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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-08
Don't Give Liquor to Children.

One of the first literary men in the
United States said, after speaking on the
subject of temperance: "There is one
thing wish you to do everywhere; that
is, to entreat every mother never to give
drop of strong drink TO a child. l have
had to fight it as for my life all my
days to keep from dying a drunkard, be
cause was fed with spirits when a child.
1 acquired a taste for it. My brother, poor
fellow, died drunkard. / would not
have child of mine take drop of liquor
for anything. Warn every mother,
wherever you go, never to give drop to
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-08
Snakes Swallowing Their Grandchil.
dren.

A correspondent in your paper of the
11th inst proves that snakes swallow
their young" Allow me to add my testi-
mony to the fact, and state that, in my
opinion, snake not only swallows its
own young, but sometimes its young of
two generations. i assisted in killing a
snake some years ago, and when its body
was cut with a stone, several small snakes
issued forth alive and active. This sur
prised me a little, but | was still more
astonished when, after killing all the
smaller snakes, we found in each of them
a number of still smaller ones, also alive
and active, which issued forth and were
killed in order.
This appears to me pretty good proof
of the proposition that snakes not only
swallow their OWE children, but their
grandchildren also, when exigency re-
quires. For, if they weren't swallowed,
how did they get there? And, if the
smallest snakes were not the offspring OF
the middle-sized snakes, then they must
have been a second brood ofthe old snake
and were swallowed by their elder
brothers and sisters for the general pro
lection of the family. This happened in
Erie, Penn.-Cor. ". Y. Tribune.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-08

land and Delaware to Texas and Nevada,
have not single graduate. AS between
the North and South and the East and
West, not much can be said, for North
Carolina and Nebraska are the only States
which come up to the proportion of two
thirds"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-08
Poetry.
NOVEMBER MORNING.


BY CELIA THAxTER.
ROARING the wild Southwestern
Fills the wide heavens with its clamor,
Ploughing the ocean and shifting
The land like pondrous hammer.
Lo, how the vast grey spaces
Wreste and roll and thunder,
Billow piled upon billow,
Closing and tearing asunder.
As il the deep ragged with the anger
OF hosts Of the fabulous kraken!
And the firm house shoulders and trembles,
Beaten, buteted, shaken!
Battles the gull with the tempest:
Struggling and wavering and falternS,
Soaring and striving and sinking,
Turning, its high course altering.
Down through the cloudy heaven
Notes from the wild geese are falling
Cries like harsh bell-tones are ringing,
Echoing, Changing, and calling
Plunges the schooner land-ward,
Swiftly the long seas crossing,
Close-reefed. seeking the harbor,
Half lost in the spray she Is tossing
A rift in the roof Of vapor!
And stormy sunshine is streaming
To color the grey, wild water
Like chrysoprase, green and cleaning
Cold and tempestuous ocean,
Ragged rock, brine-swept and lonely,
Grasp of the long bitter winter
These things to gladden. me only!
Where the gold orange hangs in odorous calm?-
Where the clear waters kiss the howery strand.
Bordered with shining sand and groves of palm :?
And while this bitter morning breaks for me,
Draws to its close thy warm. delicious day;
Lights colors. perfumes, music. joy for thee,
For me the cold, wild sea, the cloudy grey.
Rises the red moon in thy tranquil sky,
Flashes the fountain with its silver talk,
And as the evening wind begins to sigh.
Thy sweet girls shape steals down the garden
walk
white robe glimmering through the scented
dusk,
Lingering beneath the starry jasmine sprays,
Where thy thick-clustered roses breathe of musk,
A sudden gush of song thy light steps stays
That was the nightingale! o love of mine,
Hearst thou my voice in that pathetic song,
Sinking in passionate cadences divine.
Painting and failing with its rapture strong!
stretch my to thee through all the cold,
Through all the dark across the weary space
Between and thy slender form fold,
And gaze into the wonder of thy face.
Pure brow the moonbeam touches, tender eyes,
Splendid with feeling, delicate smiling mouth,
And heavy silken hair that darkly lies
Soft as the twilight clouds in thy sweet South.
o beautiful my love, in vain seek
needs must wake with salt spray my cheek
Flung from the fury Of this northern sea-
Scri6ner's for NoUensber.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-08

-"Mother wants to know if you'll
please lend her your preserving kettle,
cause you know "a how we want TO pre-
serve" 1--WE would with pleasure, boy,
but the truth is, the last time we loaned it
to your mother she preserved it so effectu-
ally that we have not seen it SINCE
"Well, you needn't be so sassy about youI
old kettle. 1t was full of holes when we
borrowed it, and mother wouldn't "a
troubled you again but she seen you
bringing home new one"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-08

WHAT plant is capable Of giving on
the most heat? A fern is,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-08

"A lady wishes to know why, since the
invention of the needle-guD, women can't
fight as well us men.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-08

Does ball-pIayer engage in the naval
stores business when he goes in to pitch2
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

opposing interests. Toward our weaker
neighbors we need show only the tender
ness of an elder brother; toward Euro
pean governments moderation and good
will. The barbaric passion for military
glory, which has destroyed SO often the
hopes Of the laboring throrgs of Europe
we have never shared. Our wars have
always been defensive. We may trust
that our last battle has been fought, and
that the victories of the new Presidential
term will be won by the hardy strokes OF
labor in the wilderness, and by the rapid
progress of mental reform.
The next four years will probably wit
ness the most rapid advance known to
our country's history. The immense in
flux of emigrants and the wonderful
increase of trade cannot fail to build up
American commerce, and revive the
ancient supremacy of the American flag
The ports of South America and the
Mediterranean, of China and japan, are
inviting our merchants and our shipping.
The railroads that cross the continent
connect Asia with Europe. Every sec
ton Of the country is busy with the
labors of peace, and the Industrious
throng of active citizens are true to the
republic and to each other. The con.
sciousness that we are united commun.
ity, founded by Washington, and saved
from destruction by the devotion of Lin
coin and Grant, will deepen in strength
with each Presidential term; and in
union we shall find prosperity and peace.
-Hdrper's Weekly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03
Puzzling Questions.

To SHOW how easily the mind is puZ-
zled by any complication of statement,
we once propounded the following to 8
gentleman: A owes B $500 and admits
the debt. As father dies interstate and
BIS father takes the benefit of the bank
rupt act. Does this discharge AS obi
cation to B? After no little considera-
ton of the problem several of the COM
pany decided that it did! 1t seemed to
the friend, with whom we were arguing,
perfectly easy for any intelligent person
to throw out all the later items of the
statement as having no possible connec-
ton with the first, but the test establish
ed the point for which we were contend
ing, that this could only be mental
effort to which some men were not equal
at the moment the question was asked. If
we had not witnessed such exhibitions
we should suppose that question pro-
posed by our friend at Morris, New York,
was designed as quiz. He supposes the
case OF hunter pursuing squirrel who
lodges around a tree, and as the man
with the gun follows around to get shot,
the nimble game he is seeking keeps al
ways exactly on the opposite side of the
trunk. Now comes the all-important
query: Has the gunner, having thus
gone around tie tree, also gone around
the squirrel? The town from which the
question comes seems to have divided as
to the answer. With as much gravity as
we can command we reply that. as the
greater includes the lesser, and the SOUR
rel is ON the tree, and the gunner has
been around the tree, he has also been
around the squirrel.-N. r. Journal o,
Commerce.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03
Raising Poultry.

Mr.. MEcHr, in an article on the cost and
trouble OF keeping poultry, in the Gard
ener's Monthly, says:
Poultry is evidently dear food to the
consumer; but does it cost more food to
produce pound of poultry than a pound
of meat, live weight! answer, decid-
edly not, but the reverse; for my cattle
and sheep don't eat worms and insects,
whereas fowls consume them abundant
ly and economic and apply every scat
tered seed or kernel that would other
wise be wasted. In another point of
view, is the cost of attendance and shell
ter greater with poultry than cattle? I
reply not. As to the production of eggs,
that depends upon the quality and guam
tity of food administered, and the accom-
paniments of proper warmth and shelter
There is no fear of overstoeking the mar
lket with either eggs or poultry. gen.
orally keep 800 to 400 fowls. They have
free access to every field during the
whole year, and although they help them
selves at harvest time, when the corn is
in sheaf, l always get my best crops of
corn on fields adjoining the Een-house. I
have this year two fields of wheat drilled,
and only one bushel of seed per acre
They come within ten or twenty yards of
the fowl house, and are perfect plant,
although the poultry have been scratch
ing and cultivating the fields ever since
they were drilled. We are apt to forget
that fowls, like sheep, manure where
they 60. l must say used at one time
to feel nervous and angry when saw
them hard at work on the newly-sown
corn, put soon learned to feel confident
that insects were their principal gain,
and that my well and deeply deposited
corn escaped.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03
DiO Lewis Advice to a COld.FOoted
Lady.


MADAME, allow me to prescribe for you.
have had long experience in the man
agement of delicate women, and believe
can give you some important advice.
For the present prescribe only for your
feet.
1st- Procure q quantity of wooden
stockings-not such as you buy at the
stores under the name of lambs wool,
that you can read a paper through, but
the kind that your Aunt Jerusha in the
country knits for you, thick as board.
that will keep your feet dry and warm in
spite of wind and weather.
I'd. If you want to be really thorough,
change them every morning, hanging the
fresh ones by the fire during the night
Sd. Procure thick calf skin boots,
double-uppers and triple soles, and wear
them from the first Of October till the
first of May. Make frequent applications
Of some good oil blacking.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

4th. Avoid rubbers altogether, except q
pair of large rubber boots, which may be
worn for . little time through snow-drifts
or q food of water.
9th. Hold the bottoms Of your feet in
cold water half IN inch deep, just before
going to bed, two or three minutes, and
then rub them hard with rough towels
and your naked hands.
9th. Now, madame, go out frequently
in all weathers, and. believe me, not only
will your feet enjoy q good circulation,
but as consequence of the good circula
ton in the lower extremities, your head
will be relieved of all its fullness and your
heart of its palpitations. Your complex
ion will be greatly improved and your
health made better in every respect.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03


The face of the teeth of rip saw should
always be filed square across the blade,
for the reason that the grain of the tim
Der ON each side of the kerr does not 70
quire much force to sever it. On the con-
trary, when saving ACROSS the grain, the
first thing is to cut the grain loose before
it can be removed. For this purpose, the
points of the teeth on the face must be
filed diagonally, for cutting of the fibre.
Beginners must always exercise unusual
care when filing the back of each tooth,
lest the file damage the face of tooth
that has been finished. After the teeth
are filed to complete points, it is always
an excellent practice to go over them
carefully with file that is half worn out,
for the purpose Of bringing the points to
a more perfect cutting edge.-Anser1can
Builder.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03
Long Life.

To HAVE good chance for longevity,
an originally good constitution-that is,
q sound internal mechanism-is of i'm
mense advantage; though, in this prim-
airy excellence, we must needs add care
fulness in the art of living. Even phi
lOeophy does not wear men out, unless
when their constitutions are naturally
weak. Voltaire, who, at his birth, was
put into quart-pot, could never, by any
other mode of lite than the one he chose,
have been floated on to eighty four;
whereas, no one was surprised to see
Theophrastus toddling about the Agora
at q hundred and seven, or Democritus
enjoying his last laugh at Abddra, when
time had wreathed his brow with the
laurels of hundred and nine years. The
lives of such men, always active, and
therefore always pleasant, may be re-
garded as worth more than a thousand
years of such vapid and worthless exist
ence as those Of the Yoghis, even though
it should be true that they sometimes
reckon up two hundred anniversaries of
their birthdays. They do nothing to
adorn or soften human life, but, instead,
grovel in selftorture, and the hideous
qualification of vanity, as long as they
deform the earth. II there be secret
VI long lie, IL Is NATURE only tnaI 0OlQs
possession of it. Man neither knows
nor can know how it may be fabricated;
but, when the germ OF longevity has
bee conceived in the frame, it may either
be suffered to spring up, flourish, bear
fruit, and then, in obedience to the hid
den law which originally gave it force,
decay and become extinct, when that
force has been expended, or, by perverse
ly counteracting the designs of Nature,
be cut short in its career, so that the
vitality, originally meant to endure for a
hundred and eighty-fve years, may, at
any intermediate stage, be forcibly
quenched. Like clocks, the machinery of
our frames may be wound up for this or
that length Of time, and go on ticking
for that period, if left to itself; but it is,
no doubt, possible to put spoke in the
works, and stop them by vice or folly,
whenever our madness may prompt us to
such deed. 1t is within every ones ex-
perience that hundreds of their acquaint-
ances, with good chances of longevity,
have literally thrown away their lives
through sheer perversity of conduct.
They would die, and their wish has been
gratified.- Chdnbers's Journal
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03
PHYSIOLOGICAL JOURNAL table

PHYSIOLOGICAL JOURNAL The table
OF costents OF the April number is OF a character
to attract all classes of readers although "sensa
tionalism" seems TO claim no place therein. The
following subjects Of special interest: Charlie
P. kimball, Of Portland, Maine; Unborn Strength.
an essay on the elements of human advancement:
Educating the Sexes Together; The Foremost
Problem: From No Whence 10 No Whittier, or the
Future Considered: Alimentiveness its Use and
Abuse, Illustrated; Wilder on Phrenology; Its
Worth to Me- Frank Admission; Tejuda the
President of Mexico; The Civil Service and lis
Tendencies; The Cheerful Face: Thomas Guthrie
ID; The Maple Tree; Origin of "April Fool'';
East Tennessee and Its Resources. etc Terms
$500 year. Single numbers, 30 cents. S. R
WILLS, n. Y.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

CoNsUMPTIoN.-For the cure of this dis
tressing disease there has been no medicine
yet discovered that can show more evidence
of real merit than Aliens Lung Balsam. This
unequaled expectorant for curing consump-
ton, and all diseases leading to it, such as
affections of the throat, lungs, and all dis
eases of the pulmonary organs, is introduced
to the suffering public after it's merits for the
cure of such diseases have been fully teated
by the medical faculty. The Balsam is, con-
have become acquainted with its great sue
cess.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

"A Danbury family which is sustained
by charity, almost persisted from hunger
on Friday night. The little girl who daily
makes the rounds in quest Of food, was
prevented from going out that morning,
by losing one Of her earrings.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

MORE than forty years have elapsed since
Johnso','s AnOdyne Lininaent was first invent
ed, during which time hundreds of thousands
have been benefited by its use. Probably no
article ever became SO universally popular
with all classes as Johasons Ataodync Ltni-
,neyat,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

PILLS which contain antimony, quinine
and calomel, should be avoided, as severe
gripping pains would be their only result
The safest, surest and best pills are Parso7,s'
Ptrgdtye or Anti-B1io,es Pills
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

I Sc less of Dooley's than of other Yeast
or Baking Powder, as it is much stronger.
Put up full weight. Give it fair trial
GroceTe sell it,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03
GoDEY's LADY's Book FOR APRIL

A handsome steel plate" The Herald Of Spring "
lis presented to the patrons of Cooley for this
month. The number also contains fine colored
spring fashion plate with numerous wood-cut de-
signs of costumes for the season; smoking cap,
printed in colors, and avariety of articles for the
toilet The Work Department is full of useful
designs and instruction, and the literary contents
all good. The publisher gives handsome
chrome to each subscriber to Cooley for 1873,
whether a single subscriber for 50 co. or club of
six for $14.00. Published by L. A. Cooley, Phila-
elphia Pa.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

A BITTER CONTROVERSY temper
ance organs are waging bitter war on the
manufacturers of alcoholic bitters, and
their attacks are resented with equal Bit
terness by the latter, who seem determin-
ed to prosecute the quarrel to the bitter
end. In the meantime novelty in tonic
medicines is making immense progress in
the confidence of all classes and condi-
tions of society throughout the United
States and British America. We refer to
DIR. WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR
BITTERs. and we call it novelty in tonics
because it contains no alcohol-an article
heretofore considered essential in medici-
nal invigorants. The abstemious portion
OF the community approve the omission,
and as the new remedy is curing dyspep-
STA, bilioasness, nervous affections, and,
in fact, majority of the diseases, extern
al and internal, which prevail, it is diff
cult to see how the more self-indulgent
portion of our fellow citizens can con-
scientiously object to it. One thing is
certain: if ever there was what the
French call grand success" the sud
den and continually increasing populari-
ty of the VINEGAR BTrTERs, deserves
that name. The advocates Of temper
ance point to the salutary effects produc-
ed by this inalcoholic restorative as a
proof that spirituous stimulants are not
needed for medicinal purposes posi-.
ton which has been recently taken by
many eminent medical practitioners.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

ATTEND TO THE FIRST SYMPTOMS OF CoNsuNp.
TN and that the disease may be checked in its
incipiency: use at once DR.. Jayne's Expectorant
safe remedy fer all affections of the Lungs and
BronchA ~
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

Vegetables should never be cooked in
iron pots, except the latter are enameled
or otherwise coated internally.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

CoUGHs.-A Medicinal Preparation in the
form of a lozenge is the most convenient
''Bro,cn's Bronchial TrocheS" allay irritation
which induces coughing, giving relief in
Bronchitis, Hoarseness. Influenza, Consump-
tive and Asthmatic complaints
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03
r,eL.w. # He.,,h.

It Is useless for state Legislatures pass laws for
the preservation OF the public health. II the great
law OF sef-preservaton. which depends for its en-
forcement upon the viii Of the individual is suffered
to remain dead letter. There isscarcely an adult
member of the community, of either sex, In this
country, who has the testimony in favor OF
Hostesters Stomach Bitters furnished over their own
signatures by persons Of acknowledged sn:nence In
science, literature art, commerce. and every depart
ment Of business and professional life. These Wit
nesses have declared In the most explicit terms that
the preparation is safeguard against epidemics.
sovereign remedy for dyspepsia. valuSbie anti-bl-
ious medicine, promoter Of appetite, genial and
harmless stimuiant, q good acclimating medicine. q
strengthened of the nerves, general invigorant.
protection against the deleterious effects of malaria
and impure water, and that it imparts degree Of
ygor and activity the vital forces whchis not com
mun1cated by other Of the tonics and stomachcs
In Under these circumstances the sef-preserya-
tive law or nature should teach every rational
who, either by of inherent debility In con-
sequence of exposure to unwholesome influences, Is
ings health the Importance Of using the Bitters
defensive medicine. Dyspeptics who neglect to give
1t trial simply their enemies. 1t is guaran
teed to cure indigestion in all its FORMS and the bill
ious and will ind nothing in the whole range
of oficnal and proprietary medicines which will at
ford them thes anne relief
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

The gentleman so often spoken of In
novels, who riveted people with his gaze,
mas obtained employment in boiler manu-.
factory, with extra pay, on account Of his
peculiar faculty.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

As QrrcK AS A FLASH OF LIGHTNING does
CRIsTADoRos EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE act upon the
hair, Hhiskers and nloustachcs chameleon tints
but the purest Raven or the most exquisite Brown
Will be evolved.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

ASK for Prussing's Cider Vinegar and take
no other. Warranted Pure. Preserves
Pickles.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

IN ONE TO FIVE MINUTES, Headache. Earache
Neuralgia, Lame Back, Diarrhea, Groups, Sprains
and alrsinlilar complaints, Ttieued by FLAGs's
INSTANT RELIEF, or money refunded.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

When three 1rishman dug a ditch,
tor which they were to receive four dol.
lars, the trouble was how to divide four
among three and have it equal. One of
them remained quiet and the other two
at last deferred to his judgment, as he
mao been to school and knew arithmetic.
10 make the division. He did it at once,
saying: Its aisy enough. Shure there's
Two Tor you two, and two for me, too"
"begorra,' said one of his co-laborers,
what great thing it is to have learn.
ing And" said the other, as he
pocketed his single dollar, "to know
'rlthmetic, too! It's the like of US two'd
nlver divided them four dollars aauaIly."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

REWARD

For any case of Blind.
Bleeding. itching or Ulce-
rated Piles that De BING's
PILE RsIEDY fails to
cure. 1t il prepared ex-
pressly to cure the Piles,
and nothing else. Sold by
all Druggists. Price S1.od.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-03

Dr. SHALLENBERGEE's pills are not purgative
They cure every form of Fever and Ague sanasdtie
~, without any sickness or discomfort