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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27
A Lake Disappears.

A third lake in Lowndes County has
been emptied of its waters by subterra-
mean passages during the last six
months. What is the matter? the
Times has several times alluded to the
fact that Lowndes County had within
its borders numbers of lakes from 10 to
500 (and several beyond 1,000) acres in
size; and can it be that these lakes are
all connected with grand underground
water-course? 1t seems SOP In Septem-
Der last one dried up, or ran off, and
left bushels upon bushels of fish in holes
of water upon the bottom of the lake.
In January another about five miles
from this did the same thing, and now
Grassy Pond, lake covering about five
hundred acres, Just between the two
above mentioned, has left its millions
of fishes out of water. About three
weeks ago it was reported that the wa
tiers of this lake were sinking below
low water-mark, and every day or two
we would hear that it was going down.
Last Friday a report spread all over the
country like wild-ire that Grassy Pond
was low enough to rake the fish out
with nets, and by shutdown over 100
people had collected at the place. Some
had dip-nets, some cast-nets, and there
was one seine in the party. The first
haul with the seine caught enough trout,
jack, Dream and speckled perch to make
a mess for every one present. During
that night all the water disappeared,
and there was millions of fish left dead
upon dry land.
Next day the planters hitched up
their wagons and hauled load after
load and scattered them in their fields
for manure, and thousands were left at
the mercy of buzzards, hogs and other
creatures of prey. Such quantities of
fish, and such destruction, have never
been known in the history of Lowndes
County. No one ever dreamed that
there was half that quantity of fish in
Grassy Pond, though it was celebrated
for its fine fishing grounds in the spring
of the year. The other two lakes above
mentioned did not run thus completely
dry, and the fish that were not caught
were saved by the water returning in a
few days from its hidden retreat in the
bosom of the earth. We learn that
Grassy Pond is filling up again, but it
is too late to save the tinny be.-Hal-
deSta (GG.) Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27

IT has been so long the habit of the
American people to credit themselves
with producing all the really valuable
inventions that il is almost relief, on
account of the novelty, to find capt.
tally useful and ingenious invention of
French origin. A Frenchman, NJ. Han
rian, has discovered a method by which
well can be made to pump its own
water. The invention is not a myth,
either, being much better authenticated
than the Keely motor, and having been
successfully tried near Conilly, in
France. The invention is described at
length in AppletOn'S Journal, and from
the description it appears that the only
requisites of success are a stratum of
soil saturated with water, a second
stratum below impervious to water, and
beneath that an absorbent stratum.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27
Dr. scbenck,, st,Da,rd R.medIe..

THE standard remedies for all diseases Of the
| lungs ere ScHENcK's PULMoNIc SYRUP, SCHEMES
SEA WEED Tonic and ScHENcK's MANDRAKE
Pills, and, II taken before the lungs are destroyed
q speedy cure Is effected
To these three medicines Dr.. J. II. Schenck. OF
Philadelphia, owes his unrivaled success in the
treatment Of pulmonary diseases.
The PulmoIic Syrup ripens the morbid matter
In the lungs; nature throws II of by an easy ex.
pectoration for wheE the phlegm or matter Is ripe
slight cough will throw Il or the patient has resi
and the lungs begin to heal
To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do this
schenck's Mandrake Pills and Schenck's Ses
Weed Tonic must be freely used TO cleanse The
stomach and liver. Schenek's Mandrake Pills &C
on the liver removing all distractions relax the
all-bladder the bile starts freely and the liver Il
soon relieved.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is a gentle stimulan
and Alternative; the alkal of which ii Is composed
mixes with the food and prevents souring. II rs
sists the digestion by toning up the stomach 70
healthy condition. so that the food and the Pull
monte Syrup will make good blood; then the lung
heal, and the patient win surely get well II care Il
taken TO prevent fresh cold.
All who wish to consult DR.. Schenck, either per
sonaly or by letter. can do 80 at his principal OF
| fee corner OF sixth and ARCH STs., Philadelphia
every Monday.
Schenck's medicines are sold by all druggists
throughout the country.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27
Keep the Boys at Home.

Mothers, do you know where your
boys are after supper? Do you ever
hear your neighbor complain of annoy
ances from the boys and wonder if your
boy was with them? If you do not know
where he was after supper that night
with sufficient certainty to swear to it in
4 court room, he was probably one of
them. Somebody's boys are making
things very unpleasant with their tao
ties and tick-tacks and other contri-
vances out in the vicinity of Seventh
and Walnut Streets, and SOMEBODY'S
boys about the corner of Ninth and
Maiden Lane are daily throwing mud
and stones against the doors of private
dwellings. Is your boy one? DO you
know where be is at nightP Some night
somebody's boy will be taken by the
neck and led off to the calaboose, and
you would be everlastingly surprised
when you were told that YOU would
have to 90 down to the City Hall and
get your boy out. Keep him at home,
then, after night. Some of these nights
the boys will put up tick-tack when
the man of the house is at home and
somebody's boy will get his back broke,
and you will feel happy when your boy
comes home with back like wedge.
Keepsyour boy at home, then, after night.
Know where he is. A boy
has no business away from
home at night. 1t never does a boy any
good to be away from home after night
unless his parents are with him, and
only rarely then. You have no right to
let your boy run the streets at night,
on one pretext or another. You don't
think that your boy would lie, don't
you? Well, unless you can tell where
that boy is every night after seven
O'Clock we will solemnly and sincerely
assure you that he lies like a quarter
horse, and swears like a trooper, and
smokes cigar stumps from the gutter,
whether you will believe us or not, and
if You will make it an object we will
undertake TO prove it too. Now, keep
your boy at home. That is where he
belongs. Then you can see what he
does, and hear what he says, and know
that he does not brighten the life out of
your neighbors and injure the property
of citizens. Then you will know that
he doesn't miss the calaboose every
other night by hairs breadth. Keep
your boy at home and put him TO bed.
His body needs the rest and strength,
and you can be certain that his morals
are none the worse for quiet lone hour
of wakefulness in a dark upper ROOM
Burlington HasCEeye.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27
Isit Not A Wonder That We Live ?


1t is estimated that nearly One-half Of the
human family are to-day sufferers with some
Of the following symptoms: n faint, all
gone sensation at the pit of the stomach that
food will not remove, a feeling like load
on the stomach after eating, i dizzy Sensa-
ton in the head, bad taste in the mouth,
with q foul breath, cold feet and hands with
clammy feeling, hot flushes at times, at
tended with great nervous prOstration with
evil fOrebOdings, sometimes sour, burn
ing sensation after eating, with costiye
habit and all the unpleasant symptoms ac-
companying it. Some doctors name the dis
ease liver complaint, some impurity OF the
blood, some dyspepsia, and some kidney
disease; but none OF them appear to afford
any permanent relief, and the poor sufferers
sink lower and lower, till death finally comes
to their relief. Latterly there has been a
remedy made by the Shakers, called SHAKER
EXTRACT OF Roofs (nOt patent medl-
cine), that effects radical cure for all OF
these symptoms, and we advise trial. Sold
bv A. j. White, 3l9 Pearl Street, New
York. Agents wanted.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27

fall, would shoot, meteor-like, with cut
stretched tail, through the astonished
night, and impale himself on the iron
spikes of the front fence. At another
moment a staid tortoise-shell tabby, OF
untarnished reputation, would make the
fatal plunge, uttering blasphemous
and bleod-curdling yells until she
Drained herself ON the brick pave
ment. The Mortified family fed to the
cellar, where they passed the night in
denouncing the weather bureau, in vain
" attempting to convince their Eastern
guests that an occasional cat shower in
no way detracted from the unequaled
excellence of the California climate, and
in searching pocket New Testament
for the account of the destruction OF
Sodom and Gomorrah. The shower
did not last more than fifteen minutes,
although IT sprinkled cats at intervals
until morning. When daylight came
every fence-spike was Ornamented with
an impaled cat, and the yard was so
| thickly strewn with the dead and
wounded that an experienced meteorol-
ogist, who subsequently Investigated
the affair, reported that at least eight
inches of cats must have fallen during
the night. The theory put forth by this
skeptical man of science in order to ac-
count for the shower hardly needs to be
refuted. He invented small boy,
whom he accused of greasing the roof
with imaginary butter, which caused
some hundreds of cats, assembled on
the ridge-pole with view to singing
the praises of love and mice, to lose
their footing. Inasmuch as he failed
to produce either the boy or the butter,
and also failed to explain how boy
could keep his footing on creased
roof, where the most skillful cat, even
with the aid of four feet and full set
of claws, could not maintain position,
we can only pity the weakness and
despise the effrontery of the scientific
skeptic-NelO York Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27
Recovery of a Daughter Lost for 90
Years.

Mr.. E. C. Mahony, of South Wind
ham, Conn, had his little girl stolen
from him some % years ago, when she
was only two years old, and brought
West. He has never relinquished his
search for her. Some months back the
woman she looked upon as her mother
died, but, while on her death-bed, told
the girl of her abduction, and gave her
the name of her father and his address.
She wrote to him for his photograph,
and he Immediately came on himself,
and found his long-lost child at Walnut,
about ten miles from Mendoza, Ill. She
is married to a man of the name of Ber-
ry. The old gentleman tried to have
his daughter and son-in-law go back
with him, but the latter declining to do
so, Mr.. Mahony and his daughter re-
turned to the paterl al home, and it is
said that she has abandoned her hus-
band for good.-Chicago Tribune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27

THERE are two bits of china now in
possession of a poor crippled woman in
Indiana that ought to be at the Centen-
NAL, as they are probably the Oldest
pieces of china in this country. They
consist of small pitcher and dish of
the year 1854, thus making them 242
wears old. There is no question as to
their age, forit is wrought into the bot
tom of them. They were brought
originally from Scotland, and were in
possession of the McGruder family in
Baltimore until some part of it removed
to Ohio in 1886, when these precious
relics were packed in feather beds and
taken to the Western wilds.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27

The Stamford (Ky.) Journal says
A party of natives, who live on the
Cumberland River above the falls, de-
termined to have a celebration of Wash
ington's birthday in small way. They
made raft of logs thirty or forty feet
long, and piled upon it dead pine trees,
pine knots, etc., fifteen or twenty feet
high, set fire to it, and at night, about
400 yards above the falls, gave it a start.
1t is said that as it went over the falls
the spectacle was sublime. The roar
ing waters and blazing piles of pine
wood gave a sound and scene rarely
enioyed in the mountains.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27

The Nevada SilUer State says: A
woman of the strong minded sort ar
rived here yesterday on the Idaho stage
She took position in the passenger
depot, protected on one side by a re-
volyer and on the other by a fat-iron,
and thus defended, awaited the arrival
of the train. When the locomotive bell
announced the arrival of the cars, she
took her revolver in one hand, walked
up TO the ticket-office, purchased her
pasteboard, and then, taking her flat
iron, boarded the train the moment it
came to a stop. She was evidently de-
termined to protect herself, and seemed
disappointed that nobody attempted to
modest her.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27
A BabOOn Mother.

A Mr.. HaZely, in lecture on Africa,
tells the following story: Awoman be-
longing to a settlement of about 100
souls, went one day to gather some
wood, and left her child on the ground
to take care of itself. While the moth
er was gone, female baboon appeared
on the scene, and, espying the child,
approached and began to fondle it.
The child was allowed to partake of the
baboon's milk, which deprived it of any
appetite for its mothers. When the
mother returned, she noticed that the
child was carefully covered over with
leaves, and had lost its hunger. This
was done for several days before the
mother ascertained who performed the
unthankful act. When the mother did
find out the doer, she induced the men
of her tribe to lie in wait for the ba-
boon the next day. The animal noticed
the men raise their weapons to fire, and
began to wave her hand, or paw, as if
asking them not to kill her, and, at the
same time, pointed to young one at
her breast. But the natives killed her.
No sooner had they done so, however,
than the male babOon put in its appear
ance, and, by loud shout, summoned
others of his tribe to the spot. Then,
in a body, the animals attacked the ma
tives, and forced them to flee to their
huts for safety. One of the balloons
tracked them to their settlement, and
the next day they were visited by about
500 balloons, who assaulted them with
cocoanuts, and compelled them to run
away from their homes. The animals
kept watch over the huts for several
days, and prevented the natives from
returning to their dwellings.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27
100000 WITNESSES

will testify 10 the virtues Of DIR. TUFTS PILLS
Wherever Chill and Fever, Bilious Diseases or Liver
Affections prevail they have proven great blessing
Readers single trial will convince yen that this Il
no catch-penny medicine.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27

FRICAssEE VEAL OR BEEF. Cold
meat chopped fine; hot water, pepper,
salt, and butter. Simmer few
minutes; have ready few slices OF
toast on a platter, and pour the meat
over the toast. Cold chicken is nice
prepared in the same way.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27

HONEY RECIPE.-White or brown su-
gar 20 tbs., soft water 5 fbs., pure bees
honey TBS. ,cream-tartar so grains, es-
sence of roses % drops. Mix the above
in brass kettle, boil over a charcoal
fire minutes; take it off, add the
whites of 9 eggs well beaten; when al
most cold add 2 lbs. more bees honey.
A pint of the detection of slippery elm,
of the consistency of cream, will i'm
prove the honey, if it be added while
cooling.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27

CoCKRoACHEs.-The disagreeable
odor which the cockroach emits, and
which soon permeates all places that it
inhabits, proceeds from dark colored
fluid which it discharges from the
mouth. The cockroach loves warmth
and moisture, hence its populousness in
kitchens where fire and water are al
most ever present. 1t is night prowler,
and swarms out from its secret lairs on
the departure of daylight. For the de-
struction of the cockroach we recon-
mend a mixture containing a table
spoonful of red lead, the same amount
of Indian meal, with molasses enough
to make thick batter. Set this on a
plate at night in places frequented by
the insects, and all that eat of it will be
poisoned. Another preparation is COM
posed of l teaspoonful of powdered ar
senic, with tablespoonful of mashed
potato. Crumble this every night at
bedtime where the insects Will find it,
and it is said to be an effeetual poison.
Great care should be exercised in the
use of such dangerous agents. An in
nocent method of destroying cockroach-
es is to place bowl or basin contain
ing little molasses on the floor at
night. A bit of wood, resting one end
on the floor and the other on the edge
of the vessel, serves as a bridge to con-
duct the insects to the sweet deposit.
Once in the trap its slippery sides pre-
vent retreat, and thus cOckroaches may
be caught by the Thousand.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27

For Chills and Fever, HOfmann's Hop
Pills are the best and never fail to cure.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27
The CatPGhign Of the Locomotive

Is an elementary treatise the Locomotive written
In the form Of questions and answers.
Address THE RAILROAD GAZITTE,
- Jackson Street Chicago.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-27

4 VERY desirable NEW ARTICLES for Agents
- Mfr'd by &. J. CAPEwELL Co., Cheshire, Conn
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-03-01
LOCAL NEWS.

The case of james Burke, indicted for
burglary, is now Oh trial.
TIE will of Jacob Wehrung has been
probated. Margaret Wehrung was ap-
pointed executrix; $4,000 in personally
JOHN CREIGHTON having pleaded
guilty to a charge OF assault and battery,
was sentenced by Judge Burnet TO the
Work-hOuse Tor three months.
THE United States against W.. T. Mar
shall, charged with crooked whisky.
This case was called before Judge Swing.
The testimony for the Government was
begun and is in progress. Wright &
Dodds for defendant.
ABOUT 2 O'clock this morning two
young men, w. II. Woodcock and w
D. Fleming, having enjoyed too mucl
cornjuice, exchanged pistol shots ii
the midst OF Exposition Hall dur
| ing the progress of the ball. Neither
party was hurt, but both were arrested
by Lieutenant Sargent and locked up in
the Ninth-street Station. The reports ol
the pistols caused a consider
able panic In the Hall, but by
active measures of the door.
keepers stampede was prevented
Both men were arraigned in the Police
Court this morning Oh the charge OF
"ca-eiess shooting" and their cases
continued until tomorrow; bonds $500
each.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-03-01
Mentioned i'm Brief.

By American Press Association to the STAR.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., March 1.-The Re.
publican State Convention OF Rhode
Island Will be held March %.
DETROIT, March 1.-The great grain
elevator and mill OF M. W. Dunlap, at
w Warrantsburg. was destroyed by fire
last night. Loss $4,000.
GREEN BAY, WIS.,, March Ia fire at
Oconto, yesterday morning, destroyed
the sash and blind factory OF f. Met.
bauer. Loss about $16, 900.
CHICAGO, March LIB. F. Allen, late
President of the suspended Cook County
Bank, has been arrested on a charge oil
negotiating bonds Of an improper issue.
PoTTevILLE, March The Treas
urer OF Mahoney Township, President OF
the School Board, and five others, have
been arrested and placed under bonds,
charged with Irregularities in office.
CHICAGO. March 1T. R. Perry, book.
keeper OF Graham Brothers, soap manu-.
facturers, has been discovered to be 0
defaulter to tile amount of $1,000.
woman Is said to be at the bottom OF the
case.
NEW York, March 1.-The New Yorb
Express Company filed it's articles yes
terday. The Trustees OF the paper are
j. W. Brooks, Augustus ScheIl, Fred
Smith and Samuel Marsh. Erastui
Brooks is manager.
JERSEY CITY, March 1.-The. cooking
main for 500 each battle. and $1,000 the
odd fight, between New York and Phtla-
delphia, ended to-day. Thirteen battles
were fought, Philadelphia winning
eight TO New York five.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-03-01
Cincinnati Pork-Packing.

Whole number of hogs packed in Gin,
cinnau this winter, from November l,
1875, to March l, 1876, not including
butchers hogs, 544,042.
For the same time previous winter,
540,S34.
Hogs cut this winter, by butchers who
cut over 1000 hogs, 1887.
Hogs cut previous winter, by butchers
who cut over 1000 hogs, 1880.
Whole number this winLer, including
butchers hogs, 563. $50.
Whole number last winter, including
butchers hogs, $50, 164.
Increase, 3.195.
Superintendent Maxwell, In making
the announcement, stated that the re-
port with reference to the regular pack
ing had been prepared In The same man.
ner with the previous year. All the
packers had furnished reports. The
figures In relation to the business OF the
butchers this year were based on bo tn
the returns of the butchers and on the
books of the United Railroad Stock
Yards. Last year the books Of the Stock
Yards we're not called into requisition.
Further and complete details will be
submitted on Friday.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-03-01
Springfield Items.

Special to the star
SPRINGFIELD, o., March 1.-The
Springfield Post-otfice yields an income
Of over $50, 900 per annum to the Govern
ment.
A splendid entertainment was given
last evening at the residence OF Mr.
John Baldwin. Market street.
The Lenten services commenced to.
day in st. Raphaeps Catholic Church.
These services will be continued every
Wednesday and Friday evening at 7:30
O'clock, during Lent. There are four
hundred and hfty children attending th Q
Sunday-school at this church. During
the coming summer the congregation
will build school-house on High street
adjoining the pastoral residence, that
VIII cost about $4,000. The building
Will have six school-rooms, a library
room, society-roOm and hall forty five
by ninety feet in size.
Irish societies from Bellefontaipe, Lon-
don, Urbana and Xenia will join their
brethren in celebrating Saint Patrick's
Day in this city. At the close of the
procession speeches will be made, and a
lecture in the evening by a gentlemen
from Cincinnati will conclude the testivi-
ties of the ever-re ourring day.
Pattern-makers are now working In
this city for 81 25 per day, and many
skilled workmen are mot earning more
than 81 90 per day. This reduction in
wages is owing to large surplus OF me.
chanics who focked to this city on the
false reports put out by our local papers
in the interest Of the bosses for the pur-
pose OF getting these men here and
making them work at starvation prices
The STAR will endeavor to give the true
statement OF facts in this matter from
time TO time.
The plow-makers report plenty of or.
ders.
The prospects for building small houses
this season are good: Over fifty houses
are now under contract for building.