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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-04
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

1T is one of the curiosities Of natural his
tory that horse enjoys his food most
when he hasn't bit in his mouth.
A WANDERING chiropodist was in town
Wednesday, says an exchange, exhibiting
a boy that he had successfully removed
from corn.
WEALTH and poverty are seen for what
they are 1t begins 10 be seen that the
poor are only they who feel poor, and
poverty consists in feeling poor. The rich.
as we reckon them, and among them the
very rich, in a true scale, would be found
very INDECENT and ragged.-EmsrSoH.
A SUNDAY-sCHoOL teacher, desirous Of
waking the dormant powers of a SCHOLAR,
asked the question, What are we taught
by the historic incident of Jacob wrestling
with the angels?" The cautious reply
came: "DunnO, 'zactly, but s'pose twas
TO tell us that we mustn't rastle."
KIsER, Choctaw Indian, owed cute
LAWYER a sum of money so long that the
latter finally threatened Riser with law
suit. This scared the ChOetaw, who paid
the money and then asked for receipt.
- A receipt" said the lawyer. Can you
understand the nature of n receipt Tell
me the use of one, and | will give it To
L
ment, and then said, "S'pOse maybe me
die me 90 TO hebben: me find de gate
locked; me see de Apostle Peter he say,
Kiser, what you want?' Me say, Want
to get in He say, You good man?'
Me saw, Yes He say, Y on pay MIR. n
dat moneys? What me do? | hab no re-
ceipt. Hab to bunt all ober hell to find
you"
WE say great deal which is not COM
plimentary of hotel clerks. But, after all,
we are submissive enough before them.
There is something in the office they hold
which has an independent influence Of its
own that takes us in its meshes and holds
us unresistingly. Before him we are sub
iect TO his humOr, abashed and entertained
by his conversation. At his back we deS-
piSe him, lab him with sarcasm. prick him
with satire, and roast him with burning
Indignation. InfOllowing, admiration and
interest he is ranked by the bartender on
ly. The presiding genus of the bar stands
at the head. There are no stories that are
reliShed as are his stories; there are no
Jokes with such pith and point to them,
and which win such appreciation rs his
Jokes. His going and coming are matters
of cngrossing interest TO his admirers. II
ne buys new garment it is closely exam
ined i'm every particular. and his taste i'm
selecting it and his judgment in buying it
are commended with bated breath as being
but little short, if any, of the supernatural.
If he rips his boot the extent of the dam
age is subjected to the closest scrutiny, and
he is obliged to narrate with strict minute
ness where, when, and how it was done,
which he does with an easy condescensiOn
that is considered phenomenal, and receiy-
ed accordingly. Everything about his
person or pertaining to his possession has
an interest in the eyes of his admirers that
is difficult to express. We only hope he
realizes and is thankful for his blessing.
-Danb1nH Nelos.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-04
The Fishing Frog.

Writers on natural history describe a
hideOus reptile known as the fishing frog,
which angles for its game as eXpertly and
with as great success as the most adroit
fiy-fisher. He is a clumsy, awkward
swimmer, but Nature has compensated
him for his unwieldiness by furnishing
him with an equivalent for rod and line,
with bait always ready for use. Two
elongated tentacles spring from his nose,
which taper away like actual tishing-rOds.
To the end of them is attached by slen-
der filament, which serves the purpose OF
a line, bait in the form of a shiny bit Of
membrane. The hooks are set in the
mouth of the fisherman down below, and
in order TO induce the fish to venture with
in reach of them, the angler stirs up the
mud at the bottom with his fins and taIl.
This attracts the fish and conceals him from
their observation. He then plies his rod;
the glittering bait glows in the water Ike
living insect. The daZed fish are taken
in great numbers, perfectly circumyented
by the trick of the crafty angler.-GaIaTy-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-04
SanbOrniSn.

Now and then it falls TO the lot of a
man, consciously or uncOnSciouSly. glad
! ly or sOTrOwfully, to make a new word.
! SwartwOut made one. So did the late
James Fisk. Jr. Great Scamps have
special success in this. And now we have
another candidate. To skin honest mer-
chants, through the forms of revenue
law. and by the connivance of Treasury
officials, stands fair chance of being here
after known as Sdn6O7risnl.
We have neither space nor stomach to
go into any detail of this nOiSome and dis
creditable-were there any longer any
chance for saying so, we should say in
credible-business. Suffice it to say that
somehow a law got itself passed through
| Congress, by the knowledge of some
members ana the ignorance of others,
which gave the pretence of legality TO
contracts made in a wholesale way with
this man Sanborn to ''assiSt" the proper
officers to collect millions of dollars of
the national revenue, and to have the
modest sum of fifty per cent. of the sums
so collected for his trouble. Then this
most Objectionable statute was more OBJ
jectiOnably administered by the Secretary
of the Ireasury's precisely reversing its
provisions, and requiring the proper reve-
nue. officers to assist Sanborn, in room OF
his assisting them. So that, so far as this
aspect of this matter was concerned, the
main object of the United States Govern
ment, from a financial point of view, be-
came the enabling and assisting Mr..
SanbOrn to line his pockets by mOiety OF
taxes.
Not dollar, as the committee declare,
of the half million or so, which this tel-
low succeeded in pOcketing, was there
which would not, by the irresistible
gravitatiOn of the nature of the case,
have fallen into the treasury in due course
of time, if his unclean and greedy hands
had not been first stretched out to clutch
it.
Worst of all, this investigation has
proved that the two Secretaries of the
Treasury for which Massachusetts is re-
spOnsible, were-nOt actual guilty accom-
plices in intent in SanbOrn's stealing
but were accOmplices, and were guilty, by
the most lamentable and discreditable
want of common sagacity and prudence,
in the administration of the great trust
committed to their hands.
If the Republican party thinks it can
stand this kind of thing much longer, all
we have to say is, it has a charming and
elastic courage which events may-and
may not -iustify.-The CongregatioHatist.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-04
Cold

Our sensations are often very deceptive,
especially as to the temperature. We Of
ten feel chilly when the thermometer Is
high, and actually get warmer as the
mercury descends. Take piece of metal,
another of wood. and a third of woOlen
material. Lay them side by side on the
same table. There is really no difference
in their temperature. Yet If you place
your hands on them the metal feels cold,
the wood neither cold nor hot, and the
wool positively warm. If you hold snow
in your hand for any time you will suffer
a painful sensation. SO if you keep your
hand in ice-water, this will soon feel as If
it were bot and burning you. But If alco-
hol or glycerine are reduced TO precisely
the same temperature they will have ne
such effect. Ether, on the other hand,
seems to burn like ice-water. Brandy, at
thirty degrees below freezing point, may
be drank without inconvenience, If only a
wooden vessel is used. A glass one is al
together too cold to be put to the lips.
Rum, and cognac, and such liquids, be-
come thick and sirupy at thirty degrees
below freezing, and at fifty degrees below
they become solid. Brandy may thus be
swallowed in a lump out of a cup OF frozen
quicksilver. AtsiXty degrees below treeZ-
ing the solid brandy begins toproduce the
sensation of cold. To bring it to this tenn
perature, it is necessary TO use carbonic
acid gas. reduced by cold and pressure to a
liquid and then mixed with ether. This
has to be employed very carefully, for if il
touches the skin it produces blisters like q
red-hot iron. AT seventy degrees of cold
brandy, if taken with a wooden spoon
tastes simply like very hot soup. If 9
metal spoon were used, it would burn all
the skin off the lips. Kane, when in the
Arctic regions, burnt his hand with knife
he had been carrying in his pocket, anC
which might be supposed to have received
some little warmth from his body.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-04
John Wesley's Health Rules.

This great apostle wrote upon many
subjects. Health was prominent among
them. He published a work under the
title Of. Primitive Physic; or, an Easy
and Natural Method of Curing Most Dis
eases" From his simple rules the follow
ing are selected:
Pure air is very important.
Tender people should have those who lie
with them, or are much about them, sound,
sweet and healthy.
All persons ambitious of good health
should be as clean as possible in their
houses, furniture and clothes.
The great rule in food is to suit the quail
ity and quantity to our digestion. All
picked, smoked and high-seasOned foods
mwhOlesOme.
Nothing conduces more to health than
abstinence and plain food, with due labor.
For studiOus persons, about eight ounces
of animal and twelve of vegetable food in
twenty-four hours is sufficient.
Water is the most wholesome of all
drinks, quickens the appetite and strength
ems the digestion. S.rOng, and more espe-
eially spirituous liquors, are a certain
though slow poison. Experience shows
there is no manner of danger in discOntin-
uing them at once.
Coffee and tea are extremely injurious to
persons with weak nerves.
Tender persons should eat only very
light supper, and that full two or three
hours before going to bed. Such persons
ought to retire to bed invariably by nine
O'Clock, and rise from four to five in the
morning.
Walking is the best exercise for those
who are aOle to bear it, and riding is the
best for those who are not able to bear
walking. We may strengthen any weak
part of the body by constant exercise.
Thus the lungs may be strengthened by
loud speaking or by walking up an ascent,
the digestion and nerves by riding, the
arms and hands by strongly rubbing them
daily.
The studious ought to have stated times
for exercise, at least two or three times a
day, one half before dinner, the other
before going TO bed. Those who read or
write much should learn to do it stand
ing, otherwise it will impair their health.
The fewer clothes any one uses by day
or night (prOvided he is kept warm), the
harder he will be.
Exercise should never be taken on a
full stomach. it should never be contin-
ued to exhaustion, and when we are done,
we should be careful not to cool off too sud-
denly.
The flesh-brush is highly beneficial, es-
pecially in stimulatinga part which is cool
and inactive. Cold bathing is of great adj
vantage to health. 1t prevents many dis
eases, promotes perspiratiOn, accelerates
the circulation of the blood, and secures
against colds.
All violent and sudden passions dispose
people to acute diseases. Slow and lasting
passions, such as grief and hopeless love,
bring on chronic diseases.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-04
Early Marriages.

There are hundreds of young men that
should be married who are not married.
To marry early is discreet and wise. And
when men and women are of a marria9ea-
BILE age, it is wholesome for them to be
married. 1t is not necessary that they
should remain single because they stand
i'm poverty, for two can live cheaper than
one, if they live with discretion, if they
live with cooperative zeal, if they live as
they ought to live. If the young man Is
willing to seem poor when he is poor; if
the young woman, being poor, is willing
to live poorly; if they are willing to plant
their lives together like two seeds, and
wait for their growth, and look for their
abundance by and by, when they have
fairly earned it, then it is good thing
for them to come early into this partner
ship. For characters adapt themselves to
each other in early periods of life far more
easily than they do afterward. They who
marry early are like vines grOwingtogeth-
er. and twining round and round each
other; whereas multitudes of those who
marry late stand side by side like two iron
columns, which, being separated at the be-
! ginning. never come nearer to each other.
| There is no school which God ever opened,
or permitted to be opened, which young
people can so i'll afford to lose as the school
of care and responsibility and labor in the
household and young man and young
woman marrying, no matter from what
source they come together, no matter how
| high their fathers have stood, one of the
most wholesome things they can do, hav-
| ing married for love, and with discretion,
is to be willing to begin at the bottom,
and bear the burdens of household life, so
that tbey shall have its education.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-04
Mission of Little Children.

No one feels the death of child rs the
mother feels it. The father cannot realize
it thus. True, there is vacancy in his
home, and heaviness in his heart. There
is a chain of association that at set times
comes round with its broken link; there
are memories of endearment, a keen sense
of loss, a weeping over crushed hopes. and
a pain of wounded affection over them all.
But the mother feels that one has been
taken away who was still closer to her
heart. Hers has been the office of constant
ministratiOn. Every graduation of feature
developed before her eyes-she detected
every new CLEAN of infant intelligence
she heard the first utterance OF every st1m-
mering word: she was the refuge OF It's
fears, the supplier of its wants; and every
task of affection wOve new link, and
made dearer to her its object. And when
her child dies, portion of her own life, as
it were, dies with it. How can she give
her darling up, with all these loving MEM
Ories. these fond associations? limid
hands that have so often taken hers in
trust and love, how can she fold them on
its sinIess breast, and surrender them 10
the cold grasp of death? The feet whose
wanderings she had watched so narrowly
how can she bear to see them straight
ened to 90 down into the dark valley! ]!
The head that she has pressed to her lips
and bosom, that she has watched in peace
full slumber. and in burning, heart-sadden-
ing sickness. a hair of which she could not
see harmed-hOw can she cOnsign it to the
darkness of the grave? 1t was a CLEAN of
sunshine, and q voice of perpetual glad
ness in her home; she had learned from 1t
blessed lessons of simplicity, sincerity,
purity and faith; it had unsealed within
her a gushing, a never-ebbing tide of at-
fiction: when suddenly it was taken away,
and the home is left dark and silent; and
to the vain and heart-rending aspiration,
Shall that dear child never return? there
breaks in response the cold grave silence
nevermOre. The heart is like torsaken
mansion, and those words go echoing
through its silent chambers.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-04
The Romance OF a Millionaire.

The Paris papers announce the death OF
Baroness Michaela de POntalba, a native of
New Orleans, and the late owner of prince
lv estates i'll that city; the daughter of
Don Andres Almenaster, the Spanish In
tendant of Finances of the colony of Lou
Isiana. who founded the Cathedral in New
Orleans and several charitable and relig-
iOus institutions, and who died, leaving
his daughter tire wealthiest then this side
of the Atlantic.
In those DAYS, and indeed long afterward,
the fair den1OIseLLes of the colony finished
their education at the convent. and made
their debut in society and the fashionable
world at very early age. And, indeed,
marrying at fourteen and fifteen years of
age was no rare thing for them to do. As
Mile. Almenaster was married in 1872, at
the age of nineteen, to her cousin, the
Baron de Pontalba, it was some time ere
that date when she reigned belle in the
parlors of the old creole aristOcracy, and
where she met the celebrated John Nc
Donough, the New Orleans milliOnna re.
OF marvellous beauty, and an heiress, the
young merchant fell an easy victim to her
charms, and his subsequent lonely life and
asceticism were attributable to the early
and crushing disappointment of his love.
Young McDonOugh, fresh from the cul-
tured society of Baltimore, obtained an
easy ertree in the privileged circles of the
Southern capital, where his gay and dash
inc habits and luxurious living soon made
him a noted parsonage. 1t was not long
however before the bewildering Spanish
beauty led him captive. He proposed mar
riaoe. but the answer he received was as
decisive as it was mortifying. He was not
rich enough to marry the heiress of Don
/ Andres Almenaster.
/ In his bitter anger McDOnough vowed
| he would live and work until he was richer
/ than all the Almenasters and POntalbas
put together. He kept his word A re-
! cluse from the moment of his rejection,
the energies of his powerful mind and in
/ domitable will were absorbed in money
! getting. He accumulated eight millions
of dollars. and died in lonely house, oppO-
/ site New Orleans, with only servants for
attendants, comparative stranger in the
I city where he had lived all his life, and Of
whose property he was so largely the
! owner,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-04


ascertained that Cheney, the gatekeeper,
reached Spellman's factory five minutes
before the water came down. Cheney's
lack of decision in telling the story in
clined Spellman TO believe that it was not
more than half true. He detained Cheney
with questioning until the laundering of
the water told its own story, and then sent
him on his errand of alarm too late to be of
service.
Those five minutes would have been am
pie to have had every resident of the valley
in place of safety. As it was, the opera
tives of Skinnerville had time to escape,
with three exceptions, and comparatively
few were exposed to the flood below that
point, showing that all might as well have
been got out of danger. The people are
clamOriDg for an inquest, which they hope
will fix the responsibility of the catastrophe
where il BELONGS
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-04
How to Plant a Tree.

When planting don't dig hole like a
bowl cistern, but dig it just as deep as the
soil is, and no deeper; make the bottom of
it One-third larger round than the top, and
loosen up the very bottom. Then as the
tree is planted. throw in first an inch of
real, good fresh, rich soil; set the tree,
holding il with one hand while on your
knees you spread its roots carefully with
the other; let the assistant drop the dirt in
upon the roots as he would if he had a
seive, and, as it is dropped in, do you who
hold the tree upon your bended knees,
work every root carefully out straight on
a level line with the point or junction of it
with the main stems, use the fingers out
spread in mingling the fine dirt with the
roots, and be careful that not an air space
is left at the bottoms, and also that the
earth upon the lower roots is packed the
hardest or tighteSt of any.
As you reach the upper roots only see
that each root is Surely surrounded with
earth, and then let the last four inches OF
earth be sprinkled on with spade or shovel,
without pressure of foot or anything else,
don't even fiat it with the shovel, and be
sure to keep your own. and Paddy's feet
off: for every pressure will destroy the ma
tural position of the root below.-F. r.
Elliott, IN Cerel0nd Herald.
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HOW THE BROOK WENT TO MILL.
BY BENJAMIN p. TAYLOR.


A rifted rock in a wooded hill,
A spring within like a bookings ass,
a nameless rill like a skein OF rain
That showed as faint as q feeble Veini
And crept away in the tangled grass
With a voiceless flow and wandering will
The lrish-fon- irish Of a silken dress,
The murmured tone OF a maiden's &c yes 20
A thirsty OK could have qHaiied mp,
a boy dipped dry with a drinking cup
BROKE in = brook the rili complete
Broke in n song the brook so fleet
Broke in a laugh the song so sweet
II.
Twas pebble, rubble, and fallen tree,
Twas babble, double, through every mile;
IL battled on with shout and shock,
And white with foam was the rugged rock,
And dark were the hemlocks all the while,
It'll the road grew broad, and the creek ran
free.
II glassed along on the slippery slide,
And shot away with an arrowv glide
II slipped its shoes and in stocking feet
Under the bank and in from the street
Nhirled in a waltz about and out
Splinkled with gold and put % rout, -
And bright with the fash OF the spotted trout!
III.
u floats name and it bears a boat;
lis Leonard's Creek and is bound for the mill.
AND makes you think, with its ripple and
now,--
50 lighti- trips TO the stones below
How her fingers 20 when they move by note
Through measures fine, as she marches them
DER
The yielding plank OF the ivory floor.
Beneath the bridge with n rasping rush,
A bird takes toll ,--'tis thirsty thrush,
II nears the Gulf Of the hemlOck night
Where stars shine down in the midday light
II verRes the brink Of the shadows lair
Stumbles and falls on the limestone stair!
Clings 20 the mute and mofiOnless edge
Tumbles and bounds from ledge IN ledge
And thunders and blunders down tO the sedge
--ScribneT'S for June
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A LUCKLEss undergraduate on being ex-
amined for his degree, and failing in every
subject upon which he was tried, COM
planned that he had not been questioned on
the things he knew. The examiner tore
off about an inch of paper. and pushing it
toward him desired him to write upon it
all he knew.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-04

GRAHAM GEMs.-1 egg well beaten, l
Large cOffeecup of sweet milk, u teacups-
full Of Graham flour, cup Of sSperiine
flour, and little salt; the batter should be
of the consistency of wheat griddle-cakes.
Warm the pan on the top of the stove and
grease each compartment well; then fili
with the batter to within a quarter of an
inch of the top, and bake in quick oven,
about half an hour.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-04

THE Vienna journals announce that, ac-
cording to an ancient custom still observed
at the Court of Vienna, the Emperor and
Empress of Austria washed the feet OF
twelve old men and twelve old women on
Good Friday, one old woman being lOl
wears old. The ceremony was performed
with great solemnity in the presence OF the
Court dignitaries, and each old person re-
ceiyed thirty pieces of silver.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-04

The mother of the lost Earl, George
Gordon, the eccentric fellow who shipped
as sailor and disappeared, has given ST.
600 to the American Seaman's Friend So
ciety to buy libraries for American sailors
on foreign bound vessels. Each set is TO
be marked, "Sent to sea by his mother, in
memory of George, Earl of Aberdeen, a
sailor, and lost at sea January %, 1870,
aged 2S.- And it may be that she has
some hopes that he still lives and may thus
be brought to think of home and return.
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In his death-hour he talked incoherently
of his early disappointment and desired
that small painting on ivory, supposed
to be likeness of his early charmer, be
buried with him. 1t was done, and so
faded from the world his romance and his
lifa
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IT is curious to observe how modes OF
discipline vary in different parts of the
country among wise instructors of youth.
4 Virginia teacher finding that two OF
his pupils. about the same age, had got
into a difficulty, attentively heard the
story of each boy. He had no other evil
dence, and each boy declared himself to be
in the right. He took them into room
by themselves. and recommended square
fight upon the spot. Permanent peace
was speedily restored" says the record,
''and they will probably never disagree
again"