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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02

THERE Is NO DEArH.-If it be true
that nature abhors a vacuum, it is equal
ly true that tho Great Creator abhors
death and glories in life. There is real
ly no such things ss death-the term is q
misnomer, used to designate the changes
which occur in life. Life, eternal life,
is created by the laws of Almighty will
power, which are as immutable in their
application as is the existence of the
Creator himself. When God made life,
He made everything necessary to sus-
tain it, but left it for mans progressive
Intelligence to discover, convert and
utilize. Good medicine is to the ailing
physique what good fuel is tv the expir-
ing flame; the better the fuel, the
quicker the fre-the better the medi-
cine, the quicker comes relief from
pain. California Vinegar Bitters is
iife's elixir for old or young. Use this
medicine properly and you will live to
to good old age without those physical
ailments which make seventy years
burden.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02
The Bell Punch.

The bell punch, which has been with
in the past few months adopted on many
of the lines of street railways in this
country and Europe, is o sQrt. Of exter-
nal conscience, intended ep- CON-
ductors honest. Complaints and jokes
about ssknocking down" as il was called
that is, the dishonest retention OF
fares by the conductors-have for many
years been current and, although the
companies occasionally caught q con-
ductor by means of "spotters," the
spotter system was but q clumsy and
inefficient contrivance.
The patent of the bell punch belongs
to the American Railway Register COM
pany of Buffalo, and the punches them
selves are manufactured at Colts pistol
factory in Hartford. They are not sold
to the companies, but are loaned to
them at q fixed rate. There are two
punches for each car, the rental being
twenty-five cents per day for each
punch. The punch which is used to-
day ia turned into the Office to be reset
for tomorrow, and in the meantime the
conductor employs the spare instru-
ment. They are very handsome and
well-made articles, and every conductor
is compelled to deposit a hundred dol
lars with the company Tor the safe
keeping and fair usage OF the punches.
They are said to be very effective as
protection against dishonest conductors.
The mode in which they operate is as
follows:
The conductors are furnished with
bell punch and large strip of card
called " trip ticket" As soon as they
receive q fare they are bound to punch
q hole in this ticket, and as they do SO
an internal mechanism of the punch
strikes q small bell and thus gives pub
lie notice that the conductor has per-
formed his duty and has made himself
responsible for fare. If he does not
ring the bell he is liable to detection by
s spoilers, who are constantly fitting
about on all the lines, and who, OF
course, can much more readily detect
an act of dishonesty by this system
than by the old one. In order to 'beat
the punch" and cheat the companies,
two different instruments have been In
vented. In the first case the conductor
holds in his left hand small metallic
case. inside of which is a small bell
struck by racket and spring. When
the conductor has received the fare he
lifts the bell punch and pretends to nip
the holes in the card, but instead OF do
ing 80 he touches the racket OF the con-
secret or course imagine that the sound
they heard was emitted by the punch.
In the second case the concealed instru-
ment is of the same construction, but
is worked differently. It is hung round
the conductors neck. and the racket is
affixed to loose string fastened to a
leather belt round his waist. As soon
as he has received the fare he again
goes through the motion of punching
the card, but instead of doing 80 he
straightens himself up, tightens the
string which operate upon the racket,
and the bell is sounded.
There are about I, 500 bell pupcbesjp
use in ~ 16fk, Z - lpnld,
4cO in Boston, 200 in Chicago, $50 in
Buffalo, 100 in Providence. 100 in Al
bany, and 200 in Troy, in London there
are ], 800 in use, in Dublin 1,20O, and
$50 in Liverpool.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02

The use of aniline red for colorine
hair-oils is condemned by the Labra-
tory, and an instance is cited in proof OF
the injurious effects resulting from the
employment of oils SO colored. A man
in Boston, who had for some time fire.
quented a BARRIERS shop in which ami
ing, began to experience disaereeable
itching of the scalp, very similar to that
produced by arsenic. On inquiry. the
trouble was traced to the hair-oil.
which contained arsenic present in the
aniline color and, by discontinuing its
use, the eruption soon disappeared.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02
DIR. j. Walkers California Vim

Ut. Is. walkers California VIM
egar Bitters are n purely Vegetable
prepa:;s .on, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbe found on the lower ranges Of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
OF Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERsf" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and n lifn-giying principle,
q perfect Renovator and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are gentle Purgative as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTKRs are Aperient, Diaphoretic
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic
Sedative, Counter-Irritant, Sudorifc, Altere
tive. and -Biliors
r.. H. MCDONALD q CO..
Druggists and Gen. ACTS. San Francisco. California,
aAd cor Of Washington and Charlton Sts., N. Y.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02

FEARFUL-The amount of money
thrown away in not buying shoes protected by
SILVER TIPS. Parents be wise and insist
that your shoe dealer should keep them.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02
The Color Of Diamonds.

Flight and Maskelyne have lately
made some curious observations upon
colored diamonds. 1t has for some
time been known that the tints of these
saones are either destroyed or modified
by heating, the change being sometimes
permanent. In the present case two
yellowish diamonds from the Cape of
Good Hope were strongly heated in an
atmosphere of hydrogen in porcelain
tubes for about two hours. Upon cool
ing, the color Of the stones was found
DryH111z1, ~ Returned alter err
- for Only : ~ minutes 70 dif-
II on4iuBfance . diamond
ben depck<izsd b. heat was
49, thfce q fonr dsys and
<z1ees; but Ne expcsure Of
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02

This notice is addressed to ladies
only. If you want to make your husband,
father, or brother a handsome Christmas pres.
ent, give him q carton of Elmwood Collars
store. Be sure to get the Elmwond because
it looks and fits better than any othsr.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02

:. TUFTS Hair Dye has been analysed
oy the best chemists in Europe and America, and
its harmlessness certified to-
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02

Go to Riverside Water Cure. Hamilton, III
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02
PROBABLY no one disease ia the "a

PROBABLY no one disease is the cause
Of so much bodily misery and unhappiness
(and the disease is almost universal among
the American people, as dyspepsia. It's causes
are many and various, lying chiefly in the
habits of our people. The remedy is simple
and effectual. Use DIR. Wishart's Great Amer
lean Dyspepsia Pills. They never fail to cure
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02
WISHART'S
PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL.

+ is now fifteen years since the attention OF the
IL public was first called by DIR. l.. O @. Wishart
to this wonderful remedy, and SO wei has 1t stood
confde &c OF the entire community; bns y more
tce than my other p oprieiary preparation in the
country II is the vital principle OF the Pine Tree
o. the Tar by which Its highest medicinal proper
ties are retained For the following complaints.
and breast: bronchitis. consumption, liver COM
plant. weak stomach dis OF the kidneys. urf-
nary complaints. Dervous debility. d, spepsia and
blood there l. az remedy In the world that mas
been used 10 success ully or can show such q num-
Der OF marvellous cures. A he followfI Will serve
10 show the estimation in which this sovereign
remedy Is held by those " no have used Ii.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02

d.. L. O. G. WIsHART: Dear Sir-I am grateful
TO you nom the fact that you nave made medi-
cine that viii cui the disease OF The lungs. MY
wife he had the sumption for ten years. Phys
fcians had told n. that they coud only patch her
up for The Tune being. She WAS confined to her
bed and had been for some time heard of your
Pine rec Tar cordiai and secured one bottle; it
relieved her cough She has now finished the
fourth bottle and Is able to do the work for her
family may God speed you with your
great discovery and cure you Rave made for con-
sumption. REV. E. n. HoPKINs.
Jackson centre, Shelby Co., Ohio.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02

For sale by. all druggists and store-
keepers aud at
DR.. L. @. C. WISHARTS Office,
No. 232 N. SecOnd-St, Philadelphia. Pa.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02

-+An Onahe Srfl Dis her see1 ~
ctIlsa dsy wlsIs uafins her he'd AZ
ssstuI va esI.g. "a.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02

DR. WIsHARr, Philadelphia: Dear Sir-During
visit to Philadelphia. some three years ago,
was suffering from a severe cold and was INDUCED
to take bot lie Of your Pine Tree Tar Cordial
which had the Ell ct Of curing me in few days.
I have used 1t In my family ever since, and am OF
the opinion that 1t save the life of my daughter
who was suffering from evere and painful cough.
II the publ alton of This Will be OF any service,
you at liberty to.use 1t
Yours respectfully, JOHN HoDSEfT.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02

manage 10 nave rusty bolt 70 scrub
while his boat tarried at our town, and
he would sit ON the inside guard and
scrub it where we could all see him and
envy him and losthe him. And when
ever his boat Was laid MP he would
come homs and svell around the town
in his blacklist and greasiest clothes, 81
that nobody could help remembering
that he was a steanboatman and he
used all sorts of steamboat technical
tiles in his talk, as if 9e were so used
to them that he forgot common people
could not understand them. He would
speak of the larboard sideof horse in
an easy, natural way that would make
one wish he was dead. And he was al
ways talking about est. Losy" like an
old citizen he would refer casually to
occasions when he "was coming down
Fourth street." or when he was" pass
ing by the Planters House." or when
there was fire and he took a turn on
the brakes of "the old Big Missouri -
and then he would go on and lie about
how many towns the size of ours were
burned down there that day. Two or
three Of the boys had long been persons
of consideration among us because
they had been to st. Louis once and had
q vague general knowledge of its won
uchs oub bu0 udy VI tuoI SioIy Wds
over now. They lapsed into humble
silence, and learned to disappear when
the ruthless "cub" engineer approach
ed. This fellow had money too, and
hair-oil. Also an ignorant silver watch
and snowy brass watch chain. He
wore q leather belt and used no suspen-
ders. II ever youth was cordially
admired and hated by his comrades,
this was one. No EfTs sud Withstand
his charms. He e en- cut every boy
in the village. When hf~ foat blew up
ct last It d5ffuseds trsndEsi contentment
suong N suoh Is re had not known for
monshs-
Bat phan Ia ezpe home the.-eext
s.ssx. =. 81. = - ~ sd kppe1ked u
49, "a. 81 es-1x esrl I'D b<u.7sxess,
!: 49, = : Z. Z 'ed sssssssd
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02


was al " avs where could see and hear.
He felt all the sublimity of his great
position, and made the world feel it,
too. When he gave even the simplest
order, he discharged it like blast of
lightning, and sent long, reverberat-
ing peal of profanity laundering after
it. I could not help contrasting the
way in which the average 1andsman
would give an order with the mates
way of doing it. If the landsman
should wish the gang plank moved foot
further forward, he would probably say:
James, or William, one of you push
that plank forward, please ;" but put
the mate in his place, and he would
roar out "Here, now, start that gang
plank for'ard Lively, nowi What're
you about Snatch it, snatch it /
There, there Aft again, aft again !
Don't you hear me? Dash it to dash I
are YOU going to sleep over it Vast
heaving. Vast heaving, I tell you
Going to heave it clear asternp Where
re you going with that barrel For'ard
with it fore make you swallow it. you
dash-dash-dash-d dashed split between q
tired mud-turtle and crippled hearse-
horse !"
wished I could talk like that.
w hcu buo bOIcuctb VI my bOV6utuI6
with the mate had somewhat worn of,
I began timidly to make up to the
humblest official connected with the
boat-the night Waterman He snub-
bed my advances at first, but I pres
emily ventured to offer him a new chalk
pipe, and that softened him. So he al
lowed me to sit with him by the big
bell on the hurricane deck, and in time
he melted into conversation. He could
not we'll lave helped it, hung with
such homage on his words and 80 plain
ly showed that felt honored by his
notice. He told me the names of dim
capes and shadowy islands as we glided
by them in the solemniiy of the night,
ander the wipking stars, and by and by
got to talking about himself. He SEEM
ed over sentimental for a man whose
salary was six dollars a week-or rat aes
he might have seemed so to an older
rorlr 6ri,esfss ard vish . }sli]s s]Iss
fn7xhf ha[s move seHptains Il - Fad
besn applied isdis.st mai vas Il
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02
The Miller and Millwright.

monthly journal of 10 pages. Every mile
and mfIlwrixh should take it. Address sINPSOi
z GAULT. Cincinnati, o. q 90 p anunm. Sen
for sample copy.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-02

10 ureeO only rom pure DlOOQe0 mAlee,
OF whatever kind or breed they may be.
Blood will not stand in place Of feed.
Blooded pigs are most profitable and
thrive best where there is fullacorn
crib. - \
OLIVE GROWING FOX PROFIT IN THE SOUTH
Desiring to deyelop every possible re-
source of our flvored region, we have
constantly called attention to what
seemed promising, new or little known,
but valuabS plants, suited to our eli
mate and likely to p, owe profitable here,
at the sans time carefully avoiding
those exaggerated statements and high
ly colored views which are apt to ac7
company the introduction of new things
We have not made "hobby" of any d
them not that we dislike hobbies alt
gether, but because we think an editG.,
whose position is at the front, and VINO
should never be endorsed, ought to 6e-
stride more substantial steed. Weave
encouraged experiment, but have oun-
seled prudence in reference to a I'M
tested agricultural enterprises.
The olive is not a new thing n the |
coast region of the South Atlantictates,
but it is little known as an objecbf Gull |
tivation, and the question ha often |
come up in our mind, "Wby On it not |
be probably grown here, here it
thrives SO well2" With this iuery in
onr mind, we wrote to Mr.. Rotrt Chis-
ohm, who, it is we'll knownhas had
some experience in the culvation of
this fruit, asking his views q the sub
iect. The following is his ply:
DEAR SIR-Your favor ofhe 9th has
Just come to hand, aud iprove few
leisure moments to reply Tit.
Neither the olive tree nc its fruit is
liable to any disease or Asect enemy
that have yet seen, but ne tree must
not be exposed to sheeI or cattle, as
both browss upon them. The only diff.
ssbaete at<sut their ezityation On our
sak is1anfs ID. thsf tnss4se much mora
pre1rctss on eseyeysbsn on sandy /
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-21
Railway Passenger Relics.

In the Office of the Hartford, Provi-
dence and Fishkill Railroad Company,
in the Asylum street railroad depot, is
rare museum of curiosities, compos-
ed of articles that have been left on the
cars from time to time by careless pas
sengers. There are several hundred
different articles, and the collection is
certainly of most miscellaneous char
acter, including fur muffs and collars,
boots and shoes, rubbers, waterproof
cloaks, overcoats, parasOls, night
dresses, ladies' hats, dresses, box of
instruments, two or three dozen car
pet bags. rolls of music, story books,
false teeths, bustles, dolls, a cavalry sa-
bre "a relic of some horse guard excur-
sion, perbaps), one sample of "that
little brown Jug" an old white hat,
and several hundred umbrellas, silk
ones, alapaca ones and gingham, and
few score of the regular old style cot-
ton articles, with warped and twisted
ribs, and mangled coverings. Scarce
day passes that the conductors do not
make additions to the collection and so
1t increases, rarely diminishing by any
one claiming their lost property.
When one gazes on the heap, and
hears how it increases, there is no
longer any wonder why the erection
of new depot with more spacious ac-
cOmmodations is in contemplation.-
Hartford Post.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-21

Our American Evangelists, Mpssrs
Moody and Sankey, are still creating
excitement among the Londoners,
though that latterly created has been
Of different character, somewhat to
that they have hitherto caused. In
fact it worked itself into Parliament.
You have doubtless seen i'm the papers
of how it was proposed that the two
gentlemen should hold meeting, or a
series of meetings for the benefit of the
boys at Eaton. A couple of gentlemen
with letter of Introduction from Mr..
Gladstone, who, it seems is mixed up
lately, more or less with everything
theological and ecclesiaslical-cam to
'he head master to obtain permission
for Messrs. Moody aud Sankey tu mold
this series Of meetings. After this
things got little mixed and obscure.
Some say permission was given,
others that the gentlemen were refer
red to some others in authority, and
still others that an evasive answerw was
given. But however that may he. il
soon became noised abroad that such IA
proposition had been Aiade, and the
papers were deluged with letters about
II, some pro, some con. Persons who
had been Etoniaus, persons who had
SONS, or had had sous at Elton, and
some who stood in all three Of these
positions gave vent TO their feelings on
the matter The matter was even, as
| said, mentioned in Parliament, as to
whether these men should be allowed
to tamper with the moral feelings of
the youth of Noble England. The
leading papers all had comments on
the affair, most of them vehemently
opposing any such proceedings. The
young men at Eton they said were
spiritually provided for, and any ino-
walton they looked upon as detri-
mental. The most lenient and the
most sensible commentary on the
matter was that of the Times, which
thought that there was too much fuss
made about the matter, and expressed
the hope that the governing body of
the school would not make itself
ridiculous.
A catastrophe was averted. Only
one service was held, and that in
gentleman's garden, some distance off.
There was no excitement, and the eX-
trap olice that were ordered To be onthe
ground had no cause for interference,
and so far as we as yet know, the NOR
ais OF the boys were neither marred
nor improved. So ended this tempest
in tea pot.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-21
Robert Dale Owens Insanity.

A dispatch from indianapolis says:
" Robert Dale Owen, in charge of his
two sons, Julian Dale and Ernest Dale,
arrived here from New Harmony on
Saturday, on the way TO the asylum
near this city. Ernert says that his
fathers insanity disclosed itself in con-
versatiOn rather than in conduct. He
imagines himself immensely wealthy,
and sole heir to the estate of the Earl
of Breadalbans, and is constantly tell
ing how he will dispose of his property
by endowing colleges, &c. He is rest
less, and desires TO be travelling, and
seems TO have lost all idea of space and
time. He spoke of going to New York
in an hour, and of walking over to
Philadelphia in few minutes. The
physicians think he can be cured, pro-
vided there is no incipient paralysis.
His son thinks the insanity is traceable
to nervous bilious fever he had five
weeks ago.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-21
Our State Credit.

We believe that we are able to pay
our debts in full without expressing
the people, and the loss of credit would
remand us back century. With the
steady increase in the value of prop err
ty, we believe that the debt can be ex-
tinguished long before maturity, but
whisper any word that smacks of re-
pudiation, and down go values and
credits. Capital, which if not driven
off, would in a decade build us up on G
hundred million dollars in manufac-
turing enterprises, will avoid our
borders. While money is a drug in
Wall street and commands but a nom
inal interest, the most tempting oppor-
tunities tor investment in the South
are neglected, and the high rates of
interest offered fail to draw from New
York any appr cable portion of its
surplus million. The reasons for this
are obvious. capital is proverbialIy
iimtd, and the unsettled condition of
affairs in the southern States, with
the runors of population, have caus-
ed capitalists to stand aloof The
south can never regain its prosperity
until it is able to command capital,
and that can never be until it ceases to
talk o; repudiation.-MeDphis AppedL.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-21
WOman's Virtne.

1t is a prevailing vice among men
of doubling the virtue of woman. To
us it looks like not only an outrage to
good taste, but also betOkens a want of
intellect. Besides this it betokens a
besotted nature, and passions that
would disgrace a beast. The idea of
dragging women down to mans level
in point of virtue, is so repugnant TO
the feelings soutterly at variance with
the truth, that the utterer ought not to
have place in civil society.
We would wish to impress upon
those who cast this slur upon the char
acter of the women of our land, that
if what they charge were true, this
fair world of ours would be a perfect
hell. The women of our land are as
far above those who make these asser-
tions as the heavens are above the
earth. Our women are the highest
type of purity and virtue, and any
craven who would drive them from
this high estate deserve the execrations
of all good men.