American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-05
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Do two phrases make paraphtaseF
The mule is the bird that makes the
shoe fly.
EARLY to bed and early to rise.
Makes n man healthy. and wealthy and wise
Early to bed and early to rise,
A man gets rid of mosquitoes and flies,
fftE DRAMA OF LOVE.
Act one, we meet;
| Act two, give clasping hands;
| Act three, some kisses SWEET
Act four, cold barren Lands;
Act five; granite slab that lonely stands.
| -7honaas s. Collier.
THE last rays of the setting sun were
shining on the gilded frame of mirror
before which young fop had been
standing for hours, trying to arrange a
refractory tie, when he exclaimed,
s.Aha, at last It's eventidei'
The following spistie was sent by an
eminent physician to the mother of one
of his patients with a present Of pair
Of ducks:
| I send my dear madam. this scrap of a letter.
To say that your daughter is very much bet
| ter;
l u regular doctor no longer sno lacks,
I therefore have eeht her d 5etple Of duacts.
A PATHETIC story concerning the late
Prince Louis Napoleon has escaped
most of the chroniclers. With his ia
Their the Prince Imperial saw Isabella
II. and her son Alfonso driving rapidly
into Biarits, both of them in tears, on
their way from Spain. s'Where is the
little boy going toe'' asked the Prince.
$40 exile," answered the Emperor.
"And what Is exileP'' the child persist
ed. go, that will be explained to you
when you grow up" answered his IA
Their. Stern experience taught him the
sad lesson.
A GOOD story-the better because it
is true-is told at the expense of a be-
nevolent lady who was examining the
work of the associated charities of this
city. One Of the applicants fot relief
seen by her was colorsd woman, who
told doleful story of suffering, which
SO worked upon the mind of the lady,
against the advice of an experienced
friend, she gave her 90 to relieve her
present distress. Her disgust may be
imagined when she Learned that the
ward bought a four-button pair of kid
gloves and a seat for Pinafore" with
the money.-Boston Advertiser.
HAD occasion once to call in a pro-
fessional accountant to inspect the
books of q concern in which I was in
terested. He looked very benign in.
dividua1, and; ON my explaining to him
that wanted balance-sheet, he said,
In q suave voice: "Quite so; and do
You wish me to take sanguine view or
the reversed" 1 said: al don't quite
understand. I want to know exactly
how l stand" "Oh!" he replied, 81
didn't know if you wish me to show a
profit or loss; can, of course, do either.
thought you might want it for publ
cation" He evidently fancied was
going to dispose of the concern to the
public. The Cyprus balance-sheet is
for the public.-London Truth.
ESPRIT photography" is thus ex-
planned by Rochester photographer:
81 take piece of glass and on it l
paste the photographed heads of such
spirits as wish to reproduce in hazy
outlines about the head of the sitter.
In the center of the glass put nothing,
but arrange the 'spirits in semi-cir-
Gle. Then frotn this prepared plate l
take negative, and aftefward posi-
tive. When sitter comes for photo
graphs take a negative just as would
any ones. When the printing is done,
1 place the positive plate of the sitter
under the positive plate of the Spirits
'spirits being in semi-circle, the finish
ed photograph appears as if the sitter
was surrounded by heads in the air."
SOME tricks in ssParlor Magic" print
ed i'll Juvenile publications, are very
amusing, as well as very simple. "The
Enchanted Pin," for instance. To per-
form this trick you take a common
brass pin, such IS man sometimes uses
to fasten his shirt-collar when q rear
button flies of. To satisfy your audi
ence that the pin doesn't contain false
bottom, let them have it in their hands
to inspect. This will convince them
that there is no deception about it. Now
bend the pin in two places-irst, about
one third from the head, and, second,
about the same distance from the point,
SO that the business end will project up
ward. Again show the pin to your au-
dience in order to satisfy them that it is
the same pin, only bent-bent on mis-
chief. Now place the pin on hard
bottomed chair, and when a late visitor
enters invite him to sit upon the chair.
The effect will be magical. If the cell
ing is not more than ten feet from the |
floor, the probabilities are that the man
will arise so spontaneously that his head
will make dent in it. This innocent |
little trick never fails to amuse an audi
ence, and if such amusements received
more encouragement in the domestic
circle there would be fewer poems writ
ten, asking 'Where is my boy to-nightp'
NorristoUn Herald.
MR.. NATHANIEL Roof, one of the
Oldest men in Coventry, Conn.,, his age
being "a, died under very singular cir
recently. He had been in
health for one of his years. He
got up on the morning of the day he
lied and prepared to 60 into the field at
work, when neighbor came in, to
whom he said: elm expec ting to die
o-dayl" The remark was SO coolly