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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-07
A Chinaman ElOpes with a
White Woman.

For several months past there has
been employed as a waiting-maid in the
family of Gen. Sully, at Fort Vancouver,
a young and handsome girl, whose
name we suppress for obvious reasons.
There has also been employed as cook
and general servant, Chinaman, who
is described as being smart fellow,
and in personal appearance far above
the average of his race. Evidences Of
affection have of late been often noticed
between the two, but it was passed off as
a joke, aud nothing serious thought of
the matter till one day last week, when
both the girl and the Chinaman were
missing. Upon inquiry it was found
that they had come over to this city
together, by steamer. Here all trace of
them was lost, and it is supposed they
took overland passage for California.
The mother of the young lady is in
great distress over her daughters de-
parture and disgrace, and we under
stand has left for San Francisco in quest
of the fugitives.-RUtla'sd (Oregon) Bee.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-07
Queer Observation-Disclosures Case.

Yesterday a jury in Judge Burnett's
room, Court of Common Pleas, gave a
verdict of $4,000 to Miss Elizabeth
West in a breach-of-promise case. The
suit was brought against Enoch Hayes,
son of Joseph Hayes, one Of the wealth
lest farmers of Whitewater Township.
The claim of the plaintiff was that
Enoch Hayes entered into contract of
marriage with her in 1873, but the mar
riage was postponed without naming q
particular day, and in 1874 he married
Miss Miller. She brought suit for
$4,000. Since the suit was brought
the defendant, Hayes, died, and it be-
came Il question whether her claim did
not die with him; but Judge Burnett
held that the law of Ohio was plain that
the suit could be maintained against
the personal representative of the de-
ceased. The defense denied a contract
of marriage, and said that Miss West
was a seamstress in the family, being
employed by Enoch Hayes's mother.
they relied on the fact that she was
several years older than the defendant,
but the jury seems to have taken diff
ferent view, and now the mans estate
will have to pay the plaintiffs claim
Cincinnati Gazette.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-07
How Bones are Utilized.

Bones, new and old, wherever they
can be picked up, are put to variety
of uses. The fresher kinds of shank
bones are used for making the handles
of knives, forks and tooth-brushes.
From some gelatine is extracted. When
not serviceable for these purposes, they
are crushed into powder for manure.
Bone-dust is worth from IS to Is los.
per ton. Farmers buy it in large guam
titles for fertiizing their fields. The
importation of this convenient fertilizer
from foreign countries is immense.
Stories are told of battle-fields being
plundered for the sake of the decaying
bones of the soldiers who had fallen.
Researches for the material of bone
dust are carried on upon large scale
in the ancient cemeteries and pyramids
Of Egypt. Long ago, when the people
of that country mummifed the bodies
of their relations, and slowed them GER
enormously away in caverns, they were
not aware that they were only preserv-
ing them for manure in distant Eu-
ropean island.-London Scientist.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-07
Funerals as Disease Breeders.

There is good reason to believe that
disease is occasionally disseminated
through the medium of funerals. We
have at least one fairly authenticated
instance in this country of diphtheria
being ditfused broadcast through the
erOwding incidental, occasionally, to
the last ceremony. In America this
question is beginning to receive much
attention, and several cases have been
reported Of late where the transmission
of the disease from the corpse seemed
highly probable. The Suffolk District
Medical Society sent out 400 circulars
to medical practitioners with view to
ascertain the opinion of the profession
on the alleged danger of permitting
public funerals of persons who had died
from diphtheria. Two hundred and
thirty-nine answers were received; of
these 143 writer's express belief in the
possible danger of contagion at such
funerals, Il believe that there is danger
from funerals in the houses of the dead,
but none in churches, 20 fancy that in
the present state of knowledge there is
no justification in prohibiting public
funerals, and s record circumstances
which occurred in their own expert
ence confrmatory of the proposition
that peril may ensue, but the testimony
these latter advance is not quite salts
factory. The society after due con-
sideration recommend that funerals at
the houses of those who have died of
diphtheria should be private, owing to
possible exposure to the poison of the
disease.-LOndOn Lancet.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-07
A Life for an Apple.

Some East Tennessee movers travel
ing along the road near Pail Mall, Fen
tress County, on Sunday morning, saw
an orchard. One asked a question
about some apples on the tree, and was
told by Alvin Crabtree that they did
not belong to him (Crabtree), and that
the owner of them did not desire to have
them disturbed. Going back to his
wagon, the mover got his pistol and
swore that he would have them at the
risk of his life. He climbed the tree,
and, while he was plucking the fruit,
his pistol fell from his pocket, struck
spon a limb and was discharged, the
bail taking effect in his body and pro-
ducing probably fatal wound.-NasS-
Cille AmsTfcQn.
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shine falling over his hair and shout
ders. Matty observed that he looked
thoroughly unloverlike, and concluded
that he didn't intend to propose. She
also noticed rip in his coat, and won
dered who would mend it for him.
Some way the talk veered round from
the weather to Woman's Rights.
Matty, on this, spoke up.
She didn't at ell believe in the second
hand influence which reached the bal
t-box through the agency of husbands
and brothers. "When l VOTE" she
said, "I want to march to the polls and
put in my own vote my own self"
"What a pretty spectacle you'd
make, Matty, with that rolling-pin in
your hand, and
"I'm not at all sure that l want to
vote,'' she interrupted. "But l just
would like to make some laws, that's
all"
swell, you might petition the Legis-
lature, I" suggested the Doctor, gravely.
"Oh, they're not legal laws; only
social customs and usages. I'll tell you
Just what mean" She laid the roll
ing-pin aside, with an emphatic bang,
placed her foury arms akimbo, looked
very earnest and determined, and quite
regardless of the fact that she and DR..
Gibson were in love with each other
Now, at a party, when lady sits
alone in stuff-chair all the evening,
not dancing, simply because she hasn't
any partner. and can't ask any one, oh,
you know, DR.. Gibson, you know"
Chow it is myself?" interrupted he.
Chow it was at Mrs. Campbell's the
other night. If l had been Anna Rad
cliffe, or Dora Coliard, I'd have asked
some of you men to dance with me-"
"Then you think women should have
the privilege of asking for whatever
they wish?" he retorted, with half a
smile.
She answered that she thought just
that.
"Well, Matty, quite agree with you.
| not only think they should have this
right in such a case you mention, but
also in more serious affairs. For in
stance, women might, with perfect
propriety, make proposals of mar
riage."
Now, such an idea had never entered
Matty's foolish little head, and she
seized the sugar-box with great embar-
rassment. The Doctor went on with
much gravity:
al am aware that it would be very
unconventional proceeding, and 1 am
afraid that no woman will ever be wise
enough to take the initiative; and yet l
am persuaded that in many instances
It would be the most natural and beau
tiful thing she could do"
He was looking unconsciously up at
the blue sky shining through the fila
gree work of vine-leaves above him.
1t was evident he was thinking in the
abstract only, but a faltering little CDR.
Gibson" recalled him to the concrete.
And there stood Matty, smiling, blush
ing, dimping, ready to extinguish her.
self in her brown Bingham apron.
cdr. Gibson, l like you ever so
much!" she faltered, bravely, but
breathlessly.
The Doctor jumped through an open
window, and made his proposal over
again Portland SUNDAY Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-07
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

SWEET POTATOES, VIRGINIA STYLE.
Pare, wash and boil a sufficient num-
Der of small light-colored sweet pota-
toes, peel them while hot, put them in
vegetable-dish, season with very lit
tie salt, pour over some partially melt
ed butter, put the lid on the dish and
serve very hot.
ORANGE FBITTERs.-Peelt the oranges,
part them in quarters, take all the seeds
out, boil them for 8 minutes in light
strip, drain them well on a sieve, i'm
merse them in light batter and fry
them quickly in plenty of clear, very
hot lard; when they are of a light
brown color, drain and pare them;
sprinkle powdered sugar over and serve
on folded napkin.
HOT-SLAw.-Cut the cabbage in fine
shreds; put it in saucepan with salt,
pepper, 9 ounces of butter, glass of
white wine vinegar and 2 glasses of
water; set the whole on brisk fire,
boil quickly for 20 minutes, drain in a
strainer, dress in pyramidal form on a
fiat dish, and send to table.
CORN FRITTERs AS A VEGETABLE
Cut sufficient quantity of fresh-cook-
ed corn off the cobs; put in large
bowl raw eggs, 8 tablespoonfuls of
flour, salt, pepper, and a little milk
mingle well, add the corn, mingle
again; have about pound of hot lard
in large fry-pan, heat well, and with
a tablespoon drop the preparation into
it; when done on one side turn it over
and cook the other side; drain on
cloth aud serve on folded napkin.
POTATO CAKES Prepare sufficient
quantity of thick mashed potatoes
lightly buttered and passed through a
colander; add the yelks of eggs, min
gle well, and cook minutes longer;
put the whole In dish and let cool;
when wanted roll them down on flour
ed table, give them the size and shape
of Goldfish balls, dip them in beaten
eggs, then in yellow-meal flour; fry
them in hot lard see that they are of a
clear yellow color, and serve them on
a folded napkin.
RICH WAFFLEs.- a thin paste
with 8 ounces of flour, 6 ounces of pull
verified sugar, 2 eggs, few drops of
essence to flavor, iquor-glass of
brandy or rum, and milk. Warm and
butter both sides of the mold, put some
of the paste into it, close it gently, set
it on the fire, turn it over to heat both
sides equally, dust them with sugar
when done, and serve either warm or
cold. 1t takes hardly minute for each
with a good fire.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-07
A Novel Divorce Case.

Three weeks ago the Times gave to
the public all that was then known of
the mystery existing in relation to the
wife of Philip Reifsnider. Since then
several additional facts have come to
light. Mr.. Reifsnider now admits that
she is not dead. But he has in his pos
session q paper, sworn to before No
tary and stamped with the Notary's
seal, which is an agreement between
Reifsnider, his wife, and a man named
Murray, wherein Reifsnider promises
to come back to the States and leave
her there, and report to her friends
here that she is dead. She is to apply
for divorce, and Phil. is to pay for it.
Phil. is also to let her have a
lot of household furniture. The
other man is to marry her when
she has her divorce. She is never to
return to the States, and none of the
parties are ever to do any thing which
will reveal her existence. to her friends
here. Reifsnider seems to have faith
fully performed his part of the con-
tract, and even went so far as to travel
to Yankton, to admit summons person
ally before the Court. The divorce was
granted in about four weeks after he
left. At last accounts the other man
had not fulfilled his part by marrying
her. She writes that she expects to be
married before long. She also writes
that she is now suffering for her sins,
and that she can not come back with
out permission from Phil. She does
not say that she dare not, but that she
can not. 1t is claimed that the reason
she made herself known to her friends
here is that the man would not marry
her, and she now wants to come back.
-Waupan Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-07

ly in childhood, all the worse for US
when we grow up. If we go to bed
early, we ripen; if we sit up late, we
decay, and sooner or later we contract
q disease called insomnia, allowing it
to be permanently fixed upon us; and
then we begin to decay, even in youth.
Late hours are shadows from the grave.
If were boy again, 1 would have
a blank-book in which l could record,
before going to bed, every days events
just as they happened to me personally.
If l began by writing only two lines
day in my diary, would start my lit
tie book, and faithfully put down
what happened to interest me.
On its pages l would note down the
habits of birds and animals as 1 saw
them, and if the horse fell i'll, down
should go his malady in my book, and
what cured him should go there too.
If the cat or the dog showed any pecu-
liar traits, they should all be chronicled
in my diary, and nothing worth record
ing should escape me.
There are hundreds of things would
correct in my life if 1 were boy again,
and among them is this especial one:
| would be more careful of my teeth.
Seeing since L have grown up how
much suffering is induced by the bad
habit of constantly eating candies and
other sweet nuisances, would shut my
mouth to all allurement of that sort
Very hot and very cold substances
would studiOusly avoid.
Toethache in our country is one of
the national crimes. Half the people
we meet have swelled faces. The den
fist thrives here as he does in no other
land on this planet, and it is because
we begin to spoil our teeth at the age
of five or six years. a child, eight
years old, asked me not long ago if
could recommend him to dentist
"who didn't hurti" l pitied him, but
l was unaquainted with such an artist
They all hurt, and they can not help it,
poor, hardworking gentlemen, charg-
ing, as they do, like Chester.
DON'T USE TOBACCO.
l would have no dealings with tobac-
co, in any form, if 1 were boy again.
My friend Pipes tells me he is such
martyr to cigar-boxes that his life is
burden. The habit of smoking has be-
come such a tyrant over him that he
carries tobacco bowsprit at his damp,
discolored lips every hour of the day,
and he begs me to warn all the boys of
my acquaintance, and say to them en-
phatically, "Don't learn to smoke!'
He tells me, sadly, that his head is
sometimes in such dizzy whirl, and his
brain so foul from long habits of smok-
ing he can not break off, that he is com
PEELED to forego much that is pleasant
IN existence, and live a tobacco-tortured
life from year to year. Poor Pipes! he
is sad warning to young fellows who
are just learning to use the dirty, I'M
mannerly weed.
Many more things occur to me that l
would strive to accomplish if l were
boy again, but this chapter is long
enough already.-Youth'S Companion.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-07
Autumn Song.
ur NARY Z. ATKINSON.

BY NARY r. ATKINSON.
The leaves begin 20 fall,
lhey sirew the garden walk and forest floor.
The 10gers fade and fall.
q Love, let dear love blossom more and more,
That though from eay D. The eeeting bloom depart
There mSy abide sweet summer in my heart.
The song birds all arc flown.
The day dawn misses uhem-the joyous birdsl
An Love, since these are gone,
Make glad my heart The oftener with thy words
% let that music, tender sweet, most dear.
Fill up the silence Of the dying year,
The days are short and pale;
by slow degrees the waning sun retires.
Darling, when sunbeams fail,
Let the sweet warmth OF loves perpetual fire
shed comfort in the hidden world apart.
Where We two dwell together, heart 70 heart.
Sweet Love, though winter chin
EaTth's summer beauty darkeBs and DESTROYS,
Our heart life knop-eth SIN
No change but growth from joy to deeper JOYS,
For loves the air OF heavens own blessed cline,
HIGH with the wealth OF endless summertime.
C0ngregafiOHaiist.
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PERSONAL HABITS.

l would keep "better hours" if
were boy again; that is, 1 would go
to bed earlier than most boys do.
Nothing gives US more mental and bodi-
ly vigor than sound rest when properly
applied. Sleep is our great replenish-
er, and if we neglect to take it natural
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-07
A BLACK CHARACTER

is awful but pretty black hair and whiskers are not
Use DIR. TUFTS Hair Dye, and in fifteen minutes
you will have them as natural in youth. If your
Druggist does net have it he will order it for you.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-07

= BURYETT's CoCoAINE.-A perfect dressing
for the hair The COCAINE holds in a liq-
uid form large proportion of deodOrized
cocoanut oil, prepared expressly for this
purpose.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-07
FARMS WAHTED.

HAVE YOJr 4 FARM TO SELL At A BARGAIN2
IL We hive over Two hundred buyers 20 be sui e.
with Western Farms. Send Tor circular md blanks
No charge un Is sale made. T.. p. HOTCHKlss Z Co,
Sale and Exchange Bureau for Western Farms and
Lands, ~ La Sale street, Chicago, III.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-07

TIE CHICAGO LEDGER.-A large popular
weekly paper for S1.00 per year and 10 cents
for postage Address THE LEDGER, Chicago,
IL; or enclose Scent stamp for sample.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-07

PHILIP PHILLIPS has been giving
evenings of sacred song in Scotland,
and immense crowds have attended the
services.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-12-07
BAD BREATH!

Nothing Is so unpleasant, nothing 90 common, ss
bad BREATH and in neaTy every case 1t comes from the
stomach and can be 30 easily corrected II you win
take SimmoEs Liver Regulator. 10 not neglect so
sure remedy for this rspusivc disorder Il wiz also
Improve yozr Appetite Complexion and General
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KeYTO THE MONEY PROBLEM.

Light begins 10 break through the
deep log which has hung around the IT,
nanciai problem Tor ayes, and American
economists arc doing their full share in
laying the broad foundation of the POI
li,;cal economy OF the future which will
rest entirely upon tae facts of expe-
rienee. instead OF being built in the air
upon suppositions, as is the case with the
present iree~,radc and nard money sYs
tenn.
The first great error which the po,t-
zeal economy OF the present teaches in
regard to finances Is. that gold is the
| worlds standard measure of value ).
hence gold has n fixed. or nearly fix
ed value. Gold is compared to a ward
stick which is always the same length
Bu: all such comparisons are the crea.
tons oil imaginaiions, and are entirel,
untrue mere delus.on. in fact. In
teilisent people are beginnin. to under
stand that the so-cailcd nalyersal fall o
prices all over the world is really moth
ing more than ! rise of gold.
Another fundamental error which al
political economists have fallen into. i
The assumption that value is someth;n,
positive. that can b. fixed, and alway
remains the same. Value is really q,
such thing. Value changes with tn
pasrioas. tastes. prejudices. and habit,
Of each individual. and depends upon 5
many unknown contingencies that it
: always uncertain, and shpuld always :
treated rs relative rather than an &C,
nal thing. This idea is best expresse
, in the maxim that - thing is wor,
. Just what it viii bring" This maxim
. founded upon experiences. and i expires,
. esa great scientific, acs, bat one. howev,
1 which Aas generally bssn wholly owe
: ooked by economic writer, or treated
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THE FOOD PRODUCTION OF GREAT
BRITAIN,

The agricultural resources OF the Brit
ish Islands are curiously moderated IN
this country. Accustomed to regard our
selves rs the puryeyor OF England, We
take for granted that her own production
oil mest and breadstuifs is inconsidera-
bile ; and this is, moreover, an impress
sion in the minds OF many persons that
her soil is not subdivided in easily work
ed farms. but is mainly engrosscd by
large estates. 1t may be worth Will to
show how dec:sively these current no.
tons are contradicted by the facts; and
for that purpose we avail ourselves OF :,
report on agriculture lately publis he'd
by the British Board of Trade
| With the exception of Russia and
France. no country OF Europe has 50
many acres under cultivation as the Uni
ted Kingdom. OF ploughcd land and
meadow She can show twice as much rs
Hungary, tour times as much as Swcdeu
and Norway. iilta more than Spain,
and \ sixth more than Prussia. although
each OF the States named has larger
and some vastly larger. superticie>.
is well to ponder the significance oil hi:
! fact. for it explains why England Ions
featuring expansion was \ rich and pow
eriul nation. And here we NAV poiu
out that the mistaken opinion respeciin:
the distribution ot her soil has arisel
from the confounding OF arabic wit
honorable land. From the total surfac
OF the British Island, with exclusive q
lakes aud rivers comprises seventy si
millions OF acres, must be deducted 81
. mos. two-sevenths tor woodland An
pasturage, moors, game preserves An
, parks; and this fraction OF territory un
4 doubtedly is controlled by = relatvcl
: small number OF proprietOrs- five turf
however,to tnr ground under cultivation
we find the number OF farms in Englan,
:. Wales and Scotland computed for Il
the year 1875 Il $4,000. These u
e graduated as follows: small farms
iffsy acres or lesf, average farms col
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when in sufficient volume to be beyond
the reach OF cornering robbers the safest
currency which the ingenuity OF man has
ever conceived OF. II Congress would
give the American people the Venitian
system OF finances as improved by those
people who are sneered at as "shinplas-
ter advocates there would soon be
work enough tor all at fair wages. II it
would give us the double standard OF
gold and silver as a full legal tender
we might be able to withstand the ruins
Gus effects Of forced resumption but to
COMPEL people to pay gold when the
gold market is cornered, Congress would
simply legislate both the country and
people into national bankruptcy by per-
hitting an alien money lender to take
all kinds of property, to his full content
without let or hinderance, or limit and
with no regard to decency or equity
Was any gambler on the board OF trade
ever known to grant mercy to ''short''
in his power until the last dollar had
been squeezed out Of the unfortunate
| victim?
To make gold the only legal means
| OF payment, when the nation, and near
~ every individual in the nation, has
sold gold short, and thereby turn the
nation over to the tender mercies OF
foreign Shylocks,is something more tlran
villainy, although it may all be done in
The name Of honesty. But in private
life there is such a thing known rs the
s.statutes of frauds" This corner on
gold has been engineered by men with
fraudulent intent. Had their operations
been known or even understood by
members of congress not a single one O
the fraudulent acts would have been
passed. Nota single one of the fraudu
lent gold acts has a particle of mora
force, because they all would fall under
the statute Of frauds had they been COM
mitted as private acts. A public conf
dence game may be beyond the reach o.
law, but this does not make it honest
! Inter-Ocedn.
/ A. 7. FIECH.