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CUT 'CM Too SHORT ''-The di>,a
between my post and Santa Fe was
three hundred miles. and 10 facilitate nla.5
| was ordered TO survey new aud shoe
route-cutting off about seventy miles.
90 npauy, numbering eighty men. vas r
tailed for the purpose, and, as the cUn-ss
partly through wooded region. cu-s.-a
ah,e squad was required to act Is aXu-- =
II nee or four live b ack aud-tau iers.
accom- panied the command. atfJrdiug l9 .s.
t amusement by their activity IL suaTg-.
up uuwary gophers, rats, nj e aud o.-r. T=-
min. The aborigines. wLe f.equeu..E --'
ored US with their presence, c ann ~ 10 Is
Good Indian, me" were excessively please
al those performances. On d certain --,.,
sion one stalwart fellow. who spoke q 10
woris Of English, said to me:
"NaEtauh. heap good dog"
Yes" l replied, they are good dog.
''Cut 'um ear, cut 'um tai, make 'l.n 81
dos'
Certainly; it is because their ears aud ti f.
are trimmed that they get around So lives,
'lough! Me got good dog: cut 'un ra .2
Yes; bring your dog-l'll have Lam 1A-l
for YOU"
Next day my Naval f,iend appear a.,A
a small, black. IaGian fee. sportilA> >907
tail, and ears to cores pond. Uuro'lu- I5
precious quadruped from his blanket, be e'-
nifel desire to have the job doue VIII d
lay so l called two men, aud bade Oh.
hid the dog while the other locked his '
with an ak. This did not suit r -dskin, "
refused to trust his favorite canine 20 Oh
tender mercies of a savage White man. g.
preferred to perform the operation himse
therefore ordered one of the men t. h.
the dogs tail over a conveli1ut log. Vii d.
ether held his head and fore paws. A. d.
ing ready, the Iudian seized an ak. bur -
stead of using it as any other person W.c.
have done. be slung the blade high ab
his head with both hands. as if the object
be separated required his whole stTsu-,-
Just then tine soldier who held the tai CAV
it sudden pull, while the one al the be.
give corresponding push. Down came
ken weapon dividing the unfortunate 'puT!
iu t forward of the headquarters, to the
finite digust Of the Indian, who picked
the disjoiped halves, threw his blankets oy
his shoulders with indescribable dignity, q
exclaimed in cultural accents ugh h
d-n Cut 'um to short"
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Counting Twenty-Five.
HOW THE WIFE OF UTICA EDITOR Cys.-
HIS UKGvYERNABLE TEMPaR.

l found the cherished face of Msrn<
wreuthed in smiles. the other evening. w.
| returned from NY ardupus daily Toll
am engaged as standing man at sailoB-
So many candida; es a,e treating that
saloon keeper hires six If us 10 be trest.
We all dunk with every candidate H.
comes III, and il makes business pIe:iy bH,
Said nay chosen one
Joshua. | am afraid you do not atsas
fiud me auge. in disposition"
Said l., That's sI-hiL-ny deET, ! t5
seldom fiud you 'uangei, in--in anything
Aud" she added, "ySu are not a,a.-
I'll most pleasant man ia the world
dad not feel called on to reply.
Now :" said she. read that"
She had cut an item from the Columns .
some paper wherein a dctormjLel n.u.
tod about some Impossible woman VI
icing troubled with bad tsJnI er, cauaf.
twenty five every time she got p-ovuNea. az.
thus became a sweet. amiabie, AMI G-.-.
loved ornament of the house Ot her cels.t.
husband. | read the article a. well ss Ga.
condition Of my head would allow, aLa l.,
marked ''bosh."
Maria Aun paid no attention to ne, h-
unfolded her an. She said toat every -al.
gJt mad | should count twenty al.
every time she got mad she ""u.a .u.j
twenty-five. | a-ked her who she ta.c..
would pay our rent while we sat anu .l..
ed Twenty-Five over aud over all day ..a-
Then she said | was always raising pt u.
tiuns to her plans for our mutual lmpro.-
ment, and | said | was not, aud shs s4..
was enough to try the patleLce 81 sau
and saiG | was too. and she came f.r r-
aud | told her 10 count twenty i've; uui sl
forgot all about that, and just tAlliet glg
my left eye.
TheL / was going to remonstrate whit
poker, and she uUlI me to count tSeu'yla
aud said l would not, but did bri.resu
had pule moIe than hail my hair out
Theu she made ne count ~ euty-hye .'a
+ and over again. until | was cut Of bred
aud felt real pleasant and good nature!.
So We went to supper. Now, the cst-
Gu led up in my chair but / did not ~eE
until sat down aud | did not see it tL-
but l - as pretty sure it was there, IL 'Ic
knew 1t WAS there as well as | wanted
and more TOO, felt inclined to rise up 5.
denly, but as | gathered to spring, she y-.
ished tbs teepot Al murmIr=i-
joshua, your temper Is rising
twenty five, or | will break your heal. ." a.
the Cat was drawing map OI Tue L..
- ard with her claws around behind 10 g
the streets AMI boundaries marked .- @
blood | rose to explain, and sai,i
. My dear. /" but she caromed 90 3
head With tea cup. aud sprinkiei nay b.
with a qn,rt of hot tea. and | sat down al
counted twenty five, but it killed 1is q
The old fellow died hard though, and ca-
feel Ia u settle as his nine lives went GU.
by one.
A few days practice at tLis rus ua.
the loving instruction of Maria Ann, Las e.
bled ne to conquer my temper cumplets
: Nobody can get me mad now. auj ! an .
state Of perpetual calm, and l want TO see.
man that wrote that story ! wan; t E /
for the hands Of an unde, taker. and ma6s
demand for mourning goods among his il.ra
Then cat die happy counting twe4t! L
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algrv Adrcrtisem:tts.

LAND GRANT OF
I2, ,OOO,O 900 ACRES
IN TIE
szs- FARMING AND MINERAL :: MS ~ AEE2--A.
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subsIsting without Food.
AN ALMOST INCREDIBLE STORY.

OAo of those anomalous and incredible
cases-the story of life prolonged apparently
without the taking Of sust II; n te-i egeo
to exist In this city. The sut Jet is Katie
DJuovar, girl Il years of age. She was
employed in the first part of 1869 in the rag
and cation waste cuDceru of William S. A ms
aud lust three years ago last Wednesday met
AN accident there which has influenced her
whole hfe siuce. Auother girl gave her
push in sport, and she fell upon barrel.
strik ng upon her hight side, and the other
O r, laIl ng upol h'r She Ci not ;hihk at the
fine that she was hurt much. but felt some
inward pain, aud 1t is now evident. received
internal itiury. From that time she COM
meuced throwing up her food, but remained
~ her wo. k until the following Saturday af>
ternoon. when she was obliged to give up
and take to her bed. Since that hour she has
heen I,edr iltieu At fist she was fed With
about her usual food, but this proved
nuls,ye to her stomach that 1t Was gradually
reduced both in quantity and quality until
she subsisted wnully On jeliies. Meantime
a large number OF physicians were called IL
succession to prescribe tUr her, but acknuWl@
edged that they could do nothing Tor hsr, and
generally predicted that she would live but
A short time. Their medicines were ex PEELED
from her stomach as promptly as food v as
and her case seemed indeed hopeless. But
she continued to survive for months without
medical aid, and has been seen by no ikysi~
clan for nearly two years. except last July,
when her father, John Donovan, a workman
at Wason's, died, when the physician de-
clared that she must quickly follow. AT that
time she was able 10 take little lemr made,
but that, as we'll as stimulants Of all kiuus
auI food in every form, being re- jvctcd by her
stomach, she has since subsIsted upon water
alone, aud very little OF that. Oi course IL S
is too much for beli,f t, but it should be said
that those who know Mrs ID ,uovan best-a
good many very respectable people--say that
they have found her. in an acquaintance of a
dozen years or more, a woman Of strict hon
esty and truthfuIut IS. The Il olive for such
= course, if she has adopted it, was not Fecu-
MARY profit, as she has not sought to give heI
affl .ctous publicity, aud has Lever aaked UI
taken money from visitors. although wash
erwuman with SIX children, most of then
pei d Ut ON her for support. The girl who
lives without eating is not emaclated. a'
would bo supposed. after such txtraoidinary
! abstinence from food, tut Ler couutenanct
/ has a peculiarly transparent, almost corpse
/ like appearance. She is able To tutn a little
ia bed, but her strength is very gradually
| waning, and with the cough she now has i
would seer m. as it seemed two years ago, tha
her stay upon earth must be bief. He
mind app ears to be clear, although sh" speak
but little, and that in whisper Spring
tcl4 Republican.
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HEALTH! BEAUTY!

STRONG AND PURE RICH BLOOD-INCREAsE Sc
OF FLESH AND W EIGHT-CI.EAR SKIN AND
BEAUIIEC CL COMPLEAION SECUkED 10 ALL.
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Long SLEEPERs AND SHORT SLEEPERs.-
Seameu aud so d,eIs. from habit, can eeP
when they WILL and wake when they will,
Captain Ba clay. VI hen preformpg his Won
derful feat of walking Que thousand miles IN
as manv consecutive huuls. obtained such
mastery over himself that he fell asleep the
minute he lay down. The faculty OF re-
manning asleep for great length of time is
possessed by some individuals. Such was
the case with Q in, the celebrated player.
" no would sumber for twenty-lUuT hours
successIyely with Elizabeth OWN, who
slept three fnurths of her life with Ei'zt-
beth Perkins, Who slept for a week or
fortnight at time with Mary Lyell, who
did the same for SIX successive weeks and
with many others, more or less remarkable.
A phenomenon of an opposite character is
melimrs observed. for there are other in
dividuals who can subsist surprisingly
small portion of sleep. The celebrated Gem
eral Elliot was an instance Of this kIud; he
never slept more than four hours out of the
twenty -four. In all other respects he was
str.kingly abstinent, his food consisting
VIII lily Of bread, water and vegetables, ln
a letter Communicated to Sir John Sinclair
| by hn Gordon, E q , of Swiney, mention
! is made Of person named John Mackay, IF
! SaerTv, who died in Strathnave. in the year
! s97. aged ninety one; he only slept on an
| vcrage four hours in the twenty four, and
was a lcmarkably robust and healthy man.
| Frederick the Great, of Prussia, and the IL
lustrious surgeon John Hunter, only slept
FIVE hours during the same period. The Gel
eerated French General PIchegru informed
Sir Gilbert Blame that during whole years
campaign he had not allowed himself above
one hours sleep in the twenty >four.-HOne
! 1nI Hs1IJb
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Ayers
Sarsaparilla

Is widely known
as one of the most
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ever discovered for
cleansing the sys-
TEN and purifying
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years, with a con-
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utation, based on its
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dispute may be Intensified by dipping the
cats 10 tar and then rolling them in sand.
Cats thus gravel-roofed are infinitely supe-
rior to the ordinary kind for the purpose Of
defensive warfare.
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DIR. RADWAY7S

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50 QUICK, 50 RAID ARE. THE CHANGES
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intrinsic virtues, and sustained by It's re-
markable cures. So mild as to be safe and
beneficial to children, and yet SO searching
as to efectually purge out the great cor
ruptions of the blood, such as the scrofulous
and syphilitic contamination. Impurities,
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dote, and disappear. Hence its wonderful
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ally adapted, such as Dropsy, DySpep-
sia, Fits, Neuralgia, Heart Disease,
Female Weakness, Debility, and
LeucOrrhuea, when they are manifesto
tons of the scrofulous poisons.
1t is an excellent restorer of health and
strength in the Spring. By renewing the
! appetite and vigor of the digestive organs,
/ it dissipates the depression and listless Ian
guor of the season. Even where no disorder
+ appears, people feel better, and live longer,
/ for cleansing the blood. The system moves
on with renewed vigor and new lease of
life.
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.e>.-.iy.-lt renovatcs and nvigoraues the system.
tT2T Complaint! effective regulator this organ
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-23
The Great National Observatory.

OF the great national observatory,
Nevada paper says: 1--WE understand that
Professor Davidson has determined upon
Pollard's Peak, Summit Station, as the
proper place for the national observatory.
This peak is located less than a mile from
Summit Station, which is seven thousand
and forty-eight feet above the sea level,
and the highest point of the Central Pa
cific Railroad. Castle Peak, seven miles
from the summit, was examined by Prof.
Davidson with the view of making it the
place for the observatory, but the atmos-
haZy, and the mountain itself too difficult
astronomical, barometrical, and atmos-
pherical observations. Castle Peak has
the advantage in altitude. as it is nine
thousand seven hundred and siXty-four
feet above sea level, or about one thou
sand nine hundred and siXty-four feet
higher than Pollard's Peak. The lat
ter, however. is easily accessible, being
less than half a mile from the railroad, and
the atmosphere from its summit is re-
markabIy clear, and for this Latter reason
it has been selected by Professor David
son. An appropriation of fifty thousand
dollars has been made by Congress for the
erection of the necessary buildings, pur-
chase of telescopes, and other necessary
instruments. The telescope to be used
will be second in size to none in the Unit
ed States. Once established, the obser-
vatory will be permanent fixture. and
will receive an annual appropriation from
Congress of from twenty-five to fifty
thousand doIlarSn
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-23

The zebra liz a striped boss, the widest
thing i'm natral history Ov hiZ size, and az
hard tew civiliZe az the hyena, and az use
less, when civilized. az the ostrich or rat
tlesnaik They don't inhabit the United
States at large; they may liv in kanda.
if they hav mind to- never hav been
tllare few diskOver. They are about the
size ov a moderate mule, but they kant
xix with the mule. Thare amt nothing
that kiks for phun or kiks for a living that
kan outkik mule, except it is an old-fash-
toned, Continental, revolutionary war,
Fourth ov July muSket. Put about and
a half inches Ov powder into one of these
old veterans of 1776. ram it down heavy.
and lay it on a stump. and tutch il oph
with a slo match. and had just az leafs
stand i'm front ov it AS tew stand in the rear
ov it. Thare IL sum ov the Oldest and
croSseSt of these muskets that Will Xix,
and even squeal. if you 60 near them,
whether they are loaded or not. The &c
bra IL ov no use whatever only tew look
at. at - cents Il chance, in sum circus
tent. but after they are broke they are
spite for emmy thing else. They are like
all other wild animals-ileet only for Il
short distance; and civilization IL Il CRATE
damage few them, just az it IL few an in
jun. Deth IL the only kind ov civilizashun
that an injun kan uuderstand.-Josh BIZ
kHUs
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-23
Philosophy Of Sleep.

INVESTIGATIONS into the physical phe-
| nomena of sleep have shown it TO be pre-
ceded and accompanied By an;emia IF the
| brain, the stream of blood passing through
| its innumerable channels being diminished
| in quantity and slackened in speed. This,
however, is really not an ultimate fact but
| the consequence of a preceding change to
which the physiological phenomena
of sleep can be finally traced. This
primary step in the chain of events
accompanying sleep is exhaustion OF
nerve-force, consequent upon the severe
strain put chiefly ON the gray matter of
the nervous centers by the uninterrupted
demands of the day. After it the other
appearances follow in succession. To
quote the language of a remarkably close.
logical, and systematic reaSOner: 1.-The
waste of the nerve-centers having become
such that the stimuli received from the
external world no longer suffice to call
forth from them adequate discharges,
there results diminished impulse to those
internal organs which subserve nervous
activ ty, including more especially the
heart. Consequently the nerve-centers.
already working fully, are supplied with
less blood and begin to work more feeb1y
respond still less to impression, and
discharge still less to the heart. And so
the two act and react until there is reach
ed this state of profound unimpressibility
and inactivity
Certain cutter signs keep pace with this
interior physiological change. There IS.
first, an initiatOry stage of general weari-
ness and relaxation, denoting diminish
ing flow of nervous energy. Then the
special senses begin TO fail. If the occu-
patton at the time be such as reading
aloud, the printed lines grow blurred and
run into each other; words continue to be
mechanically pronounced, but the sound
of the voice is less distinct, and the SEN
fences lose their meaning. Every little
while efforts are made, as by rubbing the
eyeballs, changing the position, ETC., TO
stimulate the nervous centers to fresh dis
charges, but to no purpose, the tired brain
lapses into snatches of complete oblivion
then tactilc and muscular sensibilitie' are
lost, the power of voiition fails. the book
falls from the hand, the muscles of the en-
tire body relax, the frame droops, and
the head leans forward on the chest; total
Inconsistencies of the external world
succeeds, hallucinations and phantasms
arise. and the individual is launched into
world of airy visions Physiological Jour
nat,