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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25
GENERAL ITEMS.

A "TRANcE (-ATLANTIC) medium
The ocean cable.
ONE trembles for the Republic when he
looks at its girls.
INDIGESTION is charged by God with
enforcing morality on the stomach.
PEOPLE who sell hay do business on a
''large scale
IT is not considered civil to ask milk
man for piece of chalk.
CAN anything that is baleful be bless
ing? Yes a baleful OF cotton.
IT is strange that so much coal should
be found when it is constantly sought lin
vein."
WHY is a prima donna like jeweler?
Because she may be called dealer in
precious (s)tones.
MEN. for the present Occasion-The
man who prolongs his new ears is apt to
make an ass of himself.
WHY is a captain haranguing his
crew like an uphOlster? Because he's
deckOratOr.
Provisions are so scarce in Corea that
the natives willingly pay two young wO-
men for a bushel of grain.
The most important interest for the
maintenance of our CniOn-Agree-cul-
ture.
AN exchange sentimentally observes
that Flowers are the alphabet of the an
gels" Perhaps because they be seedy.
WHY is law like sieve? Although
you can see through it, you must be
greatly reduced before you can get
through it.
AN Indiana paterfamilias whose spouse
has filled his culver with twelve sons and
fifteen daughters. wishes to know if that
isn't sufficient cause for divorce.
The conspiracy between the OIL Produ-
GERS Council and the Refiners' Associa-
ton to increase the price of petroleum is
thing not to be made light of by con-
sumerS.
''DIsCONTENTED WIFE.''-Whether you
can safely sweeten your husbands coffee
% with sugar OF lead will depend a good
deal on the intimacy of your acquaintance
with the attending physician.
The German lower house generously
proposes to furnish workmen who strike
and thus throw themselves out of employ
ment, with fortnight's gratIIitous board
and lodging in prison.
A WORTHY clergyman of Brooklyn re-
marks that the devil roves freely, even in
his Satanic Majesty may be said to be imp
rowing.
Why is Central Asia at present like
spring among the hens and Christmas in
New DIRK? Because it is in its slayinp,
sieighing. and its laying time. It's snow
use TO seek for any other answer.
An editor, alluding to fresh batch of
lamp explosions in his neighborhood.
speaks of kerosene as the hydra of the
household He has probably heard
some chemist say that it's ny dra-carbon.
The Pail Mall Gazette says that it
would not be surprised if the whole
amount of the Alabama damages, with a
little something extra, should come back
TO England as a free gift from America to
relieve the distress in the agricultural dis
tiicts of the mother country.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25
Up a Gum Tree.

Lots of tar are made in North Carolina
The way they make tar is to take some
tar and cook it until it becomes tar, then
it's tar. The trees are half chowing-gum
the other half turpentine, the other hall
pitch, the other half resin, and tie rest
sticks - in fact everything about 'em
sticks, and hesbark sticks to the trees
tighter than the bark sticks to dog. This
rings me to a historical r minisccnce that
has never been published in print or type
either. l was taken into the pine woods
and shown some trees which years ago
three brave Americans climbed t. capture
'poSsum. A they embraced the tire s
forty feet from the ground the tar 5 ason
commenced, and those poor fell W. froz,
to the trees and stayed ere until they
died. Years atterward some boys di-cov-
cred the r, mains. Nothing but the bones
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25
New York Journalistic Amenities.

After brief period of calm following
on Mr.. Greeley's death, Journalistic cir
cles" are again agitated by wars and ru-
mors of wars. The recovery of the edi-
tor of the World from what the Times be-
lieved to be a fatal illness appears to have
eXasperated the latter paper exceedingly,
and he had hardly begun to show himself
once more in public when it called him
s. Mantilini Marble" and accused him of
accepting house on Fifth Avenue as a
bride from the Ring. To which the World
responded by calling the editor of the
Times . Jennings" and an ''uncOnscion-
able ass" and accusing him of ceasing his
attacks on the Dock Commissioners in
consideration of the appointment of his
father-in law to office. This seems to
have staggered tire Times little. but sit
came up smiling," and acknowledged the
appointment of the father-in-law, but de-
MED that it was made at its request or with
its knowledge or approval. WhereupOn
the World uttered whOop of triumph,
and called for the name OF Jennings -
uncle, in order that he too might have an
office. To which the Times made ans " err
by reproducing a letter of the editor of
the World, published some months ago in
his own paper, as that OF "a lunatic," and
announced that the author was ''off to
Bloomingdale.' On the other hand, a
treaty OF peace and amity has been con-
cluded between the Times and Sun, the
latter having been moved by the spectacle
of the Times efforts in behalf of the
poor children; and the two editors, each
of whom has repeatedly within year
made public proclamation OF his belief
that the other was a frightful scoundrel
are now supposed to be cooperating in
works of philanthropy. The Tribune, in
the meantime, maintains its attitude of
decorous calm, and surveys the field with
'rapt prophetic gaze" But it must Of
ten feel, as it hears the rattle of the mud
and stones on the tin armor of the COM
batants, like the pious young man who
exclaimed, on his return from his travels,
''Ah what good time might have had
in Paris it had never experienced change
of hear. IN. Y. Nation.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25
The Louisiana ImbrOgliO.

Had President Grant gotten rid of his
worthless brother in-law Casey, as he
once promised, there would be no trouble
IN Louisiana to now record. The facts in
the case are briefly these: By the State
law certain officials are to compose Re
turning Board to receive, consolidate, and
announce the result of the election re-
turns. ard in event of vacancies the Gov
ernor is empowered to fill the same
There arising either a vacancy in several
cases, or what Governor Warmoth took
to be vacancy, he filed the same, and
the question now is whether what the
State Executive holds to be the Board is
the Board. AS will be seen, it is purely
State question with which the Federal
Judiciary has ri htfully nothing whatever
To- DO, but by bold and naked imperti-
nence, Durell, a sort of Louisiana scala
Wag, who has been wOrmed into the
United States Circuit Court judgeship. as
sumes to invalidate the Board, and orders
the Federal Marshal to sieze upon the
state House so that there may be no ses-
sion of the body therein. The Marshal
calls upon the military, and troops
are forthwith quartered i'm the State cham
Der, hall of the House of Representatives,
and Governors room. In other words,
the Federal judiciary has ordered the
State Government of Louisiana to be over
thrown at the point of the bayonet, and
the order has been obeyed.
The reader will bear in mind that the
point in Issue is whether what the Gov
ernOr says is the State Returning Board
is the State Returning Board. The whole
body of United States law goes for moth
ing if this is not a State question to be
decided by and in the State. Time and
again the Supreme Court of the United
States has refused itself and forbidden its
subordinate tribunals to entertain Dues
ton of this kind: Who is, or is not a
Governor, what is or is not State gov
erDment, whether these men are State
board or those men, are questions it has
always dismissed as political, and fit,
therefore, only for the political and not the
judicial branch. 1t refused on this
ground to 60 into the question of con-
fiicting State governments in the Dore
rebellion case in Rhode Island. and still
more recently crawled out of an opinion
on the reconstruction acts by saying that
the rise or fall, the validity or invalidity
OF State governments or officials were maj
tiers out of its province and resting within
the political power alone. Give them an
admitted State government and they
would take cogniZance of suits growing
out OF its proceedings give them admit
ted officials and their action they would
review; but only this and nothing more,
Judge Durell spurns all this. He plunges
headlOng into the forbidden ground. saws
this man is State officer and that man is
not, and finally orders out a regiment of
infantry to debar from the State House a
Governor whose title is not questioned by
any one at aU.-N. Y. World.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25
Fourier.

Fourier is described as man rather I'M
der the usual height, with delicate fea-
lures, and peculiarly expressive counte-
nance. His blue eyes We're brilliant when
animated. and remarkable for mildness in
repose. His light brown hair, changed
by age into silvery white, encircl,d a
forehead distinguished for the beauty OF
its form, its height and smoOthness. In
youth he is said to have been of a lively
and sarcastic humor. which he INDUCED
in satirical verses and lampoons. But as
he increased in years his countenance ac-
quired cast of melancholy, and he W as
rarely seen to smile. He became so reti-
| cent as seldom to speak, except to answer
| direct question, which he did as briefly
as possible, and then relapsed into silence.
When alone with few intimate friends,
however, he would expOund his views
with facility and eloquence his habitual
pensiveness would vanish, and the fire OF
enthusiasm rekindle In his eye. He gen
orally went about with his stick properly
nOtched as meaSIring-rule, and would
| take the dimensions of any building that
struck him. He would stop suddenly in
the street, or in the middle of converse
ton. pull out his note book, and make an
entry of whatever brilliant idea had passed
through his brain. He lived almost ell
tirely alone, and i'm his solitary walks he
would talk aloud and declaim with ener-
gy to himself, habit that led him not
unfrequently to be mistaken for lunatic.
Very different estimates have been formed
OF the extent of his knowledge. In youth
he read much, and collected a great deal
To this he added his own speculation,
which he was apt at times to substitute
for more positive knowledge. In later
years he read very little except the cur
rent newspapers or magazine literature.
His time was .prir sipally devoted to writ
ing and the elaboration of his own theO-
ries. 1t was his habit to begin work early
after every two hours application. His
works are very long they are filled with
strange words, and rcpetitions. They
affect extreme scientific precision, and ia
bles of analysis abound. They are adorned
by occasional hieroglyphics, and by let
tiers or numerals turned upside down.
They are curious to look at, but most tire
some to read. Fourier spoke in public
with clearness and ease, but without any
pretension to Oratorical effect. He was
very fond of animals, and especially OF
cats. He had an intense horror Of cater
pillars, the emblem, he said, of civiliZa-
ton, and would not, on their account, sit
upon the grass. He once beheld a spider
upon the ceiling over his bed. He
frantically about the house TO implOre as
sistance to remove the terrible apparition.
He was a kind and generous friend. He
would take any amount of trouble to per-
form a service; and, out of his own small
income, he was able to do many works OF
unostentatious charity. He was never
married. 1t was said that he was peculi-
arly tickle in his attachments, and, not
withstanding the conjecture of his biogra-
pher to the contrary, we may doubt if
ever his heart had been touched by the
purifying influence of love.-FortAightly
Rerie71
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25
Pleasant Cities to Live in.

There is really no safety for man, wo-
man or child in this well-regulated city or
in Brooklyn. Who escapes being MUIR
dered is likely to be burned alive. Who
escapes either fate and braves the dangers
of the deep by driving to Brooklyn is
doomed to be run away with to a watery
grave. Having lost confidence in both
legs and horses, humanity now sits at
home tremblingly expectant of earth
quakes, tottering roofs and yawning
floors. With lifeboat anchored out OF
our back window, fire extinguisher I'M
der the bed, life-preserver above it, a
pistol under our pillow and an umbrella
and arctics by our side, we retire nightly
to dream of the Flood, of the destruction
of SOdOm and GOmOrrah, of BelshaZzar's
feast, of the North Pole, of chaos, of hir-
ing hack and going to Brooklyn, which
last nightmare is the most trying of all to
ride, because it is the most ignOminious.
There is a certain amount of consolation
to be derived from heroic death, but to
be drowned like rat in a trap or a feeble
kitten in bag is revolving even to as
mean-spirited creatures as respectable
New YOrkers.-N. Y. Herald.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25
Is the Democratic Party Dead.

Now, by the light of the experience in
which we exist. all men can see the inevi-
table fare OF every Cover ment abandon
ing the principles of the Demo ratio party
Men may change in unfolding them.
Men may abandon them and draw the
sword to extinguish them; but they live
in the breasts Of the people as the true and
O. ly principles of liberty. Despotism and
tyranny OILY concentrate a pure vitality.
The iiercer the deSpotism-the stronger
the money oligarchy, which holds them
doWn-the higher in all probability will
be the spirit which worsbips them. And
1t IS Tor such reasons as these that we can
rightly affirm that the Democratic party
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25
The Price OF Appreciation.

The Administration strenuously advo
Gates a wholesale renovation i'm invigOra-
ton of the navy. But the use of Il navy
is to protect commerce, and until we have
a merchant marine, or the fair promise OF
one, the country will hardly favor IA great
increase of expenditure to protect that
which does net exist to be protected.
Give us free trade in ships, and then i'm
prove the navy and welcome. The more
wholesale and fundamental the overhaul
ing the better. Sell off the old stuff.
ships, guns, and tackle, retire all but the
best officers, and make the navy consist
of tirst-class ship, under the command OF
first-class men. None will be letter
pleased with such a service than ourselves.
But the price of appreciation is a merchant
marine to prOtect.-N. Y World.
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

is not dead. Its principles are undying-
IFS adherents are millions-and whether
the party which shall bring these princi-
pies again indebted into the politics of
the United States shall call itself Demo-
cratic or any other name, it must rise up
to the restoration of the Government OF
the United States to a free government.
or revolutionary darkness, the sure Sc
quence of central despotism. ust spread
over the land.-Nelo Orleans Picayane.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

ARTHUR's ILLUSTRATED HOME MAGA-
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

WHAT vast change has come over the
system of medical treatment in the last few
wears, A short time ago and depletion
blistering, cupping, purging. etc-but now,
how different. The system of depletion has
almost disappeared, and we find tOnics and
strengtheners taking its place. Build up,
instead of pull down still further, the dilapi-
dated constitution. OF all the array OF re-
storatives none SURPRISES PARKER'S COM
POUND FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU in its invig-
Grating properties. 1t will restore the shat
tered constitution, invigorate the mind and
impart Il Zest to life which the poor invalid
had thought departed forever. Sold by all
DRUGGISTS. everywhere,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25
MRS. JONES' PIRATE.


BY MAX ADELER-ILLUSTRATE BY o. J.
HOPKINS.
A sanguinary pilot sailed upon the
Spanish main, in a rakish-loOking schoon-
er which was called the Mary Jane. She
carried lots of howitZers and deadly rifled
guns, with shot and shell and powder and
percussion caps in tons.
The pirate was homely man, and
short, and grim and fat he wore a wild
and awful scowl beneath his slouching
hat. Swords, pistols and stilettoes were
arranged around his thighs, and demo-
niacal glaring was quite common with his
ewes,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

The SUPREME QUESTION.-Health is
the most important of earthly blessings,
and therefore the nervous anxiety of the
sick to ascertain the relative merits OF the
various medicines in use is not surprising.
Within the last two years many thousands
Of invalids have abandoned the prepare
tons of the pharmacOpOlist for the rene
dy introduced by DR.. Walker, of Califor-
mia. under the somewhat eccentric name
of VINEGAR BITTERS. That this new
Vegetable medicine is ''winning golden
opinions of all sorts of people" is beyond
a doubt. The accounts we hear of its eX-
traordinary effects in cases of chronic dys-
pepsia. rheumatism, liver complaints, ma
larious fevers, nervous prostratiOns and
many other distressing diseases, certainly
justify the popularity which it has every
where acquired.
DIR. Walker claims for his specific a
remedial power over all disorders that do
not involve an irrcparable destruction of
bone and fiber, and results so far appear
to have justified the claim. In this age of
wonders we are not disposed to deny the
possibility of any phenomena not directly
at variance with the laws of nature, and
as it is held by many psychologists that
all maladies proceed from the same general
cause, we see no reason for the incredulity
with which some people regard the idea
OF Universal Medicine. DIR. Walkers
preparation seems destined to be univer-
sally approved.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

And when she had spent on him the
venom OF her tongue, she seized her pom
gee parasoi and stabbed him in the lung.
A few more energetic stabs were at h s
heart required, and then this scand'lous
buccaneer rolled over and expired.
Still brandishing her parasol, she sought
the pirate boat /; she loaded up gun and
jammed her head into its throat; and, fix
ing fast the trigger, then, with string tied
to her toe, She breathed - Mother
through the touch hole, and kicked and
and let her go,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

TIE CHILDREN'S HOUR.-The January
number is well filed with good reading for the
little folks, and also contains several very pretty
pictures. The publishers say this little magazine
for 1873 will be as beautiful, pure and full
of attractive reading ever, and that ''no eff
fort will be spared in the work of keeping it in
the advanced position, maintained from the be-
ginning, one of the best magazines for chill
dren in the world.''' SI.25 year; five copies,
S.; ten, and one extra, $40. 7. S. ARTHUR Il
Son, Philadelphia, Pa.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

FOR THROAT DISEASES AND AFFECTIONS
of the chest, s. BroDn's bronchial 1r0ches,'
are of value. For Coughs, Irritation of the
Throat caused by cold, or Unusual ENertion
of the vocal organs, in speaking in public,
or singing, they produce beneficial results.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

DIR. PIERCE'S Golden Medical Discovery
will cure a cough in one-half the time neces-
sary to cure it with any other medicine, and
1t does 1t, not by d,ying 1t mp. but by renoning
tie cause-subduing Tie iyritation and healing
ths affected parts. For all cases OF Larynsitis,
HoarsenesS, suppression loss of voice.
Bronchitis, Severe Chronic or Lingering
Coughs. it will be found to surpass any med
icine that has ever before been offered to
the public Sold by druggists CD.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

a snapp, a fiZz, rumble, some stu
pendous roaring tOnes-and where on
earth's surface was the recent Mrs. Jones
Go ask the moaning winds, the sky, the
mists, the murmuring sea; go ask the
fish. the coroner, the clams-but don't
ask me.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

WHAT is the difference between khiva
and the toothlcss cantOres of Dublin ?
One khanate and the others cantate-or
can't ate, as you chews.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

The only genuine folded edge Collars are
the Elmwood and Warwick. They are the
best collars ever made
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

And darkly scowled she then upon that
rover OF the wave. False! False -
she shrieked and spoke of him as g Nom
ster. traitor, slavcI' And then she wept
and tore her hair, and filled the air with
day she let them CIT mp Jones.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

WHAT NENr? The january number #
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raise II club. Specimen cents. JOHS II. Al
DEN, Publisher, Chicago, Ill.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

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In rheumatism, Wandering Pains Neuralgia,
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See advertisement in this paper
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-25

1.-THE Queens Toilet for the Complex
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well-known Physician.