davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
Carmen Sylvia Tells Quaint Tale
OF Celebrated Royal Romance

, of things. my mother following with the
! others.
THE time passed 30 quickly and ]
found my companion's conversation 80
interesting that two hours had gone be-
fore We got into the carriage again. As
We drove away exclaimed:
There is somebody with whom one
can enjoy talking! He is really a charm
ing your man"
My mother said nothing at all.
I'VE stopped at Mime. schumann's.
The dear old days in st. Petersburg were
| brought back. as I sat holding her hand.
But she was somewhat depressed, hav-
ing just parted from her third daughter,
who had recently married an Italian
count.
Only think what 1t means she said
TO my mother, to have brought up ones
child. loved and cared for her all these
along and carries her off!'
Again my mother kept silence. but !
could not help thinking there was a
strange expression on her face.
When we left there was only just
time to dress for the concert that night
Ny toilet was very hurriedly made, in
spite of the satisfaction I felt in the
pretty dress-a white flowered silk over
a pale blue underskirt-I was to wear,
for my one fear was of missing any of
the music.
But while I was dressing the Prince
of Roumania had been announced, and
stayed and stayed, and ! could hardly
control my impatience, till at last 1
heard him leave and rushed to my
mother, to hurry her.
But the serious look with which she
met me checked the impatient exclama-
ton on my lips. Taking my arm in
hers, she began to pace the room with
me.
The Prince of Roumania was here
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13

tifuI dream Of my boyhood and early
manhood is over,
Then am changed politically. Once.
In my zeal and loyalty. all wisdom and
patriotism were centered in the Repub-
lican party. I now see that I was
wrong. The fine edge of all my preju-
dices Is gone. am tolerant, where for
merly I was dogmatic and bigoted. II a
man guilty of no crime can be dragged
to the steps OF the gibbet, how many
others whom we condemn are suffering
unjustly? Chastisements discipline the
spirit. How differently the world looks
to the man Of victory than 1t does TO
the man of defeat. In one there is un-
due confidence and exhilaration; In the
other undue timidity and hopelessness.
Fate. mixing her fayors and disasters.
tempers human character land gives 1t
eyes to see In all directions. Time
softens the asperities Of disposition and
temper Cid age. therefore. Is milder
than youth. But trouble II q swifter
and surer course TO the same end. Such
thoughts a I have attempted 70 express
never came into my mind until after !
had seen the haasuaan's moose DANGLING
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
Hon. Caleb Powers Sent to Congress by
Loyal Mountaineers After Term
In Prison.

ishment. the citizens attempted to lynch
the prisoner. Rioting continued for three
days. The courthouse was burned to the
ground, together with all its records.
Sixty-three lives were lost. Campbell
fled to New York. He was brought to
kentucky, as I have said to convict me
of the murder Of Gov. William Goebel
During the trial he repeatedly declared
that the mountain men of Eastern Ken
lucky came to Frankfort purposely to
kill and destroy.
One of my attorneys, Judge George
Denny, in addressing the court, admitted
that many mountaineers were in Frank
fort the day Goebel was shot. He was
there among the rest. Nor was It un-
lawful, he asserted, to carry arms Camp
bell shouted that Denny admitted he was
armed. I did not say So Denny shouted
back. You did, Campbell repeated.
Denny stood up. Campbell sprang to his
feet and approached him.
Il was sitting between two guards. The
room was full of men with weapons Some
persons in the court room ran out of
doors. Others jumped through windows.
The noise Of hammers going back on pis-
tolls and guns was plainly heard. I arose
and saw a dozen revolvers pointed at my
head. Consequently, 1 sat down. Four
men had pistols leveled toward my back
was fired. If there had been any shoot
ing, 1 would have been riddled with lead.
The Horrible Fate of Campbell.
After my third trial, when I was con-
victed and sentenced to be hanged,
Campbell exclaimed, Glory be to God on
high He returned to New York broken
in health and went to the Bahamas on
a yacht. being a rich man. The yacht
was wrecked and Campbell, his wife, and
son fell among pirates and thieves. He
lived for time in a hut Of mud and
oyster shell, with nothing to eat but nuts
and nothing to drink but foul water. He
died the day he reached New York
Five of the lawyers who tried to take
my life are dead. One of the judges
was paralyzed and became a mental
wreck. saw his funeral through the
bars Of my prison. Death or disaster
overlook most of the men engaged in my
prosecution"
How did you live through itq" r
asked.
by taking scrupulous care of my
health. Ny days were as regular as
those of any man of business. Certain
hours were given to the exercises of
walking. swinging Indian clubs, and
throwing heavy ball I had stated
periods for reading. studying. writing,
and working on my case. My mind or
my body was busy all the time. went
TO jail run down In health, after hard
for the office Of secretary OF
state. Besides, l was practically penni-
less. After so long an Imprisonment,
though I did everything possible to help
myself. was much weakened in physical
strength. ! am forty-two years old.
There are times when I feel as II were
a hundred. But am slowly recovering
my former vigor."
What was the saddest day." I asked.
"in all the years Of your prosecutions"
1T came with my FIRST conviction. I
was being taken from osorsstown, the
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
Rx LANES B. MORROW.

Under a sycamore tree in little park
near the fiat and reedy banks of the
Potomac I listened to some of the strange
and tragic events that have filled the life
OF Caleb Powers.
Let US get out of DOORS" he had said
as he arose from the desk in his Office.
81 love the susnhine. Eight years in
jail" he added with the shadow of a
smile. gave me a greater passion than
= eyer for the open"
~ we walked easterly and northward
from the Capitol. he with the long, glid-
ing stride of a tall and angular country
man. Mr.. Bryan. Billy Sunday, the evan-
gelist, and Caleb Powers are the three
particularly profitable stars on the lee
turer's platform. Powers, however. un-
less he is on his feet and talking, is a
reserved man. 1t seemed to me that he
is repressed and sorrowful man. I
worked over my case, wrote letters, ap-
peals, and arguments" he told me
"amonK murderers, thieves, burglars, and
pickpockets, some white and some
black
The horror of his prisoned years is
on his face and in his manner, and is
heard in the plaintive note that now
and then creeps into his voice like a
mournful echo of the evening. I'VE, the
jury, agree and find the defendant guilty
and fix his punishment at death" Caleb
Powers had spoken seven hours In his
own defense. With skill and eloquence
no had fought for his life AS well
might ne have called to the sea or the
mountains to spare him.
Caleb Powers, stand up," commanded
the court. rs there any reason why
sentence should not be passed." the
court asked, as is customary on such
dreadful occasions.
Il am not guilty Judge" was the
only answer.
1T is ordered that the defendant be
confined in the jail at Georgetown" the
court said in passing sentence, until
November 25, and then be taken out and
hanged by the neck until head"
Powers Most Exciting Moment.
Little wonder that Caleb Powers. In the
jails Of Kentucky for eight years three
months and three days and tried four
times for murder, should show in his
pale face and dark gray eyes some traces
OF his torture. But great wonder Il Is
that he speaks without bitterness or any
hope OF revenge. From prison to Con-
gress! That is his recompense and his
acqulttal Moreover, his clansmen among
the mountains have always been sure of
his innocence. I asked him about the
most dramatic moment OF his many. ex-
citing experiences.
1T was az Frankfort" he said. 'at my
preliminary trial. Thomas C. Campbell
was brought from New York to prose-
cute the case. He had been a notorious
lawyer In Cincinnati. Many criminals
had escaped the law through his audacity.
ingenuity, and evil practices. Finally.
after a man. charged with q hideous Of
Tense. was let on with scarcely any pun
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
Not overdone, Done Over,
A Servfan Deadhend,

A Servian member of Parliament has
discovered the possibilities of free trav-
cling. says the London Chronicle. He is
paid salary for attendance And he has
a railway pass. So why pay hotel for
a bed? At eventide he steps into the
express from Belgrade to Lapovo and
sleeps freely and we'll In the morning
he comes back TO his duties by the up
train.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
A Strange Cradle

The Victoria-Regia is a large water
lily that fourishes in all tropical coun-
tries. The leaves of the plant are a
yard or more In diameter and so shaped
that they look like green tea trays, with
a light border. They are unusually
strong and are often used for boats Of
for cradles for the little brown babies.
Just think OF being Graded in a nly<
leaf
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13

his wife,
She stopped and looked at me, half
expecting the decided refusal with which
all such proposals had hitherto been
met.
But instead. Already was the only
word brought out.
Il heard my mother telling me Of the
high and noble mission awaiting me.
should I accept the prince. Of the wide
field In which my energies might find
scope, and the honor she accounted II
that his choice had fallen on me.
LAS she went on talking my hesita-
ton seemed to fade away. and It was
not long before said to her:
Let him come. He Is the right
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
Roma nesque Ivory.

NJ. Dieulafoy recently presented to the
Academy beautiful Romanesque ivory
which belonged to the noted collector
M. Jose Lazaro, of Madrid This ivory,
attributed by NJ. Dieulafoy to a master
of the naturalistic school Of Toulouse
represents in admirable meter the en-
throned Christ. In the angles are at.
tributes of the Apostles. and an area
ture runs along the base, with a siren
under each arch.
1t is known that Romanesque ivories
are extremely rare. The reason Is that
at that period all artistic effort was
concentrated on monumental sculpture,
and all the monastic studios were de-
voted exclusively to 1t. 1t was not until
Gothic art came completely into its own
that the art OF ivory carving attained
due recognition.
These specimens of Romanesque ivory
are most interesting. Wrought at a
time when Byzantine and Greco-Roman
art were about to fuse, they disclose
hints of a new art form.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
WAYSIDE WITTICISMS
Nothins but "TAliaferro."


Senator Rayner, the wit Of the Senate
told at dinner in Baltimore q story o!
the South.
"A Northerner," he said, was sur
prised during q Southern tour by the
number Of Taliaferros he found every
where. Doctors, lawyers. undertakers.
clothiers-all seemed to be Taliaferros
The Northerner put up in nearly every
town at q Hotel Taliaferro. and II he
wanted a cigar a Taliafero sold it to
him.
He couldn't understand It at all-until
one day, motoring through splendid
country. he saw q tremendous mill that
Sore in vast letters the inscription, Tai
faferro Manufacturing Company
Ohio, said .he, SO they turn them
out by steam!'
Uncle Joe's', Consolation.
Uncle joe Cannon, at q Republican
banquet in Danville, said Of reverse:
There are consultations. to be sure.
but these consultations remind me Of .
Washington waiter.
"A friend of mine entered a famous
Washington fshhouse and ordered soft
she'll crabs one hot June afternoon. But
when the crabs came they didn't please
him.
Waiter he said. these soft crabs
are very small
"'Yes. sah,' said the waiter.
They don't seem very fresh. either
Then. sab, it's lucky they're small,
sab. amt itT"
Parrots and .Preservatives.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley. the govern
a dinner in New York. a new food pre-
servative.
1T isn't called preservative." he
said. IA rose by any other name you
know. But. despite its attractive title.
1t will do a lot Of harm.
1T makes me think Of a little girl who
stroked the beak of a parrot. The I'LL
natured bird bit her. She wrung her
torn finger and cried:
oh, dear, I thought It was a nose
and here it's a tooth"
A Youthful Cynie.
The cynic." said DR.. ]. H. Jowett, as
he paced the deck of the Adriatic,
seems to me as foolish and wrong
headed as the schoolboy who refused to
play during the recess hour
look, on hard, stiff bench, a comrade
said:
Why aren't you playing, Jack?
Jack frowned contemptuously.
Catch me playing" he said. IT
played, then the recess hour would 20
too fast -
Not Overdone, Done Over.
Senator Bankhead, in a recent address
in Fayette, Ala. said of bill he dis
liked:
1T seems to offer you some redress and
satisfaction. but consider 1t closely and
you'll find 1t gives you nothing at all. It
is like the remark of the waitress in the
cheap boarding house.
Mamie, a boarder protested to her.
this roast beef is overdone.'
No. 1t amt, sir she replied: It's
done over. It's the same roast you had
yesterday"
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
THE TIRE VS.. MACADAM.
Wear and Tear of Roads Due TO
Fast Driving of Autos.

Fast Driving of Autos.
There is scientific as we'll as more
practical reason why automobile tires
play such havoc with macadam road
ways. The practical reason was easy TO
fnd-it simply involved a question of
wear and tear The scientific reason was
harder to discover. Until recently the
general explanation offered was that the
suction of the tire on the macadam road
caused all the trouble. The latest theory
is that the rubber of the tire is stretched
as it rolls. and that on rising from the
ground it reverts rapidly to its un-
stretched condition. giving a slight back
ward kick to the dusty binder of the
roadway which had become imbedded in
the rubber tread during its brief moment
Of forcibIe contact with the road.
The average motorist. however, is more
directly concerned about the wear and
tear of tires than roads. For that reason
he will study with interest the following
statistics compiled by manufacturers and
based on records of outer covers sent to
the makers for repair. The causes of the
damage have been apportioned as fol-
lows:
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-30

Arnold Herald, three years old, neal
Doniphan, was scalded to death in 6
tub of hot water. which his sister haG
prepared for the mopping of the
floor.
The vestry of Christ's Episcopal
church at Central City. has extended
a call to the Rev. J. Franklin Long. at
present pastor of st. AIMS parish In
Chicago.
The large new Swedish Methodist
Episcopal church located fifteen miles
north Of St. Paul. was totally burned
Sunday during the exercises. Loss
about $4,000; insurance. $1,000.
Bishop Then and twenty other
clergymen Of the Lincoln diocese OF
Roman Catholic church participated
in the laying Of the cornerstone of St.
Cecilia's church at Hastings, Wednes-
day.
A number of Hastings men are en-
deavoring to form q stock company
capitalized at $4,000, to sink q deer
we'll in the city for the purpose oi
seeing whether or not there is oil OF
gas underlying the city.
Twenty.six men of Johnson and vi
cinity with ten wagons, united in q
husking bee in the field of Mr.. Thomas
Clark, a young man living near John
son. MIR. Clark had been Ill with ty.
phoid fever and had not sufficiently
recovered to gather his corn.
The annual harvest home supper
given by the women Of the Congre
gational church at Ashland, was 9
success, over $50 being cleared.
Bohumil Slerka. aged 21 years, {
student In the Fremont normal col
lege, was instantly killed when gur
In the hands of a II year old boy wa,
accidentally discharged.
Figures compiled by Miss Wheeler
registrar at Union college at Colleg'
View show that twenty-five states ant
two foreign countries are Represented
by students in that institution.
The Christian Endeavor convention
will be held next year at Kearney,
A movement is on foot among tn,
merchants of Lincoln to have al
stores open their holiday display De
cember 4. Most Of the big stores o
the city have agreed to have thei
Christmas display in the windows o.
that day.
On and after February 15 rural car
riers are not required by the post
Office department to collect loose coin
from boxes for postage. Patrons ar
expected to keep supply Of stamp
on hand and stamp mail before de
posting In boxes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-30
BRIEF NEWS OF NEeRAsKA.

The Butler county corn show will
open Monday, December 4.
The league Of Nebraska municipali
ties will meet in Lincoln next year.
Burglars robbed three stores at
Fairmont and made away with lot
of gods
Citizens Of Kcarney have launched
I boom for the commission plan o.
government.
A farmer residing southeast Of
Hastings has harvested over 100 ish-
els of walnuts this year.
julius Marnert, near Dewitt had his
hand badly crushed by letting n steel
rail fall upon II. II may require am.
putation.
Plans are being drawn for a $5o.O
school building at University Place
Bonds for this purpose were voted In
April. 1910.
The annual exhibit of the Ncmaha
vallew poultry association will be held
at Adams, November 2S. 20. 30 and
December I.
A large number Of walnut logs arc
being shipped from Beatrice and other
Gage county towns for shipment to
Liverpool. Eng
The English churches Of Aurora
will unite in great Thanksgiving ser
vice at the Christian church Thanks
giving morning.
The protest against the proposed
smoking room for university students
has been started by the Lancaster
county w. c. T. U.
Four cars of wheat, one Of corn ant
one of hogs were shipped from Desh
ler one day last week besides heav!
local shipment Of brooms.
The Rev. Conrad Krekeler, pastor
of a German Lutheran church neal
Dreshler, fell Monday and dislocatet
both bones in his right elbow.
DR.. Inez Philbrick of Lincoln was
reelected president of the Nebraska
Woman's Suffrage association at its
session Just closed at Omaha.
w. f. James of Nemaha count.
raised a sweet potato weighing owe
nine pounds. It was eight inches lonI
and nine inches in circumference.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-30
Artificial Flowers Change Color.

The principal uses OF cobalt in the
United States are in making glass and
pottery. A beautiful blue is. given to
glass by the oxide of cobalt. Sympa.
thstic inks. according to a report OF
the United States geographical sur.
vey. are msde from cobalt acetate,
chloride and nitrate that are colored
when heated or colorless when cold
This interesting phenomenon 10 due
to the change in color Of the salts on
the absorption OF water. When dry
they are blue and easily seen on pa
per; when damp they are pink; and
when dilute. colorless. A puzzling ap
plication of this principle may be in 6
doll whose dress Is blue when subject
ed to dampness. as in wet weather OF
when the doll Is held in the steam oI
q tea kettle. Artificial flowers are
made to show the same effect.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-30
HE SUICIDES IN JAIL
THEODORE sTANisIcs HANGS HIM.
SELF IN CELL At LINCOLN.
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
what is Going on Here and There
That is Of Interest to the Read.
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.

Lincoln-B Brought back here We'd
hesday under sentence for a convic.
ton on the charge of arson. Theo-
dore Stanisics, formerly a well.known
loan operator. hung himself in the
city jail shortly before 1 o'clock. lie
had been brought from Utica, N. ",
following the settlement of a legal en-.
tanglement in district court, in which
a $4,000 bond was declared forfeited
His case was before the state su
preme court on appeal. Stanisics was
convicted for melting Roy Wilscam to
burn his house in August, 1910, in
order that the two might share insur
ance thereon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-30
Colored Teeth.

Pearly teeth are not the fashion ev'
erywhere. Firms Of artificial teeth
manufacturers who have an export
trade have to keep In stock molars OF
every shade of color from white to
black. There Is a steady demand for
black teeth in Siam. Java. Batavia. and
Burma. where the natives chew the
betelnut. which blackens the teeth
For Persia the teeth must be abso
lutely milk.white. Recently an order
wasleeceived from Bhavnagar. In In
dia. for some bright red and blue arti
ficial teeth. Smokers teeth are regu
larly supplied to dentists In shades to
match those which have been discol
ored by nicotine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-30
knowIedoe That Wasn't Printed.

Representative McDermott OF Chi.
cago. who represents In congress a
stock yards district. was discussing
how he had been treated by the Demo
cratic organization which appointed
men to the various standing commit
tees of the house.
First" he said. they wanted tC
put me on tho committee on agricul
ture and haven't an acre of cleared
ground In my district. Then they tried
to shove me into the committee or
education, and I never went to schoo
a day In my life."-Popular.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-30
NEWS FROM THE STATE HOUSE.

The university Is asking bids for
the construction of a new plant in.
dustry building to be built at the uni.
versity farm and plans for two other
new buildings are under way.
A meeting Of the executive board
of the state horticultural society was
held at the Lindell hotel for the pur-
pose Of formulating plans for the mid
winter show which Is to be held at
Lincoln in January in connection with
the organized agricultural conven-
tions.
John II. Atwood. a we'll known ora
tor Of Kansas City, is to speak at the
annual meeting of the State Bar Asso-
citation Of Nebraska on the subject,
"The State as Rate Maker" The
association will meet in Lincoln, De-
cember % and 20.
Secretary Of State Wait has re-
turned from visit to the institution
for feeble minded youth at Beatrice.
He awarded contract for another
new we'll at the institute. to be used
as a reserve supply. The we'll will
cost $3.50. A new water supply was
necessary at the institution on &C.
count of a typhoid fever epidemic
which was traced to the water used
In the buildings.
State Fire Warden Randall. accom-
panied by Deputies McKesson and
Buck, have returned from Daykin.
where they Investigated the burning
Of hardware and furniture store.
Whether or not the fire was of incen-
diary origin has not been announced
G. w. Kline. secretary Of the Uni
versity Alumni association. has COM
pleted the organization of club at
Beatrice.
The state board OF agriculture is
making more ground available for ex
hibition purposes and the comfort OF
patrons of the state fair by grading
down hill north Of the Moline Plow
building The cut is being extended
north and the earth removed Is beine
carried east to the race track, making
a gentle slope on the entire east side
OF the grounds.
Labor Commissioner Louis V. Guyt
Is endeavoring to organize real estate
dealers and commercial bodies OF Ne
braska to assist In locating homeseek
ers. To get together the unemployed
in cities and the untitled land is ont
of the problems in the back to th'
farm" movement.
Inspector Harnly Of the state foo'
commissioners Office has returned
from trip through the southwestern
portion of the state. He attended
farmers Institutes and instructed
farmers how to candle eggs. test cream
and check their accounts with cream
cries.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-30

Fremont.-Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Mason. who are driving around the
world with team Of twenty.one dogs.
arrived in Fremont Sunday, covering
the fifteen miles from North Bend in
the day. They left Nome. Alaska in
1908. Facing eastward, they propose
to drive their canine team across
America, Europe and Asia, reaching
Nome. Alaska. in 1914, and then driv-
ing to the Panama exposition at San
Francisco in 1915.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-30
Serum Treatment for Hons.

West Point.-Dr G. J. Collins. dep
uty state veterinarian, of West Point,
Is busily engaged in vaccinating a
large number of hogs for the farmers
of this vicinity, using the newly dis.
covered serum treatment. DR.. Collins
states that the remedy is proving alb
solutely certain.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-30

CHRISTMAS POST CARDS FREE
Send 20 stamp for i've samples Of my very choic-
est Gold EmbOssed Christmas nnc Now Scnr
Post Ga rds; beautiful colors and loveliest dcsIgns
Art Post Card Club 73l Jackson ST.. Topeka Kansas