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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01
Emmett L. Ross & Co., Proprietors.

only be told when the escaped men ar
rive here. About the 9th of April the
cable was broken between Java and Aus
tralia, and this was taken by those in the
secret as the signal that the work had
been accomplished. This was done to
prevent pursuit till the fugitives were
beyond the reach of the British authori-
ties. Owing to local circumstances, it
must take very long time to discover
where break occurred in the cable near
Australia, and that job was evidently
done thoroughly, for l notice that this is
the first item OF news that has come by
cable from Australia since April q.
Then no date is mentioned for the occur
renee, and the ship has probably half her
voyage to the United States performed
by this time. This will do more to slim
ulate Irish revolutionary work and to
restore the confidence of the Irish people
in the revolutionary party than anything
that has occurred for many years. 1t
is the first victory, and is a great blow
to the prestige of England. There were
only seven men in actual confinement,
but there were nine Others living in
western Australia on tickets-of-leave.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01
John Paul has invaded Paris, an,

John Paul has invaded Paris, and
the impression he gets of men and things
are altogether pleasing. The French
man, ne tells us, is not a big feeder. He
breaks his fast in the morning with a lit
tie coffee and good deal of bread and
butter Along toward noon, if raven.
eusly hungry. he seizes on radish or
perhaps the hind legs Of a sparrow; but
for dinner-ye gods, what gorging is
there! Two spoonfuls of soup, the back
bone of a smelt, a morsel of meat the
size of a saddle rock oyster, mushroom,
an onion, Glove of garlic, a smell of
cheese, gallon of red wine, and he's
ready for an opera or the theater. The
Frenchman,'can cook a'dinner, but, when
it comes to eating one, why, bless your
soul, an Englishman can eat all around
him. Yet, az fat though he be at dress
ing a fish or fowl the Frenchman does
not dress himself we'll. His sleeves are
too short, his skirts are too narrow. and
he has altogether a skinny look. When
he attempts to be elegant he is only dan
dified.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01
q KIM, UHO LOST 4 KINGDOM IND
HIS EYESIGHT.
London Letter to New York World.

London Letter 10 new ioih ""i'"'
The quiet, amiable and blind gentle
man who is now stopping at Claridge's
hotel, and who would have been king OF
England had not his cousin Victoria
been born, has certainly had his misfor-
tunes in life but his lot is not very
unhappy one. He has lost his sight and
his kingdom; but he has saved Lis per
sonal property, and he has been blessed
with a large and affectionate family of
children. The king of Hanover is Just
as old as his cousin queen Victoria; and
although he is not 80 rich, he is rich
enough. To say nothing of other re-
sources he has at this moment twelve
and a half tons of silver and gold plate
stored away in Coutt's bank. He Is,
moreover, an English prince, and he Is
duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale,
earl of Armagh and knight of the Car
ter. He and his family have arrived i'll
England, apparently with the intention
of making it their permanent home.
They probably have given up all hope OF
ever repossessing Hanover.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01
GEORGE ELIOT.


Com. and -ipothe1ms from {" Daniel
D>romda."
Vanity is as i'll at case under indiffer-
ence as tenderness is under love which
it cannot return.
The most powerful of all beauty is
that which reveals itself after sympathy,
and not before it.
Who supposes that it is an impossible
contradiction to be superstitious and
rational at the same time?
Honor comes from inward vocation
and hard won achievement; there is no
honor in donning life as livery.
The subtly varied love drama between
man and woman is often such as can
hardly be rem iered in words put together
like dominos, according to obvious fixed
marks.
Often the grand meanings of faces, as
we'll as written words, may lie chiefly in
the impressions of those who look on
them.
A soul burning with a sense of what
the universe is not, and ready to take all
existence as fuel, is nevertheless held
captive by the ordinary wirework of local
forms, and does nothing in particular.
In many lives there is much, not only
of error and lapse, but Of a certain
exquisite goodness which can never be
written nor even spoken, only OWNED
by each of us according to the inward
instruction of our own privacy.
What, in the midst of the mighty
drama of life, are girls and their blind
visions? They are the yea or nay of
that good for which men are enduring
and fighting. In these delicate vessels
are borne onward through the ages the
treasure of human affections.
Children demand that their heroes
should be feckless, and easily believe
them so; perhaps first discovery to the
contrary is hardly less revolutionary
shock TO a passionate child than the
threatened downfall of habitual beliefs
which makes the world seem to totter
for us in maturer life.
Macbeth's rhetoric about the impos-
sibility of being many opposite things In
the same moment referred to the clumsy
necessities of action, and not to the
subtler possibilities of feeling. We can
not speak a loyal word and be meanly
silent. We cannot kill and not kill, in
the same moment; but moment is wide
enough for loyal and mean desire, for
the outlash of murderous thought, and
the sharp backward stroke of repentance.
Preemiuence is sweet to those who
love it, even under mediocre circum-
stances; perhaps it is not quite mythical
that slave has been prou'; to be bought
first; and probably barn-door fowl on
sale, though he may not have understood
himself to be called the best lot, may
have q seIfinformed consciousness of his
relative importance and strut consoled.
But for complete enjoyment the outward
and inward must concur.
A human life. think, should be well
rooted in some spot of native land,
where it may get the love of tender
kindship for the face of earth, for the
labors men go forth to, for the sounds
and accents that haunt it, for whatever
will give that early home familiar,
unmistakable difference amidst the fu-
ture widening Of knowledge; a spot
where the definiteness of early memories
may he inwrought with affection, and
kindly acquaintance with all neighbors,
even to the dogs and donkeys, may be
spread, not by sentimental effort and
reflection, but as sweet habit of the
blood.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01
II PTIFUL APPEAL.

Suffering and Starvation In South Car
olina.'
We find in the Charleston News and
Courier the subjoined proceedings of the
farmers in the Colleton district:
At a meeting of the laboring farmers
of the neighborhood, held at Annavista
recently, Mr.. Charles CARROT was ap-
pointed chairman and Mr.. Jonas Sim
mons secretary. The chairman explained
that the object of the meeting was to
make united appeal to the publiC for
aid, and offered the following resolutions
which were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, we, representatives of the
farmers, have made every effort to sus-
tain ourselves, yet find want, and even
starvation, threatening us and whereas,
unless aid come from some source it will
be impossible to make our bread for next
year, and hence nothing but want and
continued suffering must follow; there
fore, be it
Resolved, That we Immediately re-
quest the press generally, and the
Charleston News and Courier and Wal
terboro News specially, to make our
wants known to the public, whom we
earnestly solicit to assist US in this, our
time of sore need.
Resolved, That DR.. T. 8. Warning be
requested to continue aiding us by ex-
tending this notice and receiving any
contributions of money or provisions that
may be sent tor us, distributing the same
as they come promptly. as many of our
old citizens are already feeling the pangs
of hunger, and more will rapidly be
added to the number.
DIR. 7. S. Warning adds, in note to
the News and Courier:
l will only add that the condition of
the colored population here is deplorable.
At an assembly of over thirty men of
family on Saturday, asked each how
much corn he had, and one bushel was
the most that any one had.
While I write two old women sit on
my step eating, they say, the first food
they have tasted for twenty-four hours.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01

,rtant lesson they convey:
THE LION AND THE sKUNK-A DREAM.
met lion in my path. -.
CTwas on a dreary autumn nightly
Who gave me the alternative,
To either run or hsht.
dare not turn upon the track,
dare not think to run away.
For fear the lion at my back,
Would seize me as his prey.
So summoning fearless air.
Though all my soul was full of fright,
said unto the forest king,
81 will not run but fight"
We fought, and as the fates decreed,
4 conquered in the bloody fray;
For soon the lion at my feet
a hfeless carcass lay.
little skunk was standing by
And noted what the lion spoke;
And when he saw the lion die,
The lions track he took.
He USED the lions very speech,
And stretching to his utmost height
lie gave me the alternative
To either run or fight.
saw he was prepared to fling
Vile odors from his bushy tail,
And knew those odors very soon
Ny nostrils would assail.
So summoning a humble air,
Though all my soul was fee from fright,
! said unto the dirty brute,
- I'll run, but will not fight"
MORAL.
As years begin to cool my blood,
I'd rather all would doubt my spunk
Than for a moment undertake
To battle with a skunk.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01
NOW FASHIONABLE WOMEN SEND TO
WORTH FOR DRESSES.l
n. Y. Cor. st. Louis Republican.

n. Y. Cor. st. Louis Repuhlicsn
Very many ladies of this city send
regularly to the great man dressmaker,
Worth, in Paris, tor their dresses, both
summer and winter. Do not for mo-
ment suppose all these women have seen
Worth. Not bit of it. A few have.
certainly, but the greater proportion
send a photograph to him, with de-
scription of the complexion, the color of
hair, eyes, etc. 1t is not an unfrequent
occurrence to have the photograph re-
turned to the owner with regrets at being
unable "to compose toilette for Mad
ame," as editors return a manuscript to
an author with a polite refusal to insert
the article in question. A lady of high
fashion in this city relates with comical
zest, as she is the heroine of the story,
how she went to Worth to have a num-
Der of dresses made. He asked her to
walk across the room. 1t was medium
sized apartment. When she was about
half across, he called to her from the
sofa where he was sitting: "Madame,
that is enough, cannot invent dress
for you; your figure does not please me.
Good morning, Madame"
You remember the witty description
that Tame gives Worth in his recent
"Notes on Paris" A mother and
daughter in this city, charming women,
but newly rich, and over anxious about
dress, wear the most exquisite toilettes
of Worth's composition, which are en-
tirely unique. They have never been to
Paris or "waddled through the Tuil-
cries." yet Worth has seen them-that is,
he has their life-size pictures; he admires
them, and sends them poetical and raw
ishing dresses. Go and do likewise, if
you choose, my fair reader.
JoTTINNs OF THE MODE.
The polonaise seems to be gaining in
favor.
French lace is again in fashion for
black silks and black grenadines.
Narrow ribbons are used to trim dress
es, either of the same or a contrasting
color. They are laid on fiat in two or
more rows. 1t is an old style revived.
Plain percales and all wash goods are
trimmed with bias folds of the same ma
terial.
Cashmere, ecru-color for over dresses,
is becoming expensive in the demand for
it. They are trimmed with lace or
fringe of the same color. and worn over a
black or brown velvet skirt.
In gentlemen's hats there is the
beaver in light colors for dress, for
summer wear, also felt hats with a
striped band and straws of the approved
shapes.
Boys hats seem to have narrow brims
They are all colors of straw and beaver
A new device in wells are those which
are netted both in black and white silk
This veil is large enough to trim the hat
and fall over the face.
The argus-eyed plume for ladies' round
hats is a novelty. They are very long
and narrow, and covered with spots re
sembling eyes.
Ladies' riding and driving gloves are
of yeIJNw dogskin.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01
The Rev. DIR. Robinson president

The Rev. DIR. Robinson, president of
Brown university, recently supplied the
pulpit OF the First Unitarian church Of
Providence, in the absence of the pastor,
and his sermon was regarded as a re-
variable one, coming from a leading
Baptist divine. He maintained that
religion, like the physical world, had its
epochs and revolutions, and that the
present movement, though bloodless, is
deeper and more significant than any
preceding one. He was not afraid of
progress, but is convinced that the
Christian religion is more firmly estab-
lished than ever in the world.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01
A noble Indian of Wiscon

"A noble Indian of Wisconsin carries
about with him the following certificate
written for him by some obliging white
man: "This may certify that the bear
er is an aboriginal cuss, in whom there is
no guile. He never lifted a scalp nor
robbed hen-roost in daylight. He is
the father of some of his children, and
uses no cologne. He has that noble at
tribute of his race, an untutored mind.
His squaw has gone to The spirit land,
and he wishes to visit that earthly land
OF spirits, where troubles are forgotten at
the rate Of ten cents a spirit. He re-
sPectfully asketh aid of. the pale faces.
NO orders for groceries received"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01

some complaint of an impairment of
stands by the cut worm. Two counties
report lice. In all material respects,
however, our reports point to an excel
lent condition of the crop, and a more
than favorable prospect for the future.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01

In Georgia sick negro believed
that he ha, been bewitched by woman
neighbor, and the fortune teller said that
the only way to be cured was to cause a
dog to drink a ia. blespoonful of the neigh
boris blood. A Sol. of the invalid, aided
by two companions, Undertook to get the
blood. They entered tn womans house
at night, bound her in CHI mr. cut gash
in one of her arms, caught the blood IN a
vial, and gave it to the dog The report
does not d!escribe the effect on the SICK
man.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01

THE bill recently introduced into the
British house of lords Tor the regulation
OF the-practice of .viyisectioa provides
that when no anrsthetics are used the
experimenter must first furnish n certifi-
cate TINT yiyisectioR 10 indispensable to
the experiment, and the experiment
must be performed in a registered place,
and by person specially licensed by the
government, s~fkt -,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01

EMofIoNAL INSANITY still has its
defenders in Illinois, the latest sufferer
being Mrs. Brita Nelson, who was placed
on trial for numbering her husband. On
two occasions she confessed the musder
and even told tbs, name of the affinity"
who suggested the deed, but the jury
become convinced that she vas emotion
ally insane and acquitted her.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01
THE MOST MARVELLOUS SUICIDE ON
RECORD.

James A. Moore, aged about thirty
five committed suicide at the Lair house,
Lafayette, Ind, last week. He leaves
a wife and three children. No cause is
known for the deed. The manner in
which it was accomplished is perhaps un-
paralleled in horrid ingenuity. He came
to the Lair house Saturday, said he was
perfecting an invention, and would prob
ably stay week, but would visit his
home Monday, and prepaid his bill till
that time. He called at the machine
shop of Harding & Sons, had large new
broad-ax and two bars of three inch wide
by one inch thick iron, sixteen inches
long, which he had riveted to the head of
the ak. On either side, fastened to these
bars in the shape of handle to an ak,
he had system of wooden bars eight
feet long, the extreme end of which was
fastened to a crosspicce, secured to the
floor by hinges. The ak was raised and
held to its nearly perpendicular position
by double cord, fastened to the wall.
DCuWCcn bIc COIuS SCOOu Candle, ar
ranged 90 that when the candle burned
down to the cords it would burn them
off, and the AK tall. Where the ak would
strike he placed small box, open on one
side, in which when found. was his head
with some cotton, which had been chic
reformed. His chin was held up from
his neck by stick run across the box,
through holes on either side, holding his
head firmly in position. He was strap
ped tightly to the floor with two straps,
one around his legs, another about his
arms and breast. The straps were both
screwed to the floor, rendering it impos-
sible to move. It is supposed that he
set his ak, lit the candle, and strapped
himself to the floor, put his head in the
box with. the chloroformed cotton, and
was probably insensible when the ak fell
The ak and fixings would weigh about
fifty pounds, and would tall distance of
from ten to fifteen feet. His head was
completely severed from the body, and
the ak buried in the boards beneath.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01
VOLUME XII.
4 POEM WITH i MOR.lL.

The following lines were written by David Barker
the New York Post about twenty years ago, and
as admirable for their quaintness as for the i'm
rfaIal lsnxS.At MAJ
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01

MYrA CLARK GAINES, who claims to
own much of the land on which the city
of New Orleans stands, has received
much encouragement by the late ruling
of the United States supreme court, aud
has gone back to New Orleans, where she
will reopen her suits for the estate which
she has been fighting for for the past half
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01

Col. L. J. Proctor, for many years
lessee of the Mammoth Cave, and Mr..
r. G.. Hazlip, of Edmonson county,
have COVE to Philadelphia, and will take
with them a rare collection of Kentucky
curiosities, consisting in part of the
American mummy, the discovery of
which in Grand-avenue cave last year
created such a sensation; number of
eyeless fish, stalactites and stalagmites,
and last, but not least, large number
of splendid specimens from the coal and
iron fields of Edmonson county, with
which they hope to attract the attention
of capitalists to the great mineral re-
sources of Kentucky.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01

TaE heirs of 4. T. Stewart are rapidly
increasing innumber. The latest census
gives them at two thousand and upwards.
They may not succeed in breaking the
will, though experience shows that few
experiments of that character are hope
less; but it seems quite probable that
they will compel the executors to have
it approved again.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01

The Canadians are putting up the
bars against. our new silver coins. At
Windsor, opposite Detroit, the merchants
have made solemn covenant not to re-
ceive it save at these rates: The three
cent silver coin at two cents; the FIVE
cent at four cents; the ten-cent at eight
cents; the twenty-cent at sixteen cents;
the twenty fye-cent at twenty cents; the
fifty-cent at forty-cents; the dollar at
eighty cents. ~ l.. -. -
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01

CoNcERNrNG the tobacco tax, the well
posted Washington correspondent Of the
New York Bulletin, telegraphs: ait
may be stated positively, on the author
ity of nearly every member of the ways
and means committee, that there will be
no bill presented TO change the tax on
tobacco at this session. state this so
authoritstively in order to allay the ru-
mored decentralization in the tobacco
trade brought about by some manufac-
turers who are working for a change in
the tax"
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1876-10-03
1etesbes>M Norris 6sdi9ale fir Singlinse.

Tc& eix WsHat, unb bic Sete-tea-Np rts
Ss6iGule bssinnt itrsn 3. @inttr . Surlus.-
Wabrsne Der farisn 3sit ibIss Seaebsns bat lid
bisie Anfalt ,abIrsite 8rtunee srpprben ron
Nab unp Ssrn une bcHsn mir, Rap eas nfue
S6uIiabr ibr nitt nur bic %fribtren Greunee CT.
baltsn, lpusera aud ntue 0puner ,ufubrsn
mret.
Die, pGbrent rem GURUS Scrsunebmenteu
Qrbrsssenfdnes blsibeu Der Sauptia6e nat bic.
ielben, ME rp6brent ben Scrbsrasbenrsn Sabrsn,
n6mlit {: 9elen unb S6reiben (Etuii6 uue
Graliib) Setnen. @eoarupbie, @eiAihte,
Geiang /; tanu aud ginea,s 3eitufn fur itn',
bic GO wrnitsn unp mi1en esBbalt Gle StreI.
fenpeu lid nit &tib,eus u. {. M. rerltteu.
lin Is 9aer, aud Zen lnbsmitttltsn ;u srmSs-
li6sn, ft Der gcrtbsile bitter gnitalt tbsiIbait
su MAIDEN, baten mir baS S6ulgeiD fir ben
san,eu Rurius g Rouate) auf bios 3ebn
Dollars gefelt.
Ssnt, bic Is sor3iebsr, aofi unb 2osis in Der
gnifalt ielbif Su bsiisbsn, mSsea f& bel 3sitsn
anmelpen, ea nur cine btiGranfte Mu3abl anse.
npmnien tptreen iGnnen. Aber aud bic, ptl6e
IS porsisbsn, In prisat. Sduitrn lnterfcmmen
~ iu&en, mSssn l8 pisisrbaIb an ans peneen,
ineem mir IS uns aur Iufsase MAIDEN, bic BE-
trsTsnbsn in sutsn 5amilitn su a%nntbmbarsn
Sepinsungtn unterSubrinetn.
IamtIpungen a~trtIlirt man an
Rev. ). @. Tlammang ctsr
Sobn u. Boob.
GUS Ct. Ipnatus, 9adlon Co., So.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1876-10-03
Die grnbe @einrm!
@abrbrit / 4 m d &tis unt pirb
berr5afn.

Ter Batter unftres Qantts, @sorat Waibina.
ton, Ssists isire gcrlisbe sur @abrbsit BON fri.
better Sussne an. Die @sltitts ron 8:cras,
nit BEN Bell unb benz 6irI&taam, bat iG IN.
Straebli& in ben @stanfsn teesr @tutratipn bic.
iasle t%iniiHtal: or mare better ais 0eprse Waib.
inston, etnn CT fpnnts cine Sise iassn, piiroe IS
attr ni6t tbun! Die asentsu Der arpesu Sort
WaYne unb psnnislpania Sabn fSnnen feline
falibsn Insabsn iibtr ibrs Sabn MAIDEN. t3u
ia9tn, hisits mare bic einSiss eirsfte ginie mad
Centennial, III bic @abrbeit ; Su iasen, 90 mare
bic bette unt rtibfs Sabn auf BEN @lpbus, une
eaB mstr @tlc fir %eisitlbe, ais fur irssnb cine
anetrt Yabn ptrptnott pire, III aud Wabrbsit.
Dap eisis!be aQs ttrlbmttn S,aete tts Sltens,
t~neluiot piitsburs,, Sarriebura. Baltimore,
gSaibinston. philadelphia, Nsp gorf unb 30.
ton trrtitt III Wabrbsit. DAP paTasiue,
ptnn e%itielttn pini6tn, iibsr Baltimore uue
WaIbingtcn na& philadelphia iibtr bic Sort
WaYns une psnnfplpania Sabn pbne g~rtrafo.
ten une Wt6isln Ger 9ilsnbabnpasen ssbsn
tcnntn, III np6mals Wabrbeit. DAP bic Staten
e~srlslesn INNER 10 niseris lne, ME bic ir9enb
stasr anetrsr Sinie, III aud Wabrbsit. 9aB 60
bic tur5slts une fclsli6 bic i6nsnle ginie in. III
mot nitnesr ipabr. 9Ssnn ie Grcurions d. Oar.
llsn sImaBiets preiie iitsr bic 8rrt @aynr une
pennlslpania Sabn srbalten, 10 msreen 3idets
rs9Bslli9 SeItsfsr! unp feline faliben YerItsQun.
gen 9snla6i. Sas ~rsiisnes publifum fam lh
lmr'er au1 es Nn9absn Der glgentrn une Ser
'reter eielsr Sabn p%srlOIsn. @ae Yrisfe, psl6s
al Y. w. elart, Ngeat, General. Siire 65
elaItlfraBe, ebtea9c, gerihtet inb, perben
prenpt bsantrpprtet. Ter Sabnbof in an esr
Gfs spn Canal une @apiipuhra[e.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1876-10-03

Die nit Der Sabres3eit bdufis %auftres
tenbsn 5aIss unb SruitIeiben werben burd
bas aIte beutide SeiImittel, Or. ausui 4
&6nis's 9umburser gruttbee,
i@neu unb fiber sebOben. 9err Gbas.
gbrenfeIs, Smitb's Gambling, GIermont
Co., Ohio, sibt uns fir Obise gebauptuns
fOlsenoe geIese: sd finbe mid ueranIabt,
sic wifen gu Iafien, baB i'd Or. ausuit
8Onis's hamburger gruittbee nit uoaitans
bigger 3ufriebenbeit sesen 9eiierteit unb
SruitIeiOen sebrau9t babe.