davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-23
BACK UPI

Ever see a lot of transfers get int,
tangie In congested city alleyway
Then comes the final team into th,
vortex. What will this driver do
One kind swears. another sings OF
chaffs, another mods and waits unit
the alley is cleared. But the live team
ster takes a swift look behind, gath
ers up his lines and
Backs up.
Note the farmer who year after yea
plants the same field to corn. He poke.
fun at rotation OF crops and scientIfi,
farming. How shall he learn TO rur
his farm from school professors? II,
has got into q routine and will not
Back up.
Note the merchant who tries TO dc
business as his father did I'm the good
old days. He refuses TO use newspa
per publicity. although there are evi
rences all about him that advertising
BAYS. As the other stores get bigc",
his dwindles. He. is In a rut The
only difference between a rut and q
grave is in size OF the holes. He re-
fuses to-
Back up.
Note the manufacturer who refuses
TO change the style OF his product or
the speed OF his machines. While his
competitors are dumping the out OF
date machines into the junk pile he
refuses to buy new ones. In these
days OF keen rivalry such a manufac-
turer does not last long. because he Is
too stubborn to
Back up.
REIMBURSEMENT Is the keynote to sue
cessfui life. New conditions demand
new alignments. Any OF us may get
on the wrong track. headed toward
failure. Is It wise TO go on when we
know we are going in the wrong direc-
ton, or should We
Back up?
Certainly It is hard to give I'D an idea
upon which we may have spent time
and sweat and money. 1t goes against
the human grain. Pride and stubborn
ness say go onp' Discretion and
Judgment whisper
Back up"
And what is true Of material things
Is especially true OF spiritual things.
You know whether or not you are GO
Ing In the wrong direction morally.
The compass within your spirit points
unerrihely the right way. Stop. look.
listen and
Back mp.
You may be on the switch instead
OF the main iine-the open switch that
leads TO wreck.
Back up.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-23
LAY IT ON THE WOMAN.

"The woman thou gavest me. she
tempted me-" was the excuse OF Adam
In the day of his humiliation.
And. though worn threadbare by
long usage. 1t is still the cheapest aud
commonest way by which man tries
to fit the responsibility OF his wrong
woman.
Manlike. therefore. comes DR. A. NJ.
Hamilton. an authority" on mental
diseases, to say:
at has been my experience that bad
cooking and the use of poor and I'm
digestible food have led many men to
the habitual and excessive use of
drinks"
Lay II on the woman. forsooth.
There may be some truth In the dec
laration. but in 1t is n hImsy implica-
ton OF the poor wife OF the drunkard.
Why not better say. for instance. the
stun the drinking man puts into his
stomach from the free lunch counter
is the cause Of his dyspepsia and con-
seQucnt cussedness?
Note the "free lunch" menu
One sample is a composite OF the fol-
lowing: Stale bread which is the offal
from some hotel or restaurant, cheap
bulldog sausages. smelly cheese. raw
cabbage and spiced pickles.
Now. honest
Is II this sort OF feast that holds men
In the saloons Saturday afternoons
when a good hot supper, the best the
poor wife can devise, awaits him at
home?
IL is all very we'll for our alienist
10 talk about nutritious food and good
cooking. but where will the drunkard's
wife get the materials for good, first
class foods?
The wife OF the man who spends
most Of his wages I'm drink has neither
the we'll supplied larder nor kitchen
OF sanitarium or hospital.
While 1t may be true If the unfor-
tunate wife could provide proper
diet there would be less craving for
liquor stimulants. how will she get Il
when her provider gives his money TO
the saloon keeper to buy thick steaks
for his family and brings to his own
home q cheap soup bone or a piece OF
liver?
Tell US. please.
The fact is the matter resolves It.
self into these propositions:
II drinking man were we'll fed he
would drink less stimulants. And
II drinking man spent less money
for drink he would have more money
to buy good food.
And there you are.
Why drag In the poor woman?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-23
THE BLESSING OF WORK.

Are YOU Obliged TO work for liv-
ing?
Happy you!
You are doing what the Almighty I'm
tended you should do. You are car
rying out his design In you.
Work makes men.
ldeness mars men. The sloth ex-
lists: he does not live Labor develops
charrter. And character determines
destiny and happiness. You cannot
put fiber into man except by put
ting him M against labor. Therefore
Wntk Is discipline
He who goes through life without
discipline Is not n man. He is only
thing He Is part man. part en-
brr". Tie Is the nucleus of Il human.
Ahd. WIFI" The christening OF discipline
Tor The time may seem grievous. yet
IL works out far more exceeding
right OF glory"-manhood.
Work Is normal exercise.
The loafer Is liabby misfit. He
does not blend into the scheme Of
things as they are. II matters not
whether he Is worth million or &c
rcn'S lie Is n wart on the body So
cial He Is n fungus. an excrescence
without function and void. Rut tho
WORKER. whatever his work Is n part
or s"rir'r-a necessary part. lie be-
longs tn his race.
Work Is contentment.
II YOU doubt IL. stop working for
awhile and note how discomfort comes
to you. Work Is mans affinity. The
worker fits into things: the uutter IL
out OF touch. Work Is MANS natural
expression OF himself. Ard no man
Is content who is not expressing him
self In some form OF effort
Work pays
Aside from the return IL dc!lars and
cents, work pays big dividends 1t IS
an Investment that pays coed interest.
III pays In sense OF satisfaction. And
II one Is I'm love with his work IL
brings joy he cannot find elsewhere
the joy of accomplishment.
Work Is service
And that is the glory of II. When
II Is understood as service rendered.
labor Is dignified. as IL ought to be.
When You are doing some of the
worlds work you are rendering a re-
turn TO the world for your birth and
nurture, You are paying off your OBJ
Il"ation YOU ARE DOING A MANS
WORK IN A MANS WAY IN A
MANS WORLD. You are contribut-
ing your share. You are keeping up
your end. Angels could do no more.
Work is happiness
IL Is Il refuge from discomfort. The
absorption or ii drives away worries
and care. And I'm its blessed deeps
many sorrow is buried for day.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-23
Heart toHeart
Talks
DANGERS OF IpLENEss.
By EDWIN A. NYR..

Vacation time is here. and with II
comes the danger TO the boys and girls
OF sustained idleness, for IL Is as true
now rs when It was written long age
that
Satan stiii some mischief finds
For idle hands to do.
Parents, whether rich or poor or me
dunn. ought to provide some special
employment for their children during
vacation. And. for that matter. eacl
day ought to have Its task just as
soon as the child arrives at the age
OF accountability.
For instance
The boy should be held accountable
personally for some chore, or II be
has dog he should be made to under.
stand that he must provide regularly
for the animal The girl should know
that If her cat is to be fed she must
attend 10 1t, or If she has doll she
must care for it.
Little things these.
But highly important.
Habits form character, and charac-
ter determines destiny Responsibility
makes personality. and personality
counts for success.
Then there is the Imagination.
Imagination Is one of the child's
greatest gifts and most useful powers
IL properly controlled. Unguided and
uncontrolled. 1t is likely to go Off on
q wrong tangent. Give your child a
task in which II can perfect its mag
ination in deeds done. something prac-
teal. and the child will grow In moral
strength naturally.
And. besides. the task will absorb
vitality that otherwise might be used
mischlevously IL not viciously.
Keep the child busy.
by doing so the habit OF healthful
employment will get into the fiber OF
its being and you will save 1t from a
thousand temptations.
To be sure, ''all work and no play
makes Jack dull boy" but 1t is also
true that all play and no work makes
Jack vicious boy.
The child must play? Certainly.
1t will need no teaching for that
But II should not grow up with the
idea that the world is all n playground
That conception OF things has ruined
many boy and girl.
One Of the greatest needs OF modern
teaching is that the idea OF DUTY
should be ingrained in the makeup OF
the coming generation.
Teach your child by chore or occu.
patton or 10y regular tasks regularly
done that while this is n fine world
II Is bounded on the north by DUTY,
on the south by DUTY. on the east by
DUTY and ON the west by DUTY.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-23

as II can GO with safety using present
equipment. so that ie greater speed Is
desired there must be change IT.
track and trains.
But men are not satisfied to spend
eighteen hours i'm getting between
New York and Chicago. They want a
quicker way.
A bright idea.
Why not put wings to the train?
And that Is just what a New YorS
inventor is working at. The wings he
proposes are formed by aeroplanes
made after the style OF the Wright
brothers dying machine. The trains
are trolley style. aud the aeroplanes
are above each car.
The lifting power of an aeroplane Is
enormous. so that when the car gets
up speed the aeroplane assumes a part
of the load. The inventor figures when
the train gets to going. say. 10 miles
an hour the train will weigh practical
ly nothing.
Whether the New York inventor is
successful or not, II may be safely pre-
dlcted that I'm the near future men viii;
travel by rail 100 to 200 miles an hour
Which leads one to ask. Where do
all such modern inventions lead?
is the world really better because OF
the multiplication OF appliances for
greater speed in transportation. create
facility I'm manufacturing, larger say
ing In human labor?
Yes.
Each saving In human labor means
that much leisure for human improve
ment. Every increase In the facilities
for quick transportation and the dt :
semination of intelligence means the
bringing OF the worlds peoples close
together and the fostering Of human
brotherhood.
There Is no call TO be frightened ut
the progress of material things.
The world OF human affairs is 1
headed towerl some blind thorough
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-23
HE STRETCHED HIMSELF
lis name Is Iuthar Walcb

HIS name IL Luther WEIGH.
lie halls from Kansas, was gradual.
ed from the annapolis Naval academy
and Is now an officer of the United
States
When Luther WEIGH applied for adj.
mission to the academy he was In.
formed that he was an inch under the
required standard OF height.
But little thing like that did not
trouble WEIGH. He proceeded to make
up that inch! By dint OF stretching
his backbone and pulling at his ten.
dons and standing straight he did in q
few months that which was physical
ly possible at his age-added an extra
inch to his height.
1t is stated that WEIGH has eradu.
ated with high honors. and much is
expected OF him.
You would expect nothing less from
his sort-a type of young Americans
who know what they want and 60
after that thing and get It with a sim
gleness OF aim and persistency that
work miracles.
Perhaps one cannot by taking
thought add cubit to his stature, as
the Scripture says. but a Luther WEIGH
by determination and scientific meth
DDS may add an inch.
This young man knew his stature
was no real handicap. Physical size
and weight count for little in the mod
ern world. Napoleon's coffin is a short
one. f. Fl. Hartman is almost a
dwarf OF n man.
In the old days before gunpowder
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-23
THE HEART OF HUMANITY.

Is your mind so poisoned by the
verdigris OF cynicism that you doubt
the existence OF brotherly love?
If so, read this:
Lee Gossett. young farmer, lives
near Oreana, III. He is a good citizen
who pays his debts and his taxes,
keeps up his fences. helps to support
the church and loves his old mother.
ordinarily by the LIST OF May Lee
Gossett has all his blowing and some
or his seeding done, but this year
when May day arrived the cornfseld
had been untouched.
Gossetts old mother was seriously
Ill. and he scarcely dared to leave the
house. While she lay at deaths door
he could do nothing, and 1t looked as II
the cornfield would lie idle for year.
You see, Lee Gossett thought more of
his mother than OF his crop.
Well, something happened.
Gossetts neighbors got together.
They didn't ask who is my neigh
Dor" Gossett was their neighbor and
good one.
SO one fine morning early In May a
cavalcade came down the black dirt
road
In the procession were thirty-one
neighbors, thirty-one breaking plows
and 113 pillow horses.
Neighbor No. i started 'land." and
neighbor Nos. 2 and 3 and 4, and so on,
followed right in after. In less than
half day. from 5 a. m. to IL a. m.
the field was finished.
hnn
house and told Lee Gossett that IL bis
mother did not get better in a few
days they would all come back and
harrow and plant the cornfieid.
SO, you see. there were at least thir
ty-one good Samaritans within a few
miles OF circumference OF Oreana, III.
"Oh, yes" says some one, "brotherly
love abides in Gods free fields. but I'm
the city
I'm the harsh city, with its cruel
jaws thirsting for the juice OF men:
In the city, with its insensate rollers
crushing out not only flesh and blood.
but mind and soul and spirit-in the
city there is no such brotheriy love"
Don't you believe 1t.
Let an accident happen In the streets
or any city and note the quick response
or willing hearts and hands.
Why. in the city OF Chicago just the
other day, when the horses attached
to an ambulance were killed, twenty
men took hold OF rope and raced
half mile to hospital to save a
man who was bleeding to death.
Make no mistake.
The heart of humanity is wondro,s
kind.
Even the acidNtest of city ways can
not callous It,.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-23
W. d. SCOTT. Agent Fre Ssi riaRSss,
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.

Schedule IN effect Saturday, May 18th. 1901
v, the tips weekly between baltimore and
washington. ~
Le,ve baltimore. Pier 3. Light Street.
SSea,ner pen uniting ats D. m every Monday
Wednesday aud Saturday. for the fol Ins
'Ner iandings. Alexandria and Washington:
naN more y. IN. Miliers. EroOmes Porto
Ite 10. GrasOns. Coan "a IN :. Bundicks Iakes
walnut Point, CowArts. Levi eta, Kinsale
y. m Leonardtown II no N Ab,iIs CoSr,,n ~
stones. BushwoOd. Lancaster 4 ~ m RiyeY-
s,ue liverpool Point. Gly mont, Alexandria,
Washington.
stops only on signal.
Leave WaFhing on. ID c., 10 II of Seventh
Street, weather ler'1itting. at 4 y. m every
Monday. Wednesday and Saturday, for the foi,
iO w. river landings and Bttimore;
"aSHlngtOn.AlcXandria ria. 4:i5 ID. m. q fvrnont
Liverpool Point. Rivers d., Bush wood Ian,
S IE Soorums stone Leonardtown a. m,
MMoens, Piney Point. .Cintra, Lodge 10 a. m.
dicks Lab cs. Walnut Point. 4 owarts, Lewis
e. Ia Mi'lets 4p m. rasuns y. M. Broomes.
rorto beito D. m. Baltimore.
STOP only on sigma.
Arriving in Ba timore early "Wednesday. i, b
uay"nd Monday mornings
Freight received in Baltimore on sailing
days until I y. IN.
This timetable shows the time mt which
steamers may be expected to arrive nj an
depart from the several wharves but Their,
arrivals or departure Mt the times stated is not
guaranteed nor does the Company hold Itself
responsible for any delay or any consequence
arising therefrum.
Schedule OF extra steamer ON P,ton,ac ,t,-o
line in effect July Bird 1909 "'
Leave baltimore, (weather permittIngl
Sa'uruny, D .. m, for Coan. BundicK's
Sowarts Lakes. Walnut Point. Lewisett,
hinsaie. Mundy's Point, Lodge adding
re urhlng. steamer leaves lodge n "A m,
Monday (weather pcrmitting) stopping at All
me above landi KS, arriving i'm sa itimore
Tuesday m ,rnlng
This Is also to give notice tnat the leaving
umeo the rcgula Gamers ON Potomac river
OF haitlmore. wi be as follow until further
va IN. kinslle. II a. IN.
rms viii make the leaving time OF landings
meow i.eonardtpw .. one hour earlier imam
when leaving Leonardtown at6a m
lheaoove In addition to reg ular sche'ul of
1909 "aS io'o-
SrEpH ENSON& BRO, Agts. Washington.
hhahDON anu CIR MES. Agts.. Alexandria.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-23
FAST TRAVELLING.

How much would you guess does the
eighteen hour train between New York
and Chicago weigh In pounds?
Each train weighs 1.250, 900 pounds.
Each train carries seventy-five pas
sengers. who weigh. all told, 1880
pounds-that Is to say, each train
weighs 100 times as much as its pas
sengers. And 1t costs each passenger
3H cents pound to be Transported
from one city to the other.
Why must the train be so heavy?
Simply In order to get sufficient fric
ton on the rails and equilibrium fol-
the big driving wheels OF the locomo
tives.
And the faster train goes the
heavier 1t must welgh-if Ii stays on
the track.
The eighteen hour train goes as fast
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-23
A BUSINESS ExTENDER.
The Kind Of Man Fer Whom, There 1,
Bia Demand


q Big Demand.
i am looking for n clerk, q mar
with a personality. man who can do
things and increase my business. Mon
ey is no item. l will not take SALARY
into consideration. l will pay 500
1925 or whatever he Is worth. / wan.
the man." That Is what q successful
merchant said some days ago.
Let US pay our respects to the mer
chant who is looking for q clerk OF
this kind. A good clerk deserves a
good salary and usually gets It. This
matter OF good pay for good services
Is the basic principle OF the rela
lions between employer and employee
While all merchants are not willing to
pay enough salary to their clerks
there are more merchants who are
glad to pay all clerk is worth than
there are clerks who are glad to be
worth all they are paid.
Every village. town and city Is look
Ing for the man who can .increase
business" The man who will work
Tor the interests OF his employer Is
wanted the world over. The world of
business Is crying out for such men.
Tor men whom 1t can trust and In
whom 1t can place confidence that a
thing Will he done when the boss I"
back Is turned. This man is wanted
In every store. factory. at every post
and In every great business I'm the land.
III you are attempting to avoid re-
sponsibility and as much work as pos
sible you will. unless by great mistake.
escape promotion or increase I'm salary.
There are two kinds OF clerks. and
only two kinds. One the entire bust
ness world ia anxiously searching for,
and the other the entire business
world is anxiousIy waiting to get rid
of.-Twin City Commercial Bulletin.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-23
A $3.50 nnn SMILE


Smiling Joe" Barron. aged twelve
years. has made S250,OOO-not for him.
self. indeed. but for home for sick
and crippled children.
1t was this way;
Some young doctors IN New York
city who had seen the suffering and
lack in the tenement districts, where
the very poor swelter In summer and
shfver In winter. bought n cottage on
the ocean and started q charity SAM
tarium on small scale.
Joe Barron was their first patient.
Joe's back was twisted, and his legs
OF the bone-a sad combination of Ills
But when they came to see him Joe
smiled up into the faces OF the doctors
and his smile went straight to their
hearts.
And SO they took Joe out OF the hot
and dirty slums, out to their cottage,
which they called "Sea Breeze" And
there they strapped him to a board
and hung him out In the fresh air Just
as an Indian mother hangs her pa
poose.
And every few days those doctors
with the strong arms pulled and twist.
ed and stretched Joe's muscles so that
the little fellow would sometimes cry
out in pain, but no sooner did they
quit trying TO straighten out the kinks
in his deformed body than the smile
reappeared.
1t was the smile that would not come
of.
One day. some four years ago, Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his great friend
Jacob RIis went to Sea Breeze. Joe
didn't know the stout gentleman who
looked at his twisted shape was the
president. but he smiled the old sweet
SMILE.
And impulslve Roosevelt said to Riis.
Cant we do something for this brave
fellowT'
And Riis said, 'I'm going to take his
picture and tell the people about Joe"
Perhaps you have seen that picture
In the magazines and the appeal that
went with it. And the money came
pouring In from all over the country
In large and small amounts-enough
to build S250.0OO hospital.
Joe's smile did It,
Joe's back is all right now, and his
legs are as good as yours. and his
friends will send him to school, and
he will probably grow up strong and
useful man.
Certain 1t is that IL he is given a
fair chance Joe's smile VIII do the
rest.
Moral.-When you are disposed TO
snifiie and whine about your ''hard
lines think of Joe Barron's case and
his bonny smile.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-23
The Oldest Bride. In p,r;s

The Pont Notre Dame Is the oldest
bridge In Paris. 1t was first built I'm
14l3 in the reign OF Charles VI. but II
was carried away. together with the
houses which lined 1t. by Ice foes
when the frost broke In 1899 A new
bridge was begun at once under the
direction OF Jean Joconde of Verona
and was ready for traffic In 1907. On
that bridge stood the famous picture
shop OF CerSaint. which had a sign.
board specially painted for Il by Wat,
teau.- Westminster Gazette.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-23
A MISER'S END.
meanness OF NJ. vandiile and the Wa,
he Fastened His Death.

e~&eHco MS Oeatn-
Nd. Vandille was chief magistrate a,
bouiogne and by mlserly habits left a
fortune OF $4,OOo000. His usual die,
was bread and milk. The bread cost
very little. and after eating his LOAF a,
nome his habit was to become his own
pubic milk inspector. whom as chic,
MAGISTRATE he had the right to appoint
anu SO, as he declared, to protect the
lnhapitants from being imposed upop
Dy an inferior quality Of milk he took
MS walk Immediately after eating his
loaf and demanded to taste the milk ot
every salesman he passed, thus SAVING
himseit from purchasing any. Misers
are generally strong men-they have &c
De SO In order to live a life OF priya.
tion-but eventually Vandille. like 9th.
er misers. was seized with illness. anf
the surgeons had to be called I'm. In
those days they bled their patients
Tue surgeon asked Vandille half n
hvre for the operation. but the million.
aire ordered him at once out OF his
siSnt and sent for the apothecary. The
apothecary refused TO cut the price
down. so Vaudille sent for poor bar,
Der. who undertook to open vein 70,
three sous time.
Aye, but" said this worthy econo
mist how often. friend. will It be
necessary to bleed me?"
Three times"
And what quantity OF blood DO you
intend to take each timer"
Eight ounces"
We'll, but why can't you take the
whole twenty-four ounces at once
You want TO make job of me. you
scoundrel! Here. sir; there are your
three sous. Take the twenty-fou,
ounces immediately" The barber was
generous to obey. NJ. vandille lost the
twenty-four ounces OF blood and died IL
few days. leaving all his vast treas.
ures to the king. whom he made his
sole heir. Strand Magazine.