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Cost of a Cannery Outfit.

The following estimates by a person
experienced in the canning business
were prepared for the Lynchburg Vlrgi-
MAN:
The capacity Of the fixtures herein des-
cribed is adapted to a small cannery.
The boiler, with one kettle, would pre-
pare enough tomatoes etc, to fill $500
cans. or three times this number Of pea
ches or apples. Every additional kettle
would proportionately increase the capa-
city.
The cost OF boiler of twelve horse
power is 500; kettle open, 81. This
will do for tomatoes, apples peaches and
all kinds Of berries.
IL corn or peas are to be canned pa
tent process will be necessary. This
will cost 1925. With this kettle you will
have set Ut crates.
Leaving out this, We have the follow
ing additional items: Open kettles and
crates, extra, cost S. to s.; exhaust box,
81; crane to hoist crates out Of the ket-
tie, $l3; air pumps, s.; oil tank, 81 to
$25; free pots, IS to $40; DebOw Gaping
tools 81 each Two of these will be ne
cessary for each man, but one "capper' is
sufficient in small cannery.
The prices of cans. il they are bought
at the right time are for two pounds cans
SITS per hundred; for three pound cans
$2.45 to 81 per hundred.
The cases or boxes in which the cans
are packed for shipment, and which hold
two dozen cans, cost for cases that hold
q two pounds cans, cents each; for
cases that hold "a three pounds cans, 8
cents each.
The price paid for Smelling peas is
cents per gallon; for peeling tomatoes
cent per bucket, that is the common
wooden bucket; for peeling and seeding
peachesl2 cents per bushel, peeling ap.
pies 10 cents per bushel. These are pri.
ces when the hands are boarded at the
cannery. II they board themselves IL
cents per day is allowed.
The foregoing statement of expenses OF
starting cannery nothing is said about
a house to cover machinery and opera
tiOns. This may be very plain cheap
shed, or more costly building, or some
old building may be adapted to the pur-
pose. A house with an area OF floor equi-
valent to 24x40 feet would be sufficient.
Leaving out the cost Of the house and
the process kettle necessary if corn and
peas are to be canned the sum of 1926
will, | am informed cover the expenses Of
starting cannery for tomatoes peaches
and all kind Of berries,-Souther Live
Stock Journal.
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Proclamation.

Be it known that / the undersigned
Mayor of the town of st. Martinsville BY
virtue Of the power vested ny law do here
by issue this my proclamation ordering
that all the qualified voters Of the Town
Of st. Martinsyille to meet at the Court
House in said town on the first Monday
Of April 1889, it being the 1st. day Of said
month. then and there to elect according
to the laws of the State, five Trustees for
the town of st. Martinsville for the term
of one year. In faith whereof have
hereuntO signed my name officially at
st. martinsville parish Of st. Martin this
2Sth. day Of Feb. A. ID. 1889.
A.V. FLEMING.
Mayor.
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Martial BienVenu.

Dealer in
Dry Goods, Shoes. Hats, Fancy Goods,
and Family Groceries.
A speciality of Ladies fancy goods, such
as Flowers, Feathers, ornaments and all
kinds Of trimmings for ladies hats,
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
Main Street, st. Martinsville, La.
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A True Tonic.

When you don't feel well and hardly
know what ails you, give B. B. B. DO
tanic Blood Balm a trial 1t is fine
tonic.
TO. Callahan, Charlotte, n. C., writes:
"B. b. B. is fine tonic, and has done me
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L. W. Thompson. Damascus, Ga, writes:
II believe b. B. B. is the best blood puri-
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general health"
An old gentleman writes: "B. B. B.
gives HE new life and new strength. II
there is anything that will make an old
man young, it is b. b. B."
PA Shepherd, NOrfork, Va, August
10th, 1888, writes; II depend on j. B. B.
for the preservation Of my health, !
have had it in my family now nearly
two years, and in all that time have not
had to have Doctor"
Thos. Paulk, Alapaha, Ga, writes: 81
suffered terribly from dyspepsia. The use
Of b. B. b. has made me feel like new
man. l would not take q thousand
dollars for the good it has done me-"
W. NJ. Cheshire, Atlanta, Ga. writes
II had a long spell of typhoid fever
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right leg, which swelled up enormously
An ulcer also appeared which discharged
cup full of matter day. 1 then gave
B. b. B. trial and it cured me-"
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A Southern Romance,

A special from Nashville, Tenn, Feb.
IL, says: A suit to recover fourth in
terest in an estate reckOned at $1,000, 600,
filed in the Davidson country courts, a
romance of unusual interest.
Issac Franklin was once the richest
man in the south, owning four big plan
tations and more negroes than any other
Shareholder except General Wade Hamp-
tons father. At his princely home he
kept visitors, register, and one day a
party of young Nashville people on a
frOlic called and inscribed their names,
Adecelia Hayes, the then belle of the
south, as one Of these, and, careless OF
consequences, wrote opposite her name
her intention of setting her cap" for
old man Franklin. The rich widower
was cOught In the trap and married Miss
Hayes. Franklin soon died, leaving a
young AID lovely widow worth $l.OOO.OOO.
Some time later Joseph Acklen, a young
lawyer Of Huntsville. Ala, proposed to
party of friends that If they would give
him $1,000 for expenses he wOul ensnare
the wealthy widow. Acklen was smart
and handsome. and his friends provided
him with the requisite cash. With a
show Of wealth Acklen laid siege to the
heart OF Mrs. Franklin, aud soon they
were married.
They built country home called BEL
mont" a superb place surrounded by
seventy-fve acres of Ornamented grounds
with Conservatives, music hall, billiard
pagOda and geological garden, and enter
tanned regally.
Acklen died during the war, leaving
four children, one OF whom, Hon. Joseph
II. Acklen. formerly a member of con-
gress from Louisiana, is plaintiff in the
suit spoken of.
Mrs. Acklen some time later married
DIR. ". b. Cheatham of this city. Fifteen
hundred invitations were issued. and
many guests from Europe were present
at the nuptials.
After the war Mrs. Cheathem sued the
government for $l.OOO.OOO for damages
to cotton crop and won her cause Her
attorney was the confederate general,
Gideson j. Pillow, who was to receive
100000 as his fee, but the widow dem
urred and the demurrer was sustained.
Since then the estate has wasted away
until. when Mrs. Cheatham recently
died at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New
York, it was not estimated to be worth
more than $4,000, for fourth interest
in which young Mklen brings suit
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For Sale, a Cheap Farm.

go arpents all enclosed under new
fence. good buildings. on bayou Teche, on
railroad 4 mile from st. Martinsville,
La, price $3.50 per arpent. And other
improved farms. Address r. Martin
Dec 261y st. Martinsville, La.
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Tableau.

In the matter of the Estate
of FRANCHISE Armand.
Probate Docket No. 170S.
2lst. Judicial District Court.
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Notice.
Take notice that your licenses for the
year 1889 are due and exigible, and II
same are not paid on or before the LIST.
day of March next, they will be collected
with costs. Cab. Cardinal.
Sheriff.
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BOOnS.

Texas is on the eve Of great boom but
Reeds Chill Cure has been booming ever
its introduction to the people because 1t
has been tested and found to be the best
remedy on earth for chills and fevers.
For sale by T. j. Liable.
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Address Registered Letters to
New Orleans National Bank,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

REMEMBER THAT ONE DOLLAR il the
Price Of the smallest part of fraction Of ticket
issued in any drawing. Anything in our name
offered at IA less price, seither counterfeit
swindle.
"RENIEMBER. also that the payment OF Prizes
is GUARANTEED BY FOUR NATIONAL
BANKS of New Orleans and the tickets are
signed by the President of AN Institution whose
chartered rights are recognized in the highest
Courts; therefore beware of all limitations and
anonymous schemes.
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bert's.
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Whereas, Adolphe Pinaud Administrator Of
the aforementioned succession has filed in my
Office Tableau Of distribution and classical
ton OF the Estate OF FRANCHISE Armand. Now
therefore all persons are hereby warned and no
tilted, to file their objections if any they have to
said account, with the Clerk of Court at the
Court House in the town of 1t. Martinsville
within ten days after the first publication. here
Of otherwise the said account will be in due
course of law approved and homologatted.
Witness the Hon. James +. Mouton, Judge of
said Court at st, Martinsville La. this 18th. day
OF February 1850. A. V. Fouruet,
l.. J. VOORHEES,, Atty. Clerk of Court.
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-12


The ideal foot Of modern ladies is
about a No. 8. We hear but little
about the shining goal toward which
the masculine foot is directed. The
length of the average foot is q difficult
matter TO decide. Perhaps there wa
q time when its status was more reli-
ably fixed than al preesnt For in
stance, the common unit Of lineal
measure, a foot, was derived from the
length of the human foot. Human
feet differ in length all over the world;
so does the standard Of lineal measure
ment. There was q time when not
only each country, but each town had
a foot measure OF its own, indicating
different averages Of the different feet
in various localities. Taking the
English foot twelve 'inches) as a stand
ard, we find the French foot to be
12.7 rs, the Rhenish foot l2.35.
AS these comparative lengths were
derived from the average human foot
Of these nationalities, we may take
comfort in the fact that we are in the
| happy minority of inches at the base.
The Rhenish foot Of measure equals
| the English, and the German or Rhen-
ish foot varies in the different states.
The longest foot OF measure is that Of
old Turin, which is equal to twenty
inches OF English measure. This lat
ter, founded upon the length Of the
Turin pedal, might. in the persilage
of our time, be said to have descended
by heredity TO q certain section of our
great country, famous, in fable at
least, for its breadth and length of I'M
derstanding. In order TO get an idea
of the length Of shoe sizes in inches it
may be stated that q foot measuring
ten inches with the weight of the body
resting upon it may wear, comfort
ably, a No. 6 shoe. The reader can
figure from this up to the Turin foot
of twenty inches by allowing three
full sizes to the inch.
Following are some measurements
from life that show the comparative
length of the human foot in different
people. These measurements are well
proportioned to the height of the per-
sons: In q man 8 feet IL inches tall
the foot measured 10t inches and the
middle toe "a inches. In Chinese sub
jects, the ordinary height being s feet,
the length of foot was 8 inches and s
lines. Among a tribe Of low stature
Indians, whose height varied from s
feet l inch to 5 feet 3 inches, the
length of the feet was found to be
from 8 inches A lines TO 8 inches 6
lines. A youth in the South Sea
Islands, 9 feet z inches in height, had
a foot 12t inches long; his lower ex-
tremities measured 3S inches in length,
circumference of calf of leg ~ inches
and his ankle 10 inches. Shoe and
Leather Reporter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-12
Catching Eeis by the Barrel.

One Of the most novel sights in the
spring of the year, at the rocks of the
Willamette falls, is the swarms of
gyrating cells. They are freshness H.
self, and show q low order Of intelli-
gence. II you put your hand in the
water over the cells, or spit on it, in
SANITY they are gone. But poke a
stick down among the snaky things
and they do not notice it. The sense
Of smell seems to be their main guard
against danger. Like salmon, they do
their level best 10 dart up the rocks in
order TO ascend the river, and with
good success. Says a fisherman:
II have seen as many as q hundred
bushels Of eels hanging on the rocks
at one time by the suckers of their
mouths. They would wiggle and nut-
ter their tails, and by the momentum
thus obtained, letting go with their
suckers, jump up about six inches
higher. / caught about forty barrels
last season that | sailed and sold 10 the
Columbia fishermen for bait. | picked
them of the rocks with a lsh hook
tied TO a pole. started at the bot
tom row Of hanging cells, and would
silently pick off barrel after barrel.
The upper rows hadn't sense enough
to perceive the enemy. ] have caught
cells in the headwaters Of the Santiam,
in the Cascade mountains. Suppose
they had swum up from the William
cite. City Courier.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-12
Planting with n Cannon.

Alexander Nasmyth, the landscape
painter, was a man fruitful in expedi.
ents. To his mind, the fact that a
thing could not be done in the ordi.
nary manner was no reason why il
should be given up. His son relates
the following interesting example OF
his ingenuity:
The Duke OF Athol consulted him as
10 some improvements which he de-
sired 10 make in his woodland scenery
near Dunkeld.
Among other things, q certain rocky
crag needed TO be planted with trees,
TO relieve the grim barrenness of its
appearance. The question was how TO
do il, as il was impossible for any man
to climb the crag, in order 10 set seed
or plants in the clefts of the rock.
A happy idea struck my father.
Having observed in front Of the castle
a pair Of small cannon, used for firing
salutes OF great days, it occurred to
him TO turn them 10 account.
A tinsmith in the village was or
dered TO make a number Of canisters
with covers. Tho canisters were filed
with all sorts Of suitable tree seeds.
The cannon was loaded, and the can
listers were fired up against the high
face Of the rock. They burst, and
scattered the seed in all directions.
Some years after, when my father
revisited the place, he was delighted
10 find that his scheme Of planting by
artillery had proved completely sue.
c~essful; the trees were llourishing
l%uxuriantly in all the recesses of the
cliff. Youths Companion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-12
s~heridan's Horne,

One Of the stirring incidents in
Bronson Towards new play, ''Shenan-
doah," is the dash across the stage of
the war horse Of Gen. Phil Sheridan.
In this connection il is interesting 10
note that all there is left Of tho old
charger that carried Sheridan through
ffty-three battles is now in the muse
UNI on Governors Island, New York.
Old Winchesterls hide has been mount
ed by a skillful taxidermist and has
been made TO look US il he were ready
and anxious 10 take his master again
on that famous ride which began with
Sheridan twenty miles away" The
history Of Sheridans charger has been
written out and hangs near the mount
I'd hide aud is signed by Sheridan. II
nys that in disposition he was
spirited, though honest. and would
stand the heaviest firing rs steadily rs
The best OF Shcridan's we'll trained
mon lie was US tough as o Pine knot
and possessed Of n large amount 81
equine pride. Winchester Yves black
when IN the war. but ngc turned his
coot toa dark bay. lie died ia A7D.-
Detroit Free prus&
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-12
A Blind Boys Power.

There is a totally blind young man
IN Pine Grove, Esmeralda county,
Who has acquired powers that in a
measure compensate him for his mis-
fortune. Pine Grove is situated in a
deep and narrow canyon, surrounded
By high mountains, and there is not a
landmark within a radius of ten miles
that, if required TO do SO, this young
man could not walk up TO. He works
m the mines as pick boy and general
r~Oustabout and u times runs a car. In
that section every one is more or less
familiar with the workings of the
mines and knows that there are many
crosscuts, inclines, etc, in every mine.
The blind boy, If ordered 10 any por-
ton Of the mines 10 secure any tool,
will accomplish the errand in as salts
factory a manner as would any Of his
fellow workers with q lighted candle
and good sight 10 aid them. From
dhe center OF the town 10 the house
where most Of the men lodge il is
quite a long distance, and on dark
nights this young man, deprived by a
seemingly hard providence Of 50 great
q blessing a sight, is depended upon
70 guido the men safely home, which
he does, Notwithstanding that on each
Gde Of the narrow trail there are many
prospect holes and old cellars. -Es-
meralda Nev.) News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-12
Marrow Escape for the child.

] was the witness Of a street scene
the other day which might have re-
suited very badly for the youngest
person concerned. Two women were
walking with a little girl between
them, each Of them having her by the
hand. All three started 10 cross the
street, when a hack came along at a
brisk pace, whereupon one Of the
women hurried in front Of the horses
while the other held back, but both re
tanned their hold Of the child, and the
consequence was that for a moment
she was held in the path Of destruction,
her feet scarcely touching The ground,
her little arms extended and the pole Of
the carriage threatening 10 impale her.
Fortunately, at last n Of these dan.
gorous guardians LET go her hold, and
the small girl was hauled out Of dan.
ger by the other. II would be well,
perhaps, II, whenever a cliild IL thus
made 10 serve as a connecting link DO
tween two grown persons. The rcspon.
sibility Of guarding her should rest
with n alone. Boston Post
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-12
Ths Brandy Cigarette.

This is the latest in Boston" said q
man 10 a reporter. in the rotunda OF
the Grand Pacific, yesterday, and he
held up a partially rolled cigarette
between the thumb and foretinger OF
his right hand.
What, to manufacture your own
smokesf"
mo; brandy cigarettes"
Brandy c~igarettesT
Eyes; they're great I've been
mildly intoxicated for six months, and
| haven't tasted a drop OF liquor.
These cigarettes furnish all the hilarity
I desire"
Yes" he continued, as he drew in
a Whit Of smoke and letit out in Sec
tons between the words, they beat
drinking all hollow. One Of these
cigarettes has more effect OF a person
than a drink of whisky, so you can
readily see the advantage. They are
less expensive, more palatable, do not
leave the odor Of the beverage, and
can be used any time or place with
p.opriety."
How are they flavoredf" he re-
peated. Take a quantity of whatever
brand of tobacco you prefer and place
il in a jar Of brandy. Let il soak for
a short time. u r of the brandy and
partially dry the tobacco. Put il in Q
rubber pouch or anything that will
retain the moisture. Brandy, you
know, will burn under any circum.
stances, and burnt brandy is more in.
toxicating than the raw material. Roll
the cigarette out of the moist tobacco
and you have it.
Just try one" continued the new
kind of drunkard, rolling one Of the
deceptive little packages and handing
it TO the doubling reporter. As if il
were harmless, a match was applied
and the reporter drew in about one
yard Of smoke. That n was enough.
In an instant every nerve seemed to
be unstrung. The head grew light
and dizzy, while the people in the
rotunda suddenly began to stand on
their heads and sit beneath their chairs.
The Boston man, with what looked
like a demoniacal grin, murmured
something about Its being pleasant
but the reporter went out to cool his
brow against a lamppost-Chicagc
Tribune.