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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-09-25
NUMBER II.
The Scotch Way OF Managing Pigs.

Two men are employed constantly in
cleaning the pens, and the manure made
is of great value. Barley straw is
bought for bedding. Fresh straw is laid
down after the pen is cleaned, and this is
found to induce a desire in the pigs to
rest and sleep. They are no more dis
turbcd, except to be fed, for twcnty-four
hours. Every seventh sly is kept for the
sole use of the young sucking pigs.
This is furnished with feed-troughs, in
which feed is constantly kept. Passages
are made from each pen to. this for the
little pigs, which pass and repass contin-
ually, always finding their own quarters
untailngly after eating what they desire.
The exercise j. found to be healthful and
serviceable.
The pigs are weancd when ten weeks
old, and are then fed with a mixture of
one thousand pounds of bran, six hun
bred pounds of barlcymeal, fifty pounds
of linseed, with one hundred pounds of
artificial mixed food known as 'calfs
food" the character of which is pot
stated. This is cooked, and fed cold five
times a day for three weeks, when they
are put on regular rations three times
day with older pigs Older pigs receive
a mixture of two hundred POUNDS corn
meal, one thousand pounds of ground
barley, one thousand pounds ground
peas, two thousand pounds malt dust,
and on alternate days potatoes and tur-
nips, and parsnips. Fattening pigs are
finished on morning and evening meals
of a mixture of five hundred pounds
each of corn meal, bran and pea-meal,
and two thousand pounds of barley meal.
A midday meal of barley meal and
potatoes is given as change, which
stimulates the appetite and aids diges-
ton. Every pig has salt on alternate
days, and coal ashes to chew once a week.
The boars are kept in separate pens.
In rotation the sows are turned into
them from and after September. The
sows at this time are reduced in flesh
When ready to farrow they are turned
into pens surrounded with a bench ten
inches above the floor to protect the pigs |
from being overlaid and crushed by the |
sows. After farrowing, clean fresh bed
ding is given, and warm drink of oat
meal and bran Cruel. January and Feb
ruary pigs are made to weigh 100 pounds |
dead weight by December When |
twelve weeks old the young pigs are
ringed and turned each day into a |
meadow when the weather is fine. No |
food is given for twelve hours before kill
ing, and the carcass is singed in ''gas
Jacket" instead of scalded, to remove
the hair. The bacon is improved in APP
pearance by this process.
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The Traffic i'm Italian Children.

The Paris correspondent of the London
Times, speaking of the abominablc traffic
in Italian children, says:
Attention has often been drawn in the
Times to the lamentablc practice of beg
ging exercised by children trained in the
trade. This question has been re-opened
by circular addressed by the Societe
Italienne de Bienf:,isance" of Paris to
corresponding institutions throughout the
world. The following facts will, | think,
convince every one that the suppression
of this social pest would be a really phil
anthropic work in southern Italy. In Il
naturally very rich province of the Ba-
silicata the greater portion of the inhab-
itants make regular trade of organ
grinding and begging, and thence come
those bands of children who have made
their country notorious throughout Eu-
rope and even America. Five or six
communes are especially distinguished
for their immigrants-na Marsico-
vetese, Copleto, Laurenzano, Calyello,
Piccinisco and Niggiano. This immi-
grafton, which was facilitated by the
former Neapolitan government, doubt
less with the object of getting rid of Il
turbulent population, still continues with
the same activity. The custom of beg
Slng from town TO IOWH by means OF
children has given rise to a traffic which
is openly practiced in and even tolerated
by the authorities of every country.
Every year several hundreds of children
of every age and sex leave their homes
under the guidance of individuals who
call themselves their parents, or padrones.
lnreaiity these III n are nothing but slave
masters; the children are let, sold, or
confi1ed to them by virtue Of contracts
signed by two parties who consider them
80 binding that they sometimes call for
the assistance of consuls abroad to en-
force their conditions.
These agreements generally hand over
the children for fixed period at 50 much
Il year or for sum to be paid before
hand. These bands of children BERN by
bc"giug all through Italy. Following
the Cornichc road they come to Nice and
NarsciIc7. Very few com" into France
by sea, rs ut MarscilIc- The disembark
ationnf beggarsi- guarded against. When
I ,IE nay, -" passports they cross tl.S
AI, by Briau,,.n. Ont frontier the
ch'idrcn are often re-soId to persons living
III ans or other large cities, and their
CONDUCTORS after delivering nm fbcir b,-
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man merchandise return to the Ba-ili-
Cata i'll search OF Others. In Paris the
children are huddlcd pcll-mcll. bows and
girls into lodgings near the Place Maui
bert and the Pantheon. When they are
out begging their masters often follow
them to watch their receipts, but most
generally the eldest child takes posses
sion of the money, the padronc prefer
ring to spend his time in low taycrls.
The smallest children are considered the
best workers, and are most in demand,
because they excite most compassion
from the public. Begging lasts from
morning till night, the children obtain
ing their food from the charity of others
In the evening they return to their lodg-
ings to give up the proceeds of the day,
but if the receipts are bad they often beg
late into the night to avoid i'll treatment.
Some of them are sent into the suburbs,
more especially on iete days in the SUM
mcr. They wait outside the stations for
the trains singing Il barbarous mixture
of patriotic and obscene songs. When
one of them is arrested he is Professionally
detained, and notice is given to the Ital-
ian consul. The padrone, however, gen
orally arrives first, asserts his claim, and
the child is nearly always given up to
him. a Neapolitan physician states that
of one hundred children of both sexes
who leave their country only twenty re-
turn, thirty establish themselves abroad,
and fifty fall victims to illness, privation
and cruel treatment. Fifty is, indeed, a
heavy mortality.
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The Art of Dressing.

Women, says the Saturday Review,
have done, or else dress making should
be elevated into position of fine art
and treated as such. 1t should be I'M
dertakcn by people of culture and re-
finement in the same way that cookery
has been. There ought to be a school of
art dressmaking. Perhaps a royal
princess would patronize it. Certainly,
portrait painters would be only too glad
to know of place at which their sitters
could be becomingly got up. 1t is mel
2ncholy to see the bad millinery which is
perpetuated in pictures, and which will
be an eye-sore to future generations.
The walls of the Royal Academy are
every year hung with portraits which
look like enlarged copies from LIE Toilet
or The Queen newspaper. Ladies can
never see ugliness in dress so long as it
is made in the height of the reigning
fashion. They have their portraits taken,
if possible, in 'the last new thing" and
then, when another style appears,
wonder they could ever have made
such rights of themselves. If there
were some recognized rules about dress
ing, as there are about almost every
other kind of decoration, in time they
would be followed. to the great relief of
people of taste, and to the comfort of peo-
Pile with no taste at all. There are always
a large number of people who say they
have got no work to do. Here is an
opening for them. Their first step ought
to be to petition her majesty not to in
sist upon ladies who are delicate or spare
in figure wearing low dresses at morning
drawing Their second one ought
to be to abolish the Use of the word
g fashionable" in its present sense, and
to substitute for it the word "becom-
ing" which would indicate both econo-
my where it is necessary and magnif-
cence where it is suitable.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-09-25
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
An Insercs:Ine Address from tiir EN-fi,IcE
fBin--- ' arioSsS s'Ot Its OF National Inter
est touched pOy-

est Touched 1 posa
Jefferson Davis delivered an address at
the Agricultural fair, at Dcsoto, Mis-
souri, on the Sth inst, according to the
programme. There was Il great crowd
present from jefferson and the adjoining
counties, and quite number of the most
prominent citizens of all political senti-
mcnts.
Mr.. Davis was well received, but no
notable demonstration was made on the
occasion. He opened his speech by ex-
pressing much pleasure in meeting the
people of j section of country with
which he was well acquainted many
years ago, and felt reioced at its growth
and prosperity.
He came, he said, not to discuss these
questions which vcx the mind and dis
turb the harmony which prevail among
the people. If there are any who still en-
terrain feelings of malice, or cherish bit
terness on account of the past, let us
withdraw from such. He declared what
ever might be the Vaccinations of poll
ticians, whatever the views of policy and
designs of State craft might desire to
consummate in regard to the future, the
people of the great Mississippi valley are
one, and must always remain one people
in interest, in destiny and in social forms
and material progress. No man, no
course of policy, no deep designs of am
bilious men could ever discover them.
In all the future they would surely stand
together. The great river bound them
together by ties stronger than any poll
tics could ever present, and they must
be united.
He then spoke at considerable length
upon the vast agricultural resources of
the country, and the future development
of the commerce of the Mississippi val
ley, and its great advantages and import
snce to the nation, and predicted the
time would soon come, when fleets
of iron barges would float down the
mighty Mississippi, bearing a commerce
greater than that of the whole world
He advocated the building of univer-
sity which would serve to confer highest
education upon the young men of the
valley. The great population which
must soon swarm this region, will lead
according to the status which they main
tain in mental culture. He urged the
of direct trade with Europe,
and asserted specie resumption was i'm
practicable until our exports exceed our
imports. He declared congress had 10
to declare that specie payments
should resume at a certain day, and that
in the present condition of the country
more currency is needed
The speech was frequently applauded
and seemed at least to give satisfaction
to all his hearers.
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Women on Government Vessels.

The United States Army and Navy
Gazette recently printed "A letter protest.
ing against the practice in vogue with
American naval officers of taking their
wives and daughters on board ship for
long cruises. The London Army and
Navy Gazette reprints the letter, pre-
faced as follows: e" 1T was wise arrange
ment of our forefathers to prohibit any
commanding officer of ship-of-war 10
embark his wife, or, indeed, any woman,
without having previously obtaining the
sanction of the admiralty. The reasons
were obvious. The rule is pretty strictly
enforced in our own service, but rs the
letter which we insert below will show,
the practice of shipping NOah's wife and
daughters is becoming recognized in the
United States navy. Our attention has
been called to the subject by distin-
guished naval officer, and we learn that
it is a very great source of annoyance to
the majority of American naval officers.
The Franklin and the Congress of the
European squadron are full of women
and it is said that the captain has three
daughters on board the latter. In fact,
things are very bad with them. poor fell
lows, if they are not marrying men. The
American authorities are peculiarly sen
sitive in all matters connected with the
navy; and although it is reported that
they are not very thin-skinned when
the shafts of native criticism are aimed
at them, it is admitted that they do not
show very bold front when they are
assailed from abroad, and it is therefore
not only possible, but probable, that they
will call the attention of the comman ,crs
of the Congress and the Franklin TO the
danger they run of having their ships
transformed into something approaching
emigrant vessels, and point out to them
how much they would suffer if IL COM
parison were instituted between them
and any of the crack men-of-war, COM
posing vice admiral and Hon. Sir James
Drummond's squadron in the Mediterra-
mean, except in the beauty of the non
combatants on board"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-09-25
BY EDGAR PAwCETT-

The lake lies with the sheen 1t
pf days last look IL;
And round its rim, in the glsamins din. the shades
ot the low hills lean ii.
No slightest sound the charming quiet mars:
The hollow heaven is yearning for its stars.
With strange, half-proud humility
I'm sumptupus tranquility,
lhou art lDunging sweet, at my fattcred feet in
statue>quc immobility;
Against thy b1som'> c!istc >,trerb repnSe
One Eetvy, blcud-resl, vclvst-IsetalI,-i rose.
Thine afllucnt hair 20 billow-Iikc
The bends of thy form willow-lkc,
Thy face :, elea= from the red cachcmirc folded
der its pale check pilor-iikc;
The u1rIppei lake. the gloom the calm-alI dover
Memory with one inI-srisI.able hour.
i1"k how the pines loom towerwsc;
ssirtiiiS th, lak--sige bowerwisr;
ne stars wall still. they flock to fill the hcay-
=, ehIy p-eafiows fowerwisa.
,' ~ hc>t~ IN the darkening west burns now,
Like sp'.ie grand diamond ON some swart queens
Ah. fovei with the rich day falling 50,
" ith tho summer sunset pang ~,
would always res. the lustrous breast of the
lake, forever sailing ~,
And feel. at langurous rapturc's utmost goal
felcs; lightly sweep the lute-string. Of my soulI
J. eei'a-~-, II skies he thunderfull.
He+-llC-s if time be pls nderfulI
an only sure OF the -plendor pure il those fathon
les eyes. and wonderful
Ny soul would soar beyond all time as -,ars
Inc upieapins lark through dawn's white corridors
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-09-25

HEALTH OF FARMERs.-The Massl-
chusetts Board of Health is out with is
fourth annual report, in which is to be
found an interesting paper on the lon
gevity of the farmers life. 1t says the
evidence collected from country plYsi-
clans throughout the state for the last
twenty-eight years, shows that the aver
age length of the life of farmer in that
state, is 55 and fourth years. This is
much longer than that of any other class
of citizens. The class most nearly
approaching farmers, viz, outdoor me-
chanics live only % and a half years on
an average.
The almost unanimous belief of those
physicians and the compiler of the paper
is, that farmes might live much longer
than they do, by exercising more care III
choosing, cooking and eating their food,
in avoiding Overwork and exposure to
change of weather, and the use of foul
drinking water. Their food consists too
much Of pork, pies saleratus bread and
cakes The cookery is bad, and meals
are eaten too quickly for good digestion,
when work hurries. More vegetables
and fruit should be eaten, and more rest
taken. More cleanliness as regards out
houses, and more care to avoid leaving
cess-pools, sinks, etc, nearer TO II well
than thirty feet at least.-RwaL My
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-09-25

PROGRESS OF FLYING MACHINERY
A new steering balloon, by Smitter, is
being exhibited, suspended in the middle
of the Alcazar in Paris The measure
mcnt is only 5000 cubic feet, but the
balloon is so light that, when filed with
pure hydrogen, it must float A con-
siderable sum of money has been in
vested in it, and great ability has been
displayed in the construction. Although
no practicable result in open air may he
hoped for, it is Il wonderful piece OF
clockwnrk. In connection with this
subject, it is stated that, for several
months past \ firm of engineers have
been experimenting privately ut the
Crystal palace with IN aerial steamer of
a novel and promising character, weigh
ing 100 pounds. Experiments are stated
to have proved the capability of two
vertical screws, each twelve feet diameter,
to raise Il weight of 100 pounds; the
steam-cnginc, with water and fuel, form
ing part of the weight so raised to the
extent of so pounds. The power exerted
by it is equal to two and It half horses.
The communication of motion is given
by vertical axis emanating from the
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ADVERTISING RATES.

OUR GOLD AND SILVER CRop.-The
gold and silver product of the United
States in 1874 was $4,000, 900 OF tins
California furnished $50, 300. 900; Ne
vada $35, 49,, 600; Utah 81 900. 900: Col
orado $4,19l goo; Montana 81. 439 00r.
and Idaho $l,S8O000. We exported
nearly the whole of this product abroad
to pay for what We imported We some
times tiatter ourselves that our gold and
silver mines are an important source Of
wealth, but if we compare their yield
with that of some other products. the
mistake will be detected. Our corn
crop is worth four times rs muclt
as our gold and silver crop; our
wheat crop five time as much;
cotton crop more than three times
as much, and our hay crop four
times as much. California is called tho
Golden State, but with all its gold and
silver product it would be n poor state
but for its wheat crop. California; az
riculture is II much more prolific source
of wealth than its mines.-,S Louis Re-
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CANTON, MISSISSIPPI, SEPTEMBER 2

crease the debility and hasten the fatal
end. The best method of easing a cough
is to resist it with all the force of will
possible. until the accumulation of
phle9m becomes greater, then there il
something to cough against, and it comes
up very much easier, and with half the
coughing. \ great deal of hacking and
hcmming and coughing in invalids is
purely nervous, or from the force of
habit, Us is shown by the frequency
when thinking about it, and the compar-
ative rarity when the person is 50 much
engaged that there is no time to think
about it, and the attention is compelled
in another direction"
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THE BEACCHAMP TRAGEDY.


Wandering among the graves in The
cemetery at Frankfort, Correspondents
OF the Cincinnati Commercial found Il
dark, gray monument bearing the name
of Solomon +. Sharp. The inscription
states that he was assassinated while
extending the hand of hospitality, on the
morning Of Nov I, 1925, in the thirty
eighth year of his age" with tie text
added: What thou knowcst not now.
thou shalt know hereafter
Col. Sharp was, in his day, one of the
foremost men of Kentucky. During the
administration of James Madison he had
served two terms in congress, ut which
time he was the roommate and intimate
friend of
JOHN G. CALHOUN,
who is said to have declared that Sharp
was d" the oldest man of his :fre that had
ever crossed the mountains" lie had
previously been several times elected to
the Kentucky Legislature, and under
Gov. Adair was attorney-peneral Of the
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WEARgNESS.
BY HENRY W. LoxGFELLow.

q. little feet, that such long wears
Must wander ON through hop,-S and fears.
Must ache and bleed beneath YOUR load.
]. nearer To the waysidc i'm
W hers toll shall cease and rest hc,,in.
Am weary, thinking of YOUR road.
- little hands, that weak or strong.
Have stil to serve or rule long
Have still - long To- give or ask
!. who - much with book and non
Have toiled among my ieIlow-nien,
Am weary, thinking oi your task.
~, little hearts, that throb and Ieat
with much impatient. fcveri-h heat,
such limitlr~s and siron: desires;
Mine. that so long In, glowt-i and burned,
Win passions into ashes turned,
Now covers and coucezls its fires
-. little souls, 20 pure and white,
As crystalline ray. of light
lfrt-'i frum heaven, their source divine;
I"iTact'.'t through the mist Of years
How rel ny setting appestrs;
How p.Tid looks this sun Of mine.
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Fall Planting in the Flower Garden.

If the southern flower gardener desires
a good show of bloom next spring, he
must plant during the present month or
the next, according to the state of the
weather and the condition of the soil,
many seeds which the catalogues of the
seedsmen will direct him to SOW in the
spring. Most of the perennials and bicn-
mails, as well as some of the ANIMALS, are
of this class A few of the most desir-
able are snapdragon, (.Antirrinum,) Col
umbine, (1quHgia) Sweet Alyssum,
Candytuff, Caliopsis, Catchtly, Clarkia,
Nemophilla, Petunia, Larkspur, Erysi-
mum, Pink, Mourning Bride, (.ScaJi0sa,)
Stock, Holyhock, Sweet Pea, Mignonette,
Gin pots for winter blooming,) Gaillardia
and Pansy. We may SOW also, in pots of
prepared soil, Calceolaria, Cineraria,
Mimulus, and Chinese Primrose, for win
ter blooming house plants. The seed
should be sown in September, in pots
prepared in the following manner: the
pot to be half filled with drainage, over
that, the rough sitting of the mold, and
the surface covered with soil as fine as
possible, half of which should be COM
posed of river sand. When prepared
thus, it should be watered with fine
rose, Immediately after which SOW the
seed carefully, without any covering of
soil. The pots should then be placed
under close frame or hand-glass, in IA
shady part of the garden, no artificial
heat being required. When the plants
have made sufficient growth-say an inch
they must be transplanted into small
pots filled with similar soil and kept as
before; and they must afterwards he
several times re-pottcd, as their growth
may require more room.-Rural Caro-
EUjDg
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committed to memory, SO that they may
be ready to captivatc the first disguised
grand duke that wandcr5 unawarcs into
their schooI-room