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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-10-14

which point the c,bles Of the Central and
South American Telegraph Company ex-
tend to the ISthmus OF Tehuautepec, thence
TO the Pacific, thence by cables to
Lima, ip Peru, where they CONNECT
with the cables Of TIE West Coast
Telegraph COMPANY, now laid TO Valpafaisoi
Chill. These lines comprise 1910 miles OF
submarine cable and Boz miles OF land liHe,.
and connect exclusively with 10000 miles OF
wire in Mexico, Central and South America.
The lines bring into communication with
the United States and Europe population
Of,g35. 100000, transacting an annual COM
merce Of over $500, 900. .rs1I
SOME of the Sac and Fox Indians of
iowa Haven't much faith in the white mans
government. Representatives of the tribes
in Washington have been trying to persuade
Commissioner Price to let them have $4,000
! due them without requiring them to sign
their names to the pay roll. They have for
six years refused to sign their names, fear
ing that the making OF their signatures
would get them into trouble, and during
those years they have denied themselves the
possession of 81 900 apiece which they could
have had at any time by signing their names
The Commissioner is trying to Induce. these
suspicious and cautious red men 70, oyer
come their scrupes.
THE amount of gold certificates Sent
to New York on the 9th for the signature, oil
the Assistant Treasurer was S46,60S,000
making the total to date s125, 52O, 900. Tht
Treasury Department is in receipt ofiappli-
cations for these certificates from all Sec
tfOy, of h L. H.,
not besupplied fast enough under the pres
ent system. In order to facilitate the issue
it il proposed 10 issue Washington certif-
cate which would not have to be counter
signed. i.ef
SULTAN PASTA, President of the
Chamber Of Notables, thinks that Turkish
Intervention in Egypt would mean anarchy.
He maintains that the cost OF joint control is
extravagant, and that e4p0,0 600 might be
saved annually by the substitution of eff
cient native for foreign officials. lie admits
that the mass Of the population is unfit for a
representative govel1lment. Z Il ILIlO/
\ THIRTY persons have, been poisoned
at, London, optario,, from eating he 40, cheese
maj ufactltsedA by 5loesA butchers. GtIiht 81
ciabs attribute the trouble to biistles chop
ped up with the skin of the pork, causing
irritatioh5oi the stomach y ithc rpaatin9 and
producing spasms and vomiting >, Some of
the sufferers are very low, BUTT issupposed
that all will recover. .oa1''. l"
THE Chicago brewers. have. decided
that in view of the failure of the hop crop
and the high price OF barley it would be-
come necessary, within the next two
months, to increase the price OF beer by the
barrel. boo 's fH 10" 80
The German steamer Herder, from
New York, Oct. ., for Hamburg, with 2ss
passengers, went ashore on the Newfound-
land coast the other night. All the passen.
gers and crew were landed without accident.
1t is believed the ship and cargo will be a
total loss. -
The people near Lancaster, Texas,
are much excited over the appearance OF a
hairy legged wild man who roams the chap.
paral. t"a as" 81 80 rs
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-10-14

Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND PoLrrIcAr..

The election in Georgia passed off
quietly. Stephens majority is estimated at
10000. Returns from Delaware show
small Democratic majority.
HE Democrats of Connecticut have
nominated Thomas NJ. Waller for Governor
and George G. Sumner for Lieutenant Gov
ernor.
ADELAIDE Phillips, the famous
sontralto, died at Carlsbad the other day.
She was born at Stratford. on Avon, in 1893,
and ten years later made her debut as an ac-
tress in Boston. She attracted the notice Of
Jenny Lind, and funds were raised to give
her musical education. She first appeared
In opera in New York in 1856, and in Paris
in 1861. She had fine place at Marshfeld,
Mass.
HENRY c. FISK, clark Of the Pacific
Railroad Committee of The House Of Repre-
sentatives, disappearedJune l6. 1t is feared
that he lost his reason, as his mother and
brother died In the insane asylum at Utica,
N. Y. He was colonel In the Union army.
WILL ROSE, the Illinois journalist who
started for San Franeisco;bn a bicycles has
arrived at Cheyenne, Wyo. -rsrs7t en-
DE LEssEPs testiies that Arab ex-
erted himself to maintain the neutrality of
the Suez Canal. tttl fItrE r.rfA
THE peace negotiations between Chilli
and Peru are broken off because of the re-
fusal of Chill to abate any of her demands.
NEGOTIATIONS with the Powers on
the Egyptian question are progressing ia
vorably. The eXertions OF Germany to
bring about friendly understanding are
m with 10
HOWARD CARROLL, d journalist of
New York, whose name has been mentioned
as the Republican candidate for Congress.
man at-large, sends out a card stating that
he will pay nothing to secure an election,
nor, il elected, will he take any notice of APP
plcations for Office n"f .frt n't" f.,'
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-10-14
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


A TRAIN on the Midland & Northern
Railroad was derailed while approaching
Goldsboro, n. c., on the 9Th. Several cars
rolled down the embankment. One man is
reported killed and several passengers in
jured. 'f
MEXICAN robbers at Tacubaya killed
Frederic Hubbi the tax collector, MORALLY
wounded his wife, and took $4,000 from
the safe. iH-
AT Galveston, Texas, Oct. Z, little
daughter OF Charles Werth was crushed to
death by the wheels of dray driven by
Andrew Conrad. "A
oILERexplosion at Lohgford Mills,
Ontario, killed Fireman Ellis and Frederick
Grey. David Roberts and several Others
were seriously injured. .,a.,Je
GEORGE HUNTINGTON, of Amesbury; ,
Mass, his wife, and four children were
drowned while boating, Oct. Z.
JAMES HAY SMITH, agent for manu-
featuring firm in Montreal, Quebec, either
committed suicide or was murdered and
thrown in the river, at Chicago, the other
day. ........
In collision near Bridgeville, Del,
on the It'll, Edward Webb, cclored, was
killed and three other trainmen were seri-
ously injured.
L. g. HEDGES, an estimable young
man in business at Des Mones, Iowa., acci-
dentally killed himself while examining. a
revolver before retiring the other night.
JOHN POLLING, proprietor of the
European Hotel at PlattsmoutfssNeb., and
j. Mather had some words the other day
about letter said to have been received by.
the latter from MRS. Polling. The.two men
met on the street, Octl7th, and went I'd the
hotel, where, after closing the, doors Polling
pulled his pistol and made fatal wound IN
Mather's head, after which he walk cd out
and surrendered to the sheriff. "a
FRANK HIT, aged IS, son of a car
inspector, was decapitated by train In the
depot at Hornelsville, N. Y, the other day.
LEOPOLD FURRER, President of the
Board Of Supervisors at Yuma, Arizona,
was shot dead by William Douchy for re-
fusing to pay an alleged debt. The latter
was taken to the Penitentiary for fear Of
lynching.
JACOB BECKER, young man en-
poyed in Farrell's lead works, pittsburgh,
Pa, was caught in the machinery and
whrled to death on the 9th.
A. w. Ross, coal dealer of Cincin-
natl, was murdered near Glendale, Ohio,
the other night. His head was beaten to u
jelly, and his watch and part Of the chain
and his pocket-boo were taken. The cor
poration Of Glendale has offered reward OF
$4,000 for the arrest of the murderer.
DANIEL HUNT, a laborer, was buried
alive in gravel slide at Westerville, Ohio,
the other day.
c. II. GRANT and companion named
tanning quarreled with VIM. Clancy, sa-
loon-keeper at Trenton, N. j., the other
night, about the price OF some drinks. All
three were stabbed and otherwise injured
Grants wounds were considered serious.
j. S. RENDELHUBER, captain of an
artillery company at Memphis, Tenn, shot
himself through the brain on the Sth. De-
spondency was the cause.
>ALDoNA, President of Cundinamarca,
United States Of Columbia, and his secre-
tary, have been assassinated.
THEODORE HAsKE, aged 2S, and VIM.
Haske, 26. blew out the gas 10 q room at
the Annex Hotel, Brooklyn, NJ Y, the
other night, and were found dead the next
morning.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30
A Bank Clerks Sacrifice,

A good many years ago cashier
took II little lad from nciGhbOring
pOorhouse and when the boy had be.
come a youth he was given II respon-
sible position in the bank of which his
patron was practically the head. Later
the cashier stole more than $4,000
from the bank. Exposure was threat
encd every day, and the guilty officer
in period Of depression, confessed to
the youth that he proposed to kill him
self. Young Ray, the protege, was
smitten with horror as lie thought of
the terrible turn in affairs, but having
weighed the matter, the next day he
threw himself into the breach. He
suggested, and the cashier eagerly az
cepted the suggestion, that he should
fasten the guilt upon himself and all
scond, thus leaving his patron honest
in the worlds eyes, though blackened
in his own. What the public heard
of the Westport robbery was th1c /,
bank clerk named Ray had ssolen
$4,000.
Detectives found several clews, but
not until years afterward was the
secret disclosed One of the detectives
who had been employed in the case
came up with Ray under still more
romantic circumstances. The detec-
tive, according to his "reminiscences
published in San Francisco paper,
p was called recently to a Western city
to ferret ont the person who had
robbed private house of 200 gold
eagles. The only man under arrest
was one, Henry Martin. AS soon as
the detective saw Martin the former
said "You are Dallas Ray, who
robbed the Westport bank" Ray then
told the true story Of the robbery and
the story has been verified since. Ray
claimed thai he was innocent of the
gold eagle burglary and asked the de-
tective to take note to his sweet
heart, Miss Morse. When the latter
heard Of her lovers predicament she
threw her whole soul into obtaining
proof of his innocence. She went tC
the house where the robbery had been
committed. Having asked if the bur
glar had left anythingin his flight, she
was given q handkerchief that had
been dropped by the intruder. She
put the handkerchief to her nose and
exclaimed: Find the thief who uses
this perfume (naming the peculiar
brandy and you will find your eagles.
1t was found that only One drug store
in the city sold that kind Of perfumery,
and that only one bottle had been
bought within the preceding month
Need it be added that the purchaser
was traced, the eagles regained and
the lovers married!
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30
For Young Folks Winter Nights.

The following may serve to while
away some long winter evenings Can
you place newspaper on the floor in
such way that two persons can easily
stand upon it and not be able to touch
one another with their hands? An
swer-Yes, by putting the paper in
the doorway, one-half inside and the
other half outside of the room, and
closing the door over it, two persons
can easily stand upon it and still be be-
yond each others reach. Can you put
one of your hands where the other can
not touch il? Easily; by putting one
hand on the elbow of the other arm.
Can you place pencil on the floor in
such way that no one can jump over
it? Yes, if place it close enough to
the wall of the room. Can you push
a chair through finger ring? Yes
by putting a ring on the finger and
pushing the chair with the finger.
You can put yourself through a key
hole by taking piece of paper with
the " ords yourself " written upon it
and pushing it through the hole. You
can ask question that no one can an
swer with "no," by saying what does
yes spell? You can go out of the
room with two legs and return with
six, by bringing chair with you.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30
Ones First Earthquake.

A private letter recently received
from Miss Fanny Snow, containing an
interesting account of the earthquake
in Mexico, is so full of interest that
we have been permitted to make the
following extract. 1t is known to
some of Miss Shows friends that she
went to the City of Mexico last Octo-
Der to be associated with Miss NJ. L..
Latimer, formerly Of Rochester, in Or
ganizing Il mission school for girls, un-
der the Presbyterian boald of foreign
missions "This has been a day to be
remembered. This morning we invited
the Q-.s to come up to tea to-
night. After school we sailed forth
to buy clans for clam-choWder, cake
and various things. We We're
walking briskly along San Francisco
street, in the hot sun, when felt my
self suddenly whirling-could not see.
l called out, frightened, Why, Miss
L, I'm dizzy" so am t.. she re-
sponded; and then l think for a mo-
ment l lost my senses, for / had
wild idea that l must get some
where under shelter. AS l. saw peo-
pie all around dropping on their knees,
| did not want to be the one eonspic-
uous parsonage on the street who
could not kneel to the archbishop or
the holy sacrament. Whatever /
thought / staggered into shoe store,
and Just as l got inside it struck me
that an earthquake was in, session.
They were repairing someehing or
other in the store, and l vaguely felt
through my dizziness that l must get
out from under the scaffolding, and l
somehow found myself in the
street, standing on the corner
and clinging to building. By
that time had recovered my senses,
and could philosophize on the subject.
1t was very interesting to watch the
people. They poured out of the stores
into the streets, and very generally
knelt. | took in the height of the
buildings around, and concluded that
should they fallintO the narrow streets
one might as well be in one spot as in
another, so stayed in the shade. 1t
was very quiet, not a word spoken
anywhere. | don't suppose it lasted
three minutes, but it was the queerest
sensation imaginable. For the mo-
ment that l did not know what it was
1 was dreadfully frightened, but the
moment it occurred to me it was only
an earthquake, / was as composed as
if had taken earthquakes for a daily
exercise all my life. was quite sea
sick for a.little while, and never was
seasick at sea. l am actually so dizzy
now, at 10 o'clock, that l can hardly
! rite Rochester Democrat.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30
NO. Al.
THANKSGIVING.

Through centuries the golden links have run
Our fathers fathers, like their girls and
boys,
Fer blessed the mellow Indian summer sun
That gave this crown of all their house,
hold joys.
1t brought the dear and distant wanderer
back,
1t placed the infant on the grandsire's
knee,
And wondrously it smoothed vexation's track,
New warmth rekindling for the time to be-
Oh, rich the garners by our fathers stored,
And glad and deep their dear Thanks
giving glow;
Our own but echo round the festive board
The voices of hundred years ago.
For now as thon, Thanksgiving goeth up,
For every earnest impulse uIIo truth,
For blessings lingering in old ages cup,
And oil the promise round the feet OF
youth.
-Geo1ue H. Cooner.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

A very durable artificial ivory has
recently been prepared by dissolving
shellac in ammonia, mixing the solu-
ton with oxide of zinc, driving off
the ammonia by heating, powdering
and strongly compressing in molds.
Professor Burns, of Tubingen, has
made some experiments on dogs which
he regards as proving that bone-mar-
row, completely separated from the
bone, may be transplanted under the
skin of the same animal at a remote
part of the body with the result of
giving rise to the formation of new
bone and cartilage.
The law that bodies evaporate the
moisture they contain the faster the
more surface they have will remain
true in regard to earth, and it will fol
low that the finer the soil is pulverized
the faster it will become dry under
given circumstances; but evaporation,
to be rapid, requires dry air to receive
the vapor. And to give soil the most
benefit from dew, it must be made po-
rous so that the moist air can touch the
greatest surface.
Vaccination is henceforth to be COM
pulsory in China. One cause for pop
ular opposition to it is that it is the
practice there to vaccinate children on
the tip of the nose. A reward Of half
a tael, which the government has Of
fered for every child vaccinated, has
not been sufficient to persuade parents
in easy circumstances to disiigure their
children in this way; and a law has
therefore been promulgated Furnishing
by fine and imprisonment the failure to
yaccinate.
During his recent researches Mr..
Brown-Sequard has proved the posi-
bility of introducing tube into the
larynx of the higher animals without
causing any pain or any subsequent
bad result, although the experiment
was performed repeatedly, in at least
one case, on a single subject. The
local insensibility to pain was caused
by directing rapid current of car
bonic acid upon the upper part Of the
larynx through an incision, for from
fifteen seconds to two or three minutes
After the operation was completed The
anHsthetic effect lasted from two t
eight minutes.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30
other already folded Greta, who sat like

OCner alTeady lOlueu GreUd, VINO SAT llke
white stone.
al knew himl knew him firstw
cried Anstice, presently, to Greta. "Ohl
trust mothers instinct. He's my
flesh and bloodp
"And do you suppose 1 did not know
himp ?" flashed back Greta, not yet quite
herself. "He is my very self And
always knew he was alive. l always
felt it. l was sure half Of me was not
deadr'
"But half of you came mighty near
it twice." said John, from where he
was sitting then, with an abashed and
undraped urchin on either knee and
his cloak about them both. {" L shall
never be any nearer death, after last
night, than was on the day the AL
batross went down. have thought,
all these ten cruel years, that | had
better have been dead; for 1 was
picked up by a craft that carried
me into Formosan port, and
have been slave" he said.
"I have been a slave, with slavery
made more terrible by thought of
what had become Of my mother, my
wife, my child. did not know that 1
had two of them" said John with
half a sob.
"Oh John Dear John p
"To think of us" cried Anstice, lift
ing up her voice, "when you were suf-
fering so yourself, my boy !"
"To think Of you p he exclaimed.
with flash in his eyes that melted in
the dew that followed "There never
was day or night, sleeping or waking,
that l did not. The agony of it passed
all the rest, and see now my worst
forebodings almost true. You would
have been starving in little"
"And the mortgage is foreclosed
to-day" cried Anstice, wringing her
hands, with the sudden remembrance
thrust upon her Joy.
"Not exactly" he laughed-and he
was fumhling in his breast for a
little goatskin bag as he spoke
-,"although heaven knows what
might have been if last night
Just as l was going over Nhitehorse
ledge, a huge meteor had not suddenly
blazed out and showed me the chasn
into which the next step would lead
Not exactly; for, when 1 escaped
months ago, and found my way to the
Cape-South Africa, you know-I went
to the diamond fields while l waited
for ship. Great Heaven How good
it was to go where 1 would! Do you
see this, Greta? Do you see this
mother? These little crystals arc
Notwithstanding things, are the!
not 2" And he poured them out in hi.
palm. "They are diamonds, and ot
my own finding. have sold enough
already for emergencies"
"And 1 need not leave my home
my fathers home, this spot of HEAVIER
TO me, and all of earth, full of the Pur
cells life and death p cried Anstice
sharply, springing forward, to look il
herson's face again.
"Never, mother. And we vii
make it what it used to be
for, worthless as they look, il
that handful lies whole univers
of happy possibilities for us. Oh
Greta, my faithful wife ! there lie
home regained, my mother blessed, m
children educated, and you without
care. There lie all the Purcell fortune
and all the Purcell acres once agail
our own"
at was the angel, you see,
whispered Ash.
And raisins, father?" asked Ber
-Harrtst Prescott Spo6ord.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30
HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher.
The Farmers Song.

The harvest fields are stripped of grain;
The late-sown corn is shocked in dun,
And husked beneath chilly sun;
The ragged stubble checks the plain.
The hills are desolate and cold,
The NAPLES stand in grim array,
And through the forests muffled gray
The winds of heaven strike the void.
Yet while the harvest splendors fail,
The grain is sold, the barter made,
And work, and care of crop, and trade
Are put aside with plow and fail.
The bins are filled, the barns are stored,
The orchards robbed of scanty fruit,
And in the garret cold and mute,
The thrifty squirrels share the hoard.
Although the drought was long and sore,
And scorched the field beside the road
Till half the crop was left unhoed,
Tor aftermath repaid the mower;
Though half the rye was winter-killod,
And here the wheut was struck by blight,
Yet all is good in heavens sight,
And still the waiting barns are filled.
And still, through every empty mood
Beyond the moments harsh surprise,
At last a truer knowledge lies
The sense of some essential good.
So, since the harvest moon has waned,
By yonder shining crescent's edge,
Our hands are struck upon a pledge,
And much is lost-and more is gained!
The Pilgrim seed has taken root,
Despite the land so hard and gray,
And, flowered to this Thanksgiving day,
Shall yet bring forth abundant fruit.
Dora Read Gooddls.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30
HEALTH HINTS.

A handful OF -four bound On q .ut
will Immediately Sop the bleeding.
When suffering from sour stomach,
DR.. Foote, in his Health Monthly, ad-
vises the sufferer to try sy allowing
saliva.
A good wash to prevent the hair
from falling out is made with one
ounce powdered borax, half an ounce
of powdered camphOr, one quart of
boiling water. When cool pour into a
bottle for use, and clean the head with
it, applying with flannel or sponge
once week.
For dyspepsia, pour one quart of
cold water, on two tablespoonfuls Of
unslacked lime; let stand few n in
utes, bottle and cork, and when clear
it is ready for use; put three table
spoonfuls in a cup of milk, and drink
any time, usually before meals.