The Canton mail., 1876-02-05
ADVERTISING RATES.
PARAGRAPHS OF THE, PERIOD.

"A ItEaIuNb, L d. BlIl lbs kulb DdlI
of stockings from her own hair. Isn't
that pretty thin yarn?
IT is said that the new senator from
Iowa first drew the public heart to
himself by wearing a red shirt at a
dinner party.
A GIRL of San Luis, Mexico, strug-
gled with a burglar and assaulter for
three hours, at the end of which time
she killed him.
The small boy is nDw saving his
pennies in order to purchase horrible
caricature valentine to send to his big
brothers best girl.
THE lady who fell back on her dig
nifty came near breakiD;. it; and the
man who couldn't stand 1t has taken a
seat, and is now quite comfortable.
On hearing of the petrifed girl in
an Arkansas cave, Jones, an elderly
bachelor, feels assured that that must
be the girl that Tilted him when he was
Ia boy.
A YOUNG lady at Richmond, Indi-
ana, went to the river seven times one
dav to commit suicide, and then went
home and cried because she couldn't
be heroine.
ONLY such persons aseat exclusively
with fork were allowed space in the
Chicago papers for the announcement
of their New Years receptions. The
spread of clearinghouse manners in
the West is fast doing great work
for Chicago.
The Lord Mayor of London declares
that great deal of improper accentu-
alton is derived from the stage. Well,
perhaps that is so. For many years
actors and actresses have labored to
convince us that bursting is pro-
nounced "b-a-i-r.s-t-i-n-g," and girl
spells "geairl."
APRoPos of the centennial year the
New York Tribune publishes list of
one hundred and nine persons now
living in that state who are over~o
hundred years of age, compiled from
the returns of the recent census. 1t
is singular fact that nearly half the
number are natives of. Ireland.
CHILDREN" said country minis
ter, addressing Sunday-sch9ol, why
are we like. flowers? What do we
have that flowers have ?" And small
boy in the infant class, whose breath
spelled of vermifuge, rose up and
made. reply, .Nntms." The minister
crept.. under the pulpit chair to hide
his emotion.
A CHINAMAN at Truckee, California,
being detected the other day in an at
tempt to steal piece of rubber-hose,
was kicked around the entire -,soyk sy
the irate owner, and after he had thor
oughly exhausted himself and worn out
the seat of the Celcstiars pantaloons.
John calmly y propounded the following
question: ''You no hkee lendum 2?
.sPEARs to me you've got q putty
slim fire. Mirandy," 'said spindling
youth the other night as he sat in the
front of the fireplace by the side of
buxom young lady who had no earthly
use for him. T" Yes" she said, as she
wickedly looked at the floor behind
him, "it's about all you and the fire.
can do between you to get up a re-
spectacle shadow"
SHE stood in the hall with him, her
rounded cheek leaving deposit of
pearl powder on his coat, and her
taper fingers toying with his collar.
Presently she lifted one of the lapels
and there was neat gold badge en-
amelled: q am already. married"
She looked at him earnestly for a
moment, then threw the door open
wide, and said go"
FROM the census of 1872, it tappears
that the agricultural population OF
France, including pen, women, child
rem and domestics, numbered lS,5l3,-
325. Prior to the revolution OF 1883
two-thirds of the landed property of
the country was in the hands of mobiles
and ecclesiasticEs In 1854 the number
of landowners was 7,846,OO0 or l IN
5 of the population. From 1845 to
1872 the proportion of cotes fonc'eres
continued to enlarge, the number he
ing 1O,OS3, ,731 in 1915, and 1885
S93 in 1874.
A PHILADELPHIA milliner appren-
tice went to visit her mother In the
country last Sunday, and when that
worthy matron beheld her chr'd she
exclaimed: "Isabel Marie Stephens,
what on. airth do you mean coming
out in br Dad daylight with your gown
all kajummuxed up in a heap. behind
We and all bound up that way In front
of ye? And hain't We got no stockings
all of one color, that We hat to wear
them zebra-colored things? Thought
We was going to be millinsr. Shd
think ye'd married a barber, and was
playing up sign-board for him. DId
L ever think one of my girls would
come to this !"