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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

Itneeds tact and a large knowledge OF
boy-nature, if one is to become a sue
cessful talker to Sunday schools. Many
a bright man makes huge blunders, by
venturing to ask questions without see
ing the possibilities of unwelcome an
swers. A confident talker of this kind,
an eloquent minister, wishing to illus
trate the difference between fiction and
history, once came to sudden grief He
told. in graphic stvle, the story of
Jack and the Beanstalk, to the great
delight of his youthful audience. 1t
didn't trouble them at all that the story
was not true, and when he asked them:
boys, do you believe the storyp"
they cried out, with one voice:
''No. sir; no, SIR
Being pleased with his success, he
went on to tell the historical story of
David killing the huge Goliath with his
sling.
The boys listened with equal delight
it was a mission school-and when he
asked, confidently:
do you believe this story. boysp P"
the answer came as promptly as before,
"No, sir; no, SIR"
An explosion of laughter was newt
able. even from grave Superintendent
and teachers, and the eloquent speaker
was at his wits ends. He will never
again couple fiction with history that
is almost as remarkable as some of the
tales of fiction to test the discrimina-
ton of a mission school. Youths Com
pdntOn.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31
The Gapes.

This disease appears to be one to
which the whole feathered race is liza
BILE. Its origin yet remains undiscov-
cred. Some think they have traced it
out, but their assertions are far from
satisfactory. So-called cures are also
unsatisfactory. A cure that is called
certain is to sprinkle some air-slaked
lime in a basket, and catching the af-
fected chicks, confine therein, covering
it over with a tight cloth. Shake them
up.well, and cure is effected by the
inhalation of the dust from the lime"
Nevertheless the cape worms are there.
and the inhalation of the dust from
lime cannot remove them. Some hold
the afflicted chicks over the smoke of
burning tobacco, others over the fumes
of carbolic acid, while still others re-
move the worms by force, using a horse
hair or stripped feather. All this is of
little avail, for the chick often dies dur
ingthe operation, and suffers greatly.
If it survives, it will always be weakly,
and never attain full size.
All domestic fowls have the gapes,
but chickens and turkeys suffer more
than the aquatic tribes. Almost any
housewife will tell you that chicks will
not have the gapes if you change roost-
ers every year, simply because you
make change of blood; and yet, if you
inform her that her chickens had al
ready had or were having the gapes
she would not believe you, because you
had not seen her chickens cape and
duck their heads out and in, as chick
ems usually do when thus afflicted. Tur-
keys and ducks never draw the neck
out or in ("duck it." as it is called,)
but merely open and close the beak,
IS ont
for breath. Usually chickens are never
supposed to have the gapes until they
stand and sleep by the hour together
and cape with every breath At this
period the doctoring generally COM
mences, but the result is pretty gener-
ally the death of the victim. Every
one admits that the cause of the gapes
is a small red worm, seated in the
windpipe, but it has never yet been
fully explained how the worm gets
there. Mr.. Halsted, l think, says it is
a nit that is deposited by the head louise
in the nostril of the chick as soon as
dry. 1 cannot indorse this theory.
Lousy chicks suffer from the gapes
oftentimes, but sometimes they are very
lousy and never suffer from the gapes.
Anything that serves to reduce the
chick prevents the election of the cape
worm. Where chicks have been raised
for any length of time on one spot, this
ailment RACES to a greater extent. In
new countries and on fresh soils this
disorder is unknown. Very early
chicks, too, generally escape any serious
attack; but the later broods will gener-
ally go through all the stages and will
not suffer, if well fed and kept dry and
warm. One May chick is worth two of
March, as there is less danger of a stunt
to the growth. Proper food, also, is
necessary. The strength and activity
of the bird carries it safely through
most diseases, and a good constitution
in the first place is the foundation of
health, and is inherited from the par
ents. Never breed from bird known
to suffer from "the gapcs. Cor.
Country Gentleman.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

opened, and change them into gold, 1
shall be there long before their loss is
known, or, consequently. their numbers
stopped. The Young fellow perhaps
will not be missed for a week; he comes
a long way from here; | have seen
enough to tell me that We do not
know what his habits were; we do not
even know that any one was aware he
had the money about him. No; the
more | think of it the safer the whole
game looks. You have only to keep
your own and my counsel for 4 few
months, and our fortunes are retrieved
and we have nothing to fear. All,
that's the undertaken. no doubt. You
get out of the way; leave it all to me-
There was ring at the bell here,
which he went to answer
"Ah. that was Il dreadful night, and
during the few days following | was
nearly beside myself with terror. OF
course the house was closed, as became
the occasion. The funeral-a very quiet
one-took place in due course at kensal
Green Cemetery, my husband following
as chief mourner in the coach, accom-
panied by the doctor.
.'NO remarks, no suspicion attended
so commonplace a circumstance, and
when the ground had closed over the
unfortunate unknown man, and when
week later modest tombstone recorded
the decease of the imaginary John
Smith. aged twenty-three,' all trace of
the dreadful fraud, save that which is
printed indelibly in my mind, was gone"
Her husband utterly deserted her in
less than six months afterwards, and she
was left-well, what does that matter.
To this day she knows nothing of who
or what the IIulucEv yOunu fellow was
where he came from, or whether he was
ever inquired after; but though when she
told me her story seven years had passed
since the evening she let him in at the
garden door, and he fell all but dead at
her feet, she very naturally felt and
no doubt still does feel-extremely I'M
comfortable when any chance reference
is made to a missing man.-AH The Year
Round
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

"A lady called at a store on Winter
Street, the other day, and inquired of q
polite salesman who was measuring
fringe: "Do you keep buttonsp' sop
posite, madame. if you, please" said
showed row of very white teeth. To
his dismay she walked deliberately out
of the door and crossed the street to a
rival establishment. The young man
did not lose his situation, but he got a
blowing up that made him think Fourth
of July had come again with even more
than its wonted explosiveness. When
any body asks for buttons now, he bars
the passage to the door with his yard
stick, and points energetically while he
exclaims, Composite countern' with a
special emphasis on the last word. He
is determined not to be caught again at
the game of button, button, who's got
the button, or to suffer from a counter
movement.-BoSton Courier.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31
At THE PASTURE BARS.

Returning lonely from the field,
She met me at the y stiIre bars;
The moon was like golden shield,
The armament was lit with stars
As morning dawn her face was mild,
As evening, so her limpid eyes;
God never gave IA swceter child
For weary man to idOliZe.
So winsome seemed her artless mirth,
Her soft caress and ardent kiss
Thought of all delights of earth
The angels surely covet this.
1 knew they mean TO do no i'll,
But whom they love they lure away;
Good angels, love her ms you will.
But leave her with me, while stay.
Just as she is, for would set
The hand of time behind an hour,
If that would stay a little vet
The bud from blowing to the flower.
And when at length we hOmeward went,
The fragrant azure shOne 50 clear,
The great familiar armament
thought had never seemed SO near.
So near. the m Don above the trees
An airy globe OF silver swung,
And in the dewy tops of these
The stars In mellow clusters hung.
So near that could scarce forego
The thought that one who longing wait
Might hear them singing sweet and low
Across the golden-portaled gates.
". II. Hptue.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

On the slopes of the volcano of San
Salvador, in Central America, exists a
curious intermittent spring. tits known
to the natives of the country as the Bio
Huido, or fugitive river. During seven
consecutive years sufficient water flows
from it to form veritable river, when,
at a fixed time, the water suddenly dis
appears, and the bed of the river be-
comes dry and dusty. At the end of an
other period of seven years the water
again commences to flow from the
spring. A period of flow covered the
years from 1866 to 1878, and was sue
ceeded by period of dryness from 1873
to 1880. In January Of this year the
water promptly reappeared. The phe-
nomenon is not new, but the length of
the period of intermittence and its regu-
larity are remarkable in the present in
stance.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31
Thousands of tons of Limb

Thousands of tons of Limburger
cheese are produced every season,
mostly in the States of New York and
Wisconsin, at a cost of less than half
that of the imported article. 1t finds
its market and is consumed mostly by
our German-American population. 1t
is more profitable to the farmer and
maker than any other kind of cheese,
because from given quantity of milk
more weight is obtained and better
prices are realized.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

FRUIT BATTER.-Stir half pint of
lueewarm milk into half a pound of
sifted flour, to which you add n tea
spoonful OF salt. This must be made as
smooth as possible. Add to this the
yelks of two eggs; grease a baking-dish
and pour in the batter; take a quart of
blackberrics, or any other fruit, and dry
them; sugar them well and pour them
on the batter, adding three Jumps of
butter; bake half an hour in Il hot oven;
sprinkle sugar before serving.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

According to the academy, authors
in Germany and France could not live
at all if they depended upon their books
for the necessaries of life. A German
publisher usually prints from 800 to l.
600 copies of an ordinary book, 100 to
$50 of which are bought by the libra
ries, and sixty or eighty sent to the lead
ing reviews. The remaining 800, or
thereabout, are distributed among the
principal booksellers who return those
which are left on their hands at the close
of the year. The publisher often re-
ceives more than his original 800, as the
reviewers copies find their way back to
him. The same phenomenon is by no
means unknown in Paris. Prof. Hol-
zendorf, in view of the great number of
excellent works which are disposed of
by the publishers at the price Of waste
paper, suggests that for a small expen-
diture every college in Germany might
have a liberal supply of good books.
Unfortunately, according to Karl Hille-
brant, the general reader" is almost
unknown in Germany.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

The soft bftumiRous coal used in the West
Is SO destructive on all cast-iron that the
heavy plates in the CHARTER OAK Cook
STOVE will be appreciated by housekeepers
rs well as dealers. This advantage, with ex-
eellent draft, quick and uniform baking,
make the CHARTER OAK the most desirable
RtnYe in the market
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31
Portage CWis.) State Register.I


An incident like the following is always
worthy of record: During a cavalry charge
under GenI Kilpatrick, in North Carolina, in
our late civil war, Mr.. G. A Selbach was
thrown from his horse and received a severe
sprain of the left wrist He used various lin
iments for sixteen years, without effect, and
was cured by single bottle of st. Jacobs Oil.
[st. Paul and Minneapolis Pioneer Press.]
Cheap at any Price.
With this in view, Mr. L. Nippoldt, Wood
bury, MIMI, writes: If it should cost five dol
lars bottle, would still buy the Hamburg
Drops. 1t cured me, and no price is too high.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

All housekeepers who have ever used the
CHARTER OAK STOVE are enthusiastic in its
ing and baking this stove can not be equaled.
The large flues and heavy castings, exposed
to the fire, make the CHARTER OAK especially
adapted to our soft coal, which is destruct-
i've to cast-iron. The Reservoir is pro-
nounced perfect in its arrangement and
operation, heating water just right.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

Mr.. Gilbert, of II. M. S. Pinafore,
is represented as the ''busiest man with
out hustle in London" His methods of
working are quite unlike those of most
literary men, but he labors very sue
cessfu1ly at his house in "the Boltons,"
which is called an 60 oasis of South Kin
sington," or on board his yacht, the
Pleione. He has no fancy for early
morning writing, preferring to use the
midnight oil; but mere writing is the
smallest part of his labor. His story is
nodded at odd hours of day or night;
then the plot is briefly written out like
an anecdote; then the anecdote is ex-
planned by incidents, then broken up
into acts, and illustrated by dialogue.
Important scenes in the play are first
written out fully, and knitted together
by shorter ones. Then, in the case of
musical piece, every thing must be done
with reference to the music, and by con
sultation with the composer. This is
not all that Mr.. Gilbert does, by any
means. He arranges scenery, and de-
signs costumes, land attends to details
of stage management. Mr.. Gilbert's
house in "the Bottoms" shows that it is
the abode of culture and refinement.
His library and dining-room are adorned
with charming drawings and paintings,
and he is a most genial host.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

The only genuine Axle Grease has the name
OF Frazer on every package, and wears longer
than any other.
FEMALE WEAKNESSES and Prostitution of
the Nervous System are cured by HUNTS
REMEDY.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

WHHoFr's Fever and Ague Tonic, the
old reliable remedy, now sells at one dollar
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

Wept because there were more worlds to
conquer. but the propr etors of Dr. Picrces
Family Medicines who have found it necessary
to establish a branch of the Worlds Dis
pensary at London, England, in order to sup
ply from that great commercial emporium
these remedial blessings to foreign countries,
where they are largely in demand, do not
share the great cOnqueror's sentiments
their conquests are of disease and have made
happy not only the conqueror but the people
who employ them. DIR. pierce's Golden Med
zeal Discovery cures all blood and skin dis
eases, scrofulous affections swclljngs and
internal soreness. DIR. Pierce's Pellets are
the little giant cathartic: DIR. Pierce's Favor
lite PrescriptiOn-woman's tonic and nervine;
DIR. Pierce's Extract of mart-Weed, the
great remedy for colds and all bowel affec-
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, pro-
prietors, Buffalo and London
The Duty Of All.
The PhonO9rdph, Atlanta, Georgia, talks as
follows: If sick with any of the diseases
for which Warmers Safe Remedies are a spc-
ciic, If old or young, it is the duty of all to
take them, if anxious to be cured"
Several Good Things.
If you want good digestion,
Ii you want good health,
If you want good baking,
IL you want good stove,
If you want the cheapest stove,
If you want good square meal,
Buy a CHARTER OAK STOVE.
RFDDryG,s RussT. S.IyF Root forniIy o1ro
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

REDDING's RUSSIA SALvE. Best family salve
in the world, and excellent for stable use.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

Adds vigor to the system by strengthening the snat-
tered and bringing calm and soothing innuence
as the result 1t In a valuable narcotic, ana gives NO
I'll effects even II overdose Is taken
All the sboye-namcd remedies are for sale by Drug
g1sts In every part of the land. Try them.
H. H. WARNER a. CO.,
~ Rochester, N. Y.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

will be advertised for and described
"' Very likely he went on, but the
doctor and the undertaken are the only
people besides ourselves who will have
seen him, and they will have nothing to
identify him by even if they ever know
or hear anything about the disappear
ance. They will never recognize in my
dear brother. poor John Smith, who
died of apoplexy here in my house, I'M
der the very eye of the doctor, the for
lorn man by the name of - (but will
keep that to myself, "who was last
SEEM" ETC., ETC., as the advertisement
will run. No; they will not know the
name. 1t will convey nothing to their
minds; how should it? For remember
the moment you SO judiciously let him
in and closed our garden door upon him.
the lost man had ceased to be. From
that moment he became my brother
John; the real man was gone as clean
with his identity, as if he had never
been! By Heavens! it's astroke of genius
on my part. l never guessed 1 was half
so clever fellow added my husband,
triumphantly.
"'But,' cried /, once more, this a
very dreadful, a very dangerous game,
as you call it. to play. 1t is absolutely
theft, and worse-@
49, If you cannot use better language
he said, hold your tongue; don't in
suit me. tell you the money might
as well have fallen into my hands as
into those of the first policeman or post
boy who might have found him. l want
it badly enough. and if you don't be-
tray our secret there is very little risk
of my right to it being disputed
rings, as well as the moLey-they may
lead to your discovery
mot at ALL he answered, : if they
are carefully converted, and will man
age that. The notes are the only diff
Guilty; but | can get over that, too. If
! go straight to the Bank of England
tomorrow morning, directly it is
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-16

EXNmIN6TS NOCICt.
rINHE undersigned examiners appointed by the
i County Commissioners of Hartford county
to locate a public road in the 4th district, be-
ginning on the public road leading from Mt.
Pleasant School House to the Pennsylvania line,
at the corner of Amos Days land, and running
thence through the lands of said Day. thence
through the lands of Laban Lowe to the public
road leading from Corbn Taylor's TO Fawn
Grove, near the Big Branch, or where Rachel
McKenny formerly lived, hereby give notice
that they will meet on the ground,
ON TUESDAY, JULY'aOth, 1850.
at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ,
for the purpose above designated.
VIM. STANSBURY,
JAS. II. GALLEY,
THOS. r. CAThCART,
jelS Examiners,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-16
=. Griffith Davis
VS..
Mary A. Legoe
and others.
In the Circuit Court
for
Hartford County.
In ChancerY.

fJYIE BILL in this cause states that Benedict
l. Legoe, late of Hartford county, deceased, be-
ing indebted to Caroline Davis in the sum of one
hundred dollars, with interest, on the LIST day of
June, 1878, with his wife Mary A. Legoe, executed
a deed of mortgage conveying to said Caroline
Davis in fee simple certain parcel of land, situ-
ated in Hartford county aforesaid being part of
a tract of land called Homer s Resurveyed," con-
tanning forty of land, more less, and par
ticularly mentioned and described in said deed of
mortgage which is recorded among the Land
Records of Hartford county aforesaid in Liber A.
l.. j., No. 30, folio "a. The bill further states that
the time limited for the payment of said mort
amount of said mortgage debt, with interest from
the 2ith day of May, 1872 and the object of the
bill Is to obtain decree for the sale of the land to
pay the same.
The Bill further states that on the 12th day of
May, 1880, the said Caroline Davis assigned said
deed of mortgage to Complainant, and that some
time in the year 1879 the said Benedict Legoe died.
leaving the said Mary A. Legoe, his widow, and
Amos Il. Legoe and Mary Q. Kerr, wife of Thomas
the said Mary g. Kerr and Thomas w. Kerr are
non-residcnts of the State of Maryland. And that
the said Benedict Legoc deceased, leftno person
al estate, and there has been no letters of Admin
straton granted by the Orphans Court for Har-
ford county.
The Bill further states that the said Benedict
April, 1879, by deed duly executed and recorded,
conveyed his interest in said land to the said Mary
O. Kerr.
1t is theroupon ordered, this 2lst day of June,
1880, that the Complainant by causing u copy of
this order to be inserted in some newspaper print
cd and published in Hartford county, once i'm each
of four successive weeks three months before the
18th day of October next, give notice to the said
nonresident defendants of the object and sub
stance Of the Bill, warning them to appear in this
said 18th day of October next, and answer the
| premises and show cause IL any they have, why a
should no, pIaIiN e RrSsyyeaaR Clerk
! jes5 x, LINGAN JARRETT, Clerk.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-16

~" For Sale Cheap.-A three-horse Railway
Power, nearly new. Apply to 4. G. Hopkins,
Deer Creek p. O. ivl6-3t
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-16
68I Acres. More or Less,
TERMS OF SALE.
>ToTICE TO SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.

NOTICE To SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
IN ERS.-The County Sunday School Conven-
ton will convene in the Churchyille Presbyterian
July GOTH and close on Wednesday evening the
21st. There will be three sessions each day as fol-
afternoon session from 2 to 5 O'Clock; evening
session from to 10 o'clock. In order to devote
as much time as possible to the work of the Con-
vention, the Executive Committee have made the
noon recess short and those attending will there
fore prepared to eat dinner in their carriages
1t is expected that this arrangement will secure
throughout the county in addition to the regular
delegates Entertainment will be provided for all
members of the convention who can remain after
the afternoon session, as well as for visitors who
may not be provided with their own entertain
ment at noon. 1t is hoped that delegates, far
possible, will stay to all the sessions.
by order of Committee.
jy9 A. LEWIS HYDE, Chairman.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-16
Trustees Sale

TN virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court fol-
l. Hartford county, sitting in Equity, the subscr
Der, as trustee, will offer ut Public Sale, at Mag
nolia Station, p, w. Il b. Il. r.,
On Saturday, August l4tI, 1850.