The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-26
Project for the Civilization Of Africa.


A bold project for the civilization of
Africa is announced ttnder the sanction
of Capt. Sir John a. Glover, Mr.. r. N.
Fowler, and other well known gentlemen.
This is the formation of a canal for COM
mercial purposes from the mouth OF the
river Belta on the Atlantic, in the
neighborhood of Cape JUDY and Cape
Bajador, opposite the Canary Islands,
to the northern bend of the Niger at
Tin,buctoo, a distance of TAO miles.
Such a highway would open up the
African continent to the world, and it is
believed that no formidable obstacle
opposes its construction, but that the
conformation of the great desert of
Sahara favors the scheme. For $50
miles of the distance there is q great
hollow supposed to be $50 feet below
the level Of the Atlantic, which was
probably at one time covered by the
sea. This low country is separated
from the coast by a broken ridge of
about thirty miles, through which the
river Bella runs for twenty-five miles SO
that all that would be necessary in order
to reach it is to deepen the channel of
the river, cut through the ridge, and let
the Atlantic fall into the vast arid basin.
In this way fine sheet of water would
be formed, the climate would be i'm
proved, the country would become more
fertile for pasturage and agriculture
and commerce would be carried into
the heart of Africa.-London Daily
NeaOs.
THE FALLEN OBELIsK.-There is
some chance of the fallen obelisk at
Alexandria, fellow to the So called Cleo
patra's needle being removed to Eng
land. A gentleman of fortune proposes
to effect this at his own expense. The
estimates of cost and the supposed
weight of the obelisk are very various.
The prevailing opinion is that the
weight is about two hundred and
eighty tons the cost will be about e1O,-
600. The method of transport RECON-
mended is a huge raft, as the convey
ance OF SO cumbersome mass would
be dangerous in q vessel. It is under
stood that his highness, the khedive, has
placed the obelisk at the disposition of
the above mentioned gentleman,
long since declined the onerous present
and given it back to the Egyptian gov
eminent.
"JANUARY chawing the ear of june"
is the western version of a well worn
quotation from Goldsmith.
GLAD TIDINGs FOR THE SLAVES OF
KING ALCoHoL.-How many q manly
form is palsied how many q noble
mind is destroyed how many . price,
less soul lost through the curse of
strong drink To the despairirg victims
of the Satanic tyrant, Alcohol, whose
shattered nerves, and trembling limbs,
and rackipg headaches, seem to find no
relief except in the renewed use of the
fatal poison which brings them every
day nearer to their miserable end, we
announce glad tidings of great joy DIR.
WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs contain not
single drop of Alcohol in any form,
but are a sovereign remedy for the ills
strength to the system, and entirely
eradicate the pernicious appetite for
liquor. Trya few bottles of VINEGAR BIT
TIERS, and you will never crave strong
spirits again, but find your health re-
paired, your mind restored, and be once
more q man in the best sense. Health
is cheap when VINEGAR BITTKRs are 81
a bottle.>
FACTS WORTH KNOWING. Wilson
shuttle sewing machine is to-day the simplest,
AuOet pcItoCty HAOSt coSily opcHdtou joel IiAhAo,
most durable, and, in every way, most valu-
able sewing machine in existence, and it is
sold fifteen dollars less than all other first
class machines. Machines will be delivered at
any railroad station in this county, free Of
transportation charges, if ordered through the
eompanys branch house at 1S9 Canal street,
New Orleans, La. They send an elegant cata-
logue and chrome circular free on application.
This company want q few more good agents.
If Johnson's Anodyne Liniment is
half as valuable as people say it is, no family
should be without it. Certainly no person, be
he lawyer, doctor, minister, or Of any other
profession, should start on q journey without
it. No sailor, fisherman, or woodsman should
be without it. In fact, it is needed wherever
there is an ache, sprain, cut, bruise, cough or
cold.
FARMERS and "horse men" are con-
tinually inquiring what we know of the utility
of Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders, and
in reply, we would say. through the columns
Of this paper, that we have heard from hun
dreds who have used them with gratifying re-