American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-07-06

| OUR poor young man remarks that the
| only advice he gets from capitalists is to
Give within his income" whereas the
difficulty he experiences is to live without
| an income.
| A PROFESSIONAL beggar, arrested at
Newburyport, Mass, had on his person a
letter to his wife, from which it appeared
that he had cleared, above all expenses,
| $3.50 by one days "work" in that
town of 1900 people.
A MAN IN Newark, n. J., who lost both
Of his hands by IA railroad accident, is
enabled by artificial hands to maintain his
position as a railroad employee. He can
lift articles, write, and do many other sur
prising things.
Boston is beginning to import Japanese
paper clothing. The paper from which
proof, is thin and light, an overcoat
weighing only two pounds. The goods
are capable of being washed several
times, and, it is said, will last number
of months.
WASTE Nor
If never wasted our sunshine,
Or hung, it in borrowed shrouds,
We might save enough most any day,
To gid to-morrow's clouds.
And even if rain came pouring,
Now and then Il chilling stream,
If garnered we'll we'd have in store
For every drip, a beam.
The grandma OF little four year OLD
i nau Deeh te1iing ner one gay nol 10 say
'i'.'. PeoIie I1tu' put ia'hei 'iii' my VIZ
ms Iier srahunia, 70 alluse neI,
'oio heI d oeir story, WHICH, was .ouSh
one to believe. After she had finished,
the little girl looked up into her face, and
exclaimed, "Grandma, that is the biggest
mistaken ever heard"
THE Danbury Ne,os says: "The base
ball season does not open very encoura-
glngly IN Danbury- we thlnk II place OF
burial was appropriated for the members
OF the clubs, together with a lew cheap
nut tasty headslones, there would DE a
kindiier interest," SHOWN IN the game by
our cill1ens. b.. as u Is, mere Is no gen
''ille ihuuceilieh' 10 Jun inc eiuos-
IHE building committee OF church
called upon wealthy MEMBER OF lhe con
gregatlon, soliciting a subscription toward
Il new house of worship. The sum he
subscribed disappointed them. and they
told INN SO, at the same Tune lntimatinS
That Mr.. )" hau given uouole tne
amount. 80 ne should, said the WHY
gentleman, ne goes 10 church Twice as
much as do.
"TOMMY, my son, what are you going
to do with that club?" ''Send it to the
editor of course" But what are you
going to send 1t to the editor for?,
HIM club, he VIII send MN copy OF
his paper But, Tommy, dear, what do
you suppose he wants with club?"
well, i don't KNOW replied the hopeful
urch1n, unless 1t Is To Knock down SUD
scrIbers rs don't pay Tor their paper.
Connecticut proposes to repeal the
bounty on foxes for the reason that the
majority are believed to be killed in New
York and in Massachusetts and then
brought across the line. 1t is also stated
that only young foxes are brought IN Tor
the bounty, the old ones being lett un-
harmed SO as to keep up the supply, and
1t Is reported That number OF persons
make 1t business to raise foxes Tor the
sake of the bounty. Evidently foxy
business.
THERE is a species of honey bees in
Soutb Africa without stings. They usual
ly take possession of hollow trees, in
which they construct rows of wax cups
nearly the size of half an eggshell. When
full of honey they are capped over to eX-
clude air, which preserves the contents in
Il fluid state. When one pot is finished
they proceed with another, and thus store
IN an immense amount of delicious food,
of which they are invariably robbed with
out the power of offering resistance
Ir was nv custom in nv youth (says a
coIahr,ted Persian writer to rise from nv
sIoen to xyotcb nrax and road the Koran
o,,a :" 40, - ,h,,s anTarad INV, fa
thor man Of nractica, yirtnc awol,e
tRrhoId T" said + to him thy other
children are lost in irreligious slImbers,
while alone wake to praise God" "Son
of nv soul" said he, - it were better for
thee to be engaged in irreligious sleep,
than to awake TO find fault with thy broth
rem"
Co,,,,c,, ,roo bo,;,r oocosion To ,o
from, homr his wife hacked his norman
ta,,, III lr,,,, I'm, str;ct orlors r. NM on
any =. -, n.n da, a. he ret,,r,
$3.50, nn. ,iisn, ~ fndinm bis mort
i'S,, nv D., i,,rS7;r,, da,,oI
i'i'll'. ,, f,nt ~, io .Tsont "inJoI M
olc1' Ino i"t' IL nj io,na hnr 49, -
~ -, - M ~, 4, oIoon shirt
- ~ ,,,,,,; h7t had fnrrottan 70 take
,ho soiinJ nnn off And there the seven
were ON his back
III, =, tho ,orr,r, b;rod .