davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26
Tne Presidents of the United states.

The Presidents OF the Ontt0O SA@L0@'
The north has had 16 presidents and
the south nine. The executive office
has been occupied by northern men a
few days less than IS years and Dy
southern men a few days over 50
wears. This is based on the SUPPOSE
tion h a Roosevelt will fill out his
present term.
Only two of the. southern states have
furnished Observation-Disclosures ana
Tennessee. OF the northern presl-
dents. three aave come from the New
England states and six from the MID
die states and seven from what Is
now called the middle west.
No president has ever been eiecteo
from the territory west Of the M1ssis-
einni. river and only two men have
heen nominated by the great political
narties from that territory-Fremon'
from Missouri by the Republicans IN
1855. and Bryan of Nebraska by the
| democrats in 1896 and 1900.
Divided politically, nine Democrats
two Federalists, four Wings n eign'
Republicans have occupied the presi'
Dental Office. In the above | 40 MOI
include Washington, the first presi
dent. 1t is unjust to assign b mrs
and only real ~non-partisan president O
the country to any political party
Galveston Daily News.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26
Lie After All.

They were telling fish stories, and at
last the tall, 1ank maj on n cracked
barrel said:
Il went down to the river this morn
ing and although the river was high
almost to a flood l took a 1o-foot
pike
with the corncob pipe. Tell us you
took an s-pound trout, and I'll sit Idly
hy. But a 1o-foot pike, never. Ana
MAS died for less than that"
az took a 10-foot pike pole" contln-
ned the unrufied, tall, lank man on the
cracker barrel, land in less than five
minutes / hooked out a 15-foot bass.
"see here! See here!" yelled the ma
Who owned the grocery. You'll have
n go way from here to finish that ne
hain,t got no lightnin' rod on this
- hooked out a 15-foot basswoot
,og. nersisted the tall, lank man, "ane
want to ask how much you tnlnl
+ kin git for it."-New York Times
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26
c~..tay Vienna.

when Vienna was expanded some
ago into Greater Vienna such
sparsely inhabited tracts OF land
included that it now contains Tor
sst lands and nils higher than St
stepnen's spire The ploW 10 active
within this new Vienna, corn grows ID
abundance and the vine hourishes. FIST
are caught in quantities, u the mare
ard several kinlg of deer are hunted.
This vienna contains canals, springs
frorn the Wienerwald, while the Dan
,,ba moves majestically across the
landseape; beyond it is seen the rich
tract of the Marchfeld, yellow with
corn. It causes a peculiar feeling te
and ones self in sueh charming cou1'
try and yet to know that q is still
in q city. wild flowers and birdi
ab<,1nd with the lilac, hburnum AM
hedge rosn-Chicsgo Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26
HAS BURNED 20 YEARS.
aeva seetlan Mae Esre Whaah Ess s,onA
AS Eipe@.

AAAAe 1As9 naAn E80 G0SN
as Lises.
interest In tie great sub~terranean
'onuagrataion near New Glasgow.
Nova Scotia. has been renewed by the
Encouraging report that all efforts to
Areumvent the flames have proved
ruthless and that ell hope Is now prac-
sfeally abandoned. The fire originated
u 1850. 1t Ii burning In a rich seam Of
sosl' 30 feet thick, and In a mine that
GAS a shaft 1.eoe feet deep. The prob
lem OF s~xtinguishing the flames is no
nearer solution than 1t was twenty
one years ago. Water has been let in.
out the fire 10 above the sea level, and
The expensive work Of flooding has had
no effect.
After many futile attempts to extin-
guish the Gre. the engineers directed
their efforts toward devising plans for
sireuinventtng it, and reaching the coal
still intact. To that end all the ap-
proaehss leading to the drs and all the
neighboring workings were walled I'D,
and new workings were driven lower
down. But every plan 90 far devised
has proved q failure. The all-conquer-
Ing are has broken through, and every
new work has been reluctantly aban.
doned.
On one occasion. the explosion that
p~erpetuated this destructive and OBJ,
stinats Gre caused the death of "a
miners. They were awaiting the ar.
rival OF . ear with som toels, and
boy had been sent out with q hurry-ur
message. when the explosion occurred
All that could be learned was from tn,
boys story. He had seen them sittini
on the door when he left them. Their,
death overlook them. To reach or al,
them in any way was beyond human
possibility, so their ashes have mingle'
with the crumbling coal seam whiel
has burned for Q generation, and will
burR. no doubt, for generations b
come.
There are unsolved problems abou
the explosion. and suspicious that pro
seetlng walls were not sufficient
thick. But no new light will ever b
thrown on the tragedy which suddsnl
cut of and consumed q sturdy detaeh
ment Of the army Of industry.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26
suasEsTioa TO RoosEvrLT.
Paper Rssis uin uew 70 c.

EnleaSo Paper Ra48 A1fm hRW % CA2s
dense His Coming Message.
Already the Washington correspond
ants are writing President Rcossvelt's
Message for him-albeit he 10 Still In
possession Of his voice and can coan-
nand the services Of a typewriter.
If, however, Mr.. Roosevelt. intends
% cover ene-half Of the ground laid
sut for him by the correspondents our
advice TO him is to issue his message
h serial form, says tho Chicago Rec
srd-Herald. He has the pen OF q ready
writer and an exhaustless fund Of
IDEAS Of his own to draw on, and yet
he Is said TO contemplate the incor-
poration Of the reports Of his eahines
pflcers in his own reviews OF this
state Of the Union" and recommends
don of those things he judges "nssss-
Iary and e~xpedient" for the considera-
lion Of congress.
II President Roosevelt will consult
The sound sense Of the American
people he will make his message
unique in the history OF modsrn
presidential messages by its bgsvity.
Ee can say all that 10 necessary 30 DO
Gaid at this time in q message Of s.eoo
words, and by using the reports OF the
apartments as appendices In less
pace.
The constitutional idea Of the prssi-
sent's message was that Ii was tor
The Information" Of congress and tAe
people. But that was before the daily
press had come to keep the public bet
tor informed % to the state OF sas
snion than It could be IL presidential
messages were issued weekly.
The president cannot do better be-
tween now and the hTst week In De
sember than 20 devote his spare time
-of which he win not have too much
Ito the strenuous task OF eondenslnl
Rhat Is necessary and eliminating
what Ii unnecessary 20 be said In nj
arst message to congress. He shouls
be- familiar with the superiority II
range and accuracy OF q rife over
blHnderbuss.
Every unnecessary word In . pTesi
aent,s message increases the oppor
unity for error.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26
ono MAJ, in Nine Months.

In Q private letter to 9 aoteeora
.sitor dated Tjarkhlik. April 81. the
swedish explorer, sven Hsain, relates
hat he had just got his arss Q ana
-oee,ved hin aYst news OF the world In
ains months. His ChiAess companions
and servants were gentle ana arniaols.
AZ Tiarkhlik he attsd out q caravan
II the thirty-eight eamels. twenty-four
horses and seventy mules. His jour.
usy for ITO Swedish milss had leu
aim through an absolutely unsxpiorsa
part OF Asia.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26
THE FEMALE WORKERS.
Statistics in Relation to the Many v

Statistics in Relation to the Many We
men In the Departments.
Nearly every elGy is mors or less
famous for n or more types OF
its women" said a Washington globe
trotter to a Star man "and the capital
must not be excluded from the list.
"In the stores it is rare to see
women employees with gray hair or
past middle age. They are mostly
young girls. In the departments prob
ably IS percent of the female employees
are past middle life. and rs percent
are over so years Of age. There are
hundreds Of women In the depart
ments over 10 years of age. earning
from 5000 to $140O and $1,000 a year.
In no other field of labor are positions
paying such very high salaries opened
to be filed by women Of 70, grand
mothers, in fact.
According to some late figures COM
piled by the United States civil ser
! vice commission some extremely inter-
esting analyses, comparisons and de-
auctions may be drawn.
"Of these 5000 salaried queens nearly
one in every eight receives $1,000 a
year, and over, or to be exact, eo3
draw salaries ranging from $1,000 to
$500 a year, three ladies sailing
around the top notch OF salaries paid
by the government for clerk hire, get
ting $500 a year. In no other en-
ployment for women on a salary are
wages from 1921 to $34.61 a week PAID
to n out Of eight of the wage earn
ers. OF this special class 300 receive
$1,000 a year, $50 receive $1,000. 100 re-
ceive $1400, and SO receive $500 per
annum. In the bureau OF engraving
and printing, there are 1850 female
printers assistants, who receive Sl.2o
q day, who are not included in the
above estimate. In the census office
there are owe 1900 women, most OF
whom draw $14.61 a week, or $75
month, and the aggregate total OF oul
queens rises, therefore, to considera'
bly, over 5000 who earn yer 81 a day
or more than a large proportion o.
men in salaried and wage-earning pur
suits. Naturally, they look cool ane
: comfortable as they ride to work ev
cry morning in the open cars.
During the past II years 2o44 WON
en- have entered the service Of the gov
eminent In Washington through tn
means OF the competitive examination
of the civil service alone. In the civ
service there are no less than 81 dineI
emit examinations which are open t
women. One-thlrd of the entire fore
OF the government in Washington
! composed Of woman, and they are oe
ing appointed through the classlne
service channels at a proportion 9
about one-sixth to the total numbe
of all clerks appointed by this means
In the unclassifed service this proper
ton. I should estimate at not less tina
25 percent and perhaps nearer 40 pei
cent. as in the rural mail delivery sci
vice, for instance, the percentage
not far from so percent il not abov
d that figure
b 1.-THE percentage of woman appoin
ments through the classified servicev
= ries in the different years. a 1t do'
in the unclassifed positions. For IL
d stance. in the first the highest pc
:, centage was in 1898, when it was
percent Of the total. In the temporal
positions it was highest during II
. Spanish war and Immediately therea
4 ter
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

rhava a more Casa1ra Ia this section on w
- fban ali other diseases put togetaeE,
sUd nnttl ths last few years was snppoasAa $3.50 y %
;ncurable. Fer . great many ysass s.asTThad
p-ronou ssnosdi y and BY constantly falling 70
cure h Ts'n Science has proven catarrh 70 be 2
euraea srt,onal disease and therefore REQUIRES
sonssisSssUrsdd by r. J. cheney : s Go; T 81 10
Ohio. is the only constitutions oS asss ~ from oh,
market. tits taken Inssrnany .o y I SipectIy on
10 drops to . t~easpoonIui. ~ ao - ths system
The blood as.s and saa I Snsdrs sdt dollars for any cas-
Ihey one r,,rs Send for circulars and sesss
y Iaig = Address 70. CaENBY d Co., Toledo
Sold by Druggists, TOO.
Mall,a Farnily Pulls are the best.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

- =
FOR Afteeu years ! have noted the
erect Of your Vegetable Compound IN
curing special diseases Of women
II Know Of nothing superior aor
ovarian trouble, barrenness, . y
han prevented hundreds o. dangeIouss
operations where physicians CLAIMED
& was the only chance to get vel.
Liberation and inflammation OF the
womh hss been cured in two or three
weeks through its use, n as ~
purely an herbal remedy, I unheslsas-
ingly give it my highest enoorss saSu.
-Frsfsrnally yours, On. 2. VRoeuA,
Iansinr. Mich. -S6ooc forfeit u aeovs sss-
t~aseniaf fs not genuine
M Won are iii do not hesitate 90
eea4 Z nettlc DC Lydia r. PINK
1870 vegetable Compound az
onco. and write to Mrs. -
haaa AZ Lynn, Mass. 1or spesaa1
advicos it ID entirely tres.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26
PRINCESS vIROQUA, N. D.
Endorses Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound After
Following It's Record For
Years.

"DEAE MRS. PINKHAM Health Is
the greatest boon bestowed on human
ity and therefore anythingsthas
reskere lost health is g blessing. l
consider Lydia e. PinkhaIn's Veg.
etablc Compound rs a blessing to
State and Nation. It cures her moth
era and daughters and makes them
we'll and strong,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

Nh matter what ails sol. ssdasas 10 q
cancer, you viii mover get well nnsn your
bowels are put right. CAscARErs aeip nature.
cure yon without a grips or PAIN. proauos
easy natural movements, cost you jusS ~
c.srrs oandg Oathartio, the genuine, put up
IN natal boxes. every tablet has o.o.o.
s4an,aad ON Il. Beware OF fmitations.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

FITS permanently cured. Motifs or nervous.
csss Ger Irst DAYS use OF DR.. Kine's Great
Nerve Ressorer. @2triRl bottle and treatise fres
Dr.. "a. II. KLINE, Ltd. s31 Arch o., mia. Fa'
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26
A Cnrfoesn CxzssoEa.

No document can have Che authority OF the
imperiai throne Of (h'na unless it bears q red
mark placed there by the sovereign. with
this seal upon It. the paper beeoIoes oslelai:
The genuine Hoststser's stomach Bistsrs
have thar Private Die Stamp over the nsek
recoznized rsmedy for stomach, liver and
Kidney complaints. It will sure dyspepsia,
indigsstion. Constipation and biiousness, also
ureyent malaria, fever and ague.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

Dr r.. I. q. Cawthon, Of Andalusia, Ala.'
~-Itea. :aTetterine is superior to any remedy
Enown to me for Eczeraa and stubborn skin
diseases." SOC. q box By mail from J.T: shup.
trine. Savannah, Ga, Il your druggist don's
Laa, -
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for cnnarsn
teething, soften the gums, fed lss Sso : hottie.
ton, aIlays pain, cures wind COLO. 400 D''
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26
Heat For h Bowels.

An ordinary piano contains a mile OF
wire string.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

piso,s Cure for Consumption is n inia l1Or
medicinefo for coughs and co.ds.- -ooc
Ocean Grove, N. J., Fab. IL, ls0O.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

Geolorists are not the only people VINO
are out for the rocks.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

with the aid Of q microphone you can
hear a hy walk.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

We refund 100. for every package o. 49,
- Monroe Drug Co., Unionvile, Me-.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

South Wales raises more coal tnan any
other part Of Great Britain.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

The frst American telescope Was put In
nosition at Yale College in 1880.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26
. n,.4or.. yesti,noniaI.

It's easy enough to love your nelghoors
rs they are far enough away.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

The average girl i caprlciops, =. ~ i;fs sna
ten s fellow he 10 the light q ner me anu
sLa, k,Hrn him down.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

The TsH aansSstwssn Shreveport and Dsii@'
and { he West
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

The straightfIons corset IS in greater
demand than ever this ssssoa.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-07-26

The British boot and shoe trade ID
largely dependent upon American INA
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-13
TOILET TIPS.

Nothing benefits the scalp which is
prone to dandruff more than system
attic massage, which starts and keeps
In order the circulation.
When drying the face, rub upward
toward the nose. This will prevent the
formation of wrinkles and help to OBJ
literate the crease alongside the nose.
Ammonia has been quite generally
used for years to dispel the odor of
perspiration. Sweet spirits of inter
will be found superior in every respect.
Use few drops in the bath water.
Those who are troubled with their
hands being rough and dry through
constantly being in water will find
that washing in boiled starch and
water makes them nice and smooth.
Cucumbers and strawberries are SOW
ereign remedies if prepared properly,
and even when used raw the former
has bleaching effect on the skin and
the latter a bleaching effect on the
teeth.
Here is recipe for n good and pure
tooth powder: With four ounces pre-
cipitated chalk mix two ounces pulver-
lied borax, add one ounce each pow
dered myrrh and pulverlzed orris, sift
through n fine boiling cloth, and it is
ready for use.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-13

1t is wise bride who chooses among
her maids one who can write clever
notes. For wedding presents must be
acknowledged, not only promptly, but
with personal touch in the note, and
fashionable bride would need pri-
yate secretary not only with an iron
hand, but over it a velvet glove of
graciousness. This combination is not
easy to find. but friend may have it,
and to lose her services is mistake
too grave to be omitted by the think
ing.
Consequently such n girl is asked to
be bridesmaid, and then, on the old
general principle that one gets nothing
without giving something, she is pretty
apt to be asked if she won't help write
notes of acknowledgment of the pres
ents. And the best part Of it all is that
she is always enormously pleased ut
being asked. Not only is the request
a demonstration of friendship, but it is
subtle tribute to her pen about which
only the most hardened could be cal
Ions
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-13
Books and nooknhelxen.

"Low bookshelves," says furniture
dealer, who is a lover of books as well,
"have an origin in a reason besides the
caprice Of fashion. Heat is injurious
to the binding of choice books, drying
out the natural oil of the leather and
making them warp and get out of
shape. Most rooms are very warm in
the upper parts, and these five and six
foot bookcases are necessity rather
than notion. Cold is us hard on
books as overheating, and an atmos-
phere that is too damp or too dry also
Injuries them. The sun pouring in d.
rectly on the shelves fades the bind
ings. You can have cheerful, sunny
library and yet keep the volumes out
Of the suns full power."-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-13
Beware of High Chairs.

A young lady of small stature recent
ly tainted at dinner given in her hon
or. 1t was then found that she had
not been able to touch either of her
feet to the floor or her back to the
chair, and the restricted circulation
and prolonged discomfort had finally
overcome her. An antiquarian traces
the present mania for high seats to
the fact that at the old French courts
sets Of handsome furniture were ranged
along the walls for effect, but were new
er occupied. The chairs and sofas actu-
ally used were much lower. Furniture
makers of today copy the more snowy
pieces and further enhance their inutil-
tty by spring cushions. The dictum Of
a famous cabinet maker is that in
choosing chairs the knee of person
standing should come clear above the
seat he intends to occupy.-Popular
Science.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-13
A Litcrary Klcptomnninc.

Among French writer's no one car
ried the profession of the literary brig
and to such ali extent as Nine. de Gen
lis. In 1880 her evil ways brought her
into the courts of law under very dis
creditablc circumstances Bout, the
publisher of series of manuals, en-
gagged her for the sum of ZIG to write
manuel Encyclopedique de PEN
fance." The manuscript, which had
been paid for. was OH the point of be-
ing printed when it was discovered to
be an exact copy of a book of the same
kind published in 1920 by NJ. Dasscha.
l do not find 1t easy to understand the
audacity of a writer who would perpe-
trate fraud of such enormity or the
imbecility which would suppose that
it would not easily be detected.
Another time she contributed to a
Paris newspaper feuilleton which
turned out to be close reproduction
of romance printed some twenty
years before. Surely the poor woman
suffered from literary kleptomania.-
Gentleman's Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-13

An Italian philosopher has amused
himself by constructing scale of de-
grees for the measurement Of profess
sional envy. The highest point in this
envy mcasurer is ten.
Architects are happily placed lowest
on the scale. They register only Il;
advocates and priests and military
men are ranged at 2, and in the as
cending scale lie gives us professors
Of science and literature, 4; Journal
lists, 5; authors, s; physicians, o; ac-
tors and. actresses, 10. The small
amount of envy among architects is
held to be due to their precise, severe
and rigid studies. The same thing ap-
plies to advocates.
Among the clergy envy is found
mostly in preachers. In the military
career envy is quiescent in time Of
peace, but can become acute in time
Of war. Envy makes mer of science
and literature lead solitary lives, diff
dent of each other. Among physicians
envy is still more prevalent, and they
do not spare their colleagues, often
terming them charlatans. In the the
atrical world envy reaches its acute
form, vanity playing n great part in
its production.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-13

likes the bitterest hitherto had been of
the churches. At the name of any par
ticularly honored member her wont
was to cry out, with wild gesture:
my hands lily beside his black
hearth
When, therefore, word went abroad
that Gypsy Ann had presented herself
at the mourners' bench, Osceola culver
ed with interest through all its men,
bers. The high and the low, the full
robed and the ragged, were alike ex-
cited, and at the next meeting the
swift runners after sensations throng-
ed the church.
The object and hope Of these in
truders were of the vaguest, but the
entertainment they sought they found.
In the confidence that new life had
begun for her Ann seized the occasion
to renounce her past, item by item, In
the presence of the congregation. The
remuneration lacked somewhat Of the
humility that usually characterizes
such performances; but, aside from
this, 1t proceeded quite prosaically and
would have yielded no particular rel
ish to the curious but that toward the
end she disclosed, altogether inciden-
tally and as a matter of no more i'm
portance than any other she had touch
ed upon, that she was the demon be-
hind the mystery of the holly sprig
spoon. For not few of her auditors
even this passage had no pungency,
since the incident of the holly sprig
spoon had befallen so long ago as to be
far back of their knowledge, but with
the larger number it was still well in
memory, and distinct murmur passed
through the house as Ann related how,
in revenge of an injury which she
thought had been done her by Mrs.
Gears, she stole the spoon, and then, in
revenge Of another which she thought
had been done her by Mrs. Wampler,
tucked it away" us she said, in Mrs.
Wampler's turkey.
"And mind me to this day." said
she, what time 1 had-the oven was
SO hot, and Mrs. Wampler gone from
the kitchen only for minute, and the
spoon such an onhandy shape. But
somehow Satan let me succeed, as he
always lets us If only we try hard
enough, and little thought of NIL the
trouble it would make. But maybe
It's done some good too. On account of
it, we might say, there's two churches
now where there was only one before
SO perhaps it'll be somewise forgiven
me-"
The ice in the millpond was thicker
last winter than 1t had been for years
but it cracked again and again under
the weight Of the crowd that gathered
the next Sunday to see Gypsy Ann
baptized.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-13

The famous painter Fuseli had a
great contempt for Chatter" One aft
ernoon party of friends paid visit
to his studio, and after few moments
spent in looking at the pictures they
seated themselves and proceeded to in
dulge in u long and purposeless talk.
At last, in one Of the slight pauses.
Fuseli said earnestly, II had pork for
dinner today"
"Why, my dear Mr.. Fuseli," ex
claimed one of the startled group,
what an extremely odd remark"
"Is it?" said the painter ingenuously.
"Why, isn't 1t as interesting and i'm
portant as anything that has been said
for the last hourY'