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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-27
RAILROAD TIMETABLE.
GREAT JACKSON ROUTE.

GREAT JACKSON ROUTE.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD.
After May 9th. trains will leave Milan as
follows:
SOUTH. NORTH.
No. 1. at 1000 am No. q. at 6:38 am
No g. at 1885 pm No. A. at 1920 pm
Passen gers are also allowed to ride on the
following freight trains:
SOUTH. NORTH.
No. I. at 2:4O pm No. g. at 1920 am
E. NJ. BRowN, Ticket Ag't..
A. II. HANSON, Gen'l. Pass. Agent, Chi
cago, Ill. j, W. COLEMAN. Asst. Il. Z. A.
New Orleans, La.
LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R. r.
Trains leave Milan as follows on and after
July. 20. 1883.
PASSENGER TRAINS.
No. |. south. leaves 70 am
No. 3, ........ 10 pm
No. Z. . ......'''''''....''''.'''';; S'HS AN aLn
No. 2, north, ........................lZ:oo pm
No. 8, ..,....................... .... BIS pm
Our Local freight trains will not run on
' I Q. F. CjANTwELL. Ticket Agent.
N. G. & st. l..
On and after ia nuary LIST. 1888. Passenger
trains WEST .u.u.
Ly Nashville .oo NM AR Mckenzie X ma
7:S0 am l2:lOpm
EAST BOUND.
Lv Mckenzie 1;9Opm Ar Nashville $50 pm,
4:00am /" 800 am.
o. F. CANrwELL. Agent.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-27

CITY MARSHAL.
NKITCHUM.-We are authorized to an
INnounce Charles II. Mitchum as a candi-
date fer City Marshal at the ensuing election.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-27
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
City Election.

MAYOR.
HALE.-.We are authorized TO announce $.
III IL Hale, ESQ.,, as n candidate tor re-elec-
ton TO the office of Mayor of Milan.
q" AUN.-We are authorized to announce
III q. p. Haun as a candidate for Mayor at
the ensuing election.
=" EATHC0Ck.- We are authorized to an
Ii nounce N. j. Heathcock, Esq, as
candidate for Mayor at the ensuing election.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-05-19

When Jerry was six years old he be-
gan to go to school. Toward the end
of the school term the teacher wished
to have an exhibition. All the scholars
were to learn pieces to speak. Jerry's
mother found some verses beginning:
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
How wonder what you are
Jerry thought these verses were very
nice, and with his mother help he soon
learned them.
She taught him how to make bow,
and to point up to the sky when he said
star" and to wave his hand over his
head when he said: "Up above the
world so high After some practice,
she thought he made these motions very
prettily.
Jerry's best pair of pantalOons were
old and patched. He must have a new
pair to speak in; but the stores were
far away, and money was very scarce.
After searching for something to make
them of, his mother used large check
apron she priced very much, and wore
only on holidays.
Some of my little readers would have
smiled if they had seen jerry dressed
in his long, blue and white check pan
ldlOOuS, CutCk SIlIb anu utdN1 ouOCos
He thought he looked very fine. He
could not help admiring himself; in
fact, he thought too much about his new
pantaloons.
On the evening of the exhibition the
school-room was crowded. 1t had been
dressed with wild flowers and grasses.
A great many tallow candles burned in
the bright tin candlesticks. The chill
dren thought it looked very grand.
When it was Jerrys turn to speak he
stepped boldly upon the stage and made
his bow. His father and mother leaned
forward, so that they could see him bet
ter. Alas, his thoughts were on his new
pantaloons, so that he had forgotten all
about ''the little twinkling star" But
he was not afraid, and after looking all
around he began in loud, distinct
| voice.
81 have got on a new pair of panta-
looms" Putting his hands into his
pockets he went on: "My mother made
them out of her new apron my Aunt
Salina sent from New York, where you
can buy Lots and Lots of nice things;
| for in New York they have great big
stores. Some day l shall 90 there, for
think that new pantaloons are
But he did not have time to tell what
he thought. The teacher got upon the
stage and, to the relief of his parents,
hurried him to a seat. The farmer lads
had greatly enjoyed his speech and,
clapping their hands, gave hurrah for
'Jerry's new pantaloons. Our Little
ones.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-05-19
WIT AND WISDOM.

The teeth perform the duties of the
tongue when they chatter.
Never fail to keep your appoint
ments or to be punctual to the minute.
There are few things in the world
more rasping than file of unpaid bills
--IOledO american.
1t is a singular thing, but the most
pleasing period of a dentist 5 life is when
he looks down in the mouth.
The poor man with an idea of pow
erty is no worse off than rich man
with a poverty of ideas.
"A gentleman whose initials are w.
f. ID. has just been married. 1t is bet
ter to marry than to remain bachelor
and spoil great coincidence.-C Chicago
Herald.
Every ship that comes to America
got its chart from Columbus. Every
novel is a debtor to Homer. Every car
penter who shaves with a foreplane bor-
rows the genius of forgotten inventor.
Emerson.
The Texas Legislature has given
another million acres of land for uni
versities and another for common
schools, and voted to submit a consti-
tutional amendment permitting local
school taxation.
"A lady friend won tallow the sales
woman to try on her gloves for her, not
because it is hard work for the sales
woman, but because our lady friend will
have nothing to do with counter fit
Boston Transcript.
Fashion item: Ma said Mary
Parvenu, ''they say young Mr.. Fiddle
stick embezzled, what's that?' Oh, ="
said Mrs. Parvenu, it's sorter en-
broidery on paper like what artists does
in Rome and other French cities.
Wishing to pay his friend a compli-
ment, gentleman remarked, II hear
you have n very industrious wife "
Eyes" replied the friend, with mel
anchOly smile, Z" she is never idle. She
always finds something for me to do y
The Fathers Prayer
81 can not sing the old songs"
She raspingly did toot,
While mt an as'hmal organ
Her finger sac did shoot
"Thank heaven! grOWled the parent,
With manifest ado,
II pray they'll fix the new ones
Just SO you can not, too
Did IT ever occur TO you, when you
were gioping around your room in the
dark and struck your nose so Violently
against half-open door that it jarre,
the whole house-did it ever occur tC
you at such a moment that the heat o.
the sun is sufficient to reduce the Paciti,
Ocean to steam in twenty minutes? TIL,
probabilities are that it didn' t.-Norris
] f0l1a Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-05-19

where each ant provided itself with =
small bali of earth, returned, aud laid
the balls side by side till they formed a
bridge over the cloth, and went up and
down it as long as they choose
Again, a man who wished to keep
ants out of favorite tree put a ring Of
birdlime around the trunk, but they,
too, built bridge of earth and little
stones, which carried them safely over.
At another time some ants which
were imprisoned when upin tree, by
a ring of tar around the trunk, built
their bridge, not of earth and stones,
which, of course, they could not, but Of
living aphides, of which there were
plenty. One after another of these un-
fortunates were planted in the tar, till
the bridge was completed and the ants
could pass over Olice ThorT1e Miller,
10 Christian Union.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-05-19
A Merry Mans Device.

The invitations sent of late to naval
officers, requesting them to furnish sug-
gestions for a change of uniform, 're-
minds me- '-as Mr.. Lincoln would have
said-of a similar invitation issued by
jeff Davis when he was Secretary of
War under General Frank Pierce One
of these invitations was sent to Lieuten-
ant Derby, a good draughtsman and a
merry wag, who sent in response
proposition for having a two inch iron
ring appended by a piece of strong
leather to the seat of each enlisted
mans trousers. Long and formal
specifications demonstrated the utility
of this ring. Each officer was to carry,
instead of a sword, a long white ash
pole, with a hook on one end. By
hooking into the ring of a private he
could be kept in line of battle if he was
disposed to hang back or caught if he
attempted to run away. The ring
would also be useful in the artillery
service for draft purposes, and in the
cavalry men could be locked to other
rings in their saddles, and so kept from
falling off. The illustrations which ac-
companied the specifications represented
officers catching infantry stragglers
and forcing them into the ranks,
dragons padlocked TO their saddles and
artillerymen with cannon prOlongs
hitched to their ring, hauling huge pieces
of artillery up steep heights.
1t was very funny, and the clerks in
the War Department enjoyed some
hearty laughs over it; but when it
reached the Secretary he became in
dignant, and regarded II as an insult.
He ordered charges and specifications
to be drawn up, and court martial
was actually ordered, when it came to
the ears of Governor Marcy, then Secre-
tary of State, who was level headed,
and who advised Davis to let the matter
drop. He might convict Derby and dis
miss him from the service, buth would
be laughed at from one-end of the coun-
try to the other. Davis took the advice.
and Derby's suggestions are still on
the files of the War Department
Washington Cor. Boston Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-05-19
Youths Department.
MrMRLE. rRE.PEG.

I washed the little boy'f face-eyes, nose
Til he looked as sweet rs n new-blown rose.
And said; Try, Ted, il it's in your power,
10 keep it clean for iusponc hour"
He said he would, and 4 might watch him
Play mumble-the-peg on the grass with Tim
For playground, surely grass is clean,
Shorn, and washed with the rain. and green
And down, cross-legged, the urchin sat.
Tossing the knife this way and that
With hOcus-pOcus sleiRht of hanG
That none but boy can understand.
Soon by a shout from rsddy's friend,
/ fancied the game drew to an end.
/ followed their laughter to the place,
And saw-oh, such a dirty facet
of course twas merry one, but then
II looked like the little pigs in the pen.
To Ted, who'll neither shirk nor beg,
Had fallen the lot 10 pun the peg
1t must be done with the teeth. YOU know,
And true TO the rule, he had done IL sol
And know now tisn't In his power
To keep clean even half an hour
Clara Doty Bates, in Widc-AlDdke.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-05-19
FACTS AND FIGURES.

"A pitch-pine tree on Grant Creek,
Missoula County, M. T., is 125 feet
high and p feet 4 inches in circumfer-
ence five feet from the ground.
in the two Carolinas, Georgia and
Louisiana, total population of about
100000 people, white and colored, are
dependent upon the cultivation of rice.
"A barn in Butte County, Col, is ca
pacious enough to hold 1000 tons of
hay and shelter 1,400 head of sheep.
The floor is so wide that an eight-horse
team can turn around in it.
The postal cards are made at Hol-
yoke, Mass, by forty men, who turn out
about a million daily They have
diminished the consumption of writing
paper by from $12,000,O00 to S15,000,-
600 a year.
"A German exchange furnishes the
following figures of the consumption of
champagne in the chief countries of the
world: England heads the list, drinking
100000 of bottles year; the United
States, Canada and Mexico consumes
100000 France, 100000 Russia,
100000; Germany, 100000; Holland,
100000; Italy and Belgium, 100000
each; Spain, 100000, and Africa, 100,-
600 bottles. We are to presume that
the champagne aforesaid was genuine
The Holyoke (Mass.) Envelope
Company, which turned out its first
goods about two years ago, at the rate
of about 100000 envelopes a day. has
now 3 capacity for ,0O0,000a day, and
is turning out at present about 600, 900
daily. The concern has working
force of about 200 hands, and produces
goods of about 1870 different grades and
500 different styles. Besides its large
trade in this country, the company
sends large amounts of its products to
Canada, Mexico, Australia and New
South Wales Boston Post.
-Roskoschnys recent work on Rus
STA claims that there are 100000 profess
sional beggars in seventy-one Govern
ments of that country, who thrive and
make money in this trade. Many of
them have farms and live nicely at
home, but at the approach of warm
weather abandon everything and set
forth upon their wanderings, enjoying
the variety and vagabond life, and gath
ering rich harvest as they hang around
the church doors and municipalities.
Bigoted, lazy and fond OF drink, the
average Russian peasant finds such a
life the height of enjoyment.
The total commerce between the
United States and Canada for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1882, was of the
value of S92, 159, 27S, and the total COM
merce in merchandise between the two
countries was SS7, 275, 9S4 for the same
period. The exports from this country
were $50, 800, 403, and the imports from
Canada were S5O,775,5S1, balance OF
trade in Canada's favor of S14, 275, 178.
But of the merchandise imported from
/ Canada only S35, 1923, j4j was dutiable,
and of the merchandise exported So, 300,
Cos was foreign, and S33, 234,735 was
domestic. The exports from this coun-
/ try to Canada consist mainly of manu-
featured articles, and the imports from
Canada are mainly articles in a raw
state Chicago Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-05-19

to escape by emerging from the holes
Then It is sure death for them. So
frightened do rats become at the sight
of ferrets that | have seen them time
and again rush to the edge of a hole,
look around in dismay, and then jump
into the yawnipg mouths of the dogs"
-ThfladeIphin Record.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-05-19

The Spiritualists claim that from
nothing thirty-fve years ago the NUM-
Der of avowed believers new reaches
10000
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-05-19

"A panther that had been roaming
around Chiffon County, Ala, was killed
few days ago, after it had killed sevr
enteen dogs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-24
The State Convention.

DEM. STATE Cen. Com. RooMs,l
COLUMBUS, o., May II, 's3.
The following railroads will offer re-
duced rates to and from the Democrat
ic State Convention, to be held at Co.
lumbus, on the 21st of June:
Cleveland, Mt. Vernon and Della
ware, (Blue Grass Route of Ohio) 2
cents per mile each way.
Baltimore and Ohio, (B. and o. 2
cents per mile each way.
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and st. Louis,
pan Handle) all Divisions, 2 cents per
mile each way.
Indiana, Bloomington and Western,
II. B. and W. 2 cents per mile each
way.
Scioto Valley, 2 cents per mile each
way.
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and
Indianapolis, &C. c. c. and ~ full fare
going, one cent per mile returning, on
certificate.
Ohio Central, 20. c. full fare going,
one cent per mile returning, on certifi-
cate.
Cleveland, Hooking Valley and To-
leda, &C. II. V. and IT, full fare going,
one cen per mile returning, on certifi-
cate.
Tickets good from June goth to June
22d, inclusive.
Delegates aud others, wishing to at
tend the Convention, who Ii, e on Lies
Of railroads other than those mention
ed above, will be able to make special
rates with the roads On which they live,
to the junction with roads running in
to Columbus, where they will be able
to get the benefit ..of the special rates
above mentioned.
Railroads requiring certificates for
Delegates and : others attending the
Convention, to return On, require the
Certificate to be signed by the Chair
man Of the State Central Committee.
CLARK IRVINE, Chairman.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-24
..s,under und vs.

The weather last Monday was as disa-
greeable, unpleasant and remarkable Tor
the time Of year, as the veriest anti
weather prophet could have desired, and
was enough to drive the majority OF man
kind, who had not reached the pinnacle
of philosophy, into suicide and h "old-
est inhabitant'' to the woods! Our town
was as quiet as a Sabbath; desperation
and disgust was in every eye, and fury
seemed to dwell in the corner OF the
mouth of every citizen, while every pc
destrian you met looked as if he would
be glad to cut a throat or pick a pocket!
A cold north wind prevailed all day, and
the rain that commenced the night be-
fore, continued to descend until about IL
o'clock a. m, when it changed into snow
and mantled the earth with a white coat
of at least four inches before it let up. 1t
was a strange and unwelcome visitor to
every one at the present season. The
trees with their green and heavy foliage
bowed down beneath the icy burden
dropped upon them, and many give way
from its weight. Flower beds were crush
ed, strawberry gardens looked blighted,
and all tender vegetation seemed to droop
as if chilled to death. Stoves that had
been closeted for the summer season
were hustled out, coal was in demand,
straw hats and spring suits disappeared,
over shoes, rubbers, and %overcoats in
"soak," were brought to the front, and
the house-cleaning female fend began to
wonder if she had not got hold OF the
wrong end of the year! Uponthe whole,
the day will rank as the most singular
in weather history, and just how to &C
count for it will stump the "oldest in
habitant" and all the Virgins on the
continent. In what condition fruit and
vegetation will emerge from this scourge
of unreasonable weather, cannot be told
at the present writing, ~(Tuesday,) but
the general impression prevails that the
bulk of that which was not protected
by covering is destroyed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-24
Program for Decoration Day.
Wednesday, May 30, 1853.

for Decoration Day.
Wednesday, May 30. 1883.
Procession will meet in front of Court
House at l 80 p. m. sharp"
LIST. Eaton Cornet Band.
End. Orators of the Day and Chaplains.
3rd. G. A. R.
4th. Knights of Pythias and other
Orders.
5th. Children with wreaths and flags.
9th. Martial Music.
9TH. Soldiers and citizens on foot.
9Th. Carriages with soldiers of 1872
and late wars.
Procession will march direct to Gem
etery.
AT CEMETERY.
LIST. Immediately on entering Cemete-
ry the Guards will fire three volleys of
musketry in commemoration of deceased
soldiers.
End. Two detachments will be formed
for decorating graves in charge of assist
ant Chaplains.
3rd. Immediately after the decoration
of graves the procession will proceed to
the speakers stand, where the order Of
exercises will be announced by B. F.
Davis, Chairman of the meeting.
1t is requested that all business houses
be closed from one to five o'clock p. m.
B. F. DAVIS,
Chief Officer of the Day.
A. l.. HARRIS, LIST Assistant.
W. H. LoUGH, End Assistant.
j. R. Cook, 3rd Assistant.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-24
Notice ofTaxeS for Road
Purposes.
AUD1roR's OFFICE, PREBLE Co., o.

AUDITon's OFFICE, PREBLE Co., o.
EATON, O., May 23d, 1888.
Office Is hereby given that the
IN Trustees of Israel, Somers, Dixon,
Jackson, Jefferson, Casper, Washing
ton, Monroe, Gratis, Lanier, Twin and
Harrison townships, Preble Co., O.,
levied a tax of ONE MILL on each dollar
valuation of taxable property within
the several Townships in said County,
for road purposes in said Townships
and said tax may be discharged by la
Dor on the roads, under the direction
Of the Supervisors and Free Turnpike
Commissioners of the proper districts
and free turnpike roads.
W. B. MIKESELL,
May 3D. Auditor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-24
DEATHS.

HUETTE-On the 18th inst, at New
Lexington, Harry James, son Of Herman
H. and Mary E. Huette, deceased, aged
7 months and 20 days.
$50 fades the lovely, blooming f1ow'r,
Frail, smiling solace of an hour;
So soon our transient comforts fly,
And pleasure only blooms to die"
Brother Huette certainly has passed
through seasons of deep sorrow. Only a
few days ago his kind and loving wife
was laid aside in the charnel-house of
the dead. Mother and child now occu-
pY one graNs. Peace be with them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-24
Cyclones! Read!

Insure your Buildings, Farming Uten-
sis, Furniture, Live Stock, Grain, &C.,
against loss or damage by Tornadoes,
Cyclones and Wind Storms also against
loss or damage by Fire OF Lightning, in
first class Companies at reasonable rates,
with HUBBARD & PETERS,
m24-3 Eaton. o.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-24
Teachers' Normal Institute.

A Normal Institute for Teachers will
be held at the High School building, Ea-
ton, commencing July 9, and continuing
six weeks. Glasses will be formedin all
the Common Branches and in such 9TH
er studies of a High School or Collegiate
course as may be desired.
The Institute will afford an admirable
opportunity for those preparing to teach,
and for teachers to review their studies
or pursue some of the higher branches.
Boarding may be obtained about town
at a reasonable rate and the tuition will
be moderate, SO that the entire expense
may not be great.
The Institute will be in charge of G.
F. Palmer, Principal of the Eaton High
School, assisted by S. More Surface.
Circulars will be issued this week Civ
ing full particulars, for which, or any fur
ther information in regard to the Insti-
tute, Address, G. F. PALMER,
Eaton, Ohio.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-24
Wall Paper!

FELIX GREEN wishes his friends and
all others to remember that he is pre-
pared, with a new line of Wall Paper,
to do all kinds of Fresco Paper Hang
ing with neatness and dispatch. Res
idence on East Decatur street, west Of
Baptist Church. apr5-tf
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-24
Proposed Amendment to the Con
stitutiOn of Ohio.
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. SO.


JOINT RESOLUTION.a'
Proposing Amendments to the Constitution.
Be il resolved By the General As emily If the STATE
of Ohio, That, at the general election to be held on
the second Tuesday of October, 1888, there sha ! be
submitted to the electors for their app oval or re-
lection two propositions to amend the constitution
of the State, as follows:
FIRST PROPOSITION.
1.-THE additional section" in and with section
eighteen of the schedule shall be repealed, and
there shall be substituted the following:
"The general assembly shall regulate the traffic
in intoxicating liquors so as to provide against evils
resulting therefrom and its power to levy taxes or
assessments thereon is not limited by any provision
of this constitution"
SECOND PROPOSITION.
"The additional section in and with section
eighteen of the schedule shall be repealed, and
there shall be substituted for it the following:
"The manufacture of and the traffic in intoxicst-
ing liquors to be used as a beverage are forever pro-
hibited; and the general assembly shall provide By
law for the enforcement OF this provision"
The electors voting in favor of the said ftsi
proposition shall have on their ballots the wo DIS
Regulation and taxation of the liqnor-trafic-
Yes; p and those voting in favor of the said second
proposition shall have on their ballots the words
''Prohibition of Intoxicating hquors-Yes."
If either of the said two propositions be thus ap,
proved by q majority of the electors voting at the
said election, then the amendment therein proposed
shall constitute q separate section of article fifteen
of the constitution. o. J. D
Speaker Of the House f Representatir 5
r. G. Ri, HARDS,
PresidentJ The Seldte
Adopted April 4. 1888,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-24
SANDS OF LIFE.

Time nor tide waits for no man, but
the sands of life continue to flow OH
and on, year after year, never stop
ping, rever hesitating in its work of
waste, unless oceasioned by a. Cough,
Cold, or some Lung Affection where
DR.. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup
arrests it and makes the span of life
its allotted three scores and ten. Go to
Webb & Coover, the Druggists, and
ask them for a free trial bottle of this
medicine. They have them to give
away. lmar29-ly
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-24

For SALE-The one-half or whole of a
Democratic paper in Ohio. Ill health
and a desire to be relieved from office
cares-the reasons for wishing to sell. A
good chance for a young man. Enquire
of the Editor of this paper.