The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-06
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


To remove stains from knife handles,
rub them with pulveriked pumice stone
and soap, then polish with dry whiting.
-Cotuttrq Gei.tleman,
Three of a herd of fortyApure1 bred
Holsteins in Vermont have died from
the effects of mercurial ointment, APP
piled to destroy lice, and the remainder
are so badly affected that they viii
probably die.
f-Thellatest caprice in Paris is the
wearing of huge collars and cults GRO
cheted of Irvine or linen thread. They are
worn over dark woolen dresses, with a
narrow white lace or liese ruche above
the collar around the neck and below
the cuffs around the wrists.
The grasses bvst for the production
of milk are those that are fine and
sweet The grasses that grow on
swampy land are poor for cows that are
giving milk. The native grasses OF the
high prairies are tolerably good, but
the short cultivated grasses re better. =
Chicago Journal. .. r...,5
We say to farmers who desire to
raise farm horses, look carefully TO the
walking gait of the sres. And further,
accustom your young horses that are
raised for draft purposes to walk rapid
ly, and to this end if there is any walk
in them, never allow them to strike y
trot. it is astonishing how rapid a gait
can be developed with proper training.
--WdUacc'S M0ntbly. 'H
To broil fish clear fire is required.
Rub the bars of your gridirQn with drip
ping or piece of beef suet, to prevent
the fish from sticking to it. Put good
| piece of butter into a dish, work into it
enough salt and pepper to season the
fish. Lay the fish on it when it is
broiled, and, with a knife-blade. put the
butter over every part. Serve very hot.
--I1diand State Journal.
Various cases of poisoning from the
use of perfumes have been reported in
recent English journals. In one in
stance little girl had bought some hell
otrope perfume at bazar, and had APP
piled it ON her face. This caused a YES
ticular eruption, swelling, itching. and,
in fact, erysipelas, which lasted for some
time. The scent was made with some OF
the products of coal tar, and not with
the odoriferous principles OF plants, thus
acquiring its irritating properties
Dencer Tribune. ..fq... .f.f
-Felon Cure; Use plaster as large
as finger nail, spread with salve uset
for fly blisers, about twelve hours, OF
until the finger is pulled up, and ther
prick with a needle (and not pin) anC
let out the water. Keep the skin on as long
as possible, and wash the sensitive ilesl
underneath it with cream oil or sweet
oil. To make the cream oil put a cuI
with spoonful of sweet cream on the
stove-hearth and let it stand, withou
stirring, until clear oil arises. o
course, the sooner applied after the fel
on begins to prickle, the more certain
the cure. Lansing Republican.
No intelligent breeder viii pin hi
faith to pedigree alone, but a good ped
igree is one that usually produces mer
itorious animals; and upon that fact thu
value of pedigree depends. Pedigree
properly considered, is the history o
the ancestry of an individual; and if W.
find the ancestry good, we can depend
upon it that Individual excellence vii
be transmitted. The record of pedi
grees enables us to ascertain the qualit.
of the ancestry; and in this particular i
is invaluable to all breeders. Pedigre,
may be, and doubtless has been, idol
lied to a damaging extent in man.
cases; but it will never do to run to the
other extreme. Chicago Times.