davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

Lloyd Osbourne, Robert Louis
Stevenson's stepson, says, in the course
of an Introduction to a new edition Of
Stevenson's books, that he (Stevenson)
was no saint and had his faults, some
Of which Osbourne names, as a violent
temper when .roused, an ability to
swear vociferously, too great a sus-
ceptibility to flattery, an impulsiveness
that got him into trouble, etc. But
when this is said," Osbourne adds, II
come to the end. No human being was
ever freer from pettiness, meanness,
or selfseeking; none ever more high
minded or sincere, aud none surely was
ever possessed of greater indulgence
towards the erring and fallen. In this.
indeed, one does see a sanity quality.
There were no irreparable sins to
Stevenson; nothing that man or woman
might do that was not redeemable; he
had an Unreasonable tolerance, an
Unreasonable tenderness for those who
had been cast by the world outside the
pale"
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

The first necessity in education il
to teach how to produce what the
world needs. The wish to be doing
is strong in children, and it should lead
step by step to the reality Of economic
life. To thwart it by book work till the
taste is destroyed is the way to make
pauper nation. The interest in alb
stract knowledge and the sense of its
value and reality should be based on
the need of it for practical work The
material basis should be the foundation
of the intellectual growth, writes Petrie
Flinders in the Yale Review. 1t IL
almost futile to pour a mass Of alb
stract ideas into a child's mind and
expect that they will all be retained in
shape for years, until the use Of them
Is discovered in practice. The results
Of such treatment we see in the dislike
of work, and the ignorance of what
has supposedly been taught
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

At the international meeting of the
American Chemical society recently
held in New York, startling predictions
were made of new achievements to be
made in the domains of physics and
chemistry. The discoveries will be so
important, it was declared, that they
will open up new era, in which the
light and heat of the sun, the tides, the
rotation of the earth and even atomic
energy will be transmitted to an extent
uDdreamed of hitherto. More spe-
officially, results predicted include the
use of the solar rays, now a waste
of energy, In the production Of power;
the discovery of cold light, with at
tendant great economy; more efficient
methods employed in chemistry, where
by refractory substances will be made
to yield useful products. Formerly
such prophesies would have created a
sensation. They do not now. 1t is
an age of discovery and invention.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23
Since the time Of Farmer George

Since the time of Farmer George Of
royal fame, John Bull has been de-
picted by the bluff figure of that
period. Though farming is not, today,
what it was at that time, it still is
very important part of British life. It
may be that the young farmer in Nor
folk who offered a sack of wheat as
standard of wages has cut what has
proved Gordian knot in other coun-
tries besides England, and in industries
other than farming, says the Christian
Science Monitor. II Mr.. Womack
Ringer can establish his claim that the
price of sack of wheat is equivalent
to the weekly wage Of the farm laborer
1t may steady fluctuating market, and
prove that the farmer and his farm
hand are in reality partners and that
their prosperity is inter-dependent.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

to hear her song better than mine;
do"
Jennie was the surprised one this
time, and she nearly lost her balance
as she angrily hoped about and
bobbed her tail, for she had expected
Mr.. Cardinal to quarrel with her.
Huh" replied Jennie, "your poor
little wife; should think you would
say something in praise of her. The
way you treat her is disgraceful. l
know, and everybody must think so
too, that you are ashamed Of her be.
cause she wears that brownish.g gray
dress all the time. while you go flying
about all dressed up in fine clothes.
For my part I admire her clothes
much more than yours. She shows
better taste dressing in such modest
colors and, besides, If she did wear
red, guess the Cardinal family would
soon come to an end. for she could be
seen plainly enough by those who wish
to harm birds and get their eggs"
While Jennie Wren was scolding and
hopping about, q trim little bird few
to 4 twig near Mr.. Cardinal, and when
Jennie again stopped for breath Ars.
Cardinal-for It was she-said In a
very sweet voice: You are wrong,
Mrs. Wren; my husband il not
ashamed OF me. He loves me very
dearly and there 10 NO bird that has
a husband more devoted ID his atten-
lions than my handsome husband"
e Again Jennie Wren was surprised,
but she called back as she dew down
to her home "You poor thing; I sup
pose you do not dare say your soul Is
your own before your handsome. hus-
hand; for my part I'd rather have one
that Il on an sQual with me IN appear.
ance.~ -. : i; il - S@. ~ =zs :
Hr1. Cardinal new beside her hus-
band and snuggied close. Come hack
on the pine tree and win stn4 to
you," che said, though I know well
enough your own song u sweeter than
mine. = S..15&s@ I. ,: 5z 81 zx5ss= a
5 Not % my ear1, my 6eaz, 9 ansNoeed
II. Cardinal Il think ron havs HE
sHeetest voics "a the world. bnt Il ron
gould not sing nots 4 shonld be:
thal,ful that ron q not $500 -
.Nrk Wr1n
lcopyrisAi.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

A significant story is given from
London to the effect that it is now
possible to turn out steel In certain
parts OF India cheaper than anywhere
else in the world. True, it will have
a far-reaching influence upon world
history. Iron ores, f1uxes and fuel
are found at hand and labor is cheap
all over India. Iron from the East
Indies has been laid down on the
Pacific coast In competition with Pitts
burgh. India is not an Industrial nation
and does not want to be- The people of
India were the original guild workers !;
they are seeking now to return to the
system which was in vogue thousand
years ago. Non-co-operator Gandhi is
waging his silent warfare against the
British government on economic
grounds, claiming that it is seeking to
enslave the people through an indus
trial system antagonistic to the Asiatic
and that India should be permitted to
return to its gods and it's soil.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23
w HI 7.
ARE BUBBLES ROUNp2

A SOAP bubble, to use as an ex-
~ ample the most familiar kind Of
bubble, is merely a hollow ball
OF water with air inside. The soap,
partially dissolved, forms q very thin
Aim or skin over the air which is en-
deavoring to force its way through it.
Thin air exerts an equal pressure in
all directions and thus forces the soap
ilm out at an equal distance from the
center of the compressed air, thus
forming 4 perfect sphere or ball at
the moment the bubble is first made.
+ However. after the bubble has been
floating for 4 few moments, the water
drips down toward the bottom OF the
ball and collects there In drops. The
weight Of these pull the bubble out Of
shape spoil its perfect symmetry
and increase the pressure OF the mir
inside to such i degree that II breaks
through the aim and the bubble bursts.
scepyrish1l
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

A man without hope is the poorest
man alive, because the lack of hope
dulls vision. 1t is hope alone that
makes us willing to live. Man sees
nothing to urge him on to aspire to
higher levels without hope as the foun-
dalton. And where there is no hope
there Is no endeavor. Great hopes
make great men and the man who does
not try is pronounced a failure. Hope
makes man see the brighter side of
life and makes him believe that there
is pathway that leads to greater
things. When this belief is assured
man will strive to reach the desires of
expectations, writes Cecilia Anthony
In Thrift Magazine. For the man who
honestly strives for that which he de-
sires there Is hope.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23
r1RS.I AaDiNA A. = fALbooke0 eloSc
RE$toE AEa buSSAN0.

what I think of him. and up she new,
near to where Mr.. Cardinal was sitting
singing merrily. =. Il. ssEs.zs. ]: ~
You get right away from this tree
or stop singing this minute, : sscolded
little Jennie. This tree d where I'VE
live and my husband q singing you
needn't think, just because you wear.
handsome feathers, ron are the only.
singer in the woods. and my husband:
and do not care for Your song at MI
We Ike our Own much better 8
Mr.. Cardinal Was 20 surpfised.that
he stopped singing and listened .ands
when Jennie Wren stopped 10 breathe
In raid calmly .Haye you hsard ny
sWeet-yoiced Wiz sinef Yousuay M
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

Japan has 57,0OO,OOO population, but
only 100000 Of them are allowed to
vote. You cannot vote there unless
you pay land or business income tax
equivalent to $3.50. With only three Ia
fiftyseven paying income tax and vot-
ing Japan has big property problem.
These facts are from a speech by DR..
G. e. Uyehara, teaching political
science in Meiji university, Tokyo. For
discussing universal suffrage in his
classes, he was dismissed. Got his Job
back when students struck in protest,
Free speech and suffrage cannot be
permanently shackled even in imperial
istic Japan. Opposing them il like
fighting the law Of gravity.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

Week-ending Is becoming the popu-
lar American method of taking q va
cation. Many of the big stores in New
York city close every Saturday from
June until September, thus giving
their employees the advantage of hav-
ing their vacations in installments.
Nearby seaside and mountain resorts
have specialized in small camps where
three or four girls or men can spend
their week-ends, during the summer.
From Friday evening until Monday
morning primitive life is in fashion and
while the cooking in some of the camps
may not be good enough to suit the
critical, still the change makes for
better health and work during the
week.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23
HUMAN NATURE STUDY

In all our efforts toward social peace
and progress, whether these be d.
rected to the reducing Of friction in
our governmental machinery or to the
increasing of stability and efficiency in
industry, there is no factor more i'm
portant than an understanding of
what we commonly call human nature.
And yet though the material for the
study of human nature Is everywhere
within easy reach, though we do not
have to go beyond our own doorstep to
ind 1t in infinite quantity and variety,
1t Is true that even those of US who
lay claim to scientific knowledge on
subjects more remote than this one
are gifted with but little insight on the
subject Of human nature The scien-
fist who traces the courses of the
stars and measures to a nicely their
size and weight and speed, may not
nave the slightest idea what his six
teen-year-old feels or thinks about
anything, and would not feel certain
what to do about it If he did know,
says the Detroit News. All of which
raises the question: What would
happen if to the same extent to which
we are now building empires and
navies and skyscrapers and such like
things, we should direct our energies
to the much-neglected task of apply
ing the environment in which what is
good in human nature may best
thrive? Not simple question, to be
sure, but a mighty important one.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

Ancre II no royal road out Ut our diff.
nculties Hard work and thrift, public
and private, are the only remedy. It
is slowly becoming realized that price
and value are constituted by a multi
tude Of variables, and that it is not
only one variable - money which
governs prices, says the London Daily
Telegraph. But whether we are any
nearer to a return to the gold standard
or not, we are glad to learn that "al-
ready in the Far East are to be dis
cerned the first faint streaks Of dawn.
In India and China trade is reviving."
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23
THE BIRD QUARREL

T TITLE Jennie Wren was not
l. afraid to speak her mind to any
one who happened to get In her
way, and it happened one day that
handsome Mr.. Cardinal bird did this
very thing.
He few over from the top Of tall
pine tree to the very tree near the
stone wall by the road where Jennie
lived, and began to sing while Mr..
Wren was singing on 4 low limb Of
the tree.
"Such impertinence," sputtered Jen-
ME Wren, flying out Of her home in
the tree hole. He thinks just because
he is so handsome he can do anything
he likes. I will soon tell him, though,
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

From symposium on a cure for
snoring we CLEAN among other sug.
gestions the bright idea to cover the
Offenders mouth with a piece OF ad.
hesive plaster, (which can be removed
the next morning with warm water"
II warm water fails, the undertaken
can try something else.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

So France is willing to forego cash
reparation payments from Germany.
She will probably take the money in
pumpkins, cabbage, sweet corn and
Irish potatoes after the style of the
old fashioned editor who was glad TO
get his subscription in anything that
would "stick to the RIBS
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

i John Cowper Powys, British poet,
nkens his finding Of two Americans
who had truly lived and never
worked to finding primroses on the
Atlantic. In this country such men ara
called primroses less often than they
are called loafers. #z. &c zs@ q
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

What has become Of the old-fa-
shioned bootjack? When last seen it
had been gilded and was pinch hitting
as work Of art on the dining room
wall. However, there is a rumor that
now keep it handy in their boudoirs
for strictly utilitarian purposes.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

A lecturer says scientists who once
accepted the Darwin theory have now
turned to what he calls "obscurantism.
1t has the appearance of having be-
longed, just possibly, to the chatter
Of the missing link.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

Statisticians delight in figures which
show how much money could be saved
BY dispensing with simple customs as
ISOLATED with human sentiment and
happiness. Such calculations are harm
less enough until some well meaning
effort is made to give them practical
application.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

Diversion is good thing provided it
does not encroach upon the time that
ought to be devoted to useful service
or rest. And at least q part of the
time that the young folks devote to
shimmy wfggling. might be devoted to
wholesome reading.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

A minister says misleading fiction is
one of the things responsible for un-
happy married life. There is another
view that married uf~ is responsible
for lot OF f.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

It IS reported that Marshal Foch
thought the most pleasing discovery
he made in America was banana short
cake. He ought to have stayed here
until strawberry time.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

Maybe hoopskirts really WIN be In
style next spring. % predicted, but n,
the spacious Victorian days, when they
last appeared. there we're no crowded;
automobile % MIN nsrs crowded,
snoot lears a noG elsllevvded danee
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-23

Perhaps that professor who guessed
there are 10000 surplus apartments
In New York city has some ground
for his contention that his guess is
just as good as the earlier guess by
others that there was shortage Of
10000 apartments. r.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
Railroad Notes
OF Interest Here

B. q. Holyerstott, Grafton. sun
erintendent Of the MononEah diyi.
sion, Baltimore and Ohio, WAS "a
Eairmont today. p
QApplicatiohs will be received by
Baltimore and Ohio Tfainmastel
Bartlett for b brakeman on the NJ,
r. highball with Conductor Ham.
ilton IN ptnce of Brakeman a. w.
Reid, who has been placed on the
extra conductors list. Applications
win be received up until February
1cth.
Rumors that the B. and o. rail-
road will acquire the willard no.
tel property at Grafton and III
It up for general offices instead Of
Wheeling, are denied by tho B,
and o. officials. The brevity oi
distance from Baltimore is not SUI.
ficient 10 warrant any great out.
lay Of money It is contended.
II is hardly likely that the b
and o. railroad will build q new
passenger station in 1922 due to
the depressed conditions OF the
country. B. and o. officials are In,
clined TO think that 1t will be
buff within the next few years
however.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
Pathological


n \
1. Who came into Egypt to buy
corn during the famine?
q. Where Is God said to dwell in
Psalms S0:1 and 99:t?
8. What curse did Ham bring
upon his posterity? N
4. OF what was the tower OF
Babel built?
5. Are there any remains Of the
materials Of which this tower was
built yet in existence?
6. Why did Josepf's brothers not
know him when they came TO Egypt
to buy corn?
Answers to Yesterday y Questions.
/. Ham looked upon hts fathers
nakedness when the AFTER was
drunk.
2. A, list OF the successive Jour.
.neys OF the Israelites will be found
IN Numbers, chapter 80.
3. A star guided the three wise
men In finding tie manger Of the
Christchild. II
4. When Gideon led Israel against
the Midianites heJ was allowed to
take three hundred men. q
S. Each man was armed with 4
pitcher, a lamp and a trumpet.
6. They broke the pitchers, held
up the lamps, and blew the trum-
petsEthus frightening the indian.
ties away ~ t 8siN .s,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
Van Ness Act,
Given Bulnpiing

TRENTON, Nil. Feb. Chaos
prevailed today in New Jerseys
offlolaldom as a result OF the &c.
ton OF the court Of errors and ap.
peals In declaring unconstitutional
the drastic state prohibition en-.
forcement law known as the Van
Ness act. = &
With the Van Ness act declared
Illegal. none but federal courts
may preside In cases dealing with
violations OF the prohibition laws!
Federal courts are; however, filled
to Overlooking with legal affairs Of
various kinds, including not a few
alleged violations Of the yolstead
law. \.
There ID another cause for OIL.
etat worry "a the situation. Off.
cials don't know Just what to 40
with fines that have already been
imposed and paid on convictions
under the van Ness act.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
CALL' PLENARV

"a ~ HTgf7 : d.. . - ,
IL LoontiaGsa trem pats ene,
treanes IN . Manenaris and MOI.
so,ia was y. { "a y 70 pEing an enc
toaay 70 ttne arms conference on 1ar
eastern nesolalons Twas plan-
nea al N y IVY lnt9 tsealty LoIm m
.oday we ,, SERIES q resoluglons re-
latlng GO emma 1or formal aodpuon
~ ~ q plenaEy sassion VomoEtoTi y!
sne cl i 81 VI w aIsn. y was expeetea
thaI tne washington conference
Woulq aalouFn.
I, all tt IN Announcing before
me Iar east ser eomm NY yester-
DAY, tne Feaalne.ss q t LFs govern
lnent 70 .I eve ap enslteLy group y
OF me Demanas me japanese
pleogea y, apana o nm o. That part
Of 81, me aesmanas program which
Emma I 10y ", s.tonsiy .oIpy eeted 20 as
ealeuiateastos impair her soyeriegn1i-
lty.s tne Stlln5ese reply To-Day Wss
e&pectea 70 voice renewed protest
oyeIt me .wnele progtam Y ap
ueateu tnas the quesuon Toula e
concluaea py spreading the views
OF me TWO governments on the
eonte ~ M record ~ gitaeut any az
tempt 70 ADOPT q 1olnt aeciaratioFns
WIN the posoility tnat 70 TINS
would oe added a formal statement
OF me American position on the
question;
IN adut1on 10 the pledge OF
readiness 70 wlthdraw the treaty
reserYat on py which Japan retain
ea tne Tignt 70 press furtner the
unaceepted group 3. which would
nave required among other things
tnat O1tna employ Japanese imam
cial political ana military ADVISERS
IN the government, the Japanese
yesterday promised two other con.
cessi9ns relating TO the demand"
treates. unaer one OF these sha
would open up south Matehurta
ana Eastern inner Mongolia, and
the other was e. renounce gil IN
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
CHICAGO WIfEAT

CHICAGO, Feb 8-Although
the wheat market scored a fresh
advance early today, the effect
failed to last. Initial upturns were
asctibed to the influence Of new
gains in Liverpool quotations.
Many dealers here, however, lean
cd to the view that the recent
general advance on values had
been too rapid and that d reaction
was in order. Opening prices,
which ranged from Y to W cent
higher wltf7M May 1891 to 1899
and July 107ss to 10S, were fol-
lowed BY a set back all round to
below Yesterdays finals. Reports
showing that farm reserve supplies
Of oats were unusually small gave
flrmness to prices Of oats. The
corn market hardened a little
more. {.
Oats started unchanged to y
higher, May 399s to 1914 and
continued to pcint upward.
Provision values were lifted by
an advance in the hog market.
(Close) Wheat May 1858; July
1904; corn May ssh July 81.
Oats May ~, July 40X. Pork
May $500; lard March $10.40,
May $10,62. Ribs May S1e.95,
July S10.17.
Subsequently word OF a sharp ad.