The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-08-21


and therefore it is that my good cap
tain will find me even in heaven his
truly attached friend. God be with
you.
| JENNY GOLDscHNIIDT, born Lind.
p. S.-My husband sends you many
kind messages.
| A Rough Joke.
The young ladies' of Benicia semi
nary recently played n practical Joke
which throws into the shade everything
in a similar line which we ever heard of.
1t seems number of gay young Vale
joitee have been in the habit of driving
over to our sister city, Sunday after
moons, and hanging around the female
eminPries, endeavorirg to communicate
with the young lady pupils, and display
| ing the utmost audacity, despite pro-
testations and threats of the principals
and teachers, male and female. On a
recent occasion they even went so far as
to organize mock prayer meeting
under the seminary windows, and prayed
for the "I,ttle lambs" and asked espe-
| cially that they might be protected from
the old he wolf and she wolf" mean
ing, we suppose, the principal and the
estimable matron. The matron was at
her wits end to knew what to do about
the nuisance, when the young ladies
volunteered to take measures themselves
which would cause it to be abated :;
which arrangement was assented to.
The very next Sunday the young men
came again, and proceeded to repeat
the prayer-meeting, scene which they
apparently considered a great joke.
Pretty soon they heard one Of the
blinds in the second story cautiously
opened little way, and also a slight
cough as If to attract attention. Look
ing up, they saw little white object,
apparently note, hanging by string.
The note was slowly lowered. One of
eI.- S..oe $500. 800. 1OA w..Ku get II,
standing on tipteo, and reaching up in
eager expectancy. 1t came down almost
within reach, the string being apparent
ly little short. The young man strain
ed himself to reach it, opening his
mouth as he did SO with the excess of
exertion. just as he touched the note
with the tips of his fingers, the blind
was thrown violently open, a pail
appeared, which was turned bottom side
up as quick as flash, and a deluge of
Stops fell On the young man. It wet
him from head to foot, including his
gorgeous shirt front, and poured into his
mouth, eyes and ears. Instantly whole
row of blinds were thrown open, and at
every window appeared group of gig
Cling girls. That prayer-meeting broke
up without benediction, and the
young men returned to Vallejo by the
most direct route known to them.-
Vallejo Chronicle.
WOMEN UNDER THE H1Npoo LAW
According to the Hindoo law giver, q |
W. oo,-f1, hut l, l
husband, and no religion except to |
crafty, obey, and serve him. Let her
husband be crooked, old, infrm, cffen-
sive; let him be irascible, irregular, q |
drunkard, gambler, debauchee let
him be reckless of domestic affairs, as if
possessed by devil though he lived
in the world without honor though he
be deaf or blind, wholly weighed down
by crime and infirmity-still shall his
wife regard him as her God. With all
her might shall she serve him, in all
things obey him, see no defects in his
character, and give him no cause of
Nay, more in every stage
of her existence woman lives but to
first her parents, next her hus-
band and his parents, and in her old
Never during her whole life can she
|
women in India must be conducted.
The Hindoo writer was considerable
enough too add few particulars: eff
her husband laughs, she ought to
laugh if he weeps, she ought to weep;
if he is disposed to speak, she ought to
Join in the conversation. Thus is the
goodness of her nature displayed. What
woman would eat until her husband has
first had his fill If he abstains, she
will surely fast also if he is sad will
she not be sorrowful? And if he is gay,
will she not leap for joy? In the alb
,ence of her husband her railnent shall
oe mean.
BEAUTIFUL SIrTING-RooM ORNA-
IENT.-A beautiful ornament for the
om can be made by covering
common glass tumbler with moss, the
after fastened in place by sewing cotton
wound around. Then glue dried moss
1pon a saucer, into which set the tumb-
er, filling it and the remaining space
n the saucer with loose earth from the
woods. Plant the former with variety
If ferns, and the latter with wood VIC
cts. On the edge of the glass also
plant some of the nameless little ever
green vines, which bear red (scarlet)
berries, and whose dark, glossy, ivy
ike foliage will trail over the fresh blue
md white of the violets with beautiful
fleet. Another good plan is to fill
ather deep plate with some of the
lameless but beautiful silvery and light
,reen and delicate pink MOSES, which
re met with in profusion in all the
wamps and marshes. This can be
,ept fresh ard beautiful as long as it
$ not neglected to water it profusely
nee day. It must, of course, be
,laced in the shade, or the moss will
'larch and die. In the center of this
lump of large azure violets should be
placed, adding some curious lichens
md pretty fungus growth from the
,srks OF forest trees, and u few cones,
hells, and pebbles.
A VERY tall and shabby-looking man,
fellow that rsminded you of a vagrant
etter IRON font of forty-line paragon
xtra condensed, stepped toup one of
'ur bars, last week, and, after heaving
glass of liquor into his long throat,
'landly asked the bar tender if he could
hange 800 bill. The gentleman
Informed him that he could. We'll" {
aid the tall one, with ass,a h - |
action, "IIj~-41niiS and see If | car
nd one - ard plunged out into the
" mission. LouisriHe !