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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07
Good and Bad Farm Stock.

There is no fact in agriculture
more fully established than that it
will not pay to keep poor stock, when
it is possible to secure that of IL bet
ter quality. The cost of keeping an
inferior COW is precisely the same as
that of a better one. a good horse
will always command a better price
in the market, or is more valuable
TO its owner for his own purpose than
a poor one. The cost of keeping is
the same. Why not, then, raise the
best horses ? There are breeds of
swine that grow rapidly and fatten
upon mach less food, and in a shorter
urme than others. Why not procure
the improved kinds? The same may
be said of sheep, poultry and, in fact,
every kind of farm stock. and yet
We 6nd thousands of farmers, in the
klce of the incOntrOvertible facts, ar
paying themselves in steady hostility
20 all movements having for their
object the Improvement of domestic
farm animals. They cling to inferior
stock with a pertinacity that is sur
Drising.-JourRal Of the Farm.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07

MEN OF FEW WoRDS.-SOme men
use words as rIhemcn use bullets.
The say but little. The words used
20 right to the mark. They let you
talk, and guide with their eyes and
face, on and on, till what you say can
he answered in a word or two, and
then they lance out a sentence, pierce
the matter to the quick, and are
done. Your conversation falls into
their mind as rivers into deep
chasm, ard is lost from sight by its
depth and darkness. They will
sometimes surprise you with few
words, that go to the mark like a
gnn.shOt, and then they are silent
again, as if they were relOading.
Such men are safe cOunsellOrs and
true friends, in every case where
they profess to be such. To them
truth is more valuable than gold.
while pretcnsion is too gauzy to de-
ccive them. Words without point,
to them, are like titles without merit,
only bctraying the weakness of the
blinded dupcs who are ever used as
promoters of other mems schemes.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07
Important to Bathsrs.

AS the bathing season has come,
the following notice to bathers will
bd found useful:
Avoid bathing within two hours
after u meal.
Avoid bathing when exhausted by
fatigue or from any other cause.
Avoid bathing when the Eody is
cooling after perspiratiOn but
Battle when the body is warm pro-
vided 10 time is lost in getting into
water.
Avoid chilling the body by sitting
or standing naked on the banks or
in boats aft, having been in the
water.
Avoid remaining too long in the
water leave the water Immediately
when there is the slightest feeling
of chillIness.
Avoid bathing altogether in the
open air if, after having been a short
time III the water there is sense OF
chliness with numbuess of the
hands and feet.
The vigorous and strong may
battle earlyiin the morning on an
empty stomach.
The young, and those that are
weak, had better battle three hours
after a meal the best time for such
is from two to three hours after
breakfast.
Those who are subject to attacks
of giddlness and faintness, and those
who suffer from palpitation and
other sense of discomfort at the
heart, should not battle without first
consulting their medical adviser.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07
Saving the Pieces.

Any farmer who does not practice
saving pieces would be surprised at
the real profit derived by laying up
the odds aud ends about his premi.
ses. Every day, almost, there are
bits thrown away, at the time con.
sidered of no value, which, perhaps,
not many days subsequent, would
save both time and money. How
many times year does farmer
want a strip of board, q piece OF
wedge or pine timber, something fol-
q hammer-handle or rake. Doth, which
cannot be obtained without spelling
valuable material, or going to some
carpenter shop and perhaps, while
this delay is made, team and hired
man are standing still. waiting for "a
broken tool to be full in ORDER Ohio
Farmer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07

CURE FOR CANCERs.-An ex-
change states that a Portland man
has cured one of the most dangerous
cases of cancer by drinking red
clover tea and applying red clover
compress, and thinks it will prove
an infallible remedy in in all cases.
To MAKE PENCIL MARKS INDEL-
LIBLE.-A great many valuable let
ters and other writings are in pencil.
The following simple process will
make lead pencil writing or drawing
as If done with ink: Lay the writ.
ing in shallow dish and pour skim
med milk upon it. Any spots not
wet at first may have the milk placed
upon them lightly with feather,
take it ~ and let the milk drain off,
wipe of with feather the drops
which collect on the lower edge.
Dry il carefully, and it will he found
10 be perfectly indellible. 1t cannot
be removed even with india rubber.
TINE TO CRAP TREEs.-In re-
ply to "a correspondent, the editor of
the Gardeners Monthly says: "For
grating generally any time is
good when growth is going on and
there is not too much sap in tue
scion the amount in the stock
makes less difference. If there is
much in the scion, it IL liable to rot
before the union takes place. If
scions are taken from healthy trees,
and kept from drying, sprouting or
other injuries, grating may 90 on
from early spring till mid summer.
Those who praise one week more
than another, are those whose 'un.
lucky time has rather been Cue to
other circumstances"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07
Cut This Out and Keep It.

Franklin Dyre, Il highly re spcet-
able andintelligent farmer Of Galena,
Kent county, Maryland, gives the
following as "a sure cure for the bite
of mad dog. AS will be seen, he
has tested it with the most crafty
ing results:
d" ElecamPane is a plant well
known to most persons, and is to be
found i'll many of our gardens. I'm
mediately after being bitten, take
one and a half ounces of the plant
the green root is perhaps preferable,
but the dried will answer, and may
DC found in our drug stores. and was
used by me-slice or bruise, put into
u PIN of fresh milk, boil down to
half pint, strain and when cold
drink it, fasting at least six hours
atterwaId. The next morning re-
peat the dose fasting, using two
ounces of the root. On the third
morning take another dose, prrpar-
ed as the last, and this will be sufti-
eient. 1t is recommended that after
each dose nothing be eatel for at
least six hours. | have son who
was bitten by IL mad dog eighteen
years ago, and four other children in
the II, ighboihood were also bitten
they took the above dose and are
alive and well to-day. And l have
known a number of others who were
bitten and applied the same remedy
1t is supposed that the root contains
II principal which, being taken up
by the blood in its circulation, cOun
teracts or neutralizes the deadly
effects of the virus of lIydrophobia
l feel so much confidence in this
simple remedy that am willing you
should give my name i'll connection
with this statement"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07

VThe largest bell in the world is
one in Moscow, whose weight is
estimated at 49,, 900 pounds, and it
requires twenty-four men to ring it,
which is done by simply pulling the
clapper. In Pekin there are seven
bells, each weighing 100, 600 pounds.
There is one in Vienna, cast in 1911,
which weighs 10000 pounds. One
placed in the Cathedral of Paris in
1860, weighs $4,000 pounds. The
readers of Notre Dame, one of Vic
tor Hugo's earlier productions, will
remember what an interesting fca-
ture he makes of the Tempest breath
of the bell. The largest bell in Eng
land is one in the new House of Par
lament. The largest church bell is
that OF York Minister, weighing 81
600 pounds. At Montreal, in the
Dominion, there is "a larger bell than
any in England. 1t was imported
in 1874 for the Parish church of
Notre Dame, and weighs 29,4OO
pounds. The largest bell IN the
United States is the alarm on the
City Hall, New York, which was
cast in Boston, and weighs $4,000
pounds.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07
The Poor Farmer.

A writer who has no sort of re-
apect for shiltless farmers says:
The poor farmer whose hens
IOOst in trees during the storms of
winter, complains that they lay no
eggs. His cows SILVER by the side of
the fence, and he complains that the
children eat too much butter. He
goes to the grocery with Aug in one
end of the sack and a stone in the
other, aud he wipes his nose with
his coat sleeve. lie thinks those far.
mers who take agricultural papers
and who read works on farming, are
stuck-up farmers. lie is down on
all book learning. He hover has u
paper in his house that is of value.
Those that are found there belong to
the trashy school. lii the spring his
sheep flock is seen in pelts hanging
on the fence. Reader, have you any
farmers of this character in your vi
entity? If 50, try and buy them out,
and send them away, as they are Il
drawback and a disgrace to any
neighborhOod."
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07
Woman.

Woman would seem to be the dis
turbing element in the world at pres
ent. Mankind has always been ac.
custOmed to think good deal about
her, and of her; but she now de-
mands and receives from mankind
more than thoughts and
dreams. There was never q time
when she was more talked of, nor, in
deed, when she talked more of herself.
Whether it be woman's suffrage, or
wOman's political rights, or woman's
wages, or wOman's place in the
church, or wOman'S position i'll the
period, the subject of her rights and
wrongs, her powers, duties, capabil-
tiles, and conduct is constantly be-
fore us. She is the theme of half the
writing in the newspapers, In this
country, she is usurping the political
interest and Importance once mOnOp-
olized by the African; in England,
she divides the honOrs with disCstab-
liShmentand the unprincely behavior
of the heir to the throne in France,
she is the beginning and ending Of
nearly everything. She would APP
pear to have undergone, within the
last ten years, a complete transfer
nation. We hardly know her, or,
ut least, we pretend SO. We are dis
GUESSING her with the animation and
curiosity with which we talk about
some bran new thing-the ocean tel
egraph, the needle gun, the gorilla,
Il strange fossil, or the Australian
mob? After having been with us for
nearly six thousand years, according
to the received chronology. she sud
denly energies from her old familiar
Iaracter, and stands before our
eyes subject of intense speculation
and interest. We have endless COM
parsons between American women,
French women, and English women /;
we have essays on fast women and
slow women; the literary woman,
the woman of the period, the bust
ness woman, the fashionable woman,
the travelling woman, the sentimen.
tai woman, the domestic woman.
what the magazines and the news
papers would do without so mex
haustive theme of interest, or what
the cheap pictOrials would do with.
out her as a victim for illustration,
it would be hard to conjecture. II
it is wOman's ambition to make d
noise in the world, and to be an OBJ.
.iect of public attention, the aspira
ton ought certainly to be gratitied
What effect upon herself, or what
substantial change in her condition
all this is destined to have, we must
wait to see.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07

NAPOLEON AS A JOURNALIST
The pamphlet and newspaper arti.
cles which appear from time to
time from the pen of the Emperor
Napoleon show that, if he had not
been an Emperor, he could have
taken rank as first class journalist.
A Partisan correspondent says that
it has been the delight of Louis Ma
poleon from his youth to see himself
in print, and to this day he is an
amateur journalist, giving hints for
articles the Peuple, and even, it
is assured, correcting and amending
proofs with his Imperial hand for
his favOrite literary agents. While
he was prisoner at Ham he con-
tributed upward of two hundred and
fifty articles to a provincial paper,
in which he expounded his social
theories. If the Emperor should
get upset by the revolution, we
should not Ire surprised to see him
start a newspaper and become a
journalist.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07

COMMON ABsURDITIEs.-To say
after anything that happens, i
knew 1t was going to take place.
To ask "a merchant if the article
lie sells you is Of the first quality.
To carry bricks " 10 your hat and
hattcr yourself you can keep them
hidden from the world.
To think you must win n law suit
because you have the law and cvi
dcnce on your side.
To put salt in your soup before
you have tasted il.
10 tell u person of whom Won
would borrow money that Won
urgently need it.
TO think that the great difficulty
in life is to find opportunity for the
talent, and not talent tor the oppor.
tunity.
TO make foolish match" and
then ask % friends opinion of it,
To say that you have "no leisure,
instead Of that you have no diSposi
ton, to improve your mind'or to dc
good.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07
Jbe farm t. C5arOtn,
THE TOAST FOR LABOR.

Here's to the man with horny hand,
Who tugs at the breathing bellows
Where anvis ring in every land.
He's loved by all good fellows.
And here's to him who goes aielj.
And through the gebe is plowing,
or with stout arms the axe doth wield,
whils ancient oaks are bowling.
Here's TO the deliver in the niue,
The sailor on the ocean,
With those Of early craft anu Inc,
Who work with true devotlops
Our love for her who tolls in gloom,
where cranks aud wheels are cldnkiDs
Bereft IL she OF nature bloom,
Yet God in patience thanking.
Aturse for him who sneers at toll,
And shuns his share uf labor,
Mo knave but rObs his native soil.
While leaning on his neighbor.
Here may this truth he brought on earth.
Grow more and mnre in favor;
There is no wealth but owes its worth
To handieraft and ldbo-.
Then pledge the founders Of our wealth
The builders OF our nation;
We know their worth. and with their heath
Dtink we The reclamation.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07

Hoe CHOLERA.-We are informed
by an old aud experienced farmer
that he has made post morton exam
natiOns and found that there is real
~ no such thing as "hog cholera ;"
hut says the supposed cholera is
nothing but worms. The following
is his remedy, which has never fail
ed Jerusalem oak root, leaves,
seed. and copcras boiled up with
cracked corn or meal, and given in
form of slop Our farmers should
certainly give this remedy trial.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07

A VISIBLE CoMET.-FOr ten years
past astronomers have told us that
during the months of July, August
ard September, in this year, the
most wonderful comet the world has
ever known would reappear. This
comet is on time. 1t is now to be
seen with the naked eye, any clear
night, in the northern part of the
heavens, between III and 12 o'clock,
and from that time till the morning
star rises. Astronomers assure us
that this comet will approach nearer
the earth than any comet ever did
before, and that either the earth or
the comet will have to change its
course, or a collision is inevitable.
This comet is said to be many thous-
and times larger than the earth. 1t
is II solid mass of fire, with a tail OF
fire that would reach around the
earth more than IL hundred times,
and u collision with our planet is
not an event to be very ardently
desired.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07
Citation Notice.

TO Maggie s. R'dicy, Smyrna, R~therfoTd
county, Tennessee:
Won are hereby cited to he and appear
i before the Probate Court of Madison
county, State Of Mississippi, on the
Fourteenth ddy Of September, 1869,
to shew cause, if any you can, why the re-
port of the insolvency of the estate of Sam
nel J. Ridley, deceased, made by William S.
Bailey, administrator of sand estate, should
not be allowed, and said estate declared III
solvent by said Court aud why the petition
of said administrator for the sale of the lands
of said decedent should not be granted, and
said lands ordered to he sold and the pro-
ceeds OF the sale distributed among the cred
itorS OF said estate, pro rata By order of
Court.
j. c MCCLELLAN. Ok,
r. Z. 4. FORD, .. c.
Ii.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07

During a discrimination, a
witness was asked where his father
was. To which question, with a
melancholy air, he responded !:
Dead, sir, dropped off very sudden
ly." "How came he to drop off
suddenly ?" was the next question
d" Foul play, sir-the Sheriff imposed
OH his unsuSpicious nature, and get
ting him to go on a platform to look
at a select audience, suddenly he
knocked trap door out from under
him, and infalling he got entangled
in rope, from the effects of which
he expired"
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Paint for Farmers, &c.

HNHE GRAFTON MINERAL PAINT co.
L now manufacturing the best, cheap
est and most durable PAINT in use two coats
wei pat ON mixed with pure Linseed Oil. will last
10 or Is years it Is IF light brown or beautiful
chocolate color. and van hc changed to green lead
stone dIab olive. cream to suit the taste nt the
consumer. 1t Is valuable tor Houses, Fences. Barns
Carriage and Car makers. Pals and Wooden. ware.
Agricultural Implements, Canal Boats. Vessels and
Ships Bottoms, Canvas. Metal and ShinGle Roofs
ut being Fine and Water proof Floor OH Cloths
Zone manufacture r having used 900 hbls the past
year) and as a Paint for any purpose, IL unsnr-
passed for body. durability Ella ITCHY, and adhe
s'veness. Price, 81 per bb of 300 lbs, which will
supply farmer Tor yeas to come. Warranted in
all cases as above Send Tor q circular which gives
all particulars. None genuine unless branded in e
trade mark. Grafton Mineral Paint Persons can
order the Paint aud remit The money on receipt OF
the goods. Address
DANIEL BTpWELI,
June y en- 2al feHIl street Ne" n''N
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Patent Metallic White Clothes Lines

FINIIE undersigned. agent of the American Wire
i Company of New York, would beg leave To call
the attention of the huuSekeepers of Madison
county, to their Patent Natalie Clothes Line,
which has been found to he the only article suita-
bic for IA clothes line, except the old fashioned
rope which always causes much annoyance and
trouble 10y breaking, rottng out and discoloring
clothes. and by hcing obliged to put it up and take
it down every time used.
With this line you have none of those annovan-
res, and when it Is once put up it gives no more
trouble.
Price, 3 cents PER foot
Specimens be at the Drug store of
Mostly q Richards.
May2 r. II. GOULD, Agent.
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The Saturday Evening Post
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1t has just commenced two splendid Novelties
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Cash Paid for Cotton.

CINCE the 18th March we have associated Il j.
- Cunningham with u.s. in our house. and the
business will be continued hereafter in the name
Of the abnve firm. We solicit continuation of
the patronage 80 literally bestowed by our old
friends. J. A. TURK.
Canton, April 3. 1869.