davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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witchcraft and the records tend to show
that the case of Luke Hill against
Grace Sherwood was dropped
Recently there has been discussion
a mong Ohio historians g to prevalence
of sorcery in that part of the country,
and it was agreed that in early days
there were In Ohio witches who exer-
cised evil influence not only over in
dividuals, but over animals. There was
a decided outbreak of witchcraft III
what is now Jefferson county about
100 years ago. There was an unusual
amount of sickness among the people
of that region, and it was attributed
not to insanitary living or to germs,
but to witches. There was one woman
in the community who was strongly
suspected.
It is narrated that an effiey Of this
witch was set up and silver bullet
shot through it. 1t is also related that
when the accused heard the report Of
the gun she tainted and died soon
after though the silver bullet Of
course, only touched her effigy. But.
having tainted at the sound of the
gun, and the excitement of the trial
and the odium of the accusation. there
was no doubt in the minds of the ac-
cusers that the witch was guilty. 1t Is
not related that the general health of
the community improved after the
witch retired from her nefarious call
ing.
Though witches were vigorously pun
ished in the United States, they were
not burned at the stake.
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STATE FLOWER PROBLEM is
REVIVED i'm PENNSYl.V WANNA

The state flower controversy is an an
nual subject in number of states. The
question has been settled in some
states. usually by vote of the school
children, and it remains settled. while
of the adoption of a state flower settled
than it is upset. In several of the
states, because of rivalries. factions,
politics and other perplexing elements,
no adjustment is reached and the con-
troversy drags on year after year. waX-
ing hot at times and then waning, only
to flare up again.
Pennsylvania is one of the states par
ticularly exercised over the state flow
er question this season. The Pennsyl-
vania legislature tried it's hand at the
selection of state flower and the gov
ernor wrote his veto on the measure
The legislature after long and at times
somewhat acrimonious discussion voted
in favor of comforting the distinction
Of state flower upon the mountain iau-
rel-or the blossom of that shrub
which is also the state flower of Con-
necticut, while the rhododendron has
been adopted as the state flower OF
Washington and West Virginia.
Among the arguments put forth IN
behalf of the passage of the mountain
laurel bill was that the blossom was
favored by Senators Penrose and OH
yer and by eX-Gov. Pennybaker, but the
opponents Of the bill countered by say
ing that none of those statesmen had
any special knowledge of the flora of
Pennsylvania and. in spite of their rec
ogniZed abilities along other lines, the
gentlemen could not tell a mountain
laurel from a lily Of the valley.
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Stamp Collectors and the War.

n HE war is bringing Srist TO tho
mills Of the philateiists. or at
least that branch Of the wide and pa :
tiently acquisitive family OF philatkl-
lists composed Of stamp collectors. Com
mon cancelled postage stamps Of tha
governments which may be blotted out
before peace returns are in active de-
nland and the stamps bearing the heads
of kings or emperors or the arms Of
ruling houses that may be put out Of
office or out Of power by the conflict
are in great request. Governments
that may undergo a great change may.
when peace returns. issue new stamps
which will lend interest and value to
the issues of the present.
Belgian stamps in use up to the OUT
break Of the war have been pretty
thoroughly collected and the stamps
carrying mail out Of that war-ridden
land today are German stamps with a
surcharse on their face which shows
that they have taken the place Of the
former Belgian post. In German sa-
moa the postage stamps OF New Zea-
land with Samoa" printed across their
face are in use. and 1t is likely that in
the German islands OF the Pacific occu-
pied by the Japanese the postage
stamps Of Nippon appropriately sur
charged are being used. In what was
once German New Guinea. English
stamps are surcharged in a way to
show the change of sovereignty in that
land
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one foreSeeS. on the successful efforts
of the husband to secure the plea asures
of speech to his DUNN spouse. Given
this foundation, almost any one could.
after Il fashion. develop the stages by
which. later the unhappy man was lit
eraiIy talked to death. No one, how
ever, but a master workman could
clothc its real fun in the easy manner.
the free movement. the delicate savors
that animate and sustain this little
comedy. The play serves a double pur-
pose 1t IS made TO delight an audience.
1t is calculated. too, for the use of
students who are Interested. either
aca,lcmicaly or practically, in the
structure of the short play.
boobies: The Sunshine Boy. BY EN-
M, &. Dowd author of Polly of tine
Maria l.. XIX. Boston: IfouShton
Mffln company.
This is !, good cheer story that will
engage the hearts of any number of
hoye and girls Dootles is little lame
boy VIII, lives in n CHAIR. He can sing
like an angel. aud, he does. sing the
most of the time. He can play the
violin. lie owns q wonderful mock
inubird And when tho boy and the
bird and the violin perform together.
as they 80 often do. il is Il concert that
draws the folks of the tenement right
uu to tn. door to listen to the hcauti-
fully rcIodiouS trio. How boobies
cam. to get the bird. what adventures
the bird had by way ct theft and re-
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greatest efficiency and force in the set
tlement of the present conflict. The
study is an immediate appeal both to
the Indifferent and to the too optimistic
American. Mr.. Van Zile mars n very
competent and thouS htful study by the
use of fanciful figures. sensational
headlines and persistent reference to
mythic gods and issues. in the treat :
ment of an event that makes the
achievements of those old gods look
like some mild .Arcadian adventures
FIDELITY: 4 Novel. BY Susan Glas-
pell. author of THE Glory of the
Conquered. etc. Boston: Small,
Maynard & 60.
This is Ruth Hollands story. When
it opens. Ruth has already been living
somewhere out in the west for
ten wears with = man to whom
she was not married. for the
very good reason that his wife had
per&istently refused to free him from
Il prior bond. Does any one ever hear
ANYTHING about Ruth" asked one of the
old crowd on coming back home. out
of the chilling silence that buried the
question this writer tells us about
Ruth and her gon: away. Just nice
girl. ono of the happy group that
stood at the top of the little-town
folks. suddenly Ruth found herself in
love with stuart Williams. one OF the
crowd older and married. The! went
away together. In a dozen years the
wife relented and granted stuart Il d'-
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a MOTHER notable section of this
6A much varied exhibition is the
room for which the editors of Good
Furniture have made themselves re-
sponsible, the object of which was to
show not only art in design. but in
selection. and to demonstrate the pos
sibility of attaining exceedingly fine
results in furnishing with only Ameri-
made proaucts.
AS - unit OF design his room is indeed
an object lesson. Every detail has
been carefully studied and admirably
thought out II is not altogether what
is in the room The way in which
the things therein are related and har-
moniZed that counts. This is primarily
the arr of homemakine and il is an
art which all must 10 greater or less
extent emphasize
In leafiei giving the names of the
exhibitors and the 3sons for the eX-
objects of the display is TO encourage
better understanding between Amer
lean industry and American art iii or
der to hasten the time when the Amer
ican artist and th. American manufac-
turei may 90 forward shoulder to
shoulder to achieve an industrial art
worthy Of our country and the great
place ii is destined TO hold i'll future
days amon;; III" nations of the world.
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That such an aim is by no means Wis
ionary this great exhibition amply tes-
tfies.
IN less than four weeks another un-
u usual and extremely Interesting eX-
hibit will, be placed on view in the Ma
tional Museum. This will consist of
twenty five paintings by contemporary
foreign artists which for six months
are to be shown III the National CAL
lery. These paintings were sent to this
little contemplated. for the annual in
ternatiOnal exhibition of the Carnegie
Institute in Pittsburgh A, the conclu-
sion of the greet exhibition there these
pictures. with fifteen others, twelve of
which were by American artists. were
selected by the American Federation of
Arts and sent on d circuit of art mu-
Seums. The circuit ends at St Louis
the LIST of June, and as ocean ira ffic is
~ present extremely disorganiZed and
the artists have little present use at
home for the works. the National Cal
lists. agreed 10 take charge of them for
The time previously named. before The
expiration OF which ii is hoped peace
may be restored and normal conditions
renewed
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chapte the most casual reader must be
impressed with the illuminatine power
of truths which possesses something
more than the thrill of passing fiction.
Primarily. of course. book is to be
studied. not Glimpsed. and its students
will be international business men
who have or may have dealings with
the countries in question or are inter-
ested in forming some opinion concern
ing the possible or probable CONNER
cial influence of the new canal
Recent literature can show many
beautifully bound. spleididly pictured
and well written books that describe
Panama from Balboa to GOethals. and
that pulse with the spectacular history
and traditions of the Spanish main.
ama's seawall to the stream showers
deep furrowins into ono subject. in
ternational trade competition. and its
rich harvest of results. Prof. Hutchin-
sons contribution to Panama publca-
tions possesses the unique value of
being in a class to itself
THE WELL CONSIDERED GARDEN.
BY Mrs. Francis ing. illustrated.
New York: Charles ScTibner'S Sons.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Mrs. Kings book is designed chiefly
for those who have passed out of the
4 L { Of gardening. for those who are
no longer satisfied Wit, merely lusty
srowths. with riot of bloom, Il, motley
of color a hit miss of design. The
artistry of gardening is the keynote
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Oenys. one-time rector of the American
Church in Florence. by whom they have
lately been acquired. Two are group
portraits-one. Mrs. Hawkins and Fam
by Beechy, and the other. Lady and
Two Children by G. F. Watts, accord
ing to the inscription Both. are typically
English subjectively and in manner of
treatment. The children are all of the
apple-cheeked kind. which go to make the
English parks in summer SO vastly at
tractlve. Irrespective of who these
people may have been, the paintings are
interesting and decorative, but through
lnsistent personally they make almost
no appeal.
The third painting loaned is by
Richard Wilson, and is an extremely
interesting example. A panorama Of
Rome is spread before the observer,
ST: Peters and the Vatican are to the
left, other familiar monuments to the
right. In the immediate foreground are
a man and maid in close proximity to a
large sculptured slab hearing figures
in bold relief evidently relic of
ella ssical days. There are other figures
in shadow, a man driving COW, and
the whole composition is framed as it
were by the trees standing to either
side in the foreground. The charm of
the picture obviously lies in the lowell
ness of coloring and clear atmospheric
dualitE OF the sky. or. in other words
in The personality OF the painter
All three pictures are interesting
additions TO the gallery's loan collec-
tion.
m the exhibition being held in the
Fine Arts Galleries, New York. BY
the Allied Artists of America. Hobart
Nichols. formerly of this city, shows a
figure painting of young girls out of
doors. 4 snow scene and a picture OF a
waterfall. all of which have received
favora BILE comment.
LEILA MECHLlN.
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WlTCHCRAFT in VIRGINIA

6NHE burning witch story is one of
| those historic fctions historic
q inaccuracies which persist in the
minds a nd speech of the people in spite
of the frequent presentation of facts
, TO the contrary. The origin of the be
lief that witches were burned in the
territory OF the United States has never
been traced. though diligent search has
been made for it. Let the question Of
witches or witchcraft come up in al
most any company and somebody will
speak of witch burning in New Eng
land and most likely everybody pres
ent will let the statement pass unchal-
lenge,i.
Witches had a hard time of IL in old
England. New England and in other
parts of the country. Their lot was an
unhappy one. They were under deep
suspicion and their evil ways brought
them into many kinds of trouble. A
witch upon being discovered was all
( ways in a perilous position. whether she
piled her trade-for witches were
nearly always women-in New Eng
| la nd. the Ohio river country or the
south.
| Presumably witches were not highly
reg rded In other parts of the world
than those mentioned. for II is certain
| that witchcraft' was extensively prac-
uce,i, or at least II was extensively
ibeiieved that il was practiced The
practice OF witchCraft has been duly
land conclusiNely proved by the rules Of
evidence in courts. and il would seem
!curious that persons far removed
from the period in which witchcra fl
! thrived should at This late day seek to
iquestion the judgment Of those learned
and fair minded persons who found
their neighbors guilty of the crime OF
V itchcraft.
1 A large element among the Puritans
! of Massachusetts Bay were extremely
| sensitive on the subject Of witchcraft.
4 There was no doubt in their minds that
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covery. how nice girl became inter
ested in Doodles. how he was cured of
his lameness. and how he was going to
study music. are only the main points
in a story that bubbles over all along
it's way with the happiness that. some
way or other. little Doodles knew just
how to make.
THE PANAMA CANAL AND INTER-
NATIONAL TRADE COMPETITION.
By Lincoln Hutchinson. New York:
The Macmillan Company.
The authoritative value of this work
is assured by the fact that its author
devoted years OF study to "the CONNER
ciaI problems of Latin America ana
the Pacific ocean countries generally.
His statistics have been compiled from
Off sources for ali of the countries
which publish such data and he has
based his statements of more general
nature on personal observation, and on
conversations with men actively en-
gagged in commercial dealings with
those countries" This mass of infor-
nation. representing nearly soc pages
of text. includes many tables showing
past trade exchanges between the
United States and other countries which
are at all lillely to affected by route
changes owing to the opening Of the
Panama canal. Statistics are not con-
spicuous for narrative charm. but i'll the
mere glimpsins OF each fact-fre:ghted
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Sherwood. on the charge of Luke Hill and
his wife. was presented to the court Of
Princess Anne county, Va, OF a charge
of Wltchcraft She was examined by
jury Of women and that jury reported
that they had noted in the accused sun
dry physical peculiarities. That was in
March of the year named. AT the June
session of the court jury of women
was summoned to hear the evidence
against the accused, but the Jury
women refused to serve and the jury
was threatened with proceedings in
contempt of court, but the record is
not clear that the jury was ever de-
clared in contempt.
\ new jury was summoned, but also
declined to serve. 1t was colonial
scandal that there could be so much
sympathy for A witch. 1t was d difficult
thing to put the accused on her trial.
but the law must be carried out. The
court ordered, the accused cOnSenting,
that she be dried by ducking, but the
weather being cold and rainy the or
deal was postponed. because ii was
considered that it might endanger the
health of the witch.
X
Finally the sheriff of Princess Anne
county was directed to take the ac-
cused in boat and to put her over
board in water above mans depth and
try how she swims therein" She swan
with strength and grace, but whether
this was accepted as proof of witchery
or the contrary is not recorded. Before
being put overheard Grace was exam
ined by committee of five old women,
,and among the records of the Virginia
Historical Society IL is written that
this committee rendered an opinion
that Grace Sherwood "is not like them
nor no other woman that they know
of"
Just in what particular or particu
lars This witch differed from ordinary
women is not said. The witch was
turned over to the sheriff again for
more trials to determine the blackness
of her art and at length the whole
case WAS referred by the court of
Princess Anne county to the council
OF the colony and the council not
knowing what to do with a witch or
how to deal with witchcraft. passed
the matter up to Attorney General Ste
vens Thomson. His opinion showed
that he had very hazy ideas about
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witchcraft WAS. if not the paramount
issue of the day. at least one Of the
leading public questions. If amy per-
son had had the temerity to openly
express a doubt about the reality of
witchcraft and the Improperly Of
witches il is quite possible that such
person would have been suspected Of
being himself possessed or at least
with being in league with the evil
spirits of darkness.
But while in the hearts of the MaSsa-
chusetts Puritans there was no tender
burn them Perhaps it was not through
any regard for the witches that they
did not burn them, for those men of old,
as well as the women of old, could be
very stern in their efforts to represS
witchcraft and sorcery and suppress
witches 1t was not the blazing fagot
which was considered the proper pun
ishment for witches in New England
but a hempen rope. The proper penalty
for witchcraft, according to the ap-
proved conscience of the time, was
hanging. And good many witches
were hanged, or at least good many
persons convicted of Witchcraft were
hanged. Times have changed so that
il may now be written with Il feeling
of safety and security that many inno-
cent and unfortunate persons We're
cruelty hanged for witchcraft But the
witch, no matter how many evil spells
she had put upon her neIghbors. was never
literally roasted in New England
Witches We're more numerous III New
England than elsewhere, but there was
also witchcraft in Virginia. There was
one quite celebrated Virginia witch whose
name was Grace Sherwood, and she
achieved great fame In her profession
ieODardS "A
Ter of times. the feeling against witches
was not so intense as in the more easterly
section of the United States. and she
seems TO have lived to "A green old age,
dying in l74l. and leaving family of
sons who inherited her estate.
Ii WAS on january J. lI0a. that GraCe
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The OnIy Way.

NGAYOR CCRLEY of Boston was talk
1VQ ing about censored film.
"A very Objectionable film he said.
so Objectionable, in fact, Id hesitate
TO describe it to you. OF course. they
say 1t serves a moral purpose. Well
Mayor Curley shrugged his shoulders.
Such a way of circulating morality.
he resumed, lis as unsatisfa ctory as
the cynical lady's way Of keeping hus
bands at home.
"A young wife, bursting into tears,
asked this lady:
Tell me, oh, tell me. how can | keep
my husband home at night
"The female cynic laughed bitterly
and answered:
" GO out yourself"
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STATE: Plea for American
Leadership In International Or
nj
;hor of The Great Illusion. .
NeM York ~ Z Ilufn.nl.S = SONG

New York -. T.. G'utuam.s Sons
Tn. point Of Norman An2eil's new
book is contained IN its nrst seventy
pages. That point Is 10 show america
that she can now lead IN tn. formation
of a new ,vorI'i-state. aud to make the
plea that she aecid.s here and now TO
80 take the lead, Nj AnseIl quotes
'"eeiy from The ';reat Illusion to eN-
I,ose the falia"ies :ba! uuderI.e the
rIaItuS of the oaT-tuak.rS toa IN. eco
nomic nj social and political adNaH-
ta2Cs o conquest tie d.s'tia.= aud
atupli hes th- new forces aud sanctions,
the lt-uIlitarN :orce< ard sanctions.
of uloGerU tate. lie sweeps Away th. old
-sp!eitsitd f,Ol,ttgou Of mis- country ana
gathers ~ Int, tn" :i'l2 Hborhood OF The
world con lhiS basis ~. ureeS III.
Criteu "a 10 LAX. the initiative III
81 ...niZIuc tN"-e modern forces into q
world te. into a society Of nations
rnis plea - much Iuot' than ;,u "io-
auent eNhur,atiott. much mos. than au
eNCuTai0u into Utopia. 1t u. on the
contrar!. u definite. practical "Xpan-
sion OF tie ,tiTus aud methods of q com
.nuntIs state. - v'tlo!s. To tnciudt
the whole "uU.paHy OF nations. More
tusn hali Of this book ~ gwen over To
2 discussion "f the doctrines that make
x@r TO -''H. moral foundations Of Prus-
eisnism aud TO "Nnglo-Saxo Prus-
siauiSrn Iu y iuood 10 brinE us down
rom the hIgh -nors" that "e. ~ Amer
lc.ns delight TO ride. he reviews points
in our American patriotism as nec"s-
sary bit of stock-takIH@. The discus
SION IL left with question as TO
whether or not America will show her
self CT pable Of real world leadership.
Mr.. Angel is not placating writer.
His first aim appears to be to get at the
truth of things Having found il, he
let's IL out in little hard chunks of
speech that hit one night s4uarely in
the face. II is fine, though. II has
the stimulating sting Of the real thing
in IL. II ma kes one sit up and look
around and think a little on his own
account. II does a"Et with lot of
traditional lumber and opens clear
view into facts and meanings.
THE GAME: OF EMPIRES: \ Warming
10 America. iy Edward :. Van Iile.
L. II H. With q PREDATORY note by
Theodore Roosevelt. New York
Monat Yard < 90
Mr.. Van ZIle here adds another TO
the volumes that are now pouring from
the press in warning to the tinted
states on account of her manifest un-
readiness to meet The particulsr fu-
tur. hich so MANY agres that she is
based upon study Of the main fea-
tures of the present .nd the in
'erpretaf ION o. th.s. by the outcome
of older wars Of similar purpose and
OBJECTIVE. THE entire study is chapter
by Chsptci. brought 10 bear upon some
l.hase ot The uItpreparedness Of the
United States The present time.
own behalf to act with the
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reduced copy of this statue is at pres
ent in the National Gallery here, as
well as a full size copy of the head OF
the same statue. The latter has. il is
understood. been recently purchased
by the Brooklyn Museum.
Referring to the exhibition in Detroit,
the bulletin of the museum, just pub
lished, calls attention to, lecture on
Saint audens and his art given by
Glenn Brown of this city there at that
time, as having added much to the
educa cational value of, the display
m HERE will he quite colony of Wash
i ington artists at Provincetown. Cape
Cod. this summer Miss Bertha +. Perrie
will be there, so will Miss Critcher and
Miss Munroe Miss Kirkup and quite
number of others. The town in itself
is quaint and interesting. but it is Haw-
thorne's summer school which has made
this old fishing village one of the Naca-
ton time art centers.
1t is at Provincetown that Hawthorne
not only teaches, but does the most OF
his painting. and il is there that he finds
his models among the Portuguese fishing
folk Among the irst artists from Wash
ington to make this place familiar to
Washingtonans were Miss Grace +. All
water. who, up to the time of her death
few years ago, was secretary OF the
Washington Water Color Club. and Miss
Lesley Jackson. who has been in the
orient this past winter. Many will re
member with pleasure the pictures of the
quaint little town set on a hillside by the
sea that these artists brought back with
them from summers sojourn on Cape
Cod. and showed in one of the Water
Color Clubs annual exhibitions.
Tfs HHEE paintings of interesting char