davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
Northward Flight.

Already the movement northward Of
GOODNESS is siifflcient to tax the muscle
of baggage men, who have to handle tho
output Of the trains from Washington.
The Washington tradition favors getting
out Of the city by June LIST VI you possibly
can, and the Federal and Colonial ex-
presses, heavy with baggage cars and
Pnllmans, indicate that this year 1t Is
being fully respected. The Washington
and Baltimore colonies In New Hampshire
and along the Maine coasts are consider
able settlements, or would be If brought
together. and Philadelphia contributes Its
quota.--Boston Transcript. ..t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
Solid Banks.

scottsville is another town that has
banks to be proud Of. The Courier says:
Justly be proud, is the ,scottsvlle Ma,
fional Bank. Although It has been located
here for comparatively short time, yet
ing speaks we'll for its management and
also for the prosperity of the town and tl
surrounding country, The business Of the 6.
banks is the best index to the prosperity
Of a Community. The National Bank and
the Fidelity Bank. are as sound institu-
lions OF their character ms. there are, III
the State; and their prosperity shows that
the public pulse OF our section Is IN
good condition.
One Way.
Tho Virginia Gazette williamsburg
tells this on Newport News:
Newport News has got some OF the
brightest real estate men in the country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
A Hot Fight.

The Soutlside Examiner says:
With Congressman Hal. D. Flood and
ex-Congressman Harry Tucker on the
stump In the Tenth District. a hot fight
and rare good times may be expected;
Both are untirng campaigners and
strong stumpers. Hal. Flood belongs 70
us this side O. the mpuntains. and. we bid
him God-speed and hope for; him ia good.
big victory.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
Chicago,s Ratio.

The heaven born ratio OF sixteen to one
the. ratio of collars to shirts sold to the
male. population of that city during the
laundry strike as reported by the. FUR
der stress n Chicago man can make one
shirt go as far as sixteen collars without
Observation-Disclosures State Journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
Plenty Of Timber.

Tho Gordonsville Gazette says:
There ought to be no doubt that the
next Governor of Virginia will be an ac-
ceptable man. With the very large list
Of alleged candidates 1t would be strange
If there was anything than a fIrst-class
time Here are a few oftthe 'available
ones mentioned: Judge Mann. Senators
Hartman and l3arksdale, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Willard, Acknowledgement Ander-
son, Congressman Swanson Chairman Ell
Tyson. Hon. Edward IIchols etc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
No Miscon struction.

No President can be elected without the
have always voted the ticket that was
placed before us is on reason that we
should never assert our right to be heard
form. The man may be Mr.. Cleveland or
he may bear another name, but he must
be a sound Democrat, who represents the ~ Q
kind Of Democracy that Cleveland stanas
that will m can Democracy beyond danger
Of misconstruction.-Mo Adver-
tiser. IL 4tl-sy t8Es
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
Other Pebbles,
Tho Accomac News comes right out and

says:
The press bureau Of our two senator's,
Daniel and Martin. seems to hnye been
aroused to unwonted activity of late for
some reason. It's latest announcements
certain Marshall Mccormick who seems
to hold his section of the State In @ Slug,
has declared that with John w. Daniel
State is one Of tho best represented
states in the Union. A fairly, conducted
senatorial primary when the time comes.
gree to this proposition as a whole, and
that there are other pebbles on the
beach," too.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
Growers Strength.

Grover Cleveland's great strength with
the people lies In his epochal services as
friend of honest money and honest GOV
ernment He has done more to uphold,
5unhlemished. the Integrity of the currency
than any other statesman. Democratic or
Republican,. and no President was ever
holder and more effective and unsclfish
In advancing the cause Of civil service re-
form-Troy Times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07

When they want to make sale they re-
port that, the Goulds are going to run
millionaire syndicate Is buying the Old
Dominion Land Company out
Good Walking
Using Its own or somebody else's fond
ness for figures, the Big Stone Gap Post
obtains the following results:
1t Is said that every man walks Two
room or office. & f a mangslIves to be
thirty years old he will walk l,2l,9Ooe miles.
The man who Believes In daily consti-
The circumference of the earth Is 24,S99
miles. Walking five miles day. a man
who has walked for thirty years will
a few thousand odd miles to his credit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
Too Much Reading.

The average person OF so.called cul-
ture who has leisure to read reads too
much and thinks too little. and In con,
sequence. their talk lacks freshness ana
spontanelty. An Eastern exchange; az
ter saying that people generally read too
much and read moro than they carry,
tells pleasant story Of q man who had
been a great reader, but had changed
his ways, and when people met him after
he read less they found him much more
interesting. and said:
How entertaining John was to-dayl
He must have been reading a good deal!"
Reading. to be valuable. Is that pur-
read a good deal. to think and express
their thoughts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
Those immigration L avs.

No. American firm can hire an &c.
bring him. to this country under CON
tract. This was decided on Wednes-
day by Secretary Shay, who ruled
countants is not one Thai can be classed
among the learned professions" at least
within " III, the meaning of the Immigration
Lentos and Thomas s. Ellis from being
aunltted to the United States. Lentos
Is ca Greek, and sought admission under
SSonlract with Greek ,currant firm of
new York to perform the duties of eX-
Ip. accountant and general manager at
si,UO year. ELLIS was under n similar
contract with q New orleans firm. Both
VIII DC deported.-T1artford Times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
Fraudulent Naturalization.

Modern civilization has invented many
inimical to American Institutions than
the traffic in NATURALIZATION, the extent Of IF
which has Just been disclosed.. Citizenship
be striyen for with pains and won by
appropriated desert. TO make 1t an ar
ticIe Of barter. for political or nercenaTy
GAIN. Is as base an act as can well be
conceived The tide Of Immigration now
nouring. in in Unprecedented volume Is at
the best problem of grave dimensions;
tally. unit for citizenship. come already
provided with naturalization papers, or
can procure them ready-made immediate
~ upon arrival, It Is most disastrously
conplicated.-Piilade Ledger.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
Roosevelt,s Slip.

The people are too jealous OF their
great office Of President to permit 1t to
be dragged by Roosevelt or any one
else into an intrigue for power and self
aggrandizement. In this affair President
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
Happy Mr.. Cutler.

Editor Bib, of the Louisa County News
has been comforting with Brother Cutler
and here's what he found out:
Rev J.. A.. Cutler Is almost tckIed to
death over the political future In Vlr-
ginia.. He thinks the Prohibitionists is
the debating party now. If the Demo-
Gratis keep dry the Prohbs will be with
them and win, but, he says. lf the DEM
ocrnts are silent (thereby losing the Pro-
hibition vote) and the .Republcans have
Whiskey plank, that the Inter will elect
Governor and LEGISLATURE
We believe. like REV. Cutler, that II tho
Republicans analyze the situation careful
ly, they can almost If not quite, beat the
Democrats, providing, Of course. that the
Democrats stand squarely on the Mann
liquor bill.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
The Neighbours Hen.

Z ] He IIVeIBHUUT r1eII' I3f
The following is in the Orange observ-
ers usual vein: ~
the hoe and spade till the task has been
accomplished and the garden has been
made Let us toll without reenting,
strainlng OF the muscles and tho crash
of breaking backs Let us dig the soil
and rake It, Il the victory we must get.
rolling drops of sweat. For the day is
coming, coming, when the little seeds
must sprout, and from the earths dark,
In, time to grace the banquet, not for
toiling, struggling men. but to satisfy
the craving Of our hungry neighbours
hen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
'Heus ana Dlews Selected Jy0m
Locating 1qn1e,vcan Papers

Roosevelt has not scrupled to violate
those traditions OF tactful and becom;,
Ing reserve which have been. respected
to Mckinley. Conceive for n moment Of
the late President Harrison or General
BOSS i FOR ri se second term! Unless the tenn.
per of the American people has In re-
cent years undergone n great change the
Ohio promises to be quite different
philadelphia Record.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
IN an Old Chest.

The lcdinburg Sentinel tells this story:
Tho executors of Benjamin Foltz. de-
ceased. who died near Slanesville. w.
Va, u few weeks ago took to Romney
away In an old wooden chest In his house.
or this amount ,Sl,0l9.5O was In gold coin.
IN addition TO the above named amounts
Of various kinds and denominations, prin-
GSlpailX spanish and Mexican dollars, n
i sewe W. ibam pieces and other coins
the chest about $50 In silver coin ess
american mintage.. some of whiciy ,wSn os
. o6acEys 100 40, years Old He also two
Zimmerman In settIeISaarrt MI! ny q. p ?,
been deposited 3}n jtYago, that had never
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
Now Is the Time.

The Marion Democrat wants better
roads in Smyth county, and says:
The time has arrived when We must
have better roads. and they cannot be
5000 to $4,000 a year now on roads and
get no returns. One half of this amount
would pay tho interest on sum sunl-
ton. and they. could then be kept up
for a nominal amount. Taxes need not
be raised. II the roads are properly made.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
Two a Year.

Two Year.
The Georgia Legislature IS going to
have another session-the second TINS
year. The idea OF two Legislative SEES
slons q year Is not bad; one session to
pass acts and the other to repeal them.
In that way things can be Kept even
Philadelphia Press.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07

intendent of the surface lines OF the
Brooklyn Transit Company. has; been Sc
lected to succeed Mr.. David Young as
general manager OF the Consolidated
Street Railways of Northern New Jer-
sey. with Headquarters at Newark. n. J:
Mr.. Robert Mather. vice-president and
Austin. Texas and had advised the rail-
road commission Of the purchase BY the
Rock Island of a one-half interest in tho
East and West and Texas and New Or
leans.
The Baltimore and Ohio has begun n
S500,0E~, vladuct at Bellaire. connecting
the main line with the Cleveland, Lorain
and Wheeling division.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07

Enr for n Fine Porch Rocker, iii
OSA natural oak, red or green.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07

Read the Great Tee-Dee Summer Out
ing Offer I'm this Paper
Head the Great ree-Dee Summer Out
ing Offer In this Paper.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07

Pretty B-piece Parlor Suite, hand
somcly carved, mahogany finished
frames, tufted backs and good nphol-
storing, covered with fnncy %y6 rO
damask, only............s. pAO.OO
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07

Solid Oak Dresser, we'll finished
and nently carved, swellcd top draw
ers, 2Ox24, oval French bcvclc,l plate
mi mirror. A big bargain XITIO
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
Porch Rockers.

OR for Large Arm Rocker, worth
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07

Handsome Solid Oak Wardrobe,
doublcdoors, paneled front and sides,
shelf and hooks complete W2co
New-York tribune., 1903-01-18

The quaint town, with its high lowered
church, riverside warehouses, somnolent market
place. red roofs. sluggish commerce. neglected
shipyard stocks, clumps Of trees and patches of
verdure, is indeed the English Dordrecht. st.
Botolph's with its lofty stump takes the place
of the Gothic Groote kerk with its conspicuous
tower: and although one looks in vain for an
ancient city gate with reliefs and dome like the
one at DOrdrecht, yet there many mediaeval
structures and there is the combination
of red tiled roofs, tawny currents and trees,
grass and moss by the Wdtvrside, and there is
the same Old World charm of suspended activ
ity sluggish traffic and silent decay. The parish
church with its long nave and aiseS and spa
C:ous choir is one of the most symnet trical
amples of late decorated architecture. and the
tower. familiarly known Boston Stump. IS a
noble structure of The perpendicular order.
severely plain in the single-arched windows of
the upper story but crowned with a beautiful
octagonal lantern. The jackdaws. whose homes
in the topmost windows Hawthorne euvied.
have been frightened away by throngs of Yam
KEGS on the winding stairs; and the boys no
longer play marbles on the fiat tombstores in
The churchyard they did in his day Other
wise there is little evidence of change outside
the church since his pilgrimage, although the
interior has been beautified by well ordered
processes of restoration and the John Cotton |
Chapel has been renovated al the expense of |
American subscribers. The oak boles Overhang- |
ing the low brick walls still alive, and the |
sluggish Witham flows underneath with time
worn skiffs and fishing boats moored on the |
OH osite bank, The lofty tower possibly built |
as a substitute for a lighthouse on the Lincoln
New-York tribune., 1903-01-18

Hall Of Sam Adams few yards dow, So..
End there is the brick and stone Tovvn rrar
once the Guild house of the Blessed Mary .-f,L
a large wainscoted chamber certainly r1ode-,-
lied. possibly vUgarized, but with Kitchen.
worthy Of tte unreformed corporations of ne,
rie England and with dungeons where aor,o -,
tha dogmatic Pilgrim Fathers. who had =
strange fad for worshipping their Maker q, 40
cordance with their own consciences, were I'm
prisoEed. There is also the ancient granr,a.
school, erected as far back as 1861. from which
John Cotton and his new tangled Boston neigh
bors derived their inspiration for the educa-
tional system of America. There are superA1-
GUS modern additions. but the main structural
In red brick with stone facings at the angles
dates back to the reign of Philip and Mary and
there are Elizabethan figures in the stained
glass; and hundreds of English boys have been
educated there for many generations at an e1-
pense not exceeding $50 a year-a close ao-
proach to a free school system. The old Boston
has not the glorious tradition Of d Franklin.
whose democratic simplicity put to the blush the
learning and etiquette of Paris. but it has dons
what it could. Herbert Ingram was a Boston
boy, employed aS a printer and a statIoner's
clerk; and by virtue Of fortunate investment
in patent medicine. truly Yankee notion he
made great fortune. founded The illustrated
London News" and became the patron and
benefactor of his native town, earning a statue
in the market place. If there be 10 inspiration
in stone or brass, let the moral be drawn from
the municipal records. The present Mayor OF
Boston was a Lincolnshire boy trained as a local
reporter and working journalist and enabled
by force Of character and honorable ambition
to become the owner of string Of newspapers
and chief magistrate under The Stump.
The old Boston, moreover, Cherishes its repu-
tation as a home of good letters and wholesome
learning. John Fox. author of the Book OF
Martyrs" was born in house fronting upon
the market-place. the site Of which has been
by a tavern with an exceedingly
festive name not mentioned in the original text
New-York tribune., 1903-01-18

new docks and the verdure of the public gar
dens 1t is a dreamy, picturesque bit of old
Holland in wideawake bustling England
The laurelS of the new Boston do not suffer
the old Lincolnshire town to sleep. few miles
away there is eminence which is known as
Bunker's Hill. There is no monument on the
top and there are no traditions connecting it
with the storied past but it is an honest excres-
cence of the Lincolnshire soil and it is accepted
for what it is-a hillside favorable for the pas
turage of sheep and cattle. There is no Faneuil
Hall In the English Boston, but there is care
fully restored Spodfriars' Hall. which repro
duces the effects of medieval architecture. and
contains the rafters and timbers of an ancient
structure antedating the discovery of America.
and IL this be poor substitute for the Liberty
New-York tribune., 1903-01-18
MOTHER OF THE HUB.
ENGLISH CITY STRIVING TO LIVE UP TO
DAUGHTERS REPUTATION.
Boston. England. Januar

Boston, England January >.
prosaic he iourneyed by the sluggish With
from Lincoln to Boston Stump Even with
"a green luXurance of early grass it was a
wearisome, UNMARRIED level for thirty miles with
out hill in sight except the landmark in the
west crowned by the three minister towers.
Tie eastern fens, black and unsightly as they
seem under late November sky the way
from Peterborough to the colst delighted the
eyes of Charles Kingsley in boy hood because.
they had a beauty of boundless eXpanse of
vaster span than could be among hills.
The inspiration for writing "HereT ard tie
Wake" came from those golden meres flooded
with sunset glOres those ver1ant rcedbeds and
steaming marshes, those tranquil lagoons for
waterfowl once bordered with clumps of oak
alder and fir, and those weird stretches of wild
lowland, haunted with traditions of Danes and
SaXonS and the mysteries of primitive life.
Hawthorne was not impressed with the beauty
Of the fens, but shivered in the east wind and
esque could soon think Of settling in Ho-
land" Latter day and possibly degenerate
Yankees have come to regard Holland as the
most picturesque corner of Europe and they
are reminded of it when they cross the fens
from the ruined abbey of st. Guthlac at Crow
land and stroll among the tangled lanes and
grass grown Quays of Boston.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-18

of the Acts and Monuments" ChauCar wrote
some of his best tales few miles out Of Boston
The rectory at Somersby. where Tennyson was
born. is a good days walk from the to" n ana
the brook of which he sung melodiously anu
Locksley Hall are not far away Jean IrEeio"s
home was in the South End of the town itseIi'
near the coast with the high tides. OF when
She wrote with such dramatic realism. ana
westward under the turf at CrowIaCd AooeE
sleeps KingsIey's Hereward. Old Boston has
its literary celebrities well as its patron
saint. after whom it was named; and it mlIn-
tains its reputation by means Of Numerous
book shops in the market square. Hawthorne IN
the course of his visit found only one oookstiL''
yet felt Immediately at home in il and was m
yited upstairs into an antiquary's curiosity Sh'S
New-York tribune., 1903-01-18

shire coast. but never equipped with lamp,
overlooks the landward stretches of the fens
and the seaward vista of The Wash; and clut-
tered around it the red tiled roofs in the
winding lanes. the fishing fleet in the lower
reaches of the river, the meagre shipping in the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-02-25
Present for General GOrdOn.

f. M. Hill of Mckinney, Tex, who
served during the civil war under
Quantrell, and B. S. Ellis of Caddo, l.
T., who served under General Bedford
Forrest, both horsemen, have selected
beautiful blood bay horse, 1917
hands high, six years old, without a
blemish. perfectly trained and gated,
to be presented to General J. B. Cor
don as a present from ex-Confederates
at the reunion to be held in New Or
leans in May next. says special dis
patch from Guthrie, Okla, to the st
Louis Globe Democrat. This horse is
now in the possession of Ellis at Caddo
and will be shipped to New Orleans
ten days before the reunion, to be rid
den by General Gordon in the process
sion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-02-25
Device to Perfect Ship Signaling.

Announcement has just been made
at a meeting in Montreal Of the Mar
conf Wireless Telegraph company that
it promises to revolutionize the signal
ing to ships. Marconi has almost per-
fected an apparatus to measure the
distance between a ship at sea and a
station on land, says the New York
Times. This will be accomplished by
means of a movable disk, which will
be affected by the current from the
ship. Naturally the further the ship
the weaker the current. The disk will
have stationary marks, which will thus
register the exact distance from ship to
shore. Stations will be established all
along the st. Lawrence river and gulE
to Belle Isle.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-02-25
SPAIN GETS BIG DAMAGES
Claimed That Cuban Blockade
Could Have Been Handled.

An Edinburgh press dispatch says
the sessions has awarded the govern"
ment of Spain 1897, 800 in the action
begun here January 20 by the Spanish
minister of marine to recover S375,OOo
from the Clyde Bank Engineering and
Shipbuilding Company, because OF the
company's failure to deliver ia contract
slime four torpedo boat destroyers that
had been intended for use during the
Spanish American war. Lord klIia-
civ. the presiding Judge, said he
thought if Spain, even in the spring OF
1897, had become in position to es-
tablish really effective blockade in
Cuba against the unloading of MUM
tions of war the insurrectiOn might
have been crushed and intervention
avoided.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-02-25
Irving for the Mule.

The following story is going the
rounds OF the press:
Representative Griggs of Georgia
was telling Speaker Henderson how
good possum is W hen properly cooked,
says an exchange. when Representa-
tive Richardson of Tennessee told him
this story;
An old negro and his boy were rid
ing the same mule to the mill. The
boy said to his father:
"Pap, dis mighty good place for
possums."
"Yas, chile
can, pap, Use gwine ter kotch Ell
possum, an we'll hang him over de
FIRE, an he'll bake, an bake, an bake
an de sugar be oozing out de taters in
de ashes an"
"Shet yo' mouf. yo' fool niger! 70
wanter make dis mule fling US both"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-02-25
ASIA'S YIELD COTTON.
Its Cultivation Is Not Proving
Successful There.

Reporting to the state department
at Washington from St. Petersburg
on the cotton yield In central Asia
during 1902, Conoul General Holloway
says that the figures just published
by the Russian statistical bureau for
1902 show decrease of IL per cent.
from the year previous, especially in
cotton from American seed. A de-
crease of 80 per cent in the cultivated
district is also reported. According to
the report, it is expected that the total
Weld OF cotton in central Asia will ag'
gregate about 176, 94S. 800 pounds: that
grown from American seed is estimat-
ed at 1882, 400 pounds against l4O,'
$50, 800 pounds in 1901.