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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

Among the items of contingent expenses
of the Treasury Department sent in by the
Secretary to the Speaker of the House is
the following:
july 3o-Great Falls Ice Company-115,975 pounds
at 26 cents per cwt-
Aug. s1-Great Falls Ice Company-l16,ssop pounds
at 26 cents per cwt-
Oct 4-Great Falls Ice Company 1880 pounds
at 81 cents per cwt-
Oct. s1-Great Falls Ice Company 5000 pounds
at % cents per cwt-
Nov. So-Great Falls Ice Company &c $50 pounds
at &c cents per cwt.
Dec 31-Great Falls Ice Company 81, AS pounds
at IN cents per cwt-
Feb. s-Great Falls Ice Company 6s ,OSo pounds
at 20 cents per cwt-
Mar. s-Great Falls Ice Company 63,6'O pounds
at 26 cents per cwt
Mar. s1-Grcat Falls Ice Company 66,515 pounds
al p cents per cwt.
April 25-Great Falls Ice Company s,305 pounds
at So cents per cwt-
May s1-Great Falls Ice Company 1854 pound.
at IS cents per cwt
June so-Greai Falls Ice Company % $50 pounds
At IS cents per cwt
Without stopping to consider the hand
some chara cter of the contract which the
Great Falls Ice Company has with the
Treasury Department, we proceed to an
analysis of the above table, that our
readers may discover what it costs and
how much it takes to keep the patriots in
that department cool. The total amount
| of ice consumed by the Secretary and his
clerks during the year Is 975,924 pounds,
or about 48S tons, costing $3,24439
Omitting Sundays, 5000 pounds, or a ton
and a half day, the year round. This
gives to each employe, 600 in all, five
pounds per day, winter and summer, to
keep him cool. The refrigerators appear
| to have been in constant use, the en-
ployes apparently SUITE ing almost as
much from heat in December, January
and February as in the summer months.
These figures and facts are sufficient to
explain great many mysteries connected
with the Treasury Department. We can
now sufficiently account for the GOODNESS
with which the Secretary of the Treasury
includes in the contingent expenses a
charge of SAT for the mileage of al en-
ploye to New York, when the fare for the
round trip is $12; charge of $27 for
seventy gold and thirty-eight silver fish
to w. H. Colem, another employee; a
charge of $50 for thirty sponges; charge
of $55 for combs, channels, and sapolio for
the toilet; and charge of 1883 fol
horse-fesh for the Secretary and his
clerks!- Chicago Tribune.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

WE notice that the agricultural papers
all over the country recommend the use of
Sher,dan's CaUdlyy Condition Potpdefs.-EI-
change.
Farmers and others in this section have long
known and appreciated the advantage of these
powders over all others.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
Deafness Caused by Catarrh.

Catarrh not unfrequently produces deafness.
Mr.. LEVI SPRINGER, of Nettle Lake P. o.,
Williams Co., Ohio, formerly of Durban's
Corners, Ohio, has been cured of deafness of
fourteen years standing by using Dr. Sage
Catarrh Remedy. He was so deaf he could
not hear person talk when seated by his
side, and can now hear the church bells ring
two miles distant-so he writes.
A MARKED CASE OF DEAFNESS CURED
DICKERsoNvILLE, Mag. Co., N Y, Feb. - 1871.
About one year ago l caught severe cold
in the head, which terminated in a severe
form of Catarrh. During the time ulcera-
tions occurred in the nasal passages, and be-
came wholly deaf in one ear, with partial
deafness in the other. The Inflammation had
involved all the delicate structures of the
ears, and was in immediate danger of per-
manent deafness. The discharge became pro-
fuse and fetid, both into my throat and from
my ears. In this condition | called on DR..
Pierce for aid, who prescribed his Golden
Medical Discovery and Catarrh Remedy, and
under their use have rapidly recovered. My
hearing is restored, and my Catarrh is en-
tirely well. JOHN SMITH.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

pa" said "A Baltimore boy, "what is
Mardi gras they are talking so much
about?' "Shrove Tuesday" said the
welI-informed father. and what is
Shrove Tuesday," "Look in the die
tionary" The boy looked and saw
"Shrove Tuesday-the Tuesday follow
ing Quinquagesima Sunday, and proceed
ing Ash Wednesday," Then he knew all
about it.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

THE Supreme Court of Illinois, in re-
cent decision, has affirmed the principle
that an express company cannot be held
for the value of package of money lost
while in its possession as common car
rier, unless the value of the package be
truly stated before the contract for car
rinnc is entered into.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

A PAIR of shoes will cost you only five cents
more with a SILVER TIP on than without,
and it will add twice the cost of the shoe to
their wearing value
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
Fashion and the Doctors.-Hea,

Fashion and the DOctors.-Hedrh
and Home rejoices that for once fashion
and physicians are in harmony. Warm
winter jackets, wooden and fur wraps of
various kinds, hannels and thick, stout
boots, are en- regle. The pretty Fifth
Avenue belle, with her delicate face and
high-bred air, trips down the brown stone
steps in the morning warmly dressed in
water proof and chincliilla, and wears
shoes as thick as her brothers if she have
any claims to be considered stylish"
A few years back such shoes would have
been thought by girl of her class only
fit for the wearing of Bridget or Norah.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

mony with the comparatively warm air of
the stable are quite unfit to go at once into
the freezing temperature OF a winter
morning, and still less in a state to chill
their organs Of digestion and assimilation
by a half-bucket or so of ice-water. If it
is impracticable to water them in the
stable, the door should be left open for a
while that the animals may be gradually
prepared for the change in temperature.
1t is said that if two mich cows are
watered in the morning, one from the
trough and the other with water from
which the chill has been taken, a differ
ence will very soon be noticed in favor of
| the latter.
We notice by the way plan practiced
| by the editor of the Working Farmer,
| whereby he prevents the ice from form
| ing to an inconvenient thickness in his
| out-of-doors watering trough. When he
| goes to his barn to see that all is safe
| for the night he breaks hole through
the thin ice which has usually formed by
that time, and lowers the water by dipping
out three or four quarts. The whole proc
ess of freezing has then to be repeated,
and in the morning there are two thin
| coats of ice which may be readily broken
up, and will generally melt in the course
of few hours. To the inquiring mind it
will at once occur that by having a faucet
or movable plug at the bottom of the
| trough the ce-breaking and dipping
process may be dispensed with. An I'M
broken sheet of ice on top Will be a more
etfectual check against farther freezing
than a sheet with hole in it, though it
may be best to make an opening with the
point of a nail or knife TO prevent the ice
from breaking by atmospheric pressure
| when the water is removed From below
l-Christidn Uni0n
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

Don't TAMrER WITH A CoLD.-Perhaps in
the whole category of diseases to which hui
manity is susceptible, the cough is most neg
lected in its early stage A simple cough is
generally regarded as temporary affection
unpleasant and nothing more; but to those
who have paid dearly for experience, it is the
signal for attack for the most fearful of all
diseases-C Consumption. A cough will lead to
consumption-if not checked-so sure as the
rivuet leads to the river, yet it is an easy enc
my to thwart, if met by the proper remedy.
Aliens lung BdlsaDt is the great cough rem
edy of the age, and it has earned its reputation
by merit alone. Sold by all good druggists.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

IT is said that the limits of microscopic
have been reached.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
Thirty Years Experience of an Old


Nurse.
Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP is the prescrip
ton of ofthe best Female Physicians and Nurses
in the United States. and has been used for thirty
years with neverfailing safety and success by mill
ions and children, from the feeble infant
of one old the adult. 1t corrects acidty of
the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates the bow
els and gives rest health and comfort to mother and
child We believe it be the Best and Surest Rene
DIV in the orld in all cases of DYSENTEIlY and
DIARRHGA IN CHILDREN, whether it arises from
Teethln- or from any other cause. Full directions
for usn, will accompany each bottle None Genuine
r.uIess me fac-simile of CURTIS d PERKINS is on
the outside wrapper.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
es1, 45s s. s2s, s3s 5

n es1.4ss s. ssss,sos 81
Il Is thus seen that in these seventy
one ports the cost of compensation was
ceipts only summed up 1000; or in
other words, the Government paid out
@8-7O for every dollar it took in And in
thirty-tw0 of them more than SIS, 600 was
drawn for salaries, while not q cent was
received in revenue.
A system Hike this, which is the out
growth of corrupt waste, would destroy
any Government in the world that con-
sented to tolerate it after such an official
exhibit as has just been made. If Mr..
Dawes and his political friends, upon
ton Of the last twelve years exclusively
rests, had resisted this reckless method
Of expenditure at the outset or even at
the close of the civil war, the evil never
could have attained its present proper
tiouo.
There was hardly pretext for creating
many, of these ports, in the Western
6tates especially. Combinations were
formed in Congress to carry through
special projects, and Senators and Repre-
eentAtives demanded these concessions
and others as the price oftheir support for
schemes which they might not have IA
v0red. It formed part of the log rOlling
and jobbery by which the Treasury has
been robbed Of millions, and the rings
have been enriched at the expense of an
ovegtasked people.
The experience OF one of the beneficial
Ries of this outrageous system is related in
letter to leading Republican member
Of the House of Representatives, which
reveals its gross iniquity in every form
The folio wing extract needs no comment:
In 1870 Congress passed . law making -
and quits number OF cities in the West ports OF
entry. They had been ports Of delivery for year,.
~. ga an Of them were about a dozen. In
March, fs7a, was appointed Appraiser of Mer.
Co. at this port This was new office, al
Whsn received that appointment told =,
Who We. ny Senator. that it was z sinecure; .,
iaiorssi ny Other sensfor that the law should be
repealed and the ONCE abolished.
Wen. IN o6lceholder who expresses such senti
ncnn aboes his position is decidedly unpopular il
removed. for whsf csuse 1 have never been in
formed; bat l presume the charge was tnsdnify
diligs1t h drawing his salary than was during
those two years, and absolutely there acas nothinf
etss to DO.
The reading of this letter brought down
the House. It was received with roars o
laughter by the Republican majority, who
= thought it . good joke, and that any up
right man deserved removal who confessed
that he held q sinecure and asked that tn
law might be repealed which sanctione'
the wrong. Mr.. Boutwell, was Secretar,
of the Treasury when this fact wa
brought to the notice of the department
and instead OF rewarding the honest sui
ordinate for q rare exhibition of integrit
he removed him because he dared to tel
the truth and expose q criminal extravs
gances N0wonder that the public debt
oppressive and that the expenditure
sulA up year by year to huge dimensions
-KAD Kopk Ram
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
Nests Of Extravagance.

To illustrate practically the manner in
which the public expenditures have in
creased, instead of being diminished, un-
der the present Administration, Mr. Dawes
submitted tabular statements showing the
actual receipts at every port of entry in
the United States, and the cost of collect
ing the revenue. Some curious facts
were brought to light respecting this sub
ject that reveal the process by means of
which extravaganza has been encouraged.
There are 1856 ports of entry in all, and
their aggregate receipts for the last year
reached $184, $50, O45.O2. OF this sum
t175. 1906, 252. 20 was collected at eight
ports, and this city alone contributed
1874, 754, 6O4.45 as her share. So that in
point Of fact New York furnished about
two-thirds of the entire revenue from Gus
toms.
More than half of the whole number of
ports are regular charge upon the Treas
ury; that is to say, they do not return as
much revenue as is required to keep them
up. In nearly one-fourth of them there
are no receipts at all, so that a corps of
officers is maintained whose only duty is
to draw their salaries. A few figures will
tell this story in the simplest way:
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
PAYING EMPLOYMENT

For haNlng
No fancy transient soork. but necessity to all
ella of people, actually saving money to buy
ers. Boo h 4 gents seeking something useful and
f;sst-seIiing, aud all having any spare time for
without risk. write for
plcte page descriptive circular and lii RAD tcrmS
10 T. \. HUTCHINSON X Co, Chicago, ILL.,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

Bpof@ Where tnefe were NO
= receipts. $152S9 IS
q ports where receipts were
less $500. .-.-.----.---$ 81, 995 81 1a,546 81
Y poFts where receipts
ceeded $500 and not over
eS,00- .-...-........ FISTS 40 $3.50 20
Q ports where receipts ex.
ceeded 5000 and not
over SIC, 900. ........... 81 ,5Sf II 55,763 OF
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

Among the items of contingent expenses
of the Treasury Department sent in by the
Secretary to the Speaker of the House is
the following:
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
RAILWAYS READY RELIEF
FEVER AND ACUE.

Fever and Ae1e cured for fifty cents. There is not
remedial this world that will cure Feverand
Aeue and ali other Malarous Bilious Scarlet. Typhoid,
yellow and other Fevcrs aided by RADWAY's PILLS.
so quick RADwAys READY RELIEF.
Fifty Cents per Bottle.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

"NOTJIING RETTER., said DR.. John Ware; Of
Roston than Cutler Bros celebrated VEGETABLE
Phi MoNARY BALSAM. for Colds and Consumption
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-28
FOREIGN.
ENGLAND.
Railway CollisiOll.

LONDON, January GA passenger
train from Edinburgh for Glasgow Was
at a great speed this morning
when it came in collision with an eI-
press train. Sixteen persons were kill
ej a number severely injured and sev-
.rsl coaches demolished.
Political Affairs.
specula,ion continues in regard to
the reasons which caused the govern
m.ut to decide upon a dissolution Of
Parliament. Some declare it was
brought about by disseusions in the
Cabinet; others that Gladstone ha'
besu summoned before the Court o
Queens Bench, for not standing Tor re-
election after accepting the office IN
March last. The utmost Interest Is
manifested over the elections and much
activity is displayed 10 preparation
Th. newspapers are filled with sppeal'
for election. The county election, con-
tested and uncontested. will occupy The
frst two weeks in February. and those
| iu the borougbs the time between tn
3Oth inst. and the 7th pro1, allowing
Tor the DELAYS in the receipt ol wrlts o
election in distant parts Of Scotland
and il ia believed that the general cleo
t;on will be completed BY the 10th o
E.b,nsry. Both parties are conhden
Of spccsss. Betting 10 now in favor Z
the Liberals.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-28
ST. LOUIS.
Ths Kansas s.naiorship.

Sr. Louie, January 27.-A special
from Topeka, Kansas, to the EVening
Dispatch says both houses balioted ior
limited States Senator in separate ses'
sion at noon to-day, with the following
results: Seuate-Phillips 2. Osborn 4
simons ], Plumb 4, George F; An
tbony !, Kiugman d. Harvey s, Wilder
/ Davis /, D. r. Anthony l, Charles
Sumner, OF Massach usetts Snoddy l.
Carpenter 9, Laugblin ], Kalloch l.
Hudson 2, Laramie !.
Uouse-Csrpeuter 8. Smallwood !,
Phillips II, Harvey 4. Osborne l5
Goodwin l, Hudson |, D. r. Anthony
/ Geo. I. Anthony 2, Greene l, Piumt
1 Martin !, Shannon 2. McEckroo i
Randolph i, Clark 5. Branson =. Wild'
er 3, Ripley !, Ross 3, Crichton l
Kinpman 9, Stoner l. Snoddy /. .,
The indications are that Phillips vii
Lad off tomorrow. 1t may be that th'
onno,ition will run Stoner or Wilder
but things are so mixed that notnipt
can be stated definitely until alter the
| ballot in joint session tomorrow:
The lower House OF the Legislator
,o.day after q spirited debate, deieate
the bill to allow women to be eiecte'
to office under the school laws, by
vote Of 80 ayes to u nays
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-28
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, January N.--Flour-Dull
but unchanged. Wheat-Dali and q
shade lower; No. Chicago spring 81 %
al 26; No. = do "a cash; 2ii Feb
ruary; 27t March; No. 8 do l III; re
jected l ll@l II regular. Corn
Quiet, weak and lower No. 2 mixed
$50 cash; jSfc February. SOLE March,
newNo. , mixed 5Sc; rejected old SIC;
new 5Ol50}c. 0ats-Steady; No. 2
43ic cash; 444c March; rejected SSa@
39c. Rye-Fair demand and advanced;
No. , SO@S2c. Barley-Scarce. firm
and unchanged; No. . fall 81 62@l 20
No. 3 spring l 1901 So outside both
cases for northwestern. Seeds quiet and
unchanged. Timothy-At > S0@S 10.
5 25@5 40. Dressed Hogs
and quiet at 6 2596 35
for light Whisky-Active and higher
at 97c. Pork-In fair demand with
lower rates; IA 30 cssh or February;
IA 10 March. Lard-Stesdy at 9tc
cash or February; Ole March. Bulk
demand, advanced; shoul-
iers ST.; short rib middles Tic. Green
Meats--Stesdy aud unchanged. Sugar
Cured Hams-At l6c; average l0!c.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-28
OHIO.

Proceedings OF the LesIslHtnre.
COLUMBUS, January 27.-ln the Sens
ate the Senate bill allowing the trus-
tees OF medical colleges to fix the ds,
for commencement and graduation was
passed. -,
In the House, the House bill to se-
curs paw to persons performing labor or
furnishing materials for the construc-
ton of railroads was passed.
In the House this afternoon q House
hill was passed forbidding foreign In
surance Comp panies from doing q bank
ing business in this State. ,
In the Senate bills were introduced
to authorizs Insurance Companies TO
insure against lose by lightning as well
"A fire to make the separate property
of married women liable for debts con-
tracted before marriage; also to make
the husband liable Tor such debts when
he hiss acquired his wi'e's property
to give judges and clerks OF elections
three dollars a day TO authorize thu
Governor to appoint three trustees o.
the PeniteptiarY, the trustees now II
office to continue until their terms o
office expire. 80,
A partial appropriation bill to pa,
the expenses OF the Constitutional Con
vention was passed, with the provis
that the membe OF the Convention
shall not receive per diem during four
,.on 3aps that the Convention was NO
in session during the holidays.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-28
INDIANAPOLIS.
Finance Resolutions.

Isp1ANAPoLIs. January 2''-lhe
and real estate ex-
changes of Indianapolis. at their
m mee.ing tonight, unanimously adopted
the following resolution, prompted by
the recent rerolution introduced in the
House of Representatives by Hon. D.
NJ. Wilson, OF Indiana:
Resolved, That we approve OF ,he
course of our Senators and kepresen'a,,
lives upon the currency question, 400
ask them to earnestly press the appre.
citation OF the people to an enactment
of law which shall give relle' 10 !ne
manufacturer, mechanic and laooring
men of our country everywhere, as wen
"A the mercantile interests OF the wnoie
country. aor,.
ed endorsing the bill offered by hon
e. s Orth, OF Indiana, known as INT
Indiana Plan oil Financial Relief
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-28
WHEELING W VA WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2S, 1874

Mr.. Morey from the Committee on
Public Lsads reported bill granting
lands to aid in the construction OF q
railroad from Vicksburg to the Texas
State line.
Mr.. Haushton from the Pacific Rail
road Committee reported q bill to in
corporate the Southern Trans-conti-
mental Railroad Company and to grant
it right of way through public lands.
MT. Darrall, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported q bill to amend
the act to encourage the growth Of tim
Der on Western prairies.
The last three bills were ordered to
be priuted and recommitted.
Mr.. Dawes, from the Committee on
Ways and Means, reported bill al
lowing merchandise in United States
ports on the 3lst Of January, 1872, to
pay duties to which they were liable
on that day. even though not in q pub
lie store or bonded warehouse. The
bill passed.
Mr. Garfield, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported back. with
amendments, Senate bill in relation to
the lines of telegraph connecting the
Capitol with various departments Of
the government. Passed. Also bill
to reduce the expenditures on pubic
buildings. Referred.
The House resumed the considera-
ton Of the West Virginia contested
election cases. At the close oil the de-
bate, which had occupied the House
for nearly a week, the House proceeded
10 vote on the various resolutions. The
resolutions OF the majority Of the Cons
mittee on Elections, reported by Mr.
Smith, OF New York, were that John J.
Dsvis and J. NJ. Hagan's, chosen
at the August election, were not duly
elected, and Benjamin Wilson and B.
F. Martin, chosen at the October elec-
ton, were duly elected. The resolu-
tons of the minority, reported by Mr..
Hazelton, took opposite ground and
we're supported by the Republican side
y tine House, those OF the majority oil
he committee being supported by the
Democrats. The result OF the voting
was that Davis and Hsgaus were
declared entitled to seats and we're &C,
cordlngly sworn in. The only devia.
tions from strict partizanshipin the vote
in reference to the Democrats were that
two Democrats, Magee and Waddell,
voted with the majority Of the Honse,
and that seven Republicans, Lansing,
Bradley, Poland, and Smith of New
York Thomas. North Carolina; Will
liams, Michigan. and Woodford, voted
with the minority. In the vote in refs
erence to Hagans, several other repre-.
sentstives. including Kellogg, Mii-h.
Coburn, Havley, of Conn, and Willard,
of Vermont, voted with the minority.
The time occupied in voting was over
two hours. 1t was six o'clock when
the House adjourned.