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How to Do Ii.

Don't be too sudden about it. Many q
girl has said NO" when she meant
YES" simply because her lover didn't
choose the right time and pop the question
gently.
Take a dark night for it. Have the
| blinds closed, the curtains down, and the
| lamp turned most out. Sit near enough
to her so that you can hook your little
| finger into hers. Wait until conversation
begins to flag, and then quietly remark:
''SuSie, | want to ask you something"
She will fidget around a little. reply
EYES," and after pause you can add:
Susie, my actions must have shown
that is, you must have seen-I mean you
must be aware that-that-'
Pause here for while, but keep your
little finger firmly locked. She may
cough and try to turn the subject off by
asking you how you liked the circus, but
she only does it to encourage you. After
about ten minutes you can continue:
81 was thinking as came up the path,
tonight, that before went away L would
ask you-that is, would breach the SUBJ
iect nearest MY mean | would know
my"
Stop again and give her hand a gentle
squeeze. She may give yank to get
IL away VI sIlc may HOJs III SllltT CAST IL
augurs well for you. Wait about five min
utes and then go on:
1.-The past year has been a very happy
one to me. But l hope that future years
will be still happier. However, that de-
ponds entirely on you. am here to know
that is to ask you'll mean am here to-
night TO hear from your own lips the one
sweet"
Wait again. 1t isn't best to be too rash
about such things. Give her plenty of
time TO recover her compoSure, and then
put your hand on your heart and contin-
ne:
Yes, | thought as | was coming
through the gate tonight how happy
had been, and said to myself that if only
knew you would consent TO be my-that is,
said if only knew-if was only GER
tain that my heart had not deceived me
and you were ready to share -"
Hold on-there's no hurry about it.
Give the wind chance to sob and moan
around the gables. This will make her
lonesome and call up all the love in
her heart. When she begins to cough
and grow restless, you can go on:
Before L met you this world was a
desert to me. didn't take any pleasure
in going blackberrying and stealing rare.
ripe peaches, and il didn't matter whether
the sun shone or not. But what a change |
in one short yearl 1t is for YOU TO say
my future shall be a prairie of /
happiness or summer flllow Of Canada |
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24

The lifters, six in number, stand three
on each side. Then at signal, the snap
ping of finger by the leader, the llIters
and subject inhale the atmosphere, ming
their lungs TO their utmost capacity
When this is done the lifters stoop and try
to lift the subject. If they fail, they again
assume an erect attitude, and again inhale;
then try again, and thus repeat the opera
ton till at last, generally the second, third,
or fourth trial, up goes the subject like a
feather, being frequently borne TO the cell
ing on the tip ends of the fingers of the
lifters. They claim that the heaviest per-
sons lift as easily as the lightest. Subjects
weighing POO pounds have thus been lifted
by four persons. Some declare that the
operation produces an eXhilarating sensa-
ton; others that it causes depression.
The writer of this article was thus lift
ed, and experienced no unusual sensation
more than he went up without any appa-
rent physical effort on the part of those
that lifted him. 1t is said that if one of
the actors laughs or does anything to
cause him or Others to eXhale while the
subject is going up. the latter will imme-
diately come down unless he is caught by
main strength. The cause of all this the
operators claim to know nothing about.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24
The True Course for Employees.

The New York Mercantile Journal has
a sensible editorial on this subject, which
we copy in part as follows:
The true question for an employee is not
how much he can get forthwith, but how
he can keep steadily employed. The men
who get rich are not usually the strikers
who refuse to work for particular wages.
Strikers are apt to waste in idleness, in the
course of a year or two, time wherein they
could have earned more than the amount
for which they strike. Those who in
crease their income are the men who ac-
custom themselves to regular industry,
who keep steadily at work for such COM
penSatiOn as they can get, live within their
means. save money. and invest it. Thus
they keep up good income and increase
it from year to year; quite as fast, in
most cases, as they become able to manage
it with judgment. The employee who
takes the most pains to find out exactly
what service his employer wants, to rem
der that service carefully and generously,
and who, having mastered the details OF
his work, does not leave it to 90 into some
other employment where a larger but un-
certain compensation is promised, is the
man who is morally certain to rise. When
hard times come, or when his employer is
compelled to retrench, he is the man who
will not be dismissed, and who will not
lose time in seeking work, when he would,
Of necessity, be eating up his savings till
he finds it. When vacancies occur in the
establishment, he is the one who will be
intrusted with the most valuable work.
which commands the highest pay. When
his employer wants partner, he is the
man likely to be chosen. When Others
are discharged for incOmpetency, he will
be retained; for his knowledge of the
work and his known reliability make for
him a good position in which he is sure to
be able to do WELL True, this way of life
is not always easy; it requires self-cOn-
troll, conscience, and steadfastness; but it
is the way to self-respect, honorable stand
ing, legitimate wealth, and happiness.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24
Z WEI LAGER.

Der night vas dark as anything,
Ven at mine door TWO yellers ring,
IND say, ven ask who vas dere,
Git OOp and q ''-und den dey schvear-
"Zwei lager
J say, otis late, schust leaf mine house
IND tOn't he making sOOch tOwsei"
Dey only laughft me in der face
IND say, "Priug oudt, 'Old Schweizerkase,'
Zwei lager"
! dold dem dat der bier vas oudt,
But dose two snaps set OOp shout
ind said No matter if 4 vas late,
Dat dey m0Ost hat put on der schlate"
Zwei lager.
ooh, go away, dat is goot poysp'
Nine mOdsr says, "und schtOp der noise -
But sdill dem vrllers yellt away;
Unt dis vas all dat dey would say:
''Zwei lager"
'Vot makes you gone ?'' mine laughter said
"Nen boples all vas in DER ped;
Schust gone tomorrow ven YOU re dhTy. -
Rat dcm two plackguards sdlll did cry,
"Zwei lager
'Not means you by sooch dings as desc?
l go und calls for der bOle, Sc,
says Schneigeliritz, who Ifs next door.
Dey only ycllt more as pelOre,
''Zwei lager"
"Nou schust hold on a fiddle vhiIe,"
says mine Katrina, init schmlle;
q viN dose snaps you pet my life
So dey tOn't ask of P1eifler's wife
Zwei lager
Den righdt away she got peese
OF gOot und schtrong old Limburg cheese;
IND put l. schust outside der door,
IND den We didn't hear no more
Zwei lager
Boston Trdnsc,,iDf
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24
Good Points of a Cow.

l. Youth. A COW is in her prime at
from four to six years, and the best pay
ing time to buy is just after the birth OF
her second or third calf
,. Prominence and fullness of milk
veins, and velvety SOftness OF skin. Inc
milk veins run down on either side of the
animal toward the udder, and are easily
perceptible to the eye, or can readily be
found by pressure of the hand, if the ami
NAL is not over fat. The skin should be
soft and mellow-nOt hard, rough and
staring
3. Symmetry, fullness and sOftness of
the udder. Itshould be broad, well spread
out, projecting behind the legs, and also
reaching forward under the belly. There
should be a sOftness and thinness to the
touch, and an absence of tleshiness and
thickness.
4. Perfect number and condition of
teats. If one teat is wanting, about one
fourth less milk will be the result. n
cows udder is not. as some suppose, a
barrel with four taps, but is divided into
four different compartments, termed
milk glands" each of which has its own
tap or teat. 1t is not only important that
the full number of teats be present and In
working order. but it is desirable that they
be well placed, not crowded together, but
pretty far and uniformly apart; rather
long and tapering; all pointing out and
downward, equal in size and even in ap-
pearance.
>. Docility and quietness of disposition.
These are indicated by large, mild and
clear eyes, and an AIR of cOntentment gen
orally. A COW that is quiet and c0ntented
feeds at ease, chews her cud with entire
satisfaction, and will Secrete and yield
more milk than any restless and turbulent
animal having similar milking character
istics in other respects.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24
A Woman without Bones.


The social developments across the wa.
ter show lamentable state of affairs due
apparently to no other cause than de-
ticiency of backbone in one or two lndlVld'
ualS.
When such disastrous consequences pro
ceed from the weakening of part only OF
the human framework, we sincerely trust
that there may be no spreading of the dis
ease lately developed across the ocean in
the person of an Irish woman. who lived
to see her entire skeleton waste away until
it was but fourth part as heavy as new
born babe.
The case occurred in Dublin, and may
truly be called extraordinary. The victim,
fOrty-five years old, was a patient in an in
sane asylum. For five years she was con-
fined to her bed, complaining of no pain,
but gradually becoming weaker, while
dwindling in stature, until she lost half her
height.
AS the disease progressed, her limbs
were cOiled up in every possible shape, the
bones becoming extremely light, soft,
fragile and atrOphied in every respect At
death, all that remained of her skeleton,
including the skull. weighed two pounds
and a half. The number of fractures was
prodigiOus. The ribs were in hundred
fragments. The head of the humerus was
bent the fibule were curved; the thigh
bones and pelvis were huddled together !;
the bones of the Yertebrfe were thinned and
worn away across the front of their bodies
the lower jaw was atrOphied and broken
into three pieces the base of the skull was
cribiform all through. Had she lived a
little longer, it was thought that not
vestige of bone would have been left in
her body. What allied her no one could
tell. the disease being almost nnheard OF
and difficult to diagnose, treat or even
name. Professor r. W. Smith, of Dublin
University, who brought the case before
the Pathological Faculty, looked upon the
condition of the bones not as disease
but as a manifestation of a diseased con-
dition as yet unknown, possibly related to
ricketts,.
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Fever and Ague, Chill Fever, &c.


A few months after having commenced the
manufacture of DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, the proprietor began to receive
numerous letters from all parts Of the West
ern and Southern States bestowing the most
unb0unded praise upon il for having prompt
ly cured the writers or their friends of Fever
and Ague, or other forms of miasmatic, or
malariOus diseases. He was repeatedly urged
to make known the wonderful virtues of the
Discovery in the cure of Ague and kindred
diseases. He always replied that it was not
intended for cure al" and should he re-
commend it to people as a remedy for so
many different forms and classes of disease,
he feared those who had never tested its vir-
tues would at once class it among the numer-
Gus humbugs of the day. This answer was
satisfactory TO no one, they argued that the
whole country ought to know it at once, and
expressed their establishment at his indiffer-
ence TO the subject. His ear and heart being
at all times open to the call of suffering hu-
mainly, he has at last, after having received
testimony from hundreds who have been
speedily cured BY it, and many of them after
quinia and all the usual means had failed.
consented to make the matter known.
NEWMAN, JEFF. Co., Kan, Jan. 6, 1878.
DR.. PIERCE:
Dear SiT-Having used a few bottles of
your Golden Medical Discovery, and believ-
ing it TO be the very best medicine for Chills
and Fever | wish to buy it by the dozen.
please give me your price for it.
REV. THOS. 0'RIELLY.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24
Death of a Centenarian.

Judge Basil Hamilton, the Kalamazoo
centcnarian, has just died at the advanced
age of one hundred and three years, pre-
serving his faculties clear to the last. He
was one of a family of twcnty-three chill
dren. Six of his elder brothers fought the
British under the leadership of Washing
ton. The old gentleman himself had
known the Father OF his Country. had
voted for his second term, and had voted
for every President ever since. He was
married at nineteen, in the year 1890, elop-
ing with girl of sixteen, with whom he
lived until the year 1851. The twain were
man and wife for SiNty-seven years. Dur
ing those years of uninterrupted happiness
they had seventeen children, of whom
eight are still living. There are also eighty
one grandchildren and number of great
grandchildren. As nearly as can be eSti-
mated the fruit of the clandestine union of
Basil Hamilton and Martha Stillwell was
two hundred and twenty souls. Born
March -, l77l. he was older than the re-
public Washington was farming at Mount
Vernon; Jefferson was twenty-eight
years of age; George III. was on the Eng
fish throne; Nelson was midshipman;
the future Duke of Wellington was baby
in arms; Robert Burns was a schoOl-boy
Walter Scott and Murat We're not born:
Marie AntOinette, at sixteen, was barely
ioreshadowing that Xquisite beauty which
was one OF the agents preparing for the
overthrow of the old regime: Napoleon
was an infant, and Lafayette was studying
n Paris.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24

MEDICAL MANIACs.-Therea are numbers
of medical men so welded to the old for
mulaS, that all changes seem to them like
innovations. These medical maniacs are,
fortunately. incapable of much mischief
in this practical age. While the VINEGAR
BIrTERs are curing Indigestion, Nervous
Debility, Constipation, and countless other
diseases that defy the remedies of the
pharmacoppia, it is impossible to thrust
down the Threats of intelligent invalids
. heroic doses of mineral poison, or to
persuade them to take adulterated alcohol,
impregnated with cheap astringents, as a
:. healing balm" or a "balsamic prepare
ton" VINEGAR BITTERs, pure botani-
cal tonic, and Alternative, guiltless Of the
curse of distilled or fermented liquor, is
actually accomplishing what the mineral
and alcoholic cure-mOngerS have so inceS-
sanity promised but have never yet per-
formed Under these circumstances it is
no wonder that this medicine has taken
precedence of ali those burning fluids mis-
called tOnicS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24

DIR. j. Walkers California VIM
gar BitterS are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
i've herbs found OF the lower ranges OF
.he Sierra Nevada mountains of Califar-
mia. the medicinal properties of vaiH
are extracted ,A'rJirum wjth0u, the sst
If Alcohol. The question is almost
Iaily asked. "WL.. Is H.. cause of tie
unparalleled access Of NINEGAE BIT
rERSt' Our .usUcr is, that they remove
Inc cause of disease. and the patient re-
overs his IT, It'll. They are the great
blood puriner and q life giving principle,
4 perfect ReHoyator and lGvigorItor
# the system. Never before in the
history of the world has u medicine been
-umpoundeG possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERS in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir 10. They
are gentle FUrgative as well rs a Tonic,
Chewing Congestion or Inflammation of
he Liver and yiscerGl Organs, in Bilious
Diseases
The properties of DIR. WALKER'S
VINEGAR BITTERS are Aperient, Diaphoretic
yarminative, Nutritious. Laxative, Diuretic
Sedative, Counter Irritant, SudOritc, Altera
Ave, and Anti Bilious.
r. n MCDONALD a CO..
Druggists and Gen. Agts.. san Francisco, CaiifOr-
MIA. and cor. OF Washingto. and Charlton Sts.N.N.
sold by all DruEgists and Dealers.
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An Interesting Experiment.

a correspondent of the New York Sun
writes 10 that paper:
A thing that is new TO our people has
recently sprung up in this place, and the
attention of many is directed to it. Per-
haps at an early day Of our country's his
tory it might have been pronounced a
witchcraft excitement. 1t is in cOnSe-
Quence of what | call body lifting. The
young people collect together and lift
each other by the tip ends of the index
fingers. The subject to be lifted lies
down upon the carpet, face upward. He
is instructed to assume a stiff or rigid
state. approaching the condition of stick
of wood as much as possible.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24

Mrs. POLLOCK, the wife Of well-tO-do
farmer living near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the
other morning drove in town with her
husband TO do some shopping. She was
evidently taken suddenly with the tenn
perance fever. for she had no sooner left
her carriage than she commenced 10 visit
the different saloons. taking care at each
one to send a stone through the windows
or among the glass work behind the
counter. While engaged in her work she
would cry, Pm not going to die drunk
ard. I'm going to die in glory" She was
found TO be insane, and her husband set
tied the damages satisfactorily to all par
ties.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24

WMHOFT'S FEVER AND AGUE TONIC
This medicine is used by construction cOmpa-
MES for the benefit of their employees, when
engaged in malarial districts. The highest
testimonials have been given by contractors
and by the Presidents of some of the leading
railroads in the South and West. Wher men
are cOngregated in large numbers in the neigh
bOrhoOd of swamps and rivers, WilhOft's
Tonic will prove a valuable addition to the
stock of medicines, and will amply reward
the company in the saving of time, labor and
money. We recommend it to all. WHEE-
LOCK, FINLAY & Co., Proprietors, New Or
leans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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thistles. Speak, dearest Susie, and say
and say that-that-"
Give her five minutes more by the
clock, and then add:
"That you will be-that is, that you
WILL mean that you will be-be mine ~
She will heave a sigh, look up at the
clock and over to the stove, and then as
she slides her head over on your vest
pocket, she will whisper:
:" You are just right | will r'-M. Quad.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24
The Rice Divorce Suit for fraud in sss

The Rice Divorce Suit for fraud in age Is
causing great excitement in Boston. 1t should warn
young men not to marry in haste Rice is but p; his
brtdeS7 He swears that she made him believe she
was but his own age, by using Magnolia Balm upon
her face, neck and hands, Poor youth, He probably
found her elbows weren't quite soft and pretty.
Ought Hagan to be indicted? We know of many sim
liar cases. This Balm gives most wonderful pearly
and natural complexion, TO which don't object We
like pretty women To finish the picture they should
use Lyons Kathairon upon the hair. With pearly
Chin rosy cheeks and Soft luxurious tresses they be-
come irresistible.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24
81 Years Ago.

For more than twO-thirds of a life time
CHARTER OAK STOVES have been familiar
household word; daily gaining in popularity,
and doing q vast deal of good in enabling
housewives TO place before their families
every day three square meals, well and quick
" cooked, at very small cost of both fuel
and labor; and we are doing no more than
our duty in advising every housekeeper who
does not have a Charter Oak Stove to get one
with the least possible delay.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24

WE hear very favorable encOmiums re-
garding the Elmwood and Warwick Collars
manufactured by the Narragansett Collar
Company. These collars have linen facing.
and owing to the peculiarity of cut, are most
comfortable and neat-fitting articles. The
edges of the collars are folded in underneath
all around, thus strengthening the collar and
preventing the points from turning up. We
recommend these collars to our friends
Fashion Article, ". Y. EreRiRg Mail
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24

IT is not our fault that we are red-head-
ed and small, and the next time one of
those Overgrown rural rOosterS in ball
room reaches down for our head. and suo-
gestS that sonic fellow has lost rosebud
out of his button-hOle. there will be
rouble.-NillCaukee Sentinel.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24

Mr.. ARCHEY MCKIssICK, of Rockdale,
Pa. in writing to DR.. Wishsrt, says: - My
son was pronounced incnrable with consump-
ton, but hearing of your Pine Tree Tar Cor
dial, we purchased three bottles, and he COM
menced using it, and from that day to this he
has been getting well."-COnS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24

ALL the advancement in science, art and
civilization has not prevented children from
kicking holes through the toes of their shoes.
Only SILVER TIPS prevent this. Try
Them
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J5rsecf satisfactiOD is the verdict Of all
who try them. They snvC many times their
cost in one dress. This Elevator " IS the only
one that will ict the dress down after being
elevated.
cEETI0M Beware Of LIMITATIONS, as they
UHu IUiyS are WORSE than N0RlHLESS. See
that each is stamped Smiths Instant Dress Ele-
vatOr." Price IS cents each, MAILED FREE.
Wholesale, $50 per gross. GREAT OEFER.
Two Elevators" will be given FREE as Pre-
MUM 10 those who subscribe for SMITHS ILLUS
TRATED PATTERN BAZAAR" one year. sending
One Dollar and Ten Cents. Best and cheapest FASH
ion Book in the world. Send stamp for illustrated
Catglodue. Address P. 0. BOX 5055.
A. BURDEIFS SETH, GA Broadway, NJ.
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so TO $1,000 invested in Wall Street ofien
leads 10 fortune. Pamphlet with explana-
tions and statistics of Railroads. Stocks,
Bonds, &C., with other valuable information,
mailed on receipt of 80 cents. Address Alex.
rockingham & Co.. Bankers and Brokers, II
Wall Street, New York.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24

THE more woman's waist is shaped
like an hOur-glass, the quicker the sands
of her life run out
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24

Fell from n Railroad Car, and nearly broke
his neck. Pat picked him up, rubbed him with Mexi-
can Mustang Lininent, and sent him on by the next
train Falls, bruises, cuts, contusions laeness and
such accidents are constantly occurring There is
nothing sure safe, cheap and convenient the eel
ebrated Mustang Lniment II costs but 50 cents and
S1.00 per bottle and no Family or owner of Horses
should be without it. There is no flesh, bone
Gle ailment upon man or animal. like rheumatism,
Bruises, SPAWN and Iameness which it Will ale
viate cure Why will you suffer? Beware OF coun-
terfeits 1t is wrapped in a steelPlste engraving,
signed &c. W. Westbrook Chemist"
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USE CORNELL's PILE OINTMENT, sold by
Druggists. w. II. Cornell, Prop'r, St. Louis.
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LADIES, SAVE YOUR DRESSES!
Smiths Instant Dress Elevator

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Style Il
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inc dress in
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