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Outrage by chinese Pirates.

The English newspapers contain details
of a shocking tragedy which occurred in
the China Sea, on board the English steam
er Spark. A party of Chinese, numbering
twenty, embarked in her at Canton for
Mexico. The character of the men was
unknown at the time; but it subsequently
transpired that they were Chinese pirates,
who had heard that gambliDg-hOuse pro-
prietor was taking passage in the ship with
a large sum of money in his possession.
When the vessel had got fairly to sea, the
Chinese got up sham quarrel, and fought
with sticks. The officers of the ship in
terposed, when the Chinese fred at Captain
Brady and fatally wounded him. They
then hacked him almost to pieces, no less
than thirty-twO wounds being afterward
found on his body. A general massacre
of the crew followed. Mr.. Mundy, an
English passenger, offered gallant resist
ance, but was stabbed twice in the breast.
After ransacking the luggage the pirates
forced the passengers below, and kept
them there, battening down the matches.
They were in possession of the vessel six
hours, and ultimately left in boat Some
of the tiremen, who had hid themselves
during the slaughter, and thus escaped to
tell the story, took the ship to Macoa. 1t
was then found that nine persons had been
murdered, among whom were four pas
senoers. Information was forwarded 10
the English Commodore on the station,
CAPTAIN j. f. Parish, B. N, who dispatch
ed her Maiesty's gun-vessel Elk in search
of the murderers. Portuguese and Chi
nese gunboats have also gone IN search of
them
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-11-19
Disinfeetants and DeOdOrizers.

To deOdoriZe an ill-smelling room or
locality intelligently, substances must be
used, which, by causing new chemical
combination, destroy he OdOr altogether
but if the decomposition continues TO 90
on other odOriferOus particles begin 10
arise recurring a new application of the
deodOriZpr on this account all deOdOriZ-
ers are efficient only temporarily; hence
the only rational method is either to re-
move the offending material or employ
disinfectan:s which arrest further decay:
If the material both arrests the decay ana
DESTROYS or absOrbs the illsmell, then IL IS
dOubly valuable. Two hundred grains OF
chloride of zinc in an ounce of water IS
powerful agent in neutralizing bad smells
and in arreSting both animal and vegeta-
Bile decOmpc sitfon in ships. hospitals, dis
sectinp rooms, cellars, privies and water
closets, without having any ill-smell Of its
own for disinfecting purposes. mix one
pint of the above fluid TO four gallons OF
water.
There are three powerful disinfectants
carbolic acid, but its smell is objectiona-
BILE J.; chlorine and permangante OF potash
these disinfectants act by combining with
deleterious substances and rendering them
harmless. while antiseptics prevent and
arrest the decomposition of animal sub
stances.
The only perfect disinfectant is habitual
cleanliness and thorough ventilation ; next
to that is dry heat Of go degrees.
The most common and availing disin-
fectant and deodorizer is cOpperas, crude
eopperas sold by druggists at few cents
pound under the name OF sulpha'e oil
iron, one pound to two gallons OF water,
to be used as often as necessary 10 render
all odOrs imperceptible, acting at the same
| time as antiseptic deodorizer and disinfec-
tapt. and if instantly thrown over what
passes from the body in cholera, is one OF
the cheapest and best means known for
preventing its communication to Others
ErebnN0S
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-11-19
A Spider in the stomach.

A short time since, young lady, resi-
dent of this place, experienced creeping
sensation in her nose after she had retired
for the night, and all efforts TO remove the
annoyance were without the desired effect,
the difficulty remaining for several days,
merely changing to location farther up
in the nOsIril. At length it seemed to pass
down into the throat, causing cnOking
sensation, and finally disappeared. Inn
mediately after It's disappearance The VIC
tim experienced acute painsin the stom-
ach. and called medical assistance in vain,
the only thing that gave relief being copi-
GUS doses Of brandy, which failed 10 pro-
duce any of the usual effects. Finally, Sc
we're vomiting ensued. and the patient CIV
ing up hopes OF life. the cause oi lhe
trouble was removed, and an examlna,
fion found il TO be a small particle OF blood
and matter, in the center Of which. was a
common-sized black spider. Evidently
the brandy saved the young LADY IS hie'
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-11-19
Regularity of Habits.

Among all the preventives of illness,
cOnservatOrs of health and precursors or
insurers of longevity, we regard regularity
of habits as the most important. Ihls IS
especially true relative TO eating and sleep
ing. The man or woman who is not regu-
lar in taking meals and sleeping will soon
er or later suffer the consequences of a
neglect of one of Natures inviolable laws.
1t will not do to breakfast one day at
eight. another at six, and then at ten or
eleven-for if one does his digestive or
gans will soon be out of order. and serious
consequences may ensue. And the same
is true in regard to sleeping. Our hours
of rest, as rule, should be the same every
night. 1t is not safe for even the most ro-
bust and healthy to long violate the law OF
regularity in this matter. The man who
retires and rises at irregular periods, vary
inc from two to four or six hours, as many
are accustomed to do, cannot enjoy good
health. or live long and happily. Every
one should adopt rule to retire at Ger
tain hour and adhere to it cas- strictly as
possible-neyer deviating except in emer-
gencies. or ON account ofvitally important
business
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

HoNORE' 'D-Fred
"LEcTUREss- is next.
A FREsIDE tail-The cats.
WHO can speak all languages a-Echo.
TRANCE-AcTIoS-Walking in ones sleep.
Miss WHEAT, of Alabama, has Just
been married to Mr.. Timothy, of Georgia.
''IF you don't choose il. cheese it," Is
the way Uniontown dairyman talked
when he offered maid that hand of his.
She chose 1t.
YOUNG women should beware of marry
ing an accountant. If they do so they take
ali adder to their bosom.
ONE of our physicians recently gave a
patient so much iron that he soon began
to steal.
AGENTS are still asking for aid for
Sc grasshopper sufferers" If fgrasshoppers
are suffering after eating half the Mime
sofa wheat crop, we for one say, let 'em
suffer.
something for Mrs. Edinburgh's baby. lt
begins, tits said:
''Oh, toothless, hairless, royal babe,
About thee all the Russians rave.'
Hon. SIR HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT
HOWARD ROBINSON was sent by the Brit
ish Government to annex the Fiji Islands,
under the belief that his name would over
awe the savages-and il did.
A PROFESSIONAL man not far from State
street. Boston. returning to his office one
day, after a substantial lunch, said COM
plaeently to his assistant: MIR. Pitkin,
the world looks differently to a man
when he has three inches of rum in him."
4" Yes" replied the junior, without a mo-
ment's hesitation, "and he looks different
TO the world"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-11-19
Scene at a MilliOnaire's Death.

Mr.. Parton, in his lecture on the 'The
Kings of Business" says he once heard
from the lips of William j. Duane. Ste
phen Girard's lawyer, description OF the
scene that occurred in Girard's house al
ter his death. Mr.. Duane was executor,
being in charge of the property. AS soon
as the breath was certainly known to be
out of the old mans body, and Mr.. Duane
had closed his eyes, it seemed rs if the
spell had been suddenly dissolved, and the
numerous nephews and nieces and their
descendants, who never before had stood
in Girard's presence but with fear and
trembling, burst into exultation. A firece
Joy shone in every face. The younger
men rushed down into the cellar and
brought up bottles of their uncle's choicest
wine. boarded there for years, Of which
they had never been invited TO taste. Some
of them were far gone in intoxication be
fore the body was cold. Older men rnm-
mayed the rooms; women searched the
closets and drawers. The whole house
was a scene of wild riot. They behaved,
in fact, like a select party of vultures.
which, from a safe distance, have followed
and watched a sick buffalo, and when at
last the monarch of the prairie droops, lies
down, and falls over upon his side dead
creature, then they swoop down from the
sky, and pick out his eyes, tear out his Vi
tails, and Shrek exultant as they doit, each
foul bird glaring hate upon the rest, and
devouring with his vulture eyes the whole
carcass. When they had ragged all over
the house, they came in body to Mr.. Du-
ane, and demanded to know if there was Il
will. There was. He had drawn it him
selftwo years before. 1t was in the iron
safe in the room where the dead man lay.
Upon hearing this, frenzy of desire sieZ-
ed them to know its contents; and they in
sisted on hearing it read then with such
infuriate clamor that Mr.. Duane, knowing
how the will would avenge his client and
rebuke this inhuman indecency, consent
ed at length to read it, and it was read.
" When had opened the WILL" said Mr..
Duane to me, ''and was about to begin TO
read, chanced to look over the top Of the
document at the company seated before
me. 1t was sight never to be forgotten.
There was ghastly pallOr on every face,
and certain look of mingled curiosity,
greediness, and jealousy, which | am sure
the greatest artist that ever lived could not
have done justice to. Years have gone by
and can see it STILL" The little bequests
given to the relatives were swallowed up
in litigation, and they gave themselves up
to impOlite expressions about the old gem
tleman
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-11-19
Some Snakes.

Last spring VIII Moody moved out of
his log house in Union Grove, and it stood
unoccupied and desolate for severil weeks,
but last July Ed Asher purchased the
property and moved into the old house to
stop only while he could build new
frame house.
He had hardly settled his family in their
new quarters before they had a practical
demonstration that there were occupants
there before them. who evidently looked
upon the newcomers as intrUders, and
these old settlers were snakes! The little
striped garter-snakes.
The first night in the house there was a
great rustling on the floor like the patter-
ing of myriads of mice, but it wasn't mice
that made the noise; iG was the sound from
dozens of snakes as they dragged them
selves across the floor. Delightful!
In the morning Mr.. A. used to get up,
shake the reptiles out of his clothes, grasp
pitchfork, and pitch the Shiny devils out
of doors. 1t was no uncommon thing to
slaughter half dozen in the morning.
The second and third days were worse
than the first. At breakfast one morning
Mr.. A felt something crawling up his leg,
and, glancing downward, found bcauti-
full little striped fellow working his way
up in the world. Another time he found
a 3-fOot fellow in his overcoat pocket, who
greeted him on his approach with afriend-
ly kiss.
The nuisance became intolerable. The
house was old, and the mortar in the
chinking had given way in many places,
and in the evening, no sooner, was the
lamp lighted than a serenade of Kisses
would begin, and nearly every one of the
holes would be Ornamented with snake
head. At the end of the fourth day Mr..
Asher grasped his shovel and went to the
banking of the house, a mass of straw and
dirt that had not been moved for several
years, and here were their snakeShips in
all their glory. 1t was a perfect massacre,
for in that banking he found and killed an
even hundred garter-snakes. Thirty were
found i'm one nest.
There is a scarcity of the serpent around
Mr.. AS farm nOw.-LitchfeLd. (Minn. }
Ledqer.
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ssassazzssaFa r
Divorce i'm Indiana.

At last, after ten years of continuous eff
fort, in 1873, an amendment was passed
and became the law. 1t was weaker than
the enc of the preceding session, and, ex-
cept in the requirement of a long term of
residence to qualify an applicant to come
into court with complaint, was little bet
ter than the old law. 1t seemed better
than it has proved. 1t has, restrained for
eign divorces, no doubt, but it has done
nothing toward a repression of our do
nestle nuisance. Int this county we should
think that there was not far from an aver
age of one divorce granted for every work
ing day of the year. This may be an over
estimate, but the number, at the best, is
big enoughto be shameful. The precipi-
fancy of the separation, and the wisdom
of Sterner restraint on applications, is
evinced by the frequency with which tIi-
vOrced parties remarry each other. There
should have been no divorces in such cases,
that is clear. But certain allegations
made, certain affidavits filed, certain &c
pGrts evidence heard, the court has little
discretion. Where contest is made the
case is changeda little, but generally there
is no contest Very; often there Is no no
tice of the pendency of the case to the de-
fendant. The law requires actual notice
ny vi Copl Vi lhC ouhl-
mons at the defendants place of residence,
if resident of the State" says the law.
But we know of one very recent case in
which a wife was divorced with no knowl-
edge at all, she said, of the pendency of
the complaint, and while her husband was
living with her up TO the very hour that
he brought her notice of the decree.
Her first Information of the case was that
she was no longer wife, and the next day
she was shipped to Louisville to seek her
old home, with her worse than fatherless
children, while her astute husband, aided
by the defective law, was left to seek anew
wife and the chance of a fresh divorce
when lie got tired of her. Now, a Statute
under which such things as this can be
done needs amending. 1t betters the old
law not at all. Divorces can be obtained
as easily and apparently as secretlyas when
constructive notice. was allowed its
widest range.-Indianapolis Journal!
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"The red man may CO." said his Honor
81 cannot give yon back your dead; can
not cover the hills and meadows with
forest again; the wild fox ard the deel
have sought the deeper glens, and nc
power can waken the warriors whose
whoops rang from hill to river. Go back
to your lodge; beware Of fire water.
keep innights; vote early and often, and
be virtuous and you'll be happy. Fire.
Press,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-11-19
THF WICKED FLEA.

"a flea is more to be dreaded than mosquito
because he does not sing and tell US he Is com
ing"
The maid sings o'er her labor,
The kettle on the hob;
The bard sings to his tabor, ..
The workman at his job.
The bullet sings whie flying,
The gnat sings on the wing;
The swan eings when it's dying
Though that's doubtful thing,
The cricket sings while hopping,
The bird sings on the bOngh.
The wind sings without stopping
If key holes will allow:
The signboard sings while swinging,
The sea sings bass afar-
You're mute mid all this singing
How singular you are!
Why don't You sing? Why don't you sing
. Why don't you sing, 0 flea?
Then could trace
You 10 your place,
And theI-well, We should see.
TTlq
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AT a meeting held recently for the pur-
pose of providing new building for the
Harvard Medical School, Oliver Wendell
Holmes made this striking summary of
the benefits medical science has conferred
upon women: The pains of surgical ope-
rations and disease have been Invested of
much, if not all, of their terror. The
agony that seemed inseparable from ma
ternity has been divorced from it, in the
face of the ancestral curse resting upon
womanhood. With the first painless
birth, induced by an anasthetic agent, the
reign of tradition was over, and humanity
was ready TO assert all its rights. 1t re-
mains for the physician to claim for his
art the right Of procuring painless pass
age out of the world, so far as is practical
BILE, for the patient whom he can keep no
longer in it, and without doing violence to
the prepFieties of the closing scene, to
consider the physical process as one which
should be uhder his exclusive direction.
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CORRUPTION in Prussia also! Gen.
Moltke's accounts were recently found TO
be wrong, He, had drawn during the
war one wig and one paper of smoking-to to
bacco for which he had never accounted 10
the proper authorities. Demand for re-
muneration has been made.
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1HE MAPLE TREE.

M CARL SPENCER
THAT my life could be
rxr.s.,. q. Ltke 70 the maple tree,
Ss fs,rt ~ tne green you would not think ths
There's many tree beside
~. O'ertOps In summer pride
Inc one that hath The treasure dearest, rarest.
Thou strangely favored tree,
Nhff hand hath woven thee
This many-oelored coat above thy brothers
Didet thou in dream behold
The crimson and the gold
And didst fhon tel thy vision 70 the others2
When leaves were talking low,
-. Delighted, fattered So
With all the birds admiring winds sivhjnO
Did not thy secret heart,
stlil hold Joy apart
Lne9oy That SO transneures thee In dyfngq
The forest-kings lay down
With mary signs, their crown
MOI one OF all can stand ~ last before thee
Ripened IN sun and rain
49, And wrung by frosty pain
All oays and nights are ministers Of glory tr-r
October light serene -a
- CLOVIS round thy matchless sbeen
my hemeward steps negretfully forsake thee: r
Ana 70 my soul cay,
soh..,..su, - - VIII thou grow, some day,
-ChriSfian Union.
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was cold. The steam, however, will be
kept confined until the first of January
next, to provide against any possibility of
lurking danger.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-11-19

WHAT narrative in the Old Testament
does lady going yachting shortly after
the death of her husband remind you of
The widows cruise.
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Something About Ducks.

A poultry writer who, " during the last
six or eight years has raised nearly all the
leading varieties of ducks in very limited
accommodations" informs us that he has
proved by experience that a tub or pail
kept full of water is as good as a stream or
pond. He has won numberless prizes
upon ducks which had never been in water
since they were hatched has tried ground,
brick and plank floors, and finds that the
two former bring on paralysis, rheuma-
tism and many O,her complaints. The
floor of his duck-houSe is of inch plank,
raised one foot or more from the ground
on stone piers. Tu;s prevents dampness,
and also enables terrier to clean out rats
that would otherwise infest the building.
Large windows are placed on the south,
and doors under the windows open to
small run or waddle. In winter the floor
is covered with a hin bedding of hay; in
summer with sawdust, which absorbing
all odors keeps the air sweet and pure.
When the bedding becomes foul it is swept
out and the floor washed with hot water.
He has found that oats produce a larger
number of eggs thau any other grain.
They should be fed in pail of water, the
exercise given the due. by feeding in this
way keeping them in perfect health. The
first food for duel h1gs should be the yelk
of hard boiled egg, and when week old
oatmeal is excellent for them. When
young they should be cooped up until the
sun is up, and not allowed to run in the
wet grass, as more young fowl of all kinds
are chilled and ruined from this than from
anv other cause. When three or four
weeks old they may be liberated with the
mother. and they will soon learn to go
with the old ducks. Ducklings should
never be housed at night with the old
ducks, as they are liable to persecution
from them. This is unreasonable. but
worth saying.-N. Y. EUening Post.
Four ladies of position in London have
become home decorative artists. They
undertake the whole furnishing, uphOl-
stering, furniture. and all that tends TO
embellish the interior of dwelling. They
are said to be remarkably clever and very
successful. They have served regular
apprenticeship, and acquired thorough
knOwIpdpe of the business
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d. n ID.


DAVIS. on tie 18th instant, AZ O'Clock q m q,
ELIZA VIRGINIA, beloved wife Of John Dawn,
aged SO years.
The relatives aud friends of the fruy are respect
fully requisite TO attend the funeral, from her sta
residence, 72l 7th street southeast, on Tomorrow
tsundsy, , October Is D, st4 O'Clock 2, m.
henry. t2o'clcck a N ID, on the Isth instant,
BOBEAT NIhTVN HkSRi, IA the ss;h year Of
his
His funeral VIII take place from $50 " street
northwest, on Sunday, the Isth instant, ~ clock
3, N.
HOfNE. suddenly, on the 10Th Instant, PAT
BlCk dO1Sk, sgt3 rs years.
Relatives aEd friends Of the family s-e re7pect-
sly Requested 10 attend his fuEsral from his son
residence, Fhomss boyne, y street, between Bali
ana LIST street s0u,hV 81 opdayi az O'Clock .. m
JACKSON. On the 10th infant, THOMAS y.
JAGhpOk, IN the eSth year OF his AKe.
Relstiyes and friends Of the FANNY are respect
fully Invited 10 attend his funeral, from has late
tdence, No. 81 0 New Jersey avenue southeast, Snu
dsy afternoon, the lsIh instant, ~ O'Clock.
Ryan. On the morning q the 18th instant, II
SEQ e. m, ANNIE O beloved vile Of Robert II.
ReIstives and frien6s Of the fsrsiIy ere respect
fully invited 90 attend the funeral, from this real
dence Of her husband, No. s2l New Jorsey avenue
southeast, eunday, the 18th October, at D. m.
SCHOEPP. On the 18th tnstant, after q long
illness, JOHN sCH0kPP, aged 50 years and 4
month.
Relatives and friends Of the family are respectfully
Requested 20 ats nd his funeral from his RESI-
dence 3D. Nirsinia avenue southwest, Sunday, the
18th instant, at ~ O'Clock D. m. a.
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TTEIIKD STATES MARsHAL's SALE.

In virtue Of q writ OF ieri faceas, issued out of
the CLERK once Of the Supreme court of the Dis.
tTiet Of Columbia and TO directed, will SELL at
public sae for cash, In front Of tue court house
NOVEMBER, lal, at y O'Clock m, all J. l.. Lyne's
IIsbr, ule claim and interest in and Lot No. no.
In beali Q addition 10 GeorgetSwn,D q, Beginning
Tor the same at the intersection Monroe
and Beal streets, in said Geors etown, and running
north along the west line Of Monroe street &c feet
thence west and with Beall street Gu f.et
thence south and parallel with Monroe street I'd
feet to Beai street; thence east along the line Of
Besl street 60 feet 70 the place of beginning, to-
getber with all and sipguIar the improy emenIs
th.reoD, siez and levied upon as the property of
l. Lyme. and viii be soid TO ssttsfy execution No.
9s72 az sinst J. L Lyme and artin o, Donoghue AZ
the salt Of the District OF Columbia
ALEX. SHARP, U. b. Marshai, d O.
OCfCher ik.dfa
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LIMITED Stairs MARsHAL's SALE.

virtue Of writ q Esri facss Issued out OF the
Cl.rk's once OF the Supreme Court # the District
OF Csumbia. aud 70 me directed, win sell at public
sale, fer cssh, In front Of the Cont door Of
said District, on WEDNESDAY, the ash day OF
October, 1874, at ~ O'Clock m ell defend ants
right ttle claim and interes In and part Of Lot
the northeast eoraer OF said lot, and running
along the liDe OF public alley in said aaare n
ibe eastern lire of SAID lot q feet, and thence north
erIy the said alley ard zee Of beginning, to-
thereon. In the city Of Washington, d. o.. seized
and levied uSon es the property Of ainns Feucht,
edniLiktrs,rix Cf Ereferisk Fsucbt's estate, and
wi, be soi TO satisfy Execution No l. $50, In favor
Of Henry +. eebcbborn.
October Ssh. ls7f. octs-dts