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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17
THE NEW DEPARTURE IN THE DRY
GOODS TRADE.
New York Evening Post.

1t is, considering the unprecedented
sales of domestic goods at auction this
week (they having aggregated nearly
twenty-five thousand packages), to be
borne in mind that when these goods
were made cotton was three (3) cents
per pound higher than it is now. At
the present cost of cotton these goods
can be pro6tably manufactured at the
prices which it ia demonstrated an almost
unlimited amount of them will COM
mand when offered to the country I'M
der circumstances most advantageous for
the buyers. The auction sales of this
week there or not merely make bottom
for the market and quicken business, but
give encouragement to the capital as well
as the labor SO extensively employed in
cotton manufactures. The great success
of these auction sales raises the question
whether the methods which have 80 long
been in use by manufacturers for the
distribution of their goods cannot be
improved by regularly holding trade
sales through the auction houses at stated
times during the year. The engine
trade of the country is represented at
these sales, and the goods pass directly
(and in amounts which SO distribute
credits as to make them as near safe as
POSSIBILITY into the hands of dealers who
have place for the goods, who know
their home market thoroughly and the
wants of it. With the auction method
of distribution there is no congestion of
goods, and, as said, credits are distrib-
uted. These sales of domestics are ex-
the great bulk of auction sales
being of imported fabrics. 1t is safe to
say that one-ffth and possibly one-fourth
Of all the foreign dry goods imported
this year have been sold through the
auction rooms, which fact, as well as the
sales of domestics this week, shows to |
DUR manufacturers the efficiency of the
auction system as means of distributing
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17
THE SALT MOUNTAINS IN SOUIHEfN
NET4D4.
san Francisco Chronicle.

Beginning six miles up the virgin
river. mountains of salt extend Tor thirty
or more miles up the Virgin and Muddy
rivers. in Nevada. There are openings
now made from six TO twenty miles up
the Virgin river at different places.
From six to twelve miles up, these open
ings uncover species of dark gray salt,
ninety-two per centum pure, presenting
to the casual observer the appearance of
common gray granite. These openings
are all on the east side Of the Virgin
river, from one-fourth to one half mile
from its banks. AT point twenty miles
up the river, and on its western side, Is
mountain of pure white crystalizcd salt,
white as the driven snow and transparent
almost as glass. 1t is at once pleasing
and interesting spectacle to see the great
masses of crystalline salt as thrown out
by three or four foot blast. These
pure and beautiful blocks resemble some
what blocks of the purest ice when pre-
pared for the ice-house. On placing
mass six inches thick over column of
the Chronicle the fine print could be
read easily.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17
THE SPITE DOG.

The Spitz dog is denounced in a long
article in the New York Times as a
"whited canine sepulcher." The Times
feels it duty to expose the miserable
beast. ''The Spitz," it says, ais not
precisely a popular dog, but he is never
theless admitted to the best circles of So
ciety, and has, in too many instances, en-
shared the affections of the young and
thoughtless. To point out his true char
acter is to infict pain on those who call
themselves his friends, but the interests
of the community sternly demand that
this unwelcome duty should be performed.
He is a tireless and shameless thief. He
is devoid of affection. He is treacherous.
He snaps at his best friends. These are
slight charges, however, in comparison
with the one that follows. The Spitz is
addicted to rabies. at is a startling
fact" says the Times, "that three
fourths of all the cases of hydrophobia
which have occurred in this city or its
vicinity during the last few years have
been directly traceable to rabid SPitz
dogs. The proportion may be even
greater, for the statistics have not been
accurately kept, and strangely enough
no medical or dog person has thought of
inquiring whether rabies is more preva-
lent among one speciesof dog than among
others. The increase of hydrophobia in
the United States-an increase which has
kept pace with the increase in the num-
Der of Spitz dogs.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17
OPERATIONS OF THE NEW YORK COT
TON EXCHANGE.
New York Evening Post, May 20.

New York Evening Post, May ~.
Henry Hentz, president of the cotton
exchange, read the annual report this
morning, showing the last year to have
been one of great depression in cotton
and cotton goods trades.
The prices for cotton declined to
lower point than at any time before
since the close of the war, sales have
been made at 13a and II 1916. Cotton
goods are now selling at prices lower
than before the war. The sales of cotton
tor future delivery since last report
were seven million eight hundred and
nineteen thousand nine hundred bales;
previously reported twenty-four million
four hundred and forty-eight thousand
five hundred and eighty-nine; total
since the founding of the exchange,
tbirty-two million two hundred and
sixtv-eight thousand five hundred and
eightv-nine. Actual sales, three hun
drcd and seventy thousand five hundred
and twenty-five. There has been de-
liyered on contract since the 18th OF
January, forth-two thousand two nun
dred and ninety nine bales.
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IS IT THE BOTTOM i?
Cotton Lorer than at any Time Since 1856
New York World. May %.

Cotton LOGer than at any Time Since 1860.
New York World. May %.
The current month of May, 1876, will
probably go into history as period in
which extraordinary depression of prices
prevailed in cotton and cotton goods; and
the past week is notable, perhaps, for the
elimination of adverse influences, under
which it is generally anticipated bottom
prices have been reached. Cotton has
declined to ia cents per pound for mid
ding uplands. This is the lowest price
since December IS, 1860, when the cur
rent quotation was liz cents. 1t was
down to ten cents under the influence of
the largest crop ever grown in the United
States but began to advance in Decent
Der, when the secession movement began
to assume serious aspect. 1t is cir
cumstance not a little peculiar, that
while cotton has been rapidly declining,
the visible supply is smaller than at this
date in recent years. The annexed is
at the close of last week:
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17

cause the words can not be by him con-
nected with any impressions of the sense,
still less with any ideas. To the nom
musical, in short musical conversation is
Observation-Disclosures is to say, gibberish.
Now, considering this, it seems rather
hard on a small, but not exactly de-
spicable or nefarious class of persons,
that musical slang should have stolen
into all the arts. A critic tells us that
the impression produced by this or that
poem resembles the impression produced
by motett or a fugue. But to the
lover of poetry this may mean absolutely
nothing, for many lovers of poetry, like
Victor Hugo, dislike all music, and
specially the piano. How would a must
clan like to be told that the "Deutsches
resembles the third chorus in
the Agamemnon of Eschylus or Shak-
speare's nineteenth sonnet?
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17

The discrepancy between STOCKS ana
prices is ascribed mainly to the unsatis-
factory state of trade in cotton goods.
1t is asserted that the quantity of goods
piled up unsold in the hands of manu-
facturers is SO great as to much more
than compensate for the decrease in the
visible supply of the raw material. The
auction sales of this week, and the low
prices at which goods were there sold
(the lowest known in the history of the
trade) would seem to demonstrate the
truth of the assertion respecting the large
stock of goods on hand. Printing cloths
have latterly been selling at 50 cents per
yard. The lowest price in twenty-five
years, from September, 1S47, was in No
vember and December, 1913, and that
was 81 cents. Ten years ago the price
was 81 cents, and twenty years ago 6
cents. Probably nothing could better
illustrate the depressed state of trade in
clothing fabrics than this comparison.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17
REVOLUTION IN TURKEY.

The coup de grace seems to have been
given to the ignOble and imbecile admin
istration of Sultan Abdul Aziz. That
potentate has been dethroned, and his
nephew, Mohammed- Mourad Eeffendi,
son of his predecessor, Abdul Medfid,
takes his place at very critical period of
Turkish history. 1t is probable that the
revolution in public sentiment at Con-
stantinople, brought about by the Sofas,
who compelled Abdul to elevate Mehem-
ct Ruchdi Pasha to the viziership and
make other ministerial changes, has also
secured the removal of the late Sultan.
A bitter opposition was created against
Abdul Aziz not long ago because of his
outspoken scheme to make his own son,
Touzzouff. Izzeddin, his successor in VIC
lation of the law of Ottoman succession,
by which the eldest representative of the
House of Gilman becomes the legal sue
cessOr to the throne. The Sultan issued
an order for foreign ministers to he pre-
sented, not only to him, but to his son,
as the heir presumptive. In 1866 he pre-
pared the way for this violation of the
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17
WASHING MUSLIN DRESSES.

Muslin dresses even of the most deli
cate colOrs, can be cleaned in ten minutes
or a quarter of an hour, without losing
their color. Melt half pound of soap
in gallon of water; empty it in wash
ing-tub, place near two other large tubs
of clean water, and stir into one quart
of bran. Put the muslin in the soap ;
turn it over and knead it few minutes :;
squeeze it out well, but do not wiring it,
less it get torn; rinse it about quickly in
the bran for a couple of minutes; rinse
again we'll for a couple of times in clean
water; squeeze out dry and hang between
two lines. A clear, dry day should be
chosen to wash muslin dresses. Half a
dozen may be done this way in half an
hour. The last rinse may be prepared
in the same way as the rinses for wooden
fabrics. A colored pattern on white
ground must not be blued. The bran
may here be dispensed with. When the
dress is dry, make the starch; for colored
muslin, white. starch and unboiled, but
made with boiling water is best for mus
lin dresses. Stir the starch with the end
of a wax candle; dip the dress; hang it
again to dry. When dry, rinse it quick
ly and thoroughly in clear water; hang
it to dry again; sprinkle and roll it up,
afterwards iron it with hot irons. Hot
irons keep the starch stiff This rinsing
after starching is called clear starching;
none of the stiffness, but much of the I'M
of the starch is removed in
this way. re
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17
ICE-HAKING NEW ORLEANS.

To the New Orleans Bulletin we are
indebted for this description of the larg-
est ice mandatory in the world-to be
operated under the Beath patent-nOw
nearly completed in that city:
alt will take about one million four
hundred thousand tricks; the walls are
one hundred and fifteen by one hundred
and fifty feet, and over fifty feet high,
and are three feet five inches thick.
"The walls are studded with exterior
and interior buttresses at every fifteen
feet, which project about the brick, both
inside and out. The wall is in three parts,
connected at regular intervals, the inner
being the thickest, with a space of nine
inches between that and the next. This
space is filled with sawdust as fast as the
wall goes up. Between the middle and
the outer portion of the wall there is a
space of five inches, with air-holes at the
bottom and top for ventilation; this is
the air space.
"Pudlocks OF scantling are set through
the inner and middle walls and project
fifteen inches into the interior and stud
it thickly. To these are to be fastened a
strong board lining, and the space be-
tween this and the interior brick wall is
also to be filled with sawdust. The roof
is closed in in the highest manner, and
then there will be a snug little ice box
one hundred and fifteen by one hundred
and fifty by fifty, and one partition, with
but one door and no window.
cit will be the grandest refrigerator in
this country, and as another like it is to be
put up in another part of the city. New
Orleans will try to keep cool in the flu
ture. The building for the machinery,
and that for the offices, are beth complete,
and an enormous steamboat chimney or
smoke-stack rises with highly ornamented
azteckle far above the surrounding build
ing.
"a fine engine, of one hundred and
twenty horse power, will soon be put into
position for COMPRISING the vapor of am
MONA into liquid, and for forcing water
into spray.
"The ice room is one hudred and fiji
teen by one hundred and fifty, having
space for the mandatory of one thou
sand two hundred tons and slowing at
one time.
"The room contains over five thou
sand threc-inch iron tubes, thirty-six feet
high, placed upright in pairs five feet
apart, and each pair connected at top
and bottom, the connecting pipes rang
ing diagonally across the blight lines of
the walls.
"The room is divided into two sets of
tubes. Only one set of two hundred and
will be put in operation this
these will make eighty tons
day.
1.-The ammonia is brought from New
York in vessels. in the shape of liquid or
aqua ammonia, containing over twenty
per cent of ammonia"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17
THE BLACK HILLS.


Lsract Hastse, ".Jwst Asrivcs,'' Corroboratcs
the R"moS Of Indian O~tra0es In
tho Miaing Districts.
The Minneapolis Tribune publishes
the following facts from Israel Halves,
just arrived from the Black Hills. He
corroborates the statements of the Iu-
mors in regard to the Indian scalping
stories, and adds that they are not half
80 startling as the facts. He helped
bury persons killed by the Indians every
day. The bodies of those murdered are
always found with six bullet holes and
six knife stabs in them, besides loss of
scalp, which they take off by cutting the
head open in shape of the letter V, from
the back of the head down to the eyes,
which presents a notwithstanding sight
He had some narrow escapes. One par
ty of them went out and were attacked
by the redskins, but they were such
poor shots that no harm was done. The
Indians are as thick as flies around a
molasses key. Every party that at
tempts to leave or enter the Hills are
oseaCAOu3 AAu hAOAC W ICED Adil NlCelhio
to these devils in human form. One
party of twenty-five attempted to escape,
and onlysons lived to tell the story of
how they were .butchered and scalped.
More parties are leaving every day than
arrive in a week; there are some five
thousand men in the Hills, among
whom there are probably fifty that are
making twenty dollars per day, to one
thousand who make a dollar. One party
of eight men got their sluice going at
noon and worked till shutdown, and
their total earnings were fifteen cents.
There were sixty-three men in his party
that went into the Hills; seven men will
never return, and four men were lost
coming out. None of his party returned
with enough to pay their expenses. The
cities that were the glory of the Hills in
the start are as dead as though they had
never existed. The best claims are along
Rapid creek and Deadwood. The best
claims were taken previous to January
There are only two paying claims on
Rapid creek; one of these turns out
about two dollars and half each day
per man, and the other about three dol
lars per man. Claims were sold in Dead
wood previous to January for four thou
sand five hundred dollars.
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THE WAR IN ABYSSINIA.

The khedive of Egypt has met with an
overwhelming defeat in Abyssinia. From
the meager reports which reach us by
telegraph, the defeat of Col. Arendoop
was light reverse compared with this,
and Khedive Ismail will doubtless aban-
don, for the present, his scheme for an
nexing Abyssinia to his dominions. The
expedition, of which only a remnant is
now returning to Egypt, left Massowah,
on the Red Sea, last January, under the
command of Ratib Pasha and Gen. Lor-
ing, an American officer in the khedive's
service, who were accompanied by Coils
Dye, Field. Derrick, Major Loss, Capt.
Porter and DIR. Wilson, also Americans.
Prince Hassan, the third son of Khedive
Ismail went with the expedition as a
spectator and student of military opera
tions. The strength of the expedition
was between fifteen and twenty-thousand
men, superbly equipped, while King
John of Abyssinia headed an army of
eighty thousand men, who understand
the most approved methods of wearing
out an Egyptian army, traversing their
difficult country, by means of harassing
and irregular attacks. After the severe
battle at Goodrah, last March, which was
claimed as a victory by the Egyptians,
Gen. Loring did not advance far into the
interior, but placed his army in fortifica-
tions. 1t appears that another battle has
now been fought with results almost
to humiliation. Abyssinia
will probably now be let alone.-Comier-
Lo,,ruuI
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VOLUME XII.
REST.
BY ELLEN p. ALLERToN.

Too little rest, to little sleep,
loo many hours to SOW and reap
At last, disease and pain
Weak crews the never loosened band:
The strongest rope parts, strand by strand,
Beneath a ceaseless strain.
Let him who burns his midnight oil
In the lonely and unwholesome toll,
Think when he trims his lamp,
That thus he trims his life we'll,
And hastens toward his last low cell, -
Its darkness and its damp.
He who would travel far and long,
And keep a stately stride and strong,
Must rest beside the way.
A ceaeeless pace at FIRST may win,
But he who halfs at wayside inn,
At last shall win the day.
To weary feet all streams are deep.
All roads are rough, all hills are steep,
As way-worn travellers know.
One hour OF rest is priceless boon
To him who tolls through heats of noon,
With painful steps and slow.
Then, ye who hope to make your mark
Ere your last night-fall cold and dark,
And stand above the throng
On some far, kissed height of thought,
Or do some deed no hand hath wrought
Work, rest,-and Sc be strong.
Lake Mills, Wis
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law by permitting Khedive Ismail, of
Egypt, to declare his own son his success
sor. Abdul himself succeeded legiti-
mately to the throne, being the brother
of Abdul Medjid, who died in 1861.
Whether Mohammed-Mourad-E fendi
will continue to be the "Sick Man," and
whether the change will altar the aspect
Of the eastern question, cannot be accu
rately determined. In accordance with
Turkish custom, the new sultan has spent
his life as heir presumptive in retire
ment and meditation, and his policy has
not of course been developed. He was
born in September, 1840.-Courier-Jour
nal .,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17

DIFFERENCE IN FAsHIoN.-There are
but two regiments of soldiers in the
British service permitted to wear shirt
coIIars-the seventh hussars annd forty
third infantry. In the king of Abys-
inia's army there are several regiments
which wear shirt-cellars alone. SO vary
with climes the fancies of the martinez.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17

."Your visits remind me of the growth
of a successful newspaper" said Uncle
Jabez, leaning his chin on his cane aud
glancing at William Henry, who was
sweet on Angelica. "Why so?" in
quired William Henry. "Well, they
commenced on a weekly, grew to a tri-
weekly, and have now become a daily,
with a Sunday supplement" yes
said William Henry, bracing up, "and
after we are married we will issue an ex-
ira" "Sh-h," said Angelica, and
then they went out for stroll.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17

| stood when you employ others about
the meaning of which &youf do not
entertain a doubt. Thus "clever" on
t'other side the water does not mean that
the object is intellectual, or quick at &C.
quiring knowledge, but that he or she is
cunning" Cunning (American) means
quaintness, with dash of the winsome
in it. Thus pretty, engaging child is
"quite cunning little thing" "Mad"
means angry. If you want to say that
so-and-so is insane, you call him crazy"
Homely (English) means ugly in the
United States; and there, Venus herself
would be ''ugly" if out of temper. You
must not say that the weather or the
room is "hot" Male birds are "roosters,
and America has no more "legs" than
had the queen of Spain. Its people have
climbs" of them. A "smart man"
may be a sloven, provided he is trick
ster. Mice is not to be applied to
persons, and "nasty" is a word which.
should be avoided altogether. American
propositions are not on good terms with
what are considered their subjects in the
old country. You live on a street,
travel on train or steamer. A house
is 'for rent" and coach "to hire"
Goods are advertised to be sold cat auc-
tion," and you eat jelly to your turkey.
If you hear an oh" dropped or mall
treated, be sure that the speaker is
British. Such phrases as "you was" or
twas you::" do not mccarthy imply
want of education. Theyar oonven-l
tionalities which crop oufesen in print.
Upon the whole, if you take to picking
holes in each others grammar, the aver
age American will.get the better of you,
for he has been well grounded in it in
the days of his youth, and the average
English boy has picked up its rules any
how"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17

Fond mamma, about to get into car
riage, to snrall -boy in the heuse-door-
" Now, Freddie, are you not going to
kiss me?" Freddie-"I haven't time to
come down. mamma. (To footman)-
John you: Kiss dp4nma for me-" (Tab-
leau).
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17

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-
garded asthe firststep toward resumption
Of spccie payments. These shining,
jingling quarters can not be folded away
in the vest pocket as conveniently as
shinplasters, but then they do not 30
readily wear out, or lose themselves-
and those who consult the statistics of
fractional currency will find that these
are not important qualities of money.
During the period that fractional cur
rency has been in Use in the country six
teen millions of dollars or over one
million of dollars year-have been en-
tirely lost to the holders of it by de-
struction in various ways. Every one
has used it, and the loss has, probable,
been very evenly distributed, so that
tax of over million dollars year has,
in this shape, been laid upon the people.
Add to this the cost of printing, renew
ing and asserting, and it will be found
that, compared to the single cost of coin
ing and distributing durable silver small
pieces, the use of our fractional currency
has involved per centage of expense
and waste that constitutes very serious
tax on those who make use of it. The
sixteen millions lost and destroyed were
direct gain to the treasury, but they
were as direct loss TO the people who
held the money, and the effect was that
of a tax for the benefit of the government
which was not authorized in the statue
Courier Journal.
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THE WEEK PAST.

The casting of the colossal statue OF
Liberty to be erected by Frenchmen in
New York harbor, is now going on near
Paris. and we are given an idea of the
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 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.