American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-10-30
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

"
fourteen years deciding on having a GER
thin square paved, and when their minds
were made up the square had been GOV.
cred with houses for over five years.
THE news from the German expedition
ON the west coast of Africa is by no means
satisfactory Herr Won Gussfeld has re-
turned to Berlin, invalided, his last at
tempt to penetrate into the interior having
failed and the station established at vast
expense at Chinchoxo is to be abandoned.
DURING divine service at Skerries, neal
Balbriggan, ublin, on recent Sunday,
the rector, Rev. w. Tighe, noticing some
irregular conduct on the part of a young
girl in his congregation, went round to
her, and, tapping her on the shoulder, Or
dered her to leave the place. Next day
petty sessions for assaulting her, the as
sauit consisting in the tapping. The
rector was fined half a crown and costs.
Mrs. MARIA DENMAN is licensed to
drive a cab in London, in which occupa-
ton she meets with much opposition from
the masculine Jehus. For impugning
the speed of Mrs. Denman's Rosinante
and the lady's skill on the box. by which
means passengers were lost to her, one OF
the male cab-drivers was recently fined
81 Is. Cd. J. Bull protects his daughters
in the pursuit of an honest livelihood,
even though they encroach upon the fields
long monopolized by the stern sex.
In London is an association for the
erection of drinking fountains. From the
last report, just published, it appears that
they have put up more than 3, 200 fountains
in the metropolis, at which about 800 600
persons drink during the year. More than
5000 have been known to drink at one
fountain in a single day, as well as 1890
horses, besides oxen, sheep and dogs. In
some instances the committee have to pay
as much as $3.50 year for water at one
trough, and the annual expenses for re-
pairs. etc, amount to about f3, 900 ster-
ling.
A BoNAPARTIsT journal, having learned
that the Comte de Paris, instead of plot
ting, according to fashion, passes much
of his time trout fishing, expresses
its surprise that a dauphin of France
should ''sow gentles along stream and
employ his intelligence in deceiving. one
or two fish" In lyric strain the writer
adds: Whilst the Comte de Paris fol-
lows with melancholy eye his float bob
bling on the water, the shades of st. Louis,
of Henry ~. and Louis XIV. should
make the very rushes moan, ashamed TO
have for the heir of their glory simple
angler.'' ->
IT is needless to say that the wine crop
is the most important of all in France, its
value largely exceeding that of all kinds
of grain. In ordinary years it is estI-
mated at considerably over two milliards
of francs. For twenty years its exporta-
ton alone has had a mean value of 2o0,-
DOC, 900 of francs, and in 1878 France sold
ton to this there is 100000 worth OF
brandy. The vintage contributes three
hundred and fifty-odd millions to the
budget of the state, besides paying large
sums in octroi taxes to the towns IN which
it is consumed.-ParisC Cor. ". I. Times.
THE following announcement has been
posted at the British Admiralty: Some
mischievous person has attempted TO cir
eulate false report respecting an alleged
accident to Her Majesty's ship Alert, in
the Polar regions, by inclosing the fol-
of paper, put into a small bottle, which
was picked up on the beach at Clonakitty,
Ireland, on the Oath inst: 'On board
the Alert; three days from Disco; broken
by iceberg; sinking, 18th July. God help
usp The Alert was seen on the 18th of
July by the Valorous, all well, and the
bottle if thrown overheard on the 18th of
July must have been carried by currents
1890 miles in sixty eight days, or at the
rate of nearly thirty four miles day. As
there are no currents running at such a
speed in the track between Disco and the
coast of Ireland it is quite impossible that
the statement can be authentic, and it is,
therefore, evident that silly attempt has
been made to perpetrate a disgraceful
hoax"
THERE is no better tonic than cheerful
ness. The man who sings at his work Is
generally set down as honest, cOntented
and happy. Twig the gentle mosquito,
whose song is heard most while your
blood is being diligently and maliciously
sucked.-Stdr Of tie Cape.
AN honest reputation is within the reach
of all men; they obtain it by social viz
tues and by doing their duty. This kind
of reputation, it is true, is neither brill
liant nor startling, but it is often the most
for hop