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3 Should Cluck, the indianapolis WIFE
murdsfsr, recover, his trial win prove .
test - 70 whether jury can b found in
Marion county with nerve enough to
bring in verdict with The penalty Of
death. A little julicious hanging in that
county would tend 70 purify soeisty.-
MadiSon Coarier.
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ROOTS AND SHOES7
1S1 MAN SrREEr.

rusr RECEIVED, direct from the man
ufaetarsr: loIs: lot Of s Bcoss cS;1Sroc. Snoo:
stsr' 81 vbieS viii Sc sold af prices that VIII
cTor efvies. 6nish and material. the Stock
: iei esnsot Sc excelled in our city. and We
nk our fellov. .eitissns Of Richmond and VI
snity 70 call and examine our Stock beiore
afoo. G. EsrELL / SONS.
Rrouxoxp. July 8 1871. z4tf
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FoKr WAYHs May 9.-Ho6man
Brother3 steam saw mill, at Lils>
burg burned last night. $50. 600.
Kesnton q blacksmith, WAS struck
on the head to-day with . red-hot
poker, BY fellow workman, and
fatally injured
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Once opposite Huntington House
RICHMOND, INDIANA.
Special Attention Given to Surgery
Residence No. II South Franklin Street.
n13-ly.
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The National Democratic Convention has
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DIR. s. =. HARTMAN
No, le North Pearl Street,
fOpposite the Warner Bailding,)
r. C HI N o I'd, IND.
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TO II II II. 20 PIP
a TTORNEY AT LAW and NO.
a TARD, Once No. IS, Main street
ri shmond, IAAs attends to the collec
eiou Of ali claims in any State o the Union
WIN practice in any Of the Courts ofIndiara
ana ohio. Execute Deeds, Mortgages, and
Powers Of Attorney, either inland or for.
sirn. ~ special arrangement with Q. /:
AnAr, in Cincinnati, German Consul) and
HILLrs Co., fNew York, I am enabled to
forw ard and receive any money packages or
other valuablss, - we'll - TO attend to the
transit Of persons from any part ofEurops
or from this country.
All business strictly conAdsntial and
po,uptlv attended to. J.H.P.
July 7th 1859 tVf
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stand arst house West Of Grscs
N. r. Church,
RICHMOND, INDIANA.
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Business O ar d s..

uyHE Under 2N
u signed has o.
ust receivedhis WA
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OF all Kinas, y
towhieh he in-
.;nr of Al vho would indulge In the latest
ss.hious. - Call ct the Hat and Cap store
JOHN SUFFRINS.
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Many F.THoMAs, Md
Practicine Physician,

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RICE1GoID, INDIANA.
~Special Atten. OFFICE HOURS:
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and Children. m.
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NIOHoLoN q CO.,
BOOK BINDERY'
RICHMOND, IND.

uYE are prspared TO execute BIN Ding
" and BLANK BOOK WORK. III
llits branehss, and the best style.
HuIsIN1G,
After any Pettera. Done 70 Ofae!
- Bring your MUSIC and have it
Pared. 9ouud and lndexed.
MIsSING Nos. Of Magaztnes sup
piled.
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CANTON, MISS, SATURDAY., MAY Is, 1872.

further on the whitened skulls of the buff
falo, once swarming over this now desert
ed region. Perhaps, like us, he may jour
ney for fortnight and see not so much
as the hoOf print of a deer; in the spring,
not even prairie hen is to be had.
Yet, to compensate him for this I'M
looked-for deficiency of game, he will
find himself beset with varmints " in
Vulnerable. The wolves will entertain
him with Il concert at night, and skulk
around him by day, just beyond rifle
shot; his horse will step into badger
holes; from every marsh and mud-puddle
will arise the believing, croaking, and
trilling of legions of frogs, infinitely
various in color, shape, and dimensions.
A profusion of snakes will glide away
from under his horses feet, or quietly
visit him in his tent at night, while the
pertinacious humming of unnumbered
mosquitoes will Danish sleep from his
eyelids. When thirsty, with Il long ride
in the scorching sun over some bound
less reach or prairie, he comes at length
to pool of water, and aiights to drink,
he discovers a troop of young tad-poles
sporting in the bottom of his cup. Add
to this, that, all the morning, the sun
beats upon him with sultry, penetrat-
ing heat, and that, with provoking regular
ity, at about four O'Clock in the after
noon, thunderstorm rises and drcnches
him to the skin.-Ff0m Francis Parkman's
neao Work on " The OREGON IraH."
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-05-18
A COngressman's Day.

A CORRESPONDENT Of the Herald of Health
writes from Washington: "Let us now
accompany a Congressman through a
single journey Of twenty-four hours, and
zoe whether it is one calculated to con-
tribute +--i..s-i.,. re-r,<s,-o.--..t.sS1.
will start from the moment of rising
from the breakfast table. That, we will
say, is 8 o'clock. Instead of having a
serene half-hour for that meal, with every
other mouthful the waiter has brought to
him the card of IA caller; and, without
having time to pick his teeth, he is at
once greeted by log rollers, office seekers,
and AK grinders, through whom he has to
run the gauntlet, and make his swift escape
to the Capitol, where two or three hours
of committee-work await him. At IL
O'Clock he goes into the House, where he
remains in the midst of exciting work
until or 5 o'clock, having snatched time
to swallow a lunch in the restaurant be-
low the House. BY O'Clock he has
eaten his dinner; and thence-forward till
midnight are parties, calls, reading news
papers, writing letters, or holding con-
situations with ones political friends.
Altogether the life of a politician at
Washington is characterized by so much
hurry, worry, bother, bad air, and hard
work, that only man of tremendous
physique, like Charles Sumner or General
Garfield can flourish under it. 1t is a
killing life. The weak constitutions are
slaughtered by it. Political ambition
often pays for its indulgence in consump-
tion, dyspepsia, paralysis, and softening
of the brain"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-05-18
NO. 20.

situation | was in would be simply an i'm
possibility. My friends and the natives
were transtiXed with fear, utterly unable
to render me the slightest assistance.
But one little accidental circumstance
saved my life. Iii being thrown down,
had providentially kept hold of my sec
ond gun, and on the brute stopping to
worry me | thrust it up in involuntary
self-defense Laying hold of it in her
massive teeth she took it out of my hands
like straw, and for some moments CON
tented herself with venting her rage upon
it, and broke it all to pieces. During all
this time my friends, though but few
yards from me, feared to fire upon her
lest their shots should strike me- Pres
emily she seized me by the shoulder and
shook me as puppy does ball of cot
ton, fearfully managing and crushing the
arm; and then for Il time lay perfectly
still, keeping her teeth in my shoulder
Suddenly she let go, rose slowly to her
feet, staggered away Il few yards, and fell
dead. My friends, on coming to lift up
what they fully believed to be my dead
body, could hardly credit their senses at
finding me still alive, and, with the ex-
ception of a badly mangled shoulder and
arm, comparatively unhurt, the more so
as l was perfectly drenched with the ami
mails blood.
1t had long been the wish of my heart
to have hand-to-hand encounter with
the "lord of the forest" and | certainly
had it gratitied with vengeance. l have
shot others since, but have never had so
near shave; and frequently, when l
wrap myself up in her skin, now doing
duty as rug, l think to myself, with
shudder, how near death l was in obtain
inc If
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-05-18
A Lone Widow Underground.

THE other day, ON the Metropolitan
railway, l sat next to a little, long-nosed
man with red wiskers. Opposite to us
sat middle-aged lady in black. The
little man stared at her very hard, fidget-
ed good deal, and opened converse
tion
"In mourning, ma'am, I see"
"Eh? Yes" Spoken rather sharply.
"Sad thing that. One of the old
people, perhapss"
Zone of the young ones? Baby, eh?"
az have no babies"
"Of course not. The guvnor-hus-
band, you know?"
Yes" Very sharply
Sorry for that Sudden, perhaps?"
"Ah! lingering illness; that's worse,
sometimes. In trade, was he?"
" He was a sailor"
Caught fever, perhaps?"
"He was drowned"
After a pause
d" Save his chest?"
"My husbands effects were not lost :"
Religious sort of a man, was he?"
" Yes, he was"
"Glad of that. Suppose you are glad
the chest wasn't lost?"
81 suppose So"
After another pause
Suppose you'll be getting married
again soon?"
The lady made no reply to this, but got
out at the next station.
The little, 1ong-nosed man, looked
around as though in search of another
victim. At last he fixed on me.
"Got hat-band on, see?"
Yes, put it on because my hat was
shabby"
After brief interval
"Would you feel inclined to swap your
umbrella for my walking stick and five
shillings?"
I felt that the time had come for
decisive action. 1 struck the miscreant
dead at my feet and stepped out upon the
platform. believe he is buried now. l
have heard no more of him since.-Judu
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-05-18
"He's so Obliging."

az can't make out how it is that Bill
Pratt always gets such good Places" said
Harry Underwood, the basket-maker's
son, to another lad, as they were cutting
rushes by the brook-side.
And Harry was not the only one who
thought thus, for ''Bill Pratt's luck" was
the surprise of many like himself Bill
was certainly no pattern of cleverness, of
beauty or strength; he could not do more
than others, not so much as some, nor
could he do it as well as many; but for all
that it was quite true he always had good
places, good wages, and good character.
When he left one master to go to another,
it was generally said, 81 would not part
with him if could help it; he is good
boy, and so obsiging."
This was the secret of his being so
much liked, and of his good luck, She
was $50 obliging."
Did the shepherd, the WAGNER, or'the
tice, while they were busy at work, It
was only to get sight of Bill Pratt, and it
was as good as done; for Bill would hurry
through his own business without feeling
it a trouble, in order to help. The cook
never had to look for eggs Bill would
hunt high. and low, and all around, to
find them for her. And many other lit
tie Jobs would he do in the dairy, and
anywhere else, without staying to be
asked; SO that he was great 1avorlte.
He did not do this to gain favor, for then
he would have tried to please those only
who would do him good turn for it. If
he saw younger boys in trouble, he would
try to help them out of it; and he put on
his shoes again after having taken them
off one pouring rainy night, to walk
three miles to the town for a parcel con-
tanning a new gown, which the carrier
had neglected to bring for the kitchen
girl, who was crying her eyes out be-
cause she would not have it to wear next
morning at her sisters wedding.
But it was not so much what Bill did,
as hoio he did it, that made people like
him; he always seemed as if pleasing
others was the greatest pleasure he had.
And if he couldn't do what was asked,
his way of saying ''No,' was more agree
able thar many peoples Eyes" often is.
Bill grew up the same, and through life
he prospered-IHe Cott0ger.
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VOL. NH.

man to pay her car fare home, and when
she got to the magistrates she just rose
off the bench and told Billy she didn't see
much use in splicing, and that she didn't
like him anyhow; and so she went home,
and Bill he went with her. and told her
he wasn't sorry, as he did not want her.
and he guessed she was hard on her
clothes, anyhow, and so they never got
married, and the whole thing turned out
wrong; but | couldn't help it, for l amt
going to put facts on record that amt so.
But it amt a bit like any novel that ever
read, SO there must have been something
strange about this fellow and Mollie that
l never could find out, so FL have to let it
slide as it is.-Ne,c York Standard.
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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL.

"Who is the prettiest girl in your
school?" asked Edward of his little pet,
Winifred, as she stood by his side, and
| looked up into his laughing eyes. Uncle
thought in his heart that his Winnie was,
but she answered unhesitatingly-"R Ruth
Culbertson."
At this her brother and sister laughed a
little
Ruth is one of the plainest girls in the
school, uncle" remarked Alice, "but she
hears the little girls recite in geography
and spelling, and they think she is ever
so nice. Every one else would tell you
that Isabella Seabury was the handsomest
girl in school or in all the town"
''She doesn't look nice to me-" persisted
Winnie, shaking her head. "She doesn't
likefus little girls around, and almost
always says, little pitchers when we
come near where she is talking with the
big girls. That means for us to go away.
Would you think such a girl was nice.
uncle?"
"You believe, Winnie, in the old say
ing of handsome is that handsome does
and SO do L, too, dear. Now tell me what
makes Ruth SO beautiful in your eyess"
80, she loves us, that's the main thing;
and she lets us love her as hard we
please. She always stops to help us when
we tear our dresses, and cuts us pretty
paper dolls at noon times, and o, can't
tell you how many nice things she does
for us.
"Well. I know from your description,
Winnie, l should like her looks. People
who have really kind hearts show it in
their faces, and kind heart shining out
is the greatest beauty a young. lady can
have. You can cultivate this sort of
beauty, too, and it pays crest deal
better than cultivat1ng the hair and COM
plexion so much as some young ladies do.
1t grows more beautiful, too, with age,
which is not true of the other sort of
beauty. Try, dear children. to cultivate
this highest kind of beauty, and it will
make you pleasing, not only to men, but
also to your Heavenly Father. "-Chitds
World
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NY First Lion Hunt.

A WRITER in a London magazine thus
graphically describes his first adventure
in hunting lions:
On coming in sight of the natives, who
had been left to watch the animal, / at
once saw that it would be a case of close
quarters, as the men only made signs and
would not speak; and on our quietly ask
ing where our expected foe was hanging
out, they pointed TO large tree, certain
ly not more than forty yards distant from
us. Taking good look at the caps OF
my rifle, and feeling with the rod that
both balls were close down, l took up a
position in front of the tree just in the
line OF road the natives said the beast was
in the habit of taking when going abroad,
and placed native with my second gun
close behind me; the rest of our party and
the native hunters distributing themselves
in circle round the tree, so as to be
ready for whichever side she broke cover.
All being ready, a signal was made to a
number of natives stationed IN the adj ia
cent trees, and they began to shout at the
top of their voices; and in an instant we
heard a noise like the growing of mas
tiff, increasing in sound and intensity
My readers must not fancy that the noise
they hear from the kingly beast in captiv-
ity is anything like that which he makes
when in his native walks. Placing his
mouth near the ground, the monster gives
IA prolonged growl, which reverberates
around in volume of sound which can
be heard for miles, striking every living
thing with terror.
Such was the sound which now broke
the stiffness of the air. The native be-
hind me pressed my arm, and told me she
was very angry. Immediately after this
she got up, and we saw her for the first
time rs she began walking up and down
under the tree, you see the animals in
the Zoo do in their cages, lashing her
sides with her tail and sometimes throw
ing it right over her back. All at once
she saw me, rather stopped the fore part
of her body, put back her ears, opened
her mouth, gave three or four heavy
growls, and showed the whitest teeth |
ever saw in my life. AT that moment l
fired my right-hand barrel direct at the
dent between her eyes, and no sooner had
| done so than, with frightful roar of
agony and rage, down she came full upon
me.
Thank God, 1 am steady and cool, and
let her have the second barrel full in the
chest; but it failed to stop her. l had
just time to seize my second gun from the
native, who, fortunately, stood like
rock; and not being able to get it to my
shoulder, l, fired both barrels from my hip
straight into her chest; but that did not
stop the infuriated beast, for with Il
plunge she threw me flat on my back and
lay on me, with one paw on each side of
my chest. She then put her head down
with that kind of growing noise with
which bul-terrier worries any kind of
varmint, right over my throat and chesk
To attempt to describe the horrors of the
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The Plains Described.

SHOULD any one of my readers ever be
impelled to visit the prairies, and should
he choose the route OF the Platte (the best,
perhaps, that can be adopted), | can as
sure him that he need not think to enter
at once upon the paradise of his magma
ton. dreary preliminary, a protracted
crossing of the threshold awaits him be-
fore he finds himself fairly upon the
verge of the "Great American DESERT
buffalo and the Indian, where the very
shadow of civilization lies a hundred
leagues behind him. The intervening
country, the wide and fertile belt that eX-
tends for several hundred miles beyond
the extreme frontier, will probably answer
tolcrably well to his preconceived ideas of
the prairie for this it is from which pic
turesque tourists, painters, poets and nov
elists, who have seldom penetrated far
ther, have derived their conceptions of
the whole region.
his period of probation not wholly void
of interest. The scenery, though tame,
is graceful and pleasing. Here are the
level plains, two wide for the eye to meas
ure; green undulations, like motionlesss
swells of the ocean; abundance of streams
followed through all their windings by
lines of woods and scattered groves But
lei nm be as enthusiastic as he may he
will find enough to dampen his ardor His
wagons will stick in the mud his horses
will break loose; harness will give way,
and axletrees prove unsound. His bed
will be IA soft one, consisting often of
black mud of the richest consistency As
for food, he must content himself with
biscuits and salt provisions, for, strange
as it may seem, this tract of country pro-
duces very little game. As he advances,
indeed he will see Wondering, in the grass
by his path, the vast antlers of the elk, and
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-05-18

ordinate appetite of the gorilla has, ii
| seems, been the great obstacle to the
| transportation of that eStimable simlan
| safely from Africa to Europe. Du Chaillu
or one of his agents, having secured an
| unusually amiable specimen, whose all
| mcntiveness was so much more fully de-
| veioped than his combativencss that he
| thought more OF eating than of fighting
other people or pounding himself to
death, he was put on shipbOard with what
was considered proper supply of sugar
cane, tender branches of various succu-
lent plants, certain roots and fruits suited
to his most fastidious taste, and was start
ed for Liverpool. Being deprived of con-
genial society, however, and having moth
ing to do other than to attend to his gas
tronomic desires, Mr.. Gorilla soon com
menced such an onslaught on the food
provided for him that ere he was literally
"half-seaS over" his entire stock of pro-
visions was consumed. Bread, potatoes,
hard tack, and salt-horse were tried by
the sailors, while the entire cabin com
missarlat was ransacked for acceptable
grub. Even plum-duff failed to please
his dainty stomach, and he soon succumb-
ed, and died nineteen days out of port.
No such promising specimen has since
been captured, and a living gorilla is a
gentleman as yet uninterviewed by any
white men save Du Chaillu, Gordon Cum
ming, and other mighty hunters of SINH
lar African aspirations and experiences.
Of course the lions, tigers, leopards,
and all that are known as the "cat
animals must be fed with raw meat. A
iirst-class menagerie will consume from
300 to 800 pounds of beef per day for this
class of animals
Elephants eat from 500 to 700 pounds
of hay each per day. 1t being universal
pastime with sightseeing people to feed
the elephants, they are generally kept
busy during exhibition hours munching
apples, gingerbread, and other free gifts
of the many headed public.
CameIs are led on hay, oats, and corn,
of which the allowance for one camel is
about as much again as for a horse
Giraffes receive hay, oats, and corn,
and also are allowed, when feasible, to
help themselves to the tender twigs of
certain trees.
Bears are given bread and vegetables,
very seldom or never receiving meat.
The sea lions will each devour one hun
dred pounds of fish per day. The seals
and the offers are also fed with fish, which
shOnld be from the salt sea, inasmuch as
even few days diet on fresh-water fish
will cause these dainty animals to grow
thin and pine away.
In the winter the entire menagerie is
always housed in convenient and COM
Portable quarters, generally near some |
city where the attendants can procure |
proper food and in every other way look |
after the health and comfort of their val |
liable charges.
The entire amount of capital invested |
in menagerie property in the United |
States, including not only the animals,
but all the apparatus and material requi-
site for their transportation and exhibi.
ion, may be fairly estimated at over So
)00,000.-Neao York lMaH
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-05-18
Poetry.
THE ORIGIN OF SCANDAL.

Said Mrs A.
To Mrs. j.,
In quite a confidential way,
1T seems TO me
That Mrs. b.
Takes too much-something-i her tea"
And Mrs J.
To Mrs. X,
That night was overheard to say
She grieved to touch
Upon it much,
But " Mrs. b. took-such and such,"
Then Mrs X.
Went straight away
And told friend. the self-same day,
Twas sad to think y
Here came wink
That Mrs. b. was fond of drink"
The friend. disgust
Was such she must
Inform a ady. which she nussed,"
THAT Mrs. b.
AT half past three
Was that far gone she couldn't sect
This lady we
Have mentioned. she
Gave needle work to Mrs. B.,
And at such news
Could scarcely choose
But further needle work refuse.
Then Mrs. B.,
As you II agree.
Quite properly-she said. said she,
That she would track
The scandal back
To those who made her look so black
Through Mrs X
And Mrs. j.
She got at last to Mrs. A.
And asked her why,
With cruel lie.
She painted her deep dye !?
Said Mrs. A,
In sore dismay,
81 no such thing could ever say
l said that you
Had stouter grew
On too mnch sugar-which Won do ~