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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-20

@SRsEs taken on all classes Of Property indudn n Dwelling Houses Furniture, Me-
OF tn AsnnMinn- Al Madinn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-20

Envelopes, Xxx, high cut, cheapest
in the city, at LEDGER job priutirf
Office.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-20

PUBLIC LEDGER bindery and lob
Office, IL Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-20
supreme Court Sale.

In Supreme Court, at jackson Franci SYLVIA
P~higuepal d'Arusmont vs. Charles Patton.
Nathan Speer,. Joseuhine O Speer, George
Y Speer, Aglae MarPueri Q d'Layuthry,
Mare qlemsnee d LaSpthry, Juliet N
Pdministrator of he estate of Eueene
d,Laguthry, deceased. ct al.
n, pursuance of the decree pronounced BY
L the Supreme Court of Tennessee. al Jack
son, in this cause MAY 9th, 1852, l will offer
for sale to the highest bidder, in front of the
Memphis, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-20
ChanOery Sale of Real E:stato

sykea a ellison, soi's for co@piS'ti. O'''N'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20

A HAPPY neighborhood: "Mr. Jones,
began Smith the other morning as they
met at the corner to wait for the car, sis
it positively necessary that your son
must play the ACCORDION until midnight
for six nights week?" ''Not at all, Mr..
Smith. was the prompt reply. Not
any more necessary than it is for your
daughter and her beaux to sit on the
front steps seven nights per week and
keep us awake until l o'clock in the
morning." my dlughter. sir, has a
perfect right to have a beau - "And
Ey son, sir, has legal right to play his
accordeonl" Gentlemen" began Mr..
Thomas as he came up, 81 don't want
to offend you, for we are all neighbors /;
but if you, Mr. Jones, would clean out
! your alley, and you, Mr.. Smith, would
poison your nuisance of a dog. / believe
1 would gain five pounds of flesh per
week." "HelIol Thomas Z" saluted
Brown from the rear platform of the car
for which they had waited, tive been
wanting to see you for a week past.
Your confouuded old horse stands and
stsmps all night long and none Of Us
can get q wink of sleep. Just for a
change and to be neiahborly, suppose
you knock him on the head with an
axe ~
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20
The IyeaIthiest Man In VI sxico,

From Nuevo Laredo, on the Rlo
Grande, to the Solado River the ride is
devoid of interest, and during it the
best thing to do Is to reclne comforta-
bly, in one of the airy coaches and sleep.
Southwest OF the Solado tabie-land
some $500 feet high may be seen. The
sides are rocky and almost perpendicu-
lar, the top level and covered here and
there with forests of timber. The table
lani, or mesa as 1t Is styled by the
MeIicans, has a surface area of 4GO, 900
acres. Ii is owned by Patrick Milmo,
an Irishman marriedin Mexican family,
the wealthiest Ian III Mexico, worth
something more than SlO,UOU,OOO.
Milmo's mesa has reputation all over
the country. A part Of 1t Is cultivated
for corn, grapes, sugar-cane and mag uey.
Mllmo's residence Is Oh the summlt-a
handsome stone structure, very large
and ornamented by cornlces and pillars
imported IRON France and the United
States. The interior Is Ike a palace,
and SO rich with gold and silver and
precious stones that the eye Is dazZled
with their splendor. MIlmU Is President
of the Bank of Mexico, an institution
with powers and privileges III this coun-
try as great Us are the Bank Of Eng
lands III Britain. His father-ln-law,
Santiago Vidarri, was executed Tor
supplying money torevolulonlsts, and he
himself narrowly escaped a similar. death,
though he WAS connected III mone-
tary sense with the opposing forces.
Since then brigands have captured him
several times, ana compelled HIM to
pay from $40, coo to SO, GOO ransom.
These adventures taught mm precau-
ton, and he has turned the mesa INTO a
sort OF citadel, accessible by only a
marrow path, obstructed by al iron gate
OF enormous proportions. he has dis
tllleries and several factories, IL which
goods are manufactured Tor his own use,
on the mesa, aud intends 10 retire to
his MAJ sion SheI ever another IEsurrec-
ton Is imminent 1t Is said that whcn
he came to Mexico lac GlG not have Il
dollar, and got his start III business
from Lis tatner-ll-iaH
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20

Turpentine as an ETERNAL Appl,ca-
ton ia Small Por. DIR. Farr states it as bis
opinion that body disinfectlon In the treat
ment of infectious fevers is not nearly so
strictly observed by medical men as its
importance demands, and calls attention to
the great prophylactic value Of rectified
sririts of turpentlne as an external apIl ca.
tion in smallpox. He states that 1t at
once relieves any smsrting or irritation,
effectually corTects the unpleasant odor
given off IN the more continent form of the
disease. snd seems in marked degree to
arrest pustulation, and SO modifies TO q
great extent, and in some instances pre-
vents entirely, plttinE. Its powerful anti
septic and disinfectant properties, too, are
indisputable; and in this it possesses an
additional advantage in preventing the
spread of the infection. He used It with
great success IN the epidemic of 1871 2:
and since then it has been used with most
satisfactory results by others. 1t should
be applied every night and morning by
means of feather, in the proportion of
one part Of the turpentine to four of olive
oil. DR.. Farr believes that if this plan OF
antIseptic INJUNCTION were carried out in all
cases, the mortality from that lUathsome
and dreaded disease, smallpox, would be
considerably reduced, and its ravages pro-
portionately checked.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20

WASHED AND CSwAsHED BUTTER. -
The difference between washed and I'M
washed butter is analogous to the differ
ence between clarified and unclarified
sugar. The former consists of pure
saccharine matter, while the latter,
though less sweet, has flavor in addi-
ton to that of the pure sugar. When
unwashed there is always a little butter
milk adherlng to the butter that gives
it peculiar flavor in addition to that of
pure butter, which many people like
when 1t Is new. Washing removes all
this foreign matter, and leaves only the
taste OF the butter pure and simple.
Those who prefer the taste Of the butter
to that OF the former ingredients mixed
with 1t like the washed butter best. The
flavor of butter consists of fatty matters,
which do not combine with water at all
and therefore cannot be washed away by
1t. The effect of washing upon the
keeping qualities of butter depends up
on the purity oi the water used. If the
water contains no foreign matter that
VIII affect the butter, it keeps the better
for having the buttermllk washed out
instead OF worked out. Evidently the
grain of the butter will be more perfect
" preserved if the buttermiik be
removed by careful washing. The grain
is such an important actor IN the make
up of fine butter that it is necessary We
should be very particular not to injure
it IN any way ii We would excel In the
ant Of butter making.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20

CIDER-VINEGAE MAKING ACCELERATED.
The ordinary method of making vine
gar Is to put the cider in casks, open at
the bung, and leave it until the change
takes place spontaneously, which may
be one or two years, or even a longer
time, according to It's strength and the
conditions under which it is exposed.
The conversion into vinegar may be
greatly hastened by increasing the ex-
posure of the cider or other liquid as
thoroughly as possible to the air. One
method of effecting this, and which was
patented n few years ago, vas to pass
continuous streams of fine bubbles of air
through the liquid by means of a force
pump. Another method is to allow tho
cider or other liquid TO slowly trickle
over a series of inclined shelves iuclosed
IN box or closet. An apparatus on
this principle has been patented. An
other method Is to allow the liquid to
pass slowly over shavings packed in q
vat or cask, In which are holes near the
bottom to allow an upward current Of
ar. Beechwood shavings are preferred,
- they impart no flavor; maple is next
best. What is sold for "white-wine
vinegar" is made with whiskey, water
and some old vinegar as ferment,
passed through such ''gnduator," as
II Is called. This process, which is only
profitable on a large scale. Is too full of
details to give here, but the same prin-
ciple may be used to greatly aid in con-
verting cider into vinegar.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20
DOMESTIC.

DANGERS OF MoLDY BREAp.-A slngu-
lar case of poisoning from eating pud-
dlpg made in part of moldy bread is
repor ed in the Sanitary Record. The
main facts of the case may be briefly
stated as follows: The principal mater
ials of the pudding consisted of scraps
of bread left from making toast and
sa dwiches, and they bad been about
thee weeks accumulating. To these
scraps were added milk. eggs, sugar,
currants, and nutmeg. The whole was
baked in very slow oven, and was sub
sequently eaten by the cook, the pro-
prietor of the eating in which it
was prepared, the children of the pro-
prietor, and two other persons. All OF
these became vioently i'll, with symptoms
of irritant poisoning. One of the child
ren (aged three years) and one Of the
adults died. The necropsy of the body
of the cLild caused the medical men to
suspect poisoning, and accordingly the
viscera, together with the remnant OF
the pudding. the materials used in max
ing it, the matter vomited, ETC., were
sent to chemical analyst, Mr.. Fred
Allen, for examination. He made tests
for several poisons, but without positive
result. A puppy was fed with the pud-
ding for two days without any poisoning
effect. He was then led to look for er-
got in the pudding, and was soon star
tied to fihd unquestionable evidence of
its presence, as far as the chemical reac-
tions went, though he was unable, with
the aid of the microscope, to detect any
actual ergot. From these facts Mr..
Allen infers that the reactions hitherto
supposed to he peculiar to ergot are
common to other poisonous fungi.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20
II @ Gre atest Volcano.

The greatest active volcano III -e-
spect Of eruption is probably Hecla, on
the southwest coast of Iceland, though
Vesuvius on the east side of the Bay OF
Naples may be said to dispute the palm
with it. Hecla rises to a height of g.
ITO feet above the sea and is surrounded
by many much higher mountains. 1t
has three peaks and along Its side nu-
merous cratsrs, the seats of former
eiuptions. The crater of its principal
peek is a little over one hundred feet in
depth. Since A. ID. 800 forty-three of
its eruptions have been recorded, five
of which were simultaneously or nearly
SO, with those of Yesuyius,, and four
with those of Etna and one with those
of both. Vesuvius rises :, ,94S feet above
the sea level. Its crater Is i 500 feet In
diameter and SEQ feet deep. The crater
of both Of these famous volcanoes are
far exceeded in dimensions by that of
the mountain OF fire" OF Sicily, whose
crater has been estimated to be four
miles in circumference and 500 feet In
depth.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20
4 Bridal Package.

Nearly every bridal couple that gees
to Washngtor-and Washington is the
national bridal Mecca-vlsits the Treas
ury vaults. The young and invariably
interesting couple want to closely in
spect Uncle Sans plentiful shekels.
When they enter the vault the man III
charge of it, after a few preliminary
words of explanation, hands down &
package of notes frJ m a shelf and tells
the bride to take 1t in her hands. He
then explains that this package contains
S2O, ,O00, ,Ot0 in United States Treasury
notes. The young lady is de lighted to
be able to go away and say that she
has held as much money in her own
hands. They are further told that the
notes are all known as the denomination
of $4,000. They constitute what Is
known as the Bridal Package" But
it is fraud on the young people. The
Treasury there doss not hold that
amount Of money. The bulk of the
money is In the Sub-Tressury at New
York. That Bridal Package" is a gay
deceivcr. 1t does contain, however,
notes OF the denomination OF $4,000,
which would, ii the aggregate, repre-
sent S2e, ,000, ,000ift they were only signed.
But they are worth Lo more, III reality,
than the paper on which they are
printed, being mills tie necessary
SIGNATURES
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20
. a Michigan Spook.

Reed City, Mich, bousts OF a real
old-fashioned haunted-house sensation.
An old house in the east part of the vii
lage was lately leased and occupied by
a gentleman of this village. Soon after
he occupied it the family began TO be
disturbed at nights by sounds as if some
pelson was walking about the rooms.
This annoyed them greatly, but there
were no violent demonstrations until
one night last week, when they were
awakened by great commotion III the
house. The gentleman got up ana at
tempted several times to light the lamp,
but could not do it. He finally gave up
the attempt and concluded TO try and
make an examination In tue dark.
While grouping around he would he
seized apparently by a person who at
TEMPTED 10 throw or push him over.
He finally got hold of poker and at
tempted TO strike with 1t, but every
time failed to hit anything material.
He repeatedly attempted to light the
lamp. but for some reason 1t would no.
light and still the unseen force would
seize and attempt to push hIm over, and
it would take all of his strength to re-
s;st.
Finally there came a great clatter and
noise and every piece OF furniture IN the
house seemed to rattle and dance
around. BY this time his wife could
not stand it any longer, so they dressed
as best they could in the dark and
started for one of the neighbors- As
they went out of the door they heard
distinctly the report as if three pistol
shots had been fired In the cellar. Call
ing up the neighbor the gentleman left
his wife in the house and the two men
returned with a lantern. They searched
the house and the cellar thoroughly,
but could find nothing that would ex-
plain the cause of the disturbance. The
effect upon the mans wife was such
that she would not live In the house and
they have moved into another dwelling.
The night after these disturbances a
party of men sat up until morning.
They had lights burning all over the
house and played an ACCORDION all night,
and reported the next morning that
they did not hear anything. A great
many ridiculous stories are atioat In re-
gard to this sensation, but the above
were the only disturbances heard. We
have this from the gentleman himself.
He does not believe In 'ghosts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20
HUMOROUS.

CONGRATULATIONS: 81 had a splendid
time last night" said Gus. .'I spent
the evening at little social gathering
at the Goodman mansion" ''Are the
Goodmans nice people !" queried Gilhoo-
ly. We'll, 1 should say so. They are
very aristocratic. To get in their circle
one must have either great deal OF
money or a great deal of genins." You
don't tell me SO: and you say you were
there?" "Yes." ''You were invited, were
you?" ''Of course" ''And to be invited
a man has to have great deal of money
or great deal of genius" Precisely.
"Weil, Gus, / am very glad to hear you
have become rich all of sudden. Lend
me five dollars?"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20
Vulgar Habits.

Asking questions private and personal
is vuls ar fabit, and telling your own
business, which no one wants 10 hear is
another. Asking the cost of present that
has been made 10 ycu, loud talking IN pub
lie, hard staring at table, Insolent disre-
spect to husband, wife, sister, 0r brother,
showing temper IN trfies, and making
scenes In public, showing an embarrassing
amount of fondness and making love in
public, covert sneers of which the peop,e
can see the aninlus If they do not always
see the drift; egotism which talks
forever of itself ard cannot even felgn the
most passing interest in another, detrac-
ton OF friends and it may be Of relatives,
husband telling of his unpleasantness,
a wife complaing of her husbands faults,
the bold assumption of superiority and tie
servile confession of infinite unworthlness
all these are Signs and evidences If
vulgarity of far worse tyre
than that which eats its fish with q steel
knife, and says ''You was" and Each
of the men were"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20
Honest Indians.


In the year l77l, says an old author,
while l was residing on the Big Beaver, i
passed by the door of an Indian who was
trader, and had quantity of goods IN
his house. He was gong with his wife 10
Pittsburgh, Pa, and they were shutting
up the house.
'.As no person remained in during their
absence, this shutting was nothing more
than putting large hominy pounding
block outside the door to keep It closed.
As was looking at the man with atten-
ton while he was So employed, he ad-
dressed me in these words:
See, my friend, this is an Indian lock
that | am putting on my door"
"well enough" answered, but see
you leave much property in the house; are
you not afraid those articles will be stolen
while you are gone 2"
''Stolen By whom?
by the Indians, to be sure"
mo, no, he replied; no Indian would
do such a thing; and unless white man
or white people should happen this way,
shall find all safe on nv return.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20

LATEST war news: 'Dog of Chris
tian !" Missed Arab, through his clenched
teeth, ''blamed if L can carry on this
thing much l)ngerl Here is this cantan-
kerous Times again, full of lies. L say
1t is no use. No matter how many Brit
ishers send to Hades, this vile sheet
comes ont and says not word about it,
but on the contrary prints long list of
forts taken and rebels killed. It's mon
strous Ho, there Yousef! Yousef, Il
say Go you at once to the palace and
order those ten newspaper correspond
ents bovstrung forthwith, and parade
THEN filthy carcasses before mine eyes
within an hour I'll let them know who's
bossi9g this fight!'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20
Device for Cooling Air.

A simple wsy OF cooling the air OF loom
is described in the New Orleans Pica9u1e
of a recent date. The composing room OF
the PicOyuDie is situated IN the upper
story of Its publication house, just under
the roof, and in summer is extremely hot.
This season an inspiration seems to come
TO one of the oppressed occupants, and IN
accordance with 1t a vertical woOden-boX
was Constructed in the corner OF the room,
with openings at the floor ard ceiling, and
furnished with pipe for supplying water
at the top, and a pan and drain at the
bottom for receiving the flow and carry
ing il safely away. The supply pipe Was
bent over the upper end Of the shaft, AID
fitted with nose Like lhat Oi a watering
pot, so as TO deliver a shower of spray H.
stead OF sOild stream. On connecting II
with the serTice pipe. the movement of the
water was found TO cause an 2ctIve cIrcu-
latIon of the all IN That part of the room,
which was drawn IN al the upper opening
of the shaft and issued again, cool and
fresh, at the floor level. The most sur
prIsing thing about The experiment seems
10 have been the effect Of the water in
cooling the aIr to a degree much below
Its own ten peTaiure. Wlth Mississippi
water, which when drawn from the SCI
vice pipe indicated temperature OF
eiahty-toUr degrees, the air OF the room,
in which the thermometer at the beginning
of The trial stood al ninety. six, was cooled
in passing through the length of the shaft
10 seveniy-four Gegrees, or about twenty
cegroes lelow Tie temperature at which it
enIeItd, and ten degrees below that Of the
water which WIS used TO cool it. OF course
tie absoIptIen Of heat by the evaporation
OF I,Iuon OF tie water accounts for Its
IeiIif feIaiipg effect, cut the result seems 10
Lave leen SO easily and inexpensiyely at
isiLed that the eXIerlment would be well
Rorib IeIeaiIpg in other cases.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20

A sPISsTER lady called at stock brok-
er's Office, and was mistaken by the
clerk for customer who had recently
suffered by a decline Of the market.
Madame" he said, I'm sorry TO say
your margins falling off,"
Goodness gracious" gasped the
blushing maiden as she left the room in
a hurry, and retiring to dark corner of
the hall, felt for her hustle with hands
trembling from nervous shock. ITS
all right" she said, with great sigh of
relief. II knew I'd hitched it up extra
careful. But what queer names they
have for things down here"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-20
Birds Guarding CorDti slds.


The town of Ionia, Mich, has been
suffering a visitation from the amy
worm. They swept across the prairie,
p which looked as If 1t had been burned
. over, and pushed vigorously IN the
direction Of " hat Is called the high
water road" All sorts of birds hovered
over the locality, evidently feeding upon
the worms. and here. according TO the
Sentinel, they were confronted ~ an
organized force OF blackbirds. Just
in front of the right flank of the army
of worms Is a corn field, and along the
east fence, which separates 1t from the
meadow. a line of blackbirds are sta
toned in as good order rs if marshalled
for fight under military leader. They
would tiy III a solid mass TO the ground,
rs il attacking something, and then fail
back TO the position on the fence, from
which they repeatedly advanced III a
body. These BIRDS SAID party, are
protecting that corn. Surel y enough,
examination showed that the pestiferous
insects had come up to the fence, but
had not gone an inch beyond, and none
could be seen on the corn. But large
number OF dead worms could be seen
on the groand where the birds had been
east of the fence. Ii is certain that the
birds had made havoc with the worms.
and it really looked as if they had a
design in 1t to keep them out of the
cord field.
The only way to successfully fight
army worms as they march toward the
fields is to meet and destroy them while
vet on the march. Were they rot SO
numerous, we might sprinkle the part
of the field which was 10 be first invaded
with the arsenitSs; III some cases this
might check their rayages. Ploughlng,
or digging ditch about the field, which
shall be steep, or perpendicular even
toward the field, has been tried with
the best success. Holes may be dug
every Jew feet at the bottom OF this
trench, into which the worm Will fall.
1t might be better to drag pole IN the
ditch by use Of horse, and thus Kill
the insects. Straw has been scattered
in the line Of march, where to Turn
it would do 10 harm, and us the wolms
got well entangled IL this all would be
fired. Sometimes board fence has
been used instead OF the ditch, and at
Its base the holes dug every few feet
to catch the insects So they would fall
into ii as they passed back and forth
at the bottom OF the boards, winch they
were unable 10 scale. Other means
may be devised to interrupt these teli
destroyers. The only way to cope with
them Is to check their progress while on
the march and destroy them.