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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-30
The Drama in the Olden Time.

About twenty mobiles (thirty-five dol
lars) seem to have been the price of a
copyright of Il play. The printed play
was sold for sixpence, and the usual pres
ent of patron for a dedication was ten
dollars. Dramatic poets had free adj
mission to the theaters. Every piav had
to he licensed by the master of the revels
previous to 1T being performed. 1t was
usual to carry tablc-books" to the the
alter, to note down the passages which
were made matter of censure or applause
This may account for some muitiIated
copies of Shakspeare's works, which are
still extant. The custom of " damning ;"
a play on its first performance is at least
as ancient rs that great author. No less
than three plays of Ben johnson suffered
that fate. Before the performance com
menced, and between the acts, the au-
dicnce amused themselves in various
ways reading, playing at cards, drinking
ale and smoking tobacco. Refreshments
were supplied by attendants, who cried
the commodities with as much noise as
our modern tradeSfolk. In 1888 women
smoked tobacco in the theater as well as
men. Rich spectators were allowed to
sit on the stage. Here the fastidous
critic was usually to he met with; the
wit, ambitious of distinction: and the
gallant, studious to display his person
and fine clothes. Seated or reclining on
the ru7hes of the floor, they RECALLED
themselves with pipes and tobacco, pro-
vidcd by their pages. The ease Of their
situation, or their impertinence, excited
the disgust of the poorer class in the pit
who frequently hooted, Missed, and threw
dirt on the stage cotcombs; but the gal
am utter disregard of their behavior
The audience, too, often vented their
Immature on the players.
ONE Of the most important, Tut one 81
tho tpf,s4 IifIicuit thiurci for ., i,aycrfll
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The Future of Agriculture in the South

1t has always been argued that the
supply of cotton could never exceed the
demand. That its cheapness would al
ways force it into various fabrics as a
substitute for wool, flax, and silk, and in
this way the demand would always be in
excess of the supply. The logic of
events is rapidly driving us to the con-
viction that we have been labOring I'M
der Il delusion. 1t is manifest that the
cotton supply is pressing closely upon
the demand, or that the cheapness of the
article will no longer force its use in va
rious manufactures as Il substitute for
flax, wool, or silk. The declaration
comes from spinners abroad and at home
that cotton goods cannot be manuiac-
tured at present prices without ruin to the
manufacturer, and that some cheaper
process of manufacture must be resorted
to, or the raw material must go down.
Here is a direct issue made between cap
tal and labor, and we have to meet it
squarely.
Improved machinery and reduced
wages (and without, of course, cheaper
breadstuifs), or cheaper cotton. Any
planter who has enjoyed the experience
of cotton planting with the freedmen,
since the war, must have come to the
conclusion that cotton cannot be pro-
duced without loss for less than fifteen
cents, and he must be Il very sanguine
individual if he believes times will ever
grow better under our present govern
ment.
From all parts of the country we hear
of the stoppagc of mills, lock outs,
strikes, and dissatisfaction with the
state of things, of the stagnation in all
kinds of productive business, the paraly-
sis of industries, the distrcsses of those
DESTROYS to labor with their hands for
the support of their families, etc. We
see in every southern newspaper that
there has been Il ''steady decline OF the
southern people in the condition OF PI-
cIiuiary exhaustion since the war, whicf
render il not only proper, but NitalF
necessary that we should look carefully
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n
Mrs. DoBBs, of Providence, says she
made her Lazy dead-and-alive husband
move to lively measure for once in his
life. She placed stiff hair-brush in
shaded spot in the bedroom, so that he
stepped on it with his bare foot.
Song of the festive Granger, heard in
the corn field: -.
BRAVE Col. Nash scorned brandy
smash, and good old gin was all two thin;
but the tempting bait OF a whisky
straight revived his soul with the tow-
ing bowl. Alas for man, when coIn-juice
ran! Then comes the dregs, and tangled
LEGS and nodding posts, and grinning
Ghosts. ghosts dressed in blue, al came
for vou"-and the pleasant smile" ends
in dlranee vile.
WARREN HASTINGS elephant, which
is a hundred years old, is being fed up
to be ridden by the Prince of Wales when
he visits Lucknow, India. This makes the
elephant swing his trnnk in the air and
war his valise, as he did in childhood's
happy hours.
principal railways in England for the last
wear, that their locomotives average run
of about $4,000 year, and that the usu-
al term of service of set of chilled wheels
is about seven years, or a run OF some
1O5, 900 miles, being a little more than
four times round the world. Passenger
cars, it is stated, traverse about three
times the distance, each month or year,
that an engine does. First-class cars are
not subjected to such continuous wear as
is the case with inferior ones; more rest
is given to the wheels. Such cars are
heavier, and consequently bear harderon
the axles, and hence are more liable 10
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-30

A TERRIBLE RECoRD.-The annua
report of the New York board of health
for 1874 reveals some very startling facts,
not the least of which is the statement
made concerning the deaths from alcohol
ism. The average number of deaths
from this cause was about seven a week
during the winter months, but out of S24
deaths for the week ending July Is, al
coholsm carried off more than one-third
of the whole number, viz: 367.~ The
week following there were 80, out of Il
total of Sol, and the week following that
81, out of a total of IA, from the same
cause. In the three following weeks 40
deaths are scored to the credit Of the de-
mon rum. The death roll to this ter
rible account for the year gives the num-
Der of the victims at 1896. Surely
there is plenty of work set for the tenn
perance advocate.
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AN AsToNIsHED MAYoR.-They came

near having duel in Harrisburg, Tex,
the other day. The mayor became of
Tended with one of the citizens, and
challenged him to mortal combat. Citi-
zen declined Mayor concluded that
citizen was coward, and proceeded to
look him up with shotgun. Citizen
was easily found, and when mayor tried
to shoot, citizen went for him in the most
approved modern style. He took the
shotgun away from the astonished mayor,
and. drawing the ramrod, made that hor-
ror-stricken official caper and dance in
the most cheerful manner, but after a
style eminently un-mayorish. The re-
suit of that engagement was a pair of
sore legs for the mayor, and a great moral
victory for the citizen.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-30

RATHER Too Much INsTINCT.-The
instinct of Newfoundland dogs to save a
drowning person has been somewhat
painfully tested by an unlucky French
man. He was walking in the country
with friend. who possessed magnifi-
cent Newfoundland, and incautiously
questioned the truth of the animals
sagacity. The dogs master, vexed at
the slur cast on his favorite, gave his
friend a push and knocked him into
shallow river. "Turk" Immediately
sprang in, and Selling one of the tails of
the immersed mans coat, commenced to
swim for land. Unfortunately another
Newfoundland, trotting along the other
side of the river, saw the affair, and also
came to the rescue. Dog number two
seized the other tail of the coat and
wished to swim back to his master,
s.Turk" held fast and struggled for his
side, and the owner of the coat cried in
vain for help. At last the coat gave
wav, and each Newfoundland swan
proudly home with a piece of cloth in his
mouth, so that Turks" master was
obliged to plunge in himself to save the
friend
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-30

This is the neat little title which
goes before the name of the king of Bur
NAH: "His Great, Glorious and Most
Excellent Majesty, who rcigns over the
Kingdoms of Thunaparanta and Tam
radipa and all the Umbrella bearing
chiefs of the Eastern country, the King
of the Rising sun, Lord Of the Celestial
Elephants. Master of Many White E'c-
ahants. the Great Chief Of Righteous
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-30
ADVERTISING RATES.

NJ proof of publication OF legal advertise
meBts viii Ee made until our fee IL settled
Announcing candidates for state and district
Offices. .i5; and for county Offices, SlO
Hl.'riuges aud deatlia puhiialiad FREQ. Oldr,-
arie- c!iar-:r .IvertiReIre3,ts
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-30

"A professor asked his class " What
is the aurora f' A student, scratching
his head. replied: Well, Professor, !
did know ; but have forgotten" Wen,
that is sad, very sad, rcjoined the pro
fessor. Tho only man in the world that
ever knew has forgotten it.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-30
CALIFORNIA CUSTOMS.
How - TuiticfOrn Wan 60. "a Seat In


The stage coach from Milton WAS about
to leave 1uttletown after changing horses.
Every seat, both inside and out was full,
except one, which Was occupied by Il
tourist wrapped in his supcrcilious dig
nifty and Il heavy linen buster. A resi-
dent of Tuttletown, wishing to ride to
Sonora, approached the stage and in
quircd for a seat. All full inside, !"
growlcd the tourist, spreading himself to
the full extent of his dignity and buster.
. But you are occupying two seats,
argued the man from Jackass Hill
- | amt going to be crowded; I pay
for FAY comfort and intend to keep it.
" Did you pay for two seats
Eve only secured one seat, but there
is no room for another in this coach, sir, y
and the tourist settled himself back,
while the other passengers grunted their
disgust in tones not particularly vociler-
Gus but exceedingly deep
g You are not acting as a gentleman
should, sir, nor exactly in accordance
with the etiquette Of otr rude California
society" calmly replied the man on the
outside, smiling in spite of his annoyance
at the og-in-the-manger style of this
Ioor.
al don't hold myself accountable to
the society of California. 1 pay my way
and ask odds of nobody, and your in
ference that | am not &c ntleman might
be termed where | came from an indica-
ton that you wish to fight
eve don't fight in this country"
calmly replied the man from futile
town.
:" You don't. Then l must have been
misnformcd. Pray, what do you do
when a man insults your aid 4 soft Of
triumph CLEANED in the eye of the
stranger.
edo, why we shoot him on the spot
and that is the efd of 1t. We don't
waste time after we start in. By the
way, l think can squeeze in alongside
of you there, can't l."
"Don't know but you cam and Il full
half seat appeared beside the dignifed
fool, is il BY hidgir.
The Tuttletown citizen rode very COM
fortably from that hamlet to Sonora, and
heard no more about fighting from the
tourist, although remarks in regard to
90 dead shots" and the rapidity with
which insults are avenged in the Sierras
formed the staple of conversation among
the other passengers until they reached
the city hotel.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-30

Don't bother your head about people
who are going about trying To take away
your character Very likely, it will do
YOU good. Men are very often like Il
pair of boots-tlfe more they are black
enc3 the more they shine.
THERE is no changes to speak of in the
election returns from Iowa. The Rcpuh-
lican majority is-lhout thirty-one thoa-
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-30

OHE Of the most important, Tut one Of
the most difficult things for q powerful
mind, j. To ba its own master. \ pond
may lay quiet in plain, but 4 lake wants
10 compass- and hold it jim.
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SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
WHY He SIGHED.


do not mourn, sweet wife Of mine,
Iocause those ruby lips of thine
Shat marble iIrow-
Were kissed " one who might have been,
Had | not CHANGED To step between,
Thy husband now
/ de- grievc because thy heart,
Ire Cupid touched il with my dart
For him would beat;
,sor that the hand which owns my ring
Once more his gift, "Mzpali" thing
1t but meet.
si.,h rot that his arms placed
some score VI times around your waist,
80 sweet and slim.
hh no. my love! the woe you see
l. lnine because welded me
Instead OF him.
THoUGUTFULEEas5 Tor others, generos-
itv. modestv, and sulf-respect are the
qualities which make a real gentleman or
lady. as distinguished from the veneered
article which commonly goes by that
name.
A little while the roses bloom,
4 little while the soft winds blow,
A little while the baby laughed.
r little while-frOm bud to snow.
But after all the rose is sweet.
And after all the winds have blown
And after ali the baby blessed,
And after all il is our own.
If in our thought the rose remains,
And winds sweet ~ memory,
WHY should not then the baby gone
Forever lie 4 babe to NOR
IT is true that we are continually in
spired, and that we do not lead gracious
life. EXCEPT so far as We act under this
interior inspiration. But how few feel
it how few are they who do not annihl-
late it by their voluntary distractions
by their resistance!
When the last rose of summer,
Is faded and gone,
And the blue bottle hummer
Lies dead as a stone;
When the mudbugs and singers
Take umbrage and 90;
Oh tell us, why fingers
This wild mus qui to?
There is young woman OF Lynn
Grown up so excessively thin
When she wears her pull-back
She seems all flesh to lack,
And her bonnet seems stuck on pm. -
In CITY houses one cannot be too care
full to stop the drains of the wash-basins
and close the doors of wash-closets during "
the night. for many fever IS generated
from the drain-pipe Of wash-bastn1 In
country houses care should be taken 10
have no foul water standing in bed-roonrsS5
as it soon gains the quality OF qnssaaiheie-:
someness.
On the walk a hat did lie .aF.r
Ard a gallant chap sailed by,
And he cut a lively Swell
He was a clerk to 2, hotel;
And he gave that hat Kick,
And he came across'n Slick,
Now upon erggteelh he SIS, Il;
Tbet'ire my friends,
Wh9,aEe most mine,
And I most theirs
When common cares
Give room TO thoughts Paetic and divine
And in a psalm of love all nature bends.
Mrs. DoBBs, of Providence, says she
made her lazy dead-and.allge ven HUSBAND Isl md
life. She placed stiff hair-brush in
shaded spot in the bedroom, so that he
stepped on it with his bare foot.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-25
FLASHES.

There are rumors of extensive swind-
ling by revenue officers and distillers in
San Francisco.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad has declared semi-annual
dividend Of five per cent.
j. G. Randall, Chief Clerk of the
County Collectors Office in Kansas City,
is missing under suspicious circum-
stances.
Trains on the A., T. and S. +. railroad
will on Monday next begin running
through from Kansas City to Las AMI
mas, Colorado.
Il. q. Sprague, counterfeiter and
murderer, under sentence of death, es-
capped Monday night from the Jail at
Harrisonville, Mo.
Reports from the Ottawa Valley, Can
ada, state the crops in that section have
not been materially injured by the late
rains. In many places an Improvement
is noticed.
Ex-senator Carpenter has written a
letter, saying that the announcement
that he would address the National
Greenback Convention at Detroit was
made without authority, and that he will
not be present on that occasion.
The Superior Mower-machine Company
Works, Of Wheeling, which suspended
some months since, was purchased yes
terday by a company consisting of some
wealthy capitalists. They expect to re-
sumo active operations in short time.
An explosion caused by escaping gas
occurred last evening at the residence OF
e. q. Webster, 394 Clinton avenue,
Brooklyn. Mr.. and Mrs. Webster, Mr..
l.. G.. Thrall, and Eilza Wilson, the serv-
ant, were badly burned. The house was
damaged by fire $4,000, all of the win.
dows were broken, and the walls were
badly bulged by the concussion.
Albert Molitor, merchant and lum-
herman Of Rogers. City, Mich, and
Edward Sullivan, his book-keeper, were
both shot, probably fatally, while stand.
ing at the desk in Molitors store. Four.
Teen buckshot, enteied Molitor's side,
and it is scarcely possible he can recover
Sullivan was shot in the face, receiving
| fearful wound. The shots were fired
through window, and the assassin is
unknown, but is supposed to be one o.
Molitor's laborers. He had been quarrel
| ing with them during the day.
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osao.n,,,iiaa DRY Goods Martsss
cINoINNArI. August q.

CINCINNATI, August rs.
The demand has been better the past week,
and gives promise Of o good fall trade. No
change in prices. We qnote: ll.i j.
BLEACHED CoTr0Ss-New York Mills, 1bkc;
Wamsutta, l5c; Fruit OF the Loom, 1876: Ions
dale, iac; Hope, 9Kc;' Great Falls 5, Sc; Great
Falls al, &c.
IO-4 BLEAoHED SHEETIN6s-l,owell, Soc; AL
lenuale, a2hc; Pepperill, s5c; Pequot, 4Oc;
sHiaTISG STRIPES American axe, 1Oc; Amer
lean 8x3, lie.
BROWN SHEETINGs-Atlantic A, 1uYc; Long
Branch, l0Ac; Pinewood, lOc; Macon, &c;
Western Reserve, DC; Clark's A, SIC!
PLAID C0rT0Ns Queen Of tine West, 12,Sc;
Queen of the West x, 14e; Augusta, l2kc;
Kentucky, 15c: Lewiston Xxx, 1Uc.
TIcKINGs- Conestoga q q A, l6c; COnestoga
% T, 16c; Conestoga Medal, IKE; Amoskeag
A g A, 25c; Lewiston, 4-4 25c; Queen OF the
West, l6c; Queen OF the West x, l9c; Queen
of the West Xxx, 2ic.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-25

A writer relates the following: Lord
Dudley, receiving a visit from the poet
Rogers in Paris, proposed that they
SHOULD 70 together to the catacombs. It
has often been remarked Of Rogers that,
with his fine, bald head, wrlnkled skin,
and supken cheeks, he was more Like .
deaths head than any man that was ever
seen alive. Accordingly, when the poes
had spent an nour or two in the abodeg
ofmortality, and was about 10 make his
exit, the Keeper, startled at his death
like appearance, tried to stop him, crying
out "Huiioi Get you backl You haye
no right to come outr' Rogers aiterward
Complained to Lord Dudley that he had
cIueily deserted him In the emergency.
any dear Rogers" replied the Earl Il
did not like to interfere, you looked %
much at home.v
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-25

Charles Sorer, OF the Fire Department,
returned from New York Saturday, and
now he is the father OF a twelye-pound
daughter. Happy man.
Kit King got drunk last night. While
in this condition be assaulted lady in
a most brutal manner. Judge Gelsler,
after hearing,the testimony in the case,
fined him $50 and sentenced him to twen-
ty-fve days imprisonment on bread and
water, King is notorious character,
and is the dread OF the entire negnbor-
hood.
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Noah Webster's Work.

There Is no doubt that Webster was
right when he set himself the task oi
Americanizing the English language bJ
recourse to the spelling-bOok. He has
succeeded very largely In Determining
the forms of words. but he did more thar
this, while he failed in the more ambi.
tious task he set himself.
He did more, for by his shrewdnesa
and his ready perception Of the popular
need he made elementary education pos
sible at once, and furnished the Amerf.
can people with a Key which moved
easily in the lock; he failed where he
sought the most, because language is NOT
toy nor patent machine which can BE-
broken, thrown aside at will, and re-
placed with a better tool ready made
from the photographers shop.
He had no conception OF the enormous
weight OF the English language and lit
erature when he undertook to shovel II
out of the path of American civilization
The stars In their courses fought against
him. 1t Is so still. We can not dispense
with European culture, because we re-
use to separate ourselves from the
mighty past which has settled there il
forms OF human life unrepresented
among US.
We can not step out of the worlds
current, though it looks sluggish besids
our rushing stream, because there is q
spiritual demand in us which cries
louder than the thin voice of self
conscious national life. This demand ID
profoundly at one with the deeper, holleR
sense of national being which does NOT
strut upon the worlds stage.
The humility of great nation is In its
reverence for it's own past, and, where
that is incomplete, In its admiration for
Whatever is noble and worthy in other
nations. 1t is out OF this reverence and
humility and this self-respect that great
works in literature and art grow, ard
not out of the overweening sensItiveness
which makes ones nationality only q
petty jealousy OF other people.-From A
Patriotic School Master, by Horace 4.
Scudder, in September Atlantic.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-25
Buildt,,g Psrn.tts.

The following permits were issued since our
last report:
Il. IT., Kleinschmidt, 3-story brick on Pearl,
east of Ludlow; estimated cost $500.
chris. Wall, repair southeast corner OF Sixth
and Smith; estimated cost 81 ,O0U.
III. E. HOltzlnger, addition to 345 Ninth ST.;
estimated cost $500.
Z. ). Townsend u Co., repair 2-story. brick
on Pearl street, near John; estimated cost
$l,4OO.
III. II. Gosling, double frame 1-story house OF
"A Boal street; estimated cost 81 800.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-25

Peter Cruise, "A years, Ohio. .,.-s
Jos. Husman, 45 years. Germany.
Catherine Richter. a8 years, Germany
Catherine Weber, 10 years, Germany.
frankie McKendall, 8 months, city.
Louisa Brickenburger, IL months. city.
Emma Kistner, s months, city.
Sylvia L. Cresap, " years, Ohio.
Infant Barnes, city ~ ,.s,4. -
John X. g. Mound, OK months, cit.
Mary A. Kilkenstein, y days, city.
Bernhard Fiedeldey, 10 months, city. :
Child Jenkins, months. city.
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worth So 25aa Is; medIum. IS ss5a4 80, good, 475
a5 60 per GENITAL gross. Noextfa Offering
SHtEP-rAre quiet and steady ut 10 UOa4 30
per GENITAL for fair TO good.
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Turkish Rule In Herzegovina.

The London Spectator, speaking Of
the clauses which led to the recent revolt
in Herzegovina against Turkish rule.
says: ,....,.., x....,
ito farm the agas extend their sinister
march, assessing the imposts by calcu.,
ilation OF the taxpayers resources under
pressure, and enforcing their payment
ON the spot. When the cultiyator Ia un-
able or unwilling to meet the exigencies
of the aga he is summarily bound to q
post and beaten until he finds some
means of appeasing the justice or cupid
ity of the aga. II ne continues to prove
recalcitrant, his harvest is cut down.
and carted away or his cattle driven Of
by the zaptiehs. This time the tax COL
lection was both more difficult and mora
Iburdensome than on recent occasi0ns,in
consequence of the agas endeavoring 70
make the remaining inhabitants pay the
contributions alleged to be due by the
two thousand Christian families who,
ever since the sanguinary outbreak OF
Moslem fanaticism last year, have been
refugees in Montenegro, Servia, and the
Austro-H borderlands. The
Herzegovina peasantry has been sorely
tried enough by the losses caused by
bad harvests and cattle plague during
the past season to make il a matter Of
extra hardship for them to satisfy the
ordinary exactness OF the agas. When,
however, they found that their local
tyrants expected them to make good The
Deficiencies in the yield OF the imp0sts
produced by the flight Of the persecuted
rayahs, they were forced into despe-
rate situation, which easily suggested .
desperate remedy, and the ylndictiye-
ness OF the agas quickly added fuel "a
the fire that had already SO many cona-
bustible elements on which to feed.0