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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17
Effect of Summer Showers on the Tenn
perature.

It's about time that the newspapers
and the readers of newspapers should
cease expressing wonder that shower
at the end of very hot day ''did not
cool the air. The idea that the
weather is usually rendered more bear
able by such showers is contradicted
by experience, and is opposed to CON-
mon sense. In very rare cases a per-
manent change of wind begins at the
same time as an evening shower, and
then, we have cooler weather. But in
nine cases out of ten dead calm fol,
lows the shower. The ground is both
heated and soaked with water, which
rises in the form of steam and charges
the atmosphere. A dry air is not very
Oppressive evensa at high temperature,
but add an excess of moisture to an al
ready heated atmosphere, which is, at
the same time disturbed by scarcely q
puff of wind, and the effect is almost
intolerable. This is, the condition a
summer shower usually leaves behind
it. The wonder should therefore be
expressed when a thunder storm does
moderate the temperature or improve
the quality of the atmosphere.-Boston
advertiser. 1sf gfrs s#
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17

How often we hear this expression Hoout
neople who have some disease that few med
zeal men seem tognnderstand - Some eat II
liver complaint,i some kidney disease, some
stspepsis, and others aeonsJrmptiena None
~ tbef, sfford relief. In the course OF the
disease the patients have the followine
Snr1ntoms-A tired, weak feeling, dizziness
N ne head, with 9 faint, all gone sensation
st The nil Of the stomach, after eating afeel-
ir,e, IKE heavy load on the stomacfs pam
IN The shoulders, sides and back at times,
scanfy. high eolored urine, depOsiting sea-
imenf after standing skin dark and swarthy
covered IN places with brown spots halias
and feet cold and clammy at times, ay otne q
times hot and burning; sometimes tnere y
an ifeh;u,s ever the whole body, apRstIse
HeRangeabie. Eut food distresses and allSIes
Int iiftle iloi,rishment; bowels lrregniar,
after a time a cough sets in, at tlrst cry, .oue
after syvhiIe il Is atfels ded with expeet9gr,s-
ton, and the body begis,s 70 vast hns
TRUTHS that in such eases me ihels s'u '41a
aeh, kidneys and blood are all Diseases, sns.
forthis combination Of diseases 'ps's .i, =,
minister a remedy that viii act upol, "a, 81 nns
these organs at one time, or else Willis
is being cured-the others become worse .
frhe best article 10 meet such cases IS the
SHAKER EXTRACT OF ROOTS tnotsa patent
medieine). This article generally yremoyes
the disease. The article we meanis sold by
A. J. White, $40 Pearl Street, New York.
Agents wanted. e
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17
The Wonderful Sea-Butterfy.

II u d.
Chambers Journal: Besides being
able to swim quickly and well by aid Of
their wing-hke fins, the sea-butterflies
can descend into the ocean depths, or
ascend from these depths to the sur
face, at will. They appear, further, to
come to the surface chiefly at night or
in the twilight, and as q naturalist has
well remarked, each species or kind of
these animals seems to have its own
and special degree of darkness in which
it. ascends from the depths. Thus, did
we know sufficient of the history of
these little animals we might be able to
construct ,Pteropod=clock by watching
the respective hours of their appear
ance at the surface ofLth6 sea just as
the botanist forms 8 floral clock'1 by
watching the times of the opening and
closing Of flowers. Being |" shell-fish, -
tfe pteropods usually possess a. shells
this latter structure, it must how
ever be. noted, not being developed in
all these beings Avery beautiful and
at the same time most representative
kind of -sea-buttertiy.is that known by
the name of the Hyalea, of which kind
there are several distinct species; and
in this form, as well as in another well
known species called Cleodora, shell
is developed. The she'll is thus seen to
consist Of a very delicate CLASSY struc-
ture, somewhat triangular in shape,
and of elongated form in Cleodora I;
that of Hyalea being composed of two
plates united together and forming a
small shell of elongated or globular
shape The little head extremity of
the animal, provided with its Swings"
,protrudes in each case from the front or
open, extremity. of the shell. Another
very similar sea-butterfiy is the Clio,
which does not possess a shell, but app
pears as a little oblong body about an
inch in length, and terminating in a
lower pointed extremity. No part OF
the structure of the sea-butterflies pre-
sents more surprising details than that
of the head and its appendages; the lat
ter consists of tentacles, jaws and like
apparatus, exercising the sense of touch
and other offices. Thus, on each side
of the mouth of Clio, we discover three
feshy appendages, which at first sight
might appear to consist Of simple tena-
cles or organs of touch, When, how
ever, we bring the microscope to bear
upon these bodies we note the interest
ing fact that the surface of each is liter
allystudded over with numerous minute
specks which, when more fully magni-
fed, are seen to be of hollow cylindrical
shape, and to contain each about twen-
ty little suckers. These suckers may
be protruded at will from their respec-
tive cylinders, so as to constitute an
efficient apparatus for Selling and de-
tanning particles of food. Thus if we
consider that each of the six tenacles
bears, on an average, about three thous-
and of the cylindrical bodies, and then
each of the latter in turn contains
about twenty suckers, we reach the
enormous number of three hundred and
sixty thousand suckers, as constituting
the prehensible armament of single
Clio, itself of very small size.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17
THERE was a large excursion part,

THERE was large excursion party
in the city yesterday, and about noon
three or four couples entered a Wood
ward Avenue confectionery store and
made purchases. One girl didn't want
any candy, and so her lover invested in
10 cents worth of dates-a fruit neither
had ever eaten beforehand he gave her
the largest half. As they stood at the
door, eating away, she came to one of
the seeds or pits, dropped it into her
hand and looked at him, and then toss
ed it back into her mouth and closed
her teeth upon it, She bit and chewed
and bit, and was red in the face from
her exertions, when her lover looked
up, realized the situation, and called
out: "What on earth are ye driving
at? When We come to the seeds ye
must stand on yer toes and swaller 'em
hull, and if she goes down hard I'm
here to pat We on the back. "-Detroa
Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17
ri Promise and Performance.

The proprietors of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters promise nothing in behalf of this
famous tonic and regussting elixir which il
will not perform. No pretensiOns irrecon-
cilable with common sense are made in ref
erence to it, but evidence of the most posi-
tive nature has been aceumulating for over
a quarter of a century in its behalf which
proves it to be a reliable preventive and
curative of malarial diseases, an efficient
and genial tonic and general corrective, and
specially valuable in cases where the bowels,
liver, stomach or urinary organs are affected.
Debility, the source from whence SO many
bodily evils spring, is entirely remedied by
the invigorative action of the Bitters, which
arrests premature decay and repairs losses
of nervous and muscular power while i'm
proving the appetite and rendering diges-
ton easy. 90 = ~ - La 1.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17

The origin of the name kangaroo
is thus described in a recent work OF
Mr.. F, Buckland: "When Capt. Cook
first discovered Australia he saw some
natives on the shore, one OF them hold
ing q dead animal in his hand. The
Castain sent a boats crew ashore 10
purchase the animal, and finding on re-
ceiving it that it was beast quite new
to aim, he sent a boatswain back to ask
the natives its name. what do you
call this 'ere animal?' said the sailor to
the naked native. The native shook his
head and answered, Kangaroo
which means in Australian lingo, Il
don't understand When the sailor
returned to the ship the Captain said,
well, and what's the name of the ami
mal?' The sailor replied, Please, sir
the black party says it Is a Kangaroo
The beast has kept this name ever
since.n
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17
Where lockwood Comes From.

. Not every one is aware that the wood
used by engravers is the growth of that
far-away regions around the Black and
Caspian Seas, the very names of the
ports from which it is shipped being
unfamiliar. Very few who consider
themselves good geographers have ever
heard of Poti or Abkassia or Tzaritsin,
and vet these are fourishing, CONNER
cial towns, reached by the way of the
Golden Horn of Constantinople. For
all fine engravings Turkey bOxwood is
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17
MAYr Who are suffering frolntheeGect

Z MANY who are suffering 'front.' thee effects
Of the warm weather and are .debilitated are adj
vised by physicians to take moderate amounts OF
whisky two or three times dnring the day. In 8
little while those who adopt this advice frequently
increase the number Of drinks and IN time be-
come confirmed inebriates. A beverage which
will not create thirst for intoxicating liquors and
which is Intended especially for the benefit Of de-
blitated persons, whether at home or abroad, Is
Dr. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic. Containing the
juices Of many medicinal herbs, this preparation
does not create an appetite for the intoxicating
cup. The nourishing and the supporting prop
critics Of many valuable natural predictions con
tanned in it and well known to medical men have
a most strengthening influence. single bottle Of
the Tonic win demonstrate its valuable qualities.
For debility arising from sickness, over exertion,
or from any cause whatever, wineglassful Of Sea
Weed Tonic taken after meals will strengthen the
stomach and create an appetite for wholesome
food. To all who are about leaving their homes
we desire to say that the excellent effects OF DR..
SchencS's seasonable remedies-Sea Weed Tonic
and Mandrake Pills-ars particularly evident when
taken BY those who are injuiously affected by. q
change OF watsr sad diet. \ opersen sho uldleaye
home without taxing supply OF these eggards
eiong. For sale by all Druggists aEsfs "
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17

THE GREAT.sFAyoRITE The popular
Chill Cure of the ageIl Composed of pure
and simple Drugs Milhoft's Tonic has long
held the highest place in the long ling of
remedies for Chills and Fever It's not
only Anti-Periodic but is Anti-Panic, for 1t
curtails the heavy expense of Doctors Wis.
its, where friendly calls are all itemized in
penny gained, and saving Il in this wav adds
to health and comfort. Try Wilhoft's Tonic
as a certainty and you viii never regret it.
G. R. FINLAT 81 Co, Proprietors New Or
leans
For SALE Rr A.aDKUeG1s sslil6z STA II
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17

a. A PoMPoUs individual walked up to
the bar of a seaside, hotel, and with
flourish signed the book,
and exclaimed, Pam Lieutenant Cow
ernor of - "Fhat'don t make any
difference" says the landlord; "you'n
be treated Just as we'll as the others"
A WISCONSIN, school-teacher had re-
venge when the Board cut her salary
down. She licked every scholar in
school, destroyed four maps, carried off
the keys, and in the lawsuit which fol-
lowed she beat the Board sky-high,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17
The Right Thing in the Wrong Place.

1t was reported TO one of the chief
physicians in the hospital in our aims
house the other day that there was a
man lying in one OF the wards in a
comatose condition. The nurse declar-
ed that he had been insensible for "A
hours, aud she had tried in vain to rouse
him. The doctor said that twas prob
able that the patient was under the in
.fiuence ofsoule powerful narcotic; per-
haps he had taken large dose of land
anum. He said it was inlperatively
necessary that the unfortunate man
should be resuscitated at once by some
powerful stinmEht.s Accordingly he
directed two Of 4iis assistants to take
strong galvanic battery and apply it to
the patient until he. recovered. The
assistants went into-thes hospital with
the battery, while the nurse stopped for
few moments in the laundry. When
they reached the mans bedside they
placed the battery on the floor, and
barring the patients ankle they wrapped
the wire around it. When every thing
was ready they turned Oh the current
full head. sAsSecond later the PROSTATE
form Of the.patient sounded about -four
feet into the ain, and as itlearne down
upon the bed second shock sent it up
again, The. patient meantime eXclain=
ing: odr Eer1 lrels ~ l.Irl-slr-r
!" Yowewow-wow.e oh, murder!
murder-r-r-r-ri : ow-woW-wowt Ora
shus! let UP one that. = 0w-wow-wow !
Another one of themll' Kill met o
merciful Mosesl don't do that again. 1
When ne came down the fourth time
the doctors burned off the current with !
tbe remark that they guessed that |
would. be about enough. Then one OF
them asked the patient how be felt, and
attempted TO feel his pulse. But the |
patient, furious with rage, said -
"You diabolical seoundrel, what
l'you mean by hitching that thing to me
n that manner, say"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17
CHEAP LIFE INsURANC

Twenty-Five cents WIN buy box OF DR. TUTT's
Pills, and they IIH restore she functioIs rof tss
liver, stomach and bowels-the sources from which
nearly every disease originates. II these organs act
well long ana healthy Life is assured,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17

II vo,fselduIL drowsy, deDiIltated- have ffequens
heass soIfh tastes badly. poor appetite Ane sonsne
&c - .Trine from torpid liver. "etl-
iNrsnr.- : and nothing win cure you 50 speedily aae
permanentT as .ftiE ftt
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17

A BoYIsH novice in smoking starned
deadly pale and threw away his cigar :
Said he, "Thar's sumthin, in that air
cigar that's made me sick' NssI know
what it is, rssaidlIis companion, pulling
away. "What?'' \" Tobaeker,,' a.Ss {
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17

PENTECosT Is sHAYDENs Panoras LENA,
wrote March %, 1875: eve have sold Shall
le1berger's Ague Pills fer eight yearsaand
have no failure to cure reported y In New
Of such facts why suffer? ONE DoLLkR VIII
cure you. 3 ONE DOSE stops the ehips. "a
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17

FOUR or five young ladies lately
camped out in Southern California.
They were Miss Kate Bronson, from
New York, who has deep blue eyes,
black hair, and an exquisite fair com
plexion, and is fine musician, and
devout Presbyterian; Miss Abbie Halls,
from Massachusetts, a brunette, slen-
der. affectienate and administrative, 3
poetess, mineralogist, conchologist, and
taxidermist; Miss Lizzie Pershing, from
Pennsylvania, with brown eyes, brown
hair, and pretty hands and feet and
Miss Louie Anderson, a native of Ohio,
and a graduate of Ann Arbor. They
started from Santa Barbara in a large
camp wagon drawn by mules, and driy-
en- by gray-haired teamster. They
carried tent, blankets and pillows,
provisions, fishing tackle, guns and am
munition, and a bottle of whisky. They
had a splendid time, shooting quail,
gathering flowers, and talking poetry.
With the exception of the gray haired
teamster no man dared to show his ugly
face in camp. That teamster is the
most envied man in California.
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17
Value of SunflOWers.

They are rich in honey, and are con-
sequently good neighbors for bees. Oil,
hardly to be distinguished from olive
oil by any one but an expert, may be
extracted from the seeds, in the proper
ton of one gallon to one bushel. One
acre will produce something like fifty
bushels of seeds. The seeds, too, make
food not unpalatable for human beings,
and very good for animals and poultry.
The Portuguese and the American In
dams make q kind of bread from them,
and roasted they may be ground and
used as a substitute for coffee. The
stalks may be used as bean poles while
growing. Dry, they may make passa-
Bile roofs for sheds and the like, and
burn readily on the hearth. The ashes
are very rich in-potash. Altogether it
is very useful plant, and, to crown all,
it has reputation which the scientists
have never disproved,s for absorbing
malaria, and acting as an. etfeetual
screen that scourge of low-lying dis
tricts, fever and ague Planted in the
back-yards of city dwellings, they make
not an unhandsome appearance, and II
possessed of the misunderstanding
property alluded to, their presence be-
comes very valuable. IL .g~9erl 80
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17

= Ask shs recovered Dyspeptics Bilious susrers VIC
tins CT Fever and Aqua. the mercurial diseased pa
eent how they recovered health cheerful spirits and
good aprstfte-they win tell you By taking simmons
Liver Regulator.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17
1.-THE VIBRATOR"
1000 SOLD LAST SEASON

d .tgIEEOU1fONE FAILURE Or REJECIION
This r. the fanoas fhreshiar machine that has
swept the field and created such revolution in the
trade, by its NATCHLEss GRAN-SAyISG AND TIME-SAv-
ING principles.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17
$3.50.

ny L Address THE RAILROAD GAZETTE
"a IHlAlt- fi.-- 20 jackson Street, Chicago. q
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-20

News was received at Ragusa from
Turkish sources, on the 18th, that-a battle
had been fought at POdgoritza between
the Turks and 5000 Montenegrins, in
which the latter were defeated, losing 400
killed and 400 wounded. A Turkish gun
boat had shelled the town of Novoselo.
which had been previously captured by
the Servians. The Khedive of Egypt had
sent 5000 men to Constantinople and
would shortly increase the contingent to
10000. A Paris telegram of the same date
announces the capture of Sailschar, and
states that the Servians were hemmed in
between two Turkish armies, with good
prospect Of ultimate capture.
SCLAvONIC advices of the 18th say a
force of 5000 Turks had been defeated on
the preceding day in an attack on Ker-
gueze and Tachza, and been compelled to
embark on steamers on Lake Scutari. The
Turkish loss was said to be 400 and that
of the Montenegrins 100. Sixty Servians
belonging to one regiment had been shot
for cowardice at Nisch.
CONSTANTINOPLE dlSpatcheS or the l2th
say Turkey had defaulted again in the
payment of the interest on her public
debt.
A LONDON telegram of the 10th says
John Edward Cooke, a stockbrOker, had
failed with liabilities of $600,000 and
assets amounting to $42 900.
AN EDINBURGH (Scotland) dispatch of
the 18th, says Disraeli, the British Prime
Minister, had taken the direction of
foreign affairs, to a large extent, into his
own hands.
ACCORDING to a London telegram of the
18th, a large number Of wounded Ser
vians were lying in villages on the rivers
Sane and Morana, mostly uncared for,
owing to the lack of hospital supplies
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-20
ABROAD.

AN explosion of re-damp took place at
a colliery near st. Arold, France, on the
Sth, which killed forty-fve persons and
caused serious injury to forty-seven 9th
ers.
DISPATCHES from Semlin Ga small Aus
trian frontier town. of the 9Th report the
defeat of the Servians under Gen OHM
pics. a Vienna dispatch of the same date
says the Servians had been defeated III
every engagement so far, except one. At
Bielina, several thousand Servians were
wounded. : The Servian Minister of War
had taken personal command of the army.
A Belgrade telegram to a London paper
of the 9th says the Servians had fought
ten engagements during the preceding
eight days and lost 5000 men.
THE United States Consul at San Do
mingo reports that an insult was recently
offered the United States flag at that port,
by Haytien troops, who forcioly took a
passenger, under the protection of such
flag, from the steamer Tybee.
THE German squadron left Salonica on
the 10th with sealed orders to be opened
at sea. A Constantinople telegram of the
10th reports that a great battle had been
fought at Prot on that day. The Turkish
army had been withdrawn from Sailschar,
having failed to force the position and
their TANKS being threatened.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-20

souri, bands of Indians in Kansas and Ne
braska. A resolution for adjournment on
the 25th of July was offered and re-
ferred in the House. report was
made in the South Carolina con-
tested election case, declaring that neither
Butts Contestant nor Mackey Sitting mem
bcr) was lawfully elected to Congress. A
Conference report was made on the Silver
bill, in which was recommended the omis-
sion from the bill of all that related to the
silver dollar, making it legal tender, etc. {;
after considerable debate the report was
agreed to-129 to IS. a report was made
from the Conference Committee on the In
dian Appropriation bill that the committee
was unable to agree. A new Conference
Committee was appointed on the Bankruptcy
bill. 4 report was made from the commit
tee appointed to investigate the charges
against Mr.. Adams, Clerk of the House, for
alleged interference to influence legislation,
the report being TO the effect that there was
no foundation whatever for the charge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-20

THE enlargement of woman's
sphere still continues to attract that
attention in Great Britain which its
Importance merits. The Pail Mall
Gazette suggests that there is a very
wide field of industry open to unem-
ployed women in connection with the
commerce Of the country, and asks why
women should not fulfill the duties of
able-bodied mariners, and thus eman-
cipate themselves from the domestic
drudgery SO irksome and injurious to
the sex.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-20

Bob, that is nne horse you
have there: how much is he worth ?"
Three hundred and fifty dollars. .
Not so much as thatr' Yes, every
cent Of it, and another fifty on top of
it," 'tAre you sure? % Eyes, I'll
swear to it,. 'sAll right" ''What
are you SO inquisitive for?'' . Merely
for assessing purposes. [ am assessor
of this ward, and only wanted to
know what you rated your nag at. =
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-20

Bonner might as well sell Dexter,
and Budd Doble give up the American
Girl. They have got to training steers
down IN Kansas SO that a race horse is
nowhere for speed. Imagine the ap-
pearance Of Texas steer trotting his
mile in PA See them Leg Observe
that horns, Gaze upon those tail,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-20

1t was rather annoying, to say the
least, when the new clerk of a Boston
merchant, who had just been initiated
into the mysteries of the trademark,
inquired in loud voice, as a customer
demurred to the price, What shall /
sell this for? 1t is marked $40, and
cost 80 cents. "-B0St071 Advertiser.