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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-16
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

1t does not pay to starve stock be-
cause corn is high. The best way for
farmer is to rely on his stock for his
profits, and feed literally at all times.
Railroad Emptyings-One pint
shorts, one teaspoonful soda, ginger and
sugar, each Pour boiling water on it
until thick enough for rising. Set in a
warm place to rise. When hight set in a
cool place. This will take two or three
weeks. When you want to bake, take
four spoonfuls of milk, Il little soda and
pour one teacup of hot water on it..
When cool, thicken with flour; add one
tablespoonful of the emptyings made OF
the shorts; set in warm place to rise
When light, mix your sponge with milk
or water, and raise once before making
into loaves Times.
According to Liebig, oatmeal is al
most as nutritious as the best English
beef. and is richer than wheaton bread in
the elements going to form bone and
muscle. Prof. Forbes, of Edinburgh,
was in the habit, for some twenty years,
of measuring the breadth and height
and testing the strength of both the arms
and loins of the students of the Univer-
sity. AS the result of these experiments,
he found that, in height, breadth OF
chest and shoulders, and in muscular
strength, the Belgians were at the bottom
of the list; little above them were the
French: very much higher were the En-
glish; while above them all were the
Scotch and Scotch-Irish from Ulster, who,
| like the natives of Scotland, are accus-
| toned, in their early years, to have one
| meal day of milk and oatmeal porridge.
This evidence is held as strongly sup,
porting the conclusions of Liebig.
About SIN years ago l had a w-mill
| set on my farm. AT first they washed
| the dust as the sawyers called it, by let
| ting stream of water run underneath
the saw. AS the water got low it would
not work then they had to wheel it out
| in a pile, and when they went away
had big pile of sawdust on my hands
AS it was on a good piece of bottom land
| that desired to pillow l wanted 1t out OF
the way. tried to burn it, but it would
not burn. l concluded at last to turn II
| to some account; so when put my hogs
up to fatten hauled load every few
days and threw it in the pen. They
mixed it up with their manure and the
| cobs, and in the spring l had abou
| twenty wagon loads OF the very bes'
manure, besides keeping the hogs clear
| and dry. l used the sawdust for bed
| ding the horses and cows; L put i
around my grape vines to keep down
| grass and weeds and the ground moist
The vines improved wonderfully. SO my
pile of sawdust is used up, and it ha
paid If l was to have a mill again
j would make the bargain to have the saw
dust left on the ground.-C0r. OH,
Fa17ner
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-16
Robinson CrusOe.

NEVER sit down and ponder on Rob-
inson CrusOe's case without feeling sad
and sympathetic. He wasn't any rela-
tive OF mine, of course; he didn't even
belong to my lodge, nor vote my ticket,
but it must be awful for young and
healthy man to be cast away on an unin-
habited island for years and years and
be deprived of the society of everybody
except dog and seventeen goats.
don't wonder that there were times
when Mr.. Crusoe sat down and wished
that he were dead. Mrs. Crusoe, a dash
ing young woman, would have good rel: =
son to believe him dead, and he knew
she'd be cutting around to strawber y
festivals and have her eyes on the watcn
for second husband. If Rob was ever
rescued he'd go home and find a strange
man in the house, and strange red head
ed children galloping up and down. Then
he'd have to 60 away and die of broken
heart, as poor EnOch Arden did. No, he
wouldn't, either-he'd go for that strange
man and those red headed children like a
Chinaman for n mouse, and he'd tell
Mrs. Crusoe just what ne thought of her
conduct.
And there were hundreds of other
things to worry him and make him feel
out of sorts. He hadn't shirt which
buttoned behind, his shoe blackiDg was a
bogus article, his stock of cuffs and col
lars soon ran out, and he might put on a
diamond pin as big as his fist and there
was no one around 10 remark the style
he carried. He was a good ways from
any grocers, the mails were always be-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-16
Management OF HOuse-Plants in Cold
Weather.

MANY persons succeed admirably in
their management of house plants dur
ing the growing season so long rs the
weather is warm. but as soon as the
growing year is over and potted plants
REQUIRE protection within doors they put
on deathly appearance. The indoor
plants of II lady friend at this season OF
the year always appear as sickly, forlorn
and withered as the solitary maid of two
score and ten who now and then gets
impressive glimpses of
The dolcfu shades of the realm far OF
Where -pusters die of the whooping cough.
During hIe warm weather ner plants
flourish luxuriantly, but as soon as cold
weather comes on the plants are left on
the veranda, where they get chilled al
most to death. Then they are placed
out of doors for several hours in the cold
rain when the temperature of the atmos-
phere is almost down to freezing point.
Such management ruins tender plants.
Roses and geraniums are things of life.
Cold winds and cold water applied to the
leaves and to the soil in which they are
growing is SO detrimental to their vitality
that all their beauty and luNuriance will
soon disappear. Houseplants need an
atmosphere of uniform temperature day
and night. AS often as once every week
every pot should be submerged in tepid
water, say for u few minutes, long
enough to allow the water to nil al! the
pores in the soil. When treated in this
manner the warm water viii convey sui
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-16
A Texas Duel.

MANNING and Molett, rival physicians
in Giddings. Tex, quarreled, as most
rival physicians do. They agreed to set
tie their difficulty with knives in a quiet
place in the woods just out of town.
There were no seconds or spectators, and
each of the physicians took along lint
and bandages to dress mis- wounds. Their
accounts of the fight are alike, and as
follows: The weapons were long bowie
knives. They stripped to the waist, and
at the nrst onslaught got such a firm
hold of each other that the weapons could
not be used. After a long struggle they
separated and stood warily watching for
. chance. As they at length rushed to-
gether Manning received a slight stab in
the neck and Molett a more serious cut
across the arm. They stopped long
enough for each to dress his own wound
and then faced for another round. With
great caution, and many feints and
lodges, they spent what they say seemed
like half an hour without coming to-
gether. Finally Molett caught Man
ning's head under his arm and, while for
an instant he was able to hold him in
that position, stabbed him twice deeply
in the breast; but Manning, with his
arm free, was able at the same time to
plunge his knife into Molett's back.
These serious stabs ended the fight.
Molett was able to reach his surgical APP
pliances and attend to his wound. Man
ming tainted and fell insensible and bleed
ing. After attending to his own hurt
Molett says he was about to go away and
leave his adversary to bleed to death,
but his better nature dominated, and
with considerable effort he saved Man.
ning's life. Assistance soon came, and
they were taken to their homes, where
they will be confined a long time by their
injuries.-N. Y. Sun.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-16

An experiment of considerable i'm
pOrtance in botany has recently been
conducted in England. Some plants of
the watermelon, after their first germi
nation from the seed, have been sustained
wholly upon water, in which their roots
were immersed, and have in this condi-
ton produced fruit of the finest quality.
Very few plants can obtain sufficient
nourishment from water alone to enable
them to carry on the complete processes
of blossoming and fruiting. The hya-
cinth. which is made to flower in water,
has been first brought to maturity by a
growth of several years in the soil, and
has stored in it's bulb sufficient food for
the maintenance of it's foliage and flow
ers for an entire season. The water in
which it apparently thrives seems
to act only as a solvent of this food, fol-
it fails to furnish the material with which
the hyacinth can stock its bulb for a
succeeding years subsistence. Hence,
after the plant has once blossomed in
water it is exhausted, and is either
thrown away or set in the ground and
allowed several years to recover its spent
forces. In the case of the watermelon
cited above there was, however, no pre-
vious preparation of food, and its entire
| whole of nourishment throughout vege
tation was derived from the water.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-16

hind time, and there wasn't even one
street-car or omnibus line on the island.
If he wanted to go anywhere he had to
walk, or paddle his way in his old dug
out. Owing to the high price of gas he
couldn't use 1t in his house, and the
street lamps weren't lighted half the
time.
At home Mr.. Crusoe had been used to
going to ward caucuses, spelling schools,
husking bees and dog fights. and he sud
denly found himself deprived of all these
pleasures. For period of fifteen years
and four months he never had a chance
to cast his vote. or take something to
drink at a candidates expense, and at
last he became so reckless that he didn't
care whether Andrew Jackson or Susan
Il. Anthony was President of the United
States of America.
In addition to being deprived of good
society Mr.. Crusoe labored under many
annoyances. If he found a button of
his shirt he might get up and rave and
howl, but there was no one there to hear
and his bowling didn't do any good. He
had to get up and build his own fires
make his own bed, wash his own clothes
in the coffiee-pot, and if he lost his hat
around the house it didn't do any good
to yell out: "Sarah Jane Crusoe, where
in blaZes is my hat" for Sarah Jane was
far, far off.
can imagine how a man must feel to
be deprived of the sight of his mother
in-law for nearly twenty years, and how
lonely life must be without plenty OF
perfumed hair-oil, calf skin boots anG
now and then horse-race or a State
election to bet on. Many and many &
time l have dropped the book anG
brushed the tears away as Irealized thai
min hov cd ftu
and no one would have had Interest
enough to start a subscription for mon
ument to him.-A. Quad, in Our Fires,d
| FRIEND
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-16

On removing the upper slab of beau
tiful marble sarcophagus recently dis
covered 1t Athens, there were seen a
male and female skeleton lying side by
side. almost perfect, though without hair
or integument, or, indeed, anything ex-
cept The following beautiful and costly
objects:
l. A pair of pendants for the ears,
each three centimeters long, and formed
In two parts, connected by loop hinge,
the upper being . small cube and the
lower long and short pyramid, con-
nected At their bases; the whole being
of solid gold and SO heavy as to be sug
gestive of considerable punishment to
the wesrer.
Q Two beautiful octagonal, open-work
bracelets of the same pattern and ex-
quisite design and finish, having hinges
at the outer and inner edges, the pin of
one of which being movable permits the
bracelet to be opened and closed. The
work is composed of long square bars,
which on each of the eight facets are
formed into an antique Greek letter,
and either bracelet contains proper
name.
3. Two massive rings of gold (armlets)
with ten regular protuberances on the
outer surface, each of which originally
contained blue glass or enamel Intaglios /;
one of Artemis (D still remains tolerably
intact; many, however, are too imperfect
to be deciphered, and some have entirely
disappeared.
A. A large, plain sheet of gold, of long
oval shape, and perforated at each ex-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-16

tremity. 1t is twenty-four centimeters
in length by six in width, and about the
thickness of cartridge paper, and ap-
pears to have been an adornment worn
over the brow.
.. A hollow, spherical pin head. hav-
ing five facets and short tube. On the
facets are sockets which once probably
contained gems, but if so they have dis
appeared. This may have been the
beautiful head of an ivory or ebony pin
for fastening the hair.
6. A gold coin, about the size of "A six
pence, in perfect preservation, with a
head and the words " Hadrian-August"
on the front, and IA trophy of arms on
the reverse. This gives an approximate
idea of the date of the sepulcher
Z. Four pieces of twisted fine gold
wire, thirty-six centimeters long, proba-
bly, used for fastening the gold plate.
This completes the list of precious ar
ticles, which weigh altogether nearly IA
pound of very pure gold, and are as
bright and polished as on the day they
left the hand of the jeweler. There is.
beside the above, only Il small plaster
medal, thickly gilt the design of which
is obscure, a little cross-shaped morsel of
gold tinsel. found on the spinous process
of the seventh cervical vcrtebra, and
seven pieces of silk thread, the surface
of which was covered with gold.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-16

ficient heat to all the soil to warm up
every particle. The pots should not be
allowed to remain in the water and soak,
and soak and soak until the vitality of
the soil is completely drowned. Let the
contents of each pot have one thorough
submerging every week and then sprinkle
the surface always with warm water as
often as the soil begins to appear little
dry. In addition to the foregoing sug-
gestions let the pots be kept on a high
table or tiower-stand in a room that is al
ways comfortably warm. During the
long and cold nights let the flower
be rolled away from the cold windows
near the middle of the room. The gas
from coal stoves frequently destroys all
vitality in the leaves of growing plants
Insects on the leaves may be destroyed
by dipping the branches in a strong soap
suds. After holding the leaves and stems
in the warm suds for two or three inmates
lei the plants be washed with warm
water-dgrtcola, IN N. Y. Herald.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-16
Infant PrecOcify--.Its Dangers.

WE Just now assume to be fond of
SCIENCE. and talk wisely concerning ma
lures laws, especially such as are at a
convenient distance and don't infringe
upon ourselves but we fight shy of many
a physiological truth of nature, among
whicr is that embodied in the old aphor-
ism: Z" Soon ripe, soon rotten" Far be
ii from me to growl at the little ones, the
BRIGHT little ones. | have no cynical
dislike of them-I even sympathize in a
parents pride: but in the interest of
| these infants l say to parental pride.
and fain would say it forcibly: T. For
beor! You are running, destroying the
| object on which you build such high
hopes" Humanity is not legitimate
| subject for hot house forcing; it arrives
| at its best strength and most desirable
| development only in its natural element
| and by natural stages of rather slow
growth.
1t much more frequently happens that
\ somewhat dull child, or one that has
| shown merely "A kind of quiet common
sense, comes by and by to the front on
| the great stage of human affairs, than
otherwise. The vivacious, sparkling,
| meteOric style of infancy seems usually
to burn itself out; and its ashes fill
either an early grave, the dropping form
of an invalid, or that of some tittully-
/ uASnlQg, Out on the WnDle incompetent,
sample of mediocrity. There are excep
| tions to all rules, but this is the rule with
| regard to the growth of intellec-, not to
say genius, and both these are more
likely to be developed by the exigencies
| and hard knocks of actual life, as nature
prepares the way, than by the pamper.
ing and forcing of early stimulation
Just observe Il little one whose parents
glory in its precocity, how the lights and
shades of color and expression chase
each other over the mobile features; how
the eyes glow and the nervous system o
the excitable. miniature candidate fol
public applause is upon the strain wher
| or wherever it feels itself to be on eXhi
| bitiOn. Almost superhuman must suci
a child be if its self consciousness do no
soon make it an object of censure, if no
of dislike, to every body except its dotin.
friends, some who would win favor Will
these, or perchance a passing stranger at
tracted for a moment. But this is no
the worst of it: that eagerness for no
tice, for admiration, is fever hurryin,
on the life currents with an unwhole
some, an exhausting impulse. In pas
times people used to push and ply thei
promising infants with book-lore this i
not now the fashion; it is not school
books nor schOolmasters that nOwaday
sap the life of the little Dombeys; it
excitement, not work, that, especial
among US, does the misunderstood Q
| HEALTH
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-16
The Extent and Magnitude OF the
Dairy Trade.

THOSE who do not entertain any ade-
quate conception of the vast extent and
immense magnitude of the supply and
demand of the trade and traffic in cheese
and butter have grave apprehenslons
that there is danger of quitting the
market. In an address before a conven-
ton of dairymen recently held in West
ern New York, Y. A. Willard stated that
during the last ten years there has been
a constant fear of ever production of
butter and cheese. No doubt such fears
dwell only with those dairymen who
have never known anything practically
OF the capacity of the great DAIRY mar
kets of our country. Statistics show
that the exports of cheese since 1868 have
increased 64OOO,OOO pounds, and ii
would be safe to say that our home con-
sumption has also increased in the same
ratio. Think for a moment of the num-
Der of cows required to make "a 900, OOO
pounds of cheese; at 400 pounds to the
COW, it would require 100000, or 320, 600
more COWS to supply The increased eX-
ports and the consumption of our cheese
at home during the time named. Now
statistics show that Al per cent. of
| the milk produced in the United States
is consumed directly for food and
"a for butter. This leaves only )
per cent. Tor cheese; and if it requires
| an increase of 32O, 900 COWS to supply
\
this increase Of cheese production, then
the whole number of COWS needed to
represent the increased consumption of
| milk, butter and cheese during the last
ten years is 6,4OO, 900. AS no such in
crease of cows has been made we must
conclude that the cheese factories have
| drawn away from the butter and milk
| diaries more or less cows, which has I'M
| doubtedly been the case. Now, accord
| ing to the census returns, the mich COWS
| in the United States in 1850 were $3.50,
| O94; in 1860 they were 3, 5Sl 80; and in
| 1870 they were 11,OOS, 925, thus showing
that the average increase is less than
$500 600 of cows for each decade From
| these facts it will be perceived that the
mere matter of supplying cows for the
| dairy is formidable barrier against any
| suddenly enormous increase of this in
| dustry, rs COED COW cannot be reared
| in a month or a year. More than this,
the increase of population is faster than
| the increase of dairy stock. Hence pro-
ducers of cheese and butter need not
curtail their dairy operations for lear
their products will overslCck the mar
ket. Let all the good cows be reared
than can be managed judiciously and let
all the butter and cheese be made that
private and public diaries are competent
TO turn out, and yet the demand will not
be fully metz. y. Herdld.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-16
No UNCERTAIN SouNp-When a ma

No UNCERTAIN SOUND.-When a man
discovers n great truth it is his duty to
proclaim it to his fellOw-man. The use
of DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs can
not be too strongly recommended to the
invalid public. 10 those who have tried
it nothing need be said-their experience
is their proof, pure and positive as Holy
Writ. To those who have not tried it
these truths cannot be too often repeated.
1t is a certain vegetable specific which
aids faltering nature against the tri-
umphs of dyspepsia, bilious disorders of
every kind, malarious feveEs, constipa-
ton of the bowels, liver complaint,
Spring and Fall debility, etc, etc. 1t
costs but little and can always be at
hand. 1t is the poor mans friend 1t
saves doctors bill and the time lost
in riding five, ten, or twenty miles after
him; besides being free from all the
poisonous indictments of the pharma-
cop9ia. 1t will not stimulate you to-day
to leave you weaker tomorrow. Its
benefits are permanent. IS
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-16
Outrage Up,n a Bridegroom.

A respectable business man residing
in Cortland County was engaged to be
married to young lady who resides at
Olean, Cattaraugus County. The wed
ding day was fixed, and the guests were
assembled at the house OF the young
lady's parents. The groom was DELAYED
while en- route to Olean, but he tele-
graphed to the family to detain the
guests until his arrival, about three
hours later than the appointed time. This
was the basis for the dIsgraceful scenes
that followed. 1t appears that a number
of the young men of Clean were envious
Of the Cortland man. and did not like
the idea of u stranger carrying his in
tended bride away from them. Upon
hearing of the delay upon the railroad
they went to the depot at the hour for
the arrival OF the tram, met the expect
ant groom, took him to saloon or drink
ing place, induced MIN to drink drugged
liquor, and when he had become suffi::
GENTLY intoxicated to suit their vile pur-
poses he was taken to the house of his
affianced and presented to the bride, her
parents and the guests. This despicab BILE
trick worked just as the authors intended
il should. The brides parents ordered
the groom from the house and the wedding
festivities were broken up. Not content
with what they had done, the conspira-
RS employed five or six negroes To pre-
pare a coat of tar and feathers and give
the groom ride upon a rail. The victim
was taken back to the saloon, more LIQUOR
was poured into him, and while the
orgies were going on the negroes APP
penrcd, hustled the insensible Cortland
man out of doors, applied tar and feath-
ers TO his hair, face and long whiskers,
and then rode him upon a rail. When
the scoundrels had finished this fiendish
game the stranger was left to himself.
The facts were subsequently made known
to the young lady and her parents, the
arrangements for the wedding were re-
arranged, and the couple was made happy
as soon as the Cortland man had recov-
cred from the effects of the dastardly
outrage that 1 ad been committed upon
him. Both parties are possessed of
goodly supply of money. and they are de
termiDed to punish the persons engaged
in this affair to the full extent of the law
The negroes, who were only the tools of
the black scoundrels with white skins,
have fed from Olean.-Neo York Com
meyci1L Adreytiser.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-16

Cleanse the stomach, bowels and blood from
all the acrid, corrupt and offensive accumula-
tions which produce functional arrangement,
and you remove the cause of most diseases
which afilict the human family, and thus save
large doctors bills. The most effectual and
reliable remedy for this purpose is found in
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets. No
cheap wood or paper boxes, but kept fresh
and reliable in walls.
High livers, those indulging in ease and
pleasure, and those of sedeutary habits, can
prevent Boils, Carbuncles, Govt, Red Skin
Eruptions, Pimples, Constipation, Piles
Drowsiness, Biliousness, and other conditions
induced by such habits by taking from foul
to six of DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets once a week, or, better still, one oil
medicines