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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1879-06-06
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09
Some Ancient Monsters.

Professor Cope of Philadelphia, who is
spending his summer in California, gave
the other day to the San Francisco
Academy a description of two fossil
animals. One of these was an enormous
vertebrate somewhat resembling an
aquatic kangaroo, named camarasauruS
supremus, whose neck was nine feet in
diameter, whose hind legs were 20 feet
long, whose spinal vertebr@ were SO
inches across, and which must have
been y feet long by measurements care
fully taken. This animal could walk in
40 feet of water and catch its prey with
its fore paws. He described another
similar monster found, whose spinal YER
tebra were six feet across and whose
hind legs were 40 feet long, with car
nivorOus teeth placed in the upper and
lower jaws like shears, so as to cut up
animal food by traversing each other in
the most perfect manner. The bones of
the lower half of this animal were solid
and very heavy, to keep its feet down in
the water, while bones in the upper half
of its body were built in honeycOmbed
layers as thick as pastebOard, strong, but
very light and buoyant in water. This
monster has been named amphicOclias
fragilissimus, and must have been con-
siderably over 100 feet in length. Both
animals have large and powerful tails
like kangarOos, and when catching their
food in the water must have appeared
as if on three-leggcd stools, the tail act
ing as an equal support of the tripod.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09
The Murdered British Envoy.

Sir Louis Cavagnari, says the London
World. was one of those few men Gre
ated by nature to make their mark in
the worlds history. Utterly un-English
in his aspect, his manner, his style of
thought and his character OF action, he
recalled the Continental diplomatists of
the mOyen age. 1t has been generally
assumed at Peshawur for years back
that it was only a question of time when
Cavagnari should be assassinated, as
had been Mackeson, Macdonald and so
many others who had been his prede-
cessors in the perilous fascinating ca
reer of frontier management. A slight
man, of rather feeble physique, but with
an eye like a two-edged sword, he never
carried arms, differing in this from John
Nicolson, who always had a pistol on
his writing-table; and when at an inter-
view hillman or an Afghan waxed
truculent, took care to secure the first
trick in the game. Cavagnari (writes
a correspondent, although he never
loses his temper, can on occasion hit
wonderfully straight from the shoulder.
l remember once riding with him to an
appointment he had with some Afridis
to settle some vexed land question. |
remained on the road while he, alone,
in the center of about dozen stalwart
ruffians armed to the eyebrows, walked
round the field. Presently the loud,
angry accents of dispute reached my
ears. The Afridis were surrounding
Cavagnari, gesticulating with passionate
vehemence. some with hands on their
daggers. Cavagnari stood quiet, per-
fectly fearless, utterly impressive. Sud-
denly saw the biggest of the Afridis go
down like a bullock, and Cavagnari,
with unruflled composure, returning his
hand into his pocket. He had knocked
the ruffian down, and the swift thor
oughness of the act cowed the fierce
hillmen. About halfway on the return
journey Cavagnari remarked apOlOget-
ically, at was absolutely necessary.
Please don't think lost my temper; |
was perfectly cool; but was forced to
maintain my ascendency; and then he
added meditatively, "and l wanted also
to save my life."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09
Artemus Ward in London.

On the mantel-piece at the Savage
Club YOU see busts of Dickens and
Thackeray, and around the walls pic
lures of many distinguished men. Per-
haps the largest picture there is that of
an American, Charles f. Browne, better
known as Artemus Ward. 1t has the
post of honor, and hangs above the seat
of the master of ceremonies. He was
the first literary American, perhaps, who
ever got wholly into the great, warm
hearts of the English. Here they tell
YOU how he first made them laugh He
had been dined at the Savage Club and,
in return, invited some of the members
to dine with him. Now the great hui
morist was poor and very democrat
ic man, and so chose rather plain inn
for his dinner. TIE butter brought on
the table was not nice. 1t was, to say
the least, suggestive. "Waiter," said
Artemus Ward, " haven't you got some
bald-headed butter? Take away this
butter and bring some bald-headed but
ter" Nobody smiled, nobody thought
of laughing. The stiff and stOlid En-
glishmen went back to their club-rOOm,
after leaving their host, and began to
discuss the great American humOrist.
Suddenly one of their number sprang to
his feet and began to laugh. ooh!
now, l say, did you ear him talk about
bald 'eaded butter? Why he wanted
butter without air in it, you know"
Very slow are those honest English to
see American jOkes.-Joaq'tin Miller, in
the Independent.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09
Oddities Of a Chinese Funeral.

The Chinese funeral yesterday was a
grand and imposing affair. The cere-
monies were held in Chinatown, and
various lamentations were performed
over the baked pig, chicken, rice and
arrack, in sight of many of our citizens.
Six high priests of the order of Free
masons were robed in white vestments,
and all the mourners had strips of white
and red cloth tied around their arms.
A band was in attendance, and dnring
the ceremony would discourse some of
the late and most popular airs, such as
Yankee Doodle, Shoe Fly, ETC., which,
although not being exactly the Ameri-
can style of funeral music, seemed TO
please the Celestials nightly. Contra
ry to their usual custom, the hog, chick
en-, etc., were not taken to the grave, as
the disgracaful scrambling of the rabble
on the last occasion decidedly proved to
the mOurners that the departed spirit
had little show for provisions in the face
of the mob, consequently they were left
in the joss house in Chinatown. Con-
spicuous among those present was a
man with copy of Gospel Hymns
in his hands, seated on the railing around
the adjoining grave, and many of the
uninitiated were anxiously waiting for
him to open the ceremony, but he kept
on his perch until the affair was over,
without making a sign.-BlGck His
NelcS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09
A Remarkable Case.

A remarkable case is reported from
Westminster, Md, which has recently
attracted the attention of number of
scientific persons. The htSuS naturg is
Abraham Ireland, who is colored, is
aged 6S years, and was formerly a slave
of Amos Lowe, i'll Baltimore County.
When a boy he came to Carroll County,
and for 40 years he has worked in a tan
yard. His parents were both black, and
Abraham himself was black as ebony.
Twenty-Five years ago spots made their
appearance on his face and hands, and
they have continued to spread until now
his entire face and head, which is bald,
his body to his waist, and his hands, arms
and feet are white, only few dark spots,
resembling freckles, remaining on his
face. He enjoys good health, and so far
no satisfactory explanation has been
given for this curious change from black
to white. Some of the physicians who
have examined him attribute it to the
constant contact with acids in the tam
yard, used in the preparation of the
hides, while others regard it as species
of erysipelas. Abraham has reared a
family of children, all of whom are as
black as he was in his younger days.
Thus far he has resisted all the tempting
offers of showmen.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09
The Indiana Plan.

A divorce and marriage occurred re-
Gently which were of a nature somewhat
peculiar and amusing. A German shoe,
maker residing on the National Road,
west of White River bridge, became
suspicious of the fidelity of his wife, a
young baker residing on Blake Street
being the person whom he suspected of
alternating his wife's affections. He
preached the unpleasant subject to his
wife one evening. and she acknowledged
the impeachment. A divorce was mu-
tually agreed upon, and a division of the
property was made, the wife receiving
$3.50 and 4 COW. All preliminary ar
engagements were made, no hard feelings
having been engendered on the part of
any of the parties interested, and on the
day appointed the baker and a nei9 hbor
of the candidates for divorce proceeded
to the Courthouse, the last named go
inc as witness. The divorce was
granted, neither party interposing any
objection, and the discovered couple and
friends started back home On the way.
the baker, who was to get the divorced
wife, proposed a bottle of wine. The
party stopped at saloon, and, while
they were drinking the wine, the baker
and the witness repaired to the County
Clerks office and obtained a marriage
license, to be used at the wedding of the
divorced wife and her baker-friend that
afternoon. BY mutual agreement the
baker is to furnish bread for the shoe
maker. and the latter is to make the
shoes for the bakers family. This is the
way it is done in Observation-Disclosures
0DOIiS ,JOUrDnI
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09
Miss Macdonald, Lawyer.

\ novel spectacle was presented, on
Saturday, in the appearance of wOm-
an arguing a case before Judge Blatch-
ford in the United States Circuit Court
Her name is Helen Marie Macdonald,
and she appeared to argue a motion for
an Injunction to restrain the infringe
ment of a patent on aninvention for pro-
tecting the bottoms of ladies' dresses.
Miss Macdonald is a silver-haired and
rather stout maiden of 45. She was
dressed in a business suit of check ma
terial with hat to match, and wore a
half veil while speaking. Abiding to
Z. n. Dickerson, who was opposed to
her, she said she was astonished at the
audacity of the man in disappearing
her case. She spoke with much feeling,
and declared that she believed that at
least one of the alleged previous discov-
erers of her invention had in reality no
existence. Miss Macdonaldis from Bos
ton.-Ne1C York Sun.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09
The Gar and His Coat Of Mail.

A gentleman who has visited St.Peters-
burg pictures the life of the Car of
all the Russias as something to be by no
means envied. He says that the Winter
Palace, which is the Cars ordinary res
idence, is but a splendid prison of state,
where 5000 titled jailers stand between
him and the outer world. 1t is town
within town. It's inmates are ver-
table population, duly graded in the
minutest subdivisions of official rank.
The Gar often breaks bounds, and, in
deed, up to late date, he continued
the habit of all his predecessors of going
out on foot every day. But the recent
attempt on his life has changed all that
and make him more lonely that ever.
He has now fallen completely into the
hands of his advisers, and their advice,
in default of better, is, that he shall in
crease the distance between him and
human nature. The late attack on his
life by the Nihilist SolOvieff would have
been successful but for the fact that he
wore shirt of very strong chain mail
under his coat. 1t was made for him by
Leblanc of the Boulevard Magenta, a
well known Paris armOrer, who supplies
the theaters for their mimic wars, but
who also knows how to turn out work
that would bear the brunt of real
one. Leblanc's first Imperial CUSTOM
err was the Emperor Napoleon Ill,
and it was probably through the recon-
mendation of some friend of the En-
peror that Alexander, at the beginning
of the present troubles, was led to apply
to Leblanc for one of his patent safety
suits. The armorer's own story is that
a gentleman sought him out, and with
some mystery asked if he could make a
coat of mail that would turn a revolver
bullet. He was doubtful himself of his
own powers in this respect, though he
had already provided Napoleon with an
undershirt warranted to turn the edge
of knife. But an experiment was made
with one of his best suits, and it was
found that even a Colts army revolver
made no impression on its serried rings
of steel. This explains the miracle OF
the EmperOr's preservation. Leblanc
has other illustrious customers, among
them Prince Bismarck, and the conf
Dental distribution of his business cards
seems to be a common courtesy among
the potentates of Europe. But the
wearing of a coat of mail can hardly be
conducive to unalloyed cheerfulness and
happiness.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09
A WOman's Glove.

A wOman's glove is to her what vest
pocket is to a man. But it is more ca
pacious, and in ninety-nine instances out
of hundred it is much better regulated.
A man will carry $500 worth of small
change, four matches, half dozen
toOth-picks, short pencil, and yet not
be able to find nickel, or a match, or
a tOoth-pick, or a pencil or a card when
he wants it. Not so with woman.
She has the least bit of a glove, and in
that glove she carries the tiniest hand,
and a wad of bills, and the memOran-
dunn for her intended purchase of dry
goods, and car tickets, and matinee
checks, and may be diminutive pow
der bag. We have no idea how she
does it-how she manages to squeeze
those thousand and one things into that
wee space. But she does it every time,
and the glove never looks the least dis
composed or plethOric or ruffied. And
when a woman wants any article con-
cealed about that glove, she doesn't seem
to have the least trouble in the world
getting at it. All that is required is a
simple turn of the wrist, the disappear
ance of fairy fingers, and the desired
article is brought to light! 1t is won
der that no savant can explain.-BOston
G0zeffe
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09
Gen. Sherman's Little Story.

The conversation then turned upon
the times of the pioneers. Gen. Sher-
man, who had been listening, remarked,
" 1t was in those days that the memoir
able battle of the Maumee was fought,
up a couple of miles from here. OF
course the story of the bloody affair is
well remembered by the inhabitants in
this section?n
Some one expressed the desire to hear
the story.
"Well." continued the General. lit
was during what was called the Michi-
gan war, when the border inhabitants of
Michigan and Ohio were quarreling over
a strip of territory. The dispute was
made so warm that a resort was made
to arms, and the Ohio party raised about
l,2OO men from all the neighboring
towns. while the Michiganders were not
much behind the opposition. On the
eve of battle the two formidable armies
were divided by only a board fence, and
picketS were stationed along the line.
Word GOT abroad somehow that during
the night there was to be a surprise at
tack made, and a dreadful slaughter
must surely ensue; so when mysterious
noise as of a stealthy step approaching
was heard by one of the sentinelS, he
became terribly excited, and called out
in the direction of the noise. Receiving
no answer, he leveled his piece and fired,
after which he threw it down and ran
for dear life. Next morning when the
sun arose it looked down upon two de-
serted camps, the only victim of the
nights adventure being an innocent pig
that hadwandered from home and met
its death at the hands of the heroic SEN
try. - eCeld'1d Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09
Mechanics and Clerkships.

Considerable interest has been aroused
upon the question why so many young
men seek clerkships rather than learn
trades. One of our letters from the
people attributes the preference for
clerkships to the superior ease and So
cial dignity of the position. Another
who has been a clerk says he is tired of
low wages and has gone to work 10
learn trade by which to gain a living.
As to social distinction, there seems re-
ally to be very little difference between
the standing of good mechanics and
merchants. Our mechanics in SPRING
field readily obtain political and social
recognition as nearly according to each
mans value as any class, and this gen.
Grafton is distinguished from that of so
years ago by the fact that there is now
no man in mercantile life probably who
approaches in wealth the fortunes at
tanned by some artisans.
The great attraction of the clerkship
to many young men is the ease with
which they can take up the business.
The beginning is too easy. We do not
mean to say that selling goods off the
shelf is a simple matter, but it looks
so to the uninitiated, whereas
any boy knows that he couldn't
shoe q horse or iron a wheelbarrOw
without great deal of training at the
bellows and the forge. Few clerks are
taught any thing about the business in
these times. They are not expected by
their employers to know the ms and outs
of their lines of goods, at least until they
have shown peculiar aptitude and at
tanned confidential positions. The bus
mess seems neat, not labOriOus, and
steady, and hence is attractive.
We believe, however, that for boys
Just out of school, with hvelihOods to
earn and careers to make, the mechanic
arts afford much the best field. There
is always room high up. Any lad who
has the mental capacity, perseverance
and conscience to make really skilled
mechanic in any line of manufacture,
may be sure of an opening for his serv-
ices. Technical schools are not as nu-
merous as we might wish, but there is
always the best skill of actual manufac-
ture to be availed of, and beyond that
the field for invention and for the appli-
cation of the experience of others in the
literature of the arts Springfield
Mass. Republican.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09

ent. Every character must be chewed
to get its juice. Foam on the waves is
the fame of earth. The bright moon is
not round for long; the brilliant cloud
is easily scattered. The ancients saw
not the modern moon, yet the modern
moon shone on the ancients. The great
wall of myriad miles remains; but
Chin Shih 'Huang (the builder) is gone.
Heaven, earth, and the spirits love the
humble, not the proud; to the humble
they give happiness; to the proud,
calamity. Man can not become perfect
in hundred years; he can become cor
rupt in less than day. Men who never
violate their conseiences are not startled
by knock at the door at midnight.
Each half of riven bamboo smokes.
This is said against quarreling.1 Bet
ter be upright and want, than wicked
and have superabundance. To save one
life is better than to build seven
stOried pagoda." And lastly: do
not consider any virtue trivial, and 80
neglect it; or any vice trivial, and 50
practice il -
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09
Facts About Flour.

Flour is peculiarly sensitive to the at
mospheric influences, hence it should
never be stored in a room with sour
liquids, nor where onions or fish are
kept, nor any article that taints the air
of the room in which it is stored. Any
smell perceptible to the sense will be
absorbed by flour Avoid damp cellars
or lofts where a free circulation of air
can not be obtained. Keep in cool,
dry, airy room, and not exposed to a
freezing temperature nor to intense
summer or to artificial heat for any
length of time above 80 to 70 degrees
Fahrenheit. 1t should not come in con-
tact with grain or other substances
which are liable to heat. Flour should
be sifted and the particles thoroughly
disintegrated and then warmed before
baking This treatment improves the
color and baking properties OF the
dough. The sponge should be prepared
for the oven as soon as the yeast has
performed its mission, otherwise fer
mentation sets in and acidity results
Anericdn Miller.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09

on her way she passed around the cor
ner of stable and stumbled against q
stalwart peddler, who is likewise Ger
man, and bears the name of Lather-
baugh, and who was going from the op
posite direction. He apologized for the
accident, and, being struck with the En-
glish maiden's appearance, stopped for
"A moment. Then a conversation was
had which ended by Latherbaugh ac-
companying her to her Cousins house.
In half an hour after they had reached
the clearinghouse they were betrothed.
The happy German Immediately started
out in quest of a minister, and in few
moments the silken knot of matrimony
was tightly PttS6ttrg Gazette.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09

PICCALILLI.-One peck of green to-
matoes, one large head or two small
ones of cabbage, three green peppers
and two red peppers. Take out the
seeds from the peppers and chop with
the cabbage and tomatoes quite fine.
Put into stone pot, sprinkle with salt
and let stand over night. In the morn
ing drain in a colander. Take one
quart of strong vinegar, one pound of
sugar, one-half ounce each of ground
cloves and allspice, and two ounces of
whole white mustard. Put the vegeta-
bles, vinegar, ETC., over the stove in a
kettle and boil fifteen minutes. Put into
glass cans and make air-tight.