American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-10-16
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

MIR. GLADSTONE still INDUCES in his
favorite exercise of telling trees. He goes
to work in true woodman fashion, with
his braces thrown off behind him and his
shirt-collar unfastened.
| AN Arab chief at the Marseilles opera
especially admired the trombone player,
expressing his wonder "to see that
Christian swallow SO much brass. l can
not yet comprehend where he puts it''
In the abbey of Grotta- Ferrati, near
Frascati, Italy, palimpsest has just been
discovered which contains, under the Cos
pels, an invaluable manuscript of Strabo
that supplies large number of defcien-
cies found in all previous manuscripts of
the geography.
Two EXPEDITIONS from London to New
Guinea are now being projected. One of
them contemplates the establishment of a
settlement on the eastern coast of the
island. 1t is generally believed that the
unclaimed portion of the island will
shortly be annexed to the British En-
pire.
AN Englishman named Brunker from
Tunbridge, was killed in the Alps recent
Iy 1t is supposed that he was about
some rocks near the Upper Grindewald
glacier gathering flowers, as he had
taste that way, and that the fall of some
ice had frightened him, causing him to
let go his hold, and that he tumbled
| down.
IT seems not so certain after all that
| King Alfonso is to marry the daughter of
the Duke de Montpensier. The French
| diplomatists would be glad to see this alli-
ance, but the Germans want him to marry
the Princess Louise Marguerite, third
daughter of Frederick Charles, the Red
Prince" Neither of these ladies has yet
reached the age of sixteen. Alfonso's
preferences in the matter has not as yet
been made public, but of course his prefer
ences will make no difference.
A GERMAN paper expresses uneasiness
at the decreasing population of Prussia
proper Between 1861 and 1864 there was
an increase of s 400, but between 1864 and
1873 there was a decrease of 1892, and
between 1867 and 1871 one of Sc, 40. AL
lowing for the loss of life in the last two
wars and for the Prussian soldiers quar-
tered in France at the time of the census,
the loss of population in ten years amounts
to so 200.
A FAMOUS brigand, by name Alamo, has
just been beheaded at Potenza, in the
Neapolitan province, after conviction of
fifty-nine murders and attempts at MUIR
der. He made little speech at the last
moment, thus: "People of Potential
Let my death be an example to you
Fathers, rear up your children properly.
was an assassin. l suffer IA merited death
pray for mep' With an Gave Maria"
on his lips his head was severed from his
body by the eXecutioner.
A REMARKABLE waterproof has been
invented in Paris. 1t is of silk and may
be folded almost as small as IA handker-
chief When unfolded it offers an ingeni-
Gus series of pockets of different shapes,
made to cover the fan and otEer trities
which are essentials to the feminine toilet.
The hood can be raised over the head by
means of spring so constructed as to pre-
vent the hood from resting on the bonnet
and mussing the flowers or other orna-
ments.
A SAD story comes from France. During
the war with Germany farmer named
4oullon, living ut Baume-le-Rollande, was
brutally shot down by the Germans IN the
presence of his wife and children. The
war over, the widow sold the ruins OF her
farm and went to Paris, where she worked
for the support of her family. AT length
these were old enough to be placed out at
service But the poor woman could never
forget the terrible loss of her husband and
the ruin of her family, and the other day
She committed suicide by inhaling the
fumes of a charcoal fire. On the table
was found the following letter: The re-
membrancc of the past is too much for
me; | cannot support it. Now that my
children are old enough to earn their own
living l can die in peace and join my
lear husband. Adieui"