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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28
Science Perfecting Swimming.

A Paris inventor, has patented novel
yet simple apparatus for swimmers. The
invention consists in supplying to man.
by art, the apparatus which has been given
to the frog by nature. For the hands, he
has large membranOus fin which is held
to its place by loops passing over the fin
gers, and strap around the wrist. The
surface presented to the water by these
fins is so large as to add greatly to the
effectiveness of the strikes of the arm, but
not so large as to exhaust the muscular
power. Their effect is to very much re-
duce the effort usually required in swim
ming. But the greatest ingenuity is dis
played in the form and fitness of the fins
for the legs, which are attached to the
ankles, and are so formed that they act
upon the water, both in the movement OF
bringing the legs and throwing them back.
They act so finely in treading water, as
swimmers call it, that one can really walk,
if not on the water, at least in it. The
difference between swimming with this
apparatus and without it, is very much
like the difference between rowing boat
with a handle and the blade of an oar.
The old swimmer has no trouble in using
the fins at first trial, and is surprised to
find with what strength he can swim with
out exhaustion. He easily swims twice
as fast with the apparatus as without it.
and with it he can sustain himself for
hours upon the water, or swim mary
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28
A Singular Invention.

An ingenious French artisan has, it is
stated, invented scheme for the preven-
ton of revolutions, and the regeneration
of the world He attributes the convul-
sions of society to which his unfortunate
country has of late years been subject to
species of pOliti cal dram-drinklng pro
ducing an unhealthy condition OF mind:
Young men, he says, who would lead
quiet and useful lives if they followed
their natural inclinations, are led by older
offenders to indulge in daily drains OF
politics, until their brains become dis
eased, and they labor under an InsatlaDle
thirst for political excitement. If taken
in time, this morbid craving may be sub
dued. and reason will regain its sway.
He therefore suggests the estaDllshnneilt
of retreats for habitual politicians. into
which they may be either placed by their
friends, or voluntarily retire, until their
cure is perfected. Any habitual politician
who is public nuisance may, on the GER
tificate of two competent authorizes OF
different political persrlasions, be confined
i'm Il retreat for a period not exceeding
two years. The treatment to be pursued
towards patients is to administer to them
immense doses of political economy, pub
lie speeches, treat;ses on the rights OF
man, the wrongs of woman, Nc., ana
thoroughly to fatigue and disgust them
with the public questions of the day, I'M
til they gladly turn to occupations OF Il
more harmless nature. Although these
institutions are primarily intended for po-
litical patients, red-hot sectarians will be
admitted if there is room for them, and
their friends are prepared to pay for their
maintenance these latter will require a
slightly different method of treatment.
They are 20 be encouraged to engage in
endless discussions; it being laid down as
a rule that they are all to speak simulta-
neously, and not to cease discussing until
they have permission to do so. such per-
mission only being given where all en-
gagged in the argument are speeches.
from exhaustion. This treatment is to be
continued daily until cure is effected
Ere,y ,CUfu1I1U
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28

besides, weighing 500 pounds. Encir-
cling the spire, which was thirty feet high,
We're niEe iron rings, the largest being
siXty-three feet in circumference. and the
smallest twenty-four feet, weighing 5000
pounds. Surmounting tine spire was a
ball filled with pearls and precious stones.
The brilliancy of the editice, according to
the Chinese annalist, would endure to
hundreds of generations, monument of
recompensing kindness to myriads of
years. Therefore it is named Paugan-sZ,
or recOmpensing Favor Pagoda. For two
or three centuries it bore the appearance
of having suffered by a stroke of light
ming, which the Chinese attributed to the
conflict of the god of thunder with de-
mons; in pursuing them to the pagoda,
they said, he injured the building. In
1869 the TAPPING rebels blew this magnit-
icent monument of the gratitude of Il son
for his mothers love to pieces with gun
powder, and its very site will in time be
forgotten. -Ke7ancbcc Journal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28
Pitch Pine Yankees.

We talk about Yankee, New Eng
lander, as if all of 'em were just the same
kind of animal. There is knowledge
and knowledge" said John Bunyan.
There are Yankees and Yankees. Do you
know two native trees called pitch pine
and white pine respectively? OF course
you know 'em. Well there are pitch-pine
Yankees and white-pine Yankees. We
don't talk about the inherited differences
of men quite as freely, perhaps, as they
do in the Old Word, but rcpublicanism
doesn't alter the laws ofphysiology. We
have a native aristOcracy, a superior race,
just as plainly marked by nature as of a
run of people as the white pine is marked
in its form, its stature, its bark, its deli
cate foliage, as belonging to the nobility
of the forest and the pitch pine, stubbed,
rough, cOarse-haired, as of the plebian or
der. Only the strange thing is to see in
what capriciOus way our natural nObil-
ity is distributed. The last born nobleman
saw was only this morning; he was pull
ing a rope that was fastened to "A Maine
schooner loaded with lumber. l should
say he was about twenty years old, as fine
a figure of a young man as you would ask
TO see, and with regular Greek outline
of countenance, waving hair, that fell as
if n sculptor had massed it to copy, and a
complexion rs rich as Il red sunset.
have notion that the State of Maine
breeds the natural nobility in a larger pro-
portion than some other States, but they
spring up in all sorts of out-oi-the-way
places. The young fellow l saw this
morning had on an old flannel shirt and a
pair of pantalOOns that meant hard work,
and a cheap cloth cap pushed back on his
head so as to let the large waves of hair
struggle out over his forehead; he was
Juggling at his rope with the other sailors.
but upon my word don't think L have
seen a young English nobleman of all
those whom have looked upon that an
swered to the notion of blood so well
as this young fellow did. suppose if
made such a leveling confession as this in
public, people would think was looking
towards being the labor-reform candidate
for President. But l should go on and
spoil my prospects by saying that l don't
think the white-pine Yankee is the more
generally prevailin. growth, but rather
The pitch-pine Yankee.-Oiirer Wendell
Holmes.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28
Professor Tyndall.

Professor Tyndall's manner as a lee
turer is in a remarkable degree individual
and unique. He never reads. but holds
his audience by the power of lucid and
forcible extempOraneOus statement. He
is not what would be called fluent or
even speaker, who keeps up continuous
strain of agreeable utterance. He is not
an elegant declaimer, whose measured
cadences are accompanied by graceful and
appropriate gestures. He is irregular and
sometimes hesitating in speech and I'M
studied in gesture and movements. His
habit of speaking has been formed in con-
nectiOn with his habit of experimenting
and this latter is so essential a feature of
his platform exercises that it greatly influ-
enccs his manner Ofpublic address. Clear
ness, force, vividness of description, felici-
ty of Illustration, and the elOquence in
spired by grand conceptions are the strik-
ing features of his style. OF poetic and
imaginative temperament, but with those
traits under thorough discipline, he gives
vivacity and attractiveness to accurate and
solid exposition. Professor Tyndall is a
thoroughly trained and well poised cnthu-
siast in science. He is intensely in ear
nest, and is always as much interested in
the subject and the proceedings as the au-
dience he carries with him. He is re-
markable example of self-fOrgetfulness
upon the platform, being always absorbed
in his subject Strongly sympathetic with
his audience, he seems animated by but
one purpose: to make them understand
the question before them, to make them
see it and feel it as he sees it and feels it.
As an original and skillful experimental
Professor Tyndall is unrivaled. Fertile
and ingenious i'm cOntrivances for bringing
out his points, the effects are always tel
ling and impressive. Yet the experiments
are never the main things; they are al
ways subordinate to the idea with which
he is dealing-helps to its presentation.
He is never eclipsed by his own pyrotech-
ny, but holds the attention of his listen
ers closely to the question under exami-
nation. Professor Tyndall is remarkable
for the combination of two traits which
are but rarely united in single individ-
ual. He is an original explorer of scien-
tific truth, and skillful and effective pub
lie teacher. Holding the truths of science
to be divine, he is impelled to dedicate his
life to their discovery but holding them
also to he n means of salvation to man. he
is impelled also to the duty of their pub
lie interpretation.-Scientiffc Journal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28

The best way, says y. A. Willard, to
keep shippers from cheese is to use sci
bow grease" freely-that is, keep the sur
face of the cheese and the tables or ''set-
tiers" on which the cheese rest, well
rubbed daily. Cheese that is properly
made and well cared for, while curing,
will have little or no trouble from skip
pers. Cheese, while curing, should be
turned daily, and the surface well rubbed
to destroy all deposit made by the cheese
fly. The rubbing may be done with the
bare hand, or with a cloth the latter, of
course, will be required for cleansing the
tables or ''setters,' as the cheese are
turned.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28
October Forests.

Foreign visitors to this country never
cease to admire the gorgeous beauty of
our October woods and waysides-a
beauty not only sprinSing from the mag
nificent color of the naples, unknown in
the Old World, but also from the infinite
variety of exquisite hues displayed by
other trees in this country, which i'm Eu-
rope wear comparatively monotOnous
and Somber garb. The prevailing tints of
an Old-World forest are brown and
yellow; but not yet have we stated the
chief secret of the difference, which is
rather that the European forest leaves
turn brown in order to die, and are
already useless and lifeless when once
they are yellowed. That famous line of
Macbeth, MY way of life is fall'n into
the scar. the yellow leaf.' perhaps
expresses more existing decadencc to an
English thai. to an American mind, for
beauty when in their yellow leaf, nor is
the life yet out of the foliage. Besides,
the bushes, the vines, the underbrush
of America color with 4 depth, dclicacy,
brilliancy and variety of tint unknown
elsewhere. But we must admit that there
are cOmpensatiOns-th long, gradual
charming spring of Europe,
When daisies pied, and vioets blue,
And lady-smocks all silver white,
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue,
Do paint the meadow with delight,
contrasting with our cheerless, dreary,
variable, neutral March, April and May.
The pOppy-cOvered fields and OdOrOIIs
hedges of an English spring or early
summer may be admired by lovers of the
scapes, just as fresh colOring may be adj
mired as well as warm cOlOring, and ten
der growth as well as rich maturity.-Er-
CHANGE
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28

THE PAIN KILLER.--Special attention is
invited to the testimony, voluntarily given
by Rev. p. NJ Baker, of ElmwOod, in a severe
case of Asiatic cholera. We would also say
that we have frequently tested the merits of
the Pain Killer, and we advise no person to
be without it.-Proridence Or. y -4dcertiser.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28

EVERY WHERE.-The Evening Star Stove
is on sale in all the principal towns and cities
the South and West. All re-
spectacle dealers have them, and consider
them their most staple article.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28

"A farmer who sponged his horse in
the morning with water in which smart
weed had been soaked over night, says
the animal was not troubled with flies
during the entire day.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28

Bismarck, says Berlin jenkins,
smokes daily nine twenty-cent cigars. and
drinks about four dollars worth of beer
and wine. His tailor's bill annually
on an average, to six hundred
dollars; and he pays his servants in the
about twenty-four hundred
dollars year.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28

81 GO through my work." as the needle
said to the idle boy. "But not till you are
hard pushcd,' said the idle boy to the
needle
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28
ASiatic
Cholera!
Be PREPARED FOR IT!

PROVIDENCE. r. l., July 8, 1877.
MESSRS. PERRY DAVIS SOM:
Feeling anxious to benefit my race, wish to make
known to the world the good effects of your valua-
BILE medicine, - Pain Killer, - as manifested In my
case last W ednesday morning. i was at work on
the new house being erected by Daniel Potter ESQ;
near this place. had been feeling well as usual,
and had been at work but short time In the morn
ing when was seized with the most eXcruciatfng
pains and gripping In INV bowels. l was outside the
house, and was compelled to fall upon the ground,
and felt that must surely die. The sweat liter
as cold as ice-water. My hands and feet became
cold, and the blood seemed to settle under my
nails. A fervent prayer to God to spare my life
until could reach my house. some rods distant,
was all could ask. The other workmen ran to my
pared dose of Pain Killer'' (Which medicine,
by the way, have always kept ION hand'' ever
since became acquainted with Its virtues), and In
less than thirty minutes time 1t far relieved me
that was able to ride to my house. believe
should have died but for that dose of medicine
thus timely administered. In relating the matter
this morning to my friend, Dr. J. c. Maine. of Col
chester, Ct, and describing to him more fully the
symptoms, he was of the opinion Ii Appropriated
very nearly to an attack of Asiatic Cholera, in
which opinion other physicians with whom have
most fully agreed with me in the opinion that the
- Pain Killer is good remedial agent in cases of
like kind, and a safe and very valuable compound.
You are at liberty to make such of this letter
you please, and If any one is DESTROYS TO hear
further of case, and of what seems to me to be
dress Rev. p. NJ. Baker, Elmwood Store, Provi-
dence, r. L.
@-Directions accompany each bottle.
Price, s5 cts, SO cts, and $1.OO per Bottle.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28
Scientific Coffee Making.

Prof. Liebig, the German Chemist, says
good coffee Should be rich in two princi-
pies, extract and aroma. When boiled a
long time coffee is rich in extract but de-
ficient i'm aroma; and when boiled only a
short time it is rich in aroma but defic-
lent i'm extract. In order to obtain both of
these properties, Prof. Liebig directs us to
take twO-thirds of the ground coffee need
ed for the meal, put it to the water and
boil briskly considerable time, and when
the meal is nearly ready, take the coffee
from the fire and add the remaining third
of ground coffee stir it well, let it stand
a few minutes and serve.
The above directions will not avail
much if the coffee is not properly roasted.
Roast often. and in small quantities
at time. According to Nj. Schadler,
only half the quantity of finely
ground coffee is needed. in order to
produce the same strength of beverage
obtained by the ordinary coarse ground
article. If. after Oriental fashion, the
ground coffee is crushed fine i'm mortar,
only twO-fifths of the coarse is needed.
Infusion, boiling, tiltering through a bag,
all have the same result as regards
strength, except that by filtering the aro-
ma of the coffee is better preserved.
The New Haven Palladium tells of an
amusing incident which occurred in Il
church not twenty miles from that city,
on IL recent Sunday. As one of the lead
ing male singers was utterng the last
loud Amen, his false teeth Ga temporary
set) dropped out of his mouth! Luckily
the service was nearly ended, and the ac-
cident was not seen by many of the con-
gregatiOn.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28

A RAILROAD
WATCH,
AMERICAN WATCH CO.,
Waltlam. Massachusetts.
Travellers by Railroad frequently find
their watches completely demoralizcd by
the continuous jar of the train. To over
come this difficulty has long been a prob
lem with watchmakers, and it is now sue
cessfully accomplished in the new grade
made by the
American Watch Co., Of Waltham.
This watch is made in the most substan-
tial manner, on the most approved princi-
pies, and combines all the recent improve
ments. 1t has
New MicrOmetrical Regulator,
by which the slightest variation can be
easily corrected. 1t is carefully adjusted,
and may be easily relied on to
Run Accurately,
Wear Well, and
Endure the Hardest Usage,
ithout any arrangement whatever. We
confidently recommend this watch to the
trade and the public as the
BEST :" ATCH
FOR THE PRICE
IN THIS MARKET.
The full trademark engraved on the
plate of each watch is
AMERICAN WATCH CO.,
Crescent St., Waltham, Mass. "
and it is distinctivcly known as the Ores
CENT ST. Watch.
The Superintendent of one of the Ne
vada mines writes that
Your CWalthnna) Watches are the only
ones that Will stand the shock OF blast
Ing. We have I'm this mine both Foreign
and different kinds OF American Watches,
hut the WALTHAM WATCH is the only
one adapted to our Pur pOse.''
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28
New York Central Railr'd.

new lOTk CCllUfstl hStlll II,
Locomotive Depot, Western Division.
GENTLEMEN have no hesitation in
saying that l believe the great majority of
locomotive engineers have found by ex-
perience that WALTHAM WATCHES
ARE THE MOST SATISFACTORY of
any for their uses. They RUN WITH
THE GREATEST ACCURACY AND
STEADINESS, Notwithstanding the
rough riding of an engine; and as 1 have
NEVER KNOWN ONE TO WEAR OUT,
they must be durable. l hope to see the
time when railway companies will gener-
ally adopt your watches, and furnish them
to all engineers and conductors. In my
opinion it would greatly tend to promote
regularity and safety.
Yours respectfully,
CHARLES WILSON,
G. Chief Engineer,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28
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The Arizona sentinel., 1872-12-21

party, and much doubt as to h. whereabouts. The party going along splendidly, the transit-man and leveller racing-neck and neck.
 ga. m.-Hear a dog bark, and the cry Crawford Crawford !'' runs along the line. Every man strips to his shirt sleeves.
 12m.-Stop to lunch. A team drives up from Crawford's camp. Crawford thinks we are miles be- hind, and is taking a days rest five miles back. Prolonged cheers and groans!
 P. m.-Party continues on att an easy gait, laughing and chat 1 ting over their certain victory. A black bottle produced from some- where!
 2p. m.--Yuma in sight.
 5. p. m.--Party camps on the{ Colorado, five miles below Yuma.
 Dec. 16th-5 p. m.
 Reno party enters Yuma at a | jog trot, and are going into campI on this side of the river. Men fresh and happy. No news of Crawford. It is rumored his party has run into snag, and may not be in until the evening of the 18th.
The Arizona sentinel., 1872-12-21
t MeTe Indian Depredatiens.

/ News reached us last Tuesday fthat the Buckhart, train, consist ing of two ten-mule teams, was attacked and captured by Indians on the 18th, near Oatman Flat. The train was attacked in the rear, and John Brison, one of the driv- CTS, was wounded in the melee. Both drivers, however, managed to make their escape from the scalping knife of the blood thirsty ApacheS. The Indians, after ran- sacking the wagons and taking all the ammunition and blankets they wanted. cut the mules loose and drove them off. King Wolsey and party went in pursuit, and at last accounts had recaptured nine of the mules. MT. Bri5on is now in the military hospital, over at Fort Yuma.
The Arizona sentinel., 1872-12-21
That "Cuteo Picture.

The Weste,n RostGJ Record, pulp lished at Chicago, the most relii.- ble postal paper in the Union, says:
 "How it is that the prOprietors of Our Preside Friend can give away to every subscriber a beauli- ful chromo of 16x20 inches, and which retails everywhere at S10, is more than we can tell. But they do it. And it Is certainly an elegant picture. The subject is most pleasing, and it will be Q beautiful ornament in any house. hold. Our Preside Friend has attained a very large circulation, and is firmly established as one of the leading family Weeklies of the CnlOn.
The Arizona sentinel., 1872-12-21
Commercial.

The Cocopah, Capt. Mellon, ar-I rived from Mohave Dec. 17ttx. q 10 a. n., with Barge No. i, bIs >S ing silver ore from Hardyville andN copper ore from Williams Fork. She left Dec. 18th, for Ehrenberg, with Barge No. 2, taking up 12S. troops, one officer, ,and Co.'s. Evana and Crittenden, with other pas. sengers.
 The Colorado, Capt. Thorn, with Barge Black Crook, arrived from Port Isabel on the 18th, at 5:45 m. She left for Port Isabel on tn 20th, at daylight.
 The steamship Newbern the mouth of the Coloraao riVo' the 18th, at 112 &. m.
 Brig J. B. Ford is nowS& in San Francisco for Port Isabd with general merchandise.
The Arizona sentinel., 1872-12-21
Murder.

On the 11th inst, the stage from this place to San Diego found the body Of q murdered man at Teca- te, near San Diego. The body was taken into the latter place, and upon Investigation it Was found that his name was Logan. suppos- cd to be 6 deserteF from the army. Evidence was also obtained that the murder was committed by an Indian named Juan Chapo. The deceased Was about 20 years old.