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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16
The Eucalyptus Tree.

A letter from Houston, Texas, to the
St. Louis GLO6e-Democrat, says: 1t is
now four years since the Eucalyptus
Globulus, or fever tree, was introduced
into this city from California. Some
seeds were procured by direction of the
! City Council, who decided on a trial OF
! the tree, in view of the severe yellow
fever epidemics that had previously at
intervals ravaged, decimated and peri
! odically filled with mourning the coast
! cities of the Gulf.
From experiments made with the tree
in Houston, it is now considered suf-
ficiently demonstrated that the climate
and the soil of South and Middle Texas
will permit not only of its growth but
its flourishing in this latitude. Among
the prominent citizens of Houston who
now have eucalyptuses growing in their
yards are Messrs. E. II. Gushing and
DIR. Fielding, both of whom have been
quite successful with the tree.
In so far as the City of Houston is
concerned, the tree can not be said to
have been grown here in sufficient num-
bers to be considered a fair test of its
alleged anti-febrile properties. Certain
it is, however, that since its introduce
ton there has been no epidemic of yell
low fever. In the fall of 1875 and '76,
there were few sporadic cases of yell
low fever, but the disease died out with
out spreading, and for the last two years
the city has not only been free of fevers
of all kinds but, according to the report
of the health officer, one of the health
est cities in the United States. How
ever, when the tree has been more ex-
tensively planted here, as it will be, it
will be more legitimate to draw conclu-
sions as to the reality of the properties
supposed to reside in the eucalyptus.
The experiments now being made with
it are of great and deep interest to the
inhabitants of the towns and cities on
the Gulf, subject to
1.-THE rotten diseases of the South.''
The eucalyptus is in many respects
remarkable tree. Its growth is swift
and luxuriant Its capsules are globu-
lous; its leaves, when young, are sub
cerdiform and of a uniform green color,
often twisted slightly towards the base,
or narrowly lanciolate or elongated in a
feathery point and covered with feath-
cry nerves. The flowers are axillary
double or ternate, sessile or furnished
with a short pedunclc, broad and COM
pressed The buds are frosted and
slightly wrinkled. In Tasmania the
eucalyptus is known as the blue gum
tree, and deserves to be placed among
the giants of the vegetable kingdom. 1t
frequently attains prodigious height /.
Its wood is exceedingly hard and the
grain regular. 1t is full of rosin and
absorbs water both by its leaves and
roots with astonishing facility, which
is considered by many to be the merit
of its prophylactic properties. 1t is
to absorb the malaria of
districts and render it innocu-
Gus in the same way.
As an instance of its drying powers,
a branch of the eucalyptus was pl'ced
N vase of water, and locked in an iron
safe. Five days after the vase was emp
y and dry, and the leaves withered.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

GINGER SNAPs.-1 cup butter, l cup
sugar, 1 cup good molasses, l table
spoonful ginger, l teaspoonful soda,
and 1 teaspoonful ground cloves or nut
meg.
HICKORY-NUT CARE pound sugar,
! pound butter, 5 eggs, 1 cupful
milk, pound fsur, teaspoonful soda,
2 of cream-tartar, 1 pound raisins, l
pound nuts.
STEWED OYsTRRs.-Wash the oysters
in colander; put in saucepan ] cup
full boiling water, large tablespoonful
butter, pepper and salt; when boiled,
add the oysters, let them boil; add milk
or not, according to taste.
DROP CAKEs.-Beat up the whites
and yellzs of eggs separately, with a
spoonful of rose water; to which add 6
ounces powdered sugar; beat the whole
well, and add 1 ounce of bruised cara
way seeds, and ounces -four; drop
them on wafer-paper, and bake in a
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16

The Tramp's Hint.

He shuffled in and took chair
Then fixed a stony
We wrote away, unheeding,
Until the clock struck r.
we asked him, dropped pen,
Well sir, what you needing?
Oh, nOthin much-I thought I'd call
1 see you kindly mention all
The folks your village visit,
And thought 'twould help fill up if you
Should give just a line or two
faint too much trouble, is it?
% Just say we're gratifed to state
That our old friend and college mate,
z - - a j. Ebeneezer Skinner,
Called at office t'other day,
COnversed while, and by the way,
Went home with us to dinnerW
r-s - - r. -Franklia (Ky.) Patriot.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16
Apples OF GOLD In pictures OF SILVER.

"a word fifty spoken is like apples OF gold
in pictures of silver When the BODY De
comes diseased. the mind is thereby necessa-
rily Influenced. National wars State dlssen-
sions, neighborhood broils, and family dllGr-
ences, are more frequently than otherwise the
result of diseased and disordered constltu-
tions. When the body is suffering, the mlndi
acting in sympathy, viii become irr1tated ana
perpicxed When the physical system IS in
health, the mind perceiyes things in their true
light, and the disposition assumes very az
ferent phase. Nothing more directly tends TO
destroy the happy, cheerful disposition OF a
woman, and render her peeyish, nervous and
fretful, than a constant endurance OF uterine
disorders The diseases peculiar to woman
take away the elasticity and buoyancy OF
health and reduce her body and mind to n
mere wreck. DIR. Pierce's Fayorite Prescrip
ton is a rell petce,naAer in a family No
woman suffering from uterine disorders can
afford to be without this remedy. The Favor
tie Prescription saves unnecessary doctor bills,
prevents divorces, wards off suicides, brings
back buOyant, joyous feelings, restores the
woman to health and her family to happiness.
1t is sold by all druggists.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16

On the 10th of December last, a Dan
ish vessel nearly stranded on an island
about 40 miles from the Straits of Ma
gellan. No land was indicated on the
chart Soon it was noticed that the
island was slowly sinking. An attempt
was made to land on it, but this was
found impossible, as the rocky mass of
which it was composed was so hot that
the water touching it Kissed. The island
continued to sink, and eight hours after
it was first observed the vessel sailed
over the place where it had appeared
above the surface of the ocean.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16
Ordering a Wife.

The following occurred on the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe Road: A gen
tleman travelling between Pueblo and
Kansas City was engaged in converse
ton by very intelligent but rough look
ing miner. who had been for four years
an auriferous adventurer in the San Ju-
all country, and who had " struck it
rich" He made no secret of the fact
that his visit to a certain town in Mich
igan YVES for the purpose of marrying
6 the girl he left behind him, for whose
future comfort he had built and furnish
ed house high up among the snow
capped mountains of Colorado. But
this does not interest the reader as will
the balance of the story. He left in
San Juan partner, whom he describes
as GO as square man as ever strnck a
drill,'' with whom he had constantly
labored three long years as mere ''pros-
pectors,'' and with whom he now joint
ly held one of the most valuable prop
critics in their district. Jim, too, de-
sired to go East, but their mutual inter
ests made the absence of both partners
at the same time impossible; he
didn't know any one in particular East,
but then he wanted to go. jim was
rather a bashful, reticent man, and did
not like to tell even his partner the real
purpose of his coveted visit; but upon
the eve of the departure of the latter, the
purpose of whose visit was known, Jim
made the request, in dead earnest, that
he bring him wife.
''Will you do ftp" he was asked.
''Do it; you BETH
''Had he any instruction to give in
regard to the selectionP"
eyes; he said, Harry, bring me a
good, honest, sensible girl, what there's
no foolishness or show about-a girl
what'H make an honest man an honest
wife,, and that's just the kind o. woman
III take out, and the one that'll be Jim's
wife,
While this manner of choosing a wife
is somewhat novel one, it must be con-
fessed that Jim's idea of the woman
best calculated to make with him the
journey of life, was good one.-Denver
Tribune.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16
How a Boy Goes on an Errand.

There are so many bright spots in the
life of a farm-boy that sometimes think
should like to live life over again;
should almost be willing to be girl if it
were not for the chores. There is a great
comfort to boy in the amount of work
he can get rid of doing. 1t is something
astonishing how slow he can go on an
errand-he who leads the school race.
The world is new and interesting to
him, aud there is so much to take his
attention off when he is sent to do any
thing. Perhaps he could not explain
himself, why, when he is sent to a neigh
boris after yeast, he stops to stone the
frogs; he is not exactly cruel; but he
wants to see if he can hit 'em. No
other living thing can go as slow as a
boy sent on an errand. His legs seem
to be lead, unless he happens to espy q
woodchuck in an adjoining lot, when
he gives chase to it like deer; and it is
curious fact about boys, that two will
be a great deal slower about doing any
thing than one, and that the more you
have to help on a piece of work the less
is accomplished. Boys have a great
power of helping each other to do moth
ing; and they are so innocent about it,
and unconscious. 81 went as quick as
ever could" says the boy. His father
asks him why he didn't stay all night,
when he has been absent three hours on
a ten-minute errand. The sarcasm has
no effect on the boy.
Going after the cows was a serious
thing in my day. 1 had to climb a hill
which was covered with wild strawber-
ries in the season. Could any boy pass
by those ripe berriesP And then, in the
fragrant hill pasture there were beds of
wintergreen with red berries, tufts of
roots of sassafras to be dug,
and dozens of things good to eat or to
smell, that L could not resist. 1t some
times even lay in my way to climb a tree
to look for crows nest, or to swing in
the top, and to try if l could see the
steepIe of the village church. 1t became
very important sometimes for me to see
that steeple, and in the midst of my in
great blast from the farmhouse, which
would send cold chill down my back
N the hottest days. I knew what it
meant. 1t had frightfully impatient
luaver in it, not at all like the sweet
note that called US to dinner from the
nay field. 1t said, Why on earth /
Doesn't that boy come home, it is almost
lark, and the cows amt milked?'' And /
hat was the time the cows had to start /
nto brisk pace and make up for lost |
ime. L wonder if any boy ever drove |
he cows home late who did not say that |
he COWS were at the farther end of the
pasture, and that " odd Brindle' was
hidden in the woods and he couldn't
md her for ever 50 longi The brindle
ow is the boys scape-goat, many
me Charles Dudley Warner, in "Be-
gg q Boy.'
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16

Lowth, mixing lobster salad and chat
ting softly and gayly with Mrs. Vernon
from New York. At Nellie's right hand
sat Ned Rowland, her old beau from
Manchester.
Lowth looked up and bowed to her.
She returned the salutation, then turned
to Ned Rowland.
Perhaps for an hour she fiirted-never
afterward. After dinner she went to her
room, bathed her head, which ached
terribly, then joined her aunt in the par
lor. There was Manfred Lowth, who
stood at her side a moment and eX-
changed few words with her and then
sauntered away. But Ned Rowland
bent over her chair all the afternoon.
At night she went to bed feverish and
i'll.
A week passed. Nellie became aware
that Ned Rowland loved her. He was
a good-hearted, good-looking, but rath-
er effeminate young man; handsome
and very winning, however, and a year
before Nellie might have loved him; but,
truly loving Lowth as she did, the thing
was impossible. She finally told him,
frankly and kindly, that she did not love
him.
They were sitting on the rocks at twi-
light.
g You used to like me, Nellie" said
Rowland, his lips growing pale under
his pretty moustache.
IS like Won now. Ned
''But I think you used to love me-a
little, Nellie.''
She clasped her hands nervously.
"That was not love, Ned-oh! it was
nothing like love! Don't talk to me
any more, please. [ am sorry you are
grieved, but L can't help it. Don't
blame me-and be kind to me. [ have
my own troubles to bear"
He got up and went down the rocks
She did not know whether he was
offended or not, and suffering from a
keen sense of her sorrows, she hardly
cared. She knew he would be in love
with some one else within a week.
There were bitter tears in her eyes as
she looked over the ocean. Suddenly a
firm hand was laid on her shoulder.
ss Nellie, how do you know SO well
what love is?'
She turned her head and looked into
Manfred Lowth's grave face.
because have reason to know" she
answered, passionately.
"Nellie, Nellie,'' he said, 81 love you.
Will you answer me as you did How
| land?''
"No"
"Why?"
Because love you.''
/ She was in a passion OF tears, sobbing
as if he heart was broken.
"Nellie, little pet, what are you cry
ing in this way for?"
ssAll this time she began.
''All this time,'' he interrupted, 81
have been waiting to see if you really
loved me. If you really loved me l
knew that you ought to love me even
though 1 was Indifferent to you. 1 left
you and you did not forget me, but lost
your roses and turned pale when we
met. Your words to Ned Rowland,
which overheard. proved what true
hearted little girl you are, and if l
promise to devote the rest of my life to
your happiness will you forgive me fo1
causing you this pain?''
Nellie expressed her forgiveness very
concisely and sweetly, and Mrs. Ber-
tram's heart was made glad by the an
nouncement of her niece's engagement
to Manfred LOwth.
L think it was on their wedding-day
that Nellie showed Manfred Lowth a
shining black hair, carefully preserved,
which she had found in her stocking
that March morning, and it was very
much like Mr.. Lowth's own.
So much for the sign of the first robin.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16
THE MARKETS.

ST. LOUIS, February II, 1873.
BEEvRs-Choice to Fancy, S4.S505.25; Good
to Prime, $4.6O@4.75; Native Cows, S2.4OnS.sO'
Texas steers, $2.4014.0O
HoGS-Packing, $3.6503s5-
SHEEP-Native, 500 4 80
FLOUR-Choice. $5.s566;0O; XXX, $5.2og5 30.
WHEAT-Red Winter, No. 2, $L23G l24; No.
GoRSENo. Mixed, 4laAkc.
OATs-No- ?, 25d 2571c.
TIMOTHY sEED-Prime, sI.25e $50.
ToBACCo-Dark Lugs, Sl.90d 2.50; Medium
Dark Leaf, s.. 001 600
HAY-Choice Timothy, $lI.oOaI.5O.
BUTTER-Creamery, IS 9 4Oc.
PoRK-standard Mess, s1O.4Oa 1O:e5.
WooL-Tub- washed, Choice, 31G3sc; I'm
washed Combing, 2003lc.
CoTToN-Middling, 108c.
NEW YORK.
BEBvEs--Native Steers, $s.2jGll.25; Texai
and Cherokee, None.
SHEEP-S4.501 6.25.
HOGs-Live, "a. 15g5.45.
FLOUR-Good to Choice, $5.3006.G0.
WHEAT-No. 2 Chicago, Sl.247l 1.25h.
CORE-Steam Mixed, 542< 655c.
OATs-Western Mixed, 3sG3514c.
PoRK-Ness, $ll.259 ll.4O
CoTrON-Middling, lie.
CHICAGO.
BEE c to n Choice S $355@5So
SHEEP-Common to Fair, S2.75@50J.
FLoUR-Choice Winter, $6.5Oa7.OO; Choice
iWHEEiaTwspring, No. ?. sIOa5aLOl; Spring
CORN-Ao- =, 39l5 q 391sc.
OATs-No. 2, 234z a231Sc.
RYE-No. ?, 50G sic.
PoRK-New Mess, Sl0200lO.25.
KANSAS CITY.
BEEvEs-Native Steers, 1928 "a 40; Native
Cows 500 q 800.
HOGs-S3- 4063.50.
FLoUR-XX to Patent, per sack, $l.7503O0.
CORN MEAL-Eer cWt., 70075c.
WHEAT-N0. 3 Winter, 81 .03% 0lC4.
CORN-No. Mixed, 29x 204c.
NEW ORLEANS.
FLOUR-Choice Family, $6.25d6.75.
CORN-White, 4S049c.
OATs-St. Louis, 33634c.
HAY Choice, $17.50d $500.
PoRK-New Mess, $ll.25Gll.50.
BACoN-5I@7 <c.
COTTON-hliddling 1GsS C.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16

CoNsUMPTION.--Fo the cure of this distress
ing disease tn re has been no medicine yet dis
covere that can show more evidence of real
merit than Aliens Lung Balsam. This une-
qualed expcctorant for curing consumption,
and ali diseases leading o it, such as affections
of the throat lungs, and all diseases of the
pulmonary organs, is introduced to the suffer
ing public after its merits for the cure of such
diseases have been fully tested by the medical
faculty. Tie Baisam 10, consequently, recon-
mended by ;hrsiciaHs who have become &C
quainted with its great success.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16
Rhenmntism onickIK Cured.

"Durang's Rheumatic Remedy" the great In
ternGl Medicine, will positively any case of
rheumatism on the face of the earth. Price 81 a
bottle. Sold by all Druggists Send for circular
to Helphenstine & Bentley, Washington, ID. q.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16
Information Relating to Texas.

All persons desiring information relating to
Texas should at once subscribe for the ST.
LOUIS TEXAN, an ably-conducted weekly jour
nal, devoted to the Commerce of the South
west, making Texas interests speclalty II
publishes more reliable details about Texas
than any other paper in the country: It's sub
scrption rates are $500 per year. It is pub
Eshed at No. SOB Market street, st. Louis, Mo.
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Our Daily Rread.
OHH D"AIy HI O"Ws
) claim that there Is greater certainty and

We claim that there is greater certainty ana
uniformity in the production of good bread,
biscuits, cake, etc, in the use of DooLEY's
YEAST POWDER, and that the articles made
with it are more wholesome and digestible than
powder Test it by the only reliable and truth
full test trial by the oven. We claim also
that it is just as represented, and just what the
public expect 1t to be by the name under which
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16
Evils of the Cramming System.

The psychological mischief done by
excessive examining both in some
schools and at home is sufficiently seri-
Gus to show that the reckless course
pursued in many instances ought to be
loudly protested against. AS we write,
four cases come to our knowledge of
girls seriously injured by this folly and
unintentional wickedness. In one, the
brain is utterly unable to bear the bur-
den put upon it, and the pupil is re-
moved from school in a highly excitable
state; in another, epileptie fits have fol-
lowed the host of subjects pressed upon
the scholar; in the third, the symptoms
of brain fog have become so obvious
that the amount of schooling has been
greatly reduced; and in a fourth fits
have been induced and complete pros
tration of brain has followed. These
cases are merely illustrations of a class,
coming to hand in one day, familiar to
most physicians. The enormous num-
Der of subjects which are forced into
the curriculum of some schools and are
required by some professional examina-
tions confuse and distract the mind, and
by lowering its healthy tone often unfit
it for the world. While insanity may
not directly result from this stuffing, and
very likely will not, exciting causes of
mental disorder occurring in later life
may upset a brain which, had it been
subjected to more moderate pressure,
would have escaped unscathed. Train
ing in its highest sense is forgotten in
the multiplicity of subjects, originality
is stunted, and individual thirst of
knowledge overlaid by crowd of novel
theories based upon yet improved state
s.-MacniItGrs's Magaz a'Ie.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16

sToDDARD's "PoULTRY WORLD" Hartford,
Conn, should be had by all fowl-breeders. Costs
but 81 25 yearly, or only 81. co. INCLUDING IL su-
perfor CHRoMos to subscribers. 1t is practical,
original, and always fresh. 10c. single number.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16
CIiford's Febrifuge PaIatabIe,

CIifford's FebrifuSe Palatable,
Powerful, Antiperiodic and Tonic
Natures remedy for Fever and Ague. Never
known to fail in a single case. This popular
remedy differs from all other Ayue Cures, in
being free from all poisonous effects on the
system; it enters into the circulation and de-
stroys all malarious poison, and thus eradl-
Gates the disease without producing any of
those distressing alters sensations, such as
fullness and pain in the head, ringing in the
ears and partial deafness. Try it once and
you will never be without it.
j. c.. RICHARDSON, PrOp'r,
For sale by all Druggists. st. Louis.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16
Two Songs.
ON THE BRIDGE.

ON THE BRIDGE.
- The sunset dyes the river
And glorifieS the hill,
~ The sound ofIeaves that culver
Comes thro' the evening still.
/ lean the bridge-rail over,
'-t.--. To watch the stream run by;
The current bubbles cover;
They glitter radiantly.
-7t They make and brake each minute;
ftt.-- Right onward runs the stream.
asl-l L read lesson in it,
Time halts not for dream.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16
ON THE SHORE.

g, At last, the weary journey DER,
= hear the breakers plash and roar
From that unknown, unfathoned sea
Upon whose waves soon must be.
Hast thou, o sea, no other strand
T Save that on which doubling stand?
Hast thou, o sea, no other shore
Save that on which thy pillows roar?
In vain in vain! No answer make
The surges that arise and break
mist of doubt falls DER the sea-
] come, resistIcss waves, to thee.
Boston TrdrelleT.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-16

Don't fail to procure Mrs WINsLoW'S SooTH-
ING SYRUP for all diseases of teething 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