davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
PHYSICALLY FIT
AT ANY AGE

It isn't age, it's careless living that
puts men "down and out" Keep your
internal organs in good condition and
you will always be physically ft.
The kidneys are the most over.
worked organs in the human body.
When they break down under the
strain and the deadly uric acid ac-
Cumulates and crystallizes look Outl
These sharp crystals tear and scratch
the delicate urinary channels causing
cxcruciating pain and set up irrita-
tons which may cause premature de-
generation and often do turn into
deadly Bright's Disease.
One Of the 1rst warnings Of slug
Eish kidney action IL pain or stiffness
in the small Of the back, loss Of appe-.
lite, indigestion or Rheumatism.
Do not wait untn the danger is upon
you. At the 1rst indication Of trouble
70 after the cause ct once. Get trial
bOx Of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil
Capsules, imported direct from the
laboratories In Holland They will give
almost immediate relief. IL for any
cause they should not, your money will
be refunded. But be sure to get GOLD
MEDAL. None other is genuine. In
sealed boxes, three sizeS.-Adv.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
eLADMEss IN THEIR HEARTS
Physical Discomforts Unable to Affect
Soldiers Who Had Good Reasons
for Feeling Happy.

"It was three o'clock in the morn
ing" said the returned soldier as he
recalled his departure from a training
camp. "a cold rain was pouring down
In torrents. The hundreds Of soldiers
who came from the barracks of the
big army camp were in most cheerful
mood. All carried heavy loads. They
seemed to pay little heed to the fact
the ground was soggy and their feet
went into the mud above their shoe
tops. At other times, when they had
been brought out into the cold rain,
they had spoken in bitter language,
but 1t was not so upon this occasion.
Through the inky darkness the
men tramped with their heavy luggage,
the packs getting heavier as the wa
ter soaked into them. They did not
seem to mind the long hike, and they
sang a little and laughed little de-
spite the fact their clothing did not
turn the streams Of water the skies
above poured down upon them un-
mercifully.
FINALLY the commands Of officers
rang out in the darkness and the
men were halted near a railroad track.
They stood there for more than an
hour. The rain turned into snow.
The cheerfulness among the men was
not broken. Their laughter continued,
and occasionally they would sing some
familiar army song.
"At last long train Of passenger
coaches was backed in on the track.
In that machine-like manner of troop
movements the men boarded the train.
The last man had no more than left
the ground when the train began NOV
ing, and soon was rumbling and
screeching through the darkness.
'Within the coaches the soldiers
continued their singing and laughter,
although they were wet to the skin.
They had a reason to be happy. That
grand and glorious feeling finally had
arrived.
"They were going-home."
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
ROAD BUILT OF EPSON SALTS.
Texas to Have Unique Highway Ten
Miles Long, say State High
way Officials.

Austin. Tex "A road Of epson salts
a. an attraction Texas can soon hold
out to tourists, according to the state
highway depart
Ten miles Of highway out Of Rock
MORT is being sd RACED with a material
which Analyses more than one-fourth
epsom salts. I he material is obtained
from fats wher constant evaporation
of gulf water h Rs left silt strongly inn
pregnated with salts. among which the
epson variety predominates.
Highway eng neers declare the mix
fure forms an excellent road surfac-
ing material, as the salts absorb
enough m0istui e from the air to keep
the roads dam b. free from dust and
firm On the drJest days. One trouble.
however. Is that the road becomes
very slippery during wet weather. bit
fhis is overcomR by adding a small pro-
portion Of sh Rll and regulating the
slope 81 the s urface.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
GERMANS ARE AFTER TRADE

1.-THE men are working furiously,
without pressure of any sort, up to
fourteen hours day to be ready TO
enter the worlds markets again at the
first opportunity.
This German chairman Of Swiss
concern simply chuckled with glee
when he said: Our good German
workmen know their hands. They do
not want this easy day of eight hours /:
they want wealth. and they will have
it,
Germany is recuperating after the
war faster than any other nation
simply because. instead of giving wav
to the reaction of peace and demand
Ing the impossible by means Of strikes.
she is working as hard as human
strength and brain allow to regain her
old commercial pinnacle and again be
the pre-war Germany.
Germany is out to provide the cheap-
est world market. and our eight-hour
Industrial day win spell disaster for
us II we do not wake up."
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
attempt to Reach Mission in
NorthernmoSt Alaska
Again Falls.
REACH WITHI n So NILES
pr. Marquis Brlnsb Back PItlfuI Tales
Of the Havoc Wrought by lnfIu-
enza-Whole Villages Are
WlpeH Out.

Newport.-Turned back by an i'm
penetrable ice-field within go miles of
his goal, DR.. John A. Marquis, general
secretary of the board of home mis-
sions Of the Presbyterian church Of
the United States, was forced to re-
turn to New York without reaching
his destination at Point Barrow, Alas
ka, the northernnlost mission in the
world operated by the Presbyterian
church.
DR.. Marquis left New York June %
and sailed from Seattle July to
Nome, where he boarded the United
States coast guard service steamer
Bear, to reach Point Barrow, but for
the second time within two years this
doughty little or aft with its hardy
crew was unable to buck the terrific
ice jam of the arctic. For eight days
the sturdy boat bhttled, but finally on
August 10 it was forced to turn back.
The supplies for Point Barrow were I'M
loaded at Point Hope, $50 miles south
of that town. From here it is expected
that sledges will he able to carry some
of them to the needy people at Point
Barrow.
Last year" says Or. Marquis, "the
Bear was able to get within % miles
of Point Barrow, but the steady winds
this year had forced the ice masses
down farther south than they had been
for years.
Ice at Latitude 70H.
Massive fields of ice We're reached
when we were at latitude 701z degrees
Captain P. Fl. UberrOth, q. s. N, in
charge Of the Bear, declared the ice
was the worst known since 1925"
Dr. Marquis went to Alaska to see
about the appeal from the people there
for the erection DE a hospital at Point
Barrow and also to study the oppor
funities for Presbyterian mission and
school work generally in Alaska, par
ticularly since the influenza epidemic
last year wrought such havoc. He
returns with interesting stories of the
work and with pltiful tales Of the ter
rible havoc Wrought by the ''fiu,'
which in some sections wiped Out
whole villages.
On leaving Seattle July z, DR.. Mar
quis took passage to the Aleutian isl
ands and thence to Nome. At Nome
passage was tax en on the Bear anC
for six weeks DR., Marquis was on this
government vessel. From Nome DR.
Marquis went to st. Lawrence islands
and thence to Siberia. Leaving Sibe
ria, the next stop was at the Diamedt
islands, and then to Cape Prince Of
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
Workmen Labor Ia Hours a Day
to Be Ready.
London Merchant Finds Empire Is Re
operating Fastest Of All
Nations.

London.-"Germany is out again to
beat the world" said the senior mem
Der Of a city firm
II have just returned from visit
to our commercial connections in
Switzerland. l met there the chair
man Of an important firm Of machine
manufacturers. He was obviously
German. with his square head and bad
French. and for once pretended to be
prof. German, and spoke with him IN his
own language.
"He let the cat out Of the bag. All
the labor in the Sehwarzwald and In
South Germany. where the allies have
no representa- lives, he told me. has re-
fused to recognize the eight-hour day.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
WIn VIsIt Southern JunaIes.

Eighteen men and women, natural
scientists and naturalists, headed by
William Beebe, curator of the birds
at the Bronx Zoo will sail soon from
New York to explore jungles in South
America. 1t is hoped they will bring
back a large collection of rare birds
and insects. Miss Mabel Satterlee,
granddaughter of ]. P. Morgan, will
accompany the party to study birds,
and Prof. William NJ. Wheeler. of Har-
ward university will devote his atten-
ton to the study of ants. Others in
the party will include Prof. Henry
Fairfield Osborne of the American Mu-
scum of Natural History, Alfred Emer-
son Of Cornell university, Miss Ger
trude Emerson. editor Of Asia Maya
zine, and Prof Clifford Pope Of the
University of West Virginia.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
Would Be Too Realistic.

In his Lines of Communication, !"
Captain Agate tells a good story Of
certain great actress who was one
day giving lesson to pupil on the
bare stage Of her theater.
The girl was supposed to be in i'm
mediate danger and to be calling for
assistance, but could not manage to
do so in a sufficiently realistic man
her.
"But, madame. will you not show me
the proper way to cry for helpl" she
asked at length.
my child" replied the actress,
"Were to cry for help those decora-
tors Of mine up there in the wings
would come rushing down on tn!
stage"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
BREAKS YOUR COLD IN
JUST A FEW HOURS
"Pape's Cold Compound" instantly re-
lieVes stuffiness and
distress

Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing
and snuflingl A dose of "Pape's Cold
Compound.:' taken every two hours I'M
til three doses are taken usually breaks
up a severe cold and ends all grippe
misery.
The very first dose opens your
clogged-up nostrils and the air pass
ages Of the head; stops nose running;
relieves the headache, dullness, fever
lshness, sneezing, soreness and stiffness
"Pape's Cold Compound" is the
quickest, surest relief known and costs
only Q few cents at drug stores. It
acts without assistance, tastes nice,
contains no Quinine-Insist upon
Pape's ADV.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01

Don't take sickening, salivating Gallo
mel when a few cents buys a large
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone-a per-
feet substitute for Calomel.
1t is a pleasant vegetable liquid
which will start your liver just as sure
~ as Calomel, but it doesn't make you
sick and can not salivate.
Children and grown folks can take
Dodson's Liver Tone, because it is per-
fectly harmless.
Calomel is a dangerous drug. It is
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
Harvard Professor DisCloSes Way
to Make Food by SYM
thetiC Process.
HIGH LIVING COST BEATEN
Plan Worked Out In Laboratory to
Reduce Atmosphere Into Basic
Food Produet-other Ways
Of Making Sugar.

New York.-During the present agi-
tation over the high cost of living 1t
is interesting to note several recent
discoveries made in the field of syn
thetic chemistry. DR.. Winthrop John
Vanleuven Osterhout, Phi. D., professor
Of botany at Harvard university, has
hit upon a plan Of making nutritious
food from sunlight, air and water.
Although this process of food max
ing is as yet confined to the laboratory
stage Prof. Osterhout points out that
many discoveries remained some time
In the laboratory stage before they
could be placed on a commercial basis.
AS an instance he cites the many
doubters of the practical value of cleo
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
RUSSIANS HIT BY FAMINEs
Shortages of Food Date From 1000
100000 Persons Reduced to Star
walton in Famine of 1911.

Next to the prOletariat of India and
China, the Russian peasant feels the.
pinch of poverty and hunger more.
keenly and more frequently than any
other, says the National Geographic
society. One of the earliest Russian
famines on record was that of 1900,
with a death toll of 100000 peasants.
Cats, dogs and rats were eaten, and
even the strong overcame the weak.
Human flesh was sold in the markets.
Three Russian famines of recent
date were among the most severe in
history-in 1891, 1906 and 1911 Dur
ing the ten years following the first
of these, the government allotted
nearly $125,0O0,OO0 for relief but the
sums were not always judiciously ex-
pended. In 1905 the government gave
40 pounds of flour a month to all per-
sons under eighteen years old and over
fifty-nine. Those between these ages
received no allowance, and the older
and younger sharded their pittance
with the others.
The famine of 1911 extended over
one-third the area of Europe and af-
fected 100000 persons, while g.
100000 were reduced to starvation.
Weeds, the bark of trees, and bitter
bread made of acorns, constituted
the chief diet.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
RELIEF SHIP HELD
UP BY ARCTIC ICE

Wales, the westernmost point Of the
American continent, about four hours
west of Seattle.
Upon this trip the vessels coal sup
ply ran low and the Bear had to put
back from Cape Prince Of Wales to
Nome for recoaling. Leaving Nome the
vessel began its journey to Point Bar
row. Kotzebue sound was entered and
stop was made at the village, where
the Society Of Friends had excellent
missions, and then the Bear went
north to Kivalina, where no mission
fields are established, but which few
missionaries visit at intervals. From
this point Dr. Marquis went to Point
Hope, which until recently was one of
the most famous whaling stations in
the arctic regions. From there the
great but futile attempt northward
was made toward Point Barrow.
DR.. Marquis on his return trip gave
special study to the conditions as left
by the influenza epidemic. AS result
he brings back with him pitiful stories
of the terrible ravages wrought by
this epidemic among the Eskimos.
Whole Villages Wiped Out.
In Nome alone, says Dr. Marquis,
over so per cent of the Eskimo popula-
ton was wiped out almost overnight,
and in other sections of the country
whole villages of igloos were swept
away. In one town of 800 only thirteen
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01

mercury and attacks your bones. Take
a dose of nasty Calomel today and you
will feel weak, sick and nauseated to
morrow. Don't lose a day. Take 8
spoonful of Dodson's Liver Tone in
stead and you will wake up without
any biliousness, constipation, sluggish
ness, headache, coated tongue or soul
stomach. Your druggist says if yoI
don't find Dodson's Liver Tone acts
better than horrible Calomel YOU
money is waiting for you.-Adv.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
Made Good Use Of Statue.

The equestrian statue of George III,
that cantankerous old king who pre-
cipitated the American Revolutionary
war, was well camoufaged when
President Wilson passed by. following
his arrival In London. An American
sailor sat on the chargers neck, a
Canadian on the tail and an American
doughboy on it's back, one arm around
the neck Of the kings image.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
Wife's Love Is Lost;
Asks Two Millions

New York.-George E. 10th
op, ST., a Boston theatrical
manager and producer, has been
sued for 100000 damages BY
Raymond G. Keller, a New York
artist, who alleges Lothrop
alienated the affections OF Jane
Keller, to whom the plaintiff
was married on April 5, 1913.
Keller alleges in his affidavit
that the defendant, well know
ing Jane Keller to be his wife,
by gifts of money, jewelry and
other presents, estranged her
affection from the plaintiff ana
gained 1t for himself.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
Distinction.

did you go up Mount Washington? 2
"Oh, yes; we stayed overnight al
the summit"
II suppose you lived high?"
''Yes, we had tip-top supper"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
WIN Raise Foxes in Japan

The increasing demand for furs il
Japan has induced a group of prOmi
nent Japanese business men to organ
ize a company with capital Of $3.50,
600 to engage in the raising of foxes
1t is proposed to import the first stOcb
from Alaska
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
Does the Next Best Thing

"What do you do when you want to
pull your husbands hair? He is as
bald as an egg"
"He hasn't shed either of his ears
yet, has he?"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
some MIND can,t Re Rorne.

Il thought you said you were not
going to quarrel with your wife any
more" tt
so l did, but there's limit to hui
man endurance"
Nonsense"
"When I refused to open my mouth
she sat and tapped her foot on the
floor until / exploded. Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01

Good health depends upon good digestion.
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills safeguard
your digestion and your health. A medicine
as well as purgative, Adv
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01
SUGAR FROM AIR,
LIGHT AND WATER

tricity, and the long uphill road Edison
had to travel before he gained recog-
milton commercially.
Anent the production Of nutritious
food in the laboratory Prof. Osterhout,
who is in no sense a visionary, but
whose manner would indicate a prac-
tical hardheaded business man, says:
Several Ways to Make Sugar.
"Analyzing food we learn that the
three chief components are sugar, fats
and protein. Until recently 1t was i'm
possible to manufacture sugar syn
thetically, but now we have solved the
riddle in several different ways, Iron
rust exposed to the prismatic rays Of
the sun through water makes for
maldehyde, since the rays Of the sun
acting upon the rust as a contact
agent, mixed with the carbon diOxide
Of the air and water makes this power
full chemical. From fOrmaldehyde GER
tain forms Of sugar may be obtained.
Other ways Of making sugar syn"
thetically are through the employment
Of ultraviolet rays, radium and cleo
tricity.
''Part Of our research work at Har-
wards botanical laboratory has been
to observe the process by which the
plant transforms the carbon diOxide
gas and water together into sugar, and
later into starch, either Of which forms
can be preserved.
$50 much for obtaining sugar. Pro-
tein is composed of amino acids. 1t
has been found possible in the labOra-
tory to take the carbon dioxide of the
air, water and ammonia, which is also
found in the air in small quantities, to
form a simple kind of protein. Now
through the combination of sugar and
protein, both of which have been man
ufactured in the laboratory, the neces-
sary fat is obtained, with the resultant
nutritious food.
The Great Obstacle.
"Of course one of the greatest OBJ
stacles standing in the way of the pro-
duction of food through this method
is in the present cost of making sugar,
which can only be manufactured as
yet in small quantities. Our greatest
competitor in this important field. is
the plant itself, which thus far under
sells the synthetic method"
Prof. Osterhout, who has taught at
many Of the large universities through
out the United States, and has attain
ed an international reputation as a
man of science. is a Fellow Of the
American Association for the Advance.
ment of Science and of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences. In ad.
dition to many other scientific and re.
search societies he has been a profes.
sor of botany since 1913.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-11-01

kissing either wife or child was
punishable offense in England in the
seventeenth century.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-17
INFORMATION GENERAL
DEsGRAc1A EN- FAJAEDo


En- ell bario de "Rio Arriba', dc
Fajardo, acaba de ocurrir una desgra
cia por haberse permitido que un nj
no Sc pusiera jugar con un revol-
yer cargado. FL nino Martin Santana
jugaba con un revolver "Bun Dog
y Sc le escape un tiro, que hirio n
nina BernardinS Santana, de ocho amos
de edad. Ell proyectil penetr6 por el
costado izquierdo de la nina, fractu-
randole dos costillas interesandole el
pulm6n. La nina fue asistida por el
DIR. Manuel Carreras, y trasladada lue
go al hospital municipal, donde quedo
asilada. en- estado de suma gravedad.
La policia ha practicable la correspon-
dicnte investigation dc los hechos.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-17
MEREcIDo HONOR

NLoS vccipos del enthusiastic barrio qua
VAS de Bsyamon, quieren dar Ia es,
cuela rural de dicho barrio ell nombre
de MANUEL NEGRoN coLLAzO, te-
niendo en- cuenta Ell interes que ell CO.
rrecto inspector demuestra por el pro-
greso de las escuelas y sus hcrmosos con
sejos para los niiios.
La profesora, sefiorita Ramona Gar
cia, que no descansa por mejorar Las
ccndicjones de diclla escuela, elevara
una carta peticion al Comisionado de
instruction, seior Rivera, dandole cuen
ia del dcsco de los niiios vecinos, pa
ra que cuanto antes ell nombre del cul-
to Inspector figure en ell frente de la
referida escuela.
Ei seflor Negr6n Col.azo visito aqne-
la dio una conferencia los vecinos
cue les ha animado mucho, hasta el pun
to de que tienen una escuela nocturna
G IA cue asiSten treinEa aiumnos.
Nosotro alcntanacs los vcc;nos del
barrio de Guavas para que sigan ade-
lante, y creemos muy merecido ell ho-
nor al senior Nsgron, porque conocemos
su labor pedagogical y moral, y sabemos
caaato hizo por el progreso dc las es-
cucsas de cayey.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-17
JOSE PAz RUIZ Y LA ASoCIACIoN
DE MAESTROS RURALES

FL compaiiero Jose Paz Ruiz Sc ausen
ia dc Rio Grande, para ir trabajar dc
maestro rural Can6vanas.
La idea de una ASOCIACION DE
MAESTRos RURALES EN- PUERTO
RICO, era tan necesaria, como todo ;,lue
Ho que tiende a nivelar, a empareJa1
ell derecho de la tlnica felicidad, a la Jlni
ca integridad, al tinico nivel social que
es el derscho del bienestar comIn dc
los unos por los otros.
Todo esta hoy sujeto la ley natIl-
raj de la evolucion.
La evolucion es Ell principle dc IL
integridad comdn.
Los maestros rurales de Puerto Rice
rIiraron, aun todavia miran escru
pulosamente estos gnandes principios
de equidad bssados en- los escritos ener.
gicos de Paz Ruiz.
Las ideas de los pueblos marchan, CT
minan al lado de todo 10 nuevo, 10 inc
vitable, 10 evoIu.ivo.
Jose Paz Ruiz tiene algo muy profur
do en- su fondo de pensador y en- ST
provision de profeta.
La idea de la igualdad civil de los
pueblos fus conquisSada con la evolu
ci6n.
Pero pasarcn las revoluciones cruen
tas fueron sustituidas por las revc
luciones ideales.
Pero los maestrcs rurales de Puerto
Rico p&rece que son muy pocos psicolo
gos y no han podido entender ell fcndC
de los principles que dogmatiza la plu-
ma energica y vibrante de Paz Ruiz.
Jose AGUSTIN GUERRA.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-17
DIR. JOSE REGUERo FELIU

Ell s5bado por Ia maflana al cntrevis-
tarnos con 6l, ell una de nuestras Co.
lies, nos informo la noticia que hace
dias habiamos dado en- nuestro diario, de
su par;ida para Nueva York, manifes-
tandonos salia la misma tarde ell ell
vapor "Brazos'.
Lamentamos grandemente su auscn-
cia pues pierde tanto la Sociedad "El
Hogar', como la sociedad dc San Juan,
unos de sus mejores facultativos, pues
Sc ausenta para sieinpre segdn no los
ha manifest ado.
No dudamos que en- Ia gran Urbe, Sc
ra bien recibido el querido compe-
tente galeno pues tanto nosotros, como
nuestros hermanos residences en- ell Nor
te, conocenos va sus triunfos profesio-
males.
Deseamos I'm viaje feliz al doctor Re
guero, y lie felicitamcs, pues pronto sc
encontrara al lado de todos sus hijos
los que tambi5n residen en- ell Norte