American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

WHAT no dalryman can adulterate-
The milk of human kindness.
WHY is an old coat like an iron kettle:
Because it represents hardware.
PEOPLE who are always wishing fol
something new should try neuralgia.
Low SHOES, and stockings of gorgeous
colors and patterns, are the fashion fol
gentlemen this summer.
AT corOner's inquest, a witness was
asked, "What was the last thing seen by
the deceased?'' Kerosene was the
reply.
IT is a curious fact that, while beau,
are permitted to go on the way they are
bent, bellies are expected to go in the way
they are told.
AN obituary notice in New England
the deceased 'leaves two infant daughters
both girls.''
i AT a recent dinner of shoemakers, the
following toast was given: MAY we have
all the women in the country to shoe, anG
all the men to boot"
| AN industrious somnambulist in Haver
hill, Mass, is said to get up in the nigh
and do the family washing, without know
ing anything about it.
THAT farmer understood human nature
who said Gle you want your boy to stay
at home don't bear too hard on the grind
stone when he turns the crank"
A JURYMAN in Pennsylvania recently
informed his eleven fellow,jurors, with
great gravity, that ''no external magnetism
being visual, he would vote in the defen
sive." No effort was made to change his
determination.
! THE Dundee Scotland Adre,fiser ap
pcared in print the other day on jute paper
manufactnred almost wholly from refuse
;,ta harg;ng The ;mnress;or is said tn
have heen Very neat thpnaI the nane amer -
defect easily remedied-Was too thin and
transparent.
| THE Journal Of the Franklin Instjtsze
says that French inventor proposes to
photograph dispatches to microscopic
| fineness. and blow them through q tube
sunk in the streets of Dover. When at
their destination the dispatches could be
enlarged again. BY this method long dis
patches could be sent about as cheaply
and expeditiously Is short ones.
A RrpoRrrx for New Jersev manner.
| sneakinp of q certain fair creature. re.
marke1 5hat "the nrofusion and colors Of
thouo3,- it was snun Inv the nimble fineers
| Of M, essv hour. as thew piided through
fhe brighf June DAYS. whose MANY sunny
| r.ys ~ I;rht had Raen cau0ht in the
meshes and were conhentefl to 90 no fi1r.
ther - ThSs ia better tl,ar, sayins the pirl's
hair was red.
A KANSAS editor thus begins a 6iescrip-
ton of the scenes of his happy boyhood: :
at was one Of those magnificent Maine
farms with solid granite foundation,
slate roof. and ornamented with young
mountains Two OF tnree fous apart. spruce
=, r.;se-e fa1u of the Joroe red borse nota-
toes ec,rmon tn New ESolsnf, soil These
n 49, Nth coITfsh aso the stan,a com.
pp,",i;t;es ~, The cSsst ~ Maine y
AAo'A'''o' '' '"S ~'s.''' -
INTELLECT AID LOVE- won't say the
more intellect the less capacity for loving; ;
Tor that ~ouio 90 wrong 10 tne un1er
hand, that the brain often runs away with
the hearts best blood, which gives the
world lew pages Loi wiseom, or senti-
ment or poetry, lnsteao on making one
other neart hapPy, nave no quessioh.-
q. ". A0snsss.
Dr. ANDERSON, who accompanied the
British expedition IN 1858 to the valley OF
the Tapping, mentions a verv singular
method by winch the natives OF samoa
valley contrive 70 conceal goid anu precf-
Gus stones. Sits are MADE through the
skin Of their chests or necks, and the
coins or stones forced beneath, the wound
being allowed TO heal. When the vaiu-
able objects are wanted, second cut is
made upon the spot, and they are extract
ed. s.t.-,os..
ONE Of the most recent discoveries IS
that OF IRON suspenslon-nrioges IN tne west
of China. The river Taho Is spanned by
an elegant iron chain suspenslon-Dr1