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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09
Queer Breach-of-Promise Case.

Yesterday a jury in Judge Burnett's
room, Court of Common Pleas, gave a
verdict of 200 to Miss Elizabeth
West in a breach-of-promise case. The
suit was brought against Enoch Hayes,
son of Joseph Hayes, one of the wealth
lest farmers of Whitewater Township.
The claim of the plaintiff was that
Enoch Hayes entered into a contract of
marriage with her in 1878, but the mar
riage was postponed without naming a
particular day, and in 1874 he married
a Miss Miller. She brought suit for
$4,000. Since the suit was brought
the defendant, Hayes, died, and it be-
came question whether her claim did
not die with him; but Judge Burnett
held that the law of Ohio was plain that
the suit could be maintained against
the personal representative of the de-
ceased. The defense denied a contract
of marriage, and said that Miss West
was a seamstress in the family, being
employed by Enoch Hayes's mother.
They relied on the fact that she was
several years older than the defendant,
but the jury seems to have taken diff
ferent view, and now the mans estate
will have to pay the plaintiffs claim
Cincinnati Gazette.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09

ly in childhood, all the worse for us
when we grow up. If we go to bed
early, we ripen; if we sit up late, we
decay, and sooner or later we contract
disease called insomnia, allowing it
to be permanently fixed upon us; and
then we begin to decay, even in youth.
Late hours are shadows from the grave.
If 1 were boy again, would have
a blank-book in which could record,
before going to bed, every days events
just as they happened to me personally.
If 1 began by writing only two lines
day in my diary, would start my lit
tie book, and faithfully put down
what happened to interest me.
On its pages would note down the
habits of birds and animals as saw
them, and if the horse fell ill, down
should go his malady in my book, and
what cured him should go there too.
If the cat or the dog showed any pecu-
liar traits, they should all be chronicled
in my diary, and nothing worth record
ing should escape me.
There are hundreds of things Iwould
correct in my life if were boy again,
and among them is this especial one:
I would be more careful of my teeth.
Seeing since L have grown up how
much suffering is induced by the bad
habit of constantly eating candies and
other sweet nuisances, would shut my
mouth to all allurement of that sort.
Very hot and very cold substances
would studiously avoid.
Toethache in our country is one of
the national crimes. Half the people
we meet have swelled faces. The den-
fist thrives here as he does in no other
land on this planet, and it is because
we begin to spoil our teeth at the age
of five or six years. A child, eight
years old, asked me not long ago if
could recommend him to a dentist
"who didn't hurt!'' pitied him, but
was unaquainted with such an artist
They all hurt, and they can not help it,
poor, Woodworking gentlemen, charg-
ing, as they do, like Chester. .,
DON'T USE TOBACCO.
Iwould have no dealings with tobac-
co, in any form, if were boy again.
My friend Pipes tells me he is such
martyr to cigar-boxes that his life is q
burden. The habit of smoking has be-
come such tyrant over him that he
carries tobacco bowsprit at his damp,
discolored lips every hour of the day,
and he begs me to warn all the boys of
my acquaintance, and say to them en-
phatically, "Don't learn to smoke!''
He tells me, sadly, that his head is
sometimes in such dizzy whirl, and his
brain so foul from long habits of smok-
ing he can not break off, that he is com
PEELED to forego much that is pleasant
in existence, and live q tobacco-tortured
life from year to year. Poor Pipes! he
is a sad warning to young fellows who
are just learning to use the dirty, I'M
mannerly weed.
Many more things occur to me that 1
would strive to accomplish if were
boy again, but this chapter is long
enough already.-Youth's Companion.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09
Comfort for Uneasy stomach..

That Incompatible anti-dyspeptic cordial,
carminatiye and appetizer, Hostetter's
easy stomach with a degree of prompitude
most gratifying to the victim of Indigestion.
The eradication of dyspepsia by the Bitters
is, of course, accompanied by the disappear
ance of every one of its multifariOus and
puzzling symptoms, among which may be
mentioned as the most prominent; heart
burn, fatulence, abdominal oppression after
eating, and sinking at other times, paipita-
tons of the heart, water brash, vertigo,
sick headache and nausea. Hostetter's
Bitters tone and regulate the various organs
which assist in the processes of assimila-
ton, secretion and evacuation, fortify the
system against malarious feyers and develop
in the enfeebled system fresh stores of
surpass any tonic or regulating medicine Of
the age.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09
Some way the talk veered round from
the weather to Woman's Rights.

Some way the talk veered round from
the weather to Woman's Rights.
Matty, on this, spoke up.
She didn t at all believe in the second
hand influence which reached the bal
lot-box through the agency of husbands
and brothers. "When 1 vote," she
said, " want to march to the polls and
put in my own vote my own self.''
"What a pretty spectacle you'd
make, Matty, with that rolling-pin in
your hand, and
elm not at all sure that want to
vote," she interrupted. 'But 1 just
weuld like to make some laws, that's
ALL
"Well, you might petition the Legis-
lature," suggested the Doctor, gravely.
"Oh, they're not legal laws; only
social customs and usages. III tell you
just what mean" She laid the roll
ing-pin aside, with an emphatic bang,
placed her floury arms akimbo, looked
very earnest and determined, and quite
regardless of the fact that she and DR..
Gibson were in love with each other
Snow, at a party, when lady sits
alone in stuff-chair all the evening,
not dancing, simply because she hasn't
any partner, and can't ask any one, oh,
you know, DIR. Gibson, you know"
elbow it is MYSELF" interrupted he.
elbow it was at Mrs. Campbell's the
other night. If had been Anna Rad
cliffe, or Dora Coliard,. I'd have asked
some of you men to dance with me-"
"Then you think women should have
the privilege of asking for whatever
they wishP" he retorted, with half a
smile.
She answered that she thought just
that.
"Well, Matty, I quite agree with you.
not only think they should have this
right in such case you mention, but
also in more serious affairs. For in
stance, women might, with perfect
propriety, make proposals of mar
rage"
Now, such an idea had never entered
Matty's foolish little head, and she
seized the sugar-box with great embar-
rassment. The Doctor went on with
much gravity
sI am aware that it would be a very
unconventional proceeding, and I am
afraid that no woman will ever be wise
enough to take the initiative; and yet l
am persuaded that in many instances
it would be the most natural and beau
tiful thing she could do.''
He was looking unconsciously up at
the blue sky shining through the fila
gree work of vine-leaves above him.
1t was evident he was thinking in the
abstract only, but faltering little cdr.
Gibson" recalled him to the concrete.
And there stood Matty, smiling, blush
ing, dimpling, ready to extinguish her.
self in her brown Bingham apron.
CDR. Gibson, 1 like you ever so
much!" she faltered, bravely, but
breathlessly.
The Doctor jumped through an open
window, and made his proposal over
again.-Portlaad Sunday Times.
All For has dedicated his Chinese
mission building in Virginia City, Ne
vada. The fact that $50 converted
Chinese were present at the dedication
services speaks well for the children of
the Celestial Kingdom
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09
THE MARKETS.

ST. LOUIS. December 4. ls7t.
BHavIs-Choice. e4.75s 30; Good to Prisis e
$40 g 20; Cows AM and Heifera. e2.s'a %
aoas@Packins $500 $50.
sHEEP-Common to Fancy, e2.25 4.s7h
TIoUnNohoice country. so.6oss.2'; XXX.
M gsaT@Rea. No. 2. s1.s7xs1.ss. No. 3.
CoKs.Ho ! aiixed. 4sxe4H.
OATs-No. 2. 3lke32c.
TIMorHT ssED-Prime. eI.e5e1.7o.
ToRAooo--Planters Lugs. s4.OOs 500; Ne
DIM Hn4 shagp5ng F Tadthg sIs
BUrrER-Choice Dairy. z5e 2oc.
PoRK-stsndard Mess. els. 5os1 1878.
WooI[Tub- washed. Choice. 80 . 400; Tn
washed Combing, As26c.
new YORK.
BEEvEs-Natiye Steers. s7.ooe IS; Colorado
AH sHnErmcommon to to- Choice. ss5i
Lambs, s5.25s6.75.
HoGs.LIys. % ;oSss 80; eo.,m
GoEs-,WesseIn Mixed. Sew; SIX s5sHo.
PoRK-Mess. sic. As a16.75.
COTTON-Middling. 12Hc.
CHICAGO
n e SSsos CO.
SHEEP-S2. 70G4.5l.
FLOUR.ChOice Winter e6.258 7. 25s Cholce
Spring Extra. S5.75e6.25.
spr,ar. No. 5, 5 Leo Leg
CoRN-No. 2. 44s44kc.
OATs-No. Q, 33B a3Sc.
RYE-No. 2, OK a6S3.
PoRK-Meee, Sl5.7OG l6 90.
LARD-Per cwt.. 90. $50 9S7H.
KANSAS CITY.
BEBvEs-Native Steers. e2.75e 4.25i Naive
Cows, %. OGe 2 80.
HoGsN&4.90O5.5
SHEEP-Common to Extra. e1.75o3 Is.
MEMPHIS.
FLoUa-Choice, S6.5097. 90.
CoRN-Mixed, 64e SIC.
OATs-In Store, 47Q SOC.
CorToN-Middling, 1lhc.
NEW CRLEANs.
FLoUR-Choice Family. s7.00o7.75.
CORN-White. 54K g55c.
OATs-St. Louis, 3s 2 40c.
HAY-Prime. ga 90 90.
PORK-New Msts, SIS 36K 1870
BAcoN-7Ic
COTTON Add1inv. 111&c.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

SWEET POTATOES, VIRGINIA STYLE.
Pare, wash and boil a sufficient num-
Der of small light-colored sweet pota-
toes, peel them while hot, put them in
a vegetable-dish, season with a very lit
tie salt, pour over some partially melt
ed butter, put the lid on the dish and
serve very hot.
ORANGE FRITTERs.-Peelt the oranges,
part them in quarters, take all the seeds
out, boil them for minutes in light
strip, drain them well on a sieve, i'm
merse them in a light batter and fry
them quickly in plenty of clear, very
hot lard; when they are of a light
brown color, drain and pare them;
sprinkle powdered sugar over and serve
on folded napkin.
HoT-SLAw.-Cut the cabbage in fine
shreds; put it in a saucepan with salt,
pepper, ounces of butter, glass of
white wine vinegar and glasses of
water; set the whole ON brisk fire,
boil quickly for 20 minutes, drain in a
strainer, dress in pyramidal form on a
flat dish, and send to table.
CORN FRITTERs AS A VEGETABLE.-
Cut q sufficient quantity of fresh-cook-
ed corn off the cobs; put in large
bowl 2 raw eggs, 8 tablespoonfuls of
flour, salt, pepper, and little milk ;
mingle well, add the corn, mingle
again; have about pound of hot lard
in a large fry-pan, heat well, and with
tablespoon drop the preparation into.
it; when done on one side turn it over
and cook the other side, d.ain on a
cloth aud serve on folded ukin.
POTATO Prepare sufficient
quantity of thick mashed potatoes
lightly buttered and passed through
colander; add the yelks of4 eggs, min
gle well, and cook 8 minutes longer;
put the whole in a dish and let cool;
when wanted roll them down on -four
ed table, give them the size and shape
of Goldfish balls, dip them in beaten
eggs, then in yellow-meal flour; fry
them in hot lard see that they are of a
clear yellow color, and serve them on
q folded napkin.
hlCd w AEFLEo.-Mdhc d GillH pt1Stc
with 8 ounces of flour, 6 ounces of pull
verified sugar. 2 eggs. few drops of
essence to flavor, liquor-glass Of
brandy or rum, and milk. Warm and
butter both sides of the mold, put some
of the paste into it, close it gently, set
it on the fire, turn it over to heat both
sides equally, dust them with sugar
when done, and serve either warm or
cold. 1t takes hardly a minute for each
with good fire. f.I
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09

BURNETT's CocoAINE.-A perfect dressing
for the hair. The CoCoAINR holds in liq-
uid form large proportion of deodorized
cocoanut oil, prepared expressly for this
purpose.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09

PHILIP PHILLIPS has been giving
evenings of sacred song in Scotland,
and immense crowds have attended the
services.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09
A BLACK CHARACTER

is awful but pretty black hair and whiskers not.
Use DIR. TUFTS Hair Dye, and in fifteen minutes
you will have them natural as in youth. If your
Druggist does net have it he will order 1t for you.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09

TIE CHICAGO LEDGER-A large popular
weekly paper for 81. 90 per year and Is cents
for postage. Address THE LEDGER, Chicago,
ILL.,; or enclose Scent stamp for sample.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09
FARMS WANTED.

HAVE YOU FARM TO SELL AT A BARGAIN?
IL We h two hundred buy to he suit ed
with Western Farms. Send fof circular and blanks.
No charge un' e,s sale made l.. p HorcHKIss 81 Co.,
Sale and Exchange Bureau for Western Farms and
Lands. l42 La Sale street. Chicago. Ill.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09
PERSONAL HABITS.

would keep "better hours" if 1
were boy again; that is, would go
to bed earlier than most boys do.
Nothing gives us more mental and bodi-
ly vigor than sound rest when properly
applied. Sleep is our great replenish-
er, and if we neglect to take it natural
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09

Ask the recovered Dyspeptics Bilious sufferers, NO
tins Of Fever and Ague, the mercurial diseased Pc
tent how they recovered health, cheerful spirits and
good appette-they will tell you by taking simmons
Liver Regulator.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09
THE FARM" COLUMN.

THE FARM COLUMN.
1t costs but one cent to send your ad.
dress by postal card to either adver-
tiscr in this column, with request for
further information concerning the
property advertised.
FARMS FOR SALE.
CHRUIT and Grain Farm for sale. 10 acres near Ma
Il kanda, jackson Co., Ill. T.S.Wellsteed, Max anda
A VARIETY or IMPROVED FARMS and rery
n cheap Grazing Lands in Jasper Co., Ind. A fine
stock and dairy country. Price low; payments easy
FRANK w BABcooK, Attorney at Law, Real Estate
Broker, Rensselaer, Ind.
GPECIAL BARGAINS.-Improved Farm of nearly
- 400 acres about two miles from city limits of Onla
ha all beautiful land. To be sold mt sacrifice for
cash. investment at the price cannot be sur
passed.
acres: sell all undivided part TO a PRACTICAL
farmer. Rare chance. Sipper atrc.
Improved Farm of 50 acres in Riley Co, kansas, for
$50; buildings cost more money BOTTOM laiiu On
county road: schuol-hOusc ad1acCnt.
2fS acres Of choice and in Texas County, missouri
Chic xiv settled re y5olJ. f. r SIS per acre,
40 acre Farm win gentcel house AM good I'M
proven cnts generally. in Ad ms Co, WIS ofeTet
Fine Stock Farm Guthrie Co., Iowa, 200 acres. for
Address f. p HorcuKIs & Co.. bureau for Sale Of
Farms, 142 La Sale street. Chicago. H.
4 900 ACRE IMPROVED FARM-R on time
l.VBSBVBAdtlress RopEET WATSON Peabody, Kansas
m ACRES. mostly Woodland In Clark County,
lZU Wisconsin. Address S. b. HUTCuINGs. Chi.
cage, Ill.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09

came and went constantly to the house,
however. Matty gave up all hope,
finally. of ever coming to better under
standing with him, when something
happened.
DIR. Gibson ''dropped in" one MORN
ing, when Mrs. Killicot sat sewing on
the pleasant veranda in the cool, re-
freshing breeze.
"You mustn't come here" she called,
as he tied his horse to the hitching-post.
''My work requires my undivided at
tention; besides, you'll step on the ruff
fies. You may go and help Matty, if
you like
The young woman was making pies
in the kitchen. She saw the Doctor
coming round the corner of the house,
gave hurried glance at the bright bot
tom of tin-pan she was holding, found
herself presentable, and greeted him
composedly. She was very glad to see
him, she said. Wouldn't he come in ?
No, he wouldn't come in, the day was
so beautiful. He would just stand on
the little brick pavement under the
window, and lean over the sill.
So there he stood under the grape
vine trellis, with q little golden sun
shine falling over his hair and shout
ders. Matty observed that he looked
thoroughly unloverlike, and concluded
that he didn't intend to propose. She
also noticed rip in his coat, and won
dered who would mend it for him.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-09

DlIQ. he once nduCou me u DuQCQ OF
pansies, and called them violets, and
on another occasion he mistook sweet
peas for geraniums.
What right has human being, while
the air is full of bird-music, to be
wholly ignorant of the performers
nameP When we go to the opera, we are
fully posted up with regard to all the
principal singers, and why should we
know nothing of the owners of voices
that far transcend the vocal powers of
Jenny Lind and Christine NelssonP
A boy ought also to be at home in a
barn, learn how to harness a
horse, tinker up a wagon
feed the animals, and do a hundred
useful things, the experience of which
may be of special service to him in af-
ter life as an explorer or traveller,
when unlocked for emergencies befall
him. 1 have seen an ex-President of
the United States, when an old man,
descend from his carriage, and rear
range buckles and straps about his
horses when an accident occurred,
while the clumsy coachman stood by in
a kind of hopeless inactivity, not know
ing the best thing to be done. The ex-
President told me he had learned about
such matters on a farm in his boyhood,
and so he was never at loss for reme-
dies on the road when his carriage
broke down.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

A NINETEENTH CENTURY GHOST
STORY. An interesting story in connec-
tion with the death of George Smith, the
Assyriologist, is told in the London pa
pers. This gentleman died at Aleppo on
the 10Th OF August at or about the hour of
SIX in the afternoon. On the same day,
and between three quarters of an hour
and an hour later, friend and fellow
8 orker OF Mr.. Smith's--Dr. Delitzch-was
going to the houSe of third person. the
author of the account of the labors CT the
departed scholar, W hich appeared in the
Acad envy. In the course of his walk DIR.
Delitz CHI passed within stones throw Of
the house where Mr.. Smith lived when i'll
London, and suddenly heard his name ut
tered aloud in most piercing cry" which
thrilled him to the marrow. The fact
impressed him so strongly that he looked
at his watch and noted the no ur. DR.. De-
litzch. who strongly disavo WIS any super
stitious leaning, was ashamed to MENTION
the circumstance to his fir lend on reaching
that gentleman's house, although on his
return home he owns that i. is nervous
apprehensions of some mournful event in
his own family found relief in tears, and
that he recorded all the facts in his note
book that same night. DR.. d Glitch told
the story on the 9th inst, at friends
breakfast table, with all the circumstances
mentioned above, including the hour at
which he heard the shrill cry. He dis
tinctly denied having cen thinking of Mr..
George Smith at the time
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06

A PHYSICIANS PRAYER.-The follow
ing prayer was found among the papers of
the late DR.. Couch, of Petersburg, Va,
and is published in the s'Parish Visitor. y
DIR. Couch was in the habit of using it
every day:
go Thou great Bestower of health and
comfort! grant Thy blessing upon the pro-
fess1onal duties in which this day I may
engage. Give me judgment to discover
disease, and skill to treat it; and crown
with Thy favor the means that may be de-
vised for recovery; for with Thine assis-
lance the humblest instrument may sue
coed, as without it the ablest may prove
unayailing. Save me from all sordid mo-
tives, and endow me with a spirit of pity
and liberality towards the poor, and of
tenderness and sympathy towards all, that
[ may enter into the various feelings by
which they are respectively tried, may
weep with those that weep, and rejoice
with those that rejoice. And sanctify
their souls as well as heal their bodies.
Let faith and patience, and every Chris
tian virtue they are called upon to exer-
else, have their perfect work, so that in
the gracious dealings of Thy Spirit and
Thy providence they may find in the end,
whatever that end may be, that it has been
good for them to have been afflicted. Grant
this, o Heavenly Father! for the love of
that adorable Redeemer, who while on
earth went about doing good, and now
ever liveth to make intercession in heaven.
Amen"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06
REFORMING THE H0U sEHOLD.

ssJust what I have been expecting for
about seven years. said Miss Pauline
Worthington, looking up from an open
sis not your letter from Herbert, Lina2"
questioned Mrs. Worthington, a tiny, sill
yer haired old lady, with gentle express
sion.
eyes, mother, Essie is very ill with low,
nervous fever, and they want me to come
and stay till she is better. The carriage
will be sent at three O'Clock, mother"
Then, more emphatically 81 think it is
about time Bert;s tyranny over that little
martyr was ended. He is killing her."
''Lina He is your brother"
ST can see his faults if he ISL
II never heard Essie complain"
''She never would. But look at her,
Nine years ago, when she married, she was
a living sunbeam, so bright and pretty
Now, pale, quiet and reserved, her voice
is seldom heard, her smile seldom seen. A
wintry shadow of her former summer
brightnessl Now she has broken down.
You have never seen her at home, but
surely when she is here you see the
changer"
eyes, dear, she has changed; but fami-
ly, cares''-
elias Louie changed so ? She has been
twelve years married"
Mrs. Worthington was silent. Louie
was her oldest child, and presided over the
l. oI,I 4 l,Do
pied prisoner for fifteen years. She took
all the household cares, and had five chill
dren, and yet Louie had gained in beauty,
and certainly in cheerful happiness, since
her marriage, even if the merriment of
girlhood was gone.
''Henry appreciates Louie - said Lima !;
s'there lies the difference between her
happiness and ESTES detection. If there
is any domestic trouble Henry and Louie
share it, while Herbert shifts it all upon
Essie. He is an habitual fault finder"
''Perhaps, dear, Essie is not so good a
housekeeper as Louie. Herbert may have
cause to find fault.
''Once in ten times he may [ never
saw faultless house or housekeeper; but
Essie and her house are the nearest ap-
proach to perfection ever did see.'
"You never spoke so before. Lima"
ssBecaupo Lvuie and Unuus{1t III DeJ-
ter not to worry you with a trouble beyond
your help. intend to give him lesson.
I do, indeed. That is, if you can spare
me to go?"
''You must go, dear. I shall get along
nicely"
So when Herbert Worthington sent his
carriage Lima was quite ready for the
fourteen mile drive to her brothers house
1t was most unlike a house wherein any
evil spirit of repining or fault finding
should have found an abode. Spacious
handsomely furnished, with well trained
servants, and all comforts wealth couli
furnish, it seemed perfect paradise OF
earth to visitors. But very demon lur
ked there to poison all, and this demon
Lima had come to exercise.
For the first fortnight Essie took all he
time and care, the gentle spirit lowering
very near the portals of the eternal home
There was baby, too, six months old
and it's wants filled all the spare moments
Herbert snarled and fretted over domestic
shortcomings, but Lima peremptorily for
bade all mention of these in the slck-room