American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-05
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| MARY CLEMMER AMEs is described as
the handsomest literary lady in the coun-
| try.
| In Paris alone 8 900 women earn "A liv-
ing by the occupation of opening oys-
| tiers.
II Bismarck only had eight of the let
tiers he wIote to Van Arnim he would
not care who saw the rest
| THEY put William Cullen Bryant down
| for about 100000. No wonder his
poetry "jingles."
THERE is New Hampshire woman,
just century old, who can talk all day
without feeling the least fatigued.
| Mrs. SwIssuELM urges that proposed
garment, which envelopes the female
person from neck to ankles, be called a
chem"
LABORERS, shoemakers, blacksmiths
and all others out of employment should
commence to write Christmas stories.
They will soon be in demand.-NorriS-
tosoH Heynid.
IT Is estimated that there are fifty
seven women actually editing newspa-
pers in this country. The female report.
ers, general writers, etc, engaged on the
press are numbered by hundreds.
THE Turks have circulated that within
200 years mole they will have conquered
the world. The statement is made in all
seriousness in an Arabic newspaper,
which is published under Turkish sur
veil ance.
NJ. KoUPERNIK, a distinguished Russian
advocate, was recently engaged for the
defense of several murderers but was so
mortified by the details of the crime that
when called upon to plead he gave his
clients up and said: Let Justice be
done"
THE New York Herald offers this de-
Tense: All the criticism OF Old Prob is
local. If he says it will rain and it does
rain over half of the country, but does
not rain in some particular persons half
peck measure, that person says Old
Prob. IS prediction failed"
On arriving at Calais. ON her way to
make the grand tour, an English lady was
surprised and somewhat Indignant at
being termed, for the first time in her
life, "a foreigner" You mistake,
madam" said she to the libeler, with
some pique. :" it is you who are the for
cigners. We are English"
BAILEY, the Danbury man, writes from
England that the English are generally
bow legged, notwithstanding their ad-
vantageS during the past three centuries.
He attributes it to their standing on their
feet at an extremely early age, admiring
the aspect of their public debt.
THE Boston Transcript says: Those
who witnessed the horror at Revere, and
hosts of others, will be glad to see that
The Eastern Railroad has paid $12, 900 to
Jefferson c. Rowe, the heroic brakeman
who lost his leg by staying at his post
between the two cars which " ere crushed
together"
THE provincial geologist, who has just
returned to St. Johns from a survey of a
section of the island hitherto almost I'M
known, lying between the river and bay
of Exploits and Bonavista Bay, says it
is fertile tract of country admirably
adapted for agricultural purpo ses, COW
cred with magnificent forests of pine,
birch and spruce, and of such extent as
to be capable of supporting with ease
100, 900 settlers
tt THE dangers due to the arsenic en-
tering into the pigment used in staining
green wall paper must now be added
others produced by coralline dye en-
ployed in the coloring of red hangings.
1t appears that the poisonous symptoms
(eXtending to acute eruptions of the
body, when under garments thus dyed
are worn, and to eye diseases in papered
rooms) are owing not directly to the cor
alline, since recent experiments have
proved the substance to be harmless, but
10 an arsenical mordant used to fix it.
This last acts as a poison both toDically
upon the skin, through contact with gar
ments, and also by its dust and vapors
disengaged from the stuffs which it col
ors.-Scientifc american.
IT has been found by long experience
that immersion in salt water while wood
is seasoning prevents or retards its de-
cay. In Holland, where active ship
building has been carried on for centu-
ries, this fact is universally admitted and
utilized. Other maritime nations have
also known and taken advantage of it.
1t is found, too, that piles sunk in salt
water last for an unlimited time. EAer-
nal eau, es of decay may be neutralized
by painting the wood; but against the in
tcrnal dry rot this is ineffective. In Or
der to prevent dry rot, wood must be sub
jected to treatment when seasoning, and
salt seems to be the most available of the
mple and cheap antidotes. Even after
dry rot has commenced in timber, i'm.
mersion in salt water checks the decay
and preserves the remainder of the wood.
1t is said that in the salt mines of Hun
gary and Poland the galleries are sup
ported by wooden pillars, which last I'M
impaired for ages from being impreg-
mated with salt.-Chicago Tribune.