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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10


During the debate in the Unf zee
States Senate concerning the propose.
reduction of the tax on tobacco, Senator
Bayard said that 100000 people in
this country nse that article. and that it
can be produced in almost every county
In the country. The truth of the last
half OF this statement we viii not pre-
tend to doubt, but we believe the Sem
ator has underestimated the number of
consumers by at least 2, 100000 to 3,000,-
600. In the United States the amount
OF tobacco produced in 1877 was
Taxed tobacco, in the leaf, 135 900, 600
pounds; in cigars, 10000, 900 pounds; in
cigarettes, 100000 pounds; untaxed to-
bacco. say, 100000 pounds making
total of no less than 195, 100000
pounds. But of this great amount
there were IL 100000 pounds of manu-
featured tobacco exported, which leaves
balance of 1S4,0O0,000 pounds for
consumption. Estimating our popula-
ton at 100000, we find that for each
head the average consumption is over
four pounds per annum. Assuming
that three-ffths, OF least, of our popula-
ton are women and children, we have
but 100000 adults, of whom not
more than 5,000,000 do not use tobacco
In any form. This leaves US 100000
persons who consume yearly fifteen and
two-thirds pounds, or very nearly five
ounces week apiece. 1t is very diff
cult to secure data showing the actual
quantity of smoking tobacco brought to
taxation each year, for the simple reason
that no such record is kept by the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, and the
data derived from the total quantity of
tobacco brought to taxation is defective,
as growers of leaf can use it free of tax.
Members of Congress, in their speeches
at Washington, have variously estimated
the quantity of leaf used by producers
and others without being tax-paid. The
highest estimate was 100000 pounds,
but the Revenue Department deems
this largely in excess of the quantity so
used. 1t is interesting to note that the
average consumption of tobacco for
each head of the population in Ger
many in 1877 did not fall short of six
pounds. In England the annual aver
age for each person is nearly pound
and half. In France nearly everybody
smokes, and in Holland more money
is said to be spent on tobacco than on
bread. Indeed, it may be accepted as
fact that tobacco is more generally
used than any other single article of
commerce consumed by man. Cocoa,
it is computed, is used by 100000 |
human beings, coffee by 15O,OOO,O0C |
hashish by 300,0OO,OO0, opium, in one
form or another, by 400,000,O00, Chi
nese tea by 5O0,000,0OO, and tobacco b,
800 600. 900 persons.-Erchd10s.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
An Old Annie Tree.

An a pple tree standing in Mr.. Delos
Hotchkiss's door.ysrd, in the north
western part of the town of Chesire,
Conn.,, is thought to be the largest in
the United States. Its age can be traced
by a family tradition 40 years at, least
and il may be 20 or IS years older. 1t
is st the present time of symmetrical
shape, and the trunk is nearly round,
without scar or blemish on it. There
are eight large branches; five Of these,
Mr.. Hotchkiss says, have been in the
habit OF bearing one year, and the re-
naming three the next; but when the
Centennial year came, the old tree,
which must have attained the prime of
ordinary apple tree life before the nation
was born, expanded its blossoms into q
complete crown of glory, and bore fruit
sli over the tree. Mr.. Hotchkiss has
had crop of IS bushels of fruit in one
yesr from the five branches, and bis
predecessors have harvested crop OF
119 bushels from the same five branches.
The dimensions of the tree are: Girth,
IA feet 6 inches; height, so feet /; and
the spread of the branches six reds.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
A Gahhler,s Spree.

A farmer at Glenburn, Me, purchased
some supplies in Bangor, among which
was pint of whisky. Toayoid break
age, he placed the bottle II box OF
rice, but found on reaching home that
the bottle was broken and the rice sat
urated. He threw the rice behind his
barn, and a big turkey soon paid his
respects to it. In due time the turkey
became dead drunk, and was found in
that condition by the farmer, who thsughs
that disease or poison had killed him.
The bird was still warm, and the death
evidently recent. The farmer would
not eat him himself, but plucked
him for market and left him in the
stable The next morning he found
the bereft gobbler shiyering naked on
his rcoss. and looking on him with re-
proachful eyes.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
Two Alligator Yarns.

Last spring large or went into the
waters of Lake jackson, near Tallahas.
see, to drink. An alligator fastened 70
/, he fore leg OF the animal, crushing the
bo, 'e. The OK struggled to the shore
drag. ing his antagonist with him. All
this tin We the shore was black with ALI
gators. Az tracted by the smell of blood.
and some q. -awled upon the bank. The
OK fought van 'antly, tossing one of the
monsters high in the air, from which
fall he lay on fA'e ground stunned a
considerable time. But the wounded
OK again got in the Mater, and a mann
moth alligator closed on his nose and
dragged him under. '--''-' '''-
Not long ago Florida paper told a
storyrof the charming of an alligator
by rattlesnake. The latter, upon dis
covering the former, attracted atten-
ton by sounding an alarm. The ALI
gator turned his head several times, as
if he wanted to get away, but as often
faced the snake again. Toward the
end of half an hour" says the paper,
with fixed eyes the alligator moved
slowly toward his terrible enemy, until
within striking distance, when the snake
curled himself more compactly and
struck the alligator. For a moment
the alligator shook tremendously, and
then, as if by magic, made semi-circle
backward, and brought his tail down on
the would-be assassin with fatal result"
On several occasions captured alliga-
tors and rattlesnakes have been put in
an inclosure to fight for the benefit of
spectators, and in a majority of cases
the snake has been victorious, having
succeeded in striking his fangs into the !
alligator's open mouth. = Nel0 York
World
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

the violent contortions of the arms and
legs of the miserable man gave signs OF
the death struggle that was going on,
but the gigantic crowd seemed more
moved by curiosity than horror at the
scene enacted before them. Presently
the corpse was cut down, the physician
bore witness to the prisoners death, and
his remains were placed in q coffin. A
one-horse cart, surrounded by a powerful
escort of gendarmes and Cossscks, took
away the body. and the crowd dispersed.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
Sentimental and Tragic FIirts.
Home Journal.
HnW much rnisnhiaf thaso uon Tim q,

hOWc SIAAut.
How much mischief these sentimental
f1irts do in their dayI They give you
the impression that you and only YOU
are the one sweet woman whose love is
needed for their happiness. Your touch
can heal them, your smile rejoice, YOUR
love render blessed. You give in to the
fond iliusiOn-One of the most seductive
to a true womsn-snd find that you are
just taken as su experimentalist takes a
cat or a dog for vivisection; aud that
You are only one of many who has been
so taken before yOu-to illus Fate that
point of female credulity ani womaniy
soft heartedness which tn, fl rt hss get
himself to learn by all the methods given
to man. Or take the tragic f!rt from
the other side OF the house, that besuti
full little woman with the big eyes and
melodious voice, who sings sad love songs
as if she felt them, snd around whom
melancholy clings as graceful garment,
how many men has she not captured and
drowned in the unfathomable abyss of
her vanity. She looks all sorrow, and
her Tile has not cloud ; she seems all
sentiment, and no neither milestone is
harder, more prOsaic; she gives you the
impression Of one seeking consolation,
and the merriest little grig who dances
all night in pink and rosebuds is not
more light of heart, more free from care.
She is sham all throughout, and she
attitudinizes-she does not feel. But
clever men believe in her and good ones
fall down and worship her, and she rides
on the crest of the wave in the worlds
esteem, while her sister, who disdains
falsehood and coquetry alike, gets only
scant sdmi alton, and her heart, which
never deceived human being, is disre-
gsrded az a common kind of thing, worth
little love and less endeavor. I'll.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10


Most singular was the escape of a
young Shropshire lady from az, ieno-
minious death. Staying in Paris dining
the reign of terror, she was dragged.
with other unfortunate @aristocrats.s be.
fore one Of the tribunals. She blended
that she was an Englishwoman but was
on the point of being hurried out to the
waiting tumbril when one of the Judres
asked her what province in England She
was native of. In her fright she ex
claimed "Salop,'a reply greeted by a
general shout and clapping of hands,
followed by an order to let her 90: and.
AMID cries OF ~Salopeh Saloper the
dazed girl was hustled into the street
to run home, wondering that her head
was still on her shoulders, little thinking
that by uttering the word sSalopp she
had effestually rebutted the notion of
her being one of the hated arissocrats.
thanks to Salope" being a word then
used to designate one of the most de-
PRAYED of her sex. Another escape was
that of NJ. De Chateaubrun, for he was
not only condemned, but actually wait
ed his turn at the guillotine, standing
sixteenth in line of twenty. The ff1
teenth head had fallen, when the ma
chine got out of order, and the five had
to wait until it was repaired. The
crowd pressed forward to see what WA
going on; and as it began to grow dark
NJ. De Chateaubrun found himself grad
ually thris. into the rear Of the specta-
tors; so he wisely slipped away, and,
meeting a man simple enough or char
table enough to take his word that a
wag had tied his hands and run offwi
his hat, had his hands set free, and
to reach safe hiding-place.
A few days later he put himself beyond
the reach of the xecutioner.-Chdm.
bers' Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
Death of a Remarkable Man.

There lately died at New Britain, CT.
where he was born sixty-eight years ago,
one of the most noted men America has
ever produced. We refer to Eihu Bur-
nit, hnguist, scholar and refOrmer, wide
ly known as the learned blacksmith"
The son of shoemaker, he was educated
In the common schools of his native vii
lage, and at the age of IL was appren-
ticed to blacksmith. A desire to read
the scriptures in the original led him
to pathological studies in the intervals,
and he soon mastered the principal
ancient and modern languages. In 1874
he edited, at Worcester, the Christian
Citizen, a paper advocating a peaceful
settlement of international difficulties.
To the same end he delivered many pub
lie lectures. He was also a prominent adj
yocate of temperance and the abolition
Of slavery, and later of cheap ocean
postage In 1916 ne went to England,
where he formed the League of Uni
yersaI Brotherhood whose object was
ito employ all legitimate means for the
abolition of war throughout the world"
He was constantly ngaged in writing and
lecturing, and took prominent part in
ali the European peace congresses. He
was for several years Consul at Birming-
ham, and returned to the United States
after residing altogether nearly twenty
five years in England. He published
Sparks from the Anvil @Miseella-
neous Writings" "Olive Leaves"
Thoughts and Things at Home and
Abroad" "A Walk from John O'Groat's
to Lands End" and volume of Lee
lures and Speeches"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
American College DiSciDline.

Boys to Faculty" Look herel we
want shorter 5-o'clock prayers I'M the
morning"
Faculty-"Very well, boys; well nip
the prayers off at both ends. Only
don't go to the Harvard shop across the
way to buy your educations."
Boys-"And we want whisky in our
tea" ..-r r..r... -..-.- .
Faculty-"Now, boys, that isn't hard
ly right, you know Wine is mock"
BOys-"Whisky in our tea, and pint
apiece every morning after prayers, or we
patronizes McCosh's shop"
Faculty" Very well, boys. Please
take your boots off the comfortable,
won't your"
Boys sand the professor of theolo-
gy must black our boots and cut the
meat up for our bull-pupsl" ...f
Faculty-"Now, boys, that's too bad.
No college does such a thing-at least
for the money. Gentlemen, please put
your dogs out of the parlor, won't you?"
Boys Prof. Dogstar must black our
boots, and cut the pups meat up, or we
go over to the New Haven shop"
Faculty" Well try and suit you,
boys"
Boys" And Mrs. Prof. He1ameter
must tuck US in after we go to bed, and
bring US our soda and brandies in the
morning"
Prof. Hexameter-"M Mrs. Hex. shall
do no such thing"
Boys" All right; we move over to
the Free-and7Easy Theological Institute
tomorrow ."-NelU York Gr1Dbic. 10.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

A LADY of this city is in the habit Of
reading to her children for half an hour
before they go to sleep. She has a pet
parrot, and now and then polly takes q
notion to read and continues for fifteen
minutes at time, with intervals for
coughing. No one can understand q
wcrd the bird says. [Poughkeepaie
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
The Was They BOD In Russia.

Russian baggage cars do not. carry
baggagemen. The car is sealed when
it leaves, and the seal broken when any
thing has to be taken out or put m. At
least, that Is the explanation OF, some
very ingenious stealing which went on
fionrishing month after month on the
Kursk, Charkov and Azov railroad, un-
til last December, when it was de-
tected. There were several accom-
plices, who used q great trunk or chest.
One Of them was put in thisand shipped
in the baggage car. As soon as the car
was sealed he crept out, broke open the
bess-looking Trunks Of the other passen-
gers, selected the most valuable articles
and put them in his own chest until
there was only room enough left for
himself, when he shut himself in. AT
the next station his sccompices re-
ceived the chest, and unpacked the thief
and his booty. tlagliG6 l1l - bsc.s
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

To GRILL SHEEP ToNGUEs.-Take
four Sleeps tongues and lay them in
salt and water for two or three hours /;
then boil in fresh water with half tea.
spoonful OF salt; when cooked, remove
the skin, and divide the tongue in two
in its length. Put them to stew with a
bunch of herbs, some celery, and few
mushrooms pepper slightly, and add a
half teaspoonful of salt and a pint Of
stock: stew slightly; remove the tongues,
dust .hem with bread crumbs and broil
on gridiron. Strain the sauce and
serve
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
Two Jokes By Lincoln.

Numberless are the good things
attributed to the late President Lincoln,
and, if we may rely on what is said by
those who knew him well, the half of
them have never been told. The fol-
lowing, we think, have never been
in print:
On q certain occasion he had an inter
view with a well-known author. The
latter had been at 1.-THE front" and had
brought to Mr.. Lincoln some private
dispatches from the commanding Gen
eral, which required lengthy verbal
explanation. Mr.. l.. listened in grave
silence, but at the close, when the Wis
itor rose to leave, he said, with sudden
animation. Don't go-don't go; you
have been at the front. Sit down and
tell me all you know. II tco11't take
you long" ri I'd fi..t .4u..I
On another occasion the same gem,
tleman was urging upon him the send
ing of certain army officer upon a
mission requiring great discretion and
diplomatic tact. mo, no." said Mr..
Lincoln; have known him for TWEEN
ty years. He would never do; he is too
honest; butt some one like goa
aoere to go, the thing might be accom-
pljsAed." -EditoT's Dralcer, Harper
for april b... f-.f no
The ZHlus. 81.
Universal compulsory service is an
older institution among the Zulus than
even in Prussia. For ages the Zulus
have been trained as warriors from boy
hood, and have remained liable to be
called upon for military service even
after they have become gray headed old
mea. Fifty years and more ago, when
as yet they were armed only with
spears, assegais, and axes, the Zulus
were the most dreaded of all the Kafir
tribes by reason OF the reckless and desc
perate determination with which they
attacked. In 1888, when Natal was
founded by the Dutch Beers, it was the
custom of the Zulus to bring up their
forces in dense circular mass. Ar
rived in close proximity to the enemy.
the mass would open out with wild and
monotonous cries; flank attacks would
be pushed forward on both sides, and
every effort made to completely sur
round the adversary. During the last
ten years the best and newest rifles and
cartridges have been openly sold to
Kaffirs in Griqualand West, or on, the
diamond fields, despite the protests OF
the Orange Free State and of the
Transvaal.lt 1a ia n 94E91 ss.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
Coating an Obelisk.

The fame Us Egyptisn obelisk which
was recently set up on the banks of the
Thames, and which il was found would
rapidly become disorgsnized by the &C.
ticn # the peculiar atmosphere, has
been coated with Gil cious wash, which,
it is bpiieved will successfully protect
its surface for years The effect of the
process, it is said, has surpassed expec-
tstion, aud il only to be compared to the
restoration of an old Gil painting. The
obelisk now appears as if just chisled
from the rock, showing its original coIors,
the quartz ami .eldspair glittering in the
sunlight. The intaglio also comes cut
much more distinctly than before.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
A LARGE number of residents of Tul-

A LARGE number Of residents Of TUT
are county, Cal, have organized nili-
tary companies to resist the proposed
attempt Of the Southern Pacific Rail
road Company to eject them from their
shomesteads. They are located on rail-
road lands, to which they claim to have
acquired title. An attempt TO eject
them will bring about an armed insur-
rection. IA
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

A GOOD ide4 of tue difficulty expe-
rienced by the postofice department. in
forwarding letters misdirected can be
had from the following, which shows the
total humber of postotfices throughout
the United States of the similar name !:
Brooklyn, Is; Williamsburg, 20; Balti
more, 5 Bangor, 10; Boston, II; Buff
falo, Is; Burlington, II; Charleston,
II: Chicago, 4; Cincinnati, 8; CleveS
land, 10; Columbus, 10; Dayton, 25 /;
Dstroit, S; Indianapolis, q; Louisville,
10; Memphis, 8; Milwaukee, 3; Nash
vile, IA Omaha, 5; Pittsburg, 8; Phil
adelphia, z; Portland, IA; Quincy, Is I;
Richmend, %; St Joseph, Is; st.
Louis, 4; St. Paul, II: Toledo, q;
Washington, 80; Weldon, Z; Whining
ton, IL.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-30
communicated

Very respectfully,
T. II. VI.

EWT"E CLAIBORNE GVNErINN:
To all rejecting aud -ounl-thinkiug
minds There i looming mp in the future
monster more hdcou> and destructive to
the true and fundamental principles of IA
FRI rr---t-+th,tautial government. than any
party that has ever yet raised banner To
iinat upon the brrczc. Do d" not bc star
tied, You who have c~pnn~"d the fortunes
OF that party. and let not ianaticism get
the better of reason AT these stubborn, IT.
REPUTABLE facts. DO not forget the old
Know Nothing party in days of yorc; how
il drludrd and deceived into it- ranks the
Old >imon-purc Democrats; how fallaci0us.
impure and unstable were its principles.
and how soon its banner was caiurd Ia
trail in the dust. merely refer to this
party to caution those who perhaps were
caught IN its deceptive mr>hcs. But 80 far
~ to any great injury thai might have ac-
crucd To- the government, If that party had
been successful. it might not have been 50
very suhNrr,iVr of "A free government; Vet
We did not have faith enough in it 10 Join
il. Ent beware. You honest and faithful
ycomaury of l-79; do not let dcinagogues
and disappointed ofiicc-A"ckrrs from that
party that has raincd terror and dcspoti>m
with unmcasured quantity upon ~ true,
patriotic and noble set of people rs ever
hrcathcd the pure air of heaven. deceive
and mislcad yon. Remember, we have
just passed from under the yoke of des
potism-have just laid aside the shacklrs
of tyranny, and have caused to Hiss the
dust the Radical banner that once tloated
to the breeze, cmblazoucd upon its folds
the hue of blood. the motto Of revenge.
Do not he deceived by these fallacious
promises-these swect-sounding speeches.
so full of magnauimity aud libcraliiy. TO
listen 10 those siren notes, one would he
made TO believe that taxation would cease
and every poor man in this vast domain
would he made rich. Beside such desir-
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able boon, the party is to be composed of
almost angelic purity.
Bat the LEADER. Examine their status.
Where do they come from, and what is
their past record II will cause the hon
est and uuimpcachable men To blush with
shame and Indignation when they see the
wolf in sleeps clothing di-rohe himself
and appear in his real and true character.
| would not. by any means, he understood
to convey the idea that all the leaders are
of this stamp. Many good men Will br
deceived aud led astray. But there viii
hc found many of another kind. Radicals
that have fallen by the wayside, npon the
stony ground of disappointment, will come
NJ as valiant soldiers, clad in purple aud
fine linen. pure and spotlcss. Some Demo
Gratis who did not get the nomination At
every election will modcstly offer their
services ~ a dcrui"r resort.
am no bondholdcr hut an humble citi-
zen who has at heart the FIXTURE good and
prosperity of our down-troddcu country.
am in favor of none for leaders Int those
who have stood face to face with the enc
my. have passed through the fiery ordeal,
and have come ont unbicmi>hcd.
OBSERVER.
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succession Sale.

Succession of J. l.. Buchanan, Deceased
Parish Court, Parish of Webster, La
by virtue of a commission of sale emsI
ID mating from the Hon. Parish Csur o.
Webster parish. and to me directed on ~
18th day ot July, A. ID. lS79, will veil -
the Courthouse door, in the town OF MIN
den, Webster parish, La, on
Saturday, August 18th, A. d. 1917
between legal hours. the Telegraph Line
known a. the Homer and Minden lime,
gcthcr with all the Insulators, WIZ
Brackets, Batteries, &c.
Terms of sale cash, with the benen'"
appraiNcment .;A
said property sold to pay debts OF ~ ~
succession as per tableau now on ME III WV
Clerks office of this parish.
W. n. COLLINS,
sheriff of Webster parish, "a.
July IL, l-1g. (pr fee So 4o.s
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Yellow Fever News.

The Memphis Board Of Health had not
declared yellow fever au epidemic mp Ia
the 10th. Thirteen eases were reported
on that day. ont of Il deaths reported
for the week only 81 were caused 10y vel
low fever.
There was some uncI,inc>~ in New York
City regarding yellow fever on the Doth.
\ Mrs. Brennan. from Memphis, WIN had
He'd to- New York, died of the fever There
ar six other yellow fever patients in the
hospital.