davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-09-24

Kdyz jsem vecer vystoupil z
vlakn, byl vzduch teply ylh-
ky bylo jaro. V hotelu ote-
vfel jsem okno, a pohlizel ma
more. Syetla velkych parniku
svitila v temne noci.
Cd te dolby, co Commodore
Perry asi pred padesati lety
pristal u Yedo s, nekoliko par
Milky vyslovil prani Ameriky
v plnem pratelstvi navazati OBJ
chodni spojeni $ Japonskem je
yokohama mistem, kde zapad
sklada pozehnani sve kultury ),
slamene klobouky, kola, siciI
stroje, pastory atd. Podel pri-
stavu tahne Sc evropska ctvrt'
jen asi tucet plic. Zde jsou
hotely, banky, konsulaty, agen
tury lodnich spolednostf, Hpr$-
vni urady. Take hostel tn sto-
il; nebot' kdyz Anglicant a A.
mcrican6 Ibloudi, vezmou 81 i
hned sebou svG.j hostel. Zde
vladnou Evropane a v jejich sti
nu ziji chudi Jinrikishakuli a
mnozstvi vlidnych Cinanu.
Potom vsak zacina japonske
mesto Jest jeste docela japon-
ske, N6kolik cyclistl a kopa
umdlenych obliceju a evrop-
sky odenych Japoncu, ni.ak ne
rusi dojmu Ami cetne pana-
maky, ktere Japonci nosi, ne
kolik straznikd bile unifor-
me a ona japonska mladez, kite
ra jest oblecena docela po do
morodem zpusobu, ien veli-
ke cervene kozene rukavice no
81, AMI ii nejsou s to, zmeniti
Jokohamu v evropske mesto.
Mezi evropskou ctvrtl a ja-
ponskym mastem objevil .sem
nlaly park kvetoncich tresni.
Neidrive jsem videl jak Japon
ci, nikoho nevyjimaje, pozornG
a touzebne vzhlizeji k pupen-
cum, po n6kolika dnech horke-
no jarniho slunce vsak procha-
zeli Sc vesele $ rozkosi Eve
toucfm stromoradim. D6ti, ma
Ia d6vcatka byly obleceny v
Meme cervene bsrvy, take H.
pine v kvetech mizely a sotva
je bylo videt. Podobaly Sc sa-
my malXm kVetoue IN tfesho-
wynn stromkdm.
v Jokohame zamestnaval
jsem sc .po. .cely den tim, ze
isem chodil po ulicich a prece
po cely den nebylo konce me-
no ldiyu. ,tsl
Cely zivot Japonska lezl til
pred ocinla rozproFtren, a clo-
vsk vidi do ardca\ Japonska,
jez je tax stare i &vgnesene,. ja-
ko oknem do dompt
Tyto .ulice je lajbyrint, sit,
smesice a at, 1loEAk jinni po
cel6 rodiny bloudi, zda Sc sta
le, ze jsou tytez ulice, tytez
domky, tyt6z obliceje. Ba
barva je dokonce vsude stej-
ma, mdla hned' domu a vybled-
la,rnodf mnohych ,kimon.' VsU-
ffe klape mi drevena obuv
steinym zpusoben.
Tento hluik je praves tab cha
rasteristicky pro Japonsko, ja-
10 vetne prejizdeni zyoukd
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sQNf WoKlclgv NEW YOR-
Ku MUSEJf tjlaET PSAT
= cfsr ANGLlcKY
F. L. /. S.

AOAHAdLlOll 0aa4NEC O TOXSlTGul
informace cizojazycnym Case
pisdm, organisacfm ovsem i
!jednotlivcdm . l1ovem zakonu,
podae nehoz kazdy novy wolfe
podrobit Sc md zkousce z an
E2lickeho, jazyka We cteni i psar
mi a to jiz v pfistfch volbach.
Ably informajce ia mohla pro-
|niknout ke vAemu volicstvu no..
|vemu v tosnto state (New Yor-
|ku) vycka Stftni Department
|VNchovy vy3ilanim informaci
|az po vydanf Epravy Cizojazy-I
|ene Informacsjf Sluzby.
I'll, kdoz bkli naturalisovani
" posledni dobe, tedy v tomto
roce a v minslem po volbach
a kdoG budou jeste do voleb ma
|turalisovani, bndou zadani, a.
by Sc podrobiE zkousce We cte-
mi psani sanglickeho jazyka,
kdyz budou chtit nit pravo ma
Fvolbu. Po6it& We ze, novy tento
zakon zahrsl,je ma 1S0, 600 no.
Evych volicl. Zkousku tuto bu-
de- mono podMknout We Sko-
ZACH a kazdt po dspesnem od-
Ibyti zkousky obdszf diplom, te
fdy jakysi vykaz. ze psat eist
dovede a pdtom pfi registraci
a pred volb0n nehudou .iiz zdr-
zovani. Mnobf jsou rozeni v j.
lnych zemeh 4 byli od posled-
lnich voleb sfxturalisovani. il
Enf jaou rozeai v Americe a od-
lbyli zds ako1y. Dospeli do ve-
TX u21 let a mohoa Sc prost9
|vykazat jeaS Szkolskym vysved-
tcenim. Mus Y rozumst, re "a
|kon tyee Sc sn tech, ktefi iiz
tvolih, aneho A6h pr&vo ma vol
ba pred /. hlpeaaF 1922. Tedy
lti, kdoz j q4li pravo ma vol
[bu pred l. 1dnem 1922 a me-
volili, mohosk VOLT, trebas ne
dovedli cxt y psat anglicky.
Kazdy ovsel9 raucf nit nejaky
idoklad o. to bud obcansky
hist anebQ JIM dQkNrasaty. q
Pc uvedeRi itohotos zakona v
platnost uzilo Sc dvou cest pri
z.iist'ovani znaGosti cteni a psa-
nj anglicky novych volicu. v
mensich mistech venkovskych
kde neni registrace, musi byt
pred volbou pfedlozeno skolni
tvysvedceni znalosti anglicke-
Tho jazyka We cteni a psani, ma
turalizovani volici museji pre-
tdlozit bud Skolni vysvedceni,
re mali znalost v jazyce angli-
ckem We cteni psani, anebo
re zkouSce te Sc podrobili v
nektere 2 vefejnych skol, ze
odbyli urcity stupen vzdelani
v anglickem jazyce a ze obdr-
zeli certifikat. jimz Sc znalost
ta dokazuje phi registraci.
/ Odbyti anglickeho kursu pri
tstehovaleckych volicu musi sc
rovnat sestemu stupni vzdelani
[vefejne skoly. Tyto zkousky
tbQdou Sc konat nekolik dni
pred registraci, ktera Sc v New
Yorku a jinych m6stech kona v
mesici fijnu. Znalost musi byt
nikoliv naucena, nybrz pocho-
povana rozumem a volic pri
cteni musi rtzum6t, CO tte a
pfi psani, 1mlsi znat, CO pise.
LVybefe SCI as 100 SLOW, ktere
Isl procte lzkoaseny pro sebe a
[potom se' mu pfedlozi 8 al de-
set otazsk, ktere musi zodpo-
lvedet pfsemns. Zkouska neni
ttak obtizna. Kdyz BY nekdo
izkouskla mcdowell, ranze Sc pod
robit ,ieste jin6 ~ tom roce a
Epak v kazdem nasledujicim.
EKdyz obdrzi certifikat, nemusi
Fse jiz podrdbovat zkousce q
kdyz Sc yystehuje, iinem di-
[stpiktu SO talk q nemusi jiz pod
trobovat zkousce.
Takovd osnova zakona byla
schvalena We statu Massachu-
tsetts lz pred 80 lety. Dnes v
dvaceti stateeh jM je zakon,
pOdle kterehO mals,i aSnoi1 nra-
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RomAn Emilia Richeboursa
Volne pfelozil Frant. Lad. Cizek.

Lucie pronikav9 vykrikla, u
slySevS tento hovor a jakoby
il byl blesk zasahb padla We
md1obach k zemi.
Starry Petr Rouvenat, ktery
Ltakte4 3 napj9&ea poslouchal
pozornosti, co Sc dole We dvo-
Re naluvilo, zaslechl take pro-
|nikavy vykrik Luciin a FARO
ven zaslechl take, jak k zemi
Epadla.
lined vybehl rychle ze svet
nice panovy q special diyce
ku pomoci, aby j ze mdloby
|vzlkfisil.
Nejprve zvedl il Sc zem6,
dOnesl ma postel a co nejpecli-
|veji jal Sc il kfisiti.
Mezitim co starry, v&rny slu-
Ina nahore omdlelou dfvku XII
|sil, ubirali Sc celedinove de-
weekly ze dvora dilem ma lu-
ka k senoseci, dilem do chk-
|vi a koniren.
Teprve po dlouhe chvili
Iprocitla Lucie re mdloby.
Ronvenat, snad ze Sc oba-
wal, ze by Sc no mohla divka
|tazati ma to, CO Sc pfedeSle
noci prihodilo, rychle odesel a
[stoupal po scAodech dold.
Zde mu nejprve padla do O.
|ci rucnice, q ktere, byl Jakub
Mellier neznam6ho mladlka
zastrelil.
Rychle pow6sil il ma misto
tjeji, kdez byla vcera veeer vi
[sela, totiz ma hfebik Ike kam-
mum. Nacez vychazel, MAZE ru
|ce v kabsach, ma oko klidne a
lchladn& jake clov6k, ktery do
bfe Sc vyspav, prav6 byl z ldz
lka sveho povstal, 2 domu.
Kracel rovnou cestou pres
|dvdr do chlevl, ably 81 zde ja-
|ko obyeejne odbyl ranni svou
|prohlidku.
| Zatim Sc byla Lucie dplns
[vzpamatoYafa.
Nejprve udivene kolam sc
lohlizela a poznenahlu vratila
,se il pamet'. Tu teprv pripo-
fmnela 81, ze to nebyl sen, n.y.
lbr1 straSna skutecnost, kteraz
tse ma nj Sklebila jako hrozn6
Estrasldlo. Zdalo Sc ji ze tuto
Franu, ktera il mecn9 k zemi
kpovalila, ami neprecka. Ma je-
Jim ohliceji, ktery byl bledJ
jake stena. stridaly Sc Dol,
Fzoufalost, hnSv a osklivost. A.
le prec nevyronila se j z Okla
ami jsdina slza, Ia to ale sc
" jiskficich ocich jejHh IRA.
ella zlost a nevyslovna chti
lvost pomsty.
Vyskocivsi postayila Sc do.
kprostred pokoje sveho, oci j
zajiskrily a z hrala jejiho O.
lzval sc zvuk, podohajici sc
fvu rozlicen6 tygiice. P1-udce
pohodAa hlavou, phi Ncemz
dlouhe pleteRce vlasu jejihs
spadly il ma zada q n9koikri
te kreeovite ehopila se "a hla.
lvu.
Konecne zdalo sc, ze Sc ns
Inecem pevnem ustanovila, ote'
lvfela svdj satnik, vynala 2 nj
Tho cern6, vlnene saty q krat.
Ky cerny plastik vlH9ny, ma
cez Sc rychle oblekla.
Prav9 byla $ ohl6kanim no.
tova. kdyz Sc otevfely dv&fe
liejiho pokoje.
Ohlsdnonc Sc, spatiila sve-
,,ho otce.
/ VSak nevid6la jeho kaln&
tvpadls oei nevidsla. de celu
jeho bylo zakabon6no, a zs
man jedina daeSzi noe vryla
nlnozstvf hluhakych vrasek, ze
obhcej jeAo byl zasmasily a
skoro az k nepoznanf zmenen
nebot' mysil jen na zloch
lspaIchanx.
Oci jeji se vztekem nevy-
lslovnym zajiskfily a zdalo
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LaJlmavo, re Oba tyto zvuky
zneji podobn6, ba obcas doce-
Ia stejne. Dfevene stfevice
zpfvaji
Lide klapaji, smejji Sc, povi-
dali, uklaneji Sc. Nikde nevi-
.det zly pohled. nebo SLOW, po-
kojna pratelska naklonnost RI
di styk. Jinrikise S hnedymi
spocenymi kui proklouzavaji
jako sipky mnozstvim, proda-
vaci s poletujicimi vyklady ma
ina tyci. nesene ma rameni, po-
'taceji Sc sc zpfvavym vofanim
.smesici. Ulice jsou uzke a XII
We. Domy mali ,jen jedne pri-
zemi, jsou re dfeya a z papiru.
Mezi mimi tn a tam jednopatro
We 1zke domy, ktere Sc podo-
baji natfenym krabicim, a u
kazuji cinske formy; male obr
meme pevnosti, to jsou obchodni
a penAzni domy, pred ohnem
bezpecne. Vsechny ostatni do
nay vSak jsou ma uici pfilis o.
tevreny, a lze vid3ti lidi v Mich
.prechazeti, cimz DOZEN innate
nice Sc jeate zvysnje. V6cny
.trh jest ulice. Podlaha 'domI
fje asi We vysi kolen mad ulici
a je pokryta rohozkami Ma
Mich kleci obchodnici, pomoc-
.nici a kupci. Sedf vedle nezby-
tneho malehO hrnce ma uhli, do
.nahoz Cd chvili vyklepavaji dy
.mku. Hohci, krejci, proyaznf-
ei, >lekanici, obcAodnici, ko-
laenici, obnvnici, pisafi, tesafi.
ysechno 1ezi otevreno, a vsu-
de jsou pilni. Pekafi misi te-
sto, hji ma horke plechy, pra-
ska to pri tom zavinuji, re-
zou, formuji, klpi ma sebe Noj
zlutych, zelenych a rIzoyych
'kolacku, jez jsou jako mydla.
Pletar rohoGek fadi steblo na
steblo spojuje je ,dvema ze-
lenymi provazky, osmilety tru-
hlar reze pokojn6 a klidne te-
zka japonska pismena do razi-
|tka. DIeved6lnik zamestnaya sc
|vyrabenim cerpadla; klada le-
ii na zemi a on vytesava ostrou
|sekyrou dutinu. Zde tesar zri-
Izlje pred svou dilnou jako zna
rneni sve zrucnosti jskysi druh
chramove brany. z 'hladkych
oloupanych kmenn, tax krasne
a umelecky, re to je pro neho
nejlepsi doporuceni. Zvlast-
MIN zpusobem zformovane pa
rezy stoI zde ma prodej pro
trJhlare, kteri z Mich vyrabeji
fezby, hole a bizarni knofliky,
Ma kaEdem rohu ulice stoif lin.
rikise, a kuliove sedi raszemi
u maleho ohne, kouri 2 dymky
a neumdlevaji v6cne opakujf,
ce: "Riksav, gentleman Rik,
lsaf, mister? Riksaf. SIR
I Dsti pospchaji, matky koi
Esve deti chuzi. D9vcata ma
il dlouhe, rovne zastiizene ku
Gerry cerne drdllky, mlads
Ehosi jsou .iaIko mniSi 6strlhani
FObcas Me vid9ti tonsuru, jake
Idle pfedpisu. Deti jsou nose
my v raRcich ma zadech, a ca
|sto jsou to docela mala d6vca
ia, jez vlaSi Sve mladSi soMro
,lzence ma zadech.
/ Nevid6l jsi jich? Prave jdol
dy6 male, Gist st'ounke tanecnis,
mimo, a pohhzeji na tebe I'VE
dave.e Jeiich ruk&vy jsou Jake
p.stra kfidla vazek.
/ K tomu ke vsemu jsou ulac.
Cd shora az dolu pokryty ma
ftoucimi pisemnymi znackami
fsloupy $ napisy, taliiky, papi
[rove svitilny. A jest6 n6co mu
fsim fici, chci-h mluviti uli
cich: les telegrafnich tyci ta
Time sc podel .domd, c9sto tai
F1zky, re sotva jinrikisa mGz,
[projeti. kdyz telegraf a ele'
ktfina povstaly, byfo jiste ia
[ponsko napadeno zvlastni cho
ErOhOu. Tyte! KabelDve stOza
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LupN * stArs panns.l: Ne,
chci vaaaAo ziReta, slecno, dej-
ite sem jen pe,bize. "
w jste tdke tAkosx, iako
oStetui."
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S0O0 VyR6ZlI6 3 pOCaceI Sc
zp6t, jako hromem omraceny.
Rrzy vsak vratila Sc mu OBJ
vykla. jeho raznost q nedstup
most q on v1kfikl: Go ze pra-I
viS, nevdetniee?"
Lucie vsak ami Sc nehnula s
mha. nyhF4 znova q TO jestS
We vetsi vasnivosti volala: 'Bi-
dny. Rodl1 vrahu, tfikrat bid
my vrahu!" I"
"Ustah, bidnice!" I" zarval ma
mi Iakub Mellier, zlesti takfka
[cely ben sebe. Omen haneb-
mix te 'sveA Bylt' to. bidny,
zbabelf pado0ch, ktery zhano
bill cest mou a ia "a to, vyko-
NAL jsen ma mem pomstu svou"
ia jej ale railovala."
"Nestoudma! A ty Sc jest9
lopoyazuje$ Aanbu svou tax DIR
ze mi odkryvati!"
"Ano, nebot' milovalA jsem
jej made vSechno," vykrikla
Lncie.
"Toho nicen1u, toho vetro-
placha."
"Necht' 81, milovala jsen
ho 2 cele duSe sv&."
"Vzdyt' to byl jen zebravy
ltulak." <x..
INA to sc nepta nikdy milu-
Ejici divka."N
|"Oh, ty nezdarna niGemnice !"
Waikiki ma nj Jakub Mellier a
zaskfipal zuby. "T6dy jsi iz
klesla tax hluboko, re Sc svou
hanbou jests honosis!"
/ "Jakube MeAiere.'' kficela
Lncie zoufalosti premozena,
Ttakze ami nev6dela, co cini, a
pakrocila k otci svemu blize,
ivy jste nevykonal jeste dplne
svou pomstu - I ia jsem spo-
Fluvinnici - vylejte 81 jeste ma
mne vztek .svGjv'
T. ''Vztekle d6vce, nedrazdi
lmne jest9 vice"
"Nu a coz mi jest6 mlzete
luciniti. Zabte mne treba, ma
tom mi take pramalo zalezi, a
!, ,,spon ukoncf sc drive zal mIj"
| Jakub Mellier, vzteky cely
'takfka bez sebe, chopil Sc tez
, Ike dfevene stolice a mavnul il
tpo hlave dcery sve.
| v tom v$ak vrazil do pokoje
FPetr Rouvenat, ktery nemel
fvenku ami stani. Chopil prudce
Frozliceneho dvoraka "a ruku
"a vyrval mu z nj zidli.
/ "Dobfe taxi" di ma to ia
,kub Mellier, -zm6fiv pohledem
opovrzlivym dceru svou. "Bez
toho ia holka je silena, ze taxi
rka ami nevi ci cini."
| "Ano, pravdu jste del, jsem
silena," odpoved6la Lucie, "si-
lena nest 'astnou laskou a roz-
licena nevyslovnym horem."
"U'mirni Sc, pfiteli Jakube, "
prosil dojemnym hlasem Retr
Rouvenat. 'sNebud tax zatvr-
zelym a pomni, ze jest Lucie
tvou dcerou."
"Nemam z&dne dcery, jiz,
takova nicemnice nemlze BY
tt dcerou moji."
"Jakube, Jakube," koAejsil
fjej Petr, "snad necAces DO
hrozne noci dnesni byti jeste
nemilosrdnym? Tusim, ze bys
mel spise Lncii. paklize Sc ne
iefm provinila. odpustitiw
Mellier phi t6chto slovech Sc
chv6l .jako osMka a hezkou
t.chvii 'byl ma rozpacich, MALI
Ideh sv6 odpustiti, aneh ma-i
Sc il odfici. Konecne abe obra-
[tW sc k Lucii, promluvil:
"Pto pamatku TIVE nebozky
naatky. kteraz byla lena cti-
!, hodna a pocestna, chci miti 8
tebou ltrpnost. YMu tvou sice
!, ii nemohu nikterak odpustiti,
, weak doVoim ii. ze snis v do
,: me mem zIstati."
IVY zs chcete miti Sc mnou
!.ltTpuosts" /" odpov6dela Lucie
AlA 4 - -. -
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vysokych podpatcich. Vecer
pfichazi; ulice hemzi Sc swift
cimi lamp.ony a myriard'ami
zmatenych zahadnych zname-
mex, jez teprve ozivi, jakmife
lampy hofi. Lide sedi, ctouce
a piSice v kramech, bazary
jsou oblezeny.
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direktorem americke pomocnc
akce v Japonsku.
vysokych podpatcich. Vecer
pfichazi; ulice hemzi sc swift
|cimi lamp;ony. a myriardami
Fzmatenych zahadnych zname-
mex, jez teprve ozivi, jakmife
lampy hofi. Lide sedi, ctouce
La pisice kramech, bazary
jsou oblezeny.
Toxic je hemzici sc mrave-
|niste, milionove mesto, more nj
[zkych plochych Sedych strech.
Pok0usel jsem sc mnoho dni do
stati Sc re zmatku ulic ven do
[volne prirody, marne. Prisel
jsem vzdy znovu do novych ve-
|snic a NEST, We kterych sc to
hemzilo, klapalo, dupalo. ku-
hove zesinai, kdyz jsem ma
|smrt unaven vstonpil do jinri-
kise a fekl: Hotel. Imperial.
TO byl den cesty, jiste ze neby-
/ i nikde te casti mesta. Take
|zde byly hlavni hlice preplne-
my hotovymi lesy telegrafnich
Estozard. v srdci mesta stalo
Inekolik verejnych budov z ci
hel evropskeho .slohu, jatkam,
pemocnicim podobne. Do1no-
Frodci poukazovai ma to $ veli-
kou pychou, stejne jake ma e.
lektrickOu drahu, ktera proji-
zdi Tokiem ma vsechny strany
krok "a krokem. Citil isem Sc
Y Japonsku donna. He, zde kra
teeji diva panove MA ulici, hovo-
ri a nahle sc uklaneji jednou,
ale ne proti sobe, nybrz vedle
lsebe. Ma rohu ulice bavi sc diva
fmuzi z lidu, poskakuji ma pa
tach a ustavaji, mluvi-li. To
Use mi .nezda vice nicim zvlast.
nlm. Rozeznal jsem fysiogno.
Fmie, ba poznal jsem op6t hdi
ktere .jsem drive vid6l. Drive
Eexistovah pro mne jen diva ja-
ponske obliGeje, potom deset, a
nyni tisic. Mel jsem nyni veil.
kou technyku nastupov;ni dc
JlnrikiS "a louceni Sc s 6insky
mi krejcimi japonSkymi oh.
|chodnky S umeleckymi predm6.
'fty, ktefi oblehali mole dvele
1 Jednou prisel ke mn6 dokonce
|unelec tetovani, ktery mi pax
cht6l vypichati ma rameno ce.
kleho draka.
j .Prochazel jsem sc po ulici
'kdival jsem Sc ma hdi a ma zbo-
(zi v obchodech. Jeste jsem sc
Ftnedozvedel z echo ii lide ziji
ERyby, susene ryby, tax male,
Ize hyly jako chomac hrivy, ko-
lace, ktere piipominaly jidlo.
NJ bazarech videl jsem tucet ma
fini, zhotoveneho ciste a pro-
,lste z jedloveho a bambusove-
no dreva, jehoz dcel mne byl
Fproste nepochopitelny.
Mezi tim byla vsemozna @
Fvropska vetes: kloboaky, boty,
fhodiny, .revolvery. Vetsinou
meme cenne predmaty. Take
Ejaponske zbozi, nehlede k do
,,ccla jednoduchemu, bylo bez
IvktAsu q ohyzdne; onoho zka-
lzeaehos stylI odpadku, kters
|pfichazeji do Evropy nakla-
ldech lodi.
Jen jedenkrat potkal mue y
Tokiu wiz, epravdoyy kocar,
! a. dvenna, * annlil To tbu6 SKY
yO jedini kons, ktsrd jssaaEv IA
iponSku spatfil. Ma AazAku
|vedls kocSho sed6l bAzse) heers
~ ka4dem rchu ulca ssAk koMA,
pfsdb4h a volaL ahy kflo y
!, delanG Iaisto.
1 Bernhard KsSsrsl,aaan
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-07
Early DAYS Of the United States.

virtuous early geographers Of the
United States did not confine their I'M
f1attering portrayals to lards across
the sea. Benjamin Davies, In 1913,
had this to say about his own country
in Manners and Customs In the
United States"
travellers have observed a want Of
urhanity particularly in Philadelphia /;
and N all the capital cities an eager
pursuit OF wealth. by adventurous
spesulations In commerce, by land
johbing, banks, insurance offices and
lotteries. The multiplication of inns,
tavesss and dram shops Is an obvious
national evil that calls loudly for leg
lslasise interference for In no coun-
try are they more numerous or more
universally baneful. Schools are
spread everywhere through the we'll
settled parts of the country, yet the
domestic regulation of children and
youth Is not duly regarded"
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-07
LONG DISUSED, BUT NOT DEAD
Remain, Though They Arc No
Longer Called Upon.

Every person is a walking museum,
a living volume Of the history Of the
world.
Stand before a mirror and raise
the top lid Of one eye. AT its corner
you will see little fold of skin, which
cannot possibly serve any useful pur-
pose. 1t did once, though, for IT is
all that Is left Of semi transparent
third eyelId. such as birds and reptiles
possess, which could be lowered as a
protector when our remote ancestors
were passing through dense under
growth.
And whilst you are at the mirror
look at your ears. Just over the en-
trance of each Is little pointed flap,
which can be made to close the ear
If 1t is pressed backward with the
finger This was once a regular ear
shield, useful as protector In sand
or dust storms, or when its owner
took to the water.
A few people can still move their
ears. Each Of us possesses the muscles
whose duty 1t was two thousand years
ago to turn them In the direction of
sounds, or to wag them when flies
were troublesome. Though shrunk to
tiny remnants through long dlsuse,
these muscles remain.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-07
He Got tho Job.

The manager Of business house was
interviewing applicants for the post OF
night Waterman.
He was very hard to please and al
ways found something the matter with
each man.
One had brown hair, which the man.
ager could not stand another squinted,
a third was Irish, fourth too thin, an
other too short, and yet another too
tall
John Smithers heard of this as he sat
In the corridor waiting his turn to be
interviewed, and resolved to be pre-
pared for everything.
When his turn came all went well
There was nothing the matter with HIN
as far as appearance was concerned
and his references were quite In order
Now" said the manager, lis YOU
health quite soundT"
"Well, sir" replied John, II have only
one complaint
what is that?" said the manager
pricking up his ears.
Insomnia" came the reply.-Lon
don Answers.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-07
Lake, of Fire Ever Active.

The great spectacle of Halemaumau,
popularity known as the Lake Of Ever
lasting Fire." In Hawaii National park.
is again to be seen. In May. 1921. the
boiling lava rose slowly until within
40 feet of the rim OF the crater. Then
earthquakes opened subterranean
vents and the surface subsidized at the
rate of foot an hour until the whole
lake disappeared. leaving rumbllng
smoking chasm 1000 feet deep and
neerly- 1000 feet across. During this
sinking the walls Of the pit. lacking
the support Of the living lava, began
to collapse. During the subsistence the
old craters Of Makapuhi and Napau
became active, but did not continue
long. They are now dried out again.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-07
No Spouts.

Eight-year-old Frances has been
taught by her parents the art of keep
ing a secret and 1t irritates her to be
suspected Of telling anything she Is
asked not to tell. The other day she
was visiting Aunt Grace, who also
had young lady visitor. Aunt Grace
had warned Frances not to tell the
conversation. so she began to talk Of
things which were secrets when the
visitor looked at Frances and said:
Little pitchers sometimes have big
ears, my dear"
Frances looked back at her. YES"
she agreed lucidly, but that doesn't
hurt If they don't have any spouts."
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-07

Here's good one" said the man,
as he opened his desk. Just heard a
young bride telling friend that her
first breakfast in her new home was
a failure, because she had put too
much lard In the bacon" That's not
so bad" said the business woman.
Friend of mine once told me that the
doctors order that she eat more
breakfast meant that she would either
have TO get up earlier In. the morning
or fry the bacon the night before. az
she understood 1t took long time to
cook pork."-Detroit News.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-07
SOUGHT TO PRESERVE SOUL
Ancient Egyptians Had Firm Belief
That Another Life Followed the
Mortal Career.

When a person OF importance died
In ancient Egypt the embalming
process was soon started An Incl
sion was made with q stone knife
for some reason, metal knives were
never used-and the viscera was
drawn out. The brains. too, were re-
moved. The organs were preserved
in jars, which were inclosed in box
and put into the tomb with the
mummy.
Strong embalming fluids were
poured into the body, which was then
STEPPED In natron and left for 20 days.
After this 1t was washed and bound
with strips Of the finest FAX, strong
gum being used to secure the wrap
pings.
The mummy was first placed in a
wooden coffin. The later was de-
posted In another coffin, which In
turn was enclosed in a third. shaped
in the form of human being
The idea was that the soul was
Of the dead for period Of about TO-
600 years, after which 1t was sup
posed to return and look for its
earthly body. Transmigration was
imagined to have taken place If the
body decayed or was disturbed.
The elaborate precautions taken to
preserve the dead in those far-off days
arose from humble beginnings dating
back thousands of years, when the
dead were dried In the sun and placed
In vault containing a few flint in
struments and pot or two of foot
for sustenance of the departed's sou
on its journey.