davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-03-10

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma'
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, 25c bottle
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-03-10

People seldom improve when they
have no model but themselves TO copy
after.-Goldsmith
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-03-10

For constipation, biliousness, liver dis
turbances and diseases resulting from inn
pure blood, take Garfield Tea
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-03-10

\ URING the last seventy-five
years more has been done to
make us acquainted with the
4 geography of Africa than
during tho whole IF the TOO
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07
William the Shepherd

Did YOU ever take a close look the wool schedule (hl
the reduction which Taft vetoed with the excuse that con
gress didn't know what it about and woudn know u'
that tariff beard of alleged experts rcportedf
Well this schedule puts an average duty OF ~ per Ssn o
clothes ~ per woods In other words before
ward of cloth reaches your back is than double III
cost through It. This difference between the raw
and the manufactured article is what protects the Aer
can manufacturers against foreign manufacturers 50 that
the American manufacturers make YOU pay gh tor so
ing And the manufacturer not Uncle SAM pockets the usu
fruct." -, a.
Simple enough but Bill couldn't see il. OF wouldn't ana
he's coming out into the tell you how careful he Is
about sheep
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07

Did you know you could reno.
vate tan shoes by rubbing them
with n rag dipped in olive oil then
polishing with piece OF old vel.
YETI
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07
Story About Science

scientific shafts pro
e,e,rr life haven't fellow can produce
u thafl produce
there no descended from tc1ynh mnd'"
andth like that -. $3.50, .,.,... .,.,r.
that astth =. g..
Profs VI Henneguay took thousand Gne
ulixed female FROG placed them y warm
needle heholai
hatcned into aapo
- o..h~.,. Nth
But give belief IN sreeior @sa soesass 80
demand ardavs ne
showin the social of that lady frog
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07
Observations

taken chewing American gum the heahe"
REVOLUTION. stirring Honduras wha, bunch OF hFe.
sracssrs thoses neghbos Of ours are
30 a switch while
you the and coffee While you have
nap Oh there's an II 70 thS--if Son nave 'He p
railroads.
food
would have damages lust he
NARY ROBERTS RlNEHARr who writes those thrilling crime
W. hnehart =
she gets her material from STUDY q
there's job waiting
A pedal
the other day He tried every
couldn't Ind
QUIT the tonight the
Newly weds question 10 lev
Installed
asropane sta50 for the first five minutes ride ana
aniEht toyrdes OF
for he mortal
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07
Water" VS.. Wages

at is difficult" SAYS the n Y Times TO credit the IN
creduty regarding inability of the railways to meet the
expectations OF both investors and unionists !,
Not all On the contrary, u Is very easy 10 oeneVs
that railway corporations cannot pay interest anu
dividends higher wages, IL very generally kno"'
ar believed that the undoubed issue will he between
payment OF dividends water and payment oil wages
that is between the OF spectators IN stocks ana
bonds and the interests OF the As eventually
things are very apt be decided for the wageearnc
possible that the generation Will see lot oil conversion"
TO government ownership IN high corporation circles
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07

WASHINGTON T"wai for the tariff board reportl
That the for Tas veto OF the wool bill the cotton
chemical bill. free list bill
d tariff q big
duction universally recognized outrageousT
It's members sndw did fromg
Here IL the
HENRY CROSBY EMERY, CHAIRMAN
Rock ribbed republican Maine. ultra protcconst
JAMES BURTON REYNOLDS
Editor editorial writer New York Press leading high
Massachusetts republican state
tdsr politics standpat republican
HOWARD SANDERS
Chicago
proprietor Breeders
Gazette: politics. s,andpat republican.
LIAM MARcElIus HOWARD
democrats who
betrayal of
administers
ton politics. sandpat democrat
THOMAS WALKER PAGE
astocac old Page family OF Virginia; politics. demo
GRAFT
arehssc for whose facts" the whole
mt
virtue O nsur-
They
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07
lnthe EditOr'SM Mail

Seattle. 8 1911.
STAR reader Of your paper am going to take the
asking question.
the Washington all protected BY
right here
M place for decent people or
the privilege OF Reporting
A CONSTANT READER OF THE STAR
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07

FOR NEW. modern. furnished rooms
At low prices. call at The virEinus. 500
Viretnia street. near West1aks avenue.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07

board with unlimited authority and facilities
to make a real tariff investigation.
republicans standpst democrats prevented the
inserted In the tariff bill
with curaef
Sanders and Reynolds Con
them $4,000 spend
In the next two sessions insurgents Of both parties sough 70
board broaden its The stand
little The boards power In
n
Page and Howa jobs
I will tell what the board has done.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07

vancou C.. 4 1911.
yearly visit TO
Seattle outside dnested person tnat
in during the
compliment
ia people.
work though has Just
criminal lodging houses and
CHAS. INGRAM.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07
WHY NOT SMILE AWHILE?
most
ANYTHING

News item. Samuel Sutton of
Chicago has taken out n license 20
marry Eva Whynot.
Sam sutton nssds5 no psspsrsslon
To make HE fond declaration;
40 said. ~ he cot.
"oh. Eva. Why Nos'"
Her reply WAS . quick affirmation
Marion Hariand AZ so IL active In
writing and ieeturing
AHA fnCA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07

Harry II. Wolf Of Trenton. ". J..
was poisoned by the bite of cater
pillar and lost hts left hand.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07

The pet kangaroo OF the battle
ship Wisconsin has been put in
200 because OF his behavior. He
was riled by jealousy because the
sailors bought bulldog mascot
How
Kangarooish we humans arel
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07

p. G. NIckodemus OF New York
caught a ls0o.potnd deyiliish off
Port Arkansas. Texas. after the fish
had towed launch three miles TO
sen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07

Attorney General wickersham
turned on sham fire alarmAin his
departmental building and nearly
frightened half of the womeni clerks
out OF their wits. Haven't they
been long enough In Wickie's office
TO know shamsg
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07
Port Angelic. Wash., Sep

Angeles Wagh, o.
with for tho
pf
for the decent people Yours
a. the fight J. NJ. DENNIS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-07
WHEY DIDN'T

hydro. Mono. Bipisne.
All wonderful 20 see:
But the plain old horse and buggy
Are good enough for me.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04

lost him his post and got him into hl'n-
culties with the French government
which suspected Towianski. who UNI
doubtedly was at least partly an iii
postor. Of being a Russian spy Hence
forth. from 1874 till the end. eleven years
later. the record Of Mickiewlcz's HE -
that of = fanatical mystic. not ai'"
gether sound mentally. even though I'D
Polish affairs he continued to act WIN
unmistakable clearness Of judgment. In
1s4s he attempted 10 organize Poiish
legion in italy against Austria. had
moment of personal triumph there pu'
failed in the end. His last work WAS
the Polish legion for the Crimean war
Until the end the confused visionary
broken down by privation and sorrow
remained confident of the ultimate III
umph of the cause of Polish liberty.
It is strange true story that MISS
Garner tells. and tells supremely well
she is no less successful in the chapters
which she devotes to Mickiewicz's liter
ary work. a specimen of her skill as
prose translator Of his verse has already
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04

MISS GIBBIE GAULT \ story. nv kate
Langley Rosher. Frontispiece by haI-
riot Roosevelt Richards. l2mo' pp 30
Harper n Bros.
Miss Gibbie Gault is a spnster. dc''
2udc sixty-fve. She is a great person.
age i'm little Yorkburg. Va, leader VINO
has the other women under wholesome
restraint. thanks to her habit of speak
ing her mind very freely-to gossips. for
instance. at the Needlework Guild. This
dislike of tittle-tattle does not prevent
her from having very decided opinions
Of her own about tho neghbors and
their affairs. but she is not detractor'
rather a champion and she IS not afraid
to tell people things to their faces An
unconventional. forceful character. and
amusinglv and soundly original in her
views and her way Of expressing them
But the book is not all about her-far
from il. Mary Cary. who has large ac-
ouaintancc among the readers of cur
rent fiction. plays a prominent part In II
and i'm the doings of YorkburG. She and
Miss Gibbic are the best Of friends. Of
|. course. Notwithstanding the difference in
their ages. and when John Maxwell
comes a-wooing it is the spinster who
gives him some sage advice. The many
readers Of the earlier book will surely
like its sequel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04
FICTION
New Tales of Realism ana
Adventure.
A COSTLY VENGEANCE

THE VALLEY OF REGRET. BY AdeIIa nne
Holt 12mo m 800 The Johh Lane
Company.
The authors Of current notion naNO
growing habit Of beginning their tale'
with the parents. and even the grand
parents. of their. heroes and heroines'
Tho experienced reader at once begins
to look for traits. for hereditary li'iu
ences. with the certainty OF encounter
ing them later on in the crises OF the
story. II is one Of the fictional iashlohS
Of the moment. The Valley OF Regret
does begin with a seemingly SOMEWHAT
uncertain parentage. but if this be done
with a purpose at all. II is only so Ia
as the present reviewer has been able 10
discover. to indicate that the elderly a"-
sentminded Professor Feverell was mis-
taken i'm his cruel suspicion. For the
rest. which means practically all the
way. this is an exceedingly well written
story of an episode in the life OF a young
wife whose husband has been sent 10
prison for manslaughter committed 10
avenge an insult offered to her. Inc
scene is London, on the verge OF sum
district. but there is nothing reminiscent
i'm the setting. the personages or the plot
o. a book that bears the stamp OF ma
tlIritv Of observation and understanding
of the lives and the emotions of men ana
women
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04

and Mr.. Godfrey makes good use OF
it. His essay lightly sketches the MIS-
tory of the subject, and in his descrlp-
tive and critical remarks he brings out
the surprisingly numerous elements OIL
interest In the old staircase. The earnest
examples. massive affairs Of stone IN
ancient castles, are rightly illustrated III
the subsidiary drawings alone. II Is not
the monumental design but the intimate
domestic staircase with which the au-
thor chiefly concerns himself. This re-
ccived tremendous impetus in the Rem
aissance, when the suppression OF the
monasteries had greatly diminished the
volume of building operations carried
on by the Church. England then mad
more time TO devote to the development
Of her homes. and as the whole stream
of culture flowed on. fostering and vast
IL enriching a native school of archi-
lecture the typical new house was made
AZ once more comfortable and more
charming The day of the really indi-
viduaized staircase was at hand.
In Mr.. Godfrey's fine plates we may
see how it took on character becoming
more and more an excuse for the joiner
ard the carver TO indulge in feats of
positive virtuosity. They caused the
staircase to take more turnings, they IN
creased the number of platforms and
they multiplied novels. they gave
| II, tn, he DESIGNING l.
ustrades, and, in short. upon these as
we'll as upon newels and the finals sur
mounting the later. they lavished all
manner of ornament. There are stair
cases in England, like the one AT Hat
field House. which might be said TO pos
sess an independent value as works of
art. so deliberately are they adorned
Balusters. handrails and newels take
on the eorgeousness Of screens. and the
finals. carved I'm tho semblance of her
aldic animals and the like, rise To the
dignity Of sculpture. For three hundred
years this decorative movement contin-
ued. II suffered many changes. as a
matter of course. for taste would veer
and new STYLES would come in. Mr.. God
frey's examples range from the ornate
romanticism of the masterpiece at Hat
field just mentioned to the classical sim
plicity of the noble staircase by lingo
Jones which we reproduce. But every
one of the staircases illustrated has
something inspiring 10 say to us. and
merely to turn Mr.. Godfrey's pages i'm
the most cursory fashion is to develop a
rev sense of the excitement and salts
faction to be got out of "A really artistic
treatment of this precious part in the
organism of a house. The layman. we
repeat. should not be behind the archi-
tect In consulting this suggestive work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04
PIRATE TREASURE.

IN HER OWN RIGHT. BY. John Reed
scott Illustrations I'm color by Clar-
enco + Underwood. 12mo. PIP 33b. The
j. Il. Tippincott Company
What does an American do when, all
but engaged to a girl of great wealth, he
loses his own fortune? This is the ques-
ton that confronts the hero Of Mr..
SCOTS new story in its opening pages.
The young woman has her own right an
swer 10 the question. Of course, but the
author has a solution Of his own, which
leads TO many adventures. All that Is left
10 the hero in the ruin Of his financial
affairs is an old mansion in Maryland,
and there. i'm an old escritoire, he discov-
ers a curious document d the days when
the Black Roger still flew In American
waters This may look like plain sail
ing. but. on the contrary the adventure
has only begun. The heros best friend
gets into the game. but so do a couple
of rascals. Then the girl is drawn into
the affair. and with her another woman.
Plot. counterplot and surprises develop
RAPIDLY, the end being not altogether
what the reader is led 10 expect.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04

THE LETTERS OF RQBEE "a i.o ~
win. \ new edition rearranged In four
volumes with lJ0 new letters Illus
trated with frontispece portraits. SNo'
Charles Scribner's Sons.
In the seventeen years that have
passed since Stevenson's death his fame
has undergone certain changes. He IS
remembered. He is read. But time has
cooled the old ardors which once led 10
dislocaton of the perspective in which
he and his work were properly TO be
studied and though the voice Of the
! Stevensonian. that fearful wildfoWl, IS
still occasionally heard in the land. the
I Judgment Of more thoughtful readers
has prevailed. This has, Of course, been
all the better for Stevenson. No longer
| exalted 10 the skies. he nevertheless
holds his honorable rank as the au-
! thor Of one classic. Treasure Island
/ of handful of good stories, long and
short, and of voluminous collection
of charmingy readable letters. These
/ last, In fact. might easily Of themselves
/ brimfuI Of his endearing personality.
| AHny of them. it is true are clearly the
/ work of one who was. consciously or I'M
/ consciously. a literary m<n" in every
/ breath he drew And TO that extent. if
! for no other reasons. Stevenson must be
considered as standing pretty definitely
apart from the company of the immortal
/ letter writer's. He is very clever often
| too clever. and mere cleverness is UNI
thinkable IN a perfect letter. ON the
other hand who was ever really bored
/ by clever letter?
None of Stevenson's friends WAS ever
bored by what he wrote to them. for II
he had cleverness he had also warmth Of
heart and he gave Of his best To those
he loved 70 put IL i'm rather paradox
cal fashion. he was spontaneous even in
taking enormous pains. That is To say.
a letter of his may spell intense sophisti-
cation i'm its deft phrasing and AT the
same time he saturated in true feeling.
After all. artifice was for him very
close fitting garment. and he wore II with
ease. He. 2. while long session with
the present volumes is a little cloying,
they are undeniaby delightful volumes
| into which to dip The collection was
worth while when II was first published,
and now. rearranged and greatly en-
larged, il is even more inviting. Though
the new documents contain nothing that
is exactly memorable, they are all very
| characteristic. and most of them are
rich in that light entertainment which il
appears to have been Stevenson's special
| gift to provide when he sat down to
| write to his friends We do not forget
| the grave notes that occur now and
| again. having their origin i'm Ill health,
! in material adversely, or, perhaps. in do
nestle trouble. such as the misunder-
standing which long endured between
| the romancer and his father. All
| through the correspondence there runs
strain of seriousness. But the main
point is stevenson gallant gayety, his
I blithe resolution to make a good fight
against his grievous burdens. and in all
| circumstances. to keep stin upper lip.
| If there is one trait more than another
revealed in his private communications
| il is his merry courage.
Though ne was an invalid all his life
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04
HUGO AND THE CHIFFONNIER
From The London Globe.


A Paris chiffonQier makes "A living Of a
sort, and he sometimes. i'm overhauling
the dustbns, comes across a find In
this respect Paris contemporary relates
a capital story of Victor Hugo. A little
silver gilt souvenir spoon. which the poet
valued very much. disappeared. Through
the carelessness of the maid servant. il
had found its way into the ash bucket.
and In due course into the hands of the
chiffonnier who practised i'm the district
This worthy succeeded i'm getting the
poet to awake from his reveries and to
descend from the lofty heights of Olvm-
pus. In other words his study to receive
back the lost spoon. Hugo was delighted
To get back his souvenir The author of
Herman was never prodigal. so he
rewarded the Chiffonnier by presenting
him with copy of his Les Chansons
oes Rues ct des Bots" saying There
my man. YOU will find in il as much gold
as is contained in any jewel case in the
world"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04
Literary .NeeUs ana Criticism

following year. after the publication Oh
his Bedouin poem "Faris." another ahe-
CORY Of freedom. the authorities suddenly
became aware of the hidden slenlncahCe
Of "Konrad." Mickiewicz escaped Siberia
by only few hours thanks to the warn
ing Of Prince Galitzin, the Governor or
Moscow Later on the author enters re-
peatedly into explanations Of the shifts
10 which the penniless Mickiewicz was
put 70 earn his daily bread, but she
throws no light on that problem during
the years Of his exile in Russia As 4
matter If fact Mickiewicz had been en-
Moved in the bureau Of the Russian Gov
ernor.
The exile wandered through Germany
halted at Berlin. where he met Garczyn-
ski the Polish poet whose fame is in
ferior only TO his. and visited Weimar,
where he was repealed by Goethe's cold
egotism" He spent two winters In
Rome. where once more he fell in love-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04

been given. She explains at length the
impossiblity of doing justice To the
beauties OF Polish verse i'm an allen
tongue. but. missing of necessity TINS
beauty Of the letter. she retains the
spirit. And throughout she traces the
close connection between MlckleWIcz $
writings and his personal experiences
and the aspirations of his love- his I'M
auenchable hope for Poland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04
EIGHB s.
DOWN OUR STREET. \ Provincial Com
edy. by j. f.. Buckrose. l2mo, PIP
rs q. /. Putnam's Sons.

N
edv. By j. r.. Buckrose. l2mo, PIP.
37S G.. +. Putnam's sons.
This is a neighborhood story of an
English provincial town. The street Is
lower middle class" as whole, but
with those infinite gradations Of social
standing in which the English heart de-
lights from Park Lane to "Our Street"
and even far below il. TO call a national
fetch "snobbery" is to undervalue its
significance and power. The neighbors,
then. are all acutely aware of their re-
spective standing. their relation toward
each other in the complex English social
system. all but Mrs. Bean, whose hus-
band travels for a butter house" and
she is so pronouncedly unaware Of the
fetch that one perceives at once the
authors purpose of creating a type. She
succeeds at times. not always, but she
surely makes her readers like sincerely
brave, optimistic. helpful, loving and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04
THE STAIRCASE
How It Has Been Made Beauti'
full in England.

THE ENGLISH STAIRCASE. An His
tor,~aI Account of It's characteristic
Types 10 the End of the Elghteen,tih
Century. BY Walter H. Godlfey. ~,
Illustrated from Photogr,a,ppns9 ,,r uS Draw
Dan. Etc. and from Measured D,aW
ings and sketches. svo. PIP. a.: lxl'i'
imported by Charles Scribners sons
When Balzac was building Les Jardies
and in his lordly way forgot all aoou,
the staircase. so that he had ultimately
to affix il to the outside Of his house he
not only missed a point in construction
but did violence to one in asthetlcs'
Eager for beauty he nevertheless turned
his back upon one rich source OF IT.
Many house to-day is marked py the
same error. The staircase is not forgot
ron. but neither. on the other hand, is IL
studied for its own sake and made not
only useful, but interesting and deco
ratve. often. too. while some attention
is paid to the first flight of steps in the
house. constantly seen by visitors. the
upper stories are provided with quite
commonplace design. everything being
sacrificed 10 the public splendor or the
pidno Mobile It would be good. therefore.
if the layman as well as the architect
were IN look into this book of Mr.. Cod
frcy's.
Il is a fascinating book. well informed
ard properly enthusiastic in its few
pages of text, and of A delightful rich
ness in its collection Of some sixty odd
full-page Photographic plates and Its
generous supply of smaller drawings and
other illustrations. A bigger book. show
ing us staircases Of all styles and periods
throughout Europe, would no doubt be
even more welcome, but there is superb
material 70 he found in England alone
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04
ROGER Bacon's Works.

Another portion of the heretofore
published works of Roger Bacon ~
just been produced by the Cla'e.~
Press. The manuscript from WhN"
has. been printed is now I'm the M'N.A
Library. at Paris, and once belohs's
DR.. Dee and afterward TO Sir he"''
DiphN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04

occasionally laundering woman. MISS
sopbia Watson is at the other end OF the
streets short social line. yet like MIS-
Roam lacking in respect for the fetlch'
It is her love affair that helps 'He s.ors
along amazingly. Taken altogether
these neighbors are nice people. and
sincerely helpful and affectionate be-
meath the snobbery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04
Portrait Of Shakespeare.

Mr.. William 5. Booth, whose book "A
Some Acrostic Signatures Of Franci,
Bacon" presented his arguments and
conclusions on the subject Of Bacon
authorship of Shakespeare plays /,
bringing out in the same field what he
calls IAN experiment in Identification"
This is a book entitled THE Droeshoul
Portrait Of William Shakespeare 1t il
issued in a limited edition OF five hun.
dred copies. II may be gathered from
the publishers announcement that Tho
identification" mentioned is Of the por,
trait OF Shakespeare with that NJ Bacon