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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23

Speaking ofthe disgraceful misman-
agement of Indian affairs by the gov
eminent, the New York Herald says
the true Indian policy is to fix the
Indian to the soil; to use every means
to disable him from roaming; to mar
row his reservation until each family
has only small patch of land to till,
which it must till or starve, ana to
break up utterly the tribal consistency
and scatter the families abroad in such
manner that unity Of tribal action
shall become impossible. We doubt
whether the Indian Bureau or the In
terror Department, with the best in
tentions, will ever do this. 1t has
been too long accustomed to deal not
with the individual Indian, but with
the tribe, and to deal with that as a
nation. We have heard for too
many years of the purpose Of the In
teriorDepartment to reform this abuse.
That somewhat famous secretary, Mr..
Columbus Delano, talked perpetually
of the desirability of allowing the In
dian to own land in severalty, as in
dividuals and not as a commune; and
we notice that Secretary SchGrz, a
very different man, some weeks ago
developed the some sound idea in his
talk with the people Of the Indian
Territory. We have not the least
doubt of Mr.. Schurz's good intentions,
but nothing will be done by him nor
by his successors.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23
Railway Items.

The net earnings OF the Louisville
q Nashville d Great Southern Rail-
road for the month of September
amounted to S215,000
The management of the Nashville,
Chattanooga &, St. Louis railway are
putting up wire fences along those
portions of the line where stock show
a strong propensity to be run over
and get killed.
The stock of the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga d St. Louis railway has reach
ed 55 cents-an advance, within the
past few days, of seven per cent.
Louisville, & Nashville & Great South
crn railroad stock has gone up to 6S5
cents.
A French geographical paper says
that an English scheme is on foot for
a railroad from the Zambezi River
through Livingstoniana, a Scotch
town, to the northern coast ofZanzihar.
Manchester merchants have taken it
up. The Government approves it,
and a company with s2,0O0,00Q capi-
tai is about to be formed.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23
Weather Predictions.

G. G.. Blake, of Decatur, Ill, has
gained some celebrity for accuracy as
a weather calculator. His horoscope
for next month, and from thence to
March, 1880, is as follows:
October, 1879 - Will be quite
warm and showery.
November, 1871 hardly know
what to say about this month my
calculations make it "a sort of a ''chop-
ped sea"-a conglomerate mixture OF
all kinds of weather, but not very
cold.
December, 1879-Will be like No
vember, "only more So" 1t will be
warm, wet and disagreeable-cold
snaps will be short and sharp.
January, 1SS0-Will be rather
warm, wet and muddy, part of the
time. There Will be some cold wealth
er. but no steady cold weather.
February, 1880-Will bemuch like
january considerable amount of
rain and snow and a moderate amount
of cold weather.
March, 1SS0-Will be changeable;
rather wet, especially in the middle
of the month, and only moderately
cold.
The winter of 1S79-80 will be warm
and wet, with few cold snaps of linn
tied duration; but it will be colder
than the winter of 1S77-78. 1t will
be changeable, peculiar and rather
disagreeable winter. - Farmer and
Fruit Grower.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23
Suit Against x. of C.

We understand Mrs. J. F. limbs,
through her attorneys, Messrs Hawk.
ins & Townes, has sued the lodge OF
Knights of the Golden Cross at this
place, and through it the whole Or,
der, to recover the sum of two thou.
sand dollars, the amount she claims is
due her as a benefit upon the life OF
her late husband, who was a member.
She claims that he had complied with
all the requirments of the organization
so far as he had been instructed to do,
and that at the time of his death he
was recognized as member in good
standing by mis- brother members.
We have not learned the grounds up
on which the Order declines to pay,
but will lay it before our readers when
the answer to complainant's bill is til,
ed.-Huntingdon VindicatOr.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23
THE CROCKETTS.
Descendants of the Gseat "Da-
vy', i'm Texas, and what
They are Doing.
Cranberry (Texas) correspondence OF the
Louisville Courier-Journal.

Cranberry (TexaS) correspondence Oh the
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Davy Crockett is a name almost as
familiar as George Washington.
Years ago the eccentric genius, the
Tennessee Senator, the brave liberty
loving Davy Crockett, came to Texas
to participate in the war of Texan IN
dependence, and was butchered at the
now famous Alamo, along with num-
Der of our honored defenders. Allow
me to state that | didn't start out with
the intention of writing a euolgy on
Davy Crockett, as that has been done
a thousand times by men a million
times more competent, but to try to
give some information as regards his
descendants.
Robert p. Crockett, the only sur
viving son of the historical David, has
lived on his farm, a few miles from
this town, for a good many years now,
and at present is the keeper of the
bridge across the Brazos river at this
place. The contract of keeping the
bridge was awarded to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder, and as "Uncle Bob"
desired the benefit of our school facil-
tiles, he put in bid and secured it.
d. Crockett, Uncle Bob's Oldest son,
lives a little way in the country; is a
farmer, Justice of the Peace, runs
steam cotton gin, and is a go-ahead,
alive, good fellow on general princi-
piles.
Avery, the next oldest son, is a fine
looking young man Of vim and energy.
unmarried, and calculated to sustain
his illustrious ancestors reputation for
sobriety and uprightness.
Ashley, another son, married at
about nineteen years of age, and has
been connected with the publication of
the Vidette since it was begun in 1872,
and is now one of the two editors and
proprietors of that substantial Journal.
He was born III this Hood coun-
ty, and actually has never been out of
it but once; when he went to Wealth.
erford, a town twenty-five miles dis
tant, and worked in printing office
nearly a year. This "tour" occurred
some eight or ten years ago. An orig
nal specimen of humanity remarked
to me several years since that che will
yet live to boast of this fact.
Uncle Bob has been married twice,
and has several daughters, two of
whom are single-and quite hand
some, we hope they will forgive us for
saying-and two married, and living
in this county. GUPPY.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23
RVIdiments Neglected i'm Public
schools.

The general judgement of the peo>
pie at large is unquestionably in favor
of limiting the work of the public
schools to the rudimental branches.
And this test applied by the Govern
ment's examining officers to picked
boys, drawn from all parts of the
country, strongly confirms this gener>
al judgement. University examina-
tions, generally, demand of the would
be freshman familiarity with all the
education luxuries. West Point and
Annapolis require of the would-be ca
det good acquaintance with the nec-
essaries of education, and these are
just what both freshman and cadet
candidates are apt to be most deficient
in.-PhilGdelphiG Bulletin.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23
Are These People Abused.

New York Herald: Elsewhere we
print communication whose sigma,
ture will be recognized as that OF
one of the foremost experts in the
cotton trade in this country. TIE
writer, Mr. Edward Atkinson, of Bos-
ton, points out the remarkable facts
that the cotton crop of the current
year was the largest ever raised in the
south; that the teD crops of 1909,
both years included, were nearly six
and half million bales greater than
the ten crops of 1S52-61, the largest
ever raised by slave labor and that
the increase is progressive, the las.
five crops being nearly four millions
bales greater than the last five crops
before the war. He remarks that as
the negroes supplied almost all the
labor which planted, tended and
saved these great crops, southern
white men ought to see that this labor,
the cheapest and for its purposes the
best in the world, is force they can>
not ignore. The southern states cans
not, he thinks, afford to permit these
colored laborers to be abused or
cheated. He is right; but we in
cline to 60 somewhat further than he.
1t seems to us that population which
produces constant and so great a crop
is not abused. If the negroes of the
south were really in the sad condition
in which it pleases some of our north
ern politicians to represent them, if
they were murdered, oppressed, robbed
and cheated everywhere, it is not pos
sible that they would produce now
greater cotton crop than the largest
under slavery; that the crop should be
increasing steadily year by year, and
that, besides the cotton, they should
produce also, as they do, a larger
amount than ever before of their own
food supplies. In short, the statistics
which MIR. Atkinson sends us 90 very
far to disprove the accusation brought
against the south of general oppression
and abuse of tie blacks. We do not,
Of course, doubt that there are instan-
ces, probably numerous cases, III which
the negro cultivatOr is cheated, or
robbed, or unjustly dealt with. North
ern papers are full of complaints of
northern and white laborers who are
also wronged, often in ways which it
is difficult to prevent, and more than
that, the wasteful and unthrifty habits
of the southern negro expose him pc
culiarly to become the prey of Sharp
ers. But in the face of the immense
and continually and steadily increas-
ing cotton crop it is nonsense to assert
that there is general terrorism, oppres-
sion or cheating of the backs. We
advise the Republicans to give up that
point in their argument. But we ad
wise the southern whites also to pass
laws for the more stringent protection
of the black laborers against men who
cheat them out of their earnings. If
they neglect that they may some day
see a real exodus of the blacks, which
would be a very embarrassing event
for them"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23
The Confederate Cemetery.
Manchester Guardian.

While in Murfreesboro recently, we
regretted to notice the neglected con-
dition of the Confederate Cemetery.
Overgrown with grass and weeds, and
with the wooden head stones rotting
away, it presents desolate and mourn
ful picture. Are our brave boys
gradually fading from the memory of
the survivors Are we growing in
different to their claims upon us for,
at least some solid mark of our appre.
ciatlon of their heroic services =? We
hope not. The ladies of Murfreesboro
so famed for good work-should
take the matter in hand, and at least
clear the last resting place of the no>
bic dead from signs of neglect now SO
painfully visible.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23

The Albany (Ga.) Advertiser says
the colOred people of Dougherty coun-
ty are prospering. As evidence of
this, every Saturday numbers Of bug
gies on the streets containing colOred
people, who are the owners Of the We
hicles, may be seen. This" says the
Advertiser, sis an indication of pros
perity, and tells the tale of what work
will do. We have good many large
coIOred planters in this county"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23
Gov. Hendricks on the Result
= in Ohio.
Indianapolis Special to the Cincinnati Com
mercial.

indianapolis Special to the Cincinnati Com
mercial.
Gov. Hendricks expresses his opin-
ion of Ohio in an interview in the
Evening News. He says he was hope
full but not confident of the result.
When the Western Reserve turns out
its forces things are apt to 60 one way.
twill strengthen John Sherman great
ly. Blaine and his friends will claim
much of the credit. He had the larg-
est meetings i'll the State, while Sher-
mans were small. But Grant will
scoop the Republican nomination. l
have thought so all along. He said if
Tilden could carry New York, Ohio
would strengthen him. He couldn't
see how he could have been helped by
Ewing'slelection. He said: "The peo-
pie of Ohio went into the election in
their own ideas. | don't think the
Presidential question, or the probable
effect it might have upon this or that
candidate, entered into their consider
alton at ALL"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23

The recent defeat Of the democratic
party in Ohio blasts the hopes of soft
money candidates for the Presidency
next year. The indications now point
to the nomination of a hard-money
eastern man-Bayard or Hancock,
for instance. Western democrats
might as well submit to it at once, we
think, for it appears inevitable.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23
Cont Want a Cent.

A few days since, when Deadwood,
Dakotah, burned, it was proposed to
raise contributions for the sufferers,
but an enthusiastic and independent
citizen of the place squelehed it with
the following dispatch; "Deadwood is
able to contribute to other more needy
cities. Philanthropists can save their
money for Memphis. Ours is q land
Of gold"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23

The religious dramatic company,
which was to play "Uncle Toms Cab
in" in churches only, under sanction
of Mrs. Stowe, collapsed after an en-
gagement in Chicago, leaving the
performers unpaid.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23

The editor Of the Erin Review
missed an issue on account of the
drunkenness of the printer, when he
then "Se!fdischarged" him. Are we
to understand that the Review has
changed hands?
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23

A man exhibited at fair at Mont
pelier, VT, three packages of butter
from the same churning, but different
ly marked, and got first premium on
one. second on another, and the third
was condemned as poor.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23

Lebanon is to have two circuses this
week-old John Robinson and Cole.
The Herald mas two full pages of
their advertising, and of course
White is happy.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23

The government now has a war on
its hands with the Apaches in New
Mexico, where tie redskins are robbing
and numbering Unfortunately.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23

Ben Lowe, circus acrobat, stood
on his head for two hours, in Texas
barroom, on a wager, and the feat
brought on brain fever, from which
he died.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23

The third-termers are growing more
hopeful every day. 1t now looks as
if Grant would be the next republican
candidate for the Presidency.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23

Harper's weekly is "tooth and toe
nail against Cornell, the republican
candidate for Governor of New York.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23

On account Of their great partiality
for the bloody shirt, why not call the
republican party the shirt-tail-party?
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-23

For the length of time have been doing
exampd My endavOrs please people, among whom
lot has been cast has met with great satisfaction,
can confidently the citizens of Gibson and
adjoining hatI will offer greater
bargains than Please
look at the following
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-23
Catching Mos. Runker..

This fish, although poor eating, on
account Of its many bones, is OF great
economic value, because Of It's use as n
fertilizer for the fields, and also for
the quantity of oil extracted from il. Il
Is found I'm immense quantities from
the Carolinas 10 Maine, and receives
different name in almost each State. IL
varies in length from eight to fourteen
inches, and in weight from ten 10 TWEEN
" ounces. Striking the Southern
coast I'm April, IL reaches Montauk in
the beginning of May, and spawns soon
after coming i'm shore, in this respect
closely resembling its cousin, the her
ring. These fish swarm i'm countless
shoals everywhere on our Atlantic
coast, and fishermen have testified to
having sailed for forty miles In sight of
one vast body of menhaden. Every
bay and river mouth Is filled with them
each summer, and they are captured
with the greatest ease. Swimming at
the surface and exposing above water
the dorsal fin, as does the shark,
the schools are discernible at great
distance. They are the prey of blue
fish, sharks and other voracious fish, as
well as sea fowl. Many men and YES
sells are engaged in the menhaden fish
cry, and, in addition to sailing crafts
several steamers are now following this
trade. The fish are dipped cut of sea,
several barrelsfull at time, by pecu-
liarly constructed net, and when land
ed, are boiled I'm large pots, the oil be-
ing extracted and the residue used as
manure. The oil is largely used by
tanners, as IL fills the pores of leather,
neutralizing the excess of alkali, and
leaving the skin pliable and soft. 1t is
also largely used in the manufacture of
soap, and forms cheap and excellent
substitute tor llnseed oil in painting
where coarse work Is wanted. 1t Is
used also, we regret to say, I'm adulter-
ating more costly oils. In addition to
its various trade values the menhaden
Is used largely as bait, especially for
eel-pots and blue fish. 1t Is remarka-
Bile how the seas are stored with food
for mans use, and how constant and
regular the supply Is, but there Is a
possibility of OVERRIDING the catch, or of
driving away by careless and filthy
habits the supplies which nature has
Furnished US. The veteran fisherman
Seth Green, recommends highly the
promised enforcement by the Canadian
Government, within the three-mile
limit, of penalty against throwing
fish garbage overheard. Fish are par
ticular. A small portion of decOmpos-
ing matter dropped into an aquarium
will cause them to remove as far as
possible from the source of annoyance.
The loss of our in-shore fisheries on the
New England coast may, perhaps, be
ascribed to everlasting aud throwing
offensive matter into the sea.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-23
Denver's Fifty-nIner.

The man who staked out Denver Is
the most numerous person in Colorado
Coming out on the Kansas Pacific, 7
met him for the first time on the train
81 went to Denver in 1859" he said,
sitting down in a seat beside me, land
staked out the site of the present town -
what was there of it them" asked
1.-TWO abode. houses, three or fourSpan-
ish women, Mexican horse thief, and
myself. The rush hadn't commenced
then. stayed awhile on Cherry Greek,
and then 1 went South. Before went
| sold the site of the present city for an
old silver watch, sack of meal, and
5000"
The next time met him was in Den
yer. On this occasion he was sorrel-
complexioned creature, with small
gray eyes and parchment face. He
spit out huge chew OF tobacco, pre-
paratory to lying with greater ease,
leaned back and began:
81 came to Denver in 1859 and staked
out this great and busting town We
see around we. Stayed around here for
awhile and then sold it for an old sill
yer watch and a mustang, and if I'd
held on TO it, I'd been United States
Senator or suthin' OF that sort now. but
so luck goes"
looked at him a moment but he did
not vince. The lie was so old that he
felt certain confidence in it's health
and vigor.
Two or three days afterwaId man
came into my office. 81 came in. he
said, "to see if you would like to have
the experience of pioneer. I'm more
than barnacle; Pm a pre-Adamite.
I've been in the mines for thirty wears
and Pm the first man that came to
Denver. When / struck i'm here from
the south, there were only two abode
houses In the place, and / staked out
the site Of the present town 20 work as
q placer claim. worked"
did you come here in 1889"
~ did" He answered.
"Did you sell your claim for an old
silver watch and a broken down mule g,'
/ inquired.
He looked 40 me for a moment with
an injured air and asked, "Hez aome-
somebody been working up this story p
I'm q manner" I answered. sTf
you've got any spare time on vour
hands you can find the man on everv
street corner and I'm every saloon I'm
town. n you are In the least success
fui you will see three or four Of him to-
gether. Some of him Is dead. some Of
him has gone 10 LeadvilIe. more Of him
thinks Of going TO GunIson. a dozen of
MIN arc in San Juan, but there arc still
a number Of him around the place. He
Is OF all sizes, shapes, colors, and ages.
ana the only thing he agrees on is that
he staked OUT Denver and sold 10 for q
silver watch and any other article he
happens tO think Of 40 the time"
the pioneer departed.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-23
.PractIcaI sclence.o

Under the above heading, the ST..
Croib Courier, of ST. stephen, ". b., i'm
referring to the analysis Of Or. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, recently made by
Prof Chandler. Of New York, and
others, says: "Nothing was discovered
which we think Objectionable, and TIE
published analysis should Increase,
rather than retard, their sale. 10 us.
IT. seems little unjust 10 call man n
quack, simply because he seeks % reap
as much pecuniary reward as other
classes Of inventors" The English
Press is conservative, yet after care
iul examination Of All the evidence, &C.
not only endorses but recommends the
Family Medicines manufactured by
DR.. Pierce. No remedies eyer offered
the afflicted give such perfect satisfac-
ton ~s Or. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery aud Dr.. SaRc's Catarrh
Remedy.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-23
HUMOROUS.

COULDN'T SToP HER.-The gates at
the passenger depots which shut out all
people not having tickets Tor the trains
were recently closed at the Union de-
pot against an elderly woman wearing
spectacles and using an umbrella for a
cane.
Cant pass without ticket" said
the man at the gate as she came up.
81 want to see if there's anybody on
that train going to Port Huron" she
answered.
"You can't pass without ticket,
madam"
"I've got darter in Port Huron, 1
have"
CAM help it, please. My orders are
81 tell you / want TO send word to
my darter" she exclaimed, adjusting
her spectacles for better view of the
official.
eyes, but we can't help that, you see.
Please show your ticket"
81 want this ERE railroad TO under
stand that I've got a darter in Port HUI
ron, and she's got baby four weeks
old, and Pm going TO send her word i'm
spite of all the gates i'm this depot"
Please show your ticket, ma am"
II tell you once more"
lSdSc SNOW your TICKET, ma am
She gave the old umbrella whirl
and brought it down on his head with
all the vim Of an old-fashioned log
raising, and az he staggered aside she
passed him and said:
THERE'S my ticket, sir, and I've got
more behind 1t. Mebbe one man and a
gate can stop me from sending word to
my darter TO grease the baby's nose
with mutton taller If the weather
changes cold but don't believe it,"
And she walked down the train, found
some one going to Port Huron, and
came back carelessly humming the
melody of the "Three Blind Mice"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-23

lne Cause ~ languOr ahen 10 ID not tho inn
mediate r indirect consequence Of po-itve
alsease is uaceabie ~ a facilitating tempera-
--l'' AeI-phs hFing in warm, moist climate
ere peculiarly subject toit Dimin.sbed rb,s-
!cai Nsor aud an indisrositiou to active erer-
I'h are IT, rharacteri-tics Sometimes he .s
accompanied By undue relaxation on tine bo,--
eIe snd Dy dyspepela or bi ious symptoms A
ls-aDls !sme1y u Hosiettfr ~ stomach lHtters
sirengthenng and alternative r1fd. cine ds-
hFeo from the purest and most em aci.us
Yete@oio sources. With pure sprtuous basic
pronounced by eminent pbyrcansa mild ana
Nboiesome sumula9L The Bttors. forouo.t
y, huletlcsu lom'. ~ largely uged Boa the
Toprs, whore tho climate b very rro8..t.g.
on aeDhty malaual fcvorr. and disorder 81
tfe bowels liver and digestive 0rsa ans