The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-20
FROM ALL SOURCES.

f.trODp
are forbidden to witness the mode and mr.,
cesses oil constructing machinery, tools, etc
ana suggests thaf we should learn from on
trans Atlantic rivals in the arts, to be eauall
careful against our secrets being discovers
by interested foreigners Failing in this r,
sPect hitnerto, there are exhibited in som
European countries according to this pentl,
man, what are described as improvement
upon American inventions and processes tn
knowledge oil which hss hee: gained b
visitors or by skilled workmen who havi
oeen employed in oar manuf.ictor.es. Ill
says to go to America to learn to manipulat,
processes IN working iron and wood is be
coming part of the education of Young me
Snahics and engineers from the north %
Europe, and puts his ease very pcftiaently i,
tne following question: Suppose the Wal
imam watch company were 10 send over soins
OF the Clerkenweil Manufacturers skilled
men to examine the operations at Waltham
and then furnish to these men set of ma,
chines and soOls like those in use at Wal
than; how long would the business Of ex
porting watches last? Speaking of the fort h
eomiTScentennial,h he cautions his countrymen
Against the thousands of Europeans who are
Waiting for raid on our workshops.
The Russians have very effective
method Of collecting taxes in Khokand. In
the city % iashkent there is 4 council com.
posed OF natives. which is supposed to be an
independent body. The Russian command.
ant, however, 'manipulates the whole munich.
pal machinery, and all he has 10 do is to state
That the government needs such and such a
sum OF money The council passes resolu-
ton written out in Russian, which they do
net understand, and are told to put their
seals to ~ which they do without knowing
contents OF the paper, and then the tax
inhabitants of Tashkent have to pay
Hatever sum the Russian commandment in
erts IN the appropriation resolution. A large
portion oil the money goes into the pockets OF
the Russian officials, and no tax receipts are
given to the natives
About two years ago some ladies
in New York, impressed with the necessity
of adding to the accomplishments of young
iadies, establishing cooking school, which
mas, after many vicissitudes, become a re-
marketable success Free instruction in cook
fng Is gwen by experts, to girls who either
desire to become cooks in order to make
living, or who desire to acquaint themselves
with the useful art in view of marriage and
housekeeping. Cooks who are deficient in
any branches of the noble art can be sent by
their mIstresses TO this school and instructed
Tor a small fee. The school has become SO
popular that the young ladies from several
neutrality-suspicious. are sent every week to ham,
die the dish-cloth and otherwise prepare
themselves TO be housekecpers.
The monument which certain enthu-
siassic Frenchmen and Americans propose
erecting on Long Island sound, in commem-
Grafton of French generosity during the revo-
luton war, is to be a copper image of the
goddess of liberty, So feet high. In the head
OF this tall deity revolving light is to be
placed, to guide the weary mariner on his
way 1t would seem more in accordance with
the fitness of things that Americans alone
should erect Il monument memoralizing the
aid and comfort furnished this country in the
dark days; but then, If left to Americans
the monument would never be finished, ii
commenced.
Our pigeon shooters pursue sport no
longer patronized by English royalty. The
prince of Wales and all the princes of the
royal family have withdrawn from the Bur-
bingham club, and pigeon shooting is to be
henceforth tabooed in the British army.
Some Aldershot officers who lately engaged
an pigeon shooting matches are severely re-
ouked- leading officer writes to o London
paper: "Ohcers of the army, of all people
IN the world, ought not to patronize so de-
based an amusement-if amusement it can
he called-especially after the praiseworthy
conduct of the heir to the throne"
A French agricultural newspaper
furnishes some interesting statistics in con-
nection with the number of wolves in France
There are about 2 1000 able-bodied- animals of
that species, which destroy to the an aunt of
about 900 francs a year each. But us q
ooo,0OO francs in no way represents thieves
occasi9k8ed by their presence. These 2,0sN
wolves who only deyour some 10000 sheep a
year, oblige the farmers to keep 20OOOOOO
sheep in folds, and render it impossible for
them to feed in the fields as in England. All
this entails great expense.
There are indications of turn for
the better in the iron industries of the west
and southwest. Furnaces ont of blast for
months, are now again blowing, though there
rs some trouble among them in consequence
OF the lack of coal The PENNSYLVANIA works,
IN many cases, are running on full time and
with heavy forces, particularly those manu-
lIs
implements. The nail manufactures of Ohio
also report activity. From other localities
given 70 the manufacture of specialties like
Improvement is reported. - hi1adelphia
Trade Journal.
The cotton-mills and industries at
Manchester, n. H., don't seem to be suffering
very much in profits. The profits of the past
year were made up at the annual meeting on
the list of October, and we put beside them
the capital stock on which they are made:
Capital Profits
Amoskeas.--.............. s., 100000 $4,000
stark 100000 1926
!."Suoh ---.---.--..--..-. JOO,0OO 10000
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000 221 ,941
The profits of the last-named corporation
are given at S25Ss1s for fourteen months,
which we have reduced one-seventh to CORE
spond- These profits are from s TO I2.3 per
cent--sprinafetd lnass.) Republican.
Crime in its most appalling shape is
constantly cropping out in the great city of
London What would you think of a small
ooy VINO would open a cab-door for lady
and then ask her to give him penny or two
for the service? This crime was actually
committed by small London bov recently.
But luckily he was caught in the very act.
and on being indicted and tried for beg
ging, was sentenced to one months imDris-
onnent in Jail and sent to reformatory for
hve years Justice is a thing you can't fool
with everywhere.
Judge Barrett, of New York shows
his good sense by disregarding the plea of
insanity in the case of Young Standerman.
who deliberately shot his sweetheart through
the mead because she did not reciprocate his
passion. The insanity dodge is getting to be
too common Standerman is to he hung in
December III he had been acquitted a pre-
cedent would have been established which
vo I'D permit every Young lover to shoot
down the girl who dares refuse his affections.
DIR. Linderman, director of the mint,
estimates that, on account of the damage to
the Consolidated Virginia and California
mines by the Virginia City fire. the sippIy of
gold bullion will be reduced 81 100000 per
month for four months, and the supply of
silver bullion 81, 10000 per month for the
same length of time.
Gen. w. d. Washburn, of Mime
apoiis, Mimi, made an assignment of all his
property for the benefit of his creditors a
80, ago. anu now the assi2nees, after paying
all debts in full, have restored to the general
assets to the amount of 100000. If a man
must fail, that's the way to do it,
Hard times are not confined to the
United States. A famine in Russia is ap-
parently imminent this winter, arising in the
main from the failure of the crops The sit
uation is not much better in GERMANY. where
a general depression in business has caused
considerable suffering among the working
people
The condition of the female iron
workers in England has lately been shown
by inspectors report to be distressing.
Terrible social chaos prevails in their commii-
,0ities, education, moral, physical, intellectual
I'd spiritual life are all set at defiance.
1nfhabitants Of the planet Mars can
maize the tour of the world there dry shod or
IN forty days if they have accomplished rapid
transit The land is not divided off in islands