The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-11-06
FROM ALL SOURCES


want OF that sub-surface stratum of above 100
r., winch, IN the north atlantic, with the
same or vet higher parallels, has a thickness
oil at least i've hundred fathoms. The true
cause OF thus popularity is that the north
facIhc derives its deep stratum of Glacial WI
ter, which nearly fills its basin. from the polar
area OF the opposite hemisphere the inlet at
henflhS straits being too narrow and too
swallow te admit Il flow Of water of any apprt-
enable Importance. This northwar,l flow Of
the water from the equator must have, its
complement, movement of the superficial
stratum from the northernmost limit Of this
now toward the equator, and thence toward
the southern pole. The glacial current when
1t reaches the north Pacific comes nearer the
surface than it docs in the Southern occau
even in the higher ATTITUDES; and this, modi-
lying still further the retuX surface flow to-
ward the equator, appears 10 account for the
well-known moderation OF the climate of the
Sandwich Islands, though they lie within the
tropc of Cancer.
The salmon trade on the Columbia
river during the season of 1879 has been one
OF remarkable prosperity, the unfavorable in
-iicatons at the outset not having been con-
tInued- OF fourteen canning establishments
ON the river, twelve were in operation am,
put up IN all two hundred and seveuty-ive
thousand eases, each ease containing four
dozen one-pound cans. \ large quantity of
hSh has also been packed i'm tierccs and bar
rcis the weight of which has not been given
An important addition has been made 10 the
usual treatment of these fish in tie utilization
OF the heads for the purpose of extracting the /
OIL IL Is probable too, that the ofial gencr- |
ally Will all he utilized ultimately for oil and
manure The prices so far realized for the |
salmon have been better than in 1874 amount |
ing To from 81 so 30 81 81 per dozen this wear |
rs eontrasfcd with 81 % per dozen last year |
The recent capture Of coUnterfeiterS |
at Fulton and Cenfraia, ILL.,. is regarded rs !
very important at the treasury department |
Nelson briggs, who was caught, was the |
heaviest dealer in counterfeit money in the |
country. He circulated all the fiyes on the |
Traders national bank of Chicago the Pax
ton tll.1 hves. the Canton Ill.) fiyes and |
iatteriy has been printing tives cOunterfeting
the issues of the national bank at Aurora:
Ill. He has also circulated twenty and fifty
dollar treasury notes. He has supplied the
south and southwest with bogus currency.
Ben Boyd, the engraver arrested, is the only
man who has successfully counterfcited all
the new device gotten up by the bureau of
engraving and printing in order to check
countcrfeitins. He was at work on a one
thousand dollar plate when arrested.
In speech delivered day or two
ago in New York, Colonel Frederick Conk-
hing said: "UnquesGonably the trade of The
Mississippi valley is the greatest commercial
prize that was ever struggled for Within
he life Of the child of to-day there Will be a
population of one hundred millions of hardy,
industrious freemen to that valley and zach
a stream of wealth'as has never been seen be-
lore viii pour from it to some citv by the side
OF the Atlantic" He thinks that city shouId
he New York But if here in the south and
west, we are wise and properly encourage |
English capital and enterprise to come and
develop this noble territory and helm TO es- !
fablish direct trade, that city will be n SOUTH
ern one-New Orleans of course-and the
whole Mississippi valley will profit by it,
Mr. HENRY LEE, in Land and Wa
ter, gives an interesting account OF his visit
To the Great Eastern for the purpose of OBJ
timing marine animals fer the Brighton aqua
rum from the ships bottom which was about
being cleaned OF vast accumulation of or
ganic matter. The principal mass of adhercn:
substances consisted of mussels forming one
dense deposit covering surface of fifty
Thousand square feet of iron plates, and in
some parts six inches thick. On the basis of
an allowance OF twelve pounds of musseIs
to the square foot which was Considered very
reasonable, it was estimated that no less than
three hundred tons were attached-enoueb
to load two ccli'cry brigs with full cargoes.
The latest smugglers' trick ut San
Francisco was the introduction of twenty-fve
boxes OF lime, the interior filed with Havana
cigars and fine playing cards Among recent
seizures were 80 boxes invoiced as oil but
containing $4,000 worth of opium and n
quantity OF ale barrels containing $3.50
worth Opium Is otherwise introduced by
conceallng it in false bottoms OF coffee ket-
ties, used on the voyage, il timers pots
which are brought ashore on the backs of ,
passengers, and in old pieces of timber, In
hold hyc-tacl cans OF opium. Another mode |
was Z" have the boxes fitted around the calf
OF mans leg. which were filed with a.,
opium
Canada claims to be the third in I.
Importance among the ship-owning countries
OF the world. According to a report recently I
issued by the British government. the do. I
ninon, ut the end of the year 1874 owned .
6Njo vessels measuring lf5S,363 tons OF
theSe, 63i are steamers, 80 frst-class ships {
h-Nr anal 4. -
mansions. The ship-buIding trade was dur.
ing the same year exceedingly good as 400
vessels tis3, 900 tons) were registered in Cam '
ada and the other six q, 7I6 tonsp proceeded ,
were there registered.
Here's encouragement for narrow. |
guage railroad men The president of the |
new read running from Kansas CITY by way ]
al Independence, Lexington, Brownville and (
Arrow Rock, Mr.. f. c. Eames, says that !
from Kansas City to Independence. and is {
located alongside of the Missouri Pacific so [
that the business it commands is obtained .
under sharp competition, il is already pay q
ing operating expenses and handsome sur c
plus. When completed it viii form the I
shortest railroad route between the two cities :
first named. Over one hundred miles Of the !
line VIII pass through coal and iron-fields q
Thomas Carlyle recently closed an a
interview with a London correspondent of | o
the San Francisco Chronicle with this char
acteristic growl at California: "You are
dong no good there; you are harming the
world. Cover over your mines, leave YOUR
gold IN the earth, and go to planting pota
toes Every man who gives potato to- The a
verdi Is a benefactor of his race: but Won /
with your gold are overturning society. max
ihS the isnoble prominent increasing every .
where the expenses of living and confusing |
all things. r
HE best method of rendering faded @
manuscript legible, consists in moisteninp the a
paper nrst with water, and then dipping Il in
a solution OF suipho-hydrate of ammonia The |
writing reappears Immediately becomine, {
very distinct, and remaining permanent on -.
parchment Certain parchments treated this
way zen years ago still maintain their lepibil- l.
ny: ms result is due To the fact that bv the :
acton OF stupho-hydrate of ammonia the iron | -
which enters into the COMPOSITION of The inI- y
Is transformed into IA very black suIphuret
There are more bay windows in San
francisco than any other city in the world {
bay windows constitute its architectural spe- I
Giaity No family can be without them y
Every little cottage has them The PaIace .
motel has over GOO front rooms with bay win 1
COWS Every front room on two sides and q
Tor eleven stories in height has a bay window :
ana oy one correspondent it is described as
presenting the appearance of an enormous
d"Ne-cot, arranged in ranks and tiers one 7
above another u
DANGEROUS cornterfeits are in cir i
euiatIon OF the denomination of 81 of the fol i
lowing banks: The first national bank OF
Chieigo, Ills; the traders national bank OF 7
Chicago, HIS; the first national bank of I
Paxton, Ills; the first national bank Of Can q
ton, ILL., Nearly the entire amount Of genu-
Inc 30 notes Of these banks have been with
drawn from circulation, and no additional is g
sues will be made l.
The Gardner machine gun, the in +
Vention of William Gardner, of Hartford Il
which is said to be much more effective than 7
the Calling, though of similar construction
was tested at Hartford last week The gun
used had only TWO barrels, and weighed 80
pounds, but 30 shots fired from il in less :;