davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-01

to his own advantage in many bar
gain-but Wesley had, as though ma
ture provided special compensa ton
for the shortcomings Of personal at
fractions, a peculiar Indifference as to
exte rnalities, whether his own or
those of other people. He was one
of those people who could swap a
bushel of corn for a bushel of corn
and profit by the transaction, main
tanning a reputation for fair measure
and inch-for-inch honesty. lie re-
moved at 16 from Flat Rock to Shiloh.
He was rapidly advanced to $40 a
month and then to a partnership ia a
dry goods store He soon became sole
owner of the business. He added
line of school books and cOffins, -four
ished for ten or twelve months. in
sured verything and got burned out
He went to Fairburn lie fonrished,
of course. He expanded, as it were,
to the limit Of his opportunities. His
enterprise was a revelation to his
competitors. He had toys for Christ
mas, Valentines for the l4th of Feb
ruary, flags for the Fourth Of July.
There We're rumors that he had sold
whisky-very profitable that, because
very risky, the town and county being
dry-but the grand jury never did
anything with it; and Wesley con-
tlnued to prosper. He attended
church and Sundays regularly,
ingratiating himself to a degree with
the denomination that had most adj
herents in the neigh borhood. Event
ually he began specializing IN cotton.
He sent mysterious kilograms in
cyphers and received equally mys-
FERROUS answers. The telegraph OPP
orator told all about it, con6d en- TALLY.
The rumor was speedily corr oborated,
it could be IN none but a small
town where everybody knows every
body else aud every else's bust
ness
Fairburn held its breath a while
the expression is semi figurative
of course-in expectation of a catas-
trophe, the sudden humiliation of
Wesley Sterrltt. The negroes who
heard the white folks Whisper ng
about it. looked for the earth to open
up and literally swallow him up.
There was no financial crash. no
crack of doom. no sensation of any
sort. The man simply continued to
prosper The town rubbed its eyes
and looked again, to be certain Wes-
ley was still there, and then deliber-
ately settled down to the conviction
that he was a great dnancler-a man
who could hold his own IN conflict
with the money kings in Wall street
He came to be regarded as an oracle
in the matter of speculative invest
ments No list of trustees or directors
could be complete without his name.
He was offered the mayoralty and
declined the honor. His store burned
up. fully insured "a fact which some
envious people and the insurance adj
juster, referring to the similar ex-
perience in Shiloh, made a suggestive
coincidence-but Wesley collected the
money and removed to Atlanta. lie
started a business in Atlanta. He
was amply successful. He was dis
satisfied.
One evening. after good days
business. he went home in thought
ful, silent mood He had little APP
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-01

was a thrifty soul
and enterprising.
In early youth he
was a crOssrOadS
genius.
No casual OBJ
server would ever
suspect him of
shrewdness--a fact
which he fnrned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-01

w ANTED-Partner and As agents with a
little money. Guarantee SIOO per month.
an OF address l. e. Martin. Ohio House To
leka. Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-01

WANT ED position by a young man as
stenographer and typewriter; am also
versed in book Keeping VIII work for small
remuneration to begin with Address F E.
care journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-01

N-ANTED-Ao Dung lady to assist in care Of
two Chi dren. Apply with reference at
1871 Lane St
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-01

XKTANTED-A place TO work farm by
~ experienced farm hand Address C. X.
o. care journal Office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-01
wANrED-HELP.

w ANTFD-Fl derly woman to do light house
y work in country for board. A-B.S-JournaL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-01

WANTED-A competent white girl for gen
eral housework. At 1905 western ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-01

vINEWOOD & HIGHLAND PARK r.. r.
Trains will leave Quincy Street station week
days for Ninewood as follows 6:45. II 81. 1907,
5-41-
Trains VIII leave VineWOOd for Quincy street.
at 7-57. OF. 4-19 $50.
SUNDAY TRAINS
Leave Quincy street 9.19. 1876, 1851, I:5O.
3.O7. 4:24. 5.41. : 30. $40 $3.50.
Leave Ninewood 500. 11:16, 1890. $780, s:47.
5-O4. C.24-
Extra sunday trains Will be run according
to company orders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-01

M ANIED-Eyery one to use WashburD' {
pure apple cider. It is the best send or
oefs 70 50 Kansas ave. or P. o. box 266.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-01

NVA .s5ls = Kansas s89s sq Py or s' " candy
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25

viting field for the thinker who shuts him
self up in his study to devise plans for the
lettering Of the condition Of mankind. Men
who mingle with the world and who know
more Of mankind and the handspring of its
action take no stock In the theory OF man.
aging the railroads Of the Nation by a
popular vote. State ownership Of rail-
roads has prevailed to some extent in one
or two States. but the roads have been
run into deeper bankruptcy. The New York
Journal of Commerce. speaking of this the
DRY. which has been espoused by a num-
Der OF alleged economists in colleges. says:
1.-THE grotesque heresy has captured the
imagination of economic professors in OF .er
Of our seats OF learning, and the openness
with which some of them are ventilating
their theories implies a singular indiffer-
ence among those who select their faculty
as to the doctrines their teachers dissem-
mate" Perhaps trustees OF colleges have
come to the conclusion that 1t makes little
difference what is taught in economics. and
this view accounts for their singular in
difference.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25
JUDGES AS LAW BREAKERS.

The respite granted Prendergast by the
action OF a Judge who has nothing to do
with the case, and after the proceedings
and decision of the trial court had been
affirmed by the tribunal Of last resort, ex-
poses the weakness of the enforcement of
criminal law In some States in this country.
Last October Prendergast murdered Mayor
Harrison In a manner which betrayed plot
and its execution He may not have been
of sound mind in the usual acceptance OF
the term but he could attend to small
trade in newspapers, discuss current polit-
ical topics, and never showed any signs
of positive insanity. He was simply a
disputatious, disagreeable person, with the
usual amount of self-esteem and arrogance
Of the crank He knew that he was COM
uniting murder. There was not particle
of doubt regarding his guilt, and there
could be none regarding his mental respon-
sibllity. He was as responsible for the
murder of Mayor Harrison was Guiteau
of President Garfield, or, indeed. Wilkes
Booth of Lincoln. He should have been
tried, convicted and executed within thirty
days. not to crafty public vengeance. but
to terrorize scores of cranks, more or less
sane, who would find in leniency displayed
to Prendergast evidence that murder can
be committed without mourning the death
penalty. The whole matter OF his mental
condition was gone over in the trial court.
and the preponderance of opinion was that
he realized the nature OF tho crime he had
committed. Now. when the Supreme Court
had affirmed the sentence couple of law
yers step in and find an inferior judge who
grants an order Of respite. Could there be
a greater travesty upon courts and the adj
ministration of justice? And in the courts
that sort of thing appears to be recognized
as a judicial proceeding. If it is, the
judges in one court can be used to annul
other courts. II IL Is law for an inferior
judge to set aside the DEGREES OF the high
est tribunals OF the State. then 1t cannot
be far outside the law for mob to break
into jail and set prisoner at liberty.
1t is this sort OF performance by men
who have judicial power which has led
the mass OF well-meaning people to regard
with favor the execution OF murderers by
mobs. 1t is the feeling that the courts
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25

early $500 Harris would cut on the hu.
man tooth. kill the nerve, bore a hole and
insert a hickory plug. TO which he attached
the tooth Of a sheep. He first called IL
pivot" tooth.
When Neal Dow was chief OF the Port
land volunteer fire department some OF his
men complained about the strictness OF his
discipline. One OF them appealed TO the
Mayor once. saying: Mr.. Dow Is alto
gefher too strict. At the fire the other
night he ordered me TO go between two
buildings and their walls were likely TO
fall at any moment / wouldn't co. Ard
what did Mr.. Dow do when you refused TO
obeyg' asked the Mayor. "He fool
enough TO go himself"
Twas Easter services: her fair and soulful
face
Seemed quite the personation OF both piety
and grace:
And TO this day, when memory her VIM
some presence brings,
i think the thought her face first brought:
an angel, minus wings.
But was IL prayer she offered as in lowell
ness she sat?
All, no, She simply asked friend, Where
did you SCI that hatY
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25
LITERARY NOTES.

Walter Besants new novel has for its
title 1.-The Inquest of Office"
Conan Doyle is to read from his works in
this country next season. and H. Rider
Haggard is said to be contemplating SIM
liar campaign.
Marietta Holleys last book, Samantha
at the Worlds Fair" sold through forty
thousand copies the first three weeks after
its publication.
The title of Sarah Grand's new book,
which the Appletons have published 1t now
appears, is Our Manifold Nature" not
A life of the late Lucy Larcom is being
prepared by the Rev. Dulaney Addison. of
Beverly, Mass who asks for the loan of
letters in possession of her friends that
may be helpful to him.
New York Commercial Advertiser: The
poems Of James Whitcomb Riley, his pub
fishers say. sell better than those of any
other poet. The Hoosier poet has become
very popular with the masses in the East.
Mr.. Edgar w. Nye, better known as
"Bill Nye," will leave the lecture platform
In April, well satisfied with his gains, but
very tired of the continued travel and hard
work He has decided to devote himself en-
tirely to writing hereafter, and will stay
at his North Carolina home
Maarten Martens, the Dutch writer,
whose real name is ]. M. M. van der Poor
ten Schwartz, visits England every year,
and usually stays with Mr.. George Bent
ley, the head of the well-known publishing
house, who lives at Upton Park, Slough,
only short distance from Windsor Mr..
Schwartz writes English like a native.
Prof Richard Ely. of Wisconsin Univer-
sity, is about to issue volume on social
ism. This work, which has been in prepare
ton for several years, will treat the SUBJ
tect historically, descriptvely and critic
ally. 1t promises to be a notable addition
TO the literature of this topic, which is al
ready one of the most important questions
of the day.
Mr.. G. w. Smalley suggests in the Trib-
une that American and English publishers
adopt the French custom Of printing Sec
ond, third, fourth thousand on their books,
instead of edition, which is vague and may
mean anything from three hundred copies
to one thousand. Then we know where we
are" he says, land pretty accurate test
of the popularity and commercial success
Of the book is supplied"
Basque is a language without literature.
One of the few books published in it is
translation Of the authorized version" of
the Bible, the translator of which was the
late Prince Lucien Bonaparte But now 1t
appears that the Basques do not under
stand the dialect which the Prince made
use of. This incident bears out Voltaires
saying: 1.-The BasQues say they understand
each other, but don't believe them"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

All human power is a compound Of time
and patience.-Balzac.
Words are an amazing barrier to the re-
ception of the truth.-sydney Smith.
One day at a time. It's a wholesome
rhyme; good one TO live by. q day at q
time.-H. H. jackson.
Before any man can tell lie he viii
make some kind of excuse to himself for
doing it.-Ram's Horn.
In nutshell. Breckinridge's defense is: IT
am worse than some other people"
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Breckinridge's defense is contained in
Genesis, third chapter. twelfth verse.--Pitts-
burg Chronicle-Telegraph.
man may be absent-minded about al-
most everything. but he never forgets his
debtors.-New York Journal
Lord Steyne ought TO have pleaded that
he was led astray by Becky Sharp.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
When man past fifty hasn't had any
bad luck for three days ne begins to quake
and tremble.-Atchison Globe.
Mrs. Wings second husband attracts
more attention that s'the second Mrs. Tan
ueray."-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
We gather from the Democratic press
of the country an impression that the tariff
bill is not popular Observation-Disclosures
Post.
1t would be an act Of gentle courtesy for
railroads 10 give excursion rates 10 ldin-
many gentlemen leaving town.-Washing-
ton Star.
The field being pretty well covered by
Populist Governors, only one large circus
will travel in the West this year.-Kansas
City Journal
Love isn't the only thing that makes the
world go round. Old Soak says he knows
at least ten drinks that will do it.-Philadel-
phia Record.
blessings that we feel like taking a shot
gun to when they knock at our door.-New
York Tribune.
George Washington has been eulogized in
the English House OF Commons 1t took q
hundred years but he got there just the
same.-Philadelphia Press.
One never hears an apology nowadays
for the administration or Congress. They've
both got past the stage where apologies do
any good.-Philadelphia Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25
A DESIRABLE LITERARY CHANGE.

A floating paragraph announces that the
novel has passed out Of favor in France
so completely nowadays that all leading
publishers are refusing new books in that
line. In many respects France has led the
world in this line Of literature. French nov
elists are masters Of the form Of narrative
which holds the unfiagging attention Of the
reader to the end, they excel in subtle de-
lineation Of character. and in the repre-
sentation Of certain of the grosser human
passions they are unsurpassed. AS literary
artists they have no rivals, and yet their
novels, with all their merits, are extremely
unsatisfying to the Anglo-Saxon taste,
whatever they may be to native French
readers. For the most part it has suited
even the greatest of these writers to depict
phases of life with which the mass of peo-
pie have no sympathy and only recognize
as truthful by observation and not personal
experience. No doubt immoralitSN exists in
high life in France elsewhere. but it
is hardly possible that vice is the rule;
yet If French novels are to be believed the
Frenchman OF the upper classes is habitu-
ally unfaithful TO his wife. the wife is on
the alert for the attentions Of other men,
and conjugal felicity is the exception. Upon
the same authority the lower classes may
be assumed TO be addicted to depravity and
are virtuous only by compulsion- Balzac,
Dumas. lola, Flaubert, Daudet Maupas-
SAINT and the rest unquestionably made
their studies from life. the tales are real
istic TO an oppressive degree. but skilled
as they are. these authors do not take
wide range. 1t would not be strange II
a reaction had set in against these novels,
and that French readers had grown weary
of never-ending representations of Illicit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25

The experiment of using convicts for the
building Of roads has been So far success
full in New York that an effort will be
duced in the Legislature providing for the
appointment by the Governor Of high
way commission of three members to serve
for five years. The commissioners may
widen or close existing roads, and the State
engineer and surveyor shall furnish maps
Of the same. Whenever a road has been
completed through a county 1t shall there
after be county charge, and each county
may use the labor of tramps and paupers
in maintaining it On the requisition Of the
commissioners II shall be the duty of the
superintendent of prisons and those havieg
charge Of the several penitentiaries of the
State to detail not less than two-thirds of
the male persons in their custody to labor
on the highways designated by the COM
such manner as the commissioners shall
direct. 1t shall likewise be their duty to
provide suitable quarters and guards the
necessary working tools, to provide and
clothe the persons so detailed, and in all
respects to maintain such persons In like
manner as is now provided for their en-
ployment and maintenance in the several in
mitted. The advantage Of this kind Of en-
ployment for convicts is that 1t benefits the
public without interfering with free labor
1t may be that in this direction lies the
solution Of the convict labor question.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25

A few days ago paragraph appeared in
the Journal stating that Mr.. Clay Whitley,
of Indianapolis. had in his possession
Bible which he took from the library of
Gen. Stonewall Jackson at the time of the
burning of his house at Lexington, Va in
June, 1864, by federal forces under General
Hunter. This statement came from Mr.
Whitley, who further said that he took
the Bible as keepsake; that he had kept
1t all these years, and was about to return
it to Mrs. Jackson as a memento of her
husband. 1t now appears from note adj
dressed to the Journal by Mrs. Jackson,
that Mr.. Whitley was mistaken in certain
of his statements. The lady received the
Bible, but, finding no name or other indi-
cation that 1t ever belonged to General
jackson, but that another name, ct. p.
Lewis is written on the fyleaf, she has
returned the book to the sender She says.
too that General Jackson's house In Lex
ington was never burned, but is standing
to-day; also. that she was not in Lexington
at the time named. but in North Carolina
1t is probable that Mr.. Whitley was mis-
informed at the time as to the ownership
OF the house from which the book was
taken. and that the later inaccuracies grew
out of this error
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25
THE GREAT SPIRITUAL FESTIVAL.

Above all other Christian festivals Easter
typiies the highest spiritual element of
humanity. Concentrating the resurrec-
ton of the crucified One it also marks a
point at which all men and women not
wholly lost in worldliness must make pause
the higher life of the soul The affairs Of
this life are absorbing. The pursuit of
wealth, the pursuit of pleasure. the cares,
the anxieties. even the joys OF living, draw
the mind from contemplation of the things
which make for righteousness. Within GER
tain limitations this Is better so. since the
discipline of active life tends to more
wholesome development of character than
continual meditation upon abstract holiness.
but it is fitting that here and there along
earth's dusty highway each traveller should
step aside and consider the meaning of it
all. Easter symbolizes the emerging of the
soul from the trammels or the flesh into
an existence whose freedom and joy and
glory only be dinly comprehended. but
The faith in this heavenly future may
sometimes grow weak. but in the Easter
season it is strengthened. The rejoicing of
the oevout has it's effect upon the worldly.
but, apart from all formal observances. the
day itself has significance that impresses
itself upon the most careless of beings. 1t
is not the members of churches alone, nor
those of formal religious professions who
monopolize religious beliefs. In general
sense all the people of all Christian nations
are themselves Christians; that is they
cherish a belief more or less firm in i'm
mortality and hope that they may some
day reach the abode of the blessed. Into
whatever byways their minds have wan
dered they come back at last to the faith
have found no satisfying substitute. And
their mothers taught them that Christ rose
from the dead on Easter dag, and that be-
cause He lives they shall live also. Men,
cries. associations. early teachings and
secret confidence in the truth Of the beauti-
full story all go to set the day apart from
other days of the year. 1t is easy to believe
in immortality with the traditions of Easter
in mind; easy, too, because it comes with
that ever-returning miracle, spring. When
the grass grows green. the buds swell. the
flowers bloom, and earth itself is born
again it is not hard even for the skeptical
to believe that the human being has at least
the permanent attributes Of the rose that
dies but blooms again; to believe that this
life is but a phase of existence, and that
death is the life eternal" The celebration
of Easter is the celebration of the gift of
Immortality. and the flowers and the music
and the prayers are meet tributes to Him
who made known the gift to dying world.
Not adj the pride Of intellect, nor all the
accumulation of knowledge can so lift up
the soul above the WEAKNESS of the world
as an acknowledgment, even for the day,
of the beauty If not the truth of the idea
symbolzed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25

make political capital out of the fact that
the Illinois Steel Company's works In South
Chicago have resumed operations One Of the
workmen writes: eff you will take the
trouble to investigate the matter you will
find that although the Illinois Steel Com
pany has put at work about one-half the
usual force employed at their works here.
the persons so employed have had their
salaries and pay reduced to such a figure
that the former positions are hardly recog-
nized The fact of the matter is the mill
Is running with greatly reduced numbers
and at a cut in pay of from % to so per
cent"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25
Postmaster-general Bissell does not a,

Postmaster-general Bissell does not ap-
prove Of the postal carriers bill. which pro-
lie investigation of charges that may be
made against them. He says: 1T would be
demoralizing to the service. obstructive to
the postal laws. and unjust to the carriers"
The Postmaster-general thinks that in the
case of ordinary charges a carrier should
ton, but that the power of peremptory re-
moval in cases Of crime or neglect of duty
is necessary to maintain the discipline of
the service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25

The New York Herald, which helped elect
a Democratic President and Congress. is
making frantic appeals to the latter not
to ruin the Democratic party and the coun-
try. 'If two or three months more are to
be wasted in useless debate" says the Her
aid, then goodbye to the Democratic
party. Business will continue to suffer, the
inevitable consequence will be tidal wave
Of popular indignation against the Demo-
Gratis at the next election" The tidal wave
before 1t.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25

Colonel Breckenridge is strictly orthodox
and points with pride to his good stand
ing In the Presbyterian Church Once there
was an old colored man who had sex
perienced religion" but frequently back
slid When led into temptation he would
lie, steal. get drunk and commit about all
the sins In the calendar On one occasion
he rose in class meeting and confessed that
he had been worse that usual lately. Use
done had a tough time shore 'nuf. Ise
parsed thru de deep waters and dey's ober-
come me. Ise done broke all de command
ments. but Dress de Lord / amt lost my
religion" Colonel Breckenridge claims that
he has not lost his religion.