that is going on iri
the world "
And why. Oh. slave. dost thou comd
to me with this prayer" the calf
asked
Since 1 have been looking for what
is good" the man replied, Il have had
no time to do aught but compliment
men for their splendid works SO much
that is glorious is all around me that
may not hope TO be able to tell thee
half of it. My tasks lie neglected be.
cause ] have no time
"Go back to thy work." said the
calf. Il perceive that thou has,
learned"
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
Her Great Fault.

A Georgia citizen recently said that
while riding out from Savannah on
horseback he saw a typical southern
matron outside a whitewashed cabin,
while on the lawn in front a bevy Of
young colored children were playing.
There were eight of them altogether,
seven Of their number being very, very
dark, while the eighth one was light
complexioned.
you've got some fine looking chill
dren there, auntie," he said.
"Deed l hab, boss" she replied
"Dere amt any better pickaninnies in
de whole state of Georgia den dat first
seben. but dat eighth one, n t mulatto
she done make me more trouble dan dc
whole oder seben put togedder."
in what way?" / asked. And she
replied:
"Cause she done show dirt so easy!
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
as TO nfK. RYRNE


Mr.. Byrne will now have ample leis-
uTe to consider his late poliucal course,
and to- estimate whether It has paid.
He may get some grains OF comfort out
OF The fact that he polled a large vote
in Kent and Sussex, but it was a Union
Republican. not a Byrne vote. 1t was
cast by men who have a fatal habit Of
voting the Union ticket, no matter
whether 1t contains "yaller" dogs or
black cats. They simply marked the
ticket containing the star, and one
traitor more or less did not matter
But in New Castle, the homo OF
Byrne, where he has spent all the years
Of his scjourn in Delaware. and where
he has practiced his profession, the Re
publican voters repudiated him. Byrne
has been soconhdent ofhis election that
we wonder whether he is yet con
WINGED. His boasted 10000 did not ma.
terialize, and at least One-hah OF the
vote that he poiled he has no reason
TO be proud of.
We do not wish to make his chagriI
any deeper. but MPr. 5yrne win re
member all the remaining years OF hi
life that he allowed himself TO be tn
tool to defeat a Republican congress
man from Delaware in 1902. He desert
ed to the enemy during the battle.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
rhe vnIue ot a struggIe.

1t is a curious fact in the history OF
nations that only those which have had
TO struggle the hardest for an exist
ence have been highly successful. AS
a rule the same thing is true of men.
one would think that it would be a
great relief to have the bread and but
ter problem solved by ones ancestors
so that one might devote all his ener-
gies and time TO the development OF
the mental and spiritual faculties. But
this is contrary to the verdict of his
tory and the daily experience of the
world. The strugglers, those born to a
heritage Of poverty and toll and not
those reared in the lap of fortune,
have, with Il few exceptions, been the
leaders of civilization, the giants of
the race. Success.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
TMo Inky WaYs

There was a man who advertised
But once-a single time
In spots obscure placed he his ad.
And paid for it q dime.
And just because it didn't bring
Him customers by the score,
GAN advertising is a fake
He said, or rather swore.
lie seemed to think one hammer tap
Would drive a nail clear in;
That from O bit of tiny thread
A weaver tents could spin.
II he this reasoning bright applied
To eating, doubtless he
Would claim one little bit would feeC
Ten men a century.
.ne day, though, he will learn that IL
Make advertising pay
Holl have to add ads to his ad,
And advertise each day.
Architects and Builders Journal
Evening journal., 1902-11-05

In his paper Addicks has been run
ming for several days a pre-
diction over his signature. It
contained the intelligence that
the Union Republicans would elect
twenty members Of the Legislature
from Kent and Sussex, that Robertson
would be elected by over 300. that
Kitchen, lawton and Wrightington
would be triumphantly elected and
that the Republicans would have "a Two
thirds majority of the Legislature Now
non eof these things happened, which
shows that a prophet may sometimes
think with his lungs.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
A Travesty on Sport
washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
Il is not often that the pheasants get
an inning OF vengeance The deer in
the Adirondacks and father north
among the Maine forests, have num-
erous opportunities to laugh at their
pursurSrs, for these hunting grounds
are frequented by great metropolitan
Nimrods who are quite as likely 20
shoot at each other as at anything elsS
The British pheasant however to-
gether with his American cousin now
appearing at imitation country es-
tates" on this side very seldom gets =
chance to glcat He Is fattenad and
tanned is well-kept preserves until he
can't fly n he wants TO, and then a lot
of men and women are invited to come
and murder him by wholesale. The
murderers use guns because It lis more
sporty, hut the humble brickbat or the
unpretending bludgeon would be every
bit as effcacious., DR.. Seward Webb, OF
New York, has just given a battue az
his country place in Vermont, and,
from all accounts. it was a perfectly
life-lixe representation Of the read thing
in dear old England. Two thousand
pheasants were put to death. Every
body felt as proud as though he had
attended a massacre in Yorkshire.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
A Straight Tin.

Little BOy-l say, mamma says you
are going to take sister away.
Engaged Young Man (soon TO be mar
ried)-Yes, in a few weeks she's com
ing TO my home, and my mamma ard
papa will be her mamma and papa.
Little Boy-I see. Then she'll be your
sister same as she was mine. But,
say, don't you do anything she doesn't
like, for. il you do, she'll bang you
about awfully when your mamma and
papa ain't looking.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
NEWSPAPER OPINION
Democratic Protest

Democratic Protest
From the Wilmington, N. c., Mea-
senger
Lets have no more trlckery in cleo,
tions God knows It was bad enousb
when we were forced to it, but now
that there is no need for IT let's put IL
down with a strong hand and show to
the balance of the country that whea
We disfranchised the illi,erate negroes
and told those who were qualified under
the new law that they should enjoy
their full rights that we meant what
we said and intend to stand by that
pledge. There is no reason in the
world why a single negro in the State
qualified under the present election
law should be denied his right First,
it is not right 1t is a violation Of the
law when there is not the slightest eX-
cuse for such violation. Second, it Is
net polite as a party measure at this
time. 1t will lead people to believe
that the party was not sincere In its
pledge to purify our politics II the
amendment wcre adopted and will les
sen the chances OF making the 10000
or more negro electors in the State In
dependent voters The Democrats can
carry the State without resOrting to
such means; then let's put them aside
for all time to come.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05

other. The election officers had no
business to assist Mr. Byrne In violat-
ing the law, and should have compelled
him to comply with it on penalty of be-
ing thrown cut The law, presumably
was not made for Union Republicans.
OF for men like Mr. Byrne. The vot-
ers' assistant who allowed others 10
prevent him from performing his
duties, should have resigned IL is not
remarkable that the Addicks candidate
for Congress should have floutod the
law when he went to cast his ballot,
but it is strange that the election OF
icers should have allowed him TO
DO it.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05

We are modest, but We think We can
claim that no paper ever gave the peo-
PIE Of Wilmington better service in Civ
ing election news than the Evening
journal did last night. Our down
State news was early and accurate,
and for much valuable data we extend
our tahnks TO the liva and husuing
Deluwala State News. We also wish TO
thank the many friends throughout the
State who kept as posted on the re-
suit in the various districts.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
Waters Who Get Most lips

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Walters who receive the most tips
are usually those who have evenlast-
ing and Job-like patience, those Who do
not easily take an insult who ever have
a pleasant smile for their patrons, who
try earnestly to please them, and are
always ready to accommodate every
one. A waiter should never place him
self in a position OF expectancy in the
matter OF receiving a tip, and should
avoid approaching a guest II he sees
him in the act of drawing change from
! his pocket Al waiter should never
pose as an object OF pity with a view to
securing a tip. II he deserves a tip he
should let the guest feel within him
self that he deserves it, and if the guest
wishes to give him a tip he win us
lually manage to catch the walters at
tention or leave the tip beside the plate
Should the waiter receive a tip previous
to waiting on the guest he should leave
liz lying on the table and then do his
level best to earn it.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
Llterature and coneentration

From the London Graphic.
In the Fortnightly Review NJ Max
Nordau maintains the surprising thesis
that success in creative literature can
only be won by men who have no com
peting employments to divide their in
terests and impede the concentration
OF their brains. IL is beyond doubt the
dream Of every man OF letters to be
able thus to insulate the electricity Of
his genius, but it is strange that M.
Nordau should have overlooked the
long list of those who have had other
things besides literature to attend to
and yet have produced work that lives.
Shakespeare, the actor-manager; Mil
ton. the Lord Protectors Latin score
tary; Charles Lamb. the India office
clerk. are only a few OF the cases that
he might have recalled. He should a.sc
have thought OF Dickens, who was q
reporter when his first imaginative
work was written; Thackeray, who di-
vided his time between fiction anI
work for the comic papers, and Charles
/ Kingsley, who wrote Westward Ho!
\ while a country pargon; and NJ. zola
who was Hachette's clerk when h'
wrote the COMES a Ninon." The quau
ltity Of the work may have suffered II
some Of these acses from the author
alternative interests and duties, but i
Evening journal., 1902-11-05

When William Michael Byrne yester-
day went to the polls to vote. he asked
for the help OF the Republican voters
assistant, but refused TO permit the
Democratic voters assistant to accom-
pany him. The election officers yield
ed and allowed him to have the help of
one assistant without the other. All of
which, OF course. was in violation OF
the law. 1t is. just possible that MI
Byrne was unable to mark his ballot
intelligently without help. and he was
entitled TO it. but the law says that the
voters assistants must mark ballots il
the presence Of the voter and OF eacf
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
nn,, Gnshnwl,. Are rrnined.

A French traveller states that the
goshawk is still used in Persia in hunt
ing the gazelle and that il is trained to
feed on that creatures beautiful eyes
by placing its food in the emptied eye
balls of a stuffed gazelle, so that when
used in the hunt the goshawk stops Its
victim by attacking its eyes, 4 horribly
cruel form Of sport
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
nf No. rri1. thn Lnnner.

Papa-Didn't l tell you, Willie, IL l
caught you playing with Tommy Jinll
again l would whip your
Willie-Nes, sir.
Papa-Then why were you playing
with him2
Willie-Well. l got lonesOmer than l
thought a liclln would hurt, so / just
went over and played with him; that's
why.-Detroit Free Press.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
The Millennium.

Little Dot-l know something my
teacher doesn't know.
Mamma-Indeed. What is thatg
Il know when the world is coming
to an end and she doesn't. l asked
her and she said she didn't know"
"Oh, well, who told your
uncle John. He said the world
would come to an end when children
stopped asking questions that nobody
could answer"
Evening journal., 1902-11-05

Down in certain Sussex districts
word comes that the earnest and irre-
pressible citizens are still voting, and
that the polls will be kept open as long
as there is a man to mark the star.
1t may be an error. but any sort Of news
from Sussex doesn't surprise us.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
e.rn1nlnc,. preference.

Mother-If you are a good girl Ger
aldine, I Will consent that you shall
have another piece Of cake.
Geraldine would prefer, maw that
you should make that indulgence de-
pendent on the cakes being good
Richmond Dispatch.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

When Admiral Rodgers was in Japa-
neso waters lately he entertained with
honor Hiral Sunekichi, a
poor fisherman, who was OF consider
able service to CommodOre Perry on
the latter's historic visit, which opened
Japan to the world. Hiral is now 30
years old. and on, his visit to Admiral
Rodgers was accompanied by his con,
garndson, and great-grandson-
What is that?" exclaimed Mrs. Old
castle, raising her lorgnette, "a Velas-
cuez?"
"Oh. no. hcr hostess replied, that's
a Spanish king, so Josiah says, but |
don't know what he ever bought the
thing for when our folks have always
been free and equal as far back as we
can trace en-
Within the last Ave years AZ 7,664 stray
dogs have been destroyed in London.
About G20, 100000 cross-uss are now
laid on American railroads, and 100000
600 new ties are required annually toT
renewals.
Voice Tin the housa) Bessie, what is
keeping you out there on the porch so
long?
Bessie am looking for the comet,
mamma.
voice-Youn take your death of
cold.
Besie-Not at all, mamma, I'm--I'm
well wrapped.
Taranaki, New Zealand, is suffering
from a pest of blackberries. Pigs are
being set to grub the roots OF the
bushes out OF the soil.
Those who i've IN flats are fat be-
cause they live in flats. With no s.aiis
to climb they glide about their house
hold or flathold. duties so easily and
airily as to invite embonpoint. When
hatwives become housewives again
they will no longer be fat wives. for,
frequent trips between basement and
garnet discourage adipose.
The beds of peas in Colorado some
times include as many as 1000 acres,
and there is one bed exceeding in size
$500 acres.
The pineapple crop in Cuba for 1902
is estimated at nearly 100000 barrels,
holding an aggregate OF 14,000,000.
$50 you wish to marry my son, do
you, young woman?"
Young Woman do madam.
Fond Mc,her-iWell. er-is your in-
come sufficient to support him in the
condition of innocuous desuetude 10
which he has always been accustomed
A considerable trade In live quails
takes place yearly from Messina to the
United Kingdom. The birds are caught
In the neighborhood of Nieasina They
are kept lr0m three to four days il
lcages before being shipped, and aaN
fed on hemp seed and ground corn ant
are watered freely every day. 1t Is es
tlmated that from 10000 TO 100000 arr
caught annually.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05

is hard to believe that the quality has
suffered, too. The rule, in short. il rule
Il be. Is swamped by rather more OK
ceptions tha neven the rules about the
genders In French grammars.
Evening journal., 1902-11-05

The latest dispatches indicate that
the next lower House OF Congress will
be Republican by good working ma
jority. which means that national Re
publican policities are not to be inter
fered with. Owing to Addicks, Della
ware sends a Democrat