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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-27

Bsnnatynes Audubon Ia pounds. ..,...... 65 l30
Torrence's Moonstone, $50 pounds. p IS
Longstans Coronet, lt5 pounds. 90 90
Busy bee was the nrs 10 try hurdle Caiiboo second
and MoOnstOne third. CariboO Immediately gathered
speed and the inside track and the lead at e second
and jumped the third hurdle closely followed by
Carboo had an advantage Of three lengths. Audubon
vcertd 10 the left he leaped and on the first jump
struck the rails AFTER he landed giving his rider fearful
pitch into the field. The rider sustained m0uentaly loss
VI BREATH but serious injury while the horse escaped
with scarcely scratch. The spectators who rad seen
every feature OF TIE accident much excited AMI "a
swarmed into the track and hcld Coronct second
and Busy Bee third.
pools to 800 field He took the lead at tie start
aud held The finish all the horses. except Busy Bee
at the first hurdle jumping handsoI iely Cdrib0O won
the heat aud the by four lengths In l5JA Coronct
tnird place aud second money, and MoonstOne second
place and third money. Paris pools the first heat paid
80 80; the second heat s6 40.
TO-DAY's RACES.
This the second day OF the extra meeting for which
three events have been provided. The first viii be mile
dash for all ages with 100 pounds EACH three Odds
to carry proper weights, and geldngs allowed
three pounds for purse Of $3.50; 5000 the first and
90 to the second. This will be followed by dash Of q
mile and quarter for all for purse OF 5000 $3.50
20 the first and $50 TO the second horse and the day
snort Will close n e-heats 1Or tbees earOids for u
400 purse 1925 ~ the first, ana so to the second
Aorse.
SALES or POOLS IN THIS CITY.
Pools on todays sold this city last even
ing Mt Johnsons poolrooms, Thomass, and the Turf
Exchange The interest in French mutual pools has
wancd somewhat and comparatively few tickets were
sold The betting, however, in the auction pools was
spirited Only one pool sold in the three-quarter mile
dash The following are the CHEF pools sold:
swEEPsTAKEs-oSE AND QUARTER MILE.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-25
A Big Fish.

From the time when old father Jonah
found Judgment in the abdominal cavity
of a whale. fish stories have been consid-
cred apochryphal. But we have one that
is certified to by men of unquestionable
veracity. A few days ago sperm whale
came over, at high tide, the bars of the
island of Grand Terre, which lies between
Barataria Bay and the Gulf, and after dis
porting in those waters for few hours,
apparently to his great delight, found out
that the receding tide had made it impossi-
BILE for him to reach blue water again. Mr..
Constant Pierron and his son, who reside
on the old plantation of our well known
citizen, Mr.. Edward Forstall, seeing this
monster of the deep in strange waters, and
evidently in distress, took immediate steps
TO relieve him from his troubles. They
fired fourteen balls into his body, placing
him hors ds combat, and took possession,
after much trouble, of his huge body. This
fish measured thirty-two feet in length,
twenty-six feet in circumference, and had
a flat tail of seven and a half feet in width.
Within our recollection, extending over
nearly a quarter of century, we have
never heard of a sperm whale being killed
or captured off the coast of Louisiana.
The fish mentioned above was very thin
and poor in flesh. and but little oil was OBJ
tanned from it. We have in our office one
of the gils, which is quite curiosity
Rea0 Orleans Bulletin.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-25
Anew Use for Photography.

A Berlin correspondent OF the Cincin-
natl Gazette writes Our papers make
mention of new application of the CAM
era, that has been accidentally discovered
by photographer in Berlin. A young
lady whose blooming cheeks denoted APP
parently perfect health went to have her
photograph taken, and was placed before
the instrument in the usual manner. On
examining the negative, the operator GiS-
covered that the face was disfigured with
numberless very fine black spots. A new
plate having been prepared. the same phe-
nomenon occurred, which completely
mystified the operator, as he had prepared
the plates with the greatest care, and ne
could detect nothing in the face OF the
Young lady to account for the disturbance.
Two more trials producing the same re-
suit, he contented himself by hoping, a
retouching of the plates would remove the
fault. The third day after, the husband
of the lady informed the operator that his
wife was stricken with smallpox.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-25
A GOssiping Male Den.

Twelve gOssiping men will sit down
together about a store stove, like lot of
diSsecting physicians, lay out and literally
pick some absent one to pieces. One OF
them will go out. when, just as he closes
the store door, the eleven will proceed to
dissect his private character. After while
another will step out, when the ten will
walk through their former compatriot in
SANDER, leaving his character in about the
same condition as chap who was shot
through brush fence. Another one, per-
haps, thinks it is time TO go home, when
he, too, will soon be perforated and ira
duced by the remaining nike. Number
eight soon drops off, when, alas for the
rarity of human charity if stranger
should drop in as he left, and take the va
cant chair he would soon get up and leave
il, feeling that he was polluting his form
by occupying the seat lately used by so
great a villain. Numbers seven and six
possibly may go out together. If, per-
chance, they should steal around to the
back window and listen, they would both
get a respectable distance from each other
and hang closely to their respective
watches and pocket-books. Numbers five,
four and three get tired out and start for
their homes, when numbers two and one
have the whole field 10 themselves. They
are in no manner behind their former COM
panions in slanderiDg their former friends.
Finally, as the two remaining ones bid
each other goodnight, they each remark
to themselves something like this: "Well,
it's lucky for me the rascal didn't steal my
pocket-boOk." The female gossip is a
dangerous piece of furniture to have in the
community. but when we see a lot of old
male hens sitting about store stove, we
feel that any thing that the average female
gossip might say, would be praises such
as few deserve. when compared to the
venom of gossiping male hens SANDER
poisoned Whitehall Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-25
Poisoned to Death.

A healthy liver secretes each day about two
and a half pounds of bile, which contains a
great amount Of waste material taken nom
the blood. When the liver becomes torpid or
copgested, it fails TO eliminate this vast
amount OF noxious substance. which, there
fore, remains to poison the blood and be , con-
veyed to every part Of the system. what
must be the condition Of the blood when IT Is
receiving and retaining each day two and
half pounds of poison! Nature tries TO work
of this poison through ether channels and or
gans-the kidneys, lungs, skin. etc.; but these
organs become overtaxed in performing this
labor. in addition to their natural functions,
and cannot long withstand the pressure, Dut
become variously diseased.
The brain, which is The great ele csrical cen
ter OF all vitality, is unduly stimulated by The
unhealthy blood which passes to u from Inc
heart, and ii fails to perform its Office health
fully. Hence The symptoms OF bile pol
soning, which are dizziness, headache, incapa-
city to keep the mind on any subject, IMPAIR
ment Of memory, dizzy, sleepy, or nervous
feelings, gloomy forebodines and irritabilitv
Of temper. The blood Itself being. diseased,
as il forms the sweat upon the surface OF the
! skin, is 80 irritating and poisonous that II
produces discolored brown spots, pimples,
| blotches and other eruptions, sores, bolls,
| carbuncles and scrofulous tumors. The
stomach, bowels, and other organs spoken of
cannot escape becoming affected, sooner or
later, and costiveness, piles, dropsy,
DIV spepsia, diarrhea, female weakness,
and many other forms of chronic dis
ease, are among the necessary re-
results. As a remedy for all these manifesto.
tons of disease, Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery with small daily doses Of his Pleas
ant Purgative Pellets are positively unequal
! ed. By them the liver and stomach are
/ CHANGED 10 AN active and healthy state, the
appetite regulated ard restored, the blood and
secretions thoroughly purified and enriched,
and the whole system removed and built up
anew. Sold by all first-class druggists and
| dealers in medicine.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-25
How the Philadelphia Nottingham
Secures His Home.

Suppose a workingman, receiving say
sixty dollars per month, wishes to secure
himself home. Selecting a locality in
the outskirts favorable to his business, he
purchases lot from the ground-rent land
lord by a written obligation to pay the
legal rate per cent. interest annually on
the principal. So, on lot purchased for
$500 only twelve dollars year would have
to be paid, or for $500 only thirty. As
rule, an eligibly situated lot eighteen feet
front by ninety deep can be procured Tor
the former figures. Just as long as this
yearly rental is paid the owner cannot de-
mand the principal.
Having secured his lot, as the next step
the workingman joins building associa-
ten. The stock of these associations IS
divided into thousand shares at one dol
lar each, and any number of shares from
one to fifty may be taken. We will sup
pose he purchased ilve. On this he pays
and assessment of one dollar share every
month. AS will be seen, the sum of 81 900
is paid in monthly. AT each regular
meeting this money is put up at auction
among the members, the one agreeing to
pay the highest premium in addition to
the interest being the purchaser. The
money is not delivered, however, unless
competent security is given, but is kept
until the house flor the payment of which
the money is needed) is erected, on which
a mortgage is taken. If 500 is paid as a
premium, it is added to the face of the
note, which is made to run for 81, 100 in
stead of 81 900. So, without really paying
out any money, he gets his land and his
house, and has the satisfaction of knowing
that as long as the interest is promptly
paid no power can dispossess him.
Let us see what the interest would
amount to, and how it will compare with
average rentals. We will suppose that he
pays twelve dollars ground rent perannum;
the interest on his loan and pre-
MUM, sixty-six dollars; taxes, twenty
dollars making a total OF ninety-eight
dollars, or what would be equivalent TO
monthly rental of a few cents over eight
dollars. Besides this, is the monthly pay
ment to the association of the stock assess
ments, amounting to sixty dollars annual
ly, which is applied to the payment of the
principal.
As all the profits are divided among the
stockholders, and as money is sold every
month, sometimes at double the premium
we have mentioned, beside the accruing
interest, it will be readily seen that the b0r-
rover is entitled to perpetual dividend.
1t would take him nearly nineteen years,
paying his interest and sixty dollars per
year to take up the mortgage, but in real
ity, he often finds himself in absolute pos
session of his home, free from incum-
brance, in half that time.-BOSton CONNER
ciaL Bulletin.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-25
Conversational Hints,

One of those astonishing persons who
send questions to the colamn of An
swers to Correspondents" in TIE weekly
story papers, asks in recent number of
the New York STARTER. if the editor can
tell him the best way of beginning con-
versation when he is introduced to young
lady at party. The editor can't suggest
any thing, bat think l can although |
have a private opinion that the questioner
will succeed better opening oysters than
conversations. A capital plan is TO begin
by saying something about the weather.
The young woman may be startled by the
bOldness of the subject. but if the weather
is cold, say so, and stick to it. | have
heard some good things said about the
weather by people who have just been in
troduced and | am acquainted with a
man who remarked to thirty-seven wO-
men during one evening that alt looks
like rain, !" and he said it every time as if it
were a happy thought that had just struck
him. If a young woman doesn't respond
promptly when you allude to the weather,
Try her on Neo- Plantonism, and ask her if
she thinks the dOctrins of Pythagoras
had any influence upon the tendency OF
the Greeks to persist in adhering to the
tenets of Pantheism. If she still holds
of, try TO draw her out by inquiring if she
believes that the doctrine of natural selec-
ton has any influence upon the marital
relation, and whether the atrabilious tenn
permanent is disposed TO seek the sangulne
or the Emphatic. If this does not I'M
loose her tongue, you might asked her
what kind of tombstone she would pre-
fer, or if she thinks dogwood toothbrush
is better than the kind with bristles, OF
whether she likes double-nose pointer
or liver-colored setter, or whether she
believes that st. Paul was in the habit OF
eating onions. What a man wants at q
party is to touch the soul of the woman
he is talking to. and if the allusion to Ply
thagoras doesn't reach her finer feelings,
the reference to the tombstone will.-
Mar AdeIer in DanbHry Ne1s
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-25
HOME INTERESTS.

To REMOVE FRUIT, COFFEE, OR TEA
SrArNs.-Hold the spot over pail, and
pour on boiling water from considerable
HEIGHT. Soap sets the color of these
stains and should never be allowed to touch
them.
CREAM CRUsT.-This Is themost healthy
pie-crust that Is made. Take cream, sour
or sweet; add salt, and stir in flour, add
saleratus in proportion of l teaspoon
full to pint; if sweet, use very little sal
eratus.
SrEwED ToMAToEs.-Scaldt them in or.
dor to remove the skins. Cut them up
and put them into saucepan with little
salt. bit of butter, and some fine crumbs
of bread or pounded cracker. Let them
stew gently an hour. Ii you like them
sweet. add sugar 10 minutes before serv-
ing.
To PREVENT GLASS CRACKING BY HEAT.
If the chimney-glass of lamp be cut
with diamond on the convex side, it viii
never crack. as the incision affords room
for expansion produced by the heat, and
the glass, after it is cool. returns TO IT
original shape, with only scratch visible
where the cut is made.
To CLEAN FURNITURE.-The best pre-
partition for cleaning picture frames and
restoring furniture, especially that some
what marked or scratched. is mixture OF
3 parts llnseed oil and part spirits of tur-
nentine. It not only covers the disfigured
surface. but restores wood to its original
color. and leaves luster upon the surface.
Put on with a wooden cloth, and. when
dry, rub with wooden.
PAIRING PoTAToEs.-Many persons, in
preparing potatoes for cooking, pare off a
thick slice from the surface instead OF dig
png out the eyes. Prof. Blot, in his lee
lures on the potato, says this SHINING
process is all wrong, as the strength OF the
vegetable lies near the surface-the st rich
growing less abundant as the center is APP
proximated. The starch, near the sur
face, contains the nutriment-which is not
more than seven or eight per cent.-the
balance being mainly water.
WINDSOR AND CASTLE SoAP.-To make
the celebrated Windsor soap, nothing
more is necessary than to slice the best
white soap as thin as possible, and melt il
over a slow fire. Take it from the fire
when melted, and when it is just luke
warm, add enough of the oil on caraway
to scent it. II any other fragrant oil is
liked better, it may be substituted. Turn
it into molds, and let it remain in dry
situation for five or six days. To make
CASTLE soap, boil common soft-soap in
lamp-oil - hours.
! UNPLEASANT DOOR OF PERsPIRATIoN -
This source of annoyance which is often
difficult to treat, may be removed as fol
| lows: Mix a tablespoonful of the CON-
pound spirits of ammonia with small
basin of water. By washing the arms
arm pits and hands with this solution. The
skin will be left clean and sweet. The
wash is cheap and harmless, and is much
preferable to the perfumes and unguentS
which disguise, but do not relieve The
| trouble.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-25
Homeopathic Life Insurance.

There is so great difference in doctors, in
their theory and practice and their success,
that it seems the most natural thing in the
world Though we do not know that it ever
has been done except in one or two instances)
for Life Companies to graduate their charges
for Insurance according TO the skill and intel
ligence of the party's family physician. This
idea is being carried out with remarkable sue
cess by the Homeopathic Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of New York. Its last state
ment, published on January 1, 1875, shows
that during the last seven years it has insur-
ed 5,173 persons who employed Homeopa-
THO practice, of whom thirty-eight-three-
fourths of l per cent.-have died in that pc
Rod, while out of 1.635 persons insured who
did not employ Homeopathic physicians fifty
or over per cent-have died.
This would seem almost incredible were it
not backed up by other reliable statistics
which the company has collected from other
sources, and which it has also published and
largely distributed. But the Homeopathic
Mntualo clinches its belief BY its practice and
boldly offers to insure its adherents at rates
from 10 to u per cent. less than the regular
terms. 1t evidently means business; aud, ac-
cording to its statement, appesrs to be among
the soundest and most vigorous OF the young
err companies. Parties desiring further infor-
nation or to act as agents can obtsin all sta
tisiics by addressing the Company, 25l Broad
way, New York.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-25
Samples Of Montana Weather.

SAYS a Montana correspondent of the
KoTthl0est: son the evening of January
s, several persons being in my store, and
the spirit thermometer registering 80 be
low the remark was made that quicksil-
yer would CONCEAL at three degrees lower.
requested my clerk, Mr.. St0lte, to thor
oughly cleanse bar tumbler and partially
fill it with quicksilver. We then exposed
the glass OF mercury and the spirit Their
mOmeter on the roof OF the fre-proof on
the north side of the store, giving them as
nearly equal exposure as possible. An
hour later the thermometer stood IS de-
grees below: but the quicksilver still re-
manned unchanged. At 9:2O p. M, Their
mOmeter stood 40 degrees below; still the
quicksilver was tve, but terribly cold. At
$40 p. m, the spirit indicated Al degrees
below; the quicksilver was hardening on
the outside. A few minutes Later the
Thermometer stood AZ below. PICKED up
the tumbler of quicksilver, and to my a.
constituent found il completely solidified
AS hard as a rock. | carried it into the
store, and several persons examined it, it
remaining in that condition some time be-
fore it showed life. On January 10, at ii
p. m, the thermometer stood 80 degrees
below; January ] l, at a. M, A degrees
below; January IL, 8 p. m, 36 degrees be-
low. On the evening of January s, the
evening above mentioned, at 1920 p. M,
the register was 46 degrees below. This
is the coolest weather We have had"
Under date of January IA, the cores
pOndent adds the following news, ex-
pressed in the peculiar style of the west ::
Jack Frost held the best hand last night,
and PLAYED il as follows: At 9:45 p. m.
the thermometer stood 50 degrees below /;
at 1890 p. M, 81 degrees below at 1l:30
p. m, 56 degrees below"
The weather locals of the Northwest
make up an interesting collection. The
following are specimens:
"As the stage came through Blackfoot
on Tuesday evening. nobody could tell
how cold it was; all the thermometers
were frozen. The Independent of Thurs
day contains an account of the freezing to
death of four Cinnamon going down the
gulch below town. A couple of gentle
men of this burg intend to procure and
place on the summit of Mount Powell.
next fall, to remain through the winter, a
registered spirit thermometer, graduated
down about two feet below zero. The in
terest of the record would be increased if
they could attach to it self-registering
almanac"
The worst ulSguSUeu man III OetT
Lodge this winter is Granville Stuart,
ESQ, the most careful thermometrical OBJ
server in Montana. Anticipating pos
sible spell of weather that the mercurial
thermometers would be inadequate TO re-
cord, he sent to New York for a fine spirit
thermometer, for which he was charged
a spirited price. 1t arrived in good season,
but on examining it if was found to be
only graduated to thirty degrees below
zero. He says it is good summer Their
mometer, but it isn't calculated for this
kind of a WINTER
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-25

BY NEGLECTING THE PRECAUTIONS
which cOmmon-sense dictates many fall VIC
tins to their own imprudence. We have seen
the young and beautiful girl, the hope and
pride of her parents-her cheek flushed with
anticipation, and her eyes beaming with the
gay dreams of life-we have seen all this
changed for a shroud by neglectlnga common
cold which had settled upon her Lungs. 1t
might have easily been cured if 1t had been
attended to in time. Now, when your Lungs
are first diseased with the incipient stages Of
Consumption, you should use Aliens Lung
Balssm, W hich will relieve them without fai j..
For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-25
Co,oDoDr Ro1IrNGPIN,s ALMANAC

COMMODORE ROLLNGPIN's ALMANAC
FOR 5.-The Commodore's annual for the cur
rent year contains large number of original
warns, >" both in prose and rhyme, spun out IN
the inimitable manner of that well known mari
ner and humorist, and illustrated by some Of
Frank Boards funniest pictures. In addition to
this the Commodore has provided great deal OF
useful information concerning the sun, moon and
other heavenly bodies, besides many other things
necessary to know in order to keep things run
ming straight down here below. 1t is one OF those
things, in fact, that " no family should be with
out" Price only % cents. The st. Louis Book
and News Company, General Agents, st. Louis
Mo
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-25

DIR. Walkers VEGETABLE VINEGAR
BITTERs.- Business men, worn by care
and sedentary habits, often suffer from
constipation of the bowels until the evil
consequences Ofsuch condition are real
lied in extreme debility, nervousness and
prostration of the vital energies OF the
system. And it may be safely asserted
that majority of the female sex are little
better than invalids from the same cause
but by using DIR. WALKER VINEGAR BIT
TIERS, this natural aperient and tonic
brings back the vigor and buoyaney OF
health, happiness and beauty. Pure blood
is essential to sound health and long lie.
No chronic disease, sores, ulcers, SKIN
eruptions, glandulous swellings, discharg-
es from the ear, sore eyes, sores or cankerS
in the mouth will ever appear II the Dlood
is pure. TO secure this take DR.. WALK
ER's VEGETABLE VINEGAR BITTERS: IL Is
the great Blood Purifier and Life-Glving
Principle, increasing the power OF diges-
ton, and exciting the absorbents into
healthy action, whereby all impurities OF
the system are carried off.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-25

WnHOFT's FEVER AND AGUE TONIC
This medicine is used by construction comPa-
MES for thu benefit of their employees, when
engaged in malarial districts. The hlgnest
Testimonials have been given by contractors
and by the Presidents of some of the leading
railroads in the South and West. When men
are congregated in large numbers in the
neighbOrhood of swamps and rivers, VIII
hofI's Tonic will prove valuable, addition 10
the stock of medicines, and will amply re-
ward the company in the saving OF time, "a
Dor and money. We recommend IL 10 all
WHEELoCK, FINLAY & Co., PrOprietors,
New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.