davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

Then take two more half shells and
fasten together. so that these will look
like a whole eggshell. Now to the
lower end Of this fasten two pieces
of burned matches TO serve as the
piece of burned match to the top Of
shell for the eagles neck. The birds
head is fragment of she'll fastened
to this match &c. q. Keep a number
of fragments OF egssrell on hand and
pick out the piece which most suggests
an eagles head to you. On no account
attempt to shape the fragment into
birds head. for you will not succeed
in doing so. while by carefully looking
among the pieces will surely find many
that will suggest one far better than
you can possibly make. With a pen
place a dot on the shell for an eye.
The outstretched wings are large.
ragged fragments Of eggshell fastened
to the eggshell' body.
When the bird is completed place two
drops of sealing wax on half shells In
center of arch and quickly set you-
eagles legs into this, holding 1t there
until it is firmly fixed in position
On top of the arch at each end attach
two more half shells, to which you can
fasten American flags.
You may make your arch much more
elaborate than the one here described IL
you care to. 1t is very easy to add more
decoration and to add still other designs
to it. The eggshells offer splendid
architectural opportunities. and the re.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

Many sorts and conditions of children
cover the wide, shining beach and toddle
along the boardwalk of Asbury Park
and Ocean Grove these mellow midsum-
mer days. And the tired mother who
cannot afford help and who has to
snatch few hours from the heat and
tumult of an overbusy life in the hot old
town finds the place Mecca of rest.
For, whether they play on the shore or
frolic on the green sward, the little ones
are safe from danger, and the most rest
less and mischievous of small edventur-
ers cannot fall into anything worse
than long stretches OF clean. .5arm
sand.
AT low tide, when they are allowed
to rove in their diminutive and widely
assorted bathing suits, they would have
to go a long way into the water before
wave could leap to cover them. Big,
bronzed life-savers-s aloft on throne-
like seats. ready to spring at the first
sign OF danger TO any of these little
ones.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

in the tree, was a snake. His. long,
1.-THE body was coiled round and round,
but his head was uplifted and waving
gently to and fro.
Giglums knew perfectly we'll what he
was after. All snakes are fond of birds
eggs, and when Giglums remembered
that his wife was out he grew sick with
terror; but there was no time to be
lost, not even a moment, so with light
ning-like dart he flew down, seized the
snake by the back of its head with his
strong beak, and, flying up in the air,
let 1t drop to the ground.
Then down he went again, seized it by
the neck as before, and held on until
il was dead. So overjoyed was Giglums
at this that. leaving the snake on the
ground to eat later on, he flew up into
the tree, and laughed and laughed until
he could laugh no longer. And then
he suddenly found that the sun had
come out again, and up went his head
and wings, his ruffled feathers settled
themselves again, and he giggled and
chuckled and laughed again until he
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
The Laughing JaCkass: A Nature Story.
By ELLEN vELvIE, F. z. S.

Peals OF laughter rang out in the
warm, clear air, so joyous, so cheerful
and infectious that it was almost i'm
possible to help joining in. After sew
eral of those peals there would be a
little pause, and then the laughter
would begin again. softly at first. with
a curious little chuckle. and then in
creasing until the one who was giving
expression to his feelings seemed no
longer able to control them, but laughed
again and again.
The Australian bushmen who heard
it nodded their heads wisely and looked
pleased, because they looked upon 1t
as a sign of fine weather. The small
birds listened with their heads on one
side and their tails whisking up and
down; the small mammals. such as
rats, mice, ETC., scampered away hur-
riedly, while the lizards, snakes and
insects drew back cautiously out of
sight.
And all this noise and commotion
was made by Giglums. the Laughing
Jackass, who had got his name from his
habit of laughing at all times and in all
places without any particular reason,
except that the sun was shining. He
was sitting on the branch of a tree
which overhung the water, and al
though he appeared 10 be thinking Of
nothing but laughing, he was keeping a
sharp lookout, for, at the bottom of
the tree on which he was resting, in a
nice large hollow, his wife had two
beautiful pearl-white eggs, and if Gig
lums saw any moving creature go near
the tree he f1uttered his wings, stopped
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

horny hands over some burning fagots.
the entrance to his dingy old home was
darkened by the huge form of Joboken,
the Oldest and biggest elephant in the
jungle.
Hello. Google-I," began the colossal
quadruped, laying his heavy trunk in d
friendly way On the shoulder of the
merry jungle jingler, what are you do
ing now?'
81 am not doing a porter's work, to be
sure" replied Google-I. so If you will
kindly take your trunk Off my shoulder
/ will go and get you a rock to sit on. :"
The elephant took down his trunk as
requested. but when the old man start
ed TO go for rock he pulled him back.
saying that he did not care 10 sit down,
having just dropped in TO warm himself,
and adding: It's fact, the cold actu
ally penetrates nv hard skim
Your skin is not what it is cracked
up to be- smilingly remarked Google-l.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

Campeche, the woman with the sponge
face. | know what III do: I'll wait
until everybody is soundly sleeping, and
then I'll steal out noiselessly, run over
to Mister Hippopotamus and do what
know will surely stop the red huid.'
And that is just exactly what the Dog
Faced Boy also intended to do.
And the Elastic Nan decided to do the
same thing
And the strangest part of all was that
each thought he had bulge on the
other.
1t was Il O'Clock at night.
The Living Skeleton arose very e13 ly.
took lantern. slid out OF his tent and
hurried over TO the doing Hippopota-
mus. He worked for while, and then ne
hurried back. saying to himself; THE
yellow bird is mine. l worked while 9TH
ers slept" And what do you think he
did? He puttied up every pore in the
poor beasts skin.
1t was o'clock in the morning.
The Elastic Skin Man slid out of his
tent noiselessly. and. going over to one
of the stables he took therefrom a box
and trowel which he had secreted there
Then ne hurried over 20 Mister Hippo.
He worked for a while and then hurried
back, saying to himself: "Ill get that
money. While others sleep l work. :"
And what do you think he did? He put a
coat of plaster over the entire skin of
the dreaming quadruped.
1t was o'clock in the morning.
The Dog Faced Boy left his tent quiet
ly, and getting outside, he went to a
hollow tree and took therefrom a pail
and brush and hurried over to the Hip
popotamus. He worked there a short
time and then he hurried back, saying
to himself: I've won the fowl. That's
what comes of not putting off until to-
morrow what can be done today" And
what do you think he did? He tarred
the Dumb Beast from the tip Of his tail
to the end of his porous snout.
The morning had hardly dawned when
the Living Skeleton hurried over and
whispered something confdentially to
the manager.
So did the Elastic Skin Man
So did the Dog Faced Boy.
The manager, surprised at this, hur-
ried over to the beast. and when he
saw his thick skin he looked about In
startled manner
So did the Elastic Skin Man.
WHO did this?" Inquired the manager.
81" said the Dog Faced Boy, and imme-
diately the manager gave him the G. B.
No. not the Gold Bird. but, II may be
permitted to use the phrase. the Grand
Bounce. Nevertheless. that's just How
the Hppopotamus got his Fourteen Ply
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

had been doing, and after look around
he went out again to try to find her.
AS he had kept quiet for some time,
the creatures which could not under
stand the terrible noise he made had
come out again, and in very short
time he had meal as varied as any
kingfisher could wish. He found nice,
fat crab to begin with, then a mouse, a
few insects, and lastly delicious lizard,
which he gobbled up in the most greedy
manner, for this was one OF his favorite
foods.
He would rest little in between, and
seemed so brisk, bright and happy that
1t was a pleasure to look at him. He
was an odd-looking bird, in spite of his
bright, happy air. He had a brownish
body, the lower part of his back being
greenish blue; large head, with crest
of brown feathers tipped with white;
broad white eyebrows. which Joined the
white feathers round his neck; whitish
breast and striped tail feathers. His
beak was thick and strong. beautifully
adapted for catching reptiles, small an.-
mails and fish.
When ne had eaten as much-and
rather more-than he wanted, Giglums
ettled himself comfortably and began
to laugh again. and once more every
thing within hearing crept away at the
noisy. rollicking sound. But after
while he grew a little thoughtful. and
his wing feathers began to droop a
little.
| Suddenly he lost all semblance Of his
former bright self. His feathers grew
ruffied, his wings drooped until they
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

just looked like the silly old laughing
jackass that he was.
But he had saved the eggs, and very
pleased his wife was about it. for she
certainly wouldn't have bothered to lay
any more that year had those been de-
stroyed. But it taught her lesson not
to leave the eggs for so long again, and
after this she sat on them constantly,
only just getting off to eat lizard or
crab or some other dainty which Gig
lums would bring to the root of the tree
fo- her
And then came happy, happy day for
them both. For one fine morning first
one egg cracked and then the other, and
out wriggled two weak, helpless, naked
little bodies, SO thin and scraggy, and
with such huge heads and mouths that
no one but a father or a mother could
have thought them anything but hid
eously ugly.
But in the eyes of Giglums and his
wife they were the most beautiful little
laughing jackasses that were ever born,
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

shell and quickly attach this in posi-
ton to the bottom of the arch. Con-
tinue in this way until the face of the
pasteboard framework is completely
covered. BY sorting your eggshells in
the first place into heaps of light and
dark shells you will be enabled with
out any delay to make rows of different
colors, which will greatly heighten the
effect.
Now that you have the front of your
arch all finished. attach shells to the
sides of it in the same way as in the
front; also at intervals use some large
shells. so that these will project be-
yond the others. and thus add very
much to the architecture of the whole.
When this part of your work is con-
cluded begin to make the eggshell eagle.
as follows: First fasten on the top and
in the center of the arch two half egg
shells for the eagle to stand upon.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

thing the Goo-Goo Circus had among
its geological attractions huge hippo
potamus. The hippopotamus at that time
had very fine skin, and his perspira-
tion was then, as it is now, very
bright red. The manager of the show,
however, knew very little about natu-
raj history and thought the peculiarly
colored liquid was detrimental to the
quadruped's health. So he called all his
freaks together one morning and offered
a Twin Bird to the first man who would
stop the Scarlet Booze from oozing out
of Mister Hippopotamus. "a Twin Bird.
Little Ones, is the slang used by all
showmen TO mean Double Eagle or
$50 gold piece)
The Living Skeleton soliloquized:
Now. II is certain that Hippo will be
taken out tonight and chained TO a tree.
for his cage. as usual after every even
ing performance, will be transformed
into the sleeping apartment: for Mile.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

in earlier days, now occupies a place
near the long fishing pier in the sand.
where 1t is ssoutiy manned by the tod
dlers in overall brownies.
An old balloon seller, who had sold
only one Of his toys from a huge bunch,
turned to make change for his customer,
and demoniac burst of wind tore the
string from his grasp and whirled away
with his stock of hopes with the same
tragical force that carries in its madder
form all that lies in the path of the
cyclone and leaves families desolate
A wild shout of laughter went up from
the unthinking crowd, but the old man
stood with dropped chin and misty eyes
and watched his string OF bright hued
hopes rise higher and higher against
the sky and disappear.
But the children did not know how
much there was of sorrow and despair
behind the incident They laughed ard
played and shouted in the sunlight. and
the knowledge that will make them sad
is yet long way off.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

and nothing was too good for them.
Giglums worked day and night to find
delicate, nourishing food and all SORTS
of dainties. Sometimes he would bring
home a pretty, silyery little FISH. some
times frog, lizard or some small in
sects, and at another time he would
make tunnels into the ant hills of red
clay which are so plentiful in Australia
and bring some little ants by way OF q
change.
In a very little time the young birds
became covered with feathers. but as at
first these were inclosed in little
sheaths. they looked funny, bristly lit
tie objects until, these feathers being
fully grown, the sheaths suddenly fell
off, leaving them fully plumed.
And the day that this happened Gig
lums was so pleased and proud of his
children. and the sun was shining so
brightly and gayly, that he sat and
laughed until he nearly choked himself.
And, after that, can you woLder that
he is always called THE Laughing
Jackass?"
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

referring to the peculiar condition of the
elephants covering
That's one on me- rejoined Mr.. Ele-
Dhant.
What is?" asked the jingo. innocent
ly.
my skin. Ha. ha, ha,''
They both enjoyed the big animal S
little joke and then Google-I said:
Talking about skins reminds me of
the Hippopotamus. Did ever tell you
the story of How the Hippopotamus Got
His 4-Ply Epiderrnis? | didn't? Then
you shall hear it Iow. In 1S70some
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
The Hippos' Fourteen-Plu EpideTmis.

Stand back, Little Ones. and will tell
you another amusing GoogleI story.
Google-I, as you all know. lived in a
lonely part of the jungle (no, New Jer-
sey is not in the jungle. Little Ones),
and on the Sixth Day it was very cold.
In fact, the weather vas so frigid that
the Jungle Journal spoke of IL as fol-
lows: The weather is getting so cold
that it has become necessary for our
Posleepman to carry ice-picks instead
of clubs
Well. on this particular day, while old
Google-I was in his cave warming his
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

suits will be as surprising as they are
easy of accomplishment.
BY turning out all the lights except
ing two pieces of candle placed In front
of the arch at its base. and also ehleld-
ing the flare of these from the eyes by
pieces of pasteboard, your triumphal
arch will loom up grandly in dazzling
white against a background OF inky
blackness. Make all fastenings in seal
ing wax
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
BUMBLEDEGuM.

A poor little Bumbledegum
Went whirling about on his thumb
Till he was so tired he nearly expired,
That silly, sad Bumbledegumi
He suddenly spoke up and said,
Right out OF his three-cornered head.
Why, now suppose l try using my toes
Then my nose it will not be so red.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-08-15
MR.. T. F.. WICKER

thought the time had come for con-
cert of action on the part of every
man and every woman interested IN
education. The age was one of IN
dustrial progress, and education
must keep pace. Common school ed
ucation demanded the principal at
tention. The teacher stands in the
place of the parent and ne should be
q man of character and one who
knows his duty and will do it.
Again stated his view of the proper
curriculum. Reading was the branch
he considered of most vital lmpor-
tance.
FOR THE OFFICE OF PROBATE JUDGE.
Col. John G. Wilson stated his can
didacy. The Office he sought re-
ouired q broad minded and courage
Gus man, one with the courage of his
convictions. He was running against
two good men and had nothing to say
against them, but he wanted the office.
He had always taken an active part in
the affairs Of his State, especially IN
1876, and had served his county II
the legislature. In the Confederate
war be had had the honor Of com
manding one of the best companies
that ever left this State for the bloody
field of war.
Mr.. Amos S. Wells knew he wa
handicapped in having as his oppo
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-08-15

nents two such old and honored po-
litical leaders. They had been hon
ored in the past, but he did not see
where that put the people under any
obligation to honor them in the future.
He was not veteran, but that was
not his fault. His blood was just as
patriotic as any that flowed through
the veins of any man. His father
had served in the war as a simple
private, and if his opponent was 60
ing to claim the votes of veterans he
| felt entitled to the votes of the sons
of veterans.
He thought his being young man
would better entitle him to the Office
than an old man with no ambition.
Hon. W. W. Hodges belonged to
/ the crowd that was in and didn't
want to get out, and claimed that
man who had learned the duties of
an Office was better prepared to dis
charge them than one who knew them
not. It was best to let we'll enough
alone. That was a maxim true in
every vocation. He had sought to
discharge faithfully the duties de-
volving upon him, and had heard no
complaint. While he needed the
money in the Office, he was not actu-
ated solely by mercenary motives for
he wanted to live so that when he
has passed away it can be said of
him that he has done some good for
his fellow man. Jno. K. Aull.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-08-15

the child labor bill twice, and would
do so again. He didn't believe the
children were being forced into the
mill.
In conclusion, referred to the part
he took in the beer dispensary bill
matter, and to the fact that he had
been exonerated by the Investigate
ing committee.
Following came the remaining can
dldates for the position of superln-
tendent of education:
MR.. E. s. WERTs
had filed the position he sought for
two years. He knew he had made
mistakes, but he had endeavored to
serve his people efficiently and had
given his whole time to his duties.
If be had failed, it had not been be-
cause he did not try to serve them
successfully. Go operation among
all factors was necessary to success
full school work.
Education was not knowledge oi
text books alone, but realization O
the duties and responsibilities of life
College training is not necessary t'
an education. It is upon the com
mon schools that the future of thi
country depends.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-08-15

tion of biennial sessions, and replied
hat ne was fully in accord with the
movement.
Paid tribute to the Confederate
soldier.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-08-15

TO GET READY for an enormous Fall business
L by making as much room as possible | am
going to buy the biggest Fall line have ever car
ried, and must reduce my STOCK forit People
who can appreciate Bargains will miss it if they
fail to visit my Store now. In
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-09-26
POST CHECK CURRENCY.

Although the Post Check Currency
bill failed of passage at the last ses-
sion Of Congress, there seems to beno
doubt that the measure can succeed
in the coming winter if its advocates
throughout the country make their
desire known to their congressman.
The plan Of having United States
money so printed that the bills of
small denominations can be convert
ed into checks payable to order at
any postofiice is no doubt familiar to
most of the people by this time, as it
has been described with frequency
and in detail. The convenience which
it would afford, the losses which it
would save TO the multitude who
have occasion to send small amounts
of money through the mails, doing
away with the trouble of securing
money orders, unquestionablv would
be, i'll the aggregate, vast. The
scheme is so practicable, and SO en-
tirely simple, that the wonder is that
it was not devised and adopted long
ago. Almost every newspaper i'll
the country has commented upon it,
and we do not recall one that has
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-09-26
ACCIDENT STATISTICS.

The Insurance Press has recently
issued statement, which shows that
the proportion of death from acct
dents in the United States is increas-
ing. The information is CLEANED from
he census reports for the year 900;
1873 accidental deaths of which
43,414 were males and 1909 were
females. The records kept by the ac-
cident insurance companies indicate
that about 10000 non-fatal acct
dents occur every day in the year
from ordinary causes and that there
are about II 100000 each year or
$4,000 to every 100000 population.
1t appears that nearly six percent Of
Ill the deaths in the United States are
due to accidental injuries. This re-
suit is attained by contrasting / $685.
O94 deaths from all causes reported
during the census year, with the
1913 deaths from acknowledgements
during the same period. OF course,
this is not entirely accurate, for in
some states the mortuary records
are exceedingly incomplete. From
the census it seems that accidents are
more liable to occur in cities than i'll
rural communities.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-09-26

living from manufacturing interests
that they should becompelled topay
ruinous prices for products that our
manufacturers are making and sell
ing, presumably at a profit, for a
much lower price abroad than what
is charged in the home market. tits
nonsence to say that the trust made
goods cannot be sold for a much
lower price than what the people of
this country are compelled to pay.
AS far back as 1892 it has been re-
peatedly shown that goods have been
exported by our manufacturers and
sold at prices varying from one-third
to one-halflower than what is charg-
ed in the United States. That these
goods are sold abroad at a profit
goes without saying, and while per-
haps it would not be possible to pay
the enormous dividends on the
watered stock of these corporations
that are now being harvested by the
lucky owners thereof, yet as the ma
jority of the people are compelled to
be satisfied with small competency
of this worlds goods, it hardly
seems fair that the majority should
needlessly be burdened with tariff,
duties which enrich a small but pow
erful minority. There are many more
poor'.people than rich ones in this
country and yet the fact that the
former will persistently vote to con-
tinue in power party that system
atically takes from them from one
third to one-half of their incomes, is
hard to comprehend. 1t is true that
it is done in an insidious manner and
and the average citizen is not aware
of the amount of money that he has
yearly contributed to the trust mag
mates. Campaigns ofeducation have
done much to set the people to think
ing and as this seems to be the time
when the tariff and trust question
will go linked hand in hand as joint
issues, the people should give care
full study to the situation.