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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31
Euthanasy.

Its Practice tn lndia-.EnOrt Tor tho
Suppression of the Custom.
During the incumbency of Sir Cecil
Beadon (the friend of India of the 22d
of May says) an attempt was made to
regulate the practice of taking sick peo-
pie to the riverside to die but nothing
was done then, as the government of
India and the secretary of state did not
consider any interference in this matter
necessary, although the more advanced
section of the native community threw
their opinion into the scale with the
lieutenant governor. That some regu-
lations are absolutely necessary will be
seen from these facts "On the Thurs
day before last, at about five o'clock in
the afternoon, procession was OBJ
served passing through a station not
far from Calcutta, accompanied by the
usual din and noise. At the head of
the procession was man about six feet
high carried on a litter about four feet
long, in much the same way as the bed
of Procustes in the olden time was
made to accommodate its victims of any
stature. At first the occupant of the
stretcher was taken for a corpse, but
on a closer examination it was discov-
cred to be a human being in the last
stages of prostration. The head was
dangling over one end of the stretcher,
and the face exposed to the full glare
of the sun, which the dying man at
tempted to keep off by shading it with
his right hand. This was observed by
his son in the crowd who opened an
umbrella and held it over him. The
procession stopped at gate opposite
the station public library, and the
stretcher with it's burden was laid on
hn ho c1n 10
wish for something to drink, and a cup
of milk was held to his lips he then
had SNAKE and conversed freely in
the meanwhile with his friends who
had followed him. A miserable looking
and shabbily- attired native who was
addressed as the koberaj mohashal,
held the pulse of the sick man with a
gravity of circumstance worthy of q
disciple of Galen. To out the matter
short, the sick man was kept at the
gate till the Saturday following, and as
he still persisted in disappointing his
friends and relatives in their expeeta,
ton of seeing him depart this life, he
was renewed to another gate higher up
the river, where he was kept for a time
immersed in water with the head and a
portion of the chest above it, till he
expired in this position. The deceased
was a man of the weaver caste and OF
some prospects. He had removed to
this station some years back from
Doud, where q portion of his family
are still residing. Another ghastly
murder took place about two or three
weeks ago. In this case the victim
was woman, the wife of q respect
able shop keeper.
FEATHERS are shooting all over the
toilettes. The gossips say feather fans
feather parasols, and feather hats are
all the go. Feather trimmings are nov
arranged with so much lightness an6
beauty that they are considered as suit
able for summer rs well as winter wear
They are mounted with fringe as we'll a
bands. though as bands they are uset
for the trimming of bonnets and para
soils,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

THOSE INDIAN EXILEs The trans
portation of the Indian murderers of
the Germaine family is no doubt
fresh in the mines of our readers.
The citizens of st. Augustine, in
Florida, the most venerable of Ameri.
can cities, will, no doubt, be delighted
to learn that they are shortly to be
favored with the company of some three
hundred squaws and pappooses, to be
sent mt the expense of the government to
+. Florida to soothe the pangs of exile
and imprisonment which now wiring the
manly breasts of tho fifty or sixty
Kiowa and Comapche warriors. Your
ordinary-white assassin once caught III
the clutches of the law, is deprived
throughout all his term of punishment
of the amenities of family and social
life.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31
CANTON, MISSISSIPPI, JULY 81, 1875.

by the author of the Northern Farmer
But space forbids MS to dwell longer on
details. We can but end as we began
by saying that we do not know where
te look in past-Shaksreerean English
poetry for poem in which the true fire
of drama so burns as in Mr.. Tennyson's
Queen Mary.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31
MOSS
n-sAR FAUCK'

E1-sAR FAUcKrr.
Strange tapestry, by Nature SPIN
I'd viewless looms, alunf from sr1r
Ana spread through lonely hooks and srots
where shadows reign, and Ieafy rest
moss, OF ali your dwelling-spots
In which one are you loveliest:
u ~ wnen near grim roots that coil
Npeir snaky black through humid sofIe
wnen You wrap, in woodland Rlooms
ehe great prone pine-trunks, rotted red
Se xnen You dim, on sombre tombs,
The requiescais Of the tieads
vi IL 1t when your lot Is cast
IN some quaint garden of the past
On some gray, crumbled basins brin.
with cor chs that widowed Trft,ns blow
while yonder, through the roptars prim
Looms up the turreted chateau?
Nay, ioveliest are you when tire weaves
soar emerald nlms on low, dark caves
ABOVE where pink rorcb-roese peer
And woodbints break in fragrant foam
Ana cniidren laneh, and you can hear
LIE heaiipgs Of the heart of Hos.,>
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31
A FREAKE OF FORTUNE.

Charles J. Freake, to whose assem-
blies half the aristoctatic world delight
to crowd, and whose residence accom-
modates somewhere about l 1000 guests,
was originally a pot boy, whose father
gained a livelihood by carrying on q
double trade in beer and building both
on a limited scale. His youthful in
clinations led him to give considerable
larger measure of attention to building
than to beer, and he quickly became a
small speculative builder, trading in his
own name. With him speculation pros
pered; he purchased lands, built on
them, and sold the houses. From mod
est houses he went on to build man.
sions, and what is known as Queens
Gate, where the most spacious and
costly dwellings, in the metropolis are
located, sprang into being under the
persevering toll of this hero OF an al
most romantic story.
He now employs thousands of men In
his various works, occasionally gives
church building it himself) to new
parish, erects schools at his own ex-
pense, is a millionaire, and occupies the
largest of the houses he has built,
namely. Cromwell house. He did not
design to occupy that house, however.
1t was built for the duke of Rutland.
His grace resided there some time, and
might be residing there still, for he
liked Cromwell house exceedingly well
but, when the adjoining mansion was
finished, Freake settled himself and his
family in it, and as a duke, with his
builder for neighbor, was wholly con-
trary to his grace's ideas OF propriety,
and certainly does seem an odd illustra-
ton of the eternal fitness OF things,
negotiations were hurriedly completed
for handing over the larger residence to
the trsdesman, while the most noble
tenant removed to Butte house, on
Campden hill, becoming the next neigh
Dor to his grace of Argyle. Other mobiles
have been less punctilious, and at the
present time the lord chancellor and
the earl of Denbigh are the millionaire
builders very near neighbOrs, and
princes of the blood not unfrequently
deign to make morning calls, and even
occasionally appear at fashionable gath
erings there.-LOndOn Letter.
HINTS ON DIET-The stomach should
never be overloaded. Bread Is the staff
of life and is very nutritious as well as
as djgestible. The best bread is made
of unbolted wheat Graham four.) 1t
should form part of every meal.
Bread and milk is the best diet for
children, and is good for adults. Too
much salt irritates the stomach.
Colds are frequently produced by drink
ing hot tea and exposure afterwards.
Late suppors induce heart disease.
Pastry, cake, and fine flour bread con-
stipste the bowels. Boiled potatoes are
not so healthy rs baked ones. Fruits
are to be eaten at breakfast and dinner.
The stomach must rest to be healthy F.;
purgative medicines weaken the bowels.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Notices IN local columns inserted for 20 cents
per line for each insertion.
No proof Of publication Of legal advertise
ment- will be made until our fee is settled.
Announcing candidates for state and district
offices, SIS; and for county offices, $40.
Marriages aud deaths published free. Obitu-
aries charged advertisements.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

The Scotia, the last side-wheeler Of
the Cunard Lime, has been withdrawn,
as too expensive and too easily dis
ordered..to be worth keeping.
THE wife of "Max Adeler weighs
200 pounds: and the Brooklyn Argus
says when Max asks her, "Shall heip
you over the fence ?" she replies, de-
murely, "No help the fence"
The "Black Death" scourge, which
has recently appeared in the rivers
Tigris and Euphrates, is the same which
DESTROYED millions of lives in Europe
and Asia during the fourteenth century.
MosrA1eNE said "The thing I am
most afraid of is fear" He never
thought of a woman watching the nlgnt-
latch Of front hall door at one O'Clock
in the morning, with fire enough IN ner
eyes to save the expense OF gas-hght.
WHsN a mother cuts her sons hair
with such nice precision and artistic
neatness that the boy il ashamed 70
take off his hat when he goes TO Ded, II
il about time our domest1c InStitusions
were overhauled and remodeied.
ELDER sister (condescendingly See,
Ethel. you had better come and Walk In
nv shadow. It will be cooler Tor you
Younger sister (who resents patronage)
You are very good, Maud but nave
a shadow of my own, thank you
THE Hartford Times reports that on
Tuesday there were seen on wharf In
that CITY no fewer than sixteen children,
hetween the ages of four and eight
wears, all drunk They had obtained
access to some of the vile liquor OF the
dram-shops and drank enough to set
hem crazy drunk, or helpless. Some
were weakly trying to stab each other
with such weapons as they could reach
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

The following occurs IN Moore's
"reminiscences Scott told of Ger
mar in some small theater, saying, Mt
the very moment when the whole au-
dience was in still and breathless atten-
ton to the sorrows of Mrs. Beverly,
az would Ike much to know who dat
was dat spat in my eye,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

LOVES YOUNG DREAM DIssIPATED.-
There is a family at Sandy Hill, N. Y,
which has very practical way of view
ing events in life and dealing with sud-
den emergencies. The fourteen-year-
old daughter of this family, who has
been addicted to dime novels and other
sentimental gush, eloped with school
boy, got married to him, and then re-
turned with him to be forgiven, after the
manner of the lovers in the dime novels.
The parents, however, were not like the
parents in the dime novels, for the
mother soundly spanked the girl, aud
the boy or his way out of the house
was kicked eighteen times by the father.
As neither of them had ever read any
thing of this sort in novels, the denoue-
ment WAS a genuine surprise to them.
The welcome of the fond parents, how
ever. is said to have worked like a
charm, and both of the lovers are cured
of their folly. Love may laugh at a
locksmith, but when it comes to spank
ing and No. 10 boots, love can raise ut
best only a very sickly smile.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

GRocERs CHEATING IN ENGLAND
In apt adulteration
Our tradesmeu now exult;
THEY'D Ill thu Eugiish nation.
Both infant aud adult.
In trade what lots of trickeryl
In ale how little malt
The coffee's full Of chicory,
The beer il full of salt.
Nutrition for the nursery,
For babies plump and arch,
Turns out upon cursory
Inspection to be-staTch!
Maizena, and Oswego
Are starch without the blue;
But where the deuce will he go
Who dares such things to do?
What though q man has led List
OF traders Of renown?
Even Moscow medalist
The analyst runs down.
And O how sad TO utter 90.
The statement Punch has seem =
That even best fresh butter Al
LIS made from butterine!
The truthful grocer non est
Alas his frauds are gross;
Neither is vintner honest
Nor brewer, inter nos.
II you would wear gray locks ON
Brains that with age won't fail,
Grow your own sheep and oxen,
And brew your own good ale.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

The Narrative passages OF the drama
especially the descriptions of LADY
Jane Grey's" death, andof "Cranmer's"
death-are worthy of Mr.. Tennyson /;
and, for descriptive passages, there
could not well be higher praise. The
two or three songs, again, are, as might
have been expected, perfect in their
way. The prose passages be
tween citizen, etc. are in one sense
the most difficult for a nineteenth GEN.
tury dramatist treating a sixteenth CEN
tury subject. since it is precisely in
homely talk that the artist runs most
risk of seeming an antiquarian. 1t is
Mr.. Tennyson's humor which has en-
abled him to succeed so well here. The
conversation between the two "garru-
lous country wives, in Act ", scene
3, could hardly have been written save
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

lofty SUBMITS and through which here and there the
soft afternoon sunlight was streaming were wonderfully
beautiful Arrived at the Glove road, which starts
az PalInsville four miles below, we turn westward
aud entirely prospect begins TO open before US
Afer time there view OF the wild and picturesque
Plauterkil peaks the one hand, and on the other
the vast and sombre forms of the great Blackhead
range loom up above the line OF hills that have hitherto
of the outlook % the north Directly In 'front.'
but a. yet several miles distant lies the great Hunter
Mountain the highest OF all the Catsks before reach
ing which pass the ENTRANCES 10 Mink Hollow and
Stony Glove, leading out into the Shandaken region.
Grandy, indeed, tower the tains on either
side Of these immense cefs In their midst.
At the foot Of Hunter Mountain rather that bold
and imposing portion OF II known the "Colonel's
Chair " lies the village Of the same name, which 10
srungs out for some distance along the bank OF the
SohohRre and Is thus most Economically situated II
Is remarkably pretty place, but street is
We remember very pleasantly as having afforded
US grateful shelter from the MONDAY on
the occasion OF our return from East Wind
ham, the tramp to which described in
former letter TO the HERALD. We arrived at Hunter
Jus as the sun was sinking In splendor behind the
purple rim OF the distant Westk Mountains and after
pleasant stroll down the river shore repaired to
the grounds of the parsonage where the festival
held Here we sat down to most inviting repas not
the least important items OF which the ice cream
and peaches aforesaid The festive scene was illumn-
ated by long rows Of Chinese lanterns, beneath which
were spread tables filled with fancy work and refresh
ments; while among them wandered the promiscuous
crowd OF visitors In which native Catskians mingled
shyly with the more elegant city folks rom the neigh
boring hotels and boarding houses
To the rustic swains present the post Office which
presided over by most bewltchng little mistress,
and the lemonade we'll whence refreshing draughts OF
GOODNESS drawn by no less charming Rebecca,
seemed be the chief points Of attraction Every year
they tell the story here of the unsophstcated farmer
who tastes Ice for the FIRST time
In his life at the Hunter festival, like the
old deacon at the party in ''Elsie venner;" but
think that by this time the unsophiscated farmers of
tho mountains must be nearly exhausted. The ride
home a glorious Tho air soft and balmy,
and the fair moon, high in the heavens was flood
ing with dreamy spendor the huge majestic shapes
of the mountains as they peacefully slumbered in the
misty summer night. 1--WE had been lively party on
the way more than uproarous going
back Fun and roc relgned supreme, and every house
passed the road saluted with some wild burst
OF tiger yels rousing chorus.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

81 don't know but would rather be In the house,
after all - said the girl, trembling little.
But fell asleep, and did not wake I'LL sun
beam and bid good morning
We are still at Bruce's, where the board Is $40
week. and the seclusion perfect We shall take
guide here and climb Mount Marcy In day or Two,
weather permitting.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

Any fraction viii good after the drawing for SIS in the
purchase Of whole bond The distribution take place
September 9, positively.
Bear In mind always that in fraction fails TO receive
Without loss
limited number Of fractions only 10 DO sold Pur-
chases can be made Of
WM. L. MARCY No. Wall street,
or A. JAMES % Park row;
or A WELLES, 81 University pacet
or MILLER Co, 0lS Broadway
Sale Of Bonds will be made up 80 O'Clock T. M at ofce
Of INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION CO..
II East Seventeenth street.
Drawing takes place at Tsmmsny Hall Monday, ssptsm
Der 9, at p. NJ.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

MARBLE MANTELS.
A 7 GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
~ An extensive stock of Slate and Marble Mantel Wash
Trays and Slate Work Of every description. .
PENRHYN SLATE COMPANY,
Union square, Fourth and Seventeenth st.. ". Y
A T COsT.-CLOSING OUT STOCK OF MARBLEIZED
"A Mantels Finest selection Of marble Mantels all quail
ties modern designs Turning for the trade at KLABER
co steam Marble Works West Fiftyhrst street, be-
tween Broadway and Eighth avenue.
CTEWARTs NEW SLATE MANTELs, 1NLAID WITH
- tiles; also marble and wood Mantels elegant designs
prices very low 40 and I'D West Twenythrd street.
Seventh avenue.
NJ u. A.. $. NLCHOLS-25o ENTIRELY NEW
w designs marble, slate and wood Mantels, manufao-
turersrou Cresng Stable Fixtures Fence Crates Weather
Yanes, 40, wholesale and retail Send fof catalogues 10
hndson street, opposite Worth
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05

AT B. MINTZ's 24s THIRD AVENUE, BETWEEN
n Twentieth and Twenty drs streets ladies and gentle
will be surprised 20 the great prices paid In cash for
Castof Clothing Carpets and Jewery for the Western and
southern trade Orders By pest punetuay attended hy Mr.
o. MrA HKNTk
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-19

A Paris newspaper gives this extract
from the notes of o young fellow who
tried to commit suicide anu WAS cut
down before suffocation was c,ulplete.
He was delighted to return to lie, and
it is noted that would-be suicides who
are rescued from their seltsought fate
rarely renew their attempt to shuffl. Oh
this mortal coil: When l stood on the
chair the mirror on the mantelpicce in.
voluntarily attracted me, aid l looked
at myself as / fastened the sip-knot
around my neck. .
Blood flowed to my heal, for my faca
was very red; something took place ut
the same time in my optic nerves, for il
seemed to me that my face suddenly be.
gan to make grimaces. My eyes aud
nose changed place instantly, like iha
pieces Of kaleidoscope. kicked the
chair from under me and fell with the
sensation that l had been struck on the
top Of the head with hammer. Il did
not at first feel the rope around my
neck. The only very clear impressions
which followed the blow with tue ham
mer on my skull was that of great heay-
mess in the head.
It seemed to me that my head wss
larger and heavier on my shoulders than
the great bell of NoIrs Dame. At the
same time felt an immense night fall
ing around and i'll me. Then i ielt ex-
tremely cold at my lower ex; x;remities.
and at the same time an acute, terrible
pain iii my neck, which was produced by
The rope, which cut my skin and sawed
my veins. Then l felt nothing. Evil
dehtly this was the moment when my
good aunt Ceciie entered my room aud
cut me down.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-19
Washington News.

Distlict Attorney Fishers Case
Yellow Fever-In the South, etc.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-Eyery effort is
being made by the friends Of District
Attorney Fisher to secure his retention
in the position, but it is not believed
there, is the slightest show OF success
Secretary Bristow, Attorney General
Pierrepont and r Postmaster General Jew.
ell all have presented reasons for his re.
moval, any one Of which would be suf.
icient. Richard Harrin gton, formerly
Assistant District Attorney under
Fisher, aud Charles p. Fisher, son.
have both been since the order Of sus-
pension was issued busily engaged in
securing signatures to a. paper asking
the President to revoke 1t. t.e6,,e s5sa
Counter petitions have also been ex-
tensiYely circulated, and the papers on
both sides have been forwarded to the
President at Long Branch, as has also
the commission OF Governor Wells made
out and ready for the Presidents sigma
ture. .t
The reports of yellow lever at Nor.
folk are denied by the Health Commits
sioner OF he city and by the Us. officials
stationed. there, but at Key West there
has been one death and four new cases
since the last advices.
The body of The Collector of Internal
Revenue recently murdered in Northern
Alabama has been recovered. The three
murderers who were arrested are in the
Jail at Huntsville.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-19
The Weather and Crops.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, July 19.-.The crop
reports from Dakota are very encourag-
ing. This year there will be about seven
million bushels. -
A company OF cavalry, under Captain
Donner, started from Fort Randall Fri
day for the Black Hills. They are going
after the miners there. An order has
been issued at Fort Randall prohibiting
citizens from remaining around that
post or on the reservation. ANY citizens
caught there without pass will be ar.
rested:
DAVENPORT, IA, July 10.-Yesterday
was the hottest day Of the season; the
thermometer stood at 110 degrees above
zero. The harvest in this section of the
country has commenced in earnest, and
the prospects are very favorable for an
abundant and an unusually good crop OF
all kinds of grain and vegetables, and q
large number OF hands have arrived
here.
LIVERPOOL, July 19.-The weather yes.
terday was unfavo9able to the crops
rain fell throughout large portion OF
the country. The excited feeling in the
grain market continues, and holders to.
day asked higher prices. The market
closed firm.