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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18
Does Human Saliva Kill Snakes!

The Marietta (Ga.) Journal was told
by gentleman the other day that hu-
man spittle was as deadly to poisonous
snakes as their bites were deadly to
man. He says while picking up bun
die of straw and trash under his arm,
while cleaning field, a ground rattle
snake, four feet long, crawled out from
it and fell to the ground at his feet. He
at once placed his heel upon the head of
the snake and spit in its mouth. Shortly
afterward the snake showed symptoms
of inactivity and sickness; and he pick
ed it up by its tail and carried it to the
house and showed it to his wife, telling
her he had spit in its mouth and that it
was poisoned. At the expiration of fif-
teen minutes the snake was dead. To
farther experiment, he came across a
blowing adder (snake), which elected
from its mouth yellowish liquid. He
caught it and spit in its mouth, and 1t
died. He caught another blowing, and
it refused to open its mouth. lie spit
upon a stick and rubbed the splttle
upon the adder's nose; and 1t died.
Afterward he came across black
snake, regarded as not poisonous, and
caught it and spit in its mouth. In
stead of the spittle killing the black
snake, as it did the poisonous reptiles,
it only made it stupidity sick, from
which it recovered. This conclusively
shows that poisonous snakes have as
much to fear from the spittle of man as
man has to fear from their bites.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18
Good Advice to Farmers.

The following good advice is from an
address delivered before the Bucks
County (Pa0 Agricultural Society by
Thomas Shellcross:
Economical farming implies several
/ conditions. We must raise greater
crops per acre. 1t takes no longer to
cultivate "A good crop than a poor one
| We must have the most improved i'm
! plementS; machinery is cheaper than
labor. A man with a corn-plow can do
double the work he could do with a cul-
tivator, and do it better. a good wash
ing-machine materially lightens the
cares of the household. The sewing
machine might be a great labor-Saving
machine; but since its introduction
there are so MANY useless seams made
that the laborS of the women do not
seem to be made any lighter. re-
member once seeing a garment with
nineteen tucks.
There is no economy in purchasing
half-wOrn implements They will be
continually out of order The first wear
is always the best.
Pay as you 90. A man with cash in
his hand can always purchase to much
better advantage than he who expects
a credit. | have seen corn bring S1.1O
per buShel on a credit of nine months,
when the market price was only eighty
five cents.
The farmer must keep well posted. 1t
Is great matter of economy that he be
well supplied with papers and maga-
zines. Not only his county paper, which
tells him of affairs about home; but
also one of the great dailes, which lets
him look right out into the world. At
least one of the journals devoted to az
riculture should find access to his home
One or two hints picked mp through the
year will amply repay the cost of sub
scTiptiOn.
There is economy in giving the chill
dren good education. We know too
little of why's and wherefores connected
with our calling. We work too much
in the dark. To get the best possible
results from our land and fertilizers how
important that we should understand
their constituents and their adaptabilitv
to certain crops. As soon as by i'm
proved intellectual power man begins
to discover and apply the laws of Ma
ture vast accession is made to the
power of human productiveness. If.
this beso we see how groundlesS is the
opinion that education and science are
without practical benefit, and that phil
OsOphers and students are merely a use
less burden on the community, since it
is knowledge and its application which
has given us all the advantages which
we possess over savages.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18
What Allied the Butter.

| Jones seemed doomed to have trouble
with his boarding house. The other
morning he went down to his breakfast
in a fine humor, and thought he would
| have some fun with the landlady. While
/ all the boarders were plastering their
hot cakes with butter, Jones called out
from his end of the table to the solemn
man next to the landlady'S end of the
| board:
"Mr. Rhodes, be so kind as to request
that butter to amble in this dircction.' -
Several parties smiled, and the land
lady cast a threatening look at Jones,
but he acted as though he didn't see it,
and soon remarked:
If was as strong as that butter, I'd
hire out to a circus and travel around,
having big pictures in ten colors stuck
up on fences and dead walls, showing
me off as 'The Man with the Iron Jaw ;
holdin' up black tea boxes marked fif-
ty pounds in white paint"
"Mr. Jones'" sharply demanded the
landlady; twas it you that went stumb-
ling up stairs at l o'clock this morning.
singing, 'das was gooter larger beer,
or something of the sort?"
Jones protested that he was in bed at
9 O'Clock in the evening, and sober as a
Judge. a painful silence ensued,
which Jones soon disturbed:
If furnished the help around this
house I'd hire real, genuine, live Com
manche Indiansl"
"Alr. Jones :" exclaimed the landladv,
vehemently, "what do you mean by
such outrageous conduct"
"Beg pardon, mann, but You don't
comprehend; the Indian would be right
handy to scalp the hair off the butter
before break"
Five men lodged in a hurry as the
pewter sugar bowl went whizzing at
Jones' head, while that individual slid
under the table. The next minute he was
flying out through the hall-door into the
street and the landlandy was Just far
enough behind to miss when she grab
bed at his cOat-tail. As Jones stopped
to tell policeman what the row was
about, she informed him:
"Mr. Jones, you impudent, drunken
rascal, it'll take a distress warrant and
two Constables to get your rags and
duds out of here, and they'd better be
quick about it, toO''
And now Jones is boarding elsewhere,
Gin a quiet neighbOrhood," he says
atlanta Consultation.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18

A CENSUS just taken of the beggars Of
Paris Oives the total number at 65,250.
OF these %, ,4sO are women, IA 800 men,
13, ,O6O girls, and 2,210 boys. They are
catalogued under several heads; the
mendicants, who do not demand money;
the men who play on instruments; the
disguised beggars who sell matches,
pins and buttons; and the beggars Of
the Barriere, who are always dying of
starvation, looking for their parents,
moaning the loss of their employers s
money, etc
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18

and Shang, Chalfant & Co.'S mills. 1t
burst into the air the full size of the well
in thirty-siX minutes from the time it
was let on. Within week both mills
will be running with this fuel, and
new era will have dawned upon Pitts
hurph.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18
WIEN BABY DIED.

Br COL. L. c. STRONG.
The day the Baby died the flowers
Dropped DER the leaf.
And birds within the shady bowers
Piped plaintively their grief,
And through the garden IN Toe sun
II seemed as II the day were done
When Baby dieai-
As DER all the land a sudden blight
Had withered flower and leaf in one short
breath.
Unto a mothers heart day turned 10 night,
AZ life TO death;
While 10 her now come back with sudden tears
The winsOme face, the tossing curls aglow
The little feet that pattercd TO and fro,
The angel wisdom Of three happy years
All ending with such suddenness of woe
When Baby diedi
From out the drawer she takes with trembling
The little shoes that Baby used 10 wear;
An but the silence Of the missing feet,
ne fearful vision Of the face sweet
Baby's deadi
Put in its place awag the curl hair
Nay, she will press il b. her lips again,
And, dreaming Of the years that might have
The mother folds her hands in speechless
prayer
Baby's dead
Why, Baby was the PLAYMATE Of the birds;
hey missed him ere the second day was gone,
ana twittered round the perch with pleading
words.
But silent was his voice upon the lawnl
The hoop lay where he left il by the wall,
The swing was motiOnless, and over all
such silence seemed to reign
That from the lonely room the sob Of pain
Was echoed in sad hearts although they knew
Their lit friend the shining gates passed
when Baby diedi
His gypsy dog no more win bear the rein,
Nor draw about his tiny cart again.
The hands are crossed, the little soul is free,
And Baby lies beneath the churchyard tree.
No more against his mothers face he'll press
His dainty cheek with many GOV caress;
No more he'll clasp his little hands and pray,
In words she taught his rosy lips TO say;
Nor will he bthey talk
OF things so wise beyond his baby.years.
Put in their place the playth ngs that he left.
About the house each dear remembered walk
Brings 20 a mothers eyes the binding tears,
Since her fond heart was Of its JOY bereft
When Baby died.
So leave the chamber 10 its silent gloon,
And put aside the little cradle bed
And draw the curtains. Close the sacred room;
'Tis filed with moGTnful memories Of the dead.
For cen the pictures hanging on the wall
Some thoughts recall
That start the tears usbidden and the vine
That clusters round the windows still will
keep
Its flower holding in the shade and shine,
To greet him when he wakens from his sleep.
Baby's dead
And all in vain crushed hearts must reason why
Their loved ones IN their bloom and beauty die.
Life holds but love alone sufficient worth
To bind our weary feet unto the earth,
And hearts are breaking for the love they lost
When some dear soul the shadowy river crossed.
The Independent.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18

The Springfield Republican argues
that many of the ways Of American
women are vulgar, one Of its points be-
ing this: "No gentleman would care to
parade the streets in such attire that
one hand was constantly occupied in
reefing the slack of his breeches, after
the manner of holding up skirts at the
present time"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18

A CORRESPONDENT of the London
agricultural Gazette gives his expert
ence in regard to early frosts, mention
ing a remedy which is simple enough to
deserve a trial. He says that when he
suspects that there is or has been frost
on his vegetables, he at once goes into
his garden with his watering-pot, and
sprinkles with water those tender plants
which are liable to be frost-bitten, tax
inc care to do this before the sun rises.
By this means he has never failed to OBJ
yiate the disastrous effects of frost,
when his immediate neighborS have
suffered severely from them.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18

LIP-SALvE.-White wax 3 drains,
spermaceti II drains, olive oil o
drains, aIkanet root l dram. Melt
the wax and spermaceti in cup, tnen
the oil and root in another, near the
fire; strain through muslin, or hne
linen, and mix with the wax add pal
sam of Peru Il dram, essence OF Der
panot 10 drops, otto Of rose 5 drops.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18

PoLITICs is the same all over. The
man who runs for Constable is Just as
soundly abused by the papers as the
man who runs for Congress.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18

The man who holds the ladder at the
bottom is frequently of more service
than he at the top.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18
UNCLE GUILF0IL'S FATE.
BY MARY KYLE DALLAS.
4 HalIoNy Eve story.


Well, +" said Mr.. Horace Guilfoil, as
he took his way through the streets late
on a certain bright All-halloween, which
he had spent at his brothers house, in
company with a merry lot of nephews
and nieces and their young friends.
well, well, young folks will be young
folks, and suppose it's natural. What
is it Nelly is going to do tonight? Sow
hemp-seed-ha, ha, ha!-and her sweet
heart will come around the corner and
hang it! what will the fellow do?
Let's see, | remember the rhyme:
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-09

4 Lore Story.

and How he came out of 1t. By Andrew Shu-
man. l Volume. Cloth extra. red edges. $l.G.
Chicago : W. b. Keen. Cooke & Co.
This tasty little volume Is written by
the well-known editor of the Chicago
Evening JonrnM. In the introduction the
Author states that the book is a recital
of the experiences of a fellow traveller
whom he met on Il journey from San
Francisco, eastward.
The lawyer who is the principal char
acter in this book when a young man was
a boarder in a family consisting Of a wild
ow, her daughter and a niece. The daugh-
ter and niece are both young, accomplish
ed and attractive, and being thrown into
daily companionship with them he finally
discovers that he is in love, but which one
he loves most is difficult to tell. Matters
pass on or for some time until the young
ladies find they both have a high regard
for the lawyer and seeming to think or
know he has for them, decide upon a plan
to find out whica II he prefers. The
plan however, fails to work. One day he
is called away on legal business and while
absent, he becomes acquainted with still
another young lady, when he feels he
loves at first sight, and the question o
is to decide between the three. We
We are not going to tell how he decides
nor give any particulars as to the way he
got out of his quandary, but will simply
say that the book ends all right. The
volume is handsomely and neatly gotten
up, and at the low price of $l.00 will no
| doubt meet with q large sale.
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Oliver Optics Magazine for December

The number which finishes the ninth
year of this popular Monthly and the lasl
we are to receive, as we are informed by
the proprietors, has the concluding chap.
tiers of Oliver Optics Story, "Going West;
or, The Perils of a Poor Boy the con
ciusion ofElijah kellogg's Story, Brought
to the Front; OF, The Young Defenders
with the w~inding-up of Elizabeth Dud-
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Sue" by Penn Shirley; Prince Bis
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Behind the Door," Miss NJ. E. N. Hattie
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MICE AT PLAY. when the Cats Away, the
Mice Will Play A Story for the Whole Fam
lily. By Neil Forest. With Eighteen Illus
trations by Sol Eytinge. Emo, Cloth. $3.50
Boston: Roberts Brothers; Chicago: Jansen,
McClurg & Co.
This is a sprightly and interesting vol
ume of about three hundred pages, writ
ten more particularly for children, but
after reading it we find much that will
interest the older folks-the children's
fathers and mothers. Mr.. Bradley is one
If those good-natured, easy fathers who
do not appreciate the work and influence
of the mother on the children. The
mother has gone away 10 the city to
visit an have some rest from family
cares, and left the children in the care of
their father and the servants. The wild
pranks played by the children and the
troubles they get into are told in a most
amusing and readable manner
To show the state of affairs at home
we publish a letter written by the father
and also one by one of the four chill
dren.
DEAR MARy,-We are all quite well,
and although We miss you greatly, we
get along admirably; so do not hurry
home, as you suggest. You do not often
take a holiday, SO let this be a good one.
Every thing is as usual. Archie had a
little tumble, and hurt his arm slightly,
but it is a trifle. lie sits by me eating
apples, and sends his love to you. Bob
and Bess have gone to bed. Tom is
writing to you. All is serene in the
kitchen. ! cannot imagine, dear Mary,
what it is that fatigues you so much in
housekeeping; it must be that you are
some good physician while you are in
the city, and consult him about yourself.
Every thing goes off like clockwork in
your absence, and although | appreciate
your loving care of US all, lear Mary, l
cannot help thinking that you wear your
self u unnecessarily, when ! see how
quietly all things go on without you. !
do not say this to disparage your efforts
in the least, but only in the hope of con-
vincing you that what l have often said
is true, that you take too much trouble
for us all darling; and in future you
must spare yourself. Enjoy all you can
in the city; and when you are ready to
return, be sure you will find the most
loving welcome from your
HUSBAND"
"P. S.-The children are very good,
and clean"
Now here is Toms letter, which Mr..
Bradley did not see:-
DEER MAMMA,-I hope your better
than wen you went away. | wish you
was home. 1t is SO quere here without
you. But If you are hayeing good time,
stay as long as you like. dare say VIC
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will get along sumhow or ruther, ill you
bad things. Bess got lust in The woods,
and most drowned in Rainy Pond, Ned
the idjut boy sayed her life. l shot Kate
thru the head with a squirt Of water, and
most killed her. Arcly broke his arm
trying to wride a trik mule at the curkis,
Bob has dun worst of all, but l sed l
woodn't tel that. Bob has dun . dredful
thing, but I sed | woodn't tel, SO / won't.
It's orful. Papa has been away most 1T
the time at the fare. He is very good to
us, and don't make US wash too much.
The bred is orful; Maggie is cross. But
we're all vel. except Archie's arm, and
DR.. Jarvis sails if he don't get fever he
vii get wei, send my luv, and SO does
Bess. Your loveing son,
"P. S.-You will feel orful bad about
what Bob's dun"
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