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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-03-20
Informal People.

Preserve us from uncereDo nlous peo-
ple-those men and women who ''never
stand on ceremony who are always
perfectly at home in other peoples
houses! Society has many pets, but few
so intulerable as they. "Free and easy"
visitors are most Thoroughly disagree
able. They will infict themselves upon
you at any time, and expect to be always
cordially welcomed because they are SO
free and easy and so 10th to put any body
to trouble. They will come before
breakfast, or just as you are sitting down
to dinner, and draw up their chairs quite
like one of the family. Early in the
morning they delight to "run in" and
they will come right up to your chamber
to save you the trouble of coming down,
and there they will sit and watch you
make your toilet, and comment on how
gray your hair is getting, and wonder if
you are not good deal stouter and red
der in the face than you used to be.
They will hunt over your writing-desk
for note-paper bsthe their faces with
your cologne-water, and scent their
handkerchiefs with the contents of your
choicest perfumery bottle. They are
Away ready for luucheon-s'You know
I'm too much at home in your house to
go hungry, my dear, and any stray
confectionery lying about melts before
them as dew before the sun. They make
no scrnple of borrowing your latest
magazines and novels even your ward
robe does not escape their encroach-
ments; and all this insolence is cloaked
by some such empty remark as this 81
never stand on ceremony, but make my
self at home everywhere, SO don't put
yourself out to entertain me-" Again
we pray, preserve us from unceremoni-
GUS people
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-03-20

CURIosITIEs OF LANGUAGE-The Hin
docs are said to have no word for
'friend." The Italians have no equiv
alent for our humanity" The Rus
sian dictionary gives word the defini-
ton of which is, "not to have enough
buttons on your footman's waistcoat ="
a second means to "kill over again :"
third "to earn by dancing" The
Germans call thimble finger hat, !"
which it certainly is and a grasshopper
a "hay-horse. A glove with them is
a "haud shoe, showing that they wore
shoes before gloves. The French,
strange to say, have no verb "to
stand nor can a Frenchman speak of
" kicking" any one. The nearest APP
proach he, in his politeness, makes to
it, Is to threaten to "give blow with
his foot, the same thing, probably, to
the recipient III either case, but it
seems to want the directness, the en-
eIgy, of our "kick." The terms cup
stairs " and "down stairs are also un-
known in French
A FEW Sundays ago the Rev. Father
Maitignon preached to fashionable
audience in the Church of Notre Dame.
and in his sermon mildly remarked
that those who should frequent the new
opera-hsuse would go to hell, without
anv hope of rescue. Carpenux's group
of sculptnred Bacchus and Bncchantes
on the facade near the front door at
tracied the reverend ileman's eyes
as he went in night gown nelige-
without the night gown,
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interest in the little ones, and the babies
have been visited by hundreds of aris-
tocratic ladies from all parts of the city,
by some who live out of it. PHYSICIANS
by the score have called to see this phe-
nomenon of nature. After the christ
ening of the babies, each was duly
labeled to prevent confusion as to
(which was which," something very
likely to happen, as they are as much
alike as four peas. So great has been
the crowd of ladies calling that it was
found necessary to announce that at
present the four little sisters would de-
cline to receive any more visitors. A
purse is being raised by wealthy ladies
to give the little ones a start in life,
and, Judging from the heavy figures al
ready put down, Baltimore is evidently
that such enterprise shall
not go unrewarded.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-03-20
A Burning Gas Well.
A Wonder of the PennsyIvania Coal
Regions.

A Wonder of the PennsyIvania Coal
The following interesting description
OF burning well in Pennsylvania has
been received by the signal Office in
Washington city from Mr.. 8. Cum
mings, of Tarentum, one of the volun-
teer observers for the signal service
On the night of the I'd of February,
1875, ], in company with several others,
paid visit to the great gas-well, stu
ated abont nine miles from Tarentum
and fifteen miles south of Butler, at q
place called Larden's Mill, on the farm
of Mr.. William Hervey, and owned by
a company consisting of Messrs. Will
liam Hervey, J. 8. Vandegrift and J.
McAllaster Thewell was tapped about
two weeks ago, as learned from one
of the proprietors in their search after
oil. They have gone down a distance
of L. 45 feet, aud have just struck the
first sand rock. The we'll is located in
hollow about 300 feet wide, between
abrupt hills. Our party came in the
vicinity of the well about nine o'clock
at night, having seen the vast light
floating in the sky on many dark night
on previous occasions, thirteen miles
distant, but when we came in its imme-
diate influence and saw the trees on
either hand lit up, and their trunks
and branches silvered to their tops by
this burning torch, the scene was be-
yond description. On arriving at the
ground we were met by people from all
parts of the country, who, Ike our.
selves, flock nightly to see this great
wonder. The first thing to strike the
visitor is the great mass of fine white
flame of intense heat and brightness
and the hollow, rambling noise heard
as the out-rushing gas plunges into the
atmosphere and lights all around BY its
imposing brilliancy. The flame of this
natural torch Is about forty feet long
and fifty wide, and keeps at these d.
mansions night and day with striking
regularity. Hence the light is both
regular and constant. The heat emit
ted by so large body of flame is very
great. The trees all around, at proper
tional distances, are budding, and the
grass that has not been trodden down
by the throng of visitors is growing
finely, and considering that this is mid
winter, this circumstance will give some
idea of the great heat. approached
within sixty feet of the flame, and sup
posed it to be at that distance about 40
degrees. The place has the character
of camp-meeting at night in conse-
quence of the mighty crowds who con-
gregate there. The light is grand.
You can see to read with ease a quarter
of a mile from this enormous gas-jet,
and if uninterrupted by trees and the
wind of the road reading could be done
at the distance of mile aud half.
The noise as the gas PUSHES out and is
consumed is wonderful.
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wool respirator mentioned by Professor
Tyndall in his paper on haze and dust.
A REGAL Funeral In Africa.

When king of Unyoro dies. it is moi
the custom to put him in the grave
| until tho succession to the vacant
| throne has been decided. His sons
must fight for the royal power, and the
| civil war entailed sometimes lasts for
years. Meantime, the deceased king
lies unburied. Immediately upon his
death his body is laid out upon frame
work of green wood, constructed like a
huge gridiron, and is dried over a slow
fire. When reduced to the condition
of mummy, the body is wrapped in
new bark-clothes, and laid in state in a
large house erected especially for the
purpose. Here it reposes while the
contestants are fighting for the success
sion.
As soon as victory has decided in
favor of one of the parties, the fortu-
nate son visits the hut where his faith
er's body awaits eepulture, and, ap-
preaching the corpse, sticks his spear
upright in the ground, and leaves it
thus near the right hand of the body.
The son now assumes the regal state,
and, as the first duty, superintends the
funeral eff his father.
An immense trench is now excavated,
capable of containing several him.
dred people, and is neatly lined with
fresh bark-cloths. A number of
the wives of the dead king are then
seated together at the bottom of the
pit so as to bear upon their knees the
body of the defunct. The night be-
fore the funeral the kings own regi-
ment or body-guard surround dwellings
and villages and seize their inmates as
they leave their doors in the morning.
These captives, consisting of men and
women Unfortunately, are conveyed
to the brink of the pit, where their
legs and arms are broken with clubs.
Thus disabled they are pushed into
the pit on the top of the dead king
and his living wives.
A horrible din of drums, horns, flag
Diets, whistles, mingled with the yells
of the frantic bystanders, drown the
of the miserable wretches,
" upon whom the earth is shoveled and
down by thousands of cruel
fanatics, who dance and jump upon the
loose mold " so as to compress it into
q compact mass. Through this it is
for the entombed victims to |
force their way, as their limbs have |
been broken to render them helpless |
and prevent their escape. At length |
The mangled mass of human beings |
30 buried and trampled down beneath a
of earth, and all is still. The
funeral is over"
With how much heartfelt fervor
must the inhabitants of Unyoro con-
5inually pray, Long live the King
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Rapid Increase OF Population.

Baltimore has had sensation recently
in the sudden increase Of its population
by the birth of quartet sisters. The
mother Of this interesting progeny is
an American woman, about thirty years
o. age, and the wife of a cigar maker,
whose pecuniary circumstances are
hardly equal to the drain on bis purse
which this extraordinary event must
uecessitate. He expresses II willing
ness, however to do the best he can
under this visitation of providence.
All The children ARE i'll sound health and
quito "a good humored as could be OK
pected. The ladies of Baltimore of
all classes of society evidence quite an
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-03-20

DRESSING WoUNDs.-Dr. Alphonse
Guerin, an eminent surgeon of the Hotel
Diem, in Paris, has presented to the
French Academy of Sciences memoir,
of quite an interesting and important
character, on the influence of atmos-
pheric germs on surgical maladies, and
in which be strongly advocates the use
of tow dressing for wounds. He state s,
as the result of much observation in
this line, that, when this material is
packed upon the injured part, the pns
is completely preserved from pntrid
fermentation. He used the tow, in
brief, rs a filter for the air, which cir
culates freely through il, and, in fact,
produces an arrangement which is de-
scribed as highly analogous to the cotton
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-03-20
TIE CONSUMPTION OF TonAo,

The CONSUMPTION OF TOBACCO.
withstanding the herculean efforts of
the refoimel to restrict ard decrease
the use Of tobacco, official statistics go
to show that the consumption of the
tweed" in this country makes a steady
increase. Aside from the amount cor
snmed in other forms, it appears by
actual computation, that the average
number of cigars smoked in the United
St'tes each twenty -four hours reaches
the colossal aggregate of a5,168. COO.
Toe smoker not only pays for his en-
joynept, but contributes heavily to the
support Of the government. which could
hardly get along row without the to-
bacco revenue. For instance, during
The last fiscal year $6. $50 C6O41 N gold
duties was derived from imported CT
gars, and $33. 242, 875.62 in currency
from taxes on domestic cigars and TO
bacco. or a grand total of $50, 1872, 1856. 03.
Here is an annual revenue nearly equal
to one dollar per capita of the popula-
tion of the country, women aud children
included.
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PALABRAS CARlNOSAs ..


Good-uighti have to say goodnight
To such . host of peerless thipgst
Goodnight unto that fragile hand
All queenly With its weight OF rings;
Good-night to fond uplIfted eyes,
Good-nieht to chestnut braids of hair.
Sfood-nipht unto the perfect mouth,
And AL the sweetness nestled there
the snowy hand detains me, then
All have to gay goodnight again,
But there will come Q time, my love,
when, If I read oar stars sright,
shall not Bnger by this porch
with my sdieus. Till then, goodnight!
1o1 wish tive time were now? And I.
You do no. blush to wish it so?
You would have biushed yourself to death
TO own so mach year ago
What, bo.h ia, sc snowy hands ali, then
IN have to say goodnight again
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-03-20

A FRENCH traveller arrived in Paris
the other day from the Cape OF Good
Hope, bringing With him a diamond
larger and more beautiful than the ceIe-
brated Regents diamond. It is the
puTest water, and is worth more than
81 100000. 1t was found in an old
abandoned mine called the Devils
Table.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-03-20

WHAT IS GENTILrTY p Chesterfield
states that immoderate laughter is tho
most vulgar stamp. In New England,
in the last century, it was considered
vulgar for a man to be without queue.
Mrs. Somerville relates that when she
demonstrated with her father for wear
inc one he remarked, "If cut it off by
= the head must go with it" Out IN
Kansas met an EnglIshman engaged
in stock raising and he eloried in dining
at half-past seven at night, the same as
he used to in his fathers house IN Lon
don. Dining in a swallow-tail coat at
half past seven was his idea of gentility.
once witnessed stage dinner In Col
orado, where one man stopped a sn on
some time. He could not stand it, and
exclaimed, "By eollyl this is more
than 1 can stand he is eating his pie
with a fork. flames Parton.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-03-20
An Electric Girl.

A writer in the Popular Science
Monthly says: Gin the beginning of
1916, year memorable in the history
of table-turning and spirit-rapping,
Angelique Coffin was a girl of fourteen,
living in the village of Bouvigny, near
La Perriere. Department of Orne,
France. She was of low stature, but
of robust frame, and apathetic to an
extraordinary degree both in body and
mind. On January Is OF the year
named, while the girl was with three
others engaged in weaving silk-thread
gloves, the oaken table at which they
worked began to move and change posi-
ton. The workmen were alarmed /;
work " as for a moment suspended, but
was soon resumed. But when Angeli-
que again took her place the table be-
gan anew to move with great violence
she felt herself attracted to it. but, SO
soon as she touched it, it retreated be
fore her, or was even upset. The fol-
lowing morning similar phenomena
were observed; and before long public
opinion was very decided in affirming
that Angelque Coffin was possessed of a
devil, and that she should be brought
before the parish priest. But the cure
was a man of too much common sense
to heed their request for an exorcism,
and resolved to see the facts for him
self. The girl was brought to the
cures house, and there the phenomena
were repeated, though not with the
same intensity as before the table re-
treated, but was not overturned, while
the chair on which Angelique was seated
moved in a contrary direction, rocking
the while, and giving Angelique great
difficulty in keeping her seat"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-03-20

DoaT go to Switzerland to start n
paper. A journal has inst been sup
pressed there for refusing TO believe
that the image of saint saved man
who fell distance of ITO feet,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-03-20

A New RACE OF Cats. =" Here,
Thomas Henry, some one has taken an
orange off my bureau y exclaimed
Sixth street woman the other day.
"I'Il bet il was the cat repileo Ine
boy, looking very Innocent.
"Catl Cats don't eat oranges COIL
tinued the mother.
~ know they didn't used to, mother,
hnt ,on ought to see how these new
kind of eats go for oranges aud lemonsl
They met chank 'em down "a l would
gum drops u
The old lady sat down and remarked
that this was world of change.
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THE PRIME OF LIFE.-The Jewish
Messenger thus fixes the supreme period
of mans life From forty TO sixty,
man who has regulated himself may be
ce nsidered as in the primo of life. His
natural strength of constitution renders
him almost impervious to the attack OF
disease, and experience has given his
Judgment the sourdness of almost in
fallibility. His mind is resolute, finn
aud equal all his functions are In the
highest order he assumes the mastery
over business builds up competence
on the foundation be has laid In early
manhood, and passes through a period
of life attended by many qualifications.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-03-20

IT was in Texas, and the Dallas Her.
aid tells the story: He laid down the
basket of chips he had pilfered, and
looking hard at the urchin who had
been making target of him by shoot
ing at him with a Niger killer" said:
Whar was you raised. chile ?" ''Shu-
the norf ?" "Yeth thur" q tort SO.
Sudden white folks children wuddunt
do like dat. Lemme tell you, honey,
manners gwine TO carry you furder den
money. You hear me
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-02
.Hauerla,s Mtnstrels.


At this season Of the year, especially,
a really good minstrel performance is
something that will be appreciated and
enjoyed by all classes. The people OF
Cincinnati, though they do not tolerate
anything inferior, are always sure to be-
stow unlimited patronage upon troupe
that attains their standard OF excellence.
Haverly's Minstrels are among the few
to whom this recognition has been fully
extended. The manager mas shown
marked ability in se.ecting his perform
ers, and in organizing his troupe, which
is undoubtedly composed OF the best
material thecountry affords.
1t deserves to be particularly men
toned that the entertainments Of this
troupe are characterized by an entire
absence of everything tending to gross
ness or immortality, and that is, Of Itself,
high recommendation. On every oc-
casiOn during their visit here last spring,
they attracted large and select audi
ence, which fully attested their great
popularity. They will begin weeks
engagement at Woods Theatre this
evening, when an entirely new pro-
gramme will be presented, embracing
many novel and original features, With
Messrs, Barlow and Wilson, and Prim-
rose and West, and other favorites, In
their varied specialties.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-02
THE MAYOR JOHNSTON IMPEACH-
MENT CASE.

The Motton of Louis RoiIsoa0en Sustained
and the Complaint Dismissed.
The petition of George Schlee and Cas-
per Kellar to impeach Mayor g. w. q.
Johnston, came up for discussion before
Judge Matson, in the Probate Court,
this morning, and was dismissed, as was
generally anticipated.
The grounds upon which the motion
was made, in the opinion OF the Court,
were well taken. They were that the
names of four citizens OF the city OF
Cincinnati, being electors of Hamilton
county, did not appear upon the COM
plant as ind0rDers by reason of the mo-
tion of Louis Rollwagen to have his
name stricken from the petition, as he
had placed his signature to 1t under a
misapprehension, Of the object in the
complaint.
As this motion upon which the prose-
been dismissed, the complaint itself
could of necessity no longer be sus-
tained. Last Saturday the petitioners,
George Schlee and Casper Kellar, sub
mitted communication to ths Court
stating that they were unwilling to
appear as plaintiffs In the case unless
represented BY their counsel, Mr.. Isaac
j. Miller.
As Solicitor Strong, however. accord
ing 10 the statute, was the only person
who had the right to conduct the case,
the probability is that the matter will
now be dropped unless the petition be
relied.
The following is the entry ia the case
made by the Court TO be placed upon the
records:
:'0eorHe Schlee, Casper Kellar ct al,
vs.. Mayor G.. W. q. Johnston.
"This proceeding came up for hearing
upon the motion Of the, respondent to
dismiss the complaint herein. The test
imony and afidaylts having been heard
and submitted, and arguments Of ccnn-
selma sei mnaae, sne ooad'' % upon oonsldneraslon, nn
orders that said complaint be dismissed
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-02

The American Wine Growers Asso-
citation held meeting at their rooms In
Mozart Hall, Mr.. j. 3. Sheppard pre-
siding.
Messrs. Ross, Mullett and Howe stated
that the grapes were rotting, and that
not more than half q crop will be real.
ized.
The time of the annual trip to Indian
Hill was fixed for September I'd.
The following wines were tested:
/. Chateau 0Esmerail, by S. Dusafe,
Cincinnati, rated ~.
2. Catawba, from Julius Hoffman, cor
ner Fourth and Plum, rated IS.
3. Rhine wine, from Julius Hoffman,
corner Fourth and Plum, rated "a.
A. Reisling, from Charles Devote, i'm
porter of California wines, rated a..
8. California Hook, Charles Devote,
southwest corner Fourth ana Main,
rated 95.
8. Dry Catawba, M. Werk & Son, Gin
cinnati, rated "a.
7. Ives Seeding Of 1872, M. Werk Is
Son, Cincinnati, rated SO.
8. Angelica, from Charles Devote, Gin
cinnati, rated 8S.
8. Sillery Mousseau, from Jas. Mont
gomery, 285 Main street, Cincinnati, pro-
nounced SO.
The Society then adjourned, to meet
the last Saturday in August.
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RECOVERY cr THE BODIES.

xxsnttJscatsoN NJ As DSossseA Mem.
A telegram from Huntington to the
friends Of Willie Och, who was drowned
with the fishing party Of four near Bur.
lington, reported the finding OF three
bodies near the city Of P PSrtsmouth-two
eight miles above and one twenty miles
below, One is supposed to be that OF
Harry pullman, the other young Darius
mont. The third has not been identified.
Another dispatch brings the news Of the
recovery Of the fourth and only remain
ing body, that Of Willie Och.
The funeral Of Darusmont, Bultman
and Och will take place from st. Johns
German Protestant Church, corner Elm
and Twelfth streets, at two O'Clock this
afternoon.
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and some even out 0fthe windows. The
other dodgers rushed TO the room, when
the door was suddenly opened, and ono
OF the Germans, armed with a poignard,
struck the nearest gentleman Q fearful
blow in the abdomen, after which he
closed the doors again. The noise lasted
q few minutes longer, and then all be-
came quiet. When the police entered
shortly afterward both brothers were
found dead, with their throats cut, the
elder having first murdered the younger
one and then cuthis own throat. About
information received from Germ any,
this money is part of the proceeds Of a
robbery effected shortly before their
departure from Lubbock.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-02

A boy tried his first pipe the other day
When his father came home to dinner,
he found him braced against a barrel
with his legs spread apart, his hands
and lower jaw dropping listlessly, and a
deathly pallor overspreading his face.
"What Is the matter with youw in
CURED the amazed parent. "My. -teach-
er isis SICK" gasped the boy. Well.
you mustn't feel so badly about 1t, Tom
gss saia ae he eg. iatDsF wibat Hlndy yaoub sns
And then stepping into the house, he OBJ
served to his wife that that was the
most sympathetic boy he ever saw.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-02
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.

NEW AND STANDARD BOOKS, in
every branch Of literature, Fine Station
cry, Ladies' Note Paper, Visiting Cards
and Card Cases, Pocket-books and Cut
lery, Albums, Stereoscopes and Views,
Croquet, ChiIdren's Books and Gamess
Chromos, Notices, Illuminations, Sun
day-school Mnsic-books, at STEVENS,
Bookstore, SO West Fourth street (nexs
to st. Paups).
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