davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-12-11

The best acting is not done on the
stage" said the old timer. I'm my
opinion neither Joseph Jefferson nor
any other professional ever touched
some Of the acting used to see in
the old fake auction shops In Chi.
cago thirty years ago and more. These
fake auction shops were little stores
opening on to the street, in which all
sorts of bogus and worthless goods
were auctioned off to the highest bid
der. Here Is scene l once saw acted
in one of the best known shops:
1.-THE auctioneer was trying to sell
some brass jewelry. About him were
gathered eight or ten stool pigeons
and 'cappers,' men in the hire of the
house whose business 1t was to bid up
prices on everything offered for sale,
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-12-11

It was all due to the eclipse Of the
moon that the Business Womans
club had series of embarrassing
scenes, the memory Of which
causes the members to blush and to
repeat their pledges never to breathe
a word about what happened, says the
Chicago Inter Ocean. The eclipse, q
strange young man. and refractory
lock made all the trouble. It was the
eclipse that caused the strange young
man to ask whether he could look on.
Of the window of the rest room.
II am interested in athletics" he
said, boldly, addressing the mild
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-12-11
Birds in London Streets.

The increase in bird life in the
metropolis Is not one OF the least
striking OF the many changes which
have come about Of late years within
sound of Westminster bells. Scarce
ly less noticeable than the Eruption
of wild species, though as yet little
commented on, is the enormous in.
crease in the numbers of the tame
pigeons haunting our London streets
The Field.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-12-11

take it. In the hope OF getting a valu.
able watch for a song all feeling of
pity was lost. They We're like q pack
of wolves on the trail Of a wounded
brother.
But stop for a mor,ent. The won
derful actor who was playing his pa'
ithetic part within hand touch of his
audience lad not reached his climax.
He raised his bowed lead again.
choked back a sob and spoke straight
at the suckers
Don't blame me- he said. I've
Gone the best l could. It's like sell
ing one of my family to part with
this watch. But can't see my wife
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-12-11
Largest American Land Holder.

John S. Bilby of Mitman, Mo-, is
said to be the largest individual land
holder in the United States. He owns
about 100000 acres, located in seven
states. Among other valuable hold
ings he has $4,000 acres in Missouri
and $4,000 acres in Arkansas.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-12-11
Place to Tell Their Tro,Ibles.

A clever Londoner who has been
travelling about the world has noted
that nearly every Engiishman or
American he meets has always some
symptoms to complain about. and
therefore he purposes to start in
London periodical called Symptoms.
which will give descriptions Of all
kinds of aches and pains and offer
prizes for new symptoms Or remedies
for old symptoms. There Is a bon
ANA in the idea.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-12-11

sandals "ravished the eye" OF Holo-
fernes. their buckles being studded
with precious gems. fashion which
later was forbidden to the Roman
matron.
Petrarch admires in his Laura her
walk above all else. He counts it
chief Of her four principal charms.
Dryden, too, is not proof against
the charms Of the female foot and
walk:
In length Of train desccnds her sweeping
gown.
And by her graceful walk the Queen Of
Love is known.
The mention Of the foot in poetry
has often been used purposely to ex-
press reverence. as when Ben Jonson
declared that his love for his mistress
was SO great that he would adore
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-12-11

The true life will be passion rather
than 4 pastime.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-12-11

hidden and her exquisite hands and
arms were we'll displayed.
She was a coquette to the last, keep
ing up her platonic flirtations till tho
day of her death, and she lived to be
a very old woman.
A womans foot. when perfect, Is
followed out we'll, both inside and out,
with high instep, short heel and
long, straight toes, slightly spatulate
at the ends.
This is the type of the most beau.
tiful foot It Ia on the whole foot
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-12-11

the foot. ard if slipper was left he
would kiss it, too" Every one is fami
liar with his highly poetical:
And where she went the flowers took
thickeSt root.
AS she had sowed them with her odor-
Gus foot.
Or similar reference by Butler:
Wherever you tread. your foot shall set
The primrose and the violet.
That fascinating combination of love-
liness, arraut coquetry and rigid vir-
tue, Mime. Recamier, worshipped her
own beauty. 1t is on record that she
preferred dinners to any other form
of entertainment. not for the sake of
the pleasures Of the table, but because
her feet, which were not pretty, were
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-12-11

Never trust any one who cannet
win Q child's love.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-12-11

God always fills the heart that will
empty itself.
The Canton times., 1902-05-02

COL. G. e. HOOKER
of Kinds as candidate for Congress
from the 8th Congressional District,
subject to the action of the Democratic
voters at the August primary election.
The Canton times., 1902-05-02
The Beet Trust.

This giant monopoly that has
touched the very stOmachs OF our
people and aroused them as
never before to the dangers
ahead of them, has turned upon
The government because it has
tackled them through Attorney
General Knox. The trust has
further advanced the price OF
beef on the government, and it is
found now that they are behind
the bill in Congress to lease all
public lands for two cents an acre
to the cattle barons, which en-
braces millions of acres in the
Western States. A union of the
beef trust and cattle barons who
have joined forces will enable
them to raise the price of meats
of all kinds and defy the govern
ment, which if this bill becomes
a law will be by beef raised on
the government or peoples own
land. They will shut out all
small dealers or farmers who
would raise cattle Independently.
President Roosevelt is exerting
his influence against the trust.
Serious times are ahead of our
country by reason of trusts. They
are getting too powerful.
The Canton times., 1902-05-02
How It w orks.

Sixty people are employed by
the ice factory and cotton ware
house here and all their salaries
are expended here. Suppose we
had 1000 such employees to put
their wages into the current OF
our business life every week.
We could laugh at and defy dull
times. The products of their
labor would go to other places
and bring money to be expended
here. Would it not be a wise
policy for our merchants and
property owners to put some of
their money at present invested
in some kind OF factories to bring
customers and population to rent
houses. A town and trade can
not be built up without popula-
ton and something to sustain
them. and a sole reliance upon
the variable chances Of agricul-
ture will not do the work for it
comes in only once a year "A
plant to thrive must have a con-
tinuous supply of moisture-so
trade to be prosperous must feel
the daily influx Of money.
The Canton times., 1902-05-02

.lt -
1.-THE theory is true In reference
to these insects being the cause
of malarial infection It VIII oe
well to destroy them as tar as
possible, on this account, as well
as to abate great nuisance
They breed alone in water. there
fore all pools Of stagnant wate'
should be drained. and all cistern
and other places OF water NJ
containing FISH should be cover
with coal oil, u thin film OF whicn
prevents the deposit OF eggs oy
the mosquito. Fish eat the Wig
gietalls, so water containing
them breeds no mosquitoes. One
old barrel Of water can infest q
whole locality with these trou
blesome insects. All cities should
pass ordinances for their destruc
ton by the means mentioned
above.
The Canton times., 1902-05-02
Syndicate Farming.

~ q
This is emphaticalIy he day o.
syndicates and aggregation Of
great capital to cut cost OF pro
duction down by reducing ex'
penses. Such enterprises are
generally successful because
placed in the hands of capable
management which is not found
in one man in twenty. Would it
not be a wise and profitable act
for the Southern hill farmers to
unite their farms and interests in
large syndicates in the way either
for cotton or cattle raising or hay
making? a large syndicate of
railroad men and also Of bankers
have recently bought large bodies
of land in the delta for raising
cotton. If these men who have
business sense enough To make
money lind this a good plan If
operation. why not the less fortu-
nate farmers profit by their ex-
ample?
The Canton times., 1902-05-02

land driven into the stream.
The Turks murdered Armenians
(, by wholesale in cold blood. Our
people have nearly exterminated
the Indians. We made war on
Spain in Cuba for humanity's
sake, yet pursue the barbarian 8
tactics in the Philippines. There
is but one step lower in the deg
relation and revolving inhumanity
of man to man aud that is canni-
balism. Gen. Sherman said war
was hell, and it seems true and
the more of it the better. All
these things show that civilization
may refine mankind and chris.
tianity restrain them, but that
the power of atavism or q rever-
sion to original species still ex-
lists. You may tame lion and
breed them in captivity to be
companions as did King John OF
Abysipia, but upon release they
will relapse into original ferocity.
Here is wide field for thought.
If these things be right in ma
tions what is the use for civiliza
ton or moral teachings amongst
men? Where does the golden
rule come in and why be honest
if might or power makes right?
The Canton times., 1902-05-02
WON'T FOLLOW ADVICE AF-
TER PAYING FOR 1T.

In recent article q prominent
physician says, ut is next to
impossible for the physician to
get his patients to carry out any
prescribed course of hygiene or
diet to the smallest extent; he
has but one resort left, namely.
the drug treatment. When
medicines are used for chronic
constipation, the most mild and
gentle obtainable. such as Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets, should be employed.
Their use is not followed by con-
stipation as they leave the bowels
In a natural aud healthy condi
tion. For sale by B e. Jones.
Free samples.
The Canton times., 1902-05-02
To the Democratic Voters of the Eighth
Congressional District.

To the Democratic Voters of the Eighth
Congressional District;
II would afford me much pleasure,
and will hold it great honor to have
yonr support for the 5Sth Congress. If
elected ! will do my best to give you as
honorable and as efficient service as
you have had. There are many worthy
sons of the District who would do
honor to the position, and | would
make room for them by disclaiming any
Intention of asking the place for life,
and promising to retire with the honors
Of the election aud such as may
gather in the service of single term.
unless that service should be such as
for you to be unable to fill my place
with better man.
Yours for service,
w. A. MONTGOMERY.
The Canton times., 1902-05-02
How About It?

In the last fifty years labo-sav-
ing machinery Of all kinds have
been invented and put into opera
ton so that a large ratio Of labor is
thrown out Of employment. When
machinery is perfected for gath,
ering all KINDS Of crops and to
take the place of human hands in
manufacturing, printing and all
the fine arts, what is to become
Of the teeming millions of the
earth that are So RAPIDLY increas-
ing? Hard conditions of the poor
already exist in Europe and the
Orient and is fast making itself
felt here. Malthus, an English
writer on the subject, maintained
that the time would come when a
restriction of procreation would
be necessary because the world
could not sustain it's inhabitants.
May he not have been right?
China claims to have discovered
and discarded our inventions to
give her hordes of people labor.
May not all nations have to follow
her example?
The Canton times., 1902-05-02
Announcements.

would like to be noml mated by the
Democrats Of the Eighth Congressional
District Of Mississippi, rs their Repre-.
sentative in the ffty-eighth Congress
will try,if nominated and reelected,
to be worthy OF my friends. true to my
party, to the people of my State, and to
the South. and to make here record
of public services as acceptable to my
ne constituents as that hitherto made
seems to be to the people of my old
District.
Increasing experience ought to rem
der me. and, hope, will render me,
increasingly able to succeed in that aim. !.
JOHN ). WILLIAMS.
Washington, d. c.,
March z, 1909.
The Canton times., 1902-05-02
Horrible.

The killing of prisoners and
butchery Of women and children
in the Philippines by this great,
enlightened, christian and civil.
lied government is just now at.
tracing attention and just Gen.
sure. This leads us to the in
quiry, Is man in his various
grades Of civilization up to the
present height of nineteenth
century elevation at which we
find ourselves, different in the
essential elements and instincts
OF his nature from the veriest
barbarian that walks the most
benighted regions of the earth?
Alexander, Attala, Genghis
Kahn, and all the warriors of
antiquity in their devastations of
the earth, captured cities and put
all the inhabitants to death by
the sword. Nero illuminated
Rome with burning living Chris.
tians. Herod ordered general
slaughter of the innocents"
amongst Jewish captives and
slaves, and when these same cap.
tives entered Canaan, on con-
quering the country. they put the
Midianites. men. women and
children, to the sword. England
in the Sepoy rebellion in India in
order to strike terror into the
natives, had prisoners stand before
the cannon's mouth and blown to
pieces. The allied forces in
China saw Russian soldiers i'm
pale living children upon their !
bayonets, catch them by the feet !
and brain them against the earth. |
The navigation OF a river was
obstructed by floating corpses
Of Chinese ruthlessly slaughtered
The Canton times., 1902-05-02

New Orleans has been select,
ed by the Dallas Convention as
the place of meeting for the
reunion in 1908. Gen. Gordon
has been reelected commander.
in.chief Of Confederate Veterans.
10000 visitors were in. Dallas
including 1900 veterans.
The Canton times., 1902-05-02
For Sale.

Three beautiful building lots ON
Liberty street just north Of Mrs.
Dan Halls residence. Lots 90
feet by 300 feet. Price very low
II bought quick Apply to
10 W, LEE D1NKINs.
The Canton times., 1902-05-02
Agents Wanted

LIFE or Z. DEWITT TALAAeE. bs IA.
son. REV. PRANK DEWITT TALMAcE. and
associate editors OF Christian Herald Only
book endorsed By Talmage family Enormons
pront for agents Who act quickly. Outif ten
ccnis. Write immediately CLARK 4 CO.. ~
>. fzn 81. PHiI.k'. PA. hestion this Paper,
The Canton times., 1902-05-02
Money to Loan.

In sums large or small. "
terms suitable 20 the bofroAs'''
A. K. Foor
Attorney-st-Lsv'
The Canton times., 1902-05-02

No scandal ever appears in the
TIMES, it comes into your homes
as pure as unsunned snow.
We are not responsible for the
views OF correspondents.
Obituaries and Tributes of Re-
spects are charged for.
Short, pithy, pertinent cores
pondence is acceptable, but we
reserve the right to publish only
such as we approve.
The Canton times., 1902-05-02
THE TINES is authorized to announce
HON. PAT HENRY

OF Warren as q candidate for the Dem.
ocratic nomination for Congress from
the Eighth District at the primary elec-
tion in August.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-07
CITY DOES NOT OWN ITS PARK.
MAYOR PAGAN OF JERSEY CITY MAKES pIScoV-
cry THAT THE TITLE TO THE
LAND Is NOT CLEAR.

Mayor Pagan of Jersey City has discovered that
me CITY does not own Mount Pleasant Park on
the Improvement Of which 1t has spent consid-
cradle sum- The site the meadows and was
dotted with unsightly novels, and was known as
Little Italy. Through the agitation OF the Wonl-
EMS Club the park movement was started The
bulk of the land had been sold for taxes. and the
CITY held title to a number of lots and plots City
Collector Davis the Democratic leader. had pur-
chased as speculation many lots. but offered them
as a donation for the park II was supposed the
city's title clear
The city desires to purchase for a high school
site A large tract on the brow of the hill owned
nv the Jersey Junction Railroad Company, which
offered TO exchange il for the park. and the propo-
sitoh was being seriously considered. for the park
is on bed of mud forty feet deep. and>the park Is
constantly sinking. and is likely to be an expen-
sve thing place if it is kept up to the level
4 search has been made to ascertain whether the
citv can read it's title clear TO the park property
and II was learned yesterday that Collector Davis
had not transferred the title to his holdings 10 the
city and was not likely to while the adrninistra-
tion was Republican, and that several OF the loIS
were in the name of the Manor Real Estate com
many a corporation controlled by the pennsylvania
Raiiroad Company which was not hkely 70 surren-
der possession to the Junction Railroad company
through the city, as il fought the junction coui.
nanv in the courts for eight years TO prevent 1t
from tunnelling under its road.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-07
THE PRINT CLOTH MARKET.

ley TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
Fall River Mass. Dec. 6.-Local brokers report
that trading in the print cloth market during the
week has been light, the sales in the aggregate
amounting to about thousand pieces of vari-
Gus makes. with deliveries extending into Febru-
ary AS has been the case for the last three or
four weeks there is still lack of interest being
shown by both the buyer and the seller, and the
market is very quiet result. This is usually
a duh season in the print cloth market, and no re-
sumption of active trading Is looked for this side
of New Years
Southern advices indicate that the mills in that
section are underseng the market here wide
goods by a small fraction, but this fact has not
Caused local mills to shade prices any. The bureau
report OF the cotton crop was more favorable than
manufacturers had expected and as result local
mill men look for lower prices on the raw ma
terial.
tion the dividend statement issued during the week
for the last showing earnings slightly in
cess of the same quarter year ago. and taking
the present higher rate Of wages and the increased
price of cotton into consideration, the showing
made is a good The production Is engaged
far enough ahead to warrant mill men In holding
off for the prices at which goods are now quoted
The American Printing Company Is still IN the
market for regulars for deliveries up TO March,
and the market Is quiet and f1rm at these prices:
Twenty-eight inch, "a by 81. cents: Is inch, 81 by
60 2s q inch, IS by S. 96 cents. SSs inch.
"a by g. cents; SO inch. s. by Il. 9-1s cents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-07
FLAMES BRIGHTEN ANIMALS
TIE MENAGERIE IN AN UPRoAR WHILE
THE ARSENAL BURNS.

-rs ,r;-,a1s IN the noenaserie in Central PARK
were greatly excited yesterday Hoihiie ~
changing of bells and the shouts OF hieiiiei
bsd t,ea, called 10 put out a fire in the Arsenal
which fronts Sixty-fourth-st ana rihIi -,
several blocks the roars and strange CRIES VI @
various animals could be heard anu d i'- DC ~
was attracted to the scene rs,
The fire was the first to occur IN Inc ouiiUs
since il was erected, many years ago 1t S'"i 90
about $50 a. m. in the lavatory Oh lle hot' 80,
or the building and was discovered by sergeant
Corbett and Roundsman Lasky, OF the twenty
sevAntb Precinct which stationed in the Arsenal
building When the fremen arrived the halieS nau
enrea6 IN ,he sitting room of the police stauoh
and the offices of the Park Department, on ING
second floor
Engine Company No 80 stretched long hne 81
hasa from Fifth-aye through the entrance to the
mark at Sixty-fourth-st. and around to the she
of the building The building was constructed ia
a peculiar manner and the firemen experienced
much difficulty in getting the hne OF nose ~ "a
second floor At last when the water was turned
on the flames the fire had spread conSlderapIy'
and it looked if the whole ouilaing was dd
his men TO tear away the surrounding woodWoIA,
and when the firemen got through the olhces were
a complete wreck ~ a.,
animals In the lion house. which Is III the rea.
of the building Lions. tigers and leopaTds rusneo
and fro in their cages giving nent 10 Ioafo
hr the wolves and other animals In adgolnlng
houses until the air filled with bedIam OF
noises Many persons in the streets tnought tIa
collected around the entrance 10 the park a'
The fire is believed to have been started by
total damage caused by and fire is said TO be
about sI.eaG. but is apparently much greater
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-07
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL sERr1cEs.
THIRTY FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED BY Rp-
LIGIoUs CEREMONIES

THIRTY FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED BY RD-
IIGIoUs CEREMONIES
The thrty-fourth anniversary services of the
Presbyterian Hospital were held yesterday at
p m. in the assembly rooms of the hospital. John
S. Kennedy, president OF the board Of managers,
officiating. The services were purely religious.
The choir of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian
Church, unde. the direction CT Miss Harriet q,
Judd, the organist of the church, sang. The
Scriptures were read by the Rev. DR.. William
Adams Brown of Union Theological Seminary.
and the Rev. DR.. Howard Agnew Johnston, of the
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. made an
address.
The Rev. George E. Post, medical Presbyterian
missionary to Beyrout, Syria, related his expert
ences in foreign lands. He advocated clinical
Christianity and said that a doctor gained the
confidence of people readily than the ord-
nary clergyman. He said that in his experiences
abroad he had found that knowledge of medicine
had been great help in making converts.
The annual report of the hospital showed that
during the year 1876 persons admitted to
beds-3SO less than last year. Five thousand seven
hundred and sixty-one were admitted into the
emergency ward, and 800 to the out-patient de-
partment-S99 more than last year. The ambu-
lanceS responded to ISIS calls, and 620 persons
were treated by the ambulance surgeons. The total
number of persons who received the medical and
surgical benefits of the hospital 32057.