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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30
THE YELLOW FEVER.

On the Goth, at Memphis, there were two
deaths from fever and nine new cases re-
ported. A light frost occurred in the sur
rounding country on the previous night.
On the DIST, at Memphis, there were six
deaths from fever and 10 new cases reported.
Several additional cases have developed at
Concordia, Miss, and also at Forrest City,
Ark.
On the 22d, at Memphis, there was but one
death from fever. Five new cases were re-
ported.
On the sd, at Memphis, there was but a
single death from fever and one new case re-
ported.
On the oath, at Memphis, there were three
deaths from fever and two new cases report
ed. John Johnson, Superintendent of Quar-
antine, recommends the removal OF all
quarantine restrictions, as being no longer
necessary.
The yellow fever epidemic at Memphis on
the oath was virtually declared at an end,
President Plunkett of the State Board of
Health having ordered the disarmament of
the entire corps of freight and passenger in
spectors on duty in and around the city.
A large number of Memphis refugees re-
turned home on the 25th, by the steamer
Hard Cash from St. Louis, the first
in 80 days. 1t was expected that the great
bulk of the refugees would put in an appear
ance during the following week.
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School and Church.

Sankey's hymns have been trans
lated into Chinese, Gaelic and Kanaka.
Yale, including the art and medi-
cal departments, has l, 100 students.
The New Testament has been trans
lated into japanese by the Rev. d. l.. H.
Gulick.
Fisk University opens this year I'M
der very favorable auspices. In the
boarding department there are 20 stu
dents, and in the school 200.
The Lutherans have in the United
States about 3, $50 ministers, $500 con-
gregations, and 725, 200 communicates.
They are increasing largely from the
large German and Scandinavian immi-
grafton.
-Ex-Gov. Clafin of Boston has given
to the Freedmen's Aid Society the
League property, adjoining Claflin Uni
versity, at Orangeburg, S. c., consist
ing OF 81 acres and buildings, valued at
$4,000.
The first woman lay delegate has at
length been admitted to a General Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Cnurcn. III happened out IN Ihe oIaIe
of Oregon, and the lady's name was
Mrs. H. II. Hines.
The cost of the English elementary
schools last year was S19, 577 ,250. They
instructed 5,154,973 children. The
French elementary schools during the
same time instructed 1928, 900, and cost
S13,630,000.
The Public Ledger thinks that the
best lesson Philadelphia's two thousand
teachers can set their pupils for the COM
ing year is that OF thinking clearly, see
ing facts with their own eyes, and Civ
inc their answers according to their own
understanding. Fortunate are those
pupils whose teachers know how to teach
such lesson.
The General Agent of the Peabody
Educational Fund, DIR. Barnas Sears, in
his thirteenth annual report, recently
presented, says that of the two grand
objects which the Board has from the
beginning had in view-namely, the
promotion of common-schoOl education
and the professional training of teach
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30

turn home without missing fence cor
ner or in need of an afternoon nap. As
a rule they are early risers. Barefooted
boys driving up the cows at daylight
will find the bumble-bee out of bed and
quite ready to begin the arduous labors
of the day. Along about shutdown he
quits work, counts noses to see if the
family are all in and then slows himself
away for a night of calm and peaceful
repose.
The legs of a bumble-bee are very
crooked. This seems too bad at first
sight, but you will soon discover that
nature was level-headed. His legs were
thus shaped to enable him to hang to
the brim of boys straw hat.
Were his legs straight he could not walk
a fence rail in a hi Oh wind, nor could he
turn around after reaching the top of a
mullen stock. The stripes on a bee
look like waste of material, but such is
not the case. They furnish an extra
covering over his ribs to keep the frosty
air off, and they serve to stiffen his
spinal column in his flights through the
air.
A bumble-bee can fly at the rate of 20
miles an hour, if he wants to, but there
is no cause for him to fly any faster
than boy can run. He sometimes lives
to be three years old, and is sometimes
stricken down before he has Travelled at
all. His life is precarious one. He
may run a deacon out of bayfield, to-
day, and be the big bee of the nest, and
tomorrow country schOol-ma'am may
knock his head off with her umbrella.
Nothing in natural history weighs more
for his size than the bee, and nothing in
science works easier without cog-wheels
or rubber rollers than his singer. 1t is
always ready, never out of repair, and
satisfaction Ito the bee) is guaranteed in
every case
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30
NATURAL HISTORY POPULARIzED.
The Habits of Bumble-bees.
From the Detroit Free Press

Children, did you ever stop to con-
slider the immense power possessed
by bumble-bee? An insect weighing
no more than the eighth of an ounce is
capable of raising man weighing
900 pounds from bench in the public
park, and then have lots of lifting ma
terial left. Just stop and think of it!
The singer of bee is not near as large
as the finest needle, but such is the force
behind it that it can be driven through
heavy pants cloth, backed by merino
drawers, and into the flesh about six
teen feet. If a man could WELD crow
bar in comparison he could drive it
through seven saw-mills and a whisky
distillery at one blow. Nature could not
give the bee teeth and claws without
spelling his beauty, and, in compensa-
ton, she gave him this singer as a
weapon of attack and defense. If the
bee had no weapon, ants, beetles and
bugs could cuff him around as they
pleased, but, as it is, he is boss of the
walk, and won't take a word from any
of them.
The bumble-bee is not naturally of a
quarrelsome disposition, but he can't be
sat down on over half an hour without
feeling as if some one was doing him a
great wrong. If left to himself he will
crawl up your coat-sleeve, look around,
and crawl down and 90 about his bust
ness, but if welcomed with blow be-
tween the eyes he is going to be re-
venged if it breaks a leg. He invaria-
bly, closes his eyes when he stings, and
you have only to look bee square IN the
face to discover when he is fooling
around, and when he means fourteen
per cent. per annum.
The bayfield, is favorite resort of
the bumble-bee, but you can find him
almost anywhere else if you try hard.
Having no pair of long hind legs, he
can not build his nest in marsh like
frog, and having no beak in which to
carry straws, he can not nest in tree
like a bird. He, therefore, takes to the
grass, and under the roots of an old
stump, or amidst pile of old rails, he
rears his gentle young and gives them
printed instructions as to the difference
between stinginga sN-inch stovepipe and
runaway boys. The knowledge of old
bees is wonderful. They know where
the school-house is. They know when
school is out. They can sail miles away
from home, get in their work on
farmers son wedding out corn, and re-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30
FOREIGN.

Four thousand Afghans made desperate
attack upon the British camp at Ali Kheyt
on the 14th, but were repulsed at the point
Of the bayonet, leaving on the field 40 killed,
200 wounded and two standards. The British
pursued them two miles. The British loss is
two killed and IA wounded. The latest in
telligence is to the effect that the combined
frontier tribes are retreating.
A dispatch from Cabul says Gen. Roberts,
on entering the city, made speech to the
following effect: 1t will be necessary to in
f1ict severe punishment. All buildings of the
city interfering with proper military occupa-
ton will be destroyed. A heavy fine will be
levied on citizens. A Military Governor will
be placed over the city and the country within
a radius of 10 miles. All inhabitants under
his Jurisdiction will be required to surrender
their arms within week, on pain of death if
they fail to do SO. Rewards will be paid for
the denunciation and conviction of any per-
son concerned in the massacre of the British
Embassy.
Two Mexican officers, Senior Richard Gay
oso, Administrator of the Military Hospital,
and Capt. Celso Cuellar, Captain of the Staff
of Gen. Cuellar, recently fought duel with
pistols near Matamoras. There were no
seconds. At the first fire Gayoso was shot in
the side, fell to the ground and expired in
stantly. The quarrel arose from an alleged
insult given by one to the other, in the pres
ence Of ladies.
On account Of the depressed condition Of
the English markets, live stock shipments
from this side have almost entirely ceased.
American beef has been selling there for
some weeks as low as nine cents a pound,
and where the quality was indifferent six
cents has been the ruling price.
A party of French agricuturists, number
ing 70 men, women and children, left Hayre
on the 18th on their way to Texas, under the
auspices of the Texas Freehold Farm and
Emigration Union.
1t is announced by authority that the Gar
will pay visit to the Emperor at Berlin in
short time. The Russian Imperial family
will spend the winter at Cannes.
Won Bulow, German Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, died on the Goth, at Frank
fort the Main.
The Ameer of Afghanistan, who is now in
effect held as prisoner by the British, has
announced his determination to abdicate.
The distress in Hungary on account of the
bad harvest is very great. The Government
has suspended the collection of taxes until
the next harvest has been gathered.
The Empress Eugene is going to Zululand
in February, to pray on the spot where her
son was killed.
A careful computation Of the lives lost by
81, H. IN in no no
in excess of 1900. The property loss is esti-
mated at 6O,0OO,0OO francs. There were $500
houses and 12O mills destroyed by the flood.
Large subscriptions are being made for the
relief of the sufferers.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30
An Eagle for an Enemy.

The Milford Oel.) Chronicle says:
Near Cedar Beach, in Sussex County,
Del, resides Mrs. Wiley, widow of Abb
ner Wiley, deceased. She keeps large
stock of poultry, and among them many
ducks. Hearing a commotion in pond
near the house, recently, she went out
to learn the cause, and saw what she
thought was a hawk holding fast to a
duck. She ran up and frightened it off,
but no sooner did it quit the duck than
it attacked her. She then saw it was a
bald-headed eagle. 1t swOoped at her,
entaneling its talons in her hair, while
she fought all she could with her sun
bonnet, till her outcries and vigorous
slashing with the bonnet scared the bird
away Singular as it may seem, she re-
eeived no injury whatever, although ter
ribly frightened. 1t is wonder hen face
was not torn to pieces by the savage
birds claws.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

-Dore will illustrate Shakespeare.

--Dore will illustrate Shakespeare.
Proctor, the astronomer, will soon
be in this country again. His first lee
lures will be delivered in Philadelphia
early in November.
Prof. f. L. Youmans thinks he has
proved that Herbert Spencer, and not
Darwin, deserves the honor of discover
ing the principle of evolution.
Mr.. Eugene Schuyler, ex-Secretary
of Legation at Constantinople, has sent
a valuable collection of Russian books
to the Harvard library.
Miss Calista HalSey's new book,
"Two of U.s. is the embodiment of
the personal experiences of the author
and her sister. She is well known as a
teacher of wOod-carving, and is also a
journalist of some reputation.
Mrs. Beers ethel LYNN, the poet
ess, had premonition that as soon as
she printed her poems she would die.
The first volumes were received from
the press only few days before that
event, and they were bound in Grape
and placed upon her coffin.
The late George Henry Lewes has
received his monument in the shape of
a studentship in physiology, founded by
his friends and bearing his name. 1t
will yield nearly 81 900 a year, will be
paid quarterly in advance, and will be
tenable for three years.
-LOngfellow has written poem, all
about the remarkable pen made of wood
from the letters of the Prisoner of Chill
Ion, and which was presented to him
not so very long ago. 1t will appear in
the December Harper.
Over three hundred babies, it is said,
have been named Gwendolen, in
England alone, since the publication of
''Daniel DerOnda." George Eliot, hav-
ing no children of her own to name,
furnishes names for other women's
children.
Sarah Bernhardt tells the Partisan
that she will come to the Uuited States
next season or the one after it. She
will play in French, and stick to Shak-
speare, because she deems the classic
French dramas incOmprehensible to
Americans, who, though they under
stand not a word of French, can follow
easily the action of a Shakspearean
piece.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.

The Governors Of the thirteen original
States met in Independence Hall, Phila
delphia, on the 18th, with the Governor OF
Virginia in the chair, and recommended to
the people of the United States grand cele-
bration Of the Centennial Anniversary Of the
Surrender Of CORVALLIS at Yorktown, which
event occurred on the 18th of October, 1871.
Neil W. Blair, colored, was hanged at
Camden, S. c., on the 18th, for the murder
of VIM. Anderson, also colored, in July last.
A drunken brawl was the cause Of the two
deaths.
A,preliminary celebration of the anniver-
sary of Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown
took place at the scene of the surrender on
the Esd. Many thousand people were pres
ent and there was grand military and naval
display.
Mrs. Mary f. Lounsberry has been indicted
for the murder of her husband, Rev. Dexter
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30
Foreign Notes.

Mime. Patti is engaged for the ST.
Petersburg Opera House for next sea-
son.
The Municipal Council of Berlin
recommends the universal adoption of
the practice of cremation.
"A large number of French Mayors
are to be removed for assisting at Legit-
imist banquets.
Sarah Bernhardt is to begin a season
in London next MAY, according to adj
vertisement, supported by the company
of the Palais Royal
France is getting tired of commun-
lstlc demonstrations, and the Minister
OF Justice has instructed local officials
to prosecute persons whose acts g re-
quire repression"
In the third week of September
1869 persons-more than the whole
population of the city of London proper
were in receipt of paroehial reliefin the
London Metropolitan District.
"A new theater, built at cost of
100000 francs, from the. proceeds of
the Brunswick legacy, had been opened
at Geneva. Its exterior resembles that
of the Grand Opera House in Paris.
Mrs. Tiburtius, wife of the Surgeon
General of Germany, is a leading dem
fist of Berlin, and attends the royal
family. Her sister-in-law, Dr. Fran
zaska Tiburtius, is an eminent physi-
elan.
The widow of a Protestant clergy
man has made a commOtiOn in Hanover
by appearing in the pulpit and preach
ing for two successive Sundays. Her
congregation is vastly pleased with her
and wish her to continue. Such a thing
as woman in the pulpit is almost un-
known in Germany.
The Gar has permitted the publ
cation in his empire of two Jewish
weekly newspapers recently started:
RuSSky Erret RUSSIAN jew and BazSUet
DOWN; both of them are dedicated to
the improvement of the condition of the
Hebrew population of Russia They
advocate thorough and liberal educa-
ton, close association with the Chris
tians, and sincere fulfillment of all the du-
ties imposed on the subjects of the
Gar.
Mr. Worth, the man-milliner, is
described by Miss Brewster in the TeLe-
graph of Philadelphia as STOPPING,
simply dressed man of middle height,
with a round, goOd-natured face, with
hOmely, simple, straightforward man.
ners. His son, 20 years old, is employed
with his father, and is said to be even
cleverer than Worth in designing
gowns.
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Science and Industry.

The latest estimate of practical sta
tisticians is that there are in the United
States 35,000,000 cattle valued at 81
200,000,000.
Elton College, Eng, has established
factory, building of three floors, in
which various mechanical appliances are
to be erected, so that boys may be taught
the practical use of tools.
Cattle in considerable numbers are
being shipped from Minnesota to Iowa,
to be fattened upon the big corn crop
there. In Illinois feeders are picking up
eligible lots for the same purpose.
The Arctic Ice Company, of Bos-
ton, is turning out between 10000 and
10000 tons of artifcially made ice per
day, which it is under contract to de-
liver at one-half cent pound.
The baby oyster is not much bigger
than pins head at the end of fort
night, and at three months old only the
size of split pea. In year it will be-
come as large as Scent nickel, and at
the end of four years growth is fit for
the market.
"A poor man a few years ago pur-
chased piece of ground at South Am
boy, New Jersey, and commenced sell
ing the clay that lies under its surface.
He has dug great shafts and tunnels,
and is said to have earned fortune of
$500, 200.
Experiments made $50 years ago
demonstrated that a bell, rung by clock
work, when placed under an exhausted
receiver, emits no sound. The report of
a pistol on the top of Mont Blanc makes
no more noise than the explosion of a
percussion cap at the level of the sea,
and aeronauts tell us that at the height
of two miles all sound ceases.
In lecture delivered before one of
the English mining societies lately, a
novel illustration was given of electricity
performing mechanical work. A saw
bench was placed on a platform con-
nected with a dynamo-electric machine,
which, in its turn, was connected by
wires with the machine outside the hall
used for producing the electric light
during the lecture. On the electricity
being communicated, the saw was set in
motion, and timber up to five inches in
thickness was cut into strips. This re-
suit has inclined some of the leading
colliery owners to test the practicability
of working coal-cutting machines and
other underground machinery by cleo
tricity-compressed air being at present
the only power that can be used for
driving these machines without interior
ing with the ventilation of the workings.
Electricity is said to possess the adj
vantage of doing the work at less cost.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30

L. Lounsberry, at stratford, Conn.,, on the
oath of September last.
A reunion Of Federal and Confederate
veterans was held at Salisbury, n. c., on the
I'D. Many thousand people were present
and the exercises were quite interesting.
The first snow-storm Of the season oc-
Cured in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New
York and the New England States and Can
ada on the night of the 23d. Six inches Of
snow fell in some localities.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30

Little Nellie, 4-year-old, was pun
ished by her mother the other evening
for some misdemeanor. The little one sat
quiet for few moments and then began
scolding, winding up with We'll, l
never could see the use of mothersl Al
ways spanking little girls, and it don't
do any good, anyhow"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30
NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

The Supreme Court Of the United States
has rendered decision sustaining the con-
stitutionality Of the Pacific Railroad Fund
ing law passed in May, 1878, by which the
Pacific Railroads which are in arrears upon
their obligations to the United States Gov
eminent are required to set apart a certain
portion of their earnings each year for the
extinguishment of such debts. Dissenting
opinions were filed by Justices Strong, Brad
lev, and Field.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30

ers, the former has been so far attained
that it may, in great part, he safely left
in the hands of the people, and the
chief attention heneeforth be given to.
the latter.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30

The Boston Courier discovers that
when two young men meet they address
each other as "old man. and that
when two old fellows meet they say ''my
boy"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30

The Smith family recently held a
reunion in New Jersey. Their principal
sentiment was: Pocahontas, the pre-
server of our race"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30
THE NEW TENOR.

He drew in his breath with a gasping sob,
With quavering voice he sang;
But his voice leaked out, and could not drown
The accompanies clamOrOus bang;
He lost his pitch on the middle 4;
He faltered on lOwerD ID;
And he foundered, at length, like battered
Adrift on the wild, high C.
burlington H0,rleBe
The Sanitary Engineer offers a re-
ward of $500 for the best plan of mod
ell school-hOuse. Our small boy will
contest for that prize. His working
model is not yet ready, but we may state;
that his idea of model school-house is
one in which the teacher never ticks;
where recess comes five times in the
morning, vacation every other week,
and examination never where all studies
are elective, and chewing gum is insist
ed upon; where there is cO-educatiOn of
the sexes, provided the girls are pretty,
and where there is no punishment for q
fellow save sending him to sit by the
girl to whom he was caught passing
nOtes.-Al6any journal.
"A lady who has been spending the
summer at Lake Chautauqua says that
on one of the steamers that passed Fair
Point at the time when the great Sab
bath-schoOl Convention was il progress.
were three women, rather gaudily
dressed and wearing diamonds enough
to indicate that they had plenty of
money. Their conversation was carried
on in loud voice and attracted consid-
cradle attention. Infront of Fair Point.
stands statue Of Faith. GO See that
piece of stationary said number one.
81 wonder who it is. 1t must be Jupi-
ter "No," said number two, ait
looks more like Venus WELL" said
number three, anyway it's one of
those people in the Bibble.-Trou Times.
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Odds and Ends.

Frequently above par-His hat.
Canning peaches is put-up job.
Only question of time-Asking
the hour.
"A gauge that no man should meas
ure his property by is mortgage.
The latest toast: "Dhrink this an
yell niver die, but pine away Ikea
daisy"
After all death is really the only
dealer who demands one price of all and
makes no deviation.
"A paper, in the neighborhOOd of
Rochester, n. Y, advertises church
pew for sale, commanding beauti-
full view of nearly the whole congrega-
tom
"A critic, in noticing a discourse on
"The Sayings and DOings of Great
Men," remarks: sit is sad to observe
how much they said and how little they
did"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-05-22
Messrs. Dickson e Sheldon's
Now Enterprise.

We noticed. upon our Streets q few days
ago, new steam engine, recently purchased
by Mcssrs. Dickson & Sheldon. Tho engine
is mado for driving saw mills, cotton gins,
grain thrcshcrs, &C., to which uses these
gentlemen propose to apply it. The engine
itself is something new in the county. 1t is
propelled by steam, being guided by two
small mules. Tho weight is over six thou
sand pounds, and the ponderous machine is
driven by steam over common roads Of tho
county, up hill and down, with moro ease
than the common road wagon, at q speed of
about IS miles per day. Tho cost of tho
engine was over $1,000. 1t is practicable,
and in the hands Of iheso gentlemen,
who know how to uso it, will prove II Irofita-
bic investment. They propose to thrcsh
grain during the harvesting season, to gin
cotton in tho full and in tho winter to saw
lumber from tho heavy piro forests around
their homes in tho lower part of the county.
We hope such enterprises may meet with
abundant success. They aro tho life Of the
county.