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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02
Intelligence OF the Horse.

In a recent Tribune appears clipping
from the Turf, Field and Farm giving an
account of a party of " Surveyors Saved
by Horse" AS an evidence that such
intelligence is by no means confined to
the " Indian ponies" the following will
be interesting to lovers of that noble
beast in general:
In the fall of 1861 we were campaign
ing in Southwestern Missouri; and on a
very cold evening it became my duty to
relieve the chain of pickets in our front.
| started from camp with about seventy
mounted men about an hour before dark !;
made my circuit, dropping the new men
and taking up the old and when all had
been relieved it had become quite dark
and a slight snow began to fall and the
wind to increase in force.
We were now about a mile and half
from camp if we were to follow the
picket-line till we struck the road, but in
a direct line not more than half to three
quarters of a mile; and wishing to get
into quarters before the storm became
severe / concluded to take a short cut for
home-which, like many an attempted
short cut, proved very long one; for
| after riding long enough to have gone
several times the distance it became ap-
parent that we did not know where We
were, and ! was forced to acknowledge
that / was not very good leader.
! In turn, several Of my men, who
| thought they could do better, tried to
lead us; but all to no purpose. II was
now nearly eleven o'clock, showing and
| blowing gale, with a fair prospect OF
our having tp remain SIT all night.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02
An Indian in COrsets.

AN Indian yesterday called into q
Woodward avenue store to sell some
baskets, and he was SO persistent that
one of the clerks finally took down an
old corset and offered it to him if he
would go away and buzz some one else.
What he fOr?" inquired Lo, as he
held up the corset.
Put him on squaw-make her look
gay-here, this way" replied the clerk,
passing the corset around the Indian.
Ugh! Him goodI" growled Lo, and
he took the corset ana went out. Rea-
soning that what was good for squaw
was good for Indian, he slid into the
alley east of the avenue, dropped his
baskets and started to put on the corset.
He got it bottom side up, hind side be-
fore. and every way but the right one
but he finally saw what the matter was.
He removed his coat, took the corset
strings out, and then clasping the corset
behind him he put the strings back and
tied them in front of him, and the corset
was on. He folded up his coat. picked
up his baskets and appeared on the street
again, hat slanted over his ear, and his
look betrayIng his great pride.
"Great goats, but what's that's" shout
ed the boys, as they caught sight of him
and they laughed until they fell down
The Indian presented most laughable
spectacle rs he passed up the avenue
but he stepped high and didn't mind the
boys, until a policeman stopped him and
crowd gathered. Lo then got ii
through his head that the clerk had sold
him, and that he was being made fun of
and he unlaced the corset, threw it on
the sidewalk in great wrath, and ex.
claimed:
'' Heap cuss-whoop ~ Detroit Fire.
Press
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02
The WhaIe.Fishery.

The Pail Hall Gazette gives some sta
tistics on the whale-fshery, which,
though limited to England, serve to indi-
cate the decline of this industry among
all nations. In 1914, 143 English ships
were engaged in whaling, with a result
of the capture of 1881 " fish" and the
produce Of 10, 4OS tons of oil. AS an ex-
ample of the luck" of the fishery, it is
mentioned that one ship came home
clean" another obtained but one fish,
whilst third captured forty. In 1924,
the British whaling fleet had dropped to
III vessels, and the number of fish taken
was 761. In 1884 the number of whalers
take of fish this last year amounted to
1875, yielding 1900 tons of oil and 80 tons
of whalebone. In 1854 the British
whalers numbered So, and the catch was
81 whales. The first record of the cap
turc of seals by English vessels occurs
in 1S41, when the Peterhead boats pulled
1880. Seal oil was at that time worth
from $165 to 5000 per ton. In 1874 the
capture of AZ seals is recorded; in 1854
of 59.3O1.
During the last twenty years the whale
fishery has still further declined-not, as
the Gazette urges, on account of the in
vention of gas, but because Of the grea
scarcity of whales and the excessive
peril of the occupation. The Greenland
whale is almost entirely exterminateC
and other species have been SO reduced
in numbers as to make their capture al
Improbable adventure, while no indus
try of the sea is SO fraught with disaster
| to those engaged in it.-Chicdgo Tribune
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02
The Way to Judge Of Wool on a Live
Sheep.

THE finest and softest wool is always
found on the shoulders of a sheep. But
not one person in 10000 is aware of this
fact. Let us watch an expert when he is
about to pass judgment on a sheep con-
corning the value of the animal for pro-
ducing wool, and it will be seen that he
always looks at the wool on the shoulders
first. A writer of extensive experience
in rearing fine-wooled sheep and in hand
ling wool communicates the following
suggestions for selecting a good wooded
sheep: Always assuming that the wool
to be inspected is really fine wool we
first examine the shoulder at the part
where the finest and best wool is usually
found. This we take as the standard,
and compare it with the wool from the
ribs, the thigh, the rump and the shoulder
parts. and the nearer the wool from these
various portions of the animal approach
es the standard the better. First we
scrutiniZe the fineness, and if the result
be satisfactory we pronounce the fleece
in respect of fineness very" even" Next
we inquire into the length of the staple,
and if we find that the wool on the ribs,
thigh and back approximates reasonably
in length to that of our standard we
again declare the sheep, as regards
length of staple, true anu even. We
next desire to satisfy ourselves of the
density of the fleece; and if we do this
by closing the hand upon a portion of
the rump and of the loin wool, the fleece
at these points being usually the thinnest
and faulty, and if this again gives salts
faction we signify the fact by designat
ing the wool " even" as respects density
Now to summarize these separate exam
nations: If you find the fleece of nearly
equal fineness from the shoulder to the
thigh; of nearly equal length on the
shoulder, rib, thigh and back, and of
density on shoulder and across the loins
you may conclude that you have nearly
perfect sheep for producing valuable
wool. Selecting sheep for valuable
feeders is quite another thing.-N. Y
Herald
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02

the circumstances of any species of the
vegetable kingdom. At the December
meeting of the st. Louis Academy, Prof.
Riley, State Entomologist, exhibited
some flowers of the Physidnthus aliens,
q species of the Asclepiddcete or milk
weeds, which had captured a number of
sphinx moths (Dielephtld hneatd) by their
tongues. In this plant, as in many of the
Asclepidaceas, the stigma is curiously
reflexed and cleft. Thus when insects
thrust their tongues into the flowers in
search of honey it often happens that the
intruding member penetrates one of
these clefts, and it's owner finds it i'm
possible to draw it out again. In short,
he is caught in trap, and must depart
leaving his tongue, that essential organ
of his existence, behind him or stay with
it and perish. Either way it seems
death to the haplcss prisoner. In large
number of cases Mr.. Riley found that
| insects chose to wrench themselves
| away, leaving the tips of their tongues
| miserable jaws or clefts of the stigmaS
in the teeth of the flowers furnish quite
as convincing evidence of their murder
| Gus intentions as would the presence OF
| the entire bodies of their captives. The
question now remaining for naturalists
to solve is, How do the insects caught by
the Asclepidaceas, or milk weeds. inure tt
the benefits of the plants? In Europe il
has been discovered that the common
| 0leander catches insects in the same
manner. What purpose in the economy
| of the plant do these captures serve
That is the query next in order.-Chic0g,
/ Tribune.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02
Superstition in Paris.

THE Paris correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph writes to that journal:
You often hear it said that magic,
witchcraft and such superstitions no
longer survive here l would not deny
that for while they became torpid.
But of late the breath of life has re-
turned to them. What wonder, when
millions go on the pilgrimage and mi
raculOus cures are daily reported? At
the trial of the new bridge at Surennes,
two days since, accusations of witchcraft
were launched against an old idiot
woman. The Zouave Jacob, whose fame
you may dimly remember, is still at work
curing consumption with a glance, and
setting paralytic old women to run a
race. He has two or three disciples, or
rivals, who all do a rattling trade. Then
there are sorcerers simple. In Paris, at
| this day, money can be made on no larger
| capital than impudence and coffee
grounds Among professors of the art
| ranks the good woman of the Rue de
Chaillot. Alchemists are to be dis
| covered by those who look. There is one
in the Rue de Sevres who has simples
for every complaint, physical or moral
| And then the prophets! By the Odeon
you will find NJ. Ledos, who dispenses at
| once with odic fluid, coffee grounds and
herbs gathered under influence of this OF
his desk, looks you all over and proceeds
to prophesy. Then there is Edmond, the
| oracle of the Quarter Breda. Edmond
goes in for stuffed owls, and crocodiles
| and robes of velvet with DEVILS devices
| on them. He is not a high-class hum
bug. but he makes a desperate lot of
money. This man was the first hermit
at Mabille; prudent philosopher, he
saved his ill-gOtten coppers, and in due
time moved to the quarter Notre Dame
des Lorettes, and from thence to one of
| the most aristocratic streets off the
Champs Elysees. There he receives his
| clients from one to four p. NJ, in a
pointed cap and tinseled girdle. On
his card is printed, as a crest, An arrow
| pointing downward, with o crescent on
its tip, and a newt or other reptile climb
| ing up the shaft. In a swarm of stars
appears the rather unmysterious name
Edmond So much for the absence of
superstition among modern French"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02
Intelligent Ants.

EN-. HALE relates the following in a
recent number of the Chicago Tribune:
In one of your late issues was an &C
count of the wonderful intelligence of
the ants of South America. l think
can contribute something to prove that
the ants of this portion of our continent
possess equal intelligence.
While rambling in the woods on the
sh,.res of Lake Geneva last summer /
discovered company of large brown
ants feasting on the crumbs left OF a
picnic dinner. Their repast was found
on a stump aud the crumbs of cake were
in a little depression of half an inch
deep. The party probably numbered
fifty or more
In a spirit of mischievous investiga-
ton l dipped up in my hands little
water from the lake and poured it into
the depression where eants were feast
ing A general rush for dry land fol-
lowed, but all were not nimble enough
to escape. Several were overwhelmed
and struggled for life as any human
would. A few of the largest reached
the shore; but what was my astonish-
ment when | observed that those who
had escaped, after shaking themselves,
signaled to others and both boldly
plunged into the miniature lake, and,
swimming to the rescue of their CON-
panions, seized and dragged them out of
the water! Some seemed to recover i'm
mediately and ran nimbly away. Others
were nearly drowned, and these were
rolled and shaken by their rescuers just
as drowned men are sometimes treated
in similar cases.
watched their efforts with the great
est interest, for they showed such decis,
ion, GOODNESS and bravery that it COM
manded my respect. They saved all but
two or three from watery grave. These
l picked out and laid down on the dry
wood in sight of the ants. They would
come up one after the other, touch them
with their antenna, and, finding they
were dead, go (mournfully?) away.
watched them until they had all left
the top of the stump. They did tat
least while l remained-come back and
| give their brethren a decent burial, as
| appears to be the custom of their South
| American fellows.
For many years, what little time have
have watched closely the mental mani
| festations of animals, particularly cats
| squirrels and horses, and every year the
| conviction grows apace that their intel
lectual powers, if cultivated, would fal
exceed our most sanguine expectations
More than this, there are evidences o.
something more than "blind instinct
| in plants, and l could narrate many
strange habits of certain plants which
would surprise the unobservant.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02
the only cup drunkard cares for is a

the only cup drunkard cares for is
buttercup.
Actresses may perhaps be forgiven tor
clinging to their rouge pots and powder
boxes, even when an impatient audience Is
not waiting to applaud. The woman who
has been accustomed to make up her
face every night from her youth up, in
order to add to the Establishments Of the
footlights, finds it well nigh impossible
to trust to natures simplicity, even when
she goes out in the broad light of day to
do little shopping. She puts no conf,
dence in her face as God made it, and
the consequence is that you never see
her (unless she happens TO be your wlte)
without a countenance for which NJ
Lubin or DIR. Gouraud is more to be
thanked than Providence. Nay, she
sometimes goes to the length of wearing
| blonde wig at mid day, and orders "a
number of pretty things at Stewart IN
| such a checelure as Clara Morris might
wear in Lady Macbeth You are amazed
| to see the siren to whom you were intro
duced over night change the color of her
hair almost as often as the dolphin alters
| his hues and between red, a blonde, an
| auburn and blue black wig your capaci-
| ty for Identification is Sorely taxed
| This NAV be an exceptional case, but ii
occurs often enough to illustrate the fact
| that an actress whose chief hold on
popularity is her personal charms viii
| not be deferred by tritle from endeav'
| oring to eXtort in the street the admlra
| ton she has already won on the stage
| This is one of the varieties of Broadway
| beauty that we cannot afford altogether
| to ignore.-Ihe ArcddidH-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02
A Bad Manager.

WHAT a picture for ":hose about to
marry" is thus given in the Saturday Re
Uien of a wife who is bad manager:
Her dress is always stained with the
droppings of her teacup, and she has no
intermediate state between untidiness
and finery. She puts on her best clothes
for a morning walk, and keeps nothing
for her visiting days. Her piano always
wants tuning, and she never remembers
the date of the tax-collector's visits. She
forgets her gloves or her card case till
she has arrived at the hall door, and
when they are brought the gloves always
want buttons, and there are no cards in
the case. She never learns the rate of
postage, and writes her foreign letters
after the mail has gone out. A drive in
cab involves a fight about the fare, and
she brushes the muddy wheel with her
dress in getting out. She expects her
servants to do everything without in
structiOns, and usually speaks of them
as 'wretches.' While she exacts OBJ
sequious respect from them, she talks be-
fore them of their shortcomings. She
gives them needless trouble by her laZi-
ness or carelessness, and, while she does
nothing for their comfort, expects them
to study hers constantly. She will
thoughtlessly ring them up to the top of
the house to put on the Goals which are
heedlessly send them three or four err
rands when . little forethought on her
part would have made one enough. She
never interests herself in their welfare,
| hardly knows their names, never spares
| them when they are ill, or thinks of how
| she may save them trouble. She pro-
| vides no wholesome literature for their
leisure reading, and does not inquire af
| ter the proper investment OF their little
savings. Their wages are always in ar.
rear, and she habitually tempts their
honesty by leaving her purse or her let
| tiers lying about, and yet frequently sus-
poets them without cause. She charges
them with theft and untruthfulness OF
the smallest grounds, and constantly
fancies that they are looking at hel
through the keyhOle or listening behind
the door. She is indignant when they
| give her notice, Snd refuses them char
acter when she finds that they cannot
compel her to give them one. She
knows nothing of them after they leave
her, and never concerns herself to ge
them places. She expects them both t.
be up before her in the morning and also
to sit up late for her at night. If she il
ill they must attend her like nurses, ris,
to her call at all hours of the night, anc
work for her in every respect as if they
| loved her."
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02
Adventures Of a Sleepy Play-Goer.

A GENTLEMAN who visited the Opera
House on Monday night to witness the
first performance in this city of Jane
Coombs was unconsciously an actor in q
side drama of his own making, in the
following manner: He occupied a bal
cony seat quite aloof from others, where,
in his retirement, he fell asleep, and
slept quite as soundly, if not as long, as
Rip Van WinkIe on the Catskills.
Through all the clatter of the orchestra,
the storm of plaudits and the usual jam
and rush for a speedy exit after the final
dropping of the curtain, even after chan
ricleer had proclaimed the coming in of
another day, and the small hours had
counted on until four, Mr. - slumbered.
He awoke with sense of extreme chilli
ness and decided impression of the
surrounding chaotic gloom. He reached
out for the pillow on which he supposed
he had been lying, but found only mar
row seat on which he was sitting upright.
A thousand thoughts rushed through his
mind. Perhaps he had been kidnapped
or drugged, or waylaid and beaten, and
left for dead. Searching his pocket he
found a broken match lit was more
precious at this moment than rare gem
of the ocean, which he lighted with
much caution lest it might prove fail
ure, when he discovered that he was in
the Opera House, and that "the lights
had fled and all but him departed" The
question, How shall l get out?" was
then all-absorbing, for the gentleman
knew full well that the watchmen who
were on duty would I" shoot him on the
spot" for burglar if he made a move
So he yelled Fire! Fire" at the top OF
his voice, and while the watchmen were
| endeavoring to ascertain whence came
the alarm the gentleman "rose up and
desired to explain" the cause of his pres
ence at the Opera-House. "Alrs well
that ends WE'LL" said the gentleman, as
he left the watchmen; but all did not
end well, for he found on reaching the
sIreet-lamp that his new hat had been
stolen and an old one left in its stead
Troy Wig.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02
- A Drop of Joy In Every WOrd.o

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not be too highly praised, for they have al
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months ago | was broken out with large
ulcers and sores on my body, limbs and face.
! procured your Golden Medical Discovery and
Purgative Pellets, and have taken six bottles,
and to-day am in good health, all those ugly
ulcers having healed and left my skin in a
natural, healthy condition. thought at one
time could not be cured. Although | can
but poorly express my gratitude to you, yet
there is a drop of joy in every word / write
Gods blessing rest on you and your wonder
full medicines is the humble prayer of
Yours truly,
JAMES o. BELLS.
When medicine will promptly cure such
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virulent poison causing them, who can longer
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ever does not wish to place his Golden Medi-
cal Discovery in the catalogue of quack patent
nostrums by recommending it to cure every
disease, nor does he SO recommend it; but
what he does claim is this: that there is but one
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| that disease is cancer He does not recommend
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02
Insect.Catching Plants.

THE interesting facts lately ascer-
tanned with respect to the habits of in
sect-eating plants have induced among
naturalists a closer examination of kin
dred tendencies wherein their existence
has been limited in the construction or
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02

of Farmers, Poultry Breeders and Fanciers is in
vited to examination of the Poultry Argus, one
of the best Poultry magazines in America The
December number is illustrated with cuts of the
Light Brahma and Brown Leghorns, and contains
a variety Of late and interesting poultry news
and articles subjects of interest every breed
and farmer. Each number is illustrated with
fine wood-cuts descriptive Of the leading yarie-
ties of Poultry, and enriched with articles from
the pens of the best breeders and fanciers
Every man who keeps dozen chickens should
take it. The publishers announce their determi-
nation to make it of the best Poultry Jour
mails in America. 1t is furnished for the small
sum Of one dollar per year. Liberal inducements
to agents. Specimen copies free until February.
MILLER & CL1ETOn, Publishers, Polo. Ill.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02

In cold weatherthe best collar you can wear
is the Elmwood. 1t makes the neck warmer,
while it fits so nicely you do not feel it around
your neck. Another advantage is, it keeps
clean longer than any other collar.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02

EVERY farmer who OWNS good stock of
horses, cattle and sheep, and intends to keep
them through the winter, should get at once
a good stock of Sheriddn's Cdrdlry Condition
P6ulers. One dollars worth will save at least
a half ton OF hay.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02

PERSONS who have become thoroughly
chilled from any cause may have their circu
lation at once restored by taking into thu
stomach a teaspoonful of Johnson's Anody,a
Lininent mixed i'll little cold water, wei
sWeeteued.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02

OUR readers should note the advertisement
on this page, headed Free For One Year" 1t
is an extraordinary proposition, but there is
no humbug about it, and We trust such llber-
ality will be encouraged.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02

Pfanos and Organs.
Pine new rosewood pianos for $500.
Fine walnut organs, six stops. 1928.
Good second hand pianos, $50 to 500.
Reeds Temple Of Music, Chicago.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02

FEARFUI.-the amount of money thrown
away in not buying shoes protected by Sill
YER TIPS. Parents be wise and insist that
your shoe-dealer should keep them.