American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

erty. holders at Niagara and others inter
ested are making a spacious park on the
American side of the Falls SO that nobody
can get "A view of them until he has paid
a certain fee for admission to the inclo-
sure.
AN amusing instance of modern indus
try appears in the following announce
ment contained in Berlin journal: Anna
Agrikol, sick nurse, watches dead bodies,
repairs straw chairs, applies leeches,
and makes pastry, dessert and delica-
cies"
THE Waterbury American says a parent
IN that city thinks he will have his new
born daughter christened Glycerine. He
says it will be easy to prefix Nitro to it
when she grows up, if she takes after her
mother, who is always blowing up every
body.
AMONG the memoranda of a young man
who was recently married, We're these:
Things to be done this afternoon before
the wedding: Get some keys to tit valise;
engage carriage for train; get license to
marry; get shaved and hair trimmed a
little; sew button on black breeches, and
get n pair of suspenders; buy a bottle of
perfumery; be sure to wash feet WE'LL
A PROMINENT Baltimore lawyer writes
that when a man or woman pOisons a hu-
man being without detection, one success
full crime of this sort begets such sense
of power and of ability to remove at will
every human obstacle, "that in nearly
every case the mind becomes warped, and
the poisoner is ready with the deadly
draught to avenge the most tritling disre-
spect or wrong"
A MR.. LILLE, living in Randolph, VT,
recently became bald in singular man
ner He had heavy head of hair, and a
bpavy- full hoard A fau Ix-aa.S aun on
taking off his hat, he was surprised to find
a large amount of hair loosened and ready
to fall off, and the rest, together with his
beard, followed in about a week. Mr.
Lille is strong, well man, and it is diff
cult to account for this wonderful freak of
nature.
SOME men at Louisville were betting on
the weight of a large mule, when one man,
who was a good judge of the weight of
live stock, got behind the mule and was
measuring his hind quarters, when some
thing appeared to loosen up the mule.
Just before the expert died he gave it as
his opinion that if the mule was as heavy
all over as he was behind, he must weigh
not far from Al 900 pounds.
WoRKMEN have commenced the re-
moval of the tower of the old New York
Post office, which is an old church,
built in 1927, by the Knickerbockers, the
stone of which it is made having been
brought from Holland. During the Revo-
luton the tower was used to watch the
movements of the British. In later years
it served as bell tower for the fire de-
partment. The walls are three and one
century and half old, they are as firm as
when first cemented
SCIENCE and nature combined have
I,
a BROOKLYN gentleman. While engaged
in the pastime of friendly boxing, he re-
ceived pat in the face which broke off
one of his teeth. OF course he was sorry
for the accident, but concluded it was
irreparable. But friends urged him to
consult the dentist, and after day or two
he followed their advice. The broken
piece, a large bit, was bound to its proper
place, and though the patient was forced
to eat cautiously and talk little for some
time, the two parts finally united SO per-
fectly that no flaw in the tooth could be
detected.
SMITH, the Westfield Mass.) murderer,
received the news of his fate strangely.
"I've got some news for you," said the
turnkey, quietly, as he came near him.
what is it," said Smith, his face light
ing up pleasantly, as he placed his hand
familiarity on the Sheriff's shoulder, and
then, not pausing, adding, as if divining
the truth, as the day appointed?" yes"
replied the official, 1.-The 9th of June"
Good, good" calculated Smith, throwing
up his arm and swapping his fingers as if
in triumph, Il never heard better news in
my lifer' And he resumed his walk with
as firm step as ever, smiling all the
while.
THE Boston Times relates curious in
cident, which, if true, is very unaccount-
able. The Storage passengers saved from
the wreck of the steamer Atlantic say that
about the middle of the voyage two of
the passengers declared, as if gifted with
the spirit of prophecy, that the ship and
all on board would be lost. They kept
repeating the prediction, packed their
carpet-bags, went on deck to watch for
chance passing vessels, saying that they
were going to leave her, as they were sure
she was doomed to destruction. The cap
tain then interviewed and locked them up as
madmen, and when the prediction they
had made in their supposed insanity re
ccived its fearful fulfillment, they, it is
said, persisted in confinement.
BETTER THAN MEDICINE.-Dr. Hall
says the best medicine in the world, more
efficient in the cure of a disease than all
the potencics of the materla medica, are
warmth, rest, cleanliness and pure air.
sonic Iudhc II IL NlTitc " brave
disease, 'to keep up" as long as they can
move a foot or crook finger, and it some
times succeeds; but in others, the powers
of life are thereby so completely exhaust
ed that the system has lost ability to re-
cuperate and typhoid fever sets in and
carries the patient to a premature grave.
Whenever walking or work is an effort,
a warm bed and cool room are the very
first indispensables to a sure and speedy
recovery. Instinct leads all beasts and
birds to quietude and rest the very mo-
ment disease or wounds aSsail the system.
"GREENBACK" PAPER-All the green
back" paper used by the Government is
made by "a mill near West Chester, Pa.
The process is Il peculiar one. The red
scratches that appear on the surface of
the paper being part of the paper itself,
formed by almost infinitesimal pieces of
red silk mixed with the pulp in the engine
after it has passed through the screens,
which otherwise would separate them
from the mass. BY a peculiar arrange
ment a shower of short pieces of fine blue
silk thread is dropped in streaks upon
the paper while it is being formed. The
upper side upon which the blue silk
drops, is used for the face of the notes,
and from the manner in which the
threads are applied, shows them more
distinctly than the lower or reverse side,
although they are embedded deeply
enough to remain fixed.
THOSE agricultural journals sometimes
cause a great deal of trouble. Burns, of
Chester County, read in one of them, the
other day: at has been discovered that,
to make IA balky horse travel, tie a string
tightly around his ear, near the end, and