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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01
The Army Worm.

This year has been rendered mcm-
orable one by the appearance Of tho
army worm in the grain fields of the
West and Northwest. Thousands o!
acres of wheat have been wholly ruined
by this pest and in many cases tho
yield is so small and is in such bal
condition rs not to hc worth harvest.
ing.
The army worm IS cut-worm, with
all the habits OF that voracious pest
This year has been particularly bad
one for these worms in various sections.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01

There are to day. scecr ling to the
Warrington Star, 243, 53i Indians,
men, women and children in the United
States, aud OF this number seventy.six
per cent. or 1885, ,574 are self.support-
ing and receive no subsistence supplies
Whatever from tho Government. OF
the total number. 133, All are known
as reservation Indians, residing as
wards of the Nation on 129 different
reservations, in twenty States and Ter
sitories. the reservations being made
s'th.slby saw, by executive order or
BY treaty and subject TO increase or
diminution by the Government at
pleasure. These reservation Indians
own s13, 3,6Sl,5Is worth of horses,
mules, swine, sheep and domestic fowls,
which with their other property and
the trust funds owned by many Of the
tribes. place them far above the reach
ofwant. The non.reservation Indians,
OF which there are 110,117, are in all
even more enviable condition. All are
immensely rich as tribes and tho de-
gree OF enlightenment and civilization
they have attained is n startlin z revela-
tion to the uninitiated. or this class
o8,000 belong TO the Ave civilized
tribes In Indian Territory, 1O,2s7 to
the Moquis and Puebles of Arizona and
New Mexico. 5203 to the Six Nations
OF York, 1885 10 the eastern band OF
Cherokees of North Carolins. Georgis,
Tennessee and Alabama, and IL, 900 to
the Navaios of Arizona. Their lands
were acquired by purchase. settlement
or treaty, their trust funds by tho sale
Of their surplus lands aud their other
property by the personal exs-t.on and
labor Of the tribes. assistea in thei,
seosts ls the Fedstl Government.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01
Figures Generating tho Beluss.

In answer 20 q correspondent n
newspaper says - "The delugGmen.
toned in the Bible was threatened III
in the year 1855 b. c., and began De.
cenfber Z, 1865 b, g., aud continued
871 days The ark rested OH Mount
Ararat on May 6, 1856, but Noah did
not leave il until December Is follow
ing. ANY reader who imagines that
II would bc an easy task to figure these
detaile from a Biblical account can
find basis for his calculations in the
seventh end eighth chapters Of Gene
SIS --St. Louis Republic.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01

A very starting report has just
S--.. An"u- to-sLe r.sasL Ao~demy of
Science by NJ. Lagneau. He demon.
strates that, whereas, for the whole OF
France the average of life is forty
years, for Paris it is but twenty.eight
years. This is due, he says, to the
enormous mortality among newborn
infants put out to nurse, to the great
mortality of infants i'll general, espec-
Ially among the poor, from authrepsy,
diphtheria and measles, and to the
high mortality among adults from
phthisis and othor tuberculous com.
plants.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01
RELIABLE RECIPES.

A GOOD BATTER. "A goo1 batter for
frying meat, oysters, etc, IL stead OF eggs
aud crumbs, is made in the following
way: Three: quarters OF pound OF
sifted flour mixed with two ounces OF
butter melted in warm watCr. Mako a
soft paste, beat il smooth till the batter
is thick enough 10 mask the back Of a
spoon dipped into it, and salt 10 taste.
Add the last thing the whites Of two eggs
well beaten.
RoAsT Duck wiTR DREssING. Choose
two large aud fat ducks; singe and draw
carefully; save and pare the livers, chop
them fine. fry little with small picoc
OF butte: and a tablespoonful OF chopped
shallots; mix with four ounces Of stepped
and pressed white of-bread, two ounces
Of butter, two egg.yolks, salt, pepper
and chopped parsley; put this iu the
ducks. secure both ends, truss nicely,
and roast about forty minutes; unite and
dish up the ducks; add little broth to
the drippings, stTain over the ducks aud
serve. II Delieo. 81
BOILED LEG OF MUTTos, CARER SAUCE.
Procure fat, tender, six. pound leg OF
mutton; pare, boil steadily for an hour
and half In plenty Of slightly saltcd
water; drain with skinner DC careful
not 10 pierce the surface with fork OF
anything sharp, ns all the juice in that
case would certainly bc wasted thicken
about quart Of the broth with an OUNCE
and a half of flour kncadcd with butter
add salt, pepper and few drops OF VINO.
gar aud pr,ss through napkin; dish up
the mutton, pare and ornament the
bandle-bone with n faucifully cut white
paper cuf; pour some Of the sauce over
and the rest In o sauce bowl and serve
with some capers in a separate plate.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01
THURLOw CARTER, Editor and Manager
SEMI-WEFKLY EDITION
AN 1NTIDOTE TO CARE.

Think that the erass upon thy grave is green;
Think that thou seest th,ne own empty air;
The empty garmeuts thou vast wont TO
wear;
Tho empty room where long thy haunt hath
b en-.
Think that the lane, the meadow, and the
wo d,
And mountain SUNNI, feol thy feet no more,
Mr. the loud thoroughfare, nor souDling
shore;
AL nero blank space where thou thyself hath
TODD.
Amid this tn ught-crFsted silence say
To tuy stripped SOUL what an now, and
where2
Then turn and face the petty, narrowing care
Which has been gnswing thee for many a
day,
md it will o as dies a wsiling breeze
Lost iu the solemn roar of bounding seas.
flames Sm.tham.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01

One of the signs of the times, Think
the Chicago Herald, i1 the way pock ct
pieces arc getting into circulation.
Men who have carried certain cherished d
coins for years find reason for spend
ing them, and silver halves and quar-.
ters Of old dates are quito often re-
ceived In change. A few of the old.
fashioned big copper cents have also
reappeared, and small tradesmen do
not hesitate to accept Canadian or
Mexican coins at their face value.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01

coast. IA far as Liberia, entire. cargoe1
of these shells, the value of which runs
from twelve cents to forty cents per
thousand, according TO the pare OF
Africa Cauries aro only used in
countries where gold is scarce. In thA
wholS era betweeu Kong, Bondan ;ar.
and The sea, caurieg are not used: na-
tives settle their purchases with rol.l
dust or nuggets.
To weigh the gold thoy use n cHr-
rency they employ small copper s,plel.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01

A Bombay health official has pro-
tested against tho recent decision OF
the city government to adopt means
for the destruction Of crocodiles. He
says they are the best and only scav.
engers possible OF the water reservoirs
In which they dwell; as they clear
away ell decomposing animal and veg.
eteble matter, all obnoxious sub
stances which there are no human
means of removing
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01

have done il IN a style of their own
their works are peculiarly humorous
and fanciful
Each native who has pair nf scales
has also special weights which he aloho
understands how to use. He knows,
for instance, that giraffe weighs one
or two mitkals Of gold; that such a
weight in the shape of II bird repre-
sents one-half or onc.third mitkal 81
gold, etc.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01
CHILDREN's COLUMN.
F1nGETy Ma

FIpaEIy NAN.
queer old wife was Fidgety Nan,
A funny old wife was she,
A wearisome vile for sailor man,
AS the sailor man told me.
He never could make her understand
wnen q storm ragged fiercely on the land,
IL might not rage az sea.
She hung in dangling, dangerous place,
Where ths wind could sweep 1t free.
Tho old brass kettle had served her race
Full we'll for century
And whenever terrible storm took place,
She hurriedly climbed the tree:
II thank the powers that give me grace,
To swing in this kettle said she;
For how could stay in safer place
And my man in peril be?''
But the funniest fact of this curious case
As the sailor man told me.
Was when she swung in that dangerous ploc,
II was deadly calm at sea.
ST Nicholas
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01

Statistics gathered by the German
Imperial Commissioner on labor show
that IN many parts OF the Empire the
duration of work exceeds fifteen hours
daily. In Northwestern Germany the
percentage of work people laboring
thus long is 36.S of the whole.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01

The thoroughfares Of Rio de Ja-
metro arc so narrow that people can
lean out of windows and shake hands
across the street Events, however,
remarks the Washington Star, do not
indicate that they feel like doing this
very often.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01

The City of London is sacred from
intrusion by the Royal troops. and
only two regiments in the British SER
vice have the right to march through
it in martial array, with bands play
ing, bayonets fixed and colors dis.
r,lavad
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01
ESTABLISHED 1912.
Odd and Gpriena,Meights. +.

Money used ny natives in occidental
Soudap consists Of small univalvn
white shells called cauries, derived
from the Maldises and Laqpediyes
islands, and also from Zanzibar
For several centuries past ships
haTo brought 10 the mouth cd
Ne Niger, or to the Guinea
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01

An interesting experiment is now in
practical operation at Fatehgarh, In
dia. 1t consists in the endeavor to
train up in honest habits the children
of the Sansia race, who have been
known in India as thieves and d pre.
dstors for ages past.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01
Not Like Mamma,

al think baby is like mamma, don't
yon. Gcorge?" said the proud mother.
"No. why, we've had him six weeks
now, and he hasn't contrsdicted me
once" returned George. Harper's
Bazaar,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01

Minnesota has perhaps suffered moro
than'the other States. II is hoped thst
these worms will not be Troublesome
next year, as large numbers Of them
were destroyed by the maegot Of fly
before tho breeding stage was reached.
Our illustration shows the worm feast.
ing on an ear of wheat. Nov York
World
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01
Nearly 1000 children are born year
~ in London workhouses.
Life insurance companies are be-
coming the holders of enormous
masses Of capital,

In a single season the locusts or
grass-hoppers have cost the Western
farmers 5000, 900. 900.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01

II Ia only the women who can law.
fully hold up train. --lNew York Jour
nal.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01

Weights are extremely varied in shr y
and sizes. Most of them are III br, =
Many Of tho weights exhibiting hum !
figures, animals, tools, mdicrpua
scenes, etc, as reproduced here from
the Jewellers Circular are modele |
with wax and cast in brass Africans may
have learned this process from Euro.
peans who visited their country, nut
THEN art exhibits q native charaote:
thoroughly novel. These BLACK ar.
fists have evidently Reproduced wn
they saw or imagined, nnl tns !
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01

And that, boys, is the old musicians
story, just as Ire told IL to me. You can
have it for what II is worth. At any rate,
IL throws new light on that young fel.
lows life, and who can say but what lie
wac right At least he saw the better
side, worse luck 10 me. Washington
Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-03-23
A POINTERS GREAT LEAF
He Jumped from Flying Train After a
 


 August Osthoff, of Frankfort road, has pointer dog that few weeks ago he valued at two hundred dollars at least, says the Philadelphia Record. To-day it would take one thousand dol lars and more to win the animal And the reason for this jump in value is not far to seek.
 A few days ago MT. Osthoff was bound out of the city on the North Pennsylvania railroad for gunning trip, accompanied, as usual, by his dog. He was sitting by an open window in the smoking car. while Count Beaufort crouched calmly at his feet against the side of the car. As the train started away from Edgehill station the sports man leaned forward to talk to some friends in the seat ahead. The speed of the cars was increasing fast, when some boys that were shooting black birds in field near by discharged gun. Count started up and put his paws upon the windowsill. Mir. Osthoff's friends saw the dogs intent eye and ear and one of them for fun said: ''Go fetch it.
 Count knew what that meant. In an instant, before his master or friend could move muscle, he gave a spring, and while the train whistled along at a twenty ty-fve-mile-an-hour gait went fly ing out of the window.
 Mir. Osthoff drew a quick breath as he saw his spendid hunter jump to certain death. He leaped to his feet and seized the bell rope to stop the train. His hand was dislodged by the conductor, who said no dog would be allowed to interfere with schedule" Osthof stormed and fumed and said it was worth one hundred dollars to him to get his dog at once. But argument availed nothing, and he was told to wait till the next station was reached, when he could telegraph back for the animal.
 Itwas a mile and a half before the next stop was made, and the sportsman alighted, expecting to walk back and find his dog's scattered remains.
 He started along the rails and then stood amazed. Three hundred yards down the track, like shooting ray of sunshine, something was scudding toward him. The stretch was covered in few inStants and there at his feet panted Count, his tail wagging, and in his mouth tke blackbird that was brought down by the boy sportsman's gun. Count knew his business, and so does his master now. That dog can't be bought for love nor money.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-03-23
EadS of Men.

That men have fads as we'll as their wives, sisters and sweethearts was evidenced the other day, when at a restaurant dinner a man detached from his watch guard a tiny silver flask, or bottle, from which, after the top was unscrewed, he dusted one or two grains of fine pepper ''which I got in Egypt and find most appetizing and an aid to digestion" says the New York Times. One or two of his com panions who tried it, in the infnitesimal quantity in which it was bestowed, found it very hot, but doubted its all leged qualities. Without doubt it was a notion, such as only women are sup posed to indulge
The St. Johns herald., 1893-03-23
Ready-Made Clothes.

In spite of the marked improvement in the method of cutting ready-made clothes, men above six feet in height still find it exceedingly difficult to be fitted in made-up garments. There are plenty of coats and trousers for men with abnormal abdomens, but very few coats and trousers for men with un- usually long legs and arms. The shirt makers pay no heed to any measure ment save that of the neck, and the six footer whose neck measurement is be- low sixteen inches finds the sleeves of the ready-made shirt nearly half way to his elbows. Shoemakers do better. A man wearing a shoe anywhere below eleven may be fitted at almost any price. The cheapest shoes, though run ming as high as twelve, are nearly all too broad for slender feet.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-03-23
Hop Tea in England.

A new industry has sprung up in England in the manufacture of hop tea. Hop tea is a blend of Indian and Cey- lon teas with kentish hops prepared by a special drying process, in which the hops come in contact with pure cir only and are not subjected to the fumes to which brewers hops are exposed. It is claimed for hop tea that the intro duction of the hops not only improves the flavor of the tea by giving it malty aroma, but the sedative in the hop counteracts the exciting effect of ordi- nary tea upon the nerves. It is also claimed that the tonic property of the hop modiiies and diminishes the aStrin- gency of ordinary tea.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-03-23
iMPRovIsINe A DRESS SUIT.
An Americans Experience In n London
 Thceter

An Americans Experience In n London
 Thceter.
 "About eight years ago" said an American traveller, II was in London, Eng. One day bought a stall to see Patti at the Royal. A stall corresponds to our boxes. When the evening came took the ladies around and walked in at the door. But I did not get far.
 You cannot come ill here, said the doorkceper
 "'Why not? I asked. in surprise; here are my seat tickets
 Well, you cannot enter, he replied, decisively; your coat is a frocl1, and nothing but dress suits are allowed
 'I expostulated. told him that my hotel was long way off and that the ladies would be greatly disappointed. was an American and did not know the rule of the theater.
 Finally he told me to go into the dressing-room, where the attendants might be able to fix me out all right.
 II went, expecting to pay two or three crowns for the loan of a coat. The fellow looked at me a second, whipped pin from his lapel and pinned my coattails back, and found myself in evening dress!
 II gave the man half crown"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-03-23
A SUDDEN TRANSITION.
Diary of a Boys Voyage Across the At
 Iantic.

Diary of a Boys Voyage Across the Att Iantic.
 A boy of twelve, who went from New York to England with his father on a short trip, was asked by his mother to keep q diary of all he saw and heard while gone. Below is given an extract relating the incidents while on ship board:
 June 1-Left New York at noon and am having glorious old time. Have been all over the ship and have got ac- quainted with the captain and the mate. But I like to sit on deck best and am going to sit there most of the time. It's grand to be away out on the ocean out of sight of land. They've splendid things to eat at the table and I'm having such Q good time I wouldn't care if we'd be month reaching Liver pool. I'm glad I could come. It's glorious. June 2-Sick. June 3-Sick- CT. June Awful sick. June 5-Still sick and I don't know as I'll ever live to get home, and don't care if don't. June 6-Some better; ate a cracker. June 7-Pa helped me up on deck, but ain't well yet. June S-Maybe we'll get to Queenstown tomorrow. I wish we were there now. Am going to bed. June 9-We can see the Irish coast. 1 wish I could walk home or else stay abroad forever. I've had a terrible time.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-03-23
Arabic Music.

The pasha's daughter treated me to a specimen of Turkish, or rather Arabian music. Seated crosslegged on the ground she ''twanged the light guitar" only instead of a guitar it was an in- strument called, l think, the oude, which very much resembled banjo. There was neither beginning nor end to the air. It entered without any prelim- mary into a monotonous variation, more like that of weak bagpipes or the trump eting of band of eXpectant mosquitoes than anything can think of, writes an English traveller. By and by she sang an accompaniment. but the song was of a piece with tho nusic-a cease,ess rep etiuoC of the same nasal droning in which there was nevertheless some tlli2g iclistcnt ard plaintive.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-03-23
/ THE MUTUAL FRIENDLY
A Great Factor in the Love Making ot
 SOutis America,

Soutii America.
 All the love making in South America must be carried on through third per. son. If youth desires to marry he does not speak of it to the girl whom he wishes for wife, but to his own father. The latter, if he approves, goes to the father of the young lady and the two discuss the matter together. Each tells the other what he will do for the young folks, and between them a contract is drawn up respecting settlements and all such things.
 The intending bridegroom is not per- mitted to see his fancee for moment before the wedding. As soon as that event has taken place there is a we'd ding breakfast, and, usually without the formality of a preliminary tour, the couple settle down to living, either in an establishment of their own or more often in the house of the parents of the bride or the groom.
 One drawback about marriage in South America, says the Cincinnati Con- mercial Gazette, is that in taking girl to wife it is apt to be considered mat ter of course that the young man mar ries her whole family also. He has no occasion for surprise or disgruntlement if, together with his bride, fifteen or twenty people come to share his house. hold and domestic comforts, including all her available relatives and their servants.
 These Latins are a very clannish race, and father is apt to be willing to adopt a raft of sisters and cousins and aunts, not to mention mother-in-law, rather than have his son or daughter leave the family roof. It is due to the strength of family attachment among them that hotels in South America are only for strangers from afar; the na tives always find hospitable entertain ment among the kindred.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-03-23
GEN. GRANTS WAR CRY.
How a Stranger Won a Salute from the
 Silent Warrior.

How a Stranger Won a Salute from the
 Silent Warrior.
 When Gen. Grant was making his second presidential tour throughout the country, says the Chicago Times, he ar rived in the course of time at Aurora. A deputation of citizens was at the de- pot to meet the train. One of them, a Scotchman named Bruce, who is now a prominent retired merchant tailor in Aurora, offered to bet that he would make Gen. Grant take off his hat to him. The bet was taken right and left, and Bruce put up his money like 8 royal duke. When the train arrived the pres ident was on the end of the platform of his ear surrounded by his intimate of ficial and personal friends. The crowd cheered and the general stood and bowed and smiled all round. Suddenly Mir. Bruce broke his way through the crowd and faced the president, shout ing at the same time in a stentorian voice: Stand fast, Craigellachie!' For an instant, just for an instant, Gen. Grant looked puzzled, and then he made a salute and stood with his hat uplifted, afterwards shaking Mir. Bruce's hand warmly.
 Of course Bruce won his bets, and no- body knew the secret until he explained that it used to be the custom for every Grant, when he heard the battle cry of his clan, to doff his cap and remain standing until the salute was returned. The incident showed that Gen. Grant was fully conversant with the customs of the famous Scotch Highland clan to which his family must have originally belOnred.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-03-23
California Borings.

In boring artesian wells on the Pa cific coast great depths are reached be- fore striking water. At Jaral and Monclara the wells are 1856 and 1,2S0 feet in depth. The supply is inex- haustible. but the water has to be pumped. In Texas water has been struck at 2,031 feet at Haskell. 1870 at Longfelder and 1,603 at Spofford. The water is good, but it did not flow in August. In the California desert water was struck in one well at a depth of 1, 400 feet and another at 550 feet, but it was b-2cl1ish