davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-24
MAIN BUILDING BURNS.
Minnesota University Sustains Loss
of S125,00O.

Minneapolis, Mimi. Sept 24.-The
main building of the University of
Minnesota was totally destroyed by fire
today, entailing a loss of $125,0OO,
fully insured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-24
Judee Parker Returrs Home.

New York, Sept. 24.-Judge Parker left
for Esopus today. He received many Wis
itors during the forenoon. 1t is not known
when Judge Parker will come to New
York again, but it is likely several trips
will be made before election day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-24
Wenther IndicatIone.

Chicago. Sept. 24.-Forecast for
Kansas: Generally fair tonight and
Sunday; cooler tonight; variable
winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-24
$40 Cut in Steerage Rates.

Observation-Disclosures Sept. A.-It
is reported on good authority that the
shipping conference today decided on a
SIC reduction on the Steerage rates
from Hungary to the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-24

The Severance News, which is about
the only Curtis paper in Doniphan
county, calls for a mass meeting to
nominate an independent" county
ticket in Doniphan county in oppoSi-
ton to the regular Republican ticket.
Most of the nominees on the Repub-
lican ticket in Doniphan county are
against Curtis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-24

w. H. Jordan, editor of the Seneca
Tribune, has just completed a new
building as home for his paper, and
the moving in process has just been
completed. 1t is about the finest build
ing in Seneca, and is said to be as
good an office as any country weekly
in Kansas can boast.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
A Cryptic Advertisement.

The most successful of the great ad-
vertising merchants of the United
States was the vender of commodity
known as plantation BittS's." He de-
vised an enigmatic line, st. 1860.
N" which appeared simultaneously
in every American newspaper and pc
riodical of any size, and also on the
walls of innumerable barns, fences and
trees. One day all the rocks of the Nj
agara falls were covered with the
same mystic sign. Forest trees along
the lines of the Pennsylvania railroad
were hewn down to afford the passen-
gers a glimpse of the same announce
ment emblazoned in letters 400 feet
high on the mountain side. What did
the cabalistic announcement convey
Not until the proprietor had made his
fortune did he condescend to explain.
ST. 1860. "" meant Started Trade
in 1860 with Ten Dollars
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
The .IlInstrions HybrId."

George Sand, or Nine. Dudevant, the
famous French woman writer, scandal
lied her literary friends by wearing
mems clothes "A long gray overcoaL
she herself says she wore, "a wooden
tie and-and-a pair of boots These
boots were her JOY. Il longed to sleep
with them. On their little iron shod
heels was firm on my feet and trotted
from one end of Paris to the other.
She also smoked in public, cigarettes
even cigars-so that her teeth were
much discolored. 1t was this outward
mannishness that won for her the
title Of "Illustrious Hybrid" How
ever. her hands were beautifully fem
mime. 1T was" says one who knew
her, "a delicate hand, all grace, tact,
firmness and fiexibility. One could not
dream of a more perfect combination
OF the French working class woman's
and the aristocratic or royal ladys
hand" 1t will be recalled that George
Sand boosted, 1.-The blood Of kings is
mixed in my veins with the blood or
the poor and lowly.' She was, as she
termed it, "astride" of the two classes,
the peasantry and the aristocracy.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
An Inheritance of Gestures.

A young man in crossing Chestnut
street stumbled and Immediately put
his hand. palm outward, over his eyes.
"Why did you cover your eyes like
thatT' asked his companion.
The gesture is an inheritance from
my father" the young man replied.
MY father in his boyhOod was caught
in ii fire, and as the flames shot u2
into his face he put his left hand. palm
outward, over his eyes. thus saving his
sight Afterward he would put his
hand in that way over his eyes when
ever he got any sudden shock or
fright. | have done the same thing
Involuntary all my life.
Cases like mine are not uncommon
continued the young man. There is a
woman i'm Washington who never puts
her right hand up to her head. Her
mother broke her right arm early in
life and couldn't raise it thereafter
above her shoulder. The daughter can
raise her own right arm, but she never
does.
"a biologist had goat that he kept
chained to a pole. The chain CALLED
the goats left fore leg, and she limped
on this leg slightly. so as to ease the
chains rubbing. In time she became
a mother. and her offspring limped on
its left fore leg all its life. baltimore
Herald
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
He wished For Her.

"You see," explained young man as
he showed a pretty girl the wishbone
of a chicken at picnic luncheon, you
hold here and I'll hold here. Then
we must make a wish and pull, and,
when it breaks, the one who has the
bigger part of it will have his or her
wish gratified." But | don't know
what to wish for" she protested. "Oh,
you can think of somethingr' he said.
mo, | can't" she replied. Il can't
think OF anything | want very much
"Well, I'll wish for your he eXclaim-
ed. "Will you really!" she asked,
YES" "Well, then, there's no use
troubling about the old bone" she in
terrupted, with full smile. You can
have me!"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
Cured Of Eczema

Mr.. Dan A. Briggs, Glasgow, KY. ,
says: About two years ago, l had
Eczema so bad that l could scarcely
sleep at all. l purchased bottle OF
Psracamph and made not over one
dozen applications, when 1 was en-
tirely well. l highly recommend
Psracamph for all irritations of the
skin and would not be without 1t in
my home. " Paracamph sUothes, cools
and heals. Try csc bottle.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
The Breckenridge News.
WEDNESDAY, November 20, 1904.
A BETTER RIVER
Planned By 0. R. ]. Association
Big Merger OF Ohio River
Boats Is Proposed.

Huntington, W. Va, Nov. 1.-THE
seventh annual meeting of the Ohio
River Improvement association has
come to a close so far as the business
of the body is concerned. 1t was a
most successful session and every
member of 1t left with the firm con-
ception that in..the end the psttle for
a navigable river from Pittsburg to
Cairo will be won.
The association adopted resolution
requesting all congressman who rep :
resent districts bordering on the Ohio
river to meet In Washington before
the next session of congress and or
ganize for the purpose of Impressin g
upon congress the Importance OF COM
pleting the system of locks and dams
begun on the Ohio river.
Resolutions were adopted petit on :
ing Congress to improve the Ohio
river to secure nine-foot stage from
Pittsburg to Cairo ito make appropri a.
tion tor Improvement and completion
of work already begun, and to improve
tributaries to nlne-foot stage
The convention is to meet in Cairo
in 1905.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23

ladies' and gentlemen, who were accus-
ed of living in London for several
months after the given warning. Most
of these had made pretense of quit
ting the city, To return again after
brief absence, hoping thus to escape
the penalty of their disobedience.
1t came as Il bolt from the blue in
1885 when Mr.. Palmer, a large land
holder i'm Sussex, was brought into the
star chamber and fined fl 900 for dis
obeying the proclamation as to living
in the country and remaining in Lon
don after the prescribed period. Pc
was Il bachelor, and he urged In his de-
Tense that he had never been married,
had never been "housekeeper' and
had no house fitting for man Of his
birth To reside in. his own mansion i'm
the country having been burned down,
but his Judges were ineXorable, and
the fine was accompanied by severe
reprimand for having deserted his ten
ants and neighbors.
In the same year information was
filed against Sir John Sucking. the
poet. ana many others for the same Of
Tense. and such was the terror caused
by these prosecutions that on all sides
folk of condition and quality were 10
be seen preparing for flight into the
country. cursing the hardship of bein"
confined TO their country houses and
leaving town and its pleasures behind.
To encourage gentlemen to live more
willingly in the country, says writer
of the times. all game fowl, such ms
pheasants, cartridges. ducks and hares.
were at certain times forbidden to be
dressed or eaten in any inn.
In proclamation issued by Charles
| ii. in lGG1-one of the last in this di-
rection-amOng the Inconvenience set
forth as daily growing by the spread
of new buildings were: The increase
| of the people i'm such great numbers
as to prohibit their proper government
| by the wOnted officers, the enhance
ment Of the price of vituals, the en-
dangcring of the health of the city in
habitants and the damage done to
| tie tradespeople i'm the bOrouShs by
the migration downward of the popula-
| ton.
! But il was all of no avail. Nothing
could stop the increase of "upsturt
London" rs it was termed by some Of
| the old writer's. ana the prediction of
| james |. that England will itself he
| London. and London England is fast
approaching verifcation. What would
his late majesty say now to those
swarms of gentry who, through the
/ instigation of their wives or TO new
model and fashion their daughters,
neglect their country hospitality and
cumber the city, general nuisance to
! the kingdom?'
Somewhat over a century later, in
1913. a bill was brought before parlia-
ment in which it was proposed to put
tax of . shilings in the pound ION
net rents and annual profits on alb
sentee Irish landlords, and this would
appear to be the only recorded at
temps since to penalize absenteeism in
any shape or form.-London Tit-Bits.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
FAIR NEARS END.
Kentucky Commission Preparing
To lie ave Fair EarIy-The
Pike And The Trail.

The Kentucky commission began
preparing last week to move early
and avoid the rush In getting away
from the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
tion at ST. Louis, which closes De-
cember /. 1t is the aim Of he COM
nissl oners that all OF permanent value
and not the property of individual
exhi b tors shall be kept together. The
furnishings of the Kentucky build
ing are being sold and contract
has been made with wrecking com-
pany for the removal OF the build
ing. The commission is required to
tear down the buildings, remove all
rubbish and put the ground in good
condition within sixty days after the
close of the exposition. The contract
with the wrecKIpg company ENSURES
all this being done. with some return
for salvage.
To date there have been over $50, 900
registrations at the Kentucky build
ing, demonstrating that one Exposition
visitor out of every nineteen has paid
his or her respects at Bluegrass head
quarters
A st. Louis dispatch last week said /:
'As yet nothing has definitely develop
ed about returning the Kentucky ex-
hlbits to Louisville to be preserved
there as a museum feature. 1t Will
be remembered that when the mater =
ials were being collected there was
some Commercial Club agitation on
this subject and a fair likelihood that
Louisville would get it. But since
that time 1t would seem that the
Commercial Club has been taking a nap
and meanwhile Lexington and Frank
fort have put in lively bids with
strong inducements.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
TYPHOID GERMS.

The microscope shows that in the blood
of every person suffering from typhoid the
little germs can be found as shown above.
They are supposed to get into the water or
milk we drink. The germs multiply so
that one germ is capable of producing
about one hundred trillion germs in twen-
hours. That is why if they ever
ge. into the water supply of a town they
multiply so fast that nearly everybody
drinking the water comes down with the
disease. There are exceptions, however,
and they are the persons whose health is
perfect, whose blood is pure, and liver
active. When the germs get into healthy
body they are thrown off with the other
poisons. Recent Chicago statistics show
that one-eighth of all the deaths in the
past two years in that city have resulted
from pneumonia.
The best advice we can give is to put the
body into perfectly sound healthy condi-
ton. Be assured that you have rich, red
blood and an active liver.
Many years ago DR.. r. V. Pierce, who Is
consulting surgeon to the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute at Buffalo, N. Y,
found certain herbs and roots which, when
made into an Alternative extract without
the use of alcohoD, seemed to be the very
best means of putting the stomach blood
and vital organs into proper condition.
This seemed to him as close to natures
way of treating disease as il was possible
to go. For over third of century DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has had
a wonderful sale and the cures resulting
from its use are numbered by thousands.
It is ue-builder, better than cod liver
oil because it does not sicken the stomach,
or offend the taste. 1t strengthens or
renews the assimilative or digestive pro-
cesses in the stomach and puts on healthy
flesh when the weight of the invalid is
reduced below the normal.
Accept no substitute for rGolden Med
ical Discovery" Nothing else is rjust as
DR.. Pierce's Re';sts cure biliousness.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
AFRAID OF BIG CITIES
ENGLAND LONG TRIED TO KEEP DOWN
LONDON'S POPULATION

Laws Passed That Made IL an OTenSe
to Live In the Metropolis and Proc
Iamntions Issued to Restrict the
Size and Number of Buildings.
From the days of Elizabeth to those
of Charles II. the various English gov
ernments tried 10y every means within
their power to preserve the kingdom
from the evils" attendant upon a
huge metropolis The frequent out
breakings Of the plague--afterward
eliminating i'm the terrible visitation
which carried off over 10000 persons
the fear that with the deluge of build
ing the population would be poisoned
by breathing in one another's faces,
the incapacity of the police of the time
to preserve order and their utter help
lessness in the face of mob low-these
were among the contributory causes
which brought about long series Of
vexations and annoying prohibitions.
In 1850 proclamation was issued
prohibiting the erection within three
miles of the city gates of any new
houses or tenements upon sites where
no former house had been known to
have been erected. Later came another
proclamation, by which it was ordered
that only one family should live in
each house, that houses erected within
the past seven years and still unlet
should remain empty, and that all un-
finished buildings OH new foundations
should be pulled down.
There would appear to have been
neither order nor system in these vary
ing proclamations, which were issued
every six or seven years. Thus at one
time buildings were prohibited within
ten miles of London, at another las
quoted above within three miles, and,
while under Elizabeth unfinished
houses only were required to be pulled
down, orders were issued later under
which houses which had been erected
several years were ruthlessly demol-
ished.
Further proclamations of the same
period commanded that persons Of
livelihood and means should reside in
their counties and not abide or sojourn
in the city of London, so that counties
remained unserved," but these seem to
have been of no effect until the reign
of Charles L.. when they were renewed
and definite steps taken to enforce
obedience. All persons of livelihood
and means unconnected with public
offices were ordered within forty days
from the date of the notice to resort to
their several counties and with their
families continue their residence there,
and they were further warned mot 20
put themselves TO unnecessary charge
in providing themselves to return in
winter to the said cities"-i. e., London
and Westminster-'a il was the king S
firm resolution to withstand such great
and growing evil"
Even this had little effect upon the
public in its first issue, and a copiOus
list was prepared of offenders, includ-
ing great number of the nobility and
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
A Steamboat Trust.

A dispatch from Cincinnati last
week stated that a series of meetings
beginning this week, will be held in
Cincinnati for the purpose of controll-
ing all the steamboat lines operati ng
on the Ohio river between Pittsburg
and New Orleans. : The combination is
aime1 to include all the lines, with
the exception of some very small
boats. The new company will have
a capital stock Of about 81, 900, 600.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
"The Trail" Next Year.

Mr.. Lew. b. Dale, as censor of the
Pike, has made mag nificent record
for himself and so favorably impI less
ed the managers and exhibitors that
his services have already been bespok-
en- for THE Trail" at the Lewis and
Clarke exhi bItion at Portland, Ore.
Mr.. Dale's activities will continue
here until January 1, when he will
proceed to Port land to begin prepar-
atoms for The Trail there. The
only Pike show that has made good
money is the Scenic Railway. Fair
Japan" one of the most expensive.
has not had a profitable week.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
UNDERGOES OPERATION

Miss Roberta McGavock, OF near
Cloverport, who has been in the city
visiting her sister, Mrs. Clarence
Baker, went TO Owensboro Monday
where she underw ent an operation In
the city hospital. She is recovering
and Will be ut in few days. Han
cock Clarion.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23

The secret Of a happy life does not
lie in the means and opportunities OF
INDUCING our weaknesses, but III know
ing how to be content with what's rea-
sonable that time and strength may
remain for the cultivation of our no
bier nature.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23

Kifter--Thats nice umbrella you've
got. Lifter-Yes, it was present.
Kifter-lnGeed! Who gave it to you!
Lifter-Nobody gave it to me. but it
has an inscription on it showing that
it was presented to John +. Jones, So
whoever that .is.-EXchange.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
Noisy COmDnnN.

Soaier-So your landlady objected to
Topnote and his chum singing duets in
your apartment? Rcarer-Yes: she
told me my room was better than my
company.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23

Binks-What did you say TO your
wife when You got home late last
night? Jinks-My dear. Binks-Is that
all? Jinks-Yes. She began talking then.
Cincinnati Tribune.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

let's. All druggists refund the money IL IL
fails TO cure. E. w. Groves signature is on
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
Not Fatal.
No Matter What Doc
tors Say-We Know
That Heart Trou-
bic in M any
Cases Can Be
Cured.

There are seven main features OF
heart disease, viz: "a Weakness or
Debility; (2) rheumatism or Neuralgia;
(3) Valvular Disorder; W Dilation;
80 Enlargement; 90 Fatty Degenera-
ton; CD Dropsy.
Documentary evidence will prove
thousands Of So called 'incurables" have
been absolutely cured by DR.. Niles
New Heart Cure.
Patients often have no idea their dis
ease is heart trouble, but ascribe 1t to
Indigestion, Liver Complaint. etc.
Here are some Of the symptoms:
Shortness of breath after exercise.
Smothering Spells. Pain in Chest. left
Shoulder and arm. Discomfort in Lying
on one side. Painting Spells. Nervous
Cough. Swelling of Feet and Ankles.
Paleness of Face and Lips. Palpitation.
Nightmare. Irregular Pulse.
IT have great faith in DR.: Miles New
Heart Cure. and speak Of it's merits
whenever opportunity presents. can
now go up and down stairs with ease,
where three weeks ago / could hardly
walk one block" One year later-"I
am still in good health; the Heart Cure
did so much for me- that | find II a far
greater medicine than you claimed II
to be."-S. d. YOUNG. d. D., 697 North
Pine St., Natchez, Miss.
Money back IL first bottle fails to benefit.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-11-23
FREE

TDEE Write us and we will mail
= NEE you a Free Trial Package Of
Or. Miles, AntI-Paln Pills, the New.
Scientific Remedy for Pain. Also Symp-
Your case and tell you what is wrong
and how TO right IT,. Absolutely Free.
Address; DR.; NILES III, ME PT in-6 w.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-30

irons this would hardly pay. Mean
while it is interesting to note, despite
the assurance that the English child Is
never suffered to become a nuisance
to grown-ups," SO strongly do British
"grown-ups" object to his presence un-
der the same roof that prodigious an
nual wall goes up in the papers about
the increasing difficulty experienced by
parents with children obtaining suitable
accommodations, both in London and at
popular summer resorts. If the Ameri-
can boy is so thoroughly spoiled, it Is
certainly surprising that, according to
English testimony. he develops into the
best and most indulgent husband in
the world And the popularity of the
American woman in England hardly in
dicates that her character is Injurious
ly affected by the lack of good. sound
nursery spankings' early in life.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-30
BRITISH CURIO
DEALERS OUTWIT
MEN OF WEALTH
Keep Pierpont Morgan and Lord
Iveagh Busy Bidding.

LONDON, Oct. 2e.-English curio
dealers have discovered a clever method
of enhancing their profits by stimulat-
ing competition between Lord Iveagh.
the wealthy Dublin brewer. and J.
Pierpont Morgan. Both are notorious
ly good judges and great buyers OF
such articles, and the dealers usually
obtain a higher price from them than
from any of their other customers. 1t
is a common trick in the trade TO play
one man against the other when any
rare or interesting specimen in an
tique furniture or old tapestry Is on
the market The dealers will. in con-
f1dential way, offer the article to Mr.
Morgan, assuring him that there is
very little doubt Lord Iveagh would
snap it up Immediately it was submit
ted to him. At the same time COM
munication identical in tone is sent to
Lord Iveagh advising him to secure
the rare specimen before it is offered
to Mr. Morgan. Patriotic considera-
tions, they state, always prompt the
dealers when offering articles to Lord
Iveagh, while Mr.. Morgan is assured
that his generous patronage of their
establishment cannot really be forgot
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-30

ten when a good article Is going cheap.
There is no doubt about it the meth
cd has succeeded in causing the mil
lionaires to compete keenly with each
other when a really genuine article is
to be secured. One day the two men
happened to be in a well known curio
dealers place in Bond street at the
same hour. They were not aware OF
each others identity although the rep
utation Of the one as Judge OF bric-a-
brac was well known to the other. Mr..
Morgan left without making a pur-
chase. and when he had gone the dealer
handed down several articles to Lord
Iveagh for inspection. informing him
at the same time that they had been
seen by Mr. Morgan. "the gentleman
who has just gone out" Lord Iveagh
eyed the dealer keenly and remarked
that If they had been worth purchas-
ing at the price asked Mr. Morgan
would not have left them behind Lord
Iveagh would not m~--s an offer and
left the shop, too.
An hour afterward Mr.. Morgan re-
turned and was told that Lord Iveagh
had made an offer and was coming
again that evening. Mr.. Morgan had
the articles packed Immediately. paid
his check and departed.