American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-02-22
HERE AND THERE.

ly mentioned as having silky white hair
a small figure, an aristocratic foot an
a clean-shaven, black-eyed, handsom
old face.
| A NEW JERSEY man has invented
paper stocking, intended to be worl
over the cotton or wooden stocking
thereby excluding cold and dampnes
from the feet.
Mr.. A. j. DhEkEL, the banker, ha
had 1855 small houses built in the outly
ing wards Of Philadelphia, for the &C
commodatioh Of people of moderate
means.
TIE bicycle mania does not seem II
the least to have diminished In England,
q company for the manufacture Of th@se
machines having just been organized
with capital of $175,OO
THE office of Gov. Roberts, of Texas
is furnished with several splint-botton
chairs, plain table, carpet that i.
burned in front of the fireplace, cheap
little washstand, and bed.
BRiGHr colors, gaudy trappings and
even white horses are being elirhinated
from the French army service; as they
furnish a too conspicuous mark for the
new arms of precision now used in war.
fare.
AN English church association in
Manchester has hit upon an admirable
device for relieving distress. The ladies
purchase materials and cut GARMENTS fol
distribution among the poor, and then
hire needy women to make them at low
wages.
A MAP of the sewerage system OF
Brooklyn, N. Y, and Of the diseases
that prevail along the chief drains and
receptacles, is very startling. The
houses where cases of diphtheria and fe-
vers have occurred are shaded with
black.
A DIspAToH from Berlin contains the
statement that according to the investi-
cation made by the German Board of
Health, the plague has existed in As
trakhan since May, 1877. Even paper
money in the district has been ordered
to be burned.
THE French Naturalization Society
annually exhibits at its gardens speci-
pie of the world. During the past cold
weather some Laplanders were import
cd for exhibition, together with cos
tunes, implements, etc.
In the Inscriptions to be placed on the
pedestal of Cleopatra's Needle 1t has
been resolved, at the personal sugges-
ton of the Queen, to add the names of
the men who lost their lives in the at
tempt to rescue the crew of the Cleopa-
ira during the storm in the Bay of Biscay,
in October, 1877.
THE Munich Society for the Protec-
ton of Animals, has offered prize of
$50 marks for the best set of short rules
on the care of animals. They must not
be less than twelve nor more than
twenty in number, concise, simple in
language, and each rule not to exceed
four lines.
IT was remarked by eminent author
ity, at the recent meeting of the French
Society of Hygiene, that in houses ex-
posed to the north smallpox ragged the
least. 1t was suggested that inquiry be
made as to whether certain winds did
not exercise a particular influence on
the development of the disease.
WOMEN are scarce, therefore precious,
in the Far West. In some places three
quarters of the population are men who
want partners for life. In Idaho not
one man in 80 has a wife. Numerous
letters from these forlorn ones are re-
ceived East, asking why women do not
emigrate to the Territory.
The Canadian Government has sent
skilled veterinary surgeons to various
parts of the five older provinces to in
vestigate as to the existence, if any, of
pleuro-pneumonia. The statement that
Manitoba is suffering for beef on ac-
count of the order excluding American
cattle is incorrect, for the reason that
is not included in the order
THE late Prince Henry of the Neither
lands was one of the wealthiest princes
in Europe. His property has been usu-
ally estimated in Holland at $41 500, 900.
The greater part of it consists in State
funds; there are also shares in CONNER
cial companies, landed estates, and cas-
ties, and similar property, some of it in
the Netherlands, the remainder in Ger
many and the Dutch colonies.
A QUEER case is on trial in New York.
A Miss Horn sues friend of her child
hood days, when both lived in Austria,
for breach of promise. She alleges
that, while he was in the old country,
he wrote promising to marry her if she
would furnish money for the trip. She
did SO. He came, saw, but was not
conquered, and now refuses to marry.
His excuse is to the effect that, while
still in Austria, her father showed por-
trait of beautiful woman, which he
said was his daughter. The defendent
agreed to marry the woman of the pic
ture and is willing to now. He does
not find in Miss Horn, however, any
such attraction, and claims to have been
deceived. Hence his unwillingness and
hence the suit.
THE St. Gothard tunnel is now the
longest tunnel in the world, the length,
bored from both sides, reaching a total
of 13,4S1 yards-23 yards longer than
the Mont Gents. Very nearly 5000
yards still remain to be excavated. Most
of the laborers employed in the galleries