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She Is Insane.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, July "a
Judge Montgomery discharged Mrs. Chat
terton from custody as being insane when
she murdered her husband by shooting
him at the family supper table, before the
eyes of her children, and issued an order
for her admission into the insane asylum.
, 1886-07-25

At the foundation of IL government
not a foot Of real estate was owned by it
in New York city, and the use of the city
hall for the Inauguration Of Washington
was only a matter of courtesy. Now the
government owns property in the star
city to the value of Sl5, 600, 900, most of
which was acquired at a price way
below what it now would bring Chi
capo Times.
, 1886-07-25

A party of young men who had been
boating on the lake were standing in the
doorway of n Of the small stores, where
they had adjourned for refreshments.
One of the party remarked to the crowd
that the scene that lay before them was
very pretty. The ~storekeeper remarked:
ayes, if one of you put a washerwoman
over there, n cow over there, and n
whole lot Of boats on the lake, and then
let II of them painter chaps make
about 10, 1000 copies, he could make a heap
of money. Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
, 1886-07-25
NEW LOCAL NOTICES.


In the matter of the estate of Charles Il.
Gambler. deceased;
Notice is hereby given to all creditors
and others interested in the estate OF
Charles Il. Gambler, deceased, that final
settlement of the affairs and accounts of
said estate will be made in the Probate
Court of Laramie county, Wyoming Ter
ritory, on Monday, October l, 1886, in
the city of Cheyenne, county aforesaid.
JOHN w. COLLINS,
Administrator.
, 1886-07-25

PHILADELPHIA, July 24.-The great
rolling mill strike, involving 800 men in
the five largest establishments OF the city,
was settled 10 day in favor of the en-
ployes. The terms upon which the men
returned to work involve a concession of Il
two cent minimum card rate as a basis of
wages
, 1886-07-25

ChurIfH W, NyItn
VS.
Cora G. Bailey.
Application having been made at this office
by Charles W Nylan to contest the validity OF
desert land entry No 9ii, made at this office on
Oct l2, 1873. by Cora { Bailey, so far as 1t in
cludes the W = OF ne L, NV y of Sc a. = q OF NV
4, sw 4 ofnw Il and n Il OF sw \ OF sec z in tip
3 n r 90, W, in Laramie county, Wyo. with u
view to the cancellation OF such portion OF said
desert land that 1t Is irrigat d by natural
means from the North Platte river and from
Indian creek. and that II is productive of hay
without ARTIFICIAL irrigation. the sale parties are
hereby summoned to appear at this office on the
26tn day OF August, A ID 1886. al 0 O'Clock a m, to
res aopd and furnish testimony concerning said
allegations.
EDGAR S. WILSON, Register.
VIM. NJ. GARRARD, Receiver.
, 1886-07-25

Send 81 for two handsomely made boys
shirt waists. former price 81. so, other
grades proportionatcly reduced. We have
the largest stock OF Turkish towels in
Colorado. Handsome ones for 25c, for
mer price 5Oc. Extra large, extra fine
and beautiful towels SOC, sold everywhere
for 81. When you want dry goods write
to us for prices. We guarantee satlstnc-
ton or refund your money. NJ. j. Nc
Namara K Co, Denver, Col.
, 1886-07-25

CHICAGO, July 24.-Chicago s, Kan
sas City 7.
BosrcN, July 24.-philadelphia II,
Boston s.
WASHINGTON, July 24.-Washington
6, New York |.
, 1886-07-25

Strayed from the city a few days ago. a
oar horse, branded c N, 3 years old; had
a head halter on. information leading to
the recovery of the horse will be paid for
literally by THOMAS MILLS,
CHEYENNE.
, 1886-07-25

Coca Phosphate Soda-Is better thai
strong drink.
, 1886-07-25
The MNeMnerchOT' celebrN-
fiOm comes off August 4.

Fills soda water manufactured under
the latest process, with all improved and
new formulas.
, 1886-07-25

Coca Phosphate Soda-Increases the mu-
SECULAR power and intellectual capacity
, 1886-07-25

One hundred cases of claret wine 10
sale, 1915 per case. at Masten's.
, 1886-07-25

Coca Phosphate Soda-Braces and con
trolls the nervous system
, 1886-07-25

pos- Topographical and Mechanical
p~rapghting Plans, Estimates and Con
tracts for all Engineering work. Also
Contractors for all kinds Of E~xcavating,
Road Making and ~lrrigating Canals.
Fumes. Bridges, Culverts, Drainage
and Water Works.
Call or write and obtain our terms be-
fore making engagements. Information
cheerfully given. Address p. o. box 3l3.
, 1886-07-25
Coca Phosphate So,m-Imparts tone
and vigor to the mind and brain.


Go t o Ellis confectionery for soda
water and ice cream.
, 1886-07-25

Letter heads, bill heads, and note heads
At the Leader office.
, 1886-07-25
WANTS

WANTED-A small safe to rent for
about four months; or will purchase if
preferred. Address, Box 2l5, City.
, 1886-07-25
FOR RENT.

For RENT-The storeroom and cellar
now occupied by the Buffalo Shoe store.
VIM. q. provinces.
, 1886-07-25

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. June 20. 1896.
sn-l~s ~ HrInu
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02
A CURIOUS TRICK.
How a Large Egg Can BE Put in . Com
paratlvely Small Bottle.

How a Large Egg Can Be Put in q Com
paratlvely Small Bottle.
A writer in the Rural NeW Yorker
tells its young readers how they may
perform the magic" feat of putting
an egg in bottle. Like many other
curious things it is easy enough when
you know how.
This is the way it is done: Soak a
fresh egg for several days in strong
vinegar. The acid of the vinegar will
eat the lime of the shell, so that while
the egg looks the same, it will be soft
and capable of compression. Select a
bottle with neck third smaller than
the egg. With little care you will
have no trouble in pressing the latter
into the bottle. Fill the bottle half-full
of lime-water, and in few days you
will have a hard-sheled egg in bottle
with neck third smaller than the
egg. OF course, you pour off the lime
water as the shell hardens. How the
egg got into the bottle will be conun-
drum that few can answer.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02
HORSE AND DOG.

Why Ma-gil-ii-cud-y Is TO BE Allowed to
Go Everywhere That Old 81 GOes-A
True story.
whoa! Whoa!" called a little boy,
but the bonny horse, did not stop. He
did not turn his head, or even seem to
hear. He kept right on his way up the
hill and down the hill, and on over the
high hill that all the folks living there
called mountain. and for every step
that the horse took the dog under the
wagon took two.
did not tell you before that there
was a dog under the wagonP There
was, and his name was Ma-gil-li-cud-y.
A very queer name it was, and Ma-gil-
h.cud-y was a queer dog, He thought
it was his duty to go every step of the
way that old Si-Si was the horse
went whether there was or was not a
driver.
This time there was no driver. Old
81 was trotting away all by himself and
Ma-gil-li-cud-y. Now 81 was a good,
nice, patient horse, but this time he
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02
PERCHERON HORSES.
40 Years Experience.

To a Tribune reporter, Mr.. A. S.
Chamberlain, who for40 years has been
the proprietor of the sold Bulls Head
Stables" New York City, said: 81
keep exchange and sale stables for
horses, thousands of which annually
come to my stables from all parts OF
the country. l don't deal on my own
account to any extent. The French
horses have good feet and stand the
pavements better than the Clydesdales,
and bring better price on the market.
The Clydesdales are short-ribbed, slim
wasted and lack action. Compare
lively few of them are now brought to
this market. The demand is largely
for French horses. 1 would advise the
farmer and breeders, who are breeding
horses to sell on the New York market,
20 breed from French horses in prefer
ence to all others. Chicago Tribune.
Percheron stations of the finest quality
and with choicest pedigrees, registered
in the Percheron Stud Book of France,
are annually imported in immense
numbers. Within the past two years
1000 have been imported and collected
by one firm alone. .-,,s..r
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02
CHINESE BANKS.
Tho Complete Banking System Obtaining
in the Celestial Empire.

Tho Complete Banking System Obtaining
in the Celestial Empire.
The ways of business houses are by no
means the same the world over. Ac-
cording to a resident Of Hong Kong,
some peculiarities of custom attend
banking transactions in that place. He
says that the interior of the bank con.
sists of a large sombre hall kept fairly
cool by the waving of innumerable
punkahs We wish, suppose, to cash
check:
"Schroff!" shouts the clerk, and i'm
mediately answering to the term-not
German, but corruption of the Hindoo
word Sarrof, banks clerk-there glides
forward one of the native cashiers, with
smooth shaven skull, four-foot pigtail,
and spotlessly white flowing garments.
He is silent and rapid in his movements,
and though his scanty stock of English
is scarcely ineligible, he salts
factorily carries out the transac-
ton in hand, your own compli-
Gated pencil and paper conversion of
pounds into dollars and cents, being
easily distanced by the schroff's peculiar
method of calculation. Taking up
a counting-machine, his long, 1.-THE
fingers move over it far more
quickly than the eye can follow; he
plays on it with the rapidity of lace
making.
"All right as regards the total" says
the traveller. Now give me three
pounds in small change" For a sup
ply of five-cent pieces is indispensable in
China.
A means has been devised for avoid.
ing the WEAKNESS of counting out the
three hundred tiny silver coins repre-
senting the sum in question. A pile of
them is poured on that wooden tray,
containing one hundred recesses, each
of which is just deep enough to lodge
one five-cent piece, and shallow enough
to prevent the possibility of two such
lurking together. A jerk of the
wrist; the one hundred re-
cesses are instantly filled, the surplus is
swept off, and you have your correct
amount, the schroif tucking up his
enormous sleeves, as the money is
poured into your hand, to dsarm pos
sble suspicion that he is concealing any
stray coins in their folds. Yoath'S COM
panlOn.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

"Stard back, gentlemen Clear the
trackw shouted the police, and as the
quickly-gathering crowd surged back,
steamer No. 4 came up the street, the mag
nificent black horses striking fire from the
pavement
But holdl A wheel comes off the steam
er is overturned, and the brave firemen are
picked up bleeding and senselessl
An investigation revealed the fact that in
oiling the steamer thatmorning the steward
had neglected to put in the linch-pin. A
little neglect on his part had caused loss
of half million dollars The busy marts
OF trade are full of men who are making
the same fatal mistake. They neglect their
kidneys, thinking they need no attention,
whereas if they made occasional use of
Warmers safe cure they would never say
that they don't feel quite well that tired
feeling bothers them; that they are plagued
with Indigestion; that their brain refuses
to respond at call; that their nerves are all
unstrung Fire Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02
Language of Compliment.

The common courtesies of intercourse
among people are always of interest,
for they disclose great deal of native
character and cultivation. Rarely are
these carried to so high point of re-
finement as among the ladies of Quito.
A late American Minister to Ecuador
gives this specimen of message sent
by one lady of that city to another:
$50" she says to her servant. 'to the
Sonora So-and-So, and tell her that she
is my heart and the dear little friend
of my soul; tell her that am dying for
not having seen her, and ask her why
she does not come to see me. Tell her
that have been waiting for her for
more than a week, and that | send her
my best respects and considerations;
and ask her how she is, and how her
husband is, and how her children are,
and whether they are all well in the
family. And tell her that she is my
little love, and ask her if she will be
kind enough to send me that pattern
which she promised me the other day"
- Youths Companion.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02
A Wise Statute.

The Board of Trustees of Cornell
University have passed university
statute whereby every professor who
shall have served seven years at the in
stitution may have years vacation
on half-pay. This action can not fail
to result in great good to the cause of
education. 1t is a declaration of body
of business men that the efficient teacher
is not only worthy of his hire, but that
he must not be worn out in the tread
mill of the lecture-room; that he is, in
short, worth preserving. 1t is recog-
milton of the teachers dignity. and inn
portance that can not fail to have its eff
feet upon the profession generally
Current.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

"A paper in Oswego, N. Y, mentions
that James Clark and wife "were born,
died, and were buried on the same
day" The life of this remarkable
couple was very brief, but exceedingly
sventful-ShOe and Leather Reporter.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

One minutes imprisonment in fail
was the punishment imposed on man
charged in a Clarendon (Ark.) court
with having sold the products of land
for which he had failed to pay the rent.
The trial occupied several days, and up
on the verdict being pronounced the
condemned walked across the courtroom
and placed himself in charge of the
Sheriff, who took him to the Jail, where
he served out one minutes time.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

An exchange says that bath has
been established in Albany, N. Y, where
orthodox Jews may battle in accordance
with the requirements of the Talmud.
This custom is still observed throughout
the Old World, and in some places in
this country. There are two other baths
of the kind in the United States.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

Maryland Legislators, who are always
alive to the public interests, have endorsed
the new discovery, Red Star Cough Cure,
because it contains neither morphia nor
opium, and always cures. The price is only
rs cents.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

"A young Clergyman who had come
to supply the vacant pulpit of the church
In New England village had an ex.
tremely boyish appearance, and made
his way almost unnoticed into the pull.
pit, where he was concealed from view
by the reading-desk in front of him. But
an old lady who sat close on the right of
the pulpit in consideration of her deaf
ness, was much cong rned to see a bow
in the place of the e&ected clergyman
So she arose crF's {, ,,s,l En- s;p.
toe to the pulpit-stairE, and 1beckoning
with her forefinger, whispered loudly in
coaxing accents: "Colme down, my bow;
you mustn't sit there's that's the place for
the ministerp'
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

PIXIES TooTHACHE DROPS cure in minute 25c
Glenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. S5c.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

"a MISS is as good as a mile" and q
great deal better. You can't kiss mile
Philadelphia Call.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

CURIOUS investigators have discovered
that the Siamese twins were we'll connect
ed.-N. Y Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

TRY and secure place in everybody's
goodwill, not forgetting your rich uncle's.
-Trov Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

A PRovERB says-Hunger is the best cook.
That may be so, but hunger hasn't got any.
thing to cook.-Te1ds SUtings.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton. Cures where other remedies fail. 25c
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

The bowels may be regulated, and the
stomach strengthened, with Ayers Pile.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

EVERY one is perfectly satisfied who uses
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers.
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WAYnNEc 7 WALTB.AM or ELGIN, one
B5H SHssS az Wholesale Prlcc-List FREE.
McCoUgT Co. D'ss y IroIt ST.. Philadelphia. Pa
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-02

nAWnUN Treated sad cured without the knife
I,nHI,tn Book on treatment sent free. Address
VnNVA4AA E.L.PoND, A.D,AurOra, Kane Co,il
, 1886-10-02
ALeTTeR FROM A BULLET.


A Besinged General Makes n Mail Carrier
of a Leaden Missile.
The museum of the Berlin general
p~ostoffice has received an interesting adj
dition to its treasures. This is a parch-
ment letter found in the city archives of
Cologne, and which had beer enclosed
in n hollow bullet and fired out of the
beleaguered town of Neuss in 1875, to
let the friendly forces of Cologne know
of the terrible plight to which the citi-
zens were reduced. Charles the Bold of
Burgundy was carrying on war against
the town of Cologne and other Rhenish
confederated cities. and had hemmed in
Neuss so closely that the inhabitants
army of observation of the confederates,
posted beyond the Rhine, watched
Charles operations, hoping to get an OPP
p%ortunity Of relieving the town.
The letter is from the commander, the
Landgrave Hermann of Hesse, who de
scribes how the besieged are destitute of
food and ammunition, and have only
stones for weapons and water to live
upon. They rave no medicines or sur
gical appliances. and SO the sick and
wounded die without assistance. Some
are for surrender, and he fears that
traitors may betray the place. They had
a few days before lost 100 men in re-
pulSing an assault Of the B%urgundians.
The letter mentions hat the besieged
had previously fired Off several other let
tiers. some of which had fallen into the
Rhine, and they were expanding their
last powder in firing off this one.-Lon-
don Times.
, 1886-10-02

FIX Congressman j. ii. Rice, of Maine,
who now makes his home in thi ,ty.
was recently in Mexico, and he is en-
thusiastic over the prospects Of that
country. ITS soil is fertile" he said to
me. ~and labor is cheap. OF course, il is
not Of such labor as we get in the United
States; but men work there for Is and
30 cents a day. 1t is a country of great
possibilities. 1t has n population of be-
tween 10, 600, 900 and IL, 200, 900, the
actual number is not known. One-half
the people are mixed blood and one
third pure Indian. One-sixth of the
Mexicnns are Europeans, the Spanish
element predominating. Although every
adult male citizen has the right to vote,
less than 10000 votes were cast at the
last presidential election. That is n less
number of votes than are n5iled in a
single congressional district in Iowa.
me gre'1''"rop there is corn, Int wheat,
SusSf. tobacco, beans, coffee, etc, can
be ra'--- o a large extent. 1t only needs
Americ.. enterprise To make the eoun-
try very rich. New York News.
, 1886-10-02
LOUISIANA CREOLE,

Divine she moves. resplendent, bright,
With charms that speak a sunny zone,
And not the day, nor silent night,
Is fairer, till when both in one
Do meet and make the southern eve,
with softened glow and lighted shade
So fair the trembling star beams leave
The sky and rest upon the glade
Yon flush that richly dyes the west
Upon her cheek hath left its glow;
Yon fieecy cloud upon her breast
Hath traced Its family tinted snow:
Above yon crescent orb the star
That shines alone in evening sky
Hath lent its luster from Pfar >
To light the darkness Of her eye.
From shadows following fast the flight
OF day down to the occident,
Like plumes that watt the wing of
night,
Her ~tresses' flowing wealth was sent.
With rounded form and rosy mouth,
And am'rous A~phroiite's grace,
Her bloom is Of the fervid south,
Her beauty of its tabled race.
r. A. WILKINSON.
, 1886-10-02

The corr crop Of Kansas this year Is
very much less than hat of last year
And yet, says The Topeka Capital, the
yield is estimated at 1870, 000, 900 bushels,
or IL, 900, 900, 900 ears of corn. each
measuring twelve inches in length. This
crop, if strung upon a Irvine in the man
ner that beads are strung upon a thread.
would make a string of corn 2,279, 727
miles in length. and would e%ncircle the
earth ninety-one times. If laid side by
side this string would make a solid floor
we and one-half inches in thickness and
225 feet wide, running entirely around
the earth AT the eauator.-Exchanpe.
, 1886-10-02
THE BEST OF ALL BEEF.

1t Is Said to Come from a Queer Kind
of Cattle of Florida.
1.-The shortest river in the world is the
st. Lucie in Florida" said a New Yorker
who knows, land, besides that, it is the
only river in the world that raises beef,
and that of SO fine a quality that the
j~uiciest, latest morsel of the choicest
Texas steer is like rump steak off the
commonest stock compared with it.
Never heard of a river being a cattle
range before, eh? Well. that's just
what this little ten-mile long st. Lucie
is. The cattle that Craze in the st. Lucie
are not very handsome, but their like
can't be found anywhere else in the
world nowadays. They never jump
fences, break into gardens, get put in
pound, or kick over milk pals. They look
as formidable as a rhinoceros, but couldn't
harm n baby if they tried, although
1900 pounds is no uncommon weight
for them, and. although lacking horns,
they have teeth as long and sharp as a
sharks. This strange stock that now
ranges solely on the pastures of st. Lucie
river is the unweildy American sea cow,
called by the natives the manatee. The
animal is common enough to read about,
and was formerly quite abundant in
many parts of the south, but being pro-
vlded with no means of defense in pro
lection, except a most acute sense of
hearing, ruthless hunters and tourists
have caused it to become almost extinct.
The manatee is so rare now that natur-
alists and museums will pay the price of
a good farm for a specimen, and so in Il
few years it will not be found even in
the st. Lucie river, and the species will
be classed among the extinct Of earth
and sea.
There is no more awkward, helpless,
or curious animal than the sea cow.
The head is broad, and to find its eyes
great folds of heavy skin must be parted
and laid back. If only its nose and
closed mouth should be seen, the spec
tator would say a COW would be found
on further investigation. If the mouth
should then open. the spectator would
be apt to make tracks for a place of
safety, for a thicket of sharp. long teeth
would be exposed to view. No animal
not belonging to the c%arnivori has such
formidable teeth, and their sole use is to
Twp Ait biOlhf FAttAtiitilb hldAEH u ElANo
that grow luxuriantly on the bottom of
the st. Lucie river, in ten feet of water.
This grass is called anatee grass, and
is the sole food of the sea COW.
"A full-grown manatee is twelve feet
long and four feet in diameter. Their
only means of locomotion are two large
fiippers at the shoulders and n fan-like
tail. These are of little use on land, but
in the water they carry the manatee
swiftly and gracefully. The sea cow is
black and covered with black hair. No
animal, reptile, or bird has 50 sensitive
an ear as these ungainly animals. They
can hear the slightest dip of an oar for
the distance of half a mile, and conse-
quently the hunting of the manatee has
to be done with a degree of caution, the
lack of which alone has preserved the
few specimens of the animal there are
left. The meat of the sea COW is so
tender, juicy and flne-flavored that it
has been admitted by many of the best
authorities that no flesh of the animal
kingdom is more delicious. Chicago
Herald.