davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1924-07-20
What the Hand Reveals.
THE human hand. like the eyes, has

THE human hand. like the eyes has
a language Of its own and can be
made an Interesting study. The lines
in the palm deal solely with palm
istry, but there is still another
method OF character reading found
in the shape of the hand. and in this
instance thought may be centered at
first upon the fingers.
Long fingers denote perseverance
and ambition, while extremely short
ones indicate the habits of laziness
and Indifference. Those coming under
the head of medium in length lay
claim to vanity. The type thick at
the base of the hand and which
tapers to narrow point at the finger
tip usually belongs to a selfish and
unfcrgiving individual. contrary to
the person possessing fiat finger tips,
wherein a stubborn nature and strong
will is constituted.
The rarest kind of finger is that
which is thin at the top joint. spread
ing out toward the tip in a compare
lively thickened outline. Here we
Immediately discover elements Of re-
finement, intellect and determination.
in addition to strong religious prin-
ciples. The finger containing well
arched nails leads one to gather the
impression of deceit. whereas it is a
known fact that the owner of fat
nails is self-sacrificing and corsid-
crate.
At the muscular portion of the
thumb where it joins the hand one
can decipher imagination and ro-
manticism, in accordance with the
height of this particular part. Peo-
pie with no enlarged joint at this
spot are sorely dependent upon 9TH
ers and cannot think or act for
themselves. This somewhat corre-
spends to the side of the hand where
the small finger is connected, for
when placing the palm downward on
table the direct straight line gives
way to untidiness and curiosity, just
opposite in meaning to the curved de-
velopment determining neatness and
discretion.
Prominent knuckles have a ten
dency toward good fortune and
wealth, the we'll covered bones claim
ing the attributes of a struggling
existence and a profound self-respect.
Lastly, we define the hollow hand
or palm, the four points of which.
connecting all fingers exclusive of
the thumb) are prominently raised
so as to make distinct bumps upon
the surface. This sort unmistakably
belongs to the person whose head
governs his heart and who seldom
experiences regret.
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painstaking scientific research. No
table data are gained each year from
such vital experimentation. Mining
is annually made safer and simpiified
as a result of these tests.
]. ]. Jakosky, one of the federal
assistant engineers, has been study
ing the possibilities Of radio utiliza-
ton as an efficient signal and COM
munication system. He reports that
the development of line radio or
wired wireless" system. by which
trolley wires, compressed air and wa
ter piping, cables and similar car
riers" are utilized for voice-transmis-
sion purposes, promises to solve the
difficult problems of establishing
methods of communication between
underground workers and the sur
face which would be reasonably sure
to withstand the severe disturbances
occasioned by mine explosions and
other untoward sources OF accidental
destruction
This federal engineer. has latteriy
Evening star., 1924-07-20

chael Cation, Henry Walker, Benjamin
Taher, Robert A. Payne. Sidney Tall
bert, Thomas E. Clarke. Zacharia
Heyden, Rev. Charles A. Hall. Henry
A. Linger, Fielder Magruder. Thomas
Perkins. Alfred Grimes. Woodbury.
Wheeler, Moses Kelly, Mrs. Eliza
Henkins, John Fox, John Stevenson,
J. NJ. Koenig. Benjamin +. Wilkins,
William Schultz, Reuben Bearley, DR..
William Maddox. John Thorp. John S.
Dorr, Clement Thompson, Mrs. Henry
Hardy, John Marshall, Mrs. Ann A.
Livingston, Henry S. HALEY, Moses
r. Farnham and George Thomas.
Evening star., 1924-07-20
BY GEORGE III. DACY.


q PEAK1NG Of extraordinary oc-
cupations, that of Miss Mary
King Sumner of Washington is
one of the most unusual cata-
logued on the records of Uncle Sam s
voluminous register.
For a score Of years Miss Sumner
has been drawing wonderful pictures
of fossils, many of which are so
minute that she has to study them
under a microscope which magnifies
their size as much as $50 times.
These fossils are calling cards of
antiquity. They trace back millions
of years.
A queer work. don't you think. this
business Of studying these tiny shells
under great magnifcation and ac-
curately drawing their likenesses?
What is this artistic research for?
Every time one of the fifteen mill
lions of automobile owners i'll the
United States buys a gallon of gas
oline the need for Miss Sumner to
draw more Of her remarkable she'll
pictures is intensified. Every time
one of the 11O.OO0,00O residents of
this country burns another scuttie of
coal it is signal for this Washing
ton lady to resume her curious labors.
Whenever rock is quarried for build
ing or industrial purposes, additional
work accumulates in Miss Sumner s
studio.
Strange to tell, the venerable fos-
ci i1r y-h oh 1aIv St,11 y1l
takingly under the microscope in
order to reproduce on paper every
line and curve, bump and dent, crack
and crevice, are direction signs which
indicate to trained geologists-the
Evening star., 1924-07-20
z3 Years Without Water.

THE case Of a woman Of Sussex.
i England, who has not drunk
any water since tho great exhibition
Of 1851, has come to the attention OF
a London physician. While attending
her. she complained Of thirst. and he
suggested cold water. She then re-
lated that as a child she had visited
the great exhibition and had a drink
Of water that had made her sick.
Since then she had not had any water
and had got along very we'll with
out it.
Evening star., 1924-07-20

NOTENTIALLY radio will be used
r. to effect the rescue of thou
sands of entombed miners in
all parts of the world, as re-
suit of successful experimentation in
the national bureau of mines.
The horrors of being buried alive
hundreds of feet underground. where
rock slides, explosions, floods and
other mining disasters annually
stamp out the lives of many daring
workmen, will be reduced as con-
sequence of the adaptation of wired
wireless to the needs of our modern
mining industry.
This is the happy news which re-
Gently has come to the Washington
headquarters of the mining bureau.
Uncle Sam maintains a remarkably
fine experimental coal mine at his
Pittsburgh experiment station, where
his agents test out all the hazards of
modern mining in order, II possible
to lessen their risks and dangers by
Evening star., 1924-07-20

BABY crocodileS with eyeglasses
are among the chief attractions at q
park in Berlin.
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tional service which holds hundreds
and hundreds of underpaid experts in
Washington. Despite that she - IN
artist authority on extraordinary
work, despite that you could count
on the fingers of one hand others in
the world experienced in similar ac
tivities, Miss Sumner draws a pay
check OF less than S175 a month.
Evening star., 1924-07-20

THE most novel hunting in all crea
= ton is that done by the scien-
tiic Sherlock Holmeses of the Geo
logical Survey, who trek the potential
oil and coal fields of America, search
ing for specimens which Miss Sumner
subsequently, portrays in pencil draw
ings. If you think il is a soft snap
hunting for almost invisible speci-
mems among the sands, rocks, dust
and mountains Of the oil and coal and
quarry sections, just go out and try
the assigHment-and change Your
mind
Armed with field microscopes and
powerful magnifying glasses, the ma
tional experts, clad in boots and
khaki, search drill cores and min"
strata for their infinitesimallv minute
treasure. When they find any desir
ablesspe ecimens, they rescue them from
the adjoining masses of Heterogeneous
material by the use OF tiny cameIs
hair brushes. Coated with gum
arabic, these brushes pick UP the
specimens as neatly as a magnet at,
tracts steel parts from n junk heap.
The speck- size specimens are then
mounted on the tiny tips OF wooden
splinters and safely deposited in glass
Evening star., 1924-07-20
Nonesuch Ownership Is Traced
< TO Very Early Days by Rambler
Subject of the OF the Nature udent>

Y OC were at Nonesuch last Sun
v day, and 1 will be glad to
have you go there today.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30
The One Hope

We wonder jus, how successful
Senator Borah will be in his fight 10
keep congress on the job until relief
measures for federal project settlers
and for agriculture generally have been
enacted into law.
National political conventions are
not far away. And the urge that every
member OF congress feels TO attend
one or the other OF those meetings
certainly exceeds his Inclination to re-
main in Washington and while away
time on relief measures for American
farmers.
For it must not be forgotten that
the west in a decided congressional
minority What do New York con
gressmcn care for Idaho and e. prob
lens, WY sh 'uld senator who has
seen his pork barrel river and harbors
appropriation enacted into law be
oiheTed a mere detail like the amount
a farmer is TO be ra'd for a bushei
Of whcatS
Only one hing will prevent al
iournment before those relief bills are
passed. That one thing is pretty inn
poriant. too. and may save the west.
Il is the fact that this is election
year. The west is today recognized
as the political hub OF America. And
the hub OF America will probably be
well oiled before congress is content
to go to the voters this fall for ap-
proval OF its works.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30
McNary and Relief

Oregon doesn't want reclamation
relief half so badly as Oregon wants
new projects. hat is Thy Senate
Nc ,ary OF Oregon. chlrman 81 fle
senate irrigation committee insists Of
long n5ihing an i recommendations
are made hat Si.5o0.oO0 be appropr.ai-
ed for two new Oregon projects. the
Owyhee and Warm Springs.
Thee you are That seems the
-c-son. a. hsf uncovered Why the
enai IS doing nothing with the relief
measure based on the fact finding
commission report.
But President Coolidge has taken
a hand. Not one cent, he declares.
shall be recommended for new projects
Until reclamation relief has been dis
posed or Not 50 much relief in the
presidents mind. as radical revision
OF the reclamation law. Coolidge is
not sending good money after bad tie
wants before additional appropriations
az maui ~ lAA A|NldfAaAtNA R4A
business basis. And modification OF
the existing reclamation law along
lines indicated By the special COM
mission is essential.
Coolidge can't tell congress VIVA,
to do. Particularly this session. has
congress Disguised the nation by us
oontrary-wise position and action on
every one Of the presidents recon-
mendations and suggestions. Blu;
President Coolidge can tell the bulge;
bureau not to recommend reclama-
ton appropriations until reclamation
law has been revised. and there he
will be heard and obcyed
II senator McNary hopes to get
the Owyhee and Warm Springs ap-
preparations this session. the only ave
nue. open now is TO pass reclamation
relief first agd go after his new pro-
jecr later. McNary simply has the
importance Of The two things reversed.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30
Easy to Forget

President Coolidge has been ill
Not long ago this nation was wruno
with sorrow when Harding died. And
Woodrow Wilson. And many Amer
lean citizens declared that the time
had come when presidential duties
must be lightened. that the White
House is but death trap.
But We do nothing. Calvin Coo
hdge goes on. doing the inumerable
trivial things that should be assigned
TO a clerk drawing $500 per year.
wearing himself out And we do moth
ing.
One is minded Of something Thorn
as Marshall former vice president.
said:
The Indignation OF the AM
eriean people bears resemblance
10 a bottle Of soda waier-un-
corked II fizzcs for while
and then Subsidies.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30

Senator Gooding and Congressman
Smith are to be complimented for
their work in support of reclamation
relief. Instead OF shouting that con-
gress shall not adjourn until relief
measure has been enacted into law. as
Senator Bo-ah has done. these two
Idaho representatives in congress hav
put their shoulders to the wheel in
honest-to-goodness constructive ef
fort. Hard work is not spectacular
but it gets results.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30

Thus far we haven't noticed any
rush to the newly discovered old
Boise river placer gold fields. Bur
II you have any desire to get first
hand impressions OF the mining game
get ran and try your luck at wrest-
ing the willy golden particles from
Boise river sands. Perhaps after
ward you will be less anxious to buy
that mining stock which has been so
aitractively offered to you.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30
ASKED AND
ANSWERED

o. VIII you tell me II parquetry
flooring can be successfully made IRON
Southern Yellow Pine,
The L. ;. Department OF CON-
merce states TIA, practically all over
Europe where southern pine IS I'M
ported one iads very attractive par
quet flooring made OF this material.
Il also states that il IS astonishing
tia. southern pine pzrquetry flooring
has no, been used to a larger extent
in the United States.
0. What does Tammany mean
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30
Look Out, Lodge

Just what congress IS bringing ont
itself by 50 persistanilly and consis
family ignoring every wish OF Presider
Coolidge may be gathered from tn
bit from Massachusetts,;
Newspaper correspondents re-
porting the sentiment Of Massa-
chuseits declare that Senator
Lodge IS in great disfavor on ac-
count OF his failure 10 support
President Coolidge. who is also
from that state Lodge has dis
appointed the Coolidge people
regarding the World Court, the
soldiers bonus, and in his fail
ure TO help the President over
bad bumps with Daugherty. Ac-
cording 10 these writers Pres
ident Coolidge is being urged to
dump Lodge overheard.
Not for many years has the Old
Bay state had a son in the White
House. And Coolidge is popular al
home. II he says the word, Lodge
IS gone
Other congressman and senators
nay well consider Lodge and where
ne stands. not only to their own ad-
vantage, but TO the advantage OF the
country as a whole.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30

Perhaps there is something signi-
hcant in the fact that Andy Cump
and Senator La Toilette announced
their presidential candidates. the same
day. Each is equally likely to be el-
ecfed
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30

O Is bobbed hair going on, 81,
style: Is the average bobbed b,;-.d
girl considered a bit fast. Does a.
business man want a stenograobs,
with bodied hair,
Bodied hair has been accepted 50
many centers OF population. wbe-.
f, the style Is set. and from which
forms OF hair dress, ornamen.,,,o.
hats, and other detail. gradually blend
into the conditions OF differeu, n,-,,
OF the country. The discussion q,
bobbed hair may be likened 10 The
torrents OF arguments that surroundes
the wearing OF bloomers, kn;cke--
boxers, and outing suits that include
trousers few years ago. These dress
reforms now excite but little a,,e,.
ton particularly as adopted by young
er women and girls. Bodied hair has
no, arrived in many sections Of the
country, but the public attitude where
il is accepted, in cities like Washing.
ton. ID. c, may be stated. Washing.
ton IS more conservative cry than
New York, but in the National Can
iial very large part-perhaps a mai
ority OF all unmarried girls have heir
hair bobbed. This includes students
in the public high schools, the selected
private schools, colleges, and univer-
sites. as we'll as the young women
employed in the Departments OF the
Government; in fact. the younger wo-
men in every walk OF life. A year or
two ago there was some reproach-
some talk about only ''fiappers" hav-
ing their hair bobbed. But that is
all over, and citing Washington as a
fair standard. it may be said that the
best girls in the world have adopted
bobbed hair, and by doing so, made
il thoroughly respectable, and rec
ognized as good form Only a small
percentage OF married women have
,obbed hair. In the city OF New York
he situation is the same. except that
he age limit is higher; and married
women OF the best families are Weld
ng gradually to the comforts OF bob
,ed hair. Thus, the whole matter nay
,e summed up in the statement that
where the issue OF bobbed hair has
zen met, and fought to finish by our
'est young women, that the barber
las won. And with the victory re-
orded by the highest type OF woman
God. the custom is being rapidly ac-
opted, in the same way that dress
efrom gradually grew to look ali
ight."
Q. What year did the British
urn the White House at Washington
August a. 1914.
Q. How many houses were des-
Dyed approximately in the earth
nake and fire in Japan last Sept
nber?
The Capital Restoration Bureau
Japan gives the number OF houses
.stroyed as 293, 4s8. The burned
iildings have been restored by APP
'oximately so per cent.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30

Why can't one Of these steam roll
lers' be nsed 20 good advantage on orr
highways They are guaranteed TO
fiatien anything.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30

Q. Do the Egyp;ions who supply
the United States with Turkish Gig
arettes" themselves smoke Virginia
tohacco'
The native Egyptian has always
been a large consumer OF tobacco but
his tastes until recently have been al
most exclusively confined to Turkish
and other nearby tobaccos. During
and subsequent to the war large guam
titles OF cigarettes manufactured from
Virginia tobacco were imported into
Egypt for consumption by the Brit
ish military forces stationed in the
country. For instance. in 1920 and
1921 more than $4,000 pounds of Gig
areties were shipped to Egypt. almost
entirely from England. That the ma
tive Egyption is smoking more and
more Virginia tobacco is indicated by
the fact tina, the 1923 imports in
creased As per cent over the previous
year. and since all these cigarettes
were shipped from the United King
dom, it is very probable that they
we're manufactured from Virginia to-
bacco.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30

and how did Tzmmany Hall originate
Before the Revolutionary war there
vas an Indian chief who was so good
that he was popularity called Saint
Tammany. After the Revolution,
Tammany society organized in Phila-
delphia. A, the beginning OF the ad-
n;nistration OF President Washington.
William Mooney, an upholsterer was
instrumental in organizing similaf
society in New York. 1t was politi-
cal but not partisan. Washington de-
uounced "self-consti,uted societies
for their aid to the Whiskey Insur-
rection. This reproof shook the very
foundations OF Tammany. and Mooney
and others who adhered to the organ
ization turned it into the control OF
politics. II was endured ever since
and the modest old wigwam OF earlier
days WAS later replaced by building
on Fourteenth Street, where city and
State politics are made to feel the
power OF the most thoroughly organ
lied political machine in America.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30

O. What is the reason Tor =.
great increase in the use OF sugar,
The Medical and Surgical Iourn,,
says that sugar has taken the D,.,. :.
lis twin brother, alcohol.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30

Q. What river in the United
States is called the Dardanelles?
The Detroit river is sometimes re-
ferred to as the Dardanelles OF the
new world.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30

Q. What is cordovan leather;
Cordovan leather takes its name
from Cordova Spain. Cordovan is
tanned goatskin.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30

Ten years ago there were 4Os0oo
Ford cars registered in the In;,.s
States Now the figure is above
100000.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30
Q. What is monkey breads"

Q. What is monkey bread?"
The fruit of the haobab which
grows abundantly in Senegal is called
monkey bread" 1t is used by ma
tives for curdling milk and as a spe-
citic for certain diseases. The root
of the young tree is sometimes eaten
by the natives.
Q. What was the United States
cotton crop of 1928?
1t was estimated by the u. s. De-
partment OF Agriculture that the cot
ton grown in 1928 amounted to H.
100000 bales of 500 pounds each.
Q. How many lepers are there
in this country?
The estimate is 1900 to 1900
Q. How many Fords have been
made in ten years?
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30

Q. How many Fords have been
made in ten years?
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30

Q. What year did the British
burn the White House at Washington?
August "a, 1914.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30

Q. What does Tammany mean
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-05-30

Q. How many houses were des
troyed approximately in the earth
quake and fire in Japan last Sept
ember?
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-02
REspEor ZOE rAE aRAvE

1t seems almost to have become q
fetish In some sections of this country
to invade the resting places of those
on whom history has placed garlands,
exhume their bones and convey them
to some new shrine nearer the scene
of the deeds which made them famous.
This tendency may have been the out
growth of the more natural desire Of
gold-star parents to bring back the
bodies of their boys from the fields OF
France. II should be matter of sin
cere regret. however, that a shallow.
mawkish sentlmeN should disturb
those who have slept peacefully dur
Ing the storms of more than a cen.
fury. The records as written In his
tory's page cannot be enhanced by
the knowledge that the crumbllng
bones of patriot or scholar rest be-
meath new shaft dedicated to their
memory. One Of the first eases OF
this misguided zeal was the effort of
an American archeolOgist to recover
the remains Of Pocahontas from her
grave in an English cemetery. Time
had effaced the record of the tomb
stone and the activities OF the ex-
plorer violated the reverence which
the simple villagers had for the
graves of their forefathers. Official
protests over the dissertation of the
cemetery finally reached parliament.
Whether they sufliced to check the
opening Of graves Is not clear, but the
quest did not prove successful.