davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-09-23

Mary Livermore says that co-opera-
tive housekeeping will Danish the
COokstove and the washtub from the
home, as the loom and spinning wheel
have already been. She, with some
fifty other families, have experimental
with a cooperative laundry and have
been able to reduce the cost of their
washing and ironing to q cents u
dozen, including dresses and the most
difficult pieces. The present system
of housekeeping Involves vast waste
of fuel, of time, and of women that
might be put to better use.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-09-23

Philosophers have frequently specu-
lated as to the possibility of inventing
a universal language and of securing
its adoption. The great Leibntz,
whose genius left few subjects UNI.
touched, devoted himself with especial
energy to the work and came as near
as any one has ever come toward CON
structing complete scheme. But in
practice it has been found that Ian
guagrs grow and are not made, and
that it is almost impossible for even an
influential writer TO secure popular ac-
ccptance for a newly coined word,
much less Gor.an entire dictionary. At
present the probability seems to favor
the ultimate acceptance of English as
tho worlds language, because English
is now spoken by more persons than
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-09-23

The slaughter of birds in the name
of fashion continues. At single
dealers in London there were sold, be-
tween December, 1884, and April, 1885,
no less than 6,S2S birds of paradise,
1914 1mpeyan pheasants, 4oi,46t
West Indian and Brazilian birds, and
356,3S9 East Indian birds of various
kinds One woman of fashion pur-
chased the skins of a thousand humm-
ing birds for balldress. Another
had dress trimmed with the skins
of five hundred canaries.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-09-23

The United States navy comprises
thirty-nine vessels, and to officer this
fleet we have, on the active list, I rear
admirals, Is commodores, As captains,
s. commanders, "A lieutenant COM
manders, PSI leutenants. 70 junior
lieutenants, 1873 ensigns, and IS naval
cadets; and in the staff, 100 doctors,
l20 paymasters, and 242 engineers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-09-23

They talk Of corruption in our
American institutions, but the revela-
tion at the great Eastern Hospital in
London throw them in the shade.
Wines of tho fines. vintage for sick
paupers. banquets on the most luxur-
ious scale for the committee, an enor.
nous liquor bill for the 200 officials of
of the establishment of whom only
three were entitled to such rations-
these are not the most amazing fea-
lures of the record. The sums paid to
laborers for fuel, for uniforms and the
like, compel reluctant admiration. 1t
was magnificent, if it was not exactly
on the square. and such time as they
had of it--oilcials, Board of Admins
tration, patients, and all. They wal
lowed in luxury. for otherwise the
100000 expended in one year could
not be accounted for.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-09-23

Reduced postage and other causes
have increased the correspondence of
the world. Less than fifty years ago
the average of letters received by each
person per annum was only 3 in the
unittu NiISu"in, "..a +. ia now o. let.
ters and postal cards. The latest
reliable ascertaincd comparison (for
1882, when the average was 35 in
Great Brittany gives the average ler
head in the United States at 81; Ger
many II; France, l6; Italy Z; and
Spain, 5.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-25
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

-Toads in hot-bed or greenhouse
destroy. it Is said, many harmful In
sects.
Dolly Warden Cake: One half cur
OF butter. one-half cup Of sugar, one
half cup of milk. two cups OF -four.
whites of three eggs, one teaspoonful
cream Of tartar, one-hihf t~easpoonsul II
soda; flavor with vanilla. Frostiny.
The velks Of three. eggs. fifteen ea,
spoo-f nls of powdered suQar.-Ih.
Household.
"A few hours can be proftabb
spent in nearly every cherry and plum
orchard after the leaves fall, cutti ~
out the limbs affected with black knot
that have escaped observation during
the mi Every limb should D.
carefully inspected and all unnatura
enlargemGnts Gu: of and burned chi
cago Tribune.
-Crauberry Sauce: Wash and picl
a quart Of ripe cranberrics. put Into ;
saucepan with a teacupful of water
Stew slowly, stirring often, until the,
are as thick as marmalade. just BE-
fore removing from the fire sweetel
abundantly with white sugar. II sweet
ened while cooking the color will b
had. Put them in a mould and set asjd
TO get cold.-Erch1nge.
-Johnnycake.-
Two cups Ind an. one cup wheat,
One cup spur IN TX. one cup >wect.
Que good egg tat you will beat,
One nall a.. cup OF mo asses too.
One.hnlt n cup su. ar edd hereto,
With one spoon OF Ou tor new.
Salt AID soda each u sp .ou.
MIX IL quickly, bake II 5 on.
Tie Caterer
-"Hortus," in the Hus6ananan
says there are already too many il
ferior varieties of seeding potatoes
the market. Great care should b. take
to thoroughly test all new varieties b,
fore sending them out. In an exhib
at the New York state fair of four hui
pred varieties, not to exceed twent,
live could have been selected on az
coun of h superiority. -re
For the winter protection of man
half tender garden plants, leaves iron
the woods prove valuable, and it is wei
therefore to secur 4 good supply i
time. For covering tender PROSTATE
grape-vines or raspberry canes, they ar
less liable to produce rotting than AZ
entire covering with earth. A littl
brush, or spriukling of soil, will hol
them in position. They are less suita
bic Tor covering strawberries, as the
exclude air, and evergreen branche
are bstter.-M Il. Farmer.
-Custard and Apple Sauce: One pin
Of the pulp of roasted apples strained
one-haf pint of pulverized sugar. til,
whites of three eggs. Beat the whites
of the eggs to a stiff froth, then add d
spoonful of apple and a spoonful Of
sugar alternately, beating all together
until the mixture stands perfectly sta
on the spoon. 1t will swell very much.
Make a boiled custard of the thre,
yolks of eggs, one pint of milk and two
tablespoonfuls of sugar, and flavor witt
vanilla. Place the custard in saucers.
cover with the apple sauce and serve
Boston Rudoet.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-25
Yellow Fever NEGOTIATIONS.

~ Horgagni reports that DIR. Ferire.
Of Rio Janeiro, has inoculated more
than three hundred persons with the
cultured liquid of the yellow-fever
microbe. Such NEGOTIATIONS are per.
formed with five or six punctures in
n arm, and in a few hours afterward
the patient complains Of headache and
backache. with a slight rise of temper
allure. Nausea and vomiting occur in
care cases. These symptoms sometimes
last between two and three DAYS, but
they are never serious. The %inocula.
tons were practiced on individuals who
we're in the center Of the infected local
ity. None Of them died, and only very
few presented mild forms of yellow
fever. On the other hand, two hun.
dred deaths from yellow fever occurred
in about three months among non-vac.
cinated persons who lived with thosf
who had been vaccinated.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-25
cHioNETo SHIP RAILWAY.
A Plan go onnec the Bay OF Fundy
with the Gulf Of 81. Lawrence.

n Plan 20 connect the BAY of Fundy
with the Gulf OF 81. Lawrence.
A ship canal was some years ago pro-
posed TO connect the Bay Of Fundy with
the waters of the Gulf Of St. Lawrence,
but abandoned as impracticable. In
1874 Mr.. G.. @. Ketchum, an English
engineer. made plans for a ship railway,
and surveys have since been made and
a company organized to construct the
Line, under a contract with the Dominion
Government to guarantee q net revenue
OF $685. 600 a year., or five per cen on
the estimated cost for twenty years.
The length of the railway will be seven
teen and one-half miles. of which thir-
teen are forest, now being cleared for
the beginning of construction in the
spring of 1886. The maximum load to
be hauled is 1000 gross tons. The YES
sells are to be lifted by hydraulic lifts
about forty-two feet. The track will
have four rails, ITO pounds to the yard.
Owing to the immense tides in the Bay
of Fundy, and to climatic conditions,
this railway will be more difficult to
maintain than one across Florida or on
the Isthmus of Tehauntepec. BY the
Chigneto ship railway a dangerous and
tedious trip of six hundred miles will be
saved to the commerce. OF the St. Law
TO and from st. Johns, Portland.
Boston and intermediate ports.-St.
Louis Republican.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-25
MEDICINE-TAKINo
The Danger of Taking Too Many Poison.
Gus Compound

Gus Compound
Since there is a special tendency in
most communities to take too much
medicine, and to take it recklessly, it
has not been the object to increase
that tendency. While the use and val
ne of drugs are not to be denied, it is
claimed that no ignorant person should
ever dabble with them, remembering
that the more active of them are active
because they are poisons, or at least
notifications Of poisons, and il given
iniudiciOusly when not needed, or in
too large doses, the poison element
Will appear. And here IL is proper TO
refer TO that absurd idea that disease is
a monster, 20 be slain by the admins
tration OF active poisOns-killed like
any other monster, a tiger 10 be sub
JuRated. On the contrary, disease is
but the absence Of ease and health, a
negative rather than a positive condi-
ton, the removal Of which depends
mainly on cooperating with nature,
whose efforts are always in the right
direction, thought not always effectual.
All Of these, in a certain sense, may
be regarded as curative, though failure
often results. either from the lack Of
sufficient physical foundation, from
surrounding adverse circumstances or
from an interference on the part of
those who would cure, but who. on ac-
count Of ignorance or false ideas. intro
duce discOrd and false efforts. II NAV
be that such, fOOlishlv believing that
the o critical and dangerous the
case, ever when much reduced in vital
force, the more powerful the dose de
handed, act on this principle. and give
the dose that might be safe, in ordinary
cases, 70 persons Of the same age and
sex, exercising no discrimination, no
judgment Such should remember that
those weak in body are also weak in
the stomach, IS certainly unable TO bear
large doses as they are to perform hard
labor. / have seen many an adult to
whom ] would give no more than a
strong boy slightly ailing could bear at
the age OF four years. And when such
are dosed with no regard 70 their weak
ness the sudden death is attribdted 10
heart disease. while the intelligent
know That but a very small percentage
Ut the sudden deaths are caused by OF.
9anic diseases Of the heart. It is also
believed that prevention is better, easier.
safer and cheaper than cure-Dr.
Ha'G, ord, 10 OOidsh Rule.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-25
DRESSES FOR GIRLS.
rhe Latest Edition of the English Prln
cesse Dress.

rhe Latest Edition OF the English Prln.
cesse Dress.
The English dress all i'm one piece
and opening in front remains in favor
for girls from five to eleven years OF
age, though well-grown girls wear
dresses with the skirt and basque sep
arate when only eight or ten years old.
Many of these English dresses are only
princesse dresses in name, as the skirt
is cut off entirely and sewed to a silesih
waist; the basque is then separate, with
a lining of its own. The newest OF
these dresses have the skirt gathered
all around, and for a neat finish u hem
about o inches wide is turned up on
theo outside, and stitched there by ma.
chine. The waist part is now cnt
much shorter behind than in front. and
with very dressy suits the middle forms
of the back are folded under in loops,
and a sash bow with ends is sewed un-
derneath. A vest that extends only to
the waist line is gathered or plated in
a narrow space and placed under the
pointed fronts; this vest is usually of
soft silk like that of the sash for wool
dresses, n there is q band of velvet
like a belt crossing it at the waist lines;
the high standing collar is also of vel
vet, and there is a fold of velvet that
serves as cuffs. A stylish way of using
the large metal buttons is to place +
group of three Of these each side of the
vest, either just below the collar, or
else low on the points of the front.
Square pockets of velvet are again used
on the sides and two buttons are on
each of these. Shades of brown, either
golden or seal brown, are exceedingly
popular for these English dresses and
for those of all large girls, and at pres
ent the trimming Is usually of the same
color. Ruby, cardinal, navy blue and
all shades of green are also worn, but
the preference is for the more sober
brown shades. Imported dresses of
the English patterns are shown In
repped silks, plush and ~velvets, with
trimmings of wool lacec, Irish point
and embroidery, but dealers sayt they
are only useful to them as models for
palmer wool dresses, as women Of good
taste object to these rich and elaborate
dresses for small girls. Harper SBazar.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-25

The pbilanthropic lady took the obtld
home, and she received n bath and q
new outfit of clothing. For the frst
day she was perfectly happy with hor
dolls; and but for the fact that she
brought in a strange dog from the
street and organized a fight between
that animal and her b~enefactress'
favorite cat in the parlor. her conduct
was exemplary. The next morning she
had to be washed by main force, and
before night she was pining for the
street and her old acquaintances. The
following day she was miserable in
spite Of all attempts TO amuse her, and
at night SIZE escaped. exchanged her
dress in a cellar i'm Ann street for one
hat allowed greater opportunities Of
ventilation and joined her old compan-
ions. SIZE was twice taken back and
the last linn she remained "A month,
but her spirit was too wild to DC tanned,
and at present she is selling papers at
the Brooklyn Bridge entrance. Her
case is an extraordinary one. however,
for numbers of little girls who have
been taken from the street have grown
up to respe liability when adopted into
comfortable homes.
Many of these children earn enough
TO help out the dome tic finances con
siderably. One little girl ten ears old
who sells papers in Park row., told tie
writer that she made fifty cents some
days, and that she was enabled TO pa,
her own TUT OIL at a parish school. be.
sides helping ner mother. She is one
of eight small children of a ~bricklayeI
who lives in a tenement house in OaL
street, and she reads and writes re-
markedly well. But it is a hard lif,
the little ones lead. and he who heed
the timid appeal: please buy q
paper" may always feel hat he has
not squandered his money, even II he
should tell the small girl to keep the
change from his dime or nickel.-N.
Y. Sun.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-25
A NOVEL ORGAN.
One Which Is Bull upon che Model OF the
Human fnrSaL.

Human fnroat.
One of the greatest novelties shown
at the Franklin Institute Exhibition II
Philadelphia is the vocalian organ. j.
has followed the process Of producing
sound which is peculiar to the vocal
organs of men and animals, and bN
this method great sorority, purity and
strength are obtained by more compact
means than those employed in the pip
organ. In the vocalian organ the vino
is conducted into the wind chest, which
represents the human lungs, by a vino
trunk from the bellows below. Lead.
ing ont from this chest is a throat, re.
sembling the trachea, and a short dis
lance within and across the throat is ,
peculiar reed, which performs the same
junction as the vocal chord in the
human throat. The sound produced by
the vibration of the reed meets with q
contraction a little distance further
within the throat similar to that at the
fauces, whence it enters into the mouth
cavity. For low notes there are
large throats and reeds. and mouths
a foot square and for high notes
proportionately short throats and small
reeds II mouths, In each mouth
cavity is a round hole, corresponding
to the nasal opening of the human sub
ject and performing the same function
for the vocalian that the nostril does
for the man, assisting the vibration
and modifying or improving the quail
ty of the sound emitted. Economy of
space is one of the advantages of the
yocalian organ, the equivalent of eight
hundred notes or pipes being packed
in a compass not much larger than an
upright piano. The instrument has
three banks Of keys, two and a half
octaves of pedals and twenty stops, by
means of which the sounds of all the
instruments commonly initiated on
pipe organs can be reproduced. The adj
vantages claimed by the vocalian q
is that it remains in perfect tune. Pipe
organs being subject to the influence Of
changes of temperature, their pitch va
ries with heat or cold, and TO the re-
fined a they are seldom in perfect
tune. The merit claimed for the voca-
liam is that certain of its stops are even
finer than any known to the pipe or
gan, and that in the matter of power il
is equivalent to the pipe-organ, except
in the heavier bass notes, which, in the
inventors opinion, do not require a
greater volume than that of the voca-
liam. Mr.. Hamilton's invention Is an
altogether novel instrum mt, and Is at
tracing a great deal of critical atten-
tion.-COT. Chicago Sun.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-25

"Sire I" exclaimed a man In the homely
garb Of a mechanicto Richelieu, Prime Min.
ister Of Franco, as he was entering his pal
ace: "Sire, / have made a discovery which
shall make rich and great the nation which
shall develop it, Sire, will yeu give me an
Richelieu, constantly importuned. finally
ordered the madman" imprisoned Even
in jail be did not desist from declaring his
"delusion,' which one day attracted the
attention OF a British noblenan, who heard
De Causes story, and developed his discov
cry of steam powert "
All great discoveries are at first deridcd.
Seven years ago a man yet under middle
age, enriched by n business which covered
tae continent, found himself suddenly
stricken down. When his physicians said
recovery was Impossible. he used a new dis
covery. which, like all advances in science,
had been opposed bitterly by the school
men. Nevertheless, il cured bim. and out
OF gratitude therefor he consecraled n part
OF his wealth to the spreading OF its merits
before the world. Such in brief is the his.
tory of Warmers safe cure, which has won,
according TO the testimony OF eminent per
sons, the most deserved reputation ever &C.
corded TO any known compound, and which
IS finally winning on its merits alone the
approval OF the most conservative practi
TONERS. Its fame now belts the globe
The Herald.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-25
An lnsulted Merchant Prince.

When A. I. Stewart conceived the
idea of setting up 4 coat-of-arms. he
went to w. X. Travers for advice. Mr.,
Travcrs suggested al employer ram
pant, chasing a lazy salesman with q
yard-stick, and Mr.. Stewart did moi
speak to him again for a month. Thi,
anecdote is probably about rs authentic
as the other, which states that Mr.. Stew.
art. being extremely loquacious at O
State banquet at Delmonico's, Mr..
Travers silenced him by calling the
length of the table, "Cash!"-Sah
Francisco ArgoRdUk.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-25

A noted English physician has re-
vfved the lie that fish is valuable az
a brain food He knows no more
about Il than Mark Twain, who gave
the following advice 20 a young an.
thor; Yes, hsh n axes brain. JudQ-
ing from your previous articles, you
need a couple Of whales not the
largest, but good, middling-sizeo
whales. Once let the belief become
general that fish makes brain. and the
demand for fish viii be so great that
before long the fish would become an
extinct animal, and then what would
we DO for a vacation? No, it's a great
mistake. Neither fish nor any other
food can supply the great natural de.
hciency Of cerebral tissue which ~.
dicts the modern man.-Medteei Aqe
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-25
GRANDMA.


Before my mind there comes tonight
Ny dear old Grandma's lace;
see her sitting by the fire.
In her OLD accustomed place.
i see those dark and lovely eyes
Look full into my own.
Aeee her smile, and hear her voice
ID sort and tender tone.
She lays her aged hand I'm mine.
And speaks OF daN . gone by.
NJ tells me of her many trends,
while teardrops dun each eye.
She speaks In tender, loving tones
or those whom we call dead:
Recount thor many acts OF love
And kindly words thOy said.
She tells me OF the living ones
Whore scattered far and wide,
AND grieves because thcy can not meet
Around the home Preside.
She tells me of her lear old home
Ter Death had entered there;
VI youthful days, when hope was strong,
And life seemed bright aud fair.
She speaks of many sorrows borne.
Of trails hard TO bear:
OF failing health and bended form.
VI years OF pain and care.
And now. In half impatient tones,
she saws she wonders WHY,
'" fssv folks nn haze gas, t6sir usefulness
NO one has past life's usefulness
While love beams from the eye:'
While pleasant smiles aud cheering words
Bring Heaven to Earth so nigh.
There's nothing else in all the world
Can thrill my be ny so
AS hnppy smiles aud love lit eyes
And tones so soft aud low.
As ], IN fancy. gaze upon
My dear old GrundmR's face,
i tn NIX: who rise n all tho world
Could really MI har nlaoa"
More than fourscoro wonry years
Have weighed her down with ere:
have made her steps so slow and weak.
AND bleached her lovely hair.
I know full we'll that soon they'll say;
"bour Grandma laid to rest
The tired hands will folded lie
On "A cold and pulseless breast"
But Grandma ne err can die ito MOI,
For memory's magic power
VIII Q err surround me with her love,
Like fragrance from a flower.
In childhood's hour she tended me,
! 9 ckuess bathed nv brow;
with mild reproot she taught me right:
Can l forget her now
Can ! forget those handsome ewes
so nled with loves own light:
UT the gentle voice aud loving words,
When made ms childhood briRhty
Earth may claim the feeble form.
BUT Grandma s lovel, face
In the sacred halls OF memory
Shall hav' an honored place.
-Mfs. ID r. hdTTtson. IN Chicago Herald.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-25

San FRANCISCO Excursions, I'm connection
With the Chicago, Burlington 81 Quincy
Railroad. are to leave Chicago and Peorio
IN the following dates. and by the follow
% Kansas City, and thence via Atchison'
Topeka q Santa Fe r r. Dec. 18th, via c..
3. az =. X. X. TO Kansas City. thence via
Missouri Pacific Ry.; Dec. Eth, via c., b.
20. X X. to Council Bluffs, and thence via
Union Pacific Ry.
The rate for the round trip from Chicago
T. sll3.l5, from Peoria $l09. 75, and tickets
are good six months.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-25

The dairymen of Prussia-whcre
farming seems to struggle under quite
as great a depression now us in Great
B~ritain-are fighting artificial buffers
and demanding that the Government
compel the makers to call their goods
by their right names.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-12-25
THE Thermometer gains notoriety by de
grees, so to speak.
Years rcach More Than nooks.

Among other valuable lessons impaired
by this teacher is the fact that for a very
long time DIR. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis.
covery has been tho prince of liver correct
ives aud blood purifiers, beng the house.
hold physician OF the poor man, aud the
able consulting physician to the rich
patient, and praised Nv all for it's magniR.
cent service aud efficacy in ell diseases of a
chronic nature, as mularial poisoning, all
mentS OF tho respiratory and digestive sys.
TENS, liver disease and in all cases where
the use OF an Alternative remedy Is indicated.