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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-03-25

IFsssees ef tks Confederate Ct.asry, Pe,s,
Look0.f.
Capt 10 Forrest. president. J J Parran Crane
Vim L Thomas, James K Langley, Thomas
Nsren, Or John u Bronze and (ivo vaeanries
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-29
A History OF the Fan.


A curious little volume has just appear
ed, giving the history of fans among all
nations and at all periods. The author,
Mr.. Blondel, who has been able to exam
inc many rare collections, states that It
first came from the East, where 1t is al
ways accompanied by fly-hap and para
sol. The former is made of tail of the
Thibetan buffalo, white as snow, and of
which the extremity is tuft of hair in the
form of plume. Fans offeathers, recent
ly in fashion, date from the seventh CEN
tury. They were first used in China, where
the Emperor Kao Tsong, having heard
the cry ofa pheasant, supposed to be an
suspicious sign. ordered fan to be made
shaped like the tail of that bird. Accor-
ding to the author Of the Etudes Asiati-
cues, ., that article had more than one
use. emit the rich deposited the aims
which they gave to thepoor; the great re-
ceived on il the delicacies offered to them !;
it was lowered before superiors as mark
of Difference; the mobiles carriedit ito court
and it served to cool them from the heat OF
the dav, and TO amuse them while waiting
in the anse-chamber lit was theinstrument
of punishment for the schoolmaster, and
at the same time was given as reward.
A fan placed ON plate of particular
form announced to the criminal of noble
family his sentence, and it was at the mo-
ment in Efpcb he held out his hands to
receive the fatal present that the execu-
toner was to accomplish his work.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-29
A New Plan for Heating Dwellings.


Heating by hot air or steam is waste
full use of fuel. 1t is poor economy to
heat air or water and rely upon the cool
ing OF those elements for our supply OF
warmth. We overlook the fact that heat
will travel quite as well alone as in COM
pany. ~ - ga ..zr.. s.-e ~ H-r
Radiant heat, SAYS the Scientific An1er-i-
can, the sort required for perfect heating,
obeys the same laws as light. By proper
arrangement of reflectors and lenses, heat
Iadiations can be massed in beams of
parallel rays, and sent where we will, with
little or no wasting. 1t is not until the
radiations are arrested that they become
manifest as heat; fact put TO practical
use two thousand years ago. when Archi-
medes burnt the fleet off Syracuse with
mirrors. A stream of heat vibrations, m
tense enough TO fuse gold, would pass
Through stream of ice without affecting
it, provided the air in the tube be suffici-
emily pure and dry. There appears to be
no good reason, therefore, why we should
not warm our houses by the direct distri-
button of pure heat, and so gain all the
benefits of an open fire in each room, with
none of its disadvantages.
Briefly described, the plan would in
volve a central furnace; a system of tubes
leading TO the different rooms terminated
! by radiators in each room a system OF
refiectOrs TO throw the heat of the furnace
into the conducting tubes in parallel rays,
with other refiectors at the bends and an.
giles of the tubes to direct the course of the
radiations properly. The radiators in the
rooms might be placed so that every por
ton would be flooded with light, yet NO
part be heated beyond what would be en-
joyable. AS nothing would enter the
room from the furnace save pure heat, the
effect would be like that of room warm.
ed by direct sunshine. The surplus heat
of the furnace might be utilized in warm.
ing an abundant supply of fresh air let in
from out doors: steady circulation be.
ing kept up, from the ventilating chamber
through the rooms, by the draft of the
furnace. We should have then (theoreti.
cally) perfect heating combined with per.
feet ventilation, and at the same time the
most economical combustion of our fuel
Possibly there may be mechanical diff.
culties to prevent the successful carrying
out of plan of housekeeping of this sort
We do not anticipate any, and the advar-
tages it promises, on the score OF health
comfort and economy, certainly justify ia
trial by any one possessing the requisite
means. The plan. could be easily tested
n the laboratory of any Institution having
a few lenses and reflectors. These sug
gestions might afford a good opportunity
for inventors to exercise their ingenuity
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-29
A Remarkable Book.


In 1865 2. T. Barnum wrote his Autobiog-
raphy for Burr & Co., the celebrated publish
ers in Hart ord, Conn.,, for which they paid
him $4,000 1t made book Of 500 pages,
was profusely illustrated, gave particular
account of Barnum'S eyentfui life in all parts
of the world, and included his celebrated lee
ture on, " The Art of Money Getting HoI-
ace Greeley pronounced The book ''worth a
hundre dollar greenback 0 many beginner
in life. ~ The publishers sold 10000 copies OF
The book bv subscription, at three dollars
and a half a copy. In 1871, when Mr..
Barnum started his great Il travelling
shows, he bought back the copy
right and stereotype plates of bis book
for S10,000, added an Appendix
bringing the account of bis life up 10 that
date, printed an edition of 100, 900 copies,
sent them with his travelling shows, and sold
the whole Of them at cost, one dollar each.
He has added an Appendix eacfyear, which
has now Increase the volume to thousand
pages. 1t averages q sale of 100000 copies
each year. They are neatly bound in muslin,
gilt. and sold IN all his traN cling shows. As
bhis patrons emerge from bis great show teuts
fwith his books under their arms, they look Is
if coming ftom 3 circulating library No
book in this country ever had such an enor-
nous sale. or so abOunds in curious incid ntS
of real life and valuable eXperienees--Bat
fGIO Courier.
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HOME INTERESTS.

BUTTER SAUCE. Best pound of butter
to q cream, add a teaspoonful each of pep
per and salt, beat It well together, and
serve with roast or boiled potatoes and
cold meat. Or, pour it over boiled vege-
tables. -~39f .5sAs'i So slifissz 80
ToiREsrokE WRITING.--Dim writing
that's nearly effaced by age. may be re-
stored by the application of q solution of
pTussiate of potash in water.i Wash the
parts with hair pencil, and the writing
VIII appear If the paper has not been de-
stroyed. - fr. llaaf "a gaarEi ~.
To CURE HoARsENEss.-Wh When the voice
is lost, ss is sometimes the case, from the
effects OF a cold "a simple, pleasant re1ne-
DIV is furnished by beating up the white
ofan egg, aiding to II the juice of a lemon,
aud sweetening with white sugar ne the
taste. lake teaspOonful from time To
time. 10 has been known to etfectually
remove the. ailment. iaa 8E
PREPARING e SoIL FOR PoTTING.-We
find the following under the head OF
" House PlSnts''in apopular and excel
lent family magazine: - Ladies who lind
their efforts to raise house plants frustrat-
ed by worms may be able to win success
by boiling the earth before setting the
plants. Use little water, and allow IL TO
simmer away after few minutes of bard
boil" 49,
METHOD OF UTILIZING PIECEs OF CAR
PBF-=Unfavel the pieces OF carpet, having
first cut them-into lengths of an inch and
a half; these sew according to fancy,
either in pattern with the colors ar
ranged; or. all mixed together) on to
strong Kitchen toweliBg, the size of the
rug required; the pieces must be sewn in
tufts the thickness of two fingers on to the
about an inch between each line
of tufts; line the rug, and put fringe
round. 1t will be very pretty and durable.
POUND CAKE.-14 pounds of flour, l
pound of butter, pound of fine white
sugar, 10 eggs, gill of brandy, halt nut
meg grated. and a teasp0onful of vanilla
or lemon extract, or orange flower water.
Beat the butter and sugar TO cream, beat
the eggs toa high froth, then put all to-
gether. beat it until it is light and creamy;
put t in basins lined with buttered paper;
,lersthe mixture bel inches deep and bake
in moderate oven for hour, then try it.;
when done, turn 1t gently out, reverse the
pan, and set the cake ON the bottom until
cold. Let the paper remain until the cake
is to be cut.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-29
Forestry in the West.

We are glad to learn that forest-culture
is beginning to attach to Itself a share Of
the attention which the importance Of the
subject demands. 1t now comes to be a
recognized fact that the absence or pres
ence of forests has a great influence upon
climate, and any experiments in forest
culture are to be regarded as harbingers
of good. 1t is growing matter of COM
plant in the older sections of the country
that the march of civilization has Indirect
ly an adverse influence upon climate, and
in the amount of rainfall, especially, a to-
tai revolution is sometimes wrought in
the course of few years.
1t will be remembered that Congress
in 1873, passed law for the encourage
ment of tree-culture on the wild lands Of
the Government. The popular faith in
the efficiency of this law was, at the time,
very limited, and even now no official re
port of its working has been made. AT
the late annual meeting of the Mianeseta
State Agricultural Society, however, an
essay on forest-culture was read by Leon.
ard b. Hodges, and in this essay we find
| what has been done thus far in Minnesota,
under the law above mentioned. Nearly
one-third of the finest agricultural lands
in Minnesota are absolutely too destitute
Of timber to admitof settlement and cuiti-
walton, and, for this reason. statistics fur
nished from this State are all the more in
| teresting as pointing TO a practical utility
in case of ultimate success. The law pro-
vides that any citizen, twenty one years
old, "who shall plant, protect and keep in
a healthy growing condition for eight
years, forty acres of timber, the trees
thereon being not more than twelve feet
apart each way" shall aquire title to a
quarter-section of land, including that
upon which the trees are planted, or may
acquire title to less extent of land by
planting smaller number of acres. =
Under this law the number of tree-plant-
ing entries madein Minnesota up to ,Ianu-
airy 10, 1875, aggregated over 10000
acres, showing that nearly 40. 200 acres. or
about seventy square miles of waste land
had been planted with trees. We regard
this as a particularly favorable showing.
especially when. we consider how little
when it was enacted. Some of the facts
given by Mr.. Hodges are very interesting
and contrary to the preconceiyed notions
of most people.
The New FORK Tribune declared when
the law passed that the cost of planting
and tending the forest eight years would
be twenty-five cents per tree, Scr So. per
acre. They have State laws for the pro
motion of forest-culture in Minnesota, and
under this law hundreds OF thousands OF
trees have been planted and cultivated
from eight to sixteen years at acost not to
exceed i've cents per tree. All these facts
are encouraging, and we hope to hear
even more favorable results when the sys-
TEN shall have become more mature :
Boston Commercial BuIlstin., Is - = =. 8
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% DISEASED 1UNGs. ARE GREATLY on AN
INCREASE IN THIS COCNTRY.-The sudden
changing of weather has. done much to give
rise to Consumption. But thousands bring
iJon by their own fnlprudenee, such as wear
inc damn clothing and going from warm
room into the cold air and checking the per-
spiration, (which causes irritation of the
Lungs, and then matter or phlegm will col
lect, which nature will try to relieve by
coughing. If nature does not raise the mat
ter with ease and stop this Inflammation,
tubercles will soon form and Consumption
will soon fellow. Aliens Lung Balsam viii
cure Consumption if it is only taken in time.
For sale by all Medicine Dealers. a ,--
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-29


THE QUEEN OF ALL SEWING MACHINES
in speaking of the merits of the Wilson
shuttle sewing machine, it is sufficient for us
TO saw that we think the Invention of this
machine marks one of the most important
eras in the history of this country; and when
we consider the iafluenee it has upon the So
cial well-beipg of The masses, it is difficult to
conceive of an invention of more importance.
1t has a beautiful, nOiseless movement; 1t
makes the genuine " lOck-stitch" alike on
both sides. and does to perfection all kinds
of plain and fine sewing; it needs no COM
mendation; lis rapid sales. the Increasing de-
mand, and the many tlaltering testimonials
from those who have used it, is sufficien,
proof of IFS merits. The want OF a sewing
machine is deeply felt in every household,
and rs the Wilson shuttle sewing machine,
on account of its extreme simplicity and less
cost of manufacture, is sold at much lower
price than ali'other tirst-class machines, II Is
meeting with the extensive patronage that ii
so Justly deserves. Machines will be deliv-
cred at any railroad station in this county,
free of transportation charges, if ordered
through the cOmpany's branch house at 6lO
North 4th Street, ST. Louis. They send 40
elegant catalogue and chrome circular free
on application. This company want few
more good agents.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-29

PATENT MEDICINEs.-That there are
some good patent medicines nointelHgent
man dare for a moment deny; and pre-
eminent is the great California hero medi-
cine. VINEGAR BITTRRs, discovered by DIR.
J. WALKER, a prominent physician OF San
Francisco. This medicine, although called
Bitters, ID not TO be elassed among the vie
fancy drinks" recommended and sold
over the bar by rrIDi-venderS, but is a COM
bination of pare herbalistic extracts,
known to possess sterling medicinal quail
ties, and is compounded without the use in
airy Shape of spirits. Its action upon the
internal system is not stimulating to- the
extent that alcoholic poison is, but it
once attacks blOod-impuritieS, and by re-
moving the original cause. DESTROYS The
germs of disease and invites returning
health. Its action upon the stomach and
liver render it an almostcerrain specific IN
the most stubborn cases OF dyspepsia, and
in truth fmparts new life and vigor to the
whole system. Its one of the best medi-
cines ever invented l-r --grll g14 I'D
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DURING the past winter no, provision.

DURING the past winter no provision
was made in Augusta, Maine, for lodging.
and feeding q tramps." Not long ago a
vagabond applied at the police station for
sleeping-place. (" We only lodge pris-
oners," said the sergeant behind the desk.
!" Prisoners 2" repeated the applicant, med
itatively. - That's all," was the reply !:
You have gotto steal something ,or assault
somebody or something OF that kind.n
."pve got to assault somebody, or sosDe-
thing of that Kind p again Repeated the
vagabond, thoughtfu1y. Then he reached
across the desk and knocked the sergeant
off his stool, saying, as the officer got up
with his hand to his eye, "Give ine as
good a bed as you kin, sergeant, cause ]
don't feel very well tonight"
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Gen. Spinner and the Treassry Ladies.


y With the resignation of-Gen. Spinner.
the women workers of the United States
Treasury lose their bong tested and most
devoted friend. There is no Government
-delartment of the Capital In which women
have suffered such injustice, defamation.
land wrong as in the Treasury. n That
wicked men in bower have used this bee
hive of the Government as q nominal re-
ceptaele for women weak as wicked Is
most true. That hundreds OF true, refined
gentle-women have suffer ed the great
wrong of such associates is equally true.
That the Treasury swarms with ladies' re-
duced from affluence to want, who, for the
support of their friends. toll at any task
given them at hall the pay that would be
given to a man for the same work, is also
true. That Hundreds of women have
passed competitive eXamina ions emitting
them TO Observation-Disclosures clerkships
I which9wer given, TO voters, while they
were thankful to get a nine hundred-dol-
lar one, is equally true. But. through all
the changes of bureau and departmental
chiefs; through all their tribulations OF
every Sort the women workers of the
Treasury have been sure of one unchang-
ing and neyer-to-be-sha ffiend. He
is sufficiently old and ugly to have no
evil motive set against his kindness, even
by the most evil-minded.z Not woman
With a grievance, no matter how she
might Shrink from the other potentates OF
the Treasury. in their luxurious chairs.
but VINO felt equal 10 carrying IL 10
/" the General" Every afflicted soul,
from the woman, old and poor, standing
under the searching roof, or scurrying
through the a broom brigade to Mary
Walker, whose devotion to her "princi-
piles " in the shape of a hideous pair of
uowserS deseryedly causes her to shed
tubs of tesrs-each and Ill are sure of an
| impartial Hearing and OF redress if pOssi=
ble.aeWhen the report. of Gen. Spinner
resignation spread through the Treasury,
I hundreds of women repaired TO his room
to ascertain its truths When they found
that they were indeedto lose their friend,
| they wept till the room resounded with
their sobs.- Ctslcifsnati, C9nIrasreiGL. 81
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-29

THE most eminent organists of Paris
and London, as well as Warren, Morgan,
Zrmdel, of Trinity, Grace and other prin-
cipal churches in New York, have given
ITO the Mason & Hamlin, Organ Company
written testimonials to the superiority of
their cabinet organs, which they declare to
have excellencies not found in Others.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-29

PARADoxIcAL.--Az notorious hunbug
says that his crooked dealings are often
caused by straitened circumstances.
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The Woman Who Owned Niagara Falls

The Woman Who Owned Niagara Falls
- $40 - ~ . II
1t is related that many years ago Miss
Porter, of Niagara Falls, while in Paris,
was asked it she knew much about the
falls. - fes,,,' she replied, 81 own them"
This was subs antially true, as most of the
laad on the American side, along the rap
I ids and down to the cataract itself. was the
property of thegRerter family. Recently
one-eightb of all the lands and premises
on Goat Island was sold BY Jane Town
send to Elizs beth Porter for So, 325, and
one sixteenth part of zthe same. property
was sold TO George NJ. Porter for S25.-
1852. 50 At this rate Goat Island is worth
about 500, 000.-Bostost Express. = . Il
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-29

y Mrs. NARY SELLERS and Mrs. Barbara
.Babb, ofMilton, Massachusetts,, are prob-
ably the Oldest twins in New England. be
ing eighty-five years of age.
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100000 ACRES
MIcHICAM. LANDS
r. q R 8 - LIE

The lands 81 the JAcks0h, LA1sIng z Shsinl u All
road Company are Non offered For Sale. !,
Te are situated along its railroad and contain large
tracts OF excellent FARMING aud PIN z lands.
TIE farming lands nci1de some of the most fertile
and welhvatered hardwood lsnds in the State They
are tinbeTed mainly With hardnaplc and beech; soil
HACK sandy Ioaul and abound In springs Of purest
Tater Michigan Is one Of least indebted and most
prosperous States in the Union. and It's farmers have
greater variety q erops aaa resources than AM y e
ducss corn IN great abundance, they have other
sce zfld when this crop falls destit1ffon follows.
has heen case the past year IN asas and CDR a
For Maps. Circulars and further tnforln eon. apply
II or address %. NJ. BARNES.
Land Commissioner, Lansing, Michigan.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-29

E. WE, have hssrsl-receptly ofsseverai sewers
cases OF spinaf% disease cured bys JosTsof's'
4y,Odaae Li7sisae1t, one case OF 4 man for
ty-tiTs wears old, who shadnot done . days
Xort forf3urayesrs The baek Should irst
he was he'd. then rubbed with coarse towel
Apply tae LnimeRt. cold, and rub in web
widifhe hand hand. e 6 % = - M !
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-29

THE Elssfic Truss of Pomeroy &Co.;744
Rreadway. n. Y, is BY far the best IN use.
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sR1Rwr11,s COCO ave Is the best and
ebegpest hair dressing in the world. - -, I.
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) Dr, TUFTS Hair Dye Is warranted n3t to
eenfafn any Ingredient IN fhe slightest degree IN
iurio 5 90 The a4ir ORD ealta.s =. sSfz4 z
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xrrTiFN writing to advertisers please mention the
w name OF this paper. p O. p -
4 CENT? Chang Chang sells at sight. Necessity as
a soap. Goods ffe Chang Casn; Nils Co.,eos 1on.
sIaa Tay = orr FlJ5BSfpoy yer Scroll say
s9lVPrice sss4Hdress Barnes sres.. Rock 9; ! y
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-27
The Indian WITHDRAWING Report.

II Is not too late TO say that the Commits
sioners selected by Mr.. DELANo TO 20
through the farce Of investigating the
charges OF corruption and fraud at the
Indian agencies earned their liberal per
diem and mileage faithfully. Initiating
the memorable example Of the Credit
Moblier committee, they whitewashed
the late Secretary Of the Interior aud the
present Commissioner of Indian Affairs In
the most approved style.
From the very start in this city TO the
end of the journey, these Commissioners
were in the hands OF the Indian Ring, who
dictated the witnesses 10 be summoned
ana indicated the nature of the testimony
10 be taken. Substantially, the whole
proceeding was on one side, with the ex-
ception of few army officers and Indians,
whose evidence is impeaohed under the
pretext that the officers were mistak gu
and that the Indians lied.
They had no power to compel the at
tendance of witnesses or to issue process
for papers, and judging from the report,
which conforms precisely with the out
Rivings, apologies and fabrications OF the
Indian office when these charges were
inhue' Tue commissioners WOulu rot nave
excrted the power if they had possessed
II. They simply took what had been pro-
pared for their hands before appearing mt
the agencies, and hashed It up for the
public,
Some OF the frauds which stood self-re-
vealed and could not be concealed, they
have confirmed, and made scapegoats of
three criminals, the SUCCESS of whose
operations depended entirely upon the In
dian Bureau and the Interior Department.
both of which are relieved from oulpabil-
ity In the same breath, with mild and
timid suggestion that more astutoness
would have been oommendable.
They assert, ait does not appear in the
evidence that DELANo "had been long
aware OF the abuses at the Indian agencies
without making sincere efforts to investi-
gate and ratorm them" when the records