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STEAMBOATS,.
observation-disclosures >~~o~->o~~~~~~~~~~~>~
RED RIVER.
NEW ORLEANS AND RED RIVER TRANS
PoRrATIoN COMPANY.
Steamers
MARIA LOUISE, TEXAS, La BELLE,
r. T. BRYARLY, W. j. BEHAN, LOTUS NO.
BELLE ROWLAND, c. b. DURFEE.
COL. A. p. KOUNS.
IL n Fer Shreveport Jeher''n' USser
Red River, Minden, Coushatta. Grand
Ecore Alexandria and all way and plantation land
ings-Leaving New Orleans as follows:
WEDNESDAY, June %.
b. T. BRYARLY...........Ca Capt, W. T. Scoven
SATURDAY june o..
BELLE ROWLAND. ........... Capt. Geo. Rea
Returning win leave Shreveport WEDNESDAY
saturdays boat viii 70 through to Jefferson. +.
No wharf boat charges will be made ON freight
consigned to the company at the mouth of Red River
Forwarding freight consigned to the company ct
New Orleans will be handled free of drayage and
For freight or passage apply on board Of boats or
e. the office Of the o0mRsH corner Ct rMsg.ains and
II W JOYCE. Agent. jei rs ~
NV ORLnA1D, nHR1YEPORT, I1XA6 AID
IA0UIO FAST 11EI0HT And Pa
SINGER LINZ
Composed of Arstclass Steamboat, IN oonnectioa
With t6a The TexAs and Pacific Railway Company.
Leaving New Orleans and 9hrovs;
Dsst = sbllews
WEDNESDAYS.
In Belle, Capt NJ. N. Wood.
l Gel. A. p. Ksuns, Capt j. II. Kouns.
| 6ATURDAYS.
| Maria Leuisa, Capt II. ]. BrinksR.
| O. II. Durfes, Capt Geo W. Rea.
Giving through bills lading to all points On III
Texas and PAclhc international and Great Northern
Trans Continental and Texas Central Railroads,
Also to Jefferson, Texas.
Particular attention paid to way busineoe.
Through Bills LAdi1g signed only by
/ ,ss NV. JOYO1
Agent Texas and Pacific Railway,
dS1 Sm - Magazine. corner 0rAvisr.
RED RIVER AND GRAND ECORE PACKET
Leaves EVERY SATURDAY, At +. NJ Z
Fer Grand Ecore, Alexnndr1
Montgomery, Norman's, Barbins, Ware
and al landings on Red River, commend
ing SATURDAY 9Th inst.-The side wheel steams
Bart A, Able: .,,.. -.
Special attention given to all freights and passer
gers for Plaquemine, Baton Rouge. Port Hudson
Bayou Sara New TexAA Tunica Hog Point and q
landings to mouth Red River. win answer al hail
On the coast going up or down.
| For freight or passage apply to
/ ADAMS 4 WORK. Q Commercial Place.
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OFFICE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN.
Tuesday Morning June =.

Ol00EOO 0DSOEOAJs
British steamship Arch Drui5, Thomson, for Liver.
-,ocl~ Ocean, Zerega SEQ
schooner Samuel Z Fabens, Lyman, for Boston
0S'-''''- Joseph Kelley
British schooner Royalist, Bodden, for Jamaica
(Kingst0n)- 1"sD~'J
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" Es
+ Tobacco.
1000 packages, comprising al grades and styles.
400 cases smoking do. asserted grades.
In store and for sale by a :.
/ -.r. So q. n. BAYLY POND.
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REGULAR BAYOU LAFOURCHE PAOKx
4,stfr stsi Era Ne. 10,
Jae Dalferes master, T. Clements CLERK
Leaves New Orleans every No.
lsjtrS DAY and THURSDAY st 4. - r.
- turning every SUNDAY and WEDXA-
DAY. For freight or passage apply ON board.
The Era has always . clerk on the levse. - q
Cont street. p JeA q
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LIST OF vRSeKL9
IN. Cleared and sailed for New OFleanl

LIST OF vRS6KL9 "a
IN. Cleared and sailed fer New Orleans.
= H s.4 new YoRk.
Steamship Hudson, Eager. .............sld June ~
Bark Elliott kitchie, Hutchinson. June 10
HAVANA.
Schooner Robt Ruff, Routen ''.''''sld june 10
boston.
Schooner Williamine Scott. june l2
Schooner Bragdop, Lavender ....... sid May II
RHMAUKLRHIA.
Steamship Juniata Catharine. June IL
LIVERPOOL. II.
Steamship Warrior Hughes ..-..-.... cid June >
Steamship State of AlabamA Stewart. sid June u
Ship Transit, Percy. Nay ~
DORDEAUXs
Bark St Genevieve Demcuranrt. sid May I
Bark Carmella. Vecerna- .........s..s lo Juue
JERSEY ENG.
Ship Seaaower. Le Dam. APR 7
Ship INLAND, Jansen. ........sld Aprl le
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TIN, TUESDAY, JUNE 90.
{ POID.|
We invite the attention Of the trade 10 our fun
and complete stock Of FRESH GROCERIES,
(sone Of which are enumerated below, which We
G. n. BAYLY 3 POND.
"a, 49, SO, 40 and n Canal street.
Coffee.
$50 bags old Government Java COFFEE
40 :. seed Tick
lsO0 :. Good TO Choice Rio
Is :. Laguayrs
In store and for sale g. g. n BA11r : POND.
Pickles.
900 cases ". Z. Lewis i Bros and Kemp. Day
Co.'s brands.
Just landing and for saleb by
GIN. BAYLY & POND.
| Tobacco.
1000 packages, comprising al grades and styles.
400 cases smoking do. asserted grades.
| In store and for sale by
| q. N. BAYLY B POND.
| assf I'd aG srsi3 7sra4sJ 6''-7 zi.ses ea
| Buckwheat.S
! 40 bbls with sacks.)
L
/ 200 boxes.
Just landed and for sale BY
GIN. BAYLY . Pond
/ -eins,s. -. -. 49, 6s9oa
/ ehs sH aa t11 M
/ a.
/ English Pickles.
/ ON .-.. ...o,x.x ,.,s~ad nhcv, n,ow pinaa.
I'LL, Oauhhower and Onions.
1 In store and for sale by ... s. 49, 4.
l. !. * e. - = r. s saa - o = .u .s1.
S4s o. % ~ ana = 0eneA sEess'
i
i $500 - -. &
i AS ,, ..saas Ia
A. ca@ 80 e"'s' '' - r-1-''
i ,. x...,..S S . ..S =. .a aa,. :,
II g. N. BAYLY d POND. =
Il ts s3as
i aa
Il -. PORT. I
,, i. ,o,.. Of old " naD D''';a..,,,,
rom son me Ioo oS,sol'''o mouse " on
i For sale ia qu.ntte. 70 suit purchasers.
II q. II BAYLx POND.
i g ~ ~ bll-aaeo fna 1wa
IL - 49,. s-.--
Il -------T - = - - -e
Il g.,3 tatss 81 sszres sazEL I ~
Il D.:s.,. .na r,~. Etc'
j 80
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nRIvATE BOARDfNG-Mrs Eager Front street,
L Raw St Louis Miss; convenient to depot
Prices t40 per month; children and servants half
price Jo q
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AAIA-A0
OUACHIEA RIVER.
OUACHITA RIVER PACKET.
: Leaves on TUESDAY, June 20. at 2. H.
49, Fer Camden, Eldsrade, Trenton.
Monroe, Columbia, Harrisonburg, Trims
Nov, Ouachfta and Black Kivers-The now light
draught steamer s
L.P Dslshoussave. master.
win leave as above positively. For Height or pas
sage apply on board, OF to
LORD & McPEAKE, 46 Camp street.
WIN connect with boats for all the trbutAries je17
REGULAn 0pACHITA RIVER PACKET.
LeavoS &XUESDAY, Juno % at p. NJ.
10f Camden, Eldsrade, Tren.
- burg. Trinity and ua al landings On
Ouachita and Black Rivers and Bayou D. Arbonne to
Farmerville-The very light draught steamer b
i 5e,s bertha Brunner,
VIM. Wenzer. master
Win leave positively - abeye For freight or passage
HITE CARLIN, 4 Tchsupitoulas street.
jel5.. LORD & McPEAKE. 46 Camp street
..41 ARKANSAS RIVER.
PTSm,sR o1RKxNsAs RIVER PACKET
Leaves ON TUESDAY, June % at P. M,
Fer Fort Smi h, Van Buren,, Oar.
l@s4ERssl5 danelle, Little Rock, Pine Bluff and all
oo way landings-The fine and fast passen
"a Clarhsville,
win leave as above For freight or passage spply
N. R-Rates les. than BY any other route;
jets A Tchonpitoulas street.
BAYOU MACON AND rENsAs RIVER.
REGUIAR BAYOU MACON And TENsAs
! Il -f..r
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.DlYLY { POND,

We invite the attention Of the trade 10 our fun
and complete stock Of FRESH 0ROOERKe
(sone Of which are enumerated below, which w
offer ct low figures.
g. II. BAYLY q POND,
81. SO, SO, 40 and n Canal street
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NwKK COAST.

LOWKK COAST.
- L0WeP Coast Daily Raanem9R
| R1Rtt Pscket-The new, safe and fnnt -.
senger packet 49,
esaa SD IL II Carrick nase9.
James T. 0Pry clsek, John Estopinal asst ID.
Leaves daily Ut 10 o'clock "A. n (shaFpD ffoD -
of st. Louis street. Tor Belair Plantation retuKMng -
the city at o'clock IN the evening.
WIN eel round trip tickets to excraenise4 .
-stss b suit the times
Apply 70 JOHN KOUNS,
Canal Street Ferry O06a
P.S. Has clerk ON the lsvee during the Of
No dsbts contracted by any ons except ]. + OxsE
owner, viii be paid. afs
myo In 8eE 81 eH @
LOWER COAST UNITED STATES 4AG
PACKET.
Iaeyee syery MONDAY, WEDNESDAY - 1E
DAY st A. NJ, prcm2tiy.
- Fer Southwest Pass, Fsro 49,
con and St. Philip Points-a ia-h aoees
Jssuit's Bend and I'll passene9 -.
insu-The United States mail and passeng6 san0
Marie,
W. g. Bassett, MaGfaEs
leaves - above from the Canal Street Ferry LaAA9
Runs on schedule time, through each Wy N -
Iieht: will land for passengers 1t any poas@ 80 ~
carrv freights to all mail landings. eeau
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Pickles.
800 cases ". K. Lewis b Bros and Kemp DaS
3 Co.'s brands. , e
Just landing and for sale by
q. n. BAYLY 4 POND.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-30
Crow, Chapman, Crow.

The rooster, as a political emblem,
had it's origin in the memorable presi-
Dental canvass of 1910, between Harri-
son and Tyler, the wing candidates for
president and vice-president, and Van
Buren, and johnson, the democratic
nominees for those offices. LII the sum-
mer of that year special election for
some purpose was held in one of the
Indiana counties, which resulted in a
Van Buren, victory. A democrat, not
acquainted with Mr.. Chapman, the
then editor of the Indianapolis Senti-
mel, Van Buren, state organ, wrote a
letter to a friend in indianapolis, in
which he advised him to state the re-
sult, and he added these words: "Tell
Chapman to crow" Chapman did crow,
and as significant illustration he
brought out a picture of chanticleer.
The democrats had few opportunities of
Growing afterward in that year, but
subsequently, the rooster was adopted
as the emblem of democratic success,
and as such has ever since remained.
WHEN old Sam Crowder, down in
Pike, was running for justice of the
peace, his wife, in anticipation of hon
ors in store for her, said
my dear, when you get to be JUS
tice of the peace what will 1 be p
"You," said old Sam, "why, you'll |
be the same old fool you always was.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-30
How Dry it Was!

An honest old farmer from the coun-
try gave his recollections of the late hot
spell as follows:
1t was SO dry we couldn't spare water
to put in our whisky.
The grass was SO dry that every time
the wind blew it flew around like so
much ashes.
There wasn't tear shed at funeral
for a month.
The sun dried up all the cattle, and
burnt off the hair till they looked like
Mexican dogs, and the sheep all like
poodle puppies. they shrank up 30.
We had to soak all our hogs to make
'em hold swill, and if any cattle were
killed in the morning, they'd be dried
beef at dark.
ers chopped seasoned timbersa all through
August, and there amt match through
all the country-in fact, no wedding
since tho widow Glenn married old
Baker, three months ago.
What few grasshoppers are left are
all skin and legs, and 1 didn't hear a
tea-kettle sing for six months.
We eat our potatoes baked, they
being all ready, and we couldn't spare
water to boil 'em.
All the red-hedded girls were afraid
to stir out of the house in daylight, and
tell you, / was afraid the devil had
moved out of his old home and settled
down with us for life.
Why, we had to haul water all sum-
mer to keep the ferry running, and
say, it's getting dry let's take suthin.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-30
Combustion Of the Human
Body.

M. Chassaignol, having given to the
question of the human body his es-
pecial attention, appears to have
decided against the possibility of its
occurrence. A careful review of all the
evidence results in the conclusion that
"no medical man nor any one else
whose statements are worthy of credit,
has ever observed the phenomenon at
hrst hand" As the bodies of those
addicted to the use of alcoholic bever-
ages were believed to be the most sus-
ceptible to spontaneous combustion,
this question was submitted to direct
tests. The flesh of 1runkards-which,
with their bodies, may often be found
in the dissecting room-was found to
be more inflammable than that of the
temperate subject and, even when it
had been soaked in alcohol for several
days, it burned with difficulty. The
experiments we're carried still further,
alcohol having been injected into the
veins of the dogs and yet it was found
impossible to effect their combustion
With these facts another popular .fsl-
lacy vanishes, and with it an opinion
which may have been of service in GER
tain quarters as q dread of this catas-
trophe may have acted in wholesome
manner upon those who "tarried too
long at the bowl"
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Then he sat still, and looked as if he
was interviewing his secret soul. At
length he remarked: "M'hm we'll,
if she is that kind of woman, don't
want her. Left this morning, did she :?
MINI cost me some money, though.
Had three women cooking for a week.
Big supper. Well, I must push out.
Be more'n hundred people there wait
ing for us when I get home. MINI |!
Look here, if you see Mr.. Starr you
tell him if he can make any use Of them
papers he can have 'em. Well, must
push out"
And John Harness pushed out for
home. How he faced his more than a
hundred guests un-Harnessed as he was,
cannot be figured up accurately till
that out-township's return are all in.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-30
Improvement OF the Mississippis
Mouth.

The commission of seven army engin-
GERS which was appointed to report upon
the various plans suggested for the i'm
provement of the Mississippi river, in
Guiding the st. Philip canal scheme and
jetty project, has made two reports.
The majority report recommends the
jetty system. The minority report,
signed by but one officer, advocates the
st. Philip canal improvement. There
is considerable feeling in the engineer
corps on account of this majority report,
as Gen. Humphreys, chief of the corps,
has been very earnest in his opposition
to the jetty system. The caucus COM
mittees on transportation of both houses
have been waiting for this report before
coming to any conclusion as to the
special plans of internal Improvement,
if any, which shall be recommended for
passage at this session.
The southern and western congress-
men are expected to at once unite all
their energies to secure the adoption of
Capt. Eads' proposition, now that a ma
lOIlGy Oh Inc COmmlbSlOa uAVo IePOIbtu
in favor of the jetty system, for the i'm
provement of the mouth of the Missis-
sippi river. The proposition that the
general government shall construct le-
wees along the Mississippi is to be push
ed with great earnestness, and power
full influence is already at work to
examine the question. A commission,
composed Of army and civil engineers,
have reported that the necess airy levees
for Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi,
and Louisiana can be built at a cost of
So, 500, 900. One great argument that
will be used in this behalf is that it will
go far to solve the troublesome south
ern question. As long as the planter
has no guarantee that what he sows in
the spring will not be drowned out in
the summer, he does not SOW, and, con-
sequently, does not reap, and with hun
cry babies and an empty belly, he finds
his chief solace in talking politics and
INDUCING in a luxurious condition of
dissatisfaction with almost everything.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-30
At the Madrid Rink.

Says a correspondent of the London
Daily News: "The effects of torchlight
and snow, of frosted birch and pine, of
the frozen pond, and of faring wood
fires on its banks, render festival at
the Madrid rink one of the prettiest
sights afforded by hard Paris winter.
I should not omit to speak of the ami
nation of the company, and the gay
costumes in which luxury and fantasy
have each a place. The pleasant fiction
that members of the skating club are
incapable of introducing any one to the
reserved pond who would not be pre-
sentable at court, were there such
thing in France, tends to unrestrained
sociability. Mirth is fast, and in the
sense of rapid motion furious. The
awkwardness of the skaters, instead of
being a drawback, seems to keep the
ball rolling. When French duchess
is intent on fun and vet half afraid of
an ignominous fall on the ice, she is
more charitably disposed toward act
resses and such like, who cut tremen-
dous dashes on the pond, than she might
be elsewhere. The use of skating
chairs enables gentlemen and ladies to
hide want of nerve, experience, and
agility. Almost any one who can at all
keep on his legs is able to push forward
one of these vehicles without falling.
What he has to fear is collision with
another, which, instead of being guided
by the conductor, drags him at rum
away pace after it. Those pretty Amer
leans, SO extensively taken up by the
ex-empress when she was at the Tuiler-
les, will be missed from the Madrid
pond, if the frosts admit of a nocturnal
fete. Since the disappearance of tie
imperial court, Uncle Sans fashion
loving fair nieces have deserted Paris
for Nice and Monaco. I dare say, how
ever, there are enough here to admit of
a cotillion being danced, as Of old, upon
the ice. There is no lack of Russians
in Paris. But the Cars subjects are
not fond of skating. The length and
severely of the Russian winter indis-
poses them for robust exercises. Their
idea of hibernation is staying in houses
warmed by hot air fues, or when out of
doors being whisked along the ice-bound
roads and rivers in fur-lined sledges."
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-30
The Farmer Of To-Day.

This is what is said of him Gt sounds
like Joseph Harris) in the Agricultur-
list: Altogether. the farmer has his
hands full. He needs an active brain
in an active body. If he has good
health the work should not discourage
him. He will pull through. He should
not get excited he should not worry.
He should keep cool and the best way
to do this, in more senses than one, is
to keep steadily at work. Work will
clear the mind and ooo1 the body. But
it should be energetic, spirited work,
not slew, ..ploddifg drudgery. Every
stroke should be directed by the mind
and given with will. It is such work
that tells. Few of us realize how much
the character of farm work has changed.
It is better to run a moving machine
than to swing seythe all day, but
theirs are men who are not happy unless
they are engaged in some hard, steady
work. They have not patience enough
to manage the machine. They are men,
tai sluggards. They want q machine
to put itself together, to tighten its own
bolts, to be self sharpening and self
oiling. Such men are born hewers of
wood and drawers of water. They will
not make successful modern farmers.
The farmer who has his mower, tedder,
unloading fork, self-raking and self
binding reaper who cuts feed, turns
the grind-stone, and pumps water by
wind or horse power who plants his
corn with drill, hoes it with a harrow,
cultivates within an inch of the rows,
cuts up the crop, and husks it with q
machine, is very different nsn from
Hodge. the farmer, as he exists In the
mind of the novelist or poet.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-30

DIR. ]. Walkers California Vim
egar BitterS are purely Vegetable
prepa:;,. ION, made chiefly from the ma
tive herb, found on the lower ranges OF
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
arc extracted tberefrom without the use
of Alcohol The question is almost
daily asked. "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERs9" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle,
a perfect RenOvator and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has n medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities OF VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are gentl, vurgatiye as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Visceral Organs, IN Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKKRs
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, DlaphoreEo
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Biuretlc
Sedative, Counter-Iritant, Sudorific, AltezS
tive. and Anti-BilioCs.
II. n. MCDONALD q CO.,
Dfuggists and Gen Agts, San Francisco Celifornins
and cor Of w ashington and Charlton Sts-. N. 7.
Sold by ali Druggists and Dealers.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-30

RAPID TRANSIT OF THE DEAD.-The
dead are be to furnished with "rapid
transit in Vienna by means of pneu-
matte subterraneous railroad, with ter
mini extending from the cellars of CEN
trally-located chapels in the city to the
cemeteries. After the funeral service
in the chapel, the coffin will be placed
lengthwise on a small platform
moving on rails 4; and then shot off
through the tunnel to the cemetery at
the rate of 40 miles or SO an hour, when
the undertaken will receive it. Then
the mourners will dispense from the
chapel and the funeral will be over,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-30
What Rats are Good For.

OF what use is the rat to man Well,
not very much that we know of yet a
few items may be mentioned. Probably
we must not attach much importance to
the alleged prophetic powers of the rat
that if he gnaws q persons clothes
that person will speedily die that if
he suddenly quit house that house
will very shortly be burned down that
if he desert ship the ship is in sink
ing state. A mill at PEBBLES was sud-
denly deserted by whole colony of
rats about twenty years ago two hours
afterward the mill was burned down.
But it must be confessed that the logic
is very weak which proves from these
facts the possession of any prophetic
power by Mr.. Rat. We have evidence
that he has sometimes been made use
full as an r. A. James, in his military
dictionary, says: Gratis are sometimes
used in military operations, particularly
in enterprises for the purpose of setting
fire to gunpowder. On these occasions
q lighted match is tied to the tail of the
animal. Marshal Vauban recommends,
therefore, that the walls of powder
magazines should be made very thick,
and the passages for light and air SO
narrow as not to admit rats" We do
not know whether a cruel sport can be
called useful employment of rats ; but
an account is given of a strange pro-
ceeding at Rome. A large number of
rats were dipped in spirits Ct turpen-
tine, set on fire, and made to rush down
an open flight of steps near the Vati-
can. They reached the bottom as
masses of charred flesh, amid the shouts
of the populace. Rats are worth three
shillings a dozen, to furnish a supply
to those brutal exhibitions in which
ratkilling terriers show their power.
Rats are also caught for the value of
their skins. There is firm at Paris
which buys the skins for this purpose
The fur is dressed into q very good sub
stitute for beaver, while the pelt or
membrane is dressed into leather 80
fine, elastic, and close as to be used for
the thumbs of the best gloves. II any
one believes that rats are not used for
human food he must change his opinion.
In Paris the cheffoniers or bona grub
bers eat them. Gypsies eat such rats
as are caught in stacks and barns, and
are less strong in flavor and odor than
those that feed omniverously. In China
split rats are bought as dainty. An
English surgeon of some note had them
cooked for his eating. In a man-of-
war, where the rats made havoc with
the biscuit, the sailors had a regular
battue, and brought down numbers of
them. Jack made rat pie, baked it,
and liked it. At the siege of Malta the
French garrison when famished offered
as much as q dollar ahead for rats, or
two dollars if .barn-fed. During the
siege of Paris in the late Franco. Ger
man war mary tasted rat who never
tasted it before. the Year Round