davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-27
Imnortant to Mothere.

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, asafe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1T
s] nsass the q ZMZZzL
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-27

Slightly Altered.
"All the worlds q stage"
'And most of tire men and women
merely upers."-Cleveland Leader.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-27
In the Ark.

In Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

New York which he hopes will facili-
tate the passing Of passenger baggage
on the piers and gain for it the reputa-
ton OF being the best managed port in
the United States.
Hitherto men and women have been
allowed to bring In free Of duty 300
cigarettes or fifty cigars apart from
their 800 allowance per head without
having to state specifically FOR whom
they were. In future all passengers
viii have to declare their cigarettes
or cigars 70 be solely for their own
use. both men and women. The users
must also be more than eighteen years
old.
Passengers are also notified that Of
ferlng 20 bride customs official Is a
criminal ofense. All persons commit
ting such acts are liable 20 be crimi-
nally prosecuted. Any incivility on the
part OF the inspectors examining bag
gage Is 10 be reported 10 the deputy
collector In charge Of the steamship
pier Women travelling alone are to
receive special attention in expedition
II they state the fact that they are
alone on their declaration.
Foreigners and Americans who have
been residing abroad and can prove
the fact to the official on the pier will
be allowed to bring in all their per-
soual apparel free. and. I'm addition
their household effects, pictures and
statuary without the stipulation that
they must prove one years residence
abroad. as has been the rule.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

ly. and. though less than London in
population. it far surpasses that city
In push and enterprise. New York has
been termed "the center OF the world"
II should be remembered that New
York Is a Mecca not only for Euro
peans. but for Americans. that its
cosmopolitan population comprises
people from every state I'm the Union.
and that the men who really run New
York and who have raised the city TO
premier importance are not the ma
tives. but Settlers" from smaller
American communities. This state
ment holds good in almost every
branch Of Industrial and professional
life.
II f. because OF this essential and in
sistent greatness OF New York that
the Pennsylvania railroad has not
hesitated In spending a hundred mill
lion dollars 20 overcome physical OBJ
stacles and run its trains right into
the vitals Of the metropolis. Ten
years ago the late a. j Cassatt. presi-
dent OF the Pennsylvania. stood at the
terminal In Jersey city and looked
across the Hudson. lie said TO an as
sociate;
4 find this sweeping river OF our
railroad commerce stopped short OF its
natural outlet by another kind Of a
river less than =. mile wide. Our in
evitable objective Is the largest and
most important city OF the country.
We stand on our last railroad tic with
IN view OF II and cannot reach II. We
must find a way 10 cross"
Cassatts Dream Fulfilled.
Thus was born Cassatt's dream. now
nearly realized. eight years after actual
work was begun. Mr. Cassatt IS dead
but his work has been taken up by his
successor. James McCrea. and carried
10 success. "a way 20 cross" was the
core OF the difficulty. Engineers have
turned II into n tunnel coro-and the
way IS found. Very modern conditions
have made this possible II would be
utterly impracticable to run trains
drawn by steam locomotives through
six miles OF tunnels. The electric en-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05
Amsrieans ElahtIna In Nlssr,uu..

The fact that many Americans r,-
are fighting I'm the Estrada army In
Nicaragua makes timely the ram..
niscences Of General James Carson
Jamison. a fruit farmer near Guthrie
Okla. who was one OF the famous I'M.
buster Walkers men en- 1861 Gen.
eral Jamison was captain off one o.
Walkers companies and later became
adiutant general Of Oklahoma lie "a
I'm his eightieth year. but bis recollec.
tion Of the stirring events when De
fought with General Walker i0 On.
Nicaraguan campaigns is vivid as
shown I'm his book. with Walker D.
Nicaragua" recently published Ac
cording to General Jamis0n the real
aim Of Walker was TO erect an empire
in Central America, combining ADO the
five republics. with himsef as the fr..
consul or Napoleon Of the onterrrs
The veteran thinks Walker who was
native Of Nashville. Tenn. m.gb.
have achieved his dream had he 1o.
made war on Honduras somewhat Dbl.
wisely. the result OF which was m
capture and execution in 1857 Gen.
eral Jamison tells many amusing things
in his book one laughabIe incident
was the use Of "a large quantity VI son
cheeses by the Americans who built
them into breastworlls and fought Dee
hind them all day. occasionally. during
a lull in the firing. digging into their
Notifications with their jacNniyes and
eating cheese.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

among scientists. including the un-
dersigned. that this blanket has been
stolen from the sun. A 1910 passed
perihelion. the nearest point OF old
Sol. on Jan. H. the day after Inness
sprinkled its tail with salt. At that
point Il was less than 10000 900 miles
from the sun. and Il would have been
easy for one Of tho outriggers OF its
widespread tail TO snatch OF the Nava-
80 blanket as the comet swept past
At present the comet Is about $780,
100000 miles from the sun. so there Is
little chance for a recovery OF the stolen
property. The comet. we are told. Is
now about 10000 900 miles from the
earth, hence we are safe from that
almond odorcd cyanogen peril
a 1910 is travelling at the rate Of for
ty-one miles a second. 246O miles a
minute. 1f7,6OO miles an hour. 3.542.40O
miles a day This is considerably faster
than the terrestrial hobo travels. even
though he catches the blind baggage
OF the Twentieth Century Limited or
the twenty hour St Louisan The
reader win observe that Il is pretty
difficult TO keep track OF this comet.
for not only does II skyhoot az a most
stupendous speed. but il seems 20 have
no fixed orbit Astronomers at the
Lick observatory IN California. who are
making strenuous efforts 70 classify
and salt down this comet tor future
reference say that Il seems 90 be trav-
cling In a parabola, which is an open
curve that does not return into itself
From this we deduce that Comet A
1910. whatever else Il may be. Is not
an Australian boomerang.
Candor compels me 60 admit that
Professor Harold Jacoby OF Columbia
university, who spied upon A 1910
with the naked eye from Riverside
drive and West Seventy sixth street
New York. several evenings when tho
comet was close enough 10 tho earth
TO be thus visible claims that lie orbit
has been roughly found" whatever
that means: but alas. he hints that
there Is no assurance that Il win ever
come this -ay again. SO, comet CATCH
ers. save your salt for Halley's comet.
a highly respectable aviator with a
known orbit. which viii pass nearest
the earth about the middle Of May.
But let us not weep because Comet a
1910 is disappearing. perhaps forever.
into the Vastly void II sat for It's pho
tograph before II left us. Messrs
Parkhurst and Slocum OF the Yerkes
observatory made two negatives. which
are positively good likenesses, and
when color photography Is perfected
the world will be enabled 10 get
tangible tail hold on Comet 1910 by
percciving those auroral bands
Farewell A 1910. long farewell and
somebody please pass the sailed alma
onds. 4. SAPP.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

OF railroad belonging 20 its own sys-
TEN weaving n network OF tracks into
the very heart OF the nation. Is on the
eve OF comp citing improvements which
viii put Manhattan Island and Long
Island. practically speaking. on the
mainland Of tho continent.
II Is upon Manhattan and the eastern
end OF Long Island that the principal
portions Of the second greatest city in
the world are built. When the Penn
sylvania people were thinking out their
plans for these new terminal improve
ments they figured that the metropoli-
tan area, meaning the section within
n nineteen mile radius OF the city hail
IN New York. would have 100000
people by 1913 and 100000 by 1920.
Roughly estimated. this area now has
about 100000. considerably more than
four hfths OF whom reside In the city
Of Greater New York
n these computations are correct,
and conditions seem 20 Justify them.
New York within ten years win be the
most populous city on the globe. The
Pennsylvania has been building not
merely for the present. but for the flu
ture. with its Inevitably vaster volume
Of trafiic. When one IS confronted by
the statement that these new terminals
have cost the railroad company from
100000 900 TO St25.OOO.O00 (the ap-
Proclamation varying 10 that cxtenD.
one IS astounded az the figure What?
Does II cost n hundred million dollars TO
build a new depot and bore a few tun-
nels7 And isn't Il a wild waste Of
money! Yes. IL costs that much. when
the acquisition OF the necessary land
IL counted IN. and Il would be reckless
extravaganza n tho improvements were
placed anywhere else IN America save
the heart Of the city Of New York.
Center Of the World"
For whether you like New York or
not. gentle reader; whether you ever
saw the place or never want to see Il:
whether you are preiudiced reasonably
or unreasonably against It's people and
It's spirit. New York this moment Is the
greatest city I'm the world commercial
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

gen bands on or around this cometic
appendage. This proves two startling
facts-that Comet A 1905 tail Is
striped like a BARRIERS pole and that Il
is self protective. for cyanogcn Is per-
haps the dcadliest poison known A
grain OF its potassium salt touched 20
the tongue Is sufficient 20 cause instant
death. with no time for writing a fare
well message. Fair warning is given.
II by any chance this apparently I'M
orbited comet should return 10 the
earth's vicinity. be exceedingly careful
not 20 touch your tongue 20 its tail
Professor Frost tells us how 20 Identify
the cyanOgen Il Is characterized by
an odor similar 20 that OF almonds.
The sodium and cyanide bands which
encircle the tail OF our tramp comet
are not visible TO the naked eve. but
we are glad to know that A 1910 Is not
a colorless. conventional comet, but
takes pride In awaiting the infnlte
CARRIED in a Navajo blanket OF gor-
geous hues. There Is suspicion
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

CINE has solved this part Of the prob
lem. Recent Improvements I'm machin-
cry and methods for tunneling made II
possible to bore holes under the rivers
and the city. Fitted with big steel
tubes in sections. firmly mortised to-
gether and incrusted with a two foot
inner layer OF cement. these tunnels
are as sound and safe as any similar
space in the outside world.
The Pennsylvania has two tunnels
under the Hudson river and four under
the East river. the latter carrying it's
trains TO the enormous yards on Long
Island. The HUDSON river tunnels run
under the city OF Hoboken on the west
shore before reaching the river. Be
meath the entire width OF Manhattan
Island at almost It's widest part the
tunnels go. so that nobody win see a
Pennsylvania train I'm New York eN-
cept below the magnificent pink gran
ite passenger station at Seventh av-
enue and Thirty first street
This station area has sixteen miles
Of railroad tracks. The building itself
IS "a feet long. 433 feet wide. 50 feet
high above ground in the main. though
Il has a central dome over the main
waiting room which rises 1853 feet
above ground. The tracks are forty
feet beneath the street level. and the
principal part OF the big depot Is
below ground The main waiting room
Is 277 feet long. 103 feet wide and $50
feet from floor 70 ceiling. The station
and trackage area occupy four city
blocks. which were covered with build
ings when the land was acquired
For several years the biggest hole
ever blasted IN the midst OF any city
has been slowly giving place to this
granite railroad station. which Is a
thing OF beauty and promises 10 be a
JOY until some future day when the
stupendous metropolis viii have out
grown II utterly. The building is con-
structed after the Roman Doric style
OF architecture, its facade colonnades
and general aspect giving II the APP
pearanco Of a gigantic exposition pail
ace. But exposition palaces are built
OF flimsy stun. while this permanent
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

has a strong inclination toward pre-.
serving the poetic verites.
Just now the emperor IS building ilf
himself a new castle on the historic
and picturesque island Of Corfu. IN he
Mediterranean, the largest and most
northerly Of the Tonlan islands Coriu
Is a Greek island. with Greek traditions
Of the past and Greek acua.'ues q
today For his pleasure palace. QUITE
appropriately. Emperor WH'nm has
chosen the name "Achillei Gresv
enough TO need no identIhrH '10 ms
Derived. 81 course. from Achilles hero
NJ Homer's 'Illad." this name naturally
calls for memorial OF its namesaks
so Emperor william has commiss'0'd
Professor Goetz eminent sculptor %
create heroic statue Of Achilles
Profesa'r Goetz has finished his work
and in short time the emperor PER
sonallv win unven the statue
/ This work ~ modern art is neary
| twenty -one feet high and win stand
/ upon marble plinth no AchiNcioa
/ about thirteen feet high The ho'mei
shield and lance of the Uomaric ~
rior nre richly gilded so chat th.y may
be seen from long distance
/ II seems eminentlv meet that En-
peror william should select Achill"
for this distinction Achilles IS IN it'
erature the supreme type NJ glorioN
youth and the emperor of Germany at
ways has apothcosized the vigorous
virilc hrhfine vouug man But thei
rs another point ~ excellence inheHh.
In Achilles which no doubt Suggested
Itself even more strongly 90 rho kaiser
Readers Of Homer and other ancle"
writer's VIII recall that the sen goddess
Thetis mother ~ Achilles dipped tas
infant In the river StvV thus rfndeflns
his person invulnernble 10 The shhN
of hl. en"mies but iu The d.np.-
prnco was necessary for Mother
Thetia H old the baby hv one of I'D
heels and lho spot covered by Che ma.
ternal hand did not receive the SVHen
dye Of invulncrabilitv conseQuen'g
after glorious battles I'm the Trojan aiu
other wars unscathed Achilles hnaH
received his death wound M the nan-
OF Apollo and Paris. the fatal tnry"
being delivered through that vlln'F
able heel
Emperor william believes his e
pire. with It's tremendous army ana =
strong navy, Is invulnerable. but
wise monarch he must admit TO pun
self at times that perhaps one sH ~
heel spot may not be stamped WIN
Stygian guarantee As limited helsI
before, the kaiser stands for the ~.
verities. so these facts may eNpla."
selection OF Achilles. the an on, .a
mortal youth. 10 stand upon M
height and Fash defiance from
shining lance to the four duarle,,
Europe. ROBERT DONNIN
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05
By RoeERTus LOVE.

HE approaching completion OF
the Pennsylvania railroads
new terminal facilities iu New
n York city Is a matter OF in
terest 20 every citizen OF the United
States Already few test trains have
been run through the tunnels. now
quite completed. and Il Is promised
that some regular trains win be run
ming by April I. while by midsummer
OF this year tho entire terminal sys-
tom. tunnels. et1fiou. yards and an. Will
be finished and hundreds OF trains daily
win be shuitled back and forth through
this gigantic weave ~ underground
passages under rivers under cities
beneath the kecls Of seaEoiug ships
beneath tho foundations OF styscraper
buildings
DO you know what this win mean
II viii mean that passengers can board
a train az San Francisco and ride
through without change 20 Boston by
way % Ncw York 10 win mean that
the ST Louisou or the Chicagoan may
board a train in either OF those cities
and ride into tho throbbing heart OF
Manhattan Island. the central borough
OF the new worlds metropolis. without
having To- be ferried across the Hud-
son river as heretofore Il viii mean
that persons living along any one OF
the hundred and more railroad lines
that are comprised in or that articu-
late with the Pennsylvania system
may do likewise.
Tunnels Succeed Ferries.
At present only one railroad has a
passen-.r station ON Manhattan Is
land That ls the New York Central
BY special rental agreement one
other ro7d. 90, >ew York. New Haven
and Hartford. .scs It's tracks and ter
minal put an other railroads leading
20 Now York from north. south and
west have their terminals across the
Hudson river. uocessitating more OF
less tedious ferriago Now the Penn
sylvania. with am articulation OF lines
reaching the remotest corners Of the
republic and with nearly 1900 miles
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

an Intellectual effort TO arrest this hobo
and give Il hours 10 leave town. for
Director Frost OF the Yerkes observa-
tory IN Wisconsin has reported that
the spectroscope shows sodium on the
comets tail Whether this Is the chlo-
ride OF sodium. otherwise common table
salt. Is not set forth In the indictment.
but ! am positive from my own init
mate knowledge OF human and comet
nature that Or Inness considered this
comet a bird" when he discovered Il
on tho wing and that he tried to catch
Il by putting salt on its tail
But the professor also found cyano-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

and substantial one Is made OF Mil
ford granite. Some OF the interior fac
ing Of the waiting rooms walls are OF
marble taken from the bed Of the Tiber
and the catacombs OF Rome. a fact
that gives added aesthetic interest TO
the structure.
All Long Island a Suburb.
The two extra tunnels running to
Long Island are for the accommoda-
ton Of the local population on the Is
land The Long Island railroad Is a
part OF the Pennsylvania system
Trains win run TO Montauk Point the
farthest end OF Long Island. with
spurs touching all the principal towns.
making them suburbs of the city.
Shortly before he died Mr. Cassatt
estimated the new stations capacity
thus: Daily passenger capacity. 2OO.-
900: yearly passenger capacity, 10000
900; western trains operated through
the two tunnels hourly. 20 TO 80; east
ern trains operated through the four
tunnels 20 Long Island hourly. 40 to
so. These figures give some slight
Idea as 20 the magnitude Of tho pas
senger station
AAttdug lile new I uFk AeUlfal anu
New York. New Haven and Hartford
roads have electrified their service
from a point thlrty-hve miles from
Grand Central station. their terminus.
This station is being rebuilt upon a
scale almost as grand as the Pennsyl-
vania station.
Recently the writer had a letter from
a friend no lives in n small city and
does not fancy metropolitan life. This
friend wrote, New York is a good old
place, ant Il is easy to get out Of"
Verify New York viii be easy both to
get out OF ana 20 get into when these
two epoch marking terminal plants be-
gin doing their full days business-the
New York Central at the Old stand
and the Pennsylvania at the new site.
Women Must "DeeIare" Cigars.
Collector TDah has issued % p.vs got
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

George b. Cortelyou. former cabinet
officer dccries the increasing flood Of
legislation iu America AZ o. recent
dinner he quoted statistics t1 show
that last year some 1900 laws were
put upon the statute books of this
country. He contrasted this work o.
our legislative bodies with the cone
paratively small output OF Great Brit
ain. He asked for tower laws and
better enforcement Of those that were
made. He said that such organ.z5-
lions rs the county 500 les could
greatly influence legislation
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

II YOU happen 20 have Confederate
half dollar coin concealed about your
may be- worth several thousand dollars.
Recently a New Yorker wrote 10 "a
newspaper that he possesses one OF
these coins. Of which only four were
mlnted and said he valued It at $1,000.
He thought IL was the only one extant.
But "a few days later Joseph Hyde
Pratt state gcolosist. living at Chapel
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05
Comic Cometic Curiosity
Concerning Comet A 1910
Sapp EAhbOmd HumOrt Calls This
No MeansO Support

- OMET a 1910. as Harvard sa-
wants have named our latest
celestial skyhooter. belongs 20
~ the genus hobo, according to
Camille Flammarion. Garrett L. Ser
viss. the undersigned and other noted
or notorious astronomers Il is an &C.
centric, erratio exotic, scootlng through
gully space AZ a rate OF speed that has
ordinary chained lightning frayed 60 a
FRAGILE Il comes from nowhere In
particular and Is going nowhere In
particular. just like an oarthbound
tramp but Il travels considerably fast
or than any Weary Wilhelm OF this
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

Hiu y. c.. wrote that Do also po,.
sosscs one OF the Confederate half t,,.
lars Sull another claimant came o-.
ward. but his coin has been pronounced
copy" II appears that four OF thea
half dollars were coined and then fh
Confederacy changed It's muuats-
plans one Of the coins was present.
TO President jefferson Davis OF rn
Confederacy The New Yorker men.
toned says he thinks his halr G0uark
the Identical one which par owned
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

terrestrlRl sphere. which shows that II
Is not too lazy 10 work n Il could find
a Job. though at present It has no visi-
ne means or support
Comet A 1910 would be arrested as a
vagrant II II should pass anywhere
near a policeman with a night stick
sufficiently long TO land on Its head.
But there is no lookup or calaboose
anywhere on earth which could ae-
commodate this wanderers tail. which
Is something like 100000 miles long
and spread out like feather duster
There Is evidence that somebody,
possibly DR. nness Of johannesburg.
South Africa. who discovered Comet A
lsi0 on the 10th Of January, las made
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

Women Must "DeeIare" Cigars.
Collector Loeb has issued "a new set
If customs regulations for the port Il
The Washington herald., 1910-12-09
CUT IN PRICE or GAS
Company Will REFUGE Prod.
net to Eighty-fiye Cents.
SECOND TUT M TWO YEARS
New Rate Which shav.
Thousand Cubic Feet on Co..
sumers' Bill Be~or
the First of the ~ear-x.x n,v
ident Basis Also ARA.

On and after January /, 1911. L.. -.
consumer VIII buy gas at a reduc,,,n 80 =
cents a thousand cubic feet Tn,
is to be cut from 90 to s. cents. -
ing 10 a decision reached an The -
meeting yesterday Of the direetorl -
the Washington Gaslight COMPANY ~ y
action OF the board was unanimous
This is the second reduction &, -.
price Of gas to consumers that Ia. -
made within a period Of a year snd
half The legal rate is 81 and on ~
Iya, the price was reduced to % cent
A further reduction, 10 90 into effect ~
the hrst of the year, makes a deduction
OF 10 per cent from the price that ruIed
two years ago
"A new financial arrangement N cbsnoo
the basis upon which dividends shsI1 -
paid will go into effect at the same tins
Under the new arrangement the eou5.
pany VIII pay straight dividend ~ :
per cent upon an established fair vaius :
ton OF the properties which II cont olq
This valuation is set By the comnsnv
itself al 100000. The s Der cent On
this sum amounts TO S7S0.0e8. which Is an
excess Of $4,000 OF profits to be be dis
tributed over the ordinary DISTRIBUTORS
OF former years. II is greater BY 500 o09
than the highest dividend declaration
ever made.