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American citizen., 1879-02-22
Death from HydrOphObia.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Feb. 8.-Anoth-
er death resulted from hydrophobia this
morning, the victim being William Tai
bot, about so years of age. Some time
last August a dog belonging to neigh
Dor acted strangely, aud efforts were
made to hang it, as it had previously
bitten its owner. While the dog, an
English bull, was hanging, 1t bit off the
rope, freed itself and bit Mr.. Talbot in
the leg. Last Sunday the man began to
feel unwell, and a physician, DR.. Nc
Grath, was called on Monday, who dis
covered evidences of the dread disease
The spasms were quite violent, but on
Tuesday he was better. On Wednes-
day he was full of dread imaginings,
like hypochondriac. He would put
away liquids, his face depicting intense
mental agony. He could swallow OPT
um pills, but these had little effect. His
appeals not to be moved was most pa
thetic. The doctor stated that the suf-
ferer retained his consciousness all of
the time, excepting when the spasms
(Which were not very marked)
were upon him. These spasms
affected the respiratory and other
muscles. The patient, who remained in
bed during the whole time, gradually
grew weaker, and, on Friday, for the
first time, by great effort, he swallowed
some nourishment. The muscles of the
throat acted very peculiarly, sometimes
allowing him to swallow without diff
Guilty. then refusing to act excepting
very slowly, as though he had severe
sore throat. He died in an easy manner,
his system completely prostrated. This
being the second death which has oc-
CURED here this week from the same
cause, it naturally causes some anxiety
and comment. 1t is thought that there
must have been considerable madness
among the dogs last summer, for, dur
ing the last six months, quite a number
which were considered mad have been
killed. Some 600 unlicensed dogs were
killed, and very large number were
licensed last summer Mr.. Talbot leaves
q wife and two children.
American citizen., 1879-02-22
Professional Women in Philadel-
phia.

There are about 40 female physicians
in Philadelphia in full practice, at least
10 artists (painters), and one sculptor.
Miss Blanche Nevin, lately selected by
the State to execute the statue in mar
BILE of Muhlenberg. OF lady lawyers we
find no record; of printers, school, and
music-teachers there is multitude; of
lady clerks and attendants in shops and
stores an army; of editors, correspond
ents, novelists, historians of the gentler
sex, in this city alone, the roster would
be a revelation. Among lecturers,
preachers and ministers we merely men
ton Lucretia Mott, Hannah Whital
Smith and Anna Dickinson. The stage,
the opera, art in flowers, wax. lace,
costumes and decorations are largely
represented by the women of Philadel
Progress.
American citizen., 1879-02-22
The Art of stopping.

1t has been truthfully remarked that
one of the most important social accom-.
plishments is that of entering a room
gracefully. A writer in the London
Saturday Reuie,O begs to differ here, and
declares that the ability to leave one,
easily and judiciously, is superior. He
thinks it painful to see people anxious
to beat retreat from call or visit, and
yet apparently as unable to escape as
rats in a trap, although nothing bars
their egress. and all persons would
gladly dispense with their company.
The art or science of departure both
from localities and positions is worth
studying in small as well as great mat
ters. Many cases at once present them
selves to the mind in which the judicious
exercise of the faculty of bringing things
to a conclusion would be appreciated.
Sam Weller once said that the great art
of letter-writing was TO make the recip-
lent "wish there was more," and the
article on "The Art of Going Away"
in the Saturday Review, brings
this excellent advice to mind. 1t is
one of the greatest merits of a novelist
to know when to wind up at the right
moment and in the right way, and the
editor who can wind up his leader at the
right point is master of good half Of
his art. Many preachers complain that
their greatest difficulty is that of con-
cluding their sermons; but in this par
ticular case there is little need for the
exercise of any special ingenuity, as an
abrupt but early ending is fault, of all
others, most readily pardoned by a con-
gregation. After all, bulky essay
might be written on the part of going
away and the difficulty in bidding fare
we'll to a host in manner that will con.
vey to him the impression that you have
ejoyed yourself. The subject is com
mended to the consideration of those
eminent students who make social con.
ventionalities study.
American citizen., 1879-02-22
Percy Wyndham.

OF Col. Percy Wyndham, who fought
in our civil war, and who was killed re-
Gently by fall from balloon in India,
the Albany Argus gives some entertain
ing stories. At the close of his military
service, it says, some one questioned his
title in the New York Herald. In re-
ply he showed that Victor Emmanuel
gave it to him for gallantry at Solferino,
and he left challenge for the writer of
the Herald letter. On being told that it
would lead the Grand Jury to indict him.
he expressed his willingness to chal-
lenge the Grand Jury in detail, and
could not get it through his head that
law had any right to interfere with " the
private pursuits and differences of gen.
tlemen." His favorite method of deal
ing with refractory servants was throw
ing them out the window, and in a JUS
tice's Court he made an able defense of
the practice by showing that he always
roomed on the ground floor, and that
his course of discipline did not injure
those who were subjects to it. No Off
Ger below him could complain of the
respect and formality he exacted, be-
cause he was just as careful to conduct
himself with punctilio to his superiors.
A Brigadier General who sent an aid to
him in action, with a request for
"pinch of tobacco" was person
whom he always regarded with susp'-
cion and astonishment. He was splen-
did specimen of manhood in appearance,
was six feet high, of commanding mien,
and could tie his mustaches in a double
bow knot behind his ears.
American citizen., 1879-02-22

THE latest report of Chief Nimms, of
the Bureau of Statistics shows that the
exports of mechandise from the United
States, for the calendar year 1873,
amounted to S736, ,333,413, and the i'm
ports to S431, ,790, ,S42. During the same
period the exports of specie amounted
to $26, ,s65, POO, and the imports to $685.
S39, 1878. The total value of merchan-
disc and specie exported was S763, 1885,
613, while the value of the imports was
$460, ,215, showing an excess of ex-
ports of 1902, ,56s,39s. The excess of
exports during the calendar year 1877
was $l64 ,604 ,464.
American citizen., 1879-02-22
A SO-caIled Trance Case.

The remarkable ''trance case" at Fort
Edward, N. Y, turns out to have been
an ordinary death from heart disease.
The story is very sad one. On Friday
evening a week before last, the "mite
society" of the Baptist Church had one
of its customary sociables, and Miss An
ME Carter was among the brightest,
merriest and prettiest girls in the par
lors. She seemed to be in perfect
health, and her animation and flow of
spirits made her the leading spirit of
the evening. "I feel happy" she said
to one of her friends, shut feel queer,
as if 1 could fly away with myself. :"
While in the supper-room she turned
pale, and clasped her hand to her heart.
At the same instant she rose from the
table and with the simple words 81
don't feel well," fell lfeless to the floor.
A physician arrived in few minutes
and pronounced it fatal case of heart
disease. When the body of the beauti
full girl was tenderly carried to the
house, which she had left only 3 few
hours before in such merry mood, her
mothers grief was heartrending. "She
is not dead! She can not be dead!"
was the cry of anguish uttered again
and again. On the next day it
was noticed that the body was quite
warm, and hopes we're inspired that the
girl was in trance that was the coun-
terfeit of death. Then began the vigil
of love. Friends watched day after day
and night after night for signs of life.
Physicians were summoned and extraor-
dinary tests were made. The arm of
the girl was barred and a vein punctured
by a sharp needle. A mirror was held
under the nostrils and something like
moisture was discerned on its surface.
A galvanic battery was brought into re-
QUESTION and currents of electricity were
set in motion. But the breath of life
had departed forever. On Wednesday
were made for the funeral,
but when the body was placed in the
coffin slight flush gathered on the
cheek of the girl. Hope was rekindled-
The funeral was again delayed and the
watchers resumed their places; and it
was not until there were manifest signs
Of decomposition that the mother would
consent to have the remains buried
Neao York Tribune.
American citizen., 1879-02-22
Song.

When darkness hides me. dearest.
And when this face, now ever in thy sight,
Becomes dream to haunt the silent night,
And vanish when the busy noon is clearest;
Then, dear. the love gave thee,
Which ever for thy coming lay in wait,
Exacting often the importunate,
shall be memory to bless and save thee
Some little foolish saying
Will wander back unto thee from the past,
Like a stray rose branch DER thy pathway
cast,
With flowers and thorns thy careless steps
waylaying.
June roses in December,
Dream roses, vet their phantom thorns give
pain
Somewhere, somehow. when we two meet
again,
How much must we forget. how much re-
memberi
Lady Charlotte Elliot.
American citizen., 1879-02-22
BIG SAVING,

The Peshtigo Lumber Company's Mills Of
Peshtigo, Wis, have shut down. The Mar
inette Eagle gives their cut Of this year as
follows: Harbor mill, 134, ,721 logs, "a ,211,
258 feet of lumber, 4,722,0O0 lath, 1853 IoOC
pickets, 5,25O, 900 shingles, mill run 147 1-2
days, and cut an average of 164, IA feet per
day.
Water mill, 7,124 logs, 14,915.S .S31 feet OF
lumber, {, ,317 900 lath, mill run 154 3-4 days,
and cut an average Of 96, $50 feet per day.
In each min the average has been for the
season 1900 feet Of lumber more than last
season.
The Harbor mill as shown above figures
out a remarkable average which will proba-
bly, exceed any other mill of the same ca.
pacity in Wisconsin. The Lockwood Patent
Curtis i Co., st. Louis, were used.
American citizen., 1879-02-22
In Praise of a Loved One.

oh, fair the day Is my darling, my dearest; !;
All nature for her has passionate pining;
A light on the meadow when morning beams
clearest;
A star in the night when the brightest are
shining.
If she trips DER the lea in the clear summer
weather
The daisies are thrilled with sense of her
coming.
And squirrels haste down to the woodsidc to-
gether
To see her, to hear her, and bees cease their
humming.
Gala night for the nightingale when she is
singing;
Bright day for the lark when she MARBLES at
morning;
At the thrill of her trill bright nature bursts
into ringing;
Her face shames the red rose the woodland
adorning;
The apple-tree shakes its white blossoms
upon her;
Mid the corn where she stands brighter
shine all its tassels,
And tigers and bears, aver on my honor,
VIII crouch at her feet and declare they're
her vassals.
'Oh, yes." you viii say, "that's the song of
all poetsP
But, holdi other poets may sing Of their
dearies,
Rhyme heather and weather together-you
know it's
A trick of which never n one of them
wearies.
But ry love, 1 swear, Is a different creature
From theirs, who can bring to their feet
only flowers
And lovers and lions; my loves special fea-
Is the way that inanimate things feel her
powers
I've seen broom handle fly round when she
clutchedit,
And thrill with a life that was simply amaz-
ing;
I've felt my hat fly OF my head-Pd not
touched it
And the broom on my back thwack with
musical phrasing.
At one clip of her elbow I've seen mirrors
shiver
Like aspens or lovers, and when her eye
frightened
CULVER.
And dishes to dance up and down as If
frightened
Then talk not of loves like to mine for en-
chanting,
And pirate not of what other poets have
spoken;
vaunting;
When my darling appears all their spells
are soon broken.
Tho daisies and tigers and cen Una's lion
May thrill when they come. they can ne'er
hold a candle
To her who all things that you ever clapped
Can stir into life, from tin pan to broom
handle
American citizen., 1879-02-22
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

INDELIBLE INK.-Six cents worth of
lunar caustic, l dram of salt of tartar,
/ ounce of gum-arabic.
COOKING LIvER.-Cut the liver in
thin slices, put in a pan, turn boiling
water over it; take out and put in the
frying pan, with hot butter. Fry to a
nice brown.
HOME CUPCAKE.-2 cups sugar,
cup of butter, cup of milk, 3 eggs, 3
tablespoonfuls cream-tartar, of soda,
flour to make it proper consistency.
COLOGNE WATER.-1 pint of alcohol,
60 drops of lavender, 60 drops of berga-
mot, 60 drops of essence of lemon, 60
drops of orange wafer; to be corked up
and well shaken. 1t is better for con-
siderable age.
TOOTH POwDER.-Honey mixed with
pure, pulverized charcoal, is said to be
excellent to cleanse the teeth and make
them white. Limewater, with little
Peruvian bark, is very good to be occa-
sionally used by those who have defect
i've teeth or an offensive breath.
|
before the ink has chance to dry, the
spot may usually be removed. If it has
dried in, rub table-salt upon it and drop
lemon-juice upon the salt. White soap
diluted with vinegar is likewise a good
thing to take out ink spots.
ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING.-1 pound
of bakers bread crumbs, pound of
flour, pound of chopped suet, pound
of raisins, pound of currants, t pound
of citron, eggs, cinnamon and little
water, and a little salt. Grease and
flour the cloth, tie up and boil hours.
MoLDY VEssELs.-H you have jugs,
kegs or cans that have become stale or
moldy in the inside, wash them out
clean, and fill up with warm water
drop in little carbolic acid, and let il
stand few hours; empty the water, land
rinse thoroughly, and it will be as sweet
as if it had never been tainted.
COOP Mock MINCE PIEs.-11 ground
crackers, l coffeecup chopped raisins,
1 cup brown sugar, l cup molasses,
cups boiling water, cup melted butter
/ cup vinegar, 2 Tablespoons cinnamon,
teaspoon cloves, teaspoon nutmeg; roi
the crackers fine, and throw boiling
water on them.
SORT GINGERBREAD.-1 cup of sugar
cup of molasses, cap of butter, / cur
of sour milk, 2 eggs, tablespoonful O.
cinnamon, l teaspoonful of cloves, O.
nutmeg, l tablespoonful of ginger
do not mix very stiff; teaspoonfuls u
soda dissolved in little hot water)
put this in last; bake in a quick over
in a square tin.
APPLE PUFFb.-Pare and core thu
fruit, and either stew them in a stone
jar, or bake them. When cold, mi,
the pulp of the apple with sugar ant
lemon peel shred fine, taking as little O
the apple juice as you can. Bake then
in a thin paste in quick oven; a quar-
ter of an hour will do them, if small
Ounce marmalade or cinnamon pound
ed is an improvement.
A DRY PICKLE.-Those who have
only few hams to cure, or lack barrels
for holding brine, will find the follow
ing method nearly as good as any
other: For $50 pounds of meat, take
II ounces of saltpeter, quarts of fine
salt, with enough molasses to make &
paste. Rub well with this mixture or
the flesh side; let the hams lie weeks
then smoke 2 days. Remove from the
smoke-house, and paint with black pep
per and strong vinegar. After this,
place them in paper sacks to secur,
from flies.
American citizen., 1879-02-22
CONTRARY-MINDED.

s'I wonder he didn't take the parson, -
unused the Deacon's housekeeper as the
Deacon drove off alone to the annual
conference. He's commonly master
thoughtful about lookin' out for folks.
What husband he was!"
Yes, Asa Phoenix had been a good
husband. All the neighbors agreed with
Mrs. Dob5s in that particular. He had
waited upon his fussy invalid wife by
inches for 80 years, making her as hap
py as she would let him; and when her
summons came, he had closed her dying
eyes tenderly, saying, even with tears,
"Poor sufferer, she is better OFF,
That he was better off he never hint
ed by word or look. He wore his wild
overs weeds with sad decorum; he
reared in memory of the departed Lu-
cinda a monument which the most fas-
tidious deceased might have envied; he
grieyed faithfully for the full allotted
year of mourning. If now, from the
ashes of the funeral pyre, like his feath-
cred namesake of fable, he was spring.
ing up with renewed youth and fresh
ness, was it not wellp
In truth, though he had not seen fit to
confide this fact to Mrs. Dobbs, Deacon
Phoenix had slighted the minister de-
iberately and with malice aforethought.
Nor was it of the Conference he was
thinking that fragrant June morning as
he whirled away. tucking the lap
robe well about his glossy new
broadcloth. For once in his hitherto
blameless life he was essaying to hide
the secular underneath the spiritual. He
did not mean to go straight to meeting !;
it was his willy intention to make a wide
circuit, and call on Miss Olive Wayne
in the town of Chester. He had ques-
ton 10 ask her, and did not want the
parson with him; he hoped he might
want him later.
Pretty. cheerful Olive! How fond he
had been of her, years ago, when she at
tended his SCHOOL, If he had not then
been in love with Lucinda, he was sure
he should have fallen in love with her,
mere child though she was. He had
never lost sight of her, and he thanked
Providence that he had been enabled by
money and influence to help her family
over some hard places. Please God,
the dear girl should henceforth have an
easier life. Girl! Why, little Olive
must be so! The good Deacon laughed
at the amusing recollection. Well, she
would always seem young to him. And
as for himself, at 60 odd he was a hale
man yet; he could jump a fve-rail
fence as well as ever he could-give him
time. His thoughts continually revert
ed to Olive, SO patiently devoted to her
invalid father. She should bring the
old gentleman TO his house if she wish
ed, or he would provide for his mainte-
nance at her brother Reuben's. He was
inclined to consider that the better plan.
The money would be an object to Reu-
ben.
In these cogitations the morning pass
ed, and noon found Deacon PhOnix at
the little hotel in Chester. Impatient
of delay, after hasty dinner he set out
almost Immediately for the Wayne
homestead. Arrived at the gate he spied
American citizen., 1879-02-22
A Sick Senator

Tho excessive corpulency Of . certain
United States Senator has long been the butt
of editorial wit and spicy bon nsots from the
pens of W Washington correspondents. Few
persons have suspected that his obesity was .
disease, and liable to prove fatal. Yet this IL
the sad fact. Excessive fatness is not only a
other and more serious ones. Chemistry has
at last revealed safe, sure, and reliable rem
edy for this abnormal condition Of the system
in Allan's Anti-Fat. Distinguished chemists
have pronounced It not only harmless, but
very beneficial to the system, while remedying
the diseased condition. Sold by druggists.
American citizen., 1879-02-22

HJALMER HJORTH BJOYEsoN, the nov
elist, is Wilhelmj's only rival in this
country, but Hjalmer has been in
America long enough to learn some
thing. He puts his is where they will
keep warm.-Atlanta Constitution.
American citizen., 1879-02-22

An Irishman, in describing Amer
lea. said: 81 am told that you moight
roll England thru it an it wouldn't
make q dint in the ground; there's
fresh-water oceans inside that ye might
dround Old Ireland in; an as for Scot
land, We moight stick it in a corner
and ye'd niver be able to find it out;
except it might be by the smell OF
Whiskvn
American citizen., 1879-02-22

A MERCHANT down town sells more of DIR.
Bulls Cough Syrup than all other medicines
together. 1t surely must be the best remedy
for . cough.
American citizen., 1879-02-22

CALEB CUSHING received S26, 600 in
legal fees during the last year of his
life.
American citizen., 1879-02-22

PARTICULARS regarding Electric Belts free.
Address Pulvermacher Galvanic Co, ,Cincin., o.
American citizen., 1879-02-22
THE MARKETS.

CHEW J.ckson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
American citizen., 1879-02-22

A French change of sauce-From
Nacmahonnaise to Grevy.
American citizen., 1879-02-22

engagement. " nave not
"No-oh no." broke in the widow,
nervously.
al have not been well. Otherwise,
under our present interesting rela-
TONS
"Oh, Mr.. Phonix!" interrupted she,
throwing herself upon a cricket at his
feet. "Do you know, am so afraid 1
am not the one to make you happy? And
my friends say the discrepancy in our
ages is too great. Ought to marry
against their wishesp"
"You must decide that question,
dear madam" responded the Deacon,
with suppressed eagerness. The finger
of Providence was in this. He held his
breath to make sure which way it
pointed.
F" Then, if you don't mind uery much,
Deacon Phonix, perhaps it would be
better for us to part as friends. Oh,
dear! l hope you'll forgive me if I've
done any thing wrong"
The Deacon hardly heard the closing
sentence for the glad beating of his
heart. "My dear child, you have done
quite right. 1 do not reproach you,"
said he, with smile of infinite benevo-
lence. ''It is natural that youth should
choose to wed with youth"
"And that age should wed with age,"
he added, mentally, as, with an adieu
almost paternal, he drove away in the
of Miss Olives.
He and Miss Wayne were married the
following October, but Mr.. and Mrs.
Vance waited till Christmas. .-Harper's
Bazar.
American citizen., 1879-02-22


She should never cease to be grateful for
the many favors he had conferred upon
dear Charles, etc.
In the morning the worthy Deacon
would have smiled inwardly at this ef-
fusive panegyric. This afternoon he
hugged it like poultice to his aching
heart. 1t soothed his wounded elf-love,
and inclined him toward his fair eulo-
gist, to whom he recounted pleasant an
ecdotes of her husbands boyhood. In
deed, he made himself so agreeable that
she was rather sorry to reach Church
vile, where the whole party was cor
daily welcomed at the house of Mr..
Zenas Torrey.
A proud man was Mr.. Phonix. He
would not for the world have had his
recent disappointment suspected by his
wife's relatives, and during those three
days of Conference he carried himself
with resolute cheerfulness that some
times-out of meeting, of course-vsrg-
ed upon friskiness. Mrs. Vance told
Mrs. Zenas Torrey that he was "just
splendid" which compliment Mrs. Tor
rey repeated to him with significant
smile, limiting that if he thought of mar
rying again, he need not search for a
wife. He looked confused, and hotly
disclaimed any matrimonial intention.
As to the young widow, was he not
double her age? Would June join hands
with December?
Alas! what an insignificant trifle can
turn the scale of human destiny! But
for a horses right fore-foot Deacon
Ph0nix might have returned to his home
The New York herald., 1879-07-13
IA EsTCHEsTER COUNTY PROPERTY
EOK SALE OR 10 LEI.

A sFAUTfHGL COrTAGE ON TIE BANK OF TIE
~ Hudson mis south Of TarrytOwn for sale TO let
very low price about acre in garden aud lawn stable
Ac s ANDERSON 81 West AID.