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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07
CANTON, MISS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1874.

neighbors as use the well, and have not
been so wise as himself.
To barter away old shoes for the benefit
of the TRANSLATOR" is a sad waste; there
is nothing like well-worn leather to pro
pitiate fate. The time -honored custom of
throwing an old shoe after deprting
friend, in order that his journey may
have a prosperous issue, is so ancient and
So common, that we only mention it here
to remind intending throwers that the
shoe should belong to the left foot-there
is no virtue in its fellow; and that the
harder the recipient is hit, the happier
will be the result. Old shoes are within
every body's reach, but n friend is not al
ways at hand 10 perform the ceremony.
However, that scarcely matters much,
since we have lately learned success is to
be retrieved, whether it be deserved or
not, by simply pocketing bit of coal.
There is no reason why black diamonds
should not be as efficacious as any other
luck bringers; still, belief must halt
somewhere, and ours halts at coal, al
though ready to concede that Incredibly
would be lessened if the coal carriers
limited their faith to genuine Wallsend.-
CHdm5ers's Journal
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07
A Short COurtship.

A GERMAN living in Hyde Park, who
had the misfortune short time ago to
lose his wife, leaving him with a large
family of young children to look after and
care for, was in a peck of trouble until
last week. He could not get any one
competent to take charge of his family
and manage the mansion according to his
idea. He tried servants, sisters and
sisters-in-law, but it was no go, and he
finally make up his mind to get second
wife-a mother for his children. He
thought of every girl and widow of his
acquaintance, for miles around, but could
not hit upon one that he thought he
could live with congenially. A happy
thought struck him. lie had heard of
advertising for wife, and of women in
sorting notices in newspapers for hus-
bands. He invested five cents in New
York Herald, went home, locked himself
into a room, and Immediately went for
the page that contains the personals and
wants. After careful scrutiny he hit
upon a name whose fair pOssessOr he
imagined would make him a genial CON-
panion, and his children kind and loving
mother. Thenext morning after breakfast,
he told his mother, who had then charge
of his household, that he was going to
New York. but he did not mention his
errand. He carefully noted in his men,
orandum the name and number of the
fair advertiser He arrived in New York
that night. The next morning after
breakfast he started out in search of the
residence of the woman he wished to
make his companion for life. After half
an hours walk he got on the right street,
and when within few numbers of the
house where the beau ideal of his thoughts
was living, he stepped into lager beer
saloon to get a glass to steady his nerves
and revive his spirits for the trying Or
deal. In conversation with his German
brother he revealed the object of his visit
to the city, and pointed to the house
where "she" lived. His friend remon-
strated with him and told him not to go
there, or else he would regret it the long
est day he lived. He then proposed to
furnish him wife The offer was accept
ed, and the old gentleman went into his
house and brought forth a hale, hearty
lass of the Teutonic stamp. After few
hours conversation, they concluded to get
married, and married they were that day.
He returned the next day to Hyde Park
with his bride, and they are living as
happy as kittens.-!Scranton (Pa) i'epu6ti-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07
What Happened in OswegO.

THE Oswe 20 Times has good story to
tell, in connection with the literary piracy
in which the students in our colleges and
academies indulge. The late d. p. Page,
the first principal of the Albany State
Normal School, made one morning be-
fore the whole school remarks to the fol-
lowing purport: He said that few years
previous, while travelling in Massachu-
sets, his wife, at hotel, found an article
in a magazine which impressed her SO IA
vorably that she copied it into her scrap
book. He read it at the time and had not
thought of it since until the evening be-
fore, when the same article had been
handed to him by one of the students for
correction" as an original composition.
He sincerely regretted that among young
gentlemen and ladies, aspiring to the
honorable position of teachers, even one
should be found who would do so dishon-
Orable thing as to try to pass Oft, as his
own or her own, the productions of
another, and his first impulse was to ex-
pose the fraud in open school. But he
presumed it was the first thing of the
kind that had occurred in that insti-
tuition, and as there might be eXtenuating
circum stances, he had concluded to
forgive the offender, provided that indi
vidual should call at his room within
three days, confess the fault, and promise
not TO repeat it. In this statement MIR.
Page gave no intimation as to the charac-
ter OF the "piece," or the personality of
the offender and, before the expiration of
the three days, more than two-thirds OF
the students had called upon him, ac-
knowledged the offense, and apologized,
'and," said he, while relating the cir
cumstance, "the right man did not come
at all" The story needs no comments,
and embodies its own conclusions.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07

Governments, after having exhausted to
no purpose the resources of diplomacy.
agreed by specific treaty-the Treaty of
/ Washington-to refer tho whole subject
! TO court OF arbitration, and then to abide
! by its decision. This is a couspicuous
example of peaceful arbitration adopted
| by two OF the strongest nations of the
earth, neither of which had any special
reason to fear the other In the event of
resort to the sword. 1t reflects great
honor upon both nations, as well as upon
the Administrations that initiated the
process and carried ii to successful is
sue. Let the principle embodied in this
example become the general practice of
nations, and that will be the end of war
Mr. David Dudley Field, an eminent
lawyer of this country, who deserves the
highest honor as an enthusiastic apostle
OF this principle, has made draft of an
international code, extending to seven
hundred and two sections, and covering
the whole field of International public
and private law. His propositions in re-
spect to the adjustment of national diff
culties are the following: 1. That every
nation surprising itself to have a ground
of complaint against another shall give
formal notice of the cause or causes of
such complaint, as well as of the redress
it seeks. 2. That when, after such no.
tice, the two nations find themselves un-
able to agree as to the matter in dispute
they shall appoint joint high commits
sion, whose business shall be, if possible,
to reconcile them, and in this way term
mate the dispute. 3. That, in the event
of failure, the question shall be refer
red to a high tribunal of arbitration, con-
sistlng of seven persons, appointed in
specific way, whose decision shall be
final. 4. That the nations that are parties
to code embracing these principles
shall bind themselves to see to it that
each nation thus a party shall not resort
to war with any other party accepting the
its provisions for the preservation of
peace.
Nothing is clearer than that the end
aimed at is enc that ought to be persistent
iy sought 1t is too grand, too important,
and too Christian to be treated as simply
Utopian. The movement, in seeking the
end. as Count Sclopis, one of the Geneva
arbitrators, has well said, will "make the
voice of public opinion ring in
the ears of the governments, and so ere
ate what Montesquieu terms a common
feeling. This will result in their decid-
ing to do something positive" This
common feeling" that strips war of its
Fictitious and false glory and invests
peace with its proper honor, is precisely
what is wanted in order to put an end to
war. And whoever believes in the power
of moral causes, especially when they are
by Christian influences, will
hardly think it Utopian to make an effort
for the creation of suchra feeling, even if
it should take century to win the vic
tory.-N. Y. Independent.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07

and read thrilling protest against his
business to each proprietor. Then they
sing a hymn and one of them offers
prayer If the man promises to give up
the business, and keeps his promise, he
is left in peace; otherwise there is an
other of these moral visits the very next
day. One day the procession was 1877
strong. Thus far only one spirituous
man has been conquered.
THE editor of the Louisiana, Mo,
Press, in relating what he knows about
farming, touches up the hog question in
this style: ITO make Berkshire pigs out
Of your haZel-splitiers, select cool day,
Stand them on their hams, tied to a sap
ling, and drive their noses back into their
shoulders, leaving about an inch pro-
truding. If you look at the agricultural
papers, you will see that all blooded hogs
are fixed that way. If you have any
whose noses are longer than the rest of
the body, better sell them to an artesian
well company for drills, as you cannot
drive the nose back without telescoping
the whole pig. When you cut up hogs,
leave the ham square, leave some hair
too, salt everlastingly, and they will be
worth several cents less per pound than
when trimmed and cured so that
Christian can eat them"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07
Chang and Eng.

In conversation with DR.. Hollingsworth
Of Mount Airy, N. c., concerning the
Siamese twins, the doctor said:
The twins moved to our neighborhOod
in 1916. Before the war they did not
agree as brothers so indissOlubly bound
ought to do, and they came to me once
and Eng, who had the better disposition
of the two, said in the presence of their
business agent that he could not live with
his brother amicably and wanted to have
separation. l replied that the most emf
nent surgeons of Europe had given their
opinion adverse to such an operation, and
that | would not do it, adding that
would as soon cut their Threats. This
startling view, together with the agents
persuasions, caused the matter to drop
They We're born face to face, and could
not have been at any time during their
lives back to back, as some accounts rep.
resent The connection was by an extern
sion of the sternum, at the time of their
death almost osseOus in its hardness, and
nearest in appearance and size to man S
hand, with the fingers stretched out
and squeezed together, and with the
thumb underneath, making convex
and concave surface respectively
above and below In the exact center of
this band was the mark of a single UNI
bilical cord The absence of doubleness
in this regard is confirmed by the state
ment of the mother to her son Eng, who
repeated it to me. This band examined
after death 1t had but one umbillcal
mark precisely in the center OF the con-
nection and underneath. Eng, the strong
and heathy one, understood his intimate
relation to his weak and slckly brother,
and remarked on several occasions, I'VE
can't live long" Chang never SAID any
thing but Il feel bad" l told them at
the time of the interview on the subject
that possibly the severance might have
been performed successfully when young
! II | had been in time, before the death OF
Eng, | would certainly have attempted the
operation The common error concerning
Il supposed artery passing through me
band would have not deferred me; but
my only fear was that peritonitis
ed itself directly with the perito'
neum The band is the ensiform
cartilage apparently ossitied as hard as
the thigh bone, and it had no motion III
il, and had verv little sensation, and that
only at a particular point in the center:
The danger of reritonitis alone prevented
the operation. Their wives are white SIS
tiers, born in Yates, raised In North Caro-
/ lima, uneducatcd, but naturally lntelil,
gent, about forty years old, weighing &Uo
and 215 pounds respectively, and children
of "A mother who now weighs nearly 400
pounds. The twins were fond of playing
draughts, but never against each other,
saving it would be no amusement
They were not members of any church,
but went occasionally with their wives
Their brains were distinct. They were
good business men, and often in driving a
bargain, they would walk aside and CON
suit together Us to what was best. they
had only two deaf and dumb children.
The deaf girl recently married III haielgh'
No two men were more honest III their
dealings nor more pertinacious N then
hahits-N 7. TrJ}sns
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07
A Terrible Death.

J WE were yesterday put into possession
of the details of the death of Chinaman
on the Coronades, day before yesterday
that eclipse in horror the death scene de
scribed by Victor Hugo in his "Toilers OF
the Sea-" in which devil-fish is intro
duced with graphic power. Our readers
know that the abalone meat is Il priced del
icacy of the Chinaman, and that the shell
of the abalone, when properly polished,
is one of the most tancitul and beautiful
things in nature The abalones are gen.
orally sought lower down the coast, but
are also found in the neigborhood of San
Diego. Day before yesterday Fung Chong,
professional fisherman, residing near
: ROseville known among Americans by
the nickname of "Chowder," started out
to the Coronades in his boat to hunt for
abaiones. OF course, his movements can
only be surmised by the event The sup
position is that he moored his boat and
began his quest. The Coronades are
quite abrupt in their formation, precipi-
tous, but occasionally broken. Chow
der' saw an enormous abalone in cleft
of the rock, in place covered with water
when the tide was in, and, throwing him.
self on his stomach, he dropped over the
ledge to wrench the delicacy from its fast
ness. Abalones are univalvular, and if,
in detaching one from the rock, to which
happens to not wrench it loose at once, it
often closes its single shell on
the rock, prisoning the spelling
hand and causing inexpressible
agony. This was psOr "ChOwder's"
fate. AS his evil star would have
it, the abalone was unusually large, and
the poor Chinaman, unable to release
himself, must have early realized that
he was doomed. From his position,
~ l,n h,..p
himself, OF obtain any leverage by which,
at the sacrifice of the hand, if need be, he
could free himself We can imagine the
agony suffered by the poor wretch as he
waited tor hours the rising of the tide
which should end the misery by death.
The actual pain endured must have been
unspeakab,e, and no help was nearer than
eighteen miles. We can conceive of
nothing so horrible as such situation,
except the an cient Persian punishment of
the boat described minutely by Plu-
tarch, in which the victim was thrown to
to the ground, boat was thrown upside
down over him and staked, and his face
was smeared with honey to attract the in
sects. There he was left to die. The
poor Chinaman's plight was almost as
bad as this; but happily the returning
tide prevented the torment from being as
lasting The memorable waters, however,
shortly did their work. There came
time when the poor Chinaman could
strain no longer, and when the briny
food sucked from his lungs the breath of
life. When yesterday Chowder's body
was recovered by brother Celestial his
dead hand was still clutched in the re-
morseless grasp of the abalone which had
so terribly avenged the invasion of his
rocky home. The agony the poor fellow
had endured in this novel martyrdom was
imprinted on his face.-Sdn Diego World.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07
Expenditures of tine General Govern.
ment on Public Works for
Eight Years.

THE Secretary of the Treasury, in re.
Spouse TO resolution of the Senate, has
made out the following statement of
money expended by the General Govern.
ment on public works in the several States
and Territories from June 80, 1865, to
June so, 1873:
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07

The Lawrence Kansas) Republican
journal doesn't believe that it is well to
found SO many new colleges. "What We
want" it says, ''is to concentrate our
forces on a few colleges and make them
good 1t seems monstrous proceeding
10 be setting up new institutions on
money basis large enough to be worth
saving, but not large enough to make a
decent college; to leave institutions al
ready started and approved bare of fur
nlture and means. There are SO many
colleges already existing, embodying so
many different ideas and representing so
many phases of thought, that any mod
crate mao could find among them the one
fitted to his prcjudices on which TO be
stow his money without making new
one"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07

Bright sunshine; n blue armament
with masses of fieecy clouds tumbling
through it; dry walks and lounging
clerks: light breeze tossing the moistened
air and tanning the cheeks of the people
cackling hens, winking cats and stretch
ing dogs. And this a mid-winter day in
the north. --EIchangs
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07

AN Atchison (Kan) paper says that
while soldiers were digging up graves at
Fort Kearnev, not long ago, they found a
coffin filed with snakes. 1t would not be
difficult TO guess what that fellow died of.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07

Bishop Hare, of Dakota, is about to
make an experiment in teaching the In
dams of his diocese mechanical trades,
especially blacksmithing, tailoring and
shoemaking. The Rev. St George Young
is TO have charge.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07

A society has been formed III Belgium
for collecting all waste paper and selling
it for the benefit of the Pope. The society
has appealed to all the possessors of bad
books, such as the works of Noltaire,
Rousseau, Diderot, Volney, and other
detcstable authors" TO hand them over as
waste paper.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07

I'm our day." says the Christian
Union, "the intelligent Christian perceives
that povery is not holier in the sight of
God than riches, nor ignorance more
saint-likc than knowledge, nor the hair
shirt devotional above the business coat,
nor drab a more acceptable hue to heaven
than blue, nor a 1ounce the symbol of a
reprobate mind, and skimp skirts meet
offering of righteousness"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07

In view of the detection Of Bishop
Cummins, the Church Journal thinks The
Bishops should set apart Il day Of humills-
tion and PRAYER"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07

THE Detroit Tribune says that after
their return from their wedding tour the
Duke of Edinburgh and the Grand Ouch
ess Maria VIII board with Queen Victoria
until their house is ready for housekeep-
ing. There will be the stoves for the
Duke TO put up, and Maria will want to
be carpets 10 put down, which will give
them both something to do, and when
they get under way, Victoria will run in
and help baking days, come over to
wiring out things Mondays, as it were
So the young couple have = clesr future
before them.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07

An officer of the British army, known
in London society, has volunteered for
missionary work, asking only TO be sent
to the post Of greatest danger.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-07

The late Hon. John P. Hale once re-
marked that ''of all sorts of essence the
devil likes acauieseence the bestn
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-20

LINE" LIGHTS TO MARK THE CHANNEL, BETWEEN
NEW CASTLE AND DELAWARE CITY.
The o. s. Lighthouse Board is now in nego-
tiation with certain property owners on the Bay
Shore, in this county, for sites upon which to
place four new cline" lighthouses, to--serve in
marking more distinctly the ship channel of the
Delaware, between New Castle and Delaware
City. Two of these will be placed midway be-
tween the two places, a short distance apart, in
such position that when a vessel il in the chan
mel below New Castle, the lights will be in range,
to person looking inland, to the South West.
One OF them is to be placed on the farm Of An
thony Reybold, and the other on that of William
Reybold.
The channel, between the two towns, makes
nearly right angle, and the other two lights
will be 30 placed OH the shore near New Castle.
that upon the ship changing her course, at that
point she will get them i'll range, looking inland
to the North. These two will be placed respec
lively, on the farms OF Taylor Dixon aud DAVID
G. Nivin.
About two or three acres of land for eacf
light, and the right OF way to il from these near
est public point will be needed, and these the
Government, as already stated, is negotiating
for, though, in case of failure to agree, pro
caedings IN condemnation will be taken, uudei
the general State law which extends this priv
ilege to the Unitel States, the same as to pub
lie corporations chartered by the Legislature
Plans for the houses, in which the lights are tC
be placed. have bsen prepared by General Rey
nol1s, engineer of the Light Iuse Board 70
this District, and the estimated cost of each i
about $4,000.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-20

FINE MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, LAST EVENING
LARGE, CRITICAL AUDIENCE, AND VERY GEsRn-
AL SATISFACTION.
The concert at West Presbyterian Church, last
evening, was precisely what was to be expected
from the participants. 1t was one OF the finest
musical entertainments ever given by local tai
emit In this city, and by general consent is ap-
proved as highly-cultured well-rendered and
oroughy-enjoyed display of musical skill. 1t
was a very gem in itself, brilliant in its simplic-
ity, and as well might we attempt to produce up
on paper ray Of yesterdays sunshine as to ad-
equately portray the excellencies Of the rendi-
ton.
The audience was large. bstweeu $50 and 40
persons, who were critical in Judgment and
many proficient III music. Soon after the ap.
pointed hour the vocalists entered from the pas.
tors reception room, and after a few remarks Of
felicitation and caution against applause by
Rev. ]. M. p. Otts, the concert was opened the
accompaniment being furnished ON the church
organ by Bradley James, The programme was
divided into two parts, each of which were
opened by finely executed DUETS by Bradley
James and Ford Fullmer-the one an Overture
to Night in Grenada, by Kreutzer and the 9TH
or an Overture to zanetta, by Auber. Mr..
James also performed most excellent organ 3D.
los in each part-"Adagio and Finale " by Spohr.
and " "Au1ante from the symphony In Hat, u
of Andreas Romberg.
Solos were sung by Miss NJ Z. ormond, Miss
Betty Goodrich, Of Washington, and MIR. O. b.
Rhoads Although suffering from cold, Miss
ormond fully sustained hei we'll earned reputa-
tion in Home, Sweet Home," added to the pro-
gram ne by request and "When the Tide Comes
in," both being executed in an artistic mani er.
Miss Goodrich sang Ruth aud Naomi" aud
"Hear Me, o Father" in both of which her mag
niheent voice performed the notes roundy and
fully and with fine effect The first was proba-
bly, better within the compass OF her voice, hui
the latter was more artistic and difficult but none
the less well executed for this reason. Mr..
Rhoads rendition Of Lachners Serenade in hit
rich, strong baritone voice was universally admir-
ed and highly complimented.
The duett by the Misses Conner, "5ee the
Pale Moon" of Campana, was very sveetly exc
Guted and faultless.
Two quartettes were sung by the Misses Con
ner and Messrs Rhoads and 0gle, which wer'
fine exhibitions OF artistic culture and skill. Th'
performance was unmarried in any respect, anS
so highly appreciated was it that even the sacred
moss of the place and of most OF the music did no
prevent some manifestations of delight. Severa
boqu. It's were also rendered the singers.
After the concert the performers were regale'
with collation. i'll the basement OF the church