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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-15
A Mandate Against Seals and Sea
Lions.

For many years the sea lions and
seals which inhabit the cliffs near the
entrance to the Bay of San Francisco
have been preserved by special enact
ment, and penalties imposed on any
person who should kill or disturb them
The result is that they are now a hum
dred times as numerous as they were
ten wears since and are to be found
there in thousands. When it is con-
sidered that they weigh from 200 to
500 pounds each, and that they con-
sumo at least from ten to twenty pounds
of fish daily, it will be readily seen
that the quantity caught at the en-
trance of the harbor and in the Bay of
San Francisco by fishermen is small in
proportion to that consumed by these
animals. If allowed to increase at
the same rate for few more years, 1t
will be difficult for either shad or
salmon to escape them while entering
our bay. The fishermen at Vallejo
and Rio Vista report that they find
MANY of the salmon to have been torn
by the teeth of the animals. They
appear now to serve no useful purpose
other than to crafty the curiosity OF
strangers, and we believe it would be
well if the law which now protects
them were repealed, and nine-tenths of
them were allowed to be shot, that
their oil might be utilized in the
fabrication of machinery. We would
recommend that this law be repealed,
and, if necessary, again re-enacted after
nine-tenths of them shall have been
destroyed.-Report of the California Fish
Commission.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-15
That's How"

After great snow storm, little
fellow began to shovel path through
large snow-bank before his grand
mothers door. He had nothing but
small shovel to work with. GLOW
do you expect to get through that
drift" asked a man, passing along.
" By keeping at it, said the boy, cheer
fully; chats howl" That is the secret
of mastering almost every difficulty
under the sun. If hard task is be-
fore you, stick to it. DO not keen
thinking how large and hard it is, but
go at it, and little by little it will grow
smaller, until it is done. If hard
lesson is to be learned, do not spend Il
moment in fretting; do not lose Il
breath in saying, 81 can't" or 81 do
not see how" but go at it and keep at
it-study. That is the only way to
conquer it. If a fault is cured or a
bad habit broken up, it cannot be done
by merely being sorry, or only trying
a little. You must keep fighting until
it is got rid of.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-15
The Trade in Canvas-Baeks and Ter.
raDinS.

Everybody, says the Baltimore Sun
has heard of Chesapeake canvas back
ducks, and diamond back terrapins,
and great many people know some
thing of how they taste when served up
for the table, but not great many are
acquainted with the manner in which
they are handled by the dealers in
those and other famed gastronomic
luxuries There is an establishment in
Baltimore which has been fitted up
especially for this trade, where canvas
hacks md all kinds of game are kept by
the thousands in apartments where the
temperature remains at Is degrees
above zero, and where terrapins i'm
multitudes live and grow fat on moth
ing. There are five large closets on the
premises, built in the walls, similar to
bank vaults; and these by a scientific
process are arranged to keep their inte<
rior at a very low temperature, by the
use of ice, but in different manner
from the freezing process of refrigera-
tor. In one of these the canvas-backs
and other wild game are kept perfectly
fresh; in another there are varieii IS of
fish, including shad from Savannah,
and white fish from the lakes, rock and
perch from the Chesapeake tributaries,
and blue-fsh, shaddock and Goldfish from
the north. In another closet the
smaller and more common fish are
kept, and all of the closets are filed
with some of the special products dealt
in. For a month past shipments of
by the barrel have been
made to London, Liverpool and to
Paris by steamships from New York
and Baltimore. The fowls are taken
from the cold closets, and when on
board the steamers are put in ice and
reach their destination in excellent con-
1ition. Oysters in barrels are also
'ent to Europe, the oysters being packed
N sea-weed and cornmeal. But the
most novel feature of the house is the
terrapin department. This room is
lept warm, and the terrapins mxuriate
n air-tight chests, each from five to ten
'nshels capacity. These are packed
ull of terrapins, which number many
hundreds in the aggregate. The most .
t them are of the Chesapeake % di;,- ,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-15

One of the most thrilling scenes ev-
er witnessed in the amphitheatre at
Cadiz transpired in the autumn of
1S41. Notice had been posted In all
the public places that on certain
day the bull called El Moro (the Moor)
would be introduced into the arena, and
that when he should have been goaded
to the utmost fury, young girl would
appear and reduce the animal to
quiet subsection. On the appointed
day, the vast amphitheatre was filled to
Overlooking with an eager crswd. Two
bulls had been killed and dragged
away, and then flourish of trumpets
announced tho coming of the hero of
the day. With a roar, Ell MIRO enter
ed upon the scene. He was truly
magnificent - a bovine monarch:
black and glossy, with eyes of fire,
dilating nostrils, and wicked-looking
horns. The picadores attacked him
warily, and hurled their banderilos-
small, dart-like javelins, ornamented
with ribbons, and intended to goad and
infurate. The bull had killed three
horses offhand, and had received eight
boaderiHos in his neck and shoulders,
when, upon n given signal, the picadores
and notadores suddenly withdrew, leav-
ing the infatuated beast alone i'm the wild
paroxysm of wrath. Presently soft,
musical note was heard, and directly
afterwards a girl, not more than fifteen
years of age, with the tasteful garb of
an Andalrsian peasant, and with
prettyyface, sprang lightly into the
afna, approaching the bull fearlessly,
atzthe same time calling his name.
Moro! U@oNHauoyi
At the first sound of the sweet |
Solee, the animal had ceased his fury,
and when he saw the girl, he plainly
manifested pleasure. She came to bis
mead and put forth her hand. which he
Iicked with his tongue. Then she
sang low, sweet song. at the same
tune caressing the animal by patting him
on the forehead, and whilst she sang
the suffering monarch kneeled at her
feet Then she stopped and gently re-
moved the cruel banderilyos, after which
with her own arm around FL Noro,s
neck, she led him toward the gate of
tne to,Td. Until now the multitude had
o''' u held spell-bound, but when they
y" the gentle mistress thus triuDlpI-
'''' = shout went up that shook the ,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-15
The New Reflector.

Paris, says. Galignani, at present
possesses one of the largest telescopes,
if not the largest, in the world. 1t is
situated Ill the garden of the obscrva-
tory, under wooden shed mounted on
rails, and which can therefore be shift
ed, instrument and all, from one place
to another with the greatest case. 1t
Is some 80 feet high, and the reflector,
with It's accessories, weighs about 20
tons. Before we give Il faint idea of
1t let Us remind our readers that
telescopes Of this description consist
of tupc wide enough to enable the
observer To put his head to the opening
without intercepting the image of the
object; he turns his back to the heavens
and sees the star he wants in the focus of
the rejecting mirror that Is fixed to the
other end of the tube. For this pur-
pose there is an eyc-piece screwedto the
rim OF the tube at the open end, and it
Is through this the astronomer looks at
the image which appears inside the
tube. The mirror is parabolic; the
rays, therefore, falling upon it parallel
to the axis are all reflected in one point
the focus where the star becomes visi
bic. This being understood, let us say
that the diameter of the new telescope
Is one metre and a fifth, or forty-seven
inches and two-thirds, not quite foui
tcet. 1t Is made of wrought-iron, and
80 metres long (about twenty-foul
teeD. This may give an idea of the
immense size of the instrument, which
alone weighs 1900 kiIogrammes(upw
of two tons). 1t rests upon trunnions
and IS mounted parallatically; that Is
parallel to the axis of the world. Th,
mirror, which is of silvered glass &C
cording to Fousault's system, weighs
with the necessary counterpoise, S0t
kilogrammes. The framework consist
of wrougit-iron pillars rising to TIL
altitude of nine metres (35 feet :
inches. The tube can move up an,
down in its own plane, and round it
parallactic support, so that it can fol
low any star all along its path, tn
motion of the instrument being gen
Grated by clock-work of gigantic pro
portions and yet going with the min
utest precision. Indeed, an error o
but three or four millemetres in tn
focal length of the mirror, or of tn
tenth part of a second in time, or tn
slightest bend in any of the heav,
pieces composing this monster refiecto
would be fatal to its utility fortunatel,
1t Is a complete success in ever,
respect. The observations are mad
literally, according to the Newtonial
system, on movable gallery access
bic by means of an iron winding stair
case mounted on castors.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-15

AN ENGLISH SPELLING MARCH,
The first spelling-bee in England was
held recently at Islington 'sunder the
American rules" Webster's dictionary
being the standard. Thirty-two gen
tlemcn and eighteen ladies essayeI
their skill before crowded audience.
In the end the sexes divided the prizes
equally, though the first prize fell to II
gentleman. The words that proved
too much for the powers of all but the
prize-takers were not very difficult
"Rhododendron," "apocryphal. "heb-
domadally," and "camcleopaid" put a
large number hopelessly out Of the
contest, and at last "scsquipedalian"
was only spelled correctly ~ Nh
Jameson, the winner. Prizes +" the
of eight pounds rewarded the
six successful spoilers out of the fifty
who entered.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-15

ScHENCK's PuLMoNIc SYRUP, SEA WEED Toxic,
AND MASDRAKE PILLS. These deserve.lly cello
brated and popular medicines have effected revo-
luton in the healing art and proved the fallacy OF
several maxims which have for many years Oh
structed the progress of medical science. The false
supposition that Consumption is incurabe" de-
tered physicians from attempting to find remedies
for that disease and patients afflicted with it
ciled themselves to death without making effort
to escape from doom which they supposed to he
unavoidable. 1t Is proved, however, that Con-
sumption be cuyed, and that ii has been cured in
very great number Of cases some of them apparently
desperate ones) by Schenck's Pulmouic Syrup
alone; and in other by the medicine in
connection with Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic and
Mandrake Pills. both, according to the re-
quirements of the
DR. Schench himself who enjoyed uninterrupted
good health for more than fery years. was supposed,
at time, to be at the very gate OF DEATH his ply
sieians having pronounced his case hopeless, and
abandoned him to his fate. He cured by the
Aforesaid medicines, and, since his recovery, many
thousands similarly affected have used Dr. Schenck 5
preparations with the same remarkable success
Full directions accompany each, making 1t not
absolutely necessary to personally see DIR. Srhenck
unless patients wish their lungs examined, and for
this purpose he is professionally at his principal
offcc Corner Sixth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia
every Monday where all letters for advice must lie
addressed Schenck's medicines sold by all
druggists
Ell. HART 4 Co, Nos ~, -, and ~ Tchouptoulas
Street. New Orleans, Wholesale Agents.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-15

The American mind is active. 1t has given
us books of fiction for the sentimentalist,
learned books for the scholar and professional
student, but te,c books for The people. A book
for the Pcopfe must relate to "A subject of uni
versal interest. Such subject is the physical
man, and such book "THE PEOPLES COM
MON SENSE MEDICAL ADVISER" a copy of
which has been recently laid our table.
The high professional attainments of it's au-
thor-Dr. r. V. PIERCE, of Buffalo, n. Y
and the advantages derived by him from an
extensive practice, would alone insure for his
work cordial reception. But these are not
the merits for which it claims our attention.
The Author is OF the people. He SYM
pathizes with them in all their Affections,
efforts, and attainments. He perceives their
want-d kliO1Cledge of tbemsoiues-;in believing
that all truth should be made rs universal as
Gods own sunlight, from his fund of learning
and experience he has produced a work in
which he gives them the benefits of his labors.
In it he considers man in every phase of his
existence, FROM the moment he emerges
:. from rayless atom, too diminutive for the
sight, until he gradually evolves to the ma
turity of those Conscious Po,rcrs, the exercise
of which furnishes subjective evidence of our
Immortality" Proceeding upon the theory
that every fact of mind has physical ante
cedent, nc has given admirable treatise
on Cerebral Physiology, and shown the bear
Ings OF the facts thus established upon insli-
vidual and social welfare. The Author be-
heves with Spencer, that "as vigorous health
and its accompying high spirits are larger
elements of happiness than any other things
whatever, the teaching how to maintain them
is a teaching that yields to no other what
ever" and accordingly has introduced an
extensive discussion of the methods by which
we may preserve the integrity of the system
and ofttimes prevent the onset of disease.
Domestic Remedies-their preparation, uses,
and eifects-form prominent feature of the
work. The hygienic treatment, or nursing of
the sick, is an important subject, and receives
attention commensurate with its Importance.
Nearly all diseases &c to which flesh is heir "
explained, and proper domestic treatment
suggested. To reciprocate the many fayors
bestowed upon him by generous public, the
author offers his book mt price (Sl.5o) little
exceeding the cost of publication. our read
ers can obtain this practical and valuable
work by addressing the author.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-15
GENERAL MARKET QUOTATIONS


NEW YoRK.-Flour market-State and western
Si.s5T1t50; common TO good extra S4sti5- 40
good to choice s.. 4j5 90 white wheat extra S590a
| - extra Ohio S4.s0d725; St. Louis S5.25g9.O
Minnesota patent process and extra good to prime
10 cIfoce double extra S7-36Gt900 rye
flour steady ut Si40a55o Ccrnmeal is heavy
fair export demand; nearly all sales were Tor low
grades; No. Chicago spring SI-23@121; No do
in store So1; rejected spring 9ac; untrsed do 'ceI
S1I5; uninspected, grade do Sl.0i; No spring
inspected 81 0S No. Milwaukee S12ia1 20; No 3
DO 81 09a1 09l. white western 5 .3Sai .45; mixed
spring S1.l3al.20Is No. spring 81 ;Dal;' Corn
less active and lower; receipts 5000 bushels /:
western mixed, no grade, Coo; western mixed, old
grades zoe.
NEW ORI.EANs-Cornmcstl is dull quoted nom
inally at $3.50 Ccrn-dernand moderate; sales OF
white at Gle; yellow 55c. Hay-lnTge stock, limited
demand; sales of prime at $1,000; strictly prime
SD. Pork-maTkct dull at S20. T5a2l 90 Bac"n-no
shoulders on ha,ii, and little or no demand 10Y
sides clear rib sides quoted st l21.. whisky
rccteI scarce and in demand, but prices have de-
clined BABE under western advice sales OF Louisiana
ut Slip. Other articles unchanged. Geld li1s {;
sight i per cent. discount. Steriing-bank nominal
LoUIsvILTF.-FIour quiet and unchanged. Wheat
quiet and steady at 81 n5I % Corn steady at asa
sic. Hay quiet aud unchanged. Provisions are
quiet and unchanged. Whisky quiet and unchanged
-t.0S.
MEMPTtIs-Flour steady ana in moderate demand; ;
surerlne western Sl75aG.G0. Corn quiet and I'M
changed. Oats quiet and unchanged. Provisions
quipt and unclaD,,l
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-15

CHAPPED hands, face, pimples, ring
Syorm, saltrheum, and other cutaneous affec-
tons cured ard rough skin made soft and
smooth, by using Juniper Tar Soap. Be care
full to get only that made by CaswclI, Hazard
Il Co., New York, rs there are many imita-
tions made with common tar, all of which are
worthless.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-15

very walls. In an instant the bull
turned, the flame again i'll his eyes,
but the girl very soon subdued him,
and led him out from the ARENA
prize which she was to carry back with
her to her home.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-15
Hest Vakins Stove They Ever Saw.

IIousekcepers who have used the CHARTER
OAK for years say il is the best baking stove
they ever saw, bakes quickly and evenly
with little fuel, clean as a pin, makes no
cinllers, difference what Kind of coal
they uSe
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-15
THE COTTON MARKETS.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS quieter: middlinl
upland l5-l6d mddlin@ Orleans 3-i6d-
NEW YoRK.- Cotton-market duh at 13tf@1;
7-iGc.
New oRLEASs.-Cotton--d demand slack; price.
irrceuar aud easier; good ordinary to strictly
good ordinary lp'5@lH' T. low rhiddlnc strict
low mddlnE II ua1i@ e.; miJdliug, to strict mid
ding l2iaai274c; good niidaling to middlng fair
IL Salte.
MoBTtE.-Co ttnn- market quiet rniIlling I2t5c
G,IVEsTo:s. 49, Cotton market quiet; demand
limited offerings free miidlins i2iac.
MEMPHIS otton- market inactive st Egg
--Cntton-inarket quiet and I'M
changed at 12l@ai2}{c
CATTLE MARKET
NAsHvILLE--Livs stock-1he demand for TAT
hogs is good quotation advancing sc per H. gross.
They are very scarce, aud all Lroui2ht the mar
ket can he sold very readily Sheep and cattle were
in fair request at full rates.
CucAGo.--Clitle in good demand and timer !;
good lat uatives;J 1865; lair I" GOOD SJa5-j0 I;
heahy steers i.50; Texas S2.75aI21. nnss, re
cepts 5000 head market doli. hut hrm; assofted
packer sHi5.2J; shipping 81 21tI21; bacon S.al 20
but chiefly ut -1IoI1.f5. Philadelphia S5Iin'f Gu.
sheep slutrt tow common Siui.J"; best IS ija
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A Remedy for Hard Times! TT.
Ear this Great Remedy we With q At

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f ess stills en cobS wSNSEn put up in m and 50 cent bottles
scale of ges a-1"ss 'e $40 bottles per doAen a small
@ m Agents ssa st such as that n YEA sell ito
EXTRA PREMIUM TO AGENTS
udd sve ee GRATIS .
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all eSdg from suTh % 5 sns sse ueh COUNTIES ns @
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$1,000 $4,000 A Year,
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Remedy ''H REWRMBER WE Gu AR ANTEE EVERY BOTTLE!
NO cURE!! NO PAY!!I
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Sole Pr prietors, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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of
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Bronchitis of the Heart Pain the Right
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A Thrilling Scene.

In the last congress the eastern states had
seven chairnen.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-15
REMINGTON.

NY PERSON owning Sewing Machine which
( is nearly worn out, "r does not do the work re
tuirrd will find il to their advantage to send us
lesrrip'iun of their Machine, and get our liberal
of exchange for the Light Running Rem
1t fully warranted Tor hNe ana
satisfaction is guaranteed in every instan.e or the
VIII bc returned to the purchaser The most
liberal terms to agents and cash buyers samples 81
work and al particulars 10y mail 10 parties living e
A distance ADDRESS, ,. (LAKH N CO. Geni
a.-se. 30 summer ST. Nashville. Tenn
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STATE OF MAINE.

KENNEBEC SS.-Board of County Commit SION
ers, AprH session, 1875.
On the foregoing petition, satisfactory evidence
having been received that the petitioners are re-
sponsibe and ought to be heard touching the mat
ter set forth in said petition, it is ORDERED, that
thirty days previous notice be given that the Coun-
W Commits toner's will meet at Virgil Scribner's,
in Manchester on Thursday, the eighth day OF
June next, at nine O'Clock, A. NJ, and
said petition, and Immediately afterwards hear
the parties and their witnesses, and then take
such further measures in the premises as may
be adudged proper.-Said notice to be given by
serving an attested copy of sal petition and this
order thereon, upon the town clerk OF the town of
Manchester, and by posting up such copies in three
same in the Kennebec Journal, "A public news.
paper printed in said county that all persons and
corpO ations interested may attend and be heard
they think proper.
Attest:-WM. NJ. STRATTON, Clerk.
true copy Of the Petition and order of Court
thereon. Attest WIN. NJ STRATTON, Clerk.
3wl9
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STATE OF MAINE.

AROOSTOOK S. Court Of County Commissions
ers, January adjourned term, 1876.
On the foregoing petition, the Commissioners
being satisfied that the petitioners response
bic, ana that an inquiry into the merits is
expedient, Ordered, that notice be given
that the Commissioners will meet on Thursday,
June ~. 1876, at 10 A. NJ, at the Van Buren,
hotel in said Van Buren, and thence pro-
coed TO view the routes mentioned in said
petition, and Immediately afterwards hear
the parties and their witnesses, there at
some convenient place in the vicinity, and
take such further action in the premises as they
Judge proper. said notice to be given by serving
an attested copy of the petition and this order
upon the clerk OF Cyr Pl and by posting up like
copies in three public places in said plantation,
and by publishing the same three successive
published at Presque Isle, in said county.
and Fix successive weeks in the Kennebec
journal the State paper, the last publication and
said service and posting TO he at least thirty days
before SAID meeting that all parties interested may
attend and be heard II they see fit the owners Of
said Letter township being unknown.
Attest - RANSOM NORTON, Clerk.
true copy of petition and order.
6w20 Attest RANSOM NORTON Clerk.
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TONTlyE PLAN,

or upon the principle of aceumuiating profits fer
detnie periods, which Was first introduced by this
Society, and has been recommended and endorsed
by eminent experts in Life Insurance. and by lead
ing business men. Forty-Gour per cent. has beer
earned and accumulated on the premiums paid on
sit Tontine Lite Policies and forty per cent. its
Tontine Endowment Policies. issued within the last
ave years.
The Directors of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society represent exclusively the interests of the
Policy holders, and in presenting the Society
tee they that it has strong claims upon public
onidence because OF the strict and conservative
principles by which its various Departments
governed. In the assets and in the administration
of the Society perfect security Is given for the fu
turc which is Of great Importance TO those depend
ing upon theu insurance policies Tor the ultimate
support of their families.
No Life Insurance Company has such args an
nual Transactions as the Equitable; none il more
prompt and just IN its dealings.