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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18
The President and Public Opinion.

Grant takes pains to remind honest and
decent citizens everywhere, by his removal
of Cluss, that he is the same President who
appointed Shepherd. and has obstinately
kept him in office; who appointed and still
retains Richardson in spite of the SanbOrn
rascalities; who appointed Murphy and
rewarded his misbehavior with public
letter of compliment; who sent Leet to
New York and kept him in effice after his
wholesale plunder had been proved; who
sustained Casey when convicted OF outrage"
Gus misconduct, and rewarded MIN by re-
appointment; who keeps in Office Post
master Filley of St. Louis, convicted OF Il
five per cent. assessment Of his clerks !;
sawyer and Banfield, convicted of partici-
patton in the Sanborn swindie; Schenck
with his Little Emma" job. Robson
with his Secor job. and Creswell with his
ChOrpenning job. No other American AG-
ministratiOn has ever been mixed up with
so dirty piece Of business as this manage
ment Of the Board of Public Works in the
District of Columbia. The appointment
of Cooke was a scandal, because the
President must have known that the
position would Inevitably give the Cover
nor enormous power to favor the bank IN
which he was interested. But when the
bank had failed. the Government hav-
ing lost by the failure, and Cooke haC
withdrawn from Office, with a degree
of respect for the decencies of public
life which Richardson, Sawyer, Bantield
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18
At THE SPINYrEG-WHEEL

Show me sight
Bates for delight
Al ouid Irish wheel wild young Irish girl al II,
Nothin' you'n show
Aquals her sittin' an takin' twirl at II.
Look at her there,
Night IN her hair
The blue ray OF day from her eye laughin' out
on usl
Faix. an a foot,
Ferfsci OF cut,
Pecpin' TO put an end 10 all doubt in us.
That there's a sight
Batss iar a. light
An ould Irish whee VIC young Irish girl a. it,
o. No
Noth.n' you n show
Aqnais her siiiin' an tAkin' twirl at it.
seei the lambs wool
Turns coarse an dull
her.
Down goes her heel
ROun' runs the wheel,
Pnrrin' wild pleasure TO lake the commands Of
her.
Then show me a sight
Bates for delight
An ould Irish wheel wild II young Irish girl at it,
o. MOI
Nothin' youll show
Aquals her sittin' an takin' twirl at IT,
Talk Of Three Fates,
Seated on seats
Spinnin' an shearini away til they've done
for me.
You may want three
For your massacre,
But one tate for me, boys, and only the one for
And
Isn't that fate
Pictured complete
An ould Irish wheel wild young Irish girl at 1t
o. MOL
Nothin you'll show
Aquals her sittin an tkin' a twirl at It.
"A. p. GraUes' "SOngs Of Killarney"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18
A Hint to Young Men.

In 1855 young gentleman registered
his name in the largest hotel in the city OF
Louisville, Ky. He had a pretty good
wardrobe, such as young men usually
have, including a gold watch and chain.
He was in search of occupation. At the
expiration of two weeks he took an in
ventory of his personal effects: ''Out OF
work and no business" He had a brief
interview with the proprietor OF the hotel:
His trunk was left as security for his board
bill; he hypothecated his watch for the
loan Of SO, and having kissed the tip-end
of his coral fingers to kind and sympa-
thetic landlord he event diving for the
bottom" He found bottom on Water
street. where a steamer was being dis
charged of cotton by Dutchmen, negroes,
and Yankees. Having purchased heavy
pair of boots, a blue shirt and overalls, ne
commenced rolling and piling cotton at
the rate of 3 cents per bale. In three
weeks he was promoted to the position OF
marker" with salary of S45 permonth,
and at the expiration of nine months he
had right to grow mellow over salary oi
Sl25 per month. To-day this gentleman
is one of the largest business operators in
Bay street.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18
Grant After a Third Term.

Thoughtful men in Washington, men Of
the coolest and most calculating judg-
ments, interested men, do regard Gen.
Grant as an aspirant for a third term.
This is fact which no candid. well-in-
formed correspondent will pretend to deny.
Gen. Grant has held the Republican
party between his thumb and fOreiinger
ever since he came into power. He has
snubbed and baulked, crossed and bOssed
its leading politicians without stint. Yet
he is the Strongest man in America to-day,
and there is not Republican in Congress
who dares defy him. Nay, he himself de-
fies public opinion at his pleasure.-Co1r-
isr-Jo1a7saL.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18

A PRETTY young woman of Louisville
named Pauline LesZinsky, noted for the
beauty OF her hair, which had reached the
unusual length of feet. a few lights age
was awakened about O'Clock in the
morning, experiencing a sensation as if
some one was combing her hair, which
was loose about her shoulders. As she
awoke she saw two men leave the room.
When consciousness returned she aroused
the family. Her mother on entering Smelt
chlOroform, and found that her daughter :
hair had been cut from the right side OF
her head, that on the left side being neatly
cOmbed,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18

-Weregret to cast a deep g
an otherwise happy cOmmuE
nOuncing that Rajah Kali n
laureate of Bengal, is dead.
Krishna was a man whom tf
il is useless now. What (
such an hour as this!
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18

"A tenor in Vienna is said to have an
abnormal formation of the vocal organs
whereby he is able to sing two notes stimuli
taneously.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12

"licad Us.'-A clerk in rural
town had pet calf which he was train
ing tip in the ways of the OK. The
calf walked around very pcaccably un-
der one end OF the yoke while Mr..
clerk held up The other end, but in an
unfortunate moment the man conceiv
ed the idea Of putting his own neck in
the yoke, to let the calf see how it
would seem to work with a partner.
This frightened mister calf, and cievat-
ing his tail and his voice he struck 4
dead run" for the village, and Alr.
clerk went along with his head down,
straining every nerve to keep up, and
crying at the top OF his voice; Here
we come, dang our TOOL souls; head us,
somebody"
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12
Just One Moment.

We sometimes hear it said, "a min
ute makes no differences" AS we
grow older and more thoughtful, we
are likely to see the mistake in that
careless saying. "Millions Of money
for an inch of time" cried Queen Eli
za5eth when she was dying, and there
ale occasions in the lifetime OF many
persons when they would give all they
are worth for the advantage Of a mo-
ment. What consequences may hinge
upon a single minute we see strangely
proved by the following incident re-
lated by writer from Leeds, Eng,
to the Christian Banner:
Not long ago, l walked the streets
of old Leicester, in England, taking an
antiquarian's interest in the scenes
around me. AT one moment l gazed
on bit Of Roman wall, and the next
the associations were connected with
the last of the Plantagenets. Yonder
Richard III, slept the night before the
battle OF Bosworth Field, here he cross,
ed the River Soar as he marched with
his army to the conflict, and here hia
remains lie buried.
But there was spot Of deeper inter
est than this. l looked on the bat
tered walls of Leicester, and noted the
breaches which were made b. the be-
sieging army OF Cromwell; and, 4 few
PAGES farther I stood where rollicking
young royalist soldier was posted with
in the walls as sentinel, who, handling
his lnusket awkwardly, was removed
from his post, and another man placed
there instead.
The next minute the new sentinel
was shot dead. Had that fatal ball
sped on its way one moment, sooner
there would have been lost 10 the world
one of its most loved End honored
names: fer in that case, the name OF
John Bunyan would never have been
set as bright jewel in the coronal OF
fame. One moment sooner, and the
grand old dreamer Of Bedford Jail
would have been cut Off and his glo-
rious vision OF the pilgrims to the
Celestial City would never have charm
cd generations Of men Of every land and
tongue.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12
a ventriloquist's Trick.

1t would be we'll if ventriloquist's
were often passing by when brutal
men are abusing animels no5ler than
themselves. Signor Blitz punished
one Of those wretches by good fright
in return for his cruelty.
AS drayman was furiously beating
his lank, half starved mule, near the
Government Square, Havana he was
astonished to hear the animal ex-
claim:
Enough, YOU brute"
The drayman looked aghast, and
searched under his dray and around his
mule to find the origin of this sepulch.
raj voice, when again he was Mortified
to hear from the animal, to all appear
ances:
"You are brute"
The drayman was dumbfounded,
and trembled like an aspen-leaf and
dropped his whip as if stung by an ad-
der. He blessed himself, and was
about falling on his knees, when he
again heard;
~ was your mother once upon a
time"
This capped The climax, and a gen.
tleman from the crowd that had gath
cred around endcavored to explain to
the terror stricken drayman that some
times disembodied spirits return to the
world in the form of animals. Just at
this moment, Signor Bitz. accompani-
ed by two friends, who had been look
ing on the strange scene and enjoying
the fun, adjourned to the Union Coffee
House, on the neighboring corner, and
left the crowd cndcavoiing 10 induce
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12
The Market.

One dollar" twenty" "lorty,"
sixty" eighty" two dollars" "two
twenty-five" Give it another hoist
and three dollars" vii! be the watch
word. The healthy tone oc the market
brings life and checrfulness TO every
branch Of business. Buyers find it
difficult to ill orders. producers refuse
TO sell at any price, and have stopped
putting down wells, and up goes oil to
something nearer its value. Three
we look for now and if producers will
only profit by the experience they have
hal, and Absolutely refuse to drill
another well, they must OF necessity
command their own price. Let due
discretion be exercised and there need
be no fear OF depreciation in oil for an
indefinite time. There is 4 little sheet
issued each month at Titusvillc, known
IS Stowell's Petroleum Reporter,
which is under the control Of the bears.
It shows an increase every month since
its establishment, done Systematically,
with the intent TO deceive the produ-
GERS. 1t reports last months produc-
ton at $4,000 barrels per day, average,
which Stowell we'll knows is 4 delibe-
rate pcrvcrsio1 Of the facts. There is
no man Of ordinary sense who does
not know that the production has been
falling of to very great extent for the
past three months. and that il does not
ut this time exceed 5000 barrels daily.
Producers will PVT 10 confidence in
r.nch self evident IrJu!s. and The SOON.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12
Golden Words"

Don't deceive.-Baron ltunchausen.
Be humblc.-T. Tilton.
Love your country.-Jeflerson Da-
Wis.
Don't read novcis.-liarpcr & Bros.
We concu: in the abovc.-T. 3. Pc:
terson Il CO.
Don't smohc.-U. s. Grant.
Mind your own Observation-Disclosures
Beware Of Mrs. L;vcrmorc.-Gen.
eral Hall.
An honest man gathers no moss
\ rolling stones the noblest work o.
God.-P. V. Nasty.
Make money and do good with it
w. NJ. Tweed.
Don't marry until YOU can support
wife. Nor then either. )-Malthus.
He that in the world would rise
must take the papers and advertise -
Confucius.
Let your motto be virtue, faith, hon
esty and industry.-James Fisk, Jr.
Wisdom is better than soup.-Dan'
iel Webstcr's reply to General Scott
l attrybut mi sukcess inn life to m
dcvoshun to spellyng.-Josh Billings
What l don't know.-H Greeley.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12

The NcnaNgo Spectator says that Z
large producer in the Butler county
region, grows more and more discon.
ISOLATE every day as oil advances. lie
sold his entire production "Short" till
April Ist for seventy cents at the wells
His case is but one among that large
class of producers whose necessities
compelled them TO raise money at any
sacrifice.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12
Mrs. Skinner on Woman's Rights.

Miss Presidcnt-I am here, to-day
for the purpose Of discussing womans
rights.
As success, man is failure, and l
bless my stars tina: my mother was a
wcman.
not only maintain these principles
but maintain shiltlesS husband be-
sides.
They say man was created FIRST.
S'psoin' he was! Amt first expert.
ments always failures'
The only decent thing about him
was 4 rib, and that went to something
better.
And then they threw it into our
faces about Eve taking an apple.
III bet FIVE dollars that Adam boost
Cd her up the tree, and only gave her
the core.
And what did ne do when he was
found out?
True to his masculine instincts, he
sreaked behind Ewes Grecian bend
and said: "Twa'n't me-'twas her!,
And woman has had to father every
thing mean since-and mother it too!
What we want is the ballot; and the
ballot we're bound to have if we let
down our back hair and swim in a
sanguinary.
Bring up your little daughter to love
and caress the ballot, and when they
are old and scrawny, they will not part
from it.
Teach them that man occupies no
position thata woman cannot Gll-eYen
pair Of pants.
Teach them that without the ballot
woman is simply cooking and wash
ing machine; that with it she can just
rule her little roost.
Give 'em little ballots to play with.
We have plenty of ballet girls, but
what we want is ballot woman.
The male creature now sitting on
this platform, whom the law compels
me to call husband, says I've so tballct
on the brain.
He says sleep with ballot under
my pillow, and dream that l am com
mande-. IN. chief Of 4 large army OF
ballots, and an cleaning out everything
that looks like the male sex while the
band plays.
''Scc the cnnquering hero comcth!"
Such remarks show that man was
created lower than the beast Of the sea,
the carrion Of the air, or the rhinoceros
upon the prairies.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12
The Advance in Oil

The present advance in the oil mar
ket is exceedingly gratifying to produ.
GERS, and NAV be regarded as fair
God send 10 the entire oil region. II
indicates better times, and inspires
our reopIc with renewed energy and
vim. The effects of the recent advan-
Cos are already perccptiblc, and il the
market continues TO so up, and we be-
lieve it will, the oil region will soon
free itself from anv Gncumbrances that
have ofla;e given it back set, and will
be itself again. All we need is fair
price Tor our product, and then we can
prosper. This, we have strong belief,
we will now have for 4 long time.
Tie falling of OF the production, the
rapid increase in the demand for Pc
troleum, and other circumstances, are
things that pipe companies and bears
cannot we'll contend against success
fully; and despite any efforts put forth
on their part we believe the market is
destined TO continue to advance until
it reaches good price, where we trust
it will remain for many years to come
Oil Mems Journal.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12
The Church Spider.

Two spiders. so the stc"y gees,
Upon 4 living bent,
Enl cred The meeting house orc day,
And hopefully were heard to say,
Here we shall have at least, fair play,
With nothing to prevent"
Each chose his place and went 10 work;
The light webs grew apacc;
One on the altar spun his thread.
But shortly came the sexton dread.
And swcp. him of, and so, half dead,
lie sugght another place.
"I'll Try the pulpit ncxt,hhe said.
There surely is prize;
The desk appears so neat ana cican,
I'm sure nc spider there has been:
Besides, how often have / seen
The pastor brushing tlieS.n
lie tried the pulpit, but, alas!
Ills hopes proved visionary;
With busting brush the sexton came,
And spoiled his gcomctric game,
Nor gave him time or space TO claim
The right Of sanctuary.
At length, half starved, and weak and lear
lie sought his former ne;ghbor,
Who now had grown so sleek and roand,
lie weighed fraction of ! pound.
And looked as il the art he'd found.
Of living without labor.
GLOW IS it friend" he asked. "thatI
Endure such thumps and knocks,
While YOU have grown so very gross"
"'Tis plain" he answered.; mot loss
"I'yc met, since first spun across
The contribution box"
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12

WIFE, MISTRESS AND LADY.-Who
marr:es for love takes wife; who
marres for fortune takes a mistress
who marrics for position takes lady.
You are loved BY your wife, regarded
by your mistress. and tolerated by your
lady. You have wife for yourself,
a mistress for your house and friends
a lady for the world and society.
Your wife will agree with you, your
mistress will rule you, your lady man.
age you. Your wife takes care Of you.
household, your mistress Of your house,
your lady OF appearances. II you are
sick your wife will Nurse you, your
mistress will visit you, your lady will
inquire after your health. You take 4
walk with your wife. a ride with your
mistress, and go to a party with your
lady. Your wife will share your grief,
your mistress your money, your lady
your debts. you die, your wife will
weep. your mistress will lament, and
your lady wear mourning, Which
will you have?
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12
Producers Meeting.

The Oh Producers held = meeting
laS: Saturday night, II It's Nicholas
House. for the purpose Of making ar
engagements 10 further their 0 vn inter
estS, in the way Of sr:t.ag fair mar
kst price Tor their oil. Several plans
were discussed. and committee was
appointed to recommend some plan
whereby the end aiG'cd Il; :ould be ob-
tanned. We wish That TIE producers
would ever learn tire fact that their in
terests are Identical ihat any means
that may be adopted to help one, vii!
necessarily help all. At the meeting
held last Saturday night, there were
fears expressed BY SONG, ;hat il the
producers of Yves: Virginia asked Il
fair market price fer their production,
that the buyers in narNersburg
would combine ana refuse to buy, ard
thus Starve them into having the price
OF oil dictated 10 them. This. is all
mere CANNON. The Parkersburg buy
rrsSbuy West Virginia Oils because
Ire can make money on Them, he buys
because it is to his interest 10 buy, and
not from any great love he may bear
the seller; it is strictly business trans
action, not matter OF personal feel
ing. We know the history OF one
man DIR. Emery,) who started some
three years ago TO sell his Gil outside
OF the ring, and against hon every
combination possible formed to crush
him. And what was the result? that
ne has sold mis- oil and averaged five or
six dollars per barrel more than he
could by any possible means have OBJ
tanned in the Parkersbrrg market.
Let the producers do The same thing;
ask 4 fair price for their production,
and if a combination is formed by the
buyers, it will only force the producers
to measures they should have taken
voluntarily, long ago Of finding some
other market for their oil. Cultivate
the Baltimore market, make an outlet
to Marietta, and also 20 Cleveland,
and tleen they will have buyers COM
peting;for their production. The West
Virginia oil is The best for refining pur-
poses, when properly handled, and it
is the only oil produced that will re-
duce we'll and make large yield; the
buyers know This and i vii! govern
them in all their actions.
We hardly think that the remarks
made on Saturday night last by some
Of the oil buyers friends, were
warranted. We believe that the buy
ers are willing 70 pay 4 fair marker
price for our oil, ii asked. The oil
operators should perfect some kind of
plan whereby they can better protect
themselves. We will do all that lays
in our power 20 help them. While it
is our pleasure to publish :he LUBRI
GATOR, it shall be published in their
Interests. Meantime, Oh: advice to
them is, to keep their eyes open, and
we for our part Will 90 our best to
keep them posted Our attention has
been cali 20 q little fact in their inter
csts, which we will soon look up. We
ask OF them nos 10 be afraid to assert
their rights. No man owns them be-
cause they arc little in debt, don't be
cowardly because YOU are under. small
obligations, and always remember,
God hates a coward" DC he either
moral or piysica! onc.
- -.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12

a local humorist at Brunswick, Mo-,
says: Parents should look more care
fully into the education of their chill
dren. a neglect in this direction is
apt to entail endless misery upon their
offspring. Only last night youth lost
three games Of scven-up in kink-
horst's saloon, solely through his igno-
rance of mathematics.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12

a poet says: "Oh! she was fair, but
sorrow came and left his traces there"
What became Of the remainder Of the
harness ne does not state.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12
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LOOK y!

The total exports Of petroleum for
the month OF January, 1874, were
5,57S,635 gallons, against ,,o23, 1908 gal
ions in the month OF January, 1873.
\ diiierancc Of 3,554,6a7 gallons
equal TO, SS,S65 bills. and y gallons.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12

l have had occasion to observe that
a warm laundering man does more for
the world than a frigid wise man. One
who gets into a habit of inquiring
about proprieties, and occasions, often
spends his whole life without doing
anything to purpose-Cecil.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12

"a distinguished member OF the
Kentucky Legislature" is reported in
the Louiville Commercial, as having
candidly acknowledged the corn"
Keappearing, alter an absence from
his seat Of three days, he said, che had
been sick. "What's been the matter
with you;" he was asked. swell
some folks call it nervous chills; others
pronounce it kind Of affection OF the
heart; but, to be candid, call it a plain
case of old-fashioned drunk"
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12

The young orator in Illinois, who in
recent speech, threatened to grasp
a ray OF light from the great orb OF
day, spin it into threads Of gold, and
with them weave a shroud in which
to wrap the whirlwind which dies
upon the bosom Of our western prai-
r;es," has concluded it wouldn't
pay.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12

This is tine rock Of ages" SAID the
father, rocking two hours, and the
baby still awake.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12

The New York Commercial and
Shipping List in leading editorial en-
presses fears that the supply Of petro,
leum for 1874 will not be equal to the
rapidly increasing demand. 1t further
assumes that before the close Of this
year it may become necessary to make
up the deficiency from deposits Of as
phaltum, wherever found on the sur.
face. We can assure our contempora.
ry that we can produce in the Pensyl'
vania Oil Region sufficient petroleum
to supply the world, provided the
world is willing to pay for the cost o.
producing it. Furnishing oil at DOL
lar a barrel is, we think, thing Of the
past, and 1t would not be at all supris'
ing to see the price advance in 1874 tc
a figure as far beyond the cost Of pro
duction, as in 1873 it was depressed be-
low it.-Herald.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12

When does farmer work miracle:
when he turns his horse TO grass.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12

the animal to speak again, and the
drayman embracing the mule III a most
filial manner.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-12
PROGRESS

e. they cease the notwithstanding
Progress.