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FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Two small hogs, maturing early,
are more profitable than one large one.
The best butter from grass is fur
ther improved by feeding the cows q
little corn meal. yEotsE-
The gooseberry is easily raised, pro-
vided cool, moist and rich soil in a
sheltered position be given.-M Y Her
aid. asit Ht3 5fE
Startling as. the statement may
SEEM. the destruction of crops by nox-
ious insects in the United States has
reached the enormous sum of $500, oOO,-
OO0 IN a year. -DenUer Tribune. ...I
"A favorite cup pudding is made OF
SIX eggs, beaten very light. seven table
spoonfuls of flour and one pint of sweet
milk. Stir these altogether briskly and
bake in cups.-N. Y. Post. floas
Three Cotswold ewes belonging to
Sam. Byars, living on the Dutch Ridge
Pike, gave birth to ten lambs. Two Of
them gave birth to three each and one
to four. Who can beat this in the sheep
business?-Augusta (Ky.) Bulletin.
One way to beautify baby carriage
and to make the young occupant appear
to advantage isto make pillow-case for
his pillow of blue silesia; to this may be
fastened on the upper side soft cover of
darned net, with an edge of torchon.
Fasten this to the silesia with small bows
of narrow blue ribbon. Make each bow.
unlike the others. This can be placed
on the pillow when the baby is to be
taken out in his best-at other times a
plain white pillow-case edged with HAM
burg or torchon is good enough for the
best of babies. Detroit Post
Oatmeal porridge is excellent if
made in this way: Soak two cups of
oatmeal all night in water; in the morn
ing strain it, and let it boil briskly for
half an hour; then add about two cups
OF milk, and salt to your taste; let this
boil up once or twice; sweeten or not as
the patient may prefer. This can be
assimilated by very weak stomach, and
is not only refreshing but nourishing.
When straining the oatmeal before cook
ing, rub it in the sieve with a spoon, SO
that all the soft part will be sayed.-N.
7. Post. t-.
Picked Peppers: Select large green
peppers-those known as sweet are best
cut small slit in the side and very
carefully take out the seeds with spoon
handle. Soak in brine for a week,
changing the water every other day.
Chop fine, onions, red cabbage, cucum-
bers, green tomatoes; add grated horse
radish, whole grapes, little cucumbers.
mustard seed, celery seed; mix together
and salt. Before filling, sprinkle the |
inside of each pepper with q mixture Of
ground cinnamon, cloves and allspice:
then'stutf, sew up the slit and cover with |
cold vinegar. Cover tightly and set
aside. Excellent Our Continent. aizJ
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-09-28
A Heavy Peach Train.

There is an enormous train which
comes singing into Jersey City every
morning at four o'clock. 1t is called the
peach train, and it supplies the market
which has been specified. 1t is made I'D
OF cars which come through the various
parts of the States of Delaware. Mary
land and new Jersey. At every small
'ural station the cars stop, and crates of
peaches, freshly gathered, are loaded
lpon them. The cars run finally together,
md make up the great train which at
1aybreak empties its load into the biggest
market on the continent.
Yesterday morning the peach train
numbered eightytwo cars, each of which
was loaded with 500 crates of peaches. All
f these were dumped in West WASHING
ton Market at an early hour, and all
we're cleared out before shutdown in an
.lclpation of similar supply to-day.
There is no pause in the handling of
peaches. The market men must get
hem Immediately off their hands, and
hey accept one price when they cannot
get another. Ii the train is DELAYED
here is less time for selling. What is
called glut is the consequence. and.
The exchange being rapid, the prices are
ess. This was the case yesterday. The
rain was so heavy that it was iaggard.
1t had to be broken into four parts to be
ragged into Jersey City, and the last
section did not arrive until nearly eight
o'clock, four hours behind the proper
lime. At noon the booths in the market
we're bursting. All the small stands for
mile about were loaded down. Ganse-
Eoort Market, up at the head of Hudson
Street, was so choked with the fruit that
quantity of it rolled into the cutters.
But the alleys swarmed during all the
heat of the day with thousands of BUYERS.
The great trucks of the produce men
:olled in and out of the market in an
uninterrupted stream for hours, and bv
aightfall the booths were empty, and the
100000 900 peaches were gone.
OF yesterdays shipment to the city s.
10000 peaches came from MARYLAND
and Delaware, and 100000 from New
Jersey-this, of course, being an esti-
mate. The Delaware and Maryland fruit
IS considered finer than that from the
State just across the river. As for the
watermelons, whatever NAV be the fact
As to their relative taste, there can be no
doubt OF the superior beauty of the
melon of the Carolinas as compared with
its cousin from New Jersey The Jersey
melon is deep sea green. stumpv, ro-
fund, and on the whole ridiculous in
whereas the Carolina fruit
is nearly yard long, beautifully ellipti-
cal in shape, and set off with longitude
nal stripes of yellow. green and pink of
the most brilliant hue. In the starlight
and lamplight last evening the hum
mocks OF New Jersey melons looked al
together mean in contrast with the
pyramids formed by their robust and
gorgeous Southern neighbors. 1t is an
advantage with watermelons that thew |
Ire not perishable in nearly so high a |
degree as peaches are. Watermelons |
ian be kept four or five days if the
supply of watchmen is sufficient. With
'ut watchmen, however, watermelons
IRE eVanescent, and can be kept no
onger than pcaches.-N Y. SAN. ,
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4 Snake Visitation in Chester, Count

, Ii st. Patrick ever revisits Iy"th
glimpses Of the MOON he can find con
genial work by descending in Cheste
County, Pa. wheren snakes of man
kinds have multiplied at such rate tba
It is now scarcely safe to go onfoot, sa1
laborers in the harvest fields are az
handing double pay for their service
IN view Of the danger, that each .day
work will be their last. Old inhsoi1
ants Of the county, declare that such
visitation of venomous reptiles has Dc \
er afflicted them before, and people vnl
certainly tell the truth on other sueec
relate amusing stories Of the placi
snakes and copperheads which they sssj
their neighbors have killed. leG
Mishler had a ten-acre field OF whea.s .
harvest in Coventry Township, ana Y
reaper decapitated seven snakes in gu
ting fWoswathes The reptiles so frgs1
ened the horses that it was no longI
possible to drive them up to the stan
ing grain. [, Cradles. wersstherelo,
brought, but, the farm-hands would
WELD them until they had been PT1pl pro-
ised double wages for the job VIZ
the uncut grain was reduced TO spO
half an acre it was alive with snake
and the workmen killed seventeen
less than an hour. --PhiIadelph,a IR"s
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The Champion Tenement House.

Berlin boasts the champion tenement
house. 1t is lofty double house with
an additional house in the rear and l ,258
persons make their home in it. A refig-
ious census of the house has been taken.
from which it appears that 4 ,O734of tho
tenants belong to the Evangelie Lutheran
faith, 132 are Roman Catholics, twenty
six are Jewish and twenty-seven are dis
senters of various shades: Of the women
sixty-six Were living alone, fifty-nine
were Lutheran and seven Roman Cath
Ole; eight had been abandoned by their
husbands. Eighteen Lutheran husbands
had Catholic and two had Jewish wives;
eleven Catholic husbands had Lutheran
wives. In one case the husband was
Jewish and the wife Lutheran, and in
one the husband was dissenter and the
wife Jewish.
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embroglio, a war resulting and Denmark
being plundered of her German Ouch
les. Austria proposed to rake an indie
pendent State out of these conquests,
while Bismarck desired German Con-
federation under the leadership of Prus-
STA.
The war with Austria was now pre-
cipitated by Bismarck. He regarded
Austria as an Oriental and not German
power, and determined to put Prussia at
the head of Germany.
In the spring of 1866 he was fired al
and slightly wounded by young man.
Five shots We're fired and three of them
struck him. while Bismarck had his as
saiant by the throat. He walked to his
house and ate his dinner as usual, and
it is said that nobody at his table ate but
himself. The King came to see him and
the people serenaded him. The assas-
sin committed suicide. "Gath, ~ in Gin
cta,aati Enquirer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-09-28
The Cattle Plague in PENNSYLVANIA.

A new and mysterious disease ha,
broken out among the cattle in some sec
tons OF Pennsylvania. They have beer
known to drop dead fifteen minutes after
they were first attacked. Two cows
were driven in the pasture early in the
morning. They were apparently well,
but In twenty minutes they dropped
dead. The rest of the herd commenced
believing and paving the earth, and
prancad around the dead carcasses that
were rapidly swelling. In a short time
SIX more of the same drove were dead.
The owner had their swollen bodies lined
and buried in the woods. In this same
way thirty-fiye head of cattle persisted
on different adjoining farms. Some died
In the stable. One farmer found two
COWS dead in the barnyard When the
cattle are first attacked they refuse to
eat or drink. They seem to be seized
with chill, and breathing becomes diff
cult. Some moan and appear to be in
great pain. In short time they lie
down and die in great agony. Their
bodies swell out of proportion, and a
very foul odor is emitted A hasty ex-
animation of one of the bodies shows
that the blood of the dead animals turns
completely black. veterinary surgeon
has been kept very busy for the past few
days and at present is working day and
night. He says the disease starts in the
head, and he has become deathly sick
while boring the horns of sick cattle. He
says that the cows are dying from apo.
plexy of the spleen, and his opinion is
concurred in by others, who are also
buslly engaged in the work of attending
to various herds now in quarantine.
The spleen of some of the dead car
cases is found to be quite putrid. The
bodies of the dead animals are very pois-
onous and one man has already died
from lock-jaw and blood poisoning. He
undertook to skin carcass for its hide
and also to perform a post mortem.
Some of the poison of the animal got
INTO his system through wound on his
hand, and in few hours his entire sys-
tenn was poisoned. His body, arms and
limbs became fearfully swollen and COW
cred with black blotches. He was then
attacked with lock-jaw, and died in ter
rlble agony. Two others who assisted
him narrowly escaped death. Their
blotches were burned with caustic
Since then no attempts have been made
to skin animals or examine them. They
are buried in a hurry and the rest of the
herd quarantined. Ali barnyards and
stables are being thoroughly eleansed,
ana farmers are quickly guaranteeing
all their cattle. The disease is eontaoi.
Gus and said to be worse than the rinder-
pest or pleuro-pnemonia. philadelphia
Pr ess.
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An Americanized

An Americanized Frenchman. a,
rather Utahized Frenchman, of South
chester, Pa, has two wives and eighteen
chlldren-nine by each wife. The
women are sisters, and the half brothers
ana sisters are each others cousins.
Their father is their uncle, and then
mothers are their aunts. The mothers
are each others sisters-in-law, and the
husband is brother-in-law to both. The
man IS the uncle of his own children.
and consequently is his own brother.
he is the husband of his children's aunt.
and, by very simple course of reason,
ing' IS uncle by marriage to his ows
offspring. Chicago Inter Ocean,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-09-28
Canonchet Sold,

Recently the famous homestead of
Governor William Sprague, Canonchet.
was sold under the hammer. There was
large crowd in waiting, but all were
1enied admission. On Monday an at
tachment for $4,000 was levied ON the
estate by a United States Marshal in
favor of Philadelphia people. Trustee
Chaffee and Lawyer Patton were there
ready for the sale. At twelve O'Clock the
largest crowd ever attending an auction
sale of the Sprague property assembled
IN the roadway in front of the main en-
trance OF Canonchet. Before the sale
was begun, Mr.. Richard Comstock. of
providence. gave notice to the auctioneer
and all intending to bid that on Mon
hay the firm of Mowry & Comstock had
attached the Canonchet property in the
name of Evan Randolph of Philadelphia,
Tor. $40, 900 on process issued out of
the United States Court. Mr.. C. Frank
Parkhurst in reply to this said that this
attachment grew out of suit of
Hoyt, Sprague & Co. The title
to this property was originally in
the Spragues and the latter were not
liable in this matter. Auctioneer Hall
invited the crowd to get over the gate
and come across the bridge, where it
was shady. They followed him to the
other side of the bridge by walking
across the stringers, and were about to
pass on to the grounds when Willie
Sprague suddenly appeared in the road
mounted on horse. He cried "Ha!tr'
and the order not being obeyed at once,
he put his right hand into his pocket and
took hold of pistol, and then there was
a halt. No one offered to advance a step.
The bidding was begun by Henry Hid
den, OF Providence, for $4,000, and
George w. Butts made it S2l 900. Oil
yer W. Green, of Wexford, bid $4,000.
Then Sheriff Tucker gave notice that the
local auctioneer, under whose direction
The sale was begun, was not legally ap-
pointed, and that he should hold every
one responsible for what was done. Mr..
Hall explained the facts of Mr.. Chand-
ler's appointment and engagement be-
tore the town council, and then the sale
again progressed. The Issue was now
between James ID. Lynch, of New York,
who bid in the interest of Francis D.
Moulton. the ''mutual friend" of Beech |
II and Tilton. Moulton finally secured
he property at S62, $50.
While the sale was in progress Gov
,rnor sprague occupied the front piazzi
u the house with a rifle in his hand. |
the advance of the enemy. The
ale was a terrible sacrifice, $500. 900
lavlng been laid out on the property,
While there were four hundred acres OF
ana thrown in. 1t was bought for spec
!iatlon and will be sold in lots. -Provi-
'e'ace Or. ~ Special to Chicago Times.
-On the eve of a Yorkshire election
irs. Wentworth Beaumont Ga great coal
wner), an aged lady, drove in her
hariot-and-four to Downing Street, and
ought an interview with the then Prime
lnlStnr with .,rlac,,,, IL. - |
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On the eve of Yorkshire election
Mrs. Wentworth Beaumont Ga great coal
owner), an aged lady, drove in her
charlot-and-four to Downing Street, and
sought an interview with the then Prime
Minister, with whom she was well ac.
9ualnted. .'Well, my lord, are you quite
determined to make Your man stand for
our seats" ''Quite determined. ..Verv
wen. am on my way to Yorkshire
with $500, 600 for my man. Try and do
better than that Lord Dacre. who told
ms story, said that he had known the
Government to spend 5000, 900 secret
service money on an election. y
Sun.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-26
COMMERCIAL
PUBLIC LEDGER oEEIcH

mhAHhiot AEhhss OctODeT 20 1909. J
The money market, while still close,
with all available capital actively m
ployed, has been greatly relieved by
free sales of cotton, the total sales of
which, since the season opened, exceed
$4,000 bales, for which but little under
s2,OOO,OOO has been realized. Though
this is a small sum compared to the
volume which has been advanced
during the recent cropping season, yet
1t has gone far toward Affording plant
ers with funds necessary at this par
tlcular season to pay off cotton pickers
and supply n~ecessaries. A number of
our money loaning institutions, in
Guiding insurance companies, are
already accumulating funds, and be-
tween the first and fourth of the
coming month large additions are ex.
pected, hence stocks and Investment
securities, SO long inactive and almost
nominal, are beginning to attract at.
tentiOn. The ruling rate Of discount
for commercial paper is s per cent.
Exchange is UNMARRIED at / to &c dis.
on the East and to off on New Or
leans. The banks sell drafts on the
latter, and also on New York at par.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-26

Sales yesterday 1900 bales, to ex.
porters 200, to spinners 300, closing
at tc decline from the day before aud
lower to sell, as follows: Ordinary,
SIC; good ordinary, 91c; low middling,
lO5c; middling, 1O8c; good middling,
l0Bc; middling fair, 1O5c.
Receipts of cotton at all American
ports for the past five days, 1851
bales; increase of 31,OS7 bales as
compared with the same date last
year. Total receipts at all ports
since the first Of the month, 1,O7O,3l2
bales, a decrease Of 31,087 bales, and
III ia bales as compared with the
two previous years. Exports, ZIG, SIS
bales 5l2,593 bales and 5O7, sos bales
for this and the previous two years.
Stocks, 1892 bales, 568, 6S7 bales and
5S7,239 bales for this and the two pre-.
viOus years. Visible supply of the
world. 1,7OO,37S bales, a decrease Of
1885 bales, and 19, 1922 bales, as com.
pared with 1881 and 1880 at the same
date.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-26
General Trade.

The meat market is weak with quo
tations somewhat lower and jobbers
are filling orders at l4ial4sc for long
clear and 141a14ic for clear ribbed dry
sailed qualities, the inside for loose
and higher figures for packed.
Smoked strips sell at 1910 packed.
Concessions are made in some cases on
the foregoing quotations. Hams are
very scarce and the few offering are
quoted at 1910. The market is about
bare Of other kirds Of smoked meats.
Lard is reported at 13a131c for t%ierces,
3c higher for kegs and half bbls and
and another quarter added for pals.
Flour rules unchanged with a steady
jobbing demand for the better
classes and a decreased inquiry for low
grades. COrnmeal is quiet at So %
per Dbl for lots and l0c higher at
retail. New shelled corn, if dry, is
worth zoe per bushel; ear, 55a60c,
with small orders Babe higher. Oats
are firm at 45c from first hands, and
tSa5Oc on orders. Bran is firm at
$ll 90 per ton, and 85a90c per cwt,
Hay is weak at $l4a16 per ton for
prime to choice Western timothy,
and 85caSl Copper cwt.; Southern prai-
RE is 81 90 per ton and SOC per cwt.
Cotton seed is $l2 per ton, and cotton
seed meal 1923 % per ton, or 81 30 per
owt. in a small way. Potatoes are
worth from 81 6Oa2 10 per Dbl as per
quality in lots, and jobbers charge
from SO O0a2 80 per Dbl; sweets are
inactive at 81 GOAL 5Oiper Dbl. Onions
sell at 81 80 to 81 IS per Dbl in lots,
and 50 to 81 80 per Dbl at retail. Cab
bage is jobbing at 81 so to IS per loo
head with lots at'the track 81 cheaper
Beans are easy at 81 TO - so pei
bushel, and peas at 81 80 to 50 so pei
bushel as per quality, the latter fol
lady peas. Apples sell at 81 so tC
81 70 per Dbl for choice sound in lots
and - 70 to So at retail. The receipts
of loose apples from the country have
been selling slowly at 81 so to 81 81
per Dbl. Butter is in demand at 2
to 26c per ID for country and choicl
prairie; Western classes are from 10 t,
2lc as per quality, and 80 to 40c 70
creamery. Cheese is steady OF IA Il
16c for best qualities. Turkeys ar,
selling at s13 to SIS per doz,; duck
at 50 to SO so; chickens at 81 t.
"a per dozen as per quality, and egg
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-26
ss~-shIPments Ofal kInds OI COnntFy Produee soIIeitea

Miss Alice Carter. the accomplished
daughter Of Captain A. j. Carter.
The R. R. Springer, from New Or
leans, past up last evening, to Cairo.
She will probably leave that port on
Saturday, for New Orleans. The
Springer had a fair trip and dis.
charged about $50 packages here.
Miss May Hall, daughter of CAPTAIN
Clarence Hall, the energetic steam
boat passenger agent, arrived this
morning a passenger on the Ste. Gen
eyieve and speaks in high terms OF the
kind attentions received at the hands
Of the boats officers.
The Belle Memphis is tbs Anchor
Line packet leaving at 10 I'm. to-
morrow for V~icksburg, and the City
OF Providence leaves at the same hour
for Cairo and st, Louis. Both are
new and elegant steamers, and are in
charge Of clever and experienced
officers.
The Ste. Genevieye arrived last
night with $500 packages Of freight
and a good list Of people. She leaves
this evening with a return trip for
Cairo, st. Louis and way mail land
ings. Captain Carvelle commands,
with the office in charge Of Rolla Por-
ter and Pell Thomas.
The Katie Hooper arrived lastnigbt
with $50 bales cotton and 876 SKIS cot
ton seed. She leaves this evening
with a return trip for Pine Bluff and
way landings on Arkansaw river, at.
tending promptly to all business that
offers, and making direct connection
with smaller boats for Little Rock
and points above. Captain Ed Now
land commands, with the Office in
charge of Captain Charles Musselman
and Chas. Leftwich.
The Hard Cash arrived nea mid
and brought out of White river
7O6 bales Of cotton, reshipping 1876
bales at Terrene for New Orleans, and
bringing to this port 81 bales cotton
and 793 SKIS cotton seed. She leaves
this evening with a return trip for all
On White river through to
} ~acksonpOrt, where direct connection
is made with light draft steamers for
upper White and Black rivers. Cap
tain i. O. Postal commands, with the
office in charge Of Charles and Joseph
Postal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-26
An American In Arrion.


AVN AVih heidlus
The New World, with so much
OF its own surface unexpected by the
antiquarian, has nevertheless sent its
scholars and enthusiasts to the Old,
each bent on unearthiug some prob
lem that puzzled the ages. They did
not start on their quests weighted
down with the accepted views of their
contemporaries. IF they found in
the writings. Of antiquity such and
such a thing set down, that a man told
as his own experience, they did not
hasten to declare that be was a liar
because some writer two thousand
years ago thoughtthe story improbable.
1t was with this faith that S~chliemann
went to look for Ilion on the Troas
and found a Cyclopean walled city
under three other cities. 1t wa on
the word of Herodotus and Strabo
and against the opinions of French
and German Psychologists that
Mr.. +. Cope WhitehOuse, Of this
city, went to Egypt to look for Lake
MOeris Of the ancients, He thought
HerOdotus knew a mile from a fur.
long and three hundred feet from
thirty, so he went to see with his own
eyes il the moderns we're not in the
wrong. His explorations establish
the truth of the earliest writings.
Lake Moeris has shrunk to small d.
mansions, but its bed remains. Her.
odotus called IL an artificial lake-in
fact it was a great storehouse for Nile
water. The Importance Of Mr.. White
houses work lies in the possibility of
partially %recreating this great reser-
voir, restoring fertility to large
stretches o fnow sterile land, and even
making a canal which would be of in.
comparable benefit to thepeople whom
Arab Bey sought to raise to the mas
tership Of their destiny.