davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08

Do right and fear no man. Don't
write and fear no woman, says Charley
Keegan.
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08

This may be an awful country but
foreigners are paying one hundred dol.
lars each to get smuggled in.
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08
+ OCA pOSTOFFICE
T. INFORMATION

Lobby doors open from 5 a. m. to
$3.50 p. m.
Postoffice windows open from 8 a.
m. to p. M, daily, except Sundays
and holidays.
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08
Minimum g the Void

Want ad in Boston Globe says:
"1921 Ford Sedan, good condition,
completely equipped with lots of ex-
tras to give minimum comfort.
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08
A Jug of? and Thou

Water is wondrous blessing,
Good for washing necks and ears.
Just the thing for irrigation,
And the surrounding ships and piers
Nice to park beneath the bridges;
Swell for making rain and ink;
Water is wondrous blessing,
But it makes darn poor drink.
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08

What in the world would have be.
come of the Near East victims if Col.
umbus had not discovered America?
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08

ga bridegroom is missing" sug-
gestion to bridegrooms who complain
that no one ever takes any notice of
them.
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08
Starting In paIrylro.

II you are In the dairy business,
c,ilk milk cows. not heef eowa
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08

Doctor-"I am afraid / will have
to operate for appendicitis.
Beauty-"Oh, Doctor, will the scar
show,"
Doctor-"Not unless you go into
the films.n
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08

Rural carriers l and leave office at
9 a. m. except Sundays and holidays.
City carriers deliver and collect mail
in city district three times daily; in
resident district twice daily, except
Sundays and holidays.
Federal building corner Ninth and
Grand. Phone 1876.
Ollie THoRSoN, Postmaster.
MISS LAURA HAMMOND,
Assistant Postmaster.
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08

The report that nickel cigars have
dropped to six cents cannot be veri-
fled.
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08
Logical

Bible School Teacher What was
the Tower of Babel?o
Bright Wasn't that the
place where Solomon kept his five
hundred wivesf'
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08

A club, as the average man defines
it, is often a place supported by two
thousand men and frequented by two
dozen.
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08

A man in New York who rang twice
for an elevator was killed by the
operator. More and more the day is
passing when labor can be trodden on
with impunity.
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08
ALDERM

First Ward-Pcter Thome and A. W.
Kendrick.
Second Ward-Sam Dougan and H.
o. Switzer.
Third Ward-E. L. Pe;sar and Henry
Kennedy.
The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08

Do right and fear no man. Don't
write and fear no woman, says Charley
Keegan.
A Jug Of? and Thou
Water is wondrous blessing,
Good for washing necks and ears.
Just the thing for irrigation,
And the surrounding ships and piers;
Nice to park beneath the bridges;
Swell for making rain and ink;
Water is wondrous blessing,
But it makes a darn poor drink.
ga bridegroom is missing" Sug-
gestion to bridegrooms who complain
that no one ever takes any notice of
them.
The report that nickel cigars have
dropped to six cents cannot be veri-
fled.
A man in New York who rang twice
for an elevator was killed by the
operator More and more the day is
passing when labor can be trodden on
with impunity.
Logical
m.
the Tower of Babel?"
Bright willie-"Wasn' that the
place where Solomon kept his five
hundred wivesi'
A club, as the average man defines
it, is often place supported by two
Thousand men and frequented by two
dozen.
Doctor-"I am afraid l will have
to operate for appendicitis.
Beauty-"Oh, Doctor, will the scar
show,"
Doctor-"Not unless you go into
the films"
Sham battles between fiancee and
fiance are only rehearsals for the real
thing that occurs after the wedding
ceremony.
Only few more months now, notes
Bill, until time to worry about how
funny yiur new straw hat will look.
Prof. Keena says the man who said
variety is the spice of life never had
to change tires three times in one day.
No one burns midnight oil any more.
Gas is the thing-the kind one gets at
the filling station.
Wives Of rich men all remind us
We could make our wives sublime
If we only had the money and could
Dress them up to "time."
The Oriole studio was closed for re-
modelling and repairs for few weeks.
It is now open under the new name of
Oriole & Crow. P. +. Oriole and T. E.
Crow are the owners.-Ohio Photo
News
What in the world would have be-
come of the Near East victims If Col
umbus had not discovered America?
This may be an awful country but
foreigners are paying one hundred dol.
lars each to get smuggled in.
-fS--
Value Of Cedar c ,eats.
Chests made OF leartwood of red
cedar. II In good condition rs regards
tightness, will prevent damage from
moths II clothing Is beaten. brushed
and summed before being placed In the
chest. The odor of red cedar will not
destroy adult moths or millers nor the
eggs. but 1t will kill the young larvae
or worms.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-09

ident Buchanan crystallized the en-
thusiastic rejoicing of the two nations
over the successful completion Of an
enterprise of world wide importance.
The first cable was short-lived and
in the laying of the second the famous
ship Great Eastern was the con-
spicuous factor. This vessel was the
torerunner Of the mighty steamships
of the present day. Though never a
distinguished success as a steamship.
she carried out her work In the lay
ing of the cable and completed the
undertaking on September s, 1866, al
most eight years after the passage of
the first messages between Queen Vic
toria and President Buchanan. Since
those days America and England
have been closely linked by cables in
increasing number.
The Wireless
The mastery OF the ocean by means
OF the wireless telegraph was achieved
by Gulglelmo Marconi in 1901. by the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-09

snakes, and little crocodiles thus pre-
served have been dug up or taken from
tombs. Commonly they are found in
pottery Jars, but sometimes in copper
boxes that open at one end by slide.
Doubtless the priests attended to this
business as "side line;" and 1t would
seem that they often cheated their
customers for a great many Of the
seeming mummies OF animals are
found to be merely bundles of rags.
So frequently is this the case that
archaeologists nowadays make prac-
tice of X-raying them before taking
the trouble to unwrap such mummies.
Bulls That Once Were Gods
The collection of Egyptian antiqui-
ties owned by the New York Histor-
bulls, the only ones known to exist.
They were taken from the tombs OF
Dashour, wherein they had stood for
upwards Of three thousand years.
When found, they stood erect. stalled
in stone-lined chambers, and through
artificial eyes of blush glass they
looked as If astonished at the vandals
who invaded the sanctity of their
burial place. For these. be it real
ICED. were sacred bulls, in each of
whom. while they lived, a god resided.
In ancient Egypt there was always
a sacred bull. OF a breed kept for
that purpose by the priests, which
was at once the image and the resi-
dence OF the god Osiris. When the
beast died. the spirit of the divinity
was supposed to migrate to the body
Of another bull, which became in it's
turn an object OF worship. while the
defunct brute was converted into
mummy and placed in a costly tomb
with much pomp and ceremony.
Among the oddities of the same COL
lection are fifteen hens eggs, sup
posed to be at least 5000 years old.
They were taken from the tomb of
some important parsonage. where
theyswere placed presumably in order
to provide the occupant with food.
human being was regarded by the
ancient Egyptians as consisting Of
four distinct entities. First was the
body Second was the Double-an
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-09

placed inside of papier mache case
made of pulp composed of linen and
whiting, and formed in the likeness
looked while living, the molding of
face, hands. ETC.. being done before
the material had time to harden. The
case was then elaborately painted and
vanished. Usually it was inclosed
in two or three other similar collins. a
nest Of boxes, all of them adorned
with hieroglyphs stating the name and
rank Of the deceased. perhaps telling
something about him. and invoking
the approval of the gods.
In ancient Egypt all the wealth was
swallowed up by the priestly caste. at
whose head was the monarch himself.
The priests had all the power, all the
learning, and all the knowledge. the
mass OF the people being kept in
densest ignorance and condemned to a
life OF forced labor. The common folks
could not afford to pay for expensive
mortuary attention, and so their
bodies were mummifed by a cheap
and rough-and-ready process. For
them there were no family burial
vaults; they were simply inferred. The
whole great plain which surrounds the
pyramid of Cheops Is one vast ceme-
terry.
The Egyptians OF old looked upon
certain animals as sacred. associating
them In one way or another with their
gods. The monkey was an object of
high reverence, and the cat was con-
secrated to the moon, probably on ac-
count of its nocturnal habits. The ibis
and the hawk were more or less holy,
and the crocodile was held in such
exalted esteem that at Crocodilopolis
a flock Of large specimens of that
reptilian genus was provided with a
retinue of priests, the huge lizards be-
Ing laden with gold ornaments and
regularly worshipped.
All of these creatures were custom
arily nummifled, and tens of thou
sands of cats. ibises, hawks. monkeys,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-09

before transferring them to their final
resting place in the tomb. Often the
collins were extremely handsome, and
a visitor, on entering the dwelling of a
rich man. would find the doorway
fanked on either side by highly
decorated and ornamental "caskets." ."
On the bosom of a mummy now owned
by the New York Historical Society
was found a curious little image of
gold-a bird with q human head and
expanded wings. Probably It repre-
sents the soul IN the act of making It's
escape from the body.
Not often is anything OF intrinsic
value found IN q mummy-case, but the
collins themselves must in many in
stances have cost a great deal of
money, and the expense Of a first
class funeral IN ancient Egypt was
doubtless enormous. All of the bust
ness OF mummy-naking was In the
hands OF the priests, who alone under
stood how to perform expertly the
requisite processes.
Not far from the Nile. and within
few miles of ancient Memphis, there
was a shallow lake of water which
was saturated solution of soda salts.
The fluid. called "natron." was an ad-
mirable preservative, and was of i'm
portant usefulness in the mummifying
of the bodies Of the dead.
The process was begun by extract
Ing the brain through the nostrils with
a bronze probe. Then the intestines
were removed, and the body. filed
with n1yrrh and other astringent sub
days. Next, It was carefully washed,
and wound round and round with
hundreds Of yards of linen which had
been soaked in bitumen. This bandage
linen was used in strips FIVE inches
wide, and the wrapping was continued
until the bundle containing the body
was about the same size from top to
toe.
InclosetI In A Nest OF Boxes
The mummy thus prepared was
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-09
- (IEIEZ<IN% GC<H>% %<<1<<|P

the ocean. The mere figures, how
ever. tell the smallest part OF the
story. The real record is found In
the trials, the doubts and the fear of
ultimate disappointment with which
the journey was filled. Compared with
these the achievements of science in
bringing the Atlantic for the spoken
message hold little romance.
Crossing By Steam
After the discovery of America and
the opening of new channels of ocean
commerce there was a period of more
than three hundred years in VII ch
the sailing ship had everything its
own way. Crossing the ocean by
steam was not accomplished until the
nineteenth century.
The pioneer In steam navigation OF
the Atlantic wac the ship Savannah.
Fulfilling "a dream OF the inventors
and scientists this vessel made its
first successful crossing during the
spring of 1s19-littie more than one
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-09

senger. For the two rulers to and it
possible to sit down and talk things
over as man to man will mark an
epoch In international relationships,
Telephoning To England
Within the last few weeks New
York telephone officials have talked
to Southgate. England. The British
once was able to receive the message
and to hear the spoken words from
this side of the Atlantic with the same
ease and distinctness Characteristic OF
the ordinary telephone conversation.
For replying. however. the Southgate
station lacked sending equipment OF
adequate strength. and acknowledg-
ment was transmitted by cable.
Lief Ericsson. in the year 1000, and
Christopher Columbus In 1892. were
the pioneers in the conquest of the
Atlantic. In those days the crossing
was a grave problem and one clothed
in the mystery OF the unknown. His
tory records that the voyage of CO.
lumbus occupied 81 days from the
time the sailing vessels cleared from
the port OF Paios. Spain. until anchor
was dropped on the Western side Of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-09

Western" crossed from Bristol. Eng
land. to New York in 10 days. From
that time forward constant progress
was made in the effort to reduce the
duration OF the voyage. until the cli-
max was reached by the "Maureta-
MIA" in 1910. with a passage COM
pleted in days. 10 hours and Al
minutes. a record which still stands.
Laying The Cable
The invention Of the electric tele-
graph stirred science to the linking of
the old world and the new by means
of the submarine cable. Achievement
OF this endeavor was hampered by
heartbreaking delays and disappoint-
ments. but the sturdy pioneers re-
fused to be defeated Led by Cyrus W.
Field, they stood to their guns until
their dream was realized on August
16. 1858, by an exchange OF messages
between Queen Victoria and the pres
ident OF the United States. In those
messages the British Queen and Pres
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-09
z~ G7<z~ ~9r7ez>zz0 ~ osz<zV

coffins are turned out by hundreds In
Paris. painted in imitation Of Egyp-
tian originals. Inasmuch as a mum.
my in good condition Is worth from
SIS to $500. the cheat is not with
out profit.
Mummies are so plentiful in Egypt
that for long time locomotives were
run between Cairo and Suez with no
other fuel. A pigment highly
esteemed by artists Is made by grind
ing the bones of mummies. It is
called mummy brown" and there is
nothing like 1t to be obtained from
any other source. Sold in tubes, 1t
is used by portrait painters for paint
ing brown hair. Some quality Of the
old bitumen used in the embalming
process blended with the hue Of the
bone. gives an effect quite inimitable.
Were The Pyramids Merely Tombs?
Although the pyramids were made
to serve as tombs Of monarchs. 1t Is
by no means certain that they were
built primarily for that purpose. The
ancient Egyptian priests were skilled
in astronomy and mathematics. and
some authorities are OF opinion that
those remarkable structures were
erected for the purpose OF determine
ing the seasons by measurement OF
their shadows-this being a matter
of utmost importance in its relation
to dates for planting food crops. Very
interesting in this connection is the
fact that the total length Of the four
sides of the base of the Great Pyra-
mid, as 1t originally stood. bore ex-
actiy the same relation to its height
(4S1 feet) as that of the circumfer-
ence OF circle to It's radius.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-09

hundred years ago. Departure from
Savannah, Georgia, took place on May
"a. and the voyage to Liverpool re-
quired 26 days, or more than two
thirds OF the time taken by the prim-
tive sailing vessels of the fleet COM
manded by Columbus. During the
journey the Savannah" depended
upon her sails for a good part of the
time. as the records show that the
side paddles, operated by steam. were
used on but IS days Of the 26. The
ship was of small size, with gross dis
placement Of but $50 tons. but size
was of slight Importance. The one
thing that counted was the successful
demonstration Of steam as a motive
power for transatlantic navigation.
and In this respect the Savannah"
looms large among the mighty ships
of history.
With the use OF steam for ocean
vessels the breadth of the Atlantic be-
San to shrink. In 1898 the Great
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-09

ETHEREAL duplicate of the body. Third
was the soul. which had the form OF
bird. Fourth was a spark Of d.
vine fire, called Khoo. None of these
elements was imperishable. Left to
themselves, they would dissolve, and
the man would thus suffer annihila-
tion. But means were found for pre-
venting that catastrophe. Decompo-
sition of the body could be suspended
for ages by embalming, while the
prayers and offerings of surviving rel
atives could save the double. the soul,
and the khoo. After death the dou-
Bile stayed always with the mummy,
never leaving 1t, but the soul and the
khoo went forth to join the gods.
Cheering Up The Banqueters
One of the oldest customs among
those people consisted in the intro
duction at banquets of a small coffin
containing counterfeit mummy,
which was carried around the room,
the bearer exclalming in loud voice
Cast your eye upon this figure. Aft
er death you will resemble 1t. Eat
and drink. then. and be happyl
The manufacture of artificial mum
mics seems recently to have become
quite a profitable industry. Out Of a
consignment OF twenty-one shipped
not long ago from Egypt to an insti-
tuition in this country, nineteen were
found to be frauds. Skeletons obtained
by professional ghouls from modern
graveyards are wrapped. with the
help Of glue. in strips of a kind OF
cloth resembling in appearance the
ancient mumn1y-cloth, and the fake
is finally placed in counterfeit cof-
fin nodded in papier mache. Such
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-09
@~CC S2z>>z2>a>E~

flashing of signals from one side to
the other. With this proof that such
communication was possible, efforts
were concentrated on the perfection OF
! details. and In 1903 the first complete
messages were sent.
Then came the flyers. The develop
ment Of aviation had given promise
OF transatlantic passages by means
of the airplane, and efforts in this
direction were carried forward on
both sides OF the ocean. In the con-
test for first honors events brought
about an even division OF the glory.
To an American fell the credit for
the first crossing in an alrship. while
English aviators earned the laurels
for the first fight without a stop.
Flying Over The Ocean
The first flight was made by Com
mander A. c. Read, U. 8. NJ. in the
navy seaplane NC-4. Starting from
British North America on. May I6
1919, this craft reached Lisbon,
Portugal. on May 27. almost precisely
one hundred years after the "Sa-'
vannah" left the port for which she
was named, on the first successful
crossing OF the ocean by vessel pro-
PEELED by steam. Reads fight was
broken at the Azores. and while the
elapsed time of his journey was APP
proximately eleven days, his actual
flying time was rs hours and &6 min
utes. for a distance of 2160 miles.
Within less than a month after this
achievement a Britis~ biplane was
piloted' across the Atlantic in a nom
stop flight by Lieutenant Alcock, maxi
ing the trip from st. Johns, New
foundland. to Clifden, Ireland. 1860
miles. in 16 hours and 12 minutes.
Before the passage of another
month the airplanes were followed by
the British dirigible balloon R-34. In
which Scott made nonstop flight from
East Fortune. Scotland. to Mineola,
New York. $3.50 miles. in 10S hours
and 10 minutes. The return journey.
shortly afterwards, covered the 5000
miles to Pelham. England, in IA hours
and Sc minutes
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-09
BY RENE BACHE

/ ttan princess whose name was Satha-
thortunut was searched. Marauders
had entered 1t and carried off her
mummy some centuries previously;
but they had overlooked a niche In
the rocky wall which contained her
Jewel-box OF ebony and gold. In the
box were gold and teweled diadem,
gold necklace inlaid with carnelian
and lapis lazuli, gold collar of lions
heads, a golden girdle, necklace of
amethyst with gold lion-claw PEN
dants, and armIets and leglets OF gold
and turquoise. It was a magnificent
and very valuable collection; and the
owner was identified by the names of
herself and her father, engraved on
the larger pieces. She was a princess
of the Twelfth Dynasty. and lived 1900
years before the Christian era
The discovery OF the mummy of
Rameses II, about twenty-five years
ago. caused much excitement. He
ruled Egypt at a period when that
nation was at the height OF its power;
he was himself a famous conqueror.
II was confidently declared that he
was the Pharaoh of the Oppression;
but that is now disputed. Probably
It will never be known who the
Pharaoh was that would not let the
people OF Israel go. But the mummy
OF the great king. unwrapped, Is now
on exhibition in the British Museum,
an object OF vulgar curiosity.
In the Metropolitan Museum OF Art,
in New York City, is the mummy Of
another Egyptian princess. The top
OF the inclosing coffin is carved and
painted board, done in low relief and
the occupant as she looked
in life-a blonde and very beautiful
young woman in a white gown. lying
at full length. It is an admirable
work OF art. even the almond-shaped
nails being carefully represented.
Mummy-CofTins AS Furniture
It was the fashion in ancient Egypt
TO keep the mummies of defunct rela-
tives in the family home for a time,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-09

I" T Luxor. in Egypt, the tomb of
&z& Pharoah who reigned more
han fifteen hundred years be-
y u fore the birth of Christ is being
rided of its contents by Psychologists.
His name was Tutankhamen: and per-
haps the most remarkable circum-
stance in connection with the affair
is that the treasures contained In the
tomb were not discovered and stolen
long ago.
The Egyptians Of early days were
anxious above all things to insure the
preservation OF their bodies; for. ac-
cordtng to their belief. If the body was
destroyed. the soul of the owner could
not return to life in human form after
It had completed the requisite cycle
Of 10000 years. Hence the practice
Of mummifying the dead.
1t has been estimated that at least
730.0oo.000 Egyptians were converted
into mummies during the period from
1000, B. c.. to 700, A D. The rulers,
and persons of wealth generally. built
magnificent tombs. in which treasures
of gold and jewels were deposited and
sealed up with their coffins. 1t was a
bad mistake, for It invited grave
AOOD4I5s 444O GESdt " GLLl4G was
broken into and robbed by the Per-
SLAMS as long ago as the Fifth Century,
B. c., and the only thing 1t now con-
tains is idless stone box which Is
supposed to have been the sarcopha-
gus of King Cheops.
A certain sacredness Is supposed TO
attach to the repose of the dead. But
their rest" is a mere figure of speech.
Modern cemeteries are invariably dug
I'D after a very moderate length of
time. The skeletons of vanished peo-
pies are regarded by the archaelogist
as legitimate spoil, and the nom
scientific vandal respects nothing. AS
for the tonbs OF ancient Egypt. they
have been robbed again and again.
and the discovery OF one that has
escaped rtfing is lucky accident.
Jewels OF A Long Dead Princess
Not long ago the tomb of an Egyp-