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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
Bogus Cream, Also.

The commissioner of agriculture has pub
lished a list of the stuffs that dairymen add
to cream to adulterate It. The dairymen are
villains, too, as well as the hog butter makers.
Here are the things that go into bogus cream:
They are known as neutral oil, purola, oleo
oil, ETC., and are composed, as far as analysis
and examination will discover, of cotton seed
oil, lard oil, benne oil, nut oil and fusel oil.
Against the employment of these oils, farmers
have among themselves the remedy. They
will find little difficulty in discovering who
the parties are that purchase these articles.
Let such be tabooed in dairy associations,
agricultural conventions, or the social circle,
and let them he taught that dishonesty will
not be tolerated among a class Of people pro
verbal the world over as free from the con.
saminRtiOn incident to triekery in trade
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
Train Wrecked.

LAKE CHARLES, La, April 16-At
IL o'clock last night a passenger train
on the Louisiana Western railroad,
from Houston for New Orleans, was
wrecked at Sulphur Mines station, by
running into a stock-car that had been
Flown across the track by the wind.
The entire train was ditched, making
a complete wreck of the locomotive
and baggage car. The fireman jumped
from the locomotive and was danger.
ously injured. The passengers were
considerably shook up, but none were
injured. A terrific rain and thunder
storm occurred this evening, doing
considerable damage in the western
portion of the parish.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
plsappearance of Certain Animals.

A few remaining herds of chamois in
the Berner Overland have become SO shy
that they avoid the haunts of men even
in the coolest winters, and the Swiss
papers predict that the next p~rotracted
frost, following a deep snow, will seal
their doom. A few troops still elude
pursuit in the wild highlands of the
Canton Tessin and in the dreary sum
mit-regions of the Syrian Alps, or
are petted in the Tyrolese game
preserves, but from the old hunting
grounds of the Alpen jaeger both the
Shamois and tho ibex have, probably for
ever, disappeared. The bustard (otis
tarda), q fowl a large as a turkey, and
once a favors.e game bird of the south
England and north German sportsmen,
is now found only in the sandhills of the
lower Volga. The beaver has disap-
peared from western Europe; the black
cock survives only under the protection
of a few hunting lords, and the last lynx
of the German hunting grounds was
killed three years ago near the head
waters of the Isar, in southern Bavaria.
DIR. Oswald in Chicago Times.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23

NJ. W. Durham, of Wayne, Ills, is one of
the large importers of blOoded stock in
America. Among his acquisitions is a Per
cheron stallion that had the honor of having
had his picture painted by Rosa Bonheur.
We reproduce 1t here.
Brilliant is 10 years old and was imported
in 1881.
The adaptation of Percheron horses to
draught purposes here, and especially to
farm work, is admitted wherever they have
been tried. When Mr.. Walters began to
import them into this country none of the
draught horses of this New York any cross of
Percheron blood. Now more than one-third
of them in and around the city have more or
less Percheron blood in their veins. In
Chicago the proportion of partly pure Per-
cherons is much larger. The Percheron
has a quick action, a hardy constitu-
ton, and is easily kept, while his hoofs do
not split upon our American pavements, as
do those of other imported horses. In France
the get of a blooded stallion and a Percheron
mare is the fashionable carriage horse, and
the same horse, under the name of French
carriage horse has recently found favor in
this country.
Government itself takes a hand in the
horse breeding business in France, and both
Napoleons were greatly interested in i'm
proving the Percherons. Among some re-
cent importations by Mr.. Walters is one
stallion called Goliah, IN hands high,
The Percherons and the Clydesdales are I'M
doubtedly the best horses for general purposes
for America. The traveller in Paris will be
surprised at the beautiful carriage horses he
sees on the driveways. They are the finest
horses in Europe. 1t is said now that SO
many horses are being brought to America
from France that soon there will be no good
' ones left in La Perche.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
The Condition of the Louisiana
LeVeess

The Condition of the Louisiana
LeVeess
Louisiana State Engineers John
Smyth and H. B. Thompson, arrived
here on the steamer Issaquena yester.
day evening, from a tour Of inspection
on their side Of the river, from above
the Louisiana line down to this point.
They say that the river is just out Of
its banks at nearly all points above
Lake Providence. At Matthews Bend
In Arkansas the water is now running
into the Mason swamp with consider
able felicity, but the river is not high
enough at present for it TO do more
damage than the filling of all low
places and the stopping Of wagon road
communication across the swamp. At
Ashton the water is just against base
Of levee, which is in splendid condi-
lion. At Alton, the river has caved
very close to angle in levee at Gen.
McMillan's store, but they can see no
cause for serious apprehension of dam
ger, during the present high water.
At Deesonia the levee is in good CoDdi.
ton. At Illawarra or Salem, the cav
ing is of such nature as would cause
some uneasiness, and there is a very
swift and turbulent current bearing in
at this point. Major Sears, United
States engineer, has just had thorough
examination made, and as the point
threatened is in one of the govern
ment works, it is most likely he will
do all that is possible to protect it
during the present high water. AT
Henderson, Omega, Millikens Bend
and Cabinteele everything appears safe
for the present or coming high water.
At Killarney, it has caved up to the
base of the levee at two points, but
the river is still two and a half feet
below its natural banks, and should it
rise enough to cause danger, a force is
on hand With outfits, under charge of
Mr.. F. L. Maxwell, who will build
such runarounds as will be ample for
all protection,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
FARM GARDEN


Our farmer friends will have no difficulty
in recognizing the point Of the accompany
ing picture, reproduced from The New York
Puck. The things Of which "o~leomargarine'
is made are pouring into the kettle Of
witches broth at the top Of the picture.
Scrutinize them closely. They won't Increase
your appetite, but they may increase your
knowledge. We don't specify the articles by
name. There is no need to.
Below, the smiling, broad-faced dealer
stands ready to ladle out "pure, sweet conn
try butter" to his customers. A pipe from
the witches broth kettle leads to the dumb
waiter, and that leads into the grocery below.
Avery big diamond blazes in the dealers shirt
front. He can afford it, with selling hogs
lard butter at thirty cents a pound.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23

Mr.. William T. Walters, of Baltimore,
is another large importer of this breed.
What the Pcrcherons are and their origin
and history make a very good story. A
writer in The New York Sun tells it as fol-
lows:
The Percheron horse is the cross Of a Nor
man and an Arabian. When Napoleon was
laying out post routes across France, he
looked about for horses which, while strong
enough to pull the heavy mail coaches, would
be light enough to travel rapidly. 1t was de-
cided to breed Abraham stations to Norman
mares, and stock farms for raising the gov
eminent draught horses were placed in the
little district of La Perche. Horses bred on
those farms were therefore called Percherons.
A pure bred Percheron has the small head
and ears of his original Arabian father, with
the size and strength of his Norman mother.
His legs, when seen from behind or in front,
look very thin. From the side, however,
they are very broad, the bones of the leg be-
ing placed directly in a line, thus making the
leg fiat instead of round. A pure bred Per-
cheron is always black when foaled, but be-
comes gray when about 3 years old. A black
Percheron is considered not to be Of pure
blood.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
ITO Be C%Ontinued.l
THE PROBLEM OF LIFE.

walk through the streets, 1 look up at
the sky,
I know no more than a babe at the
breast;
Itremble and thrill with a vague unrest
20 get at the heart Of life's mystery.
What does it avail that my thoughts 90
out
Through the trackless wastes of a star
gem'd space
II they bring nothing back to my dwell
ing place
But Pigments of error and Pigments Of
doubt?
How do | know that the vanished and
dead
Have builded them homes on that calm
azure sea?
What is the faith of another to me?
Yet how can live if l live but by bread?
Oh! not for myself these hopes and these
fears,
think of the lives that went out long
ago;
Think of the graves that are under the
snow,
And recompense seek for the value Of
tears"
The lips that have kissed, and the hearts
that have bled
For other torn hearts. And they who
made rhymes,
And all the great souls that ever rung
n chimes
Through the loves of the %race-they have
died. Are they dead?
This body so intricate! How do we know
That the fair human flower matured by
the earth
1mpregnate by love-may not yield the
birth
OF a soul through the pangs of its infinite
woeE -Woman's World.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23

you win have no country. The whole world
Is yours because you will command every
thing which the world produces Are you
readyp
u am both ready and wiling"
"Good. You must learn to carry your
self less like a London clerk and more like
a gentleman. You must assume the air Of
distinction if you can You must learn to
laugh and to smile. But all that will come
in another country, and with a new Ian
guage. Come"-he looked at his watch;
"only two hours more and we shall be in the
train-the past gone and forgotten, every
thing before you new and delightful, not
one. of the old friends left
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
Queer Case.

Judge Strother had quite a humor-
Gus case before him Friday. Two
negro women rushed into his court
about the same time, both Of them x
cited, and one of them besmeared
with mud and pleading profusely. One
wanted to make affidavit against the
other for assault, and the other wanted
to plead guilty of having licked her
companion. The Judge accommodated
each of them and gave the case a
hearing. In the cross examination
facts were brought out which did not
please the p~rosecutrix. who had got
the worst Of it in the fight. She
informed the judge that she
had rot had a fair chance in the first
fight, but that if he would permit her
she would lick the other one in a min
ute. The Judge did not agree to this
arrangement and the women said
"judge if you will let me whipher here
in the courtroom, | will pay you alive
dollar fine in advance" He had to
threaten them with iml risonment for
contempt before he could quietly close
the case.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
IMPORTATION OF ARTIFICIAL EYES.


The Finest Come from Paris-Chat with a
Dealer-Cost.
Nearly all the artificial eyes used in this
country are imported from Europe. At
tempts have been made to manufacture
them here, but the industry has never
lourished. The finest eyes are made in
Paris, and good ones come from Ger
many and Switzerland. The eyes are
made of glass. and are in the shape of a
hollow hemisphere. The pupil is formed
of colored glass, and its execution re-
quires the greatest skill on the part of
the workmen. The white of the eye is
initiated with wonderful accuracy. Iii is
of cream white, yellowish white, blue
5lite, or any other shade so as to ex-
Getty match the white of the remaining
real eye. Before the final glazing is put
on small red veins are traced with a pen
Gil on the surface. There is a slight
ridge along the edges which enables the
muscles of the socket to take hold and
move the ball.
Dealers in artificial eyes keep them in
separate boxes, which they call the blue
box, the black box, the brown box, and
so on. These boxes contain eyes of all
sizes, from as large as a marble to one as
large as a pigeons egg.
A dealer in artificial eyes said: "We
fit the eyes to the sockets by heating and
softening the ball, and then cutting it
with hot scissors to the proper size and
shape. The hollow part fits over the
stump of the eye. When this is neatly
done the eye moves as readily as the
other eye, and it is difficult to tell which
one is glass. The great majority of
artificial eyes are used by workmen,
especially those in iron foundries, where
many eyes are put out by sparks. 1t is
seldom that a I'M has a glass eye.
artificial eyes are used not only to
the appearance, but also to
protect the stump from injury, which
would be apt to affect the other eye. An
artificial eye costs S., and lasts from one
to five years. 1t is acted upon by the
salt of perspiration and of tears, which
dulls and roughens the surface. For this
reason it is customary 10 take the eye
out at night, which also gives a rest to
the socket. If the lachrymal duct has
not been destroyed, a man can cry as
well with an artificial eye as with c good
one. "-New York Sun.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23

on the senate tin 10 provide
for the study Of the nature Of alcoholic
drinks and narcotics, and Of their e.
fects on the human system In connec-
ton with the several divisions Of the
subjects of physiology and hygiene by
the pupils 10 the public schools Of the
Territories and tbs District Of COlum-
bia and in the military and naval &C.
cademies and Indian and colored
schools Of the Territories. The ques-
ton Of constitutiOnality was raised by
several members Of the committee,
and met by Mr.. O'Donnell, of Michi-
gan, who will report the measure to
the house.
Committee on commerce today au.
thorized Representative Clardy to ask
that the rules oe suspended and a day
fixed for the consideration Of the Kill
Van Kull bridge. Representative
Reagan was authorized to make a SIM
liar request in behalf Of the Eads ship
railroad bill.
The president has approved the act
for the erection of a public building
at San Antonio, Texas; the act for the
construction of a bridge over the Mis-
sissippi river near Alton, ILL.,, and the
act for the construction Of a dam
across the Mississippi river near
Brainerd, Minnesota.
The Strike Still In Progress on the
Baltimore 8 Ohio Road at CHI
cago.
CHICAGO, April 1.-THE switchmen
on the B. & 0. railroad are still out,
the company having their requests for
the discharge of the non union men
still under advisement.
The strikers say they are deter
mined to stay out until the objectiona.
BILE switchmen are discharged or put
into some other department.
So far no violence has been attempt
ed and the strikers say there will not
be-.
Chief of Police Ebersold has held a
conference with the captains Of the
different police stations and in conse-
quence, a reserve force Of police is be-
ing held at different precincts, but it
is now thought that their service will
not be required. General Manager
Durham, General Superintendent For
dice and Superintendent Brotton are
in South Chicago reviewing the situa.
tioD. The general tenor of their re,
marks leads to the superstition that
they do not look very favorably on the
demands of the men. The men on the
Lake Shore road are at work this
morning but indications are that they
will go out during the day.
The Baltimore & Ohio has made nc
attempts to move freight trains TO-
day, and the general superintendent
declares that the company will make
no attempt for the present. Passenger
trains are running regularly.
The Lake Shore switchmen did not
stop work at noon to-day, as it had
been anticipated. 1t is now asserted
chat the company will not only moi
accede to the demands of the men
but will advertise for new men an(
discharge the union men.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23

A Fancy Shot by a Noted Texas
Marksman Lodges In the Brain
of His Coachman.
FREEPoRT, L. l., April 16.-Dr.
Thomas S. Taylor, a wealthy resident
of Merrick, who came here some years
ago from Texas, yesterday shot and
killed his coachman, Thad. Grittman.
The doctor had a great reputation as a
marksman, and yesterday afternoon
Grittman, who had often done the
same thing before, placed half a dozen
bottles on his head, which were in
quick succession knocked off by shots
from his employers revolver and at
fifty PAGES the supply of bottles falling
short, and the doctor having one charge
of his revolver still loaded, told Grit.
nan to place a tomato a on his
head. This he did and the doctor
fired, but just as he pulled the trigger,
Grittman slightly raised his head and
the bullet entered his brain. Those
who are acquainted with Taylor's pre-
vious history say that an affair of a
similar nature was the cause of his
leaving Texas.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
Cutting at Arcola.

0ptCIdI IU IHb OUIIIIIVIVIdI HVIdIU'
ARooLA, April ia cutting ARRAY
took place between two darkies, Ohas.
Moody and VIM. Carter, both residing
on Col. Paxton's large plantation. The
whole affair grew out of jealousy over
a woman. Moody advanced upon Car.
ter with a large knife and cut him
several times in the breast. The latter
intended to kill him, but through per,
suasion of friends did not. Moody has
fed and Constable Brook is after him,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
A General "Tle Up" of Street Cars
Threatened,

New YORK, April l6. THE Third
avenue company is now running a
number of cars, protected by police.
The cars are greeted with jeerS and
groans by the strikers congregated
along the line, but no violence has
been attempted. An officer of the En-.
pire Protective Association said this
afternoon that if the Third avenue
railroad company did not give in with.
in forty-eight hours, there would be a
general "tie up" of all the horse car
lines in the city; that if this did not
succeed, the movement would be ex-
tended to Brooklyn, then to Philadel-
phia and the other cities of the United
States. He said this could be done in
two days.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23

Mills, of Texas, is the fastest talker in
congress, and frequently goes ON at the
rate of 215 words to q minute.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23

The copy of the first book on arith-
metic, Of which only another copy is
known, fetched 5000 at a sale in London
the other day.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23

~ The best days in memory are those IN
which we met a companion who was
truly such.-Emers0n.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
Government Directors OF the Union
Pacific.

Pacific.
WASHINGTON, April l6.--The presi.
dent has appointed F. Prentiss Bailey,
Of Utica, N. Y. Thomas w. White, Of
fernando, Miss, and L. G. Kline, Of
Toledo, Iowa, commissioners to exam
inc into and report upon forty miles Of
railroad constructed by the Northern
Pacific railroad company in the Yoke
ma valley, on the Cascade branch Of
the said Company's road in Washing
ton Territory. He has also appointed
Fred K. Condert, Of New York city +;
Franklin McVeith, of Chicago; Ed
ward P. Alexander, Of Augusta, Ga,
Marcus Hanna, of Cleveland, Ohio, and
James v. Savage, Of Omaha, govern
ment directors of the Union Pacific
railway company.
A PIuoky Texan Woman Drops a
Desperate.
GALVESTON, April ia special to
the News from Hearne, Texas, says:
Thomas Hughes, the mar who was
shot Wednesday night by Mrs. DR..
Basset while he was advancing on her
husband with a drawn revolver, died a
short time after from the effects Of the
wound. AT the inquest, the colored
cook said that Mrs. Basset fired the
fatal shot. She win have a preliminary
examination.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-07

thought of how she and Philip might
have profited by her husbands death.
1t was fortunate that the accident
occurred so neal the town, for Just
there the river a swiftly, and few
could have been saved without thea Tic
that speedily came from Linz.
81 have saved him for your sake,
Marguerite" whispered Philip, as they
met each other at the side OF her res
cued and almost lifeless husband.
God bless youl' she answered,
pressing his hand, Us she knelt beside
the PROSTATE form OF the colonel.
But Col. Tracy's days were number.
ed. All VAS done for him that medi-
cal skill could do in that quaint old
German city. But he was no longer
young. and his nervous system had re-
ceived a terrible shock, from which he
could not recover. He died, and there
on the shore of the "beautiful blue
Danube" he was buried.
x 4
Two years passed quietly away,
Mrs. Tracy had spent them in travel,
and had but lately returned to her
native land. She and Philip SAINT
wood had parted at Linz, without a
word or q pledge for the future, and
they had never met since. Yet she
was not surprised when he Suddenly
appeared i'll her drawing-room one ev-
ening, and spoke once more Of his 10y
al love for her.
II have never loved any other, Mar
suerite," said he. "lf l may again Of,
fer the name that has"
"Hush." she answered, lifting her
white, .ieweled hand, with a smile that
softened all the dark beauty OF her
face. "Your noble conduct at Linz
had redeemed your name from all dis,
honor in my eyes. And, even were it
otherwise, how dare l, in my sinful
pride, condemnyoufor another'ssin?"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-07
The Kearsarge and the Alabama.

One of the most striking features OF
the famous naval duel between the
kearsarge and the confederate cruiser
Alabama, as described in the series OF
articles published in the last number
OF the Century, is the fact that the
two vessels We're more equally match
ed than any other two vessels which
ever engaged in a single-handed COM
bat. Both in their size and in their
ornaments they were almost inden-
tlcal. The dimensions given of the
Alabamai in the article by DR.. Browne
are, length over all, 22O feet; length of
keel, 2lO feet; beam, 80 feet, and
depth, IT feet, while the length of the
k~earsarge was 232 feet; keel, 1913 1-2
feet; beam, 33 feet and depth, 10 1-2
feet. Each had two engines, the fo"-
mer OF 300 horse power each and the
latter OF 4OOeach, whilethe tonnage of
the Alabama was 1,O4O tons against
Lob tons for the K~earsarge. The
crews were also about equally match
ed in number, that OF the kearsarge
being 1913, and according to the best
information the Alabama company
numbered $50. The armament OF the
k~earsarge consisted OF seven guns,
while that of her opponent had nine.
In the mater of defensive armor the
k~earsarge had a decided advantage,
her hull amidships being covered with
chain plating. 1t is a curious fact,
however, that this was not
struck once during the engagement by
very heavy shot. The battle was
won by the K]earsarge entirely by the
superiority ofhergunners, foralthough
the Alabama fired two shots where
the k~earsarge fired one, very few OF
the former took effect, while the after
pivot gun OF the kearsarge, manned
by the intrepid William Smith. did
the most deadly execution of the en-
gagement. Captain Semmes of the
Alabama discovered the dangerous
ness OF this piece soon after the fight
ing began, and is said to have offered
a fabulous reward to the gunner who
should silence it.