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COMPELLED TO LIE.
Why a Good Man Considered 1t His Dut!
to Initiate Ananias.

Why Good Man Considered 1t His Duty
to Initiate Ananias.
He climbed three pairs of stairs to
get to an insurance Office on Grswold
street, and as he came face to face with
the occupant, he said.
81 believe you are Mr.. BlankP"
eyes, sir. "
"You came down on Michigan av
enue car about half-past eight o'clock
the other morningP"
II did, sir"
80 did |. We were all talking about
the earthquake. stated to the occu-
pants of the car, and you were one,
that the shock Jared all the glass chan.
deliers in my residence, and threw down
a bust of Patrick Henry which stood on
a bracket"
Il remember your statement very
clearly
"And | added that my ormolu clock
stopped dead still, and that one hun
dred dollar mirror in my parlor was
cracked across"
eS, you dlu.
"Well, sir, have come up to tell you
that | live in a rented house and have
none of the articles mentioned / burn
kerosene in two old lamps in place Of
glass chandeliers If Patrick Henry
Busts were selling for a dime apiece
couldn't buy one, and the only ormolu
clock have came from the dollar store,
The one hundred dollar mirror was all
in my eye. ~
"What on earth possessed you to tell
such a story?'
"Well, you were all Dragging about
the earthquake and how your pianos
danced around and your silverware rat
tied and your five hundred dollar vases
fell down, and | felt that | must lie or
be degraded in your estimation. | deep
| ly regret my weakness, and have come
to beg your forgiveness
'I'Il forgive you
Thanks! After this, if a'cycone oc.
ours, or if we have flood or earthquake,
be careful about the statement you
| make in a crowd. You don't know to
| what you may drive innocent men
He went with his hat in his hand, and
| the other fell into a deep revere and
failed to hear the knock of the man
who wanted a quarter to help him
reach Sandusky and his dying wife
/ Detroit Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09
SCIENTIFIC ATHLETICS.
Physical Culture as Encouraged by Well
Directed Gymnasia.

Physical Culture as Encouraged by Well
Directed Gymnasia.
That Americans are taking to scien.
tiic athletics is the establishment OF
gymnasia in colleges and throughout
this country generally affords some OF
our English cousins an opportunity to
say great deal more than is warranted
about eliminating delight and pleasure
from the system OF exercise. The fact
that some of our medical writers have
advocated the training of the gymna-
stun in preference to the rougher and
sometimes more brutal field games so
popular in England, gives rise to criti-
cism of a plan that shuts the pupil from
the free air and sunshine, and subjects
him to an indoor system in which there
is neither excitement nor healthful
profit. Objections of this sort are made
in ignorance of the American gymna-
SUM.
The excitement of outdoor sports is
due to the spirit of emulation that in
spires the contestants, spirit that may
be as strongly operative in the gymn-
SUM as on the common. The varie-
ties of competitive exercise to be found
in gymnasa may be productive OF the
lveliest excitement of blood and spirits
without giving rise to the violence that
not infrequently demoralizes the par
Elephants in out-of-door pastimes, and
has any thing but healthful or helpful
influence upon temperament and char
acter. The sanitary intelligence shown
in the construction of gymnasa secures
all the advantages of outdoor employ
ment, the air being pure, fresh, and
freely admitted to the spacious rooms,
so that there is never a fetid or unwhOle
some atmosphere.
The scientific discipline of muscles
and development of physique is confess
sedly superior to the benefit Of chance
sport in every conceivable way, and the
gymnasium, instead of being place of
hard work and dispiriting influences, is
stimulating and entertaining to mind
and body under the course of practice
prescribed. Moreover, the gymnasium
is not designed or intended to supercede
that of outdoor athletics, but to sup
plement and dignity them. The two 90
together in most of our colleges, and
the gymnasia privately conductedin our
larger cities are often substitutes for tho
very sports their patrons are precluded
from enjoying,
Athletes are at a higher excellence
and aremore largely in fayorin America
now than they ever We're before, and the
gymnasium, scientifically directed,
is doing more for the encouragement Of
physical culture than all the outdoor
games with their stimulating associa-
tons" and delightful enticements. L
our English cousins are disposed tC
blame us for following the German ex
ample, let them look to the results anC
ponder the question if Americans are
not taking very decisive lead in thu
matter of athletics just now ChtcGgc
Inter- Ocean.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09
DONKEY'S ISLAND.
The Primitive Life Led by the Inhabitants
of the Tiny Egean Islets.

The Primitive Life Led by the Inhabitants
of the Tiny Egean Islets.
While wandering for several winters
among the peasants who sparsely in
habit the islands of the Hgean Sea ]
have been enabled to collect much from
their daily life and agricultural pursuits
which bears the impress of having been
directly inherited from antiquity. Re
ligious observances have preserved, per
haps, more that is old, but this has been
the case everywhere and in every age
| now propose to treat more especially
the daily routine of the Greek peasants
life. This primitive pastoral life may
be studied in the Archipelago in either
of two ways-by visiting the tiny islets
inhabited only by one or two families OF
shepherds, whose intercourse with the
outer world for generations has been
exceedingly limited, or by penetrating
into the mountain villages of some Of
the largest islands.
In Hv wanderings have visited sew
eral of these tiny islets, but Of all these
none to my mind offered such a COM
plete picture Of patriarchal life as did a
low, black islet some twenty miles OIL
the coast of Asia Minor, rejoic-
ing in the name of Donkey's Is
land, (Gatharonisi) 1t is inhabited
only by one family, at the head Of
which is a very aged patriarch indeed,
called George, who rules over twenty
two subiects--that is to say, his wife,
six sons, seven daughters and the fami-
| lies of three married sons and one mar
ried daughter. Only one daughter is
married, it must be noticed; the other
six by custom existing in these remote
corners of the world are doomed to
single blessedness, for here the matri-
archal system is still in Xistence-
the eldest daughter inherits all, whilst
the sons and younger daughters have
/ to look after themselves. Consequently
a husband was easily found for Sid
/ Georges eldest daughter from the
neighboring island of Patmos, who was
content to leave his home with a view
/ to succeeding his father-in-law on DON
keys Island. The family here have
every thing in common; on feast days
they all eat together. Day after day the
women sit together at their work, sort
ing grain on low tables, or playing
their distaffs, whilst the men tend the
FIVE hundred goats which form ole
Georges flock or till the soil, which
produces just enough grain and jus
enough Of every thing for the want o.
the islanders.-FOriaight Review.
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CURE FOR HOG CHOLERA.
Probable Discovery of a Reliable and Prac-
teal Preventive.

Probable Discovery of "A Reliable and Prac-
teal Preventive.
For the past six or seven years DR..
Salmon, Veterinary Surgeon of the Ag-
ricultural Department, and his corps OF
assistants have been diligently studying
hog cholera. They found that the dis.
ease assumed somewhat different aspects
ia different parts of the country, but
that it had the same general character
istics, and they were convinced that it
was caused by germs. They experienced
considerable difficulty in obtaining
cases in the first stage of the disease.
The disease takes the form of large ul-
GERS on the intestines, and as it proceeds
the germs change materially. But re-
Gently the disease broke out near this
city and the doctor had an opportunity
to observe it in all its stages. BY this
observation he found that an important
germ in the incipiency of the disease
had been formerly overlooked. The
cases near this city were studied with
great minuteness and a species of inocu-
lation devised that was protection
against the disease. 1t will be necessary
to demonstrate that the cholera that
RACES in other portions Of the country is
the same as this, and, if so, it is thought
that success is close at hand. The inocu.
lation that was performed was by means
of hypodermic syringe. There is a diff
iiculty in keeping the virus of full vital
ity and strength, as the germs are apt to
die when kept, and the experiments are
now being conducted with the end in
view Of discovering a chemical that will
answer the purpose of the virus. 1t
may be possible that finally some chem
zeal can be used as a medicine to be
mixed with the food, but the safest way
is by the hypodermic syringe, as in that
way the proper amount is certain to be
given to each animal. The theory Of
the incubation is that when a certain
poison is once in the system the system
becomes impervious to particular dis
ease, as the poison removes the element
on which the germ must work. Pastcur
discovered a method of inOCulatiOn
against a hog disease that RACES in
France, but DR.. Salmon discovered that
the French disease is radically different
from ours. The loss from hog cholera
last year in this country was more than
S25, 900, 900, according to statistics gath
cred by the Agricultural Department,
and for several years past it has run
from 100000 to 1000, 600, annu-
ally. The discovery of a preventive is
thus seen to be an important matter
1 Washington Dispatch.
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TOO LITERARY.
A Garrulous woman's Opinion Of Her
Really Good Husband.

A Garrulous WOman's Opinion OF Her
Really Good Husband.
1t is amusing and sometimes disgust
ing to hear some women talk Of rela-
tiyes or friends as not being" congenial'
a wife who makes such a declaration
about her husband shows not only poor
taste but lack of discretion and good
sense, that is ominous for the future.
The degree of congeniality is never in
creased by such unwiiely indiscretions.
"My husbands II real good man,
provider, stiddy as a clock, and all that,
but in some things we amt bit con-
genial said garrulous woman to
friend.
Upon what do you disagree?' was
asked.
well, mostly about our reading"
"Why, how SOP"
"Well, the fact is, I'm too literary for
John"
"Indeedn
Eyes, John amt bit literary. Now
always did run to literaryness. lust
believe | could write
did you ever tryP"
Eyes. I've wrote two or three poems.
They rhyme right straight through.
But John he just laughs at me. He
says woman with four children, and
only poor carpenter for husband,
amt got time to write poetry or be lit
erary. There isn't the first literary
streak in that man. Now I'm the
greatest reader.
"DOes your husband dislike booksP"
"Oh! he likes to read the papers, and
says he thinks it's his duty as a voter to
keep informed in politics; and he reads
about the labor question, and he's got
some old histories and book called
'Macaulay's Essays that he's forever
reading. But when it comes to being
! literary, John amt there
"What do you read?'
"Oh! read every scrap of poetry in
the newspapers | can pick up, and !
often have four novels on hand at a
time. I'm reading one now called
'Millcent the Mad, Mad Maid of the
Mist" and | take four splendid story
papers and borrow two more. ] s'pose
mebbe I'd be happier if wasn't so lit
erary, but can't help it.
"And of course John can't appreciate
my tastes and my kind of reading. He
amt literary enough for it. And so we
amt bit congenial. And l sometimes
think it would of been better for John
if he'd married woman less literary
than me. It's dreadful to be so literary
when your husband amt a bit that way.
Yes. Dreadful for the husband -
| YoMih'S Communion.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09
THE EARTHQUAKE.
a Fall.Crick View.

] kin hump my back and take the rain,
And 1 don't keer how she pours;
/ kin keep kindO cam in a thunder storm,
No matter how loud sne roRrs;
haiut much skeered o the lightnin
Ner hant sich awful shakes
Afeared O. cyclones-but don't want none
o. yer dadburned old earthquakes!
AS long as my legs keeps stiddy,
And long as my head keeps plumb,
And the buldin' stays in the front lot,
| still kin whistle sonnet
But about the time the old clock
FlOps OFF n the mantel-shef,
And the burrO skoOts for the kitchen,
I'm a-goin' to skoot myself.
Plague takel Of you keep me stabbed
While any earthquake is round!-
I'm list like the stock-l'll heller,
And break for the open grOundl
And low you'd be as nervous,
And in jist about my fix,
When yer whole farm slides from thunder
you,
And on'y the NOR gage sticksl
Now cars haint a-goin' to kill you
Eff you don't drive 'crost the track;
Creditors never'll jerk you up
Eff you go and pay 'em back;
You kin stand all moral and mundane storms
IF you'll On'y Jest behave
But a EARTHQUAKE!-well, eff it wante
you ....
1t nd husk you out O. yer grave!
j. WhtcOmb Riley, in Indianapolis Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09
FALL FLOWING.
One Way Of Securing Deep, Rich ana
Fruitful Soil.


As soon as the grain is harvested tho
pillow should be set to work. 1t is inn
portant that the blowing should be done
as early as possible in order that as
much time be given before winter for
the action of the elements on the soil as
possible. The blowing should be deep
and well done-that is, the burrows
should be narrow that the soil may be
broken up and the surface soil well
mixed with that portion that has been
turned up from a distance beneath the
surface. If the burrows are cut wide
the soil will merely be turned over and
will soon become as compact as before
plowed.
As soon as the ground is plowed oats
should be sown as thickly as is done in
the spring for a crop, If the blowing
and sowing are done early in the season
there will be sufficient time for the oats
to make heavy growth which will
supply very large amount of fertiliz-
ing material to the soil. 1t is scarcely
possible TO overestmate the amount Of
manure that may be produced in this
way, and that, too, of the very best
quality, being entirely free from the
objections to barnyard manure.
Another important advantage in
growing oats and fall blowing is that it
protects the soil from the severe winds
which carry away an amount of free
soil of the best quality from the surface,
that will in few years tend to impov-
erish the soil to a greal extent.
The oats will partially decay through
the winter and will readily be turned
under in making the ground ready for
the crop, and will very soon be convert
ed into plant food after being turrcd
under in the spring The spring plow-
ing need not be more than about six
inches keep. The fall plswing should
be about one foot deep, some soils u
little less, while other soils may be lit
tie more, but generally one foot is about
the right depth. The action of the ele-
ments on the uptuned soil, during the
fall and winter, will make it fruitful
and prepare it for yielding bountful
harvest to the faithful and patient tiller
of the soil.
A deep, rich soil is at all times and in
all places highly appreciated, and when
it can be had by deep blowing, as it
can be done, we should most certainly
avail ourselves of this ready means Of
securing it.-E. S. IcGgarden, IN WeS-
tern PiOUmuB
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A New Lincoln Story.

Among other stories told about Mr.,
Lincoln is one by Mr.. Rosewater, who
was telegrapher in the War Depart
ment during the war. Lincoln was a
queer genius" said Mr.. Rosewater.
"When l boarded at the navy yard it
was in the family of a fat woman who
was strong Southern sympathizer.
She was short, and she weighed in the
vicitity of two hundred and fifty pounds.
One day she called at the White House
to get a pass through the lines to the
South. President Lincoln suspected
her and did not want to give it to her.
He put her off. She persisted, and he
finally said: Won't you walk down
town with me?' They then passed out
of the White House together and started
down towards the Treasury. Lincoln
took very long strides, and he kept the
woman on the trot keeping up with
him. At last she could 90 no further
and grasped his arm and said; "Mr.
President, l want a pass to Norfolk,
and | want you 70 give it to me right
away President Lincoln replied, as
he looked down at her: Madame, ]
think your face ought to be enough to
pass YOU anywhere He then walked
away. and the woman came home de-
nouncing Lincoln and calling him q
sdarned balloon. Ben. Perley P0Ore
in Boston Budget.
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His Only Objection.

Giddy young girl do so love Allan
tic City, don't youP
Light young man-Yaas.
$50 much life, excitement and fun.
It's perfect, isn't it?'
'Yaas, all but one thing
Zone thing? Oh, my! What is it
you don't like?'
The ocean. If that was away I'd
like the seashore much better. "-Pdua-
dclDhiI CALL
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09

If one has a clover sod from which a
few crops have been taken, turn il
under for wheat. Wheat follows no
crop better than clover. It puts the
ground in a good mechanical condition
and collects and leaves supply ofnitro.
gen in the soil for the use Of the wheat.
This is one of the elements most needed
by the wheat plantin making its growth.
If second growth Of clover is ploughed
under so much the better; the seed il
may contain will lie there until brought
to the surface again, when it will rcseed
the lf0utrcaL Witness.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09

"A Kentucky court has decided that
when a girl refuses to marry her lover
she must return his presents, on the
theory that they were only ''keepsakes"
IN Ease he had the girl for keeps
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09

A vein Of gold quartz was uncover
ed BY a cloud burst at Pine Grove, News
a few DAYS ago.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09

1t is estimated that about one hun
dred thousand species Of Towering
plants are now known 70 botanists.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09

A mathematician estimates that a
machine Of one-horse power would keep
$1,000, 900 watches running.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09

Ike Darlington has joined the New
York police torcO
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-15

turn now but there was no thirst Tor ven
geance in his LOOK l had wounded him
twice, but b. Lore ms no malice. There was
firing on the right and left, and my com
rades were using their dubbed musEet'
Tbs boy called upon me to surrender, but
the spirit of devil reminded me that had
4 revolver in my belt Preached for II.
aimed full at the toy's head and rs firec
he threw up his arms and sank DOWN l
tried to cheer, but my voice accused me OF
foul murder As l retreated tack,
thousand missiles Of war rendinS the ar
and pIowing the ground, felt the touch oil
hot iron on my shoulder and fell among
the dead and wounded Ii was night when
they carried me away to the field hospital
When the troops Of Hooker debouched
into the Wilderness at Chanceliorsviile was
with them, sound and well again All day
long jackson had been stealing along our
flank to take the army in the rear, but We
did not suspect it We had turned Lee
position at Fredericksburg. and lie must
come out and fight Us on the Salem hills
Hooker could select his own battle ground,
AMI victory must surely perch upon ms
banners As darkness fell and our camp
fires blazed in the Virginia thickets we were
enthusiastic.
With no more warning than tiger gives
as he springs upon his prey, Ja-kson struck
Is Hundreds OF the panic stricken men
led to the rear few rallied behint the fai-
en- trees in hopes to check the rolling wave
until reinro.cemeuts could be sent up II
was the effort Of human hand to stop the
fy wheel of a great engine In five minutes
ne were being tro iden into the Garth A
sort OF desperation seemed to seize IL We
anI r
render Like one rising slowly from the
ground. the 10y Of Gaines Mil suddenly
confronted me-. We recognized each ether
At one. Thrice had sought for his death,
and thrie. ia he recovered He was palo-
faced and seemed weak ! must have
wounded Lin in tie heal at AntietaIn, and
perhaps he ha only left the hospital to help
beat Hooker back
Surrender, surrender they shouted
For Co.'s sake, surren ier.7 cried the
boy, as Re lowered his musket
Iwouli not The spirit OF seven devils
raSei within me had ad in my mus
ket, and fred it. felt a grea, pain in my
side; fell to the earth, and slept. dreamed
and ravsi and callei out in my terrible
thirst, Il wien morning came was calDer.
The deaf a ID dying were on every hant I
mt up beside m~ was . corpse In gray. !
looked down upoa the cold. dead face. AMI !
knew IL in an Instant This was the boiy
Of the boy OF Gaines Mill-of Malvern Hill
-of Antistarn l lad murdered him II last
he hsd becn sho, through the iungA Ihere
Was blood on his chest and lips and On The
ground he had not died ct once IL was
tbs water from his oanteen which bad
qucnchei my Thirst II was his band which
had placed blanket under my hsad
And never day has ssnce gone BY that !
have moi cursei myself for The murder, and
askei forgiveensS for The cime-Nsv
York Sun
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-15

gently from him. she has mo- doubt contin
sd her walk beyond the ravins: well so
with you, Horace Your wifeis all right.
hoy; she knows the very stones Of the
ooastr
Followed by the male portion Of the COM
pany, he left the room Mother went TO
procure lanterns, while Bertha and !, avoid
ing each Others eyes lest we should meet
confirmation Of our worst fearS, "a. with
suspended breath and blanchsd cheeks
said IN myself that our fears were unnat-
ural and exaggerated: but there are mo
ments when instinct is stronger than all rea-
son, and this was such an one An hour had
passed ere we heard ths saana q returning
footsteps / bad not the strength 70 run 70
the door. Bertha reached Il; but papa's
arm pressed her back; entering be closed the
door and saw hts face colorieB and tcr-or-
stricken in tbs iamplight
"A dreadful accident has happened, he
said in . low tone; You must remain hefs my
girls: thsrs b nothing 70 Be dona' txted