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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-23
PUSGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The mosquito is the Macbeth among
insects. He :. murders sleep. Y.
Commercial AdUertsser.
When You take no interest and lose
your principal it is not good to be a
loan.-Nel0 Orleans Picayaae.
How many sins will be cancelled by
the charity of giving a wooden-legged
man pair of skates Boston Globe.
The man who wouldn't carry Goals
to Newcastle declined because he New
castle didn't need any.-Cincinnati
Saturday Night. 'h.
AN exchange praises a large egg
which, it saws, was laid on our table by
Rev. DIR. Wilson. Brother Wilson
seems to be more of layman than a
preacher.-N. Y. Graphic.
Full many gem of spurious ray serene.
The spotless shirts of hotel clerks do bear
Full many a simple, ignorant sardine
Believes them purest stones of value rare !
-Bgfalo Express.
One man is not as good as another
in law. Law says that man who is
educated and cultured and given to So
ciety should have i've times as much
udlud9eo lOr u DrOheu muse as a HOu-
carrier.-Detr0t Free Press.
Look at the partiality of nature.
When bee stings once its work is fin
ished and it dies. But we have known
one gaunt mosquito to tap conference
and then get mad because there wasn't
a picnic in the neighborhood. - O,cegO
Record.
1t is a great mistake in mothers to
take so much pains teaching their chill
dren to speak. What a world of trou-
bic it takes to make some babies talk
and what world of trouble they make
with their everlasting talking after
having once learned how to do it
Boston Transcript.
-Toddlekins is very small man in
deed but he said he never minded it at
all until his three boys grew up to be
tall, strapping young fellows, and his
wife began to cut down their old clothes
and cut them over to fit him. And then
he said he did get mad.-BurIington
HnlDE- EIje
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-23
Our Windows.


Windows are the eyes Of our dwellings.
through which an outsider may gain
some idea Of the character of the occu-
pant within. In ancient temple archi-
lecture the light was obtained from
openings IN the roof and it was not until
1ISO that glass began to be used in the
windows of private houses in England.
Since that time q radical improvement
has taken place in the style of our
dwellings and the window has become
an important feature, afording rs better
light and ventilation than were enjoyed
even by those who began housekeeping
. century ago.
But Tor her correspondence with ma
ture art would cease to be the mighty
passion OF the mind. for all her powers
are due 10 this association. Mature is
the glass rejecting Cod" and those
who look reverently IN this mirror form
more intimate acquaintance with the
e. Creator and the works Of his hand.
The flowers we have loved and tended
so devotedly through the warm and
pleasant DAYS we have not the heart
TO leave outdoors in the pitiless blast.
50 we bring as much of cur gardens as
we can accommodate into our homes,
20 brighten and embellish them and to
keep sumner with US all the year.
The care Of them is a relief to mind
and body and a pleasant diversion from
routine work, especially if the daily
round is made up OF uncongenial duties.
The facilities Tor window-gardening
depend SO largely upon our pecuniary
conditions chat it would be impossible
to make suggestions which could be
generally carried out. 1t is a blessed
thing that flowers are no respecters of
rank or station, but will bloom as luxu-
riantly in the houses Of the poor as in
the costly habitations Of the rich, fire.
quently giving the preference to those
whose estates are small, end whose
treasures are not golden.
But whether the window looks out
on broad acres or on the narrow court
or dusty street, it may be made attract
i've with very little expenditure of time
or money, and prove a source of graft
fication to ourselves and to those who
% pass by on the other side" In our
large cities, where the German element
predominates, many a window is bright
with vines and covers of the cheaper
sort, flourishing in the midst of the
most discouraging circumstances, and
giving a cheerful greeting, if they do
not preach a sermon to poor humanity.
The eye is more readily attracted toward
a geranium standing on the sill of an
upper window in a wretched tenement
house than to the rare specimen exhibit
ed in the aristocratic mansion. The
one speaks of refinement in the midst
of poverty, the other is but an indica-
ton. of plethoric bank account.
The woman who has not the means to
CRAFTY her taste in dress or her desire
for books caa, if she owns but small
piece of ground, express her love of
color, grace, poetry and harmony in the
care and cultivation of flowers and the
arrangement of her indoor or outdoor
garden. Men may be satisfied with
raising beets, onions, pumpkins and
cabbages. but a woman must have a
flower near her, if it is only one made
OF muslin.-LadjeS' Floral Cabinet.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-23
Snnhursts Of Heat.


The scientific journals have lately
contained many notices of the observa-
ton of new and suspected variable stars.
The more carefully the stars are studied
the more evident it becomes that pref
ty large proportion of them undergo
changes of light with more or less reg
ularity. There are few whose brillian-
cy changes so quickly as that of Algol,
the Winking Demon, in Medusa's Head,
but there are many that wax and wane
remarkably.
This subject becomes especially in
teresting in view of the fact that rea-
sons have been shown why our own sun
may be regarded as a variable star.
Professor Proctor, in his essay on the
END of Many Worlds" suggests that
periodical outbursts of heat in the sun
may account for the curious tradition,
running alike through the Indian,
Egyptian, Chinese and Greek mythOl-
ogieS, that the earth at certain epochs
undergoes destruction and renovation
by fire. On such supposition the story
of Phaeton becomes the tradition of an
actual event in the earth's history. Ac-
cording to the myth, Phaeton persuaded
his father Apollo to let him drive the
car of the sun for day, lost the road,
and, approaching too near the earth,
set Olympus ON fire, consumed cities
and whole nations with flame and turned
the northern end of Africa into water
less desert.
The cause of any sudden accession of
heat in the sun, or in a star, is believed
to be the downfall upon its surface of a
vast quantity of meteoric matter whirl-
ing in track of some comet. We have
records of a sudden frightening of the
sun in modern times. A remarkable
phenomenon of this kind occurred Sep
TENDER l., 1859, and, although it was of
very brief duration it produced start
ling effects invarious parts of the world.
If there is mass of meteors rushing
in an orbit that the sun crosses at GER
tain epochs- and which then causes his
fires TO burst out with the effects de-
scribed in the ancient traditions, they
have thus. far escaped the ken of the
astronomers. Observation has shown,
however, that if such meteors exist they
are to be looked for in the wake of a
comet and we can depend upon the as
tronomers to give due notice of the
comets appearance.-N. Y. Sun.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-23
A Terrified Britisher.

You may possibly remember some
thing of the terrible scare that AIDE
laide Nelson's, first husband, Lee, got
at the Gramercy Park Hotel dinner to
which he was invited by William J.
Florence, E. a. Sothern, Dan Bryant
and some other practical jOkers. Lee
had heard great deal about the
rough ways of people in America, and
his head was full of eXtravagant notions
on that subject. He had come to New
York expecting to find bears running
loose in Central Park and to be able to
shoot buffaloes in Harlem. The jOkers
wanted to "take rise" out of him,
and arranged how to do it. When the
party sat down to'dinner every man ex-
cept Lee laid revolver at one side of
his plate and bowie knife at the other.
1t seemed to be done as q matter of
course, and it made Lee rather uneasy
at the start. But the party soon fell
into pleasant conversation, and after a
while the Englishman's nerves became
steadier, though his appetite did not
appear to be good. There was plenty
of wine, of course, and all partOOk of it
freely, though each man was careful
not to take too much.
When the dinner was nearly over the
conversation became more lively. BY
and by it grew warm. In little while
more it was hot Then the fun began.
The jokers fell to. quarreling furiously.
Every man was on his. feet, with re-
volver in one hand and bowie knife in
the other. Chairs. were knocked over,
revolvers were fourished, the dishes
ratified on the table. Indian war
whoops rang through thereon, and the
entire party except Lee was evidently
bent on wholesale slaughter. Poor Lee
trembled in his shoes. There was no
telling but what he might be scalped
the next moment One of the actors
opeued the door, and then danced back
to resume his part in the melee. Lee
saw his chance. He fled through the
open door like deer, and did not wait
in the hall for his hat. When he after
wards told of his narrow escape from
murder by lot of savageS, he really
believed that the desperate row he had
run away from was real. He never for
gave the festive rioters for the trick
they had played him. g 1t was
beastly thing to do, You know" he
said, and he could not see the humor of
it at all.-Nel0 York letter IN the Detroit
Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-23
FIR ponng 23eaders.
CROCODILE TEARS.

On the banks Of the Nile an old crocodile
Lay summing himself one day,
And he gently dill Groom an attempt at 4 trne,
AS he watched some small children at play
at play
As he watched some small children at play.
He pondered awhile, and a hungering smile
Revealed the extent of his jaw;
He was twenty feet long, was uncommoniy
strong.
And his teeth were arranged like saw
Like n saw
And his teeth were arranged like a saw.
He used every vile their hearts TO beguile,
As toward them he stealthily stole;
He balanced each scale. and waggei his tail,
Then gobbled those children up whole
Up whole
Then gObbled those children up whole.
And snch is the style of this old crocodile,
He sheds bitter tears o er his prey;
He was filed with deep gloom when he
thought of their doom,
and he wept all the rest Of the day
ThedaY
And he wept all the rest of me day.
--Hdyper's Young People.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-23
Scientific CrOquet.

Talk of Hamlet with part of Ham,
let omitted; that is nothing to the ex-
clusion of women from croquet. Yet
this is being done in New York City by
new croquet club. Not only are
women dispensed with, but the green
sward is tabooed. The ground is COW
cred with sand and rolled hard, and
placing the foot on the ball is not ad-
mitted. The size of the wicketS is re-
duced to four inches, while the ball
made of hard rubber, is three inches
and ahalf. Everything is done to make
the game difficult. Indeed, this new
variation of croquet is not unlike pool
rs played on billiard tables. We doubt
whether this so-called scientific croquet
viii ever become popular.-Denaoresfs
uO1ltllU
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-23
The Ex.KhediYe In Exile.

A correspondent of the Journal de
GeneUe. who was lately invited to visit
the ex-Khedive of Egypt in his retire
ment at Resina, gives some curious de-
tails of the present life of the deposed
prince. He. is described as spiritual.
intelligent and affable, extremely pol
ished in manner, and capable of talk
inc with ease on q variety of subjects.
He looks very like Frenchman, and
his guests are invariably delighted with
the reception which he accords them.
If YOU chance to arrive at breakfast
time, His Highness will almost certainly
invite you to partake of ''his frugal re-
past" This frugal repast" consists
of eight or nine, dishes Ia Francaise,
choice wines, and an exquisite dessert,
all served in style of lordly luxury.
The servants wear rich liveries, the
plates are silver and gold, and the YES
sells of crystal and porcelain are chef
d guUreS of art. But there is no alb
surd nonsense of etiquette the con-
versation is free and uncOnstrained, and
everybody says and does as he likes.
For the rest there are few signs of
luxury. The furniture of the villa is
extremely simple, and though the per-
sonnet of the household is numerous
there is no unnecessary display. As to
the Khedive's present income little is
known. II not excessive, it is at least
plentiful, for his expenditure must be
somewhat considerable. The Neapoli-
tans rather exploit him-make him pay,
for instance, twenty-one francs a. bottle
for CHAMPAGNE worth not more than
seven francs. His two sons, Hassan
and Hussein, live WITH him they are
both said to be able men, and each is
the husband of one wife. One of the
most remarkable members of the Khe-
dives household is DeYreth Pasha, the
treasurer. Born slave, he rose from
one grade to another, until he became
Director of the Opera House at Cairo,
and in that position or en- route to it,
contrived to amaSs a fortune Of 5,00O,-
900 francs, which he still retains. .aa
AN English Bible in A. D. 1874 cost
S166.65.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-23

pleasant odor and flavor. The wonder
is that its taste and smell do not cause
it to be rejected altogether as an article
of food. 1t is quite time that the inter-
est in the matter of the water supply,
that has been recently awakened in
large cities, should extend 20 farms
from which the people of towns obtain
their supply of food. Not only the peo-
pie who live on farms, but those who
reside in cities, are interested in the
matter of pure water in the country
Chicago Times
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-23

while we consider the cure of the lima
tics out of the asylums an impossibility.
Already Solomon had found this out
when he said. {" Though thou shouldst
bray fool in mortar among wheat
with a pestle, yet viii not his foolish
ness depart from him. "-Scie1tifc
American.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-23

There is to be grand national
meeting of all the bicycle clubs in the
country held this fall in Brooklyn. 1t
IS expected that thousand bicyclists
will be present, and they are to form a
procession and visit Coney Island.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-23

South of Cameran Parish, in Louis
lana, is an island known as the Grand
Chenier. 1t is about eighteen miles
long and on it is an orange grove near
ly eight miles in extent, containing 49,
900 orange trees. The island is very
fertile.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-23

The fortune-tellers, of Paris have
fixed rules. They tell every fourth Gus
toner that he will die violent death
while the other three are to live long
and die rich
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-23

"A parasol of peacock's feathers is
the latest novelty.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-23

Never water a horse directly after
feeding, especially if he is fed on corn.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-25
STATE RIGHTS.

A CLEAR STATEMENT or FACTS on THIS SUB
JECT BY JUDGE II. s. YoCuM, IN SPEECH
DELIVERED AT GRAND CHAIN oS THE 23D
INST.
Day before yesterday, Judge Yocum, in
response to an invitation, delivered a stir
ring speech to large crowd of enthusiastic
Hancock and English patriots at Grand
Chain, and in the course of his remarks ex-
pounded the doctrine of state rights in q
mastery manner
We extract the following from his re-
marks and publish them partly because
they present live subject in plain man.
ner which will reach the understanding of
every reader, and partly tor the edifcation
of the News, which has seen fit to refer to
the Judge as the champion Of states rights
in this community.
After dealing with the other live issues Of
the day the Judge touched upon state rights
as follows:
| Whenever we announce principal OF
arragn a person or party upon an accusa
ton It is but right and manly that We
should in unequivocal terms give our rea
son, for so doing. Charging the Repub
lican party with design to subvert thu
time honored institutions of our country
il i, due to that party that we show thu
grounds Of that charge. The Repu blicar
candidate in this district for congress bu
rerchoes the feeling Of his party whcl
he says This Is. nation with big n
and state rights which is secession wa
settled by the war, we want strong gov
errment'
! am pleased to see that the Republi
car cry for a strong government, which
means subversion Of oil our con
stitutional rights and obliterato
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-25
WILL THEY STAND IT2

The colored Republicans Of Cairo are in
yited to read the account in the News OF
las, evening Of the new Garfield Guards
which are in course Of organization. It's
styled the tony club of the city, and the
News states plainly for the benefit OF those
white Republicans who can't stomach
the coored torch bearer, that they
are all white men, My friends, the
party have commenced the exhibition OF
the coven foot. They are so sure OF
your votes; so sure that what little man
hood you ever possessed is entirely elm
mated, that they feel safe IN publicly pro-
claiming through their mouthpiece that mo
niggers need apply" only at the ballot box
COlored citizens Of Caro- do you intend to
calmly submit to such an INSULT Are you
willing to enhance the condition ola party
by your votes, who publicly
gives you TO understand that your
presence is not wanted 10 their clubsf
a party who courts your votes for their per-
sonal agrandizement, but who raise their
hands in holy horror at the thought that
you should desire Abundance to their
clubs' You have stood very consider.
able amount of kicking; have swallowed
any quantity of resolutions and promises,
but /. remains to be seen whether this last
straw will be borne as easily as you have
heretofore carried the refuse material
Of the party. L. e.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-25
TO THE SICK.
Agent

To the invalid public everywhere, whose
means will admit Of their securing treat
ment with the Electro Vapor and medical.
ed baths, we beg leave to bid them hope
There is no time to waste in despondency
Health is again within your reach Ii dru;,
treatment has failed TO benefit you try
something else Thousands have gone to
Hot Springs, Arkansas, with the most dis
tressing maladies and returned cured. Our
system of treatment is positively an I'M
provement upon those springs, because we
have all their medical advantages, with the
addition of electricity, which
every intelligent physician now
comedies to be powerful curative
agent in the hands Of Science, we here ad-
ministered hundreds of these baths in every
form of disease acute and chronic to all
ages and both sexes. And we unhesita-
tingly affirm that there is no single or COM
bined remedy that has come within the
range of our knowledge during an extern
sive practice of over twenty-five years stand
ing which carries such speedy and complete
relief to suffering humanity as do these
baths where judiciously administered.
Bathing hours from eight to eleven A. NJ.
from one to five, and from seven to eight p.
M. Office of DR.. Vim. H. Marean, No 140
Commercial avenue between Eighth and
Ninth street.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-25
KOEHLER'S MARKET.

Mr.. Fred Koehler opened his meat
market on the corner Of Nineteenth and
Poplar Saturday last and displayed an i'm
mense quantity Of the choicest meats of all
kinds Having furnished our citizens with
meats as far back as the memory of man
reaches, he is acquainted with the their
needs and wishes and has made practice
of catering to their wants. He buys only
the best and healthiest stock IN large nun
bers and therefore his patrons are assured
when purchasing from him, that they re
ceive the most wholesome meats at reason
able rates. The place, corner Of Nine
teenth and Poplar, should not be forgotten
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-25

HANCOCK AND ENGLISH CADETS.
Newt. NJ. Kent, Alex, G. Abel,
Z. II. James, Jno. Baird,
H. c. Schulz, Ed c. Halliday,
Willie Whitaker, Edward J. Harris,
Frank A. earle, Jos. H. Mcnamara,
George W. Moore, George W. Weldon,
Chas W. Splller, Ed. c. Eiseman,
P. Zimmerman, F. Fry,
R. H. Robinson, Oliver McNulty,
Will R. Hendrix, M. f. Black,
Charles W. Frank, John Glynn,
G.. Bouchet, NJ Walsh,
J. B. Boone, Sud Tester,
J. Duggan, NJ. Cahill,
Willie Curran, Chas. Quinn,
VIM. Bambrick, Patsy Powers,
VIM. Reley, c. Feuchter,
William B. Williamson.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-25

The WAR AMONG Boor AND SHOE DEAL.
ERs is raging, but IT is generally conceded
that the best place TO buy IS at {. Koch's
shoe store, where always will be found the
largest and best stock Of custom handmade
boots and shoes tor the lowest prices. We
are daily receiving new goods, and doubt
less carry the largest stock Of custom-made
goods IN this city, Of the best manufacturers
For bargains call at G. Koch, No. 80 Com.
mercial avenue, between 9th and 9th streets
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-25
THE ROSS pUMp

Is the best clstern pump ever used. 1t
purfes the water, carrying several gallons
Of air to the bottom Of the cistern at every
turn Of the crank, cannot get out Of order,
is noiseless and cheap. Hundreds Of them
are in use and in no case would the pur-
chasers do without them. Send for price
list or call and examine them. at our lum.
Office. LANCASTER & RICE, Agents.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-25
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
SPECIAL LOCAL ITEMS.
Notices in this column five cents per line, each
insertion.
ICE CREAM.

The undersigned will, on and after
May list, be prepared to furnish our citi-
gems first rate quality of ice cream,
equal in every way to that furnished in
Chicago, made fresh daily, and furnished
in freezer, from one gallon upwards; deliv-
cred to any part of the city, This cream is
made by an experienced artist and cannot
tail to give satisfaction on trial. Orders
left at ice house, corner Eighth and Levce,
will receive prompt attention. Will be fur
nished at 81 .95 per gallon in quantities from
one gallon upwards. ROBERT HEwErr,
A uopt
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-25

A. W. BUssEY, st. Catharines, Ont,
writes have been sufferer for years
with dyspepsia and indigestion and have
tried numerous remedies, but none have
done me any good, until tried your Spring
Blossom. / can now, sleep, relish my food,
have no headache and am in fact perfectly
cured. | can confidently recommend it..
Paul G. Schulz. agent
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-25
MERCHANT TAILORING.

AL. Antrim has opened tailoring and
general repairing establishment where
securing, cleaning and renovating clothing,
will be done on short notice. He will carry
full line Of piece goods, and manufacture
suits TO order, guaranteeing satisfaction.
Shop in Alba's new building ON CONNER.
cial avenue
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-25

GEO. MEREDITH, Jersey City, writes
The Spring Blossom you sent me has had
the hsppiest effect on my daughter, her
headache aud depression OF spirits has van.
ished. She IS again able to 90 to school
and is as lively us a cricket. shall Ger
talnly recommend II to all my friends
Paul G. Schulz, agent.