davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-03-02
KEEP YOUTH AND BEAUTY.
Relaxation Urged on the Weary and
,< the Lazy Equally Urged to Go ,
y Out and Walk.

Is not your youth, your beauty (and
THIS means. your healthy worth keep
ing?
Can you with complaisance look for
ward to being faded, haggard or peev-
lsh and ailing at 80 o. 35?
Will you not be frank with yourself
now before it is too late-and So
plan your life that rest period may
be yours each day? Take a time to
call your own, when, closeted in your
own pretty boudoir ard clad in loose.
warm dressing gown, you may fling up
your windows, indulge in a dozen deep
restful breaths, lifting the chest and
head high, and then after taking few
gentle trunk turnings to right and
left-bending and twisting in all direc-
t1ons to keep the waist line supple and
the figure youthful fling the arms up
over the head and make great sweep
ing circles with them to help the cir
cula.ion at important nerve centers.
After indulging in few deep knee
bendings and half a dozen more deep
breaths as finish, throw yourself on
driving all thoughts and worries from
your brain-simply rest mind and
body. You may even Sleep; if you
will, for from 20 minutes to an: hour:
This relaxed rest will do you more
good than two hours sleep taken un-
der different circumstances, declares
Nine Hebe,: in the Chicago Inter
Ocean. : :.
But see: to it that your window is
open little both top and bottom dur
ing your rest and that you have light
warm covering thrown over you, as
you must avoid chill after exercise and
during the rest period.
Again, you who are sick, do not al
ways order your carriage when you
have but six or seven blocks to co. for
a brisk walk in the open air will help
keep you young and is often actually
necessary to your health.
I believe it to be fact that the So
called rich often fall into dangerously
lazy habits through the conveniences
and luxuries that their wealth sur
rounds them with.
And so to the girl who is forced to
walk from six to ten blocks daily. l
say, be thankful, and, do not waste
your time in envying your wealthy
neighbor. Fate DEGREES that you must
take this life-giving, health-retaining
exercise each day.
When fatigued after "trying'' day
or tired out from social duties, throw
yourself upon bed or couch and re-
main in the first position for five full
minutes without removing hand or
foot. The body is suddenly relaxed
and sense of complete rest takes the
place of the strain that results from
being too long upon the feet.
Perfect repose may be gained by ly-
ing on the fiat of the back for half an
hour at a time, with hands out
stretched. Let the head rest upon a
pillow that is not too high. If you
cannot sleep, close your eyes and put
body and mind in quiescent state.
For an afternoon siesta treatment OF
this sort is good restorer of over
worked nerves.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-03-02
Only @mf
UlaHHtfruttnm
By REV. r. T. CALDWELL,
Presbyterian Minister.

deac who knowingly isrepesent in order to make trade liar
and thief both.
Time far back the booder called statesman
at shewd politician It the great advantage of this
country that he is known by his right
The upheava this land in the of civic righteousness
has taught the people clearly line of dearcao business
honor and sraght-out stealing. '' ''
Calling things BY proper always interest of
honesty am not attacking the accumulation OF wealth. the
requirement of sacion but the aspres
financial standing must be prepared good account
ner in which he acquired every penny made OF
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-03-02
Tucks Fashionable.

A noticeable feature of the winters
skirts is the prevalence of the tuck.
Most. of the: circular skirts are fitted
with tiny tucks at the top, and. some
styles have tucks at the bottom, run
ming around. Sometimes the tucks are
wide, and again they are not more
than half an inch deep In some skirts
they are grouped close at the foot, and
in others they are wide apart, one at
the hem, another at about knee length.
with third between,
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-03-02
Uglv Nails.

The ugliest nails can be improved by
taking the trouble daily to push back,
the hard skin that grows at the base,
of the nails. This should be done
after the hands have been washed in
warm soap and water and are stilI'
moist. A soft towel is the best thing
to use for the purpose, or an ivor:. or
bone implement such as is sold in
manicure sets.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-03-02
" II" Chr Expnal1re nt
Qnrrmpttum Il 4nprfnl &tg&t
By ANDREW CARNEGIE
By ANDREW CARNEGIE

There is cause for congratulaton upon the result
Of recent appeals to the people which have over
thrown corrupt gangs pursuing public life for private
plunder. Deplorable, huniliating as have been the
exposures made both in politics and business of late,
the downfall of SO many captains of corruption has
given us renewed faith in democracy
We sometimes hear it said and repeated that our
laws are loosely constructed. But such critics lose
sight Of the higher law which public opinion consti
tutes. Our country is governed by public opinion,
by which the reDublic must either stand or fall And
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-03-02
Boric Acid.

Boric Acid.
Every housekeeper should have on
hand supply of boric acid, which is
a very useful antiseptic. For burns it
is unusually excellent. Drop two ounces
of the boric crystals in a glass quart
jar and fill with water. This makes a
saturate solution. Take a piece of
gauze or cheesecloth and saturate with
the solution and lay on the burn. APP
ply very moist, covering with absorb
ent cotton and then with oiled silk,
This will keep moist for IL hours, for:
the oiled silk will prevent evaporation.
II you haven't the boric acid use a So
luton Of bicarbonate Of soda, which is
nearly as good.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-03-02

The proposition that
congress shall apppro-
pirate money to aid the
states in highway con-
struction is sound in
principle and patriotic
as policy. 1t is not new,
except that the favors of
the general government
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-03-02
TIE END; POINT LACE.
Pattern Suitable for Narrow Tie Of
Silk or Muslin and May Be
Otherwise Used.

This is a pretty finish to a narrow tie
of hem-stitched silk or muslin. The
design may also be used as an applique
for trimming dresses. blouses, etc.
Materials required for q pair of
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-03-02

Whether he is a
church member or not.
the dry goods merchant
who uses a 35-inch yard
stick is a thief, the gro
Ger who employs false
weights to. deceive his
customers is a thief. the
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-03-02
A LOVELY DESIGN.

ends: Two yards braid, one skein OF
thread, one yard purl edge.
The stitches are not difficult, the work
can easily be accomplished by one at
all skilled in this kind of needlework.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06
Making Bread with Sen water.

AT one time sea water was used in
some English seaside places when MAX
Ing bread. Even now villages along the
coast line of France utilize it. Fresh
rain or spring water is only used for
the leaven, pure sea water being exclu-
sively employed for the making and
mixing Of the dough. BY this method
no mineral or table salt requires to be
added, the natural salt water giving
the bread the necessary degree Of sa-
Unity. But, though sea water does ad-
mirably for breadmaking, when ap-
piled to other culinary purposes the
result is disagreeable failure. The
wheaton bread produced by it, how
ever, is excellent and of great hygienic
value. The chloride of magnesium,
which i1nparts the acrid taste to sea
water, is decomposed in the heating
and therefore does not convey its origi-
nal disagreeable taste to the bread,
while the common salt, of course, per-
manently retains all its characteristic
saline properties. The mineral sub
stances left in the baked bread are con-
sidered to be of the nature of very mild
regulating medicines.-London Mail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06
A miniature Inland Gee, i,

One of the queerest sheets of water
in New England or within the limits of
the United States. or the world for
that matter, is the celebrated Shows
ocean, in the state of Maine. When
calm 1t is to all appearances an ordinary
pond of no great dimensions. but OBJ
servations and Investigations made
more than century ago prove that the
little body of water is verltable
ocean. 1t is located in Orrington, near
Bangor, and its popularity is that. al
though situated among some high hills
some distance from ocean or river. 1t
has tides which rise and fall as regular
ly as do those of the great Atlantic.
Many SO called scientific examinations
of this miniature oceans bed and sur
rounding banks have been made, but
SO far no tenable explanation Of the
phenomenon has ever been given to the
public.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06
AN OLD LEGEND.
the Ancient story of Lilith, Adams
First Helpmeet.

First Helpmeet.
The old Talmudists had II queer leg
end concerning the first pair created
by the Almighty. According to the
story, Lilith was Adams original help
meet" and Eve was the after considera-
ton. The Talmud says that Lilith was
created just as Adam was-out of the
dust of the earth. Soon after the
breath Of life had been breathed into
her ears (you will remember that the
Bible says ''nostrils" in Adams case
her entire nature changed to such an
extent that she became veritable de-
mon. About this time the devil came
along, and, recognizing in Adams wife
all that was necessary to make first
class governess of the Internal regions,
persuaded her to quit the first man and
go with him into the upper regions Of
the air." To us this seems like u queer
place for the location of hell, but that
Is the direction the pair is said to have
taken when they left Adam as the sole
occupant of the garden. At home with
the king Of the sulphurous domain, she
became the mother of devils and then
deserted Pluto and became "specter
Of darkness"
After this transformation her sole de-
light appears to have been in the de-
struction Of innocent babes. 1t is even
said that our word LULLABY" is n cor
ruption of the oriental term, ''lilla abb"
which means "avaunt," or "begone,
Lilith."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06
SELF CONTROL.
It Ii One of the Perfcctions of the
Gentleman.

1t Is One of the Projections of the
Gentleman.
A gentleman is gentle, slow to sur
mise evil, slow to take offense and
slower still to give it. A gentleman
subdues his feelings and controls his
speech. 1t is sometimes said of man
that 'he can be gentleman if he
wants to be-" but man who can be
q gentleman when he wants never
wants to be anything else, says the
Pittsburg Press.
In the cultivation of courtesy self
respect must play prominent part.
We must never pass for more than the
value we place upon ourselves. To re-
spect others we must first respect our
selves. Whittier said, Il felt that I
was in the world to do something, and
thought must"
One Of the projections of the gallant
man lies in the supremacy of self con-
troll. Herbert Spencer, speaking of this
important attitude of man as moral
being, said, Not to be impulsive, not
to be spurred hither and thither by
each desire that in turn comes upper
most, but to be self contained, self
balanced, governed by the joint de-
cision Of the feelings in council u.s.
sembled, before which every action
shall have been fully debated and
calmly Accommodating it is which
education, moral education at least,
strives to produce"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06
The Tailor nira.

The brilliantly plumed birds of the
tropical forests are exposed to many
dangers, and If they were not gifted
with peculiar yet useful instincts they
would fall ready victims to their enc
mics. Chattering monkeys and big
snakes steal and eat their eggs, while
their offspring are preyed upon by foes
on every side. But it takes a sly mon.
key or snake to get ahead of the tailor
bird, n small East Indian singing bird.
She hides her nest so skillfully that her
enemies cannot find it, no matter how
hard they try. This she does by using
her long, slender bill as needle. With
the tough fiber of a parasitic plant
abundant in the tropics, as thread
she sews a dead leaf taken from the
end Of n slender and hanging branch,
and between these leaves she builds
her nests, where neither monkey nor
snake can approach, because the
branch will not bear its weight.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06
UNDER A tiAYoTACK.
rhc Scene of Famous nnd Eventual


The Scene of II Famous and Eventual
Prayer Meeting.
The most famous prayer meeting ever
convened in this country was held in
the summer of 1906 on the grounds Of
a farmer adjacent to Williams college,
Williamstown, Mass, says Leslie's
Weekly. 1t was held by five students.
They We're Querying what they could
10 for the benefit of mankind. A thun-
derstorm occurred, and they took ref
uge under a haystack and continued
the meeting. Seemingly the students
alone for the time being knew of the
meeting. For years the place was I'M
marked and the event announcements
cd. But those students originated the
foreign missionary movement in this
country for the benefit Of all lands and
peoples. Subsequently Williams college
acquired the property, named 1t Mis-
sion park and erected monument
commemorative of the great result. 1t
consists Of shaft of granite twelve
feet in height, bearing globe three
feet in diameter, representing the
world. The legend on the shaft is,
1.-THE Birthplace Of American Foreign
Missions" Underneath are the names
of five students who had a part in the
meeting-Samuel ]. Mills, James Rich
ards, Francis l.. Robbins, Harvey Loo
mis- and Byram Green. This memorial
is an object of interest to every visitor
to Williamstown, and ut every COM
mencement religious service is held
beside IT
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06
LAND OF THE PARIS cABMAN
Place to Which He Returns With HI,
SnYinus to End His nnxu

Place to Which He Returns With His
Savings to End His Days.
1t is a popularity of Paris, which ev-
cry visitor who knows enough French
to tell one dialect from another must
have noticed, that nearly all Paris cab
men come from the same part of the
country. The same thing is true Of
coal merchants and of dealers In roast
ed chestnuts, who come from Au-
vergne; of the goatherds, who hawk
their milk about the streets, who are
Breton peasants, and of many other
trades.
The cab drivers land is probably lit
tie known to Englishmen. 1t is down
In the Aveyron, and Rodcz is its capt.
tai. tiny village where the worst Ian
guage and the best hearts mall France
IRE to be found. The eldest of each
family in Rodez takes the land and the
paternal cottage. The old folks live
with him until their death, and the
younger sons go to Paris and drive
cabs.
For years they drive about in all
weathers, scraping together sou by sou
until they have garnered enough to go
home and pay for their board and lodg-
ing for the remainder of their days.
They go with the elder brother to a
notary on the first day of their return
home and sign a deed by which he is
| bound to keep them for the remainder
of their days in idleness in return for
their savings.-London Standard.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06
THE BACK WAY.
,inlznc's Avenue of Escape From His
Creditors.

''----S~-
Creditors.
In the year 1913 or thereabout, be-
ing worried by duns i'll Paris, Balzac
took lodgings In passy, then village
In the environs, nj Il house in the Rue
Basse. There is little remarkable
about the front of the house. It is Just
plain, white, two storied French
dwelling of hundred years ago or Of
today for that matter.
But Mt the back is garden and ut
the bottom of the garden is a doorway
leading into one of the Oldest lanes in
the world, from the look of 1t. Truly
this ruelle, with its crumbling walls of
stone and plaster, its ivy and its shade
of overhanging trees, is as happily de
void Of suggestions of modern Elm
provements" as anything to be found
within the girdle Of the Notifications.
by means of this byway Balzac,
when insistent voices from within the
house reached his ears as he worked
in his little pavilion at the end of the
garden, could avoid the unpleasantness
of an Interview with any holder of the
overdue bills which throughout his life
We're the only tangible results of his
experiments as printer and type
founder.
1t needs but little Imagination to see
him hurry off down the lane, hatless
and in slippers. to await events, while
he dreams of exploiting the jewels Of
the Golconda or the silver mines Of the
new world.-W. III. Helm in Critic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06
The Magic Of n Mirror.

A ward patient in Roosevelt hospital,
New York, grew gradually weaker
without any apparent reason. "shes
fretting herself to death about some
thing" said the nurse. "If she would
contide in me think she would get
better" By and by the patient did
open her mind and heart. IF l could
only see myself" she walled, I'D feel
different. know must look like
death or you'd let me have looking
glass;" 1t was against the rules to sup
ply patients in that ward with mirrors,
but the nurse. recognizing the gravity
of that particular case, struggled in a
small hand glass. The result was mi
raculous. why, dear me-" said the
sick woman, 81 don't look half SO bad
as supposed did" And from that
hour she began to improve.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06
A wonderful csu,;t,y. pr. i,


An incident related by the author of
'"The Pearl of India" in his description
of the flora Of Ceylon is almost un-
canny, although we are assured that It
Is true. 1t is about the mimosa, or
sensitive plant, and makes one almost
wonder whether the plant has intelll-
gence. The doctor. one of the charac.
tiers of the book. while sitting with the
family on the broad pilzza which form
ed the front of the bungalow of a
coffee plantation recognized thrifty
sensitive plant, and it was made the
subject of remark. He called his
young daughter of eleven years from
the house.
Lena" said lie, "go and kiss the mi.
mosn."
The child did SO. laughing gleefully,
and came away. The plant gave no tok-
Ell of shrinking from contact with the
pretty child.
Now" said the host, twill you touch
the plant?"
Rising to do so, he approached 1t
with one hand extended, and before 1t
had come fairly in contact the nearest
spray and leaves wilted visibly.
1.-THE plant knows the child" said
the doctor. "but you are stranger"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06
BABIES IN ARABIA.
Their Charms and Perfumes and the
Shaving of Heads.

Their Charms and Perfumes and the
Shaving of Heads.
Life has exceptional difficulties for
the babies of Arabia, especially for
those who are of sufficiently high rank
to be brought ZIP according to all the
ancient customs OF their race. A royal
baby's first toilet there consists In
winding bandage about its body aft
er 1t has been carefully bathed and per-
fumed.
If the child be girl, on the seventh
day of her birth, holes, usually six In
number, are pricked IN her ears, and
when she is two months old heavy gold
rings are attached to them, to be worn
throughout her lifetime except during
periods Of mourning for relatives. On
the fortieth day the baby's head is
shaved, and the disposal of the hair is
regarded us very weighty matter. 1t
must not be burned or carelessly
thrown away, but buried, thrown into
the sea or hidden away.
The fOrtieth day marks a turning point
In the child's life. Heretofore it has
only been seen by few, but now it may
be seen by anybody and is regarded as
fairly launched on the tide of existence.
Several charms are attached to its body
for protection against the "eyil eye .
Everything the child uses is perfumed
and covered at night with jasmine
and before 1t is used fumigated with
amber and musk and sprinkled with
altar of roses.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06
Rabbit Shooting In France.

LIE Sport is answerable for much
exhibition of humor on the part of q
nation like ours, where killing for fun
is brought to perfection, and the story
of the Englishman who went rabbit
shooting with two Frenchmen in Nor,
mandy may or may not be true. They
set out, eager for the chase; they sight
ed a rabbit. and up went the English
mans gun to his shoulder. mo, no; do
not shoot." cried his companions.
THAT is Mimi. We never shoot at
Mimi" The Englishman, greatly Won
dering, desisted. A second rabbit
crossed their path. He aimed again
and was again deferred from shooting.
"That is the adorable Lulu" they
pointed out. We never shoot at Lulu"
Naturally, when a third rabbit dartcd
up, the Englishman made no effort to
kill 1t, much to the distress of his COM
panions. Shoot, shootY' they cried
wildly. "That is Alphonse. We al
ways shoot Mt Alphonse."-London
Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06
Labor In old Times.

Twelve hours in winter and fourteen
In summer was n fair average days
work. but in Lyons in 1871 the print
ers worked from 9 o'clock in the morn
Ing till 8 or in the ,evening. In other
trades the working hours We're often
from 4 in the morning till 8 ut night
or from to 10. Workers in the same
meter generally lived together in the
same street, but the maitpe artisan
had his own maison. The ground floor
was his shop or workshop; above was
MS bedroom, which was also the sit
ting and eating room; small room adj
Joining accommodated his children, and
above was garnet where various
commodities We're stored. = PRISONS
Work and Workers"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06
HORSESHOE NAILS.
The Way They Arc Turned Out b!
Expert WOrkmen.

The Way They Are Turned Out by
Expert WOrlSmen.
Three million separate shoe nails are
often cast from ton Of metal. OF the
smaller sizes 1000 nails are nodded in
single mold, and an expert workman
will make eighty mOlds in an ordinary
working day, thus turning out 100000
separate nails.
When the metal in II liquid state is
poured into the mold it runs through
the sand In passages provided in the
molding process. The whole of the
mills are cast together and are, when
removed from the sand, connected by
Il network of iron one with another
In this condition the iron Is as brittle
as glass, and very little force is re.
quired to separate the nails from the
network which holds them together.
They then have to undergo the proc
ess known as annealing. They are
mixed up With hematite iron ore, which
Is In n powdered state, put into iron
pots and placed in an annealing fur
mace. n sort of kiln. Here they remain
for some days, care being taken to sc
regulate TIE heat to which they are
subjected that the iron will not be re
melted, bur brought very nearly to tllut
condition. The action of the raw iron
ore upon tue brittle casting is marvel
Gus. After cooling 1t can be bent with
out risk of breaking. and 1t becomes q
useful and serviceable article.