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Took 1t i'm Trade.

When Tom Flynn was the artist of
the Open Letter he laughed at the idea
that there was any trouble connected
with the soliciting of advertisements.
Said he: 81 can get page of 'ads' in
day."
1t was suggested that he couldn't get
one adj in week. He canvasSed
three days with no result, and on the
fourth came in with half-column den
fist advertisement.
"Put that in" he cried, triumphantly.
"What did you charge him for that?"
"Ten dollars
Where's the cash?"
"Took it out in trade. He agreed to
pull two teeth (spit), but l only let him
pub one (spit), and he broke that of
and left root (spit) in the gunlb. If
any of YOU fellows want tooth (spit)
pulled, 90 to 517 S Street, as there S
five (spft) dollars coming to us"
1t was subsequently developed that
the tooth was a sound one.--SGn Fran
cisco ArgOHGut.
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Warming TO Young Husbands.

A young wife in Michigan had just
got settled in her new home. All seem
ed fair and promising, for she did not
know that her husband was a drunkard.
But one night he came home at very
late hour and much the worse for liquor.
When he staggered into the house the
wife, who was greatly shocked, told him
he was sick aud to lie down at once, and
in moment or two he was comfortably
settled on a sofa in a drunken sleep. His
face was reddish purple, his breathing
was heavy, and altogether he was a
pitiable-looking object.
The Doctor was sent for pOst-haste
and mustard applied to his feet and
hands. When the Doctor came and felt
his pulse and examined him and found
that he was only drunk, he said:
I" He will be all right in the morning"
But the wife insisted that he was very
sick, and that severe remedies must be
used.
You must shave his head and apply
blisters," she urged, ''or will send for
some one who will"
The husbands head was accordingly
shaved closely and blisters applied.
The patient lay all night in drunken
sleep, and Notwithstanding the blisters
were eating into his flesh, it was not till
near morning that he began to beat
about disturbed by pain.
About daylight he woke up to most
uncomfortable consciousness of blistered
agonies.
:" What does this mean?' he said, put
ting his hands to his bandaged head.
Lie still-you mustn't STIR" said the
wife; "you have been very sick"
"I'm not sick"
"Oh, yes, you are; you have the brain
fever. We have worked with you all
night"
al should think you had," groaned
the poor victim. "What's the matter
with my feet?"
"They are blistered."
"Well, I'm better now; take off the
blisters-do," he pleaded piteously.
He was in most uncomfortable state
his head covered with sores and his
feet and hands were still worse.
"Dear," he said, grooming, eff
should ever get sick in this way again,
don't he alarmed and send for doc
tor, and, above all, don't blister me
again"
"Oh, indeed | will; all that saved
you were the blisters, and if you have
another such a spell l should be more
frightened than ever; for the tendency,
am sure, is to apoplexy, and from the
next attack you will be likely to die I'M
less there are the severest measures
used.'
He made no further defense. Suffice
it to say, he never had another attack
Chicago Herald.
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-sthe soup is hot, and you are going to
burn your mouth Then the little one
would say: Papa, Tony's going to
burn his mouth Possibly all that was
not pleasant The poor brats will for
get me; children have such short men,
cries, you know. II You liked, bouT-
geois, you could do me great service -
What is that?''
Z" should like to send little pres
ent to my little folks. have bought
two dolls for their New Years, and if
you could, with your influence at head
quarters, get my parcel carried along"
1.-THE dewitt That's easier said than
done; but we'll see what we can do.''
When we got to the station, sought
out the sailor to make the trip. He was
sleeping quietly in a corner, wrapped in
a wooden blanket. There was courage
for youl A man who in another quar-
ter of an hour will be exposed, in mid
air, 10 the winter storm, to Prussian
bullets, the risk of being dashed to
pieces and here he is, sleeping rs
TRANQUILITY as child. / have some diff
ficuly, ,hdeed, in waking him up. But
a. icn-Nh PlSoOhb PtPH ANiig WIZ Va
Plains bis business.
"Hand over thy package" said the
sailor, concisely.
Antoine gave him the little pasteboard
box containing the two cheap dolls for
Mrs. Jeanette and Lucie, and a bunch
Of violets for their mama. The two
men squeezed each others hands. Tears
were rolling down papa ToEy's face;
two great drops glistened OF the brown
cheeks of the sailor; | myself, professed
stole as | am. turned away and transact
ed little private business with my
handkerchief.
The sailor put the little box in his
knapsack, and tied the bouquet in the
top of the boat; then, at a signal from
NJ Godard, the balloon shot up into the
night.
] learned afterward the end of this
history. Dec. 80, at 10 O'Clock in the
morning, the balloon landed, without a
Jar, some kilometers from Saint Malo.
At noon Mother Antoine was crying
over her violets, and the babies were
hugging their dolls.
If any more beautiful presents were
made in France that New Years, did
not happen to know of them.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20
Mars, Moons.

When the telegraph announced the discoy-
cry BY Prof Hall that our neighboring planet
had two satellites, and the dispatch was read
next morning at ten thousand American break
fast tables, what think you was the effect upon
the hearersi Some eolloquy similar TO the fol-
lowing was sure to occur: Z" Mars has two
moons, hey? Pass me the milk, Kitty Strange,
isn't it, that astronomers never saw them be-
fore. Another chop, please. | wonder what
they'll discover nextl These corn cakes are
excellent. What's the latest from Europet'
We have become so accustomed to startling
discoveries and announcements, that we take
them as q matter of course. Even truth must
appear in flaming colors to make herself seen.
The virtues of DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery &nd Pleasant Purgative Pellets have
been tested in ten thousand households, whose
inmates will tell you that they consider the
discovery and introduction of these remedies
of far greater importance to the world than
the moons of Mars.
SHIPaIAN. ILL., June -, 1876.
DR.. II. V. PIERCE. Buffalo. N. ":
Dear Sh-Last fall our daughter-aged IS
was fast sinking with consumption. Different
physicians had pronounced her case incurable.
| obtained one-half dozen bottles of your
Golden Medical Discovery. She commenced
improving at once, and is now as hardy as q
pine-knot. Yours respectfully,
Rev. ISAAC n. AUGUSTINE.
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An UngratefuI Elephant.

For nine days one of the five famous
performing elephants of the Great Lon
don circus has had sore throat, which
has prevented him from swallowing any
food except little cruel. George Arst-
ingtall, the trainer, had been unwearied
in his care of "Ned," the beast in ques-
ton, and has even taken the trouble to
concoct with his own hands various in
fallible remedies, which he afterward
forced down Ned's throat. With the
docility for which elephants are noted,
Ned took the remedies one after the
other and grew worse and worse. He
treasured up all these injuries in his
memory, however. Yesterday after
noon Arstingtall administered a new
kind of Cruel to Ned. The elephant
waited patiently until he was through,
and then bent down his head and twin
ed his trunk about the body of the
trainer. When he had taken u good
hold he lifted Arstingtall from the
ground and held him in the air for some
time, as if debating what he should do
next. Then he hurled him violently
across the stable. A canvas screen had
been put up day or two before on one
side of the stable to protect the elephants
from the draught. Arstingtau fell
against the partition, and in doing so
escaped serious injury. Directly behind
this screen is the cataract, and had the
professor fallen into it, he would have
been badly hurt. He says that he never
had good opinion of elephants, and
that he does not believe that one ever
conceived true affection for a human
being, although sometimes they make
friends with other animals, such as dogs,
cats or camels.-Net0 York World.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20
Important Discovery in TeIegraphy by
q Boy of 49,

Mr.. Charles II. Wilson, a Chicago boy
barely Is years of age, has suddenly
made his appearance in the capacity of
benefactor of his race. His paper on
"Neutralizing the Effect of Current In
duction Which Presents Itself Oh Tele-
graph Wires that Run Parallel to Each
Other" read before the American Elec-
trical Society Wednesday, heralded a
new and important discovery. If his
method shall prove practicable on a
large scale, rs it already has on small
one, it will prevent the interference of
multiple, especially quadrupleX, cur
rents on parallel wires, and may lead
to an indefinite expansion Of the useful
ness of the telegraph service. The i'm
portance of the discovery was recogniz-
ed by the learned body before which it
was read in a special resolution of
thanks. Young MIR. Wilson thus finds
himself, at bound, on the top wave of
fame and fortune. A year ago poor
messenger boy in the employ of the
Western Union Company, he is now an
authority in one of the most perplexing
departments of science. 1t is crafty
ing to know that this good fortune has
fallen upon one who has given evidence
of deserving it. His thoughtful ques-
tons aad suick apprehension of the
technical details of telegraphy seem to
have attracted the attention OF the chief
operator in the Chicago office, and led
to his employment in a capacity that
permitted him to pursue his studies.
The result has been a success beyond his
expectations, but not above his deserts.
-ChtcGqO Tribune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20
A Huge Bell.

At the temple of Ularo, in Koto, ia
pan, is seen the largest bell in the world,
hanging in tower on the hill, and as
perfect in tore as the day it was sus-
pended. By measurement it exceeds
the great bells at Picking, China, and at
Russia, both of which are also said to
be cracked. Where the bell was cast,
and by whom, is lost in the shades of
antiquity. Chinese and Sanscrit char
acters cover the entire surface of the
bell, but no modern Japanese scholar or
priest can translate them. This bell is
"a feet in height, and 16 inches thick at
the rim, and, when the priests sound it
at s O'Clock every evening, its majestic
boom is heard many miles down the val
ley. None of the bells in Japan have
s'slappers," but are sounded by sus-
pended levers of wood, used like bat
tering ram, and striking the bell on the
outside.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20
CHRISTMAS IN TIE TENEMENT
HOUSE.

My baby died last night.
OF damp and hunger and cold
IL lies there with its pretty face
Al wan and white and OLD
! heard its moaning cries,
saw its pinched lips culver,
And prayed that 1oG Wonid curse the ricl
Forever and forever.
Nav. do not shake your head
And look 80 sad and hurt;
You never had "A baby die
OF hunger, cold and dirt.
You never was doomed to live.
With spent and gasping breath,
In a tenement house whose rotten walls
Ecek with the slime of death.
Do yon think was always thus
80 pinched and poor and pale!
Why, at your age, sweet lady,
was strong and rosy and bale.
No burden came hard 20 me then,
And life was y glorious Songi
And my soul, like a harp IN perfect tune.
Gave melody al day long.
And now am all alone,
With neither a hope nor goal;
And the fItuI e-lsod Suows, for don't care
What becomes of my soul
There il never a hand to help
And never a le1rt to care,
And shall drift TO the gates of death
On the wild sea OF despair.
STAY, lady, you dropped tear
Itshines on my baby's hair;
Don't think OF the harsh, mgd words I've
said
have had so much to bear
No fire to warm, no food,
No trust, no friend, no Cod
Do you wonder long t. lie with her
Under the frozen sodI
You tell OF love and heaven
They are both in my baby's face;
O, can follow her tender steps
Up 60 that glorious place.
/ am worn with grief and pain
But I'll try, this Christmas Day,
With all my feeble faith I'll try,
For your tears have opened the way
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20
FAREWELL or THE Old YEAR.

When the moments of friendship are num-
bered,
How oft il appears
That the love which in laughter has slum'
bered,
AWakcs now in tears!
We ere friends that have iourneyed together
Long time, you and |;
Through sunshine and stOrmiest weather,
But the Ola Year must die.
And awhile in your hearts viii awaken
A bitter regret
And the paths your feet nave forsaken
You can not forget.
Yet pray You to mourn not my going,
Though we have been friends;
What am but one billow, whose flowing
Has touched shore, ana ends:
And the tale of my Joy and my sorrow
Lives but rs the trace
OF the waves that the tides Of the morrow.
- In turn shall eiface.
leave you, as waves leave their treas
ures
Jf coral and shell,
Xgift. passing sOrrOws an d pleasures,
Dur friendship to tell.
III leave You the friendships, whose growing
Has been from my birth;
There is naught that the tide brings in How
ing
Can equal their worth.
For as shells from the murmurs of ocean
Steal echoes that last,
So in friendship is stored the emotion
-CDectafOr
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20

President Bartlett, of Dartmouth
College. has put forth an argument
against the mixing of boys and girls in
schools. He says he has found that
''the fundamental difficulty of govern
ing is positively increased among the
older youth by the development IF more
unyielding pride, false honor, and
troublesome gallantry." His grayer
objection is expressed - follows: 81
should, as a parent, seriously object TO
the opportunities for constant inter-
course, direct and indirect, and for
awakening and maturing personal SYM
pathies and intimacies, increased rather
than diminished by the partial restraints,
which create an air of romance and
leave an essential unacquaintance.
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,rhe CeIehrnteh WANNA Ro,l.-

among the numerous articles DooIEY,s
YEAST POWDER is used for, are the celebrated
Vienna rolls, which are so delicious, palatable
and healthy II YOU have not the recipe send
three-eent stamp to DooTEY x BROTHER, New
York, and YOU viii get il, together with many
other valuable cooking receipts, by return mail
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Rl,sunatIsn QUICKLY Cured.

'sDuraug's Rheumatic Remedy" the great In
ternai Meficine, will positively cure any case of
rheumatism on tine face of the earth Price 81 a
bottle Sold by all Druggists. Send for circular
10 Helphenstine 4 Bentley, Washington, ID. O.
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Safe and Sure.

Mr.. u. r. STEVENS:
In 1872 y0lr yEGETINE was recommended to me,
and WELDING to the persuasOns OF friend, consented
10 Try it, At the time suffering from general de-
bty and nervous prOstraton, superindueed By over
work and Irregular habits Its wonderful strengthening
and curative properties seemed to affect my deb1ttated
system from the first dose and under its persistent use
rapdly recovered gaining than usual health and
good feeling Since then have not hesitated 70 give
safe sure and powerful agent in promoting health and
restoring the wasted system TO life and energy.
VFGETINE Is the only medicine and as long as
live never expect TO find better.
Yours truly, W. II. CLARH,
I2O Monterey Street, Allegheny, Pa
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We have larger sale for Hateh's Universal
Cough Syrup than for any other medicine Of
the kind. We have for sale all the old stand
ard remedies. None are in such demand.
FLINT Il DAYTON. Friendship, Y. Y.
Sold by Richardson & Co. st. Louis, Mo.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20

SToDpARD's POULTRY WORLD" Hartford,
Conn, should be had by all fowl-breeders Costs
but l.25 yearly, or only 81 90, INCLUDING u su-
perior CHRoaIOs to subscribers. 1t is practical,
original, and always fresh. Toe single number.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20

The young Spanish Duchess Fur
nan Nunez is to be married shortly to
the Duke of Huescar, after the old fash
ion of noble Spanish weddings. There
is dance until midnight, then the bride
who has been dancing in her wedding
dress, throws over her head white lace
mantilla, and descends to her private
chapel, where the ceremony is per-
formed by the waiting priest.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20

Robert Luckdrew, IL years old,
while playing in gravel pit, near
Washington Courthouse, o., was buried
under the falling dirt and literally
squeezed to death.
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Mothers, Mothers, Mothers.

Don't fail to procure Mrs. WINsLow's SooTH-
ING SYRUP for all diseases of teething III chill
dren. 1t relieves the child from pain, cures wind
collie, regulates the bowels and, by giving relief
and health to the child gives rest to the mother.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20

"A 2-year-old son of Louis Saleth, of
Crows Point, Ind, was burned to death
by his clothes taking fire from the stove,
during the temporary absence of his
narentS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20

Seventy kinds of bricks are made
bv Philadelphia COMPANY.
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An Excellent Medicine.

SPRINGFIELD, O., Feb. 28, 1877.
This is to certify that have used YEGEIINE, manu-
featured by H. r. Stevens Boston, Mass, for RI euma
tism and General PrOstr alton of the Nervous system
with good success l recommend NEGETINE az an e1-
ceVeIlt medicine for such complaints.
Yours very truly,
c. w. VANDEG RIFT
Mr. yandegrift Of the firm OF VandegTift & Huffman
Is well known business man In this place, having one
Of the largest stores in Springfield, y.
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APAUn stamps for Fine Pair CHROMOS
MFR EE and ILL., Catalogue. Great Western
S6HN2 Novelty Works, st. Louis. NO.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-05

STONEY ISLAND, near CHICAGO, Oct. s.
The second day OF the tall meeting un-
der the auspices of the Dearborn rifle club
and Illinois rifle association, opened with
more favorable weather this morning, the
wind being steadier and lighter. The at
tendance was somewhat larger than yester-
day, but owning to chilliness the benches
were not as well occupied as the merit OF
the sport deserved. 10 the match for the
Dearborn club challenge cup, four teams
entered. The Dearbon club had Sir
Henry Halford, Il. s. Thompson, o. Z.
Blackmer and George Willard. 1t assumed
the name of the British American team.
AID Irish American team was made up OF
j. X. Miner, p. l.. S. Grunhill and W.
Rigby of the international.
The interest taken in the match was
greatly increased by the presence OF mem.
| bers of the international teams and also by
! the fact that slight degree of i'll feeiul
| has arisen between the British and Irisf
members. The first match to day was a
500, 900 aud 900 yards, 6tten shots each
The honor of firing the first shot was glveT
to SIR Henry Haltord
The score at 500 yards is as follows
johnson, &c; Hill, 6S; Fielding, 50
Willis. 55 Total for team, 24l,
In the Irish American team. Miner
| &c; Hyde, 81; Rigby, 56; Grunhill, Sc
ETetal for team, 235.
British American team, Halford, 54
Thompson, 81; Willard, So; Blaekner, 4s
Total for team. 222
Michigan team. Wolcott. 65; Harring
; ton. 55; Levy, 46; Haire, 81. Total fo
team, 223
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-05
Telegraphic Briefs.

John s. Bryant and A. w. Adams. a
correspondent for a number Of fpapers, had
a difficulty about the ownership of claim
and shot it out. Bryant shot Adams thrt e
times, killing him, and was himself proba-
bly, fatally shot. This at Central City, d.
L., yesterday.
Laughing Sam, so called notorious
character of Deadwood, was arrested at
Harlem, thirty miles east of Council
Bluffs on Thursday, on tie charge of rob-
bing a coach while un its way to the Black
Hills, on the Elkhorn Valley route.
At the tenth annual session Of the
grand division OF the conductors brother
hood of the United States, at Elmira, n
Y, on the 4th inst, it was unanimously
resolved that 10 case any brother shall en-
gage in strike OF railway employees he
shall be expelled
At Memphis on tie afternoon of the 4th
inst, j. j. Laughin, aged about 20, was
found dead on wood pile on the leyee,
with bunch of cotton saturated with chic
roform at his mouth. 1t is believed that
be was addicted TO the use of chloroform
and morphine and that his death was
accidental lie is said to be the son Of a
we'll known physician 10 Bloomington, Ill
| At Philadelphia. yesterday, the centen
nial of the battle Of Germantown was eel
ebrated. Gov. Hartranft reviewed tht
procession. The cid clock aud bell Val
formally transferred from the steeple O
Independence Hall to be placed in tht
town hall of Germantown.
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[zslsgrepAsd to the RockI.land Argu.. ]
FOREIGN NEWS.

LONDON, Oct, 5.-A Berlin despatch
says the Russians officially acknowledge a
loss OF $4,000 men up to September q
The same despatch says the Rus
sian grain crop is disappointing botII in
quality and quantity. Wet weather in
August and scarcity of laborers are as
signed as causes of the short yield,
LONDON. Oct 5.-Further particulars
of the battle before Kars made it evident
that the Russians assaulted the Turkish
positions along the whole line and we're
repulsed with heavy loss. The main action
was fought on Tuesday
A Turkish official dispatch says. great
battle occurred, lasting l3 hours Repeated
Russian attacks were repulsed with heavy
loss. The Russian bulletin from Grand
Duke Nicholas head quarters at Karajala,
dated 4th inst, says, after the capture of
Great ougui, it was found that Little
Yogui was so strongly fortified that any
attempt to assault it was considered pre-
mature.
After thirteen battahons sent from the
Turks to reinforce Maukletor Pasha had
been repulsed, our troops fortified them
selves in the positions they occupied.
| Our loss Tuesday was 1909 killed and
wounded The enemy's losses not less.
We captured two hundred men. The
Turkish account as to repeated attacks
after the capture of the first Turkish po.
sition seems cor ts otherwise there could
not have been 5000 men killed and
wounded. The 200 captured by the Rus.
slams were probably remnant of the gar.
rison of great Jaqui The Russians also
| attacked the center at KisilteDe but were
repulsed simultaneously, the Russians
moving from the direction Of Ami, endeay
ored to turn the Turkish right and get be
tween Maukhtar Pasha and Kars.
OF this affair the Turkish Bulletins say
that after hours fighting the Russian
force of six battalions of infantry and two
regiments Of cavalry were driven back aDC
pursued to the banks of the Arpacnai
The Russian Bulletin says lodgemen
was effected on the Turkish right
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-05
Excursion Train wreokea

PoTTsvILLE, Oct 5.-The excursion
train from the penny packers reunion,
held near Schwento Hill, yesterday,on the
Pickering Valley railroad, when neaE
Phenixviile. last night, between Q aud 10
log out the track for some distance. There
we're about 200 persons on the train. Up
to $50 this morning dispatches show II
persons killed and about so wounded
Owing to confusion and excitement it i,
impossible to obtain names or exact mum
her of killed and wounded.