davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-07-20

Tals-T There ls a tragic hole In.the
v DOB every ward OF Paris
81. Is "a kind ~ low window. without
EIa.. boo the side facade OF the local
publ. charities establishment Look.
Irs at &c. you perceive It ends in a
closed wooden box movable and dis
connected with tho wall inside. 1t
Iuu. '.k. a dumb walter or dishcle.
Nafur
o. Ia dumb walter not for dishes,
h.. flr babies Up the dark side
.Iru.I there comes wrctchcd mother.
What shall she do with the iHfant In
..g arms She has reasons not 10
au.R.. questions She shrinks from
Investigation Shall she pa baby on
a doorstep
800. everybody 10 Paris IS aware Of
t.. TRANCE. sacred holes iu the wall Of
f.. Assistance rubIiquo
.I. waits until there Is not a soul
q. ... |..N side trrct She walks
.. I.. dumb walter II is al the
..... .. mothers waist
.. #n. uaat Ipit She hosItatos
@ .r I.ar She pulls boil rope
.. ..f A. .,H h4. 40" dumb walter
" ." .H. 900. agd lhr baby dis.
... .HD Ia#F mother stands and
..urrr at me hole All she
@ another waiting box
- another baby II
Douglas Island news., 1907-03-13

We are led to believe that the people of Ketchikan are not very long on re- ligion. The Journal says, in speaking of the Lenten season, that "few people know or seem to care when it com menced or when it will end."
 The California saloon in Fairbanks has offered reward of $50 to the man who makes the quickest trip between Fairbanks and Valdez this winter, either way, afoot or horseback, with dog team or horse sled, automobile or wheelbarrow.
 The Catella and Carbon Mountain Railway has been incorporated with a capital of S1OOo,oGo to build railway from Catella, Alaska, to Carbon moun- tain. Thomas Lippy, the famous Klon- dike millionaire, is at the head of the proposed road.
Douglas Island news., 1907-03-13
Octopus After Alaska

Under the above caption we find the following, purporting to be Washing ton telegraphic dispatch to the Asso- ciated press, going the rounds of the Eastern papers:
 Advocates of autonomy for Alaska intend to urge in support of their ap- peal to congress the reason that only by self-government can that northern most and fertile territory be saved from the clutches of a trust, one of whose members-Simon Guggenheim- has been elected a United States sen- ator from the state of Colorado. AL ready the smelter trust, of which Daniel Murray, Isaac and Simon Gug- genheim are the moving factors, is said to have placed it's grasping hand on the fruitful soil of Alaska in which lie buried millions in mineral. The trust is charged with menacing freedom of competition. It has firm friend and supporter in the financial interests that center about J. Pierpont Morgan. The prize of which this gigantic monopoly is seeking to obtain exclu- sive possession is declared by geolog- ical experts to be the greatest undevel- oped copper field in the country and an area rich in coal and other deposits. That the largest smelter in North America will some day be located in this region is the statement of those familiar with conditions in Alaska. Whether it's owners are to be absolute despots in the control of this valuable tract or are to be compelled to engage in business as the competitors of inde- pendent companies is question about which the citizens of Alaska are deeply concerned.
 The area coveted by the Guggen helms and their partners in the smelter trust is the Copper Valley, running 300 miles north and south and 200 east and west; the Chitina copper belt. which stretches fifty miles from east to west, with breadth of ten to twenty miles; the Catella coal fields, twenty miles square; the petroleum belt, which skirts the coast from Catella westward to Yakutat for distance of thirty miles and breadth of from five to ten miles, and the Matanuska de, posit. In the Matanuska district is the only known occurrence on the Pacific coast of anthracite deposits, and the coal is declared to be as good as the product of the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania.
Douglas Island news., 1907-03-13
The Sons of Rest

All sorts of organizations thrive in Alaska Starting with the most bril- liant prospects for a large membership is the new Nome order. The constitu- tion and bylaws are as follows:
 The name of this organization shall be Independent Order of the Sons of Rest
 The object of this organization is tho welfare of members and the bettering of their condition, all members must be good, able bodied men.
 No one is eligible who is working; any member looking for work is re- quested to go to Golden Gate hotel; any mem Der asking for work with the intention of accepting will be expelled; all members will be expected to enter tain employers looking for help and jolly them along. If they want miners you are an engineer. If they want engineers you are miner. Employers trying to bribe members by raising wages will be requested to call next spring.
 All membe are supposed to hunt for work at least two days each week and be sure they don't get it.
 All mem bers are expected to get up at p. ID. and stay up till beds are made, they are also expected to eat coffee and doughnuts at least once every two days if they can rustic the price, anyone eating more than one square meal day will be flned S4. All mem bers must learn to play whist. Any member found leading from sneak will be fined g, all fines collect ed will be placed in doughnut fund for benefit of other mem bers. All mem- bers must be able and willing to dis cuss any subject that comes up; also be able to tell how to run bank, mine, drive team, run Keystone drill, oper- ate dredger and tell the weak points of the Alaska mining laws and the con- stitution of the United States; they must also be familiar with all pay streaks and know just where they are located and the extent of same; all i'm portant topics of the day will be dis cussed at regular meetings.
 Business men wanting to know how to manage their affairs apply in person at any regular meeting. Any one hay ing gravel streak eight feet thick, sixty feet wide, extending 1,5o0 or more, averaging 60 cents per pan and can't make it pay, please telegraph.
 We would be pleased to post Presi- dent Teddy as to the best form of government for Alaska.
 JOHN DOE, President. RICHARD ROE, Secretary.
Douglas Island news., 1907-03-13

J.H. Startsman. the man who found the frozen mastodon on the Koyukuk river, has received letter from Henry E. Reed, the director of exploitation for the Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposi- tion. Mir. Reed states that he wants further information in regard to the mammoth, and will send men into the country next spring to devise plans for moving it to Seattle.
Douglas Island news., 1907-03-13
The NOrthIand The Latest News. from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed. Information for Everybody.

Valdez again has electric lights.
 U. s. District Court at Juneau on April 8th.
 Whitehorse will have brass band of it's very own.
 Jack Price of Ketchikan was arrested for issuing bad checks.
 The whooping cough among the children at Nome has become epidemic.
 Some wonderful developments are reported from the Lost River neighbor- hood. Col. Glassford, of the signal corps, will not be transferred from Seattle to Omaha.
 Tom McGrath of Nome, will play checkers with any man in Alaska for $500 side.
 The steamship passenger rate from Seattle to Seward has been raised from $40 to s45.
 Wrsngell has writer of songs, who lives unmolested in that peaceable community.
 The dance hall girls are focking to Dawson by stage, to be in time for the spring clean up. The third beach line at Nome, sup posed to have been worked out, is still heavy producer of the yellow stuff.
 A Nome miner chained his dog team to fence and left them there in the storm until the Humane Society got to him.
 Every vessel leaving Seattle for Val dez has all the passengers it carry, bound for Fairbanks and other interior points.
 The Seattle P.-I. predicts that linen who arc now standing in the light will be forgot in the day of Alaska's triumph"
 Juneau expects to have powder manufacturing plant, but it is to be hoped it will not be opened with a blow out. At Candle, the marriage of Frank Wolf and Miss Emma Marsdale was celebrated by dance that continued for week.
 A Nome paper suggests that the solu- tion of native problem will be found in ''herding" them on reservations a long ways from civilization.
 Grandmother Minook, "Massa." died at Rampant on Jan. Il. She was the oldest person on the Yukon. Her ex' act age was not known. 1 A petition is being freely signed in the Ketchikan district which asks the U. s. Road Commission to build roac from the head of Kasaan Bay, on the east side of Prince of Wales island, tc Klawack on the west side of the island
Douglas Island news., 1907-03-13

Both the Valdez and Seward papers claim that the Northern lights are ac- companied by ground currents that put the cable out of business.
 The Wrangell chamber of commerce will issue a 100-page pamphlet, descrip- tive of that city, and scatter them to all parts Of the civilized world.
 Turnagain arm has been impossible ever since the first freeze-up last Nov ember In ordinary winters it clears out every few weeks, allowing boats to pass.
 The signal service threatens to operate the Alaska cable twenty-four hours day, beginning June l. This is claimed to be necessary to keep up with the business on the main line.
 The Nome Mine Workers Union No. 24O of the Western Federation of Min. CTS has unanimously decided that it's members will no longer work in camps where non union men are employed.
 Three dogs and a bear hitched to a sled was one of the sights on the street yesterday. The bear belongs to Dell Clark and is able to pull a big load when put in a dog harness.-Valdez News.
 Ralph Smith, of Nanaimo, B. C., is to succeed Hon. w. B. McInnes, as gov ernor of the Yukon. An exchange states, feelingly, that Smith has fam ily and is a member of the Methodist church.
 Private Hogan and Sergeant Sim mons, soldiers engaged in repairing the Valdez-Fairbank telegraph line, are suffering from frozen feet. la the case of Hogan it is feared amputation will be necessary.
 Sixty. five oil locations, two coal and nine placer gold were filed in lump last month with Judge Hewlett as re- corder of Kenai precinct, by Finland CTS interested in the Finnish colony which is to be established in the vicin- ity of Aurora, on Cook inlet.
 "Yes," said good, kind Christian mother, in this town, while helping her little son learn his Sunday School les son 'Cain was a very wicked man and slew his brother. He was fugitive and yagabond on earth; he was so bad he feared every man would slay him. Where could wicked Cain go tor" "Why, mother" replied thoughtful little Jimmy, after moments redec- tion, She could have gone to Juneau, couldn't he?"-Ketchikan News.
 Elmer E. Brown, the commissioner of education who succeeded William T. Harris, seems to have poor opinion of the methods used by the men in charge of the native schools of Alaska. He has sent recommendation to the secretary of the interior in which he asks that fifty additional native schools be opened in Alaska. He also asks that the present schools be enlarged and an entirely different system of education for the natives be adopted. In making the recommendation he states that the present educational facilities are entirely inadequate and the schools are so conducted that ex- cept in rare instances there is nothing about them to induce attendance by native children.
Douglas Island news., 1907-03-13
In Clover

"Yes, I married drummer, Grace" "And you are happy, Mag?"
 "You bet. My husband treats me like I was a prospective customer"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24

Thus Il IS grith business men. and
women. too.
Competition makes for ambition; 20
get ahead Of the other fellow. for that
is what the majority Of personal ami
billions amount to.
Without a certain amount Of discOn-
tent We would grow sluggish. indeed
Success comes through effort and
good luck has very little 10 do with
Il, although many consider that il
means the same thing
Now, do not let the wrong kind OF
discomfort take possession Of you
Do not let Il make you feel sore at
all mankind or wish you were IN the
boots Of someone else.
Rather let IL make you see that
there is great room for Improvement
IN your own self. and that only by
trying to improve win you reach the
heights you desire to attain.
True success is built on deeds, not
on imagination or envy.
And nothing makes n 50 unhappy
as envying others while he does Moth
ing 70 better him5elf.
The "whats-the-use" habit is easy
to form. but is mighty hard TO break
MOLLIE.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
never satisfied.

Isn't il funny now the other fell
lows position In life always appeals to
rs so strongly in inviting contrast TO
our own
We always are quite sure that our
friends have easier berths in the world
thar ourselves. and ofttimes they are
busy wondering at our good luck.
The little nilliner signs for office
woX and the office girl wishes she was
a e,mpete1t milliner.
2his longing to be something differ
Ell from what they are. and 10 do
fIa things which seem so inviting when
80aa~pS others. peTvades all classes.
Fl The man who is entirely at peace
Nth hiTaself. who is content with what
each day brings forth. and who knows
wife or no ambition. is generally a
phle wetic sort Of individual who sell
dom accompiishes anything worth
while.
But the man who sees in his fellow
men the ability to do things which he
think he could do il ne tried, and who
tries to emulate them, is the n who
gets ahead and leaves a lasting mark
behind him. Discomfort is good for US
as long as it spurs us on to greater
effort to prove our value.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
SIGNS AND OMENS.

With so much battling with the servant
problem there has sprung up a little code
of servant snperstitions which many house.
keepers observe, II always SILVER When a
new cook burns a hole IN her apron" a \
one woman, for II means tina she viii
not stay with mo long. l don't like to
have my girla come 10 me dressed In black,
either, for Il Is q sign that they won't
stay the year out"
Questioned as 10 some of the other super.
%stitions which influence a h-ousekeeper
In dealing With her servants. she said:
Don't allow your new servant 10 come
lust as the old one Is departing; IT'S very
nnlucky,
1T Is unlucky for n maid To reach her
place az service no long as there Ia ilrhs
enough for her 10 see to hang up her
WRAPS aaysNthe Philadelphia Daily rele-
graph.
~ You hire a maid ON Friday soa may
eNpeet smashed china,
"A girl hired On Monday eives the hast
satisfaction,
1T Is unlueky Ia forbid a asrvant ant.
ins hearty meals the nrst DAY she n Win
YOU fpf, II not permitted, her appetitte
VIII never he satisfied, and ahe WIN eat
YOU out Of house and home.
~ YOU praise your servant hefar,
breakfast Van will have occasion 10 sceld
her before dinner.
st Nusf new servant has many sears
itant hNfih On her hands II il 4 slen sha
VIII be a good cook Look fnr ~" ~ v
snu are hiring a cook. NNNN "
~ maid has short, atuhhy nns4es Il
IN the extreme. WV 'N''eN"s"e'
~ tel hire a maid with hair of the
uRHt pulllnR variety. for lbs ! - ~
WIZ NOT he neat IN her work. NV
III a servant calls YOU lady fea.a,tn4.
~ fa9f s'salah beware of her. ior she i
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
MN8NS5
B8 0-@a
MWZaB
A. They saw Zach otIer

y wish 7 had your 'cineh. one
girl said to another, as they boarded a
trolley car recently. "Al you have 10
do is to trim hats ali day long. while
] a my brains over rows and rows
Of figures, sitting at q desk every min
ute Of the day.
The other girl looked at her in sur
prize
what she cried. you'd Ike % do
NIX work. Well. Of all things. For
two soiid weeks I've been disguised
and discouraged. and have wished with
an nv might thai 1 had a nice Office
position ike yours. Millinery Is season
work. and when the busy time begins
We are just rushed 10 death. and when
il ends ne have a long vacation, with
o1t pay, 70 look forward to"
We'll. your work isn't SO hard on the
nerves as mine" said the first girl.
suppose you had 10 figure a certain
number Of bills before 5 o'clock. and
had 10 exert every energy 70 get them
dones By the time you we're through
your head would ache. your eyes would
smart. and you wouldn't care about
anything. except 70 go home and go 10
bed
And suppose you were in my place
-e50ined the other; TT is no fun 10 be
working on a fine hat, trying to do
ufee hours work in fOrty-five minutes,
because the order must reach a distant
suburban customer the same day. AT
the end Of a day 1 am only too glad
10 get home 10 bed. Even then l see
hats and flowers. and birds. and
chiffon. and ever Innings, in nv sleep
al night long
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24

Speed the parting guest" sounds good,
but IL must be said that some people nave
a way Of their own for carrying out thar
time honored admonition.
A girl whom many Of you know by name
went on a journey a few days ago. She Is
a nervous. panicky creature. and I'm al
most sure that before she got way she
was sorry she attempted the journey at al.
She made all sorts Of plans for a pleasant
visit and anticipated a merry time, for sac
was going to some Of her school friends
and she was sure Of a hearty welcome
But every one at home seemed TO annoy
her: they meant well enough. but she was
miserable through all their mlnistrations-
First her older sister asked her If she
was sure that the train she intended 10
catch had not been taken on the schedule.
It gave her an awful start, for there was
only two trains a day to the place she was
going and the first one left hours before.
besides her friends were notified TO meet
her at a given time with a carriage 10
drive her TO their home.
Her little brother was sent to the station
in a hurry TO inquire about the train. re
came back with word that the train had
not been changed for ten years, nor was
it likely TO for ten years more.
Then a cousin who came in TO say good
by asked her IL she had copied the num-
Der Of her trunk check before sending IT
on a train ahead. because she knew a
lady who lost 4 trunk just because of
such careiessness."
OF course the poor. tired child had no,
done 50. and she heaved a sigh as she won
dered audibiy IL her irunk would reach
her ali right.
Your skirt is on crooked. Come here
and I'll f. it. said her mother. Il hate
70 worry YOU. but l can't let you 60 like
that"
Hurry. hurry. you'l miss the train II
you don't hurry. said one or two more In
tragic tones. and the unhappy girl rushed
through her egood-bys' In an sgitated.
H-retched state.
I'D almost rather stay home" she said
as she boarded the train I'm so tired
and worried I won't enjoy the ride at ALL
How much nicer IL would have been IL
every one had been sunnya and hopeful and
helpful
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24

VII yos kindly lei me know through
your paper how TO cleah a child's white
bear skin coat YoH advise 50 many
readers On the woman.s page that l
thought I would come TO you. too. Hoping
TO hear from you soon. and thanking yoa.
1 remain. HRS. W
Mossfen bran with warm water, and ruo
a little At a time Into the fur. When dry.
shake aad brush oct. Orr bran ~ aa-r
will also clean the fars nicely. Rub every
potion, and then put the coat away In
the lax for several days. Remove from
the box and shake the bran or -four out,
and tie dirt VIII come out also
Damp cornmezl is also good Rub Il
well into the fur Then cover the fur with
dry meal. and let it remain for twenty
four hours. Then brush thoroughly.
The coat may be cleaned with gasoline.
but Il viii not be an easy task
Please let me know. on tha man
how to make lemon marmalsde. I
have quite a scrapbook. mad almost en-
tireI- OF your recipes. I have a number
OF recipes Of my own. and would be glad
to help you any time. Il you happen TO
need me. Thanking you in advance, l re-
main. MRS. BERTHA c.
Lemon Marmalade-Sllce TWO large
lemons. and emove the pits Place the
sliced fruit in a quart Of water and let it
stand ever night. In the morning boil
gently for two hours, and after removing
from the fire allow it to stand until the
next day. Then weigh It. and allow pound
for pound of sugar. Boil together until
clear and beginning 10 set: put in jars,
and seal while hot.
Kindly publish a recipe for making
oyster salad. which have eaten in res
taurants, and have always wondered how
to lake. Thanking you in advance, I re-
main, a READER
Oyster ~Salad-Strain. wash and rock one
quart of oysters in their own liquor until
the edges begin to curl. Cool. and when
cold chop and add to them a half cup of
chopped cold meat, one half cup Of
chopped celery. one t~easpoonful Of butter
cut into little bits. one teaspoonful of
minced onions and one-fourth of a cup of
nut meats. chopped. Place on let
tpce leaves and cover with m~ayonnaise
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
WHEN MAKING A
CIRCULAR SKIRT

In making the popular circular skirt
having seams both back and front, it is
desirable to stitch a narrow strip Of he
material in with the seams.
This viii prevent the stretching and sag
ging which so often makes these skirts
u~nsightly.
It is also very important to get the bot
tom edg OF the skirt absolutely even, n
much more difficult task than with the
gored or pleated skirts.
Accurate measurement with the yard
stick is the only sure way to accomplish
fhfs.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
ALMOND CANDY.

maaeh ! pound Of almonds by "ous
49, e,sr them until tho brown
sss,,. I'm. an Dry in a warm
Make a any which is nos . s-.p
and cook nntil a spoontni or0ppeu
Sass of water VIII crsekle- Place tne a.,
meeds IN the bottom Of a broad pan .a,S
pour over the clear tany; Mns ,adsa .nSts
eut lato squares with a slns,s .hro"yh the
W Sneg.Nas nnts' Peanut candy Is made IA
t NV Ss,ne manner. only a very thin ooatnk
t W m ssa while almond candy Is an men
thick.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
PRETTY PLACE CARDS.

Neat place cards for the table when en-
tertalning college girls Is "a outline Tie
emblem OF their respective colleges %
white cards, Decorate the centre ~ The
with q flower seh00l hell INNS from
he chandelier American fiaRs and college
pennants, Appropriate banners oan be dis
played throughout The noon, Most qas
have adopted y aallesa H0wai, 80 ans
can select such aaral trimmings faF aeess
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
TO REMOVE PAINT.

When a house is being done Up paint II
infreqeen;ly split on dooFsteps. and Il
is sometimes found very difficult 10 remove
that case make : strong solution OF
potash and wash the steps. simply leaving
the solution to soak in In a short time
the paint viii become soft. and can Then
be wasned of with soap and water. Then,
use cold water. Paint which has beer let
ment-
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
s.ssss w. v. SNYDER 6 CO.. ssss;.
LACE MAKING IN
WEST FLANDERS.

In West Flanders there are 400 schools
where $1,000 children are taught the art
of lacemaking. There arc besides many
institutions, presided over by the Catholic
sisters, ~where lacemaking is taught. II Is
a much more artistic and healthful occupa-
ton than making lace in an American
factory.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
DRESSING FOR HARDWOOD.

Even though hardwood floors are covered
partially with rugs, there are times when
they get unsightly and need a good dress
ing. Equal parts of t~urpentine. raw linseed
oil and white liquid dryer is excellent for
this purpose. Put on with a cloth, after
wards rubbing perfectly dry with clean
wooden cloths. Clean q small space at a
time snd do not try to cover the en tire
floor before polishing.