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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30
WIT AND WISDOM

WHAT care we for dyspepsfa's i'll, ,
Or how our cough may rack?
Have we not testimonials still
In each new almanac?
.t -Boston Transcript.
WE are haunted by an ideal of life,
ard it is because we have within us the
beginning and possibility of it .-Phizltps
Brooks.
IsHowED my love my fond heart, fa
And asked would she be mine
Till cruel death do us part?
She answered me, ach nein!
showed my love my bank book
All, then touched her soul!
She sighed, with such frank look,
And sweetly lisped, yah soohIi
PEOPLE are usually not particular
about the presents they receive, but
when it comes to the gifts of Providence,
each one acts as though. he were APP
pointed a committee to find fault
Meriden Recorder.
THE lily droops its gentle head.
500 81 t's'i f.ifi -HordncoTfk.
The mule stands sadly meath the she'd
Toledo Blade.
The north wind makes fellow shiver.,
Port Chester Journal. -.
And pull from Off his wife the hyer.
...-. "a -Graphic.
THE editor presented bill for eight
years. back subscription. The old farm
er was first amazed, then indignant. He
put on his spectacles, scrutinized the
bill, and after assuring himself that it
was genuine, he exclaimed: ''' I've been
supportin' this yere paper for nigh onto
eight years, and never had no such
thing as that flung at me before. I'll
stop supportin' itn He not only with
drew his valuable support but failed TO
pay the bill.-NeU0rk Journal. s.. ...
LINES TO MULE.
"Oh pensive mulei They say thy heart
To sympathy is cold; = : uagf7. -riT
The stole of the brutes, thou art
Unmoved by iaseIlation's smart.
BY kindness unControlled. l.s -.+ts-.
"They call thee unrespoasives mnls, 49,
To finer feelings dead;
A stolid, automatic tool,
Whose breast no warm emotions rule,
That ns'er q tear has shed" .,=..,,,- ID.
He turned and winked his wicked eye.
Then twitched his plenteous ear,
And backing to aditch close by, al. Ff-s
He bumped his back-his heels let fly,
And shed a mule-teer.
-Bos10n ITdbetteT-
REV. JOSEPH Cook is going to lee
tt1re on The Inner Life of a Newspa-
per-" But did the reverend gentleman
ever "jeff" for beer, play seyen-up on
the bed OF hand-press, or hear the 40
horse power remarks made when a form
is I" piedp" We don't believe he knows
enough about the inner life of news
paper to truthfully portray the feelings
of an editor who accepts $40 box OF
patent medicines. for 800 worth of ad-
vertising, and is compelled to either dis
pose of it for 81 or take it himself.
Patent medicine is one of the articles OF
trade that his employees will not ac-
cept in payment of wages. They say
the line must be drawn somewhere, and
they draw it at "Brown's Octagon
Pills'' and "Smith's Parabolic Liver
Searcher. Norristosoas Herald.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30
81, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 80, 1873.

men rho scout with their commands in the
desert districts OF Texas sre entitled to some
thing more than commentator. The climate
of these deserts is for the most part rigorous,
and the troops are subject to extremes of heat
in summer and cold in winter, with frequent
privations such as hunger and thirst. 1t
would not be regarded by them hardship,
and would rebound to the advantage of all
concerned. if the regiments that have for so
fnaiiy 5eafs endured such service could take
their turn for duty in the vicinity of civfliza-
ton. 1 refer especially to the Tenth Infantry
and cOlOred trOopS."
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

Gov. EMERY, of Utah, in his annual
report, recommends that woman suf-
frage in the Territory DO abolished, that
polygamy be declared continuous Of
tense, based on rehabilitation rather than
the marriage ceremony, as now pro-
vided by the United States law, and that
change be made in the present system
of jury drawing, under which ccrvic-
ton in certain causes is almost impossi-
hla
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

THE Marquis of Lorne and the Prin-
cess Louise arrived at Halifax on the
night of the 23d, after somewhat tenn
pestuous voyage. The public reception
took place The 25th and was very
grand affair, the whole city being dec
GRATED with flags and other emblems.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

STEWARDS body had not been recov-
ed up to the 18th, and, although some
arrests OF suspected parties had been
made, the police were apparently with
out any real elew to the perpetrators of
the theft.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

The official returns of the recent cleo
ton in Kansas give the Republicans 81
members of the House of Representa-
tives and the opposition of all kinds Al
members. The Senate, which holds
over, stands 20 Republicans to 5 oppo-
sition.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

Gov. NICHOLS of Louisiana has
gone to investigate personally the re-
ported cases of violence in Various par
ishes in the State during the late cleo
ton, with view of indicating people
when accusations are false and of insur-
ing faithful and impartial execution of
justice if the law has been violated. y
1t is asserted that Gov Nicholls's course
is not influenced by threats of Federal
interference, but is prompted by sim
cere desire to secure equal Justice and
equal rights to all classes of citizens.
The report of Col. Zacharie heretofore
published, of outrages committed in
Tensas Parish, it is explained, referred
to disorders which occurred some weeks
prior to election.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

The National Grange of Patrons of
Husbandry met on the goth at Rich
mond, Va, in twelfth annual session,
25 States being represented. The re-
ports of the officers show the order in
;flourishing condition throughout the
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

SOME two months ago John Taylor,
his wife and two children, accompanied
by Miss Cluta, ayoung lady, left Spring
field. Mo-, by wagon, bound for Colo
RADIO. While en- route through West
Kansas they were captured by the hos
tile Cheyennes, and the whole party
were murdered with the exception of
Miss Clutz, who was held as prisoner
for several days, until rescued by United
States troops. She has Just communi-
Gated to her friends the particulars of
her terrible experience, together with
the sad fate of the Taylor family.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

TEN clerks in the Fost-office Depart
ment, whose appointments are accredit-
ed to Gen. Butler, have been removed
from Office, and it is understood that
other department clerks placed in Office
by Gen. Buffers influence will be asked
to resign.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

THE United States Grand Jury at
Chicago have returned indictments
against large number of persons con-
nected with the construction of the Gus
tom-house there for conspiracy to de-
fraud the Government. Among the
persons named I'M the Indictment
are James G.. Hill, Supervising
Architect of the Treasury; Edward
Busting, ex-Superintendent of Construc-
ton; VIM. A. Potter, ex-Supervising
Architect; John M. Mueller, stone con-
tractor, Of Cincinnati; A. G. Mills,
Maeller's agent and reputed partner;
Geo. j. Reed, Mueller's foreman; AL
exander C. Wheaton, ex-Stone Inspec-
tor, and Geo. c. Prussing, ex-Assistant
Superintendent of Construction.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

SECRETARY SHERMAN, according to
the Chicago Tri6nne,s Washington cor
respondent, <discirims any responsible
ty for the action of the New York Clear
ing-house Association in resolving, after
the first of January next. to receive sill
YER dollars only as special deposits.
This attempt to dcnonetixe silver, in
opposition to the existing law, finds no
favor at the Treasury Department, and
the Now York bankers are considered to
have acted somewhat hastily in max
ing no allowance whatever for any &C /.
ton that may be taken by the
President, the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry, or Congress. Secretary Sherman,
intimates very distinctly that he and the
President will recommend legislation
either to limit the monthly silver
dollar coinage to an amount which
would leave no danger of its depreciat-
ing, or that its weight be increased suf-
fciently to keep it at par value.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

THE British advance in force upon
Afghanistan began on the goth, that be-
ing the date fixed upon as limit to
await q reply from the Ameer to Eng
lands ultimatum. A correspondent
photographed from Peshawur on the 21st
Travelling from Thull yesterday
passed Khurum- The force was. ad.
vaicing: Thirty two miles Of the road
was covered with troops, elephants,
camels and CATTLE The Peshawur force
is marching on Jamrood. The Ameer
is again spreading the report that the
Russians will defend Candahar.'' T. "a
The British troops assaulted Fort
All Musjid with artillery on the 22d,
but xSere met with determined resist
ance fSom the fort and from infantry
posted in commanding positions,
which forged suspension of hos
tilities At dark. During the night,
however. the garrison abandoned the
fort, leaving behind them large
amount of supplies. together with their
wounded, and on the following day the
invaders took peaceeble possession.
The British loss was quite heavy.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

IT is believed in Berlin that plot ex-
lists for the assassination Of all the Sow
eregns Of Eufops- A Naples dispatch
says that letters were found at Passa-
nantes abode showing his intimate re-
lations WIFI the Internationafists. aTg
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

DIR. MANNHEIMER, of Chicago, re
ports numerous cures for whooping
cough in from four to eight days by in
suiilations of equal parts of quinine aud
chalk reduced TO powder.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

SECRETARY ScHURz, it, is reported,
has addressed letter to Secretary Nc
Crazy on the subject of the reports of
General Sheridan and General Gibbon,
in which serious charges are made
against the management of Indian af-
fairs. Secretary Schurz reviews these re-
po.ts and asks that proof Of the charges
contained in both reports be furnished.
He takes it for granted that an officer
of General Sheridan's high character
would not incorporate such charges in
his report unless he had ample proof to
back them up. Secretary McCrnry re-
fers the, letter to General Sherman
who viii forward copies to
Generals Sheridan. and Gibbon
for reply. Secretary Schurz's
letter is no doubt calculated to widen
the breach already existing between the
Indian Bureau and officers of the army
on the subject of Indian affairs. 81
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30
Conclusions Reached by the Vel
low Fever Commission.

The following report of the Yellow
fever Commission was presented by DR..
Bemis to the Public Health Association
in session at Richmond, Va:
The yellow fever was imported into
New Orleans by the steamship Emily
Souder in the month of May. The Com
mission visited various infected points
in the Mississippi Valley, and found as
the result of their INVESTIGATION sad neg
lect and violation of the laws of health
in regard to drainage, inattention to de-
posts of fetid matter and refuse animal
and vegetable matter, and inattention
to the purity of drinking water
The conclusions reached are as fol-
lows: .s.,s.
l. We have not in a solitary instance
found case of yellow fever which we
could justifably consider as of dc moro
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to its locality.
2 In respect to most of the various
towns which we visited, and which were
points of epidemic prevalence, testimo-
ny showing the importation was direct
and convincing in its character.
3. The transmission of yellow fever
between points separated by any con
siderable distances appeared to- be
wholly due to human intercourse. In
some instances the poison was carried
in clothing or about the people going
into infected districts. In others it was
conveyed in such fomites as cotton bag
ging or other goods of same description.
4. The weight of the testimony is
| very pronounced against the further
use of disinfectants. Physicians in in
| fected towns almost without exception
state that they are useless agents to ar
rest the spread of yellow fever, while
| some of them affirm that their vapors
are seriously prejudicial to the sick.
| s. Personal prophylaXis by means oil
drugs or other therapeutic means has
proved constant failure. A respecta-
BILE number of physicians think that the
small doses of quinine of some use in
prevention.
6. Quarantines established with such
degree of surveillance and rigor that
absolute non-intercOurse is the result
have effectually and without exception
protected its subjects from yellow fever.
THE King of Dahomey, on the Afri-
can coast, whom the English have beer
trying to civilize, has relapsed into his
old ways. He recently attacked vii
lage to the windward of Whydah, and
brought in a great number of human
heads, and also many women and chill
dren captives. He has carried off Por
tuguese merchant, Ignatio Mavattraes
and is now OBTAINING in custody thu
Portuguese Consul and seven soldiers
He obliges the soldiers to go through ;
variety of military maneuvers daily TO
his amusement. The King has reestab
lished his grand customs, or annual hu
man sacrifices, and within the pas
month over five hundred persons hav
been slaughtered.
BENJAMIN SWING, of i:.jrton, n. j
has lust died OF an excess Of fat abou
the heart. lie weighed 525 pounds.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

JUDGE BUCKNER, Chairman of the
House Committee on Banking and Cur
rency, Is reported, in an interview with
Washington correspondent, as ex-
pressing the opinion that no legislation
unfavorable to the silver dollar will be
entertained by the Committee, but be-
lieves, on the contrary, that free coin
age for silver will be secured the COIN
ing session.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

THE estimates of the Secretary of the
Treasury for the support of the Gov
eminent for the fiscal year ending June,
1880, are, other, than for permanent an
nual appropriations, 1929, 1877, S12; for
permanent annual appropriations,
S145, 1886, O3S. These estimates show a
reduction of 1851 ,545 from those OF
1879. Among the decreased sums ask
ed for is $780, 900 for rivers and har-
bors, against $S, 307, 900 the present fis-
cal year. re
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

GEN. SHERIDAN has given to the pub
lie the documents upon which he based
his charges of maladministration in the
Indian Bureau, which provoked some
what caustic letter from Secretary
Schurz. From this publication it ap-
pears that the statements originally
made by Gen. Pope, and in
dorsed by Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan,
were that the Interior Depart
ment, in ordering the transfer
of the Kiowa and Comanche Indians
from Fort Sill to Wichita Agency saved
only the salary of the Fort Sill Agent,
some 81, 500, while it rendered necessa
~ an outlay of tens of thousands of dol
lars for the preparation of Wichita
Agency to receive the Indians, and left
the valuable Fort Sill property unoccu-
pied and useless. Several other in
stances of the needless removal of In
dams are noted, the only apparent rea-
son for which was to place them outside
of military Jurisdiction.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

APPALLING distress and restitution
exist among the mechanics and labor
ers Of Sheffield, England, in conse-
quence Of the business depression
Hundreds exist in tenements without
clothing or furniture, which has been
sold or pawned to procure food. They
are without fuel and entirely dependent
upon the charity Of neighbors. The
Mayor has called public meeting to
devise measures of relief
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

BENJAMIN SWING, of it.rton, n j.. -,
has Just died of an excess Of fat about
the heart. He weighed 525 pounds,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

A PARTY of United States revenue Of
ficers under command of Capt. Hoof-
man are reported to have met with
armed resistance in Abbevilie County,
S. c., and forced to withdraw. Com
missioner Raum has ordered that
Capt. HOFFMAN be reinforced sufficient
ly to overcome all opposition in execut-
ing the law.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-11-30

The northern portion of South Amer
lea has again suffered severely, from one
of those fearful periodical storms which
are indigcnoussto that volcanic region.
The town OF Manzanilla, New Grenada,
is this time one of the principal locali-
ties most damaged, several lives being
lost and much property destroyed. The
full extent of the destruction caused by
the Earthquake is not yet known, but it
is feared that great havoc has occurred
in remote regions in New Grenada,
where communication with the larger
cities is rlncertain and infreguent.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-06-06
Good Stock,

A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Times writes: Experience has taught
me never to raise a calf, no matter how
good the dame, unless sired by a
thoroughbred" Here we have the
whole secret of successful breeding in
nutshell. A calf sired by bull of
good milking stock, but of no particu-
lar blood. whose pedigree cannot be
traced to sires who have transmitted
their good qualities through several
generations, may, and often does make
a good COW; but if sired by thorough
bred bull of good milking stock, the
chances Of failure are reduced to very
low rate, and can only be further re-
duced by using thoroughbred cow of
the same stock. Thorough bred stock
seldom, if ever, fail to perpetuate their
own qualities, and common stock often
do it; but in the latter case it is only
chance work, and yet we know there
are those. who will continue to raise
calves of common stock, when at an i'll
creased expense Of less than five dollars
per animal they might have bad good
milking ancestors on at least one side.
The dairyman who expects to build up
a first class dairy by raising the cows
can hardly make a better investment
than in male from noted milking
stock; the expense, when it is divided
among the product, makes very small
amount to each one, but the aggregate
result is large.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-06-06
Mouse Hunting.

1t was midnight. Mrs. B. reiapsed
beneath the blankets, and had one eye
well directed towards the realm cf
dreams, while the other was holding by
a frail tenure upon the world of reality,
when her ear was saluted by a nibbte.
She arose upon her elbow, and cried,
"shoo! SHOOT" The sound ceased.
Again she laid herself away as careful
ly as she would have stored eggs at for
ty-five cents dozen, when-nibble, NIB
bic! "Shoo!'' cried Mrs. B., hurting her
shoe at the spot from whence the sound
proceeded. The clock struck twelve,
and the poor woman counted the knots
as they ran Off the reel OF Time, with
saddened heart.
Nibble, NibbIe-and she hurled the
other shoe at her invisible tormentor.
1t was all without avail; 1.-The shooting"
was useless. So taking light in one
hand, and a shoe in the other, she made
tour of the room, but no mouse could
be found.
Once more she ensconced herself in
bed, and was near the state when
dreams are rife, and the room grows
dim, and again. nibJ!e. hubble!
Mrs. b. arose, but this time she put
On shoe. Ominous movement! 1t is
said, that when woman vets her fin
ger, fieas had better flee. The star of
that mouse's destiny was setting. She
pursued him. The mouse, il an at
tempt to run by, presumed too much
upon former success. He came too
near the appraised foot. 1t fell like an
avalanche. and he was dead foreverl
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-06-06
SWelled Leg In a Horse.

When cut or bruise in a horses
"eg is healed too quickly, and before
The inflammation has disappeared from
the wounded parts, the limb will often
swell and become hard. This may be
caused by the absorption of the sup
purated matter which ought to have
been discharged from the wound. The
remedy is to give purgatiyes, the best
probably, icing one ounce doses of by.
posulphite of soda, with alternate doses
of half an ounce nitrate of potash. Cold
astringent lotions and bandages on the
limb may be useful, or blistering may
be needed. If the horse is valuable, it
would be wise in the first place to EN-
ploy a veterinary surgeon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-06-06
Butter Making in the SlerTas.

Along the eastern slope Of the Sierras
are fertile valleys, where the grass
growth, stimulated by the deep cover
ing of the winter snow, is extremely
rich and succulent, and here, from June
to October, the ranchmen, from the
valleys below, resort with their herds of
dairy cows, for the purpose of making
butter. A correspondent of the Bulle-
tin, writing from this region, gives the
following description of the mode of
life Of these mountain dairymen:
About twenty dairymen drive their
cows from the vicinity of Folsom, where
they have winter pastures, to their sum-
mer quarters here, and back in the fall.
About 1900 cows are MIXED, averaging
100 pounds of butter each, or in the ag-
gregate some 500 tons annually.
The lives these people lead are pecu-
liar. Their winters are occupied with
their fences and the usual repairs ne
cessary ona ranch. Their pilgrimage
begins while piles of snow are plainly
visible from their doors. Their pro-
gress is always slow and often very Ia
Dorious. Violent storms frequently
overtake them, especi ally on the down
ward journey. They reach their desti-
crushed by the winters SHOWS. When
repairs have been made and their sum-
mer's work syStematiZed, their laborS
are byno means light. No sunrise ever
catches them asleep. Every man must
have his twenty COWS MIXED and ready
| for a nice feed before he gets his break
fast. The calves are then fed, the milk
strained or skinned, and every second
day the big churn has to be turned over
and over for an hour or two. The liv-
ing on the pch is very good. The
incest milk is always free. A yearling
bullock or fat pig furnishes the choic-
est meat. The housewife is always a
good bread-baker, and we all know
what nice bread, good butter, tender
steak, and bowl of sweet milk are to
hungry man. Fruit and vegetables
| dlo Adluci W SCl. NOltiIllS3 VI TIC hllu
grows anywhere above Us, owing to the
frosty nights. Icicles hang to the
troughs and collect on the edges OF
ponds nearly every night in the season.
1t is certainly healthy life-though
children are often attacked by ague
during the winter, but it disappears
quickly when they leave the valley.
Their buildings are usually very good.
They must be strong to bear the strain
of the snow, which sometimes falls to a
| great depth. The ranches usually con-
sist of 2G0 or 800 acres, and from that
up to 900. One not capable of support
ing at least seventy-iiye cows cannot be
made profitable. Usually about one
hundred are found together, and that is
perhaps the average. The butter busi.
ness is fairly profitable, with the price
at three bits per pound, but it can never
be overdone, nor can it attain very large
proportions, as the area devoted to it is
very limited, and nearly all that is suit
able is already in use.