davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

1 cries of fear and distress. As he en- tered with his train he stood for a mo- nent perplexed and then called out to servant who came running through the court to know what all this meant. 70, royal Theseus," answered the terrified man, the young and tender are the dead" Just at that moment from the in- terior of the house came the sound of women wailing a dirge. What Is 1t, who is it. are any of my children dead?" Nay. sire,' replied the old man who came forth from the palace, your moth erless children are alive, and we'll"
 What, my wife' cried the King, reel ing from the blow of the unexpected news. "Oh, tell me what has cut her strands of life? She was not we'll knew, but-dead, you say, that royal Phaedra whom I loved-she dead who came home with me from Crete across the sea to be my bride, the child of royal Minos? Nay, tell me all, am strong and can bear my woe as a man and King should bear it." Then they told him how the Queen had just been discovered, self-slain and hang ing to a rafter in an attic room.
 
 Theseus. "A fit of that old, cold anguish of hers-did some fresh thing befall herr Nay, tell me all." I've know no more than we have told," said the old courier. but Theseus, we mourn with you in this your great calamity" The King stood thoughtful for a moment and put his hand to his brow. He felt a garland upon his head--for his dress and the chaplet with which he was crowned showed that he had just come from pilgrimage to some oracle or shrine. And. indeed. he had just come from the shrine of Poseidor< his an- cestor. god of the sea. And thus all decked and garlanded. come to herv' cried the King. "Oh. flowers most evil starredl Ho. varlets, unloose the portals and let me see the bitter sight of her whose death will cause mine own'
 In through the great central arch of the palace portal, whose great leaves 1 were thrown back for his reception, went Theseus. The marble colonnades of his castle gleamed white and glistened in the | bright sun of the Grecian skies: the green mountains ranged around were in- | terspersed with da1es where dwelt gods, where thickets still hid faun and dryads and the immortals still intefered in the vexed life of man.
 Far off the blue sea gleamed, temples | shone on rocky promontories already mighty with reflected greatness of the dawn of time. And here was TheseVs, himself descended from the gods, stand ing in the shadow beyond the palace por- tai beside the bier upon which they had laid the dead body of Phaedra. o Aphro- I dite. Goddess of Love, the ever. ever ] powerful in all ages and in all climes, the ever destroying and <the ever creating.
 The d-descended king who had wrought such great labors that fable still tells of them bent over the bier and said; "It is the greatest and the last Of all my labors to bear this. Fate has laid It's heavy ffeel upon me. It is the penalty Of sins long past. I cannot win the shore and the waves overwhelm me. An, wife, sweet wife, gone like a flame extinguished or a flying bird where all things are for got. Sure this is some stroke of the tm'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
Doesn't Like Drafts

From the English Medical Journal
 That the so-called draft is only . concentrated dose of fresh air and that millions suffer for want of fresh air cer- tainly represent profound truths. Never theless they leave us unimpressed, for much the same statement might be said of so many other things.
 Lead. for instance. when distributed through the substance of India rubber gloves is as useful to ray workers as fresh air to ordinary individuals, but when concentrated in the form of bullet exposure to it's impact Is apt to prove inconvenient. But however these things be, we adhere to our belief that drafts are dangerous.
 It is not commonly understood that tho draft is merely the premium movens, the immediate cause of the i'll results exper1- enced. being in some cases perhaps a toxin with which the system would have been able to deal effectively but for the local depression of vitality brought about by exposure to 8 concentrated dose of fresh air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
Better Bigger Half

From the Boston Transcript.
 Singleton--"I cannot understand why . 1 mans wife is called his better half"
 Wedmore-"You would if you hadaecl' divide your salary with onA"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

Next weeks one-page classic will $ Marguerite De VaLois," by Alexandi Dumas.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-27
THE EXCELLENT ApMlNlsTRA.
TON OF GOV. CARROLL.

# z y i
The telegraphic news from Des
Moines states that the executive coun-
Gil will be able to reduce the state
levy for the coming year. This can
be done because the state funds under
the administration of Governor Car
roll have been we'll husbanded, the
expenditures brought to the lowest
possible mark, and collections vigor-
ously made. When Carroll became
governor, the state levy was 3.5 mills.
1t has been reduced to 3.4 mills and
now it goes to 3.3 mills. 1t will be
remembered that during the campaign
which Mr.. Carroll made for governor,
he gave the figures showing that the
balance in the treasury had been in
creasihg during his administration
His statements were unchalleneged as
they came from the official records
1t is such man as B. F. Carroll whom
the republicans of Iowa set forth as
their leader in the present campaign
AS member of the Iowa legislature
as auditor of state, and now as gov
|ernor his record has been an excep
tiOnal one along the lines of honesty
capacity and executive ability.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-27
AsPiNWALL.

Mr.. Rich Schacht was Manning
visitor last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gluckstadt were
in town a few days last week on bust.
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Brens were in
town over Sunday visiting their par
Ients.
s Mr.. Julius and Henry Guth, Walter
Schwierg and Frank Ehricks were in
Manning over Sunday watching the
ball game.
Mrs. VIM. Otto was in Manning last
Saturday visiting friends and relatives.
Mrs. Jacob Christensen is on the
sick list this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Ehricks were in
town visiting their parents over Sun.
day.
"A ball game was played in Grieble's
pasture near Manning. Iowa, on last
Sunday between Asninwall and Man
ming country boys. Aspinwall was
victorious by score Of Is to 13. They
will play in Aspinwall August It'll.
Mr.. Louis Ranninger left for Dol
and, s. D., last week. He will looA
after his crops.
Mr.. Dan McGrath was in Jefferson
the latter part of last week on bus
mess.
Peter Roggendorf was in Manning
over Sunday on business.
Mr.. Rich Schracht was in Manning
last Saturday on business.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-27
SEES REPUBLICAN HARMONY.

J 4 =
Sibley Gazette: Long before cleo
ton day arrives the lines of separa-
ton between the republicans and the!
insurgents will have disappeared. Ev-
cry insurgent convention and candi-
date indOrses the national admins
tration, and the administration has
stood all along with the stalwart ele-
ment of the party. Whatever reason
existed few months ago for hope
for the democrats has been dispelled.
The session was not only not barren,
but it enacted more important legis-
lation than any other single session
since the civil war and reconstruction
days. On that record the republican
party will enter the campaign with
confidence. The republicans have the
issues, the record and the leaders. "A
large majority of the intelligent, pro-
gressive and public spirited people OF
the country are on the republican
side. The fact that a democratic vic
tory for congress this year would give
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-27
CANNON AND THE sPEAkERsHIP.

A No republican, who is posted on the
political situation of the house of rep
resentatives at Washington, expects
that Cannon will again be elected
speaker. We are sorry to say that
owing to the attitude OF the insursent
leaders it is extremely doubtful
whether the republicans control Ihe
house of representatives, which will
convene after March 4th, 1911. If by
any possibility the roll call does show
q majority Of so-called republicans,
there must be included a number of
gentlemen like Woods of the Tenth,
/ Hubbard of the Eleventh districts of
Iowa, who, under no consideration,
would vote for Cannon. MI, Cannon
knows this, and every republican who
Is fairminded knows it also.
It was not to be expected that Mr..
Cannon would make public announce
ment that he was beaten and must re-
tire from the speakership. All who
are acquainted with his fighting quail
fications know that it would be the last
thought with him to acknowledge de-
feat. Like member of the old guard
Of Napoleon's army, Cannon can die
fighting, but will never surrender. The
fact that he will not acknowledge de
feat is being used, however, to raise
the cry that a new republican house
would elect him, statement, which o.
course, is absolutely false.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-27
SIMPLY "a PART or a POLITICAL
CONSPIRACY.

There are many evidences showing
that the Indictment of Governor Car
roll for the publication of statements
rejecting upon the official career of
Mr.. John Cownie, late member of the
State Board of Control, is put up
job on the part of the political enemies
Of our present excellent chief execu-
tive. 1t had been announced some
weeks ago that the Polk county grand
jury had adjourned without taking Of
fetal notice of the Cownie-C Carroll con-
troversy. 1t, therefore, came as clap
of thunder from a clear sky, as far
as the state at large was concerned,
when, at the last minute before adj
journment, the grand jury brought in
an indictment against the governor.
Mr.. Cownie had been on the Board
of Control for many years and was
ready to make o fight to retain his po-
sition. The fact that he resigned his
office quietly when the governor told
him that charges had been preferred,
which seemed to be truthful, is proof
to us that his conduct in Office was not
such that he desired the reasons for
the demand for his resignation to be
made public at that time.
The fact that the Des Moines Reg
lister and Leader and every insurgent
paper and democratic sympathizer inn
mediately took up the cry that the in
dictment of Governor Carroll was a
truly serious matter and that the
question is now raised whether he
should continue as the candidate of
the republican party, is further evil
dence that the Indictment was urged
ION by the governors political enemies.
lit is made to appear as if Mr.. John
tCownie was the true specimen of q
high minded. honorable gentleman,
much the superior of Governor Carroll
As a matter Of fact, the career OF
Carroll is an exceptionally honorable
iOne. His honesty and manhood have
been time.tested, and no citizen Of the
estate has shown greater strength o.
honest character than he.
Governor Carroll has been renom
mated by the republicans of Iowa
and he will remain their candidate ant
sustain q triumphal election. This Der
Moines Indictment cuts no figure il
the case whatsoever. It is but q par
of plan to crush out every repuh
hcan leader who will not take ORDER
from the wing of8the party which il
sdiscrediting the administration o
President Taft.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-27
THE POSTAL BANK SYSTEM.

The provisions of the postal saw
ings bank follow:
The postal bank system shall be
conducted by the postofice depart
ment under the supervision of a
board of trustees consisting of the
postmaster general, the secretary of
the treasury and the attorney general.
This board shall designate the
postofices which shall be created
postal repositories, in which any per-
son over ten years of age, may make
deposits of 81 or more, though not
more than 500 may be deposited IN
any one month, and not more than
$500 in all. Interest will be paid on
deposits at the rate OFF, per cent per
.annum.
Deposits will be recorded by pass
book or some other similar device,
and postal savings stamps may be
purchased for the savings Of amounts
under 81. Any part or all of the de-
post may be withdrawn by the de-
position at any time, together with the
accrued interest.
The postmaster will deposit the
savings funds in the state and ma
tional banks, which will pay interest
Of not less than PA per cent and give
security satisfactory to the board in
bonds or other securities supported
by the taxing power
OF the postal savings funds, 65 per
cent shall be retained in the neigh
borhood banks, to be withdrawn only
when the president shall deem that
the welfare of the nation requires; 80
per cent may be withdrawn by the
trustees for investment in securities
of the United States, and per cent
shall be deposited with the treasurer
of the United States as reserve
fund.
Any depositor may surrender his
deposit in sums of $40 to $500 and
take Interchange bonds of the United
States bearing az per cent interest,"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-27
TAFT SETS MARK AHEAD.

Ft. Dodge Messenger: 1t is now
rather generally conceded that con-
gress had busy, and fruitful session
and that this was largely due to the
persistent leadership of President
Taft. The reason why congress ac-
complished so much at the long ses-
sion, says the Omaha Bee, was that
it's work was planned out upon definite
lines and that each day marked one
step further progress toward the ulti-
mate performance of what had been
promised.
If that is the Taft way of doing
business, it, has proved to be a good
way. Even Mr.. Taft's most severe
critics are willing to admit that he
secured more substantial results than
they thought he could possibly do in
SO short time. The president is
said to be already planning for the
short session of congress and for the
length of the session will seek to
make it as fruitful of results as was
the long term. The chief task which
the president wants performed is
provision for retiring superannuated
employees in all the departments and
bureaus at Washington but in such a
way as to impose undue hardship on
no one.
Undoubtedly there is much need
for this work and it is work not
the most pleasant to undertake, but
that fact is not lettering the presi-
dent from performing what he may
be convinced is his duty. Owing to
patronage and other considerations
congress will probably require a lot
of prodding for the proper execution
of these plans and that fact no doubt
has spurred the president to the early
preparation of his campaign.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-27
TEN GOOD REASONS.

Here are ten good reasons for trad
ing with your home business people,
as given by an exchange. Read them
and patronize the merchants of Den
ison.
Because: You examine your pur-
chases and are assured of satisfac-
ton before investing your money.
Because: Your home merchant is
always ready and wiling to make
right any error or any defective ar
ticle purchased of him.
Because: When you are sick or for
any cause it is necessary for you to
ask for credit, you can go to the local
merchant. Could you ask it Of a mail
order house?
Because: If merchant is willing to
extend you credit you should give
him the benefit of your cash trade.
Because: Your home merchant pays
local taxes and exertsi every effort
to build and better your market, thus
increasing both the value of city and
country property.
Because: The mail order merchants
do not tighten your taxes or in any
way hold the value of your property.
Because: The mail order merchants
do nothing for the benefit of our mar
kets or real estate values. t5
Because: II your town is, good
enough to live in, it is good enough
t. spend money in.-Gov. Folk, OF
Missouri.
Because: The best citizens in your
community patronize home industry.
Why not be one Of the best citizens?
Because: If you give your home
merchant an opportunity to compete
by bringing your order to him in the
qualities you buy out of town, he will
demonstrate that, quality considered
he will save you money.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-27
GOOD ROADS IN AUDUBON.
Or. j. w. Kline, of Fl. Dodge, compli-
ments Audubon County on
Its Good Roads.

Ft. Dodge Messenger: The follow
ing letter has been received from DR..
j. w. Kline, written at Manning Iowa,
on one of his regular tours for the
state authorities. The doctor is a
close observer and while he does the
William E. Curtis act for the Messen-
senger, will have many readers:
l find the state of Iowa so truly
great state that / 1eel that what
l often see should not be locked up,
as my private, individual fund OF
knowledge, but should be given to
the people through the press.
AT Audubon today found the best
roads and best road system have
so fur found in Iowa. 1t is largely
due to the, efforts of DR.. A. L.
Brooks, of Audubon. The doctor
grades two or three miles at his own
expense merely as sample of what
could be done. Now for miles in
every direction from Audubon these
roads have been built. The country
is very hilly but in Is mile drive
with the doctor this morning did
not see one ditch or gully in the road
in the entire distance.
The roads are carefully graded with
a road grader SO that they are highly
rounded and are regularly scraped
with the road drag. There is ditch
on each side of the road and the water
is not allowed to stand beside the road.
The road is Of clay. 1t costs only
about $50 mile to build the road. Let
us build mile of sample at Fort
Dodge.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-27
.TWo-YEAR COURSE in AGRI
CULTURE.

The Iowa State College will offer
at the opening of the college year in
September two-year course in agri-
culture. This course will be specially
adapted to the needs of the farm boy
who has not had high school course
and who wishes to prepare for prac-
tical farm work.
During the past year the enrolment
in the four-year agricultural courses
at Ames has been the largest in the
history of the institution, and the
largest of any college in the United
States, and the proportion of students
returning to farms is greater than
ever before. 1t is not the intention
to lower the standard of this work or
to detract from 1t in numbers. The
Iowa State College has always main
tanned high standards. A most sue
cessful graduate school is now in SEES
sion at Ames with an attendance rep
resenting forty states and several for
eign countries. This enrolment is
L / : : ~ I + ]
made UP almost entirely from the fac
ulties of other agricultural colleges
and universities.
| The two-year course will be dis
tinct from the college work proper,
and it will meet the needs of large
number of young men who wish to
i become successful farmers and who
are SO situated that they are unable
to complete high school course ia
meet the regular entrance require
ments. This course will admirably
supplement the farmers short course
, work that has been given at Ames and
!. at various points in the state in re
cent years. 1t promises to prove pop
: ular at once and it is in line with the
: demand for secondary agricultural ed
!, ucation in the public schools and ii
special agricultural schools.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-27

a setback. to all branches of trade,
even though q democratic house would
be powerless to enact anything, will
impress itself more and more on the
public consciousness as election day
draws near. There is no good reason
to believe that the series of republi-
can congressional victories which be-
gan in 1894 will be interrupted in
1910.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-27

Mr.. P. G. Roggendorf was a Manning
caller Sunday.
Mr.. G. A. Case and John Will were
in Manning over Sunday watching the
ball game.
Mr.. Henry Kai was in Omaha last
week, taking in the Sangerfest.
Miss Elsa Plotz was Manila Wis
itor last Friday.
Mrs. Fren Hansen was in Panama
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-05-25
Washington News Notes.

WASHINGTON, May I7.-George w.
Lanstrum, brother of the chairman of
the republican state committee, was
appointed this afternoon by the presi.
dent as postmast at Helena and the
appointment was Immediately con.
frmed by the senate. AS Helena ia
the home of Senator Carter, long
usage gives the appointment to him,
although other postmasters, with the
exception of Missoula, are within the
patronage of Representative Pray.
Senator Carter today introduced q
bill authorizing the postm aster gen.
eral to permit postmasters to employ
clerks and carriers at q greater com.
pens alton than at the minimum rates
If unable to secure the services of eff
cient employees at those rates. The
bill ia designed to meet the condi'
tions In western communities where
low.priced clerical help is not availa
hle
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-05-25
Will Push Certificate Bill.

WASHINGTON, May ia $50, ,00O,.
900 certificate bill for the completion
of irriga alton projects will be offered
by Senator Carter as an amendment
to the public land withdrawal bill now
before the senate, having passed the
house. The original certificate bill
has passed the senate and is hopeless.
ly hung up in the house committee on
ways and means. Efforts to change
the bill by putting in bonds instead of
certificates will be fruitless and, If ac-
cepted, would be fatal to the measure,
as opposition to q bond issue on the
part of many members from the east
cannot be changed. Had bonds been
provided the bill would have been
loaded up with other bond issues that
would have killed it. Now there is
no interest charge until the general
treasury fund is exhausted. which,
with increasing revenue, may not oc.
cur, making the issue of certificates
unnecessary.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-05-25
Made a Campaign Speech.

WASHINGTON, May 20.-Represen-
tative Eugene N. Foss, the newly
elected democr attic representative from
Mass sacusetts, a former republican and
q leading manufacturer, today sig-
nalized the beginning of his active
participation in the house with a rad
ical attack upon the Payne.Aldrich
tariff. He criticised the republican
policy of protection as unmitigated
evil, hayed the republican leaders,
declared the recent revision of the
tariff to be "deliber ate bunco game
from start to finish" pronounced in
favor of reciprocity and demanded an
''extra session OF a new congress-" at
the earliest opportunity to revise the
tariff.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-05-25
Driven Insane BY Comet.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, May 49,
Telling his neighbors that he believed
the comet would destry the earth to.
night and he did not want to see the
spectacle, Augustine Parasise, q
wealthy ranchman, committed suicide
today by drinking poison.
SANTA ANA, CAL, May 19.-Fear
of the comet made one woman mad
here today. and drove another to At
tempt suicide, after she tried to murder
her two children.
Rsving that the world was about to
be destroyed, Mrs. Della Marknsider
was brought into court today before
luuscy commission and was sd.
Judged insane.
Almost At the came hour Mrs. Viola
Gsstenum of Anheim, gave her two
children doses Of concentrated lye and
drank some herself. All three are at
the point OF death tonight. Mrs.
Gastenum said the comet was sure to
destroy the earth and every thing with
it. and she wanted herself and chill.
dren to escape q fiery death.