davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1885-02-10

lNAAAN.H1 AAAA-Ns
Investigations made by Professor Williams
show that as a rule, American asbestos Is
Inferior In textile quality. being more brittle
and harsh in fiber. as well as shorter than
the foreign, and Is therefore not so we'll
adopted TO the manufacture Of spun or
woven goods It is stated, however. that
the quality OF the American asbestos is i'm
proving, new sorts being almost constantly
found. There appears to be but little differ
ence between this and the foreign In point Of
fre-proof qualities, though soma manufac-
turers report that, as q general thing. the
American article win stand a higher degree
OF heat 1t Is also better adapted for max
Ing hre-proofs cements and paints, for which
purpose it is generally used, the length OF
fiber being unessential The Canadian Is
said to DO the best for general use. The
italian Is the finest for textile purposes, but
on account OF il higher price it cannot COM
pete with either the Canadian or American
material, some exceptionally fine specimens
being Of very high cost
, 1885-02-10

ARN|Nt ANI
The controversy as to Keeping live plants
In a room ut night continues 70 DO carried on
with vigor and acrimony, although most
people have probably supposed that It was
long aimee got at rest Not so very many
years ago tho danger Of keeping such things
In a bedroom was n good deal pooh-poohed
by practical persons, who regarded the
stories told in that connection as old xomsn's
tales. belonging TO the same category as the
myth about sleeping under the moon or
taking q siosta under a yew tree. But then
there were published terrible accounts Of
fair danes who. despizing the warning in
question, and dopositing bouquets or flower
pots in their rooms at night, had met with
n fato almost as tragic as that recorded In
tho doleful ballad Of @rhs Mistlotoo Bough."
Thercupon the scientific world, with the
whole crow OF unloarned folk at its heels,
rushed TO tho opposite conclusion. and
adopted a theory that illness aud oven death
might result from sleeping In an apartment
which was adorned with living plants or
fresh cuttings And now It turns out that In
going 10 far As this We have gone a good
deal too far. At a medical conference re-
Gently held In France, 1t was demonstrated
TO the satisfaction Of all the zavanfs there
present that plants. as long as they are
plants only, may safely, and even with adj
vantage, be admitted TO tho asylum from
which they have so often beon exiled.
Thcss pretty ornaments, as u learned
writer now declares, "far from being hurt
fu', arc henedcial, innsmuch as they exhale
a certain amount OF ozone and vapor, which
maintain "A healthy dampnoss In tho air, and
besidcs that are destructive OF the microbes
which promote c~onsumptive tendencies in
human beings 1t is only flowers, and not
the plants which bear thom that do the
damage Forms arc inocuous; roses and sun
flowers are pernicious-at least during the
Interesting period while they arc In bloom. y
, 1885-02-10
TIE SNOW CURE.


CahAnA1h Inmate Tor curing Shhohio
cases-snoued Up In Manitoba
II 4 bx no means cv.rv delicate person
who should make Canada his winter resort;
but Il & vrcI known that our winters have
curod chronic cases for which Colorado and
Florida were alone supposed 70 DO beneficial
Every winter numbsrs resort 10 Montreal,
Ouebee. Halifax. and Winnipeg for no other
reason thun that for which they once went
TO ~trouical climat.s 1 know ~natients who
were regularly sent TO Bermuda and tho
West Indies. and Others 10 such vintx- eli
mates rs Nice, without more than temporary
benefit who ware comulstoly cured bv the
outdoor Ito Of our Montreal and Quebec
winters
Two war. nro "a hal nm exoausionalIv
revsn winter N Manitoba H. .exeritv and
psculIaritios uero precisely tho same in pa
kota and Minnesota I was en- route from
Brandon 10 WlnnIuau. a distance OF $50
miles bv mil and was caught in a snow
blockade which lasted elpht DAYS. and kept
US la a nituatfou mt Iiknlv AMIN 10 occur.
The storm was 40 revore thet reIief trains
could not leave Winnipsr. and a couple Of
Us. who had the long snow shoes used on the
p~rnirics. framped 70 and from farm-houses
a coupis OF miles distant for provisions for
the par-snerrx The snow plovr were OF no
u.e. and In a desperate nttempt to cut AWAY
through the drift, the engine jumped the
track and came 20 grief The train was
pulled back from tho debris BY an engine in
the rear, and tho next morning wo found
ourselves separated from the wreck by deep
drifts, some OF them fifteen feet hixh.
Night after night passed; tho coal and
wood ran short; two OF the cars were abnn.
doned by tho passenzerr. and. 10 economic,
fuel. we wcrp crowdcd into tho two remain
ing cara The sleepin9 noeomodation i'm
, 1885-02-10

The annual appropriation bill for the
benefit Of the several constituencies Of
members Of congress, in other words, the
river and harbor appropriation bill, is
now before congress, and will undoubtedly
pass with as many amendments increasing
the appropriations as can possibly be
tackled on to the bill. We think
the members of congress and the delegates
from the pniie states, the Rocky
mountain regions and the Pacific slope,
are not getting their share Of the public
plumber. While some Of the states get
large amounts Of money under the pre-
tense Of improving creeks, bayous. and
~quagmires that are not as navigable as
the North Platte and Laramie rivers, the
far west gets really nothing to aid in de-
veloping its internal resources or in remov-
ing difficulties in the path OF material
progress. IL some Of the surplus funds
in the United States treasury are to be
distributed in the manner authorized by
the river and harbor bill, our representa-
tivcs in congress should insist upon a
share in the distribution. A few millions
Of Uncle Sans money could be spent TO
good advantage in the country adjacent to
the Rocky mountains in constructing irri-
eating canals and boring a~rtesian wells.
Any amount Of money expended for
these purposes would return manifold
benefits. and would open to settlement
and cultivation an immense area Of nov
unproduetive government lands While
The money appropriated for the improve
ment Of rivers and harbors, to a large OK
tent, goes into the pockets Of po-
ftical workers" in the several con-
grcssional districts. the sums appropriated
for the improvement ofthe public lands, -
would be expended for the benefit Of all
who see Ct to seek homesteads on Uncle
Sans public domain. By all means, in
crease the appropriation by a few mil
lions, and amend the title Of the bill by
making il read: ''for the improvement Of
rivers, harbors and the public lands"
, 1885-02-10

Gun Republican contemporaries pre-
tend to be frightened over the possible
revival Of JEFF Davis. the Cleveland
HeraH claiming that he is to be one Of
Cleveland's legal advisers The only re-
vival Of JEFF Davis" that We have any
knowledge OF, is in the columns of the
Republican papers Davis is a sort Of a
scarecrow that these papers bring out,
now and then. when occasion seems to
require. to fighten old women and child
rem. Whenever news becomes scarce, JEFF
Davis never fails to point a moral or
adorna tale for our esteemed Republi-
can contemporaries.
, 1885-02-10

Mr. VIM. johnson. Of Huron. Oak.
writes that his wife had been trouble,
with acute bronchitis for many years, ans
that all remedies tried gave no permanen|
relief, until he procured a bottle of DR.
King New Discovery for consumption
coughs and colds. which had a magical ef
feet, and produced a permanent cure. /
ir guaranteed to cure all diseases of throat
lungs or bronchial tubes.
Trial bottles free at Gray 4 Pcarse',
drug store. Large size $1.0O.
, 1885-02-10

joseph Richardson, Of St Paul, but
known to everybody as Uncle Joe who
never wore an overcoat or a suit Of clothes
worth over sl2, is the posressor ofs6 900,
coo
The New Orleans Picognnehas celebn-
ted it's fory-eighth anniversary, and it is
the only survivor Of all the papers printed
in English that existed in the a~nte-bellum
days
The Grand jury At Harrisburg, Pa
reports skating Kinks a nuisance. because
they are detrimental to the health Of
our young people and in a great measurs
destructive Of the monis Of the youth
who frequent them.
, 1885-02-10

A gentleman bought q ticket in the lottery
from an agent, who selected tho number for
him The ticket won the first prizs OF $780,
00o. Feeling under obligations 10 the agent,
tho winner told him:
you can draw on me for $500 a year as
loug as you i've"
I'D rather havo sl,oooin cash. y replied the
agent
-Bu man alive, you may live fifty years
yet Just SEQ what you lose by taking a
1900 down"
-ifI agree to take this yearly allowances,
you have such good luck that I may drop OF
next year,
, 1885-02-10
TIE TALKING ALLIGATOR.


Capt Paul lfcynton's Encounter while
Floating Down the Arkansas River-
ARKANSAS Trnvelerl
Capt. Paul Boynton has opened an ac-
quatic museum In New York He should
secure an old fellow whom he encountered
during his float down tho Arkansaw river.
Just before reaching Red Bluff, a native who
bad never heard Of the captain. saw him
floating. along
that amt a alligator" said be, Pm a
nsh."
springing into a boat. be rowed out TO in
ycstigate When within speaking distance,
the captain. who was afraid OF being shot.
raised up, and shouted, AHalloalH
Wall, pu be dingedi7 exclaimed the old
fellow, ceasing 10 row, and gazing at the
captain, who In his rubber suit looked like
some terrible monster.
II have heerd o a heap O. things an have
seed a few, but you air the fust talkin' ALI
gator that I ever seed"
The captain, to humor the fellow, and not
knowing that his words would enforce con
victfon, replied.
YES, don't many OF us talk, but l got tho
hang OF 1t somehow"
wall, IN DO dingod." said the old fellow,
slowly rowing down stream. "You must've
larnt+t from the Yankees"
@Yea"
How'd they do itF'
split my tongue"
AIts a pity they hadn't split your blamed
head open, fur you'l cause deyilment enough.
turned loose In this hore river. Come out
on the a an let me get a good look at
you I'd like fur my wife TO see you, fur
she thinks that Pm tho ugliest thing next TO
n catfish but blamed II you don't lay over
me. Whar you goin,' any howf'
"Going back down to the Mississippi"
AWar you boenf'
aBeen up to Fort Smith; won't up after a
school Of bass
"wall, II be dingsd If you Amt a onery
cuss-1
Say, IL come out may I stay all night
with your
YES, go q lestle furder down thar an yer
ken git in the bayou an sleep thar, but
mind, II I ketch you On my trot- line you're
gone up, talk or no talk. Good bye; never
seed the like o you befo' an / hope never 10
agin" and, taking a fnal look he mused.
"My LAwd, but he's a onery cusx.H
, 1885-02-10

Edmund Yates, In the last number of Tho
London World. praises the new asociety" do
vice whereby at balls the hostess protects
herself and guests against what he calls the
waIliower masher, or the supper-hunting
young men Of the period. She hands to the
dancers a blue ticket, emitting them 20 a
champagne supper, but to the w~allhower a
pink ticket, allowing him only Lemonade
and a biscuit.
, 1885-02-10

Sure cure for blind. bleeding and itch
ing piles. One box has cured the worst
cases Of twenty years standing. No one
need suffer five minutes after using VIII
Jams Indian Pile Ointment Ii absorbs
tumors, allays itching, ects as poultice,
gives instant relief Prepared only fol
piles, itching Of the private parts, nothing
else; Hon J NJ. Coffenbury, Of Cleve-
land, says; Il have used scores Of pile
cures and it affords me pleasure TO say
that | have never found anything which
siyes such immediate and permanent re.
lief as Dr. Williams Indian Pile Oint,
ment' Sold by druggists and mailed on
receipt Of price. 81.
Gray& Pearse. Sole AGENTS,
, 1885-02-10

Tn interstate bill Of Mr..
Cullom, for the regulation Of the traffic Of
such railroad lines as extend through two
or more states. which passed the senate
last week, has gone to the house for con-
currencc- Its fate there is exceedingly
doubtful. as that body has adopted the
Reagan bill for a similar purpose. The
rival bills now antagonize each other, and
this antagonism may result in the failure
Of all legislation on the subject.
, 1885-02-10

Mr.. Sain Is a great admirer Of Garibaldi,
and tells n good story illustrative Of his
Spartan simplicity. Garibalda visited a
house in England where preparations had
boon made to entertain him in sumptuous
fashion. But he declined 10 partake of any
supper, and asked hat a bottle Of bitter ale
and some bread and cheese might be sent to
his room In the morning when n servant
went TO called him to breakfast he was mis-
dng from his room He was discovered In
the garden, but he didn't wait any break
last He had made his morning meal of
what remained Of the bread and cheese
and beer.
, 1885-02-10

Some physicians are afraid to prescribe
anything except what they direct the
~apothecay to compound. Yet frequently
We find those who have found Browns
inon Bitters such a valuable medicine that
they are glad 70 prescribe it. Among
these is DIR. b. +. Smith, Of Hat Greek,
Va, who says: Il have frequently pre-
scribed Browns Iron Bitters in my prac-
tice. and find il a most excellent prcpan-
ton.
, 1885-02-10

ALMOST any Of the cabinets which the
newspapers have manufactured for Pres
dent-elect Cleveland, would have done
better than the British cabinet has done
Of late in the management Of affairs.
, 1885-02-10

A correspondent writes that Never sinco
tho close OF the civil war in America have
there been so many impocunlous Americans
In London as now. The recent tumble In So
e~uritieA tho consequent distrust OF new min
ing ventures and thoir promoters, and heavy
loUe. in betting on Blaine, havs all con
trinuted to work havoc In the colony, and
the American who Is able to pas the week
without a hopeless loan to a oompatriot ia
forfunnten
, 1885-02-10

Among the curios imported by the steam,
ship Oregon and landed tho other day at
Castle Carbon were two lads, aged respsc-
lively 8 and z years, duly tabled and con
signed TO their fathers in Connecticut In
the miscellaneous luggage OF Individual i'm
migrants were noted a fighting bull, twelve
black-thorn sticks, two pots OF shamrock. a
package Of miracle working mortar from the
Knock chapel and a one-pound plum pud
ding, with holly tree branches attached.
, 1885-02-10

For bilious disorders St Patrick's Pills
have no equal, besides they are the most
searching aud most reliable cathartic in
use, and always produce a pleasant ca
thartic effect without nausea or gripping.
They are sugar coated, % cents per box
or five for one dollar. Sold by W. n.
Huut
, 1885-02-10
Independent washington Ladies'

The Independence OF Washington ladies is
shown in practicing a Wholesome economy.
One was heard 10 say triumphantly. Il paid
t~hirty-one calls yesterday in widely different
parts of the city and spent only 25 cents in
street cars, too, although l had no other con.
veyance at any time while visiting" This
was done on a day whom there was snow ON
the ground, and illustrates physical endur-
ance as well as mcfsf courage.
, 1885-02-10
rhs SMILING and shs nIaIenlan.

TTE"~ VHVTHV7OFI
At the aHome School,, " Ancora, N. J., the
mon, and women, and boys, and girls dress
all alike exactly in a sort OF bloomer COS
tune. tho @Home SchooIs being a progressive
institution Of progress and reform. The
costume is said to be ridiculously funny to
the eye and irresistibly impressive on "a
clothes lima
, 1885-02-10

Astudont created dismay among English
examiners at Cambridge. He wrote: AThe
Gortian knot was a very difficult knot which
Nero tied and by means OF which no kept
the empire Of Rome in subsection
, 1885-02-10

Lord Lytton, at the time Of the declara-
ton OF Queen Victoria as empress of India
and the striking Of the splendid medal honor
ing that event, ~impudently bought one,
altered tho inscription to Victoria, Empress
Of the Arena" and sent it. richly set, to an
oquestrienne.
, 1885-02-10

Persons desiring pure lake Mshapalufa
ice should leave onlen al Christ Mauss
baker, 3lI Ferguson sirect, or with the
undersigned SLOAN & Co.
, 1885-02-10

TDcnF0T OpInlonI
"Timcs is 50 hard that l fesi like holding
mp a stage murmured a half furnished pros
pector. And then he added musingiy, but
what I'D 10 tho nssl MIN out OF ten OF tho
fellers wouldn't have a cent and the tenth
I'D have a gun
, 1885-02-10

OF ladies kid button shoes at jenkins 4
Ross which they are selling ut way down
price,
, 1885-02-10

Remember that a 30 cent bottle Of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is fully
equal to a dollar bottle Of any other
cough medicine in the market Sold by
W. n. Hunt
, 1885-02-10

Tslf Lax IFIhuneT
4 see DR.. Blister Is dead
what did he die Off
He died Of bilious fever
= am surprised TO hear that because he
boasted be could curo me Of bilious fever"
-How much did be charge your
u charged ms q fearful bill Ihelieve It
was upward Of $500
well. that explains why DO did not cure
himself. He was a close man, and at those
figures be couldn't anord to cure himself"
, 1885-02-10

A. G. McGrgor sells coal frum the
Fox 4 Paterson mines, which is con
sidered the best Colorado coal in the
market.
, 1885-02-10

louisville c~ourierJournal1
Aristipp0s-Diosenes do all words pro
coed out OF your mouth Dioxcnas-Uhhuh.
Ar1stipPus-ifs n lie Some Of them pro
cssd out OF YOU no@s.
, 1885-02-10

Every smoker should try Little
Joker
, 1885-02-10

The Congrogationalisti There Is a critical
spirit which. in seeking to do exact justice,
stimate adverse qualities and facts 30 pitt
lessly that in time it unconsciously grows
more or less unjust and exaggorates them.
, 1885-02-10

Quick, complete cure, all kidney, blad.
der and urinary diseases, Ecalding, irrita-
ton. stone. gravel, catanh Of the bladder.
a.. Druggists.
, 1885-02-10

At Masten' . wholesale liquor store you
a find the best Of liquors, wines aud
imported and domestic cigars
, 1885-02-10

Celestial Yam Foo Lee. who carried of the
sophomore class prize for English compost
tion In Yale college. turns up as the best
chess player In New Haven.
, 1885-02-10

The Talmud; To dspend on ons's labor d
preferable to idle piety.
, 1885-02-10

Job printing neatly and
promptly executed az the
Leader j0b rooms.
, 1885-02-10
4 NECESSITY
Fer the spoo1a11.t@
DR.. WAGNER & co.

DR. II. WAGNER Is fully aware that there IRE
many ply sicians, and some sensible people. who
viii condemn him for making this class OF dis
eases a speciality. but he Is happy 70 know that
with most persons Of refinement and inteili-
X zine he s I bpss e and tsa4 ny s's nsy u 9Ie,n gb taken dea
votes himself to relieving the afflicted and
saving them from worse than death, Is no less 4
phllanthrophis and n benefnctor 10 his race
than the surgeon or physician who. sy close APP
pication xcels In any other branch OF his pro-
lesion And. iortunateIy for humanity. the day
condemned the victims OF folly or crime. like
the lepeH under the Jewish law. 10 die uncared
for, has passed away.
YOUNG MEN
who may be suffering nom the effects 0 youth
full follies or indiseretions, Will do well 10 aval
at the alter Of suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
NEh VIII guarantee TO forfeit i've hundred dol
lars fer every case o. seminal weakness or pri-
vate disease OF any kind or character which he
undertakes and falls to cure.
MIDDLE-AGED MEN
There are many men Of The age OF 90 to 60 who
the bladder. often accompanied by a slight
snarfing or burning sensation and a weakening
ece .ns sYs soe On IN e a masnes ~, nc patient ean nz
q ropy sediment win often be found, and some
times small particles Of albunen Will appear. OF
changing to n dark and torpid appearance.
There are many men who die Of this difficulty.
ignorant Of the cause, which IS the second stage
OF seminal weakness. DIR. Wagner viii guaran-
tee a cure in all such cases and o healthy rcstora-
uon OF me genito-urinary organs Consultation
free Thorough examination and advice. 1900.
All communication should be addressed
DIR. G & co.
ss Larimer street Address, Box 2ss. Denver
Cut this out and take along.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09
Bishop Thompson at Woodvillc,
fWoodyille Republican,

Woodville Republican.
Bishop Thompson writing from
this place recently to the Church
News at Natchez, says:
"Returning up the river to
vicksburg, l found the railroads
all broken and flooded and was
detained o day. ] reached Wood.
vile, however, on Saturday night
and on Sunday preached at morn.
ing and evening service, Catechis.
ed the children and Confirmed
and addressed a most interesting,
earnest class of twelve.
AS usual the Church was crowd
ed and at evening service packed.
The good people of Woodville
having a habit Of adjourning all
other worship on. the Bishops
visit and coming to st. Paul's
There is no point in the Diocese
that l visit with more pleasure
than this charming old.fashioned
Mississippi town, nestled in its lit
tie nook of shade and bloom, ant
warm with hearty kindness ant
fair with the graces of old hospi
talities.
Under the broad roof Of it'
quiet old Rectory, l am writing
up my accounts of the month. 1
has been bnsy, as you see. 1t will
always be so, suppose"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

Two Yankees in Andalusla.--
One Andalusian said to another
II say, mate. l must have dropped
of to sleep all of a sudden last
night, for when | awoke this morn
ing / found my hand on my fore.
head just as l left it when signing
the cross on lying down." "Wby,
man, that's nothing. I'll tell you
what once happened to me. One
morning as l awoke l found my
self resting with my hands on the
bed aud my body stretching out
in the air. "whati'' 81 must
have gone to sleep in the act Of
Jumping into bed."-Dublin Times
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

Tho gardener Of the John Hop
kins estate in Baltimore county,
Maryland, has cultivated figs for
the past twenty-five years with
success, having never failed to se-
cure a crop. He gives the meth
cd of treatment as follows;
"From the 10th to the Goth OF No
vember we dig q trench around
the bushes, cutting away about
half the roots they have made the
late season when the bushes are
growing vigorously, and less when
they are not so robust, bending
down the branches to the ground
in the form of q cross and cover
ing them with earth from the
trenches from three to four inches
in thickness, and in spring uncov
ering them from the LIST to the
10th of April. They bear fruit
abundantly, ripening about the
1st of July, and continuing to beal
until November, and later IL mo-
DESTROYED by frost"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-05-09

"Your beau seems very bashful,"
said a Dayton avenue mamma to
her daughter. "Bashful p echoed
the daughter; "bashfuls no name
for it." "Why don't you encorage
him a little morei Some men
have to be taught how to do their
counting. He's q good catch"
"Encourage him !" said the daugh.
ter; che can't take the most palpa-
BILE hint. Why, only last night,
when l sat all alone on the sofa,
and he perched up in a chair as
far away as he could get, | asked
him if he didn't think IL strange
that a mans arm and woman's
waist seemed always to be the
same length, and what do you
think he didr "Why, just what
any sensible man would have done
tried it.n "He asked me II
could lind a piece of string so We
could measure and see If it was so
Amt he horrid f'-St. Paul Her
aid.