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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-23
The Potato disease.

THE return and disastrous ravages of the
potato-disease have awakened the English
scientists and legislators to the absolute
need of more thorough investigation as
to its nature, cause, and remedy. Since
the failure of the Irish potatO-crop in
1S45-'46, there has never been known so
unfavorable season as the present one.
As in former years, the cause OF the tall
IRE OF this important crop is the attack of
parasitic fungus, Botrytis, TIL, mycelium
or spawn of which, as we learn from re-
cent investigations, burrows into the cellu-
lar tissues OF the leaf, causing its rapid de
composition, while the vertical threads
which branch and bear the spores find
tfelr way through the stOnata or Leaf
pores. The spores themselves, falling on
different parts of the liant, terminate.
and, penetrating the tissues, produce a
brown tint, not only in the cells with
which they are in immediate contact, but
also in those adjacent. With so much of
definite knowledge at hand, it is not lit
tie surprising that as yet no remedy has
been discovered, and it is toward this end
that the labOrs of Investigators are at
present directed. AS the growth of this
fungus is favored by wet weather and GER
tain other known climatic conditions, a
writer in Nature advances a theory re-
speeding it which, though suggesting no
immediate relief, is yet worthy of careful
consideration. The Peronaspora,' the
writer states, sis undoubtedly the prOxi-
mate cause of the disease for the ulti-
mate cause we may have to look to a very
different set of circumstances. 1t is prob
able that many epidemic diseases, both
of men, animals, and plants, are caused
by parasitic fungi. Yet the attacks OF the
parasite may be favored by special climatic
or other conditions In support of this
theory, and as additional proof of its
plausibility, reference is made to the re-
searches of De La Rue, Stewart, and
LOewy, respecting the periods of max
imum sun-spOts occurring at regular inter-
walls of from eleven to twelve years. and
to Hecker's ''Epidemics of the Middle
Ages" in which the dates of the five
great visitations of the ''sweating-sicl-
ness,' in England are given as 1855, 1906,
1917, 1923, and 1851. As the intervals be-
tween these years are either of the same
length as those assigned to the returns of
the sun-spots or multiples of them, the
coincidence is certainly remarkable. the
more so since twenty-nine cycles of Ill
years bring us from 1851 to 1872. Thus
far, it is true, the conclusions are at the
best general and vague; yet, taken in
with data already secured, it
is not improbable that we are nearer a
remedy than ever before. though the cause
fOrewarned is to be fOrearmed, and let the
time OF its arrival be once truthfully pre-
dicted, and measures Of relief may be
more readily and effectively applied
AppLeton's Journal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-23
Immigration to the United States.

BRITISH newspapers are publishing CO.
piOus extracts from the reports of British
Consuls i'm other countries upon work and
wages abroad as compared with England.
OF course the United States received spe-
cial attention, the report of Consul Gene
raj Archibald being TIE text mainly quo
ted. He admits that wages for all classes
of labor here greatly exceed those paid in
England. but he alleges that all the requi-
sites for living cost far more here than
there, and that all skilled labor is, in fact,
better paid in the British Islands than in
the United States, taking into account
what the wages will buy. He calculates
that pound sterling in England will go
as far to support a family as will here one
pound and fifteen shillings-in other
words, that it costs seventy-five per cent.
more. at least, to live here. He admits
that farm laborers and all who are able to
work upon the soil can better themselves
by appropriating portion of our bound
less fertile lands in the Western States,
and becoming freeholders and the owners
of better homes, than they can ever ex-
pect to earn or win by honest enterprise
i'm the Old Country. 1t is true that the
average price of articles consumed and
total cost of living expenses are greater,
especially in our large and growing towns,
of rent. especially. is heavy burden and
so it must remain while the supply of ten
ementS is less than the demand. But in all
our envirOns it is quite easy for prudent
men to become their own landlords, and
thus offset the growing value of their
homes against the heavy interest upon
investment. If our clothes cost more,
we have more money to buy them with !;
and so of our tea, coffee and sugar. Pos
sibly the lack OF marked social diStinc-
tons induces our people to greater extrav-
ayance i'm dress and style of living than
they would indulge in across the water
but if so, that evil will in time work its
own cure. Certainly our towns and cit
les offer employment and large wages to
all sorts of skilled labor. 1t may be the
artisan would live as well in London or
Liverpool on what he could earn, and
have rs much left at the years end; but
there are here certain Inducements to
prudent industry which British towns do
not present. Our social, educational and
governmental systems give the mechan-
les children an even chance with the sons
OF millionnaircs, and to them all political
and official positions are equally open.
To the farmer or to the laborer who has
strong hands and a constitution Injured TO
hard work our country promises such in
dependence and comfort as he could never
hope for in Great Britain or any other
old country. Our long lines of railway
and canal call for thousands of indlstri-
otis men. and millions ofacres which have
never been plowed wait but the SOlicita-
ton of cultivation to produce abundant
crops. We have every healthful and de
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-23

The Grape Sugar Industry.

The manufacture of grape sugar has as
sumed large proportions. In Germany
there We're. in 1868. sixty establishments
i'm operation. which produced that year
% 900 900 pounds ofsy rup and S.OOo.ooO OF
sugar. Since that time other and more eN-
tensive factories have been established. and
the cultivation Of potatoes for the purpose
also covering Il large extent of territory.
The potato plantations are usually in san
DIV districts adapted to their growth. The
method pursued i'm nearly all of the refine
ries is identical. The wet starch is first
put into large washtub, where, under
constant stirring for an hour, il is entire
ly dissolved in water and dilute acid. From
the w.shtubS ii is run into watts where 1t
can be boiled by stcam-here it remains
for sugar four or five hours. for syrup two
or three hours. 1t is then put into the
neutraliZing tanks to be treated with car
donate of lime and left until the sediment,
chiefly composed of gypsum, has settled;
this usually requires six hours. The sweet
liquid thus obtained is evaporated in vacu-
uln rams. filtered. and left to crystaiiZe- II
sugar is to be made, or manufactured INTO
syrup. The process does not essentially
differ from that pursued in the United
States where corn starch is chiefly en-
ployed.
The great Increase in the wine-growing
districts of America has occasioned an en-
iarrc,l demand for glucose, and the mah-
ufacture of this article appears destined
to assume large proportions in the United
States where corn can be obtained in liii-
limited quantity .-Forncy's Press.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-23

slrable ariety of climate, and the settler
can choose the industry which suits him.
No man of all the crowded population of
Great Britain, France, Germany. or other
European State need fear that if he is
willing to work he will fail to earn liv-
ing in any part of the country. We want
here all industrious people of whatever
calling. Here they will earn more wages
than in any part of the Old World. They
may require more to live on, but we can
promise all such enough to make the
years receipts cover its expenses. and il
there be not left wealth there will be an
equal social and political standing with
our best and proudest. Lazy people of
all kinds are not wanted here. They are
in excess of the demand already. None
others who desire to emigrate even from
England need to be deferred by the re-
ports of the English Consuls or the COM
ments ofEnglish jOurnals.-N Y. Herald.
Non g.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-23

yer on the Oregon and California route.
who. many months before, had captured
nude and sun-bronZed wild mal-gibs
bering like monkey. but harmless as a
babe-near the boun,ary-line, and had sent
him north to Portland. 1t was the stO
of my own rescue from the southern
wilds.
For the rest, Harper must have fallen
by the accidental dis .harge of his own ri
file and my mind. strung by the high ex-
element OF the search. weakened by the
despOtism of one absorbing idea, and
daZed by the apparent interposition of the
supernatural, had given way under the
shock, and the mere instincts of the ami
NAL nature had provided me with sus-
tenance, and prolonged my life.-Noren,-
Der Overland.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-23
The French Embargo.

The statement that the quays of Havre
are full of ships up for New York which
their owners decline to allow to sail in
consequence of the 10 per cent. increase of
duty on exports in French bottoms. needs
a little explanation. There are two systems
of duties - one called the differential,
whereby France. for instance. imposes a
higher duty on the same goods imported
in say an American bottom than when
brought in by French ship; and the
other the reciprocity or reciprocal system.
by which France makes no discrimination
against an American vessel and the United
States none agaiost a French. At the
time the Government of the United States
was formed the differential system
was all but universal in commerce,
and, though the United States have
long practiced the other whenever
another Government has been willing to
concur, France adhered to the old plan as
late as up to 1867, and a year ago began
the agitation in favor of returning to it
which has just been carried into effect.
By the terms of the act of Congress of
May 81, 1928, which marks a memorable
era in commerce. the President of the
United States is authorized to suspend
and discontinue any greater duties or
impOst on any foreign ship or cargo than
is in like case levied on an American YES
sci whenever the power to which such
foreign ship belonged put American ships
and cargOes on the same basis as to duties
as their own. Under this act we have
something like reciprocity treaties, con-
ventiOns, or unde, standings with about
twenty-seven powers, Spain and Portugal
alone of civilized nations having any COM
mercial prominence maintaining the old
differential duties. France came very late
mentioned, into the new arrangement.
only signifying her assent on the first of
January, 1867, and even then appending
to that assent this condition. that either
party might at will terminate the agree
ment, the all but universal rule of the I'M
dcrstandings with other powers requiring
at leasta twelve-mOnth notice. Taking adj
vantage of this facility for an instant de
parture from the new system and return
to the old, an agitation in favor of such Il
step sprang up i'm France almost immedi-
ately after the termination of the Franco
Prussian war, and has recently been
crowned with success. The great idea
seems to be that if American shippers sub
nit to the increased duties the increase is
SO much gain for the French Treasury,
and if they refuse and haul Off their YES
sells the trade mus. fall into French hands.
to the building up of the French merchant
marine. However this may be, the fact
remains that dificrcntal duties are now i'm
posed on cargocs imported in American
bottoms into French ports, and under our
act above referred to of MAY q, 1928, it be
comes the duty of the President to see
that a like discrimination is made against
imports in French bottoms. KNOWN"
this the shippers of lIavre hesitate to send
their goods out.-N. y. Worid, oct. 80.
THE prairie fires are again raging.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-23
Winter SchOOlS-Bad Air.

Now that winter schools are in session,
let parents, who have children in them.
not forget to know whether the air in
them is kept pure or not. If the children
complain of headache, lassitude, dizziness.
want of appetite, be sure something is
wrong. The following fact regarding Il
school in Switzerland, shows how lear
fully at fault teachers are there, and it l.
not much better in some places in this
country:
DIR. Breiteng. in Basel, Switzerland, has
examined the air of school rooms in that
CITY. in order to establish how far the
complaints were well founded, which had
been so often expressed, with regard to
to the injurious quality of the air in
school-rooms. We give below some of
the results of this investigation for a room
of S.542 cubic feet capacity, and a surface
of Ill square feet for door and windows.
During the trial it contained siXty-four
children.
Amount of
Time. Carbonic acid
sA. NJ, at the beginning of test, .. is per cent
"a NJ at the close of the test, 4. Is per cent.
10 A. Mt, before recess ~ . %. per cent
IL A. NJ at the close of recitation, 5. ii per cent
l Is p. NJ, before lecture. 30 per cent
3P. NJ before recess ------------ % per cent
Ar. NJ. close of school ?-sS6 per cent
1t might be remembered that ordinary
pure air contains only one part in two
thousand five hundred, or four one-hun-
dredths of one per cent. of carbonic acid
and that so much as even one per cent. is
decidedly njurious.-HealH journal, for
Norc,nbsy.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-23

ence for sum equivalent to e16. The
rest were taken on to Gedd 1, and on arri-
val, landed, with myself and the other
three passengers"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-23

TuE berries of the mountain ash are en-
ployed i'm some of the forest regions OF
Europe for the manufacture of alcoholic
drinks.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-23

To ExPEL proud tlesh.-Proud fish
may be cured by simply wrapping the
affected part in dry wheat flour. changing
il as often as is necessary.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-23
Miscellaneous Selections.
DOLCE FAR NIENTE.

- DOLCE FAR NIENTE.
A. BROCK.
80 How dreamiy the shadows fall
Across my chamber-foor,
"a How lazily the sunbeams creep
They mingle in delicious sport,
Or like the idle floating clouds,
At nOoa of summer-day,
The Whispering breeze that steals adown
The rugged mountain
ss-i Scarce stirs the ripple's gurglins foam
That hecks the river wide
But all is calm with naught TO mark
sTp fdrowsy, lapsing hours
The bee and butterfly asleep
Within the hearts of flowers.
=, A silvery haze hangs DER the earth,
And through its gauzy sheen
We look in vain for summers garb,
Or spring-tide's dewy green;
p Clean on he raushed sight ''''
fancy an enchanted realm
Revealed in mystic light.
And now there falls upon my ear,
g. - From yonder distant grove,
The ring-dOve's tender, woOing call,
;'ss- In so1fest notes of love-
NV safed senses seem afioat
Upon a waveless sea
For all around me, all above,
Is beauteous harmony
Drifting upon winged boat,
My soul, far outward, hies,
Til round me bursts from harps unseen
- . 81 Music of paradise
And Natures wondrous, witching spell
Has to my spirit given,
4. In strange communion, sweetly calm,
Almost a glimpse of heaven!
-APplefon's Journal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-23

THE prairie fires are again raging.
The season has been unusually dry. and
i'm the vicinity OF Omaha an area of thirty
miles has been burned over, destroyin"
houses, barns, and enormous quantities
of hay and grain.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-09-11
Mhnt 20 do In Cn.e Of Accldent

Prof. Wilder, of Cornell University, gives these
short rules for action in cases of accident j.
would not be bad thing to cut them out al d
carry them in ones pocket-book or, better yet,
commit to memory.
For dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing dash wa
ter into them remove cinders, etc, with the
round point OF lead pencil
Remove insects from the ear by tepd water !;
never put hard instrument into the ear.
II All artery is cut, compress dboce the wound
il a vein is cut compress hel1r.
II choked, get upon all fours and cough.
For slight burns. dip the part in cold water
if the skin is destroyed, cover with varnisl,
Smother fire with carpets, etc. water will
often spread burning oil, aud increase danger.
Before passing through smoke take full brea-
tn and then stoop low, but if carbonc is suspec-
ted, walk erect.
Suck poisoned wounds, unless your mouth is
sore enlarge the wound or, better, cut out
the part without delay; hold the wounded part
as long as can be borne to a hot coal, or end
| of cigar.
In case of poisoning, excite vomitingb by tick
| ling the throat, by warm water and mustard.
For acid poisons give alkalies for alkalint
poisons, give acids white of egg is good il
most cases in case of opium OF soning Civ
strong coffee, and keep moving
II in the water, float on the back, with the
nose and mouth projecting.
For apoplexv Iase the head and body TO
| fainting lay Hat.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-09-11
APrnl,mhIe Hn,niriLlr.

sTRUcK ~ THE HEAD WITH sToNE-sKULL BROKEN.
quarrel took place, yesterday afternoon. at
a liquor saloon kept by John MclIugh,a at No. 720
Church Street, in which Thomas Dodrick, Fill
more Conkling and Patrick Coye were engaged,
and which will likely prove fatal to the latter.
The facts in the Case, az reported to MS, Al e
that Coyle and Dodrick, becoming enraged about
some matter under discussion finally resulted
in Dodrick striking Coyle in the face, when the
latter retaliated in the same manner Cohklug
becoming interested, picked up paving stone
with which he struck Coyle on the side Of the
head breaking the skull, This ended the row
for the time. Coyies wound ID very seriou,
one and last night 1t was thought he could no
possibly recover.
Fillmore Conkling, the man who threw thu
stone, is the same party that, in quarrel Las
winter, with a neighbor, was shot by the latter
He disappeared from town very suddenly, soor
after the occurrence.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-09-11
'esEfsAsr,
HtEETfNas THIS EVENING,

Hope Lodge, No. 81, I. o. o. F., at Odd Fell
lows Hall, 9rd and King streets.
Eden Lodge, No 94, I. o. o, r., at Odd Fell
lows Hall, Sd and King streets.
Morning Star Division, No. p s. OF T., at 9th
and Market streets.
Delaware Council, No. 2, o. U. A. NJ, at Me-
chanics Hail. 219 King street.
Rodney Council, No. 13, o. U. A. NJ, at 7O2
East 7th street.
Diamond State Lodge No. s, g. F., at Good
Fellows Hall, Sd and Market streets
Champion Lodge, No. G, X, Of p, at knights
of Pythias Hail. 2ll Market street.
Oriental Lodge, No. 49, X of p, at Ferris
CARROTS Building, 504 Market street.
Cherokee Tribe, No. 4, l. o. r. NJ, at Rec
Mems Hall. Ais Market street.
Wawaset Tribe, Red Men, at Odd Fellows
Hail. Rising Sun.
Temple Lodge No. II, A. F. A. NJ, at Masonic
| Temple.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-09-11

eW-9he Human ROof and is Thdtchtng If the
man deserves well OF his country whu makes two
blades Of grass grow wh.re only one grew before,
surely he who produces gorlurs crop OF hair on II
comparatively barren scalp, deserves the hearty
thanks OF the Obllg party. All honor, Therefore,
to PROF. K. 7. LlON, Tor, nnquestiOnauly, his re-
nOwned X BATHAIRoN accompshes this object. Gen
tltmen whose whiskers are S in making their ap-
pearance IN force or the hbres OF whose nous
tacnes disclose those "magnliceDt distances for
which Washington CITY was once famous, will hnd
this HAIR PEKsUADEK the most wonderful encour-
ager OF hbrOus development that has ever yet been
| invented Both sexes are advised to use It, as by
all odds, 1t IL the best article for improving the
growth and beauty Of the hair, keeping IL free from
| sCurt and dandruH, preventing II from becoming
harsh, dry and gray-giving 1t rich gloss and en'
dOwiug It with neXiblltty-that Toilet Chemistry
! has ever evolved from the vegetable kingdom.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-09-11

IMPORTANT SALE OF LoTs-The large sale Of
building lots, to be made BY Mr.. James Bradford
ON next Saturday, heretofore noticed in these
columns. demands the attention of those of our
citizens who would invest the surplus capital in
good paying real estate, and also Of those who
are desirous of securing pleasant sites on which
to build comfortable houses and thereby avoid
ing the enormous rents demanded by landlords.
These lots, sixty of them, are situated on Della
ware, Gilpin and Shalcross Avenues and Wash
iugton. Jefferson, Thirteenth, jackson, HARRISON
Clayton and Lincoln Streets all i'll the finest Sec
tions of the city, now rapidly being built up
with the most elegant residences. The sale
takes place next Saturday, to commence at 3
o'clock, Z. NJ. The terms are made easy. and
all who are IN any way Interested, should he in
Attnndance.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-09-11

~ Clap-trap and CGnt.--Invalld reader, II you
are unwse enough to put yourself outside Of any O1
tue mock tOnics guaranteed 10 contain mo dlusive
stlmulaut," you will inevitably come to grief ASH
your physician II any liquid preparation, destitute
Of lnulatlng prOperti,s Is worthy OF the name Ut
tonic. He Will tell you no Shun all such uau-
seOus catChpennits. PLANTATIoh BlITERs, the most
Wholesome invigorant in the world, the rapidi-
ty with which 1t relieves the disOTdered stomach and
the shattered nerves to the difusVe agent which
conveys It's medicinal ingredients To the seat Of the
complaint That agent Is the spirit OF the sugar
cane the most nutritious and agreeable 0f all tht
varieties OF alcohol The medicinal Ingredients Oi
the Btters valuable as they are, wsud he compare,
lively useless without this disrlsutive bass. They
would ferment and sour. Beware, as you hope FOL
health, Of the horrible compounds Of refuse drug
IN state OF fermentation which humbugs are en-
'teavOring TO foist upon the pubic as medicines.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-09-11
State Items.

A Democratic Association has been organized
in Dover for the campaign.
The County Democratic Nominating Conyen-
ton Of Kent meets at Dover on Thursday.
Horses belonging to Edward Bleiss and Alder
man Budd, of Smyrna, dropped dead in thelE
stables the other day.
It. E. Carty, of Smyrna, fed his hog on Satur'
day night and awoke 70 find it dead on Sunday
We never thought it paid to feed hogs we know
it now.
Some new and singular fatality has broken on
among the ''dorgs" in smyrna Their eyes sink
their tongues swell and they froth at the mouth
but it is believed not to be hydrophobia, Tha
matters but little the dogs are dying on, am
| Smyrna ought to be happy.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-09-11

The EXCURSION To.MoRRow.-W We have had
quite number of excursions this season, but
we know of none that has offered the attractions
row for Mauch Chunk and around the famous
Switchback Railroad.
The fare is very reasonable, and we hope to
see large party go.
To make the trip at anv other time would in
volve more time and money, besides the incon-
venience persons wonld be put to in not being
able to go through without change Of cars.
Tickets can be procured at Boughmau, Thomas
| 4 Co.'S book store.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-09-11
The Horticultural Society.
INHIBITION AT INsrIrurE nALL.


As heretofore noticed in the report Of tie
meetings recently held by the Horticultural So
ciety, it has been decided to hold floral exhibi-
ton and fair, to take place at Institute Hall
commencing on the 18th inst, and to be contin
ued the l9th, goth and 2lst The proceeds of
the fair are for the benefit OF the Home for
Frtendless Children. Contributions of plants,
vegetables, fruits and flowers are solicited, and
tn same may be sent on or before the 18th.
4 lis benevolent movement on the part of this
Hoc ,ty for the sole benefit of the frendless
amt homeless waits should solicit the friendly
and earnest feeling Of all our citizens. Aid, and
valuable aid, should be promptly given, and
! doubtless will