davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19

At last an excuse has been found for
the souvenir" postal card. When the
stage manager at Days theater COM
menced to prepare his stage for the pro-
duction of Three Little Maids" he found
himself quite without plans Of the
scenery or picture Of the production to
help him. AS Is not uncommon the Eng
fish managers had failed to send over the
necessary data. Mr.. Hawkes., Charles
Frohman's representative in New York,
remembered, however, that he had a SOU
Yenir postal card Of the play. showing the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19

Local bills next week: 1.-THE Sleepy
King" and Kelley and Shannon at the
Metropolitan; 1.-TWO Little Waits at the
FBijou; 1.-THE Cherry Pickers at the Ly-
ceum; World Beatera at the Dewey.
Douglas Island news., 1903-12-16
Will Open.

The formal opening of P. H. Fox's big new store will take place on Satur- day evening, Dec. 10, from ' to l0 o'clock. A general invitation is extend ed to everybody and Mir, Fox is arrang- ing to make the event one of consider able social importance. No goods will be sold, but the elegant stock of mer- chrndise will be displayed to it's very best advantage. All this week the employees of the establishment are hard at work arranging goods and dec orating,
 A handsome souvenir will be given to each lady.
 Prof. Carl Strom's Orchestra will furnish music for the occasion.
Douglas Island news., 1903-12-16
At Home.

Mir. and Mrs. James Christoe, of Treadwell, were At Home to their friends last Saturday evening from 7;30 to l0;30. In spite of the heavy fall of snow, a large number of Island folk took advantage of this their first opportunity to visit Mir. and Mrs. Christoe in their new home.
 The hostess received in her wedding gown and did the honors of the occa- sion in such charming manner that all were at their ease from the moment they entered the door.
 The lady was ably assisted with the refreshments by Mrs. James Daniels and Miss Elva Galloway. Miss Leola Warren presided at the punch bowl.
 Mir. Christoe was not lacking in the cordial greeting of his guests and all who attended were pleased to see his happy smiling face.
 Mrs. R. R. Brown presided at the piano during the evening, and was aid- ed in her efforts to entertain by Prof. Carl H. Strom with his violin, and Messrs. W. w. Shorthill and H. Bar rackman, who sang several selections.
 Pretty little souvenirs of the occas- sion were distributed among the guests.
Douglas Island news., 1903-12-16
Taffy

The Douglas News, which is an ever welcome visitor to the Mining Journals exchange table, has entered on it's sixth wear. That its each succeeding year may prove one of increasing prosperity is the earnest wish of the Mining Journal.-Ketchikan Journal.
 The Southeastern Alaska Bar Associa- tion has taken steps toward the formal opening of the new Temple of Justice at Juneau. They have appointed committee to have the matter in charge. The move is a good one. The new court house is the most creditable representation of the government in Alaska and the people of this locality eau well afford to lay aside for the time all such things as politics and local differences, and go in for rousing good time at this time.
Douglas Island news., 1903-12-16
The Douglas Island News.
THE LOCAL FIELD.

Thanks to the human heart by which we live Thanks to its tenderness its joys and fears To me the meaneSt flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears
 WORDSWORTH.
Douglas Island news., 1903-12-16
The Votes.

Two beautiful dolls are to be given away at the Douglas City Pharmacy to the persons receiving the highest votes. Each 30 cent purchase is good for one vote.
 The following is list of the votes
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30

lished, and to these there has been from.
time to time added new structures, but
there has never been any attempt made
at the construction of a group Of build
ings that would in every way fit the
needs of the service.
When, during the civil war, the
academy was moved from Point Severn
to Newport, r. l., it was thought by
friends of the naval service that with
the coming of peace it would be posi-
Bile to secure new academy buildings.
but the thought was groundless, and in
1866 the school was moved back to the
old buildings again. Time after time
has an effort been made to secure an
appropriation from congress for an en-
tire new group of buildings for the
school, but it was not until 1898 that the
appropriation was finally secured, and
the work begun.
Eight million dollars will be spent In
constructing the new buildings of the
academy, many of which are already
under way, and some of which are prac-
tically completed. The plan of the
building as viewed from the sea front
shows the cadet quarters extending 72a
feet, tlanked on one side by the armory
and on the other by the boat house.
These buildings are at right angles tc
the direction Of the cadet quarters, are
1923 feet long and similar in appearance.
They are connected by c%olonnades with
the quarters. This gives from the sea
a harmonious group of buildings ex-
tending in a northeasterly and south
westerly direction for 1,27S feet, with
the high roof Of the main building OF
the cadet quarters as a center. Thir-
teen hundred feet in a northwesterly di-
rection, with the main line of buildings
parallel to and facing the first group.
is the academic building, with the
chemistry and marine engineering
buildings on either flank and with the
high roof of the academic building in
the center and balancing the group tc
the southeastward. Between these
two groups, facing the Severn river and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30
One Acre Of TOmatoea.

How much will it cost to produce an
acre Of tomatoes, what number of crates
of marketable fruit does an acre pro-
duce, and what is the price per crate
usually obtained by the grower? These
are questions often asked by beginners,
and the replies here given are by con-
sentative and successful growers. The
total cost of an acre of tomatoes is from
$40 to $50, the range of yield from rs
to 200 crates, while prices vary from 40
to 60 cents per crate. These replies are
based on experience in 1902. Small plan
tations carefully tended usually produce
the largest crop and net the greatest
profits per acre. Fifty acres, at least, are
necessary that car load shipments may
be made.-Practical Fruit Grower.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30

we consider the small size of the fly the
loss of blood would seem to be insig-
nificant, but multiply the amount OF
blood consumed by one fly by thou.
sands and it will be found quite an item.
The fly confines its attack mainly to
cattle, but has at times been seen to at
tack the horse. 1t may be said that the
adult fly assumes two distinct attitudes
the resting and feeding. In the rest
ing stage the flies congregate on the
horns or on the back just out of reach OF
the head and tail of the host, with the
wings drawn close to the body. In the
feeding stage the wings are spread ready
for fight, and the parts of the animal
most commonly attacked are the bGcll;;,
sides and inner portion of the thighs
while during a shower the flies flock tC
the under side of the belly. In some
cases large sores are formed which are
prevented from healing by the repeated
attacks of the fly. Owing to the thin
ness of the skin some animals are at
tackled much more severely than others,
The eggs are deposited in the fresh
%droppings of the cattle, where they
quickly hatch. In a short time the larvae
pass into the ground and enter the pupa
stage, from which they emerge in the
adult form. The adult horn fly is about
one-half as large as the ordinary house
fly, and about the same color.
Two lines of treatment should be pur-
sued-the destruction of the larva and
the application of some substance to pre-
vent the attacks on cattle. Knowing
that the fly deposits its eggs in the fresh
droppings of cattle and directly on the
surface of the droppings while moist,
and that the eggs can only hatch while
the %droppings are in a moist condition.
much car be done to prevent their hatch
ing.
One very effectual means of destroy.
ing the larvae is to scatter the drop
pings with a shovel or by dragging brush
over the pasture once daily. Such a
method would, however, only be prac-
tical where the cattle are running on
small pastures. In large fields a small
quantity of lime thrown on the drop
pings would be more practical and quite
effectual in destroying the larvae or
preventing the eggs from Matching.
To prevent the attacks of the flies the
application of some sticky, offensive
smelling substance to the cattle has been
found Of considerable service. The ap-
p~lication of tar and fish oil in equal parts
or spraying with kerosene emulsion, has
been found quite acknowledgements
Review. -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30
COST OF BAD ROADS.
II In without ANY Doubt the Greatest
Money Loss Sustained by
American Farmers.

The waste of power and CONNER
cial loss occasiosed by bad roads was
forcefully put by Mr.. G. A. Denham in
an address delivered at the Kentucky
Commercial convention. He said: In
order to form ONE opinion of the
cost of bad roads to a community,
and to the individuals Of that COM
munity, let us assume some railroad
station as a starting point for a main
public highway which, for the pur-
pose of illustration, we assume will
run through a good agricultural CON-
munity in some sections of our state.
Let us further assume that the top
ography OF the section will give us
average grades, and the soil will aver
age in fertility with the remaining
part of the state. The farmer on each
side of such a highway for a distance
of, say, two and one-half miles would
probably come to it to travel over
it to the market, the railway station
at its terminus.
Let us further assume that main
highway is ten miles long and that it
therefore forms the outlet to market
for a section of country five miles
broad by ten miles long, embracing
fifty square miles of farming terri
tory; counting four farms to the
square mile, such territory would
embrace 200 farms of 100 acres each.
The average distance, travelled by each
of these farmers in going from home
to the railroad station and return
would certainly not fall under 1917
miles. An average of two round trips
per day would give rs miles as a days
journey, which is certainly more than
a loaded team can perform over a bad
road. Let us further suppose that the
farmers of this territory will produce
a surplus for market, averaging each
farmer to have 100 bushels of wheat,
so barrels of corn, five tons Of hay,
and five tons of miscellaneous prod
ucts. Counting that the average team
a draw over the average bad roads
a load Of 1000 pounds, we will find
that this territory will produce for
market 1900 wagon loads Of wheat,
1,750 wagon loads of corn, 1000 wagon
loads of hay, 1000 wagon loads of mis-
cellaneous products, making in all
1850 wagon loads. Then, if it is pos
sible to make two round trips per day
as an average for this territory, it will
require a driver with a span of horses
and a wagon 2,475 days to move these
surplus products to the railroad sta
ton. Counting the cost of the driver.
wagon and team at $3.50 per day, the
cost of transporting these products
will amount in the aggregate to
$6,187.1 Is.
1t is a well-known fact that a team
can draw twice as much freight over
a good road as the same team can
draw over a bad road. If this be true
and this same road should be made
into a good road with easy grades
with smooth, hard surface, this same
work could be done for just one-half
or for $3,093.75. Just think of it! A
joint stock community paying out
more than $4,000 per year for the lux
ury of bad roads; an annual tax on
each of them Of more than SIS. In
four years this annual tax would pay
for building ten miles of. good roads.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30
SELECTED SUGGESTIONS.

Investigation shows that from a
ianitary standpoint there is need OF
improvement in many dairy condi-
lions.
No other food will absorb bad odors
so quickly as will dairy products or de-
t~eriorate more rapidly under adverse
conditions.
Milk being an excellent medium for
the growth of bacteria, it is of special
Importance that it be kept as free from
germs as possible.
Whitewash being n of the best dis
i~nfectants, the stable should be white
washed at least once a year. In order
to accomplish this successfully the
sides and ceiling must have a firm.
tight surface to which the witewash
can be applied.
The floor of the milking stable
should be smooth and solid. The plat.
form on which the cows stand should
be Of such length that all ~droppings
will fall into the gutter, thus prevent
ing the cows from becoming soiled
when lying down. The stables should
be cleaned regularly each day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30
HAVE THE BIGGEST HEADS.
Philadelphia Halter Finds That Chi
cngo Men Require the Largest
Headgear.

A halter had just finished selling !
hat to an Irishman, reports the Phila.
delphi Record.
"The Irish,' he said, have heads oil
a graceful shape; long and oval, and
very large. The American has a heac
shaped very much like the Irishman's
only it is smaller and slightly rounder
"The German has a square head, flat
nm top, and very wide between the ears
A Germans hat always looks too BIZ
for him. 1t looks SO because it is
SO. In order that he may encompass
the heads great breadth, 1t must bt
bought a little too loose in its other di.
mansions. Some Germans, who art
particular, have their hats made to or.
der on this account.
Il sell hats all over the United States
and | find that heads run bigger in tn,
west than anywhere else. The Chicago
man has the biggest head in America
The southerner has the smallest. We
Observation-Disclosures, New York.
ers and Bostonians-all have heads
about the same size. That size is, OF
the average Z. The westerners size q
~. The southerner's is 6M."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30
Found n

Valley City, N, Oak, July 27th.-Mrs.
Matilda M, Boucher of this place tells how
she found a friend in the following words:
For years | suffered with a dizziness in
my head and could get nothing to cure me
till about two years ago when | was advised
to take Dodd's Kidney Pills. These pills
first box, and l haven't been troubled since,
In January of this year I had an attack
OF Sciatica that made me almost helpless,
and remembering how much Dodd's Kid.
ney Pills had done for me before, / sent and
got some and began to take them at once.
I'm three weeks l was well, and not a
trace OF the Sciatica left, and | have been
well ever since.
"Dodd,s Kidney Pills have certainly been
OF great benefit to me. | have found them
a friend in time. of sickness, and | will al.
ways recommend them to every one suffer.
ing with the troubles that bothered me-"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30
Toreador Earned 100000 n Year.

A successful toreador published his
receipts a short time ago. During the
corrida season he took part in 65 fights
ard killed 1913 bulls. His net profit was
100000, and the only injuries he sus.
tanned were a bruise on the foot and a
rather bad wound in the leg, The risks
u are, of course, great; but the men
are so extraordinarily agile that grave
accidents really seldom occur. Some.
times n will be badly gored, but a
week or two of hospital will generally
set him on his legs again. These men
often uneducated and proceeding from
the lowest classes, are courted and
feared, and even the larger newspapers
of Madrid are careful to give nothing
but praise to them, for fear of mourning
their enmity.-London Sketch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30

All sorts of devices r in vogue to
brighten crows from the cornfield. One
Of the most simple and effective is an
old looking-glass. II a part of another
is cfixed to the back SO much the bet
ter, but the one side will keep the var
minis guessing while the corn is get
ting beyond their reach. The plan is to
nail a two or three-foot arm to an up.
right, and from this arm suspend the
glass by a bit Of cord, say three feet
long. The slightest disturbance in the
air sets it, winding up only to run down
again, the while flashing its peculiar
light over a large area. This easily
ronstructible, inexpensive device at.
tracted the notice Of a flock 20 rods OF
more away. Not a crow has been seen
to alight on the field since tho glass
was set agoing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30

the bed, the clock, etc., being ident-
cal.
Victor Hugo had the odd habit of
standing up to his work, a high desk
specially constructed for him making
this possible. Hour after hour he
would stand on his feet before this
desk and busy himself with his liter
airy work. This desk may be seen in
the new Hugo museum, which Paris is
o able to control and preserve for
the coming generations of book lovers
and literary lights. Victor Hugo lived
to be So years of age, and ever at that
age was vigorous and active. 1t was
a novel sight to see him before his
desk much in the attitude of the clerk
in the buoy office where the breast
high desks are used.
The house where Hugo was born
Is still standing, and is also a point of
interest to the tourist. 1t is a three
story building and dates from the early
years Of the eighteenth century. A me-
mortal plate executed by M. Willemot,
after designs by M. Berard, the city
architect at the time, marks the spot.
The poet lived in many different places
In Paris between the time of his birth
and the return to Paris after his exile
and taking up his abode in the man
sion which has just been presented to
the city. Just before the revolution
he lived in the Place Royale, and had
gathered gothic stained glass, carved
furniture, great drawings by the mas
ter himself, Boule clocks, worries, me-
dallions, busts, Venetian mirrors, Hol-
land l~ustres, Chinese idols, porcelaines
of Saxony and Japan, a bed with gild-
ed mighty pillars and gilded back, an
old movable reading desk with a Bible
illumined like the Saint Barthelemy of
lies Miserables," the mariners COM
pass of Christopher Columbus, LA
Pinta, 1885," and other rare articles,
but during his exile these were seized
and sold. Pity it is that these treas
ure9 could not have been preserved
and made part of the present collec-
ton. How they would have enriched
the Hugo museum, and intensified the
interest in the place, which is sure to
become n of the most popular points
of interest to the tourist.
o. A. VOICE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30

forming the westerly side Of the rec
tangle is the auditorium and chapel,
with the superintendent house and
the administration building on ethel
side. The fourth side of the rectangl
is formed by the basin. From the steps
of this basin and facing the auditorium
is the best view. On either hand is q
handsome group Of buildings with the
dome of the auditorium as the center.
It does not seem possible that after
having progressed this far any change
can be made in the plans, and If there
are none, and those designed by Mr.
Flagg and approved by the navy depart,
ment are carried out, the country will
receive in return for it's SIS, 000, 900 not
only commodious buildings well suited
to the needs of the academy, but also
a splendid architectural masterpiece
we'll worthy of the country and so fai
unique that the entire group of build.
ings are the design of n master hand
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30

A new use for peanuts is developing
as the peanut industry becomes better
understood. This product of the pea
nut answers in the place of ordinary
butter for table use, and is said to be
excellent for shortening purposes and
for gravies. In point of purity it is
superior to the best dairy butter. It is
well designed for the use of vegetari-
ans, who strenuously object to any
thing animal. There is already a con-
siderable demand for this butter SUBJ
stitute, and it is very probable there
will be an enlarged market for the
nuts. At present the product of the
United States is about 0 5000 bags an
nually, and that Of the world is 6O0,-
600, 900 pounds
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30
FIGHTING THE HORN FLY.
Annoying Insect which Works Great
Havoc Among Cattle and
Sometime Horses.

The horn fly was imported from Eu-
rope about 1885. We illustrate it in this
article. Its length of body and wings
is shown in the three straight lines
under the fly. The letters are a. egg; b,
larva; C, pupa; d, adult-all enlarged.
We also illustrate a horn with a band
of these flies resting upon it. The injury
is more DR. less the direct result of the
worry and irritation caused by the fly,
animal. When the fly is present in great
numbers the animal is prevented from
feeding and thus fails to grow and fatten
as it otherwise would. In mich lows
the loss of milk is considerable. When
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30
Tint peceItfuI Telephone.

A woman who has been a victim of in.
digestion and is kept to d~yspeptics' die.
most of the time was recently invited
10 a dinner, which she was anxious to
attend.
She went TO her telephone, and, trust
ing to a somewhat unreliable memory,
she asked to be connected by the ever.
obliging central" with telephone 1894
When the connection had been made
she began her plaintive query without
any prefaratory: us that you, doe.
tor?"
81 want very much to go to a little
dinner tomorrow night" she began,
rapidly, land do you think it would
hurt me if | ate just a taste of soup
and perhaps a little fish, or the least
trife of game, and a bit of salad or ice !
l really think my stomach"
Here she was interrupted by a voice
from the other end of the wire.
Madam" it said. coldly, 'eat what.
ever you please. This is the Meteor
Rubber company."-Youth's Compan.
ion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30
"PhOtOEraphInE q Comet.

The astronomer, like other people,
sometimes finds what he is not looking
for. This is especially likely to happen
in making photographs of the heavens.
Many asteroids, and occasionally a
comet, have been unexpectedly found
in that name 1t now appears that a
small comet, known as Chase's, was
thus accidentally photographed on at
least four plates which were exposed in
November to catch the Leonid meteors.
The comet happened to be near that
point in the sky from which the meteors
appear to radiate, and although it was
invisible to the eye, the faithful sensi-
tive plates took note of its presence
Youths Companion.