The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-24
GENERAL BREYITIEs.


thar most people are careless and slOvenly
about speaking, and fall into bad habits.
The difficulties attendant upon the
breaking of a habit Of chewing tobacco
were never more wildly described than by
the man who said, that. In freeing himself
from the thralldom of the weed, he chew
ed seventeen papers Of camomile flowers,
five pounds Of stick liqGOrice and slippery
elm, ate up four crash towels, three nap
kins and a dozen ndkerchiefs-
and then went back 10 tobacco.-Bosto7l
IrdUeller.
THE secret of the Iiberality of egg-lay-
ing displayed by French hens lies, accord
ing 10 Consul Hotham, in the quality of
the soil. The French hen removed from
her native land does not behave with that
productive alacrity which distinguishes
her at home. Wherever slick abounds in
the soil. as at Calais and Amiens. hens are
remarkably prolific. The French egg
dealers do not feed their poultry. but al
low them to run about and pick up for
themselves in the fields and hedgerows.
In Brittany there is said to prevail a GU
riOus matrimonial custom. On certain
fete days the young ladies appear in red
petticOatS, with white or yellow borders
around them. The number denotes the
portion the father is willing TO give his
daughter. Each white band. representing
silver. betOkens one hundred francs of
rent; and each yellow band denotes gold,
and stands for thousand francs year.
Thus, young farmer who sees a face that
pleascs him has only to glance at the trim
mings of the petticOat to learn in an in
slant what amount accompanies the
wearer.
Mrs. KATE Z. SMITH advertises in the
Atchison KS Champion as follows:
Lost, strayed or stOleni An individual
whom j, in an urgent moment Of loneliness, was
thOughtless enough 10 adopt as my husband. He
is gOOd-lOOking and feeble individual, not
knowing enough, however, 10 come in when II
rains, unless some gOOd-lOsking girl offers him
the shelter of her umbrella. Answers 20 the
name OF Jim. Was last seen in company with
Julia Harris, walking with his arm around her
waist, looking more like foot, if possible, than
ever. Anybody who viii catch the poor fellow
and bring him carefully back, SO that can chas-
Use HIM for running away, viii be invited to
stay 70 tea by KATE +. SMITH.
HAVING ascertained the weight of
what | could live upon, so as to preserve
health and strength" says the Rev. Sid
ney Smith, 'and what | really have lived
upon, | found that between the ages of
ten and seventy years | had eaten and
drunk fOrty-fOur horSe-wagOn loads of
meat and drink more than would have pre-
served me in life and health. The value
of this mass of nOurishment | consider
worth seven thousand pounds sterling
So by my vOracity | must have starved 10
death fully hundred persons; a frightful
calculation, but irresistibly true"
PRESIDENT SMITH of Dartmouth College
is in the habit of holding informal talks
with the students on subjects in which
they are specially interested. In a recent
conversation he told them he had at first
been in dOubtabou the usefulness Of boat
ing, but when it had been determined up
on, he had aided it by his words and his
purse, on the theory that what was worth
doing at all was worth doing well. He al
1uded to the custom Of the students Serv-
ing as walters in the hotels during the
summer, and added: "When we consider
the fact that nearly One-third of the stu
dents of Dartmouth teach school during
the winter, and work at harvesting in the
summer. we need have no fear about the
dignity of labor becoming an obsolete eX-
preston"
The Rev. John Craig. NJ. A., vicar of
All Saints, bennington, says the Birming-
ham Post, has been requested by some of
his Pensioners to resign his living on the
ground Of his age and physical disability to
visit the sick, etc, in consequence Of the
loss of one of his feet through senie gang
rene. The other day the reverend gentle
man published reply to this request, in
which he set forth the conditions under
which he is willing TO comply. He eX-
presses his intention to do so only on
terms which will include equitable az
~angementS with everybody. He saws !:
/ am determined not to resign my living
TO dark horse Before 1 listen to any
proposal of terms of resignation, he (the
wears successor) must be trOtted out, and
we must see who he i. shall not resign to
dark horse: he must come TO the day
light. or | shall stay as | am, however de-
lighted | should be to see the Holy Land
and other places Of the deepest interest to
me-"
A GOOD many people can appreciate the
woes of misfortune, but very few under
stand the danger there is in great JOY. An
Illustration Of the latter comes from Gesse-
nay, near Berne, Switzerland. a man and
his wife lived at that place, who had been
very poor, and the man had cherished his
life long a dream Of wealth. He was an
honest, Woodworking fellow. and saved
money. One day he was startled by the
announcement that some. Odv had died
and left him twenty-five thousand francs.
He received it with a great joy, and was
thenccfOrth a totally changed man. His
character was marked by increased penur-
iOusneSs, and he was seized with a mortal
fear that he would die Of starvation. He
stole out into deep forest one evening
and hung himself to pine tree, and left
his wife the handsome remembrance Of
100000 francs.
SHORT-SIGHTEDNEss. says the Boston
Journal Of Chemistry, is a malformatiOn of
a somewhat serious nature. as short
sighted eyes are diseased eyes. and they
require special treatment. Never allow a
child or friend thus afflicted to fall into
the hands of :" travelling quackS," or those
who make loud claims to optical know
ledge. In all large cities there are reputa-
BILE medical gentlemen who make a spec
ialty of the treatment Of eve affections.
and they are the proper persons to consult.
Ii cannot be too universally known that
short sight tends to increase and that if
it increase at all rapidly, it tends also to
destructive changes, and therefore il Is an
affection which requires prompt attention.
Perfection Of sight Is essential to our wei
fare and happiness. and any one who neg
lectS those precautions upon the ObServ-
ance Of which its preservation depends.
VIII find cause for deeprepentancc I'm later
life. Young men and young women who
suffer themselves to fall into the habit of
reading by freight, or at window by
the waning light of evening. or at a con-
EiNANidblt hlNtdAiNt llplll ldillDN anu us
burners, are guilty of acts for which they
must suffer. Parents should promptly
interfere to prevent the formation of such
dangerous habits.
The latest evil spirit has turned up in
Milwaukee. 1t took up its abode in the
person of a Polish servant girl. fourteen
years of age. While she and her mistress
were engaged in the kitchen, the evil one
commenced operations in the following
diSagreeable manner: A trap-dOOr open
ed and shut; an egg hit the mistress on
her left eye; a pan of beans and a currant
pie marched i'm good order off the table
a slop-pail jumped a fence; a heavy earth
en- tiower-basket got loose from earth and
SCARED aloft. Eggs came waltZing around
corners; sauSageS danced hOrnpipeS the
kettle turned a sOmerSault on the fire. and
pan of boiled potatoes went for an inof-
1enSive woman on the premises. \ ply
stefan in high standing was attacked in
force by dish running after a spoon. and
many strange and diabOlical things took
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