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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28
The Wrong Kind of a Candle.

A Kentucky paper relates that during
the Christmas holidays, Starting Curd, an
industrious colored man, living near Bris-
tow, that State, gave an entertainment at
his house. His wife asked him, coming to
town the day before the frolic, to get tall
candle with which to ornament and
illuminate the table. Startling called on III.
c.. Hines e Co. for the candle, but stated
the case in such a shape that Mr.. Hines
thought he wanted Roman candle. 1t
was accordingly put up for him, and Star
ling returned to his home, when his wife
insisted that he had made mistake, say
ing it was a candle she wanted. Starting
assured her that it was the latest style
candle he had purchased, and, to prove it.
stuck it to the fire. TO the astonishment
of both, flaming ball dopped out; then
another, and another, when the frightened
Startling dropped the ''infernal machine y
upon the floor. Another explosion, threat
ening the destruction of the house, and he
again seized it, but, unfortunately, wrong
end foremost, when ball struck him in
the abdomen. Suddenly turniDgit around,
another ball shot out, striking new coun-
terpane. through which it burned large
hole. The whole household was in state
of terror, and Startling went to town the
next day with mind full of lawsuits for
damages, but, being a fair-minded man,
was pacified when it was explained that
Mr.. Hines misunderstood him.
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Trumes.

A new and successful enterprise in agri-
culture is growing up in the South of
France. Large tracts of land which have
hitherto been comparatively worthless for
all purposes of cultivation, are now being
planted with the variety of oak trees be-
meath which trutfies are generally found.
1t is expected that, with this treatment,
land which has lately been sold at e5 per
acre will produce crop of truffies worth
f20 every year. The experiment has been
extensively tried in the Department of
Vancluse, where, in the course of the last
twenty years, 10000 acres that were ab-
selutely unproductive have been devoted
to the culture oftruffles, and are yielding
a rich return. The cost of planting is
borne by the different communes. On
hilly ground this does not exceed 20 francs
per acre but on the low lands it is rather
more, though the crops are proportion
ately heavier. Acorns are planted on the
uplands; but saplings of five or six years
growth, placed in rows forty feet apart are
found to answer best on the plains. Vines
are planted between the trees, and, after
five or six years, their produce repays the
cost of the whole plantation and its eul-
ture. This experiment, applied to tracts
of land which have been denuded of for
ests, aceomplishes the double benefit Of In
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28
How Thimbles are Made.

The manufacture of thimbles is very
simple, but singularly interesting. Coin
silver is mostly used, and is Obtained by
purchasing coin dollars. Hence it happens
that the profits of the business are Affect
ed instantaneouslv by all the variations in
the nations greenback promise to pay.
The first operation strikes a novice as al
most wicked, for il is nothing else than
putting lot of bright silver dollars, fresh
from the mint, into dirty crucibles, and
melting them into solid ingOts. These are
rolled out into the required thickness. and
cut by a stamp into circular pieces OF any
required size. \ solid metal bar of the
size of the inside of the intended thimble,
moved by powerful machinery up and
down in bottOmleSs mold of the outside
OF the same thimbles, bends the circular
disks into the thimble shape as fast as
they can be placed under the descending
bar. Once in shape, the work OF bright
ening, polishing and decorating IS done
upon lathe. First, the blank form is fit
ted with a rapidly revolving rod. A slight
touch of sharp chisel takes thin shay
ing from the end. another does the same
on the side, and the third rounds off the
rim. A round steel rod, dipped in oil,
and pressed upon the surface, gives it Il
lustrOus polish. Then a little revolving
steel wheel, whose edge is a raised Orna-
ment, held against the revolving blank,
prints that ornament just outside the rim.
A second wheel prints different Orna-
ment around the center, while third
wheel, with sharp points. makes the inden-
tations on the lower half and end OF the
thimble. The inside is frightened and
polished in similar way, the thimble be-
ing held in a revolving mold. All that
remains to be done is to boil the compile
ted thimbles in soapsuds, to remove the
oil, brush them up and pack them for the
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28
" BOnanZa.o

Now that the papers are talking about
the Nevada bonanza" this little para
graph from the San Francisco Alta is
timely: "We have been compelled to
adopt the Spanish word bonanza. The
idea is comparatively new in the expert
ence of our English speaking community,
but the demand for some suitable ex-
preston for it is imperative, and we could
not elsewhere find term already familiar
to many and so appropriate. For three
centuries the Spaniards monopolized all
the great silver mines of the world, and
they learned all the uncertainties OF dig
ding for argentiferous deposits. When
they were working in a large body of rich
ore they said the mine was in bonanza,
akin in etymOlogy to our BOOM and in
meaning, to blessing; and when, on the
other hand, the miner was searching at
great expense and in disappointment in
the barren vein stone for material that
would pay, he said the mine was in a
bo7TGscG, or Storm"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28

boards of three or four instruments, say In
a central, office. In the latter, at GER
tain hours of the day and night, celebrated
performers might be engaged to play, one,
for example, executing classical, another
sacred, another operate, and a fourth
dancing music. on as many separate pi-
amos. These last could all be connected
with any number of piano movements all
over a city, so that the playing of one in
strument in the central bureau would, of
course, be repeated on every other piano,
no matter how many or how widely sep
arated, and the effect would be exactly as
if the performer were individually in the
parlor of every subscriber. The latter
might be provided with a printed daily
programme specifying that at such and
such an hour Signor So-and-So would play
certain music; Monsieur Somebody Else
some other kind, and so on. The sub
scrIber then watches his clock, and at the
specified hour turns a switch on his wall,
which places his instrument in connection
with either Monsieur or the Signor'S pi-
ano. Then all he has to do is TO listen un-
til he gets tired. when, without apologiZ-
ing to the eminent performer, he shuts
him up by touch of the finger on a but
ton.-Sctentifc american.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28
Electro Music.

A correspondent, DR.. G. z. Hachen-
berg calls our attention to his plan for play
ing one or more pianos by electricity, and
suggests, among other remarks, that IN
struments thus arranged might prove an
interesting feature in the coming Centen-
nial Exhibition. DIR. Hachenberg says
THE electrical union of ten pianos IS
very simple arrangement, but Is controlled
with singular effect to render volume and
expression. One Instrument serves TO
play upon, and the rest are connected with
il by electromagnetic attachments. so thai
the presure'' of a certain key on the key
piano, determines the striking OF nine
other like keys on the rest of the instru-
ments. The pedals are governed by
similar arrangements, and there Is an ap
paratus whereby the music may be play
ed upon as many or as few OF the Ten
pianos as desired.
The invention Is not impractical; ana IN
fact, a similar contrivance is in use upon
the two organs of st. Thomas Church IN
this city New York;, where the tower
bells are also chimed in connection with
the organs, by electricity 1t suggests
possibilities of future musical performs
anees quite interesting. There is no reason,
for example, why pianos, minus key
boards, should not be provided in houses
and their works connected with the key
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28
How q Turn In Stocks Affects Different
Individuals,

1t is truly remarkable, says the Gold
Hills (Nevadal Neaos, what a difference
money will make with some men. We
have an excellent opportunity now of OBJ
serving the great change, since goodly
number of our citizens have recently be-
come well to do, by the late rise in stocks,
who were comparatively poor before the
lights of miners candles cast their ravs on
the great bonanza. We will not speak Of
the man who has sod out. Our first Illus
tration will he of the man who bought Cal
ifornia at about $40 and sold when 1t
reached 5000. He hangs around the Stock
Board every morning watching each quo
tation with the intensity of bird of prey
watching its victim. When California
makes its appearance his counteuance will
undergo a marvellous change; it assumes
fiendish expression his eyes wander
over the figures rapidly, then slowly !;
draws nearer and squints; at last, when
there is no longer room for a doubt, he
rushes frantically across the street, and
calls for glass of beer, seats himself at a
table, pulls forth piece of paper and pen
Gil, and commences TO figure up what he
has lost by selling too soon. He is the
man who never stops TO think he has
made Sl60 on a share He only takes
into consideration the fact that the stock
is worth $500 now, and that he sold when
| it reached $500.
Our second illustration is the man who
got out of Consolidated Virginia at its
| highest figures. He is the happy man !;
he is the prophet. Ask him and he will
tell you that in less than a week you can
| buy any stock on the lead for $50. Every
man that he meets he shakes by the hand
invites him to drink, tells him how he
| bought at $50 and sold at $500. The
lucky seller is always very cautious not to
confide his lucky venture to man who is
Hat broke. Oh, no! Not he. Should a
dead broke strike him for a piece, he is re-
pulsed. He, the lucky, has all his money
still in stocks. so he says. He positively
hasn't $40 piece about him; but if dol
lar will do, he'll give it up. And so il
goes. When the lucky man hadn't but
$50 he would give up SO of it to a suffer
ing friend; but now-hOw different!
Our third and last illustration is true
one taken from life but no more so than
! the previous one. There is a printer en-
plOyed up in Virginia City, who, for the
| last five years, has not had dollar to call
his own. Somehow. last October, he made
a raise of $3.50, and he then made up bis
mind to salt it down. He salted it by put
ting it in Best & Belcher at Sl0-buyiHg
thirty shares. It's better than any show
to watch that man now. Every morning
before the list makes its appearance he
appears to be on pins and needles, and his
proof shows horrible errors in compost
ton. just as soon as the quotation ap-
pears he is off. No EOre work for him
that daV,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28
4 Remarkable Serenade.

They do not seem to appreciate the deli
cate compliment conveyed by nocturnal
serenade in some parts of California. A
number of men, at Lewiston, in that State,
recently decided that gentleman, whom
we will call Smith, was good fellow in
every sense of the word, and they resolved
in some way to show their appreciation of
the fact. liz SD chanced that these parties
were musically gifted, to a certain extent,
and they finally concluded that no more
graceful tribute could be paid to Smiths
admirable qualities than to wake the tune
ful Tyre, so to speak, beneath his window
about midnight. To decide was 10 act,
and, at the kour when the conventional
churchyard yawns, they gathered before
the residence of Smith and began the ser
enade. Unfortunately, Smith possessed a
peculiarly susceptible musical ear, and, as
is not uncommon i'll such cases, any thing
but a susceptible mind in regard to the
feelings of others. He detected something
wrong in the music of the amateur or
chestra,' and Immediately came out and
said he didn't want 'em fOOling around
him with any such discord. The band,
thoroughly pigued, kept on playing, and
the arm of the flesh was finally resorted to.
Among the performers in the band was
the City Marshal, and he was called upon
by Smith to quell the riot. The City Mar
shal, prompt to the call of duty, immedi-
ately began the work of arrcsting his fel-
low-sinners, and sinking the musician in
the officer, went off for aid in making the
arrests. When he returned the band had
dispersed, but he induced Smith to get
a warrant for the drum-majOr, the E flat
cornet, the trombone, and the bugler.
The chase after these misguided perform
ers was exciting and extended, being a
stern chase, but all were finally captured.
They were brought up before justice and
fined five dollars apiece. The drum-major
and the bugler not having the funds about
them were sent to Jail, and the majesty of
the law was vindicated. 1t is the common
belief il Lewiston that when the drum
major and buyer get out they will thrash
the Marshal. who was the one guilty of
the discord which offended Smith, and
who was the only one who didn't suffer
in
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28

A LANsINGBURG young lady heard her
sweetheart say he would like dog, and
so she put one in a bag, marked his name
on the outside, and early one evening
hired boy 10 put it on the steps Of his
residence. Then she watched from a
friends window across the street to wit
ness the reception of the gift. When the
young man came home he picked up the
package, and seemed surprised Sc the
squirming inside. He read the inseriP-
ton, and Just then low whine came from
the interior. Suddenly he grew pale, then
flushed red, and then threw the bundle
into the street. The young lady, sur
prised at his conduct, ran out just in time
TO hear him mutter something in which
the word baby occurred. He seemed
greatly relieved when he found what was
in the bundle; but the dog runs on three
legs, because the other is broken, and the
young lady is unable to understand Ine
strange demeanor of her sweetheart NO
explanation that he has made seems
wholly plausible.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28

creasing the supply of trufiies, and re-
placing the woodlands, the want OF when
is much felt.
Truffies are subterranean fungi, often
growing at the depth Of foot or more m
the ground. Their presence is detected by
dogs, which are trained to hunt them, or
in some parts of France, by pigs, which
display facility for this sort of sport.
They are dug with kind of hoe or PICK,
and the stirring of the soil in gathering
them seems to increase its productiveness.
They vary in size from plum to potato,
and are of a black color and warty sur
face. The common trufie (7iI6er ctbd7Tatr')
is abundant in the central and southern
parts of Europe. Other species are follnd
in England and in various portions OF the
Continent.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28

To kill lice On canary birds, give your
birds new cages, not wooden ones, but
those made entirely of metal. Use sticks
of alder with the pith removed, and perfo-
rated with holes, for the birds to sit upon ;
the lice Will 90 into these sticks, which
should be cleaned out every few days.
But the main remedy is to attend TO the
health of your birds; if they are perfectly
healthy, provided with plenty of good
food. Kept in clean cages, exposed TO light
and fresh air, they will never be troubled
with vermin. II is with birds as with men,
the sickly, the poor, the unclean, or those
suffering from insufficient nourishmeni
especially, will be subjected othis plague
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28
A Novel Railway Invention,

The Scientific AMERICAN saws that Mr..
Ebenezer Hawkins, of Islip, n. Y :, has re
Gently obtained letters patent for railroad
for taking and leaving passengers with
out stopping the train, desideratum
which, If it could be effected, is of great
importance in city and suburban railways,
as a large share OF the time oftraveling on
such roads is lost BY stopping and
the previous and subsequent slow
travel. Mr.. Hawkins's plan consists in
starting from each depot an auxiliary
train on a side track, to be coupled to the
main line. through train as soon as the
former has attained a similar speed. Pas
sengers can step from the main line tram
to the auxili ry, and the latter will be un-
coupled in time for stoppage at the next
depot, and the process will be continuous.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28

Mr.. HIND, of Nova Scotia, calls atten-
ton to the fact that the equatorial bulge of
the earth's surface may have been much
larger in earlier geological epochs than at
the present day, and that Captain Clarke's
and General Ss.hubert's investigations, ac-
cording to which the earth's equator is an
elipse and not a circle, favor the idea that
in these earlier epochs this ellipticity must
have assumed the nature of gradual
change in the figure of the earth, in virtue
of which a vast equatorial undulariOn has
progressed with extreme slowness in an
easterly and westerly direction,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28
TIE EYEREpAY DARLING.

. &ttz1 Is neither a beauty or genius,
And no oBe would call her wlsei
In crowd Of other women
She would draw no strangers eyes;
Even we who love her are puzzled
To say where her preciousness Lies;
She Is irst an every day darling
In that her precioEsness Lies.
She Is sorry, when others are sorry,
q - SO Fweetly one likes to he sad,
And ii people around her are merry,
"a she is almost gladder than glad.
Her sympathy Is the swiftest,
The trnest a heart ever had;
She il Just every day darling,
The dearest the heart ever had.
Her hands are so white and little,
IL seems as II 1t were wrong
=. Theg should ever work for a moment,
And yet they are quick and strong.
II any Gear one needs helping,
She viii work the whole day long
The precious every day darling,
Every day and all day long.
She is loyal as knights were loyal,
In the days when no knights lied,
And for sake of love or Of honor,
IL Il needs be, a true knight died;
But she dreams not she is Drawer
Than the woman by her side
This precious every day darling,
Who makes sunshi8eat our side
All, envy her, Beauty and Genius,
Il - And women the world calls wisei
The atmost Of all your trimnphs
Would be empty in her eyes.
To love and be loved is her kingdom
In this her happiness lies
God bless her, the every day darlingi
In this her preciousness lies.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28

MISS JENNIE BRrrToN, Of Lewisburg,
Penn, has gained reputation as a skater
by travelling thirty-two miles on he ice
in three hours and thirty-five minutes.
This shows that Brittons never will be
slaves to slow transit.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28
The Rage for Sealskins.

Some thirty years ago sealskin was
common enough. Boxes were covered
with it, costermongers and cabmen cut
their caps from, it. Then came time
when some cunning furrier discovered
how to dye it rich dark brown, and to
give it that exquisite soft and dOwny
texture which isitS chief charm. At once
ladies adopted the luxury. 1t was soon
found that for cloaks, jackets. muffs,
dainty little hats, collars, cuffs, bags,
portemonnaies, for a thousand other
articles of feminine use, it was the most
delightful, the most beautiful, the most
indispensable of all possible materials.
The demand for it increased with a rapid
ity almost marvellous, and the fashion, in
stead of wearing itself ont, has, if any
thing, steadily increased. Indeed, the best
Alaska sealskins, like the furs of the sable,
the silver fox, and the Russian sea otter.
command an altogether fancy price, and
handsome jacket of close texture and
uniform color, with no white hairs to
break the continuation of its tint, will
fetch as many guineas as, five-and-twenty
years ago. it would have fetched half
crowns. The result is that the luckless
seals have had waged against them now
for several years what practically amounts
to war of extermination.-LoHdon 1ete-
graph.
In Sacramento one day the people were
puzzled and amused at seeing the police
compel every Chinaman TO stop and show
the bottoms of his feet. The officers would
h, Id up the foot, after the manner of a
horSeshoer, and critically examine the sole
of the shoe. The explanation was that a
shoe store had beer robbed by Chinese
burglars, and the dealers stamp was on
all Of the stolen goods.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28

CALroRNIANs have sGO,OOO,OOO in saw
ings banks.
New-York tribune., 1875-11-16
HOW TO END DULL TIMES.

IOHN ID. & THOMAS c. CRIMMINS, cox
~ TRACTORS IN GEN tkAf, l,O37 3d-aye.-Hotel, hoIs
rweTagr drainage a specially
New-York tribune., 1875-11-16
is. 3 O'CLOCK p. n.
MONDAY. Nov. 16--P. NJ.

The railway aud miscellaneous shares mOder-
ately active to-day business If not large,
isinly well distributed through the speculative list
though it may be added that the investment shares
were traded m very lightly. The market opened
generally steady, but weak on Pacific Mail, which at
once caused yield all around The later recovery
gave the entire market more strength and after a
fractional decline at the Board became strong aud
advancing reaching the best figures # the day soon
after noon. Subsequently, the market was irregular
aud generally lower except for Western Union Tele-
graph, which came 10 the front in run up to 76.
Union Pacific was exceedingly erratic, and between
the extremes of 7Ils and 7l7s performed the feats
Of ground aud lofty tUmbling with frequent pyra-
tions. The afternoon market quiet and without
any noteworthy feature, and closed dull.
The business of the day comprised the pur-
chase and sale Of about 1865 shares, OF which
40 200 were Pacific Nail at 40a 407s 393l a i0l2 a
decline from Saturdays closing price of l. per cent
Western Union gained L. per cent on sales Of 27 600
shares al 753sG76isd7 70 l4G7J7s. Northwest i'm
proved l. salss of IL 500 shares at 3SssQ39Se9
39l4. The Preferred advanced per cent Oh sales of
3l00 shares. opening at J2os, selling up to o. and
closing at 63i2. Ohio and Mississippi was active,
selling to the extent of 1880 shares at 100
1875 dl9os, an advance of Il per cent. Lake
Shore has been comparatively quiet and steady, the
transactions amounting to only $500 shares, result
New-York tribune., 1875-11-16
ing in decline of is per cent Erie declined . PEI
cent TO 1914, on sales of $500 shares. The specuia

ing in decline of is per cent Erie declined . per
cent to 1914, on sales Of $500 shares The specu,a
ton here keeps this stock lately fraction above 'ne
proper relative price in London. Union Paclhe' On
sales OF 100 shares, closes at IZ@' o.,
a per cent advance on saturdays hp'h
price During the day the stock sold up
10 74is and down to IT'S. st. Paul shows
an advance of 81 per cent for the Common and .
for the Preferred, on sales Of 300 shares OF the
former and 2,4OO of the latter. Hannibal ana st'
joe has been strong and shows an advance OF g
per cent to 23ls Delaware Lackawanna and west
ern Improved. 1as, and ~ j. Central a per cent
Central and Hudson declined q per cent; C' u ~
IC Il; Michigan Central. 7s, and Parama' per
cent, which does not look especially well ior 1iie
steamship enterprise INTO which that railway COM
pany is pcrsistently said to be embarking' ne
opening highest lowest, and closing prices OF ac'e
stocks sold to-day will be found in the subloihed
Ill