American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-22
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

THE French claim that they don't owl
anything across the Rhine now-excep
a war of revenge.
| THE peat morasses of Ireland anG
Scotland are said to be rapidly peterine
out.
A BOY in England has been fined 93s
Cd. for whistling while the Rev. Mr.. War
ner was buying meat.
| A WRITER from one of Gordon's sta
tions in Central Africa says that butf
sexes tinge their hair with a fine red OF
| golden ointment and that magnificent
natural chignons are worn by the men.
| AT Spezzia they have invented an cleo
trio apparatus by which all the guns of a
man-ofwar may be shot simultaneously
The inventor is a man of peace and will
get medal, deserving it.
A PARIS correspondent states that n
French woman considers it privilege, a
bit of good fortune, to get a husband
even when he amounts to very little. She
is almost willing, beforehand, to support
him wholly or in part for the sake of
being madame.
AT Lille they are trying to build q tin
balloon. The tin is of paper thinness
and will afford at least impermeability,
if not safety and speed. One of Godard's
pupils is the builder and thinks he can
60 anywhere in it when built. Faith is
precious, ami the thing has to be done
one day or another. Hammer away!
The LONDON Figaro, referring to the
case of the English Major who was re-
moved from the army for cheating at
cards, says: "The difference between
winning money at cards fairly and win
ming money at cards unfairly is rather
technical than moral. From a logical
point of view the spectacle of the sover-
eign intervening to preserve the purity of
gambling is unspeakably edifying. 1t is
very like requiring a chimney sweep to
keep his nails clean"
AN action for libel has been brought
against the editor of the Paris Uniuers by
a shopkeeper who was the object of q
comment for putting up notice one
Sunday that his establishment was closed
while repairs were being made. The
Untoers said his shop should be avoided,
as he preferred the urgency of his re-
pairs to the solemnity of the Sabbath as
a reason for closing.
THERE doesn't seem to be any great
enjoyment in the process of photograph
ing the King of Siam. An English trav-
eler lately attempted it, and His Majesty
at first piously insisted upon being
taken in the attitude of prayer. Be
AOiO tuC COulu Sct Tcduy uo
changed his mind, darted out of the
room, and presently came back in a
French uniform. One of the pictures
caused a decided difficulty, the King Or
dering the artist to "pose" him, and the
attendant prince declaring that he must
not lay hands on so sacred a being.
Two YOUNG urchins, who recently
presented a couple of German gold pieces
for change in Paris shop, were unable
to give a satisfactory account of how
they had come by them, but when ar
rested they told an extraordinary story.
They said they had found the corpses of
two Prussian soldiers in the old quarries
of Montrouge, and on searching the
pockets got the pieces of gold. An
agent of the police went to the spot in
Dictated, and in an abandoned. gallery
found the two bodies in an advanced
state of decomposition. One of them
had been killed by a bullet and the other
by a bayonct thrust.