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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-06
Jewel RObberies.

Mr.. Jehan Walter, French journal
list, relates, a1oropos of the robbery of
the Dudley diamonds, several anecdotes
about jewel robberies. He tells how a
speculator presented a report to the
directory making out that the celebrated
church of Lorette contained elO. 900, 600
worth in diamonds, etc. Barras and
Carnot informed Bonaparte of the fact,
but the young general refused to march
on the place because he would have to
expose a corps of ten thousand. and
would probably find nothing when he
got there. In time he did manage to
seize on the church, and found that all
the diamonds had been replaced by
glass. M. Walter also tells how the
mother of the late French emperor,
the Queen Hortense, when she was leav.
Ing France after the invasion by the
allies, was stopped on the high road by
the Marquis do Maubreuil, who searched
her carriage and took away EGO, 600
worth of diamonds, which have never
since been heard of. This story is all
the more remarkable as there was a
great fuss made about this Marquis de
Maubreuil toward the close of the
second empire. He had lawsuit with
his wife, and as an outcry was raised
against the marquis continuing q mem
Der of the legion of honor. 1t then
came out that he was one of the royal
lists who had aided the Prussians to pull
down the statue of Napoleon from the
top of the column of Vendome, and
that while engaged in this act he mad
tied an order of the legion of honor to
the tail of his horse, and dragged it in
the mud. Yet toward the end of the
reign of the Third Napoleon he wore
the red ribbon and was in receipt of
government pension.
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The following is list of the furnaces
on the line of the Selma, Rome and
Dalton raiIrOad

The two last are on the Coosa river,
below Rome, Ga.
The above furnaces are all charcoal
those marked with 60 are ont of blast.
There is at the present time stacked mp
at these furnaces, ready for shipment,
nearly 16, 600 tons of iron, which in the
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Weather Signs.

A French naturalist has recently
grouped, for public convenience, n num-
Der of his observations upon animals,
showing that many members of the
brute creation may be useful as living
barometers. Rain or wind, he says,
may be expected when the spiders
shorten the last thread by which their
webs are suspended; fair weather when
they lengtheu them and the duration
Of either by the degree Of contraction
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aggregate is worth nearly half million
dollars. The sale and improvement of
this iron would be considerable item
of freight to our railroads, and the
return of that amount of money would
cause many a smile to radiate over
faces that are now gloomy and despond-
ent.=ChQttQnoO0a Commercial
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CAUSATION OF INSANITY.
A Physician Who Does Not Believe Ii
"EmO:iOnnl InsaMity.D

Physician Who Does Not Believe In
'Emo: ionaI Insanity"
The New York Tribune publishes n
lecture delivered by DIR. Gray in Belle
vue Medical College, New York, of
which the following is an extract: The
lecturer referred to the long list of ex-
citing causes, and said that, whatever
they might be, they finally indicted
insanity through discorded conditions
of the brain. He deprecated an at
tempt at dividing them into moral and
physical causes. If one moral cause
was competent to induce insanity by
giving rise in the mind to exciting or
depressing ideas, then any cause may
do it, and there will be no limit. All
the circumstances of human life could
be enumerated under causation. The
speaker referred to causes found in
books and reports of asylums, as often
of the most frivolous and inconsequen-
tial character. He spoke of the fact
that all the so-called moral causes
the exercise of normal human pas
sions and emotions arising in the
circumstances of social life. He
said the rage of jealousy and the
passionate grief OF disappointed love
were only the intense expressions
of natural feelings, and that the TRACE
dies growing out of them only vent to
show what humanity might be and yet
not be mad. Insanity was not simply
a disturbed reason, but a profound
disease of the brain not burst of
passion, but loss of identity OF rela-
ton of persons and things not a mys-
terious intangible something, but dis
ease which writes itself over the whole
physical man, and which, if not arrested,
advances steadily in his deterioration
to death. He maintained that the doc
trine of causation carried with it the
treatment that as some maintained, II
insanity was . diseased mind without
diseased brain, the whole question
might be relegated to priests and I'M
professional men. Only as disease
was it brought within the scope and
duties of the medical profession. Being
a disease it was of the greatest import
ance that the law of causatiop should
be we'll appreciated, that the patient
be put under medical care at the earliest
possible moment. DR.. Gray presented
the following conclusions on this point:
1. Whatever causes operate to pro-
duce insanity, they only do SO through
their final interference with the physi-
cal conditions of the brain through
physiological laws.
2. So-called moral causes are incom-
petent in themselves to induce insan-
ity, except through the physical failure
which ensue from loss of sleep, lack of
nutrition, undue strain and consequent
loss of rest and nutrition of the brain
and nervous system.
8. All these adverse conditions asso-
ciated cannot prodcce insanity except
with the final agency of physical lesion.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-06

IT may not be possible to procure
sand enough for mixing with large
quantities of roots intended as food for
stock. The next best thing to be done
is to keep them secure from frost, light
and air, and to prevent heating and fer
mentation by the use of mir fues. Car
rots, rutabagas, beets and mangolds
should be stored before they are dam
aged by frost, as they never keep we'll
after being frozen. - Western Rural.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-06

POETRY is spoiled by the addition OF
a single word. A young lady, after
listening to her lovers description OF
the setting sun, exclaimed (: "Oh,
Alphonse Alphonse what soul you
have for art ! You were meant for a
great painter !" Her father, une1pect-
edly close behind, added, "and glazier. "
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-06

AN Irishman called at drug store to
get a bottle of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment
for the Rheumatism the druggist asked him
in what part of the body it troubled him most,
Be me soul, said he. II have it in livery
houl and corner er me-"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-06
An E1-Confederate i'm Luck.

J. G. Borlean, residing at Happy Jack. Lou
is!ana, who gave an arm to the "Lost Cause u
won So, 600 piece of property in Col. J. E
Fosters Oct. Distribution at Houston, Texas.
Louisisnians are investing largely in the Sec
ond Distribution, which takes place March Sd.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-06

For loss of cud, horn all, red water
in COWS, loss Of appetite, rot, or murrain in
and for all distinctions of the kidneys in
horses use Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Pow
ders
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-06

DR.. TUFTS EXP ectOrant is the most valu-
able Lung Balsam offered to sufferers from
Pulmonary diseases, It is pleasant to take.
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hPIUM ANTIDOTE.- discovered by sufferer
" Hundreds cured the last year. No pain. send
stamp to N RS. p. B. BOwSER. Logans port. Ind
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and gain ti'f hove aii
person they choose Instantly. This all
Marriage Guide,
Egyptian oia,e Dreams Hints ladies' Sc sold
buck. Address T. WILLIAMS Co, Pubs, Philadelphia
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with persons desiring to exchange Southern or
cstern Lands. deprecated corporation bones tr
debts q kind Tor st. Louis property. RsrgNns
procured for uvt stoTs in st. Louis property, ani
full Information Ia value aud titles impaired to
clients WESTCorT. III ERMAN y RAINEY, Counsel
Inrs retained TO prosecute all litigation pertain
irg TO titles corporations, etc. Is. b. WADDhLL,
Investing Agent, sic Pine street, st, Louis, Mo.
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WATERS NEW SCALE PIANOS

I
IRE the best n,ade3 tie touch elastic. and o
WATEHts' CoECERTO UHGANs
cannet be excelIed in tone beauty they de y
com pc itiOn. The Concerto stop is a fine
t.tiOn Of The Human Voice. PRICES
Month. Mo.thiv ins.nIiments recstrsd;
On Pianos, so Sxc; organs, IS % SI4i
monthly after first Deposit. AGENTS.
WANTED. liberal 0tsc0unt to Teachers
Ministers, Churches Schools, LOiDes etc special
induce ment: TO the trade. i!Instr.tee
& son, As Broadway, New York. Bor s5J7
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VEGETABLE PULMONARY BAL.
SAM! Most approved. reliable and well-known rem
edy for Coughs. Colds 4 Consumption. Get the gen.
Price $1:small Soc CUTLER Bros & Co.. Boston
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-06

Agents. Chang Chang sells at sight. Necessary as
soap. Goods free Chang Chang Mig Co. Boston.
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manner. The specimen was finally re-
ferred to the microscopical section, +"
who report that the thing was q trick.
The chess was nearly inserted into the
wheat stalk, and held. there by a SUBJ
stance (Which the committee believe
to be gum tragacanth."
WINTER PLANTING IN THE SOUTH.
In ordinary seasons, our winters in
the lower south, or South Atlantic and
Gulf Coast regions, are so mild that the
harder vegetables grow finely, and re-
main uninjured during the coolest
mopths-December and January-but,
occasionally, severer freezes occur, and
the gardener must be content to take
some risks, even in the case of the
hardest species. This, in the limited
operations of the family garden, he can
we'll afford to do, for failure costs mere
ly little not unpleasant labor and a
few seeds, and success rewards him
with an early and excellent crop. An
excellent contrivance for securing plants
in rows against frost consists in two
boards, a foot wide, nailed together at
the edges in the form of three. cor
nered trough, made of light thin
boards these are easily handled, and
q few such protectors will be found very
useful. It is better that the ends
should be closed, though the mere shell
ter of the lateral pieces will be sufficient
in case of light frosts. In planting
seeds of any kind at this season of the
year. il is best that the rows should be
elevated above the general sur
face, and the covering be light. A good
way is to saw on the surface, and then
scatter Or sift over them a little vegeta-
bic mold or light soil.
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SONGS OF JOY !

NEW COLLECTION OF
HY M N 8 A ND u N H 8
Especially adapted for Prayer and Camp Meetings,
Christian Associations and Family Worship. BY
]. II. TENNEy. Boards. 30 cents: Flexible Cloth.
35 cents. Sent pos pa d on receipt of the price.
LEE & SHEPARD, Boston.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-12-04
Twenty Hours IN a Lava Pit.

I'm our issue of the Goth ult, was a brief item an
npuncing that during the previous week the son of
the Rev. J. d. Paris, of Kona, Hawaii, had fallen
INTO q lava pit and sustained severe injuries. The
following particulars, contained in q letter received
this week from Mr.. Paris, will be read with interest.
"He had volunteered to assist in collecting the
cattle Of the Johnson estate. In the forest, some
miles distant from home, accompanied by Mr.. Roy
and a number of natives, they had labored until
about noon without much success, when separating
from the party, John struck out in search Of cattle in
another direction, and soon disappeared in the forest.
He did not appear at dinner, and after waiting a
while, they set out in search of the missing boy,
and the afternoon was spent in the fruitless search.
As night closed in, with fresh horses they renewed
the search, calling at the top of their voices in diff
ferent directions. This was continued until dawn
of day, but no answer came in response to their
calls. Far down in the bowels of the earth, the lost
one heard their calls He answered TO the utmost
of his strength, bot his voice was not heard. Morn
ing came, and all hands returned weary with heavy
hearts only to agree and renew the search.
Down some thirty feet in q dark, jagged cavern
lay our boy, with little hope of ever being found.
His arm, broken in two places, he had bound up
with his ~leggings, using his knife and sheath for
spIints. His horse had been killed instantly by the
fall, without q struggle, breaking the faIl and saving
the life of his rider. The formation and opening of
the cave was such that it would have been impossible
for a sound man to have made his escape without
assistance. The mouth was so overgrown with ferns
that it was entirely concealed.
AT 10 O'Clock he again heard the human voice.
Two natives, who were with him the day before, were
saying, "He may have fallen into this cavern
As he caught the sound, he lifted up his voice for
help and in the same breath, cautioned them to be-
ware lest they might fall in. There he was, found
at last, at the bottom of that dark pit, where he had
lain for the last twenty hours. But no one could
get down to him, until ropes were brought and made
fast to a tree, by which means Messrs. Henry Weeks
and Henry Peters descended. Meantime the news
few as on the wings of the wind, that he was found.
1 was many miles distant in the deep forest. when I
heard the cry, John is found He is alive But
they can't get him out - My horse leaped as if
inspired with hope, and 1 hardly know how kept
in the saddle as he bounded over the toughest road,
or rather, no road. They made him fast on his
saddle, enfolding him in blankets, and drew him up
am O = weeping and rejoicings of a multitude who
were .hered from all the neighborhood. When 1
reaG,r the : I, he was seated on a horse, held by
MI. W Dispatching a messenger with grateful
tidir to his mother, then, accompanied by a large
train of natives and foreigners on horseback and on
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-12-04

foot, I brought him home, some eight or ten miles.
All the houses along toe road homewari were emp
tied, the inhabitants coming to meet u with stream
ing eyes
~Dr. Oliver was provideniially in kOaa, just il
the right time; be met Us on the way, aud has been
in attendance ever since. The arm. which was badly
broken, vas Get, and is doing well. The spine was
uot injured. The head. though badly bruised in
different places IS not seriously injured. There are
other severe bruises about the body, but nothing
dangerous, although the whole system had . terrible
jar Il seems to US a most marvellous escape from
instant death. 4 special providence Of our Heavenly
Father, his being found alive and perfectly rational,
after lying there in the pit some hours unconscious.
And then the feeling Of the utter impossibility Of
escape without help He had called long and to the
utmost Of his strength. but there was no answer
But there was an ear open to his cry, aud 10 the
prayers Of those waiting and in search"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-12-04
HAWAIIAN ANNUAL AND ALMANAC
FOR 1876.

We have received from the compiler, Mr.. L.
G.. Thrum, advance sheets of this appropriately
named &" Hand Book of Information on matters
relating to the Hawaiian Islands, - which is now
going through the press, and will be published in
a few days. The present issue is evidently a con-
siderable improvement on that of last year,
which it must be acknowledged is saying a great
deal. To merchants, planters-and in fact every
body residing ON these islands-this d" handbook
will be indispensable in the office or on the book
shelf, and is just the thing to send to acquaint-
ances abroad to whom one wishes to impart cor
rect Information about the islands. 1t makes q
book of some eighty pages, printed on clear type,
and is Il creditable specimen of Hawaiian enter
prise. First in the list of contents are tables Of
the phases of the moon, and the rising and set
ting of the sun, prepared by Capt. Daniel Smith,
appended to which are the Church Days through
out the year. Then we have the last official
census of the Islands the Postal service Chron-
illogical table of remarkable events in Hawaiian
History Clerical and Mission Directory Marine
Telegraph Signals Eclipses for 1876 casualties
of shipping, 1875 History Of the Hawaiian
Post Office Historical sketch of the Press of
Honolulu; Distances on Oahu History, &c. of
Coffee Culture in the Islands Latitudes and
LOngitudes by Government surveys Rates of
Postage, domestic and foreign Transactions of
Australian and California Steamships, 1875;
Comparative view of the ommerc of these
islands, from the year 1913 leading exports
from 1873, with the countries to which exported
imports for 1874 Meteorological tables Lodges;
Fire Department of Honolulu Court and Gov
eminent Calendar, &C., &c. 1t is altogether q
real muhan an paIrO-a vast amount of valuable
information contained in a small compass, and
for a modest price.
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anywhere on the islands in locations protected
from the strong trade winds, and where tie soil
Is two or three feet deep. Ia very favorable
situations, where the soil is deep and rich, the
tree attains to a large size, and has been known
to yield eight, and even as high as twelve pounds
in a year. though the average yield may be set
down at three pounds. lie whole Of the west
coast Of Hawaii, between the barren rocks Of the
seashore and tho belt Of forest on the mountain,
is excellent coffee land, and the same may be said
Of the corresponding regions Of Maui and Kauai.
With proper enterprise and industry, we should
be able to export several million pounds annually;
and Notwithstanding the drawback Of the blight
(Which has however for some time been reported
as disappearing) we hav; been surprised that
more people have not embarked in the business
Of coffee planting in these islands, which, unlike
that of sugar, does not require the employment of
a large capital.
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BIRTH.
THE PACIFIC
GommertialA0bertiser
4.
COFFEE.
COFFE1

The statistics of the coffee market throughout
the world are of great interest just now. The
crop for this year is expected to be sadly deficient
in the great plantations of Java and Ceylon, so
that prices have already hardened and are likely
to advance soon to a considerably higher figure
than at present. In the former island, the official
estimates rate the amount of expected produce at
40 per cent. below the average, and a similar cal
c~ulation is believed to apply equally to the latter.
The crop of Rio coffee last year (says q compe-
tent authority was 4 $50 900 bags of 1872 pounds
each, and together with $50 1000 bags left in
Brazil of the preceding crop, gave a supply of
four and a half million bags, while this year the
crop is one and a half million bags, making with
about 500 GOO bags of the previous crop left over,
a supply of 100000 bags. Including the fall
ing off above mentioned in the East Indies, the
total deficit this year is 2,776,0 900 bags, or about
50 per cent.
This shortness Of the coffee crop fortunately
seldom happens, as now, in all the different pro-
ducing countries at the sam time. The East
India crop begins to come to market in May, and
is mainly controlled by the Dutch government,
which takes it of the planters at a low price and
sells it chiefly at Amsterdam by monthly auc-
tions this year owing to the short supply, these
auctions were TO cease in November. The Brazil
crop makes its appearance in market in July
and in seasons of short crops, like the present,
the great bulk of it is rapidly in market, so that
the supply for the first four months is as large as
during the same period of average crops. The
natural effect of anticipated scarcity has already
been felt in the American and European markets,
both of which have advanced in price some ten
per cent. since the first of September. 1t was
fortunate however for consumers that the supply
at hand was widely distributed, so that any great
speculation in the article was prevented. 1t is
considered idle to expect that even a small por-
ton of the deficiency in the crop can be replaced
by the quarrelsome and %sanguinary little repub-
lies of South America, or from revolutionary
San Domingo and Cuba. The enhanced price of
this valuable commodity will put money in the
pockets of the planters.
I When we consider the extend OF land IN these
/ islands admirably suited to the cultivation OF
] coffee, and the superior quality of the article
nroduced, it becomes a matter of surprise and
regret that we have so little to SELL The whole
amount exported during 1864, reached to only a
little over rs, 200 pounds. The plant will thrive
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UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS AND FL
NANCE,-is the somewhat resonant title of a Semi
nary, now some two years old, at Easton, Penn,
and which, if newspaper reports are to be relied on,
has had a very successful career under its President,
t. II. Stevens, A. NJ. A L. Smith, o Honolulu boy.
(son of the Rev. DR.. L. Smith) now a student at the
Institute, forwards some papers and pamphlets, from
q perusal Of which we have obtained a very favora-
BILE impression of the school. Besides the prepara-
tory course for boys and girls, the design of the
Institute is Sc to qualify young men and middle-aged
men for the duties pertaining to an actual business
life, whether as merchants, manufacturers, bankers,
brokers, book-keepers, stock-operators, correspond
ents, auditors, accountants or cashiers, by a most
thorough course of instruction, combining both
theory and practice" The Seminary course of four
years is divided into two annual terms of ten and
twelve weeks. The annual rates of tuition are-frst
year, $25; second. $35, third, $42; fourth. $50.