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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20
PERILS OF THE Skv

Galignani CLEANS the following from
NJ. Wilfrid de Fonvielle's new hooL
Aventures Aeriennes" Moptpolser
was not the first to conceive the idea of
sailing in the air. Tiberius Cavallo. an
Italian settled in London, and whose
name is often mentioned in the earlier
Philosophical Transactions of the last
century, hit upon the plan of filling
bags made of drawing paper with inflam
mable air, now called hydrogen but the
gas escaped through the pores of the pa
per. He then tried soap-bubbles, which
succeeded admirably; when impregnated
with the gas they rose into the air with
astonishing rapidity. The principal was
therefore found; nothing was wanting
but to get suitable envelope, and pa
per, cloth, and india-rubber eventually
solved the problem We now come to
the catastrophes. After Pilatre de Ro-
zier, too we'll known; We find General
Money, who started from London IN
1884 in a balloon which fell into the sea.
A Dutch ship that was close by heered
off in terror, and a poor fisherman res
cued the aeronaut from his perilous
situation. This gave rise to caricature
Of the scene entitled "The first time
Dutchman ever refused to pick up
money" Next Games Blanchard, who, |
in February, 1908, was struck with |
apoPlexy while rising in Montgolfere.
Before him Zambescari, rising from
Bologna in October, 1904, fell into the
Adriatic, was picked up in an exhausted
state his balloon was waited across to
the Turkish coast the pasha of the
locality, not knowing what to make of
it, declared it to be the work of some
genie, and had it cut into bits, which
were distributed among the troops as
talismans. A man named Olivari went
up at Orleans in 1902 in paper Mont
yolfiere, the osier car hanging under the
ire-pan. A spark set fire to the balloon,
md the aeronaut was dashed to pieces.
Quite a similar accident occurred to
Bittorf, German, who started from
Mannheim in July, 1872. The two
,rothers Bracelet, who used to exhibit in
he south of France and Algeria, both
'roke their necks by decents they had
,een unable to CONTROL M. de Fon-
'ielle's book is full of interesting anec-
!ote and animated descriptions.-Pau
Wall Gazette
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20
HIS DYING MESSAGE,

A single shot, followed by loud
shrek, told us that one of my best men
bradley was hurt. He proclaimed his
agony with a loud voice, turned over on
his back and commenced kicking so Wig
orously that the surgeon had difficulty
in getting near him.
"Poor fellow!" said the doctor, shot
in the bladder. am afraid it is fatal"
Oh, my God 20 said Bradley, Gam 1
dead manw
Keep up your spirits, my boy. Never
say die" said Capt. johnson, kneeling
kindly over him.
Doctor" asked the wounded soldier
feebly. "will you write to my mother
that died bravely, doing my duty, with
my face to the foe, and that thought of
her when was dying?"
eyes," said the doctor, with dim eyes
and husky voice, " 1 will write to her
and tell her, too"
But suddenly springing to his feet,
with an indignant voice he said:
"Why, confound it, man, you're not
hurt bit. 1t is only your canteen that
is shot. Get up. will you?''
Bradley raised up slowly, felt himself
all over, and with an exceedingly foolish
countenance crawled back to his position,
amid the uproarious laughter of the
whole regiment. For months after that,
on the march, in the camp, and some
times in the night, you might hear a
voice in one direction demanding:
What shall 1 tell your mother" and
perhaps half a dozen responses would be
heard, "Tell her died with my face to
the foe" then Bradley would come out
and search for the man who said it. He
seldom found him, bat when he did there
was certain to be a tight.-Louisrille
COurier-,J0urndl.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20
Il FEN CENTENNIAL
Few persons have an

Few persons have an
the vast assortment OF "
all suggestive OF gre
events, that will be on
centennial curiosity 81
the original Ratchet W
Washington cut down L
tree, and the chair in
of his country would /
ccepted Judge Jones
ner. There will be:
The birch which the
country cut with whid
father of the same if he
The lie that Washi
about the cherry tree; |
The entire garden WI
cherry tree, showing
tree;
Section 81 tlpDela
it was crossed by Was
Hole from which lsr
the vol at Pomfret;
Esr-trumpets used
ard other guests at Bi
Demijohn containin
of rs;
Horse which Paul
Boston to Lexington;
Chest of tea which
overheard in Boston
Corn from the sure
All of these curie
too numerous to me
at the centennial TO
half a dollar.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

bed to marry her. am old, to be sure,
but am not too old to make her happy"
" Yes, Massa," automatically remarked
Toney, "you is now in your prime, dat
is true; but when she is in her prime,
where den, Massa, will your prime be %
Mr.. Tyler is said to have laughed at To-
ney's philosophy, but he nevertheless
married Miss Gardiner, and the marriage
proved a very happy one.-Washington
Letter to N Y Times
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GOLD and COTTON GOODS.
Atlanta Constitution.


Ground has been broken for new and
greater cotton mill at Columbus. Good.
Let Augusta and hundred other
Georgia towns do likewise. The new
Columbus mill is due to the indomitable
enterprise of a city that cannot be
turned down, and to the fact that mills
amid the cotton fields do pay, be the
times good or bad. The new mill is no
experiment. 1t is to be mill No. of
corporation that has grown wealthy and
strong in the manufacture of cotton I'M
derour sunny skies. 1t is to be the larg-
est mill in all the south, holding twenty
thousand spindles and six hundred looms.
We hope to see fifty more like it in
Georgia in the course of the next five
years. Columbus is leading the way,
and her example will yet make Georgia
a hive of industry and prosperity.
The gold region of the state extends
from the Blue ridge in a southwesterly
direction to the Alabama line. 1t is
large in extent, and rich in possibilities.
The persistent and successful efforts of a
few capitalists, combined with some en-
couraging discoveries in Cobb county,
have recently awakened an interest in
our gold belt that bids fair to rival the
Black hills excitement, which does not
materialize we'll. 1t may not rival the
mania that dispossessed the Cherokees
almost as summarily as the gold hunters
of the Black hills are ousting Red Cloud
and Spotted Tail, but it may lead to
very important results.
1t is well known that there is Il vast
amount of gold in Georgia, and the
problem is how can it be extracted from
the soil and rocks that hold it with
profit? Instead of miners who aIe SIM
ply adventures, we need men who can
erect stamps, build sluices, and make in
vestments looking to s,ire and lasting
profits. The mines of Georgia contain
as much gold as those of more famous
places. and would yield magnificent an
nual product if properly worked.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

attention. He stepped up to him and
said: Young man, if i were Won I'd
button up my coat on that: )" and, point
ing down to his own plain black cord, he
added: THAT is the best can afford to
wear; take my advice, and keep that
covered up!"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20
BEGGAR GIRL OF PARIS
A STORY FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.

OuAAnS VIC 1sCiSu VI AcIIOI LII
France there were many deeds of daring
performed, even by women. The very
streets of Paris were deluged with blood
But near the guillotine it ran in rush.
ing torrents. One dark morning an un.
usual number of the aristocracy had
been marched forth; countless heads
rolled from the block. A gaping multi
tude stood by, and with shouts rent the
air as the aristocracy was thus butchered.
Among the assembled multitude that
dreary morning were two females. One
of them was plainly clad, while cloak
was thrown around her with which she
kept her features nearly concealed. But
close observation would betray the fact
that the woman had been weeping. Her
eyes were inflamed and red, and she
gazed eagerly upon the platform, while a
shock Of the glittering knife severed the
head from the body of some one who had
been unfortunate enough to fall under
the ban of the two leaders. The face of
the woman was very beautiful, and she
was young certainly not more than six
Zen or eighteen years of age.
Tne other female was quite different
in character. Her face was fair, but
there was brazen expression about it.
She was clad in rags, and as each head
fell she would dance and in various ways
express her delight, and then exclaim !:
"There falls another aristocrat who
refused me charity when humbly sued
him."
Each expression of this kind would
create laugh from those who heard her,
though any thoughtful person must
wonder how one SO young could have
been SO depraved.
The first female watched this creature
few moments, and then pressing one
hand to her side she laid the other upon
the shoulder of the wretch and whis-
pered:
"Would you like to become rich at
once"
The female in rags turned about with
look of surprise, burst into loud laugh,
and then replied:
"Of course l would"
"Follow me, and you shall be-"
Enough. Lead on
1t was with considerable difficulty
that the females extracted themselves
from the crowd: but they did SO at
length, and then the first female asked
the other:
"What shall I call your"
"Oh, am called the Beggar Girl
Marie"
"You live by begging ?"
Yes; bur what's your name, and
what do you want ?"
"My name is Marie, the same as your
own"
"Are you an aristocratT
at does not matter. If you know
where we can find a room, lead me to it
and you shall have gold"
The pauper led the way into narrow,
filthy street, and then down into a dark
and filthy room. The other female
could not but feel a sickening sensation
creep over her, but she recovered herself.
After contemplating for time the apart
ment and what it contained she ASKED {:
care you well known in Paris ?''
eyes; everybody knows Marie, the
Beggar Girl"
care you known to Robespierre? II
so, want to make a bargain with you"
am. What do you wish ~
"You see that my clothing is better
than your own, and wish to exchange
with you. Iwant you to not show your
self at all for a short time, or until
come 10 you again. AS recompense
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

herself for the sum of $500. paid to her
mistress, to give her services in prostitu-
tion for the term of four years, and re-
Stunning his argument, said the Chinese
females when landed by the hundreds
from the ships are put in barracoons, as
in the old slave days, and there kept I'M
til distributed by their masters.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20
GRAVE IND GAY.

| Washington theater managers, when
they want Roman soldiers, advertise foz
men six feet high. The real Roman sol
diers were not tall men, but the public,
not being up in history, has its own no
tions about how big the ancients were
.."You have considerable floating
population in this village, haven't your"
asked a stranger of one of the citizens of
village on the Mississippi. Well,
yes-rather," was the reply; "aboat
half the year the water is up to the
second-story windows"
-" Come, Pete" said merchant TO q
gentleman of the colored persuasion,
"what'll you put that load of wood into
the cellar for?" " In de fuss place, my
name is not Peter, sir secondly, Pse a
professional carpet-cleaner and white
washer; furdermo, / doesn't compete for
SIGH jobs, sab !''
Am Irish drummer, who now and
then INDUCED in noggin of right good
poteen, was accosted by the reviewing
general, what makes your nose 50
red?" "Plase, yer honor" replied Pat,
" l always blush when spake to a gen.
eral officer"
AN old Scotch woman, whose favor
lite son was in d habit of swearing occa.
slonally, was censured by her minister for
not correcting him. "It's vara wrong,
minister" she admitted, "but We maun
aloo that it sets aft conversation micbti-
ly."
"A gentleman, having an appoint
ment with another who was habitualIy
unpunctual, to his great surprise found
him waiting. He thus addressed him:
Why, see you here first, at last. You
were always behind, before ebut
glad to see you have become ear
late"
obligation TO God imparts
life, by giving to our actions al
import, and, when they are right,
elevated spirit. The
serene the most truly God-like
nent open to man isathat which ]
'eives in the testimony that he
iod and the moral selfapprobat
lis own mind. Horace BasbneU
Strong feelings often evap6i
words. Strong expressions abou
acrifice or selfdeniaI, about a Ii
aimed high above the world, often
he heart and prevent it fromri
he grace talked about whereas
ianity is not creed but life, ar
Tho listen to preacher only to
Intellectual amusement or pictdre
ieal existence, are not thereby adj
ne step nearer to the high Il
w. Robertson.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20
THE DRUNKARp'S

The DRUNKARD's
in the secret recesses {
neglected and abu
thoughts must sugges
looks at her bloated ar
Pinched for. the me
life, discomfort and di
at every turn, what
mate of him who o.
cherish and protect
decent manhood ha
| dream of girlhood, an
| ter, blighting despair,
of sunshine to light Il
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20
The Foreign Missionary gives I

The Foreign Missionary gives the
following summary Of the evangelical Ia
bors of one of the missionary ladies sent
out from America: During the past
year Miss Bell visited IS zenanas. She
also addressed the gospel to women at IA
fairs, and at 8 other large gatherings o
women on the banks of the river Jum-
nah. Besides these addresses, she spoke
IS times in the streets and lanes of
Etaurah city, and 254 times in the vii
lagos within a radius of aboat so miles
FROM the city. Few male missionaries
could have filled a year with more
abundant labors in preaching the gospel
-Independent.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20
THE WEEK PAST.

THE total amount paid out for the
Cowles moth preventive while the con-
tract with the government was in force
was S4OS, S75, the profits on the business
being about 100000. Of the total sum
paid. the amount received by Dom
Pitt WAS So2. 93435.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

"Where's the bar? ~ aske dirty
and rather looking stranger of the
bell-boy of a hotel the other day, "What
kind of bar?' asked the latter. "Why
a saloon bar, of course; what do you
suppose 7 mean?' WE'LL" drawled the
boy, al didn't know but you might
mean a bar of soap"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

SOME interesting investigations re-
Gently made by N. Cooley into the
chemical constitution of the brain show
that the human cerebral substance con-
tains about eighty per cent. of water
and that two albumenoid matters are
present, one not differing from albumen
and soluble in water, while the other is
insoluble-and for this the investigator
proposes the name of cephaline. The
I fatty substance Of the brain, he finds, is
formed principally of cholesterin, leci-
thin, and cerebin, also, olein and mar
garin, and the organ contains likewise
certain salts, some soluble in water and
in alcohol, others soluble in water and
not in alcohol. During decomposition
the cerebral pulp furnishes acid pro-
ducts, among which are o&eic, margaric,
phospo-glyceric and phdsphoric acids.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

SAYS the New York World, the home
organ of Governor Tilden: Governor
Tilden's chances for the nomination seem
increasing in consequence of the growing
impreseioh that the state of New York is
to exercise potent influence in the de-
cision of the question. While other can
didates may be able to carry the state of
New York, the democrats do not seem
inclined to leave the matter to chance.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

The Boston Transcript says that A. T.
Stewards largest theory of business was
no doubt of the Darwinian sort-that
: the fittest must survive-that big fish
must eat up the little ones; but he made
: his stores sort of asylum for decayed
MERCHANTS whose business he had eaten
up. He was not loved in trade, but sem
tinent had very little place in his
scheme of business. 1t was in the mag
ni6cent example he has left of thorough
ness, honesty and work in what he I'M
dertook to do that he conferred perhaps
the greatest good.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

A SAFE deposit vault just completed
in London is deemed invulnerable. 1t
is sunk forty-six feet into the ground,
with walls of brick and concrete six feet
thick Inside this structure is the safe,
three feet thick, made of e-brick and
undrillable iron. The metal doors weigh
four tons each, and are swung by n.y.
draulic pover
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

80" Landlord, didn't you ever have a
gentleman stop with you before
care you II gentle manT p Yes, l
ann "Then ! never had one stop with
me before"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

Daniel Drew says Vanderbilt is worth
nearer 800, 900, 900 than $40, 900, 900.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

The French invention of toughened
glass is in some respects less satisfactory
sszthan was at first supposed. 1t is true that
it does not easily break, but it also cannot
be cut. Several correspondents of the
Complies Rendus report that on attempt
ing to cut it with a wheel, drill, or file,
they found that it almost invariably
burst after the manner ofa Rupert'sdrop.
A disk of the toughened glass could be
drilled at its center without breaking,
but it breaks if pierced at any ether
point
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

=
JeNHs, one of the stsilveryclad'' sena-
tors from Nevada who made thres
hQvEs speech in the senate the other
day IN the silver bill, wants the double
standard Of gold and silver restored. He
thinks it will be impossible to resume
specie payment in 1879 solely on a gold
basis, and ask, with the infationist, where
are you going to get your gold? Jones
has been called one of the hardest of hard
money in the senate. 1t was he to
whom was addressed the memoranda of
the president; but he loves silver-if
there is enough of it-better than he does
gold 1t is not Unfair to say that the
large interests of the senator in silver
mines apparently have great influence
upon his views.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

The Minnesota people are very much
interested in a project for the extension
of the Erie canal to the Mississippi river,
which they believe will assist them
greatly in their grain trade. They want
congress to appropriate 100000 to cut
the proposed ditch, and large number
OF people who will not hear of anything
being done for the repair of the lower
Mississippi levees are loud in their advo-
cacy of the measure
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

The Irish certainly bear no malice.
MIR. Thomas Carlyle, who has so often
thanked God that he inspired Oliver
Cromwell with the pleasing purpose of
discriminating the whole Irish race, and
who has 50 often regretted that Ireland
could not now be regenerated by the
simple process of keeping the island
under water for twenty-four hours, has
inst been admitted member of the
Royal Irish academy.
THE Pope last year with Peters pence
and jubilee indulgencies received ST.
100000. The late Ferdinand of Aus
tria, left him 81, 900, 600 in his will; as
heir of the Duke of Modena, he can
count upon an income of $50, 900 year.
Lord Ripon gave him $50, 900 outright;
Belgian convert $4,000; a pious old
Lady, recently deceased, 100000. Most
of the pilgrims who visited Rome, this
past twelve month, have left substantial |
pecuniary tokens of their veneration.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

In this country the yield Of gold in
1875 was about the same as in 1874, and
equal to the average of the last ten years,
while there was an increase in silver of
nearly 81, 500, 900, the exact total being
s26, 349,476 of GOLD and $54, $50, POI of
silver, making the aggregate $50, ss9, 0S7.
1t is estimated that the silver mines will
largely increase their production this
year. and the total yield of gold and sill
yer in 1876 will be SEC, 600, 600. There
seems to be prospect of materially in
creasing the production of gold in this
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-20

THE managing doctor of a lunatic asy.
lum at Alexandria, Italy, has discovered
a new way to treat and cure diseased
minds. 1t consists, on scientific princi-
pies, of simply placing the patients in
rooms lit through blue or violet-colored
window panes. An alienated subject
put to bed by this doctor in a room
lighted with the voilet-colored panes got
up next morning and intelligently re-
quested to be sent home, as he felt all
right. He was discharged, and there
after became as happy and we'll as he
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-12-27
Closing OMH
Dry Goods at a
Reduction Of from
70 TO 40 per cent.
for CASH, at
ROBERT SONS STORE,


Some raneealion, who neither fsared
the sensssnee Of the lay aor w. P. Gagr's
Erasa, burg!2Fized Cars store last Wed
nssdsg aight, and TOOK tnerefrom about
fifteen dollars IN nonss. Nothing else
was missed, tie thief evidently wanting
cash instead OF goods or jawslrJ. That
the burglar is al s4psss IS quite csrtairl, as
4 paee of glass in the window, through
which entrance was gainsd, ~as aestiJ
and skiiltully cut with diamond, 4 small
aperture being first cut L admit the hand
Ia suck manner that whea large hole
was cur 10 admit the body Of the intruder
NO noise would be made by falling glass
A large portion Of the pane was cut out
and carefully laid in the store. However
all this precaution WIS unnecessary, as the
wind blew 80 strong and cold that evening
that it was not only almost impossible for
any one to hear the proceedings, but so dis
agreeable tnnt lad aiteuti. i nosn attract
ed, 4 disintcrested aerson would have nat
urally preferred warm bed and comfort
able room to . reconnoiter in the cold. -
Although the amount stolen thus far il
not much, it is best, for future protection,
for our business men and city auth critics
to keep an eye on the several suspicious
individuals thers are in town. There are
a number of Migrants in our midst, who
lie around from one year to another, with
out 80 much as lifting finger toward
gaining an honest living; and, though all
of them may be innocent ofthis crime, it
would be as well for the public good if
they either shook the dust of Vermlllion
from their feet, Or sustain their manhood
BY pitching into honest labor. VermiL
Ton Standard