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

lovely pattern of fern-foliage upon
ground of white, which, worn over a
blue silk, had the most enchanting ef-
feet, odd as it may seem in the telling.
The beauty and popularity of these
dresses are in the fact that the designs
are at much greater spaces than in the
printed manufactures. This fact, of
course, diminishes the labor tenfold:
and the effect is entirely unique and
ought to bring shout a revolution in all
printed-goOds. Let the pattern be of
rosebuds, lilies or ferns, the
effect is at little distance
precisely ike bouquets of real
growth, fresh plucked from field and
garden. What are they painted with?
Water-colors, of course, as oils would
run, and the question of ''doing upp is
not to be thought of for q moment in
this Vanity Fair; though, seriously,
enough wear can always be gotten from
an organdie to make it pay, though it
never sees the laundress. OF course,
all the wearers viii not be able to paint
their own gowns. But there are plenty
of feminine artists, whose pictures are
not yet hung at Williams g EVerett's,
who win be only too glad to do this
pretty work for King Midas's daughters
at a reasonable price. The whisper is
that the fashion did not come from
Paris, but originated in the fertile brain
of young demoiselle nearer home,
whose purse was nothing to speak of,
bat whose. associations, if not her blood,
were of the bluest blue. And invited
to one of King Midas's feasts, and with
''nOth ng to wear" she conceived and
executed one of those triumphs of art.
| don't know why the story shouldn't
be true. 1t sounds more credible than
that of the impecunious English damsel
who won the heart of the English Duke
or Marquis by decorating her gown with
the delicate shavings from carpenters
Olanp
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-24
Don,t Poison Your system

With such hurtful drugs as quinine, Gallo
mel, or blue pills, but take instead that safe,
prompt and agreeable substitute, Hostel
ters Stomach Bitters, which, whether it is
used to remedy or prevent malarial fevers,
overcome general debility, or to correct tor
case be found fully adequate to the wants
of the sick and feeble. 1t entirely removes
dyspeptic symptoms, and by stimulating the
flow of gastric juice, facilitates digestion
and insures the conversion of food into
blood, whereby the system is efficiently
nourished and regains its lost vigor. This
greGt-yegetable restorative has received the
Endorsement Of men OF science, the press
has repeatedly borne voluntary testimony to
its excellence, and the public has long since
given it the preference to every medicine of
rs kind
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-24
Two Hundred and TWenty-Seyen Days
Adrift on the Pacific. .

Charles r. Bishop, banker, of Homo
lulu, on the Island of Oahu, capital of
the Sandwich Islands, formerly of
Sandy Hill, and wife-a native Princess
are on visit to friends and relatives
to this country, and yesterday were the
guests of George Bradley, of Fort Ed
ward. Mr.. Bishop, in company with
the late William E. Lee, lawyer, of
Sandy Hill, shipped in a sailing vessel
at NewburypOrt IN the year 1916, bound
for Oregon, and after being adrift 227
days, drifting about by contrary
winds, landed on the Island of
Oahu, one of the Sandwich
Island group in the Pacific Ocean,.
These two young adyenturers found
themselves among strangers on a small
island many thousand miles away from
home and friends, and Oregon, the land
of their fondest hopes, not reached. But
this island having been visited and
Christianized by American missionaries
many years before, these young men
found favor with the King and Court
and they soon established themselves in
business. Being prospered they re-
manned, and Mr.. Bishop, surviving his
companion, now returns to his native
land and homo after an absence of so
years, to enjoy a short visit with those
of his old friends, relatives and associ-
ateS, who still may be found amongst
the living.-Albany IN. Y. Argus.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-24

WMHoFT's ANTI-PERIOD1C OR FEVER AND
AGUE ToNIC.-This Invaluable and standard
family medicine is now a household word
and maintains its reputation unimpaired.
1t is Endorsed by the medical profession, and
prescribed daily in the Charity Hospital and
other Hospitals in New Orleans. Wilh0ft's
Tonic is thus highly recommended by the
leading medical men of the country, and is
worthy Of such Enforcement. G. r. FINLAY
d Co., Projectors, New Orleans.
FoR SAFE BY all DRUG0IsTs.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-24

TIE effect of the great depression in
the mines of Cornwall, England, has
been to reduce not only the working
miners, but the small shopkeepers in
the mining districts, to the borders of
starvation, and all who can raise money
by any means are emigrating. The
bread-winners are leaving the country
by hundreds, and leaving the women,
children, old and inirm to be supported
by the parishes. 1t is reported that in
one parish alone there are 500 women
and children thus left, though many of
them receive aid from their adult male
kindred as soon as money can be earned
elsewhere. Groups of emigrants may
be seen almost daily at t le railway sta
tons on the Cornwall and West Corn
wall lines.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-24

We are sure IL pays TO do your ''Iecet
beSt'' az all times, as whatever is worth do
ing at all is worth doing we'll; rs an illus
tratiOn. the manufacturers OF the famous
Charter Oak Stoves have always aimed to
buythe best Inateriaf, efnplOythe best work
men, and make the best COOKING STOVE
that esuldbe produced, and the result is the
CHARTER OAK has attaised a popularity
unprecedented in the history Of Stoves.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-24
"He died, did heFP" broke in the timic

ale died, did heP' broke in the timid
man, greatly interested.
r'Yes, he died, and right at the open
in of the State Fair, too.1I Somebody
sent him keg of beer, and he drank it
all without removin' the bunghole from
his lips. 'Budge'l was his weakness.
which / may remark has carried OFT
more giants than any other one thing.
It cost all we had taken inithat season
to bury him. l had to buy so many
cemetery lots to get him inyah the real
estate of that nature doubled in price
immejitly. If you could have seen the
undertaker,s bill you would have
thought there had been a battle in the
neig hborhood, and that ere undertaken
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-24
The Living Skeleton and the Arabian
Giant. ...lf

She was large, stout woman, with
a hoarse voice and self-sependent air,
ike one who had travelled great deal
and seen much. She came into a rail
road car and planked herself down by
the side of timid looking passenger,
after lifting his carpet-ba out of the
seat and dumping it upon his toes.
When the conductor came along and
asked for her fare, she said: "You
don't make no reduction orshOw folks,
do yOu?n The conductor remarked
that they did not if they knew it. As
she counted out the required amount,
she said when her husband was alive
they frequently got along on half-fare,
if they weren't T" dead-headed" alto
gether, a" but,n she added, stiffness is
different since poor George died"
The curiosity OF the timid-loOking
passenger by her side was excited, and
he ventured to inquire what business
her husband followed when alive.
"He was the Livin' Skeleton, - she
answered with a husky pride in her
voice, ''and the best one that ever
stood on two legs, if do say it, ..
Was he bornfOr it?'' asked the man,
after a pause. --.l Er-- ...
"Born for what2n
"For q skelet0n?n
"In course he was. Cut out for the
business, at san enormous expense, as
the show-bills say. He don't bring
enough flesh into the world for q mos
quito to start meat shop with, His
joints had to be held together with
stickin' plaster to prevent his fallin' to
pieces. The folks thought it inpossi
Bile to keep the breath of life in SIGH
little heap of bones, but the kid seemed
to have a presentiment of the future
there was before him-appeared to drop
on what card he would be for side
show if he could only live, so he wouldn't
scroak,' but held on ike country Mayor
for show license. His mother used a
pair of candle-molds as pattern to cut
out his pantaloons byiuntil he was four
teen years old, an ordinary umbrella
cover made him very comfortable
overcoat. l don't let on he was one Of
your George Washington fellers that
never told lie, but if he did it never
helped him any; he was so thin every
body could see right through him. His
name was George, but they called him
Slim JIM around home. You have
heard of the slender young man who
went to the masquerade ball with his
head chalked to represent a billiard
cue! George was that Teller. " .f.
% How did you come to meet him?'
asked the timid passenger.
81 was going to tell ye- had been
in the show business for some years
with my first husband, the
Arabian Giant, as he was called, and
mana GIN the show. He was considered
the best giant in the business when he
was awe. He stood 90 feet in his
and weighed 632 pounds. We
took in a heap Of money; but'expenses,
like him, was heavy. He could eat
about as much as a menagerie, and l
had to charter whole freight car to
him from place TO place. No
woman as hasn't had q giant on her
hands knows what trouble he is. Yet
[ loved him and had the satisfaction Of
KNOWN he was all my owas He was a
man | looked up to a good DEAL" she
trying to choke down the
rising sob, Observation-Disclosures /
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-24

A GOOD INVESTMENT; one dollar for
Shallenberger's Ague AutidOte. The worst
.ease-sof ehills- cured immediately Never
more than one chill after commencing. IL
strengthens the SYSTEM and improves the
appetite. Nothing in it 10 injure an infant.
(SOld by alLdruggists.l q,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-24

"LoAFING around saloons with intent
to SPONGE" was the charge made by a
Cincinnati policeman against a prison
er,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-24

DIR TUT: Dear Strive wish to inform you that
your Hair Dye excels all others. For its natural
coloring # can not be equaed. Our customers will
use No other. IL is great triumph.
ANTHONY HAAS. BARRIERS,
CHAS Holm. New Orleans.
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ssgfPSROs@sS, VIBRATOR:

THE ENORMOUS WASTAGE Of grain, so iger'lG b.
nth otlsr styles Of Thrashers, be SAVED by tr-c
Improved Machine, auiciei, erey J0b, % more tia
pay all expenses Of ihreshiug.
FLAX, TIMOTHY, MILLET, HUNGARIAN s1G
ike seeds threhed, separated cleaned and sav5d
Us easily and perfectly as Wheat, Oats, Rye or BARLEY
AN EXTRA PRICE IS usually paid for F-ain 1ud
seeds cleaned ~ ibis machine, for extra Ceaainlss-
IN THE WET GRAIN of 1875, these were substi a,
tally the ONLY MACHINES that could run with pro
or economy, doing fast thorough and perfect wOIk
tcheH others utterly failed.
ALI GRAIN TINE and MONEY wasting compile.
tons, such Endless Apfons, -addle7," Beite, "
"Pickers" etc, are satTcy dispensed rlh; less Il
One-half the usual Gears Belts, Boxes and J0urnS
easier managed durable; light running; no c1s-
ly repairs; dust; no httering5" TO clean Up; -.
troubled by adverse winds, rain or storms.
FARMERS and GRAIN RAISERS who are posted
in the large saving made ty 1t will not employ i.
TiOr and wasteful maCnsEsa, but VIII lassf tl..i
improved Thresher dci1l; iEsic work.
FOUR SIZES made :or ., {, 10 and y House
Powers. Also a speuaIty II SEPARATORs, designed
and made EXPRESSLY p -rfAg POWER
TWO STYLES CT l5oGSt. lowers, viz; our irc.
proved cripple tear al "a Spur Speed" tWOva.
bury Style both s. dou..t5C ~ foaT wheels.
IF INTERESTED II Iilosiiias or Grain RAISING
apply to nearest DeaIs wire for ulusta-
ted Circular sent free, 2g -uB particulars Of Sizes
Styles, Prices, Terms, etc.
Nichols, shepard d Co.,
bsrILE CREEK, MICH.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-24

THE wife of a New York undertaken
laid out 10S children dur ng two weeks
in July.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-24

IL elementary treatise the Locomotive written
in the form Of questions and answers Tue book con-
tains 609 pages and 80 engravngs including Is full
page plates Of different STYLES Of locomotives
NO popular treatise the locomotive the English
language gives so clear, simple and complete de-
Ecription OF the construction and working of the loco
motive engine and no work of any kind, however ex-
tensye. gives go full an account Of modern American
practice in locomotive construction, and Of the latest
scientific discoveries which have application to the
operation of the locomotive especially those relating
to combustion, heat etc., all Of which the author has
endangered to make plain to those who have not
the rudiments Of scientific education
The principles OF operating ana details Of cOnstruc-
ton are 50 clearly explained 10 enable any inte-
gent person TO thoroughly understand them. Tbs
book written without the Of technical terms
sOstruse mathematical calculations, and Is intended
for all classes Of readers.
r PRICE, S2-5O.
Address TIE RAILROAD GAZETTE,
20 Jackson Street. Chicago.
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GENERAL BRRyrTIEs.


A CHARLEMoNT Mass minister re-
fused. 10 marry young man, member
of his church, because his betrothed
was not professed Christian.
A SAN FRANcIsCo theater manager
has given notice that no woman shall
occupy a seat in the boxes, dress circle,
or parquet of his house If she wears a
hat or bonnet.
GREAT BRTTAIN's public debt has
been reduced since 1858 from eS39, 3d.
326 to f775, $50, being a diminution
of ga, $40. The total amount paid
off was, however, much greater, for in
the same rs years a debt was contract
ed amounting to e2S,656,44
A soMBER anniversary is this year TO
be celebrated by Antwerp, that Of the
plundering of the city by the Spanish
soldiery, November 4, 1916. The Coun-
ell have offered a prize of 1000 francs
for the best history Of this event, TO be
written in Flemish, and in a manner
which may interest the people.
OK July Z a coach fcom Barcelona
(Spain) was stopped near Hospitalet
for the second time in ten days. The
Civil Guards fred, killing one Of the
bandits; the rest escaped IL the dense
but stunted pine and oak forests. Men
caught red handed are now being shot
down on the march by Civil Guards.
A RAILROAD disaster. in Spain has re-
suited in a law providing that when an
accident in any way chargeable to the
railroad company occurs, the company
shall pay $4,000 10 the family of each
person killed, $1,000 to the family of
each person incapacitated, and s.
day TO each Injured person until reeov-
cry.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-01-24

ent comes on. and the fields are bare.
and mud aud frozen ground take the
place of snow in the roads. there is much
inconvenience. with little to compensate,
and complaining teamsters and jaded
horses want more snow" Winter is
not curse, though sometimes long and
severe, and when VIC complain We should
remember that every country has some
thing that is not agreeable. The South
has too much hot weather, too many
cOckroaches aud too many negroes to
suit Vermonters the West has too much
mud, terribly cold winds in winter, and
q sprinkling of fever and ague in sum
mer. California, with boasted climate.
has months of sunny and windy weather,
when the grass dies and the sands drift
about like the snow, to be succeeded by
the rainy season. when it just pOurs. and
o, the mud If you 90 to the table lands
Of Mexico. where there is an even and
agreeable temperature, you will have left
home, friends, schools, comfort.
Vermont's climate is Offset by some
advantages not found elsewhere; and a
contented disposition, with little bra
very when the mercury gets below zero,
will help us on till spring brings the Vi
Diets and dandeliOns.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-01-24
THE DYNAMITE PLOT.

To make assurance doubly sure. Thorn
as, the assassin. after his arrival at Bre-
men, opened the murderous chest, took
out the mechanism and sent it to clock
maker to be cleaned and tested. The
opinion is advanced by those who saw 1t
on the occasion that the assassin over
reached himself in not telling those who
constructed and repaired the clock that
the works were intended to be wound
up. The hammer, it appears, was so
delicately poised that any rude handling
Of the chest must have brought it down
even before the spring was sufficiently
unwound to lift the lever and let it fall
again. Hence it is possible that on the
chest being thrown from the wagon ex-
plosion was caused. not directly by the
conclusion of frozen crystals, as has been
hitherto assumed, but indirectly, by the
hammer leaping over the check and act
ing prematurely upon the igniting appa-
ratus. The board upon which the mech
anism was placed is but slightly injur-
ed, and has been handed to the magis-
trates. 1t consists of five layers of wood
exactly fitting, and strongly connected
with each other by screws. The mode
of the clock, too, is in possession of the
authorities. The dellberatiOn with
which the assassin set to work may b
gathered from the fact that he procured
the materials for the commission of hi
crime in very different localities H
bought the explosive material in Amer
ca, and either conveyed it to German
as passengers luggage, or else had
sent after him-a point on which som
doubt seems to have arisen. He had tn
model of his perniciOus clock manufaC
,, tured after his own drawings at Vienna
ordered the clock at Bernburg, and e
: Tire metal vase aud -VVdeu chest
Dresden.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-01-24
VERMONT WINTERS.


When the early SHOWS fall and cover
the green earth, aud the cold blasts
sweep down from the north, We seek the
shelter Of the house and the warmth Of
the FIRE, and complain Of the long, cold
and dismal winters Of Vermont but
when the sun shines out cheerfully on
the following day. the snow is shoveled
from the doorway. the road Is opened,
the jingle Of sleigh-bells is heard, and
there is pleasure in the crisp air and
beauty in the white face Of nature that
drives away the gloom from our hearts
The prudent husbandman has piled his
fuel under cover his barns are filed
with clean and sweet fodder for his cat
tie and his Aooks his granary and eel
lar are filed with such as the abundant
harvest has yielded, and he has only to
prepare his fuel, feed and tend his stock,
do his chores. and await the opening Of
the warm and busy season Of spring
The long evenings afford time and op,
portunity for reading. social intercourse
meetings, lectures and the many amuse.
ments and useful privileges that winter
brings. The severity Of some winters
it is true. tell upon the health. but tht
cold, pure air is invigoratiDg. and thOs,
who are not Unexpectedly exposed Z
the cold and the storm are as healthy il
winter as in summer. The poor sufe
more or less in winter, and not a feV
who are unwilling to prepare for th
cold. suffer from their own shiftlessnesi
In our villages and busy towns, tn
winter is really the season Of pleasure
and there are often too few evenings j
the week for the meetings. parties an
social gatherings that are planned. S
with all cur shivering and scolding. "
extract from winter many joys. Snow
as much as we sometimes suffer from j
is a blessing; the naked fields need
for coverlet, and the rOngh frozen. {
the thawed and muddy roads require
for comfortable travelling.
When a warm winter, like the pre-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-01-24
MOODY's MEETINGS.

Tie success Of the revivalists at
Philadelphia has been all that the most
sanguine could have expected. Great
as was the interest manifested at first,
TO hear and see the noted revivalist and
his singing companion, Sankey, that at
the close far exceeded that first felt A
careful estimate makes the number Of
persons who have attended the meeting.
100000 During some Of the days
Just passed, 5000 came in on the cars
from the surrounding country. The
great depot in which the meetings have
been held, has been altogether too small
for the numbers seeking admittance.-
From twelve to fourteen thousand were
usually present at the evening meetings,
while as many as four thousand met at
the bible readings. conducted by Mr..
Moody. 1t is said that many Of the
churches in the city and vicinity have
received large additions to their member
and attendance since the advent Of th,
revivalists Many thousand are be
lieved to have been converted, and tn
seed Of work Of grace, such as has new
er been seen in America, seems to hav
been sown. Great preparations are be
ing made in New York for the meet
ings soon to be held there.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-01-24

The Democratic and Independent
journals are terribly exercised on &C
count Of ex-Speaker Blaine's speeches
on the amnesty bill, and his parliament
airy successes in the House. Don't
worry, J. G. Blaine has reached his
present elevated position in congress-
and in the esteem Of the people, without
any assistance from this portion of the
press, and he will probably survive the
sympathy, and the anxiety still exer-
eised in his behalf by these same jour
nails. Maine has the honor Of present
ing to the consideration Of the people of
the United States, man who towers
head and shoulders" above his CON-
peers in congress and his rivals without
the name Of this man is James G.
Blaine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-01-24

The explanation Of the large number
of pleas of guilty which have been en-
tered in the Chicago whisky cases, seems
to be a very simple one. Those who
have pleaded guilty were certain Of con-
viction, and took that method, apparent
" by the advice Of their counsel, to pro-
cure lenient treatment from the court.
Secretary BristOw has declined to make
any arrangement with indicted persons,
and it is obvious that no arrangement
which could be entered into by the legal
representatives Of the government co uld
be binding upon the court. The fixing
Of the sentences Of these self-convicted
eonspirators against the revenue is a
matter entirely within the sphere Of ju-
dicial discretion, and not at all depend
ent on the will Of lawyers on either side.
The parties who have pleaded guilty
and who may be instrumental in pro-
curing the conviction Of others, are not
unlikely to get off with a somewhat
lighter punishment than they would 9th.
erwise have received. But it Is absurd
to suppose that unless in one or two ex
ceptiOnal cases, they can possibly secur,
immunity from punishment.