davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-05-29
follows:

Total on $1,000 valuation S32. 90
The above is close to an yerage
of the county seat town taxes. It
will be observed at glance where
the reduction must take place il it
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-01

~ eseue' Cohnhetm claimed that every cancerou,
e. " 20 que 20 continuance in the adult organism,
., certain embryonic coils. which, before birth ver.
aispiaced from their normal relationship ,rbs
ednoeFous growth wo know, follows a tremendous
OF cells and this respect ia identical
win the embryo before birth which the cells have
capacity for prolfferaton that is for division and
multiplication possessed by other cell excepting be
cell. NFe '
MUSICIANS have not yet succeeded in classifying
human cancer as germ disease. blood disease or a
uetary disease DR.. Smith does not hesitate to state
ha' ne oeeVes human cancer is tho Same cauaa
as piant cancer He is emphatic also in stating that
he does not think that plant cancer will produce
cancer IN human beings; but seems barely possible
.hat tue nicrobe which plant cancer be rans
icrreo 10 the human organism through the stomach n
shouio IAN 10 cause arrangement of some sort
rant cancer, or crown gall. as stated above show,
all the pecultarities OF The difference bet,.
cancer ana tumor Is that when tumor torms a
capsule is formed by the neghboring tissues which,
Keep IL from spreading. But cancer Internally an.
enurs OF cancerous growth out from ono organ
announcer and IN this attack the entire orr.nis-,
nus cancer or the kidneys may followed by canccr
OF stomach lungs ETC. ~ eanccr
Ero"ngaii or plant cancer, attacks yarious sb7b.
dnd trees the oak among thom also certain frts
as apple peach, ounce raspberry grape AItboueh
~ may De that 1t cannot produce cancer in human
neinSs VIC can avoid all possible danger nv catinr
iittlc or no food that is cooked e
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terror, while others have argued
that they were places where the
suns fires we're failing. The latter
hypothesis would explain why we ex-
perience cold weather on earth at
me time OF maximum sunspots.
This uncertainty regarding sun
spots iehdS great interest to the new
sheorF OF their nature. II is put
icr"ard by Professor Turner. of the
royal Society or England, who fur.
hlShes abundant astronomical and
of it, 'p''
Professor Turner suggests that =
SmalI portion of tho great mctcoric
swarm known as the l.eonids has
uecoine detached from the main
snoWcr' owing to gravitational action
81 saturn on some favorable occa.
SION. rms subsidiary swarm travels
10 an ofoit which brings it period
.tdIiy INTO violent collision with Sa-
urn: al sucn recurrent events, tho
paItlties collide with the particles
constituting Saturn'S Rings (Which
az ID themselves nothing more
than a great meteOric swarm In
''''- VI CIV iAllIsS, the lr1gmRn1S
move with equal and opposite yc-
loci:jes, and collisions would impart
res. in both opponents. and hence
forth they must inevitably fall into
the sun. ''''0
These fragments from Saturn's
Rings appear to plunge headlong
loto the solar furnace at the rate of
4oo miles second, giving rise To
the well-known phenomena of sun
spots. Chinese and other records
during the last 1000 wears substan-
iiate this theory that, followinv
collision between Saturn and the
lacteoric swarm, there is manifested
an epoch OF large and numerous
stnspots. Professor Turner adds
siaa' although the hypothesis is sun.
pcrled by past and present records.
- consider it as finally established
would be premature.
Under this theory three OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-01

OF abolishing this 1t is well-known fact that
any organ that falls into disuse in time becomes
atrophkd. Wisdom teeth disappearing very fow
adults having thor full complement of teeth and
similarly the large intestine may in the near future
abolish itself.
During constipation, tho poisons phenol and indol
which products of foods introduced into the
stomach stored in the big intestine and if
stipation is not obvatcd the quantity of these two
poisons, Which otherwise negligible, becomes so
great as to form serious to health and even
to life. Through the walls OF the intestine they enter
The blood, and consume the healthy blood cells inn
povcrshng tho blood and if this process is continued
long enough an acute poisoning is produced
Nor is this the only menace of food There are
certain baclli which destroyed by heat that is
by cooking but which highly virulent. and apt to
cause the worst sort Of ptomaine poisoning if the food
is injected The bacill of the Gaerner group are
destroyed by so degrees c., the TOXINS which arc
the poisonous products of this group OF bacteria
destroyed until 100 degrees Centigrade
degrees F;tllrcnheit is reached 1t furthermore
necessary maintain this heat thirty minutes in
order to cfcttually get rid OF the poisonous by
products OF these bacteria.
Thus DelcpiuC and Howarth estimated that in an
the centre is practically uncooked SO
that if the pic is meat pic and the meat contains
any OF the Gactfner group Of bacteria, fine of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-01
our Heating System Give You the Right Climate

NE of the great dangers in Winter lies in
} the habit of overwhelming dwellings,
and public buildings. According to DR..
j. NJ. Eager, of inc United States Public Health
Service, high temperatures are facilitating and
reduce our resistance TO disease.
Temporarily cool weather is the ideal sort for
maintaining health Modern heating aud venti
a'ing systems have made it possible to regulate
atmospheric conditions within doors, so as to
have choice OF climate during the many hours
spent inside the house. TO benefit by these
heating facilities one must first establish stand
ard OF good climate and try to copy 1t indoors.
The weather initiated should be the agreeable OK
harains weather of mid-Auumn.
Temperature, however, is not everything The
proper degree OF humidity and Il constant re.
newal and some movement of the air arc fac
tors not TO bo neglected. The temperature of
living apartments, places OF business, churches,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-01
and Microbes VI Which Might Otherwise Cause
Indigestion, and Perhaps Even Cancer

poisoning may cnsue. Sausage meat also ..
paclin OF this group and all sausages thereforo ahIS
DO thoroughly boiled fried before bo; H 80.
Picking docs not destroy the bacilll of this yro
thoy are found in various food suffs
lhcn there are the non Gaertncran hacu, nh;.
fortunately. arc much easier to deal with Ill., 49,,
found chiefly in hams, sausages, etc A strorr 81,
.ion OIL sodium chloride, common cooking call Iii,
k'l tncm OIL These bacteria arc anaerobic +bot q, o.,
say they need supply of FREQ oxygen in order - liz,
mus PICKING meat in solution OF brine conts,ni
10 per cent OF salt over, does away with b,rtr,
OF this group Moreover. the air-tsht condition in
"nlcn 1oods OF this sort usually kent docs Mt
permit tho bacteria to live, as like mamma. +h
need air in order TO thrive.
Fotatocs may be infected by these bacill bpt NOT
so long as tho peel remains them, II more noatoo.
arc COOKED than arc intended for so on the same d,,
tney should therefore. DC boiled with their i,cko, -
lneir SKIN fine as it is. will serve TO protect tb
against infection
Iherc is a third menace in raw foods which 49,.
cry speaking, may or may not be a menace
Ut. L. t. Smith. OF the Department of Arricn,ture
writing IN tho National Geographic Magazine tolls ~
MS discovery Of plant cancer This disease has boon
Known LOT many years gall hut DR. Smith
states mat IL Is nothing less than plant c,ncnr
plooucco oy mcrobc, and deserving the name ~
cancer Decauhc IN Its manifestations behaves cyactI
as docs cancer In animals or human beings 80
Vrchow believed that all cancer is due to an injury
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-01

SCHOOLS, theatres, railroad coaches. and other
public and private places of soiourn should never
be allowed to rise above 20 degrees Fahrenheit.
temperature higher Il tan this in a schooroom
is worse than iteracy. Long hours spent in
able TO stand exposure TO colds and catarrhal
affections,
The elderly and sick should be protected
against unfayorable temperatures. Their neces-
sites rather than their preference should be con-
sidered in this matter, thus avoiding damage by
indulgence.
Health is affected by indoor as we'll as out.
door conditions. Certain states of the air stiru-
late, others depress the system Moderate tenn
pcraturcs, slightly inclined TO GOODNESS, promote
mental and bodily activity and increased resist
ance to infectious diseases. High temperatures
induce bodily lassitudc and mental duIncss, with
corresponding depression of Health and resultant
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-01

loss OF appetite and low spirits. There is no CT
cuse for having bad weather indoors-the open
window Is the simple remedy
Cold even long exposure to cold rarely causes
diseases that begin with chill The chill is not
'ne result or lowering of the body temper
ale. AS for catching cold" persons who begin
10 snunle and cough after exposure to low tenn
peratures are generally those whose resistance
has been reduced by living under the depressing
influence of high indoor temperatures. Cool air,
That should be a stimulant TO them becomes in
tnelr reduced condition. shock. and before
1hey can rally infection seizes upon them
Good weather indoors, like good weather out.
doors. should be variable. Sleeping rooms
Shouio nave 4 lower temperature at night than
iFlng rooms in the day time. Another important
lining IN heating cold air is TO make provision for
q proper degree OF moisture Cold air when
heated becomes very dry, and those breathing
such dry air are rendered more susceptible to
colds and they also suffer or less irritation
or the mucouc membrane Of the nose and throat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-01

most marvellous phenomena in the
whole universe are brought into re-
iation With one another. They are
me sunspotS, the swarm of shootin g.
stars, called Leonids, and the ring
and moons Of Saturn.
The Leorids are a mass OF ma.
teoritcs wit h an orbit reaching COO i.
100000 miles into space, that an.
proach the solar system. our earth.
Saturn and the other planets. once
IL thirty-thIee years. It is then
that the collision with Saturn's ring
must take place.
Saturn is surrounded by enormous
nat. luminous rings. which form ono
OF the greatest wonders of tho heay.
ems. The rings arc about 10000
miles in dianetcr, and the average
estimate of t:hcir thickness, Is rs
miles.
An artist hats depicted the amaz.
Ing sight which Saturn would nrc.
sent when seen from one OF It's fen
moons, Japetus. This moon is about
Tue size of our earth's moon. but il
mas the remarkable distinction Of
having an atmosphere. The yari
ation OF light and the formation of
clouds have been observed on Ia
petus. Proctor and other astrono
mers have argued that it is prob
ably the abode OF living creatures.
What must be the CONSERVATION
or these creatures when they sec
the rings OF the parent planet Saturn
suddenly checked by collision with
inc flight Of the Leonids land then
Tern away to form colossal spots on
the sun,
1t IS possible that the Inhabitants
OF Japetus are water creatures hct.
Ter able to endure terrific disturb
ances III their atmosphere than air
dwelers can be.
In any case, it is certain that the
eyes or the inhabitants both of Sa.
,urn and Japetus must witness &C.
leStial spectacles Infinitely more
aup'lihe and appalling than any that
come within our intimate vision on
earth. V"
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Ffofessor turner's interesting Theory of Whng Masses
OF Meeorites That Make SUN Spots and So Fiji the H.

A y entirely new thaorv 10.
IL boon nut +ora..,s 80. H@9
sunspots. This theory is
that they are fragments Of the
rings Of Saturn drive, ;r.o 49,
nv Inc ,no,aorr 49, ~ 'ne sun
~ -eeoIS cameo Leohids.
9uhspots are OF vital Importance
- our existence on earth. They
reach period Of .t
once IN eyo,, a,ono. - '.'"'n CIV VI
,,,,.l eieHeH years. ms
Fs''oa IS always accompanied by
great storms on earth and other
disturbances NJ .bo -;
Sunenoi. arc AL.
.r.t..e p@'clieS on the
~ o. 'ne sun OF irregular form,
III . Ha '-hs tendency to be round.
,ra.,.4lF SF'atiF IN size bur are
a+re4l3 rom $4,000 TO 100000
1hs =" u.aine,er
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What HORSES Mean When Thew SNORT

hlE person who attributes the snoring of q horse
to fear to dislike anger or in fact ~ .pv
tense emotional state really puts the cart before
the horse and confounds cause with effect
me peculiar sound called snorting is due - doc,
- ~ ea.nns' without the aid OF tho vocal chords
Hient OF inc smiling executed by human beings
~, ne morse belongs TO that class animals no Tn
"ei points out, that trust their scent rather
e.an .neir vision Just as when wish to see small
oo1eet more plainly we examine It with a microsconc
more clearly. r''0 scent
Mhen wo are not certain whether food is good we
eh because by so doing disturb the air nd or,h,
me particles Of matter to which an odor is duo tn
INC sensory nerves of smell which terminate in our
. rs more quickly and surely than If We trust the
perceploe air currents TO perform this task for me-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-01

~ e1acty the same way horse snorts in order I'd
auehtny any person who may be approaching IF tba
Hpproaen,ng person is In whom the horse is not
~ h II vii not sniff but II II IS some one whom
MAKE certain whether his ancient enemy is at hand
, this connection 1t is interesting 20 note tina,
.ne african elephant is equipped with enormous cars
mic ms brother In India has only small ears Both
ANIMALS nave small Inadequate eyes and arc forced IN
scent rather than vision in battle of existence
me lnoan elephant lives in the jungle where odors
a,e pungent and easily discernble but tho African
elephant Is native OF the plains, where the air i dr
ana not and barely crcuates. The heat dries tho
moisture out OF the tiny hairs In nostrls which
connect with the sensory it is only through
mapping his enormous he can create the CIR
'Ts O.. ar Which enable him to discern odor at ALL
travellers are prone TO ascribe the flaming of an
elephants ears to fury but this is a mistaken notion
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Why RAW
FOODS Are
BAD for Us

T7HEhE has hocn mitch talk among the back-to.
nature advocates concerning the value of raw
foods Yet II is to raw foods that most of the
disturbances in the digestive organs due The by
products of foods arc phono and ndo twn
Nirulcnt posons which, under ordinary conditions are
happily produced i'll such quantities as to work
injury.
The entire dieostfng for the body is done by tho
stomach and small intestine which is twenty-five feet
Ions and derives its name from its narrowuess Tho
stomach and small intestine, being continually active
when healthy, keep themselves in good condition Blu,
tho large intestine, which is six long but large
IN diameter, performs practically work 1t must
have been of use to the organism one time or it
would not exist, but physicians agree in the opinion
mat at the present time it performs labor
1t is tho large intestine which through It's little sac
Ike proubcrancc, the ycrniform appendix. causes
appendicitis and physicians so far as to believe
that i'll the near future science will find means
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

that the great mass of Americans tn
central Europe will not yet have be-
gun to be rescued. nor will they be
in sight of rescue until sufficient
American gold can be actually sent to
Europe for the purpose
The Regina d'Italia sails from Genoa
September l. Mr.. Payne and 400 Others
of Lausanne have paid small deposits
to Dubois, here, for berths on her but
none hopes to get off. The Americans
times.
Prof. B. F. Woodward, formerly of
Columbia University and assistant
commissioner general for the United
States at the Paris exposition of 1900.
says that an irregular Italian ship sails
from Naples August 81, and that 1000
Americans of Geneva, Switzerland have
hope! why, there are $500 Americans
in Genoa and 800 in Naples who can
not get shipping or money to pay their
accommodating board bills" says Prof
Woodward. Ambassador Page sends
word from Rome that the next seven
Italian ships are already engaged,
chockful. He adds that there are 5000
daily. Embassy and private firms are
trying to charter vessels, but there
are none. Money-gold and only gold
is needed in great quantity.
Switzerland is positively congested
with our refugees, yet the $50 Amer
train for Genoa. the other day are con-
sldered i'll advised. The American adj
vice committee of Veyey-Lausanne
with 915 Americans on it's list, advises
US to sit tight and wait.
Remsen Whitehouse. long OF the
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United States diplomatic service, dis
t1nguished historian and richest Amer
lean resident of Lausanne, is chairman
ana Dr. Thomas Linn of Nice is secre-
tary, nominated by William E. Mes.
archdeacon of the American Episcopal
churches of Europe. Keeping in touch
with the United States minister and the
freely and painstakingly gives out a
hundred times day-advice.
There are 100000 Americans in Eu-
rope, says the archdeacon. Imagine
1000 per ship, and 200 ships will be re-
quired to send them home. They are
not only the 1914 crop of tourists, but
a long accumulation. students, artists,
artistes. invalids. parents educating
their young children, foreign residents
Even expatriates are Americans-no
one wants them to starve. The first
two French ships out, France and Chi
cago, carried 1900. The Cunard and
White Star lines announce weekly SAIL
every ten days Does your Swiss hotel
keeper give you credit? Splendid, Per-
feet. Sit tight. Wash your socks and
handkerchiefs and underwear in your
bedroom. Wear shirts two days. Stop
smoking. And wait for the United
States warship TENNESSEE
Admirable archdeacon! How many
young children in Swiss boarding
schools. how many trembling old tour
list ladies has he not cheered with the
Tennessee and its gold chests of So
5000 voted by Congress for the relief
of Americans. The Tennessee has ar
Of US, it will be s12 each. If only 100,-
900 of us get relief, it will be $25 each.
Yet there are thousands who can never
pay their board bills-trusted freely by
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Switzerland for Americans eating the
bread of affection in hotels where they
owe so much that they begin to get
black looksi
r. +. Frazer, our consular agent at
VeVey, has been tower of protection
to all of US. There is no getting out
of Switzerland without money and
passports. Well, we've got the pass
ports.
During four entire days the Ameri-
can committee rounded up the 915
Americans of Lausanne, and Mr.. Fra
ger and his capable wife came up from
VeVey four times to interrogate them
personally and deal out the precious
papers gratis. Not cent of consular
costs. No fee" The British pay $3.50,
and l know two fearful old maids who
had to borrow it. The Swiss wise costs
$2. 1t is eloquent of our condition
that / mention these sums as i'm
portant
I was proud of the American consular
agent. They We're golden afternoons,
as not as Lausanne can be in the dog
days. and the crowds and crowds of
worried Americans met each other all
joyfully in that Lausanne garden.
Gone American suspicion and hauteur.
Equally without money, the proud and
the weak clasped hands. The consul
sweated at his desk. Everybody filed
up blanks and sweated. Nobody took
a drink-drinks cost 10 cents.
The citizens are safe. All have pass
ports. hotels and pensions in Lausanne,
which give them beautiful credit, and
they remain in touch with the advice
committee. Half OF them. at least, are
forcibly staying on in Europe beyond
their original plans and means. But
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they had the money. or for advertising
SO ambiguously that they will "ad-
vance money for moderate weekly ex-
penses on approved letters of credit"
One day last week the great bank had
only 5000 cash to open it's doors. 1t
is folly to talk of cabling credits"
America must send gold, gold, and
more gold.
Even good American treasury and
national bank bills have lost then
purchasing power. Advertisements
like the following are seen constantly:
Edmond Chauvannes, banker, buys
gold of all countries, and, in moderate
sums, French bank notes, American
greenbacks and Bank of ENGLAND
notes For more important sums, he
accepts them on deposit, and pays out
Swiss bank notes up to 800 per
week"
1 saw an Englishman sell a five
pound note for $40 and an American
sell a twenty-dollar gold certificate
for rs francs (s15). This in the cities
You NAV arrive at the bankers with
your good American, French or English
naper money and find that the banker
has no more Swiss cash to buy with
And your letter of credit! II must pe an
"approyed" letter of credit Tor the
greatest banks to give you $50 or $40
per week on 1t. All, how many ietters
of credit have l seen olshohored since
this war broke out.
In the mountain resorts, isolated, 1g-
norant. without facilities, 1t is lnnnlte-
ly worse. At Engelberg, above Lu-
cerne, an American woman gave her
nearl necklace for 1amlly BOARD
hin and $50 railroad fare. The TWEEN
tv-four naval officers of the Tennessee
ought to scour the mountain resorts OF
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the Swiss hotel men. Forced to over
stay their time, they have forfeited
their return passages; and their bills
Will continue to run up because they
cannot get away. The Swiss hotel men
know this. yet they trust u.s.
The great mass of Americans are
far from being rich expatriates." says
Prof. Osgood of Harvard. "As a proof
of it, more than half of them, in Gene
va, Vevey and Lausanne, have applied
to the committee for second-class pas
sage homer
The professor was hunting $40 for
an old lady tourist in his hotel. He
showed me a paper.
TT is a well known brand of travel
ers' check" he said. "She asked me to
collect it for her. and l know she
hasn't many. She left the name blank
empty; the Lausanne banker told me to
fill it in. When 1 had done so he OBJ
jected to 1.-THE discrepancy of handwrit-
ings, the lady must write her name,
and when she had done it, he refused
to pay because the name was written
twice. 1 dare not go back to her with
out the $40. She is all of tremble"
Imagine the distinguished Harvard
professor running about Lausanne in
vain for $40! He finally found tin
his own pocket. 1t was half his avail
able fortune, the $40 product of his
own travellers checks, the weekly limit
which the Lausanne banks are paying
out.
Do not criticise the Swiss banks for
picking every possible flaw in drafts
which they would be glad to honor If