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rhep, are not more than = duzen
articles of commerce protected by the
British revenue code, AMI practical
free trske obtains in that country,
says the American Register. The
cost Of everything used and consumed
by toiling people is thus made the
least possible, and the rate of wages
paid is an average Of fifty per cent.
higher than in any European country,
and in all these the policy of protec-
ton is almost rs violently enforced as
it the United States. Population is
much denser, and competition among
laborers much stronger in England
than here; but protectionists here sug-
gest no method Of protecting Ameri-
can labor against home or foreign
competition. If commodity man
ufactured here be protected and its
price advanced, aud its production
stimulated, labor is imported to keep
down the cost of production, and the
employer pockets the sum added Ivy
the government to the price Of the
commo lily. In other words, the tar
if code simply taxes every consumer
for the exclusive benefit of the capt..
alist, paying into the United States
Treasury about one~sixth Of the sum
thus legislated out of the pockets
of the people. In other words,
the people, under the tariff
method of supporting the govern
ment, are taxed annually twelve hun.
dred millions in order to pay into the
Treasury twd hundred millions
Therefore the masses of the nnpro'
tected toiling people are, and ough'
to be, free. traders. They cannot SEE
why they are to be ruthlessly plum
dered that government.instituteC
nobility may he aggrandized.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17

In recent issue of the London
Times very gloomy view is taken of
the crop prospects of England for the
coming year. The unusual wetness
of the winter season has injured the
fill-sown wheat and its continuance
retards all spring seeding operations.
1t would be extraordinary indeed if,
after the seven lean years that have
afflicted the British farmer, an eighth
year Of short crops should follow;
but according to the Times view,
that seems quite possible event.
The worst of it is that what is true OF
England is true also Of the continen-
tai grain growing countries. The
rivers of France. Germany, Austria
and Italy have escaped their bounds,
and, except on uplands, the ground
is everyw here saturated to a degree
that renders it impossible either
to plant the earth or Craze hocks or
heards. If this condition of affairs
lasts few weeks longer the United
States will have to perform the pleas
ant and profitable task Of feeding the
millions of Europe, as they have done
before in similar emergencies.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17

Chicago must indeed he very
wicked city, judging from the follow,
ing headlines of an article in the In,
ter Oceao: ..n U.r...
"The Curse Of China Retro
spect Of the Killings IN Chicago Since
January, 1S81-Sixty.nine Murders
in Twenty six Months, Besides Justi
fable Homicides-Less Than One
Fourth Of the Number Imprisoned,
Generally for Short Terms-Anvther
Fourth Let Loose by the Grand Ju>
ry, While But One Suffers Death
Seven Remain Uncaptured, an Seven
More Died Of Their Wounds or Sui
cided = Quarlels Accountable for
TSenty-seven and Drink for Twenty
two-F Facts and Figures. r.s
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17

We have heard numbers of PEG.
pie lately express their opinion that
our whole system Of taxation was
wrong. Many believe that all prop
erty ought to be taxed, exempting
nothing whatever, and that the priv,
ilege license should be done away
with 1t does look that way some>
times. Taxation should be equaliued
in-some way. so that the burden will
fall, alike on all.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17

Gov. Bate last Tuesday sent to the
legislature message in regard to the
"new issue" Bank of Tennessee
money. He suggests:
In the first place, the genuineness
of the notes must be clearly and def
nitely ascertaiued and settled by the
Intervention Of experts, and warrants
issued therefor. In the second place,
90 bills issued in contravention of the
bank charter must be paid until the
Supreme Court shall pass upon the
question and so order.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17

8 Many of our people labored under
n misapprehenson last Saturday,
thinking the new tax law for taxing
districts was general in its nature, and
the legislature was denounced in
strong terms for enacting it. A
number of gentlemen wanted to get
up an indignation meeting, but con-
cluded to postpone it, Since then it
has been discovered that the law only
amends a7special law for taxing dis
tricts, aud feeling has quoted down.
Nashville World: Qmte a num-
Der Of senators aud representatives
have received letters from their con-
.stituents, in which they kick most
numerically at what they suppose to
be the state revenue bill in which a
tax is Levied on cotton gins. The
p bill referred to is the Memphis reve>
nue. bill, and is of local nature en-,
tirely, and does not apply to the state
At large and affects no cotton gins
outside the corporate limits of Men,
pins. This information will doubtless
relieve the minds of country ginners
and let poor, hard-worked represen-
tatives have a rest.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17

The Mississippi is falling rapidly
below Memphis, and it is thought
very little damage has been done to
plantations. It is early enough to
put III full crops.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17

Hon. l., b. Horrigan, Judge of
the Memphis Criminal court, died Of
pneumonia last Wednesday, after a
very short illness. He was one of
the ablest criminal judges in the state,
aud his death is great loss to the
nnnnle. nt--t- ..----- " ---
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17

Cracksmen went through several
houses in Jackson one night this
week and scooped anumber Of watch
es. II Is evident that H. gang of the
scoundreIs are working all the towns
in this section, and it seems to be a
a hard matter to catch them.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17

Our sprightly contemporary, the
Dyersburg Clipper, has suspended
publication, aud will he moved to
Green county, Ark, where Mr.. lay
Tor, the editor. will start new pa
per. We wish him well in his new
home. H..
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17
Virgins storm did strke n

Virgins storm did strike the cas-.
tern coast, but not near SO severely
as he had predicted. However, it
was a hard enough blow to scare the
people very badly. 1t was II good
average March storm, apd pretty
good guess for Virgins.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17
THE PRESIDENTS ILLNESS.
Grave Apprehension That He VIII Not
Live Through the Year.

President Arth IT has been troubled
with insomnia for several nights,
and his physicians are exceepingly
anxious about his condition. He is
the victim of Bright's disease of the
kidneys, and his convivial habits have
greatly aggravated his malady. The
utmost care is taken to conceal his
real condition, but it is certain that
he is suffering intense bodily pain, and
has quite lost his nerve. In his de-
spondency he declares that he is GO
ing tc die, and to-day iinplored his
sister, Mrs. McE!roy, not to leave
him, as she contemplated doing next
week. He has said repeatedly during
the past fortnight that he dill not ex.
pect to live cut the year. and when
Mr.. Edmunds was chosen president
of the Senate, remarked TO friend:
"Pm glad of that. Edmunds will
finish out my term with distinction .
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17

Capt. james NJ. Martin, manager
Of the great drill to come off in Nash,
vile in May, dropped dead Of heart
disease in that city last Wednesday.
There will he no postponemert Of the
,isiil .....
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17

A@fruit raiser At Quinnan, Georgia,
has peach trees whose leaves are per-
facrly black. 'Phe ftnii, alsn, is
black at first, but turns White when
ripening. The trees were carried
from North Carolina many years ago
and are distinct species, OF which
the fruit men know nothing.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17
SATURDAY. MARCH IL. 1888.

Hon. James :. Boynton, Presi-
,lentof the Senate, is the new Gov
sruor Of GeotgiA, He has called an
election for April.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17

% Cincinnati News: All four parties
TO the two most promininent mar.
riages Of the year--Tahor McCouit
and Sprague. Calvert--had been but
recently divorced, from previous
partnerships, hut somehow society"
doesn't appear greatly shocked,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17
MIR. RDMuNDs' INNovAT1oN.

1t is II curious fact that Edmunds
was sworn in president pro ten. l
am assured by an old attacho Of the
clerks office Of the senate that no
other president pro TEN. has ever
taken oath on taking his seat, the
oath of senator having been deem.
ed sufficient heretofore. The infer
enre is that Edmunds has found
some law by which the taking of this
special oath makes hun vice presi
dent de facto, so that if Arthur and
he should both die the senate might
elect another president pro tenn, who
would cut out the democratic speaker
Of the next house from the success,
sion.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17
Failing!

That is what a great
many people are doing.
They don't know just what
is the matter, but they have
a combination of pains and
aches, and each month they
grow worse. .
The only sure remedy
yet found is Browns IRON
BITTERs, and this by rapid
and thorough assimilation
with the blood purihes and
enriches it, and rich, strong
blood flowing to every part
of the system repairs the
wasted tissues, drives out
disease and gives health and
strength. u..fn """
This is why BRowN's
IRON BITTERs will cure
kidney and liver diseases,
consumption, rheumatism,
neuralgia, dyspepsia, mala-
ria, intermittent fevers, &c.
Mr. Simon Blanchard, a we'll
known citizen Of Hayesville, Meade
county, Kentucky, says: my wife
had been sick for a long time. and
her constitution was all broken
down and she was unable to work
She was advised to use Browns Iron
Bitiers, and found il 20 work like a
charm. We would not now be with
out it for any consideration, as We
consider il the best tonic in the
world -
ao Browns IRON BITrERs
is not a drink and does not
contain whiskey. 1t is the
only preparation of Iron
that causes no injurious eff
fects. Get the genuine.
Don't be imposed on with
limitations.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-17

sion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-07-13

of smallpox, for instance, have often
been prevented and the severity of
other diseases averted. The time of
non attendance depends much on the
case, on the care of the family or the
opinion of the physician, and should
only vary from IA fixed standard, say of
one month, upon modifying evidence.
Logically and morally the duty of
notice seems to us to devolve upon the
guardian or parent, although we see
how, in the peculiar relations of the
physician to life and health as special
interests, the state may demand returns
from these. 1t is on similar basis to
that by which it gives preference to
the bill of the physician i'll the last
sickness over all other bills. We, at
least, insist that the power of isolation
of communicable disease and of pre-
venting extension is such that it is
high time that both law and general
ethics and medical ethics determined
what are the respective rights and du-
ties of all who bear either family or
Il professional relation to children, to
whom the state offers free schools, eX-
cept that it does not also wish to offer
to all such absolute freedom to con-
vey dangerous diseases. II ludepend-
ent.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-07-13
what He Did with His Hands.

A good example of what can be done
by young man who takes and keeps
his ''hands out of his pockets" was set
by one who graduated few years ago
at Harvard university. He determined
to become a cotton manufacturer. In
stead of relying upon his general edu
cation, and waiting for an opening, as
many of his classmates did, he began
AT ance to prepare specially for the
business he had chosen by entering Il
machine-shOp as making
full hours, and acquainting himself
with every part of the machinery of Il
cotton-mill. From the machineshOp
he went into the cotton-mill, and by
hard work and close attention rapidly
acquired thorough knowledge of all
the processes of cotton manufacture.
While some of his classmates were
waiting and looking for an opening in
business, and others were with diff
Guilty filling subordinate positions, he
was rapidly rising step by step, until
he is to-day in charge of one of the
largest cotton mills in New England,
with ample salary, and what is better,
is discharging the duties of his posi-
tion with great satisfaction to the com
pany he serve Golden Days.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-07-13

ing nine panes of glass about six
inches square. The roofs are covered
with tiles, as are those of all the
houses erected up to about 1850, when
the art of tile-making died out in
Zoar. The inhabitants, who have no
desire to amass wealth, work for one
common end that is, for the good of
the community, which owns and con-
trolls the entire village, including
thousands of acres of the richest land
in the Buckeye state. The money
goes into one common treasury the
necessaries of life, including food,
provisions and garments, are fur
nished by the village officials, con-
sisting of three trustees and a COM
mittee of five, who are annually elect
ed by ballot. The village contains
about 300 inhabitants, which number
has been the same since 1917, and
never increases or decreases to any
noticeable extent. There are no
preachers, but all the people are de-
vOut, wOrshipping after the manner Of
the Friends. The marriage vow is
held sacred and the laws are rarely
broken Cleveland Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-07-13
TRAINS WEST LEAVE ST. JoHSsBURY.
Pa-,ump-ic KaiIroad.---July =, 1888.
st. Johnsbury Church Directory.

AdpeHt-Paddock Village. sabbath Services at
1890 a M. l:ij and 6:3O y. III. Sabbath school
Il IA. Prayer Meetings AT 1880 ,. IN Sunday, Tues
day and Friday evenings.
Bdptist-Railroad Street Corner Maple Rev
+. I. Sandiord, Pastor Preaching 1880 ,. NJ. :
school Il NJ. Prayer meeting $50. Prayer meet
Ing Wednesday evening at 1:3O.
Free Bdptist-Man Street. Corner Prospect.
sabbath services 1870 AN, and $50 r NJ. sabbath
school at - NJ. Prayer meeting Wednesday even
in. at 7.3O
Church oj the Messiah-C CUniversalistJ Eastern
avenue corner Cherry street Sabbath services
at I0:3O A. ~, $50 P. NJ. sabbath School at II ~
Wednesday evening meeting at 7;3O.
MethOdist-Crutral street Rev. +. W. Culver
Pastor. Residence next to the Church. sab
bath services at 1890 A and G:3O p N. Sabbath
school at IL NJ. Wednesday evening meeting at
1:3O.
Church. Rev. Henry W Jones, Pastor. sabbath
services at 1890 A. NJ. aud 6:3O T.. NJ. sabbath
school at l.ij =. NJ. Wednesday evening meeting
al 7:3O.
south Congregationai-Main street Rev. Ed
1880 A NJ. and $50 T. NJ. sabbath School at l. NJ.
Wednesday evening meeting at 7:aO.
Presbyterian ChuTch-Eastern \ venue Rev W
K. Laird. pastor. sabbath services at 1880 a. m.
300, $50 p. m Sabbath school at II NJ. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening 7:3O.
81 1HdretV.s-t EpiscopalD Main street Rev.
+. :. Fisher, Rector. services sundays at
1880 a. M, and ; p. III. W Wednesdays at 1:30 p. }.
sunday School, at - N.
Roman Cathotic-Cherry Street. Rev. J. \.
i;"ssonnault Parish Priest. Mass and 10 "a. :;
NcSprrS and Benedictiun at p. N. On the
second sunday OF the month, service at $50 a. ~,
and p. m. At Lyndonville same day at 1880 Il. Il.
\. ~ q. A.-Mectings at the hall of the Y. NJ. c.
\. Main street. Sunday mornings at $50, Satur
day evenings at 73O Young Mems meeting sun
day at 5.3o p. Noon meeting every day at
on Eastern avenue.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-07-13

Prof. Swing in the Alliance. !

The tlag-man who was to signal all
trains that might be approaching the
disabled express on the Hudson River
Road did not wish to go far from his
train lest it might start off and leave
him. This incident and a million like
it. raise the question whether an un-
educated mind is of any value in any
department of human life. \ brake
man or Il switchman or Il stage driver
or "A stockraiser ought to possess all
that advantage of mental power which
an education would give. This flag
man on the Hudson River Road was,
perhaps, not bad man, but he took
hold of duty with Il feebleness much
like that of an idiot. He might have
done the same had he been a graduate
of Harvard, but the law is that there
is an immense difference between the
educated and the uneducated mind.
Mr.. Wagner himself, had he known the
| situation of things. would have run
! back IA hundred, or two hundred yards
! before even daring for IA moment t.
/ feel secure in the task.
Untaught minds are very expensive
/ This accident will cost enough to edu-
cate IA regiment of tlagmeu and brake
men. The awful burning up of almost
a thousand persons in the theatre il
Vienna came largely from the stupidity
of Il lot of wooden men whose imbecil'
memories forgot to drop the iron cur
tain and forgot to turn on water; an'
while this mental deafness was reign
ing at one end of the theatre SOM
woodenheaded policemen were shut
+ ting up doors at the bottom of stair
ways on the supposition that all ha'
gone ont. They had not sense enougl
, Ia generate ii healthy doubt: for 1t re
quires not "A little amount of menta
life to induce a mind to make an inquir
or raise a slight distrust.
A nurse in Chicago was told not t
+ take her little l-year old charge nea
: the lake She did not obey, and whll
D this nurse was chatting with anoth'
4 nurse, perhaps her equal. the baby e
! into the water. 1t was tished out l.
e some men, and it was apparently dea'
the nurse proposed taking the infant
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-07-13
The Troubles of Being "a WO-
man.

Upon the whole, it is a dreadful
bother to he IL woman, and do the bus
mess up in good shape.
In the first place, you've got to look
well, or else you're nobody. \ man
may he homely, and still he popular.
WhiSkerS cover up the most of his face,
and, if he has got Il large mouth, no
body mistrusts it; and, if he wrinkles
bad on his forehead, his friends speak
of his many cares, and of his thought
ful disposition, and tell each other that
his wrinkles are lines of thought. Lines
of thought, indeed when, in all prob
ability. his forehead is wrinkled by the
habit he has got of scowling at his
wife when the coffee isn't strong
enough.
A woman must always he in good or
der throughout. Her hair must he
frizzed and banged as fashion demands,
and she must powder, if she has shin
ing skin and she must manage to look
sweet. no matter how sour she may
feel and she must hang just so, and
| her laces must he always spOtless, and
| her boot buttons all in place, and finger
! nails clean, and she mustn't whistle or
| climb fences. nor stone cats, nor swear
when she is mad.
She can't go out alone, because Ia
dies must he protected. She can't go
anywhere when it rains, because hel
hair won't stay crimped, and she'll get
mud on her petticOats and things. She
can't he Il FreemasOn, because sht
would tell their secrets and everybody
would know all about that goat and
] Il, ShA can't SNAKE hp-
cause it wouldn't be feminine. Sht
can't go counting, because 1T is unwo
manly. But she must get married be
fore she is twenty-five, or everybody
will feel wronged. People will sigl
over her, and wonder why it is that thu
men don't seem to take" and all The
old maids and widows will smile sig
nificantly-and keep silent.
, oh. these smiles, and these signiti
cant looks They are ten times wors
than open ISLANDERS!
, 1t is a terrible thing to he an OLE
maid terrible, Everybody knows
is. and the women who are married T.
drunken husbands, and who manage T.
quarrel with them six days out of sew
t en-, will groan in agony of spirit owe
J the single woman, and call her ''tha
poor old maid -
E A woman must marry rich, or sh
70 doesn't marry ''well." To marry We
/ is the end and aim of IA wOman's eXi-
temce, Judging from the view whic
e people in general take of the matter.
p 1t is everybody's business who We
- man marries. The whole neighbOrhUo
Il put their heads together and talk owe
h the pros and cons and decide wheth'
= she is good enough for him. And the
Il criticise the shape of her nose, and I'll
Y way she does up her hair, and rela
anecdotes of how lazy her grandfath'
o was. aud how her Aunt Sally used
II sell beans and buttermilk.
e A woman must wear No. boots {
.r No. 3 feet. and she must manage
lt dress well on seVenty-tive cents
" week and she must be kind to Il
Il, poor, and go regularly to the SEWN
Il society meetings, and be ready to DIRE
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-07-13
Engaging "a Tenor.

"They're queer lot, these church
music committees. It's very unusual
thing to find a man on one of them
who has the slightest knowledge of
music. Sometimes they make very
funny blunders. Let me illustrate this
with my story A friend of mine who
has light tenor voice of limited COM
pass, wanted "A position in a choir. He
heard of vacancy, and went to see
the chairman of the committee, who
was, | believe, a wholesale fish dealer,
in downtown market. well, young
man. demanded that dignitary, what's
your qualifications How high kin you
singP AT at-present,' stammered
my friend, &c is my highest note, but
) sc interrupted the old fellow, ex-
citedly-'G! shouldn't wonder if you
was just the man we want. Why, we
tried feller last Sunday who could on
ly sing up to c, an, by gosh, he had to
pretty near yell the top of his head off
to do hdtr'-[ Freund's Daily.