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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-12-01

The murderer Samon, who recently
butchered three or four persons at Laconia,
N. H., sleeps soundly all night while the
officers have to keep wide awake to keep
the people from lyuching him.
OK the 26th the elaborate Evacuation
Day ceremonies in New York were seri-
ously interfered with by rain. Broadway
was a sea of umbrellas. The procession was
four hours in passing a given point.
Ar Jackson, Mich, crazy ex-con-
vict created a sensation on the Goth by
playing the role of Pinkerton detective,
securing the use of a special engine and ar
resting an innocent farmer for the Crouch
murder. An excited populace had nearly
lynched the prisoner before the facts were
discovered.
DUKE SULLIVAN and Thomas O'Noil,
confined in the Henrico County (Va.) Jail,
on charge of blowing open and robbing a
Post-ofiice safe at Culpepper, made their
escape the NIGHT of the 26th.
THREE bodies were washed ashore at
Wharton. Ont, bearing life-preservers
marked Eclipse" which leads TO the be-
lief that the steamer of that name has been
lost with all on board.
The Spanish Government has decided
to increase the pay of all its troops below
the grade of captain. .r ~ .,
|" AT Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, on the
26th duel with swords was fought between
Herr Haumann and Herr Way. The latter
! was severely wounded.
The authorities of indianapolis, Ind.
have prohibited the sale within the c 7
limits of what is embraced under the head
of Flash literature" The State law pro-
vides heavy penalties.
THE damage by the overflow of White
River in Indiana has been very great, thou
sands of acres being inundated and unse-
cured corn and root crops ruined.
A COLD wave struck Salt Lake City,
Utah, on the 26th, freezing things up gen.
orally.
In the municipal elections in Dublin
on the Goth, the Parnellites gained eight
seats. .
The laborers employed nc Oliver
Bros. and Phillips Mills at Pittsburgh, Pa,
were notified ON the Goth of an intended
reduction of their wages to 81 per day.
| They had been receiving S1.25.
DIPHTHERIA has appeared in Vim
cennes, Ind, in its most malignant form.
Out of seven cases six had already proved
| fatal, and it was feared it would become cpl
demic. A case of smallpox has also APP
| peared in Washington, twenty miles east
of Vincennes, a child of VIM. Guy being
| sick with it.
| The report that American Bishops
proposed that the Vatican send Nuncio
to America is unfounded. The report prob
! ably arose through misapprehension of
the fact that the Vatican thinks of sending
Mgr. Sepiacci to preside as Apostolic Le-
gate over the labors of the Council to be
held in America in 1884.
A MARsEILLEs dispatch of the 26th
says: ut is rumored that $1,000 men will
be modified Immediately for China, and
Gen. Campenon, Minister of War is nego-
tiating for the service of ten great trans.
ports by which to forward the troops to
| their destination"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-12-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

In Boston about 200 street lamps
have been displaced by electric lights.
IT is said the adoption of the new
time standard is only preliminary to the
adoption of uniform code of signals among
the railroads.
AUsTRIA's production of steel rails
will reach $4,000 tons this year, an in
crease of 50,O00 tons over last year.
In Philadelphia, Pa, electric light
wires are being placed underground on one
of the principal avenues.
DURING the fiscal year the Lifc-Sav-
ing Service rendered assistance in three
hundred cases of disaster.
ACCORDING to tests of American and
English steel rails, laid side by side for
thirteen years in Pennsylvania, the former
are the more durable.
The Sheriff of Matthews County, Va,
has received section of artillery to be
used in protecting the Rappahannock oys.
ter-beds against dredgers.
A REPORT from Madagascar states
that the French have bornbarded a town
without giving notice, killing five British
subjects, and destroying large amounts of
neutral property.
THE Egyptians being about to send
out an expedition to try and keep open a
road for retreat from Khartoum it looks
probable that the Soudan Provinces are to
be abandoned for the present.
THE Comptroller of the Currency adj
vocates reduction of revenue and CONVEX
sion of the longtime four per cents. into
threes as measures to prevent undue con-
traction of the National Bank circulation.
The Asiatic squadron has received in
structions from Secretary Freylinghuysen
with a view to protect American interests
in event of war.
THE murderer of Mr.. and Mrs. King,
at Hickman, KY, is reported to have been
arrested.
IT is reported that FL Mardi, the False
Prophet, is already in Khartoum.
The inquiry into the Proteus disaster
has been adjourned to December 10.
OK the 26th the fire in the Sumner
Mine in California was il burning.
THE election in Limerick on the Goth
resulted in favor OF the Parnellites.
For the past year the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad earnings were 49, 1900.
Ii has been decided by the Spanish
War Department to disband ten regiments
of infantry and substitute a regiment OF
artillery.
THE appointment of the Archbishop
of Namur as Cardinal, it is expected, will
settle the difficulties between Belgium and
the Vatican.
IT is reported that a British gun-boat
has been ordered from Singapore to relieve
stranded vessels crew VINO are threat
ened with murder by Sumatra pirates.
FoR the past week the Clearing House
statements are again unfavorable.
On the 26th thirty-fve, Black Sea
steamers laden with wheat were reported
ice-bound ON the river Bon.
THE Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that the Brooklyn bridge,
as constructed, can not be declared nuts.
ance or unlawful structure.
THE Chief of Police of Constautinople
and six detectives are on trial for levying
blackmail and procuring the conviction OF
innocent persons on charges of counter felt
| ing..>
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15
Purifying Rancid Butter.

Rancid butter is an exceedingly un-
desirable article for, generally speak
ing, when once butter has lost its sweet,
milky flavor and attained rank, I'M
pleasant taste and odor there is little
hope for it. 1t is a much easier matter
to keep the butter sweet than to restore
it after it has become rancid. There
are several methods by which it is
claimed that rancid butter may be pu-
ritied, but this does not mean that any
process will ever make rancid butter
really good article again; it only means
that it can be brought back to a suffi-
GENTLY improved state to admit of its
being consumed where economy forbids
throwing it into the soap-grease jar.
Perhaps one of the best methods is
one that Prof. Willard Endorsed and q
number of practical butter-workers fol-
low. Melt the rancid butter in twice
its weight of boiling water and shake it
well occasionally when in the water.
By this process the acids producing the
rancidity are dissolved and partly vola-
tilted; the oil rises to the surface,
leaving the impurities in the water.
The butter, of course, loses its consist
restored to il to great extent by pour
ing it, when melted, into large guam
tity of ice water.
"a second process consists in melt
ing the butter in a clean vessel under q
slow and regular heat, and while it is
melting add two ounces Of pulverized
alum to every five pounds of butter, the
butter being stirred gently while melt
ing. When thoroughly melted it is
strained through fine strainer into
clear, cold water. The butter will rise
to the surface, more or less pure and
transparent. The alum coagulates the
albumen, the caseine and other foreign
matter, all of which are retained in the
strainer. When the butteri is sufficient
ly cool to be in good working order, it
is taken out and is thoroughly worked,
adding to each five pounds of butter
three ounces of good dairy salt and one
ounce of pulverized white sugar.
Another mode of treating rancid but
ter is as follows: First agitate the but
| ter in hot water to extract the salt.
After standing awhile it soon separates
| from the water, when it must be again
| agitated with an equal volume of fresh
hot water and few ounces of fresh
animal charcoal to the pound q butter.
The charcoal must be in coarse powder
and free from dirt. 1t is freed from
charcoal by straining through a fine
cloth while still hot and from the water
by the differences in specific gravity.
The butter when cold is well worked
with fresh milk, to which little sui
phate of lime has been added, and then
| reworked and salted.-N. Y. World.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15
How to Fertilize Fruit Trees.

Here and there on all farms and in
most fruit gardens will be seen an oc-
cashional tree or grapevine which
seems to lack vigor-does not grow
well, and yet seems to have no particu-
lar disease. The probabilities are that
the tree is dying of starvation and needs
q liberal supply of food. When you
give it this ration, do not pile load OF
manure around the trunk of the tree or
the body of q grapevine. That is just
the place. where it will do the least
good. Nearest the trunk of the tree,
the roots are all large. The fibrous
roots-the feeders, are further of near
the ends of the roots. These only can
take up the nutriment. 1t is always
safe to assume that the roots extend as
far from the trunk in every direction as
do the limbs of the tree, and to properly
fertilize, spread the manure all over
that area. Then fork it in and you
have done q good work and done it
well. If some disease has begun its
work on the tree, you will put the tree
in q healthy, vigorous condition, the
better enabling it to successfully con-
tend against its enemies. We have
seen numerous old pear and apple
trees, bearing poor and gnarled fruit,
which the owners consider of no value,
but which such treatment IS we have
outlined above would restore to their
original usefulness. Il Orange County
Farmer.
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This most remarkable statement was made BY Mr..
Frank b. Lee. clerk in the office of N. T. @. H. r.
R. r.. Little Falls. N. Y. the sth Of june. 1888.
Mr.. Lee says: my father has been troubled for
vertwenty years with severe kidney and bladder dis
ease. suffering the most acute pain when ur;natng He
became SO bad that he Obliged to give up all busi-
ness. His condition was such that his urine would
drop constantly and he was Obliged to use rubber
bag. tho weakness was great. He used many kinds
Of medicine without deriving any benefit until he was
urged by ono our druggists in Little Falls r Skin
ner) to use Hunts Remedy as he had known OF its
being used In many cases with great success pur-
chased bottle. and he commenced using IT. and he
30 improved tha; he got along without the rubber
bag He used in all twelve bottles, and it has entirely
cured him Father is sixty two years old. and we
slider It most wonderful cure and cheerfu1ly
mend Hunts Remedy to all afalcted with kidney. liver
or urinary troubles"
Allthe evidence published In regnrd to Hunts Rene
dy can be relied upon; IL true in every particular
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SCHOOL TEACHERS.

Nh. h. L. sorxn. Principal Of the High School at
Poquonock Conn.,, says in relation to matter which
has given him much anxiety and pain: MY wife and
Ihave both used Hunts Remedy. and ind It really .
superior article. Ayear 90 ago my kidneys became
weak and sluggish. owing to severe strain. and ind
ing relief in Hunts Remedy continued its use until
had used four bottles. when became wen. Since my
cure have suggested rs use to great number of peo
pie. who know have been benefited by using II. "
And to substantiate this statement, Mr. H. s. Clark
Assistant Superintendent OF the High School, says:
can certify to the value of Hunts Remedy. having
ccfvcd great benefit from its use. Ny troubles COM
AFFLICTED with Inflammation Of the passages, but the
timely use Of 20 valuable medicine arrested the dis
ease. now checrfuy recommend 1t to all suffer-
ing a. was"
MAY 81, 1883.
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Parisians are always thorough in the

Parisians are always thorough in their
hobbies. and If they somewhat overdo
the medieval or whatever style they
affect, and crowd their rooms inconven-
iently, their choice is on the whole made
worthily, and bad limitations of old mod
els are very carefully eschewed. Per-
haps the worst specimens of bad taste
are manifest in stained-glass windows,
for whereas individuals here and there
get hold Of fine bits of stained glass
the spoil of some ruined church or alb
bey-the far greater number have re-
sorted to modern productions, often
crude and inharmonious enough. This
filing in of window frames with semi
opaque instead of transparent glass diff
fuses dim, uncertain light through
many Partisan drawing-room-for the
introduction of stained glass is by no
means reserved for the back premises,
as in London-and as matter ofcourse
the short window curtain, hanging
against the glass Uitrage-it is called
here-is suppressed. English men and
women would not readily submit to
dwell in the mysterious half light of
Gothic aisle; but French women
are rather addicted to twilight,
especially when they have sought
to make up for the irreparabie
outrage of time with cosmetics, and
even those who are by no means afraid
of appearing in the broad light of day
when out of doors, are nevertheless par
tial to half measures at home. When
they do not go in for stained glass they
drape the windows very closely with
lace and embroidery, sometimes COM
bined with thin colored silk; and if they
Gnangvss q bay, studio, or gallery win
dow, it is hung with awhile or crimson
silk blind, gathered in billowy drape-
ries by means Of q complicated arrange
ment of cords. The plain white linen
blind which does duty in so many Lon
don mansions would be considered an
absurdly primitive article here. Fig
ured muslin and machine lace is the
simplest material permissible for the
purpose, and some of these are very
handsome limitations of the old Cluny
and Venetian point, while the more
costly are in machine or hand embroid-
cry, with the monogram or family
crest worked in the center. Even the
figured muslin sometimes exhibits
heraldic devices woven to order, as
they are in tablecloths and napkins. q
bit Of extravaganza not dreamed of out
of France. should think, where beau
tiful house linen is held in sort of ven-
GRAFTON. and . young woman on her
marriage Is often provided with enough
TO last her her life and set up one
daughter in housekeeping for the least.
r-H6rit Chr, London 1sleQrdpk,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15
Farm AND PRESIDE.

The black pea (cow pea) is va
riety that grows luxuriantly, yields
abundantly and, besides producing
largely of seed, makes excellent fodder,
which is greedily eaten by sheep.-Er-
change.
Cows in this season often suffer
from lack of pure, good water. II
stinted in supply falling off in milk is
sure to result, and if the water drank is
stagnant it will impart bad flavor to
butter. Troy IN. Y Times.
The following gives a permanent
whitewash: To one barrel of lime use
half bushel or more of cement; use
fresh lime and have it well slaked; use
Immediately. and do not mix up too
much at Chicago Journal.
The american CultiUator says that
there is no better time to sell farm pro-
duce than when it is in its best condition
for market, and when the trader or
consumer wants it, and is willing to pay
fair price for it.
Bread Pie: Soak a slice of very
light bread in pint of rich milk.
When it is quite soft beat it through the
milk, adding well-beaten egg and
four tablespoonfuls of sugar. Flavor
with nutmeg. Bake in rich crust and
you will find it delicious.-The House
hold.
Fried Potatoes: A good way to
warm over cold potatoes is to first chop
them, not too fine; heat some butter in
a frying-pan, put the potatoes in few
minutes; just before taking them from
the fire stir in some well-beaten eggs;
serve hot; garnish with parsley.-M Y.
Times.
Very dainty and really useful table
mats are crocheted of heavy knitting
cotton. They should be pure white
and be crocheted in a thick, close pat
tern, with no open work whatever; if
intended for the tea table they are very
pretty if finished around the edge with
Russian lace.-N. Y. Post.
Mrs. Z. Hack, of Washington, ID.
c., gave small peach tree special care
and attention, and it bore this season
fourteen peaches, ranging in weight
above FIVE ounces each, the largest
weighing eleven ounces and being ten
and half inches in circumference.
Another weighed nine ounces and
measured nine and three-fourths inches.
Their size and excellence are attributed
largely to the special care given the
tree.
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Though shaken in
every Joint and abcr
-..<.-
Win lever and ague,
or bilious remittent,
he svstovn u,av 30.
s'sn. may se'
De freed from the
malignant virus with
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BEING entirely vegetable, no particular
care is required while using DR.. Pierce's
" Pleasant Purgative Pellets" They ope-
rate without disturbance to the constitu-
ton, diet, or occupation. For sick head
ache, constipation, impure blood, dizziness,
sour eructations from the stomach, bad
taste in mouth, bilious attacks. pain in
region of kidney, internal fever, bloated
feeling about stomach, rush of blood to head,
take DR.. Pierce's "pellets." By druggists
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

CLEVELAND, O.-The Plain Dealer re-
ports that Hon. Martin A. Foran, Congress-
man-elect from the Cleveland, o., district,
has used st. Jacobs Oil in his family and
has always found it safe and reliable, and
it afforded him great relief to a lame knee.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

IHAvE been entirely cured Of terrible
case of Blood Poisoning by the use Of
Swift's Specific Is. s. 81 after trying ev-
erything known to the medical people
without relief. JNo. s. TAGGART,
Salamanca, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

FROM Col. C. Fl. Mackey, 32nd Iowa In
fantry: have derived more benefit from
Ely's Cream Balm than anything else
have ever tried. have now been using II
for three months and am experiencing no
trouble from Catarrh whatever. have
been sufferer for twenty years. c. II.
MACKEY, Sigourney, Iowa, Feb. %, 1882.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15
A Fortune

may be made by hard work, but can neither
be made nor enjoyed without health. To
those leading sedentary lives DIR. X. v.
Pi rce's " Golden Medical Discovery" is q
real friend. 1t stimulates the liver, purifies
the blood, and is the best remedy for con-
sumption, which is scrofulous disease OF
the lungs. By all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

In REGARD TO Ely's Cream Balm for Ca
tarrh, my answer is, can recommend it as
the best remedy l ever used. DIR. J. s.
VAUGHAN, Dentist, Muskegon, Mich.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

"HERE's q conundrum," exclaimed Fogg
the other morning at breakfast, after toy
ing with the commiuuted food on his plate.
"Why is the lady who come over with
Henry Irving like our daily fareT No
body succeeding in guessing, Fogg gave
the answer: because she is Miss Terry"
Boston Transcript
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

SwIFr's SPECIFIC Is. s. 81 has cured me
entirely of bad Blood Poison. l went one
hundred miles to get it, and it made me as
sound as q new dollar.
J.W. WEYLrs, Meadville, Pa.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

SALrMARsH, ALA.-Dr. Jas. B. Mills says
"Several of my patients haveused Browns
Iron Bitters for chronic Indigestion with
s--ueft."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

COLD weather affects your wrap it tight.
Marathon Independent.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

gist, q mosquito resembles charity when
It begins to hum.-Rochester Post Express.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

THE ex-Speaker of the Alabama Assem-
bly, has been robbed. As he was passing
through lonely piece Of woods near War
ren's Forks a highwayman, who was con-
cealed in a ditch, rose to a purse and all
explanation.-N0rristo Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

A CHILD that wakes with Group should
have a dose of Piso's Cure.
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DARpANELLE, ARK.-Dr. NJ. NJ Groom says:
Browns Iron Bitters is the best medicine
in the world and is effecting miraculous
cures.v
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

The difference between a besotted man
and pig is slight one at best. Ones q
hunting grog and the others a grunting
hog.-Pittsburgh Telegraph.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

THE man who made ga virtue" of "neces-
sity" is believed to have been particular
ly Intelligent compositor.-N Y. Post.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

THE man who tried % put 'this" and
"tbat" together had some difficulty In
working the words into anything like 9
satisfactory anagram.-Detroit Free Press
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

For aged men, women, weak and sickly
children, without rival. Will not cause
headache. Browns Iron Bitters.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

A DENTISTS appearance is apt to deceive
one. The more he looks down in the mouth
the better he feels.-Bu6alo Express.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

WHEN Ismail Pasha looks at his bills for
fall bonnets, that's the time, of course, he
finds his harem scare 'im.-N. Y. Graphic.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

NEVER judge by appearances; but, in
case of a heavy defalcation, it is generally
safe to judge by disappearances.-Ch Chicago
Herald
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

ONE Of the Indian pupils at Carlisle, Pa,
is said to be almost incredibly clever at
performing arithmetical calculatons-a
sort of Indian summer, as ii were.-Indidn-
dpolis Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

SUFFERERS FROM COUGHS, SORE THROAT,
ETC., .should try "Broun's Bronchial
Irockes," sure remedy. 25 cents q boz.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

A eocp many of the young bloods wear
diamond studs that stick. Paste always
does.-Chicdgo Inter Ocean.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

SoME people can get along without
much work, but the butter-makers certainly
belong to one of the classes which churn q
living The Judge.
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DIR. Pierce's " Favorite Prescription"
always becomes the favorite remedy Of
those who try it. 1t is specific for all fe-
male weaknesses" and arrangements,
bringing strength to the limbs and back,
and color to the face. OF all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-12-15

IT is certain that no river can run dry
N. o. Picayune.
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THERE is not always honor among
thieves. A society reporter is something
Of . pirate himself; yet he frequently at
tacls private ears.-N. Y. Nsscs.
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SLIGHT of hand-A maiden's REFUSAL
Detroit Post.
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PRESSED for money! suit of Clothes
Cincinnati Traveller.