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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-24
OVER rnE COUNTY.

Our water melon proposition is still
open. The biggest melon gets the pa
per.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19
In the Police Court.

Cassius Clay ID madison WAS yaWn-
ing snd rubbing his eyes as he was
pushed out, and it was a minute or
two before he realized that he was
standing on the feet OF an old man
from Berrien county.
Anything tn say ?" asked the
court.
"Oh. nothing much" replied the
prisoner. "Ws scOnps.i'm yesterday
didn't we ?"
''SeOOped who ?''
"Why, 'leeIed our candidates"
What do you mean, sir ?H
"I mean the election"
"Whst election ?''
The one yesterday"
"Cassius Clay DJnaldsIn," began
His Honor, in 4 deep bass gr5wi,
there was no election yesterdty.
Liquor has befuddled your brain un-
I'll you can't tell whether you are
afoOt or n horseback"
"I'll bet you a dollar Pm q horse.
back ~ exclaimed Cassius, going
through his pockets in q wild way.
Otis sad to see q great big over
grown man like you standing up here
with boots most gone. coat going to
pieces, hair uDkempt, eyes bleared
and teeth full Of pine splInters. Why
don't you try to be somebody ?"
''I am somebody now"
"Yes, you are chronic vagrAnt, 3
lazy, shiftless, reckless creature"
down in Ohio they don't talk
that way to me, Judge. I'm q big
gun down there. They can't even
lay a rod Of sidewalk without asking
my opinion. Pm kinder run down
now. I've Lost my good clothes, lent
my money, aud L don't look fancy.
II had chew OF tobacco and 8 clean
collar I'd be AZ right"
"Where would you go II I let you
'I'd go to some free-lunch saloon %
''I thought so. You take q seat
back here. I've got job for you
SIS it very hard work, Judge ?'
''NOt very. All I want Of you Is 10
go to the House of Correction for
three months. ."-DetrOn Free Press.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19
4 Sad Picture.

The following Is an extract from
one Of the lectures OF J. J. Talbot,
who died lately at Elkhsrt, Ind,
from the effects OF druken deb Iuch
But now the struggle % over. I eau
survey the field and measure the lose
es. had position high and holy.
The demon tore from arOu0L me the
robe of my sacred Office aud sent ras
forth ehurchless aud goddess, very
Kissing and byWord among NEE
Afterward had business large and
lucrative, and my voice in ali large
courts was heard pleading for Justice,
mercy and the right. But tue dust
gathered on my open books, and no
football crossed the threshold Of the
drankRrd's office. had moneys am
pie for all necessities, but they took
wings and went to feed the Golfers OF
the devils which possessed me. I had
home adorned with all that wealth
and the most exquisite TASTE could
suggest. The devil crossed its thres-
hold and the Hight faded from its
cham bers the fire went out on the
holiest Of affairs, and, leading me
through Its portals, despair walked
forth vitn me, and sorrow and an.
gulsh fingered within. 1 had child
rem, beautiful, 10 me at least, as q
dream Of the morning, and they had
so entwined themselves around their
fathers heart that, no matter where
1t might wander, ever 1t came back to
him on the bright wings OF a fathers
undying love. His destroyer took
their hands in his and led them away
had wife whose charms OF mind
and person were such that to see her
VISA to remember, and TO know her
was to love. For thirteen
years We walked the rugged path of
life together, rejoicing In its sunshine
and sorrowing In its shade. This in
fernal monster couldn't spare me
even this. / had q mother who for
long, long years had not left her
chair, O. victim Of suffering and dis
ease, and her choicest delight was in
reflection that the lesson which she
had taught at her knee had taken
root In the heart of her youngest born
and that he was useful to bis fellows
and an honor TO her who bore him.
But the thunderbOlt reached even
there, and there 1t did Its most cruel
work. Other days may cure all but
this. All me never q word Of re-
proaeh from her lips /; only . tender
caress Only shadow of great and
unspoken grief gathering over the
dear old face only trembling hand
laid more lovingly on my head only
q closer cllnging to the cross only a
piteous appeal to Heaven IL her cup
at last were not full. And while her
boy raved In bis wild delirium, 1000
miles away, the plying angels
pushed the golden gates ajsr and the
mother Of the drunkard entered into
rSst.
And thus / stand, q clergyman
without q cure a barrister without
brief or business q father without q
child husband without q wife; q
son without q parent man with
scarcely q friend soul without hope
all swallowed up In the maelstrom
Of drink.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19
Rail Rolling Mills.

The whole number Of rail rolling
mills in the United States last year
was ninety-one, OF which fifty-seven
made heavy rails mainly, and thirty
four made only the light or street
rails. OF the whole ninety-One mills
twenty-five made no rails In 1874
the product of that year was there
fore rolled by sixty-nine mills, and
many of these ran only part of the
time. The capacity Of all the rail
rolling mills 10 the country is estima-
ted to be at least double the amount
produced in the year named, which
was 729, 413 net tons. or the sixty.
seven mills which made rails in
that year seven made both iron and
Bessemer steel rails, one made Bes-
semer steel rails exclusively. two
made steel-hsaced rails exclusively,
two made the latter and iron rails,
and one made solid east steel rails
and iron rails.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19
From the Philadelphia PressI
Perm2heney or the PhIIadeIphla *.
hlblIlUn.

A large number Of wealthy, inIueu.
tial and pu0lic-spirited citizens hay-
ing wisely determIned TO perpetuate
at LansdOwn, in the PARK, the present
great Exposition by retaining the
Main Exhibition Building, proffered
their request to the Park CommIssio,i
that that structure should not be re-
moved. The design Of those enter
prlslDg gentlemen. Notwithstanding
us crest magnitude, was 8 perfectly
feasible one they did not proceed
with 1t until they mad assurance from
q very large number Of both the for
eign and domestic exhibitors that their
exhibits should permanently remain
where they now are T; nor until they
had had the guarantee that tue money
necessary TO the purchase, preserve
ton and support of the building
should be promptly forthcoming.
The Pennsylvania Museum had al
ready secured Memorial Hall for a
permanent Art Exhibition, the HnrtI-
cultural Building Is to remain a per
mauent exhibition of its kind, aud 10
crown the whole fittingly, the Main
Building was tO keep up its present
WOnderous display OF tie productions
OF the new energetic and enlightened
spirit OF Philadelphi4. But this cOm-
munity learn, with tEe greatest sur
prise and regret, that it has been
frustrated by the action of = mBjority
OF the Park Commissioners voting
that the Main Building shall be re-
moved This, too, without any rsa-
son that will not seem puerile to the
last degree. The Commissioners say
that Philadelphia shall not perpetuats
the great Exhibition, because the re-
tentiOn OF the Main Building would
detraet from the architectural beau
ties OF Memorial Hall IL true, this
reason would be trivial, aud a sseri-
hee OF a great object for little one I
but It Is not true, for the reason that |
Memorial Hail Is without architsc-
tural beauties OF any sort whatever. !
1t is as severely and uuchastely ugly |
as the imagination OF man could plan.
squatting and spreading itself upon
the ground like huge granite toad,
suggestive Of nothing beautiful, shOW-
Ing strength without harmony, q pile |
OF stones less picturesqus than when |
nDshaped. For the Park Commis- |
5ioners to urge that the magnificent /
Nam Building shall be destroyed be-
cause 10 casts its shadow on the bar |
reu ugliness OF Memorial Hal, and |
that for no better reason Philadslphia /
IS To lose the great benefits Of a per-
exhibition after the 10th OF 4
November, Is TO sSy u very absurd /
hing. The Com mission should re- /
consider its decision OF Saturday, and /
arrive at q sOunder one.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19
IOung America.

The central figure was q bare-heAd-
ed woman with broom In her hand.
She stood on the back step, and was
crying
"Georgie !"
There was no response, but any
body who had been on the other side
of q close board fence at the foot OF
the garden might have observed two
boys intently engaged In building 8
M nd pie,
"Georgie, that's your mother hol-
iering," said one OF the two, placing
his eye to knot-hole aud glancing
through to the stoop.
81 don't care" said the other.
"Ain't you going In ?'
mo 90
"GeorgIe :" came another call, short
and sharp, ''dO you hear me ?''
There was no answer.
"Where is she now ?" inquired
GeOrgle, putting In the filling OF the
me.
"On the stoop," replied the young
lean at the knOt-hole.
whats she dOin' ?"
"Ain't dOin' nothin'."
"Georgle Augustus !"
Still no answer.
"IOu needn't think you can hide
from me, young man, for l can ses
you, and if you don't come In here at
once Ill come out there in a way that
you will know it."
Now this waa an emInently natur-
al statement, hut hardly plausible, rs
her eyes would have had to pierce an
fnoh- "A fnnaa - oaa nH
even were this possible, 1t would have
required glance in that special dIrec-
ton, and not over the top OF 8 pear
tree in all almost opposite way. Even
the boy at the knot-hole could hardly
repress smile.
''What's she doin' now ?" Inquired
George.
'She stands there yet.p
81 won'tspeak to you again, George
Augustus" came the voice. "YOur
father will be home In few minutes,
and shall tell him all about what
you have DONE"
still no answer.
"Ain't you afraid ?" asked the con-
scieDtious young man, drawing his
eye from tue knot-hOle to rest II.
"NO; she won't tell pa she never
does she only seq 30 to scare me-"
Thus enlightened and reassured, the
guard covered the knOt-hols again.
"Ain't you coming IN here, young
mai ?" again demanded the woman,
''Or do you want me to come out there
to you with q stick ? / won't speak to
you agsiu, sir 7"
SIS she comin' ?p asked the baker.
A.Q-s0ss vTtsJ 5uC IUUzTu
'iShe's loOkin' over in the other
yard"
"Do you hear me, say ?" came the
call again.
No answer.
"GeOrgIe Augustus do you hear your
mother talking to you ?"
Still no answer
"0h, you just wait, young man, TIL
your father comes home, and he'll
make you hear, pIl warrant ye."
''She is goue now" announced the
faithful sentinel, withdrawing from
his post.
"AII right take hold Of this crust
and pull it down on that side, and
thatill be another pie DONE" said the
remOrse-stricken George Augustus.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19
a Horrible Casualty.

NEw YORK, Oct. IA fire broke
out to-day on the German bark, "Ea-
Topd," at Pier 43, East River. She
was In dry dock being csulked, when
= large quantity Of hemp took IRE.
Jno. Casey, eAulker, 90 Sheriff street,
was fatally burned, and Jno. Stever.
another Workman, probably fatal
=. After = short time, the
the flames we're sxtinguished. The
1rsmen made an examination Of
she bold, when we're discovered the
horribly burned bodies OF Thomas In
graham, Lewis Sullivan, Geo. SIN,
Wm. FuriOng and James Mcdonald,
Workmsn employed ia making the
repairs. Tbs Europa was engaged in
the petroleum trade, and the tim5ers
being saturated with the oil, the
flames spread with frigbtful rapidity,
cutting on all means OF escape from
the men working below. The damage
to the vessel Is covered by Insurance.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19

Years ago, when we produced large
quantities Of fruit, We always kept
apples IN excellent condition during
the entire year. At recent agrieul-
turAl convention in Utica, n. Y, q
quantity Of fair apples were exhibited
which were plump, fresh and OF good
flavor, quite as good as the apples are
ordinarily on the approach Of spring.
The apples bad been put up in refuse
boxes the year previous, and In the
following manner: A layer OF dry
sAwdust was sprlnklsd at the bottom
Of the box, and then layer Of apples
placed 10, so that they did not touch
Saeh Otner. UpOn this was placed .
layer Of sawdust, and 40 on tlll the
box was filed. The boxes, after be-
Ing packed In this way, were placed
on the wall In the cellar, up from the
ground, where they kept perfectly,
their freshness and favor
until brought out.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19
0gCE

Once 'Tis little word. with saddest mem
Ories fraught
II cOnJures up Ihs pat. and wakes q train
Ofthought.
Il has q solemn tone, Il soundeth ike the
knell
or all our buried Joys things loved, per-
chance, too we'll.
Il tells OF ehiIdhOOd's days when all ths
world seemed fair,
OF happy buoyGnt yozth. exuItAnt. free
from care
OF frisndship's sserod ties, Of loves most
holy light.
OF all the bliss that nov h sunk in the
darkest night.
All me earth's flowers must fade. though
0Hes 80 fresh and gay;
E'en In the summers prime night steals
upon the day.
Green leaves must change aud fall. and ths
shrill autumn's blast
Throw forth q sad lament o'sr summer
glOriss past.
Ah me, like flowers Of earth. hopes blOs-
SONS fade aud die;
The day-drsams OF our youth IA the hearts
grave must lie.
Visions Of bygOne year,. OF shattered hopes
and joys,
Ys strew our lonely paths Ike ehlldhOod's
broken toys
-FnO@ TSasIey's AIyaziHs.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19
Scene on The Barlle-Frsld.

A correspondent Of the London
NGadGrd writes from Mesa, BULGARIA.
as follows: 1--WE came upon a mum.
Der Of Serviau corpses, most :of them
IN that early stage OF eeompnsition
when the body swslls to an unusual
size- Some, however, enuld only
have been dead q short time, for their
bodies were still almost warm and
unstidened. We mad not dreamed
what fearful havoc our two batteries
and the cavalry attack mad
made on Friday. The defeat Of the
SerYiAns must have been much more
severe than we imagined, as the ene-
my had left his dead and wounded be-
hind, close 10 the rivers bank. The
Door wounded What terrible tor-
ments they must have endured, living
among eorpses and deprived OF ali
all help. How many
eroans and sighs must have escaped
the quivering liDs, and been lost in
the empty air. Near an adJutant lay
two photographs, which must hs We
clipped from his dying hand one
represented the dead man. but in the
uniform OF Russian major or colo
mel and the other 3 young woman
with fair tresses, q prominent nose,
and light cOlored eyes. The photo
graphs had been taken in Moscow
on the back Of the mans stood 10
pencil, Nlcolay KomoR. know not
10 what relation the woman stood to
tne ofiicer but whether wife, sister
or betrothed, Il Is certain his last
thoughts were OF her. Not far
from him lay the body OF another off,
Ger, his right hand pressed on his
breast, where the splinter of shell
had hit him, and grssping n piece Of
paper. A strong man, he appeared to
have struggled lOug with death, his
lace, which had the unmistskeable
type, being distorted from
pain. 1t was with difficulty that the
paper was removed from his hand.
IE was letter, without any date, in
'yrillic writing, and evidently from q
,hiid's hand. Colonel Mebmed, who
was once in the Russian service (he
8 Clrcasslan from Da9hestan, sub
ected by Russia more than fifty
Years sgO) and understands Russian,
the letter into Turkish, and
hen one Of our COssacks, n Pole, who
lad been brought up in France, gave
ne the contents in French, AS fol-
ows
"DEARESr FATHER: Be good enough
learest father. 20 come back from the war
'lnee you have been away mother weeps
ontinuAlly, and she dreams every night |
hat thou lest dead under = tree Come 10 !
u. dear father, for mother has become SO |
'ale, and Is always crying. / am very good, |
o that she may not cry still more, and /
ho1a NnrNNn
nd never be naughty again. But thou /
must come soon father, and must kiss /
mother, that she may become red again,
nd also kiss thy lille MiDkA"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19

Gold has been gradually coming
down, and on Monday last Il reached
appeared from eireulatiOn. This is
owing " the importation Of gold from
Europe, amounting to several million
dollars within the last few weeks.
In this Connection the Leader says !:
This importation 10 owing TO the
fact that the balance Of trade for the
hrst tIms for many years has tarned
In our favor. Our exports have ex-
eesdsd OuF imports (exelusIve OF
specie and bullion both wsys) for the
last seven months, ending Oct. 1st,
about sixty million dollars. Tue pros
peet Is very fsv0TAbls that ct the end
Of the year We will have exported
over one hundred million dollars
more than our imports will be at that
time. At this rate there viii be .
rapid accumulation Of gold from
abroad, which. added 70 the products
Of our mines. will enable the govern
ment to glide into resumption Of
specie payment without sny troobls.P
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19

GrssshOppers are rather 3 novelty
in Texas, and il you were to tell 3
Texan, anyWise familiar with rail-
roads, that grasshOppers could stop
train, he would laugh at the idea and
think you were ''pOKing fun at him."
For all this. the grassbOppers are stop
ping trains right here in Texas. sun
day night, when Mayor Lord and
Alderman MCGOWAN were going to
Austin, just beyond Glddlngs the
track was so covered with 'hOppers
that it took the train two hours to
make six miles. In places they were
two feet thick on the track. The
wheels running over them mashed
them 30 that the track became so
slippery the wheels revOlved without
going ahead. The stencil from the
massaered insects was 80 great and
OverpOwering that the windows Of
the cars had To lie lOsed.-HOustOTa
Telegraph.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19

On September 2S, while Messrs.
SangeF's Circus was performing at
Rochester, England, q trained hOr Sc
was being put through the usual
mOvsments by . member OF the staff
named Bell, when the animal lost Its
temper, and, selling the back OF BelPs
neck between It's teeth, ran around
the arena with him, shaking him as 3
cat would q mouse, then, throwing
him down, il caught him again by
the side, and repeated the alarming
treatment Having thus apparently
vsntured its spleen, IL became quiet
again. Bell was picked up aud re-
moved from the arena, and though his
flesh was much torn, he did not ap-
pear to have sustained any permanent
injury.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19


ID returning to the United States
after, with two intervals, an absence
Of some six years, / perceive every
where evidences Of the misfOrtunes
which have bsfallsn the country, but
see also indications OF prosperity.
New life begins TO show itself IN our
cotton aud wOClen fActOriss-fres be-
gin 70 glow again in our lOng-slum-
bering iron fOundries trade is i'm
proving in our Commercial cities, and
hOpefulness is succeeding despOnd-
ency. All that Is now needed IL Judi
ciOus revenue lAws-a return to specie
the exercise OF The industry which
10 natural to our people, the practice
Of scOnOmy, and, may 1 not add, re-
form Ia our civil service 2-Hisgh Nc
CaELloch's address at Philadelphia.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19
Boston Cor. Hartford (Conn1 Courant.I ]
cards or Admission TO Church.

The Rev. Mr.. Murray's religious So
elety, which IL has been reported was
rather ApprehensIve Of not being sble
to make the two ends meet, pecani-
arily, this winter, has taken decided
measures to prevent failure In this re-
spect. 1t has sold its slips (it worships
in the Music Hall) at auction, and Ia
sued tickets to all VINO buy seats for
its services Then on Sunday 1t is to
station doorkeepers at its doors, and
no one who does not present 3 ticket
will be allowed TO enter. Under this
rule, I suppose 1t is possible for the
poor to have the gospel preached to
them, but it Is not easy To see how
this can be done until somebody that
Is rich has given them . piece oi
pasteboATd that will prevent them be
ing turned away. This arrangement
Is new to Boston, aud doubt II 1t is
in existence anywhere else {; but Mr..
Murray has been law unto himself
of late years.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19

This testimony Is from Ben. Buffers
speech at Lancaster, Massachusetts,,
the other day: They say the news
papers do not Ike me. dOr't mean
they shall. abhOr, detesC, scorn
aud defy sill the lying sheets this side
Of the place where they will yet go to.
l now take occasion right hers 10 say
word on this subject / offended
them seven or eight years ago while
10 Congress BY looking Up tn the re-
portsr's gallery, which We used to call
''buzzard's rOOst," and saying that /
thanked God I WAS 3 man that God
made, and not one that the news
papers made. They have never for
gtyea me because | WAS not q man Of
thelr creation. II I am anything
like the man they paint me, II / re-
ssmole bin as much as they the
sditOrs) resemble angels OF light, and
no more, then not Ons Of you cast
your vote for me-"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19
Fidelity or . Beg.

Passengers on the valley RsiI.
road" says ths New HAVsa KeQisser,
are attracted daily by the conduct OF q
large and intelligent dog waiting by
the roadside for the daily newspaper
which was formerly thrown 10 him
from the baggage car Tor his master,
who lived half q mile from the road.
The master has been dead many
months, but ths faithful dog has not
missed the mail-trAin = day SIncs.
There is no paper for that mAstsr
now, but sometimes the baggage
man, In pity for the dog, tOsses 9
paper 10 him As the train rushes by,
which he eagerly ssizss aud starts Joy
fully over the bills for his home.
When the train has gone by and 40
paper is thrown, he rushes wildly up
and down the track, gazing after the
car with an almost human LOOK Of
disappointment, ARd JOgs dsJsctSdly
homeward.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-10-19

Though We may not change the cottage
For mansion tall and grand,
Or exchange q little grass plat
For b0undieSs stretch flRnd-
Yet there's something brighter, dearer,
Than the wealth we'd thus command.
Though we have no means TO purchase
Costly pictures, rich and rare;
Though we have no silken hangings
For the walls SC cold and bare
We can hang them DER with gnrlands,
For flowers bloom everywhere.
We can always mako home cheerful,
1.-THE right course we begin
We can make its inmates happy.
And their truest blessings win.
1t will make the small room brighter
1t will let the sunshine in.
We can gather round the fireslde
When the evening hours are long;
We can blend our hearts and voices
In the happy school-dsy song;
We can guide the errIng brother,
Lead him from the path OF wrong
We may nll our home with music.
And with sunshine brImming DER,
II against all dark intruders
We Will firmly close the door
Yet, should evil shadows enter,
We must love each other more.
There are treasures tor the loWIy
Which the grandest fail 20 ind;
There Is a chain OF sweet affection
Binding friends Of kindred kind
We may reep the choicest blessings
From the poorest lot assigned.