davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-07-19
NUMBER 40.

leave Tho little baby with Julie. surs
that no harm would come TO her SO long
rs her faithful little sister was near.
Julie attended the public school a.
regularly MS her duties at home would
allow, aud, unlike most little girls of
her age, when she came home she did
not caro- to run out in the street and
play at "tag" or ..hide- and-seek," but
instead staid at home and relieved her
mother of the care Of her younger
brothers and sisters, and acted the part
OF snail housewife.
The other evening, about half past
nine, little Julie sat in room on one of
the lower floors patiently waiting for
her mother to come in that she might
go to bed. She had just put her little
baby sister to sleep in the back room.
and as julio sat waiting so quietly, her
half-closed eyes and frequent ynwas
told only too well that the ssdustman''
was on his rounds.
Suddenly. rs she sat there, some
bright sparks fell from tho ceiling and
smouldercd on the floor. Almost 1T the
same instant number of the tenants
who lived upstairs ran wildly through
the hall and past the door, screaming:
Fire! fret" at the top of their voices.
In another moment the flames appeared
in the very room in which listle Julia
sat. She heard the cries Of fir5
and the people rushing madly
into the street. But there was
no one to to tell her what to do, or even
TO think Of her, in that moment Of ex-
element
Perhaps a good many of the little
girl readers OF Young People, II they
had been in Julia's place. would have
s,reamcd and run out of the house as
quickly as they could. But that was
not what brave little Julia thought of
as she saw the sparks falling about her,
and tho red glare Of the fast approach-
ing flames.
No, indeed; for she know that in the
back room her baby sister slept uncon-
scious of any danger, and the brave lit
tie girl thought first OF her duty to that
helpless infant. So, without thinking
twice, she dashed forward, and CROPPED
through the smoke and falling sparks
until she reached the baby's crib. Then, [
snatching out the little two-year-old.I
sleeping peacefully rs II was In its lit
LIE ulElb uTeSS II pIctUN ueuVy uuIVGuyl
too, for 40 small girl--and clasping Ill
tightly in her arms, she ran out Of the
room, struggling through the smoke Of
the hall, until at last she reached the
open mir.
She did not stop even then, but RAM
on until she had reached the opposite]
side Of the street. There she sat down.
ON a convenient rock and watched the
fire, still holding her little sister tightly
to her breast TO protect her from tho
cold. And In this position, after hunt
ing all over, and almost concluding
that julie hal persisted in the flames,
her mamma and the neighbors found
her.
Brave little girl! Though only eight
years old, when danger threatened she
did not have TO be told what WAS right
for her to do, nor did she for moment
lose her presence Of mind, but bravely
rescued her baby sister
So, little girl readers, think what .
brave little girl julie Brohmer was, and
try to learn from her brave act y lesson
OF courage and self-control. Hdrpcr's
Young People. i
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-07-19
Playing With a Greenhern.

At the MICHIGAN Central depot the
other day three or four citizens who
happened TO be waiting for the same
train to come in got to talking about
confidence men and their victims, and
one of them pointed out a particularly
verdant specimen Of young man-from-
the-country, and said;
THAT fellow would he ripe subject
for the fraternity. The chances are
that he could be bamboozled as easy as
rolling off a log"
II dunno" replied another. "Sup-
pose YOU work on him q little as an ex-
periment. Here is a check which
viii fiji out, and I'll come in ut the
right time as YOUR pal.o
The idea WAS entered into, and In a
few minutes No. / nut himself in the
way Of the grcenhorn and made some
inquiries shout the trains and aecer-
tained that the stranger was going to
Michigan City.
'sSoP Why, TIM going right there
myself. own big saw-mill there
ssYew dew, ehp'
.sYes, and I'm here looking for
foreman. have q boss place for man
at sixty dollars month.
.sThAt's me to hucklcberry. I've
worked in saw-mills all my life."
"You can have the place, and I'm
glad to get hold Of such man. Con-
slider yourself engaged for q year ut
sixty dollars per MONTH"
..Snakes and tom cats, but amt that
luckm chuckled greeny. stranger,
you must be an awful good man."
"Well, run Sunday-school and
try to live an upright life. Maybe you
want a months salary In adyance?o
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-07-19
Graham Flour.

dhe high proporti on of proteine mat
tor found by chemical analysis to exist
in wheat bran, and the quantity sup
posed to DO thus removed from the -four
in the process OF manufacture, has led
many Intelligent and well-intentioned|
people, and induced many physicians oil
high standing, to advocate the use ofI
whole meal---that is flour made from
the whole grain and unbolted-in bread I
making. instead OF the white bolted|
-four ordinarily made employed. It is
believed that with the removal Of theI
bran and other matters in the process|
OF grinding and boiling, causing sep
aration OF from thirty to sometimes asl
high rs seventy per cent, Of the weight
Of the grain used, large proportion Of
the most nutritious part Of the cereal Ii
rejected, while IL the whole product isl
saved in the flour the value OF the latter
for human consumption will be CORE
spondingly increased. But that this
belief is wholly erroneous has been
lately proven by DIR. Max Rubner, who
has made some careful digestion cxper-
iments to determine the amount Of ma
terial used up in the animal economy,
when each kind Of -four Is used in the
bread consumed, respectively. He ex-
amined the residues from ordinary
flours and those from the -four or wheat
meal of the Bread Reform League, and
as a result Of his examinations he ar
rives at the conclusion that the larger the
proportion Of bran left tn the -four the
greater will be the amount of nutritious
matter unassimilated and excreted.
While he considers it quite possible
that the digestibility Of the bran might
be increased by finer grinding, he
doubts the advisability Of such pro-
cedure, or its economy, from the fact
that it may be more profitably fed to
the lower animals. which digest It 50
much more readily. The higher palat-
ability Of bread from the best b0lted or
purified -four renders it at all times
more desirable. and the facts determined
by DIR. Rubner must therefore be hailed
by dyspcptics, who have been confined
! by their medical advisors toa diet Of
Graham bread, with sigh Of relief al
least, II not with feeling OF positive
pleasure. --ErctGngc.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-07-19
A Brave Little Girl.

just between the towns Of Hoboken
and Weehawken. in New Jersey, lies
the little hamlet Of Union Hill. an
old-fashioned village, peopled mostly
by Germans. and in this village has
stood for many years great frame
building, used principally as q hotel,
and known to all the towns-people by
the name of "Thc Old Swan"
In years gone by this place was
ran down until it became at length .
cheap boarding house.
Among the many inmates OF the
building were Julie Br0hmer,. little
eight year-old girl, her mother and
three younger children. The smallest.
little girl baby Of two, was little
jules especial charge, and her mother
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-07-19
'1 MEAN re WAIT FOR JACK"
A LESSON ron LOVERS.

LESSON FOR Low Rs.
sweet Kate at Wyndham's Dairy. and Jack of
Oldham Mill
y. long they wood and fond they Good, a
faithful Jack and Jill!
But times were bad for lass and lad. and sadly
both confessed
Twas not the thing to buy the ring before
they'd lined the nest.
Courage. ladT' said Katie. "Yes wen have
to wait;
But though. my dear. it's twenty year, IN
take no other mate"
But England wanted Jacky. for war was in
the air,
And arms more grim were press'd on him
than katie's bonny pair
90 all through Spain. In rough campaign, he
chivied bold Mossoo
ana hired his gun and made him run like fun
at Waterloo.
When the lads came round her. Katie babe
them pack;
There's girls enough for you to WOO; II mean
to wait for Jack
The gray in Katie's ringiets were mineling
with the brown, - :
When bump-athump, an eager stump chme
peeging through the town.
It's mo- you see, come back" says he, tex
cept . leg or so;
And safe and sound here's twenty pound: %
let the parson know"
jingle. 1auglc, Jingle! set the bells a-chme,
And health and bliss TO love like this that
bravely bides its time.
FE5a --G0od Words
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-07-19
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Catholic Bishop Of Albany has
Issued an order that the church picnic
in his diocese shall give up the revelry
and the pecuniary profit of liquor sales,
including lager beer. The church will
not have any such revenue, he Says
Albany IN. Y. J Journal.
The number of scholars enrolled in
the Sunday-schools in this country is
estimated at 100000, one-third Of
whom are adults, being 5000, 900
children. 1t is estimated that in pop
ulation Of 81, 900, 900, at least 1000, 900
are children. This leaves 5000, 900
children who have no Sunday-School
connection. - Chicago Times.
"A Chicago schoolmaster Is teach
ing type writing to the volunteer pupils
of his two upper classes and claims
that the experiment Is successful. Two
hours : week arc devoted to tho type
writer by each member Of class Of
twonty five. = Chicago Herald.
Twelve out Of thirteen theological
seminaries of the Presbyterian Church
reported to the general assembly At
Saratoga Springs; SIS professors, Z other
teachers, SIG students, 223 new stu
dents, $50 graduates, % post-graduates.
In the libraries there are 123, 986 vol.
umes, Of which 1866 have been re.
Gently added. The total value Of real
estate Is $l,70l, 431; endowmcnts, ~,
271,0l4 scholarship funds, $252,9lS;
general funds, $220,9l7; income, $685.
$40; and expenses, &342,544. - Troy
Times.
The Salvation Army has found an
opponent In new religious sect called
ssthe Hallclujah Lassies." The title IL
not dignified, but the aim is modest.
The leading spirit Is known rs Happy
Josephine" She takes the chair at the
meetings and explains what she and
the other lassies mean to do. They are
opponents OF no creed or church, but
poise as humble preachers of the Cos
pei to the poor. the chief object being
to get these same poor to attach them
selves to some church, leaving them to
choose which they prefer.-N. Y. Sun.
The Protestant Episcopal Conven-
ton Of South Carolina has decided upon
an aggressive policy with respect to
work among the colorod people of that
State. An executive committee has
been appointed to act with the Bishop
in all matters pertaining to this work,
such rs the establishment of missions
and schools, the seeking out of suitable
men to be candidates for the ministry,
and making provision for their mainte-
nance during candidateship. etc. A
liberal support was pledged for carry
ing out these measures. philadelphia
Press.
Cardinal Manning was visited by q
correspondent in London the other day.
II long to see America and to know
Americans" the Cardinal said, .sbut
alas! am too old have but one
tourney to make now. Forty times
have travelled TO Rome, and am well
weary ofthe journey. The position Of
the church in America is to me of great
interest You see, in America, the
church has lost nothing; 1t never had
anything 10 lose. There you have nc
aristocracy handing,down the traditions
Of the Anglican Church; no powerful
territorial interest operating agains
Rome. There you have not the effects o.
800 years Of Anglican prestige. The
church is free and untrammeled. Chi
cdgo Tribune.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-07-19

1t is noted as an interesting fact
that the wages Of sin have not been cut
down to any perceptible extent.
-Self-made men are often q good
deal like homemade furniture strong
and reliable, but lacking polish.
The King Of Portugal wants to start
q newspaper. Not satisfied with the
fame Of royalty he longs for wealth. -
Philadelphia Gull.
Oars difference 'twixt truth an
honestness, fur man Is sometimes SO
truthful dat when he steals he doan deny
de fack. -Arkansaw Traveller.
Mrs. Minerva Judge, Of New York,
has instituted a Cash Girls Home"
A cash girl-provided she has plenty
OF it-should have no difficulty In find
ing man to give her home. - Norris
town Herald.
Medical Note: 'sHard workers out
Of doors seldom have insomnia" ac-
cording to an eminent physician. Posi-
bly, because they work hard and get
tired and sleepy. But we are not an en-
inent physician and may be wrong. -
Philadelphia CAL.
A gentleman who ordered shad at
the hotel waited long enough to destroy
patience as virtue. Finally, calling
70 him the head waiter, he asked: "Do
your shad come from the Hudson or the
Delawarep' "I'm sure don't know"
said the head waiter, "but I'll ask the
steward, if you would like to know"
"Do," said the gentleman. .'for want
to find out where my waiter has gone
fishing. IN Y. Graphic.
do you know. Miss Smithers,"
remarked young Featherly, '.that there
is something very peculiar about your
fatherp" .sSomething very peculiar
about my papaP'' repeated Miss Smith
ers, who loved Featherly passionately,
but purely. Eyes, that young man went
on, livery peculiar. ssAnd what is it,
prayp" ut lies in the fact that although
he is not grandfather, he has grand
daughter. "-DrGte's Trdveler's 1aga-
zine.
A young man who had been follow
ing lady through Thirty seventh
Street drew alongside her at Fifth
Avenue, lifted his hat and observed:
Haven't met you somewhere be-
fore?" ''Once, think answered the
lady. II knew it," said the young man,
with self-satisfied smile; s.and you've
been in my thoughts ever since" ~
thought you had not noticed me par
ticularly,'' said the lady. II met you
two weeks ago at your wedding. Your
wife is my cousin. '-Neso FORK Sun.
As they were standing at the gate
in the full moonlight, Adofphus asked
her if she knew that ice cream brought
on freckles. Eyes, darling" she an
swered, as she raised her violet ewes to
meet his. but don't think there's any
danger in my case as long as you are
with me-" And as Adolphus strobe
homeward under the same pale, melan-
choly moonlight, he wondered if all
women were the same. boston Posi-
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-07-19
-4Ds is how Sir James Stephen dc.

ZRs Is how Sir James Stephen u6-
fines mankind: "A stupid, ignorant,
half-beast OF creature, the most dis
tinguished specimens Of which have
passed their lives in chasing chimeras.
end believing and forcing others TO be-.
lieve in fairly tales about them-a
creature made up mostly of units, Of
which majority can not even read,
while only small minority have the
time. or the means, or the ability to de-
vote any considerable part Of their
thought to anything but daily labor. -
Chicago Tribune.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-07-19
For Young Readers.
A WISE DRUGGIST.

A WISE DRUGGIST.
A man who kept store
Once wrote upon his door:
"Oh, can make pin
That shall ease cv'ry I'LL
l keep here a plaster.
To prevent disaster:
Also some good ointment,
To soothc disappointment.
Whom customers applied,
These words are what he cried,
"Now, Rrtience Ia the pill
That cases ev'ry Ill:
Tdkesedrc Is plaster
Which prevents disaster;
Good-hum0r an ointment
Soothing disappointment"
-Mdry Lang, IN 81. Nicholas.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-07-19
No More Frontier.

The system of building railroads into
the wilderness, and then allowing the
wilderness to develop afterward, has
knocked the essential joy out of the
life of the pioneer. At one time the
hardy newer of wood and drawer OF
water gave his life willingly that his
son might ride in the s'varnished cars. =
Now tho Pullman palace car takes the
New Yorker to the threshold of the sea
or to the boundary line between the
United States and the British possess
sions.
An old-timer once said to me: 1--WE
about decided, Bill, that the West is a
matter Of history. When we cooked
cur grub over sage brush fire we could
get fat and fight Indians, but now we
ill our digesters with the cold pizen
and pewter of the camel peach; we 60
to big tavern and stick a towel under
our chin, and cat pie with fork, and
heat up our carkisses with antichrist
coal, and what do we amount TOP
.snthin! l used to chase Indians all
day, and eat raw salt pork az night,
bekuz dassent build fire, and still |
felt better than do now with wad Of
tin-can solder in my stummich and q
homesick feelin' III my weather-beaten
breast.
mo. we don't have the fun we used
to. We have more swarrees and sciat-
lea and one bloomin' thing and another
of that kind, but we don't get one snort
Of pure air and appetite in a year
They're bringin' in the blamed tele-
phones now, and malaria and aigue,
old sledge and fun might as well Skip
out. There amt no frontier any more.
All we've got left is the old trantler
ioose and rheumatic of '4a.-BM Nue..
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-07-19

-Bjorkstein, the TENOR. will pjara
lyze this country next sjeason. Bjorgs
~ 7, Graphic,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-07-19

"A woman attempted to throw her
child in front of a locomotive at Frank
tort, Ky, bnt was thwartcd by a col
,red man, who saved the life of the
babe at the risk 81 bis OVID Chicago
Herald
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-07-19
Negro Mlaarels.

al have a reasonable good eai 10 ,nu.
vic," remarks that typical amateur
actor, Bottom the Weaver; 'let's have
the tongs and the bones" The tongs,
though not obsolete, are now something
archaic, but masters of the noisy art
and mystery of bone playing are still to
be found disguised in black and set
over against masters of the more duIcet
tambourine. at the opposite ends of the
semicircle of sable performers known
to the world at large as negro minstrels.
1t Is, perhaps, more accurate to confess
at once that the negro minstrel is prac-
tically known and loved only in those
parts Of the world where the English
language is spoken. The burnt cork
opera OF the Christy Minstrel is appre-
ciated only in Great Britain, in Greater
Britain, and in the United States Of
America--where, in fact It had its rise
some two score years ago. Where the
English language is not spoken, the
grotesque verbal dislocations OF Brud-
der Bones somehow fail of their reward
Indeed, nothing can be more humor-
ously pathetic than the dignified and
reserved attitude of the audience In a
Partisan c1fe cbantant- Alcazar or
the Ambassadors in summer or the
Eldorado in winter--when a pair of
BACKED up and hopelessly bless Cock
neys are attempting an exact imitation
Of the sayings and doings of the Amer
lean plantation negro, studied by them
at second hand from some Irish-Amer-
lean performer who had proba-
bly, never in his life seen a
cotton-field or a sugar-housc. And
tho estate of the Germans is yet less
gracious than that Of the Frenchman;
there is even legend in circulation
setting forth the absolute failure Of an
cnterprising American managers at
tempt to invade Germany with reso-
lutte band of negro minstrels, in conse-
nucnce of the perspicacity Of the Ger
man critics in detecting the fraud OF
trying to pass off as negroes white
men artificially blackened! Obviously,
the imitation darkey of the negro min
strel stage did not coincide with the
genuine darkey as evolved from tho
Teutonic inner consciousness. Prob
ably the German critics would have
objected even to the conscientious dis
play of misplaced zeal which il was
our good fortune once to behold in
America At the huge summer hotels
which make Saratoga one Of the
brightest and gayest Of American
watering places, attendants in the
dining are generally negroes,
varying in hue from the ebony of the
full-blooded black to the tawny ivory of
the octoroon. The walters OF one Of
these hotels sometimes obtain permits
sion to give minstrel show in the
dining-room, to which the amused
guests of the hotel are admitted for a
price. 1t was one of these minstrel
shows given at a Saratoga hotel three
summers ago by genuine darkcys, that
we were privileged to attend; and when
the curtains were drawn aside, discov-
ering the row Of sable performers, it
was perceived to the great and abiding
JOY of the spectators, that the musicians
were all of uniform darkness of hue,
and that they, genuine negroes as they
were, had ''blacked up" the moro
closely to resemble the professional
negro mnstrels. Saturday Review.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-07-19
Given to Lying.

people to tell lies out of which they can
get no possible benefit Are the ma
jority Of people consciously unveracious,
Or are they really dupes Of their senses?
II said in WY wrath all men are liars"
Perhaps he might have said It coolly
and with scientific precision. Perhaps
it is question of physiology rather than
Of morals. The human frame is ac-
knowledged to be a wonderful piece OF
mechanism. The Psalmist admired it,
but it puzzled him. If he had been
scientist he would have been able to
give physiological reasons for the opin-
ion that there is not one perfect man
no, not one. Scarcely perfect woman.
1t is known that two people do not sec
the same thing alike. and consequently
they describe it differently. They do
not hear the same statement alike, and
they always repeSt it with variations.
OF all witnesses the eye is the least
trustworthy. 1t appears to be the most
subject to delusions. There is a reason
for this. No two persons have eyes
alike. The two eyes in one head
are seldom alike; il they match
in color they are different in form,
different in focus. Not ono eye in
ten millions is in normal perfect con-
dition. The focus is either behind the
retina or in front of it, and tho eve is
either near-sighted or far-sighted.
What can be expected of such an i'm
perfect organ in the way of correct OBJ
servationP 1t appears to be still worse
with the ear. 1t is at best a crooked
organ, and nearly everything that
passes through it gets twist. And
these two defective machines are allied
with probably the most deceitful little
member that ever was-the tongue.
The effort of the tongue to put into
sound and speech the so-called impress
sions obtained through the complicated
mechanism of the eye and the ear is q
ludicrous failure. Any ono who is
familiar with court of justice or
neighbnrhood talk knows that. And
owing to the sympathy Of one part of
the body with another, the thumb and
the fore and middle fingers (Which hold
the pen) become infected. The substi-
tuition of the infexible stylographic pen
for the flowing quill and llexi BILE steel it
was thought would tend to remedy this
defect. But this obstacle in the way Of
writing does not check the tendency to
prevaricate any more than suffering
does in the case of the tongue; and it is
as difficult for sufferer to speak the
truth as for aglib-tongued person. The
consequence Of this infection of the
pen fingers is that what is not strictly
true now and then creeps into print.
People are beginning to find out this
physical defect, and many persons now
win not believe what they read in .
newspaper any more than if it were
told them by an intimate friend. But
they read it and repeat it; and, owing
to the defects before spoken of, they
scarcely ever repeat it as printed. So
we a.. become involved in congeries
of misrepresentation. - Charles Dudley
Warner, IN Harper's Magazine.
IT, C~.x~1 {. .....~l.l a. - -
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-07-19

The Gospel is preached in each Of
the forty provinces Of China.