davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1876-07-08

. '..' "1-'u- .''.' "I WcaiIr''N'r IN
-rN STONE. l". Whole mr Was pDiiuwri
"..' ..e I'I-r.n-' "l 'hr many blossom
'. .I1- auj trees: Persian IjIuc, mng
..l.. uN.u.. do@N"od-thc pale pur
W." NN,oun which without Icm 'tod
o. ''"n.IlNe among the dark tNrr-ic'u-,
'W-..m' tree Win tapcT' already to
H-' lIu,N Thought Nr, II there Is
a0 Nc OF the bunutilo' among men, II
t,.. Yt any Ig'c tor foWcrN amt nature.
lu. st he happy IN euCh a Paradise.
Ih cIloiWI lo"Nrd as II thry were,
~l'u. under the trees, ana IN the prct
- %. S, or strUlNng through tue gravel
..., Uut there seemed to me to bc
some Mug wanting, for there was not II
Wnu,H or child among them.
TO b. sure some might say. this ought
to ne Il reason why peace and harmony
,uouli prevail since the question Who
l. sac {" could not possibly be asked, in
cas-. If disturbance. But among so
many men. there must be some who have
ur,r, uIsillusiunized, and Others whose
wives were neither shrcwS Dr sIattcrns,
and wao have, therefore, gentle visions of
minis rring angels" and tender memo.
RE. Of some loved one gone before. In.
I d,,d. were told us much by Il soldier, Of
wbom we made some inquiries, MS We
cam, ap the road. He seemed to be an
n,caIgcnt man, and when my compan-
Iun a,Avd him. if the men never got lone,
ly or weary OF the place, he admitted
tau, those who had families would some
times like to be with them. Still, there
can b, no compuIsion used, and, sup
pose, II any of them wished or felt able
20 r,E' up the battle OF lie again, 10th
Ing would be done to hinder him. But
moat o. them are too old tor that, or too
mu'' Isablcd by wounds ant sickness
aA Aey are probably grateful from
'.r. "nd Labor which an appreciatcIIe
country has secured them. Moreover, If
tley choose to work, as some OF them do
kccpinS the grounds III order, or cnIti-
vat.n5 the fields, they are paid as an em-
pIoycc would he paid.
Inc institution IS supported by tax
OF v"'''e cents per month on every sold
IL 81 the regular army, amt they alone
are the benetciarles, the volunteer sery-
ire not having been considered IN its pro-
VISIONS
As we approached thc portal oil 'he
PnHc't'"' ou''olnS 3 VIC asked IL we c"ulo
oe SHOWN through the rooms feflh's-
SION was read'l! sf"h'c"' anu we were
siVvh mo the Guid"hee OF grl|zy
bearded s0'o'erly1ooN'hS o'u m"''
wnom we thought French by his face
and manner, but who proved to be Ger
man--!rom khenIsh province perhaps.
Thr"lgh the rather handsom' vesl'
bu!e' he led us into the library, where
sat several @"en IN blue reading by the
long table, upon which were scattered
magazines and illustrated papers. In
the communicating room were neat cases
filled with books, and other readers.
We then passed into the broad stone
paved hall, were given peep intoa dor
mitory, with four tidy looking single
beds, and then were led into the dining
room, where were tables set for three or
four hundred. There were hinge bowls
for the coffee, piles and piles of very nice
lnnl,;no broad and or.at nl.tes nj butter
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Weighing 4 Beam Of Light.

Mr.. Crookes' apparatus for weighing
the beam of light is an exhausted glass
chamber in the form of horizontal
cross, with arms of circular cross SEQ
ton. Inside the larger arm is a glass
fiber maintained in uniform state of
tension by spiral spring at one end,
snd by glass stopper at the other end,
which stopper is capable OF rotation.
The shorter arm of the cross contains
in a like manner stouter fiber beam OF
glass secured at the point of crossing to
the longitudinal or torsion fiber, and
having at one extremity pith surface
of two eauare inches area, and at the
other end little cup. Inside the cham
ber is a lcose particle of iron weighing
1-100 of grain, and outside the stop
per is counter recording the number
of torsions or turns the glass fiber
makes. The method Of procedure is as
follows: The position of dot of light
from the little mirror placed ct the in
tersection of the two glass fbers having
been noted, the little iron weight is
lifted by means of q magnet, and placed
in the cup, which, when thus weighed,
lescends. Torsion is then applied to the
glass fiber Until the beam is lifted, and
the dot of light returns to it's former
position. This may be called the zero
Of the machine. This exact amount OF
torsion having been determined and it's
equivalent in weight ascertained, the
torsion is removed, and the ray Of light
is then made to fall on the disc, which
causes a depression of the glass beam.
Tho calculation OF the absolute pressure
of the suns radiation on square foot
of the earth, when carried ont to the
square mile, gives force of ffty-ssven
tons.
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An Accommodating Man.

Some carpenters who were repairing
O building in Detroit called upon a Pc
destrian to help hoist long pole which
was to form scafold support. When
it was up be was asked to; steady the
pole, and, unknown to him, it was made
fast at the top with rope. The carpen'
ters went out on the other side OF the
building, going to dinner, and said
nothing to the accommodating man IN
front. He thought they were a good
while getting ready, but he kept his
brace against the pole for a long hall
hour, fearing each moment that it would
overpower him and fall across the street.
At length boy came along, saw how
things we're and cried out:
"You can't steal that pole unless you
unite the rope at the top"
The accommodating man stepped
back, realized his position, and the way
he kicked bunch of shingles to pieces
forced the boy to e1claim
"Well, now, I've seen good many
men get mad, bnt I never saw a mad
mans teeth hang out as his do"
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After Sixteen Years.

In the year 1860, says an exchange,
Mr.. Joseph Fsarts carried on the bust
ness of q hxScher in the town OF Gull
ford, Conna tiout. It was successful
business aAd earned for him wide
reputation. b One morning during the
sda4ner OF the year referred to Mr..
Evarts was making his usual round with
a meat cart. when, on approaching q
citizens residence, he was attacked by q
savage dog of the mastiff species. Dur
ing the encounter the dog bit Mr..
k.varts in the left leg, int1icting serious
flesh wound. Soon after the attending
surgeons learned That their patient had
been in contact with an animal suffering
from the worst form of hydrophobia.
AL that skill and medicine could do was
brought into requisition to drive the
poisoned virus from Mr.. Evarts' system.
He ultimately recovered, declared he
felt no inconvenience from the bite and
went on attending to his business as
usual. A few years later he removed to
Branford and engaged in the meat bust
ness, where he has been ever since. The
adventure with the dog was forgotten
and never alluded to, from the fact that
the condition Of his body and mind were
80 uniformly natural until about six
weeks ago, during the heated term, when
his friends noticed peculiarities in his
actions. He would suddenly appear agi-
tated and moan as if suffering bodily
pain. Again he would growl and suap
like surly dispositioned dog and run
wildly about as dogs do when first over
taken with rabies. These manifestations
lasted half hour or so. whenthey passed
off, and Mr.. Evarts would be himself
again. But they increased in violence
with each repetition, and ere long his
friends were compelled to accept the
terrible reality that Mr.. Evarts was a
raving maniac. He grew worse and
worse and soon had to be tied to his bed
to prevent his biting those in attend
ance. Even then he would break loose,
80 great was the muscular power which
the disease enabled him to exert, and at
times the united strength of six men
was insufficient to hold him: During q
spasm he would tear the bedclothes and
gnaw the bedstead in manner frightful
to behold. The affection is undoubtedly
the result of the bite sixteen years ago,
and the attendant physicians are of the
opinion that it is case of fully devel-
oped hydrophobia. The unfortunate
man is thirty-fve years of age, unmar-
ried, and in his sane moments speaks OF
his wretched physical condition, gives
directions as to his personal affairs and
expresses himself as conscious that the
end of all things, for him, draws near.
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Novel Treatment Of Obesity.

The Paris Medicale discusses the treat
ment of obesity by the administration OF
sea water combined with residence at
the seaside. Sea water, taken internally,
acts like diuretic and purgative salts, o
remarkable fact being that the diuretic
effect increases when the purgative di-
minishes. The water should be OBJ
tanned, when possible, from some depth,
and far from the shore. It is then to be
left to settle for from six tc twelve hours
and filtered. It is to be taken three
times a day in doses of small tumbler-
full, or in half that quantity at q time,
with fresh water or milk. It is stated as
a fact that sea water thus used facilitates
the oxygenation of the blood, and that
it hastens the elimination Of effete ma
terials. In combination with this treat
ment sea water baths are to be taken,
free exercise is to be carried out, aud al
the same time fattening foods are 10 be
avoided. It is said that cases which
have resisted other measures have beer
known to yield to this treatment.
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The Age Of The Earth.

Sir Charles Lyen was inclined to as
sign the glacial period Of the earth's
history to q date one million OF years
ago. Remarking upon this, Mr.. James
Oroll says: If the beginning of the
glacial epoch be carried back million
years, then it is probable, as Sir Charles
Lyell concludes, that the beginning Of
the Cambrian period viii require to be
placed 24O, 900, 900 of years back. But
it is very probable that the length OF
time embraced by the pref Cambrian
ages of geological history may be as
great as that which has elapsed since the
close of the Carnbrian period, and If
this be so, then We shall be compelled to
admit that nearly 500, 600, 900 years have
passed away since the beginning of the
earth's geological history. But We have
evidence of physical nature which
proves that it is absolutely impossible
that the existing order of things, as re.
CARDS our globe, can date so far back as
an, thing like 500, 600, 900 years. The
arguments to which I refer are those
which have been advanced by Professor
Sir William Thomson at various times.
These arguments are well known, and to
all who have really given due attention
to them must be felt. TO be conclusive. 1t
would be superfuous to state them here.
shall, however, for reasons which will
presently appear, refer briefly to one OF
them, and that one which seems to be
the most conclusive Of all, viz: the ar.
gument derived from the limit to the
AGE of the suns heat.
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The Prevention OF Crime.

Mr.. Angel, of Boston, spoke before
the Social Science Association on "The
Prevention of Crime" MIR. Angel be-
gun by giving some instances and statis-
tics showing the rapid increase in the
number of criminals, and said there
could be no doubt that the remedy for
many financial and moral crimes may
be found in European habits of econo-
my, knowledge of domestic industry,
and reformed public opinion which
shall make it more respectable to be
married and live in small house than
to remain single and board in a large
one. Coming down to the practical de-
tails OF the question : How shall we
stop crime3" Mr.. Angel said {: The
iirst step, in my Judgment, is to or.
ganize societies for the purpose. Let
each of these in our cities establish an
Office. aud put into that Office an ener-
getic, clear headed, practical man, with
such assistance as he may need, whose
duty it shall be first to aid, protect and
advise the poor, and gather and publish
information and promote plans calcu-
lated to benefit them; second, to see
that proper laws for thsspaSteciS n
the public health AID the security OF
property and life are not only enacted
but enforced. Fo the present relief OF
the poor there should be in our cities
and larger towns temporary industrial
homes" where any one can obtain a
bowl of soup and clean bed, paying
the value in money or labor, and where
fuel can be bought in small quantities at
low prices. For the permanent relief
of poverty and prevention of crime two
things are needed: First, constant re-
munerative labor; second, places where
the poor and tho unemployed, and the
inebriates who are trying to reform, can
pass their evenings. He would have
day or evening schools where the poor
of both sexes can be taught various
trades and branches of industry to make
them self-supporting. He would have
farms where young men can be taught
agriculture, and places where young
women can be taught sewing and do
mestic industry, and how to nurse the
sick and how to prevent sickness by OBJ
serving sanitary laws. In answer to
the question of how to provide labor for
the unemployed, he urged their coloni-
zation upon the cheap and fertile lands
of the West.
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A Case Of Female R0guery.

Celia Logan tells the following story
OF romance in letter to the San Fran
cisco Call: An instance of female du'
picity has lately come to my knowledge
which greatly resembles the New Mag
dalen story, with the advantage OF be.
ing true. A man-Wilkins we'll call
him-of wealth and influence had
brother who immigrated to the West
when young, and whom he had never
seen afterward. He (the brother) died,
and also all his family, with the e1cep.
tion of daughter, who came to New
York to seek home with her uncle.
She was armed with facts of family his
tory, letters, and every credential to
prove her identity, which was not dis.
puted. She WAS young, beautiful, ami
able, and soon made herself beloved by
the Wilkins family. She was surround
ed by every luxury, introduced into
society, and soon married wel-a rich
society man, by whom she has now two
children. Her character is irreproach-
able, and her manners good. She is
not, however, quite as well educated as
her uncle could wish, but she pleads as
her excuse that her father was poor and
kept her working on bit of farm
when she should have been at school.
And now, after four years Of happiness,
another woman appears in the wilkins
household, asserting that she is the
veritable niece, and the other is an i'm
postor. Lydia, the new conner, tells a
strange story. She says that when her
parents died, che took what little money
the farm was sold for and set out to find
her rich uncle in New York: that in a
village on the road she was taken seri-
ously sick and was carried to hospital.
The young woman-the hired nurse of
that institution-was much above her
station in life, was kind, attentive and
sympathetic. Naturally she confded
her history to her, also her letters, pho
tographs and money to be taken care Of
nutl her recovery. She recovered her
health partially, but her mind was found
to be 80 unhinged that she was re-
moved to an insane asylum, where she
had been all this time. At length she
was discharged, cured. The hospital
nurse had disappeared, along with all
the effects intrusted to her care. The
wronged woman managed to get to New
York, only to find that her Place had
been usurped by the treacherous attend
ant.
The first woman takes the matter very
coolly, alleging that she was the one
who fell sick on the road; that the other
is the nurse, who got possession of her
history, and is now trying to make
capital out of it. The uncle unhesitat-
ingly believes in the first woman, but
the husband is much disturbed in mind,
each story being so plausible and 80
we'll sustained that he cennot decide
which is Wilkins niece, and which is
not but his wife says: "What does
it matter, anyhow, whose niece ami I
am your wife, that's certain, and the
mother of your children"
If an impostor, she has fixed herself
very comfortably in life, while the de-
frauded woman wandels about almost in
beggary, for the Wilkins utterly refuse
to countenance her. She has, however,
appealed to several of their aristocratic
friends, and SO the story got out.
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The Population Of Turkey.

The war i'll Turkey has had the effect
of discovering to the majority of news.
paper readers their ignorance Of it's geo.
graphy, history and population. Espe-
oially with regard to the races subject to
the sultan and the inhabitants of tribu-
tary states included in maps as parts OF
the country does q general ignorance
prevail. It may not, therefore, be pre-
sumptuous in US to present on this sub
ject some recent and authentic informa-
tion. The population of European Tur-
key, exclusive of tributary states. is
8,430,000. Adding to these the number
OF inhabitants in Servia, 1,34O, 900;
Montenegro, 125,0O0; and Roumania,
1850, 900, the total population is Ia, 1885,
600, of whom about forty-two per cent.
are Mohammedan. The Greeks, Alban-
ians and Roumanians are of the Greco
Latin race; and the Servians, Bulgarians
and Russians, of the Sclavonio. Besides
these are represented in smaller num-
bers Armenians, Jews, Gyspies, Circas-
SLAMS, Arabs, Msgyars and foreigners;
the Circassians, who are the most nu-
merous of this group, only numbering
144,000. It is calculated that of the
Greco-Latin race in Turkey the Greeks
number 1, ,137, 900; the Albanians, 1,011,-
600, and the Roumanians, 200, 900; and
of the Sclavs, the Servians, 1883, OOO;
the Bulgarians, 7.877,500, and the Rus.
SLAMS, 10000.
To localize these numerous peoples is
work of considerable difficulty; but
roughly it may be said the Turks are
the majority in Constantinople, and in
the sanjaks of Serayvo, Prizrend, Divra,
Berat, Drama Ras' 'chuk, Tulcha and
Varna. The Greeks, of whom many are
thought to be nothing but Grecized
Scla7s, are stronger in the Epirus,
Thessaly, Macedonia, Thrace, and along
the shores of the Black sea. The Al
banians, fine, warlike race, live prin-
cipally between the Epirus and Monte
negro; 723,OOO of them are Moham-
medans, 100000 Roman Catholics and
SO, 900 belong to the Greek church. The
Roumanians are of the bulk of the popu-
lation of Wallachia and Moldavla. Most
of the Servians are members of the
Greek church, but large number hay-
ing turned Mohammedan to save their
lands from confscation, there are now
about 1853, 900 Servian followers of the
prophet. Over go, 900 are Roman Catho-
lies. The Montenegrins and Herzego-
vinians are Sclavs.
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A Sign Of the Times.

A recent report from the department
of buildings, of the city of New York,
shows that the estimated cost OF new
buildings erected in this city in 1870
was, in round numbers, thirty-elght
million six hundred thousand dollars; In
1871, thirty-seven million five hundred
thousand dollars, andin 1876, only eight
cen million two hundred thousand dol
lars. This is a good illustration of the
depressed condition of business, and ex-
plains the scarcity of labor. Twenty
million dollars more were expended on
labor and materials in 1870 and in 1871
than in 1875. Real estate has been so
heavily loaded with taxation and so
paralyzed by the shrinkage of values and
tbs general depression that it has been
impossible to take advantage of the de-
creased cost of building. Yet the city
taxation VII be as heavy next year as
it is this year.-Ne,O York Herald.
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The Fair Tambeuriplst.

With feet half naked and bare
And dress all tattered and torn;
With penny here and mockery there,
And floods Of derision aud scorn,
She wanders the street, wherever her feet,
Weary or willing, are borne,
With an eye as bright and cheek Is fair
As the earliest blush OF the morn.
Wandering up and down,
And driven from door to door,
A jest for every idle clown
And butt for every boor;
While the velvet sIppered, in satin and lace,
Go rustling by her side,
With a chilling look and averted face,
And lip all curled with pride.
30 beautiful-yet 80 frsil;
So willing, and yet 80 weak;
Oh, what il the heart should fail
And heavenly purpose break,
And the dens and kennels Of vice
Another poor victim should hold?
A celestial spark be quenched in the dark
And an angel be battered for gold2
No wonder the heart should fail,
And heavenly purpose fade;
The eye grow dim, and the cheek grow pale,
When none stand ready to aid!
No wonder the lairs and cradles Of sin
SO many poor victims should hold,
While the good are content to worship thei,
God,
And the rich to worship their gold.
Move patiently on, oh, earth
Till mercy's wondering dove
Shall fly to the rosy realm Of its birth,
And rest in the bosom Of love.
Move patiently on till the CruciHed
Shall gather His radiant crown
From the lowly flowers and bleeding hearts
That the world has trampled down
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Simian Sagacity.

The sagacious monkey, who, according
to the time honored story, used the
reluctant paw of q cat to withdraw hot
chestnuts from the fire, is outdone by
the performance of another member of
his tribe, which, is recounted bya French
resident of South Africa, in letter to
Les Mondes. The writer is the posses
sor of large coffee plantation, and his
crops have suffered severely from the
ravages of a large species of baboon,
which greedily devours the fruit Of q
small tree which grows among the
bushes. The best safegards against the
depredations are the wasps which make
their nests in the lower part of these
trees, for, of the fierce attack and pain
full stings of these insects, the balloons
have a wholesome fear. One morning,
hideous chorus of yells and howls was
heard from a portion of the plantation
where the wasps had most thickly con-
gregated, and where the fruit trees con-
sequently were heavily laden. On
searching for the cause, tho writer saw
from afar venerable and ancient baboon
busily engaged in throwing infant mon
keys at the trees. These living projec-
tiles thus knocked down the nests and of
course were objects of the keen atten-
tions of the infuriate occupants. Mean
while the baboon quietly made his way
to the upper branches, gorged himself,
and then added insult to injury to the
badly stung monkeys by pelting them
with the rinds and pits of his repast.
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MeteOrs In Sweden.

A fall of meteorites took place on the
twenty-eighth of June, between eleven
and twelve A. NJ, near Stalldalen. SeV'
eral fell on the ground and some into a
lake. Two were found, one about tne
size of the fist and weighing four ana
one-half pounds, the other smahel.
Eye.witnesses say that loud Wmssnas u
was first heard in the air from ives! 70
cast, and a light was plainly distinguish, n,
able, although the sky was clear and nd
cloudless; thereafter two very sharp 9;re, re-,
ports were heard, the second succeeding
the first after momentary interval, iol-
loved by several others less sharp, I re-
sembling thunder, after which tae ial. "
ing stones were observed py elgl. VI
ten persons; and, finally, there was ss1u se.n
in the air whirling smoke, NOT very
hieh up. A meteor was observed slm-
ultaneously at Stockholm and at other
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