davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Princeton union., 1900-12-27
By Harold Mac Grath "

kofa inc IJr,,I
ed ha,. hecanse shas 1ou,d MT ss,,as,a
nv. income was on rod > Waai, IN, :,
advance and did NOT bother me- Al nj
This was the barrier . + nv lins Rnt
her .wn,nai,,s intui+inn nnst &, * toId
her that she was q, Dart#and narceis of
INV existence. IT 55ss ..Szs e- +
II had what Is called a forlorn hope
rich uncle who was 4 planter in Lou
isiana. His son and 81 were his only.
heirs. But this old planter had d NOR
tal antipathy to nv. side Of the family.
When nv mother. his sister. married
Alfred Winthrop in 1859. at the time
when the north and south were an
preaching tile precipice of civil war,
he considered all family ties obliterat-
When mother died, he softened to the
extent Of being present at the funeral.
He took small notice Of nv father. but
offered to adopt, me If I would assume
his name. I clasped my fathers hand
in mine and said nothing. The old
man stared at me for a MON ent, then
left the house. That was the first and
last time I ever saw him. Sometimes I
wondered If hey would remember me in
his will. This, Of course, was only
when. I had taken PHYLLIS somwhere
or when some creditor had lost pa-
tience.
One morning in January, five years
after nv second meeting with PHYLLIS.
+ I sat at my desk in the Office ut was
raining, a cold thin rain. The window
was blurred. The water in the steam
pipes went banging away. s. was COM
posing an editorial which treated the
| diplomatic relations between this coun-
try and England. The roar Of Park
row distracted me. Now and then T
would sgo. to tho window and nnnr down
on the living stream below A dense
cloud of steam hing over all the& civ
T swore some when the conv hny came
in and said that there were vet . col.
nmn and half Ia fill-ands that tha
foreman wanted 10 zsclose2 m tho nape
aarlv y The tr,,n ca,1sn of NV indisno.
sitionz was die To the =r,1mors rife in rho
| ofico sthat noornf,,o R,,r,ocrs ,rl,ic,,
emanatn from tha manao;no edito,,s.
room are l,s,1allv of the sort which hur,
den the subordinate ones With ANXIETY
The london corresnondent WAS ..qoino;
to n;acas ), Ha bad "a hlnd ,+hat ha : woe
snffar;ne, FROM narvo,,s nrosfra+;nn
s,,,,,,1 On, =,
months, Inave of ahsanon Fo,.s s.nnar1y, -
orc nro ostrat J, 1uo rood ..i7,.i,,1,u I,,,,
.I,oni1nn corrnenondnn+ 1uas a sIr;,1; on+
in,,rnalist no had ,yr;++on 4, 3 ~ +1,,n
, 1900-05-17
FATAL COLORS.

1t has been proven that soldiers are
hit during battle according to the color
of their dress. in the following order
red is the most fatal. Austrian gray
is the least fatal. The proportions are
red twelve, rife green seven. brown
six. Austrian. bluish-gray. five. There
is one other color, not mentioned,
more fatal and that is the pallor OF
weakness. If it has commenced to
paint its deadly hue upon your cheek,
and the stomach weakens and life
seems not worth living, go to the drug
gist and obtain a bottle of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. 1t will give you life
and energy. 1t does this by making tho
stomach strong and the blood pure. 1t
is ~unequalled for such disorders as in
digestion, dyspepsia, or malaria, fever
and ague.
, 1900-05-17
by Special Request"

In Kansas, a number of years ago,
there was a country editor who invari-
ably got full Just after his paper was
issued on Friday, and would stay in
toxicated until the following Monday,
then sober up and get out his paper.
One week he and the printer working
for him got on a big high-lonesome and
stayed that way till the next publica-
ton day. They sobered up and found
they were in a dilemma-paper day
10 type up and the previous weeks
forms not wen distributed, everything
was just where they left off the week
before. The editor scratched his
tousled head a few minutes, grabbed a
large composing stick and set in large
letters across the page: by request
of 300 prominent citizens we republish
last weeks paper" The problem was
solved, but everybody is still wonder
ing who were the 900 prominent citi-
zens," and why they wanted the paper
republished.-News. Davis. Indian
Territory.
, 1900-05-17
MENTAL NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS

Above the threshold of every enter
prise croakers have sat. and in the dis
NAL tones of Poe's raven, have mOnot-
onously repeated. 'Nevermore." A
magazine before us tells of the efforts
back in 1919 of Asa Whitney to inaug-
urate the commencement of a railroad
from the lakes to the west coast, how
he braved all %ridicule," but sectional
differences defeated his project" What
was a theme of ridicule then has ma
terialized into five transcontinental
lines, the face of the dreary waste has
changed into smiles, and what was but
a wilderness is now the seat of an EN-
pire, more splendid in its equipments
and more formidable in power than was
Egypt under the Ptolemies. In the
thought of mankind in general, the pur-
chase of Alaska was but a foolish ex-
penditure Of money for al iceberg, and
many were the silly jokes aimed at Sec
rotary Seward because of his glacier
reserve. But now ships cannot be sup
piled fast enough to carry away the ca
ger crowd that want to be challenge
fortune on the sands that the sea
sweeps in below the eastern abutment
OF the gate that opens into the Polar
sea. Sailors in straining their eyes to
catch distant objects out at sea-, become
"long-sighted." The trouble with insu-
H. -o~1o " IT. 49, ..-1t
edness. Not many people have enlarg-
ed their horizons since childhood. They
take in a city or a state or a country,
but the world outside is a blank to
them. While teaching a child geogra-
ply, II his seat faces the south and his
organ Of location is good, ever after
that the world will be turned round
and his geography will be like the
cooking performed by a Chinaman-it
, 1900-05-17
Luxurious Volunteers.

A good deal Of fun is being poked
at some of the irregular troops which
Great Britain has been sending to At
RIGA, says Leslie's Weekly. The Lon
don newspapers remark that some of
the volunteers from the city are in
GLIDING in their army outfits such
things as air-pillows, cork mattresses,
canvas buckets, water-flters, boxes OF
candles, pajamas. clothes brushes and
writing portfolios. Imagine the Amer
lean volunteers in the Philippines bur-
dened with such impediments! How
they would be laughed at! Imagine
the sharpshooting Beers, secure in
their trenches, being besieged by an
army ACQUIRED with towels, pajamas,
filters and canvas bath-tubs!
, 1900-05-17

.| 10 h, just Ike that of the man or wo-
who gave him his first lessons in
'ur. art. Explain to an Englishman
s. mo never left England until he reach
"a his majority. that either of half a
dozen states Of our republic is larger
than all the British isles put together,
and show him the figures to prove the
truth of IN" remark, and while he can
understand the figures, he will never
comprehend the fact. In the same way
10 tn" average nan the distance to the
Philippines is really incomprehensible.
To him il is on the worlds other side,
and that is enough. Tell him hat the
distance can be comprised in a few
days. and while he understands you,
still. his thoughts are grounded by the
III, utaI n'ar-sightedness of his boy
u0II. when it required three years to
make the round voyage. The change
from the whaler of 1880 to the steamer
Of 1900. makes no impression on him.
Iu the worlds advancement, the men
tai ncar-Sightedness of men is a stig-
ma which no Oculist seems able t. cure.
The reason Aston grew rich while his
.u,ighbur did not. was because his men
tai vision was ~unclouded. He heard
IT,, Columbia breaking on the bar in
his sleep. and he saw the western
wounds pcoplcd by ~fur-bearing animals.
He conquered the great river and
aurnr ,hr animals and succeeded.
rhr u.ar-sightedness of the soul makes
90 man an tuidel-he CannO see through
.u. spIr0I0rs Of the universe up to the
great cause: the near-sightedness of
the mind keeps a mortal a mere plod-
dor upon the objects his eyes first meas
.urrd. and this fact is the obstruction
in the worlds progress. 1t is the iner-
la Of the ordinary brain which moth
ny can Oycrcome.-Salt Lake Tribune.
, 1900-05-17
AUGUST FLOWER.

at is a surprising fact" says Prof.
Houston, that in my travels in all
parts of the world, for the last ten
years l have met with more people
having used Green's August Flower
than any other remedy, for dyspepsia,
~deranged liver and stomach, and for
constipation. I find for tourists and
statesmen, or for persons filling office
positions, where headaches and general
bad feeling from irregular habits exist,
that Green's August Flower is a grand
remedy. 1t does not injure the system
by frequent use, and is excellent for
sour stomachs and Indigestion" Sam
pie bottles free at Frank H. Eggles-
tons. Sold by dealers in all civilized
countries.
, 1900-05-17
THE FATE OF ANDREE.
search to He Made THIS Summer at King
Charles Land, Beyond Spitrbsrgen.

No hopes are longer entertained
that DR.. Andree and his two compan-
ions have survived their attempt to
cross the north polar area in a balloon.
Sir Martin Conway voiced the general
opinion when he wrote in the new In
ternational Geography" that IAN at
tempt by the Swedish engineer, An
dree, to cross the north polar area in
a balloon must be classed with the
mysterious tragedies of exploration"
Another effort will be made this sum-
mer, however, to ascertain the fate of
the explorers by following up a clew
that may prove to be important. On
September IL last year a buoy was
picked up on the north coast of King
Charles land, eighty degrees north
latitude, and twenty-five degrees east
longitude, which bore the words on a
nickel plate "Andree's Polar Expedi-
ton" 1t was taken to Stockholm I'M
opened, and there 1t was proved to be
what Andree had called the North
Pofe Buoy" 1t was the buoy in
which he was to place a message and
drop it when he passed through the
north pole. 1t was opened in the pres
ence of several arctic experts and
members of the government, but no
message was found in 1t. There was
a coating inside the tube that seemed
to resemble paper, but a microscope
cal examination showed hat 1t was a
growth of algae. The experts agreed
that it could not have drifted from the
n~eighborhood of the pole to King
Charles land. There appeared to be no
reason why it should have been
thrown out empty and the view forced
itself upon all that it vas 4 part of
the wreckage of the expedition. This
Is the clew that it is proposed to fol-
low up. 1t is thought hat the expedi-
ton may nave come to grief lot far
from the place where the buoy was
found. Next summer a Swedish Rus
sian expedition is to go to Spitzenberg-
en- to relieve the party hat has been
spending a number of months there in
the work of measuring IN arc of the
meridian in that high latitude. The
Swedish steamer that will be part OF
this expedition will make a detour to
King Charles land and carefully search
the entire neighborhood for further
traces of the lost party. 1t is thought
to be highly probable hat more
wreckage will be found and perhaps
considerable light thrown upon the
fate of Andree and his men.-New
York Sun.
, 1900-05-17
OUTDOOR RECEPTIONS
TO BE HELD BY MR.. AND MRS.
JOHN r. M'LEAN
At Their Country Place Friendship"
Which Was Formerly a Retreat for
Georgetown Monks Mr.. Mclean in
Gas and Political whIrl.
washington letter.


A series of outdoor Saturday after
noon receptions has been planned for
the summer by Mr.. and Mrs. John R.
Mclean.
AS the noted Democratic leader and
editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer and
Mrs. Mclean are among the most
princely entertainers in this city of
elaborate and costly functions, it
would be reasonable to expect that the
summer receptions are being arranged
for the Washington world of fashion
and position. But they are not. They
will be outings for the people; they
will all take place at Mr.. McLean's
country place, near Tenallytown, a
suburb of Washington. The United
States marine band probably will be
engaged for the receptions, and on a
platform in a beautiful grove the gov
ernment's best musical organization
will play during all the waning half
Of the day of rest such selections as
Hold the Fort for | Am Coming"
The crowds will have the freedom of
grounds that comprise about seventy
five acres, which nature has enhanced
with many grassy slopes and shady
hooks. To these refreshing scenes the
people can go from the heart OF the
heated, red brick and asphalt city in
half an hour by electric car and i'm
mense crowds are expected, because
there will be no formal programme,
except that of the music; no limlta-
ton in the invitation. as regards race,
color or position. AS soon as spring
comes, and she seems to be in no hur-
ry at all this year, the outings will be
announced by Washington pastors
from their pulpits. 1t is believed that
the response will be as prompt as
widespread.
The country place which will be
used for these outings Of a semi-relig-
, 1900-05-17

eous mature is called "Friend5hip.' 1t
formerly was a retreat for Georgetown
monks. Then, by way of ontra 81, it
became the property and home Of
the Country club. Later a Richmond
CVa.) syndicate bought it, and two
years ago the place was snid to John
R. Mclean, who will cause it again 20
be used for religious purposes.
1t was reported that the open-ajr
Sunday receptions were to take place
at Beauvoir, a beautiful country home
near Washington. But Beauvoir has
been leased to Mr.. McLeau's brother
in-law, Admiral Dewey, for the sum-
mer. The property is owned by Fran
els G. Newlands, the millionaire young
congressman from Nevada.
Mr.. Mclean, though known through
out the country as a DISTINGUISHED Obi
oan, spends a large part of his time in
Washington. His residence, a few
blocks north OF the white house, occu-
pies nearly half a block, and in the
course Of every social season is the
, 1900-05-17
THE DIGNITY OF AGE.



When a man first begins to realize
hat he is growing old, he is likely to
fall into a mournful frame of mind.
But If he be wise, he will soo realize
that there is a dignity about old age
which may be coveted. And wen If
he can not reach this sound conclu-
sion, he can at least acquire the grace
to yield to the inevitable and make
the best of a bad bargain. OF course,
the weakening of the powers. and the
dread, not of death, but of the ability
to care for oneself are calamities. And
all the philosophy OF all the men that
have written on this subject is power
less to make people view these things
with equanimity. But in this case, as
in most other cases, much depends on
the individual. A man who has lived
a clean and honest life, who has served
his generation faithfully and well.
who has not sacrificed his youth and
early manhood to the getting and
boarding of money, who has made
friends on his way through the world,
and who has done good, as far as it
was within his power. to all with
whom he has come in contact, may
well look forward to old age az a
crown to a successful and honored
life. Such a man is never forgotten
or neglected. And when he ONE to
die, he learns what many young men
doubt, that there is in the world such
a thing as friendship. Such old men
have always been a power. They are
looked to for advice and counsel. Their
judgment is trusted, and their disin-
ter%estedness is never questioned.
, 1900-05-17

The manner in which the United
States cruiser Atlanta has been recon
structed shows how thoroughly the
lessons concerning the danger that
turks in woodwork on warships, which
we're taught by the battles of Manila
and Santiago, have been needed. In
place of the former wooden bulkheads
in the Atlanta, corrugated metal is
now seen. The wooden panels of the
asbestos and non-inflanmable paint.
Wood is rigidly excluded, even in the
shape of furniture, and desks. chairs.
hunks and frames are all composed OF
metal.
, 1900-05-17
\ WOMAN'S GRATITUDE.


Butte, Aug. 26.-Newbro Drug Com
pany. City. Dear Sirs: For several
years | have been troubled with dan
druff, causing me much annoyance, and
my hair became very thin. | have used
Newbro's IIerpicide for a month and
the dandruff has entirely disappeared
and my hair is becoming much heavier
than formerly. New hair is growing
where there was none, and l am very
thankful to you for the benefit | have
received from Newbro's Herpicide
Very Truly Yours.
MRS. C. b. FOSTER,
No. 9S5 Utah Ave. Butte Mont.
, 1900-05-17

1T is with a good deal Of pleasure
and satisfaction that l recommend
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy" says Druggist A. w.
Sawtelle, of Hartford, Conn. "a lady
customer, seeing the remedy exposed
for sale on my show case, said to me:
I really believe that medicine saved
my life the past summer while at the
shore and she became so enthusiastic
over its merits that l at once made up
my mind to recommend it in the fu-
ture. Recently a gentleman came into
my store SO overcome with collie pains
that he sank at once to the floor. l
gave him a dose of this remedy which
helped him. I repeated the dose and
in fifteen minutes he left my store
smilingly informing me that he felt as
well as ever" Sold by F. H. Eggles-
ton.
, 1900-05-17
Farming on the Yukon.

Two American women conducting a
mission school on the Yukon. 1,5OO
miles from it's mouth, tested the Alas
ka climate last year in kitchen garden
ing, beginning operations in the
ground May 16. In spite of a |" of
in midsummer, they harves &c
bushels of potatoes. 500 cabbages. sc
bushels of turnips and a few bushels
of carrots. The strawberry bed sci
out grew finely, but the crop of Der,
ries was destroyed by mice.
, 1900-05-17

Leonard Weber of Brentwood, Eng
land, is perhaps the youngest living
life saver. He is g.. The life he
saved was his still younger brothers.
Near where these boys live is a large,
deep pond, and n day while they and
a lot of other children were romping
there the little ~3-year-old Weber
tumbled in and went down III of
sight. His chums were panic-stricken,
and most Of them ran away, cream
ing, but Leonard Weber made a dash
into the water and scrambled around
until he found the little body, which
he dragged to land before life was sx-
tinct-
, 1900-05-17
Books CHEAP
5 for 10 cents.

Any five of the following paper-cov-
cred books may be had for 10 sents at
The Republican office. Be careful to
make your selections from the last is
sue Of the paper as the list is becoming
rapidly depelted:
IA. King Solomon's Mines" by
Rider Haggard.
AT. Lady Grace" by Mrs. Henry
Wood.
AS. "Averil," by Rosa Nouchette
Carey.
A12. "The Black Tulip" by Ale1an-
der Dumas.
A1S. THE Duchess" OF The Ouch
ess.
A16. "A Study in Scarlet" by A. Co.
nan Doyle.
A1s. THE Armorer Of Tyre" by
S%ylvanus Cobb, Jr.
A24. "Mr. Nelson's WILL" by H. RI
der Haggard.
AIS. Jennie Harlowe," by w.
Clark Russell.
A26. "Beaton's Bargain" by Mrs.
Alexander.
A30. Flower and Weed" by Miss M.
E. Braddon.
ABB. mo Thoroughfare," by Charles
Dickens and Wilkie Collins.
ABB. "The Great Haggarty Diamond"
by W. M. Thackeray.
ABS. "a Little Rebel" by The Ouch
ess.
A39. Master RockefelIer's Voyage"
by W. Clark Russell.
A45. "Dansbury House." by Mrs.
Henry Wood.
A53. Grace Darnell," by Miss NJ.
E. Braddon.
Ass. King Arthur" by Miss Mu-
lock.
Ass. "The Sign Of the Four" by A.
Conan Doyle.
A5s. Pretty Miss Smith," by Flor
ence Warden.
AGO. Christie tombstone" Charles
Reade.
AGA. "The Risen Dead" by Florence
Marryatt.
A70. Crawford" Mrs. Gaskill.
A72. "The Gold Bug and Other
Tales" by Edgar Allen Poe.
BIG. Hoyle on Games.
B7. Mrs. Partington's Grab Bag.
BS. The Ladies' Model Fancy Work
Manual.
B9. The Family Doctor Book.
B14. The Reliable Book of Outdoor
Games.
BIS. How to Secure a Business Edu-
cation at Home.
BIG. The Practical Horse and Cat
tie Doctor.
B23. The Wilder Doodle's Love Az
fair.
1926. Popular Plays and Farces.
B29. Guide to Horticulture.
B30. Modern Etiquette.
B34. The Art Of ventriloquism.
B35. The Ladies' Guide to Beauty.
B37. Phrenology Made Easy.
BIS. Sea Yarns.
B42. Snap Shots.
B43. Lessons in Short Hand.
, 1900-05-17
ON VDR BOTTLE

or Shiloh's Consumption Cure is tnis
"All W ask Of you IL to
use two-thirds Of the contents of this
bottle faithfully. then II you can say
you are not benefited return the bottle
to your druggist and he may refund the
price paid" Price Is cent?. 20 oeats and
l1.00. F. H. Egglestca. druggist
, 1900-05-17
TELL YOUR SISTER

A Beautiful Complexion is an impossi
hillty without good pure blood. the sorI
that only exists in connection with
good digestion, a healthy liver ant
bowels. Karl's Glover Root Tea acts
directly on the bowels, liver and kid
neys keeping them in perfect health
Price rs cents and so cents. At Franz
II. Egglesnu's
, 1900-05-17

w. S. Musser, Millheim, Pa, saved
the life Of his little girl by giving her
One Minute Cough Cure when she was
dying from croup. 1t is the only harm
less remedy that gives immediate re-
suits. 1t quickly cures coughs, colds,
bronchitis, grippe, asthma and all
throat and lung troubles.-A. H. Cor
diner, Druggist.
, 1900-05-17
POLITICAL NOTES.

Aguinaldo's next bit of encourage
ment will be carried in the Kansas City
platform.
The political organization that de-
ponds upon unrest and discontentment
for its success is an excellent thing to
deprive of power.
The value of raw sugar in the coun-
tries of it's production was rs per cent
higher last March than the average
price in 1897.
Republican legislation has tied our
hands; we could do no great amount
of harm in four years" Are the voters
prepared to turn the government over
to men who come to them with such
appeals?
The Kentucky democrats may find
the locking up of a republican MAORI
" ii ldlI'l NootlN AiN
they are don with it.
Whether it is better to keep on pay
ing 5000. 900, 900 a year to foreign ship
owners, or legislate so that American
ships may earn that money and keep
it at home, is one of the things con-
gress will decide before Adjournment
The closing of a mill opens a fresh
petal Of democratic hope. Fortunate
ly few such openings and closings are
taking place these days.
A Kansas editor has referred to the
Hon. Champ Clark, as "a diamond pin
in the shirt front of freedom Those
who have witnessed the n in
which the gentleman from Missouri
hops about from issue to issue are
disposed to regard him as a sort of a
lynch pin in the shirt front of flea
dom.
The unusual enthusiasm shown al
recent state conventions, and the earn
est efforts put forth to get places on the
ticket by the republican candidates
form good evidence that they are con-
WINGED that this is a winning year.
**
Notice has been served on the gold
democrats that. if they will return tc
the fold, the Chicago platform VIII Dc
order of the subjects treated, n II
they insist on still further n
those having the matter in charge may
shift the 16 to l plank round so as tc
read 80 to 2. But all backsllders VINO
come in under this new confession o.
ance before they can hope to have {
place at the pie counter.
"
The democrats are very much IN nee'
of a few more principles and a te"
less eXpediencies.
With our iron ore in the GROUND
, 1900-05-17

II had stomach trouble twenty years
and gave up hope Of being cured till l
began to use Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It
has done me SO much good I call 1t
the savior of my life" writes W. R.
Wilkinson, Albany, Tenn. It digests
what you eat.-A. H. Cordiner. Drug
gia.