davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-15
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

have lain in a bed, as now, looking thru
such q window that framed picture
of brown foreground and blue, billy dis
tance like waves of the sea in storm
He began dazedly to wonder If he were
not still a child who had been only dream
ing the events Of manhood -dreaming the
years which were still unborn In the fu-
ture. By-and-bye, that black oak door
In the white wall would open, and some
body would come in to call him from his
bed. Who would the somebody be? Why,
Nurse Varcoe, of course. They were to
go for picnic together to-day he and
she, to Satan's Tor. Queer that he
seemed already to have been there, and
gone thru some strange experience which
lowered like a ghost just outside his
memory; but this impression was part OF
the dream Of manhood in which there
were battles, and glimpses of many coun-
tries, and visions Of a woman's beauti-
full face-a very different face from Nurse
Varcoe's, and he seemed to have been
searching for it a long, long time.
So far had Breakspear gone-and to
reach this point he had taken scarcely a.
minute counting by seconds, tho he
fancied he had been waking and wonder
ing for an hour-When the door, which
he had been vaguely watching, did open,
and in flash the years he had forgotten
were given back to him, up to the last
moment Of consciousness.
Something else was given to him also
the realization Of an ardent wish; for
the figure in the doorway was not that
of the stout, elderly, apple checked
woman, whom his fancy had brought back
alyive across the broken bridge Of years.
It was that of a young girl, dressed in
a simple white gown which seemed part
of her personality, and her face was the
glorif1ed face Of his Lady Of the Lilies
Instinctively Breakspear strove to rise,
but a sudden pain and the unwonted con-
seriousness of weakness pressed him back
upon the pillow.
.It is youe'' he heard himself exclaim,
too late to control the exclamation.
The girl came to him with light foot.
falls as soundless as If she walked on
flowers instead of an uncarpeted floor
She bent over him with kind, beautiful
dark eyes, and q copper glory Of hair
lighted from the window behind her into
a flaming crown.
Jim could not yet believe his eyes; nor
his ears when she spoke to, him. It must
be that he was dreaming Of her, and he
said SO, tho she seemed human, and even
made him drink greedily from cup
which she had brought.
''You have been dreaming for few
hours" she answered. softly. Nov, at
last. you are awake.
'.But you," he persisted. ''That 1t
should be you, Of all others, who comes
to me!''
The girl looked startled. ''I?" she
echoed. ''You are dreaming little still,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-15
LIFE SAVED BY swAMP-RooT
Tho Wonderful Kidney, Liver and
Bladder Remedy.
sample Bottle sent Frse by Mall

i
Swamp Root. discovered by the eminent
Kidney and bladder specialist promptly
cures kidney. liver, bladder and uric acid-
troubles.
Some OF tho early symptoms Of weak
kidneys are pain or dull ache In the back
rheumatism. deafness, headache, nervous
ness, catarrh OF the bladder, gravel or
calculi. bloating, salloW complexion. puffy
or dark circles under the eyes. suppress
sion OF urine. or compelled TO pass water
often day and night.
The mild and extraordinary effect Of the
world famous kidney remedy. DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root is soon realized. It stands
the highest for its wonderful cures OF the
most distressing cases. II you need
medicine you should have the best.
swamp-Root is not recommended for
everything, but II you have kidney. liver,
bladder or URIC acid trouble you will find
It just the remedy you need.
Sold by druggists in ffty-cent and one.'
dollar sizes. You may have a sample bot
tie OF DR.. Kilmers Swamp Root and q
pamphlet that tells all about it. including
many thousands of letters received from
sufferers cured, both sent free by mail.
Write DR.. Kilmer g. Co., Binghamton.
N. Y, and please be sure to mention that
you read this generous offer in The Min
neapolis Daily Journal. Don't make any
mistake but remember the name. Swamp
Root, Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the
address, Binghamton, n. T.. on every
bottle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-15
CHAPTER Viii.
Not Like Other Girls.

There were uneasy dreams for Break
spear Of being moved when he wished to
be still; of frightful jolting over rough
roads; Of voices that talked and had no
faces; then of red-hot probing pangs
which gnawed their way to his vitals;
and at last he awoke, spent and worn,
to find himself lying In a room strange as
surroundings In another world yet sweet
ly familiar as the toys Of childhood dis
covered in a hiding place forgotten thru
long years.
That low, deep-set window like an eye
under white overhanging forehead. In
some other state Of existence he must
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-15

perhaps, for we are strangers. You never
saw me before
Jim Breakspear still had the primitive
candor OF his dreams and his physical
weakness upon him. IT have seen you
nothing but you for days-weeks, per-
haps," he said, "for time is all confused
for me now. You are my Lady Of the
Lilies"
{ A bright color rushed to the girls face.
ST don't know what you mean.'' she
answered. But 1t doesn't matter. Don't
try to think. You had an accident,
IT was shot,. Jim calmly finished the
sentence when she hesitated. 7 remem-
Der 1t very well now, tho after that
DON'T" she cried, putting up warn
Ing hand. Don't try yet to remember
after that. will tell you all that you
need to know. After the accident hap
pened TOTO learn that you had been hurt,
and we brought you here, to take care
of you and make you well. The farmer
sister and | will nurse you back to
strength again, and there is doctor in
the house-at least, man who has stud
led to be a surgeon and he is clever. I
do not think you need fear to trust your
self to him. The farmer will bring any
medicines that may be necessary here
from the nearest Village
Where is ''here'? abruptly asked
loA Ce1hSPcdI. ISeSII 10 KNOW Ln1S room
SO well. seem to have lain, long ago, in
q bed placed exactly like this, looking
out thru that window
For an instant the girl left his question
unanswered, as If she were debating
whether to be frank or evasive Then she
chose frankness, according to her nature,
not the custom to which circumstance
held her slave.
" Here Is a place called New Take
Farm, )" she said. TT Is on Dartmoor.'
'NeW-Take Farmi'' repeated Break
spear. "A strange thing, indeed Then it
wasn't another state Of existence. 1 vis-
tied at New-Take Farm when I was a
child. This must have been the very
room where slept-it Is 50 familiar. And
I shall know my way downstairs, and all
about the house-Im sure shall. Isn't
there an old ruined wing that was partly
burned down when this was a manor
house, and never repaired? OF course
there is! wanted to explore it then,
but my nurse wouldn't let me-said It
wasn't safe. Now, perhaps you
He stopped suddenly, for the girls face
had gone white and red. She bit her lip,
and her eyes, having darted at him one
questioning, half-reproachful look, were
turned away.
Have I said anything wrong?" Break
speak asked.
NO said the girl. "Only-that wing
is no safer now than it was then. lit
is rather ruinous The farmer with whom
we lodge does not like people to go there.
And you must be very obedient If you are
to be well again soon. It is quite true,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-15

as your memory tells you, that you were
shot, but-but 1t was an accident, In a
way; at least. 1t was mistake, tho
cannot explain
flash Of enlightenment lit up Jims
handsome face. 'You need not" he
broke in. IF 1t was g. mistake, It was
because the man who shot me thought
that was some one else, whom he wished
to kill-who deserved killing, most likely
If 1t was the man I think.
The girl was very pale now. You
should not talk Of these things" she said.
You will excite yourself and bring on
fever, perhaps, just when you are doing
SO well. The man who made the mistake
is very, very sorry for 1t now. He is the
doctor of whom spoke, and he does not
wish for your death. He has done all for
you he could-extracted the bullet, and
dressed the wound-and he sat up with
you last night
:! have been here for night, then"
exclaimed Breakspear
Eyes. It is early morning now. When
we first brought you to the house, you
were delirious; but Mi-but the doctor
gave you sleeping draught when 1t was
safe to do SO, and you slept all night He
thinks that. tho you are weak because
you have lost great deal Of blood, you
a few days you will be almost well, If
Il feel almost we'll now cried jim
And 1t was true, for this sweet Moorland
Princess seemed to have brought healing
in her presence. He even imagined that
he could feel his strength flowing back to
him thru his veins, as If there were a
tonic in his blood. ooh, believe me, it
will do me no harm to talk with you
rather the contrary. There are so many
questions long to ask
"About YOURSELF" she faltered look
OF anxiety dawning again on her face.
Partly. want to begin again about
that naistake-whtch forgive a thousand
times over, If that's any satisfaction to
the one who made it. II he thought I
was
Jim stopped suddenly, for he had Just
remembered with g. shock that the man
of whom he was about to speak with
bitter contempt had sworn himself this
girls father. He was burning to know
the truth Of this statement, and there was
no patience for waiting left in him.
"You said 'we,' when you spoke Of liy-
ing here at New-Take Farm" he began
again, stammering. Don't think me Inn
pertinent If ask; you have been SO good
to me, that -
IF you think we have been good to you,
ask nothing" the girl broke in But we
have not been good. We have nearly
killed you. There is no goodness in trying
to atone"
II would gladly have gone down nearer
to death than have" said Jim, "for the
sake Of being where am now. Besides.
It was my own fault that the mistake
came to be made. I recognize that, and
I didn't mind running a risk or two, be-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-15

cause-but perhaps you will let me tell
you frankly the whole story Of how I
came to be at Satan's Tor yesterday. I
owe you that, now I am under your roof;
indeed, your guest. Will you listen 2"
II think ought not to let you talk 50
much" said Maya, not understanding his
words, yet wishing to understand, and
shivering as she remembered just how
near death he had been-nearer, she
hoped, that he would ever come to know.
ut does me good. shall be better when
have it off my MIND urged Jim, still
hardly daring to believe that this vision
existed outside his brain. Then, begin
ming by the mention Of his own name, he
went on with the story Of his adventures
since the luggage sale at Victoria Station,
only leaving out such details as were con-
nected with Vivien Oakley.
(To be continued to-morrow.)
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-15

careys Mapnesla Cement Roofing,
The only roofing material that grows
better with age. Try 1t. w. 8. Mott
Company. Both phones. 376.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-15
Where Are the Stars?

Mamma, where are the stars tonight,
twinkling all so bright?"
/" IT'S cloudy, dear" the mother said,
Fondly pressing her darling's head.
The questioner sighed and silent lay
With eyes upturned and thoughts away,
Then asked, in tones a heart would win:
"On cloudy nights do they take them IMP"
"rhey take them in"-these wordn re-
The thoughts the infant breast con-
cealed-
A vision of angels from afar,
Borne on bright wings from star to star.
Making the world grow cold and dim.
4 ) they quench their light and take them
in.
Are we not children questioning, too?
A world of shadows we're passing
through:
We miss some star from out our skies;
Scanning the heavens with tear-dimmed
eyes.
We ask in sorrow, demand In sin,
Our looked for stars that. were taken in.
Beyond the CLUBS. with vision clear.
Shall we not trace our pathway here.
And looking back DER sleeps and vale
Rejoice in what we now bewail?
And find the wrong there would have
been
Had not our stars been taken in?
Christian Leader.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-15

finished products? Oh, but the tsrih
should be revised by its friends. Kind
ly show why the anthracite trust can
endure free coal, but the steel trust
cannot endure free iron. oh. but our
workingmen must be protected from
the pauper labor of Europe. Will the
Republican party ever revise the tariff
except to make 1t higher, as 1t did
with the Mckinley and Dingley bills?
Oh, but there Is a presidential cleo
ton approaching and we shall need
campaign funds from the protected
corporations.
II the tariff Is business question
and Is to be settled on reference to
cost Of production, cost Of labor, etc..
why is 1t we never mention these in
dustries by name and discuss the
cost? Why Is it that we fight SO shy
of the merits Of the case and reply
to every definite inquiry with only the
most glittering generalities? Is 1t
because we are afraid Of too close in
vestigation into the ability of our in
FAINT industries to stand alone?-Port-
land (Ore.) Oregonian, Republican.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-15

away and building up his fences to
have himself regularly elected" when
the proper time comes. The sober
minded, intelligent, thinking people
know that there must be an end to
present political practices before there
is any show of the country being de-
veloped. When they refer to the sub
ject they have to speak in whisper,
but they are hoping and praying for
something to happen that will guar
antee more stable conditions.
When an American woman begins
housekeeping here her domestic al
fairs undergo a radical change. To
begin with, she cannot have any car
pets on the floors of her dwelling and
she must live in the same house with
the horses. This is not SO bad as 1t
sounds. On account of the warm eli
mate the the most of the floors are
made of stone or marble, and carpets
are not needed. The plan of most
of the larger and finer houses provides
for the stable quarters on the first
floor, while the kitchen is on the roof,
and this arrangement is not at all I'M
satisfactory when one becomes accus-
toned to the novelty Of it.
The troubles Of the housewife be-
gin in earnest when she employs her
servants. say servants, be-
cause there must be number OF
them. The maid-of-all-work and the
all-round man servant do not abound
in these parts. The domestics here
are specialists. Each one insists on
performing his or her own kind OF
work alone and are exceedingly care
full not to encroach on the rights of
others. A social distinction is drawn
between those who wear shoes and
those who go barefooted.r Her help
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-15

noticeable. During the winter months
a variety can be purchased In the
market, but during the summer sea-
son the extreme heat serves to re-
strict their growth. The natives are
very fond of lettuce and cultivate 1t
constantly.
The significance of the growth OF
American trade in the West Indies,
and the gradual adoption of American
customs, is not fully comprehended by
the native. He fears our soldiers but
pays no attention to our men OF az
fairs. One is really as formidable as
the other In Havana during the re-
cent strike the politicians were run
ming among the rioters and shouting
to them for Gods sake, stop or you
will have the Americans up on us!'
The fact is the Americans are already
closing in upon the West Indies. Our
men and women of affairs are saving
our soldiers power. The bloodless
campaign they are conducting will
end eventually in victory as pro-
nounced as any ever won at the point
of the bayonet. When they finally as
sert their authority in commercial
way there can be no revolving from
their mandate. One of the greatest
truths ever spoken was the statement
that all fighting is not done with guns.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-15

constitutes the problem which tries
the soul of the American woman and
proves the quality of her religion.
Economy is a stranger with whom no
reckoning can be had. Sufficient un-
to each hour are the needs thereof is
the substance of native reasoning.
Nothing is saved from the preparation
of a meal. A separate trip must be
made to market for provisions for
breakfast and for dinner. 1t is use
less to buy more than is needed at one
time, for the cook will certainly con-
fiscate the surplus. If protest is
made against this confiscation. the
cook will smile and explain that there
are hungry mouths at home which
must be fed. Unless the concession
is granted there is an immediate va
cancy in the kitchen. The exasperated
American housewife accepts the only
alternative left to her-she surren-
ders to another custom of the coun-
try and employs her Yankee wits in
reducing the surplus to minimum.
The cause which doubtless origin
ated and warrants the continuance Of
the custom of buying provisions for
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-15
ORIGIN OF SLANG PHRASE.
When He First Understood Meaning
of Descriptive Term.

Wnen ne FIRST OnoerStooo meaning
of Descriptive Term.
A student in the School Of Mines
at Columbia university who has just
returned from Butte, Mon, was telling
Charles james, proprietor of the
Sturtevant, about the atmospheric
peculiarities of that mining town of
the Far West.
"Pon my word,' he said, "the air
is so charged with mineral gases that
after a man has been out for an hour
or so in the morning his heart action
is so slow that he is obliged to drink
plenty Of whisky to get it in fairly
normal condition. was told that
there were at one time few inhabi.
tants of Butte who were teetotalers,
but they are all dead. A man can
drink a quart of whisky before his
midday dinner in that town without
feeling in the slightest degree intoxi.
Gated That is why Butte men, when
they come East and their heart works
normally, get frightfully drunk when
they try to drink as they do at home. :"
81 see," retorted Mr. james. II un.
derstand now what it means to tell a
man that he has 'bes.ut' on. New
York Times
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-15
LAWYER WON HIS BET.
Bright Thought Gave Him the Best O
the Situation.


Bright Thought Gave Him the Best Of
the Situation.
Justice F. e. Duncan of Des Moines,
Iowa, gained some experience and In.
cidentally lost 81 to prominent Grim
inal lawyer recently. The lawyer
dropped into the justice court one day.
Are you ready to take up the Ada
Hazlewood case?" asked the court.
Didn't know 1t was set for to-day"
replied the attorney. Thought 1t was
down for tomorrow"
mo. 1t was set for to-day. and the
witnesses are here"
"Well, let's put 1t of until to-mor'
row; we are not ready" pleaded the
lawyer.
Cant do that" ruled the court.
well take the states testimony to-
day. and you can put your witnesses
on tomorrow"
But I don't want to do that"
"Well, you'll have to do It."
"Bet you dollar you don't take the
states testimony" said the lawyer.
"Guess we will If I say So"
"Is the bet still good?"
Eyes, I'll take it."
And the money was put up.
1.-THE witnesses for the state In the
case against Ada Hazlewood will rise
and be sworn" ordered the court.
mo, you don't" retorted the lawyer
1--WE waive examination and will go tc
the grand jury. Give me the two dol
lars"
And the court turned over the
money.-The Green Bag.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-15
ZERO is AN ANCIENT TERM.

Was In Use by the BabyIonians
ThIrty-six Hundred Years Ago.
The term zero, which is used to
designate cipher and in meteor.
ology the entire absence of heat In
the atmosphere, was, according to a
mathematical historian Moritz Can
tor, used by the Babylonians about
the year 100 B. G. This, however, is
merely a supposition. 1t has not
been definitely established that zero
was in use any earlier than 400 A ID.
About this time it was used in India
and several centuries later the Arabs
began to employ it. Through the
Arabs it's use became known to
Europeans during the twelfth cen.
fury. 1t was not generally adopted
in Europe until several centuries
later, Notwithstanding its great ad.
vantages. For considerable time
there were two parties among the
European educators. One party,
known as the algorists, favored the
adoption of the Hindoo system OF
notation falsely called Arabic), with
its position values, while the other,
known as the abacists, favored the
Roman notation, without zero or posi-.
ton value.
The general adoption Of the Hindoo
system was greatly facilitated by the
facts that it was explained in most
of the calendars for more than cen.
fury beginning with 1900 and that
the medieval universities frequently
offered courses devoted to the use OF
this notation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-15
The Safest Course for Knox.

Philander Chase Knox cannot but
note with disquiet. that superzealous
customs officials are beginning to ar.
rest smuggling army officers in the
Philippines as well as in Porto Rico.
This, of course, will necessitate in
structions from Mr.. Knox to nullify
the administration of justice in the
Philippines as he has already done in
Porto Rico. In order to avoid these
disagreeable episodes Mr.. Knox should
request Secretary Shaw to instruct
customs officers that army and navy
officers are exempt from the opera.
lions of the customs regulations. That
will save a lot of trouble.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-05-15
THE TARIFF AS 1T is.
Republican Organ Seems to Realize
the Truth.

Republican Organ seems 10 heai<e
the Truth.
We are told that the tariff should
be accurately adjusted from time to
time to the cost of production. NO
one will pretend that the cost of pro-
duction has remained stationary since
the Dingley bill was passed six years
ago. 1t is better, perhaps, to say
that the tariff should not be changed
Just before a presidential election and
let it go at that. 1t is better not to
wander far upon the quagmire OF &C
tual fact.
The tariff should be changed where
ever and whenever necessary (that
is to say, never, upon the basis of
the difference in the cost of produc-
ton between this country and abroad.
We make steel billets and deliver them
in England about SO a ton cheaper
than the EIglishman can. This is
the testimony of President Schwab
of the steel trust Accordingly we
should pay bounty of SO ton on all
steel imported from Europe, instead
of allowing our steel man bounty OF
81 a ton on all steel imported in COM
petition with their cheaper processes.
Undoubtedly, it is said, there are
INEQUALITIES in the tariff and they
should be corrected wherever and
whenever necessary (that is to say,
never). But what are the inequali-
ties? Is it not little remarkable,
come to think of it, that not one of
the "stand-patters," from Hanna down,
or up, has ever mentioned definitely
a single one Of the inequalities to
which frequent reference Is vaguely
made and whose correction is so cheer
fully promised from year to year and
from age to age? They are plentiful
enough in the steel, and boots and
shoes. and implements, and locomo-
tives, and sugar, and salt, and paper
AMI copper schedules, but neither Aid
rich nor Allison ever heard of them.
They are afraid If they do 1t will
make votes tor the Democratic party
Thew are more solicitous for their
marty than for common justice to the
people.
y Every inequality of the tariff should
be corrected. Well, is the tariff on
steel equal? Oh, but this is great
and glorious country. Well, is the
tariff of rs per cent on boots and
shoes necessary? Oh, but we are the
greatest manufacturing nation on
earth. Well. is the copper trust not
able ut length to stand alone, without
tree copper and high duties on its