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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22
About Shingles.

SOMETHING about shingles may be ac-
ceptable, now that we are having the
rOOfpenetrating storms of winter. The
american artisan says the best shingles
are those made by hand from clear white
pine, which are not only very durable,
but inasmuch as the stroke of the draw
knife used in making them is nearly
longitudinal with the grain of the wood,
the cells at and near the surface of the
shingles are opened to the least possible
degree, and the rain penetrates the shin
giles only to a very slight extent, and the
surface dries soon after being wet. Next
to those of the pine are hand-shaved
hemlock and spruce shingles, which are
frequently substituted in the place of the
former as being cheaper, but which are
far less durable.
OF the machine made shingles, recon-
mended principally by their slight cost,
that most universally known is made by
saving from IA "bolt" of any suitable
wood, the single in this case being of
very symmetrical shape, but open to the
serious objection that the saw tears the
fibres of the wood so that the moisture
passing into the minute ducts thereof,
and penetrating its entire structure, causes
it TO decay rapidly. This may be to some
extent remedied by planning the shingles,
for the rapid performance of which sew
eral machines have been devised; but the
action of the planning cutters, although to
a far less extent, produces the same re-
suit, and the sawed shingles for these
reasons cannot compare with those made
by the old shaving or hand method from
the same material.
Hard wood shingles are very durable,
but are likely to warp, and this is very
serious objection to their general use
Several prcservative processes are in use
whereby shingles may be made much
more durable than if left unprotected to
the direct action of the weather. 1t is also
u good plan to paint the shingles after
they are laid and when they are perfectly
dry
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22
How She Takes The Train.

SHE comes down to the depot in an eX-
press wagon three hours before train time.
She insists on sitting on her trunk, out on
the platform, to keep it from being stolen.
She picks up her reticule, fan, parasol,
lunch basket, small pot with house
plant in it, shawl, paper bag of candy,
bouquet (she never travels without one),
small tumbler and extra veil, and chases
Historically after every switch engine
that goes by, under the impression that it
is her train. Her voice trembles as she
presents herself at the restaurant and tries
to buy a ticket and she knocks with the
handle of her parasol on the door of the
old disused Toulouse in vain hopes that
the baggage man will come out and check
her trunk. She asks everybody in the
depot and on the platform when her train
will start, and where it will stand, and,
looking straight at the great clock, asks ::
'What time is it now?" She sees, with
terror, the baggage man shy her trunk in
to car where two men are smoking, in
stead of locking it up by itself in a large
strong, brown car with bad order,
Shops" chalked on the side, which she
has long ago determined to be the bag
gage car as the only safe one in sight.
Although the first at the depot, she is the
last to get her ticket, and once on the cars,
she sits, to the end of her journey, in an
agony of apprehension that she has got
on the wrong train and will be landed at
some strange station, put in close car
riage. drugged, and murdered, and to ev-
cry last male passenger who walks down
the aisle she stands up and presents her
ticket, which she invariably carries in
her hand She finally recognizes her
waiting friends on the platform, leaves
the car in a bust of gratitude, and the
train is ten miles away before she remem-
bers that her reticule fan, parasol, lunch
basket, verbena, shawl, candy, tumbler,
veil and boquet, are on the car seat where
she left them, or at the depot in Peoria,
for the life of her she can't tell which
Peo1i1 Rerie,r
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22
Some Late Conversions.

Even the thick-and thin organs of the
Administration are beginning to discover
that there is signIficancy in the election
returns this fall that is not to be dismissed
with the simple theory that it is nothing
more than the "offyear." 1t is filtering
through good many partisan skulls
that the invincibility of Republicanism
as it stood entrenched in the hatreds and
the Civilizations of the past, is gone
When the postmaster and Custom House
stripe of editors begin to find out and say
that 'if the President attempts to uphold
the rings by its own prestige any longer,
he will come in the line of fire the people
are delivering on their dishonest servants,
and will get hurt, and badly hurt" it is
evident that there is good deal of a
breeze We presume Mr.. George William
Curtis knew what sort of a crowd he was
training with when he resigned in dis
gust from the Civil-Service Board, just as
well as he knows it now. Why, then,
did he wait until after the November
elections before he began to make Hdr-
per's Weekly talk in the plain manner that
it has SO suddenly assumeds Simply be-
cause his partisanship was stronger than
his patriotism. Because he hoped that
the people would wait, as he was waiting,
and, for the sake of the name Republican,
acquiesce in the further spoliation of the
country by the rings and the place hold
ers. 1t was not until Mr.. Curtis found
out that the people had done waiting
for the laZar- house to cleanse it.
self, and began to pull it down, that he
took thought of his own safety and strobe
out of it We have instanced Mr. Curtis
as a type of a class simply because, of all
the task servants of the Administration,
he is the one whom abject servility least
befitted, and of whom better things were
to have been expected. We have selected
him to show how a logged and desperate
partisanship can blunt all sensitiveness
even in great minds, and overmaster all
other impulses
We confess our inability to appreciate
the manliness of that sort of indepen
dence which waits until a man is whip
ped before beginning to tell the truth
about him. Especially are we incapable
of discerning the patriotism there is in
unfolding a rotten party till it begins &c
go to pieces utterly, and then, with shrek
raised above the roar of the crashing frag
ments, crying out, Behold the wickedness
of this party! This conversion of Mr.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22
A Secret Treasure Discovered.

On the west side of the street leading
down from the Bluff street bridge to the
Union Depot, in Kansas City, stands IA
small frame house, which before the
street was graded UP stood upon props or
stills. 1t is called the "Tcxas and Colo
RADIO Saloon" This house has had II
board nailed upon it for some time, upon
which was painted, House and Furni-
ture for Sale" A few days ago stranger
entered the house, and after a brief con,
vcrsation with Louis Mezzadre, the old
Frenchman owning the saloon, concluded
the purchase, and yesterday afternoon
called upon the proprietor with witnesses
to consummate the trade. The terms of
the trade were these: The purchaser, Mr..
Clew, was to pay Mazzadre 800 in cash
for the house and all it contained, with
the exception of Mazzadre's trunk and
his clothing. This agreement was re
peated over In the presence of witnesses,
and the sale effected and the money paid
over. 1t was now that the strange and
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22
The Weather.

l SHALL not say anything here about the
importance of this subject.
We all know how unbearable society
would be without it-how tame and com
monplace would have become heaven and
earth in its absence.
| merely wish to call the attention of
the reader to the care that has been
taken in selecting the weather for this
book.
Being warned by last season, have put
in plenty of rain, which will be found to
arrive just in the nick of time.
| have dealt lightly in thunder storms
i find they are not popular-and
have such an antipathy to lightning-rod
men that l lose no opportunity to injure
them.
have been rather liberal with snow,
for the sake of the young and livery stables,
and have put in some extraordinary hail.
for the encouragement of the oldest in
habitant and IA little frost to stir up the
amateur in tobacco and other varieties of
cabbage.
But accuracy is the strong point of the
volume. When it says, Look out for
rain," then is the time for you TO "hump
yourself" for the house. And when it
says Frost any delay in getting your
wfe's fathers coat over the tomatoes and
dahlas will prove eminently disastrous
to those articles. Yes, | have aimed To
be accurate, looking more to the personal
comfort and general information of my
patrons than 10 the plaudits of wicked
world and gold, which perish in ii day, |
am told.
/ have not lost sight Of the fact that
have formidable and INSCRIPTIONS OPP
position at Washington. But trusting to
an honest purpose, "a discriminating pub
lie, and eight years of promiscuous trust
ing as the editor of II country newspaper,
shall press steadily on and hurt that
Washington chap.-Danbury Netes Wan's
AiHaH0c.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22

Curtis to independence in journalism is
too late to be of any credit to him, though
it will undoubtedly be the means OF sub
stantial good to the country; for, AS far
as newspaper support was concerned,
considerable part of the power OF the
Administration was in the pen OF curtis
and the pencil of Mast. The really indie
pendent press of the country has been
saying and reiterating for years the very
things Mr. Curtis promul gates as discov-
cries in the current number of Harper.
The Boston Adreytiser did not find them
out until a Custom House lash had been
cracked about its head with Butler behind
the whipstock. The New York Times did
not turn from grooming over its defeat of
Tammany and its slaughter of Tweed, un
til the thunder of a popular verdict in
favor of Tammany with Morrissey at its
head, as against the Custom House with
Conkling and Murphy for task masters,
came crashing into its ears. Then the
Times, in its clumsy, British way, an
nounced its belief that the people had
protested against the excuses of Repub-
licanism! The Cincinnati Gazette found
out about a month ago that something
was wrong, and has been Numbering
about it ever since. But the Gazette de-
serves honorable exception in that it has
never been the thick-and-t thin, yellow
plush lackey that the others have.
These instances show a universally of
alarm and of a desire to stand from under
among all adherents of the Administra-
ton who have sense enough to correctly
estimate the significance of kick. Those
organs which, like the Chicago Inter-
Ocean, do not possess that amount of sense,
can be depended on to still rant and rave
after the old fashion about the party that
saved the nation, and the man who was
the instrument of that salvation, and so
on. But wherever there is Republican
who is not so besotted with partyism and
fat-witted with perquisites that he is both
deaf and daft, you will see that his mind
is perturbed and his spirit sore troubled
at the new aspect of things.-& Louis Re
1)1IbLicdn
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22

PERHAPS it is the highest test of good
breeding to be able to accept and bear an
unusual load of obligation without allow
ing the friend who confers the favor to
think you feel overburdened. Ill-bred
people who are i'll at ease in their company
manners, generally meet all protfered
courteses at first as though they could on
no account think of accepting them. Thus,
when the gentleman who carves the
chicken asks you which bit you prefer,
believe that he asks because he would be
pleased to know, and tell him. instead of
saving what is obviously what-d'-ye-
call-it, that it makes not the slightest diff
ference; and when the lady at the other
end of the table proffers you a second
piece of pie, if you want it, say so. 1t is
the least compliment you can pay her for
giving you a seat at her table. Don't keep
on in the old New England fashion OF
saying "No,' with a tone and glance
which convey the unmistakable gloss,
Eyes, but l want a little urging. Dos
ton transcript.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22

hours, before which time the rottening
process commences, and the man has his
stomach full of carion-the very idea of
which is horribly disgusting
As, then, all the food in the stomach is
in state of fermentive decay, it becomes
unfit for The purposes of nutrition and for
making good pure blood. Small wonder
is it that dyspeptics have such variety
of symptoms, an aches, and complaints
in every part of the system, for there is
not one drop of pure blood in the whole
body; hence, the nerves, which feed on
this impure and imperfect blood, are not
properly nourished and, as consequence,
become diseased. They complain; they
are hungry--and like a hungry manure
peevish, fretful, restless. We call it nerv
business, and no one ever knew dyspeptic
who was not restless, fretful, fidgety, and
essentially disagreeable, titful and I'M
certain
The stomach is made up of a number
of muscles, all of which are brought into
requisition in the process of digestion.
But no muscle can work always. The
busy heart is in state of perfect repose
for One-third of its time. The eve can
wink twice in a second, but this could
not be continued five minutes. The hands
and feet must have rest, and so with the
muscles of the stomach; they can only
rest when there is no work for them to do
no food in the stomach TO digest. Even
at five hours interval, and eating thrice a
day, they are kept constantly at work
from breakfast until the last meal is dis
posed of, usually ten O'Clock at night
But multitudes eat heartily within an
hour of bed time; thus, while the other
portions of the body are at rest, the stom-
ach is kept laboring until almost day
light, and made to begin again at break
fast time. No wonder is it that the stom-
ach is worn Out-has lost its power of ac-
ton. Many girls become dyspeptic be-
i;'re they are out of their teens, in conse-
quence of being about the house and nib
bling at everything they lay their eyes on
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22

No UNCERTAIN SoUND.-When a man
discovers a great truth, it is his duty to
proclaim it to his fellow men. The use
of DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR BTTTERS can
not be too strongly recommended to the
invalid public. To those who have tried
it, nothing need be said-their experience
is their proof, pure and positive as Holy
Writ. To those who have not tried it,
these truths can not be too often repeated
1t is a certain vegetable specific, which
aids faltering nature against the triumphs
of dyspepsia, bilious disorders of every
kind, malarious fevers, constipation of the
bowels, liver complaint, spring and fal!
debility, ETC., etc. 1t costs but little, and
can always be at hand. 1t is the poor
mans friend 1t saves doctors bill and
the time lost in riding FIVE ten or twenty
miles after him; besides being free from
all the poisonous indictments of the
pharmacop9ia. 1t will not stimulate you
to-day to leave you weaker tomorrow. Its
benefits are permanent. 1G
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22

THE attention of our many readers is called
to the attractive advertisement of j. n. Harris
d Co., advertising their great and valuable
ung remedy, "Allen's Lung Balsam." This
Balsam has been before the public for ten
years. Notwithstanding this long period, it
shown the least sign of becoming unpopular,
but, on the contrary, the call for it has been
constantly increasing, and at no previous time
has the demand been SO great, or the quantity
made been SO large, at this day. We earn
estly recommend its trial by any one who may
be afflicted with cough or cold, and we war
rant it to cure if directions are followed. 1t
is sold by all our city druggists.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22

OUR Readers should be careful to notice that
Proctor Il CANDLES STAMP is upon the bars
of their NOTIFIED GERMAN SOAP, all good
articles are initiated, and this Soap being
popular, other manufacturers have copied their
sta
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22

THE sweetest words in our language is
health. At the first indication of disease, use
weIl-known and approved remedies. For dys-
pepsia or indigestion, use Parsons Purgafise
Pits. For coughs, colds, sore or lame
stomach, use Johnson's Anodyne Liniment
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22
The IIOus hold Panacen and Family
Liniment

Is the best remedy in the world for tho following
complaints. viz Cramps in the Limbs and Stomach,
Pain in the Stomach, Bowels Side. rheumatism in
all its FORMS Bilious Coc, Neuralgia Cholera Dysen
terry Colds Flesh Wounds Burns, Sore Throat, Spinal
Complaints, Sprains and Bruises, Chlls and Fever.
For Int ernal and External use.
Its operation is not only to relieve the patient, but
entirely remove the the complaint. pcne-
trates and pcrvades the whole system. restoring
healthy action to all ITS parts, and Quickenng the
blood.
THE HOUSEHOLD PANAcEA is Purely Vegetable and
All Healing
Prepared by
CURTIS & BROWN,
No. 2i5 Fulton street, New York.
For sale by all Druggists.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22

SUDDEN CHANGES in the weather are pro-
ductive of Throat Diseases, Coughs and Colds.
There is no more efTectual relief to be found
than in the use of 'Brotc,4's bronchial Tro-
cHes,''
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22
No. 2i5 Fulton street, New \ or
For sale by all Druggists.
Broyn's BroncninI I'roches for Coughs
and Colds.

ACOUGH, COLD OR SORE THROAT
Requires immediate attention, and should be Check
ed. If allowed to continue, IRRITATION OF THE
LUNGS, A PERMANENT THROAT AFFECTION. oE AN
INCURAnrE LUNG DISEASE is often the result.
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TIOTHES,
Having a direct influence the parts, give immcd-
ate relief. For BRoNCTITIs. ASTHMA, CAThRRu. Cox
sr-uPrIvE AND THROAT DISEASES, TRoCHEs are used
,cith a,CdyS good success
SINGERS PUBIC SPEAKERS
VIII md TRoCuEs useful in clearing the voice when
taken before Singing Speaking, and relieving the
throat afcr unusual cxcrtion of the vocal organs,
Obtain only ..BRowS's BRONCHIAL TEoCurs, and
10 not take any the worthless limitations may
be offered. Sold everysohere
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22

A CASE of chronic rheumatism of unusual
severity, cured by Johnso'4's 1aodyiae Li,4jmcnt,
is noticed by one of our exchanges. A large
bunch came out upon the breast of the suffer
cr, and appeared like part of the breast bone
Used internally and externally.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22

A GOOD article is always sure to sell.
This is proven by the Elmwood and War
wick collars, the sale of which is steadily
increasing
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22

An American aeronaut named Wells,
is announced for IA balloon trip from vi
emma to the United States by way of Asia
and the Pacific Ocean.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22

o" STRAINED RACKED by
persistent Cough. the general strength wasted, and
an inourablc complaint established thereby. DIR.
Javne's Expcctorant is effective remedy for
Coughs and Colds. and cxcris beneficial effect on
the Pulmonary and bronchial Organs.
OLDEST FAMILY MEpICINR.-STDf OTd'S
Lrey IBrigOratoy-a purely Vegetable Cathaiitc ard
TonIc-for Dyspepsia, Constipation. Debility. Sick
Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all arrangements OF
Liver Stomach and Bowels. Ask your Druggist Tor
limitations
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22

Thirty Year.' Experience OF an Old
Nurse.
Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP is the prescrip-
hon of of the best Female Physicians Nurses
in the United States, and has been used for thirty
years with neverfailing safety and by mill
ions of mothers and children, from the feeble infant
of week old to the adult. 1t acidty of
the stomach relieves wind collie, regulates the bow
els, and gives health, and comfort mother and
child. We believe be the Best and Rene
dy in the World in all cases of DYSENTERY and
DIARRHGA IN CHILDREN, whether 1t arises from
Teething from any other cause. Full directions
for using will accompany each bottle. None Genuine
unless the facsimile Oh 1uHilS & PERKINS ia on
the outside wrapper.
SOLD BY ALE MEDICINE DEALERS.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22

Dr. j. walkers California IN
egar BifterS are a 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
TERSH' Our answer is, that they remeve
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and life giving principle,
a perfect Renovator and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man Is heir to. They
are a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of Dir. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Carminative Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretlc,
Sedative, Counter-Irritant, Sudoritc, Altera-
tive. and Anti Bilious.
r.. H. MCDONALD d CO..
Druggists and Gen. a CTS San Francisco. California,
and cor. of Washington and Charlton SIS. \. Y.
Sold by all Druggists and ID: alers.
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in this pnper.
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