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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-24
Clearinghouse Renarf.
NOTICE.

Vmce OF BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE CONF
MssIoNERs, TAXING DISTRICT,
April "a, 1888.
h Inc following described property having
part ent as being in a dangerous eondition
and unsafe TO life and property, this Il 10
notify all parties Of interest to appear befors
the board of Fire and Police CommissionerS
on monday, April so, at 2 O'clock y m.
IN their otiice.in the courthouse, and show
cause why the tame shall not be condemned
of 2 Digest Of Ordinances; F'e'' wv
Main street, No. 2O5.
JEFFERSON street, in rear of Nos. Is. IT, 10.
DAVID P. MADDEN,
Attest' CHAs. l.. PULLEy, Secretary. a751
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-24

THE furious storms committed great
havoc at various points between this
and the gulf on Sunday. Chattanooga
suffered to the amount Of $4,000, and
the property and lives destroyed in
other localities was large.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-24

ter who was then thus introduced to
the public: James Buchanan, having
completed the study of the law under
james Hopkins, Esq, intends practic-
ing in this borough. He has taken an
ONCE In East King street, two doors
above Mr.. Duehmsn's inn, and nearly
opposite the Farmers Bank"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-24

MRS. Langtry took in s229, 66S,GS,
and ever SO many people besides, dur.
ing her recent professional beauty
tour in this country, and all within "a
weeks.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-24
SherlH's Sale of Real Estate

JGBtlo notice is hereby given, that by
niue Of an execution to me directed
II ron n inc Hon. Circuit Court of Shelby coun-
ys, Johu M Sanderlin. Judgment rem
ddered on the 18th day of January, issa,
for the sum Of six hundred and sixty-one
dollars and eighty-six cents,with interest and
will, on "''"" s'o''
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-24

1896 middling fair, l12sc; fair, 1215c.
Futures barely steady at l to 4 points
below yesterday closing prices,
new ORLEANS, April "a. 1l:9O am.
C cI quiet and easy. Middling, 9Kc.
S ss1e to-day, 500 bales. Receipts to lay,
4z1i at Galveston, 1904 Charleston 67S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-24
Denvar's Academy 81 Music.

DENVER, April 24.-The new
Academy Of Music will be formally
opened tonight. 1t is complete in
all its appointments, and bright and
attractive.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-24
A Sure Sign,
Philadelphia News.

-Four or five dogs around q house is
generally a sign that their master is
usually out OF work and his wife takes
in washing.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-24

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2O,-A good
rain fell all over the State yesterday.
An average wheat crop is assured,
except in few limited areas.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-24
Ifhe BeginnIng ora Great Career

The following advertisement from
one Of the old files of theIntelligencer
has some personal interest in view OF
the later career Of the brieaess barris.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-24
Winlertsh.

CINoINNATI, April 24.--Ioo an
eighth of an inch thick formed here
this morning. 1t is feared that the
fault is injured.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-24
Fire.

BANGOR, Me-, April PA fire last
night nIg destroyed property valued at
S32, 900; partly insured. >
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-19

whip. but to get Kami. She was in a
great hurry, and rushed to Kami's bed,
and taking hold of the little sleeper
there. dragged him, half-awake only,
out into the street, and there laid on
the whip so sOundly that the little fei-
low was moved to do his full share to-
ward soaring the elephants. How he
did yell! And the more he yelled and
struggled, the harder she whipped.
The elephants were frightened away
at last, and the children were led back
to the hut and put to bed again.
There probably was never a more as
tonished boy than BObolo was that
night. He was so greatly overcome
that he could not say word, but lay
all the rest of the night sobbing with
pain and wondering what had happened.
The next morning there was an ex-
PLANTATION when his mother saw her
darling boy all covered with stripes
where she had struck him. 1t seemed
even to that stupid little fellow that
there was something like retribution in
his punishment, for as it turned out he
had been logged with his own cruel
whip, which his mother had picked up
by accident as she entered the hut.
However, the result happily was that
Bobolo learned two important things.
One was how to scare an elephant, and
the other was that he would cry if he
was struck with a whip. His poor
slaves benefited by the last piece of
knowledge. for he did not use his whip
so freely after that.-Iouth's Con.pdn-
ION
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-19
A LHdicrOus Blunder.

Readers of newspapers are sometimes
amused at ludicrous blunder
which the proof-reader has failed to
correct. But few. however, have ever
laughed as heartily over an accidental
muddling as did the Parisians one morn
ing during the reign of Louis Philippe.
The morning after the day on which
a ministerial crisis had occurred, and
NJ. Theirs had been sent for, there ap-
peared in the Constitutional the follow
ing startling paragraph:
His Majesty the King, received NJ.
Theirs yesterday, at the Tuileries, and
charged him with the formation of q
new Cabinet. The distinguished states.
man fastened to reply to the King. i
haze only one regret, which is that
can not wiring your neck like a tur-
keys"
A few lines lower down there was an.
other paragraph to the following effect:
''The efforts of justice are promptly
crowned with success. The murderer
of the Rue du Pot-de-fer has been ar
rested. Led at once before the Judge
Of Instruction, the wretch had the har-
dihood to address that magistrate in
terms of coarse insult, winding up with
the following words:
"God and man are my witnesses that
l have never had any other ambition
than to serve your august person and my
country Loyalty to the best of my abil-
ity:'"
The printer had interchanged the adj
dresses. But the joke was that all Paris
knew that there was little love lost be.
tween the King and Theirs,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-19
The Dangerous Toy Pistol.

The toy pistol is so safe, many ignor-
ant persons think, because it carries
neither shot nor bullet.
AS tried it once, can tell you about
it. First, twisted one of the caps
around a match, and set the match on
fire. When the flame reached the
paper cap there was little explosion.
Suddenly / felt singing sensation in
my hand, and, on looking at it. found
several tiny black splinters sticking in
the skin. pulled them out, but felt
the pain for some time afterward. Then
l placed a cap on the hearth and struck
it with hammer. This time / was
well scared, and kept my hands as far
away as could. When it went off
felt the same singing sensation in my
left hand, which was more than two feet
away. l had been struck again by q
flying splinter. This thing was getting
decidedly dangerous. and when 1 took
up the pistol to try it. l carefully
wrapped my right hand in my handker-
chief. 1t went off beautifully, but-ah!
There was the mischief! The handker-
chief was dotted here and there with
the black splinters from the exploded
cap.
The insane desire of the small boy TO
carry pistol is one of the wonders of
the age; and the worse than folly of
those who allow him to do so is almost
incredible. OF what use is it? If tho
pistol will not 90 off, it is, as its owner
would scornfully express it, mo good"
If it does 90 off, it is dangerous weapon
that has power to MAIN and kill.
Did You ever think what it means to
kill-to take away life? Who shall do
50 dire and terrible thing as that?
Are you fit to have pistol? Are you
wise enough to carry a revolver? No,
sir. 1t is against the law in some States
to carry pistols. Why, then, should
you wish toy-pistol, that will shoot
nothing but the boy who holds it? If
you live in the backwoods, and have to
fight the terrible wild crow or the fero-
cious chipmunk, you may learn to use
a good rifle. In cities and towns, where
the most terrific wild beasts to be seen
are the eats, a boy who carries pistol
is boy without sense-a boy whom
girls despise and brave boys call a cow
ard Charles Barnard, IN ST. Nicholas.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-19
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.


"A frait-grower says it is good
plan to trim trees high and pasture
orchards with sheep. He prefers it to
blowing or mulching.
If straw hat has been wet. and the
stiffness has departed, rub little white
OF egg mixed with cold water over it.
put 1t on with a flannel cloth.-N Y. Post.
"A writer in Gardening Illustrated
uses thin gutta-percha in his grating
operations. Pieces about two inches
square are put in hot water and placed
around the graft. He likes it better
than the common mixture for the pur.
pose.
Walnut Cake: One cup of powdered
sugar, one-half cup of butter. one-halt
cup Of sweet milk, two eggs, well beaten,
one teaspoonful of baking powder. one
and one-half cups of flour, one-half cup
of walnut meats, and little salt.-The
Household.
1t is said that one of the best ways
of preparing cut flowers to send to a
distance is to cut Sits in potatoes and
insert the flower stems, taking care that
they are firmly fastened in and sup
ported by a little cotton or paper. Po-
tatoes may be used in the same way in
floral decorations by concealing them
under leaves and tlowers.-N. Y. Er.
Gniner.
TO Cure Sites: With fine camel-hair
pencil paint the inhamed papilla with
tincture of iodine. The lids should be
held apart by the thumb and index
finger of the left hand while the tincture
is applied and until the part touched is
dry. A few applications in the twenty
four hours is sufficient. This treatment
has been used with success by writer
in the London Lancet.
Peter Henderson says the best shad-
ing he has ever used for the glass in
greenhouses or hotbeds is naptha, mixed
with little white lead, so as to give it
the appearance of thin milk. This can
be put on the glass with syringe, very
quickly, at cost not exceeding twenty
five cents per one thousand square feet.
1t holds on the entire season until loos-
ened by the fall frosts.-C Chicago Jour-
nal.
Dreaded Eggs: Boil hard and cut in
thick round slices. Pepper and salt
dip each in beaten raw egg, then in fine
bread-crumbs or powdered cracker, and
fry in nice dripping or butter, very hot.
Drain off every drop of grease, and serve
on hot dish. Have ready some veal
gravy or chicken broth, heat to boiling
in a saucepan with little chopped
parsley, salt, pepper, and three table
spoonfuls of cream to a cup of broth.
Boil up and pour smoking hot over the
eggs, serving for the table in a covered
dish. Boston Transcript.
The oder of flowers sometimes
comes from the petals, rs, for instance,
from the petals of the rose. The petals
or floral leaves Of the rose give out ar
odorlong after they have been gathered.
This is not the case with most flowers
A recent writer has called attention tC
the fact that the sweetest carnation is
Odorless soon after it is cut, as are most
of the sweet flowers used in cut flower
work. The mignonette and heliotrope
were supposed to be exceptions, but as
these continue to open new flowers
when cut and placed in water, it is
probable the odor comes only from the
opening blossoms.-N. y Independent.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-19
RUNNING A BLOCKADE.
How Yankee Schooner Did 1t Seventy
Years Ago.

How Yankee Schooner Did 1t Seventy
Years Ago.
During the summer of 1914 the Brit
ish ok.possessien of all that part of the
State of Maine living east of the Penob-
scot. and claimed it as part of their
lawful territory. They established a
sort of naval headquarters at Castine, and
from thence sent out their cruisers.
Upon the kennebec River at that time
We're many thriving towns, and quite q
number of Yankee privateers We're fit
ted out there. Several sailed from Bath,
and even as high up as Hallowell were
fitted and manned some of these trouble
some little craft. In consequence of all
this the British turned their attention to
this latter river, and established a
blockade at its mouth. They knew that
some privateerS we're being fitted out
somewhere up the stream, and they
were determined to take them if they
came out.
And there was another thing which
the enemy had in view in this blockade.
There was fort up the river short
distance, and also several military store
houses; and they Qhe British) had
learned that provisions and ammunition
were expected from Boston or Salem for
these places. So they meant to kill two
birds with one stone: They would pre-
vent the privateers from coming out,
and also prevent the stores from
going in.
Many still living, who resided upon
the kennebec during that war, remem-
Der well the season of that blockade.
They depended for much of their pro-
visions up,n the coasters which came
from Massachusetts; and how that the
small vessels were prevented from CON-
ing in they suffered much. In Hallow-
well, Waterville, Gardiner and other
places, provisions We're so scarce that
many people who were considered well
of in ordinary times lived upon the
swill-gatherings of the more wealthy:
and silver dollar worth of meal could
be carried away in common pocket
handkerchief. The suffering was great.
The people knew that there were sew
eral vessels anxious to get in, but the
British war-brig at the rivers mouth
prevented them.
Among the vessels which were en-
pected at Hallowellwas heavy schooner
named the Polly Ann. She was owned
and commanded by man named Eben
Wait. Also another schooner called the
Eliza, which belonged to Abner Jen-
kins.
The Polly Ann and the Eliza both
cleared ut Salem. Mass, the former
loaded with one Of the most valuable
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-19
A Boundary Question.

There are probably but very few
people in Massachusetts who are aware,
although the matter has been before the
Legislature during the present session,
that we have a boundary question with
New Hampshire. After long dispute,
according to the account given by MIR.
the Nashua Telegraph, the boundary
was decided by the King of England in
174O. Starting at a point three miles
north Of the Merrimac River, the line
was to follow the course of the river,
three miles distant from it. to certain
point, and then to be run in due west
course to the Connecticut River. The
line was to be surveyed by the authority
of both provinces, but if the two could
not agree either of them was to estab-
lish the line independently. They did
not agree, and New Hampshire pro-
ceeded to run the line which has ever
since been accepted as the boundary be-
tween the two provinces and States.
But in making the survey the New
Hampshire surveyors did not make due
allowance for the variation of the nee
die, and accordingly did not make a
true east and west line. They cheated
their clients. The angle between the
true and accepted line is sufficient to
make the base of the triangle on the
Connecticut River three miles long, and
the territory included within the trian.
ole amounts to more than fifty thou
sand acres. In 1925 the two States APP
pointed Commissioners to ascertain the
true boundary, but when the fact above
stated was discovered the Massachu-
sets Commissioners refused torun new
line, asserting, very properly. that they
were not authorized to make anew line,
but to fix the old one. On the other
hand, the New Hampshire Commission
ers, with equal propriety, reported
to the Governor of their State that they
could not consistently confirm and
mark out the old line, which was proved
to be erroneous, thus ceding to Massa-
chusetts fifty thousand acres of land to
which it was not entitled. Although
the matter has been before the Massa-
chusetts Legislature more than once
since that time, nothing has been done,
if we may Judge from the fact that re-
ports and speeches have been against
taking any action to reclaim that terri
tory, public sentiment is against max
ing demand for the land which New
Hampshire lost originally by the act of
her own agents, and over which she has
never even asserted jurisdiction. The
request which Massachusetts, now makes
to her sister State is to have the moru-
ments of the original line reset and re-
placed. Boston Adrertiser.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-19
The Hartford Remedy for Red Ants.

A gentleman of this city informs us
that last summer his family were
troubled with myriads of little red ants.
He watched their movements, and final
" found that a line of them came
through a crevice in window, and
made their way to the pantry. Return
ing with bits of sugar or food, they passed
out where they came in, and disap-
peared in the ground few feet from
the house. On examining he found a
space of quite four feet square filled
with the ants. He procured a wash
boiler full of boiling water, had the
earth about the nest stirred up and the
water poured On. He repeated this on
the two following days, being careful
to cover with the boiling water several
feet of ground all around the nest. He
had no more red ants in his house last
summer, nor have they reappeared this
year.-Hdrtford Conn Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-19
Our Young Readers.
WHAT I WOULD DO.

If l were little bird,
I'd sing my sweetest song:
I'd take q journey to the sky,
And frolic all day long.
If were q puSSy-cat,
Id chase the rats and mice.
And have sweet cream for supper,
And everything that's nice.
If were q tiny mouse,
I'd gnaw the soft new cheese:
When Tabby wasn't in the way,
I'd do just as please.
But am little boy
Just learning what to do:
And every day, it seems to me,
l find out something new.
] get up in the morning
And play with Tom and Nell:
But when am as old as they,
I'll go to school as well.
I'm very little, to be sure,
But then I'm only four;
And some day I'll be older.
And know great deal more.
Our Little Ones.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-19

Senator George G. Vest, while
sojourning at Hot Springs, had mar
row escape from death. The Senator
was taking bath alone, when he sud-
denly became insensible from some IN
known cause, and when the attendant
CHANGED to arrive few minutes later
he found Colonel Vest lying in an I'M
conscious state. A physician was sum-
moned instanter, and the Missouri Sem
ator was at length restored to conscious
ness, and has entirely recovered.-Kan-
sas City Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-19
This is what tho Providence

This is what the Providence Press
regards ''bad beginning indeed it
is not easy to see how it could have been
much worse: Patrick Duffy. aged
eighteen. who arrived week ago from
Ireland, commenced work in the Booth
corporation this forenoon, and had his
neck broken in the elevator Of one Of tee
mills 4 few hoa.s later"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-19

One Of the California ''big trees"
has been named for Miss Frances E.
Willard since her visit to Calaveras not
long ago. It was sequoia gigantea,
about eight hundred years of age. It
was christened by MIR. Brandt, of Des
Moines, Ia. He put marble slab on
the tree, with the temperance apostles
name inscribed thereon Chicago Jour-
nal
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-19

Harper & Brothers have decided on
destroying the plates Of their Magazine
and Weekly up 70 le@.-M y Cssts.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-19

1T is now the correct thing for all
the leading millinery establishments IN
Paris to employ man milliners,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-07-19

the light upon Cape Elizabeth was upon
the larboard quarter. At $50 Seguin
light was in sight ahead. Seguin is an
island at the mouth of the Kennebec.
At four o'clock the first CLEANS of the
coming day appeared upon the horizon,
and in a very few minutes afterward
the tall spars of British brig-of-war
could be distinctly made out ahead,
Just outside of Seguin, and to the
south rd of it.
"Now's our time" shouted Captain
Wait, hailing his companion who was
close under his lee.
Abner jenkins ran his vessel to the
windward of the Polly Ann, and as he
came abreast he cried out:
Would We set her going nowp"
Eyes. Are you going top
''Yes. can fix that there"
Then do it as soon as We can. The
Englishman hasn't seen us yet. Set
her head little to the north I'd of eastr'
AYE. aye" responded jenkins; and
thereupon he set at work.
In the meantime Wait had his sail all
taken in SO that the Englishman should
not see him; and as the water was
shoal he let go light anchor.
jenkins first movement was to lower
his boat and secure her by painter to
one Of the stern davits. Next he put
on ell sail, and had the sheets Delayed
very carefully for running with the
wind little forward of the beam. The
tiller was next set, and as soon as he
was satisfied that the schooner would
run in direct line with the tiller thus,
he lashed it fast. He knew the Eliza
well enough to know that she would be
true to the course he had given her; and
having seen that the sheets were Sc
curely Delayed, and that nothing of any
value was left on board, he had bic crew
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-23
Funerals in japan.

IL 1t were evening you might see jap
anese funeral proc sssion. The funerals
here are always conducted at sunset, ia
accordance with q superstition that is
rather beautiful thao otherwise. The pro-
cession is headed by priests and company
OF musicians, who play upon samisens and
beat tom toms. The coffin is wooden tub
in which the deceased is squatting as he
has lived, with his feet tucked under him.
There is this difference, however, the face
of the dead man is looking toward the
north, whereas this position is religiously
avoided by the living Japanese. Indeed,
the points of the compass are frequently
marked on the ceilings of sleepingrooms
that the sleeper may arrange his mats SO
as to avoid this unfavorable position.
The wealthy class are buried in earthen
jars instead of wooden tubs, but the mode
of arrangement is the same. These pecu-
liar-shaped oofhns do not take up the space
required by American caskets, and burial
lots need not be 80 large. One priest in
the procession carries an oblong tablet,
containing the dead name" of the deceas-
ed, and another bears the precious lotus
blossom. If you follow the cortege you
will find your way into surprisingly
well-kept cemetery, with headstoues all
erect and fresh flowers strewn upon most
of the graves. Litsnies are chanted and
the body is lowered into shallow grave
lined with cement. Then lite-sized pink
lotus plant is placed upon the fresh mound
laquer tray of bowls of tea or sake, beans
and sseetmeats provided near by, and you
walk away from the spot strangely moved
by the solemn, unfamiliar spectacle.