American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-02
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

THE NoIsIEsT BODY OF WATER-A
sound.
SwEETER THAN A MOONLIGHT NIGHT
Niter.
INDIANAPOLIS claims 1000 children.
The dog tax in Washington Territory
is S25 per cur
IT is never proper to stone your mel gh-
Dor, but you may rock his baby.
WHAT God gives men as stepping
stones, they often make into stumbling
blocks.
TINE is short, and if your cross be
heavy remember you have not far to
carry it.
THERE is nothing that so refines the
face and mind as the presence of great
thoughts.
THE sale of the Minnehaha lands,
Minnesota, realized over $250,000. There
were 5000 acres.
If you are short of ice during the warm
weather, you can always get a nice carte
at the photographers.
A LATELY married couple came near
separating on account of Il .squabble over
their wedding presents.
A LEAvENwoRTH stationer was asked
the other day if he had 'any oyeralls for
letters" He had.
to keep ten cents worth of beef from
spelling until dinner time in Texas.
A TRAVELLER in Wales, seeing sign
over the door with this one word,
"Agorsequr dere," asked the woman what
she sold, when she said she did not sell
anything, but that ''agues was cured
here
WHEN a crowd of jayhawkers started
disturbance in Texas church., the other
day, the preacher raised up Il shotgun and
said: civilian Dello, sit down, or Ill
make it painful for you" William sat
down, and was as quiet as a lamb
\ REMARKABLY dirty man stopped in
front of a small boy sitting on a fence, ex-
He said: ''How much do you weigh ?"
The answer was, "Well, about as much as
you would if you were washed
A PORTLAND man who was caught fish
ing for trout on another mans land, the
other day, completely silenced the owner,
who demonstrated, with the majestic an
swer: ''Who wants to catch your trOuts
Pm only trying to drown this worm"
SUE BLAIR, of Fond du Lac, Wis, play
ed her lover game of chess the other day
to decide whether the wedding day should
be fixed for this year or the next. Sue de-
sired more time, but lost the game, and
must face the parson before the coming
January.
How ON earth do you manager" asked
a gentleman of two inseparable loungers.
you are always together, you never do
anything, and yet you always have plenty
of money" "Simplcst thing in the
world, nv dear fellow" was the candid
reply 1--WE borrow of one another"
THE prohibtory liquor law in Massa-
chusetts sometimes gives rise to comic as
well as tragic incidents at HolyOke, the
other day, when State constable, after
an exciting chase, overhauled truckman
and seized upon the beer barrel in his
wagon only to discover that its contents
We're otfal instead of lager.
TIE theaters are now used in London
for special religious services for the
masses, which, during the past season,
were attended by 100000 people. The
friends of the movement are making an
effort to secure halls in all parts of the
city where theaters cannot be had, to &C
commodate the non-church- going popula-
ton.
''HERE we are now, within a quarter of
a mile of land" was the joyful announce
mcnt made by the captain of an ocean
steamer to his grumbling passengers.
Where? Which way is it," were the
eager EXPLANATIONS which followed.
Anywhere down below there" said the
captain, pointing toward the bottom of
the sea. THE lead gives us just two hun
dred and twenty fathoms water, and the
land comes slap up against the brine"
IT is refreshing to learn of a deed SO
generous as this, which we find recorded
of the Tabernacle Church, Jersey City:
Their pastor was taken sick, and the ply
stefan said he could preach no more, and
that his sickness would be lingering, with
its end certain. The pastor resi- gned, and
the church at once voted him 81 800 a
year during his natural life This was
paid promptly every quarter day for
eighteen months; then the church gave
their beloved teacher fitting burial
A PARIS dentist was reported to have
hung out Il sign on which was inscribed
Teeth Extracted
Without pain for francs.
To his disgust, no patients made their
appearance, and after enduring the heart
sickness of hope deferred for three
months, he added a line to his announce
mcnt thus
with pain for franc.''
To his qualification, he had crowds of
patients, but they all preferred to pay two
francs.
A NEW style of thief practices what is
known as the umbrella dodge. The oper-
ator enters a store where small articles are
brella on the counter; he asks, perhaps,
for gloves, and, when he has a quantity
before him, inquiries for another kind,
which will cause the clerk to turn his
back, and then down goes several pairs
into the half-open umbrella. The arttul
dodgerthen makes some slight purchase,
carefully tucks his umbrella under his
arm, and walks away. At a convenient
time and place he makes transfer of the
property TO his own or some accomplice's
pocket.
Two CROPS 1EAR.-Such thing as
two crops of grain in one year is by no
means rare in California Apple trees
have been known to yield two crops, and
pear trees three crops; but such a phe-
nomenon as that related in the subjoined
item from an Alameda paper will be like
ly to create surprise: "A sixty acre field
on the rancho of Juan Peralta, near San
Leandeo, was farmed to barley last year,
and a good heavy crop of the grain har-
vested from it. This year it was allowed
to volunteer, and it has produced a heavy
growth of clear oats, which now stand
about three feet high, and is in very
thriving condition"
STOCK IN JArAN.-In place of iron shoes
the horses are shod with straw ones, which
scarcely last longer than day, and are
then thrown away to be replaced by fresh
ones. Herds and tlocks are not common
in Japan. This is readily accounted for
by the fact that the people live chiefly
upon fish and vegetables, and their gar
mehts are either cotton or silk. In addi-
ton to cats and dogs, the only domestic
animals possessed by the japanese are
horses and horned cattle. The horses
were originally brought from the Corea,