davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-07

also TO trl1n the belt and ! ne bell shap-
ed sleeves. The large colla is of cream
.luny iace ana gives a cha lining air to
the Doiero' "hlch opens on a blouse Of
waite SIX ootted with baclk.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-04-26

Stendal, Ind. Mar. 10th. Mrs Sarah
A. Shrode of this place says:
Il suffered much as many other
women do with Kidney and Bladder
Troubles. / tried many medicines but
got no relief till used Dodd's Kid
ney Pills.
mine boxes of this remedy cured
me completely and feel it my duty
to my fellow women to make this
statement.
Il can heartily recommend them
to any woman suffering with Kid
ney and Bladder Ailments
The words of Mrs. Shrode will be
good news to many Of her suffering
sisters. Dodd's Kidney Pills have
proven themselves to be sick wom-
ems best friend, for they are as sef-
fectual in all cases of Female Weak
ness as in Bladder and Kidney Dis
ease.
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signaled Half Way Around
the World.

IL Is rather needles to say that Mar
coni's splendid demonstration OF
trans-oceanic signaling means, in the
near future, big reduction in cable
tolls. Marconi himself says that cent
word is within sight. But even this
is purely arbitrary figure. In Eng
land, where the public telegraph is not
run to enrich rich people, it is possible
to send q 12-word message anywhere
in the kingdom for sixpence. There is
no good reason why, with healthy COM
petition, a 20-word message from New
York to London, Paris or Manila
should not be sent and delivered for a
dime; or, for that matter, anywhere in
the United States, says Carl Snyder in
the monthly Review of Reviews.
The first cost is small. A wireless
telegraph station is more complicated
than an ordinary Morse station, and
costs more. But, needing neither
cables, wires, insulators, nor poles, the
stations are practically the whole of
the expense. Such an installation as
those Of the Marconi company ON
board the ocean ships probably costs
between 5000 and $500, at retail. The
largest expense is good induction
coil. which, for 12-inch spark, costs
between $50 and $500; the rest of the
apparatus, any clever mechanic, once
he has seen it and read. the descrip-
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Cast iron blocks are to be used in
paving Huddersfeld (Englandj tram

~ ~
Cast iron blocks are to be used in
paving Huddersfeld England tram
ways.
The microbe of Tuberculosis may live
In book l03 days, as has been shown
by experiment.
Manchester, England, is to test the
utility Of system of wireless te-
lephony by series of practical ex-
periments.
In Nuremberg, Germany, 500 work.
men are employed making lead sol
diers and lead toys. They turn out
about 100000 lead soldiers day.
A new disease Of the horse has APP
peared in the Darling river district.
Australia. 1t makes the horses almost
blind for time, but recovery is usual.
Asiatic Turkey is to be rescued from
standardization by the construction Of
$140,000, 900 worth of railroads, one of
which will run through the Euphrates
valley from end to end. The new roads
will follow the old caravan routes and
they will touch all the principal cities
and towns of Bible lands.
A new Russian apparatus for restor-
ing hearing consists of light rubber
shell, furnished with miniature mi
crophone, which is connected to
small galvanic battery. 1t is claimed
that the microphone causes even the
softest speech to repeat on the
auditory nerve of the deaf when the
apparatus is placed to the ear.
Excavations in southern Germany
have apparently established the fact
that in prehistoric times Europe was
inhabited by pygmies. Remains OF
midget race have also been found in
Switzerland and the Pyrenees. The
skeletons which have been found are
SO small that they can be placed in an
ordinary museum drawer. None of
them is longer than IS inches, and
many are smaller.
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ENCE TO-DAY HE is ENCOURAGED TO BELIEVE THAT
HE CAN WARD OFF SOME OF THESE BY PATTERNING
AFTER OTHER SUCCESSFUL PERSONS Perhaps can; but
it the writer's opinion that average intelligence
has an honest and moral principle behind him absorb
valuable hints "how do"
by listening stories of old stagers telling they do
under entirely different conditions and with the equip
ment that by the And yet
mean to be conceitedly Independent pose
As Tor technical education that of another
~ CANDIDLY,I is THERE NOT DANGER IN THIS WHOLE
SALE ADVICE GIVING May practice carried
May not the platforms from which advice
foundatons There Codes standponts
the listener becomes like lost doghe and that
and It IS only by chance if he finds shelter and home
This brings to the old question: What is success?
have read articles signed by of fortune whole tenor
OF which was that OF urging
laon OF the examples they and their colleagues set prom
ing that wealth would be the famous mil
honareMr Canegewho says There nothing in wealth be-
yond having competency
another to the keeping of this code of to
wholly different codbut each confidently announces his to be the
goal of
it? Whom emulate? sought success as
the knights OF old sought Holy Who has found Has
not success too often vanished the moment even as the
holy Grail reported to have done when and uhov an
preached II? what the substance Of
IS OF such stuff as dreams made Of substantial?
Row does to be able clutch hands? Is It bubble
or Is it something rea Men with its possession have
tended to tell what it is and bu their stories do
not agree. How be
SUBMIT THAT MANY OF THESE MEN HAVE BEEN
DELUDED AND ARE ONLY FOLLOWING WILL o. THE
NiSPS; THAT PERSONS WHO HAVE ATTAINED THE Sue
CESS BEST WORTH HAVING ARE OFTEN SEEN AND IJN-
IN THIS LIGHT they even member.
3 oar 0se hou'sholds' l9zx<lG
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tions, of which the scientific journals
teen, can rig up for himself.
And the field is free. The shove,
OF patents has been large; Sig. Mar
coni-alone has taken out 1872. But they
relate chiefly to minor improvements
and special devices, which, while
doubtless often of individual value, are
not block. to others to try their hand.
H. for example, Prof. Brandy had pat
ented his discovery, and had applied
1t to the reception of signals himself.
instead OF leaving that-to Prof. Lodge
and Others, then we might have had an
other Bell telephone monopoly. AS il
is, wireless telegraphy has been made
possible by men who do not take out
patents, and whose work is not done
for money.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-04-26
A CAT AND A poccEREL.


20, see" he wrote, THE cat-kins long
Are dangling from the trees:
The cat-nip sprouts and in the swamp.
The cat-tails greet the breeze.
The dog-wcod blooms. the dos-bane
starts;
The dog-rose Is well met;
And In the woods. one row may -
The dog-toothed violet.
The cat-bIrd calls. the cattle range
Upon the Cat-skflIs high;
The cat-amount doth watch for prey
In yon cat-alpa nigh.
The dog star shines once more In heav'n-
Come, let US all be merry! :
It's time to cease dogma tic themes.
And seek the ripe dog-berry.
The caterpillar feeds upon
Cat-awba vines beside
The roaring cataract that falls
Into the river WIDE"
Twas after dog-days, that this bard
HIS dog-eared manuscript
Put by forever. Dog-gedly,
He crept into his crypt.
This cat-acomb catastrophe
Was caused by grim cat-arrh.
And cat-aiepsy stopped the thoughts
Not catalogued thus far.
AND so, the strangest form of verse
That ever I've heard tell
- this the poet mad composed
The cat--and dog-gerei!
Blanche Elizabeth Wade. In Frank r,~..
He's Popular Monthly.
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TOLD OF PUBLIC MEN.

South Africa has ostrich farms CON
tanning over 300. 900 birds.
Former Speaker Thomss B. Reed
takes precedence as an after-dinnez
speaker.
It is interesting to note that John
B. Milburn, Of Buffalo. in whose
house President Mckinley was
tenderly cared for after being NOR
tally wounded by the assassin Cool
gosz is a democrat Of SUFFICIENT
prominence to be thought Of by the
New York democracy as candidate
for governor Of that state.
Representative Frederick o. Mac
Cartney, Of Rockland, Mass. SO.
cialist, was elected to the house orig
inally on the Sunday fishing issue,
and. although clergyman. for three
years he has stood upon the floor OF
the house in advocacy of his bill to
permit fishing on the Lords day.
The bill has met its third defeat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-04-26
| The
(On1y Way

he was not an ordinary girl, o
- that there could be no mistake
She was not exactly pretty, although
her face was winning and sweet, but
she had way with her that was pure.
~ original. Even her walk and the
turn of her head seemed different from
that Of other girls.
II don't understand her." said her
masculine friends. II don't like her, !"
declared the members of her own sex.
while the matrons Of her clique put
their heads together and said that Il
was pity the girl had such odd little
ways, she was spelling all her chances,
and that q woman with her IDEAS was
quite failure as far as matrimonv
was concerned.
AS for Hugh Doorway, he didn't know
exactly what to make of her. She fas-
cinated him. When she was in the
room he was always by her side. He
walked with her, he talked to her. and
never glanced at another girl when
she was near, yet he never seemed able
TO form decided opinion Of her.
One day he told her as much himself.
He had called on her and found her
alone. He confessed as they sat over
the tea table together that she was
altogether puzzle to him.
II can't make up my mind " neither
! like you or not. Miss withers,s he
said. You are such . changeable
girl"
Il am not sure whether that il alto
gether complimentary" returned the
giri, In low voice. Il am good deal |
more positive in my regard for you."
indeed"
Yes" She looked away for a minute
and then brought her eyes quickly to
his face, pink spot burning on each
heck. "Yes, / love YOU"
The young man gasped and nearly
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-04-26

An old man and a young one, while
travelling from London to Brighton IN
train. got into conversation. The
old man asked:
(which would you sooner travel in
the uP-to-date railway train or the
old-fashioned stage coach?"
"Why, the up-to-date railway train.
OF course, the young man answered.
"Ah, would sooner travel in the old
fashioned stage coach"
"Why?"
"Well. II you are in the old-fashioned
stage coach and the wheel comes "a
and you are thrown into q ditch. it's
'Hullo, old party, there you are!' But
II you are in the up-to-date railway
train, and the boiler bursts, its not
'Hullo, old party, there you are!' but
'Hulio. old party, where the dicken,
are your London Answers.
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dropped the teacup he held. In hi,
amazement. Was there ever such ,
startling confession? OF the two hs
was far the more embarrassed.
You are surprised" went ON The
girl, hurriedly. $50 was I. Love Il Al.
ways . surprise. To me IL seems 4
kind OF madness while it lasts. soma.
thing as uncomfortable as It is myste.
rious. I have never felt like this for
any one before; cannot understand Il
myself. You are very ordinary man.
not very wealthy, not very clever. not
1t all good looking. and yet / love Won.
It's all very wonderful, isn't it ?"
The man stared at her dumbly. nm
sble to say word.
The girl laughed musicallv.
ITS rather an unusual confessior
isn't it?" she said. Rather unasked.
too; but You needn't alarm yourself.
don't want to marry you."
"You don't want to marry map.
echoed the man in some confusion.
"No." The girl looked away. and her
eyes WANDERED to the window with .
thoughtful. intent expression. II al
ways liken love, she said, ITO a stream
running between two very difFercnt
pieces of land connected by a BRIDE
On the one side everything is bright
and green and sunny, on the other the
land u gray and barren. Love, the river
runs ON either side alike, but once the
bridge h crossed the current seems 70
change. From the other bank the sun
shines across and makes 1t all seem So
attractive. We long to go and explore.
and when We do we ind ourselves Inn
prisoned. The bridge we crossed has
gone; II ives only : bridge Of Illusion.
and there b mo getting back to the
Sewers and sunshine, however much
We strive. It's Al very disappointing, |
lsnst mr.
The young nen recovered himself |
ind glanced admiringly acroes It the |
serious httle speaker. She van look. |
|ng quite pretty; TIE Hush Had deem
med on her cheek ~ her eyos were
|qft and moist With feeling. He forS
- her strange confesoaou. ond f6r
Ae &lme M carried away b the pcud<
i a. hof fl@>tnntfon. A -; = 4
hssght - M ! 60 llI31 i
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-04-26

WIN Not he Permitted 70 Ride In
Chair-Cars without Proper
Foot Covering.

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.va ''e"s.
ornahs ~ s.e - =. INV NM: - ioloe On 'ns
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-04-26

At the opening performances of
"Beaucaire" its author, Booth Tuck
ington, was pointed out to a certain
lady OF Malaprop tendencies as the
famous Hoosier novelist"
why Hoosier r. she asked.
That's what they call gentleman
from Indiana" was the reply.
Anew evenings later. on being intro
duced to Mr.. Harrington at recep-
ton, this Mrs Malaprop enthusiastic
ally exclaimed, in an effort to be
genial: SO you are the famous buck
ster!r-N. o. Times.
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His Onense.

First Deacon-'Pears dat de minis.
ter's been playin' poker.
Second Deacon-Wal, what am de
use OBJ bringin' sech mattahs bcfor'
de congregation?
But Brudder Johnson accuses him
OBJ bein' shy in tree pots an moi
maxim good."-Judge.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-04-26
On the Giving Of Advice
BY MILTON MARKS.

The present day is an epoch of advice CIV
ing. More advice is rendered than is fol-
lowed Of any words of advice appear in
this editorial they are not here to be needed
as such; they are intended as marginal notes.
A number Of magazines and periodicals are
edited almost entirely with the avowed pur-
pose Of telling young men and young women
how to succeed. Men and women who have
made money, or otherwise attained promi-
nence, are invited to contribute They are
asked to tell how they did it!
IN THE OLD DAYS A BOY LEARNED
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oH Doestic SeFvnnfo.
In Paris male domestic servants are
encouraged to marry, as they are OBJ
served to be more settled and atten-
tive to their duty than when bachelors.
In London such marriages are dis
couraged, as rendering servants moro
attentive to their families than to
those OF their masters.-N. Y. Sun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-11

do Is to feed the '.stock"--a long. thin rod of steel or brass--tc the machine. The feeding mechanism carries the rod slowly forward into the field of action. The turret advances. and puts It's first this tool has done it's task, the turret wfthdraws t. turns and advances q sec, ond tool into action. Each cutting tool around the turret has its distinct work to perfcrna-one cutting thread, another shaping a head, another putting 1t on a point. another drilling hole. still another putting on knurling. The turret auto matically brings each of. perhaps. six tools into action, and, when the work is finished. the completed screw drops into a pan, while the stock" is automatically fed forward to begin the complex opera. tion again. A, stream of machine oil pours continuously on the work to carry away the heat, and the little. metal cut tings collect in heap under the ma chine.
 Hour after hour this wonderful auto- maton goes through it's cycle operations, the turret clicking every moment as 1t brings a new tool forward. Small brass pieces, on which hut one tool cuts, are dropped at the rate of four a second. Large screws of complicated design, upon which a whole turretful of tools must work, are cut from a steel rod at the rato of one or two a minute. So perfectly are these screw machines constructed that an unskiiled workman can operate row of them. All he s required to do Is to keep them fed with stock" In some shops. girls tend the machines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-11
HAS NO LAW OFFICER
sHERIFF,s OFFICE VACANT IN
 COLBERT COUNTY.
Officials Killed in Tuscumbia Riot, Court, Which Was in Session, Adjourned-Governor Jelks
 to Name Sheriff.

Governor Jelks yesterday received from Hon. Fox Deloney. Probate Judge of Col- bert County, a certihcation of the vacan- cy in the office of Sheriff of that Coun- ty due to the killing of Sherir Charles .iassoway last Sunday during the incip- tent riot In Tuscumbia.
 The tragic death of Sheriff Gassoway has caused an unusual situation in Col bert County. The statutes provide that In the event of absence or temporary va- cancy in the office of Sheriff the County Coroner shall perform the functions of ty failed to qualify after his election to the place and by the death of Sheriff Gassoway the County is left without a law officer. The Circuit Court of Col bert County was in session at the time Sheriff Gassoway met his death but ow- and the fact that there was no law officer to act In the court Judge E. B. Almon, presiding judge of the circuit adjourned the court until next Monday.
 Several citizens of Colbert County have already filed applications with Governor Sheriff Gassoway and it is highly proba- ble the appointment will be made within a few days, perhaps today.
 J. H. Nathan, prominent citizen of Sheffield. and one of the leading Demo- crats of Colbert County was at the Cap itol yesterday. He said correspondents had misrepresented the people of Tus- cumbia in news dispatches telling the story of the fight between citizens and the negro Will Reynolds. who Drecipitat- ed the trouble in Tuscumbia Sunday. Mir. Nathan says the statement that the body of the negro was burned was gross mis- representation and that his body was not mutilated. To the contrary Mfr. Ma than declares that the body of Reynolds was decentlv buried.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-11

cards, rushing off to the next place on your list, and then expecting these wo, men to do the same thing to you, ana praying you may be out when they i,ii. can. less. and think the telephone is largely responsible for it. make nearly all my calls now over the phone. It is so much more comfortable and saves such lot om time and bother. I just sit down in my own home and call up Mrs Jones in her home: I owe her call. If she Is Tn she comes to the phone. and. although I may have nothing In particular 10 talh to her about, We chatter away for several minutes, and before I ring of impress upon her the fact that am returning her call and that she needn't expect me to come in person. She laughs and thinks it's all right. and then pays some of the calls she owes in the same way. It really does away with a great nuisance"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-11
LAST OF GREAT MINE FIRE.
It Burned Fifty-three Years and Con sumed The Interior of a Hill.

Wilkesbarre Correspondence of New York
 The fire in the mine at Summit Hill, Carbon County. is out, after furnishing spe 'tacle fo" dfty years. The inlne caught fire before the Civil War. The fro could not be controlled. and 1t was de- cided to let 1t burn itself out.
 There was much speculation at that time as to how long it would take. The hIlI over tho main lire rose to a height Of sixty or seventy feet and the veins out cropped at the top. It was therefore ap- parent that the coal would have to be burned from the very heart of the hill be- fore the fire could eat itself out.
 Many mining men believed that the fire would burn out in ten years. and none gave it more than twenty years. but its life proved to be fifty-thrce years. For many years there were no outward signs of fire except the smoke and gas which escaped from some natural ventholes. but of late years the fire had so eaten up- ward into the hill that at night the flames were plainly visible and could be seen for miles.
 The final act of this fire was witnessed by only one man. a miner who was on his way home from work last Sunday morn ing about ? o'clock. He was passing with in half A mile of the hill when he heard a Fumbling, evidently caused Dy the ac- cumulation and explosion or gas m the interior of the hill. If,
 These explosions grew III loIce uIltti , there was a very loud report and gush of flames and smoke from the top. Then the peak of the hill sank in slowly and the sides tumbled in after it, filling up the hollows in the veins below, long ago eaten out by the flames
 Showers of sparks and great gushes of smoke burst forth and the heavens were lighted by the flames as the hill sank. The whole time consumed in this final work of destruction was not moro than half an hour and when it was over the hill was like the crushed in top of q pie. and the fire which had burned for ffty-thrce years was slowly dying out for want of fuel to feed upon It had eaten out the hill until there was nothing left but a -,ruzf