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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03
Senator Germans Nutmeg.

Senator German was in the city looking
after certain department matters which
he desired to arrange preparatory to going
away on his summer vacation. Mr.. Cor
man tells the following story on himself:
For many years he has been a sufferer
from regular attacks of neuralgia On
some occasions he has been confined to his
home a day or two, so intense was the
pain. An old lady friend once called upon
him while he was suffering from one of
his attacks. She displayed so much SYM
pathy that she almost forgot to name the
request she had to make-but she hid not
Upon learning that the senator was
troubled with neuralgia she volunteered
to give him an infallible remedy, provided
he would promise not to laugh at her or
accuse her of being believer in conjura-
ton, spells, etc. The senator, In a good
natured way, informed her that he was
under treatment of an eminent physician
who sometimes afforded him temporary
relief. The old lady finally prevailed
upon the senator to give her remedy fair
trial, whereupon she suggested that he
should get an ordinary nutmeg, such as
is used in cooking, drill hole through
it, attach it to piece Of string or ribbon,
and wear it around his neck continually.
The senator while suffering one day,
determined to give the nutmeg remedy a
trial He followed the old ladys direc-
tons, and in few hours felt greatly re-
lieved. He has worn the nutmeg ever
since and is seldom troubled with neural
gia He has consulted several physicians
on the subj ct, and they state that the
nutmeg possesses certain virtues WI {
may have effect on neurSlg.c pains
timore Sun
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03
Hardness Of Forest Tree Seedlings.

Observations have been made at the
Ohio agricultural experiment station on
the hardness of young forest tree seed
lings after severe winters. Seedlings of
green ash and yellow locust escaped with
out any loss; per cent. Of scarlet maple
and of black ash was killed; 5 per cent. of
red oak. 8 per cent. of white ash and wild
cherry, per cent. of maple sugar per
cent. of catalpa, SO per cent of
cucumber tree, 80 per cent Of
blackwalnut, So per cent. of chestnut, and
81 per cent. of white oak seedlings were
killed by severe winter.-Chicago Times.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03
Exquisite Fruit of Guatemala.

In Guatemala the alligator pear is the
most highly priced of all their fruits, and
tastes somewhat like an exquisite pear
and cantelope combined. Plums grow in
endless quantities upon trees without
leaves, the red fruit sticking on the bare
wood as If pinned on. Oranges, lemons
and lines bear all the year. The guava,
from which rich jelly u made in the
West Indies, grow wild. There is tree
which bears a vegetable egg in great pro-
fusion, the substitute for hen labor being
about the size Of the genuine article and
answering the same purpose in many
forms of cookery.-Chicago Herald
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03
Useful Army in Peceful Times.

The governor of Algeria has discovered
a use for standing armies in time of peace
The greater part of the grain CROP he re-
ports, has just been saved by turning the
military loose on the locusts and crickets.
No less than 276 cubic meters of locusts'
eggs and $500 cubic meters of crickets
were destroyed. The forced labor en-
ployed for this purpoye, adds the report,
represents days work of 100000 ma
tives, a sad commentary on the son of the
deserts capacity for work-New York
World
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03

Prospective Bridegroom Ito prospective
Dride)-Would it be possible, do you think,
dear, to postpone our wedding until Mon
daya am in re aeipt of dispatch calling
me to Buffalo On important business.
I. Bride-pm afraid not, George, d ar
The wedding presents, you know, are only
rented until Saturday.
SHE COULD TELL HER FATHER WAS BIG
Little Mabel asked her father ons day tc
taste most delicious apple. What rename,
was ruefully inspected moment, when she
asked:
DO you know, papa, how l can tell you
are big without looking at youf'
Il cannot say" was the reply.
Il can tell by the bite you took out OF my
spple.' was the crushing reply.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03
II would have been rough on Dante.

In the three situations given above the
average woman is grand, massive, Titanic,
incomprehensible. The man who witnesses
these feminine moods from the weather side
of high board fence and does not stand with
head barred hushed and awe-stricken has no
poetry in his soul. In all she is great, but in
the brick throwing act she is greatest-and
most dangerous. There is a physiological
reason for this. 1t is not her fault that an
ambulance wagon has to be rung up after her
brick throwing moods, nor that this kind Of
exercise always creates a furry and an up
ward tendency in the window glass market
She cannot help aiming at the hen and bring
ing down the usual inoffensive citizen in the
next ward Her shoulders were not rightly
constructed for ball tossing, and in the hurry
incident upon laying the citizen she fire.
quently forgets to consult her hand book on
throwing, and makes the left hand do all the
labor instead of the right, as laid down by
the authorities. Nor is she mentally consti-
tuted for base ball pitcher Many husbands
who are not right minded sheer at their
wives weakness of mental grasp in not being
able to distinguish between mutilated and
jumped on umpire and three-base hit. These
nice subtleties of the game may be thus lost
to her, but it is not her fault. Her gray brain
matter is not put up that way, architecture
ally speaking any more than her shoulder is
built to bring confusion and death to cows.
1t viii be observed by all who take the
trouble to attend baseball game, in the in
terest of science, that the best throwers have
very square shoulders, and the shoulders of
some are higher at the corners than near the
neck In these latter the clavicle tends up
ward as it leaves the spinal column, circum-
stance which allows free play of the arm in
any direction. Whereas, as seen in ladys
skeleton, the shoulder blade slopes down like
toboggan slide and overlaps the arm
socket in a manner which prevents her lift
ing her arm without cracking her shout
der blade or bursting out seam in her
basque, either of which is calculated to dis
courage good craftsmanship.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03
Extension of the Rain Belt.

Professor Aughey found, by careful test,
that prairie soil, which had been broken
up by blowing, contained, Immediately
after rain, nine times as much moisture
as adjoining unbroken soil, and this seems
to explain the extension of the rain belt
westward. Let such broken-up soil be-
come covered with shrubs and trees, and
annually mulched by their falling leaves,
and it will continue absorbent and reten-
tive of moisture without losing any of it's
substance and its fertility. = Chicago
Times
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03
In Lieu of Lath and Plaster.

A Pittsburg house builder, in the con-
struction of his edifices, uses matched
flooring in lieu of laths and plaster for the
sides and ceilings of the rooms On this
cotton cloth is glued, and upon that wall
paper is pasted. He says that it is better
and cheaper than plaster, and cold weather
does not hinder work.-Chicago Times.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03
Not Afraid of the Prince.

The boys on the New York wharves
recognize Prince Augusta of Brazil when
ever he comes ashore from the Brazilian
warship, and ask him for cigar stubs just
as If he was an everyday citizen. The
prince usually complies by tossing pack
age of cigarettes into the crowd.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03
New Portrait of Oueen yictori..

Queen Victoria will celebrate the jubi
lee year of her reign by having a new i'm
preston of the coinage and of the postage
stamps made. The present portrait on the
current coins and stamps represents hel
majesty as she looked forty years ago
and she desires a change made to a true
likeness now-Boston Transcript.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03
Cost of u Perfect War Ship.

An English naval architect, in recent
lecture before the Royal Naval college,
stated that war ship to be even approx
mately perfect, should weigh about $4,000
tons, and cost at least $40, OO0,O 900.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03

A teacher of music at Hampton insti-
tute has ascertained that Indians have a
remarkable aptitude for music.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03

Paul Hayne once described a cyclone.
which he viewed from the windows of his
cottage, as "the untranslated blesphemies
Of hell"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03

Decrease of English Church Revenues.
Church revenues have fallen off very
greatly in England, according to London
reports. A decrease of over $500 is re-
ported in one case, and slOO. 900 in another
within the period specified. Chicago Her
ald
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03
WHERE WOMAN. FAILS.
Tho Physiological Reason why She Can
not Throw q Brick Straight.

not Throw q Brick Straight.
Had Paris seen Helen attempt to shuo
cow out of the back yard, it is safe to state
that the Trojan war would never have been
waged, and Homer would have been obliged
to take the Haymarket riot for an epic Had
Antony seen Cleopatra chase a street car
down dusty avenue of Cairo, it is also safe
to state that he would have fed disenchantcd
back to Octavia, and the divorce court law
yer-"decree quietly secured; no publicity
would never have made cent from him
Had Dante seen Beatrice fire half brick
at the vandal hen which prospected for seeds
in her flower bed every spring, it is again safe
to say he would have sent back her notes, her
white mouse penwiper, the lava smoking set
with "Merry Christmas" painted across the
stern, and discontinued that rocky courtship
which he subsequently, celebrated in his poem
known as "The Inferno"
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20

The tennessee Stock Breeders As
sociation met in Nashville last Tues
day, when they spoke their minds"
freely On several subjects. Among
others, they want the Legislature to
protect sheep by enacting IL dog law,
which is needy badly. They also
want the infected herd of jersey cat
tie near Jackson Immediately slough-
tered. This, we think, is one Of the
most important measures discussed by
them--at least, of the greatest pres
ent importance to Tennessee stock
breeders. The mere fact Of the quar-
antine, whether the cattle are infected
or not. is damaging the cattle Interests
Of this state to many times the value
Of the herd infected. Let the whole
herd be wiped out of existence as soon
as possible.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20
The Journalists.

The International Editorial Associa-
ton of America will hold its sessions
at Cincinnati on the ODD, 9th and
25th of February. Every state in
the Union will be represented in the
assembly and a wide range Of subjects
Is to he discussed, among which will
be Regulation If Foreign Advertis.
ing-Agences aud Prices Umiorm
lty of Type Bodies ON the Part of All
FounAries," The EDITORIAL The
Local The Subscription ist,''
the Effect Of Sensational Puhlica-
tons Upon the Morals Of Our Coun-
try" "Ethics of Advertising "The
Press as an educator-Its RESPONSE
hiity for the Moral Status Of the
Reading World, '"rhe ACCESSIBILITY
of Publishing News Items of Doubt
full Moral Purport," "Resdy Prints, .
Journalistic Ethics, "The Interua,
tionaI Association" Rights of News
papers Publishers" and Journalist,
Education"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20
Cure for Piles,

Piles are frequently preceded by a
sense of Weight ia the back, loius and
lower part of the abdomen, causing
the patient to suppose he has some
affection Of the kidneys or neighbor-
ing organs. AT times, symptoms of
indigestion are present, tiatulency,
uneasiness of the stomach, etc. a
moisture, like perspiration, producing
a very disagreeahle itching, after get,
ting warm, is II common attendant.
Blinl, Bleeding and Itching Piles
yield at once to the application of DR..
Bosanko's Pile Remedy, which acts
directly upon the parts effected, alb
snr1ing the 'rumors, aIlaying the in
tense it, hing. and effecting ptrma.
ueut cure. Price 30 cents. Address,
The Dr.. Bosanko Medicine Co.,
Piqua, o. Sold hy Stuart d Dan.
Her.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20

1t is reported that from 10000 to
$4,000 people attempted to gain adj
mittance to the Music Hail in Gin
cinnati last Sunday night to hear Sam
.Joness farewell sermon. Such an
outponring to hear IA preacher we
suppose, has never before been seen in
America. His popularity and useful
ness seems to spread like wid6re over
the country. He is akiug a two,
weeks rest at home before he goes to
Chicago.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20

a Washington special to the Nash,
vile Union says Senator jackson
made strong argument in the Senate
last Tuesday in behalf of the Blair
educational sill. lie covered briefly
the ground treated in his celebrated
address hefore the teachers associa-
ton in Tennessee, devoting the larger
share OF his address. however, to the
constitutional questions which have
been STUN 5ling stones to many of tie
southern statesmen His argument
was carefully listened 10 by the senate
aud is spoken ut as one OF the ab!est
delivered upon that subject Turing
the session.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20
SPECIAL COTrON RETURNS.
Reports eff the CIR p, the amount and
Per Cent. Marketed.

Washington, Feb l5.--The special
cotton returns of the Department Of
Agriculture estimated the cotton re-
naming on plantations ON the lst Of
February, the proportion Of lint to
seed, the quality, average date Of
close of picking and the price Of cot
ton seed. The average date Of clos,
ing varies from Nov. 25th to Dec.
1lth. but averages for the cotton teIl
about nine days later than last year,
Florida closing Nov. %, Alabama,
%, South Carolina, 80, North Caro-,
lima, Dec. 2, Virginia and Texas, 3,
Arkansas, 4, Mississippi 8, Louisiana
and Tennessee, 10 The quality Is
poorer than last year on the Atlantic
coast, with much discolored and trashy
fibre The staple is shorter than
usual except in favored locations west
of the Mississippi, and the yield of
lint, which should average at least -
per cent, is only about 81 per cent.
from Virginia to Alabama and Ten>
nessee. 1t is 80 in Mississippi and
about 81 to 3l3 in states west Of the
Mississippi.
The quantity on the platforms Feb.
l, apparently about one-sixth Of the
crop, tive,sixths having gone forward,
appearing at the ports about Feo. 5.
The percentage of the crop marketed
is as follows: Virginia and North
Carolina, 80; South Caraina, 81;
Geor, ia, IS; Florida, 81; Alabama,
81; Mississippi and Louisiana, 83B;
Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee, SO.
General average nearly SO. The in.
dicalions thus point to "a crop approx,
mating the November estimates Of
yield per acre, which looked to pro
duct of about six and half million
bales.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20
The citizens of jackson are making

The citizens of jackson are making
extensive preparations to receive and
entertain all who may attend the in>
ter-state convention there next week,
and the meeting promises to he ii
hoomer. Assistant Commissioner
Gates says the roads will sell round
trip tickets at ole cent per mile each
way on the 23d, 24tn, 25th and 26th,
good until March LIST. We hope
Milan and vicinity will he largely rep.
resented and that some of the north>
em visitors will he persuaded to visit
AMI locate here.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20
Through Sleepers to Northwestern
Points.

On and after Thursday, Novem her
18th, the Illinois Central r. r. will
run weekly Through Sleeper to
Pana, Decatur, Bloomington, Mems
do'a, Freeport, Dubuque, Manchester,
Waterloo, Fl. Dodge, Sioux City and
other Northwestern points, leaving
New Orleans at 6 pm, Hammond
1857 pm, every Thursday and Jack.
son, Miss, 1858 am, Jackson,
Tenn, 1l:05 am, evety Friday un-
til further notice. This Arrangement
will greatly accommodate returning
Exposition Tourists, and Louisiana,
Mississippi and Tennessee Land Seek.
ers. j w. COLEMAN,
Asst. Gent Pass. Agt.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20
Earthquake in Alabama.

A special to the Nashville Amer.
can from Mobile says: Saturday last,
at daybreak, people living on both
banks of tie Tombisbee River for for
ty miles in Chocm@, Marengo and
Sumter counties, Ala, were startled
by rambling noise us Of the dis,
charge Of cannon, winch was follow ed
Immediately by sharp IremoIing of
the earth, which continued fo. mia
ute or lnore and scared many persons
so they hurrie3ly fed from their
houses.
At Moscow, fifteen miles below
DemopoIis, the ground seemed to
heave up half Il foot and then sub,ide,
and trees ,wayed from side to side.
At BecEi1ys Landing the shock was
heavily felt. All the clustering in
Mrs. Cranes house WAS shaken down.
She thought the chimney had fallen
and ran out. AT Remberl's Landing,
crockery was thrown from the shelves,
chairs and tables overset At PAX
CHA, in ChoclaS county, people were
badly frightened by the noise and the
'waying Of the trees, accompanied by
the falling Of dead limbs. Cattle
were tripped up, AMI similar phe
nomena were noticed at Tompkin's
Bluff. There is no telegraphio COM
munication with any of the above
named places and the news came by
hnat.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20
Mr.. Gladstone in a New Role.

A remarkable story about Mr..
Gladstone was told ty Dr.. Theodore
L. Cuyer in a recent address to Yale
students. He said: "Wifh my own
eyes | have seen Mr.. Gladstone kneel
by the side Of common street sweep
er and pray for the salvation of his
soul. | know Of 10 grander sight
than the premier of England and the
leading statesman Of the world kneel-
ing by the side Of common street
sweeper and pouring forth his elo-
quent appeal to God in behalf Of his
humble brother. Boston Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20
Auction Sale of Land
At 2:3O P. NJ,
SATURDAY, FEB. 81, 1886,

7 WILL SELL AT AUCTION TO THE
i highest bidder, in front of the pOstoiice in
Milan. Tenn, about 70 acres of my farm, ly-
ing mostly on north side Of trenton road,
about quarter Of Il mile west from N!lan
corporate limits; about Y acres in woods. bali
ance cleared: Gacres in Turner Red Raspber-
ries. set Spring Of 1884 and 1885; about acres
in Peach Trees and years old, very best
early var cites; 200 threeyear-Old Wild Gonse
Plum Trees. / or5 acres strlwber les, set out
in Spring 1884 Log cabin, good well ofwaleT
and good fences.
The berry cropl this place should net three
or four hundred dollars this season. This
land is worth SIS tn So per acre.
TERMS.-0na-thirG cash. the balance on a
credit of one and two years. equal payments
Woes Oi approved security will be required
with Law 'ul interest from date of sale.
o. +. CANrW ELLs
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20

The Nashville Union shows excel
lent business judgment in securing
the services of Laps McCord of the
Pulaski Citizen on its editorial staff.
Mr.. McCord is one of the spicest and
most pointed writer's in the state and
stands head among the photographers.
His democracy is simon pure and his
talent superfne. We are glad to
hear Of his promotion, and the r eaders
Of the Unirn will be pleased.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20

The political pot begins to boil, and
names are popping up all over the
state for governor as fast as corn in a
po)per. If East Tennessee is to get
the nomination, Bob Taylor will
please our people about as well as any
niher.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20
Bob Bnrdette on the Tariff.

The tariff, my son? Oh, its a sim
pie thing, ifyou'll only give it about
five minutes ytudy, THERE'S a great
deal If talk made over it, butso there
is always much talk about everything.
The true principle of protection and
free trade, for they must ever go to>
gether, is this: Whatever you have
to buy should he admitted entirely
free of any duty, away down to bot
tom prices, and whatever you have TO
sell should he protected away up 120
in the shade. All men Of all pa ties
are agreed on that. Then why dc
they wrangle AMI quarrel so loudly
about tariff reformY' Oh, that,
quite another matter. That is be-
cause they are not agreed on wha' t
buy and sell.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20

Gen Hancock was buried at Nor
rist"wn, Pa, last Saturday without
much parade, in the family vault.
A ietachm snt of artillery fired an APP,
propriate salute on the occasion.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20

Floods have done much damage to
property in Boston, where two square
miles Of the city were under water
four days. There is great suffering
among the poor peoplein consequence.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20

The ice gorge at St. Louis gave
way this week, causing damage to
river properly to the amount of many
thousand dollars.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20

Ex, Gov Horatio Seymour, of New
York, after long illness, passed
peacefully away last Friday. He
was the "war governor" of that state
and was the democratic nominee for
President in one election since the
war He was "A great and good man.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20

Bro. Yaucey, Of the GAINESVILLE
Chronicle, has also lost faith in the
ground hog. IL Metbnseah Doak
remains firm in the faith, though, and
gives his reasons therefor in late
issue of the Avalanche. Since his
long residence in Polkopoli', we
are surprised that he defends the
hog, by whatever name or kind.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20

Great men are dying rapidly the
last few months. If this keeps up,
America will have few left in year
or two.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-20
MILAN EXCHANGE
W. 4. WADE, Publisher.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1856.

Terms---S1 90 per annum, in Advance.
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