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DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

CORN-BREAD WITHOUT EGGS.-1 pint
meal, pint flour, 1 pint buttermilk,
teaspoon soda, little sugar or molasses,
a little salt. If this seems too stiff, put
in little more milk.
GINGER CAKE.-1 cup of mOlasses, l
cup of sour milk, cup of sugar, cup
OF butter, eggs, 1 tablespoonful of gin
ger, l teaspoonful of soda; flour enough
to make as thick as it will stir nicely.
FRICAssEE OF CHICKEN.-Cut the
chicken in small pieces, just cover with
water, season highly, add few small
pieces of pork; if fat chicken, not a
very large piece of butter; add a few
potatoes cut in half; before taking from
the fire, remove the lid and dredge in a
little flour.
KES-Enough flour is added to
a quart of sour milk to make a rather
thick batter. Let it stand over night.
Next morning add teaspoonful of soda
dissolved in a tablespoonful of hot wa
ter. Bake Immediately. If the milk is
quite sour, they may need more soda.
BIsCUITs.-Into a quart of sifted flour
put 2 heaping teaspoonfuls of baking
powder and pinch of salt. Mix to-
gether while dry; then rub into it a
piece of lard little larger than an egg.
Mix with cold sweet milk; roll thin !;
cut with a tin cutter, and bake light
brown in hot oven. Send to the table
Immediately.
MUsH FOR FRYING.-Put a quart of
water on the fire to boil; stir pint of
cold milk with l pint of cornmeal and l
teaspoonful of salt. When the water
boils, pour in the mixture gradually,
stirring all well together. Let it boil
for ] hour, stirring often to prevent
from burning 1t browns better when
made in this way.
BUTTERMILK PoP.-Bring the milk to
boil, have your flour wet with cold
milk, free of Jumps; stir briskly for
few minutes; a heaping tablespoonful
of flour to pint of milk will thicken it;
it is very good to use less flour, and
part dry bread; to be eater with butter
and sugar when partly cold. Cornmeal
is preferred by many in place of flour.
FRITTERs.-Take pint of good but
termilk, 1 egg, 2 teaspoonfuls of soda,
a little salt; stir thick enough with -four
to drop from a spoon into hot lard fry
until done, which you can tell by run
ming a fork through the middle. Then
if you have maple sirup to dip them in,
you have something that will please an
epicure.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30

The old hunter appealed to scratched
his head thoughtfully
&" Strange things happen up there, -
he began, pointing with his pipe out
ward. Sometimes, after hard days
toll, comrade rises from his place by
the fire and goes out. There is a glamour
on all things as he follows on-whither?
Does he go down a crevasse? No one
knows; he is seen no more. IT'S too
true, the spirits in the mountains are re-
vengeful. Even if he escapes once, it is
death for him to 90 back The life
blood which dripped from the veins of
the little flower he crushed lies on the
snow. He must die! He must follow
the voice that summons him.
Rose shivered; she thought of the lit
tie Alpine blossom, with its red color,
which Josef had given her that day of
his return from the mountains.
When Josef babe her good-by she
chung to his hand. He kissed her fore
head gravely in his slow German fash
ion.
BE CAREFUL said Rosy; edo not
do not crush the fairy flowers, she was
about to add, but certain sense of
shame and ignorance overcame her.
s. Be careful and come back to me, $"
she said again. IS 1 shall count the DAYS
till you return''
Poor Rosy! There were many days
to court.
Josef never came back.
Rosy watched and waited and hoped
in vain. One day, opening book, she
saw the red Alpine flower pressed be-
tween the pages. With a shudder she
shut the book. 1t was as if Josef's dead
face had looked at her
The people of the place grew used to
her pale face. The hunters, returned
from the mountains, grew used to her
sad, appealing eyes as she invariably
asked:
''Have you seen Josef? Has any
thing been heard of him?''
There was pity always in their voices
as they answered, "we have heard
nothing; nothing is known"
By and by Rosy besought that we
should go home. 81 am weary of
these mountains. They kill me. Their
shadows press on my heart with an aw-
full weight So the story is told!
But-was there no doubt underlying
that sad grief? Was Josef's fate ever
known?
Hush! Rosy is listening. She, at
least, has no doubt; all is sweet and sa-
cred in that consecrated soul. Memory
is divine And is not that enoughP
Yea! 1t is enongh-tO believe
Springfield (Aass.) Republican.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30
A Merchant Princes Tomb.

The tomb under the chancel of the
Cathedral of the Incarnation, at Garden
City, on Long Island, in which is to re-
pose the body of the late A. T. Stewart,
is in form a polygon, with sixteen sides,
twenty-five feet in diameter and twenty
feet in height. Each angle is orna-
mented with a pillar of variegated mar
BILE, surmounted by deliberately sculptur-
ed foliated capitals, from which will
spring the vaulted ribs of the ceiling.
These ribs draw together near the CEN
ter, and assimilate the effect of dome.
The canopy will be highly decorative,
but pure and chaste The space be-
tween the pillars is richly paneled and
sculptured in pure white American
statuary marble; the ceiling is of the
same material, as will also be the tessel-
ated floor. Nine windows give light to
the crypt, and the two approaches to it
are on the opposite sides, to the right
and left, leading from handsome vesti-
bules, which connect with the cathedral
above. When fully completed there will
be few tombs in the world, and none in
America, to equal it in elegance and
cOstliness.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30
The Harvest of the Sea.

At the meeting of the American Fish
Culturists' Association, Prof G. B. Good
gave statistics showing that the fisher
les of this country yielded in 1876 a
grand total of nearly thirteen hundred
million pounds, valued at over 49,
100000. First in prominence were the
oyster fisheries, the products of which
were valued at $5O,OOO,OOO. When it
is remembered that is large extent the
oyster crop depends on artificial plant
ing and systematic cultivation, the sug-
gestion that the Government ought to
take proper steps to secure to the own
ers of oyster grounds defensi BILE right
to the products thereof seems no more
than just or reasonable. 1t is some
thing new, to be sure, to grant individ-
ual title to land below-low water mark
but since industry has given to such
land, over large areas, value equal to
that of any dry land, and since the Gull
tivation of such reclaimed sea-bed adds
enormously to the common food supply,
it would be but simple justice to put
the sea farmer on the same footing
before the law as the up
land farmer. The legal right of
an oyster planter to the ground he cul-
tivates and the crop he produces should
be put beyond dispute; and its whole
sale invasion, now so common wherever
oyster cultivation has been attempted,
should be made impossible 1t is no
less than national disgrace that an in
dustry so honorable and useful should
be practically outlawed.
Compared with the oyster crop, other
fisheries are of small value The cod
fisheries yielded in 1876, according to
Prof Goods figures, 81, 1926, $40; the
whale, S2,S41, 900; the mackerel, ST.
375, 1852; the menhaden, S1,657, 79O.
The yield of the Great Lakes is valued
at S1,60o,000. OF river fisheries (shad,
salmon, etc. no estimate is given. The
lobster catch is valued at 100000.
OF the various other shell fish (clams,
scallops, etc. no mention is made. The
number of vessels employed in our fish
er1es is set down as 2,188, with a ton
mage of $4,000, clearly an underesti-
american.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30
Clerical Wit.

parson who a missionary had been,
And hardships and privations oft had seen.
While wandering far on lone and desert
strands,
weary traveller in benighted lands
Would often picture to his little flock
The terrors of the gibbet and the block;
How martyrs suffer'd in the oIden times,
And what men suffer now in other clirnes;
And though his words were eloquent and
deep,
His hearers oft INDUCED themselves in sleep.
He marked with sorrow each unconscious
nod,
Within the portals of the house of God,
And once this new expedient thought he'd
take
In his discourse, to keep the rogues awake
said he, "While travelling in a distant state
L witnessed scenes which 1 will here relate:
Twas in deep, uncultivated wild,
Where noontide glory scarcely ever smiled :
Where wolves in hours of midnight darkness
howrd-
Where bears frequented, and where panthers
prowrd;
And, on my word, mosquitoes there were
found,
Many of which, think would weigh a poanat
More fierce and ravenous than the hungry
shark
They oft were known to climb the trees and
barE!''
The audience seem'd taken by surprise
All started up and rubb'd their wondering
eyes;
AT such tale they all were much amazed
Each dropping lid was in an instant raised,
And we must say, in keeping heads erect,
It had its destined and desired effect.
But tales like this credulity appalled,;
Next day, the deacons on the pastor caIPd.
And begged to know how he could ever tell
The foolish falsehoods from his lips that fell
Why, sir" said one, think what a mon
strous weight
We're they as large as you were pleased to
state?
You said they'd weigh a poundi 1t can't be
true;
Wen not believe it, though tits told by your
" All, but it isl" the parson quick replied;
" In what stated you may well confide:
Many, said, siT-and the story's good
Indeed think that many of them wouIdp'
The deacon saw at once that he was caught
Yet deemed himself relieved, on second
thought:
" But then the 6arking-think of that, good
mani
such monstrous hesl Explain it if you can %
" Why, that my friend, 1 can explain with
ease
They climbed the bark sir aehe. they climbed the
trees!" ~
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30
Biddy McGinnis at the PhOtOg-
rapher'S.

" Now, yen sit quiet,-an' look at
that sthick at the corner av the box,-
an don't move whilst I'm countin', -
says he. At the same time putin some
thin that ould picky-bones had gev him
Until the frunt av the little box. Now
mind,'' says he, ''don't stur,'' an wild
that he turn'd his back an begun to
count for his life. For cud see plain
enough, that the laugh wasn't out av
him yit. Och, lave me alone, but |
knew enough to not let him bate me out
av any thin this time, dye mind? So |
jist planted mesilf street round an cock'd
me two eyes street in frunt av me. An
troth, had quite enough to kape me
Employed watchin' the little stick and
the box, and his own back, dye mind?
''That'll do for the prisint,'' says he,
''but remain where We are, for 1 may
hav' to take you ovir ag'in.'' An wild
that he handed bit av slate to ould
skinny-bags, an he whip'd wild it Until
his little din. Purity soon he KEN out,
an the two wur talkin' thegether like
couple av pirates, dishputin' betune
thimsilves. So, whin they had sittled it
himself walks up to me, an says he, 81
hav' the picture av you now, only"
says he, sit has far more than belongs
to ye, but I'll show it to We to convince
ye that we wur not shatin' We out av yer
eyes, anyway" An, Wilmington,
Whinny, acushla! Iv there wasn't me-
silt wild four eyes an two mouths in the
face av me. All other ways, as natural
as life, top skirt an all.
"I'm not willin' to Civ We so much
for the price, says he, an iv yell
just look at luvly little burd that I'll
hould in my hand Until 1 count thurty,
III jist take two av yer eyes out an
clap thin Until me pockit to reminder
ye by, and yer mouth an yer voice
Deed, III niver forgit,a long as live,''
SEE he.
So wild that the ould fairy gev him the
slate back agin, an he clapped it Until
the box-fixed me over, avick; held up
his little burd for me to look at, an, be
jabbers! he niver TUX his two eyes off
me face, this time, an him countin' as
solimn now as an ould Judge, readin'
the din sintince; an whin they got
through, this was what they brung to
me; an iv ye don't say it's as good a
lOokin' gurril as liver left the County
Connaught-heath, Pm sure my mother
will, whin she sees it. Och, look it |
there! Isn't it the dazzler?-ApriE
Scr1b1eY.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30
AN ALPINE FLOWER,

By MILE W. CARPENTER.
Love is come with a song and smile;
Welcome Love with smile and a song;
Love can stay but little while.
Why can not he stay? They call him away
We do him wrong-ye do him wrong,
Love will stay for whole life long
" What! You two girls all alone?"
Eyes, dear! We two girls all alone!''
s. But aren't yOu-don't you-won't
you'-
g We aren'tI we don't-we won't!''
was my sister Rosy's merry, hooking
answer. We jointly assure you of all
that in ADVANCE
t'But, something might happen to
you," persisted the matron of our party,
seriously. "Don't you know there
might?''
6 hope something will, said Rose,
calmly. 81 have always felt that it
would be dreadful to go through life and
have no adventure to tell Of
never to get into the newspapers even
except in dreadful obituary!''
She laughed with delicious impudence
at our different EXPLANATIONS.
''Besides there is Minnie-Minna we
must style her now that we are in the
atmosphere of Goethe waiting for a
chance to absorb sentiment in the true
German fashion. We both are in far
too good health and spirits-we need
something to happen to US and tone us
down. L, for one, shall take pains to
a 70 1L,or.
ers after sorrowI Two American girls
in search of a sigh.''
go Rose, who would have believed
you were so heartless,'' cried Mrs. Ar
mott; and then she added viciously,
Z" But you need not put yourself to the
trouble of declaring yourselves Ameri-
cans. don't believe any but Ameri-
can girls would think even of spending
a summer all alone in a strange land
like this
"American girls of English DESCENT
corrected Rose calmly. CT am Rose
Aylmer, dear-and Aylmer shall in one
word declare our English ancestors, just
as our manners shall proclaim US every
where Americans raised ="
And then just as she said these words, |
my sister Rosy's mouth, with it's proud
and sweet expires sion, seeming only fit |
for noblest sentiments, curled up haugh-
tily-her fair, round cheek flushed deep |
~ red, and there was no need for her to
tell us in good English speech that the
of the American girl should be
the Purest passport to lands of high re-
pute that ever dame or demoselle could
boast.
t'Well, then, I suppose there's no
help for it, sighed our young matron,
Mrs. Arnott, with mournful intona-
ton, almost ludicrous. q You will stay
if you say you will. And, after alp
(brightening), "I'm not really afraid
for you. If there is any girl in the
world can carry herself well in awkward
places, you are the one, own that"
Well, then, owning so much, just
smile at us, will your answered Rose.
8 You know at heart we shall be well
And then just think how long
dinna and | have been promising Ger
many this visit. Ever since Minna was
2 years old and could sing Am Ri in.
Ind the Rhine has been rolling, rolling
muddy and disconsolately on, past {
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30
Merry Rain.

Sprinkle, sprinkle, comes the rain,
trapping on the window pane;
Trickling, coursing,
Crowding, forcing
Tiny riIls
To the dripping window sills.
Laughing rain drops, light and swift,
Through the air they fall and sift;
Dancing, tripping,
Bounding, skipping
ThrO' the street,
With their thousand merry feet.
Every blade of grass around
Is ladder to the ground;
Clinging, striding,
Slipping, sliding,
On they come
With their busy zip and hum.
In the woods, by twig and spray,
To the roots they lind their way;
Pushing, creeping,
Doubling, Ieaping,
Down they go
To the waiting life below
Oh, the brisk and merry rain,
Bringing gladness in its train!
Falling, glancing,
Thinking. dancing
All around
Listen to its CHEEKY sound?
-F1etG Forester, IN st. Nicholas for april
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30

ST. LOUIS, March 25 1873.
TO Prime, $4.750490; Native Cows, S3OOa4 .O)i
Texas steers, $40 q 400
HOGS-Packing, S3.3OG3.50.
SHEEP-Native, S2.6094.S5.
FLoUR-Choice, $55oG5.75; xxx, $5.lod5.l5.
WHEAT-Red Winter, No. 3, $l.1lH ll215
C Co i; NO. Mixed Mixed s940asxc.
OATS-No. 2, 261z a 26xc.
RYE-No.2 2, 56d SIC.
TIMOTHY SEED Prime, $l.35 1871.
Dark Leaf, $4,000 500.
HAH-Choice Timothy, Sl2.O09l3.00
BUTTER-Choice Daily, ZIG Csc.
EGGs-Fresh, 6k97c
PoRK-standard Mess. $9.65g 9.i5.
WooL-Tub- washed, Choice, 3763Sc; I'm
washed COmbing, 2093lc.
COTToN-Middling, 10kc.
NEW YORK
BEEvEs-Native Steers, $90001I.25; Texan
and Cherokee, none.
SHEEP-S5.l2 q 7.25.
HoGs-Ltve, $4.25@4.6O
WHEAr-No. Red inter, 81 29h Hl.30.
CoRN-Steam Mixed, 535z assoc.
OATs-Western Mixed. 33Is G35l<c.
PoRK-Mess, $40 12H 9 l0371l.
CoTTON-AIiddling, IOzSc.
CHICAGO.
BEEvEs-Common to Choice, S2.s5d4l5.
HoGs-Comnon to Choice, $3.2504.OO.
SHEEP-Common to Choice, S3.50d5.lO
FLoUR-Choice Winter, $6.5OG675; Choice
Spring, $5.50G6.OO.
WHRAT-Spring, No. 2SI.O5LGl SprfnH
No. 3, SL01.
CORN-No. 2, AK 94ls<c.
OATS-No. ., % 23%c.
RYE-No. 3, So 511zc.
PoRK-New Mess, S9.25G9.S0.
KANSAS CITY.
BEEvEs-Native Steers, $3.50 a 4.50; Native
Cows, $500 $500.
HOGs-$2. S503 TO-
FLoUR-XX to Patent, per sack, Sl.7563.OO.
CORN MEAL-Per cwt., 75GsOc.
WHEAT-N0. 3 Winter 81 t@o7X
CoRN-No. Mixed 3OH9 Sic.
NEW ORLEANS.
FLoUR-Choice Family, $5.756675
CORN-White, 4704Sc.
OATs-St. Louis 36@37c.
HAY-Choice, SI7.OOa IL. so.
PoRK-New Mess, $IO.30Gl 1910
BACoN-4X g6<c.
COTTON-Aliddling, IC3Sc.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30

THE London Civil Service Supply As
ISOLATION, which started in 1866 on quite
small scale, now occupies huge prem
ises in the city Subject to a ground rent
of $1,000 year,, and valued at $780,
600, and has also West End premises
erected at cost of $125,OOO. 1t also
has additional premises for the storage
and tailoring departments, and en-
ploys 600 men at cost of nearly $780,
600 year. The supreme direction is
vested in a committee of Is, five of
whom annually retire in rotation. The
sales up to August, 1877, amounted to
over $50, 100000. The prices charged
to members average 10 per cent. above
the wholesale prices, an arrangement
which has always left a surplus after all
expenses are paid. The antagonism of
the retail dealers was at first so bitter
that the association experienced consid-
cradle difficulty in persuading whole
sale dealers to supply them. They were
only won over by the largeness of the
orders, and some firms still hang back.
Its institution has led to many retail
firms reducing their prices. In August,
1877, the clear assets of the association
were S950,000.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30

WE saw young man with two heads
on his shoulders the other day, but
didn't consider it much of a curiosity.
One belonged to his girl Berkshire
Courier
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30

stages of CONSUMPTION, the first SYMPTOMS are
generally hacking cough, pains in the chest,
difficulty of breathing, or oppression Of the
lungs. Something should be done at once to
check the cough, allay and heal the irritated
parts. Aliens Lung Balsam will break up the
cough in an incredibly short time, also prevent
the formation of tubercles. Where turbercles
are once formed, the disease is hard to cure.
For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30
Mothers, FTother.. Mothers

Don't fail to procure Mrs. WINsLow's SoorH-
ING SYRUP for all diseases of leething in chill
dren. 1t relieves the child from pain, cures wind
collie regulates the bowels and, by giving relief
and health to the child. gives rest to the mother.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30
For sale by all Druggists. St. Louis.

THAT astonishing pedestrian, Bertha
Won Hillern, accompishes feat after
feat in rapid succession, her latest being
a walk in Cincinnati of 100 miles in %
hours, with minutes and AZ seconds to
spare. Several physicians in that city
warned her that her health would surely
give way under such abuse of her ply
steal strength, but she declares that the
walking does her good.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30

SToDDARD's POULTRY WORLD" Hartford,
Conn, should be had by all fowl-breeders. Costs
but ) .25 yearly, or only % 90, INCLUDING - su
perior CHRoMos to subscribers. 1t is practical,
original, and always fresh. 10c. single number.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30
Rheumntism nnickIH Cnred.

'Durang's Rheumatic Remedy" the great In
teI1dt Uetti,tIse, Will positively any OF
rheumatism on the face of the earth. Price 81
bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Send for circular
to Helphenstne & 3 ntley, Washington, ID. O.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30
WADHG RIVER, BURLINGTON Co., MI,
Feb 29th 1877 (
CIifford,s Febrifuge is moi a nanace

CHford's Febrifuge is not a panacea
for all the ills 10 which flesh is heir We do
not profess to have discovered a cure dH,
but we confidently recommend it to you as a
sure, safe and speedy cure for all diseases
arising from Malaria. In this class of dis
eases it is a specific; it enters the circulation
and utterly destroys the germs of poison;
it will purify and build up the debilitated
system in shorter time, and with more last
ing benefit, than any other known remedy.
j. G. RICHARDSON, Prop'r,
For sale by all Druggists. ST. Louis.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30

The housekeeper or cook who studies econ
omy in the kitchen, can DO so in one direction
by always using DOoLEY's YEAST POWDER. 1t
will be found a truly economical and valuable
assistant in baking biscuits, rolls, bread, cake
of all kinds, waliles. mullins, and most all ar
ticles prepared from flour; and whyl Because,
in using the Dooley Powder, you save in eggs,
in shortening, in patience, in everything; and
when the baking is done, it is turned out light,
palatable and wholesome, so that every morsel
is eaten up and no waste.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30

at all times ships of one kind or another
are noat1ng about at sea- abandoned by officers
and crew, in what seems hopeless condition.
Some are dismantled and mere hulks, some arc
swimming keel upwards, some are water-logged,
but being laden with timber will not sink but
are driven hither and thither as the wind and
waves may direct. So people afflicted with ca
tarrh, bronchitis, and consumption, are ADAM
doned by physicians and friends as incurable
yet thousands of such are annually restored to
perfect health by the use of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy and DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. The Catarrh Remedy is uneoualed as
a soothing and healing local application, while
the Discovery purifes and enriches the blood
and imparts tone and vigor to the whole sys-
TEN.
VIDoLIA. La, April 18th, 1877.
Dear Sir suffered for twelve years with
that most offensive and loathsome of all dis
eases-catarrh. My taste and smell were COM
pletely destroyed. procured supply of DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy and your Golden Med
1cal Discovery, which l used according to di-
rections, and complete and permanent cure
was speedily effected. l take pleasure in rec
ommending them to all afflicted.
Ever thankfully yours.
CLARA E. HUNT.
WADING RIVER, BURLINGTON Co. NJ,
Feb. 18th, 1877.
Dear Sir-Your Golden Medical Discovery is
the best medicine for coughs, colds and con-
sumption / ever knew. 1t has saved nv life
Respectfully yours,
HELEN B. MCANNEY.
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AT this season Of year the human system is liable
to become dsOrered the insufficient efforts OF the
liver to discharge the Of bile. nature Is not
assisted In her efforts severe bilious attacks or
Frustrating necessarily follow causing great SUI
fering and death little timely precautiOn, how
ever will prevent all this, and be found in that Ia
yorfte household remedy, SIMMONS LIVER RE0U
LAIOR.