davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17

From, N. srcpA ~ llc'9r Huoo
Cnsuhaz. who tore casaollc,
SAM lunl and clear.
Did Ahi pHly NlpW Daua sabine
slng. aauce,yc Villagers the NIGHT shades gain
Tue ST. Alni 90 Il blows aero the PLAIN.
WA maddeh me, wld madItu me.
pi4 any one 1erc know Dona sAoinc,
neimoin,r @as the ancient Margarine
And eycretcnias sung ON tuc rcurmsin
Tag Ni MIA, % blpNs across the plain,
~ madden n'e, villa ma .Ien me-
Truly tnc Queen beside her hal been homely,
When tNil ghi.
sag crossed ne old bridge of Toledo, comelY
A ro.sr, At lie time of caariomalu,
throat NOfeh
The MIA VIM, 49, n blows across The plain
W ~ maui me, Will madden ne.
"Tne KING said u his nephew as the while
sac pissed go far;
tgr aig h.ss ~ ilat mouth, ,.asle uule-
Nay, Tor u.r hIir.
Cnide pom Eu,oi .glyeuc Of Spain
ANA Peru DER ca
~. MIA w.ni, a,ii blow. across the plain
VII madden me Nll mAAle. lnr
Sing, dance, ye villagers. night clouds shove
Blrerelh per aoye.nke beauty aud her love
Gave an away
F9r GeegeaT'es 81 the Old Count sAiaaiO'
Tho Wild Mlnd, u. II blows across the pam.
-AtALfirIlen- NE. Wi mAuden nc.
81 know not - me lovely lady Ger
hut know, hY Heaven,
Thtt !. poor dOg, her love 10 win and wear,
VIII Joy had ENcu-
Had gily IA sea ten years meath galley chain
fcttyTt1 TO De
The wild viud, Ms 1t blows across the plain,
VIA madden me. Will madden me.
saw her pass ONCE from my window bower.
Aud that was all,
Bui nowadays see her every hour,
ihv sigh WIN nall
Dreaming aud idle, my sword without stain
Ruats u'elessly-
TIE Wild MIND. qs II blows across the plain,
Has maidened me, has maddeped me-"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17
An Ancient Battle Axe.


IT-TTT NV
On claim 81. on WhitcwOod, Mr.. Smith,
while cutting = bedrock drain, found battle
40 nrinly lmbeldei in the rock cient inches
down aud about six feet nclIN the sur co..
In size and shape the instrument nl I"n resem-
tiled the Old stAi II ittlr Ak Presented TO the
rthern Tribes II lGAitns ty the IuI~pn B,N
Comgau,'s fr iders u iuy ytH- ur'. AZ the
same time u VS. f.Nini TIE axe wls tnicklY
coated with cement, which also niitl ,he eye,
and all Of watch showed f'neRlli. " rem nh
how thi- relic ~ other days became a pait (
the deposit ~ WhiteWpod crerh Wi!l prHhlhy
forever remain tlNstery, al hou.h cN art
auiiquarilns NAV had In II "A clue 10 tho exis-
tcuCe OF a race who, IN mechanical ,rhm II
saip, eIu llei tire ha,l ono.ts OF the artists OF
the ulnttOeuth century.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17

Four weeks ago a tramp called at the house Of
Charles Hopock III taryew, ~ j.. and applied for
udging. Mr.. Hoppe, furnished the fellow board and
rlace TO sleep II he would help him on his hay crop.
The tramp insuited the flrmcr, ani consequently
1sastrd u1 the prtnsrs uY vigorous kCA. On thurs
diy night Mr.. Hopock fnull several 81 hs yaluaDie
fruit cat down. To tur STUMP Of on Of tu trees
Mas note endtng a. fullONs; " Nheu man ASKS you
Tor something ~ cat look az these stunps before you
-l.a.. MN !
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17

In connection with this last subject, IL NAV
not hr luappgouglat" To refer % similarly noble
nct, ANA to cha'ity now, like It's 70 Iudcr, dead
severed years agu There WAS IA &c IRE steel
ei-u, " lue Strangers ilunt.' IL was "A fros
Homo, NOS .ur Tue iaLN OF worthless, but Tor dny
decent irau who, hY ACCIDENT or otherw ise,
i"uud himself ,n TINS wilderness al Il city, zen.
huvs- hd a.lricss. here lac VS. pTOyIhed
Win 70 an, 3. bel, leuN Of iuuefs aud u,aga.
I'm. ia ni-acd with needles aud tnre.d, II ne
needed tnuu, ANA SHAVING aplaiht.s and DlaCk.
IN, itr o. aul potter 90 tails lluu,o " oil Anew
tom hnuul ucrunatiun. 1t " p astonishing
the clcrl, II The lioue ia, now mucu good
a. uNi ul $40 % would do ~ }vur, now uIuch
Dn'riug " relieved. and now seldom 1t Was
ia odvAuta-e was taken OF the welcome given
by the lIuuIe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17

were captured, tried, and sent to State prison,
aud the price Of -four rose ffty cents per barrel
Immediately after the great bread riot was
andsd.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17

Tho great nra Of lSl, followed by a period Of
business depression, threw thOus tnds out Of
emplDNment and Gee sipuel great distress. On
Friday, FeO. 10, 4 uouco WIS placafded extern
siyely thTOugn the civ calliuga meeting In the
GUY HAL Park Tor Monday Feb 49, Ia language
was incebdihrY Ihe nou 20 was headed, " Bread
mOAt, NJ. fuel their prices must comed VII
the voice Of the p .olle snail no heard, and VIII
prevail" In response 10 TINS Cill 600 pers lns
assembled IN tho park. ! he speakers den Duuced
the landlords and hOldols of hour, for the hign
prioe 81 rent aud provisions. ono orator b i'd
that Mr.. IN Hart OF " ishington street, near
DeY, had hiO)O barrels oi nour IN his store. and
added, let us 70 and offer him $Sa irrel."
lh9 hint WAS enough. The CrOwu swarucd
down TO the store, broke open the doors, rolled
out thirtY barrels Of hIur, and broke In the
heads, posse OF uoiee came, but their clubs
were torn from their hands, ana they were
diyen away. Mayor Lawrence noxt came and
talked to the mon, but they would not listen.
HeBnforcements came to the help of the mob,
and they broke open III the doors and rolled
out barrels OF hour by nities and by hundreds.
rheir contonta were ompued on the piynments.
One thousand barrels Of wheat and bDO barrels
OF -four were thus wantonlY DESTROYED. Many
poor women hiied boxes, baskets, and their
aprons with the hour, but the greater part OF II
was irretrevibly wasted. Other storrs were
subsequently attacked, but the police turned
out ia large numbers at niehtiall, and when the
militia appeared on this scene ths distui bancs
was enGsd. he sovereign people had dis
peTsed, apparently satisfied with heir attempt
to reduce the price OF provisions ny redu In
the quantity In market. Forty OF the rIo.ers
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-10-18
The Little Sparrow.

"You don't mean to say, Tom, that you're
going to let the bird loose, when you've
brought it 80 far over the seas with you, and
set SO much store by it besides !"
"Aye, but l do, Joe, for l promised him l
would"
"Hsm! what do you mean?" asked the
young countryman, as his companion rested
the cage on his knee, and began to open the
door of the wire prison.
"Little Jim, the boy that was saved with
me from the wreck. Lesstwsys he was
spared for little while, but hunger and cold
did their work on his frail body, and died
lust before the vessel came along that took
nae off the rock" Here the bluff sailor drew
his brown hand across his eye and dashed
away tear.
"Well," he resumed, otis long story,
but I'll try to make short one of it. You
see, Jm's father and mother were going out
to settle in Australia, and having fancy for
something homelike about them they took
this cage of English sparrowS along, intend
ing to give them their liberty after they got
there. When the ship struck, and every
soul was drowned but little Jim and me, who
were fastened to the rigging, he insisted on
my diving down into the cabin after his birds,
before dashed him to the plank on which we
were going to venture our lives.
"It was an awful sight to see the dead
bodies floating around in that cabin. But l
couldn't do them any good, you know, so 1
Just cutched the cage, that was hanging by
a hook to the roof, and scrambled on deck
again. There was only this one poor little
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-10-18
Apnsehnld aTnrds.
From the Woman's Journal.
An African in Virginia,

As we were talking of the colOred people
the other day, our old white-haired doctor
said, "My nanny was native of Africa
She had strange looking mark, something
like double cross on each cheek and each
arm. She was very kind and loving to us
all, and sometimes when we asked her to tell
US story, she would take my youngest sis
ter in her arms, and the rest of US would cud'
die round her, and she would push back her
specs and say, Children, do you see these
marks? Well, that was the sign of our tribe
or family, in the country where | was born,
over the seq. They meant something in our
language, just as letters do in books here
But l have forgotten what it was, and all
about it, 'cept that my father was chief
and he aud all our folks had marks just like
mine. That is beautiful country to live in.
There are grsnder looking trees and finer
flowers, and more beautiful birds than l ever
saw in old Virginny. But there are big
snakes and fierce beasts, that you all never
see, cept when the show comes along. We
lived in funny little houses without no win
dows, and the roofs were made of leaves like
your mas big fan, only heap bigger. At
night, we fastened our doors tight for fear
some beast or snake would get ia. Our folks
did not have any nice clothes or furniture nor
a heap of things we have here, but we were
happy all day long, and at night too, when
we sat by big fire and had plenty of nuts
to eat. Then the old folks would tell tales,
or come one would sing and we would all
dance. My mother had a great many chill
dren, and we were happy playing from morn
ing till night, for nobody does much work
there.
some day my mother said she was going
away all day on visit, and she told me to
bring big gourd of water from the spring
to boil the plaintain fruit for supper. Moth
er went off on her visit just like your ma does
here, 'cept your ma takes her knitting and
my mother carried along big basket she
was weaving. She did not wear any clothes
but piece of red calico round her waist,
and string of blue beads round her neck.
"Well, we children played on, and 1 for
got all about the water mother had told me
to fetch, till most dark, and then Ijerked up
a gourd that would hold as much as two tin
buckets here, and ran down to the spring
under the big palm tree.
claws children, can member every
thing bout that evening like it was yester-
day. Nanny would say. 'Our village was
near the sea,shore, and the sun was setting,
and the water of the ocean looked like gold.
81 stood still minute and thought how
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-10-18

bird left alive. The water had risen and
drowned its companions, but it had chung
with claws and beak TO the top of the cage,
and we took it along with US.
All this time the little creature had been
sitting on the sailors finger, turning it's
bright eye towards him, as he smoothed down
it's soft feathers Then, as if fearing that
his resolution might fail him, Tom gave his
favorite last caress, tossed his hand into
the air, and it was gone.
81 owe that sparrow more than its free.
dom, Joe" said the sailor, as they both stood
looking after it. "D'ye see, when it was
with me on that bare rock, it would cry
'twit, twit, as if to cheer me up. Sometimes
it seemed to me it said, Fear not; ye are OF
more value than many sparrows.' Then al
the texts had ever learned about trusting
in God in time of trouble came fresh into my
mind. InSthose hours of darkness and dan
ger, that little bird comforted me and KEEP
me from despair. God has made nothing il
vain. Milds World.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-10-18
No Burden.

There is a gateway at the entrance of a
narrow passage in London, over which is writ
ten, "No burdens allowed to pass through"
"Aud yet we dopsSs constantly with ours, +"
said one friend to another, as they turned
up this passage out of more frequented and
broader thoroughfare. They carried no Wis
ble burdens, but they were like many who,
although they have no outward pack upon
their shoulders, often stoop inwardly beneath
the pressure of heavy load upon the heart
The worst burdens are those which never
meet the eye.
There is another gate-one which we are
invited to enter, must enter, if We would ever
attain to rest and peace-and over which is
also inscribed. "No burdens allowed to pass
through" This is the strait gate which
leads to life; and by it stands One who
opened the narrow way to which it leads,
saying to each one of us, ":oOme unto Ne,
ali ye that labor and are heavy laden, and l
will give you rest. "-COngregatiOnahst.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-10-18
For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
Questions on Old Testament History,
BY REV. JAMES B. RAMSEY, D. D.
TrccoN TYXUT
LESSON LXXVI.

BUILDING AND CONSIDERATION OF THE
TEMPLE. | Kings viii.
1. Hiram? Tyre-describeitS
2. Solomon's contract with him II
Chron. ii.
8. Men employed by Solomon in progid-
ing and preparing these materials? Why so
many? II ChrOn. ii: 17-18.
4. How were these materials conveyed
Chief architect?
5. When didhe begin to buildit? Where!
6. Describe the temple
7. Its size? Materials?
8. How covered within and adorned
8. Describe the porch? The two pillars
before it? Their height, names, and mean
ing of these names?
10. How was the temple divided! Size
and name of the inner apartment?
II. How were the apartments separated
How surrounded on three sides !?
II. What was especially remarkable III
the building of the inner apartmentf
Is. What did Solomon make for the Most
Holy Place?
II. Sacred vessels for the Holy Place and
the courts?
15 How long was Solomon in building
the temple?
16. When finished what did he do and fol
what purpose
II. Describe the dedicstory service.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-10-18
d. ECT OR Y
Presbyterian Church in the United States.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

The General Assembly will meet at New Orleans La,
on the third Thursday of May, 1877, at IL A. nj.
CLERKS.
REV. JOSEPH R. WILSON, d. D., STATED CLsSx
REV. WILLIAM BROWN. D. D., PERMANENT oIsar.
The Stated Clerk tx oYrIOIo the Treasurer of the
General Assembly.
TRUSTEES
HOY. JAMES HEMPHILL, PRESIDENT Chester, s. @.
, JESSE Il. LINDSAY, Esq, SECRETARY and TREASURER,
sUsTENTATIoN
REV. J: LEIGHTON WILSON, D. D., SECRETARY,
REV. w. RICHARD Mo1LwAINE, Coordinate sronr.
TARr and TREASURER, Box S3l, Baltimore, Md.
FOREIGN MISSIONS
RRv. J. LEIGHTON WILSON, d. D., SECRETARY,
RLv vi RiCHARD MciLwAINE, Coordinate sroarrA.
Ri and TREASURER, Box SSl, Baltimore, Nd
PUBLICATION.
REV E. THOMPSON BAIRD D. D., SECRETARY, Rich
q. GENNET, Esq., TREASURER, Richmond, Va.
EDUCATION.
Rev JNo. N. wADDELL d. D., SECRETARY, Mem.
phis, Tenn.
A. F. DOD, TREASURER, Memphis Tenn
Applications to the Executive Committee for aid are
utive Committees for their approval and be
warded bythem to the Assemblys Committees.
COLLECTIONS.
The General Assembly has appointed the following COL
lections TO be taken up annually in all the churches
For Susentaton On the first Sabbath In January.
For Publication On the first Sabbath in March.
For Foreign Missons On the first Sabbath in May.
For the Relief OF Disabled Ministers the Widows
and Orphans of Deceased Minister'S On the first Sabbath
In July
For Evangestic> Work: On the first Sabbath in Sep.
TENDER.
For Education On the first Sabbath in November
In where 1t is highly inconvenien take
ectons these days. they shall be taken up
possible thereafter.
The Assembly recommends to the churches that they
adopt the apostolic plan of taking weekly collections
and that the amounts thus collected be appropriated
the above named Objects when necessary local OBJ
ects in such proportion the church session may decide
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-10-18
Sleep the Best Stimulant.

The best possible thing for a man to do
when he feels too weak to carry it through,
is to 60 to bed and sleep week if he CAN
This is the only true recuperation of power.
the only actual recupera.ion of brain force.
Because duving sleep the brain is in q state
of rest, in condition to receive and appro-
pirate particles of hutriment from the blood
which take the place of those which have
been consumed in previous labor, since the
very act Of thinking consumes, burns up solid
particles, as every turn of the wheel or screw
of the splendid steamer is the result of con-
sumption by fire of the fuel 10 the furnace.
The supply of consumed brain substance can
only be had from the nutritive particles in
the blood, which were obtained from the food
eaten previously, and the brain is so consti-
tuted that it can best receive and appropri.
ate to itself those nutritive particles during a
state of rest, of quiet, and stiffness in sleep.
Mere stimulants supply nothing in them
selves; they only goad the brain, force it to
greater consumption of its substance, until
that substance has been 80 exhausted that
there is not power enough left to receive q
supply, Just as men are so near death by
thirst and starvation, that there is not power
enough to swallow anything, and all is over.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-10-18

their stronghold, few brief remarks on its
relation to the mode of baptism seems to be
called for.
l. The place was unfavOrable to INNER
sion. The way was desert" term applied
by Arrian to road because of its want OF
water. If on the ordinary route to GAIA
water has been found, on the one supposed to
be indicated to Philip by this term, travellers
have failed to find water sufficient for an i'm
mersion.
2. The expression "some water" imply
ing a small quantity, and the implied sur
prise at seeing even that in desert way, are
unfavorable to the immersioni8t theory.
8. The proposition in the phrase "into the
water" (eis) may mean "to." See John XII
SO, "Jesus cometh to the grave;" Luke XII;
40, "I will send them," literally to them
Matt. xvii 81, $50 thou to the sea-" A
corresponding meaning, from, may be found
for ek, "out of.
4. Not to press this meaning of the prepo'
8ition, the going into the water and the com
ing out of the water is not immersion; for il
SO, both were immersed. For sprinkling
as we'll as for an immersion, it would be con
venient to those whose feet were clad only
with wooden sandals to step into the water tc
be applied to the person by the hand. Il
therefore there is any immersion taught here
it is simply by the word 6aptize, and else
where must we learn its meaning.
5. But again the passage read is unfavor
able to such meaning of baptize. The
Ethiopian had just read about the Messiah
$50 shall he sprinkle many nations.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-10-18
DESTRUCTION OF FoREsTs.-Our railroa

DESTRUCTION OF FoREsTs.-Our railroads
annually consume for fuel alone quantity
of trees representing twenty five years growth
on $50, 10000 acres. Railroad sleepers use up
thirty years 8 growth on GO, 900 acres. Fences
to enclose the railroads clear as many acres
more. Telegraph poles for $4,000 miles of
telegraphs require the Telling of $500, 900
trees, and the annual repairs 1000 more.
For matches alone, there are annually sawed
up 100000 cubic feet of wood. In 1870,
$4,000 acres were shipped for brick making.
Shoe pegs take 100000 cords of white birch
annually. In 1870, for pine packing boxes
and for wooden ware, vast quantities of val,
liable timber were used, and sawed logs footed
up in value to over $1O3,OOO,OOO. Add to
this voracious demand that made for ordinary
fences and 6rewood, and to that add the
wanton destruction of forests for mere clear
ing, when sometimes the timber felled sub
serves no useful purpose, and we begin to
get some idea of the rapidity with which our
forests are disappearing, and to discover the
reasons for the solicitude for the future felt
by those who have most carefully studied the
subject of the destruction of our growing
trees.-SprinQfeld Republican.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-10-18
The First Start in Education and Religion

A few years ago, poor little fellow in
North Carolina came to the house of a mis-
sionary of the American Sunday School
Union, bringing on small cart load of
pine knots much used at the South for kind
ling fires, and in poor families for light,
which he wished to exchange for Sunday
School primer and a ca,echism. Recently
the missionary, on his way to an appointment,
met and gladly recognized him, now grown
to be young man. Frank" said he,
"have you forgotten how you got your first
Sunday School books?" "No, no, sir; |
shall never forget that days work; it was
my first lesson an self reliance When | car
ried those books home felt proud all ovsr,
and when Sunday came, went to the Blois
mission school, where 1 got my first start in
an education, and where while was schol-
ar was converted to Christ. | am now Gu
perintendent of mission school, about seven
miles from here, and am on my way to visit
it"
To how many poor little boys has the mis-
sion school given the first start in education
and religion, who have gone on to usefulness
and even to renown?
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-10-18
The Charm Of Reserve.

Do not be too anxious to give away your
self, to wear your heart upon your sleeve.
1t is not only unwise, it is wrong to make
your secret soul common property. For you
bring the delicate things of the heart into
contempt by exposing them to those who
cannot understand them. If you throw pearls
before swine, they will turn again and rend
you. Nor, again, should you claim too much
openness, as duty due to you, from your
child, your friend, your wife, or your hus-
band. Much Of the charm of life is ruined
by exacting demands of confidence. Respect
the natural modesty of the soul; its more
delicate flowers of feeling close their petals
when they are touched too rudely. Wait
with curious love-with eager interest-for
the time when, all being harmonious, the re-
violation will come of its own accord, unde.
handed The expectation has it's charm,
for as long as life has something to learn,
life is interesting; so long as friend has
something to give, friendship is delightful.
Those who wish to destroy all mystery in
those they love, to have everything revealed,
are unconsciously killing their own happi-
ness. 1t is much to be with those who have
many things to say to US which we cannot
bear now. 1t is much to live with those who
sometimes speak to US in parables-if we
love them. Love needs some Indebtedness
in order to keep its charm. Respect, which
saves love from thefamiliarisy which degrades
it, is kept vivid when we feel that there is a
mystery in those we love which comes OF
depth of character. Remember that in vio-
lating your own reserve, or that of another,
you destroy that sensitiveness of character
which makes 80 much of the beauty of char
acter; and beauty of character is not so com.
mon as to make it not cruel thing to spoil
t.-Stopford a. Brooke.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-10-18

GEORGE MULLER states in recent report
that during the AZ years since he founded an
orphan asylum at Bristol, England, he has
received for the orphans 9467, 505, and gifts
for other purposes which increased the sum
contained to e71O,OOO. All the money re-
ceived was given by the charitable without
personal solicitude from Mr.. Muller and, as
he believes, the gifts were the result of pray.
er. There are now 1000 children in the
asylums, and the friends of the institutions
also support 10 schools where 1892 Chi.
dren are educated.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-10-18
Pr e NH ES.

New subscribers applying early for the year 1876
may have, without charge, the numbers for the last
quarter of 1876 Of such periodicals as they may SUBJ
scribe for.
Neither premiums to subscribers nor discount to
clubs can be allowed unless the money is RENTED
direct to the publishers. No premiums can be given
to clubs
Circulars with further particulars may be had on
application.
THE LEONARD SCOTT PUBLISHING CO.,
Al Barclay Street. New York