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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06
Nothing Mean About Him.

a western paper tells the following
A man went into Sights confection-
cry store few days ago, in an excited
manner, and rushing up to the prorri-
etor said:
"Do you make wedding cakes?"
Eyes, sir" said Slight
"Well," said the other, 'Tm goin'
ter git married ter-day, an | want a
cake. I'm no SLOUGH, an I'm goin' ter
dew things right up ter the handle. l
don't intend ter git married but once,
an yew bet I'll make things howl
Slight smiled blandly, and com
menced lifting out ten and twenty dol
lar wedding cakes, gorgeous in beauti-
full frosting and artificial flowers.
Among the rest was Il small plain cake
GLOW much is that" asked the ex-
cited purchaser.
"Four bits" said Slight.
That's the one for me;-here's your
money, old pard- wrap her up. Thar's
nothin' mean about me; | wouldn't care
if it was six bits
Slight gazed on the purchaser as he
went out about five minutes, the picture
of amazement, and then he sat down
and famed himself for half an hour,
and then got up and consumed half an
hour more in slowing away the piles OF
fancy cakes and talking to himself
softly, but his bland smile had passed
away for the time being.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06

with scales that move up and down Us
it brcathcs, and glitter like gold shining
through heecy down, from which fine,
silky hristlcs wave, that constantly
change from one brilliant tint to another
80 that, rs Cuvier. the great naturalist,
SAWS. the plumage of the humming
bird is not more beautiful.
THERE is no better time than now.
Buy such trees Us YOU want, and then
heel them into the ground (by covering
the roots with soil, and leaving the tops
out in standing position.) Leave
them in this manner until the ground
is warm in the spring; then, having the
ground properly prepared, plant your
trees, and they will grow right ahead.
Don't plant too early i'll the spring.
Wait till the ground is warm. But
have your trees bought and heeled in
the ground now, and if not now, very
early in the spring.-Cm. Gazette.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06
Prehistoric Handicraft.

In a lecture on the subject of Tools
of Prehistoric Man" before the society
of arts, the Rev. Arthug Rigg, NJ. A,
gave some very interesting particulars
in regard to the curious implements
which have from time to time been
found. He says: The word ''prehis-
toric" has clearly defined meaning
with biologists. If one turns to II
scheme of geological strata, then those
strata found above the tertiary are di-
vided into three classes-the post-gla-
cial, prehistoric and historic. In the
former (poSt-glaciaD there are not any
traces of handicraft work. In the
second prehistoric there are found re-
mains of canoes made of trees, of
dwellings erected on piles, implements
made of flint and stone, and fragments
of charred wood. When speaking of
the third or historic period, even then
biologists do not refer to such written
history as we understand by the word;
but to the foregoing implements they
add such as are made of metal. with
the fora and fauna of these periods we
are not concerned.) Each may for
himself decide how many years are
comprchended in these three geologi-
cal periods. For our purpose these
are three ages" one of which tools
were of stone, and this is again subdi-
vided into two periods, when the pal
;eollthic or ancient stone period, when
the stone tools were left with rude and
rough exteriors; and the neolithic or
recent, when there was somewhat of
an external finish or polish on the
tools. a second age in which tools
are found formed of pure copper or
bronze, the pure copper tools being so
rare that they are comprehended in the
term bronze. A third age in which
tools are formed of iron; these intro
duce us to the age in which we live.
1t must not, however, be assumed that
these ages are markedly distinct. 1t is
more than probable that whilst in one
part of the world men are using bronze
in another part they might be using
iron. Thus much, however, is certain,
that in times to which even biologists
might hesitate to apply the term ''re
cent, the smelling of copper and of
tin were known, and the combining OF
these metals to form the hardest bronze
made and used at the present time was
also practiced. An analysis of these
ancient bronze implements shows that
the copper is alleged with from five to
ten per cent of tin.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06
THE DREAM.

waited Tor my darling all through the summer
The crimson flame Of sunset came, and then thesilver
MOON
And, hearing not in silence deep bird or blossom
stir,
laid me down and slumbered that might dream of
her.
In sweet and simple beauty, with blush the Brecze'
gave,
As 1.-the rs willow bending beside the whipping wsve
She rises mi sleeps darkness like STARS through mist
that Shines
Or fairy flower in branching bower among the forest
pines.
Tho spring is laughing from her lip the summer
warns hcs breast,
Upon her head the ,larkins skies OF cloudy Autumn
rest,
While winter takes her tiny hand and covers IT with
Yet warm and soft It's tender toubh. My happy
pulses glow
Alas the joy is fading the lovely face grows dim,
The vision bright the rosy light in mrIing shodoWs
SWIM
But oer me bend delicious smiles, and eyes with love
that beam
Her own bright self has broken her image in the
dream,
-,Trp1n VrekTy NIE
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Fire Under the Smoke.

The Daily Graphic has this to say
of the late election, in Ohio: The
Ohio election has blown most of the
smoke from the political field. But it
leaves the public in a better condition
than before to ascertain exactly how
much fire there was underneath and
where it is located. Those who i'm
aginc that this soft-money agitation is
purely gratuitous, mischievouS invcn-
ton of few uneasy and malignant
politicians, are profoundly mistaken.
They represent large and powerful
constituency. When over two hun
dred thousand citiznns of one OF the
most intelligent States in the Union
vote against contraction and in favor
OF grecnback currency, it may he
safely assumed that there are plausible
If not valid reasons for their course.
And ii is morally certain that IN issue
which polls thousands of votes more
than were east ut previous elections
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Children'S Rights,

The first right of every child is to be
well born; and by this l mean that it
has right to the best conditions, phys
zeal, mental and moral, that it is in the
power of the parents to secure. With
out this the child is defrauded of his
rights at the outset, and his life can
hardly fail of being a painful protest
against broken laws. Centuries of prep
aration fitted the earth for mans oc-
cupancy, limiting thus the grandeur of
his destiny, and suggested that in an
event of such magnitude as the incar-
mating of Il souls provision should be
exercised, and all the best conditions
secured in aid of harmonious and
happy result. Good health, good
habits, sound mentality and reverent
love should form the basis of every
new life that is involved. The mother
who gives herself up to morbid f;lncieS,
pctulance and non-eXercise of self-con-
troll, proves herself unworthy of the
holy office of mother, and ought not
to be surprised if she reap at a later
day the bitterest harvest of her unwise
sowing, second in Importance to none,
as the means of securing the happi-
ness and best good of childhood and
youth, is the right to be taught obedi-
ence. 1t is easy to submit to what we
know is inevitable, and to the little child
the requirement of the parent should
be the law without appeal. The ten
der, immature being, shut in by the
unknown, where every relation is a
mystery and every advance an expert
ment, has right to find itself every
where sustained and directed by the
parent. 1t should not be tempted to
resistance by laws that are impcrtectly
enforced, nor subjected to the injuri-
Gus friction of discussion by having a
long list of reasons for every require
ment. The habit of obedience to the
parents may be formed before the child
Is two years old, and this is Il necessary
precedent of obedience to law, the next
stage of true development. The child
has Il right to ask questions and to be
fairly answered; not to be snubbed as
if he were guilty of an impertinence,
nor ignored as though his desire form
formation were of no consequence, nor
miSled as if it did not signify whether
true or false impression were made
upon his mind. He has a right to be
taught everything which he desires to
learn, and so be made certain, when
any a~ked-for information is withheld,
that it i only deferred until he is older
and better prepared to receive 1t,
Answering Il cililds question is sowing
the seeds of its future character
I;efn,ig ItgI=iuP
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SCHENK's PULMoNIc SYRUP.
SCHEMES WEED Tonic


SCHEMES WEED Tonic.
SCHEMES MANDRAKE PILLS
Are the only medicines that will Pulmonary
Consumption.
Frequently medicines that will stop a cough will
occasion the death of the patient they lock up the
nver stop the circulation of the blood, hemorrhage
organs that caused the cough.
Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia the causes Of
two-thirds OF the cases Of Consumption. Many per-
sons complain of dull pain in the side constipation
coated tongue pain in the shoulderblade feelings Of
drowsiness and restlessness the food living heavily
on the stomach, accompanied with acdty and belch-
ing up of wind
These symptoms usually originate from n dis
ordered condition of the stomach a torpid liver.
Persons 50 effected, if they take or two heavy
colds and if the cough in these cases lie suddenly
checked, Will find the stomach and liver clogged
remaining torpid and inactive, and almost before
they are aware the lungs a mass of sores and
liberated, the result of which is DEATH
Schenck's Pulmonary Syrup is an expectorant
which docs not contain opium anything calculated
to check cough suddenly.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic dissolves the food
mixes with the gastric juices of the stomach, aids
question, and creates ravenous appetite.
when the bowels are costive, skin sallow OF the
symptoms otherwise of n bilious tendency Schenck's
Mandrake Pills are required.
These medicines prepared only by
j. ii. SCHENCK x SON
N + corner Sixth and Arch Streets Phila
And are for sale by all druggists and dealers
T. j. HART * Co, Nos. IS 70 and II Tchoupi-
oulas street, New Orleans, Wholesale Agents
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06

The Khedive of Egypt has recently
buried his fourth daughter. At the flu
neral he distributed four hundred and
fifty Thousand pieces of silver among the
numerous mourners. All the jewlery of
the deceased, valued at three million
forins, was laid on the lid of the coffin.
The priests, who numbered three thou
sand, had twenty-four buffalos killed be-
fore the Masque Rilah, at Cairo, which
were roasted and eaten, after which
prayer before the tomb commenced and
continued for seven days.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06

NEW YoRK--Cotton market steady at lTz7I4tSc
NEW ORLEA.s.-Cotton, demand moderate and
prices mostly lower; good ordinary strict good
ordinary 11I%Ml2iEc; low nddng to strict low mid
ding ~ al2c; middling 10 strict nidIliug I2t4o
igtLc; good mid ling to mid1ling fair l3' .osIIigc.
MoBILE-C1tton market weak; midiling l2i fc;low
mddlius II e; good ordinary ll%tc.
GALvEsTuS.-Cotto market quiet aud easy: mid
ding I25zc; low middling I2t1c good ordinary s..
NEMrins.-Cotton market steady AT l27.c.
81. l., - rtton market easier, but not qu0tahl g
lower, at #tI5i -.
IeUIsvfiLE.-Co;ton market firm AT ~ &c.
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GENERAL MARKET QUOTATIONS.
NEW HnRH

IA,
plcur superfinc, western and state s. I0a5 40
Wh, : dull and heavy; No. 2Chicago new and old
s125gBl21 No. Chicago, new and old, 81 .266t %
Sugar T51dsc Mess pork S21 so for new. Lard prime
steam lie Whisky s1.1714-
NEW ORLEANS.
Sugar, demand good; sales of yellow clarified at Zoe
white do 10lIc. Molasses-dcmand good; fair 63 G5c
prime to choice 61Gs7ic- Flour superfine i75; Xxx
S5O0e,5 p; NNNs55O16 50; choice and family So 10
also. Corn meal is in light supply at 80 25d 80
Corn-tienand moderate at 7sCts2c in fair sup
ply and demand limit, at 1870 Bran scarce; sales
nj >lO5 Hay-market almost bare; prime quoted nj
$500. Mess pork dull; sales S2I25 Dry salt
meats are scarce at Zoe Bacon very dull at Zoe for
souders clear rib sides lic clear sides He Lard
nerces li>zetlft4c; keg 15lIc Hams-sugar cured Il
@lSt2ci inferior ~ dl5c. Coffee dull ordinary To
prime lS12l12i19c gold isky-Louisiana rectIfied
Is duil' lobbins sales at S1.l5; western 10.
CINCINNATI.
Flour-fanlily S5.75@G.25. Wheat s1.250s1 -.
torn 6jGt6Jc Oats i2r iJc- Mess pork s2I jD u -
lirdsteam 1870 lt 9c; kettle ic. Bulk meats dun
shoulders -; clear rib l2ts BE Bacon is dull and
unchanged; shoulders $50; clear rib I3i4aIic; clear
sides lioslrIc Whisky is strong at : Ilj
LOUISVILLE.
Wheat s1.10@I25 Corn 6Oc,62c. Oats :saf5c
Rye SOC Provisions no demand and prices nominal
Bulk nies-sboulders SIC; clear rib Ic clear sidcs
1879 Bacon-shoulders 95zc; clear rib ic clear sides
Iitfc- Hams-nOne here. Lard u fMIItLc Whisky
u IL. Begging 13@131.
MEMPHIS
Flour 1 dun and unchanged al s5.OOas.0O. Corn
soc il bulk Oats ia be Lard nominalIy hanged
at 1iIz@Ijc. Bacon lower; shoulders 9JzN, IOIze;
clear rib sides IiMIILc. 20
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06

conducted ON the old party grounds is
not settled by paltry majority of
5000. The financial question which
was raised in Ohio is IL real and vital
one, and will agitate the country till
it receives an approximate if not a sat
isflctOry solution in the settled policy
of the Government.
There is fire under the smoke. The
democratic vote in Ohio expresses a
profound dissatisfaction on the part of
a large body of the people. And it
has a solid reason in the continued hard
times which depress trade and lower
prices and deprcciate values and make
everybody feel poor. People out of
work and with little to eat, farmers
who have no market for their produce,
mechanics with nothing to do, manu-
facturers whose business is at Il stand
still feel that something is wrong and
demand a change of some sort. The
constant element in all the democratic
speeches was the badness of the times
and the necessity Of change for their
improvement. The diagnosis of the
disorder may have been all wrong, but
the pain was real; the specific may
have been quackery, but the paralysis
was there. Then, too, the existing
national bank monopoly furnished an
mfailing argument for the greenback
orators. Here was real incongruity
in our financial system; a vast privi-
lege given to incorporated capital at
the expense Of the industry and wei
fare of the country. The people could
see at IL glance that there is II manifest
injustice in taxing the nation some
twenty millions year for the sake of
enabling twelve hundred banks to make
from twelve to twenty per cent. on
their money. The proposed substitute
for the national bank system may have
been idiotic, but the common sense of
the country saw clearly enough that
the system is wrong.
With two such solid reasons to back
them, and coming within five thousand
votes of victory after an excited cam
paign, it is not probable that this finan-
cial agitation will subside as passing
furry. The Ohio agitators have thrown
a great question into the political arena,
and there will be no peace until it is
settled. The next congress mi ght do
much to solve the problem were it to
set about the business in downright
earnest.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06

WHEN Il boy mas been off all day,
contrary to the express wish of his
mother, and on approaching the home
stead at night, with an anxious and
cautious tread, finds company at tea,
the expression which suddenly lights
up his face can not be reproduced on
canvass
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06

ALL the women in Paris are in IA
vor Of placing the Prince Imperial on
the throne of his fathers, us he is a
sweet young man, only nineteen years
old. The other pretenders are all
ancient scrubs.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06

Vegetine is now acknowledged by our
best physicians to be the only sure and safe
remedy for all diseases arising from impure
blood, such as scrofula and scrofulous hui
mors-(Om
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06

A MISSIONARY, just returned says he
regards JOlnson's Anodyne Linimem as be-
yond all price, and efficacious beyond any
other medicine. 1t is adapted to a great va
riety of special cases, and is the best pain
curer in the world.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06

We are happy to say we never had better
stove than the CHARTER OAK. The oven
is high and roomy, bakes perfectly, takes but
little fuel, easy.to control, and clean as pin.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06

FEvERS seldom make an attack with
out warning, and may often be thrown off by
soaking the feet in warm water, wrapping up
warm in bed, and taking two or three of Par,
sons Purgdtire Pills
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06

1900 per cent, profit was realized upon
put" on 800 shares Mo. Pacific r. r. stock
during the first week in October; then why 90
TO the silver mines of Colorado or the gold
mines of California, when you have mine of
greenbacks at home. Explanatory circular
..how it is done" sent free by BuckwaIter d
Co, bankers and brokers, 10 Wall St. n. Y
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RADW AZ
READY RELIEF

WILL 4 FFORD INST1 Mt EASE
Inf laT,rnation of the kidneys,
fn1tan Isn.s,ion OF the bladder.
inflammation of tHe bowel
tOnGe.ttaH of the Lungs.
sore a. rGat, ''in cult breathing,
Pafpitatton OF the heart,
by stertcs, Group, iipilheria,
atsrre, Influenza,
Headache, tOOt munps.
heurRisia; rhe Unb ism.
Cod chilBs. ague chsiIs.
IN" app;Ira' tn Iscauy EeIief to tn,
part r-Ecr, o
" II affprd o. ctd com for,
twerry drops in halI Il tuT,bler of wafer VIII In
a Il w u.omeEts, cramps, srRs...s, sour
>ioHiac ,i,eertburn.sicIx headache ii lar
IN N, dy srnfery, collie. wind IN the bow
els, aud I'll Internal pains.
ir vel rs should W carry II bottle OF Rad
ways Relief with them. A few lrJI IN wat.
"iti prevent Ckness or pains IRON change
ua-er.
II Is better than French brandy or BIT
ferS as n siinlttiG?is
PRICE SO GEMS. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS
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Sunset and Sunrise.

The sun sets on some retired mead
ows where no house is visible, with all
the glory and sp!endor that it lavishes
on the cities, and perchancc, aSfit has
never set before-where there is but Il
solitary marsh hawk to have his wings
gilIcd by it, or only Il muSquashs looks
out from his cabin, and there is only
some little black veincd brook in the
midst of the marsh, just beginning to
meander, winding slowly round Il de
caying stump. We walked in so pure
and bright light, gliding the withered
grass and leaves, so soft and screnely
bright, | thought | hadncver bathed in
such Il golden flood, without ripple or
a murmur in it. The west side Of
every wood and rising ground CLEANED
like the boundary Of clysium, and the
sun on our backs seemed Ike gentle
herdsman driving us home at evening.
So we aaunter toward the Holy land,
till, one day, the sun shall shine more
brightly than ever he had done; shall
perchance shine into our minds and
heart, and light up our minds and
with Il great awakening light, a warm
and serene and gslden as ,,on bank
side in ~ummcr-1horco".
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06

DtKENs. in his american notes,
published thirty years ago, described Il
prisoner in In" eastern penitcntiary at
Philadelphia, whose solitary confine-
ment the great novelist lamented.
This person, Charles Landheimer, still
lives, at the age of 70. He has just
been sent back to his old quarters for
the sixth time, for the oiiense of steal
ing passion which has kept him in
Jail for more than half Of his life.
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FURNISH YOUR HOUSE

~ E,..E,rJ's Coorcr Institute, New York: House
fnrn.hing Goods Crnckcry, Chpa, Glass, Hardware.
,'mtirry Silver Wood ware, Mattresses. %c;, Nc.
,ni shipped Hll parts. Send Tor illustrated eata-
ilaut. and price list.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06

DIR. TUFTS HAIR DYE Imparts n Nat
uraI Color, remedies the bad effect of inferior
dyes The BARRIERS all prefer it.
when writing to Advertisers please Imrn-
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CURE OF 4 STFFERER FOR
FORTY YEA r., Il have bccna
sufferer for forty years, with
Chronic affection of the Livey.
i tried the Regulator, and after
giving il fair trial, | have
come to the conclusion that it is
the very best remedy ! have ever
used for the Liver. My health
is now quite good.-E. \. Will
son. Clarksvi.le. Virginia.
MANUFACTURED ONLY BY
j. II. ZEILIN 4. CO..
AEON, Ca, and PHILADELPHIA
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1t has ONLY To BE TRIED ONCE to become the
favo lite and standard remedy. Its advantages are
secured and noticed by single trial.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-25

Tinted States or tn the various acts of the Legs'a
ture of this State providing for the organization OF
ARTICLE ELEVENTH.
This Act of Incorporation may be modified, altered
or amended the capital stock increased diminished
or the said Company dissolved at general meeting
after thirty days notice. with the assent OF three
fourths of the stockholders represented at such meet
ing Any and all such notifications, alterations,
amendments or dissOutOns shall be puDilsheo anu
recorded as required by law.
ARTICLE TWELFTH.
At the expiration of this Charter or sooner, IT or
dered by vote of the stockholders representing two
thirds Of the capital stock the affairs o. the Compa
ny shall be quidated its debts paid and the balance
of its funds divided pro rata smoug the stockholders
the amount held by each, of paid up stock under
the charge and superintendent OF three commission
es appointed by the Board of Directors for that pur
pose.
This done and passed in my notarial office at New
Orleans aforesaid, in the presence OF Martin L. Aims
worth and Edward Smith, competent witnesses, re-
siding in this city, who hereunto subscribe their
together with the said appearers and me nota
~ the day and date set forth In he capen hereof
Original Signed:
P1EfR Po SANrEEoU' f F etAEE v1rrEn. Der
LAWRENCE MERE, CHAS. 81 MILL,
CHARLES A. STEIN, D. NkGRoTT0. Jr,
P. COUTOLON, V FABIAN,
JOS. SMITH, M. j. PONS
JOHN RIEHM, Harry SALISBURY,
III. IN u
M l. AINSWORTH EDWARD SMITH.
j. BENDERNAGEL Notary Public.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Orleans. )
T. the undersigned, Deputy Recorder of Mortgages
in and for the city and parish of Orleans State OF
Louisiana do hereby certify that the above and fore,
going charter of the LOUISIANA BENEVOLENT
LIVE STOCK INSURANCE COMPANY has been
this day duly recorded according to law in my office
in book No I1s folio 59s and seq
New Orleans May 8, 1875.
c. DARCANTEL, Deputy.
certify the foregoing to be true and correct copy
of the original act file and of record in office,
together with certificates of the Recorder OF Mort
cages tbereuntO appended
New Orleans May g. 1875.
j. BENDERNAGEL. Notary Public,
13l Common street.
Office. No 1913 Gravier street, between Camp and
st. Charles streets. my11