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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26
Burned BY a Gas Explosion.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, September lS.-
John Geddes returned to his house al
noon to-day. He went into the cellar to
look for something and lighted match,
at the same moment an explosion, either
OF sewer gas or Illuminating gas, oc-
Cured. His clothing ignlted, and he
rushed up stairs. His wife threw a car.
pet over MIN, extinguishug the ia mes.
The explosion caused havoc In the house,
and much OF the furniture was demolish.
ed, causing loss of about $4,000. Ged
des was removed to the Pennsylyanls
Hospital, being terribly burned about the
face, body and limbs.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

THE police of ST. Petersburg have been
ordered to renew the measurs of strin-
gency adopted during the darkest days OF
Nihilism.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

AT the Cabinet meeting on the 18th the
policy of the Government in the silver
question was discussed. No definite ac-
ton appears to have been taken. 1t is
probable that the matter will be further
considered when the absent Cabinet Of
fcers, Messrs. Bayard, Endicott aud Gar
land, return.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

PRAIRIE fires have ragged in the vicinity
of Bismarck, Oak, with unusual fierce
ness. At least fifty farmers are burned
out of crops and houses. Losses range
from $1,000 to 5000 each. Tho aggre-
gate loss is over $4,000. There has been
some loss of human life.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

THE smallpox epidemic continues to
spread at Montreal, and the number Of
cases is so large that the authorities re-
fuse to furnish information to the press.
The opposition of the French Canadian
citizens to all sanitary precautions is
largely responsible for the terrible condi-
ton of affairs.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

COLONEL ALEX. MCDONALD au- Lieu-
tenant S. w. Groesbeck, of the Sixth in
fantryi have been detached to meet at
Ogden, Utah, the Chinese Commission
ers from San Francisco to investigate
the difficulties which recently occurred at
Rock Springs, Wy, and to act as their
escort during the investigation.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

THE second heat of the international
yacht race, between the Puritan and &C.
nesta, was sailed on the 10th, and after
an exciting contest was calamity won by
the Puritan; and SO the American cup
still remains on the west side of the At
lantic and the superiority of the center
board craft is maintained.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

Tue bulk Of the mails over many Of the
Star routes running through New Mexi CO
has been so largely increased owing 20
the terms of the postal convention be-
tween the United States aud Mexico pro-
viding for the free exchange of mails,
that the contractors ars becoming clamor =
Gus Tor increased compensation.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

LIEUTENANT GEO. NJ. STOREY, COM
manding the expedition to Alaska, re-
ports to the Secretary of the Navy, under
date of July 18th, his arrival at Hotham
Inlet on July 18th. He was to start on
the day of writing with the larger part of
his stores for the head waters of Putnam
River
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

FIFrY-Two active members were pres
ent at the annual session of tho Supreme
Council, thirty third degree, A. A. Scot
fish Rite for the Norther1 Jurisdiction of
the United States, held at Boston on the
18th
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

THE London morning papers of the 18th
contained column obituaries lamenting
the death of Jumbo. The Telegraph,
over its report of the death and history of
the famous elephant, displays large head
lines reading "Sad End of Jumbo"
"Killed by Collision with a Railroad
Train"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

A RUMoR was current at Washington
on the 21St that Dorman B. Elton, OF the
Ciyil-Servics Commission, has resigned.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

THE Director General of the North,
Central and South American Exposit ion
states that the buildings, grounds, etc,
are now ready in every particular for the
reception of exhibits, and exhibitors are
request I'D to forward articles at once
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

REPORTS from Dakota say that prairie
fires are still raging, and that numerous
losses in grain, hay in stacks, and build
ings have occurred.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

A COUNCIL Of Turkish Ministers, pre-
sided over by the Sultan, decided to APP
peal to the powers to maintain the rights
of the Porte in Roumelia.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

THE Evansville Qnd) Courier Dem.
advocates the shelving OF the old politi-
clans, such as Voorhees,, Mcdonald and
Hendricks, and turning the State over
to the young Democracy.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

The people of Philippop lis, capital OF
Eastern Roumelia, have rebelled, seized
the Governor General, deposed the Gov
eminent and declared a union of Roumelta
with Bulgaria.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

REV. JEREMIAH O'SULLIvAN, pastor OF
ST. Peters Catholic Church, Washington,
D. c., was consecrated Bishop of the do
cese of Mobile on the Goth, with imposing
ceremonies.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

w. H. MORRIS and wife. of Mount
Pleasant Tex, has sued the Yves tern
Union Telegraph Company for $1,000 for
non delivery of message.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

THE Miners Association aud the
Knights of Labor have arrived at an un-
Outstanding, and the strike in Pennsyl-
vauia will be supported by both organi-
cations.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

THOSE who pretend to know say there
will not be general strike along the
Union Pacific, and that Wyoming will
soon be entirely clear of Chinese miners.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

A STRONG army feeling is being worked
up against Lord Wolseley, and his con-
duct Of the Nile campaign will prob
ably be a subject of Parliamentary discus
sion
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26

A OBLIGATION started from Dallas,
Tex, on the 10Th, to Kokomo, Ind, to re-
turn an old flg captured during the war
from the Fifty seventh Indiana regiment
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08
Courtesy at Home.

If child is brought up in the
constant exercise or courtesy to-
ward brothers and sisters and play
mates as well as toward parents,
uncles and aunts, it will have little
to learn as its grows older. know
a bright and bewitching child who
was instructed in table etiquette,
but who forgot her lessons some
times, as even older people do now
and then. The arrangement was
made with her that for every sole.
cism of this sort she was to pay a
fine of five cents, while for every
similar carelessness in her elders
she was TO exact a fine of 10 cents
their experience in life being long.
er than hers. You may be sure
that Mistress Bright Eyes watched
the proceedings at the table very
carefully. No slightest disregard
of the most conventional etiquette
escaped her quick vision, and she
was an infexible creditor and &
faithful debtor. 1t was the pretti-
est sight to see her when conscious
of some failure on her own part, &C
unhesitatingly to her money boz
and pay cheerfully her little trib
ute to the outraged proprieties.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08
SELLS BROTHERS BIG SHOW.
Something About the Big Circus.

In the circus proper there are 20C
| firstclass star performers, giving une-
qualed performances in four great cir
Gus rings, six acts at one tire, occu-
plying, Simultaneously, the earth, all
and saddle. Foremost among these ar
fists may be mentioned VIM. Sells, the
worlds champion bareback rider
Mile Adelaide CornOna, the female
champion bareback artistic; Miss Ada
Purvis, Miss Mildred Gardner, Senior
Don Jere, Bell, Mr.. Frank II. Gardner,
and several other bareback celebrities,
the greatest of the great. M'lle Maret-
ia, the queen of the flying rings; the
Stirk family, Europe's greatest bicy-
clists, and nearly 200 other artists Oi
nearly equal note, from the most cele-
brated arenas of Europe and America
The Sells shows are ten times larger,
ten times greater and ten times better
than any other show that you have ever
seen. 1t would require twelve hours
time for one-ring circus to give the
same number OF acts to be seen at the
big tOur-riDg show. The big quadru-
pie has more first class artists than
some shows have people all told, more
elephants than some shows have horses,
more camelS than some shows have
horses, and its wonderful city of tents
is as large as twenty old-time circuses.
l is coming on its own great trains
of cars, drawn by its own powerful To-
comotives, and the big show will surely
unfold its world of wonderland at Pu-
laski on Wednesday, Oct. II. Don't
fail TO see it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08
How the Vow was Sealed.

I did not pay very close attention
to what the preacher was saying,
for l was thinking about a funny
story l read three or four years age
about this very Ocean Grove. The
tents are large and neatly furnished
and back of each tent is a frame
kitchen. These rows of tents are
Lot more than twenty yards from
the tabernacle and being quite
close together, the conversation
which takes place in one tent can
be heard in the next. The story is
as follows: ,
There is a goad deal of pious
flirting going on, and it seems that
a young couple had become engag-
ed, somehow or other. Before re-
firing to his tent the young man,
whose name Is Jim, conversed with
Carrie something after this fashion
"Now, Carrie. let me seal that
VOW before CO."
"No, James, l cannot think Of it.
Indeed it would be quite wrong.
What would Deacon Smith say?"
"But Carrie, we are engaged you
know. Let me seal that vow, Car
rieT'
"No, James, it would not be
proper"
Come, Carrie, let me seal that
VOW"
Just at this crisis the voice OF
Carries brother was heard in the
back part of the tent, for he lifted
it and said;
"For goodness sake, Carrie, let
Jim seal that VOW, or none of us
will get wink of sleep tonight"
The VOW was sealed.-TeXas
Siftings.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08
Piute Oourtship.

fla Piute maiden does not like
her lover she tells her grandmoth-
er, and when the young man comes
again al night that good old lady
rises from her bed, takes handful
of hot ashes from the fire and
throws them in his face. That
the mitten. If he persists in his
attentions and continues to come
again and again the whole family
unite in heaping indignities upon
him, but the girl is never party to
this. Her brothers and sisters and
father and mother throw ashes upon
him, douse him with water, fagel-
late him with stout switches, and
drive him from the lodge. Some
times an Indian persists in spite of
such assaults, and goes again and
again to the tent where the girl is
sleeping. Sometimes this persever-
ence wins her heart, but not often.
If the girl like him and is willing to
marry him she tells her grandmoth-
er. who informs the girls father.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08
What Can be Done on a Bicycle.

After the races Canary came on
the track, radiant in a maroon vel
vet jacket and lavender tights. He
showed some wonderful things that
may be done with a bicycle. Before
he got through with his exhibition,
no one would have been surprised if
he had thrown aside the wheel and
ridden around on the air where it
had been. His best feats were
Riding with small wheel off the
ground. Backing with small wheel
off the ground. Swinging in small
circle on the big wheel only. Fac
ing backward and riding forward
Standing up on saddle. Sitting on
saddle, the machine being still, and
balanced. Machine upside down,
mount the big wheel, turn the
small one over into place, and start
of. Removing the small wheel,
ride the large one backward or for
ward. Lay handle bar on the
ground, mount the big wheel, reach
over and get the bar, and start off.
He succeeded on the third trial and
was cleered. Then he removed the
handle bar, leaving only the big
wheel which he rode. Next he re
moved the treadle rom the big
wheel, and mounting it, propelled it
with his hands. Next he stood
upright, hands in air, and rode the
wheel. Then he brought out a com
mon wagon wheel, placed his feet
on the hub on either side and pro
PEELED it with his hands. He closed
by laying the wheel fat on the
ground, suddenly pulling il upright,
spr1nging son and riding away
This was loudly applauded.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08
A Questionable Insult.

A jolly son of Erin, about half
seas over, and who is well-informed
and quite talkative, was in Mr.
Browns store talking church doc
trine the other day. An unsophis
ticated countryman stepped in and
Mr.. Brown was waiting on him,
when our Irish friend rather vehe
mently came up to Mr.. Brown ano
shook his finger IN his face anc
said:
You're a rank Calvinist, sir-s
rank Calvinist!"
Mr.. Brown didn't respond bu
kept waiting on Mr.. Greene. The
Irishman petulantly repeated the
charge and turned off, when Greenit
whispered cautiously:
What was that he called you?'
ale called me Calvanist."
"He dIdi I'd like to see him %
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08
Tha Man Who Snooaad.

The young men who receive pro
motion are the men who drink on
the sly. They are not the men
who are always at the front when
ever there is any strike, nor are
they the men who watch for the
clock to strike twelve and leave
their picks hanging in the air.
They are not the men who groBl if
they are required to attend to some
duty q few minutes after the whis-
tie has sounded. They are usually
the men who pay the closest atten-
ton to the details of their business,
who act as though they were try
ing to work for their employers in
terest instead Of to beat him at ev-
cry crook and turn. They are the
men who give the closest attention
to every practical detail, and who
look continually to see whether
they can do any better or not. This
class of men are never out Of a job
They are scarce, they never strike
they never loaf, and they do not
ask for their pay two or three
weeks before pay day.-Artisan.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08
An Idea in Fruit DRYING.

The uee of oil stoves is becoming
very common. They may be made
to do good service in drying fruit,
of which, in some sections, there is
a large excess this year. Whoever
burns hard coal (anthracitel J, knows
what a coal sitter is. The simplest
form is a square box of half-inch
stuff, with coarse wire cloth bot
tom, and no. top. The wire-cloth
should be of galvanized iron, and
about four squares to the inch.
The sides of the box are about
three inches high, and it is about
fourteen inches square. These
boxes are easily made, the wire be-
ing attached by strips, nailed to the
edges of the frame. Fruit laid upon
the wire in the boxes, and several
boxes piled evenly one upon the
other, may be quickly dried, by
placing the stack thus made upon
an oil stove. The heat must be
equalized by an iron plate laid
above the flame, which must be
kept low. The lowermost box needs
to be removed and placed on top
every now and then, special care
being taken not to cook the fruit.
The drying will thus go on entirely
under control, and almost as rapid
ly as in the patent dryers. For
large quantities patent dryer may
he used.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08
The Biggest Show That Ever Exhibited


The Biggest Show That Ever Exhibited.
There is no class of amusement which
may be call universal, we verify be-
lieve, unless it 10 the circus. TO be
universal is to be in demand and to be
pleasing, and to possess several other
attributes good and commendable. Cir
cuses, like all things else, are graded !;
man has his equal, his inferior and his
superior, and circuses have the same.
But we did not sit down to write OF
circuses generally, but the greatest of
all circuses in particular, the Sells
Brothers Monster Menagerie and
Great Quadruple Circus, which will
spread ito mountains of tents and give
two exhi bition5 at Pulaski on Wednes-
day, Oct. IA. For immensely, complete.
ness, perfection, and all things which
go to makeup great, we commend the
above. Its menagerie is the very best
and largest ever seen. Fifty huge
cages of wild living animals, embrace
ing all the species known to zoology,
are to be found in it. Droves of ami
mails, herds of animals, and hundreds OF
led animals, which, as matter OF
course, are not included. The only liv-
ing pair OF hippopotomi sveribeheld in
captivity by man is to be seen with the
Sells show, also-a wonder so strange
as to stand out as the great unduplica-
ted feature of the age.
Among the many surprises will be
discovered some splendid specimens OF
the giraffe, tall, graceful, perfect brutes
whose like are to be seen nowhere else,
and countless other wonders, too nu-
merous to mention.
Among the 200 all-star performers OF
the arenic department of the great
shows, we note the following list oil
names, which ito classify properly oul
vocabulary furnishes but one word
greatest,
VIM. Sells, champion bareback rider
of the world.
The wonderful Stirk family, Europe'i
bicyclists.
Mr. Frank II, Gardner, the cham.
| pion hurdle rider.
MILE Marietta, the flying queen.
Senior Don Jerenimo Bell, the great
est of all four and six-horse riders.
The Leslie Brothers, head balancers
Mile Adelaide Cordona, the cham
/ pion lady bareback rider of the earth
Billy Burke, the king OF clowns, anC
| his trained dOnkeys and geese.
Whole troupes of acrobats, vaulters,
| gymnasts, contortionists, jugglers, etc
| In short the whole is section OF won
derland, full, glorious, elegant anC
! complete.
Don't forget the date.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08

outside the corporation and call me
thatS" excitedly whispered Greene
as he doubled his fist and looked be-
igerant. 'The rascal! You town
people have to stand a heap. If
Use in your place I'd hit him and
risk gittin' fined. y
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08

Federal aid to our common
schools means federal control of
the same. When this bill was being
discussed In the senate Mr.. John
Sherman stated that white and col
ored children occupied the same
benches in schools in Ohio, and ask
ed if the white children of the south
ern states were better than those Of
Ohio.-Bolivar Bulletin.
The above is copied by all the
papers that oppose the Blair bill
Is it fair to attack by means of such
gross perversion and misrepresen-
tation as is implied in this? 1t is
well known that the Tennessee
constitution distinctly prohibits the
mixing of races in free schools
This question by that Shiny old
slanderer cannot apply here and it
isnOt honest to try to impose it up
on the people.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08

When two women meet they kiss.
When two men meet they don't.
This shows plainly who want kiss
ING the most.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08

Mark Twain has written a letter
in which he asserts that his chill
dren are we'll behaved, we'll gov
erned and 'companionably charming;
and he refers to Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe, Charles Dudley
Warner and other Hartford neigh
bors as witnesses. He attributes
this goodness to his wife's training.
He emphasizes the point in her
discipline that no promise is bro
ken to the youngsters, whether it
involves a whipping or picnic. In
administering corporal punishment
she invariably lets a few hours
elapse between the sentence and
the execution, so that no anger on
her part shall enter into the.matter;
and he affirms that the "child never
goes away from the scene of tor
ture until it has been loved back
into happy heartedness and a joy
full spirit.'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08

A Salem chap has been fined $40
for kissing girl, says hat fond as
he is of flowers he isn't buying any
more tulips at that price.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08

"Why Is it, she asked, "that
stolen kisses are always sweetest
II guess" he replied, sit is because
they are taken siruptitiouslYI'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08

He looked earnestly at the TIVE
glass hand grenades that hung on
the walls of the corridor of the
theater.
"How thoughtful" he said, "oi
the management to provide bottles
of water in case of faintness among
the ladies'"
"Them's fire extinguishers, Inter
rupted the attendant. "When a fire
breaks out you throw bottle on il
and they put it out"
"Any kind of ire?
Eyes; big or little"
"Then I'll have half a dozen put
into my coffin"
Cream of tartar rubbed upoI
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08
Hal Commitments Wen Deserved.

The Waukesha pendent OF
the Montgomery (Ala. } Advertiser
in report of a recent social enter.
tainment at that popular water
ing place, speaks highly compli-
mentary of Pulaski lady and he1
daughter, who have been spending
the summer there. Referring to
the ladies who gave the entertain
ment, he says: ''To make their eff
forts success, they solicited the
cooperation of Mrs. Ewing and her
lovely little daughter, Miss Mari
eta, OF Pulaski, Tenn, who kindly
consented 10 lend their aid. Com
pliments would be simply superhu-
Gus when it is said that a lady Of
Mrs. Ewing's literary reputation was
aiding the enterprise. Mrs. Ewing
opened the evenings pleasure with
a song, and the melody of her mu-
steal voice rivalled the popular rep
utation of Carlotti Patti; next, her
sweet little daughter, Marietta, re-
cited a beautiful but melancholy
story called Bessie and Her Sister"
representing the grief and remorse
of a young girl who, in a needless
moment, had taken the life of her
sister by throwing her from a prec-
ipice. The sweet young girl recited
in a graceful and charming style,
and though a young and tender
plant, shows motherly care and
training and impresses one with be
ing several years older than she
really is. Mrs. Ewing, in a most
intelligent and enthusiastic strain,
kept her listener spell bound, with
her recital OF the career and final
doom of the Inflated Mary Stuart.
The Pulaski CITIZEN says several
of the very best young men in that
county are going to Texas. This
is really singular move, and ar
CUES something wrong. There is
no country in the world where bet
ter possibilities are offered young
men just starting in hfe than here.
We have room and 10 spare. We
have an agricultural bureau offering
every inducement to immigrants to
settle with US. If there is room for
foreigners there is room for our
own people, and certainly Of the
two, our town should have the pref
erence. Daniel Webster uttered
the famous sentence to a young
friend who spoke of the crowded
state of the professions, There is
room at the top" And there is
room at the middle and at the bot
tom. The choice of situations
is entirely with the man.-Spirit of
the Farm.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-08
.tHGGt P2GG2lt

With flourish Of trumpets, beating Of drums
fyi9g colors, flags, banners and bannerets
making grand triumPhaliubilation Of in
eoqoeiyabls splendor. ovor-roaching all pro-
vious shows Of pomp end pagoantry, is given
on the morning Of our entry, fFoo Of charge
to all A scono Of SNOWY splendor on tho
highway shown, Dens by the score Of Wild
animals open on tho stroots. Twelve baud
Of music Harnessod Elephants, Camols
Rlks, Dromodaries and Zobras.