davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-08-06

I which we b.qr 81, r,r,t tho. a,,.,
amounts to-.
Ne" Il. tI4-,,5,,. hoi. l,o,,,.,,,,4 o.,,-,.f
Inc first ,.,...l Nv. r,,,,,r... ,,.,. .,,t
ryEttta.s .,,,.,,,,,... If -,...r, -.., ~.
tablisnlng a standard After ti,on,,htfrI
discuss lem they dar:dad +, f.--- f,.
then universal practice and frv tho
1 double standard. So they autborizel mo
#tnjntiug OF both silver and o,o1d of tbe
existing comnlercial ratio NJ X Ia
/ They did not SO bark to The ratio ~, f,.e
centuries before q tot,o or to ary of tho
varying ratios Of tha i,tervani,=s, CON
turtles nor did they try to auticinste onv
ratio that might be reached in the future
They simply accented tine commercial
rutio ot the vpnr roo aud ,va,+ =, o.,rl,
to coin money Mt thaf ratio They
enacted a &N de,a.riu, tluf "a. -..,,.,
THIS is the order in which the MEDALS arc
mentioned in the law shouId cou.i.t of
+ 2l7 grains Of pure gold ana % Grains
ot alloy. and that dollar should consist
pf3-i', grains OF rurc silver md ~,
grainsofa!!ay. Thus came into existence
the ..doilar of our daddies
From.the very first the douhIe standard
/ scheme, as enacted in statute law. failed
t to work; though not so with Gresnam's
law. The latter continued to do business
TT the Old stand. The COINAGE of gold and
silver vas begun. i3ogfes, belf-eoale-
quartcr-eagle4 and dollars were turned
out from the mint-, only to dis7uDear
from circulation. the gold ia tnro,,..= mr.
into private boards. the silver ia CfIba
Why? The silver disappeared from rjrcu-
lation because Congress. in the exercise Of
the powers vested in il by the cnnstitn-
ton toregulate the value of FOREIGN coins.
had said that Spanish milled dollar Of
not less weight than II pennvwej.,hts and
grains should pass current as and hr q
legal tender for dollar.
The Spanish miIled dollar. on which
this enactment was based were the old
coins actually in circulation here and
were lighter IN weight than new Snoni.h
dollars, II so hapuened that the nov
Amrriran silver dollar re-.ed currc,.i in
cuba os freely es new Insri.n dollars
which Eetual}y contained more bullion.
People ~oon found that they could send
loo American dollars to Cuba, get 100
spanish dollars for them, md baer he
spanish dollars melted and recotuod at
our mint into lol American dollars, max
i1e profit Of Il dollar on the tran.aetion
TITS kept American silver dollars out of
circulation, and N ls0j the mint ccasei
tb,5rcoiua5e hy ord'r Of President Jetfer
sen.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-08-06
CT RRENCl


,,1,rNpS -sENsE VIEW OF THE FRIES
~"rl' trINN-EI -Ufr 3F
PAST EXPERIENCES
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-08-06
Advertisements.
AN OPEN Ltilro.
What MIS-. l. Z. Bressie Says to
American WOrcu.
Embellishments.

speaAs OF Hrr affi..ms.fs,.J = ~a4.....1n
After the Birth of Her CHI.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-11-20

had been firmly tied that he discovered
how averse to the stage his wife was.
She never lost an opportunity to run
down the profession, and she made
practice Of telling her husband that he
would better turn to some other pro-
fession before it was too late, for he
could never make an actor. This sort
of thing lasted for several years, and
finally the Irvings agreed to live apart.
John Toole's brother, great chum OF
Irving, meanwhile hai tried to bring
husband and wife together again. The
reconciliation took place on the day oil
the first performance of The Bells,
Mrs. Irving magnanimously agreed to
waive her objections to the theater for
once and to witness her husbands per-
Romance. 1t was one of the greatest
triumphs ever scored in a London thea
ter. 1t made Irving in night. Direct
ly after the performance, flushed and
elated by his triumph, Irving hurried
to his wife's rooms. She was sitting
up waiting for him. Well, he exclaim-
ed, with the enthusiasmof school boy,
what did you think of me to-night?'
What did Think remarked his wire,
in a whitening tone. ] thought | had
never seen you act so foolish before.
Without another word Irving turned
on his heel and left the house. That
was in 1868. Irving has never
lived with his wife since. but
it is worth noting that two days after
the actor was knighted by the queen,
his wife's visiting cards read Lady
| Irving" .=..-5.s
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-11-20

]. w. Clark, professor Of horticulture
in the Missouri State Agricultural col
lege. was called on at an institute to
discuss fruit-growing. Being asked to
name list of the best apples to plant,
he said: Select such varieties as bear
well, look we'll, and sell we'll. As rule,
kinds that do well in the east are not
good in the west. Ben Davis, Wine
Sap. Jonathan, Smiths Cider, and
Rome Beauty are all good, but may not
all do we'll in a particular locality. We
must plant such as are adapted to our
soil and location
Q.-Tell us how to grow an orchard.
A.-Take any good corn land, pre-
mare It as for a crop of corn; get good
two-year-old trees from the nearest
home nursery; plant rs or 80 feet apart;
cultivate the land in corn or some
hoed crop IL the land is rich, until the
trees come into bearing; then let the
orchard occupy the ground alone, but
continue the cultivation of the land as
long as apples are wanted. Set eithe:
in the spring or fall. If in the fall
must see to 1t in the spring that the
hole in the soil by the trunk, caused by
the wind swaying the tree, is not al
lowed to remain.
Q.-How can the insects troublesome
to the apple be overcome?
A.-The round-headed borer can be
kept from the trees by placing cylin
der of wire netting around the base O
each tree. The damage done by thu
larvae of the codling moth can be less
ened by spraying the trees just afte
the blossoms fall, with solution o
paris green, one pound of the green t
two hundred gallons of water. A sec
ond, and If heavy rains come, a third
spraying should be given before tn
weight of the apple bends the blossom
end downward No spraying should b
done before the blossoms fall, for fea
of poisoning bees and honey. If to
strong a solution of paris green is used
it will kill the foliage.
Q.-When is the time to prnne trees
Aft to make a tree grow, prnn
while it is dormant. Pruning when tn
: tree is growing will check growth.
When setting out trees. cut back tn
top to balance the roots.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-11-20
played all of the principal vaudeville
houses in this country and have been
very successful.
-GoodWIn,s Co-resnondent.

The Young woman who is expected to
figure in the projected divorce suit to
be brought against the comedian, Nat
c. Goodwin, by his wife, has for the
past eight years or more been about
the most conspicuous woman in come
respects In New York city. Before
her face became familiar there she
was a shop girl in big Brooklyn de-
partmeni store, and it has been said
that sh, was born on Long Island.
although others say that she is Irish
by birth. She is a beautiful woman,
still under 80. especially notable for
the beauty and taste of her costumes.
She is usually dressed in the most re-
fined and unobtrusive manner Her
name has been from time to time
connected with those of different we'll
known New York men, but it was only
after her meeting with Goodwin that
she began to figure as the cause OF
barroom brawls.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-11-20

IL not as free as he thinks, as wit
ness of the murder he committed still
lives, and justice is satisfied at the end.
Without doubt, The Heart Of Chica-
CO. is the best piece Mr.. Carter has
contributed to the stage. The story,
even II little complicated, is told in
an Interesting and intelligent manner,
and is well connected after the first act.
The situations and climaxes are
brought about in a natural way, and
aroused the ENTHUSIASM of yesterdays
crowds In the line Of scenic and me-
phanieal effects the author has certain
w done himself proud, the railway eff
feet alone emitting him to great credit
This is something never before intro
duced on stage At first the locomo-
tive. headlight is seen in the far dis
lance in the background. II gradually
Increases in size as the train APP
proaches. This continues until the en-
Klne is stopped at the footlights putting
and full of action. This one effect alone
De, 1t is believed, sufficient to insure
the success of the piece. The scenery
Is all good and well made, the view
from the roof Of the Masonic Temple
and the reproduction of the space bet
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-11-20

A horse that is difficult to find, and
one that is in constant demand, is one
that can be guaranteed to be safe for
family use, says writer in Horse
World" At any place where horse
sales are held. one cannot but be inn
pressed by the large number Of search
ers after horses suitable for family use.
For this purpose horse must not only
be sound and good looking, but he must
he absolutely safe in the strictest sense
of the word. He must be afraid oil
nothing, and must be possessed OF
sense enough to behave under circum-
stances which to the average horse
would mean a runaway. He must be
safe for q woman to drive, and in many
cases the woman will know little abou
driving and absolutely nothing abou
What should be done In case of an acct
dent. In view of the dependency tina
must necessarily be placed on the fam
ily horse, 1t Is not to be wondered a
that horses suitable for that purpose
are scarce, and also that they com
mand a high price whenever they ar
offered. The only wonder is that som
enterprising man does not make spe
cfalty Of high-class. reliable famil
horses.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-11-20
injury to Seed wheat in ohio.

Comparatively little of this years
wheat crop in Ohio was threshed or
housed before the rains set in. and in
consequence the grain, which was poor
in quality to begin with, has been fur
Their injured by sprouting in the shock,
saws a bulletin of the Ohio experiment
station. The station is making germin-
alton tests, both with wheat grown on
the station farm and with samples
sent in from other parts of the
state. In one of these tests COMPARE
son was made between wheat of this
years crop, which has stood in the
shock throughout the wet spell, and
similar lots of grain grown in 1895, 1894
and 1893. The wheat was planted in
carefully prepared garden soil on
Aug. II, and warm, showery weather
followed Within five days 80 per
cent of the seed Of this year had ger
minated and was growing nicely, and
three days later 3 per cent more had
appeared above ground. The old wheat
all started a little more quickly than
the new, and just 80 per cent Of that
planted was above ground on the fifth
day; only one more plant had appeared
on the eighth day, the percentage OF
termination on that day being 81 for
the wheat of 1898, 70 for 1894, 81 for
1895 and SO for 1896. Apparently, there
fore, 1t is safe to use wheat of this
years growth for seed, except where
the condition Is exceptionally bad; but
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-11-20
En-. {

Ono Physlciaa Prone II Ring-worm
and Prescribed for fhat Ai!ment, But
the Patient Used DIR. WILL M Pink
Pills and Was Cured.
From the Free Press, Corning, Iowa.
Il was afflicted with what physicians
assured me was eczema and began doc
toring for that disease about two years
ago" Said Mrs Eva L. Evans, of Har-
ris, Iowa, to reporter few days ago.
The first doctor consulted did me no
good at all. He pronounced the disease
ring-worm and gave me remedies TOT
that, but soon found out his error,
Il then tried another physician, with
some better success but did not sue
coed In obtaining permanent RELIEF. ON
the contrary, l got worse and my face
and body broke out badly and severe
itching sensation constantly accom-
panied II. This physician pronounced
the malady eczema and ! believe now
that his diagnosis was correct. My
husband saw an article on DIR. VIII
hams Pink Pills in the county papers
and at his solicitation | tried them.
To make a long story short. took
twelve boxes of this wonderful rem
edy and am now entirely relieved. l
have not been troubled with the least
sign of this disease since August, 1895.
| had been taking the pills since June
of that year. / am glad 20 testify TO
Nilt NOlltl W lLlS OhCtlltlb ~
not only cured me, but my father tried
It for la grippe and was materially
benefited-in fact he insists 1t relieved
him at once.
tSigned0 MRS. EVA L. EVANS.
To confirm this statemept beyond all
doubt, Mrs. Evans sigBed the forego-
NIg.
STATR OF IOWA, COUNTY OF
ADAMS.-ss.
Signed this 18th day of March, 1896
before me.
W. L. HELEN. Notary Public.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
| People are now given to the public as
an unfailing blood builder and nerve
restorer. curing all forms Of weakness:
arising from watery condition of thu
blood or shattered nerves. The pill
are sold by all dealers, or Will be sen
postpaid on receipt of price, so cent?
| a box, or six boxes for $3.50. by ad
dressing DR. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady, n. Y.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-11-20

Eating Apples at Night.-Dr Searls
says in the Bulletin of Pharmacy:
Everybody ought to know that the
very best thing he can do is to eat APP
ples just before going to bed. The apple
has remarkably efticaeious medicinal
properties. 1t is an excellent brain food,
because it has more phosphorie acid In
easily digested shape than other fruits.
It excites the action of the liver, pro-
notes sound and healthy sleep, and
thoroughly disinfects the mouth. It
helps the kidney secretions and pre-
vents calculous growths, while 1t re-
lieyes indigestion and is cne of the best
preyentives known for diseases of the
throat. No harm can come to even a
delicate system by the eating of ripe
and juicy apples before retiring for the
night" This is strong language from
an acknowledged authority, and our
life experience fully favors the use OF
ripe fruits late in the evening, espe-
cially in winter.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-11-20

AbththbN y. . VIII AAipNA h+NNs
In a paper read before the Wisconsin
state convention, Nj n. e. France
said: Perhaps this subject can as well
be answered by answering some Of the
questions | so often hear. l am sorry
TO say there are too many keeping bees
who seem to talk and act as if too wise
to learn from our valuable bee papers
or books. They ask, What Is this dis
ease? Is It contagious? Is it near us?
Has any state foul brood law? Foul
brood is very fatal and contagious
disease, doing its work by killing the
bees in the grub or worm stage Of life.
AS 1T takes only few days from the
egg to the Matched bee. you can see
how short time it would take to de-
stroy the colony after once exposed,
This dreaded disease became serious
IN Canada so that the industry seemed
doomed; those wide-awake neiGhbors
and members of the Ontario Bee-keep-
ers. Association could not be content
to give UP go valuable an industry, and
on April Z, 1890, had law passed pro-
viding for an inspector and heavy
fines to any one to sell or expose any
diseased bees or appliances VIM.
McEvoy, as inspector, has so carefully
| and thoroughly done his duty that the
disease can scarcely be found. am
often asked. How near is the disease
! 20 my beeyard?" AS long as the disease
3 in this country, and no law to con-
troll 1t with our mail service carrying
| hnn0 tor Y yxn q
in danger. A bee-keepeT told me Ire
wanted choice Italian queen, so sent
to one of our eastern states for It, The
queen with few bees came, and were
introduced with the cage as instructed
lie felt proud OF his pretty queen, and
after time he opened the hive &c
ind by some means the colony had fou
brood. Not being the honey harvest
season, the disease spread very fast
causing a loss of over 100 colonies
California, for several years, has haC
a foul brood law. and their inspecto
has done great good there, SO that nov
that state Is noted for her train load
of honey shipped to various places
Colorado also has a foul brood law
Last winter Illinois and Minnesota an
at the same time l, as Wisconsin dele
gate, tried to get foul brood Law
Why did we fail to get 1t? Simply be
cause the bee-keepers of the state di
not do their duty. How careful W
! require by law case OF smallpox, c
other contagious disease to be qual
antined and doctored. Likewise di!
eases among farm stock. Why nj
have a similar law to protect our bees
II you want such law, you can HAY
it, if you will only ask for 1t. As del'
j. gate to appear before our legislatui
last winter, | soon learned that VeI
:, few members of either house had bee
called on by bee-keepers of their di
tricts, and did not know one thtT
about the disease, or whether the
, wanted law or not. did all | coul
. but failed simply because did n
have backing. At least dozen mer
bers Of the legislature told me tn
: would vote for the bill If bee-men fro
4 their districts would request 1t.
!, I stitch in time, brother bee-keepel
= will accomplish it.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-11-20
stage whispers.

Paderewski has nearly recovered
from his recent insomnia, but 1t is
unlikely that he will attempt any pub
lie performances this season. and his
London engagements have been can
eeled already.
Louis James new romantic comedy,
my Lord and Two Ladies'" will be
produced early in the season.
Paul Cazeneuve, the young romantic
actor, has begun his starring tour in
"The Three Guardsmen," and the
critics of New England say that bis
performance of D'Artagnan is compar-
able with Fechter'e.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-11-20

In farmers bulletin issued by the
Department OF Agriculture, Pref W. IL.
Beal says that barnyard manure Is
probably the most efficient means at
the disposal of the farmer to perna-
nently improve his soil. No other Ter
tilizer possesses TO SO great degree
the power of restoring worn SOILS 10
productiveness and giving them last
ing fertility. 1t accomplishes this re-
suit, however. not so much by the actu~
al fertilizing constituents which It sup
plies as by improving the physical
properties of the soil, increasing the
amount of humus. which is generally
deficient in worn soils, improving It's
texture and increasing its water ab-
sorbing and water holding power. Ex-
periments have shown that the lnhu-
ence of manure may be perceptible
twenty years after application. I'd
seryations at Rothamsted, Ehgland
during forty years on barley amman
ured, MANFRED continuously, and man
ured during the first twenty years, only
showed that there was gradual exhaus'
tion and reduction Of produce with
out manure, and gradual accumn
lation and increase of produce with thu
annual application Of barnyard man
ure. But when the application wa'
stopped, although the effect OF the resi-
due from the previous applications wa
very marked, it somewhat rapidly di
minished, Notwithstanding that calcu
lation showed an enormous aecumula
ton of nitrogen as well as other con
stituents.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-11-20

l believe in thoroughbred poultry;
believe that thoroughbred fowls will
generally give better returns for food
and care bestowed than common fowls,
writes Fanny Field in American Farm
er; but for all that whenever read
an article wherein farmers are told EN-
phatically that it does not pay to keep
common fowls and are advised to kill
them right off and stock up with thor
oughbreds, it makes me mad all over.
Common fowls do Fay; even when left
to shift for themselves they will aver
age a clear profit O! fifty cents year
per head. Now what would you do If
you were so hare up for ready money
you could not afford to buy even one
pair of thoroughbred fowls? | would
do exactly as another woman did. She
took such excellent care Of such com
mon hens as she could get that they
laid all winter when the price of eggs
was way up, and fran that egg money
she saved enough By spring to buy a
pair of thoroughbred fowls. Then she
killed all her colmon ROSTERS and
watched out and set all the eggs from
her thoroughbred hen and in the fall
she had thirty-seven chickens from the
eggs of that hen. go thou and do like
wise p"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-11-20
culture.

month. To insure good results
every spraying must be thor-
ough, and an even distribution Oh
the poison over this fruit must pc re-
ceived. Some orehardists go so far as
to spray every ten or twelve days dur-
ing the summer for the cooling motn.
Such energy is very commendable' anu
probably brings better returns IMAM
fewer sprayings, albeit the labor anu
expense is much greater. Before rams
begin. burn all rubbish about orcnafun
and about the farm generally, In cor
ners, along fence rows, that no soou
place be left for insects to hlnerhale
in. Do not pile green cord weoo aione
side of orchard; you are likely 10 'nel.-
by bring into the vicinity OF your iru.'
trees pests which, If left in the lorese'
would not injure you.
October = Put away spray pump
after last spraying and all spia5
ing machinery, tanks, ETC., IN soou
order, thoroughly clean and free lro"
any corroding substance.
November-Buy good books on Irult
pests and diseases Of fruit trees anu lay
out course Of reading which VIII help
you the coming season. You will want
to look over your file Of Experiment
Station Bulletins You have no doup'
carefully put them away, as they haVe
been received from time to time.
any member of your family, or II you
have taken time to collect specimens
Of pests and insects generally, 1t is
good time with the literature you nav
to become familiar with their appear
ance and habits.
December-Before the last OF Decem
Der you have probably. having nrst re
ceived price lists from reliable nrms
made arrangements for purchasing
spray pump if you need one, and nav
obtained I've, sulphur, quick lime, SAL
blue vitriol, paris green, or london pur
Pile, and any and all insecticides whlc
you will need for winter and sprin
use. Be careful to get good paris greer
good quality Of this poison shoui
mix readily with water and form
mass of the consistency Of cream.
fact, this is the way we have alway
mixed it in spraying. First mix
with small quantity of water, an
then pour it into the larger quantlt
of liquid.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-11-20
rreatmea, 81 seca when, Cor smu,.

Bulletin GA of The Ohio Experiment
Station reports the results Of series of
experiments made on the station farm
at Wooster in 1895 in the treatment Of
oats for the prevention of smut, in
which it was sho sn that from duplicate
samples of seed, taken from the same
sack, the untreated seed produced as
high as 40 per cent of smutted heads,
while the treated Feed produced n con-
siderably larger crop entirely free from
smut. These experiments have been
repeated with the same result in 1896 a
year when the smut of oats has been
exceptionally prevalent. 1t has also
been demonstrated that, with a very
slight modification the same treatment
will absolutely prevent the sinking
smut of wheat, and the bulletin named
gives full directions for this treatment,
both for oats and wheat From the re-
ports which have come to the station it
seems probable that the farmers OF
Ohio have this year lost not less than
half million dollars from oats smut
alone.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-11-20

Marriage and Death in DaIy's Company.
Marriage and DEATH" says Hillary
Bell, have decimated Days Some
ten years ago the manager sent us
picture depicting. as the legend says,
'Augustin DAILY reading a new play
to his company 1t was a merry
scene then; it is a melancholy mem
DRY now. Out of all the assemblag9
that surrounded the manager scarcely
a decade ago but three are left-Mrs.
Gilbert, Mr.. Clarke and Miss Rehnn.'.
Charles Fisher. Charles Leclere1,
George Parkes, William Moore, VIII
liam Wheatleigh and James Lewis arc
dead. Virginia Drehr, Edith Kingdom
and May Fielding are married. Others
in the group were Fanny Davenport,
Clara Morris, Agnes Ethel. Rose
Eytinge, Catherine Lewis, May Irwin,
Effie Shannon, Kittie Cheatham. John
Drew, Otis Skinner, Willie Collier and
Arthur Bourchier.