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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-04


instead OF room, 1t was burning pas
SaSG-way ne entered. seeing door heas
ny ne burst III open ana soon appeared NJ
anoiher window, family calling for the
LADDER to lie placed near it; then urging
anu encouraging IA lad OF about his own
SIZE, ,ney stepped upon the ladder.
Han supporting The stupefed boy, the
descent was made, yet none too soon, for
ere they reached inc lower rounds, the
Stoi1S men pglow were ppllSeu 10 has'lly
pcIu ioi "aiu inc l"u'oi WIN! tie poyS
sun upon III. FOR me wall, against which
1t had been resting, was seen to totter, and
IN an instant fell through.
Mid shouts of JOY, the exhausted boys
were carried into neIghboring house.
raul Duvai was found badly scorched,
ms hands ana lace Dadly Dilstered, anu
ms mar slh@ed SO close 70 MS head lhat
ne was scarCcly fecoghlZapie, anu as 10
ms CLONES, they were crisp ana ready 10
ialI 10 pieces.
r NE con- P''ilioii ii'tu NOT Jared so pauly-
me halies ht,u hot yet redchGo inc hlSh,
close room where he slepI, Inc smoke,
'hough, penetrating IT. hau utmost SUMO
cated MN; bui ne revived as me WINDOW
was raised, ana raul sprlnkied water over
NM III o5o.- ; g won, .,,
VOW uGar Iea.leIs, iliast iie H., II YOU "a,,
what thls poys surprise anu ueep shanic
must nave peen When, OH pehuins over
hio sumo Pieoci WI h0 "a" - "' -
poor boy whom he had tainted That very
afternoon as "cowardly," a mean sneak'
etc.
FREQ orange Tor IL was he, would gIad,
~ nave sunk through the moor, or mo
himself ll'' IN some corner where ne lnisn.
i never aSain Ina nave 10 LOOK inc courageous
oog III INC lace.
raul, on coming 10, waited ior nelther
thanks nor reward. WIN heart over
Joyed at having been the means OF saving
NE, he quietly fastened home where ms
moiher anxiously awaited ms return. one
was startled by ms scorched appearance,
| put at once dressed his burns, ana tender
| ~ cared Ior nm until they healed ana ne
coula once more use ms sadly Scarreu
nands- But, poor boy! he could only
help little about home, Tor ms CLONES
were too far gone Tor HIM to attend school,
or run errands, as he had before done, to
earn few mites Tor his dear mother.
Alas! he could not go out untll alter
dark, even Tor needed fresh ar ana ex
ercise
IN the meantime, many inquiries were
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-04
How to Become Distinguished Man.

In great many instances young men
spend half their lives in changing from
one thing to another before they learn
what they are competent to perform A
correspondent writes thus: As general
rule, the best place for young man to
begin life is right where he is. He need
not go hundred, or three hundred, or a
thousand miles away from home to try
the world; that particular spot where he
lives is part of the world, and just as
good "a place to try as some other particu-
lar spot three hundred miles off In the
Eastern States, where society is settled,
and things change but little, where bust
ness is held in fixed channels, and GER
tain families are supposed to have pre-
scriptive right to do everything that is
done, there is not much inducement for a
young man TO remain at home, unless he
possesses the genius and enterprise to
break through the traditions and regula-
tiOns that hamper him, but no such CON
dition of things exists out West; here
everything is new, fresh and plastic; and
a young man may do his part in molding
things to his purposes. 1t is very com
mon mistake for youngsters, who have
not yet butted their tender heads against
the hard angles of the world, to imagine
they possess superior talent, if they only
had an opportunity to exhibit it. If they
live on farm, there is no chance there to
show their genius. If they live in a
country town, it is entirely too small to
spread their wings in. They yearn for a
great city where talents are appreciated
and imagine that there is the field for
them to rise to eminence and wealth, and
yet they had better stay right where they
are, and make their beginning IN the
locality where they were raised If they
really possess genius or special aptitudes
they may first develop them and test the
metal they are made of in the limited
sphere of their native place, and, if the
experiment proves satisfactory, afterwards
transfer them to a wider sphere of action
Thousands of young men who 90 to great
cities to try the world find the world in
such cities too much for them, and they
learn too late that it would have been bet
ter for them to make their trial in hum
bier and safer sphere.-Ne,o York UeraLd.
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Poetry.
TIE OUTCAS7'.


MRS NJ ". Il. GOODWIN
she gazed at the piiiless sky.
AT the cold and barren earth,
At the hungry river rushing by.
Aud in deep despair resolved to die
Cur-ing her hour Of birth.
Her soul was deeply stained by crime
wreck cast up from the ciiys slime.
Why does she tremblc and shrink
Al the gha-tly thought of death?
" hy does she fear Lethe's cup TO drink;
Why fear in obliviou'~ arms 10 sink.
II this life l. but breath.
Does the spirit germ in her darkcned soul
Revolt at death rs mans final goal:
Does a vision Of childhood hours
Sweep DER her fcvercd brain:
4 dream Of wildwood bowers
OF sunshine. buds and flowers,
Before temptation came
\ vision of home and its bliss now lost
To her -in--ick soul 50 tempe-t-tO-scd:
The he'll in the church-tOwcr gray,
Within whose shadow she stands
l. calling believers "a kneel and pray
While the gate of hell'' just over the way
Throws it, red light across the sand
To where the rivers cold, dsrk wave
The hem Of her fouler garment layes.
n should kneel with the rest 10 pray,
wonder if God would hear,
I am weary Of sins unhallowed sway
VIII no one teach me the better way:'
She cried in her doubt and fear:
But with glauces OF hate and in-olent pride,
by the pious throng -he was thrust aside.
We talk of this Gospel day.
We call this Christian land,
Oh Godl When 4 sinner 10 Thee would pray,
From the temples gate >he i turned away
Alone in the street 10 stand.
Wautouly, wickedly forced from the light,
Left fainting and dizzy in darkness and night.
And when in the dreary morn.
With white lips evermore dumb.
With garments ooze-dripping and torn.
Face hunger-stamped and -in-worn-
: dran.y{sd
Can You, from your brow wash the mark o
CIns
Can you call from earth's depths the soul yol
have slain.
-CHriStida Union.
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| Il rope or ladder; and he might be there
still
/ looked at the clock; it was 80.
had barely time to catch the ; O'Clock
express from Paddington, but it might be
done. left my steak and stout untasted
unpaid for, had not the vigilant head
| waiter intercepted me. I flung down
half a crown, and, without waiting for
change, bolted down Fleet street. A
hanson was passing, jumped in, telling
| the driver he should have ii sovereign if
he got me in time for the train. Fortune
favored me; fortune, did | say? Let me
humbly and gratefully thank kind
Providence for saving me and mine from
ruin. As we reached Paddington station,
the clock was on the stroke of three.
One of the big doors had been slammed
to, and the porter was closing the
second. With Il howl that frightened
the stolid porter, | threw myself against
the closing door l dashed through the
ticket office on to the platform. The guard
had Shown his whistle, and the train was
gliding gently away. Policemen and port
ers barred my way in vain. Life or
deathr' | hoarsely rOared, grasping a pass
ing handle, flung myselfinto first-cass
carriage. The cabman, unpaid, was run
ming along the platform after his receding
fare. L threw him IA sovereign, which he
caught, and his face assumed Il beatific
expression as Paddington station passed
from my gaze.
BY one o'clock in the morning I had
reached Llanwyn. The moon was shining
brightly, and Llanwyn was in quiet re
pose. | stopped the car Just outside the
town, and walked to the police station.
reused Inspector Williams, and asked him
to send two constables to watch the Prince
Llewellyn, and also to wake the two bal
lifts and set them on guard. | walked to
the Prince Llewellyn, and took my stand
on the doorstep till my rcintorcements
should arrive.
had hardly reached the top of the
flight of steps when | saw a light over the
fanlight and heard the door-chain rattle
Presently the door was opened cautiously,
and there emerged into the moonlight
Capt. Potts.
He had closed the door before he saw
me, and we stood together on the topmost
step of the high stone flight, glaring at
one another. A fight seemed imminent :;
we were well matched. | was the taller
and heavier. but Potts was more nimble
on his pins. At running, however,
could beat him all hollow, and Potts
knew it, and knew, therefore, that fight
would be useless unless he could pre-
viously disable me. But he was man
of presence of mind, and preferred to ne
gotiate before the fighting.
Look here" he said, rapidly, I'm in
an awful hole. We've always been good
friends, and | don't see that it can harm
you to keep your eyes shut for minute
while / get away"
l had taken him by the arm as he spoke,
and held him with IA grip so firm that he
did not need an answer. He drew him
self together for Il dash at me- but waited
for an answer rs | spoke.
ssDpttS | said pscapp yypJ1i bp
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-04
NO. 40.
Youths Department.
"KNOWLEDGE IS POWER"
BY NORA MAY.

BI NORA MAY.
knowledge is power" is an adagc old,
Whose plain but mighty truth
Inspires and cheers through years of toll,
The aspiring heart of youth.
Ambition whispers unto man
OF the immortal mind,
Made noble by the power OF thought
And growth of soul combined!
The giant intellect is rousedi
See how with tireless wings
Mind ranging through the realms of thought
Rich gems of knowledge brings;
A treasure rich from out the past
On history's page he finds,
And graphing now with study deep
Holds converse with great minds!
With views grown rich through longer life,
Experience and thought,
Each offering here to him who seeks
Their treasure dearly bought.
The sciences must yield 10 him,
Their wondrous mysteries ALL
The earth, the air, the sea. the sky,
Yield trophies at his call!
He studies, thinks-in thought he lives!
Inventions plans and schemes
Are mingled with his waking thoughts
And hauhts his midnight dreams.
This knowledge-does he prove it power?
Or is il all i'll vain
That he has sought ont hidden things
Through WEAKNESS and pain?
His white sails speck the oceans breasti
He rides upon the air
The steam-hOrse speeds across the plain!
The wires his pyramids bear!
improvement follows in his train
And sweeps DER all the land,
He scatters blessings far and wide,
Like pearls among the sand!
Then scholar. wouldst thou initiate
The noblest of the earth
Those who by hard, unfInching toll
Uprosc from humble birth?
And is thy gaze now fixed upon
The shining scroll of fames
And wouldst thou there immortaliZe
Thine, an undying name!
Then grapple thou with earnest thought!
Then burn the midnight oil
For minds like those were never stored
Without stern earnest toll!
Go. scatter gems of knowledge bright
From out thy store around,
And teach ambitious ones the way
To seek what thou hast found.
Young Folks Rurdl.
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Miscellany.
A Warming TO Lovers.

"METrLDY, you are the most good-fo
nothin', trifiin', owdacious, contrary piece
that ever lived.''
"Oh. mar sobbed Matilda, Il couldn',
help myself-'deed l couldn't"
Couldn't help yourself? That's a
pretty way 10 talk Amt he a nice
young MANI"
"Ies'm.'
"Got money!"
eYes'm'
And good kinfolks?"
"Yes'm.''
"And loves you to destrackshun ~
"Yes'm''
well. in the name o. common sense
what did you send him home for:"
"WeH, ma, if l must tell the truth, l
must, l s'pose, though I'd rather die. You
see, ma, when he fetcht his cheer clost to
NINE and ketcht holt of my hand, and
squez it, and dropt on his knees, then it
was that his eyes rolled and he began
breathin' hard, and his gdiiOrses Kept a
creakin' and a creGkin', till l thought in
my soul somethin' terrible was the matter
with hi. in'ards his vitals; and that fius-
tered and skeered me so that L bust out
a-cryin' Seem me do that, he creaked
worse'n ever, and that made me cry hard
er; and the harder cried the harder he
creaked, till all of IA sudden it came to me
.
and then l bust ont laughin' tit to kill
myself, right in his face. And then he
jumpt up and run out of the house mad as
fire: and he amt coming back no more.
Boo-hoo ahoo boo-hor'
"Metildy," said The old woman, stern
", "stop sniv'lin'. You've made an ev-
erlastin' fool of yourself, but your cake
amt all dough yet. 1t all comes of them
no count, fashionable sto' gallowses-
'spenders' / believe they calls 'em. Never
mind, honey. I'll send for Johnny, tell
him how it happened, 'pologize to him,
and knit him real nice pair of yarn gal
lowses, jest like your pas; and they never
do creak."
YES, ma" said Matilda, Frightening
up; ''but let me knit EN-"
so you shall, honey; he'll vally them
heap more than if | knit 'em. Cheer
up, Tidy; it'll all be right-you mind if
it won't"
Sure enough, it proved to be all right.
Tidy and Johnny were married, and
Johuny's gallowses never creaked any
more.-Lippincott far September.
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A STORY is told of IA woman who freely
used her tongue to the scandal of others,
and made confession to the priest of what
she had done. He gave her ripe thistle
top, and told her TO go out in various di-
rectionS and scatter the seeds, one by one.
Wondering at the penancc, she obeyed,
and then returned and told her contessor
To her amaZemcnt he babe her go back
and gather the scattered seeds; and when
she objected that il would be impossible,
he replied that it would be still more
difficult to gather up and destroy all the
evil reports which she had circulated
about others.
1t was expected the other day, when
Anna Dickinson rode To the top of Pixies
Peak, that she would made speech on
the occasion; but il seems that for once,
she was willing 10 let Pike speak alone.
WHEN is young lady like Il music
book? When she is full of airs.
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Cows and Singers.

Cows are sociable, and understand more
than we suppose. The way | came in
possession of this choice bit of knowledge
Tim and | used to sing to our cows
They kneyHery quick when we changed
from one efne to another. We have tried
them repeatedly. When we sang sober
church hymns, they'd lop their ears down,
look serious, and chew their cud very
slowly, reminding memo irreverence
meditated--of nice old ladies in church,
listening to the words ofthe preacher, yet
all the time munching cloves. Then
we'd change to some quick air, yankee
Doodle" or the like, and they would
shake their heads, open their eyes, blink
at us as much as to say, "Stop, don't you
know we are the deacon's cows" But
when we would stop entirely, every COW
would turn her head, as if asking us to go
on with our singing. If il was pleasant,
we generally sang together through the
entire milking. / love the dear animals
that add 50 much to our comfort. Boys,
will you not be kind to the cows?-
Cannia FuTmer.
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A MAN in Whitehall kicked another
man and was arrested for so doing. When
brought before Il justice of the peace, he
Informed his honor that the man he had
kicked was lightningrod man. The
Justice at once discharged him, with the
remark; "The man who wouldn't kick a
lightning-rod man wherever he finds one
Is unfit TO enjoy the liberties for which
Washington fought and Thomas Paine
wrote" The justice had paid 5000 for
lightningrods on his house last spring.
ALWAYS GOING TO THE DoGs-BOnes.
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WHEN is a young lady like Il music
ook? When She is full of airs.
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ALWAYS GOING TO THE Does-Bones.
The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-05
N NENOEIANI.

At regular communication Of Carson Lodge
No !. 7. s, \. II. held in Carson City. on Thurs
day. January ,, 1873 the following Preamble
and Resolutions were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS. It has pleased the Almighty to re-
move from our midst, by death. Bro. Ozro Il.
Parker. the Tyler Of this Lodge. be it
Resoired, That in the death of Brother Par
ker. on the 18th ultilno, ano by tn" peculiarly
painful circumstances OF his demise, are
again reminded that
Death rides on every passing breeze,
And Turks in every opening flower
Each Season hath IFS own disease
Its pcrilS. every hour
Second. That Brother Parker was an ELECTION
ate add faithful husband and father: and eff
ri"nt and true man aid Mason: and a Jealous
Christian.
Third. That The NEST cordial sympathy of
this Lodge is hereby extended to his Widow and
assurance that this Lodge and community are
sharcTs with them i'll loss and grief.
Fol,gfh. That his Lodge be drapcd N mourn
ing. and that its members Wear the accustomed
badge for the eTl,uing thirty days.
FifH. That these Resolutions lie published in
the NEW APPEAL and a copy thereof sent to
the Widow of the deceased and one to each of
his brothers.
r. r. RICE.
c. y. NOTEwARE,t Committee.
T. d. EDWARDS.
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rl:NI-sG STOCK REPORT.
Forenoon Iso3ril.

Forenoon Board.
90 Opliir 20 $50, 1879. so so BIS. 81 bso
272 Savage 81, s4'4, So, So y b30, S61, 49,
BIO, Sc b5, S515
725 Chollar So. 81 4 BIO, 571s
so Hale 4 Moro ross SO. 81. 81 b5. Sc
$50 Crown Point 9S19, 80 b3O, 81 BIO
SO Yellow Jacket II b5. II, X, rs b3O, 1914
1865 Imperial So. 80 BIO, So
40 Empire Mill "a, ia
25 Alpha A.
535 Belchtr 90, Of, 81, 9316, 90, Sc b3O, 90, 95-
BIO. 90 i, 1915
160 Confidence IL. 1913
100 Con Virginia 46 Il 46. At, 4s19. Az b3o
so Sierra Nevada IA 4, 151s, IA q b30
GO Seq ,}elcher 7214, 70
:45 OverIHan 81 4. 6S. 81 y, 68 ba, 60 4 b3O
rs Justice s. h. 81 $50
10 Julia III
50 Best i Be leher 81
315 Caledonia27, 26, 81 b3o, 264, 261s
A. KncherDocker 81
225 Arizona X Utah Ia, . b3O, 9
667 Globe az, 25a
200 Baltimore 21a
$50 Silver Hill ~. "a b5, "a. "a b5, "a
100 Union Con "a
100 Woodville 81, 81
1925 Meadow Valley 10, 1871 10 b30, 1851 IS =,
l9l4, 1881 BIO
43o Raymond Ely 90, 92k, %, 9416 b3O, 81 4,
81 bio. 91s4
els Eureka Con IA b3o, 49,, II BIS, IA. b3o,
1875. II SO
100 jackson so cts
600 Phoenix =. Ia. b5
325 Phoebe 10I4 H. l0aI, II b30. II, II $50
so Washington 4 Creole -.
$50 Alps BIO, 334. 3's
400 HUM 4 Hunt 3, 27s
100 Flags
$50 Phoebe Phoenix ~, Ga
20 Eureka q V 15i4
125 Chapman - cts
80 Peavine 60 cts
800 IngOmar Is
go Belmont 80. b9O
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(;l.ITOINIA LiVy-IABTCINTH

Our once lawless parent State is
fast becoming the most law-ridden
of communities. The system of
statutes there in vogue is almost as
prolix, labyrinthiae and puzzling as
that tinkered- up scrap book of old,
second hand, fy-specked, law-garret
rubbish, the Constitution of the State
of Nevada. The once free limbed,
citizen of the Golden State
must now study law and be prepared
TO practice it before he can vote
without standing the chance of going
to the Penitentiary; must own him.
self an outlaw before he can indulge
in the mild and innocent recreation
Of bucking the tiger; must practice
the decentralization known to the vic
Tins of the Maine Liquor Law be
fore he can get his Sunday morning
cocktail: must be born according to
rule and have his sex and age and
complexion filed away by parasite
Of the law before he can be consi-
dered legitimate offspring of duly
sanctified wedlock; and be in con-
slant peril of his immortal soul ev-
erv time he turns over in bed, per
forms the act of deglutition upon
his matutinal hash or combs his
sunny, sunny locks. The once roy
STEERING, unfettered, jocund youth
has been Transformed into rldlcul-
Gus second edition of the canting,
straight-laced, psalm singing, Ian
tern -jawed subject of code OF Blue
laws; and there is forced and over
strained assumption of severity of
moral conduct there that is absurd
and preposterous in the extreme.
The small and provincial world Of
California is governed too much.
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The alew l]ailp appeal.
NEWS SUMMARY.


More Italian starvelings coming tc
New York. VIM. M. Evarts is an
nOunced as The successor of Fish
when Fish is duly resigned >, OLD
Vanderbilt has been sued for "a, 500.
600 by Erie :. Bad state of affairs
and growing worse, in Louisiana.
The conservatives threaten to inaugu-
rate their man for Governc~, and the
Pinchbeckers swear to rise powder
and lead to prevent it. The trouble
begins to morrow. Stokes trial
still goes on. :. One million of gov
eminent gold sold on the 81 at 11.51
@1169. Following up the trail Of
the q. P. r. II. frauds. an investiga-
ton is to be had into the Wyoming
Coal Ring-whateverthat is. =. Great
damage is feared from the breaking
up Of the ice in the Mississippi. -.
The London Times admits the prob
ability of the annexation of the Sand
wich Islands to the United States.
Russia and England have shaken
hands across the ice belt, and the
incursion of the Northern Bear into
the bowels of Khiva will so on with
ont British impeachment. :. Terrible
tempests are reported as occurring
at Birmingham, southampton and
Queenstown. The order of The
Black Eagle has been conferred upon
Bismarck by the German Emperor.
If old Two-spot can stand it we can
When the San F,auciscans run
short of subjects to operate upon
they waylay and rob old washer
women l02 years old. =. Gold, at
latest advices 1889; grecnbacks S9H
090. :. The gratifying and instruc
tive scientific fact is announced that
there has been a rainfall in San
Francisco of 1860 inches. The
constitution is thus happily vindi-
Gated. A poor. blind Chinaman
was coldly denied the detail of an
officer to shoot him to death by the
police authorities of San Francisco.
We suppose that he viii be left to
the horrible alternative of suicide.
A boy fourteen years old has been
sent to the Insane Asylum from San
Francisco. Another lad, same age,
committed suicide. And yet San
Francisco would withhold her sane
ton from the Goat Island Bill .
The earth is still shaky in the vicin
ity of Owens River. When the
intrepid pale faces who are confront
ed with Cap'n Jack and his bare
bodied Indians at Lost River, Ore
gon, get two more cannon, some re
Inducements and few more rounds
of whisky and tobacco, they will be-
gin operations, at long range against
The bastard foe. We are valarous
and discreet people, we white folks
are. Lets go to Arizona. She is
out OF debt and has $4,000 in the
Territorial Treasury 49,. Measles,
scarlet fever anl diptheria prevail
i. mongst the children of Vallejo.
Nice rains all over California . . The
-:ko and Hamilton and Phoebe mar
row guage r. R. is vigorously push
ing ahead under the present admin
istration. ;. /. The new gambling act
is causing q stampede amongst the
sports of California.
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II. .AINT-.
c. y. NOTEWARE, Con
T. ID. EDWARDS.

4 SANDER REFUTED.-Visitors often
complain that they cant find good Sc
gar in Carson. If they will only call on
r. Fred Brooks, opposite the Ormsby
House. they will discover that none but
the best Imported Segars are retailed at
two bits, and that his one bit segars are
far superior to any other house; try them.
No charge is made if goods are not salts
factory Il. Fred Brooks, Bookseller,
>tationer and Segar dealer, opposite the
Ormshv House, next door to Rails hard
ware store.