American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-05-03
FACTS AND FANCTES.
LOTS of Englishmen are "out" OIL
Parole

LOTS of Englishmen are "out a." on
Parole.
LET small boy catch his kite on a
telegraph wire and he will exhibit more
ingenuity in getting it down than it
would take to invent first-class flying
machine.
Now it is said that the poor cuss
whose naked picture appears in the
| patent medicine almanacs with the signs
of the zodiac attacking him at various
| points was once editor of local paper,
| and neglected to collect subscriptions
| in advance.
PHYSICIAN (who has just examined
an Irishman's ngs)-There seems to
be some trouble here-preumonia, or
something of that sort; have you ever
expectorated bloodP Irishman-Och,
yes, sir! Physician-How long ago?
Irishman-About eight years. Physi-
cian-Did you feel sick? Irishman-
Och, did that! Physician-NNhat was
the matter? Irishman-I had tooth
pulled.
THE following conversation actually
occurred, according to the Albany Jour
nal, at the recent loan exhibition in that
city: Young Lady { arnestly looking at
picture across the alcove)-"I won
der if these are Landseer's." Young
Man (who happened to be near)-"I
thought they were dogs" Y. l.. Gre
pressing a SMILEY &c Yes, but are they
Landseer' P'' Y M. (blushing and sus-
pecting breed of dogs unknown to
him)-" thought they were pointers"
COUNT ANDRAssY, who is known to
be very close about politics, was lately
asked by witty E.ennese j iurnalist,
who had interviewed him for 20 minutes
without getting any thing worth putting
in his paper out of the Chancellor,
"What is the difference between your
Exceliency and MYSELF" Answer;
While your Excellency who knows so
much will tell nothing, 1 who know
nothing must tell so much!"
DIR. CLARA SPETIGUE has become a
regular medical practitioner in Cam
bridge, Mass, but at the outset of her
professional career she finds her hus-
band an obstacle. One of her patients
is handsome young fellow. AS he sat
in her Office and she was counting his
pulse, the jealous husband dashed in
declaring that she was squeezing the
sick mans hand, ordered him out of the
house, and finally knocked him down.
Donna MARGHERITA, Duchess of
Madrid, and wife of Don Carlos, re-
Gently had narrow escape from death
in the large Partisan shop known as the
"Grands Magasins du Louvre" A
sheet of glass in the roof got broken
and the pieces fell on the Duchess and
another lady standing at one of the
counters. The Duchess tainted, and
blood trickling from her shoulder show
ed that she had been wounded. A doc
tor was sent for and it was found that
her shoulder had been cut to the bone
by fragment of glass.
THE sign Blacksmithing by Carine
and Nellie Blair" is over door in Lou
isville. A Courier-JournaI reporter
looked in and saw Miss Carine at work.
"She was blonde, her complexion be-
ing as fair as that of any petted belle,
and the lovely tinge of pink and red
which spread over face and neck not
, only served to heighten her natural
beauty, but gave evidence of robust
health. She was dressed in Turkish
trousers and loose blouse coat. Her
sleeves were rolled up to the elbow, ex-
hibitipg beautifully rounded and
snowy-white arm. AS she stood, with
lips tightly compressed and brows knit,
raining hard and well directed blows
upon the stubborn iron, the reporter
thought and SO on. The picture
of Miss Carine applies to Miss Nellie,
for they are twins.
THERE is terrible famine in many
villages in the valley of the Nile. Where
, it is worst, nothing seems to have been
done. At Belyanch, Bagour Hau, and
such towns, the people have been and
, are starving in utter neglect. Sitting in
the fields and the open streets, many of
them have been supporting themselves
for days on sorrel and the foul refuse
! HUH lHc SstIC lilCtOIlSS. AL Ii
feelings are lost, and in try ilg to dis
tribute few morsels of bread at Belly
: anch the stronger tore it from the lips
: of those weaker than themselves, and
struggled till exhausted for the merest
} scrap. At EdfoO there lay an old woman
by the bank, with the water washing
half over her, too weak to move or
speak. Her eyes were sunk into her
head, and her whole skin was like dried
parchment from the sun. Her body
was shriveled to the size of an apple.
She could not swallow, except by arti-
fetal outside friction, while another
woman forced the food down her throat.
This was no uncommon case, women
and children ,fromtheir smaller strength,
affording the most CHASTITY spectacles OF
the march of famine.