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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-22
the MEMBER COUNTY FARCE.
Mrs. Chisheln's Experience AZ the rn,
OF Her Husbands Murderers,

'"hS' SnisooAns experience At b Trial
Of Her HusbanA,s Murderer.
Washington, Feb. 19.-Mrs. Chisholm
has returned from Mississippi, where she
went 70 attend Is . witness the trial of her
husbands murderer. She represents mat
ters - completely under the control of the
desperadoes who murdered her husband and
children. Before testifying she was warned
BY the district attorney not to nav one word
except in answer 70 questions. If she a.
luded TO any event calculated 70 prove the
conspiracy by reference to murders subse-
quently committed, she vas Immediately ar
rested in her testimony, and not allowed to
go ON. If she mentioned anything said bv
her husband, she was told the court did no,
wish to know anything Of the private com.
mnsications between her and her husband.
When she stated that shots were
fired at the house and into the
house, which she knew because
she heard the bullets striking it, and be.
cause che sent her Vol to the roof . see the
bullet-holes. and he reported . number, she
was again stopped, and asked If she saw
these ~buletholes herself, her reply heine
that, as she vas not an exper, in climbing
she had net. The whole testimony wal
pronounced insufficient. Many of the rab
BILE, Who were discharging their fre-arm.
into the barn and hiding, BY night, Will
their hands on their guns, In surrounding
trees. were witnesses for the defense, ant
some Of these same persons are on tt,
grand jury who have 10 iud . bill for in
d'ctment Of themselves for subsequent mu1
der when that case comes up. The judg'
charged the jury, and he assured them tha
lnloAo fhoro ~Ao . n0nevseoo,, x-L;oA sl.>.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-22
PAT RarfrsYY,s ExptR,esce.

~
Dsadwood, ID. T.. Feb. l8.-To4nossow's
ftonser will contsina letter written by Pat
K.nertv, . w%ell-known prospector from
bismarck. which gives the following news:
.Naflsrty,s party M Dssdwoods July ., for
the Big horn, reaching Clark's Fork about
the let Of Ssptsuber. % Sent. j they
were attacked BY . band Of Nez Percss In.
dians. The Indians succeeded In killing
81 but Rafferty, and . Swede named Chris
Nolan. who escaped 10 the command q
that time scouting IN that vicinity. A few
days after this Rafferty, WAS sent With -four
men to convey . wounded mar 10 the Crow
agency. The next morning after leavina
the command the Indians attacked and
Killed all but Rafferty,. who, though wound.
ed through the srm. succeeded In mixing
good bis escape. The names OF the pros
pectors killed 10 the fight Of September
are John Shepandrow. Olo Rae. Car
Observation-Disclosures, Lew Anderson
Thos. Reddeaeld.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-01
The Dutch "Best Room"

An old writer gives an amusing &C
count in 1740, of that veneration for the
best room, in Amsterdam, which is still
to be found in some houses of the lower
middle class in England. 't Be house
ever SO small, there's always some
apartment in it uninhabited, which is
the finest part of the building. lis a
sanctuary whereof the upper servant
maid of the house is the grand priestess.
She has so profound respect for this
unfrequented place, that she never en-
tiers it without pulling off her shoes, for
fear of soiling the floor, which is held in
so great veneration that they pay it
sort of worship; it is the residence of
the household gods, and one is sure of
mourning the Indignation, both of the
mistress and the maid, if one does not
show the same veneration to their floor
as they do. Whoever enters the house
must first rub their feet upon a mat at
the door, and be sure not to spit were
they in danger of being choked, unless
they find little basket of sand laid
there for the purpose; and if a pers on
should happen to drop the least thing
capable of spotting the floor, | am not
sure that the priestess would not sacri-
fee the delinquent to their idol, and that
we should not see the revival of the sto-
ry of Orpheus and the Cacchantes.
There are, however, some particular
days in the year when the priestesses
give their masters leave to enter their
sanctuaries, and therein to receive COM
pany; but the very next day, this place,
which in the language of the country is
called Besse-Kamer de, the best ROOM,
is washed and purified, as our churches
are after they have been profaned. ~
NesecGStle (EnQ.) Courdnt
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-01
LOW, FLAT LAND.

There was a man, and his name was Brown,
And he lived about mile and half from
town;
And this here Teller he was awfully down
In mouth, for his crap wuz hken for to drown,
Becuz his 50 was low fiat land.
His very midriff it aked and panied
As he noticed how the weather rained and
rained;
And his drafted 80 it couldn't be drained;
And his corn wuz yaller, and the weeds they
And the tadpoles threatened for to take that
land.
If a cloud came up as big as gourd,
Why, that was enuf, and II ripped and roared
As II all the water that ever wuz stored
Since the days of Noah had suddenly poured
On that miserable so of low, fat land.
The weather buro it wuz all in a muss,
And, instid of Citing better, the weather got
wuss,
And Brown flowed he wouldn't raise nuthin
but pus-
Ley, and he didn't do nuthin but cuss
And NOPE round the edge of that low, fiat
land.
But Missis Brown she usen for 10 smile,
And she sed she thought it want with while
For a human for TO let their temper Spite,
When Providence wanted for TO moisten the
sile,
Ana drip little water on that low. fat land.
And so, while Brown he poled and slumped,
His wife she want a partikle stumpt;
And into the weeds this woman she jumped,
And all summer long she fairly bumped
Herself to make a crop on that low, fiat land
And, when the corn gatherin' time came
round,
Instead of the crap all gittin' drowned,
Thar wuz 60 TO the aker on that low, fiat
ground;
And Brown sed he recSoned as how he found
1t wuz more in the woman than it wuz in the
land.
-MonmoWth (IH) Rericse.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-01
The Most successful Farmer.

The most successful farmer is the one
who knows how to save and wisely APP
ply every thing about his premises, in
the shape of manure. After having ex-
hausted every resource of his own, the
farmer can look around for commercial
fertilizers-if he should need them. In
the first place see that every thing pos
sible is saved in the horse stable. like
to have this stable nice and clean. l
have tight floor of oak plank just lit
tie sloping. keep constantly on hand
a supply of sawdust, and keep the floor
Uttered with it. All liquids are absorb
ed by the sawdust, and, being mixed with
the other ingredients, it becomes very
valuable manure. 1t will heat quickly
and become % fire-fanged'' if allowed to
accumulate too long time. My plan
has been to haul and spread it almost as
fast as made on whatever field l was
pasturing or intending to pillow for some
crop. My method with cattle is differ
ent. In winter keep them all stabbed,
and have constant supply of litter I'M
der them sufficient to keep them clean
and dry. Whenever the accumulation
of manure gets too large haul it away,
time let the stock run to straw-stack
in the barn-yard, which is small in COM
pass and supplied with a pump for
watering. In the spring l pile all the
accumulations of the farm-yard in a
compact heap and let it remain until
after harvest, by which time it will
be thoroughly fermented and decayed.
If there should be any dry straw re-
naming in the stack, | see that it is
thoroughly mingled with the debris of
the heap, SO that it may be decom-
posed. 1 usually have moving field
which l intend to put in corn the next
season. As soon as this is moved, |
spread on all the manure from the barn
yard; then pasture the field, and con-
tinue hauling manure upon it during
/ have trough which conducts all the
waste-water from the kitchen and wash
house to receptacle prepared to re-
ceive it Immediately behind the privy.
Here l have large heap of sawdust,
leaves, muck, etc. Each day the con-
tents of this receptacle are poured over
this heap, with long handled dipper.
Settled in the ground under the privy is
a tight box; every few days the waste
water is turned into this, and then the
contents poured over the compost heap.
Athick layerof saw-dustis spread in the
hen-house, from time to time, thus keep
ing it neat and also diluting the drop
pings of the poultry until it becomes a
most valuable manure, and is easy to /
spread and Timothy Wilson,
in N. Y. TTibuns.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-01
Our New WY of Butter-Maling.

From an English butter-maker, re-
Gently from the +" Mother Country" we
have learned some new ideas in regard
to butter-making, and, after expert
menting under the new plan some two
months or more, we feel confident to
say the new plan is worth fair trial by
any one keeping from one to three
cows, for a summer dairy, as we are
confident butter made after this plan
has a sweeter flavor and will keep
longer than when made after the old
plan. The method as practiced of late
is as follows:
After the milk has stood II hours,
strained and set in the usual way, we
set the pan containing the milk over
hot water and let it come 10 Il ScGlding
heat. Then it is set away and stands
II or Is hours longer before skimming.
The butter comes very quickly; the
cream only needs little stirring. At
least, our butter comes in from one to
three minutes. | stir the cream in q
jar every other morning. From II
pounds of milk per milking we make
one and half pounds of butter per day,
on an average. The cream should be
taken off with as littlc milk as possible
dipped with it; as then the cream keeps
sweet and pure for greater length of
time, also causing the butter to come
sooner when stirred. There will be but
little NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. only what
can be rinsed out with water.
We find that butter made from this
"cOOked cream" as it is termed in
England, can be washed without injury.
In fact it requires washing to perfect its
quality. We use the Ashton salt, and
find it the best we have ever experiment
ed with in the dairy. We work the but
ter twice before packing in crooks for
our summer use. After testing this plan
for the past two months, we find its
merits will certainly induce US to contin-
ue in its practice until the factory closes.
After that our stock of milk will be so
increased that to follow this method
longer would hardly seem practicable.
Ii is matter that might pay investi-
CATION, to find whether it would pay to
get watts sufficient in size to hold each
milking of the dairy, and have them so
constructed as to be heated ut will then,
when the milk had stood twelve hours,
bring it to scalding heat-say 100. de-
grees-treating as heretofore. The but
ter made after the manner herein de-
scribed has different taste from that
made from raw cream; but with usage
the taste is soon educated to prefer but
ter made from the cooked cream.-Ohto
Farmer.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-01
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR FITS.

For Fit eff Passion.-Walk out in
the open air. You may speak your
mind to the winds without hurting any
one, or proclaiming yourself to be
simpleton. g Be not hasty in thy spirit
to be angry, for anger resteth in the
bosom of FOOLS"
For FIT of LdIepeSs.-Count the
tickings of a clock. Do this for one
hour, and you will be glad to pull off
your coat the next and work like a man.
"a Slothfulness casteth into deep sleep,
and an idle soul shall suffer hunger"
For Fit of Extravaganza and Folly.
Go to the work-house, or speak with
the ragged and wretched inmates of a
Jail, and you will be convinced
Who makes his bread of briar and thorn
Must be content to lie forlorn.
"Wherefore do ye spend money for that
which is not bread? and your labor for
that which satisfeth notP''
For Fit of Anabition.-Go to the
church-yard and read the grayestones.
They will tell you the end of man at his
best estate. g For what is your life !?
1t is even a vapor that appeareth for a
little time and then vanisheth away"
"Pride goeth before destruction and a
naughty spirit before fall"
For a Fit of Repintng.-Look about
for the halt and the blind, and visit the
bed-ridden, the afflicted, and the de-
ranged; and they will make you asham-
ed Of complaining of your light Attic
tons. " Wherefore doth living man
complaint"
For a Fit of Envy.-Go and see how
many who keep their carriages are af-
fiicted with rheumatism, govt and drop
sy; how many walk abroad on crutches
or stay at home wrapped up in fan
mel; and how many are subject to cpl
lepsy and apoplexy. ga sound hearts,
the life of the flesh. Envy is the rotten
ness of the bones"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-01
FASHION NOTES.

When low shoes are worn out O
doors. the stockings must be dark or L
match the dress.
-Roman-pearl-beads and mother-of
pearl ornaments are taking the lead fol
bonnet ornaments.
The ulster of the elegante this sum.
mer is of India Pongee, with Carrich
capes or cardinal collars.
-Pleats down the front of princes,
dresses and kilt pleats in the back are
seen daily on Fifth Avenue and Broad
way.
Solid colored stockings, clicked on
the sides, are worn by little girls and
misses, in colors to match their dresses
1t is fashionable to put two fringes
of different colors or two shades of the
same color on beige or mastic- gray
dresses.
The cutaway jacket, long waistcoat,
and kilt skirt, with scarf drapery around
the hips, is the COSTUME of the moment.
Plain princess polonaises are worn
over fan-trained skirts, the train being
looped to escape the sidewalk when worn
in the street.
Gray linen lawns, with white polka
dots or small Japanese figures, or barred
or striped with color, are in demand for
suits for young ladies and misses in
their teens.
The most fashionable bonnets are
of gray, ecru, and mastic or berge color
ed chip, with diadem fronts faced with
black or dark velvet, edged with gold
or rainbow tinsel braid, and have no
face trimmings.
The fronts of overdresses are made
with three or five evenly laid folds;
these draped fronts are worn in all ma
terials and are drawn back under the
box-plaiting forming the train, or under
the pieces forming "revers" on the
sides of the skirt.
Algerian striped goods are much
used as trimming for summer dresses.
Shawls of this kind, if of gay colors,
can be utilized in this way. Bands are
set down the front of the dress in YER
teal stripes, and vests are made of side
plastrons on the front of the corsage
waist.
An observer in London writes that
the Grecian simplicity of hair-dressing
is tyranically the vogue. At operas and
at theaters, where bonnets and hats are
prohibited, the hair of budding belle and
bouncing dowager is alike free from
rolls, puffs, wads, and frizzes. This
makes homely woman winning, and
pretty one demurely rascally to look
upon.
No matter how fine and fashionable
a woman's attire is, she never appears
well dressed when she looks as though
her clothes hurt her. If her dress is so
high and tight around the neck that it
gives the impression it is choking her;
if it is so tight and stiff about the waist
that it looks as if it would explode like a
torpedo if one should suddenly give it a
little rip with a knife; if her hair is
skinned back from her temples and up
from her neck so that it appears as if
pulling out by the roots; if her hat is
planted so far back on her head that it
seems as though it must inevitably tum-
BILE off, then, though woman be clad
in silk and diamonds, she only makes a
impression on the beholder.
Whatever is evidently uncomfortable in
dress never looks pretty.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-01
APPLE BLOSSOMS.

The orchard grass Is sunshine barred,
And starry white upon the sward
The pretty daisies lie:
rest beneath a messy tree.
And through its waving branches see
The sapphire OF the sky.
feel the balmy breeze of May
SOFT blowing down the grassy way,
And in the boughs above
The little birds break into song,
And praise in thrilling strains and strong
Springs halcyon days OF love.
The apple blossoms fan around,
And fieck the daisy -cfeckered ground,
As breezes softly blow;
stretch lazy hand aloft,
And grasp a cluster silken-soft,
Like rosy tinted snow.
look at every tender leaf,
And marvel why a life so brief
To such sweet things is given;
Why not for them longer space
To blossom gayly in their place,
Beneath the summer heavenI
Why not for them a longer time
To feel the sun at morning prime,
To see the moon at nightg
To CULVER by soft breezes stirred;
To listen when Gods morning bird
Sings heavenward his delight
An me, my heart it must be so,
The blossom drops that fruit may grow;
The sweetness of the flower
Dies early on the Vernal breeze,
That autumn time may bless the trees
With gold and crimson flower.
All me, my heart so must thou see
The fiowery hopes that gladden. thee
In this thy morning prime,
Fade in the fair place where they grow,
Drop round thee swiftly like the snow
OF apple blossom time.
But II they leave thee good and true,
And pure as when they blossomed new,
Then gladly let them GO;
Where now these fairy blossoms be,
In Gods good time thine eyes shall sec
Thy LIES fair harvest glow
An the Year Found.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-01
READER, ARE You AFFuCTED7

and wish to recover the same degree OF
health, strength, and energy as experienced
in former years? Do any of the following
symptoms or class of symptoms meet your
diseased condition. Are you suffering from
iIl-heafth in any of its many and multiiari-
Gus FORMS consequent upon lingering. nerv-
Gus, chronic or functional diSeaSee Do You
feel nervous, debllitated, fretful, timid, and
lack the power of will and action Are you
subject to loss of memory, have spells of faint
ing, fullness of blood I'm the head, feel lstleSs,
moping unfit for business or pleasure. and
subject to fits of melancholy? Are your kid
news, stomach, or blood, in a disOrdered con-
cition? Do you suffer from rheumatism,
neuralgia or aches and pains? Have you
been indiscreet in early years and find your
self harassed with a multitude Of gloomy
symptoms? Are you ttmtd, nervous, and
forgetful, and your mind continually dwell
ing on the subject? Have You lost confidence
in yourself and energy for business pursuits?
Are you subject TO any of the following symp-
toms: Restless nights, broken sleep. night
mare, dreams, palpitatiOn Of the heart, BASH
fulness, confusion Ofideas, aversion tOsOciety,
dizziness in the head. dimness OF sight. ptm-
Piles and blotches on the face and back, and
other respondent symptoms? Thousands OF
young men, the middie-aged, and even the
old, suffer from nervous and physical debii-
ity. Thousands of females, too, are broken
down in health and spirits from disorders
peculiar TO their sex, and who, from false
modesty or neglect prolong their suferings.
Why, then, further neglect'a subject so pro-
ductive of health and happiness when there
is at hand means of restoration?
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-01
FARM TOPICS.

We believe these three words embody
the secret of success in all indus
tries, and most of all IN agriculture, as
industry. No matter whether it is but
ter, beef, cheese, apples, cider, hay,
grain, or wool that you produce, it will
sell most readily and at the highest
price if it is of the first quality. Pur-
chasers have far more regard to quality
than to price. This is true not only of
rich purchasers, but of all who have the
means to buy, and the gumption to dis
criminate between superior and infe-
rior article. A smart day laborer never
buys barrel of low-grade flour, even
though it is offered at 81 or s., and
twice this amount is offered for the first
quality. He knows it is better economy
to get the best. Poor butter can with
difficulty be disposed of at any price
this summer, and the medium qualities
sell at very low rates, but the gilt-edged
article is in brisk demand and at re-
munerative prices.
Merchants and manufacturers are
generally keen enough to understand
this principle, and hence the COMPETE
ton among them to get up reputation
for manufacturing and keeping the best
goods. We have known a country mer-
chant in a small town who had such
sharp nose for teas, and was so
shewd purchaser of this line of goods,
that his reputation spread far and wide,
and he received orders for tea from dis
tant States. In these days of stagna-
ton of trade there are few manufac-
turers who keep right along producing
to the extent of their capacity, and if
we examine the reason of this we shall
find they are producing line of first
quality goods. 1t makes no difference
whether the products come from the
loom or the loan, the best are always
in demand. The butchers tell US that
they have no difficulty in selling good
beef, and at satisfactory prices. The
best cuts also go first. Their profits,
they say, are made on the and Agar
old fat Durham steers, for which they
pay high prices, and when they get a
cheap 2-year old on their hands, to use
their expressive phrase, "we are gener-
ally stuck
The principal runs through all trade
and all production, and we wish farm
ers understood it as well as the manu-
facturers do. We happen to live in the
midst Of large paper-producing COM
munity, and as we go into the "sol, :"
the large, light room of paper-mill,
in which the sorting is done, we notice
girls standing at benches with piles of
paper before them, which they exam
inc, sheet by sheet, with great dexteri-
ty, making at least three grades, per-
feet, medium, and poor, and sometimes
grading it still more closely. The pa
per is all made of the same stock and
by the same machinery, but the keen,
practiced eye of the sorter detects a
speck on this sheet, some little blemish
on another, and thin place on third,
and these sheets are classed according
ly. The manufacturers tell us that one
of these defective sheets, found in a
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-01
-of Eugepie. Aims. Hooper writes in

of Eugenie, Mrs. Hooper writes in
the Lippincoh as follows: "a head
loaded with false yellow hair, face
covered with paint and powder, mine
ing gait and the airs and graces of an
antiquated coquette-such to-day is she
who was once the worlds wonder for
her loveliness and grace, a be-wigged
Mrs. Skewton succeeding to the dsz-
cling vision that swerved the calculat-
ing policy of Napoleon III. and won his
callous heart, and that still smiles upon
us from the canvas of Winterhalter
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-01

ream of their best, would damage their
reputation as manufacturers, and that
they would prefer to make over their
imperfect paper, or give it away, rather
than allow it to be sold with their No.
l goods. This is the true principle,
and we wish it could be adopted by all
producers.-AIeraader Hyde, IN the Nes1
York Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-01

WnHoFT's ANTI-PERIoDIc OR FEVER AND
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family medicine Is now household word and
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dorsed by the medical profession, and pre-
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cause, after years Of trial in the worst malari.
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BY malarial poisoning OF the blood. WHEEL
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For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-01

WILLIAM came running into the
house the other day and asked eagerly:
"Where does charity begin?" "At
home," was replied, Is in the words of
the proverb." "Not by good DEAL"
rejoined the boy; "itbegins at sea Co."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-01

General Grant once made some pre-
tensions as an artist. There are a num-
Der of paintings from his brush in ex-
istsnce, one of which IS owned by ex-
Secretary Borie,