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SMALL CHANGE

here.
Garden truck is becoming plentiful
here.
The school children are now happy,
since vacation set in.
The fruit prospect here is better
than it has been in years.
The water of Wolf creek was over
the bridge east of town last Wednes-
day.
Cherries have been sold on our
streets this week at twenty cents per
quart.
We believe it has rained every
night dnring the PAST week. Several
nights were quiet stormy.
1t is reported that an inmate of the
poor house fell into a creek and was
drowned few days since, while in a
fit.
The colored Odd Fellows will have
a celebration here on the 9th inst, +,
to which they have invited other
lodges of their order.
lisa mighty bad sign when you see
farmers hauling northern hay out of
town, when we could, with a little
effort, ship more hay than cotton
from here.
We learn that the army worm is
devastating the meadows around here,
totally destroying the grass. We
have heard of no damage done to
other crops.
an exchange states that a table,
spoonful of carbolic acid in two gallons
of water will kill currant worms, cab
bage worms, rose slugs and all insects
that prey upon vines and shrubbery.
A great many of our exchanges,
speaking of the killing of Elihu Har.
rison, say he was the chairman of the
republican county committee, which
is not true. G. w. Martin, Esq, of
this city, is chairman.
We are indebted to Rev. w. j.
Naylor for late paper from Pueblo,
Col. Reading its columns, one would
think that preachers are needed in
that country. Drunkenness, fights,
robberies, etc. ARE too numerous there
for comfort.
We are in receipt of two beautiful
new songs-"Kiss the Little Ones
Good Night" and owe See the. Little
Face no More"-published by S.
Brainard's Sons. Cleveland and Chi
cago. Send and get them. Only
forty cents apiece.
A prominent attorney from an ad
joining town was here recently trying
to buy Milan city script to speculate
on. When he found that he could
not get dollar at less than par, he
concluded to go back home, where he
could buy at about 70 cents.
The heavy rains this week have
done much damage to farmers. A
great deal of cotton and corn has been
washed out of the soil and bottom
lands have been seriously flooded.
Obion river was said to be higher last
Wednesday than at any time the past
season.
DR.. A. B. Stevens killed horned
snake on the 9th inst, about three
miles west of town. 1t was striped
and checkered reptile, about two feet
long, with well-developed horn on
the end of its tail 1t is now on ex>
hibitiOn at Coley's drug store, where
it can be seen by the curious.
Rev. M. M. Taylor last Sunday
preached we'll prepared and able
Sci mon on the liquor question. The
congregation was large and paid
marked attention to the preacher.
We have heard the discourse highly
spoken of as one that is calculated to
do good. If we had room, we would
10 A., ,>.;,t - g.. A. koooEt e S,,-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-13
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journal desires correspondence with all persons
in this country who have in their possession any
archaeological relics. or who are in any way in
terested in the study Of antiquities.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-13
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MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.

The Board of Mayor & Aldermen
met in regular session last Monday,
all being present except Alderman
Haun.
An order was made that the street
from Cedar to jackson Alley, dona.
ted by the late B. A. Williamson,
be opened.
The following appropriations were
made:
w. A. Wade, printing, 8 6 25
W. B. Fronaberger, work
on streets, 5 35
A. McCrea. work on well, 25
E. A. Collins, hauling
brick. 6 90
G. b. Cole, filling old well, 3 25
d. W. Fields, work on
street, 5 90
John Gray, board of pris.
oners, so
$50 so
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Droppinss from the sanctuary.
Make rebellious thoughts of mine
Captive to thy thought divine,
Obedient.
Though my weary feet must bleed
Let me go where thou dost lead,


The Freeman's Journal says: ''Carlyle said
many foolish things in his own queer dialect.
One of the most foolish occurs in his Irish
Journey. knowledge does not make men good;
a glance at the statistics of crime shows that
men of education are not less devilish, in spite
of their collection of facts: If the devil were
passing through my country. and he applied to
me for instruction on any truth or
fact fact, Of THU this ). universe nin, she,
devil, knowing that three and three are SIX
than if he didn't know it; a light spark, though
of the faintest is in this fact; if he knew facts
enough, continuous light would dawn on him !;
he would Ito his amazemenD understand that
this universe is on what principles it conducts
itself, and would cease to be devil!' The
devil knows all these facts, but his malice
makes him what he is.
The Charity Record London) in calling atten-
ton to some results of the collections in tho
London city churches for the hospital Sunday
fund, says that the contributions from some of
the congregations have been so small that it
feels constrained to give them special public
ity Selecting those instances W here the col
lections have not reached G1O, it finds that
from twenty-four churches, in which at least
thirty four sermons were preached for the fund,
the amazing total of nearly e14O was realized.
In one case the sum taken was no more than
lings, was reached by o collection among
twenty-four inmates of the Printers aims
houses at Woodgreen. Thus it appears that a
couple of dozen aged persons who are them
selves dependent upon charity show such a
spirit of benevolence and self-denial as to con-
tribute almost as much as the congregation of
q church in the wealthiest city in the world.
The Christian Observer of Louisville is GER :
tain that Barnes, the mountain evangelist,
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A Flood of Wealth.

ST. Louis Globe Democrat: The receipts at
the treasury are daily more than ever known
before within the memory of the officials Of
the department The amount averages
81 500, 900 every day, and were it not that
the special appropriations made by congress-
for private claims, DEFICIENCIES, ETC., are pour
ing in, the debt reduction for the mouth would
be the largest in the history
of the last twenty years The re-
ceipts this month will amount to nearly $50
100000. From this there is to be taken as
one item $9,500,000 for pensions alone.
besides current expenses and the special war
rants above mentioned. Ever since congress
adjourned, on the 9Th of the MONTH there have
been from 240 to 800 of those claims under
deficiency bills and private acs put through
each day, and from this source 1t is estimated
that the disbursements will not fall much short
of 81 900, 900 day. This class Of drafts on
the treasury will soon fall off, however, for
usually during the month after congress ad-
journs every claim provided for in the appro-
priation bills is presented. While the debt re-
duction may not be so great this month, it is
nov unlikely that next months surplus will re-
qaire another call for gig per cents to dispose
it
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A Chean LIGHT.

Buffalo Special to the Chicago Herald: Ad-
vices from the oil regions tonight indicate that
project of national importance is under way
Not infrequently In searching for oil we'll
proves a failure as far as petroleum is con-
cerned, but instead puts forth a never cea sing
supply of gas This gas is used for illumina-
ting and for fuel in most modern oil towns,
particularly in the Allegheny, Bradford and
Warren and Field. The city of Bradford uses
the gas to heat and light its hotels, stores, etc,
and now syndicate is forming to utilize the
natural petroleum gas of the Northern oil belt,
which extends from Lake Erie east 200 miles,
and south 200 miles. That the sup
ply is inexhaustable is evidenced
by one we'll in Sheffield. Warren
county, which has boon flowing gas for fifteen
years. The gas from this we'll is estimated
sutficientto light Philadelphia with ease The
syndicate representatives were in Bradford
yesterday and concluded that the scheme of
furnishing the natural gas to Chicago, Cincin-
natl, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Philadel-
phia and New York, in fact all cities East Of
the Mississippi, through immense pipes, the
same as oil is now transported to the sea-
board, will be entirely practicable. Gas wells
are isolated evidences of failure to find petrol
cum, and all that is necessary is to put down
wells in the ''gas streaks," which are spurned
by oil men, except where they use the gas to
fire their oil we'll boilers The parties inter
ested are large capitalists and expect to furnish
gas for light and fuel at less rates even than
electricity is expected to cost
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Monsieur de Bocage, alias DR.. de La Belle,
You stand charged with the murder of Mad
amolselle Blanche Yilliers in coupe Of the rail
way which left Rouen at O'Clock ct night on
the 18th inst, a crime which you sought to
atliS to this gentleman. (rhrow pitcher of
water in his face; the ball was extracted this
morni g, whilst Monsieur de Bocage took lis
choco ~te-he is not hurt)
So saving, the sergeant revived the English
man and took Monsieur de Bocage from his
luxurious chamber toward twenty years Of the
Galleys The wretch looked back. 'It was
you, Thanor, after ALL" said he, caressing the
YES" said thes sergeant, encouragingly,
~had you but remembered to give the poor
thing pill of strychnine"
The honorable and reverend Mr. Lambert
returned home much better. He had certainly
taken the advice of his unknown medical ad-
wiser. and had varied his usual life consider
ably. He never travelled in any coupe again
with yelled ladies, nor did he ever quite get
over the horror of having ridden from Rouen
TO Paris with corpse
He had the curiosity,to take the DOCTORS pre-
scrirtion to an apotheeary in London, who
analysed it
"A powerful stimulant, SIR" said he; eve
should not recommend you to use it very
frequently. Still, in extreme cases of depres-
sion. it might be we'll YAK W.
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Athens, Ga, Banner Waterman: We cannot
refrain from mentioning tho heroic conduct of
Miss Annie Martin, a young Lady of Augusta.
Ga, who was on the train at the time Of the
recent accident on the Northeastern
railroad Miss Martin was an
occupant CT the first coach and
sitting beside Capt W. D. O'Farrell. When
the car had settled ON top of the engine and the
hot steam was pouring into the coach, threat
ening to sutfocate all the inmates, Mr. O'Far-
rell threw cloth over this lady's face to
protect her from the steam and passed her
out through the window unhurt. But Miss
Martin was not content with being saved her
self, but braye!v set 10 work to rescue the
other occupants of the steaming car. She il
SANITY rushed 10 til scene of the wreck and
with her own hands saved the lives of three
persons, one of them gentleman, by dragging
them through the car windows. How this del
icate young lady accom- lshed task before
which some of the stOutest men present
qlaled is more than We can say. She seemed
endowed with supernatural strength. Miss
Martin, during the excitement, saw q lady be-
ing crushed beneath the coach where she had
fallen, and threatened with instant death.
Turning TO young man, VINO was standing
idly by at some distance, she asked him to res
cue the party. Il am not going to risk
my life to save any one" WAS the
cowardy response Miss NJ then. with her
her own han,s. eXtrica.ed the victim, who
proved to be married lady, and dragged her
10 place of safety. But 1t was at the expense
of serious injuries to herself, as she received
bruises from which she for some time
deirious. Noby did she continue the work
until the last person was rescued from
the wreck, when Miss Annie set to work and
carried bucket after bucket of water, until the
last spark was extiuguished in the engine. /.
must be remembered that this heroism the
part of Miss Martin performed in the
face of imminent danger 10 her
SELF, and after the excitement the
young lady was discovered to have her arm dis
located in two places, her side badly scalded,
besides serious bruises Oh her body. Had sne
repaired to place Of safety as soon as re-
leased from the coach. instead of returning to
the scene of danger, Miss Martin would have
escap ed without scratch.
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An En@lishWOman'S Eccentric Will.

L london Telegraph: One OF the most &C.
centric wills of modern times has just been
quietly set aside by Vice Chancellor Bacon IN
the rhancery division of the high court of
Justice The document in question was ex-
ecuted in May, 1868, by Mrs. Aune
Burdette of Gilmorton, in Leices tersh hire.
and her leading testamentary dispositions were
made in codocil, which directed certain APP
pointed trustees, Immediately after her funeral.
To cause the windows and doors Of every room
in her dwelling house to be brlcked up in solid
manner and to continue the bricking up for
tw enty years.
The kitchen only was to remain unsoaled,
and in this apartment some respectable mar
red couple were to be installed at a
peppercorn rent of one halfpeuny per
week, their duty being to take care of
the premises, and in particular to see
that no attempts were made to raise the
brick blockade of the doors and windows In
order that her directions should be carried out
to- the letter, certain benefits under the will
were given to the trustees, which benefits they
were to forfeit if the house ceased to be in a
strictly pricked up and barrcadeI state.
By another codicil the testatrx directed that
the windows should be boarded up and nailed
with good long nails bent down on the inside
and then covered mp with sheet iron and tin.
OF the property thus Theoretically sealed up,
no efectual devise was made. This eXtraor-
binary will was disputed in the probate court,
but probate was eventually granted
Then the parties who were dissatisfied took
the case into chancely, and no fewer than
eight counsel, learned in the law, appeared
before the vice chancellor on Wednesday, Aug
2, those who supported the validity of the de-
wise quoting Popes we'll known lines, in which
the poet says that testator may 'endow a
college or cat" and seeking to draw there
from the inference that Mrs Burdett was en-
titled to dispose of her own precisely as she
liked, even though her testamentary
injunetions were of the most capri
clously grotesque nature. Sir James
Bacon, however, very cogently pointed
out that, in the case before him, the testator
had endowed neither cat nor a college; and
he directed the trustees to unseal aud release
all this hitherto useless property, which must
be distributed as the undisposed residue of
| real and personal estate
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FOR RELIGIOUS REFLECTION.
The Mountain Evangelist

New York Tribune: The Rev. George Barnes,
the eccentric mountain evangelist of Ken
lucky, who is to preach in this city during the
coming winter, has had an eventful history.
He Is now fifty-eight years OF age, and las a
wife and three children who accompany him
wherever he goes. He was educated for the
Presbyterian ministry, and his first work
for the church was to go as mis-
slonary to India, where he remained seven
years. Returning in shattered health he fell q
victim to the opium habit, of which he cured
himself by heroic effort Soon after this,
his religious views compelled him to sever his
connection with the Presbyterian church. and
for many years he labored as a religious free
lance, bitterly denouncing the denominations
for their pride and hypocrisy. About twelve
years ago he drifted into Chicago, and was
persuaded to labor with Mr.. Moody, who has
confessed his Indebtedness in many things to
the Kentucky evangelist Barnes afterward
conceived the idea that he was called by God
to preach to the poor in the mountainous re-
gions of Kentucky; and without purse or
scrip, like the apostles OF old, he at once went
on the divine mission. He has been very cue
cessful in this work, and is now one Of the re-
in faith healing, and never takes any medi-
cines. He believes in the apostolic rite Of
amounting, and it is said that he has himself
performed some wonderful cures by prayer
and JUNCTION. He is man of superior educa-
ton, but in preaching to the poor mountain
GERS has deliberately adopted their idioms and
ungrammatical modes of expression in order
to reach them the better. He says of himself
that he is only 1T to be bushwhac ker preacher
and would prefer to be left in his self chosen
humble sphere. But having become a lion, he
will probably be forced to exhibit himself to
the sneering idler of the great cities. who
spend all their time in telling or hearing some
new thing
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HAM Il

NhN cor optc~owS The Spring il Thought so sweet
And clasps thu Skinner with Al new delight.
Yet wrGrled. leaves her aNCuOrs and her heat
Nhen Cool-broweN autGnlu GawuS upon his sight
Fhe 'vcc On grows the hud's suggestive grace
And fees new pride in blossoms Iu(y blown,
Sut even his - deeper Joy ElVrS place
When bonding bouEhs 'ncaSn bluShiug burden:
SroaS.
1Iire'S rNrrN; 4! Aments are derived from chang,,
The hrarr uUCrowS old happiness, old grief,
And suns itself i'll feelings new and strange.
The most enduring pleasure is but brief.
Our tastes. our needs are never twice tho same.
No hing contents Us hnnC. however dear,
The spirit IL us, ike the grOsSer frallr
OutgrowS the garments which it Wore last year.
Change is the watchworl OF progression, when
We tire OF we-wurn ways We seek for new,
This restless craving IN the souls OF
Spurs us 70 climb and seek the noun tain view.
So let who will erect m altar shrine
To meek hrowed couStaucv, and sing her praise
Unto en.!veu.ug change will build mine,
Who lends ZSSt aud pleasure TO nv days.
Ella Wheeler,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-07
A KISS AND A SMILE.

Send the children to bed with kiss and smile
Sweet childhood will tarry at best but awhile
And soon they will pass from the portals of home,
The wilderness ways of their life work to roam.
Yes, tuck them in bed with a gentle ''Goodnight!
The mantle Of shadows is yelling the light. NTH
And maybe-God knows-onsths sweet little face
May fall deeper shadows in lies weary race.
Yes. say it-"God bless my ehiidren, Iprayl" 81
II may be the last you will say itfor ayst - ID
The night may be long ypn sea then, again
And motherlcss children may call you in vain. "a
Drop sweet benedictiouS 1psheir little heads.
And fold them in prayer$Ass they nestle in bed.
A 'uard of bright angels aronnd them Invite
Their spirits may Slip from the mooripgS TONIGHT
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produced no permanent good results in K en-
lucky "But SUCH men," it says, edo a vast
amount of evil They burn over the field,
soaring and killing consciences. The differ
ence between the genuine gospel prea ching
| and sensationalism is always seen by this in-
fallible test Under the faithful preaching of
the Word, consciences become fresh and vital,
like grass and flowers under a shower, and
that freshness never fades, but the spiritual
element in the soul becomes predominanta
In the Boston Post some days since an arti-
Gle from the Tribune gives to Senator Hoar
the credit Of quoting Dr. Watts. This would
appear to have been mistake The oft re-
peated lines, which are here given, were written
by Mrs. Nancy ID. Sproat:
How pleasant is Saturday night,
When I've tried all the week TO be good:
Not spoken word that bad,
But obliged every one that could.
''To-morrow the holy day comes,
Which merciful father has given;
That we may have rest from His work
And prepare for the joys of His heaven"
Tho committee of the hospital Sunday fund
Of London lately distributed the sum of 932,
415, the largest amount ever collected. The
great endowed hospitals, St Bartholomews,
st. Thomas and Guys, do not share in this
distribution. Not counting these, there are
80 institutions in London which depend on
private benevoence for their support Con-
sidering this fact and the wealth of London,
the aforementioned sum seems exceedin gly
paltry.
The Sabbath school assembly of the Presby-
terrain synod of New Jersey concluded this
week very pleasant two weeks session at
AsDury Park, where pleasure and profit were
combined in about equal quantities. The Rev.
James A. Worden preached, and the exercises
consisted of biblical exegesis, model instruc-
tons, with various other religious exercises.
At the annual meeting of the Blue Ribbon
Gospel Temperance society, held recently in
London, it was stated that since the society
had been organized 40, 900 pledge cards had
been sent out from headq quarters TO different
| time was at hand when the drinking of spirit
uous liquors would cease in the United King
dom.
At the Verulam Mission church, London, re-
Gently company mum bering about 80. COM
posed of ballet girls, chorus girls and dressers,
took tea at tho Invitation of several Chr sti IL
ladies and gentlemen. The pews of the
church were improyissd as tables, aud all
joined in the singing of hymn before partak-
ing of the evening repast
An Oxfordshro rector has achieved per-
feet novelty in the way of clerical indscre-
ton. He has been charged by his paris hiOn-
ers with kissing his hand to fair but sus-
ceptible young woman while he was perform
ing divine service
The corner stone OF the first Baptist church
| of Denver, Colo. was laid last week with appro-
pirate ceremo MES, Gov. Pitkin presiding and
delivering the address.
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Revival Work Abroad.

At the quarterly meeting of the society of
St Vincent de Paul, London, held recently at
the house of Cardinal Manning. the cardinal
strongly deprecated the religious excitement
caused by such organizations the Salvation
army and the Blue RIBBON army. He urged
the visitors of the society to do their utmost
to prevent the poor and ignorant from being led
away by these excitements, and to secure.
far as possible, thoir adherence to the traditions
of their own church. 1t is somewhat suggest
i've that the dgnitaries of the English church
have taken the opposite course to this, and
have almost gone out Of their way to encourage
the Salvation army. The Pail Mall Gazette,
speaking Of this, says: ut seems singular
that the High Church party should look with
more favor than Evangeicals on this latest
development of revivalism; but the fact is
that the latter are afraid of losing adherents,
while the former have no danger of that kind
to apprehend. The clergy Of an important
rural deane1y in the Manchester diocese have
appointed body of lay-preachers; aud the
bishop of Litchfield has enrolled in his band of
lay-helpers quondam colonel of the army. y