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

A lover in Guelph, Ontario, who feared
the lady he loved was entertaining anoth-
er admirer, determined to climb tree in
the ward, from which he could see into the
sitting room in the second story, where
the young woman was supposed to be.
just as he got himself fixed IN comfort
able position commanding the window
some one upon the inside pulled the cur
tain down. Then the lover made up his
mind to descend 1t was very dark, but
lust as he began to slide down the trunk
the lover heard a dog barking furiously
beneath. and looking down he saw huge
animal capering about, apparently very
eager to nip the lovers legs Then the
lover suddenly climbed up the tree again
and endeavored to drive the dog OF, but
the more it danced around and barked.
Then the lover came down as near as
he dared and tried TO coax the an
imal, but this only made hlm mop
about and howl more 1urlousiy
than ever So it became apparent that tne
lover would have to spend the night IN
the tree He fixed himself as com2rta-
BILE as he could in a crotch of the limbs
and kicked his legs and moved his arms
to keep himself from freezing TO ueath-
Severa, times when he thought the DOG
was asleep he attempted to descend, but
eachtim the brute awoke and began 10
caper ABOUT. by INT llhic uay iSi'
the lover was so benumbed with cold he
could hardly use his hands; but as the
sky grew brighter he leaned over to exam
inc his prosecutor, and to his amazement
he found that it was his own dog, which
unknown to him had followed him to the
tree, and had barked and capered only to
express its delight at the prospect OF the
lover coming down and going home. The
suddenness with which the lover reached
the ground is said to have been remarka-
BILE, and the language used by him bad.
He has some of the rheumatism which he
got that night in his bones yet.-Ioronto
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
Onr Doys and girls.
LITTLE MISS NEDDLESOHE.
NO. #.

LITTLE MISS MEDDLEsoME, scattering crumbs,
into the library noisily comes
T-irls OFF her apron, tilts open some books
And into the work tisket rummaging, looks.
Out 20 the spools. spinning over tile Neor5
BceswaX and ncedlc-case stepped out oeiGrsi
She losses the tape-rule, and plays with the hoss
And says to herself, Now won't mamma be
croSs.'
little Miss Neddlesome climbs to the shelf,
Since no one is looking. and, mi-chievons eli,
Pulls down the fine vases. the cuckoo CLOCK stops,
And sfriukles the carpet with damaging drops.
She turns over the ottoman, frightens the bird.
And sees that the chairs in u medley are stirred,
Then creep- on the sofa. and. all In a heap
Drops out of her frolicsome mischief asleep.
But here comes the nurse, who is shaking her
mead
And frowns at the r,r;scbief asleep on the bed;
But let's hope when Miss Meco,e-ome's slumber
Is DER - .
She may wake from good dreams and do mischief
no more.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
A Batlletic Duel.

About four O'Clock in the afternoon,
our road running beside the very edge of
the river, my companion broke the 81
lence as we journeyed along by drawing
up his horse and saying with less excite
ment than when he had called my duller
attention once or twice before to deer in
the woods:
Eyes, sir. There he is" dismounting
as he said so. He was dreadfully excited,
yet nothing could be more chivalrous
upon the lawyers part, for it acas the law
YER He had led his horse to one side
and stood in the center of the road, rifle
in hand. l suppose he had taken for
granted that his adversary, duly warned,
would have had rifle. To my surprise,
as soon as the man saw Nose Evans ad-
vancing upon him without one, he DELHI
erately stopped to lay his carefully down
upon dry tuft of grass beside the way,
and then stepped back into the open road,
a revolver in either hand, a long knife
held by the blade in his teeth. As Gen
eral Philip Sheridan once told me of one
of his battles, at was beautifuln'
l caught my friends horse by the bri-
die, thinking, little nervously, of Helen
| and of coming bullets. The parties adj
| vanced slowly upon each other, during
| the whole affair neither saying single
| word. When whiting sixty feet of Evans,
Archer raised his revolver and began
| firing. l heartily wish it was more the
atrical, but can only add that it was all
| over, ANONYMOUSLY over, in much less
| than the proverbial fifteen minutes of the
battle of San JacintO. Nose Evans had
not touched his own weapons. AT the
| first report of the lawyers revolver, he
sprang forward. 1t was as if he was upon
| his enemy at one bound. Although i.
ruins what little romance there is in the
matter, l believe Evans relied, uncon-
| sciously to himself, upon the unsteadi-
| ness of Archer's nerves, owing to his hab-
| its, in the aim he would take. In the in
slant he had seized his puny assailant by
| arm and leg and hurled him into the
| river! l laughed aloud like hystericai
woman-the man flying through the air,
the splash in the water was an ending so
sudden; such bathos!
He won't want to see me. You help
him out" my friend said as he remounted.
''Tell him the things over. He never
meant her death, you know. Good after
noon"
Even then it flashed upon me as Nose
Evans rode leisurely away, and | said to
| myself, l suppose the selfmastery of this
| child of nature is what he has been learn
| ing his life long. In the woodss In his
! singular home, rather. From his fathers
| long endurance. From witnessing, all
his life, his mothers lack of selfcontrol.
How Homer would have loved and sung
him! Leaving my horse united. l ran to
fish the lawyer out, and dripping, be-
wildered, bemuddicd wretch he was as he
emerged by my assistance! -Vm. ", Ba-
ker, IN His Story Of "4H0se Eoans " u,
atlantic FIR March.
of f1,n
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
NOW.
BIZ ROSE TERRY COOKE.


When 1 am lying pale and dead,
Come not dear friends, around my bed
And pour your loss in deafened ears
And wash my needless face with tears.
What thrill Of hope or tenderness
VIII beat beneath my burial dress!
What look Of gratitude arise
And lift the lid of sightless eyess
What loving voice escape those lips
From which no speech or language slips
Alias! cannot rouse and say:
III We lament me l will stay"
Speak while hear, and while long
To feel your love is true and strong,
While peace can soothe my troubled brow.
Wait not to miss me; hold me now!
Set not your kisses on my check,
Nor on my mouth, too cold to speak.
In life long to feel their breath,
But what are kisses worth to Death?
Like blossoms dropped on ice and snow,
Like songs when bowling tempests blow,
A wasted gift. a vain caress
That might have been n power TO bless,
That might life with joy endow.
Obi il you kiss me, kiss me now
Remember not when am gone
How much loved, how vainly strove
To find an answer in your love:
Say not with tears and cries and prayers:
Would that we showed her tenderer cares,
Had patience with the faults we knew,
Chung TO the heart so warm and true,
That now we weep with hopeless pain
And know will never come again."
Ali breathe not then the useless VOW;
But il you love me, love me now.
Nor, standing round my vintry grave,
Too late to serve me or TO save,
Fling on it all you have to give:
At last her fOllies we forgiven
MOL n within your hearts there be
A kind but slumbering thought of me,
A memory Of the vanished past,
A hope Of peace and love at last,
A speechlese prayer, a silent sense,
That sometimes speaks in my defense,
That says: "Ouf life is not too long,
And We, perhaps, were sometimes wrong;"
All! listen to that pleading voice
And bid living heart rejoice.
II late remorse or grief allow
Forgiveness then, forgive me now. .
INeip York Independent.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

"Then will take it, and thank you
very much"
And you will wear it today, will you
not?"
Certainly; l shall be glad to do So"
And now | shall tell mamma about
yesterday, and after that believe 1 shall
be very happy"
And SO she was. That day was no
brighter. really, than the day before had
been. But il was very different to Rose.
You see the little things of our days can
very greatly affect GU" happiness, and it
is well TO begin the day with love ana
kindness, and unselfish thought ior
others.--London Christian W0rtu.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
Selerted sWiseella,ly.
UP IN THE CLOUDS.
BY DANIEL CONNOLLY.

BY DANIEL CONNOLLY.
Ny friend, your fancy fiies too far,
The world of man hes round our feet,
Here its unceasing conflicts are,
And here its varying forces meet.
Pray, curb the thoughts that vaguely rise
Above hfe's real and stubborn facts;
Give DER wild flights to distant skies,
And do some good by human acts.
Utopian dreams are pleasant things.
No doubt-but dreams are poor at best;
We live not by imaginings,
Nor thrive Oh vague and vain unrest
We must behold with eyes of sense,
Our feet must tread in actual ways,
And ere We gain the recompense
It's ours to number toilsome days.
Grand theories Of what might be.
Prodigious schemes for changing all
Heavens order here can never free
Mankind from Natures bond and thrali.
Uhdf is howe'er or whence it came,
Is that which all must recognize;
WAT might be wears a win-ome name,
But brings no joy TO fearful eyes.
So. friend give DER your fancy flights,
Below the clouds you II daily find
Much strife 'twixt struggling wrongs and rights,
Much good to do 10 aid your kind.
Pray, curb the dreamy thoughts that rise
Above life's real and stubborn facts
Forsake void realms and vacant skies,
Aid do some good by human acts.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

The city of Philadelphia had AGO
drinking places in 1873, and spent for
intoxicating drinks $30,000,0OO in one
year. Chicago had 1890 liquor saloons,
and spent for intoxicating liquors S14,-
100000. Newark had S6i drinking So.
looms, and spent TO- strong drinks a.
10000.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

WHEAT seeds can bear for several
hours temperature as high as the boil
ing point of water without losing the
power of terminating.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

-Figueras is not only tall and thin and
gray-headed, but goes to bed at five
O'Clock and gets up at nine.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14

THE Washington correspondent of the
st. Louis Repubiicun expresses the opin-
ion that if newspapers had then existed
g" Alexander the Great would have been
historiographed in more subdued colors
than he has come down to U.S."
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

Of real estate. by virtue of An order and
decree Of tue county court Of Alexander
county, Illinois, made on the petition Ol the
undersigned, administrator OF the estate
of Albert X. Whitaker, deceased,
for leave to sell the real estate
of said deceased. at the last
January term of said court, to-wit; on the
Twentieth day OF January, "A. d., 1874, |
shall, on Saturday, the iwenly-iilth day Ot
July next, between the hours of ten O'clocl,
~, IN, and twelve O'Clock ~, of said day,
sell at public sale, at the s0uth-wcStcrly door
OF the court house, in the city OF Cairo, in
said county, the following described rsAl
estate situated in the city Of Cairo, county
Of Alexander, and state Of Illinois, tO-wit:
Lots numbered nineteen, 40, twenty l!0J,
and tWcnty-onc (2D, in block numbered
iOrty-soyen 90; and lot numbered thirty
one CD, in block numbered iorty-niuc go,
all in the first addition to the city OF Cairo,
aforesaid.
Terms OF sale to be as follows OnG-third
cash in hand, one third in three months, and
one third in six months from the day of sale
the purchaser to give notes, drawing six
per cent interest, for the deferred pay
mcnts, secured by sale mortgage upon the
premises sold,
GEORGE FISHER, Administrator,
OF the estate OF Albert x. Whitaker,
deceased. 0-6-23-d&w-4t
Iune 10th, 1874.
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17
THE PLAGUE Og GRASSHOP.
PEkS.
LMnnlapols Tribunc, JnlY Ql

Prof. Ii. Barnard has returned to the
city after n weeks absence. lie brings
with him most discoursging reports
from the grasshoppcr country. He
handed us package containing the re-
mains Of some wheat, corn, potato vines
and poplar bushes that had been de-
stroycd by the pests on his brothers
farm on the Big Cottonwood river, six
miles above New -Ulm. Tho grass
hoppers made their appearance there
on Thursday last, aud in two hours
had devastated the whole crop, consist
ing of 4S acres Of wheat that was out
in car, and would have yielded p
bushels to the acre, corn, oats and pO.
tatocs--cvcrything. Not even the
grass and tho leaves OF tho trees were
left. The whole region in the south.
west part Of Brown and adjoining
counties j. totally destroyed, from
Lake lIan,ka to the state line and the
maraudcrs were moving northeast every
day, having crossed the Minnesota GO
my north, last week. Prof Barnard
also says they wero quito numerous n,
Lake Crystal, in Blue Earth county
Thursday last they invaded Mr.. Barn
ard g farm in millions, coming down
liko q snow storm. They ay ubou
half mile high, and alight when the,
reach favorable locality. Prof Bar
nard says that those in Brown count,
arc not the Same as Matched out in tn
vicinity Of Worthington, which wer
the color Of the soil. These are of
lighter color, with red wing,, and 70
semblc those hatched in Iowa as re
ported by travellers. They appearc'
to hayc flown II long distance an,
moved very rapidly, Tho air is dali,
| full of them from 8 or 10 a. IN. to
or 4 p. IN, during which interval the
continue TO drop down upon ,h
doomed country.
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17

WILL COUNTY has horse thief de-
tectiye association and vigilants com.
mittee. After the constitution and by
laws were adopted, the former was Cen
Enthusiastically amended" by rcSolu-
,ion that any or all members OF the
association would be sustained in their
punishment for hanging any person
found guilty Of horse stealing in the
county. Evidently two wrongs make
a right in the estimation Of Win county
people. .... ..- .4..s.
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17

PRACTICAL WATcuMAEER.-Mr. j. j
Stellqr, practical and thoroughly com
potent Matchmaker, has established him
self IN business at hls residence, No. II
Cross street, where he will tako in all
work tenderOd him. Mr., Stolzer being
under no expense, can afford 10
work from 90 to 100 per cont cheaper
than any other Matchmaking establish.
ment in the city. Al work warranted
10 give satisfaction. order. for work can
10 left At tho bindery in Tus RuLLEriN
building. Mr.. Stelzor also koops on hand
full supply Of all kinds Of Towers ana
will take pleasure IN hlling otders
loft with him. jG-7-l-lm
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17


THE latest revelations in the Bcccher
business make the mystery moro mys.
teriCuF. Mrs. lfilton had been before
the committee of investigation-had
testified that all Tilton has implied
concerning Dir. Beecher's conduct to-
ward herself is without foundation
that he has always treated her with
pastoral propricty-that she had never
told her husband anything that would
lead him to think anything olse--
that when her husband was spending
his days and nights with the Wood.
hull, she called upon Mr.. Boecher for
advice and received il the shape Of an
admonition to separate from her hus-
band; and this is Beccher's offcnso
against Tilton. Mrs. Tilton has left
her husband and is sojourning for the
present with friends Of Mr.. Becchor
The credulous admirers of Mr.. Beeche
whe have held on to their faith in him
g the last, must be forced to the be
lief that the whole affair is bad enough
and that the moro 1t is stirred tn
more necessity thorc is for society &
hold its nose until the fracas is past.
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17

AND now Spinner is going to resign
because he can't fix everything his
own way in his own particular bureau
We don't blame Spinner. The arrange
ment Of their bureaus is a privilege
dear to the hearts of most old ladies
and why not to Spinner's?
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17
DARE THEY I

The Republican Congressional con
yontion, Of this district, will meet at
Mound City on tho 18th Of August,
and nominate Capt. Clements,
1t IL known 10 most Of the Repub.
licans Of the district that Capt. Clem.
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17

The watering places are said to be
very dull this summer, the money panic
of last fall, the lack Of present political
excitement, and the great amount of
summer travel to Europe, being
given as the several and collective rea.
sons. ~ .' ' '
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17
1CESLiKINi IN Gl;oRdIA.
Anlnn !. fhc Soithorn statns Gcnrri,

has recently taken the lead for her en-
terprse in various manufacturing in
dustries. Since the war, necessity and
progressive spirit have induced her to
to bccome tile maker oiTniahy articles
for wliioh 's'Ic was formerly dependent
on the North.
The Columbus, Georgia, Enquirer,
Of late date lays claims for that city, to
an enterprise that must eventually yield
a large profit to,its orisinatcfs and add
to the geaeral prosperity of the city
and state. THIS is the perfection By n
manufacturing firm, tho Columbus
Iron Works, of process to manufac-
ture ice in the place whore it is con
sumod, at q price go low that all class
es may cnjpy it during tile Fcason
when 1t is luxury. The manufacture
of ice has for many years boon an ex-
pertinent, and in most respects an un-
successful one. The difficulty was not
IN making it, but the expense attend
INK tho aItnv~i f'sesss was found to
bo so great that there was no induce.
mont for an attempt TO yet up art as a
rival to nature. The Columbus man
ufacturers now claim however, that by
the use OF their machinery, ice, mad,
Of Distilled water, can be manufactured
at cost Of from seventy -fyo cents tc
two dollars a ton, the maximum price
being ono.tenth of u cent per pound.
IThc Columbus manufacturers arc
building ice manufacturing machines
capable of making from one to twenty
thousand pounds Il dayat prices rag
ing from six to twenty thousand dol
larsY Hu..
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17

A MAN intending To do business must iirql
prepare himself to meet the requirements
of his customers; next he must let every
possible or probable customer know that he
il so prepared, In very small place he
may TRiJ all the people what he can do. I'm
Il large village printed handbll, poster or
circular, properly distributed, win be eilica.
cious, but WHoEVER Is IN A PLACE LARGE
ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A NEWSPAPER Will,
FIND THAT 1T IL THE CHEAPEST MEDIum
THROTGH WHICH TO ADDRESS THE pIJ1IIC
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17
SECRETARY BRIsTow viii spend the

summer in Washington. Bristow is
singular fellow. His conduct will soon
force the radicals to believe that he is
the wrong man in the right place.
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17
Tn1 friends Of Mr.. Becchcr ere Bo

TnE friends OF Mr.. Beechcr are De-
ginning to quote "let him that Is with
out sin cast the first stone" which is
not quito tho argument that should
be used to clear the reputation Of the
most popular preacher Of his day.
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17
ADVERTISE IN
Ihr 3ullriin.

man Intending 10 do business must
first prepare himself 10 meet the re-
quiremcnts Of his customers next he
must let every possible or probable
customer know that he IL so prepared
In a very small place he may TELL all
the people what he can do. InaIarge
village n printed h""dhiI nnst.r az
circular, properly distributed, will be
cmcacioue, but WHOEVER Is IN A
PLACE LARGE ENOUGH TO SUP
PORT A NEWSPAPER WILL FIND
THATITIS THE CHEAPEST MEDIUM
THROUGH WHICH TO ADDRESS THE
PUBLIC.
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17

VICE President WILSON is not 90.
ing TO resign, but the New York IIor.
sld' thinks lie ought TO, because his
illness is Of such n character that his
usefulness for any executive on admin
istratiye department is at, an end. \
month in the presidency would cnd Ms
life. Should he become president and
die while in office, or sh0uld the ones
tiOn Of his succession enter into uolit-
ics, there would DC such a commotion
as was never known in our politics,
scandals more unpleasant than those
attending the election Of Jefferson over
Burr and tho effort TO impeach Andrew
johnson. Now, while the president j.
in full and active health, Mr.. Wilson,
resignation would net have tho ilapro
tance it would otherwise posses. If b,
retires from public affairs It will b.
NTH the satisfaction that lis publ,
has been noble and useful that h,
has always served the country with th,
devotion Of patriot aud has beer
found ever on the eide Of liberty, union
and good government"
It's Of no use--thc Herald can
fla,tcr the vice president into resign
ing. Tho best thing TO do under tn,
circumstances is to pray that presidcn
Grant may live since his death woul
Preoipitate US from ills We know t
Others We know not Of.
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17
TsN5g5&kX43ssa8sa., GS Rnb0oI2b
1sASM.MtZeIWESF Conner state ST.
'X244x CHIClEO.

The most RaoUHcd Sp,eiiiist n he Ags, IN q
treatment Of PRIVATE, CIIRO VIC and URI
VAR DISEASES, SEMINAL WEAKNESS.
ihc TcIt Of early ipii iema other au.e1, finelns
fOCIyrY, ihPAIrLD sIGIT loss op MEMORY .Sn
nANnuOD PCg;- NrETLY CrRtD. THE CRRAM oF
MEDICAL LTERATt EE l,ttacd with ohSstc 'ngTa'ing'
explaining sLo may marry. Wy not, why, Tho i11'''m'n'
to marriage. Thcr nature aud cure Prlco % csh'
schtn plain scaled enycoIr Ladies' requiring surgical All,
medical attendance or hd,a may call address the d"or,
ln'ais Im,iiri with Ir Ats Hpartmcuta' board asuf
snoscN cures Guaranteed. Rubber goods GU baui
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17

Peorias pride is brought low. Nils
son ha. sold her property in that city.
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17

ents was an advocate of the policy Of
imitation, and voted for the bin Presi-
dent Grant vetoed. They are also
aware of another hct that this veto
mas created trouble in tho Republican
party, and has alienatcd the president
and many of his former most Jealous
supporters. Neither can the Rcpub-
licans Of this district be ignorant of an.
other fact, that the Republican state
convention dodged tho financial issue
and adepNd plaforn Senator Logan
said was fatisiactory 70 him-a plat
form in which there was not one word
in commondation of the administration
of President Snnt. t-t FTTEsl
Now, dare the Republicans Of this
district endorse President Grants
veto of Mr.. Loean's nfnaucc billY
Dare they, if they do not wish to On.
dotsc the president, endorse Senator
Logan's efforts to pass the bill? IN
other words have the Republicans
Of the Eighteenth district the courage
10 speak aud ayow what they are ? Are
they for Initiation Or resumption, or
both? The Springfield convention
spoke with an uncertain voice, but We
shall expect the convention Of this dis
trict to be more explicit. Mcssrs. Popc,
Mum, Fisher, Lincgsr, Brown, Willis,
Wood and others OF the Republican
leaders have dcnounccd Logan's tiHan.
cial vagarios, and should be Willing 10
permit their party 10 declare FOR hard
money in language that cannot be mis-
understood. Dare they Z az r
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17

Open every busiuc-~ da' from . a. m. 10 .
=. ~, and saturday evenings tor savings de
posts only, from q toS O'clock.
W. llN>LDp, Treasurer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17

H. prepared TO MI orders without delay.
ne mas line stock of imported leather on
hand, Just received from Newlrcrk, and has
put down ihepriccs 10 tyc lowest notch.
S-i 2m
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17

ENTERPRISE SAVINGS BANK.
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17

MARRIED WOMEN AND CuILDREs MAY
DEPOSIT MONEY AND No ONE EL'E
CAN DRAW IT.
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17

Exchange, Coin and United sta,c'
Bonds Bought and sold.
DEPOSITS received. and general banking
business done.
The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-17

iersiooj. Dare they /