The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11
GENERAL BREYTTIES.

dIc ID ,OOO hymns IN the English language.
vi these 10000 are or have been used in
the Anglican Church. and the rest are used
by the dissenting sects.
TIE ladies of Rankin. H., recently had
bee to clean the church. and. after they
had finished the job, pitched in and COM
pleted sidewalk leading to the church.
which the men had begun last fall, but
were too shiitless 10 finish.
AN item for the crusaders-The banks Of
large manufacturing city in New Eng
land say that they receive on deposit
Mondays from saloon-keepers and prOprie-
tors of questionable establishments up
wards Of $4,000, the larger portion of
which is undoubtedly the result of Satur-
day night and Sunday dissipation.
LAKE Durham. at the head waters of
the Ocklawaha River, Florida. presents a
curious feature. II is said that the waters
from the northern end run through several
other lakes into the Ocklawaha and St.
Johns. thence into the Atlantic: while the
waters in the southern end run through
various lakes and finally into the Gulf.
PEsTERED with contributions in
verse;" from a persistent rhy;nester, till
his patience gave ont, an American editor
Wrote TO his correspondent thus: IF
You don't stop sending me your sloppy
poetry III print a piece Of it some day.
with your name appended in full. and
send a copy to your sweetheart's father
The poetical fountain was spontaneously
dried up.
A MAN who SHORES was described by his
friend, he other day, as follows ''SnOres
Oh, no, guess nOt-nO name for it. When
you wake up i'm the morning and find that
the house you lodge in has been moved
half mile during the night, by the res
piratory vehemence OF a fellOw-lOdger,
you may get some idea of that fellows
performance. II s landlady gets the house
moved back by turning his bed around. >
A MOST soft, comfortable. and whole
some filling for beds or for mattresses can
be procured in most country places by get
ting farmer to allow oat chaff TO be saved.
1t Is soft. light, and elastic, and very sweet
The cost is very little, only the labor paid
to the farmer for the men saving and sift
ing il. As oat chaff is rarely used for cat
tie food, Ii is easily attainable. 1t is so very
light that a slighter kind of bed-tick than
is necessary for other kinds of filling is
quite sufficient for Oat chaff. Another adj
vantage is that it can be changed every
year with so little cost that it is within the
reach of any one. For children's beds il is
perfectly satisfactory. 1t is only necessary
to keep a sack or two stuffed full of Oat
chaff i'm a dry place, and then new and fresh
filling is at hand to make a sweet bed,
whatever accident may have befallen the
cot mattress.
PERMANENT WHTTEwAsH.-Tale3 bush
el of unslacked lime; slack it with boiling
water, covering it during the process to
keep in the steam; strain the liquid through
fine sieve or strainer, and add 10 it peck
of salt previously well dissolved in water;
3pounds ground rice boiled to a thin paste
and stirred in boiling hot A; pound Spanish
whiting. and pound of clean glue which
has been previously dissolved by soaking
it first and then hanging over a slow fire
in a small kettle inside a larger one filled
with water; add gallons of hot water to
the mixture, stir it well, and let il stand a
few days covered from the dirt. 1t should
be put on quite hot; for this purpose it can
be kept i'm kettle on a furnace. a pint OF
this mixture will cover yard square ofthe
outside of a house, if applied with large
paint-brush.
A MATCH in bread making took place in
the Female Seminary of Hartford. under
the direction of Miss Catherine Beecher
-Four married women and the professor Of
chemistry were the judges. They tested
the bread with butter. without butter. and
finally with milk. Miss Mary Fitzgerald
got the first prize of s. for wheaton bread.
and Miss Lily Fitzgerald the second prize
of s., and three prizes of 81 each were
taken by three other girls whose names
are not given. For brown bread Miss Ann
Fitzgerald got the first prize and Miss Tai
colt the second. We regret to add tina. i'm
the published report these successful
young ladies give their names in a style
entirely unworthy of good bread makers.
In this travesty Mary is put down rs Ma
mic, Ann as Annie, and Lily As Lille.
Why will sensible young women. such
as these must be, make such fools of them
selves?
THIS "personal" is taken from the Geo
graphical Magazine for April. 1t was told |
at a recent meeting of the Imperial Rus |
sian Geographical Society, in paper on |
the progress of civilization in Japan: 4 |
young japanese, who was sent to Ameri- |
ca 10 study receiving from his Govern |
ment an allowance of $1,000 per annum. |
Christianity and became a Meth |
Odist. According to japanese law, he was |
punishable by death. Considering he was |
bound to notify the fact to his Government. |
he wrote home and renowned all further |
claim to his allowance. The Government |
Of Jedde thereupOn instituted inquiries i'm |
America into the manner in which the |
young man was following his studies. |
The result of these being in his favor, all |
the reply that he obtained from the Japa- |
neSe Government in answer to his nOtilica- |
ton was an increase of his annual allow |
lnce 70 81, 800.
An improved, or rather newly invented. |
ielted fabric has been brought to great per
lection by English manufacturers. In |
London it sells at prices which make il |
the rival of woven fabrics for curtains. up
lOlstery, bookbinding. and similar pur-
poses. 1t can be made TO initiate the solid
ty of COrdOva leather. the rich brOcaded |
silks of Lyons, the fine cretOnnes of Null |
house the purity and gloss of damask
men, and the magnificent paper of China
md Japan. 1t is, in fact, u species of ia
)anese paper. 1t is as durable as any
woven fabric, is impermeable. light and
warm, and particularly applicable for cur
aims and quilts, and needs no washing.
lis colors never fade, and it is so cheap
hat elegant curtains three yards long.
'eady made with bands. sewn and lined.
'alge in price from dollar to five dollars
he pair. 1t has not yet been manufac-
ured in sufficient quantity to meet the
lAiillt AllA liltltAblt Il lAbi Vet Ill
he American market.
The Conversation Class " OF Minneap-
dis have been discussing the merits of
rennysOn as poet. One member, who
choices in the title of professor - inform.
ID his hearers that Mr.. TennysOn sis a
hird-class poet" and that in his estma-
ion Mr.. Dickens was a far greater poet
han the author OF "In MemrOriam. !" "A
,oet." said the learned professor, ''should
lave 4 great soul. Tennyson is a very
mall pattern of a man. lie fell in love
when he was fifteen wears old, and has
continued so ever since. Out of eighty
our poems which he has written sixty
even are on love" Another thought
Mr.. TennysOn did his best in a calm and
ranquil strain" and when somebody
uggested likeness between the Laureate
nd Wordsworth. he retOrted that Ten
lyson is about as much like Wordsworth
5 icweler is like blacksmith" A rev.
rend gentleman admired Teunyson be
auSe he had little of the Spread-eagle stvle
bout him, while doctor thought him
like our society" and unable I
o do anything better than the Idyls. He I
dded that "1'he Princess reminded him OF
he rag-tag and bob-tail thoughts of man {