The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-07
GENERAL BREYITIES.


CHICAGO has a female sexton. and they
charge her with retaining all the best
graves for young men.
THE Nautical Gazette thinks that the
reports which have recently appeared that
the storms on the Atlantic have of late
years increased in frequency and violence
are nonsense. Ii says the modern steam
ers are constructed on such wretched mod
els that they are unfit for rough
weather. The old proportions Of beam
and depth TO length are now disregarded,
and the modern steamers, like velOcipedes,
must be kept going at high rate of speed
or go down.
The strength of the American repub-
lie" says writer. " is in the universal de-
sire TO own house. II is mOlding all the
people. native and foreign born, into one
homogeneous mass. The ownership OF
home is something of which neither the
Irish peasant nor the German laborer has,
in his own country, any conception; but
ii is here the goal of his hopes and desires.
Education comes next; il is a something
the need OF which is not felt until the
adornments of home are thought of. This
desire to own the roof under which one
sleeps is distinctively an American charac-
growth which is raising us in importance
in the scale of nations"
A DAY or two since a gentleman who
was trying to learn his dog some kind OF
trick lost all patience with the canine on
account of its seeming stupidity. Giving
up the lesson and looking al the animal as
he stood by intelligently wagging his tail,
he said in a tone of great veXation, " Con-
found that dog; ! don't know what to
make OF him !" 81 will tell YOU" said a
friend who was present. Well, what?"
said the owner of the animal, a ray ofhope
lighting up his face. - Sausage" was the
quiet answer. And still the owner of the
dog was not satisfied.
WINTER lingering in the lap of spring"
causes a vast amount of dissatisfaction. 1t
may interest the grumblers to be reminded
that ninety-nine Years ago things were
quite different. and the complaint was that
it was too hot. History informs us that
on the 18th day Of April, l715, the apple
trees in Massachusetts were in full bloom,
and the weather extremely hot. The
party Of British soldiers who made an eX-
cursiOn from Boston to Lexington and
Concord suffered greatly from the heat of
the day. as well rs from the warm recep-
ton with which they were greeted by the
inhabitants.-BostOn Globe.
THE next best thing to being New
York alderman is to be a New York dog.
Especially a homeless, hungry cur. The
society for the pre- etc, etc, Is about TO
take the vagrom canine TO its bosom. On
a lot close to the lOrdly Hudson, kennels,
stabling. and other cOnveIIences are to be
erected, and become the house of refuge
for the deserted dog. Thither heiS to be
v-..lf I'm hTpfl in
partments. the lids of each opening from
the top. and through their iron network
admitting light and air. He will be called
for early in the morning; if valuable, re-
turned for a claimant; if not called for.
sold; if not sold, tenderly cared for until
the eNecutiOner shall weepingly but GER
tainly send him to that undiscovered cOun-
try from whose supposititiouS kennels no
enterprising canine returns.
ENGAGED Young Ladies" are done by
a writer in the JelDiSh Messenger, who says ::
$50 nice. is it not. to be engaged Every
morning her young man calls upon her
on his wav to his office, kisses her and pre-
sentS her with a fresh rose; so emblematic
of herself; and every evening he calls
again. kisses her. and bestOws upon her Il
new novel and a dainty bouquet. He
takes tea with her folks. and admireS the
way in which she presides over the table,
and whispers to her softly how delightful
it will be when she pours out the tea and
buffers the toast for him alone! Then
those heavenly evenings in the parlOr,
with the gas dimly burning. the old folks
asleep, that horrid brother in the theatcr
orthe club, the teasing sister studying her
lessons in her bed-roOm-they two alone
i'm their happiness; was ever such bliss
expected when she used to talk to her
schoolmates about her futureE
A CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific
american SAYS: 1.-The Indians of North
America see under water by cutting a hole
through the ice, and then covering or
hanging a blanket in such a manner as to
darken or exclude the direct rays of the
sun, when they are enabled to see into the
water, and discover fish at any reasonable
depth. Let any one who is anxious to
prove this place himself under the blanket,
and he will be astonished when he behOlds
with what briliancy every thing in the
fluid world is lighted up. | once had Oc-
casion 10 examine the bottom of mill
pond. for which | constructed a float out
of an inch plank sufficient to buoy me up.
Through the center of this float | cut a
hole. and placed a blanket over it. when |
was enabled to clearly discover objects on
the bottom. and several lost tools were
discovered and picked up. am satisfied
that where water is sufficiently clear, this
latter plan could be successfully used for
searching for lost bodies and articles"
A MENAsHA. Wis, farmer. who was in
town with his wife. left her shopping, and
when he got through with his business
started home. having forgot all about her.
She found that he had gone, and so she
hired livery team and was driven home.
He was in the back yard doing the chores
when she arrived. She took a press-bOard
and went out there. Just as he was seat
ing himself on a milking-stOOl, and had
cOnverSed with old brindle on the subject
of - hiSting." so he could reach her fOun-
tain filled with milk. he heard something
drop on the opposite side Of the COW. Ii
was the preSs-bOard, and il struck on the
elbow of his pants. His wife was at the
other end of the presS-bOard. The cow
became frightened and kicked him in a
vital part. and goat that had been watch
ing affairs, butted him opposite to where
the cow had left her tracks. His wife
asked him if he would ever forget her
again, and he said he never would. as long
as his back ached.
THERE is a counter crusade mems
movement-up i'm IOnia county. Mich. Ii
is called the "calicO movement and it is
designed as a companion piece to temper
ance, reciprocal pledge-signing. The
men form praying clubs and pray the
women to abstain from the use of stimu-
lants rs a beverage, or extravaganza in
dress. They have drawn up a pledge
which is strong and double, and TO be
signed in couples, one part by men and the
other bywomen. The mems pledge binds
them to abstain from the use of intoXicat-
ing liquors rs a beverage. The women :
pledge is to wear their own hair, and to
discard all counterfeitS or substitutes for
that appendage TO the head, except in
cases of badness; to dress in plain ma
terial. cheaply, describing jewelry, pan
iers, bustles, corsetS, stays, hoops. switches,
chignonS. etc, etc. The obligation is mu-
tual. and every violation by one party re-
leases the other Of each couple signing the