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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08
OUR YOUNG TOANS
JUST FOR FUN.

Up in the morning and out OF bed,
He takes n leap on his frowsy heal,
And, seeing him act like a crazy clown,
We know that the day will be upside down.
He givee the kitten a shower-bath
And works her up to a state Of wrath,
He ties kettle to Rover's tail
And drops his cap in the milkiRg- pail.
He drives the hen from her nice warm nest:
The turkeys and geese have no chance TO rest;
And oh how they vaddle! and how they run
ASH they knew II was just for fun : q Z =
He leases his sister and pulls her ears,
And pulls her hair till he bring the tears,
Aud is always 20 rough with her dolls and toys
That she says she bad rather not play with boys
Sometimes he carries his fun so far
That he's quite rs rude as the oereet-boys arc,
And called to account for his ways 50 rough,
Think ] didn't mean tol" excuse enough.
He's such q clown that he doesn't know
How deep in mischief hoy may 60;
And yet 20 sorry when wrong N done
We can't help thinking twas just for fun.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

THE ORIGINAL OF The WANDERING
lew. According ito the Paris cores
pendent of the Montreal Herald, Eugene
Sue derived his plot of /" The Wander
ing Jew" from similar incident in the
career of Paris druggist, who, many
years ago, bought piece of woodland at
Saint Acheul, built an enclosure and
house thereon, and stocked the place
with rabbits. Hoping to live for many
years, he calculated that after his death
his children would become possessed of
millions of rabbits. He fell i'll, how
ever, about five years afterward, and be-
queathed the rabbit colony to his chill
dren, provided is should not be broken
into before their becoming of age.
Meanwhile the prolific little animals had
already increased so greatly in numbers
during FIVE years that neighboring Jes-
uit establishment was seriously injured
by their depredations, and was compelled
to appeal to court of justice, which
promptly caused the rabbit colony to be
broken up. The druggist was furious at
seeing his. pet scheme thwarted, and de-
voted the rest of his days to the bitterest
denunciations o! the society of Jesus.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

The standard remedies for all diseases Of the lungs
are SCHENCK's PULMONIC SYRUP, ScHENcK,s SEA
WEED Tonic and ScHEKcK's MANDRAKE FILLS,
and taken before the lungs are destroyed aspeedy
cure is effected.
To these three medicines DIR. ]. H. Schenck, OF
PhiIadelphia owes his unrivaled success in the
treatment of pulmonary diseases
The Pulmonic Syrup rpens the morbid matter in
the lungs nature throws 1t of by an easy expecto-
ration for when the phlegm matter Is ripe slight
cough will throw it off, the patient has rest and the
IL enable the Pulnlonic Syrup to do this Schencks
Mandrake Pills and Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic must
be freely used to cleanse the stomach and liver.
Schenck Mandrake Pills act on the liver, removing
all distractions, relax the gall bladder. the bile
starts freely, and the liver is soon relieved.
Sehenck's Sea Weed Tonic Is gentle stimulant
and Alternative; the alkali of which 1t is composed,
mixes with the food and prevents sourng. 1t as
sists the digestion by toning up the stomach to a
healthy condition. that the food and the Pulmon-
ic Syrup will make good blood than the lungs heal
and the patient will surely get WE'LL care is token
to prevent a fresh cold.
nj who wish TO consult Dr. schesck, either per-
sonaly or by letter, do nj his principal office,
corner of Sixth and Arch Sts., Philadelphia, every
Monday.
throughout the country.
+. J. HARTd CO, Nos. II, 20 and n 1choupltoulas
Street, New Orleans, Wholesale Agents.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

is, just take it, no one will find you
out" He took the money, but justice
found him out; he was brought to trial,
proven guilty, and condemned to
felon's cell. His. crime was-robbing the
mail!
Doubtless you boys often see men
whom you think boorish in their man.
ners, and shabby in their dress, and
homely, almost uncouth in their appear
ance. Perhaps they are farmers from
back in the country, perhaps they are
common laborers in the city, men who
earn their bread by daily toll; you al
most despise them. But if their hearts
are pure, if they are free from sin, you
may we'll envy them, for they possess that
within-a mind at ease-that win make
them happy. Now, boys, what wish is,
when you see young man who is a
favorite in the circles of the gay, the
young man whom you think happy, and
whose place you would like to fill, in
quire as to what are his habits, learn, if
possible, whether he is pursuing course
that will fit him for usefulness and lead
to future happiness. If not, do not
envy him, nor wish yourself in his place.
Think, too, about yourself; are you cul-
tivating good habits? Are you laying
the foundation of good character? II
not, begin now. Adopt course that
will give your conscience ease, that will
be approved of God, and blest of heaven
with success to the last Mrs. Snoao, IN
Ohio Former. rs lTeHn a.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

WHAT THE MICROSCOPE REVEALS
Lewenboeck tells us of an insect seen
with the microscope, Of which twenty
seven millions would only equal mite.
Insects of various kinds may be seen in
the cavities of grain Of sand. Mold is
a forest of beautiful trees, with the
branches, leaves and fruit. Butterflies
are fully feathcred. Hairs are hollow
tubes. The surface of our bodies is COW
cred with scales like fish; single
grain of sand would cover $50 Of these
scales, and yet scale covers five hun
dred pores. Through these narrow open
ings the perspiratiou forces itself like
water in a sieve. Each drop of stagnalt
water contains a world of living crea-
lures, swimming with as much liberty as
whales in the sea. Each leaf has colony
of insects grazing on it, like COWS on a
meadow.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

The system being put under the influence
of DIR. Pierce's. Golden Medical Discovery
for few weeks, the skin becomes smooth,
clear, soft and veivety, and being Illuminated
with the glow of perfect health from within,
true beauty stands forth in all its glory. The
effects of all medicines which operate on the
syste m through the medium of the blood are
necessarily somewhat slow, no matter how
three bottles clear the skin of pimples,
blotches, eruptions, yellow spots, comedones,
or "grubs," dozen may possibly be required
to cure some cases where the system is rotten
with scrofnlous or yirulent blood poisons.
The cure of all these diseases, however, from
the common pimple to the worst scroflila is,
with the use of this most potent agent, only
a matter of time. Sold by dealers in medicines
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08
He was taken sick in the night q

He was taken sick in the night and
in her youthful ignorance she made two
mustard :plasters and put one in front
and one behind, and then with horrid
sarcasm she asked him how he felt. But
he was well-bred man and merely said
that be realized with tenderness he
had never known before, the true posi-
ton ola sandwich in the community.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

Emerson says: "T The domestic man
who loves no music 40 well as his kitchen
clock. and the airs which the logs sing
to him as they burn on the hearth, has
solaces which others never dream Of"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08
GENERAL MARKET QUOTATIONS.

MEMPHIS.
Flour firm and higher Corn, 52@55c. Oats quiet
AMI unchanged. Lard, 14@15c. Bulk meats urn
ami unchanged.
red winter, s1-51. Corn-Ne. 2 mixed, 424@4s1Excc.
Oats, 34c. Barley steady and firm. Whisky, $l.oo.
Provisions unchanged. rEff
LOUISVILLE.
Flour dull and unchanged. Grain quiet and UNI
changed. Provisions steady and strong. P0rk, oO
Bulk meats-Shoulders, SIC; clear rib, 12,zc Bacon
shouI der % Sss. lb, q e lard-iier'e
NEW ORLEANS.
sugar-Inferior, sc; good common, sc; lair,
&C.; prime to choice, TIC Molasses.ln1erlo1 Ter
4Oc. Ffour-FIne to superfne, %. 50@3 IS; double
extra, S425; triple extra, S45095.50; choice and
family, SIS. 75a6.50. Corn sac. Oats, 42@45c. FORK
Mess, $780, Dry salt meats-Shouiders, ysc.;
1O1<c clear rib, 1870; clear tides. i4c Hams.
Choice sugar-cured, 15c. Lard.Tieree, refined,
1414c keg, 1870; bucket, i6c. Rice-Common to
choice Louisiana, SN@g4e: .. Coffee-ordinary 10
prime, 1519@181zc Whisky, VI W. -
COTTON MARKETS.
MEMpms-Market strong and higher at 1916.
observation-disclosures quiet and firm at I2s4c.
ST. Iou1s.-M active and higher. Middling,
12axc; low midding, 115sc.; good ordinary, 1910
/ NEW YoRK-Narket firm. Middling, 131s@1s
| 5-16c.
| L1vERrooL.-Market strong. Middling upland
| 9-16@6 l3-16d. tt
New ORLEANs-Demand fair. Sales, 5, 800 bales
| Good ordinary to strict good ordinary ie4eg gle
| low middIing to strict low middling, 115s@i2Zc
midding to strict middiing, 12as@1557c.; good MID
ding to fair, 131a@14N
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

SCRoFULoUs HUMoRs.-The Vegetine
has cured many cases of scrofula of five, ten
and twenty years standing, where the pa
tient has had many physicians, tried many
of the known remedies; and, after trying the
Vegetine, the common remark is: 1T acts
differently, works differently, from any med
icine l have ever taken.' Vegetine will
cleanse scrofula from the system. Try it.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

CHAPPED hands, face, pimples, ring
worm, altrheum, and othe cutaneous affee
tions cured and rough skin made soft and
smooth, by using Juniper Tar Soap. Be care.
full to get only that made by Caswell, Hazard
& Co., New York, as there are many imita-
tiens made with common tar, all of which are
warfhless
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08
RAISED Cakes.


This kind of cake is good for winter
use or as substitute for the conven-
tional "fruit cake;" keeps well, and is
SO handy" when the friend drops in
unannounced. This measure makes ten
medium loaves, or twelve small ones:
Six pounds -four, three and three-fourths
sugar, three shortening, one-half lard,
and one-half butter or nice beef drip
pings, one quart sweet milk, one pint
fresh yeast, two eggs, six nutmegs, two
pounds raisins or one pound of raisins
and one of Zante currants. Take all OF
the -four, one-half the sugar, and one
half the shortening and mix well; heat
the milk boiling hot, and stir it in thor
oughly; then add the yeast, and work all
together, and place in q warm place to
rise. 1t is better to make it in the tuorn-
ing, and by evening it will be light.
When very light, add the rest of the
required ingredients, working all in with
the hands, and cover and keep in as warm
place as convenient, as for bread. In the
morning it will be light, and must be
dipped out into pms which have CREASED
paper Innings. Let them stand half an
hour, or, according to the temperature OF
the room, long enough to become light
enough in the pans, and then bake in
the heat required for bread-about forty
minutes. In small family, One-half or
Al 1,a l..
but, as it will keep well, it is good econ
omy to have a supply. If sweet milk
can not be easily obtained, boiling water
can be substituted-sameq uantity-but
milk is better. The directions must be
strictly followed. Remember to make it
in the morning, and it will be ready for
breakfast next morning.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

"A girl described gentleman to
whom she was introduced rs wearing
"a startled look, giving one the impress
sion that any sudden noise would cause
him to jump through his necktie and
run away"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

"A Rhode Island man was arrested
the other day for kissing a girl. Yes,
sir, girl--actually kissing her! Prob
ably pretty one, too.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

AT our request, Cragin & Co., of Phil
adelphia, Pa, have promised send any
of our readers gratis (of receipt of 10
cents to pay postage), a sample of Dob
bins Electric Soap to try. Send at once.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08
Manrring Wheat in the spring.

~ Adn.ring Wheat in the Spring.
A correspondent of the Rural Caro-
linian communicates the following in
regard to applying special fertilizers to
wheat q Experience has proved that the
best. time to manure wheat is inst be-
fore it begins its spring growth. If
those who have sowed wheat will apply
to it at once one hundred and fifty
pounds Of sulphate of ammonia, or two
hundred pounds of nitrate of soda, the
product will be greatly increased.
Within week after the application,
the color of the plant will be changed
to dark green, and it win give sur
prising evidence Of thrifty growth. The
sulphate of ammonia should be dis
solved in warm water and poured upon
sufficient rotted stable manure or rich
earth to absorb it. As soon as dry, it
will be ready for application. The nj
trate of soda is extremely soluble, and
requires merely to be reduced to fine
STATE to prepare It for application. At
ter the fertilizek lis spread, the wheat
should be narrowed. This narrowing
Of wheat is equal to working of corn.
A few plants will be torn up, hut not
enough to do any injury worthy of
consideration. After narrowing, the
wheat should be rolled. This will press
the torn plants back again in the soil,
compacting the surface, and will pre-
pare the ground fdrs subsequent NOW
ing. Clover seed may be Gown, four
quarts to- the acre, at the same time
with the application of the fertilizer.
On all clay soils, unless in very dry
season.. it will be- pretty sure of sue
cess, the Young plants being stimulated
by the fertilizer. After the wheat is
cut, bushel of plaster should be sown
to the acre, on the young clover. Nj
trate- of soda costs four dollars per hun
bred pounds, and sulphate of ammonia
seven. dollars per hundred pounds, in
market. Any fertilizer containing an
equal amount of ammonia with the
substance mentioned, will answer an
equally good purpose.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08
naked apple Pudding.

Grease the inside of pudding-dish,
and cover it thickly with apples, pared
and quartered; make batter of two
cups of -four, one cup of milk, three
eggs, and a pinch of salt. Sweeten it
slightly, and pour it over the apples,
which will float to the top. Bake until
the apples are soft, and serve immedi-
ately. 1t is an improvement to put a
few bits of butter upon the top (Which
will melt at once), and scatter sugar
pIentifully over them. Ounces and
pears can be cooked in the same way.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08
BIack-Cap Pudding.

One quart of sifted wheat -four, four
eggs, and little less than pint of sweet
milk. Beat the eggs separately; add a
pinch of salt. Stir in coffeecupful of
we'll washed currants. Boil in pudding
mold for an hour. Serve with wine
sauce. Dried blackberries, blue berries,
ar cherries can be substituted for the cur
rants, but they should be soaked or
steamed before putting into the pud-
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

The most complete hotel in all its appoint,
ments in the West. The table supplied at all
times with the best the market affords.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

A common remark. If you take TUrr's Pills you
can eat anything you like and feel no bad effects.
They act specifically on the liver, stomach and
bowels causing free flow of gastric juice, which Is
essential to good digestion.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

KsTHETIc.-An editor writes.:- :" ].
don't know why it is or how it is, but one
woman steals over the senses like bower
of honeysuckles, twined with graceful
tendrils and odorous blossoms she is as
tremendously perfect throughout as a
faultless vine of flowing gladiolus; there is
no touch ofcolor or fold ofdrapery lacking;
one would az soon think of adjoining
rose bush with elephants ears as to i'm
agine any evolution of more fitness in
the perfect symmetry of form and color.
Another, with estimable qualities ofmind
and heart, looks like Dutch farm-yard
in Pennsylvania, with hellyhocks and
sunfowers dabbed on with tack ham,
mer, on the side of her head, the fiat of
her back, or wherever there is vacant
space among the, garden vegetables.
Men and brethren, we can not be ex-
pected to know why this is onewise,
while that is otherwise. The same wise
creator that gives us apple blossoms
gives us also onions, and we can only be
silent and ADORE"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08
sponge Cake.

Five eggs, two cups powdered sugar.
one and three-foruth cups fsur, one tea
spoonful baking powder, well mixed with
the -four; half cup of cold water. Beat
the yelks and sugar together two min
utes. Beat the whites with thin bladed
knife) to stiff froth; add to the yelks
and sugar, first the water, then the flour,
with the baking-powder mixed in it /;
lastly, the whites of the eggs and such
flavor as you choose, and when well
stirred bake quickly, twenty or thir-
ty minutes, according to the depth OF
the cakc-dish
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08
Ra,ted Rice Pudding.

Boil one coffeecupful of rice in just
enough water to absorb it. When near
" done, add one teacupful of milk, three
tablespoonfuls of sugar, the grated peel
of one lemon, and two tablespoonfuls OF
finely chopped suet. Set it aside to cool
when it has boiled for ten minutes.
When nearly cooled, add two or three
eggs, we'll beaten, and turn the whole
into a pudding-dish, grating nutmeg
over the top of it. Bake in slow oven
for half an hour. Butter can be substl-
tuted for the suet, and the eggs can also
be left out, or only one used, but with
out them the pudding will be very
plain, -
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08
PLANTATION TOPICS.
Manures for Grasses.

The Michigan agricultural college made
careful experiments with different ma
nures as top-dressing for grasses, with the
following results, as summarized by the
farmers of that state: The plots-half an
acre each-of sandy, warm soil, exhibited
the following facts at the end of three
years: The top-dressing was applied in
1864, and the grass was cut twice each
season in 1865 and 1866. The produce
of each cutting and each lot was weighed
separately, and perfect record kept.
The results for the four seasons were as
follows: On the plot to which no manure
or fertilizer was applied, the total weight
of hay yielded per acre was eight thou
sand seven hundred and forty pounds.
Where two bushels of plaster per acre
were applied, the yield per acre was
thirteen thousand two hundred and
twenty six pounds, gain of four thou
sand four hundred and eighty-four
pounds. Where five bushels of wood
ashes were applied, the yield per acre
was twelve thousand and seven, gain
of four thousand one hundred end sixty
four. pounds. Where three bushels oil
salt were sown per acre, the yield was
eighteen thousand and. sixty pounds, q
gain per acre Of Eve thousand two hun.
dred and twenty-seven pounds. Where
twenty loads Of muck Per acre were laid
on, the yield was fourteen thousand siz
hundred and eighty-six pounds, gain Of
six thousand five. hundred and twenty.
four pounds. These are the results which
indicate that there are fertilizers which
will produce as good. results as plaster
For instance, the plaster yielded gai1
of fottysene per cent, while the hers
manure gave an increase of seventy-on,
per cent, or nearly ton more grass pc
acre in the three years.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08
HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.
Coffee Cake.

One cup cold coffee, one cup molasses,
one cup sugar, one cup butter, three
cups -four, one egg, one-half pound
raisins, one-fourth pound citron, one
tablespoon soda, one-fourth of nutmeg,
one teaspoon ground cinnamon, one-half
teaspoonful cloves. Makes two loaves.
Io SloUIy
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

II those who taking these medicines for cure
low may Be the feel better and ind their gen
ern health Improving their flesh and weight ncreasEs
keeping Its it Is sign that the cure Is
progressinG In these diseases the patient either es
beser worsethe virus Of the disease not inactive
arrested and driven from the blood II will spread
a. the SARSAPARILLIAN makes the patient
"feeI better" every hour viii grow better and In
crease in health, strength and flesh. :,
The great power Of this remedy Is In diseases that
threaten death-as In Consumption Of the Lungs and
Tuberculous Phthisis, Scrofua, Syphiioid Diseases
Wasfno Degeneration and liberation OF the Kidneys
abetes Stoppage of Water tnstantaneous reitef at
fored where have be used thus Going away
with painful operation Of using these instrnnens
dammafion of the Bladder and Kidneys, In Chronic
cases Of Leucorrhea and Uterine diseases.
n tunors nodes hard Jumps and syphilod ulcers 10
ropsy and throat ulcers and in tuberces
OF the lungs CONT, dyspepsia, rheumatism, ricketts,
in mercurnl deposits-it Is in these terrible forms OF
disease where the human body has become complete
wreck and where every hour of existence is torture
wherein this great remedy challenges the asonishHept
and admiration of the sick 1t s in such cases, where
all Of existence appeaS cut OIL from the
and by its wonderful almost supernatural
agency 1t the hopeless to new HE and new
this great remedy stands alone In its
In the ordinary skin diseases that every is
,ess troubled with few doses will in cases. and
few bottles In the more aggravated FORMS work per
manent cure
Those afflicted with diseases should purchase
package containing one dozen bottles Price $40
per dozen Sj per half dozen bottles, IL per bot
tie. Sold by druggists.
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What IL Pays to Do.


1t pays to manage the farm with econ
omy, and this is brought about, not 50
much by economizing in one important
particular, as in many. 1t will pay to keep
the fence corners clean, so that grass will
grow in them, and so that your aeighbor
will not take offense because of the this
tie and other foul seeds that you allow
to mature and find their way into his
Clearly kept fields. 1t will pay to build
cheap gates, as they will save enough
valuable time in the busy season:of the
year to pay the expenses of constructing
them many times over. 1t will always
pay to have wood and water handy and
near the kitchen. 1t will pay to build
the dwelling-house with the view to saw
ing steps. In constructing and remodel
ing their houses, farmers would do well
to consult with their wives, for they
would suggest ideas by which the home
could be made more convenient. It will
pay to use more paint, indoors and out
It will pay to encourage the children.
Give them an occasional day for recrea-
ton. Give the boys colt or calf to
raise, and let them have the money it is
sold for, to invest in some way that meets
with your approval. It will pay to
make home so attractive that it will al
ways be pleasant for the man to think
over his boyhood days. A pleasant
home will make better boys and better
men. 1t will pay to supply the house
with an abundance of good reading mat
ter, such as agricultural papers, ETC.,
and as good a library as one can afford.
1t viii pay to plant and cultivate fruit
trees. of all kinds. Plenty of good fruit
promotes good heath and longevity.
Finally, it will pay to do all the things
we have enumerated, and an hundred
others that are now neglected, which
many of us would do if we would only
take time to Coleman's Rural
World
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

CARDS.-10 white or tinted Bristol. % cts; 50
~ Snowflake, Marble, Rep, OF 1amask. - Cts; 10
Glass 40 with your name beautifully printed on
Them and 90 samples of type, agents ETC.
Cmbs Best OF work w q. CANNON, - Kneeland
Street Bostc.l. Reirs to 8. nj. PErTENeILL CD. =
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-08

now THE LITTLE cLADEs BEHAVED.