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THROUGH THE WOODS TO SCHOOL.

Long. long ago. i'm the glad spring weather,
When skies were sunny and winds were cool
We romped and ran through the woods to-
gether,
Down through the boughs, the sunlight, break
ing,
Sent trembling shadows across our way,
And dear little birds their homes were making
With busy journeys from spray to spray.
But Jessie and l, that fair May morning,
Went hand in hand i'm a headlong race,
And heard in the distance the school-belPs
warning,
Callingus each to ourempty place
To-day, in the mellow autumn weather,
The sky was cloudy, the wind was cool,
We walked in the woods, we two together,
And talked of the happy days mt school
The school house under the naples shadow
The beaten path to the school yard gate,
That seemed to lengthen, across the meadow
Totwice its distance, when we were late.
This grown up Jessie is calm and quiet,
A stylish maiden, demure and tall,
Did she remember the old-time riot,
The cry and scamper, the shout and fall?
She heldher fiounces above the clover,
And glanced about with an absent look,
And waited for my safe escort over
The stepping stones in the meadow brook.
And 1, it is true, let who will deride me,
l felt the tears from my heart arise
As looked at the cool pale face beside me,
The languid figure, the listless eyes.
A pretty lady, and learned, very!
But longed like sentimental fool,
For the bright little playmate, swift and merry,
Who ran with me through the woods to
school,
Mary Ainge De Tere, in Youths Companion.
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Upon Secretary Thompson, during
the recent naval review in Hampton
Roads, small joke was literally played.
As he reached the side of the flags in
steam launch the band, says the Bal
timore american, began to play the air
from Pinaforen which announces the
arrival of Sir Joseph Porter, X. c. B.
The Secretary observed that every body
smiled but he is one of those rare persons
who have not seen Mr.. Sullivan's opera,
and wondered no doubt at this causeless
merriment. As he went on visiting each
ship of the fleet, each band repeated the
same air As the Secretary was accom-
panied by a large party of ladies and
gentlemen who followed him wherever
he went, the picture was certainly not
unlike that on the deck of the "Pina-
fore -
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A Right Up-and-dOwR Woman.

For once in the history of the Union
Depot its roof has sheltered a woman
who knew Just where she wanted to 90,
the train she was to take, the hour for
departure, the fare, and the time of ar
rival. She appeared to be about 40
years of age, and she had flat feet, a
peaked nose, and voice which didn' t
admit of any argument. No notice
might have been taken of her among the
scores of others had she not inquired the
way to the waiting-room, and added,
"Thank We, though it's your business to
answer all questions! That's all want
to ask of you, and you can continue your
promenadei''
"Going out on the train?" queried
the officer.
"Would lug big carpet-bag down
here and stand around in the cold if
wasn't?" she sharply answered.
'tGoing South, 'spose?" he queried,
as she moved away.
"'Spose away, then!' she snapped,
as she lifted her sachel. Entering the
ladies' waiting-room, she found the seats
all taken. A pOrtly man, reading pa
per and taking heap of comfort, occu-
pied one of the seats, and, hating be-
fore him, she dropped her saehel with
an awful thud, and said:
"Now yo ugit right outer here! This
place is for ladies, and you are a great
bic, fat man, and orter be ashamed of
yourself for crowding in among us!n
"I-ah-ah-in he began, when
she interrupted:
"Then stand up My legs are tired
walking down here, and I'm not going
to stand around while you sit down."
Certainly-allOw me-ah-yes!" he
Stammered, as he rose up and gave her
he seat
"That's more man-like, " she grOwled,
as she settled down, f" but it seems TO
me that if was you I'd feel sort o.
sneaking in here! the more | see of fat
men the worse hate EN-"
The fat man had a wife and two chill
dren in there, but he wasn't a minute
getting through the door. For the next
fifteen minutes the old lady sat very
erect and stared around her, and then
she started out TO get her ticket, Juggling
her sachel on her hip. A bootblack eS-
pied her and called out:
"Shell | carry yer baggage-wagon
Aunt Sary?"
Boy" she replied as she dropped
the sachel and reached for his collar, IL
haven't got any baggage-wagon; and.
in the next place, I'm not Aunt Sary to
any body! If you want your heels
jerked over the roof of this depot YOU
Just give me the least of sassi''
"'Scuse me, but don't pinch so hard,
said the boy, and he squirmed out other
clutch and retreated a safe distance to
look at her and rejoice that he was not
her son.
She walked up to the ticket-window,
put down a lot of silver, and said:
90 want ticket to jackson, and |
don't want any talk about it! l know
why I'm going, how long | want to stay,
and who I'm going to see"
Her ticket was handed her without a
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no n CIevep THING

for your wife. She does many for you
bskes, cooks, scrubs and mends. Her work
Is never done. Get from your grocer a pack
age Of Gilt-Edge Butter Maker for twenty
five cents. She can churn in half the time,
get ten per cent more butter, and of a color
that she will be proud of. The valuable book,
Hints to Butter Makers" is given away BY
all storekeepers.
NOVA PosT-OFFIcB, Ashland, Co., Ohio,
May 18th, 1872
BUTTER IMPROVEMENT Co.:
Ge1uenle11-My attention was called by YOUR
correspondent of Elyria, Mr.. Boynton, to your
Gft-Edge Butter Maker, and wished me to
give 1t q trial. We churned one gallon Of
cream according to your directions in your
letter to Mr.. Boynton, with the following re-
suit, time Of churning twelve minutes, pro-
duced go lbs, color good and quality far bet
ter than anything that have tried previous
ly. have been engaged in the dairy BUSH
ness more or less for the last fifteen years.
Also took Of the same cream, the same time
and from the same bulk, emitting your pow
der, as per directions, with the following re-
suit, time of churning twenty minutes, three
pounds, quality inferior, short of Whist is re-
Quired In our market | would further say,
made second trial with about the same re-
suit Truly yours,
G. s. VAN ANANN.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-11-20
A Queer Bug.

A curious bug was brought to the
Chronicle office this morning by Henry
Hunt, a resident of North B Street. Mr..
Hunt found the bug in his back yard.
1t is about the size of a quarter of dol
lar, and its popularity is that, while it
is shaped much like turtle, it walks on
only half of its legs at a time. 1t has
six legs, three on a side. When it walks
it balances itself on its edge and moves
along at a good pace on three legs.
After walking this way about a minute
it flops over and walks on the other
three legs. Sometimes it walks on its
two fore legs, like a man in a circus
walking on his hands. Mr.. Hunt as
serts that the bug can execute a hand
spring, either backward or forward, but
while it was in this office it did not es-
say feat so difficult. Its back is deep
blue, spotted with gold, and its belly is
striped with red. When the bug walks
on its fore legs it reminds one of a cir
Gus acrobat in spangles of many colOrs.
While Mr.. Hunt was exhibiting his bug
Captain Sam, the Piute Chief, came in
with Charley of Silver City. Sam re-
marked, with a smile of superior knowl-
edge: "Circus bug, you bet!" The
flute stretched string between two
tables, and the bug walked the tight
rope on edge, and then hung down from
it by his hind feet. The Piutes veneTate
the insect, and say that when it appears
in the fall with gold marks on its back
it means plenty. Black spots signify
death and white spots famine. Aside
from the absurd superstition the bug is
certainly a wonderful thing, and its
antics vastly amusing. Mr.. Hunt re-
fused $40 for it this morning, offered by
Tom Buckner.-V Virginia city (Ner.)
ChrORicle.
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4 COUNTRY THANKSGIVING SER.
MON.


Az. goodman, close the great barn door;
The mellow harvest time is DER;
The earth has given her treasures meet
OF golden corn and bearded wheat.
You and your neighbors well have wrought
And of the summers bounty caught.
Won from her smiles and from tears
Much goods, perhaps, for many years.
You come tribute now to pay
And bells proclaim Thanksgiving Day.
Well have you sown, well have you reayed
And OF the riches you have have heaped.
You think, perhaps, that you viii give
A part, that others, too, may live.
But if such argument you use,
Your niggard bounty refuse.
No gifts you on the altar lay,
In any sense are given away.
LOT rings from heaven a voice abroad:
Who helps Gods poor doth lend the Lord
What is your wealth? He'd have you know
To hold it, you must let it go.
Think you the hand of Heaven struck cold
VIII yet have power TO clutch its gold?
Shrouds have no pockets, do they say?
Behold l show you then the way;
Wait not till death shall shut the door,
But send your ciIrgoes on before.
10! he that giveth of his hoard
T0help Gods poor doth lend the Lord
To. day, my brethren-do not wait;
Just yonder stands Dame helleys gate;
And would you build a mansion fair
In heaven, send you lumber there;
Each stick that on her woodpile lies
May rise dome beyond the skies;
You stop the rents within her walls,
And yonder rise your marble halls;
For every pane that stops the wind
There shineth one with jasper lined.
Your wealth is gone your form lies cold,
But in the city paved with gold
Your hoard is held with hands divine;
1t bears a name that marks it thine.
Behold the bargain ye have made,
With usury the debt is paid.
No moth doth eat, no thieves do steal,
No suffering heart doth envy feel;
Ring out the words, who of this hoard
Doth help Gods poor doth lend the Lord!
Go, get your cargOes under way;
The bells ring out Thanksgiving Day.
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word, and, as she passed on to the gate,
she said to the official there:
"'Tend right to your business!
There's no occasion for your asking
where I'm going or if I've got ticket!''
"Pass on, madam" he replied.
"Dcn't try to flatter mel" she called
back. " Your business is TO see that
passengers git on the right train, and
the less you madam around the better it
viii be for YOU! ''-DHtT0tt Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-11-20

OYSTER FRITTERS.-Drain the liquor
from the oysters and to cupful of this
add the same quantity of milk, three
eggs beaten together, little salt and
enough sifted flour to make thin bat
ter Chop the oysters and add to the
batter. Drop the oyster batter from the
large spoon into frying-pan contain
ing a few spoonfuls of half lard and
half batter, heated very hot. Try one
spoonful first to test the fritter and in
sure its being of the right size and con-
sistency. T.; ;e from the pan as soon as
done to yellow brown and serve while
hot. When preferred the oysters can
be enveloped whole in the batter, one
oyster to fritter. In this case make
the batter little thicker.
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HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
Thanksgiving Bill of Fare.

A Thanksgiving Bill of Fare.
from the Rural New Yorkerl
FIRST COURSE.
Beef soup, with bread and celery.
SECOND COURSE.
Fresh fish, baked or boiled, stewed tomatoes
and pickles.
THIRD COURSE.
Roast turkey, currant jelly, mashed pota-
toes, squash.
DESSERT.
Coffee, cake, pumpkin pie, cheese, fruits.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-11-20

THE Fisk University negro singers en-
gagged board at the New Marlboro Ho-
tel, Boston, but on their arrival were in
formed by the proprietor that they could
not have their meals until the white
guests had retired from the tables. This
treatment they declined to bear, and
went to the Quincy House. A lawsuit
for damages is threatened. The sing
ers say that they have breakfasted in
England with Gladstone, and dined with
Bismarck in Germany.
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Recnmmends II to- Am.

SUMMERvILLg Green County, KY
Dear Str-This h 70 certify that my wife and havo
made fair trial OF your indian Blooa syrup
and recommend its use 70 all IN pour health
CHAS CORUM-
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tn CoRRESpoNDENTs.

All communications for this paper should be
accompanied by the name of the author, not
necessarily for publication, 5utas evidence of
good faith on the part of the writer. Write
only on one side of the paper. BE particularly
careful in giving names and dates, 70 have
all letters or figures plain and distinct
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Best Medicine Ever Used.

GIYSIocH Monroe County. Tenn. Aug 10. lSIa
De1T Sir-Myseh and wife have been greatly DeIe-
ftad by the use OF your Indian Blood syrup.
When we commenced using your medicine ms WlIes
Liver was very much out Of order, but now she Is en-
TREY we'll / was troubled with sharp PANS IN ny
Chest which the Syrup also relieved
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-11-20

A LADY, giving her little boy, aged 4,
religious instruction, told him that if he
was good he would go to heaven and
sing psalms, and play the harp before
the throne of God. "But | can't play
the harp" said the child. His mother
answered that he would know how to
play when he got up to heaven The
child thought for a moment, and then
said: "Mamma, when l get up to
heaven 1 shall ask God to give me a
drum"
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Why the BOOkkeeper Stole.

He had a wife.
His salary was 81, 800 per annum.
But she complained.
She wanted better house.
Better clothes.
Nothing fit to go out in.
No country cottage.
Nor carriage.
Nor front pews.
Nor society.
She coveted a place on the ragged
edge of the select 500.
She kept it up.
Night and day.
And mOaned and
Groaned and
Crowded and
Wept.
He lacked style, also,
As well as new clothes every six weeks,
and various other things.
He knew how his employer made sew
eral hundreds daily on the street.
A thousand or so would not be missed
for few hours.
So he took it, went upon the street,
and won.
She got her sealskin.
He took more and lost.
More to get that back and lost.
More yet.
Defalcation discovered.
He wears the Penitentiary check.
Others are going too.
Beware
But if you win regularly, society won't
be hard on you.
But if you lose, society will sit down
en- you.
Beware.
Better is modest room up two pairs
of back stairs than a cell in the Tombs.
And plain wooden jacket rather than
pair of prison uniform pants on poor
Charles legs.-Nea0 York Graphic.
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Plantation of the Heart.

CALLAwAY, Bell Il u .. N.Y..
Uerr SfJ-Thfs Is - certify mat va to .. Win
pail Itafi0n " TIE ff.rt. and La TeLri - % gre Ol
mi from your Indian EsiOO. Sysn- mn iroin
ans ether medicine haze ever USE lie ~ ~
Onmend il 10 ali out Of health. NA JOh-NSON
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Cures Ague.

PROSPECT, Giles CO1nty, IellIis
DAo- Str-I had the Ague for SIX mont s, and oo-
tained No relief from numerous meiicines used AZ
last IpIOcured some Of Jour And1an Bioon SyraY.
a shaIt rial ~ which completely cured me- have not
had Chill since icOneneed tne use o. your Eit
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G0TD WATCHES GIVEN AWAY

$500. 600 worth Of solid Gold and Silver Watc es,
sverWare Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines. French.
Musical Alarm Clocks and Jewelry besides an immense
amount Of other valuable goods just for doing little
favor which every man. woman, boy OF girl can easily do
No money required All the elegant and costly articles
TO be given away fully described and illust ated
BY engravings, in q book entitled "The Golden
Prize which will send q atis and free OF postage
10 any I'm the United States and Canada. Address
L. GLEASON & CO.. 40 Summer Street. Boston. Mass
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Liver and Kidney Complaints.

COvAN Franklin County, Tenn. Aug Is l5I9
Je1r SiT-This is To certify that have tsed y1ut
Indian blood syrup for Liver and Kidney Dts-
ease and general arrangement OF the system ana las
done me more good than anything l ever tried. ny
wife has also used the syrup for Kidney Liver and
Rheumatic Affection, with the most benencia results
r VAUGHN
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Rest Medicine Eyer Used.

CoRSwEIL STATION. Menifee County, Ky.
Deqr siY-I have used your reliable Indian
RIood syyup for White Swelling, and have found II
the best medicii5e ever used
MARTHA Z LEsSfER
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THOUSANDS SPEAK.-VE6ETINE is acknowl-
edged and recommended by physicians and
apothecaries to be the best purifier and
cleanser of the blood yet discovered, and thou
sands speak in its praise who have been re-
stored to health.
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Rest Medicine Ever Used.

PREsToSprRGR Floyd County. KY. July ), 1879
Dsqy Sui have used your excellent Indian
Blood Syrup for several diseases. and find u 70 %
the best medicine ever tried would not b. Win
Quit. MhS- D r. SlEE-4~
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Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia and Indi-
gestiOn.

MaYNARDvILLE Union Co.. Tenn, March %. 1873,
Dear SiT-YOur Indian Blood syrup Is mo
best medicine ever used foI the Liver C0mplain1,
Dyspepsia and Indigestion and would recommend an
aicted with disease u this nature q give y sria
HARRIET ELDRlD6k
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Ear CnStiYpnpSS.

DRESDEN. Weakley County Tenn
Dsor Sir This Is to certify that your indtan
RIood ssyrup Is the best medicine ever tiseI iuE
Constipation and sour Stomach W. IL hANNH
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Epilepsy or Falling Fits.

The writer has several friends who were
afflicted with falling fits. Some Of them had,
after expense of thousands of dollars apiece,
failed to get relief. Great physicians in
both Europe and America had failed in their
cases They at last tried a country doctor
who has since removed to this city, and he
cured essry one of them. Most Of his cures are
effected without seeing the patient. Simply
by correspondence and by medicines sent
them. Any of your readers desiring letters
forwarded to him, or simply desiring his adj
dress, may write A. B. A, Box 1901, Philadel
phia, Pa. P S.-No charge for such service.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-11-20

NATIONAL YEAST is always reliable. It new.
er fails. 1t is the leading brand. People
throughout the United States have used It Tor
years.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-11-20

THE weight of gold in the United
States Treasury exceeds $40 tons.
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AGENTS WAHTEl for sn LINES NISs end

OF Frank and Jesse James," the noted traln ana
bsnk robbers by Hon. A Dacu Pm. ID. Most exciting
book published; tells the true story Of all heir
rp0reJots deeds-profusely Illustrated. Agents. dOnT
waste time on slow books but take this at once Crc
airs frse W. Bryan, Pub 6O2 " 4th ST. 81 Louis, No
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Edwin Eastman in Indian Costume
SEVEN AND NINE YEARS AMONG The COMANCHBS AzB
APACHBs. neat volume OF 300 pages. being .
simple statement of the horrible facts cOnnecte1
with the sac massacre OF helpless family, and tho
captivity, fortunes and ultimate escape Of its I've
surviving members For sale by our agents ganr
orally Price. <1.00.
The incidents Of the massacre briefly narrated Aso
distributed by agents. FREE Of charge.
Nh. Eastman, being almost constantly at the WeS&
engaged gathering and curing the materials OF whic
the medicine Is composed, the sole business manage
ment devoves upon Or. johnson. and the remedy hze
been called, and Is known rs
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BUTTER IMPROVEMENT Co:

CHEW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
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HlSX|S|IE'5||)|'||l|IN

Contains the sloumen. gluten and other heterogeneous
substances and the phoSphateS natural tO wheat
NOOLRICH { co on eyarJ label
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q &C A WEEK in your own town. Terms and
.1UU S. outfit FREQ Addr H Halett Geo Port and Me-
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HEtMe RevOIVers. Illustrated Catalogue
UVWO free. Great Western Gun Works, Pittsburgh
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ec /. t1fl per day at home. Samples worth IS
81 w sku free Address sTINsoS Co. Portland. Ne
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HAM Wholesale aud retail. Send for price,
n a n list Goods sent COD. Wigs made 70 order.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. zoe W. MadiSOn-st. Chicago.
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BIG PAY made selling RUBBER STAMPS Send
stamp for termA Globe Stamp Works, tyndonvfle. VI
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-13
Saturday, Sept. 10. 1879.
THE COMMISSIONERS AND THEIR ses-
Si0nS.

While journals Of other parts OF the
Territory are making suggestions 10
legislators. we may as we'll offer one
also. We think it would be an excel
lent idea TO go over the law creating
Boards OF County Commissioners.
Three Commissioners are no. enough,
nor would five be any too many. With
a small Board there are too many e1hi-
b:tious of one-man power. One mem
ber. in some unmistakab,e manner. con-
trols a second, who docs exactly as tho
first wants bin. The third member
can do nothing alone; the other two
members being majority. one OF who"
exerci.es the direction and power OF
both. In such case, IL would be far
letter il the Board consisted OF two
members only. and quite - we'll it the
number was but one. King county
ha, had exhibitions Of this character
for several years past. as our home
readers are abundantly aware. and We
presume tina. in other counties the sit
nation has been substantially the same.
The tendency is unavoidably thst way
The election of two more Commission
ers would remedy the evil in majority
OF cases. in small counties. like Wah-
kiskum, Clallam aud Skamanis for in
stance, three Commissioners may be
enough, but in moro populous counties.
like King. Wa,la Wslla and Colnmb's.
five we think are certainly required.
Another subject Tor legislators In this
same connection 10 the length Of SEES
sions which Commissioners Bos:ds
shall hold. As long as five dollars .
day are given members. and they are
allowed to continue their sessions in-
definitely. We shall have abuse in this
direction. We believe in working pub
lie servants as hard as business men.
mechanics and laborers are worked. and
We also believe in paving them we'll.
The Legislature itself is q Commission
ers Boari on an extended scale and
with an expanded field. Tho pay OF
the members thereof is less than the
pay Of our Commissioners. and their
sessions arc limited TO so many days.
Ordinarily tho work Of session Of the
Commissioners can DO got through in
three or four days, and in no case do
We believe it necessary to continue il
over eight or ten days. If paid by the
job thes, times would not be exceeded.
no more than the Legislature exceeds
its limit. These hints arc thrown out
for what they may DO worth. and We
trust they will receive proper consider
ation and action.