American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-17
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

:, gins to feel sick.
9 THE Fairplay (Colorado) Sentinel boas
: that it is published at a greater altitud
r than any other paper in the world-1O0G
$ feet above the level of the sea.
4 A FOSSIL specimen of the extinct dod,
a bird of immense size and peculiar form
: alton, has been found in the gypsur
mines at Fort Dodge. 1t has been bough
!. by an Englishman as a gift to the BIRTHS
l Museum
THIRTY years ago a man living nea
Lacrosse sold a pair of boots tor CUR
; traded the gun for pony, sold the pom
for thirty-six acres of swamp land an
. now owns siXty-siX city lots, worth $50
each.
MR.. BERGH's latest proposition is tina
dogs shall be caught with scoop-nets earl
in the morning, and taken to a hous
, where they are to be gently asphyxiate
by pure earbonic acid gas.
A CORRESPONDENT suggests that al
hotels should be supplied with small ba
looms which should be so secured to til
windows of the sleeping apartments as t
be easily entered therefrom. In case O
fire dodgers could enter these balloons, Gu
the cord, and in a very few moments b
safe from danger of contlagration.
WHEN Miss Faithful delivered her lee
ture in Cincinnati gentleman in tn
|
able girl by his side in praise of the plain
ness OF the fair lecturess's dress, but tn,
words We're taken out of his mouth in thi
wise: "Oh yes, l am of course sorry sh,
is not dressed in more style, but then yol
know she is really very good"
NEVER Commemorative man the
necessaries of life, and he wants the con
veniences; give him the conveniences
and he Graves for the luxuries; give him
the luxuries, and he signs for the elegan
cies; let him have the elegancies, and he
yearns for the follies; give him all together
and he complains that he has been cheat
ed both in the price and quantity of the
article.
A DOCTOR in Greenville, S. c., writes to
the local newspaper to say how he treats
cerebro-spinal meningitis. He battles
the spine with spirits of turpentine, and
then passes over it Il well-heated smooth
| ing iron for fifteen minutes AT the same
| time he gives quinine in heroic doses, each
followed by heroic dose of bromide of
| potassium, combined in solution with an
ordinary dose of solid extract of hyoscya-
mus. He throws in at the same time great
| doses of calomel.
THE Jackson (Tenn) Wing and Tribune
tells of woman who sent her husband to
buy jug of molasses. He got drunk
| and fetched home the jug filled with
whisky She took it up, smelt it, set it
back, and then, squaring herself, arms
akimbo, and eyes flashing, she exclaimed,
"Whars them molasses?" The old man
ing his left hand propitiatingly, eXclaim-
ed, ''Them's they" He is now conva-
descent, but the jug is hopelessly de-
ranged.
AT a recent meeting of the Frankfort
Polytechnic Association, Professor Boett-
ger exhibited novel kind of ink, which
is admirably adapted to take on journeys
and exploring expeditions. White blot
ting-paper is saturated with analine black,
and several sheets are pasted to form A
thin pad. When wanted for use, a small
piece is torn off and covered with a little
water. The black liquid which dissolves
out is a good writing-ink. A square inch
of the paper will give enough ink to last
for considerable writing, and few pads
would be all that exploring party need
carry with them. As water is always
available, the ink is readily made.
ARTIFICIAL CLoUDs-Provided the wind
does not blow, a cloud of smoke will often
protect crops from Frost. Crops of apples
have, it is said, been saved by building
fires in the orchard when cold night
comes during the budding season, the sal
walton being due to the overhanging pail
of smoke, not to direct heat. In the South,
frost has been kept from tobacco beds by
the same means. In France, tar prepared
in peculiar manner, is placed in vessels
and burned in fields which it is desirable
to shelter. Thick clouds of smoke rise a
few yards into the air and spread out even
ly over quite large tract.
SADLY MISUNDERSTOOD match
broken up. This was between clerk in
a well-known dry goods store and a young
Lady on Essex street. 1t was so warm on
Friday evening that she had the parlor
window up, and he stood on the lawn, and
they were cooling to each other, and he
was Just reaching up for another kiss when
the sash came down like flash, and
knocked off the peak of his nose and scalp
ed his chin, and he hoped around so
madly and howled SO dreadfully that the
old gentleman thought he was drunk, and
had him kicked out of the yard with a
great deal of ostentation. Monday morn
ing he went West.-Dan6ury Netcs.
DR. HAYES the Arctic explorer, said in
a lecture in New York, the other evening,
that he once saw an iceberg-escaped |
from the great glaciers of Greenland-that
rose 317 feet above the surface of the sea,
and that he computed its weight at not less |
than twenty seven billions of tons. We
should like to lay in stock of provisions
of such family groceries as
crushed sugar, sherry, lemons, old Robert |
son, mint, "corn corgil," nutmegs, old |
cigars, Scotch ale, pipes and to-
bacco, old rye, box of matches, half |
pint flask of pure whisky for medical
purposes, with few other necessaries of |
life and go and spend the summer with a |
small lot of temperance friends on just |
such an island as that.-LouisriHe Courier
Journal.
PROFESSOR DONALDSON, an adventurous
American aeronaut, intends to attempt
to cross the Atlantic this summer
in a large balloon. The balloon which
he has made for the purpose will weigh
about two thousand pounds, will contain
.wo hundred and sixty-eight thousand feet
Of gas, with two small reservoirs to pro-
vide against leakage, and an electrical ar
for light. The Professor ex-
poets to accomplish the trip in from sew
enteen hours to two days and half, and,
f the experiment proves successful, in
ends to establish a balloon mail and
line round the world Yes, and
i Neptune comes near enough in the ap-
perihelion of the planets, we
shall get on that ball and see how it feels
rom the sun.-Appleton's Journal.
ONE YET LEFT - One of the
sanitary police, in going through
IN alley yesterday, came along to
| barn, and as he halted he heard a voice
'ay: Take off that coat, young man"
There was a pause, and about the time
he coat was off the father continued:
You've needed tanning this long
while, and I'm ready to give it to you;
Tou've been (whack) going out (whack)