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a POWder.MtlI.

A powder-mill is not in the least
like other mills. Instead of one great
building it Is composed Of many rough
looking little sheds,--sometimes as
many as seventy or eighty. These are
long distance apart, separated by
dense woods and great mounds of
earth, 50 that If one "house" is blown
up, the Others will escape like fate.
Of some the walls are built very strong
and the roofs very slight. in the hope
that If an explosion happens, its force
will be expended upward only. Other
houses have enormous roofs of mason
rs covered with earth; the roofs OF
Others are tanks kept always full of
water.
The constant danger inseparable
from the work would be greatly in
creased were there not strict rules, al
ways enforced. No cautious visitor
can be more careful than the workmen
themselves, for they know, if an ex-
plosion happens, it will be certain, in
slant death TO them. SO no lights or
fires are ever allowed, no one lives
nearer the mills that can be helped;
some of the buildings are carpeted
with skins, and the floors are always
kept flooded with an inch or two Of
water; and in front of every door is 9
shallow tank of water Before enter.
ing, every person must put on rubber
shoes and walk through this water
| for the nails in boot heel might
strike spark from bit OF sand o.
gravel, which might explode singh.
grain of powder, and cause widespread
di-a-ter. 30 the rubber- hoes worn In
the mill are never worn elsewhere
Then, too, every one Is expected Il
keep his wits about him: there il new
er any loud talking or laughter. ant
no one ever thinks of shouting Yet
with all this extreme care. exploei ion
sometimes occur, and then there i
seldom any one left to tell how II hap
pened.-.S .fichoi,is for yaly.
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DIES MolIES 4 MINNESOTA B. B.
NARROw-oUAoE-
Three Fir>i.Class Train. each
way daily between Des
MOines and Ames.

| Connecting close aud certain with all Pa.
| seager trAiBs on the Chicago & North xes +
| ern railway.
Passengers from Dee Moin.s and al points
South, al leave
DAY TRArs. NIGHT TRAIN
Clinton. s: - Clinton, 49, .. IN
CEDAR Rapids. ~ . IN. CEDAR Rapids s.s1p IN
MarshaIltoxI. l:Ia ia Harshailt'n li:gJ . IN.
Nh. Val June .-s-2.- a II No val. June s,2z . m
Grand June. ~ Il = tsi. Grand juno 1910 D m
Ane~ sl5 y. ia Aues z.a9a. n
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Amee Accommodate ION leaves al s.su 4 IN
Trains leave i'es MoiDes. Mail and Express.
lAsa D. m. Afnes Accommodation, saa D. I'm :.
NIGH Express. isesp p III.
CONNECTIONS AT DIES NOISES. T. I a r.
r. H. East West and southwest- keokuk 4
Dies Nosnes for Oftum va. keok uk. ~. Louis
and all points SDuth and Soufhsesi
n ". NELSON. j. j. SMART
Den9 Ticket Agent. GEM supf.
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Ne Ias- Cents
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Tough .Gu.ls, brOreia--t /. i. :. IS
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s, Headaches, s Hgstae.., Ve....-o, 3
70 Dyspepsia, b.--oes stoua.h. >
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II whites, too T. fusa PericSs. +. 4. IS
Il Group. Cce~A, -lcult brras}Ez-, -
u salt RheaEn, ! ysipelas /! k-,s, =
Is Ishsumatism. L-enr4y..s ias.4s, g
l6 Rrver aud h -r:s, Gil sYeG, Aglea, 80
d. Piles, lad G. l., ~,1...-, -
IL OphtLRiinJ. aid so:C G Y. ak Eycs, 30
30 Nheopia &c ou~.l vll.sat cJgs--s, 80
a. Asthma, ND1l.1az~4 IIeaIAiae, 80
e lar pisc haE Scs, I'M st.-e. heartn', 20
-. >crofuIa, .r..n 80! s.-rs-s, tEei.lne~, %
s. Isrop-y aHi sc-a' sseIe;i1r., %
&c Sen sse Isnrss, eieAaess fI4.4 si1iay, 80
g. idaey Disease. Gravel, -. "
IS Nervous Debility, se'-..--ai " eakness
g Sore Mouth. Gauker, -. -
50. trtnar, syeal ness. v-s.t ia4- t,,o Sel, -
81. Painful Periods, v r.as'n', ~
:: p,:..ss Of t Hear r .s1"I D,a s,s !,
s.. Chrou.e Conce sio..s al Es1p-ions. %
FAN,.y ClE.~s.
Case rMo-oorol with o. - larS- v.a!s aEi
Manual Of d4TectlGs*, el0 60
Case Mors,ooj o. % lsret - az Bcok, 6 60
srTnss. remedies are sent by the
ease or single box 90 any part Of the
country. free Of charge, on receipt d
price. Address -
Humphreys
homeopathic Medicine Co.,
OEec aud nero,, NJ Sc RsnAp~Ar. NKv Yonx.
Fsr Sale NY all DTSSOlsss.
}. o. WESTCOTT, Agent. Upton, Iowa.
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TIE
FLORENCE OIL STOVE
Two STOVES N oAE.

Two STOVES IN GhE.
!SIgr.
flbprtess and IlEs<4ri.!s.
an be used without
Kinney Aaes, a. ii gen
rates no smoke ~ nov
loU- gases
NgtrS 3ud bREAD
cooked by this stove are
better favored and more
digestalIle than when
cooked bywOod or coal.
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THE IMPoPTED
Thoroughbred stallin
GENERAL BLUCHBR,

Rising three years old, will stand the sea
son OF 1877 for limited number of mares,
at the stable OF James Greig. one mile north
Of Clarence.
GEN BLUCHERis dark bay, about six
teen hands high, and weighing near 1903
pounds He is every inch the thoroughbred
in appearance, style and action.
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Circuit court,
Cedar county,
lows, Aususi
Term, 1871.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-09
WAR NEWS.

A London Times correspondent at
Tirnoya, at the junction of the Jamboli,
Phiippopolis and Adrianople Railways,
writes, under date of July 10, as follows:
There has been horrible massacre of Bull
garians by Bashi- BaZOuks at Zeni Saghra.
Not single soul would have escaped but
for the arrival of the Turkish regulars.
Bashi- Bazouks, Circassians and irregulars
treat all villages they pass the same way
burning, rayishing and pillaging.
A dispatch from Sistova, 29th, says
an important engagement was fought sum
dav near Rustchuck between the Czarovitch
and Ahmed Eyoub Pasha. The Turkish
corps was defeated with loss of 30 guns,
10 standards and 5000 prisoners. Ahmed
Evoub's army is stated to be completely
routed. The Russians will probably at once
resume the offensive and follow up their adj
vantages.
The Russians made another determin-
ed attack upon the Turkish forces in front Of
Plevna, on the 30th, and succeeded in driv-
ing them from their positions. The
Turks subsequently rallied and re-
captured all their lost ground,
inflicting great punishment upon their OPP
ponents. The fight lasted two days.
The Russian losses are estimat-
ted at some 5000 killed and 10000
wounded. The Turkish losses were COM
paratively small, on account of their occu-
plying intrenched positions. The Russians
! were awaiting reinforcements on the LIST,
with the intention of making another on
slaught. --.,rr--,.,too
The London Neo1s, in its detailed mar
rstive of the battle of Plevna, gives the
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-09
THE MARKETS.

ST. LOUIS, August 4, 1877.
BEEvEs-Choice TO Fancy, S9.eo9 o:VV, % 90 o"
To Prime. S540d5.75; Native Cows, y -oVeS.Vo'
Texan and Indian, S2.4Od4OO
HOGS shipping, A9OG5-20.
SHEEP-Clipped, S3.25G4.5O. -. ,o1.e a.
FIOUR-Chofce S7.OO67.25; AAA. 20 5Oo 30:
WHEAT-Red No. 2Sl.230L3O; NO. 5, Sl-zO
COR Mixed, 49, a4sxc.
OATs-No. 2, 26926hc.
RYF-NO 2 55656c.
TiMoTHY SEED-Prime, SI.500l.55
ToBACCo-Dark Lugs, S2.7503.75' Medium
Dark Leaf, S63O47.50.
HAY-Choice Timothy, Sl2.OO0l2-50.
BUTTER-Creamery, 25G2Sc.
EGGs-Fresh, Sf09c.
PoRK-standard Mess. fls,eOSl3.e5. ,o..
WOOL-Tub- washed, Choice new, 1o14VcS
Unwashed COmbing, 20d34e-
COTTON-Middling, Ike
NEW YORK.
BEEvEs-Natfve Steers. Ss.7Ss lS.Ooi Texan
and Cherokee, SS50GS60.
SHEEP-Sl O0d6.50; Lambs, -. OO61OO
HoGs-Dressed, S6.7567.50
FLOUR-GOOd TO Choice, 5000 635
RI WHEAr-No. 2 Red Western, Sl.452l-53-
-CORN-W estern Mixed, 5IG6lc.
OATs-Western Mixed, zIS5Oc
PoRK-Mess, $l4.30g l4.4O.
CoTroS-Middling, ll%c-
CHICAGO.
BEEyEs-Common 10 Choice, s3.45e 63
HOGs-COmmon TO Choice, S.OOS 9.5o:
SHEEPICommon to Choice, S3.25d545.
FIOUR-Choice Winter, se-5O09.OO, Cholce
Spring Superfne, A5OG5-O0: ,o-,--
WHEAr-Spring, No. 2,.sLlsH q Lib; spring.
No. 3, SO s95c.
CORN-No- 2, 47h04IAc-
OATs-No. 2, 26K026Ac.
RYE-No. 2, 55655Hc.
PoRK-Mess. slS.45Gl3-5O.
KANSAS CITY.
BEEvEs-Native Steers, $e-I5G5.4Oi Native
Cows, S2.O0G3.25.
HOGs--S3.7a64-25
FLOUR-xX TO Patent, per sack, S2Ood4.O1-
CORN MEAL-Per cwt., s0ds5c.
WHEAT-Nos 3, 81 OK lrl.07z.
CoRS--No. 2. 33z d335Sc.
MEMPHIS.
FLOUR-Chofce, S7.75as.00.
CoRN-Mixed, 55G6ec.
OATs-White, 50a55c.
COrToN-Middling, lie
NEW ORLEANS.
FLOUR-Choice Family, {8.00gs.25
CoRS-White, 76077c.
OATs-St. Louis, 40d42c-
HAY-Prime, Sl7-5eals.O0.
PoRK-New Mess, Sl4.206H.A
BACOF-6z1SZc.
CoIros-Mtcds.nz. u1ses
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-09
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

GEN. FITZHUGH LEE, who is candi-
date for Governor of Virginia, has publish
ed a statement that, if elected, he will CO.
operate in all earnestness in every legis-
lative measure which strictly complies with
the observance of the sacredness of public
faith"
EX-GOY. PACKARD is at Auburn, Me-,
on a visit to his mother. He is a native of
that town, studied law there, and entered a
Maine regiment, which was sent to Louisi
ana.
THE Confederate Generals, Joseph Z.
Johnston, +. NJ. COckrell, and Bradley John
son will represent their side of the late UNI
pleasantness at the fourth annual encamp-
ment Of the Soldiers National Reunion,
which meets at Marietta, Ohio, Sept. 4.
PROF. WILLIAM J. KNAPP, formerly
Of Greenport, Mass, will, it is reported, be
Minister LOwell's secretary. He is an ex-
perienced Spanish scholar, and as a CORE
spondent of the London Times accompanied
the King on his recent journey through
Spain.
GEN. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN has
been invited t5 act as Grand Marshal at the
coming celebration of the Battle of 0riskany.
DIR. ISAAC w. JACKSON, the distin-
/ guished scientist, for 81 years Professor i'm
/ Union College, Schenectady, n. Y, died on
the 2Sth, aged 20.
! BISHOP HAVEN advocates the annex
alton Of Liberia to the United States. He
/ POUNDS his argument on observations made
during his late missionary tour.
BISHOP WILEY, of the NJ. Z. Church,
! expects to leave San Francisco, on the first
of September, for Shanghai, China.
Hon. ARTEMUs HALE, who resides in
Bridgewater, Mass, is said to Re the Oldest
/ ex-Member of Congress living. He is "a
wears old, and is still interested in public af-
fairs, being in the possession of all his fac
ulties-mental and physical He was in
Congress from Massachusetts from 1916 to
1S49. In 1864 he was also Presidential
ElectOr.
DANIEL BROWN, local editor of the
Shelby (Ky.) Sentinel, and another young
man, named Byron Yount, had an alteration
a few DAYS since regarding an item publish
ed in the Sentinel rejecting upon IOunt's
younger brother. Subsequently both armed
themselves with revolvers, and, upon again
meeting, both fired simultaneously and both
were wounded. They continued TO advance
and fire, finally graphing with each other in
| q hand-to-hand conflict. They were separat.
/ ed by outsiders when both were nearly ex-
/ hausted from loss Of blood. Brown died on
the morning and Yount on the evening OF
! the following day.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-09
Tides of the Great Lake $.

The great lakes of this continent are
subject to movements resembling the
tides of the ocean, but differing from
the latter in the fact that they are not
regular daily events, but take place at
irregular intervals and can not be fore
seen. They occur at all hours of the
day, and have been known to occasion
accidents to boats in shallow water,
the sudden receding of the water leav-
ing the boat on rocks where few mo-
ments before there had been an abund-
ance of water. The writer, with COM
panion, was once stranded in sail-boat
on this shore, the water suddenly
lowering a foot and remaining out all
the afternoon. The incident occurred
in fine weather, and no special change
in the atmosphere is remembered to
have either preceded or followed the
phenomenon. But it is said by men
familiar with the lake that the recession
of.the water is generally succeeded by a
storm. Yesterday afternoon (July 10).
the water in the Genesee River on
level with Lake Ontario suddenly fell al
most a foot, and the water in the lake
over large area on this side must have
experienced a similar fall.-RocheSter
Union.
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Colonial Relics.

There lies in the Stone River, near
Church Flat, four stone anchors, which
are supposed to have been cast there
when the British first landed on Caro-
lima soil. These four stone anchors are
square, and weigh about 500 pounds
each. An iron is nun through the stone
and riveted at the bottom, and at the
top are fastened iron rings for the pur-
pose of making them fast to a vessel.
On the stones are cut the coat of arms
of Great Britain. These four stones are
separated from each other not more
than twenty-five feet. x gentleman from
this city came across them the other
day, and made an effort to raise one, but
without effect, as it was too deeply inn
bedded in mud Charleston Is. CO.
Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-09

Russian forces as 5000 infantry, GO field
guns and three brigades Of cavalry. 1t says
this defeat makes the Russian hold
in Bulgaria extremely preearious,
and must compel the Withdrawal
Of troops from some other point, where they
are nearly as badly needed, to beat the Turks
at Plevna. Beaten they must be, and that
speedily, IL the Russian army Is not forth
with TO retire ingloriously into the prinei-
palities.
In consequence of the recent serious
reyerses of the Russian army, the Gar has
ordered the whole Imperial Guard 10 pro-
coed TO Bulgaria. An order has also been
issued, directing army corps not vet mobil-
lied TO furnish division each to the fight
ing army, to be at once dispatched to the
Danube.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-09
WIT AND WISDOM.


THE man who invents velocipede
with a side-saddle will do away Win "
great obstacle to the progress OF woman'
WOMAN was never made to whistle,
and when she tries, it makes her whole
count.naree look rs if it had declared
war.
THERE are many things man can
run away from-an impending SUIT MS
creditors. his family, his duties bu'
no man ever yet succeeded IN running
away from himself.
YET another warning. Joseph D''eS'
of Vermont, falls dead while carrying an
armful of wood. Show this paragraph
to your wife. Nay, cut it out and PIN Ii
to the wood-shed door.
SPEAKING by the card: Mistress
4" You seem to know all the gossip Oh
the neighborhood, Mary" Mary
% Yes, ma'am; my young man IS let
ter-earrier, and he reads me all the pos
tai cards.
"GOoT day, Moses. Ny-s'heip me!
nv tear, how you vas shanged. Wouldn't
nefer haef known you'll" But my
name is not Moses, sir" 'Kreat hef-
ems! who would think it-your name
shanged tooP"
No trait of character is more valuable
than the possession of a good temper
Home can never be made happy with
out it. 1t is like flowers springing up
in our pathway reviving and cheering
us. Kind words and looks are the out
ward demonstrations; patience and for
bearance are the sentiments within.
A NEW monthly paper in Massachu-
sets has been started with this salu-
tatory: ''In politics we shall be indie
pendent without being neutral; in re-
ligion, moral without being denomina-
tional in criticisms, censOriOus without
being sensible; in editorials, concise
without being inconsistent, and in our
! writings generally, epigrammatic, with
out being grammatical.
ONE of those truthful war correspond
ents in Turkey gets off robust story
about Abdul Kerim's appetite. "His
> dinner" says this veteran writer, COR
y dinarily consists of an entire roast kid,
!, % or 80 boiled eggs, and when in good
form tops off with a goose or chicken"
;, If this is what one Turk eats, no wonder
that Nicsics has to be loaded up SO
often.
n LITERARY young man at party
a ''Miss Jones, have you seen Crabbe's
A Tales?" Young lady, scOrnfully: 81
was not aware that crabs had tails
: Literary young man, covered with con-
. fusion: 81 beg your pardon, ma'am,
!, should have said, read Crabbe's Tales?'
: Young lady, angrily, scornfuliy; "And
/; was not aware that red crabs had tails
either" Exit young man.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-09
A Boys Composition on Babies.

There are four or five different kinds
of babies. There is the big baby, the
little baby, the white baby and the poo
die dog, and there is the baby elephant
Most of these babies was born in
clearinghouse, 'cept the baby ele-
phant think he was born on rail-
road train, cause he allus carries his
trunk with him.
A white baby is pOOtier nor ele-
plant baby, but he can't eat so much
hay.
All the babies what have ever seen
were born very young, specially the
Gal babies, and they can't none OF them
talk the United States language.
My father had mean my mother
had baby once. 1t was not an ele-
plant baby; it was little white baby;
it coined one day when there was no.
body home; it was funny. looking tel-
low, Just like a lobster.
L asked my father was it a boy or
girl, and he say he don't know wheth-
er he was father or mother.
This little baby has got two, legs, just
like a monkey.
His name is Mariah.
He don't look like my father
nor my mother, but he looks Just Ike
nv Uncle Tom cause the little baby
amt got no hair on his head.
One day I asked my Uncle Tom what
was the reason he amt got no hair and
the little baby amt got no hair. He
saws he don't know, 'cept that the little
baby was born so, and he was married
man.
One day pulled feather out OF the
old ROSTERS tail and | stuck it up the
babv's nose and it tickled him so he al
most died. 1t was only little bit OF a
feather. and don't see what he wanted
to make such a fuss about it for. My
mother said ought'er be ashamed OF
myself and didn't get no bread on my
butter for MORN a week.
think I'd rather be a girl not a boy,
cause when a girl gets whipping she
gets it on her fingers, but when boy
gets licking he gets it all over.
don't like babies very much any
how, cause they make so much noise.
1 never knew but one quiet baby and ne
died.-TTOV Budget.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-09
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

A powder-magazine exploded at Shar-
on, Pa, on the Goth, killing one man and
seriously injuring four or five others. The
magazine contained 600 kegs of powder and
belonged to the Austin Powder Company,
of Cleveland. The building was blown to
atoms, and the explosion was heard at dis
lance of over 20 miles. Powder had been
frequently missed, and it is believed several
thieves were in the building at the time of
the explosion, althoughthe fragments of on
ly one man had been found.
Gen. Thos. Guardin, Commander of
the Army, has deposed President Hervia and
taken possession Of the Government of Costa
Rica Hervia is confined as prisoner in the
Capitol.
Gen, Pedro Valdez, an adherent OF
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-09

Hon. W. d. KELLEY, of Pennsylvania,
has written letter upon the financial
question, which has found its way into
print, and of which the following is the
pith: tFEt Fe La sc II
The importance of the money question can
not be exaggerated, as it is related TO the
interests of every member of society,
and the people have no just appre-
hension of its subtle but all-controlling in
fiuence. The policy inherited by
the present Administration from those of
Presidents johnson and Grant, and which
Secretary Sherman is enforcing with the zeal
Of one who is not only convinced of the cor
rectness of his views, but is fanatical in his
faith, will, l predict without hesitancy or
doubt, if persisted in until the LIST of Janua-
ry, 1879, produce, not resumption of specie
payments, as he believes, but bankruptcy 50
wide and general, andwant and suffering so
acute and almost universal, as to result in
financial and social anarchy.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-09

THE Mississippi Democratic State
Convention met at jackson on the 1st.
Gov. Stone was nominated for Govern
or on the tenth ballot. The resolutions
adopted pledge the party to fidelity to
the Constitution of the United States,
home rule, and the preservation of State
Governments, with all their reserved
and guaranteed rights unimpaired; no
interference by the military power with
the freedom of elections and with the
civil and political rights of the
citizens of the United States
protection of the equal rights of
all classes, and no discrimination on ac-
count of race, color, previous condition
of servitude or birthplace. A resolu-
ton in favor of Government aid to the
Texas Pacific Railroad, so far as it can
be extended "without violation of the
Constitution of the Uuited States, or de-
parting from established usages of the
Government" was also adopted. Sena-
tor Lamar made a speech warmly ap-
proving President Hayes's policy, so
far as it affected the South.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-09

PROBABLY the only coffee-tree in New
England is one growing on Eagle Island
at Newburyport, which sprung from
coffee Struggled during the time of the
embargo. he tree bears, but the ber-
ries do not ripen, and have very little Of
the coffee taste
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-09

AT Springfield, H., on the 3lst, Judge
Treat sentenced 26 rioters to 90 days
confinement each in Jail, for interfering
with the trains of the Indianapolis,
Bloomington and Western Rail-
way, a company in the hands
of a receiver appointed by the
United States Court. The prisoners
were arrested at Urbana, Champaign
County, and taken to Springfield for
examination. Judge Drummond, at
Chicago, also sentenced eight Peoria
rioters to the County Jail, two of the
leaders for four months, and the re-
mainder for two months, all to pay a
fine of $50 or remain imprisoned until
the fine is paid.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-09

RETURNS received at the Agricultural
Department at Washington show that
the winter wheat crop, already safely
harvested, is the largest produced in this
country for many years. The spring
wheat is also in'exeellent condition, and
an unprecedented yield is anticipated.
The cotton prospects are also more ia
vorable than last year at this time, the
product now being estimated at up
wards of 100000 bales. The wheat
crop of last year was 26O, 200, 900 bushels
This year it will be more than 1925. 0O0, 600
bushels. The average export for five
years has been 81 500, 200 bushels. The
largest amount ever shipped in one year
was 90,000,000 bushels. OF this years
crop not less than 100,000,0O0 bushels
may be sent abroad. Another important
circumstance in connection with our
own abundant harvest Is the reduced
production of Southern Russia, result
ing from the disturbed condition of af-
fairs in the countries adjacent to the
Black Sea. Recent special reports
from Southern Russia report the esti-
mated crop of the present season at
less than one-half that of former
years. Russia has hitherto been our only
great rival in the English wheat market.
Before 1872 Russia shipped almost as
much wheat to the markets of the world
as the United States. Last year the
Russian supply was only one-third as
great as that of the United States, and
for the present year it is shown by
official communications that the pro-
portion of Russian wheat will be much
less. 1t is shown by official reports that
the wheat crop in California for the
present season is small, so that the es-
tinated surplus of 100,000,00O bushels
will be produced east of the Rocky
Mountains.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-09

THE public de BIT statement for August

HE pubic de bt statement Tor August
/ shows cash in Treasury, coin, S97,-
SOS, 1896; currency, S17, 972,Sl4; special
deposits, $50, 405, 900; total, S171, 271,-
S09. Debt, less cash in the Treasury,
2,O59, 1913. Decrease in debt du
ring July, SS18,904.