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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-18

aragua Canal we will have all tba,
rod and man can give US. Agricul.
ture and manufacturing would expe.
rlence their golden era. We could
feed and clothe the crowded and Door
millions OF Asia and Europe cheaply.
When the canal from Chicago TO the
Mississippi river is completed it will
open continuous water way from
the Atlantic through the center Of
North America, on through the Gulf
and Nicaragua Canal to the Pacific
and Asia. What grand and stipend
Gus highway for the vast area Of
wealth All this American traffic can
be put upon ships at Ship Island by
barges and small steamers. There
must be realization Of all this within
he memory of some OF those whe read
hese lines.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-18
A Future Great Citu

Some OF these days when the peonl
OF the United States come to realiz
how great and powerful this countr,
Is how capable it is of great achieve
ment under able, far-seeinp. anf
honest craftsmanship, and how i'm
portant, from a commercial stand.
point, great Gulf seaport town will
be to the trade world. there will he
Quilt on Ship Island or our Gulf Coast
commercial town that will rival
noted narts of antiquity. The sixteen
miles OF sea intervening between this
Island and our main shore, will not
stand in the way. When Peter the
Great of Russia wanted to bu;ld ST.
Petersburg, he did not consult the sea
but did it. The Hollanders invade tn.
sea with dikes and build land. and So
this great government will trestle
hrst, and ultimately build a solid
sthmus by dikes or piling and filing
Up. just below New Orleans the
Mississippi river approaches very
loosely to Lake Borgne, possibly |
within six miles. A short canal here
nto the lake would give water transit
o Ship Island, distant about sixty
niles from the river, according to
rane's atlas. The Mississippi river
'ould constitute the grand water way.
ito which will come the carrying
-ade of whole continent. This
yer itself reaches to Minnesota. The
lissouri to Montana. The Ohio to ,
'est Virginia. These with the Cum
srland, Tennessee. Arkansas. Red.
I'D the smaller tributaries, would give
e great stretch of country from the :
IleghsDy to the Rocky Mountains.
eming with agricultural products of
kinds, the cheapest possible route =
the great marts of the world. =
lese rivers, where not navigable, II
ould be made 20 by the general gov =
'ment except when wholly imprac- :,
able. Then when we have the Mic
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-18

When q man has given up his SOU
and body to the acquisition of money
ne has not only sold himself to the
devil and is willing to do bis bidding,
but ne has written in cold, imperish-
able, steel, plated with untarnishable
aluminium, upon his soul, these words:
Il have too deeply read mankind
70 be amused with friendship It's name
lvnented merely to betray credulity:
tbs intercourse OF interest-not souls
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-18

To read Of the early history and or
ganization of the Southern Pacif,
railroad under Leland Stanford, G. P
Huntington, and others, is enough to
shock the senses of the entire honest
world. Their scheming. rivalry and
ucdue advantage of each other, their
cold-blooded bribery Of legislators.
lawyers, and judges, and even darker
crimes, are all told in the San Fran
cisco Examiner in detailed narrative
that is enough to cause honest men to
abjure railroads altogether, and the
people to never want great corpora.
ton in their midst, owned and oper-
ated like the Southern Pacific road.
When this country is battling with
the throes Of revolution, these rail
roads that have robbed them will
transport hireling troops to shoot
them down.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-18

even Their hats cost ten to fifteen dol
lars. These noblemen, rolling il splen.
dor' have ruined Corea. It seems that
God must have created the greater
part q mankind expressly for legiti-
mate prey for a few INSCRIPTIONS, au-
aacious rascals, for the same system Of
Keen designing men usurping the reins
q government and rolling in splendor
ana wealth, wrung from the rest Of
me poor devils labor has been the order
81 the day, from the Pharaohs and
down to the present time.
Its hardly in body's power
1o Keep at times, fraie being sour
:, 10 see how things are shar'd:
nov best o chiefs are Whyles In want
WINE coofs on countless thousands rant
Ana ken ma how to wairt 1855
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-18

IN order to obyiate rascality in mu.
nicipal government of towns and cities,
there should be no franchises granted
to corporations, butinstead every town
should operate all it's own projects
under board of directors elected bv
the people. The boards of municipal
governments are too often composed
OF men who seek such positions as a
means OF selling their influence to
wealthy men or syndicatas, when the
Official is as willing to sell himself as
the buyer is to purchase, the city will
be in hard luck, but when the Official
turns highwayman and forces the
seekers of franchises and contracts to
buy him. then the city is in the hands
OF robbers" OF course there are hon
est men and councils, but the contrary
seems to be the rule from the expert
ences OF the people of New York and
New Orleans. The bane of this coun-
try at the present time is the corrup
ton and ibcompetency of officials in all
branches of official life from the lowest
to the highest. 1t seems to be an age
OF rascality. The people who put these
men in Office are TO blame and they }
must pay for it. The cause of all this !
is for want of education or inforna ton
OF the masses, which renders them an
easy prey to the slick tongued, design
rer lie nh | ii
ity and straightway begin to feather Il
their nest with down plucked from the .
goose. upon whose pinions they were y
elevated to position from which thew Z
ook down in contempt upon the shiv- y
ring, starving ''goosie." sc
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-18

The King OF Corea. the country abou,
which Japan and China are now at
war, lives in splendor surrounded by a
body guard of 500 soldiers, any one of
whom can "lift bar of iron six feet
long and weighing 100 pounds, from
the ground and hold it at arms length
above his head" This is the test for
admittance to the guard. Besides this
guard he is surrounded by a large
number of ubiquitous eunuchs. The
King does all his work by electric
light at night and sleeps during the
day. His palace cities are numbered
by the hundred and cover many hun
dred acres. He has the walls of his
palace cities lighted by electricity. |
converting night into day, He fears
assassination and moves about ,.cre.,v
from one room on his grounds to an.
other so that he cannot be abducted mr.
surprised. The Queen has palaces, sol.
diers and retinue of her own. TIL.
mobiles are all rich and liv. in
grand style. dressing in fine silks. and
carrying from ten to one hundred ,.r-
wants with them as they move abou,
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-18

WHO has not waded through the
slough Of despond, or drank the daan.
est despair? Who has not felt that
deep depression which alone can come
from mind ~ at ease, which paraly
SEES every energy and robs nature and
ali association OF their interest and A.
Effectiveness? Who at such times has
not felt like wave of oblivion would
be a welcome guesto The human hart
and human feeling are indeed mysteri-
Gus things, subject as they are 10 the
action and influences of extranao,s
causes that play upon them as mas
Ter hand does upon the harp strings.
now sad, and now joyous, by turns. 1T
the Will of the operator. The tension
Oh human nerves and human endura nca
nave the1f limitation and whether of
Joy or sorrow there comes a time wne,
exhausted natureJcalls a halt and al
the tumultuaus purtubation Of tho
agonized mind are sunk in slumber
disturbed 1t may be, but nevertheless
respite from waking trouble. Tins
by turns the poor, SUFFERING n,ort.1
must endure until time, the great adj
ulster OF all terrestrial things. coupled
WIN that principle SO deeply implanted
. our natures to look with longing :,
yes upon the things of this world
raouaily restores the mind and heart
ali IL VIII ever know Of happiness =
pom this mundane sphere. These do. Il
'ctlons' despairs and agonies, come N
rom various causes, bereavement, husi- "
ess and vicious acts and practices. N
nder their overpowerinp infuenca OF
many, come lunacy and suicide. ca
no Is capable OF approaching the y
"ful agony that seizes upon the heart an
Id reason that work such destruct;x. an
ISOLATION Bodily suffering is tame on
to the unappreciable. inex- we
essaole terrors of mental despair. be
lere comes time in the life of All ba
It the utterly callous and desperate mi
nen these experiences must be felt to thu
eater or less degree. To the soul the
US encompassed, how sweet. how
lmy. how soothing the hand of love
tne voice, tender. true. affectionate.
wife. kindred or friend. IN
-, i" 1t is not we'll to brood TT
Thus darkly DER the cares that swe,,
Lies current to flood
AS Drooks, and torrents rivers all Z
luch a5en .1e gu, III In which they fall ars
OF lesser griefs spread rnaY np tne rliis forl
An And with their gloomy shades conceal and
ne iano-marks Hope would else reveal" ans
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-18
Another Interesting Letter
T. Holi SpiIlman, of Canton, Miss. a, 81
aumwa BOY. Answers "Many Inguirers,,
Through the Courier.
CANTON. Miss, Dec. 20. "a.

tumwa Boy. Answers "Many Tnunirsrs,
Through the Courier
CANTON, MISS, Dec. 20, "a.
EDITOR C0URIER;-I have received a
large mum Der of letters referring to m
former communications to the Cour;er
and as it would be difficult for me 70
' answer each one Individually, 4 thought
l would try to reply through the col.
amns OF your valuable paper.
We are just closing up the season Of
1894, and to those who have been plan-
ing cotton exclusively it has been an
unsatisfactory and disasterous wear.
But where men have engaged in gen
eral farming the result has been very
satisfactory. Corn is now selling at
DOC per bushel, oats 55c, hay S.. 90 tn
100 per ton, hogs "a. 90 per 100 lbs,
IL is now conceded that the large cot
ton plantation is thing of the past.
and there seems to be disposition to
subdivide the large holdings and en-
gage in general farming and stool,
raising for which this country offers
great Inducements by reason of the
various grasses and the cheap price of
land. The farmers have many of them
sown their oats although they will
continue sowing until February.
mere is quite dairy interest here.
and anyone desiring to start cream.
cry would do well TO come here. as
butter is very high here, and / think
there would be no difficulty in securing
the milk from 200 or 300 cows. The
enclosed clipping from a set of repre-.
sentatlves farmers OF this county win
show to the people there, the state of
ieeling among the farmers here regard {.
I'VE believe that the accession of in c
dustrlous iaw-abidsng white settlers
with some capital would be of meal. S
cuiaole advantage to the country: To A
aii such we can offer a soil. that In. Z
Is native state is unsurpassed in fer ::
'iiity. and where impoverished by long
cultivation. quickly respopds
% fertilizing applications; a soil that
equally adapted to the needs of the
fucker, fruit grower, dairyman. or
farmer or stock grower. We
'eneve we can cite also climate that
or health and enjoyment has no supe-
ior In any quarter of the globe. Wei
therefore, urge all homeseekers to In.
estigate the advantages claimed for
laolson county before making pur-
un this connection we desire To EN-.
hasize the fact that no sectional fee,-
% exists here, and that cordial well
'me awaits all, regardless of religions.
political creed, who come among ma I
good faith to build up homes, and q
IN developing our resources. l'- w
lnton, mississippi. Times. Dec. esth sc
%. Very Truly Yours. AT
Il. boil SPILLnAx. IL
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-18

STAY where Won are and work" is
the advice given to- the ADMINISTRATION
farmers OF Nebraska, hy j. A. Holmes.
IN the Nebraska Farmer. They have
tried It, and are now asking for bread
The farmer may work, but this advice
will not.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-18
FRIDAY. JANUARY is, 1895.

Z South AnERtcA is the home OF vol
canos and revolutions. Peru and Bra
I'll are now contending with revolu-
lions.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-18
Young and mid.
die aged nlsa.


Remarkable re-
suits have follow.
ed our treatment
Many ars q
varied and success
ful exPerieaee
In the use Of cun-
tive methods that
we alone ownam
control for all dk
orders Of men who
have weak, unde-
|veloped or dis.
|eased organs, Or
who are suffering
From errors OF
youth and excess
pr who are nervsui
and inpot tent
the seorn Of thtK
fellows AND she
contempt Of Their
friends and con-
paniona leadf 10
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-18

70 guarantee TO an patients II they can possfbly
N.nesIored, cur eWn exclusive treatment
| VIII Afford . cure.
M0MkNi Don't you want to ret cured Of thai.
| rWeeaness With treatment that you can use 81
heme without instrumental Our Wonderful trcst
"eh' nas esred othera Why not your Tryit
uCATARRM. and diseases q the skin, Blood
hearl Liver and Ktdneya
,Ilr HiLIs.The most rapid, safe and ef1sotrs
NHeuJ. a complete curc Guaranteed.
SKIN DISEASES OF an hind. ,ureS where
many others have failed
UNNATURAL DTsCHARGEa promptly
sarca IN afew days. Quick, sure and safe. THIS
mcindes elect and 6onorhna
TRUTH AND FACTS.
We have cured cases Of Chroaic pis>sses thti
nsFe feed 20 get cured af the hands ~ ehsr special
uts and medical fnstitut1A = =
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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-18

1t is not well to brood
mus darkly DER the cares that swell
Lie s current to a flood.
AS brooks, and torrents rivers, all
1n mnh tne guif In which they fall,
ouch thoughts. by gathering up the rills
Or lesser griefs, spread real ills: '-''
AM, ana with their gloomy shades conceal
Inc landmarks Hope would else reveal
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
GERMANY is AROUSED
TACKLES THE STANDARD OIL
MONOPOLY.
DcIavan House at Albany Burns
Byrnes Quits the New York Police
Force-Last Years. Business-Sir
John Was Not Wealthy.
Trust Has a Big Foe.

The Standard Oil Trust has encoun-
tered serious obstacle in Germany. Inc
sympathies of the government have been
directed toward thc only two indepen-
dent petroleum distributing establish
ments in Germany. They are the only
ones the Standard octopus has not alb
sorbed, and obtained their supply OF oil
from the Producers Oil Company, OF
Warren, Pa. who use the United States
pipe lines-the sole remaining oil conduit
10 tide water that the Standard has not
forced TO surrender. Complaints that the
oil sent TO Germany by the Standard
Company and supplied by its local agents
the German-American Petroleum Society
is of poor quality have been frequent
Such complaints are not thrown away in
Germany. Chemical analysis proved that
the Standards supply was adulterated
1t was specifically charged that in order
to piece out the output of the Pennsylva-
MA wells the oil of Ohio and Indiana was
used as an adulteration, the mixture be-
ing lower grade of petroleum.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
Paid for n Soke.

An English writer tells the story OF
his first siXpence, which he earned by
an unprecedented joke. His father
had been for twenty-seven years en-
gagged in a suit in chancery, and had
just gained his cause. The expenses OF
the suit, however, had swallowed up
the entire estate, the residue being
merely three shillings and sixpence.
The writer says:
My father ranged the seven sixpences
on our breakfast table.
"My boy" said he, "see what comes
of going to law in Great Britain! Your
mother has told you that l have won
my suit In chaneery?"
Yes, papa"
"Well, then, look! That is all get OF
It," and he pointed grimly ut the six
pences.
/ opened wide my eyes. ''All you get
of the whole suit?' | echoed, with a
puzzled air, convinced that a suit In
chancery was composed, as other suits
are, Of Il coat, waistcoat and trousers.
"Why, papa, those are only the but
tonsv'
1t was this deplorable joke that
earned me my siXpence, for my father,
laughing, tossed me one across the
table, and rushed Off with 1t like dog
pclted with bone.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
FAILURES FALL OFF.
A Decrease of Nearly $500, 100000
as Compared with 1893.

A Decrease of Nearly $2OO,OOO,OOO
as Compared with 1893.
X. G.. Dun ~ Co.'S Weekly Review OF
Trade says:
Commercial failures in 1894, already re-
ported, number 1892, against 1o.242
last year, with liabilities of S1G3, 23S, 4oi,
against $346, no, $50 last year. From
these accounts, banks, bankers, financial
and transporting companies are excluded.
Manufacturing failures number 2,1o0,
against .422 last year, but liabilities are
only SCI 491 ,2S7, against S1I6,9S2,O9l
last year. The trading failures number
11.314, against IL ,512 last year, but Ia
bilities are only $S7, S99,637, against
$130.OG2, 333 last year. The statement
by sections shows n decrease of about
two-thirds in defaulted liabilities in the
middle and central northern States, one
half in the west and southwest, and
third in other sections. Holiday trade
met expectations. Purchases were nu-
merous, but smaller than usual in amount
aud more confined TO needful articles,
thus anticipating ordinary trade
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
Saved from SunoCation.

Efficient work by three policemen from
the Maxwell street station saved the lives
Of twelve persons during the progress Of
n fire Thursday night at Dcsplaincs and
Mather streets, Chicago. The policemen
rescued these persons from two cottages
that stood at the side Of an old four-story
brick building that was raised UP on
wooden blocks, and was ablaze from top
10 bottom. The building was filed with
rags, and clouds of black. sitting smoke
poured from score Of windows. The
wind drove this smoke into the wca her
beaten cottages, the occupants were over
come, and 10 save them the policemen
were compelled TO carry them out mud
into the neighboring houses. While the
three officers were doing this the walls
at both sides and rear of the building
could he seen wavering and looked SO
positively dangerous that even the fire
men feared 10 get close TO the building.
In less than two minutes after the last
person had been taken out Of the two
cottages the walls Of the bursting build
ing collapsed, falling on top of the cot
tages, crushing them into kindling wood.
The fire was i'm the establishment occu-
pied by the Pioneer Paper Stock Com
'pany. The four floors were filled with
rags and waste paper. The building was
entirely destroyed, as was everything in
it. The building was worth So 900 and
the stock valued at $20,00
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
She Loved Cats.

Miss Raine was an Englishwoman
who died at Woodstock last June and
whose will deserves place in the curl
ositieS of literature. She leaves some
OF her estate to Lord Randolph
Churchill Tin recognition OF his COM
handing political genius and her
dear old white puss Titles, and her
pussies Tabby Rolla, Tabby Jennefee
and black and white Ursula to Ann
Elizabeth Matthew'S" who is to have
f12 Il year for the maintenance Of each
cat. Her ''long-haired white puss
Louise and her black and white puss
DR.. Clausman' are left to her "hand-
maiden, Elizabeth Willoughby," and
her Black Ebony and White Oscar to
Miss Lavinia Sophia Beck. Twelve
pounds year is to be paid for each of
these, and the remainder Of her cats she
gives to Ann Matthews, who is to have
ESQ year for their maintenance. but
this is mot to extend to kittens after
wards born"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
JAMESG. FAIR ISDEAD
WAS ONE OF THE FAMOUS 3D.
MANIA KINGS.
Fearful Catastrophe In an Oregon
Town-Deservcd Fate of Murder
ous Sioux-LookingT Toward Peace In
the Orient ebeIIious Braziliaus.
Death of Ex-senator Fair.

Ex-senator James G.. Fair, the bonanza
millionaire, died of asthma at IL 40 on
Friday night at the Lick House in San
Francisco. James Graham Fair was an
Irishman by birth, and first saw the light
of day near Belfast on the Sd day of De-
cember, 1881. He received business
education in Chicago. In 1910 he follow
cd the trail of the gold seekers OF Cali
fornia, and, after mining till 1860, he
removed to Nevada, where by fortunate
speculations in mines he amassed for
tune estimated at $50,000000. He formed
n partnership with Flood. Mackay and
O'Brien, and the firm developed many
rich mines and became known as the bo-
nanza kings. Mr. Fair was elected as
Senator Sharon's successor in the United
States Senate in 1881, and served one
term. His record in that body, however,
was not especially eventful except for his
persistence in advocating the free com
age and reconciliation of silver. lie was
largely interested in the development OF
manufactures on the Pacific coast.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
Stunt. Ryrnes Resigns.

Saturday night the Lexow Committee
adjourned ut New York subject to the
call of the chair. Just as he was through
answering Mr.. COTS questions, Super
intcndeat Byrnes handed letter to
Chairman LeXow, and said that it was
n copy of one thmt he had sent to Mayor
elect Strong early in December. 1t was
his resignation from the force, of which
he has been member for the last thir-
ty-two years. The superintendent said
the department was honeycombed with
abuses, which had been growing for
thirty years and they could only be RENE
died by radical legislation. Local poll
ticians, he claimed, were the curse of the
department, and as long rs politics was
n factor in the force such state OF
things would exist.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
Powers Is Heard.

day night--which fairly sizZled with red
hot debate and succession Of sensations,
one of which was the removal Of Alder
man Rohde because Of his intoxicated
Saskatchewan John Powers. Of the
Nineteenth Ward, made his promised Sex
PLANTATION" of his call on Neil McCoull,
the representative of the American To-
bacco Company, ut which he demanded
for himself and forty associates in the
council bride of $4,000 for the pur-
pose of killing" the cigarette ordinance.
The council proposes TO "investigate" the
charge; but as Powers is alleged To have
solicited brides for forty OF his colleagues.
the public believes there are too many
tarred with the same stick to permit any
evil results to themselves.