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unable to harvest the crop. The aver
age yield is very ligh5, and is estimated
to be not less than four nor more than
seven centals to th5 acre sown. On
NIT III OF the land the failure is COM
plete; the grain did rot get enough start
to cover the soil with green color. end
when in the cenditirn OF {. short, thin
blade, before reaching the shape of
straw, dried up. Those farmers who
have horses, wagons, and headers, can
harvest for GENITAL aad half an acre,
while others, Vino must pay for every
thing, find it costs them in some cases
as much as three AMI half. All the
fields coming up to the lowest estimated
average of four centsls PER Rere will be
cut,
THE POTATO KING.
A rowing correspondent of the New
York Tribune, writing from Denver,
Col, says ." The mcst profitable veg
etabls raised in Colorado is the potato.
1t grows abundantly if properly culti-
waited, and yields large profit. In
market they bring from two to four
cents pound at 60 pound to the bushel.
Six miles from Denver is a potato farm
which for years has been famous for
leagues around. I drove there one hot
day with friend in the hope Of seeing
the owner, queer old joker, who is
known by the name OF Potato Clark.
He had gone to town, however, with a
load of potatoes. We looked over his
farm, but nothing could be seen but q
few tumble-down shanties, good many
potato heaps, and good deal of black
land lying close against the Platte.
The only signs of life about the place
we're the cook and the grasshoppers.
The cook said he had not been there
long, that be did not know how many
acres Potato Clark planted, nor how
many potatoes he had on hand now, mol
what was the price. He was intelligent
on only one subject: Potato Clark en-
ployed from 40 to rs men during the
season. This the cook knew, for he
had to prepare the food for them
From Mr.. Dodge and other sources,
subsequently learned that Mr.. Clarl
last year raised $4,000 bushels of pc
tatoes. Do not make any mistake il
| the figures twenty five thousand bush
| els of potatoes Clark must be pecu
liarly adapted to the cultivation of this
| vegetable, for where others crops fail
his is always large. and of superior
| quality. The grasshoppers eat up tn,
vines of his neighbors. but thev arr
harmless on the vines of Potato Clark.
A wet season, a dry season-it is all thu
same with him: He goes right OF
raising potatoes"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

Dr Nor Know HIS Own BRAMs.-A
ridiculous incident in connection with
the sdvent of Independence day wat
witnessed on lower Broadway yesterday
afternoon. As a Mr.. Henry Remser
was passing fruit store he fell victim
to . most singular coincidence. A boy
had lighted large fire-cncker on the
sidewalk, which exploded with a loud
report just as our friend passed it. The
same instant some one threw out rot
ten banana, which struck him in the
back of the head, the juice running
down his neck. He instantly screamed,
"My God, I'm shot, I'm shot," and
raising his hand he caught . handful OF
the rot, which he showed toa man who
ran to his aid as a specimen d his brains.
The police. who heard the report and
the cries, hurried to the scene, followed
by a crowd of men and boys that in
creased at every step. A careful eMmi-
nation by a doctor satisfied our hero
that he was still in the land of the iv-
ing and that banana was not brais.-
N. Y. Mercury.
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The New Age Of Glass.

M. Bastie's tempered or touhgened
glass is attracting very general atten-
ton in Europe, and seems destined to
revolutionize the manufacture of that
useful article. It has already beer
made in sufficient experimental guam
titles to prove its applicability to all
purposes for which glass is now used,
and to many others for which, but for
its frugility. it would have been en-
ployed. Vessels manufactured of tough
ened glass, though not distinguishable
in appearance from those to which we
are now accustomed, may be thrown
about carelessly without the slightest
risk of ordinary injury.
With a tender thoughtfulness for
long suffering housekeepers, the inven-
tor proposes especially the manufacture
of plates and dishes, cups and saucers,
and such like articles, either transpar-
emit or enamelled. To have these no
longer liable to fracture is an important
amelioration in domestic economy; but
the toughened glass is likely to prove OF
value in much wider spheres. 1t will
stand any amount of heat, and vessels
made of it can be placed on the fire
without danger. Consequently, its en-
ployment in chemical factories in the
place of lead, earthenware, platinum,
and silver, is a question of time only.
Glass pipes will probably replace those
of lead for water and for other pur-
poses, and thus diminish the chances of
lead-poisoning. Indeed, it is difficult
to anticipate the limits of the applica-
ton of this very remarkable discovery.
The one purpose for which at present
there seems some difficulty about en-
ploying the new material is for window
panes, for it cannot be cut by a dia-
mond, though the glass may be cut
first and toughened afterwards. It can,
however, be engraved by the ordinary
methods, and cut on the wheel.
Essentially, the process consists in
heating glass nearly up to the softenine
point, and then plunge it into bath of oil
or grease. But to bring this apparently
simple idea to perfection required the
patient investigation of seven long years.
The invention has been patented in all
European countries, and soon will bt
throughout the civilized world.
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Studying Natural Philosophy.

Old Keyser found Cooley's boy stand
ing in. very suspicious manner under
his best apple tree, with a stick in his
hand, and certain bulgy appearance
about his pockets. Hn--ng secured him
firmly by the collar, Keyser shook him
up a oft, aid then asked him, shrnly,
what he Vas doing there.
"Ainf a-doin' nothin'." said Cooley,
81 Car ie over yer to study"
That's entirely too thin," exclaimed
Ker'ser.
rYes, did; come over yer to study
P,out Sir Isaac. We had it in dulles
y IN. He was in an orchard and say an
apple fall, and that made him invent
the 'tractisn of gravitaticn and ONE
yer to see if it was So"
eft won't do, sonny" said K9ser.
"You're too enthusiastic about Sir
Isaac and, besides, what were vol 60
ing to do with that stick ?"
| with this stick This yer sick
What was goin' to do with this sick
| Why, boy gave me this stick tohold
for him while he went on an erranl for
his aunt"
"And where did that apple-core ,ome
from there on the ground?"
THAT apple-core? That one lying
there i? The birds is awful on apples
this season. I saw a blackbirt drop
that there, an I says to myself them
birds are Just ruinin' MIR. kyser's
apples"
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enough of a human to have ambition
and he filed besides the purses of his
owners and of those who "bet their
sestsrces upon his blood" There be
man. ltvets o. the turf who worship a
perfect horse as most men worship a
woman; who will shed a tear at the
news of his death and sigh at the
thought that rnayhap bis like will not be
seer, again. Grand as Is the record of
Kentucky on the turf, it will be many
a day ere another Lexington adds luster
to her turf annals, and the memory
of Lexington will long live in the rec
elections OF these open and generous
men who love the turf for the pleasure
and not for the profits it affords Cour-
Ter Journal
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31
An Ovation to Liberty.

The Irish World says: The warm
welcome accorded to our American rifle
men in ireland recalls a suggestive Incl
dent which the late well-known actor,
Mr.. Hackett, used to narrate with great
pleasure. During his professional tour
IN Europe many years ago be appeared
IN D9Di1n, assuming the role of Rip
wlnkie. On the first night OF
n.ation, SAID Mr.. Hackett:
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

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

1t is announced. by telegraph from
Utah that John D. Lee has turned
states evidenee, and Will make full
exposure of the Mountain Meadow mas
sacre. To the average reader this will not
be a startling statement, but to those
who remember the details of the mas
sacre it will promise the most tragic
setisation of this decade. In 1857 q
company OF neGfly one hundred and
fifty emigrants passed through Utah for
California. In the Rocky range beyond
they were assailed by an enemy, sup
pooled To be Indians, who fired upon
them from behind rocks and trees. and
compelled the emigrants to bsrrlcade
themselves and wagons and throw up a
slight entrenchment. The assailants
we're, In fact, Wormons seeking for
plumber, and after long and frtiitless
attack they sought to effect by strategy
what force failed to accomplish. The
leader withdrew most of his men from
their ambuscade, changed:their disguise
for citizens clothes, made detour, and
approached the camp from the east.
claiming to be g +elief party from Salt
Lake City. This Plea Of friendship
availed to allay suspicion, and the weary
emigrants piled their muskets into wag-
OnS ana accepted Ine escort. Inoy were
never heard of again, except through
the vague resorts of = few infants who
were spared. The weapons, wagons,
and other material were found scat
tered among the Mormons, and it has
for years been certain that at least 100
helpless and unoffending emigrants were
slaughtered on the meadow in cold
blood. Among the reputed Mormon
leaders were John D. Lee and W. Fl.
Dane. Lee has since renowned polyg-
amy and has been disfellowshipped by
the church. If Lee tells all he knows
there will be a revelation of greed and
lust which would disgrace a tribe of
savages and will undoubtedly intensity
public prejudice against the Mormons.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31
A Charity Bull-Fight.

They have curious ideas of things
over there in Spain. When we in this
country propose to benefit a charitable
object, we undertake theatrical enter
tainments, strawberry soirees, rural
advertisements, or something of that
sort. In Spain they advertise a bull
fight, as was the case recently, when it
was desired to give some pecuniary
assistance to society having the care
of widows aud orphans. According to
the accounts, eight bulls, twelve hsrses,
and two men were slaughtered for the
delectatio4 of "large and apprecia-
tive" audience, DIS we'll ais for sweet
charity's sake. It is related that the
banderillo, Mariana Canet, was tossed
into the air by the furious animals,
then picked up and thrown skyward
again. 1t was the poor fellows corpse
that struck the earth the second time.
A picador had two legs broken and
three ribs smashed, SO that he died the
next morning. The windows and Or
phans' fund was, of course, largely BEN
Gifted, but there were two more widows
and half dozen orphans added to the
list
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31
Queen VictOria's aift to an American
Indy.

Queen Victoria has presented to Mrs.
DIR. Samuel Tredvell, of Mineola, l.. l.,
half length portrait of herself en-
closed in a bronze frame, with bronze
doors finely wpught, bearing the
words: "In recognition of the gift by
Mrs Tredwell of an old family letter
dated 1774, in which is a most interest
ing description of the children of
George I'LL, writtn by their governess,
Miss Planta." Mrs. Tredweu, who is
the widow of DIR. Nredwell, of Mineola,
who died in 1ST, found among her
husbands papers letter written from
Philadelphia in ia by Mrs. Mary
Campbell to her dughter, Mrs. Rebec-
ca Frazer, in Which Mrs. Campbell
copied a letter from Miss Planta, who
was then governss in the family of
King George Ill, describing the royal
children under hr care. The letter
begins, "My Dea Rebecca l know
you love the king" 1t contains a
simple personal description of the six
boys and three gils in King Georges
family, all of then being praised for
beauty and princdy gifts. Mrs Tired
well sent the Letter to the queen last
fall, and this spring received reply,
dated Buckingham Palace, returning
thanks for the letSr, and advising her
of the present OF the framed photo
graph, which wal sent through the
British legation at Washington.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

The relaxing power of Johnson 8
Arsodyne Lininent is trulywonderful. Cases
fened limbs have been Hmered and straight
ened by it. When used 70 thie purpose, the
part should be washed andubbed thoroughly.
Apply the IMMINENT cold, aid rub in with th'
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

THE Salt Lake Tribune say the
average Mormon usually signs himself
"Yours in Krist," and yet hasmamged
to steal from the government Sc, 600,
600 worth of lumber.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

A crowd of "Horse Men," and others,
daily throng the stores in country and town
for Sheridan's Cavalry Condition POWDERS
They understand that horses cannot be KEEP,
in good condition without them, and will
them CAD be on . much less quantity of grain
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

DR.. TUFTS Hair Dye is natural in it
eject that it cannot be detected by the closest
server. The most natural dive ever invented.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

HEARING RESTORED. Great invention
Book free. G. J. WooD Madison, Ind.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

Gum, the actG, being asked by a
lady why there were more women in the
world than men, eplied, eft is in con-
formity with the other arrangements of
nsture-we Away see more Of heaven
than of earth"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31
RADW AVS
READY RELIEF

Inf1Am alton of the ktdn eys,
Inflammation of tho bladder,
Inflammation of the bowel
Cengestfon of the lungs,
Sore throat, difficult breathing,
Palpitatfon of the heart,
Mysteries, Group, diPhtheria,
Catarrh, Influenza,
Headache, tooth ache. mumps.
Neuralgia; rhe atfsm.
Cold chflIs, ague chiIls.
The application of the Ready X elief to the
part or parts where the pain or diff uty exists
Will afford ease aud comfort,
Twenty drops in half a tumbler of water Will, In
a few moments, cure cramps, spasu's, sour
stOmacn, heartburn.s sick he adj nc n Q ,dtar-
rhsa, dysentery, collie. wind I'm the bow
els, and all Internal pains.
Travellers should always carry bottle of Rad
ways Relief with them. A few droI in wafer
will prevent sickness or pains from change
water.
1t is better than French brandy or BIT
tiers as O. stin1uLdrt.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

NOBODY tn blame for that lat rail-
road accident but couductor-md he's
dead.
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LEXINGTON there :, a place any
where in the great BeyQ nd where good
horses go then there ca9l be no doubt of
the whereabouts of the great Licking
ton, who but few days as , closed his
eyes upon the beautiful green. pastures
he has trodden for twenty yea{rs past.
He rests to-day in the Valhallah. He
filed in his day the measure of his own
ambition--he ives great enough Go be
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31
DIR. WHITTIER
MARRIAGE GUIDE,

VTTHEN writing to advertisers plea mention
w the name o. this paper. No 80 =. N. u.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31
3l6!73N
5A3E3E

To have comfort and healthl
wear Boots aud shoes that will
not lie * ard are plIable-such
only are male with the
CABLE sCR l. w wlR h
Try them. All bear the Patent
Stamp,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

| hos. who like tbs e a ragged
toe and dirty stocking will not
care to huy SlLVEH TIP.
PED Shoes. But those who
|Nvould'rAtner hay e q neat Silver
Tip should insist that their
lshoe dealer should always
keep them.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-07-31

u,
aimed as it is with unerring precision,
seldom fails to run through and through
the victim it is hurled at.
Bamboo canes and switches are too
we'll known and too generally in use to
say that they have become an important
article Of commerce, and, being highly
valued on account of their great hexi-
bility and durability, they always COM
mand good prices.
The circumference of some shoots of
bamboo has often been matter Of won
der, considering the remarkably short
space of time required for such a pro-
digious development. The queen of
France, Marie Antoinette, was presented
by the emperor of China with a rare
specimen of this abnormal growth of
the bamboo pair of very handsome
breakfast trays, each of them measuring
about forty inches in diameter, and,
what Is more wonderful still, carved
ont of a single solid section of one OF
these gigantic canes.
But we never should conclude were
We to enumerate all the uses to which
this treasure plant has been put. 1t
would positively "bamboozle" us to
think of them all. But perhaps one of
the most singular is that of its having
been turned to account in the construc.
ton of ramparts. And of this we have
historical vouchers for, in the year
1861, it is recorded that the king of the
Macassars, being at war with the Dutch
in order to intrench his army had twC
parallel rows of bamboo stakes pls,ntei
a yard apart, and tied together with
other pieces of bamboo, and overeG
over with a sort of lattice work also o.
bamboo. The space between the two
rows was filled with sand, gravel stone.
and brush; the whole thug, forming {
compact mass, which opposed yer,
effective resistance to the ARTILLERY fire
of the Europeans.
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HORSES FOR FARM WORK.
A writer in the Mark Lane Express
gives the following as the desirale points
for consideration in the breeding of
horses for farm work "The head
should be comedy, but not so small as
that OF the running horse, as it enables
the animal to throw more weight into
the collar. He should be broad and fat
in the forehead, have neat, we'll seton
ears, prominent placed eyes, thin eye
lids. large nostrils, neat neck, and be
deep toward the chest, not very high in
the withers, with upright shoulders,
broad forearm, broad, flat bone below
the knee, rather short pasterns, good
round feet not too flat or too upright,
plenty of hoof, clean leg, straight bac ok,
with plenty of loins, and ribs well
arched. He should be long on the
back rib, and long in the quarter !;
the hauncb should be strong, the hip
well down, the hook joint broad and
for breeder, no animal should be used
that is not free from curb, bog or bone
SPAWN, splint or side bones. Horses
with wall developed muscles and good
".,nstitation are easily kept, and can
endure grert fatigue"
GRAIN IN CALIFORNIA.
The San Francisco Alta, of June %,
says 1.-The grail harvest is still in pro-
gress, but it will lose unusually early
The straw has lever before been SO
short, not measuring foot in length in
many fields that will pay respectable
profit. The headers with which nine
tenths of cur grain are cut, even
when the straw makes the most abun-
dant growth. are inst adapted to such
short stalks, whereas in the states on
the Atlantic slope, where the header is
a rarity, the farmers would be almost
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-29
FOREIGN NEWS.

LoNToN, Dec 2S.-The Times gives prom
nence to the following: "We are glad to be
able to corroborate the contradiction OF the
statement that Spain has violated the oohga
tions of neutrality by enlisting Italians fol
the army in Cuba"
Paris despatch says Queen Isabel has the
measles.
A Madrid despatch confirms the death Of
De Rodas.
The army from Catalonia, numbering 40
900, has arrived at Navarro.
A special from Penang to the Times says
the English now hold all important positions
in the neighborhood. The Maharajah Hela
had taken refuge in Siamese territory. The
British power was supreme; only the muir
derers of Mr.. Birch were in arms.
MADRID, Dec. pa dreadful hurricane
took place in the PHILIPPINE Islands on the
30th of November. Two hundred and nifty
lives were lost, thirty-eight hundred dwellings
destroyed, many cattle persisted, and the
crops are ruined.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-29

al, narts of the ship were found arms, Leg
and other portions of the human frame. linus
tha lower hold received some limbs through
tbe omen batchways The sides OF the hatch
ways were burst by the pressure and the
front OF the navigating cabin on deck waf
stove in.
The whole ship was Uttered with glass
sbreds of which even filed the dishes from
the steam kitchen, as they were being served
to the between-d deck or steerage passengers
The tug got off comparatively unhurt, beng
80 much more below the quay line than the
Mosel; still the whole of the deck was de-
stroyed. The crew came off with mere
fright only-the engineers and stokers
having been hurt slightly. On land, where
the package had been unloaded, hoie had
been produced from six to seven feet deep.
The whole place was strewn Win hmos,
shreds of dresses, etc. In large reeklng pools
of blood you might see here an arm, there
calf of a leg, intestines, mutilated busts, etc.
Among the most horrible details OF the cal
amity is the fate of the Elmer family, who
was seeing off one of their sons to California.
The father, mother, son and son-in.iaw are
all four dead, the daughter-in-law has had her
arm and her child its hand blown of. The
case which exploded had been in the care oil
the carrier, Westermann, of Bremerhaven,
and was accompanied on its way to the
steamer by Mr.. Tumford. of whom 1t is
said all trace has been lost.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-29
CITY COUNCIL.

The City Council met in regular session at
o'clock yesterday; the Mayor in the chair,
and all the Administrators present.
An ordinance appropriating 1922 55 for the
payment of various accounts was adopted.
An ordinance adopting an estimate of the
receipts of revenues of the city of New Or
leans for the year 1876 was adopted. The
total amount of receipts estimated was
So, 449, 1872 ~.
Several ordinances of financial nature
were offered and laid over.
"An ordinance to adjust certain items Of
appropriation in the budget of 1875" by
transferring 1851, 100 from certain appropria-
tons to other appropriations was adopted.
A number of petitions and communications
were received and appropriately referred.
Administrator Burke read lengthy COM
munication regarding the appropriations in
the budget for his department. 1t was re-
ceived and ordered spread upon the minutes.