American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07
FACTS AND FANCIES.

"REoUIEsCAr in space" as the mule
said when he kicked a man up into the
clouds.
ARAFAT must have been a good show
town. Noah, with his animals, jumped
every other place forty days to make it
for one-night stand.-NeW Orleans
Picayane.
A DAMsEL applied for a place behind
counter. What clerical experience
have youp" asked the man of dry
goods. "Very little," she said, with a
blush, ''for L only joined the church
last week.
LITTLE Alice Mcdonald had tho
heaviest, silkiest, yellowest hair in Port
land, Oregon. One day she was miss
ing. A searching party soon found her
in the woods near the city, but all her
hair was gone. Two men had carried
her there and cut off her valuable locks.
AN autopsy on the body of Joseph A.
Gould, who died recently in Enfield,
Me-, showed that his death was caused
by splinter of bone, about the size of
a match, which had penetrated his
brain from a wound received in the civil
war.
THE biggest wheat farmer in the
country is DIR. H. J. Elan of Colusa
County, California. He has $4,000 of
his 60 900 acres in wheat this season,
and hopes to raise 100000 bushels
enough to pay the interest on the
1000, 900 he is said to owe, and have
some profit.
DR.. THOMSON, taking once for his
text, "Look not upon wine when it is
red in the cup" enlarged upon the evil
effects of drinking upon the head, heart
and purse. As the congregation de-
parted. two old cronies, given to tax
ing more than ''wee drap," talked
over the sermon. s'Dm you hear yon,
JohnnieP" quoth one. ''Did hearth
Wha didna hearth ne'er winked an
ee." sAweel, am what thocht ye
o'tp" "Adeed, David, think he has
been lad in his day, or he couldna ha'
ken'd sac weel about it; he's been a
sly hand, the minister"
The project of laying cable from
the Calf ,rnia coast to Japan by way OF
the Hawaiian Islands has reached the
point where subscriptions to the stock
are invited, and Cyrus w. Field has put
his name down for $1,000 It is ex-
pected that the Hawaiian Government
will subscribe $1,000, 600, and that the
remainder of the requisite capital will
be raised in London, Paris, New York
and San Francisco. The scheme is in
strong hands, and the fact that there
is an immense amount of capital in the
world that can't find profitable employ
ment in other enterprises is in its favor;
so there seems to be no reason why it
should not be a success.
PEER, who jumped from the suspen-
sion bridge at Niagara Falls, few days
ago, wore a rubber life preserver, to les
sen the depth of his penetration into
the water; sponge over his mouth and
nostrils, to prevent the water from be-
ing forced into them; aud thick cloth
over his feet and legs, to protect them
from conclusion. A brass wire, attach
ed to his shoulders was reeled out as he
fell, with just enough tension to keep
him in an upright position. To strike
the water flatwise would be certain
death. Peer dropped 1872 feet m four
seconds. He was exceedingly nervous
just before the feat, and it was thought
that his courage had given out.
LAWYER GALLAGHER of San Fran
cisco was desperately in love with Ma.
bel Curran, but she cared very little for
him. He went to her house when she
was i'll, forced his way to her bedside,
and asked her if she would marry him
She replied that she certainly would not.
"Then," he said, as he drew a revolv-
er, "you shall be united to me in death"
and he fired two shots-one at her and
one at himself. Up to this point the
affair was dramatic, and Gallagher no
doubt intended real tragedy, but his
aim was bad. Mabel escaped the bull
let by rolling over quickly, and it simply
made hole in her night-dress, while
the wound that he inflicted on himself
penetrated only to the breastbone.
AN amusing anecdote of the late Asa
Otis of New London, Conn, has just
come to light. He was at one of the
fish markets ON the wharf, clad in his
overalls, when the captain of
. sinking vessel rushed ashore, and,
Selling Mr.. Otis by the shoulder, shout
ed: "Say, old man, quick! Do you
want a job?" Mr.. Otis looked at him
a little surprised and turned away,
The persistent captain fol-
lowed him up and again demanded:
:" Say, you, don't you want a job to
pump out my vesselP'' but Mr.. Otis re-
NAMED silent, at which the exasperated
captain exclaimed: "Well, old chap,
Il you are too lazy to work, you will die
in the poor-house, surer than thunder"
This quiet man in his overalls was then
the owner Of more than three million