American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-01-27
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

i PILLOWS, though not belonging to the
human species, come under the head OF
!, rational beings.
! 1T may sound like paradox, yet the
breaking of both wings of an army is a
+ pretty sure way to make it fly.
A YOUNG man who keeps n collection OF
. locks of hair of his lady friends calls them
t his har-breadth escapes.
NACCINATIoN has been successfully tried
: to prevent dogs from taking the hydropho-
bia. Buckshot make the best vaccine
, virus.
THE ChriMiaH Register says No bank
rupt or pauper is ever 50 destitute of
credit that he cannot borrow trouble"
DURING the twelve years from 1859 to
1871, no fewer than 2,267 500 Germans
, ! emigrated to this country
THE annual sermon before the Massa-
chusetts Legislature was from the text
Thou shalt not steal
THE physicians to the Emperor of
China receive pay only for the time when
their Imperial master eniOys good health.
A WIDOW in Liverpool, England has re-
covered 81 800 in damages from the
owner of a mad dog, through whose bite
her husband died.
MANY ladies who do not like to have
their ears pierced, wear small gold wire
behind the ear, which clasps it in front,
and holds the earring
EMF, RTTTERHAUs, the most eminent of
the younger poets Of Germany, has a
poem on Lake Erie, in which he talks
about the palm.trces and alligators of that
region.
LONDON, with population of 3000-
600, has only nine daily newspapers-fve
morning and four evenng-while Paris
has twenty, and New York twenty-four
WHY should | take a policy in the
| Washington Life Insurance Company?
Because death is certain, and every dollar
so invested will be paid to my family
/ when they need it most
/ Two women were asked which of two
men each would choose were she compel
| led to marry one of them. One replied
"The elder, that might be the sooner
| rid Of him. the other "The younger,
that ] might make him suffer the longest.
In police case in New York, a few
days ago, youth about ten years of age
was placed on the stand to give his testi-
mony When asked what they do to per
sons who swear to lie he replied; "They
make policemen out of EN-"
HERE is one specimen Of how the cor
poration of London docs It's business: An
error of $50 was discovered in one of the
corporation accounts, wherpupcn A bro. |
fessional accountant was called to investi |
gate it, and his bill amounts to f4S2
IL one of his plays, Addison makes an
undertaken upbraid mute who had |
laughed at a funeral: You rascal, you,
! have been raising your wages for the
last two years, on condition that YOU ap-
pear more sorrowful; and the higher
wages YOU receive, the happier YOU
look"
EVERY wear there die in ENGLAND obout
half a milton nersons and 9nt Of his
number nearly fourth, or t2O, 600 deaths,
are due to zymotic or miasmatic maladies.
In other words, 10000 lives are, rOundly
speaking, lost by causes which are or
ought to be, preyentible.
HENRY WARD BEECHER states that
when he was settled in Indiana. where
food was plenty and money scarce he
owed the New York Oba7rer S15 for that
paper, and offered to write six letters from
the West to square the account. This pro
posal was declined, and he had to pay the
cash.
SEVERAL of the large towns in Great
Britain have made arrangements to CON
tinue the system already begun of having
prunv lectures on science for the benefit
of the working classes. The most eminent
men in Great Britain are concerned in this
and the attention paid to their
addresses has been of the most gratifying
character. ,
PRoFrssop WrRTz announces his ,
founded on induction from
1
tier of counties of Western New York
and in other large sections of the United
States every house ought to be warmed !
and lighted bv cas drawn from the earth, +
g without money and without price" I
FRANCE has 27,OCO miles of telegraph a
lines ENGLAND o3 600 Russia. 2S 600 {
The United STATES has 75 600 miles-the a
nouivolent of tbe three countries named I
North Germany has Is. 600 miles Austria t
10 OO0 tbe Fost Indies 13 800. oli
America outside of thp Union II 600 u
and tbe rest of tbe world toreiber less T
han tbis country alone has f
THE following is the statute in the old !
Saxon code referring to leap year: "Al- !
belt. oftpnas leape yearre do the occurre. '
the woman holdeth prerogative over the |
menne in matters of courtshippe. love !
and matrimonic: so that when iLe lady t
proposcth if shall not be lawful for the i
man TO saw her nae. but shall eptertainc I
her proposall in all rude courtesie."
Accopn,>o 70 tbo 1.t, cepo,s In New |
Iamnshipa No out " Of Of = total nonniation Of e
9is 9no thcro wera 16 ss5 narsons over |
he are of 10 or five per cent =.
If the whole number. OF this !,
more than Z 600 were between
6o7o,r9os ~ N ond *. noarl,, : oOn ,rora o,-er
u md undar so 7o0 were octogpnarians
md 3o0 we're between 90 and O5 Ten
we're 9S wears old. . were 90 and G had
,assed ne ogc of n century G
A eENTtEAAN IN heene' N; H. re- Il
'ently received Oy express a package CON
aiming watch, on the OUTSIDE OF whlch "
ne sender had made the lolOWlng IN a
iOrsements "Only Watch-Dang IL S