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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
The Berlin Rathskeller.
Pail Mali Gazette.

Among the thousand and one under.
ground drinking establishments of which
the German capital can boast by far the
most important is its Rsthskeller OF
Guildhall cellar, running beneath the
vast brick building dominated by a lofty
square tower in which the Berlin NUM-
clpality has installed itself. Imagine
the low-vaulted cellars of an edifce
about half the size of our house of parlia-
ment filled from morning Until midnight
with a crowd of more than one thousand
persons OF various ranks of society, the
majority of them eating, smoking, and
shouting, and all of them steadily drink
ing to promote which latter indulgence
a thousand and one thoughts in praise of
good liquor, emanating from Bacchana'
lians of all nations and of all epochs, are
blazoned above the arches and upon the
walls. Imagine this, and you have some
faint idea of the famous Rathskeller, one
of the lions of Berlin, which the king
himself deigned to visit soon after it had
been publicly opened, when he drank to
the well-being of the Berlinese from a
silver-mounted hagon of foaming ale
All degrees of the middle and working
classes frequent the place-from the pro-
fessional man and well-to-do trsdesmah,
who bring their wives and daughters
with them, down to the dissipated young
mechanic, who shares his single plat and
mug of beer with the factory girl by
whom he is accompanied. The smaller
beer.cellars of the capital are legion, and
are often the resort of the lowest classes
of the community, several among them
being organized places Of rendezvous for
thieves and sharpers.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
Rules of Conduct.
Burlington Hawkeye.

Never exaggerate, at least don't exag-
gerate so excessively as to cause undue
remark.
Never laugh at the misfortunes Of
others, save in the isolated instance of a
man struggling between heaven and
earth, with only the blue dome of the
sky above him, and nothing to speak of
under him, except banana peel,
Never send present hoping Tor one
in return. Nine times out of ten you
will slip up on your expectations. Freeze
to the present you buy. You are dead
sure of that.
Never question your neighbours SER
wants or children about family matters.
They are liable to fib you. The best way
is to "snook" around and find out for
yourself.
Always offer the easiest seat in the
room to lady or an invalid. A hard
bottom, straight back chair is usually
considered about the easiest thing there
is made to sit on. A rockingschair is
apt to produce sea-sickness.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
A Hunt After Bats.

One of the funniest stories I have
heard for a very long time, says a
writer in the London Sporting and
Dramatic News, is my friend Mr..
Eccles' description of how he caught
innumerable bats one night. 1t was
many years ago when he was young
in his profession, and while on tour
with a Provincial company. He had
taken lodgings in a clean but rather d.
lapidated little house. Soon after go-
ing to bed he fell asleep, and soon after
falling asleep he was awakened by
strange, futtering noise as of fright
ened bird, in the curtains of his bed.
He sprang up, struck light, and saw a
dark-colored little creature with wings
laundering about the room. Not being
well acquainted with natural history,
Mr.. Eccles did not recognize it as a bat,
but determined to catch it if possible,
and examin it carefully in the morn
ing. Taking up a soft felt hat, he began
the hunt, and tried to capture the in
truder for long time in vain; but at
last he bounced upon it, carefully took
it from under the hat, shut it in draw.
er, listened to its Intellectual attempts to
escape-wanting to be sure he had real
ly caught it-and went to bed to dream
of flying dragons. But he was not des-
tanned to sleep for long.
Hardly had he dozed off when another
futtering awakened him, and, lighting
another match, he found another bat.
After this one he hsd another hunt,
caught it, put it in the drawer with its
brother and again went to bed. Again,
however, he was awakened in similar
manner; bats came not in single spies
but if the expression be pardonable-in
battalions.
Mr.. Eccles hunted diligently and en-
Enthusiastically, making quite collection
of specimens, and putting them all with
great care in the drawer. Heated with
the chase, ne then opened the window,
and, tired 'out, at last enjoyed a few
minutes sleep.
Waking with the morning light, he
jumped out of bed and opened the
drawer very cautiously, fraction of an
inch at time, to look for his bats but.
10 and behold, there were no bats there
He opened the drawer wide, and then
discovered it had no back to it. He had
in fact, been passing all the night in
catching the same bat, which had flown
out of the back of the drawer as soor
as he had put it in at the front, and
when the window was opened had finally
escaped.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
The Oneida Community.
Chicago News.


The so-called Oneida community
New York, in which socialism, including
a community of wives, is the leading
feature, we regret to learn, is to have a
representative in northwestern Iowa.
The people in that section of the west
are considerably excited By the informa-
ton that a community of free-lovers is
being organized by Mr.. Henderson,
who lately failed in business at LIE Roy,
Minnesota. 1t is said that the site of his
future operations has been selected in a
rich and beautiful region lying between
Postville and Clermont. Some of the
Iowa journals ale lsmenting the fact
that the slow poison of free love and
communism has been sown in many
families in that rich and beautiful state.
1t is also added that number of wealthy
land owners have decided to pool their
fortunes, if sufficient persons can be
found to adopt the system, and that it is
probable people will be found to enter
this community of women as well as OF
goods.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
MADAM BOnaparte's Jewels.

The most expensive article of the col
lection is necklace and pendant, COM
posed of at least FIVE hundred diamonds.
The gems are old India stones, superior
to any now in the market. 1t was the
gift of distinguished nobleman to
Madam Bonapsrte while in Europe. 1t
was appraised at $4,000, though, but
for its antiquity and the associations
connected with it, the necklace would
not now sell for more than $1,000. The
collection consists of necklaces, finger
rings, antiquities, vinaigrettes, bon-bon
boxes, earrings and other articles. They
were presents from her parents, from
relatives and friends, from her husband
during her brief married life, and from
persons she met during her extended
visit to Europe. One fine cameo ring is
valued at $3.50. One pair of diamond
earrings, leaf,shape, are exceedingly
beautiful. They consist of two large
solitaires at the top, with smaller dia.
moDds forming the leaves below. These
are worth $1,000. A crown of amethysts
and pearls was very costly, but is now
worth only $500. There are four pearl
necklaces, the lowest In value being sp-
praised at $50, and the highest st $500.
Two antiques in the collection are SUI
perb specimens, and would bring large
sums if sold. One of the greatest curi~
osities in the lot is q brscelet made of
gold wire, about twenty-five csrats fine,
made from gold found upon the arm of
a skeleton found in the ruins of Pom.
peii. There is black enameled bracelet
made in Paris and set with American
quarter-esgle gold pieces, worth 800.
Another bracelet is made of six fve>
dollar gold pieces and a French coin
linked together with gold. There are
three gold watches, unique and beauti-
Jul, but not of much intrinsic value.
Two of them have plain hunting-cases,
blue ensmeled opensfsces, and the third
is 8 double>cased watch, ornamented
with pearls. One of these watches was
a present TO Madam Bonaparte while she
was Miss Elizabeth Patterson, from her
grandfather and Mr.. Gale is of the
opinion, from its style, that it was made
three hundred years ago.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
s Heading.
THIS SIDE AND THAT.


" The rich Nan sat in his fathers seat
Purple an linen, an a. thing fine
The pIir man lay at his gate T. the street,
sairs an tatters, an weary pinel
& To the rich mans table ilk dainty comes;
Mony morsel gaed tract, or fell;
The puir man fain wad hse dined on the
crumbs,
But whether he got them l Gamma tell.
: Servants prood, saft f tilt an stoot,
STAN by the rich mans curtsiLed doors;
Maisterless dogs at rim ABBOTT
Cam to the puir man an hekit his sores.
" The rich man deed, an they buried him gram
In linen fne his body they wrap;
But the angels tux up the beggar man,
An laid him doom in Abrsham's zap,
: The guild upo' this side, the Ill upo' that
eic was the rich mans weasome ia;
But his brithers they eat, an they drink an
they chat,
An care ma strae for their fathers ha'.
" The tr owth's the trowth, think what We will:
All some they kenna what they wad be at all !
But the beggar man THOUGHT he did no that i'll,
VII the do o. this side, the angels O. that
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
A Georgia Diamond.
Washington Post


It is not generally known that there is
in Georgia an immense ledge, the forms-
ton commonly called "elastic sandstone"
which is the matrix of the diamond. 1t
is described by DR.. NJ. F. Stephenson in
his book, now almost out of print on
The Mineralogy and Geology of
Georgia" 1t extends for many miles.
A few splendid diamonds were found
there years age by gold washers, who
were ignorant of what they found, Some
of these were cut in England and set in
jewelry, but most of them were lost
They were of weight from two to six
carats, and three are remembered which
were of large size. One of these was
broken up by the miners to learn the
cause of its luster. Another was used
for years by the boys in playing marbles.
By far the largest one was lost by a DIR.
Doyd, who was employed to oversee the
miners, and was one day working in the
pit in place of sick hand. He says that
about two hours before shutdown, while
employed in raising gravel, he picked up
stone, (which was bright and shiny
only on one side, the other side being
covered with crust of brown stuff. 1t
was about the size of a guinea egg" He
laid it out on bank under a gum tree,
intending at night to show it to his
wife and children as the largest of the
"pretty stones" which had been found.
But he forgot all about it. Ten years
later he learned from experts who took
his description of the stone that his
''guinea egg was a diamond, which, if
pure, must have been worth about
TWENTY-FIVE millions of dollars.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

Instructor, measuring our city map
cit is half mile from the academy
for boys to the seminary for girls" In.
nocent student, thoughtfully
doesn't seem SO far"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

"A Newark, n. J., paper says: "Sash
weights are now manufactured 80 cheaply
from scraps of tin-ebtained from various
manufactulers--in this city, that no
country can compete with them in cheap
ness"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

yolks, sugsr and butter together; add
milk and -four, with baking powder sifted
in; lastly, add the whites; beat to dry
froth bake thirty minutes.
BLACK BEAN SOUP.
One quart OF black beans soak them
over night in cold water: drain off the
water in the morning and add three
pints fresh water let them stew gently
four and one-hslf hours. Add salt,
pepper, aud a little Glove. While cook
ing put in meat, cooked or knocked, as
preferred. When done strain the soup;
cut lemon in slices; place in your dish,
also add hard boiled egg cut in slices.
Pieces of bread toasted brown are an
addition. Salt pork may be used instead
of meat.
PARsNIP STEW.
Clean them nicely; slice; have some
salt pork cut in small pieces well fresh
ened, but not too much so; stew the
pork one hour, then put in the psrsnips,
with a little pepper; when boiled up,
taste to see if it is salt enough; stir
until well cooked and very little gravy
left. 1t will be very nice if made in this
way. sometimes put in with the rars-
nips few slices of potatoes.
TO STEW MUSHROOMS.
Peel and trim mushrooms, using stems
and tops; wash quickly and carefully to
get rid of sand if small, do not cut; if
large, divide into four; put into cold
milk, barely covering them, with a
tablespoonful of butter, light teaspoon
full of salt, and a half teaspoonful of
white pepper. let them boil steadily
for fifteen minutes; add at the conclu-
sion heaping teaspoonful of -four, well
mixed with cold water q final boil con-
cludes the cooking do not overlook. l
beg to state that the old idea of cooking
silver spoon with mushrooms, and
throwing them away as poisonous if the
spoon is blackened, is an absurdity. If
any substance contains free sulphuret,
1t will blacken silver. Eggs contain
this sulphuret, and blacken silver, but
an egg is not poisonous. Poisonous
mushrooms are exceedingly rare, and are
never offered in market. Perhaps some
of your contributors will give descrip-
ton of the dangerous varieties of mush-
rooms?
BAKED LIVER.
Calves or beets liver, laid in cold water
for half an hour, dried on q towel,
skinned, and the sinews pulled out as
far as possible, then cut in thin slices,
about one half inch thick give them
slight busting with -four all around,
bake on a griddle in hissing-hot Drowned
butter on both sides, no longer than five
minutes. then salt and season with spice
liver becomes hard and indigestible il
sailed before baKing also if baked over
a slow fire; if no butter can be had,
small cut pieces of flesh bacon sprinkled
between the slices of the liver will sup.
ply the necessary fat and, roasted to 8
light brown, be an agreeable addition tC
the liver; those who like onion can lay
some sliced onion between and roast
slightly never put cover ovei liver
as it will become hard; it ought to b'
dished on heated plate, and eaten i'm
medistely after baking. Dat meal viii
be so in half the time if soaked ovel
night in cold water have an iron bow
with boiling water in the morning
pour in the soaked pulp, salt, and keel
stirring with a wooden spoon till done
----
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w. Fl. cOLEY,
DRUGGIST z APOTHECARY,
West Side Main Street,
MILAN, TENNESSEE.


An
goods s ian16-1Y
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

..Firemen's balls are like women's
hair, because they always come off
night Derrick.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
SPONGE CAKE.

-Four eggs, one cupful of sugar, one
cup and half of -four, teaspoon of royal
baking powder, one teaspoon ginger, half
cup of milk, teaspoonful butter; beat the
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
HOME HINTS.
THIN GINGERBREAD.

Boil one quart of molasses twenty
minutes; add Immediately one table,
spoonful soda, one of butter, ginger to
taste, -four to make paste to roll.
PRUNE PIE.
Two cups French prunes stepped in
water over night, one cup sugar, one
teaspoonful extract lemon, tesspoonfu
vinegar, one-third cupful water wet the
edges of the paste with milk; bake
twenty-five minutes in rather hot oven.
SUBSTITUTE FOR OYSTER SOUP,
Two quarts sweet milk, two quarts
water; when boiling, add one quart
cooked tomatoes into which has been
stirred half tesspoonful of soda; add
butter, salt and pepper, and little pull
verizsd cracker serve hot.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
TAPIocA CREAM.

Three tablespoonful tapiocs; cover
with water; soak four hours; pour of
the water; put one quart of milk over
the FIRE when it boils stir in the yolks
Of three eggs snd little salt; stir until
it begins to thicken; make frosting of
the whites of three eggs, spread ever the
top. favor with vanilla.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
SAUCE FOR ROAST BEEF.

Crate hOrse.rsdish on CRATER into q
bssin; add two tablespoonfuls cream,
with little mustard and salt mix well
together; add four tsblespoonfuls of the
best vinegar and mix the whole thor
oughly. The vinegar and cream are
both to be cold.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
FRENCH MUSTARD.

Slice an onion into a bowl and cover
with good vinegar; after two days, pour
of the vinegar; add to it tesspoonful
OF cayenne pepper, teaspoonful of salt,
teaspoonful of sugar, one egg snd mus
tsrd enough to thicken set on the stove
and stir till it bOils when cold, it is fit
for use
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-09-25
LADIES STORE

WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE
to our patrons and friends the fresh arrival of
our SPRING STOCK OF GOODS, consisting of
the Latest Novelties Of The Season, such as
Prints, Dress Goods, Lawns, Jaconcts, Main
socks, Cambria and India Long Cloths, &C.
a beautiful. line of Notions, consisting of
Kid and Lislc Gloves, (all colors,) Fans, Fan
and Handkerchief Girdes, Silk Ties, Collars
and Cuffs, Runlcs, Ruching and Collarettes.
a full assortment Of Gents Furnishing Goods,
Hats of all varieties, Straw, Wool and Felt:
Please call and examine our Stock, as then
you can form better idea of what we have.
Respectfully,
@. l.. REID & 90.
March 81 1870 I0-Iy
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-09-25

Betting ID q mighty bad thing, tho fact is
it never benefits anyone except tho winner,
while tho loser has kind of lost look and
feeling. But if you can get dead surc
thing. why thcn put up your last dollar on
it. We know Of ono such chance. You can
bet your last dollar on Tabcr's Buckeye Pile
Ointment curing in every case. Price so
cents. For salc by r. e. Norman & Bro.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-09-25
A Bloody Revenue ARRAY.

COLUMBIA, September 22.-Collcctor BRAY.
ton received q dispatch from Spartanburg
this afternoon which stated that special dup-
uty collector and United States Deputy Mar-
shnl, L. Davis was shot Mt half past
o'clock this afternoon by j. B. Panther, while
serving bench warrant issued in North
Carolina, but which had been made seryiccas
bic in this district by Judge Bryan. Panther
was shot in the leg by negro, and is now in
Jail Mt Spartanburg Davis's thigh bone was
badly broken.
ANOTHER AcCoUNT--pANTHER MAKES HIS Es,
CAFE.
SrARTANBURG, September 22-John B.
Panther was arrested here this morning by
S. j. Davis, United States Marshal and Spc~
cial Deputy Collector, on bench warrant
issued in North Carolina in 1878, and gave
bail to appear before tho United States Court
ct tho next torn in Ashe9i!lc. This after
noon he was again arrested by Davis on tho
same matter on which he had given bond this
morning, and Davis, being intoxicated, drew
his pistol and threatened to shoot Panther.
When Panther attempted to take tho pistol
from him it wns discharged. tho ball striking
and shattcring Davs's left thigh bone. Pan,
thor ran and was pursued by crowd
Anthony Harvey and Sam Herbert, both COLI
orcd, fired at him, tho former hitting him in
the heshy part of tho left thigh. Harvey
and Herbert wcro arrested and are in iail.
Davis's wound is being dressed. 1t is thought
tho leg may havo to bo amputated. Tho
whole trouble was caused by Davis being
drunk. Panthcr's wound was slight, aud ho
has succeeded in making his escape.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-09-25

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
reports that tho tax on matches produced a
revenue during the last fiscal year of thrcc
aud quarter million dollars--on increase
over any previous year. From fvc-cighths
to thrcc-fourths of the price of matches is
duo to the tax. We import no matches
now, but arc exporting them to largo
extent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-09-25

There have been three deaths Of mem bers
Of tho Legislature 10 this State since tho
last session. An exchange says: oft looks
little dangerous to be q legislator, but wo
doubt not that there will be no leck of mon
willing to run the risk"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-09-25

That Q and 2 mako 4 is an established fact
mono can deny. That rortnlinc is the best
remedy in tho world for all disorders Of tho
stomach and liver is another fact to which
all who havc tried it will bear testimony. It
is entirely vegetable, and compounded with
tho greatest care; cach package containing 80
doses for an adult. Prico SO cents. For enlc
by II. r. Norman g. Bro.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-09-25
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ooonee County.

Court of Common Pleas,
John W. Daniels, E. p. and successor, Plain.
tiff, against Lydia A. NJ. YanWyck, in her
own right and as cxccutrix of Wm. VanWyck
and Leila g. VanWyck, Defendants
FOR RELIEr--( Complaint not Scrvcd)
To the Defendant Lydia A. NJ. VanWyck and
Leila G. VanWyck--
YOU arc hereby summoned and required TO
l. answer the complaint in this action. copy
Of which is filed in the Office Of the Clerk of the
Court Of Common Pleas. ut Anderson 9. H., s.
C., and 10 serve copy of your answer to tho
said complaint on the subscribers at their office
Anderson c. H., 8. c., within twenty days after
the service hereof, exclusive Of the lay of such
service; and if you fail to answer the complaint
within The time aforesaid the plaintiff i'm this
action will apply TO The Court for the relief dc.
mnndcd in the complaint.
Anderson, S. g., August %. 1870.
EARLE, WELLS & &WESTMORELAND,
ORR& TRlBBEL, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
LIS ~. W. srnlBL1NG, c. c. P.
To the absent dcfcndcnLs. ,--.--
YOU will take notice that the summons and
j. complaint in this action was filed in tho
Office Of the Clerk of the Court Of Common
Pleas for Oconcc County, OH the 9th day of
August, 1870.
EARLE. WELLS & WESTAlORELAND.
ORR s. TRIBBLE, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
August 28th, 1879 DICT
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-09-25
Mason & lIamlIn Organs. En-
tdOrsed by over 100000 DeIigii-

r iuOASou ny Otcf luV,VUU ncIlBn-
ted Purciasers,
Not lowest priced, poorest and dearest.
But highest priced, best and cheapest.
Cost but little moro thnn inferior organs.
Give Eve times the satisfaction. Last twico
as long. victors at oil worlds exhibitions.
Acknowledged dest by au disintcrostcd and
bic, such as no other organ maker in tho
world can snbstantiate. Glorious nova for
pnrchasers. Grand Introduction Sale. Now
Prices. Stops, Elegant case, $50: iSupe,6
Mirror Top Case, 10 Stops only 500. 10
days trial. Freight paid beth ways if Organs
don't suit Sold on oasy tcrms. Rented until
paid for. Delivered anywhere in tho South
for $4 extra. For full particulars. address
LlIdden 81 Bates, savannah, Ga,
Managers Wholesale Southern Depot. Prices
same as at Factory.
August %, 1879 4l-4t
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-09-25
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
DR.. Ruure mitcIieiI

HAS permanently located at Westminster and
III offers his professional services to tho COM
mnnity. Office over new storeroom Of Mathew
son T. Jameson, near the depot, where he can bo
found at oil times, unless professionally engaged.
Sept 4, 1879 42-3mo#
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Principal once, SO hurry ST., N. Y.
PRICE 90 CENTS.
Sold by Druggists throughout tho world.