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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
Better than Beauty.

The new Sultan of Turkey has three
wives, but the first is still his favorite
She is about 26 years old, not pretty,
exactly, but inguished-looking and
intelligent, and has great influence with
her husband. She has had no children,
and Murad has, therefore, been obliged
to marry two other wives, chosen for
him by her. She showed her inteIli-
gence by picking out two extremely
beautiful and extremely stupid young
women, one of whom is the mother
now Of Prince Paladin, a child of 10,
and the other of Princess of the ma
ture age of 4. The mother of the Sui
tan was Circassian, or, more proba-
bly,, a Cossack girl, and a Christian,
who was allowed to practice her faith
in the harem by Abdul Medjid. 1t is
even whispered that the new Sultan is
more than half q Christian himself
which, would, indeed, eomplicate ths
situation.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
Wonderful Career of a Cripple.

English papers give interesting par
ticuiars of the success which has mark
ed the life of Mr.. Walter Wren, who
has come prominently into public notice
by the great success which has attend
ed his pupils in their competition for
the India civil-service. His prosperity
is the more remarkable as he has long
been hopeless cripple. Recently,
while canvassing Chelsea for an cleo
ton to Parliament, Mr.. Wren in the
course of a speech which he made mem
toned that his condition was due to a
kick which he received from bully at
school for whom he was tagging. He
did not, however, mention all the facts.
Soon after he received the blow it was
found that he was most seriously in
jured, and his prospects seemed utterly
blighted. He refused, however, to ad-
NIT that he was beaten in the battle OF
life, and rejected an offer of f2 week
which was made to him. He determin-
ed to proceed to the University and be-
come scoach" if he succeeded as well
as he hoped to do. At Cambridge he
acquitted himself with great credit, and
since he left the banks of the Cam fol
the banks of the Thames he has be-
come the most successful 'crammer'
| of the day He is wheeled from room
to room; and although he can walk g
little his favorite position is to lie hori
zontally on couch. He married very
well and has family of six or sever
children, and besides very good house
in London he has IN estate in Berkshire
/ RaSLoH Journal
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
TELEGRAPHfC NOTES.

Crop reports from nearly every coun.
| ty in Nebraska indicate the finest prospects
! ever Known in that State. Wheat, oats and
barley are unusually heavy both as to aver
age yield and acreage. The outlook for
corn il also flrst-class.
A dispatch from Eureka, Cal, 9th,
says: About 8 O'Clock last night a cloud
burst on Diamond Range Mountains, Ia
miles east of here, which resulted in the
death of Is Chinese woodchop-
pers, and probably large num-
Der Of italians camped in the canyon,
getting out timber. Without 4 moinent' s
warning column of water two feet high
rushed upon them, drowning all but one
Chinaman. The Italians were camped a
short distance above, and as no trace of them
can be found, it is feared all persisted.
Stanley, the African explorer, has
been heard from, by letters bearing date
April "a. He was then 15 days. march from
Ujiji.. lst -.
s The official report of the British Con-
sui at Salonica, in reference to the murder
Of Christians. fully eXonorates the Ameri-
can Vice. Consul from any participation in
the seizure of the girl which caused the out
break. 81 -'iii
Two yohhg daughters of Mr.. Pritch-
ard, near Logansport, Ind, were burned
to death on the night of the 23d by the ex-
piosion of a coal-oil can, from which they
were pouring oil on the kitchen fire.
An explosion in the Black Diamond
Coal Mine near Mount Diablo, COL, on the
25th, killed six miners, and badly wounded
five others.
The town of Albeuve, Switzerland,
was destroyed by fire on the goth.
Gen. Mckenzie, with six companies
of United States troops, has been ordered
from the Indian Territory to Red Cloud
Agency and vicinity, to take the place of
Col. Merritt, who goes with the 5th Cavalry
to join Crook. ai
Eureka, New, has been flooded by
heavy rains, causing considerable damage
to properly. The storms seem to have been
general throughout the State.
Ellen. Heber and Anna Patterson
jumped from third-story window Of a
burning shoddy-mill in Philadelphia, on
the Goth, and both were instantly killed.
Maria Hoeveler was so badly burned that
she can not probably recover. The mill was
entirely destroyed.
The Danish Government has selected
10 workmen to visit the United States Gen.
tennial Exposition. The delegation has
left Copenhagen, and is now on its way to
Philadelphia.
The commanding officer at Columbus,
S. c., has been ordered to detail an officer
and picket guard of IL men for duty at HAM
burg in that. State, the scene of the recent
. JohR Domm, residing near Shenan-
doah, Pa, shot and killed his wife on the
9th. Jealousy was the cause.
1t was reported by Indian runners at
Red Cloud Agency, on the 18th, that Crazy
Horse and his band of Minneconjous had
abandoned Sitting Bull and were coming in
to the Agency to treat for peace.
The Red Cloud and Spotted Tail In
dian Agencies have been turned over to the
military officers at Camp Robinson and
Camp Sheridan, by order of the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
A Tenacious Tooth.

A few days ago, says tie Dayton CO..
journal, buggy containing a young
man and woman, apparently from the
country, drove up before a dentist
Office in the city. They alighted.
and few minutes later, with evident
trepidation in their manner, appeared
before the dentist. The young man,
whose countenance was a picture OF
doleful solemnity, stood in The back
ground, while his companion inquired
the dangers incurred, the pain, and the
price of extracting tooth. The dentist
assured them that all danger was i'm
aginary, the pain transient, SO brief in
deed as to be really pleasant, and he
Illustrated the case by an incident, in
which a person, after having one tooth
extracted, was so pleased with the sen.
sation that it was with difficulty he
could be persuaded from the desire tc
have every tooth in his head pulled
though all were perfectly sound; and
as for price, it was a mere song. En-
couraged by these prospects, the fea
lures of the patient relaxed little, and
he stepped lightly to the chair. The
lady entered the waiting-room to remain
while the operation was being perform
ed. The dentist fastened his instru-
ment to the offending member with the
grip of a wise. The patient groaned,
and his fingers chung like the claws of
a cat to the chair. The operator shook
the forceps, but the tooth did not jar a
hairs space in its socket, but the
mans feet struck out spasmodicaily,
and a louder groan came from the
depths OF his throat. Bracing himself
for another effort, the dentist took a
fresh clinch, and, throwing his strength
in the wise anew, gave it a determined
twist. The nerves of the man seemed
to swell and palpitate, and the hair to
curl close to the roots, the sweat broke
out from the pores of his brow, and
with howl of agony his jaws shut down
on the hand that was in his mouth.
The lady heard the cry, and with a
shrek of sympathy flung herself be-
tween the two, entwining her arms
about the operator. His position, to
say the least, was unpleasant. The
tooth remained as firm as though mold
ed in the jaw, and the remaining teeth
were imbedded in his hand; the man
was grooming and the woman scream
ing and preventing any action on his
part. Finally, by means of threats and
protestations, he succeeded in relin-
gushing his hand. The patient left the
chair swearing the tooth should not be
pulled, and the two entered their buggy
and drove away, vowing dentist should
never get either of them in his grasp
again. The dentist wants no more GUS
toners of this variety.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
Business Hours in England and
America.

There are few facts in the business life
of America which strike an Englishman
more forcibly than the absorbing char
acter of each mans pursuits and the
severity of the labor to which he SUBJ
jects himself. In London the trades
man can scarcely be said to have COM
menced the business of the day before
am, the only exceptions being those
who minister to the early breakfast
wants of the community. The mer-
chant is rarely at his Office before 10 in
the morning, and the clerks and secre-
taries in the Government establishments
are not at their posts much before II a.
m. The amount of work accomplished
by the two last named classes is inter-
rupted by frequent gossip, the perusal
of q newspaper, and prolonged lunch,
and nearly all quit their desks for the
day at p. m. The American employee,
on the other hand, is often at his Office
at 8 a. M, many tradesmen open their
Office at or z q. M, and during a long
day the attention to duty is incessant,
only broken by half an hour allotted to
lunch. Perhaps there is too much
work done on one side and too little on
the other. In America we press into
the "a hours as much severe labor as
the human frame can bear; in England
men do as little as they possibly can.
My personal experience of the public
offices is not great, but I accepted q
position in the India Office for a few
months during the tenancy of the Sec
retaryship of the Duke of Argyll, and
this is how the work is done:
On entering upon my duties 1 in
quired at what hour might be expect
ed to be present. The Assistant Secre-
tary turned to the senior assistant clerk
of the department, and asked him what
hour he usually came. "Oh," he re-
piled, "about loan easy 10-say half
past TO-" "Good," I rejoined. 81
will be here at half-past TO-" The
next day was at my post. Not soul
had arrived. There is an Office for the
messengers, as they are called, in each
corridor, of which there are six in the
India Office. 1 asked the head messen-
ger, an old man of 60, when the clerks
might be expected. "Sir," he an
swered, " they rarely come before II
O'Clock, and often later.'' Sure
enough, it was a quarter past IL before
they began to drop in. To change
their coats, arrange their papers and
interchange mutual civilities occupied
the time until noon. Then the work
begaH.-Galary for August.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
PERsONAL,AND POLITICAL.

ETHAN ALLEN, Chairman of the Ma
tional Liberal Republican Committee, has
issued an address fayoring the support of
Hayes and Wheeler, and revoking the call
heretofore issued for Liberal Republican
National Convention. - si--t s-fH
DIR. AUGUST PETERMANN, the famous
German geographer, and President Of the
Geographical Institute of Justus Perthes at
Gotha, Germany, is on a visit to the Gen.
tennial Exhibition. -e ra,f.
THE residence of ex-Gov.. Seymour,
at Utica, N. Y, was struck by, lightning a
few days ago, and the Governor and Mrs
Seymour had very narrow escape.
HON. ALEX. II. STEPHENS has inn
proved SO much that he is able to walk, out
Of doors.
THE eldest son of Count Won Arnim
is travelling in this country.
GEN. GREEN B. RAUM, of Illinois,
formerly Representative from the Eight
zenith Congressional District, has been
nominated for Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, vice Pratt, resigned.
THE colored voters of New York held
a conference at Syracuse, ON the 10Th, which
was presided over by Rev. Fl. H. Garnett.
n icsoiuliou WAS duOpteu recommending
the colored people of the State to vote for
Hayes and Wheeler. r
IT is stated upon the authority of a
newspaper correspondent, that the body OF
Lieutenant Colonel Keogh, who was one OF
the victims of the Custer massacre, was
spared by the Sioux from mutilation because
he wore upon his person Roman Catholic
emblem.
S. L. JEwETT, a well known newspa
per artist of New York, shot and killed
himself in Jersey City on the 23d. He was
son of Mr.. William Jewett, the celebrated
portrait-painter, from whom he inherited
large fortune. aia tla
THE reported killing of Mr.. l.. p
Richardson, a newspaper correspondent, b.
the Indians, between Fort Laramie ant
Deadwood, fortunately turns out to be un
true. f...I,.... .....
| EX-QUEEN ISABELLA has arrived il
Madrid and was received with royal honors
JOHN REEVES, for Is years an EN-
ployee in the Columbus (O.) Psst-offiee, hi
services extending through the terms O
three postmasters, is under arrest for alb
stracting money from registered letters
having been detected in the act. Reeves /
an active member of the Methodist Church
J Treasurer Of an Odd Fellows Lodge, Ma
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

A BAD boys father at Mile End, Lon
don, was fined for his sons truancy
from school, and imprisoned for three
days because he was too poor to pay
the fine. The boy repeated the offense,
whereupon the unfortunate parent,
hearing he was to be summoned once
more, declared he would rather make a
hole in the water than be imprisoned
again for his graceless child, and
drowned himself in the Regents Ca
nal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
CANTON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5. 1876

son, and a jealous temperance worker, and
has always been regarded by the community
as above suspicion.
MIR. FENDER, NJ. p, intends apply
ms, through the Foreign Office, to the
United States Government for 100000, as
compensation for the submarine wire cut in
two places by the Americon whaler, which
carried off the Fenian prisoners from
Australia.
MosT REV. SAMUEL BUTCHER, Bish-
OPP OF Meath and Premier Bishop of Ireland,
is dead.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
Making Young Horses Out of
Old Ones.

The St. Louis .Jour,ia. says A very
interesting case, illustrating to Whist eN-
| tent the dumb animals are tortured to
CRAFTY the avarice of unfeeling specula-
tors and showing new system of
swindling the Government, was tried in
the Court of Criminal Correction yes
terday. Some time ago Mr.. Jos. VOL
fort, horse trader, was arrested on the
charge of cruelty to animals. He was
charged with "Bishoping horses,
which was described by Mr.. R. S. Mac
Donald, who was prosecuting the case,
as being process of filing the teeth of
old horses down to make them look
young and the animal marketable. The
modus operandi of this cruel process is
that the horse is tied securely in his
stall in such way that it can not move
its head, gag of wood or iron is then
placed in It's mouth and a switch"
placed on its r4sse. 4 man with large
rasp or file then files tbs teeth to the
necessary size, and then bores csvities
in them which are colored black with
nitrate Of silver or caustic, so that the
teeth look natural. The name "Bish-
oping'' is derived from Bishop, the man
who is said to have invented the cruel
practice. The pain to the horse in
many cases is said to be excruciating,
and cases zr4 eited where they have died
under the treatment. Mr.. Macdonald
said all the evidence he had to produce
was taken from the enemy's camp, or
in other words, men directly connected
! with the business, and hence was some
what imperfect, but would be very
clear If the witnesses would tell the
truth:
Mr.. NC. Howard testified that he
saw the horse in question before it
came into the possession of the defend
ant; that he examined its teeth, and
took it to be about Is years old or there
about; saw the horse afterward when It
had beef purchased by the United
States Government fof the army-it
was numbered IS and branded. He en-
amined its mouth and saw it had been
operated upon-the teeth had been cut
uoWu sspouL JIG ciS I'LL VI all iiChi, HoiOo
had been bored in them, and they look
ed natural. He was confident that it
was the same horse. Tie witness tes-
tilted very reluctantly, and was not dis
posed to connect the defendant with
the act, although liz described infinitely
how horses teeth were cut down to
make them look younger, Mr.. Stevens
and another horse trader testified to
seeing the horse in defendants stable
and admitted that they had operated
on its teeth, but declined to identify the
defendant with the act. m
Mr.. Mcdonald said it was evident he
could not prove the ownership of the
horse by the witnesses he had and ask
ed that the case be no11e pressed. He
said, however, that he would have the
defendant re-arrested and the next time
he went to trial he would be ready.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

A TRAVELLER of experience in the
torrid climate of India offers these sug-
gestions as to the best way of keeping
cool: He recommends the pith hat,
which has ring inside to fit the head,
leaving an open space for ventilation.
He also says: eff people were to shut
up and darken their houses in the cool
est hours of the morning, leaving only
apertures enough for ventilation, and
to those apertures apply, as folks in
India do, loosely woven mats of fra
grant grass, and keep them wet. every
breath of air coming into the house
would take up the moisture, and the
temperature within would be reduced
many degrees"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

The public will be glad to learn from
high authority that ''the passion for
clinging drapery among women is di-
minishing, because it is not becoming
most figures.'' a...-a . u
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

from Happy Hollow one day this week,
says the Burlington Halokeye. and sent
him out to the Poor-house. The part
ing between the poor man and his
eleven dogs, which he distributed
among his sympathizing relatives, was
affecting in the extreme. We believe
the man had few children, too, but not
enough to make "A fuss about
ENGLAND is introducing schools OF
cookery with great success among the
working classes, to the great benefit
OF morals and comfort.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

The western counties of Minnesota
are again threatened with devastation
by the grasshoppers, which have APP
peared in large numbers. The st.
Paul -Pioaeer-Press says that already
the crops have been entirely swept
away, and the discouraged settlers are
abandoning their farms. Eastern Da-
kota and Northwestern Iowa are also
suffering from the destructive pests.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

The Belgrade correspondent of the
London Daily Times telegraphed on the
25th that the Servians had abandoned
all aggressive movements and ordered
the withdrawal of all troops to within
the frontier There was great depres-
sion ct Belgrade and in the Servian
camp A number of engagements had
taken place, in which the Turks were
generally victorious. 1t is reported
officially from Constantinople that the
Turks had crossed the frontier and cap
tured several villages.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

OFFICIAL returns made to the Blu
reau of Statistics show that during the
fiscal year ended june so, 1876, there
arrived in the United States 22,572 Chi
nese immigrants, of whom only 259
were females. During the correspond
ing period of 1875 the total immigration
to the United States from China was
16,437, of which 80 were females.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

THERE has been great falling-off in
the number of visitors at the Centen-
NAL Exhibition since the Fourth of July,
and in order to reduce expenses some
80 employees were discharged on the
25th. A reduction in the price of ad-
mission to % cents has been made to
school-teachers and their pupils.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

The London Tinses's Berlin CORE
spondent says the Democratic Society
of Frankfort-on-the-Main presented on
the 4ih of July an address in honor of
the Centennial to the American Consul,
strongly rejecting upon monarchical
institutions. The Consul refused to ac-
cept the address. The Secretary there
upon complained to the American Min
lister, Bancroft Davis, who replied that
it was inadmissible for an American
representative to NEEDLE with party
politics.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

SENATOR ALLEN T. CAPERrox, of West
Virginia, died in Washington on the
26th, after an illness of less than a
weeks duration. His disease was
angina pectoris. Mr.. Caperton was a
Democrat politically, and his Senatorial
term expires in 1881.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05


ADvIcEs from Crooks command, in
camp on South Fork Tongue River,
dated the 23d, were received at Chew
enne on the Goth. The main body of
the Sioux it is believed has taken to the
Big Horn Mountains, where game is
more abundant and the grass fresher.
The Indians efforts to burn the grass
of the valley make it almost imperative
on Crook to follow them up at once.
His force musters about 1920 regular
soldiers and citizen volunteers, besides
the 200 Snake allies, and he feels that
he can at least hold his own on
any ground the emergency may select
1t is expected that the wagons will be
parked on Tongue River, near the noun.
tains, and with the pack train loaded
with from fifteen to twenty days
rations, a vigorous but careful advance
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

The Louisiana Democratic State
Convention, held on the 9th, nominal
ed the following ticket: For Governor,
Francis 7. Nichols; Lieutenant-G Gov
ernor, Louis A. Wilt; Attorneys ener-
al, N. H. Ogden; Secretary of State,
VIM. A. Strong; Auditor, Allen Jumel /;
Superintendent of Education, Robert
NJ. Lusher. For Congress: First Dis
triet, r. L. Gibson; Second, E. John
Ellis; Third, j. II. Acklin; Fourth, j.
B. Elan; Sixth, E. W. Robertson. The
Fifth District will nominate at Monroe.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

THE West Virginia Republican State
Convention was held at Wheeling on
the 9th and nominated the following
ticket: For Governor, General Nathan
Golf; Superintendent of Public Schools,
F. H.. Crago; Auditor, C. M. Shinn !;
Treasurer, Moses Frankensberger; At
>torney-General,J John A. Hutchinson.
, 1876-10-18

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oepaff eien fih iofort nit ihreu Mustc-
ten, welhc iie porber in osr91d6e pstltcdt
bltteu. NIB aaben e.ne Solre auf BIC MI
bsipaffneten WeiBen aus ben @e>iiiAcu,
p'lde eiuc nabeaelesene SAludt besrenS>
ten.
Die WeiBeu, nelde nur in grin Ter
Din abl uno qdn,lid unporbereitet fir ets
men &i plren, enthoben eiIieit auf
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auf ben Blae bef0roert battc, ieood) midi,
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unaefdbr 80 bewuffucte 8eiBe ginger,
bente Nbeno non bier nah @ainbuD ab.
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Siirgern lenerl1mgeeeno, benen oic@efabt
orobt, ang arifftn unO crmoroct III ne Den
Shue gu gewabren.
, 1876-10-18
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oberbalb Steuens Yoiut, bebauptet Den
lA0nlten Gee nit ben belten Til9en i'm
Staate 81 beliben.
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