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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-03-04
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AN ABsENT-MINDED CORNELL Pro-
FEssoR.-A few days since one of the pro-
fessors of Cornell university had occasion
to visit small closet in which the janitor
keeps his tools, situated in the basement
near tie engine. Not wishing to be dis
turbed while there, he locked himself in
and slipped the key into his pocket.
During his manipulations he forgot that
he had the key in his possession, and upon
trying to get out imagined himself the
victim of some malignant physicist. He
waited some time for his tormentor tG
repent, and then became exasperated
He pounded the door, kicked, wept and
swore through the key-hole, but in vain
The janitor had gone down town, and
there was no one to heed his cry. In the
course of the afternoon he returned and
accidentally discovered the mighty fallen
into sudden fit of distrust, and desti-
tute of all confidence in humanity.
When the professor sat down to his news
paper after supper that evening, and hap
pening to put his hand into his pocket,
found the key to that closet, he immedi.
ately went into the back yard and ran a
wheeibarrow back and forth over himself
for half an hour.
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More Hog and Hominy.

There is no use talking about it, there
is not an intelligent farmer in the south
who does not know that it is to his in
terest, as well as to the interest of this
country, to plant sparingly of cotton the
present year. The ruinous consequences
of over-production have been preached
to him for the last ten years, yet, in the
blindness of his zeal, he has followed the
promptings of his own unyielding will,
and he stands to-day confronted by them
with no power to escape, the victim of
his errors. Had the lesson of the past
been needed, the country would have
prospered; progress in every material in
terest would have marked the feeting
years, and instead of embarrassment and
debt, the condition of the people would
be far more solvent and hopeful than it
is. But their condition, bad as it is, is
not yet hopeless. If farmers will but do
as well as they know how, impelled by
the necessities of the times and profting
by the bitter experience of the past, they
will arise, and taking new departure
will inaugurate those much-needed re-
forms, which will bring back to them
their long-lost prosperity. Unity of pur-
pose and cooperation in efforts to pursue
the better way, is all that is needed to
secure success. Less cotton, and plenty
of hog and hominy" should be the
motto of the southern farmer
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PL4NT4TTON TOPICS.
HhY s-v ,uung Mc,t Lcorc the Farm :


We have answers without number,
complaints without end, warnings innu-
merablc not to do 50, but still this exc
dus goes on. The abstract argument is
largely on the side of the dcprecators.
Country life, though by no means what
it might be. is more wholesome physically,
morally and mentally than that of towns
Farm lie, however dull and dreary its
drudgery, can be, and generally is, more
independent than any commercial, or
than most mechanical pursuits.
What must we do? If we would retain
our young men i'll the simpler, more
healthful and better life of the country,
we must not only make our farm houses
more pleasant and attractive, as many
have already insisted, but we must place
our calling on a paying basis. We must
follow out earnestly the plans begun by
our Patrons of Husbandry. We must
educate ourselves. Wcmust know more
than how to read, write and cipher. We
must know our relations to the world as
great producers and consumers, and I'M
derstand the cost of our products and the
cost of tho products of those with whom
we exchange.-W c.. F2dgg.
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Thousands of human beings are yearly
borne on the swift current of disease down to
the grave, just because they do not possess a
sufficient knowledge of themselves. man
meets his neighbor, and the first salutation is,
How are you ?" or How is your health ~
The reply frequently is, "Oh, l am well, with
the exception of a cold" Most persons
lightly regard a cold. Reader, do you know
that a cold is one of the most dangerous of
maladies? A cold not only clogs up the pores
| of the entire system, and retards circulation,
but it is productive of Catarrh, which is quite
| apt to lead to consumption. "Oh," you say,
at is nothing but cold i'll my head.' True !;
| but that cold is really mild form of Catarrh,
and if not arrested in its course will become
| chronic. Catarrh is one of the most disagree
able offensive affections in the catalogue of
diseases. The passage to the nose is OBJ
structed, the sense of smell impaired, and
there is disagreeable sensation of pressure
in the head. In the more advanced stages,
there is discharge having an offensive odOr.
If the disease be allowed to continue in its
course, thick, hard incrustations will form in
the head, the bones of which sometimes be-
come softened and break away in pieces.
Why will persons continue to suffer from such
an annoying, disgusting disease, when they
can Just as well be cured of it? DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy will cure the worst forms of
Catarrh in fact, it is the only sure and safe
remedy which has yet been offered to the
public. Many harsll irritating preparations
may for a time, relieve the urgency of the
symptoms, but they do not cure the disease.
Dig. Sages Catarrh Remedy is soothing and
healing in its effects, and when used with
DIR. Pierce's Nasal Douche, according to di-
rections, does not fail to effect a cure. Sold
by all druggists.
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| preached the Sierra Abajo, and several
days spent in the examination of the
canyon and plateaus about it and the
| Sierra Ia Sal failed TO bring to light any
more evidence of their occupation.
Nearly opposite the Sierra Abajo OF
Blue Mountains, as they are locally
known, head the great canyons and val
leys of the Montezuma, which cmptie>
into the San Juan. Here the bottoms OF
the canyons have once supported very
| thickly settled community. There is
almost a continuous series of ruins for a
distance of twenty-five miles. This, in
one canyon only and all the Others con-
| tain numerous remains, chiefly in cliff
houses and towns. In the main canyon,
| ii rst spoken of, are two ruins notable for
the size of the stones employed in their
construction. In one, built upon a small
isolated table land in the middle of the
valley, are stones set upon end, six feet
in length by eighteen inches square, and
ranged along the walls Il distance of
twenty-five or thirty yards. Another
case is, where, stones seven feet in
height (abovc crcund) and twenty inches
square, are standing perpendicularly
about FIVE feet apart, and form one side
of a wall inclosing the ruins of a large,
important building. Throughout the
canyon every available defensive point
has been utilized, and is now covered
with the remains of heavy walls, and
large blocks of houses. Another singu-
lar feature was the number of holes cut
into the lower walls of the canyon for
the purpose of ascending the rock, holes
just large enough to give a hand and
foot hold, and leading either to some
wallcd-up cave or to building erected
above. Some of these steps assembled
the nearly perpendicular face of the rock
for $50 or POO feet. On exposed surfaces
disintegration has almost entirely wealth
cred away the holes, while OIL more pro-
tected surfaces they are deep enough to
still answer their original purpose. The
main western branch of the Montezuma
contains the greater number and more
important ruins of all the northern trib
utarics of the San Juan west of the Rio
Maucos. Water was found in a few pools
near its head, and lower down running
along in a small stream distance of two
or three miles, when it sank again. The
bottoms are rich, and the present Indians
(Utes) who occupy the country, raise
good crops of corn without irrigation.
The result of this trip was the collec-
ton of a large number of utensils, both
modern and ancient, stone arrow and
spear points, knives and axes, photo
graphs, especially illustrative of the most
important ruins, and numerous sketches
of everything of note, which will be
brought out in detail in the regular pub
location of the survey.
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CONSERVATIVES TAKE NoTICE.-Evcry nome mt
OF delay makes your more hopeless, and much
depends ON the judicious choice of a remedy. The
amount of testimony in favor of DR.. Schenck's Pull
monte Syrup, a for Consumption, far exceeds
all that be brought to support the pretensions of
any other medicine. See DIR. Schenck's Almanac,
containing the certificates of many persons of tine
highest responsibility, who have been restored TO
health, after being pronounced incurable by physi
clans of acknowledged ability. Schenck's Pumonit
Syrup alone has cured many, these evidences will
show; but the cure is often promoted by the en-
ployment of two other remedies which DR.. Schenck
provides for the purpose. These additional remedies
are Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills.
BY the timely use OF these medicines, according to
directions Dr. Schenck certifes that most any case
OF consumption may be cured.
DIR. Schenck is professionally at his principal Of
flee, corner Sixth and Arch Sts Philadelphia every
Monday where all letters for advice must be adj
dressed.
f. J. HART 4 CO., Nos 70. rs and II Tchoupitou-
las ST., New Orleans, Wholesale Agents.
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PetfiDy.ee Cattle,

Shorthorn sales are becoming almost
as sensational as those of thoroughbred
yearlings were short time since, and it
is no uncommon thing for an animal OF
the Bates or Brook blood, each of which
strains has its respective admirers and
even champions, to be sold for price
equal to that which a Derby winner
would have realized few years ago.
From comparative tables of the results
Of those sales during the past year in
Great Britain and America, which are
published in the almanac of the Agricul-
tural Gazette, it appears that the total
amounts realized at these sales were al
most the same for both countries. The
returns refer only to the sales of "pedi-
gree shorthorns," that is to say. of ami
mails inscribed in the " Herd book"
which is for cattle what the "Stud
book is for the turf, and from them VIC
learn that, while the sixty-five sales held
in Great Britain yielded Il total of c22S, :
OSS los, Cd, and fifty seven sales in
America amounted to f204 100 Us. 1Od !;
each of the American sales amounted
upon an average to 1888, As against
f3, 500 for each of the English sales, but
the average does not in reality remain
with American breeders, for, though eight
fewer sales were held there, the number
of animals disposed of were within ten
of those sold at home. The 2,jS9 short
horns sold in America averaged go each,
each. The largest total realized at any
one sale was f42,9l9 los, for which 81
animals, belonging to the late Mr.. TORI,
a Lincolnshire farmer, were disposed of
in September. The highest price given
at this sale was 2,16O guineas, and the
average for the whole lot was f51O
I9s. Still more remarkable was sale
held in Scotland a week previously,
when thirty-nine animals. the property
of Lord Dunmore, fetched .c26, 233 los.
This gives an average Of 1872 SIS. for
each animal, one of which went for
4, 800 guineas At third sale, thirty
IouT Llo,OOV,
and several others took place at which
the total was over $1,000, and the aver
age over goo. The most successful sale
held in America was that at which eighty
three shorthorns fetched els, !j34 los 3D.,
with an average of S402 19s. Sd. for the
whole number, one of them reaching
CO, go. At two other sales in America |
totals of rather more than 100000 were
obtained for thirty five and for thirty
three lots, the average in the two cases
being slightly over and under 600. |
These figures may be left to speak for
but it is impossible to avoid
the suspicion that purchasers will not,
in the long run, get the best of the bar
Mall Gazette.
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STEAM ON THE ClNlLS.

The railroads in New York have the
advantage of the canals at present. In
New York state, while in 1850 the canals
carried fifty-eight per cent. of ,he total
tonnage movement, in 1874 they carried
but seventeen per cent, and have at no
time for FIVE years past carried forty pr
cent. The tonnage movement of the
roads has never been as large as now, and
the rates have never been lower. The
canal tonnage movement has increased
barely twelve and a half Ter cent, the
New York Central sevenfold, the Erie
sevenfold, and that of all the state roads
eightlold. The canal steam navigation
company attempted to enlarge its feet
too fast, and is now in the hands of a re,
ceiver, and its future as an organization
is uncertain. Nevertheless, State Engi-
neer Sweet speaks of them as great
success, and holds that the economy
and adaptability of steam as motive
power on the canals of the state is re.
moved beyond the sphere of physical ex-
pertinent. and that ultimate and COM
plete success now depends upon capital
alone" There are now ready for the
opening of navigation hardly score Of
steamers-sixteen of which were built by
the company above named-whereast they
should be counted by hundreds. Every
steamer has a capacity equal to a train
of cars, and the time made is very nearly
equal to that of ordinary freight by rail,
while the actual cost of transportation is
less by far
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CENTENNI1L NOTES.

=. Ten thousand silk flags will decorate
the main building.
A duplicate of Shakspeare's house
is being made by Mr.. Sheldon, of Man
chester, England, for exhibition at the
Centennial.
:. In the Art Gallery will he full length
portraits of all the Presidents of the
United States, from General George
Washington to General U. S. Grant.
Hon. Worthy Putnam, of Berrien
Springs, Mich, is collecting copy OF
every newspaper published in the United
States for exhibition at the Centennial.
The Forest and Stream will erect a
hunters camp on the Centennial
grounds. 1t is to present all the features
incident to the sportsman's life in the
woods.
The flower beds at the Centennial
grounds will be magnificent feature.
More than $4,000 hyacinths and tulip
bulbs have already been planted, which,
with thousands of other beautiful plants,
will be in full bloom on the opening day
of the exhibition.
Printing presses, stone dressing ma
chimes, sewing machines, fire arms, ar
NOR plates, fuel economizers, traction en-
gines, and a large collection OF models in
miscellaneous and railway engineering,
are prominent among the articles to be
forwarded from England.
Japan has appropriated 100000 for
the expenses of her exhibition at tho
Centennial-more than Great Britain,
Australia, Canada, France, Germany
and Australia put together! No more let
the islands of the Tycoons he classed
with barbarians. This wise apppropria-
ton has not only the flavor of amity but
of enlightenment in it.
The principal hotel proprietors of
Philadelphia have, in response to acircu-
lar addressed them by the editor of the
Press, pledged themselves not to make
any material increase in their charges
during the Centennial. The rates will
run from $500 TO $500 per day, accord
ing to the accommodations. The capac-
ity of thirty-four hotels who responded
to the circular, is over twenty thousand.
1t seems probable that the exhibitors,
and those in charge of interests repre-
scntcd, will fully reach that number,
and the hotels outlying in towns and CT
ties, within easy reach, can probably ac-
commodate as many more SO that all
the available space which citizens are
disposed to spare, will be in demand for
the accommodation Of visitors during the
season.
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SCARLET FEVER.

Since none of our common diseases is
more dreaded than scarlet fever, it is i'm
portant to know what can be done to
prevent its diffusion. To this end the
following conditions should be observed
Let the patient be assigned an upper
chamber freely ventilated, comfortably
warm and reasonably cool. There should
be no carpet on the floor, no curtains
about the bed, and no cushioned or up
holstered chairs or sofas. Use an iron
bedstead, and if possible let the bedding
be destroyed by fire as soon as the patient
is SO far recovered as to mingle with the
other members of the family. The
handkerchiefs which he has used should
be burned. 1t is better to furnish bits
of old cotton or linen in place of hand
chiefs, that each piece as soon as soiled
may be removed and destroyed. The
spittoen, or other vessel which receives
the expectorations,s should contain little
water with carbolic acid or chloride of
lime. One or the other of these disin-
fectants must be used freely about the
room. An indispensable article for the
comfort of the patient is an earth-closet.
There are several kinds in use, but as far
as we have observed the simplest and
cheapest is the best. Common garden
soil, perfectly dry, should be used, or
sifted coal ashes. Either of these sub
stances will readily deodorize the intes-
final discharges. A small quantity of
iron-copperas-if added to the soil or
ashes, will serve as an excellent disin-
fectant.
Nurses and others who come in con-
tact with the patient should frequently
wash their hands with carboIic soap.
Clothing taken from the patient, if not
burned, should be allowed to remain in
water containing one of the above
named disinfectants two or three days
before being washed.
These simple suggestions, if followed,
would result in a greatly decreased num-
Der of cases of scarlet fever; and #
the means proposed were generally
adopted, we believe that in short time
the disease would be eHectually stamped
out"
We are aware that in many families
the course we propose is impracticable.
They have not the room, nor the means.
But they can follow some of our dircc-
tions. They can ventilate the sick-room
and use disinfectants.
1t is possible that physicians, in treat
ing this disease, neglect, sometimes, an
important part of their duty. They do
not enforce, as they ought, the simple
regulations by which so much may be
done toward destroying the contagion.-
Halls journal Of Health.
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HIGHLIEE IN TON.

The wives of two congressman were
waiting for the elevator at one of our ho-
tells. / was demurely reading the even
ing paper with my eyes, eagerly devour-
ing their conversation with my ears and
this is what heard.
Said Mrs. H. Pm awful tired; I've
made twenty calls to-day, and tomorrow
1 must make as many more. There is
precious little fun about it.
Said Mrs. L.. Fun! indeed. not a
bit of it. Pm disappointed in Washing
ton. Why, at home when George was
elected l held my head higher than any
body in the country, and 1 expected to
have such a gay time here, but when you
get three hundred congressman and their
wives together one don't count much. 1
needn't have worried so about my
dresses"
Mrs. HIS face was visibly lengthening
all the while her friend was talking;
then she responded:
That's sol There's Mrs. Grant, whom
everybody wants to see once; there are
the wives of the secretaries, who bow
politely when you call and never know
you again"
"Oh, yes they do" interrupted Mrs.
l.. Mrs. Fish never forgets a face, and
Mrs. Bristow is just lovely!''
"Well, anyhow. Mrs. Robson never
knows anybody lower than a senator's
wife, and Mrs. Belknap never returns
our calls. This is the order. The cabi-
net ladies, the wives of senators, ladies of
foreign legations, the families of the
army and navy, and few citizens known
for wealth or positions given by inheri
lance and then, wives of Congressman
are classed with department clerks l
wish I hadn't come at ALP
81 won't say that" said Mrs. L., I" for
at home it does sound so nicely to say
you were in Washington during the sea-
son. I shall make the most of my posi-
ton there, you may be sure!!''
Now, this is true, dear friends, for the
wife of the inconspicuous M. c., who
comes here with dreams of social glory,
will find the reality exceedingly common
place. If she he really lady, refined
and intelligent, she will draw about her
circle of pleasant friends well worth
possessing; if she be exceedingly beauti-
full, or so wealthy that her entertain
ments make stir, society will court her
with sweetest phrases, and she shall have
cards by the half bushel; she shall have
more invitations than she can possibly
accept, and neither days nor NIGHTS shall
be long enough for her wish. Once in
the centre of the whirlpool struggles are
in vain you can't keep near the outer
edge; it is the vortex or nothing l
know one married pair who are elderly
and who ought to be staid, but the lady,
gazing at Washington through the
glamour of fancy's painted vista, desired
to be "a high flyer at fashion," while
the husbands genuine "Shoddy Bof-
fin" dctested the whole thing, but fol-
lows at my lady's footsteps like a reluc-
tant but obedient Newfoundland dog. 1t
is the greatest fun to watch his hands,
when, stuffed into white kids, he attends
an evening party. Every separate fin
ger stands at different angle and the
thumbs are at enmity with all the rest.
After shaking hands with any one he Gu
riously inspects the liberated digits, and
sticks them out again as if to assert their
Independent Individuality Washington
Letter.
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4 PrOff0bte Hoy.

The following description of profita-
hle hog, was reported by the committee,
at the Swine Breeders convention at In.
dianapolis, Indiana: ic must have a
small, short head, heavy jowls and thick,
short neck: ears small, thin, and tolera-
bly, erect, not Objectionable if they
droop slightly forward must bc straight
from the neck back to flank must be let
well down to the knees in brisket of
good length from head to tail; broad on
the back; ribbed rather barrel-shaped !;
must be slightly curved or arched in the
back from shoulder to the setting on the
tail tail, small long in the ham from
hook to letting off the loins: shoulder
not too large to give symmetry to the
animal ham broad and full hair
smooth, and evenly set on; skin soft and
elastic to the touch; legs short, small,
and well set under; broad between the
legs; good depth between bottom and
top of the hog; with pleasant, quiet
disposition; should not weigh more than
three or four hundred pounds gross at
twelve to eighteen months old, according
to keep; color may be black, or white, or
mixture of the two. The above described
hog will measure as many feet from the
top of the head to setting ON of tail as
he does around the body, and will meas
ure as many inches around the leg be-
low the knee as he does feet in length
around the body; depth of body will be
four-fifths of his height.
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The THIRD NAPOLEON IN EXILE.-A
correspondent of the Liverpool Daily
Post tells story of the late Emperor
Napoleon which looks true-it is 50
strangely characteristic of him. 1t was
his chief amusement during his last i'll
ness to muse over Il collection of the car
features of himself which had been pub
lished during his reign and after his fall
The writer thinks he was so miserable
that he found pleasure only in nursing
his sorrow but there is another explain
alton possible. The emperor, who had
lived much with artists, knew that car
icaturists, if numerous, rarely fail to
catch a mans inner weakness, and was
studying the collection to discover the
quality in himself which he ought, in
the interest of his dynasty, to have sup
pressed. Unfortunately his first defects
were such AS no caricaturist catches.
Neither Cham nor TennieI could show
that Napoleon disliked metal ability,
and enjoyed before all indulgalcies the
inertia which the Arabs call
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