davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-02-23
e1psrgss

NEW YORK.. Peg steamshiA Geo " Elder
bdlsw hides GAS tcs and bbls beef l65 pkgs pecans
1857 bags wool SO hhds ta0w 16a5 bbla spoasses So
bbls nee '24 pkgs sundrieS
LIVERPOOL. Per bark WHO Hunoer~s75t bales
cotton 5000 pcs staves
LIVERPOOL Per bsrk Bremsi- -29is bales cotton
5000 pcs slaves
AMSTERDAM. Per bark Martins J &cNeif-s
$3.50 bales cotton z40O pcs stave0
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-02-23

OUACHIfA RIvkH.
NEW ORLEANS AND oUAcH1TA TRANS
PORTATIUN COMPANY.
FOR CAMDEN DIRECT.
Leaves on WEDNESDAY, Feb. %, at S P. M.
IL c;1 For .Hs.s lander bai Eideraao, O%ac hita
and all landings on Bayou Bartholomew
Ouachita and Black rivers-Ths new light draught
steamer
kate Kinney,
J. b. Kinney, master: Andrew Clsrk clerk,
willeave a, above positively For freight OF passage
FA. BLANKS, President,
Canal, corner of Delta.
HITE CARLIN, BRITTON g. EPPLER,
LORD 2lsd & McPEAKE, ADAMS & WORK,
Fog Agents.
TRANSFORMATION COMPANY.
Regu ar Ouachita River Weekly Packet.
Leaves every WEDNESDAY,, It S +. NJ.
s4ssssssaes7 ton, and all landings on Black and
Ouachita rivers-The steamer
Ouachita Belle,
M Kenison, MASTER Joe Holmes clerk
will leave as above making conns ctons with all boats
H1TE 4 CARLIN BRITToN 4 EPPLER, -.
ADAMS g. WORK, LORD g. McPEAKE, Agts
p. S.-The Ouachita Belle comes down the Coast
every Monday ip daylight Will attend to all bust
ness offered to her jail tt
ARKANSAS RIVER.
REGULAR ARKANSAS RIVER PACKET.
Leaves on WEDNESDAY. February 49, at ) 2. M.
n-s For Fort smith, Van Buren, Dar-
darelle Little Rock Pine Bluff and all
way andings-The fine and fast pas
senger steamer
Clarksville,
JnO. S. Jones' master
will leave as above For freight passage apply on
board.
N. B.-Rat, less than by any other route
HITE g. CARLIN, Agents.
FIJI No 3 TchOuDitDuas street
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-02-23

1PPBR COAST.
REGULAR BATON ROUGE, PLOAUEMINE
AND COAST SEMI-WEEKLl PACKET
af 1s..,..
On place Of Lessie Taylor)
-; Allen Jumel, laas.cr, Chas. Brusle, clerk
VIII leave New orleans every WEDNESDAY All
12 NJ, and every SATURDAY st5PN
Returning VIII leave Baton Rouge everv THURS.
DAY and SUNDAY EVENINGS.
For freight or passage apply on board clerk
will be found at the head Of Bienvile street every
Tuesday and Friday. F3 If
NEW ORLEANS COAST, BATON ROUGE AND
LOBDELLS STORE PACKET.
Leaves every MOnDAY, At p. H., and FRIDAY.
at 10A. ~.
~ - The passenger steamer
b. l.. Hedge,
Jas. p. NoElroy master. w. X. Greathouse Jr clerh
Returning every SUNDAY and WEDNESDAY
EVENING
For freight passage Appiy or board or to
4. o. MELANCON, 80 Cont, sf.
+. --Freight rates same as any boat in the trade
sz3 II
The New Orleans bulletin., 1876-02-23

NEW ORLEANS AND TEXAS RAILROAD.
February 22-76 bbls molasses to f Brrugie
nscx,rrs AZ yHk NEW BAsl.
apafachieola-per schooner Berlinda-LOt old iron
and junK to master
aECEIrTa At fHE OLD BAslk
&Oncoucs-Ser schooner Rita-2s.O 900 bricks % or
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-05-05
The (o~oM Tree.

OF all the gifts which provi,lcnc'
has bestowed on the Oriental world
the cocua tree j. one Vt the most de
serving OF notice. The blessings which
are conveyed TO man by this single
production Of nature are incalculable.
II grows in a stately column, from
thirty to fifty feet in height, crowned
by verdant capital Of waving branch
es. covered with long spiral lea ves;
under ihi. foliage buncles Of bios
SONS. clusters Of green fruit, and 9th
ers arrived at maturity, appear in
mingled beauty.
The trunk. though porous. furnish
e. beams and xfters for the habitn.
tions and the leaves. when plated To-
gether. make an excellent thaich. as
well as common umbrellas coarse mat.
for the floor aud brooms; while their
finest 6bres are woven into very beau
tiful mats for the rich. The covering
of the fruit is extremely curious. re-
-embling a piece Of thick cloth, /, .
conical form, As close ami 6rm as If il
came from the hom; it expands afts,
the fruit has burst through its enclos'
ure. and then appears Of u coarsel
texture.
The nut contains 4 delicious milk
and a kernel as sweet as an almond;
this, when dried. affords abundance oi
oil; and that when expressed the re
mainder answers to feed cattle and
poultry. and makes good manure.
The she'll Of the nut furnishes cups,
ladies. and other domestic utensils;
while the husk which incl''ses il is oI
the utmost Importance, and is asnu
factured into ropes and cor,iage u ev'
ery kind, from the smallest twiae Il
the strongest cables. which are fal
more durable than those of hemp. Il
the Nicobar Island-. the natives build
their vessels. make the sales and cor,
dage, supply them with provisions ant
necessaries, aud provide cargo Of ar
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-05-05

Uncle Sans printing and paper bills
TOR the year ending September 30,h.
1875. have all been sent in, AMI they
run up to imposing totals. The pub
lie printing proper cpst $685., ,o97; The
paper for this printing was worth
1887 Al. A large amount Of this priu.
ted matter was b'unl; the binders
bills f'ot up sI77,9i7 The salaries
paid in the Office of the Congressional
Printer aggregated sl6,li7; and out.
side Of all this the printing Of the
Congressional REGARD costs sss,659.
Li,hographing aud engraving fr Con
grcss amounted to sl2,IO6; aud the
Supreme Court was provided with
s725 worth of map; making a grand
total Of 81 .67s.s32. which, as matters
90 at Washington. !. not such steep
bill after all. and redoandi to the hon.
! or Of the nations printers and binders.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-05-05
rhe 7ysae " 3srdsr.

Trades ID India are hereditary. Th'
son Is always taught the trade Of hi
father. 30 that the boys have no dii
6culty about the chuice Of q calling
10 our American boys have. Thees
hereditary occupations not only insure
skill in the art which il learned IN
early childhood, but they also save
the Hindoo youth .rom that great
weakness Of Young America--6ckle.
ness. Whatever the little Hindoo's
calling may be he must stick to il.
On the other hand, the system is
fraught with much evil. For example,
there IL q race Of robbers and murder.
ers in India known by the name Of
Thugs They are very cruel and ie-
rocious, and the little Thug buys are
trained from infancy to witness, aud
at last to join in,,he atrocities commit
I th by their fathers. "Hhat the child
admired. the youth endearored aud the
man oequired.' They are not by
nature any worse than othe.. boys.
Their fathers are obliged to train
them by slow degrees to become like
themselves. At6rst the boy is mount
ed on a pony. aud taken out with the
hand, ss il for pleasure, and is careful
ly kept aloof from the scene where
the robbcries and murder. are com.
mitted. In a little while be is per-
mittel ~ know that the party is en-.
gagged In robSe'y, and, when he re-
ceivss the In 'wledye he !, allowed a
share Of the booty. Gradually the
dark deed Of murder dawns upon him
he see, the corps Of the victim, and
assists in burying il; and when at
last he is allowed himself to apply
tie fatal moose he takes to il very
kindly. The night before he performs
this crowniug act. which is to consti-
tute him a member Of the fraternity.
he is compelled to undergo formal
initiation. A sort Of sacrament is nd.
mini-tcred. which is said to change
instantly the nature 81 the partaker.
H..
imbuing him with the spirit Of bleod-
shed. IL is coarse sugar, which they |
believe becomes transformed into Kali,
the bloody go,liess whom they worship |
Let any one," said one Of them.
"once taste that sugar, and he will be
a Thug though he know all the trade.
and have all the wealth Of the world"
MY father said another. "made me
taset that fatal sugar when WAS yet
boy, AID if I we're to live q thousand |
years | should never be able to follow
any other trade,-(From May "Home
and School, Louisville, Ny.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-05-05

A merchant vessel arrived ut Mar.
settles lately, laden with sugar. iron,
Batavia. While in the act of unload.
ing, the " rkmen suddenly lcit their
ta.k, and, rushing up to the deck
gssped out inarticulate word Among
the hampers they had found three I'M
mense boa constructors. These rep
tiles seemed to wake from state Of
lethargy, aud advanced toward the
terrified men, who had only just time
To hoist themselves on deck AMI close
tho matches. The captain was, Of
course obliged to suspend the opera
ton Of unloading and To hook for the
means OF getting rid Of these strange
passengers. Two pigeons were poison
ed with strychnine and dropped into
the hold. They wer- degoured at
once. but only two of the serpeuis
died. The third reptile has tot been
seen again. snl it is with the Creates.
trouble that the captain can gvt men
To a-sist him in unha ling the ship.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-05-05
Siecp Dg0skfn1.

The most remarkable instances oi
somnambulism ore those in which the
somnambulist works or writes with in.
tslligence and method. A young
French ecclesiastic frequently rose in
the middle Of the night. went to 4 IN.
BILE. took pen and ink and wrote lor-
tions of sermons. II was not mere
mechanical work-he would make
frequent corrections to improve the
grammar and -yn'ax Of his compost.
ton. An or"que screen was placed
between his eyes aud the paper. bu,
he wrote just the same. In another
case. a young poet. not having finish.
I'd somc stsnIas before he went to bed,
rose in the night, went 10 his table.
and finished them-so much 90 his
satisfaction. hat he applau,led his
own genius and taste; in the morning
he remembered nothing OF the matter.
DR.. Carpenter mentions the instance
of = man who wrote accurately in hi-
sleep. placing his words at good dis
tances apart, dotting every i. and eros,
sing every e. A young collegian got
out OF bed asleep, lit . candle. sal
down to n table. took pen and paper,
wrote out some geometrical and slgs-
braic problems, extinguished the light
aud went to bed again-his eyes closed
all the time. A learned professor set
his pupils to work on very intricate
calculation. One Of them went To
bed with his mind full Of the subject.
and in the morning Was not little
surpris ii to find his table covered
with sheets Of paper on which the cal.
culati"n was fully aud sstisfactorily y
developed. The writing Was in his
own hand; he had risen in the nigh,
aud done il while asleep.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-05-05

wfches ~Sd D~ssh-S short scrssss
A rich old man lay dying. Tn
full number II years allotted to mai
passed away since first his eyes opene,
10 the light ofday, and a father and I
mother rcioiced that son was borr
unto them. The full number Of year,
allotted TO man-it Is q long time;
and yet il had not seemed long to him,
50 stealthily do the days glide by. Bu,
il Is long enough to incur grave re
neutrality-suspicious. which,
II the preachers preach truth-siretch
out. in their consequences, through all
ete' nifty.
The longest life has its close, and
his hour had come. The physicians
who had healed him hereiofore, could
not heal him now. He was possessed Of
untold millions. BY night and BY day
his riches had increased; was il, alasl
that, la the moment of his dire neces-
sity. they might press, with mountain
weight, upon his own soul' His gold.
which had availed him so often, would
not avail him now. All his vsst
wealth, u he were willing to give it.
would not purchase for him one more
day Of lie. lie must die!
Failing IN all efforts for physical re-
lief, he turns TO seek for spiritual con-
ISOLATION. He had lived . life quite
blameless in the estimation Of men,
fair life, but livers of the fairest lives
grow anxious when they stand face to
face with Death. and realize that tbey
are about to enter into the darkness
which human vision cannot penetrate.
Could he find comfort in the word of
Gods He opens the bible and read:
How hardly shall they that have
riches enter into the Kingdom Of
God"
ut is easier for = camel to go
through the eye of needle, than for
\ rich man to enter into the Kingdom
of God"
And he thought Of his millions of
money.
And he wondered what JESUS
CHRIST meant when he spake there
= or,ls.
Aud he died!-( New York Sun.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-05-05
A Permanent Home,

To have home which a man has
himself reared or purchased-a home
which he has improved or beautifed
"A home indeed. which, with hon.
est pride and natural love, he calls his
owns an additional security for any
mans virtue. Such home he leaves
with regret; to it he gladly returns.
There he finds innocent and satisfying
pleasures. There his wife and little
ones are happy and safe; and there all
his best affections take root and grow.
To such pair, os time advances, the
abode of their early and middle life.
whence they have, perhaps, all depart
ed, becomes constantly moro ,ear; for
it is now scene Of precious memories
the undisturb d declining year,! Aud
say what lapse Of time, what varied
experience Of prosperity. or sorrow.
can ever etface the good impression
made by such home on the tender
heart of childhood! 10 the tempted
youth, to the wanderer from virtue, to
the sad victim Of misfortune, such re-
membrance has often proved n streng-
thening monitor, or a healing balm.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-05-05


The Hindoo girls are graceful and
exquiritely formed. From their carli.
ert childhood they are accustomed to
carry burdens on their heads. The
wafer for family use is always brought
by the girls IN earthen jars. carefully
poised in this way. This exercise is
said to strengthen the muscles of the
back. while The chest is thrown for.
ward. No crooked backs are seen in
Hindos'an. DR.. Henry Spry. one Of
the c,mpanyis medical officers. sny.
that "this exercise Of carry ing small
vessels Of water on the head might be
advsntageously introduced into our
boariing-schools and private families
and that it might entirely supcrsede
the present machinery Of dumbbell..
back.bosr'ls, skipping-ropes. etc. The
young lady ought to be taught to car
ry the jar. as these Hindoo women do,
without ever touching il with her
hand" The same practice Of carry.
ing water leads to precisely the same
results in the south of Spain and in
the South Of Italy as in India. A
Neapolitan female peasant will carry
on her head vessel full of water To
the very brim over a rough road and
not spill drop Of IL; and the scqui.i.
tiou Of this art or knack gives her the
same erect aud elastic gait. and the
same expanded chest and welI-form-tl
back and shouldes.-[From May
Home and School," Louisville. Ky.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-05-05

When perspus vho 40 ,,,.s 49,
...nn.., L.,.I '''
,;,ued x.Ls,,,,n... "a. ~
of m.,,aI .,.,,,,;o. W..
mar, oe tho hodv 4. .,..;.u.. -.
The bIud 6ox. /, ;nr,s,..., .u..,,,..
a. f"""'"y
W .""'' "' ""e" 'nele " any stress
''" =" '.e or.'n. '"e ne"u oeco",e'
.''""g' WIN o'oou' "m SHOWN oy
wv '"s :" '"e "ce' [" 'n" con-
d't'on Is long Continued, the blood.ves-
sells lose the power OF contracting.
Thes the brain remains Ia an excl.
ted .tate, even when the m'nd has no
longer any desire to work. and il can
not take It's proper rest in sleep. In
order to enjoy refreshing sleep. It Is
necessary that the blood be not concen-
trated in the head. but be difusc,i
equally through all parts Of the body.
This 'sprobably the reason why the
warm bath Is so conductive to a good
nights repose. 1t II. however, the
best way not to allow the mind to get
excited near the hour Of rest. but to
LET i run down gradually. like q clock.
!" ~, rue evening
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-05-05

Now that the planting season is a
hand, we have no doubt but tina
many q siarmer will rumage through
his gnrret to 6nd the cast-off garment
which. stuffed vita straw, are to b,
eel up in the cornfeld to warn "a IN,
marsuding crow. We have never
had much faith IN this artifice. Grow,
arc possessed Of much more wisdom
than is generally credited TO them;
and while an immovable bundle Of
rags may drive them sway fer q short
time, wc believe that eventually they
discover the humbug. as we have seen
the bir'ls complacently picking up
young corn almost within the shadow
of as M slaksate q stuffed scsrecrow
as ever was erected. We. however,
have heard suggested a eouple Of
plans which are calculated 10 intimi.
date even the bol,iest Of theee bird.;
and as they are easily carried out,
perhaps our farmer rea.lers may make
use ofthem. The first aud hest is q
suspended looking glass. Take two
small, cheap mirrors, listen them back
to back, attach curl to one angle,
and hang them from an elastic pile.
When the glass swing, in tile wi d the
suns rays are reflected sll over the
field, even II il be large one: and
even the oldest and bravest Of crows
will depart precipitately should one Of
its lightning flashes fall upon him.
The second plan. although a terror to
crows, is especially well suited to
fields subjected to the inroads of email
birds and even chickens. 1t involves
an artificial hawk made from a big po-
tato and long goo~e and turkey feath.
e.p. The maker can exercise his imi.
lative skill In sticking the feathers in
10 the potato So that they resemble the
spread wings and tail Of the hawk. It
Is astonishing what a ferocious-look.
ing bird Of prey can he constructed
from the above simple materials. II
l.. Al u
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-05-05

n krtuss's fro-s shesid chance TO fsii
Upon s,me ssrassiIns ffierd,
Turn no, s~sy 9Th ssss, bros.
A hsipihs h.st essssd.
clos not ysss purss- -sssfnss 10 disssin
nke sAssi1 wish " h~rov.
Rsmesssss. sssssh he kiI today.
b That ,s~s.sy all ssussvv~. IN
N sheu,d . sssis frsspd b~vpus
TIE vine-ears ssJect slave.
AID pres ~I,h rapid Gs,s'er toward
T,e drwrtsrd's bepsiess gave.
strive earnestly 10 rescue him
rrem sve-iastinr sorrov.
Rssemssr. though he ell ,s-dsy.
That you may ell to-morrs..
Or shsaid the enc vkom sos had thought
A. pure % driven s~os.
while iistesins Ia q p-riured tale.
rrom ,ifiue's pathway @.
po sli you ess 10 hide her shame.
Asd dry her tears ef sorrvv.
Rsnesuhss. theash she oil ts-.isy.
Ths, you may f.ii ,s-msrros.
Thsn sr.,s lhss nsiss % yosr beast.
Each sisssv - sssA beoshse, =
"As yss vsuia have - Do u Ses.
Do % unts sn.sbw,"
Aad vhen the vest slsh 10 the rsee.
hjoie- net 10 their ssrro~.
Hut s.dly sa,. they stii to-day.
And Q may fAil te-usrrsv.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-05-05

in u recent murder trial Ia England
the jury rendered a verdict Of acquit.
tai in defiance of what the judge Was
pleased To regard US the evidence.
When the twelve Wise men, who were
wiser than the law. hal done their
work. Mr.. Justice Mellor said To them
THAT Is your verdict hut il Is not
mine. There Is not the slightest doubt
that the prisoner VA. guilty. You are
masters Of the situation, however. aud
il you choose to find the prisoner not
guilty. ] cannot he it, This Is a
good precedent for treating the decis.
inns of jories with contempt. The
doctrine that twelve mcL cannot make
the same mistake. loses much of its
force in the light Of this opinion from
one Of the judges Who presided with
such distinguished ability in the "a.
nous Tichbone trial.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-05-05

THrrx are 1875 newspapers in Geor
gis. ..
CoAxoDoRE vASpKRBrLr, Is scri
cusly III. 7a,ilal 81 --1 =
TnE people Of Florida. are luxura
ting on water.melons.
FouR horse thieves we're hung by 6
mob in Texas, last week.
A CoSSEcTIcrr woman recently
laughed herself to death. -
TnE New York Tribune spent over
go, 900 on postage last year.
vISSIE REAx has made model Of
n bus, Of the Hon. l.. q c. Lamar.
TwKLvE hundred special police Of
fcer. will keep the peace at the Cen.
tennisl.
VIRGINIA has $4,000 Bap,ists,
l,I6s Baptist preachers, and G57 Dap
ti.t churchcs.
The New York State Democratic
Convention instructed solidly for Til.
den, for President.
THsSr are twenty-,ix candidates
ms the Democrati, nomination for
0"serno~ st Georgia.
An lllinos man got even with an.
other man Who beat his wife. by blow.
ing the top Of his head ID.
TnE Nashville (Tenn,) Banner says
there are over one thousani cases on
the docket of the Criminal Court in
that city.
FoR the purpose of relieving the
State Penitsntiary Of. North Carolina.
i, |. proposed to res.,shlish the whip.
pine.post
A YIELD Of corn containing twelve
acre.. near Clay ei~ing.. Florida. is
now in ts~el and will average eight
feet In height tf|A
The Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Company. have reduced their rates to
the principal cities Of the East aud
West. 67t per cent.
Ar the recent election in Minaeapo-
Lis, MINI. the ballot boxes we're
decorated with flowers in honor Of
the ladies Who voted. ma
OVER q million dollars worth Of to-
bacco was sold in Danville. Va. du-
ring the last siA months. The num-
Der Of pounds sold Was ,o.lOi,S47.
A GERMAN woman Ia Cincinnati.
gave birth last week to an illegitimatc
child. Her shame was 50 intense that
she cut the baby. head of, aud then
cut her own throat. e.. T.a
Gov. RlcE. of Massachusetts,. says
that il ia not within the constitutional
power Of the Legislature, to legslizs
the marriage Of James Parton. and
on these grounds has vetoed the bill.
DoS'r set In your front window to
cnt ylur too nails. John Murray at-
tempted In do il in Baltimore. but
lost his balance. fell out and stuck the
knife blade into bis side. and bled 10
death.
A CAT has just saved a house from
destruction by fire, in Michigan. She
aroused the master, who drove her
away, but she returned. when he got
up and found the house on fire near
the irs place.
A YOUTH Of Lafayette, Ark, re-
gently undertook to frighten a doctor
by the name Of wss,brok h by presen.
ting a plug Of twist tobacco at his
head. The doctor thinking that ii
WAS a pistol, drew his revolver and
shot the boy dead,