davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1875-09-25
HEART-SEARCHlNGS.

There hangs picture in my little room
VI face that Is tender and strong and true;
where III wlntriest days sweet roses bloom,
And IN summer viole;s wet " tn dew
Loves dearest, purest, holisst shrine.
The one bright spot in this room Of mine,
To-day, friend before it, soft ani m i'd,
In words rs soft and Mid did sweetly speak;
" lis better 10 have loved and lost -sbe smiled,
And left the rest IN tears upon my cheek
her fate than mine still being bitterer far,
As drops of gall than common tear-droPs are.
Tonight, alone. bsne-th that piotrred lace,
I'm gazing back into my blessed past,
Live er those days, so brief, of tender grace
Iove's dream when perfect rarely long doth last,
Then lift again the presents heavy Cross,
This weight OF loneliness and grief and loss.
Nay, nay, my heart, be just IN all thy woe,
And here, to-night. take measure OF thy pain,
All Joy from life hath ned Full well know
That bliss ike thine can ne'er return again.
Thy sun hath truly set; but through tie night
The clear o'erarching blue with stars is bright
Strong hards grasp thine, and tender voices still
Make soft the wind with words of holy cheer,
And little hearts and hands their life fulfill
ny bringing deaNen' . II c 10 thine more near,
As hly-cuIs may shed nights purest deyt
Upon the parent stem from which hey grew
Nay, shrink not from me yet, but at my feet
Own all thy selfshIeSs with AL t-y pain;
Own with thy griefs thy oOmpensatiOns sweet,
Nor csn that lCss that shall prove thy gam.
Can love be lost , Can light can trut can heaven
If love be lost, then 'twere not lace was gwen
But iOve's expression, and It's tender care,
Nay, even these, D heart, are still thine own
Rise from eartIs damps to heavens " divIn ctr -
Breathe, live, an / know thou never ant alone!
That watciful love dytii guard and guide thee STILL
l ct thy tired f ct go wandering where they will
And failing thus 70 lift thy spirit thence,
This same dear love, III pity for thy woe,
Doth pierce at mes the binding veil of sense
Aud teach thee, thou of little TAI h, 10 know
By touch ami tone. though soft as zephyr breath,
Both life and love may pass unchanged thrO' death.
No loss then, hast thou suffered And thy gain,
Learning TO walk by faith, and not by SIGHT!
TRANSMITTING into heavenly joys e4rths pam
Battling with self and conquering IN the fight
Then by deaths golden ladder 10 arise
From heaven on earth to heaven beyond the skies
, 1875-09-25
Idle Money.

II Is somewhat paradUxical TO say that
peurle make n more substantial showing of
wealth in Zine of general Depression than
when business is brisk and times good. "
Unlr~s all the Eastern papers are greatly at
fault, there Is an industrial depression tx
tending all through the country between the
Mississippi River and The Atlantic OCEAN,
with perhaps local EXCEPTIONS. Ye' the July
statements OF he RAJ Ings Ia ks of New York
shows "a gain III Il, po-I's II over Sl2 .OOO 600
1hr nnmhr pf drEari'OT, Is increased $4,000
in ,hr same rirur. Ii This showing were
in IL Time ot admit "a prosperity, II would be
cited as an evidence of hr fact Bui coming
rs it does at H time when The impression is
v.ry general at least that bu-inee~ is dull and
timrs hAri. rhe statement requires some dis
play Of nhih Y ia the way 81 explanation.
TIE plain Facts nrr. 'bnr Il rr w'r- oOOOO
,.,,,r,. p. upl- with money III 'he savings hanks
last July than las J rpuary. The aggregate
Of their savings l. $12 OOO. 600 rrearer at the
former period Than ar the latter. The uatur-
al conclusion wouid be that the people were
so mnch richer-that the $l2 .nO0,U 900 repre-
sent the gains of the last FIX months. / his
natural rtnc,m>iup. however, Ould doubtless
b.. ro some ,.x'ent Incorrect. The explana-
tion given by local papers is, that Il certain
number of people have gone ont Of business
and put their money in the savings banks.
This. crrtiuly, is lot a good sign. An arti
san DONG business in II small way with n
few thousand dollars invested would give
employment dirrctly nn1 indirrcrly 10 num
ber OF persons If he CLOSES up his business
he may add his capital to his bank account,
but adds nothing 10 his actual wealth But
plausible as rhrse explanations are, it is Il
question If they touch the true secret Of the
case. Periods of apparent prosperity, iu nine
cases out of ten, are II sham. People come
ont of them with less money than they had
when they went IN. a rapid rise iu property
creates All appearance OF wealth, and in
creased expenditure eHts up more than the
actual profit. II is possible for man to
grow rich IN fifrren hundred dollars n year,
aud to grow poor on fifteen thousand. The
measure of actual prosperity Is not i'll the
gross income, but IN the exorss OF income
over expenditure. Now in New York aud
New England il Is quite possible that people
are getting rich by saving. Thy may earn
less than they DID four years ng', bnt save
NOR Reverses bring p, ople 10 their sense>
The fuancial crash which caus.d families To
give up IN ir Firth avenue mansions and dis
npp,,ar from su,.ir'y, III many Gases has placed
h, ~ very families 10 pO-III0n where ihry
ean live Wi hin their m,Ans. and pei haps add
s.,u-thIng o heir bank account II people
would look under the surface they would
, n,.,b,bv fini that s,me IF the addIrIon"i
Sl2. .OU0, COZ Ia he s.vIng- banks Il the r.
srIr nt &c nurny Iuducs-d ~ thu apprehension
If still greater Trv-r--s-S 7 CaI.
, 1875-09-25
Rules for Smelling.

The following rules should be carefully COM
mitttd to memory Us the knowledge Of them
viii prevent that hesitation about the SPELL
inS of common words which is frequently
experienced eren by the well educated
All monosyllables ending in l. with a sin
gle vowel before 1t, have double at The
close; mill, syll.
All mono>yllabies ending in l, with
double vowel before II, have one at the close;
wall, sail.
Mono>yllabIes ending IN when compound
ed. retain but one ! each as fulfil, skilltul.
All words Of more than one syllable ending
in have one only at the close, as faithful.
delightful except recall befall, unwcn, exc.
All derivatioGs f.on, words ending IN
have enc only; as equality from equal; ex-
cept they end III er, or Il; as mill, miller
tull, fuller.
All particiPles, IN ing from verbs ending
IN e. lose the final as have having; amuse,
amusing; except they come from verbs end
ing in double e, and then they retain both;
as see, seeing agree, agreeing.
All verbs in " and nouns IL ment retain
the final Of their PrImiJives; as brave, BRAY
cry; refine. refinement; except Judgment,
acknowledgement.
All derivatives from words ending in er
retain the before the T; as refer, reference
except hinirsnce from hinder; remembrance
from rem. nbcr: disastrous from disaster;
mOn-tTouS from monster; wondrous from
wonder; cumbrru- from CUmber. etc.
All compound words, if both end not IN !,
retain their primitive part entire; rs mill
.rrag.af,-S
also. j. d.plorable, although, almost, admirable,
&c
Al mouosyllab!cs ending in 4 cons0nan',
with single consOuaH; before 1t, double that
consonant IN derivatives, as sin. sinner; ship.
shipping; big, bigger; glad, giadder-
Mouo>yIlable ending III cunsUnant, with
"A double vowel before II, do not double the
elI:~onant IL derivatives, as sleep, Gleeping,
troop. trooper
All words ii more than one syllable, end
ing in a single col.aanant, preceded by SIN
gie voHrl. aud accented un the last syllable,
duub,e hat coHsansnt IN deyIv atiye. as COM
mil, committee; compel, compelled; appal,
appalling; distri. dI-;Iller.
Nouns of one syllable, ending in Y, change
V into les in the plural, and verbs ending III
Y. preceded by II cousouanr, change y INTO les
IN the third person singular OF the present
tense, and les III the Isst tense and past par
ticipIe As iiy, flies; / apply, he applies;
reply, or have replied, or he replied. If the
' De preceded hy "a vowel, This rule Is not.ap-
pIicaJIe; as key, keys; play, he plays: We
have enjoyed ourselves
Compound words whose primitives end in
Y, change y into /; as beauty, beautiful;
lovely, Ioyrliue-s--JasaRa! cf Education
, 1875-09-25

D.NGER or PR0THacrtD SLEEP.-Bu'
here. ~ III 20 many her =asr-. the rvil OF
deficiency has is counterpart in the evil ot
exeess. Sleep prurrscted beyond the need OF
rppair. and enero'ching h"bI'u"lly upon 'he
hours uf walking acfion, imptIrS more or lees
tire fupcti"ns of the brain, aud with 'h'm
all thu vital pOwers. This observation l. as
old As rhs days OF Hippocrarrs nnn Are aeu-,
who severully and strongly c"mmrnr uPnnIr-
The slsep of infancy, however, and that OF
old ,y-. do not come under 'hIs catrg"ry ot
s,c,ss The~e are natural conditions, aPp-r-
5 faing 70 the respective periods OF life. aud
over,>-~lt with as such In Illness, more
= must De f-'uary rule and measure oi sie"P
sona: a1s Dl.'"s"ihRF m r5sR it in%
." u h. brain. We o., ;" - ~ ~ eo,,a,nS,. : - o.
han frum ~ny ise" - .,'',,,on tr',,,,
9 rePose Edi.,b4ygh Resi'Ss 10 fo''sS'=.
, 1875-09-25

A CoxJURoR CHFCKNATED--A professor
of magic, who recently gave an entertain
rnent in an English seaport, was Dragging
pretty largely Of his slright of hand fea's in
the public room Of one Of the hotels. After
his performance was over. Il gentleman pres
ent Offered to bet him that be \. ould make
everything on the table disappear in les than
n minnie The professor Al once booked the
wager. when the other screwed out the gas
The disappearance was complete. and the
nr,f.ssnr confessed himself sold" 3"
, 1875-09-25

SENATOR THURMAN He ooks like an
Associate Justice Of the Spreme Court.
Outside the Senate be Is still aSenatOr. His
locks are gray, bis stomachis ample, has
movements bodily and intel'dual, are con-
servative. He Is not beingOf crosses, but
thoroughbred to the bone. l. never wore g
paper collar IN his life; on .e contrary his
swallow tail coat has the easyit Of familiar
i,y with good society. 1t nay be iairiy
doubted whether his favorite everage Il not
co.nac. In one word, JudgtIhurman IS
gentleman, an old Yirgini; gentleman,
Gentleman Of the original Jee's river school,
hi,b-touel, c1ld-nosed, with watch-iob
and . silver-headed cane. Ia came 10 the
front during q period of e1tDme drought
He has remained there by the pressure OF an
excess Of rs.rec,abiIi'y. Thee are IN Ohio
he lurking remains Of an effte arlstocrhtic
-v-f+n which the bumminS proPensities OF
CINCINNATI cannot wholly eradicate. IN
mite OF th-se, Thurman gotto the othaie'
,rbar- his abIlitI-s have mzI3ained ehd 7u7-
r,iu-d him. But he l. aot speoPie man ii
the sense ih4l a peoples IS4n Is VulgN
rOwdy and lOafcr.
, 1875-09-25

ally KEEP, al the Ho~pice, and when the stock
increases the younger members of the family
ARE sold off Ms opportunity Is given.
Young pup. two months old. can be bought
for the moderate price Of three hundred francs,
OF sixty dollars.
HOW GUESTS ARE FECEIvED.
Travellers Oh arriving are received by one
of the monks, shown 10 room, and after
wards invi'ed to the table, which is well fur
nished. and the bill of fare, though simple, is
all that could be expected in local. Y like
this. Arriving late Friday afternoon, we
we're treated, in consequence of the day, TO
Goldfish and vegetables. Here we met an
English party, consisting of father, mother
and daughter The latter only spoke French,
and acted as interpreter. After supper the
little company gathered about the fre-p ace.
with the black-robed superior sitting bolt up
right in the midst of the circle, who seemed
quite willing 10 communicate, and AN
swered the numerous questions Of his inter
viewers with admirable patience. Later in
the evening the daughter favored us with
music from piano, the gift of the Prince Of
Wales, and upon slight Provocafion the father
tuned up with - V Banks and Braes O Bon
ME Doom, and with good voice made the
old halls rrsound with sweet melody, much
to the edifoation of the cumpauy and The
superior especially, though it seemed TO be
quite out of keeping with the time and place,
for Of all the dismal spots We have ben in
this il by far the most -, and 1t must be-
most difficult matter to sustain the reputation
of Il jolly friar III place like this. When
asked how they passed the long winter, the
superior replied that they were ali very fond
of reading and spent much of their time III
this way. The time foF retiring comes al
length, and We are lighted 10 our room.
The beds are provided with an abundance of
clothing, surmOunted with the everlasting
lsg of feathers, under which one Is obliged
10 suffoeate all through Germany and SwI'z-
erlaud Our dreams III the morning arr
very likely 10 be disturbed by the sound of "a
bell calling the monks To prayer, and We are
up III s-ason 10 take Il look at them while At
their devotluns.
, 1875-09-25

A VILLAGE Ped~gogre, in despair with
cupid boy. pointed to the letter and asked
him if he knew it. Yes sir VIII
what Il it?" know him very VII by
sight, sir-but rot me if / can remember the
name
, 1875-09-25
4 PLEASING SIGHT.


Our curiosity WAS also gr4,ified by look
inside the morgue, aud We were gree ed it'll
the sight If several grinniDg skeletons
wrapped in sheets leaning ugaiusT the walls
of the building, whilr numerous bones and
skulls were lying about on rhe ground in .,
carrless kind OF n way. For certain reasons,
we recommend to the iimid. ut least, to take
this louk in rhe morning rather than jas be
fore retiring at night. The las WATER We
wrr- told WAS on" Of unusual severity, and
nnm~rous accidents occurred. One in No
vember in which several lives were lost, and
the monk h.d trsquenr opportunities TO rem-
der assisrance aud save The perishins. The
list If travellers contains more American
names Than English, and - lay Cd ri'ss
he good monks Of s.. Bernard 80 Is hr wish
III - frrqu.n,iy rAprrS~rJ, while ahuud n
,tsrim rnials are found OF kindness received
and hospitality enjoyed. When one remrm-
brrs that rhIs Is the highest winter habita-
ton in the Aip~, rh,.r lie HI hrsr temperature
Tor the year l. ihIrry degrees iahr'nheii and
of the dr-lrine>s of the situation aud the lit
ti- rrrnunrrarIng IN IA worldly point OF view,
III wall apprecIafe, Ia some eXtrnt. The s,lt
denying racrIfice OF those who devote them
selves 10 this work.
, 1875-09-25

CrFTs--Tbe best thing to give yoa' enemy
i f,r-iyeuess; 10 your opponent, tolerance
70 i. friend your heart; TO your child goo'
e1.noIr; ; to Il father, Difference; 10 youT
,oo.b-r conduct that will make hsr proud OF
vou +; to yourself, respect; TO all men charity
10 God, obedience.
, 1875-09-25
THE SAINT EEENARD DOGS.

The famous treed OF dug- which are here
employed Err said to have originated in the
Pyrrnees and are remarkable for their sayac-
i'y aud keen scent They are easily trained,
and seem to unders- and iher dufirs perfectly,
and know Just What ia eIp"ctei of them
They have good na'ur-d Look, and VOICE
like Boanerses, are of brown aud white
color, no, 80 shaggy as the Ne~fou"ai@nd'
and some OF them almost large enough Tor
-;~A- From six - eight are usu-
, 1875-09-25

INGRA1ITuDr-Of all the crimes that
mankind are guilty Of, that of ingra'ituIo
Is th~ most Lrinous, and yet in every day
affairs hos irgvaI,n' is it. There is 1 sin
spoken Of a- uup,rdonabIe, and We are fuiu
10 believe that this mast b5 the Jne meant III
the scriptures lie who VIII Icb the father
less and the widow l. superior 70 the migrate,
for his necessities may be 50 Tcssing as to
compel him 20 the commission Il tho crime,
Whilst there is uo possible or Tobable Gauss
i.r q, man 20 Le uu=r.tclul for f,soEs received.
F.yurs Of a prcuniary nature may for the
time being be forgotten, al'hou,h as u gencr-
Il thing they will recur 70 the ecollection of
h recipirur but friendship favors, such
= uphulGius man : charac;C against his
would-bs maliguers; fshtingtor his good
name; suffering abuse aad eyu contumely
from the people or the press, y supporting
his private business or Politica acts, should
be retained in letters Of living light on the
heart and brain Of tas party faored. Pecu-
uirry obligations may be igored by the
recipient; political obligations ray be forgot
III. but th- friend who endeavred to uphold
The moral status Of another, shuld be cher
i-brd forever and ever, and no account,
under no circumstances, cast Of
, 1875-09-25

Gould DO MUcH BETTER.-A minister
who preached on some special ooc.i'ioH Il (
c,n,tr town was told beforehand that tn
r.ou,s could not afford to pay him more than
yniBea When service was over he an
sxsra5 the congratulations OF the elders q
,,o.r wi.h smile o. contempt sayIDg ~.
ro, c.II that an eloqu-ut sermon. ! sbo'.td
;nst ike Won 10 hear my three guinea oHe-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10
: DEATH o. suDar SAN YOUNG.

On Saturday last, Judge Sam
Young, ex- Chancellor of this (13th)
Judicial. District, while in conversa-
ton. with twJ gentlemen in Newport,
Attala county, was suddenly anu
strangely attacked with a sort of
vertigo, staggered. and expired in
g few minutes. The cause of his
sudden demise, we are informed,
was The result Of an old wound re-
ceived in the late war, aud with
which he had since suffered much.
Sam Young was well knownr in
Madison and adjoining counties.
and vas esteemed by all AZ an
honest and upright gentIcmaS. In
his death his many friends have
lost an honored favcrite, his family
"a kind and devoted father and hus-
band, aud the State a noble and
gifted citizen. Long will his loss
be mourued. Peace to his ashes
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10

We learn that q negro man living
on Mr.. Clearman's place in Newton
county, attempting to ravish n
young lady, was prevented, detected
and subsequently hung by the ou' =
ragged brothers of the young lady.
Again we say, that the punish
ment was necessary anil proper.
Let it be understood once, for all,
that the penalty for this monstrous
crime is certain and swift death
that even the majesty of the law
does not extend its protecting shield
over beastly wrefches of this char.
acter-ttat the base culprits are
anne liable to a higher law, the law
of humanity. the law of Instinc, /,
and the unerriDg law of retribution.
The brother or the father, the man
or the community who gives to a
monster like this short. sbrilt and
speedy exit entitle themselves to
the gratitude and thanks Of society
Such person is more dangerous TO
community than a devouring
beast, and it is no murder nor
crime to kin him. He is unfit TO
.live-he ought to he killed. He
.libeIs his manhood, forfeits his claim
to he considered human being,
and deserves to be hunted down
and dispai ched as the mad dog at
large spreading his poison. There
is 10 law for rape but the rope or
the bulIet.-MeridiaN Gasctte.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10
a vessel bound to Rio spoke them

a vessel bound to Rio spoke them
After that, ;hroug bout the weary.
lapse of twenty-six years, no breath
or rumor ever reached the worth
until there came this story of the
British vessel aud the unknown
island. circumstances conspire to
give that story, strange aud TO-
mantle though it be, an air of reali-
ty which cannot be ignored. In the
first place, it is difficult to believe
that such a narrative could have
been manufactured, no matter how
strong the disposition. The parties
had long been forgotten save by
their few surviving contemporaries,
and the names could not have been
given SO correctly by any but some
one of their respective families.
Further than this, the fact that it
was vessel of the British navy
from which the narrative came for
bids the idea of any deception so
wanton aud heartless as this would
be. 1t Sc ms perfectly reasonable
to suppose that the statements are
correct, and we can very readily
appreciate, as we shall very gladly
assist, the efforts of the relatives of
the hap!ess men to trace them and
solve the mystery of their fate.
The 81 ISOLDE has created pro
found impression in New Orleans,
and certainly appearances Justify
the belief that the history of the
Fiorinda company is destined to be
enrolled high among the wild and
wonderful romances of human vi
cissitudes and human suffering.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10
oUR TRUE WEALTH.
Jackson Pilot,]

Jackson Pilot
Until lately the South received
her potatoes, cabbage, etc, from the
North. The same applied to fruits
of various kinds. From the North
Came our plows and wagons ; our
pork, bacon, beans, flour, meal, coru,
bran and hay. The scene is chang
lug. The peaches from Terry. in
this county, to be sent to MAJ ket,
will require 5000 boxes. Cotton
caves in 10 corn. We raise cotton
f proft-corn, wheat, potatoes,
etc, for consumption-and for profit.
Peaches worth $4,000 will be ship
ped to Northern cities. Large quau-
titles OF new potatoes. green peas,
etc, have already gone IN that iii
r.ciiOn. Piums, in which the coun-
try abounds, are going. Black
berries are cheap, and will soon find
proper car transportation. Not a
freight train passes but that has
one or m IRE of it's cars loaded with
produce that will bring money 10
lire South. One man at Madison
Station, Mr.. Mckay, has realized
81, 800 from one acre of land plant, d
in Strawberries. Cotton don't do
that. Wheat is going north rapidly
from the northern counties. 1t
should bring from 81 80 to 81 40 per
bushel in Cincinnati, Chicago or
ST. Louisiana the flour made from
oar wheat is the best in the market.
In Southern Kinds there are corn
and oats enough to support the lives
OF the men aud women, aud the
stock. In some places they will
inward wealth. Let the farmers
learn 10 make themselves self-sup-
porting, ana their cotton crop Will
he almost clear profit. These are
facts. Let the people of the South,
give them att ention.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10
A GHOST In CARROLL CoUNTY--A STRANGE
REVELATION.

Carrolltcn Conservative.1
The following revelation would not
appear in our columns had it not
been related by one whose character
for veracIty We can vouch for, and
one whom We would least suspect
OF being superstitions. At preset.
we are not at liberty 10 give names,
but perhaps in the c. urse of a couple
OF weeks, should certain events
transpire, we will CRAFTY public Gu
riosity, as to the parties cOnnected
with this strange story. A gentle
man farmer residing in this county,
lost son, a very promising lad, in
The early stage OF the war; he was
buried. but of this we are not GER
tain, in the cemetery at Pittsburg
LaHfing, on the TeInt ssee river.
Although his body is buried dis
tance from his former home, it now
appears that his spirit pays visit
to it OIL the night of every 9th of
June, at exactly 8 O'clock at night,
or else his family are the victims OF
\ cruel trick ifHthe latter is the
Case, all efforts havesas yet failed to
discover the perpetrator. On SUR
day, 9th OF June last, the nantes
tations were repeated, and OH this
occasion the spirit Qif it be 4stleh)
addressed the startled members of
the family in plain language, some
thing that it had not heretofore
done. On the evening in question
the gentleman, his Sun and white
renter, whose secrecy could be. and
was relied on, were seated ira front
room of the house; the windows of
the room opened out onto a piazza,
tue night was perfectly sill, aud the
trio waited i'll anxious expectation
for the annual manifest atom. AT
exactly nine O'clock low nurmnr,
as that produced by a distant mob,
was heard, which was followed by
the loud report of IA gun, and then
a seemingly heavy body fell on the
platform outside. This was all the
phenomenon that had transpired on
former occasions, and at lis eoncln-
sion the watchers breathed u long
sigh of relief, but scarcely had they
time to take ~ second breath, when
the windows flew violently open, a
cold daplp draft entered the room,
and a husky voice from ont the
gloom, which the gentleman fancied
WAS that of his dead son, said: 81
was not killed while on picket duty
by the Yankees, but was murdered
by S." "a comrade who now
lives out West.) As soon as this
speech was concluded, the windows
closed of themselves, as violently
AZ they bad opened; the three men
then rushed out Oh the piazza, but
no one was to be seen. They search.
ed the grounds in front of the house
but did not succeed in fading any
clue to this straag4 manifestation.