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

MANY who are suffering from the effects
of the warm weather and are debilitated are ad-
vised by physicians to take moderate amounts Of
whisky two or three times during the dry. In a
little while those who adopt this advice frequently
Increase the number of drinks and in time h.
com e confirmed inebrfates. \ beverage which
will not create thirst for Intoxicating liquors and
which is intended especially for the benefit of de-
bilitated persons, whether at home or abroad, is
Dr. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic. Containing the
Juices OF many medicinal herbs, this preparation
does not creats appetite for the intoxicating
cup. The nourishing and the life supporting prop
critics of many valuable natural productions con-
tanned in il and well known to medical men have
a most strengthening influence. single bottle Of
the Tonic will demonstrate its valuable qualities.
For debility arising from sickness, over exertion.
or from any cause whatever, a wineglassful of Sea
Weed Tonic taken after meals will strengthen the
stomach and create an appetite for wholesome
food To all who about leaving their homes
we desire to say that the excellent effects Of DR..
Schenck's seasonable remeties-Sea Weed Tonic
aud Mandrake Pils-are particularly evident when
taken by those who are injuriously affected by q
change of water and diet. No person should leave
home without taking supply Of these safeguards
along. For sale by all Druggists.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
Brilliant Ink.

The writing of the present day, bril-
liant as it often is, will probably become
doubly so before long. Two French
chemists have, according to the English
Mechanic, taken out a patent for max
ing ink for letter-press printing, litho-
graphy, and autography from the re-
fuse of the gas-works, from ether, tar,
and the heavy oils of petroleum, resin
woods, etc. These substances, it is as
serted, mix readily with lampblack and
other dry colors in powder; and the ink
made from them has the great advan-
tage of neither penetrating the paper
nor snreading, and it may be mixed
in any desired proportions with the fatty
oils for certain classes. For black ink
for typographical printing the in
ventors use what they call evapOrated
tar or liquid pitch with lampblack and
proportions: tar, 100 parts lampblack,
&c parts; Prussian blue, 10 parts; gly-
cerine, 10 parts. For colored inks they
use the heavy oils, purified as far as
possible from the tarry matters
which give a brown tint, with
the coloring matter in pow
der. There can be little doubt that
there is room for improvement, if not
in the composition of our books, at
least in the ink used in writing them.
Modern writing-inS is not nearly so
durable as ancient ink, some of which,
according to an interesting paper on
the subject read by Mr.. Underwood be-
fore the Society of Arts in 1857, was
merely carbon pigment, while other
kinds were veritable dyes of iron and
acids (true chemical compounds), with
the addition of good deal of carbon.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
THE MARKETS.

ST. LOUIS. July 81. 1876
BEEyEo-Cho'ee. 81 SOC t.g5; Good TO Prime
Corn-Fed Texans, *4.o0S4.1o.
Housekeeping, 90. Jog 6.25.
SHEEP-Common 10 Fancy, 1925 A.
FLoUR-Choice Country, $5.50gG.5U; XXX
S5.O0a5.25.
WHEAT-Red. No. 2. sI.27sI.2s; Nc. 5.
CoRN-No Mixed. dig ny
oATs-No. 2, 3093ic.
RYE-No. 2, 499 SOC.
TIMOTHY SEED-$2. 2502.65.
ToBACco--Planters' Lugs. s4.5Os 100; Me-
dunn Shipping Leaf. 5000 L; 90;
HAY-Choice Timothy, $l6 cog IL 90.
BuTTER-Choice Dairy. leg lsc.
PoEk-standsrd Mess. SO 500 so.25.
WooL-Tnb- washed ;, Choice. s5ss6c; Tn
washed Combing, 26g sc.
corroN-middl Hsw ll ySRK
BEEvEs-Native Steers. ss.t0S 1870.
sHEEr.Common to Choice, s4.25 9 5.s7h;
FLoUR-Good to Choice. e4.7Oe4.so.
WHsArw ~ Chicago. s6es s1.o5.
PoRK-Mess. sI9. 4Oa 1890.
CorToN-Mddling. llzc.
Hoas-Common 70 Choice. $1,000 $50.
FLoUR-Choioe Winter Extra. s6.a5s %
Spring superine. 81. SOC $50.
WHEAT-spring No. 2. sess6'4ci sprins
CoRN-No. 2. 45b s45xc.
OATs-No. 2, 29a 3Uc.
RYE-No. 2 559 55hc.
PORK-Mess, els. TOO 1915
LARD-Per cwt.. 8 IL. S06 los SIS.
KANSAS ClTf.
BEEvEs-Native Steers. $3.50 4.4o; Nasi 9.
Cows, So. 759 $50.
HOGS .O0Q IS.
SHEEP-Common to Extra, $2.2513.75
MEMPHIS.
FLoUR-Choice, $6.5067. 90.
CoRN-No. 2 White, 508 SIC.
OATs-449 4Sc.
COFTON-Middling, l0Z lie.
NEW ORLEANS.
FLoUR-Choice to Family. $500 81
CORN-Mixed, 81 63c.
OATs-St. Louis, 500 40c.
HAY-Choice, SCI .0OO1z2.U0.
PORK-New Mess, $40. Il co
BACON-9ll o Ike.
SUGAR-Choice, 103 ION
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
Electioneering in Georgia.

The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle prints
the following: Hon. Augustus r.
Wright, of Rome, who is spoken of as a
probable Independent candidate for
Governor of Georgia, is patron of the
fine arts. A young lady of that place
having painted a portrait of Judge
Wright, ''simply as pastime," he
wrote her a note, (Which, with her re-
ply, is published,) saying that though
he considered the nose little too small
he would give her $50 for the painting
and help her to husband The fair
artist wisely accepted the cash and de-
clined the consort, saying that husbands
sometimes prove troublesome comforts,
and so long as a woman remains indie
pendent she had better continue single
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
Flowers.
BY JULIA GODDARD.

There is no season in the year
That lifts mans heart to Heaven so near
As summer;
when flowers about our pathway grow,
p And roses on the hedgerows blow;
sweet summer
And as its perfumed breath doth rise,
In silent homage 20 the skies
Gp-stealing,
a thousand memories forth start,
Long hidden pictures in the heart
Revealing;
Where lilac chains with scented links,
Or treasured tuft OF red Glove pinks,
Or heather
'Mongst which we played, fond stories tell
OF parted ones, who once did dwell
Together.
Again, the feathery seeds away
Are pulled to tell the time of day:
Whilst golden
uued cowslips into balls we Irvine,
Or part the horns in columbine
Enfolden.
Whilst through the woods the whole day long
The cuckoo sings an idle Song,
Awaking
The echo of dulcet peal,
That rangiere hearts began TO feel
Heart breaking;
And so it comes to pass that we
With half sigh the flowers see,
Hah giadncss;
And round our hearts they Irvine and Irvine,
Until their beauty makes divine
Our sadness.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
The Rebellion of the stomach.

The stomach Obstinately rebels against all
efforts to make it digest superabundant or
indigestible food. When fit of dyspepsia
has been brought on by over-indulgence in
the pleasures of the table, or any other
cause, the invalid can obtain from Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters prompter and more
complete relief than from any other source.
This admirable specific not only renders di-
gestion active, but regulates the secretion
and distribution of the bile, re-establishes
regular habit of body when costiveness ex-
lists, restores the appetite, soothes and invig-
crates the nerves, and, if taken before retir-
ing, facilitates sleep. Under these happy
conditions, the dyspeptic or bilious subject
elasticity, and all the various and harassing
bodily and mental symptoms of chronic in
digestion disappear.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

Purchasing at night has become a
standard amusement in Clark County,
Ky. Ladies participate in the sport. A
company of six ladies and six gentle
men, most of them married people and
related to each other, were out after a
fox on one occasion until . O'Clock in
the morning.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

THE ENORMOUS WASTAGE of grain, SO iaerfabls
srnh other styles of Threshers be SAVED by this
Improved Machine, sufficient erey job, to more than
pay all expenses of thfeehing.
FLAX, TIMOTHY, 1ftLLET. HUNGARIAN and
like seeds threshed separated cleaned and saved
easily and perfectly Wheat, Oats, Rye or Barley
AN EXTRA PRICE Is usually paid for grain and
seeds cleaned by this machine, for extra ceantnese
IN THE WET GRAIN of 1875. these were substan-
tally the ONLY MACHINES that could run with profit
economy doing fast, thorough and perfect work.
ichen Others utterly failed
ALL GRAIN TIME and MONEY wasting complica-
TONS such as ENDLESS Aprons, "Raddles, Beaters
Pickers" etc, entirely dspensed acih less than
snshaIf the usual Gears Belts, Boxes, and Journals;
carter reanaged more durable light running cost
Iy repairs; no dust; no litterings" to clean up; not
troubled by adverse Winds rain or storms
FARMERS and GRAIN RAISERS who porsd
In the large saving made by it will ot smpioy fnfe-
rior and waseful machines, but will insist on this
improved Thresher doing their work.
FOUR SIZES made for g. 8, 10 and IL Horse
Powers. Also a speciality Of SEPARATIONS, designed
and made EXPRESSLY FOR STEAM POWER
TWO STYLES OF HORSE POWERS viz: our i'm
proved "Triple Gear" ard our "Spur Speed" Wood.
bury Style) both " Mounted T" on -four wheels
IF INTERESTED in Threshing Grain Raising.
apply nearest Dealer write to for Iustra-
ted Circular (sent fee) giving full particulars of Sizes
Styles, Prices, Terms, etc.
Nichols, Shepard d Co.,
BATTLE CREEK, MICH
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

Mr.. GAGE, who lectures on the cleo
trio telegraph, exhibits pleasing ex-
pertinent. He connects the wires OF his
battery upon his lecture desk with
piano, in some house remote from the
hall, and the music is sent over the
wires, and is audible to the assemblage.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

AMONG the latest arrivals at the Ex-
hibition is an Egyptian priestess or
princess of the age of :he Pharaohs.
She never leaves her box, but her COM
life.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

A YOUNG lady, following a Shakspear-
ian play with the book, remarked to
her companion: ''How imperfect those
actors are! None of them say 'exit'
when they 20 off,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
TEN YEARS AGO

operative supplied the demand for TUFTS Hair
Dye. To-day it requires fifty men and girls, with
it,iproved machinery. 10 do it. The demand is not
confined TO tbs rottptrv hut extends to all parts oil
IL IL
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

JOSEPH LEwTER, of Milan, Tenn, wrote
Fell. %. 1876: II have sold ShalIenberger' S
Agle Pills for twelve years, and have never
heard of a case they have not cured Have
YOU chiIls? Shallenberger' Pills will cure
Yot for one dollar Try them.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
- AGENTS WANTED FOR THE GREAT
centennial HISTORY

1t sellsfaster than any other book ever published
One gent sold 81 copies In one day send for our
extra terms TO Agents NATIONAL PUBLISHING
co. Sc. JoT!s. No.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

eve call the attention to the advertise
ment of Simmons's Liver Regulator, which
appears in the paper to-day. This standard
remedy does not deserve to be classed with
the many patent nostrums SO literally
advertised throughout the country 1t is
ons Of the very beet preparations of its kind
in use, aid Is reeopmended by the regular
practitioners of medicine. IT has a large sale
in this city; and can be found in al, cur drug
stores. A bottle or package should be founI
in every family, as its judicious use is almost
certain TO prevent a Bilious attack, if taken
when the symptoms first shJ'~ themselves. -
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05
ACENTs!I5O LIVE BOOKS

,Iosr COMPLETELY REFEEsENTEp N OH -
GRAND CONfSIN ALTON PROSPECTUS
picked Lopuitly works ereTy subject Why risk ali
by offering customers choice of 100 Oar
Agents have the inside Ick. and delighted with
their quick sales Fif not to send for particulars at
mn, To- So A.. SJ Ia
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

IF you feel duh drowsy. debilitated have frequent
headache badly poor appetite and tongue
coated, you suffering from torpid liver, or "bil-
business" and nothing will cure you so speedily and
permanently as
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

WuHoFr's ToNrC!-UNFAILING AND IN
FALLIBLE!-1his great Chill Tonic cures
Chills without the intervention of doctors
and their bills. No consulting yisits-IiC pre-
scriptons to be fillcd--no huge bills, entail
ing paruniary embarrassments, added to
loss of health. It IS the friend Of the poor
ing, and of the rich, because il prepares him
to enjoy his wealth. This great boon to
mankind is cheap safe and prompt. G. X.
t1NLAY q Co. Pr0prietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGists.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

sort of a fellow when young man, but
he was thrifty, and thrift seemed to
harden him.
Half an hour afterward Farmer Brill
drove off in his light wagon. There was
a marvellous change in the expression of
his old face. His eyes had a new luster
in them, and the kindlier temper of his
blood was softening and warming all
the hard lines that had compressed
themselves about his mouth, and cut
down rigidly between his brows, giving
them a nobler and deeper human senti-
ment. In his wagon was bag of flour,
bushe1 of potatoes, a side of bacon,
and twenty pounds of salt pork, beside
corn meal and apples.
When Farmer Brill returned, his
heart was so light that it gave new
buoyancy to his body, and, instead of
moping about or sitting half-stupidly
in his armchair, he went bustling in
and out in a CHEEKY way, and talked to
his wife of this neighbor and that with
a kindly interest altogether new.
est is more blessed to give, some
times, than to receive" said Mrs. Brill
to her husband, as he told her, with
new quality of pleasure in his voice,
about his visit to Mr.. Gardner and his
family.
at may be Arrays" he answered, to
her surprise. &c 1t must be-" he added,
after hesitating pause, elf our Saw
ior's words be true, for he put in no
qualifying sometimes.
The old mar sat very still, with a
sober, Unlocking expression on his face
8" He knew best, Andrew; but very
few of us live as if we thought He did"
The farmers sleep was not so sound
that night as usual; thought was too
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

Ask rhe recovered Dyspeptics. Bilious sufferers. VIC
tins of Fever and Ague the mercuria diseased Pc
TENT how they recovered health cheerful spirits and
good appetite-they will tell you by taking Simmons
Liver Regulator.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-05

triumph.
When the mules had been securely
hitched Mr.. Jones went at once in pur-
suit of new corn-plows. Mrs. Jones,
not being agriculturally patriotic, went
to milliner's. Mr.. Jones met old
friends living on Cane Creek, and as
corn-plows were what they needed, too,
the whole party went in pursuit of those
useful implements. Before buying they
agreed to ask the captains advice. 1t
is a common thing to do that, although
the captain is not farmer, and his ad-
vice is liquid. But they all took the
captains advice, and Mr.. Jones paid
for it. 1t is needless to attempt any
description of Mr.. Jones's feelings when
he saw the true condition of his wallet.
In this life men now and then experience
pangs that ought not to be described.
Such was the case with Mr.. Jones.
But he still asked for advice and took
it recklessly as long as he could, which
was not long. Then he. went sadly to
his wagon and waited for his wife.
IL WIS ldIc III UIle diterHOou wien Il
lady with snowy hat and new parasol
stepped up to Mr.. Jones's wagon and
found him noddipg.
"Well, Mr.. Jones, are you ready to
go homer"
I" Yes, ma'am, and 1 wish my wife
would Gomez
The lady laughed and stepped into
the wagon, much to Mr.. Jones's terror.
elf Martha Jones comes now she'll
bounce you, and p,e, too, as soon as
not" said he.
"Let her bounce" said the lady
"you give me them reins."
And before he could recover from his
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-03-04
The Dog and the Baker.

Sir Walter Scott tells us of one of hi
dogs that it one day furiously attacked
the baker and was with great difficulty
called off. But as the dog observed tho
baker coming every day to leave bread
for the family, he began to regard him
in favorable light, and in time the dog
and the baker became great friendss
One day Sir Walter was telling some,
boly how the dog had attacked ths
baker, and Immediately he began tn,
story the dog skulked into the corner o,
the room, turned his face to the wall,
hung down his ears and lowered his tail
and displayed every sign of being heart
lily ashamed of himself. But when Si1
Walter came to the end of the story ans.
said: " But Tray didn' t bite the baker. -
the dog turned round in a moment,
jumped and frisked about and was evi-
IDENTIFY restored to his own good opinion.
To try the dog, Scott repeated the story
in different tones of voice, and in the
midst even of other conversation, but it
was always the same. Directly he began,
the dog crept into the corner, but when
he came to "but Tray didn't bite the
baker" he always capered back again in
triumph,
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-03-04
The Late Charlotte Cushman.

The late Charlotte Cushman, the
American actress, made her debut at the
fremont Theater, New Orleans, in April,
1885, as the Countess in an Anglacised
version of the " Marriage of Figaro. a"
She was still young, being then only
nineteen, and her voice was perfectly
fresh; but the climate destroyed the
lower notes of her register, and she was
confronted with the fearful phantom of
failure. She resolved to force her voice
to the requir ements of soprano scale,
and did 80 for time, but with the nj, j.
mate result of destroying her upper
notes. Her voice was completely gone.
Her agony at this time must have been
extreme. All the visions of wonderful
success had first been unrolled before her
intoxicated brain, and then spatched
away. She had bee materially aiding
her mother, whose resources had not in
creased, but whose expenses had natu-
rally grown with the growth of her
family. By the advice of her friends
she went upon the stage, and her sue
cess was all that these friends could de-
sire. On her first appearance as Lady
Macbeth, the people were taken captive.
They rose to her, and bestowed on her
such salvos of applause as it is the lot
of few performers to receive. The agony
of contemplated failure wss over. From
that day she was known as the successor
of Mrs. Siddons.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-03-04
Elephant Executing a Criminal.

Among the modes of punishment
vogue in the East there are few tb
are not characterized by barbarity in
greater or less degree. We may, if '
like, hold the theory in America tn
the execution of a criminal should J
carried out as deterrent to othe
rather than as societys revenge upt
him personally for the offense comm
ted but with Indians such an argume5
would lot hold water for monent, al
this is sufficiently proved by the rein
ments of torture which many of the
modes of punishment involve, and whi4
seem specially designed as much
crafty the m orbid tastes of the behol
ers as to accomplish their ultimate d.
sign on the victim.
Although the English have done mue.
to abolish these barbarous modes 4
execution in the different native stat,
under their control, they still prevail /
some parts of the Indian empire
notably at Hyderabad and at Baroda
from the latter of which capitals come
the following account of the mode {
executing criminals with the elephant
The wretched victim is bound han
and foot, and then by means of rop
tied round his waist, is secured to tn
hind leg of the elephant, which is thel
driven at brisk trot through th
streets of the city. OF course, at ever.
movement of the animals leg, the bod,
of the man is lifted up and dashed vic
lently ageinst the ground !; and it is vel
for him if one of these conclusion
should haply prove fatal, in which cas-
his sufferings are at an end.
Otherwise the miserable wretch i
taken outside the city, where he i
placed with his head upon stone, an(
the elephant, raising his enormous foot
crushes it as easily as Nasmyth ham
mer would Barcelona nut. Howeve,
it may be disapproved on humanitaria'
principles, there can be no doubt that i,
the end the execution of a criminal il
this fashion is decidedly effectual, and
diverted of the preliminary torture, les,
painful than many modes of in
ficting death which prevail elsewhere
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-03-04

Standing on the threshold, with her wAkening
heart and mind,
Standing ON the threshold, with her childhood
left behind;
Tho woman softness blending with the look Of
sweet surprise
For life and oil its marvels that light tho clear
blue eyes.
Standing on the threshold, with light foot and
fearless hand,
As tho young knight by his armor In minister
nave might stand;
The fresh red lip Just touching youths rudy
rapturous wine,
The eager heart all brave, pure hope, oh, happy
child OF mine!
could guard the helpless infant that nestled
In my arms;
I could savs the prattlsr's golden head from
petty baby hsrme
I could brighten childhoods gladnesr, and
comfort ohildhood's tesrs,
But cannot cross the threshold with the step
Of riper years.
For hopes, and joys, and maiden dreams are
waiting for her there
Whore girlhood's fancies bud and bloom In
April's golden air;
And passionate love, and passionate grief, and
passionate gladness lie
Among the crimson flowers that spring %
youth goes Auttering by.
Ah on those rosy pathways Is no place for
sobered feet,
My tired eyes have naught Of strength such
fervid glow to meet;
My voice is al too sad to sound amid the Joyous
OF the music that through charmed air for
opening girlhood floats.
Yet thorns amid the leaves may lurk, and
thunderclouds may lower,
And death, or change, or falsehood blight the
jasmine in thy bower;
Nay God avert the woe, my child; but, oh
should tempest come
by the threshold waits the patient
love Of home!
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-03-04
An Editorial Training.

"Let man for time become editor
if he would be thoroughly acquainted
with men outside and inside, and
through and through" said DIR. Taylor
in lecture before the Yale divinity stu
dents.
This is very true, and when DR.. Tay-
lor says that in early life he was an edi-
tor, we get one of the reasons of his
power and success as preacher. There
is no man who obtains such an insight
into human character and the motives
which govern men conduct as an editor
of daily journal who is fitted for his
place-that is, ono who is capable of
both observation and reflection, who
preserves his independence and does
not let prejudice disturb his analysis.
We will add to what DR.. Taylor says,
that training as reporters would be very
useful to theological students.-Sun.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-03-04
Tho Cross.

Quaint though the construction be Of
the following poem, yet never has the
story OF the cross been told with more
truthful simplicity:
Blest they who seek,
While In their youth
With spirit meek,
The way OF truth.
To them tho sacred Scriptures now display
Christ ~ the only true and living way;
His precious blood on Calvary was given
To make them heirs Of endless blise In heaven,
Aud cen ON earth the child Of q d oau trace
Tho glorious blessings Of his SAvior's grace.
For them he bore
His Fathers frown;
For them He wore
Tho thorny crown
Mailed 10 the GROSS,
Endured its pain,
That His lifs's lors
Might be their gain.
Then haste to ohoose
That better part,
Nor cen dare refuse
Tho Lord thy heart,
Lost He declare.
~ know yon not,
And deep despair
Should be your lot
Now look 70 Jesus who OH Calvary died,
And trust on Hun who there wss crucihed.