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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02
Care of Farm Tools.

Most of our farm implements sooner
rust out from careless exposure to the in
cIemency of the weather than are worn
out by use. I'VE are glad TO see that our
agricultural Journals keep pelting away
at the thick coats OF our thin-skinned
farming fraternity, who lose money every
year for the want of little reasonable
care in this particular. The Farm Journal
says:
EVERY farmer should have a can of lin
seed oil and brush on hand, and when
ever he buys new tool he should soak it
well with the oil and dry it by the fire or
in the sun before using. The wood by
this treatment is tOughened and strength
ened and rendered impervious to water.
Wet a new hay rake ard when it dries it
will begin to be loose in the joints but if
well oiled the wet will have but slight eff
feet. Shovels and forks are preserved
f:Om checking and cracking in the top of
the handle by oiling. The wood becomes
as smooth as glass by use. and is far less
liable to blister the hand when long used.
AK and hammer handles often break off
where the wood enters the iron. This
part particularly should be tOughened
with oil, to secure durability. Oiling the
wood in the eye of the ak will prevent its
swelling and shrinking and sometimes
getting loose. The tools on a large farm
cost great sum of money; they should
be of the most approved kinds. 1t is poor
economy, at the present extravagant price
of labor, TO set men to work with ordinary.
old fashioned implements. Laborers
should be required to return their tools to
the convenient places provided for them.
After using, they should be put away
clean and bright. The mOld-hoards of
plOws are apt to get rusty from one sc;i-
son to another, even if sheltered. They
should be brushed over with few drops
of oil when put away, and will then re-
main in good order till wanted.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02
ViOletS all Winter.

A SUPPLY of violets-fresh. tragran'
and beautitul-can be had during ali the
dreary winter months. at no cost what
ever. beyond the original expense OF Il
cold frame and the plants. The work
should commence at once. Dig pit three
by tour feet and twenty inches deep; pro
vide abundant drainage. Fill in with SIX
or eight inches of coarse gravel, broken
pots. and other loose material. Cover
this to within two or three inches of the
surrounding surface with good rich gar
den soil. Have ready a frame of inch and
Il half plank. the size of the bed, twelve
inches high in front and eighteen inches
high at the rear, with the ends slopcd To
match Fit the frame into the pit so that
the lower edge shall be four inches below
the surface OF the ground outside. In
scttiu" the frame. place the lower orfront
side to the south rs nearly as may be-
Now fill the bed with plants, set in clumpss
eight inches apart. Water we'll, and
shade for Il few DAYS, by which time they
will have become well established. The
frame must be banked up on the outside
with earth nearly to the top
Nothing more is to be done until Just
before severe troSts come, when the frame
is to be covered with an ordinary hot-bed
sash. This is removed during each pleas
ant day and replaced at night until winter
begins to set in. Then the inside of the
frame, around and over the plants, is to
bc entirely filed with dry forest leaves,
and the sash placed. Care must be used
to see that everything is secure from the
incursiOns of mice, or they will revel in
the nice warm nest provided.
In January, when the frightening days
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02
Indian Summer.

THE beautiful days of Indian summer
have come before hardly a leaf has changed
from green to scarlet. The storms of the
equinox have clustered and died away.
and already the country press-most lam
entable sign of general dejection-has be-
gun to reprint Mr.. Brvant's account OF
how the melancholy days have come, the
saddest of the year. An Ineffable sadness
has settled upon the young women whose
bright eyes at twilight watch the evening
star. and who long for him who comes not
vet to meet them at the TRUSTING place.
Within this sober realm of lcafieSs trees
the russell year will soon begin 10 Inhale
the dreamy air, like some patent reaper In
its hours of ease. when all the fields are
living brown and bare. Even now, at this
opening of the season. the morning air is
chill, the atmosphere about the horizon is
deliciouSly haZy. and the, nights are cool
and redOlent of sleep, or would be so had
a timely frost nipped the long nippers OF
the mischievOus mosquito, who during
the day hangs like peach to the chamber
wall, pretending to be but Il speck- bur ut
night swoops down and clamorS Tor piood;
Brooks, ponds. and lakes are placid, and
now is the proper time to dwell among
the woods and mountains. According TO
the old Indian legend the god OF the
southwest now sends his gentle Zephyrs
to allow the red man to store his maize
and prepare for winter; but III tins dreamy
time the modern red man prepares Tor
raiting on white settlements. obtaining
stores of whiskey and other tire-watcr,
and to scalp his pale brother. raise the Old
Harry, and scrcech upon the wind. Hap
Ply are the men who live oh Staten Island
for the sky and the bay are beautiful be
vond compare. and TO sail ut evening Is
imaduterltcd bliss. For two or three
weeks now the parks and drives viii be
alive with flying horses and gayly dressed
women. The time for nuts and apples ana
possets of ale will spread its mantle over
us all. and if we are not happy it VIII be
our own faulty. y. World.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02
A Strange Report.

a PARIS paper. Il Opinion Rationale, an
nOunces that the Emperor William will
probably abdicate in favor of his only son,
the Prince Imperial Frederick. before the
close of 1872, the alleged reason being
the wish of the Emperor TO prevent his
successor undermining the influence of
Prince Bismarck. but the avOwcd motive
being the state of the EmperOr's health
and his advanced age. His health has al
ways been very good. however, with the
exception OF occasional attacks of rhcu-
matism, and, as regards his age, he is only
twenty-five days older than President
Theirs, whose dictionary contains no such
word as ''abdicate.' All points consid-
retire into private life, voluntarily. rs
Adolph Theirs. 1t was stated, and be
lieved, before the war of 1870, that Prince
Frederick. heir apparent. was not on the
best possible terms with Bismarck, and
might dispense with his services after sue
ceedng to the crown. But the success
full result of Bismarck's policy, which
converted the royal dialem of Prussia into
the imperial crown of Germany, has prob
ably made a great change in the Princes
estimate of his fathers Prime Minister
Besides. the Prince, who has proved him
self to be, ''aye, every inch' Il soldier,
served in the Fran:o-Gcrman campaign
with Bismarck, and saw that besides be-
ing sage in council he was cool and brave
in the field. If Prince Frederick really
was inimical to 1.-The influences Chat il,
the power,l of Prince bismarck, the alb
dicaiion of Emperor William would only
accelerate his purpose, if he entertained
such. Of getting rid of the real architect
of the present German Empire.-Foyney's
Press.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02
A New Outpost of Science.

The Government has within the past
summer planted signal station for phys
zeal and meteorological observations on
the Island of st. Paul, in the Behrin. Sea.
The observer sent thithcr by the Weather
Bureau is charged with the duty of extern
sive research and frequent reports as TO
the entire Alaskan and Aleutian territory.
and much valuable and interesting matter
is expected from him. This outpost of
science in the North Pacific will be of
special value in studying the climatology of
the whole northwestern coast of America,
and will connect its Investigations with
the oceanic explorations soon to be under
taken by the navy in the waters south of
of the Aleutian Islands.
The latest advices from tie st. Paul oh
server give interesting data of earthquakes,
arroral displays and of the summer gales
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02
PhilterS OF Love POtfOnS.

One of the most curious chapters in the
literature of poisoning is that which re-
lates to the use of poisonous substances
in the preparation of philters, or love
pOtions, which We're administered under
the idea that the affections of the person
so practised on would be gained by the indi-
vidual who employed them. Though the
means adopted were often ridiculous
enough. and partook more of the charac-
ter of sorcery and incantation. yet in many
cases they were not of the same harmless
nature, and the evil effects which fire.
quently resulted assumed such an impOr-
lance i'm the eye of the law, that even, at
an early period. the administration of such
piIilters was looked upon in the same
light as more serious attempts at poison
ing, and was punished as capital otfense.
Among the Greeks and Romans. Medea
was regarded as the greatest adept in the
art of preparing philters; and hence the
term Melodies herbG was used by Horace
and Ovid to designate such substances
generally. Next in reputation stand the
Ihessalian women, who may be supposed
to have learnt the art from Medea. and
who attained great celebrity in all that
related to poisoning, sorcery, and incan-
tation. Hence '.Thessalian arts" and
'.Thessalian poisons" are frequently en-
ployed by the classical writers as generic
terms. applicable to all forms OF poison
ing. Philters are described by Ovid and
others as affecting the reason and causing
a phrensy which sometimes terminated
fatally. Lucretius, the great philosophic-
al poet of the CicerOnian era, is said to
have written his poem '-On the Nature of
Things" in the intervals of delirium. Oc-
casioned by philter or love-potion Sc
cretIy administered to him by his wife or
mistress. Lucilia; and Lucullus, the Ro-
man general, is stated to have died in a
state of delirium from Il similar cause.
The laws of the twelve Tables contained
special provisions against this form OF
poisoning. Though it would appear,
therefore, both from the accounts we have
received and from the necessity of spe
cial enactments against it. that the adj
of philters often led to re-
suits far more serious than were contcmp-
lated by those who used them, we can
hardly regard otherwise than as Il sub
jact OF amusement the credulity which
prevailed even up to very late period
with respect to many substances held in
high rcpute, and supposed to be possessed
OF marvellous properties. Most OF these
substances would hardly come under
the head of poisonS, or even noXious sub
stances, as we understand them; but yet,
in most countries, their administration
was forbidden, as coming under the head
of sorcery and witchcratt.-GoOd Health
fla. OrfDbeJ.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02
A Fortune from the Cranberry.

A few years ago successful merchant
of Chicago, Mr.. Sackett, well known for
enterprise. generosity, and also a specula-
tive turn OF mind, was induced by two
friends of his to try an investment with
them in the purchase of Western land,
with Il view to prospective increase in
price. Each was to furnish an equal
share toward the enterprise. More as ac-
commodatiOn to them than regard for the
profit, he consented. and, furnishing his
part, they went West to make the pur-
chase, while he remained at his business
in Chicago. Now these enterprising
friends of his found that they could buy
up a large tract of land near Berlin. Wis.
very low by including in it a portion of
worthless swamp. They closed the trade
and i'm making the division among them
selves, they took each third of the fine
land and left the mud and water for Mr..
Sackett, who had never seen the land, and
accepted the division on faith in his
friends And for some time he continued
to pay the taxes, unit. he failed in BUSH
ness and, thinking to realize on the sale
of it, he went West tor that purpose, when
to his dismay he found that, far from be-
ing able to sell it, he could not even give
it away. Signing just a little at the al,-
plicity of his friends. who had so divided
the valuable and left him the worthless,
he wandered over the swamp he almost
through its mud and water in desperate
hOpelessness. Poverty and want stared
him in the face, when 10. something else
stared him in the face too. He found
something on his land. What was it !:
1t was not California gold, nor South
Africa diamonds; neither was it oil, iron,
or coal. 1t was wild Crapberries. Pres
to, change!" Now mark the result
That land is worth $500 per acre. and he
is worth half Il million dollars. He wasa
shrewd man, with an eye to business, and
he saw at once a fortune in these cranber-
ries, and went to work to realize it by cul-
tivatiOn and systematic labor, and he has
a regularly trained brigade of children
to pick and prepare the cranberries for
market, for which he realizes as high as
S24 per barrel; while the men who in
tended to play a joke on him now mourn
over their own Invaluable land, and sigh
for the fortune their joking lost them
~ y. Ladepe,adent.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02
ssWhip 'em With COrn-stalks.o

The above was used to represent the
spirit, rather than the exact words, of
General Henry A. Wise, in an ''intervicw'
with Philadelphian, on the eve OF the day
that Virginia passed her ordinance of Sc
cessiOn; the militia-general, under his
nodding plumes. which he had mounted
that day. and with a pair of fiint-lOck pis-
tolls in his hands, was assuring knot of
admirers, gathered at the conversation, of
an easy conquest of yankees The
amount of the interview was, that the
South needed no arms, but would make
the yankees run with any old scrap
iron that country blacksmith might
fashion into weapons; or they might
twist off the corn-stalks in the fields, and
with these drive off the paltry crew.
Thus, whenever easy victories were
prophesied in Southern newspapers, or
there was talk about difficulty of arms,
lack of war-material. ETC., in the Confeder-
acy, it became customary to say: sob,
we will whip 'em with cOrn-stalks - The
same reply was ready to all that was told
of great preparations i'm the North to
carry out the war. 1t was the fashionable
pOOh-pOOh whenever a fearful or calcula-
ting spirit had to be rebuked. Afterward,
the bOastful quotation continued some
time in use, as self-deriSion among South
ern men of their own fOlly-a ludicrous
reflection upon what had been their cxpcc-
tations at the beginning of the war
Gradually, however, in both applications.
the words fell into disuse, as the spirit of
the war became more serious, and the
disappointnents of the South in ii grew
unpleasant for even the playful derisiOn
OF self-inflicted joke.-Appteto'as' jour
nal
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02

come, remove the sash carefully. take out
all the leaves, lightly sprinkle the plants
and replace the sash. Cover carefully
every cold night with mats. giving sun
shine during the day. In a short time the
frame will be filled with violets which
may be cut ad lib. All the future care
that is necessary is to keep the frame well
covered with mats water lightly when
ever the plants need it, and on warm,
bright days, lift the sash sufficiently to
give little air.
As to variety, the double blue Neapoli-
tan is the one almost universally cult
waited in frames. I'h3 ''Schoenbrlin'' is
lets'' is very double, of beautiful flush
white and very fragrant, but somewhat
shy bloomer. The same is true of the
double white Neapolitan.-N. Y. Observer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02
ReyOlutiOnist InsurrectiOnary Outbreak
in Spain.

BY telegram from Madrid. we are made
aware of the fact that the peace OF SPAN
has been disturbed, and the government
of King Amadeus alarmed. by the occur
renee of another incident i'll the series OF
reyolutionist inSurrectionary outbreaks
which have so agitated Madrid royalty
of late days. The Spanish troops serving
in ordinary garrison at Ferrol have revolt
ed against the Crown. They have the
aid of a number of disatiected persons,
under the lead of Seniors Montijo and Ro-
las. The garrison stationed inside the
fortress of the town of Ferrol, with the
crew of Il war steamer on duty at MaIa-
redo. had been tempered with as to their
allegiance but it is said that they reject
ed the overlures of the rebels. Despite
their loyalty, the Insurgents obtained pos
session of the gunhoats. eNtIngulsheu thc
light in the Ferrol lighthouse and held
the town barred against the advance OF
the Kings troops. The Cabinet acknowl-
edged the facts in Parliament. proclaim
iny at the same time the governmental
official conviction that the troublesome
outbreak would soon be subdued. The
Alphonsista and republican members III
Cortes disavow the idea of party poliu-
cal completely in the disatlection. There
is little doubt that Spanish soldiers ana
sailors will restore at Ferrol; but IL
is equally certain that the recurr2nt ap-
piit.aIion of military irritants serves To
keen alive n social sore which may very
soon ran@reuc almost the whole body
corpor lte of Spaiu.-N. Y. Herald. Oct. Is.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02
King Oscar III.

King Oscar H., who has just assembled
the throne of Sweden and Norway, has
many peculiaritics but as he is a highly
gifted man, of a family who have ever
looked with favor on liberal and progress
i've movements, the people of the two
nOthern kingdoms are confident that the
liberties of the country will be safe in his
hands. He early manifested great mental
aptitude, and would have been the pride
and delight of his teachers but for his way
ward disposition. His father, Oscar L..
was a great disciplinarian, and insisted
that his two sons should be treated by
their teachers with the same severity as
ordinary school-boys. He himself would
examine their compositions after school
hours; and, when he found they We're
not satisfactory, he would administer with
his own hands the required correction.
Having received several rather painful
castigatiOns in this manner, the young
Prince Oscar, in his twelfth year. like
Frederick the Great, in similar trouble,
ran away from home, and succeeded in
finding his way to Copenhagen, where the
emissaries of his distressed parents found
him playing in the street at marbles with
some little ragamuflins. No European
Prince ever presented more ludicrotS
aspect than young Oscar when he was
thus found, barefooted and his clothes
soiled and torn. But he asserts to the
PiCsChb tudt ilC Ci,1ON GU liIHiSCI iOi
Ously during that brief absence from
home. In his seventeenth year he was sent
to the Univer- ity of Upsala, where he
took part in all the practical jokes, OF
which the students of that ancient seat of
learning are so fond. After remaining
there about six months he shocked his
royal father by coolly informing him that
he had fallen desperately in love with the
daughter of one of the university profess
Ors, and was determined to marry her.
To prevent this he was Immediately re-
called to Stockholm. where he became
very popular by his simplicity and unaf
fected manners. He delighted to walk
the streets after nightfall, plainly dressed,
and was invariably present at fires. where
he would work with the greatest vigor at
the engines. While travelling with
friend. incognitO, in 1852, they were both
robbed, and when, next morning, the
landlord presented their bills, they had
NOT cent to pay with, when their irate
host locked them beth up. and summoned
two policemen to take them in charge,
but, with some difficulty, they established
their identity, and We're released. When
the court of Stockholm selected a German
princess as cOnsOrt of the maynard Oscar.
the latter went secretly to Lubbock, and
in disguise, Travelled with her on the
steamer that conveyed her from that port
to Stockholm, watching his intended
bride with the closest attention. What he
saw of her satisfied him that she was an
excellent young woman, and he has ever
since proved an afsectionate husband to
her.-Weektv Press
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02

which are generated in the North Pacific
and thence sweep eastward over the
United States. The Signal Service. it is
said. will shortly occupy station in the
Sandwich Islands, and when the latter
is connected with San Francisco by the
Pacific cable the weather reports will eX-
tend over nearly a hundred degrees of
longitude.
The reports from the Island of st. Paul
and the Sandwich Islands will enable
scientific men to link the physical geOg-
raphy and climatic conditions of the great
Japan Stream. known as the kurO
Siwo. and the warm wind systems of our
Pacific States and Territories with the
phenomenal mild Winter belt of our far
Northwest.-N Y Herald. Oct. II.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02

The PaV lIaH gazette has not much
faith in the power OF the new way OF set
ting international diiiicultieE. and mann
tains, that. after all, arbitration Is but us
ouiseI diplomacy. Ii holds that not at
Geneva but at Washington, all was grant
ed by the English diplomats which
America desircd-a formal apology and
an admission that England had so tar vio-
lated its international obligations as To be
liable for claim for compensation. Inc
quarrel was therefore entirely settled at
Washington, for so far as regards the
amount of compensation demanded IL nau
all along been declared to be indifferent to
the American mind. which wanted only
what is known in slangy circles as ''satis-
faction.'
Ir is said the washer-women of Chicago
are pettiuU ND n wiring.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02
Uses of Para fine.

The applications of paratfine are so nu-
merouS and important that it is difficult to
trace them through all their ramitications.
Wine and beer casks are rendered tight
by parailine. and its introduction into the
vacuum pans of the sugar industry, is said
said to prevent frothing of the syrup.
Plaster casts are coated with it; drawing
paper is rendered transparent; parlor
matches are tipped with it; spon"es are
kept elastic clothing is rendered water
tight. and il is employed To keep shoe
makers wax soft and pliablc. A parailine
insulator is in use upon some of our telc-
graph lines, and as there are few sub
stances that can attack or decompoSc par
aflinc, its value in many chemical pro
ccsscs is obvious. One OF the most recent
uses is in the manufacture of Sulphurctted
hydrogen gas. II sulphur and parailine
be boiled together in flask, decomposi-
ton takes place. and II copious supply of
sulphurctted hydrogen is given off. In
medicine the prcservative and protective
properties of parafiine are brought into
frequent rcquiSition, and in candies it also
plays part.-Jo,o'. dpp- Chem.
There are in Belgium two hundred
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02

A MECHANIC gives the following method
of so putting tires on wagon wheels. that
they will not get loose and require reset
ting. Use long cast iron pan or dish
made for the purpose; linseed oil is
brought to boiling heat, the wheel is
placed on stick over the dish, so as to
hang in the oil. each fellOe an hour. The
timber should be dry, as green timber will
not take the oil
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02

A SOUTHERN nigger named Pompey
saws: .'ralkin' of lie law make me tink
of what de mortal Cato, who lib most a
t'ollsand years ago. once said: DE law
is like a groun' glass winder, dat give
light cuutf to light Us poor mortals IN
the dark passages of life; but it would
puzzle de Old I'm himself to see troo
it,"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02

The Rev. Emnuel A. Half, lately
connected with the congregation Shaare
Shomaim, in New York mas been appointed
Chazan of the congregation Shanghai
Chased, in New Orleans. lie has entered
upon his functions there and has been
very well received by his new congrcga-
ton.