The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-03-06
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SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

| A curly. bright neau, ana porcneQ upon u
| Little Rag-tag of brown sun bonnet;
| pair of old shoes forever united,
| Whose soles have holes, whose toes grin wide.
| Come sun or come shade, come shine or come
| rain,
To little Rag-tag it's ever the same;
| With an air of the most supreme content,
She paddles and plays till the day is spent.
Why people complain she never can see,
| When God is as good as ever can be;
4 She talks to herself and laughs. and sings
| About the world and its beautiful things;
But though he ia good to all Of the rest,
She is verv sure that he loves her best!
| oh, how much better this world would wag
| II we all had hearts like little Rag-tagl
| -Christids Union.
| This is the form IN wiiicn they say
| the dispatch first came: Emperor of
China dead Prince Kqng will be re-
gent head physician of the court de-
capitated." nIf li 81 i-si 20 -.
POWDERED chalk added to common
glue strengthens j.. A glue which will
| resist the action of water is mads by
boiling one pound Of glue in two quarts
of skinned milk. i... -
BUTLER COUNTY, Missouri, has the
most eccentric genius on record He ia
now sixtv-fiVe years OF age. AT the age
of twenty one he commenced to count
two billions. He has counted almost
necessarily ever since, and his task is
still incomp7ete. He says he wants to
count that number and die happy.
The Japan News gives currency to
statement on coed authority that Japan
ese criminals prefer being sfrangled 10
being decapitated. and that, too, on re-
ligious grounds the idea apparently
being that so long as the body iB intact,
its resurrection indispensable, but
that when the. head il once separated
from the body it may never be reunited.
TEE SUNNY Soul
There is msny rest on the road of life
II We would only stop to take It.;
And many tone from the better land,
II the querulous heart would wakeit. r..t
To the sunny soul that is full OF hope,
And whose beautiful trust meier faileth. d.
The grass ia green, and the flowers are bright,
Though the wintry storm prevsileth
THE prefecture of police Of Toxic,
Japan, has issued the following circu-
lar "Apy person in European costume
meeting his imperial msjesty will be
obliged to salute she- emper0r- hold
Jog his hat under his left arm and low
ering bis right hand TO his knees.
Those who do not wear q hat will be
obliged to lower both hands to the knees
while bowling before the emperor"
SPEAKING of law books, a recent lee
buIcf On LILO buOlcC9 balQ AuObuCL
peculiarly of these books is, that no
one but lawyer ever reads them. ALI
other books have readers outside the
class for whom they are specially writ
ten /; and we have, accordingly, amateur
men OF science, physicians, amateur
artists, and even amateur theologians,
but no one overheard of an amateur
lawyer"
ON a Detroit sidewalk, the other day,
a portly man snatched at the surround
ing air for a second or two, and then
went down upon the icy bricks with a
force that shook his frame and made
him see stars. "Say," remarked Q
newsboy to his companion who wit
messed the catastrophe, "that ERE fell
ler's Free Mason didn't you see him
giving the sign? Inside of a minute
two boys were getting away, closely
followed by.a boot. -
A SAN FRANCISCO husband denies that
the new chemiloon dress arrangements
are any improvement on the old style.
His wife has adopt I'D it, and 1t takes
her seventy minutes on an average to get
embarrassed at night, and on one occa-
sion the numerous India-rubber straps
got into a snarl, and, suddenly COLLAPSE
ing, caused her to perform a donble
somersault, during which her head came
in contact with the ceiling OF the loom,
knocking her senseless. -sIf
Scatter thy life as the Summers shower pouring.
What IL bird through the pearl rain Is soarfngT
What IL no blossom looks upward adoriDgl s-fr
Look to the life that was lavished for theei
20 the Wild wind Btrews its perfumed caressesi
Evil and thankless the desert 1t besses;
Bitter the wave that its soft piDion pressess st
WHAT Il T. the hard heart gives thorns for thy roses
What il on rocks thy tired bosom repoees;
Sweeter is music with minor-keyed closes,
Fairest the vines that on ruins will cling.
Give the heart gives whose letters are breakne-
Life, love. and hope all thy cams and thy waking;
Thou shalt know God. and the gift that he gave.
VERY stern parent indeed: "Oome
here. sir! What ia this complaint the
schooImaster has made against your
Much injured youth: cts Just moth
ing at all. You see Jimmy Hughes bent
a pin, and I only just lefs it on the
teachers chair for him to look at. and
he came in without his specs, and sat
right down on the pin. and now he
wants to blame me for it. -.. r.-.
ENGLISH PRoNUNCIATIoN.- ....
(rhe ease with which the English laneuage can
be acquired by foreigners will be understood After
q perusal Of the followinz1
Wife, make me some dumplings OF dough,
They're better than meat for my cough;
PRAY let them be boiled till hot through
Now-I must be on to the plough,
And the boys, when they've bad enough,
Must keep the flies OFF with o bough,
While the old mare drinks at the trough.
INSIDE of the hat of cattle thief re-
Gently arrested in Detroit were found
pasted the following maxims "Re-
member that truth is jewel; do not
covet respe ct old age be content with
what you have; live that men will take
YOUR character as an example," In con-
sideration of this excellent principles
governing the mans life the judge
kindly allowed him to retain the printed
slip containing them during his years
sojourn in the penitentiary.
WE cannot too soon convince our
selves how easily we may be dispensed
with in the world. What important
personages we imagine ourselves to be
We think that we alone ara the life OF
the circle in which we move IN our
absence we fancy that life, existence
and breath will come to a general pause;
aud, alas the gap which we leave Is
scarcely perceptible, SO quickly is II
filed again nay, 1T Is often put the
place, il not for something better, at
least for something more agreeable
Goethe.
A PRETTY girl is employed to take up
the collections in Springfield church,
and the receipts are very heavy. III
strange gentleman hesitates about con-
tributing, she smiles, mods and wlnks
in such a queer style that the victim
first bushes up to the roots OF his hair,
and then makes a dive for his pocket
book, anxious to close the interview as
soon as possible. All the young fellows
that know her think it worth fifty cents
a week to catch her beautiful brown
owe, and the women all pay because II
thew don't she avs "meanhy" with her
Inns. while look of intense disgust
overspreads her face.
PawnbrOkers.