davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times., 1898-01-27
Stanton wouIdn'i

from the indianapolis JOurnaJ
The application of maj who wanted 10
be chaplain in the Army during Mr. Lin
coln't administration was recently rernd.
Attached 20 IL are a number Of indorse-
ments which are not only interesting In
themselves. but aid in disc closing the char
acters OF the two men whose influence
largely nodded the policy ofthc Government
those turbulent times. The Endorsements
read as follows:
Dear Stanton: Appoint this man chap
lain in the ATmy.LA Lincoln.
Dear Mr. Lincoln.-He > is not a prea cher
f. NJ. Stanton.
The following Endorsements are dated a
few months later. but com, Just below:
Dear Stanton: He is nova Lincoln.
Dear Mr.. Lincoln: But there is no va
cancy.-E. NJ. Stanton.
Dear Mr.. Stanton: Appoint him chap
lain-at-large "A. Lincoln.
Dear Mr. Lincoln: There is no warra mt
OF law for that.-E. NJ. Stanton.
Dear AIR. Stanton: Appoint him nyhow.
"A. Lincoln.
Dear Mr.. Lincoln: will nOt.--E. NJ. Stun
ton.
The appointment was not made. hut ths
papers We're filed in the War Department.
where they remain as evidence of Lincolu's
friendship and Stanton's obstinate nerve.
The times., 1898-01-27
\ rortt.f,ojored Heroine

There seems to be something the mat
Ter with the telegraph editor of one of
the Chicago papers. A lady over in
Vienna has been the occasion of con-
siderable comment for the reason that
an Austrian baron committed suicide
on her account AS the public natur-
ally is consumed with curiosity on such
an occasion. this telegraph editor en-
gagged in a laudable information cam
paign with the ultimate view of discov-
ering what there was in the lady to
cause such thing to happen. He dis
covered the following facts:
Her tan. slender and elegant figure.
magnificent golden hair and large blue eyes
soon won for her the title of die schoene
Amerik anerin.''
She had u rich olive complexion. dark
melting eyes and black curly hair Her
form was perfect and her costumes superb
If the Austrian baron had been run
ming a freak museum the affair could
easily be explained. People with two
kinds of hair and eyes-four eyes-two
blue and two black, and one pair. at
least, of these eyes given to melting
are very uncommon in this world. The
only way in Which an ordinary indi-
The times., 1898-01-27
NOorhees nnd DAVIS.

(FTOU the New York sum
Col. Dick Bright has been sergea ant-at-
arms of the Senate for many years. and
has known many famous men. Il thins
the funniest thing that ever happened in
the Senate" said he the other dav. was
when David Davis was president pro tere
Davis was Of enormous build. and weighed
over 500 pounds. but he had reularka hlv
small head. Now the late Senator Yoor.
hees, Of Indiana. had d very large. head
He nad TO get his hats made u order.
and wore a seven and three ai;frter size
One day Voorhees, entered the Senate in "a
hurry 10 write letter He went t. Inn.
desk. which was next To the c5rrid9r He
put new silk hat on tn floor by the desk.
and some one passed and miSta king TIE
nat Tor cuspidOr used it as such Wfef,
the Senator discovered it he was eDra gel
lhe story went over the chamber and
everybody but VOORHEES, laughed lou. il
IOf n long time One morning Mr. Davis.
who was very irritable at times. entered
tie senate. and every one "A " that he
was ruffied up. the weather being very
dfsagreeable- / was sitting at riv ulaf.,
and he called 70 me and said. .The,e
III
here. wish you would restore niiet
1 looked at the galleries. and sa that
everything was orderly up there, and
told him that the noise was ma de bv tb..
Senators themselves. Mr.. Davis said: Yes.
| guess that is So Then. looking down
to where Voorhees, and Garland aud sorf,s.
others were talking. he said: 1t does
seem queer that men who are elected u,
such high office have not enough manners
to be quiet Then he added: Il wish Y,,u
would 60 down and tell Voorhees, that |
am glad that that fellow spit in his hat.
j went down and told Voorhees, so that an
heard it, Voorhees, flew into a rage. His
eyes looked like balls of fire. Did he
Did Davis say that2' he exclaimed so loudly
that even the galleries could hear. Wen.
you 90 up and tell Davis that wish a
wet dog would make a nest in lis hat.
but that it would take mighty smaHpupto
get into it
The times., 1898-01-27
Advertising for n Toast

a chicago man has advertised that
he viii pay $50 for the best toast on
amy subject no matter what it is. I;
is not yet known what he purposes TO
do with this toast when he gets il. but
one may conjecture. 1t is for use: one
may be sure Of that. No Chicago man
would ever buy a toast at that price
merely as curiosity. There is nothing
Of the curio collector in the Chicago
ans disposition. He would rather have
string Of brand new sausage than
the best old toast that ever was put
together in happy moment, above
brimming glasses of old and rare wine.
among brilliant men who scintillated
wit as other men grind out common
places, after dinner composed of the
rarest and most wonderful delicacies
of a luxurious age. The Chicago man.
If he is caught in his pristine inno-
cence. would be likely to say that that
sort of thing was not filling.
No: when a Chicago man wants a
toast badly enough to pay $50 for it, he
sees. something which he can do with
II that viii benefit humanity here and
now, especially that particular section
of humanity which he calls number
one. That expensive toast, when he
gets it, is going to be served up while
Ii is hot. 1t will be learned by Aeart,
The times., 1898-01-27

in the first place, ard fehearsed with
the aid OF auFeloc a ter,ist who knows
how hey-idos yningf Z r fhe purlieus of
the rich and great, and then, at the
next banquet of the gilded rich which
this Chicago man attends, he will rise
and proudly give thas toast, and never
suspect that 1t bears the marks of the
shop. He will be as proud and as glad
as the small boy who recites an origi-
nal Grafton which he has surreptitious-
ly copied out of his big sisters 'Selec-
tions for Reading and Speaking" And
when he finds cut that he is found out,
his pride and seif-esteem will be just
as badly bumped.
No. dear friends; the custom of toasts
is a pretty one, and grew out of ages
long of good fellowship and leisure and
cheer and wiz but when these tid-bits
of the gods have to, be bought-hawkeo
around the street at $50 apiece-they
lose their favor There are a hundred
customs thus haliewed by age and hap
py usage which sit as awkwardly on
those who try 10 buy them and wear
them as would the skin of a peacock
on the carcas9 Of a turkey goobier.
There is no dishonorA in having risen
from the people and shaped ones Tor
tunes out of theirs, and the only thing
which many sef-made men really
ought to be ashamed of is this idea that
they have made themselves If. there
is force, or wit, or wisdom in them, be
sure it came, some time or other, from
these same forefathers of theirs. VINO
used if in hoaIlelier fashion. This awk-
ward shame of self-made men al
their origin is the real faint OF the
soil" which they got from some lore
father who was natural born nun
KEY. All this is a long way from the
Chicago mans toast, but ii is perfectly
legitimate to preach sermon over a
man who undertakes to have manu-
factured to order thing which should
be spontaneous in its growth and un-
transferable.
The times., 1898-01-27
Julian RaIpL'. Discrimination.

tFFoin the Detroit Free PresS.)
a year or two ago Harper's Weekly sent
out its staff correspondent, Julian Ralph
to visit the greater American universities
and prepare a series or articles upon them.
The University OF Michigan was one Of ihe
colleges on Mr.. RaIph's list. He arrived ~
Ann Arhor on cOlu winter night tired and
alone, ami was Immediately driven to the
city's first hotel. After a lite 70 eat the
famous correspondent bought local even
ing paper, ana settled himself in q big
leather chair near the radiator 10 XIII the
hours till bedt inie-
About 9OclOck dapper little chap wear
ing silk hat and patent leather sis0es wan
uered into the Offic and. moving nOnchai
antIy over To the clerks desk, passed hi.
eye down the page OF me register. He noted
MFR. RaIph's signature, ana after a short
whispered conversation with the clerk dur
ing which tine famous writer was pointed
out. he stroIled over 10 his chair and. pre-
senting q card between two el0ved fingers,
SAID: -'Aw, you are Mr.. Julian Ralph
believe. You VIII pardon Ine for disturb
ing you but !. too. am Journalist and
thought YOU might afford mc an inter
view-''
He got no further. Mr. Ralph glanced
up.
I'm sOrry,'' he said; I'm very tired.
and very busy, and, really. haven't any
thing to say. I'm glad 10 have met you.
Crestfalleu the young journalist passed
out OF the office and Air. Ralph resumed
his reading Of the local paper.
In about half an hour a young fellow
rushed into the office, and over 10 the
clerks desk. He wasn't particularly well
dressed His hands were grimy with the
black OF lead pencils a nd a shave would
have done his appearance No harm. He,
too, glanced down the pdg, Of the register
Noticing Mr.. Ralph's signature. he said 70
the clerk: say. jim. where's RaIpha,'
Over there by the radiator. replied the
clerk. softly.
Without further questioning the yGuae
man darted from the desk
say" said he. addressing the man "a
the radiator. are You Julian Ralph Y0a
are: That's good. want you 10 give me
an interview on japan I'm a newspaper
reporter"
"A what exclaimed Ra Iph. alrlos Jump
ing from his chair.
"A newspaper reporter, l said; didnI
You hear me-" remarked the young man.
I'm good aud glad tp know you, cried
Ralph. putting out his hand. You're hiss
the fellow I've wanted & see ever since
I've been in town. have something good
for You. Have cigar
And the young man with the grinIy ha nds
was given an interview that he sold roJ
S12.
The times., 1898-01-27
THURSDAY, JANUARY %. 1898
Snain and America

By way of acquiring proper informa-
ton on the subject. we desire again
to ask of President Mckinley exactly
when il was that the friendly relations
with. Spain. so brilliantly established
by the dispatch of the Maine to Ha-
Nana. were severed. and for how long
"a state of war existed between this
country and The foreign government so
ably represented i'm Washington by
Senior Dupuy de LONE
Ne must take facts as We find them.
Spanish comtesy-never at a discount,
except in cases whore women and little
girls are To be outraged and butchered
or the virtue of American ladies is to
be assailed by HidaIgo diplomats
comes to the front and assures us that
our Kindness in sendias the Maine to
Cuba viii be recognized in visits Of
Spanish cruisers to American ports.
This is proof positive that peace has
been restored. But vixen was it toffi-
cially) broken?
Authorities on international law are
All agreed that a state of war" is
question of fact. Mr. Mckinley, who
shares the view of lsis predecessor, in
sists that the right to decide that ques-
tion inhereS in the executive alone. 1t
follows. perhaps. thal such a state
might exist without anyone outside Of
The Administration and the other party
TO the Eosulities knowing anything
about il. Possibly this may be the
explanation. We may have been un-
dergoing the horrors of a sanguinary
war with Spain for the last two years
without our knowledge and consent,
If so. the facts have been shrewdly
concealed.
AS far as the country is able to judge.
the exterior phenomena were those of
alliance between Mr.. Mckinley and the
Spanish Government for the purpose
of defeating Cuban Independence. Our
navy has been apparently used in that
direction: and surely we have allowed
American citizens to be tortured and
butchered in Cuba without so much as
a protest. Our government has toler-
ated kind OF Spanish war on our
borders that no other civilized or semi
civilized government would have per-
mitted. and we have had repeated an
nouncements from the highest author
ity that nothing unfriendly to Spain
would be allowed inside or outside of
Congress. Only two days ago Senor
Dupuy de LONE is reported to have
cabled his superior in Madrid that
Judge Day assured him that the Presi-
dent would not depart in any way from
his past Cuban policy. Then where
was the war and how did the Presiden-
tial wisdom stop it, and in what man
ner did Nj Mckinley find means to
allay the wrath of Dupuy de LONE? !?
We know. incidentally, that the latter
threatened him and forced him to send
a Warship TO Havana because we have
been told SO by the Spanish Minister'S
Washington organ. But there must
have been other things We want to
know what they were, not because we
are inquisitive, but because it is sor-
roWful TO know that amicable relations
nave been resumed when we were not
advised that any other sort of thing
had ever been thought of
The times., 1898-01-27
sued Him for Not killing Her
,Fro,n the Pail Mall Gazette.)

tFroin the Pail Mall GaZette.l
Quite an unexpectedly prosaic turn
was given the other day, across the
water, to suicide a deuX that failed.
The parties had agreed to bring the mat
Ter off at Havre. am to make their NOR
tuary comfortable at hota, he was
already provided with a sword-cane, but
she seems to have expressed prefer
ence for a revolver. They went out after
what was to have been their last dinner,
and purchased the weapon, which, In the
privacy of their apartment, he presently
proceeded To misuse. He took, that is to
say, pot-sbot at her as she lay upon the
sofa and grazed her dilnpled chin. AS she
did not die, he came a little closer, and
fired again. This time he grazed her
damask cheek. Satisfied that all vas over
now, he shot himself in the mouth. No
fatal result follow ed and she, not unnatur-
ally, made q remark, whereupon he pro-
posed to begin all over again with the sword
cane. But she had had enough. and very
properly rang the bell and had them both
taken to the hospital In due course he
came before the assiZe court, and was,
also in due course, acquitted. Then, the
unusual thing happened. She sued him
civilly for damages, and the same jury
gave her ESQ directly, Thus, while they
acquitted him of the murder, they sub
stantially mUlcted hiiu for failing to COM
nit il. y
The times., 1898-01-27

If, as has been stated in a dispatch
from Nicaragua, our canal commission has
decided that the ditch can be built for
about threefourths of the original esti-
will be highly eneoura ged. Congress ought
to extend aid without any words about
it, on such a basis. sixty or seventy
millions should he ample to complete the
work i'll five or six years. 1t is good
time to push this ma tional project. Eng
land is too much eDtangIed elsewhere to
give us the trouble she undoubtedly would
at more propitious time for her.
The times., 1898-01-27

who go back to stay are not many You
can pick them out by their detected looks
They have not succeeded. They have found
that hard work Is just as necessary 70 get
along in the states as IL is IN Europe.
''The great majority Of the Immigrants
stay. ErOfn my observations Tor the last
fifteen years aboard ship, 1 think am
compel ent TO say that america gets the
very best of the European biood- DAVID
iers stay at home. IL is usually only the
energetic and adventurous that cut l9ose
from ties in the Old World. FOrty-siX
per cent Of the steeTs ee passengers nave
their passage to America PaiG by their
relatives or friends who have III a nea sure
succeeded over here. / think those who
have made go Of il deserve success,
because, as a rule, they have won il by
well-directed toll, or supcriO admins
trative ability.
The times., 1898-01-27
Who VIII Speak?
CFrom the New York sun.

tFrom the New York SUM-
Brobdingnag has ent cred the Senate in
the shape Of the pension appropriation
bill for the next fiscal year. Its size
is $40 900 900, or thereabouts- This Is
about s. 900 900 less than the Pension or
rice's estimate for the year.
There are several Senator's capable OF
Knocking the hurnbug and fraud and rob-
berry out of this swollen -Inisappropriatlon
Of the peoples money. There are sew
eral Senators, Republica MS a s well as DEM
Gratis. who have fhe knowledge of the
facts and the fearless patriotism, ana
the correct sense OF proportion whic!
qualify them 10 arise and tell the senate
and the country the exact. merciless truth
about this monster before he departs from
his annual visitation to the Capitol anu
goes to take possession of the Federal
Treasury.
VIII any Senator speak out this year?
The man who does that will rank as q
political hero of the first class. He VIII
deserve the nations gratitude, Including
the gratitude of every honest and worthy
pensioner, to q degree To which no states
man. financial expert, tariff sage or philo-
sophical reformer in the American Con.
gress has attained during the past ten
years.
The reform of the pension system is
coming. II Will come in the first in
stance through specific remedial legisla-
tion rather than by means of a direct
attack upon the annual appropriate ton
BILL Nevertheless, this is proper time
| for the hero and the patriot ia the United
States Senate to speak up, right TO the
monster $ face.
The times., 1898-01-27
The Story of the steerage.
From the New York SUM-

fFrom the New York SUM-
''There is a vast difference" said a n Of
ficer of a Cunard stea mstIip. "between the
appearance OF steerag ge passengers returning
to Europe and those coming to America.
ION the westward voyage the faces or the
immigrants are bright with expectancy a nd
hope. Some of them have doubtless lain
awake at,night drea ming of the new land.
You can see that they have been inspired
by the roseate visions painted for them by
their friends or relatives WHO have sue
eeeded ON this side OF the water! Those
The times., 1898-01-27
Bayard VS.. Cleveland.
CFrnm thc Boston JournaI.l }

TF TDIII tIIE fOStUH JUUIIdI.
EX-Secretsry Thomas F. Bayard still
stands firmto hsstatetnent Of last February
that the ultimate destiny Of Hawaii should
he annexation to the United States. He
may differ on this point from exPresident
Grover Cleveland, but he is in full agreement
with the declarations of fifty years of Ameri-
can Statesiuanship.
The times., 1898-01-27
Try Again, Mr.. DingIey. t.

from the Boston Traveler.l
This overproduction argument is a favor
ite, but none the less specious argument OF
politicians who are striving to explain why
legislation brings, misery instead OF pros
perity. Does Mr.. Dingley assert that more
cotton is grown and manufactured than
could be used to advantage by this country
were the people generally einpIo yed at a
living rate OF wages? 1t is not that we ha We
too much cotton, but that we cannot buy
all the cotton that we need That is the
whole story in a nutshell, whatever Mr..
Dingley may theorize.
The times., 1898-01-27

II would he travesty. upon justice if
the removal Of Mr.. Preston, director of
the mint, because he supported the gold
policy of his chief, Secretary Gage, were
no, followed by the removal OF the la tier.
1t was Gage, not Preston, who declared
to Congress that he wanted to commit
the country more thoroughly to the gold
standard" r-'
The times., 1898-01-27

Tie scene of friendly competition be
tween England and Russia is again shifted.
of arms AMI ammunition intended for the
Armenlans in Teheran and Ispahan. 1t is
said that the Russian government is in
clined to help the Armenians in Persia TO
protect themselves from the cruelty of the
Shah's government. England cannot
stand that. Insurrectionis an unchristian
thing. Better to suffer stripes or eXter
to Russian influence. How Well Charles
Dickens Knew John Bull when he created
the character of Mr.. Peck sniff,
The times., 1898-01-27
The End Approaches.

From the New York World)
The day If Cubas deliyerance draws
near. The policy OF cruel brutality and
wholesale 81 aughter has utterly failed All
that is necessary now is FOR civilized ma
tions to make sufficient show Of force
to prevent mad massacre of their citi-
zens at the hands of the defeated and
angry Spa niardS.
The times., 1898-01-27

French anil German warships al Havana
1t looks as If the spanishCuban bond
holders were active in preventing the
American people from interfering in Cuba.
The coalition of western Europe has abou,
the same policy as the un-American Adj
ministration
The times., 1898-01-27

There is a report that the British authOri-
arms, supposed to be intended for the
Afridis. IL is rumored that Russia VIII
be asked to explain. Perhaps the troubles
on the Indian frontier are not as com
pletcly at au end as the colonial office in
London would like the world to believe.
The times., 1898-01-27
FOrpetful,
From the Chicago News.N

tFrOm the Chicago NeWs.l
Those OF our contemporaries who are
gnashng their teeth over the Teller reso-
luton forget that the great American citi-
zen accepts silver dollars in payment of
debts. Is the Government W hich makes the
silver dollar any better than the America u
citizen who created the Government
The times., 1898-01-27

That brilliant novelist, DR.. Weir Mitch
ell, is very much opposed to the institution
OF founding hospital in Phila delphia, be
cause tie says II will be bad for the chill
dren. Some of the society leaders OF fhiia-
sssielphia are also opposing il en- the ground
that such institutions promote mmorahty.
This may all he true, and probabl is. A
founding hospital is not a very good
place to bring up a child. Children were
not meant TO be loved in platoons' as
the little girl said; they are meant to he
treated as little individuals in individual
homes, where they can be cared for and
petted aud made much of, and be or
some consequence in their smaltway And
1t is also true that some people are very
reckless. when they think they can escape
the consequences with great ease. But
while Dr. Mitchell is working out scheme
which Will be good for the children and
these Philadelphia ladies are deyising a
way To make grown people behave them
selves, what is to become of the children?
They seem to be very much in the posi-
ton of Ginx's baby. There are always
some people who will find fault with
those who are trying TO anieliorate the
condition of their fellow-men. Either they
think that il does no good {" these people
To be ameliorated, they think it could
be done better in another way, or they
do not believe in trying to help worthless
trash or they see grave social and economic
evils Which will be caused by charity
But if they think they can d0 any better,
let them try. Let them start charity
which will really do good, or let them
strive in every possible way t. keep thUse
dependent on them from ever needing
charity, and see il that will not do some
good. There is room in this world for
all the good that anybody cares, to do
personally and 10y proxy; and most people,
if they really hunt for it, can find some
outlet OF other for their sympathies and
their cash, which will keep. them 50 busy
that they Will not want to fiIid fault with
anyone else for some time tQPome.
The times., 1898-01-27

II the Government OF the United states
sends one warsbip to Cuba-a thing they
are no longer likely to do-Spain would
act with energy and without vaeillation.-
Madrid Heraldo, January 16.
Well
The times., 1898-01-27
a PecuIiarity of Mr.. Grinrs

from the Camden Review.l
Gov. Griggs wouldn't accept a hundred
dollar plate banquet. He believes in
democratic simplicity without any Re-
publican friIls
The times., 1898-01-27
y Biting Truth.
(From the Omaha Bee

(From the Omaha Bee.J
While sensationalism is no more aD-
propriate in the pulpit than i'll the press, il
is as eoumon in the one as in the other
The times., 1898-01-27
Like the good simple democratic ge

Like the good. simple fiemguat.c gentle-
man he is, President Dole begged that
his reception in Washington might be
without military display. All the more
power to him! We would have been glad
to extend all the honors and 10 burn a
lot of powder; but his In0desty and sim
plicity VIII make him al the more persona
grats.
The times., 1898-01-27
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

Four territories applied to the House
Committee on Territories yesterday for
admission into the Union as states
They were Arizona. New Mexico and
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, the
two latter as one State. The Demo-
Gratis on the committee voted for a
favorable report. but the Republicans,
fearing to aid, the cause of silver, voted
solidly against it, killing the PROPOSE
ton. If the bill had become a law six
more friends of silver would have been
sent to the Senate.