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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

of feverish decline, or founder, when
it is speedily slaughtered to prevent
loss. Such pigs are profitable to keep
sol far rs the relations of feed and gain
are concerned, but what is the use of
growing pork which is unpalatable ON
account of ITS Over-fatness, and is con-
sequentlv unstable? Seventy-iive per
cent. of the finest so-called q improved"
pig is probably nothing but fat-indi-
gestible to the great majority of modern
American stomachs. 1t will do very
well in cold weather, but in summer
time is unSuited to our physical wants.
A radical change in the system Of breed
ing and growing of pigs wOuld soon
change the animal structure from so
much fat to more muscle, with lighter
food given in quantities to promote
steady growth, united with exercise,
which is the natural foundation for the
development of muscle. Muscle makes
the lean meat, and this will never be
produced when pigs are closely con-
fined and stuffed from their birth till
the time of distinguishing The body or
frame should be first built up, and the
fat laid to a moderate extent afterward.
a pig thus reared might not weigh as
much when dressed, but viii have
much larger proportion of lean meat,
and need not cost as much. Country
Gentleman.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14
Buried for Years in a Cavern.

a few days ago, says the Albuquerque
On. Nj Golden GGte, Messrs. d. f.
DOane, W. II. Enfield and w. w. Blake
were surveying and locating the bound
aries of the chihuahua Mine in the Mag
dalena Mountains, about twenty-five
miles west of SocorrO, where they made
a somewhat startling discovery. In
claiming down the hill from the center
stake TO the west side line they passed
nearly over an opening in the rocks that
was about three feet long and fourteen
inches wide. a small dead tree about
fifteen feet in length was let down into
the aperture and Immediately disap-i
peared from view. A young pine tree
thirty feet long was then chopped
down and a ladder hastily iIaprOvised
therefrom. Carefully let down it finally
found secure foothold, and two of the
party descended INTO the cavern. By.
the aid of some lighted pine knots they
discovered that they were in the center
of a room about thirty feet square. Con
tinuing their explorations they found
natural tunnels leading to two other but
smaller chambers. The ceiling of the
main room was fully twelve feet from
the floor In one corner of this room
were found the bones of human being.
A portion of the rock overhead dad
fallen in and buried the greater number
of the bones, but one of the collar blades
and a bone from the forearm were OBJ
tanned in an excellent state of preserva7
ton. Pea can not portray the agony
which the solitary occupant OF this
81 Dead mans leave must have. en-
dured during his last hours. He could
scarcely have been q lone prOSpectOr
lured to his doom years ago by a fatal
curiosity, as no sane man would under
take to explore the cave without first
sounding its depths. Besides this, the
pioneer of the Magdalens, Mr.. j. S.
Hutchinson, says that to his knowledge
no prospector has been missed during
the last fourteen years. 1t is thought
that the Apaches, having knowledge of
this subterranean prison, must have
compelled some unfortunate captive to
descend into the cave and tauntingly
left him to his fate. How well might
the inscription over the entrance to the
Internal Regions, asrecorded in Dante's
+" Inferno,n
" Who enters here leaves hope behind"
be applied to this dismal dungeon. The
last chapter of the life of the tenant of
this cell would make abundant material
for a romance of the border.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14
Singular Climatic Effects.

1t is q singular fact that almost every
body loses flesh on coming here from
the East. The average loss in weight
| sustained is about one-eighth. For in
stance, in the course of two or three
months a 200 pound man loses twenty
five pounds and becomes a 175 FOUNDER.
This is due to the high altitude of Den
vera mile above the sea-tO the dry
and light atmosphere, to the scarcity of
vegetation and to the comparative
abundance of oxygen, which con-
sumes the tissues and taxes the vital
functions to greater extent than on
lower attitudes. Higher up it is much
worse than here. At Leadyille, for in
stance, which is two miles above the
sea level, the diminution in weight does
rot generally fall short of a sixth or
seventh and it takes place much more
rapidly than here. In that high alti-
tude, too, lung diseases, such as pneu-
mOnia, very frequently set in, and they
prove fatal in about thirty per cent. of
she cases attacked. But very few dogs eX-
cept hounds, can live in Leadville, and
no cats survive there. In Denver how
ever. we have multitude of both dogs
and cats, and they appear to eXpe-
rience no special difficulty about living
and getting fat. Yet it is noticeable
fact that animals and men lose a share
of their strength after coming here.
After being here two or three months
their muscular power is not near so
great as in the East Nor can they en-
dure so much hard work. Eight hours
of continuous labor does more to ex-
haust and PROSTATE man here than
ten hours in Illinois or Wisconsin. And
when worn out and Frustrated feeling
of lassitude and drowsiness thatit is very
difficult to dispel comes over one. In
such instances many hours of rest are
requisite to impair and rebuild the
wasted energies. Mental labor is even
more exhauSting than physical a
healthy man may do manual labor for
eight or ten hours day, and experience
therefrom no specially evil effects; but
let mental labor be pursued with the
like assiduity, and the nervous system
becomes weakened and irritable. In
time the physical powers become dis
ordered and weakened by sympathy
and by the strain upon them to supply
the brain waste. These facts are more
practicable of newcomers than of those
who have resided for year or more at
high attitudes. Persons and animals
thoroughly acclimated do not expert
ence these drawbacks. Indeed these
could not look better anywhere than
they appear here. The great difficulty
is in getting acclimated. -Denver (COl.j
Gyent Vest.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14
The Small House Ant.

The English clergyman. the Rev. j.
g. Wood, author of many popular books
on animals, writes thus Of the house ant:
The variation in size among ants is as
well marked as it is among the higher
animals, and the proportions of the
largest and smallest ant are much the
same as those of the elephant and the
mouse. Some ants, especially those be-
longing to the genus ComponOtus, are
rs large as our hornets, while others,
such as the too-commOn house ant,
Myrmica molesta, is only the fifteenth
of an inch in length and so slender that
its pale yellow body is hardly discerni-
bic if it be alone. But it very seldom
is alone. Minute as are its individual
dimensions, collectively it is so formid-
able an insect that it has rendered
houses uninhabitable. The houses have
had the floors relaid, cement and porce-
lain tiles used wherever possible, but
the house ants have retained possession
of the premises. | have received many
letters from persons whose houses are
infested with these ants, and have been
asked to suggest some mode of destroy
ing them. Unfortunately, | know of
none. The passages to their nests are
so small that boiling water loses its heat
long before the few drops which can
trickle through them can touch the
nest. Insect powders are equally use
less and sulphur smoke has no terror
for these insects. 1t does not appear
to be indigenous to this country and is
evidently of American origin. 1t is the
opinion of a well-known English natur-
alist that, like the cockroach, it has
been imported in merchandise, and,
like that insect, will retain its place in
the land of its adoption.
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Boys and Wasps.

Boys and wasps are natural enemies.
Boys hate wasps and wasps hate boys.
Generally the wasps are victorious and
boy who has an interview with wasp
gets over the ground much faster than
the boy sent on an errand. The boy
does the electioneering shouting, but
the wasp does the real work of the cam
paign. 1t is so rare that a boy gets
even with the wasps that when he does
so, the event is worthy of more than a
passing notice. Down near Kingston,
Ont, boy had heated discussion with
some wasps and the latter got the bet
ter of the argument-at least they made
more pointed applications. As the
stings burned, the boy thought about
fighting his Satanic Majesty with fire.
1t was a brilliant success. The next
neighbours barn and grain were the first
to 90, and the people barely escaped
from the dwelling house. The woods
and fields of wheat next went with
stacks and other combustible matter,
while every now and then the burning
of a house and barn added variety to
the scene. The destruction was very
great, but as the delighted boy after
wards remarked. g You ought to seen
them wasps singer Free Pres.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14
A Debating Society Broken Up.

Not long ago party OF young men,
all friends, organized literary society,
which held weekly meetings in a certain
part of this city. For short time every
thing ran smoothly. Pleasant entertain
ments were given and rapid progress
was made in elocution and kindred ac-
complishments. Then the meeting be-
gan to be occasionally marked by little
unpleasantnesse and finally the society
was rudely dismembered and broken
up. The facts of the collapse are thus
narrated by member of the organize
ton.
One fine evening there was spirited
debate about wOmen's rights. One of
the members of the club made the re-
mark that when he married he didn't
want his wife running around cleo
tioneering for another fellow and lG W.
ing him to mind the baby. A genJle-
man opposed to him both in debate and
in an affair of the heart as well, made
the remark that the first gentleman
never would get wife. He was too
ugly. Whereupon the first young man
made the remark that he had cut the
other young man out of q certain young
]
lady's affections.
The debate closed with the rivals in
this mood and the meeting adjourned
without the usual logical summing up.
A week later another session was held,
and fate placed the rivals side by side.
They eyed each other vindictively and
were evidently both ready for any
emergency. In the course of the pro-
ceedings one of them rose to q point of
order, and when he sat down it was up
on the point of'a pin which had been
slyly slipped on his chair. He rose
again and instantly grappled with the
man who sat next to him. They rolled
over on the floor, upset all the chairs
and created the worst kind of a racket.
The President raped on the table and
called order, the Secretary shouted
order, the Treasurer shouted order and
the Sergeant-at-Arms tried to separate
the combatantS. Pretty soon the affair
became-a free fight and everybody had
to take part in order to defend himself.
When the din had somewhat subsidized
il was seen that the Presidents new
coat had been torn, the Secretary had a
pin stuck half through his hand, while
the Treasurer had big lump over his
eye, which lump was caused by being
hit with a copy of Oushing's Manual,
and all parties were rather dilapidated.
At the next meeting Che Treasurer did
not put in an appearance and none of
the members of the society have seen
him since. Another meeting was held,
at which a letter from the Secretary was
read. in which he stated that he had
used the funds in his hands to pay q
doctor bill and he babe long farewell
to that literary society. Amid great
dependency the society resolved itself
into oblivion, with the understanding
that whenever any of its members saw
that Treasurer he should notify the
other ones and they would sweep
the rascal from the face of the earth
st. Louis Republican.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

Public opinion has been trained so
long in favor of improved breeds of
pigs that farmers have become some
what daft on the subject. They have
been governed by this public opinion
and seeming economy, until they have
about driven pork from the table, and
made a nation of epicures who turn
away from pork, and even ham, with
disgust Our forefathers lived longer
than the present generation are likely
10, and were men of brains as well as
muscle. Pork constituted their chief
meat diet. This is not the case now.
The change is not because pigs flesh is
necessarily more unpalatable, but be-
cause the character of the meat has
been changed from wholesome and
desirable food to mere lard tubs. Adj
vanced public opinion nowadays de-
mands a pug-nosed, fat-cheeked pig,
with thick sides Qayers of lard), blind
with fat, with just enough animation to
grunt-no legs or bone, and morbid
appetite which must never squeal
- enough" This abortion, from the
food standpoint, is called improved"
1t keeps easy-that is to say, it is made
to convert corn into lard without any
loss charged to exercise or vigorous
health. 1t is then stuffed to the veree
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

The largest sewing-machine in the
world has lately been finished. The
machine weighs over four tons, and is
in some respects of new design, uniting
much simplicity of construction with
great strength of parts. 1t is adapted
Tor general manufacturing purposes of
the heavier sort, although specially
made for stitching cotton betting. The
material used is Of great strength and
toughness, and is sewed together in
piles or layers up to an inch in thick
ness. The betting in being sewed to-
gether is passed through heavy feed
rollers some nine inches in diameter
and more than eight feet in length, get
TING stretched and pressed inthe proc
ess. There are two needles at work
with two shuttles, and the shuttles can
be removed from the bottom without
disturbing the everything plies of belt
inc. The rollers between which the,
work passes are actuated by reversible
worm and cam motions, and the ma
chine has in addition to these roller
feeds, what is known as top-feed mo-
lion, suitable for lighter class of work.
The stitch, as in the ordinary sewing
machine, can be adjusted from one
eighth inch upward, and the pressure
of the rollers on the work passing
through the machine can be regulated
at the will of the operator. The ma
chine, which is driven by steam, has
been made for manufacturing firm In
Liverpool. Scientific american.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14
There 5 Money in Trees.

What a delight it is to the skillful
worker in wood to shave into the per-
lection of smoOthnesS and shape the in
valuable wood of the white pine tree.
And what grandeur there was-for we
can no longer say there is-in the I'M
touched forests of those noble trees
covering the ground so densely that
one felt more than ever how solid the
earth must be to carry such enormous
lading. And what Eolian music the
wind made far above, up in the dizzy
region of their tops! An English farm
er, who. was at heart more a lover of
workmanship in wood than of delving
in the soil, emigrated to Pennsylvania
years ago, and on seeing the pine for
ests of Cleariield County incOntinently
bought his farm in their very heart. He
enjoyed and extolled their superbness
to the last, as well he might; but mean
while his savings melted away and he
found no source of resupply, for there
was no way then of marketing lumber,
and both the enormous tree-growth and
the nature of the soil were almost pro-
hibitory of all farm operations.
Since then what a change! The lord
" trees are gone, save here and there
remnant a miserable growth of
bruised and broken underground covers
the ground with wreck. Hardly a
promise of a tree of any kind of econ
omic value is to be seen. What is to
be done for the coming century? 1t
must be remembered that no money
will build up plantation of trees.
Nothing but time-a life-time-will
serve for their production, though the
most favorable of soil and shelter and
conditions of the air be present. AL
ready single trees are being valued at
tens and hundreds of dollars which fifty
years ago would scarcely have sold for
one. What will our children see and
do in half a century more. 1t is, man.
ifestiy, high time for the agricultural
papers of the country to sound loud
notes on this inevitable and scarcely
remediable deficiency. Here and there
we find a few who have seen that or all
productions of the soil trees are what
will have most money in them and who
are taking measures to some day meet
the coming want.-N Z. Tribune.
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action he would take Mr.. De Brackeleer
said that they had not decided as yet,
but the case would be brought before
the association. He also said that there
were several trunks of the deceased
nobleman, containing papers. etc, which
would be opened and examined. 'tThere
is" he added, 4" considerable property
still belonging to him in Brussels, and
this will revert to his wife. "-Ne1c York
Herald
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egor 17onng Readfrs.
JOHNNIE AND BENNIE s HUNT.

= $780,
Supplied with pop-guns, arrows, nets,
And cages, large and small.
Johnnie and Ben went out one day
Beyond the garden wall,
To hunt for any curious things
That walk or fly. OF crawl;
For they were looking mp, you see,
Wonders for menagerie.
40. Benz cried Johnnie, Just look hereI
A iifngls-long and widel
Where lots of wild beasts, birds ana snakes
Can live and safely hidel
Bananas. bread fruit oranges,
Are growing here heSldeE
The jungle was q clump of weeds;
The fruit-a lot OF hard brown seeds)
THE TIGER.
Hist. Bent \ tiIer. as l livei
A royal Bengdlitei
Where are the guns: Move soIt! lIear
There'il be "a dreadful fight.
Hai caught at last! We have him now,
In iron cage all tight
The tiger was a monster tpad.
In an old teapot safely stowed)
THE WILD CAT.
"Help! helpv' cried Bonnie. John, come
A lrRi--at on tree,
All ready for fearful springl
He's looking right NJ me.
John ran and soon the deadly beast
Was safe As safe could be.
"A caterpillar, large and rat
Gagged in James dollie's new felt hatO
TIE GIRAFFE.
" I've found. said John, "a long-egged thing;
1t might be a giraffe
Only IL has TOO many legs,
And neck too short by hair.
{" h. YES. n new variety.
said Bonnie, with laugh.
"a dafdy-lOnglegs, tall and slim;
collar box soon sheltered him.
THE ANTELOPE.
"Tve started out an dltel0pst
Hi, Johul just stop him there! ..
He's worth a race. You see, this kind
Is extra nice and fair.
The girls will 'Or and 'AhH and say,
IT'S lOvelyr Splendid Rare!
"a grasShOpper, all sober gray,
In a tin spice-cup spent the day.
THE BOA
60 A snakeI a snakei o Ben, a snake!
He's writhing in and out
Among the trees. A boa, too!
Now mind what you're about
Or he will have you in his folds;
You know they're drfd stOut!
"a ptll-bOx held the angle-wOrm,
And left him room enough to squirmD
| wish that ! could tell of all
The creatures that they found
OF how they fixed them all in line
Ont in that old Playground:
And how they printed hand-bills or
And sent them all around.
think that you might all lOOkin,
BY paying each bright new pin
-Ldlru G.. Carr. in Wid6-4lCdfe.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

The Philadelphia enterprise of a
Thousand one-horse coaches, of light and
novel construction to carry eight per.
sons each and run to all parts of the
city, is to be speedily put in operation.
The fare is to be five cents, or six tick
cts for quarter of a dollar. The routes
are so arranged that, for ten to fifteen
cents. trip can by transfer be made to
almost any desired point; while a single
fare will secure a ride on any one of the
main lines, lengthwise or crosswise of
the city. The movements of the We
hicles will be arranged to suit the traf-
fic The street car companies antiei-
pate a serious decrease in their bust
ness.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

For some reason only to be appre-
ciated by Frenchmen, NEUROLOGICAL
names cannot be given to children de-
clared at the offices of the French
MAYORS, names taken from sacred his
tory only being allowable. Among the
personages considered sacred are
Anadine, Faustine, Azemia, Chloris,
Deianire, Leda, Medore, Maya Norber-
tine, Podalire, Zirphe and Zulmar.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

An orange-grOwer in Florida says
that aside from the loss of fruit there
will be no loss by the recent storm. On
the other hand, he says the trees will
be benefited by the washing, while the
thorough shaking up is only wise pro-
vision of nature to impart new vigor to
trees
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

The German authorities are pur-
chasing largely in England for cavalry
mounts. AT. the great horse fair at
Horncastle over 1890 were bought.
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Dallas Post. Once.
MAILS CLOSE AT PosroFFIcE,
Local Mails:
bOlHS l.NNl '''s'''s''''' '''''s'''' U bu u
uOlhg W h'du y III
Going North Observation-Disclosures. $50 p IN
Going south. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 800 m
through Mails
Going Norh.,,... Observation-Disclosures. 300 m
dOlng SoUlH'"'s.. 1'VV y III
Money order office open from a. m, to p m
nd Up. m. to =. m.
Windows for the sale OF pc tage stamps, reg.
Is'arei letter business, etc, open from a. IN
10 5 y, m. stamp window open on Sundays
lrora $40 2 a, m.
rhe general delivery window open from 6
. m TO & p N. After p. m. postage stamps
lan he nhtalned NJ this window. Open sun
lsy sromSt Dam. A. NJ. COCHRAN, p. M.
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Dallas & w ~hita.

LEAVE. ARRIVE.
$3.50 q, nj, Mail and c. press, $3.50 p. m,
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A word OF Warning to Counterreiters

The widespread fame of Hostetters
Stomach Bitters causes anecessity on our par
to remind, from time to time, whom it may
concern,of the fact that initiating said article
is q punishable offence, and we now give thi.
word Of caution, that we will most assuredly
have all those persons engaged in re-fllline
our secondhand bottles, selling by the gallon
or barrel, or in any manner whatsoever palm
ing off on the public spurious article pur,
porting to be our preparation, punished te
the full extent of the law. We never fail u
convict, as the New Orleans and st. Louis
county records fully affirm.
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A Sure Thing.

DR.. Hunters Specific and Injection No.
are warranted to cure Gonorrhea, elect,
Cordee, Structure, disease of the Kidneys,
Bladder and Urinary Organs of males and
females.
Dr. Hunters Specific No lis sure rem
edy for Shermatorrhea, Seminal weakness,
Nightly Emissions and Loss of Power caus-
ed by self-abuse or excessive indulgence
Price of DR.. Hunters Specific S. per bottle
injection 81. Sent everywhere by express.
DR.. j. Dinsbeer, sole proprietor, No. AIS
North Seventh street, st. Louis, Mo. Send
two stamps for treatise. Cures guaranteed
or money refunded. a4-dSw-ly.
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al was dragged down with debt, poverty
and suffering for years, caused by q sick fam.
lily and large bills for doctoring, which did
them no good. was completely discour.
aged, until one year ago, by the advice of nv
pastor, procured Hop Bitters and com.
menced their use, and in one month we were
all well. snd none of us have seen a sick day
since, and | want to say to all poor men, you
can keep your families well year with Hor
Bitters for less than one doctors visit will
cost; know it. A Workingman."
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Are you annoyed with a full heavy stom-
achq Do you feel dull and stupid of morn
ings? Have you dyspeptic symptoms one
or two doses of Bailey's Saline Aperient will
give entire reliefan make you feel ms happy
as q lark.