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IL. LouIs. Mo.. March G.-FLoun-etrone md
higher; double rxtrn fat, St.15tGi. 25; treble ex-
ttA A.o5@A. Td; family, 6i.0o@5. 90; eloice,
s510Q5 q.
0hA1S-Whcat higher; No. 2 rcd. fail, sl.0ih
GLOSS cash; ST. 05G1@1. .05,t March; ST. 0(}iidb
LOTT April; 81. o7asdp1.0S May; 81. od June:
To, 3do. q. 09. Corn steady: No. mixed. atGb
3dAe eaahnnd March; 34}zQ34asc April; 34AG Gl35c
aty; 35':e juno; 3U;ac July. Oats quiet; No. 2.
sd'i2eGaic cash; no options. Rye iFmer; 47.4c.
R.tlay dull aud unchanged.
wasEr-Steady at Sl.Ol. ..
PHoYssioHs-Iork Inactive aud lower; so. 8ol
1000. Lard dull and nominal at SO. f}i,. 1snfk
meats !nnctiyc nnh 10WeE: loose shoulders, 81. 30:
esss abs. n. is clear, 8i.D0, bacon quiet; clear
ros e1..5; clear, 25. 3i.
fEgE!rTn-Flour, i, 900 hrls: whent, 27, 600 bn.
;ot9, U, 600 IN; oais, ID, 900 bu; ryc, nono;
barley, {, 600 bp.
smpnEs1s-Plour. 1000 bs!s; whcnt. ~, ,Ct0:
"a; e.fn. la", 00U bu; oats, i, 600 bu rye, noho;
Atlty, mono.
, 1879-03-07
I40trfSVILLE.

LoutsvI..tE, March Q. D.-Csryoy- Steady ht 0{c.
Ft9un-FiFn aud unchanged.
0EAfN-Whcat firm: red md amber, 81. .0odb1 .05.
Corn nfm; white, :,fo; mtzed, 15c. oats hrm;
while, 3oc; mixed, &c. Rya quiet al 53c.
1fAr-stcady nj 50. 0oGbs. 60.
rnoyts,oNs-l'ork Gutet A. 5000. Lard quiet;
choice leaf tlcscc 7;sG877ic: do, kcgs, BsaGh8atc
1lnlk mchts steady: shoulders, aIc: clear sit 81
tnb:ie. bacon nulct; shoutdcta, A;so; clear rib
61fGohatc: hams, EaRar. cHretl. HHG1UHc.
WntsKr-Markct du1t at 81. ".
, 1879-03-07
COTTON.

NEw onEEANs, March q. G.-CorToN-steady; mid
ding, Ohc; low DO. SIC; net rcccip's, q, ,ess
ba,eH; eross, 4, 178: cxpprts 10 Grcat britain,
T. aOa: to tho Continent 1.t5Il: Halcs, &, COO;
list evening, 1,0OU; stock, ;,20. ADS.
sr. LuU.s. Marctl u.-CorT"H-Stcady md M
chnngrd; n,i!altns, Diae: sales, 5i1 baEs; rc-
ccipls, 0i0; shipments, Dou; stock. 20, 900.
, 1879-03-07
11ILQ0fA
PETROLEUM.

pEonsA, March .-Illallw1sEs--Steady, saleA Of
100 bs1s at 81 .03,
, 1879-03-07
l}{)Aftt1N.

ptu ~ Masch 0.--FLuun-SlcatY; q. Western ST.
Mi.roaF..S 5oi common extras, 81. 7blt{. RI;
81 ~ extras, 81. O0zD4.b0; Minnesota do,
N7isss'sos N7ine' ~ winter Whats. ohlo ind Michigan,
lou,. ll4inala and ludlana So. al ltH. 0Q; ct.
~ so'd01u. "; Wisconsin aud Minnesota
, 1879-03-07

robe Is now worth from s2J to $.'. Tho conf.
pany Witnessed The killing Of the buffalo, anu
fllc mrat wns served III different styles. 1t re-
sctnblcs beef very much.
, 1879-03-07

QufPS.

WILMINGTON, N. c.. March 0.-sr1a1rs OF
TuRrkSr1NE-Firm at 1G,ic.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
VITAL STATFSTECs

The p irler Of the public health, i Eed
by the = r;ssaGsneril Of the L S Ia
rine Il gital asTyice, f5r the week ending
SatuEd =, the 3iifst., ard received hy us
yesterd. :, shows Inat the death ra:e Eas
lower il St Louis, than in any other city
in the United Sls'rs, and higher in Mobile
than in any oiher city. Tie mortal y il
Mobile was at tie rate Of thir,y-six and
nearly half, 10 every thousand pe-soas
annually, while il s.. Louis the dsa.h:
were at the rate OF nine in every inOusaLd
per anau 4. Next to Mobile CONES Slyaa,
mad, with ihiriy-f0ur, ard then come:
Nashville with thirty, New Orleans i:h
twenty-six, Newark, y. j, vi h twenty siS
and New York with twenty-five. A. The
other eDd of the scale, New Haven, CoIn
comes next TO ST. Louis, reporting Its u0r.
tality at the rate OF eleven Ter thoGsand
annually; then come Buf.io, Jersey City
and Louisville, with thirteen each; Bsli
more, Chicago and Portland, Ne, and Sin
Francisco, with fourteen each, aud tTts.
burg, with fifteen. By far the larger part
of the mortality III the SJu,h was among
the colored people At Savannah the
dsa,h-rate for whites was nine, and co'ore,i
sixty one; at Nashville, whites fourteen,
and colored sixty. 10 the other southern
towns, wherever the races are reported sep
arately, about the same diif.rencs is f5u7d
to eXist in the reznective rates.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
S>para.us.
TCor. Prairie Farmer. :


IJu ought 10 have an asparagus bed in
your garden, and 1t is high time you set
about making it. OF course you like a.
parsgus; every body does. It is delicious /;
i: is healthy rheumatic people are said TO
derive great benefit from its free use. | sm
uot going TO tell YOU how to cook it, that is
not NV business, bat can tell you how TO
raise il. Haven't We b.d, ten feet long
and six feet vide, that furnishes all the as
paragus we use in a family OF six, and
some 10 give awsy TO the peighbors who
think 1t too murh work to make asparagus
beds in their own gardens? Ii takes come
work to prepare The ground properly for
asparagus, but when the bed Is once
made il will last twenty-five years.
Marx of bed of the desired size 10 the
warmest, mellowest part OF the garden,
throw out all the soil to the depth Of two
feet: then take half the soil thrown out
and mix it with the same amount OF good
compost, and for red ten fet long and Elk
feet wide mix in q peck CT refuse salt,
shovel the mixture back into the bed, let II
lay three or four days and then plant the
seed. Sow in drills eight inches apart,
When the plants are we'll started, thin out
to eight irches apart IN the rows. Keep
free from weeds during the entire season.
When the first frost comes in the fall, cut
the youug plant down to the ground, and
covsr the bed with six inches OF compos'.
Next spring add half peck of salt to the
compo-t, and work it into the bed; csre be-
iug taken not to injure the roots of the
young plants. repeat this dressing OF salt
and compost every year. An occasion Al
dressing Of lime and asheswili be benefcisl.
Do not gather any the frs. year, and cut
only moderate quaniity the second year;
the third year and Afterwards you may cut
un4il Il begins to spindle. Do not cut the
yopee eeelbs un1il lhsy II = ssvu. inches
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15

Some interesting figures about the condi-
tioD Of the iron and steel trade have been
brought out by the meeting CT the associa-
tion in Pittsburg last week. No industry
felt the effect of the hard times more
severely, and only 265 of tine 692 blast fur
naces reported last year were in operation.
Those which were in operation, however,
did a great business, and the production of
pig iron has advanced from 2,O93, ,236 tons
in 1876 to 2,277 ,36l in 1873. Another
striking fact is the increase in the produc-
tion of Bessemer steel. The amount of pig
iron converted by the Bessemer process in
1874 was 20i ,S52 tons, while last year it
reached 739, 9,765, and the amount of Bes-
semer steel rails produced grew between the
same years from IA 9i4 TO $50, ,39S.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
CRsST OR SHERMAN.

According 10 many oi the shreHGes;
political "weaiheT prophets" the Repu5li
can nomination for the Presidency ue1i
year has narrowed down to Grant or Sher-
man. 1t seems to be conceded at Wash
ington that Sherman has more positive
strength than any other Republican except
Grant, ard were Grant cut ot the way, il is
thought Sherman would be nominated
withou. much contest. The course rersusd
by tie Democratic msjority in Congress, BY
ends avoring to force the government into
the adoption Of States rights theories
which were popularl7 thought to
have been settled and silercsd forever
by the war, keeps sliSe the demand
for "a strong goverument'-an that means
Grant. Populsr opinion Instinctiyely
turns 10 him as the man for the emergency,
and whether he shall be nominated an
elected next year or not. depends upon
whether the Democrats keep up their pres
eut suicidal policy of attempting to carry
their schemes under the threat of starving
the Government. The Chicago Inter Ooedn
a Grant paper-has Washington dis
patch in its issue of the 18th, which seems
to indicate that the tide is turning pretty
strongly in favor Of Mr.. Sherman, and ihst
the prospects are good for his nomination
unless the Democrats force the selection of
Grant by keeping up their foolishuess.
rbe dispatch is copied elsewhere, and is iu-
terestiny
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
RAPID SALEOF FOUR PER CENT
REEINDING CERTIFIC4TEs-

The Postmaster of Lesvenworth received
Saturday afternoon, from the Secretary OF
the Treasury, twenty thousand dollars in
ten-dollar four per cent refunding certif-
Gates, for sale with accrued interest from
date of the certificates, April l, 1879.
On Saturday afternoon the sales amounted
to $1,000, principal, and accrued interest
S5-2S. Yesterday, Mondsy the 12;h, the
sales amounted to $3.50, principal, and
$50 sc accrued interest. Total sales, s. $50
Sales are limited to one hundred dollars
to each applicant during the day, although
there are no instructions TO limit sales
the postmaster thinking it better TO abide
by the regulations, reported by telegraph
from other offices. Parties desiring these
certificates should call at once if they want
them, as from appearances the demand i.
30 great that the present supply will soor
be exhausted.
Office opens for sale at 8 A. NJ, TO IL NJ.
and from TO 8 p. NJ.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
= Cool Forgery

i young man named Avery Hubbard
presented check for $3.50 at the Anderson
County Savings Bank, last Saturday, pur
porting 10 be signed by a man named jos
eph Mccartney, who resides in Ozark town
ship, and has deposits in the bank. Capt
John Il Foster is we'll acquainted with the
signature OF Mr.. Mccartney, and was satis.
fed that the check was forgery. Mr.
Mccartney was Immediately telegrsphed to
and in the meantime the young man was
put under arrest and lodged in Jail. Mr.
Mccartney telegraphed back from Colony
that he had signed no check for $3.50 OF
any amount, and would be up on the next
train. He came and interviewed the cul.
prit who acknowledged the forgery, and
had nothing in paliistion to plead. He
had previously worked tor Mccartney, who
says he was a good hand and he had no
knowledge Of his being dishones.. The
next District Court will make short work
OF him.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
From the Indian Territory
IBaxter Springs I nes. lC.I

Since our last issue here has been q
grand rush Of claimants on the Qgspaw
strip in the India Territory. Last Friday
and Saturday hundreds Of claims were
staked off, and the entire strip was literally
alive with men on horseback, in buggies
and wagons, and many who could not
secure conveyance went aloot. As the land
is laid off in forty scre tracts there was but
little difficulty in findirg claims and locat-
ing them properly.
Many persons who took claims, started
the plow 10 open hedge rows and breaking
ground. Others moved houses or com
menced preparations to build, and the work
OF improvement commenced in esrIest is
still ogressing.
Tuesday night a mass convention OF
claimants Was held at the city hall in this
place, and after discussing the situation to
some extent, land club was organized with
the following officers: President, ". f.
COwan lst Vice President, a. willard; d
Vice President. 5. II. Jessup; 81 Vice Pres-
ident, l.. G. Weldy; Secretary, \. ID. Ingra-
ham Treasurer, John b. Opperman; Mar
shal, Levi Clark.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15

was At Its height Bat The fact that yellow
fever l. At cur doors il oi No iuiu,edi are
moment q us at The present sea-
soa, b.ceuse IT could 10 more sgresd
ihs 4 hsuan8 trees spr-ut frgm between the
stolss of.tbe BrosdEay pavement. II hos
ever, ships iron fever ro--s are in our
waters they az also probably st New Or
leans ard Mobile sid other Southern p1r.s,
where their presence is Of III re moment on
account Of the possibilities of the climate,
and where it appears to be generally con-
ceded the quarantine regulations are not
exscrly what they should be. Some people
are dependiog for the safe;y OF The South
this year upon the fancy that the ferer is
not epidem C two years il succession at any
place, shich We take 10 be vain fancy.
IL would De better dependence TO have &
,od quarantine system.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
uicfic.

The Victoria iBriti-h Columbia Stand.
ard, Of April 20, contains long account OF
the suicide, 5y shooting of man 10y the
name of Charles Hunt. lie Is described "a
being about twenty years of age, of prepos-
sessing manners and well supplied with
money. lie clsimed to have father in
Kansas and an uncle in PetaIuma, Cal. He
left note with friend saying that his
death was premsditated, but assigning no
reason for Wishing to end his life. Those
who saw him III TO within few hours Of his
death SAW no signs Of insanity in lis ac-
tinns
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
ANOTHER VETO

Those who supposed that the President
would sign the military interference bill,
have been disappointed. The report from
Washington, some days ago, to the effect
that the measure would be approved, was
based upon the fact that before he had seen
the text Of the bill the President said TO
several friends that if it should simply for
bid the ue of troops at the polls, he could
see no reason why it should not become a
law. After the bill was printed, ald the
President begsn careful examination Of il
in connection with is effect On exis ing laws
end the Constitution Of the United States,
it Is understood that lie very soon came
to the conclusion that the character Of the
mesEu-e was not fairly represented by its
title, and that while ii was ostensibly bill
to prevent military interference st elections
ii was in fact bill which would tend TO
cripple the Executive 10 the exercise Of his
constitutional power in many directions,
and lay restraints UPoa him in the execu-
ton OF tie laws. Hence The ne,ssge OF the
President returning the bill with his otjsc-
tions, which is given in fall in our tele-
graphic columns this morning is not mat
] of surprise TO the counry.
The President shows that the arguments
urged by him against the "riler" upon the
army bill, bar with eqGl force
upon the ufeasure il is present
share, aa3 the same reasons which
prevented him from signing that
made i; impossible for him 10 approve this,
He states his hjsciions IN clear and con-
cise terms, a1d handles the subject in q
strong and ststesmanlike maurer, showing
that every good feature Of the bill ia al
ready covered by existing legislation, and
that the laws at present upon the statute
books are abuud antly ample 10 accomplish
all that is osteusibly aimed at by the pres.
ent bill.
He shows that the power which this bill
seeks 10 take away from the General Gov.
eminent was recognized and conferred in
an act passed by one Of the earliest Con-
gresses, and signel bv President Washing ?
ton, that it was enlarged by measure
passed during the administration OF Presi
dG8t Jefferson, that substantially the same
law was re-enscted in the revised statUtes,
and that such law, amended from time
to time, as exigeucies might arise demard-
ing it, has been upon the statute books
since the very earliest period of the govern
ment, and hence the claim that the law
which this bill seeks 10 repeal WAS "a war
me lsure," falls to the ground.
He shows that while the power OF the
United Sta'el Government to use the army
for all purposes, at ali times and places,
has never been abridged OF questioned,
tLat the power has never been used for
the purpose of carrying elections and
no citizen of the United States has ever
been interiered with in the free exercise Of
his righ. of suffrage by the military, and
that no reason exists for believing at this
time that there is danger of such interfsr-
ence Therefore, the President concludes
that the only practical eject Of the meas
ure would be to tie the hands OF the gov
ernment, in cases OF emergency, by pre-
tending to guard against sn evil that d es
| not exist
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
THEY ALL HAVE

1t will be very comforting TO Lsaven-
worth folks to know that TIE dust is not
confneI to this place, hat that the big
towns also have their share of it. The
Chicago Lta Ooe1a OF the 18th gives the
following interesting picture OF the c9Udi-
ton Of affairs there:
For two weeks past the streets OF ChiosEo,
outside the immediate business center, and
excepting two or three prominent thor
oughfares, have been in = terrible cog7ri-
tion. Net from mud, but from dust. high
siLds have prevailed, ard the city has
en- kept vei'ei in cloud Of diIt. / hes
IN p0sitiv " disagreesbie 10 live. \
urney to I'D from The business center has
en- enoagi 20 Destroy the temper o. .ae
most deVOut .Ian living.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
wuATyvILLTE I'D A8oUrIr.

1t required six caucusss to s;raIghteu cut
the Gsnoralizsd Bourbon ranks sfter tie
first veto, but there il no telling how long it
will take TO restore order this time. Th're
are evidences Of a wide difference OF opin-
ion between Democrats az 10 the best course
TO pursue. 4 lengthy dispatch from Wdsh-
ington, which we publish this morning,
says it ia announced by those who profess
to be authorized to speak for the party, thst
the programme will now he to pass the EN-
ecutiva, Legislative and Judicial sppropri-
alton bills, wiIhou: political riders, and
then adjourn, leaving the army uDproy;ded
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
FRED. DOUGLASS.

Frederick Douglass, the ablest colored
man in the United States, is opposed to the
present exodus of colored people from the
South, and in letter to the Philadelphia
Press. which We copy elsewhere, he gives
his reasons for believing that the colored
people are making a great mistake. His
position is strong one, and his arguments
are substantially the same as those advanc;
by W. ID. Matthews, in an interview pub
lished in our columns some two weeks ago.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
NEw " -rl pwunUCE naRxEr.

SET YORK. May 49,
FLoUE-'D ftir demand su irn; sGperfine
western amt state, - JtaS 90; common 10
gsDtr 50 J..si %; Io0d 10 choice si t5a 4 o5;
hils wheat extra, 81 $3.50 .; 81. louis, s. 50
N5 D.
WHEaT-Ih moderate demand; No. 8
spTiHg, 95HsIS; No spring, 81 t6esI 6;
graded r.u winter Np. ,. 81 ~. Al 20. No .
amber, 81 Is; UuGral-d wnIt-, sl lI5I 10, No.
l do. sales Ht 81 L.. al Is
ENE-F rm"r; western, GrSG-Iqc-
= sEi-EN-D1I.
CoRS- Easier: ursrsded, 4TEai5c; So s,
tc; steamer, ~ gijc No. =, irGi : &C; No !,
- &C.
"a - truugar; mixed western, SIC IS 90;
white WtNf agu. S5ESS..
ttFs steady am unchanged.
-UGAE-Ac,IN, and firm
MuI.Nssf s. ttuIvt and steady.
EICE-Art We and ETm.
Eva~- q Met. western re.
isEN--tIUI e. old mess, - - Z. new mess,
81 .lIJ-j
Er. F-Firm-
'y- AENT--GEirt AID firm; long clear
IA dolce, .tu, short clear, 81 l2'r-
llAkb-~ilpa.- PRIME steam, - ~ d6 ~
ttitE-,-tt .lvt aud urtu; ives sTu, 90 nc.
~ Ht--a-~tvs'dys western, p a..
SAIsAY-stysdy: SIt5.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
Two Great Fires at ~ Louis,


ST. Louis has been visited with more
than her share of fires this year. Between
the two last great conf Igrstions-thst oi
yesterday afternoon, on Fifth street, and
that OF = month sgo, in the same vicinity
there is similarity in the rspidity of de.
siruction which suggests a radical defect in
the architecture of buildings of this Glass
In each case The fire seems to have found
its most etfcciiveally and sgent in aropen
elevator way reaching from the bottom to
the top of the building. The flames were
thus famed into furry by great draught,
while ST the same time they were enabled
to spread through all the stories of the edi-
fee almost at the same time. The expert
ence of all great cities has shown the dan
ger of these open elevators, and the insur-
snce companies will in the future, for their
own protection, have to make an impor
tsnt change in this respect an element in
their policies.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
THE CALIFORNIA CONSCITr-
TIN

The result Of the vote in Ca.iforria, upon
the new constitution, has taken the country
By surprise, and the newspapers are all full
Of comments upon it, with speculations as
70 tie cause and probable effect of the
sdoPtioa of the instrument. The object of
the trainers of the constitution was 10
control the great monopolies which hold 20
much of the wealth of California. Ex-
Senator Fitch, Of Nevada, says its sharpest
thrusis are directed against the Flood &
O'Brisa party, against Haggan & Tevis.
ths leading lawyer loaners, who are worth
$4,000. 900, and shave paper At usurious
raAse, snd against Lux 4 Miller, the beef
nssoPelish. and half . dozen Others. Thee
~ ~ claim that they can ride from Ls
1a0ll0 = 6an Fraacisco without sver
3I1oseat 3 - = tAeir esa lasda.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
SANFORD'S
RADICAL CURE
- For u
% CATARRH 81

Instantly relieves and permanently cures
-uerziug or Head Colds, called Acute CgttrTn
thick, vel Ow and foul Mattery Accumuif
tiOns IN the Nasal Passages, called Chronic
CatarrL ;TOttiug and siOIzGIng Di the Bones
of the Nose, with discharges Of lDatn-Ome
matter tinged with blood, and UicerBtlOu-
often extending to tine Eys, Ear, Throat and
Lungs, called UiceTarive -CatarEh. Also. Hay
Fever, Nervous Heaiacn", DiLZI ness, Cloud
ed Memory, and Loss of Nerve Power.
This Great Local and Constitutional Rene
dy j. prepared entirely BY dlStillatiOu, and
contains, In the form OF vapOrizst essences
the greatest vegetable healing and purIfying
properties known 10 modern chemistry.
BY means OF Dr. San fOrli's I'm proved nhal-
er, which accompanies every bottle Tree OF
charge. IL Is Inhaled, thus acting directly on
the Nasal Passages, which II Instantly clean
ses OF foul mucous ascuInulatiOns, subtUe'
ing iniammatlOn when extending to the
Eye, Ear and Throat, restoring the senses oi
Smell Hearing and Taste when affected
leaving the head deoderiZed, clear and open,
the breath sweet. the breathing easy, and
every sense In a grateful and soOthted cOndi.
ton. Internally administer q II permeaies
every huid of the body, cleansing the entire
mucuOus or meInbrsnods system through the
blood, which IL purifies of the acid poison ri.
ways present IN CaiarTh IL builds the
enfeebi Ell and broken down constitution. TObs
the disease of Its virus, and permits the iO'-
nation of Health Restoring Blood. UnieSs
the system Is prostrated by scrofuls or con
sumption beyond recuperstion, IL will e!iect
a permanent cure in every case. HundT-d-
of testimonials. Every druggist who ha-
ever sold 10 will chserfully bear witness 10
its marvellous efficacy.
Price. with Improved Inhaler, Treatise and
Directions, 81.
Sold by druggists every WbeTe.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
How Porter HumbuGscd Preacher

lWa-keeuey World, l0.l
Rav.J. X Wilson relates one OF the best
anecdotes we have heard for some time.
IA the parson wss riding On the train be-
tween Hays snd Russell a few days ago, he
became engaged in conversation with the
negro porter, who was about eighteen years
Of sga. The boy told him that be never
sole but one thing in his life. That was
about nine years ago, while he was yet liy-
ing with his old master lie wanted to get
some money TO spend on Christmas. So he
to1s fine turkey and sold it for dollar
and ten cents. ne watched then, until the
purchaser was out of sight snd sold the
- me turkey to another man for ninety
cents, to another for eighty five cents and
to fourth for fifty five cents. And TO
mplete the stratagem, the negro early the
next morning placed the same turkey upon
his masters premises as good a. it was be-
fore it had been sold. The parsou said the
rela;er told his story with great candor.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-15
Almost Equal to Some American De
GIsInns

According TO the Rev. Mr.. Scudder, a
missionary In India, four men bought a
quantity OF cotton in CoPsrtnership. That
the rats might not I'M ire il, they bought q
cal, and agreed that esch should own one
of its leg-. Z :ch leg was then adorned
with beads and other ornaments by its
owner. The cat accidentally il jured one
OF its legs, and the owner wound a rag
around il soaked in oil. The cat by chance
set the rag on fire, and, being in gres: pain,
rushed among The cotton bales, where she
had been accustomed TO hunt rats The
cotton was totally burned. The three
other partners brought suit against the
owner of the injured leg to recover the
value of their cotton, and the Judge decided
that, as the injured leg could not be used,
he cat carried the fire TO the cotton with
her three re'nsiniDg legs. They only we're
,Ulpable, and the yners were required to
compensate the owner of the injured leg
for his share 6f loss.