davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-03-13

hove, ze BY sosva mohh postoapii-
Il Do cysst Tidy obecnk skoly.
Do ktreho, druhu zivnosef pa-
tif7 = SnAd do "svoboe}nych'' !.
To konetne molly by vefejnostii
sdsk6 ony okresni politicke spFa-
w, ktert nskterym z techto psout
.kafa vydaly povoleni k prout-
kafcni.
Jejich vshhs sifi .se vst;inou
tradici - &C jsou pfipady, kde
nabfzi proutkaf sve sluzby kopi-
royanymi i tistsnymi prospcky.
Tradiee> vsak ncjvice Jim pcslou-
Ii. Ovsem. ze pficini Sc vzdy
proutkaf sam, aby uvedl We zna-
most sve dobre vysledky - 0
spatnych ml6f on a postizeny tim
spise. jezto pfi ''hledani' .ztratil.
kdezto proatkaf vzdy zafidi vsc
tax. ably nasel. CO. hleds - peAf-
zc totiz.
Obec zamysh postaviti vodo-
vod a jde j v prve fads o vodni
zdroj. Povolat odbornikaS Sc boz
Iji. nebot' Sc slovem Il 'iinzenyr'
jsou v mysli mnohyeh lidi spo;e-
ny dosud hned zavratne sunny.
Nebo ma jjiiz sve zkusenosti a me-
chce Sc j vydavati penize ma po-
kusne prace, kterymi by Sc pfitom
most vody a jeji mnozstvi zjistilo.
Ten mzenyr prochodil ccls okok.
vystoupil ma skaly. prolezl lomy.
stanovil rozdily vyskove jednotli-
vych bodd v okolnim dzemi. po-
vahu nejbizsich vodoteci = to
jsou vsecko vsci. ktere Sc zdaji
mnohym zdlouhave a = pills
iednoduche. A ma konec "pra-
vdepodobns" ''vrtani' po-
kusy cerpaci" = to vse znamena
penize a dost pensz = a vysle-
dek: "pravdspodobne''
Zavolaji proutkafe. kterem
slysel nebo cetl nsktery z obsanl.
= Ten pride, vybai svoje prout
ky nebo vidlici a chodi sem tam.
Proutky nebo vidlice Sc chvsG.
vztycuji = nalezl vodu! Jde dal..
zahajuje znovu znovu svojji
praci stanovi. kudy tok podze-
mni vody Sc bere. = Nektery z
Mich ma take kyvadlo " mem
pry radium a tim stanovi j
lloubku. We ktere ie voda a mnoz-
styi jeii. - To je muz. jakeho
Sekali: voda je zde (kolik zarazi
do zeme). je We hloubce sest me-
trl (znacnsisi hloubku udavaji
malo kdy) a jest il tam 800 hl
denne! Vykonal svoji praci. he
den jest sve mzdy. - Tisic nebo
diva do kapsy a jde dale. Mnohdy
ne daleko. Pro obec nasel vodu
"a humny. jeden. diva vice SOU
sedGu nozadaji no. zda nenasel by
Jim vodu pro jejjich hospodafstvi
ma dvofe. nebo -zahrade. Ovsem
ze najde, proc by nenasel. A vir-
guile pracuje znovu a tobolka jest
o nekolik padesatikorun tszsi.
Nest'astn technik, ktery po
takovem proutkarri ma napravovat
hlavu nasim venkovanlm.- "a
DIV voda jje. ia sam jsem drzel je-
den konec proutkI a tady nam
sly vzdy vzhlru' "A takhle
te6e. "A tuhle tece druhy
pramen. Marns dokazujes.
ze chodi tn po zule, We ktere jjsou
I2O krokd nize vylamany bezvo-
de jejich s.udny. marns vysvstlu-
ies, ie neni mozno, ably "prame-
NY podzemni Sc v takovemto L.
tvaru kfiiiily. jak "vykolickoval"
proutkaf.
Souhrn: Neni mozno. aby
proutkaf naprostou Jistotou udal
misto, kde jest voda. jeji hloubku
pod povrchem mnozstvi!
Rekne-li proutkaf: "Zde jest
voda!" = pax mlze miti prav-
du, nebot' voda Sc v riznych hlu-
blnach nachazi urcifem mnoz-
stvi temef vsude pod povrchem
zemskym.
Rekne-li vsak: "Voda je te
te hloubce." pax klamc jine a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

Abandoned by the treacherous
Nunoz, his half-caste guide. and by
his Indian boatmen,' "to die like a
dog in the forest" the author
finds himself alone in the track
less wilderness where the swirling
tributaries of the Amazon come
foaming down from the Andes. He
was launched upon the return from
an expedition to Iquitos, in which
he had been examining the possibili-
ties Of aeroplane routes across the
jungles, at the behest of DR.. A.
B. Leguia, now President of Peru.
Before Munoz had finally van
ished, Mr.. Dyott had obtained the
satisfaction of shaking the hall
breed to q state of unconscious
ness, although this had profited
the author nothing but slight
relief to his feelings. For as soon
as Afunoa recovered somewhat ne
made good the threat of deser-
ton which cupidity and malice
had prom pted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

roof on posts. My conductor ex-
plains that this is where the band
always plays in summer. In fact,
they have a band concert every Fri
day. The town, he says, is very must
cal. He regrets, and I echo his re-
greet, that 7 can't stay till summer
and hear the band. The town. he
explains, is very different in summer
from what it is in winter. In sum-
mer, it appears, the leaves are all
out. Indeed in point of beauty the
town has been pronounced to be the
third most beautiful northeast Of the
Wabash.
My conductor halts the car a mo-
ment.
THAT statue" he says, Just over
a little to the left-no. turn your
head a little more, you're not seeing
it-that statue is George Henry Tay-
lor."
Somewhere in the dusk under the
trees I perceive what looks like a
large lump of cement, and know
that it is George Henry Taylor.
He was raised" continues my
guide. fright here in the town."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
less 7er1ors of Solitude Are Mqgnif1ed in His Maud

, with a broken branch sticking UP ut
one end, and I walked slowly back
to my seat.
TT began to look as if this indeed
= was to be my last resting place.
Nine days had passed since Munoz
had abandoned me in the forest. 7
had found nothing to eat meanwhile.
Physically, was very much weaker.
and the chances of being rescued
were daily becoming more rerhose.
Thanks to keeping quiet and not gst-
ting excited, was still in full pos
session Of my faculties. and my miad
was quite clear, but this state OF A.
fairs could not last indefinitely.
If help did not como soon the tirs
containing the statement Of my mis-
fortunes. addressed to Col. Soyer at
IQuitos, would have to be thrown into
the river on the chance OF being
picked up 900 or 400 miles farther
down stream and forwarded to their
destination.
BY this means I never hoped TO
bring any one to my assistance, but
did hope to inform the outside world
OF what had happened, and so contra
dict the stories Munoz would circu-
late. II could but be sure of their
doing that I would be satisfied.
Gazing at the river had become a
mechanical habit. 1 had almost
ceased to expect help in any shape or
form, and the prospects OF starving 70
death no longer caused me any alarm
I put in the time thinking OF my
friends and the pleasant events OF
long ago. Although the past was be-
coming more remote, it seemed to be
wrapping itself up moro intimately
with the future in a most remarkable
way. 1t was as IL my life was run
ming backward. a curious sensation
not easily described, but a feeling
somewhat akin to it Is experienced
when seated in a train standing still
in a station. On the adjacent track
another train starts to move. You
think it is you who are going back
ward. In reality It Is the other train
moving forward.
In similar manner, as looked at
life from the confined quarters OF
that gravel bar, imagined my world
was going backward, and that I was
acquiring a new faculty OF moving
out OF time with my surroundings.
Before long the past present and fu-
time would cease to exist, the clock
Of life would stop.
Copyright, 1924.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
Mosaic Glass.
MOSAIC glass is produced by ar
ranging vertically side by side

MOSAIC glass is produced by ar
ranging vertically side by side
threads or small canes of variously
colored opaque or transparent glass,
of uniform lnegths. so that the ends
shall form a ground representing
flowers, arabesques, or any mosaic
design This mass is now submitted
to a heat sufficient to fuse the whole.
all the sides at the same time being
pressed together 30 as to exclude the
air from the interstices of the
threads. The result is homok enous
solid cane or cylinder. which. being
cut at right angles or iateraily.
yields q number Of layers or copies
IF the same uniform design. This
process was practiced wiz great
skill by the ancients. who are sup
posed to have produced pictures in
this way; but in existing specimens
the pieces have been so accurately
united. by intense heat or otherwise,
that the junctures, cannot be discoy-
cred By even apowerful magnifying
Rk00b
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

to weaken me l could think with pre-
cision on most involved subjects.
Clear as my mind was, it was with
crouched every night under my rude
shelter of leaves. Back Of me lay the
silent forest with it's haunting men,
cries, in front the river, still waiting
with diabolical patience. Which of
the two would claim me in the end?
I knew not, cared not. My only wish
was to communicate the real details
Of my misfortune to the outside world.
Munoz would spread stories abroad
that / had died OF fever, or else been
killed by savages, and the thought of
it ranked within me. If I could but
inform my friends of what had really
occurred, what cared / about death so
long as I willed it? / would not be
drowned by the river or .strangled by
the forest. If I was to die at all 1t
would be by starvation. Life would
fade away as the morning mist at my
own bidding. The sensation would
not be unpleasant, now that the keen
desire for food had gone and / was
reconciled to an ultimate conscious
death undisturbed by horrors.
DCRING my entire sojourn in this
~ lonely spot there was nothing to
disturb my peace of mind except the
small flies, and they pestered me to
death during the daytime without In
remission. Small, stingless bees,
harmless, but daring beyond belief,
also made themselves objectionable.
They would crawl into my ears. up
my nose, or walk over any exposed
flesh with the greatest impunity. So
persistent were they in their atten-
tions that the only way to get rid OF
them was to slaughter them whole
sale.
Only once had I visible occasion to
be terrified. 1t was at night, when
a large jaguar appeared cut OF the
shadows, walked over my PROSTATE
form, shifted about and sat down
nearby. was literally paralyzed
with terror and could not move a
muscle.
The next morning l was inclined
to consider it a revolving dream. but
tracks in the sand soon disillusioned
me on that point and told their own
story.
1t rained heavily most Of the time.
generally at night, causing an I'M
utterable discomfort both in mind
and body. Drip, drip. drip. on all
sides. Hour after hour, with me-
chanical regularity that was enough
to drive one insane. The last sound
in my ears before going to sleep was
the rain dripping of my shelter.
Thank God" I said, 'T am under
cover; tomorrow it will be fine" and
with that thought l would close my
cars to the dismal noise about me.
In the gray hours Of early dawn
would awake to find the rain still
falling. For some time I would lie
quiet. listening to the unending. pat
ter on the trees. In an hour or so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
Wireless on Lifeb0ats.

A MoNG the many accessories that
"A have been provided on the gi-
gantic British steamer Aquitania are
two motor boats. as well as two ordi-
nary rowboats, intended to carry
passengers away from the ship in
case Of disaster. These boats meas
ure 80 feet in length, 8 feet 6 inches
in breadth, and feet inches in
depth. Each boat 10 equipped with a
thirty-horsepower oil engine.
A cabin is fitted amidships and the
forward end is divided from the larg.
er engine room by a soundproof bulk
head. thus forming q suitable room
for tho wireless apparatus which the
boats carry. This apparatus consists
Of a sending set, which will transmit
messages up to twenty miles, and a
receiving set capable of receiving
over a range Of 900 miles. Tho trans
hitting set has Z fixed wave-length
Of SOC meters. --
Although there ID nothing original
Incorporated in these sets. every eff
fat has been made 70 have them A.
sofutaly reliable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
PRESSURE OF LIGHT.

diminished, and it can be shown that
two bodies of the temperature Of tho
earth's surface and the earth's mean
density would neither attract nor re-
pei each other, If their diameter was
about one inch. The consequence of
this on a swarm of meteorites is OBJ
vious. 1t Is probable that this BAL:
ancing of gravitation and light pres
sure must be taken into account with
respect to the motion of particles sup
posed to constitute Saturn's rings. - *
When we consider the motion of a.
small particle round the sun, we have.
first, the direct pressure lessening
gravitation. If it has density equat.to
that of the earth and diameter one
thousandth Of an inch, the iesseaed
pull at the distance of, the earth Will
imply a frightening OF the year hy
nearly two days. ~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

THAT a ray of light exerts a
minute, but measurable pressure
on any surface on which it falls,
is now admitted by most physicists
1t was shown by Maxwell that theory
requires the existence Of such a pres
sure, and 1t has been detected ex-
perimentally by several investigators,
among them the Americans, Nichols
and Hall.
In England additional work by
Poynting and Barlow has added to our
knowledge of this interesting phe-
nomenon. They have shown that, just
as a sound is altered in apparent pitch
IL the source and the ear are in rela-
tive motion, so the pressure OF light
is altered in like case. The altera-
ton Of pitch Is known as the "Dop-
pier effect" after its discoverer. and
Poynting gives the similar alteration
Of light pressure the same name. CALL
ing It the "Doppler emission effect"
when the source is moving. and the
''Doppler reception effect" when the
receiving body is in motion.
In considering the consequence of
pressure IL IS HcCcSSdtS " Nho"
the temperature of a body exposed to
the SUMS radiation. 1t can be shown
that q small black particle at the dis
tance of the earth from the sun, has
about the mean temperature Of the
earth's surface. say 800 degrees abso-
lutte temperature, and that the tenn
perature Of the sun is about twenty
times as high, as 5000 degrees alb
solute temperature.
The direct pressure Of sunlight is
virtually Iessening Of the suns
gravitation pull. On bodies OF large
size this is negligible; on the earth II
is only about q forty-billionth Of the
suns pull. but the ration increases
as the diameter increases. and q par
ticte one forty-billionth of the earth's
diameter and of tho same density
would be pushed back as much as i,
is pulled In II the law held good
down to such . size. II the radiatins
body - diminished. the ratio Of. grav-
tlAaien DnN - ligAt push - similarly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

1t would cease, but for thirty minutes
water would continue to drip off
every leaf and twig of the forest.
Slower and slower came the
splashes, drip-drop-drip-dr till
the sun would steal forth from be-
hind the clouds and i would shuff,e
Off to my usual position on the
gravel bar to watch the river-to
watch for those Indians who must
eventually come along and rescue
me.
So the hours passed, lengthening
into days, until nearly a week had
elapsed. Frequently during that time
thought saw a canoe come ca
reering around the bend. For few
moments my hopes would run high,
then disappointment would follow as
/ realized my mistake.
On;the fifth day there was no doubt
about 1t, and the long-looked-for ca
noe was coming. Deliverance was
at hand. Down to the waters edge /
rushed, shouting and waving my
arms. Nearer and nearer 1t came, a
man standing In the stern, swaying
to and fro as his small craft rocked
in the racing waters. But, alas! 1t
was only another disappointment to
add to my already long list. It turned
out to be the trunk of great tree,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

and look at the deep hole in the
ground that is to be the foundations
of the new jefferson Hotel. All these
treats are denied to US; and my COM
panion is full of apologies for the hour
of the train and the shortness OF the
day and the defects OF the solar sys-
tenn.
pCT, if he only knew it. there has
~ been formulated within my mind
as we drove along some such speech
as this:
my dear sir. have now seen your
town, both north and south and side
ways. Don't you realize that your
town, seen like this, looks just like
any other town, except that in this
sort of weather your town looks
dirtier. dingier and less attractive
than most other towns I know. In
fact, I should say that it is probably
the third dirtiest and the second din
giest Of the Alleghenies.''
And yet. somehow, such a speech
Is no sooner formulated than it dies
upon the lip. At the moment when
am to leave my Snowman I realize
that, after all is said and done, he's
decent. obliging fellow and in his
way a patriot. He's proud Of his in
fernal town. And why not? What
sort of man would he be II he said,
I'D offer to take you around the
town, but it's a poor dirty place,
with nothing to see in it. There's a
soap factory and glue works. but
| what are they? And. anyway, you
can smell them from here"
And, what is more, I realize that
| in my own home town I do exactly
| the same thing. I take a stranger
| around the town in my car, and say,
| Now. if you will twist your body
| edgeways and put your neck out
| sideways, you'll get a good view of
| our car shops. We're the second"
] (Copyr,sht Ie24)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

n Offer
See here, now, if you have moth
ing particular to do after your bust
ness, I'll call around with car and
show you the town"
The man turns up right on time
This kind Of man is never late: and
he has hardly got me- into his car
and started backing away from the
curb before he begins:
Now that's the First National
Bank just across the street ."
He backs his car into a dray and
that silences him for a moment. But
only. for a moment.
That's Figgis's department store"
he goes on. there on the right. If
you'll just twist your neck out of the
window a little you'll see it better.
They say it's the third biggest de-
partrment store west of Pittsburgh"
1t looks to me just like all the
other third biggest department stores
that have seen elsewhere. There
is one in every town, and they are
all either east Of Pittsburgh or west
of It,
We pass on.
That's our Young Mems Christian
Association. They say it's the second
largest Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation building. northeast of the Ohio
river 1 wish / had time to take you
in and show you the swimming tank.
It's the second deepest south Of the
great lakes. A couple of the stu
dents were drowned in it last year
and one the year before. It's a
great privilege for them to have it,"
TT must be-"
''It is. Now that's the nail fac
tory. I suppose you know that this
place is the fourth biggest nail max
ing center in the United States.
rs 1t indeed?'
yes, it is. And that building to
the left-you don't see it very we'll
lean, your body out of the window
that's the soap factory. You will
notice a slight odor if the wind is
the right way
ut is the right way
Yes. that's the refuse from the
soap. Strangers often notice it. This
| place. as perhaps you know, is the
| third largest soap making"
Eyes, 1 know. T heard 1t is
IN the gathering dusk of evening
we pass the tannery. the abattoir
with the hog yards, the glue works.
| the dye works and the municipal
sewage farm. The Snowman tells
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
LET ME SHOW YOU OUR TOWN"
Stephen Leacock Writes About the Enthusiast

me how they treat" the sewage and
regrets that 1 haven't time to get
out and walk through it.
We turn back from the outskirts.
fNow this is the park that We
are passing now. I'm sorry it's get
ting a little too dark for you to see
it WE'LL
l become aware at this that we
are passing the park. ! had thought
it just hole in the town. There Is
inournfuI little open shed in the
center, u sort of platform with a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

This doesn't amaze me as much as
I would wish it to. To me he looks
as if he were raised on the town.
~ He was In business here. In fact,
he was the head OF that nut and
bolt factory that I showed you and
he was q big-spirited man: he was
one OF those who put this town right
on the map. He got US the State
Normal School here and he got US the
county Idiot Asylum and he nearly
got US the State Penitentiary. So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

after he died the town put UP this
statue to him."
And at that moment my friend
suddenly discovers that it Is getting
near train time and that we must
head for the station. We shall not
be able, he says, to take a look at
the First Baptist Church and to have
a peep at the pastor. nor to see the
new High School building, nor to go
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17

7 7 AS it ever been your fate.
IL when doing business away
from home, to have some one
Il Il offer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
ny G NJ. DYOTT, l.. r. &. S.

w HEN the silence of the for
est had once more closed
" u down on the scene l felt
absolutely heWildered and
Evening star., 1924-01-15
LODGE ADDS HIS PLEA
FOR GALLERY OF ART
Senator Declares Adequate Build
ing Should Be Erected in
Capital City.
SAYS IT Is NEEDED GREATLY
Would Have It Equal in Splendor
In Any in World,

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of
Massachusetts, republican leader of
! the Senate, is an earnest advocate of
the erection of an adequate building
for the National Gallery of Art, IN
Washington, the capital Of the ma
ton. In his opinion, Congress should
appropriate the money for the erec-
ton of such a building.
such 4 building is greatly needed
and the money so appropriated
would be well expended" said Sera-
tor Lodge today. Congress in re-
cent legislation has provided a site
for the national gallery building in
the Mall. near the other buildings
controlled by the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition.
The failure to provide a building
FOR the national gallery has made
it necessary to house the art treas
ures now owned by the government
in a part of the Natural History
building-except. of course, the Fre"r
collection, which has an exquisite
setting Of Its own, constructed out
of funds left the government by Mr..
Freer for that purpose.
I'VE should have in Washington
great national gallery of art build
ing. comparable to the National Gal
lery in London and to the Louvre
in Paris"
Evening star., 1924-01-15
ROADS MUST INSTALL
new SAFETY DEVICES
Order of !. G. C. Affects 90 Out
Of 108 Class-One Lines
in Country.

Nearly every large railroad in the
country will be required before Feb
ruay. 1926. to equip substantial por-
tions of its mileage with automati,
train control devices under the terms
Of an order issued yesterday by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
The commissions order approximate e.
iy trebles the mileage Of track on
which previous commission orders
have required such installation.
The order was addressed to 80 out
Of 10S class 1 railroads in the coun-
try. these controlling more than 30
per cent of the total rail mileage in
the United States. OF the ninety-two
roads. forty-five are required for the
first time to equip one full length
passenger division along their lines
with the devices. The other forty
seven. which have either installed
such devices on one division or are
engaged in so doing. are required to
make the addition on a second division
by the same date.