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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11
A Bold Burglary.

The Brooklyn IN. " Argus thus gives
the particulars of aparticularly bold bur-
glary in that city:
On Monday night the house of Mr.. Ma
than Adolphus, No. III Adelphi Street,
was entered by burglars, the servant girl
gagged and bound, and the closets and
bureaus ranSacked, and over $500 worth of
silverware and jewelry carried off. The
house is a twO-StOry frame cottage, and
but two blocks from the Fourth Precinct
StatiOn-hOuse. Mr.. AdOlphus and his
wife, an aged couple, and a cOlOred serv-
ant girl, Mary Simmons by name, are the
only occupants. Monday evening. Mr.
AdOlphus and his wife visited some friends,
leaving the servant girl alone in the house.
She was suddenly confronted by three
men who caught her, threatened TO take
her life if she made any resistance, and
then gagged her. She was directed to
show the way to the basement, and there
one of the three mGtiOnei her to be seated.
and drawing a revolver, pointed it at her
head, and threatened to blow her brains
out if she made a motion. This was un-
necessary. as she was already terribly
frightened, and hardly dared TO breathe.
Leaving the rObber standing before her
with his drawn pistol, the other two men
commenced a thorough search of the
house for jewelry and valuables. After
ransacking every piece of furniture, over
turning the bedding and emptying the
closets, they returned to the basement
and securely bound the girl hand and foot
to the chair in which she was sitting. The
whole party then decamped, and not the
faintest trace of them has yet been discov-
cred. On returning home about $3.50
O'Clock, Mr.. Adolphus and his wife were
unable TO gain admittance, though calling
repeatedly for the girl to open the door.
The neighbOrs were appriSed, and an en-
trance was effected by sealing the back
yard fence and forcing the basement door,
where the girl was found in the position
in which the robbers left her.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11
The Way TO Make Chicken ROO>tS.

The way many rOosts are made is eX-
cecdingly obj, ,ctiOnable, as the fowls have
difficulty in getting on the rear poles when
all the positions near the front part are Oc-
cupied. ROOsts for heavy fowls should be
so arranged and constructed that they can
step on and off without danger of falling
and iniuring themselves. Besides this
many rOosts are arranged in such manner
that one crnnot move around in the hen
merry unless he drops on his knees beneath
the fowls.
The past season have been construct
ing a hen-r0ost on a new plan, which
pleases me better than any other style OF
rOOSts have ever met with. On one side
of the hennery, which is about twelve feet
in length, there are three shelves. twenty
two inches wide, one above the other, and
about twenty inches apart. The back
edges of the shelves touch the wall, so that
nothing can tall down behind them. About
three inches above the middle of each shelf
a rOosting pole extends their entire length.
The ends of the poles are so supported
that they may be removed without diff
Guilty. The fowls ascend to their rOOStS
by walking up an inclined road, with num-
erous cleatS nailed on the surface to pre-
vent their feet from slipping. This inclin-
ed board is placed parallel with the shelves,
close TO the front edges, so that as hen
ascends she can step on the first shelf, or
ascend to the next, or to the top rOOSt.
The shelves prevent any droppingS from
falling on the fowls below them. More
than this, the roosts occupy but little
room, which is so admirably appropriated
that one can enter the hennery at night
and get desirable view of every fowl as
they are arranged in regular rows within
convenient reach. Another excellent ad-
vantage is. all the dropplngs are received
by the shelves. so that the accumulatiOnS
may be collected with shovel. Twice
every week the poles are removed and the
shelves are scTaped clean. During the
past two months the accumulationS col
lected from the shelves filed a barrel.
Such fertilizing material is worth more per
hundred pounds than the best Peruvian
guano that farmers can obtain, after it has
been adulterated tor market. By June
next there will be sufficient quantity Of
choice manure TO apply to one acre OF
growing corn. The roosting poles are
about four inches in diameter. Fowls pre-
fer large to a small pole for roost. In
lieu of round poles, antlings. three or
four inches square, would make excellent
roosts. Fowls are not half as liable to fall
off the roost at night if the poles are broad
or fiat as when the rOOsts are no larger
/ than broom handle. When fowls are al
/ lowed TO roost here and there, they will
/ smear every thing with offensive drop
! pings. and one cannot collect a barrelful
/ of the valuable aecumulations during the
| entire year-N. Y. Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11
pUyGESrspARAGRAPHs.

NkRRow-NfNDED men who have not n
thought beyond the little sphere o. their
own vision recall the Hindo0 saying, 4" The
snail sees nothing but his own shell. anu
thinks it the grandest in the universe.
The Duluth woman who put the kero-
Sene can on the stove hearth while she
went out 10 trade with petidler. Is now
keeping house in barn, kindly loaned for
the occasion.
n GEORGIA paper knows a man who
went all the way from Cassville to Atlanta.
On his return he looked solemn with the
weight of garnered wisdom, and said If
the world Is as big 'tother way rs il is that,
it's whopper"
A "DuNB" barber in a New Jersey
town is getting all the custom, and has
been obliged to hire four mute assistants.
BARRIERS who are not " dumb" should cut
this out and paste it on their coat sleeve.
In despair French capitalist has inveS =
ed all his money in cosmetics. lie saws
that National obligation depends on poll
tics, and politics are uncertain. and every
recognized security has similarly some
weak point but coquetry is human, Hour
ishes everywhere, and may always be
counted upon.
A GENTLEMAN whose house was repair
ing went one day to see how the job was
getting on, and observing a quantity OF
nails lying about, said to the carpenter
"Why don't you take care of these nail> :
they'll certainly be lost" No re-
piled the carpenter, you'll find them IN
the BILL
THE rage for ending female names in
the French ii e" has come 70 adiSastrOus
conclusion in Oregon. A farmer named
AXE. ehristened his eldest girl Belle. She,
adopting the style of the MollieS, Susirs
printed - BELIZE and now appears 10 a
distracted world as Miss Belle AXE.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11
Slippery Times i'm Paris.

On the night of Friday, Jan. l, and the
early morning of Saturday, the streets
and pavements of Paris were covered with
thin coating of ice, which made them
excessively slippery. 1t was with the ut
most difficulty that any vehicle could pass
along the streets, and pedestrians fell in
~ directions. AS many parties and din
e1ierS had been given on New Years day,
large number of persons were about.
The theaters were all very full, and loud
were the lamentations on the turn out at
midnight as to the impOssibility of get
ting home. Some slept in empty omni-
buses and cabs; many got beds in COM
mon lodging houses, and not few passed
the night in the streets. 1t was a curious
sight the next morning to see ladies shiv-
ering in soiled ball dresses making their
way to their homes. One gentleman cut
up railway wrapper, and, making stock
ngS for his horse. drove home. A man
with quantity of list slippers made lit
tie fortune, but his stock was soon ex-
hausted. Many people passed the night
at the various police stations. Several
people lost their lives; young man fell
and fractured his skull in the Rue de la
PaiX; woman slipped, came down,
broke her arm, and the child she was car
rying was killed on the spot; numerous
fractures of legs and arms occurred, and
dangerous wounds. Nearly 300 persons
were taken to the hospitals. having either
broken limbs or severe contusiOnS. An
omnibus line lost 200 horses by accidents
There is a well known beggar who, hav-
ing lost both legs, by means of sharp
pointed sticks prOpels himself on go
cart. This man dashed up the BOulevards
at full speed, and, as a reporter remarks,
avenged the humiliation of years" A
blind man who clung to the railings of
the Eleventh ACCOMPLISHMENT was fas-
tened there by the tips of his fingers,
which became frozen. He was released
by piGuet,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11
An Ingenious Convict.

A eongict in the Massachusetts, state
Prison, the Boston Traveller says, has
wrought out, with pocket-knife, pair
of beautiful and highly polished ivory
hands. They are little over an inch long,
and the fingers, nails, joints, and all are per-
fectly formed and in perfect proportions.
Between the thumb and forefnger Of each
hand is held tiny red rose. The cuffs
are fastened with sleeye-buttOns, and above
the cuffs in each is a small piece of black
ivory, representing the dress on the arms.
In these there are golden rings or staples,
so that they may be worn as charms on
watch or as ornaments for the ears. They
were given by the artist who wrought
them TO afellow-prisoner, who sold them
for 81, to obtain the means to bind some
books and pamphlets which he had col
lected in his cell. When told by the Chap
lain that the State would furnish the mon,
ey for that purpose, he replied that he dld
not wish to put the State to the expense
when he could meet it in this way him.
| self.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11
Soap Versus Disease.

Sidney Smith said: 1.-The degree Of civ
iliZation and refinement of family or 4
nation is correctly indicated by the guam
tity of soap it uses" Later observers
and writer's on health and disease fully
approve this utterance of the famous Wit
and divine "CleanineSS is next to god
liness," and this cOntiguity of the two
virtues is not affected in any way by the
fall or rise of the mercury in the ther-
mOmeter. The skin is the grand outlet
of excrementitiOus matter from the body;
it contains twenty-eight miles of tubing.
This tubing. when obstructed, cannot per-
form its office, and sickness follows.
Cold hands and feet, the result of imper-
feet circulation, are often cured by keep
ing the skin in perfectly healthy eondi-
ton.
Want of cleanliness has more to do
with the prevalence of Group and diph-
iberia i'm cold weather than many people
think. Our city physicians in cOnsults-
ton over the cause and cure Of diphthe-
ria give prominence to cleanliness as the
best preventive. Not long since, in a
fashionable house in New York, three
children died of this fearful disease. Up
on careful inquiry it was found that the
carpets of the house, which was rented
furnished, had not been taken up or dust
ed for many years. Curtains, carpets. and
wooden garments which cannot be washed
may be cleaned by thorough airing and
beating, and however clean they may
seem to the eye. they should undergo
this process frequently. Especially is
this true of blankets and other bedding.
Perfect cleanliness is luxury, and, like
other luxuries, not easily attainable by
the very poor. They cannot afford the
change necessary, or the comfortable
warmth and surroundings which make
the bath enjoyable even in winter, and
therefore it is that disease infests their
dwellings. Herein is field for the phil
anthropist. The bathroom Is now as
much a part Of every first-class city and
country house as is the bedroom or the
sitting-room, and to this improvement is
in part due the diminished rate Of mortal
ity in the present and past generations.
Hand in hand with personal cleanliness
goes ventilation, and health follows in
their train.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11
The Winter Life of the Bear.

The Popular. Science Monthly says: One
of the most curious characteristics of the
bear is its habit of alternating through
the winter. During the autumn it be-
comes very fat, and about the end of Octo-
Der, completing its winter house, ceases
feeding for the year. A remarkable phe-
nOmenon then takes place in the animal s
digestive organs. The stomach, no longer
supplied with food, contracts into a very
small space. A mechanical obstruction
called the ''tappen," composed of fine
leaves, or other extraneous substances,
blocks the alimentary canal, and prevents
the outward passage of any matter. The
bear continues in its den until the middle
of April, in dull. lethargic condition. If
discovered and killed at any time in this
period, it is found to be as fat as at the be
ginning. 1t is said, however, that If 1t
loses the ''tappen" before the end OF its hi
bernation, it Immediately becomes ex-
tremely thin. During the Information the
bear gains new skin upon the balls OF It's
feet, and during the same time, also, the
female brings forth her young, from two
TO four in number. The latter act occurs
generally from the middle of january tc
the middle of February. The pairing
season occurs in the summer, from june
TO September. The period of CESSATION i
about seven months, and the newly-borr
cubs are scarcely larger than puppies.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11

River, the young fish having been sup
oiled by the Commissioners from the
hatching-station on the Connecticut. Prot.
iiaird thinks it not improbable that the
restoration of shad to the rivers of Maine
will be done most easily by transferring
the spawn 1lom the Connecticut, or from
the Merlin OK, should the Commissioners
OF Massachusetts, exhibit the same liberali-
ty that has been shown by those of Con-
necticut. 1t bad been contemplated 10
carry on Matching operations on the Rap
pahannock River during the year, and to
supply the West-including West Virgin
la, Kentucky and Tennesee-with eggs;
but the effort was deferred until the pre-
sent year.-New FORK World.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11
THE CONTEST IN COURT.


The case was up before Judge Tappen
in the Supreme Court of Brooklyn last
week. and he ordered the lawyers to
frame points of issue that might be ap-
proved before the case was tried before
jury or sent TO referee.
On Monday the lawyers presented their
points to the Judge. The plaintiff, Jane
Shields, alleged marriage and right to
dover, and claimed as points of issue the
amount of the estate, and the probable
share of her dover and her chidren's in
heritance. The executors lawyers pro-
posed as a question for estOppel of the ac-
ton the argument that the first wife was
willing that her husband should live with
another wOman-she all the time knowing
of the fact.
Judge Tappen promptly ruled that that
was against all morals and all public poll.
cy, ard could not be made an issue.
A counsel for New York bank which
held mortgage on some of Mr.. Shields's
property made this question point OF
issue as cO-deiendant. namely: Could
Jane Shields claim right to dover in
mortgage, in the making of which she
stood by and sanctioned by silence, while
wife No. 2 signed it as the legal wife?
The defense submitted another point:
Did Mrs. Jane Shields claim the right to
the title of Mrs. Shields after she learned
of the second marriage, and did she tell
the second wife so? Also, did she not dis
claim the second marriage? Did she not
give doubt as to her being Shields's
wife? And did not Henry Shields make
settlement for her long ago in lieu OF her
dover?
The disputed facts were given to the
Judge in briefs, and yesterday he settled
upon the issues, and they will await fur
ther action.
The executors do not deny the validity
of the first marriage, but resist the claim.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11

A STRANGER who was eating piece of
pie in a Detroit restaurant struck his teeth
against something hard, and presently
held up a two-cent piece and exclaimed /:
"Here, you-here's TWO cents which |
found in this pie!' "Well, I'm sorry it
isn't fifteen," replied the waiter d" but the
fact is, times are so hard that we can't do
any better Just now"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11

PARIS has successfully introduced the
American horse railway, or tram, as it is
STYLED there. The cars used are small.
having accommodation for only twenty
eight passengers, ten of whom stand on
the platform and pay reduced fare, being
considered second-class passengers.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11

-Bailie Sawman-"Of eoorse | want
Wullie to hae a guild eddycatiOn, in fac,
Pm thinking o. sending him to the ceeme-
try at ROthesay." COOncillar Troot-.
"The Ceemeturrie? All, yell be wantln'
him to learn the dead languages, eh?' b:
S. (who does not see it," OF coorse, OF
eoorse-deed an leevin'."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11

Ara recent term of the Circuit Court in
Bourbon county, KY, a man was sem
fenced to two years in the penitentiary for
killing another man. while second pris-
oner. convicted of stealing twenty bushels
of wheat, was sentenced TO three years and
six months.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11

Faith" said an Irishman. who could
not get into his cabin at Ballingarry. his
wife having turned the key upon him,
I" it's meself that's regularly locked in. y
{" In!' said his companion-"i in where ?''
9 Wby, in the street,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11

"HE stood upon the edge of a deep and
yawning abscess," read boy in a public
school recently. "SpeIl that word if you
can't pronounce it, said the teacher.
When silence was restored he slowly spell
ed it &: "A-b-y-ss." "
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11

SOME people have way of accounting
for every thiDg.-FlOrence-"M My eggs
quite cOidl | wonder why?" Ethel
Sos mine. Can't you guess?" Flor
ence-"No.'' Ethel" Why, they've
been boiled in cold water, stoOpid."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11
THE LOST BABY.


she wandered on one dismal day
No one by 20 bid her stay;
The earth was white, the sky was gray,
When the poor little baby wandered away.
The sun went down with crimson crown
Behind the clouds and the tree tops brown;
The cold road stared with colder frown
When the poor little feet went wandering down
Her mother lived mp in the shining sky,
Thought poor little baby, wondering why,
Ae hours and days and weeks went by
She never came down at her baby's cry.
II the crimson wave in the west led true.
The skyward road she surely knew:
She needed not that the sharp winds blew.
Or her cold little feet sore tired grew.
She hummed some broken baby song.
And talked 10 herself as she trudged along:
She feared no failure, recked no wrong
Butshe thought that the way was lone and long.
Tired and cold, she fingered 10 rest
Under snow drifts treacherous crest:
Snecuddled herself in tiny nest,
W hite and cold az her mothers breast
They found her there on the snowy ground.
Her silky hair with snowfiakes crowned.
She made no sign, she breathed no sound
But the skyward road she had surely found
-LiPPinoott for February
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11

RED used on a railroad signifies danger,
and says stop. 1t is the same thing dis
played on mans nose.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11

BY an Irishman Why is a storm, when
it's clearing up, like castigation? sure
an amt it a batting?
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11

Mrs. Marget Westerlield. who is now a
very old woman in New York, was taken,
and she remembered clearly her convic-
tons of long ago that that peculiar Quaker
marriage ceremony did not seem TO her to
be binding. The church register was
searched and the names of the five children
were found. Another witness to the
Quaker marriage was discovered, and
some tradesmen with whom Henry
Shields, the produce cart driver, and his
wife Jane, had dealt with, added to the list
Of
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11
A RICH NAME TWO WIDOWS.

A Phase of Free Love I'm New York So
eiety-Change OF Wife with Change
of IVealth-Nine Children In an Avenue
Residence and Five I'm a Brooklyn Tene-
ment.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11
WHAT WAS SEEN IN CENTRAL PARK.


He did not call on his first wife, and the
only time she saw him in twenty years
was on summers day in Central Park,
when he drove by in splendid carriage,
in which was his wife and three children.
Jane Shields hid behind the shrubbery,
and though she saw her husband, was not
seen.
Nearly a year ago Mr.. Shields died in his
Second Avenue residence. His obituary
was in the newspapers, and large throng
attended his funeral. After his burial his
family opened his will and read in it that
he bequeathed his estate to his children.
1t appointed Mr.. J. GelstOn as an execu-
ter. and provided that after all debts were
paid the money should be distributed
equally among his children. The viii
was admitted to probate.
Jane Shields's children convinced heI
that she had a right to q dover in the
estate, and persuaded her to see lawyer,
She went to Williamsburgh legal firm
and made affidavits with her children that
she was married to Henry Shields in 1884
and that she had five children while ht
was her husband. The lawyers began {
suit in the Supreme Court, and sent thell
complaint to the lawyers for the Mrs
Shields in New York, The testimony o
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tc;Rochester, Baaslo and Nisesr. Fails. s. sn
York, daily. except Sunday, "
s;4oa. M, Aecommodsiion 70 Baltimore daily.
$50 q. m, Linked Express for New York and
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Viz ,Gf baltimore daily. e1ceD.
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go p; m, philadelphia express, for Philsda-
5Io p. m, Cincinnati, Express daily, West.
Ss 2; n, For PhilAdeiphia' New York and Bos-
I5:i5 D. m, Pacific express North and West, daily
except Saturday. On Saturday, leaves st s:osp.m
ic Tr AZ rs rope CREEK LINE leave q. pSa,
Ts.ini fSr ASNAP0LIs issve st s:O6s. N and
''iS Pullman Palace Sleeping Car 70 Pittsburr run
Pullman Palace Sleeping Oar to Pittsburg Ii run
onthe train esying at loi5 p. m.,e1cept Saturday.
oP1iman Palace Sleeping Ga, to Rochester ID run
on the train leaving at 1e:lS p. m.
Pullman Palace sleeping Car to Chicago on train
fcPst 81 and Information can be procured q. thu
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somnsnT. northeast corner Thirteenth street and
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