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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-02-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Senator Allison, of Iowa, is going
TO marry the adopted daughter of the
late Senator Crimes.
-Whitelaw Reid has been reelected
to the editorship of the New York T'rib-
Gse for another five years.
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens is now
very well. He rarely misses session
of the House, and works hard outside
Horace Greeley's estate, which was
inventoried at S206, 900 shortly after his
death, yields little more than 500, eco on
the final settlement.
Sam. Bowles, like most of the sue
cessful newspaper men of the past cen
fury, graduated from the printing-oflice,
and not from the college or the univer-
sity.
1t is worthy of remark, that the chief
correspondent of the London Times,
Mr. Grant, as-well as the special GORE
spondents of the Daily Mus, Mr.. Mac
Gahan and Millet, are all three Ameri-
cans, and they are almost all the foreign
correspondents who still remain in the
field.
The New York Herald says: " Col.
Robert g. Ingersoll, the leading infidel,
is a stout body, with boyish features,
He has pouting lips, round face, and
soft, straight, brown hair. Altogether,
he has the appearance of 2O-year-old
cherub in a 50-year-old-vest.
-" Latterly," said Mark Twain, 81
have been down in the mouth. | began
to think my luck was down on me. My
speech at the Whittier dinner didn't ex
actly take | meant it merely as a cheer
full conceit, and yet people wouldn't
laugh. My article in the Atlantic, con
tanning the joke about the two dying
soldiers quarreling for the choice Of
collins, seemed to fall fiat. A good
many well meaning people refused &c
see it in the spirit intended. | goi
gloomy"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-02-07
A TERRIBLE sHIpwRECK.
Particulars of the Loss of the Steamship
Metropolis on the North Carolina Coast
A Survivors, Story.

Particulars of the Loss of the steamship
Metropolis on the North Carolina Coast
A Survivors, story.
WAsHMGToS, February 3.-The Cen
eral Superintendent of the Life-Saving
Service received kilograms from the
keepers of life-saving stations Nos.
and 5 on the coast of North Carolina, in
reply to the demand for information
made by him, from which it appears
that the crews of both stations did all in
their power to save the lives of the I'M
fortunate men on the steamship Metrop-
oils. The stations are about thirteen
aud half miles apart. and the wreck,
unfortunately, occurred nearly hall way
between them,and just at the hour when
the patrolmen had come in from their
severe night march upon the beach.
The maximum velocity of the wind that
morning at Cape Henry, about four sta
tons above, is given by the signal office
at 60 miles an hour. When it is con-
sidered that the lightest life-saving APP
paratus weighs from 1920 to 1,5OO
pounds, and that this has TO be dragged
bv a crew of six or seven men for sever
al miles, through yielding sand, and in
gale of such violence that men could
scarcely stand against, it is easily under
stood why the wreck was not reached
earlier. The loss upon this occasion IS
simply referable to the fact that stations
are 700 far apart. > 1a.fl @
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-02-07

was upon us. The lower deck beams
gave way, and the starboard-boat side,
giving few more heavy shocks from
the surf, sank slowly beneath the waves.
Then the narrator assuming that neither
advice or example could be of service
longer, struck out for the beach and
fortunately reached it, but in such an
exhausted state he would certainly have
gone to sea victim of the undertow,
but for friendly hands and aid.
The Captain and his officers are
highly commended. Quartermaster
Poland made three attempts TO get line
ashore, and only gave mp when the line
proved too short and Timothy O'Brien,
on reaching the shore himself, returned
into the water and
RESCUED SOME FIFTY PERSONS
as they were dashed towards him by the
waves. The scattered jewellers along
the coast are given warm praise for
prompt aid and muniicent hospitality
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-02-07

hanged at Covington, KY, on the lst, in the
presence Of 5000 spectators. Previous 20
theexeeution he mace an acknowledgment
Of the crime and expressed repentance.
Capt. Eads recently delivered an address
before the st. Louis Board of Trade, in
whichhe claimed that the only practical way
Of controlling the volume Of water compris-
ing the Mississippi River was by deepening
its bed in the shallow places. This measure,
he believed, would obyiaie the necessity Of
levees, and requisite the propensity Of the
Father OF Waters to run TO cut-ofis, bayous,
and shoals. The plan Of Capt. Eads con-
templates a permanent channel depth be-
tween Cairo and New Orleans Of 20 feet in
low water, sufficient to float the largest
vessels navigating the river at all seasons of
the year,
Gen Miles is confident that Sitting Bull
is now upon United states territory, and his
command has gone from Fort Peck to dis
cover the Nvhcreabouts OF the hostiles. II is
reported from Fort Randall that 500 Of Red
Clouds Indians have left the agency and
gone north, Il i believed with the intention
of joining sittlng-Bull. -
me Topeka Bank and Savings Institution
RESUMED business on the 4th, thedepositors
having agreed to give six months time on all
accounts over 500. An examination Of the
banks securities shows that they are sufli-
Client 10 meet all liabilities.
EXGov. J. Madison Wells, of the late
Louisiana Returning Board, surrendered
himself to Sheriff Houston, on the Sd. He
had not been in Washington, as reported,
but remained in the vicinity of New Orleans.
Henry 5. Moss, senior member Of the firm
Of Moss & Semple, wholesale hardware deal.
ers at Louisville, KY, has forged paper TO
the amount Of $4,000 or $4,000. He was
an Alderman, and has heret Ofore borne an
unsullied reputation.
The Academy of Music, variety thea
Ger on Halstead Street, Chicago, was burned
on the night OF the 4th.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-02-07
Hans and AIishaps.

james Wilson was blown to atoms
by a nitro glycerine explosion at Prof.
Mowbray's works at North Adams,
Mass.
Napoleon Plat, while grinding tan
bark at Sharp's mill, near Martinsville,
Ind, was caught in the machinery and
crushed to death.
William c. Manson, wealthy gen.
tieman of Mount Gilead, o., fell be-
tween the cars while trying to jump on
a moving train at Altoona, Pa, and was
instantly killed.
A 3-year-old daughter of John Wal
lace, engineer at Longstreeth'S Coal
works, at Jacksonville, o., was burned
to death by her clothes taking fire from
CRATE.
"A 9-months-old child of colored
man named Joseph Price was burned to
death at Indianapolis by its clothing
taking fire during the temporary alb
sence of its mother.
Jenny France, a nurse-girl, II years
old, was fatally burned at Cincinnati.
She was engaged crimping the hair of a
5-year-old child, when her clothes took
fire from the CRATE, enveloping her in
flames in an instant. Her body was
burned almost to crisp.
Mr.. Jessup, who owned and opera
ted saw-mill near South Hannibal,
Oswego County, n. Y, met with ter
rible death while engaged in saving
logs at his mill. Mir. Jessup was caught
in the chain by which the logs are
drawn into the mill ready for saving,
and was carried gradually up to the
bull-wheel and the chain wound repeat
edly around his body, slowly but surely
crushing him to death. AS he was at
work at the mill alone, it was hours be-
fore he was discovered, at which time
his body was in terribly laceraled and
mtltilated condition.
Shooting accidents: Phillip Rush,
living near Marion. o., carelessly point
ed revolver, which be thought was not
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-02-07
lf ~ Odds and Ends.

/
BE sure you're ahead--then go
right ar
If money is tight, avoid tit ought
to know better.
The "aerial quickstep'' is what they
call hanging in Nevada. sl
Washington City has an eating
house where a. meal can be had for a
penny. This is why David Davis is so
Internally fat.--Oit City Derrick.
There is a significant Spanish pro-
verb which says: " The man who on
his wedding-day starts as lieutenant
in the family will never get promoted. ="
There is an old la,iy=ineL ynchburg,
Va, who says she made a pair of stock
ings last Is years. by merely knitting
feet to them every winter and legs every
other winter. .9-saGHeE l taI
Col. Bob Ingersoll can jump out
and make. $4,000 lecturing against
Christianity while an orthodox minister
is laying the ropes]for donation party.
This goes to show that the country is
drifting II Washington Post. -f
Marriage, . says George Eliot, sis
promotion" And this sort of promotion
makes some young men SO proud and
stuck up that, they. won't do stroke
of work as long as their wives are able
to make shirts and take in washing to
keep them-NOrristown Herald.
A clipper little miss of 3 summers
was standing before a mirror, inspect
ing and admifing a new dress, theother
day, when she tarned to her mother and
exclaimed: " Mamma, l want a drag
gerl" There is no doubt but what that
young lady will keep up with the fash
ions At RI suo9 fsdi 3iaT.
=" Does this razortgo. IeasyPn asked
a barber of victim who was writing
under clumsy instrument, whose chief
recommendation Yas-a strong handle.
:. Well. y replied the poor fellow, 8 that
depends upon wliatlyod' call the opera
ton. If you are skinning me, il goes
tolerably easy, but if you're shaving it
goes rather hard"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-02-07
CONGRESSIONAL.

called up the resolution submitted by him
last week, declaring it unnecessary or mex
pedient to maintain or impose taxes at this
time for the purpose of providing for SS7, TO-
0i5 o. asked for by the Secretary of the Treas
ury for sinking fund, and spoke in favor of
passing the resolution. Upon the conclu-
sion of senator Beck's remarks the
resolution was laid over, aud cansid-
Grafton resumed of the unfinished business
being the silver bill, and Senator Wallace
spoke In favor thereof. He was followed by
senator Dawes in opposition to the bill. SEN
ator Cameron lNis.) submitted an amend
ment 10 the silver bill 80 as to provide that q
dollar shall consist of 40 grains standard sill
yef, instead Of 4l25z grains. Ordered printed.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-02-07

An ingenious contractor has pro-
posed a scheme for making Berlin sea-
port. He claims that the confguration
of the land between the Capital and the
sea is such as to render quite feasible
the construction of deep-sea canals
which would admit ordinary vessels. An
expenditure of only S40,0O0,000 is re-
quired, and the contractor figures up
an annual profit of 10 per cent. on the
investment
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-02-07

MT. W. Page McCarty, who was a
principal in the famous Mordecai-Mc-
Carly duel in Richmond few years
ago, in which The former lost his life,
has become one of the editors of the
Washington Post. He has been Wash
ington correspondent for several
months, and is writer of popular mag
azine articles and of one or two plays.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-02-07

n.-'' She is a plump, square-built, de-
termined looking lady, with brown hair,
freckled complexion. Ietrousse nose,
and eyes of a crooked, not to say wick
ed. arehness. She is naughty in her
manner toward ephemeral female jour
nalists, and in general likes 10 talk with
men better than with women. - This is
a Washington correspondents deserip-
ton of Gail Hamilton.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-02-07

Times are pinching, but the sleeve
button continues to hold its own as to
size, and it takes more stuff to make a
dress than it did when women wore
hoops nine feet in diameter, and the
day-labOrer had a whole pie in his
dinner-bucket.- Cincinnati Breakfast
Tube
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-02-07

During Gen. Grants visit to Pom
pei house was excavated in his honor,
but nothing remarkable was found.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-30
The Oysters Enemies.

As we pass another line of stakes
marking the boundary of private prop
erty the drcdge is cast again. Lay your
hand on the rope; the water is three
fathoms deep, yet you can feel the mul-
titude of oysters rolling in between the
dredge's iron jaws. Haul in, A cables
length away, bottom quite as good as
tbs would have yielded nothing of
value. Here the dredge comes up loaded
with oysters, the most of them ranging
in size from silver quarter to half
dollar piece. They are now in their
second year, few in clusters of two or
three, but the majority single, and all
showing the rounded outline which de-
lights the oyster-lOver. Here and there
in the pile is a gaping shell, some with
one valve shorter than the other, some
with pin hole through the purple spot
where the muscle was attached. The
former have been killed by star-fish,
the latter by drills, s,-innocent-lookin
creatures both Of them, but dreadfullv
destructive to oysters. Fortunately, the
drills confine their attacks to the young
broods when thinning out is not so in
furious. The stars kill at all ages. Some
times they come up from deep water in
swarms as countless as Colorado grass
hoppers. and ravage an oyster planta-
tiOn as relentlessly as the latter do
the wheat fields of the border. Now
Sharpie is engaged in replanting a large
tract which the stars invaded last
spring, when the only oysters saved
were those that were hastily removed i'm
advance of the destroying host. By
such attacks man may lose his entire
fortune before the danger is suspected,
and at all times it is only by constant
watchfulness and persistent dredging
that these pests are kept within tolera-
bic limits.
In course of time, when the number
Of oyster farmers is largely increased,
it may be possible by united effort and
the maintenance of special police
working steam-dredges to keep the stars
under control, if not to exterminate
them from the waters; but for many
years they are likely to remain the chief
source of annoyance and loss to this i'm
portant branch of industry. Now and
then boring whelk or a winkle will
kill an old oyster, or a boring sponge
- Ill
strength to the work of maintaining the
integrity of its pearly coat; now an
then violent storm will bury an
Oyster-bed under a smothering mass of
weeds or mud; or, if in shallow water,
will roll the crop ashore, or crush it to
death with drifted ice; but these are
occasional and minor evils, compared
with the ceaseless depredations of the
stars.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-30
Honor in his own Land.

says Comley in his recently-issued work.
Ihe History Of New York State, The day has
passed when the benefactors of humanity
were allowed to live in ignominous poverty
Their sacrifices their lab0rs unrecompenssd.
1o-dsy, the benefactors of the people-the
men who devote their lives and energies to the
interests OF humanity - these are the men
whom the world delights 10 honor, and whom
II rewards with prlncely fortunes. As an earn
est worker FOR the welfare of his fellow-men,
Or. IL v. Pierce has won the warmest sym-
pathy aud esteem. While seeking to be their
servant only, he has become q Or nee among
them- Yet the immense fortune layished
upon MIN by generous people he boards not,
out IN ests IN the erection and establishment
OF institutions directly contributive to the pub
ilc cod, the people thus realizing, in their
nperal patronage, new meaning of that beau
utui oriental custom Of casting bread upon
Ine waters Noted in both pub ic and private
NE ior nis answering integrity and all those
sterhng virtues that ennoole manhood, Dr.
fierce ranks high among those few men
whose names the Empire State is Justly proud
10 lnscribe upon her roll of honor Ambitious.
yet moved by an ambition strictly anne pable to
we most discriminating and well-balanced
judgment, his future career promises IN he
one OF unparalleled activity ana usefulness.
ably supplementing the work he has Already
acc 9mphshed, by life at once noble in effort.
envisole IN Its grand results" While DR.
fierces genius and energy have won for him
so envisbie position on the records Of q na-
ton. having been lected Senator by an over
Mneiming majority, his justly celebrated
household Remedies have gained fr him
Yet more desirable place IN the hearts of a
grateful people. HIS Golden Medical DIscoy-
cry and Fsvorite Prescription have brought
holia
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-30
Lecturers

The fees of prominent lecturers, ac-
cording to the American Literary
Bureau, are as follows: Cough, $3.50;
Beecher, $500 to 5000; Tilton. $3.50; Eli
Perkins, 500; Phillips, 5000; Scott
Siddons, $50; Bret Harte, $125; Bayard
Taylor, sl25. Reductions are, however,
made from these figures for small towns.
Beecher is worth $500 simply because
he will draw that amount. Cough will
draw 50 90, Anna Dickinson will draw
3125, Mark Twain will draw $50, Eli
Perkins will draw s125, and Mrs. Scott
Siddons is worth $3.50. Rea1ers are not
worth as much as original thinkers,
simply because they are not original.
They are copies. They simply read
what the dramatist or humorist have
written. Their material is not fresh
1t is good, but old. The audience have
read it over and over again, and fun
and pathos is so delicate that, once
listened to. its force is gone forever.
You can laugh at the same humor, or
cry at the same pathos, but once. So
the original humorists, like Nasty,
Ward, Perkins, and Tom Hood, have
always the advantage. Their platform
humor is sealed book, which no reader
can reproduce. The books Of the humor-
ist are public, and the readers can
read and re-read them before sleepy
audiences, but they keep their best
thinks for their lectures. Their lectures
they keep out of the magazines and
newspapers, that they may appear on
the platform with fresh and original
fun-delighting the ears of the audience
with side-splitting humor, or moisten-
ing their eyes with heart-touching
pathos.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-30
HUMOROUS.

THERE she stood, the apple of their
eyes trembling with suppressed weeps.
Their frowns deepened, as the mother
wiped her glasses preparatory to read
ing a letter found In the girls pocket.
1t began: CANCEL of my existence"
'.what!" howled the male parent;
"you don't mean to say 1t begins like
that! Oh! that a child of mine should
correspond Without pray proceed, my
dear" "Hem! existence spelled with
"a too," proceeded the mater. "Why,
the lunatic can't spell!" Clipped in the
old man. "It is impossible for me to
describe the Joy with which your pre-
sence has filled me-" "Then why does
he attempt it? Ass! But pray don't let
me interrupt you. Go on; go on; let
10Y be unconfined." 81 have spent the
whole night in thinking of you"-
Chats picturesque, any way)-"and in
old whelp who will not consent to our
union" ''Oh, let me get at him !.
Whelp! Is thy servant a toad that he
should be thus spoken of?' But,
Theodorus, my DEAR" interrupted his
other half. "Yes, yes, one moment;
was about to observe that the hand that
could pen such words would not hesitate
TO scalp his most cherished relative" ="
''The eDdorus, L didn't see this over the
leaf" ''Eh! let me see-hum-'Yours,
with all the love of my heart-Theo-
derGs, May 10, 1885, Why, bless my
eyes, it's one of my letters" (Sensa-
tion.) Yes, papa" chimed in the
SOLVE branch, ,"''I found it in the closet
yesterday, only you wouldn't let me
speak" "You may go to the park, my
child. Hem! we've made nice mess
of it," "Yes, love; next time we will
look at the date first"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-30

Haunted houses are plentiful in
Washington. There is domicile in
Four-and half street, where, in the
evening twilight, before the gas is light
ed, newspaper is heard TO rattle in an
alcove designed for bell. Investiga-
tion of the apartment develops the fact
that there is no person there to rattle
the paper. The doubter may sgest
rats, but the solemn assurance is given
that there is no paper there to be ratified
nor any possible thing that could resem-
BILE the noise of folding newspaper
no paper of any kind that could be rat
tied or folded. OF course people will
be found to scoff at the ghost of news
paper; but, perhaps, if told of the mex
cusable death of 4 lady, the wife of
literary man, in that house some years
ago, they might change their opinion.
There is another haunted house on New
Jersey avenue, which no tenant can be
got to occupy. An effort has been made
for some time TO get up a party of bold
spirits to sit up in it all night, which 1
was invited to join, but declined because
| am not one of that kind. The New
Jersey avenue ghost is known to hold
some sort of relationship to a gentle
man and lady who lived there several
years ago. One day it was given out
that she had gone to New York, and
shortly afterward he picked up his car
pet-bag and went away, since which
time neither of them has ever been seen.
Now, at IL O'Clock at night, a carriage
is heard. but not seen, to drive up, the
bell rings without any visible cause,
the door is heard to open and close, and
after that the most pitiful sounds, as of
a female voice begging for mercy and
crying out that she was not prepared
TO die, are heard, but there is no pity
He murders her again every night. If
these things are not so, why does the
house remain vacant, although some
most intelligent people have tried to live
in it?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-30
A Brilliant Reception.

The most brilliant and seccessful i'm
postOr known in Europe was the Italian
whose assumed name was Count Gag
liostro. He died in prison in 1887,
being then in his fifty second year,
after career of varied imposture, such
as seems vastly more like romance than
most of the creations of the novelist.
His forte was to surround himself with
mystery, and having the aid Of con-
federate, he assumed such characters
as were best adapted to the occasion.
He was at one time a nobleman, and at
another naturalist. His next appear
ance might be in the guise of an extra
ordinary physician or necromancer.
The entire role of social life was ex-
hausted by this wonderful deceiver.
who Included Greece, Egypt, Turkey
and Arabia in his range OF travel. At
Medina he was distinguished multi, "
and became great favorite with the
highest powers. He visited the Grand
Ma ter of the Knights Of Malta, and the
latter was so impressed with the dignity
and accomplishments Of the Count that
he gave him letters Of recommendation
to the nobility of Europe. In Italy his
success i'm this career of swindling was
extraordinary. As alchemist, sorcerer
and spiritualist, he claimed power not
only over the ''Occult Sciences" but
also called up the spirits of the departed
and held communion with the dead.
He invented an elixir that insured per-
petual life, and which, to the women,
added unfading beauty. AS a matter
of course its sale was immense, and the
inventor never remained long enough
in place to test its merits. He called
himself 200 years old and ascribed his
youthful appearance to the use of this
wonderful preparation, which had set
death himself at defiance.