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IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
J.. KELLER'S PATENT
Feed and Fodder Cutter,


THE undersigned having made
IL arrangements TO build j. f. KEEL
ler's Patent Feed and Fodder Cutter,
patented Feb'y 18th. 1873, would inform
the farmers of this and adjoining coun-
ties, that he has now commenced build
ing Fodder and Feed Gutter which he
thinks will suit their purpose for cut
ting up their Fodder and Feed, such as
Hay, Straw and Corn-Fodder.
Three sizes ofmachines are being made:
No. is small Cutter, intended to
work by hand. and No 2 is. a larger
machine, also intended to work BY hand
and Is more effective; No. is d large
machine, intended to run by hand, and
also by HORSE POWER.
| would solicit farmers and all Others
to call at the Tuscarora Works. whore
they can see the machines and Judge
for themselves. These Cutters are
great favorites, as far as they have been
introduced. Give me q call Orders
by mail promptly attended to-
y. +. Keller, the patentee, is person.
ally experimenting the putting up Of
the Feed and Fodder Cutters.
SAMUEL FITZ,
Oct ls.w Martinsburg. w. Va.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18
A Blind Leader of the Blind.

The remarkable faculty of James Moore,
a man thirty-iive wears old and blind from
his birth, is thus described by the Clcye-
land (nhiO) Herald:
One wear AGO DIR. ID. Il. Smith OF this
city removed the balls of his eyes from his
head and Mr.. Moore has been employed III
his office since that time for the purpose
of receiving visitors when the doctor Is alb
sent. He appears in every respect differ
ent in his movements from ordinary blind
persons. and, as he wears green glasses,
few persons who meet him are aware OF his
infirmity. When desired TO 90 on an er-
rand. he finds his way without difficulty,
and he has rendered himself so familiar
with the streets of Cleveland that he rarely
has to inquire. Although he carries a
cane. ne hardly ever permits it to touch
the sidewalk. seeming to be guided by in
tuition away from contact with JstacleS.
His sense of hearing is so acute that he Is
able to state whether a street Is narrow or
broad by means of the sound OF the foot
steps of persons passing along on the oppo-
site side. When crossing a street he man
aces to avoid the vehicles, stopping and
waiting in the mid | if necessary until the
way is clear. it being indicated to him by
sound. He is frequently sent to conduct
blind patients who do not possess his
wonderful faculty, to Charity Hospital
from his employers office. Sometimes he
will walk, guiding their lettering steps,
and at others will take street car, station
inc himself on Euclid avenue and inquir-
ing before stepping on board if it is the
right one. He can remove every speck OF
dust from the furniture of an office or
parlor, handling the most fragile articles
without breaking or damaging them in the
least -
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The Latest Literary Forgery.

For some time past a poem entitled
. Binley and 49, has been going the
rounds of the press, purpOrting to have
been written by Bret Harte. OF course
the average editor on seeing poem by
Bret Harte grabbed his shears and cut it
out to reprint. 1t finally reached Frank
LesLie'S, and was given the benefit OF full
page illustration by Matt. Morgan. The
poem appeared for the first time IN the
Open Letter. and its history is as follows !:
Some weeks ago one of the editors OF
the Open Letter made the assertion that a
poem written in the style of any we'll
known poet, no matter how absurd. would
be copied clear to the Atlantic seaboard.
This point was disputed, and accordingly
the poem was written in the Open Letter
office as a contribution by Bret Harte, and
published as such. The result was as eX-
pected. The papers were sold, and we
now take the opportunity OF informing
them that. as the joke has gone so far,
they might as well know all aboutit.
In the first place, the complete absuydity
of the poem ought to strike anybody. 1t
represents an engineer rushing through
the snow blockade without any stoker, and
at last freezing to death by the very side OF
a blazing fire and steam up. The publica-
ton of the literary fraud had two results
first, that of proving how much the ac-
ceptatlon of matter depends upon the name
it bears; secondly, that the discriminating
and critical powers of the average Ameri-
can editor are of the lOwest.-SGB Fran
cisco Omen Letter.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18
Breaking it Gently.

"Yes, remember that anecdOte," the
Sunday-school superintendent S id. with
the old pathOs in his voice, and the old sad
look in his eyes. I" 1t was about a simple
creature named Higgins, that used to haul
rock for old Maltby. When the lamented
Judge Bagley tripped and fell down the
Courthouse stairs and broke his neck, ii
was a great question how to break the
news to poor Mrs. Bagley. But finally the
body was put into Higgins wagon, and he
was instructed to take it to Mrs. B.. but TO
be very guarded and discreet in his Ian
guage. and not break the news to her at
once, but do it gradually and gently.
When Higgins got there with his sad
freight. he shouted till Mrs. Bagley came
to the door.
Then he said, "Does the wilder Bagley
live here?"
"The 1oido1o Bagley? No. sir!"
"I'll bet she does. But have it your
own way. Well, does Judge Bagley live
here?'
Yes, Judge Bagley lives here"
"Tll bet he don't. But never mind, ii
amt for me to contradict. Is the Judge
in?"
"No, not at present"
- Jest expected as much. Because, you
knOw-take hold o'suthin, mum, for I'm
a-gOing to make a little communication,
and reckon maybe it'll jar you some
There's been an accident, mum, I've got
the old Judge curled up out here in the
wagon, and when you see him you'll ac-
knowledge yourself that an inquest is
about the only thinr that could be COM
fort to HIM. "-Mark TaCdln.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18

and the next morning you will find him or
her according tew SEX, in the same spot
alongside oy the kitchen stove, ready 10 De
stepped on.
Cats have got two good ears for melody
ami often make the night atmosphere
melodiOus with their opera musk.
But the most wonderful thing about cat
that has been discovered yet is their fear oil
death.
1u kant induce one, by any ordinary
means, TO accept ov death-they actually
scOrn to die.
Yu may kill one, az yu hav mind 70,
and they will begin life anew in few
minettS. with more flattering prospectus.
Dogs love, they carry their kridenshuls
in their faces, and kant hide them, but the
bulk of a cats reputashun lays buried in
their stumuk. az unknown tew themselfS
az tew emmy boldly else.
There is only one thing about cat that
[ like. and that IL, they are very cheap-a
little money, well invested, will go CRATE
way in cats.
Cats are very plenty in this world just
now. / counted eighteen from my board
! ing-house winder one moOnlite night last
summer and it want fust-rate night for
eats neither.-JoSh Billings.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18
The Cat.

The cat is called q domestic animlle-
but never have bin able tew tell wherefor.
You kant trust one emmy more than you
kan ease of the govt. There IS only one
mortal thing that you kan trust cat with;
and cum out even. and that is bar OF hard
soap.
They are as meek as MOsis, but as fuH OF
deviltry as Judas iScaratt.
They will harvest a dozen OF young
chickens for YOU, and then steal into the
sitting room as softly rs an undertaken,
and Law themself down on the rug at your
feet, full of injured innocence, and chick
ems. and dream of their childhood days.
All there IL about cat that Is doInestlk,
that kno Ov. is that you kant iooZc one.
You kant IooZe a cat-they are as bad TO
looZe az a bad reputation IL.
You may send one out oy the state, done
up in meal bag and marked &C. U. D.,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18
Water as an Explosive.

4 question brought before the Literary
and Philosophical Society of Manchester
by Professor Osborne Reynolds will per-
hapS rescue an important fact from the re-
giOn of fOrgetfulness. 1t is the explosive
ness of water. If water could only be got
to explode it would be far more powerful
than gunpOwder; but that is the difficult
ty. for the water, instead of exploding,
flies away in steam. Professor PiaZzl
Smyth, writing on the subject, states that
he has tried to explode water by pushing
drop into melted lead; but the drop
could by no means be persuaded to go be-
low the surface. But when he took a
small iron ladle, put a drop of water on
the bottom of it, and gave Herewith lit
tie pat to the surface of the melted lead,
instantly the whole contents of the great
ladle were scattered to the winds, and only
a few grains were recovered. Explosion
of water had apparently taken place with
excellent effect" Here is problem for
some enterprising mechanic. \ machine
to explode water drop by drop would
economic all the heat of the coal, and
have great power. 1t is on record that
certain large copper works were blown up
bv one of the wOrkmen splitting into a
ladle of molten copper. In that case the
fluid exploded, instead of passing Off in
steam
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18
Oysters Growing on Trees.

A correspondent of the Hartford Times,
writing from Cuba, makes this statement:
No doubt the reader will open his eyes
at oysters growing on trees. Often have
[ seen the sneer of unbelief on the face of
the ignorant when the fact has been men-
toned: but grow they do. and in immense
quantities, especially in the southern part
of the island. have seen miles of trees,
the lower stems and branches OF which
were literally covered with them, and
many good meal have | enjoyed with
very little trouble of procuring- L simply
placed the branches over the fire, and when
opened picked them out with fork or
pointed stick. These peculiar shell-tish
are indigenous in lagoons and swamps on
the coast, and as the tide will rise and the
spray fly so will they cling to the lower
parts of the mangrOve trees, sometimes
four or five feet deep, the mangrove being
one of the very few trees that flourish in
salt water.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18
Another Hero Gone.

Hero after hero departs; who hath not
lost hero? Barbara Fritchie is now
proved by very competent authority not
to have said anything like: Shoot, if
you like, this old gray head, but spare
your country's flag :" but simply and for
ciblv to have remarked: Don't muss my
porch: get out of that, you lousy pack ~
And now comes Gettysburg correspond
ent of the Chicago Inter Ocean, and says ::
Unjust not write of Gettysburg with
out mentioning John Burns-John Burns
who walked arm in arm with President
Lincoln befose the assembled citizens
Bret Harte's hero, who, gun in hand,
went out with his old white hat, and be-
fore the sun went down shamed the SOL
diers who laughed at him. His little
house is still standing, but he is gone.
And alas for heroes when too closely
known. We all know how badly prOph-
cts are treated by their cOuntrymen.
Well, old John Burns had no better fate
az home-for the good people here who
knew him declare he was as arrant a
coward as ever lived, and that his wife.
who was a Xantippe even were he no
Socrates. drove him out over the meadow
that morning to look for the COW! Such
is fame!f
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18

notice of her. supposing she was making
fun of him. But when she finally reached
the house. very serious matter was de-
veloped. and ali the strange actions fully
explained. The woman had by some un-
accountable means been struck speeches.,
and has not, up TO last accounts, been able
to sneak A word or make known the cause
of her misfortune. Ii is the general opin-
ion that the spell was either brought on
bv a fit. or some terrible fright viii b the
woman received while IN the pasture. and
the nature of which her friends have as yet
haen unable TO learnr
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18
cumstances in which it is sometimes found

cumstances in which it is sometimes found
than of any great popularity of structure.
This fish is an inhabitant of some of the
mountain lakes on the slopes of the An
DIES. in some instances as high as 1O,UO
feet above the level of the sea. 1t Is
known to the natives as the Pregnadilla.
and biologists have bestowed on it the
name of Aroes CycLopuDI. The fish Is
small in size the head is large and round,
with prominent eyes and large tentacle
on either side. From this the body tapers
away to the tail, which is broad and fork
ed. The dorsal fin extends along almost
the entire length Of the back. and the ven
trail and pectoral fins are large and wei
developed. In the lakes where it lives,
il appears to be by no means numerous.
and we would perhaps never have heard
of it, but for its connection with the vol
canic phenomena of the Andes.
In 1851, during the eruption of the vol
cano of Imbaburu, thousands of pregna-
dillas were thrown out by the mountain.
and fell in showers in the streets of the
town of Ibara. which stands at its base, and
in the fields around. They accumulated
in immense heaps, and purifying under
the tropical sun, spread fever all through
the district. \ few years after, when, on
the 18th of June, 1898, the cone of Cargua-
riZao fell in, assures opened in the sides OF
the mountains, streams of mud and mil
lions of fish came pouring out, and the
same disastrous effect ensued. Again, on
the 18th of February, 1897 during the
earthquake which destroyed RibambaO in
Ecuador, chasms opened in the lower part
of the volcano of Tunguragua, which
overlooks the city, and emitted vast guam
| titles Of water and fetid mud. In some
places the valleys were filled to the depth
| of hundreds of feet, and in the mud and
water there were thousands of dead preg-
nadillas. But the most remarkable in
stance on record is that of the eruption OF
Cotopaxi in 1903, which was witnessed and
described by the illustrious Humboldt.
| On that occasion the mountain threw out
a shower of fish, some dead, and perfectly
cold and raw. others half baked, and a
good many alive and uniniured, notwith-
standing their fiery flight from the lOftiest
crater in the world.
Writers on the subject have tried in vain
to fully account for these strange occur
rences. One thing is evident-that the
chief abodes of the pregnadillas are not
the open lakes. but subterranean waters
perhaps communicating with them. but
hidden away within the Andes. Here
they dwell in countless numbers IN dark
obscurity, until the volcanic force work
ing out for itself new path through the
mountain, or the earthquake cleaving its
sides asunder, breaks into their retreats
and pOurs them out on the surrounding
| valleys.-ChGmberS's Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18
Some Facts About Horses.

1t seems to be the fashion just now to
record the good qualities OF particular
horses. We are told OfOne animal which,
abandoned in a California snOw-StOrm, was
kept alive with food furnished by the rail-
road men at desOlate station near, and
finally brought out of the SHOW safe and
sound after three weeks Imprisonment.
So much for endurance. As for gratitude,
here is an animal in Kentu ky which re-
Gently became painfully and dangerously
entangled with a cart, and which, after
being rescued, considered the mattera mo-
ment, and then quietly rubbed his nose
against the shoulders of the one who was
most active in helping him. a horse with
memory is described as having been I'D
the habit of going to river about one
third of a mile from his stable and there
bathing, afterward rushing off to COM
mon to roll on the grass, and then with
the freedom of air starting for home. II
he met his master he would show some
coltish FRANKS, bound for the stable, pull
out the wooden pin that fastene' the door
with his teeth. and rush to the manger
where he expected to find his food. One
night the horse was stolen from the stable,
and after sixteen years his owner saw
driven up to an inn door one which looked
exactly like him. The driver agreed 10
give him up if he would go through the
performance detailed above. Accordingly
he was taken to his old yard, looked over
the premises little while, then started for
his old bath-tub, then for his green towel
on the common, then TO his old stable,
pulled the wooden pin, won for himself
good meal and tor his old master his favor
tie horse. If longevity be good quality,
then here are several animals deserving
recognition. One living at Bradford, \.
H.. is forty-nine years old, and doesn't
look like departure yet. Another, eXhlb-
tied last fall at the Pennsylvania State
Fair. is white-headed veteran OF forty
one, which has never been sick single
dav. Another in Kentucky is thirty-three
wears old, and might live to be great deal
older were it not for entire loss of teeth.
An excellent old pony in New Haven h,!s
come to thirty-five summers, and is still
active and useful, though somewhat gray.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18
A Woman Instantly Struck Dumb.

The Leavenworth (kan.) Times of May
23d. relates the following: " y remarkable
occurrence took place in salt Creek Valley
day before yesterday. Mrs. Chapman.
wife of Samuel Chapman, OF Pleasant
Ridge. went into the pasture adjoining the
house for the purpose of catching horse
which she desired to drive 10 town with.
In less than half an hour she was seen
making her way back TO the house waving
her arms above her head, and making all
sorts of ludicrOuS gestures. Her husband.
who was standing on the porch, thought
il was remarkably strange, that his wife.
ordinarily so staid and dignified. should be
acting so strangely, but took no further
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18

WILHOFT'S Tonic "A SAFE, SURE, AND
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18

UABITUAL constipation leads to the follow
ing results: Inflammation of the kidneys,
sick and nervous headache, biliOusness, dys-
pepsia, indigestion, piles, loss of appetite and
strength; all of which may be avoided by be-
ing regular in your habits, and taking, say
one of Parsons Purgatire Pills nightly fol-
four or six weeks.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18

The Secret of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of
Grecian mould well-turned neck and beautifully
rounded arms are no doubt very nice things to have
and ladies who possess these charms have reason to
be thankful to Mother Nature yet after all, the mos
captivating of all womanly charms is pure, fresh
and brilliant complexion. This superlative fascina-
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VA RAIN
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18

Terminating the Hair.-When the hair
ceases to draw from the scalp the natural lubricant
which its sustenance its vitality is as it were
pended and, if not promptly attended to, badness
will be the certain result. The one sure method of
avoiding such an unpleasant catastrophe is to use
LYONS KATHAIRoN, which, when well rubbed into
the scalp will speedily reanmate the hair and pre-
vent it from falling out.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18
Thirty Iears' Experience of an Old
Nurse.

Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP is the prescrip
zion Of of ,he best Female Physicians and Nurse
the United States. and has been used for thirt,
years with ncver-failing safety and success by mill
IONS Of moth, and children, from the feeble infCn
Of one week old to the adult 1t cOrrCcts acidity
the stomach, relieves wind collie regulates the bow
els and gives rest health and comfort TO mother an,
child We believe it to be the Best and Surcst Rene
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DIARRHGA IN CHILDREN, whether il arises from
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unless the fac-simile of CURTIS 81 PERKINS Is OF
Tie outside wrapper.
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ATTEND to the first symptoms of Consump-
ton, and that disease may be checked in its
incipiency. Use Immediately DIR. Wisharts
Pine Tree Tar Cordial, a safe remedy in all
diseases of the lungs.