The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17

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great size of the statue by the statement
that the shoulders are over forty feet
broad, and the head twenty-three feet
high from chin to crown. 1t is also said
that a man can easily conceal himself in
some of the folds of the drapery. The
statue is to be commemorative of the
good will between France and the United
States, but it is to be utilized as light
house in New York harbor.
The new sultan of Turkey was mar
ried few years ago to a beautiful Cir
cassion slave who was purchased for the
sum Of $4,000. She was taken to Con-
stantinople at a very early age, and was
taught all the accomplishments that
could be acquired in that metropolis.
When she arrived at a manageable age
she was reckoned to be the most beautiful
and elegant lady in all the Turkish en-
pire. This lady has borne Mohammed
Murad several children, and it is said that
he has devoted much care an attention
to their education. He is said not to be
a fanatic, but rather disposed to be liber-
al in his view.
In Emotions and WILL" Prof. Bains
new work, very gloomy view is taken
of the brute principles in human nature.
1.-The interests of the primary suscepti-
bilities of the mind" he says, care sens
uality and malevolence" He speaks of
the primary qualification of seeing 9th
eTs in pain; he discards, as refused by
experience, DIR. Chalmers theory that
kindness, truth and honesty are "sweet
to the taste of the inner man." whereas
envy, malice and falsehood have "the
bitterness of gall and wormwood." He
will not admit that the life of tyrant,
whose rage is daily fed by new execu-
tions, is one Of " fierce internal agony"
but asserts that his enjoyment is only
qualified by occasional tender emotions
and the consequent struggle between
rage and passion.
WHATEVER may be thought of Mr..
Eads' plan for deepening the channel of |
the Mississippi at its mouth, the fact
that the steamship Hudson, of 1 ,S72 tons,
one of the largest ships of the Cromwell |
line, has sailed through his jetties and |
safely crossed the South Pass bar settles |
the question of its practicability. The
work is only partially completed. 1t |
will take several weeks for the water
compressed into its narrow channel to |
wash out deep and excellent passage
way. But the river is already doing its |
part of the work, and the passage of the |
Hudson, which draws fifteen feet of
water, naturally raises the expectations
ef New Orleans to high pitch. One
point, however, remains to be considered
and provided against-the mud which
the jetties compel the river to wash
down is likely to form new bars further
out. The upper edges of the gulf are
sapidly filling up. The jetty plan, as
Developed by captain Eads, seems to
promise immediate and temporary relief
by pushing the difficulty further out,
but leaves the permanent navigation of
the river unprovided for.-M Y. Graphic
The Londoners are indulging in the
luxury Of skating rink with real ice,
the method Of construction and main
tenance being the invention of Mr.. John
Gamgee, a name which sounds like an
oriental one. The London Standard
says of it: "The real ice rink is thirty
s,ven feet by twenty-four, and forms the
area of beautifully designed hall, rep
resenting in view in the Arctic regions.
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Gamgee's
very successful mode of making and
sheet of ice for skating
purposes was by the alternate condensa-
tion and evaporation of ether, the in
tense cold thus produced being impaired
10 a mixture of glycerine and water,
which never freezes, and which has the
valuable property of not oxidizing metal.
This mixture circulating continually
through copper pipes, flooded to a depth
Of two and quarter inches, speedily
it into sheet of perfect ice,
which might be maintained beneath a
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given, Mr.. Gamgee has substituted sui
phurous acid for ether, the process with ,
this difference being precisely the same.
There is no limit to the extent to which
treas of water may be thus frozen, and, ,
With real ice keeping down the tempera-
ure, rinking might be made agreeable ,
wen in the dog-days" |;
The bright, new silver coin now creep
ing into circulation has some economic
features about it that should not be
overlooked in considering what is re-
,arded asthe first step toward resumption
Of spccie payments. These shining, /;
ingling quarters can not be folded away I
in the vest pocket as conveniently as I
but then they do not 80
'eadily wear out, or lose themselves-
md those who consult the statistics of q
fractional currency will find that these I