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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-04
The skeleton OF an Ancient Whale
Found in Sand Hill.

We have received authentic informa-
ton that at that portion of our sea-cOast
known as Little kennekeet valuable
historic relic in the form of the complete
skeleton of a whale, sixty feet long,
has been found, well preserved. The
peculiarly of the affair is that the skele-
ton was found imbedded in sand hill,
which has been covered with an extensive
forest from % time whereof the memory
of man runneth not to the contrary"
The sand of this hill, being recently
changed by storms during the past two
wears, was gradually removed from the
place where the remains Of this ancient
monster of the deep must have been re
posing for hundreds, yea, thousands OF
wears. Another circumstance, besides
the fact that large trees of slow growth
are directly over the skeleton, Is that
the hill in which it was found is on the
sound side of the beach, showing con-
clusively that the entire coast must have
been deeply submerged at the time when
this specimen of our greatest sea mani
mails was driven from his ocean home
and left on the coast by the recedlng
waters. What great flood could this
have been? Verify has a prehistoric
relic been found.-EEzabeth City IN. 81
EnIcOn
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-04
Visitors to California.

There comes to California many Il
visitor who tarries here a few weeks or
months maybe, and leaves with about
as much impression of the varied re-
sources of the State at large rs if he had
remained in New York or somewhere
else and studied the subject from dis
lance. He knows less, in fact, says u
correspondent of the Philadelphia Builc-
tin, than if he had devoted few hours
study to map of the State. But hav-
inc seen San Francisco an a little of the
surrounding country, he is qualified, IN
his own mind, to pass Judgment upon
it, and frequently discusses most elo-
quently thereon. With sea coast over
500 miles in length, with lofty mountain
peaks covered with snow that never
melts away, while ut their base valleys
that are enveloped in Il climate of per
petual summer, it necessarily follows
that one portion of the great State Is not
a fair sample of the whole.
Southern California. bordering as it
does on the tropics, has Semi-tropical
characteristics, some OF which are desire
able, and others quite the reverse. 1t Is
country highly favored by Nature i'll
some respects, but yet it has not had
quite as narrow an escape from being Il
- Paradise" us some of its loyal and en-
thuSiastic natives fondly believe. One
of the old - ArgonautS, in conversation
with new conner from the Keystone
State, emphatically declared that he
- would rather be a horse thief i'll South
ern California than be Governor OF
PENNSYLVANIA, = from which it might be
inferred that his part of the country Is n
terrestrial paradise for those free-and-
easy gentlemen who admire horSefieSh
and are not particular as to whose prop
erty they appropriate. ..
Here, as in all other countries, especl-
ally in those localities that have been
iniudiciously 'puffed up" II large pro
portion of the imported population are
discontinued with themselves, the coun-
try, and every thing connected with 1t,
simply because their golden dreams OF
success have not been realized. They
wish they were "back home again, >
and vet with strange Inconsistency they
still remain. And just here may be re-
marked the curious persistence with
which people who have been on the coast
for twenty years and more still cherish
| in their hearts tenderness for some
little spot in the country toward the MS
ING sun which they yet call Home! y
And yet the chances are rs two to one II
these unhappy, discontinued individuals
were to return TO the home of their youth
they would come back to California in
side of Il year. The experiment Is often
tried. and that is almost invariably the
result. - Correspondence Rbitootelphtd
! D,,IIoff,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-04
New and Unique Invention.

A correspondent writes from Lees
burg, Ohio, to the Cincinnati Eagle:
Quite an excitement exists i'll our unusu-
ally quiet village ut the present time,the
cause being an invention by one Of our
fellow-citiZenS which seems destined to
eclipse Edison himself, the famous pho
nograDh included Mr.. j. L. Guthrie,
a citizen of this place, has just had pat
ented machine for utilizing the gas
from bitumnOus coal that is otherwise
lost with the smoke through the tlues
and chimneys. The machine Is very
simple. and can be attached to COM
mon cooking or heating stove, and the
advantages claimed for it over all pre-
viOus patents are such as to render 1t
one of the greatest inventions of the age.
ANY person can handle it easily, and the
same fuel that cooks your breakfast Will
produce an abundance Of pure gas, sui
fcient to illuminate your house during
the night without any extra expense
whatever. Mr. Guthrie also claims the
right of attaching it to furnaces, CRATES
and any and all places where coal Is
used for fuel and heating purposes. L
understand he has already propose to
the Exposition Commissioners to light
the entire Exposition Building with as
GOOD and pure a quality of gas as can be
produced in the city gas-works, and this
bv using the same fuel that heats the
boilers of their power engine, without Il
cost of one cent for the fuel. 'r
Mr.. Guthrie has his invention in sue
cessful operation here in our. town, and
hundreds of people visit him daily to see
the wonderful machine. All, so far,
bear testimony to its wonderful merits
and general utility. tits certainly the be-
ginning of new era, and will, if sue
cessfully applied, produce a general rev
OlutiOn in the whole system of illumina-
ton by reason of its cheapness and gen
eral adaptability. '-
The inventor claims that good, pure
Gas can be produced by the machine at
a cost not 10 exceed 20 cents per l 900
cubic feet, and earnestly invites practi-
cal men from all parts of the country to
come, see, and examine the workings of
| his late invention.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-04

terward had very little to say. On her
return she went to see Milly.
'Milly," she told her, lit is mar
ried woman your husband is living with.
| have found out all about it. SO OF
course she has no more claim upon him
than YOU have-not so much. L think
he is tired of her. If he should want to
come back to you, what would you
say?"
s'He war allays a good husban' ter
me, )" said poor Milly, wiping her eyes.
Thus it was no great wonder that,
when he did come back, Milly forgot the
injuries of the past, and received her
prodigal as though he had never wan
dered very far from her. Belle took
good care, however, that the marriage
service should be read over them with
out delay. 1t appeared that the man
was only too willing to- return. She
led him life of it, Belle was told.
The reconciliation of the other parties
was more difficult of adjustment. But
Ben cared very much for his wife, and
the silly, weak woman herself was taken
i'll about this time, and finding herself
forlorn and friendless, was only too glad
to return to home and support. Sub
sequently she mended her ways. In
point of fact, Milly showed no greater
forbearance and generosity than Ben. in
spite of the popular delusion which
would maintain the contrary to be true,
After that, NIilly's husband settled down
into staid, domestic character. He
noticeably avoided long drives; it had
been while driving wagon-load OF mel
Ons to Richmond that he had fallen into
temptation before.
Belle breathed sigh of relief when
she had untangled the twisted skein OF
all these destinies-a sigh of relief fol
lowed by a sigh of another sort-follow-
ed by letter to Miles!
Belle spent that winter in Belleplalnt
after all. She fully made up her mind
that the one uncomfortable evil was to be
cold at the heart, and she was fully per
suaded that unless she could be with
Miles, this evil must be hers.-Harper''
I
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-04
PITH AND POINT.

THE only place where the bald-heads
do not struggle for the front seats is in
the Indian country.-Ch Chicago Tribune
IT is evident that the earth is feminine
from the persistence with which she re-
fuses to tell her age.
The clock, like Jolly fellow, always
has a round Waterloo Observer.
And is a regular beat, always going on
tick.-7he People.
ABOUT the hardest thing a fellow kan
do IL to spark two gals at one time and
preserve a good average. Try it.-Josh
Billings
EAT oysters only in the months that
have an "r'' in their names, and drink
whisky only in the months that have
. <" in their nameS.--AlbaRy Journal.
STUDENT, fresh from college, to con
ductor: . wish to get on the penul-
innate carr Conductor: We have no
peanut car; YOU can take the smoker"
Mutually disguised. ~
DoN'T ever whip your baby boy
Till he's old enough To spank. --.aaaa.-.a
Don't force him to the treadmill work,
Till he can turn the crank.
Don't attempt to air your knowledge
Till you're old enough to know,
That potatoes don't amount to much
Till they've had time to grow.
WHEN an editor finds that COW has
got into the yard and has eaten off one
LEG of his white trousers, which Were on
the clothes-line, he goes to his office and
writes an editorial on 1.-The Gloomy
Outlook"
THE three proudest moments of ~
mans life, between the cradle and the
grave, are when he gets his first pair of
red-tOp boots, when the girls first call
him - Mister and when the doctor tells
him it's -SteUbenrille Herald.
EVERY time man is seen coming out
of. saloon he gets the credit OF having
taken glass of rum, though he drank
nothing but lemonade. Better far 90 to
church, as every time man is seen
coming out of sacred edifice he gets the
credit of being religious, although he
may have been plotting any number OF
financial eccentricities all through the
sermon.-C Cincinnati Enquirer.
SMALL girl, very harshly, to her doll
in a toy carriage, dolly having tumbled
from the seat: . Sit right up, YOU hOr-
rid old thing. Don't You dare do that
again, or I'll whip you" Seeing a
passer, who had approached unobServed,
She modified her voice and continued in
dulcet tones: "Now sit up straight,
darling, and be careful not to fall and
hurt Yourself. ''-L01ceH Ndil.
THEY had an amateur brass band at u
funeral Il while ago, and when they had
squelched out the :. Sweet By-and-By >
at the grave-Side, the minister in his adj
dress said that s'the deceased was in
one respect most fortunate in being
called thus early" That was all he
said, but the mourners grinned, and the
amateurs think that ''blamed sarcasm
is Internally out of place at funeral,
YOU know"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-04
STAY, SWEET DAY.

stay, sweet day, for thou art fair,
Fair, and full, and calm;
Crowned through all thy golden hours,
With Loves freshest flowers,
strong in Faiths mistaken powers.
Rich In Hopes bright balm
stay, what chance and change may wait,
A. you glide away;
Now all 30 glad and bright. ....
Now we breathe in sure deiighti
Now We smile in Fate's despite.
Stay'with us, sweet day.
An she can not, may not stop;
Al Fhings must decay;
50 with head and heart and will,
Take the JOY that fingers still,
Take the pause I'm strife and VI,
Prize the passing day.
Al the Year Round.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-04
Railroad Travel in Hungary.

Here is an incident of railroad travel
in Hungary. A mail-train came TO
sudden stop in tract Of open country.
The passengers thrust their heads out at
the windows to see what had happened.
A pic had leaped from van and was
sInrTvino away. The train employees
Joined in a pursuit, and the fugitive was
botlv chased for 20 minutes. Then all
returned to the waiting train except the
official who had charge of the baggage
vouchers, and the delay was prolonged,
but in vain, for him to come back. At
the end of the journey the passengers
could not get their trunks until next day,
when the voucher man arrived.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-04
A Virginia Ice Mountain.

The ice mountain of Preston. County
is a great natural curiosity. We passed
over the Baltimore and Ohio Road on
the 22d to Rowlesburg, then by steam
three miles up Cheat River, past Vicks-
burg, and came out upon the North
western Pike Following it two miles
west we came to the ice mountain, stu
ated on the right bank of Flag Run,
one-half mile from the pike. a picnic
party was being held at the base of the
mountain. After refreshing ourselves
with Il very cold drink of water from
the Twin Springs, we assembled the
mountain for some distance and arrived
at the ice field, where we found DrS.
Kemble. West, Shafer, and Schooley
contemplating the wonder; also news
paper man or two taking in the situa-
ton. 1t Is claimed that the ice noun
tain was discovered by. some soldiers III
the spring of 1861 Its discovery was
afterward reported again, but persons
supposed the diScoverer was only trying
to hoax some one into making frultleSS
trip into the mountains. No credence
was given to the story until lately, when
responsible parties visited the designated
locality of its existence, and reported its
actual discovery. On the north side OF
the mountain, about quarter OF an
acre is covered with mass Of loose, I'M
stratified rock, none Of which are Of
anv considerable size. All was covered
with heavy mass OF moss, which now
is all torn off. No trees grow upon 1t
only here and there Il few small bushes.
Removing the loose rock, ice is diScoy-
cred in small quantities. \ thermome-
ter stood ninety degrees in the sun,
eighty degrees in the shade, and
forty-eight degrees when placed in
the rocks on the ice in their creviceS. A
cold air is present in the creviceS, but no
strong freezing currents Us reported.
Hundreds have visited it. The rocks
are torn up, and the ice is only obtained
now by going down some little depth III
the rocks. We would suppose from OBJ
servation that the mountain Is mostly a
vast heap of rock, Il portion of whose
west side is more broken and loose than
the rest. The porous nature of this por-
/ ton would admit through its moss COW
erinr a considerable amount of water
/ infiltrating between the stone, would
4 form ice in just the manner we find it;
4 The ice thus formed would be protected
from all external temperature by the
non-conducting properties of the vast
surrounding mass of rock. The ice
mountain, we would suppose, is nothing
but huge natural stone refrigerator
The common refrigerator depends fol
its preservation of ice upon the good
non-conducting materials of its sides
So the ice mountain but naturally
though wonderfully, preserves perma'
nently its ice by the vast mass OF rock
good non-conducting material which
forms its sides An ice mountain, sim
liar in Il good many respects to this one
is in Hampshire County, on North River
Il few miles east of ROmney. Divestin2
the Preston County ice mountain OF 1T
marvellous character that exaggerated
accounts have given it, it stands won
delful but plainly possible result o
natural laws Wheeling Register.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-04
Some Facts About the Pulse.

MANY erroneous impressions prevail
about the pulse rs indicative of health
or disease. a common notion being that
its beatings are much more regular and
uniform than they really are. Ere
quencv varies with age. NTH new born
infant the beatings are from 100 to 40
to the minute, in the second year, from
100 to rs: from the seventh to the four
teenth wear. from so to 80; from the
fourteenth to the twenty-first year, from
IS to 50: from the twenty-tirst to the
sixtieth wear, from 20 to 10. After that
period the pulse is generally thought to
decline. but medical authorities differ
radically on this point, having expressed
the most contradictory opinions. Young
persons are often found whose pulses are
below 60, and there have been many IN
stances of pulses habitually reaching 100,
or not exceeding 40, without apparent
disease. Sex, especially in adults, in
tiuences the pulse, which in women Is
from 10 to II beats to the minute more
randi than in men of the same age.
Muscular exertion. even position, mate
rally affects the pulse. Its average ne
quency in healthy men OF p Is, when
standing, 81; when sitting, al; when
lying, &c per minute; in women OF the
same age in the same position, 81, "a
and 20. In sleep the pulse is in general
considerably slower than during wake
fulness. In certain diseaseS-acute
dropsv of the brain for example-there
NAV be $50, even 200 beats; in other
kinds of disease, such as apOpleXy and
some organic affection of the heart,
there NAV be no more than 20 to 30 to
the minute Thus, one OF the common
est diagnostic signs is liable to deceive
the most experienced practitioners.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-04
SEPTEMBER.

The golden rod IL yellow;
The corn l. turning brown.
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.
The gentian's bluest tringeS
Are curling in the sun;
In dusty pods the miikweed
Its hidden silk has spun
. The sedges fiaunt their harvest,
In every meadow nook;
sI,d asteTs by the brook side
Make asters in the brook.
Prom dewy lanes at morning
The grapes sweet odors rise;
At noon the roads All flutter
Nth yellow butterflies.
by all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
with summers best of weather,
And autumn's best of cheer.
But none of all tins beauty
Which floods the earth and air,
q unto me the secret
Which makes September tar.
its "A thing which / remember;
To name il thrills me yet;
One day of one September
] never can forget.
n. H., in lScribper for September
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-04
The Butcher and the Lawyer.

A butcher, in provincial town, call
ed one dav upon his friend, the lawyer,
to consult him upon the following
points: A lady had just been in his shop
buving choice bit of meat for her.
worthy husbands dinner. Herp dog,
which accompanied her, forgetting its
GOOD manners in the shop, had, either in
Snufiing at or tasting a nice roast, tum-
bled it among the sawdust wherewith
the floor was strewn, and soiled 1t. Ills
question to the lawyer was:
SIS this lady bound to pay me for and
receive the said roast? and if so, how
NAV payment be enforced"
The lawyer inquired if the lady was a
rood customer; and, being answered in
the affirmative, he said:
"My advice to you, rs Il friend, would
be not to enforce payment of the Sl.l5
flor that was the full value of the roasD,
because, if you do, you will most likely
lose the family'S custom, and that OF
some of their friends. But, when the
ladv's husband looks in, you may take
an opportunity of mentioning the cir
cumstance to him, in as gentle and po-
lite q way as you CALL dIluNtiy PiOof'"iy
he will pay it at once"
81 dare say you're right; III Just
follow your advice, and take the lib
erty of telling you the lady was your
own wife
The lawyer gave a goOd-natured laugh,
put his hand in his pocket, and paid
the S1.75. The butcher went away IN
great glee, for he was proud OF his
shrewdness in doing" the lawyer.
In his exlltation he hurried to his
neighbors, the confectioner, the grocer
and the apothecary, to tell them Of the
capital joke; and great was the chuck
linz of these cronies over IT. The
butchers dreams that night were pleas
ant, and on the morrow his temper was
placid and serene; he unused Of spend
ING the half-crowns in treating the grO-
Ger, confectioner and apOthecary
While in this delighted mood, the
postman handed him a note. 1t was
from his friend, the lawyer, and contain
ed an account:
A. debtor to D.-To consultation, 1923.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-04

ONE Of the most colossal modern en-
cheering enterprises has been the CON
struction of the great railroad from Vera
Cruz to the City of Mexico. 1t passes
through one of the most picturesque
countries in the world, and, traversing
the mountain chain Of the great Sierra,
offers the finest views imaginable. The
road is 26S miles long, passes through
eighteen tunnels and over several mag
nificent iron bridges, and is considered
to be the finest and best constructed
railway on the whole American CONT
nent.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-04

Mis-. ELIZABETH THOMPSON is circu-
lating a tract which shows that the peo-
pie of the United States pay over $780,
000,0 900 year for spirituous and fer
mented liquors. and only S95, 800, 900 for
education, and S4S, 100000 for religion.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-04

He was a disguised boy. He had ex-
ercised great caution and had finally
succeeded in crawling, unobserved, I'M
der the canvas into the tent. And he
found it was not a circus but revival
meeting in progress.
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