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JUST TAKEN HIS BITTERs.-We heard a
seedy-lOoking individual with an alarm
ingly red nose remark to a brother soaker
that he had ''just had his bitters, but he
did not mind taking another nip" His
remark suggested a train of reflection.
How was it, we asked ourselves, that the
word "bitters'' had grown TO be a
synonym for gin, whisky, rum. and other
alcoholic stimulants, to which it was ap-
piled indiscriminately. Bitters, we rea-
sOned, suggested the idea of healthful
tonic, not of poisonus stimulant; some
thing invigOrating to the system, not an
alcoholic irrritant, full of fusel oil. produc-
ing present intOxicatiOn and ultimate in
sanity, idiOcy, or premature death. More
over, our idea of bitters was totally ire
concilabIe with - gin-cOcktails, rum
punches" and "brandy smashes, . which,
we are informed, are sweetened with
sugar, and rendered doubly injurious with
essences cOlored by means of mineral poi
son. This was bitter-sweet with ven
geance. We mentioned this problem to
friend. He solved it by eXclaimfng:
Z" Why, don't you know that most of these
bitters advertised as remedies are only
drains in disguise. Topers know it, if
you do not. must make one exception,
however," he added, land that's DR..
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs;
there isn't particle of alcohol or lerment-
ed liquor in it, and it is the best vegetable
tonic and Alternative in America
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minutes, sleep. sopassed another dav. and

minutes sleep. Sopassed another day. and
yet another, the cruel sun beating mcrci-
lessly down. Then a bird flew over the
boat, and Webster, weak as he was. man.
aged to bring it down. 1t was seized at
once, torn to pieces, and devoured even 10
the bones and feathers. Next day they
scraped some barnacles from the boats
bottom, and dived for the great Portu-
guese men-of-war which fioated slowly by
in all their glory of white and purple.
Next day found them delirious. One of
them, wild with rage to see Webster still
keeping charge over the boy, took out his
knife and did his best TO scuttle the frail
little craft in which they fioated. Then
one fell asleep, and another snatching up
an iron Delaying pin struck him a fear
full blow on the head. The fresh
blood which flowed from the wound
was caught in a pannikin and drunk
eagerly, the wounded man fighting for
his share with his two comrades. At
length delirium set in, and the wretched
men fought and bit one another like wild
beasts, rolling over and over in their agony
on the boats floor till sheer exhaustion
left them powerless for further mischief.
Such was the little hell aflOat over which
Webster and the little boy Horner kept
watch by turns. Morning after morning
the sun rose, until at midday it stood YER
! tically over their heads. Day by day the
little craft drifted further and further out
of her course. and not 4 sail showed itself.
At last the thirty-first day broke, and in
the afternoon a ship was sighted. With
such strength as they had they signaled
| her. 1t proved to be large vessel, the
City of Manchester, under the command
of Capt. Hardie, bound for Calcutta with
large cargo of cotton stuffs. In a few
hours the sufferers were safely on board
| During the five terrible days in which they
had been without either food or water,
they had drifted first to the west and then
again TO the southeast, until they had
fallen into the straight route between the
Mozambique and the mouth of the Ganges.
Kind care and tender treatment brought
them round but another day at sea would,
in all human probability, have been their
last. 1t is bad enough to drift about for
three clear weeks in an open boat, exposed
to the cruel rays of an equatorial sun by
day, and by night to the yet more merci-
less beams of the full moon. But when
three weeks of hardship such as this are
| followed by five full clear days without
either food or water, the agony which these
men must have endured becomes some
thing too terrible to contemplate. The
barnacles which they scraped from the
boats bottom, and the sea blubber which
floated by them in huge masses, must have
only intensified their agonies. With a
stray BOBBY, or "a stray turtle of the
hawksbill kind" they might, perhaps,
have held out. But fortune threw no such
small mercies in their way ; and when the
good ship City of Manchester sighted the
little pinnace on the extreme verge of the
horizon, but few hours at most stood
between them and death in its most ghast-
| ly shape.-Londoe Daily Telegraph.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-08-13

and carried into the little inn. All that |
have narrated passed within five or six
minutes. In five more the marshal had
ceased to breathe. A silly dispute Is 60
ing on as TO whether he received extreme
JUNCTION or not. Some say yes some say
no. | believe the fact is, one of the army
chaplairs was in time to administer the
church rites. in private life he quietly
attended to his religious duties, but he was
a great hater of clerical pretensiOns. A
proof of this was found after his death in
his will"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-08-13

The Ladies' sorosis Club, Of New York. re-
Gently changed their discussions from womaa's suf-
frage to Hair Preparations and Pimple Banishers,
They declared that where nature had not endowed
them with beauty. It was their rightyea their duty
to seek It where they could So they all voted that
Magnolia Balm overcame sallowness, Rough Skin and
Ringmsrks. and gave to the complexion a most dis
aus (sorosian) andmarble-like appearance danger
Gus to men. no doubt; and that Lyons Katharon
made the hair grow thick soft and awful pretty. and
moreover prevented 1t from turning gray II the pro
pretors OF these articles did not send the sisters
voice, they are not smart
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,atbv excited in his behalf among the peo-

patty excited in his behalf among the peo-
pie to whom he was known. The Lady
who recognized him at the prison was one
of the most intimate friends of his family,
and had known him from his infancy. On
being asked about the contents of the box,
he replied that his mother at intervals OF
two or three weeks would send him all
sorts of delicacies from the home table.
He was very Respondent, and wept bitterly
when the lady left him, bearing messages
from him to those at home.--Erchaage.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-08-13
By means of tiny diamond-point at tn,

BY means of a tiny diamond-point at the
end of a machine, composed of exquisitely
graduated systems of lessening wheels, a
Mr.. William Webb, of London, is able to
write upon glass the whole of the Lords
Prayer within the space of two hundred
and ninety fourth of an inch in length
and one four-hundred and fortieth part of
an inch in breadth-the measurement Of
the dot over an ri" in print He could
write the whole 500, $50 letters of the Old
and New Testament, eight times over in
the space of one square inch of glass and
when this wonderful microscopic writing
is enlarged by photography, every letter
and point are perfect and can be read.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-08-13

WMHoFT's ANII-PERIoDIC OR FEVER
AND AGUE TONIC.-This invaluable and
standard family medicine is now household
word and maintains its reputation unimpair-
ed. tis endorsed by the medical profession,
and prescribed daily ia the Charity Hospital
and other Hospitals in New Orleans. VIII
hoft's Tonic is thus highly recommended BY
the leading medical men of the country. and
is worthy Of such Endorsement. WHEELOCK,
FINLAY & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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Not Quite So Fast, MIR. Jones.-A horse

Not Quite So Fast, MIR. Jones'-A horse
doctor in Phlladelrsa was caught changing the cee
brated Mexican Mustang Linlment into other bottles
and using it as his own recipe Honesty Is always the
best policy. These medicine men Ike to IouoW up
such fellows. It cured the lame horse all the same;
but damaged the Doctors reputation and benefited
the proprietor in proportion. We have heard OF so
many Rheumatic persons and lame horses being cured
by the Mustang IInment that advise every house
keeper liveryman and planter TO invest in 5ct or
500 bottle against accident Beware Of eounterfeits
1t is wrapped in a steel engraving, signed &c. W..
Westbrook, Chemist"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-08-13

DIR. j. Walkers California Vim.
egar BitterS are a purely Vegeta5.a
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges Of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of CalifOr-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question Is almost
dai.v Sked. What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT.
TERsp Our answer is, that they remOv
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his hearth. They are the great
blood purifier and u life giving principle,
a perfect Renovation and lnvigorator
of the syStem. Never before in the
history Of the world has medicine beel-
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERS in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are a gentle Purgative as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation Of
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, DiaphOretlc,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Dlureue,
Sedative, Counter Irritant, SudOrihc, Altera'
i've. and Anti Bilious.
R.H. MCDONALD d CO..
Druggists and Gen. Agts., San Francisco, Califor-
MIA. and OF of Washington and Ia ltOn Sts. Ny.
sold by all Druggists and Dealers
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-08-13

The Grand Revolution IN MEDICAL TREAT
MENT, which was commenced in 1850 is still in prog
ress Nothing can stop it, for 1t is founded the
principle now universally acknowledged, that physi-
cal vgor is the most formidable antagonist of all hui
man ailments and experience has shown that PLAN
TATIoS BITrERs is peerless invigorant, rs well as
the best possible safeguard against epidemic diseases.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-08-13

To have the money needlessly spent every
year would give substantial comfort to almost
every person. To have the money saved by
buying SILVER TIPPED boots and shoes
would buy each parent every year new pair
of shoes.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-08-13

WASTED.-1O0,O 100000 MEN.-Apply for a
situation st the nearest gents furnishing
store. They will engage you by your paying
the price of a box or more of Elmwood Col
lars, which YOU can take home with YOU.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-08-13
Music by Telegraph.

Mr.. Elisha Gray, of Chicago, a gentle
man well known as an inventor and manu-
facturer of telegraphic apparatus, has per-
tected an instrument by which, says the
Journal of the Telegraph, sounds produced
at one end of the wire can be conveyed to
the other end by electricity, over circuits
of great length. 1t has, says the Journal.
already been tested upon the wires of the
Western Union Telegraph Company over
circuit of 2,400 miles, with the most sat
istactory results. Tunes. played upon the
keyboard of the transmitting portion of the
apparatus, were distinctly audible and I'M
mistakably reproduced, note for note, at the
distant end of this long circuit.
The apparatus has been named by Mr..
Gray the telephone. The transmitting APP
paratus consists Of a keyboard having a
number of electromagnetic corresponding
with the number of keys on the board, TO
which are attached vibrating tongues or
reeds, tuned to musical scale. Any one
of these tongues can be separately set in
motion by depressing the key correspond
ing TO it. To this transmitting Instrument
the conducting wire is attached, the other
end being attached to the receiving appar-
atus, which may be anything that is sonor-
Gus so long as il is in some degree a con-
NAANbVA VI ClNNllANAAs n fAOL4lIs viii INN
strip of metal stretched between the
Strings at point where the bridge of the
instrument is ordinarily placed, will, ON
the sound transmitted through
the conducting wire from the piano, give
out tune very similar in quality to that
of an ordinary violin.
A BLUNDER in what was intended tor
pretty speech was perpetrated by digni-
tary of the Episcopal Church, who, after
a pair, partOok of the wedding
In the speech which he Of
course would make he said: " We cannot,
[ am sure. do better than express desire
that the result of their union may prove
strictly analogous to that of the parents OF
the fair BRIDE a scene eIlsaedl. i'm the
midst of which he sat down discounted.
His next-door neighbor whispered: "She
S not their daughter, but niece who came
20 I've with them when her own father
md mother were divorced"
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DR.. RAILWAYS
REGULATING PILLS !

Perfectly tasteess, elegantly coated with sweet gum,
purge, regulate purify cleanse and strengthen. RAD
WAYS PILLS, for the cure of all disorders Of the
Stomach, Liver, Bowels. Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous
Diseases, Headache, Constipation Costlyeness, lnd
geston, Dyspepsia, BiiOusness, Bilious Fever, Iniam-
nation Of the Bowels, Piles and all Derangements Of
the Internal ViscPra. Warranted to effect positive
cure. Purely Vegetable, containing no mercury,
minerals or deleteriOus drugs
eE- Observe the following symptoms resulting from
Disorders of the Digestive Organs:
Constipation. Inward Piles, Fullness Of the Blood
in the Head Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea Heart
burn, Disgust of Food, Fullness Of Weight in the
Stomach, Sour Eructations. Sinking Fluttering at
the Pit Of the Stomach, Swimming Of the Head. Hur-
red and Difficult Breathing, Flutterng at the Heart
Choking or SuffOcatIng Sensations when in a Lying
Posture. Dimness of Vision, Dots Webs before the
Sight, Fever and Dull Pain in the Head Deficiency Of
Precipitation, Yelowness Of the Skin and Eyes, Pain
IN the Side, Chest, Limbs, and Sudden Flushes Of
Heat Burning in the Flesh.
A few doses Of RAILWAYS PILLS will free the
system from all the aboye-named disorders.
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AGENTS WANTED for the new book,
ssXPX HAM,

Lies Experience Mormonism. By Mrs T. II Stenhouse
Of Salt Lake City With ISrRoDUcrIoS by HARRIET BEECH
Err STOWE IT story OF ELIZA ASN-WFE
No. 10 TOLD Complete in detail delicate
In style fiction thrilling than romance
the subject uRTrrEs
MORMON CAUTION All other books protesting
he written bv Mormon Full particulars
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n n Agents of both sexes wanted Goods sell
snsAaH At sight. 100 per cent. profit clear. Don't
ttAEU walt, but send % cts. for samples and cir
culars to STAR NOVELTY Co.. Chicago.
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Money Making Employment. Best ever
vi offered. Address. NJ. n. LOWELL, Erie. Pa.
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Price rs cts per Box. Sold by Druggists.
Read "FALSE AND TRUE"

Send one letter-stamp 70 RADwAY & CO., No 2
Warren street, New York. Information worm thou-
a. Ill hIaa ..r.k..
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S. $50 esE a sS Ger sIe Fhss &ss
DIR. TUFTS Hair Dye.

A GENTS WANTED, Men or Women SCI.
u week or 800 forfeited. The Secret Free. Write
at once to CoWEN q CO.. Eighth street. New York
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WHEN writing to advertisers please mention the
, 1874-02-13
PHILADELPHIA.

Tho Striking Wcnvcrs~-Fhe No1tcs
Of the Siunacsc IsviMa--Elle Aut0pay
to Take Place To"fSny.
Special DspatcA to The Chicago Tribune,
PMILApELrEIA .ra., Feb, 12.-Tho striking
shaMl-weayors hold another meeting this after
noon, at which they resolved at al ha2hrdB to
hurry ont tho knobHsioks. Several delegations
from other branches OF tho weaving were present
ut their inBtigation. It was unanimously TO-
solved that each shop appoint representative
to form a colnMittoo who shall draw up 4 scale
Of pricos to include and govern all branches Of
the weaving. taking rop.shawls as basis., The
body appear determined to hold out until tho
manufacturers come to tloir tnrnlB.
Tho plaster cast OF tile siaueBe twins having
been completed, your correspondent Is assured
that tho examination will DO commenced to-nor-
row: It Inns boon proposed. utter the dissection
by the conalnittoo OF rllyaicians, 10 demonstrate
tho subject before tho College Of physicians,
with tue aid OF tho cast and photographs. Tho
bodies haye ngain been injected with chloride Of
ziuo though but little clange in their condition
is apparent. a largo number Of phyHleians having
signlliod their desire to be prcsontattLe autopsy,
were informed that mono but the Committoo
specially selected will bo admitted.
, 1874-02-13

AT JEFFERS0NfiILE.
JEFrEnsoNv11LE Ind, Feb. 12.-Tlo women'a
crusade against The whisky tratlic in other ctioa
Inns commenced its development IN this city, mud
to-day it actually assumed Shape by The meeting
OF about 200 ladiea at the Methodist church.
All OF them were Of good reputo for
morals and religion, and their intendad warfare
upon the saloon-kcepers will undoubtedly prove
a determined one. Aftor singing and prayer, a
permanent organization WAS objected, with Mrs.
sa[ie Jackson, President, and two Vica-PrcBi-
dents from denominations. Speeches woro
made by Reuben Daily, oditor Of tho Euening
Mems and National Democrat, md others. The
following preamble was road aud adopted.
WHEREAS, We believe crisis haa been reached in
which popuisr continent demands the cessation Of tho
liquor traffic; that object shall be moral auaotou
to induce uquor-eaers to abandon their business for
their own welfare aud thai u humanity; TINT uniting
prayers will ueyer ploadu2 until our OBJ
ject Ia attained.
Adjourned till O'Clock tomorrow. In tho
menntine, tho Executive Committee meota to
make out plan Of operations.
, 1874-02-13

near tho Mueoo Hissoriquo, now IN process OF
formation. Although, alasl but a poor snhstt.
tuto for tho ap]ondtd collection Of 125,o 900 vol
,irnos Which persisted, tho now library, oven In
point Of nutnbera, hhH made fnir commence
inott. It contains ~ many aa 29, 600 volumes Of
IT tic books nnd t2, 900 Of the ongrayncs hive
been presented to tho library; tho rost have
heon purchased. Only about 100 volumes from
tho old library survive, being those that had
boon lont out prevloua!y to tho fire. Tho new
for glft Of 5000 volumes and !, 900 ongraylngh;
alao to II. Donancon, doctor in medicine, for nj
extensive collection of books, pamphlets, nowa-
papors, aDichcs, and othor documents relating to
the revolution OF 1913.
, 1874-02-13
STATE LEGISLATURES,
Land Spectators and Railroad Lobbyists
Snubbed in the Iowa Legis-
1ature.
Tho mississippi House Of Representatives
Asks Senator Aleorn to Resign.
Proceedings in Other State Lcgis-
1ntllrcS.
IOWA,

IOWA.
Special Dispatch to 1ae Chicago Tribune.
DEs Mo1NEs H., Fob. 12.-In tho HouBe to-
day there war faint attempt On tho part Of
1and-speculators md railroad-lobbyiHts to undo
q bill which passed on Wednesday authorizing
counties where the indebtedness exceeded
$1,000 to fund their outstanding warransH. Tho
corporations wero wo1l represented In tho lobby,
but the effort met with signal defeat.. Mr.
sald If tho party permitted the lobby to come In
md secure the defeat Of the bill, that tho LogiH
laturo would givo tho h1onopolists 100 Rop-
resontatiyos instoad Of gu De they now havo: Tho
isBue WAS mado plainly, and tho recommendation
on tho final vote received but ono vote. This ia
made to secure favor by corporations, and 1t iB
generally supposed TINT it gayo tho senso Of the
House.
Tho Agricultural College Investigating Com
mittoo developed nothing now to-day. Prof:
which is, that tho funds Of tho Golloga wero mis-
appronriated whonover the occasion demanded,
[16 tho 4ssocfated Press.l
DEs MONIES, H., Feb 12.-AteHRr8. BlHHett
and Stone, Land Agents Of tho Agricultural Col
Ing Committee this afternoon, testifyiug chiefly
concerning tho value of tho land and profit Of
their Investments.
Ex-prof. Jones testified to the further misuse
Of moneys for lobby purposes in tlo Legislature
i'3 Ed Congress- ana to various mileage
upon tho Agricultural Conventions. Ho denied
my form or that It's practice agreed with its
profession, Ho testified the uniform courao of
unjust and arbitrary government, including
treatment both of students and professors, and
was severe in condemnation OF the course Of
President Welch. No faotB Of primo importance
wore elicited.
, 1874-02-13

spee.at ~ D's4atfh M e. e 4he ca,sago M Tribune.
Of this week, d murder without o parallel was
committed noar Sheridan, in this county. 4
man, supposed to be peddler Of small goods,
was Boon driving 4 tlno team md good buggy,
aud ut one place he WAS alonc, and ot another
ut o'clock the body of murdered mum was
found at Mission Crool, six miles from whore
this pedlter was seen. Tho man killed had oyor
dozen fearful cuts in tho loft side Of his
face, all made by. hummer or wagon
wrench, both Of which wero found, aud bore av
idonco OF bloody work upon tholn. AB tho
horses and wagon aud goods Of tho supposed
pcddlor were found, as woll as sou1o money, tho
question "a to Why he WAS murdered is un-
thoro is much excitement about 1t.
, 1874-02-13
History Of a Murder Committed In Ar
kansas Four Years Ago.
Arrest Of the Murderer in MasBa-
ohuBotts.
A Prominent Citizen Of Ripley County,
Indiana, Murdered by His
Stopson.
Other Criminal Items.

Tho Arkansas Murderer.
apee1al DfslMtth to The Chcaqo Tribune.
DoaToE, MaBB., Feb. 12.-Goorge A. Wilkins,
tho Arkat,sas murderer, waived Ills right to 60
before tho Supron,o Court, nd loft ut II o'clock
to-day for Little Rock. His vito and fathor-in-
law aaw him OF.
About four yehra ago be waa arrested In
Hampton, Calhoun County, Ark, whore ho WAS COL
lcctor Of Revonue for stoaling 81, 900 in money.
He waa indicted and convictod md sentenced to
four months imprisonment, which he sorvcd.
One Of the witnesses most instrumental
In conyioting him was D man nnrnod Barrett,
whom lie throntonod to ho even with. About
tifteon months ago tho occnHon 30 long hoped
for presented itself, mud Wilkins and Ave other
mon armed aud masked. wont to iis residence.
about two miloa from the town Of Hampton. in
tho night Thoy found him in company Will.
another man, both of whom were
SHOT At AND MoRrALLY WOUNDED.
Barnett died during tho ssmc night and bis
wero identified at tho timo, antl subsequently IN,
dtcted on tho charge Of murder. They woro ro-
loasod In eureties Of $4,000 each. When the
time approached for trial, Wilkins WIS nowhere
to be found, having
1uarrEp Ills RAIL AND FLED
No tidings were received Of him until
Az party % of II tourists ''' from aA''t Arkansas,
travelling In this section Of tho country, heard
lived in Newb.ryport. On their roturn home,
they acquainted tho authoritios Of Calhoun
County, md Detectives Vance and Hodges, OF
Little Rock. interested themselves In working on
tho clue. Detective Vance arrived in this city
tho latter part Of last week. 1T Nowbnryport he
loarned that Wilkins since his arrival in this Soc
ton, had married. and was living nt Ioomnstor.
Ho Vent to LeoninBter on FRIDAY, and about
tho first poreon he met after leaving tho Btation
| WAS wilkins, who failod TO recognize him. Tho
ohf nf1nI tn 1fot1i nr3 Fvgt11 ha
, 1874-02-13
FIRES.
At Ada, o.

Special Dispatch ia 1hc Chicago Tribune.
ADA, o.. Fob. ia fire last night at midnight
totally destroyed tho handsome store Of Charles
u Murray, the bakery Of George Londonslager.
aud tho 5owery store Of A. Zugacheyert:, Tho
$4,000 IN tho Sun, Of Cleveland; 81 600 III tho
Etna, Of Hartford; aud $4,000 In the Cooper, Of
Dhyfou.