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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-03-12
What Real Lady Never Does.

The woman who is more or less green
or snObbish bOrrows clothes, ribbons. jew
elry and bOnnets with which to dress.
The genuine lady never is guilty OF such a
degradation. The high-tOned woman Is
above having articles of dress or jewelry IN
common with another: she never VIII run
to borrow new gloves. new ribbons, new
cloaks, shawls and other articles of appar-
el with which to cut dash. To dress 4
mud-lark i'm yellow feathers does not make
a canary, nor will dressing a woman in
borrowed plumage transform her into a
lady.
Men seldom display such weaknesses.
The real gentleman never will appear in
borrowed articles of dress or jeweiry. Nor
will the woman who has real pride of char
acter so cheaper herself as to appear in
goods not her own.
gentleman friend of ours, who loves
his wife dearly, was constantly buying
for her costly and beautiful articles.
He filled her lap with such little things
as he saw from time to time which he
thought would please her. She
liyed in clearinghouse and was very
popular. One day her husband noticed
that she was without certain articles he
had bought for her short time before. He
began to inquire and learned that her land
lady had borrowed her furs to wear to
market; that her sister had borrowed of
her jewelry and other choice articles 70
wear to a party; that lady friend had or
rOwed her new bonnet TO wear on the
street, and that scarcely one of the Jeauti-
full articles he had bought for his wife be-
cause he loved her and wished he: to have
them. was in her possession. Whoever
should see her in company even with her
own articles on her person, would think
they were borrowed of those to whom she
had loaned them rather than to lose their
friendship.
As the articles were returned to their
owner, some Of them torn, broken, sOiled
and damaged, like a sensible man he threw
them into the fire and told his wife that if
she did not love him enough to keep for
her own use such ornaments as he bought
for her alone, she might buy for herself
hereafter. There is no difference between
a borrower and beggar; except the bOr-
rover is the most selfish of the two, and
the least entitled to respect.-POmeroy's
Democrat,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-03-12
PITH AND POINT.

The Indians have invented a new meth
od OF sealping victims, so that now bald
I headed man stands no more show than
any one else. This is rs il should be.
! SpKINs playfully remarked to his wife
that he had four fools: beautifool, dutifool
/ yOuthfOOl, and delightfOOl. Poor me y
said she, Il have but one"
THERE is always some incentive 10 the
American youth TO study and work. He
may not become President of the United
States, but he may be the Oldest Mason -
/ DdH6s1y.
! a CERTAIN style Of prayer now in vogue
was well described by an admiring listener
to the Rev. Mr.. Kirk, of whom he said ''he
made the best prayer ever addressed to
Boston audience"
An old Milwaukee hummer, when he
read that the women i'm Ohio were emptying
barrels of whisky into the cutters, patheti
cally exclaimed, ''What happiness TO be
an Ohio gutter -
A QUARRELsOME couple were discussing
the subject OfepitaphS and tOmbsteneS, and
the husband said MY dear, what kind
Ofa stone do you suppose they will give
me when die - birthstone, my love-"
was the affectiOnatc reply.
WHEN a colOred man sits down on the
civil-rights bill and seat at de fust ta-
ble'' on the Lake Michigan steamers, they
have neat way of heading of his enjoy
ment. The waiter comes around and
takes his order, and his plate, knife and
fork with it, and-don't come back again.
WE are told that three hundred years
AGO Ladies' cOmbed their hair Just as they
do to-day. This won't do in a civilized
land and among an observing people.
Three hundred years ago ladies used to
comb their hair on their heads-nOw they
hang it over the back of chair to comb
il.
THE Fat Contributor" offers the fol-
lowing among other valuable hints TO Mr..
Bergh for the 5. +. L. p. o. e. L. A.: To
encourage trout to write poetry, for we
have seen some very beautiful trout lines.
To protect ants from their nephews and
nieces. To abolish mosquito bars, as they
make the little fellows very irregular at
meals.
AT very successful seance in Cincin-
natl, the other night, woman burst into
tears when the medium described very
accurately a tall blue-eycd spirit standing
bv him. with light side-whfskers and his
hair parted in the middle. ''DO you know
him - inquired a man at his side in
sympathetic whisper. ''Know him? l
guess do" replied the unhappy man,
wiping his eyes. ''He was engaged to my
wife. If he hadn't died he would have
been her husband instead of me. Oh,
George. George!n he murmured, in a
voice choked with emotion, ''why did you
peg Out?''
JOSH BILLINGS has an entirely bald
head and it is related of him that once,
when he was at the Geological Gardens in
Paris, the day being warm, he lay down
on one Of the benches and went to sleep.
After while he was awakened by a sense
of suffOcatiOn, and when he opened his
eyes he found that something covered his
face. He began to struggle to release
himself, and the next moment gigantic
ostrich leaped up end began to prance
down the path. The ostrich had OBJ
served the top of Josh's bald head, and
mistaking it for one of its eggs, it had be-
gun to sit upon it for the purpose of hatch
ing.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-03-12
POETRY.
THE UNATTAMABLE.

ny PELEG AHKWRiGHr.
1t chanoed that-as wandered on my way
one ,ss1IzsIier's day,
With thoughts tss ssnSea ss ,,}, sn} clear
~, .s..,lsaISoy glad what time he flies restraint
And on its brink
A ooptenplative ass had paused TO think.
~. s,ood reflective, gazing far away,
As who should say:
Ihis slumbIous summer noon is nowise at
For sught of toll its brightness TO assoil:
But in the lap Of dreamy thoughts to sit
And gather SO
Such peace OF mind as lazy asses know.
Quite lost in contemplation deep was he,
Nor needed me;
One ear did somewhat drop, as with the weight
Ofportly fly, which gravely hung thereby,
In seeming comfort and cont, ntment great;
Nor deemed that be
Was otherwherc thsn erst ny should be.
90 ass, - said, "what perfect rest is thine.
What peace benignl
Dost thou not know such leisure cannot lasf9
As debts on the page by fate forecast9''
He offered no reply,
But with his hind-fOot calmly brushed that fly.
$50 ass, ,, said, ''the pleasant hours are few
Thy journey throughl
Dost thou not dread what vet may come TO pass?
Methinks perchance thine utter nonchalance
May be because, in truth, thou art an ass,'
Thus 1, in brief;
AAt hAAkuAt bul ustsl hlb tongue AOI
go ass, - / said, "canst thou not teach TO me
Serenity,
And full enjoyment of the passing hour?
Without or vain regret, or ceaseless, weary
fret,
Toward what future ills may darkly lower?"
He turned his head,
Full-solemn wink-ed he. but no word said.
Nor have ! ever learned the potent plan,
From ass or man,
or how 10 res content with present good:
farahodfuoa vofn rafr va
pain,
To mar the most compliment peaceful mood:
Nor Il a. tF1tc,
That any folk but asses reach thereto.
-GrnDbfc
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-03-12

CHARMING Is the faculty OF the human
mind which enables one TO drop into poet
ry, like Mr.. Wegg, upon any occasion, no
matter how prOsaic, which throws soft
light of romance around bread and cheese,
and irradiates the commonplace soul with
beauty. Such is the faculty possessed by
a noble poet Of Chicago, who was recently
informed that Madame Nilsson had
thoughtfully built shelter for cows on
her land at Peoria. Mindful OF the eatas-
trophe which led to the destruction OF ms
native city, he Immediately burst into this
wild and beautiful frenzy Of verse 'Chris-
tine, Christine, thy milking do the morn
and eve between. and not by the dim rellg-
ious light of the fitful kerosene. For the
COW may plunge, and the lamp explode,
and the fire-fend ride the gale, and shrek
the knen of the burning town IN the glow
of the molten pail !'-N. 7. Tribune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-03-12
NEWS SUMMARY,
personal AND POLITICAL.

The Missouri State Grange adjourned on
the oath. leaving the time and place of the
next meeting to be designated by the Execu-
tive Committee.
Chin Larpin, Chinese Commissioner OF
Education, was recently introduced by Secre-
tarv Fish to the President and Cabinet. Chin
Larpin expressed the hope that the inter-
course between the United States and China
would grow more general, and existing
| friendly feeling never be interrupted.
The Iowa Anti-Monopoly Convention met
at Des Moines on the 18th, for the purpose OF
perfecting a State organization. SiXty-fOur
counties were represented by four hundred
aud sixty-four delegates. A platform was
MISUNDERSTANDING that a tariff on impOr-
tations is justifiable for revenue purposes
onlv. and demanding free iron, steel, salt, and
lumber and wooden fabrics; that all corpora
tions should be subject TO legislative control! !;
opposing all grants of lands to railroads or 9th
er corporations; that the pretended repeal
of the back-saary law after the apprOpria-
ton of the grab, both before and after the serv-
ices performed by many members Of Con-
gress, and the failure to apply it to the Presi-
dent, is a gross fraud upon the public, and
nothing short of an unqualified repeal will
satisfy the Just demands of the people,
The Boston Grange has declared them
selves Independent of the National Grange,
and invite other organizations to unite with
them.
EX-President Baez has been interviewed in
Washington, and denies the reports that he
and his family have been banished from San
Domingo. On the contrary, he says that the
Acting President, Gonzales, is his friend, and
that there is a perfect understanding between
them. He further states that all concessions
are respected, and that the right of the Samana
Bay Company, as well as those of other for
eigners, are quite secure.
The nomination of William A. Simmons as
Collector at Boston has been confirmed by the
Senate. He was strongly opposed by many
Massachusetts men, and Messrs. Sumner and
Boutwell, spoke in opposition to his cOntrma-
ton. The fight was really between the
friends and opponents of General Butler, who
stood as sponsor for the nominee. The vote
stood, ayes, 81; noes, 1T-all the Democrats,
it is stated, voting aye.
Senator Chandler has brought suit against
the Detroit Free Press for libel claiming $780,
600 damages. The alleged libel is in a special
dispatch from Washington dated February 20,
charging Chandler with intoXicatiOn and dis
graceful conduct in the Senate chamber.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-03-12

burned. A number of the passengers leaped
through the windows and from the rear plat
form of the car.
At Blackburn, Lancashire, England, re-
Gently, twenty persons were killed and
thirty seriously injured by boiler explO-
sion.
A Bayome telegram of the 2d says that
the Carlist Junta have dispatch stating that
Bilboa has surrendered to Don Carlos, and
that one church. several banks, and seven
teen private houses were destroyed by the
bombardment
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-03-12

a HIGHWAY robber captured in Maine
the other day proved TO be graduate
from Harvard, but after all his education
was help t. him, as be pleaded his own
case and got off with three months in Jail.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-03-12
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.

Gold closed in New York, on the 2d, at
112 3-S.
The freight brakemen on the Erie Railway
struck for back pay due on the 22d. The
movement of trains over the road was almost
entirely suspended.
The Secretary of War asks appropriations
for improvement of the mouth of the Missis-
sippi for the next fiscal year, and for improve
ment of the banks of the Rio Grande at Fort
Brown, $4,000.
The National Crop Reporter publishes es-
Inmates from reports of its correspondents in
the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin, of
the prospective supply of hogs for summer
packing in those States. These estimates
place the number at 30 per cent. less than the
number fattened last year for summer pack
ing. Wisconsin returns eighty per cent. as
compared with last year, and Minnesota for
ty-two per cent, being prospectiyely the
highest and lowest averages of the several
States.
Following is the cOmnaratiye cotton state
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-03-12

ment for the week ending Feb. IS:
1874. 1873.
Net receipts for past week
all U. ). ports. ......... 102,97S lC4, ,e6
Total receipts from Sept.
TO date all u. s. ports. 3,056, s6J 2,706, $50
Exports for past week
from all ports. ........... 81, ,40J 81, ,270
Total exports from Sept.
TO date from all ports. 90. /, ,69S, ,259 l,6ll, ,7SG
Stock now on hand at all
u S ports ............ S36, ,522 5G3, $40
The following is a recapitulation of the
public debt for the month of February:
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-12
"The Pomp OF knowledge"

Speaking of the character of Agas-
siz, contemporary says: "He put
on none of the pomp Of knowledge"
We desire to record our opinion that
there is no such thing as the "pomp
of knowledge" The pomp of ignor-
ance Is what is really meant. This
"pomp,, is confession of weakness
and ignorance. 1t is said Agasmz
"always appeared to be as eager to
learn as any child" That is perhaps
the highest eulogium that could be
pronounced in his honor as a scien-
fist. The egotism of ignorance
should never be mistaken for great
knowledge. We have always found
the most learned the least Ostenta-
tious of their acquirements-simple
as children, and far more earnest i'm
their desire to receive anu impart in
struction. We never knew a learned
man yet who was not glad to help
those who were trying to help them
selves to knowledge and equally anx-
iOus to be so aided by others.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-12
A Pleasant Situation.

Our youag friend Parker went
around the other evening to visit the
two Miss Smiths. After conversing
with them for awhile, Miss Smith ex-
cused herself for few moments and
went up stairs. Presently Parker
thought he heard her coming, and
slipping behind the door he suggest
ed that the other Miss Smith should
tell Susan that he had gone. But it
wasn't Susan; it was old Mr.. Smith
in his slippers. AS he entered he
looked around and said to his daugh-
ter:
"A ha! So Parker's gone, has he?
Good radiance. 1 was just comm
down keep to my eye OH him. 1 hope
he hasn't been prOpOsin' to you, Mary
Jane. / don't want any such lanterns
jawed, red-headed idiot as that fOOlin'
round here. He hasn't got the sense
of rutabaga turnip or money enough
to buy a clean shirt. He gets none of
my daughters. I'll shake the ever
lastin' life out Of him If 1 catch him
here again, mind me-"
Just as he concluded, Susan came
down, and not perceiving Parker, she
said:
''Thank goodness he's gone. That
man Is enough to provoke saint. 1
was awfully afraid he was going to
stay and spend the evening. Mary
Jane, hope you didn't ask him to
come again"
Then Parker didn't know whether
to stay there or to bolt, while Mary
Jane looked as If she would like to
drop into the cellar. But Parker
finally walked out, rushed to the
entry, seized his hat, shot down the
front steps aud went home meditat-
ing upon the emptiness of human
happiness, and the uncertainty of
Smiths. He has not called since, and
his life thus far has been unmolested
by the head of the Smith family
Mac Adeier.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-12
A II Orse's HOOf.

~
The human hand has often been
taken to illustrate Divine wisdom
and very well. But have you ever
examined your horses hoOf? 1t Is
hardly less curious In Its way. Its
parts are somewhat less complicated,
vet their design Is simple and OBJ
vious. The hoof Is not, as It appears
to the careless eye, q mere lump of
insensible bone, fastened to the leg
by q Joint. It Is made up of a series
OF thin layers or leaves of horn, about
five hundred In number, and nicely
tied to each other, and forming flll-
ing to the foot itself. Then there are
as many more layers, belonging to
what Is called the "coffin bone" and
fitted into this. These are elastic.
Take a quire of paper and insert the
leaves one by one into those of an
other quire and you will get some
idea of the arrangement of the several
layers. Now, the weight Of horse
rests on as many elastic springs rs
there are layers In his four feet
about 1000; and ell this Is contrived,
not only for the conveyance Of his
own body, but for whatever burdens
may be laid on him,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-12

Who are the men who succ5ed In
noble manner, who influence the
nations heart, who advance her COM
merce, who rule her thought? They
are those who can rise out of failure
and shake 1t off; who, when they
err, accept their error, and say, snow
I know where / am weak, that i
will never do again !" who look their
sin straight in the face, and say, ut
Is bad and vile, but it can he redeem
ed by effort, lived down by persever-
ance in good, F" who do not despair
and hide their face In a cowarly re-
morse, but who believe that the
world forgives sin IL IL sees deterniin-
ed action toward their opposite
who make their mistakes, their fail
ures, the stepping-stones to their sue
cess.
The history of science Is the his
tory of exhausted errors. One after
another their impossibility was dem
onstrated. All the mistakes possible
to be made with regard to the system
of the universe were made. They
were necessary steps In the progress
of knowledge; one after another they
were found out, and men, having ex.
perienced and rejected all the errors
rested securely upon the truth.
Nations advance through exhaust
Ing errors, and, as they find them out
paving with them the path Of theil
progress. But the truth was found
only through knowing and conquer
ing the false.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-12

his heart while he praised him with
his lips. But he kept his thoughts
upon q picture OF a gray old farm
house by the water-side, and Q bent
tOld man and woman therein and went
on playing his game and won IL.
Her face paled, and she clasped her
hands. "Where is hep" she asked
eagerly.
He's lying tonight in Alex Jar
ley's cabin back of the hay stack"
She was turning away, but he
stopped her.
some money belonging to Trap; you
can give Il to him."
The money was I'm her hand before
he had finished speaking. She folded
her shawl across her breast and turn
ed away In the direction he had In
dicated.
The next morning Field started for
home. He had Just one dollar In his
pocket and two hundred miles to get
over, He walked, caught ride now
and then, got lift on canal boat
two or three times, ate bread and
drank water and slept In barns or un-
der grain stacks. He came walking
into COlman's Office one morning,
looking cheerful but somewhat disre-
putable. COlman did not know him
at first. When they had shaken
hands COlman looked in his friends
shaggy face and asked, els 1t all
square, DAM"
"All square, Phil, Unanswered Field,
looking the other straight I'm his eyes.
"Well, Pm glad you pulled
through, Dan," said COlman; "but
you'd better have come home with
me-"
swell, 1 don't know, Phil" Field
answered, musingly; "I'm not sure
whether Pm sorry or glad. "-Lippin-
colt.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-12

It would seem that to Philadelphia
belongs the honor of having made the
first experiment in aerial navigation
that was attempted upon this cont.
nent. a recent English writer upon
the subject Of erOstatiOn says:-
I" Experiments had been made in
Philadelphia, as to the use of gas for
balloons, almost simultaneously with
its adoption in France. In 1888 Messrs.
RittenhOuse and Hopkins, members
Of the Philosophical Academy of that
city, instituted O series of experiments
which resulted i'm the construction of
a machine with fOrty-seven small
hydrogen balloons attached to a car
or cage. After some preliminary
trials with animals, and one man let
up to a certain height and pulled
down by ropes, Mr.. James Wilcox, q
carpenter, assembled free on December
%, 1888. Perceiving himself rapidly
approaching the Schuylkill River,
and apprehensive of falling into it. ne
took the necessary steps to occasion
his descent; and, according to his In
structions, made incisions in three
balloons but this proving ineffective,
he cut three more, and then five,
nearly all at the same time. This
caused so violent a descent that he
dislOcated his wrist. Such was the
first experiment In the New World.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-12
A Yankee Monarch.

An American named Pease has
quietly taken possession of an island
In the Pacific, where he has raised
the American Flag. The island is
one of the BONN group, of which the
San Francisco B,1letin says: ''They
were uninhabited until 1926, when q
settlement was made by some sailors.
In 1853 Commodore Perry recon-
mended them rs an available depot
for the steamers which he thought
would some day ply between Japan
and California. Subsequently Pease
visited the islands and took possession
ofthe largest, called Peel Island. He
commenced raising sheep, and has
become prosperous by trading them
off in Japan. Mr.. Pease, who is fly
ing the stars and stripes, Is ready to
make formal surrender of his right,
title and interest to the people of the
United States for a suitable consider
ation-amount not stated. It is not
known whether Japan assumes any
sovereignty over the BONN islands,
but it is intimated that if the United
States desire them, no objection
would be raised by that government.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-12
BOIL 1T DOWN.

Whatever you have TO say, my friend
Whether witty, q grave Or 2ays srprr.s.s.,
Condense as much - - ever You eon,
And say in the readist way, - :.
OR particular Sicss 4 sasS. ~
Just take word OF friendly advice
Boil IL down.
For IL you go suffering over page,
When a couple OF lines would do,
Your butter Is spread so mudh loNSQa n N
That the bread looks plainly tlnQ4X ~ X
So when you have "a story toten,
And would like q little renown,
To make quite sure OF your wish my friend,
Boll IL down.
When writing an article for the press,
Whether prose or verse, Just try
To utter your thpuyhts In tlAefewest words,
And let them BE crisp and dry ~ 80
And when IL Is finished, and you suppose al
And Is done exactly brown,
Just look IL over again, and then
Boil IL down.
The editors do not like to print
An article lazily long,
And the general reader does not care
For a couple of yards OF song;
SO gather your wits I'm the smallest space,
.If,youd win the apthprs,crown :. s.sE
And every time YOU Eu Is Dry friends u
Boil IL down.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-12
THE DAY THAT Is DEAD.

My day, my golden day that Is dead,
How the birds In its dawning sung;
What a sunny light from its sky was sheu,
When it and my life were young;
The lilies had never breathed half 80 sweet,
Nor the roses giowed half so red,
Since they frnged the path for our feet,
In the day, the day that Is dead!
There was never Jar I'm the music then,
And never n thorn I'm the flowers D, - - 80
And falsehoods were rare mid mepS IL
Or fieeted like April showers;
The past was as calm AZ the present was bright
DER the future hung no dread;
No mist crept over the full free light
OF the day, the day that Is dead
And oh, In the cold, reluctant ray
OF the pale November weather, 49,
As painfully toll ON the arid way $3.50
We trace no more together; IL n A.
How the sad heart yearns for what ne'cr re-
turns At0ig
AS the lonely tears arc shed,
Where under the clustering immortcllcs,
Sleeps the golden day that Is dead!