davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

POEM BY AMELIA wELBY.

POEM BY AMELIA WELBY.
| wandered out one summer night,
Twas when my years were few;
The wind was singing In the light,
And was singing-too;
The sunshine lay upon the hill,
The shadow in the vale,
And here and there a laughing rill
Was laughing on the gale.
One fleecy cloud upon the air
Was all that met my eyes;
II floated like an angel there
Between me and the skies;
| clapped my hands and warbed wild,
AS here and there ! flew,
For was but a careless child,
And did as children do.
The waves came dancing DER the sea
In bright and glittering bands,
Like little children wild with glee,
They linked their dimpled hands;
They linked their hands, but ere | caught
Their sprinkled drops of dew,
They kissed my feet, and, quick as thought,
Away the ripples flew.
The twilight hours, like birds, flew by,
As lightly and as free;
Ten thousand stars were in the sky,
Ten thousand on the sea;
For every wave with dimpled face
That leaped upon the air,
Had caught star in its embrace,
And held 1t trembling there.
The young moon, too, with upturned sides,
Her mirrored beauty gave,
And as a bark ut anchor rides,
She rode upon the wave
The sea was like the heaven above,
AS perfect and as whole,
Save that II seemed TO thrill with love,
AS thrills the immortal soul.
The leaves by spirits voices stirred,
Made murmurs on the air
Low murmurs, that my spirit heard,
And answered with u prayer;
For twas upon that dewy sod,
Beside the moaning seas,
learned mt first TO worship God,
And sing such strains as these
The flowers, all folded to their dreams,
Were bowed in slumber free
BY breezy hills and murmuring streams,
Whereer they CHANGED to be;
No guilty tears had they TO weep,
No sins TO be forgiven;
They closed their leaves and went to sleep
Meath the blue eye Of Heaven
No costly robes upon them shone,
No jewels from the seas,
Yet Solomon upon his throne
Was ne'er arraycd like these;
And just as free from guilt and net
Were lovely human flowers,
Ere sorrow set her bleeding heart
On this fair world of ours.
heard the laughing wind behind
A playing with my hair;
The breezy fingers OF the wind
How cool and moist they were
heard the nght-blrd warbling DER
Its soft, enchanting strain
never heard such sounds before
And never shall again.
| Then wherefore weave such strains rs these
And sing them day by day,
When every bird upon the breeze
Can sing u sweeter layp
I'd give the world for their sweet art,
The simple the divine
I'd give the world to melt one heart
AS they have melted mine
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

ALCOHOL FROM AooRNs. 1t is said
that alcohol equal to that made from
grain can be produced from acorns The
'acorns are freed from the shell and
ground finely; then they are mashed
with malt, and allowed to ferment.---
Acorns contain about 20 per cent. Of
starch and IS per cent. Of gluten. They
would be valuable article Of human
food if it were not for the fannie acid
(about B per cent, which they contain.
Vast quantities which go to waste every
year, where hogs are not fed in the
woods, might be gathered by boys and
converted into alcohol for use In the
arts, thus freeing an equivalent amount
of grain for use as food. Or some young
student Of practical chemistry might
make good thing for himself and for
the world by devising an economical pro-
cess Of separating the starch. gluten and
fannie acid, the last for technical gres
and the others for food. 'o
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

Il is hard TO catch n mans meanin
when he carries on running couvers
ton. -
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

A Texan stepped into Philadelphia
tonsorial saloon to have bis hair cut
The officiating artist having, enveioped
his victims neck in towels snd COM
pressed him securely in the chair opened
the conversation by saying: "You are
little nervous, sir, | perceive. Allow
me to say that our Capillary Elixir not
only covers bald heads with luxurious
growth of hair, but Gains the mind aud
restores the whole nervous system to
healthy equilibrium. What do you do
for nervousness in Texas ?" The repre-.
sentative Of the Lone Star State looked
up serenely and answered: ave usual
ly 90 out and kill barber"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

crafty her vanity without danger IL she
leaves one hand unglovcd. To look
back or go back before gaining the
church door, to marry in green, or while
there is an open grave in the church,
yard, are all unfortunate, and the bride
must be careful to 60 in at one door and
out at another.
When tho bridemaids undress the
bride they must throw away and lose all
the pins. Woe to the bride il a single
one be left about her Nothing will
90 right. Woe also to the trademarks
if they keep one of them, for they will not
be married before Whitsuntide or till the
Easter follows at the soonest.
If the bridal party venture on dry,
land, they must 60 up stream. The
bride must, to be lucky, wear
"Something old and something new,
Something gold and something blue
If she should see strange cat or
hear cat sneeze on her wedding day.
then she will be very happy and il on
her wedding morning she steps from her
bed on to something higher. and again
on something higher still. she will from
that moment rise in the world For this
purpose table is placed beside the bed.
and if it can stand near the dresser or
something higher than it, then she must
step from the table to that which is
higher. But woe betide her should she
fall
In leaving the house and church, she
must be very careful to put her right
foot forward, and on no account allow
any one to speak to her husband until
she has called him by name.
To break the wedding ring is an
omen that the wearer will soon be
widow but
"As your wedding ring wears,
So will wear away your cares"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

In washing dishes use milk instead of
soap Fill dish pan full of hot water
and add half cup Of milk. IL softeps
the hardest water, gives dishes clear,
bright look, and preserves tho hands
from the rough skin or chapping which
comes from using soap II cleans tho
greasiest dishes without leaving tho
water covered with scum An excel
lent young housekeepcr who has tried
the above says il is good recipe.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

Don't imagine that husband can
live as lover does--on kisses and
moonlight. lilo will come home to his
meals as hungry as bear, and any
little knowledge of cookery you can pick
up during the courtshiP is about the
best provision you can make for future
happiness.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

The French, who use candles to IL
greater extent than any other nation.
have way of efacing candle grease
which is worth knowing. Instead Of ap-
plying hot iron they use a few drops Of
wine, rubbing the spot with the hand.
The grease becomes powder and leaves
no trace.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

A box Of fish hooks, pcnknife and a
snuff box were taken from the body Of
Georgia alligator. The fact that no
spurs, paper collars or double barreled
shotguns were found leads the people to
think that the amphibian must have
lunched on Northern man.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

When q dark and gloomy crisis in
your life is reached and destruction
seems to overwhelm you--only remem-
Der that the blacklist. fiercest, storm
passes quickest, and tho earth is always
the brightest after il.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

Philadelphia mothers now tell their
youngsters that II they are right good
little boys until the bi-centeDnial cele-
bration this fall they will take them down
to the river bank and let them play with
the United States navy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

Matrimonial Superstitions.

There is no period in woman's life
that so completely changes her whole
existence as marriage, and for that very
reason she is apt to be more supersti-
tious and fanciful at that time than
any other; and while superstitions are
fast becoming a something Of the past
there are very few women who will not
hesitate before making Friday their
wedding day, or will not rejoice at the
sunshine, for "happy is the bride that
the sun shines on" june and October
have always been held as the most pro-
pitious months in the twelve, happy
result being rendered doubly certain if
the ceremony was timed 50 as to take
place at the full moon, or when the sun
and moon, were in conjunction.
The Romans were very supcrstitious
about marrying in May Or February !;
they avoid all celebration days. and the
Calcnds, Noones aud Ides of every
month. The day Of the week on which
the 18th OF May fell was considered very
unlucky in many parts Of merry old
England, and in Orkney the bride Sc
lects her wedding day 70 that its even
ing may have u growing moon and q
flowing tide.
In Scotland the last day of the year is
thought to be lucky, and if the moon
should happen to be full at any time
when u wedding takes place, the BRIDES
cup of happiness is expected to be al
ways full. In Perthshire the couple
who have had their banns published at
the end of one and are married at the
beginning Of another quarter Of year
can expect nothing but ends.
The day of the week is also of great
Importance, Sunday being great favor
ito in some parts of England and Ire
land. And although an English lass
wonld not marry on Friday, the French
girl thinks the first Friday in the
month particularly fortunate. Most Of
us know the old saying concerning the
wedding day:
monday for wealth.
Tuesday for health,
Wednesday Is the best day Of all,
Thursday for crosses,
Friday for losses,
Saturday no luck at ALL"
In Yorkshire, when the bride is on the
point Of crossing her fathers threshold,
after returning from church, plato con.
tanning few square pieces Of cake is
thrown from the upper window Of the
house by male relative; if the plate is
broken she will be happy, and il not she
will not expect to escape misery.
In Sweden bride must carry bread
in her pocket, and as many pieces Of it
AZ she can throw away, just so much
trouble does she cast from her but it
is no luck TO gather the pieces. But
should the bride lose her slipper, then
she will lose old troubles, only in this
case the one who picks it up will gain
richer. The Manxmen put salt in their
pockets, and the Italians blessed charms.
II is an unhappy omen for wedding
TO be put of when the day has been
fixed, and it is believed much harm will
ensuo il bridegroom stands at the
junction Of crossroads or beside closed
gate upon bis wedding morn. In Eng
land il is thought to be a bad sign If the
bride faiis 10 shed tears on tho happy
day, or II she INDUCES herself by taking
a last glance at the lookiDg-glass after
J her toilet is completed; but she may
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

Inquisitive people are the tunnels Of
conversation; they do not take in any.
thing for their own use, but merely pass
it TO another.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

DO good and be good, and despite all
that is said about this worlds ingrati-
tude, some one will love you and greet
your coming
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

A Philadelphia man VIII o stunpcd bis
toe against an old army saddle in his
barn has gone to Washington to 500
about q pension.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-07-28

1t is always better to keep out Of
quarrel than 10 make il up ever so ami
cably after you have gone into oue.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-20

SINCE 1859 Mr.. Robert Bonner, OF
New York, has purchased, for breeding
purposes, thirty eight of the fastest trot-
tiers ever brought before the public.
These horses have cost, in the aggregate,
rather more than three hundred and
eighty thousand dollars. All of them
have trotted their mile in less than two
minutes and half, while the scores
made by Rarus, Dexter and Others, are
too well known to need republication.
Mr.. Bonner was censured at first for his
invariable practice of withdrawing the
horses bought by him from the turf, but
it is now we'll known that the improve.
ment which of late years has taken place
in the breed of trotting horses is due to
him more than to any other one man. Ii
will be interesting to our breeders Of
horses to know that nearly one-haf Of
Mr.. Bonner's peerless stud is from sire'
of Hambletonian blood, while one-quar
ter of it is composed of descendants o
Mambrino Chief. These great trottinl
families have given to the world the bes
trotters we possess.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-20

One of the old Grant jobs has been
quietly brought to life again. A hydro.
graphic expedition under Commander
w. r. Bridgman was sent out in the
steamship Despatch last December fol-
the purpose of making a survey of the
Gulf of SANTANA, and has just returned to
Washington. 1t will be asserted, Of
course, that the expedition was sent OFT
for the purpose of increasing our geo,
graphical knowledge, but no one, ex-
cept few quasi-savage negroes, lives on
the shores of that gull, nor is it likely
that they will be inhabited for years to
come, while there are many other ports
in the West Indies of far more prospec-
tive Importance to American commerce
about which nothing at all is known.
Presently there will be u bill introduced
for the purchase of the Gulf of SANTANA,
and that will take big slice out of the
unappropriated millions said to exist in
the treasury of the United States.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-20

IT seems to be the fashion of the day
for condemned murderers TO publish
books, each telling the world all about
the deed for the commission of which
he has been convicted, and his reasons
for not agreeing wish the jury i'll the
view taken of the matter. One Kring,
who is about to be hanged in st. Louis
for the murder of his sweetheart, has
been engaged in writing letters to the
daily papers of that city, and has pro-
duced a work called Glove and Law, '
which will soon be published. A MUIR
derer condemned to death should lose all
his civil rights as effectually as though
he had been hanged already. The
Guiteaus and Krings after condemnation
should be prevented by law from con-
tinuing to force themselves upon the
attention of the public in the manner
which is permitted. Kring is the man
who has had so many trials, and who
knows more law than his lawyers do.
He is sort of Western Ruloff.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-20
Sunday Laws.

Queer questions under the Sunday
laws of the several States continue to
arise. In all cases the statute provides
that if the work be Of ''charity or neces-
sity" it is lawful. Courts of last resort
have been called upon to decide, to the
great perplexity of judges, whether such
pursuits as baking bread, going to pic
mic, and attending funeral, are or are
not infractions of the law. In Indiana
it has been held twice within as many
years that selling cigars on Sunday was
not violation of the law. In Pennsyl-
vania recently maiden of forty sum-
mers brought an action for breach of
promise of marriage against a youth of
fifty. The engagement had been en-
tered into ON Sunday, and the gentle
man stood upon the Sunday law, plead
ing that wooing of Sunday was neither
charitable nor necessary. The promise
was held to be binding because since
that eventful Sunday it had been recog-
nized as such by both parties. The law
fulness of this kind of Sunday work,
therefore, is still matter of doubt in
Pennsylvania, and in that State youths
of mature age who attend evening serv'
ice in order to go home with the girls
are still in jeopardy.
In the Indiana decision referred tc
the court held that, to one who has
formed habit of smoking, cigars are 9
necessity, just as tea, or coffee, is to
others. By parity of reasoning, then,
why is it not equally lawful TO sci
liquor on Sunday? If man do no
like tea, or coffee, or cigars, but do like
some other kind of stimulant, {
necessity to him though no
to others, why should he bs
deprived of ''cakes and ale?'
1t is well to remember, however, that il
some matters, such as divorce and the
Sunday law, the decisions of the tri
bunals of Indiana do not inspire un
bounded respect, and it is not probable
that the train of reasoning which We
have ventured to hint at will suggest it.
self to any one, judge or layman, out
side of that commonwealth.
In some of the Eastern States the
course of legislation seems to be back.
ward in regard to Sunday and Other
sumptuary laws. The new criminal code
of New York, to which reference has
been made already in this paper, is very
suggestive of the olden time enactments
of the colonies of New England. BY it
all theatrical performances on Sunday
are prohibited, as we'll as all professions
save military funerals, and, in the latter
case, no band is to play within the dis
lance of one block of any church where
religious services are being held. This
code contains various other provisions of
like nature; and, if they, or one-tenth
part of them, be enforced to the letter,
one-half of the population of the metrop-
oils will spend its time in penal servi-
tude, and the city itself in moral sense
will be unrecognizable.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-20

IL making up the tariff commission
Mr.. Arthur has, so far, failed to put the
name of single agriculturist in the list.
This shows very clearly what Mr..
Arthur's beliefs and tendencies are.
A griculturists, az well as other pro-
ducers, should have a voice in a matter
so important to all, and that great class,
the consumers, should also not go un-
represented.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-20
Sound Advice.

TheNew Orleans Commercial Bulletin
advises its business men to cultivate the
trade with California 1t says: ut is
generally conceded that New Orleans
| will, in a short time, control the greater
portion of the South and Central Ameri-
can trade with the United States, at the
same time we must not forget one equal
ly important, to-wit. that of California.
There is no country in the world, that
can compare with this State in her many
and varied productions, the only obstacle
to the success of her people being the
heavy cost of transportation. We believe
the managers of the Southern Pacific
Railroad are inclined to meet the Cali.
fornia shippers half way, and if they do
may we not predict that our city will
become large distributing point for her
fruits, wines and cereals ? The already
immense acreage in grape vines is in
creasing every season, there being over
five millions of new ones planted in the
vicinity of Los Angeles alone during the
present year. Besides grapes we also
note that in the southern portion of the
State, large orchards of superior varieties
of oranges, lemons and olives, have been
planted, portion of which will doubt
less be shipped to New Orleans, as they
ripen at season when our Louisiana
crop is exhausted. These with many
other productions equally important,
should afford sufficient inducements for
our merchants to cultivate friendly re-
lations with California shippers at as
early date as possible"
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-20
Patriotic Gifts.

DIR. Toner, an eminent physician OF
Washington, is also the owner of one of
the best libraries of medical books in the
world. These books he proposes to give
to the nation, with the proviso that the
collection shall be put in the Congress
sional library. and kept separately under
the name of the ''Toner Library" To
this proposition the New York Herald
objects, on the ground that the best
place for medical library is medical
centre, and that New York is medical
centre while Washington is not. Accord
ing to this peculiar process of reasoning
the late Mr. Ticknor was in the wrong
when by will he left his unique collec-
ton to public school at Boston, for the
greater part of the books treated of the
literature of Spain, and their proper
place is in that country.
Now it is fit and proper that man
desiring to make such donation should
think first of the city which has been
his residence for years, and in which he
has accumulated the means of purchas-
ing that which he gives; and it is doubly
fitting and proper when that city is the
capital of the nation. To say nothing
of the necessity of endeavoring to i'm
part some kind of knowledge to the
average Congressman, it should be the
wish of every patriotic citizen that the
already great library at Washington
should become the peer OF those in Eu-
rope. Although, unless by some extra
ordinary accident, the like of which is
not likely to occur, our government
should become possessed of the great
public collections of European nations,
we can never hope to rival them in the
matter of manuscripts, and such books
as are now unique, at the same time
these can be reproduced by the various
processes now in use, SO that at Wash
ington the bookman would enjoy tn,
same advantages he now does at Paris
or London, or Oxford, or any othel
place where great library exists.
At the time of his death the late
Caleb Cushing was possessed OF valua'
BILE collection of books which that deliver
into all kinds of knowledge had amassed
during long life. Mr.. Gushing was
man of ample fortune, and left no i'm
mediate heirs; yet he did not by will
dispose of his books, and they were
scattered to the four winds. Under
such circumstances the patriotic Ameri-
can should bequeath his treasures to
some public library for the use and
behoof of coming generations of his
countrymen.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-20
The Tornado In iowa Great Loss
of Life and Destruction OF
PrOperty.

The Tornado In iowa Great Loss
of Life and Destruction OF
Property.
Iowa CRY, June l9th.-The loss of
life at Irish Bridge, from the Tornado,
is ten to twelve.
Boone, Iowa, June 10th. The tor
nado struck the southwestern part of
Boone county Saturday evening at eight
o'clock and was plainly seen here and
seemed 20 miles away. Reports are
just coming in of great destruction in
that section. All buildings on several
farms were completely demolished. A
church four miles south of Ogden was
destroyed. Many persons have been
seriously injured and one man killed.
Information is difficult to obtain on ac-
count of the heavy roads. A woman
and child are reported missing.
Shot Himself.
BucYRUs, o., June l9th.-Midship-
man Harry Finlay, son of Congressman
Finlay, shot himself this morning.
Served Him Right.
WINCHESTER, Tenn, June 10th. -
Henry Huddleston, colored, was lynched
tonight for raping the widow Vaughn.
The Damage Greater than First
Reported.
ATcHIsoN, Kan, June l9.-The mail
and travellers bring more accurate re-
ports of the effects of Friday nights
storm, showing that it extended south
ward and westward of Kansas City, and
did greater aggregate damage than was
at first supposed. Many small towns
and hamlets were visited and all are in
mourning over the loss of life and prop
erty. A family of three are reported
drowned on fiat boat thirteen miles
below here.
Ran Into an Iceberg.
ST. JOINS, N. B., June 10 The
American schooner Massasoit, under full
sail, crashed into an immense iceberg
and sank almost Immediately. Five OF
the crew went down with the vessel.
The fog prevented she lookout from see-
ing the berg.
Paper Mill Bnrned.
TYRONE, Pa, June l9-Morrlson's
large paper mill was burned yesterday.
Loss, S225, 600; insurance, Sl7O,0OO.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-06-20

that of any other kind of stock except
mules and asses, that rate being sixty
two per centum. The increase in mich
cows has been twenty ght per centnm,
but in other kinds of cattle there has
been decrease of two per eentum. In
horses the increase has been one of
twenty -four per centum, and in swine
one of thirty-six. The population has
increased at the rate of fiftyfour per
centum.