The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-09-25
SAYINGS AND DOiNGS.

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will. When it's not force of arm 5, its
force of miMd-or money.
FINALLY the French repuhl cans have
got nickname for the Prince Imperial
They call him 50 Invasion N"
a DIsPUTATIoUs MAN" Why, it Is
aSplain as that two and two make four
" But | deny that, too; for and
make 3D.
EQr Al weights of acetate of lime and
of chAoide of calcium, dissolved IN twice
their Wight of hot water, is Il firc-proot-
ing mixtIre for fabrics.
AN Irishman, being told that the price |
Of bread was lowered, exclaimed: lhI> |
l. the first time that | ever rcjoiced i'll |
tn. fall of my best friend
APPROPRIATENESS is absolutely neceS-
sary to secure neaCness i'll dress. Color>
ana forms and modes, in themselves
gractf full and beautiful, can become I'M
graceful and ridiCu lous simply through
appropriations.
THE "owners of Niagara Falls" the
Porter family form the permanent
aristocracy of the place, and the prop
eIty is entailcd, lis in England 80 that
the eldest son is sort of young lord.
THE Scotchmen, in order to escape de
feat, left the country the day before the
American team arrived. 1t is the first
time Il Scotchman has ever failed to come
to the scratch"
els he anything, anyhow said one
young lady to another rs they prom
enaded Laramie street, and discus ed
nice young man. oh yes, replied the
other. "he's something; he's an awful
big fool"
THE following notice of death in the
columns of a contemporary is somewhat
uncertain: Maria s, wife of John St.
aged eighty years She lived with her
husband fifty years, and died III the con-
fident hope of a better life"
a LITTLE girl went to a neighbor's
house one day and saw some apple par
ings on the table. After sitting awhile,
she said, g smell apples" g Yes" the
lady of the house replied, al guess you
smell these apple parings on the plate. "
No, no." said She, '''taint them;
smell whole apples"
THE average yield of corn-cobs is 1852
parts of carbonate of potash in 1000
parts of the cobs, which is nearly twice
as much as is furnished by the best spec
linens of wood. The corn crop of this
country will supply 15,400, 10000 ffs.
cobs, from which rs, 500, 900 Tbs. of pot
ash might be made.
THE most appalling case of deafness
that we ever came across outside of an
asylum was that of an old lady who lives
just across the street from the navy yard.
The other day they fired salute OF
twenty-one guns. The old lady was OBJ
served to start and listen as the last gun
fir.l ha,
inr'
JAvELLE water used for turning white
the dirtiest linen, and removing stains, is
composed of bicarbonate of soda four
pounds, chloride of lime one pound
Put the soda into Il kettle over the fire,
add one gallon of boiling water, let it
boil from ten to fifteen minutes, then stir
in the chloride of lime, avoiding Jumps.
Use when cool. Thisis good for removing
fruit stains from while underwear.
a CANDLE 1900 feet distant shines
with a light 10000 times more brilliant
than do some nebulp. Yet the constitu-
ton of these nebule has been determ-
ined. They are found to consist of
hydrogen and nitrogen. We know the
nature of worlds situated at a distance
uncomfortable. And the relative ages of
the stars we know. The white stars are
the hottest and youngest. The yellow
stars, including the sun, are older; while
the colored stars are not so hot, and are
still older.
HERR ERNST Won BANDED. the sculp-
tor OF the Herman monument, is thus
described by correspondent of the Lon
don News: AS to the maker of this
monument, you must imagine white
bearded hermit, but without the hood
and gown, standing in the doorway of
this hut, as | SAW him yesterday. A
most remarkable life is Ernst Won BAN
dePs. He is now 75 years old, and he
has spent 81 years of the best part of his
life on the erection of the monument to
Hermann the CherUscan. He was born
at Ansbach on the 18th of May, 1900.
and is by birth Prussian. When but
10 years of age he put on paper his idea
of monument to Hermann.
\ CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific
American writes as follows: Those who
are fond of Investigations with the mi
croscope will find Il beautiful object in
the head of parlor match. Strike the
match and blow it out as soon as the
head has fused sufficiently to cause pro-
tuberances to form on it; on the part of
the head which took fire first will he
found a white, spongy formation, which,
under the microscope, and with bright
light upon 1t, has the appearance of dia-
monds, crystals, snow, frost, ice, silver,
and jet, no two matches giving the same
combination or arrangement
Sow TIMOTHY EARLY-A correspond
ent of the Country Gentleman reminds
Its readers of the importance of sowing
timothy seed early in autumn This
work Is now going on in the northern
states Our time is close at hand. At
the north farmers SOW from two to three
Iecks to the acre, which is fifty per cent.
more than was common thirty years ago.
The filth should be fine, and the seed
covered with very light harrow or light
brush, and rolled with a light roller.
Timothy requires rich land, and needs
no wheat to help hold it up.
A New BREED OF SHEEp-Mr. Gro
zier, an EngIishman, in charge of an ex-
tensive farm on Long Island. is endeay-
oring to establish new breed of sheen
produced by crossing Cotswolds and
Southdowns- He has produced, saws the
American Agriculturist, sheep with
heavy fleece of combing wool, superior in
quality and equal i'll weight with that of
the pure COtswoId and with as good
quality of flesh as the SOuthdown and
one-half greater size.
How To CURE THE PASSION FOR LIo-
UoR.-The Scientific American saws:
D." There Is prescription in use in Eng
land for the cure of drunkenness. bv
which thousands are said to have been
assisted IN recovering themselves 1t is
as follows: Sulphate of iron, five grains,
peppermint water, eleven drachms; spirit
of nutmeg, one drachm, twice a dav.
This preparation acts rs Il stimulant and
tonic, and partially supplies the place of
the accustomed liquor, and prevents that
absolute physical and moral prostration
that follows sudden breaking from the
use of stimulating drinks"