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The drift Of Jadce: cotton's rensarks was
that there was No necessitY for postpone
ment to form combination with the Re-
form party, inasmuch q BY the .nomi1 alton
ofpfoper candidates the Refofmers would
come to the Deuocrat;c standard.
Several voices asked him, What about
Grant, Are you for Grant r. The Judge
said he knew NOT what right they had
to ask him, that question. and. the inquiries
being persisted in; he answered he had
been Democrat Of Rap1des in old times'
with Dick Winn, and had never Voted any
other, and then he wanted to know if they
were answered yet He continued to speak
strongly against postponement, seeming to
hold the opinion that the motives in that
motion were to form coalition with Gov
ernor Warmoth, or at least such would be
the effect of postponing nominations at this
time. 80 s., /. ! jss II ~
4 w. M. Levy. of Natehitoches, took the
floor. in answer to repeated calls, and first
discla;med any idea Of irnprting improper,
sordid or corrupt motives to those who
might differ in opinion with himself.
Though the gentleman who had just spoken
did not, in so many words, attribute such
motives to those who. advocated postpone
ment, vet the whole burden Of his speech
wAs to that effect. Recr ATS must be OBJ
tanned. A line of policy must be struck out
ON which all the disaffected Of the opposing
party can rally, and time was wanted to
unite all the elements in grand move
ment. 49,
r. N. T. Hunter, Of Rapides, spoke Tor
| one hour and a half against postponement.
| Ha had MAYER seen 4 convention more free
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-03-28
Oh Would | Were a Child Again

signs the weary and exhausted one, as the languor
and lassitude of spring comes upon him. Come
and receive vigor and strength from the wonderful
South American TONIC.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-03-28

e,;end. 10 learn that the captain only re-
'.',.,d from, one fit to seek the means OF
bringing on another.
..f;,y we did not leave him behind al
together" said at last; -,
.Tye thought so a dozen times" said
nv friend. "for the sailing with a mailman
on board does not suit my book"
The day gided slowly by with varying
weather The hot latitude was reached.
There was little horse-play as we cross
ed the line; then shark was caught, and
at times polphin or bonito; and at last,
paating with the heat, we lay beneath the
almost vertical rays of the sun, without
breath of wind to fill the sails as they
hung from the yards, the vessel gently
rolling in the swell as the sea heaved and
fell without as much as a ripple visible.
Rough coverings were rugged up; but in
snite of all that could be done to mitigate
II the heat was unbearable, beating down
unon our heads and reflected from the sea
which shone like vast mirror Of polished
metal. Gaping seams, with the tar ooz-
ing forth, rails and stanchions SO heated
that hand could not be borne upon them,
il was no wonder that we were constantly
longing for the comparative cool of the
night !; but even then there was not time
for the temperature to grow much lower
before the sun once more rose,- each day
apparently hotter than the last.
We were seated one evening, watching
the last glow of the setting sun, when
Anderson, the second mate, made the re-
mark that he thought change was COM
ing, and then our attention was taken up
BY Mr.. Ray passing close by us and de-
scending as if to the captains cabin.
"How has he been to-day?" said, as
Mr. Ray disappeared.
'Worse than ever" was the reply. 'If
were Ray I'd make prisoner of him and
take sole command. He'd be quite iusti-
fled in doing so.h
Further conversation was cut short by
the appearance of the mate. who beck
oned hastily to my companion.
.Something wrong" he exclaimed as
he leaped to his feet. and quite as quick
followed him to the hatchway.
"Good heavens, Anderson" exclaimed
Mr.. Ray, "what is to be done He is raw
leg mad y
"Have you no medicines ~ asked.
medicines ? Yes; but how are we to
deal with man in his state just listen"
CONCLUDED TOMORROW
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Profitable EMPLOYMENT,

in the United States, by which they may realize
from $500 to $1,000 per year. with but little inter
ference with ordinary occupation. If the whole
time is devoted much larger sum will be realized.
Boys and girls can make nearly as much as grown
people. Some making from 81 to $l5 per week
For particulars address j. j. FARDELL & Co,
767 Broadway, n. Y.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
Chinese Suspension Bridges.

THE most remarkable evidence of the
mechanical science and skill of the Chi
nese at this early period is to be found i'll
their suspension bridges, the invention OF
which is assigned to the Han dynasty.
According to the concurrent testimony OF
all their historical and geographical
writer's, Sangleang, the commander of the
army Kaon-tsoo, the first of the Hans,
undertook and completed the formation
of roads through the mountainous prov
ince of ShenSi to the west OF the capital.
Hitherto its lofty hills and deep valleys
had rendered communication difficult
and circuitous. With a body of 100, 900
laborers, he cut passages over the noun
tains, throwing the removed soil into the
valleys, and where this was not sufficient
to raise the road to the required height
he constructed bridges, which rested ON
pillars or. abutmcnts. In another place
he conceived and accomplished the daring
project of suspending a bridge from one
mountain to another, across deep chasm.
These bridges, which are called by the
Chinese writer's, very appropriately, fly
ing bridges, and represented To be numer-
Gus at the present day, are sometimes So
high that they cannot be traversed with
out alarm. One still existing in Shensi
stretches four hundred feet, from noun
tain to mountain, over chasm nVe nun
dred feet. Most of these flying bridges
are SO wide that four horsemen can ride
on them abreast, and h,Iustrades are
placed ON each side To protect travellers.
II is by no means improbable las NJ. Eau
thier suggests that ms the missionaries in
China made known the fact more than
century and a half ago, the Chinese had
suspended bridges, and that many of them
were made of iron, the hint may have
been taken from these for similar con-
structions by European engincers.-Scte't-
fit,. Press
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
Boutwell, as Supreme Judge.

ACCORDING to an Associated Press dis
patch from Washington, Mr.. Boutwell,
has decided the income tax to be uncOn-
stitutional, so far as it affects the salaries
of the President of the United States and
the Judges of the Supreme Court. This
statement must be accepted as true, not
only because Associated Press reporters
seldom make mistakes, but because it is
inherently probable. The man who was
able to repeal the funding act. which
Congress passed for his guidance, and to
frame new act for himself, in plain con-
f1ict with the act of Congress, is certainly
able to declare any other act of Congress
unconstitutional, null and void. The in
come tax law provides that its constitu-
tionality shall not be questioned in any
court of the United States, but by some
oversight it does not provide that it shall
not be set aside as unconstitutional by
the Secretary of the Treasury. Observ-
ing this fact, Mr. Boutwell, naturally con-
cluded that he was the Supreme judicial
tribunal, with respect to this particular
act at least, just as he concluded that he
was the Supreme legislative authority
with respect to the funding act.
Judge Boutwell, appears, however, to
have been afflicted with an apprehension
that some one might have the audacity to
question his jurisdiction, inasmuch as he
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the President and the Supreme Court
Judges. In this way he prevented the
question of the authority of the super-su-
prenr court of Boutwell, from being ques-
toned by the Supreme Court of the
United States, because the members of
that tribunal cannot sit in Il case in which
they are interested. AT the same time he
cut off all impertinent questions from the
White House, as the functiOnary who at
present occupies that mansion would
never think of doubling the jurisdiction
of Il tribunal that had accorded him eX-
emption from taxation.
Having thus fortified himself against
any reversal of his decision, the next step
for Mr.. Boutwell, to take is to declare the
income tax unconstitutional, as applied
to his own case. After that, if he finds
himself unable to carry his subsidy or
syndicate schemes through in any other
way, he may proceed TO refund the taxes
paid on their incomes by Senators and
Representatives. And, finally, he may
wholly relieve Congress of the troublesome
business of providing revenue, and re-
pealing taxes, and proceed in the pleni-
tude of his legislative, executive and judi
cial power, to levy, collect and remit
taxes, and disburse the revenues as may
be most agreeable to his own sovereign
win.-Chicago Times.
AT Il recent bull fight in Madrid, three
horses and two male performers were
killed
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
Choosing A Name.

WHAT name to give "the baby" has
often been serious question in the fam
lily council. The question is not the less
serious when the child happens to be the
thirteenth: for the usual roll of Mary,
John, William, Ellen, Jane, Thomas,
James, Sarah, Elizabeth and Ann, has,
by that time become exhausted. The de
bate in such cases generally ends in call
ing the new conner some fine name-some
name which its grandmother never heard
of, and which has ring of nobility IN it.
l once asked the father of family of
some dozen children, how he managed TO
find names for them all "Names, SIR"
he replied, my difficulty is not to find
names, but bread"
But our present question is, "What are
we to call baby?" Sometimes the mother,
in her hour of joy and thankfulness, as a
mark of affection for her husband says,
'We'el leave il with father" Sometimes
the father declines the privilege. In other
households it is the custom for the father
to name the boys, and for the mother to
name the girls. In others, the elder chill
dTen are consulted, or some rich relations,
or some valued friend. So that it often
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
Popping Corn.

There is no evening fireside luxury
much more enjoyable than a dish of nice
popped corn. Almost every one likes it,
and all can have it, for in expense it
amounts to but a trifle Now it is with
pop corn, as.with very many other things
we have to fix up for the palate, much de-
ponds upon preparation. Some pop corn
in hot fat, but this mode is not generally
adopted. 1t is prepared in almost every
conceivable way by experts for the mar
ket, nicely colored and sweetened; but, as
yet, l have never found any having quite
the richness OF that prepared at my OWL
hearthstone. 1 do not mean by this to
boast of any superior ability, or set my
self up as a champion corn-popper, for
what l know of it | learned of others, and
after tell yeu how it is DONE you can do
it as well as l.
Salt and sugar seem to be the fayorite
articles for tlavoring, but used together
they are no benefit. Grease is sometimes
applied to make the salt adhere-fOr dry
salt will rattle through and soon he at the
bottom of the pan. Now try this plan:
Take pepper sauce bottle or one like it,
and fill it with water in which the largest
possible amount of salt has been dis
solved; then with this sprinkle the corn,
at the same time stir the corn brisl1ly with
a spoon. The brine should not be put on
so plentifully as to make the corn wet, for
VIII LhhhS IL n oilltiil iluOuHL
of salt water will be absorbed instantly,
imparting the flavor evenly and perfectly
all through. ,vg. D.,
Those who prefer sweet to salt, can
make great improvement over the old
method of baling with molasses, by tax
ing loaf sugar and dissolving it with just
water enough to keep it from burning;
then, while the syrup is hot, put little
at time upon the corn and stir rapidly.
The grains will not compact, but each one
be coated or crystaliZed. The corn will
not be sticky and none of that raw mo-
lasses flavor will be impaired. 1909
As to the popping part, it makes no
odds whether it is done in a spider, kettle
or patent pepper the latter, however, is
the most convenient, but do not let the
work be done tso rapidly. If heat ex-
pands and bursts the kernels suddenly .
the corn is not cooked as well as under
more moderate process. By trying this
you will see the difference in flavor.
prefer the rice corn to any other, and
would advise all who have even few
rods of ground to raise some pop corn.
If you raise it, you'll have it; and if you
don't it's possible you'll go Without
Bertha, in Ohio Farmer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
Toms "GOId Dust"

"Uncle," said Tom one day, cit seems
to me your things don't look as well as
they ought" They were in the garden,
and ''thc things" the boy had his eyes on
were the currant bushes.
81 don't expect they do" replied his
uncle. I'm no great hand at Il garden.
Well, sir, what can you improve ~
81 can try on the currants," said Tom.
They want to be trimmed out, and the
wood cut off, and the right suckers trained
Don't you ever dig around them and put
ashes on the roots ~
His uncle had never done these things;
did not know that they ought to be done.
He thought, he said, ''currants took care
of themselves"
bat they can be cared for" said Tom,
s'and do all the better"
" Suppose you try, boy said his I'M
Gle
His uncle did not believe much would
come of it, but he had reason TO change
his mind. Much did come of it. All at
once, it seemed to him, for time goes fast
with an old man, his bushes were loaded
with fruit, fine large currants, such rs his
garden had not seen for many day, ii
ever before. People, when they walked
into the garden, exclaimed, "What SPLEEN
did currants you have!"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
Sick.ROOm Hints.

A SHOWROOM should have pleasant as
pect. Light is essential. Blinds and cur
tains may be provided to screen the eyes
too weak to bear full day, but what sub
stitute makes up for the absence of that
blessed sunshine without which life lam
guishes? The walls should be of a cheer
full tint; if possible, some sort of outdoor
glimpse should be visible from the bed or
chair where the invalid lies, if it is but
the top of a tree and a bit of sky. Eyes
which have been travelling for long, dull
days over the pattern of the paper-hang-
ings, till each bud and leaf and quirl is
familiar-and hateful-brighten with
pleasure as the blind is raised. The mind,
wearied of the grinding battle with pain
and self, finds unconscious refreshment in
the new interest. All. there is a BIRDS
shadow fitting across the pane. The tree
top sways and trembles with soft rustlings
"a white cloud floats dreamily over the
blue-and now, oh delight and wonder,
the bird himself comes in sight and
perches visibly on the bough, dressing his
feathers and quivering forth few notes
of song. All the world, then, is not lying
in bed because we are, is not tired of its
surroundings-has not the back-ache!
What refreshing thought And though
this glimpse of another life, the fresh
natural life from which we are shut out
that life which has nothing to do with
pills and potions, tip-toe movements,
whispers, and doctors boots creaking in
the entry-may cause the hot tears to rush
suddenly into our eyes, it does us good,
and we begin to say with a certain tremu-
lous thrill of hope: ''When l go out
again, shall do'-so and so.
All, if nurses, if friends knew how irk-
some, how positively harmful, is the
sameness of sick-room, surely love and
skill would devise remedies. If it were
only bringing in blue flower to-day and
pink one tomorrow; hanging fresh
picture to vary the monotony of the wall,
or even an old one in a new place-some-
thing, anything-it is such infinite relief.
Small things and single things suffice. To
see many of his surroundings changed at
once confuses an invalid; to have one lit
tie novelty at a time to vary the point of
observation, stimulates and cheers. Give
him that, and you do more and better
than if you filled the apartment with fresh
objects.
1t is supposed by many that flowers
should be carefully kept away from sick
people-that they exhaust the air or conf
municate to it some harmful quality.
This may, in a degree, be true of such
strong, fragrant blossoms as filacs or gar
den lilies, but of the more delicately-
scented ones no such effect need be APP
pretended. A well-aired room will never
be made close or unwholesome by a nose
gay of roses, mignonette, or violets, and
the subtitle cheer which they bring with
them is infinitely reviving to weary eyes
and depressed spirits.-'.H0me and ,S0ci-
ety." IN Scri5ner's for Ap,N
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
What it II to be a Widow.

81 think it must be a jolly thing to be a
young widOwr l heard this remark the
other day in a group of laughing girls 1
think l remember saying such thing
myself in my girlish times. Do you
know, girls, what it is to be a widow? 1t
is to be ten times more open to comment
and criticism than any demoiselle could
possibly be. 1t is to have men gaze as
you pass, first at your black dress and
then at your widows cap, until your
sensitive nerves culver under the inf1ic-
ton. 1t is to have one ill-natured person
say, 81 wonder how long she will wait be-
fore she marries again?" and another an
swer, until she gets a good chance,
suppose. 1t is now and then to meet the
glance of real sympathy, generally from
the poorest and humblest woman that you
meet, and feel your eyes fill at the token,
so rare that it is, alasl unlocked for. 1t
is to have your dear fashionable friends
console you after the following fashion:
"Oh, well, it is a dreadful loss. We knew
you'd feel it, dear" And, in the next
breath, ''YOu will be sure to marry again,
and your widows cap is very becoming
to you"
But it is more than this to be widow. 1t
is to miss the strong arm you have leaned
upon, the true faith that you knew could
never fail you, though all the world might
forsakc you. 1t is to miss the dear voice
that uttered your name with a tenderness
that none other could give it. 1t is to
hear no more the well-known footsteps
that you flew so gladly once to meet. To
see no more the face that to your adoring
eyes seemed as the angels of God. To
feel no more the twining arms that folded
you SO lovingly; the dear eyes that, look
ing into your own, said plainly, whatev-
er it might seem to others, yours was the
fairest face earth held for him. 1t is to
fight with mighty sorrow us man fights
with the waves that ovcrwhelm him, and
to hold it at arms length for awhile, only
to have-in the hours of loneliness and
weakness-the torrent roll over you,
while-poor storm-driven dove-you see
no heaven.-Neo York Home JouluM.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
'"That bow knows how to take care of

''That boy knows how to take care of
his gold DUST" said his uncle often to
himself, and sometimes aloud.
Tom went to college, and every account
they heard of him he was going ahead,
laying solid foundation for the future.
Certainly" said his uncle, Certainly.
The boy, tell you, knows how to take
care of his gold dust"
''Gold dustw Where did Tom get gold
dust? He was poor boy. He had not
been to California. He never was miner.
When did he get gold dust? All! he has
seconds and minutes, and these are the
gold dust of time-specks and particles
of time, which boys and girls and grown
up people are apt to waste and throw
away. Tom knew their value. His father
had taught him that every speck and par
ticle of time was worth its weight in
gold, and his son took care of them as if
they were. He never spent them foolish
ly, but only in good bargains; ''for value
received was stamped on all he passed
away. Take care of your gold DUST
Little dmeJlcuu.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
NO. Is.
Youths Department.
TWO CHILDREN.
BY MARGARITA wILLETs

BY MARGARITA wILLETs.
Little Gus while playing will laugh;
All the world is as bright the sun,
Though her face is darker by half
Than half the bright things she looks on.
She laughs when she looks up above,
She laughs when she looks in my eye;
Se's arogue-an elf whom / love:
She is happy, and cannot tell why.
She loves the red roses and pansics;
She laughs when she sees the rain fall;
In starlight and hight she fancies
She sees the great God over all.
Little Hetty is fair lily,
With eyes of the Heavens own blue.
Yet the tears oft will blind them SO fully
That the bright world is shut from her view
She cries when she plays in the garden,
She sobs when she loses her doll,
And thinks that the flowers should ask pardon
For being naughty and TALL.
Though she's blest through the night and the day
This little one weeps at my knee,
And will not be joyous and gay.
. Dear little ones, which would you be,
The child that smiles up in Gods face,
Thugh she's ragged, and poor is her home.
Or the child that looks down from His grace,
Away from the blessings that come =:
l4f..- Our Young Folks.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13

In Wilmington, Del, some lime ago, an
old man who was very feeble, was helped
across crowded street by n youth of
twenty A month afterward the old man
died, and as an expression of gratitude he
left the youth $4,000.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
Poetry.
THE DESERTED BARN.


LATTER THE MANNER OF BRYANT
AGAINST the gray November sky,
r beside the wecdy lane II stands; -. q.
To newer fields they all pass by, fSf
The farmers and their harvest hands. s~
There is no hay within the NOW:
The racks and managers fall to dust;
The roof rs crurnblin& lin, but thou, '.tl'
My soul, inspect ii and be just a.
Once from the green and winding vale
Rh,s sheaves were borne to deck its floor;
Trt olue-eyed milkmaid hlled kcr pail,
Then gently closed the stable door.
Once on the frosty winter air
The sound Of fails sfar WAS borne,
And from his natural pulpit there
The preacher cock called up the morn.
But all are gone: the harvest men
Work elsewhere now for higher pay;
The blue-eycd milkmaid married Ben,
The hand, and went TO Ioway. =
he fails are banshed by machines,
Which thresh the grain with equine power;
The senile cock no longer weans
The folk from sleep at dawning hour.
They slumber late beyond the hin.
In that new house which spurnr the old;
In gorgeous stalls TIN kline still, s--... 30
The horse is blanketed from cold. .-.srf
But from ostentatious pride
And hollow pomp Of riches turn,
To muse that ancient bern beside; ~
Pause. pilgrim, and its lesson learn:
So live that thou shalt never make
li-pond Of the mountain tarn,
Nor for q gaudy stable take
The timbers OF thy ruined barn,
$ Diversions OF The Echo Ci,tb." Ia April Aannttc
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13

A FISH dealer in Biddeford, Me, sold
out the other day, giving bond not to go
into the business there again. He opened
an oyster saloon, and was sued on the
bond and was mulcted by the court
which decided that an oyster is Il fish.