American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-09
HERE AND THERE.


school boards in Edinburgh, as severa
of them have been reelected, they hav
ing been made members in 1873 Eng
land, also, has women members on he
school boards.
THERE are two lady lawyers in Lon
don who have large legal bushes
through the lawyers and yet are not al
lowed to plead in court. There is =.
vigorous effort being made to allow then
all the privileges men lawyers are en-
titled to.
In Rome efforts are being made tt
form club for woman's advancement
The American residents are active and
the present Queen of Italy has long beer
interested in educational matters, and
her attendance at the lectures make
them fashionable.
A YOUNG man died in Binghamton,
| N. Y, from the effects of swallowing a
silver half-dollar about three weeks pre-
viously. He was tossing the coin in the
air and catching it in his mouth, to
amuse child, when it lodged in his
throat and passed into his stomach.
AN unordained preacher of the Epis-
copal Church ct Washington, named
May, has drawn $4,000 in d lottery,
and says he is going to build a church
preach on his own account if his church
friends object to his getting money in
that way.
A PROJECT is on foot in Germany for
sending large selection of German
manufactured goods to South America,
to be displayed in an itinerant exhibit
ton, as means Of making the popula-
ton acquainted with German manufac-
lures and thus securing fresh market
for the same.
PROTESTANT missionaries in Turkey
say that young Turks who are sent to
America to be educated, in order that
they may return and labor for Christian
ity among their countrymen, aim to
obtain a medical rather than religious
education, SO as to practice medicine
proftably when they get home.
The white gaiter and low shoe of the
French infantry soldier is to be re-
placed by more serviceable half boot,
and the red trousers are to be replaced
by more somber and more sensible
color. There are $3.50 drummers in
the French army, and the abolition of
the drum is under discussion.
WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT made in
his own name, one day recently, the
biggest investment in bonds on record.
His purchase consisted of 81, 900, 900 in
United States per cent. bonds, each
bond of the value of 100000. The
bonds were bought by Mr.. Vanderbilt,
it is said, as an investment for his fam
lily.
IT is rumored that SANKEY'S third ez-
pedition into the dark continent is for
the purpose of verifying the reports of
the existence of large deposits of pre-
cious metals in Central Africa. He goes
this time for wealth instead of disGot-
cry. This is the reason his trip has been
kept so quiet, and he expects to reap
rich reward for himself and his hackers
in this expedition.
ONE of the institutions of London is
the chatwornan, or chorewQman. Does
a woman fail as SERVANT, does the eye.
sight of a seamstress give way, is the
wife or widow of an artisan or laborer
overtaken by adversely, she falls into
the great army of charwomen. Some
are trustworthy and are employed for
years in the same family and take care
of the house. Their pay is from fly to
Is cents day, with food.
THE wife of Des Moines man gave
him letter to direct, and he said he
would do it when he got to the Office.
After he arrived at the office he found
that he had neglected to ask, and his
wife had forgotten to tell. to whom the
missive was to go. He wasn't the man
to disappoint his wife, who was anxious
to have the letter go in the first mail,
and so he addressed it to the first of her
lady friends that came into his mind.
The missive was intended for her moth
er-contained state secrets-and the
exodus to Kansas, says the Register, has
OCCh AhOiCoSOo W OhO-o P1hOs hoS SoiuS
bald headed man, who asks for nothing
better than to be let alone.
ONE of the best known sects in Rus
STA is that of the 'Khlysti," among
whom men and women alike take upon
themselves the calling of teachers and
prophets, lead an ascetic life, and
preach adherence of marriage. Under
the excitement caused by their supposed
holiness or inspiration they commit
many extravagances. 1t has been said
by one who was initiated into the mys-
teries of the " Khlysti'' that when sew
eral of these teachers come together
they dispute with each other in a vain,
boasting way which of them possess
most grace and power, and that in this
rivalry they sometimes give each other
lusty blows on the ear, and that he who
bears the blows most patiently, turning
the other cheek to the assailant, &C
quires the reputation of having most
holiness.
AN eccentric lady of high social posi-
ton in Springfield, Mass, changes the
collins of her departed friends nearly as
often as the undertaker's fashions vary.
She is able to crafty this costly within,
and periodically the family tomb under
goes Transformation, and dry bones |
are taken from their resting places and
placed in the choicest receptacles of the
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