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OBSERVER.
A.J. WARREN. Publisher.
SAL-IlNtE, WASHTENAW CO., HIGH.,   THURSDAY,    JANUARY 17,  1895.
VOL. XV.---NO. 12.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
J.
WBAUNTLETT.'daL
Graduate oC the
CWca^o Ophthalmic College and Hospital
"Will call and test your eyes i£ you addresB
meat
MIIiAN. - MIOH.
T>  f. SHEEOER, A. NT., M. D
Physician & Surgeon.
From the TJ. of M. and Jefferson Hospital College, Fhidelphla. Late assistant to the Bliss Eye
Hospital, Springfield, O.
8pecial attention given to the eye.
Eyes tested and glasses fitted.
Office and Eesidence—the Marsh house, Chicago St.
8ALINE - - MIOH.
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R. Q: E- H ATHAWAY,
Dentist
Office over NicholsfBros. drug store.
SALINE, -       - MICH.
JP   E.JON E.S.
; Attorney at Law-
'"Ruslness attended.to with Promptness and
Care: jiOfflce on McKay street.
,'"BAIiINJ5.1"     -      .,- MICH.
p |R. WILLIAMS
..   Attorney at Law,
»«peciaiiattentioh paid to Pension Claims of all
kinds.   Newcbmb Mock.
MICH.
Bridgewater.
A birthday party was given John
Sautter last week Tu esday.
Jacob Riedel spent last Tuesday in
Ypsilanti and Whittaker on business.
-The Ladies' society of ; Bethel
church met at Geo. Mann's Wednesday.
John Hutzel and son, Chas. and Mrs.
Geo. Mann visited Ann Arbor friends
Saturday.
Miss Emilie Tag, of Clinton, is spending the week with her sister, Mrs. P.
W. Schoen.
Chas. Hilldinger is having his ice
house filled this week, frank Riedel
has the job. •
Three gentlemen of Sulpher Springs,
O., were the guests of Rev. C. Clessler,
New Years week.
John Bauer is still on the sicK list,
with inflammation of the lungs and is
under Dr. Tattle's care.
John Pfeifle, who has been working
in the neighborhood, went home accompanied by the mumps.
Geo. Mann and John Hutzel attended
the German Washtenaw Fire Insurance
meeting at Ann Arbor, Monday.
Geo. Boettner and a companion "were
out on a fox hunt last week.   They
have captured several this season.
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Milan Murmurings.
MILAN".
V;   W. CHANDLER, M  D.,
PU.YSLClAF.and SURGEON
•nice on Adrian Strwst, first door south of the
Wallace Block,
SALINE, ..- MICH.
{'   C.8LAGHT,
/Veterinary Surgeon.
MACOW, LENAWEE CO., MICH.
Connvction with Tecumseh by  Telegraph
aud.byMaU.
AM. CALLS .PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
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BarberlShop.
lair Cutting.    Shaving,   Shampooing  and   all
Work in the Barber Line.
HOMER.ETSH.
SALINE, - - MICH.
A. J. WARREN,
 CONVEYANCER AND  •'
Notary   -   Public.
AU legal' papers drawn on short
notice and at prices. within the
reach of all,'
General Fire Insurance a Specialty.
CITY MEAT MARKET.
G. A. LINDENSCHMIDT
Is still at the old stand, where he is fll^ayg pre
pared {qsprve his customers with THE BEST
*  lH:THS%IARKETi«tti-'HB-'et
fresh and Salt Meats of all Kinds,
Poultry, Fish, Sausage, Etc.,
;.  AT POPOLAl^ "PRJCiS;
complete ateftWcOiitflt; for" rowuf("ctuping sau
ease.   Remember the old stand.
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Li. H. VanWormer is seriously ill.
H. A. Taylor wears the badge of deputy sheriff.
May Robinson has returned to her
home in Detroit.
R. Appleton has returned to his
home in Detroit.
A. E. Putman made a business trip
to Chicago, Tuesday.
Rev. C. B. Case, of Clayton, visited
friends here last week.
Mesdames C. Gauntlett and Williams
visited the Milan school Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs Ward's guests have returned to their homes in Ypsilanti.
Mrs. W- W. Watts, of Ann Arbor, is
tl}0 guest of M,rs. W. 13. Whitmarsh.
Milan has three deputy sheriffs. Let
all law hrealce.ra aloof ahy of this village.
Mrs, M. Murray visited Ann Arbor
friends Wednesday and Thursday of
last week.
The Milan Leader of Jan. 11, has a
fine cut of the new I. O. O. F. temple,
of Milan.
Mrs. Kelsey aud daughter, Shurtz, of
Tecumseh, are visiting Milan friends
for a few days.
. Miss Cady and Miss EllaMurry spent
Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Ann
Arbor visiting friends-
Jonathan Spraguer of Ann Arbor,
was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. G.
R. Williams, Thursday and Friday.
The Baptist social at the residence of
J. C. Rouse, Wednesday, was a complete success in every way aud all had
an enjoyable time.
The angels are emptying their feather beds, we guess, by the looks of
mother earth} •Sleighing is fine and
snow is about sixinches deep.
The dedication exercises q{ the I. O.
O. P. temple Thursday evening were
very impressive. The entertainment
was one that will never be forgotten by
the people of Milan. "The menu was-
fine, the music finer and the speeches
of the finest. After the hanquet those
who wished^ to indulge in tripping the
light fantastio, adjourned to Gay's
opera house where they' danced all
night until broad daylight then wen t
home with the girls in the morning.
Altogether a successful success.
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tSetf|entIreV^]«"» catalogue Of mochaa-
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Patenw taken through Mann * Co. TecelTe
■pedal notice Inthe Scientific Amerlciuj^atxJ
ibis are brought widely before th* public with.,
ont coit to the inventor. This mijendia paper.
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•opiefcSfiHtSaia. KTeryflutdOer contains beau-
tlfal; »l»t**^,cQl<«ra,'ana;phot<5Eraphi of new
hquie"""'"'"""""li"pT"niK*aabltng nnUden to ihow the
"latest deslims and secure contracts. Address
MUNtJ S CO., HEW York, 361 BROADWAT.
A Child. With an Ostrich's Appetite.
QUEER ASTEONOMY.
THAT   OF  THE CHINESE, FOR   IT* IS
AS YET MERELY ASTROLOGY.
Gastrottimy is ah ancient operation,
but good authority states that only 13,
or possibly 14, well authenticated cases
are on record. Probably as extraordinary a case as anyever known was "the
one just report'ed'by Dr. A. W. Mayo
Rohson, of the Leeds: General Infirmary, the stomach of a little girl of ten
years having been opened last August;
when there were removed 42 cast iron
garden nails, 1J inches long, 93 brass
and tin tacks from $ to 1 inch long, 12
large nnilsj-3 collar-studs, one safety
pin and one sewing needle.* After 'the
operation the little girl vomited 3 garden nails, 2 tacks',-a feather and a small
pin, and.in three weeks passed from
the bowvls 30 garden nails, a piece of
neodls, one stud, eight tacks, and a,'
steel pen.. Tho patient has recovered'
from tho operation, but it is Tented
that the morbid appetite,'which first
developed in   tho swallowing of nails'
about Christmas, 1SS3, is still relaiued."
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Waterman has a corner on photo-
gra'phs, agent will explain.
NO PLACE FOR SMELLING.
There Is No Telescope In the Peking Observatory, bnt Many Elaborate Instruments of No Apparent Use—Wonderful
Beli In the Observatory Tower.
"Astronomy in China is in a very
primitive condition. The observatory
at Peking Is the only one belonging to
China which is of any importance. It
is situated npon a terrace, which runs
along the fortifications of the city and
could, if necessary, he nsed as a fortress.
The instruments which it contains are
remarkable for their historical interest
and artistic beanty rather than for their
scientific value. Perhaps the most interesting of these is the huge bronze
quadrant sent by Lonis XTV" to the Chinese Emperor Kang Hi in the seventeenth century. It is probably the most
modern and consequently the most, accurate instrument in the whole collection. The chief piece of the observato*
ry is an extremely ornate bronze instrument, which ,was constructed by the
ohief astronomer of the Emperor Kublai-
Khan in the thirteenth century. The
form of the instrument somewhat resembles a modern equatorial, but its
use is problematical This astronomer,
whose name was Kou Shou King, may
he called the" Napoleon of •;Chinese astronomy, for he was the first to construct instruments of any practical value, , and the observatory owes to him
nearly all its astronomical appliances.
The gigantic celestial sphere is another
object of interest Though 6 feet in diameter, and weighing more than a ton,
yet it can be easily rotated by a child,
so carefully is it balanced. .
The instruments are all of very ornamental construction. Utility was a secondary consideration to appearance, and
the native workmen who constructed
them were far more concerned about the
dragons with flames issuing from their
mouths and the hideous figures adorning the instruments than they were
about the "accuracy of the divisions.
The number of men employed by the
Celestial government to manage the observatory is very large- Including all
the officials and salaried students, there
are 200. There is a chancellor at the
head, and after him are directors, sub-
directors and assistant subdirectors with-
©nt number. A post in the Peking observatory, though honorary, is considered to he a very important position, and
the present chancellor is an'uncle of
the emperor.
His subordinates are also men of
rank, the two directors having a right
to the button of precious stones and a
jeweled image of the sea raven, which
is worn on the heart. Their offices are
hereditary (about the only ones in China which are), because they alone have
the calculation, tables which the Jesuits
introduced in the seventeenth century,
and they keep them carefully hidden
away.
One of the principal features in a
modern observatory is a telescope. In
the Peking observatory there is not a
single telescope, and there never has been
one, or at least there is no record of it.
This is not astonishing in view of the
use which the Chinese make of astronomy. The only real value it has for
them is to determine their numerous
fast days and the dates of idolatrous
feasts which the emperor periodically
holds at the various temples when he
executes the sacrifices and performs the
rites laid down in the. saored hooks.
The astronomy of the Chinese was in
fact and is yet merely astrology. The
duty of fixing these dates falls upon the
officials of the observatory, and the
council of the hoard also meets on the
last day of every year, and at midnight
the chancellor solemnly ascertains the
direction of the wind and informs the
board.' They then draw their conclusions, and the result is circulated far
and wide.
The most'favorable direction of the
wind is from the northwest, and should
this wind prevail every sort of happiness may be expected during the ensuing year. The Chinese year begins Feb.
14. On that date, 1894, the wind was
from the southeast.
The clocks used in the observatory
■are all water" clocks,.like- the ancient
clepsydra of the "Romans, and an important1 part of the duties of the observatory officials -is to ring the changes of
the night watches on the great hell of
Peking, which hangs in the bell tower
and weighs 120,000 pounds, is 14 feet
'high, 34 feet in circumference and is
■made of bronze 9 inches thick. It is
struck by a wooden beam, so that the
noise- made by it is not proportionate to
t its size.        •   "   ■ ■ ' -   .
, In the drum tower are kept the incense sticks, which are continually kept
burning and which mark the passage of
time in conjunction with- the water
clocks. Such are the primitive means
which the Chinese possess for becoming
acquainted withastronomical subjects,
.and though the history of Chinese astronomy begins with that of the empire
yet the vast majority still believe that
the earth is the immovable center of the
world.—New York World.
. Thero are\15,000,000, spindles turning to make -cotton yarn in the United
States. Of these 13,000,000 are in New
England. Nearly one-fourth of all the
spindles in the country are in the two
manufacturing towns of Fall Eiver and.
New Bedford, Mass.
This Tonrlst Knew of One Thins It Were
Well to Omit.
I did not make my trip up among the
peaks and soves and ravines of the
Cumberland mountains before being
"coached" a bit-by an old'friend at
Bristol. He told me.of several things I
must not do, and on several occasions I
had reason to feel very grateful.
One day when I was well up among
the moonshiners I suddenly scented the
aroma given out by a still, and at the
same instant discovered a long haired,
rough looking old mountaineer seated
on a roadside rock with a double barreled shotgun across his legs. I saluted
him, removed my pack and sat down
for a smoke. . When he had lighted the
cigar offered him, I asked:
"Is there much wild game in these
mountains?"
"A right smart of game," he replied.
"I suppose you kill a bear .now and
then?"
"Yes, reckon I do."
Then I- questioned him about the
farms, the crops, the schools, the
churches and other things, and he not
only answered me briefly, but I could
not fail to see that he was closely
watching me. By and by he asked my
business, and when I told him he seemed to grow even more suspicious. I wanted-some information about the route
and wanted to get him in good humor,
and so I kept rattling on for a quarter
"of an hour. I finally spoke of Bristol
land my friend down there, and the old
[man turned on me with:
!*   "What!   D'ye know Jim down
Ithar at Bristol?"
I    "Why, certainly."
"What sort of a lookin man is he?"
"A large man, red faced, light hair,
■scar on his chin; keeps a grocery."
"That's the critter. Yo' had a talk
with Jim befo* comin up yere, I reckon?"
"Yes, a long talk."
"Him told yo sumthin, I reckon?
"Yes, many things. One of them was
that I shouldn't smell anything up here
until I had mentioned his name.
"Stranger, gin us yer paw!" said'the
man as he extended a hand almost as
big as a washboard. "Did you know I
was watchin yo'?
"I suspected it."
"Yes, I was watchin yer nose. The
boys hev got a purty hot fire under the
still, and the smell comes up purty
strong. I had an eye on yo', and if yo'd
hev stuck up that nose and sniffed and
snuffed befo' yo' mentioned Jim's name
I should hev turned loose on yo'fur a
revenoo spy and taken my chances of
bein right. Glad to see yo'. Mighty
glad. Come over to the cabin and bring
yo'r nose along and git a bite to eat."
—Detroit Free Press.
The Chafing Dish Two Thousand Tears Old.
Women who first prized their chafing
dishes for their convenience are now
feeling an added pleasure in using a
utensil that has a history at least of
2,000 years. They refer to what Seneca
said of them and quote Soyer's description of those used by the ancient Greeks
and Bomans. The dish is also referred
to by Cicero and is supposed to be the
"authepsa," a kind of saucepan of Corinthian brass of considerable value
and made with such "art that its contents cooked instantly and with little
fire. This simple and ingenious vessel
possessed a double bottom, the uppermost one holding the light delicacies
destined for the dessert, and the fire
was underneath. Another author says:
"Not only did the chafing dish adorn
tho tables at royal banquets and contribute to the gastronomic enjoyments
of the rich, but it was in high favor
then, as now, among the representatives of the histrionic art. Pliny relates
.that the tragic actor, JEsopus, had a dish
worth 1,000 sesterces." The chafing
dish was known in America as early as
1720, at about which time it is recorded
that a wealthy father, wishing to give
his daughter "a truly elegant wedding
outfit," ordered for her from England,
among' other things, "six small brass
chafing dishes, 4 shillings apiece."
French. Veterans Diminishing.
'Before very long it is expected that
the Hotel des Invalides, the gilt dome
of which forms such a conspicuous landmark in Paris, will have "ceased to exist, at all events as what may be called
the home of the French Chelseapension-
ers. By degrees the number of pensioners lodged there has diminished until
they are a mere handful. It seems that
old soldiers do not care to continue to
live in "barracks after their retirement,
but that they prefer a pension outside,
be it ever so small.—Paris Journal.
Maine Wild rands.
A Maine lumberman says the wild
lands of this state would make 18 states
as largo as Bhode Island, two as large
as New Hampshire and Vermont and
One twice as large as Massachusetts.
These lands are located inthe following
counties: Aroostook, 2,888,618 acres;
Franklin, 589,962 acres; Hancock, 362,-
, 893 acres; Oxford, 558,654 acres; Pe-.
nobscot, 827,604 acres; Piscataquis,
2,000,444 acres; Somerset, 1,735,838
acres; Washington^ 624,128 acres. The
spruce timber- lands of Maine are worth
mora-today than the pine lands were-50
years ago. Tl}is statement is based un
the opinion of lumbermen who have
besn engaged in the business" for 40
years. The value of these spruce lands
has been greatly enhanced by the enor-
' mous demand for pulp wood.—"Lewis-
ton Journal. _   _.      i
That ever was inaugurated in Saline.
Being determined to unload a great portion of my immense Boot
and Shoe Stock, I will commence Saturday, Jan. 12th, to sell at gr3atly
reduced prices. We will sell you splendid good Shoe3 of various lines
and descriptions J off regular price. You can't afford 20 go with wet
feet or ragged shoes. This line will be on our table and then on another table you will find an excellent line of the bast Shoes at J- off regular price. Now this means business, we will do just what we say.
Come from far and near and avail yourselves of this opportunity,
and buy for future use.
Also my GROCERY and CROCKERY stock is complete, and
will be sold as cheap as the cheapest—quality of the goods considered.
I will sell cheaper than any dealer in the county.   Come
and convince yourself.
Butter, Eggs and Apples taken in exchange for goods   at
all times, yes and money too.
. Yes, I will pay you money for your produce
when you don't want goods. Come and see
me at the old stand
Yours truly in trade
NISSLY
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E. F. MILLS & CO.
20 Main St.,
Ann Arbor.
We take our annual inventory Jan. 31st, and until that date we shall offer
everything in Winter Goods at prices that will speedily close them
In addition to the above we shall offer during the month of
January everything in
Including Axminister. Moquette, Velvet, Body and Tap Brussels,
Ingrains, Etc., at
ONE-FOURTH    OFF    FOR    CASH.
If you desiro to furnish a room or a houso this will prove an   opportunity
which you can ill afford to miss.
 IN OUR	
CLOAK DEPARTMENT
We shall close all tbe latest cloaks and fur garments at one-third off
and give still greater reductions on all goods in the department.
E. F. MILLS & CO.
No Matter
Whether you ride on business or for
pleasure.
Wo desire to announce that wo have purchased the Livery Business of A. Miller & Son and shall endeavor to work for your interest as
well as our own. Farming is our business, which we shall continue in,
and with the livery in connection can work both ends to a greater advantage.
For a time at least, we shall remain at the old stand where we
shall bo pleased to wait upon the many old eivstotners.and any new ones
that may come our way. No pains will be spared for your convenience
and our prices will be reasonable.
■    In a short time wo shall add several new rigs to our stock   which
will then enable us to moot any demand for something nice that   may
come.
Tfooms&s S-rify* Sxapt.
H. O. LAMKIN,  Prop.
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