American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-03
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


print. Ladies like to see themselves il
silks and velvets.
THE season is approaching when drink
ing men, as well as drowning men, will
catch ut Straws.-Graphfc.
Mr.. CLEMENT BATES has rung the town
bell in Plymouth, Mass, four times a day
for forty-two years.
A MASSACHUSETTS man lately sold sew
enty-three dozen patent medicine bottles
all of which had been emptied in his own
family
A LITTLE Concord chap, who lived next
door to Emerson, was engaged one day in
digging hole by the roadside A worldly
tritier, passing by, asked him: what are
you digging after, little boy?" With
gravity he answered: ''After the Infinite. y
ONE should not be downcast at failures
They are often far better for the student
than success. He who goes to school to
his mistakes will always have a good
schoolmaster, and will not be liable to be-
come idle and conceited.
A PARTISAN philosopher has just died
leaving the following testament: ut is my
will that any of my relatives who shall
presume to shed tears at my funeral shall
be disinherited. He who laughs most
heartily shall be sole heir"
THE present fashionable way of ladies'
doing up their hair is called "la guillo-
tine" because it was the mode with
women condemned to death during the
French Revolution, to arrange their hair
in like manner, so that it might be out OF
the way of the fatal knife.
RUSSIA still reckons time by the old
Julian calendar. They call year in Rus
STA 365I days. which is an error of eleven
minutes. The error has now amounted to
over twelve days; so the Russians are
| twelve days ahead of the rest of the world
in their reckoning.
THE Troy Times has story that a gentle
man residing in the vicinity of Sandy Hill
holds note against General Washington
for 81 800 given for supplies during the
dorsement on the note for about one-half
the amount, and it is alleged that the
balance has never been paid.
AN English writer discusses somewhat
sarcastically of that small coin, the three
penny piece He says: 1T is too small to
fetch a fitch of bacon; it is too weak to
bring home a sack of flour; it is of no
use to pay half years rent; so it is
solemnly and sacred1y set apart to the help
of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against
the mighty" o..
WE have often looked for sentence that
would clearly explain it. An exchange
hIIuIy supplies tuC W ALT III tulS DCdutAul
| smile: you might as well attempt to
shampoo an elephant with thimbleful
of soapsuds as to attempt to do business
and ignore ADVERTISING
BEWARE of females with three arms
They have no right to such a profusiOn of
limbs, and carry them for no good pur-
pose A man in New York stage, the
other night, felt hand cropping in his
pocket on the side next to a well-dressed
woman. At the same time, neat, gloved
hand rested on her lap on the same side,
and Selling this as she was leaving the
vehicle, he pulled her arm off.
THE Rock Island Union says that the
Shereefa, the present Empress of Morocco,
was formerly Miss Emily Keene, par
ticular friend and gOd-daughter of Mr.. j.
George, of Rock Island. Miss keene is an
English lady, and her marriage with the
Prince WaZZan, who is represented to be
a man of enlightened, liberal character,
with great influence in Barbary, has at
tracted a good deal of attention.
THE late Mrs. James Gordon Bennett
was riding in the steam cars on one Occa-
sion, when General Scott entered and took
seat directly behind her. AS he appear
ed to be unoccupied the lady handed the
General copy of the New York Herald,
which she had been reading. Madam,
thank YOU" said the General, returning the
paper, II never read the Herald." The
General had one less newspaper to support
him at the next election.
HERR PROFEssoR-Iss it not a shdrainch
ting, laties, dat de Latin race cannot
aguire de Enklish PRONUNCIATION? Ihaf
choost dis moment bardet from an italian
chendleman Ga Grade vrent of mine ant
ferry gleffer mani who has lifted in Lon
don almoste as long as l hat, dventy-vife
yeers-ant foot you belief it? Heshpeegs
Enklish Wit kvite shdrong voreign in
donation! How to you agound vor 20
eggshdra orrtinary zeergcomshdanz as
tat?-Punch.
THERMOMETERS were put into the Louis
vile High School recently for the first
time, and the colOred janitor exerted him
self to the utmost to keep up the warmth
to the desired standard, but all his efforts
failed, and the rooms were cold. At the
close of the school he went to Professor
Chase, and said: MIR. Chase, Use gwine
to try dem dar kummOmicks one mo- day,
an if can't keep desc rooms wa'am, I'm
gwine to put de las one in de stove and
stick to the ole plan"
LINES TO MY LADY-LovE-
To thee, were | a le-bee
I'D hourly wing my honeyed flight;
To thee, a ship at sea.
I'd sail. though land were in my sight;
To thee, were a pussy-cat,
I'd spring, as though 'twere on rat!
To thee. stckleback,
I'd swim as fast fins can move,
To thee, were a hunters hack,
I'd gallop on the hoofs of love;
But. as I'm but a simple man,
I'll come by train love-if cant
-Ptpch's almanac.
A MILD and affectionate wife in Lancas-
ter, Pa, overheard an acquaintance remark
that her husband was too fond of loo.
She waited up for him that night, and
when he came home demanded to know
if he had been spending his time again
with Loo. The unsuspecting husband adj
mitted that he had, when, without giving
him time to explain, she went for him with
a fireshovel The husband does not re-
member how the interview ended, but he
could never convince his wife that loo was
a game at cards, and always plays euchre
now and gets home before 10 O'Clock.
STRANGER THAN FICTION-A railway
blacksmith named Allen has just recovered
an estate near Hanlev, in Staffordshre,
England, worth $350,000 The estate is the
Ubberlcy Hall property, just outside the
borough. The Allen family had held the
property from the days of the Conquest,
but more than a hundred years ago the
title deeds were lost, and in 1928 the fam
lily were dispossessed through being I'M
able to produce them. A subsequent
occupant of the family house seems to
have found the deeds and they were trans
icrred to the possession of a man in Lon
don as security for a small loan. From
this man the deeds were obtained for $50
by Mr.. Allen, who now will rise from the
position of railway blacksmith to the
possession of this handsome estate