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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-12-19

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI.
LIED STATES for the Eastern District OF Vir.
ginia
In the matter Of Daniel Turner, bankrupt
in bankruptcy.
1873. ls'l5gf FL
To Whom it May Concern-The undersign ed
Q. W. Turner and O. II. Wendlnger, of Rich
rnond city. in the county of Henrico. Va, hereby
give notice OF their appointment as assignees OF
the estate Of Daniel Turner, of Caroline
county In said district, who was, on the 22d
day of October, a. d. 1873, adjudged bank
rupt on the petition of himself by the District
Court of the United States for said district.
Dated at Richmond, 18th December, 1873.
O. w. TURNER,
@. II. WENDLINGER.
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UN4AE DlSIhlOf OOURT OF THE I'M.
4 TED STATES for the Eastern District OF
In the matter of John r. Callgan VS.. 8. M
Pass, . bankrnpt in--bankruptcy. AAsd
AZ Richmond, Va, this nth day OF Dec, 1873.
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ID. o. Richardson, Of Richmond city, and
State Of Virginia, hereby gives notice Of his APP
pointment as assignee of the estate Of s. M.
Page, Of Henrico county, in said district,
who was to-wit. on the the 18th day of
October, q d., 1873, adjudged bankrupt upon
the petition Of his creditors. by the District
Court Of ths United States for said district.
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In THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
Virginia. ff01
In the matter Of James M. Slater, a bank.
rupt-in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, Va, this 18th day of Dec, 1878
b To Whom it May Concern--The undersigned,
Cyrus A. Branch, Of Burnt Ordinary, in the
county of James City, and State OF Virginia,
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h ef se5 CYRUS A. BRANCH, "
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-04-19
Sowing DiscOrd.

"Aunt Alice, I think Sarah Lee is the
most disagreeable girl in our school; she
is always making mischief Now I have
helped her ever so many times in her les
sons, and lent her my history, but she is
not in the least grateful. She told Mabel
that was very proud of my curly hair,
and that my composition wasn't half as
good as Mary Gray's.
"Were not both statements true:" quiet
ly asked her aunt.
Laura blushed, but presently said: 81
think it is very bad of her to talk about
me in that way. l suppose she was pro-
voled because got above her in spelling.
l am sure it was not my fault that she
missed. I told Mabel thought that was
what made her so spiteful."
You never talk against her, do you,
Lauras"
mo indeed; am sure never did"
"Take care, mychild; think can con
vince you that you said she was the most
disagreeable girl in school, that she was
always making mischief, that she was un-
grateful, ard spiteful because you got
above her Now, did she ever say any
thing half as bad about your How would
it sound if what you have just said was
told her, exactly as you have said it?
Would you not be very sorry to have her
hear it,"
Laura looked, as she felt, very much
confused, and she had no apology to
offer
always look carefully within, when
one speaks i'll of you, and see if you do
not deserve it, and cannot learn a lesson
from it. Then, before you allow yourself
TO get angry, ask if you have not said
quite as bad things about the other per
son. There are great many hasty words
spoken, which hurt nobody but the
speaker, unless they are repeated. To do
this is a tale-bearer's business; that is
strictly forbidden in the Bible. Thou
shalt not go up and down as a tale-bearer
amoung my people, 1t was wrong for
Mabel to repeat the words that gave you
so much pain, and it is quite likely that
she reported your answer also. or all
seed sowing, it is the poorest to sow dis.
cord among those who should be good
friends ] think the true course for you,
dear, is to repent truly of your unkind
words. and seek, by constant kindness, to
be at peace with your friend. AS you are
much the greatest offender, it is proper
that the first step toward peace making
should come from you.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-04-19
The Crooked Window Pane.

Little Eddie was playing at the win
dow, when all at once he looked very
much puzzled, and turning to his mother
who sat beside him, said:
ooh, mamma, didn't know that there
was hollow in our back yard"
care you Qrtite sure there is one there,
Eddies" asked his mother. 81 think
you must have made mistake"
ayes, there is one there" said Eddie,
"and big crooked tree, too. can see
them Just as plain as can be. Come and
see for yourself, mamma"
His mother went to the window and
looked out, and sure enough there were
the hollow and the crooked tree. Eddie
greatly wondered why he had never seen
these before His mother told him to
look through another pane and see how
things appeared. He did so, but could
see no hollow or crooked tree either.
The ward was level and the trees all
straight.
His mother explained matters to him
lust the best she could. She told him
that there were wrinkles and flaws in the
pane he looked through Mt first, and these
made the objects in the yard look
crooked.
After all these things were made plain
TO Eddie, his mother taught very flne
lesson. She said:
"There arc some little boys and girls
who have crooked ewes. l don't mean
that they are cross-eycd but that they are
cross and hateful, and this makes them
think that eve rybody else is out of sorts.
At other times they are pleasant and
happy, and then they think that every
body is pleasant and happy too
Now, Eddie, ifyou want other people
to appear ugly, be hateful and cross your
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-04-19
GA charming family, indeed, madame

GA charming family, indeed, madame
You are beginning to understand the true
dignity of henhoOd. No one rejoices at
this more than l. Your conduct a while
ago really shocked me. 1t was not that
of a right minded hen. But all is forgiven
and forgotten now" CROosters always
use high-fo words and put on grand
manner. They think it adds to their dig.
nifty. SO do some people)
The little chickens were very much
awed at the condescending way in which
Mr. Chandelier patted their heads (fgUr-
atively speaking, of course), and wondered
that their mother acted so indifferent.
But she had been acquainted with Mr..
Chandelier for many years, and knew
how pulled up he was with vanity and
selfesteem, and wasn't as much fiattered
by his favor as he supposed.
'By the way" he crowed, after little
pause, somewhat surprised at her silence,
"your old enemies, the cat and dog, have
absence. The dog run mad, and was shot
by his master, and Jim drowned the cat
for eating up pet canary bird"
AL the old hens feathers shook when
she heard this, for she remembered her
bitter feelings in the past and the many
times she had wished herself in their
place. What easy and happy lives they
had appeared to lead, and yet to what
tragical ends had they come at last
''Ah, chickens" she clucked afterward,
while contentedly scratching in the dirt,
"be satisfied with your position in the
world, and never envy those who appear
to have better ones. Scratching in the
dirt and laying eggs are just as honorable
work as any other, if you are only brave
enough to make it so. Nothing is worse
than drawing comparisons, and fancy
ing that you have the hardest time of
any one else in the world. ~ Children S
H17Tr.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-04-19

n DEATHS HEAD AND CROssBONEs
ought to be the trade mark of every dealer
in Rum Bittcrs. But no; to proclaim
their real mission would ruin them, so
they sail under false colors, and do their
deadly work s,Irreptitiously. Fortunately
their triumphs over credulity are nearly at
an end. Ever since the Introduction of
DR.. WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR
BITTERs the sale of all the burning fluids
advertised as ''tOnicS'' has been rapidly
declining. They are still the unwhole-
some solace of individuals who wish to
satisfy a morbid appetite for strong drink,
without compromising their respectable
ty; but the sick are everywhere discard
ing them, and adopting the VINEGAR BIT-
TIERS. The success of this wonderful
remedy astonishes DR.. Walker himself.
He believed, when he gave it to the world,
that it was an unequaled tonic, free from
the objections urged against the medicatcd
firc-waters and dilutions of strychnine,
quinine and other powerful alkaloids en-
ployed in modern practice; but he scarce
ly expected that it would prove Il specific
for chronic dyspepsia, liver-complaint, in
cipient consumption, confirmed rheuma-
tism, govt, scrofula, nervous affections,
general debility and all diseases that dis
orders, without destroying, the vital ma
chinery. Yet this, unless thousands of
witnesses have conspired TO deceive the
public, is actually the case.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-04-19
That Kiss of My Mother.

George Brown wanted to go somewhere
and his mother was not willing. He tried
to argue the matter. When that would
not do, he spoke roughly, and went off,
slamming the door behind him.
Instead of saying, al should really like
to GO; but if you cannot give your con-
sent, dear mother, l will try and do my
best to be content to y,"-instead
of saying and feeling so, he behaved in
the way described, just as too many boys
do. George was fourteen, and with four
teen years experience of one of the best
of mothers, one would have thought bet
ter of him. But he was a boy. What
can you expect of boys ?" So say some
people.
Stop; hear more. That night George
found thorns in his pillow. He could
not fix it any way to go to sleep on. He
turned and tossed, and he shook and pat
ted it; but not wink of sleep for him.
The thorns kept pricking. They were
mother. ''Ny dear mother, who deserves
nothing but kindness and love and obedi.
ence from me-" he said to himself. Z"
can never do enough for her; yet how
have behaved her eldest boy How
she nursed me through that fever ~
He would ask her to forgive him in the
morning. But suppose something should
happen before morning. He would ask
her now, to night, this moment. George
crept out of bed and went softly to his
mothers room.
George" she said, ''is that you? Are
you sick?' For mothers, you know,
seem to sleep with one ear and eye open,
especially when the fathers are away, as
Georges father was.
'Dear mother" ne said, kneeling al
her beside, 81 could not sleep for think
ing of my rude words to you. Forgive
me, mother, my dear mother, and may
God help me never to behave SO again!"
She clasped the penitent boy in her
arms, and kissed his warm cheek. George
is big man now; but he says that kiss
was the sweetest moment of his life. His
strong, healthy, impetuous nature became
tempered by gentlcness of spirit. II
softened its roughness, sweetened his
temper, and helped him on to a true and
Christian manhood.
Boys are sometimes ashamed to act out
their best feelings. "Oh, if they only
knew what loss it is to them not tor
Mothers Ndq0zine
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-04-19
Died Suddenly of Heart Disease.

How common is the announcement Thou
sands are suddenly swept into eternity by this
fatal malady. This disease generally has its
origin in impure blood filed with irritating,
poisonous materials, which, circulating through
the heart, irritatc its delicate tissues. Though
the irritation may at first he slight, producing
little palpitation or irregular action, yet 10y
and by the disease becomes firmly seated, and
Inflammation, or hypertrophy, or thickening of
the lining membrane or of the valves, is pro-
duced. How wise to give early attention to a
case of this kind. Unnatural throbbng or
pain in the region of the heart should add
monish one that all is not right and if you
would preserve it from further disease, you
must help it to beat rightly by the use of such
a remedy shall remove the cause of the
trouble. Use DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery before the disease has become too
seated, and it will, by its great blood purify
ing and wonderful, regulating properties, effect
Il perfect cure. 1t contains medicinal proper
ties which act specifically upon the tissues of
the heart, bringing about a healthy action. Sold
by all first-clasS Druggists. Il
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-04-19
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

A REMARKABLE INvENTION.-One OF
the most important improvements ever
perfected in musical instruments has late
w been introduced by Geo. Woods IL
Co, in their improved ParlOr Organs. 1t
consists of a piano of exquisite quality of
tone which will never require tuning.
The instrument was lately introduced at II
musical soiree in Baltimore, and received
the cordial applause and Endorsement of
the many eminent professionals present.
Boston Journal.
LAME SHEEP.-While so many formers
are complaining about their lame sheep,
and can't find any sure remedy, l desire
to say for their benefit, that in my expert
ence of more than twenty years, l have
had no difficulty in keeping them in
sound condition, with the following, if
pound blue vitriol fine (by crushing it
with a mallet or other hard piece of wood,
on plank, and mixing well with one
pint tar. Pare off every particle of dis
eased hoof; with a stick smear every part
of the foot. Treat every one of the flock
at the same time, spring and fall, and |
trust you will have sound sheep.-Culi-
Gator and Country Gent
THE QUEEN BEE.-When the queen bee
is forcibly taken away from the hive, the
bees which are near her at the time do not
appear sensible of her absence, and the
labOrs of the hive are carried on as usual
for time. 1t is seldom before the lapse
of an hour that the working bees begin to
manifest any symptom of uneasiRess.
They are then observed to quit the larvae
which they had been feeding, and run
about in great agitation to and fro; and on
meeting such of their companions as are
not yet aware of the disaster which has
befallen them, communicate the intelli-
gence by crossing their antennR and strik-
ing lightly with them. The bees which
receive the news become in turn agitated,
and spread the alarm further. All the in
habitants now rush forward, eagerly seek
ing their lost queen. But finding search
useless, they appear to become resigned to
their misfortune, the tumult subsidies, and
if there are worker eggs or young larvae in
the cell, preparations are made to supply
the loss by raising a new queen, and the
usual labors of the hive are resumed
american Bee Journal.
CONDIMENTS IN POULTRY DIET-Cay-
enne pepper, mustard, or ginger, can,
with great benefit, be added to the food
of fowls, to increase their vigor and to
stimulate egg production. This apparent
" artificial diet will be seen to be natural
if we remember that wild birds of the gal
linaceous species get access to many high
ly spiced berries and buds; articles that
give the game flavor to their flesh. The
ordinary food of the domestic fowl is not,
indeed, entirely without some such adddi-
ton, since there is more or less of an
aromatic principle in wheat, Indian corn,
and all other grains. Nevertheless, it is
not sufficient in quantity to supply the
place of the strongest spices, a taste for
which is part of the fowls inherited con-
stitution. A moderate quantity of cay
enne, etc, added to the ground grain is al
ways productive of health and thrift in
poultry.-Poultry World.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-04-19

their offices, first for their own emolument.
next for the advantage of their party, and
lastly for the benefit of the Government,
were brought up in the school OF high
moral ideas. This same school has ike
wise contributed the swarms OF carpet
baggers who have overrun the South Inc
principle of interference in all SUMMARY
thing which begins by approprlating the
profits of legitimate trade to the bolstering
of illeeitimate enterprise, which proceeds
by squandering on privileged corporations
and swindling monopolies the peoples
common estate in the public lands, and
now wants to seize upon our educatlonai
systems in the interest of publishing
cliques, and upon private telegraphy in
the interests of consolidated jobbery, has
naturally encouraged new-tangled notions
in respect both of personal liberty and
State and municipal self government. The
act of hdbeds corpus. once our birthright,
has grown to he a mere tradition, and the
party of high moral ideas is FESTIVE
and impatient even against that small
vestige of a once sacred franchise. The
power which assumes to create provisional
governments over the conveniently lapsed
sovereignties of States has not been con-
tent until it has reached its present posi-
ton of overturning at will such executives
as are distasteful to it and setting up others
more convenient to its purposes. 1t
might have seemed a long road in Abra-
ham Lincoln's day from a military gov
ernorship to civil satrapy, but the jour
ney has been made, though Lincoln has
not been eight years dead. And the worst
feature of it is that the party of high
moral ideas, while thinking no great
things of Casey, Pinchback, Durell, and
kellogg, do not seem to find the least
cause for alarm in the disastrous and des-
potic precedent set by the Presidents in
reference in Louisiana
Abroad our power and our ag-
gressive forces are no longer
questioned but dreaded, but
bread and cheese in the markets of Europe.
Our financial arrangements and revenue
provisions are a common laughing stock,
like the late Secretary of our Treasury,
and, rich as We are known to be, our
bonds are not exchangeable for the bonds
of Canada, New Zealand, Australia, or
India. Our navy inspires no more terrors
than the Amsterdam herring-fleet, and
when our financiers go abroad with pro-
posals for foreign capital they are forced
to bring as many testimonials and certifi-
Gates Of character as if they were runaways
from the bagnes of Brest, or English
ticket-ofleave men. As for our national
representatives, although We have Sickles
in the place of Washington Irving and
Schenck where Adams was, the fitness of
things is thought to be still subserved, and
the falling off excites no more surprise
than is elected by the career of Cramer in
Denmark and Butler in Alexandria
~ Y World
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-04-19

prevented from acquiring a knowledge OF
his profession in the gradual way in which
alone it can be learnt. 1t is his foolish
father who is alone to blame, and who has
shown in this instance only a trifle more
shamelessly than he has shown in many
instances before how little he values the
public service in comparison with the
private interests of himself and his family
and his twenty-one relations in office II
is this foremost man in the salary-grab
who lately signed 100000 into his private
purse, and who now grabs the place and
salary of Lieutenant Colonel for his son
from whom billiards hope and demagogues
pretend to hope "reformed civil service,
in which promotion shall go by merit and
not by favor.