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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26
A Sure Thing.

DIR. 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 a sure rem
edy for Spermatorrhea, Seminal Weakness,
Nightly Emissions and Loss of Power, caused
by self-abuse or excessive indulgence.
Price of Dr. Hunters Specific g per bottle;
injection 81. Sent everywhere by express.
DIR. J. Dinsbeer, sole proprietor, No. AIS
North Seventh Street, st. Louis, Mo. Send
two stamps for treatise. Cures guaranteed,
or money refunded.
I-Dr. 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.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26

A SACRAMENTO undertaker's con
science accused him Of being glad when
he heard of death, and he became
convinced that even the probability Of
an epidemic caused pleasurable emo
ton. He therefore committed suicide,
leaving a letter in which he said that he
could no longer remain in q business the
profits of which were closely connected
with human misery.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26
a WRITTEN in the Conntru Gentleman

a WRITER in the Country Gentleman
says that of every thing he has
tried for the cure of roup in
fowls, the best is to take pulver-
lied copperas and put a teaspoonful in
three quarts of water, and give it to
them to drink. Should they not drink
much in day or two, mix it into corn
meal and feed to them.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26

ONE way to utilize straw as fertilizer
is to stack or pile it in yard for the
purpose, where the stock can run to it.
In a year or two there viii be immense
piles of half-rotten straw and manure
thst makes an excellent top-dressing
the first year, and the second year it
may be plowed under with great
advantage to almost any kind of crop.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26

A Coon GRINDsToNE.-Th Anleri-
can Builder thus sums up the qualities
of good grindstone 1t should be
strong, simple and clean; the trough
expanded, to catch as much as possible
of the drip. water and grit; a
movable shield securely hinged to
keep the water from splash
ing, and yet permit the stone to
be used from either side; rests provided
upon which to rest tools and the rod for
turning the stone, these rests being ar
ranged to move toward the center as the
stone wears smaller. The bearings
should be generous in size, proper pro-
vision being made for oiling without
washing the grit into the bearings with
the oil, and the ends of the bearings
being protected by some device which
effectually prevents the entrance of the
grit The stone should be secured to
the shaft so that they can not turn with
the nuts as they are screwed up or I'M
screwed. In hanging the stone great
care should be taken to hang it true
sidewise, not only for convenience in
using, but because a stone that is not
true sidewise can never be kept true
edgewise.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26

A MR. HARRIS, formerly of Preston,
England, has left that town S1.250,OO0
for educational purposes, and $780,
600 to what is known as Queen
Aune's Bounty Fund for aiding poor
clergy.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26

REMOVING IRON RUsT.-The Difficult
ty of making small steel and iron art
icles bright by removing the "scale "
or oxide can, says the Electro-Metallur-
gist, be readily overcome by the fol-
lowing process, without having
recourse to the ordinary one-that of.
securing after picking with dilute sui
phuric acid. First let the articles be
plunged into boiling solution of caustic,
potash or soda, for few minutes to re-
move greasy matter. Then rinse in
clean water. Next, place the articles
in weak pickle of sulphuric acid
about half pound of acid to each gal
Ion of water. From ten to twenty min
utes immersion is generally sufficient to
loosen the scale Let the article be
again rinsed and afterward dipped by
means of perforated stoneware basket
into a strong solution of commercial
nitric acid for an instant, when the black
oxide will be Immediately removed. The
dipping basket should have a rotary
motion given to it while in the acid and
then removed promptly and plunged
into cold water The article may then
be coppered, silvered or gilt with ease.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-25
The Story of Oliver Twist.

The true estory of the origin of "Oliver
Twist" is not generally known. 1t Is
this: After the amazing success of the
" Pickwick Papers," Dickens was think.
ing of following it up Dy story OF
London life, with which he was more
familiar than with English country ilte'
Just about that time he happened TO
visit the studio of George Cruikshank,
and was shown some drawing the latter
had made illustrating the career OF a
London thief. There was sketch OF
Fagin's den, with the Artful Dodger
and Master Charley Bates; pictures OF
Bill Skies and his dog, and Nancy
Skies, and Lastly, Fagin in the con-
demned cell. Dicken was much struck
by the power of these character sketches
and the result was that he changed the
whole plot of "Oliver Twist" Instead
of taking him through spiritless ad-
ventures in the country he introduced
him into the thieves den in London,
showed UP une1r life of sin and shame,
but brought his hero through pure and
undefled. Thus, it will be seen that
George Cruikshank, not Charles Dickens,
was the originator of the leading char
acters that appear in " Oliver Twist. "
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-25
Spring Cultivation Of Strawberries.

Mr.. E. P. Coe, the hOrticultUrist, in
his iScrEbner series on small fruits, writes
as follows of mooted question In the
culture of strawberries:
I have now reached point at which
differ from most horticultural writer's.
As a rule it is advised that there be no
spring cultivation of bearing plants. 1t
has been said, that merely pushing the
winter mulch aside sufficiently to- let
the new growth come through is all
that is needful. / admit that the results
are often satisfactory under this method,
especially if there has been deep, thorough
culture in the fall, and if the mulch be-
ween and around the plants is very abun-
tant. At the same time have so often
seen unsatisfactory results that / take
decided stand in favor of spring cultlVa-
tion, if done properly and efficiently
early. think my reasons will commend
themselves to practical men. Even
where the soil has been left mellow by
cultivation, the beating rains and the
weight of melting SHOWS pack the earth.
All loamy land settles and tends to
grow hard after the frost leaves it.
While the mulch checks this tendency,
it cannot wholly prevent it. As mat
ter of fact, the spaces between the rows
are seldom thoroughly loosened late in
the fall. The mulch too often is scat
tered over comparatively hard surface,
which by the following June has become
80 solid as to suffer dissstrously from
drought in the blossoming and bearing
season. have seen well mulGhed fields
with their plants faltering and whiting,
unable to mature the crop because the
ground had become SO hard that an
ordinary shower could make but little
impression. Moreover, even if kept
moist by the mulch, land long shielded
from sun and air tends to become sour,
heavy, and devoid of that life which
gives vitality and vigor to the plant.
The winter mulch need not be laboriously
raked from the garden bed or field and
then carted back again. Begin on one
side of plot and rake toward the other
until three or four rows and spaces b..
tween them are bare; then fork the
spaces or run the cultivator-often the
subsoil plow--deeply through them, and
then Immediately, before the moist,
newly made surface dries, rake the
winter mulch back into its place as q
summer mulch. Then take another
strip and treat it in like manner, until
the generous impulse of spring air and
sunshine has been given to the soil of the
entire plantation.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-25
4 Clock that Runs a Year on One
Winding.

|
| On Chatham street there lives an old,
/ h0ary-headed nan named Clof PilquesJ5
who is the inventor of 4 curious and
somewhat wonderful piece of mechan-
| ism in ths shape of a clock which faith
fully ticks and tells the time Of an entire
year with only one winding.
A Leader man found the aged artisan
busily applying himself in his work
shop Yesterday afternoon, when the old
gentleman in broken English related q
short history of his life, of the curiosity
in question, and explained the pecul-
iarities of the time-piece.
g was born in 1892 in a place called
Broley, in Sweden. learned my trade
with a workman named Person, and
1920, l began making drawings for my
clock, and of these made fully a dozen
up to the time when | began its con-
stIUcti0n. In 1916 came to this coun-
try and settled down in Pittsburg,
where l have lived and tOiled ever
since"
Here the old man took down a we'll
worn book, which proved to he nothing
more nor less than a diary, containing
| the number OF hours and section of
| day, which he iayished on the three
| huudred~aud-sixty-fve-day time-piece.
After carefully examining the records,
| he hero resumed: " On the 18th day
| of August, 1875, | began building the
clock, and devoted all my spare mo-
ments to its construction until the work
was completed on the 2Sth of December,
1877, and there it is running Just as il
started on 2Sth of December of last
| year."
Here the old man removed an oval
| sl6. ..e,1 zss..s5 case from the little object
| and eIzs4as,s ed that the only advantages
i YVES simplicity and the
rsCsslty CE = n0inting out the time of the
day through an entire year with but one
winding. up, and it accomplishes this
fest n this way: Arranged in a semi
on being wound up capable of keeping
the Intervals in motion for precisely six
weeks. These are encased in eight
brazen bands, and through their center
runs shaft, at each end of which re-
Folves a whDel, and there is a communi.
cation between the wheel on the eight
shafts. When one of these springs have
become exhausted the apparatus is SO
GOuSGI uCCCu tudb GuC uCAb ACdAOoG . bpA1uE
intrusts its force to one Just weakened,
and so on for all the eight. A glance
through its work revealed that the con-
struction was strikingly simple. The
ticking is hardly audible any where in
the room, and the inventor Dragged
about the exactness with which his
clock pointed out the hour of the day.
Considering his time and value of the
material used in making the apparatus,
he claims that this marvellous piece of
mechanism has cost him, at the least
calculation, S632.35.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-25
Astronomical Progress.

Mr.. Proctor, the astronomer, recently
expressed the opinion that Mars wa
the only planet besides the earth old
enough to be inhabited. The others
he thinks, are still glowing with Eeat.
He also uttered the following opinions;
The stars are rapidly ceasing to be
regarded as objects of beauty simply,
and the time is approaching when intel
ligent people will be ashamed to gaze
in Indifferent admiration upon the tir'
mament and acknowledge their ignor.
ance in a field which the vast strides OF
modern science have made accessible to
all.
Draper's discovery of oxygen in the
sun is the most important fact in mod.
ern astronomical research, because IT
shows that the sun is in part composed
of elements like the earth's.
Saturn's rings will eventually sole
themselves into moons, and the clark
places on the moon are not mountains
or seas, but simply indentationos and
therefore less luminous. The black
spots visible upon the surface of the
sun are but holes through the surround
ing envelope through which only tbs
parent mass can be seen.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-25
The Richest Man IN Italy.
Paris 9ISbe.l

Count Telfener is reputed to be the
richest man in Italy. He purchased one
of King Victor EmanuePs estates in
the couatry, and he also bought the late
Kings palace at Macoa0, and the royal
villa outside Porta SAHARA. The Pur-
chase of the Maocac Palace was effected
before, and that of the Royal Villa on
the Via SAHARA after, the death of Vic
tor Emanuel. On occasion Of he pur-
chase Of the Macao Palace, SignOr
Telfener was created count
Last year Count Telfener married for
his second wife, Ada, the sister-in-law
of Mr. Mackev, the millionaire, who now
reside in Paris. Part of the wedding
festivities consisted in the exhibition of
races between Count Telfener's horses,
On course laid out in the Royal Villa,
which was thrown open for the day to
the public, and was honored by visits
from King Humbert and the notables of
Rome. The title of the Royal Villa
was changed, in compliment to the
bride, to "Villa tda.'
HOnOrs and riches seemed to pour in
upon Count Teifener, and lie was elected
to represent Foligno in the Chamber of
Deputies; but he never took his seat, as
technical objections to his return were
raised on the ground that, as an
Austrian subject by birth, he was ineli-
gible to represent an Italian constit-
uency. These objections might, OF
course, have been overcome by letters
Of naturalization. The newspapers,
however, announce that Count TelfenoI
has resigned his seat for FolignO, and
intends to fix his residence in Paris,
where he will open a bauk.
By this transfer of dOmicils Rome
loses q millionaire, and it may be ex
pected that the estates and palaces pur
chased from the royal family will be
offered for sale. The Telfener palace al
Macao is furnished with regal sumP
tousness. The Villa Ada possesses very
extensive grounds, commanding mOst
magnificent views. The palace erected
by Victor Emanuel is not finished in the
il terror, but requires some thousands Il
render it habitable. RumOr said tha
these properties, on which the late
King expended millions, were sold fDI 1
comparative trifinq SUI
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-25
Skating.

A writer in a Philadelphia paper
gives some advice in regard to this ex-
hilaratipg winter sport, and makes some
instructive allusions to foreign style and
achievements. He says: Fold the
arms and throw the body forward; and
since it is forced over on the outsidS
edge much more than with us, it fol-
lows that the leg which is not support
ing the body must be thrown out wide
in order to preserve the balance. The
English prefer the upright body, hands
close to the side, and the pendent leg
close to it's fellow. In the "run" of the
Dutch peasant the body is quite in front
of the feet, the hands are freely worked,
and the knees depended on to very
ugly extent. But even an English fen
skater holds his body erect as at q
dance, and moves it massively to and
fro, not obliquely. His work is there
fore done mainly by the hips, which is
the best and most elegant manner.
Neither does this position, when
acquired, interfere with speed in a
g run,' for we have seen the skaters of
Lincolnshire make half-mile burts at
the rate of thirty miles an hour; and
with long runners" and a fair wind
behind them, seventy miles day was
net considered an extraordinary pace.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-25
"Just what you wanted to de."
Edward smiled at the point made b

/
Edward smiled at the point made by
his uncle.
It isn't what I've done thodgh. I've
saved four dollars a week from my sal
ary for the last three years; and SO was
not only able to pay the money down
: but had fifty dollars besides"
6ravol my boy" cried the delighted
I old man, with another grasp of the
hand that made our hero vince. Pm
proud of you'll You're bound to succeed.
see, and without anybody's help. /
told yotr cousin Polly that when she was
eighteen I'd buy her house in the city /;
that she should furnish it to suit her
self. and have all the servants she want
customers, they found the proprietor
alone, whose face flushed with pride and
pleasure as he greeted them.
a. got your card nephew" said the
old man, with a cordial grasp of the
hand, /" and called around to see how
you wsre getting on. I thought it was
about time gave you that little lift
you asked of me three years ago. You
don't look much as if you needed ii
though"
Not ct present. thank you uncle !"
ed, and I've kept my word. Come
around and see us whenever you can.
You'll always find the latch string out"
Edward did not fail to accept the in
Vitation so frankly extended--a very
pleasant intimacy growing Zip between
the three during the twelve months that
followed. Our herO's business grew and
prOspered until he began to think of re-
moving to a larger place. His uncle
had given him several liberal orders, as
well as sent him number of customers
but said nothing more about assisting
him in any other way until Christmas
eve. Entering the room where Edward
and his daughter were sitting, he said /.
| mustn't delay any lcnger the little
lift promised yod, nephew, and which
you have well earned
Edward glanced from the five thous>
and dollar check to the lovely face at
rs side spd theh TO that of the sneaker
ou are very Kind, uncle-tar KINDER
than deserve-but-"
But what, lad? Speak 0uty would
you prefer it in some other form
Edwards fingers closed tenderly and
strongly over the hand he had taken in
his.
" Yes, tlncle-in this"
The old man looked keeniy from one
to the other,
&C You are asking good deal, nephew.
Polly, have you been encouraging this
young man in his presumption
Pm afraid have, father" was the
smiling response.
"Then so, my daughter. I give you
into worthy keeping; and if you make
your husbands heart as happy as your
mother did mine during the few short
years that she tarried by my side, he
will be blesU indeed"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-25
Admit Her at Once."

The manuscripts of Leonardo da
Vinci in the South KensingtOn Museum,
London, have recently been subjected
to renewed study. In one of them oc-
ours the following fable:
Z" A man lying at the point Of death
suddenly heard knock at his door, and
asked one of his servants who it was
that had Knocked. The servant looked,
and then informed him that it was q
person who called herself a good
woman (1E1naonn1 b0n11). Then the
diving man extended both his hands to
heaven in thanks to God, and bade them
admit the person at once that ne might
be able to see "a good woman before ne
died, for he had not seen one IN gns
whole course Of his LIE.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-25
GOODNIGHT.
NJ n. L. n. M

Goodnight, the day is dead,
The myriad stars break o'erheadS
My love lies sleeping-calmly sleeping
The brook and rill are weeping.
The birds have kissed and sung,
And fond farewell begun;
The day has died, goodnight;
Night breaks rapturously briRAA
Goodnight, fond farewalli
Farewell, goodnight, farewenI
Goodnight my love,
Goodnight, the stars above
Are watching thee, farewell;
The moon 10 on the sea, ball
OF silver in its gplendoR bright
Goodnight, my love, goodnight
Far away the stars in space
Light the splendor of thy face;
And it catches the beam of nghA
And my love breathes good-n'ghts
/, too, se9 the stars pale above;
1, too, watch my life, my love;
The wind says to you goodnight
And the sea, Ny love, delight
Goodnight, good-night,
All the grasses sleeping light,
Silvery radiance over all
The opal tops Of poplars tall;
Sleep, my love, till the morning break;
Sleep, my love, till the birds AwGAO;
Then goodnight, my love,
The sky breaks white above.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-25

Stealing kiss cost s8 6s., with costs,
at Hanley, England.-London Truth.
The young man in America can steal
one for nothing, but in the end he has
to pay more than & penny for his
whistle.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-25

A CONTEMPORARY declares that gout
is a peculiarly aristrocratic malady. 1t
Il one of those diseases that none hut
the rich can afford to enjoy. A recent
medical report says that gout is largely
on the increase IN America. This is
very gratifying. 1t shows that we are
becoming q rich nation Let gout and
wealth increase in the land,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-25

For maps, time tables and all information iu re-
gard 20 this route, call on or address
W. L DAELEY,
Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agt,. Nsshvilie, Tenn.
WIN. T. ROGERS,
Pass ARt.. Chsttsnt oga: Tenn
A. p. WREENE.
1unII'7au TTav, Agt.. Atlanta, Ga.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-25

"I'LL take the responsibility" as a
doting father said, when he held ont his
arms for the baby.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-25

MONEY being tight is a secondary
consideration to man who has tight
pair of boots on.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-04
Novelties in Paper Making.

ONE of the successful novelties into
which straw paper is worked up is the
cork and corrugated paper. The cork
and corrugated paper consists of straw
paper or board, on which is placed
graduated cork, the cork being fastened
to the surface of the strawboard by a
heavy sizing. Substitute cork for sand
as you look at sand paper, and you will
have an idea of the appearance of cork
paper. The article is corrugated as de-
sired. 1t is used largely as packing
for great variety of bottled merchan-
disc, being substituted for straw. The
manufacturers buy their straw paper in
from fifty to seventy-five ton lots. An
other important use for strawboard has
been developed in the past few years in
the manufacture of round paper boxes,
the popularity of which is that the
heads or covers are of one piece, instead
of consisting of disc and rim such as
is seen, for instance, in the ordinary
pill-box cover. The covers and bot
toms, being of the same form, are made
by the same machine, and with greater
rapidly and accuracy. The body of
the box is cut from paper tubes rolled
for the purpose, of any desired size; the
heads and bottoms are adjusted, and
the box is conplete.-Paper World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-04
The German newspapers are distrib-
uted among the States as follows:

Louisiana has the lead in French
newspapers. She prints IA, including
one daily. Massachusetts is next, with
five weeklies, and New York is third,
with two dailies and weekly. Illinois
heads the Scandinavian list, with IL
weekly and monthly publications. Min
nesota has five and New York three.
New York leads the Spanish column
with newspapers, New Mexico is sec
ond with 5, and Texas and California
each. have 4. The only Spanish daily
in the United States is printed in San
Francisco. Of the Hollandish news
papers, are published in Michigan, 2
in Iowa, and 4 in Wisconsin. Three of
the four Italian journals are printed in
California, and of the Welsh in New
York. The 2 Polish newspapers are
credited to Illinois, and she claims of
the 9 Bohemian journals. The only
Portuguese newspaper in the United
States is printed in Erie, Pa.
The Directory gives the titles of 421
religious newspapers published in the
United States, distributed thus: