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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

There are sixteen species of trees IN
America whose perfectly dry wood will
sink in water The heaviest of these
is the blackironwood (condalia ferrea),
of Southern Florida, which is more than
30 per cent heavier than water. Of the
Others, the best known are the lignum
vitae (gualacum sanctum), and man.
grove (chizphora mangle). Another
is small oak (quercus grsea), found
in the mountains of Texas, Southern
New Mexico. and Arizona, and west
ward to the Colorado desert, at an ele-
walton of five thousand to ten thousand
feet. All the species in which the
wood is heavier than water belong
to sem tropical Florida or the arid in
terror Pac iic region.-M T. Tribune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11
a BEAR STORY.
stnl-Hunting the Grizzly In the Rocky
Mountains.

stlll-Hunting the Grizzly In the Rocky
Mountains.
Sure enough, there were two bears
(Which afterward proved to be an old
she and a nearly full-grown cub travel
ing up the bottom of the valley, much
too far for us to shoot, Grasping our
rifles and throwing off our hats, we
started off as hard as we could run d.
agonally down the hillside, so as to cut
them of. 1t was some little time be-
fore they saw us, when they made of
at numbering gallop up the valley. Ii
would seem impossible to run into two
grizzlies in the open, but they were 90
ing up hill and we down, and moreover
the old one kept stopping. The cub
would forge ahead and could probably
have escaped us, but the mother now
and then stopped to sit down on her
launches and look around at us, when
the cub would run back to her. The up
shot was that we got ahead of them,
when they turned and went straight
up one hillside as we ran straight down
the other behind them. BY this time |
was pretty nearly done out, for RAINING
along the steep ground through the
sage brush was most eXhausting work;
and Mortified kept gaining on me and
was well in front. just as he disap-
peared over a bank, almost at the bot
tom of the valley, | tripped over q
bush and fell full length. When | got
up knew l could never make up thu
ground | had lost, and besides could
hardly run any longer Merrifield wa;
out of sight below, and the bears were
laboring up the steep hillside directly
opposite and about three hundred yard
off; so sat down and began to shoo
over Merrifeld's head, aiming at thC
big bear. She was going very steadily
and in straight line, and each bulle
sent up puff of dust where it struci
the dry soil, so that | could keep cor
rectng my aim; and the fourth bal
crashed into the old bears flank. Sh
lurched heavily forward, but recovered
herself and reached the timber, Will
Merrifeld, who had put on a squirt, wa
not far behind.
l toiled up the hill at sort of trot
fairly gasping and sobbing for breath
but before got to the top l heard
couple OF shots and shout. The oil
bear had turned as soon as she was il
the timber and come towards Merri
field; but he gave her the death-wount
by firing into her chest, and then sho
at the young one knocking il over
When came up he was just walkin
towards the latter to finish it with re
volver, but it suddenly jumped up a
lively as ever and made off at a grea
pace-for it was nearly full-grown.
was impossible to fire where the tree
trunks were so thick, but there was
small opening across which it woul
have to pass, and collecting all my er
ergies, | made last run, got into pc
stion, and covered the opening wit
my rifle. The instant the bear ar
peared | fired and it turned q doze
somersaults down-hill, rolling over an
over; the ball had struck it near tn
tail and had ranged forward throug
the hollow of the body. Each of I
had thus given the fatal wound to tn
bear into which the other had fired til
first bullet. - Theodore Roosevelt, 1
Centu9V.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11
The Safest Place on a Car.

1t is a popular superstition that the
center of the car is not only the safest
part, but is also much the easier riding.
One of the greatest trials of Pullman
conductor life is the fact that about
every passenger asks for lower cen
ter berth the first thing, and is frequent
ly indignant because it can not be had.
If the center of q car rides any easier
than the end, then our cars, built as
solid and strong as they are, spring mp
and down in the middle precisely as
does q blackboard. If they do not, why
should it ride easier? AS for safety, if
you arc in the rear of the last car on the
train, and another train runs into the
rear, you are liable to get hurt. In all
other accidents you can conjure up as
liable to occur, it is the safest If a
head collision there is nothing back OF
you to add force to the blow. If the
car leaves the track and collides with a
bridge or any obstruction on q side
track it will not be in your end. If the
train is thrown down an embankment,
there is nothing to land on top of you.
Then this location is the most pleasant.
From it you can watch all the move
ments of your fellow-passengers, often
good way of passing the hours of q
long tedious journey. If your eye hap.
pens to catch q particularly fine view,
you can, by turning in your seat oil
stepping to the door, take it all in. II
there is a safest part of a train it is il
the last seat in the last car.-EinlirC
(M ~ NeOS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11
The Kind of Parents He Wanted.

Mrs. Peterby, an Austin lady, was
reading to her Little son about the
North Pole and the Esquimaux.
The Esqumaux are not remarkable
for neatness or cleanliness, as they nei-
Their wash themselves nor their children
more than once year.
80, ma" said Mrs. Peterby's little
boy, How l wish you was an Esqui-
ma and Pa was an Esqui-pa! Them S
the kind of parents | need. "
The mother wept, not so much on
account of the boys opposition to
cleanliness, as on account of dire for
boding that the Esqui-boy, so TO speak,
might grow up to be great American
statesmen. -1crds SJtinfS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

Many scientists and scholars with
in recent years, considering that there
were evidence OF the existence of the
human race upon the earth long ante
ror to the period permitted by the
B bic chro 'ology, have repudated the
data from VIII CHI the age of the race
was determined, and have thrown back
10000 years the per cd of the first APP
pearance of man as he now exists. N.
T. Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11
Marriage in England is hedged

Marriage in England is hedged
around with considerably more precau-
ton than in America. A young man
of about twenty engages himself to a
young lady of, say eighteen, and the
lovers remain thus engaged for three
or even five years. These are the
woman's good times. They then
marry and settle down-if poor, to a
life Of toll Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

IRIS no secret that Pierce's Compound
Extract of Smart-Weedi composed OF best
genuine French Brandy, distilled Extract OF
Smart Weed and Jamaica Ginger Root,
with Camphor Essence, and constitutes,
therefore, the best remedy yet known fol-
collie or cramps, cholera morbus, diarrhGa
dYSentery or bloody-lux, or to break up
colds, ievers andindammatory attacks. 81
Sents. By druggists.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11
Young Men, Read This.

THE VoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRo-VoLr
rAIc BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 80 days, to men tyoung or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss ofvital'
ity and all kindred troubles. Also for rheu.
matism neuralgia, paralysis, and many 9TH
or diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in
Cured, as 30 days trial is allowed. Write
them atonce for illustrated pamphlet, free,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11
"A gentleman at Harrisburg s

"A gentleman at Harrisburg says
that the best time ever made on an
Amer can railway, distance, stops and
number of cars taken into cons dera-
ton, was the run from Altoona to Har-
r,sburg, 1873 miles, made in two hours
and thirty-eight minutes, including
stops, with n train of twelve cars, il
the DAYS when Colonel Scott was super
intendent of the Pennsylvania Baii
roads middle division. -PittsJUrgf
Post.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11
..rnr lnnrons distilment whose effect

'THE IeDrOus distiIment whose eHect
Holds such an enmity with blood of man,
Thai, swiltas quicksilver It courses through.
The natural gates and alloys Of the body
and causes the skin to become "barked
about, most lazar-like, with vile and loath-
some crust" Such are the effects OF dis
eased and morbid bile, the only antidote
for which is to cleanse and regulate the
liver-an office admirably performed by
DR.. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery. W
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

Christianity is protected as the State
religion in Madagascar. The best au-
thorities place the number OF Protest
ants there at $50, 900 and Roman Catho.
lies $4,000 Education is compulsory.
One district alone makes a return OF
100000 pupils in the schools.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

Guernsey County, Ohio, produces
some instances of the old way in rear
ing families Three men and three
wives in one township, who live within
half a mile of each other, are the par.
ents of thirty-six children. Four fam
lilies in another township have thirty
five children. Cleveland Leader.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

The Vanderbilt University has been
eomplimented by the authorities of the
japanese Empire, the Mechanical and
Engineering Department having re-
ceiyed an order for models, sketches,
etc, from the Imperial University a
Tokio.-NdShUale american.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

YOUNG MEN or middle-aged ones, suffering
from nervous debility and kindred weak
ncsses should send three letter stamps for
illustrated book suggesting sure means Of
cure. Address World $ Medical Association,
Buffalo, Ny.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

PIKE's TooTHACHE DROPS cure In minute, Csc.
GIenn'S Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. Pc.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

HUMANITY demands that omnibus, hack and
team horses should wear the Boss Collar Pad.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

A KID sLIPPER-The small boy on roller.
skates.-IHe Rambler.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

A LITTLE fellow who is sure to be found
at church on Sunday-Benny Diction.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water, Druggists sell it. 25c.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

THE circus season is upon rs, the saw
dust of the year. Washington HdtcbeG
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

THE swell of the ocean-a dandy mid
shipman.-GOldeRD DAYS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

THE man who monkeys around machine
cry often travels iacOg. oil CITY Derrick.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

n Elegant FANS, 100 album verses aud % pleasing
x games. only lOc ST. LOUIS CARD Co. st. Louis. No.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-25

over two or three times, and it was
perfectly fresh again in my memory"
t.Does it embarrass you any to be
surrounded by a new company"
"Not whit. After few perfor-
mances the different people begin to
fit about me, and every thing is smooth
sailing. Why, in Hazel Kirke 1 must
have hurled Dunstan's curse at fully
two dozen Hazels, and l believe l had
wives enough to constitute me Nor
mon. This season | shall probably
travel about forty weeks. I have had
fine vacation this summer, q good
portion of which / spent on fishing ex-
cursions with my friend Joe Jefferson.
1t has braced me up wonderfully; and
feel as bright and clipper as most
men at so. l live regularly, go to bed
at 1 in the morning, rise at 7:5O, and
rarely experience an ache or pain"
"You are about 70, eh?''
eyes. Fifty of those seventy I've
spent on the stage. am still in har-
ness, and good for a number of years
more"
At this point the call boy ran along
the passage, shouting, Luke Field
ingp' The genial actor rose hurriedly
and said: sWell, 1 must leave you.
Have another cigar. Yes, yes; put a
couple in your pocket. Come in again
some time. Good night"
A moment more and there was a
burst of applause as the old farmer
walked into view of the audience which
waited him.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-25
The Great Monument to General
Grant.

Ex-Gov. Cornell OF New York, con-
tributes to the Brooklyn Magazine
some very sensible and timely sugges-
tions regarding the proposed memori-
al to Gen. Grant. The governors
views are in accord with some ideas on
the subject previously expressed
through these columns. He rightly
thinks the great deeds and the exam
pie of the illustrious dead sscan be best
commemorated and preserved in per-
petual honor by combining with a
monumental structure some institu-
tion in architectural harmony that
shall keep in view every visible illus
tration of the grand and benefcent
results achieved under his leadership
as soldier and statesman" To that
end he proposes that the memorial
shall consist of a monument, a library
and museum, "all connected and
embracing within one grand edifce
and enclosure the following subjects"
First--A majestic column of appro-
pirate design and commanding pro-
portions, containing memorial chap
ell, within which shall be deposited the
mortal remains of the illustrious
dead. This section of the structure
would naturally bear the principal
portion of the elaborate decorations
in stone carving, and thus be made the
chief object of the whole design.
Second-A library containing es-
pecially the publications written by
Gen. Grant and other credited authors
concerning his military operations,
civil administration and travels, and
also complete collection of the ac-
cepted literature and published illus
trations of the great war for the pres
ervation of the Union, and relating
to subsequent events proceeding I'M
mediately from it. Likewise any au-
thentic book or writing appertaining
to the discovery of America and it's
early occupation, to our colonial his
tory, the formation and conduct of
the national government at every
stage of it's history; the erection and
development of the several states,
cities and civil divisions. Everything,
in fact, that would constitute great
American library, and serve to enlight-
0I1 1uUur0 S0Il0EdUlO1lS OH Ullo OilSlll,
growth and progress of the American
people, begun by a few brave, resolute
and God-fearing men, and become one
of the great nations of the earth.
Third-A museum in which shall be
deposited, as opportunity may offer,
interesting relics and mementos of the
war for the Union, as we'll as those ot
our earlier conflicts, including speci
mems of every available implement ot
war employed by the opposing forces
and such other collections as may be
made from time to time as will lend
interest to those portions of our his
tory to which such relics belong. Ir
addition to these warlike symbols
there might, with propriety, be emilia
zoned upon the interior walls of the
edifce, in memorial tablets, the names
of military and naval leaders whose
valor and achievements entitle then
to conspicuous and grateful recogni
tion and honor along with the illustri
Gus Grant.
Mr.. Cornell thinks thus would b.
created not only an enduring monu
ment, but an institution which every
citizen OF the republic would wish tx
visit
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-25

A list of mining assessments publish
ed in the San Francisco Chronicle q
September shows that there are
twenty-tour mines appealing for aid
this month in sums ranging from ST, ,.
900 to 100000. The task ofcollect.
ing these taxes has been so difficult oi
late years that many shares have
been forfeited for delinquency.
One hundred years ago there were
5000 Inhabitants in St. Mary'e City,
Md. To-day the town contains tW o
buildings, one of which is an Episcopal
church and the other is a female acad.
emy. Nearly all the remains of the
lost city are vanished, but the null
berry tree under which Lord Balti
more offered prayer on his arrival 251
years ago still stands.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-25
The Climate of Santa Fe.
Letter to N. Y. Sun.

Letter TO N. I. sun.
Santa Fe, the capitol of New Mexico,
is ON the river of the same name,
which, although this is the rainy sea-
SON, is now quite dry On all sides Of
the city are mountains, either tower
ing up near at hand or in the distance,
blue and hazy. 1t is 1000 feet above
the sea, and the air is so pure that
the very act of breathing is a delight.
fOnfrst coming here people say, "What
"a lovely morning." But this soon
grows monotonous, for nearly all the
mornings are lovely. There has been
but sone real rainy day this season,
and a great treat it was The sun
shines with brightness that those
who have always lived here cannot
appreciate. But people coming to
Santa Fe from much lower attitudes
generally have to become acclimated
before they feel very well. A
little boy whose parents have
moved here from Washington,
and who had no doubt heard a
good deal about the elevation OF the
place, said to a neighbor the other
day that his mother was every sick, !"
for she had ga bad attack of high alti-
tude." This illustrates the fact that
strangers here, when they do not feel
as we'll as common, always attribute
it to the altitude. It affects people in
various ways. Some cannot breathe
at all here. Others, after a few weeks
of putting, get use to the air, and have
no further difficulty; while Others still
donot notice the change. Judge Flem-
ming, the newly appointed Associate
Justice of the Territory, says he can
not appreciate any difference between
the air here and that in Kentucky.
Some people cannot sleep in this alti-
tude; they say the air is too exciting.
Chief Justice Vincent says that his
brother, perfectly well and strong
man, was obliged to leave Santa F'e
because he could not get any sleep
here. Others want to sleep all the
twenty-four hours; it requires an alb
solute effort for them to keep awake.
The climate is said to be sure cure
for throat and lung troubles, If the pa
tient comes in time, and many ad-
vanced cases have been cured. Peo-
pie with diseases common in the East
often receive great benefit here. But
there is rheumatism in Santa Fe, and
once in about seven years the small
pox RACES, though the latter is chiefly
confined to the poorer Mexicans, who
live in filth and rags.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-25
TOMORROW.

Tomorrow and tomorrow,
O fair and far away,
What treasures lie when hope is high
Along your shining way.
What promises fulfilled,
What better deeds to do
Than ever yet, are softly set
Beneath your skies OF blue.
Tomorrow and tomorrow,
o sweet and far away,
Still evermore lead on before,
Along your shining way.
Still evermore lift up our eyes
Above what we have won.
To higher deeds, and finer deeds
That we have left undone.
NORA PERRY.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-25

An imperfectly prepared witness
$50 you swear that at the time this
theft was committed on the south side
you saw the prisoner on the north
side?" eyes, sir "Was he going
toward the south side or was he COM
ing from that direction?" ~ can't
answer that now" "Why not?" ''Be-
tell me which way north is. is."-Chicago
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-25

The rumor that Commodore Semmes
had committed suicide was true. The said
affair occurred at the house OF Miss Jane
Janney, near Hamilton, Va. The doctors
OF Leesburg say that the deceased had
been in bad health for some months and
was thought to be improving.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-25
Sir Ashley Cooper as a Horse Doctor

In the life of Sir Ashley Cooper it is
said that he required his coachman to
attend every market morning at Smith
field, and purchase all lame young
horses exposed for sale which he
thought might possibly be convertible
into carriage or saddle horses, should
they recover from their defects. He
was never to give more than seven
pounds sterling for each, but five
pounds sterling was the average price.
In this manner thirty or forty horses
we're sometimes collected at Gaelis-
fridge, his farm. On stated morn
ing every week the blacksmith came
up from the village, and the horses
were in successive order caught, hal
tered and brought to him for inspec-
ton.
Having discovered the cause of their
lameness, he proceeded to perform
whatever seemed to him necessary for
the cure. The improvement produced
in short time by good feeding and
medical attendance, such as few horses
before or since have enjoyed, appeared
truly wonderful. Horses which were
at first with difficulty driven to pas
ture, because of their halt, were now
with as much difficulty restrained from
running away. Even one fortnight at
Gaelisbridge would frequently Pre- duce
such an alteration in some of them
that it required no unskillful eye in the.
former owner himself to recognize the
animal which he had sold but few
weeks before. Fifty guineas were paid;
for one of these animals, which turned
out a very good bargain, and Sir Asst
ley's carriage was for years drawn by
pair of horses which together cost
him only II pounds 10 shillings ster-
ling.
We believe similar business to that
of Sir Ashley Cooper is carried on by a
class OF horse dealers in New York and Z
other large cities. Lame and other
wise worthless horses are bought for a.
few dollars and taken to the country,
where the change of pasture diet, the
needed rest, and the watchful and care
full treatment of the owner frequently
transforms worthless horse into a
valuable animal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-25

One of the most brilliant Or.eutal'
scholars in the world, and the author
of the first Arabic book printed in.
Scotland, was, in his boyhood, glow
er's apprentice in Edinburgh. Being
busy all day he found time to study
only at night, and, as he was too poor
to afford a candle, was accustomed to
climb lamp-post where he held on
by one hand while he grasped his book
in the other.
The black and red, red and white, or
blue and white variegated paper used
by book-binders in covering the sides
of book covers costs forty dollars per
ream of 480 sheets. 1t is manufac-
tured by certain old family in France
that owns the secret of making it, and
charges it's own prices. Having grown.
rich out of the monopoly, these french
men do not now make above one hue:
dred reams annually.