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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-02
An obituary Editor.

Two or three years ago | was attached Il
! the Morning Argus, the only paper pub
! lished in our village, and, during my en-
gagement- we employed as an assistant edi
tor young man named Drinker. Wher
Drinker began his duties, the manager saiC
TO him.
See here, Drinker, among other things
want you, whenever YOU see, in eX
changes or elsewhere. good biographical
sketch OF any prominent man, to clip il ou'
and put it away. SOS when he dies, you
understand. we can rush it out as an obitu
airy article, as Ii WERE
Drinker went to work, and about two
months alterward some well-known mar
died. and ! examined the obituary bureau
for the purpose of obtaining his history
IL was not there; but | discovered thai
the insidious Drinker had stored away in
that mortuary receptacle one biographical
sketch of John Wesley, a collection of an.
ccdotes about Gen. Putnam, and an essay
upon The Life and Services of John Han
cock"
l commenced with Drinker upon the
subject.
Mr.. Drinker," said, after calling his
attention to the article about the father Of
MethOdism. "you certainly must be aware
that John Wesley died long before you
came into this Office"
/" N-n-nO.' exclaimed Drinker, with 6
look Of panied surprise in his face
Wh-wh-what John Wesley deadl Thai
great and good man gonel Thunder
Why, it's too bad. had no idea of sucf
a thing. What a shock it must have beer
TO his family :"
"And as for Gen. Putnam, Drinker, tits
perfectly absurd tor you to pretend that
you thought him alive, you know. Come
now, that's too much!''
" Is he dead, tOog Well, wei. The fact
is, I've been living down in the country fol-
two or three years, and haven't kept the run
of things. And so old Putnam's dead
That old man. Strange, strange, how we
are passing away"
" And, Drinker, you certainly can't be
such an idiOtas to have put away this arti.
Gle about Hancock with the expectation
that he would die again. You know he did
die once. Why, Drinker, he died about ten
thousand years ago"
Come, now :" exclaimed Drinker, eX-
ultingly, " I've got you there. An ! all
Died ten thousand years ago, did he,
Smarty? You know too much. You
think every bOdys a fool but yourself
Dead, is he? Now, what's the use of your
trying TO stuff that down e,when know
well enough that the Democrats talked
about running Hancock for the Presidency
at the last election! Oh, pshaw! You
amt fit to write for any paper that's got
any sense
Then Drinker was discharged. | didn't
enlightcn him. He will probably go down
10 the grave with the firm conviction that
General Hancock is the man who set copy
for the miserable penmen who signed the
declaration of lndependence.-Mar Ade-
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Prehistoric People of America.

The lowlands of the Mississippi cOnsti-
tute a terra i,acognStG. No one man has
trayersed more than the narrow district
about his own home. Great trees, 200 and
even 300 feet high, and endless canebrakes
and broad, deep Lag1nes render locomotion
in the lowlands most difficult, and to the
unacclimated dangerous. In the very
midst of the continent there lies this broad,
rich-incalculably rich-alluvial plain, fifty
by 200 miles in area, from Cairo to the
sea. Everywhere within this matchless
agricultural regiOn-matchless in produc-
tiveness as once in its density of pOpula-
tlon-there aie wonderful remains of
mound-builders' toll and peculiar civiliZa-
ton. There are great mounds everywhere
and paved lakes (aquadas), nilometers,
canals, remains of great brick structures
and of bridges, and yet the American
scholar or Journalist or scientific assOcia-
ton has ever sought to explore the mys-
teries or tell the story of the mound-build-
ers of the lowlandS. Recently l.. j. Du-
pre-. of Memphis, who has devoted leisure
hours through twenty years past to the in
vestigations of the character indicated, has
made publications attracting to the arch9o-
logical remains of the valley of the Mis-
sissppi large share of popular attention.
The Smithsonian Institution manifests
keen interest in the subject, and measures
may be adopted and means furnished by
which Mr.. Dupre and his acclimated assO-
ciates will make more useful and astOnish-
ing discoveries than have rendered the
name and deeds of Livingstone memorable.
N. Y. World.
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A Negro Dragged to Sea by Shark.

The Galveston NelcS says: A cOlOred
man named James Ellis, or Elias, tells a
wonderful story about the narrOH escape
of a companion who accompanied him out
upon the beach last Wednesday morning
to fish. The two men it seems have been
in the habit Of fishing every morning, at
an early hour, and always go amply pre-
pared with hooks and lines adapted for the
capture of 10 ambers of the tinny tribe OF
all sizes. On the morning specified above,
Ellis and his companion, Wash -,
threw in their lines, after wading out some
distance into the surf, and according to his
usual custom, Wash tied the line about his
left wrist. A short time afterward Ellis,
who was some distance to the eastward.
heard Wash shouting: ave got him ! I've
got himr
"What have you ketched ?" asked Ellis.
S. believe it's a whale or a jewish ~
answered Wash.
As Wash made this answer Ellis noticed
that he was being dragged forward into
the gulf, and started to render assistance.
In the meantime Wash was being dragged
rapidly out to sea, at times struggling with
all his might on his feet and at other times
submerged beneath the waves. It was
then that Ellis fully realized the peril OF
Ills COll Observation-Disclosures clLClIuClCu lAlo IisiO
it of tying the line about his arm while
fishing.
1t was an awful moment. With all his
efforts, Ellis found that it would be impoS-
sible to reach the struggling man. Al
ready he had passed the first bar; a few
moments more md he would be in deep
water, and not being able to swim, even
if he succeeded in releasing himself from
the line, he must certainly perish. Sud
denly, however he was noticed to stop,
and. standing upon his feet, raised both
hands above the waves.
"Wash, " shouted Ellis, rushing forward,
''has you done got lOose?"
YES" was the reply, ''but, Lord bless
you. it was atight squeeze, Shure enough"
What was it p asked Ellis.
Wash replied that when he first fastened
on to it he thought it was big red fish or
gar, but a few jerks convinced him that it
was either whale or a shark most proba-
bly, the latter. At one time after crossing
the bar he saw it leap out of the water land
il appeared to be about ten feet long, as
near as he could calculate. The probable
ity is that Wash will hold his line in his
hand the next time he goes out to fish.
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" 0klahOma.o

Oklahoma. the Indian Territory contains
an area of 10000 square miles-which is
larger than all New England-and is at
present inhabited by about $1,000 Indians,
" no are by courtesy Chased as civilized,
and some 10000 who are unquestionably
savage. Its queer-sounding name by the
way, is Choctaw, and signifies "The home
of the red man." Among the large tribe
of Choctaws and Chickasaws, who belong
TO the most civilized class, there are also
about 5000 negroes, formerly slaves to the
Indians, bit now free. In all, then, the
new Territory can be started with popu-
lation of $1,000 persons which is quite
enough for good start. But if the ex-
perience of our country has conclusively
demonstrated anything in particular, it
has shown the utter impracticability of
conducting elections without whisky, and
we cannot calmly contemplate the intro
duction of this necessarT element among
our red brethren anil the excitement of a
political campaign without feeling that the
combination of Circumstances would be
such as might well incite i'm the breast of
timid people an irrestrainable longing to
get away from Oklahoma.-SaR Funcisco
CbroHieIs.
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KIeptOmania i'm a New Form.

Wednesday afternoon a very cookbook
ing young lady called into a dry-gOOds
store on Woodward avenue and made a
purchase of a silk dress and trimmings,
the whole amounting to over $50. She
asked that the bill and parcel be sent to a
certain number on Columbia street, at
three O'Clock. and they were so sent. She
met the boy within a half a block of the
house and took the parcel, saying, Go
right in and mother will pay the BILL y
He went fright in" and he was not long
aScertaining that mother didn't live
there, and didn't know anything about the
bill. He rushed out and cantered up and
down the street, but neither the young
lady nor the silk dress have been found
vet. She was seen walking up and down
Columbia street for haitian hour previous
TO the boys arrival. and the game She play
ed is considered pretty smart for Detroit.
which doesn't take naturally to sin and
miquity like Chicago. Free Press.
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An Optical Illusion.

There is tendency in the eye TO en-.
large the upper portion of any object on
which it looks-an illusion which we FIND
admirably illustrated in paragraph in an
exchange.
Here is row of ordinary capital letters
and figures:
SSSSSSSSSSNXXXX NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
They are such as are made up Oftwo parts
of equal shapes. Look carefully at these,
and you will perceive that the upper halves
OF the Oh racters are very little smaller
than the lower halves-SO little that an or
binary eye will declare them to be of equal
size.
Now turn the page upside down, and,
without any careful looking, you will see
that this difference in size is very much
exaggerated; that the real top half of the
letter is very much smaller than the bot
tom halt.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-02
Train Wreckers Frustrated by a Boy.

The Chicago and Rock Island train mar.
rowly escaped being wrecked last Wednes-
day. A gang OF wOrkmen going out to
repair the road passed through Iowa City
A little boy in the party, son of one OF
the gangmen, was taken suddenly with
the ague, and requested to be left at a
friends house in the city. Getting better
the little fellow undertook to walk out to
where the men were working, and crawled
in the shade of a fence to rest. While
living there he was attracted by the con-
versation of two men who were walk
ing the ties in the same direction he was
going. Before they got up to him they
stopped and commenced operations on the
rails. They tore up the rails and fastened
a log across the track. They were pres
emily Joined by third party, and, after
completing arrangements, they retired.
Half scared TO death, the boy crept nearly
half mile next to the fence, and, running
into the city, gave the alarm. The train
was detained in the city, a squad sent out
to repair the track, and another squad sent
out to find the perpetrators. 4 clue is
had TO their whereabouts, and they will
soon be captured. A handsome subsclip
ten was made bu the passengers for the
blsve lad who saved the train and so many
Gves.-ORsGhG Herald, June u.
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Choosing n Career,

One sharp lesson of the autumn's panic,
and, indeed, of our shifting American for
tunes without any panic at all. Is the waste
full folly and cruelty of the old education
of woman. 1t is folly, in an economic
sense, that ignores the sharp possibilities
of the future for our girls. while we send
our boys out into life fully armed and
equipped for the fray.
The young man, returned from college
or the scientific school, in the bright glow
/ OF dawning powers, untrammeled as yet
| by care. and under the shelter of his faith
er's roof, decides upon his career. Admir-
| ing aunts and sisters watt their prayers
and hopes upon the winds that wing his
sail; the fathers experience and counsel
pilot the boat through the shallow waters
near the shore Everything aids his start
youth, freshness. and special training.
He has no responsibility upon him save
for his own health and good behavior.
When does woman choose her career
In middle age; broken down by sorrow
when she has seen her life's hopes go down
one by one in the horizon. As girl, she
has waited in her fathers house for the
lover who never came. All of youth has
gone by In vague dreams. In the frivol-
Gus business of fashionable society her
strength has spent itself.
| Her hands are skill-less save in delicate
embroidery her brain is sluggish, though
it aches with this new anxiety and despair.
Heavily weighted with responsibility, il
may be, with the broken-dOwn father or
the always invalid mother now suddenly
| dependent upon her, she sets out upon
this new path with weak, uncertain steps.
Beginning a career at forty, all unframed
The daughter of her washerwOman can
distance her; the girl who used to bring
home her shoes has already shot far ahead.
She scarce used to notice these girls, save
when they were thinly clad or looked
] hungrier than usual. 1t was easy to lOOs-
en- her purse-strinss or send them into the
servants room to be warmed and fed.
| Where are they now, while she is hating,
timOrOus, ON the sharp stones of the high
way? The washerwOman's girl is salar-
led teacher in the model schoOl-hOuse yOn-
der: the other is book keeper in her faith
er's shop, and it pays her well.
All that artisan father, that mother
toiling early and late, had deeper wis
dom in their need than the merchant, the
clergyman, the railway king, in his hour
of power. What cruelty like to their
| indulgence nOwl The unreasOning fond
ness which reared their girls in luxurious
helplessness, which assumed the future as
certain in its goldt n round, has its parallel
in other lands. There are Asiatic fathers
who put out the eyes of girl that she
may be more pathetic beggar. To the
study of this Chinese prototype we COM
mend the American father who, choosing
career for his boys in the fine freshness
of early manhood, leaves his darling
daughters helpless amidst the Bullets Of
| the CHANGING tide.-JnLn Haz.per's.
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DIR. R. V. PIERCE. of the Worlds Di

DIR. r. V. PIERCE, of the Worlds Dis
pensary, Buffalo, n. Y, whose Family Medi
cines have won golden opinions aud achieved
worldwide reputation, after patient study
and much experimenting, succeeded in per-
fecting Compound Extract of Smart-Weed,
or Water Pepper, that is destined TO become
as celebrated as his other medicines. 1t owes
its efficacy not entirely to the Smart-Weed,
which, however, is a sovereign remedial
agent, but largely to a happy combination of
that herb with Jamaica Ginger and other
vegetable agents. The combination is such
as to make it IA very pleasant remedy to take.
Taken internally, it cures Diarrhea, Dysen-
terry Tor Bloody FluX), Summer Complaint,
Cholera, Cholera MOrbus, Cholera Infantum,
Collie, Cramps and Pain in the Stomach,
breaks up Colds. Cramps, Febrile and Inflam-
matOry Attacks, Rheumatism and Neuralgia.
Applied externally, it cures Sprains and
Bruises, Frost Bites, Chilblains, FelOns,
Rheumatic Affections, Scalds, Burns, Cuts,
Neuralgia, Pain in Back, Soreness or Stiffness
of Joints, Stings and Bites of Poisonous In
sects and Reptiles, Caked Breast or "Ague
in Breast" and Enlarged Glands; in short,
is an uneXcelled Liniment for Man or Beast.
1t is sold by druggists.
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The Effect of Imagination.

Many years ago, celebrated French
physician. author of an excellent work on
the effects of Imagination, wished to com.
bine theory with practice, in order TO con,
firm the truth of his propositions. To this
end, he begged the Minister of Justice in
Paris TO allow him to try an experiment on
a criminal condemned to death. The min
lister consented. and delivered to him an
assassin ofdistinguiShed rank. Our saUaHt
sought the culprit. and thus addressed
him: Sir. several persons who are inter
ested in YOU family have prevailed on the
Judge not 10 require of you 10
mount the scatfold, and expose your
self 10 the gaze of the popu-
lace. He has. therefore. commuted
your sentence. and sanctions your being
bied 10 death within the precincts of your
prison; your dissolution will be gradual
and free from PAIN
The criminal submitted to his fate :
thought his family would be less dis
graced. and considered il a favor not TO be
compelled 10 walk to the place of public
execution. He was conducted TO the ap-
pointed room, where every preparation
was made beforehand his ewes were BAN
daged; he was strapped to table: and, at
preconcerteds signal, four of his veins were
gently pricked with the point Of pin. At
each corner of the table was small foun-
tain of water, so contrived as TO flow zen
tly into basins placed 10 receive it. The
patient. believing that it was his blood he
heard flowing. gradually became weak !;
and the conversation of the doctors in
an undertone confirmed him in this o,yin-
ion.
What fine bloOdi" said one. "What
a great pity this man should he con-
demned die He would have lived a
long time
Hush - said the other; then approach
ing the first, he asked HIM i'm a low voice.
but so as 10 be hear d by tlie criminal, "How
many pounds of blood are there in the hui
man bOdy?"
''Twenty-four you see already about ten
pounds extracted that man is now in
hopeless state"
The physicians then receded by degrees,
md continued TO lower their voices. The
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-02
\ BosroN correspondent tells the fo

\ Boston correspondent tells the fol-
lowing: MARK Twain, in one of his ar
ticles, speaks of the lady who treasures a
precious slice OF bread from which Dickens
had taken bite. This sounds like the
broadcast burlesque, but the following an
ecfote, which is literally.true. and Illus
Gates many peoples foolish desire for
r,.ics. shows that Twain was hardly bur-
leSquing in his essay: The last time that
Mr.. Dickens was in this country he hap
pened one morning TO breakfast at the
common table OF the hotel where he was
stopping. When he had eaten his egg, he
dropped the empty shell into his egg-cup,
and. after finishing his breakfast he left
the table. As soon as he had gone. lady
who had sat next to him arose and taking
up the cup, went to the hotel proprietor
and offered TO purchase it of him at any
prise; and the unwashed egg-eup, con-
tanning the broken shell, is now kept by
her as a souvenir Of the great novelist.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-02

An insurance case was recently tried in
the Court of Queens Bench, England,
wherein payment was disputed of policy
upon the life of a woman. on the plea that
the man to whom it was made payable had
no insurable interest in her life. The
claimant averred that the deceased was his
betrothed wife, and this fact being estab-
lished. the court held that the claimant
had an insurable interest in her life. and
the policy must be paid.
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Moorish Women,

The Moors. unlike the Othellos OF our
childish fancy, are simply Arabs who live
IN towns and have intermarried with other
races. They have the same straight tesi-
lures, oval faces, and clear brown skins,
only good deal fairer than the nomad
Arab. But their dress is different. They
wear turban or piece of white muslin
wound round little red shGshed, or skull
cap, a jacket of bright-coIored cloth, and
two waistcoats, richly embroidered. full
| trousers, bare legs, and large, loose shoes.
The dress of their women out-ofdoOr is
the haik of their Arab sisters; but in
doors they wear a gauze chemiSe. with
short sleeves, wide trousers. bare legs, and
yellow babOuches, or slippers. Their beau
tiful black hair is simply knotted behind
the head, while little velvet shashsa,
richly embroidered, is placed cOquettishly
on one side. A kind of vest of the same
material is sometimes added to define the
shape; and all have beautiful jewels, fine
/ pearls, emeraldS or sapphires, wretchedly
| set, and often pierced through the middle
or strung on pack-thread; but still genu-
inc precious stones. No Arab will wear a
false stone, and for that reason they prefer
that they should not match, as they always
suspect the regularity of our English jew
| els. As to their position with regard to
the other sex, it is no better than that
the Arabs. They are utterly uneducated,
and the rich and those of high rank never
leave their own houses. We went to see
one of them. the Princess -, who had
a little girl of five who was fancee to lit
tie boy-cOusin of six, the most sulky i'm
PRESERVATION | ever saw of small Moor.
This lady told us that formerly she had
been allowed by her husband to go on the
terrace of the house, but that now it had
been glazed over. She had never seen any
of her own relations since she was little
child, and never went beyond those four
walls. If the parents are poor, the advent
of a girl is looked upon as positive mis-
fortune by both Arabs and MoOrs. When
boy comes into the world, the wife is
presented with a beautiful circular brooch
to fasten her haik; but blows and curse
are her only reward for producing one of
the other sex. Madame Luce and the Sis
tiers of Charity are striving to raise these
poor little things from this miserable posi-
ton, and. by teaching them needlewOrk
and embroidery, to enable them to get sit
uations in better-class houses. One of
these children was a servant in the prin-
cess's household which | have Just men
toned, and a more faultleSsly beautiful
| face never saw. with soft, almond-shaped
eyes and the most winning smile. But,
alas for her, poor child, should her mas
ter east his eyes upon her beauty Lady
Herbert's Algeria"
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WnHOFT's ToNIC!-A SAFE, SURE, AND
SCIENTIFIC CURE!-The unprecedented sale
of this wOrld-renowned medicine proves in
cOntestibly that no remedy has superseded
the use of this reliable Tonic. No spleen has
been found so hard as not to yield TO its soft
ening influence, and no liver so hypertrophied
as not to give up its long-retained bilious Sc
cretiOns, and no Chill or Fever has vet refus-
ed to fall into line. WHEELoCK, FINLAY &
Co., PrOprietOrs, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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stiffness which reigned in the apartment,
broken only by the dripping fountains, the
sound Of which was gradually iessened, so
affected the brain Of the poor patient, that,
although a man of very strong constitu-
ton, he tainted. and died without having
lost a drOD of blood.
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decayed tooth. Rub the gum thoroughly
with the finger, wet with ,JOhnSOn'S An0.
DIME Lininaeat, heat the face well, and LAP
a flannel wet with the liniment on the face
also put little of the liniment into the cav.
ity of the tooth on cotton.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-02

COLUMBUS discovered America, but it has
been found that the only economical Shoes
for children are the celebrated SILVER
TIPPED. Never wear out at the toe, and
are worth two pairs without Tips.
All Dealers sell them.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-02

THE system frequently gets out of order
and should be at once regulated, else Other
troubles will ensue; when physic is needed
take Parsons PurgdtiUe Pills; they are 3
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-02

The Secret of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
Grecian mould, well-turned neck and beautifully.
rounded arms, are doubt very nice things 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 superatve fascina-
ton any lady may secure by using HAGAN's MAGSo-
LA BALM. "
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-02

EVER true American is born in fever.
lives on dyspepsia. and seeks relief in.
death at every railroad station. ferry, and
crowded thoroughfare.-D Pat.