davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-07-17
Stone Cannon.

The Chinese discovered gunpowder
at least 800 years ago and made stone
mortars that threw heavy projectiles.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-07-17

Regulates the bowels. promotes easy
natural movements. cures constipation
-Doan's Regulets. Ask your Drug
gist for them. 25c. box.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-07-17

Baby won't suffer five minutes with
Group II you apply DIR. Thomas Eclec-
trio Oil Ut once. II acts like magic.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-07-17
Wanted 70 Know,

He-My father weighed on'y four
pounds at his birth
She-Good gracious! Lid lie live?
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-07-17
Deepest Mutual Sorrow.

Man never knows what mutual sor-
row really IL until he reads an edi-
:or's regrets.-Lippincott' Magazine
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-07-17
Luck.

Fortune unaided prevails over the
Plautus.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-07-17

0LD PAPERS WANTED-WAR
- Period Issues of The Gazette or
other newspapers or books or pam
phlets published from 1861 to 1865.
Fer Information apply to LEXING-
TON GAZETTE. July l0-4t.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-07-17
Has No Remedy in Law.

An English judge has decided that
a purchaser Of forged postage stamp
has no remedy against the seller.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-07-17

Kerr Clark Kerr Of the British embas-
BY. and the military attache of the
German embassy and Nine. Won Her.
warth.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23

apparently superhuman powers of ex-
preston might be utilized by beings of
very high order of intelligence.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23

have hardly begun to understand yet.
Everybody knows that he can read
much in the eyes of his fellows. and
quite as much. perhaps. in their I'M
ing. of which we hear so many marvels
nowadays. is only one form of this un-
developed power of conveying and un
derstanding thought. which may have
an astonishing future before it.
For all that we know, "teepa thy"
that power of the nfnd 70 project it
self through space. in which the late
William T. Stead. one of the many dis
tinguished victims of the Titanic dis
aster. believed, may prove to be no
dream Of enthusiasts, but a solid and
immensely important fact. In story
called "A Columbus of Space" | have
shown some of the ways in which such
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
= Fables Of the Wise Dame -
BY DOROTHY DIX

Il believe" he said. that your Son is
Very Backward for his Age, for he
merely repeats Nursery Rhymes with
out any Action. whereas little Emerson
Brown, who Is no older than he is, rem
ders Selections from Browning with
Delsarte Interpretation, and a Musical
Aecompaniment."
Blow to Mother.
This was a Blow that staggered
Mother. but in order to make good she
dragged little While to the front again
and made him do juggling act with
figures but instead Of giving him the
Glad Hand. the Old Man looked at him
pityingly.
"Ha, he said, 1t is plain that Willie
has no Financial Ability, or else he
would not be doing kindergarten
Stunts at his Age. Do you not know
that all great Financial Geniuses have
displayed their Talents in the Cradle,
and that before he was two years old
Mr. Rockefeller had already gotten an
Option on all the MIX Bottles In sight,
and Before he could walk J. Pierpont
Morgan had organized a Perambulator
Trust"
Determined to make one Last Effort to
sustain the Reputation of her Offspring,
the Mother began relating Willie's In
fantile Bon Mots, but before she had
gotten through the first Instsllment
the old Man Clipped in with lot Of
Baby Wit that made Wilie's best Eff
forts look like thirty cents whereupon
his Mother took the Phenomenon by the
Hand and liked out for Home
And a Bachelor.
You have saved our lives" cried the
Victims as they embraced the Old Man,
but how did you do TT"
oUnhappily for me, replied he 4 am
an Old Bachelor, and as have no chill
dren OF my own, was A Good Thing
for all the Mothers who felt that they
could Bore me with Stories about their
Children, and that ! could not Retaliate
with any Rival Anecdotes
For many Years endured this. but
a last IT got upon my Nerves. and so I
studied up on Infant Prodigies and filled
up on Newspa per Stories about Smart
Children, and now when any Mother
comes at me with what her Baby said I
lay her out with Statistics and Witty
Sayings Of other Infants that make hers
look like the Report of a Feeble Mind
ed Institute. I know that It is a Cruel
Thing to do but there is no other way
to Choke off a Mother"
Moral: This Fable explains the Curl
Gus Look on the Faces of our Friends
when we show off our Children.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
INCENSE TO NIRvANA.

w 7 HEN man began to develop the
wv faculty Of speech he lost
some of the powers of expires
sion by gestures and bodily and facial
signs and contortions, which he had in
herited from his tree climbing and cave
dwelling ancestors.
In some respects the loss Is to be de-
plored. 1t Ia not shared equally, how
ever. by all races of mankind The
southern peoples. in general, have more
ability to make their thoughts and
wishes known through sign Language
than have we In the northern and cool
er parts Of the earth To that extent
Italians. Spaniards Greeks and Egyp-
tians, and the tropical races in gem
eral, are closer to our arboreal pro-
genitors than we are. This is no chal-
lenge TO their intelligence-it Is simply
proclamation of the fact that, while
acquiring a command of spoken Ian
guage. which exceeds ours in volubility,
they have. at the same time. retained
more of the original power of bodily
expression than we have done.
From his own account of himself De
mosthenes. the greatest orator in ali
history, was a kind of MAN MONKEY.
who could redouble the effect of his
spoken words by wonderful play Of
features. and telling getsiculation At
least such Is the conclusion to be
drawn from the Interpretation usually
put upon his axiom that in speaking
action, ACTION, ACTION" was tbs
one indispensable thing The dullest
nearer could understand Demosthenes
if this view is correct. because he en-
ployed a double language, emphasiz-
ing every word with a gesture or a
facial expression
Neglected Powers.
The fact is that civilized man, large
~ in consequence of the enormous de-
velopment of writing and printing. has
neglected his powers of mimicry leav-
ing them to be studied by his enter
taners. such as actors and dancers. It
is among the possibilities of the future
that the human race may develop now
unsupported powers of expression
WITHOUT SPEECH.
The eve itself possesses a marvellous
ability to express thought which We
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23

bottles and it made me well and strong
and l avoided dreadful operation.
now have two fine healthy children, and
l cannot say too much about what Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. = Mrs. LEE MANGEs,
r. F. D. 10, Mogadore, Ohio.
Why will women take chances with an
operation or drag out a sickly half
hearted existence, missing three-fourths
of the JOY of living, when they can find
health in Lydia E. Pinkham S Vegetable
Compound?
For thirty years it has been the stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands of women
who have been troubled with such all
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If you want special advice write to
lydia f. Pinkham Medicine Co. Cont.
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be opened, read and answered by 8
woman and held in strict confidence.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23

VERY few women breathe prop
" erly That is the reason why
women generally complain of
badly developed chests and it is fol
that and a few other reasons that GER
tain women find it almost impossible
TO reduce the size of their bust meas
ure. Deep breathing is the funda
mental principle of good health and
looks. Unless you breathe properly. all
the other exercises will be Of little OF
no use to you.
Many people think that deep breath
ing consists in an occasional immense
breath, which fills the lungs to burst
ing capacity. sends all the blood rush
ing to the head. and when it is ex-
PEELED from the lungs, leaves a person
painting and exhausted.
Deep breathing should be habit
not an exertion. Upon this habit de-
Ponds the general shapeliness of the
figure, especially the neck. shoulders
and bust. The color of the complex
ion and the round contour of the
cheeks. which. nine times out of ten
can be filled out by means of sys-
temattc and habitual deep breathing
There are great many different
methods of deep breathing, the yogi
being possibly the most famous. since
it comes to us from the East and has
been expounded by the picturesque
ing. which consists of rhythmic breath
ing, is tremendous concentration Of
the mind, and only should be pracuced
by people who are deeply versed in
this science Of breath. and who are
under the personal supervision Of the
teacher
For ordinary purposes a few simple
exercises are enough, and they can not
make one dizzy or bring about a state
of coma as the yogi method can if
practiced by the inexperienced
The reason women breathe super
ficlally, using only the top of their
lungs. is very often because of their
clothing. ! am not referring to cor
sets alone, but to tight waists. bodices
that are too narrow across the
shoulders sleeves that bind one at the
armholes. and more especially to very
heavy hats.
You do not think that a heavy hat
could possibly interfere With the ac-
ton of your lungs. but | assure YOU
that it does because of the pressure Il
eXerts on the spinal cord at the back
of the neck. which pressure communi-
Gates itself to the rest of the spine,
and from there to the nerves Of the
body.
Now. the nerves have a great deal
to do with breathing. as you notice
when you get nervous saecN at any
time.
You Immediately begin 10 pant OF
YOU lose your breath entirely for an
instant.
Consequently, in order to breathe
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
The Right Road to Health
ey ANNETTE KELLERMANN.

properly, We want to keep our nerves
in peaceful. quiet state if possible,
and as the mind has a great deal TO do
with the nerves. deep breathing may
be said to begin with mind cultivation
SO you want to do your breathing
exercises when you are feeling con
tent and placid until you get the
habit After that if you get upset ner-
vously or if you worry very much,
YOU will find that ten minutes piac-
tice in rhythmic breathing will restore
your mental and physical balance.
On arising. while you are still clad
in your nightdress stand up with your
back to the wall and quite near an
open window, begin to fill your lungs,
breathing through the nostrils, with
your mouth closed and breathe In all
the air you are able to hold, but with
out the sense of suffocation which
comes of strainng.
Hold this breath While you count
four. and very slowly eXpe ii through
the nose counting seven this time.
when you inhale. Practice this at least
ten times Now stand upright, with
your head up. shoulders thrown back,
and arms hanging by the side. Gradu-
ally raise the arms until they are high
above the head While you are per-
forming this movement inhale deeply
through the nostrls until the lungs
can hold no more Retain the breath.
then gradually lower the arms and eX-
pei the breath a the same time. You
can hold a staff. a towel or a piece of
material about a yard long, while per-
forming this exercise. Hold the towel
at either end, swing it above the head,
and forward and downward as you eX-
hale
Inhale swing the towel up. ex-
hale as you bend the body to the side
letting the arms swing down, first to
the right side and then to the left, With
the motion of the body Each move
ment calls for special Ieep breath, hold
the breath when the arms are above the
head
To FIJI out holows in the cheeks,
one Of the very best exercises is this
lung filler. Stand erect and exhale
putting every bit Of breath in YOUR
lungs Close the mouth. and snuff up
the air in little puffs almost as if YOU
were inhaling water instead of air.
Put your mind on filing the very
bottom of your lungs and feel with
every puff that YOU are not only. FILL
ing the lungs but exercising them,
making them move.
You should feel. distinct sensation
with each sniff Of air. the sensation
being down at the bottom of the lung,
sort of a jerk. When YOU have-in
hailed all the breath you can possibly
hold exhale in a steady stream Nov
fill your mouth fun Of air, puff out
your cheeks and give Yourself a quick
light rub over the cheeks and face with
the fingers of both hands.
This will bring the blood up into
the cheeks and if you repeat this ten
or twenty times a day you will find a
wonderful Improvement in a short
space of time
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
Do You Know

Dockyard hands to total of 10000
are employed by the British Admiralty
England imported more than 1.770 600
rabbit skins from Australia last year.
The British imports Of carbons for
electric arc lights amount to nearly
50.0o0,o 600 a year.
Maize, which is largely grown in the
Argentine. yields one ton OF corn per
acre grown.
At the height Of one mile the average
velocity of the wind is four times as
great as near the ground.
The women of Idria. in the Austrian
province of Krain, were 50 dissatisfied
with the fire brigade that they have
formed one Of their own, consisting of
sixty "hrewomen. with Frau Marie
Straos as their commander
4 strange story comes from Frontig-
nan Herault, France. Recently 70O
gallons of conhscated wine were thrown
into a canal there by the customs OH
GERS But the wine had the effect OF
intoxicating the fish. which swim on
the top Of the water and can be picked
out by hand The housewives refuse
TO buy nsh when they can get them for
themselves and the fishermen IN the
district have united to protest against
the axiom of the customs officers
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
A Wonderful Dancer.

very high order of intelligence.
A Wonderful Dancer.
An article which have Just been
reading in the May number of The Cos
mopoitan Magazine, on a wonderful
new English dancer with strange
name, "Roshanara." leads me to this
brief discussion of a subject of vast
human interest. 1t appears that this
girl, who learned her art in Bombay
and Calcutta before astonishing Lon
don with its projections. possesses an
amazing power to express. by mere
motions and poses, thoughts. fears, ca
prices, hopes, prayers. wishes-and all
that With beauty and harmony of
movement which captivates the behold
ers She has taught her whole body to
SPEAK without opening her lips. She
is silent actress. who moves the spec
tators more than many actresses who
have learned the whole art of elocu-
ton can do But 1t is not ordinary pan
tomime that she practices-it is THE
POETRY AND THE SPEECH OF MO-
TON.
All this is possible. No doubt the
gift is personal one. 1t is a kind of
genius. Remote ancestral strains
have in her come to the surface re-
fined by the ages of advance in intelr-
gence which the race has undergone
Although of English birth. it will be
observed that the girl developed her
powers under the tropical sun Of India.
There probably. she would be less of
wonder than she seems in lands where
the tongue has been trained to tell all
that IS told, while the innate powers Of
expression that the face. the ewes. the
hands, and the entire bodily frame pos
sess have become atrophied by disuse
1t is fair subject for philosophical
discussion whether upon the whole. it
would be desirable for mankind to ac-
quire. or develop, powers like those of
this dancing girl But it is certain that
their possession would render life more
picturesque.
Under no conceivable circumstances
however could language, either spoken
VI p'iii0Su' oe dodHuoheu. mat Is
supreme acquisition which man never
can, or should, lose. But. who has not
thoughts and feelings which he can not
put into words, but CAN express in
other ways? language would need
a million words to express all our ideas
and emotions-and then it would be too
poor, So it is, at least, worth consid-
ering whether the time may not come
when We shall converse without words.
and thus learn more about each other
than we ever dreamed of Knowing
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23

nNcE upon a time there was a
Woman who was the happy
Mother Of an Infant Prodigy.
The little one was indeed Wonder.
He could Breathe Just as naturally as
could be, and while still in dresses he
recited Pieces in a way that brought the
Tears Of Agony to the Eyes Of the Lis
tener.
His Fond Mamma never let an OPP
portunity get past her Of Pushing him
to the front and showing him off If
the Conversation turned on Music and
some one began touting Caruso she
rang in little Willie and had him Marble
the Cute Ditty he learned in the Kin
dergarten.
II any one mentioned Finance il re-
minded her Of the Stunts Willie could
do with figures. and she logged him in
to Add two and two together for the
Diversion Of the Audience. II Chaun-
cey Depew Of the dinner table was get
ting off a good story, she would break
in to tell the Smart Things Willie said.
and If any one dared to mention a
Great Artist she would yank out the
Picture Of a purple Cow in a Sky Blue
Pasture that Willie had Just executed.
Made EN- Tired,
Instead of being a Conversational
Thriller, as she supposed. this made
every one very Tired and they regarded
her as the Champion Bore Of Society,
and whenever they saw her coming It
was Back 10 the Pines for all who could
beat it,
Unfortunately however, this World
IS SO small that ii is Impossible to get
as far away from the Mothers of Smart
Children as one Would Like, and as
they could not lose Willie and his NAM
ma, her Fellow Creatures graced up to
bear It with what E'ortitude they could.
Now. II CHANGED that one day there
vas a large Dinner al which Willie's
Mamma got the Floor and began to
Monolegue about her Angel Child.
Alas" groaned the Audience. we
are in for il now, for she will not let up
until It thunders, and we shall have to
applaud while Willie goes through his
Tricks Al, me, what a Misjudged Man
Herod has been. and how we wish that
he was here to grapple with this Prob
lem and slsy this Accused Child before
he Stays us.
However. nothing happened TO stop
the Fond Mother and the Infant Phe-
nomenon from getting in their Deadly
Work but when the Wonder Child had
finished his Performance, an Old Man
arose up and thus addressed the Moth
er:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

lmands that the girl to whom he is en-
gagged deny herself to all men but him
He is selfish. 1t is selhshness born il
jealousy. and the women are largely tc
blame that lovers are encouraged in
giving it full rein.
A woman loves man, and when in
his love for her he becomes jealous OF
all her old time friends. she regards
that jealousy as proof of his love.
She sees in this desire to monopollze
her compliment. Blinded by love. she
doesn't know that It Is really threat.
The man to whom "R. A. E." is en-
engaged sees her only twice year If,
in the interim. he denies himself to all
women he is a most unusual man In
deed 1t may be said that he is the only
one OF his kind on earth.
If, like the great majority he goes
TO parties in that city in another state,
and reciprocates by occasionally taking
girl to the theater, he is not beyond
his rights
He is beyond his rights only when he
singles out one girl and pays her such
devoted attention that her affections
become involved He Is not untrue to
his fancee when he is friendly with
other women, and pity her for her at !.
tachment for churl if he is not
Hor Right to Attentions.
Neither is she untrue to him if she
coca sionally accepts attentions from
old-time friends. II he demands it. he
Is not the sort of man to whom she
can safely entrust her happiness.
He is the sort Of material of which
selfish, disagreeable husbands are made
one can easily see that in time to come
he viii 50 to the theater alone. OF with
other men, and demand that his wife
remain a home
il would prevent tragic complications
II the man let il be known that in an
other town there is dear girl waiting
for him, and some day he is going back
to marry her
It would also show a delight in her
which he wants his friends to know and
share. 1t would be evidence of pride
that he has Won her He is glad; he is
not ashamed
II would, likewise. be well if the sin
told her time escorts her secret If
the engagement ring does not disclose
it, then she should
Any attentions they show her after
learning she is promised TO another are
bound to be on strictly friendly basis
They have no hopes that are falsely en-
couraged. They honor her for her con
fdenoe, and respect her all the more for
giving it.
Suppose r. 4. E" accepts the next
invitation? ] hope she will. and that
she viii afterward write and tell that
distant lover all about It II he is the
right kind Of a lover, he viii be glad
her friends are giving her the good
times that distance and separation nat
beyond his power
4 he viii rejoice in an that pIeases her
Than this there is no CREATE proof 81
the unselfshness OF lover or husband Oh
friend.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
. A. =, writes the following letter.
N. which will strike a responsive

~ A. =, writes the following letter
N. which will strike responsive
chord In the hearts OF many
girls who are engaged and who are
beginning to get taste Of the tyranny
Of mans love:
Il am a young lady. and recently be-
came engaged My intended lives IN
another state, making It possible for
him to see me only twice year OF
course. I realize that an engaged girl
should not go out with other young
men. but l miss my pleasant evenings
at the theater, as was always supplied
with an escort
Il did not think I would miss the
pleasure, but md that feel so lonely
at times We will not be married til a
year from this spring.
Must I literally bury myself just be-
cause am engaged? l could have the
occasional company OF an old-time es-
cort II 1t we're proper What shall
do2"
II an engaged girl or a wife is a
prisoner depends entirely upon the
lover or husband
An engagement was never intended
to be a period Of probation spent in a
nunnery of old ladies' teas or chill
dren's parties. But Some lovers de-
mand it, and some girls make the sur
render in submission
His View of Perfect Love.
This submission. without question or
complaint is mans Interpretation Of
perfect love
He does not know that he shows a
lack Of what he exacts in demanding it.
He doesn't see that he lacks the per
feet love that has faith when he de-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23

female troubles and
bearing down pains
thatI could not stand
on my feet Ion g
enough to do m y
work. The doctor
said | would have to
undergo an opera
ton, but my husband
wanted me to try
Lydia f. Pinkham s
VegetableCompound
first. [ took three
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
WHAr NExrl

Jehones starting for business)-I
have to stop on my way to the office
and get ribbon
Mrs. Jehones (sharplD For whom.
pray
Jehones (resssurngiy) For my
typewriter
Mrs. Jehones (Narmly I'd Just ike
TO see YOU buying ribbons for any
typewriter!
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
WOMAN ESCAPES
DREADFUL
OPERATION
How She Was Saved From
Surgeons Knife by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.

Mogadore. Ohio. 1.-THE first two years
| was married | suffered so much from