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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-29

I'D. Senator Ransom is sixty.
Tile destruction of crops by
aims in Western North Carolina
has been immense.
In April the United States
ported Sll,959,853 worth Of
oreadstutfs, agalns. sl4,05l,534 for
lpril, 1885.
The Richmond e Dan,ilIe
t>alIroad headquarters are 10 be
loved from ltichmond, Va, to
Washington City.
Tile Bishops elected by the
Sou.hcrn Methodist Conference a,
Richmond last week were RevS. e.
p Galloway, Of Mississippi J; +. X.
I,rlrlx, of Missouri; w. w Dun
c,H, of South Carolina, and J. )
Key, o! Georgia. DR.. n. II. ID.
wilson, OF North Carolina, received
. catering vote. :
OF General VIM. Il. Cox, tue
Wilmington Star says "GeI. Cox
> a man Of strict integrity. He viii
ne\er do q mean thing or sod his
es%cutcheon by any dishAnorable or
disrepulable Act. We highly esteem
him as a soldier and as a citizen,
however much we disagree with
him as a pol!lician.'
Up to this time Presiaen,
Cleveland has sent in about 2,lOU
nominations of civil officers TO the
Senate. Seventeen hundred OF these
have~b'cn confirmed and only - re-
lected. The remaining 400 will be
acted upon in a short while and it is
not thought that the proportion OF
reflections vi be increased.
The Senate Committee on
Pensions voted last week TO post.
pone Indefinitely the House Mexican
pension bill, aud report as a substl
tute the first seven sections If the
bill introduced in December by Sen
ator Mncheli, of Pennsylvania. Tn,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-29
ALE 81 REAL ESTATE IN TIE


- t..tu- n f.eree Il the Superior
tautt. / ":E. -:ll "a. 'ie court hou-.
dor in i. .-aats, 81 Monday the 9Th
t1T - ! s.s7 NEST n. II II IN. TIE va
csnt lnt etoa4.,2 Ia tia. estate o. the
.::@ i.eFt.t rtt.g.4ael. situated III Hills
n'f.Aa j i~"as..I1 - hens street aud
Margaret. !t, adjoining Finest Cheek,
"tii l".. r! % la. VEST by Hazel
street, cHs.... 'a@ Gilt, acre, more or ie>-.
iei!a~ .r esa-tli'd cash. and
fte- hint 81 stp! l. u.enllI>. With in
L s sge; payments from date.
Il 1- : .-.-!s ii the: % desire.
49, -+fu ~ at -tIti.. l>>i.
E. +. PARISH.
A-4...!-.E.. :. ID Co!alEi>... !.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-29

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/.
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All tamo,os Lava 80 tx .ra,,,
f ~. $780,.
va aa9aa,h sat ,lao. m.h.x
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rssa IN ha
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- afI prS:n
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Na +,m;ln ,L,.,I1 f,;l =, L.a, p =
= ). ,b.h,, as ,h... .,.
A. ma1i.;no 10 ooua1
AiiSA,
One author says: "Khenmat'sm
is due To the presence III Il blood
OF a vegetable organism OF definite
characters"
Another says 1t Is due to the
presence OF a poison III The blood
when IS OF the hathie OF a m'asm.
Inc disease having It's o''gln III
the blood, 1t Is 'tasoiiabie to sup
pose that II uiust be cured by RENE
DIES directed TO the blood.
\ successful 'emedy Mn>t pro
dnce certain changes IN The conpo
~, I,,e ~ I. kl,aJ MI ~, HI,.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-29

A heavy storm at wind and
rain struck orr town Monday alter
noon West Of here it did consid-
cradle damage. At Durham it tore
up tour sections Of TIA from the root
OF the cotton factory, carried -four
smoke~s,acks from the Blackwell to-
hacco factory and one from Pogue
Il Cameron's plug factory.
Head Parks new advertise
ment. There is always something
new at the Bazaar. Go there at any
hour of the day you please and you
will always find them busy. Parks
keeps the very best goods, be ad,er
rises literally and sells goods low
down. The fist sale is at Parks
Bazaar every day and all day long
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-29

). J. Atkins, Chief Of Police,
k"ox>,')e, Tenn, writes NJ fam
lIl aud | are beueticiaries Ct Your
most excetcul me l%lcine, Dr.. klnu>
Ne" l~)I>c'Ntr! for CONSUMPTION ;
h'vn4 iounI it To be al. tnnl you
clam tnr II, desire to testify to It's
virtue. My %trieni> To- whom / have
rrr"mmenten IT., PRAISE ii a, every
"prortnnlty.' DR. Kings New ID :
c">e'1 tor Consumption is graran-
'rrd u" cure Coughs, Colds. BroL.
ch1is, Asthma, Cronp ard every
affection ot i aruat. Cht>, and Inu.>
TI,at Bot es free at all druggists
La'se : Ze SluO
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-29
AN OLD CITIZEN SPEAKS.

Mr.. J. Nj. Norris, an old resideo'
OF Rome, GA, says hat he had been
badly troubled with Kidney Com
plant tor a great ma4E years AM
with Eczema tor three years a,
lines could scarcely walk ana ha,!
tried many remedies without ben
cit, until he began taking Lteetr;,
B'tlrrs aud a~n"lnling bis nand~ an.l
feet with B4uhIen's Arni,a S.IYt
This treatment afforded aim gte".
relief sad lie strongly recommends
Electric Bitters to all who snt'tl
Win kt1ncy Complaints, OF need a
Blood Purifier. Sold ~ a. drug
GIsts.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-29

from the \. Y. Times, May 2lst. ]
MRS. PENDLETON KILLED.
a trigh,fuI accident, caused by a
runaway in Central Park shortly
after ) O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
resulted in the instant death OF Mrs.
Alice Pendleton, wife OF Ex-senator
George II. Pendleton, United States
Minister to Germany, and the serI-
Gus though not fatal injury OF Miss
Jane Frances PendleioE, their -
year old daughter. Ms. Pendlet"n
With her daughter, returned from
Berlin some two months ago, on
visit OF consolation to her son, Frank
II sPendIeton, who recently lost al:
wife, aud they were stopping at HI;
house.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-29
BLOOD POISON.

About a year ago I had blood
poison, and 1t attacked my threat in
a very severe form. | cot a phvsi
clan TO treat me, and for three
months be burned my throat out
every day. During the last three
weeks was under his care it was
almost impossible far me to swa'-
low even a spoonful of water. |
was reduced 10 lO1 pounds in
weight, and the doctor told rne |
could not live. | gave up his medi.
clnes and began taking Swift, Spe-
ciic, using the gaigle directed in the
circular. 1t was with great diff
Guilty | could swallow the meIiclne,
though it was pleasant TO the taste !;
but | persesered in i, and in three
weeks | could not from my feelings
tell that my throat ever was affect
ed. | could swallow anything
wished without Tie slightest diff
Guilty, and seemed entirely We'll.
contained the ucdlciuc, and IL! less
than TOUR months | had gone up IN
weight six,y-nine pounds, now
weighing 10 pounds. This may
sound tshy to some, but Che doubt.
ing will write to me or ANY one IL
Boonton, they can easily lave IT,,
uu;htu!bess OF my statement estah
llsheu.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-29

Gov. Vance is ifty-six years
Id. Senator Ransom is sixty.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-29

in April the United States
f. ported Sll,959,853 worth Of
oreadstnffs, agains. sl4,05l,534 for
lpriI, 1885.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-29

-The destruction of crops by
aims in Western North Carolina
has been immense.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
A SCENE.

1t is by creating the sympathy
which represses selfishness that the
Zone touch of nature makes the
whole world kin" A pathetic scene
on the Erie railroad illustrated this
law ofour emotionalnature by show
ing that even a physical annoyance
loses its power to irritate us when
once our pity has been aroused. A
conductor told this story to a repor-
ter of the New York Sun:
A woman boarded the train at
Clean. She carried in her arms a
baby but a few weeks old. 1t was
very cross and defed it's nurses eff
forts to keep it quiet. It's cries were
so piercing that the passengers gave
audible expression of their annoy
ance.
The woman was patient under the
double trial. She talked soothingly
to the child, placed it in all posi-
tions, and tried to arrange it's wrap
pings so as to deaden the sound of it's
cries.
Finally some one in the car shout
ed out, off that child can't be quiet,
l hope it may be removed from the
car at the next station! !"
This %unfeeling remark met with
general approval, and the poor wo-
mans eyes filled with tears, and in
attempting to speak, her feelings
overcame her, and she pressed the
baby to her and sobbed violently.
She soon recovered herself, and re-
doubled her efforts to keep the child
quiet. For a short time she sue
ceeded, but presently the cries of
the baby were as loud as ever. At
last a man arose and said sharply
MADAM, it seems to me that the
mother of an infant should know
how to take at least half care of it."
As the train stopped at Salaman-
ca, the woman arose in her seat, and
facing the passengers, said, in a
trembling voice.
Il am not this poor things moth
er. I never saw it before yesterday,
and | believe it hasn't a living rela-
tive.
"Its father was killed on a rail-
road a week before it was born. Its
mother, living in a distant place,
hurried to the scene of her husbands
death. The child was born among
strangers, and day before yesterday
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
A NEW ERA FOR PEACHES.

Delaware has enjoyed a monopoly
OF the peach trade, and has had it
for years. 1t is not because, as many
suppose, that Delaware possesses adj
vantages for peach growing superior
to all other sections, but because her
people depended upon the crop and
made the growing of peaches a spe-
cialty. In order to secure the best
results the varieties best suited to
the soil were selected, and c
ing vigilance was exercised in pre-
venting the attacks of the borer.
The borer "a be easily managed if
he is watched. There is no ~necessi-
ty for him to get the slightest OPP
portunity for doing mischief, all that
is required being a frequent inspec-
ton of the trees in order to keep
him from entering.
There is a disease called the vel
lows, however, which did greater
damage than all other causes COM
bined. All attempts to cure the yell
lows, when once a tree was attack
ed, but while it was discovered that
the yellows was a disease, yet it be-
came evident hat there must be a
III for it. Just as a starved ami
NAL is subject to lice and disease of
the skin, so the peach tree when
deprived of sufficient nourishment
is subject to the yellows. The use of
n was found to be injurious,
unless it was thoroughly decompos-
ed and in a fine available condition,
but the use of commercial fertilizers
not only avoided any unpleasant
effects from the use of decomposing
manure, but was an excellent meth
of feeding the trees according to
their requirements. Thus a new era
was opened to peach growers, and
they found they could derive a large
profit where formerly all was vexa-
ton and failure. On light sandy
soils the essential element was pot
ash, whether in the shape of wood
ashes or as the salts Of the same,
but potash was also combined with
a proportion of nitrogen and phos-
pilates. Although the ash of a
peach was but a very small proper
ton of the whole, when analysed,
yet the growers had overlooked the
fact that the tree must be supplied
with growing material for the limbs
and leaves as we'll as the fruit.
300 pounds of muriate of potash and
200 pounds of superphosphate,
combined with 100 pounds nitrate
of soda, is said to treble the crop as
compared with the usual method of
using no fertilizer at all.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
TIL Ely SAY"

"They say!" All! we'll, suppose they do,
But can they prove the story true?
Suspicious may arise from naught
But malice, envy, want of thought;
Why court yourself among the "they,"
Who whisper what they dare not say?
"They say!" But why the tale rehearse,
And help to make the matter worse?
No good can possibly accrue
From telling what may be untrue,
And is it not a noble plan
To speak of all the best you can?
"They say!" Well, if it should be so,
Why need you tell the tale of woe?
Will it the better work redress,
Or make one pang of sorrow less?
Will it the erring n restore,
Henceforth to "go and sin no more?"
"They say" Oh! pause and look within {;
See how thy heart inclines to sin;
Watch, lest in dark temptations hour,
Thou, too, should'st sink beneath it's
power?
Pity the frail, weep DER their fall,
But speak of good, or not at all.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
WHAT 1T rs THAT OLEMARGAR-
INE is KILLING.

By the last United States census
it appears that 7~77,25O,297 lbs. of
butter were made on the farm; &c.
All, 1853 lbs. in factories, and 1850
62l in skim-cheese factories, a total
of SO6,672,O21 lbs. At 25 cents per
h., the value was $2O1, 668, O05. Of
cheese there was made 27,272,489
lbs. on the farm, III, 75O,495 lbs. in
factories, and A, 134, 1866 lbs. in skim
cheese factories, a total of 243, 49,
$50 lbs; at 10 cents this was worth
S24,315,7 1855. The sum Of the values
of these two kinds of dairy products
is 1926 ,9S3,79O annually. Add 25
per cent. increase for the last six
years since the one given by the
census, which is a low estimate, and
we have the sum of $282,479,7 1877.
To these figures should be added an
equal amount for milk consumed in
cities, villages and on the farm, as it
is generally conceded that one-half
of the annual milk flow is disposed
of in this way. This makes a grand
total-allowing 10 lbs. of milk for
one of cheese, and 25 for one of but
ter-of S564,959,474.
In 1880, we had 12,443, 100 milch
COWS. An increase of % per cent.
would make the number at present
15,553,900. At $50 a head, a low
price, they are worth $466, 597, 900.
Put the value of the annual dairy
products and the value of the COWS
together, and we have the sum of
$40, O76,737. To this enormous sum
must be added the money invested
in dairy buildings, apparatus and
machinery, and that invested in lands
devoted to dairy purposes-a sum
which we have no e of approx
mating, but which is enormous. But,
allowing four acres per cow, worth
$50 per acre, we have the startling
sum of ,966, ass, 100000. The build
ings, machinery, apparatus, ETC., can
not be less than $40 per COW; this
is $155,539 OOO.O 90. Now put these
sums together:
Annual dairy products, val, 1864, 959,474
Value OF 466,591 900
Value of dairy land............l 500, 468 900
Value of dairy buildings, etc. 155,539,OOO
So ,O53, 563,474
1t is safe to put the dairy plant Of
the nation at $4,000, 600, 900, and the
annual output at $3.50, OOO, 900.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER. NAY p. 1881.

the mother died, leaving her little
one with no one to care for it.
II lived in the house where the
mother died, and volunteered to do
what 1 could for the poor little
thing, and to go with the dead wo-
mans remains to her native place.
Her body is on this train. [ am
sorry the child is so troublesome,
but isn't it entitled to some little
sympathy?"
There were few dry eyes in the
a when she dropped, sobbing, into
her seat. Selishness was lost in
sympathy for the desolate little
wanderer. A score Of hands, that a
moment before were almost willing
to rise in chastisement of the babe,
were now anxious to extend aid to
it and it's self-sacriicing guardian.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
BROAD TIRES.

1t is astonishing how many peo-
pie doing heavy hauling still cling
to the old-fashioned narrow tire on
the wagon OF dray wheels. No mat
ter how well paved the road, there
are many times in the course Of the
season that soft spots will appear;
besides which few yards or ware
house approaches are thoroughly
paved. A fOur-inch tire will carry
two tons over soft ground with
greater ease and less veal to the
team, and gearing than Il two and a
half inch tire will carry one ton.
The wheels are not so much strained
by stones and rough tracks or the
road; besides the roads themselves
are not cut up nearly as bad. On
the contrary, they r. cut down and
kept continually smooth. There is
an idea pretty generally entertained
by the masses that when the tires
are widened the draught is increas-
ed by the increase of surface expos
ure and friction; but this is a great
mistake, as shown by actual meas
urement. The wide tire reduces the
draught. The extra tire width costs
something, to be sure, but is repaid
many times every year in the extra
and easier work that can be accom-
plished by a team.
Another prevailing idea among
wagon-makers and teamsters is that
the wheel must have but little play
on the axle. With a fancy buggy,
hack or coach, when it is desired to
run easily and noiselessly along the
road, the hubs should be allowed We
ry little play but with the heavy
loading wagon there should be al
lowed plenty of room for the hubs
to work without grinding heavily at
the shoulder or on the nut. When
a stone or other obstruction is en-
countered by the wheel, if the latter
has no play it must mount over; if
on the contrary there is room on the
axle it will dodge to one side and
but little OBJECT on the team be a
Tested. Besides, the spokes and
feloes are subjected to far less
strains. There may be sudden
shocks, but, if loose, each wheel will
receive a footing, thus e%qualizing in
stead of putting all on one.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
SERVICE.

From a memorandum prepared by
the Civil Service Commissioners it
appears that, exclusive of army and
navy appointments, 4,O43 appoint
ments are subject to confirmation by
the Senate. Of these there are un-
der the Department of State 1893;
the Treasury, 1868; the Interior,
354 Postoffice Department, 252 and
Department of Justice, 26l. The
whole number of civil employees un-
der the government is about no.
900, of which 52,632 are postmas-
ters. The total number of places
subject to civil service examination
is about $4,000, of which 5000 are
under the departments OF the city,
5000 in the postal service and 5000
in the customs service. 1t will be
cen by this that the civil service
law does not cover O~ne-seventh OF
the government employees.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

Ventilation is absolutely neces-
sary and essential to health. Unless
a poultry house be we'll and proper
ly ventilated fowls cannot be kept
healthy for any length of time.
Crushed bones are worth more
to feed fowls than grain. Cut and
crush with the axe all meat bones
every day.-Americon Poultry Jour-
nal.
Ground bone and potash applied
to grapevines not only increases the
quantity, but improves the quality
of the fruit, adding largely to the
amount of sugar it contains. For
immediate effect in the Spring use
the dissolved bone.
In biting off a needleful of thread
it is often noticed that the silk tastes
sweet. This should warn the sewer
to use her scissors, and not her
teeth, as the sweet taste comes from
the sugar of lead used in dyeing and
weighing the silk.
-Ifyou want eggs from your Brah-
mas don't feed them too strongly.
They take on fat readily, and when
fat they do not lay. Plymouth
Rocks and Wyandottes need liberal
feeding when they are laying.
If broken rice be boiled with
one-third milk and two-thirds water,
adding one egg to each pint Of liq-
uid, and the mass thickened with
oatmeal and corn meal while boiling,
it will prove an excellent diet for
very young chicks. 1t keeps we'll
and may be crumbled very easily
when cold.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12

1t has long been a popular be-
lief that a nail driven in a fruit tree
near the ground will prevent the
depredations of borers. A better
plan would be to keep all trash from
the base of the tree, and the bark
smooth, and examine the trees about
the time the beetles are laying their
eggs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12

,O53 ,563,474
1t is safe to put the dairy plant of
the nation at 1000, 600, 600, and the
annual output at $4,000, 600.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-21
THE INDIANA CANVASS.

Hon George w. Friedley Opens the Repub-
lican Campaign in Monroe County.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
BLooMINGToN, Sept. Is The first gun in the
political canvass was fired here tonight by Hon.
Geo. W. Friedley, of Lafayette. For nearly two
hours Colonel Friedley's eloquent speech held
the closest attention of his audience and at
times his excited hearers gave expression TO Re-
publican sentimentsNby enthusiastic cheers. The
meeting was enlivened by the music of the City
brass bard and by the Clear Creek glee club,
led by Henry F. Dillman. Hon. W. F. Brown
ing presided and introduced Colonel Friedley.
who discussed national and State issues in
speech of great strength. presenting the worst
points OF Democracy in a very damaging light
DE closed with an eloquent appeal-to soldiers,
showing that they must look to the Republican
party for legislation friendly to their interests
he Republican sentiment on this subject was
aptly found on the Lincoln monument at Spring
field, H.. and in the very words of Lincoln in
his immortal words at Gettysburg, with
malice towards none. with charity for all, with
6rmness in the right God gives to see the
right, let go on and finish the work given us
to do, and let us care for him who shall have
borne the burden of battle, and his widow and
his orphan"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-21
Canadian Timber Thieves.

NEW York. Sept pa special from Ottawa,
Ont, to the Herald, says: "For some time past
Canadian lumbermen. it is alleged, have made a
business of systematically carrying off lumber
from the United Etates territory. This has
been done with full knowledge on the part of the
Interior Department, but measures have
been taken to cheek it. The St. Mary's lake dis
trict south of the forty ninth parallel, in Mime
sota is the one that has suffered most from these
depredations. Millions of feet Of the choicest
lumber has been cut and foated down the Belly
river to Leeth bridge, where it has been sawed
up and then sent into different parts of Manitoba
and the Northwest Territory. Over -four. hun
dred laborers engaged all last winter in this
work. and 1t is reported that men are being en-
gagged for similar work this winter"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-21
Political Scraps.

John E. Lamb delivered a speech at Montezu-
ma on Saturday night. The only notable state
ment made by Mr.. Lamb was the startling one,
To-day there is not an American ship sailing
the ocean,"
The Decatur county Democrats have nomi-
mated the following ticket Representative,
Henry G. Miller; clerk, Oscar l.. Pulse; auditor,
S. F. Rodgers; treasurer, Samuel B. Elkins;
sheriff, Ferdinand Norman; recorder, Alex Por-
ter coroner. DR.. Eli Pennington; surveyor. Mar
cellus Jackson; commissioner, Isaiah Proctor
The Republicans of ST. Joseph county have
nominated John Finch for sheriff; Aaron Jones
for auditor; Charles Frank for treasurer; George
II. Award for clerk; 7. NJ. Howard for recorder;
!. N. Miller and w. A. Daley for Representa-
tives DR.. c. Fl. Myers for coroner; William M
Written for surveyor, and c. g. Towle for COM
missioner of the eastern district
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-21
Mrs. Hubbard wants a Divorce.

CHICAGO, Sept. 20-Suit for divorce was be-
gun in the Superior Court to day, by Mrs, Har-
riet Hubbard, who has made herself somewhat
famous by her endeavors to support herself, her
husband having failed in 1888 He was mem-
Der of the iron firm of John V. Ayers Sons one
of the largest in the world. which went ny stimuli
taneously with its Cleveland correspondents,
Brown. Bonnell & Co. Mrs. Aver sues on the
ground of desertion. When his firm failed Aver
separated from his wife, but promised to give
her $500 month. He did not do 80, and never
contributed to her support. She went to New
York and took position in an art store She
made some money and furnished house, which
she rented to Mrs. Langtry. She asks for the
custody Of her daughters, who are now with her