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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09
Five Thousand Dollars Found in q
Tree.
Lynchburg Virginian.

Lynchburg Firginian.
A treasure up tree was seen in the
watches OF the night by peddler. who
was sleeping in farm house in the Shen-
andoah Valley. He told his dream to
the farmer next morning, and on three
successive nights he had the anne vision.
Then be prevailed ON the farmer to &C.
company him to the forest, where he
pointed out large oaktree as the one he
had seen in his dream. 1t was apparent.
" sound at the butt, but about twenty
feet up limb had been broken off The
farmer did not feel like bumoring
what he supposed to be a superstitious
whim, but the old fellow seemed to have
confidence in his vision, and offered him
one, half the spoiIs if he would help him
cut down the tree. When the tree fell
there was a rattle of coin near where the
limb had been broken of, and a small
hollow was found there. By little
chopping large cavity was found, and
within was 8 mass of silver. Both
seemed wild with delight, aud on count
ing up found that the pile amounted to
S. QUO. The psddler expressed his IN
willingness to carry around 80 much sill.
yer in his pocket, and inquired where be
would be likely 10 get greenbscks for his
share. The farmer, having considerable
money in bis house, Immediately trans
ferred to the peddler 81 500. The ped
dler disappeared, snd when his partner
attempted to pass some of the silver, 10 |
it was counterfeit. He wss tie victim
of gang of coiners.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09

M. SoLEILLET, who lately arrived at
Rouen, France, from an exploration in
Central Africa, found that many tribes
regarded white men as superior beings
and fsvorites of the gods. They looked
upcn them with veneration, and after
touching their hands, would rub their
own hands religiously upon their faces.
They would ask NJ. Soleillet and his
party to blow upon them and to spit In
their faces and upon their breasts. At
Kimiaksro, Daye and Dyslls the ex'
plorers lived on intimate terms with
three kings, whose residences were sur
rounded by walls pierced with holes for
defense. and fanked by towers. The Off
GERS Of the respective palaces were all
women. who had a much greater iufiu-
ence over their msjesties than the legiti-
mste wives. Their msjestiss passed
sufficiently idle lives, either sqnatting or
lyirg all day upon mats, with their sa-
hers on their knees. By way of variety
little girls would rub them and give them
little sIaps upon the back and breast,
wbile a musician tinkled an instrument
resembling a guitar.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09

The direct and indirect losses in money
and trade caused by the recent yellow
fever epidemic, it is believed, will reach
two hundred million dollars. The loss
of life will resch 1900. The result of
the Investigations of the Yellow Fever
Commission may be summed up as FOL.
lows: mo case of yellow fever bss
been found indigenous to its locality
importation is direct wherever it exists.
The poison is carried by persons, in
clothing, cotton baggiDg, or any goods of
Ike description. Disiniectants do not
arrest or prevent the spread OF the dis
ease, and are often injurious TO the sick
Administration CT drugs, with the view
of preventing an attack, fails in every
case. Strict quarantine affords absolute
protection. The cause of the disease
remains mystery"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09
A Trick Of Heller's.

A correspondent OF the Cincinnati
Commercial tells the following story of
Robert Heller's skill in sleight-of-hand
tricks: Lager-beer was The leading
beverage in the Cincinnati Sketch Gu 3.
One day there were gathered some 70
gentlemen-artists ministers, doctors,
poets, musicians. men of letters, in Is {,
all professions were represented-whs n
Heller announced the fact that he wou 4
make disappear full glass of lager, MT
by the usual method-that was, that
would make disappear this glass and
beer and it would be found in the re-
pocket OF some one Of those present, an
he would be unaware o. its presence. A
moment 1t was not in Hsller's bznd
and where had it gone? Every eye
intent on Heller, and crowding close
around the performer. Mr.. Samuel y.
Pike, who was laDguidly leaning agaiust
the mantel- shelf, smoking, and quite IN
concerned, some % feet away, put his
hand in his coat pocket Gas we all did,
not knowing but that each was the vicstn)
and withdrew it hurriedly, Gripping ~
beer. The veritsb.e glass, half full Of
the frothing fluid. was in bis pocket"
The most beautiful may be the most
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09

of position that is almost commanding;
yet the status OF prisoner smone his tel
lows was fixed before be entered there,
and nothing can change it, unless it is
daring and mastery strike for liberty.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09

HARRIET HosMER's new motor, what
ever it may be, is not the only one OF her
inventions. She has made a machine by
which musicians can turn the leaves OF
their own music without interruption.
She is also the discoverer of process for
making marble out of common lines
stone, by means of steam pressure she
has made q new modelling material o.
plaster of Paris and white wax, ssid to
be far superior to clay. But the mag
netic motor she regards as the GROWING
invention of her life. She is now having
four horse power machine made. Miss
Hosmer's high character is too well
known to admit the possibility OF her
claiming discovery which does not be-
long to her.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09

L CAN Mt Fnl GET.

When I remember son thing which had,
But VII ch IL aCDe and must do Without
eometimts won er INV can To gisd.
Ev a In COW hp Tim, hen hedges sprozt
u makes me IN 10 thinE OF ii--but yet
Ny days vail MT b. bsttsr Gays thoali 'orgsS
When member Fomsthing promised fse,
Dut which sever Tad nor ean have 1oSi
Because the promiser no more Sc
In cruntrie that cord with mortal vow
When / IsmemDer this nou, n-but yet
Ny hsppi days IRE not tue days ween forget
-Esea IaOei0ao
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09
HI-ZENE (FIRE).

In cage OF green bamboo the accused,
bound hand and foot, is suspended with
head downward. This machine revolves
slowly in circle of charcoal fires, famed
into fierceness by the executioners.
This torture is Objectionable on account
of the sudden fatal termination to which
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09

Light of heart ana i1ght oil mead.
And We robe the b'ide g. white,
nd In white ye shi oud the dead
-I4tslieissime.
TALHAGE likes the text, "Oh, Lord,
howlOngT"
No vices are so incurAble as those
which men are apt to glory in.
A TORONTO magisi rate has done a
noble thing for bored humanity by de-
clsring that button-holing a man is as
saulting him.
Now that baby. has been choked by
the rubber tube of nursing bottle,
mothers will believe the primeval sys-
tenn of feeding offspring the best by
large majority.
IT il reported that Edison has invent
ed an ink that, on being applied to paper,
forms itself into letters and words, no
matter how illiterate the person may be
who employs 1t, thus doing away with
the necessity for learning to write.
AT coroner's inquest in California q
Chinese physicisn OF high repute among
his countrymen testified that a man las
seven lungs The heart, he said, usually
has FIVE holes in it, and its principal use
is Ito catch air in"
The crowning ambition OF many a
mans lie is 10 belong to a select society,
and after listening many years te the
constant iteration of one colloeaticn OF
words, to die and be followed to the
grave by an awkward squad 10 black coats
and white gloves two sizes too big.
A REVEREND gentleman residing in a
neighboTing town has the Misfortune to
own a son who is addicted to drink. The
other night, when the family had retired
to rest, the son returned home in his
usual condition. When the clergyman
opened the door to his graceless offspring,
he exclaimed: Drunk sgain, Henry:
drunk sgainW "All right. father"
replied the staggering repTObate, GEO
am Ir
IT was at a Chicago dancing-party.
GA little more animation, my DEAR"
whispered a fashionable mother to
daughter, who was walking lsnguidlr
through a qusdrille. Let me manag
my own business, mamma" ssid
latter. II shall not dance my ringl
out of my curl for a married man."
course not, my love; but was not sw
who your partner was" replied
mother. g
LITTLE GIRL" Papa, in spelling you
-yOu-the o. is silent, isn't it' Papa
-" Yes, my DEAR" Little girl-'Then
what is it good for1' Papa" Nothing,
my child = Little girl-"Oh, that can't
be, or they wouldn't spell it with an co.
l think / know now what they put it in
the silent letters for. You see if they
didn't put 'em in we little girls wouldn't
have to go to school. It would be too
easy! The words would spell themselves,
and we'd know all about it, without ask
ing the schoolmssm."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09

TIE articles made OF paper in the late
Berlin exposition comprised the roof,
ceiling, cornices and interior walls OF a
house, the exterior walls of which were
of Zine wood, but all the furniture,
blinds, curtains, chandeliers, carpeting'
ornamental doors, mantel and table
ornaments were of paper, including a
stove made of asbestos paper, in which a
fire was burning cheerfully. There were
also exhibited wash.basins, water'cans,
a full-rigged-ship, lanterns, hats, shirts
full suit of clothes and undertaking,
straps, hankerchiefs, napkins, bath-tubs,
buckets brenzes, flowers, urns, jewelry,
betting and animals, both for ornament
and for toys.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09

"IvAN THE GREAT" the name play
fully accorded to the colossal bell OF Mos
COW, has a rather moderate rival in
new bell which has Just been set up In
church in Moscow as a memorial OF the
emancipation of the Bulgarisns. 1t is
much smaller than "Ivan the Great"
but is still larger than any other bell in
the world. When it was delivered at
the church by the contractor who had
cast it, he declared its weight to- be TO-
SO4 pounds. Some members of the COM
mittee who had charge of the business,
not satisfied with the statement OF the
bell-founder, took steps for having the
weight ascertained independently. 1t
was found that the actual weight was
1850 pounds less than what had been
stated, which made a difference in the
price of the bell of about 50 400.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09

THE proportion of land covered with
forests throughout Europe is 90 per cent.
of which Russia and Sweden furnish the
greatest part. In Russia, 30 per cent. OF
the territory is covered with woods, and
of this some 200, 100000 acres are covered
with pines and other cone-besring trees.
Sweden and Norway have "a per cent,
chiefly birch, maple, pine, fir and willow.
Austria has 90 per cent, Germany has
26 per cent, and France II. Far below
these comes Spain, with its cork woods
and evergreen oak forests, covering per
cent. of the land, and Holland and Bel
GUM with the same. Portugal comes
next with 5 per cent, and Great British
follows with per cent. The percentage
annually decreases in all countries rap
idly. As far back as 1888 it was esti-
mated that timber was cut down yearly
in Great Britain and Ireland alone to
the value of 100000.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09

Roast monkey is what the emigrants
from South Carolina to Liberia have Tor
their dinner on Sunday "but," says one
of them in a letter, OTIS mighty dry
eating. and needs lard, but that you
can't get for love or money" In the
next paragraph word is sent to friend
urpiug him to emgrate. We have told
the folks out here what smart man he
is and a great politician. If he will only
come out, ne is sure to be made pres
sdent."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09

TIE proprietols and employees OF q
large cigar factory in New York have
lust agreed upon a substitute for strikes
and lockouts, and the plan is 50 simple
that it is scarcely strange that no one on
this side of the ocean has thought OF 1t
before. 1t is merely to refer future dit
ferences between employers and en-
ployed to a board of arbitration the
members of which are to be selected by
the two parties.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09
NAUGHTY.

Somebody's lips were close 10 mines
thus tempted eouldI { resist
Ros ush and rosy. a sweet ittle mouth
Was suddenly softly kisset.
some body's eyes looked up and frOwnN
With UGH reproving glance,
IF KISSES we're sickedf' ssked my pat
Then the eyes began TO dance.
And smiling, the little maid answered
AZ knelt there her feat;
they must be q Il tie bit naughty.
they never would be so sweet =
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09

is subjective fumes OF the chslcOal
producing asphySia.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09

The most beautiful may be the most
admired and csressed, but they are not
always the most esteemed ald loved.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09
UNDERTONES

Do you sing 1.-THE suestest eOngs
Tel of Sorrows ant # ~rongs.
10 you loye3- pc feet love
OnlV lives IN realms 0ove:
And III car eless are tn light
Light of heart and light Of head:
And We robe the b'ice g. white,
ma Ia white ye shi oud the dead.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-09

A MERCHANT in Allegheny City
nsmed Russell, is preaching the doctrine
that the world will come 10 an end in
1914, the shorty years OF trouble" to pre-
cede that event having commenced IN
1874. Russell has made about one hun
dred and fifty converts, some OF whom
are extravagsnt in their religious be-
havor, and a great deal Of excitement
has been caused in that region.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-23
Strange Sounds.

The following account is given by Mrs. NJ.
f. Morse, in the New York Evangelist:
"Not long since took severe cold which
resulted in a gathering in each ear. For three
weeks I was almost entirely deaf, and yet
cannot say deaf, for while my ears refused to
receive any present sound they constantly re.
peated the sounds of the past. l never passed
through three weeks of such tumult There
was never a moment of silence. At times
became so interested in listening to the
laughter and songs Of children, the singing OF
birds, the hum of bees and insects, and, in fact
every noise l ever heard that forgot my pain.
Many of these sounds were in the room all
the time, and | could listen to them by merely
withdrawing my attention from other things.
Others came to me in this way seemed TO
be surrounded by a luminous gray mist !;
floating in this mist were little silver
spheres one of these would open as if q
little wind blew 1t open, and out Of 1t would
come the most exquisite songs of birds, ms clear
and thrilling as If the bird were In my hand |;
the singing of frogs; the most beautiful music,
now soft and distant, then clear and full and
strong voices of friends who are dead, and
sounds with which my childhood was familiar
Sometimes all the sounds OF busy farm-yard
seemed to be around me.
Myself was aghast at myself. What wonder
full mechanism was opened to my view Can
you explain it2 Can anyone explain it? Is
there register of sounds in our brain that
some day, like telephone, will repeat to us
the story of our lives? If so, imagine the
sweet chorus of songs and hymns and prayers
that will surround some sanity lives, and the
fearful contrast in others.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-23
Tho Purchase OF Palestine,

The project proposed some time since in
Great Britain by leading Jews of tho country
to buy Palestine is said to have been COM
pleted. The Rothschilds, Montenores, and
other prominent and wealthy fnanciers, have
entire confidence, it is reported in the success
of the undertaking, and are moving energetic
ally toward its early achievement. The Sec
rotary Of the association formed for the pur-
pose, who is, by the way, a Christian in
creed, says the Jews of the whole world seem
to be in sympathy with the plan, and will do
their utmost, individually and collectively, to
further it. Those familiar with Palestine will
not regard 1t as especially desirable, for
its main features arc not very attractive 1t
is not an extensive country-not more than
one hundred and forty.five miles long and
forty-flve miles broad on an average--aud
ought to DO bought cheap. The plain Of
Philsta is its best part, the soil being of rich
brown loan, without q stone. 1t is now, as has
always been. vast grain field-an ocean OF
wheat without break or fence. Its extra
ordinary fertility is shown by the fact that II
has produced the same succession of crops year
after year, for forty centuries, such without
artificial aid. Many tourists have numberless
associations with Palestine that they have
idealizcd it prodgiously but to u man who
views 1t without bias it is dreary, disagree
able land, its undulating surface, rounded
hills, separated by narrow glens, and its crew
asses striking the eye monotonously and un-
easantly.-Erchdnge.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-23

BALTIMORE, MD, August o. 1879.
Cotton steady. Middling, l15S@l1Ac.
Flour firm and active. Howard street and
Western superhneS2 S593 so; do extras 80 1904 5O do
family 81 1908 rs; City mills supcrne. 80 756D3 25;
do extra, SO % "a so; do Rio brands, IS 50(l5 rs;
Patapsco family, Sc So
wheat-southern higher and actiye Western
easerSouthern red, 81 069l 90; do amber 81 100
49, No Maryland, 81 1917; No Western winter
red, spot and August, 81 09Ggl OBS. September,
s. o94@l o9}s; October, 81 O9}S@1 O0M November,
Corn-southern flrm for white; yellow nominal;
Western easier; Southern white $50: do yellow SOC;
Western mixed, spot and August, 476g47i$ Septem.
Der, 47as@4719c October. 4SGislSc; steamer, no
offering.
Oats steady. Southern 3l@32c; Western white
8l@32c do mixed, 20@30c; Pennsylvania. 3l@32c.
Rye steady Mt G0d6jc.
Hay firm; prime to choice Pennsylvania and
Maryland, 2li per ton
Provisions firm and fairly active for Job lots
Mess pork, $40 90. Bulk meats-Loose shoulders
SIC; clear rib sides, l34c; packed, 4l595ISc Bacon
shoulders, 5c;clear RIB sides, &C. Hams, 1l14@ll34c
Lard refined ticrces 7I4c.
Butter active and firm; prime to choice Western
packed. 126pl4c
Eggs active at 12c.
Sugar firm; A soft, sll9s$c.
Petroleum dull crude, nominal; refined, &c.
Coffee steady Rio cargoes, ll0li1Sc.
Whisky dull at 81 06H@l o..
grain. Cotton. 3l6d; flour, 2s Sd; grain, sd.
Recepts-Flour, 2,077 bu; wheat 2O5, 200 bu; corn
$500 bu; oats $500 bu; rye, 700 blu.
shipments-Wheat, 2GG, 200 bu; corn, 1876 blu.
Sales-Wheat $4,000 bu; corn, S,9l6 bu.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
william Lloyd Garrison.
by ELIJAH W. SMITH.

Finished hero's task From sea 10 sea,
The race he led from chains to liberty
Stand all bewildcred at the crushing blow
Blinded VIII tears unknowing where TO go.
He who so long hath been their faithful guide,
Lies cold In death who lives there now besidef
o, Garrison around thine hnllowed bier
grateful race Is kneeling and the tear
Is falling like the gentle summer rain,
When the suns rays have scorched the verdant
plain.
Through slayery's night our faithful sentineli
To thee we turned when thuudors DER us rolled,
And dangers signal midst the tempest tollod;
Though ON thy shield the foemcns darts fell fast.
And dying hope revived In us TO see
Thy bright sword waving on TO victory.
Thou canst not die for in our heart Of hearts
Thou'lt live till life and gratitude depart
Live till the memory OF the CALLING chain,
The crack Of whip, the piercing cry of pain
Shall fade; and the bright sheaves OF frcodomf
Shall hide the mlldew of foul slavory's stain.
Rise, LiberatoT, to thy just reward
Mercy and love thy noble deeds record;
Thou fearless champion of n hated race,
Ascend In glory to thine honored place.
people bear their witness 10 thy truth,
And show runsOmed continent In proof.
o God VIC thank thee that In our great need,
Thou didSt nnnOint man of word and deed,
Who, like a rock amid an angry sea,
Stood firm for Right for Truth aud Liberty
shouting thy mandate to the yengeful FOO
Thus saith Jehovah, Lot my people gop
Farewell. farewell, our earliest, dearest friend
Rest thee In peace, thy struggles have an end;
The race for whom thou perlled life to save,
Know thee, their champion, earnest, pure and
Foremost Of all who have their duty DONE
The world shall hail tho name Of Garrison.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-23
1879
GREAT

1879 GREAT 1879
pENNsYLyANIA ROUTE
TO THE N3RIH,, WEST, AND SOUTHWEST.
splendid scENEfTx t sSAAaNiFfcESf EQUIP
TRAINS nE II EEysH hTNE e. ron Depot
For P.is6ars and the 1850 M daily with
P Pssr e"f PSsFF anq chGs
m 9f Ttb PSFSs GsF e SiEiRsSS2
For Canandaigua Rochester, Buffalo. Niagara Falls
For Wa@spo %sr Locf
For and Wakn q ,h o q m daily eASspt
tsched limited EIpiess q Pullman PSrlor Cars
For BTootiyn New YORK. al through trains oonneG,
at Jersey City with boats of "Brooklyn Annex"
Ing double ferrage and Journey across New York
For up Philadelphia, s.ss a. M and 1880 p. m. daily.
except sunday $40, and 1918 =. m. daily. Lin
tied Express 800 a. IN. daily except sunday. 80,
FOR dsS Except exec sunday o aSa 49, 5 IT, o
For Pope, creek Line. $40 and 40 p. IN. daily,
For annapolis. go M. and 40 p M daily, except
ALExxNDRIA AND FREDERIcKsBURql RAIL.
VA, NAY . AMP n "a ALEIXANDRIA AND WASHING
For 3sIsndria' 8, as . M and lis 3, 4?e
5.e,7 and iiSo p. m. on Sunday H. M, LIS
For Richmcnd and the South, $50 a. m. daily, and
~ S:zo p. m daily, exSe ep sunday, ,,nU,o ~,
9, 10. II a m. and / 3, 42o, 81, 7, aud IL p. m.
On Sunday at and 10 a. M and 6p IN.
commodstions can be prosursd at the eiicesnorth.
east corner OF Thirteenth street and Pennsylyann
vanla avenue and at the depot where orders can DO
len for the checking or baggage TO destinations nom
"''''' L. =. FARM Err, General Passenger Agent
FRANK THOMSON, General Manager.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-23
RIVER IND CANAL NEWS.

ARRIVED.

ARRIVED
Inland and Seaboard Company's wharf-Steamel
Lady of the Lake, Travers, Norfolk Va and Johr
W Thompson, Wood, Leonardtown, Md, with frelgh
and passengers.
Seventh street wharf-Steamer George Leary
White, Norfolk, Va, freight and passengers.
Sixth street wharf Steamer Matt1no Byles
lower river landings, with freight and passengers
Great Fails Ice Company's wharf--Schooner Lizzie
Wilson Wilson, Kennebec River, with ice for Grea
Falls Company.
Riey's wharf Schooners Martha T. Trayers
King; Ann Francis, White; Melissa Washington
Dakin, and Tilden, Ford lower Potomac with
melons for market
Johnsons wharf-Schooner Frank Hodges Cul
bcrtson. Machodus, Va, with wood for johnson
Bros.
CLEARED.
Inland and SeRboard Company's wharf-Steamei
Jane Moseey, Bonneville, Norfolk, Va freight and
passengers.
Rllcys wharf-Schooners Bengal. Collins, ant
Sadie Bell Bradley, down the river, light.
Johnson's wharf Schooner Virginia, Hawley
Galloway down the river, light