davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1877-02-10

ra'a o!|d,}, one Of the ncst-bulldlng flames, cre-
ntcs the receptacle for It's eggs, has been enrc-
fully obacrycd in ills pirate aquarium BY y.
Carbonnicr. We borrow the account Of the
process from the columns OF Nature: "Thc
mnic animal constructs a nest Of f1olll OF con-
siderable size, fifteen 10 eighteen centimetscs
horizontal diameter, aud ten to twelve cent?
metres III height. He prcpuEes the bubbles in
the air (xlicl, he sucks IN and then erpels),
strengthening them With mucous matter from
Ills mouth, aud l,gings them luto tho nea.
Sometimes the buccal secretion viii fail him,
wtcrcupon he goes to the bottom In search of
some cotltcrvr, Which he sucks md bites for
Ittfct in order to stimulate the act uf secretion.
Tie nest got rrady, tho female IL Induced to
enter. Not less curious is Tie way 70 which tho
Into The nest. He seems unable 10 bring them
up ln ills mouth: instead uf this, he FIRST takes
III NIL abundant supply Of air: then, Descending.
he places himself hinder the cEga md, all ut
onec, ty violent contraction Of the muscles In
the interior Of tho mouth MD pharynx, he forces
| out the air he had accumulated, by Ills Efsls.
THIS nr, finely divided nr pufyer,xeti, tn sumo
surt, by the lancf1a ntl frsnEcs of the Eie, es-
! capes in this form Of two Icta VI yerltabfc gas.
| cnus powder, which ctyelops tho eggs and raecs
| thch to the surface. In this ulaneuvre. NJ.
rarilonulcr enys the GourIMi quite disappeared
In kind OF a!r.tn!st, anil, when this had ttsa!-
| patet. he rcapprnrrd With 4 multitude OF nlr'
bulsles like little pearls, cllnging Ill oFcr hia
body"
, 1877-02-10
Y FEBRUAKY IT., IB77-TWELVE PAUES.

ra-. 1l1n.t.atoa by TitoxAsyA* nni AErnrE
l. t:ro,. chicago: Jantcn, McClurs TO. Pric".
s1.f9.
Volumes VIII. anil TX. of tho Illustrated c'll-
tton of the works Of Dickens, published by
Me,*rs IIlr, t. 1long1,ion, include " l'aFnahy
R,u1gc" and "flnrd Timcs.' The neat MIL
clrsnut s'yie nj this e,lEs'on con,ncnds 1t ',nrc.
Tho l,t;t Nun tcr of the household Edition oF
Dickens. from The 1,ou.c u Harper & l'r,.;;,
cu,nprtEcs Il, n,r: voln,np rrtrcs frnm Itt'y,''
.sEetl'es by lsoz' md "A'ne!ra'' .,sa: Nntss;, I,
Ern,t: unti tIls last, s'Amcricnn Notes," by tlst
vigorous and original pencil Of Mast.
, 1877-02-10
COAfAiEN9ALI9Af.

In many Of tho clnsscs Of the animal kingdom
there nrc species which arc unable to maintain
the EtruEElc for existence without help frotn
Others Some Of them live entirely at the cx-
pcuse Of thcis ne'ghbore, nnd arc merely para
sites. Others simply tnjoy the protecting CON-
pantonEhlp Of those more favored than them
selves, antl arc called mcssmutes, or COIN
mrusals, because they tharo tho food OF their
hosts. ME. Fritz Muller has lately discovered
ut Itataly, BRAZIL, new case Of coinlncn,al!sm
Ii, two catcrpillars, which be describes In letter
published III Nature. "The larger caterpillar" I"
lie writes, Awlth rcd head. protected by long,
branciIy stfhEing-hasrs or tAorns, lives on mu-
berry and other trees. Lilo other catcrpt1lars
protected frum enemies Gy oloF, st!nEfngl lulrs,
or otherwise, It sits on the upper side Qf
the leaves, and Is lIeht-eolored, Tho head
between its thorns, there e,ts q small blacklist
tho large companion. l took oil the small
caterpillar irona tho largo-onc, but II soon &c
cupeu again the zane place. lii order to take
n photograph oi II, the large caterpillar was
nn:rsthctizcd with ether; It rccoyefrd again
somcwllat. but after two days It died. Tho
smaller caterpillar Inns t,ow left Its plarc and
taken rcfugc on another caterpillar In the Sane
bux; on this It sits somewhat farther forward
IN the base Of the abdomen. tn liz fortncr
host, tho place where tho small caterpillar sui
looks palc, NJ II It had been secured. Til
small caterpillar from above cats small holes
In the leaf on which tho latgcr one Is sitting
As far us know. no similar ease haa hlthertt
becu Observed"
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DICKENS

BARNADY RuDGg; 4sp HARD TINES. BY
CuAKLxs DslkxxA In Twu Yoluu1es. With
Steel. l.plata Illustrations. 1.fnu. Now York:
L. Go. Price, $4.
PiCTUkKs EH04 ITALY, SKETCHES BY BOZ;
AND AMERICAN NO1E5. By cuARLxz Dirk-
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called that the remedy had heen known for =
long tmo in Germany. Recently II. dc Che
varricr has sent 10 the French Chronological
Society, from GA'ns, in Tunie, two sprc!ss Ut
nnd -VvIairit bnttrott}, With arc employed by
The people Of AmeEna In cases Of rabies. Tho
wc!rht Of grain Of corn Is given 10 the patient
1'ctwccn tho trentJ-1rst and twenty-sevcsth
niicr these dates, thu cilcacy oi The euro "a sup.
rosrd To be dcstroyel. The remedy Ia mem
ti0ncd In several ancient Arabic works on medi-
cine. :.
, 1877-02-10

TIE OBSERVATORY AT WILMA.
Mute has already been rnatlu oi Tie drssruc-
ton ol tho Observatory at wilma, III Western
Russia. Frum the .4th<,ekun. VIC Gull tic few
particulars OF TIC history OF tho institution
Which follow: "Founicd hy the Emperor Al
cxa,ler the First, at tho beginning VI tt's pres
Cit century, !.s greatest activity commenced
under the Dtsectorshin II =. slayansky, who
succeeded sn!Adscky in 1870; tn year" aitsr IT,.
Whtcl, the Observatory Vas enriched NY tine
couato oria! Of Mer1, sIx inel,cs IN aperture. AZ
II Say'n.ky' rs.gasti1 IN IN iS l,o',s. sas
chnsyltch, Fuss. ,Sal'lsr. G{us.sw, {,s M a,.4!
twcnty years its c,!rrgcx have bccu principally
DEVOTED to .o1ar photography, though uussew,
who commenced THU lG 1851, complained that
thp locality WA not well adaptcl to 1t. suyetal
i'ne series, however, haye been reeently obtain:
exhibited at tllu Loau Collection ut sauth Ken
sineton. lt!s matter for grya. regrSt tlat bott
VIII ~ the results Ut !argu, uumbcr uf obser'
yations, were destroyed by the unfortunate ftsc.
Notwithstanding tho exe1tions madu to saVu
&hctn.n
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-17
Japanese Audiences.

AU the Year Round gives the follow
ing rafting description of the stage and
audience business in Japan: Free-and-
easiness is the great characteristic of
japanese audiences. During the per-
Torrance everyone smokes, eats and
drinks; criticisms are very audibly ex-
pressed, conversation and chaff are very
general, people come in and go out as
they like; if the weather be hot, super
fluous raiment is laid aside sans cerena07aie,.
coolies enter with their implements of
trade, and reeking with the dust and
sweat of the day, much in the same way
that one may observe peasants slouching
into continental cathedrals for few min
utes' prayer. On the stage the same non
chalance is apparent. If an actor be not
"word perfect" the prompter follows
him about without the slightest attempt
to disguise; stage carpenter, wanting a
light for his pipe, does not hesitate to
crawl in front of one of the actors and
take one from the stage candles; men
I" who are killed" during the play are al
lowed to make their exit behind piece
of black cloth, boldly brought and held
up by boy, and no hitch or accident
ever justifles the drawing across of the
curtains. Applause takes the form of
wild shrieks-mos frequently the name
Of the actor. Dissent and disapprobation
are invariably expressed by loud and
ng-cOntinued chatting and hooting.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-17
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN,

chickens for broiling should be dipped
In olive oil before being put on the grid
iron.-N. 7. Herald.
"A paste made of whiting and benzine
will clean marble, and one made of whit
ing and chloride of soda, spread and left
to dry On the sun if possible) on the mar.
BILE, will remove spots.
Josh Billings says that no man car
get to heaven on a sore-backed horse
Therefore he thinks it stands one in hand
to take care of dumb animals.
Those who have evergreen trees upor
their lawns must be careful to rake off the
pine leaves from the grass, or they vii
Kill out all the grass, as such leaves ap
pear to be poison even to blue grass
IODa Re0ister.
10 dye brown, steep the goods in 8
decoctlon of birch bark or of green wal
nut peels For gray, use sumach hobs, Oh
the rotten wood from the inside of maple
ash or elm log, with little bit of cop
peras dissolved in it.
-Fricasseed Parsnips.-Boil them in
salted water until they are tender; ther
cut them into pieces two or three inches
long, and stew them few minutes In
half cup of milk, half a cup Of good
strong broth, tablespoonful of butter
and pepper and salt. Just before serving
add one teaspoonful of corn starch made
smooth IN little cold milk.
Apple Short-Cake. = Make sof,
dough, as for biscuit; roll out this end
put layer in a jelly-pan; over this
spread layer of stewed apples; sprinkle
over sugar and spice; dot with small
81 ,,++ -
dough, another of apple-sauce, very
thin layer of dough, and bake in very
quick oven. This is most delicious
dessert dish, and may be served with OF
without sauce.
Raising Meal Worms.-These worms
can be raised, for food for mocking birds,
by filling stone jar with bran meal, with
pieces OF old shoe leather mixed with it
a dead bird or mouse would be a welcome
addition-and colonized with some two
hundred meal worms, which can be easily
procured in spring, and the whole set in a
warm place; the worms will increase so
fast that in three months, If left unmolest-
ed, there will be enough to furnish the
birds daily supply. A rag, wet with
beer or water, must be laid on the con-
tents of the jar, occasionally, to supply
moisture.
The London Lancet says that the
bearing rein would be less commonly
used if it were more commonly recognized
as device for giving underlined animals
an appearance which Nature has not be-
slowed. High class horses do not need
to have their heads held up in this fash
ion, and in proportion as the rein is eff
fectual it causes pain and spoils temper
A very slight acquaintance with the anat-
omy of the horse, and the part the head
plays in balancing and controlling the
movements of the shoulder and leg, must
convince anyone that to tie up the neck is
to deprive the animal of his power of
steady and safe progress, beside, TO the
eye of Judge, destroying the effect of
natural grace
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-17

paper in ones pocket, and yet to know
that that paper is equal to money, and
can be turned into money in any part of
the United Kingdom. The system en-
courages economy, too, for many man
can keep his bank book intact when the
jingling coin would burn a hole in his
pocket" Men Of good positions in life
recognize this fact: bank-note in purse
will keep for long time intact; but once
broken it melts like dew before the sun.
In conclusion, would ask ali working
men who have not tried the savings bank
to begin at once. 1t costs nothing, and
it cannot fail to be profitable Nothing
like beginning in these matters; put
down your first shilling and the second
will surely follow, and before a year is
out you will have reason to congratulate
yourself upon the step you have taken.
. All POstmasters may not be so polite as
the one mentioned here; but never mind
that. Every man fulfilling that office is
bound to take your money and give re-
ceipt for it, and TO pay you the sum you
wish to draw out after due notice has been
given-and that, think, is as much as
you require. You will, [ feel assured,
get tolerable civility wherever you go,
for men of the surly type would in these
days not hold office for a month-Brst-
ISL Workman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-17
Decay OF Timber.

Wet and dry rots are the two forms of
decay which attack timber that is exposed
to the weather, and the cause of both may
be said to be heat with moisture. Confined
air and evaporation cause dry rot, and i'm
perfect evaporation wet rot, to greater or
less degree.
Investigation shows that as preventive
against these rots the timber should be
we'll seasoned, and if used where liable to
be under the influence of sun and rain
should be well painted, or, if not painted,
should be impregnated with linseed or oil
Of tar. The best preventive, however, is
found to be that of allowing free circu-
lation of air around the timbers, and the
walls to be allowed to dry thoroughly be-
fore the introduction of the timbers
should the timbers have taken either of
these rots very little can be done to pre-
serve them. In case the rot is perceived
to be at the end Of beams only-where in
fact it generally commemorative best
method of preserving the rest of the tim
bers is to effectually cut away the decayed
portion and scarf with sound; if, howev-
er, this should not be practicable, the
wood may be scraped and cleaned of all
fungus or extraneous matter and then i'm
pregnated with any of the usual oils
Cincinnati Trade List.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-17
Horses and Mules Eating Dirt.

A correspondent of the ". 7. Tribune
asks why horses and mules eat dirt when
turned out of close stables, to which Prof.
Law replies:
Most commonly the habit is an indica-
ton OF acidity in the stomach, and to be
corrected by improving the digestive
functions. Horses are at special dis
advantage in the matter of stomach COM
plants, inasmuch as they cannot rid
themselves by vomiting of anything that
dlsagrees, and are unable even to belch
up accumulated gas. Then the stomach
is much too small to allow of heavy feed
ing or the formation of much gas without
injurious over-distension hence, of all
domestic animals the solipeds should be
ted with the greatest care and judgment.
Like human beings they have their periods
CT acldlty or heartburn, and having NO
opportunity of taking soda or magnesia,
they lick the lime from their walls or
the earth from their pathway. For tenn
porary relief piece of chalk may be
Kept In the manger, but we should seek
to remove the radical evil by giving a
better tone to the stomach. Feed sound
grain and hay in moderate amount and
at regular intervals, and don't drive or
work hard an hour after each meal, lest
digestion should be impaired.
Give few carrots, turnips, or other
roots, if available; water regularly, and
never just after meal, and put an ounce
of common salt in the food or water daily.
Any existing weakness should be cor
rected by course of tonics such as oxide
of iron, two ounces; calcined magnesia,
two ounces powdered nux vomica, one
and half drachms; powdered fennel
seed, two ounces; mix. Divide into eight
powders, and give one morning and nj ght.
The habit has been sometimes caused by
a deficiency of mineral matters in the
food grown on very poor soils, but this
may be corrected by similar treatment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-17
How to Get On in Life.

This is the question of all questions
and with the laboring man everything CEN
ters about the problem of securing a COM
petence for life. If man spends dol
lar more than he makes he is poor; if he
lays by dollar more than he eXpends he
is rich. In this simple proposition lies
the whole secret of success in the bust
ness of life. We efUen near it said that
farmers do not know anything about
business; but if we apprehend that if a
man fails to get along well in life, be he
farmer, mechanic or manufacturer, or
anything else, it is Oftener because he does
not employ the knowledge he does possess
in the particular business in which he is
engaged. Great learning, in the common
way that term is used, may be of very lit
tie use in the real business of life; it is
valuable and powerful aid, only when
one has the administrative capacity to
apply it. The farmer who knows the
most will get on the best if he has the fac
ulty to put his knowledge to use in his
daily operations; but if he has not this
faculty, his neighbor who does possess it,
though he be an ignorant man, will out
strip him in a businass which both are en-
gagged in. knowledge is power when it
is applied--ii is dead weightto any man
VI any uuSlAtcSS WucIC tie IdCully W use III
does not exist with it.
When at the end of year a farmer
finds that he has some funds on hand, that
establishes the fact that he is getting on
successfully. If he finds that he owes
something at the stores or machine-shops,
and has nothing on hand to pay with, the
fact is just as truly established that he is
falling behind. A surplus, however
small, is evidence that his administration
of the businesss has been good; deficit,
however ssmall, exhibits lack of wise
management which will keep him behind
hand through life unless he can improve
his administration.
These are pithy truths, which every one
of our readers will recognize and admit;
and now we want to connect them with
some farm operations. Truth is of little
interest his life unless we can use it for
our Own benefit or to nelp our neighbor
Let an! farmer take an acre Of land
and do tle very best he knows how to do
in growing any particular crop, say Indian
corn. He can grow 100 bushels of shelled
corn on this acre. The land is worth, we
may say, 800 per acre. Then the account
would ahn11t
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-17

The road is long and rough, you see,
Far-stretching DER the prairie;
And If his father went-why,
Must stay and mind the dairy.
Perhaps an idle tear dropped
To see him mount the filIy,
To go alone to bless the banns
Of our dear boy, our Willy!
A week of days is passed since then,
Each longer than the other,
So strange it is to think he's wed
And | not there-his mother
SO strange, when he. toddling thing,
Got all my care so freely;
Well care and kisses wait to-day
For WHY'S wife and Willy.
What's that you say? That I've not seen
And SO | may not love heri
Not love his wife! Why, troops of girls
Might lift their heads above her.
Aye, all the girls might fairer be
In bloom of rose and lily;
But dearer than the best to me
Would be the wife of Willy.
lis true he's young. Twere well, perhaps
He'd waited just a little;
A lovers knot too early tied
May prove, alas but brittle
Yet old folks often make mistakes
In thinking young folks silly
And what's the use to question now,
She's wife of my boy Willy.
Oh aye, be sure, some other might
Have lined with gold his pocket;
But | have seen full many a stick
Come down from costly rocket.
And yeti limited to the boy
HIS own short purse; and still he
But scorned the hint. Well, loves enough
To dover the wife of Willy!
For Willy, let me tell you now,
is not the one to falter
In doing what an honest man
Has promised at the altar;
Twill be no fault of idle WAYS,
If later times prove chilly;
No need, | wis, for aught but love
With this young wife of WillY
And that wife brings love. Tn sure
Should make mother kindly;
The mother, if she's wise at all,
viii scan little blindly,
For smooth the ruts as smooth we NAV.
Life's path will yet be hilly
There's many flint to prick the feet
Of cen the wife of Willy.
So keep your doubts, no longer lest
Because I'm anxious waiting
To clasp my darlings to my breast
And bless their early mating.
spake full loud to stay the match;
But now my finger Silly
Is placed upon my lip-since she
Is mine, the wife of Willy.
She's WHY'S wife, and so she's mine
Mine own dear, darling daughter;
If they're one flesh, they're but one blood,
And blood is more than water.
Then hold your peace about the charms
OF Susan or of Milly;
tell you; friend, she's best of all,
This wife of my boy, Willy.
Lo! here they are, the blessed pair!
My precious boy, my rover
And with him one to crown his days;
Look! Who could help but love her?
Come, father, shut the kitchen door,
The winds without blow shrilly;
But what care we, beside the fire,
With WHY'S wife and Willy!
The bread is white upon the board,
The kettle bravely SINNERS,
The red flame dances up the wall
Where shining pewter shimmers;
The neighbors come and greetings bring
In welcome, will he, nil he;
% happy day that lights the home
With WHY'S wife and Willy!
--ha1Y b. Dodge, IN ChyiStidH-at- Work
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-17
Vegetiine!
Necrosis, Scrofula, Dyspepsia,
General Debility,
Canker, Humor, Liver Com
plant, Rheumatism,
Consumption of the Bowels.
CHARLEsTowN, MASS, March 25, 1859.

ShAhb1oIOWN, 4uASS', Mai I'll SO 1905,
Mr.. Fl. r. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-The following is statement of my
experience with the great Blood Remedy, VEGE-
TINE. have been keeping boarding house here
for many years, and have had the misfortune to
have a great deal of sickness in my family In
one case in particular l noticed the wonderful eff
feet of VEGETINE.
About the year 1847, a young man. then sixteen
years old, who was distan relative of mine,
came home from He had injured his left leg
on board the ship some months before and when
the ship came into this port he came to my house,
being feeble that he could not go to his home in
Lowell. His leg swollen above the knee more
than twice its natural size, and he was Obliged to
drag it along after him, having use of it what
ever. The effect of this had reduced him to a
mere skeleton. His father came down, and en-
ployed DR.. George Hayward of Boston to attend
him, who then occupied a prominent position in
the MASSACHUSETTS, General Hospital. lie pro
nounced it a bad case of Necrosis; said he must
be removed to the hospital have his leg opened
and the bone bored to allow the discharge of ma
ter there collected; otherwise the leg must be am
putated.
Not thinking it advisable to pursue this course,
and having used VEGETINE, the great Blood Rem
edy in the past with so good effect. concluded to
try it in this After taking it regularly for
six weeks, his leg was but little swollen, and his
general health so much improved that he did not
look like the same perso At the end of five
months'h he went home to Lowell peri. city cured.
He remained in Lowell until the commencement
of the war; then Joined the army, and was pro-
nounced sound and well man.
4 he above is but one case out OF many where
have seen this Blood Remedy used with unparal-
leIeQ success. L nave TAKEN IL mySeH LOT twenty
years, more or less, for Dyspepsia and General De-
bility, and it always appeared to give me new life
and vigor
One lady boarder completely cured from
Canker Humor, after she had suffered for years,
and tried almost everything else without recslving
any benefit. Another lady was cured from Liver
Complaint, which was bad case, and so consid-
cred by the many physicians who had attended her
from time 10 time.
have known its use by other boarders for Rheu-
matism with extraordinary good effect.
A lady took it for Consumption of the Bowels,
and found relief than in anything else she
she could procure.
do not want to over-estimate its usefulness;
but do want those suffering from sickness to
know what this good medicine has done aud is
still doing, for l know what it is to be imposed
upon when sick, and l hink it is wrong for any
one to over estimate remedy at the expense Of
the he p'ess sick; and l, for one. will not do it
der any circumstances whatever.
Mrs. ALIVA S. MONROE,
16l Chelsea Street.