davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
Trolley Cars an Innovation.


Until the last few years trolley cars were
an unusual method Of transportation in EU-
ropean cities. and such service was limited
to Glasgow. Edinburgh in Scotland. and
Berlin in Germany. In England the heavy
omnibus was the common mode Of transit.
This was also used in France while in
Italy and the other southern countries horses
and mules were used TO pull the omnlbusfs
and Street cars. But here again Germany.
which Is ever willing 10 learn better indus
trial ways from the United, States. accepted
the American trolley system in every city
OF considerable size.
Americans have the reputation Of being
experts as builders Of bridges, and some Of
the greatest bridges in Europe are Of Ameri-
can construction. Perhkps the most un-
usual Of these bridges is the Gotzeih yiaduct
over the Chyngzoune in BUrmah. The com
pIeted viaduct is 2.26O feet long and at one
point It is more than 500 feet high. It was
made in sections in America and shipped a
distance Of about fifteen thousand miles
Germany is especially interested in Ameri-
can machinery and has Leen progressive
enough to accept ours instead Of her own
when she finds that ours Is better. There
are plants in Germany that are equipped
completely with American tools, machinery.
and sometimes an American foreman. The
emperor Of Germany has been 50 anxious
to improve German manufactures that he
has sent skilled mechanics and engineers to
study our mechanics and plants. These men
have visited hundreds OF places and made
a careful report on their peculiar efficiency.
As a result a great deal Of machinery is
being built after American models. The
following story well illustrates this point:
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
- Among Work or Brain HE#&12l
UQoros Of uutsoon1.

As long regarded veksS | GtvOys hare its fascination
WHEN IS looked EpoH VG H to be fopElO'oseO' Wide
Everything great, wEEer a deed, is completed
Immediately GgGiHE its antEOr.-Frie5yieE Nistsche
The chief hindrGness the consideration Of matter the thoughts
of 0EIS.-John DGVidsoE
In art there mast be complete marriage Misrepresentation substance
and fOrm.-ATthaT Symors.
The Longer one liDc the finds rejoice that different
hare different of saying tEHgSn Arthur QECoEeh
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
Thoughts to Guide Workers.
By JOHN TRAINOR.

II Is more difficult for a man to behave
well in prosperity than in adversity.-Roche-
foucauId.
Rarsaining is as necessary to trade as
polling is to a vessel.-From the Chinese
To bear is to conquer our 1ate.-CampbeII.
From the same flower the bee extracts
honey and the wasp galL-Italian.
They can do least who boast loudest--
From the Latin.
To do a good trade wants nothing but reso-
luton: to do a large one, nothing but ap-
plication.-Chinese.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

An inch Of rainfall on an acre Of land
weighs more than 100 tons.
Electricity Is being successfully used in
France TO ripen cheese.
An extensive deposit Of asbestos OF fine
quality and color recently was discovered in
japanese territory in Manchuria.
Cuba has prohibited the Importation sale,
and use OF silencers for firearms.
New York leads and Michigan ranks second
among the states in salt production.
Belgium has forged to the front as the most
deRely populated country in Europe.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
Needed In Contact with Men.

The critical ability is Of great service to
man in the affairs of life, both large and
small, but most needed in his contact with
men Real seIt-valuation, too, IS hardly pos
sible without It One OF its particular ad-
juncts is a sense of humor. If the poet
wordsworth had had critical faculty which
he could train on himself, or only that part
Of It which is called a sense OF humor, he,
who could write so sublimely. could never
have written Once more the ass,l with
motion dull. upon the pivot Of his skull
turned round his long left ear"
On the whole, the world would not be as in
teresting place as it is IL every one in it
had well developed critical faculties, but 1t
would be a saner place. The absurdities Of
dress, the absurdIties In thought and in all
sorts of living would disappear. Some one
has said that we cannot all develop this
temper and that the absolute fool is very val
liable sometimes There are some things
really worth doing which no one else would
think Of attempting. But a man may stop
far short Of being a fool and yet have this
power. The great Claiming once asked
friend, Have you made allowance enough
for the power of self-deception?'' Most Of
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

A high German oficiai Easrecently showing
an American some warehouses and docks in
Hamburg. " You see" he exclaimed. " We
are equipped with the most modern methods
in handling freight 4" Yes. indeed you
are" the American answered dryIy. You
have almost the same methods We use in our
New York docks"
This confidence in American machinery Is
not limited to Germany. All the engines
used in an electric line power house in Glas-
gov are Of American make. Dublin Is now
building a power house for an electric tram
way. the buildings and the tall chimney
stacks Of which are made OF --nerican steel
It was not many years ago that travellers
saw men and women walkinsLup gang planks
carrying brick and mortar on their backs.
Though this is still seen in certain parts.
It is extremely rare in Germany. Endless
chain hod elevators, which carry bricks and
mortar up and, down are now used
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
Notes from World of Science.

A little glycerine. well distributed, often
will renew life in a much used typewriter
ribbon.
British beer consumption decreased from
36,s41 600 barrels In 1899 to $685. 900 barrels
last year.
Whiting and kerosene form an excellent
silver polish and also win cleanse bathtubs
and sinks quickly.
Camphor production from the leaves has
passed the experimental stage IN FormosA
and the governments viii plant large areas
with the trees.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

IN my back yard have q plot Of ground
IS feet by 50 feet wide which up TIL last
year produced nothing but a strenuous
inclination TO grow q mammoth crop Of
EeedS Ny wife was raised on the farm
and she had sndeayoTed several times to i'm
press on my obstinate mind the importance
of a home garden and to suggest that soil
that would produce weeds as luxuriantly as
our back lot would produce vegetables in
great abundance without the addition OF any
fertilizer.
Last winter when the high cost Of living
began to assume the aspects Of paramount
issue in our home decided to make my
weed plot " a city lot garden.
About the middle OF March cleared the
ground Of all rubbish, bricks, small stones,
and other articles that could not be pull
verized into productive soil. As soon as this
was done and while was waiting for the
frost to go out and the ground to dry sufi-
ciently 50 I could properly spade the plot
planned what vegetables I would attempt
and the exact location each should have in
the garden.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
Planted Flowers Too.


After using half a ream OF paper. more or
less. on which to make plans and specih-
cations OF my prospective truck patch, and
after burning several thousand feet Of mid
night gas, I decided TO Try my hand on the
following vegetables: Beans. beets, carrots,
cucumbers, lettuce, okra, onions, peas, rad
ishes, satisfy, spinach, tomatoes. and tur-
nips. Ny wife thought the garden would not
seem inviting II we did not plant few an
nual flowers, so We assigned space to lin
tied number Of znnia, nasturtiums. petunias,
and sweet peas.
imagine hear the reader who was raised
on the farm say that this was not a com-
plste garden, that We should have attempted
asparagus, cabbage, caulihower. celery, mar
tynia- parsnips. potatoes, and rhubarb. But
figured that asparagus required too much
special attention in the way OF fertIIiza-
tion and, in some Instances, sailing OF the
soil; that cabbage, caulihower, and potatoes
took too much room for the amount OF food
units produced. and that celery. martyuia,
and rhubarb were too difficult for the ANA
teUr to grow. was IN the business OF town
lot gardening to reduce the high cost Of liv-
ing by growing successfully the largest sup
ply OF those vegetables which are component
parts OF the every day bGl Of fare and which
command the highest price on the market
To do this It was essential that grow. only
those vegetables that believed the amateur
could grow and that knew would produce
the largest returns on the smallest possible
space.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
Musicians Get Big Pay.

Among the best paid employees Of the circus
are the musicians. The majority OF them
receive not only the union scale Of wages.
but good deal more. especially those who
are experienced in circus work. The circus
musician must be able to stand a daily grind
OF about eight hours playing. Every morn
ing. while on tour. he must play IN the street
parade, and every afternoon and night he
must play in the big tent The monotony
is frightfUl. The musical program Of the
circus never varies. The band plays the
same old tunes over and over again. be-
cause the animals and the human perform
ers also have learned TO do their acts TO the
accompaniment Of certain airs. The band
men finally play like steam aUtomatons be-
fore the summer is over.
Operating a big circus on the road is a
gambling proposition. more or less. The
daily cost Of the RirgIinS organization Is
said to be S7,40o. The amount Of capital in
vested is enormous and the percentage OF
profit can never be figured until the season
is over. The receipts are 50 dependent
upon weather conditions that a few DAYS
Of rain will wipe out the profits Of weeks
and the receipts are never the same for two
seasons in succession. Rain or shine. the
salaries OF the performers and operatives
go on and the vast Organization must be
taken care OF, whether people 90 to see the
show OF not But If money is lost during
one week, It is usually made up the next
After all, rainy days are the exception, not
the rule.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
Two Great Developers.

Experience and contact with people are
great developers of the critical faculty, which
often seems to fall asleep when men most
need it Blind confidence is frequently the
soothing sirup. Judged by the light Of events
it is easy to see how deeply asleep was the
critical faculty in a great number of people
connected with the history of the Titanic.
The three wise men Of Gotham went to sea
in a bowl before the days Of wireless teleg-
raphy. II the bowl had been stronger we
might later have heard more specifically
what happened to them, although we do not
strain the imagination to realize what it
was. II their critical abilities had been at
all developed as regards mundane things
they would have known without experiment
ing that what happened was bound TO hap
pen speedily. Like owls, likely, these wise
men could see where others could not, but
they had not a whit Of that self-protective
instinct which is a product Of the critical
ability. Otherwise they would have sniffed
at the bowl as a squirrel sniffs at a lively
log and judges that further acquaintance is
neither wise nor necessary.
It is the whole business Of many a pro-
noter to build up a body Of seemingly infalIi-
BILE facts TO put to sleep the critical faculties
Of those whom he wishes to convince and in
IL uG mas p4duNcA BOLu III ING sea
with the intention Of making men with saw
ings or boarded earnings part with them by
convincing them that they will receive large
returns from a sea-nade precious metal, he
puts all his energies into getting a man OF
known probity and judgment to head his list
of stockholders or subscribers. So equipped
he goes TO enlist the interests and pocket
books Of other men whose critical faculties
being only moderately active, at the time
being at any rate, are easily led to invest
Booms which were bound to collapse, bub-
bles which were bound to break, have had
the confidence Of hundreds, even thousands,
whose critical faculties had failed them
under the sway Of crowd enthusiasm. Those
who accept too readily the opinions Of others
are failing to exercise and increase their crit
ical abilities. Those who are unwilling to
depend upon their own judgment may do well
at times, but in the long run they must stand
on their own feet, so that It is well for them
to begin early to exercise their own critical
faculties.
One Of the disciples Of William James
speaks Of a visit he and the philosopher paid
together to a charitable institution, and In de-
scrIbing the experience he speaks OF Prof
James clear eye for the incongruities and
absurdities OF life" and then says little
later that man is bat blind to the evils Of
the environment in which he is bred" The
critical faculty is indeed keen when It can
see the incongruities and absurd evils in the
life around It
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
To Make the Best Of Yourself
Cultivate Your Critical Faculty.
By c. S. MADDOCKS.

~HE Great Emancipator's famous dc
tum that you can fool all Of the people
some Of the time and some OF the
people all the time, but that you cannot
fool all the people all the time. taken
at simple face value. means hardly mora
than the great showman's profitable theory
that people like to be humbugged.
Why can people. be sometimes or often
fooled? And do they like to be humbugged?
Men are generally fooled because they have
more curiosity than judgment They are
humbugged because this same curiosity viii
keep their eyes staring and their mouths
agape while the pickpocket' takes his toll.
II their judgment were always active and
their common sense on guard they could not
be led about by the nose by any shrewd
impostor or clever charlatan-
The compound OF judgment and common
sense that makes q man immune to spectac-'
uIar deceIts, false reasonings, and plots
framed to deceive him, is his critical faculty,
his power Of discrimination, the part OF his
estimating ability that acts as a sort OF
police force. This critical faculty is far
different thing from the critical tempera-
ment A man with his critical temperament
highly INDUCED may be almost or quite with
out the sound judgment faculty. The one
snsrIs; the other Unsnarls.
The first or. prime value Of the critical
faculty to a man is its protective power.
It is a faculty almost or quite instructive
with men who have any developed sense OF
self-protection. Even the animals have 1t.
II corresponds in the higher animal forms
to the protective coloring seen in the lower.
Its agent is one or more Of the five senses.
The coyote snifIs the air and says. 4" this i
no place for me, do not trust the argu-
ment Of the man with the gun" Beaded
eyed denizens Of the fields and forest. full
Of curiosity, are yet alert and sensitive TO
danger-they sense It, which IS what the
critical faculty does when a man faces
doubtful proposition.
A man with a developed critical faculty is
sensitive to harmful agencies though they
be psychic rather than physical like the ami
mails. He IS armed against the false rea-
soner, against the sharper and the imposter.
He sees through the fraudulent proposition.
He may be as green in appearance as the
country boy Moses Of Goldsmith's Vicar OF
Wakefield, but you cannot palm on on him
a gross of worthless green spectacles- The
gull is ever a fellow Of undeveloPed criu-
cal faculty. His heart may be Of gold, but
he has not sense enough in his head TO pro,
tect himself from those who will take ad-
vantage Of him as an easy mark"
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

a hustlIng popcorn or lemonade man some.
times approaches the salary Of a star per
former, but when the show is following the
long, hot, dusty summer road he earns all he
makes. It is a perSpiring. patience trying
grind under the big ten; out in the tail grass
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
Soil Exceptionally Fertile.

Ultimate results showed that my selection
was a reasonably good one with the excep-
tion OF beans, cucumbers. and okra- The
plot seemed too fertile for these plants. The
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

the absurdIties In the life Of any one man
are perhaps as much due to this power as to
his lack Of critical ability. but where the
critical sense Is strong q man can usually
see himself, in some part, as others see him.
Prof James once said in an address be-
fore college students that the aim Of a col
lege education was to train the ability " to
recognize the good man. Obversely this
would, Of course, mean that the bad man
would be recognized and stunned. The man
who has this ability will not allow bad man
to lead him around by the nose, nor viii he
have to ask for letters Of Recommendation
from those whom he employs. Their faces
and their character. as manifest in every
word and motion, will be the signs he needs
TO help him decide the question.
Other philosophers have put the same idea
about the true end Of education in other
terms when they say that to recognize the
good, but especially to recognize evil under
all its guises, is at the basis Of the true edu-
cation OF man. To know the good from the
evil, to discriminate rightly between them. is
the ONCE and work OF q critical ability OF the
sort that can be trusted.
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07
ARKANSAS DAMAGED
ON HER TRIAL TRIP
WaTShip Struck Bottom and
DentGd Outer Hull

While undergoing builders trials of
the coast of Maine, near the entrance
to Penobscott bay, the new dread
nought Arkansas scraped her bottom
and suffered considerable damage.
A dispatch to this effect was re-
ceived at the navy department from
Captain S. A. Fletcher, president Of
the naval board of inspection and sur
vey, who is on board the Arkansas.
The Arkansas is now floating free,
while examinations are being made OF
her bottom to see whether the trials
can be continued. Examinations al
ready made reveal that eight compart-
ments are involved in the damage,
which is on the port side. The outside
plating OF the bottom has been showed
up about nine inches and the framing
OF the double bottom considerably
damaged A few small leaks have been
discovered in the seams and butts.
Secretary Meyer has asked Captain
Fletcher to send further details of the
condition of the Arkansas as soon as
practicable.
The Araknsas is still in the hands Of
the builders, the New York Shipbuild
ing company, OF Camden, N. J.
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07
SPANISH WAR VETERAN
RELIEVED OF ITCHING, BURN
ING ECZEMA BY sAXO sALVE.

'I suffered from eczema, and the
itching was so intense 1 did not get
a nights rest for five months. My
face, neck and body was covered
with large red patches. I tried every
eczema remedy on the market, also
six different doctors and a specialist.
God only knows how suffered with
out relief. AS a last resort l triel
Saxo Salve, it stopped the itching at
once and worked like magic. l wish
/ could tell every eczema sufferer
what Saxo Salve will do for them. -
VIM. Delaney, a Spanish war veteran,
S55 E. 61st street, New York.
Saxo Salve stops the itching and
heals the skin.
If you have eczema, letter, ring
worm, BARRIERS itch or a skin disease
Of any kind try it-you get your mon
ey back if it does not help you.
NV. 0. Moore. Druggist, Milford. Del
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07

IrDains at monthly periods, bilious spells,
; and was getting worse all the time. l
would hardly get over one spell when 1
would be sick again. No tongue can tell
What I suffered from cramps, and at
rimes l could hardly walk. The doctors
said I might die at one of those times,
eout I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
5Ie Compound and got better right away.
Your valuable medicine is worth more
than mountains of gold to suffering wo-
men. Mrs. BERTHA MUFF, SOB N. 4th
street, Louisiana, Mo.
! Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from nativeroots and herbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and to-day holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for female illswe
1now of, and thousands of voluntary
testimonials on file in the Pinkham
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to prove
.his fact.
If you want special advice write to
lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfls
'entiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
opened, read and answered by a
~an and held in strict confidence.
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07
eompers says Story Is False.

Samuel GOmpers, president of the
American Federation Of Labor, in
Washington said Of Detective Ber,
Franklin's testimony in the DarrOw
trial at Los Angeles:
That is an absolute falsehoOd made
of whole cloth. do not know Frank
lin and have never had any dealings
with him. did not send any money
to him or to anybody. l do not handle
any money. There is nothing to this
and it is absurd on the face of it.
have documentary proof which dis
putes his s-ory. I do not care to give
the correspondence out at this time"
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR firm;
winter clear, S4.7505; city mills fancy
$61506.40.
RYE FLOUR quiet, at S49O95 per
barrel.
WHEAT quiet; No. 2 red, S1.1315 q
1.15E.
CORN quiet; No. 2 yellow, SEQ
S61ac
OATS firm; No. white, 6O96O1bc.;
gOwer grades, 59c
POULTRY: Live steady: hens. 1914
616c.; old roOsters, lie. Dressed firm;
choice fowls, 15.19c.; old roOs' 'ers, I2c. p
29c. per lb.
EGGS steady; selected, "a a 25c.:
nearb- 23s.: wesfe fern, 23s
POTATOES steady, at S1.25N1. 30
per bushel; new, S367 per barrel.
Live Stock Markets.
PITTSBURGH Union Stock Yards)
GAIT LIZ active, choice. $S.G509:
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07
SAYS GOMPERS
SENT BRIBE MONEY
Franklin Declares OarTOW Got
Cash From Labor Leader.
SEHSATIGa AT THE TRIAL
Detective on Stand Says Accused
Lawyer Told Him Gompers Sent the
Money

Samuel Gompers, head of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, sent direc
to Clarence S. Darrow the money
which the prosecution alleges was
used in the bribery of George N. Lock
wood, according to Bert Franklin, un
der cross-ex animation in the trial Of
Darrow for alleged jury bribery in
connection with the Mcnamara cases
in Los Angeles, Cal. Franklin said
that Mr. Darrow had told him this.
Franklin testified at the same time
that Darrow had told him he need not
worry about Job Hartman being i'm
plicated in the case. Hartman, Oar
row told the witness, could account
for his visit to the safe deposit vault
the morning he secured the $4,000 by
the fact that he took out $500 to pay
mortgage, said Franklin.
The conversation in which Gompers
name was mentioned was incidental to
a newspaper account purpOrting to
show that the $4,000 used in the Lock
wood case had been marked money.
81 asked Mr.. Darrow," said Frank
lin, "if he had seen in the papers that
the district attorney had traced the
money from the safe deposit vault
into the hands of Mr.. Darrow and
from there into my hands; also that
it was marked money. He said that the
money was sent direct to him by Sam
uel Gompers."
Franklin also testified that DarrOw
had asked him for description of the
cells and accommodation in the San
Quentin and Folsom prisons.
Il told him the best l could" the
witness replied. Il was thinking seri-
Ously about that myself"
Questioned as to conversations with |
Lecompte Davis, following
MS arrest, Franklin claimed the privi-
ege Of declining to answer on the
ground that Davis was his attorney
Judge Hutt ruled that Franklin was
lOt privilege d to withhold any conyer-
'atiOn with his attorney. The witness
hen told Of conversations with Davis
ne latter's efforts to pro
cure his release upon payment Of
inc.
Did you ever tell Mr.. Davis that
,ir. Lockwood had solicited a bribe
# you, and hat you wanted to catch
Iim?" asked Rogers
yes, l told Mr.. Davis that Lock
good came to my office anG solicited a
ribe."
Franklin said he had made this
tatement to Davis after the latter
ad arranged for his plea Of guilty
Rogers drew from the witness that
'avis had told him to say that the
loney used in bribing Lockwood had
cen sent to him from Chicago Frank
n denied he had ever told newspaper
len that Darrow had nothing to 60
18th the alleged jury brbing.