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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

with. Matt whirled the lasso in his
hands, and struck blindly at the eagle
which fell back for a moment
'Lassoit! lasso it, shrieked Tommy,
dancing up and down.
The rope was coiled in readiness to
throw, and without intending it, Matt
cast it at the eagle. BY great good
luck the moose fell over one of the
birds outstretched wings, and Tommy
fairly yelled with delight as .he sprang
forward and drew the lasso tight
They still had some trouble in subdu-
ing the mighty bird, but they did sue
coed finally in capturing it alive. They
sold it for fifteen dollars; and now,
when anybody seems inclined to laugh
at Tommy's lasso, he shows them
MATHS new hat and his new suit Of
clothes, and explains how they got the
money to buy them with. John r..
CoryeH, IN Harper'S Young People.
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TRICKS IN THE STABLE.
Vicious Habits Which Idle Horses Are Apt
to Acquire.

to Acquire.
Among the tricks or rather habits
acquired by horses in the stable, rest
ing one shoe upon the other hoof, lying
in the gangway, rollingin the stall, and
kicking are among the worst In the
first place, the horse, if suddenly
startled, is apt to bring the resting foot
down suddenly, often seriously injur-
inc the coronet. The remedy is a boot
covering the part likely to be injured.
Lying in the gangway may be prevent
ed by placing bale or rope behind the
horse, preventing him from backing
up. Standing in the gangway may be
prevented by the same means. Rolling
is the most difficult to cure. The most
feasible plan is to keep the skin of the
horse free from sweat and dirt, which
induce itching; and also to allow the
animal to roll in soft ground when
sweaty and tired A roomy stall, with
sides standing slanting up to the per-
pendicular walls, will also prevent this,
but box-stall will be the best prevent.
i've. Severe strains of the loins, even
fractures of the hip bones, and other
disabilities, are often the result of roll
ING in the stall. Lying in the stall, at
the extreme length of the halter, re-
suits in strains and sprains in the at
tempt to rise.
Kicking is one of the worst vices to
which horse can become addicted.
II the habit is not inveterate it is cured
by hanging a sack well stuffed with
hay so it may strike the animal in the
rebound from the kick. Let him kick
this innocent dummy until he is tired.
Then he is apt to quit for ever A
horse that kicks from being touched
by the whitlletree or other sub
stance touching him should be
Immediately taken out of the vehi-
Gle and allowed to kick until he be-
comes tired. The whiffletree should
be padded so as not to seriously injure
him. 1t may then be lowered so as tc
touch his heels when he moves. Wher
he ceases to kick he is generally cured
entirely. The remedy may seem Sc
we're, but kicking horse is worthless
because always most dangerous. Ii
lieu of the whif1letree a sack stuffed
with hay may be suspended SO it vii
touch his heels in the stable. But
confirmed kicker should be sold t.
work in heavy team where he can no
do much injury. Chicago Tribune.
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A GREAT ORGAN.
The Second Largest Instrument in the
World.

The Second Largest Instrument in the
World.
The largest organ in the world, with
the exception of the one in Riga, Russia,
s in the Cathedral of the Incarnations at
Garden City, L. l., the church built by
Mrs A. L. Stewart, as a memorial to
her husband. The Instrument. is dis
lributed in four distinct and widely sep
arated localities of the cathedral, al
though the whole is under the control
of one performer, through the agency of
an electric action. In an octagonal
chamber, built for the purpose in the
angle formed by the transept and chan
eel walls is the largest portion OF the
instrument. The organ is here divided
into floors, or stories, and in the base
ment are the engine, countershaft, etc.
Above this on a floor of brick and iron,
are the bellows and the wind chest, on
which rest the thirty-two-foot pipes.
The great organ windchest, with that OF
the reeds and fixtures of the pedal or
gan are on the next level and then fol-
lows the swell organ, and, above all, the
choir. Each of the three manual wind
chests is furnished with its own auxill-
ary reservoir or regulator" where the
wind is reduced to the pressure needed
for that department.
In the tower at the western end OF
the cathedral is the next important dl-
vision of the organ. In this room, which
is fifteen feet square, and is high enough
to admit of one windchest being sup
ported above another, are placed part
of the great swell, and pedal organs
and the whole of the solo organ, the sec
ond of these being above the first, the
third at one side, and the fourth at the
back. In the chapel beneath the ca
thedral is the third section, which is
provided with claviers of its own, SC
that it may be made independently
available for chapel purposes. This
comprises a part of the choir organ, di'
vided here between two manuals and
two of the pedal stops. Its tone rises
into the church through the different
staircases and the distance lends en-
chantment to the sound. The last par
consists of the echo organ and one peda
stop, which is placed between the cell
ing and the roof, above the intersection
of the nave and transept. The mystic
rious source of the tones produces an in
teresting effect.
Steam power is used in initiating tn,
bellows. One engine is placed beneath
the chancel division to supply it will
compressed air, and another beneath
the tower to operate the bellows of tn
chapel division, the tower division, anC
the magnetic machine, which generates
the electricity. All the wires used il
making the electric connections of tn
instrument stretched out in a continu
Gus circuit would extend over distanc
of twenty-one miles.-M Y TinacS
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MURRAlN.
A Prevalent sheep Disease and Suggested
Remedy.


Remedy.
Sometimes young and thrifty stock
is attacked by what is popularity called
murrain. Old and poor stock seldom
suffer from this cause The times of
its occurrence are the spring and early
summer and also in the fall. Usually
it appear when the season is wet and
the pasture grows rank and is watery.
The sheep eat too much of this pasture
and overtax the digestive machinery.
From indigestion the blood becomes
affected, and often before any trouble
is suspected the sheep suddenly die.
Usually the wool leaves the skin by
simply touching it, after the animal is
dead, and the body is found often to
be swollen and blackened in patches,
especially on the forequarter, flank and
hindquarter. Air gathers beneath the
skin, and post norton examination
will reveal decomposition, and the
body will be filled with black blood.
The mouth and tongue, and sometimes
the eyes, are infamed. There is
constipation; the urine is dark and the
droppings are bloody. The symptoms,
of course, differ somewhat in different
animals, and sometimes sheep die with
this trouble that have few or none of
these marked symptoms
The disease rarely appears on billy
ground, or on soils that are gravelly
and dry. Rich bottom lands are favor
able to its development. Prevention
lies in avoiding q sudden change from
poor to rich food or from rich to poor
food, and in unceasing regularity of
feeding. The first thing to do when
the sheep are attacked is to administer
purgative Give the following in
oat meal Cruel: Sulphate of soda, two
ounces; flowers of sulphur, one ounce,
powdered myrrh, one scruple. Six
hours afterward give teaspoonful OF
nitrous ether in pint of water The
powders that we so often recommend
for indigestion and blood difficulty
will prove excellent: Charcoal, sui
phur, saltpeter. golden seal, gentiar
and May apple root, a halfpound each
and copperas a quarter of pound
This prescription corrects the digestion
reaches the kidneys, clears the liver,
gives tone to the system and purife'
the blood 1t is an excellent prevent
i've of disease, and a most eXcellen
remedy. As we have sometimes said
before, however, it will be found tina
oil meal. without anything more, vii
often prove all that sheep may neeC
to aid digestion and to help the bowel
perform their functions. We can no
too strongly recommend oil meal
while sheep are on dry food. If fet
J this iudiciously, they will be in mucl
better shape to change from dry foo
to grass than they usually are withou
It, Try it another season. WeSteri
Rural.
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Feeding the Steer.

A drunken countryman, who fire.
quently brings various articles of prod
uce to town for sale-and selling them,
puts the proceeds in his pockets, gets
on "howl," and never leaves town as
long as it lasts-was in town last week
with a load of oats. Knowing his weak
ness, Marshal Smart attempted to warn
him, and the following colloquy ensued;
Yes" said the Marshal, land you
are drunk again. The last time you
got drunk you rever stopped till you
had slowed away whole beef steer
under your shirt in whisky, and now
you intend tofollow that with your load
of oats, You'd better 60 home'
80, wellr' hiccoughed the country.
man, you know that steer'n (hic)
want some oats anyhow, and you
betch-er-life (hic) he'll get en-" And
he did. cambridge (GG.) Democrat.
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What James Did.

One day a very pious clerical friend,
who had consumed an hour of his valu-
able time in small talk, said to James
Harper, the publisher: Brother Har-
per, 1 am curious to know how you
four men distribute the duties of the
establishment between YOU" John,
said Mr.. Harper, good humoredly, "at-
tends to the finances, Wesley to the
correspondence, Fletcher to the general
bargaining with authors and others,
and, don't you tell ANYBODY" he said,
drawing his chair still closer and lower
ing the tone of his voice. 81 entertain
the bores. n-BrO0AyR Magazine.
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Mummies' EyebalIs.

The most curious things are mum
mics eyes-petrifed eyes-which are
usually to be found in the graves il
one is careful in digging. The Incas
have a way of preserving the eyes OF
the dead from decay-some process
which modern science can not compre-
bend; and the eyeballs make very
pretty settings for pins. They are vel
low, and hold light like an opal.-Linld
Cor. N, y. San.
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YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
RUNNING AWAY.


The sky was clear, the stars were bright,
The grass was wet with dew.
When Johnny rose, put on his clothes,
And vowed what he would do.
I'll leave my pa, I'll leave my ma;
I'll go from here to stay;
My parents both have been unkind,
Aud so I'll run away.
I'll take my clothes, I'll take my all,
A slave | will not be;
I'll go out West, aud do my best
III strike for hbertyW
And Johnny started bravely out,
And said he'd ne er return;
He said he'd go where he could live
And lot his genius burn.
He Travelled all that summer night,
And bravely through the day;
And then he said 81 wish that
Had never run away.
"Tm tired and weall--Tm Sick" said he,
With sadness in his tone;
" 1t isn't best to go out West
At least to go alone.
Sand now Tn in pretty fix.
And don't know what to do;"
And then he sighed and sobbed and cried
Boo-hoo, boo-hoo, boo.hoo!
The boy, when found, was taken home,
And was content to stay;
Said he: "rm cured, and rest assured,
No more I'll run awayl"
H. Elliott Mcbride, in Golden Days.
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Mutual Regrets.

When the Broadway car reached
Chambers street yesterday morning a
dumpy little man stood at the door and
a massive young woman supported
about two hundred pounds by the strap
overhead. Just then a truck crossed
the track, and as the car came up with a
Jolt the massive young woman went up
quite impetuously to the little man and
one elbow put dint in his high hat
the size of quart measure. On the
rccoil he shot out pretty impulsively,
too. and the hat collided with the
young woman's back hair She turned
about when the car moved on with
some asperty. But the sight of the
hat appeased her and she said calmly
pm awful sorry, sir, that this hap
pencd "
MADAM" he returned, struggling
with the injured headgear and breath
ing heavily, madam, you're not hal
so sorry as l am. "
And there was not a soul present who
did not believe him. y. Herald.
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A COUNTRY "NEWsBoY.~
True Story of Faithful and watchful
Paper Carrier.

True Story of Faithful and watchful
Paper Carrier.
The railroad ran along one side of
beautiful valley in the central part of
the great State of New York.
stood at the rear end of the train,
looking out of the door, when the en-
gineer gave two short sharp blasts Of
the steam whistle. The conductor, who
had been reading newspaper in seat
near me, arose, and, touching my Shout
der, asked if wanted to see "real
country newsboy." /, of course, an
swered Eyes" So we stepped out on
the platform of the car
The conductor had folded up his
paper in tight roll, which he held in
MS right hand, while he stood on the
lower step of the car, holding on by
his left.
| saw him begin to wave the paper
inst as we swung around curve in the
track, and a neat farm house came into
view away off across some open fields.
Suddenly the conductor flung the
paper off towtrd the fence by the side
of the railroad, and | saw a black,
shaggy form leap quite over the fence
from the meadow beyond it, and alight
just where the newspaper, aftef bounc-
ing along in the grass, had fallen be-
side a tall mullen stalk in an angle of
the fence.
1t was a big. black dog, He stood
beside the paper, wagging his tail and
watching us, as the train moved swiftly
away from him. Then he snatched
the paper from the ground in his teeth,
and, leaping over the fence again,
away he went across the fields toward
the farm house.
When we last saw him, he was a
mere black speck, moving over the
meadows, and then the cars rushed
through deep cleft in the hillside, and
the whole scene passed from our view
"What will he do with the paper?"
1 asked of the tall young conductor at
my side,
Garry it to the folks at the house."
he answered.
us that your home?' inquired.
yes" he responded; my father
lives there, and | send him an after
, noon paper by Carlo every day in the
, way you have SEEN.
"Then they always send the dog
when it is time for your train to pass"
'No," said he, ''they never send
him. He comes when it is time for the
train, and comes over here to meet it
OF his own accord, rain or shine, sum-
. mer or winter"
"But does Carlo not go to the wrong
train sometimes?' l asked with con-
siderable curiosity.
Never, sir! He pays no attention to
any train but this.
"How can dog tell what time it is,
so as to know when to meet the trainP"
| asked again.
That is more than | can tell" an
| swered the conductor; "but he is al
! ways there, and the engineer whistles
t to call my attention, for fear / should
, not get out on the platform till we had
, passed Carlo"
$50 Carlo keeps watch of the time
: better than the conductor himself"
, remarked, "for the dog does not need
Q to be reminded"
a The conductor laughed, and l Won
t dered, as he walked away, who of my
young friends, of whom have a great
t many, would be as faithful and watch
/ full all the year round as Carlo, who
Y never missed the train, although he
e could not "tell time by the clock. -
allen S, BigelO,C, IN Golden Days.
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"A writer who has thoroughly in,
vestigated the subject of kissing" in
its biblical forms says that kissing is
mentioned no fewer than fifty times in
the Bible. But he proves that kissing,
to be scriptural, must be between mem
bers of the same sex, and that twenty
eight out of the fifty biblical kisses werO
exchanged between men.-M l. Sun
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Lightning does its work before the
victim knows anything. Two men
were struck while taking refuge under
q tree Both were carried into the
house and laid out for dead. One of
the men revived, and, after weeks of
terrific suffering and infrmity, he got
out again, and is still living. He said
he knew no more about having been
struck by lightning than he was con-
scious of having lived before the flood.
1t was all news to him when he was
told of the fact.-ChicagO Times.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-15
astrOiraI.
e C E NJ A !

J. NJ. ELLIS. Atlanta, Ca, writes: 81 have
had a severe form Of Eczema, Zen years, and
have failed 10 secure relief from various doc
tors, and about i4o bottles Of a noted blood
remedy. II was pronounced incurable, but
the nse Of b. b. B. has effected a cure, and I
refer to DR.. d. o. c. Heery, Dr.. n. +. Taber
Atlanta"
Mr. r. p. Dodge. Yard Master Of Ga. Il. X.
Atlanta. writes: "For seven years my wife
has been a great sufferer from Catarrh, which
resisted the treatment Of physicians and the
use Of all patent remedies. until she used B..
BIB. A fow bottles OF this truly wonderful
blood medicine effected q cure, and cheer
fdny recommend IL a. a quick and magical
blood purifier" Sold BY al druggists at 81,
orsix forgs. Expressed on receipt Of price,
For sale BY osCEOLA BUTLER and LIPP
MAN BROS, Druggists.
BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, ca.
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A NEW SHIP MOTOR.
Electricity to .PropeI The New Boat
Eureka-Wiu IL RevOlutionize the
Present System7

Electricity to .PrOpeI the New Boat
Eureka-Wiu IL RevOlutiOnize the
Present system2
From, the Neio York World.
The experimental electric yacht Eureka
the foot of Bridge street, Brooklyn, win be
launc he'd next Tuesday or Wednesday
Her propelling power is entirely new and
is the invention OF Mr.. John 4. SecOr, the
son OF Mr.. Samuel SecOr, OF the SecOr iron
works, who is very sanguiDe that she will
be a success. A stock company has been
organized in order 10 apply the principle
on "A large scale, in case the Eureka
fulfils the expectations Of the inventor,
aud so confident are the holders OF the
stock at present that IL Was said yester-
dav there was none of 1t for sale.
The Eureka is 100 feet long. and is TO
he rugged as a fOre-and-aft schooner.
Upon each quarter, below the water line,
are two square aUerures, ore leading
att and the other forward, and out OF
these are 20 be forced successive explOs-
ions OF gas, generated by an electric
spark. Her entire machinery consists Of
a dynamo engine, the fuel used being Pc
troleum.
Old Mr.. SecOr. the inventors father,
said Yesterday: "We can have at will any
number OF these explosions, from one 10
eighty per minute, so that the speed Of
the boat can be regulated at will. The
power can be instantly reversed, that is,
The gas can be forced out of the holes
leading ait to send the boat ahead and
out OF those leading forward TO stop her
or give her stern way. or course she Is
an experiment. If she succeeds she viii
reVolutioniZe the whole system Of water
carriage. expect that we shall be able
10 20 from this city 10 Newport with this
boat at an expenditure for fuel Of only
81. At present the great cost OF run
ming a steamer Is her bill for coal, hut II
IL not only the cost Of the coal that makes
il expensive rs a fIel; II is tho value Of
the space that It occupies In the vessel
and the expense Of handling II. On toe
large ocean steamers over 100 men have
TO be employed in the engine department
alone, while by our plan not over twelve
would be required. We eXpect~to run
the Eureka at about eight knots with
about forty explosions minute. II our
boat is n success we can at very mod
crate expense apply 40 10 any OF our pres
ent fleet OF coasters, schOoners and slODps,
as the space required for the machinery
Is very small and. az have said, the cost
OF working it IL but trihing."
Old Mr.. Sec0r's father, 10 Is said, made
the machinery for the Robert fulton,
which revolutionized water carriage az
that time, and Il will be quite remarkable
If his son should succeed IN ettectlng an
other revolution 40 the present time'
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Gaprime 3Jlaoirrs.
Out in a Snow Storm

"There are some things that leave indelible
marks on a mans memory. Nothing which
! happens afterwards can efTace them. And
when memory is perpetually assisted by some
| bodily pain or trouble, it becomes all the
more vivid"
/ The speaker was Mr.. Jonathan sullivan. the
/ popular druggist of Hoston. No man in the
/ trade is better known there, or possesses a
/ greater host Of friends. His place of bust
ness at the corner Of Beacon and fremont
Streets is a familiar landmark on those
crowded thoroughfares.
Continuing, Mr.. Sullivan SAID: ~ was in
the service o. the government during the war
those terrible years from 1851 to 1865. re-
member particularly one winter. severe
snow storm was raging, and the boys keenly
missed the snug homcs tdCy had left in the
distant North. 40 The time ! was suffering
fro n an external injury, and the exposure
gave me my first taste OF rhcumatism-sOme-
thing much worse and more difficult To- cure
than any ordinary wound. Few of us are
liable 60 Doe hay0nctcd or shot, but everybody
everywhere is daily In danger of contracting
rheumatism in @ more or less modified rm.
Most pains-nOt clearly traccable 10 other
causes--arC rheumatic. They may be I'M the
joints. in the back or In any of ahundred
places; they may come to-day and go tO-mor-
hff fs.ia or '"'Y may remain 'O' ''"''' OF i0f
~ hope yours ended with the war" said /.
"Uuhapply it did mott replied Mr.. Sull-
van. 81 have suffered from 10 ever since.
Whether / shall ever yet rid OF IL altogether !
can't say, but one thing / can say: that the
most certain speedy and efficient re.icf
have ever found for it s BcusOn's Capcine
Plaster. ] deal no medicines as YOU know.
and am consequently acquainted with every
thing that is used for all kinds OF malGdies;
and, without denying the virtues OF other
preparations, YOU may quote me as saying
that Bens0n's Plaster IS the safest, surest ana
ftflnlaaaf Va 1 D. N
the odttr0uble / think OF that snow storm
during he war;
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Ladies Underwear Department.

An assortment second 10 none. A selection
OF Knit Underwear from the best reputed
looms.
200 dozen Ladies' Knit Merino Vests, a great
article for Zoo; worth l2c.
2s5 dozen Ladies' Knit MerinO Vest to beat
the world at Soc, worth SIC.
862 dozen Ladies' three quarters Wool Vests,
a great bargain at zoe; worth 81 ~.
1870 dozen Ladies' An Wool Vests, a superb
article at 81; worth 81 So.
Full line Ladies' Scarlet Knitwear equally
Is cheap.
Chldren's Knit Underwear IN every grade
for TO l8 years Of age at bargain prices.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-15
Hope Dashed 10 Earth.
From ne FIir5llra lGa.l Ne1os.

From the FqirblrR GA Ne1os.
Hon. j. Wilbur Graham was waiting on
a negro woman in his store the other day.
and picked up on the floor where she stood
a crumpled bill, which a glance showed
him to be of the denomination of 800. He
knew on the instant it did not belong 20
his custOmer-he did not know who 10 be.
longed tO-and If the owner was not forth.
coming Of course it was his. Imagine
bis elatiOn. A little apprehensive that
the negro might claim IL, he went behind
the counter and put 1t under convenient
cheese box for a closer inspection. ii
was Confederate