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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13
Sympathy.
BIZ REGINALD HEBER.

BIZ REGINALD HEBER.
A knight and Alady once met in a grove,
While each was in quest of fugitive love;
Arivcr ran mournfully murmuring by,
And they wept in its waters for sympathy
20, never was knight such a sorrow that boreP
20, never was maid 30 deserted beforei"
From life and its woes let us instantly fly,
And jump in together for company"
They searchd for eddy that suited the deed,
But here was q bramble, and there was a weed
How 6resome it isl" said the fair with sigh;
So they sat down to rest In company.
They gazed at each other, the maid and the
knight;
How fair was her form. and how goodly his
height
'One mournful embrace" sobbed the youth,
s'ere we diet"
So kissing and crying kept company.
20, had but loved such an angel as your
%, mad but my swain been quarter as truep
To miss such perfection how blinded was II"
sure now ehey were excellent company.i
AZ length spoke the lass, rwixt a smile and
tear.
The weather is cold for watery bier;
When summer returns we may easily die,
IN enen let Us SORROW In company"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13
The Prevailing Disease Of America.

The disease receives different names in va
rious parts of the country. In some sections
it is called dyspepsia, in others it is termed
liver complaint; sometimes they ca1l it kidney
disease, and at others humor in the blood.
The fact is, that all these diseases are pres
ent to some extent in nearly every case, and
this disease prevails tosan alarming extent
throughout the whole land. Hardly.a house,
hold but what has some inmate afflicted.
We advise those who have the following
SYMPHONIC to usehM effective. remedy, and
eradicate the disease from the SYSTEM There
is generally q dull pain, In the shead, with
dizziness at times, fotif breath, bad taste in
the mouth, irregular bowels, poor appetite
and imperfect digestion, distressed, ali gone
feeling like the gnawing of a cancer in the
pit of the stomach ) scanty high coiored
urine, stagnated blood sunken eyes tinged
with yellow, skin cold and clammy, covered
sometimes with brown spots, depressed
spisits with evil cforebo(lingss tired Lam
r'rid feeling, after time Aa5d dry hacking
e,lgh, hut is followed after a time withex-
peetssration; then wasting away Of the flesh,
finally night sweats, and soon death closes
the scene. Such is the brief history of thou
sands in this country. and none Of us can be
too quick in using the remedy. The safest
and s,lrest is the SHAKER ExTRACf OF
RooTs, sold by Al. White. $40 Pearl St.,
n. Y. 1t seems to operate like a charm in
these cases. Agents wanted.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13
Personal Complications of Eu-
rODean MOnarchs.

The London correspondent of the
New York Tribune has fresh budget
of precious gossip about royalty. The
rumors of separation between the
Duke of Edinburgh and the Cars
daughter grow apace, and it is roundly
asserted that the visit of the Duchess to
Petersburg, for which the death of her
aunt furnished convenient pretext,
was really a polite means of effecting a
separation between the Duchess and her
husband. The Gar has got his daugh-
ter back again, the Duke of Edinburgh
has returned to England, and Clarence
House is shut up-when to open nobody
Ipretends to know. The Cars love for
his daughter is one of the strong pas
sions of his life; what may he not do to
avenge the fancied Sights which she
believes she has had to bearP If these
seen too contemplate reasons for hos
tile feelings, turn to any history on your
shelves and see whether the first war
you find recordedsprung out of circum-
stances less Insignificant. In connec-
ton with this may be mentioned the
curious reluctance shown by the En-
peror of Germany to pay his expected
visit to the Queen of England at Baden
Baden. First it was said that his I'M
perial Majesty had a bad cold. Next it
appeared that his Imperial Majesty had
no cold, it was the weather that was
cold, and the Emperor only feared that
he might catch one. Nobody is taken
in by court fctions Of this kind. The
tough old Emperor who bivouaeked six
months in France not long since is not
man to decline railway journey for
fear of drafts through the windows.
There is quite different reason from
that for his shutting himself Hp in his
succeed palace at Weisbaden. Berlin
and St. Petersburg are fast friends, and
why, it is asked, should not the Kaiser
pay his ally of Russia the compliment
of snubbing the mother of the unman-
nerly husband who had il-treated the
Cars daughter. sast Is .ssslsr-osss
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13
THE MARKETS.

-z ST. LOUIS. May 8. 1873.
BEEvEs-Choice s5.l2ng 40; Good to Prime,
Corn "a NJ Texans s" Il u.s. .sss 20.
fn5Fs8sass o g ess.' Xxx
WnEHT~Red. No. 2. sI.sssI.ss; No 9,
eoRN.No 2 Mixed. l4KaAx. Gag
OATs-No. 2, 33d3i1zc.
TIMOTHY SEED-$2. I5e2.5o.
TopACco.Planters, Lugs. s4.osae.Os; Me-
HAY-Choice Timothy, ei5 cog IL 90.
BUrrER-Choice Packed, % SOC.
PosK-standard Mess. SCI 75s2s.oo.
LARD-Steam, lag l2<c.
wooL--Tub- washed. Choice. 3ss4oc; I'm
washed, Is 2sc.
CorToN-Middling II5sc.
BnEvEs--Natiye. s9-75s II Is; Texan. None.
sHEEP-Unshorn. s6.25ss .; shorn, s. SO.
a6.75.
C G4 Mixed. New, assc.
PoRK-Mess. s2l. SIG 21.65.
CorToN-Middling;i 49,
BEEvEs-Common to Choice. "a .o0s5.to.
HoGs-Common to Choice. s6.sos7.a5.
faouR-tSo coe' Winter Extra, s7.a,s775;
spring superanss, . .ooss.7' u,a.xc.
Spring. No. 3, SyG S311c.
CORN-No. 2, 451sg453Sc.
OATs-No. 2, 301S g 30kc.
RYE@No. 2, 610 61xc.
PoRK-Mess 32O. 95s 81 90
LARD-Per cwt.. II 36 II .37H.s --
MEMPHIS.
FLoUR-Choice, $7.25@s 10.
CoRN-No. White, $50 SIC.
OATs-4S6 SIC.
COTTON-Middling, 1lZc. - ..
NEW ORLEANS.
FLoUR-Choice to Family, Sc. 259 7.ss.
CORN-5sx 59hc. ,.....--
OATs-0e Ale. 49, - II
HAY-Ch0ice, s2s. Oo@24 90. .ls.za lri5
PoRK-New Mess, e21. 75a % 90 4 =.
BAcoN-9I 12Ic.
SUGAR-Fair to Prime, 1x4SAc
i aOT-vSlN-@ Low MiddlinQ. i016 11c-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13

The Women's Christian Association
of Philadelphia are sending out circu-
lars warning the people of the country
against The snares of the wicked for en-
trapping the unwary at Philadelphia
during the Centennial.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13
Fl Years Ago.

For more thai twosthirds Of lifetime
CHARTER OAK STOVES have been familiar
household word; daily gaining in populari-
ty, and doing vast deal of good in enabling
housewives to place before their families
every day three "spuare meals, - well and
quickly cooked, at very small cost of both
fuel and labor; and we are doing no more
than our duty in advising every hOusekeeper
who does noEhxye a 4hartef Oak Stove to
get one with the least possible delay.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13

THE space in the main hall allotted
to Turkey is still unoccupied. The
Turkish Commissioners are here with
about thirty cases of goods, but they
are doing nothing, on account of lack
of money. The Home Government is
too busy with war and too reduced in
resources to supply the necessary funds.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13

pound of flour, pound of sugar,
pound of butter, and eggs. The eggs
must first be broken, the whites and
yelks separated and beaten very light,
then all mixed well together and beaten
with the hands. Flavor with a teaspoon
full of mace pounded very fine.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13
To ALL, particularly inyalids, spring is

To ALL, particularly inyalids, spring is
trying season. Indications Of sickness should
at once be attended to. Fatal diseases may be
caused by allowing the bowels to become consti-
pated and the system to- remain II q disordered
condition until the disorder has time to develop
ITSELF An ounce of prevention is xorth;as pound
of cure, is old andstruthful saying Therefore,
advise all who are troubled with the complaints
now very observation-disclosures, indigestion, disor-
dered liver. want Of appetite nausea, or feverish
skin-to take, without delay, Schenck's Mandrake
Pills. We know of remedy harmless and
decisive in its action. 1t at once strikes at the
root of the disease and produces a healthy tone to
the system. People never need suffer from any
disease arising from disordered condition of the
liver if they would take this excellent medicine
when they feel the first indica4ions Of the naady.
Families leaving home for the summer months
should take three four boxes of these piHs with
them. They have an almost instantaneous effect.
They will relieve the patient of headache in one
two hours, and will rapidly cleanse the liver of
surrounding bile, and u i'll effectuaIy prevent
bilious attack. They are sold by all druggists.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13
AnRAHA,I LINooLN wrote to Score

ABRAHAM LINCOLN WrOto 10 4Secfe-
tary Cameron during the war request
ing him to appoint Jacob Il. Freer of
New Jersey, ga Colonel of a colored
regiment, and this regardless of wheth-
err he can tell the exact shade OF Julius
CAESARS hair, The letter is now in
existence, and is considered great Gu
riosity.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13

Gray hair can be changed to n glossy black by a
single application of DIR. TUFTS Hair Dye 1t acts
like magic and is warranted harmless as water
If your Druggist does Ii ask him order it
for you. Price, S1.00.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13
5 Tne o..,,tv Of the / l,,ooa.i 4

Upon the quality Of the blood depends, in
body. If the blood is &anting in nutritious
properties, the muscles are sure to be weak
and fabby, the flesh deficient in quantity, the
skin sallow and dry, the checks hollow, and
the eyes lusterIess- To improve the quality
of the blood, Stimulate digestion aud assimi-
Iation with Hostetters Stomach Bitters.
Under the influence of this strength creating
cordial the body is efficiently uourished and
the flesh grows, in consequence, more
abundant, the muscles become more conn
pact, the cheek is tinged with healthful
color, and the eye regains its brightness.
The Bitters also free the blood from impuri-
ties by stimulating the kidneys and bowels
off the refuse OF the system, which, If not
entirely got rid of, poisons the vital current
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13
RI,.cK AS THE RAVENS WING.

HoFMANN's Hop Pills for Fever and
Ague. Price 80 cts. q box, 3 boxes for 81 .25.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13

THE ENORMOUS wAsTAGE of grain, so iaertabl.
totker styles Of Threshers, can be SAVED by this
Improved Machine, sufficient, ere'y job 10 than
pay all expenses of threshing. = ! ~ 30 Pa
FLAX, TIMOTHY, MILLET, HUNGARIAN and
like, seeds threshed, sepaated cleaned and saved
easily and perfectly Wheat Oats, Rye Barley
AN EXTRA PRICE Is usually paid for grain and
seeds cleaned by this machine for extra cleanliness
INTTfE WET GRAIN of 1875 these were eubstan-
tally the ONLY MACHINES that could run with profit
economy doing fast, thorough and perfect work,
srhen Others utterly failed. ~ e-s sf17lf =
ALL GRAIN, TIME and MONEY wasting complica-
TONS such Endless Aprons" "Raddles "Beaters"
Picker1s etc, esrdy dispensed Nth less than
nehalf the usual Gears Belts Boxes, and Journals;
easier managed more durable light running cost
ly repairs; nodust; Htterings" to clean up; not
troubled by adverse wiris rain or storms
FARMERS and GRAIN RAISERS who are posted
in the large saving made by It will not employ nfe-
flor and wasteful machines, but will insist this
improved Thresher doing their work.
FOUR SIZES made for Q, 8. 10 aud II Horse
and made ExPRESsLY STEAM POWER. ..A
TWO, STYLES OF HORSE POWERS Viz our i'm
proved triple Gear" and our "Spur epeed" Wood
bury Style, both " Mounted t" on four wheels
IF INTERESTED in Threshing Grain Raising,
apply nearest Dealer, write 70 for Hiastza
ted Circular sent ee) giving nun particulars Of Siges
Styles, Prices, Terms, etc "a Z az;.tt.,..1 !:
Nichols, Shepard d Co..
BATTLE CREEK. MICH
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stinctively to aid herself, for her eyes
hardly guided her, saying over and over
to herself, whether aloud or silently she
knew not: Madeleine is right. am
very foolish. Maddie is always right.
o God! what terrible thing it is to be
so gerry foolish!"
She went straight to her own room
and sat down on the chair by the win
dow, drawing it far in among the plants,
in pretty bloom and full leaf. She was
wondering vaguely when Madeleine
and Philip would come back again.
How long she sat there she could not
have told. The minutes passed I'M
consciously; but presently she heard
steps and voices near the door, and
recognized those of her lover and sister.
Cecile tried to move, but the power
was denied her. A cold weight OPP
pressed her limbs. She sat still and
dumb, and the door opened. They
paused on the threshold of the twilight
room.
'sYou will not come in, then?" ask
ed Madeleine and it was in that tone
that longs for and fears assent.
81 can not tonight. 1 can not see her
tonight. Madeleine, would rather
have died than met you! You know 1
love you. Shame and penitence and
pity aud despair-let them CO."
81 know how it will end. You will
leave me. 1t is right you should. Let
me go mad or die, my God, before he
does what he must-what is right"
Philip caught the speaker in his arms.
nent that followed there seemed as
ieep pain as passionate tenderness.
"My love! my life! my darling! In
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13

Madeleine's cheeks; but not tinge of
color passed the quiet face turned out
toward the dying daylight. Yet an in
describable change was visible: the
pallor seemed to increase, and the calm
ness was like that of death.
He too was different. The last week
or two had left its mark upon him.
There were incipient lines upon his fore
head his eyes had the harrassed, hunt
ed look of a man pursued remorselessly
by troublesome thoughts.
"Cecile," he cried, bending down to
take her hand" Cecile, how ill you
must have been! And you have said
nothing to me! L could not come be-
fore. have been kept away; 1 have
been busy"
81 am not ill, Philip" said Cecile,
withdrawing her hand quietly. "To-
day have suffered with headache,
but it is gone now. lam very glad that
you have come. l have been wanting
you"
"And you did not let me know! L
would have permitted nothing to detain
me, Cecile."
Philip, 1 have something to tell
you," she said" No, Madeleine, don't
go, please. / had rather you would
hear it too.'' She stopped a minute to
gather calm and strength; but her tone
was very soft and natural and emotion
ess when she spoke again. 81 want to
lsk you, Philip, if you do not think it
would be-better if our engagement
should end. l am not saying, you see,
hat it must be so, but only do you not
hink it would be better?''
"You are the best Judge" he said,
loarsely, at last. And, strange as it |
nay seem, a sense of injury, sudden
niger, caused the color in his cheeks to
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13

A,N.K..s.L. 50 NIL-55s
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-10-28

Fools!" After this announcement
Mr.. Barnum evidently feels that
he hasn't therein offered any great
novelty, the same description being
applicable to thousands Of ladies
and gentlemen in our best society,
and therefore plucks up courage
to inform the public that More
than Ten Times the Price Of Adj
mission in Wonder and Instruc-
ton, and Inspiration, Excitement
aud Amusement is returned by
the Greatest Show on Earth!7
The great question now is whai
are the other poor circus men going
to say in their advertisements
Barnum has evidently got up a
corner on adjectives-in fact COB
bled up the whole dictionary, and
it remains to be seen what the
rest of the fraternity ara going to
do about it. RADIx.
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-10-28
NV man-Twain.''

"My man-Twain." a
"The mischief he did! Can he
do it often?"
swell, yes. He can do it about
four times ont of 6ve." W
knew the little rascal was ~
ing, bit / never said anything. l
never told him so. He was not of a
disposition to invite confidence Of
that kind, so I let the matter rest.
But it was comfort to see those
people look sick, and see their
jaws drop when Steve made that
statement. They went off and got
Lord, and took him home; and
when We got home, half an hour
later, there was a note saying that
Mr.. Lord peremptorily declined to
fight. We found out afterw ard
that Lord hit has mark Ii times
in Is shots. If he had put those
l3 bullets into me it would have
narrowed my sphere IF usefulness
good deal True. they could
have put pegs in the holes, and
used me for hat-rack; but what
IS a hat-rack to man who feels
be has intellectual powerss ! have
written this true incident of my
history for one purpose only-to
warn the youth Of to-day against
the practice of dneling. and to
plead with them to war against it.
1 was young aud foolish when 1
challenged the gentleman, and
thought it very fine and grand to
be duelist. AID stand upon the
field If honor" But I am older
and more experienced now. and
AIN inaexibly opposed to the dread
full custom. / am glad, indeed, to
be enabled TO lit up my voice
against it. I think it lis q bad. I'M
moral thing. 1t is every mans
duty to do all he can to discourage
dueling. If man were to chal-
lenge me. I would go to that man
and take him by the hand. and
lead him to n retired room-and
kill him.
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doubt. We have saved you from
an early grave. It was the closest
shave / ever saw. 1t was, upon
my honor"
"Well, we'll, if this don't beat all
the. You took me for the man
in ward 40. Why. I'm one of the
keepers Of the asylum, and I lay
down on this bed for q. nap. The
fellow yon're after is over yonder.
An early grave. Well, now, I have
heard of foolishness in my life,
but this takes the rag right of.
And l give you warnin' that if you
come around with your apparatus
again, irwin experiments on me.
I'll wrench your brain-pan for
you." R
The doctors moved off in search
u the right man. while the keeper
went out to hunt q dog to kick to
relieve his feelings.-Wild Oats.
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-10-28
tFrom our own Correspondent. ]
OUR RADIX LETTER.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 49,

NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 1876.
Editor CHRONICLE: iLH.iTf
So completely does the great
Fair at Philadelphia overshadow
al other enterprises of similar
character which are ventured ON
this year, that I had almost entire
ly overlooked AN Exhibition which
Is now going on in our own city,
and whi:h in the absence of its
monster rival would be considered
al In portant one. l refer to the
annual Fair Of the American Insti-
tute. tho present being the forty.
fifth consecutive one. The display
is actually large one, filing a
building an eighth of y mile iong
by. over two hundred feet broad,
and yet, after one has become used
to the huge proportions Of the
Centennial it is curious to note
ones own feelings Of confinement
and limitation in this comparative
~ iniristure exhibition.
TIE articles displayed cover the
usual range, including besides
over 400 specimens of frnit,
machinery, new Inventions. all
sorts of manufactured articles, fine
art, etc, and at the close medals
and diplomas will be awarded with
all the dignity imaginable; in spite
of the inevitable resemblance of
such proceedings to q burlesque
ON small scale Of the recent
awards at Philadelphia.
But if We are completely eclips-
ed by the latter city in the matter
Of a general show, as much cannot
be said regarding the present art
displays of the two places. There
are now open here two exhibitions
of paintings, or rather two sections
Of the same one, under the title Of
The Centennial Loan Exhibition.
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Mark Twain's Duel

The only meritI claim for the
blowing narrative is that it is n
tue story. 1t has . moral on the
end u il, but I claim nothing ON
that, Is it is merely thrown in to
curry favor with the religious ele-
fneut After I had reported a
Oapls Of years on the Virginia
CITY tNev.) Daily Enterprise. they
promoted me to be editor-in-chief,
md | lasted just week. by the
sstch. But l made an uncom-
monty lively newspaper while l
I'D last, and when l retired I had
: duel on my hands and three
hssse-whippings promised me.
The latter ! made no attempt to
sollect. However, this history
concerns only the former. 1t was
Tie old "nush times of the silver
settlement, when the population
ms wonderfully wild and mixed.
Everybody went armed to the
teeth, and all sights and insult
ead to be atoned for with the
'est article of blood your sys.
en could furnish. In the
curse Of lay editing 1 made
uoabIe with Mr.. Lord the editor
- nval paper. He few mp about
sne little tribe or other that / do
.0s remember now what it was.
suppose l called him q thief or a
o0dy snatcher, or an idiot or some.
ling ike that; I was obliged to
-'a.e me paper readable, and /
@,u'a 'a'i to do my duty to a
.'''e community. of subscribers
merely to sarethe exaggerated SEN
a'sness of an individual. Mr..
.0fo vas offended, and replied
,s'rously in his paper. Vigorous
II means a great deal when it
-" 10 q personal editorial in q
sA''er newspaper. Dneling was
!. Toe fashion among the upper
'sss in that country, and very
gentlemen would throw away
|, opportunity Of fighting one.
,sAin Que man in q duel caused
y ssaa to be even more looked on
y to kill two in the ordinary
~ Well. ont there il you abuse
|. IN and that man did not like
|ssqa had to call him ont and
mn. otherwise you would be
asad So l challenged Mr..
and I did hope he would
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-10-28
Waking Up the Wrong Man.

1t was reported to one of the
chief physicians in the hospital Of
Que of our alms-houses the other
day, that there was q man lying
ip une of the wards in q comatose
condition. The nurse declared
that he had been insensible for
twenty-four hours, and that she
had tried in vain to rouse him.
The doctor said that it was prob
able that the patient was under
the influence OF some powerful
narcotic; perhaps had taken .
large dose Of laudanum. He said
it was imperatively necessary that
the unfortunate man should be
resuscitxted at once by some pow
erful stimnlant. Accordingly be
directed two of his assistants to
take q strong galvanic battery and
apply it {, the patient until he re-
covered. The assistants went to
the hospital with the battery,
while the nurse stopped for few
moments in the laundry. When
they reached the mans bedside
they placed the battery on the
door, and barring the patients
ankle, they wrapped the wire
around it. When everything was
ready they turned on the current
full head. A second later the
PROSTATE form of the patient
bounded about four feet IN the air,
and, as it cane down upon the bed,
second shock sent it up again,
the patient meantime enchanting
"Yow-wow-wow! Oh, murder.
r-r-r! Oh! thunder and light
ming! Murder-r-r-r! Yow-wow-
wowi Another one Of themll
kill me! o merciful Moses! Don't
do that again."
When he came down the fOnrth
time the doctors turned off tie
current with the remark that the,
guessed that would be enough,
Then one of them askei the pa.
slent how he felt, and attempted
to feel his pulse. BIT the patient
furious with rage, said {:
"You diaDolical scoundrel wha1
do you mean by hitchiny thai
thing to me IN that manner, say 2
Now, he calm" said the doctor
''it's all right; you'll be better d.
rectly."
"But it isn't all right; I've 4
mind to knock your head off fol
blowing me up with that inferno
machine. What'd You do it for
anyway p
"My friend, don't excite your.
SELF" said the doctor. You've
beer in q very bad way. and VI
ran the current through yon I.
bring You back to life
Bring me back to life! Why
you must be crazy. Back to life
I was no more dead than YOU
WERE" =
NOV. keep cool. : You have
been unconscious for twenty-fopl
hours. Narcotic poisoning, ;,