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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-03-21
The Star of Bethlehem

Is now visible in the Heavens. Plant
potatoes on the dark of the. moon.
But there is no special time to see and
realize from the benefits given in
cheap goods daily distributed at (TOm
Harrisons). Knock at the door Of
plenty and as you greenbacks are, so
shall thy share he melted unto you.
All who will, may come. ...
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-03-21
Ran Ont Of his Coat,

Some run for lights. Some for
guns. Some in great fright. 'All
afraid of the "Bar," big Bart
some say big as COW, Some of the
more gallant of the young men ran
square full up in new suits of clothes
at Tom Barrison's, with pew hats to
match. Ladies keep, a kindly watch
over these young gallants, They are
dandies, and you will know them by
their neat fitting clothes and fine APP
pearance.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-03-21
RAILROAD ITEMS.


The L. h N. pay train was here
yesterday. ~, go ~,
Jno. Crosby,.a switchman, had his
left leg run over by the cars in Mem.
phis last Monday. tu,,''''
Mr.. E. M. Brown, ticket agent here
for the l. 9. road, has received fine
ticket cabinet from headquarters. It's
beauty. .j... g,..,.-''
VIM. Kuffin, while trying to rescue
his team from an. approaching
train near Nashville, had his leg
crushed last Monday. ,,.,,,,a''. ~
The Missouri Pacific railroad yield
ed to the demands of its employees.
The old rates have been restored, and
everything is now working serenely.
The colored boys of the town are a
nuisance at the depot platform. They
crowd around every train, making
all kinds of noise, disgusting the pas.
sengers, and annoying the railroad
men. Stop them. ..l ., 4
The passenger earnings of the
louisville u Nashville for the first
week of this month were very large,
the figures being s1O3,63O. Last
year for the same week they were
S63,69O r,.-.
Some miserable scamp threw rock
through the window of passenger
train No. 2, Of the l. G. road, Mon
day, near Medina, and a lady barely
escaped being hit by the missile. Her
child was cut in the face by flying
glass. ~ ,r o,' g
W, L. Tally, brakeman on the
L, q N. R. r., while coupling carsat
Erin, Thursday of last week, was
Killed. One of the cars was loaded
with cross ties which projected over
the end. and crushed Tally as the cars
came together. ,a ""i
Carroll and Gibson counties want
the Tennessee Central RAILROAD com.
pleted, hence they do not want any
more fighting of the roads by the leg.
islature. We believe the represents
tives of the two counties will reflect
the wishes of majority of their con-
! stituents if they will vote for the re
peal of the present law, H.
The last spike was driven on the
Union Railway of Tennessee Satur'
day. The track is laid with steel rails
entirely. The road completely en-
circles Chattanooga and puts 81, OOO,'
600 worth Of property on the market
The enterprise is one of the largest
private affairs ever undertaken in thu
south The road connects with every
railroad coming into the city. ., ,
The Investigation j. into color blind
ness among railway employees in Ger
many shows that s9S persons. out o
1S9, 452 had no idea of color whatev
err of1l5,154 men engaged in thu
general work of the service Se wer
completely and 273 partially iusensi
BILE to differences of color. Among
A13, 616 engineers only one was com
pletely celor blind, and u partially so
|
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-03-21
The Beast CAPTURED.

Aud wonderful thing he was.
His scalp is now on exhibition up.
stairs, uear the great pile of cheap
hats, being sold daily by Tom H'rri-
SOU He it is who has all the novel;
ties, wonders and cheap bargains in
his line. Ambulance free. Don't
fail To see the sights.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-03-21
SMALL CHANGE.

Ollie Chapman has a cultivated
hog, ..a.
Gardening had another setback
last Tuesday. ,''''' "''''
Court is in session at Humboldt.
The lawyers are happy.
Dick Crump was hunting the bear
with a lantern Thursday night.
Very little wind this month, so far;
but March may" Ego out like lion"
Marshal Lusk had fun Saturday
afternoon pulling the men who had
neuralgia, o.e 49,. ~ ''
"Corns corns! o, how they do
hurt!" For further particulars, see
Bill Blanks, ,.,t,. ,.'.''' ~
The measles is still raging in town,
but we are glad to state no case has
resulted fatally. ~ '.'
Several young people enjoyed a de
lightful time at the residence lof MIR.
Harye Mitchum Friday night,
We thank Unknown" for the
beautiful flower sent Saturday, but
hope she didn't send it emblemati-
cally, yo, ''" -
The revival at Humboldt don't
stop all the meanness. Dan Doho>
vans store was burglarized there last
Friday night. i
The mercury was down to eight
degrees above one morning this week.
The ground was slightly frozen yester-
day morning os"
The Trenton Herald tells that
Spring is, approaching, by the absence
of the "bone and sinew" on the
streets. 1t has all come to Milan.
There will he no service at the G.
P. Church Tomorrow. The pastor
is at the meeting of the Presbytery
at Mckenzie and will remain several
days. - "'c" 90
Mr.. ]. A. McAlister is this week
making shipment of four car loads
of corn to the south. Yet some peo>
pie imagine this is a cotton rather
than a grain country.
" Mr.. J. w. Rosamon, at Gadsden,
has averaged S1O6 per acre net profit
on strawberries for the last twelve
years. Our. fruit growers here could
do as well with little energy.
The Emerson Club has decided
that the mbership shall not at any
time exceed twenty members. The
quota is now full. and new members
will be received only as vacancies &C.
cur. ." ,r
Tie first and only sleighs we have
Been this season were on the streets
last Tuesday afternoon and"Wednes!
day morning. The jingle of the ir
bells, we hope, tolled the departure Of
winter. t. e. ,",
Nature failed TO celebrate St. Pat.
rick's day by "wearing of the green
hereabouts, but donned a'pure and
spotless robe of white. The heaviest
snow of the winter-about six inches
fell here that day. -" a,.'''.
Mr., Jas. A. McClaran has done a
handsome piece of fresco work on the
wall over the pulpit in the G. P
Church, representing banner, with
the following inscription; "The Lore
is in His Holy Temple, $50" -
|, The decOmposed remains of col
ored infaut were found in cigar boz
near the residence of Mr.. Stapletor
last Monday By some little boys. The
box, had been barely covered in the
earth. 1t is not. known who buried
them there. ,- st" n..'
McAlister d Shepherds registered
Jersey bull will be brought int
town the latter part of next week
and will remain several days, to ac
commOdate those who wish his ser
vices. Parties interested will pleas,
take. notice. Remember, also, tina
every calf ofhis, dropped this winter
and spring has been heifer. -
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-03-21
FOR,SALE.

TyEN HOUSES Il LOTSIN MILAN: WILL
be sold very low. o. VI, HALLSTKoM.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-03-21
RAILROAD TINE TABLE,
GREAT JACKSON ROUTE


ILLINOIS CENrBAL RAILROAD.
After January llth, 1885, trains viii leave
Milan as follows;
SOUTH. NoRIh'
w. a az ~ S.do mn No. at Lao pm
No. az az 1:oI am No. 6, at 1918 pm
Passengers are also allowed to ride on the
following freight arains: "
SOUTH, Noh,n
No.7. at2;4Opm No; o. az AZ a iO,Han
II, NJ. ,BROwN, Ticket Agen..
iA.H HANSON, Gen /. Pass. AGENT Vnio SsV.
Ill. j. W COLEMAN. Asst IT, n Az"
orleans La 81 d.,
LOUISVILLE Il NASHVILLE H. n
Trains leave Milan as follows on and after
August oath. 1854.
No. l. south, leaves ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I:yS am
Nos. -, ...........''''''''''''' ~ ~ pi
No. 2 north v','','''.-,,,,.... SIS am
o.F.CANTWELL.T Ticket Agent
N. 9. x St. L.
On"and after August oath. 1884, passenger
rains West
LyNashhyillo 7..s.m AT A Mc e IL, 5 m
a, a. r.fE ~ go l2:O0 pm
:. :. 5:1o pm pm /" 6:47 am
EAST BOUND.
Lv Mckenzie 1902 pm Ar Nashville d:d5 pm
- - .. 4:2O am 0'V0 au
''V g. Pr CANTwELL, Agent.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-13
His Confidence Was Shaken.

In the doorway of a Madison street
cigar store bright little pug dog sits,
all day on his launches. He is chain
ed to the cigar-lighter inside. not be-,
cause the proprietor fears he might es-
cape, but because they know the habits
and practices of the gamins who fire.
quent the neighborhOod. Last even-
ing a pIeasant-lookmg young man en-
tered the store and purchased a pack
age of cigarettes. He looked tired and
his eyes were filled with a very vacant
stare. 1t was evident to the most cas-
ual observer THAT the young man had
been drinking. He carefully picked
the tinfoil off the package of cigarettes
and tried for some time to pick out
one of them. Finally he tore one side
of the package and tucked all but one
OF the lung-dcsLroyers into his coat-tail
pocket. This one he lit, and as he was
lighting it he caught sight of the dogs
chain. With uncertain gaze he follow
ed it along until it reached the dog.
Then he rubbed his eyes, looked again,
and appeared pretty sure that there
was a dog in the doorway. Still, he
was not convinced. lie glanced
around cautiously, saw that no one.
was looking, and then he whistled soft.
ly. The dog did not respond and the
young man turned pale. He whistled
louder, still no response. Then he
reached out his cane and cautiously
poked the dog. His poke gave back a
hollow metallic sound and his hat be-
gan to rise. He dropped his fresh ci-
garette, rushed out into the street.
boarded an Ogden avenue car and said,
SHAY, conduct'r, lemme off t WASH
'nton' Home. I've got 'em again. -
Chicago Herald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-13
A Plea for Slang.

Slang is, indeed, 4 very good fortiliz-
er. 1t serves to give now frIIiifulness
to language. 1t gives emphasis to
speech, and not rarely ornament TO
language. In the offer to check the
course of slang, there should be judi
cious care lest in trying to preserve
the so-callcd beauty and purity of
language, VIC deprive thought of a
noble savant, for words are, after all,
nothing more than the insensible con-
duits of living thought; and. it is in
finitely better to have a great idea
clearly and comprehensively expressed
by new means than dwarf it by limit
ing it to the elegant inaptitude of the
photographer manual.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-13
An Old-Tfme School Master.

A hundred and fifty years ago, among
the German settlers of Pennsylvania,
there was q remarkable old school
master, whose name was Christopher
Dock. For three days he taught school
at little place called Skippack, and
then for the three next days he taught
at Stafford.
Whenever one of his younger schol-
ars succeeded in learning his A b C,
the good Christopher Dock required
the father of his pupil to give his son q
penny, and also asked his mother to
cook two eggs for him rs a treat in
honor of his diligence. To poor chill
dren in q new country these were fine
rewards. At various other points in
his progress. an industrious child in
one of Docks schools received a penny
from his father and two eggs cooked
by his mother. All this time he was
not counted q member of the school,
but only as ON probation. The day on
which boy or girl began to read was
the great day. If the pupil had en-
diligent in spelling. the master. on the
morning after the first reading day,
would give q ticket carefully written
or illuminated with his own hand.
This read: "Industrious-one penny" -"
This showed that the scholar was now
really received into the school.
There were no clocks or watches;
the children came to school one after
another. taking their places near the
mastor, who sat writing. They spent
their time reading out of the Testa-
ment until all were there. But every
one who succeeded in reading his verse
without mistake stopped reading, and
came and sat at the writing-table TO
write. The poor fellow who remained
last on the bench was called a lazy
scholar.
The funniest of Docks rewards was
that which he gave to those who made
no mistake in their lessons. He marked
q large o with chalk on the hand OF
the perfect scholar. Fancy what a
time the boys and girls must have had
trying to go home without rubbing out
this O!-Edt0ard EggleStOm. ia st.
Nicholas for July.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-13
The Chorister.

Snow on the high-pitched minister roof and
spire,
Snow on the boughs OF the lesflcss linden
trees;
freeze
Under nights wing housekeeping nigh and
higher.
Inside the church, within the shadowy choir,
Dim Dorns the lamps like lights on vaporous
seas;
Drowned arc the voices of droned litanios;
Blurred as in dreams the voice of priest and
choir
Cold hath numbed sense to slumbsr here! But
bark,
One swift soprano, soaring like lark,
Startes the stiffness; throbs that soul of
fire,
Beats around arch and isl0 floods echoing
dark
With exquisite aspirations; higher and high
er,
Yearns in sharp anguish of untold desire.
John Addington Symonds.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-13

"Look here, boy" said the pompous
Deacon Trulygood to a newsboy whom
he found dancing a jig on the pave
ment last Sunday, do you know whose
day this is?' Il may be little of, "
answered the arab, squirting impu-
IDENTIFY through one eye at his question
er, but 1 guess you don't carry it
around in your vest pocket. "-Wdsh-
tagt0n HGtchet. -G=-..-s= -s=-=--zsses,ss..-rv-.--
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-13

KNEW an old fellow out West who
had mortgages on a whole town-a
small town = who made it a condi-
lion of his loan that the buildings
should be painted red. That was
ny-looking village. There were
about thirty houses and stores and a
large factory and a bridge--all red.
The people in neighboring towns made
lots of fun over it and the place was
finally known as Redtown.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-13

The superstition which associates
the dogs howl with the approach OF
death is probably derived from the
Aryan mythology, which represents a
dog as summoning the departing soul
Throughout all Aryan mythology the
souls of the dead are supposed to ride
Oh the night wind with their howhng
dogs, gathering into their throng the
souls of those just dying as they pass
by their houses
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-13
Leaders.

The Cid. expiring as the MoOrs drew near,
Directed that his officers should lead
His corpse TO battle mounted on the steed
He rode through all the storm of his career.
They did. Wherever lowered that chieitain
dear,
For victory there was no other need.
The foes proud front WAS broken like a
reed
And he was scattered in a gale of fear.
So. like that Arthur of romantic Spain,
Though dead, tho lofty ones of all the ages
Still lead us DER the worlds vast battle-plain,
Upon the faithful steeds of hstory's pages;
And, by their presence, rally and sustain,
Whilst the great war twixt Truth and Error
RACES.
Franklin E DUSTIN in The Current.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-13

Miss Cleveland is the baby of the
Cleveland family. She looks to be So.
She is medium-sized woman, inclined
to be petite, with square shoulders, a
short neck, and face sallow in its
complexion, but decidedly intellectual
in its features. From high forehead
little brown curls stand upward, and
going backward cover her whole head
with innumerable ringlets.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-13

Historical Note. e.-Plutarch says that
Demosthenes made a gloomy fizzle of
his first. speech. This did not dis
courage him; he finally became the
smoothest orator in that country. and
it was no uncommon thing for him to
ill the First Baptist Church of Athens
tull.-BtH Nye, IN Boston GLOBE.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-13

Victor Hugo always wrote in the
morning, and made so many alterations
in his manuscript that a page when
completed is said to have looked like
sheet of music, -'---- ------- :!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-13
beer BOTTLING.

"AVING purchased of Louis Giering his
II Beer Bottiing Works in Kent am pre-
pared to supply all customers with Bottled La
Soft Drinks. 1 will fill promptly all orlers
from customers in Ravenua.
FKf Derrick WURSTER
Rent O,,a,,anr -. '9'H ToT-e
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-13

Physician and Surgeon, OFFIcE, East end of
Phenix Block, up stairs, Rsvenna. . Resi-
dence, on Pratt Str3ct, west side. first house
south of Main 7In-6m~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-13
G. FL. GRIFFIN
w w. WHITE. M. ID .

DENTIST. Office over First National Bank
- ONCE hours from a. m. to p. m.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-13

This raises the torch several feet
above the pinnacle of Trinity church
suire. the ioftiest editice in the city
nrpper. and makes it nearly rs high as
the water-tower on the bluff near High
Bridge, which is the highest point
above the sea-level in the city. An in
comparabIy beautiful view will be had
OF the harbor, the city, and the sur
rounding country from the apex OF the
statue ..
Aside from its value as an earnest OF
French good will. as an artistic tri-
umph, and as an observatory, the
| statue will be useful as a lighthouse.
{ A powerful electric light will iuumin-
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1885-03-18

ner etc., Sd att denna "poop' sjslfva YER
leet hade monopol. Naturliga folder hsr-
af voro, att de andra fabrikerna masts
stryka pa foten. att priserna skrufvades
upp och att all ny konkurrens undertryck.
tes.
Andtligen intradde ett omslag. Kongres.
sen beslot att nedsatta inforseltullen nd
tandstickor och helt och hallet borttaes
stampelskatten, hvarigenom "pool 4 ena
sldan nodsakades nedsatta prisen nagot,
ehuru visserligen blot med3O cent pr gross.
Men da den upphafda stSmpelafgiften ut.
gjort $3.50, fortjenade bolagst nu en- dollar
mer pa hvarje gross in forut. Endast iu-
II manad forlidet ar anslogs bolagets for
Jsnst till en- million dollars. Men man b5r.
Jade emellertid fran fera hall importer.
svenska tandstickor SAINT maskiner ech for
tiilverkning af sadana. Den fara, som I'd.
iunda hotar det gamla bolagst, s6ksr det nu
afvsrJa genom att inleda undsrhandli
med importorerne angaende bildande af On
kombination, hvsrigenom de f0rening
skulle beherska den in. och utlsndska tSnd-
stickshandsln. Till nagot bsstamdt resultat
hafva dessa undsrhandlingar Snnu ej lsdt;
brefskrifvarsn papekar emellertid den Ii.
genhet' som yppat sig for europeisks fabri-
kanter att vinna afsattning Nordamsri-
ka, och uppmanar sarskildt Sverige och
1yskland att rigta sin uppmsrksamhet pa
delta land.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1885-03-18

tyska befolkningen hsr landet har, sd vidt
vi veta, alltid staff vxnskapligt forhallan.
de till den svenska. Tyskar 9 i Iowa skulle
saledes harifr&n vara EFT undantag. vi
kunna icke hjelpa detta. men sa langt den
tysk-amerikanska tidningen Burlington
angar, aro vi icke i behof af hennes rad
och hennss grofya och sanningsl6sa utfa.
rande mot svenskarne ar lyckligtvis af in
gen betydelse."
vi for var del anse. att ON svenskarne /
Burlington utgjort EFT undantag fran den
0friga befolkningen och f0rblifvit sina repu.
blikanska principer tillgifna. Dor denna
hallning snarare skrifvss pa deras meritli.
sta an ansss som ett fel, ty politiska 6fver-
lopare m&ste med nodvsndighet f0rr eller
senare vacks misstroende. Hvad den ON.
standigheten betrSffar, att en- stor del af
svenskarne slutit sig till prohibitionspartiet,
sd hoppas vi att de harpa icke komma att
forlora, ty den dag torde komma, da lust
delta parti blir dominerande staten och
far magt att tillsatta embeten; och da aro
vi forvissade att svenskarne icke blifva
glomda.
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1885-03-18

SAINT en- del af brittiska 0arna. Formorkel
sen borja lie for st. Pauls horizont XII. 1O.3f
I. M, hade sin storsta utstrackning XII. IL ,0s
middagen SAINT upphorde XII. 1.3Oe. m. Ma
nan slit ostra lopp, passerar stundom
smellan solen och jorden, SAINT kastar do
skugga pa var planet, berofvande den er
del af solljuset. Vid det tillfalle da man
dagens formorkelse var storst, bortskymdes
fyra femtedelar af solens yta.
F0rdelarne af hog license fran ne
kuniar synpunkt aro stora, kanske lika sto
ra som sedda fran moralisk. Tillaten on
framstalla EFT bevis derfor. 1 Minneapo
Lis funnos EFT ar tillbaka SIT salooner, som
under da gallande beskattning gafvo stads
kassan en- tribut af $5l. 200. Genom skat.
tens hojande valsignades staden med en-
minskning antalet krogar till 274 och Ok
ming skatteinkomst till $137 900.
l st. Paul fnnas f. n. 533 krogar, som
skatta $53, 300. ON samma forandring vid.
toges der som Minneapolis och med sam.
ma resultat, skulle man st. Paul "a 2s1
krogar, SOM inkomst gafve stadskassan
$l4l 600, eller en- okning inkomster al
$S7 100, detsamma som ungefar en- fJerdedel
af hels det belopp som palagges ALA stadens
skattskyldige. En- medborgare, som nu
betalar 500 skatt skulle sedan eli betala
mera in SIS, 5,om han nu betalar go, komme
han sedan att betala SIS O.. s.v.
Hog license-lagens opponenter pasta att
hvarje stad har ratt att palagga alkoholfor.
saljningen de skater, dess ihvanare onska.
Delta ar nog SAINT - men SAINT ar sfven att
de branvinsaffarer intresserade utg0ra en-
GEa, som 5fverallt ar stark och ytterligt
svar for de utom staende att bryta.
Denna liga har vid var senaste legislator
visat hvad den formar. M aterstar ingen.
ting annat an att folket, ON det ej will lyss-
ma till moralens bud, - eftersinnar den ho.
ga beskattningens verkan pa dess egen
bors. Ma nykterhetens och sparsamhetens
vanner organisera sig utom ALA politiska
psrtier och koncentrela heIa sin styrka till
genomforande af delta enda - hog license.
Delta skier genom att utvaIja tjensteman,
major, alderman m. q. som aro vanligt
stamda och villiga att arbeta for den
CODA saken.
Prohibitionen framstaller sig sedan som
EFT kanske aAagset men dock ernaeligt NAL.