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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-25
Catfish Catching Ducks.

Recently the Bee. mentioned the fact
that wild duck had Matched brood of
seven ducklings in the slough near d
street, and could be seen early in the
morning with the colony, the rest of the
time hiding in the willow jungles.
They became about half-grown, but
within the past twelve days have met
with singular death from an unex-
pected source. A gentleman who be-
came accustomed to seeing and looking
for them as he went to his work was
one morning surprised to see one of
them suddenly sink in an awkward
manner and not appear again but con-
Guided that it had hidden in the brush.
The next morning there were only six
OF the young ones seen near the same
spot Suddenly one of these went I'M
der with struggle, futtering of half
fedged wings, and a quacking. What
was the force was mystery, though
the other birds fed in alright. The
next two mornings the same was re-
peated, the number being reduced one
each time.
The fifth day the ducks seemed to be
very cautious, avoiding deep water and
brush. The next day the observer, who
had become very much interested. spent
half an hour watching the mother and
her three remaining darlings. At
length they noated alongside the foot
bridge where he was standing. When
they neared post in the water up
from behind it darted largo catfish
that was in waiting for the feathered
victim. One was seized by the BODY,
and the jaws of the rapacious fish hid
the prisoner from view as the captor
deliberately swan away to its den in
the brush. The next day the witness
saw another conquest from distance,
but could not see the fish. Since then
he has watched four mornings, but has
not seen the mother and the other young
one. 1t is matter of doubt whether
they were captured or took warning by
the fate of the six and left for parts un-
known. Bee.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-25
How Maine Lumbermen Live.

An interesting souvenir comes from
the lumber woods of the North in the
form of communication written very
leglbly on fine sheet of birch bark and
incased in an envelope composed of the
same material. The letter is dated
Mattamiscontis, No 2, range Z, about
fifteen miles from any settlement, in q
lumber camp where Mr.. John McGreg-
or has crew of men engaged in cutting
spool wood for his factory. The writer
gives some idea of how men live in
logging camp: "Our camp is built of
rough logs of poplar laid up on the
sides about four feet and running up to
pitch in the center of about ten feet,
the roof is covered with cedar splints
four feet long and laid the same as
shingles, making very good covering.
though not very tight The floor is
made of poles laid on the ground. We
have two stoves one large heater,
three feet long, and the other cooking
stove. For sleeping apartments we
have berth made the length of the
camp, which is nineteen and one-half
feet, and accommodates fourteen men.
In front of this and on a range with the
stove is the deacon seat, of the same
length as the camp. Our living con-
sists of pork and beans. bread and cook
les, gingerbread and old-fashioned
doughnuts, dried apples. beef, Goldfish.
mackerel, tea and molasses. For break
fast we have pork and beans hot from
the oven, with gingerbread, cookies and
tea. For dinner, which Is eaten in the
woods, we have beans, doughnuts and
bread, with tea, and occasionally beef.
For supper we have goldfish or macker-
oil and potatoes, with fried pork. We
get any amount of fresh perch and pick
erel close by the camp, in Mattamiscon-
It's Lake. Fish forms prominent item
in our diet. "-Ba1gOr (Me. Wing.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-25
Influence Of Poetry on Snake. Bites.

There is probably nothing older in
medicine than the belief that hymn, if
sung at the right time and place, will cure
almost any complaint. When Odysseus
was struck by the wild boar, Homer tells
us that his friends sang song of healing
over the wound. Another classical writer
advises us not to sing songs over hurts
that need the knife. and this advice might
have been recalled with profit by Ram
chunder Chose. lately serpent charmer
doing good business in Puddoopookur
A cobra was found in a shop where poor
Chose happened to be sitting, and the
public were anxious to put it to death.
Chose, from motives of humanity, and,
perhaps, to advertise his skill, offered
to charm" the cobra. He did manage
to collar it, and was about to place it in
a chatty, when the cobra bit its charmer.
Ramchunder Chose. who seems TO have
been an earnest man in his way, refused
to go to hospital, or to suffer any med
ical treatment He repeated some
,nantras, or sacred strains from the
Vedas, and said 1t would be all right The
manrras however, failed ON this occasion,
and Chose expired. the victim of mis-
placed confidence in his professio1Al
skill, and in the influence of poetry on
snake-bites. London Grophic.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-25

| weeks ..ras-ss -.s-r..r.. .rstrasa.fasre
Vermont spent SAG, 470 on its pub
lie schools last year. The 1887 COM
mon schools were attended by $4,000
children, the average daily attendance
being 47.772. The male teachers num-
Der 653 female, 3,723. -s
Since the beginning of the present
year, Rev. j. S. Clough, the Baptist.
missionary in Ongoli. among the Telu-
gus, has baptized 1900 converts. This
mission is one of the most remarkable
in the world. Detroit Post
The solicitorship of the London
School Board is something of sinecure-
The salary is $4,000 year, and the
commissions during the past ten years
have averaged $4,000 annually. 1t is
not surprising, therefore, to notice that
rate-payer made mild objection at q
recent meeting, and that the commits
sion was cut down $4,000. The salary
is not yet so small, however. that the
solicitor will be likely to resign.
: Making such institutions as the
public schools residences for janitors
and their families is very questionable
practice. 1t is necessary to have a care
full man about the premises, but not to
have his wife and children. When q
dangerous disease breaks out in his
household it is his policy to keep silent
about i so as not to be turned out of
doors. and probably for long time out
of employment Janitors should have
dwelling away from the schools -
Chicago Journal. Jos ksits A---. 2iN.
The Rev. DR.. Scudder, who recent
ly accepted a call to the Plymouth Con-
gregational Church of Chicago, after q
twelve-years' pastorate over the Central
Congregational Church of Brooklyn,
was complmented with farewell testi-
monial meeting of the Manhattan Con-
gregational Association of New York.
1t was stated that the membership of
the Central Church had increased dur
ing DIR. Scudder's charge from $50 to
1,34O.- Chicago Tribune.
"A letter from York, Md, in relation
to the old church in that town reminds
a correspondent of an anecdote told by
the venerable Parson Moody, who was
once pastor of the church. He was q
good man and a good minister and had
ways of his own for rebuking sin. He
once lost some meat from his cellar, and
thought he knew who the thief was, but
lacked proof. The next Sunday he
stopped short in his sermon and ex-
claimed: 1.-THE man who stole the meat
from me will wipe the feather off his
nose" The suspected man at once con-
victed himself by drawing his hand
across his face.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-25
THE VoICEs OF THE DEAD.

Tho voices of the deadl
n =, HOW strangely they pursue us.
On highways, or in byways, whereve, we are
Though in soft and gentle accents
they always whisper tous,
iet louder than the living are the voices Of
The voices of the dead,
- 10 our better selves appealing,
Admonish us, and urge us to forsake the evil
Their thought of us and care of us
so tendeny revealing.
That often for their sakes alone we cease to no
astray. .ff .t'1
Mysteriously they come
Our memories to Quicken, H
When the present would beguile us from re-
membrance of the past,
And underneath the smiles
The tears begin to thicken,
All the bright horizon with clouds overcast
Sometimes they come to WOO
our hearts away from sadness;
10 speak OF brighter promises and hopes to be
And over us there steals trt
a sense of peace and gladness,
AND all the tumult and the fears tormentng us
are stiled. r|t..
The voices of the dead
II, proach us, oh. how sadlyl
For idleness and folly, and too prodfgal dis
When careless of the end ftI
We are rushing onward madly
And throwing all our golden opportunities
away.
We hear them in our dreams;
And the hearts that are now wholly
In bondage to the world and all the pleasures
earth can give,
Feel celestial thrill,
As If angels. bending lowly,
dad stopped to give them comfort and to teach
them how to live.
But all they speak in vain
To those who. dull ana reckless daring,
Would never pause to listen even to what an
angel said
But, satisfied with self, .Ht
Go on their way, unheeding
The voices of the living and the voices of the
dead.
Josephine Pollard, IN ~ Y LEDGER
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-25

"A New York man arraigned for
bigamy excused himself on the ground
that his first wife had agreed to support
herself, and failing to do so he consid-
cred himself absolved from the marriage
VOWS and fully authorized to marry
again. The excuse lodged him in Jail
IN. Y. Sun.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-25
RELIGIOUS AND EDuCArIoNAI.

The Toronto Globe says that the
average expenses OF the students i'm
Toronto university for fees, board. boats,
$3.50 each per academic year of 81
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-25

Vermont spent SAG, 470 on its pub
lie schools last year. The 1887 COM
mon schools were attended by $4,000
children, the average daily attendance
being 47.772. The male teachers num-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-11-16
A MOTHERS HEROIC DEATH
Dying in the Flames After Res
cuing Five Children.

PoTTSvILLE, Nov. 11.-At an early
hour yesterday morning fire broke out
in the residence of John HepleT, we'll
tO-do farmer living in the WilliamspOrt
Valley, near Tower City. Mr.. Hepler
was away from home. Mrs. Hepler and
six children were in bed at the time
The cracking flames, which quickly
spread and soon envelOped the whole
building, awoke Mrs. Hepler, who con
sciOus of the danger which surrounded
her and her family, rushed to the aid of
the children, who slept in different
rooms. She succeeded in rescuing five
of them. Almost exhausted, she again
entered the burning building for the
sixth child, an interesting two year old
boy, the youngest of the family. Before
she reached his bedside all means Of es-
cape were cut off and both perished in
the flames. When their charTed re-
mains were found, the child was locked
in the mothers arms. Mrs. Hepler was
45 years of age. The origin of the fire
is not exactly known, but is supposed
to have started in the kitchen! The
house, with all its contents, was totally
destroyed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-11-16

tiOn that all the Southern states may
be safely relied upon to elect Democratic
successors to their outgoing Senators,
about which there is not the slightest
question, The returns also indicate
the reelection of Senators Macpherson
and Salisbury from New Jersey and
Delaware. Maine, Minnesota, Michi-
gan and other Northern states which
elect Senators next winter, must also
return Republicans without exception
to insure this result. The reports from
Colorado and Nebraska, each of which
elects Senator during the coming win
ter, tend to cast doubt about the result.
The Democrats claim to have a majority
of the Legislature in Colorado, while III
Nebraska it seems to be about evenly
divided between Democrats, Republi-
oans and Anti -MOnOpOlists. What may
be the outcome of an election in such
Legislature, it is difficult to fOresee,-
Should the successors to Messrs. Saund-
ers and ChilcOtt fail to be straight Re-
publicans, the Senate might again be
tie, and it is an open question as to who
may be the acting Vice President from
the 4th of March next until the inaug-
uratiOn of the next Executive in 1885.
1t is understood that the President will
call a special session of the Senate to
convene at IL o'clock on the 4th of March
to elect a successor to Vice President
pro tenn Davis, whose term expires at
that time.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-11-16
VIRGINIA.

RICHMOND, Nov. 11.-COrrected re-
turns from the counties of the first dis
trict, all official except one, show Garri-
son, Democrat, elected over Mayo, COali-
ZIONIST, by 80 majority. 1t is reported
here that the official figures from the
seventh district will so change the re-
suit there that the election of O'Farrall,
Democrat, over Paul, COalitionist, is as
sured.
FREDERICKSBURG, Nov. 11.-Reports,
official and unofficial, from all the coun-
Democrat, by 20 majority.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE latest re-
turns from Virginia indicate the cleo
tiOn of John Massey, Democrat, as Con-
gresham -at-large, and the defeat of
John s. Wise, Readjuster.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-11-16
DISASTER AT SEA.

LONDON, Nov. 13.-The steamer West
phalia, of the HambuTg-American line,
from New York, Nov. 2d, for Hamburg
via Plymouth, has put in at Portsmouth
with hole in her pOrt-bow, received by
a collision with an unknown steamer off
Beachy Head early this morning. The
the Westphalia to search for the other
steamer is missing. A steamer has been
sent to search for the missing boat and
steamer. 1t is believed the missing
steamer has gone to the bottom with ali
hands, also the missing boat of the
Westphalia, which contained an officer
and six men. The officers of the West
phalia report that it was intensely dark
at the time of the collision, witt heavy
aaa
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-11-16
THE NEXT SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-The following
Senator's terms expire on the third of
March: ChilcOtt, Salisbury, the sue
cessor to Senator Hill of Georgia, David
Davis, McDill, Beck, Kellogg, Frye, ,Hoar,
Ferry, Window, Lamar, Saunders, Rol-
lins, Mcpherson, Ransom, Grover, An
thOny, Butler, Harris, Coke, Johnston,
Davis of West Virginia, OF these, An
thony has been chosen to succeed him
self; Dolph, Republican, in place of Gro
yer, Democrat; Riddleberger, Readjus-
ter, in place of Johnston, Democrat, and
Randall Gibson, Democrat, in place of
Kellogg. The Republicans, counting
David Davis's successor, would thus gain
3 and lose !, and the Senate would stand
40 Republicans and Readjusters to SO
Democrats. This 10 with the presump-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-11-16
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION

CLEVELAND, o., November 13.--This
afternoon the boilor In the Forest City
killing four men, seriously injuring
four or five others and slightly wound
ing half dozen more. The wonder is
that larger number were not killed, as
nearly $50 men were at work in the
building. A large portion of the roof
was torn off and fragments of the boiler
were hurled great distance. The cause
of the explosion is unknown. The killed
are: VIM. Atkins, master machinist of
the works; i; ID. Wright, of WyandOt; -
Gallagher, furnace man, and John Will
-liams, first engineer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-11-16
ROBEsON's DEFEAT.
EXhilerating to Government EN-
DlOyeS,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-The thousands
of civil service employees find no difficult
ty in Interpreting the results of the
elections. The. news of RObesOn's de-
ed around the corner of Pennsylvania
avenue and Tenth street on Tuesday
night and loaded the air with cheers as
the returns from the great robbers dis
trict came in. All the Government en-
plOyes realized how fatal his leadership
over his downfall as over the fact that
Jay Hubbell is no longer in public life,
and will no longer squander the sums
extOrted from employees by system of
brigandage which, quite as much as
RObesOn's leadership, disgraces the last
days of the Republican party.
The expulsion of these two men is re-
ceiVed by men in the Government EN-
plOy as a compensation for their own
misfOrtunes so near at hand.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-11-16

day evening, near Bigbee Valley, about
twenty miles below here, Miss Pare, a
white woman of loose reputation, was
raped and murdered by a negro. Her
body was found in the woods near the
road with her skull fractured. The MUIR
dered was captured, examined and COM
mitted to Jail. He escaped, but was re-
captured, and on Thursday night taken
from the custody of the Justice Of the
peace by mob Of forty and hung.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-11-16

HELENA, November 13.-Magginnis
Oem.) majority will be over fifteen hun
dred. The Legislature is Democratic.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-10
< HaIfb7eed Joke.

Senator Lapham WAS elected to succeed Roscoe Conkling by the New York Legis- lature. as the result of a compact of the Halfbreeds and moEopolista. lie was carried in on the shoulders of paper pulp monopoly Miller, who succeeded Hcnoraoie Senator Thomas Nj. Platt. As kind or friendly compensation to Senator Miller TOT hi. assistance in hoisting hin into the Sen ate, Lapham presented a petition praying thst proceeding, of Congress should be printed in such numbers as would turnlsh a copy to each family ill the United States and had it raferred to the Printing Commit tee. Senator Anthony, from tho coGinit- tee on Printing, has reported back "llG asked to be discharged from its consideration. l He remarked that 1t seemed tD the colhinit- tee that the petition must haya been go'- ten up by some eminent Paperm"keT; Una the cost of such publications would exceed s7o ooo.ooo per snnum. Tha committee was d. charged from further consideration of the subject. This is enc of the Itlie | iokers" with winch "haltbfeeu poii''o.'.i'' delight to surprise tue country. Ii Mr
 Conkling had been reelected, it F In
 possible that such preposterous propo sition could ever have been counteilaneeI bv him; but then his friend Rad colleague
 Piatt, was not papeEmaker, and had h' itching palm to be cured by the application of congressional papoE ointment as Senator l Miller has. The comlnitte on Printing e'
 .;uated the cost of paper and printing a
 S7o, ooo, ,ooo per annum; but tho posT]g'
 should be added, which would greatly Ill
 crease that amount The country will iearl bv degrees how much it has lost by the ex
 clusion of Roscoe Conkling from the Cnl's' States Senate.-Post
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-10
Our Indians.

Readers of the MINEk will remember that our opinion has always been. that the h. dians of Arizona should not be removed. Our reasons ars numerous. We believe the time has not arrived for their removal The San Carlos Indians were given reservation upon which to live. In short space of time the discovery is made, that upon said reservation there exists valuable deposits of coal. and the Tucson Journals send out the lamentable vail, that poor To must give way to the white mar, and become deniz.ns of a barren country over in the Indian Terri tory.
 Ju,.ice is due to all races, of whatever s"', ,,r nationality, and the coal upon the s., = rios Reservation is just as much the .... ty of tn. Indians, as the type is the
 arty of the Tucson Journalist.
 Il4a Indians should be allowed to lease t:.cir coal fields, and receive . royalty for every ounce of coal taken of their rsserva- tion. The Government agent sheuld watch and guard carefully the interests of his sub- iects, and every dollar received through the sale of coal or other mineral deposits. should be iudiciously expended in building houses for the Indians, and iE otherwise adding tc their comfort Le5 this be done, and the Indian question will be forever settled. The Indian should be Protected,. and made to respect the laws, and We believe will be-
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-10
RAILROAD TOPIC,
Route 70 be Chanrsd.

News cemes by telegraph to the Division Engineer of the A. & P R. R. west of Blackberry to suspend all wori, west of that point, as other arrangements are about to be made in connection with the construction of the road. 1t is to bo change north, to connect with the Utah Southern, or south down the Colorado river, to connect with the s. r. R. R. It appears that Hunting ton has finger in the pie with Gould, and we believe the latter route will be adopted. Let the cat jump as 1t may, Tavapai will have plenty of R. R. faceli:ies, andPrescott will be the great center,
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-10
The State of Arizona.

A bill has been introduced in Congress, The introducing part IS all there Is to the ~natter at present. Any sane man ought, certainly, 60 understand, that although Ar izona, is prol ably Republican in complex ion, taking thelast legislature as guide bar ring of course, the members who illegally took seats through the San Simon frauds. She nevertheless has Democratic Delegate, which has tendency to lead Republican is Democratic, hence her admmission is en- tirely out of the question, as the Adminis- tration would hardly accept a sister unless of complexion similar to that of the stal- warts. Our last census gave the population, including some Indians, Chinese, etc., st something less than 4, coo. Taking it for granted that ve have gained 10000 since. We still have but 7. little over 50,000 inhab itsnts. seventy n,id thousand less than the auoto. unts, ich ws could claim a right to adm, n,sz,. With thc completion of the iron hiSlw+. I3g- Inc northern portion of the Tsrritory, ,,i.si4tion will come tousrsp- idly, and 1t is reasonable |" expsct that the n.1t Delegate might, under some .a5 oi numerical stronst tn. ir+- --ee bill for the -3rnfssi..- --.s --o,v state 9. Arizona At 7re4sns the bia is premature, and -TE-l-r-= amount to nothing. What e-asnt, is bills for l,,5-5s77.sz-5 7.-I .aailiries al over tho Territory. Arnro1 o1rIstions for miE-, pub r, highwsrs. e-5 Ihls State question is all buncor, let it have originated whsre it may.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-10
Mohave County Mines.

Many interesting accounts we hear or the great mining revolution in Mohave county From time to time it has been our pleasant duty to speak of our sister county as her merit justly deserve. But with tins new developments spring up, and it becomes our pleasure to note them. In the Fairfield we learn Hon. v. IL Hardy has found an abundance of good milling ore, and proper negotiations have been perfected for work ing the same. All around the Mineral Park and Cerbat sections fine gold lodges can be seen and purchased yet for much less than their real value, while over iR Gold Basin we hear of a most wonderful gold mine, which has from 1o to 14, GOO tons of S4o orc on the surface. Ui:l indications of an end less qpsntiry t-s&1h.
 Let Inc E, ] ore~ approach these min era. fields. .4 .'.s revolution in mining matters vii .r a.s any one of the sever wonders. 2o:4,, -oulty is not properly appreciated sh.NAd.
 It is one of the richest mineral sections in the United States, and at ao distant day these good men who nave stayed with thu county for so many years, will, aI they de aerve to, reap rich harvest.