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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07
The Sum of Tyndalps Life Theory.

The London Globe says: " Professor
Tyndall's laboriOus address 10 the British
Association may be readily summed up by
the simple re-statement OF very old argu-
ment. An egg contains all the material
necessary to form chick. 1t holds also,
f. time at least, the force requisite TO
construct the animal out of It's component
elements. The only thing needed Is to set
the formative process in action by the ap-
plicatiOn of another form of force or
motion called neat. But this last must be
supplied from without. The sum of Pro-
fessOr Tyndall's researches is precisely
analogous. He finds in matter the
promise and potency of every form and
quality of life,' just as the naturalist and
the organic chemist find the organic mate
rails of a chick, and the promise and
potency to form one, within the egg-shell.
But neither the philosopher nor the eX-
perimentalist can 90 one step beyond the
facts. They are wholly unable TO explain
the something from without, in whose alb
sence neither an egg full nor a world OF
life can be called into palpable existence.
This is the point at which philosophy
again arrives-the old point at which it
has been arriving by various paths ever
since the first effort to penetrate an in
scrutable mystery. The Egyptians SYM
bolized the difficulty, and their inability to
surmount 1t, by offering the mysterious
egg reVerently to their gods. They laid
the unsolyed problem of the finite at the
feet of the Infinite. Professor Tyndall
and the British Association might learn
wisdom, without humiliation, from the
ancient idolaters, and emulate their not
ignoble submission"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07
The Street Car Driver.

He gets up early-very early-and by
the dim light of Pickering candle hastily
disposes of a cold lunch. Then he HES in
all haste to the barn, takes charge of car
the self-regulating and self-collectlng
kind-and with good cheer commences his
route. He goes but few blocks when he
picks up passenger, and then commences
for the day the quick motion of the elbow
in braking and unbraking the car. When
the car is full of passengers then the per-
spiration pours down his face. His eye
must watch the fare-bOx, the passengers
and the vehicles darting in front of the car.
At one of the crossings nervous old lady
rings the bell. The driver is about to stop
when she rings again. thinking he has not
heard the cali. Then another passenger
grasps the bell-strapt to steady himself as he
rises to 90 out, and cling! goes the bell
again. Two or three other persons now
interest themselves and ring TO make sure
that the car stops for the old lady. BY
this time the car has reached another block,
the driver is gently invited to a warm
place, and nobody has kind word for the
understanding he has undergone. This
kind of performance goes on during the
day sufficient number of times to cause
an acute sensation in the back of the neck.
At noon the driver receives another cold
lunch, eaten while the car is in motion,
and many eyes watch him while he hastily
dispatches the food. At eve, another trial
awaits him. The car becomes loaded on
each up and down trip, and he must go
through much understanding to make sure
that the fare has all been paid. Another
cold lunch is given him to sustain bodily
strength, and about ten or eleven O'Clock
he drsgs his weary limbs homeward, feel
ing as though he needed half-dozen bot
ties of sweet oil rubbed on his joints to
prepare himself for another day of such
labor.-Detroit Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07
A Plea for Privacy at Weddings.

As the semi-annual bridal season is at
hand, il is the time to plead for reform in
weddings. Every year this sacredest OF
all occasions is turned more and more into
a mere opportunity for display and for re-
plving to some fancied social obligation.
Instead of the place and time when few
of the closest friends gather to witness the
solcmnest compact human beings can
frame, it is chosen as the moment for
bringing together the larger part of the
famiLy's social circle, to show the bride in
her bridal ga ments; to prove how many
flowers and refreshments the family can
afford; and, with shame be it said, to eX-
hibit to criticism and light comment the
precious tokens that should have come
with tender regard to the maid on the eve
of her new life.
a wedding must not be uncheerful; but
it must certainly be solemn to all who re-
alize what it is. On the one side, it is re-
nouncing old ties. promising to begin with
faith and hope and love, a new and wholly
untried existence. On the other, it is the
acceptance OF a sacred trust, the covenant
to order life anew in such ways as shall
make the happiness of two instead Of one.
Can such an occasion be fitting for revel-
rv? Is it not wiser, more delicate, to bid
only the nearest of friends to marriage
ceremony, and leave the feasting and froi-
ic for subsequent time? We are sure
there are few girls who, if they reflect on
the seriousness of the step they are about
to take, will not choose to make their vow
within the loving limits of their home cir
Gle. All our best instincts point to the
absolute simplicity and privacy of we'd
ding services; only perversion of delicacy
could contemplate the asking of crowds OF
half sympathetic or wholly curious people
to attend the fulfllment of the most sol
emn of contracts. Let there be as much
party-making, rejoicing and pleasure-tak-
ing afterwards as hearts desire: but let
the solemn vows be made in the presence
only of those nearest and dearest-ScTlb-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07
A Great Goose Story.

A correspondent of the Hartford Times,
who wants to equal the stories of intclli-
gent animals he has read, sends the fol-
lowing:
"a lady in East Cranky obtained of
friend six goOSC-eggs and set them under
a favorite hen. After four weeks incuba-
ton under great difficulties, the hen came
off with one healthy gosling, who caused
her much trouble in consequence of his
recklessness in getting his feet wet. Still
there was great affection manifested by the
parent and child. But the hen gradually
grew ashamed, either of herself or of her
strange chicken (Which had outgrown
herr, and she sought another nest in q re-
tired place, and commenced sitting for an
other brood. The gosling wandered, lonely
as cloud until she at last made her APP
pearance with fine brood of chicks. The
gander at this time had obtained consid-
cradle size, and labOred hard to help sup
port the large family of his half-brothers
and sisters. He would spread his wings
and brood the chicks and protect them
from the rain, and drive off all the other
fowls who interfered with his adopted
family. He would go out to the field and
bring in an ear of corn and shell it off for
the chicks; and woe to any other biped
who attempted to share the meal. At last
the industrious hen again went to work for
another nest, and then the whole charge
of the family devolved UPON the gander.
And he was faithful to his trust. And to-
day, if you will go to East Cranky, to the
farmhouse Of Mr.. Scales, you can see one
of the finest of this species you ever saw,
still attached TO his mother hen and her
family, who, apparently, fully reciprocate
the feeling"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07
How to Show Love for a Wife.

Show love for your wife, and your adj
miration of her, not in nonsensical COM
pliment; not in picking up her handker-
chief, or her gloves, or in carrying her
fan; not, though you have means, in
hanging trinkets or baubles upon her; not
in making yourself fool by winking at
and seeming pleased with her fOibles or
follies, or faults; but show them by acts
of real goodness towards her; prove, by
unequivocal deeds, the high value you set
on her health and life, and peace of mind ;
let your praise of her go TO the full extent
of her deserts, but lett be consistent with
truth and with sense, and such as to con-
vince her of your sincerity.
He who is the flatterer of his wife, only
prepares her ears for the hyperbolical stuff
of others. The kindeSt appellation that
her Christian name affords, is the best that
you can use especially before other people.
An everlasting my dear is but sorry
compensation for the want of that sort of
love that makes the husband cheerfully
toll by day, break his rest by night, en-
dure all sorts of hardships if the life or
health of his wife demand it. Let your
deeds. and not your words, carry to her
heart daily and hourly confirmation of
the fact, that you value her health, and
life. and happiness beyond all other things
in this world, and let this be manifest to
her, particularly at those times when life
is more or less in danger.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07
How Peter Lamb Played Santa Claus

Peter Lamb, of our village, is not going
to have Santa Claus again for his children
on Christmas. Last Christmas he under
took to represent the character himself,
and after dressing himself in fur cap and
buffalo robe and loading himself with toys,
he went up to the roof of the house, and
climbed into the chimney, TO which he had
fixed a rope which hung down the fiue.
BY some means he managed to get into the
wrong flue, and instead of coming down
into the room where his wife and children
were waiting for him, he tumbled clear to
the kitchen and rolled out on the floor
with a yell. The hired girl was sitting
there communing with her lover, a red
haired man named McGinnis. When Mr..
Lamb arrived she screamed and tainted,
but Mr.. McGinnis was not at all scared !;
and as he supposed that the intruder was
a burglar, he attacked Mr.. Lamb with a
poker, emptied the cOal-scuttle on him,
kicked him through the door and then
handed him over to passing policeman,
who took him to the station, where he
would have been locked up all night if the
magistrate hadn't recOgniZed him. When
he got home his wife and children were
sure he had been suffocated in the tiue, and
Mrs. Lamb was in awful distress because
she didn't know whether she ought to
have the side of the house taken out that
night, or to 90 out to hunt up a mourning
Bonnet to wear to church next day. The
energetic McGinnis had gone home TO
gladden. his family with Mr.. Lambs bun
die of toys, and the servant girl had given
notice that she would leave at daylight.
So Mr.. Lamb has told his little ones that
the fiction about Santa Claus is a wicked
and degrading superstition, and he is here
after going to hang their presents on a
tree.-Mar Adeler, IN Danbitry Ne,0S.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07
Science i'm Sweetness.

Professor Tyndall writes, in the Popular
Science Monthly: "a few years ago paid
visit TO large school in the country,
and was asked by the principal to give a
lesson to one of his classes. L agreed to
do so, provided he would let me have the
youngest boys in his school. To this he
willingly assented; and, after casting
about in my mind as to what could be
said to the little fellows, went to vii
lage hard by and bought a quantity Of
sugar candy. This was my only teaching
apparatus. When the time for assembling
the class had arrived, began by describ-
ing the way in which sugar candy and
other artificial crystals were formed, and
tried to place wildly before their young
minds the architectural process by which
the crystals were built up. They listened
TO me with the most eager interest. ex-
amined the crystal before them, and when
they found that in a certain direction it
could be split into thin lamina with shin
ing surfaces of cleavage, their joy was at
its height. They had no notion that the
thing they had been crunching and suck
ing all their lives embraced so many hid
den points of beauty. At the end of the
lesson l emptied my pockets among the
class, and permitted them to experiment
upon the sugar candy in the usual way"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07
After Twenty Years.

The Chicago Journal of a recent date
says: "Mrs. Eliza Brookbank, who re-
sides on Western AVENUES to-day, owing
to a recent surprise of a singular nature,
one of the happiest mOrtals in this great
city. The Chicago directory states that
the lady in question is the widow of Abram
NJ. BroOkbank, and when this informa-
ton was given the canvasser it was furn-
ished in good faith. When that publica-
ton was compiled Mrs. Brookbank had
not seen or heard of her husband for
twenty years, and it was by no means
strange that she should have considered
herself entitled to a widows weeds. The
story is a strange one. Twenty-One years
ago the Brookbanks were residents of
Princeton, Bureau County, in this State,
The husband had previously visited the
Pacifie slope, and finding it difficult mat
ter TO amass riches in the Illinois village,
determined TO once more return to the
land of gold. AT the time of his depar-
ture the traveller vowed never to return
East unless he did so as rich man. Dur
ing the first few months of his absence the
exile sent several hundred dollars to his
wife, but the remittances suddenly ceased,
and all inquiries as to his whereabouts
remained unanswered. Not the slightest
clue could be obtained as to whether
he was alive or dead, and as year
after year went by without any tidings
from the missing one, bis wife was forced
to believe that her husband occupied an
unknown grave in the far West. He was
mourned nineteen years dead. Less than
year ago friend of the family, who was
about starting on journey to California,
was commissioned TO institute a fresh
search for the absentee or his grave.
Every possible effort was made by the
gentleman to secure some information
that would Tighten the hearts of the East
ern relatives. He was about giving up in
despair when it accidentally came to his
knowledge that man named Brookbank
was the proprietor of two silver mines in
Arizona. The clue was followed up, and
the mutual friend felt so convinced that
the lost had been found that the good
news was at once forwarded to the eX-
pectant wife. Two letters have, during
the last few days, been received from Mr.
Brookbank, aud their contents would de-
note that his vow had been kept sacred,
as, in addition to the silver mines, be is
possessed of other valuable property, and
is, in the vernacular of the Sierras, 'heeled
away back Mrs. BroOkbank's happiness
was complete yesterday on receiving a
telegram dated San Francisco, and stating
that her husband was en- route to the
home of his younger days"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07
Prescriptions for Diphtheria.

A physician sends to the Chicago T-ib-
u1e the following prescriptions for diphthe-
ria, which he says he has used with great
success in his own practice. He advises
that, where the disease is at all prevalent.
the prescriptions be procured and kept on
hand for immediate use in case of an attack,
and at the same time send for good ply
sician:
R. Sulphate Of auinine twenty four grains;
chlorate of potash, enc half dram; piperine, fve
grains; pulverized myrrh, three grains; mix,
and divide into sixteen powders. Take one every
two or three hours, alternating with the cordial.
r. Tincture of Cayenne pepper, spirits OF cam
phor, spirits of chlOroform Br. P, compound
spirits Of lavender-of each one-hah of fluid
ounce; spirits of peppermint, two huld drains.
Take from one third TO one teaspoonful in water
-sweetened, if preferred-every two or three
hours, alternating with the powders.
Il. Chlorate of potash, one dram; uncture OF
Cayenne pepper, two fluid drains; compound
tincture of cardamom one fluid ounce; camphor-
water two fluid ounces. Use as gargle one
teaspoonful in a wine-glass of water every four
or six hours.
The writer further directs: A mustard
paste should be applied TO the throat at
once, and followed by compress of salt
and water. The dose given in each formu-
Ia is for an adult. For child two years
old, one powder should be divided into
seven, and the directions for taking the
same as for an adult. About this ratio for
the dose should be observed for the inter-
vening ages. The dose of the cordial for
a child two years old is three drops in
tablespoonful of sweetened water, to be
given between the times of taking the
powders this had better be given in three
separate doses instead of one. As the
child cannot use the gargle, one drop
should occasionally be given in a tea
snoonfnl of water: this is to be increased
according TO the ageof the child.
There are persons whose idioSyncrasies
or constitutional peculiarities will not ad-
NIT of the use of quinine; for such let
salicin be substituted and for those who
cannot take camphor or peppermint, the
tincture of cardamOm may be
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~ one in the cordial

substituted for either one, in the cordial
formulary.
After the use of these remedies for two
or three days, the bowels should be moved
10y some mild cathartie, and as the disease
is somewhat subdued, let the interval be-
tween the giving of the, doses be longer.
In cases that are an8mic or debilitated,
take, in addition TO the other remedies, ten
drops of the muriate tincture OF iron, IN
wine-glass of water every six hours.
| The diet should be generous from the
| beginning of the attack, and that which
will tax the stomach as little as possible IN
digesting it, Beeftea should be well salt
ed and literally given. l would suggest
the following method for making beef-tea,
as being the best Take one pound of lean
steak, pound it thoroughly, add one pint
of cold water, set it over the fire, salt il,
and stir constantly until it comes to the
boiling point, when remove from the fire
and pour off. Persons addicted to the use
of alcoholic stimulants will be benefited
| by cup of milk-punch occasionally. The
! temperature of the room should be made
comfortable for the patient; keeping it the
same temperature throughout the contin-
uation of the disease, avoiding all drafts OF
air.
Cleanliness should be strictly observed.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07
A Picture of Alexander ii. Stephens

The Washington correspondent of the
New York World has been describing some
of the notable members of Congress. The
following is the manner in which he brings
in Alexander II. Stephens:
"Who is that man?' asked a stranger of
hack-driver, before the National Hotel,
when Stephens came down the steps.
"That ERE man." said the driver with
undisguised rancor, sis a fraud. We've
counted on job at his funeral for six
years, and he keeps livin' on and livin'
on, and dunno bat wot he's agoin' to live
for ever" That was before the war; and
the hackmen are still waiting. Marvellous
little body it is How can so frail frame
hold so vigorous a mind? He wears a
black skull-cap: gloves that hang in rags
on his sunken fingers. When he tries TO
speak books are piled up around him to
prevent him from falling down. His voice
is feeble and thin. There is no life in any
member but his eyes.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07

SAFE, PERMANENT AND COMPLETE Will
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ror AM Female CnmnIaints

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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07

PROBABLY no one disease is the cause of
so much bodily misery and unhappiness (and
the disease is almost universal among the
American poople) as dyspepsia. Its causes
are many and varions, lying chiefly in the
habits of our people. The remedy is simple
and effeetual. Use DIR. Wisharps Great
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07

A FARMER in Oregon recently butchered
a COW in whose stomach were found a
large quantity of buttons. There were
many large brass ones, which led some of
the neighbors to infer that she had eaten
a policeman at some period Of her exist
ence, while large collection of white but
tons was almost proof positive that the
animal had been in the habit of robbing
clothes lines,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07

AN Irishman called at drug store to get a
bottle of ,JOhnsOn'S AROdyne LiRiment for
the Rheumatism; the druggist asked him in
what part of the body it troubled him most.
''Be me SOUL" said he, Z" l have it in livery
houl and corner er me-"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07

DIR. wrsHART, PHILADELPHIA: Dear sir-During
visit 10 Philadelphia some three years ago was suf-
faring from severe cold, and was induced 10 take
hnftIe Of YOUR Pine Tree Tar Cordial. which had the
effect Of curing me in few days. have used " IN
nv family ever since and Of the opinion that II
saed fhe life of my daughter who was suffering from
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For loss of cud, horn all, red water in cows,
loss Of appetite, rot, or murrain in sheep;
thick wind, broken wind, and roaring, and
for all distractions of the kidneys in horses
use iSheriddn's CdUdlry Condition POWDERS
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07

In cold weather the best collar you can
wear is the ElmwoOd. It makes the neck
warmer, while it fits so nicely you do not feel
it around YOUR neck. Another advantage is,
it keeps clean longer than any other collar.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-07

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