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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28
Delightfully."- Romantic.

THE marriage of George Marshall and
Ellen Mayf1eld, which occurred at the
Grand-Hotel few days since, was an
event highly spiced with romance. The
couple first met in the troublesome times
of 1850 at a farm house on the road be
tween HaFpers Ferry aid LeechburYh
when Marshall, as Union soldier attach
ed to q New Jersey regiment, rescued the
lady from the hands Of two Confederate
soldiers. After the battle of Antietam
they met again, when Miss Mayfield st
tended by other ladies, was ministering to
the wou1ded upon the battlefield. In q
wounded Lieutenant, who was lying in a
barn, Bhe recognized her rescuer, and pro-
cured his removal to Adams County, Penn
.sylyania, where she nursed him tenderly
until his recovery Marshail was subse-
quentiy assigned 10 q distant department,
swered, he concluded his hir friend had
considered her debt of gratitude Cancelled,
and abandoned hin for some older love.
He came to California at the termimfion
of the war, and seteled in business a. San
Jose A few days since his seye ,cauk1A
the name Of HtB 0Ilen 4ayfcld' among
with hope, he iose . zine in proceeding
to Sacramento toSneee the train that bore
the object of HIS A16ctions and tho picture
of his reveries through fhe long years of
separation. The meeting was mutually
happy, and the marriage announcement
that followed shortly amer, tells the re-
mainder of the story. The enlargement
had been cauasd by the intarnepting of
letters by,a meddlesome person, supposed
to be Interested in the breaking up II the
mafch.-Sdx FfunStso0 Bu2letin.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28
Sympathetic Vibrations.

WE have alluded several times to the
sympathetic vibrations of tuning forks
and other bodies when in unison. An in
teresting paper by Prof Lowering, OF
Harvard, published in the Franklin In
stitute Journal, describes the similar
phenomena exhibited in ordinary machin-
cry when the rates of vibration are too
slow to be perceived by the ear as musical
sounds. Every structure has a definite
rate of vibration depending on its size,
shape and materials, and as fixed as the
fundamental note of musical chord.
And it will respond to external vibrations
which happen to be in unison with it. In
this way, as Prof. Lowering points out,
mechanical disturbances, harmless in
their origin, may become troublesome or
dangerous. "When the bridge at Cole
brook Dale (the first iron bridge in the
WORLDLY was building, fiddler came along
and said to the workmen that he could
fiddle their bridge down. The builders
thought this fiddle -de-dee, and invited
the itinerant musician to fiddle away to
his hearts content. One note after another
was struck upon the strings, until one was
found with which the bridge was in
sympathy. When the bridge began to
shake violently the incredulous workmen
were alarmed at the unexpected result,
and ordered the fiddler to stop" The
trembling of buildings mt certain deep
notes Qower than the audible musical
tones) of organs; the violent shaking of
factories by the machinery, when run at II
certain rate, and their comparative stabli-
ty if the rate is a little slower or faster;
the great danger to bridges involved in
the regular marching of infantry over
them-are cases involving this principle.
1t is an established rule among military
men to cross bridges at trout STEP" with
Ira hn vii brat nt
the bridges should be so intensified as to
cause its destruction. The careless neg
lect of this precaution broke the suspen-
sion bridge at Anglers in France, few
years ago, killing nearly 300 soldiers, and
wounding many more.-Christian Union
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28
Finding a B0Otjack.

A HoUsEKEEPER writes the following
plant to the Cleveland Leader:
When the average husband of the period
wants to find bootjack he steps to the
buttery door, and leaning against the
doorway with his hands in his pockets,
whistles meditatively as his eyes wander
along the upper shelves. When a break
in the tune occurs, you may know he has
found the cake which he devours absently,
still looking for the bootjack. Being now
deprived Of that aid to refiection-whist-
ling, he executes waltz in slow move
ment, sustained by large piece Of cake
in one hand, stable pickle in the other.
After a while, as tho bootjack does not
make it's Appearance the husband does, at
the door of the room, whore you are get
ting the baby to sleep, and shouts Jane, y
sion that you are up stairs, an impression
speedily removed. To cover the confu-
sion of his retreat he steps On the dogs
tail and bumps the bird cage with his
head, then wants to know what you have
done with that bootjack, and why it is
that on never keep things in their place.
If you are wise, and simply and calmly
point, like Columbia, to the object in ques-
lion hanging ON its accustomed nail, he
seizes upon It wrathfully, with the solemn
vow that it was not there when he went
through the room before.
The offending boots are finally left in
the doorway where tits convenient to trip
over them, and serenity transpires,. unless
you have occasion to go around them,
when you will at once see their value as a
natural means of ebstructing a passage
way. 1t is estimated that one pair of
boots judiciously disposed about an apart
ment of medium size, will prevent either
a well disposed person or professional
burglar from quietly making his way
about it.
At tea time the average husband does
not care about any cake; it isn't much
like that his mother used to make.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28
Youths Department.
THE ROBINS PROTEST.

BY LAURA BOWIE
:. As idle a. the BIRDS" you say.
All, much you know about iii
We're busy all the iveiong day;
We can't get on without it.
+" 1t isn't much to build nestf''
Well, then. suppose You try it,
just work a week. and do your best
There'd not a bird come nigh it'll
You don't know where to find nice things,
Nor how to weave them nicely,
And fix the sticks and straws and strings
Each in its place precisely.
You can't accomplish that small task
With twenty times our labor;
Then don't be hard-that's all ask
Upon your little neighbor.
While wife is sitting, through the day,
You'll hear my music ringing;
She'd tire to death, I've heard her say.
II 'twere not for my singing
And when the little ones have come,
help about the worming;
Each day full fifty we bring home,
And never mind their squirming.
fill one mouth, and then away
As fast as l can skurry,
With voices in my ear that say,
20, father, hurry, hIry!"
Then, just before they're taking wing,
must keep close behind them;
1t would be such dreadful thing
II some bad cat should find themi
There is the twilight concert, too,
And that must be attended.
And now, it must be clear to you
Our cares are never ended.
For thus we work the hvelong day
You can't pretend to doubtit-
You see there is no other way!
And that Is all about it.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28
VOL. XIII.

our hearts, Husbands, our wives may
drive US either into the Bankruptcy or the
Divorce Court. 1t is advisable to dwell
much on these possibilities and to realize
them in thought; SO that even if circum-
stances turn otherwise, we shall at least
have enjoyed these mfseries by anticipa-
| ton, delight of which no man can de-
prive us. Again, whatever is uncertain,
Old age and death are not. If you are
young, reflect that the young may die; if
you are old, that the old must die. By i'm
jsagining lingering, solitary death caused
BY some especially dreadful disease, an
| ingenious person can easily create an
all inferior to the reality. Thank God
it Is NO worse" is an expression oflen
heard on the lips of the votaries OF cheer
fulness Such phrase, or such a frame
of mind as causes it, ought to be decisive
Iy discouraged by those who seriously
cultivate unhaPpiness. If these people
are poor, they ind comfort in the fact that
limb, they rejoice that they have not
broken two. You must view things In
another light, and steadily anticipate the
very worst. Think that modification
may, and often does, result from fracture,
that headache may be the precursor of
insanity, that q pimple may be the be-
ginning of cancer, and thst if you die
even that may be On Illusion, in which
case you will certainly be buried alive. The
sible thus to induce can hardly be gagged,
but it is very considerable. 1t comes
easily by practice, and is much more
comn0niy 90 be met with than is general
" supposed There is also TO be attained
the habit of rejecting all fresh or acciden-
tai sources Of happiness which open
ont, as it. were, hap-hazard in.
life These obssscies to your success
must be conquered in detail; regard them
with coldpese sad sour dissust, examine
them one by one, discover or believe that
You discover their holloWness or their
feeting, temporary, and unsassfying ma
'ture. If, notwithstanding this severe
ordeal, these advantages are uAGleniably
real, substantial, and of lasting kind,
little indeed can be done except % close
your eyes, ignore them, and reflect that,
in the natafators1er Of things, decay fol-
lows blossom and fruit as sure as night
follows dry after the most beanffful of
sunsela. But if by nc, exertion Can you
procure sudlcle unhappiness of ysur
own, you may still suffer vicarious misery
IN the persons of your friends-if such
you still possess; apprehend al thingA
attain hopelessness, make the worst of the
present, and look ON the black side Of the
future. There is an art not sufllc1entlY
understood in this country, of posing" In
your wretchedness, and surveying your
self as it were from the outside. The
French have the word and understand the
knack or trick de Sc poser 81 am not
made" says Rousseau in his Confessions,
like any other man have SEEM" and
thence inevitably follows burst of sense
less pitie de sol naewss, whence by easy
gradations through dismalness to blacklist
melancholy. 1t is true that all this will
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28

Melon VVine-How true it is that it
takes everybody to know everything!
Pumpkins and a variety of delicious
water;melons grow spontaneously in
Arabia. Perhaps they develop more
richly there than in Persia, where they
are extremely good. In the great plenty,
immensely beyond the demands of con
sumers where they most abound, the
prudent lockers ahead cut hole through
the riad, while on the vine, down into the
pulp. 1t is then closed tightly with wax.
Under genial sun the cone soon begins
to melt away till it ali disappears, leaving
the shell nearly full of delicious fluid
which is called melon wine Like the
drink of the gods, it is not To be conpar-
ed with any other beverage on earth, say
the consumers A hint here for an eN-
pertinent the coming season.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28

1t is computed that there are now on
the great Northern lakes 5,429 steamers,
sailing vessels, and barges, with an aggre-
gate capacity of 117,229 tons, and valued
mt S53, 343,0 900. In 1862 there were only
$40 vessels of all kinds, with capacity
of Az, 1877 tons, and valued at $23, 229, 900.
The increase during the last ten years has
been 3,7S9 vessels, with capacity of
305, 172 tons, valued at $50, 114,000.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28

LADIES' waterproof cloaks, so light that
they can easily be folded into a parcel
small enough to be ca1ied in the dress
pocket, are now sold.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28

SAID young husband, whose business
specnlati0ns were unsuccessful: "My
wife's silver tea set, the bridal gift of d
rich nncle, doomed me to financial ruin
1t involved q hundred unexpected ex-
penses, which, in trying to meet have
made me the bankrupt that am" His
is the experience Of many others, who,
less wise, do not know what is the goblin
of the house, working its destruction. A
sagaeious father of great wealth, exceed
ingly mortified his daughter by ordering
it to be printed on her wedding cards,
mo presents, except such as are adapted
to an income Of 81 ,O0O'' Said he, "You
must not expect to begin life in the style l
am able by many years of labor to indulge,
and know of nothing which Will tempt
you to try, more than the well-intentioned
but pernieious gifts of rich friends" Such
advice is timely. If other parents would
follow the same plan many young men
would be spared years of incessant toll
and anxiety; they would not find them
selves on the downward road because
their wives had worn all their salary or
expended it on the appointments of the
house. The fate of the poor man who
found a linchpin and felt oblig ed to make
a carriage to fit it, Is the fate of the h,,s-
band who finds his bride in possession of
gold and silver valuables and no large in
come to support the owners gold and
silver style.-Erchdnge.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28

LoNe-PoINTR paper collars, extending
down 20 as to dispense with a shirt bo-
som, the points fastened to the pants but
ton, are now fashionable at Omaha.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28

Not one twentieth of the people who
gather about Barnum's talking machine
are married men.-Ddnbury.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28

"A statement prepared at the Treasury
Department shows that for the nine
months ending March 81, 1873, the re-
ceipts from customs were ga, 223, O7s. 80.
During the same period ending March 81,
1872, the receipts from the same source
were $i06, IA, 1865, showing that under
the new tariff law the reduction In taxa
ton was 419,524, Se7 78.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28

In the beautiful city of Foo how-Foo
where flowers perennial of every hue,
their odors eternal are blending, live the
beautiful Fung and the faithful All Pong
and a sweet little crerub chirps all the
day long, giving proof that their love is
unending
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-06-07
The Interpolation"

The state of affairs in France is anomalous. A
Government has been in existence, with Mr.. Theirs
at its head, since the termination of the French
TO be determined. By courtesy it is called a Re-
public but there is a party in The General Assem-
bly, which despises the name, and has been merely
biding the time when an Interpolation" would
be carried to change the name to something more
~palatable to royalty. The :" Interpolation, = in this
case, is to decide whether the limited compact shall
be continued. The debate on the question, which
was held in the Assembly yesterday, was of a fiery
nature. The " Interpolation " in this case is osten-
sibly to decide upon the complexion of a Cabinet.
but the SOir. a French newspaper, believes that the
existence of the Government is staked on the vote.
Theirs, from having at first been reserved and
conservative in his opinions, is now well understood
to be thoroughly welded to the Republic. His in
auence has been steadily exerted to increase the
number of Republican Deputies, and it is believed
that, in the fiery intellectual conflict which is about
to agitate the Assembly, his partisans will achieve
a grand triumph over every shade Of monarchical
opinion. Should the vote prove adverse TO the Re-
public on the SO interpolation. i" it will be no more
than an indication of the choice of the French AS
sembly-a decision to which the French people
will never give their assent. The Theirs Govern
ment has been too grand a success to be over
slaughed or abandoned. France never exhibited
greater vital energy than since its establishment.
The people we'll known this. Their hearts are in
the Republic, and it will undoubtedly be preserved.
S. +. Cal. May "a.
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Correspondence oi The p. 4. Al
Letter from Hawaii-The Town of Hilo-
Trip TO the Volcano OF Kllauea.
Hno. MAY 18th. 1873.

Hno. May 18th. 1873.
In accordance with my promise TO you on leaving
Honolulu last month, | proceed TO give a brief ac-
count Of my jaunt. reserving the detail Of particulars
for another occasion.
We had a very pleasant voyage to Hilo in the snug
little steamer, and enjoyed the fine scenery as we
passed along-especially parts OF Maui and the wind
ward side Of this noble Island Of Hawaii. But Hilo
is a perfect tropical paradise. embowered in trees
and shrubbery, with purling streams in every direc-
ton, and a perpetual sea-breeze. What 4 delightful
retreat for the overwraught business man, chilled
with the bleak winds and choked with the dust Of
San Francisco And the residents here are on q
par with the plaee-hospitable, social and generous
OF course We have been TO the famed crater Of
Kilauea- It is q sight for a lifetime, and worth all
the time and trouble in getting 20 it. We were $
day in travelling the road FROM Hilo, on horseback
over very fair roads. Il the crater is a comfortable
establishment, where one is fed and lodged, and pro
vided with a guide to go into the pit-if you care to
risk it-all at reasonable charges. The volcano was
very active while We were there, and the sight from
the brink of the immense crater was indescribably
grand st night. We stood for hours. uumindful Of
the cold wind-which is sharp at this elevation Of
5000 feet-and watched with curious and awel
interest the pillows of fire that tossed and ran hither
and yon a thousand feet below US.
We intend shortly to start for the top Of Mauna
LOa, where another great crater. with sn unpro-
nounceable name, is in action, and the light of which
is seen nightly. Yours, y.
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The Beginning of the End.

After many days there is at last a prospect for q
final termination of the Modoc War. BY reference
to the dispatches published this morning from the
Chronicles special correspondent it will be seen
that Il portion of the tribe have come in and sur
rendered themselves to General Davis. The pris-
oners number about seventy, counting men, women
and children, but there are only sixteen warriors
in the crowd. Among these are several of Captain
Jacks bravest and most efficient lientenants. Be-
fore the attack on Hasbronck's camp. which proved
a disastrous blow TO the Indians, Donald Mckay es-
timated the number of Modoc warriors at thirty
four. and since that battle several have been killed
or wounded. Adding these TO the sixteen who
have surrendered it reduces the number still with
the Chief to less than twenty. Captain Jack may
have had volunteers from other tribes but they will
desert him the moment he begins to lose ground,
and leave him to win or lose with only his own
men. 1t is not probable that Captain Jack will
continue fighting alone, but he is in the habit of
doing things quite the reverse of what is expected
of him, and be may hold his little band together
and fight until the last man is killed. If he adopts
this course. his knowledge of the location of caves
and strongholds will enable him to give the troops
a good deal of trouble. His surrender or determi-
nation to continue lighting may be known by the
next dispatches from headquarters--S. f. ChrOni-
Gle, Nav "a.
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San Diego.

San Diego is destined to become, according to its
newspapers, the hub of the Universe. They claim
that their city will Outstrip San Francisco in the
trade of the East, and that in a few years a line Of
screw steamers between San Diego and Asia will
bring the traffic to that port, there to be received by
a southern line Of railway to the Atlantic States.
One editor says "San Diego lies almost identically
on the same parallel with Shanghai, on a due east
and west line. We are right in the centre, on the
American side, and Shanghai on the Asian, of what
scattering men call the belt of calms.' This belt is
between $50 and 300 miles long, stretching clear to
Asia. 1t is the natural pathway for steamers, and is
that employed by the vessels of the Pacific Mail Co,
and others seeking Asia from San Francisco But
the San Diego steamers must touch at Honolulu
that is our claim-and they will. Fer the benefit Of
some of our townsmen, who are interested in town
lots in the growing city, We quote from the San
Diego Union of May 9th
Real estate during the last few months has been
steadily approaching in value. Lots situated on the
city front within q couple of blocks on each side Of
the Pacific Mail Company's wharf have a market
value of S50O@$2,5OO per lot, measuring l0Ox5Of it.
On Fifth street, the main business street of the city,
lots range in value from 50, 100 to $500; on Sixth
street, from 81 200 to $4,000; on Seventh street,
from $500 to 81 200. Residence lots within the
boundaries of Horizons Addition are valued and SELL
ing at from 1926 to $500 per lot. Outside of Horizons
Addition but within II miles of the business centre
of the city. lots vary in value from $50 to 800. One
and one-half miles out lands are now selling at $50
per acre. Land situated two and a quarter miles
from the heart of the city can be purchased at $50
per acre; a distance of six miles at SO per acre.
Farming lands situated within o radius Of sixteen
miles of the centre of the city eau be purchased for
from So to So per acre. All available Government
land has been taken up, but there is considerable
good farming land in the county which, by a bona
fde settlement, can be purchased for $3.50 or SO per
acre"
"Ssn Diego can fstter itself with having a brighter
prospect of a prosperous future than any other city on
the Pacific coast. With the completion of the Texas
and Pacific Railway, which will probably be accom-
plished during the summer of 1876, San Diego will
no longer be the isolated city it has been. That it is
destined to be the commercial emporium of the South
ern counties of this State, of Lower California, of
Arizona and New Mexico, and of Southern Nevada
and Utah also, is beyond question. AS the terminus
of the Texas and Pacific Railway, which will place
Great Britain and the Eastern States several days
nearer to Australia, New Zealand, Sandwich Islands,
China and Japan, than by any other possible route,
the entire trade between these points will eventually
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THE PACIFIC
Commercial AObrrtisrr.
JUNE
Official Notification.

MONSIEUR THEODORE BALLIEU having returned 10
this Kingdom, and having given notice At this De
partment that be has this day resumed bis duties as
Commissioner and Consul for the French Republic,
all persons in this Kingdom are requested to pay
high consideration to bis person, his property and
his retainers. and to give full faith and credit to
all his official acts as such Commissioner and Consul.
CHAs. r. BISHOP.
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Department of Foreign Agairs.
Honolulu. June 8. 1873.
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pass through here. san Diego may also freely In
dulge IN the hope Of becoming at some future day a
great manufacturing centre, 20 which the rich
mining districts Of san Bernariino and Inyo counties.
and the territories Of Arizona and New Mexico. and
the numerous socks grazing on tho extensive plains
Of Southern California. will contribute tho raw ma
ierial. As a health and pleasure resort if win al
ways be popular. Its genial and heslth-giving eli
mate will ever attract to il the invalid and the pleas
ure seeker
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/ 81 The anniversary meeting of the Hawaiian
Mission Children's Society will be held this evening
at the Fort Street Church at ~half-past I O'Clock.
The public generally are invited to attend.