davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Newport daily independent., 1902-07-03
A LONG ISLAND TRADER.
He Hnd Everything in His stock from WtndmiIIs to Trained
 Horses.

The character in fiction who bought a door-plate on which was engraved the name of "Thomson" without ''p," because there might be a daughter who would grow up and marry a man by that name, has parallel in real life. This worthy lives on Long Island, where, besides a cozy home, he has a vast barn filled with bargains from a thousand auction sales. No one knows how many objects he possesses in his treasure house. According to rumor there were more than 10000 decade ago, and the list has been growing steadily ever since, says the New York Post
 On one occasion he secured some an- cient circus horses, which were so ac- complished that they could do every thing but talk, and for many months he tried to persuade his friends and neighbors to start hippodrome in or der to utilize his purchases On an- other occasion he notified a party of acquaintances that he had just secured three misfit tombstones at a great bar gain. By cutting out the letters they would be just as good as new, and would only cost one-quarter the price of first-handed ones.
 One evening when he was canvassing for orders a friend who had become wearied of his importunities said: Look here, my good man, Pm sorry that you never have anything I want, or that I don't want what you are al- ways offering; but l would like to do business with you"
 The bargain hunter and museum owner responded: "If there is any thing you want I am sure I must have it!"
 The other unwarily replied: There is only one thing I need. and of course I can't get that in this part of the coun- try It's steel windmill, like those they use out in Kansas"
 Tohis dismay his companion grasped his hand energetically. remarking: "I knew it, knew it. I've got just that kind of windmill in my barn!"
Newport daily independent., 1902-07-03

dozen, beef should be worth 1885 cents pound. But if beef sells at Is cents pound, then bananas should cost no more than Ills cents dozen to make matters even.
 Potatoes have S1.6 parts of waste matter, including water, in 100; while bananas have S3.9 parts of waste, leav- ing only 17.4 pounds of food in 100 pounds of the fruit. A pound of ba- nanas furnishes 260 calories; pound of potatoes 295 calories. If bananas and potatoes were each priced at one cent a pound, the money value of ton of potatoes would be 17.6 cents more than that of ton of the fruit. Sci ence seems to have failed this time to sustain the assertion of our fruit dealer. It seems to me safe to say that scientific investigation has not clearly shown that bananas have 45 times the nutriment possessed by potatoes.
 A pound of whole-wheat our has 1850 calories. This is 1890 more than a pound of bananas affords. One would have to eat 1-3 pounds of bananas to get as much food as pound of the flour furnishes. He who prefers to eat soda crackers instead of whole wheat four, can so get from a pound as much food as 72-5 pounds of bananas will give. Rice has about 6 1-3 times as much nutriment as have bananas.
 Here again science appears to be not completely in accord with the Phila- delphia authority.
 Possibly he had in mind an assertion often credited to Humboldt, to the ef- feet that an acre of bananas will yield as much food as will A acres of pota- toes. Before accepting such state ment as a guide in laying out bill of fare, it may perchance be we'll to in-
Newport daily independent., 1902-07-03

!, oroa in Rochester is enc of the most ,aralv llo. in the land, will have ample time % to revise his views, because his neanIe ras,, will probably retain him in L%o PeoP conoress for an indefinite period. gns u;s views have been disseminated in an,na alin of the newspapers of the east oor, oon s+ates, but they have not exert
 so oreat an influence as they migbt 1J have produced if they had en- nneted ,I from a congressman whose evnerience in public life had been en endre n, extended and diversified.
 Conoressman Morris, of Minnesota, .nools from six years of experience, 9r 9p against six months of the New Work " representative, and he says that +be rnles of the house of representa- lives simply reduce that body to an oaoreoation of pitiful followers of 5e t5e man in the chair" He further cove. "There will be no national dan oar in these rules, so long as there Shall be a speaker whose patriotism is biooer than his egotism. But there
Newport daily independent., 1902-07-03
THE MORNING MAIL.
How Ones Health Is Menaced by Opening Letters at the Brealx-
 fast Table.

Who does not have his mornings letters placed upon his breakfast ta- ble? Science, which is so mercilessly interfering with many of our tradi- tional "comforts" has now declared against this. According to the Lon don Lancet, the practice is con venient, but from a sanitary point of view appalling:
 Ut is undeniably a dirty practice. In nine cases out of ten the envelope containing letter is licked, as is also therefore, may easily turk here, es pecially as by the time the letter reaches it's distination the stamp and sealed cover are dry. Any materies morbi present would be easily detect- ed. Then there are the risks of in- lection to which a letter is eXposeu in transit. The sorter at the post office or the postman may not be as bacteriologically clean as is desirable, the dust of the road may adhere to any exposed gum, or the letters may be dropped, and the bacteriology of the road dust exhibits some well known pathogenic organisms. Let ters are frequently smeared with road mud. Among the microbes rec ognized in road sweepings are the mi crobes of pus, alignant oedcma, teta nus, tuhercle and scepticaemia. The post probably is a very wide dis tributing agency of all sorts and con- ditions Of organisms, and this would be difficult to prevent. But surely care might be taken to keep from association the plate upon which food is partaken and the letter or newspaper packet. 1t follows that from a hygienic point of view letters should never be opened or read dur ing a meal Good manners, more. over, would indicate the same thing, and thus be in accordance with stricr hygienic observance.
Newport daily independent., 1902-07-03

see and hear. If that is true, it may be taken for granted that scientists will be quite careful of their state ments, and that we may therefore trust to their published deductions.
 I have taken the trouble to write all this tedious explanation because to many people the term 'calorie" is new, and because I wish to prejudice the jury so that it will accept, without too much explanation, the statements which are to follow, One of these is that the average man doing hard work requires each day about 4,450 calories of food; he who does moderate or ordinary work gets along on about 3,1s7 calories, while the men who do light work need but 2,572 calories to keep their steam up to good working pressure.
 Now we can get back to the notion that the beef trust may be downed by eating bananas instead of beef. In a pound of beef are 944 calories, and in a pound of bananas there are 260; so, to get as much food out of the bananas as the beef gives, one must eat 3.63 pounds of the fruit. The av- craze bunch of bananas has about IS dozen fingers of 751 calories to the dozen. If bananas are worth 15 cents
Newport daily independent., 1902-07-03
BEEF AND BANANAS.
Their Food Value Compared by Men
 of Science.
Meat Trust Cannot Re Downed by Eating Tropical Fruit Instead of Steak-Nutritive Prop
 critics of Vegetables.
[specIal Correspondence.1


 ((TF YOU want to down the beef
 trust, don't eat meat Eat ba-
 nanas instead" So a Philadel- phia daily soberly says that dealer in fruit there advised, and asserted also that: Tt may surprise you to know that the banana is the king-pin of the vegetable kingdom, so far as nutrition is concerned. 1t is 25 times as nutri- tious as wheat of the same weight, has 45 times the nutriment of potatoes and 30 times that of rice, the three staple vegetable products of the world. These figures are the result of scientific inves- tigation."
 Studious men in several parts of the world, whose habit it is to dig up and show to the world the truth, the whole truth even to it's minutest rootlet, have analysed and weighed by wonderful devices the different parts of almost every food commonly used by man. Having learned a great deal about these things, those men agreed on q standard or unit by which to measure, weigh or count those parts, and thus get at their value.
 That unit of measure of food values they agreed to make a calorie, as en-
Newport daily independent., 1902-07-03

quire whether, if Humboldt did say such a thing, he had in mind the prod- uct of an acre of warm and fertile farm of Europe, or of one of Peru; whether he compared the fruit with the acrid little tuber of the Andes, unfit to eat before it has been frozen, or with the big. foury and sweet product of modern skill in farming.
 The average yield of bananas is 2Ss punches yearly to the acre. The aver age bunch weighs 52 pounds, which makes 14,970 pounds per acre. That would feed man three years, four months and seven days, if he were do- ing moderate work No wonder life goes easily in banana lands; or that an eminent Mexican declares that the banana is an institution for the promo tion of laziness.
 Tn the years 1890 and 1900 an average of s2.2 bushels of potatoes per acre was obtained for each of those years. A man doing moderate work would be fairly supported by like amount of food one year, six months and Il days, which is two years, one month and IS days less than bananas would feed him. But A times as much food as an acre of potatoes give would feed him 55 years.
 Again disappointment awaits us, when we look into the statement that an acre of bananas will give us 25 times as much food as will an acre of wheat. To do that the fruit should support 8 man 30 years, four months and 19 days. It lacks some 27 years and 12 days of doing what has so often been claimed for it. Nor does "the result of scien- tifc investigation" help us much more when we examine the claim that ba- nanas give 30 times as much food as rice gives to the acre.
 That we may see at glance precisely how bananas do compare with the more common of other foods, let us put them side by side on table, and show the average annual yield per acre, the actual food value, and the number of days each will support man doing moderate muscular work; thus:
Newport daily independent., 1902-07-03

gineers have named their standard of energy horsepower. A calorie is that quantity of heat or energy which would raise the temperature of a pound of water about four degrees Fahren- heit; or, to be more exact, of one kilo- gram of water one degree centigrade;
 or, in other words, to lift one ton 1.54 foot. By analysis, the scientists can learn very nearly the number of calories in any food. It has been said that as a rule these men are excess sively jealous for their reputation for accuracy, and fancy that there may be, possibly, rivals who would be delighted to bounce upon, drag out and shake an error in public places, and perhaps even cry aloud about it, that all might
Newport daily independent., 1902-07-03

good in parliamentary law. They have come up again and again to the detri- ment of the dominant party, and at the same time to the detriment of the country.
 Congressman Perkins, of New York, says: Many estimable peo- pie have decided that the influence of the house of representatives is diminishing, and that this sad result is due to the rules of that body. The first proposition is questionable, and the second is nonsense" That is the dirctum of one who has been a mem. Der of congress in active service a little more than six months. It is eDi. grammatic and bold to declare any proposition nonsense" and if is. usual with certain class of men t7 be progressively self-assertative, bur assertion is neither syllogism nor conclusion.
 The congressman, whose gentle Hfa has been spent within sight ana sound of Genesee falls, and whose
Newport daily independent., 1902-07-03
nrnnee Crenm FiIIlng.

Beat one cupful sugar and two ta- blespoonfuls butter to a light cream; add one cupful rich milk. Mix well and bring to boil. Add to this boiling mixture the beaten yollSs of two eggs, juice and grated rind of one orange and three tablespoonfuls corn starch previously wetted in cold milk; cook until smooth. Spread between crusts. Beat whites of eggs to dry froth, then incorporate one cupful sugar, and spread evenly over top of pie.-Ladies' World, New York
Newport daily independent., 1902-07-03
ARE GETTING CROSS.
congr essmen No Longer in Love
 with the Reed Rules
Republicans as We'll as Demoef"'' Tired of One-Man Power i'll 'n' Shaping of National
 Legislation.
Especial Washington Letter.

6CTH HERE is 5;en nq{nlng 4Sat 5 man ln pD should
 A desire to spend all of his days in it's drudgery," says Congresslnan Page Morris, of Minnesota. mere lls ls no abler man, no more eonscleh'lous nubIic servant in the national house ol representatives than the gentleman from Duluth. He was born i'll Nlrglnl" of one of the oldest and best famllles ol that great commonwealth, ana Ill io94 when only 30 years of age ne Was s 'ne republican candidate for congress against John w. Daniel, one ol
 pinia's ablest and most eloquent sons and came near being elected MaJ Daniel was subsequently, elected to 'n' United States senate, and Is sun member of that body. Mir. Morris Ill 1886. went to Duluth where he has since resided. He has been representing the Duluth district in the house of repre- sentatives since 1896, when he was elected to succeed the celebrated ora tor, Charles A. Towne
 q have had all of the experience Tn national legislation that desire says Judge Morris, land am ready to re- tire to private life. Although some men remain in congress as long as the people will keep them there, there comes a time when every man would gladly retire, and I propose to retire now, before the life pals on me. There is an awfuIlot of hard work in the life of a congressman, and there is very lit tie appreciation of it in some quarters, because thousands of people have no conception of the environments ot a representative of we'll nigh 100000 citizens"
 That is very brief way of telling the story. There is nothing but selfish ness in the life of professional poli- tician. and there is no such thing as gratitude High-minded gentlemen must, sooner or later, tire of congress sional life. The longer a man remains in the senate or the house of represen- tatives, the more supremely selfish he becomes, and the more ungrateful to those to whom he owes his preferment. The few who retain their uns eltishness of disposition tire of the life and quit it, sooner or later.
 Three years ago Thomas B. Reed, of Maine, resigned greater office than that of senator. an office almost as powerful as that of chief magistrate of our republic. While occupying the position of speaker of the national house of representatives Mr. Reed re- signed from congress and retired to private life. He was opposed to Me Kinley's policy in the Philippines, and in other matters, and he resigned rather than remain in congress and continue in a political wrangle. It is probable that the administration would have been powerful enough to have caused Mr. Reed a great deal of trouble or humiliation if he had not retired from the scene of his triumphs and eXaltations. His superior ability has always been conceded even by those who were most opposed to him. That he rendered his party and his country good service is conceded; and. yet, the Reed rules are not an unmixed
Newport daily independent., 1902-07-03

Bananas may be the "king-pin of the vegetable world" but those who have tooth for sweeties may be glad to learn that while that fruit has beg garly 260 calories to the pound there is a delightful confection which has 5.625, or more than 20 times as much as bananas, and more than has any other food easily found. Great is the virtue of chocolate. Long may it soothe and sustain from the breakfast cup; long may it fill the bonbon box. For it and it alone is the lSingpin of the vegetable kingdom. PAUL BIT.
Newport daily independent., 1902-07-03
strnwherrv and PIneappIe salad.

Put strawberries in glass dish with alternate layers of fresh or creamed pineapple. Pour over the mixture a little sherryor the strained juice of two lemons or two oranges. Keep on ice until ready to serve as D dessert with sponge cake.-Good Housekeeping.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27
SMOKES OF FAMOUS SMOKERS.
How Some Prominent Men Select
Their Cigars.
New York Press

You would think that about sixty
standard brands of cigars would offer
a wide choice. said the man behind the
cigar counter, but sometimes a stran-
ger wanders in here and asks for a
smoke I never heard of. Generally be
comes from the south or west. and
guess it is some regular brand he wants
which travels under a different name
where he lives.
There is very little difference be-
tween good cigars. though they have
many names. / have been in the bust
ness for many years and at one time
or another served most of the prOmi-
nent men of the country. I have al
ways smoked and consider myself a
critic, but after / have had a cigar or
two I can't tell for the life of me by
the odor what is the name of cigar I
am smoking. OF course I can name 1t
by its shape and anybody knows a
strong cigar from 9 mild one. but the
most expert can be fooled on brands.
In spite of this many prominent men
insist on certain brands and are un-
happy II they don't get them. Some
times they complain that an inferior
tobacco is being used, but that is not
true. Their taste has palled and they
need a change
Few men have their cigars made
for them these days. That used to be
the proper thing Ten OF twenty years
ago. but so many brands are made
now that a man can get about what
he wants Men who go to such hotels
as the Hoffman. Holland. Fifth Avenue
or Astor House generally stick TO their
favorite cigars. be they dear or cheap
strong or mild. but it's different with
the Waldorf crowd. They all think u s
necessary to buy a high-priced cigar
there. but that's no line on their actual
habits
King Edward is one Of those who
have their cigars made in the Old-fash-
toned way. The tobacco is grown for
him on a private estate. 1t is said %
be the finest in the world, and great
care is taken to make the cigars OF
the exact strength and generous size
he desires. President Theodore Roose-
Welt. on the contrary. VIII smoke any
old thing at hand when he feels the
need Of nicotine. though he prefers a
/ strong. imported cigar. His varied ex-
/ perience in wood and on the plain made
] him none too particular IN regard &C
/ brands Attorney General Phiiandei
/ C. Knox has his cigars made by house
in Havana. despite the fact that hf
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27
PASTORS AND HORSES.

IT ALL DEPENDS on the state you
1 hail from. II Massachusetts has
the honor to be the place of your birth.
Sc is eminently proper that beans
should constitute a portion Of your
diet In Maryland the citizen is a
hereto who SCOTS at oysters and ter
rapin. And 50 on around the republic.
These reflections are induced by the
case of a pastor who contributed s. 10
help a horse racing association out Of
hnancia difficulties into which it had
fallen. Now. in what state is IT. pos
sible Tor a pastor 20 love the turf and
stan retain the love and respect Of his
flock? The answer suggests itself to
the most obtuse intellect. Kentucky,
of course.
not long since the Rev. Baker P. Lee
81 Lexington, where the hoy ses come
r,ora received a call TO a church in
Chicago. 1t was more than q call: It
was a shout. and the Rev. Mr.. Lee
heard and desired to obey. During the
examination into his past, for an
shepherds nave past if they are old
enough, it developed thar Mr.. Lee was
an admirer Of 'Ehe sport Of kings. d
When the Kentucky Trotting Horse
association became involved in none
tary difficulties. its representative
called on Mr.. Lee ana he responded
with check for s.. 1t wasn't nor,
than enough to buy a toe weight. bul
IL showed his good win
Some o. the staid members of tbs
Chicago flock heard Of the donation
and 3Ir. Lee frankly told them tina
the worst was true. He had given tn,
money. and under similar oircum
stances he would do it again, only re
GREETING that he couldn't donate II
larger figures. The y--+~-men there.
upon nct IN solemn coneIave. At tn,
close Of their deliberations it was an
nounced that the call to Mr.. lee wa
not bluff. As a Kentuchan, he ha,
every right to love q SPEEDY horse. IN
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27
AmaSemeHtS.


A one-act play in three acts is "Da-
vid Garrick," and there is but one real
character. The figures aside from that
of David GarTick who appear in the
cast are but the setting for the por-
trait of the celebrated actor who gives
the play its name.
A drunken man is not the most
pleasing object in the world, nor is the
representation Of one on the stage al
ways attractive: but the portrayal by
Z. S Willard of David Garrick, sup
pOsedly intoxicated, as done at the
Salt Lake theatre last evening, has
never been surpassed. This is the
scene around which the entire play is
built The first and third acts are the
prelude and the epilogue. Garrick has
promised TO disgust a girl who has
become infatuated with him. He
makes the pledge ignorant. that she is
the one he loves. His word is good
and he carries out the part, even after
he discovers her identity. Garrick is
invited to a dinner. He reels into the
adjoining room after the dinner, ap-
parently in a state of beastly intoXi-
cation. He insults the guests. He
turns pretty compliments TO the WO-
men into impudent remarks He sinks
into the deepest maudlir depths, only
10 soar suddenly and unexpectedly into
the sublimest heights as he delivers
some of the great passages from
Shakespeare The girl, at first infat-
uated shrinks in disgust and humilia-
ton. Reused by his flights to sublim-
ity, she becomes again charmed and
leaps with him to the pinnacle. She
sees before her the ideal she has cher
ished, and gaZes into his face raptly.
In a flash the sublime ideal is gone
and she sees a maudHn beast as, true
to his promise, the actor resumes his
efforts to disgust her. 1t is the con-
trast of the purest sunlight with abso-
lutte darkness, Of the highest with the
lowest. and the change from one to
the other is made with the most Won
derful Tapidity.
The entire scene is a gem in Charac-
ter acting. It is impossible to pick a
flaw in Mr. Wizards rendition. His
support is competent. so that the ef-
feet Of the study is preserved.
The Strengthening out Of the cOmpli-
cations and the union of the lovers
calls for only commonplace acting.
Miss Ellen O'Malley, in the part OF
Ada Ingot, made a charming ingenue
scarcely equal to the stronger portions
of her lines. The rest of the cast
could be generally characterized as
good, without mentioning names.
The play Of David Garrick' was
preceded by a curtain-raiser called "A
Silent Woman. worthy of comment
only as it affords Miss Agnes Palmer
chance to do some clever character
work.
Mr. Willard and company viii pre-
sent tom Pinch" tonight.