davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
SCU.fRROjt'S JEUELS.
From Trmpic Rdr.


Hard cash that had TO he deposited out of sight
in the pockets which "Duld not he hung about the
person and flashed and lannted IN the eyes OF the
world--had 10 charm for SuwarIow. But Cathe,
rine knew how TO reach and play upon the savage
nature dcep-seated in the man. She operated on
him chiefly through his weakness Tor gauiy
trlukcts a weakness which III common with all
savagcs he shared. Each new courier that arrived
at her court with tidings of victory coincidcd
with the dispatch of messenger bearing Il be-
jcwcllc gift, and Il letter Of thanks written by tho
CAarinas own hand. He never touched one Of these
gifts on which GATHERINGS hand hal rested nay
his glance never casually alightcd on one Of them
hut Us in the presence of something holy, he made
the sign Of the cross. and, falling on his hnrcS,
reVcrently kissed II. and with greater h0lcinhitY
than ever dcvOut pilgrim kissed PapaI toe 81
Caabah stone. Again and again he lciu!cd Her
MajcSty's gifts. On one occasion when the Empress
was granting favOrs to everybody, and when every
body was pressing round her with eyes that SAID.
what am ! TO get" she ordered the mob TO
and back till figure in the background came
into the full view OF the court. 1t was SnwarrOw
Addressing bin she sand: "And you, General, do
You want nothing'" Only that y.oon would order
my lodgings to he paid, madam. The rent OF his
lodgings was three rOublcs month.
SuwarrOw could never find ii in his heart TO re-
fuse gold toy and his stole indifference to wealth
capitulatcl AT once when the seductive light Of =
precious stone bewldeTed and blinded his eyes
How often did he veX the Of his officers with
and again he assembled them to admire amt culo-
gizc the loneliness Of hs collection, till the faculty
OF admiration in them was exhausted AMI the Ian,
guagc Of culOgy had ceased to be fresh. lie would
stop his army while on the march, that he might
open his chest and glOat over bis treasures. At
dinner he would. rapid succession Of shots fire
the following questions ut his ncishbors: Have
YOU seen my jewels! DO you envy me them
What do you think they are worth Why did our
Mamma give them to ne" A failure to answer
thcs, questions promptly as the report follow
the cXplosOn and the General lost his temper, anh
a louder explosion followed, in which, amid the
confusion Of putturas and grow Is the only articu-
late words that cOuld he made out were You
blockhcad" You fool -: while the poor victim too
ignorant TO rightly, or TOO honest to lie, or
too prosaic TO invent a fictitious history Of the
jewels OH the spot sat blushlng and trembling.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
SCRAP BAG.

SUsPENDER STITCH.-Mrs. j. V. VI. +. kindly sends
directions for the suspender stitch desired by Mrs.
NJ. L. W. r., as follows:
Use coarse needles and No knitting cotton. Cast
on 16 IS stitches, knit purl l, knit l, pur !,
and so On-every row alike.
j. L. c. sends directions for this stitch, which are
| somewhat more complicated: Cast on any even
number of stitches 1st row : Slip /, putting the
needle under the stitch and keeping the thread IN
front of ths needle, in purling; then knit 1. A
loop extra stitch is thus formed the spp ed
stitch. aud the thread is now behind the needle as
in plain knitting. Bring the thread forward, slip /,
knit to end of This first is not repeated.
Cd row Slip 1, with thread forward. knit together
the loop tor extra stitch and the stitch thread
forward, slip l. knit together loop and ',ext stitch.
Continue indefinitely repeating this second row.
This is the wel-known BrOche stitch which has
been described several times in these columns.
This department will be pleased to print j. L. {. s
directions for knitting double.
ANGOLA YARN.-Mrs. +. w. c. writes that she
thinks Angola yarn much better than Sax0ny for
flannel edging. as it does not shrink in washing.
This correspondent asks for directions for making
an infants knitted hood of Angora (not Angola
wool. to be trimmed with swans down.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES G. f. 6. is Informed that
twist stitch is made by knitting from the back part
Oh tue loop OF DC HCculc is pun III u
hind the left needle and passes through the loop
from right to left, much the i'll purling. cx
cept that in puIlng the needle is passed through tie
front part of the loop. Thread in front " means
that instead of keeping the thread behind tue needle
rs is naturally the plain knitting tie thread
is brought round III front of the needle, as in
purling
BABY's BooT. EXTRA No. G2.-Mrs. s. b. NJ.
writes. asking for the rIshtng of the annoying
printers blundcr made in mixing" the directions
for pretty "baby's boot" page 81 of Extra No.
62. II she will look carefully she will that the
2Jth should follow the 18th, as under the head
of this last appear directions for succeeding rows
After the Goth follow directions to land includ
ngl the line. " 9 OF decreasing, separated by
plain the; then skip TO the brSt line in the
right hand column 1T the top of the page. Then
follow directions to land including tho 10TH Inc
from the top, continue PLAN till the 3 last and
skip thence to the 9th line succeeding that -
STITCHES. OF which are knitted together aud
plain" After that 1t Is PLAN sailing. ;. Il. Ms
note has been mslaid or her request should have
been answered suOncr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
THE INGENIOUS BRIION.
Erntn The SperlniOr.

AT this time many stories were current as TO tho
scizure of smupgled goods in the Underclli ind az
Niton, or OF the successful outwlttlns oil tho
revenue officers: this, among others: farming
meadow near the sea- found keg of spirits on the
shore. This he managed to OPEN and poured the
contents into his milkpai and then, hlllns up the
keg yit scawater he sent il far rs possible ont
To sea Having concealed his spoil for future re-
movai. he proceeded TO call the coast.guards at
tenton to the floating keg, at the same time ciam
goods How he would have accounted for the un-
usual contents of his milk pail. had IL been ue-
tected It is difficult to say but the following ancc
dote NAV suggest his possible explanation:
In little town not fur from the New-forest lives
q dairyman, whose premises are in suggestive
proximity to the river and on one occasion, IN tio
mill Ln Stumbled to friend of our own. "a mlnnow
was iouuI. THIS interesting lacto-piscatorai dis-
coyery being made known to the cowkccperS wlie;
sho exclaimed "The cow must have swallowed
'un Poor thing"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
INSERTION TO MATCH CHILDS COLLAR

INSERTION TO MATCH CHILD'S COLLAR.
f. II. c. kindly answers the request for directions
for making an insertion to match the child's COL
lar" published July 2. She says: IL think it makes
the handsomest lace of any that has been published.
We find by knitting the even rows it does not roll
as it does to purl them and looks as well after it Is
washed"
Cast on % stitches.
list row: Knit 3. narrow, knit 2, over, knit 1,
over, narrow, over, narrow. over, knit Q, narrow.
Knit 6. All even rows knit plain.
Sd row: Knit 2, narrow knit @ over, knit 3, over.
narrow, over narrow over, knit 2. narrow, knit 3.
9th row: Knit l, narrow. knit g over, knit j,Over
narrow, over, narrow. over, knit 2, narrow. knit f.
9TH row Knit 6;narrow. knit 2.over narrow. over
knit l, over, knit l. over, knit 2, narrow twice.
knit 9.
9th row Knit 8. narrow, knit q over. narrow
over narrow. over knit g. over, knit narrow, knit
2.
18th row Knit 4. narrow, knit @ over, narrow,
over, narrow, over, knit 8, over, knit ., narrow.
knit l.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
CATTLE AND POISONOUS WEEDS.

A plant recently introduced to Queensland
by accident is reported to be giving some
trouble in the colony in consequence of its poi
son0us effects upon cattle. The plant is Nam
thium strumarirIni, and it is said to have been
introduced along with cotton seed From ex
perimrntS mado WITH the plant by adminiStra
ton OF the extract to some animals it seems at
first that no particular symptoms are apparent
but after period of about half an hour the
animal becomes torpid and unwilling to move
about The torpidity gradually increases
and without notable struggling or excitement
the breathing ceases, after which the hearts
doses recovery OF the functions of life takes
place, and the animal appears little the worse
for the experiment. The animals poisoned re
tam their intelligence to the last An extract
prepared from the common Bathurst burr,
though the stub6ofp character of this plant
does not offer a tempting TODD for cat tie, and
they are not therefore poisoned by it,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
ANCIENT GREEK BAIHS.

The ruins of q once magnificent bathing eStab-
lishmcnt have been recently discovered by Pro.
feSsDr Giuseppe Novi not tar from Hercua-
neum. They are covered with layer of ashes
and lava oi ten metres thickness. What has
been brought to light up to the present is said
to eclipse NIL previous discoveries of a similar
nature both in IIelculancum and Pompeii. The
fountains and tanks of these "Terme" are
made OF Oriental granite and adorned with
sculptures The floors arc of colored glass
mosaic; unfortunately it Is but badly pre-
served. The walls of the various buildings are
elegantly ornamentcd with paintings and
stucco-work. The excavations are to be con-
tinurd.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
PATTERNS BY GENERALIZATION.

The curious aIabcsgucs produced on window
pancs by frost have suggested 10 a French i'll
ventor Il system OF obtaining designs for printed
stuiIs by capitalization. lie has made expert
ments with solutions O suphate OF zinc. copper,
non. alumna, and magnesla, into which plates
# glass were STEPPED, and then allowed to dry
slowly at different temperatures. The crystals
thus deposited formed great variety OF fancl-
ful fignres, flowers, feathers; stars, etc. These
may be fixed by an addition Of albumen or
gclatine. If copper plates are used, the designs
electrotyping. The great difficulty Is to obtain
continuous patterns 10 he reproduced on the
cylinders used for printing; but that may DO
overcome by using cylindrical plates of copper,
and turning them OH their axes while the evapo-
ration is going on. The Capitalization Is, how
ever, frequently irregular and leaves blank
spaces which spoil the harmony of the design,
but that defect will probably be overcome by
experience. 1t is not certain that the method
has yet been practically employed, but the idea
is ingenious, and will probably be eventually
IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
TIE Roy LINCOLN.
From The Lo,tisriiic Courier Journal

From The Lo1,isriitc Courier Journal
Iincoln'6 early youth was spent III Spencer
County. lud., above R0ckpnrt, beautiful little
city crowring the abrupt cia which frOwn over
the Ohio River. llo was faithful and industrious.
but there IN HIM "a latent Incidence which made
him fond OF taking his rod to fish, or, with his gun
upon his shoulder, he would roam in search of game
over the long low hills bursting with red clay There
are living nj present several old citizens who knew
Lincoln well at that time. He was thoughtful, and
his solitary expeditions probably gave HIM plenty OF
opportunity to indulge his nedItative faculties The
description OF his appearance then: his long, lank
legs under an awkward body his hOmey face upon
which the prominent nose stood ike a handle his
long hair dangling upon his shoulders, bring up III
stealing over the hills of Sleepy Hollow 10 pay his
court to Frauelen Katrina Won lasseI.
The embryo statesman was full OF spli1t and fond
OF mad praiks. One Old gentleman in ROckpOr
lives to tell of the last time be saw Lnco IN. He
WAS visiting the Lincoln homestead, and as he WAS
coming away they found trespasslng cow hang
coins much annoyance by entering their garden and
committing depredatOns Young Abe was dressed
suit of jeans. without any coat, as it was summer
tine, ana on his head he wore br0ad-blimmcd
white straw hat, part of which was cracked and
broken, Finding the cow standing hypocrticaly
meek at the gate, young Abe leapcd asrlde OF her
back and digging his bare heels INTO her sides, the
astOnshed animal broke away down the road IN Il
laundering gaOp. THE last saw OF Abe Lincoln"
the old gentleman relates fOndly, he was swing
ing his hat. shouting at the top OF his voice and
gallOppDg down the road on That thunderstruck
cow"
In the old country church near the Lincoln place
is pulpit which was made by Abe Lincoln and his
father There ~ u bookcase IN the Evansville Gus
tom House made By the same carpenters and taken
there for preservation. Near where the old house
stood is dilapldated c0rn-crlb with rail floor. the
rails for which were split by young Lincoln. Last
fall a monument raised over Nancy Lincolns
Rockport. 1t is a plain slab with a plain iuscrp-
fiOI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
An IDYLL.

| know p spot
Wherc she | love Oft spends her lonely hours.
All spangled over with fOrget-me-nOt
And other flowers
See this and that
Upon my brow. all bumps tina. have been made
OF late the frequent and iorociOus gnat
ln;csts tho shade.
a quiet nook
Save tor ono little silver ring Of sound
The baby chatter of Is tiny brook,
AIS silence round.
With hopping gait
The lively frog prOyolies n female scream;
hurry TO the rGscnc. but too late
lie pasSeth as IA dream.
Bend. hr.nches bend.
Entwnc in leafy canopy above.
Let not single TaindrOp Ger descend
Upon my love.
This really il
Iui--sllghily damp. love dost not find it so 7
Aud am subject unto rheumatic
think we'll go!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
F\GIISU WEATHER,

At the recent meeting Of tEc London MccOI0-
logical Society, the following facts respecting
the weather III England during 1850 were
brought out: The severe cold Of the winter
broke w and 1urllowo1 the soil and the dry
open weather enabled farmers to clean their
laud from the excessive growth Oi weeds calSod
10y the damp OF the year before. The dry May
was not favorable for the hay, which Suffered
severely i'll many places, but still crop with
i;tr more real nouri>hmcnt in it than would
be obtained from rank growth would
have been secured had it not been tor the ter
Iiblc floods OF July in the Midland Counties,
which not only seriously injured the crop, 50
that il was frequently not worth the trouble Of
removing of the land, hut also carried ii en-
tir, " away III lnw-lyng districts. The wheat,
again, which WAS looking most promising I'LL
July, Suffered much during that daT1p period
and had II not been Tor the subSr Inrnl line
weather would have been ruined. !iIi tlc I'M
favorable season OF 1870 produced very eeIiOus
effects Oh vegetation, especially on trees anu
shrubs. and their produce le young "ood ~
the trees WIS not rlpcncd, ana, aH natural con
Sequence. the scvrTc winter killed an enormous
ulaItitv Of some kinds, and greatly Injured
others. "LauIuSllnuS was generally Killed 10
Che ground, and IL some districts, the dcSirnc-
ton Of other shrubs was severely frlt Inc
"VcrgrccnS IN many cases l0St large quantities
of their leaves; hOllicS especially. are meE-
toned Inv several observers, AMI priyet hedges
were sometimes quite lcaiicSS. With respect to
frmit-trccs, apples and pears in some localities
(bnt not alb were hardly able 10 put forth any
BLOOM ant the ClODS were consequently PX-
tlcmply poor. Wa!l-frlt VAS also general
failure, but this was partially owing to severe
weather when tho trees We're III bloom, Tor III
some instances the show ct bloom WIS splendid.
seeds generally ripCncd with difficulty; puch
OF the wheat could not he glohnd ana giea'
deal was mixed np with rOughly ground Indian
corn, aud favored ~ induce the cattle Ia eat
it, The csOp ui ordinary garden seeds was alto
far below It's usual quality.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
KNITTING AND CROCHET.

Materials. ADOut d ouuCco VI oPA'o @SPHSA' -"
chet hook No. TO-
Make chain of sc stitches
1st row Make treble into the 9th stitch; and
make 80 holes by taking every other stitch.
Cd row: Make chain to turn the corner, then
treble in the middle of every hole to the end.
Sd row: Make 2 trebles in the middle of each OF
the first holes. then trebes into the next hole,
and repeat the and all the way.
4th row: 2 trebles ali the way. and where group
of occurs put the needle into every second stitch
9Th row Make trebles for 10 holes, then
trebles into the 18th hole trebes into the next
holes trebles into the Odd hole, IL trebes into the
following IL holes six treble and 10 two trebles.
9th row: Same as 4th row.
7th row: Make IL two trebles, six treble IL
two trebes. 1 six treble, IL two trebles.
Sthrow: Same as 4th row.
9th row: trebles into the first holes, turn and
repeat this backwards and forwards for 8 rows
down each front. Then do G rows in the back leav-
ing holes at each side to form the sleeve. and
every alternate row mako treble IN the middle
TO enlarge having done this, break oft.
18th row: Begin at the end and do trebles into
first holes then trebles into the end hole. and 8
more trebles into the first back hole Joining the
sleeve Make IA two trebles and 1 six treble, and
IA two trebles, three treble, and three treble 10
Join the other sleeve and rebles to the end OF the
row.
18th, 10th. Goth, 21st ed, 23d rows; 2 trebles
all the way, charging in the centre of the back
every alternate row.
Border LIST row Make trebles into every al
ternate trebes.
I'd row: Make 6 trebles into the middle of every
6 treble in the previous row.
Sd row land last, which should be color. Make u
treble into the middle of treble, 3 cham caught
down between the treble, 8 chain more caught In
the row below, and 3 chain more caught in the row
below that. Turn. repeat the 3 chain back, and
catch. chain and catch, and chain and u treble
and so on all round the jacket
Sleeves: Pick up the stitches round the armhole
You should have % two trebles. Make II rows2 ire
bes all the way round
18th row. treble into the middle of every
trebles.
14tb row: The same as 18th row; and scollop
the border as previously given. one up as well as
down, to form n cuff.
Run crochet chain of coored wool round the neck
and cuffs with small tassel attached to each END.
One o. of colored wool is required for the border
and tasseiS,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09

The elements OF Bcsscl's comet, 1907, are
given for comparison. Mr.. Chandler adds :
The comets present brightness Indicates the
probability that telescopes of moderate size
may follow il Tor perhaps two months to GONE.
W th telescope Of three inches aperture, oUly
Il faint suspicion of the tails seen at Princeton
and Ann AIbOr can be detected The orbit Of
this comet presents a most curious general Ic-
scmblancc to that Of 1907, deliberately inyrSti-
gated by BcsSel, who found a well marked
ellipticty. Ills results gave a period OF nearly
LOO years, and showed that period of less
than 700 years could not be leconeilcd with the
observed Data.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09

easterly longitudes, as ut Madras, where the
conjunction in Right Ascension appears to
occur when the planet is 3h. 2Gm. past the
parent place of the star on February is in K.
A. Oh. 5Sm. 43.j3S., Dccl. + - L 1912. The
polar semi diameter of the planet according to
the value of the mean semi diameter now adopted
in The Nautical almanac, will be 17".2, and
anowiDG Tor paraIiax' t1ls seems TO place the
Elm limb.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
JUPITER AND 70 PIsClUM.

On February 3, 1881, says Nature; according
to Leverriers Tables OF the planet Jupiter and and
the position of the star 70 Piscium (ratod com.
in the Durchmusterang} brought up from the
Greenwich Catalogue of 1872, the star should
be occulted by the planet about Oh. 6m.
G.M.T. Very small change, howe in the
place or semi diameter OF the planet IN ~
suffice to bring about me,elv IN nppul,r. TIE
facts nf tho case uay Ut wall aa'crtalhcd IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
THE CU,IDprN,s WORLD

BIZ me Rer W. ". Merton IN Inc Sunday Srho1 Itmes
The adaptation Ut the teacher 10 the scholar
world IS a requisite IN successful suniay-scho
instruction. Acquaintance with that woru IS an
other primary necessity. The hour of instruction
IN SUNDAY school Us only out of the los hours of
the week of chlld's lIe and even for this brief
hOur the child is not his true self. for company man.
ners and the conventional religious stlfenipg OF
Sunday prevail. Does the teacher know the schoi-
ar's world, OF the surroundings from which ne
comes to the school. and to which h. returns as to
his native customary soil What are the pa
rents to the child What are the influences
of his home life; who are the .childs associ-
children taught to look upon lief What bus.
mess principles do they learn at bomei What
books and newspapers come 10 the house l 70.
the home of one of my scholars, that she was glad to
see me, for she wanted to know which Of two low
actresses thought was the handsomestl From
that day on l knew what sort Of y home my dea,
little boy had.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
CURRENT RELIGIOUS TOPICS.
VARIATIONS IN UNIyEGsALIsM.

Tie LNTt6.tdN iHtOcuLe k-NfI!- TVTNF.
As 10 UnycisasuI, IL has undergone ia ia nun
dred years every possible variation. The old "deai-
and glory" doctrine, few, IL any, now preach Or
hold. Not many sO-caed Unyersalst ministers
are practically Unitarians. IL was said. many yeas
ago that the chief difference thar the uHI'eg-
sasts thought that God was too good To dam tiein
but the Unitarans thought that they were too ~
to be damned" But, with exceptional eases, ITO
kinds OF teaching now heard among the moredevOut
of both bodies are not very unlike.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09

One of the most erotesque street speo,aclcs 10 FUR
nisicd by very short boys who have passion tor
wearing Unfortunately long ulsters: the litiie thugs
are completely cxtineuished aud look like animated
ulealsacks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
ELEMENTS PECHULE COMET.

Professors ). G. Chandler, ir., Of Boston, has re-
calculated the elements of P,ChucS comet from
six observations III this country, with tue fol-
lowing results:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09

PyxpA,ED PUR THE WORST.-Driil sergeant
fnt,,tt ~ = AZ lin. Iu'' rnOse HuL nrc present Va" au-
80. Irr.r aud those that arc not ar seht Will au'
$500. -. -. Al, - lJady.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09

1st round: Over, knit 2 together twist stitch,
knit 2.
I'd round Plain.
Repeat.