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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29
What a Shame.

On the occasion of Gen. Grants
late reception by the people of AL
bany, Governor Cornell, Obsequious
turnkey that he is, got off the fol-
lowing disgusting piece of toady-
ism:
my fellow citizens, you have
come mere tonight to do honor to
one who, more than Washington,
was first in war, first in peace, and
first in the hearts of his country
men, the illustrjous soldier tates-
man and citizen"
"More than Washington" Such
sentiment ought to make iudig-
nant the heart of every American
citizen, for of all men who ever liv-
ed the name and fame of the "Fath
or of his Country" is tho dearest
to the people Of this republic.
Cornell's remark is not even true,
for Grant was not first in war, nor
is he even now first in the hearts of
his cOuntrymen. On the contrary
he IL "a man who is but little thought
OF by ve"y large proportions of
his fellow-citlzens. his little mean.
nesses, his ;ivarice and his attempt
70 tranple upon the unwritten law
of the land by running for a third
term, having completely alienated
from him the affections of the peo>
pie.
Compared with George Wash
ington-Grant is a mere pigmy,
anu oughn't to be mentioned on
the same day. Like tue moon,
Grant only shines with o borrowed
light. The deeds OF such men as
Meade, Hancock, Tuomas aud 9th
ers having been the steps on which
he lifted himself to eminence. The
eight years OF his Presidency were
the disgrace of the country. During
the whole time there was a reign
of corruption aud bribery that
made the American people blush
and caused the nations OF the earth
to wonder. And yet, this mau
Cornell has the effrontcry to say
that Grant "mOre than Washing
ton, was first in war, first in peace
and first in the hearts Of his coun-
trymen.7 Think of Washington
running such an administration as
Grants was. Think of him accept
ing presents of bOuses and lands,
horses and bull pups. as brides for
official position: Think of the
great Washington in the character
of mendicant, begging for money
to live on. Think OF him intrigue>
ing for third term after the peo-
pie had plainly told him that they
didn't want him any longer, and
then imagine him maligning the
character of a brother officer and
better man than himself, just
though meau spirited jealousy and
hatred, as Grant did. Washington
was above all such contemplate
things. lie had a higher, nobler,
manlier nature than Grant bas-he
didn't get drunk on bad whiskey,
nor did he make himself a walking
stove pipe, Besides this he rescu>
ed his country from the grasp of IL
nation, without money and
with but a handful of men. endui>
ing such horrors, faiisues and de-
privatiOns as Grant never dreamed
of. With millions of money and
of thousands of soldiers
at his command, outnumbering his
enemy three to- one, Grant, after
needless rivers of blood to
flow, finally succeeded in COMPEL
ing the surrender of Lee, after 9th:
er officers had so hemmed him in
that be could. do nothing else.
And yet this Iick-spittIe OF q Gov
prhor Cornell dares to insult the
intelligence of this country by say>
ing that Grant was ''more than
Washington" Oh, shame where
8 thy blush
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29

The proposition to add to the Ok
ford University . female depart
ment meets with little favor from
the pssse. Bot the establishment
Of a college for females will have
unanimous support.-Holly Springs
0outh.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29

SENATOR LAMAR voted for the
bill to retire Gen. Grant, on a PEN
SION of CIT 900 a year. This Is one
of those little occurrences that we
can't understand.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29

HOWELL e. JACKSON (Democrat)
was elected U. 8. Senator from
Tennessee, Wednesday last, on the
3Oth ballot. This will give the
Democrats q majority Of one in the
next Senate.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29
NEW YORK LETTER.
NEW YORK, Jan. q, 1881


DEAR CITIZEN day will
DO q long remembered one to the
people of New York rs beng the
mJst disagreeablc and most I'M
profitable known for q long time.
It is extremely cold and strange
TO say, We lave had a continual
rlin all day. The walking is be-
yond human power to describe,
everything is decorated with ice
and snow, and o grand sight it is.
S.r'ets arched over from side to
side with ice in all forms aud some
are beautiful to behold indeed.
Tnis sis really a phenomenal day
and something entirely new for
New York.
The Worlds Fair Committee have
rs last pei :ected their organization
.s.d selected plot of ground quite
!. distance from the business part
uf the city. bat the elevated rail
leads will make it as convenient
rs could be desired. Subscriptions
10 the stock amount to nearly two
iaisiions of dollars, but the gener-
ii impression seems to be that it
:. II be . very great success, aud
money can be had without the least
trouble. The men at the head OF
II and the Executive Committee
are the very best Of our citizens,
aud there cnn now be but little
doubt Of there being here, In 1883,
one Of the greatest shows ever seen,
1 only trust Mississippi may be
able to send rs fine display Of her
several industries.
Tomorrow, Commander Corr
ringe places in its final resting
place, the great obelisk. This huge
mass of stOne has been going
through our streets, reminding one
Of the great activity of the snail,
und nov that its course seems to
be ended all are glad tor the oovers
aud appliances wih soon be remov>
ed, and all bsn survey the mOnu-
meDt. By a dintof good fortune
/ was permitted to see it and ex>
nmine il very closely. 1t is more
like Tennessee marble than any
thing else l can imagine, red, dis
~, and the. inscriptions, although
quite distinct, look more like tea
i,ox marking, than symbols of
tiI-ek or Egyptian antiquity.
Oar new United States Senator il u
good specimen of the Stalwarts and
by no means the choice Of the peo-
pie, but Of the politicians. Mr.. Platt
= no doubt man of moderate ed
Ication, some executive ability,
aud will no doubt be heard from
as often, and will make as much OF
iia impression on the country as Mr..
German, whom he succeeds, but in
l,ie,, Roscoe Ca1kiing will only be
as FAR as votes are con-
cesned but without any of the abil-
ity. BY no means therefore is Mr.
lstt a representative man. or Re-
.ubIican of New York State. The
l-eliy faction here in the city are
!, rowing more bitter every day:
Tney mean to crush their enemies
4 they can only get the slightest
,,retense. John Kelly is surely out
ln tho cold, as far Az patronage and
.iices are concerned. bnt John Kel.
IS A. poll ical factor in New York
- ,ar from dead, and l predict his
eniire control Of the city, before an
Ter Presidential election. The
nome to rcorganize the DemOcra-
% most laughabIe affair. They
avs reorganized, but all OF the
{. ,snsny men belong, and ccn;rol
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29

F.. A. SoTHIRA, the renowned
actor, died at the age of Aty- six
wears, In London. recently
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29

No more students can possibly be
taken ut the Starkville A. s. N.
COi.rge.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29

UNCLE NED RICHARDSON EN-.
phatioally declines to become a eau.
d.Iate for Governor.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29

SARAH BERNHARDT will visit
Nev Orleans next week, playing
an entire week in the city.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29
THEN
CA N TO N, M is s.

SATURDAY. JANUARY -, 1881
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29

Liver pills contain arsenic: "BLACK-
DRAuGHT" is IS harmless as tea or coffee.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

Bonney entered with q pleasant smile
for Tom, who well knew what sarcastic
triumph lay beneath it.
The will was dated three days pre-
yious. and every penny in the bank. and
the large farm were left Internationally
to Pressy Lowey. Her husbands name
was not mentioned.
Toms face was o study, while Prissy
almost tainted from the sudden relief to
all her trouble.
The faces of the other men present
were studies, too. The deacon left the
house without a word, and the Squire
looked grimly at Mr.. Craig.
"She was a very peculiar woman"
said the minister, wiping his brow, on
which the beaded drops of p~erspiration
stood thickly. His anxiety about his
church had been very great, you see.
But Tom and Prissy could afford to
forget their dead cousins peculiarities,
since she had kept her vow never to give
Tom a cent, and yet had managed to
make him comfortable for life. There
was an immediate fitting to the comfort.
able farmhouse, and Tom furnished o
nice office in town and drove In every
morning in the spring wagon. Past
troubles and cares were forgotten, the
Baldwins were made more comfortable,
and, considering all things, Miss ST.
lence did more good with her money
than if she had left it to found a library
or lift @ church debt.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
Obtained What He Wanted.

The Philadelphia Times contains an
account of a young man employed in a
large iron manufacturing house in that
city, who became dissatisfied with the
wages he was getting-(this alone gives
the story a fishy look)eand he went to
his employers and told them frankly that
he would like more pay. Some young
men, if they had wanted more pay, would
have died sooner than let it be known,
but this young duck didn't seem to care
for anything. So he told them he must
have more currency, and they said they
would raise him from $50 a month to
$75. He was a shipping clerk, and had
few equals as an artist with a camels
hair brush and a pot of lamp-black. He
could not, therefore, accept $75 a month,
and he told them SO. Then they hum
bled themselves before him and asked
him what he would take to say nothing
more about it. The shipping clerk said
he wanted a partnership interest, having
read of such things probably in a novel.
As soon as the members of the firm. could
recover from their establishment, they
promptly kicked him out. All this &C.
CURED eight years ago. "To-day," says
the Times, 'the is the leading member
of q firm which employs nearly three
thousand men and boys, turns out fifty
thousand tons of iron a year, pays out
over o hundred dollars q month in wages
and salaries, and does q business of 81
600, 600 q year." And we suppose if any
me Of those three Thousand men and
boys should go into his office and ask for
a partnership interest in the concern
they would get it, would they? Or would
he stand them on a spring-board and fire
them through the roof ?-PecE's Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
Cracking Wheat into Flour.

Minnesota millers no longer ssgrind"
wheat into flour. They "crack' it, and
the people of the Northwest claim that
the new process makes their hitherto in
ferior wheat the most valuable in the
world. Burr stones are things of the
past and Hungarian steel rollers have
taken their place. These rollers are
about thirty inches long and eight inches
in diameter. it takes five sets of steel
rollers to finish the flour. Each set of
rollers run closer than the preceding.
After the wheat passes each set of rollers
it S bolted or sifted through course cloth.
This cloth lets the disintergrated par
ticles of wheat through and passes off
the bulky and larger pieces, which are
run through another and a closer set
of rollers and cracked again. The last
rollers have little else but wheat hulls
and waxy germs of wheat, which do not
crack up, but smash down like a piece
of wax. The germ of O kernel of wheat
is not good food. 1t makes flour black.
By the old milestone process this waxy
germ was ground up with the starchy
portion and bolted through with the
-four. By the new system of cracking
the kernel instead of grinding it this
germ is not ground, but fattened out
and sifted or bolted out, while the starchy
portions of the wheat are crushed into
powdered wheat or -four. ALI the big
mills of Minneapolis now manufacture by
the new process.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
Cash Versus Credit.

Any retail dealer can buy closer with
cash than with credit. The closer he
buys the greater are his profits. Money
put down on his counter gives him a
chance to discount his paper, meet his
notes and pay current expenses. Charges
on the book mean cash next month, or
the month after, or next year. Cash asks
no favors except to be waited upon.
Credit must have a bookkeeper, a collec-
tor and a lawyer. If a retail dealer in
groceries asks the price of starch, he is
told that he can have it at SO much credit,
or so much for spot cash. IF q consumer
asks the price of the retailer, it is one
price to Cash Down or Dead Beat.
The more thinks this matter oyer
the more he realizes the force of the re-
mark of a prominent Western fnancier,
who lately observed: "The man who
pays cash when he can get credit is q
fool" And so say we all. IF Dead
Beat is to have the same price as Cash
Down, with an additional advantage of
sixty-six days time-which means ninety
in nineteen cases out of twenty-why do
any of us pay cash? Why not all take
credit?-Detroit Free Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
The Beat Life Preservers
Warmers Safe Kinney and Liver Cure.
THE MARKETS.

MISUNDERSTANDING slow at SIS 70@
8 i IS; e ifh%ii,s' M IL sesa So s. g. sPr'n Ry IsTai oSgi, = = SO sSs
6 70. BI 1eG y, aouI, 81 2SS4 so per bIl:; g So Se
No. 2 do, 81 06; mixed red and amber, 81 05. Corn
No. 2 mixed shelled, 42@42Lc. OIL track, and 43c.
in elevator; No. 2 yellow, 4sc, and No. 2 white
t Ne, ! shIt. s ss sssgj aet R1e@ a. 10 = gH sHe: on e 3sasl,
96c. spot Bariey-N No. 2 fall, 81 90; extra Nc. s
spring.. s5c. Hay-Common, SIS OO@16 90; prime
straw, S. OOa9 so; oats straw, $40 oo@1o so. Hogs
Common, 81 50@5 rs; heavy packing, s. 35@5 20.
Mess Pork-Family mess slS IS per brl. LAID
LoUlsyILLE.-Cotton-Th market is quiet at
S. 75@4 IS; A No. /, IS 0o@5 rs; choice fancy, IS Is
So s. 60; No. ?s1 mixed, IR@ - oS eat.NSo. Z z x xRits,
SIS O0@17 90. Provisions-Mess Pork.Is steady at
SIS 90 : steam, CSC. Bulk Meats
Shoulders, &c; clear rib sides, 7Lc clear sides,
re. Baeof-Clear rib sides, SIC clear sides, SEC.
Hams-sugar-cured, s34@1oc. Live Hogs-s5 Is to
NEW YORK.-Flour-Good to choice Western
and State, 81 60@6 IS; common to choice Ohio extra
81 sa% aagi i 49, Sog mixed Se. WnferI r ehsrs 81 15 xlaier 15 5SS;
ungraded white, 81 12@1 10; No. 2 pring, Sac. Corn
Usgraded, 4s4@56e No. 2 white, 58S5skc: Oats
4sLc. Groceries, offee-Rio, in cargoes, l1@14c.
sugar-Fair to good refining, 7H97sSc: Old mess
pork, s14 25@14 37h; new mess, SIS 37H.
Cotton-Middling uplands, II 9-16c.; mlddling Or
leans, IL 13-16c.
BALTIMORE -Flour-western family, IS 100
s 90, Wheat-No;2 2 Western winter red, 81 1910
l 143S. Corn - Western mixed, 52@53c. Oats
White Western, 42G43c.; mixed, 40941c. Rye
Good to prime, 81 Ol@1 oa.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES market is firm
No 2 red, new, 81 O1@1 OH. Corn-Is firm at SsA
@39c. Oats-Are steady; new white, 33935Hc. for
February.
LIVE STOCK.
CINCINNATI.-BEEF CATTLE-Common, 50 IS
as IS; fair to medium, s. 2594 Is; common to fair
oxen, So OO@3 rs, and good to choice, a 0094 70.
HoGs-Select butchers and heavy shippers, S. 500
G 10; fair to good light, IS 45@5 IS; common, "a 509
4 20; and stookers, s. 90@4 so. SHEEP-common to
fair, So OO@4 Is; stock sheep, So 5o@4 5oi COED to
choice, 81 5095 80.
INDIANAPOLIS Hogs-The market is firm
heavy packing grades, SIS 60G6 90; light and mixed
cattle. "a mas 30; butchers, IS oO@4 60; stockers
and feeders, So OO@4 %. Sheep-Common to fancy,
s. 1895 90.
ST. LoUIS.-Hogs Workers and Raltimores
SIS 4l@5 70; mixed prime to good, S. $685. 10. Beei
Cattle-Exports, IS 25@5 65; choice butchers steers,
81 log so. ~Sheep-Choice to fair, 81 s0@5 A.
asst LIBERTY, PA.-Beef Cattle-Best ship
ping steers, IS 25@5 60; common, So s094 10. Hog
-Philadelphias, S. 25@6 40; Yorkers, 90 1895 rs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
A Strange Remedy.

DR.. Murrell tells this story: "An old
negro woman came to my office suffering
from rheumatism in one knee. The knee
was actually swollen, and she had been
complaining for some time, and on this
particular morning it happened that
some brown corrugated paper was lying
on my table which I had removed from
some specimens of maltine and pepsin
that had been sent to me for trial. She
asked me what kind of plasters those
were. I told her they were patent Chi
nese corrugated rheumatic plasters' that
have been sent to me for trial, and if she
wanted to try one of them she might. She
concluded to do SO. Next day she came
back, and when I asked her how she was,
she expressed herself as being a great
deal better. She had been able to walk
up stairs, the swelling was gone, and she
declared it drew SO hard in the night
that she had to take it of."-Gincinndti
Gazette,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
One Toueh of Nature.

A gentleman was going home at a late
hour recently when he was suddenly
confronted by a footpad, who, with his pis-
toll pointed at his head, demanded his
money. The gentleman assured the fell
low that he had no moneya.that he had
|" been to a church fair" Before he
could say more the rascal dropped his
pistol, put it in his pocket, and present
1y took out his wallet, and, crushing
something into the citizens hand, said
in grief broken accents, as he turned on
his heel: "Been to a fair! Poor fell
lowl Take that wish it vas more"
He was soon lost in the night. Upon
approaching a street lamp the gentle
men found that the miscreant had given
him a $40 bill. Verify, n touch OF
nature makes the whole world kin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
A sreHs.

A life misspent an incompleted mission,
A house all void OF merry laugh
Pertain unto that fractional condition
OF man without Q i better half.
Nc one to cheer him In this worlds unrest
And soothe . debt-bemuddled brain;
No love with fertile fancy to suggest
Some way to raise the windn again.
No one to laugh with him when all Is bright,
Nor weep when Joys seem over gone
Alasi no fingers, deft and white,
To sew . missing button on.
No pure-white brow, no love-ht eyes Of blue,
No tresses moved by summer breeze;
All mel no dewy lips Of rosy hue,
No lingering, soft white hand to squeeze.
No sympathetic hope Of morn Of life,
Nor memory when he Is old !.
So sad the thought no meek and gentle wife
To sneer ct when the coffee's cold
And duties over, when the long day dies,
No need Of gentle wifely tones,
No one to ask with glad, expecting eyes,
"Dear, did you get the best Of Jones?"
OF earthly joys IN pleasures he is bare,
He has no hope Of heaven withal;
No school for Christian resignation where
he never hears . baby squan.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
A Remarkable Calculation.

A curious illustration has been afforded
by the New York Journal of Commerce.
1t takes up an ~utterance of the Rev.
Adirondack Murray, who said In a re-
cent lecture:
CHOW the population of the earth is
LOCO, 000, 600, and O generation dies
every thirty years. In every thirty years,
then, 1000, 600, 600 human beings go out
of the world and !, 200, 600, 600 come in.
Forty years ago the church taught that
the world was 5000 years old. She
doesn't to-day pretend to guess within
100, 900 years how old the world is. Very
well. What has been the population of
the world since the race began? Who
can estimate the number? By what
arithmetic shall you compute the swarm
ing millions? Take the globe and fiat
ten it into q vast plain, $4,000 by
twenty-four, and would it accommodate
but q fraction of the human beings that
have lived upon its s~uaface? Where is
the locality Of the Judgment to be, then?
Can it have q locality ?"
To this the. Journal replies: "Now
make the widest conceivable estimates.
Suppose that the human rae has ex-
listed on this earth 100, 000years, that the
population has never from the first day
been smaller than this estimate for the
present m -namely, 1000, DOC, 900.
For the sake of easy calculation, instead
of the estimate of thirty years to a gen.
Grafton, call it three generations to q
century. There will appear to have been
5000 generations of 1000, 000, 600 each,
who, being assembled, require standing
room. Fol- a crowded meeting of men,
women, and children, it would be am
pie estimate to give each two square
feet of room. A square mile contains,
in round numbers, 5000, 600 square
feet, and IL, SOC, 600 persons could stand
on 1T Therefore, eighty square miles
would hold q generation, and 5000 times
that space would hold the population OF
100, 900 years. That is to say, 240,00
square miles would contain them, and,
gathered in a parallelogram, they would
stand In a space 900 miles long by 4OC
broad. They could easily be accommo-
dated in one O two of our States.
dead and buried, side by side, they
would require five times their standing
space, or SAY 1000, 600 square miles,
and the United States has ample wild
lands, as yet unwanted and unoccupied.
to give them q cemetery. If any one
wishes he may estimate how many thou.
sand years of generations could FIND
graves in this country without crowdine
each other. Whoever will may imagine
the population assembled in a circle, OF
in a vast theater, with floor above floor
each floor diminishing the surface arei
of the building. It will do people o
vivid i~maginations good to reduce sucl
imaginations to the facts of figures, ant
any school Girl can do it"