davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-08-04

Editor Independent: A sufficient
time has elapsed since the st. Louis
convention for the people to look into
the proceedings and make up their
minds quietly, deliberately and dispas-
sionately as to the motives and re-
suits The action of the convention as
well as the results were a sore dis
appointment to great many people,
but especially to the followers OF Mr..
Bryan.
We can not help admiring Mr.. Bry-
an for the fight he made for a demo-
cratic platform. But his failure was
signal and overwhelming. That he
would for moment, lend his support
to a platform that is undemoeratic,
and to nominees that are republicans
in faith and practice, is beyond be-
lief. That he, of all men who have
stood for the rights of the people, and
have times without number expressed
his faith and confidence in them,
should now turn against their interests
and advocate platform in which he
does not believe. and support men
for Office who mhe mas denounced in
season and out of season as unworthy
the support of true democrats, men
that he has branded for years as trail
tors and towards who had sold their
patriotism, party and souls for gold, is
beyond the comprehension OF common
minds to grasp or conceive.
Had MI, Bryan bolted the ST. Louis
convention and formulated a code of
democratic principles similar to those
In the last issue of The Commoner,
and invited all men who agreed with
him. regardless of past party atillia-
tions. to Join him in the tight against
n pIutocracy. he would have been en-
tirely consistent. lie could In the next
four years have built up a party
against which flesh, hell and the devil
could not have prevailed, II would
have swept this country as a cyclone
and landed Mr.. Bryan In Lie executive
chair as the republican cyclone did
Mir. Lincoln In 1860. lie had In this
convention the same opportunity that
Lincoln. Garrett aud Phillips had in
1856 when the republican party was
organized In the interest Of all the
people. He lad the opportunity tina,
only comes TO man once during his
llfo time. Had he made use Of Il. no
power ON earth could have kept him
in the back ground.
But he has MISSED hla opportunity:
or. ut least. failed 10 take advantages
OF u aud II destined To 40 Into an
obscure political gfayc. unwept. un-
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-08-04
cATARRH CANNOT BE CURED

with local applications. as they can
not reach the seat of the disease
Catarrh Is a blood or constitutional
disease, and in order to cure II you
must take internal remedies. Hall's
Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not
n auack medicine. II was prescribed
by one OF the best physicians In this
country for years. ana ~ regular
prescription. II is composed OF the
best known tonlcs known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination OF the two In
gradients Is what produces such won.
ieriul results In curing Catarrh. Send
Cor testimonials free.
r. J. CHENEY q CO. Props.
Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists price 75c.
Halls Family pilla are tho best
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-08-04
A ROTRE DAME LADY.

Twill send free, with full Instructions, some ar
this simple preparation for the cure OF Leucor-
rhea. liberation, Dispacements, Falling of the
Womb Scanty or Painful Periods Tumors or
feeling up the Spine, Pain In the Back, and all
Female Troubles 10 all sending address. To
mothers OF suffering daughters will explain q
successful Home Treatment Ifyou decide to
continue 1t will only cost about ~ centsa week
to guarantee u cure. Tell other sufferers OF IT.
that Is all ! ask Ityou are interested write now
and tell your suffering friends OF it. Address
Mrs. NJ. Summers, Box 100 Notre Dame, Ind.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-08-04
FARMERS, ATTENTION.

FARM EISS, MI ENIION.
Do you wish tC sell your farm? le
Sc, send full description. lowest prizes
ard best terms. Or, IL you wish 70
buy a farm, ranch or Lincoln home.
write to or call on Williams & Bratf,
1105 o st.. Lincoln. Neb.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
LAFcADIo HEARN A GENIUS.
Curious Combination Of Elements In
Late Great Writer,

If, as scientists say, heredity and
environment make the man, it was
curious combination of elements that
entered into the making of Lafcadio
Hearn. His father, an Irish officer
could give him the plastic Celtic tenn
permanent, its power to see visions and
dream dreams and not to take life too
seriously. His mother, Greek, could
transmit to him passionate love Of
beauty, a civilized wildness, so to
speak, and freedom from modern
conventionality.
His environment in his early years
was Wales, England, Ireland and
France, with easy opportunity for
learning the various languages. Then
his free lance was early bent by a
serious grandaunt, who designed him
for the priesthood, giving him taste
Of sobriety. Then fortune took him
In hand and sent him to America
when only 10 to shift for himself.
The clever youth became printer,
reporter, and then editor. He absorb
ed information only to transmit it
into wonderful stories. He wandered
into strange bypaths in search of Gu
rious lore which he reproduced with
touch of singular enchantment.
Staid and restless by turns, he
eventually found his home in Japan.
1t was not merely accidental that he
found his wife in the orient. He was
drawn to Japan and the Japanese by
all the laws of attraction. He loved
Japan's peculiar beauty. He appre-
ciated its art and it's unique civiliza-
ton. He understood what Germans
are pleased to call the gemuth of the
people-their latent bent and charac-
ter-and was in hearty sympathy with
1t. His stories of Japanese life and
his translation from prose and poetry
of Japanese literature revealed Japan
to the literary few before all the
world had come to know Japan's
power by her record in the present
war.
The ancestry and career of Lafca-
do Hearn are well worth the atten-
tion of psychologists. The oddly of
the situations, the strangeness of the
man, his stability and his restlessness,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
Which Is True Civilization

Says Mr. Hayashl, a distinguished
citizen Of Japan; To-day we Japa-
nese have battleships. torpedoes, can
non. The China sea reddens with
the blood Of our killed and Of those
we kill. Our torpedoes roar, our
shrapnel shrek, our cannon breathe
slaughter and we die and are the
cause of death. And you occldentals
say to us, You have won your rank;
you have civilized yourselves Cen.
turtles upon centuries we have had ar.
lists, painters, scnlptors, philosophers.
In the sixteenth century we had pub
lished in Japanese the fables Of
Aesop. Were we then barbarians?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
FEAR DAMAGE BY VOLCANO.
Latest Eruption of Vesuvlus Nor,
Threatening Than Heretofore.

-
The most beautiful gateway of al
proach from the New World to tho
Old is in danger Of irreparable mar
ring through the eruption of Vesuvius
even if no lives are lost in the well
warned villages about it's base.
The whole mountain has shifted fur
Their west since the great eruption OF
1900 years ago buried Pompeii What
is left of the earlier mountain, nov
known as Monte Stamina, curves like
broken sheath part way about tho
newer and higher cone, which is tho
very foreground of the matchless pic
ture presented, with Ischia to the lefi
and Capri to the right, as steamer
thrusts her prov into the Bay Of
Naples. From seventy miles away
the tall mountain with its pillar o.
Of smoke is the navigator's landmark
The eruptions of 1898 did not pro
coed from the main summit, but burs,
new and smaller craters through the
side wall Of the mountain toward
Naples, from which the dull glow o,
the fires was visible at night. But nov
the main or western crater, which fol-
months has cleaned at intervals with
baleful fires and which overlooks one
of the most populous seacoasts in the
world, seems to be misbehaving This
obviously may be more serious mat
ter
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
Wants His Salary Reduced.

Rev. Joseph Luccock Of the AsburJ
NJ. E. church, Milwaukee, has notified
the executive board Of the church
that he wants his salary cut from 81.
200 to $1,000. The reverend gentle.
man, who went to Milwaukee from
Covington, KY. not long ago, says be
takes this action because he does not
think the church can AFFORD to pay the
larger salary. incidentally he accuses
Rev. Otis A. Luce. former pastor. with
whom he exchanged pulpits. Of having
misrepresented the financial condition
Of the church.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
lmpIaeabIe Foe Of Alcohol.

Col. John Sobiesh of Los Angeles,
the direct descendant Of King John
III. Of Poland, the great warrior and
statesman Of that country. veteran
OF the civil war. is an implacable foe
of liquor and spends most of his time
in temperance work. Col. Sobiesh won
his military title in the civil war,
after which he studied law and was
admitted to the bar. In 1868 he was
a member of the Minnesota legisla-
ture. Later he took up the Prohibi.
ton cause, in which he has labored
ever since.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
WAS HAND OF DESTINY.
Admiral Dewey at First Had No Am
blton to Be Sailor.

In connection with the conclusion
Of Admiral Dewey's fiftieth year of
service in the navy it is recalled that
It was not his desire that he should
go to Annapolis. One day he noticed
in the county paper when he was q
lad in Vermont a paragraph announc
ing that there was vacancy in the
academy for the congressional district
In which the Deweys lived. The lac
went to his father and, thinking mos
unselfshly of his brother, said: Faith
er, here is place for Charles. Why
not send him to the naval academy
Tho father replied: mo, it is not the
place for Charles, but for you, George,
And in a fortnight letters had been
exchanged which secured the appoint
ment for the future admiral, who
made his first appearance in Annapo-
lis on Sept. 20, 1854.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
Cause Of SPANS Decline.

DR.. Miguel De Unamuno. rector and
professor of Greek literature at the
University Of Salamanca, in a recent
address traced the decline OF Spain
to the time Of Ferdinand and lisa.
bella and the discovery Of America.
Since that time, he said. there has
been an antagonism between the do
nestle and the foreign history Of
Spain; opposed to the apparent ex-
ternal wealth there was a real inter
nal poverty; bravery in the battlefield
was coun'srbalanced by cowardlce Of
thought.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
GAME TO SATISFY GUARDIAN.
,nle object of Young English Girls
Visit to America.

" FNIUSiIS
4 good-looking girl who gave her
lame as Florence Gray arrived from
england in the White Star liner Gee.
mic last week and returned with the
anne vessel. She came to satisfy the
yhim of guardian who controls her
Inheritance and who had asserted that
she must first pay visit to this coun-
.ry before he would turn over the
money which he held in trust. She
could have her allowance, but the
main sum he would withhold until she
!ttained her majority. On arriving she
told her story-said she had no inter-
est whatever in this country, had
merely come here to crafty a whim
Of her guardian, and if they would al
'ow her to stay on the island until the
Oceanic sailed and certify that she
had actually been here she would be
much obliged. When the Oceanic sail
I'd she waved careless goodbye to
New York.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
EIopIna Mania Runs In Family.

Charles e, Adams, wealthy dairy
man near Port Chester, N. Y, is the
father Of three daughters, all OF whom
have elopcd. The last one, Sadie, n
years old, very pretty and fresh from
a boarding school, decamped the other
night with Walter Washburn, the
overseer OF her fathers farm. Adams
suspected that his daughter loved
Washburn, so he discharged him.
Washburn left the same evening and
the express wagon that came to take
his trunk away from the Adams home
stead took Sadie's trunk, too. Mr.. Ad-
ans was away from home. When he
found that his third daughter had
gone he said he would never have any
thing more to do with her. He has
never forgiven any Of his daughters
for clipping, and they are all living
away from home.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
Divided Service with Mormon.

Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hills, who
occupies Henry Ward Beechers old
pulpit in Plymouth church, divided a
funeral service in Brooklyn the other
night with a Mormon elder. The ser
vices were held over the body Of aged
Charles d. Juchau and his wife. who
died within twenty-four hours Of each
other after fifty years Of welded life
Mrs. Juchau had been an attendant Of
Plymouth church for nearly forty
years and Rev. DR.. Hills officiated al
the funeral service in her behalf
When he had gone John G. McQuar
rle, the president Of the eastern
states mission Of the Latter Day
Saints (Mormons), to which denomi
nation Mr.. Juchau had belonged, tool
charge Of the service.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
PRINCE HENRY OF ORLEANS

Arctic steamer Fran, in which Or
hansen made his voyage to the froz
en- seas for the purpose of an expedi
ton in 1905.
1t is understood the admiralty will
require that Capt. Otto Sverdrup, tn,
former commander of the Fran. shall
command the vessel If the govern
ment agrees to the proposition of tn
duke.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
HELD DIPLOMATIC POST LONG
Record of Late Mexican Consul Gen.
eral at New York,


eral at New York.
1t is seldom that man holds dip
lomatic post for almost forty years.
Such is the record of DR.. Juan N. Nav
AFRO, the Mexican consul general at
New York, who died at his home
there a few days ago. When war was
declared between the United States
and Mexico DR.. Navarro enlisted in
the Mexican army. After the war he
resumed the practice of his profession
and was made professor in the medi-
cal college in the City of Mexico. Later
he was elected senator, and when
Mexico was invaded by the French
he was appointed surgeon general Of
the Mexican army. He was captured
by the French, but escaped. At the
end of the trouble DR.. Navarro was
appointed consul general at New
York.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
DANCING GOOD FOR THE YOUNG.
Eastern Pastor Defends and Advo
Gates the "MazY WhirI.n

Rev. John l.. Scudder, pastor of the
First Congregational church at Jersey
City, defends and advocates dancing.
Dancing" he said in a sermon Sun.
day night, "is the outward expression
of joyous life. Proper dancing is
healthful and moral and should be
encouraged by the church. True re.
ligion never objects to the young peo
pie having a good time. They will
have enough cares and sorrows and
drudgeries later on; then let them
frisk when they feel like it. II we
older ones frisked a little more It
would do us good and help us to for
get our worrlments. 1t would help
maintain our youthful spirits longer
and make us more companlonable and
attractive"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

A Minnesota boy slept thirty days
as the result Of being hit on the head
by a scanthng during a cyclone. How
ever, the treatment is too severe ever
to obtain popular favor with insomnia
patients II put up in small packages
for the trade.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
Ass0Z1zT NI12E AcRzZZY

embassy, stationed at Lenox, for ex.
ceeding the speed limit in an automo-
bile. The secretary is not amenable
to the statutory laws of the United
States, and although he pleaded ex
emption the justice was inexorable.
An apology was made later, and the
fines RENTED.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
PAID HEAVILY FOR cURslNe.
Convicted Prisoner Found BIasphemy
a Costly Amusement.

Costly Amusement.
Frank Krupa was brought before
Justice Mccormick in Shamokln, Pa,
charged with having been dlsorderly.
The evidence was clear and the pris-
oner was sentenced to thirty days in
Jail, whereupon he began to curse the
court His honor calmly kept tally
on his blotter the number of oaths
Krupa uttered and found that they
numbered sixty. The state law pro.
vides a fine of sixty-seven cents for
each, making total Of $4,000. When
told he would have to pay that amount
for his swearing the prisoner began
curslng again. The justice, when
Krupa said he had no money, added
sixty days to the original sentence,
making 1t one day per oath. Then his
honor picked up his pencil expectant.
ly, but Mr.. Krupa had had enough
and kept quiet as he was led away to
fail
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
RICH MEN IN POLITICS.
Tammany Hall Has Large Number II
Its Membership,


For several years Tammany Hall IL
New York has been trying to enrol
under its banner young men Of means
and it has met with considerable sue
cess. The idea is to secure youthful
adherents who, while ambitious Of
political preferment, have money
enough to put them beyond necessity
of making living out of politics. How
we'll the wigwam managers have sue.
ceeded in this effort is shown by the
recruiting of such men as Harry
Payne Whitney, Congressman Fran
els Burton Harrison, the nominee for
lieutenant governor; James w. Ge-
rard; Stewart Nelly Brice, son Of the
late senator; Cambridge Livingston;
Jack Beresford, a nephew of the late
Lord William Beresford; Richard T.
Wilson, Jr.; Edward A. Crowninshield;
Reginald Riyes, and numerous others
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

The official information from Chi.
cago that a girl can dress quite neat
ly on $500 a year is a great relief to
family men whose incomes are only
moderate and who wish their children
TO look neat.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
Oldest Love Letter.

The oldest love letter in the world
is in the British museum. 1t is the pro.
posal of marriage for the hand Of an
Egyptian princess, and 1t was made
$500 years ago. 1t is in the form OF
an inscribed brick.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

Discussing the styles in wedding
gowns, the fashion editor says there
is something particularly girllsh and
sweet in Dutch neck upon a bride.
This looks like race discrimination.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

The reason for the failure Of the
latest Arctic expedition Is now made
clear by the startling explanation of
the gentleman in charge that 1t was
too cold.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

Following TIE prediction that the
supply Of blondes will run out in 800
years is another to the effect that
everybody will be crazy in 700 years.
on the theory, doubtless, that It will
be a hundred years before we fully
realize ovr loss
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

The statement that Mr.. Marshall
Field pays taxes on property to the
value OF $40000,O00 will lead most
rich men to wonder what he is really
worth.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

Explorer Peary is anxious to get
away. He is tired Of answering the
question: What will you do with the
north pole when you find it,"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

II the Geographical Congress would
pass law repeating some of the hard
names in the Biographies 1t would
confer a favor on the rising genera.
ton.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

The treasurer of the United States
says there is only one $4,000 bill in
circulation. II that is so, the last man
who got 1t must have forgotten to
pass II along
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

A New York magistrate has ruled
that man cannot be disorderly in a
saloon. He is orderly, at least, so
long as he orders.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

There will be time for a good many
bridal tours" before Niagara Falls
disappears, II Prof. Gilbert is right in
estimating that 1t is good" to last
$500 years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

The fashion arblters in Paris have
ruled that tall. thin girls are to be
the style this winter. The hopelessly
short, fat ones never did think much
Of the Partisan styles, anyway.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
FINED A BRITISH DIPLOMAT.

Massachusetts, Justice Unwlttingy
Transeressed Law Of Nations.
Associate Justice II. c. Phelps of
the Lee (Mass.) police court has ac'
CURED unenvlable international noto-
riety for imposing fine upon Hugh
Quincy, third secretary of the British
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

AS King Peter was guarded by mer
with guns no one was impolite enough
to say anything about the way he got
the job.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

The latest dictate of fashion Is
that skirts are to fit snugly over the
hips, and must be quite full about
the feet" To fit the feet snugly, also?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

1t would be interesting to learn
whether the people Of Servla speak of
the occupant of their blood-stained
throne as ruler by divine right"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

: If the Red Cross society has nothing
else on hand just now 1t might formu-
late useful code of rules governing
conduct on the football field.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

The wise judges at baby show in
Ithaca, N. Y, awarded the prize to a
founding. Thus none of the mothers
was any madden than any other.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

Over 400 horses, we are told, have
been eaten by the Port Arthur garrl.
son. The Missouri mule was wise in
keeping out of this war.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

A scientist says that constant diet
of sour milk will prolong life. Wei
come death, rather.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

According to the Sun, bath rooms
are fad in Baltimore. Well, that's
not quite so bad as if they were a
novelty.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

Died at Toxic, Japan, Sept. 20.
his freakishness combined with singu-
lar devotion, all call for explanation,
which perhaps even the deepest stu
dent of psychology would fail to give.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

Chicago women have formed a club
to promote the art of conversation.
II the idea works some good listeners
may be developed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

There is a school in Philadelphia
which teaches brides the chatting dish
habit. And still we wonder at the
increase of divorces.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

The Argentine Republic trains its
soldiers by teaching them to play foot
ball. No wonder the army is so small
down there.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

Prof, Loeb's discoveries are little
too late to be of special interest to
the Car Of Russia and the King Of
Italy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

Uncle Russell Sage manages to eff
feet great saving by having so few
babies named for him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

May there be no suspicion Of per-
manency about Joseph Jefferson's lat
est retirement from the stage.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

Don't boil your paper money. The
germs can be pressed out with fat
iron.