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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-29
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.


ARRIVALS.
Steamer Belle Memphis, St. Louis.
Cleburne, Arkansas river
Kate Kinney, Louisville.
John f. Tolle, st. Louis
H. NJ. Shreve, Red river.
Phil Alhn, Frlar's Point.
Silver Moon, Cincinnati.
Colorado, Vickshurg.
K. f. Lee, Louisville.
c. B. Church, New Orleans
Alice Dean, New Orleans.
St. Francis, Wittsburg.
Undine, 0sceola.
City Of Cairo, New Orleans
Legal Tender, White river.
Belle Lee, New Orleans.
Shannon, New Orleans.
Nile, st. Louis.
A. j. White, Napoleon.
Mary K. Poe, st. Louis.
John Kilgour, Cincinnati.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer r. P. Walt, White river.
Grand Tower, st. Louis.
Kate Kinney, New Orleans.
JOnn L. lOue, We" OIicaho'
H. NJ. Shreve, st. Louis.
City of Cairo, St. Louis.
Colorado, st. Louis.
r. E. Lee, New Orleans.
C. B. Church, Cincinnati.
Alice Dean, Cincinnati.
Shannon, Cincinnati.
Belle Lee, LouisvilleA
Mary E. Poe, Red river.
John Kilgour, New Orleans.
BOATS IN PORT.
Phil Allin, Cleburne, 7. H Allen, Sill
yer Moon, Undine, Legal Tender, Belle
Memphis, Nile, A, j. White.
BOATS ADVERTISED TO LEAVE TODAY.
Arkansas river......T. H, Allen ,.......-.5 pm.
st. Louis. Memphis..."....5 pm.
Vicksburg. .Julia...-......-.-.5p pm
The rise and fall at other points since
our last issue, as reported by the Signal
Service Bureau, is as follows:
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a

Ar 296 Main street.-the neat little
news stand, under the supervision Of
Paul Wright-can be found all the lead
ing pictoTials Of the day; also the latest
publications by eminent authors Of fe-
ton.
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JOE LOCKE, the king Of newsmen, at
1864 Main street, has the latest daily
newspapers, weekly and monthly picto-
rails, home and foreign magazines, pc
riodicals of every description, station
ery-in fact, everything known to the
news goods line.
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LIVERPOOL. April q. 80 am. : Cotton
opens dull. Uplands. lid; Orleans. III to
1lssd.
p.m.-cotton is steady. Uplands. lid;
Orleans. IN to 11zsd. Sales, 10000 bales.
of which 5000 were for export and speculation.
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Fresh Fish.

Choice Mackinaw trout and white fish
received every day by express and for
sale by Victor D. Fuchs, No. Al Jetfer-
son street 81
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GENERAL MARKET.

The past week has been characterized by I'M
usual dullness in nearly every branch Of trade.
the general market not being an exception.
Prices have not materiallychanged We quote
Apples. Sc to 81 50. Bran. S2S to S28 so. Beans,
81 Is to rs per bushel. Bagging, 171S to 1Sc.
Mess beef. Sl2 to sl2 so. Butter, Is to Csc. fair
to choice Western. Bacon clear sides. "a to
So; clear rib sides. n to re; shoulders,
81 to $40; breakfast bacon. 9 to 9hc. Smoked
hams, 9 to 12c. Sugar-cured hons. IL to
l21<c, plain and canvassed. Corn-meal, s3 10
10 S3 Is. Corn. "a TO 66c for yellow and
white at the levee. Cotton seed, sl1 o.
per ton on the levee; Coffee Rio, % to
25lSe; Java, 81 to soc. Dried apples, TO lOc
per ID; peaches, 81 to TIC. Eggs, Is TO Ice.
Flour. So 50 to $40 Is for super to fancy. Hay.
S23 to s28 So as TO quality. Lard. quiet; tierce.
~ to loo; keg. 10A to 101lc; pail. II to IL &c {;
caddies. lie. Lemons. 81 TO 81 so per box.
Molasses-plantation. so to CSC. as in quality.
Nails. S. Is rates. 0ranges.4 so to So 0O per
box. Oats, 81 TO SIC. Onions. s. 90 to So so
per Dbl P1altry-chickens. q 50 to IS so:
ducks. turkeys and geese in lightre request. Po-
tatOes. 50 30 70 3 Is. as in quality; new, 50 to
$40 per barrel. Mess pork. slS so to IL rs. Bulk
clear sides, to TIC; clear rib, 81 TO 6l3c;
shoulders, 5 to SIC. Hams, 81 to SIC. Su-
gar, open kettle, to ll1c; yellow clear. III
70 lls@c: white, IL to l3c hard refined, 1877 to
l35zc. Salt. 81 IS to So Is.
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RoARpINo.

DOARDING-ON AND AFTER THE lsT
House for regular boarders will be as fol-
lows: Single room. 81 per week; two occu;,
pving same room, SIS per week, each; board
81 the single week. So; regular day board, %
per week, These prices being as low as can
BE afforded are made payable strictly, in ad-
vance, unless : ell secured irresponsible par
ties, Families accommodated on very rea-
sonable terms. ~
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/, BILLY WILKINSON, the ever popular
.newsman at No. III Main street, near
the Oyerton, has the latest daily papers
from all points = weekly pictorials,
monthly magazines, stationery, cheap
publications, school books, cigars and
tobacco. Everybody purchases news
goods of Billy Wilkinson. 81
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FINE beaver hats at wheaton's.

USE the Saratoga Pavilion Spring wa
ter before any other mineral water 80
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
once: No. Ii Madison Street.
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.

PITrsBURa and Camel coal and gas
coke. Brown & Jones, Office 2s2 Main
street, Bethel Block. I
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Imported Cigars.

Corona Del Reys, EscepciOn ReRa-
liza Brttanicas, and Partagas ROths-
chiIds, just received, fresh and fine.
GEO. l.. GRAYsER,
So 237 Main street.
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NINE DEMoREsr's PATTERNS, all kinds
styles and sizes, at 2l3 Main st. 1891
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BUSINESS, WEATHER.

BLANK l....,l indicates no report clpner w
Hight Of water above low water mark. 30
feet and inch.
RIVER, BUSINESS, WEATHER.
All of the streams above are declining
except the Missouri, down which there
is a two-foot rise coming. That, of
course, will not check the decline, which
is now at the rate of eight inches each
day. The lower streams, except the
Arkansas, is in fair order; but business
in all is dropping off rapidly. White
river has over FIVE feet to Jack
sonport, and the Arkansas scant four
feet-ssy three feet eight inches-to Lit
tie Rock. The weather is clear and de-
cidedly warm.
PORT NEWS.
Business yesterday brisk. The Gle
burne came early, with over $50 cabin
passengers, 30 bales cotton, and other
freight. Tolle went down with
out landing. The Shreve went up
light. Kate Kinney went down
with fair trip, and the r. Z. Lee added
nearly 100 bales cotton for New Orleans,
1.-THE Church, City of Cairo and
Alice Dean went up, the latter getting
$50 bales cotton here.........The Colorado
passed up light from Vicksburg, and the
Silver Moon brought a splendid cargo
from the Ohio.........The st. Francis
brought 3l5 bales of cotton and a big
lot Of seed; also, her cabin well filled
with passengers.........The Legal Tender
had a big passenger trip from White
river........The Belle Lee went up with
a light trip.........The Belle Memphis
brought good trip of produce.........The
Nile passed down to-day, bound for the
Arkansas, well loaded .........The Shan
non, from New Orleans, arrived this
morning. She cleaned out her boilers
here and left with $50 tons for the Ohio
........The A. j. White brought in SO
bales Of cotton, 80 sacks of seed, and
sundries to order, ....,.., The Mary E. Poe,
from St. Louis, passed down bound for
Redriver with good trips........The John
Kilgour, from Cincinnati, LETT for New
Orleans at noon with all she could carry.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Emma Elliott passed Evansville
yesterday, and will be here tomorrow
morning.
The big stern-wheeler Louisville will
mass up tomorrow for Louisville and
Cincinnati. So says a telegram to Cobb.
The Indiana turns back from Evans.
vile, loading there.
There is nine feet Of water between
Cairo and St. Louis, and seven feet
thence to Quincy.
The Louisville canali is 20. X. again,
or as the Railway Record man would
say, 1.-THE sediment has been removed
from the Weitzel tdam) locks, and the
mud drum being free from exposure
boats jump the falls without the least
Inconvenience, OF can take the canal at
so much per ton.
The REGULAR United States mail
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FINE black hats at Wheaton's.
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TOILET ARTICLES.

Lubfn's Extracts, AtkinsOn's Lon
don Perfumes, FartnR Cologne,
Combs, Brushes, etc., etc.
Paris and Vienna Fans. Opera Glasses, Music
Boxes. Dressing Cases. Travelling Bags,
and an endless collection of articles
of uertu, and curiosities from all
f9 parts of the world.
Headquarters for BERLIN WOOL AND EN-
l4St BROIDERY MATERIALS.
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DUTCHER'S LIGHTNING FLY-KILLER

Sweeps them off and clears the house
speedily-try it. Sold by dealers every
where, eod-98
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FOUND.

TS0UND-A PET DEER, WHICH THE
owner can have by calling at j. Trabu,,
co.'s, Gayoso House, proving property, and
having for this advertisement. 5l-oz
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Receipts for the wosK are 2Sl7 bales. ship
ments. 59ll. and sales $3.50. against, respee-
lively 4l6s. 7I27 and 100 the previous week,
and 5S2s. $50 and 1860 during the same week
last year.
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T OsT IN COURT SQUARE, SUNDAY,
Ia April 2sth. a chiId's blue bracelet, marked
on clssp Ida. The finder will please return 1t
to &. A. Benson, 3i7 Main street, and receive
the reward. ol-1z
r osT-sMALL RED MOROCCO POCKET
| 4 hook. cOntaining small amount of money
and sevetal valuable notes, between Odd
Fellows Hall and Monroe street, either on
Main, Madison or Front streets. Finder VIII
be literally rewarded by leaving same az SOS
Front street. 2l-So
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Dead or Dying.

The finest imported cigars 60 he
had at Gray ser's, 23z Main st. 50
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PuHrs at sI5 Second street.

srRue style hats at wheatOn's.
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NV ORLEANS. April %. I;so s.n.-cOtton
quiet. sight exchange. 20 premium. stsr-
ling, commercial, 221l to rs; bank, q.
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Blank (......) indicates no report; cipher 10Y
stationary.
Hight. Of water above low water mark. 30
feet and inch.
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TaOR PENTHOUSE NO. 40 MULBERRY
street; seven rooms, cistern, aud all con-
veniences entirely new Apply on the pre-
mises. l51tl J. M. MCKNIGHT.
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WhIte and Little Red Rivers.

white and Little Red Rivers.
Memphis, White and Little Red River U. S.
Mail Line = Fer Helena, Devall's Bluff,
Searey, Augusta, Jacksonport, and all wa
landings.
LEGAL TENDER......w. J. Ashford. nas.s
Leaves Memphis every TUES IL
DAY, at o'clock pm. .z1xzslEi-
R. P. WALT. John J. Edison. master
Leaves Memphis every SAT- II
URDAY, ct 5 o'clock pm. 49,
The above elegant steamers connect at
wallis Bluff with the Railroad Monday ana
Thursday going up, and Wednesday and Sat
ELLIOTT 4 MILLER. Agents,
hat Cor. Jefferson and Promenads sif-
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-06
That BROAD Grim"
From the Commercial of Saturda


Everyday. Radical, Liberal and Democrat,
agree thai the news OF Mr. Greeleys nomination
was received all over the country with broad
gnn'
We'll, let HIM laugh who wins. We confess that
We iid smile when We heard the news. 10 US it
was hike the sound of pleasant music we felt that
it was the death kneil of Radicalism; sRd Grant
defeat was guaranteed by the split in his own
party. this nomination will expand-the Liberals
preierring that the country shall be ruled by hon.
est Democrats rather than by tyrant who is well
portrayed IN the second article OF the Address of
the Liberal Republican Convention to the people.
IL says
..lhe President of the United States has openly
used the power and opportunities of his high
Office for the promotion OF personal ends He
has kept VIGOROUSLY corrupt and unworthy men
places of power and responsibility W the detri
mpnt OF the public interest. He has used the pub
lie service Of the government as q machinery of
partizau and personal influence, and interfered
with yramcal arrogance IN the political affairs Of
States aud municipalities"
The "grin' oil the Commercial, If 1t grined at
all, was such may be supposed to spread over
the coorless lips OF one wrapped in the habih.
ments of the grave, toward which the Commer-
ciai heads the depleted column of Radicals i'll
Delaware. The Liberals have resolved that Grant.
ISM shall die, that Liberty may live.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-06
DAILY GAZETTE.
r.r. JOHNSON. EDITOR AND PRorRIEroR.

THn DAIIy GAZETTE is published every afternoon
cxccpt sunday at 4l6 Market street. and served ny
carriers to subscribers in all parts OF wilmington
and the surrounding towns and villages. for SIX
cents week. payable weekly. Yearly subscribers
-; in advance. g."Ug
The DELAWARE GAZETTE. established lash
; the largest and most hourishing weekly in the
State and has a larger circulation than any other
on the Peninsular. Published every Friday morn
ng at 81 "A year. in advance.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-06
NO THE PUnl.lC.

I am now getting up . new Portable HEATER.
which for chespnsss. durability and economy cannot
be surpasssd., The inside being Of wrought iron
cannot expand or leak every part Of the heater.
texcept the cast iron) Is manufactured under my
own supervision and made In the best manner II can
be gotten 9p at less xpense than any other heater
in the market. Made and sold BY
X. MORRISON,
Wsy8.3W t0 Shipley street.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-06
IRONsIDES.

fAn According to his weight. Has y re-
fT2SA cord Of 234H in harness. 244 in dou-
0X1N BILE harness with running mate
3 Sired by Canadian horse known As
''Shaef{er Pony" dam an Arabian mare
lie viii rtand for q limited number of mares. NJ
the stable Of the ubscriber in New Castle Hundred
hsl way between Har'es Corner and Christinna;
and ending uno l. 1872. Money To- 10 paid Mt time
ut service. Good pasture provided AZ q rer week
tor mares fror a distance. Due care will he exer-
cised to preve Mt accidents but no as
sumed should any +. u. CLAhh.
February I7th. i672-marl-3m
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-10-24
Sheep as Fersili.ers.

Jurian Whine communicates to the Country
GcRflcmaa his experience in feeding sheep from
which we take the following interesting para
graph:
As to the value of sheep manure, and the
effects resulting from its liberal application,
have never kept much other stock aud may he
permitted to add that twenty years ago,
when came on to this farm, cut from about
GO acres of land the first year IS tuns of hay.
Year before last cut from precisely the same num-
Der Of acres 100 tuus, and last year "a season of
severe drOuth) 80 tuns. When begun the
farm had one barn 81 by 40 feet, which held all
the crops it produced. now have one barn a.
by So feet, 20 feet posts; one shed II by Sc, 1s
feet posts; one II by "A, Is feet posts one 30 by
~, IL feet posts, and one barrack that will hold
IL tons Of hay. Summer before last they were
all full. Two rules laid down, never to lose
sight Of, when commenced farming for myself:
l. To deal honorably with mother Earth-that is,
to pillow well, harrow WELL give her all the ma
nure could, and never sell my straw, but keep
it all for the land, and 1 assure you could soon
an Improvement. 2. Never to buy anything
Except manure) could possibly do without, I'M
til had the money to pay for it-for manure,
when it could be had, was never afraid to run
in debt. These two rules have strictly adhered
to, and must attribute much of my success to
their benign influence.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-10-24

Says physician in Health aRd Home:
1t 10 surprising how eagerly everybody rushes
ct fainting pers0n, and strives to raise him up,
and. especially to keep the head erect. There
must be an instructive apprehension that If . per-
seized with fainting or fall fit into the re-
cumbent position, death is more imminent. l
must have driven . mile to-day while lady,
fainting, was held upright. found her pulseless-
white, and apparently dying, and believe if l
had delayed ten minutes longer she would really
have died. / laid her head down on . Hover level
than her body and immediately color returned to
her lips and cheeks, and she became conscious.
To the excited group of friends said: "Always
remember this fact-Damely: fainting is caused
by want Of blood in the brain; the heart ceases
to act with sufieient force to send the usual
amount of blood to the brain, and hence the per-
son loOses consciousness because the functions of
the brain ceases. Restore the blood to the brain,
and instantly the person RECEIVERS. Now, though
the blood is propelled to all parts of the body by
influence Of the laws ef gravitation-In the erect
position the blood ascends to the head against
gravitatiOn, and the supply to tho brain is dinin-
ished, as compared with the recumbent position,
the hearts palsation being equal. If, then, you
place person in . sitting position, whose heart
has nearly ceased to heat, his brain will fail to
receive the blood, while if yOu lay him down,
with the head lower than the heart, blood will
run into the brain by the mere force of gravity;
and in fainting in sufficient quantity to restore
consciousness. Indeed, nature teaches us how to
manage faintingpersons, for they always fall, and
frequently are at once restored by the recumbent
pOsitson into which they are thrown.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-10-24
aHsefnl aud Cartons.


Heat - WinesR R00os.
Theinve.tnsnt of fifty or seventy five eents in .
Thermometer will make paying returns In health
before spring. The great tendency in winter -
keeping rooms too warm. Tho foundafion OF
pneumonia, pleurisy and pulmonary CONSUMPTION
10 frequently laid in Overheatod, hl-ventAated
apartments, The inmates become accustomed 70
breathing hot, close air; the system 10 toned
down and relaxed; and . slight exposure to cold
since We called one winter evening ON friend,
whom We found in sitting-room with large
cast iron stove low ceiling, and the heat
ranging about the eighties. She was suffering
from severe cold, but could give no sccount OF
how she took It. month later she was prostra-
ted with pneumonia, and she and her sister died
within . week Of each other and were buried in
the same grave. The intelligent use of Their
mOmeter would doubtless have saved both those
valuable lives The mercury in the tube should
never be permitted to stand above seventy. II
that temperature Is not sufficient to give warmth,
it is an indication that the person does not take
sufficient exercise, and the cure for It is more
miles and more flannel. In the coolest weather,
when the ground is like stone under the feet,
and there 10 no drip from the caves, when snow
lies on the roof, rooms should be ventilated.
Pure air should be admitted through open doors
and windows SO that the oxygen consumed by
flame and by respiration may be replaced, and
the effete and poisonous matter thrown of by
the body thoroughly driven of. As one Of our
hest writer's on household science remarks, ven-
tlation is question of dollars and cents. But
how much wiser he is who chooses to pay . large
coal bill and enjoy fresh cir in his winter sitting
room than he who keeps everything shut mp,
that heat may not be lost, and has long dOctors
bill to settle in the spring, and mayhap grave
to cut through the frozen turf.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-10-24
Celery for Wfnaer Use.

You can preserve celery for winter use in q
cold cellar, by following direction ms given, but
the most feasible plan, and the one most usually
followed, is to select dry spot in the garden dig
In this set the celery its roots, as closely
together as possible and allhw the packing Of
earth about the stalks. In doing this the earth
should not be allowed to enter the crown. The
celery being plant d thus closely, and earthei to
boards over all, in short sections, they may
not press on the celery, and yet SO that section
may be removed to get to the plants when wan
ted Cover all secure from frost with litter,
manure, etc, allowing ventilation until extreme
cold weather comes, when all must be closed
tight. When wanted, remove a section of
boards, take what is wanted and store in the
cellar in sand for use, covering all secure again
outside. Market gardeners follow much the
same plan, except that, being taken out in guam
titles they are not particular as to the covering
of bOards.-Rardi.
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A Story fire.. "Nea Br.ee.,

A friend says the Columbus Saw, sends us the
following story "Ned Brace" the famous humor-
list of Georgia Scenes We do not remember to
have heard il before, aud do not think it has ever
been in print:
Mr.. Bacon, of Edgefeld, South Carolina, the
hero of the Georgia scenes, under the name Of
Ned Brace was once counting a lady either in
Georgia or Carolina. She had refused him fire.
quently, and he as often renewed his suit. At
one interview she became exceedingly annoyed at
his importantly, and told him she could not
marry him, that their tastes, opinions, likes and
disiikes were totally different; in fact" said she
"Mr Bacon, don't think there is one subject on
earth upon which we agree"
Il assure you, Madam, that you are mistaken"
said Mr.. Bacon, land can prove it."
"H you will mention one thing which We
agree" said she, 81 will marry you"
"Well," said Mr.. Bacon, al will do it. Sup
pose now you and were travelling together, we
arrive at night at hotel, and there only two
beds vacant in one there Is a man and in the 9TH
er a woman, which bed would you select to sleep
inp
She arose indignantly and replied, with the
woman, of course, sir"
$50 would >" earnestly replied Mr.. Bacon.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-10-24
Ceru Leaf Feeder.

Nothing is priced more highly by horsemen
than corn leSf fodder-asa roHghRess, substitute
for hsy, it fsconsidered excellent. The Arkansas
FarmeS tells us how and when it should be gath
cred:
As soon Us the shuck ripens, begin to strip the
blades. Do not put the fodder on the ground,
leaving it until evening to bind. The method Of
tying in small bundles as it is stripped, and han
cling it on the stocks to dry, is best. Wheel about
three fourths cured, gather and throw good
sized close heaps, late in the evening, let it
70 through a heating process during ~ night
neat day throw open the heaps-the faats will
dissipats the remaining moisture, cure the fodder
sooner and give it, ut the same time, tender
ness and flavor much relshet by the stock.
Spare no pains to cure it well-if moldy and dus-
ty it may prove more than WORTHLESS.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-10-24

Bowed legs and knocking knees ars among the
cOmmOnest deformities af humanity, and wise
mothers assert that the crOOkensss in either case
arises from the afaicfsd one having been put on
his or her feet too early in childhood. But Man.
chester physician, DR.. Crompton, who has watch
ed for the true cause, thinks differently. He at
tributes the first mentioned distortion to habit
some youngsters delight in, of rubbing the soles
Of ono foot against the other. Some will 20 to
sleep with the soles pressed together.-They ap-
pear to enjoy the contact only when the feet are
naked. They don't attempt to make it when the
feet are socked OF slippered. So the remedy is
obvious-keep the baby's soles covered. Knock
ing knees the Doctor ascribes to different child
isl habit, that of sleeping the side, with one
leg tucked into the hollow behind the other. lie
has found that where Csc leg has been bowed in
ward more than the other, the patient has slept
on one side, and the uppermost member has been
the one most deformed. Here the preventative is
to pad the insidss Of the knees, to keep them
apart, and let the limbs grow freely their own
way.