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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-05-25

D. w Ingersoli 4 Co still continue TO take
the lead in the dry goods trade OF this city; il Is
one of th.. oldest dry goods HOUSES in the city
and their reputation Tor fair dealing was estah-
lished years ago,
They make specially OF filling farmers or
ders, ard you may BE- fully assured that you
will receive just what you order, and at the very
lowest possible margln. Goods are the cheap
est they have been in 20 years
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-05-25
THE BIIKFORD AUTOMATIC

saEs :s!.: " MACHINE
4 most Useful and WoEdsxfol invention
Now attracting universal attention By its as
tonishishing performances, and its great Y.rac-
teal value Tor every day family use It's SIN
PLR. DURABLE, and CHEAP, is easily kept
IN repair. and
WILL LAST A liFE.TiME:
It will knit every possible VARIETY of,plAin and
fancy work
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29
THE CHINESE QUESTION.

The Chinese question now agitating
California deserves the careful and seri-
Gus consideration of congress- 1t is idle
to denounce or mock at the bitter senti-
ment springing up in the Pacific states
against the large influx of Cinnamon.
The very fact that these immigrants are
industrious, quick to learn the various
trades, and economical beyond all COM
parison with native laborers, make them
so much the more dreaded by the indus
trial population into whose midst they
swarm. 1t has been quarter of CEN
tury since they began to appear in Cali
fornia, and the oldest corners are no
nearer assimilation with American ideas,
customs, and peculiarities than when
they first set foot on the Pacific coast.
They do not come here to find free homes
or to build up the country, or to assist
in rearing and perpetuating model gov
eminent, but simply to make money.
Suppose it is found, therefore, that they
are becoming a dangerous demoralizing,
and Encouraging element in society, one
calculated to interfere with progress, and
debauch and degrade our own people,
what then? Is it any wonder that a
community feeling these effects from
their coming grows bitter, and betrays
animosity toward them? But what
shall be done? BY what regulation con
sistent with our principle of open doors
and national freedom shall we deny to
these people a home and protection
among us? This is very distracting
question, and one that requires to be
deeply considered.
The feeling upon this subject in the
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29

and statues they had chosen together;
every article appeared like an old friend.
Then a feeling of intense desolation crept
over him-he was go utterly lonely.
The strong spirit was almost crushed.
He threw himself upon the bed and
wept like child. 4 quiet step upon
the stairs, rustic of silken robes, glad
cry, then clinging arms were twined
about his neck, a soft cheek was pressed
to his, tangled golden curls mingled
with his dark locks. Was it dream
He pressed her close to make sure of
the reality, and kissed her with such
passionate fervor that Margaret wept for
joy.
Margaret, my wife-Margaretr ~ he
sobbed.
"Oh, John, how cruel you were to send
me away. I'll never leave ysu again,
darling"
When they had both regained calm
ness, John Graham explained to his wife
that the next day the house was to be
sold-he could not take her into lodgings
her mother. But Margaret firmly re-
fused
ANY place that is good enough for you,
John, is good enough for me. My place
is with you. 1 can assist you more than
you think" she said.
Then Margaret commenced the battle
of life in earnest. 1t is not easy to turn
from life of pleasure and luxury to one
of comparative poverty. Margaret at
first did not find her path strewn with
roses: there were difficulties to be en-
countered, sights to be endured, ease to
be sacrificed; but she had brave heart,
and love had changed the gay, careless
girl into the tender, selfsacrifcing wo-
man. She became her husbands closest
friend, his best adviser, the sympathiz-
ing confdant of all his plans, ever ready
to cheer in moments of depression-the
first to rejoice in his success.
John Graham is a wealthy man again
now; success has crowned his efforts
but he ever blesses the adversely which
taught him to know the real value of his
wife.
So Margaret found her mission as q
devoted wife and mother, much to her
mothers amazement; and John Graham
found he had married not a pretty but.
terfy of fashion, but an earnest, loving
woman.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29
DR.. schencL'. stanA.rI Remedies.

The standard remedies for all diseases of the lungs
are SCHENCK's PULMONIC SYRUP, SCHENCK'S SEA
WEED TOHIC, and SCHEsCK's MANDRAKE FILLS,
and if taken before the lungs are destroyed speedy
cure is effected.
To these three medicines DIR. J. II. Schenck, OF
PHILADELPHIA owes his unTivaled success IN the
treatment of pulmonary diseases 80 :.
The Pulmonic Syrup riIens the morbid matter IN
the lungs nature throws it of by an easy e1Pecto
ration for when the phle9m matter ripe sght
cough will throw it of, the patient has rest anu Inc
lungs begin to heal. c,.,
Ia enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do this Schenck's
Mandrake Pills and Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic must
he freely used to cleanse the stomach and liver
Scbenck 5 Mandrake Pills act on the liver, removing
all Obstructions relax the gall bladder, the bile
starts freely and the liver is soon relieved
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is a gentle stimulant
and Alternative the alkali of which 1t is composed,
mixes with the food and prevents souring. 1t as
sists the digestion by tonng up the stomach to
healthy condition, that the food and the Pulmon-
ic syrup will make good blood then the lungs heal
and the patient will surely get WELL If care is token
to prevent fresh cold.
Ali who wish to consult Dr. Schenck, either per-
sonaIIy or by letter. do at his principal ONCE
corner Of sixth aud Arch Sts., Philadelphia, every
Monday. ,
Schenek's medicines sold by all druggists
throughout the country.
l.. j. HkRT& CO., Nos. 13, 10 and u Icho"ptouas
Street. New Orleans, Wholesale Agents.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29
AGRICULTURAL.
OC.4ILS IND CORN.

A farmer boy in Ohio recently OBJ
serving a small flock of quails in his
fathers corn-feld, resolved to watch their
motions. They pursued very regular
course in their foraging, beginning on
one side of the field, taking about five
rows, and following them uniformly to
the opposite end, returning in the same
manner over the next five rows. They
continued in this course until they had
explored the greater part of the field.
The lad, believing that they were pulling
up the corn, fired into the flock, killing
one of them, and then examined the
ground. In the whole space which they
traversed he found but one stalk of corn
disturbed. This was nearly scratched
out of the ground, but the earth still adj
hered to it. In the crop of the quail he
found one cut-worm, twenty-one striped
vine bugs, but not a single grain of corn.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29

ORIGIN OF THE COP HYMEM.-Dan-
Chef. the French poet, tells us respect
ing the definition of Hymen, that he
was young man of Athens, obscurely
born, but extremely handsome. Falling
in love with young lady of distinction,
he disguised himself in female habit in
order to get access to her and enjoy the
pleasure of her company. AS he hap
pened one day to be in this disguise with
his mistress and her female companions,
celebrating on the sea-shore the rites of
Ceres Elensina, gang of pirates came
upon them by surprise and carried them
off. The pirates having conveyed them
to distant island, got drunk for joy and
fell asleep. Hymen seized his oppor-
tunity, armed the virgins, and dispatched
the pirates; after which, leaving the
ladies on the island, he went in haste to
Athens, where he told his adventure tC
all the parents, and demanded her hi
loved in marriage as her ransom. Hi!
request was granted, and SO fortunate
was the marriage that the name o
Hymen was ever afterward invoked il
all future nuptials, and in progress o
time the Greeks enrolled him anon,
| their Gods,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29
EARLY LOVES.

About halfpast l o'clock yesterday
afternoon citizen observed an interesting
couple walking down Jefferson avenue,
near St. Aubin avenue. One was boy
about three years old, who, with his red
top boots, Kossuth hat and coat shining
with bright brass buttons, marched
bravely along, holding by the hand
girl, his junior by half year, perhaps,
whose rosy cheeks and bright eyes peeped
bashfully from beneath shawl which
covered her golden hair. Thinking that
the children we're near to their homes
the gentleman simply admired the juve-
nile pair as they trudged along before
him, but after following them to Riopelle
street, as they seemed to take no heed of
localities, he spoke, asking where they
were going. "Nothing," answered the
little man; eve have had dinner" The
gentleman continued his questions, but
the only satisfaction he could gain was,
&c She is Geneva and am taking care of
her, and my name is Harry" In order
that the children might be easily found
by their parents the gentleman called a
policeman and had the strOllers con-
Quoted to the central police station. But
never would master Harry release his
hold of his partners hand, neither would
he permit the policeman to take her by
the hand. He exhibited thoughtfulness,
however, by asking the officer to let them
ride on the street cars. Their arrival at
the police station was the signal for Ser
geant Britton and Officer Hickey, who
were on duty at the time, to bestir them
selves, and in short time the children
were seated side by side surrounded with
apples, candy and cakes, which they con-
tentedly devoured. All efforts to con
verse with the girl were vain, the only
answer vouchsafed being slight motion
of her hand toward her companion, who
would Immediately put down his candy
and cakes and say, "Pm taking care of
her, you let her alone. My name is
Harry and hers is Geneva" When
asked where they lived Harry would an
swer, "She lives next to me and | know
her ma" Thus they amused the officers
and reporters till called for by their
friends.-DetroH Free Press.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29
TIE CENTENNIAL MEDITATION OFCO-
LUMBIA.
BY SIDNEY IAsIA


From this hundred ter raced hight
sight more large with nobler Light
Ranges down yon towering years:
Humble smiles and lordlier tears
Shine. nd fall, shine and fall.
while old voices rise and call
Yonder whore the to-and-fro
weltering OF my Long-Ago
Moves about the moveless base
Far below my resting place.
Msyhower. May flower, slowly hither lying,
Trembling Nestward DER Won baking sea,
Hearts within farewell dear England signing,
GT-hpp'd wave. aSan, ~ ,h van, .hoapss Ewing
No! II shall not he:
jamestown, out of thee
Plymouth, thee-thee Albany
Winter cries. We freeze: away,
Fever cries, Ne burn: awayf
Hunger cries. Ie starve: away!
Vengeance cries, Your graves shall stay
Then old Shapes and Masks Of Things,
Framed like Faiths or clothed like Kings.
Ghos.s of Goods once neehed and fair,
Grown foul Bads in alien air
War, and his most noisy lords,
Toneued with 1.-the and poisoned swords
Error. Terror, Rage and Crime,
All in windy night Of time
Cried to me from land and sea.
No, Thou shalt not be
Harki
Hugueuots whispering ye, in the dark,
Puritans answering yea in the dark,
Yea, like an arrow shot true to list mark
Darts through the tyrannous heart OF penisl,
Fooled, still beginning,
Soiled, but not thinning,
Toll through the stertorous death of the Night.
Toll. when Wild brother-wars nev-dark the Light,
Toll, and forgive, and kiss DER. and replght.
Nov praise to Gods oft-grantej grace,
Nov praise to mans undaunted lace,
Despite the land, despite the sea,
Twas: I am: and shall be-
How long good Angel, o how long!
eing me from Heaven a mans own song!
" Long thine Art shall lore true love,
Long Is thy Science truth shall know,
Long as thine Eagle harms no Dove,
Long as tiny Law by Law shall grow,
Long n thy God Is God above,
Thy brother every man below,
g long, dear Land OF all my love,
Thy name shall shine, thy lame shall glow
o Music, from this hight OF time my Word unfold
In thy large signals all mems hearts Mans Hear
behold.
Mid-heavsn uuroll thy chords friendly flags IN
furled,
And wave the worlds best lovers welcome to tn
world.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29

The TRICKS OF TEXAS PoNIEs.-In
connection with the report that Texan
horses are to be shipped to New York
for the game of Polo, or mounted shin
ney, the Galveston News says: "These
Texas ponies understand another game
which will be new to the New York
horsemen-that is, bucking. When thew
bow their backs, put their head between
their forelegs, and point to the zenith
with their hind feet, the polo PLAYERS
will naturally get off without standing
on the order OF dismounting. Bucking
against the tiger is play compared with
the game with the Texas mustang. The
practicing parties of the polo men will
be equal to witnessing the attempts to
ride the trick mules in the circus. Young
New York has different work before it
from that of initiating the elder Weller
and driving old-fashioned stage coaches
with pillow horse teams. Grand and
lofty tumbling will be the chief feature
of polo for the first few games"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29
W4NTONNESS.

Miss Phelps writes from Florida to the
New York independent: 1 had thought
myself to be the only passenger astir.
But alas, there is a stir before me than
which 1 could meet any other with more
serenity at such a place and such an
hour. Oh! grand life of the Florida
sybiI, prophecy against him! He is the
irreprcssible sportsman, and. he stands in
a group of six-here! Here in the very
heart of my great, unfolding roses, his
dull face lifted to the tender light, its
solemn touch upon him, its fine scents
| sweet around him, it's low wind whisper
| ing to his deafened ear. Is Saul also
among the prophets? Has this being,
who travelled thousand miles to seek his
winter pleasure of taking dumb life,
come hither to worship at the altar of
this morning hour? Are that fixed atti-
tude and that rapt look the homage of
his heart before the sacred things which
the vail of this temple conceals?
While 1 ask the question magnificent
white heron rises slowly from little
vivid green pool, far away in an amber
shadow dropped from some cypress upon
our left. He is calm with the uncOn-
seriousness of royalty-the king of the
lake, I think. His wings dip with
broad sweep, in which we detect no
futtering, scarcely the sign of action.
He moves with magnificent response he
floats rather than flies. The very winds
seem to be his servants, and to bear him
upon their shoulders whithersOever he
will. Once he turns his naughty neck to
glance at us, and his eve CLEANS like an
eagles. Now, with a single slight lmpe-
tus of the serene motion which he makes,
he shoots towards us and above us,
straight against the glowing zenith, and
hangs for an instant poised-the spotless
white creature-like an angel in the
warm rose-light. For an instant only.
Flash! Those six~men have lifted
their twelve profane hands, and one
guilty pair have brought him down. He
shivers once and falls. The rose-water
closes, dyed a deeper dye above him.
One white feather, stained brightly and
warm yet to the touch, drops upon the
deck, beside my feet. would as soon
have shot an angel.
All through the morning hours this
UNPUBLISHED and unpunishable murder
goes on. Now it is the blue bird, now
the red bird, now and again the little
domestic quail within the sedge, and
more often the near confiding ducks.
Once the blue heron. Almost once
thank heaven they missed him-the
great rose curlew that flashed from the
thicket and dipped again.
The birds drop where they are hit,
and the boat skins by. The sportsman
fires serenely on. There is not even the
show of an excuse of a feather to take
home to his wife, or a specimen to stuff
for his museum, or mOrsel to cook for
his camp breakfast 1t is a sheer wan
ton waste of life, an exuberance of
cruelty.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29
ECCLESLA STICAL.

-" Going to church," in Gaelic, is
still "going to the stones" description
that carries us back to the days of the
Druids.
Seven million of children, it is said,
are instructed in the Sunday schools
of the Protestant Episcopal church in
the United States.
The union of the English Presbyte-
rian and the United States Presbyterian
churches of England is to be celebrated
kat Liverpool in May.
y One of the most successful missions
in the world is that of Burmah, carried
,,}on by the American Baptists. Recent
5Teperts state that fifty-one natives were
1 recently baptized in the valley of the
tIrrawaddy.
Il "A discovery has been made that the
| ioldest church in America is a Swedish
church. In the reign of Gustavus Adolf
plus company of Swedish emigrants
reached Philadelphia. Here was held
the first Swedish Synod.
| |, The coiored ministers composing the
South Carolina conference are so addicted
to attending circuses and travelling shows
that The conference at its late session in
Charleston adopted a resolution prohibit.
ing thehp from doing so hereafter.
"A great event has occurred at Jeru'
salem. The Mussulmans have permitted
the Christians, who dispute the posses
sion of the, Church of the Holy Sepul.
chre, to put \up bells in it. Such a sound
has not been head in the building since
the day when the Sultan Saladin entered
the city in the twelfth century. The
Mohammedans as il known, do not make
use of bells because they fear to disauiet
the souls of the dead, who necessarily
wander in the air to protect them and tt
conduct them to paradise.
Bishop Keener, of (the Southern
Methodist Episcopal church, writes from
Mexico a very encouraging account o
the progress of Protestant missions il
that republic. Mr.. HUTCHINSON, thu
Presbyterian superintendent, reports
forty points at which he is operating
The Southern Methodist church in tn
capital has seventy members; it owns
200 of property, and has seven pas
toral charges. The Methodist Episcopal
church has, in all Mexico, fourteen
preaching places, eight Spanish and seven
American preachers, $63, 800 of property,
and printing press. The Protestant
Episcopal church is also well organized
and prosperous.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29
GENERAL MARKET QUOTATIONS

MEMPHIS.
Lard, 15Ic. Bulk meats Shoulders, &C.; clear rib,
1212c.; clear sides, 12s4c.
ST. LOUIS.
Flour dull and nominal. wheat-No. red fall
81 48 cash and for April delivery. Corn No.
mixed, 451zc. cash and for April delivery. Rye
CSC. Pork, $500. Bulk meats-Shoulders, sHc
clear rib, 12c.
LOUISVILLE.
Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat, 81 80 Corn,
Shoulders, s5zc.; clear rib, 1214c. Bacon-shonl-
ders, 91zc clear rib, 13c.; clear sides 15Hc Lard
Tierce, 14}zc.; keg, 1916. Whisky, s1.o6.
NEW ORLEANS.
Sugar-Common. &c; fair nc; lime to choice
SIC. Molasses-GoOd prime, 4Sc; common reDoiied,
SIC. Flour-Superfine, 1918; double extra, 81 SO
triple extra, $500; choice and family, g. 80 Corn,
Coo. Oats, Acc for choice. Pork, S2o.oo. Dry SAT-
meats-Shoulders &c.; clear rib, Pie; clear sides,
l25zc. Bacon-Shoulders, SIC; clear rib 13Hc.;
clear sides, 1870. Hams-Choice sugar-cured, ii4c;
small size, 15Ic. Rice-CommOl to prime LOUIS
lana, &C. Cofee-Ordnary to prime, l9c. Whisky
-Rectifed, S1.09; Louisiana, Sill.
COTTON MARKETS-
LoUIsvILLE.-Market dull at 1254c.
MoBILE.-Cotton weak. Middling, 12c.
NEW YoRK-Market quiet. Middling, 1870.
MEMPHIs-Market dull and unchanged at 121Sc.
LIvERPooL.-Market quiet and easier Midding
upland, G5sd.
GALvEsToN.-Market dull and prices easier. Mid
ding upland.121sc.
NEW ORLEANs.-Prices steady and quotations UNI
changed. Ordinary to strict ordinary, g4c.; good
ordinary to strict good ordinary 1910; low mid
strict midding, 1311c.; good mi idling to middling
| fair, 143<c.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29

"A Fifeshire man recently took his
child to the minister to be baptized, who
asked him, care you prepared for SO sol
emn and important an occasion?' "Pre-
pared" he echoed with some indignation.
al haze firlot O. hammock bakin', two
hams, an gallon O. the best Highland
whusky; an I wud like to ken what
better preparations We expect frae man
in my condition O. lifew
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29
CHRONIC DISEASES CURED

CHRONIC DISEASES CURED.-In com.
munites remote from larger towns there seems
to be but two alternatives for the sick ;either
to employ the family physician or to patronize
the patent medicine vendors. Those who are
driven to this extremity, if suffering with
chronic disease we would advise to write to
DR.. f. B. FoOTE, of 120 Lexington avenue,
NY DIR. F. is the noted author of plain
Home Talk" Medical Common Sense"
Science in Story" and other popular medi-
cal works which have had wide circulation
all over the globe. In DIR. F. we have ply
stefan who has had extensive experience in
treating the sick at a distance from his Office,
and moreover his consultations are free. Any
one of our readers is at liberty to consult him
with the mere outlay of postage stamp. He
is said to have patients at this moment in
Germany, Great Britain, Liberia, Chinese
Empire, and the West Indies. If patent
medicines can now and then hit successfully
when adopted by people who have little
knowledge of their own organizations or of
their diseases, how much more successfully
can physician, after instituting all necessary
inquiries, prepare remedies precisely suited to
the organization and diseases of the invalid !;
Just as a tailor cuts and fits coat to the back.
In this more important matter relating to the
health and life of people, there is all the diff
ference which exists between Chatham street
clothing and that made by frst-class tailor,
after taking the most minute measurements.
DIR. FOOTE is recognized success in his
specially.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29

states on the Pacific slope is intense, and
the complaints made ought to be we'll
considered. So far as appears, only one
sentiment exist among respectable peo-
pie there or here, and that is that the
Cinnamon already in this country must
be protected and allowed to peacefully re-
main. Whether we should discourage
further immigration is the question to be
examined, and that is the one to which
our friends in California invite tine at
tention of the Washington authorities.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29

PIMPLEs on the face, rough skin
chapped hands, saltrheum and all cutaneous
smooth, by the use of Juniper Tar Soap.
That made by Caswell, Hazard & Co, New
York, is the only kind that can be relied on,
as there are many limitations, made from
common tar, which are worthless.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29
My cows are full-blooded JERSEYS an

My cows are full-blooded Jerseys and
three grades. feed meal all the time
they are giving milk. In the summer
they have twoquarts of corn-and-cob meal
per day. Fall and winter three quarts,
one-half corn-and-cob meal, one-hall
bran. We never have any soft butter in
warm weather. 1 feed no roots of any
kind, nothing but meal and all the good,
early-cut hay they will eat.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29

SAD EXPERIENCE OF MIR. Moody
Very often You are in a persons house,
and the servant comes in and says such
person is in the front room. and she
says: g. Oh, dear, am sorry he has
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29
4 (sreat Invention

has been made by DIR. TUT, of New York, which
restores youthful beauty to the hair That eminent
chemist has succeeded in producing Hair Dye
which initiates nature to perfection. Old bachelors
may now rejoice.