American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-01-11
HERE AND THERE.

HERE AND THERE.
MAINE gets all of New Hampshire
tramps since the passage of the ant
tramp law in the latter State.
A RESIDENT of St. Adams, VT, has
son, grandson and a great-grandson
and one of his grand sons is older thai
one of his sons.
ABOUT 1900 convicts in Georgia ar
kept in camps and worked by contract
and in consequence several hundred
have escaped within year.
NEAR where the Princess Alice wen
down a church is to be erected. A cler
gyman named Hill, whose children
were drowned, leads the movement.
THERE are 272 telephone stations un
der the direction of the Post-otlice au
thorities. The instruments work per
fectly over lines 80 miles long.
THREE palace-cars have been ordered
from New York, for New Zealand. Il
is understood they are to be used on g
through route for the sake of develop
ing the country.
A VERMONT boy took shelter in a
hollow chestnut tree, but fell in so far
that he could not climb out. He sue
cseded in enlarging a small knot-hole
with his fingers until it was large enough
for him to escape. 1t took him nearly
"a hours to do it.
julius H., elected 1903, was the first
Pope who revived the custom, long dis
continued, of letting his beard grow, in
order to give increased solemnity to his
aspect. This brought boards into fash
ion again-Francis of France and Char
les V. thenceforward encouraging them.
SOME enterprising individual has fit
ted up three canal boats, one as fur
niture factory, one as saIesroom and
one as a storehouse. These he has an
chored in the Erie Canal at Utica, N.
Y, for the winter, and is having such a
run of custom that the regular dealers
are in despair.
THERE are different avenues to fame.
The Maine newspapers announce that
"the lady who made the first pair of
trousers for the lamented William Pitt
Fessenden died recently at New Glou-
cester, at the age of Sc years. Her name
was Judith Rowe"
CAPT. GEO. TYSON, before going to
the Arctic regions, was Captain of the
watch at the United States Treasury
and says he understood, when
he went on his expedition, that his place
would be reserved for him. The place
has been filed, however, and he is out
Of job.
Two women in black, their faces
'hrouded in thick wells, visit Carson
New faro-bank, and play till early in
he morning, limiting their bets to 81
\ card. They never speak, and utterly
disregard the surrounding profanity and
yulgarity which they can not choose but
rear.
THE death of Princess Alice of Hesse
conveys warning which should not be
The physicians who have
Investigated the cause of the peculiar |
'irulence of the diphtheria which attack
ID her family with such fatal results
ave agreed that the rapid spread of the
Infection was entirely due to imprudent
issing.l A child with sore throat
ught not to be permitted to kiss any of
IS companions.
THE Santa Fe Company, says the
Denver Democrat, now has undisputed
ontrol of the transportation trade of
lew Mexico and Colorado, and will
Don hare line into the rich Leadville
mining regions, where, however, it will
ave to divide with the Denver, South
ark and Pacific Road, now pushing to
he same destination. The Atchison,
'opeka and Santa Fe has doomed up
within one or two years
nd its probabilities are most unlimited.
ALARMS of fire in schools are becom-
lg frequent; but the teachers fail not
} exhibit most praiseworthy presence
mind. In Grammar School No. 10,
| Wooster Street, New York, while
YER 1 800 pupils were in the building,a
It of fame was seen to issue from the
sgister in one of the rooms. The boy
no saw it called to the teacher, Mrs. |,
orsch, who instantly checked his half
tered cry of {" Fire." and quietly sent
II the principal. He saw the situation
glance, quickly but coolly closed the
'gister, and then gave the signal
Prepare for dismissal" Every body
oeyed. The piano sounded the usual
,tes, and in a marvelously short time
,ery pupil was out of the building.
ew knew why they were dismissed I'M
afterward, and the few who saw the
luse behaved like soldiers, and did as
icy were told. The fire was soon ex-
nguished; but panic is usually far
ore disastrous than a fire. ,
A Great Preachers Poverty.
Johnathan Edwards, by general con-
mt, holds the first place among the
-iginal thinkers of America. Mr.. Par
IN, who has no sympathy with his re-
yious views, says of him, ''Upon every
srson reared since his day in New Eng
nd he has made discernible impress
on, and he influences to this hour mil '
ons who never heard his name.''
But this great preacher fought hard
attle with penury in his last years, and
as often sorely perplexed to find food
r his large family. Dismissed from ]
e church in Northampton, Mass lover