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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-07
Lucky Nations.

PRUSSIA and the United States are now
The two, and the only two, nations which
have no difficulty in making ends meet.
The Prussian budget, or financial state
ment, was laid before the Lower House
just before the late adjournment. and
from this it appears that, IN the year 1871.
although the war lasted through the first
quarter oft, there was a surplus of about
S10.OOO,00O. In the current year, Il sur
plus of $4,000, 0O0-counting the thalcr
as equal to our paper dollar-is looked
for, nearly all the taxes having yielded
more than was looked for. TwO-thirds
of the increase cores from profits real
lied by the Government in the admins
tration of the railways and of the mines,
funds, and estates owned by the crown ::
in other words. through the honesty and
skill Of the Prussian civil service. We
wish our own "Controllers Of Primaries
would think seriously of ti',-. The
s.Toms, Dicks and liarrys'' of the Custom
House ought to ponder it. Moreover, in
all this, no account Is taken OF the French
indemnity. That is solid profit which is
put into public improvements or laid mp
for Il ''rainy day. ~. J. Nation.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-07
A Philosophical Puzzle.

WE have often wondered why some able
but eccentric philosopher did not endeavOr
to frame a theory which would explain
what, for want of a better phrase, must
be termed the continuity of accidents. 1t
is Il curious fact which cannot have escap-
ed the notice even of the most unobserv-
ing, that a certain class of causaltieS rare
4y, if ever, come singly. Take, for in
stance. steamboat disasters. Let steam
err on our Western waters burn up, blow
up or sink, and generally within a few
days another calamity will strike in the
follows before the mischievOuS spell is
broken. This is so well known among
old steambOatmen that when one blow
falls they are on the tiptOe of expectation
until the others come or until a sufficient
period elapses to prove that an exception
has been made. So with fires. When
Chicago burned it was only a short time
until the lumber regions of the North
were visited by the same destructive ele-
ment !; and if we remember correctly sew
eral smaller CONGREGATIONS transpired in
quick succession. Now Boston passes
under the blazing rod, and before the asst
c are cold there, there are fires of greater
or less magnitude in Brooklyn, N; y, :;
Philadelphia, New Orleans, ST. Louis,
Baton Rouge, and Jacksonville, Ill. The
flames of Boston would seem to have drop
ped their fiery seed far and wide, and
kindled a harvest of destruction.
We think it could be shown by careful
collection and comparison of statistics,
that this continuity prevails in other di-
rectiOns that murders, SO to speak, breed
murders, robberies breed robberies, and
so on to the end of the dismal chapter.
| Suicides notably come in squads, and it is
rare indeed in any large city that case OF
self-destruction is not supplemented by
one, two, or three Others in tolerably rap
| i'll succession.
Is this merely the effect of chance? or is
there "a logical but yet undiscovered con-
nectiOn between one link in the chain of
human experience and another? Can there
be such a thing rs pure chance i'm uni
verse regulated by immutable laws Here
is very venerable and very tough nut,
which we wish some learned savant would
crack for his own satisfaction and for the
| benefit of the world at large.-Erchange.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-07
Political Matters in the Celestial EN-.
pire.

A CHINA correspondent of the Ill.,
meme Zeit,sng gives an interesting account
of party politics as it is in the ElOwery
Kingdom just now. The two parties, says
the correspondent, which have been strug-
Cling for the supremacy are still pretty
equally matched. The sO-called party of
progress, consisting of Prince Kung and
his supporters, wishes that tn young en-
peror should be publicly proclaimed as Of
age on the occas on of his approaching
marriage next month, and that he should
then at once assume the reinS of govern
ment. 1t hopes to gain over to It's side
the emperor himself, who is said to be dis
posed to cultivate friendly relations with
foreign powers, and il supports The claim
of the foreign diplomatists to be allowed
direct and personal communication with
the sovereign. 1t is also said that Prince
kung is becoming impatient at the heavy
responsibility imposed upon him in his ca
pacty of agent, and that he is therefore
actively preparing for Il e emperor's mar
rage and accession to the throne. The
other party, known as the bOw-and-arrOw
men, advocate the opinions of the emper-
Or's mother, who thinks he should be re-
garded as a minor for two years longer,
during which period he would remain I'M
der her tutelage. This empress dOwager
there is also another, the late emperor
Having had two wives) is described as an
able, energetic, and ambitious woman, I'M
willing to give up the reins of govern
ment, and fearing to lose her power and
influence. She agitates with great skill
against the policy of Prince kuDg, and
even with certain amount of success, for
she has induced him to consent that the
question of the reception of foreign am
bassadors should be postponed until the
emperor's majority. The Chinese minis
tiers, proceeds the correspondent, who are
kept very well informed as to European
politics, became convinced that in view
of the present political condition of the
Western Powers no warlike action ON
their part against China need be appre-
hended, and they would not have hesita-
ted, if the ambassadors did not listen to
their representations, to reject their claim
to direct and personal communication
with the emperor altogether. As to the
young emperor, he is said to be still a mere
child so far as mental development and
worldly knowledge are concerned. He is
very fond of fine clothes and theatrical
spectacles, and his mother is said to foster
this taste in order to keep him as long as
possible in leadmg-strings.-Hear and
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-07
EXtrayagaht Joking.

EVERY little while the local editors CT a
PAIR OF W estern papers printed II rival
cities. or rivals in one city, begin tilt at
each otle! in reference to sore peculiar
~, or a legged popularity, of their rcspec-
tive cities, CT of the respective editors.
The relative wickedness of st. Louis and
Chicago has been fertile topic; so was
the relative size of these two cities. and of
each as compared with Cincinnati, and
there have been countless ether causes of
dispute which We're productive OF an
amount OfeXtravagant, low fun and horse
play which we suppose the jOurna of no
other country have ever displayed. One
editor, we see, having recently remarked
that in HE faniily it has been usual for the
male members TO complete the allotted
spun of human lite, his neighbOr thereup-
OH reminds him that ''that was before the
coming in of capital punishment" An
other records the loss of mule from his
establishment, and his rival remarks that
no greater case of self-fOrgetfulness was
ever put on record. 'Smali Talk" of a
Chicago paper we believe, is reported by
a friend in another city to have fallen off a
steamboat in the middle of Lake Huron,
and to have at first abandoned all hopes of
his life. He, however, luckily bethOught
himself, and, extending his ears to their
full length and breadth. he was swiftly
waited ashore under fine press of sail.
We are next told that ''Shakespeare'' of
the Chicago Post, although he is but sew
enteen years Of age, yet can sit at his desk
and brush the cObwebs from any part OF
the ceiling with his ears. 1t is thought
that as he grows up, his ears will match
any possessed by the editorial fraternity
of his native city. The size of the feet of
the ladies of Louisville has been power
full theme of discourse by the st. Louis
papers recently. One of them informs its
readers that the agitation of the earth's
surface, reported from Nashville as an
earthquake, was really caused by fash
iOnable ball in Louisville. The same pa
per says that the popular cradle in Louis
vile HIS bay-wind0ws for the infantile
feet, and that Louisville shoemakers use
pile-drivers for pegging thin-soled work.
The jokes are carried to an absurd degree
of extravaganza, and are not always cx-
tremely provocative of laughter; bu
sometimes again they are very funny
The political campaign, as might be eN-
pected, has been fruitful of them, and
very amusing and iocose collection nigh
have been made by any one who hat
thought of doing SO in May last.-N: 7.
Nation Nor H.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-07

WAS go much grievel at this disanpOint.
ment that the Pope, out of pity, told him
TO 90 into st. Peters biindfOIded and feel
about for saint, and whichever one he
laid hold of should be compelled to be
the patron of the lawyers. The suppliant
gladly complied, and after grOping about
in the dark. he seized hold of an image
and claimed the promise of the Holy
Father. 1t was a group of ST. Michael
trampling on Satan; but, unluckily, it
was Satan. and moi the archangel, that
had fallen to his lot! We do not youch
tor the truth of this story, and still less
for the legend, which says that in France,
whenever a lawyer died, all that was ne
cessary was to leave him in an upper
chamber, with the window open, and the
next morning he would be clean gone.
and nothing remarkable left but strong
smell of birthstone. We do not put the
slightest faith in this story.-N. Y. In
IeDeuIeuf
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-07
To Estimate the Weight Of Cattle.

FIRST, see that the animal stands
square; then, with a string, take his cir
conference just behind the shoulder
blade, and measure the feet and inches
this is the girth. Then measure from the
bone of the tail which piumbs the line
from the hinder part of the bullock, and
direct the string along the back to the
fore part of the shouldcr-blade, and this
will be the length. Then work the fig
ures thus: Suppose girth of bullock q
feet and four inches, length, feet 3
inches, which, multiplied together, make
33 square superficial feet, and these multi
piled by 23-the number of pounds al
lowed for each superficial foot OF cattle
measuring less than seven and more than
/ five feet in g'rth-make 759 pounds.
When the animal measures less ttan .
and more than seven feet in girth, 81 is
the MI nber of pounds to be estimated for
each superficial foot. And suppose
small animal to measure 2 feet in girth
and feet in length. these multiplied to-
gether make feet, which, multiplied by
| 1.-THE number of pounds allowed for
each square foot when the cattle measure
less than three feet in girth-make Al
p Junds. Again, suppose a calf. sheep,
etc. to measure feet 6 inches i'm girth,
md 3 feet inches i'm length; that, multi
piled together, makes l6 square f. ct, and
these multiplied by 16-t"c number of
pounds allowed for cattle measuring less
than and more than 3 feet in girth--
make $50 pounds. The dimensions in
girth and length of the back of cattle,
sheep. calves, and hogs, taken this way,
are as exact aS is at all necessary for COM
mon computation or valuation of stock,
and will answer TO the four quarters Of
the animal sinking the otfal. a deduc-
ton must be made for the animals half
fat, of one pound in twenty from those
that are fat: and for a cow that has had
calves. one pound mus be allowed in :
dition toone for not being tat, upon every
twenty-RuraL Neao Yorker.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-07
German Edict Against Emigration.

The announcement that the German
government has formally notified the
managers of all railways within the EN-
pire that they must discontinue the prac-
tice of transporting ernigrants and their
baggage at reduced rates, will provo G
sharp comment on both sides of the ocean.
1t is a species of petty despotism such rs
we scarcely thought Bismarck would at
tempt, and one. too. which must inevita-
bly, carry with it its own defeat.
The object of this prohibition is, of
course. plain to be seen. The imperial
authorities are alarmed at the drain of
population which has been very heavy for
some years past, and has increased largely
since the termination of the late war. In
July last, a circular designed to discOur-
age emigration was issued from the war
office, and falling to answer the purpose,
another circular has lately been sent out
from the same quarter. This latest doc
ument recalls all assentees liable TO mill
tary service. and warns them that if they
persist in remaining abroad they will be
treated as outlaws for life. The decree
against the railways may be considered as
a reinforcement to the previous action OF
the government. That decree, though
it must seriously embarrass persons OF
limited means, will not amount to much
I'm the long run. The German, who has
determined to emigrate will manage in
some way to pay full fare for himself and
baggage; and when families intend going,
they will, when necessary. club together
and thus meet the additional cost OF trans
portation. The Teutonic race are slow to
make up their minds, and cling with won
derful tenacity to fatherland, but when
once resolved upon voluntary exile they
will not be deferred by the prospect of
extra expense. Instead of checking the
tide of humanity which is now flowing
from Germany to the United States, the
prohibitory measures mentioned will sim
ply add fuel to the flame. Hundreds and
thousands who never thought of coming
to America when the way was open will
be anxious to do so, now that government
interference makes it somewhat difficult
A country which cannot keep its people
without tying them to the soil is a good
country to leavc.-S. Louis Paper.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-07
Scientific Possibilities.

One hundred and fifty years ago, If any
one had dared to announce the possibility
of crossing the ocean in vessel driven
by steam, or of carriages being driven at
the rate of thirty miles an hour by this
agent, or of daguerreotyping the human
face on a metallic plate by the light of the
sun, and then chemically fixing it there,
or of conveying news by electric agency
for hundreds of miles, and specially UNI
der the ocean, such predictions would
have been considered simply ridiculous.
And now when science announces that it
is possible to control the elements, to
cause rain or shine at pleasure. and that
it is pos ible to draw from the earth's hid
den treasure new resources OF untold
wealth. imparting the greatest happiness
and benefits to the human race, it is still
viewed with incredulity by the masses.
But a few years since, petroleum was
first utilized for our benefit. There doubt
less was a time when man never dreamed
of warming himself by artificial heat.
For wears the savage did not know that
the possibility of heat existed in the
trees under whose shelter he lay. He
pulled up wild roots. picked wild fruits,
swallowed the raw oysters and muSSels
as he wandered naked along the beach.
A cave by the river or seaside, or hol-
low tree, served him for IA shelter. Many
generations passed before he learned to
rude tents. hIts and cabins, to cOmforta-
BILE houses and stately mansions, with
heating apparatus, by which winter is
shorn of its vigOr.
Heat increases about one degree TO
every fifty feet we penetrate the earth
shafts are now sunk to depth OF 2.ooO
feet. Is it not within the possibility OF
mechanism to bore 1000 feet more? Al
that depth we should find II heat of at
least one hundred and fifty degrees. and
in many places even greater than tins.
Mechanical power could be obtained from
the steam and water forced up from this
depth. Heated water and steam from
these wells could be carried into our
houses and warm our dwellings to Il sum
mer temperature. Conducted in pipes
under the soil protected by glass, we
could cheapy grow, in New Englan |, all
of the Southern and tropical plants and
vegetables. The snow could be kept
melted from the streets of New ork, and
all of the buildings warmed from tins
spontaneous flow, useful also for cooking
and other purposes.
The Garden If Plants, in Paris, Il
heated by water from an artesian wei
eighteen hundred feet deep, which has ;
temperature of cighty-two deg. Fab.
and is carried in pipes under the soil.
salad garden at Eutort, in SaNony. II
heated in the same manner, and is said to
have yielded S60,000a year to the proprie
tor.-Cor. Scientific american.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-07

descension. Every one was forbidden to
indulge in tears; and, as soon as they
had seen the con urer fairly laid i'm his
grave, one and all were to adjourn 20 the
ii e-hOuse most patrOniZed by the de.
ceased, and eat. drink and be merry until
the shot amounted to thirty shillings.-
(H1n,beys, InyyoUI
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-07
Miscellaneous Selections.
HYMN FOR ALL SAINTS DAY.

Being a" Aaas,sa,SgSf Asnsls Poem yves list da
BY DEAN STANLEY
Where is the Christians Fatherland9
In Nazareth's vale, on lions steep,
Or by the Galilean deep?
Where pilgrim hosts have rushed to lave :,
Their stains of sin in yordan's wave, y
Or sought to win by brand and blade
The tomb whel m their Lord was laids
Where is th5 Chr fans FAberlanA
Isit the haunted Gfecian strand, - q
The yoke ofYewiSh bondage burst2
Byzantine prrlate, to{kic sage, ~
fondly essayed to intertwine
Earth's shadows with the Light Divine?
Or is the Christians Fatherland
Where, with crowned head and croziered hand,
The Ghost Of Empire proudly fits
And on he grave OF Caesar SITS?
Oh. by those world-embracing walls,
Oh! in those vast and pictured halls,
Oh, underneath that soaring dome,
Shall this not be the Christian IS home?
Where is the Christians Fatherland2
He still looks on from land to land
ls..it where Gel man conscience woke
When Luther lips of thunder spoke?
Or where by Zurich's shore was heard
The calm Helvetian' S earnest word?
Or where, beside the rushing RhOne,
or where from swed ho sn snem !G cs Tort,
The stainless hero ofthe North?
Or is there yet closer band
Our own, our native Eatherland?
Where Law and Freedom side by side
In Heavens behalf have gladly We'd?
Where prayer and praise for years have rung
In Shakespeare's accents, Milton tongue
blessing with cadence sweet and grave
The hreside nook, the ocean wave,
And DER the broad Atlantic hurled
Weakening to life another world?
No, Christian! no--not even here
by Christmas hearth churchyard dear;
vafs IN al fanfE unrxx I.vs.u srk.fr ,S.r
by martyrs bl cd or prophets cry
eor Western POntiffs lor1ly name,
Nor Eastern Patriarch's hoary fame.
Nor cen where shone sweet Bethelehem's star:
Toy Fatheriand is wider far.
Thy native home is wheresoe'er
Christ's spirit breathes a boiler air;
Where Christ-iil Faith is keen to seek
What Truth or Conscience freely speak;
Where Christ-like Love delights to span
The rents that sever man from man;
Where round Gods throne His just ones stand
There, Christian, is tiny Fatherland.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-07

THE best rice is large and has clear
fresh look. Old rice has sometimes littl,
black insects inside the kernel. The small
white sago called pearl sago, Is the best
The large brown Kind has an earthly taste
These articles and ground rice, tapioca
etc., should be kept covered.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-07

The purser of the ill-tated steamer
Missouri, which burned of Nassau, was
the fdacee of Miss Ida Greeley.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-07

NEW YORK wine dealers threaten Il
heavy advance in the price of champagne
in consequence of the failure of this year IS
vintage in France. As there is no report
current of the failure of the turnip crop, il
does not appear plain why there should
be an advance in American champagne.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-07

"A Michigan editor has the epizootic,
an envious rival declares he is
not possessed OF hOrse-sense.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-29
THE LATEST NE WIS.

Gen. G. Berry, Collector Of Port oil
Bath, under President Buchanan, died al
his residence at Georgetown, Me-, Satur.
day evening, aged seventy'fve.
AT New Orleans, yesterday, in an al
tercation between Jno. Henry and Perry
Lyons, gamblers, the former was shot four
times, the latter stabbed fatally. Henry
will probably die.
Out of the fleet of seventy.dve vessels
arriving at Buffalo since Sunday, fifty
have already been chartered 10 90 i'm,
nediatcly TO Lake Superior for orc and
wheat.
David S. Meyer, a stranger, suiclded
at Cincinnati on Monday morning on the
IevGe by cutting his throat
Gen. Sherman was taken quite sick
at Washington, Saturday, but Is now con.
valesccnt.
Minister Washburn stated, in New
York, Sunday, that there was no iounda
tion for the runlor that he Is to take q
place in the Cabinet. His coming hert
has nothing to do with politics beyond
the purpose OF casting bis vote in his ma
tive State.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-29
ITALY.

ROME, October 2S-The Giornals Di
iona makes the following statement
with regard to Cardinal Collins visit TO
Rome: The mission Of His Eminencc to
tue Holy See was to urge the Pope 10
move in behalf OF the Catholic clergy OF
Galway, who arc suffering persecution.
The holy Father, who always censurcs
the eXcesses of the Irish clergy, perem.
torily refused 10 interfere, saying, the
Irish only obeyed the holy See when
they could turn its instructions to good
account, and willingly disobeyed itrather
than sacrifice their passions.
NAPLES, October 2S.-The italian fleet
now concentrated In this harbor, consist.
ing Of several ironclads and steam yes.
sells OF all kinds, was reviewed TO. day by
the King. The fleet went through the
maneuvers OF q naval combat. The
spectacle was witnessed by thousands Of
people from the sea and shore. The bay
was covered with boats as far as the eye
could reach, and presented q most ami.
mated appearance. llT,--.
a fearful hurricane swept through the
Province Of Syracuse yesterday. Sew
eral buildings were blown down, and il
Is reported that thirty.two persons were
buried under the ruins.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-29

PITTSBURGH, October 2S.-Rivcr nine
feet three inches in channel and falling
Monongahela river falling Weather
cooler and cloudy, with slight prospects
ofrain. The Hndson collided with the
Blue Lodge this morning, and was SO bad,
ly injured that she Immediately sunk
near smithfeld bridge, in IA feet Of water;
A number Of canal barges were started
for the lower ports to-day.
ST. LOUIS, October 2S.-A meeting oi
steamboat captains and owners was helG
this afternoon, at which itwas resolved K
ae.organize the Steamboat Captains Be
nevolent Association.
LoUILv1LLE, October 2S.-Rivcr stati,
tionary, 20 inches in chute; clear and cool
Water will be let in the canal at midnight
Wednesday; by noon Thursday boats
can pass through. The new lockswlll be
opened in about two weeks. --.
CINCINNATI, October '29.-Rlver five
feet four inches, stationary Cloudy and
prospect oil ram. D.. b. : ~. ~