American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-05-31
FACTS AND FANCLES.

THERE is nothing mysterious abou
mosquitoes. 1t is easy to see how the.
may.nip-you-lats- 1ff't-tt
A HOT summer is. predicted. If yol
wish to be safe, be humble to the Ice
cart driver.-Paiiadelphia Chronicle
Herald.
A BOARDING-HoUsE mistress, like the
rest of us, has her weak nnd strong
points-the weak being her coffee, ano
her strong point the butter.
AN Italian naturalist has established
the fact that birds in their little nests
tight like cats and dogs. Weak mem
bers of the family get thrown out OF the
nest without ceremony.
ROBUST effort from the Boston Tran.
script: i" The cigar that looks bad,
feels bad, tastes bad, smells bad, and
annoys the ear by its spluttering, is d
nve-sense cigar, il there was such a
thing"
THE proprietor of building site in
Wisconsin ad7ertises his land for salt
In this wise. 1.-THE town OF Poggis and
surrounding country is the most beau
tiful nature ever made. The scenery is
celestial; also two wagons anda yoke
of steers" So
AMONG the articles found in the streets
of Paris in one week and deposited at
the Prefecture of Police, were a thou
sand-franc note, twelve gold watches,
eight ear pendants, nine bracelets, if
tech portemonnaies and number of
snuff-boxes, silver watches and other
articles. - ..
SoLovIKFF is now kept in the Peter
Paul Fortress, in a padded room and in
a straight waiscoat. The Empress Is
mated to be seriously ihdisposed, in
of the excitement she has
gone through. Rumor says that the
Car himself shows much nervousness
since the attempt.
Is the spring, the good wife's fancy turns to
thoughts of cleaning house; e., -
In the spring, the dainty maiden diggeth
greens and eateth souse; 30
In the spring, the young man thinketh, would
had a little wifef-
But he scented not the troubles that must
on married ltfs.ssNzs~ 80
A PARTY of Irishmen went to q cloth
Ing etore 20 buy ssuit sof clothing In
which to bury a deadconrade.& Al
varieties of garments were exaaained
and discussed by the mourning fdends.'
but none could be decided Upon untff
one of the party held up light thin.
suit saying, "By gorra, lets take this,s,
by; sits thin and cool, and poor, PAt'
will find it mighty comfcrtabfs. q Z. Z
THEY say that profanity vas mot
known in the world until one day,
about FIVE hundred years before the
Christian era, when Aristides, chasing
rom his Office in desperate haste to
latch the last street-car, was stopped by
who wanted to tel him
low, the rheumatism had been troubling
him nearly all winter, and how many
Kings he had tried for j....s .s.s7's~-'s@s-s.s
A GENTLEMAN mot extremely given to-
,iety was dismayed by being asked to
ay grace at a strange table. To refuse
md explain would be embarrassing; to
comply would be equallyso. Heschose
he latter, and started off briskly enough
With sob, Lord, bless this table ~
lust here, being unused to the bust
less, he nearly broke down, but by
gigantic effort pulled through. with
8 World without end. Yours respect
ally, amen"
THE late public executioner of Paris,
4. Roch, was stout and agreeable. He
vore black clothes aud an enormous
,old watch chain. "In private life,"
avs French journal, "he was a very
worthy man, and lived quietly like
,ood bourgeois in an apartment on the
bird story, at No. 10 Rue Rochebrune,
With his wife and seven children. On
he door was a simple brass-plate with
his inscription: .Roch, Fonctionnaire
'ublic.,' -
IT is all wrong to let your church choir
% off singing in the opera of Pinafore 1
etween Sundays. A dreadful thing re-
emily happened on this account at a
california funeral. The pastor, . tall,
7hite- haired man, much resembling an
dmiral, arose in the pulpit and had no
ooner finished, in a sing-song tone, the
emark, "We miss his presence in his |
sual haunts," than the choir sprang TO
IS feet and shouted in return, ".And so |
o his sisters and his cousins and his |
units" t... 1w p
HATTIE E. DANFORrH of Franklin,
nd, applied for divorce the other
ay from her husband, Chas. Danfortk.
LATHE is young and good looking, and
be Judge jocularly remarked that he
Tould grant the prayer Of the petition
r with the proviso that when she again
married she would, come to Elm to have
be ceremony performed. She left the
Courthouse free of -Danforth, but had
ct been;gone but a short time when
he returned, accompanied by one Ed
1ard Wilson, who had license, and
the Judge to perform the Ger.
mony for the twain. 'e
A Cure for HydrOphObia. ~
- r. 1870 1870 .i-l sssrfI |
w. b. Reynolds, M. D., writes to the
ew York Sun: I send to the San a
'cipe for rabies-less properly called
drophobia-which I have not seen in
~ medical book, but which have.
led for twenty years in my practice.
no case has it ever failed to do all
tet 10 cla; mod fr,- ~ The ,,ronorat;o,, |