davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08
Npn ICTURESQUE SCENES OF THE OLD ST. LOUS OUTLINED
HM BY WINSTON CHURCHILL IN THE CRISIS" - -


GS sph "a
-, -. -, - --.I,m..
49, - -. ~ II. g..
boo,, aoar,.s It,. .na.--,. -. ~.
q. - ..ss-s. -
,e-, ,-,,.,,,, ,h.. 10. oon. :, :, -o,,r,.
~, ~. - Ca...ssp
~ .T,. go,
NHm,aNes nc
S.~~ =, ~. 1po
s.ns oe
iouo"eo. Inat scene oecuiseo. accofoins 70
ar. @hufchii' on the steps OFT n Court
house-'the east door or the Courthouse"
where 80 many auctions are held. II was
at an auction OF slaves thai the nero
and heroine first met and there thar an
eagonism oe'eiopeo "heh
changed mo d WARMER II
it eouio OF nisoe mo d 'iia
POINT 'ha' "ee'ns VI :. CIV
:. '.es
1nu ...s me- 49, ~. r,uass 90
~. 60. 80. v,r.,,i. c,rre, ~ 10,
.r,nso, c,oak standing IN N. foreground
II could be dramatic. but not true. No
Southern woman would ever have been
present. even for a few moments. at an
auction Of slaves. She would have fed
from such a scene as from the plague.
Indeed. the slave market was seldom men,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08

call me lfistah Johnson. Nistah Johnson
You amt gwire forget? Mistah Johnson
".FI remember she said"
A week later the Colonel and Virginia
were discussing birthday gifts. and Ned
ventured a remark about odd Marse Lud-
low"
NOW. Mister Johnson Virginia put in
severely. mo more about old Ludlow
Ned grinned from ear to ear. and in the
| ecstasy OF his delight dropped the CoIoners
| clothes brush. Ian sakes!' he cried, EFF
she amt rccormembered.' Recovering his
gravity and the brush simultaneously he
made Virginia a low bow. 'Mornin', Miss
jimmy. I sholy is gwinter s'lute you dis
day. May de good Lawd make you hap
py. Miss jimmy. an. give you a good hus-
ban'.'" o..
The Miss jimmy OF the old mans adj
dress to his mistress is much more natural
than the Jimmy" of the week before.
A bit Of local color of the past and pres
ent is presented by the author in his de-
scriptio1 OF the home Of Mr.. BrinsInade on
the Bellefoutaine road:
THE huge black town has coiIed about
the place. The garden still struggles on.
but the giants Of the forest are dying and
80 iLdu llSeil, Oicc luc
drives Of fashion. is no more. Trucks and
cars crowd the. streets which follow Its
once rural windlings. and gone forever are
those cornelX wooded hills and green pas
lures. save in the memory Of those who
have been spared to dream.
Still the old house stands, besrimed. but
stately. rebukins the sordid life around it.
Still come into it the. Brinsrlades to mar
rage and death. Five and sixty years are
gone since Mr. Calvin Briasnade took his
bride there. They sat on the porch in the
morning light, barking to the whistle OF
the quail in the com and watching the
frightened deer scamper across the open.
Do you see the 5ride in her h;gh-waisted
gown, and Mr.. Calvin In his stock and his
bIue-tail coat and brass buttons?
.Old people will tell you OF the royal hos
pitali;y then. Of the famous men and women
who promenaded under those chandeliers,
and sat down to the game-iaden table, In
1885 General Atkinson Z his officers
thought nothing Of the twenty miles from
Jefferson Barracks below. nor Of dancing all
night with the Louisville bellies who were
Mrs B~r.nsaade's guests. Thlther came Miss
Edwards Of Kentucky. long before che
thought Of taking TOR a husband that rude
man Of the people. Abraham L!nceiu."
One wonders why Nj. Churchill permitted
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08

smoking a cigar. This. indeed, was real
country"
In the days of which the author writes
Olive street. now far downtown, was the
fashionable residence street. With its
%neighbor, Locust street. Washington avenue.
and Pine, 1t knew the prominent people OF
the day. The Chouteaus and Mafiitts lived
at Sixth and Olive, and Eleventh and Olive
was far uptown. The Carvels lived in a
handsome home on Locust street, and Mr..
Brinsmade. who is thought to be Mr.. James
E. Yeatman in the authors loving por-
~traiture. lived On Olive.
It was out Olive street and the Olive
Street road that the soldiers marched on
their way to historic Camp Jackson.
"And now at last the city is to shake on
the dust OF the North. On to Camp Jack
SOM was the c-y. The bands are started.
the General and staff begin to move, and
the column swings into the Olive Street
road, followed By a concourse of citi-
zens awheel and afoo,, the horse cars
crowded. 800 Olive street. now paved
with hot granite and disfisured by trolley
wires, was a country road then. Green trees
took the place Of crowded rows of houses
and stores, and little 'bob-taiP yellow cars
were drawn by Flooding mules to an in
closure in a tinbered valley. surrounded by
q board fence, known as Lindell Grove. 1t
was then a resort, a picnic ground, what
is now covered by close residences which
nave long shown the wear CT time"
In the progress Of the war Colonel Car
vers house at Glencoe became a Mecca for
Southerners. They manage to slip through
the closely guarded line Of Northern SOL
diers-
Despite the pickets. the young men
filtered through daily. CT rather nightly.
Presently some Of them began to come
back, gaunt and worn and tattered, among
the grim carsoes that were landed by the
thousands and tens OF thousands On the
levee. And they took them toh. the pity OF
IT'D they took them to AIR. Lynch's slave
pen, turned into a Union prison Of deten-
ton, where their fathers and grandfathers
had been wont 20 send their disorderiy and
insubordinate nigsers. They-were packed
away, az the miserable slaves had been, to
taste something OF the bitterness Of the
rcgro's lot. 30 came Bert Russell to weller
In O low room whose walls gave out the
stssch Of years. How you cooked for them,
and schsnsd for them, Ind cried for them.
yeu devoted women Of the souths You
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08

shook him that she should be there calmly
watching such a scene.
Just then there was Il hush among the
crowd. The beautiful slave girl was seized
roughly by the man in charge and thrust
forward. half fainting. into view. Stephen
WINGED. But unconsciously he turned to see
the effect upoa Virginia Carvel.
'"Thanx God! There were tears upon her
lashes.
Here was the rasp of the auc.ioaeers
voice:
Gentlemen. I reckon there amt never
as this heah. Look at her well, gentlemen.
I ask you. amt she a splendid creature?'
Colonel Carvel. in annoyance. started to
move on. Come. jimmy he said. I had no
business to bring you over.
But Virginia caught his arm. Pa she
cried. it's Mr.. Benbow's Hester. Don't go,
dear. Buy her for me. You know that I
always wanted her. Please,'"
A Southern girl trying to drive a bargain
at a slave auction! 1mpossible!
The relation Of master and servant, OF
mistress and slave, close and friendly as it
was in most Southern families. did not per-
nit any such familiarity Of speech as tha.
indicated in this conversation between Viz
ginia and her groom, as they waited before
Mrs. Cclfax's home on the Beliefontaire
road:
Ned. who had tied Calhoun and was
holding his MISTRESS bride. shifted. He
had been Colonel Carvei's jockey in his
younger days.
tshucks.' he said. contemptuously. I
hoped to die befo' the dsy q amman ow,
er trottah. jimmy On'y runnin bosses is fit
70 gemmen.'
Ned said Virginia. I shall be is in two
weeks and a young lady. On that day you
must call me Miss jimmy
"Ned's face showed both establishment and
inquiry.
Jimmy, amt I nussed you always? Ain
I come Upstairs. to quiet yo' when yo.
nanny amt had no power ovah yo'? Ain,
l cooked TO- yo' end amt l followed yo'
everywheres since I quit ridin' yo' pas
bosses to victry? Amt l one Of de fam.
bly,? An yit 20 az me to call 20 Miss
Jinnyr
Then you've had privileges enorsh.'
Virginia answered. 'one week from TO-
morrow you are to say Miss jimmy
Use tell o what, jimmy hs answered
mischisvousiy. With m emphasis on the
word T'ss cau you Miss jimmy If you'll
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08

spent the long hot summer In town. and
every day you went with your baskets to
Gratiot street, where the infected old house
| stands. until-until one morning a lady
walked out past the guard and down the
street. She was civilly detained at the cor
ner because she wore army boots. After
that permits were issued II you were a
! young lady Of the proper principles in those
days, you climbed a steep pair Of stairs in
the heat, and stood In line until It became
/ your turn to be catechised by an Indifferent
young officer In blue who sat behind a
table and smoked q horr.d cigar. He had
little time to be courteous. He was not to
be dazzled by bright gown or a pretty face;
he was Indifferent to a smile which would
have won a savage. His duty was TO looH
down into your heart and extrac. therefrom
the nefarious scheme you had made to set
free the man you loved ere he could be sent
north to alton or Columbus"
Besides grim old Gratiot Street Prison
there was anothe, st. Louis house that was
important to st. LouisanS In this period OF
the Civil War. Mr.. Churchill has drawn its
picture so well that one can almost see It:
THE house which General Fremont ap-
propriated for his use when he came back
from Europe to assume command In the
West was not a modest one. 1t still stands.
a large mansion Of brick, with a stone
front, very tall and very wide. with an
elaborate cornice and plate glass windows.
both tall and broad, and a high basement.
Two stately stone porches capped by elab-
crate iron ratings adorn 1t in front and
on the side. The chimneys are generous
and proportional. In short. the house Is OF
that type built by many wealthy gentlemen
in the middle of the century. which has
stood The test of time-the only type which
il repeated to-day. would not clash with
the architectural education which We are
receiving. A spacious yard. well above the
pavement. surrounds 1t, sustained by a
wall of Dress stones, capped by An iron
fence. The whole expressed wealth. secur-
tty, solidity and conservatism.
ALAS. that the coal deposits under tho
black mud Of our Western States should at
length have driven the wonders OF these
houses cut Of them! They are now black
ened. almost buried In SCOT: empty, half
terunted by boarders. Descendants Of tho
old families pass them on their way to bust
ness or the theator with = Sigh. The sons
Of those who owned them have built west
ward, and westward again, until they arc
now six miles from the river"
A bit Of gossip about Grant, detailed BY
NJ. Churchill, may have been trua. Il =
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08

the story Of a conversation between Gram
and Colonel Blair.
A stranger spoke to Colonel Blair M
Stephen Brice's hearing: /.
Colonel Blair. my name IS Grant
The Colonel faced quickly about and AeldI
out his gloved land cordially.
Captain Ulysses Grant, said he Of
the old army? !
"Mr. Grant nodded.
"1 wanted to wish you luck he sasa !
you: Grant, answered sth0|
Colonel. But where are you living uoVtP
II moved to Illinois after I left n1resj
replied Mr.. Grant. as quietly as before, sandi
have been In Galena. in the leather busins9t
there. ! went down to Springfield wifi thof
company they organized in Galena. to b 81
any help. II I could. They made mo
clerk In the Adjutant Generals Office of a.
state. I ruled blanks and made out torn
Tor a while He paused as II to let IT,
humble character OF this position sink into
the Colonefs comprehension. Then thayi
found out that I'd been QuartefmasteF ~
Commissary, and knew something abouf
military orders. Now I'm a State mustaRI
ing officer. I came down to BeIlevillo Ia
muster in a regiment. which wasn't ready,
And so I ran over here to see what you
fellows were DOING :
IF this humble account had been -
livered volubly and in another tone, le
probable that the cftizen-Colonel woutd ~
have listened, since the events Of that -
were to crown his work Of a WHITES.
Mr.. Grant possessed a manner Of n6nan3
attention. II was very evident. h6ppNuE1
that Colonel Blair had other things u rkinla
of. Nevertheless he said. kindly:
AREN'T you going in. GrantT
"I CAM afford to go in as q Caponin q
volunteers was the calm reply. 4 aerVu6
nine years in the regular army. and I thtnk
/ can command a regiment
THE Colonel, whose attention was eaueA
away at that moment, did not reply. NJ.
Grant moved OF up the street SOM e
the younger officers who were there lauRh
as they followed his retreating figuu&
command a regiment cried oua =
Lieutenant. whom Stephen ~Tecogntooa -.
having been a bookaeeper at Edin0a
James & Doddington's. and whose So
uniform coat creased awkwardIy. E
I'm about as tit to command a regfmeSS -:
Grant is !
THAT mans 10 years old. II he's aAuS
out in another. 7 remember him 11kA
came here to St. Louis In "a, pIaSA~I
He out up a log cabin on the Gravk ~
and there he lived in the hArdese
any man I ever saw until last yeaxas n
It II not only the western and 49,
parts Of ST. Louis that Mr.. ChurcH ~
about in The Cris,s," but Germ
ST. Louis of that day, with It's loy5 E
citizens. comes In fO IT. share ofSS
cussion that embraces hot nty - ef
it, people. but tho iWportAnt (yeuaS
war on the 1issassippi RiysS -
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-05-04
A CURIOUS CASE.

Illinois forbids the sale of liquor on
Sundays, but the law is a dead letter
in Chicago. A man was arrested and
tried before justice last week for
it's violation, and his attorney advanc-
ed the surprising defense that it was
no longer the law, because continued
non-enforcement of statute for gen.
Grafton works it's repeal" The pro-
secution ridiculed this contention, but
the jurors acquitted the prisoner, not.
withstanding it was admitted that he
had sold liquor on Sunday. The Chica-
60 Tribune says they were ready to
accept any excuse for letting him go
because they, like great majority
of the adult males in Chicago, do not
believe the sale of liquor on Sunday
should be prohibited" Commenting
further, the Tribune says:
If man We're to be found guilty
of this offense in Chicago and the su.
preme court were to be asked to set
aside the verdict on the ground that
the law under which he was convict
ed had been repealed by common con
sent as to Chicago, that court would
make short work of the application
No such case will reach the court
however. Police court juries will not
find men guilty who are charged with
selling liquor on Sunday. Grand jur
les will not indict. If they were to
indict petit juries would acquit or dis
agree unless the jury were packed
This being the condition of affairs all
the attempts which we'll meaning peo
pie have been making lately to en-
force the state law against the opening
OF saloons on Sunday have inevitably
come to naught. They have wasted
/ time and energy which if devoted tc
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-05-04
MlNNEsoTA's PRIMARY LAW,

The primary election law recently
passed by the Minnesota legislature
is attracting considerable attention.
The law was tested for the first time
in making the city nominations in
Minneapolis last year and the results
were SO satisfactory that it has been
extended so as to apply to the entire
state. All elective officers are in
Guided in it's operation except judges
of the supreme court and the heads of
the state executive departments.
Except for the purpose of nominal.
ing candidates for these offices the
separate party primary and the party
convention will be abolished on Sept
l next. Thereafter nominations for
all local, county, legislative. congress-
ional and minor judicial Offices will be
made directly by the people.
This radical reform was the result
Of a general conviction that some
change in the method of making
nominations was needed. The success
Of law recognizing in this way the
right of the rank and file to have a
voice in the selection of their party
candidates, is the more remarkable
as the change was supported by no or.
ganized or systematic agitation.
The popularity of the reform arises
from a combination of four factors.
The most important of these is the
direct primary system and the popu
lar jealousy of political control by the
few. The second factor is the fail
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-05-04
THEY TEACH A LESSON,

April 10Th was the confederate men,
orial day, and there was apparently
no diminution in the popular obser-
vance of the day in the southern
states. That these demonstrations
are irritating to some of the veterans
of the northern army is undeniable,
but that there is no tinge of disloyalty
in the southern observance is equally
certain. Thus in explaining the
southern view of the matter the At
lanta Constitution says:
Thirty-six years have come and gone
since Appomattox, and under times
healing touch the wounds of war are
gradually disappearing from the hearts
of our people, as we'll as from the hill
sides and the valleys. Then why go
back into the past and brood over the
memories of an unavailing struggle?
This question is not asked in idleness
or in protest. Why do we decorate
each year the graves Of the con-
federate dead? Why do we keep alive
in our memorial observances the hero
ism and the fortitude of the confeder-
ate soldier? Why do we cherish the
recollection of the conquered banner
when we have sworn allegiance to the
stars and stripes? Because it is
right that we should do so. Memories
chasten and ennoble us far more than
hopes and such memories as the south
cherishes cannot fail to uplift. God
Himself has written upon our hearts
the command to honor our heroes, and
guilty of base ingratitude would we
be if we did not hold in perpetual rev
ence for the men who died for our
southland on the battlefield and in the
trenches during the storms of the six
ties. History furnishes no parallel
to the privations which the confeder-
ate soldier endured, to the dauntless
heroism which he displayed, to the
splendid victories which he achiev-
ed; and so long as the traditions of
chivalry and the legends of knighthood
endure, the fame of the confederate
soldier will go marching on. Again
the heaving mounds of earth which
contain the ashes of our southern de-
tenders are rich in patriotic lessons
because they teach that in the will
ingness of the Americans to die fol
principle are grounded the triumphs
of the nation in the conflicts which are
yet to come. Can graves anywhere
teach broader, truer, nob'er lessons
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-05-04

some other purpose might have &C,
complished some good. The first
duty of the man or woman who feels
impelled to become a reformer is to
learn to discriminate between re
forms which can be carried out and
those which cannot be, so as to steer
clear of the latter"
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-05-04

A socialistic colony is to be set up
in New Hampshire Religion, nor
clergy, nor lawyers will be allowed in
it. Every one in the colony will be
forced to work for a uniform rate of
wages, and those who are lazy or
prove themselves morally unfit will
be expelled.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-05-04

An Englishman who has been over
in this country for some years, met
a friend, another younger son last
night, one who has been here just
long enough to acquire that horny
hand which belongs to toll. After
greetings, Jack was asked what he
was doing here and said that the po-
sition held out to him was that of chief
of staff for a surveying party, but
that now he was "mucking" The
other fellow caught on after few mo-
ments and said "Why that's what we
call a scavenger in the old country"
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-05-04

ure of attempts to reform the con
vention system by the imposition OF
legal restraints, excellent so far as
they went, but inadequate. The third
factor is the test of the system in
Minneapolis, which proved the prac.
ticability of the plan and revealed the
eagerness of the rank and file to parti
cipate in making nominations. The
fourth factor is the improvement in
political conditions and in administra
ton, which in theory, at least, will
result from the change.
This last consideration appealed
powerfully to an influential class Of
voters. Though few of this class re
gard the direct primary as a panacea
they look for decided i'm
|'provement in the long run
They argue that by throwing
open to every candidate the chance
of getting a nomination and by doing
away with the necessity for trucking
to the professional wire-puller, self
respecting men with an ambition to
serve the public disinterestedly will
sooner or later get into the habit of
presenting themselves for Office and
by the force of their character and ex-
ample will raise the standard of char
acter in politics.
The distinctive features of the law
are:
First-Common primaries for all
parties concurrently and under COM
pulsion
Second-The combination of pri-
mary election day with one of the
registration days, which for the pur
pose is set back seven weeks before
election
Third-Regular judges and clerks
of election serving as judges and
clerks of the primary.
Fourth-The alienation of the
names of the candidates on the tickets
to eliminate all advantage of position.
Fifth-All the safeguards of the reg
ular election law so for as practicable.
To secure a place on the primary
ticket the candidate need only file
with the county auditor an affidavit
that he is member of the party
whose nomination he seeks, and a
bona fide candidate for specified
office. A fee of ten dollars for local
or county nomination, and of $40 for
an office voted for in more than one
county. is also required.
The important modification of the
Minneapolis law is the requirement
that the voter shall name his ticket
Under the Minneapolis law the voter
received one ticket of each party,
but by provision that only that tick
ct should be counted which had upon
it the greatest number of marks, am
pie protection under any possible COM
bination of circumstances was given
against the concerted nomination of
weak candidates of one party by vot-
ers of another. AS the law now stand
the voter is required to select his tick.
ct before the judges.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-05-04
MARY ANN, NY MARY ANN.

MARY ANN, NY MARY ANN.
Thine eyes once glowed with loving
light,
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann,
Thy red lips kisses would invite,
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann,
Thy teeth were white as precious
pearls,
The sunlight kissed thy golden curls,
O! you were just the girl of girls,
Mary Ann, My Mary Ann.
The birds would pause to catch thy
song,
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann,
AS breezes bore the notes along,
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann,
In dumbest ectasy they sat,
Their envious little eyes they'd bat,
And wish that they could sing like
that,
Mary Ann, My Mary Ann.
| loved to bask within thy smiles,
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann,
Was captive to thy witching wiles,
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann,
Thy voice to me was music sweet,
While sitting on a grassy seat
Low at thy pretty BIB feet,
Mary Ann, My Mary Ann.
OFT in the moonlight we would stroll
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann,
Hand clasped in hand, soul linked to
soul,
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann,
The stars would at each other wink,
And at our acts their eyes they'd
blink,
But did we care? Well, don't think!
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann,
Can We forget that night in May,
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann,
When to my plea you said: o. X.
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann,
| kissed thee once, thou kissed me
twice,
And l retaliated thrice,
And even that did not suffice,
/ Mary Ann, My Mary Ann.
There's silver in thy once red hair,
Thy bloom is lots the worse for wear,
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann,
But deep down in thine eyes so bright
see the same soft loving light,
Enkindled on that springtime night,
Mary Ann, My Mary Ann.
For worlds would not lose thee now,
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann,
Though wrinkles web thy wifely brow
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann,
Thy loss would plunge me in distress
Would leave me in an awful mess,
With seven kids to wash and dress
Mary Ann. My Mary Ann.