davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

q great relief to believe so. What was
the reason, then, that my mind refused
40 emphatically to grasp this possible
ity and settle upon him as the murder
er of Mrs. Jeffrey? I cannot tell. ]
hated the man, and I likewise deeply
distrusted- him. But could not, even
after this revelation Of his duplicity
connect him in my thoughts with alb
solute crime without shock to my in.
buttons. Happily my scruples were
not shared by my colleagues. They had
listed him. Here I felt my shoulder
touched. and a newspaper was thrust
into my hand by the man who had just
addressed me.
"Look down the lost and found col
umn," said he. 1.-THE third advertise.
ment you will see there came from the
district attorneys Office. The next one
was inserted by Mr.. Moore himself"
/ followed his pointing finger and
read two descriptions Of the filigree
ball. The disproportion in the rewards
offered was apparent. That promised
by Uncle David was calculated tc
rouse any mans cupidity' and should
have resulted IN the bauhle's imme
date return.
HHe got ahead Of the police that
time" ] laughed. "When did these
advertisements appear?"
epuring the days you were absent
from Washington"
"And how sure are you that he did
not get this jewel back2"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
FORTUNE FOR SCENTS
czAR1NA SPENDS $40, 900 A YEAR
ON PERFUME, SOAP, ETC.
Favorite odors of Various Member.
Of European Royalty-Queen VIII
helmina Uses Up Bottle Of
Eau de Cologne Daily.

An interesting neutrality-suspicious.
~ interesting to womeh-has been
published on the favorite perfumes Of
the different royal families of Europe.
The empress of Russia, it appears.
spends no less than $4,000 a year on
scents, soaps and toilet waters, which
she obtains exclusively from Paris.
Her favorite scent is violet, quantities
OF these flowers being grown especially
Ior her at Grasse, in the south Of
France; but there are many other
odors, such as lilac, jasmine, narcissus
and tuberose, of which she is also sx-
tremely fond. The violets are gathered
between the hours of five and seven
In the evening, as her majesty has an
idea that at that time their perfume
is more delicious.
The queen of Spain used to have q
special fancy for an essence made from
kind of orchia that is only found in
the Philippines; but since the trouble
there she has given this up and con-
fines herself to perfume that is spe-
cially made for her in Madrid. For
the bath she used mysterious liquid
composed of altar of roses and an ex-
tract of cocoanut.
Carmen Sylvia uses an essence Of
which she alone possesses the recipe.
1t Is made of flowers secretly gathered
in an unknown forests by women who
are bound by an oath Of secrecy and
are guarded during their work by
Gordon of soldiers 1t is even whis-
pered that the actual essence is pre-
pared by the queens own hands.
The princess of Roumania is far SIM
pier in her tastes, and only uses three
perfumes-namely, altar OF roses.
triple essence Of jasmine and white he
liotrope.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is par
ttcularly fond of eau de cologne, Of
which she uses large bottle every
day. At the same time she entirely
adjures the use of specially prepared
soaps, creams and powders, as she
considers that a daily warm bath, fol-
lowed by cold douche, is the best
thing possible to preserve the admir-
able complexion of which she is so
Justly proud.
The favorite perfume of Queen Alex
andra is Ess bouquet, which has been
in use in the royal family even since
the year 1929. The recipe is supposed
to be kept secret, and to be handed
down from one generation to another
Of the court perfumers. Nevertheless,
1t will hardly be considered as the d.
vulging Of state secret to reveal the
fact that this perfume is compound
of musk, amber, altar Of roses, violets,
jasmine, orange flower and lavender.
From this it will be readily understood
that Ess bouquet is the most catholic"
of perfumes and should appeal to al.
most every lover Of the scent Of flow.
ers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08


made for schooling outside the school.
4he free lecture system is only 16 years
Old; 1t grew from small begin
nings through the faith of a
lew, whom DR.. Leipziger, the
superintendent, has always led. It has
been threatened time and again with
extinction as an Improper use of tax
money, The last threat was uttered only
last winter.
yet l40 free evening lecture courses are
AoW In operation in as many public
schools. The halls cost nothing but
heating and lighting. Some of the most
talented people of the city offer their
services as public duty for the nom
inal fee of $40 per evening. A quarter
OF million people may be hearing the
course in any evening, The schools of
new YORK ere the most expensive in the
Eerid; the lecture system, considering
khe advantages it offers to SO many peo-
pie fer amusement and information, is
very cheap. 1t makes use of the civic
pride of New York's best citizens-and
OF these the city has plenty.
AT the top of the public school system
is the college of the city of New York.
II has been called big high school. It
Is more than that, ranking with the
smaller state universities of the south
and west. At the top Of the free lecture
system are such admirable offerings as
the illustrated talks in the great hall Of
the natural history museum by enthusi-
astlc scientists who there are building
up the great collections Of American ex-
hibits.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

record they have of things accom-
plished! Milbank Hall is the beauti-
full home of Barnard eellege for girls.
The Millbank baths have within tho
year been opened on the East side; they
Surreund their poor users with every
beauty OF architecture and every lux
ury OF equipment that the richest NAV
command. The Millbanks, brother and
married sister, are of the class of people
who look out all the time for good WAYS
to spend money.
They have just found one in Jersey
City. There was a clergyman, Rev. DR..
seudder. personally unknown to them,
whose liberal views in some chance re-
ported sermon attracted their attention.
They have just enabled him to carry out
his ideas of holding young people from
evil amusements by providing harmless
ones in $4,000 peoples palace which
l can say from personal inspection is,
though smaller, more attractive than
the original institution which Walter
Pesant dreamed for East London, and
which SO beautifully came true" DR.,
Scudder has, and values first of all, q
gymnasium with director who was
formerly the trainer at Columbia uni
versity. He has dancing space, and pro-
poses to use it. no matter who objects.
Library reading rooms, baths. club
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

+-' x =. =.
OF the property, ana TO MIN only. AT
tention being thus called to it. it was
found to be missing, and as no one but
the police seemed to be to blame for its
loss the matter was hushed I'D and
would have been regarded as too lnsie-
n1tcant for comment, the trinket being
lntrinsically worthless, If Mr.. Moore
had not continued to make such fuss
about 1t. This ball, he declared, was
worth as much to Moore as all the
rest OF his property-which was bosh,
you know-and the folly of these asser-
lions and the depth of the passions he
displayed whenever the subject was
mentioned have made some of us oues-
ton if he is the innocent inheritor he
has tried to make himself out. At all
events, know for certainty that the
district attorney holds his name in re-
serve, if the grand jury fails to bring
in an indictment against Miss Tuttle."
'rThe district attorney is WISE" 1 re-
marked, and fell a-thinking.
Had this latent suspicion against Mr..
Moore any solid foundation? Was he
the guilty man? The memorandum 1
had come across in the book which
had been lately pulled down from the
library shelves showed that, notwitf-
standing his testimony to the contrary,
he had been in that house close upon
that fatal night if not on the very
ntOhf ifSa1f If o1So oh Il
IRENE interest In the traditions of the
family. But did it show anything
more? Had he interrupted his writing
to finish his query in blood, and had
one of his motives for this crime been
the acquisition of this 1iligree ball? If
so, why had he left it on the table up
stairs? A candle had been lit in that
room. Could it have been by him in
his search for this object2 1t would be
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

spacious and breezy, with purer
air than can be found lower. It
will have baths, gymnasium. kitchens,
where poor girls will be taught to cook;
. library, The plan is not daring; a
fchool that holds 5000 children is all
ready doing its work hardly stones
throw above the famous Henry Street
school, where 30 nations are being
welded together into one, and where the
morning salute to the flag is the most
touching sight in the city. Between the
two, just at the corner of Essex street
and the new Division street park, where
living tide Of squalid humanity boils
ell day back and forth, another of the
same size is going up. A devoted man,
Superintendent Snyder, plans these
schools. He believes that they should
teach beauty in the slums. Many of his
newer plans are in the secular gothic
style so successfully used in England.
Here in the teeming tenements he is set
ting up a renaissance temple recall
ing the palaces of Florence in her golden
age.
All the new schools contain baths-
though that necessity is decreasing Just
as it is beginning to pa met. The newer
tenements ara often constructed with
bathrooms. In the older houses that
they replace there were sometimes
whole blocks that averaged but two or
three bathrooms to 5000 people.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

immediate relationship the bishop of
New York, the owners of the Potter
building and other famous men of the
metropolis. His beautiful wife, Cora
Urquhart Potter, had been on the stage
for some years when, in 1900, he obtained
divorce. He has always lived quietly
and has never offended against taste in
any way. His beautiful daughter, left in
his custody by the separation, has made
an excellent match. !;
Remains, of course, the Episcopalian
objections to the remarriage of church
members, but that command has been
broken in so many families, that it.now
excites no surprise. 1t is curious coin
cidence that it has been disregarded in
the Immediate families both of the
bishop OF New York and of the late
Bishop Littlejohn, of Brooklyn, whose
daughter. was divorced from her hus-
band, a noted lawyer there. Nor hasths
Potter objection the use of ones talents
on the stage prevented one member of
the family, James Brown S cousin, from
being professional singer, and good
one.
Mrs, Potter was one Of the prettiest
women New York had ever seen when
she electrified society by reciting at
charitable entertainment Referee"
George Simm's poem of "'Ostler Joe,,"
which was in those simple days consid-
cred a daring choice. The many-jointed
tongue Of the town wagged at a great
rate. Not long after came the breach,
when Mrs. Potter went upon the pro-
fessional stage and made her vaunt,
which the profession has never forgot
ten or forgiven, that she did so to "ele-
vate. the theater." The silly remark of
one who was little more than girl, in
toxicated by public admiration of her
beauty. need not be remembered again st
her now, when she has by hard wolas:
made the profession her own.
OWEN I.lANGDON
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

"NHE next morning swallowed
my pride and sought out Dur.
bin, Greeting him in the off.
band way least likely to de.
velop his suspicion, l told him that !
had great idea in connection with the
JEFFREY case and that the clew to it lay
In little gold ball which Mrs. Jeffrey
sometimes wore and upon which she set
great store. So far spoke the truth.
1t had been given her by some one
not Mr.. Jeffrey-and believed, though
did not know, that it contained q
miniature portrait which it might be to
our advantage to see.
You are on a fantastic trail" he
sneered, and that was all.
That, from all its seeming inconse-
Qnence, 1t did hold some place in his
mind was evident enough to those who
knew him. but that 1t was within reach
or obtainable by any ordinary means
was not so plain. Indeed, I very soon
became convinced that he, for one, had
no idea where it was or after the sug-
gestiye hint had given him he would
never have wasted half hour on me-.
What was to do then? Tell my story
70 the major and depend on him to
push the matter to its proper conclu.
stop9 mot yet" whispered pride.
"Durbin thinks you fool, Wait till
you can show your whole hand before
calling attention to your cards." But
It was hard not to betray my excite
ment and to act the fool they consid-
cred me when the boys twitted me
about this famous golden charm and
asked what great result had followed
my night in the Moore house. But, re-
mSmbering that he who laughs last
laughs best, ahd that the cause of mirth
was not yet over between Durbin and
myself. was able to preserve an im-
passive exterior even when ! came un-
der the majors eye. l found myself
amply repaid when one Of the boys
who had studiously avoided chatting
me dropped the following words in my
ear:
y don't know what your interest is
n the small gold charm you were talk
ing about but you have done some
good work In this case, and I don't
@fnq telling yop what know ABOUT It.
4hat little gold ball has caused the po.
lice much trouble. It is on the list Of
effects found In the room where the
candle WAS seen burning, but when all
these petty belongings Of Mrs. jeffrey
were gathered up and carried back to
her husband, this special one was not
to be found among them. 1t was lost
IN transit, nor has it ever been seen
aimee. And who do you think It was
whe called attention to this loss and
pyrbia
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

40 hOI again loIU, IL
me president is not on flying visit to
the city. Gen. Fred Grant is the living
image OF his father. His coming to sue
coed Gen. Corbin as commander of the
department of the east brings him to
that home of his young manhood which
ne knows best of all. For Gen. Grant
mas Deen resident of the city, off and
on, Tor 30 years. 1t was from New York
mat ne was appointed minister to Aus
trla' He was for time police commits
sloner OF the city, like Roosevelt. and
Win equal earnestness worked for the
regeneration of the department His
nome in New York was the narrow. deem
house on Sixty-seventh street to which
the elder Grant came from WASHINGTON
LOT the unhappy experience in "hign
nnance, in which business ignorance
and knavish partner plunged him. The
present general will live on Governors
island, which was never his fathers
nome; in the quiet commanders quar-
ters where amidst the sea traffic of all
the world calm as If of closter is per-
petual. The appearance of calm is de-
ceptlve II 1t were to indicate drowsiness.
me department includes a great num-
Der OF big harbor forts; those of New
York particularly are upon scale little
realized by people who pass them every
day unthinking.
OF the great change made by modern
ordnance Gen. Grant will have a re-
mlnder In 80 great cannon lying upon a
dock OF the little island, almost in sight
OF his house. They cost s1O,00oOOO in
the time of his father; now they are not
worth ten cents. Not even for old iron?
No; for some reason which do not I'M
derstand, even junk dealers do not want
them. Perhaps they are too heavy to
handle; perhaps the composition of the
metal-huge rified cannon of the old
types not nowadays fashionable. The
new rif1ed cannon that from unobtrusiva
pits in the sand guard the port are all of
the modern. type, firing at q 12-mile
range a pointed proiectile that would
pierce II fairly hit the armor of any shin
likely to wander this way. There has
been great. though well-concealed
change in the defenses of New York
since the Spanish war Before that time
visitors wandered at will about the
forts. Now Uncle Sam doesn't care
about company. And the work goes on.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
Tatins dow. SIS ar.wins

wall and laid 1t face up on the bed.
Then I placed the glass over one of the
large coils surrounding the insipid face,
and was startled enough, in spite Of
all mental preparation, to perceive the
crinkly lines which formed it resolve
themselves into script and the script
into words, some some e2f Which were per
fectly legible, ''' :
The drawing, simple ma it looked,
was communication In writing to
those who used magnlfying glass to
read it. could hardly contain my
triumph, hardly find the self control
necessary to careful study Of Its un-
dulating and often conflicting lines and
to the slow picking out Of the words
therein contained.
But when had done this and had
copied the whole Of the wandering
scrawl on page Of my notebook the
result was Of value.
Read and judge for yourself:
Coward that am, am willing TO
throw upon posterity the shadow Of a
crime whose consequences dare not
Incur in life. Confession ! must make.
To die and leave no record Of my deed
is impossible, yet how tell my story SO
that only my own heirs may read and
they when at the crisis Of their fate?
! believe have found the way by this
drawing and the injunction I have left
to the holders Of the filigree ball.
mo man ever wished his enemy dead
more than I did, and no man ever
spent more cunning on the deed. Mas
ter in my own house, contrived de-
vice by which the man who held my
fate in his hands fell ON my library
hearth, with no one near and no sign
by which to associate me with the act,
Does this seem like the assertion Of a
madmap9 Go to the old chamber
familiarly called The Colopsl's Own
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

demanded that the article be found1
Not Mr.. jeffrey, who seems to lay little
q no stress upon it, but the old man
they call Uncle David. He who to all
appearance possessed no interest in
his niece's personal property, was on
hand the moment these things were
carried into her husbands house. with
the express intention, it seems, of in
quiring for this gold ball, which he de-
clared to be family heirloom. AS such
It belonged to him as the present holder
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
=. . 1
Wins, Heart Of Dead Woman.

4 oW14Hi Asart OF LEAD woman. s.,G A.
{, By5yrtue of an agreement made .beets
'forehrer death. Dr.: n: M; Hall of Pitts-.cs
BEEN awarded the heartsofsas.
Mrs. Mary o'Neill by coroner's turys-o.,
The, .womansxHAo was wealthy, was
fopnAt aaadss9sbea, She. had agHasd -: :,
giyscthe physician her heart in rstsrn,ois
FOR 1MedtcM attendance: ~: ,::,r ,ssvs
~ a., tce;syt z sssa:sos yshs
" as.inBaby's Gone to slsep.a.s.: sc1nee
" Thvst,alsss;uaHce N the, arepyeaAn Sssss II
A glow-eomes from the log.
And hard by in his fuzzy grace
There stands woolly dog
From spare room to the cellar low
There reigns silence deep;
The twilight shadows come ana ges
The baby's gone to sleep
A train steams cross the dining-Toou,
Two shoes are in its track;
A bears tied to the kitchen broom,
A horse lies on Its back
In grassland, near the bookcase tall
There stands flock Of sheep:
What means this muss in room ana half
The baby's gone to sleep.
-0ee6 HouaskeepinA,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

I is worth while to
consider how eager
private b Q n 9 v o.
leaee is to supple
ment the city-or,
rather, to aid in
! ! n e s n OF We t
thought quite prop
er for city ex-
penditure. There
are the Milbanks,
for instance, not
among the notori-
o u S ! y wealthy
families, but what
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
The Wedding Of Mr.. potter.

HE wedding Of
James Brown Pot
ter was no surprise
to New York soci-
ETY., which had for
four years expected
thathe would tire of
single blessedness.
Mr.. Potter is un-
comfortably near
SO, and is COM
fortably wealthy;
he is a member OF
an aristocratic FAM
{11y 1-J La- T. Ill
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
NEW YORK SCHOOLS
MOST EXPENSIVE EDUCATIONAL,
SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY.
FREE LECTURE COURSES.
They Have Assumed Wonderful Pro-
portions and Importance-Mak-
ing American Citizens in
the Ghetto District.

EW YORK.-T h Q
op e n i n 6 of the
school season is a
pretense until Oc-
tober. Only then
d o t h e re CT e.
alton centers, t h Q
FIR e 9 le C t u re
courses, the gym
nasiums open. Not
even then are the
night schools at
work. Summer is
long in the city,
Almost past be-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
..aDisastrous Wrecks: ~

Caferessness Is esponsfble sfUr M fly +
a railway and the same Tea uyashS
are making human wrecks of stuff erers |
from Throat and Lung troubles. But
since the advent of DR.. Kings. New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds, even the worst cas- IS can be
cured, and hopeless resignati on is no
longer necessary. Mrs Lois Crapp Of
Dorchester, Mass, is one of many
whose life was saved by Or. Kings
New Discovery. This g eeat remedy
is guaranteed for all Th eoat and Lung
diseases by P. A. Glenn ner. Druggist
Price SOC. and s1.0O. Trial bottles
free. +
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Wise Ancients.

Traveler-The houses in some or
the ancient cities had walls ten feet.
thickASs 'r''' f-F
Mr.. Bfickrow (enviously)-f' pre-.
sumo some Of the neighbors- were mu-
sical.a.N. z. Weekly. 80" ~
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Cleanliness and Learning.

SCHOOLHOUSE to
hold 5000 children
is the latest propo-
sition to cure tho
evil of mo room. It
will stand in the
heart Of the great
East side ghetto,
where live the ma
jority of N e W
Y or ks 700, 900
Jews. 1t will have
ten stories, the up
per ones served by
elevators. Its roof
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

MI now again Gen.
Grant is a New
Yorker; and seeing
the stout figure Of
medium h e / g b t
and more than ordi-
n a ry sturdiness,
the square, bullet
shaped head, the
closely cropped
beard s b o wing
plentiful gray, the
old New York res
ident rubs his eyes
in bewilderment,
half wondering if it
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
ass srsetAL6ophole.

LovellGDoI you think a man ma II sH5dld,
tell his fshcse ar the indiseretiofs 81 bis.
past life? W.
cynicus-Yes; then perhans.- she
wouldn't marry him-Brooklyn 4ife !,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
GINS ST RAul0R. r.,

Time Table.
Trains Leaves Cresco as follows,
PASSENGER GOING EAST.
p. m Daily except Sunday, fol
McGregor and Dubuque.
1:52 p. m Daily for Chicago.
$50 p. m. Daily except Sunday for
Milwaukee
FREIGHT
$50 m., carries passengers to Calmar
p M, accomodation.
PASSENGER come WEST,
4;a0 a. M, for st. Paul s. Minneapolis,
connecting at Austin for South
ern Minnesota points.
12:48 p. M, for st. Paul s. Minneapolis
FREIGHT.
10 p. M, accommodation.
3:l0 p. M, carries passengers.
Coupon tickets on sale for all poins
In U S. and Canada; also Steamsh
tickets. M. ]. WHITE, Agt
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rooms, Of course.

"oen. Grant" Just as He Was in 10.
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Private Bepevolence Aids the c,+v
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ily. and has I'M his