The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-16
GENERAL BREYITIES.


broken in upon by presageful sight when
think how, in most cases, ii is all going
to end. For lack of pluck, of industry, of
stability No. Simply for lack of a ju-
dlcious investment of time and strength
REV. J. +. w. WARE. in his lectures on
" The Conduct Of Life" speaking of mar
rage. said: "A young mea in making his
choice should seek a woman lOyable for all
things. and not a woman TO be figure
head for an establishment. Young men
often make it an excuse for not marrying
that they cannot bear the expense, and this
matter of extravaganza is responsible for
the modern institution of bachelor life, than
which there is nothing more prophetic of
death to manly virtues and rugged char
acter. A man had better make his will and
cut his throat at once than marry a
giddy, fashionable fool; but if he wants a
woman to stand by him as sharer alike OF
his joys and troubles, then is the plea of eX-
pense grOundless.''
ALL the cobblers of the universe are re-
quested to contribute to the erection of a
monument to that great shoemaker, Hans
Sachs, somewhat known in this country by
cOmmendatory notices from LongfellOw
and Lowell. Our friend was born 300
years ago, so that just now we are not
called on TO mourn airesh for his loss.
What the cObblers want to have done is TO
raise the necessary thalerS to put up the
stOne-wOrk at Nuremberg, where he lived
and died. He wrote 1920 songs, Dos COM
edies and tragedies. 200 comic tales. made
several thousand pairs of high lows, boots,
and shoes. and was esteemed for the beauty
of his yersificatiOn and his skill with the lap
stone.
THE Australian newspapers have had
much to say about a cure for diphtheria, as
discovered by Mr.. Greathead. the secret OF
which was offered to the Government at a
large price. and which was subsequently
found to consist in the administration OF
four drops of sulphuric acid i'm half glass
of water. This causes vomiting, accom-
panied by the breaking away of the diph-
theritic matter which produces the sufioca-
ton. As the disease is very prevalent in
Australia, the Government has offered a re-
ward of $4,000 for an absolute cure, and
Mr.. Greathead is quite confident of secur-
ing this, since he claims that in nearly
every instance he has been successful in
the application of his remedy.
A SAVANNAH letter states that, thanks to
the reverent industry of some of ShermaH's
soldiers who were encamped there in De
cembcr. 1864, several tOmbstOnes in the
Buena Vista cemetery bear such inscrip-
tons as - Hannah Tomlinson, Ill years.
"Charles Denver, l.569 years. etc, while
one mendaciOus monument declares that
beneath 1t reposes the dust of one who de-
parted this life on a certain date "aged
1926 years. which will probably some
years hence be cited by some American
Schliemann as convincing proof that the
existence in the early ages of a noted war
riOr. statesman, and patriarch named Susan
Dotn IL. Hon toll a.f
THE disconnected woman says the
Saturday ReUielo, would seem 10 be be-
coming an unpleasantly familiar type OF
character. a really contcnted woman.
thoroughly well pleased with her duties
and her destiny, may almost be said to be
the exception rather than the rule i'm these
days of tumultuOus revolt from all fixed
conditions, and vagrant energies searching
for interest i'm new spheres of thought and
action. 1t seems impossible TO satisfy the
discontinued woman by any means short
of changing the whole order of Nature and
society for her benefit. And even then the
chances are that she would get wearicd OF
her own work. and. like Alexander, weep
for more worlds to rcarrange according tO
her liking, with the power to take or to
leave. as her humOr might decide. the du-
ties she had voluntarily assumed, as she
claims now the power of diScarding those
which have been given her from the begin
ming"
MANY people," SAYS the Waterman ana
Reflector, discussing the subject of dress
reform, "whO would shrink away from
the idea of their souls impurity, or TN.
truthfulneSs or any sin committed in the
realm of their spi itual nature. never for &
moment think that. in the aches and cold:
and defOrmtieS and death which they bring
to their bodies by their manner of dressing
them, they are as guilty before God rs they
are in any tranSgreSSiOn OF moral law
To follow such fashions in dress as cripple
the limbs, impede and destroy the func
tons of any bodily organ, waste vital en-.
erov I'm anv part, ruin the health, and eX.
pose and bring one TO death, is as much q
sin in Gods sight as to follow fashions OF
drinking, dissipation, gambling, unbeliet
or any other sinful indulgence in which
the world around us engages"
The Turf Field and Farm has an excel
lent letter of advice accompanying the Gift
of a gun TO a boy. It tells him how tC
load. how to carry. and how TO nse it.
ITO carry gun so that under no circum-
stances can it accidentally discharge, dc
injury to life or limb. is a matter of prime
importance. Never be guilty of this un.
pardOnable sin in your own practice, el
tolerate it i'm a companion: When riding
never lay your gun in the bottom of the
wagon unless it is provided with a leather
case. and never under any circumstance;
must the hammer be permitted to rest OF
uneXplOded caps. Never permit the muZZlt
of your gun to point upward under any
circumstances. When riding hold YOU
gun between your knees with the muzzl,
upward" Many other wise and simple
directions are given, and in conclusion the
SagaciOuS friend writes: Shooting anC
fishing in this country can only be INDUCED
in as a pastimc. and not as business, anC
they are only respectable when used a!
helps and not hindrances TO the serious
duties and responsibilities of life"
CAPT. HENRY O. Cook of the British
Naval Survey, has invented an instrumen
to correct errors in compaSses. the use o
which. he claims, would have prevented
the loss of the Atlantic and the Vile DIT
Havre. Unlike the azimuth, which i
never certain. the new instrument correct
the compass to the hundrcdth part of
point. Capt. Cook is inclined to refer tn,
loss of the Atlantic rather TO her compass
than to Capt. Williams's negligence. anC
thinks that in many eases Seamcn are nm
Justly cenSured for errors of the magnets
needle which they cannot control. Tn
iron of which ocean steamships are gemer
ally built has an influence on the needle
and fog, and heavy weather, the rolling O
the vessel. the shining of the sun on on
side of an iron steamer and not on tn
other combine to cause changes in tn
compass. When an iron vessel discharge
her cargo. although she does not NOV
from the wharf. deviaiions are Observable
in the compass, and when she receives an
other cargo. the needle does not point il
the same direction as when the vessel wa
first loaded. the exposure of the iron 4
the atmosphere having caused a magnet
change Capt Cook thinks that magne
tism should become as important brancl
of study with young men intended for III
command ofveSsclS as navigation.
4 Father and Two Sons Marry MOthe