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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-11-20
The Alaska Glaciers.

A writer in the San Francisco Bulletin
is enthusiastic over the great glaciers
near Fort Wrangel, Alaska. Standing
at the mouth of the ford, he says, the
water foreground is of pale, milky
blue color, from the suspended rock-mud
issuing from beneath the grinding glaci-
er-one smooth sheet sweeping back
five or six miles, like one of the lower
reaches of great river. AT the head
the water is bounded by barrier wall
of bluish-white ice, from 500 to 600 feet
high, few mountain tops crowned with
snow appearing beyond it. On either
hand stretched series of majestic
granite rocks from 5000 to 1900 feet
high, in some places bare, in others forest
ed, land all well patched with yellow-green
chaparral and flowery gardens, especial
ly about halfway up from top to bottom,
and the whole built together in Yose-
mite Valley, extending far beyond the
ice-barrier, one immense brow appear
ing beyond the other, while their bases
are buried in the glacier. This is, in
fact, Yosemite Valley in process of
formation, the modelling and sculpture
of the walls nearly completed and well
planted, but no groves as yet or gardens,
or meadows, on the raw and unfinished
bottom. The whole front and brow of
this majestic glacier are gashed and
sculptured into a maze of yawning
chasms and crevasses, and bewildering
variety of strange architectural forms,
appalling to the strongest nerves, but
novel and beautiful beyond measure
clusters of glittering lance-tipped spires,
gables. and obelisks, bold outstanding
bastions and plain mural cliffs, adorned
along the top with fretted cornice and
battlement, while every gorge and crew
asse, chasm and hollow, was filled with
light. Along the sides we could see the
mighty flood grinding against the gran
tie with tremendous pressure, rounding
the outswelling bosses, deepening and
smoothing the retreating hollows, and
shaping every portion of the mountain
walls into the forms they were meant to
have, when in the fullness of appointed
time the ice-tool should be lifted and set
aside by the sun. Back two or three
miles from the front the current is now
probably about 1920 feet deep; but
when we examine the walls, the grooved
and rounded features, so surely glacial,
show that in the earlier days of the ice
age they were all over-swept, this glacier
having flowed at a height of from three
to four thousand feet above its present
level.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-11-20
Cultivate COntentment.

Be contented, my son. You need not
be satisfied with what you are; you
don't want to live without ambition; so
long as you live, strive to be something
better and higher and stronger to-mor-
row than you are to-day, but don't wor-
ry; don't fret. Wear your ready-made
clothes with the air of a Prince, until
you can do better; eat your 25-cent din
ner with the manner of a man who is
accustomed to fare sumptuously every
dav on course dinners, and likes this
sort of thing for change. Keep the
sunshine in your heart and it will shine
out of your face. The world is always
grateful to a sunny-tempered man, just
because he is good enough and gracious
enough to live in it. Laugh, my son,
if your stomach is so empty that you
can not tell whether your paints in your
liver or your backbone; wear your hat
iauntily if it is so full of holes that you
can't see the grease and weather stains
that cover it; speak cheerily, though
YOU have to wear your overcoat every
time your shirt goes to the laundry.
1t won't be an easy thing to do, right
along; the days will come when a good
indulgence in the "blues" would seem
like Paradise; there will be hours when
you would rather growl and wall than
look pleasant; there will be times when,
in spite of your strength and manhood
and good resolutions, you will 60 away
bv yourself and groan and bury your
face in your hands and cry like girl;
| knowit, my son But don't make a
habit of it, and don't let any one see
YOU do it. 1t is a dangerous luxury, son,
and should only be INDUCED in at very
long intervals and on rare occasions.
Cultivate contentment; if you have no
gloves, put your hands in your pockets;
if your coat is out at the elbows, back
up against the fence; if you have no hat,
you will never become bald. And when
prosperity comes-not if, but when
you win be prouder of your good nature
in the dark days of adversely, my son,
than you can be of all the honors and all
the fame and position that prosperity
and success can bring you. Never wor-
~, son; don't fret; it will only make
your face thin and your hair turn gray.
Btrdette, ia the HaScbeye.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-11-20
A Confederate Relic.

A Confederate cap machine has been
found in Danville in some old rubbish,
all complete, but very rusty, and has no
doubt been lying in its present place
ever since the war. This machine was
invented by Mr.. w. H. Wash, of this
county. In May, 1861, Mr.. Wash was
in Richmond, where he found the Gov
eminent had engaged Mr.. Debow, a
Northern man, to suppl " it in musket
caps, that were then in great demand.
Debow asked Wash down in the arsenal,
and while looking at it, Wash remarked
that he could make better machine,
and a Gen. Dimmock standing by re-
piled that it was very desirable he should
do so. He went to Lynchburg, and there
in the Phoenix Foundry, with A. Dab
ney & Son, in % days time he had pro-
duced a cap machine that would make
$4,000 good caps in ten hours. This he
took to Richmond and sold it to the
Government for $4,000. He returned
to Lynchburg and made another ma
chine, great improvement on his first,
whose capacity was $4,000 caps per day
of ten hours. This he sold for $4,000.
Shortly after he made the third machine,
which would make 10000 caps per hour,
four different sizes of caps, and it was
placed in the arsenal under Gen. DIM
mock's supervision. The Yankee pa
pers at the time pronounced it ga big
Confederate lie.' On the evacuation of
Richmond Mr.. Wash was ordered to
Lynchburg with these machines, five of
them, and this last, the $1,000 per hour
machine, was loaded on a two-horse
wagon and taken through the country to
Lynchburg, and thence to this city,
where it has been ever since. 1t is, per-
haps, one of the most prominent relics
in the South of the late unpleasantness.
-DGnUIlLe Va Post.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-11-20

pencil of Cabanel. The young lady is
said to greatly resemble the celebrated
English beauty, Lady Dudley, but her
features are much more finely cut, and
possess a degree of animation and variety
of expression that are lacking to the
somewhat immobile countenance of that
daughter of the gods, divinely tall and
most divinely fair If these lines ever
come TO the knowledge of my beauteous
young countrywoman, l trust her
maiden delicacy will not be wounded by
this little outburst of sincere admiration
on the part of one of her own sex and
nationality
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-11-20
4 Sure Thing.

DR.. Hunters Specific and Injection No.
are warranted to cure Gonorrhea, elect
Cordee, Structure, diseases Of the Kidneys
Bladder and Urinary Organs Of males and
females.
DIR. Hunters Specific No. > is 4 sure rem
edy for Spermatorrhea, Seminal Weakness,
Nightly Emissions and Loss Of Power, caused
by self-abuse or excessive indulgence.
Price of DIR. Hunters Specific 3 per bottle;
injection 81. Sent everywhere by express.
DR.. j. Dinsbeer, sole proprietor, No. Ala
North Seventh Street, st. Louis, Mo. Send
two stamps for treatise. Cures guaranteed,
or money refunded.
ES- DIR. Dinsbeer will treat all chronic
diseases and furnish medicine for less money
than any other physician in st. Louis.
Write or call.
For sale at Coley's Drug Store, Milan,
Tenn.
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IIIglI||!S'|||' ||||I||l|!|lLa

That Quinine will cure Chills and Fever lie
well known. But is strange that the other feb
rifuge principlesc contained in Peruv an bark are
more powerful than Outline, and DO not pro-
duce any annoying head SYM toms like buzz
ing in the ears. This fact is proved by DR..
F. Wilhoft's Anti-Periodic or Fever and Ague
Tonic. which is a preparation of Peruvian
bark, without Quinine, according TO the decla-
ration of its proprietors, Wheelock, Finlay q
Co, of New Orleans
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-05-24
We are now making all our Pianos entirely D
VULCAMIZED LUMBER

The Greatest Discovery of the Ages. Wood
rendered imperishable, shrinking, checking
or warpng impossible, and as incapable OF
absorbing moisture as vulcaGized rubber.
The increased hardness ana toughness OF the
wood produces resonance OF tone truly
wonderful. The process of vulcaniznE is
done by machinery established at our factory,
and we have the exclusive control OF the
patent for Piano making which. together
with our other patents aud improvements. iu-
Guiding Mathushck's Duplex Overstrung
Scale render our Pianos in every RESPECT the
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-05-24

In the grand results of strength, durability,
relisbility, aud ability for standing in tune,
volume, power. resonance, brilliancy sweet
ness. sympathetic and singi equality OF tone.
evenness throughout the entire scale, delichcy
and elasticity Of touch aud beauty of rnish.
the
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-05-24
MENDELssoHN PIANO
STANDS WITHOUT AN EQUAL


These Pianos made one of the finest dis
plays at the Centennial Exhibition, and were
unanimously recommended for the Highest
Uonors.
Professor o. NJ. Newell, the celebrated nj
anist, who received the distinguished honor of
a Gold Medal aud Badge from the Centennial
Commf sioners for highest excellence in
piano playing at the great Exhibition, says of
these Pianos: 81 must say that they equal the
best Pianos made by any firm in this city.
For evenness and pure singing quality of
tone they have NO SUPERIOR ANYWHERE.
The continuation of sound after striking
note is something wonderful in art of scale
drawing"
ments. Don't fail to write for illustrated and
Descriptive Catalogue-mailed free.
CAUTION.--I he Mendelssohn il a regularly
Incorporate manufacturing company, and the
only h use which makes the entire piano. and
sells direct to the purchaser at factory price.
Beware of "bogus" pianos offered by dealers
who pretend to be manufacturers. We refer
you to the New York Commercial Agencies,
which will give you reliable information In
regard TO them, as well as to our integrity,
character and responsibility.
MENDELSsOHN PIANO CO.,
No. FL East 18th Street.
Near Union Square)
NEW YORK.
anl4-4m
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-10-21

though Republican, / can not but
accord the honor something of the
esteem in which it Is held in the pre-
mier's own country
The yachts are cheering YOU
i guess it is more for the general :;
at any rate, will appropriate some of
it, as have already seventeen of the
thirty.eight guns at the fort. Only
twenty-one of them were for the Cen
eral, so / am going to attribute them
to myself
Amt they pretty?' said Mrs. Grant,
referring to the yachts and waving
her handkerchief in rerponse to the
cheers.
i scarcely expected resumed che,
to come to San Francisco under such
circumstances. Years ago, when the
General came here, Fred was boy
and / had to stay at home. I little
thought then that ] should first see
San Francisco coming through the
Golden Gate with all your good peo-
pie TO welcome me-
They are not welcoming you, but
they are anxious to see you, Mrs.
President Grant once more
Il can't say anything about that
The General and l never talk politics.
There was some opposition to hav-
ing the military ceremonies tomorrow
as it was Sunday
OF course ! should lave preferred a
weekday. but | don't see any harm in
it,
Col Fred. II don't think father
would have objected materially
Mrs. G-'I am so sorry | could not
have seen all this in daylight
Mrs. Grant sald that neither she
nor the General had the slightest iGea
Of receiving a public reception in this
city, They anticipated meeting with
their personal friends here, but moth
ing bordering upon the magnificent
reception which they had received was
ever dreampt Of
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-10-21

versary of the surrender of CORVALLIS,
they shall attend divine service in old
Chrlst Church, Second street, above
Arch, where Washington worshipped.
After the meeting to be held the next
day' Monday when 1t is expected the
nine Governors mentioned will be
joined 10y the Chie' Magistrates Of
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey and Delaware, it is said that all
Will probably visit Yorktown for the
purpose of looking at the site upon
which 1t is proposed to hold q grand
national military encampment In COM
memoration of the surrender.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-10-21
Mrs. Grant interviewed.
SHE SAYS THE GENERAL NEVER TALK
ND POLITICS WHILE ABROAD.
p.... Al. q. .,t. ntaLa- na,,n,at

SHE SAYS THE GENERAL NEVER TALK
ND POLITICS WHILE ABROAD.
From tho 81. Louis Globe. Democrat.
BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2l-Hour
correspondent was favored to-day with
n short talk with Mrs. Grant She
was arm-ln-arm with her son Fred,
when, in answer TO n question put 10y
the reporter, she said We had u
most delightful trip all the way over.
II WIS not rough at all. save one or
two days. when our course was dlago'
nally to the swell"
"Wus II not mouotouous?'
"Oh, not NJ all, We could walk the
deck every day and NJ all times, aud
that IN something the General is very
fond Of Of. After breakfast every
morning he would spend nh hour In
the smoking room, watch Tive chess
players and rend Les Miscrables. He
has read II through, nglon on the
trip
"Are you glad to get homer"
Il can hardly tell japan was 20
pleasant
THE plcasanteet part Of the trip"
4 don't suppose can sny that, but
last recoIlecllons are always pleasant
eat, you know up the Inland sea In
man.of.war, and II IL the most beauti-
ful country | ever saw
More 50 than SwltzerlandP'
Switzerland IL n tender spot with
me. / did not zee enough Of II, !
must no back there. But the inland
sen IA no beautiful, and we stopped at
40 many charming little places, that
1 think II ls the greenest spot In my
memory of all the scenic beautlee |
have Witnessed
How did the freedom Of japanese
life strike your
Il was charmed with t. lts courte-
sIes aud eegancles are 20 marked In
comparison with the Chinese. ! was
entertained by a premier whose lin
eage traces back 1000 years, and,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-10-21
JAY GOULD'S OPERATIONS,
Where, According TO One Wit
ness, He Realized IL Profit
OF So. 100000.
New York Sun,

Before the Railroad Investigating
Committee, yesterday, Mr.. Geo. p. Cup
py, who was General Superintendent OF
the Erie railroad in Jay Gould's time.
testified that when Jay Gould went in
to Office the capital stock of the road
was $25.lll.2l0, the funded debt $22.-
429 .92O, and the floating debt 50 2.517 .301
making total Indebtedness of SOL .075.-
0l3, and that when Jay Gould went ont
Of office in March, 1872, the capital stock
was SS7 .53O,9l0, the funded debt $780,
035 900, and the floating debt So. 534 .Sl3.
OF the entire stock and debt increase
$i7.3i2. lS1 was accounted for in the
State Engineers reports by the cost of
the old New York & Erie railroad, but
there was nothing to account for any
other part of the increase; thus $l323.-
$50 increase was not accounted for in
any way.
The annual rental paid for the lines
leased by the Erie when Mr.. Guppy was
connected with it was $1.100.000. The
witness testified to some rather remark
able facts in connection with this leas-
ing of roads by the Erie. He said that
when the northern Railroad of New Jer-
sey was leased to the Erie il had Il small
capital stock and debts, but both Of these
were enormously increased under Mr..
Gould's management According to the
witness, however, President Goud's
most successful ventures were in his
dealings with the Chemung and the Ca
nnndaiugua & Elmirn railroads. The
Erie had leased the two roads, the con-
tract being that if the rental was not
promptly paid the lessccs should be
void. Gould quietly bought up all the
stock of both lines, and then IN his ca
pacity as President of the Eric, stopped
payment Of the rental. At once Tie
leases lapsed, and both the smaller roads
were Mr.. Gould's private property. He
sold them to the Pennsylvania Central,
realizing a profit of $2,5OO,0O0. The
capital stock OF the Chcmung road, when
the Erie leased IL, was $3SO.OOO, and
that of the Canandaiugua e Elmm $500
600.
Once the witness was asked TO eN-
change his $500 year under the Erie
for the Presidency Of the Jefferson Car
Company, 100000 worth of It's stock
and $4,000 year. He accepted the of
fer, but Jay Gould said the Erie could
not spare him, and finally he took S5O.-
600 worth of the Jefferson Car C0mpa-
ny's stock, and continued in the em-
ploy of the Eric. He did not dream, he
said. that the Jefferson Car Company
were simply briblng him to net us their
their tool and use his influence with Jay
Gould in their interests, for the ears of
the Company were run over the Erie
road, and little favorable recognition
from the President would have been OF
great service TO them.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-10-21
Table Manners.
Christian Weekly.

l. Nothing is more fatal to good table
manners than haste; therefore at table
be deliberate. Do not eat fast.
2. Soup should be taken from the side
of the spoon with noisless inhalation,
the spoon being slightly tipped.
3. Keep the plate that is handed you
by the carver or servant: it confuses
the one who presides to have it passed
from one to another.
4. Break your bread into pieces and
let them rest on your plate while spread
ing.
D. Do not open the lips while chewing
or make any unnecessary noise.
6. DO not speak with the mouth full.
z. Use the knife for cutting only;
never put it to the lips or in the mouth.
s. DO not drink your tea or coffee
without first removing the teaspoon
from the cup to the saucer. Always
place ii in the saucer when you pass the
cup to be rcfilled, but leave it in the cup
when no more is wanted.
o. When asked ut the table how you
prefer thing-for instance, if you will
have cream on your berries, or sugar on
your tomatoes, or what part Of the chick
en- you prefer, make some choice. De-
eide for yourself. 1t is awkward to
make other people choose for you. DO
not say, at makes no difference" !" 'I
am not particular" Even if you have
no choice you may decide one way or
the other; it is easier for the hostess to
wait ON you.
10. Talk in low tone Of voice, and
handle your knife, fork and plate with
out clatter; eat without any audible
gulping or smacking Of the lips.
II. In sending your plate TO be helped
4 second time retain your knife and ror,
let them lie on the table with the tips
resting on your own butter plate, salt
dish, or, what is better, piece of bread.
At the conclusion of the meal, the knife
aud fork should be laid side by side on
the plate with the handles pointing to
right hand.
l2, Avoid whispering at the table,
The conversation should be general.
10. 30 not rest your elbow on the ta-
Bile or touch your head while eating.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-10-21
Thirteen Governors Expected
Philadelphia Times.

In accordance with the arrange
mCnts for the meeting of the Cover
hors of the thirteen original states, to
10 held In independence Hall, on
Monday, the 10Th inst, for the pur-
pose Of starting preparations for the
proposed celebration OF the one hum
otedth anniversary Of the surrender
OI Lord Cornwallls nj Yorktown, 1t is
announced that the Governors OF Vir-
ghla, North Carolina. South Caroli'
nsand Georgia are TO leave Richmond
on Friday morning, the 18th inst, on
'Oe way to philadelphia, and Will
probably be Joined at Baltimore by
'oe Governor Of Maryland. Upon
arriving hero II Ia arralgned that they
snail bc met at the American Hotel
Vpposlte Independence Hall, by the
vovernon Of Nov Hapshlre, Massa'
vuusetts, Rhode Island and Connecti'
.1. wv tis proposed that tho Governors
s VISIT the permanent exhibition on
saturday y afternoon, tho 18th Inst, and
VI" on the following day, the ami
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-10-21
'rrEsDAY. OCTOBER 81, 1879,

Irsr as we expected the Republi-
~, have their roosters up, over the
o,io and Iowa elections. Ohio has
,o,. by, say 10000. Ewing could
%, ave her. Iowa goes by some
oo 400. That Hayes would carry
n. own State we thought we could
h,e,ee. That sending the mountain
,rbard money Democracy to the Ma
booet of Ohio Greenbackism would
10 al unavuiling device, We never
b,d much doubt of, We don't see
much in all this to scare any Demo
cnt It ought to teach us an impor>
,pt lesson. We guess any man can
now see what the Green
hcSers are doing-viz., that which
Ne Republicans never could do, de-
,,roying the Democracy.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-10-21

u. s, PIERCE, ESQ In our last is.
sue an article appeared In this paper
copied from The Richmond lPhig. in
which alluslon was made to the fact
that the personal property Of David $.
Pierce had been advertised for sale for
taxes Of '77.'7S while he wae canvass
Ing the State in favor of,he provisions
of the Brokers' bill. The article was
copied into this paper without the
knowledge of the Editor, and we take
the occasion of saying that we strong
ly disapprove of the dragging n gen
tleman's private aflhirs into public
print, as n general proposition, but in
this case we particularly deprecate
such an occurrence on account Of the
manifest injustice done Mr.. Pierce.
We are informed that Mr.. P's taxes
amount to SI74.O0, and that he paid
all Of this except about $4700. which
he intended to pay In coupons upon
his return from Richmond, where he
wentto buy the coupons, On his return
he found one piece Of his property ad-
vOrtIsed but he produced his coupons
aud paid the balance promptly. Mr..
p, II seems, In iit OF passion, told
The Treasurer TO levy on hie property.
he being exasperatcd at the Treasur-
er's mode Of approach. Mr.. r. In
forms us that he does not blame the
Treasurer, but only hopos that he pur-
sues the same course towards all OF
the taxpayers OF the county. Mr.
Pierce Ia a gentleman OF considerable
means, M ie evlnced by the amount
Of bis tax tickets, and he has always
had undoubted credit in our oommu-
nifty, and has met his obligations
promptly. We regret exceedingly
that our columns have been used for
The purpose Of impairIng the charac-
'orofa gentleman OF such standing,
and we cbeeriully and voluntarily
mako this apology for tho same
'B'hcURlo Dispatch.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-10-21
COMMUNICATED.
KingsIeysSen,iBary.

ARCADIA, Tenn. |
Oct 10, 1879. I
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-10-21

slide down the polished granite side,
plunging pleasantly and harmlessly in
to the sand at the base. No sleds or 9TH
or apparatus were needed. The Egyp-
tian simply sat down on the warm and
comfortable granite, and slid down
without any unpleasant friction, -
Doubtless, this was a fashionable
amusement for both sexes and all ages
and the builders or lessees of the Great
Pyramid Sliding bank must have
made good thing of it.