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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-15

Fears are sometimes expressed that
Canad2's and Newfoundland's great sta
pie, the cod fisheries, will, In time, be-
come exhausted, and the enormous fish
colonies around the shores will, by over
fishing, become 80 reduced in numbers
that the tolls of the fishermen will cease
to be remunerative. We believe there is
no foundation, in fact, for such an opin-
ion. The quantity Of fish taken out of
the sea by the hands Of men Is SO small,
In proportion to the whole or to the num-
bers destroyed by their natural enemies,
that the abstraction would make little or
no impression on the immense shoals in
the ocean.
The fecundity of fish is enormous, and
is natures compensation for the immense
waste of life through the cannibal pro-
pcnsities of the fish-world. In the world
of waters it would seem as il shoals of
one species of fish had no other object in
life but to chase another with a view to
cat them, but in proportion to the de-
structiOn thus carried on is the power
of reproduction with Which they are en-
dOwed.
Perhaps &C, ZOO, 900 or &c. OOO, 600 of cod
fish are taken from the sea annually by
the fishers of the sea around the shores of
Newfoundland. But what is this quanti-
ty when we consider that the cod yields
3.50O.0O0 of eggs each season, and that
even 5000, 600 have been found i'm the roe
of single cod! Other fish, though not
equaling the cod, are also wonderfully
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-15

Can amy Medicine do More?
The art of changing the base metals into gold
has not been discovered, but the happy results Of
. discovery Infinitely more important are familiar
to the community. and have been for the past
twenty years. To exchange debility for vigor,
sickness for health, apathy for energy, gloom for
cheerfulness. is a much more desirable operation
than to transmute lead into the root of all evil.
And thIAis what Hoststter's Stomach Bitters &C.
complish, and have been accomplishing daily, ever
since their Introduction Dyspepsia. biliousness,
nervous affections, constipation, Intermittent fe-
vers, rheumatism, sick headache and general de-
bility no longer the hug-bears that they were
nth OF = century ago. The Bitters, taken pro-
tective medicine, prevent them, and taken rs .
remedy cures them, and the people know it.
Hence their overshadowing reputation and enor-
nous sale. The fame Of the great vegetable spe-
cihc IL ever ON the march, and at . pace that no
competitor can live. It Is to-day the foremost
medicine OF Its class in the civilized world. Every
now and then attempts are made to rival it, and
sometimes a nostrum concocted in the idle hope
of sharing its popularity, has brief squirt of ap-
parent success. But 1t is all Illusion. One by one
they sink like stones In the sea. while the great
tonic whose celebrity has been the cause of these
blind ventures, continues to ride the topmost
wave of public favor, unapproached and unap-
proachable.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-15

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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-15
The Central Asia Question.

Englsnd's treatment of the Russian en-
voy has at least an ugly look about it, and
we doubt not but that NJ. SchOuval-
offs return to st. Petersburg without hav-
ing accomplished his mission has caused
not little shaking Of heads and struggling
Of shoulders among the diplomatic wise
acres Of the Continent. 1t is possible that
neither Of the Powers means to resort to
arms, but the refusal of England to even
listen to Russia's proposition can hardly
be regarded as conveying precisely this
peaceful intention and as 1t is well-es-
tablished fact that a baffiled diplomat is not
exactly the friend of the person or persons
whOh have bafIled him, 1t is fair to presume
that M. Schouvalof will endeavor to stir
the smouldering fires of the Cars wrath
to blaze, and induce him to settle the
Central Asia question by gage of battle at
once and forever, and at the same time
wipe out the marks of the affront which
has been put upon him in the person of
his envoy. Alexander Of Russia is not a
stupid man, and he is not likely to rush
into war with England without duly
counting the cost his recent aggressions
look as if he had counted the cost and was
prepared for fight. IF this is the case,
he can easily enough twist an excuse for
breaking his treaties from the treatment
accorded him by England.-Er.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-15
A Social Event.

One of the most dramatic and romantic
scenes of 6 Rip Van Winkle'' was reveal
ed in the Brooklyn Courthouse. Mrs.
Elizabeth Speyer, who brings suit in the
Brooklyn Court to recover 50, 600 as her
dover of the estate OF the late John Spey-
er, was cross-examined to-day. She said 1:
g was born in Maine; when fifteen years
old left my parents, who were poor, and
was employed in millinery store in Bos-
ton; there 1 met Mr.. Hugh Miller to
whom was married we lived for a while
in my native town, and then removed to
Jamaica Plains. 1t was at this place. thir,
ty years ago that my husband abandoned
me. sought for him everywhere; four
years after he abandoned me, 1 was in
formed that he was dead" She then re-
lated the story Of her marriage with Bell,
whom she had arrested and convicted of
6fgamy, and her marriage to Mr.. John
Speyer. AS Mrs. Speyer descended from
the stand, Mr.. Speyer's lawyer arose. and
in loud voice called the name of Hugh
p. Miller. Mrs. Speyer stood amazed and
overwhelmed with confusion. Her coun-
sci were thunderstruck, and all the audi
ence arose and viewed the old man, who
arose in answer to his name. His ap-
pearance is that of a well-tO-do farmer.
He testified that instead of abandoning
nis wife she abandoned him. He said !:
1--WE left Jamaica Pains and came to New
L OIk " uvcs Two Weeks d1t6Ts IeCurn-
ed home at noon, my wife was gone and
all the furniture. found q note stating
that she had left me and would never re-
turn, and that need not look for her. l
met her AFTER that one day on the street,
and she tsld me she had married man
named Bell. 1 accepted the situation, and
went to sea, which I followed for ten or
twelve years. 1 then went to Worcester,
Mass. where now reside"
During the examination Of this witness
Mrs. Speyer never removed her eyes from
him. She seemed struck dumb with
amazement. It was the first time she had
seen him since the day on the street, when
she told him she was living with Bell, over
thirty years ago.
The Rev. Mr.. Cone, who, Mrs. Speyer
says, married her, is dead. His son ex-
hibited the record of marriages. In it
was the record of her marriage to Bell
under the name of Elizabeth G. Farring-
ton. There was no record Of her mar
rage to John Speyer. Her vision Of a
future was destroyed ty to-day's develop
ments.-M. r. PGper
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-15
THE WEEKLY SUN.

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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-15
Eject Of Cheerful Literature.

In q recent speech in the House of Rep
resentatives, Hon. S. s. Cox. of New
York, thus speaks of the cheerful litera-
ture inflicted upon their constituents
by members:
81 have risen, Mr.. Chairman, only for
the purpose Of having the House under
stand the astonishing effect of these pat
ent reports, not only upon the people in
the country, but on the people in the city.
1 acknowledge that the effect is different
according to locality. 1 now represent a
city. though by some Misrepresentation in
the last campaign the people OF New York
State outside Of our great metropolis vot-
ed for me to represent them. fell short
n the country: Laughter To be sure
Though may not, owing to misappre-
tensions, be with you next Congress
Laughter II must refer to the effects OF
these reports on the city. The effect up
on the wicked city Of Philadelphia. which
acted SO badly in the late electiOn-[laugh-
fer]-is especially notable. refer ~
my friend from PhiIadelphia (Judee Kel-
ley) to the dreadful consequences he impos-
es upon his constituents in sending these
reports into the heart of Philadelphia. Read
very slowly, Mr.. Clerk, the extract send
up from the Sunday Dispatch, of Philadel-
phia, showing the direful effects OF
these terrible reports"
The clerk read icon erpressione) as fol-
lows:
'We owe our thanks to Judge Kelley for the
latest patent ONCE reports. We already have
600 OF the interesting volumes in little libra
~, but they have been read and re-read many
times that we know every page of them by heart.
This new volume came opportunity and grateful
ly on Christmas morning, and that night we
gathered our little family around the fire and read
Il through to them. The affecting tale entitled
improvements in Monkey Wrenchcs, seemed to
touch every heart Northumberland when we
came to the climax of the little story about sRv-
erside PIe-boards,' there was not dry eye be-
tween the front door and the table. Laughter !
During the reading of the piteous narrative emit
Ted Gum Washers for Carriage Axles' the
whole family gave expressions of boisterous emo
ton, ard the hired girl was much excited that
she lost her presence of mind and went around to
her mothers inadvertently with six pounds of SUI
gar and a butter-kettle full of -four and came
home at midnight intoxicated Laughter We
can never sufficiently thank Judge Kelley for the
innocent enjoyment thus furnished us. The
memory OF that happy evening will lnger
minds very much longer than that hired girl ever
fingers when she lights lot of substance
which she thinks will suit the constitution of her
aged parents" [Great laughter
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-15

Many years ago, when the temperance
movement began In Virginia, ex-Presi-
dent Madison lent the weight of his influ-
ence to the cause. Case-bOttles and de
canters disappeared from the side-board
at Montpelier was no longer dis
pensed to the many visitors at that hos
pitable mansion. Nor was this all. Har-
vest began, but the customary barrel OF
whisky was not purchased, and the song
of the scythemen In the wheat field Ian
guished. In lieu Of whisky, there was a
beverage most innocuous, unstimulating
and unpalatable to the army of dusky la
bOrers.
The following morning, Mr.. Madison
called in his head man to make the usual
inquiry, "Nelson, how comes on the
"Po'ly, Mars Jeems-monsus poly"
"Why, what's the matter?"
Things Is seyus."
"What do you meanf'
~We gwine los dat crap"
close the crop! Why should we lose
sCause dat are crap ar heap too big a
crap to be gethered 'thout whisky. Las
ses-and-water nuver gethered no crap
sence the worl' war made, ner faint
gwine to-"
Mr. Madison nuccumbed; the whisky
was procured, the "crap" was "geth-
peared, and the ancient order was re-
stored Ut Montpelier, never again to be
disturbed.-Lippincott for February.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-15

There is an occasional sign nowadays
that the strain which marked politics du-
ring the stress of the past few months,
and indeed of the past few years, is slight
placed the report of the Congressional
Committee in the contested election case
which has been going on between those
two political ornaments, Mr.. Bowen, of
South Carolina. the cadet broker and big
amist, and Mr.. De Large, a cOl0red cor
ruptionist of some promise. In October,
both these gentlemen were candidates for
a seat representing the Second South Car
DINA District, which contains the city of
Beaufort, but the greater part of whose
voting population is composed of negroes
who are extremely ignorant, and who as
regards the right performance of voters
duty are as Ignorant as horse or sheep.
Among these people are, however, some
cunning and utterly INSCRIPTIONS file
leaders, such as itinerant preachers and
the like, and the amount of cheating done
in election canvasses is both amazing and
amusing. The De Large men cheated
enormously, and the Bowen men cheated
GO all they KNEW" which also was enor-
mously and miraculOusly. Each side
must have admired the other. But De
Large got the certificate of election.
Bowen at once set to work to contest, re-
f1ecting in his own mind that as long as
the Treasury Department pays your bills
while you are contesting, no matter if you
had but four votes against your adverse
RVS 100000, and though you bought these
four, why then, contesting is good, le-
climate carpet-bag or &C scalawag' trade
r follow, and as worthy as any other.
Large forthwith engaged law
YET lend his rights, and as far as our
recollection goes this professional gentle
man did indeed collect testimony enough,
and that with ease, it being exceedingly
thick all over the Second District; but
when his employer desired to produce the
same and triumphantly destroy Mr.. Bow
en-, he was told that he could have it if he
paid the cost of it.-N. Y. Nation.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-15
LIVER COMPLAINT, LIVER DISEASE,

LIVER COMPLAINT, LIVER DISEASE. i.
e. MISREPRESENTATION complaints
some termed liver disease-are very COM
mon in this country. The ordinary indi-
cations, such as yellowness of the skin and
whites of the eyes, pain in the right side
under the inferior ribs, with sometimes
difficulty of Aspiration and troublesome
cough-are familiar to host of sufferers !;
but the liver, sometimes, is in a very I'M
satisfactory state without the presence of
such symptoms. When we reflect that the
liver is the largest gland Of the body, that
it secretes the bile which lubricates the
bowels and keeps them in order, is the
great blood purifier or cleansing machine
of our systems, it may truly be called the
Housekecper of or Health. Sudden transi-
tions of climatic temperature, or impure
air, or mater are disturbing elements
which arrest the functions of the liver, and
render it torpid, producing diar7hra, dys-
ente7,y, billions remittents, intermittent te-
rers, and a general prostration, and I'M
healthy state of the whole organization.
1t is not surprising that medicine
which can restore the healthy operations
of the liver, should command general at
tention. Such medicine is CALIFoRNlA
VINEGAR BITTERs, The Housekeeper' s
Towel and Broom.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-15

It is an art founded within the nature and
being of man. It is the language Of the
heart, which reveals in euphOnious sounds
Of the emotions, whose breath is the revela-
ton Of the sentimental in the life of man,
freed from casualty and objectivity through
the medium Of sounds. Music, therefore, is
the analogous expression Of the soul itself,
as IL Maguire's CunduraHgo Bitters the best
remedy ever discovered for diseases Of the
liver, blood, kidneys and bowels; the ele-
menf which preserves health in the human
body, thereby promoting true happiness.
Voluntary testimonials to its almost miracu-
lous action in dyspepsia, constipation, en-
larged spleen, turgid liver, impaired circula-
ton, piles, diabetes, dropsy, Bright's disease
Of the kidneys, female complaints and weak
its proprietors. No: Observation-Disclosures for
oalomelE and no danger from use.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-15
POISONED TO DEATH.

A healthy liver secretes each day about
two and a half pounds of bile, which con-
tains great amount Of waste material taken
from the blood. When the liver becomes
torpid or congested, it fails to eliminate this
vast amount of noxi0us substance, which,
therefore, remains to poison the blood and
be conveyed to every part Of the system.
What must be the condition of the blood
when It is receiving and retaining each day
two and a half pounds OF poisony Nature
tries to work OF this poison through other
channels and organs-the kidneys, lungs,
skin, etc. but these organs become over
to their natural functions, and cannot long
Withstand the pressure, but become various
ly diseased.
The brain, which is the great electrical CEN
ter of all vitality, is unduly stimulated by
the unhealthy blood which passes to it from
the heart, and it fails to perform its Office
heaIthfully. Hence the symptoms Of bile
poisoning, which are dulness, headache, in
capacity to keep the mind ON any subject,
impairment Of memory, dizzy. sleepy. or
assE S' feelings, gloomy iosreb9dings and IT,
diseased, as it forms the sweat upon the sur
face of the skin, Is so irritating and poison
GUS that it produces discoIored brown spots,
pimples, blOtches and other eruptions, sores,
boils, carbuncles and scrofulous tumors.
The stomach, bowels, and other organs spo-
ken of, cannot escape becoming affected,
sooner or later, and costiveness, piles, drop
sy,. dyspepsia, diarrhGa, female weakness,
and many other forms Of chronic disease,
edy for "a these Neutrality-suspicious. Of disease,
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is
positively unequaled. By 1t the liver and
stomach are changed to an active and healthy
state, the appetite regulated and restored,
the blood and secretions thoroughly puri-
fed and enriched, and the whole system
renovated and built up anew. Sold by all
hrst-class Druggists. 625.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-15

Professor W. K. Clifford very happily
distinguishes scientific thought'' from
'.technical thought" Technical thought
predicted correctly all the facts of a solar
eclipse long before it was disco vered in
fact. Technical thought reasons from ad-
mitted premises not only to old results.
but to new adaptations of old results
scientific thought takes q speculative
ssleap In the dark" trusting in law Of
Nature wider than the discovered law,
but In strict analogy with it, and presents
. result in advance of any previously ar
rived ct. Having expounded that distinc-
ton, this most promising young pbiloeo-
tiffc thought is not an accompaniment or
condition of human progress, but "hu-
man progress ITSELF" I am tempted to
add an illustration to those advanced by
Professor Clifford in calculation Of his pO-
sition. Modern Chinese civilization is a
good example Of the working out of tech
nical thought; while the contemporary
history of the Anglo-Saxon race demon
strates the working Of scientific thought.
We are apt, perhaps, to underrate the
mental processes which form the motive
power Of the national life of the Chinese.
Some observers have spoken of mechanic
cal and industrial operations in the Celes-
tial Empire as purely and blindly imita-
tive. But the Chinese do not go to work
Of palaces and bridges their engineers and
architects exercise fozm Of Intelligence
scarcely distinguishable from that of our
own engineers and architects. who design
and build on well recognized principles.
The Chinaman is, in fact, not specially i'm
itative he is conservative. He does not
copy anything new. but follows always in
the old track. We must give the race
credit for intelligence equal to the work
they are doing, but there is no margin:
They have no scientific theught and
therefore no progress. When did original
thinking cease to operate in China? Is
Chinese civilization the monument raised
by an early family of men whose inheri-
lance was taken from them, and their
work carried on, without improvement,
by the inferior race which now occupies
the country? Or is that stagnation, ex-
tending back to prehistoric times, the
consequence of the accidental setting up
of a conservative fetch which has some
how obtained an almost supernatural
power over the mental faculties Of the peo-
pie ?CGentIcnsam's Magazine.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-15

MANY persons say that they have tried
mended for humors, and they are no better
now than when they commenced them and
they have no confidence in anything that is
advertised to cure Salt Rheum. Erysipelas,
these that there is now remedy that as vet
has never failed of curing those diseases. 1t
acts upon an entirely different principle from
anything ever offered for them it throws
humor out of the blood through the skin,
which is the only channel through which the
system can be entirely freed from them. If
you will try it, you win not say of this as
you have by the others, for it will cure you.
We refer to DIR. Viewers Salt Rheum Syrup.
For sale by all Druggists.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-02-15

A German paper declares that Prussia
has made arrangements with Portugal for
the purchase of certain settlements on the
Eastern coast of Africa-indeed, close to
Zanzibar. For long time Portugal has
carried on a considerable trade with that
part of Africa, and, It is to be feared, has
not made the slightest remOnstrance
against the traffic in slaves which, or he
is greatly ibeled, is the principal source
of revenue to the Sultan Of Zanzibar, to
whom Sir Bartle Frere has gone to pay a
visit of coercion, in the name of Queen
Victoria and in behalf of humanity. That
Prussia should desire to have several
points of occupation in Africa, toward
which the tide of colonization is rapidly
advancing, need not create surprise.
Prussia is not yet, but is in fair way to
become maritime power, with ships,
colonies, commerce.. Already she possess
ses the river Elbe, which flows into the
German Ocean, ana her annexation of
Hanover, with its considerable line Ofsea-
coast, was great advantage. She had
previously possessed a large seabOar6 in
the Baltic. For some months in each year
the Baltic is not navigable from accumu-
latiOn of ice, and all times entrance
through the Sound (the narrow strait be-
tween Denmark and Sweden) is dilatory,
sometimes dangerous. But the proposed
ship canal through Holstein, from the
North Sea to KieI Bay, will give Prussia
greater command of the Baltic than is now
possessed by Russia. Already, if pub
lished and uncontradicted statements are
to be credited, Prussia has secured a point
of occupation on the northern shore of
Africa, which gives her a favorable po-
sitiOn on the Mediterranean. The Prus-
so-African colony now being formed on
the territory of Tunis, not far from Cape
Blanco, is within short distance of
Sicily, and much nearer to Egypt than
Algeria. AS a capacious harbor is part of
this newly-acquired territory, Prussia can
easily keep fleet i'm the Mediterranean,
whenever policy dictates her so to do
Fo,ney's Press.