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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
What Shall We do with Our Boys.

IT is as impossible to make a chemist,
or an engineer, or naturalist, of a boy, if
he has no special taste or aptness for these
studies, as to make a poet out of Digger
Indian. 1t is no unusual circumstance
for parents who have boys just entering
upon manhood to come to us desiring
counsel in regard to placing them in a
chemical laboratory, that they may learn
the trade" as, to their eyes, the business
appears remunerative. They have no
special genius, no training in preparatory
studies, no decided leaning toward chem
ical manipulation or research, but the DE-
sire is to have them "made" into chem
lists. There is a mistaken idea common
to many parents, that their children are
as well adapted to one employment as an
other, and that they only need emporium
tiles to learn regarding this pursuit or
that, to become proficients and rise to
eminence. More than half the sad fail
ures so commonly observed are due to be-
ing forced into the wrong road in early
life. Young men are forced into pulpits
when they should be following the pillow
forced into courts of law, when they
should be driving the plane in a carpen
ter's shop; forced into sick rooms, as
physicians, when they should be guiding
a locomotive, or heading an exploring
party into the Rocky Mountains; forced
into industrial laboratories, when they
should be in the counting room or shop.
1t is a wise provision of Providence
that nearly every boy born into the world
has some peculiar distinctive capability,
some aptness for particular calling or
pursuit; and if he is driven into channels
contrary to his instincts and tastes, he is
in antagonism with Nature, and the odds
are against him. One of the earliest and
most anxious inquiries of parents should
be directed to the discovery of the lean.
ings of their children, and if they find
that their boy, who they earnestly desire
should adorn the bar of the pulpit, is
persistently engaged is constructing toy
ships, and wading in every puddle Of
water to test their sailing qualities; if he
reads books of voyages, and when in a
seaport steals away to the wharves, tc
visit ships and talk with sailors, it is GER
tain he is born for the sea. Fit him out
with a sailors rig, put him in the best
possible position for rising to the honor
able post of ship master, and you have
discharged your duty If, on the Other
hand, he is logical, discriminating, keen
fond of argument, let him enter the law
if he is fond of whiting, planning, saw
ing, constructing, and neglects his studies
turn him over to good carpenter, t,
learn the trade. If he begins early t,
spend his pennies for sulphur, inter, OF
of vitrol, aqua f0rtis, etc; if he is sucI
a persistent experimental that you fear Ia,
will kill himself, or set your buildings OF
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
Management of Cut Flowers.

4 FLORIST of large experience assures
us that cut flowers should not, after being
cut, be placed in localities where there is
tobacco smoke or bad ventilation, neither
should the rooms be too much heated. A
cool temperature during summer is favor
able for them, but they should not be eX-
posed to draught of air. Shade them
from very bright sunshine. Place glass
shade over them during the night, or, in
deed. at all such times as they are not
purposely exhibited. The removal of the
slightest symptoms of decay is necessary.
When carried to distance, carry them in
a shallow, alright tin case, or cover
them with paper to exclude them from air
and light Never cut your flowers during
intense sunshine, nor keep them exposed
to the sun or wind do not collect them
in large bundles or tie them tightly to-
gether, this hastens their decay. Do
not pull them, but cut them clearly off the
plant with sharp knife-not with pair
of scissors. When taken indoors place
them in the shade, and reduce them to the
required length Of stalk with sharp
knife, by which means the tubes
through which they draw up wafer are
left open, and the water is permitted to as
cend freely, whereas, if the stems are
bruised or lacerated these pores are closed
up. Use pure water to set them in, or
pure white sand in Il state of saturation,
sticking the ends of the stalks in it, but
not in Il crowded manner. If in water
alone, it ought to contain Il pinch of salt
and few grains of salipeter for every
pint of fluid. The water should be chang
ed daily, and thin slice should be cut
off the ends of the stalks at every change
! of water. Water about milk warm, OF
| containing small quantity of camphor
dissolved in spirits of wine or cologne
will often revive flowers that have begun
| to fade. In some cases liquid ammonia
| may be advantageously applied To the
stems for few minutes To revive flowers
These recommendations are applied by
! several of the largest horticulturists OF
Client and other parts of Belgium, and
found to answer in practice very well if
properly applied. Charcoal saturated
with water is also a good medium to stick
them in, and the thinner they are kept
the bcttcr-Ne,c York Ueroid.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH for Scptem.
Der Is an unusually good number with facts and
information which, if acted on, would render il
worth more to every reader than years subscrip
ton. There are, among Others, articles - ODE
dience and Health; - How Long May We Live -
Practical Temperance Experience in Water
Cure" - Disease and its Treatment :. Doctors
and Malt Liquors. In ''Seasonablc Dishes - we
have instructions for the preparation and use of
tomatoes in various ways; peaches, pears. plums
melons, etc; how to remove fruit stains canning
corn: description of disting stove, etc. This
magazine Is published AT the low price of two dol
lars year, offered for six months trial, fol
Sl.uu Address ). X. WELLS, Publisher :SSg Broad
WAY. New York
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
GoDEY.-Speaking of Godey's Lady's

GoDEY.-Speaking Of Godey's Lady's
Book, the Boston (Mass.) Journal says 1T keeps
the bloom and beauty of perpetual spring in its
appearance, rs if ladies always handsome
as al eighteen or twenty five. Its styles de-
pcted in the best manner and it has great influ-
ence in indicating and setting the prevailin. fash
ions to the it delights TO adorn and instruct.
The resources Of the publisher, l.. A. Cooley, of
Philadelphia, of the best, and are used without
stint" The September number contains several
beautiful illustrations including the latest fash
ions, and the same character of reading matter il
continued that has added to the popularity of the
magazine this year. Single subscription, 50. 90 n
year, with reduction To clubs Published by L. A
Cooley, Philadelphia.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
A Remarkable Man Coming.

MIR. JOSEPH ARCH is coming to the
United States. OF course he is. 1t was
all very we'll to engage his services for
the benefit of Canada, in the hope that
his powers of OratOry would convince the
intending immigrant that it is better to
serve under the British flag than TO be a
sovereign under the stars and stripes
but Joseph Arch is a shrewd, long headed
man, the best type of the public agitator,
in no sense demagogue, and devoted to
a set purpose. He has announced, in a
speech delivered at Newbury, on the 18th
ultimo, that he not only intends to ''do"
the United States, but that he means to
come soon-probably in August-and ''to
traverse the country from one end to the
other" Moreover, he declares that if he
finds America "is the true home of the
| workingman, where the son of the poor
man can sit down by the children of the
rich, write on the same slate and read
out of the same book, and where he
can have full electoral power, he will
stand on her shores until he has
drained the laboring serfs out of En-
gland, in order that they may settle in
the fruitful field of America, with its
ninety millions of acres yet untilled,'' and
he will do this "until all the farmers of
England are made to bite the dust, if they
refuse to treat their laborers like men,
This is plain speech, and it is further
supplemented by declaration that Mr..
Arch hopes within twelve month 'to
make the farmers of England know the
worth of a man." On the whole it is not
surprising that the land owners of England
don't like Joseph Arch. He is a verita-
BILE lion in their path, and his strength
lies in the moderate course he sagaciously
follows. He does not storm nor jeer, but
goes steadily toward the point he has de
termined to reach, and his GOODNESS and
courage are not less marked than his SIM
gleness of purpose and his personal force.
There will be no lack of welcome for him
here, for although, as he says himself, he
is "only an agricultural laborer," think
ers and statesmen can learn something
from him.-Neao York Commercial.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

DIR. J. Walkers California Vim
egar BitterS are purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
mia, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
| daily asked. "What is the cause of the
| unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TIERS" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and life giving principle,
a perfect Renovation and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has n medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
| qualities of VINEGA baBITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
| are a gentle Purgative well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, Diaphoretlc,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative. Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter Irritant, Sudoritic, Altera-
tive, and Ambitious.
r.. II. MCDONALD u CO..
Druggists and Gen Agts, San Francisco California
and of Washington and Charlton SITS, n. Y.
Sold by all DrugS lists nd Dealers.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

PERRY DAVIS PAIN-KILLER.-Thisu npar-
alleled preparation is receiving more testi-
monials of its wonderful efficacy in removing
pains, than any other medicine ever offered to
the public. And these testimonials come from
persons OF every degree of intelligence, and
every rank of life Physicians of the first re-
spectability, and perfectly conversant with the
nature of diseases and remedies, recommend
this as one of the most effectual in their line
of preparations for the cure of Cholera,
Cholera Morbus and kindred bowel troubles
now SO comman among the people.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

MosT all pills in the market, and those
styled vegetable, are not only large, nauseous,
gripping, and difficult to swallow, but they con-
tain Mercdry, besides Aloes, Gamboge, and
other Injurious drastics. These areeAi medi-
cines and used before medical science devel-
oped better, now supplanted by much more
pleasant and cffectual cathartics. DIR. Pierces
Pleasant Purgative Pellets embody the latest
and best cathartic properties ina concentrated,
yet mild and searching form, and are never
taken with disappointment. Wholly vegeta-
big, tasteless, coated, small and neat, and in
delicate glass walls. Sold at % cents, by Drug
pists
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
Reduction OF Rates.

The National Life Insurance Company
of the United States of America offers in
surance at three fOurths the charge of mu-
tual companies. 1t is the leading stock
company of the country, with the largest
capital and the largest patronage. II
wants an agent in every locality. Write
to it at PHILADELPHIA
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

least, an example of resolution to main
tain the decisions of the will. 1t is, no
doubt, however, better to attain force OF
will that shall render such expedients un-
necessary. Most persons can accomplish
this, if really in earnest. Without the
power of deciding with due promptness,
and of adhering firmly to your decisions
when they have been made, it will be in
vain to expect that you will act in life
with any considerable success.-1rue
Success IN Life, by Ray Palmer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

A GENTLEMAN in the eastern part of the
State, who was about having his leg ampu-
tated on account of its being bent at right
angles and stiff at the knee, heard of John
short time his leg became straight, and is now
as serviccable as the other.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

WE see by the Chicago papers that Proctor
II GAMBLE have reduced the price of their
long-established and popular brand, NOTIFIED
GERMAN SOAP. Its present price and superior
quality makes it the cheapest as well as the
best soap for consumers.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

SOMEBODY, whether in pursuit of knowl-
edge or out of mere love of mischief, tried
II chemical experiment in the st. Johns
bury (Vt) Cemetery, recently. He bathed
nine granite monuments with muir Al ic
acid. The effect of this acid upon gran
ito is 10 give it the color of rusty sheet
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

\ GREAT many people have asked us of late:
sleek and glossy" We tell them it's the
easiest thing in the world; give .She,idan's
Carai,'u Condition Potrei,1's two or three times
week
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

ALL travellers should wear the Elm
wood or Warwick collars, and avoid the
annoyance of having badly washed and
ironed collars Try it once and see how
nice it is
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
Want of Vitality,

If IL deficiency of vital energy is not disease i'll
itself it is condition which lays the system open
to the attacks of all conceivable maadies. Night
and day surrounded less by dele
| FERROUS influences. No atmosphere is entirely pure
no water utterly free from injurious particles
| while in many localities both positively un
wholesome. What defense has the weak, lan.yud
system, in which the vital principle is deficient
| or dormant against any of The morbid influences
| which produce epidemic and other diseases: None
whatever. There i no safety save i'll artificial
enforcement. Hostetiers Stomach BittcrS have,
beyond all question, WALKING effect If the
nervous forces of the body have been reckcssly
pended in exhausting physical and mental labor,
disSipaicd in the Indulgence of fast life, this
powerful vegetable tonic and corrective will re
store them. If the defective vitality j. consitlI-
tutional evil ii can he remcdicd To great extent
by This wonderful invi"oranr Al II season of the
wear when the air Is less impre grated with
tb,. seeds periodic feyers il il especially dcsra-
b,, that the digestion should he perfect the habits
of body regular, the liver active. the blood pure,
and the nerves firm. These conditions the best
protection against all disorders. and they CON
ditious which the Bittcrs better adapted
than anv other medicinal agent TO promote and
secure See it, however, that no imitation or
counterfeit substituted for the genuine article,
and let all who value health and have antipaihy
10 poison beware of the local bittcrs made from
condemned drugs and vilely adulterated alcohol
which have sprung, up like unwholcsomc fungi all
over the country.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
Notice to Investors

The attention of the investing public is called to the
limited remainder of the NORTHERN PACIFIC
SEVEN-TIIIRTY LOAN. OF the 100000 Of
this loan sold the first of June last less than
S5OOOOOO now remains and this balance will be
absorbed, after which the Company has resolved to
issue only six per cent. bonds.
There are between 500 and miles of the road
in regular operation, with growing trafnc surveys
and construction progressing satisfactorily; the
survey prosecuted present season in connection
with the Stanley military expedition has resulted in
the location of an excellent line through Western Da
kota and Eastern Montana. and the Company has adj
yertised proposals for grading and bridging the
Yellowstone Division, extending POS miles from Bis
marck at the crossing of the Missouri River, to the
crossing of the Yellowstone in Montana. The Com
panys lands amounting to than 10000 acres pei
mile of road are selling settlers at average
price of nearly six dollars per acre. and the proceeds
of land sales constitute Sinking Fund for the repur
chase and cancellation of frst-mortgage bonds.
The Company's seven and three-tenths per cent
gold bonds the last of which now offered, yield
nearly 81 per cent per annum the present price OF
gold.
All marketable securities are received in exchange
at curren. rates. and full information furnished on
inquiry.
Bonds for sale by Banks and Bankers generally.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

Navy of our readers, who are looking
about for something to do, can find pleas
ant and profitable employment in the
business of life insurance. 1t requires no
capital, save horse and buggy to travel
through the county, and to active men
the rccOmpense is certain. We recon-
mend the selection of some strong old
company like the New York Life, with
large assets and liberal plans-one that is
popular wherever known, and one, too,
that everybody knows. A man who takes
applications for life insurance is doing
good. 1t is in every sense a good bust
ness. A letter dropped to the home office
OF this company, at SAG and 34S Broad
way, New York, will meet with ready
response Try it.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
Children Often Look Pale and SicI
The Household Panacen and Famil,
I.inilnenf

The Household Panacea and Family
Liniment
Is the best remedy in the world for the following
complaints, viz: Cramps in the Limbs and Stomach,
Pain in the Stomach, Bowels Side. rheumatism in
all its FORMS Bilious Collie Neuralgia Cholera Dysen
terry Colds Flesh Wounds. Burns. Sore Throat Spinal
Complaints Sprains and Bruises, Chills and Fever.
For Int ernal and External use-
Its operation is not only to relieve the patient but
entirely remove the of the complaint. 1t
trates and pervades the whole system, restoring
healthy action to all its parts, and quickening the
blood.
THE HOUSEHOLD PANAcEA is Purely Vegetable and
All-Healing-
Prepared by
CURTIS & BROWN,
No. 215 Fulton street, New York.
For sale by all Druggists.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

The Terre Hautc girl does not require
that her lover. have the wisdom Of Solo
mon, the beauty of Apollo, or the riches
of Dives. Her wants are few and simple.
She says: Lawrence has II watch and
chain and IA plug hat; when he can raise
II moustache shall be perfectly happy"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

\ LvNN shoemaker claims To have
made two pairs of shoes in forty-eight
minutes. He received forty five cents a
pair.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

Prevails, there is remedy held in greater esteem
cF-FOy. Ferer and Ague-Take three teaspoonfuls
of the PAIN KILLER in about half pint of hot WATER
well swcetened with molasses the attack is coming
bathing freely the chest, back ndbowes with the
medicine at the time. Repeat the dose In
ty minutes if the first dose does no stop the chill.
Should it produce vomiting tand 1t probably will II
the stomach is very fOul) take little PAIN KILLER
in cold water sweetened with after spasm
Perseverance in the above treatment has cured
severe and obstinate cases of this disease.
WIEN Used EXTERNALLY, as 4 IMMINENT,
nothing gives quicker in Burns, Cuts, bruises,
SpFd Sings from Insects and Scdlds 1t removes
Thosesuiering with RHEIM4 TiSM. GOTTor MI:
RALGIi. if not positive cure, they find the Pain
Hitler gives them relief when other remedy will.
EVERY HousEKEEPEH should keep it at hand and
apply it on the first attack of Pain 1t VIII give
satisfactory relief, and hours of suffering.
Do not trifie with yourselves by testing untried
edies. Be sure you call for the fAIN-HILLEK.
cs-Directions accompany each bottle.
Price, o5 ceEts, so cents. and $1.OO per Bottle.
j. HARRIS & CO., Cincinnati,
Projectors for the Southern and Western States.
eE For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

KEFP HOUSE, that il may he promptly
administered in all sudden attacks of Cholera Nor
bus. Cramps. Darrhoa, Collie or any similar affec-
ton for which Dr. Jaync'- Carminatlve Balsam is
an etfectual remedy AT this season of the year
every family will find it useful and necessary
| curative
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30
Another Step.

The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany has, with characteristic energy,
taken another important step in the pros
ecution of its great undertaking. The
camp fires of the Stanley Expedition will
hardly die out in Dakota, before those of
the construction corps will be burning.
The Company, on the 10Th inst. advef-
tiscs for contracts to grade and bridge the
line between the Missouri River andNtht
Yellowstone, distance of 205 miles,
through the country which the expedition
has just now passed; or rather the locate l
line is some thirty miles north of the
route pursued by Stanley, avoiding the
bad lands through which he passed, and
traversing rolling prairie region, well
| watered and covered with the rich buffalo
grass, which affords the finest pasturage
The success attained by the Engineers OF
the Company in finding good line
through what has been regarded as one OF
| the most difficult sections of the whole
route, must afford satisfaction to all in
| terested in this great National thorough
fare
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

ASK for prussing's Cider Vinegar and take
no other. Warranted to preserve Pickles.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

OLD IIUMBUGs DIsCARDED-Thank
heaven, the old school practice is passing
away. Ipecac, aloes calomel, blistering
the lancet, and (worse than alb, medicated
rum, have given place to a new remedy,
which bids fair to become the universal
me7icine Of mankind. VINEGAR BITTERs
is that remedy. 1t is destined to take
precedence of all other curatives now
before the world. The pharmacoppia
and conspectus of the regular Faculty
contain nothing that will compare with
it, Every day hundreds of the sick are
emancipating themselves from systems OF
treatment which entail great expense and
do no good, and are flying to this CHEAP
| and absolutely certain means of relief
Dyspepsia, rheumatism, liver complaint
periodic fevers, sick headache, kidney
diseases, constipation, nervous affections
and in short, all maladies, acute Oh
| chronic, which do not involve the ire
| parable injury of some vital organ, are
cured by this pure inalcoAoltc regetobie re
| storotige 5
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-30

IIo>RsENEss-Carry a bottle of DIR. Ransom's
Hive syrup and Tolu, Honey Syrup, in your
pocket and moistcn your throat with IL every half
hour or hour and il will restore the voice in
~ four hour- 1t is of incaculahlc value to sing
ers and public speakers, removes in few minutes
the huskincss of the voice, restoring lis natural
smoohncss.
conc AND CRAMr are instantly cured by one
dose of Or Miller's Magnetic Balm. DO not
fail 10 keep n bottle in the house - cents is III,
price.
See advertisement in this paper