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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12
A Lesson to Druggists.

The clerk of druggist in New Or
leans recently sold spirits of camphor
for camphor water. 1t was admins
tered to patient and produced death.
A suit was brought against the drug
gist for damages, and it has just been
disposed of by the supreme court of
Louisiana, which held that the defend
ant was primarily liable, and also liable
for the acts of his clerk in the regular
discharge of his business. The court
declared that the law does not place a
community in the position of being
poisoned by mistakes, with no one to
he held responsible therefor. If it was
the master who did the wrong he is re-
sponsible. If it was his servant who
did it, he is still responsible, for the
master is responsible for the acts of his
servant when done in the course of his
usual employment. Such decisions as
these are necessary to keep the dis
pensers of poisonous drugs and COM
pounds up to proper degree of watch
fulness. In all cities there is far too
much carelessness displayed in relation
to this matter. In some cases incom-
petent assistants are put in position in
drug stores on the principle of econo-
my. A few hundred dollars are saved
each year on the salary of clerks, and
the preprietors take the chances. In
other instances clerks are suffered to
get into careless habits, and in this
manner mistakes occur of a fatal char
acter. But when the druggists are held
to strict and rigid accountability, not
only for their own mistakes but for
those of their assistants and clerks,
there will be fewer mistakes and fewer
deaths from the dispensing of improper
drugs,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12
BY CLARENCE COOK.

Let us begin with the frank aban-
donment of any formal parlor, but,
taking the largest and pleasantest and
most accessible room in the house, let us
give it up to the wife and children in the
daytime, and to the meeting of the whole
family when evening comes. There is
not much need at the present time to
emphasize this suggestion, for it is one
which experience and necessity have
already made to good many people !;
and now that the problem, Chow to get
dwelling at rent within moderate
means" is being solved by the increase
of s'fats" and apartment houses. the
'sparlor" must be given up, there being
no provision made for it in the common
plans. But it is by no means my notion
that the living should be a homely,
matter-of-fact apartment, consecrated
to the utilities, while the MUSES. and
Graces are left to kick their heels in the
hall. On the contrary, we want in the
living-room, for foundation, that the
furniture shall be the best designed and
best made that we can afford, and all of
it intended to be used and necessary to
our com fort notan article to be allowed
that doesn't earn its living, and cannot
prove it's right to be there. These
wants being provided for first, then we
will admit the ornament of life-casts,
pictures, engravings, bronzes, books,
chief nourishers in ife's feast; but in
the beginning these are to be few, and
of the choicest, and the greatest care is
to be taken in admitting a newcomer.
The room, from the very first, ought to
represent the culture of the family
what is their taste, what feeling they
have for art it should represent them
ofh
troublesome fact is, that it will and
must represent these, whether it's owners
would let it or no. If young people,
after they have secured the few pieces
of furniture that must be had, and
made sure that they are what they
ought to be, have some money left to
get picture, an engraving, or
cast, they ought to go to work to
supply this want as seriously as they
would the other, which seems the
more necessary, but in reality is not
bit more necessary. I look upon this
ideal living groom of mine as an impor-
tant agent in the education of life; it
will make great difference to the chill
dren who grow up in it, and to all
whose experience is associated with it,
whether it be beautiful and cheerful
room, or only a homely and bare one.
or a merely formal and conventional
one. The relation of these things to
education is all that gives any dignity
or poetry to the subject, or makes it
allowable for a reasonable man to give
much thought to it. But it has a real
vital relation to life, and plays an i'm
portant part in education, and deserves
to be thought about a great deal moro
than it is. It is therefore no trif1ing
matter whether we hang poor pictures
on our walls or good ones, whether we
select fine cast or second-rate one.
We might almost as we'll say it makes
no difference whether the people We
live with are frstrate or second-rate.-
NcTibner
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Depressing Reports of Winter Wheat.

During the past week the condition
of the winter wheat in $50 counties has
been reported to the Department of
Agriculture. About three hundred
counties of valleys of the Ohio and
Mississippi, are represented which last
year produced seventy million bushels
of winter wheat, or sixty per cent. of
the product of seven states from Ohio
to Kansas. The average of the condi-
tion in these states is 63 per cent only,
indicating { of full crop if no i'm
provement occurs in Kentucky IS per
cent Ohio 81; Michigan 81; Indiana
66; Illinois 63 Missouri SO; Kansas
81, though only thirty two counties in
the latter state are represented. The
condition is better in Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Virginia, though below
an average. A few wheat counties in
New York make extremely nnfavorable
returns. The portion to be replanted
in other crops averages IA per cent in
the west or 1850, 900 in a breadth of
5000, 900 acres seeded. The largest
proportion is At per cent in Missouri
and Illinois % in Kansas and Indiana;
IL in Michigan, Ohio 10 and Kentucky
4. There will be very little replanting
in the middle states except In New
York.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12
Amusing the Baby.

When the baby is just able to open
its little unused eyes it is first induced
to gaze upon the lamp. The infant,
with weak, pinkish, half open eyes, is a
sufferer beyond any power to fell of or
get relief from its own woes, and yet
the torment of making it gaze at "ze
putty yed yight" is supposed to be ex-
quisitely amusing. After the bother
with the sun and lamp, the baby is
jumped at, screamed at, and otherwise
startled, until its nerves are disturbed
beyond ordinary quieting. 1t is sub
ject of marvel to most people that SO
many people die in infancy, but to an
observing and rejecting mind the won
der is that any children grow to matu-
rity. When you and I feel miserable
we want to be left in quiet. Repose is
the sweetest remedy for our nervous or
other ills, but baby is trottee, bounced,
toted, "ketchy-ketchied," chucked un-
der its chin, poked in its checks, or
somebody's thumb is thrust into its
of ablution, and then if baby isn't happy
it is reputed very irritable. Tickling
the baby's feet, creeping the fingers
like the motion of a mouse across its
breast and up into its fat, sensitive
neck wrinkles, is another mode of ANUS
ing baby. OF course the child laughs,
and the idiots who torment it forget
that it is the same expression with
which they reply to similar process
from the hand of some mischievous but
torturing friend; and yet we all know
that this laugh from a man is an hys-
terical outcry of nervous irritability.
When the laugh ceases, WEAKNESS
brings weeping, or perhaps a restless
and undressing sleep, followed by de-
preston, and probably by indigestion
and collie. Nothing should ever be
done to startle a child-even q too fire.
quent playing of bo-peep, if violent,
has been known to bring on st. VItus'
dance with delicate organizations. All
surprises are dangerous to the nervous
system, just as all sudden atmospheric
or dietetic changes are very unhealthy,
and sometimes fatal. If music is So
lected to please the young child's ears,
it should be gentle and soothing.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

A GOOD old minister of one of our
Baptist churches was agreeably sur
prised by the intelligence of one of his
flock, that five individuals had ex-
pressed desire, on the next Sunday,
to have the baptismal rite performed
upon themselves. After the perform
nnce however, he was somewhat cha
grined that only one of the five Joined
the society of which he was pastor. A
few Sundays after the same worthy
elder waited on him with the intelli-
q snce that ten more desired immersion
" And how many will join the society,"
querried the minister. "Two, I regret
to say, are all we can depend on" was
the elders reply. every WE'LL" said
the good old man, "you may as well
inform the other eight that this church
don't take in washing"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

From my upper window, at the close of day.
sadly watching passers on their homeward way,
SADLY, s~eetly thinking of the Joy and glse
when one came, my babes, home to you aud me,
In TIE dusk, with faces close against the pane
Peered se through the starlight, snow, or summer
rain,
Harry hearts and faces watching through the gloom
For the blessed footstep that was sure to come.
Hsrk bear its echo, babies mine. once morsi
Hear the iatch-key turning in the opening door
FROM my knee you're springing fearless in the
While flood with radiance all the darkened room.
swift You ay to meet him. open wide the door,
closely we are gathered to his heart once more.
Tender kiss and blessing greet your childish gee,
But the warmest, babies always was for me!
Fast nv tears are falling DER the memory sweet,
While catch the echo still of passing feet;
But through summer starlight through wintry
rain
Never, my babies, will he come again,
We are now the wanderers in the dusk aud gloom,
He the one that's waiting IN the happy home.
From his upper window. though he NAV not see,
He's watching. o my babies, to welcome you add me.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

A WORD IN SEAsoN.-Health is a
blessing, which comparatively few en-
Joy in all it's fullness. Those endowed
by nature with robust frames and Wig
orous constitutions should be careful
not to trifle with them.
When we enter the seasons of period
ic fevers, the increased heat of the sun
develops miasma which pervades the
air. The evil is inextinguishable our
duty to guard against it is imperative |!
Fortunately for those whose lot is cast
in low marshy districts or new clear
ings, nature provides a cure and pre-
ventive. DIR. Walkers California Vine
mar Bitters are endowed with rare pro-
11hytdctic or disease preventing powers,
and as Sc an ounce of prevention is
worth pound of cure" should be
taken in the full vigor of health, SO as
to fortify the system against the assault
of summer disease, and thus secure by
their life-giving, Strengthening, restor-
alive, and antiseptic virtues, a defense
against atmospheric poison.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

AMERICAN APPLES IN ENGLAND
Nothing astonishes the English more
than our system of barreling apples.
In that country the crop is placed thin
ly on shelves, in fruit houses con-
structed especially for the purpose,
and no one thinks of sending them long
distances to market. Our Rhode Island
Greetings and Baldwins, therefore,
which now go there in barrels in i'm
mense quantities, surprise them consid-
erably. A good deal of this is, perhaps,
due to the varities we send there. A
few years ago the Newtown pippin was
the great American apple in the London
market; hut since the failure of that
variety, those two named have in
measure taken it's place. 1t is not,
however, that these apples should
reach the English markets in such ex-
oellent condition after being merely
barreled up that SO astonishes the
English the price is also wonder,
for after being sent 30 far, they can
still be sold at price the English can
hardly touch with their own fruit.
This speaks we'll for the progress OF
American fruit culture.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

CONSERVATIVE CURED.-When death was hourly
expect from Consumption, all remedies having
failed. accident led TO discovery whereby DR.. II.
James cured 1s1aly child with preparation of Can
nabis "..C0- now gives recipe free receipt of
two stamps paw expenses. There is not a single
symptom of consumption that 1t does not dissipate
Nj at Sweats Irritation of the Nerves. Difficult Ex-
pectoration sup Pains in the Lungs Nausea at the
Stomach. ton ofthe Bowels and Wasting of the
hdsc'es addI ess CRADDOCK & CO., 1882 Race
tree, IaoelpoIa, Pa, giving name of this paper.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

A German paper informs us that the
famous steel works of Frederick Krupp,
of Essen, are about to receive very
important addition to their machinery.
The largest steam hammer in use at
these works, at the present time, is one
capable of working a mass of steel 30
tons in weight, and erected at a cost of
$3.50, 600. 1t is now in contemplation
to build a new steam hammer capable
of beating up mass of. steel of double
the weight, namely, 100 tons. The
new machine, it is estimated, will cost
81, 900, 900, and will be the most power
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12
Aggregat,
.46, 7S6, 172 46, 776,179

At present, attention is invited to
the fact that last year Great Britain had
81, 267. 900 acres in pasture, beside
1910, 742 acres in "clover under rota-
tion." In the same year the total area
in grain wheat, barley and oats) was
only 8,544,671 acres. These figures
show conclusively that land in grass on
which the tenant pays heavy rent gives
a better return to the farmer than land
in grain, even where labor is as cheap
as it is in England. In grass and clover
there are over thirty-five million acres.
and only eight and half million acres
in wheat, barley and oats combined.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12
WINTER KILLED WHEAT.

WINTER hlLLED WbEAT.-1n0 Ce-
partment of agriculture report for April
makes the loss of wheat by winter kill
ing in Michigan 3S per cent. Ohio So,
Kentucky AZ, Indiana 40, Illinois so,
Missouri 81, and Kansas 32 per cent.
ReplaDtipg TO other crops varies in the
states named from to 81 per cent. of
the area sown last fall, averaging II per
cent. The average loss in the western
states is 81 per cent.-more than 49,
O00, 600 bushels less than last year in
these states, which then threshed over
lis, OOO,0 900. 1t is probable that the
first statements cent to the department
from the northwestern states were much
exaggerated. The loss sustained by
Kentucky, is set down at AZ per cent.
If it is one fourth of the crop it is much
more than Tennessee has suffered by
winter killing of wheat.
"LATIN and Greek are all right" said
a Delaware farmer as he halted his
team, "but gimme man who can pillow
around an apple tree 'thout touching
the roots"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

full in the world; and it may be OK
pected that the size and weight of the
German artillery will be enormously
increased, as the new steam hammer
will permit the working-up of larger
masses of metal than, up to the present
time, has been thought to be possible
hv acientifio enQineers
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

i the sleeps road" "That's the
queen" said the attendant. Tho boy
looked astonished, and was for the
moment dumb; but, after recovering
his senses, said, with great simplicity:
1.-THE queen? Cd, fat wy then dinna
she put on cloes sac that folk may ken
faa sha IL 2u-Once q Week
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

IT is often remarked by strangers Wis.,
iting our State that we show larger proper
ton of good horses than any other State in
the Union. This we tell them. is owing to
two principal reasons In the first place, we
breed from the very best stock and in the
second place, our people use Sheridan's Caval-
ry Condition Powders, which in our Judgment
are of incalculabe advantage.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

.Jo1a,ason's Aaodyne Ldninaent will
give more relief in cases of Chronic Rheuma-
tism, no matter how severe, than any other
article known to medical men. Used internal
ly and externally.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

SHE has the most alluring eyes, a lit
tie Grecian nose. She wears the most
bewitchiug guise, and particolored
hose! Her touch can thrill one strange
ly when one clasps her in the dance-at
least, they tell me so-but then, never
had the chancel
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12
MAN OF A THOUSAND.

DR.. TUFTS ExpectOrant is prepared by a
physician of twenty-five years practice and is q
compound of rare excellence.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12
Statistics of English Agriculture.

We are indebted to the Country Cen
tleman for the following condensed
table of the most recent statistics of
British agriculture, containing facts of
great interest.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

GRAIN RAISKRS REFUSE to submit
to the wasteful and imperfect work Of Other
ThresherA whom posted ON the Uasf sl1P0SoTt1
Of this one. for saving grain. saving time. and
doing fast. thorough and economical work.
run . machine that has no "Beaters." "Pickera"
or apron" that handles Damp Grain. Long
Straw, Headings Flax. Timothy. Millett and AL
such dimcult grain and seeds. with ENTIRE
EASE AND EFFECTIVENESS. Cleans
to perfection; saves the farm his thresh bill
by extra saving Of grain; h,akes no "Litter
Ugss" requires LESS THAN 0hE-HAlf the usual
.elts, Boxes, Journals, and Gears; easier man
aged less repairs one that grain raisers prefer
to employ and wait for. even at advanced
prices, while other machines are "out of jobs."
-Four sizes made with 9, Q, 10 and -
horse :" MOuntedo Powers, also q sps.
eialty Of SeParators .alone.'' expressly
for STEAM POWER, and % match
other Horse Powers.
Ifinterested In grain raising. or threshing. write
for illustrated Circulars (seNt Jrss) with full
particulars of sizes. styles pricea terma ETC.
NICHOLS, 0HEPARD 4 CO.,
Battle Creek AScA4pR
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

THE Milwaukee Whisky Ring have
employed Ben Butler to assist Matt
Carpenter in their defense.
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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12
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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12
IN MEMORY
of
HOMER CLINK,
Who died
Oct. 10. 1873,

IN MEMORY
Of
HOMER CLINK,
Who died
Oct. 10. 1873,
Aged Al yrs. z mos. 81 dys.
He was the kindest sort O. man,
He was good provider;
And when friend asked him to drink
He always called for cider.
His wife she has a noble heart,
And though she NAV remarry;
Wiener she thinks of Homer Clink
Her heart sigh will carry.
HE has crossed the dark river and found
peace and good health"
"That's good-that just hits me !"
her eyes. give got to go and do some
trading, and I'll be back in two hours.
Put the inscription on handsome like,
and shan't mind 50 extra"
About noon her one horse wagon
backed up to the dealers, and as the
stone was loaded up the widows face
wore a quiet smile of satisfaction.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

Sitting down on the edge Of the
spring, Col. Yonge gave us a personal
and instructive interview on the subject
OF fish raising in Georgia. 81 find, :"
says he, "a vastly increased interest in
nsh culture. You can hardly believe
the tremendous influence that the Her
aid article, describing Col. Alston's fish
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

The Facts and Figures of Seven Acre
Fish Pond" A Family of Thirty Thou
sand Children o-Three Bushels Of Fish
Per Day, and the Fronts ON the Same.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-12

DOM a month to agents everywhere Address
pIOO EXCELSIOR M'F'e Co., Buchanan, Mich
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EVERv Family WANTS 1T. Money in T.
II 5old by agents. Address M. N Lowell Erie. Pa.
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.irsrrd 20 think of usip g threads
= ,i,.I will rot, pegs thai Isl SyAYo2NS
ak and fall out To fasten
III soles of boots and shoes toEBS4SyS2S3I&
he upper CA BILE 81 REWEk1yzZSA@
e is the only method 3 w I. ~
Il 1 will hold.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-23
Real Estate Transfers.

WV. Whitney and wife to Kate Mea'son,
lots and IN the gIantor's subdivision at
North Bend-$.4U
F. A. Roberts to p. S. Michie,. lot ~ by 1875
feet, on the north corner of Morrow and
Market Streets in Reading-S1,500.
Geo. Dawson and wife to Evans, Clifton n
Co.. leaseh0ld 81 by lis feet, Oh the east side Of
Evans street. so feet north of Eighth street.
Twenty lrst Ward-S3OO.
q. P. Won Stein to Mailer Rothschiid, lease
hold 28S by SIX feet, on the west side Of Gen.
tral Avenue, ~ ieet north Of sixth street
x5.10O.
L. G. Hopkins and wife to A. A. Long, lot 4f
in the grantor's third addition to Norwood, ~
By $50 feet-SJ25.
August Droescher and others, per sheriff, to
II. ". Westerhold, aA acres on the north side
of featman street, west OF the Lower River
road, in section "a. St0rrs township, Twenty
first Ward-$3,jGG G7.
David Schorr to John Haub, three years
lease Of the three story brick building ON the
northwest Of Clinton avenue and Vine
street at an annual rent OF $500.
Y. X. Kaufman and wife TO Jacob Fuer-
stein, the interest Of the grantors IN n lot III
a 100 by 3i0 feet, on the west side Of Hun,
street, south Of the Montgomery pike-$l, 800.
j. +. Cunningham and wife to Nicholas
Buchmann, lot - by ls0 feet, on the south side
Of blue Rock street, 1876 feet west of Cherry
street, Twenty -ffth Ward-$s75.
Iguatius Cooke and vile tO w. Reitmann.
lott Si-l0n by lS9 $40 feet, on the west side o
Western avenue. IL 8:-l0J feet south Of Sher-
man avenue-N, UU.
James IIane0n ana wife to ShadracK Berry
leasehoid ~ by 10 feet, on the north side Oi
Sycamore street, Gu feet east of Mulberry
street, Walnut Hills, Second Ward-S90t.
The Cincinnati and Indiana Railroad Com
pany to James Deneen. Lot 10 IN the Railroad
Companys subdivision In Elizabethtown
Whitewater Township, IL by 1865 fect--Ssl
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