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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-06-18

The Marine Ways st the foot Of chsrrv stre.,
hsvs been rebuilt In substantial manner. w
sse no. prepared to build steaaa and satI vessels
Drsfts. Hlsns and epeciacstious for bui,d,ns
Furnished 10 order -
VIZ HAMMOND / CO..
nSdxv sesftls. W.T..
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16
Horses Feet for Fast Work.

Rational shoeing is one chief means
of keeping horses sound on their legs
and feet. Their shoes should be plain
and carefully fitted so that the weight is
equally distributed. Upturned heels
and toe tips are evils which should be
reduced to the smallest possible dimen-
sions, and are generally more abused in
Scotland than in England. The shoes
should be removed before they are
worn down or displaced, which will oc-
cur within three weeks in hard worked
horses much used on the roads, To
preserve the foot sound and serviceable,
the drawing knife and rasp should be
used much less frequently and freely
than they are. The sole needs no par
ing, excepting on the narrow surface
which has been protected by the shoe.
Still less should the bars and heels be
cut down, as they often are, fatally
weakening the foot. Nor on any pre-
tense should the frog be ruthlessly cut
or trimmed. No knife should, on any
pretext, ever touch it. The rasping of
the crust. which most blacksniths give
as the finishing polish to their job, is
also inadmissible. 1t removes the ex-
ternal oily protecting covering, makes
the hoof dry and brittle, and, as it grows
down, renders it less stout and tough
for the firm holding of the nails. These
protecting surfaces are all needed to
preserve the more delicate internal
parts of the foot from bruising, injury
and jar. Their removal, although COM
mon, is irrational and injurious. III
left alone, the superfuous scales of the
walls of the hoof, of the sole and frog
gradually shell off in much the same
manner as the scurf from the human
skin. Their removal is, however, in
sisted upon by ignorant prejudice and
fashion; while to make good the loss.
artificial substitutes are applied. The
smartly-rasped hoof is smeared with
beeswax and oil; the thinned sole has
to be protected with leather or felt pads;
and, the natural growth having been
removed, a fresh crop of horn is at
tempted to be stimulated by clay and
salt, or other applications. The soft
elastic frog, excised and shrunk, be-
comes dry and diseased, and deprived
of its proper use for supporting weight
and preventing slipping.
Feet properly managed as to shoeing
need no stopping. Cold water and
brush is the dressing they require. Ex-
posture to the air and an occasional
washing will secure the healthy growth
of sound, tough horn better than any
stopping; but the horn thus grown must
not be allowed to be mercilessly cut
away every time the unfortunate ami
NAL enters the forge. Horse owners,
if they are to preserve their horses feet
strong and sound, should themselves
see that the shooting smith does not pur-
sue his destructive removal of the ex-
ternal protecting textures of the foot
North British Ayricutturist.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

CLARA MORRIS says that different
cities have widely different estimates of
plays. est. Louis people," she partic-
ularizes, "will go to see ARTICLE AZ
just as long as a woman can drag her.
self on to the stage to play it, and just
as long as they have legs to get into the
theater with. Night after night they
will pack the house, and as if there
never was such another play in the
world. Change the bill, and perhaps
you may have house, but the CHI inces
are that they will resent the alteration
of the programme by letting you severe
ly alone. Put on ARTICLE Az again,
and they will come, might say, like
hungry rats after piece of cheese.
Then there is Camille no matter how
many times it has been acted, and no
matter how badly, it is sure card in
Brooklyn and Chicago. In San Fran
cisco the people can not be hired to go
and sit through it.''
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16
-Novelists continue to represent

-Novelists continue to represent a
lover as going on his knees when pro.
pounding the matrimonial conundrum,
just as they have always done time out
of mind Some contend that thus is not
true to nature, while others, principally
young ladies, maintain that it is. But
those who have never been popped TO
don't know any thing about it, and thos e
who have won't tell; so the outside
world will probably be left in doubt until
all things shall be made known.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16
How to Manufacture Strip From
Sorghum.

THE best time to cut the cane is when
the seed is in the dough. Cut off the
heads first, and then strip with stick,
made in the form of sword. Cane
must not stand in the field after the
leaves are striped, as it will soon under
90 4 change, and the juice will be bitter.
Cane may be cut and dried on the out
side, and then piled and kept for weeks.
If piled wet it will heat and so spoil it.
If it has been frosted and is not worked
up in a few days, it will sour.
To make good sirup, you must have
good cane. If you wish to make sugar
or good sirup, you must keep every
thing used in the making of it clean and
sweet. Sorghum juice has tendency
to undergo change as soon as pressed
from the cane, and in a few hours it will
commence to make alcohol. To pre-
vent or arrest this chemical change is
the greatest thing we have to contend
with, and here is the secret of making
sugar or good strip. So it becomes
necessary to wash the mill and watts, and
every thing used, with ime-water once
much ahead of any in the saving of labor
in Swimming, etc., and besides, the sirup
is much cleaner and clearer, for if you
scald the green matter in the cane-juice
it gives it a strong taste.
To clarity with clay, use the white or
light colored clay, dry it, and have
settling vat, with plugs in one end, to
draw off the liquor. Put the cane juice
into the vat as it comes from the mill,
add about one-half bushel of clay to 100
gallons of juice, mix the clay thoroughly
with the juice, by agitating, until it
will settle clear and show no green mat
ter, and when it is scalded it is as clear
as water. If you wish, you can use
lime, alum and soda; but think sirup
is much healthier and better to use only
sulphite of lime, such as is used in cider,
one package to 100 gallons of juice; put
it in as it comes from the mill. The
sulphite of lime will prevent fermenta-
ton. Boil over a brisk fire. You
should stir the juice until it boils, to
prevent something in the cane juice
from settling down on the pan and coat
ing it; this burns into the pan and gives
the strip dark color. If you have
prevented the cane juice from ferment-
ing, you need not be afraid of burning,
and the faster you boil the better YIN.
II. Strong, in the Prairie Farmer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16


In 1874, DIR. Jacob Meyer, Saint Louis,
Mich, gave the following opinion: The
Hamburg Drops deserve to be recommended.
have prescribed them for Irregularities of
the liver, disorders of the stomach and dis
eases originating from these disturbances,
and have observed the most satisfactory re-
suits. The Drops also cure constipation in =
bor Inn
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

"A critic says the best writing is to
be found in letters. He says: "Take
the letters of any one of half dozen
girls, and you will find the English is
charming" Probably, but what sort
of fellow could he be who would have
letters from half dozen girlsP
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

-"Do you want to kill the child"
exclaimed gentleman as he saw boy
tip the baby out of it's carriage on the
walk. ''No, not quite" replied the
boy; 'tbut if 1 can get him to bawl loud
enough, mother will take care of him
while l go and wade in the ditch with
Johnny Bracer!',
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

DR.. r.. v. PIERCE, Buffalo. n. Y:
Dea- Sri wish to state that my daught ter,
aged eighteen, was pronounced incurable and
was fast failing as the doctors thought, with
consumption. | obtained a half dozen bot
ties of your Discovery for her and she COM
menced improving at once, and is now well
and strong She took the Discovery last fall.
Very truly yours, REV. ISAAC N. AUGUsTIN.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16
MARRIED FOR LOVE.

ayes, Jack Brown was splendid fellow,
But married for love. You know
sweet little Kitty Dnfrau
rr sn and ID. O Ss ia nnS e s2od'
Twas very much tempted, indeed,
To marry Kitty myself
"But her friends all of them poor.
Ah Anf k aesy hs aS6 nS5 n event be
M Inat love ss in, IN I scs,ss woS sSn'eh'
Or unlucky-anyway
You can see now shabby his coat,
And his hair is turning gray
- But I'm told he thinks himself rich
- With Kitty and nomeiy joys;
A cot far away out OF town
fG s%t Js sours @ he ssr Very AN" %e 1S"
That fellows who marry for love
Must drink of the liquor they BREW
And the handsome Augustus smiled
his coat was in perfect style,
- And gave him their sweetest smile.
~. But he thought that night of Jack Brown,
@2s INK hnd sym Must t rea SfS% marry Sa
. a. Some beautiful girl with gold
- ss Years passed. and the bachelor grew
- Tiresome. and stupid, and old
ne Th naS Se aSs ssSn s nG with Sa roId
p S-i' Alone in the crowded town,
Till one day he suddenly met
~ The friend OF his youth, Jack Brown
= "why. Gusr' .why. Jack" What a meeting
Sa9 , was so happy happy al; and n gay;
As he followed his friend away
To the cot far out of town.
Scented with lilies and roses,
Cooled with the ocean breeze.
"why Jack what a beautiful place!
q What did il c1st?" ..Oh, it greD
There were only three rooms at first,
- ~ Then soon the three were too few.
So added room now and then.
And oft, in the evening hours,
Kitty. the children AMI
Planted the trees and flowers.
"And they grew the children grew
Jack, Harry, and Grace and Belief
~And where are the youngsters now!"
rft All happy, and doing well.
JACK went to Spun for our house
His road is level and clear
And Harry's n lawyer in town,
Making three Thousand year.
sand Grace and Belle are well married.
They married for love- is best;
= But often our brides come back
To visit The dear home nest
So my sweet wife Kitty and
From labor and care may cease:
- We have enough, and age can bring
Nothing but love and peace.
But and over again
- The bachelor thought that night,
- q Home, and wife, and childrenl
tss.sxs Jack Brown was, after all. right.
Oh! IL in the days of my youth
. -.~. Il bad honestly loved and wedi
p For when I'm old there's one cares
Whether I'm living dead.
-Harpcr's Weekly.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

The STANDARD, Syracuse, n. Y, is tho Jour
nal from which the following extract is cut:
" That the prOprietors of Warmers Safe Rem
edles are entitled to q monument is unmis-
takaoly true. 1t is an irdisputable fact that
these parties must be and are looked upon as
Good Samaritansn
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

"A tramp woke up suddenly with cold
sweat standing in great beads upon his
forehead. "What's the matter" asks
his companion. ga frightful dream! l
dreamt was at work." 81 told you thai
that last mince pie would give you hor-
rid nightmare.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

All our customers agree in saying that the
CHARTER OAK is without doubt the best
Cook Stove they ever used or sold, and be-
lieve its large high oven, ample warming
closet, and an excellent Reservoir, make it
the most desirable stove that housekeeper
can h,Iv-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

Every one Of the more than 400, 900 CHAR
TER OAK STOVES now In the hands of as
many housekeepers have proved eminently
practicable, easily kept in order, doing all
kinds OF cooking quickly, cleanly and with
great economy of fuel and labor.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

The astonishment of the lightning
when Ajax defied it was nothing as com
pared to the feeling of the young man
who makes his best bow to bevy of
young ladies and bursts suspender but
ton in the act.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16
A Warming.

Coughs are caused by the changeable
weather of autumn, and, If neglected, are
apt to continue all winter II cured now the
lungs will gain strength. to withstand the
severe trial of winter and spring. Piso's Cure
is the best remedy. Fifty cent bottles are
sold for 25 cents.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

The CHARTER OAK COOK STOVE now in
my kitchen has been used ten years. 1t
bakes perfectly with less fuel than any stove
that l know of; is perfectly clean, no dust or
ashes escape into the room, and 1 cheerfully
recommend it to any housekeeper wanting a
first stove
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

For Consumptives, Delicate Females, Nurs-
Ing Mothers, Sickly Children, and the DebL
ity of Age, Malt Bftters, pre- pared by the Malt
Bitters Company, are the purest and richest
nourishing agent in foods or medicine ever
compounded.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

"A beggar held out his hand. "I
haven't a cent" said the gentleman.
I" I did not specify the conn.," said the
mendicant.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

After many years. trial, we are satisfied
that the CHARTER OAK is the best Stove we
ever used, and cheerfully testify that it is
the best adapted to the wants of the general
public of any stove in the market.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

-" A contented mind is continual
feast,,'' and yet however contented a
man may be he attacks a free lunch
just as vigorously as a discontinued one.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

Parsons INDELIBLE INK is the best for
marking linen. Sample will be sent post paid
for SOC. by F. IL. Stoddard, Northampton, Mass
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

EVERY Farmer and Teamster should know
that Frazer Axle Grease cures sore necks and
scratches on horses. Buy it anywhere.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

Detroit, Western Home Journal
ST. JACOBS OIL is an excellent medicine.
Have used it in our household with great
benefit
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

WILHoFT's Fever and Ague Tonic, the
old reliable remedy, now sells at one dollar.
To HAVE good bread, use Nat olal Yea t
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

ASK your druggist for Readings Russi
Salve. Keep it in house in case of accidents
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

THE severe droughts which so fire.
quently atllict various parts of our coun-
try as well as other lands are believed
to be in great measure owing to the
extensive destruction of forests. 1t is
stated that about three millions acres
of woodland are annually cleared up
in this country, and scarcely any effort
is made to replant the stripped area.
Such reckless laying waste of forests,
if it does not actually lessen the annual
rainfall in country, undoubtedly
causes irregularity in the water supply
drought and flood alternating; the
changes of climate become more sud
den and trying, and the soil gradually
loses its fertility. 1t certainly seems
rs if some organized effort would be
justified to protect forest lands, and to
restore waste places by the planting of
trees, so that posterity may reap some
wholesome results.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16

JUST as a jury at Troy, N. Y, the
other day, reported that they could not
agree, the prisoner rose in his place a'sd
pleaded guilty.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-23
The Tanner Anti.BiIious Pills.

Old John Morris, Little Rock
Ark. J negro, hit upon the idea of
Tanner anti-bilious pills, compoun
ded, as he declared. according to a
recipe obtained of the great faster,
He sold some to woman, who died
soon after taking them. John was
arrested and taken to court, where
the following dialogue took place:
''Where did you get the medicine
YOU gave to the woman?" 81 made
hit from directions sent ter me by
DIR. Tanner" "What are its com
ponent partsw Hits made outen
roots frum de groun' and leaves
from de trees. Does yer wanter buy
a bottle iedge?' NO sir, | don't.
The charge against you is serious
one. What made the medicine kill
the woman" why. jedge de medi-
cine didn't kill de oman" What
killed herr" why, jedge de oman
died ob de surprise. Yer see she
had been takin' every thing in the
medical market an hit didn't do her
no good. She didn't hab much con-
fleence in my medicine, and when
she took hit an. foun, that hit went
right ter wurk tearin' at the corners
ob de billiousness, hit surprised de
oman ter death. Yer can't hole q
a man for surprisin' any body ter
death. Eff comes an tells you a
good piece OBJ news, an you falls
dead, de law can't hole me 'sponsi-
BILE. An cordin' ter de same 'stron
omy, if gins a oman dose oh
medicine and hit surprise her to
death, de law can't put de clamps
on me-" The Justice is consider
ing the points of Johns argument,
but John is still in Jail.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-23
The Greatest Mistake.

Everybody is making mistakes.
Every body is finding out afterwards
that he has made a mistake. But
there can be no greater mistake
than the stopping to worry over n
mistake already make The temp
tation is irresistible, when one has
slipped on an orange peel, or a ba-
mana skin, to turn back and see just
where and how he slipped. But if
a man is hurrying to the depot,
along the average city sidewalk, he
would do better to look out for the
next shpping-place. and guard
against it, than to turn round and
walk backwards, with his eyes on
the place where he slipped last, and
his mind full of worry because he
did slip there. Anda man would
stand better chance of catching
his train, by letting the old slipping
places aione. Forgetting those
things which are benind' includes
the forgetting to worry over the ir-
remediable past. Reaching forth
unto those things which are before"
is the "one thing for every child Of
God to do in spite of the many mis-
takes which at the best he has Ger
tainly made, sa ai a
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-23
Blessing Through Trial.

Fretting is like a tearing saw,
cutting the heart. Paul speaks of
"dying, and behold we live" full of
sorrows, and very poor, yet making
others rich. When cast down we
have a chance to learn that we are
made of different stuff than to be
hung or drowned under the suicide
of depression, by enduring trial we
find that every trouble is a new pow
er at work to develop in us a giant
manhood, the weak hands and weak
knees are converted into strength,
and the weak heart learns courage.
Whatever comes, faith should never
fail; bill may be presented when
we have no money With which to
pay, but there should never come
trial that shall find US without faith.
1t is a blessing to be hopeful 4
physician prescribes medicine, but
the patient shakes his head, refuses
to take it, and by the absence of
faith and hope seals his death. So
our heavenly physician wishes to
bless us through some trial,-we re
fuse, and by unbelief thrust aside
the means of blessing. In fishing
hamlet on the coast of Wales, there
dwelt poor woman whose husband
was lost on the dangerous rocks.
Upon the spot where he was lost
she piled up stones and built bea-
con to warn the sailors. The wild
ow's beacon was the first light house
on the Welsh coast. Behind that
rock she had buried her husband,
but she reused from her despair to
save others, Each of us should try
to lift up the weak hands and heart
of another, saying, BE strong" in
sofdomg God will come and save us,
and we try to save. ,.,-....
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-23
The Beauty Of Holiness.

The beauty Of holiness consists
not alone in what men believe and
say, but in what they are and do.
II is Christ-hkeness of spirit and
conduct. No matter what a mans
reputation for piety, if he lacks the
spirit of Christ, if he is a churl in
his family and neighborhood, un-
sympathetic towards the distressed,
or grasping or overshrewed in busi-
ness, he lacks the essence of holi-
ness. The man who is always pa
tient, kind and true in the family,
in the provocations and trials of bu-
siness life. and whose hand is ever
open to relieve the needy, has both
the. essence and beauty of holiness.
His holiness is not "in word only,
but in deed and in truth. 1t is
self-demonstrative. Like the sun,
it Is revealed in Its own light. With
out inquiry, men know that he is n
disciple OF Christ. The aroma of
his example and character, like the
exhalation of tield-flowers, pervades
the social atmosphere in which he
moves, and his influence is felt as q
benediction on all with whom he as
sociateS. at, r.-.....
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-23
Deep Lakes.

In Baikal (Siberia), soundings
have been obtained, which, for a
lake. are astonishing. In the upper
part the depth is 1927 metres
1about the height of Mt. Etna1, but
downward the bottom constantly de-
scends, and near the opposite end, a
distance of some $50 miles, the
depth amounts to 1856 metres.
The measurement far exceeds any
thing to be found in the Mediterran-
can Sea, which in its deepest part
has only 2197 metres of water.
How such an extraordinary de
preston as that of Baikal could
have occurred in the midst of con-
tinent is problem which greatly
puzzles biologists, but the general
" accepted idea is that it was the
result of some volcanic eruption in
past ages, and a subsequent subsl-
dence of the crust Of the earth to a
vast extent. The lakes in the cen
ter of New Zealand are equally re-
markable ia point of depth. The
extreme depths of the Taupo and
Waikari Lake in the Moth, and
Lake Wakatipu in the South, have
never been fathomed. They are
known to be very far below the sea-
level.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-23
Onr .Tiresidr.
= 7 - - = -
Great Things Dohe Silently.

What reproof we may take to
ourselves for the noise and outcry
we poor mortals make about the pu-
Inv works which, wezaccOmplish,
when we compare them to Che mar
|velous things which are done by ma
|,tdre so silently that weysearce know
Lwhen the marvels are wrought.
Many of the most important OPP
4rations of nature are carried on in
Iunbroken silence. There is no
noise when the broad tide Of sun
light flashes upon a dark world and
floods it with waves of glory as the
light comes up from the fountains
millions of miles away. t-a
There is no creaking and groan-
ing of machinery as the great earth
wheels on its way surrounded by
countless worlds, each performing
it's own revolutions The grand for
ests grow, bring forth their leaves
and shadow the earth beneath them;
lovely plants spring up, bud and
burst into flowers and fragrance, but
there is no noise, no sound in all
the great transactions. "+ 90
The change from snow and storm
and storm to blossom and fruit,
sunshine and summer is seen in its
slow development, but there is
scarcely sound totell of the mira
Gle. There is voice. which nature
uses to sing her grand anthems. The
solemn chant Of the ocean as it
sings it's unchanging monotone of
mournful music; the shrill roar of
hurricane and the soft notes of the
summer winds that sweep among
the branches of trees, as some mas
ter hand might sweep exultantly the
keeps of some great organ; the rush
ing Of the mighty torrent as it dash
es over the precipice-all this is the
voice of the Great Creator, grand
and triumphant anthem breaking
in upon the unusual calm of her
works. ''.f"i }.