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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-21
The Earliest Bank.

The term bank is derived from the
Italian banco, seat or bench, because
the earlier custodans and dealers in
money in Italy were accustomed to sit
on benches in the market places of the
principal towns. The earliest public
bank established in modern Europe was
that of Venice, which was founded in
1857. About the year 1850 the cloth
merchants of Barcelona, then a wealthy
body, added the business of banking to
their other commercial pursuits; beng
authorized so to do by an ordinance Of
the King of Arragon, which contained
the important stipulation that they
should be restricted from acting as
bankers until they should have given
sufficient security for the liquidation Of
their engagements In 140l, bank
was opened by the functionaries of the
city, the first of the kind ever established
in Europe. -Jel0iSh Messenger.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-21
PREPARING WHEAT LAND.
Work That Should Begin Early and BE Ex-
ceptionally Thorough.

Work That Should Begin Early and BE Ex-
ceptionally Thorough.
Begin blowing for wheat at the earli-
est post-harvcst moment. This will
prevent a growth of weeds; and you
will gain the aid of the rain, sun and
air in pulvcrizing and packing the
ground. Pass, each evening, with q
heavy roller, over what has been plowed
during the day. As the ground is dry,
there is no danger of its packing too
solid if this is done. Rolling will
crush the clods before they have hard
cned; it will also prevent the drying
out of the ground. 1t is a great mis-
lake not to follow close after the pillow
with the roller; the clods harden and
the ground becomes so dry that part of
the wheat will not terminate. Allow
Inc ground to lie until shortly before
Won desire to SOW. Then harrow and
roll until the ground is fine and solid.
Amply the barn-yard manure just before
tbis. that stirring the ground may mix
n through the soil. The seed bed fol
wheat can not be made too fine, nor toe
solid if fine. No crop is benefited more
ban wheat by undertaking, Wheat
Il "spewed OUT by the freezing of the
water in the ground. Dry earth doe
not freeze; no degree of cold will cause
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-21
-"George. dear." said a sweetYoune

-"George, dear, said a sweetyoung
wife to her husband. "l've had a talk
with the servants this morning, and
have agreed to raise their wages. They
said every thing was so dear now
rent was so high and the price Of meat
and butter had risen to such price,
and every thing-I thought this was
reasonable, because I've so often heard
you complain of the same thing"
Boston Advertiser.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-21

Mrs. Mitchell, of Chadbourn, N.
c., was very i'll in bed, and sent her
eight-year-old boy 10 the we'll for water.
He fell in, and his helpless mother was
forced to lie there and hear his screams
until his voice was still in death.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-21

"A Brooklyn street-car conductor
won the one hundred-dollar prize offered
by a New York illustrated paper for the
best idea for a cartoon.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-05
WHY IT STRUCK.

A Young Stranger Proves the Faiiacy Of
An American superstition.
eyes, SIR" said the stranger; Il have
seen lightning strike twice in the same
place."
"You have? Tell us about t."
choruscd the crowd around the office
stove.
Il was travelling through Chenango
County, and met with an obstinate old
farmer who wouldn't have lightning
rods on his barn. He would have
nothing to do with any such nonsense
that's what he called it. One day n
thunderstorm came up and a bolt
struck his barn. It knocked the build
ing into little pieces, burnt up three
houses, patent reaper, suhsoil pillow,
a harrow, four sets Of harness, six horse
blankets, sixty t6ns Of hay and the
farmers dang hter's baby. Well. the
old man had another barn built, but
he didn't put any lightning-rods on.
He said that lightning never struck
twice in the same place. Itd:d. though.
Knocked the new barn endwise and
burned up four horses, two reapers. two
plows, two harrows, eight sets of har-
ness, a dozen horse-blankets, hum
dred tons of hay and the farmers
daughters brand-new twins"
There was general silence for few
moments, and then one of the crowd
said:
whats your trade, young feller?"
"rm ightning-rod agent"
'Ohv-PNcE's annual.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-05

While others were attentive studying
the eclipse, Jack was preparing for his
part of the programme. Having .
number of rockets left over from his
Fourth-ofJuly stock, he selected the
largest an immense one of several
pounds weight, and prepared to send it
off from the rear of the store. Tho
darkness was now complete. Scarce .
sound broke the stiffness of the moment.
One could almost hear his pulses beat.
The crowd stood gazing into the sky in
speechless wonder. Suddenly, with
hiss and q scream that was all the more
horrible from the silence that had fallen
on the village, that immense rocket
went flaming up toward the sun, and
burst with q crash that, to the excited
people. seemed like the noise of score
of thunders.
The effect was indiscribable. The
saddle-horse spoken of, hearing the hiss
and seeing the reflection of the flash of
light, broke his halter, and stood upon
his hind feet; but not being in the habit
of standing in that manner, he lost his
balance, and went over on his back,
sprawling in the mud-hole, from which
he emerged later sorry-looking beast.
Some of the teams broke their fasten-
ings, and if it had not been for the dark
ness. would doubtless have run away.
But the people! Women and children
screamed; men-well. some of the grave
ones, who knew there was nothing
alarming in an eclipse of the sun. cried
out; and some persons, who were not
known to be church-goers undertook to
pray. though l can't say that they
succeed very well. Others looked on
in mute horror, wondering what would
happen next. To the Irishman and
his family in their wagon outside the
town, the sight was wonderful in
deed. They saw the rise of the rocket,
and the direction of its flight was such
that when it burst, it was, to their view.
directly under the disk of the sun; and
in the flash. it seemed for moment rs
if the sun himself had burst, and his
fragments were flying through space in
the most promiscuOus manner.
The moment of totally passed; the
sun began to shine again, the shadow
flew away, and Jacks agency in the
wonderful scene" was detected. The
reaction was as indescribable rs the first
effect of the trick. People laughed till
they cried, and if Jack failed to get
good booting, it was not because he had
failed to earn it, but because the crowd
rather enjoyed the excitement that had
been caused by the rocket. That crowd
will never forget the total eclipse of the
sun of August z, 1869.-Youth's Com
pdntOss.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-05
NAM RALLIED.
A Lady Who Succeeded in Holding the
Fort and n (s0OAa.

A Lady Who Succeeded in Holding the
Fort and . Goose.
"R-r-r-r!' went the telephone in til
Gratiot avenue station the other day.
and when the captain called '.Hello!' a
voice inquired:
'.Are you the police?"
'Yes; who are yOu9"
"a boy. There's big row up here. !"
'.Where?'
ION st. Aubin. I'll tell if it's neces-
sary 10 send the wagon"
Things were quiet for moment. and
then the telephone rang again.
well, how is it," asked the captain.
"Purty serious. but I'll telephone you
again.
There was an interval of three min
utes before the captain was rung up
again.
"Wen?"
you needn't send the wagon. There
were three of 'em. They had lost q
goose. They said we had it. Nam
called 'em liars. They sailed in. They
got nam in between the woOd-shed and
the goose-pen and made the hair fly.
but mann found q club and rallied. and
you orter see them women climb! Nam
holds the fort and the goose. Good
byer'--Detroi1 Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-05
WIT AND WISDOM.

Memory of the past is the only
paradise out of which we can not be
driven.
Smiles are not only the most be-
coming of all adornments: but also the
least expensive.
All you can carry into the life here
after will be what you have given, not
what you have saved.-Rb0de Island
Press.
-'Give an example of syll0gism."
Local freshman-Al1 men are more or
less alike. am q man, therefore, I am
more or less alike.-CAicago Mail.
-.'ln my.opinion." says citizen, III
the Government would stop running up
them there burned cold-wave flags, we'd
soon have some respectable winters. -
~ Y. Mail.
"A bright little girl of our acquaint-
ance asked US the following conundrum:
''How many letters are there in post
mans bag?" We gave it up, and she
said there were three-b-a-g.-M J..
Islegrum.
The most censorious are generally
the least judieiOus; who. having MOTH
ing to recommend themselves, will Be
finding fault with others. No man
envies the merit of smother who has
enough of his own.-RMle of Life.
An Englishman in Madras has by q
lucky accident made . photograph of q
tiger in the act of Selling its prey. 1t
was only q partial success, however. as
he didn't have time to tell the beast to
''look pleasant. "-Boston Post.
Fate of the speller:-
II an 8 and an and an Q and . n. with an at
the end spell "Su,"
And an and q y and an spell 81" pray what
IL . speller to do?
Then il also an and an ands and an hed
There's nothing much left for . epeller to do
but to 60 and commit Si0uxeyesighed.
Chicago NcUs.
Even editors are sometimes UNI
reasonable. The editor of Georgia
paper said in q recent issue of his paper:
'.If the man who sold us five dozen
rotten eggs doesn't come in and make
them good we will teach him what the
penalty is for cheating and swindling.
Just as if any one could make that kind
of eggs good.-N. Y Tribune.
Young Van Tromplandt de Lafay-
cite Smith Jones, particularly Juvenile
dude. is music-maniac. but tender
hearted and sOft-voiced little fellow.
s.Wagner!" he exciaims; ''Divine Wag-
ner! What genius! His music makes
me weep!' '.Bosh!' says a bystarder.
"a kick well applied would have the
same effect on you. "-Adapsed from the
French.
why don't you finish eating your
hash, TOmmy?' asked Brooklyn
mother of her boy, who suddenly laid
down his knife and fork as he caught
sight of the servant dishing out ice
cream. impossible, ma" replied the
lad. "Why?" cause it's crowded out
to make room for more interesting mat
terri" answered Tommy, who is work.
ing in a newspaper Office during his va
.-BrOOkiVn EdQie.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-05
Ahead Of All Competition.

A Cleveland Spectator sent his son
to Wisconsin to buy hops, telling hin
to keep his eyes open for any other
speculation. After q few days . dis
patch came saying:
"A widow has got a corner on tho
hop market of this State. Shall /
marry her?'
Certainly" was the reply sent oves
the wires.
Twelve hours later the son an
nOunced:
Loot the hops, the widow and seven
step-children, and shall go to Chicago
Tomorrow to see about divorce. -
Wall Street Nescs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-05
Spontaneous Gratitude.

Scene in 8 street car-Seats all occu-
pied. Enter young lady. Young gen.
tleman rises and offers his place. Young
lady slams down into it.
Young gentleman (inquiringly)-'I
beg pardon?"
Young lady glances at him silently.
Young gentleman unbuttons his over
coat and produces an audiphone. Grasp
ing it firmly in his teeth he bends for
ward in bland but resolu1 expectancy.
Young lady gives up the struggle.
yells '.Thank-s-s-sr' and leaves the
car at the next crossing.-Nccs- Letter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-05
TRICKS IN TRADE.
The Patience-Trying Dickerins Of tho
Alaska Indians.

Tho Patience-Trying DickerinS Of tho
Alaska Indians.
Indian No. puts in an appearance
with a miserable lot of furs, and more
miserable story ofpoverty-the badness of
the river for trapping, the scarcity of
animals and the inferiority Of the pelts,
his large family in need of support, his
honesty with the company in the past.
and score of other pleas, the upshOt
of which was request that ne might be
supplied with clothing and ammunition
for another year in return for the pelts
at his feet. The trader replies, setting
a definite price in trading material for
the amount of skins before him, and the
..dickering' begins. After half an hour
or an hours talk of the most tiresOme
description, the discussion ends in the
Indian accepting the exact amount the
trader originally offered, or about one
tenth of his own demands. Indian No.
2, who has heard every word of the con-
versatiOn, then comes forward with the
same quality of furs and exactly the
same story, the trade lasting exactly the
same time, and with exactly the same
result; and so on with all the others in
turn. Even No. II of the dozen present
does not vary the stereOtyped proceed
ings, any more than an actor inter-
probation of part varies on the twelfth
night of a piece. Then Indian No.
comes forward again with package Of
furs of better quality than the first he
displayed, and solemnly affirms that
these are the only ones he has left, and
that if the trader will not give him
enough clothing for himself and family,
and enough ammunition TO last through
the winter, in return for them, they
must all go naked. and perhaps starve
for the want of the means of procuring
food. This story, with its continuation,
lasts about half as long as the first, but
ends in the same way. as the Indians
eloquence has about as much effect on
the trader as it would on the proverbial
row of stumps. The farce is repeated
BY all the Indians in turn. and is yet
again repeated at least once before the
entire transaction is over. duving all of
which time the white trader sits COM
posedly on his stool, and gives q pa
tent and unvarying answer to each in
his turn, under provOcation that would
have put Job in q frenzy before the first
circlewas ompleted.-FSom Lieutenant
Schwatka's along AIaska's Greet
Rirer."
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-05

Tho French have looked with alarm
upon the steady export of Percheron
horses to the United States; but the
most prominent breeders there now say
that the progeny of these horses raised
in the United States are an improve
ment upon their sires, and that it is
profitable to reimport- 1t is known
that Napoleon III. used to import
Percheron horses from Vermont for the
post chaises which he used SO much.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-05

Two men called up the telegraph
operator at East Weymouth, Mass. and
got him to 60 to the depot at midnight in
order to send telegram As he en-
tered the station the men drew revoL
vers and demanded the money in tho
safe. knowing it temporarily contained
q large amount. Quick as q flash the
operator whipped out pistol and '.got
the drop" upon the wOuld-be r0bbees.
who fled in terror.-N. y San.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-05
A SORE CATASTROPHE.

With many a high-fown
The did he pop;
His ! ! myriad
She thought would never stop. /,
He reasoned like the scholars;
Her face was pretty, 4
She had million 8 :.
And so he wished her ~.
Blows quick as cuts from Z ~
We're - ed into his face:
He's !: out, he sta9gers,
And tries himself to ,.
1t certainly was cal;
Her father showed him Mars:
The end was astronomical,
And he saw countless
Cut up. as with a.
In fragments did he blend:
His shape was like siphOn:
And this is now
THE END.
lid Bus.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-05
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

-Arizona's public school has been
closed for lack of funds-Chicago Mail.
Philadelphia has twenty-eight free
kindergartens, maintained at public
expense of S1O,896.
The Interior says that Christian
ought to be honest first, and then piOus
If he can; but the usual practice among
many is to be pious anyhow and honest
whenever it comes handy,
The total cost of the Garden City
Cathedral, L, ]. as estimated by the
architect, is nearly S1,7OO.OOO. This
sum does not include the organ, bells,
stained glass furniture, etc.-N T.
Mail.
DIR. Talmage's Brooklyn Tabernacle
pews were sold the other evening, and
brought premiums amounting to g. 900.
The pew rental for the year amounts to
gil, $40, and the total receipts Of the
church will reach $4,000.
AT Yale dinner Rev. DR.. Clapp
told story of a student who asked his
fathers consent to an engagement with
one of the New Haven beauties. The
father consented at once, saying he
himself had courted the same girl when
he was a student at the college.
The legacies from the Vanderbilt
estate to the Board of Missions of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. 100000
each for domestic and foreign missions,
are to be appropriated for special work,
rs is the rule of this society with lega-
cies.-N y Examiner.
On one of the New Hebrides in the
South Pacific is the lonely grave of q
Presbyterian missionary, the Rev. John
Geddy. A marble slab bears the fol-
lowing inscription:
When he came here
There were no Christians:
When he went away
There were no heather.
There is only one Protestant For.
eign Missionary Society in France, in
which all evangelical Christians. Re
formed. Lutheran and Free, unite. Its
missionaries are found among the Ba-
sutos of South Africa, with 1900 ccx-
verts; on the Zambesi, East Africa; at
St. Louis and other places in Senegal.
West Africa, and in Tahiti. For these
missions 800, 900 francs were contributed
during the past year.
Students are graded at Princeton
IN six groups. The athletes stand well
down in the ranks. according to Presi-
dent McCOsh. Fifteen Of the twenty
seven are in the lowest two grades, all
but seven are below the middle, and
only two get up into the second grade.
The doctor is in favor Of athletics. but
believes that excessive bodily exercise
takes too much time.-Boston Bulletin.
The German traveller, Butler,
speaks in complimentary terms of the
work of the Basic Missions on the Gold
Coast. They have ten chief stations.
the farthest of which are five days
journey from the coast. Nearly all of
the smiths, joiners and coOpers on the
west coast are from its industrial
schools. The missions also carry on q
number of factories or trading houses.
which are distinguished from the other
concerns of the kind, not without some
reduction of their pecuniary power, by
not selling rum or powder. although
beer and wine may be bought at them.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-05

rAny person who takes the paper reg.
Ularly from the post-office. whether directed
to his name or whether he is subscriber or
not, is responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing to
take newspapers from the post-of6ce, or re-
prima facie evidence of INTENTIONAL FRAUD
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-05

Bronze figures always look Target
than they really are; the reverse is the
case with marble, terra-c0tta and ala
baster. Chicago 1ina<a
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-05

-Co.nell University has purchased
the law library of the late Merritt King,
containing 400 volumes, chiefly Of
rare and valuable w0rka
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-01-30
Items of News.

A gentleman from Atlanta, recently
travelling on II coast line boat from San
Francisco via Vancouver'S Island, Ore,
on his arrival at Victoria called at Il
drug store to purchase something for a
dsordered stomach, felt himSelfat home
he said, when he saw several boxes S.
S. 5. on the counter OF the drug store
The proprietors told him that SwiIt's
Specific was one of the staple articles in
his trade.
II have found the wonder OF the
nineteenth century" remarked IA man
from Ohio few days ago to one of our
druggists, "and it is proprietor Of n
patent medicine who told me that his
remedy was not suitable to my case,
and advised me not to take it. ! called
ut the laboratory of the Swift Specific
Company, and consulted their phySi-
clan with the above result, was con-
WINGED 80 thoroughly that their Specific
is good medicine that ! have bought
a case and sent it to my cousin, who has
the scrofull. They told me it would
cure scrofula, and believe it to be
true.
s. S. S. is a harmless remedy. it is a
reliable remedy for all disorders OF the
blood, and cleanses the system by fore
ing the impurities ont through the
pores Of the skin. 1t is now sold in dry
form, and can be prepared at home,
Price so cents per package. We advise
those who have been worn down with
mercury and potash nostrums to use the
dry form.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Disease,
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 8
Atlanta, Ga, n y, 157 w. 23l ST.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-01-30

good comedy inan-rntler small and slight !;
you sing very fairly, and act better"
Hear, hearp exclaimed Grace Morford.
There's character for you, Sam"
81 am only telling you the truth. Tho actor
Is born but h" must learn his nrt nom expeT-
ence. No man, let him have ever 40 much
genius, can net without It, never mind what
people tell you tD the contrary. You ought
70 take your friend, Miss Giace, with yon,
Sam"
"Formercy IS sake, tell me why ?" exclaimed
because You will makea better actress than
you ever Will singer. Oh, have been watch
ing you, miss"
II could get n decent part"
well, will see that you have chance"
when? How"
are going 10 have the Dramatic Fund Benefit
next month, and I'll speak to our stage man
ager TO put your name down as one Of the vol
unteers AID cast you for soubrelte part
something sauey-a singing chamber-maid
would suit YOU"
"lndeed disdaln 10 play such part" re-
piled Grace, with mock dignity.
"Of course you want to he cast for the Queen
In Hamlet, and have The first appearance OF
Miss Grace Morford' printed on three-feet
posters In red letters; and photograph done
In the latest style, sent round the c ~ an
nOuncng he interesting event"
| "No, sir, would not. | don't want to go
up like a rocket and come down like stick,
as that young society lady did last week at
lHt
"Will You play n soubrette's part, then ?"
al Will, and do my best"
"Now you are talking common sense. Come
10 me III coach you, and l believe you'll
play the part that is given you for all that II IL
worth"
"rhank you, sir, said Grace, with q blush
and smile.
"What nre you going to promote me to?''
cried Edith.
"You viii remain where you are at present.
/ am going 10 ask your mother TO get me a
boarding place this summer, sUnlPwn' re down
! I'm Kent, near yougirls, and ana am going
20 =.:c ycu singing lessons. Your voice Is
very sweet, but you don't know how to use IL
| to advantage. IL wants training"
"0h, yon are very kind, Mr.. Vaughan" said
| Edith, softly.
at Will he jolly II we can spend the summer
! together ~ cried Grace.
"You VIII have to count me I'm that racket, ?"
said Sam. al am going to the country this
summer If have 10 visit my uncle to obtain
the funds"
"Oh, you'll he able to 90 without calling on
| that interesting individual, trust" said Mr..
| Vaughan.
Continual