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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
Best Beer at the Merchants Saloon.

Ii you want the best dental work, for
the least money, call on Holmes Smith.
Grange NOtlce.-Canton Grange No
~, r. H., meets ut Odd Fellows Hall in
Canton, on the Sd Saturday of every month
at IL O'Clock am.
The members are notified, and all Pat
rOns in good standing are cordially invited
to attend our meetings.
WIN. PRIEsTLEY, Master.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
Home Insurance Company of N

Home Insurance Company of New
York. Purely Fire; all lis funds pledged
to payment on fire losses. Cash capital,
S3,0OO,ON cash assets, 5000, 900; cash
surplus rs regards policy holders, $685.
900. j. K. johnson & Co., Managers,
Southern Dept. Steele & Yeargain, Lo-
Cal agents.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

P. O., CANTON, MISS.
List of letters rem aiming in this
Office uncalled for, for the week
ending April 10Th, 1876.
Bonnet Henry Porter Miss NJ L
CalsOn Sallie Ross Mrs III j
Duncan William T Scott Sarah
benson Alexander Smith Lou
EdmOnds Katie Tucker MRS Sarah
Green Nancy Turner Mrs Hannah
Levy Miss s J Walph Mrs Mary
Morris Liza Jane
Persons calling for the above let.
tors will please say advertised.
HENRY Il. SMITH, PM.
Centennial drinks ut Bank Saloon, only
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Parties in need of printing mate
rial will do we'll to write to US, as
we have lot of Long Primer body
type, secondhand, but very good,
that we wish to soil. We also have
number offonts fob letter, cases,
stands, etc, that we will sell at q
bargain.
If. f. i. Ross g. Co.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
WM. PRIEsTLEY,Sec'y.

Tine Scriptures say Naaman would not be-
lieve when told that to be cured of leprosy,
he ::had only. to bathe in the river Jordan.
His unbelief brought days of suffering
upon him, as it does upon those who de-
lay taking MEKRELL's HKPArINE for the
Liver. When the skin and eyes become
yellow in the spring season; with pains
in the head and bones of the body, and n
heavy feeling about the stomach after
meals there is but one chance to escape
Sickness Of some sort is sure to come, In-
less the bile and bad blood is carried out
of the system. Go to your druggist,
Phillips & Jones, and get bottle of MER-
RKL's IIEPATINE, that cures all diseases of
the liver.
Globe Flower Cough Syrup cures
cough. colds and will positively cure CON
sumption. For sale by PHILLIIs 4 JONES
Every variety and style of goods for sale
cheaper than ever at the GRANGE DOLLAR
SIORE Ii
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
Spring Millinery.

The subscriber desires to inform the
ladies that she has opened, in new room
built for the purpose Oh the parsonage
lot, general assortment Of millinery
goods and lingerie. Hair braids and dress
making also done to order.
41J-tf Mrs. s. j. LINFIELD.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
COUNTY OFFICERS /:

II. ]. Ross, Sheriff.
G. w. Anderson, Circuit Clerk.
r.. s. Jeffrey, Ciiancery Clerk.
James Parker, Assessor.
j. L. Bowl, Treasurer.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Letter, note and blll-heads, visit
ing and business cards, circulars,
posters, dodgers, in fact, everything
from visiting card to full sheet
poster, executed with neatness and
dispatch at the MAI. office.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
Wonderful Suoeess!

Three years ago DR.. BOschee's German
Syrup was introduced into the United
States from Germany for the cure of
Coughs, severe Colds settled on the
of the throat and Lungs. No medicine
ever had such success. 100000 sample
bottles have beec distributed every year
for three years by druggists in all parts
of the United States, and nearly 1000 let
tiers from druggists are now on our files,
saying that no other preparation i'm their
stores ever gave such excellent satisfac-
ton. All we ask is for you to go to your
druggist and get Il sample bottle for 10
cents and try it. Regular size 10 cents.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Hon. o. r. Singleton, and the
Commissioner of Agriculture at
Washington City, have our thanks
for favors in the way of public doc
uments.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
DR.. TUFTS HAIR DYE

DIR. Tut: Dear Strive wi. Ia to in
form you that your Hair Dye excels all
others. For its natural colOring it cam
not be eqlalled. Our customers will use
no other. 1t is great triumph.
ANTHONY HAAT.( BARRIERS,
CHAS. Holm. New Orleans.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

s.where there Is Il will there ia a way
have the will, and have found the way
to sell my goods at prices fslow other
dealers, and 1 will do it. Call before pur-
chasing elsewhere. Gross.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
WOOl.-wanted Mt stadeker's.

Go TO Holmes q Smith, for the cheapest
and best dental work.
There is a new awning at Stade-
ker's.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
auPREME COURT

Fl. F. Simrall, Chief Justice,
J. A. p. Campbell, Associates.
ii. H. Chalmers,
A. NJ. Little. Clerk.
Gee. E. Harris and G. II. Simrall, Re-
DOrters.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
County Grange Meeting.

Madison County Grange No. 33, P. H.,
meets at Odd Fellows Hall in Canton on
the 1st Monday of January, April. July.
ami October, also March, June, Septem-
Der and. December at IL O'Clock am.
Delegates are requested to be prompt
and punctual in attendance and it is hop
ed that every Grange in the county will
be represented at our meetings.
j. B. YELLOwLY, Master.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

just received. fine new stock of spring
goods, selected with special care to suit
The wants OF this community. at
Gross,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
Gross.

The best custom made mems, boys, In
dies, misses and childrens shoes at
Gross.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

The gardens, both flower and
vegetable, look much improved
since the recent refreshing show
ers, of the past week.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
WOol.-wanted at Stadeker's

Dental work done cheaper than ever
in Canton. A little cash pays for lots Of
work at Holmes IL Smiths office.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

G. S. Stevens, Judge of tho Rich.
mond eosaty, court, has been rcmov-
ed by the Senate of Virginia, for gam
bling.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
CANTON NARUr,

GOLD-11l
COTTON-6@l13
FLOUR-H09.
CORN MEAL-A.20.
BACON-l4c.
LARD-l7@1Sc.
CORN-75c.
SUGAR-S0l2lc.
COFFEE-25c.
MOLASSES-70c.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Low Prices.
Owing to the extreme hard times,
have concluded to reduce my prices to
the fellow ng rates, strictly for cash:
Gold Filings $500, formerly $500.
Amalga am or silver rs it is sometimes
called, 81, so, formerly $500.
Full sets of teeth $40. 90, formerly 5000.
Partial sets cOrrespOndingly reduced.
L. o. PAYNE.
Where time is wanted, old rates will be
charged, and good city acceptance re-
quired. 4. o. PAYNE, ID. d. s.
J-32
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Mr.. Fred Lusk is doing good
work, with the hands under him,
on our streets.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Now is the time to have dental work
done cheap; call OH Holmes u Smith for
Ioic prices and good work.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

IIepetine discovered in southern MI
bia, cures all diseases of the liver At
PHILLIPS & JONES'
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Pricc OF subscription to the CAN
TON MAIL is reduced from $500 to
$500 per year.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

By the use of the Dental Engine, you
can have your teeth filed without pain
by calling on Holmes g. Snnlfh,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Weber's patent hair brush Is the
best thing ont try it once and you will
Use no other. 415-4t
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Insure your Gin-houses and Cotton
with STEELE s. YEARGAIN,
1923 Ins. Agents.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Blank Warrants, Summons and
Replevin Writs, printed on good pa
per and in attractive style, on hand
and for sale at the NAIL Office. If.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Fresh beer always on tap at the Mer-
chants Saloon
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
ONLY $500 PER ANNUM.
Reduction in Price Of Subscription to the
Canton Mail

From and after this date the price
Of subscription to the CANTON NAIL
will be
TWO DOLLARS
per annum in advance. We are
owing to the stringency of the
times, and with the further wish to
place our paper in the family ofthe
poorest. Let no one now say he
cannot take his county paper.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Subscribe for the CANTON MAIL.
Price, only $500 per year.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Fans, parasols, umbrellas, in large guam
titles at Gross.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

The finest mems, boys and children's
hats ut Cross,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

If you want a lamp chimney that will
not break by heat or falling, get the La
Bastie Glass at
Phillips & Jones'.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Waveriy Grange, p. Of H., meets
the third Saturday in each month,
at ID. J. Nichols.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

For the Centennial Hair Cut go to
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Now receiving splendid stock of gent
ladies and children's shoes, made to order
for their spring and summer trade at the
34-4t Grange Dollar Store.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

The CANTON MAIL is only 50 90
per year.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

The large t stock Of cassimers, linens
and cottonades ut Gross.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
Beautiful! Beautiful!

GeIanirInls, Fuehsias, BOuvardias, Lam
tanas, HeIiOtrOpcs, IhlOxes, rysanthe-
mumes. Violets, Verbenas. Dahlias, Glad.
iolees, TuberOses, Salvias, Bcgonias, Ros.
cs. Oleanders and many other fine blOou-
lug plants, a charming variety. for sale by
w. ii. CAssELL.
Office at G. &. Campbell's, next door to
CasseG & Baughn's old stand. 81
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
Wool --wanted at Stadeker's.

Spring clothing. fresh prints and calicoes
cheaper than ever mt the
Grange Dollar store.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

gentlemen's and children's shoes, go to
the Grange Dollar Store.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

To Cash Buyers..-rhe most goods
for the least money can be had ar
Gross.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Insure your gin-hOuses and cotton
with STEELE & YEARGAIN. lns. Ag'ts.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06

Our efficient and obIiging Chancery
Clerk, Il. s. Jeffrey Esq, and E. H.
Licutwiler Esq, have our thanks for
courtcsies.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
Have your hair cut at Weber,s.

The best and cheapest mems ready
made clothing and gents furnishing
goods at Gross.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
Low Prices.

Centennial drinks ut Bank Saloon, only
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-07
The Romance OF 1t.

Moncure d. Conway sticks to it that
the Jugggnaut suicides are the fiction
of missionary imagination. Juggernaut
himself, as represented in Sunday-school
literature, is fictitious. The word is a
corruption of Jagauath, "the Lord of
Life" title ascribed formerly to Vishnu,
now to Krishna and to either of these
deities death was abominable, and not
acceptable. That deaths occur in the
throngs of devotees is not doubted; but
Mr.. Conway observes that when the
Prince Of Wales visited st. Paul's after
his recovery from his desperate illness,
some years ago, several persons were
crushed to death. and fancies this fact
reaching some distant island "in such a
shape aS to leave there tradition that
it is usual to sacrifice human victims in
England on the recovery of prince, as
a pcrt Of thanksgiving service. Espe'
cially might this be the case if the SEN
tence we're reported and interpreted by
priests anxious to place Christianity in
its worst light"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-07
Growth Of the Unit ed States.

The American nation begun its first
century of existence with population
of Z,75O,000. 1t has now, by the best
estimates, 44,675,000. The area has
been extended from 800, coo to 1908, 944
square miles. The development of agri-
culture under the pressure of immigra-
ton and the stimulus of mechanical in
vention has been utterly without prece-
dent. The value of manufactures has
advanced from $40, 600, ,000to 81, 200, ,000,-
600. Foreign and domestic commerce
has taken gigantic strides. The devel-
opment of mineral resources has not
been the work of O century, but of fifty
years. There were few banks in the
colonies in 1776; there are more than six
thousand now. Internal improvements
and the common school system have
kept pace with immigration.
While annexation has quadrupled our
area since the Revolution. it has con-
tributed very little to the population.
The purchase of Louisiana, Florida,
California and New Mexico brought in
fewer than 160, 600 inhabitants; and the
acquisition of Texas and Oregon merely
restored to citizenship those who had
immigrated from the United States.
The aggregate area covered by popu-
lation in 1890 was 239, 935 square miles.
The main line of settlements ran ono
thousand miles along the coast from the
mouth Of the Penobscot to the Altama-
ha, with an average extent inland OF
from one hundred to two hundred and
fifty miles. A few pioneers had made
their homes in the valley of the Ohio;
there were two or three patches Of set
Elements in Kentucky; there was vii.
lage in Indiana, and another in Michi-
gan; and there were bands of adventur.
ous oirits as far west as Illinois. The,
Loui 'iara purchase in 1903, supple
merted by the Oregon treaty of 1876,
added LII, 931 square miles to the La.
tional domain; the Spanish cession il
1919 embraced 50, ,268 square miles; The
annexation of Texas in 1916, the treat.
of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1S4S, and the
Gadsden purchase in 1853, brought il
967, ,451 square miles; and finally Mr.
Stewards Alaska investment involved
the acquisition of 500, square miles
The total area is now 3,603,Si4 square
miles, or 1,042, ,000,0 900 acres, one-halt
of which is public land. In surface ex
tent three nations surpass the Unite(
States-the British, Chinese. and Rus
sian empires. The arabic land unde
cultivation is less than one-tenth of til,
total area.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-07
The Local Newspaper.

VIM. f. Switzler, one Of the Oldest
and most respected OF Missouri editors,
has presented the following sensible
view of the value of local newspapers in
sustaining patriotism, fostering love OF
our national institutions, and preserving
the people from corruption and the
despotism to which it opens the way:
"The invention of the electric tele-
graph and the substitution of the fast
daily mails by railroad for the slow and
less frequent lines by stage coach, not to
mention the multiplication OF industries
corresponding in ratio with our in
creased population, having largely local.
lied the country press and augmented
its usefulness and efficacy. These pow
erful agencies have made the weekly
country newspaper the organ and mouth
piece of the county or district in which
it is published a reflex of the opinions
and an exponent and defender Of the
rights and interests of tho people among
whom it is specially circulated. II is
theoretically, and ought to be practi-
cally, an honest and sleepless sentinel on
the watch tower of their liberties, and
guardian of their special interests, in
dustries and activities whatever they
may be.
"As local lf-government is essential
not only TO the peace and prosperity Of
the whole country, but likewise to the
highest happiness and the highest civil
ization of each of its parts, 30 the local
country press is indispensable to the
proper development and defense of the
interests OF the respective communities
which in the aggregate make up the
nation. And as the abolition of local
government would result in universal
anarchy and disaster, and in the inau-
guration of the iron sway of colossal
monopolies and centralized despotism,
so the extinguishment of the country
press would open the fioodgates of re-
sistless torrent from the fountains of po.
pulation, wealth and power.
"I am, therefore, firmly persuaded
that the pelpetuity Of our free institu-
tions in the spirit and form designed by
our ncestors-institutio founded on
the great central truth of equal rights
to all and exclusive privileges to none
depends in no small degree upon the
vigorous existence and fidelity of the
country press"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-07
Standard Remedies.

It is fac. we'll known to all our read.
ers that a few proprietary medicines
have achieved reputation as standard
remedies, and occupy place in every
well regulated household, almost as
universally as the Bible and the family
almanac. Foremost among these is the
Merchants Gargling Oil, manufactured
by the well known company of that
name at Lockport, n. " sovereign
remedy for man and beast, and one
which has wrought hundreds of well
attested cures. We need hardly say
here what the patrons of the Blade fully
understand-thatw we do not make prac
tice of praising indiscriminately the
numerous compounds offered to the
public, but since we believe the "Garg.
ling Oil to be carefully compounded
and efficacious remedy, we do not hest
tate to say as much.-1oledo (Ohio,
BlQf}e
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-07
Lifa,S Revolutions,

Once on time there was member
of Congress who, with his wife, lived in
q grand house in Washington. They
were courted by the fashionable world,
and while the former helped to make
the laws of the land, the latter was an
honored dictatress in social life. After
many years she became widow, and in
the winter of 1874 found herself in
Washington, holding a clerkship in one
of the public departments. She was in
feeble health, died suddenly while en-
gagged at her desk, and this was the sub
stance of her requiem "She was q
most worthy woman, but it was fortunate
that she died without warning, for in
the event of protracted illness she had
not relative in the wide world who
could have attended her bedside I; and
by the hand of strangers she was con,
signed to her final resting place."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-07
Diseased Lungs.

From p. G.. Smith, Esq, of Ithaca N. Y.
Having for the last fourteen years used
Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry in my family
always with the best success, and confidently
believing that it has on several occasions
saved my life-I give it as my opinion that it
is the best remedy in use for diseases Of the
throat and lnngs. About two years since my
youngest son, then fifteen years Of age, took
violent cold, which settled on his lungs So
rapid and severe was the progress Of the dis
esse, that we became very much alsrmed. We
commenced giving him the Balsam, and con-
tinued to do SO until five bottles were used,
when this dangerous attack was removed.
Last year he was again seized with violent
cough and cold, and believing his lungs to be
diseased we applied to the late Dr. ]. L. Haw-
ley, one Of our most distinguished physicisns,
for an examination, the result OF which was
that his lungs were pronounced diseased. On
learning that we had made use of the Balsam
he advised us to continue to do go, which We
did, and in the course of few days the health
OF my son was entirely restored. Feeling
under obligations for the boneits derived from
this great remedy. I cheerfully recommend i,
to all who suffer from diseases of the throat
and lungs"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-07
The Terrible GrasshGpper.

A new element hsa9Sopered in the
politics of the Tram SSspsroti country,
says Western COZ ,s>Alt. II is no
longer necessary to know. Il, a financial
or general sense, whether o man is
"sound on the goose" but it is con-
sidered of great importance that he
be sound on the grasshopper question.
One of thu candidates for the United
this fact, and issued the following card
to show where he stood
eff am elected United States Sena-
tor, shall advocate the following The
wholesale determination Of the locust.
Let the duties of Watching the migra-
ting movements Of the locust be added
to the signal service, in full, or let there
be separate signal service established
| for this purpose, 80 we can be fore
warned of their probable coming. Also
to ascertain where and in what State
or Territory they deposit their eggs
most numerously. Let Congress appro-
pirate 81, 100000 annually to pay for
killing the locust by the bushel, or per
pound, SO that people can afford to
gather them. Let all the Western
States and Territories appropriate as
much money annually as they can, to be
added to the locust determination fund
of Congress, and let all be used each
year where the locust is Matching out
most numerous. In this way an annual
war can be waged against them, which
will soon thin them so that their natural
enemies will keep them down. would
have the unemployed of our army serve
their country by destroying the locust
or serving in the locust signal corps.
would hapo the Indians pay for their
annuities with locusts where the locust is
plentiful in their reservations.
The gentleman who made this bid fol
United States Senatorship, on purely
grasshopper grounds, was not elected.
The farmers of Colorado, Kansas, Ne.
braska and adjoining Territories have
had hard struggle of it during the past
three years owing to the ravages of the
locusts. Those who had accumulated
money from former years Of prosperity
have seen it oil swept away, and there
are very few of the farmers, gardeners
and ranchmen who are not in debt
Large numbers, utterly disheartened
have sold out, and immigrated to other
parts, or sought somo other pursuit
This accounts in great measure for the
rush to Washington Territory ant
Oregon the past year or two. Kansas
and Nebraska have contributed large
portion of the new settlers in that sec
tion. When Western farmer find,
that he does q losing business for two o.
three seasons, he is ready to "pull up
and seek another start in new country
The Grasshopper convention at Omaha
at which six States and Territories wer,
represented, and in which several noted
scientists took part, shows the deep in
terest felt in the matter. After two
days of deliberation it was decided tina
the legislatures of the States and Terri
tories interested should be asked Il
enact law Offering bounty PEI
bushel for the collection and destruction
! of eggs and unfedged insects; to repea
the game laws so as to prevent the de
J struction of birds which feed on then
at all times and to frame laws for th'
promotion of treo culture, harborine
birds, and promoting moisture.