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Tine Bear Story Of 4 Che season.

The Roseburg (Oregon) Plaindealer
relates "a correspondent writing
from Canyonville, sends us the follow
ing interesting incident, which occurred
near that place. About ten days since,
Henry Bland and his wife, of Canyon
vile Precinct, went out into the noun
tains to look after their sheep. When
about two miles from home, his two
dogs got after bear, and, after a Sc
we're chase, succeeded in compelling the
bear to climb tree. About the time
Mr.. Bland and his wife reached the foot
of the tree, another ferocicus bear sud
denly put in an appearance, and savage
ly attacked the dogs in the immediate
presence of Mr.. and Mrs. Bland. The
fight now became animated and furi-
Gus, dogs and bear rolling over each
other, in the death struggle down q
steep mountain into the canyon be-
low.
Bland was armed with Henry rife,
but dared not shoot for fear of killing
his dogs. Now came the question how
to rescue the dogs only two cartridges
were in the rifle, and these had to be
used to the best advantage Mrs. Bland
urged her husband to go to the assist
ance of the dogs, while she, alone and
unarmed, undertook to keep the Zero
cious monster up the tree.
He started down into the conyon to
where the conflict was raging, guided
bp the yelps and growls of dogs and
bear. He arrived not moment 100
soon, for Bruin was evidently getting
the best of it, and would only be paci-
fed by the last shot from the now emp
ty rifle.
1t was dark when Bland returned to
his wife at the foot of the tree. The
situation was anything but fattering.
The empty rifle was of little use; and
upon the determination of Mrs. Bland
to sit up with the bear, he started for
home for more ammunition. The lady
being reinforced by the bleeding dogs,
now felt that she was mistress of the
situation. With no fire, far from home,
in the midst of craggy mountains, this
indomitable lady dared to hold at bay
one of the most ferocious monsters of
the forest.
The bear, not liking his new home,
determined to descend the tree, but our
heroine, with stick and the barking of
the dogs, compelled Bruin to take a
sober second thought and, taking up
position on the lower limb, with eye
balls of fire he stared at the scene be-
low; but our huntress was not dis
mayed by the presence of her horrible
companion, but stood guard until about
ten o'clock, when her husband and an
other man came to her assistance.
She then started for home through the
deep canyons and gorges of the noun
tains, entirely alone, and it was at mid
night when she safely arrived at her
own dwelling. The next morning, as
soon as it was sufficiently light, the bear
was shot. He proved to be one of the
largest of those known as the cinnamon
variety
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How He Got n Supper.

A few months since O man who called
himself "a conjurer entered a tavern in a
country town, and asked the company
who were assembled in the bar-room if
they would like to witness one of his
tricks. The fellow looked cold and hun
CRY, so the landlord gave assent, and
stated that he knew few tricks himself,
and had seen many wonderful ones. The
conjurer then requested the company to
place three hats upon the table, which
being done, he desired the landlord to
bring loaf of bread, and the stranger
cut three pieces NEARLY half pound
each) and placed one upon each hat.
He then stated that he could do the
trick much more comfortably to himself
if he had three pieces of cheese The
cheese being brought, he cut three good
sized pieces, and placed one by each
piece fof bread. Now was the grand
trick. The coniurer turned up the cuff
of his coat, took off his neckerchief and
unbuttoned his shirt collar, and stated
that he would now proceed TO eat the
three pieces of bread and afterwards
bring all under one hat. He commenced
eating the bread and cheese, and, after
eating two pieces, declared he could not
proceed with the trick unless he had
something to drink. The landlord,
wishing that the wonderful trick should
be proceeded with for the amusement
of the customers, Immediately gave the
fellow quart of ale, and the third
piece of bread and cheese soon followed
the first two pieces. Now the grand
trick was to be disclosed, and the land
lord and his companions waited to see
it. The conjurer then said, "Now,
gentlemen, which hat shall bring the
bread and cheese under ?"
The landlord pointed out his own hat,
wishing it to take part in the trick as
well as his bread and cheese. 1t being
SO arranged, the conjurer again said,
Gentlemen, L have eaten the bread
and cheese, and now will bring it under
the landlord's hat ;" ana he Immediately
placed the hat upon his head, and con-
tinued, "Now you will perceive it is
under the hat without any deception. 3"
There were shouts of laughter from
all the company except the landlord,
who was minus three pieces of bread
and cheese, and a quart of ale.
The fellow left the house without
making a collection of the company, he
being well satisfied with the landlords
generosity.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-13

A SECOND FATHER MATTHEW. Who
is there that does not respect the mem
DRY of Father Matthew, the great cham
pion of temperance. Innumerable So
cieties bear his honored name; but
there is one man who has struck a more
sure death-blow to incompetence, and
that man is DIR. j. WALKER, an old
California physician, who has discov-
cred in natures "meek and lowly
herbs, medicinal tonic" and gentle
stimulant that completely takes the
place of the fashionable alcoholic poi
sons called ,"tonics, so popular as
compromise between strong drink and
cold water, and does away with the
mania for drink, and in reality cult
Yates an involuntary disgust for the
same. 1t even does more. 1t acts upon
the entire physical system, purifes the
blood and produces hale, hardy health.
The discoverer of this great medicinal
stimulant is surely entitled to the
thanks of whole nation, and it is not
extravaganza to entitle him ga second
Father Matthew. sA33
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definitions of Bible Terms,

A days journey was thirty-three and
one-ffth miles.
A Sabbath days journey was about
an English mile.
Ezekiel's reed was nearly eleven feet
long.
A cubit is nearly twenty-five inches.
A hand's-breadth is equal to three and
fve-eighths inches.
A shekel OF gold was $500.
A talent of silver was 1888. 80.
A talent of gold was $l3, 800.
A piece of silver, or a penny, was
thirteen cents.
A farthing was three cents.
A garah was a cent.
A mite was cent.
An epha, or bath, contains seven
gallons and two pints.
A bin was one gallon and two pints.
A firkin was seven pints.
An omer was six pints.
A cab was three pints.
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"Letter.Carriers.,,

AS many as forty or fifty post pigeons
pass during day to and fro between
Paris and Versailles. The operator
who dispatches the birds has a little
Office opposite the Cour du Marco.
Thus the reporters have but to rush
across the street, attach the paper be-
meath the wing, and away flies the tiny
messenger. The man who keeps the
birds is a small, singular looking man,
with long beard. During the sessions
he sits holding bird in each hand SO
that no time may be lost. The pigeons,
only too glad to escape, fly swiftly to
Paris. Great is the crowd that daily
stands gaping and staring at the busy
little birds.
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',r,,s s,ropr 4 hvnAs FHHrrDr.
49, al very well for E[s IN ,ns Ssn,t agree;
amt amt preaching .sa ' ssmp aga
b Ina MP passed on 49, ~. h IN on me.
And y you eau III your pledge, Squire
jest .1 sae,s ~ VI wan, me 20 sign
Be.wS, TN ~ Ike any in mine.
sl&st Foth July
Ay1 IN he boys was here
~ I'D corned, and signed the pledge
~ ~ drink no more that year.
<>err was Tilman JOY and sheriff McPhail,
and me and Abner Fry,
And Shelby's boy Leviticus,
"a And the Golyers-Luke and Cy.
And we antied up hundred,
In the hands OF Deacon Hedge,
Fur TO be divided the following Fo'th
'AIongst the boys that KEEP the pledge
Aud we knowed each other so well, Squire,
You may take my scalp for fool
Eff every man when he signed his name
Didn't feel dead sure OF the pool.
For a while all went lovely;
We put up JOB next day
For TO make JOY b'lieye his wife was dead,
And he went home middlin gay.
Then Abner Fry he killed man,
And gfore he was hung McPhan
just bilked the wilder outen her sheer
BY gittin' him slowed in jail.
But Christmas scooped the Sheriff,
The Eggnogs gethered him in
And Shelby's boy Leyiticus
Was New Years tight as sin.
And along in March the Golyers
Got drunk that fresh billed owl
Would "A looked longside o. them two young
men
Like sober temperance fowl.
-Four months alone walked the chalk;
| thought my heart would break.
And all them boys a-slapping my back.
And akin Z" whatll take ?"
/ never slept without dreanin' dreams
OF Burbin, peach, or rye,
But chewed at my nigger-head, and swore
I'd take that pool or die.
At last-the Fo'th-I bumped myself
Through chores and breakfast soon,
Then scOoted down to Taggart's store,
For the pledge was of at noon;
And all the boys was gethered there,
And each man hit his glass,
Watchin' me and the clock, quite solemn like,
Fur to see the last minute pass
The clock struck twelve raised the jug,
And took one lovin' pull
1 was hollar clar from skull to boots,
1t seemed couldn't git fun.
But reused by fendish laugh
That might have raised the dead
Them ornary sneaks had sot the clock
A half an hour ahead
"All right" I sqawled, "you've got me;
Jest order your drinks agin.
And Wen paddle up to the Deacon's
And scoop the ante in"
But when we got TO Hedges,
What sight that we saw
The Deacon and Parson Skeeters
In the tail Of = game of Draw.
They had shook EN- the heft of the mornin',
The Parsons luck was fair,
And he raked, the minute we got thar,
The last of oar pool on par.
SO no more temprance for me, Squire:
l Tow itg all very fine,
But as fur myself, thank ye,
III not take any in mine.
John Hay IN Hdrper's Weekly.
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IT is an honor TO womanhood that not
a dollar has ever been missing from the
department of the Comptroller of the
Currency, where women exclusively are
employed as clerks.
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Sixty thousand dollars worth of an

SIXTY thousand dollars worth of APP
paratus and appliances, for the cure Of de-
formities, are annually made and applied at
the National Surgical Institute, Indianapolis,
Ind. 1t has the greatest reputation of any
institution in the Union for the successful
treatment of all kinds of human deformities,
Paralysis, Piles, Fistula, Catarrh and Chronic
Diseases. Their large journal will be sent
free to any address upon application. Com.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-13

PROF. ANsTEAD thus sums up the coal
supply of the world British islands,
1880 square miles France, 1000
Belgium, $40; Spain, 1000; Prussia,
10000 Bohemia, 1000; United States,
$4,000; British North America, 49,
000-total 152, $50 square miles, nearly
six-sevenths of which is found in Ameri-
ca, and five-sevenths in the United
States.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-13

THERE are probably hundred or
more persons in this and neighboring towns,
who daily suffer from the distressing effects
of kidney troubles. who do not know that
Johnsons Anodyne Linimen is almost a cer-
tain cure. In severe cases, great relief may
be obtained. il not perfect cure.-[Com.
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PUFFED sleeves are all the rage. AS a
rule, they are not becoming, being alto
gether too matronly and "old woman
ish /" for the youthful and dashing
belle of the period.
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We notice that the agricultural pa
pers all over the country recommend the use
of Sheriddn's Cdudi,y Condition P0,oders.-
Exchange.
Farmers and others in this section have
long known and appreciated the advantage
of these powders over all others Com.
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DIP you ever see child that did Ist<
holes through the toes of it's shoet -
did they were protected by SILVE7lH.
They never wear through at the toe. II
tbem.-[Com.
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WORKS WONDERS.
BERGEN, Genesee Co., MY, March %, II.

DfkobNi ueneseo w., N'i', hiSh 20, IL
DR.. Il. V. Pierce:
DEAR SIR: Your treatment in my case has
been quite successful and satisfactory, and
for which desire to express my gratitude.
/ have been troubled with a disordered Liver
and Catarrh and general weakness for good
many years, and was failing slowly all the
time, and last August called on you and got
some OF your Golden Medical Discovery and
DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and one of your
Nasal Injectors, and since that time l have
been improving and am now better than 1
have been in years, not having had the sick
headache in months, which used to have to
average once a week, the, Golden Medical
Discovery being the principal medicine used.
1t has worked wonders in my case, and rec
ommend it to those similarly afflicted. Let
me express gratitude to you for such invalua-
BILE services.
Truly and gratefully yours,
VIM. K. CRITTENDEN.
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A Wrong Custom Corrected.

1t is quite generally the custom to take
strong liver stimulants for the cure Of liver
complaint, and both the mineral and vegeta-
to procure the most drastic and poisonous
purgatives, in order to produce a powerful
effect upon the liver, am arouse the tagging
and enfeebled organ. This system OF treat
ment is on the same principle as that OF Civ
ing weak and debilitated man large portions
OF brandy to enable him to do a certain amount
of work. When the stimulant is withheld.
the organ like the system, gradually relapses
into more torpid or sluggish and weakened
condition than before. What then is wanted
Medicines, that, while they cause the bile to
flow freely from the liver, as that organ is
toned into action, will not overwork and thus
debilitate it, but will, when their use is dis
continued, leave the liver strengthened and
healthy.
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ATTEND to the first symptoms of Con-
sumption, and that disease may be checked in
its incipiency. Use Immediately DIR. Wishart's
Pine Tree Tar Cordial safe remedy in all
diseases of the lungs.-[Com.
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-21

A Congressman from Georgia, &
Mr.. Cooke, has introduced bill in
the house, which provides for the
of the tax collected on
raw cotton from 1868 to 1868. Re-
the depleted condition OF
the public Treasury and the fact
that sufficient revenue may not be
collected to meet the current ex-
penses, the present bill proposes to
issue thirty year bonds, bearing five
per cent interest, payable in gold,
to an amount equal to the whole tax
collected and provides ''that since
the several States can mole cOnVe-
niently and satisfactorily refund
said tax than the Government of
the United States" therefore these
bonds shall be issued to the several
States III which the tax was collect
ed. The amount awarded to Miss
issippi is eight million, seven hun
dred and forty two thousand, nine
and tifty-six dollars.-Er.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-21
THE CARNIVAL.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 1.-THE
Carnival procession today was
unique. The King and several
hundred mounted attendants, ORR
entally arrayed, with helmets aud
cuirass of gold and steel, the Per
sian contingent of infantry and ar
tillery, King Bobadils and escort
made grand display. The Mys-
tick KIewe procession at night was
an extensive affair. The ENJOYS to
the Court Of Comus from the old
and new world, twenty-three cars
containing ninety-tive figures-on
each car group of figures typical
of one of the countries of the world.
The streets during the day and
evening along the line of the pro
cession were crowded with specta-
tors. The weather was warm and
cloudy all day, but no rain. Mer-
curry 75o. Bobadils and the Shah
left the ST. Charles hotel with a
body guard of one hundred and fifty
mail-clad warriors. The Potentates
in Pelanquins, borne by Moorish
slaves visited the Kings Own and
Mystick Krewe balls, thence to Ex-
position Hall, where Il grand rtcep-
ton was held. The Carnival was Il
great success.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-21
THE BANKRUPT BILL.

On the 10th inst, the Senate pass
ed the bankrupt bill. The bill is
very much more lenIent to the debt
or class than the old law one of
its principal features being, that a
debtor who snspends the payment
of his paper cannot be forced into
bankruptcy under forty days. The
dill further reduces the fees of bank
rupt officers to One-halfOf that which
they received under the old law {;
and provides that any arrangement
for settlement between a bank
Tupt and his creditors shall be sign
edsby, at least, one-half of the cred
itors representing One-half of the
Indebtedness. Suits to recover all
sums under five hundred dollars
may be brought in State Court
under another form, a Federal
Judge having charge of the estate
Bankrupt officers are required to
make full reports of all facts in con
nectiOn with cases coming before
them to District Courts, and the
Clerks of District Courts are to re-
port to the Acknowledgement every
year.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-21
FEEDING AT ulNGTON
PARTIES

At twelve o'clock the doors of the
supper-roOm are thrown open, and
then the jam beggars description.
You may take your choice, to be
pushed or push, and in either case
to see plates of oysters, salads, and
creams, with threatening spoons
and forks, bristling through mid-air,
glancing by your nose, or swimming
down your back. j was never sure
that we were not civilized people
till | contemplated my cOmpatIiots
in the Washington supper-rOom of
a s.festive OCCASION" There | have
seen dignitaries whom the public
believe have enough to eat at home
pushing towards the supper table us
canuibal might to his feast and
ladies renowned as 1'delicate," with
piled-up plates of pickles. salads,
fruits, and creams, examining at a
rate that would make perfectly
healthy woman sick abed for Il
week - Washington Correspondence
the independent.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-21
A NEW WAY TO CRUSH INTEM.
PERANCE.

The ladies of Ohio, Indiana and
States further East, are banding to.
gether, and rendering themselves
ridiculous in their enthusiastic ef-
forts to crush out the whisky trade.
Their mOdus Operandi is to assemble,
then visit in force the offending sa>
loon keeper, and if not admitted, to
hold services in front of his door, in
the open street.
Some amusing incidents are re-
lated as happening at one of these
''services"-one enraged Teuton
turned loose upon them a newly
opened barrel of lager beer. Those
acquainted with the beverage know
the result.
We deplore the evils of intemper-
ance as greatly as any one, but such
efforts as the Northern ladies are
making can have no permanent
gOOd.-Er.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-02-21
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS.

Fight your own battles. Hoe your
own row. Ask nc favOrs of any one,
and you'll succeed five thousand
times better than one who is always
beseeching some ones influence or
patronage. No one will ever help
you as you can help yourself, because
no one will he SO heartily interested
in your affairs. The first step will
not be such long one perhaps, but
carving your own way the mountain
you make one leads to the other,
and stand firm Oh that while you
chop still another out.
Men who have made fortunes are
not those who have five thousand
dollars to start with, but boys who
have started with Il we'll earned dol
lar or two. Men who have acquired
fame have never been thrust into
popularity by putfis begged or paid
for, or given in friendly spirit they
have outstretched their own hands
and touched the public heart.
Men who win love do their own
wOOing, and l never knew man
fail SO signally as one who induced
his grandmamma to speak word
or two for him. Whether you work
for fame, love or money, or for any
thing else, work with your own
bands, and heart and brain. Say,
I" will" and some day you will
conquer. Never let any man have
to say, 81 have dragged you up"
Too many friends sometimes hurt a
man more than none at AL.