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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

THE officials and notables of Jellala-
bad have arrived at Dakka, to tender
their submission and service to the
British.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

TIE news from Cabul to the 18th
represents that the eight regiments Of
the Afghan infantry there have shown a
disinclination to fight.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

WET pepper, it seems, throws off great
quantities of carbonic acid gas. On
board an English steamer in a Chinese
port lately, quantity of pepper was
taken on board, part of which had
been wet with rain. Next morning a
Chinaman went into the hold and fell
senseless. Four English sailors went
down to render assistance; they, too,
became senseless, and finally all five,
after ventilation of the hold were found
dead.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

IT is reported that the natives in the
south of Schutargarden Pass seem
friendly to the British.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

A SPECIAL to the Advertiser from
Bombay says Afghan officials have ar
rived in Gen. Brownies camp from
Jellalabad and invite the British to ad-
vance to Cabul and establish a new
Government in consequence of gener-
al rising against the Ameer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21
PARIS dispatches report that Coun

fAhis oisPatcnes report That Count
Schouvalof's accession to the Ministry
of the Interior will inaugurate regime
which shall give effect to the constitu-
ton the Gar instructed the Count to
draw up while at Levadea.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

EXPRESS companies doing business
between New York City and the West
have agreed upon new schedule of re-
duced rates on west-bound freight, to
take effect January 1. The new tariffs
per 100 pounds, as compared with pres
ent rates to some of the principal cities,
are as follows:
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

Ar Stockton. Cal, on the 18th, Rarus
rotting and Sweetzer pacing, gave an
Inhibition for purse Of $500, with
500 added IL Rarus beat Goldsmith
fsid's time, 2:14t, the best tina -
,ade in the State. Rauss0
rst mile in 2 &c
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

QUEEN VICTORIA is reported as being
seriously ill.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

THREE or four couples, ranging in
age from so to IS years, have married
in Benton County, Ark, in the last few
weeks. The last couple were equal in
age, and aggregated just l20 years.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

Examination and surveys of
South Pass of the MISSISSIPPI
pi River.
Removing raft in Red River.
Removing obstruction from
Red River. .....
Improving mouth of Red Riv-
orssss.. -.-.- .-.........
Improving harbor and Missis-
sippi River at Memphis,
Tenn ............ssss
Improving Mississippi River
and harbor at Vicksburg,
Miss
Improving Ouachita River,
Arkansas and Louisiana. :.
Improving Yazoo River.
Continuing observation OF
River and tributaries....
Removing snags, wrecks and
other Instructions from
Mississippi, Missouri and
Arkansas Rivers.
Survey of Missouri River from
mouth to Sioux City, La. .....
Improving Missouri River at
or near Fort Leavenworth..
Improvement Missouri River
at Sioux City, la.
Improvement Missouri River
at Atchison, Kan.
Improvement Missouri River
opposite st. Joseph.
Improvement Missouri River
1t Eastport, Ia, and Eebras-
ka City, Neb.
Improvement Missouri River
at Council Bluffs, Ia, and
Omaha, Neb.
improvement Missouri River
above mouth Yellowstone.
Improvements Mississippi Riv-
er between mouth of Illinois
and Ohio Rivers. ...-.........
Snagboat-Upper Mississippi
B1Ver........... ........s......
Improvement Mississippi Rfv-
or from st. Paul to Des
Hofnes Rapids.
Improvement Mississippi Riv-
er from Des Moines Rapids
to mouth of Illinois River.
Improvement White River at
Buffalo shoals, Ark. .........
improvements Rush Chute and
harbor at Burlington, 1a...,
Improvement Harbor Fort
Madison, Ia.
Removing bar in Mississippi
opposite Dubuque, Ia .....
Des Moines Rapids and oper-
attng canal. ..................
Improving Galena River and
Harbors Ql...................
The aggregate appropriated
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

The classification of packages anG
running time will remain unchanged.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

IT is officially announced that on
JAM the Baltimore and Ohio express
rates to and from New York, Boston,
Philadelphia and other points reached
by that company will be the same as
those recently made by the other COM
panies.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

THE conflicting testimony of the Off
GERS of the Army in favor of the trans
fer of the Indian Bureau has materially
changed the opinion of several members
of the committee on that subject, and it
is intimated that the report which they
had prepared for transmission to Con-
gress, which favored the transfer, will
be greatly modified.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
ESTIMATES FOR 1s79-'sO.

ESTIMATES FOR 1S79-'S0.
The following is a statement of the esti-
mates for the fiscal year 1S79'S0, COM
pared with the appropriations for the cur
rent year:
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

OCTOBER returns to the Department
of Agriculture did not materially change
the aspect of the wheat crop as fore
Swallowed by the monthly reports of its
condition. December returns, including
estimates of yield per acre, confirm and
somewhat enlarge previous estimates.
A computation Of all returns show an
aggregate crop of about 425, OOO, 200
bushels
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

DON'T run on an errand, little boy
you might iniure it with the nails OF
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

THE House Committee on Appropria-
tons on the 14th agreed to recommend
the appropriation of S450,000 for ex-
penses of fast mail service. The Com
mittee also completed the Indian Appro-
priation bill. 1t appropriates S4,710,-
600, $4,000 less than existing law.
Judge Durham, was authorized to re-
port an amendment to Senate bill pro-
viding for the purchase by the United
States Government of the Freedmen IS
Bank. and appropriating for the pur-
pose S275,0O0. The amendment reduces
the sum to Sl55, 900.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

PARrRIpaEs are among the things
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

49, 80. is7s-'79.
$4,000 $1,000
10000 10. 900
1900 5000
10000 15o, 600
125,0o 900
10000 $4,000
5000 10, 900
10000 5000.
'"'~ 1~'~
s., 800 1880
10000 10000
lao, 900 $1,000
5000 $1,000
'NN' ''~
''''~ A~
10000 $50. 600
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

THE cotton crop of 1873, in round
numbers, is 5,197, 200 bales, allowing
$50 pounds to the bale.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21

THE Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darm-
stadt, Princess Alice of England, died
at 7:30 the morning of the 14th, of
diphtheria. The Grand Duchess was
the third child and second daughter of
Queen Victoria. She was born April
Is, 1913. Her father, the late Prince
Albert, died Saturday, December IA,
1861. The Princess was in state of
Inconsistencies from $50 a. m. until
the time of her death.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-03-12
A CLOUD OF WITNESSES.


For nearly a quarter of o century DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy has been &C
knOwledged by the people as a positive
cure for all catarrhal affections. Its
great popularity with physicians and
patients. together with its constantly
increasing sale, attests, in arguments
stronger than words, its healing power
IF there be general or nervous debility
and impoverished blood, DIR. Pierce's Col
den Medical Discovery should be used
in connection with the Catarrh Remedy.
The following named parties are among
the thousands who have beep cured of
catdrrh by the use Of DIR Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy:
A. f. Downs, New Geneva, Pa. D.
J. Brown, St. Joseph, Mo-. E. G. Lewis,
Rutland, Vt. /; Levi Springer. Nettle
Lake, Ohio; Chas. Norcrop, North Ches-
terrified, Me. ; Milton Jones, Serbia, n :.
Y; J. p. Miller, Bridger Station, Wyo /;
J. c. Merriman, Logansport, Ind; M.
M. Post, Logansport, Ind. j. w. Bal
ley, fremont: Pa. III. 3. Ayres, La
Porte, Ind. Jessie M. Sears. Ft. Branch,
Ind. L. Williams, Canton. Mo. w.
A. Thayer, Onarga, ILL.,; S. B. Nichols.
Jr., Galveston, Tex. Jonas F. Reinert,
Stonesville, Pa. S. w. Lusk. McFar-
land, Wis; Johnson Williams, Hell
mick, Ohio; Mrs. M. A. Currey Trenton,
Tenn; J. G. Joslin, Keene, n. H; A.
J. Casper. Table Rock, w. Va; Louis
Anders, Gaysport, Ohio; G. H. Chase,
Elkhart. Ind; Mrs. Henry Haight,
San Francisco, Cal. Mrs. E. M. Gallu-
sha, Lawrenceville, N. Y; w. J. Ora
ham, Abel, Iowa; A. o. Smith, New
nan, Ga; Chas. E. Rice, Baltimore,
Md; Jessie M. Sears, Carlisle. Ind. F.;
Dan'l B. Miller, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Mrs.
Minnie Arnaise, 29O Delaney Street,
New York; H. w. Hall, Tasting, Mich. !;
VIM. r. Marston. Lowell, Mass. I. w.
Roberts, Marieopa, Ariz. Chas. S. De-
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Lowell, Mass. Mrs. CD. Spurtin, Cam
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town, Ohio !; Mrs. Lucy Hunter, Farm
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Camp Stambaug, Wye. I. w. Trace,
Steamboat Rock, Iowa; Mrs. Lydia
Waite, Shushan, n. Y; J. M. Peck,
junction City, Mont Henry Ebe,
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tout, ILL.,. S. E. Jones, Charleston Four
Corners, N. Y; Geo. F. Hall, Pueblo,
Cal. VIM. E. Bartrie, Sterling, Pa; J.
r. Jackman, Samuels Depot, Ky.
Henry Zobrist, Geneva, n. Y; Miss
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Jackson, Mich. /; Miss Harry A. Winnie,
Darien, Wis; Joseph ZeigIer, Carlisle
Springs. Pa. James Tompkins, st.
Cloud, Mimi; Enoch Duer, Pawnee
City, Neb.; Joseph I. Miller, Xenia,
Ohio; S. b. Nichols, Galveston, Tex. ;
H. l.. Laird, Upper Alton, I'll. f; John
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-03-12

PRACTICAL JoKING.-Friday night
smart young man who lives out on
Maple street, found toad hopping
around in the garden, and thought it
would be capital joke to put it in Ia
BILE drawer and let it hop suddenly out
and brighten his wife. Before he could
close the drawer he was called into the
adjoining room, and forgot all about the
toad, which, during the night, hoped
out on the floor and crawling into va
cant boot passed a pleasant night of it.
The next morning the household was
Mortified by shrieks of masculine dis
tress, and an old woman on the other
side of the street going home from mar
ket, was knocked into the middle of
next week by a flying boot that came
crashing through front window. The
smart man drank pint of whisky to
settle his nerves, and said this custom of
playing practical jokes on people was
as dangerous as it was foolish, and if he
ever caught anybody fooling around his
boots again with toads or anything else,
he would teach them salutary lesson.
-Balrlia0toao HCtaUE- Eye.
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from the New York Herald.
Chat by the Way.

A real Christian respects himself so
much that he can't be selfish.
every house has its skeleton" is the
way we put it; but in the tropics it runs,
EVERY cabin has its mosquito"
When the temperature of the sermon
is down to the zero of Indifference the
congregation will be ''nid-nid- nodding."
Cold always induces sleep.
If it is wicked to'catch fish on Sunday,
which nobody will deny, how does the
law affect person who fishes all day
and dosn't even get a nibble?
Emerson says that a man touches
hardpan when he gets beyond wonder
ing how he can keep his neighbor from
cheating him and begins to wonder how
he can keep himself from cheating his
neighbor.
It is hard to please man who has
fallen into the habit of grumbling. He
is disconnected until he gets something,
then he is disconnected because it is not
what he expected, and then he is dis
contented because he is discontinued.
1t is a curious fact that the more you
really know the more you know you
don't know. No one is so sure that he
is right and everybody else wrong as
the man who mistakes his predudices
for his brains.
| A Nebraska saloon keeper became so
affected by the temperance agitation that
he promised to reform SO he put out a
sign, lowing to the cause of reform all
fifteen cent drinks will hereafter be sold
for ten cents"
If your minister does not preach well
enough don't go the rounds of the par
ish with prolonged grumble, but just
send him dozen books containing the
best thoughts of the times. 1t will give
new start to the brain cells and cheer
his heart.
When you speak evil of another you
must be prepared to have others speak
evil of you. There is an old Buddhist
proverb which says: HE who indul-
ges in enmity is like one who throws
ashes to windward, which come back to
the same place and cover him all over"
The Ciristion ADVOCATE says that a
great many ministers are preaching
without notes and like the practice.
We know of some who are lying with
out notes and who don't like it. They
are compelled to eat shortcake all the
time; indeed, it's SO very short it won t
go round.
| When you are seriously considering
matrimony as possibility of the near
future it is best to put your creditors in
good humor by asking for their auto
graphs on bills of goods delivered. The
man who has right to ask you for
money may be dun but unless you
pay him you are undone. 1t is always
better to settle UP before you settle
down.
Ifyou had money enough and to spare
and could do just what you wanted to
do, could you make choice? We have
thought the matter over very carefully,
and have concluded that if we could dc
exactly what we wanted to do we would
do-nothing. And in this decision we
represent the larger part of mankind.
Love at first Sights apt to end in hate
at second sight. An easy victory is not
priced, but triumph which is the re-
suit of aprotracted and vigorous seige is
apt to be lasting. We have heard of a
lover whose declaration was in the third
person, and very singular. 1t runs
thus -
He says he loves to X s,
/ You're virtuous and VS.;
In X L N G U XII,
All others in his rs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-03-12

A lady, fifty-seven years old, living in
Sprin gfieId, is a representative of very
mixed UP family. Her father, living at
Belfast, Me-, is eighty-five years old,
and four years ago he married for his
second wife lady thirtv-f four years old.
The fruit OF the union was daughter,
and this lady of fifty-seven therefore has
sister three years old, who is the aunt
of the lady's son, 6 stalwart man of forty,
who is the old man grandchild.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-03-12
at work, he said in a voice modulatet
with kindness:

at work, he said in a voice modulated
with kindness:
You are doing this work very beauti-
ully, Mary
Mrs. Lee made no reply, but her hus-
band did not fail to observe that she lost
almost instantly that rigid erectness
with which she had been sitting, and
the motion of the needle had ceased.
My shirts are better made and look
whittier than those of any man in the
shop said Lee, encouraged to go on.
Are they p
Mrs. Lees voice was low, and had in
it slight huskiness she did not turn
her face, but her husband saw that she
leaned toward him. Hehad broken the
ice of reserve, and all was easy now
His head was among the clouds, and a
few feeble rays were already struggling
through the rift it had made.
Yes, Mary he answered softly; and
I've heard it said more than once. What
good wife Andrew Lee must have
Mrs. Lee turned her face toward her
husband. There was the light in her
eye; but there was something in the ex-
preston of her countenance that little
puzzled him.
DO you think sou she asked, quite
soberly.
What aquestion y calculated Andrew
Lee, starting up and going round to the
side of the table where she was sitting.
What question, Maryn he replied,
standing before her.
| Really, do you? It was all Mary
said.
Yes, darling was his warmly spoken
answer, and he stopped down and kiss.
ed her; how strange that you should
ask me such question as that?'
| IF you would tell me now and then
Andrew. it would do me good.'
Mrs. Lee arose, and leaning her face
against the manly breast other husband
stood and wept.
What strong light broke in upon
Andrew Lee! He had never given his
wife even the small reward of praise fol
all the loving interest she had manifest
ed daily, until doubt of love had entered
her soul and made the light all arounG
her thick darkness. No wonder thai
her face grew clouded, nor that what hi
considered moodiness and ill-nature tool
possession of her spirit.
You are good and true, Mary, my
own dear wife; am proud of you, anl
my first desire is your happiness. Oh
if could always see your face in sun
shine, my home would be the deares
on EARTH
How precious to me are your word.
of love and praise, Andrew said Mrs
Lee, smiling through her tears into his
face. With them in my ears my hear
can never lie in shadow
How easy had been the work for An
drew Lee! He had swept his han(
across the cloudy horizon, and now tn,
bright sunshine was streaming and flood
ing that home with joy and beauty.
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For the SPECTATOR.
ORGANIZATION!
BY U. W, V,

o, give me back my hand tonight,
o, give it back to me,
My life would be Wilderness,
If spent along with thee;
There ID be no gladness in the song
That in thy home I'd sing,
Each season would be Autumn drear,
My years would have no Spring.
o, give me back my hand tonight,
This cruel, clanking chain
Is binding vitals that no more
Will blossom here again.
The bud of Hope that has been crushed
By sorrow and despair,
Will never raise its dropping head,
Nor wonted beau ty wear.
Yes. sable threads are woven in
The web of fancied bliss,
And cold Misfortune's icy lips
Pm forced to stoOp and kiss.
The happiness that nestled long
Within my hopeful breast,
Has taken its eternal flight
And Griefs the royal guest.
The cruel reaper, Fate, doth NOW
Each flower that he sees,
The last one now he binds within
The sheaf of dark DEGREES.
He cut it down just as it peeped
Above the verdant sod,
But in my bosom still it holds
A place next to my God.
0, give me back my hand, tonight,
My heart can meier be thine,
With thee, like wild imprisoned birds,
For freedom 1 would pine.
I'd flutter oft against the bars.
In vain I'd seek to fly,
Then faint, at last, upon the ground
Unfurl my wings and die.
o, give me back my hand, tonight,
have no heart to give,
To glad and cheer thee on thy way
And make thee wish TO live.
1t dwells within dnother's breast,
Where it will ever stay
Like Arabs, with their folded tents,
From me it stole away.
The Siren sings of Ophir's gold.
And Peru's riches great,
And of Golcenda's diamonds rare,
Or some great lords estate;
But none of these could fill the void,
The echo of his name
Doth show exists in this heart which
Can never be the same.
I'd in white-washed hovel dwell,
By some old mountain stream,
Where flowers wild, in beauty grow,
And woods with music TEEN.
Methinks could be happy then,
The sun each day would shine,
And bright would seem the oaken floor,
And humble door of pine.
O, give me back my hand, tonight,
I'd be unblest with thee,
Tho dwelling in Palace grand
With walls of tapestry.
O,give me back my hand, tonight,
My life is gloomy, drear;
The footsteps that knew so well,
I never more shall hear.
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Several newspapers keep man who
does little else but grumble about the
hard work of an editorial life. Why
don't these fellows get some other kind
of job, then? An editor who doesn't
enjoy his work has no business at an
editors desk Worcester Press.
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