davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1907-06-02

had been abandoned by the rebels. and I was au.te
sure for many reasons that the American Admiral
would refuse TO receive back the FIVE hundred and
more refugees who had consumed his surplus pro-
visions Besides Sir Charles | added Arabi
Pasha can't make anv such attack. We are IN The
center OF impossible Gordon of FIRE. and can de-
fend the place readily. | hope YOU are nor going;
but IN anv case the Americans viii remain
Al the same time | suggested 10 LIeutenar- Denny
(now Colonel Denny of the United States Marine
Corps. then present, that II would be well -o pre-
pare the building for defense; and accordingly
doors and windows were carefully plugged with
pillows and mattresses, which were found IN the
streets in great quantities, LETT by the oo-e-s
their preCipitate retreat Lieutenant Comm .uder
Hutchins, who had replaced Lieutenant COM
mander Goodrich in command of the detac-uent.
who had been ASSIGNED to the special duty !. re-
New-York tribune., 1907-06-02

DIR. Ardouin a French citizen, long time resi-
dent of Alexandria, and of late years the chief of
the European hospital In his report he says:
Toward two p. NJ. of the twelfth, the military
New-York tribune., 1907-06-02

storing he water supply, writes on this head.
Speaking of the Germans, that reminds
me of the night of the sixteenth when,
hearing some CommOt!Ou m the Ir NAL
Building. where Lieutenant Commander
Bradford was quartered with his .om-
mand, | went over TO see what was q. nat
ter. Bradford told me they expected .~abI
to make an attack on the city that ht.
We then made a compact TO stick t.--.- Ter
If the worst came 10 the worst. l- vas
now extremely dark, and IN leaving U-ld-
ford | struck out for my command To
my surprise. after a few steps / ran lam
bang right into a section OF ar---yr nat
was coming round the corner al the -ole.
While irving 10 get round them / -Ard
orders in German. and 70 my surp- md
they were Germans TetreatIUL heir
ships. They, with the Greeks and E-nS,
embarked that night, when the. med
that Arabi had threatened 10 cle- us al
out of the CITY
The simultaneous retreat Of the q. man.
Russian, and Greek troops was NOT mere
coincidence, but the inSpITa non -olcy
dictated from Downing Street. us ~ged
by Sir Samuel Baker. Had the -\-.~.can
Consul followed the suggestion Lord
Charles BereSford. as did the Con- Cen
eral of Germany, Russia, and Ge on
the night of July 10, 1882. A..--irla,
notwithstanding the efforts of the -. --can
sailors and marines, had Iuey.-- been
completely destroyed.
The Place DIES COnSuls at AleN-~ was
so called because formerly 1t cont. -d The
conSulates of all the Powers In T-.. The
bOmbardment and burning des-~... them
all except St Marks Building u,ted
States consulate). There Is r.,.E 10
mark the valiant deeds of the .~.EGEi,
the American navy and marine 1t
would be justice if the name If the
5 Consuls was changed to PL-- -s Eiats
Place Mfrikdui. with a table, 30 COM
ION of the Nallant Arrr1car ------S and
New-York tribune., 1907-06-02

Place des Consuls was Changed t. PIG.. - Ia
UHiS or Place Merikdni with a tablet 80 cor
memOration of the valiant American sailors Al
marines who saved Alexandria
New-York tribune., 1907-06-02

In the afternoon the British landed a
force which occupied the Marina. | had
occasion TO save Mustapha Bcv, the pre-
feet of police, from summary execution by
the British soldiers, who mStook him for
his predecessor. the famous Said khandil.
Mustapha informed me that he had
come as a messenger from the khcdive
to say that he was then cndcavorlng
t. make his way to Ras-ct-Tln. Even
as Mustapha spoke, Tewhk khediVc, with
an escort of cavalry, passed en- route to
the palace.
hastcncd to Ras-ct-Tin, where found
the khcdive, laboring under intense excite
mcnt. He threw his arms around me, and
gave way to a paroXysm of tears due not
only to the nervous strain TO which he
had been subjected but also to grief
over the illness of his sister. CThc Prn-
cess died the same night from fright)
When the khedivc had rcgaincd control
of his feelings, he thanked me for the
services rendered him and his Govern
mcnt, and again expressed the hope to
have me recnter his service. | informed
him of the American Admiral's action in
sending troops and suggested that he
should request the Consuls General of
the several Powers to have their naval
commanders do likewise.
| left the khedivc to join the United
States detachment of one hundred and
sixty, which was commanded by Licutcn-
ant Commander Goodrich. Before reach
ing the consulate, on the Place DIES
Consuls, two females, Greek and an
Italian, were discovered, living, but dread
fully mutilatcd. They were conveyed to
the consulate, where DR. Ardouin who had
watched our landing from the roof of his
hospital, came, operated upon the victims,
and saved their lives
DR. Ardouin was a French citizen, long t
dent of Alexandria, and of late years the
the European hospital. In his report he 5
Toward two p. NJ. of the twelfth, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08

slip up behind person who deep in dreams and
musings and fetch a warwhoop that would Jump
that person out of his clothes. And she had other
moods. Sometimes would hear gentle music
in the drawing room, and would find her there at
the piano singing ancient and melancholy songs
with infinitely touching effect.
Her husband, old Professor Stowe, was a pctur-
esque figure. He wore broad SLOUGH hat He was
large man, and solemn. His beard was white and
thick and hung far down his breast The first
time our little Susy him she encountered
him the street house, and came flvirg
wide eyed to her mother and said, Santa Claus has
got loose!"
Which reminds me of Rev Charley Stoves little
boy-a little boy of seven years. | met Rev
Charley crossing his mothers grounds one morning.
and he told me this little tale He had been to
Chicago to attend a convention of Congregational
clergymen, and had taken his little boy with him.
During the trip he reminded the little chap every
now and then that he must be his very best
behavior there in Chicago. He said, I'VE shall be
the guests of clergyman; there will be other
-elergymen and their wives, and you must
be careful to let those people by your walk and
conversation that you of godly household. Be
very careful about this" The admonition bore
fruit At the first breakfast which they ate in the
Chicago clergymans house he heard his little son
say in the meekest and most reverent way to the
lady opposite him.
Please, won't you, for Chrst's sake, pass the
butter?''
To be continued Sunday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08

in company with another bandit, George ". Cable.
We were robbng the public with readings from our
works during four months; and the of
time to Albany levy tribute, and said
I'VE ought to go and pay respects to the Gov
ernOr.'
So Cable and | went to that majestic Capitol
building and stated errand. We shown
into the Governors private office. and | Mr.
Cleveland for the first time. We three stood chat
ting together was born lazy, and | conforted my
self by turning the corner of table into sort of
seat Presently the Governor said
Mr.. Clemens. | was fellow citizen of yours in
Buffalo a good many months, a good while ago.
and during those months YOU burst suddenly into
a mighty fame out Of previous long continued
and no doubt proper obscurity; but l was no
body, and YOU wouldn't notice have any
thing to do with me. But that | have become
somebody, YOU have changed your style, and you
come here to shake hands with me and be sociable
How do you explain this kind of conduct"
Oh said. it is very simple, Your Exceency.
In Buffalo you were nothing but sheriff l was in
society. | couldn't afford to associate with sheritfs
But YOU Governor now. and YOU your
way to the Presidency 1t is great difference, and
it makes YOU worth while
There appeared to be about sixteen doors to that
spacious From each door Young
emerged and the sixteen lined up and moved for
ward and stood in front of the Governor with
aspect of respectful expectancy their attitude. No
one spoke for moment. Then the Governor said:
You are dismissed, gentlemen. Your services are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08

open manhoe or an excavation does not worry me-
and feel the walls of building ten feet away
AS the eye IS the first among the of the
full SenSed person, is touch said to be the
useful of the blind mans senses; but if | were to
judge from the character of my dream image, my
touch is no more active than my other senses.
Indeed, 1t is only of the four. During the erup-
tons of Vesuvius my wife read to me from dav to
day the newspaper accounts A cosmic event like
that has always impressed my maginaton but a
few nights ago | dreamed of an eruption; and |
have never heard such terrific detonations felt such
intense heat, smelt such powerful, sitting gases,
nor has my palate ever been SO Parched. | thought
l had wandered too the mouth of the crater,
and was trying to retire from it. My dream was
of course nightmare; but it showed how keen and
active were all, and not only one, of my senses.
They reproduced images whose viVidness and in
tensity l did not know my memory possessed
Sometime ago | thought of taking my watch to
Jeweler for repair; but before doing so | dreamed
that had done so, and that when asked him to
return the watch he gave me another, with the in
tent of deCeving a blind man is very sensitive
to the tick of his watch. | instantly suspected the
decepton but the jeweler explained that the tick
had been changed by repairing the machinery
Nevertheless it is not my watch, | protested.
after hurriedly running my hands over the dial and
case and passing it up my and ears.
- But | broke the dial glass, argued the ieweler
i put one, and FURNISHED the case with
acid. Because of these repairs you not able to
identity your watch.
Il shook my head. The jeweler laughed then
handed me my watch, which instantly recognized
from the tick and the feeling of the and dial
81 might go further by saying believe it possible
for me to distinguish my watch, which has gold
case, from gold watches worn by other persons by
Odor At any rate, the sense of smell can be SO
highly trained that one can distinguish between
some of the so called odoress chemical gases and
metals The sense of s.::ell in certainly has
all the possibilities of the same sense in a dog
One dream that l often have is that of eating,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08

and this dream is induced by my keen sense of
taste, and not by hunger, it is in most persons
who have it. Sometime ago l dreamed of drinking
beer which | very seldom do. | thought | should
never be able to get the beer to my lips because of
the foam Ny dream of eating meal is more real,
If possible than the act itself. The rattle of the
dishes, the odorS of the Steamng viands and the
touch of food to my lips and taste make veritabe
banquet for sleep Now, if had eyes should prob
ably get nothing more out of dream like that than
the sight of myself eating Ny other senses would
be guests the feast and certainly would
not be on hand unless it had been aroused to self
assertion by actual starvation
Professor CARL was asked if he was able to form
any idea of color, Only in a tigurative sense he
replied. You know that all the senses closely
related-that is, they are measures of different
degrees of vibration-yet there is impossible
gulf between every two of them. There have been
into music, and vice but the translated thing
produces very different impression the magma
ton from the original.
According to some of the philosophers, the
material universe came into existence first as ether.
The next step was air, then followed in succession
water fire, and earth. These five states of matter
compose the manifested universe and
they the media of the five senses,-hearing,
touch taste. sight, and smell. Without the subtle
medium of ether the universe would be silent
fish, without water there could be taste, form
without fire, smell without earth. But these
material states convertible into n
other, and the nterchangea bic.
II we lose of the senses, especially at birth
in very early life there is gap that cannot possibly
be filled
Il have two or three blind acquaintance who
claim that they hear color. very intelligent
lady, born blind most positively affirmed to me
that through the media of certain sounds she could
combine colors and paint upon her imagination
picture. She had provided herself with all sorts OF
Continued page 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08
A Blind Professors Word

MY dreams may seem rather remarkable to those
A'A persons who see things in sleep. Having
been born blind, and from early childhood having
been eager to acquire knowledge especially scientific
knowledge, | was compelled to make the most of
two of my senses, hearing and touch; but l have
not neglected the other two. | doubt if there is
anyone who has these senses better developed than
l. Sometimes feel as if | am endowed with sight
not specially where my dead eyes are, but all over
my body; we'll aware am | of the existence of
many of the objects within the range of people who
have eyes, objects that are we'll beyond my range
of touch, and vet l can distinguish day from night
sometimes only by difference in the character and
degree of sounds in the streets. l often walk I'M
crowded streets to New York, and 60 at pace
and with and self possession that astonishes
and even alarms friends. But he who walks guided
by his eyes is in no less danger, for there is not
within my danger that / do instantly feel
The sound and touch of my feet upon the street
tell me what sort Of place ain treadng upon. An
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08

not required. Mr.. Clemens is sitting the bells
There a cluster of sixteen bell buttons the
corner Of the table; my proportions at that end of
me were just right to enable to cover the whole
Of that nest, and that is how | came to hatch out
those sixteen clerks.
In accordance with the suggestion made in elders
letter recently received have written the following
note to eXPresident Cleveland upon his sxty-ninth
birthday:
HONoRED SiR-Iour patriotic virtues have for You
the homage of half the nation and the enmy of the other
half This places Your character citizen upon summit
high Washingtons The verdict unanimous and
unassailabe, The of both sides necessary
like these and the of the side quite
valuable the of the other Where the
all mans favor the verdict is against him. 1t sand,
and history will wash away But the verdict for you
rock, and will stand S. L. CLEMENS.
As of date March IS, 1906.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08
T HE DIRE A MS OF THE BLIND

E eye is the king of the senses
in most people. and it is
visual images that play the
largest part in dreams. Com
paratively rare is it that we
hear, and still rarer is it that
we touch, taste, and smell
in our dreams. Only those
in whom these senses have
been specially developed-for
example, musicians, physi-
cans. bank tellers, metal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08
Mrs. Stoves Last DAYS

IN diary which Mrs. Clemens kept for little
while, great many years ago, find various
tons of Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe who was near
neghbor of ours in Hartford with fences between.
And in those days she made much of
grounds of her own, in pleasant weather. Her
mind had decayed, and she was pathetic figure.
She wandered about all the day long in the of
muscular lrshwoman Among the coonists of
neighborhood the doors always stood open in
pleasant weather. Mrs. Stowe entered them at her
own free will, and she always softly slippered
and generally full of animal spirits, she able to
deal in surprises, and she liked to do it. She would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08

sensed man dream is nearly. if not always.
image series of images in form and
color
But with the blind it is different One born
blind never in his dreams; he hears, and
if his senses of touch, taste, and smell have
been made to something of the great
responsibility that belongs to sight, he will
dream with all these senses One who be-
comes blind later in life may in his dreams;
but his sight will come from the visual images
cumuated in mind, before the coming of his aflic-
ton. Milton, after he became blind drew from the
dreams of his night sleep some of the most vivid
ColOrs in his great epic Beethoven, after his
had been closed, gathered from his dreams many of
the harmones of his grand symphonies. Laura
Bridgernan, who grew up with only sense that
of touch, observed in her sleep, and she
constantly engaged in moving her hands, revealing
the tactile images playing constantly the stage
of her dreams
In support of this theory of dream imaging the
dream experiences of number of intelligent blind
persons have been gathered and submitted to Louis
B. CARL, the blind professor of mathematics at
Columbia University. He himself has made a study
of dreams, and when he asked for his views, his
face lighted up with genuine scientific interest.
Said he:
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-10-24
The Climate of Missouri

Although the climate of Mis-
souri, is susceptible to sudden
changes 1t is doubtful if there
be a more healthy climate in
the United States. The fact
that the four seasons are clear.
ly defined prepares one to an.
ticipate the coming one and
gives him ample opportunity to
prepare for it. A lady, whose,
home is in Lower California and
who is now visiting in Hannibal
says that she much prefers the
climate of Missouri to that of
Lower California. Said she to
a Journal representative yester-
day: Although the tempera
ture rarely changes ten degrees
during the entire year IN our
country and the flowers bloom
the year around, the climate
becomes monotonous and the
flowe RS are orderless. You may
pluck a large rose at any sea-
son of the year which is beautl-
full. 20 look upon, pleasant to
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-10-24
Remarkable Bill of Rights for Wives

Remarkable Bill of Rights for Wives
Here is a remarkable bill oil
rights drawn up by the Rev.
William "A. Qualey of st,
James Methodist church, who
is a candidate for bishop.
He declared himself before
the Ministers Wives associa-
tiou of the Rock River confer
ence IN session at st. James
church.
1. 1t is as much the privi-
lege Of the minister's wife to be
Der own beautiful self and to
think of herself as it is the priv
ilege of any other woman.
2 She should have the priv
iIege of staying away from
weekly prayer meeting for
cause or for going to another
church than her husbands and
hearing other preachers speak.
3. She has the right to a
sense OF humor.
4. Some of her sister church
members she should treat as
jokes because they are Jokes.
5. Above al things it is the
duty of the preachers wife to
hold the blue skies over the
minister and his congregation.
6. But preachers wives are
apt to forget that their hus-
bands and not themselves are
hired to do the heavy work OF
the church
z. They should not make the
pastoral calls nor run all the
societies OF the church.
8. Their husbands are en-
ployed to do a mans work and
should not seek to divide it by
two.
The Rev Mr., Qualey's speec J
was received with great appro.
baton by the women. Chicago
American.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-10-24

go VA Tn.> would not
uu~, "a" 80 our laud without t
i-ttr .r,ri 3cilun Of these wcm
of cur c urcGes, bringing
bear upon society and Cover
ment the high ideals OF the Pu
and perfect One, creating a q
ton tempered as a Damasc
blade; a nation keen, chez
Drained, restrained-fit tor q
leadership OF the world e
tract from address by Rev. W
liam l Havens. D. D., deliver,
at the Inter-Church CouferenC
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-10-24

the eye, yet it :ig forth no
odor We also have Jt.I,,fLl
strawberries every nJlth in
the year, but it Is cniy during
certain months tn. arL.,
them, at other times they disa.
gree with u ,--tbGy p. % Us
So it is with most Of the we've
tables, they are only god ~
their season Then how moao.-
onous it becomes to have every
day alike, no colder in winter
than in summer, and no hotter
In summer than IN winter We
have no accession to change the
weight of our clothing, but wear
the same weight and almost the
same COlOrs at all seasons of the
year. Why when | arrived in
Hannibal few days ago and
found the air crisp and chill il
seemed TO make my blood
course more freely and / felt
like a rejuvinated person. l
think Missouri has the finest
climate of any couu ry on the
globe aod | cannot understand
why any one wants to leave
Grand Old Missour
This lady reaso correctly;
there is 10 better ( mate to be
tOuud any where Missouri has
an even temperature. not sub.
ject TO * rene neal or extreme
cold. bul just enough changes
in the four seasons to make
them well defined and to make
each eUjoyable To show that
Missouri has moderate tempera.
ture it is not necessary to state
Arthur Jones of los Shenker
street, this city, now has an ap
pie tree on his place in full
bloom and if old Jack Frost
will not he too hasty in making
his presence felt Mr.. Jones
may harvest another crop of APP
Piles this faII.-HanDi1aI Jour-
nal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-10-24
BY A WHITE RzBBONER.

To realize the standing the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union has gained in the few
years of its life one needs to COM
pare conditions as they exist
now with existing conditions
ten or twelve years ago-a
short time IN which to accom-
plish any great results, and yet
great results have been accom-
pllshed in those brief years.
The little leaven has worked
so quietly and, like the unseen
forces OF nature, so etfectually.
In many years of itinerary as a
state president. l used TO meet
with strong opposition from
many of the ministers-uot all
of them. nor any large per cent
of them, but from some of them.
They feared that women would
lose interest in church work;
they feared eutangiemeG, visa
a radical party. 1 do not fad
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-10-24
BY A NOTED CLERGYMAN

| have sometimes thought the
Woman'S Christian Temperance
Union to be The most powerful
active agency which exists in
tn {. II try to Keep vital
the temperance sentiment and
to g. o>e the audacious and fall
laciO IS inlrlgues of the liquor
traffit Tnd its political and So
cial aids nd abettors This mil.
liant host OF cody women is as
terrible DIS any army with ban.
ners. Their organization is a
meeting plaCe-it is a workshop
OF purity and righteousness. We
shall never know until the Sc
crets of history are revealed
what has been accomplished by
these heroic women, who, not
unmIndful of their own churches,
b 1t ever mindful of the common
interest of the Church of God,
wage a warfare that is Sleep
less. They have purified our
army from the canteen, and if
their hands are upheld they
may prevail upon this nation to
give us an army and a navy as
temperate and self.controlled
as that of imperial Japan, which
has revealed such intrepid valor
and astonished the wu..i by lis
immunity from disease and it's
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-10-24

Through the courtesy of the
DEMOCRAT this space is reserv.
ed for the W. G. n. U. 1t is
edited by Ella L. Shearman,
District Press Superintendent
of the W. c. T. u, who is re-
sporsible for all statements
which appear in this column.
Our Watchwords: Organize,
Educate, Agitate.