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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-12-19
HOW Make Soft Soar.

A farmers wife writing TO the
Cincinnati Gazette says: II keep
my ashes dry, and when put in
the hopper preparatory to making
soap, | have from a half to OF g
peck of unslacked lime put in
with the ashes. Before putting
the grease in Iswing the kettle off
the fire and let it hang few mo-
ments. = If there is any potash in
it, | take shovel and take it out.
For if there is much potash in it,
it will not make good soap.
81 pack the ashes well, adding
water enough to dampen them
Then put three or four buckets
Iof wa err each day for two or three
days until think it sufficiently
soaked. And lastly | pour on
boiling water to run the I've of.
As soon as | have enough run off
to commence boiling | put my
kettle over the fire and boil the I've
as fast as it will boil, still addiI G
more lye as it bOils down. La this
way 1 continue for a whole day.
By evening it will probably be
sufficiently strong to eat a feather
in passing it three times across
the liquid. | now put my grease
in, (all | think it will eat, still
boiling as fast as ! can without It's
running over. If it eats all the
grease up | add more. l now
leave my kettle standing over the
fire all night. In the morning if
there are any scraps of grease
that are not eaten up, | boil again
for an hour or two, and if they do
not dissolve take them out.
Then | take out a few spoonfuls
of the soap and set it away a lit
tie while to cool. When cold, if
there is I've under it and it ap,
pears free from grease, ! set my
kettle of and hand on another
one to boil more I've. Manag-
ing in this way, | generally can
make from sixteen to eighteen gal
Ions of nice white soap in two
days, and often in one day and
a night
81 think that by pursuing this
plan or a similar one, any Que
can make a strong soap"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-12-19
John Fl. Milliken, deceased,
Job Printin&

OF every description neatly done at this Of
fee, on reasonable terms. Ali work dslr-
cred, when promised. Try us.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-12-19
eE1zsz.e.
The Housewives Table

By which persons not having scales and
weights at hand may readily measure the
article wanted to form any recipe, with
out the trouble of weighing. Allowance
to be made for an extraordinary dryness
or moisture of the article weighed OF
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-12-19

EPIzooTIC-An exchange says!
at seems that many persons do
not have a very clear idea oil the
pronunciation and meaning of
the word epizootic, and for the
benefit of such we will give
word Of explanation. 1t is pro.
nOunced ep-izo.ot ic, with the &C,
cent on the fourth syllable, and
literally means on or among the
animals. We cannot say that
disease of any kind, prevailing a.
mong horses, cows, hogs, &C., is
epidemic, for the reason that cpl.
demic signifies on or among the
people, but we say it is epizootic.
The word is an ajective, aud is
not the name of any particular
form of disease, but refers to any
form of disease prevailing among
animals; the hog cholera at times
becomes erizootic, and when it
prevails in a neighborhood may
properly be styled epizootic chol-
era. The present disease among
horses may very appropriately be
called an epizoOtic diphteria.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-12-19
Our Soil and Climate.
Those wishing to purchase Trees or Plants
True to Name,
4Ap0 at Reasonable Rates.
INSOLVENT NOTICE.

PURSUANT to an order of the Clerk of
IL the County Court of Lincoln county,
Tenn, upon the suggestion of the admins
traitor of the estate of
John FL. Milliken, deceased,
of the insolvency of said deeedents estate,
notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims against said estate to present them
to the Clerk of said county, authenticated,
on or before the 2lst day of May,
1873, for. pro rata distribution, or they
will be forever barred.
NOVEL JOHN ANDERSON, adm.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-12-19
One CT themOSt desirable

locations in the county. Conveniently sit
uated to divide into three tracts. For fur
ther particulars, address the undersigned at
Mulberry, Tenn. n. whitaker.
n. B. The above farm unless sold, Will
be for rent novl4-tf
Weekly Union and american copy it and
send bill to this office for collection.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-12
Fashion Fnncles.

For children the boots are generally
worn to match the costume.
Scotch suits of plaid are made for the
little boys of four and five years.
The same style of vest and coat is
worn by older ones, with long pants.
Velvet sashes are much worn, gener-
ally made of velvet and lined with silk,
with the ends either trimmed with fringe
or lace.
Almost every fashion garment this
season is trimmed with laces, the rage
for guipure being as great as that OF o
few years ago.
serpent blue-not very alluring name
but still suggestive of wondrous lustre
and constant shifting of light and
shade over the glossy sheen of silk.
Very pretty sailor suits for girls are
made for school wear of dark blue cloth,
trimmed with white braid. Sailor suits
are still worn by boys under seven.
Watered ribbons are used in preference
to the plain patterns, also satin leaves
and flowers for garniture, the latter
appearing in quite new and beautiful
styles.
Many dresses are trimmed with flat
velvet bands Of graduated widths, the
widest being placed upon the bottom Of
the skirt. The polonaise has two
bands.
The favorite sleeve is cut close, the
long popular coat sleeve. In full dress
this is varied by the smallest flowing
sleeves or those with two deep rufflet
falling from the elbow.
Dress suits for boys of this age consist
of coat and lace collar, vest open in front
to display the white linen bosom and
colored tie, and pants reaching just be-
low the knee.
The most fashionable hats are trimmed
quite simply, nothing being required but
long dropping plume and an aigrette
bar of velvet placed to conceal the
stem. The high crown with small brim:
is the fashionable shape.
Very many skirts of promenade dresses
are now laid in kilt plaits the entire
length. These are generally of cash.
mere, merino, or some other soft materia
which is not liable to cut Over these
the polonaise is worn, buttoned to the
waist or confined the entire length with
velvet bows.
White vests are made to wear with
open bodices. For morning wear these
are sometimes made of white pique, but
oftener of linen, In more dressy toilet.
they are made with puffs and insertions
of lace. A very pretty style has rib
bons, pink or blue, run under Valen
clennes laces.
One of the most charming hats of tn,
season is the Lamballe, of black velvet
with high coronet, faced with blacl
velvet. Beneath this is a torsade o
black and white lace. A cluster o
crimson chrysanthemums, mixed will
black lace and broad strings of black wa
tered ribbon are knctted loosely beneath
the chin. This style of hat is also very Gle
CANT when made of purple velvet, will
shaded purple dahlias for garniture.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-12
A Bit Of Romance.

Miss Sarah Butillon, at the age of
nineteen, was an operator in one of the
cotton mills of Great Falls, n. H. Du-
ring a certain June she was called home
to nurse sister who had fallen sick with
typhoid fever. The sister died, and as
her parents were old and poor, Sarah
remained at home to look after the af-
fairs of the household. Among her eff
fects which she had brought with her
from the factory was parcel wrapped
in newspaper published in one of the
cotton growing parishes of Louisiana.
In this paper she found, among promi-
nent men mentioned as having taken
part on public occasion, one who bore
her family name of Butillon. The name
was not common one, and in O jocose
manner she said she had mind to write
to the man, and see if she could not
Bcrape up n relationship. A companion
told her she dare net do it. Partly from
curiosity, and partly from love of ad
venture, and, perhaps, influenced slight
ly by the banter of her friend, she put
the project into effect. She wrote sem
sible, modest letter, giving an account
of her family, and its genealogy as she
understood it, and suggested that, as the
family name was not a common one, and
that as the publication of his name had
afforded her the only opportunity she
had ever enjoyed of seeing the same in
print, it was not impossible that some
relationship existed between them.
In due time Miss Butillon received in
reply friendly and affectionate letter,
the writer acknowledging that her faith
er and himself must be cousins. He wrote
that he had no family of his own, and
but few friends, and he earnestly hoped
and desired that the correspondence thus
opened might be continued. Sarah ac-
ceded to the request, and a correspon-
dence ensued agreeable end satisfactory
to both parties. She wrote al child
might have written to an absent parent,
while he answered as he might have an
swered to daughter. This was kept up
for almost three years, and then Philip
Butillon ceased to write Sarah's last
letter had remained unanswered full
three months, when she received, from
an attorney of Natchitoches, intelligence
of the death of her distant friend and
namesake, together with the information
that he had left to her by will the whole
of his property, amounting to more than
a hundred thousand dollars.
Shortly before receiving this intelli-
genoe Sarah had given her hand in mar
riage to worthy printer of her native
State, and together they visited the
land of sugar and cotton, where the
property was obtained without trouble
M 7. Ledger.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-12
A Desperate Fellow.

Moore, who was executed at Evens-
burg, Penn, for the murder of his wife,
was desperate fellow. He tried to es-
cape from his cell, but was detected.
When the death warrant arrived the
Sheriff. who was only awaiting its COM
ing in order to more securely confne
the prisoner, determined to effect his re.
moval.
Another cell, in more formidable
part of the structure, had been properly
fitted for his reception, the Sheriff con-
sidcring that now that the dread day
had been finally determined upon he
should take every precaution to secure
him. Accordingly Sheriff Bonacker sum-
moned to his assistance his three depu-
ties, and these four gentlemen repaired
to the cell of the condemned man, where
their wish to remove him to another
apartment was made known to him by
the Sheriff From this proposition
Moore very emphatically dissented, and
as he very foolishly had been allowed to
retain the murderous piece of pipe be-
fore alluded to, threatened to take the
life of the first person who entered.
The desperation of the man, whose face
was livid with rage, made the officers
afraid to approach him, and therefore it
is not strange that the party withdrew
for consultation and to give the prisoner
time for sober second thought. The next
visit soon after was met, however, by
Moore in the same spirit, and, as snoral
suasion seemed to be of no avail, it was
resolved to try the effect of cold lead.
Armed as the criminal was, the feroci-
ty of his disposition and the numerous
brutal threats he had made towards the
keepers of the prison had tendency to
make them fear to approach him. Seeing
that he was determined that none should
enter his cell, and fearing that if not at
once removed he might by some means
effect his escape, the Sheriff fired three
shots at the prisoner from revolver.
The first, intended to intimidate him
merely, did not take effect the second
and third shots, fired for the purpose of
wounding, struck him respectively in
the thigh and wrist, but neither bullet
produced very serious wound, Moore,
instead of endeavoring to avoid the
shots, as he could have done, seemed to
court death, and even barred his breast
and invited Bonaker to shoot him through
the neurI. poOl diter, uoWeNel, ne was
induced by Mr. Myers, one of the depu-
ties, and the only person of the prison
officials that dared go near him, to sue
cumb to his fate, and, walking out of
his cell, he permitted the latter gentle
man to take him in charge and conduct
him to the strong and gloomy apartment
he never quilted until he emerged from
it forever. In this cell, after being Sc
curely placed in irons, the death war
rant was read to him, he receiving the
dread announcement with levity and
want of feeling that was certainly re-
markable, not to say shocking.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-12
Women In the Field.

At the-recent University examinations
for women in England one hundred and
thirty-two candidates went through the
test, an increase of twenty-three on the
number examined last year. The ex-
aminers' reports say that the candidates
showed no great knowledge of divinity,
and were 10th to deal with mathematics.
In logic and political economy they were
equally unsuccessful. There were only
four candidates in music. and in drawing
and the history of art the number of
candidates was too small to warrant
general observations. Women are so
commonly devoted to religion and music
that their neglect of divinity and the
other divine art is more astonishing than
the fact that but few candidates came up
to the mark in Greek grammar 1t
speaks well for the morals of the ladies
that they also displayed an ignorance OF
French literature. They showed an ex-
cellent knowledge of English history,
language, and literature, and fair un-
derstanding of Latin.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-12
Sued for Libel,

In his Recollections of Busy Life /"
the late Horace Greeley says: " Editorial
life has many cares, sundry enjoynents,
with certain annoyances, and prominent
among these are libel suits. can hard
ly remember time when was absolute
ly exempt from these infestations." In
writing these words he wss dwelling
upon his own numerous libel suits. The
most noteworthy of these was when j..
Fenimore Cooper, the novelist, sued him
before the Court at Ballston, Saratoga
county, for letter published in the
Tribune, and which Mr.. Cooper held to
be derogatory to his dignity. Mr.. Gree
ley made a speech in his own defence.
and the jury, after some conflict of
opinion, decided upon awarding Mr..
Cooper 5000. Mr.. Greeley has much to
say in his Recollections upon the sub
iect of this suit and of others arising
from it, and upon libel suits generally.
az left Ballston in sleigh directly upon
the rendition of the verdict" he says
"caught steamboat, think, at Troy,
and was at my desk in good season next
morning, SO that by eleven P. NJ. l had
written out and read in proof, besides
other matter, my report of the trial,
which filled eleven columns of the next
mornings Tribune. think that was the
best single days work I ever did" Mr..
Greeley was, however, unfortunate in
his report, which he intended to be hui
'morous, and Mr.. Cooper again sued him,
this time upon the report as new libel
or rather as several libels. On the trial
of this cause Mr.. Greeley was again con-
demned to pay fine of 5000.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-12
In the Old World.

An interesting ceremony took place
lately in Northern Sardinia, on the occa-
sion of two hostile factions shaking
hands in the presence of the Bishop of
the diocese and other public functions
ries, and promising amity for the future;
but while vendettaism declines in Sar-
dinia, this miserable spirit seems as ram
pant as ever III Corsica, and the French
Government has been compelled once
more to prohibit, under heavy penalties,
the possession of firearms. Although
the weekly average of murders in Napo-
Icons Island does not approach the proud
pre-eminence of New York in the same
respect, it would, no doubt, be considered
by the numbering co fraternity here as
highly creditable relatively to the popu
lation-some three hundred thousand
there having been lately about three a
week, while brigandage is, at the same
time, in full swing. The prohibition to
CARRY arms has, on former occasions, been
attended with excellent effect. Previous
to that regulation, the murders from
l52l-52 were estimated at 4,467, while
after this and other salutary regulations
came into force, at the instance of Louis
Napoleon in 1852, the murders fell be-
tween that year and 1868 to 273.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-12

THE NEW PANACEA.-Modern science
having demonstrated that alcohol is
"neither food nor physic," but, on the
contrary, species of poison, the intro
ductlon of potent tonic which is en-
tirely free from it is certainly subject
for congratulate We take pleasure,
therefore, in saying good word for DIR.
WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs, medicine
which may be fairly characterized as an
unobiectionable specific for many dis
tressing and dangerous diseases. If the
article stood in need of puffing-if it
could only be saved from the " limbo of
things lost on earth" by mendacious
fiattery-it would receive no endorse
ment in these columns. But the public
seem to have weighed it in the balance,
and not found it wanting. Although it
has scarcely been two years before the
world, this valuable Vegetable prepara-
ton is already, in the most emphatic
sense of the word, popular medicine.
Temperance organizations, heretofore
in favor of permitting the sale of alcohol
for medicinal purposes, are of opinion
that VINEGAR BITTERs possesses all the
efficacy as alt invigorart that has ever
been claimed for spurious stimulants, and
on this account, as veil as because of the
singular success which has attended its
use in dyspepsia, liver complaint, dis
orders of the bowels, nervous diseases,
general debility, and oil maladies grow
ing out of intemperance, they warmly
recommend it as a restorative and altera-
tive of surprising excellence.-C Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-12

KEPT HIM THERE.-They have no
vel and truly orthodox way of putting
through a trangressing trough at a
Western camp-meeting Recently at
one of these meetings, held near Chica-
go, gang of rowdies were present, bent
on mischief They agreed that at the
next call for mourners about twenty Of
them should go and bow at the altar.
At the sppointed word their leader, well
charged with Bourbon, started. AS he
knelt at the railing he looked around,
and saw that net one of his men had fol-
lowed him.
The keen eye of the presiding elder
had been watching the movement, and
he was prepared for the emergency.
fastening to the man, he bent over him,
aud in firm, low tone said: "You ras-
cal 1 know what you came here for.
I've been watching you for half an hour
past. Now if you arise from your knees
before tell you, the sheriff is standing
just behind you, and has orders to arrest
you" That good presiding elder kept
that unrepentant vagabond kneeling just
two hours, and then permitted him to
arise and depart in peace.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-12
Gambling In the East.

In the East gambling is a universal
practice. All classes delight in it, from
the king on his throne to the wretehed
beggar that prowls about the gates of
the noble to find scaDty support, not
in "the crumbs that fall from the rich
mans table," but in the very garbage
that is cast from his gate. SO passion
ately devoted to this despicable vice are
many Orientals that when they have
bartered off everything else they possess,
rather than desist they will sell their
wives and children into slavery, and
even pawn their own bodies to get money
to gamble with. Licensed gaming
houses are found in all Eastern cities,
and most Oriental monarchs derive large
revenue from this source. Sometimes
dice are used, and occasionally small
cowries (shells,) but cards are most gener-
al. The common people, male and female,
frequent the public saloons, which are
said to be perfect dens of crime, as they
are often the theatres of the most heart
sickening tragedies. The gambling of
the higher classes is done in their own
homes, and they never fail to invite, and
even importune, their visitors to partake
VI bho opOItt Willie tuey OAoeh oooSS VI
the large sums they have lost or won
among their friends. But. though hus-
bands and fathers deem it right thus to
employ their own time, their wives and
daughters are strictly ordered to avoid
all such immoral practices, lest the we'll
filed purse of pater .familias should suf-
fer detriment. During the reign of the
old usurper who sat upon the throne at
the time of my first visit to Siam, it was
one day reported to His Majesty that
some scores of his 600 wives had been in
dulging in the great sin of gambling.
The fair culprits, being summoned to the
royal presence, made full confession of
their guilt, but pleaded ennui as excuse
and prayed His Majesty's forgiveness on
the ground that they had only lost 90
600 tricals (Sl2,000,) which they argued
was "but as a drop in the ocean, COM
pared with the boundless resources of
His Serene, Infallible Majesty" The
covetous old King, who loved money
better than anything else in the world,
(the fair culprits themselves not except
ed) had no sooner heard the sum of 10000
tricals mentioned, than losing the small
modicum Of patience with which nature
had endowed him, he summoned to his
presence several high officers of the royal
harem, and ordered them to inf1ict, in
his name, "the fatherly discipline of
thirty stripes on the soles of the feet of
each of the offending ladies, to preserve
them in future from the degrading vice
of gambling. g."-LippincOtts Magazine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-12

TRIUMPHANT FOR TWENTY YEARs.-MOre
than twenty years ago the MUSTANG LINIMENT
made its debut in the West Its cures of the
various external diseases of horses and cattle
astonished the planters and farmers of the
Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, and demand
for 1t sprung up which necesstated its manu-
facture on an extensive scale. Soon the dis
covery was made that it was grand specific
for rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, earache tooth
ache, and other external ailments of mankind
Then 1t was tried as n healing, paiE-killing ap'
pication, In cases of outward injury, such as
cuts, bruises, burns, spasms, &c, and was
found equally serviceable. The fame of the
new remedy for some of the most painful Ills
that afflict mankind and the lower animals
spread rapidly aud MUSTANG LISIMENT soon
took rank IN every State and Territory OF the
Union as a STANDARD CURE Com.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-12-12

GoRED BY A BULL.-Mr. Coursey, a
prominent citizen OF Delaware, met with
a serious accident at his home, near
Frederick. He was attacked while in
his barn-yard by an infuriated bull, and
though armed with a hey-fork, which
he vigorously planted in the bulls nose,
he was not able to repel the violent at
tack of the brute. The bull threw his
head to the ground, loosening the hold
of the fork. rushed on him, and catching
him on one horn, tossed him up and to
the ground. The horn penetrated every
article of clothing in its way, and,
striking a rib, obliquely glanced of
without penetrating the chest. He is
much bruised from the force of the blow
and has the last "true rib" dislecated
or broken from the breast-bone. He is
however, doing well.