The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-08
FROM ALL SOURCES.

nary screw-press until one solid mass is OBJ
tanned.
American officers in the Egyptian
army, collectively and individually, are very
Pc ,ular, and have all manner of courtesies
shown them. And they reeiprocate by
drawing their salary with charming, manly
regularity.
Mount Nesuvius is preparing for an
other display of fireworks. The internal
commotion is already manifestinc itself in
time for people to get out of the way The
last serious eruption of this chimney of the
internal fires occurred in 1862.
Rabbits are so abundant in Ken
lucky as to be positive nuisance, and the
fashionable amusement is hunting them
down ON horseback. Ten or a dozen horse
men form in line and beat the fields, utterin-
fearful cries and blowing horns the while.
Inc rabbits start up run hither and thither
in confusion, and finally squat down in ter
ror and allow themselves to be taken alive
by hand.
In the manufacture of olive oil,
much more economy is used now than form
eriy The pulpy part of the fruit, after the
hrst pressing, is no longer thrown away, but
. sold for from three to four dollars a ton the
buyers subject it to a chemical process and
tnen TO powerful steam pressure, and thus
obtain fifth more oil. The latter product
Is not OF such fine quality rs the first. and of
course does not bring SO large a price.
w men all the oil that it is possible to extract
has been obtained, the solid mass that is left
lid.
flper was not convicted of the
Boston belfry murder after ALL The Jury
could not agree. But they afford fine
glimpse Of the infallibility of that time
honored institution. Ten stood for convic-
tion and two for acquittal; but one of the
two was willing to give up and go with the
majority provided the other would do so.
But the latter was obstinate, and so the two
held ont together. That intelligent trading
jurors opinion is nice kind of thread to
have ones life suspended on.
A German iron-clad fleet will visit
American ports next year 1t had been de-
termined by the German authorities even
Franklin and the Alaska in German waters.
to return the visit of the Miantonomah and
the Augusta, which took place in 1866 and
hence, should no preventive circumstance
arise, our Centennial win be honored with
the presence of several German men-of-war.
Il is ms yet undecided whether the Crown
Prince will accompany the feet.
The Sacramento Valley Agricultur
list gives the following explanation of the low
price of California wool: The greater part
ofthesheep range of the coast is clover which
only remains green for few weeks, then
dies down. After that the sheep and stock
subsist IN great part on the cloyer-buds.
The sleeps fleece becomes perfectly filed
with burs, and especially merinoes or sheep
with oily heeces. Aside from these the
wool retains large amount of dirt and
gravel, and this is never removed, but the
neeces packed and shipped, dirt, burs and all.
According to writer in the Revue In
dustrielle, the world need not be uneasy in
prospect of the consumption of all its coal,
for explosives will take the place of coal, and
supply all the mechanical power required by
future generations. A little more than a
pound of dynamite, when exploded, would
lift from the ground and project a weight of
one hundred and sixtythousand kilogrammes.
A kilogramme of nitro-glycerine exploded in
closed chamber develops theoretical pres
sure of two hundred and forty-three thous-
and atmospheres. The heat developed is in
proportion; and we are assured that in a
singIe htre Of nitro-glycerine there is stored
up i've thousand five hundred horsepower
working continuously for ten hours"
There is no more fruitful source of
disease in country houses than the cellar
Always more or less damp, containing vege-
tables in partially decayed state, gases and
vapors are generated which are very I'M
healthy and whose only outlet is too often the
Eving-rooms of the house. Fortunately. in the
city, the cellar is not ordinarily used to any
great extent as a store house for vegetables;
but il is frequently made the receptacle of
all kinds Of rubbish, whose accumulation is
any tmhg out wholesome to the jewellers in
ver.;ia.s a. ..,,a. sh aouu ys 'a sS 20
Windows open;ne ont-of-doors Rv i"c.s;gr
Them !. fbe opr,s5<;te ids ~ fhe :s,i.r an55
oDer = them IN VAR, DAYS the ar ,y;,1,;n
In y. r.r;1i,v a.-;fad T. sho,,E y. A
membered that maiar;aI diseases often rro.
ceed from decaving organic snhstances in
~. -.lia- "
spurious spfrltuallsm, according to
the Detroit Post fares M hetter i'm the WOO,
tt.r !, ~. 80, -, Iii 49,. -.
e s AIMING oPei"
tofs, MIS- FATTY, VINO mas Deen electri1y1ng
.ne ereduious IN western Michigan, has sud
oeniy gone up IN nash OF light. She was
engaged IN giving seance at Rockfort, |
Kent county, q few evenings ago, and every |
thing passed on as per programme until the |
imPrudent spirit put forth its hand from the |
on the ear That was exactly where it |
missed ~ Tor ne instantly seized the hand |
snd . ssr.' -, g ni iat = nsn; was prongnt,
to have vanished. while there stood Mrs
Parry hitehed to the other end of the arm, |
tugging and pulling at it as if it was her own. |
She got il but gives no more seances. and |
the cabinet having proyed utterly untrust- |
worthy for Spiritual purposes. now does duty
as a wood-box.
A bill has been introduced to the |
Senate for the transfer of the Indian Rureau
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70 the war departments II provinces that
from July I, 1876, the Secretary of War shall
be invested with all the supervisory and APP |
Peiia'e powers now possessed by the Secre- |
tary OF the Interior IN regard to the acts oil |
the Commissioner OF Indian affairs; that |
army officers are to be detailed Ion work on |
indian affairs; that commanding omcers are
10 nave charge OF same IN their respective
departments, ana that omcers shaii De liable
70 court-nartlal ior neglect OF DUTY or NAL
administration They are not to receive