The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-30
ADVERTISING RATES.
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

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woman eighty-three years of age who
attributes her long life to abstinence
from bathing.
A GOOD little girl writes to the New
FORK Tribune: "Papa has given us
three cents day for not sucking our
thumbs. We send one dollar for q
child in Kansas"
A GROWN. UP young lady of Minnesota,
who ought to have entertained higher
sense of filial duty, has had the author
of her being arrested and fined twelve
dollars and q half for spanking her.
A CANADIAN murderer wanted them
to put of the day of execution, owing
to his being afa icted with the toothache;
but the sheriff said he'd got to go to
mill next day and he couldn't sccommo-
date the prisoner.
ANoNe the numberlees contradictions
in our nature, hardly any is more glar-
ing than this, between our sensitive
ness to the slightest disgrace which we
fancy cast upon us from without, and
our callousness to the grossest which
we bring down on ourselves In truth,
they who are the most sensitive to the
one are of the. most callous to the
other.
ONE who has tried il says that q cup
of coffee is q sure barometer, if you
allow the sugar to settle at the bottom
of the cup, and watch the bubbles
arise without disturbing the coffee. II
the bubbles collect in the middle, the
weather will be fine if they adhere to
the cup, forming a ring, it will be
rainy; and if the bubbles separate
without assuming any fixed position,
changeable weather may be expected.
DURING the year 1874 mora than &c.
600 steerage passengers left this country
for Europe. Many of them, no doubt,
took advantage of exceptionally low
fares to visit their old homes, and have
already returned, or will do SO. More,
however, are believed TO have been
driven away permanently by the hard
times, The New York commits sioner OF
emigration believes that about A, 600,
or two-thirds of the whole number, in
tend to be permanent absentees. The
revival of business will bring many OF
Them back, and tens of thousands OF
new corners with them.
THE Sandwich islands are twelve in
comprising in all little over
), 600 square miles-about the size OF
and Rhode island. Two
birds of this area belongs to the island
If Hawaii, although Oahu is better
Known generally for its containing Hon
,lulu, the capital city, which has about
L6, 600 inhabitants. The population OF
he whole group in 1872 was ,S97. 1t
appears by the last census OF the in
,abitants that there were As, 04 persons
# the pure native race, 2, ABS of mixed
,rigin, 1888 Chinese. ss9- American,
;19 English, and the remainder hailed
rom other European countries. The
wentieth degree of north latitude runs
trough the group, SO that they are In
he same latitude as Cuba.
THE pretty little maid of honor whom
he Grand Duke Alexis married all un-
,eknownst to the old folks appears to
,e as spunky as she is beautiful. Alexis,
{ will be remembered, was sent to
america that he might forget her, but
Vhile that plan cured the grand duke, 1T
idn't appease his bride, who was sent
mt of thu empire by special train. She
rent to Geneva, and recently it appears
hat Count Shouvaloff was sent to treat
nth her. 1t was proposed that sne
hould renoHnce all claim to the mana
+ Alexis, should change her name ana
disappear. In return for this service
he would receive one million rouDleS
own and an annuity of seventy-five
thousand roubles, which would Do con-
inued to her child in case the latter
urvived her; but Mrs. Alexis Wouidnt
o it. She loved Alexis too much for
hat, and so matters stand at present.