The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-22
PARAGRAPHS OF THE PERIOD

AMONG the California exhibits at the
centennial will be a building constructed
of pine cones.
BEARS in Wisconsin are not going into
winter quarters, the Indians say. This
indicates a mild season, but makes it
bad for stray calves and small boys.
A LITTLE boy led his dog two miles
recently to see if his hind feet would
catch up to his front ones; and still
some people think Juveniles haven't
original theories.
STEEL rails sixty feet in length have
just been cast at Pittsburg, Pa. They
are the first rails of this length ever
cast in any part of the world.
A MErEoRrTE. weighing seventy hum
dred weight, recently found in Green
land by Mordenskicld, the renowned
geologist, is now on its way to Phila-
delphia.
A COUPLE of fellows out west-one
living in Detroit and the other in Du-
buque-haye been engaged in game
of chess by mail for nine months.
P. T. Barnum says he would give
more for drunkard who succeeded in
business, as public curiosity, than for
anything else he ever exhibited.
EVERY Philadelphia girl with a
spark of ambition about her nature
expects to catch lord during the CEN
tennial.
WHEN stranger asked a Detroit
girl whom he met at the party, if she
was married, she promptly replied:
"Not quite, but I've sued three or four
chaps for breach of promise"
THE steam engines and labor-saving
machinery in this country are COM
puted to be equivalent to the unaided
labor of one thousand million persons
all engaged in the task of production.
A PETRIFIED forest ha- - : -'.
cred in the desert of northwest Hum
boldt, about thirty miles west of the
Back Rock range of mountains in
Nevada.
Our of four hundred religious pub
LEGATIONS in the United States, the
Methodists claim Al, the Roman Cath
olic Al, the Baptists 3d., the Presbyte-
rians 20, and the Jews 8.
In General Hancock's military d.
vision of the Atlantic states there are
23S officers and l 1888 men-a fraction
over seven men to each officer. Rather
soft duty.
INHABITANTS of the planet Mars
can make the tour of the world there
dry shod, or in forty days if they have
accomplished rapid transit. The land
is not divided off into islands as with
us, the amount of water being barely
enough to form lakes.
THERE is prospect that the price
of paper will he considerably reduced
by the introduction of the cactus leaf
as a material for its manufacture. A
trial has been made, with satisfactory
results, the quality of the paper pro-
duced being pronounced superior to
that now in general use.
MuToN's house in Westminster is
still standing, although slightly altered.
We believe that William Hazlitt lived
in the house for some time, and that
he caused the tablet to Millions memo
nv, to be fixed to the garden front OF
the house, which now looks toward the
Wellington barracks.
A WOMAN writing to the girls about
getting husbands, thus puts in word
for the large and healthy dunder-
heads: Look out for physical health
and beauty for the sake Of the race.
Do not bestow glance on the pale,
cadaverous biped; shun him
as you would pestilence.
Be sparing of your truth. There
are many philosophers in the world
who think like the one who says:
never vet heard a man or woman much
abused that was not inclined to think
the better of them, and transfer any
suspicion or dislike to the person who
to take a delight in pointing
out the defects of a fellow-creature.
As cool a person, under the circum
stances, as was ever heard OF was
Young nobleman, who in frightful
railroad accident, missed his valet.
One of the guardians came up to him
and said; "My Lord, we have found
your servant, but he is cut in two"
:" Aw, is he ?" said the young man
with a Dundreary drawl, but still with
anxiety depicted on his countenance,
+" VIII you be gwood enough 10 see IN
which half he has gwot the key to my
carpet bagg"