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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20
Wolves in France.

A French agricultural newspaper fur
nishes some interesting statistics in con-
nection with the number of wolves in
France. 1t seems that there are about
1000 able bodied animals of that Sc ecies,
which destroy to the amount of about
1000 frnncs year each. But this 2 ,O00,-
QUO francs in no way represents the loss
occasioned by their presence; these 2 1000
wolves, who only. devour some 1000
sheep a year, oblige the farmers to keep
90, 600 900 sheep in folds, and render Il
impossible to feed in the fields, as in En-
gland. All this entails great expense.
The writer thinks that if proper measures
were taken the young wolves might be
killed in April, and the country freed
from this scoufge In the course of a few
years. There already exists q body called
the Louveterie; but they are reported to be
anxious not to render their occupation
useless by discriminating the enemy, and
their hunting never assumes formidable
character. 1t may be doubted, however,
whether it would be possible to get rid OF
wolves entirely, as, in hard winters, they
come in from North Germany and Poland.
We sometimes have them at Chantilly and
Fontainebieau, but the days are happily
past when the wolves round Paris lost all
taste for sheep and took to shepherds. The
wolves, he it remarked, are very cunning.
A pack of these animals will 60 to u fold
and place themselves all on the same side.
The sheep naturally huddle together ut
the other extremity. On a sudden the
wolves dart round and the terrified sheep
rush, in a body, with Such force across the
fold that they often knock down the bar
~iers which protected them.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20

A writer says: /" Never take Come and
see me- as a phrase meant in earnest I'M
less it be accompanied with date Such
an invitation amounts to nothing at all.
If lady or gentleman desires your com
pany he or she will appoint a time tor
your visit. Call On mewhen you can
make it convenient Drop in as you are
passing Make US visit whenever you
have an hour or two to spare are social
antiquities by which men and women
Of the world understand that they are not
expected TO do the thing requested. When
people wish to be cheaply polite there is
nothing like this Kind of yagueness. The
complimentary small change of society
must always be taken at q large discount.
1t is never worth its face or anything
like It. Yet it is convenient medium OF
exchange, and heavy debts Of gratitude
that ought tc be requited IN better coin.
are often paid With IT, People who have
more polish than principle use il lavishly-
plain, blunt, honest men sparingly or not
at ali. Whoever makes a friendly visit
to fashionable house on the strength of
mere Come and see me- will very
often find that the family circle he has
dropped into by request is as ungenial rs
the Arctic circle, and he will probably
leave 1t with a chilly feeling that will
prevent him nom venturing into the same
high latitude again. But when a whole
souled man, whom yOu know to be your
friend. grasps you vigorously by the hand
and says, Come and dine with me to-day
dinner on the table at five O'Clock
be sure to conceive shall expect you,'
you car, take it as certain that your pres
ence is warmly desired. 1t is pleasant al
ways to make or receive a visit from
friend, but q nod ON the street is all
sufficient from fashionable acquaint-
ancep
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20
Venetian Artillery.

Early guns were of very rude construc-
ton. The successive Improvements, so
far as they can bctraced, originated in the
north of Italy, and Venice certainly had a
large share in bringing them into tile prac-
tice Of war. The brothers Alberghetti,
celebrated at first as artists in metal, to
whose skill we owe those beautiful fount-
which still delight the eye of the traveller,
were induced to turn their attention to the
casting Of guns, and the Introduction of
boring machines Is attributed to them.
Leonardo da Vinci also, whose fame as an
engineer il less than as q painter only in
80 Tar as his works were of a less popular
nature, devised several Improvements in
the manufacture and management of artiI-
lery, which were easily reduced to Practice
by the Venetian workmen; and although
he himself does not seem to have been in
the immediate service of the v enetian Gov
eminent, still, rs HIS plans became known,
and his treatise On gunnery-probsbly the
first scientific work on the subject-was
published, he was really and effectively in
the services Of evefy government whose
O0lceBs had the bruins 10 understand his
teachinEs, or whose verkmen had the
hnnds TO execute them; In which category
he venetisns wese pre-eminentiy includ-
ed. Toward The end Of the sixteenth cen
soA seHGy A1AUio0e4 y NAV NUS " ConsIu'
cred as . primitive form Of hewitzer, for
firing grape II is described by Graham
as s0rf of cask of very thick wood,
barely . cubit in length and about the
same bore ~ mortar. Unjust thus have
been inside shout the sixe Of a nine gallon
beer-barret This was loaded with ieaden-
balls and stones as large as an egg, and is
said TO have done good service in the bat,
tie of Lepanto; on board those ships ON
which this horrible hail fell it made terri
BILE havoc. "-Froser's Magazine
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20
Partisan clearinghouse.

A writer in LippincotFs says: 1.-THE
Partisan boarding houses are, as rule,
very bad. They are compounded of dirt
and starvation. Usually they are cheap
enough, from eight to ten francs being
demanded for board, including service
everything, in fact, except fire and lights.
The company is generally far from unex-
ceptionable, and the unwary female who
may chance, with true American sociabil-
ity, TO make acquaintances among the
other lady bOarders will be apt to find
herself burdened with an intimacy more
scandalous than desirable. The supplies
of food are carefully adjusted so as to
keep the boarders just inside of starvation
pitch, everything, even to the bread, be-
ing cut down to the smallest possible al
lowance for each person. No butter is
given at dinner at all. Breakfast is CON-
posed of a very small bit of meat, two
eggs, pat of butter about the size and
thickness of a silver dollar, and just as
little bread as the waiter by cutting thin
slices and keeping the plate out of the
way can persuade the bOarder to accept.
At some of these houses land well-fre-
quented and fashionable ones at that the
worn-out sheets of the establishment are
pressed into requisition for breakfast
tablccloths. There is a good deal of dis
play at dinner in the way of plated
epergnes and artificial flowers, but the fare
is ofthe scantiest and the glass and china
are of the coarsest and commonest quality.
Some of the more expensive Partisan
boarding houses are kept by decayed men,
bers of the aristocracy, and these are
especially to be avoided, as the title OF the
host or hostess is supposed to cover up
multitude of sins in the way of rudeness,
extortion and meanness of all kinds. But
then it looks we'll to see it announced in
the American papers that Mrs. and Miss
Starsanstripes have been staying in Paris,
the guests of the Baroness Bouerseride,'
but the paragraphist is careful not TO an
nounce that Mime. la Baronne keeps a
boarding-h house, and that Mrs. Starsan-
stripes pays 100 francs week for the
privilege of dwelling beneath her hos
pitable roof. At some of these houses
gambling on quite an extensive scale is
carried ON in the evenings. Generally
the arrangement of the rooms is very bad,
as Partisan houses are not adapted to the
requirements of transient guests, and the
heights to which the visitor is supposed to
climb are incalculable, many of these
buildings being from six to seven stories
high, and with never an elevator to be
seem"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20

THE results of single top-dressing on
eight plots of nearly half an acre each of
sandy, warm soil of our State Agricultu-
raj College farm exhibited the following
facts at the end of three years: The top
dressing was applied in 1864, and the
grass was cut twice each season in 1854
and 1885, and once in 1886. The produce
OF each cutting and of each lot was
weighed separately and a perfect record
kept. The results for the four seasons
were as follows: On the plot to which no
manure or fertilizer was applied the total
weight of hay yielded per acre was 8,740
pounds Where two bushels of plaster
per acre were applied the yield per acre
was II, 226 pounds, gain of 4 4S4 pounds
Where five bushels OF wood ashes were
applied the yield per acre was IL, 9O7
pounds, gain Of 4, 165 pounds. Where
three bushels of salt were sown per acre
the yield was ID, go pounds, a gain of
5,227 pounds. Where twenty loads of
muck per acre were laid on the yield per
acre was 10, 616 pounds, gain per acre of
5,O74 pounds. Where twenty loads Of
horse manure were laid on the yield was
II ,6S6 pounds, a gain of 6,224 pounds.
These are results which indicate that there
are fertilizers which will produce as good.
results as plaster. For instance, the
plaster yielded a gain of 81 per cent
while the horse manure gave an increase
OF II per cent, or nearly a ton more
grass per acre in the three years. Michigan
Farmer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20

The San Francisco Bulletin says that o
young gentleman of -estimAble character
residing in that city and q shining light
in an honorable profession unwittingly
incurred the displeasure of q young lady
was ignorant both of the time and manner
Of the oifense. The young lady, however,
soon made it manifest by commencing .
systematic espionage on all his incomings
and outgoings. She followed this up with
q series of letters addressed to an intimate
friend of his in which the history of his
private life from day to day was related in
detail His social and business relations
were, judging from this correspondence,
as familiar to her as they were to him.
All the letters were signed IL Cora Kent"
ceal as being fictitious. This unpleasant
correspondence was kept up with remark
able regularity for two and a half years
never less than three and frequently four
letters being received each week by the
involuntary mutual friend All the let
tiers were mailed in San Francisco but
each one bore three-cent stamp. Dur
ing this time the young man thus perse-
cuted was unable to identify his remorse-
less prosecutor, and 1t was by the merest
accident the discovery was fiually made,
but the object is still mystery. A letter
addressed to the young lady, mildly inti-
mating that if she continued her unwar-
ranted persecution any longer she would
find herself in the strong hands of the law,
stopped the correspondence.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20

The New York Times mentions q curious
case, presenting both human nature. and
photography In . somewhat curious as
pea, which came up for trial in Brook
1yn court ne cher day. A young lady
Waited phoeogrnpheF in thax city and de-
sired ~ be pA0eographed. he photog-
xapher appl1uded her design and prom
ised 10 do fan Justice % her charming
featurea He placed her In his chair,
shes s1corksd Is Camera. y Wkesb ee me ne
young iady s1iIed too sooa, e. uninten-
fionally wF3geled, tt b not stafed, but
when the photographer emerged from the
dark closet wherein he Ind poured cut IL
bafioas nj nikrste:of silver 10 the sungod,
he brought Win him piceure which was
found unsatisfactory" and was CON-
PEELED 70 offer 10 take new one which
should be more like the sitter. Seventeen
suecessive attempts did this patient pho
tOgrapher make 10 it The features Of his
time the rcsult was alleged TO Be- . failure
There Vas foo litale nose In one picture.
In ano1hef m excess q nose beltftled the
othef Gestures ~ contrast In this one the
eyes were lacking Ia expression, in that
the mouth was eut Of drawing. Many of
the pictures failed to do justice to the
lady's chin, while others wore an air of
resignation 10 the photographers expert
menis which would have drawn a smile Of
derision from he very sevefestof Cheshire.
CATS The young lady rejected each sue
cessive picture, and when the seventeenth
had been Submitted and rejected the long
suffering photographer declined to spend
the rest of his life and chemicals upon 30
difi1cult a subject. The young lsdy re-
fused to pay him until he had made sat-
isfactory picture, and so the photographer
went to law to obtain some compensation
for his wasted time and capital, and the
Court decided that the seventeen sittings
must be paid for.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20
A Diamond Of Ill.Omen.

A lady of great accomplishments, and
one who has had considerable experience
of life-none other than the wife of Capt
Burton, the renowned African trav-
eler-has just published book in which
she forctclls much peril to England, and
especially to Queen Victoria, if that SOW
ereign persists in retaining in her possess
sion the celebrated Koh- moor diamond
That stone has always had bad reputa-
ton. 1t is said, though without sufficient
reason, 10 have been discovered in the
mines of Golconda. and that in cOnse-
quence Of some terrible deed of cruelty
perpetratcd on its finder his dying curse
still clings to it. Mrs. Burton traces the
history of the gem through many possess
ors, all of whom suffered some terrible
disaster or came to a violent death. The
first lost his kingdom, the second died in
exile, others were strangled or assassi-
mated in different ways The fall of the
once great Empire of AurungZebe she at
tributed TO the Mountain of Light. When
Nadir Shah captured Delhi he took away
with him to Persia treasure and Jewels of
incalculable value, among them the Koh-
moor. From the moment he reached
Persia everything went wrong" The
Emperor was soon after assassinated and
his jewels stolen. Its next possessor was
poisoned; the two next had their eyes put
stone till it came into the possession of
Runjeet Sing, the Lion of the Punjab. He
died soon after-then his sonwas poisoned,
and at brief intervals his grandson and
greatgrandson also were assassinated.
Anarchy followcd-then came the conquest
of the Punjab, and so the diamond fell
into its present destination.
This is all matter of history, and has
been recounted by previous writers. But
De-
over the old ground again. She declares
that she did not know the history of the
gem until she had had a dream, wherein
it was made known to her. She then
looked into the question, though it must
be allowed that she is not quite accurate
in her account of the fortunes of the former
proprietors. Many of them whom she
does not mention were prosperous and
powerful rulers; some died peaceable
deaths, and one, the monarch of the Sikhs,
SO far as regarding the diamond as i'll
omened, valued it as a holy relic and be-
queathed Il to Jugsernaut
But Mrs. Burton il firm believer in
omens, and entrcats the Queen to discard
the stone, which she sometimes wears.
She says that Lord Dalhousie, who sent it
to the Queen, died soon afterward; that
the Duke of Wellington, who gave the
first stroke to the new cutting, lived but
three months, and that Prince Albert next
fell victim to the ancient curse. Now,
it is not difficult to understand how q
belief in the ill-omen of this diamond
should have prevailed in the East. Apart
from the facts connected with lis history,
its extreme value-since II is by far the
purest diamond now in existence-would
have Induced some 70 malign Il in order
to possess II. But It is not 50 easy to &C.
count for the credulity or superstition,
cali it what we may, which we find dis
played in q woman Of such high culture,
talent and practical knowledge of the
world as Mrs Burt0n.-N. p. Times.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20
The Dull Season In London.

t1r,n
an Lon.,on e1lrcSt,on9 :; says: M
auii season nh, IN ;, h y nearly ovel sne
-. .c I sreas . ., VIII sry s - A.;n
.;,;as can xo.,,' No a.. ~ an .tan,,,sa1r
S..se "a. Ia 49,, 49,. y. s.c 81 III.
~ anu M.s. :I'l'0a .. ac1 s y. sonse
T Ra..s $500, - au4n a .ha III Tas. sJ ,n,,
aa ns s,ness s ~; u 'ne E Essi wd'S S
49, 80 shcv, ~ r;s;,,Sa d;aa-.sna .0 ~ ~
anon ~. sssh;nnahIa loca:is;es 81 the
West End the Chance efyected in a few
weeEs IL msrveions The, great clnh.
houses which line one aide of pail Man
1850 49,. I 80 49, =. ".i Ae,s
1sc q s:icns anu uc'eeu Is tne IuI1s ~
iii ia slancs ~ln iescais Ds.e !.
cns.ay e,rn ;,,,-. hro,,Jns - a;,mw s
v.h;ts d,urar 49, .ore.,a. =, 10y -!
s."aS Sa PieI .r ~ C1u I.
~. iuseI heePsr Lug scnsineis IN tne ysu "
p. Sames fasaGS yawn ihvolunsarIly =
o.ey Pac9 W enu -uv"a uPo1 sucll pos:s,
:. ~ -. % an as;.,, ~ ~ 800 as..n
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20
The London Cat-ShOw.

Col. Forney in a late London letter to
the Philadelphia Press describes the cat
show at the Crystal Palace; This
season there are no less than 2l3 exhibit
ors. The Crystal Palace itself is familiar
TO Americans. The center transept, at
once a beautiful promenade and de-
lightful resting place, was crowded yes
terday by the visitors who came to see
the cats in cages down each side. Each
cage contained q cushion for pussy, q
little saucer filed with milk, etc, while
the prize cats were distinguished by a
blue flag hung from the top. Some idea
of the enterprise of the authorities at the
palace may be gathered from the fact that
about 100 prizes were offered for compcti-
ton, from five pounds to fifteen shillings,
while marks of distinction which are
equally coveted, such as very highly
commended are also awarded. In GER
tain classes where there is no great COM
petition and only say three prizes, these
good OAance of carrying off the first prize
at local shows or exhibitions, where their
standing would be more completely rec
ognized. The best tabby cat received a
silver cup. For this prize there was q
general rivalry; there were thirty six can
didates, and as they were all first-class
the decision of the judges was not made
until after much discussion The prize
man ut last appeared in Master Shuckard's
Tommy Dodd,' aged nine years, and
valued at e100 $4,000; the winner Of the
second prize was also held at the same
amount, while the value attached to others
in the same class was never below i've
pounds. Miss Shorthouse's cat, age I'M
known, possesses tabular pediGree for six
generations and is valued by its owner
at 210, 900; but in face of these substan-
fsuv .
among the prizes, only receiving high
dates were magnificent creatures, grace
full in their movements, their furs shining
with gloss resembling the richest velvet.
These cats were the best in the show and
were specially considered by the Judges
to be superb class. The average weight
of each was about sixteen and one-half
pounds. One Of the prizes was for the
won by q specimen weighing few ounces
over eighteen pounds. This gentleman
was 80 overcome with joy at the honor he
had won that he gave himself up to
amusement the whole day, glad to en-
gage in . game with the first youugster
thatcame along. Few out of the 500
pussics showed bad tempers the excep-
tons were amongst the black cats, which
for the most part seemed dascontented-
Very different was tie conduct of the
long haired Angora species, with their
splendid coats white as snow, their pink
eyes and fiery appearance forming one of
the most interesting features. The crowds
Of children who almost In these DAYS live
at the palace make their choice without
regard to the decision of the judges, and
ttsSr JoeorStes are At once emitted among
themselves The juvenile favorites yes
terday were three kittens belonging to one
farm yx~ <xF a tI-s
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20

Nor long ago the Rev. Mr.. Winsor, of
Red Wing, Mimi, met with painful loss
in the burning of his daughter Alice.
Her breast, abdomen, legs, arms and
hands were shockingly burned, and after
few hours she died. She was only about
five years old, and, as she fingered be-
tween heaven and earth u little while, she
asked her mother to lie on the bed with
her, and, when this request was granted,
she said: Sing to me am Jesus Little
Lamb" As her stricken mother tried to
press back the torrent of grief that welIed
up in her heart, and sang the words, the
dear little sufferer made an effort, with
her failing strength, to put one of her
crispcd arms around her neck. After
ward as death drew near, she requested
for Me-" and seemed TO be soothed by
those grand old words.-,St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20

An American Tnveler in England''
speaks of the hotels there as follows: Nap
kins are to be furnished and used as q
matter Of course at dinnef, but not 1t
breakfast. Butter Is 10 be eaten ct break
fast but not ct dinner, SAW perhaps With
cheese. You are required to sleep on a
feather-bcd in the warmest day Of July
and August, but it is the fashion to be
dressed without drawers, no matter how
cold or chilly the weather. The night air
they tell you Is bad for you, and, therefore,
when you retire to ysur chamber at night
you find the doors and windows are all
carefully shut, and often double curtains
drawn, so by no possibility pure breath
Of air may be drawn from the outside, and
the air within may. be poisoned as speedily
as possible Per contra, gas is not allowed
in the hotel chambers, lest, forsooth, the
air be injured thereby. The idea Of hav-
ing window mp an inch or two while
sleeping to obyiate this is not, thought Of
After a night thus spent in sort of
F." Black Hole of Calcutta" breathing q
tainted atmosphere, you are expected to 60
to the hotel breakfast room and, with the
thermometer often as low as fiffy-six de-
grees to sixty or sixty-fve sit down and
wait for mortal hour, with the draughfs
of cold air all around you, chilling your
bones to the very marrow. ~
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20

8 This IL an expression that we hear from
doctors when they are in doubt about
the nature of the disease Of their patients.
The country seems 70 be filed with such
cases, and the, arc trying Arst one remedy
and then another, hoping in vain to find
relief. They generally lave the following
symptoms: A general depression Of spirits,
with evil ferebodmgs, . whiriing sensation
breath, with . bad taste in the mouth,
especially in the morning, pain in the sides
and back, urine scznty and high colored,
frequently voided with difficulty, frequent
hesdsches, . distressed feeling at the pit Of
the stomach, food affording no nourishment
The patient feels tired al the while, and
sleep affords but little rest After time q
dry, hacking cough sets in, followed after .
time with expectorAtion, hands and feet cold
and clammy at times, general wasting Of
the body. In such csses we need . remedy
that will act upon the liver, Kidneys, stomach
and blood At the same time, and when We
use such 8 remedy II affords relief The
best artic.e for this purpose is the SHAKER
Pearl street, N. Z. Agents wanted.