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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1876-03-20
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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1876-03-20

SitngemitteI bnr1 Nuf1hlieBet Ieiuer
SeltanotDetle n1ebr an BeDeutung oez
tptllne, bat man Ii6 in ben lebten Sabren
mebr urto mebr ben %logenannt en- Srperz
pbospbatet, allo Dem our6 S6mefelz
ldure nuf9ei6lo1lenenGno6enmebl, ooer
oertpanoten Stoffen 5ugetpanot. eSn az
len ertpdbntenO ulgern berubt Der Wertb
auf benz 0e6alt al Bbosp9oridure, uno
ct tptro mooifi5irt our9 ibren 905lt1z
fetts5uitano. Menn nun in Der NGer;
frume 5tpar Die BDo5pborldure aQmGltg
DoIitGloig gel0it niro, 10 gei6ie9t Oies
i'm 9tugcnleinen bod Su langiam; auBer=
Dem lit Die Bei6affenbeit oes Booens
bierbei bon groBem @influie. 8erafz
ft6ti9en mir 3. 3. nur, OaB 81 ieocm
3erleBungspro3eB Seu9tigfett uno Bdr=
me ertoroerli9 ftno, 10 fol9t bieraus
i0on, oaB auf etnem trofnen oocr eis
ilem 81 talten, tDetI naiien Bo0en poue
8irtung nie er5iett tperOen fam.
Sailen mir nun oas @eiagte tur3 suz
ialnmen: Bel Der 8abI amtiden grobem
uno feinem &no6enme6l ipable man itets
oaS Iebtere. SIT oa5lel6e aud tbeurer,
10 lit eS bod Dem ~erlteren Dor5u3ieben,
neil bic 3eriebun9 im 8o0en i6neaer
uno DerDouitGnoigter Dor it'd ge9t. SET
Der @abl 3ipil0en robem 1tlo 9eodmptz
tenn Gno6enmebl tDa6le man nteber Lebz
tereS. 9ur6 baS 0Gnpfen miro Das
&no6enmebl entfettet, alio Der Seu6ti9z
felt oeS Booens lei6ter Sugdnglt6; IS
tptrb it1 oesbalb aud i6neIer 3erieBen,
nno feline Birfung cine b06ere ietn. llnb
enoIi6 muB bte Trage, Oh 9eOdmpfteS
O0er aufgei6loileneS &no9enmebl, SUI
perpbospbat. an5uDenOen let, ebenfoQs
gu @uniten Der i6neumtrfenoen Super
phosphate beantiportet peroen. S6om
Der 66bere 8rei5 Der in leBteren lDslt6en
86ospboridIre betpeiSt e5, tporaus aber
utbt 3uglei6 fOlgt. baB ~9eoGrnpfteS &uoz
6enmebL ii6 ME empfebLe. B~elonbers
ba, mo eS oarauf anfommt, nod giinltig
auf Die na6folgen0e Sru6t gu pirten,
B. 8. BET SOrnerfrudt nit eiugelGetem
&lee uH6 b~elonOers BET gleid3etttSer
StaQmtitoingung ooer auf 6umuSboz
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0erbit ODER bod rebt frub i'm SriDiabr
aus9eidet uno fla6 untergepfGigt, 10 lit
oonlt, tpenn Die Nirfung etntreten lou,
i9on ein seuii9euber &6etL l0sLi6 9ez
morOen. 9ui Wieien empfiebIt it'd Die
Nnuel0ung Oes %QeOdmpften &no@ens
meblS fat thinner in erlter 2inte, neil
man bier tets cine me9r nG99alti9e Wirs
flung i'm Muge bat.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-04
The Power Of Ignorance.

1t is a common sentence that knowl-
edge is power, but who hath duly con-
sidered or set forth the power of igno-
rance? knowledge slowly builds up
what ignorance in an hour pulls down.
knowledge, through patient and frugal
centuries, enlarges discovery and makes
record of it; ignorance, wanting its
days dinner, lights fire with the rec
ord, and gives a flavor to its one roast
with the burnt souls of many genera
tons. knowledge, instructing the
sense, refining and multiplying needs,
transforms itself into skill, and makes
life various with new six days work
comes ignorance drunk ON the seventh,
with a frkin of oil and match and an
easy ssLet there not be''-and the many
colored creation is shriveled up in
blackness. OF truth, knowledge is
power, but it is power refined by scru-
pie, having conscience of what must
be and what may be; whereas ignorance
is blind giant who, let him but wax
unbound, would make it sport to seize
the pillars that hold up the long
wrought fabric of human good, and
turn all the places of Joy as dark as
buried Babylon. And looking at life
parcel-wise, in the growth OF a single
Single lot, who having practised vision
may not see that ignorance Of the true
bond between events, and false coneeit
of means whereby sequences may be
compelled-like that falsity of eyesight
which overlooks the gradation of dis
lance, seeing that which is afar off as if
were within step or grasp-precipi-
tate the mistaken soul on destruction?
Eliot in 'Dd,gteL DeTondG.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-04
Gen. Butler as a Lover.

The New York correspondent of the
Baltimore NeaCs relates the following:
Apropos of theatricals, l have heard
my mother tell little story of the late
Mrs. Butler, and of Ben Butler as low
er. Miss Hildreth was q lovely young
creature who had espoused the stage,
and was fairly successful for those days
when no such fame and fortune were
made as in these. She came to Cinoin-
matt to play an engagement, and had
hardly begun when B. F. Butler, who
had fallen in love with her some time
previously, came after her. 1t was I'M
derstood by the company that although
she favored his suit, she was not dis
posed to marry as soon as he desired.
He had to go to New Orleans on a short
trip, and told her that he would give
her until he came back to make up her
mind. He left the city, was gone a
short time, and one night made his APP
pearance in the green-room. Miss Hill
dreth was playing Pauline in the ''Lady
of Lyons" and when she came off the
stage found the impetuous and then OBJ
scure Ben waiting most impatiently for
his answer. She gave it in the affirma-
tive, and he hurried her away with all
the ardor of the first Napoleon on his
second marriage. At that time Butler
was strong, well-knit young fellow,
with remarkable conversational powers.
They must have been great indeed to
have won so lovely and SO desirable a
partner for life. Long sufferer from
one of the most agonizing maladies to
which female flesh is heir, cancer, Mrs.
Butler bore her torments with more
than mere patience-with resignation
and dignity, and comparatively young
has just lain down her life q martyr to
disease.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-04

i.
er islands; thus the agony of the poor
creatures may be imagined when more
than once ship was deserted, only to
be watched as she sailed past them
without perceiving their signals. At
length, however, on a fortunate day
asst January, the Young Phoenix, a
New-Bedford vessel, finding the whale
in these lonely latitudes, stood in to the
islands, and saw the blanket ensign.
Her captain, like a worthy fellow,
instantly ran up the Stars and Stripes
as token that he would send help,
and, dispatching his boats ashore, he,
after learning the plight of the casta-
ways, took all the A survivors on board
his ship, where it was naturally for
many days uncommonly close quarters.
Some public recognition will, we trust,
reward the humane behavior of the
American skipper; for, though it might
seem incredible that any one could find
his fellow-men in such a position as
that of the Strathmore survivors, and
leave even one of them in jeopardy, still
it was no slight undertaking in those
solitary seas, with the chance of failing
supplies and rough weather, to ship the
entire company and give up every OBJ
ject of the voyage to put them in a
place of safety
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-04
Why an Old Man Sinned.

On Friday last, says the Elkton (Ky.)
Witness, we had quite touching scene
in our Courthouse. Old John Garner.
an old, gray-headed man, was arraigned
for the crime of grand larceny-horse
stealing. He pleaded guilty, and pre-
scented himself to the Jury in a brief and
touching address. He said:
Gentlemen of the Jury: am an old
man, and my race is nearly run. This
IS the first time in my life I have ever
been before jury. | have never even
been a witness in a magistrates court.
/ was born in 1916, and have been a
handwriting and an honest man all nv
life until now. l am a stranger to every
man inthis house, except His Honor
who sits on that bench. He has known
me for nine years, and he will tell you
have been an honest man and a good
citizen. This Jury looks like a set of
honest and intelligent men, and wish
You TO deal with me the best you can.
/ read in the papers that the prison at
Frankfort is an awful place-that it is so
crowded that one can scarcely live
there. From the accounts of that place
i ~ pJOoC l. NOulO nOI AlN6
You see am old and feeble, and I ask you
10 do the best you can for me. Gentle
men, if l could have got work I would
have supported my family and not been
here. But l want to tell you'll am a
very poor man and have to work to live.
Well, last year the times were very
hard indeed, and could not get work
mach of my time. l am a mechanic, /
and l went TO GAINESVILLE, Fairview, 4
and many other places, but could not |
get any work. The times were very
hard, as you all know, and but few
men had money to pay for labor. /
travelled around till spent all that /
had but bed and chair. Twas tired
md out of heart, and my family suffer-
nc for food and clothing. heard then
hat l could get work in North Logan,
md | sold my kit of tools to get my
amily moved up there. 1 paid S75 for
nv tools in Louisville and had to sell
hem low. After paying for moving l
lad SIS left. / got place for my fam
Iy for little while, and started again
or work. / tried hard TO find it, hut
ould not. l went back to my family,
'roken down in spirit, thinking | would
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-04
To ALL, particularly invalids, spring is

trying season. Indications Of sickness should
ct once be attended to- Fatal diseases may be
caused by allowing the bowels to become consti-
pated and the system to remain in a disordered
condition until the disorder has time to develop
itself An ounce of prevention is worth pound
q cure, is an old and truthful saying. Therefore
We dvise all who are troubled with the complaints
now very p-evalcnt-headache, indigestion, disor-
dered liver. want Of appetite, nausea or feverish
skin-tO take, without delay, Schenck's Mandrake
Pills. We know Of no remedy so harmless and
decisive in its action. 1t at once strikes at the
root Of the disease and produces healthy tone to
the system. People never need suffer from any
disease arising from disordered condition of the
liver if they would take this excellent medicine
when they feel the first indications of the malady
Families leaving home for the summer months
should take three four boxes OF these pills with
them. They have an almost instantaneous effect
They will relieve the patient of headache in one or
two hours, and will rapidly cleanse the liver of
surrounding bile, and will efectually prevent a
bilious attack. They are seld by all druggists.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-04

have to starve or beg. Gentlemen, my
little boy, about six years old, got in my
lap and put his little arms around my
neck and asked me if the good Lord
would let us starve. l love my family
as well as any man, and could not think
of their starving"
The prisoner became overwhelmed
with emotion, and, pausing for few
moments, he pleaded for as light yer
dict as the Jury could give him. The
occasion was exceedingly solemn. The
prisoner told his story without reserva-
ton. Age and care had whitened his
locks and furrowed his brow. He had
seen better days, but he was now a
broken reed. The Jury, the attorneys,
the Judge and the spectators were
touched by the homely recital of the
suppliant prisoner. The Jury gave
him two years in the Penitentiary, and
the Judge, Jury and lawyers then
signed a petition to the Governor for his
pardOn
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-04
Thanks "FrOm the Depths of the
HEARTY
WELLINGTON. Lorain Co. O.. Aug. "a, 1874.

WELLINGTON, Lorain Co., o., Aug. "a, 1874
DR. Il. =. Pierce. Buffalo, y. Y:
Dem Shr-Your medicines, Golden Medi-
cal Discovery, DIR. Sages Catarrh Remedy,
have proved Of the greatest service TO me.
Six months ago no one thought that | could
possibly live long. l had complication Of
diseases-scrofula, manifesting itself in
erupuons and great blotches on my head that
made such sores that | could not have my hair
combed without causing me much suffering;
also causing swollen glands, tonsils enlarged,
enlarged, or thick neck and large and
numerous boils. l also suffered from ter
rible Chronic Catarrh, and in fact | was so
diseased that life was burden to me. l
had tried many doctors with no benefit. l
finally procured one-half dozen bottles of
your Golden Medical Discovery and one
dozen Sages Catarrh Remedy and COM
menced their use. At first was badly dis
couraged, but after taking four bottles of
the Discovery began to improve, and when
l had taken the remaining | was tCeu. In
addition to the use of Discovery / applied
a solution of Iodine to the GOitre or thick
neck, as you advise in pamphlet wrapping,
and it entirely disappeared. Your DiscOy-
cry is certainly the most wonderful blood
medicine ever invented. | thank Sod and
you, from the depths Of my heart, for the
great good it has done me.
Very gratefully, Mrs. /. CHAFFEE.
AlONL uCuiCluCs WHICH dIC utiNt4 llSCh uS
blood purifiers and liver medicines contain
either mercury, in some form, or potassium
and iodine yariOusly combined. All of these
agents have strong tendency to break down
the blood corpuscles, and debilitate and
otherwise permanently injure the human
system, and should therefore be discarded.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, on
the other hand, being composed of the Guid
extracts of native plants, barhs and roots,
will in no case produce injury, its effects
being strengthening and curative only.
Sarsaparilla, which used to enjoy quite
reputation as blood purifier, is remedy
of thirty years ago, aud may well give place
as it is doing, to the more positive and val
liable vegetable alternatives which later med
ical investigation and discovery have brought
to light In Serofula or Kings Evil, White
Swcllings, Ulcers, Erysipclas Swcllcd Neck,
GOitre, ScrOfulous Infammatious, Indolent
Inflammation, Mcrcural affections, Old
Sores, EruptiUns of the skin and Sore Eyes
as in all other blood diseases, DR.. Picrce's
Golden Medical Discovery has shown its
great remedial powers, curing the most oh
stinate and intractablc cases. Sold by all
dealers in medicines.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-04
The Prevailing Disease of America.

The disease receives different names in va
rious parts Of the country. In some sections
it is called dyspepsia, in others it is termed
liver complaint; sometimes they call il kidney
disease, and at others humor in the blood.
The fact is, that all these diseases are pres
ent to some extent in nearly every case, and
this disease prevails to an alarming extent
throughout the whole land. Hardly house,
hold but what has some inmate afflicted.
We advise those. who have the following
symptoms to use an effective remedy, and
eradicate the disease from the system: There
is generally dull pain in the head, with
dizziness at times, foul breath, bad taste in
the mouth, irregular bowels, poor appetite
and imperfect digestion, distressed, all gone
feeling like the gnawing Of a cancer in the
pit of the stomach, scanty high cOlOfed
urine, stagnated blood, sunken eyes tinged
with yellow, skin cold and clammy, covered
sometimes with brown spots, depressed
spirits with evil forebOdings, tired, lam
guild feeling, after a time a dry hacking
cough, but is followed after time with eX-
pectoratiOn; then a wasting away of the
flesh, finally night sweats, and soon death
closes the scene. Such is the brief history
of thousands in this country, and none of us
can be too quick in using the remedy. The
safest and surest is the SHAKER EXTRACT OF
ROOTs, sold by \. J. White, 319 Pearl ST.,
n. Y. 1t seems to operate like charm in
these cases. Agents wanted.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-04
American Wild Birds for Auckland.

a novel shipment will shortly be
made to New Zealand. SOnntag q Co.,
of this city, recently sent an order to
firm in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to ship, as
early as practicable, one hundred pairs
of prairie chickens, ten pairs of wild
turkeys and ten pairs of wild geese to
a house in Auckland for breeding pur-
poses. Arrangements have been made
to capture the birds, which is done by
trapping the chickens and turkeys. The
mode of capturing the prairie chicken
is thus described: A pit is dug m the
ground, say three feet deep, and five or
six feet long, near where grain is stored,
and the opening is covered by light
board, resting only at the center. 1t is
held in position by means of weights
suspended underneath. Grain is then
scattered on this trap, which is disguis-
ed by corn huSks, straw or brush. The
unsuspecting chicken steps upon the
treacherous board and is precipitated
into the pit. The manner of catching
wild turkeys is more simple. 1t is well
known that turkey will not seek to
escape from an enclosure by crawling
under any thing, but it struts around
with head erect, looking for an opening
above. A pen is constructed of rails
placed far enough apart to permit the
head of the turkey to pass through, but
not its body The pen is usually placed
on the slope of hill, and in the lower
side an opening is left large enough
for turkey TO pass through
freely Grain is then scattered
in a train leading to the hole. The tur-
key will follow the grain until it walks
unsuspectingly into the trap. Once
within the Enclosure the simple bird
walks to the upper side and looks in
vain for chance to escape until taken
out by the trapper. Wild geese are
usually wounded in the wing by skill
full hunter, and it is not difficult mat
ter then to bag them.-San Francisco
R,JlJpfi1J
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-04
Murre Eggs.

The murre is queer bird. 1t is about
the size of a small duck, and it sits on
only one egg at time. If her nest is
robbed, the mother murre lays another
egg and sits again. The strangest part
of the story is that the eggs are not
alike; in fact, it would be almost i'm
possible, among thousands of them, to
find single pair that matched in color.
They are brown, green, white, blue, or
gray, as the case may be, with streaks
or spots of blue, black, green, olive, or
brown. But all these fancy styles are
only shell deep. The little INJURIES that
come out of the eggs are all after the
same pattern, and in time they take af-
ter their parents in way that is beau
tiful to behold.
If you want to see them, go to the
Farallone Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Climb the first cliff you come TO, and
turn to the right.-S. Nicholas for
Man.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-04
/" Your Stockings Down."

The most religious man in Congress
is an honorable member from one of the
Western States. | will not mention his
name, neither will | divulge his home
post-oflice address, for religious leg
islator is too precious jewel in these
days to be lying around loose, so that
any enterprising exhibitor may press
him into parading himself before the
public gaze for filthy lucre. will call
him Timmins-Tim NJ. G.
Zoundsl but he is model man. Why,
he has bill before the Committee on
Agriculture to appropriate liberal
amount to procure a suitable covering
for Powers's Greek Slave, now on eX-
hibition in the Corcoran Art Gallery,
and would no more think of looking at
the little cherubs who sit up aloft dur
ing the sessions of the House than he
would of speaking to George q. Can
non, the man of many wives, from
Utah. 1t so happened that Timmins
was going down in one of the F Street
cars the other day. He was reading the
Christian Union; had one of his legs
resting across the other, and was to-
tally lost in an article on the evils of
forwardness in the female sex. Tim
minis wears low shoes, and it so hap
pened that his amber colOred sock on
the elevated limb was hanging in
saggy condition over the top of his No.
8. This displayed a lack of neatness
on the part of Timmins. Every body
in the car saw the exposed condition of
that gingly-mOid joint commonly called
the ankle. A gentle maiden of about
40 years of age in reality, but about Is
in her attire; one of these evergreens
of her sex, as Addison calls them, saw
the Timmins sock embroglie, and as it
was leap year, and Timmins fair to be-
hold, and member also (for his long
enlargement from water showed that,
the maiden whispered in his left ear,
Sir, your stocking is down."
"WhatP" said Timmins, not exactly
catching what she said, fare is seven
cents, madam; twenty-five cents will
buy five tickets.n "Oh, sir, you mis-
understand me your stockings down."
Then Timmins looked, and his mad got
up higher than it ever did before; he
was Just boiling over, and the audible
smiles of the rest of the occupants of
the car did not tend to mend matters a
bit. He hastily arranged his foot-gear,
and turning toward his lady informant
he gave her a whitening look, saying
"I'm obliged to you, madam, for tell
ing me my stockings down. l could
easily return the compliment if you
didn't wear carriers, madam" There
was a suppressed yell, and Timmins,
conscious Of having accomplished some
thing great, left the car at the Ebbitt. |
This is founded on fact, and when it
leaked out Timmins became a hero
Washington Cor Rochester Express.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-04
A Costly Alms-Dish.

A magnificent alms-basin, weighing
ten pounds, of solid gold and silver, in
laid with precious stones, was used for
the first time in the morning service at
st. Paul's Church yesterday. Two years
ago the contribution plates were stolen
from the church. The pastor, Rev. Dr.
Hodges, suggested to his congregation
the idea of forming an alms-basin from
pieces of gold and silver TO be offered
by them, to take the place of the stolen
plates. On St. Paul's day, 1874, the
offerings were made, consisting of
twenty-five pounds of silver and gold,
comprising watches, chains, rings,
spoons, Jewels, etc. The pieces were
generally relics and highly priced by
the givers, who comprised very large
portion of the congregation. Besides
the alms-basin there was enough ma
terial from which to make six collec-
ton plates and a magnificent silver SER
vice. The basin was wrought in New
York, and was received Friday last. 1t
is sixty-eight inches in circumference,
with a depth of three and q half inches
and rim of three inches. The rim is
mounted by eight gold medallions,
each inlaid with five different kinds of
stones-amethysts, topaz, garnets,
bloodstone, crystal, etc. The bottom
bears an engraving of the alteration of
the wise men, with diamond repre-.
senting the Star of Bethlehem, and is
with the inscription: sThey
opened their treasures and presented
to him gold, frankincense and myrrh. ,,
There is another inscription: call that
IS In the heavens and in the earth is
thine. "-Baltimore Sun.
RQsK.-Bits of bread thoroughly dried
In the oven, then rolled fine on the
moulding-board. Eaten in milk it is
very much relished by the children.