American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-10-04
HERE AND THERE.

A THOUSAND pounds of powder was
exploded in quarry near Reading, Pa,
loosening about $4,000 tons of stone at
one blast.
"A ONE-ARMED man drew 2,7S0 from
a Philadelphia bank, and was counting
the money at a desk. A thief dropped
a one-dollar bill at his feet, and said,
" See, you have dropped a bill" The
one-armed man stopped to pick up the
81, and when he Strengthened up again
the thief had gone off with the $3.50.
COLONEL JOHN MAUND told the
Savannah News that on Mayor
Huff's place, near Macon, Ga, the ne
groes in one day wore out six wedding
hoes chopping off the heads of snakes
other. 1t was estimated that $1,000
snakes were killed. Col. Maund proved
his statement by Mayor Huff,
| A BAND of American 'sdoctresses ~
have recently been visiting Rome and
created in that foreign city quite a sem
sation. Some of them were remarkably
pretty, bright and merry, and stared
saucily at those who stared at them.
They wore black silk and cashmere
dresses, were s'uniformed - alike. and
only one wore spectacles.
AT funeral in Salem, Mass, recent
ly, stranger stepped forward and
asked to see the face of the corpse. He
was told that the family did not wish to
have the coffin opened, when he de-
manded that his request be granted, as
the body was that of sister whom he
had not seen for many years. A sur
viving sister came forward and recog-
nized the man rs brother who for many
years had been thought dead, and the
meeting of the two at the open grave
was very affecting.
SPEAKING of the tradition that Capt
Kidd buried treasure at the mouth of
Fear River, the Wilmington On. c.
Star says: ''Even now the work goes
on, and travellers over the country roads
in that direction often see mysterious
excavations by the roadside, and at
night catch glimpses of weird-looking-
groups furtively plying the pick and the
| spade by the light of a torch in ques. of
the hidden treasure. The mysterious
seekers for these boards of the freeboot-
ers are generally colored people, whose
cupidity and superstitious fancies are
worked upon by so-called OWNERS of
| their own color. No one has ever heard
of their being rewarded for their toll and
trouble, and in all probability no one
! ever will.
from Ulrlndi to Landsman's Drift, which
the Daily Neacs prints in a private letter
from their correspondent, fully confirms
all previous impressions of the nature of
the achievement. 1t was not, as Mr..
Forbes himself says, Il remarkable ride
for speed-110 miles in 20 hours-but
as display of the combined qualities
of daring, endurance, and resource it
was undoubtedly most remarkable
performance. There was,'' he says,
g no road, only a confusion of wagon
tracks through the long grass made by
our vehicles in their advance. Every
where the bush, in detached clumps
some 10 feet high, clustered thick around
and among these tracks" Often the
rider, as he tells us, lost his road, and
only regained it by luck. At one point
the fog was so dense that he had to dis
mount and feel in the wet grass for the
wagon ruts. Through all these difficult
ties, however, he persevered, and
reached Fort Marshall in safety with the
news of the victory.
THE clothes worn by one beauty at a
recent English garden party are thus
described: The upper portion, or body,
which extended without change of sub
stance to very nearly the knee, was
composed of a coarsely knitted pink-silk
jersey, cut into the figure, and fitting it
like the very tightest of eel-skins. The
skirt was short; cashmere of the same
color, killed in folds, and apparently
fastened on to the top part by IL draped
scarf, with long ends which was made
of the same material as the body. As
this last was laced up at the left side,
and as the fair wearer kept her arm de-
terminedly over the eyelct holes, large
sums of money were wagered us to the
method by which she had managed to
get into her dress, which, notwithstand-
ing its eccentricity was certainly very
effective and becoming. 1t is to be
hoped, however, that before rashly
adopting Il costume of this order the
virtuous British matron will seek the add
vice of some candid and unprecedented
female friend; for upon any thing but a
sylph-like figure the effect would be
ridiculous.
EDUCATED, pretty and fashionable
dressed women were not common in
Nevada City, Cal, in 1854. Therefore
the arrival of Madam Dumont in that
mining town caused considerable excite
ment, for she was attractive in the three
mentioned particulars. Besides, she was
not more than 20 years old. She at once
hired Il corner in II large saloon and
opened faro game. The novelty of 4
woman dealing the cards drew many
gamblers to her table, and her success
was so great that she soon opened Il
large establishment, where Il dozen
games were kept going night and day
She gained the reputation of dealing
honestly, was always smilingly polite,
and the miners liked her-even held hel
in considerable respect. But her luck
changed at last from good to bad, and