davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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CONCERNING THE SHIRT.
, GLANCE At THE HISTORY OF TBIs
= UNIVERSAL GARMENT.

49,, ,be AGe OF Skins, Through Ages OF EK-
..,,s in MRny Forms, to the Age OF the
Sheap, Plain, Board.IIke shirt OF To-day.
II Ia extremely doubtful whether the mod
avn gentleman. who orders hls best shirts by
~. dozen, ever bothers himself about the origin
~ this important article OF apparel or even
oonslders the many changes 1t has gone
tbrouRh before arriving at It's present FORM
The spos,ess linen that has como TO be looked
npor as tho first evidence Of Rontility in the
nostumo OF the man OF to-dhy and in full
Srsss. IA 90 largely exposed to the public Razo,
bas for &C long q time been Viewed as one of the
recessItIes OF civilized life that the wearer Is
not At all likely to reflect upon It's past history
He may, II called upon to consider the sub
,.ct at ALL have vague Idea OF time In the
worlds early history when shirts were not SO
nnIyerpal as now, but the probability is that
he will think the mt after too remote to be worth
dwelling upon. AYet there is no part Of mans
apparel that has n more interesting history, or
that reveals moro fully In its various changes
and styles. the characteristics OF tho peoples
vho have worn it Poets and authors in many
area, down to Tom Hood. have woven the gar
uent into their writings; and II In tho pres
ept no one sings Its praise. 1t is unquestion-
ably because 1t reflects the least romantic
phase OF our century civilization. 1t has come
70 be In every sense practical garment.
There we're times when 1t was most beauti-
ful and artistic. and when 1t could he described
with great enthusiasm, but this ia no longer
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AZ
Sm SemITimi9ent parl. Ii was
ssImIIhroidsIed sIII with both
SnE s and gold threa q q
sIal sHo very full In tho
ssiSeeye. ~ where The latter
dns shirts began 10 Lo
timU,"u Tor the first
mpO, SlnS under the Nor.
worm WSsns' but only when
TGnn 0y the nobility.
Es1,Osa uo saEons called the
cSmIsnht ShIoht q sherte or
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show them attired In shirts bordered or fringed
reaching half way to the knee, 1t was necu-
were almost Invariably fringcd. In the repre-
sentations OF tho ancient Grecian warrior.
only the lower part Of the shirt protru ling
the garment was considered one OF Importance
can be seen from the TACT that the fringes and
borders were OF various desgns and that what
was seen OF 1t was frequently embroidered and
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For Gilderoy, that Inv of mine.
Gdde faith. freely bought,
A wedding sark OF Holland finA
WI silkeu flOWara Wrought

For Gilderoy, that Inv of mlne
A,weddlnE SarE OF Holland inA ---.-
WI silkeu flowers wrought
a. The fair singer in this poem evidently
tnopRht Il moro profitable to buy n shirt em-
broldcred by somebody else. with the possibii.
lty OF II. being finer than an thing she could
make herself. than to waste her own time and
this was by no means the custom in the
twenty-iourth year OF the reiRu OF Henry Viii.
ana an act OF Parliament was passed prohibiting
shirts garnlehed with silk, gold. or silver @ '"'"
srsakHs the of mat f dsy. 0GS 9ScSTss Sss
fnat ina tne snirls Which all In manner do wear
them were GF oRS ebST ala weSf o
c@mhhpic, can pr holland linen, or the finest cloth that
Zines i aa AnG wTonsb 19sSS Shirts
with neodlework, OF silk and such iTi Ike. and
curlously stilched with open seams and many
heard OF shirts thar have cost. some ten shil-
nnGS,s I,nGS,, some me- twenty. some forty, some ilye
horrible 10 hear-some ten bounds apiece yea
the meanest shirt that commonly Is worn Of
ANY, doth cost crown or noble, aud yet this
pliest person that is"
:, Another author writes: Toward the end Of
into fashion. brought in ~ the Puritan ladies',
mat OF representinG religious subjects, both In
hitherto confne / to church vestments."
The idea of fai Puritan maiden presenting
ner husnand win shirt representing the
effect OF making him more willing to submit to
her her sweet wee A AtyIanny. The vast field opened to
be ,wayward. must haye af!nrde her much
qualification, wher eas the husband must fre.
quently have groaned rs he saw new terrors
predicted for him in tue embroidery OF his
shirt, II the modern man will imagine how he
should don fresh shirt in the morning and
pent tcmppter Of the Garden Of Eden, and win
inclination to see creeping thinRa without
material assistance, he may have some idea Of +
described.
The shirt was part Of the
the sleeves were alo worn yery full, and were
shown from far above the elbow. The front OF /
the doubet and the petticoat breeches" The ,
slashes in the dOu let's where the shirts were
revealed, were called panes. Monstrpet. writ |
tury. says:
The jackets and pourronts tdoublets) were
cut shorter than ever. and the sleeves OF them /
Among the New Year presents 10 Henry VIII
were shirts wrought with gold and silver
Jewelled shirts were frequently worn BY the
companying Illustration is taken from por-
trait ol Henry VIII. and shows n shirt worn
by 3 M that merry merry monarch Jewelled and embrol-
not been. quite clearly shown whether he re-
cetyed his presents from his successive wives.
put inasmuch as it was custom at this time
for brides 10 make presents OF this kind It is
very possible that the King had continual re-
mindrrs about his wardrobe Of the fair ladies'
would no haye been at all unlike this prince
to have scared the feelings Of his living wife. as
soon @ as he began TO weary him. BY paEading
beautiiied BY one OF her predecessors.
., At Tne time in the early history Of England
the shirt was like loose sack with belt
n r
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country on various new
devices. The perfect
dress shirt at the pres
ent time has n wide bO-
som. three stud holes.
and Is eiihOT perfectly
plain or has n delicate
bit OF em OrOidGr" run
ming down the centre OF
the bosom. The very
SWEETEST shirt has collar
md cuffs attached.
There Ia no limit to the
number OF shirts that q
man, may wear In a
week. One hot day last
summer Mr.. ChnrleA
DeImonlco was holding
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that IT had standing collar. In 1850 the shirt
was worn onen IN the front. with long row OF
buttons. which made II look more like q coat
than the modern style OF shirt
The most beautiful Of all was the style In
1924. as shown by pictures Of that time The
and deep lace cuffs. such as are shown here
with. The lace shirt was thing Of beauty hut
hardly Joy for yer. inasmuch as 1t was con-
tinualiy getting torn and was difficult
to mend. As, the cost of one was as
much rs viii buy several dozens OF
the best OF the modern style. It may be
imagined that even the extravagnnt mobiles felt
i burden to keen always a In oper supply OF
them. Of course the real courter could not
darned even in the slightest degree. and many
a gallant whose love for gaming kept down hts
must have WINGED when he got his bill from his
shirt mhker.
The modern shirt began to assume its pres
ent shape in the early years Of the present
century. II is now, rs plain and common place
q garment ns can be imagined. The ancient
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no. According to an au-
thorlty.the word shlrtls
derived from the Latin
cwtus, meaning short,
and Is therefore liter
rally n short garment.
In the old Danish 1t
was called sktarfe. In
Icelandlc skirta. and
In Anglo-Saxon. from
which 1t is more imme-
diately derived, It was
secori. W hich also
means short. The pro-
yineial German word
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where .D Tho" Dso "ou",,t hroidered or jewelled
~ an me douhlets. The coinrs and tronts were
diver tSessdd IN black or blue silk or gold and
.he dandies Of his lime shows To ot WnS Hantn 1mo
W6ich" tbs' eh IN a very eleaant costume, OF
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II is reasonable to gu
the tunic were prac-
ttcelly synonymous.
Tunic was the general
name given to all
undergarments which
mover descended lower
than the calf. In most
cases the sleeves were
short and narrow. but
the servan ntR and
philosophers OF ancient
Greece wore sleeveless
shirts. The wealthy
and AriStocratic Of
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iect II lnd y necessary" he said. ito wear
don't like the flannel shirt, and I can't keep
oomfortable In the other without changes.
Since The SUN championed the cause Of the
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one can 90 the common
people have worn a
short outer shirt open
at the neck. The peo-
pies OF the East gem
orally w"re long. loose
garments. The warm
climate OF the Orient
and the easy going
methods Of the peoples
made this garment tho
best adapted to their
reGuiroments. 1t was
cool. and lid not i'm
pede the movements Of
the legs. while nj the
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iSt SsfS S.t e ntssa:a ss SssssnSr Ss.

snu, ,1ne prlQo devoted
the leisure hours durs
Ing her engagement 10
epbroiderlhR and bVau.
uiyinR q nne linen OF
Bilken shirt which che
gave on her wedding
day to the man OF her
choice. This certainly
was q beautiful idea,
and the happy man
must have felt q thrill
OF delight every time he
donned this garment,
into which had been
woven the innermost
thoughts and secret as
pirations OF his fair
Ono In cha Ga0toh
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@ oun d the waist.
There was no collar
and merely a deep hem
atthe bottom. The poor
mans WAS short and
reached to the waist
only, while that OF tho
noble fell below the
hin. Several centuries
before the time OF Hen
ry VIII. the shirt was
very much like that now
worn by boys in knirk-
erhOckers. with I h o
on ffs turnpd hunk pplv
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pose that the shirt and

those days frequently wore them made OF silk
and fastened by girdle. The tunic Of the
Romans was both a shirt and coat.
With the exception Of the CLOAK or the man
lie. this was the earliest apparel. barring the
bkins Of wild beasts, the wor d has known.
AS lar back In the history OF the ChinnSa as
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~ iiil''NN llIltil IL
frequently tho custom
10 ancient days 10 90
Mithoutany garment at
Ml lhan 10 wenr even
he covering taken from
the wild animals. Of
course 'he shirt OF mail,
which WAS made either
Of iron links or pieces
OF IRON or steel welded
together, was known in
very early times. This
may. however. hardly
% considered in the
history OF he shirt. ex-
cert that ~ form it was
very much like the lin
en- garment a. tI,is was
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nrTt ~ introduced among the European peoples
moss rotne tne down 10 the time when tho shirt
FfgesIH,shry 70 take up its history among the
1hiE hiE.sm , and French lcorles: In Enelandlin
enb,sh were worn by the wealthy as early rs he
CSan,nn CSn,n century. In the fourteenth century
SfhaUcer hsUCcer wrote OF aknght as being dressed I'm
SvorS oroah and exc sherte" Shirts Of silk were
Wara eStn eyen Al this time but more general hey
NJ piSo Pooi VI nhen. They were manufactured either
n eppneS 10 brittany or in the low countries.
donhi,nnee me iliieenth and sixteenth centuries The
And Jets n' or roats were cut lower IN the neck
nss.i! nan y! On On In the bosom, and the sleeves we're
ueaty dlslolnted at the elhows so nR 10 shnw
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same time it was graceful. In Arabia 9th
men AMI women Wore shirts in the olden days
and Alexander the Great was surprised Mt the
Wnlte cotton shirts worn by the East Indians.
Ine tr>t garment known in Ireland was q
part OF the BODY. and in that country where
now tie finest linen Is obtained. 1t was more
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song OF Gideroy, who was n famous highway
man, there is verse that runs thus:
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1890-07-01

4arb; ,Otr bas 2eben iGenten2 Dir,
benz raubid4tissn, faIi5sn unb mitIeibIos
islten Seino Der Rsrle2 User bat Robre1t
Snslosbe BET Sunsfrau pIaciba pan Bou:
nsn psrleumbet unb uns bIutigen 6obn
3usefi9t2 ga! Ou wouieif Der Brdutiaam
S!actba's werbeu2 Der Cob iou Define
Sraut Isin!"
.,n@nabs, 9uabe! i'd usrsidts auf gla.
ciba's 5anb!"
Bur9arb fubr fort: Uer bat es ae.
rpast, BEL 9ofe islbit bic freie @eburt Ser
grembalbe gu %Isusnsn2 Wer 1T baburd
S9ulo am Eobe bss sblen Rerls Seaber
Bult seworben? @sr bat earl BON Sds
nemart gu benz @bitt iber ben galfort
iberrebet3 81, ia, id ioIte Did peri&o.
nsn2 Rimm abi6ieb pom 2sben, Define
Stunbe lit sstommen!"
nBeim &eiben unisrss Germ, babt gr.
barrlen! 0, tObtet mid nt1t!"
sd werbe Did ni9t t6oten," fder,te
gur9arb, Der i9 an Der Gobesansit ieines
S9la9topfers gu ueiben i9ien, ,,nsiu,
td mill meine 6dnbe nit Oeinem Blute
nt9t bsflsden; aber fteb su, Oh Ou etwas
babel seuinnf."
gr CAB babel benz arn,en Bitter sinsn 10
semaltisen Gritt auf bic 2enben, baB er
ieitudrts umfeI; unb bann ieinen Qeuten
Elm 3si9sn NIT Der 9anb sebsnb, iaste er
taIt:
uSsrtrstst bic S@Iause, bic 10 u;sIs
Sabre bic RerIe NIT ibrsm Gift bsipieeu
bat!"
3sbu S9wsrtsr fielen susIei& auf @pI.
ielbrs9t nttsber, Der, obne eineu Sdrei
aus3ufoBen ben @sif aufsab; unb baIb
wareu bic @lisbmaBen ieines untenutlid
sspprbsnsH RStpers aber BITE gbsne aus:
seffreut.
Burdarb s6nnte isiner ganbe cine tur,e
Ruit; benn bic Wdnnsr paren absemattet
unb uuBer altben,.
gr %periammeIte he pieber um iid unb
iaste ibneu, bag sr nun fofort nit linen
mad Straten sisben werbe, UNI bier Rams
bolb Eancmar gu iberraidsn, bsfsn Burg
tbeiIweiie wieber aufssbaut mar. BON ba
iouts man na4 SneIosbsm ellen, I'm, bier
@erpaas pan graet, ben Rammsr5errn tes
9rafen 81 finbsn. Wan miiIe bic Bursen
Der Ritter unterpess bsiu9sn unb Daifen
3uiammenbrinsen. Da wire uisl Beute
gu MAIDEN, unb 10 uirbsn ife fir ibren
Rutb unb ibre ~anbdnsIi9ssit reid bsIobut
psrben.
Gin bonnernter Subel foIsts isinsn 0ors
ten. Ufit benz ausruf: IS Isbe unier
9raf, WiIbeIm nan Goo! Sc Iebe gurs
9srb &napp!" usrlieB bic ganbe, su Der
ft5 inspiitsn uiels berbsisstommsns girs
ger ssisut batten, bic @bsns unb us,i5wanb
baI5 barauf.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1890-07-01
Glasmalerei & 0lasbrenmerei.
Sisuren. uuo moiaiefenfter
-ilr-
8iraens ino Ofentliae 8ebduee.
SEQ. u. getJd,
Ro. PIT q g9GTRt on Ctr. gbieseo, ~
ct. &apbaeIs : gereiu iuu sduss ser
Gin aHo IastpaIbcrer.
BeQh tuNQI

SUI SeGItuN9.
Ben usritiss.Hsu S:tisu usTs. ID 10 oft erSu1i, stuss
9tTuanetsu Cher StsoEutsu, Ter aber see tommt, 10
Castle Garden ;u tm2ieHesu uus Inn tehaIht5 ~ Isiu,
so bin ssrue 81 isssm Stsuite bsrttt. Rur mS5t,tb BIZ.
ten, iitts ssnas a~r,rSestu, nit usi4sm SaiiIs Der S.tr,,s
isnoe soriTtE iou. 0euu man uus Et5t ben uHpsFdbren
gSss uns BITE ~uussidbre ,3eit austbt. EauH timer tommtn lou,
10 ~ q '4psr, 10 iait urm3sIi5, Stmaaten uRt,r Der
ysahs etupaTesrsr ~arsTus:s su MAIDEN. aud pdrs q
gut, renn man hen YtrraHeten loon bic abrefe Der turov
ratideu Observation-Disclosures aus6b.. Arf sisis art phr>.
aud '4ou erabsn far he geioret psrssH, unb tdmtn TsIsi
or; ftsIitsu strsst an mid. Wir ssbtu bier bic abr.Nt
nod iolssnets.
Ger Sired hes ~. SapbatIssg ,rtins IA. BEN st,t,, u,ss
StRS rne Seitane aussesibtn gu !afsn, uub fs Dol is,
ZEN S1aetu IN ,sitItten uue e~ettistu GiugeH su bsuua
rtu. Sees IustuuiI in Sstrsfs iEsr issen anseIep sub.ii
Der Rsiis pirb bereitpigist une aratts srtbstii. gs
m5ss sabsr eth Stetr F4 tn RsiIts Angeles ,ubstisr utrs
trauensrou an ben gtrein pC1ssn. Sisr elm B.rrt
Der ptriai.ssutu Observation-Disclosures:
DsrtSaus1Sr I'm nnsr bfS ct. Usaekassk
VsrsinS kas In:
er,mtu; Ssrr @a;or 3. e 5IeiI.r, etne,uRr.
saHSHFfI ;,oS Sfy fSs's'F Tsans'rs Or. S'ta'o'
au,p,rrsu: Strr 5. gs. u q 7 B n, ~ ap.1u, Gsargst,t
ROTTERDAM: per- Saeoe S5llsr, uau Der Safftroat IL.
parrs: Strr 3. SambtEt RttS n n n, Ru. DuuLst,
soptou: Ssrr gator %. golt. d linton Str,Ut;
&t.e4aptI.
siprrpOOL: Ssrr 8tIItau iron. SO Out, str,a.
Strttt, segsuaSer gaitle Sareeu.
Rorto auesTe, grop. Rto granst Tn Gut Srahiitu
SeTr Clemens BaIIaa.
Ssinutut (SeEa 6randsea). Srop. Santa gatpar.ps
Sroh!ssn: Ssrr Soicr " Botst tboui's'
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1890-07-01
XIV.

Hobre9t SneIosbe lag nod i'm gett.
Seine 9emdtbse,i9ittsruns in 5o!se bss
a6i9euIi5en goridIasss BON guraarb
battle i'm UNI eiusn srobsn GbeiI Sss S5tas
fss wdbrenb Der Na9t ssbra9t, aber enos
LID mar er bod, Der Wibistsit unterIie:
senb, in einen i@weren SdIummsr psrs
fallen. S5on bssanu ons WorsenIi1t in
isin Sema4 gu orinssn, ais sr pI6sIi1 srs
ua3te unb nit Se6ffneteu 4usen Iaui5ts...
Sn Der Jerne uernahm er elm wuuoerlis
DIES @et0is, wie bic brauisnbe granbuns
ees sntfernteu Nserss, oaspil5sn 3uwel:
len elm lautss 9eI1rei.
@r toaute i9, nod balb i9laftruaten,
ui5t benseu, mas bier porsebs; sr sIaubte,
baB has Wetter pisoer itirmii9 ssworbsn
isi uno buB baun unb mann Elm itarter
8inb ssSen bic Sbdrsn uab 5duisr ans
ftitmte.
Oas @et5is i1ien absr na13uIoHeu; er
IisB ieiu Saupt auf bas Rifsu fallen, UNI
nod sinmal bic ausen gu i9IisBer.
Nbsr balb borte er In bel Strase bic
Stimmsu etnissr itrsitsnben 9eute, bic tIaes
ten ODER chamber ~risfsn. Bis isst tpnnte
er uur bumpfs Qaute uernsbuien, uno er
pdre pieusidt wteber siussl1lafsn, wenn
ui3t in bisism AussnbIids bic Cutie zines
i4ueu forttrabenbsn Pfsrbes ar isin DIR
seorunsen warsn.
SbuObl sr fi9 ben 2drm bamit ~ srtIis
rem iu9te, buB isst bic 0sute sur 5ribmeiIe
sinssu uub Der @raf irssnb sinsn rsitsnben
Botsu ausseianbt baben tOnnte, 10 s%nttanb
bod dusitIidsr 5psifel in istusm Ssrssn.
0er S9Iaf mar inn usrsaussn, er itanb
auf unb tIeibste fi9 an. rsberbiss bate
sr ia usripro5sn, Dor isinsr Abrsiie mad
9Outbem pom SaterIia unb ieiusr S9wss
FER abf3tsb su uebmeu -. Sic partstsn
wabri9einIia i4on auf i'm.
Balb mar er gang ansstIsisst, itiss bic
Grspps binab unb sins mad benz gorsss
mad, um isin S5psrt 81 nsbmeu.
Raum bate er baHsIbe UNI bic 9snbsn
sssirtst, ais IatsrIia uub Witta tIasenb
bereinitirmtsn unS nit erbobsnsn 0dnbsn
in ben Seal traten.
,0a5ayme! Wa1arme!" iammsrtsn
iis, u9Ott 6sbats RsrIinsaIanb.
,.Bas if ssiSsbsn2" frasts RObrs9t
sntisst.
,,8sbs! usbs! Der @rai 1T srmorbst!"
i9risen iis.
Der @raf srmcrbet2 9raf 8arI?"
ST Iisst in St Sonaas nit ssipaItes
mem Saupts!"
,0er ftnb feline W6rbr2"
10, ss 1T abidsu!i4! BaIoterIe uon
grnssbsm. ..."
,llnb gur5urb. ..., usI5' sntissIi5ss
llnsIit!"
,SimmsI! i'd puBts ss!" isufsts Ros
brs9t nit ssisnttem Saupte.
,,0u puBtsif esq" wisbsrboIts 9nters
Iin, bic einsn S9ritt ,uridpi9, uls trisbs
lie Der @sbante an Robrs3ts Niti5uIb
uon INN meg.
,,0siu, nein," iaste er, bas 6aupt. err
bebsu, lid puBte, oaB Der pilbe Sur9arb
ben YIau gu bislem entieSIiden Worb &c.
faBt bate. Msins gutrifuus, meme
Orpbunsen unb meme 9itts ribiteu i'm,
unb sr psrii5erte mid, bag er ietue usrbre:
6srii9s Gbii5t fir INNER aafsesebeu babe.
3, Der @lsnbe, psl9s 8sruiui5uussn,
psl4ss llusIit brinst sr ibsr Rsrlinsas
lamb unb ibsr gang 5Ianbsrn!"
Gortissnns folst.)
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1890-07-01

te rur In, Stanee uI1
isitpet1t 9hesruus IA
9srf6aTer. Sd sts
brau6ts spr 4 SdtTe1
Ct. Satuss Ssl Sus
wuree bausrns settilh
Sam'l 3. SbipIa!.
9araSpn, Sno.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1890-07-01
80 Sahre aeIittsn.

Or. .. ~. Rsartd,
GCnftontire, Ri6.,ts<
rtttsi, eos er brsisia
Sabre an S6msrjsn
i'm Rldsn a.tittsn 6a>
he unb ti2reilen fur
Wctsn s~s3l2urssa mar
eas Sstt al bltsn. CT
sstrou6te 81. Satp6s
Del ure purss eeu>
srnb SstGjIt.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1890-07-01
eitt ;fusi Sabre an
26msr;en in Der
Ssite. a

prss so Gents; in alien asutbasn 10 babes.
The CHARLES A. voeEIsR CO.. Baltimore. o.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1890-07-01

Sisle Sabre sslitten.
13. SuIi, 1888.
Sd lit % Sabre an
S6merisn i'm Rppfe,
bic TN Sabre 1862
burb st1sn Scnnsns
lid rsranloBt puresn.
Sd mar bduFs ee>
jrrunssn eas Belt ;u
tltsa u1S warsn Gsr;>
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-13
u. Frederic D. Chesier, IN s.. Nicholas.

Prof Frederic D. Chester, In s.. Nicholas. n
The great majority OF these micro.
scopic plants are what botanists call
bacteria, the smallest form OF vegetable
life. $50 small are they, that it would
take, lin some cases, Us many as 10000 OF
then arranged in row TO extend an
inch. They have different forms, some
being round, some oval, some rod
shaped, and others much tho shape of a
corkscrew, or spiral. In all cases they
are so small that one needs powerful
microscope to study them, and in no
case can We preceiye them siugly with
the naked eye. When countless mil.
lionsiof them are grouped together in q
mass, Or colony, We can see them about
as we are able to see at great distance
an approaching army, OF which we are
totally unable TO distinguish a single
soldier. E$E[,,
We have said that these bacteria move
about; and this is true Of most Of them,
lalthough there are some which DO not
{appear to move at all, but remain. fixed
I:Hhpre they find a good feeding place.
Those that hare motion behave in very
peculiar, manner some wobhlo about in
one place without moving forword in
the least; others dart hither and thither
back and forth, at an apparently furious
rate, rocking and twirling about. and
Turning hundred somerSaults as they
move along. RI
1s%Bacteria multiply very rapidly, and
they do this in strange way. A single
one breaks itself in two; then each hal
growa.. to be as large as the first Ther
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Address, U. BASSETTI,

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by BY ordinary letter., containing MONEY Or
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A Little Girls Composition,

Bugalo Etpres. 1fi iilg'
Tho caterpillar Is a craling thing ant
hears all over his back and fannie fount
one down her back md 1t made me cral
Ike everything, birds eat caterpillar
and give them to their children 10 eat
don't SEQ how they can eat them,
know | could not eat them, they are
such horrld things, they look so OILY
and feel don't know how. Caterpillar
climb trees, the other day / saw biz
big caterpillar and no was so horrid thai
! took a stick aud kid him with 1t and
threw II away to let the swill man pick
1t up md take 1t homo period catterpil.
ars have 1000 or moro legs, he may not
have 80 many, and he may have more
the big ones have more than the little
gess that butt don't know. .Catterpil.
ars Leat flies 80 and other insects such
as ants, miscatos aud others like that.
Also they eat leaves, plum leaves and in
short oil kinds and some flowers To-.
some. have baby catterpilars, in short all
OF them. Catterpilars drink water, in
short everything they can get. Cater.
pillars, | cannot say much more about
catterpilars, but ono good rool is never
throw u caterpillar at man or anybody
for it gives them such fright. 1 have
told you all they cat, drink how many
legs 1t has and tho TOOL. A caterpillar
can climb, you cannot. Ma be some OF
you can, cant, but most OF tho things
that caterpillar can do we cannot, aud
most Of the things we can do they can
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&c.,.
She Know Him.

san fruhctsc0 Chf0ntcle. so 3. Mo | sos
On one Of the ocean steamers once, n
friend OF mine was a passenger. There
was lady aboard with her daughter.
She was from Wisconsin. She said so so
often that finally they took her word for
it and believed it. She knew pretty
nearly everything outside of Wisconsin,
too. Her daughter had to indorse so
many extraordinary scraps OF informa-
ton that she could only say, "Yes, ma"
when her mother called upon her to
confirm her statements. The old lady
had a lovely time, for she poked her
nose into everybody's business, from the
passenger who was sick to the captain
who was well and running the ship as
well rs he could with her assistance.
One day the purser, the captain and sew
eral Others were sitting around smoking,
when the Wisconsin encyclopedia came
on deck. AS she came up the purser
said, in IN ordinary conversational tone,
with n wink: GS
fs=E""I see Mr.. -, OF Wisconsin, has Jus!
been appointed Minister to China"
.a"Yes, indeed no has," broke in the
lady; Eyes, indeed he has, and am
glad Of 1t. pve known him many years
and many and many a sermon l have
listened to from him in his own church.
He is a splendid preacher"