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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31
To Fatten up Old Cows.

It is often problem what is best to
do with old cows. The trife usually
obtained for them for Bologna sausage
u nothing to what could be had
for them, il any way could be found to
fattcn them cheaply A correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Gazette thinks
hc has solved this problem, and as
serts that the following course of feed
ing will fatten the hardest case. We
are to commence feeding her with
pumpkins cut up and put in a tub. In
beginning feed half a bushel in the
morning and the same at night. Over
each Nteh mess sprinkle quart of
oil-cakc meal. After while Increase
feed to three pecks or a bushel, and
increase the oil-cake meal two quarts
in the morning and two quarts at
night. Put in this way almost any an
im!l will iatten with greater rapidly,
and in month or six weeks will be in
good condition to turn over to the
butcher.
IL is likely that many old skeletons
may tilfup by this treatment, SO as to
bring enough to pay for the extra feed.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31
gow 10 Make Money or a Farm.

4 correspondent who has q little
place Of ten acres, ask now he eau
make it profitable lie lives near a
village Of three thousand inhabitants.
This seems to US a strange question,
The first thing that we should try TO
ascertain is what do the three thous-
mud inhabitants consume most of that
can be produced easiest on the ten
acres. Is milk? IT so ten acres in
soilinE crops, good, clean stables, aud
little extra feed in the shape Of
shorts or middlings, will keep at least
five good milch cows we'll and leave
liberal space for good vegetable and
fruit garden for family and market
products As a rule this, if intclli-
gently managed, will furnish IA good
income for a family OF course it in
tolycs labor; but 50 does every kind
Of business out Of which money is
made There are ways enough to
make ten acres, near large town, pay
h1ulsomc income. We hope to give
some examples showing how men have
done it, hereafter Who will volun-
tcer q -Rurdl World.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31
care Tor Founder.

I noticed III your papera few weeks
ago a sure cure for foundered horses.
J. send you mine, which : have tried
on many different horses and In cases
of long standing; Fake some old
wooden blankets CT rags--if wooden
rags are not handy, take straw-and
wrap the legs fieht up AZ high as you
can convcuiei5y, then take hot water
hot cnoupK to scald the hair off a we'll
horse, pouring il around the horses
leg until they are well soaked, then in
an hour serve in the same way except
not quite 80 hot, aud in two hours he
will be a. we'll ~ ever. This ! know
70 be Il surccurc and thcrci no danger.
of iniuring the animal as would be the
ease with turpcntinc The horse is
paralzed the limbs are cold, and the
hot water will start the blood circulat-
ing and start the perspiration. ] have
mhen boiling HOT water and applied,
and never injured ahair- Correspond
ent If Western Rural.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31

CAS- you give "a remedy for Blind
stlggcrs IN hog, r. u &. An.-
First bleed them at the ear,
aud tail, then dissolve two pounds a.,
stone lime in Que and "a half GALLON ol
water. Md one pound of salsoda .iz
dances Of sa'tletre. Put in another
vessel six ounces pulvcrizcd poke root
Pour the liquid lime on tho above. and
let it cool, Then add eight ounce,
tincturc as saiulidl. Give table,
spoon ful at intervals until they re
same eating
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31
Tickets of Admission
= 5OO,OOO in CurrcncN

VIII be given TO the holders Of tickets by
distribution by lot OF ONE THOUSAND
GIFTS, as follows:-
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31
How Easily Rutter Is Spoiled.

A farmers wife writes: "Of all the
products Of tile farm, butter is most
likely to be tainted by noxious odors
floating in the atmosphere. Our peo-
pie laid some veal in the celler, from
which blood flowed out and was neg
lrcted until it commenced to smell
The result was that jar which was
then packed smelled and tasted like
spoiled beef Another lady Oh
served that there was a pond of filthy,
Sragnant water a few hundred feet
from their house, from which an often
slyr ctilu,ium was borne on the breeze
directly TO the milk-rOom when the
Wind was in q certain direction. The
result was that cream and buttcrwould
taste like the disagreeable odor com.
ing from that pond, and when thepond
was drained We had no more Of the
damaged butter.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31

\ great mistake with many farmers
b., thatthey sell OF eat their chickens.
aud save late broods to breed from.
These do not get their growth before
winter sets in, and the result Is. that
tna next spring they have under.ized
tlwltas breeders This being conriu
uct from year TO year, is itauy wonder
What breeds run out?
Farmers and Others who raise poul
RS should save their early chickens
aud select the best 10 breed from
chln@lng eggs occasionally with tlos,
of their ucjphbors who take IN, sam,
pains as themselves. I'm this way
instead of having their fowl. "ril
out, they would improve. \ Gttl,
attention 10 this direction will nay IN,
breeders of fowls as know by cx
pcr.cuc.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31

MILLIONS Renr Testimony 60 their
Wonderful Curative Effects.
vinegar Bitiers are not vie Fancy
DRINK, Made OF Poor Rum, Whiskey,
Proof Spirits aud Refuse Liquors, doc
tOred, spiccd aud sweetened to please tho taste,
called Tonlcs.' Appetizers," Restorers, &c,
that lead tho tlppler on TO drunkenness and rui..,
but are 8 true Medicine, made from tho Native
Roots and Herbs Of California, free from NIL
Alcoholic StImulants. They arc tho
GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A
LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect
Reno'ator and InVigorator Of the System. carry
Ing of all poisonous matter and restoring the blood
10 a healthy condition. No person can tske these
Ditters according to directions and remain long
unWell, provided their bones are not destroyed
by mineTa! poison or other means, aud tho vital
orgks wasted beyond the point Of repair.
They nro n Gentle PurgntIve as well
US n Tonic, possessing. also, the peculiar merit
OF acting as a powerful agent in relieving Congcs-
ton or Inflammation oftho Liver, tad Of all ;he
Nisceral Organs.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether
10 young or old. married or single, at the dawn Of
Wou4nLooi Or a, the turn Of life, these Tonic Bit
tera have no equal.
For InIlnmmntory and Chronic Rheu-
Inutlsm aud Gout, Dyspepsia or In-
digcAtiOn, Bilious, Rcmittent mud
Intermittent Fevere, Diseases Of tho
Blood, Liver, Kidneys aud Bladder,
these Bittcrs have been most successful Such
Discus es arc caused BY YItinted blood,
which IS generally produced by arrangement 81
the Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION,
Headache, Pam in the Shoulders. Coughs, Tight
ness OF the Chest. Dizziness, Sour Erietations OF
tie Stomach. had Taste in tho Mouth. Bilious
~ hp IudaTnnnat
tho Lungs, Pain Ia the regions Of the Kidneys, and
. hundred other painful symptoms arc the on
springs OF Dyspepsia.
They inyigoTatc the Stomach and stimulate the
torpid Liver and Bowels, which render thon OF
uncquallcd efficacy in cleansing tine blood OF all I'M
purillas, and inpar;!ng new ufo and yigoT 20 tho
whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Ernptlons, letter.
salt Ihcuni, Blotches, Spots, Pimples. Pustules,
Doila Carbuncles, Rng-Worms, scaid Head, Sore
Rycs E sipclaS Itch, scuria DiscoloIations Of the
over hume or natuTc arc literally dug NJ and car:
Tpd out Vt the system IN short time hy the use o.
these Bttors One bottle IN such cases WI con-
Vince the most incredulous otthoir euratlNceHe1'
Cleanse the Viiiatcd Blood whenever you and rs
impurities bursting through tho skin Ia Plmples'
Entpiions or Sores cleanse It when you hnd II
obs,n,ctod and sluggish In the veins; c"aiiso II
when il il foul and our feelings viii tell you when
Keep the blood pure and the health Of the - s'el
will follow.
PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS, urAins
ga the system Of 81 many thousands, are ohectual)
destroyed AMI removed.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS
j. WALkEf, Proprietor q. II. MCDONALD
90, Druggists aud Con. Agents, san lrangisc
Cal, and " aid " Commerce Street, New NuFs
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS & DEALERS
sept ., lS7l-ly
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31
LIST OF GIFTS :.
One Grand Gin Cash 500.
One Grand GIFT, Cash 80.
Total 1000 GINS, All Cash, $500, 600.

Tho Hon. Tuos. r. BnAMbErrE. late Gov
ernor ofKentucky, has consented 10 repre-
sent the Trustees in the MANAGEMENT of
this second Grand Cift,Concort, and be will
personally see that the money from the
sale OF tickets Is deposited with the Treas
urcr. that the drawing is fairly conducted,
and the gifts justly awarded and promptly
paid.
The drawing will take place in public, in
full view OF the audience, and under the
inmediare supervision and direction OF
the Officers and Trustees of the Public Lii
6iary of Kentucky and the following nam
ed eminent and disinterested citizens, who
have consented TO be present and see that
all Is fairly done:--
Hon. NJ. X. Hardin, Judge Court Appeals,
Ky.
Hon. j. Proctor Knott, late NJ. c. Lebanon
District.
Hon: IL. W. Bruce, Judge Ninth Judicial
Gen Iii II. Murray, U. S. Marshal, Dist.
KY.
Hon. T. b. Cochran, Chan. Lou. Chan.
Court.
Hon, 4, ID. Stamford, President Farm
ers' and Drover's Bank.
Hon. John Barhee, Manager Royal Insur-
ance Co., Liverpool.
Col, Phil Lee, Com. Atty Ninth Judiciai
District.
DIR. Z. Graham, founder Graham Cabinet.
Col. .Tilson p. Johnson Man. Gait House.
Or. Il. $. Bell, Prof Medical University,
Louisville.
Hon, 4. l.. Burnett, Guy attorney.
Henry Wolford. Treasurer Louisville.
A. O. Brannin, Pres't Manufacturers Blk.
Philip Judge, of the Louisville Hotel Co.
Jas. Hridgeford, Prcs't I'd National Bank.
W. G.. ID. Whips, Proprietor willard Hotel
J. G. Johnston, Prest Traders Bank.
IL. Victor Newcoinb, firm of Newcomb,
Buchanan & Co..
Henry Deepen, pres't German Bank.
Andrew Graham, Tobacco and Cotton
Merchant.
DIR. Norvin Green, Pres't l.. & C Short
Line II. X.
Vol. Rose, Agent Adams Express Co.
THOMAS r. RRAMLEITE,
Agent Public Library of Kentucky,
Public Library Building,
Louisville, Ky.
no Circulars, giving full particulars, sent
on application.
X. I. DURHETr, President
W. y. HALDEMAS, Nice-presidcnt.
ions y. GALS, Secretary.
FARMERS ASu DRQVEns' BANK, Treas.
CAS- NER Il ItEYSOEDS, Ag'Is.
GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
Aug. 10, '724t.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31
Digging and Storing Early Potatoes.

We know q large potato grower in
Western New York who dug ten or a
dozen acres of early rose potatoes last
year IN August. lie was offered forty
cents % bushel for them at the time.
but thinking they would be higher he
I.'ted them in the field. lie appre-
hruded no danger, and il was only for
some casual reason that he opened one
of the heaps, when he was surprised
20 find it 50 hot that he could scarcely
bear his hand in it. Had they been
lief, a few days longer every potato
would have been spoiled. As il was,
hn Immediately drew them into his
barns and basement cellar, and was
glad 10 take the first offer he could get
Tor them.
Elrly potatoes should be barrcled
and marketed as soon as they are dug.
or else they should be placed in thin
layers or small heaps in a barn or cellar
aud turned over occasionally if Their,
are any signs of heating. Ii this can.
met hc done, il is better to leave then
Iu 'an groun ! until cool weather set.
lA. In the case we have alluded to
the farmer dug them because he wante,
10 Cow the land 10 winter wheat Tn,
expense Of handling potatoes Is 3,
wrrlt that, as rule, those farmer
make the most profit, especially in tn
ease Of early potatoes, who ship then
directly from the ticld.-Amcricrn Az
rl.H'WjN
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LOTS.
r. Towards heirs vs.. f. Howard's hoirs
In obedience to an order of the County
Court Of Montgomery county, made at the
July Term. 1872, 1 viii offer for sale TO the
highest bidder, at the Courthouse door in
GAINESVILLE, on
Saturday, August 81, 1872,
all the unsold portion OF the lands of l..
Towards estate, lying on Red River, near
the mouth OF West Fork, being lots Nos ?
an. 10, as shown by the plat on file.
TERMS: d, ~ and Is months credit. Notes
with good security required and lien re-
tained for the purchase money.
PETER ONEAL Cl'lS & Com'r.
Aug. 10. lw- pr fee adv & bills 81 W.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31

Depot for all Patent Medi-
cines-Simmons' Liver Reg
ulator, Vinegar Bitters, Hos
letters Bitters, Rangum
Root Liniment, Danforth's
Sanatiye Dentifrice, etc. We
sell ALL PATENT MEDICINES,
Wholesale OR RETAIL, at
manufacturers prices.
OWEN & MOORE.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31
A FINE FARM FOR SALE!

lNiugin Noutromcrycouuty, Tennessee,
one mile nom tie Ieuisvillc and Memphis
X. *, near FNlmNru, containing 1913 acres.
muindcr IA "a high state oi cultivation (,
plenty of water Improvements ordinarily
good. Liberal terms offered 20 a cash
buyer Title good. For particulars apply
20 Hudson q, Chiffon orIouu Woodsun n
harrison s. htllVNn clIor, fmay 4-iln
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31

u, not keep more live stock on
YOUR farm than YOU can keep well
Noule al thing a. much az 10. :
BIZ niMsla, utensils and crops
.w rec. 3s;lyta AZ tie stock 81,
sf'.sla'.e 81 sgp'er . S'ys and s's.s
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF vALUA.
Bile FARM.

Z. p. IIeathInan ct ais. ". A. L. Heathrnan
ct ais.
In Obedience to an order Of the County
Court of Montgomery county, nlafle at the
August Term, 1872, I Will Offer for sale to the
highest bidder, at the CSuft-house door In
Ciarksville, ON
Saturday August 81, 1872,
"a tract Of land lying-in district No n ON
the waters of McAdoo creek, containing
about $50 acres, 100 of which IS woodland,
sfhe tract is bounded by the lands OF Ifaili.
burton, r. VI, Brown and others Said land
belongs TO the heirs of Jas. Heathman,
decd, ana lssold for q division.
TERMs Cash enough to pay costs and at
torney's fers. balance ON credit OF | and
, years. Notes with good security required
and alien retained to secure the purchase
money.
PETER ONEAI,, Ci'k & Com'r.
Aug. lO-4w-pr fee adv & bills 50 50.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-21
Gradual Marriage.

There is nothing better in all of Theo-
dore Parker's writings than his little talk
about marriage, in which he says that Il
happy wedding is a long falling in love.
Young persons think love only belongs
to brown hair. and plump, round. GRIM
son checks. So il does for its begin
ming. just as Mount Washington begins at
Boston Bay. But the golden marriage is
part of love which the bridal day knows
nothing of. Youth is the tassel and silk
en- flower of life age is the full corn, ripe
and solid in the ear. Beautiful is the
morning of love with its prophetic criiu-
son, violet, purple, and gold, with its
hopes of days thai are to come. Beauu
full also is the evening of love. with its
glad remembrances. and its rainbow side
turned toward heaven as well as earth.
You e people marry their Opposites in
temper and general character. and such Il
marriage is commonly :. good match.
They do it instinctively. The young
man does not say: My black eyes re-
quire be wed with blue. and my over
vehemence requires to be a Little modified
with somewhat of dizziness and reserve
When these OppOsitiOns come together to
be wed, they do not know it, but each
thinks the other just ike himself. Old
people never marry OppoSites; they mar
nv their similars and from calculation.
Each of these two arrangements is very
proper. In their long journey these young
opposite will fall out, by the way, IA great
many times, and both get away from
the road; but each will charm the
other back again. and by and by they will
be agreed as to the place they will go to
and the road they will go by, AND become
reconciled. The man will be nObler and
larger for being associated with so much
humanity unlike himself. and she will be
nobler woman tor having ma9hOod b =
side her that seeks to correct her deficien-
cies and supply her with what she lacks,
il the diversity be not too great, and there
be real piety and love in their hearts to
begin with. The old Bridegroom. having
a much shorter journey To make, must
associate himself with one lik;. himself
A perfect and complete marriage is per
haps as rare as perfect personal beauty.
Men and women are married fractionally,
now small fraction. then a large frac-
ton. Very few are married totally. and
they only after some forty or fifty years
of gradual approach and experiment.
Such large and sweet fruit is It complete
marriage. and it needs a very long sum-
mer to ri pen in. and then long winter to
mellow and season in. But Il real hap "
marriage of love and judgment. between
a noble man and woman. is one of the
things so very handsome. and if the sun
Were, as the Greek poets tabled. Il god. lie
might stop the world i'll order to feast his
eyes with such pectac.e.-Hearth and
Home.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-21
The Ambiguity Of Advertisers.

If anybody could and would collect all
the best things in the way of advertising
and other newspaper plumbers, the result
would be the most humorous of articles.
Here are a few of the funny antiquities
collected from the newspapers by an Idle
reader: A lady advertises her desire to
obtain a husband ''with a ROman nose
having strong religious tendencies" "a
spinster particularly fond of children"
informs the public that she . wishes for
two or three, having none of her own"
Somebody wants "a young man to look
after Il horse of the Methodist persuasiOn;"
draper desires to meet with an assistant
who would ''take an active and ener"et-
ic interest in small first-cIass trade, and
in quiet family - and Boston chem
ist advertises 1.-THE gentleman who lett
his stomach for analysis will please call
and get it, Slipshod English is not,
however, confined to the advertising col
umns, or we should not read of the shoot
ing of a wildcat Shy 4 little boy five feet
eight inches long," of a procession which
WAS very fine, and nearly two miles in
length. as was also the prayer of Mr..
Perry, the chaplain nor should we be
much scandaliZed to note the fact, recent
ly stated in some journal, that "a self
made man arrived in California twenty
years ago with only one shirt tie his back,
aid since then mas contrived, by close ap-
plication to business. to accumulate over
ten millions" An English theatrical pa
per, after announcing forthcomi g BEN
eIit performance, went on: ''Of course
every one will be there, and for the edit
cation of those who are absent, a full re-
port will be found in our next paper
The following advertisements are collect
cd from Irish lapers: lone pound re-
ward. Lost, a cameo brooch, represent
ing Venus and AdOnis on the Drumcon-
dra road, about 10 O'Clock on Tuesday
evening" Advertisement of wine mer-
chant: 1.-The advertiser, having made an
advantageous purchase, offers for sale on
very low terms. about six dozen of prime
port wine, lately the property of "A gen
tleman forty years OF age, full in the
body, and with high bOquet." The two
following emanated from a well-known
livery-stable keeper: ''To be sold cheap.
"A splendid gray horse, calculated for a
charger, or would carry lady with three
white feet ITO be sold cheap, a mail
phaeton. the property ola gentleman with
a movable head, as good as new" Ten
shllings reward. Lost by gentleman,
white terrier dog, except the head,
which is black. To be brought to-" etc
To these Irish advertisements may be adj
ded an English one, which was the sub
ject OF Il humorous article in the Saturday
Recie,o, some four or five years since
TO be sold, AN Erard grand piano, the
property of lady, about to travel in a
walnut wood case with carved legs -
Hearth and Home.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-21
" The Sew Hon.

Stanley is the new lion. He is a gen
uine African lion. He penetrated fart her
INTO Africa than any other modern white
man, excepting, always. DIR. Livingstone,
whom lac was sent to find By finding
Livingstone, the greatest of all African
lions, Stanley has hi usclf become lion
Once upon time when Bombastes Furi-
oso remarked that he had heard a hungry
lion on Afric's burning shore give Il griev-
ious roar, \ taXerXes replied thst he had
heard another lion give IA grievous roar
on Aries burning shore, and me con
tinucd) the first lion thought the last a
bore. But this does not apply to Living
stone and Stanley. When Stanley heard
Livingstone's voice it was music to his
ears, and if Livingstone could have heard
Stanley during the last few months he
might have thought him bore but he
could certainly not have got enraged at
him. Everybody remembers the dlem-
ma of poor Titus when he heard a lion
roaring in the lobby of the British Parlia-
ment. Say, Mr.. Speaker" cried Titus,
- shall we shut the door and keep him
there, or shall we let him i'm to try if we
can turn him out again?" Ii was safer. of
course, to keep the lion out, if it were
possible; but. if he had burst in, the best
thing would nave been tor the members
t, run for their lives and let him have
the whole place to himself where he
might roar to his hearts content. But
il is impossible to run away from Stanley,
though ii is not hard 70 keep clear of Liv-
ln@stonc. Stanley ruams 10 and fro over
the earth like Jobs adversary. and his
voice is heard louder than Walt. Whit
mans ''harbaric yawp over the roofs OF
the world The best way, when fc comes
around, j. to give up al once, and let
him dcvGur things till he can hold no
more. If, when he first appeared on this
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-21
The French Crisis.

The resignation of Minister Lefranc
on account of the vote of censure in the
French Assembly and its acceptance by
President Theirs. indicates the serious
ness which that vote places upon the con-
dition of affairs there. The monarchistS.
ii would seem. are resolved upon pushing
matters to the bitter end. and hence have
no conjunction in rendering the situa-
tfon dangerous for the nation as well as
insecure for the President and his Minis
try. The statement that NJ. Theirs again
talks of resignation would evince his pres
ent hopelessness of inducing the royalist
combinators to consent to obliteration OF
their pretensiOns. Stung to the quick by
the announcement in his speech that ''thc
monarchy is impossible they are now
evidently anxious to precipitate strug-
gle outside the Assembly and take their
chances in the conflict. Should NJ. Thi r.
resign. we may be prepared for stirrin.
times. of which, alas! France has had SO
much within Il couple Ofy airs. Withou.
the aid of foreign bayCnets it is scarcely
possible that either the Bourbons or the
Orleanists could gain an ascendency. The
republicans of the Left, of which the able
and hot-headed Gambetta is the head.
with their following throughout the land,
will not sit tamely by to see the republic
blotted out. The ex-Dictator, kept with
in proper bounds by the force of the con-
sentative republicans of the Left Center.
may develop in a day or two of popular
excitement into the leader of the masses
instead OF the front of 4 comparatively
small section in the Assembly. All this
time the BOnapartists in the background
are grimly waiting, and if a rupture be
brought about through the suicidal i'm
prudence OF the mOnarchists. an imperial-
istic coup i'll some quarter may be eXpec-
ted.
1t may be that the monarchists. valu-
ing the repeated threats OF resignation as
the shepherd in the fable crying ''wolf.
wolf. have grown into the belief that no
wolf communistic or imperialistic. exists
at all. 1t might, therefore, be worth the
Presidents while to carry out this threat
just once, and perhaps a glance of the
open jaws of the real political lupine
might bring the old gentlemen of the
Right and their clerical supporters to
their senses.-N. Y. Herald Dec g