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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29
FARM AND HOME.

To prevent horses feet from scaling
or cracking in summer, and enabling the
shoes to be carried a longer time without
injury, the French practice is 10 coat the
hoofs once a week with an ointment COM
posed of equal proportions of soft fat,
yellow wax, linseed oil, Venice turpen-
tine and Norway tar; the wax is melted
separately before mixing.
The dahlias of to-day are far supe-
rior to those of ten years ago, being
more globular in shape, while the colors
are more bright and beautiful. Where
you have a large lawn and wish to ex-
hibit flowers for effect do not forget
these. They should be planted out as
soon as all danger from frost is past in
good soil, not too rich and wet, or you
will have nothing but leaves. If you
can shade them from the burning sun
between twelve and two o'clock their
flowers will last much longer. Plant
about six inches deep and four feet
apart; and when planting put a neat
stick alongside the tuber so that when
be tied to it.-Rurdl Ne,o Yorker.
Many people suppose baking and
roasting to mean the same thing, and
everywhere you hear people who never
tasted of roast beef in their lives tell Of
never roasted in an oven. Roasting is
done before q fire and is more nearly
like broiling. In roasting the meats are
placed before the fire on "spit" which
can be turned, bringing each part of the
meat successfully to the fire. French
cooks aim to have bright fire; the meat
to be roasted is placed.very near the fire
at first, and gradually Withdrawn and
turned and basted frequently. Roasted
meats have better flavor and are far
superior in richness and nutritive quail
ties to either baked or boiled. The
superiority of English and French roast
beef is due far more to the method of
cooking than to the quality of the meat.
The only essential difference between
roasting and broiling is that the former
is done before the fire and the latter
over it.-Westeyn Rural.
Jonathan Talcott gives statement
in the Boston Cultsuat0r of an expert
ment performed on Suffolk pig where
sugar-beets were largely employed for
fattening. The animal was about year
old, and the feeding on boiled sugar
beets, tops and roots, began on the 10th
times day until the LIST of October,
after which ground feed was given, con-
sisting of two parts of corn and one of
oats three times q day till the animal was
slaughtered, the meal being mixed with
cold water. The result was on the 18th
of August, when the sugar-beet feeding
was begun, that the weight was 800 lbs. !;
Sept. 1, 800 lbs. Oct. 1, 450 lbs; Nov. 1,
$50 lbs. This is the substance of the
statement given, by which we perceive
that the increase the last of August,
when fed on boiled sugar-beets, was at
the rate of two pounds per day; the rate
of increase on the same food continued
through September. When fed on
ground corn and oats made into cold
slop the gain for the next fifty days was
less than pound and a half per day.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29

The early settlers of the middle Western
States found their beautiful valleys and
prairies abundantly stocked with native
game. Bear aRd deer were to be found in
plenty, and various species of the gallina-
ceous birds native to the country might be
raised at any time in fve-minutes' walk.
The vast area of uninhabited country LETT
these untamed denizens of the forest and
prairie the safest of refuge from the attack
of man, and to these secure solitudes they
gradually withdrew, as their enemy pressed
them more and more closely. The ratio OF
supply to demand, as far as bird and beast
were concerned, was SO great that no man
troubled himself about the slight inroads
which his own hand nightmare. All this,
In many portions of the West, was scarce
iy fifty years ago, in others less than half
that time. But now the relation ofcleared
and occupied to uncleared land is reversed.
The destroyers of the native game have
multiplied on every hand, and the places
once . refuge from human havoc are a
refuge no longer. The earth fattens, pros
perity increases, but the native denizens OF
The country are dropping back farther and
still farther, till we shall soon know OF
them only through their recorded scientific
descriptions or the graphic tales of some
aaed pioneer.
With certain classes of our game ami
maaB this result is not only unavoidable
but dnsIrable The bear, the wolf and the
species of the cat tribe which were wont
to haunt the forests and make nightly
raids ON the sheep-fold and pig-sty have
had their day and are gone. But there is
large number of the game birds of the
Wesf-the quail, the pheasant Tor par
tridge) and varieties of the grouse, which
seem by nature especially fitted for semi
civilized life, and which seem to delight
In q not too intimate companionship with
man. These beautiful birds are not only
an ornament to any mans land, but are
wholly the farmers friends, since the little
grain they consume is more than paid for
~ the destruction of insects and the seeds
Of noxious weeds.
The various States, through their game
laws, are protecting, to the best of their
judgment, the breeding seasons of these
birds, and our sportsmen throughout the
country are lending their influence to the
enforcement of these laws. But the mo-
lives of the sportsmen are somewhat sell
flsh in their character, since they look to
The law merely as an ally which shall
preserve their shooting pleasures as long
e possible. The farmer, however, has
more disinterested motives for the protec-
ton and preservation of game, and espe-
ciallY the birds, and it Is very largely to
the farmer that we must look for the sue
cessful carrying out of the laws which are
enacted for this purpose. A very little
care and attention to this matter will be re-
paid hundred fold. viii not our farmers
Who have not already done so give it their
careful consideration ?-Ansericdn Farm
II
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29
Danbury Street improvements.

The practice of placing down boards
in the mud is revived this spring. 1t is
a good idea. The board always warps
downward in the center, leaving the ends
sticking up about six inches above the
walk. The fastening pedestrian comes
along in the dark and picks up one end
of the board on his instep and shoves it
along some six feet, the other leg all the
while trying to get foothold and con-
troll itself. Then the board swings oft
and catches him on the shin of that leg,
and, after an almost herculean effort to
recover himself, he goes down with a
dreadful force, striking on his elbow
with one arm and showing the other in
the mud half way to his shoulder. If the
owner of the premises should be killed
by lightning in the first thunderstorm
that man would cheerfully lose a days
work to attend the funeral. DanbMry
Neacs.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29
For SALE By ALL DRUGG1sTs.
COMMON SENSE REASONS why DIR
w I NI,rEG RIrTERs shoI1ld IN

COMMON SENSE REASONS why DR..
WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs should be
used:
LIST. They are an entire Vegetable Bit
tiers, free from all alcoholic stimulants.
I'd. They are the result of careful study,
experiment and labor.
Sd. The greatest care is taken to secure
Medicinal Virtues, and exclude every
thing Objectionable.
18th. They unite, as liie-restoring sci
entific tonic, the greatest Strengthening
and vitalizing principles.
9th. Persons of Sedentary habits and
over-worked find in them a specific for
arant Of appetite, pG,pitation, debility, con-
stipation, and many other nameless all
ments.
5tn. The aged find in them guarantee Of
prolonged health and life, and weak and
delicate females and mothers find especial
benefit from their use.
7th. They are the MASTER OF DISEASE.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29
Lime For Wheat.

THE fact cannot be disguised that our
wheat crops are deteriorating in quality
and quantity per acre, and it is easily
understood what the causes are. The
annual fires, for ages consuming the
crops of grass, had supplied the earth
with large quantity Of potash, of which
wheat partakes greedily. And without
this principle prevails to considerable
degree in the earth the wheat will be de-
fective-shrivel, scab, blight, musty,
etc.-and be deficient in quantity in pro-
portion to which the soil has been de-
pleted. The first crops of wheat on our
sod are plump and perfect, but each
year gradually degenerates. This is
sufficient evidence to the husbandnan
that his land needs something which it
has not. Some of the farmers of Iowa
have ready access to lime-kilns, and es-
pecially the air-slacked lime about where
it is burned. Experiments should be
made with care. Sow a strip of land at
the rate of twenty bushels to the acre
with Stacked lime, and then leave strip
and ascertain the difference. Then for
another strip mix two bushels of salt
with twenty bushels of lime and sow
after letting it lay awhile. In this COM
bination there will be q chemical change
fertilizer valuable for wheat. These
are simple experiments, and may
be valuable. If this will not i'm
prove quality and quantity, if we
continue to raise wheat, the superphos-
pilates or wheat food will have to be in
PRODUCED to Iowa's fertile plains. The
immense trains of cars which go from
our State laden with wheat are rapidly
robbing us of our inheritance ard it will
have to be counteracted in some way.
Salt has frequently been prufitably
used on farms. Near the sea coast, where
the air is saturated with the salt sea
breezes, it is not needed, and in many
cases is seriously injurious. But in En-
gland, surrounded by salt water, farmers
scatter salt over their farms at the rate
of two bushels per acre, and experience
favorable results in different ways. 1t
destroys the worms which would be in
furious, and aids in reducing vegetable
matter in the soil into food for plants.
This experiment might also be tried on
our farms.
Several farmers in the State, we under
stand. are this year experimenting with
gypsum. We hope they will not only re-
Fort the result, but the mode of apply
ing-the amount per acre, and the crop
to which it is applied, and the kind and
quality of the soil. This is an article
which cannot be successfully used by the
ignorant and the careless. And the gyp
sum must be pure. Science and skill
must direct the farmer if he would sue
coed in most things.-IoDa State Register.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29

SAVE MoNEY.-It is well worth saving,
and you can save it in buying sewing ma
chine, and get one of the best and most per-
feet machines in existence. The Wilson shut
tie sewing machine has reached a point of
excellence and perfectness equaled by no
machine in use, and the constantly and rap
idly increasing demand, which is almost be-
yond their manufacturing capacity to supply,
is convincing evidence that the merits of this
machine are appreciated. Machines will be
delivered at any railroad station in this coun-
ty, free of transportation charges, if ordered
through the company's branch house at 1877
State street, Chicago. They send an elegant
catalogue and chrome circular free on appli-
cation. This company want few more
agents.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29

Some husbands never leave home in the
morning without kissing their wives and
bidding them :. goodeby, dear" in the
tones Of unweaxied love; and whether it
BE- policy Of fact 1t has all the effect Of
thct, and those homes are generally pleas
ant onss, providing always that the wives
pIine Il : kindly spirit. We know an Old
Qsntleman who lived with his wife over
my years, and never left home without
the kiss and the % good-by, dear" Some
husbands shake hands with their wives
and hurry on as fast as possible, as though
the e6oFt were . something that they were
anxious to forget, holding their heads
dDwnSnd darling round the first corner.
Bone husbands before leaving home ask
very tenderly: "What would you like for
nat she viii select something for his par
ticular palate, and of he goes. Some hus-
bands will leave home without saying
a1yfhing ct all, but thinking good deal,
n evinced by their turning round at the
last point of observation and waving an
adieu at the pleasant face or faces
Ut the window. Some husbands never
say word, rising from the break
fast table with the lofty indifference of
. lord, and going out with heart
fortunate thing for their wives that Mey
can nnd sympathy elsewhere Some hus.
bands never leave home without some
unkind word or look, apparently thinking
that such q course will keep things straight
in their absence. Then, on returning,
some husbands come home Jolly and hap
'py. unsecured by the world, some sulky
and surly with Its disappointments. Some
husbands bring home q newspaper or a
book and bury themselves for the evening
in its contents. Some husbands are called
away every evening by business or social
engagements; some doze in SPECIFICS
stupidity on sofa until bed time. Some
husbands are curious TO learn of their
wives what has TRANSFERRED through the
day; others are attracted by nothing short
of child's tumbling downstairs or the
house taking fire. " Depend upon it."
says Dr.. Spooner, that home is the hap
piest where kindness and interest and Do
likeness and attention are the rule on the
part of the husbands-of course all the
responsibility rests with them-and temp
fstion finds no footing there. ''-Erchange.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29
Let the People speak.
R.y. PIERCE Buffalo NY: : y


r. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear Sir-Your Favorite Prescription has
done my wife world of good. She has
taken two bottles and has felt better the
past two weeks than at any time in the past
two years. No more periodical pains; none
of that aching back or dragging sensation in
her stomach she has been accustomed to for
several years. have SO much confidence in
it that 1 would be perfectly willing to war
rant to certain customers of ours who would
be glad to get hold of relief at any expense.
1 have tried many Patent Medicines, but
never had any occasion to extol one before.
Very truly yours, GEO. B. WHITING.
Mrs. E. R. DAILY, Metropolis, III, writes:
"Dr. r. V. PIERCE-My sister is using the
Favorite Prescription with great benefit"
MARY ANN FRIsBIE, Lehman, Pa, writes:
DR.. r. v. PIERCE-What have taken of
your medicine has been of more benefit to
me than all others and hundreds of doctors
bills"
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescriptionis sold by
dealers in medicines generally.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescriptions sold by
dealers in medicines generally.

THE Times says DIR. Walpole has lost his
beautiful chestnut mare. She died suddenly
In harness, it is supposed from bots or pin
worms. If the Doctor had used Sheridan's
Caralry Condition Po,cders he would, no
doubt, have had his mare to-day-they are
death on worms.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29

THE GREAT FAMILY MEDIcINE.-Dr. Will
hofts Anti-Periodic or Fever and Ague Tonic
No case of incurable Chills has yet presented
itself where this scientific and safe medicine
has been employed. No case has been found
so obstinate as to resist its prompt and mas
terly action. No man has been SO reduced by
malarial influences but with its use has come
up perfectly reconstructed. No pills or pur-
gatfve required with this medicine. WHEE-
LOCK, FINLAY q Co., Proprietors, New Or
leans.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29

CHAPPED HANDS are very common with
those who have their hands much in water.
A few drops of Johnson's A,todyne Liniment
rubbed over the hands two or three times a
day will keep them soft and white. Fisher
men, sailors and others will do well to re-
member this.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29

Out in Nevada they are making a
fuss over some sweated" dOuble-eagles
Pass them this way. We do not trouble
ourselves about the perspiration.-Phila
deLDhsH Times
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29

IsH der some ledder here for met" in
quired . German at the general delivery
window of the Postoffice Saturday. "No
none here" was the reply. Well,
dot 10 queer" he continued, getting his
head into the window; "my neigh or gets
sometimes dree ledders in one day. und
get none. bays more lsxes as he does
und l haf never got one ledder yet. How
comes does dings r'-Frec Press
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29

6QuAnz-roKD boots will no longer be
worn By fashionable ladies'; pointed toes
win replace them.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29

DR. MAHLA, Prof. Chem, certifies Prussing's
White Wine Vinegar to be pure and wholesome
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS
w please say you saw the Advertise
ment i'm this paper.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29

- : II
shall see you tomorrow morning
again, Mr.. Kirwan," said the Colonel,
rising and formally bowling to his host,
who vainly endeavored to make him
take another jorum, "just to show that
there was no luminosity between them"
You'll have your friend ready in the
morning when 1 CALI" asked Henry, as
he turned for the last time.
That's my intin'ion," responded Kir-
wan, land all my worldly affairs
settled"
Coz. Henry did not see the face of in
imitable drollery that MIR. Kirwan as
sumed as he uttered the last observation,
for his back was turned and he was
halfway down the hall-door steps hail
ing passing carman.
Next morning the gallant bearer of
the cartel was at the house of the chal-
leneed party, who received him most
graciCusly.
But your friend, Mr. Kirwan! don't
see the gentleman to whom expected 10
be presented" exclaimed the Colonel,
looking not little surprised
"Lave tina. to me-" Kirwan remarked
very coolly. Cuisines before pleasure,
If you plsyse. Have you brought my
money? Let's settle that before we pro-
coed to the sentimental part of the mat
ter"
Certainly" replied Henry, "Here's
a hundred pound Bank-of- Ireland note at
your service, which discharges my
friends obligation"
And here's receipt for that same,
with an apology for your friend, which
he and you would be the most unreason-
able men alive not to accept and be
thankful"
"Whatl then you don't intend to fight,
after alfs" exclaimed the Colonel, on
hearing what appeared to him an extraor-
binary declaration, and perceiving the
perfectly ridiculous result which his
grave embassy had at length been brought
to. you won't fights" he repeated.
"The divil a bit, Colonel, honey; and
that's as sure as my name Is Bully Kir.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-29

r. 4 - TO S25 PER DAY-send for :. Chrome"
- / ~ Catalogue. J.H. BUF FORD'S SONS. Boston.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-16
LEARN TO KEEP HOUSE,.

Beautiful maidcns--aye natures fair queens,
Some In your twentics and some in your teens,
Seeking accomplishments worthy your aim,
Striving for learning, thirsling for fame;
Taking such pains wi h the style Of your hair,
Keeping your lily comp exion so tar;
Miss not this item in all your gay lives,
Learn to keep house, you may one day be
wives.
Learn to keep house.
Now your Adonis loves sweet moonlight walks
Hand clasps, ana kis ses, and nice little talks.
Then, as plain Charley, with his burden o1
care,
He must subsist on moro nOurishing fare;
He will come home at the set OF the sun -
Heart sick and weary, his working day done;
Then let his slippcred feet ue'er wish TO roam,
Learn to keep house that you may keep home
Learn to keep house.
First In his eyes will be children and wife,
Joy of his joy and life of his lie,
Next to his bright dwelling, his table, his
meals.
Shrink not at what my pen trembling reveals,
Maidens romantic, the truth must be told,
knowledge is better than silver.or goldi
Then be prepared in the spring time OF health,
Learn to keep house though surrounded by
wealth.
Learn To keep touse.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-16

Two distinguished European painters
have recently died, Jean Francois Millet,
a pupil of Delaroche, but not a follower
Of that dea at sranaSga assS g.
even more than for his beautiful land
scapes, and represented with especial
fidelity rather the hardships than the
poetic aspects of PEASANTS lie. Daniel
Herman Anton Molbye, Dane, and the
most successful, If not the greatest, art
ist of that nation since Thorwaldsen,
died at Paris at the age of So, having ris-
en- from the condition of q ship builders
apprentice in Copenhagen to that OF the
most fashionable painter Of marines in
Paris,
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-16

8. B. Kessner and wife to BENJAMIN Henry,
part Of lot AZ in Meetings. addition to Ceves-
500.
Dennis O'Nei and others (per Sheriff. to l..
s. Brown, lots 81 and 70 IN voorhees, subdivis-
ion in Reading, each S21s by l65 feet-$l, ,l33 81.
German Evangelical Protestant Cemetery to
Louis Fuerste, lot u on the plat OF the cene-
terry grounds, containing l4s square feet-
$40 As.
VIM. Heat to Chris. Horsmann, i've years
lease Of 1c2 acres on the Montgomery PIKE, ~
miles south Of Montgomery, paying for the
Harvey Miller and wife to w. g. Rottger,
leasehold "a by 50 feet, on the southwest cor.
ner of Elm and Richmond streets-$6,0OO
W. G. Rottger to Mary J. Miller, same lease
hold-$6,0O0.
Jane Bell and others (per Sheriff to ]. E.
Bell, ieaschoid ~ by % feet, OD the south side
Of .Findlay street, II feet west Of Baymiiier st.
| -$2,5l
SaIina M. Clason to Louis Cornelle. years
lease OF 36 II -6O5 acres IN section II, Columbia
| township, ut an annual rent of 5000.
James Brown and others to Alex. Hamilton,
jun., and others, not ~ 1-6 by 42Is feet on the
southwest corner Of Third and Main streets
| $iU and other considerations.
A. Hamilton, jun, and others to Francis Cot
tenet andothers, same property-$l0 and othei
considerations.
| EFrancis Cottenet and others to w. F. Cary
| iun., and Others, same property-$l0 and othel
| conside ations.
Hclrs Of c. Bakhaus to Adoiph Bakhaus
ileaseh0ld ~ 9-l0 by lU5h feet, on the southwest
| corner Of Elm and K:pper streets, Second
Ward-S. 80
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-16

SOME people believe that we are liv-
ing in the latter days because of the mar
velous inventions made In recent years,
leaving, as they opine, nothing more to
be unraveled in this world. The latest
practical application of photography is
noted in an item passing around, to the
effect that plate kept permanently SEN
sitive can be put Into locket or finger
ring, and with it the holder can secure
the likeness Of person he may meet
anywhere, without the knowledge of
| that person. We do not profess to know
| whether or not this is hoax, but if it is
n fact what havoc will be wrought by
means of the discovery! What sighs
and tears from fair ladies who will
learn that unprincipled lords have
stolen their shadows without so much
as "by your leave" And with
what chagrin will those men
who conscientiously refrain from
"sitting for picture" find themselves
displayed as natural as life in comic
almanac or morning journal that rev.
els in ''cuts." We can only see one way
that good can come of it, that is by en-
abling people to surreptitiously obtain
the phiz of suspected rogue. If it
shall transpire that the ends of justice
require such an application of photo
graphy, honest folks will have to submit
to being "t0ok," whether they will or no.
There could be no redress, as it would
be impossible to tell who "took" them.
| Every ybody would take everybody else;
domestic broils would follow the finding
of faces in pockets where they ought not
| to be, and the world would be turned
topsy-turvy, all by little locket. New
ertheless science and art must continue
their ceaseless strides though the world
wall.