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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06
A COmmendable Reform.

The attention of some ladies in New
York City having been directed to the
fact that females employed as clerks in
shops were compelled to stand during
working hours, they have interested
themselves to secure 4 relaxation of the
strict discipline which is enforced, and
to obtain for the clerks the privilege of
sitting when they are not engaged in
attending upon customers or busted in
keeping their departments in order.
There are few employers who, when the
matter is brought to their attention,
will be cruel enough to insist that their
saleswomen shall be always on their
feet when at their post of duty. No
matter how persistently the pronounced
advocates of female suffrage may insist
upon woman's perfect equality with
man, it nevertheless cannot be question
ed that, physically considered, women,
generally speaking, are inferior to men.
Women are debarred from those en-
ployments which demand the constant
exertion of great physical strength.
Clerking in stores is hardly considered
a vocation in which the capability of
physical endurance is the essential; yet
it is subjecting girls to a needless, as
well as tiresome and dangerous, strain
to demand that they stand continuously
while in the store. The effort of the
New York women to secure a mOdifica-
ton of the custom is praiseworthy, and
is something practical in the interest OF
the sex. The custom in New York is
similar to that which prevails in large
cities in Great Britain, where, indeed, a
movement has also been commenced to
secure a change.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06
Earthquake or Meteor!

The Richmond (Va.) Whig has the
following in reference to the recent
earthquake shock in that vicinity:
"There are some doubts raised as to
whether it was an earthquake after all,
though the earth did undoubtedly shake
most terribly. The Alexandria Se1:ti-
mel states that the phenomenon in that
city was Immediately followed by very
brilliant meteor, which made its appear
ance in the northeastern heavens and
shot rapidly toward the south, explod-
ing with a loud report when near the
horizon. 1t may be that the first shock
experienced here was caused by the ex-
plOsion of the Rrolite, which may have
happened near Richmond, as this city
seems to have been the focus from
which the disturbance radiated; and the
second shock may have been either the
reaction of the first, or caused by the
heavy fragments of the meteor striking
earth. The fact that a gentleman of
this city says his room was lighted up
as if by a sudden electric flash just be-
fore he felt the shock, would seem to
90 far in confirmation of this theory.
Still, there are other phenomena, such
as the surging of the waters in the river,
and the peculiar and continuous vibra-
tions and undulations of the earth, that
cannot be so readily reconciled with the
fall of meteor of any reasonable di-
mensions. The simultaneous appear
ance of this meteor and the several
shocks, however, is a confidence quite as
remarkable as any of the many that have
been noted or mentioned, and ought to be
taken into account in the investigation to
which the whole matter will be subject
ed by the scientific mind of the coun-
trv."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06
Sorrows Of Childhood.

l knew a little girl who was found
sobbing in bed, one night, unable to
close her eyes, long after her usual time
of slumber. With much reluctance and
after long crOss-eXaminatiOn, she own
ed that her sorrow related solely to the
woes of ''Long Tail" and "Blue Eyes"
two devoted rats, whose highly wrought
adventures she had Just been reading in
a child's magazine. "Blue Eyes" had
been caught in a trap, from which
"Long Tail'' had finally rescued her,
but their suferings had been so vividly
described that it was long before she
could be induced to view it as any thing
but a real tragedy. Less easy of per-
suasiOn was q child once under my
charge, boy of twelve, unusually
strong and active, spending almost his
whole time in the open air, who was yet
moved by the story of "Undine" to
such exaggerated emotion, that he lay
awake the greater part of the night, in
an agony of tears, which grew worse
and worse till | hit upon a happy
thought, and imagined for him wholly
new ending to the tale-bringing I'm
dine out Of the water and reuniting her
to Hildebrand, so that all should live
happily ever after. Being offered this
entirely ideal refuge from an equally
ideal woe, my poor little pupil dried up
his tears and was asleep in ten minutes.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06
The Sultan and his Hobbies.

He paws almost daily visits to his col
lection of wild beasts and birds. Some
he makes favorites, while to others he
takes a dislike, from the tone of their
voices or other causes, and they are
banished from the imperial gardens to
the extremity of the seraglio. Men-Of-
war are sent to all parts of the world to
increase his collection, and the Govern
or of every province tries to afford him
an agreeable surprise by costly pres
ents-Arabian horses, carpets, fruits,ect.
So, too, wealthy Mohammedans, as
soon as they purchase a handsome
slave, send her to the Sultan, who new
er refuses her. The presents, of course,
do not come out of the officials own
pockets, but rather serve to swell their
gains, for they take ten horses from the
taxpayers for one that they send the
Sultan.
OF late wears pictures and vases from
China and Japan have accompanied
these gifts, the Sultan having taken a
passion for these and having spent this
year fG0, eco on pictures. The palace
expenditure has been f., 100000 a year
ever since his accession.
His servants number 5, 5,jO0-the kitch-
ems employing 500, the stables 400, the
menagerie 100; while there are 400
caikdiis, 400 musicians, 800 dcorkeep-
ers of the twenty-one palaces and XII
osques, and 100 pOrters. The harem
has 1,20O inmates. The Sultan has %
aids-de-camp, seven chamberlains, 6
secretaries, and at least $50 employees
with various functions. There are 30
medical men, $50 black eunuchs, and
100 harem messengers.
Many of these servants are married,
and feed their families with the broken
meat, while they have under servants,
so that 1000 persons are daily fed in
the palace, ut an average cost OF five
francs a day, or Ej00,O0 year. The
horses, GOO in number, are mostly pre-
sented by the Khedive, who also annU-
ally sends costly jewels, pictures. and
birds. The stables cost at least f4O,GCO,
and the harem EGO, 600; while the peG-
sions to the imperial family amount to
Il ,S21 500, and repairs for the palaces
and kiosques $50, ,0OO-nOt to speak of
the Sultan's passion for building, which
since his accession must have swallowed
up at least fj6O,O 900. His nominal civil
list being only f1,24O,OOO, the remain
der of the f., ,OO0,0O0 must figure in the
budget under other items.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"DEATH loves a shining mark?'' IS
the epitaph upon the tombstone OF
Washington Street boOtblack who was
run over by Red Line stage while IN
dustriously plying his brush.
A BosToN joke; Scene on a Bangor
boat-Mrs. J. to Mrs c.: "Where'S
your son ben, Mrs. c.. ?'' Mrs. c. to
Mrs. j.. "My son Benz | haven't got
any son Ben" (ConfusiOn}.
AN indianapolis wife caught her hus-
band kissing the family dressmaker, a
woman decidedly repulsive in form and
feature, and instead of flying into a rage
or fainting away sho simply remarked,
in atouchingly sad tone of voice, "John,
| must say that your taste is more to be
condemned than your morals
THE Sacramento Union has invented
a new society phrase. 1t states that a
lady of that city who had an argument
with her husband, " "sorted his hair " in
the course thereof A man who has
submitted to that operation, lou-al-
low us to remark, ought to feel very
much rs though he would like to attend
to his own hitting thereafter.-IH Inter
ocean.
A VIRGINIA husband went to the de
pot the other day to receive his wife,
whom he had not seen for two years.
When the train came in he sprang for
ward to assist her from the car, and had
managed to sax: "My dear, -"
when she "put in" to the following
effect: GLOW is Mrs. Smith? Have
You seen Tom? What dreadful jour
ney I've had. Why don't you take your
pants out of your boots? You must
positively have that hair of yours cut
right away. You're smoking again, /
see. Have you got nice rooms? hope
you haven't been drinking, dearest.
Oh, dear me, how muddy it is!''-Tir-
giHia (Ner.) Enterprise.
THE BALLAD OF A GRUEsONE BUTCHER, AND
HIS sAUsAGE-MACHINE, AND TIE DEAR LIZ
TIE CHILDREN,
It was a gruesOTne butcher,
With cOuntenance saturnine;
He stood at the door of his little shop,
IL was the hour of nine.
The children going by to school
Looked in at the open door;
They loved to see the sausage machine,
And hear its awful roar.
The butcher he looked out and in,
Then horribly he swOre,
Next yawned then, smiling, he licked ES
chops;
Quoth he ''Life's awful bore!
'NOw here's all these dear little children,
Some on 'em might live to be sixty,
Why shouldn't / save em the trouble to Wunst
An chop 'em up slipperty licksty:"
SO he winKed to the children and beckoned
them in:
"O don't YES want some candyy
But ye see yell have to come in to the shop,
For out here it isn't handy"
He 'ticed them into the little shop,
The machine went round and round;
And when those poor babes came out again,
They fetched ten cents pound.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06
A Wolf in a Baggage-Car.

The Atlanta (Ga.) Herald of the 24th
ult. gives an account of the difficulty
Baggagemaster Hunt met on a trip from
Chattanooga the day previous. ltsays
Sat Chattanooga a man from some
Western State got aboard the train.
He had, chained about the neck, very
large yellow wolf. The brute appeared
to be docile enough while in charge of
his owner, although to u stranger his
fierce eye and grinning teeth were suf-
ticient to keep one at a distance. BY
considerable pulling and kicking and
jerks the man succeeded in getting him
aboard and putting him in the baggage
car, where he was chained in one cor
ner. As might be well imagined, the
baggagemaster did
compasion in his car alone. aud pro
tested against the act, but was repeat
edly assured that the wolf was harmless
and would attack no one. Thus the
baggageman's fears were allayed, and
the train started. 1t leaves ChattanOo-
ga before light, and the baggagemaster
was left alone in his car with his gaunt
companion. The train had not pro
ceeded a very great distance before it
became necessary for the baggagemas-
ter to adjust some pieces, which he pro-
ceeded to do. In moving about he
either forgot the presence of the brute,
or, depending upon what the owner said
in regard to its viciouSness, went too
near his wolfship, which, of a sudden,
made spring at Mr.. Hunt, and seized
his coat-tail. Turning to fight the ami
NAL off it seized him again, tearing his
coat half off Mr.. Hunt fought the
wolf off and made his escape into the
next car, where he informed Conductor
Bell of what had taken place. That
officer felt outraged at the danger to
which his subaltern had been subjected,
and started in to dispatch the brute, but
thought it best to inform its owner of
what had transpired before proceeding
on his revengeful errand. The proprie-
tor of the one-horse menagerie was
aroused and informed of the situation,
and told that he must make reparation
for the damage done or he would be
short of wolf very soon. He offered
to console the injured party by saying
that the wolf was playing, and that it
frequently tore his clothes off in these
little antics. But this did not restore
the rent garment or allay the anger of
the baggagemaster, who insisted upon
his making good what the beast had
made worthless. After considerable
parleying and pickering they finally
compromised on S10.50. After that the
wolf had the car pretty much to him
self the balance of the trip"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06

Only n week later, and John Laurence
had arrived at the Laurels. Mr. Baver-
stock brought the news, and when Kitty
heard it she looked so sweet, the surgeon
felt himself encouraged, and ventured
TO stay the evening. There was only
one vexing thing, that he had brought
his friend Mr.. Fletcher with him again.
He had accompanied John Laurence on
his last twovisits to Cragford, and Kitty
had felt on each occasion that he had
been decidedly in the way; for when
ever, quite by accident, John had met
her when she was out for walk, Mr..
Fletcher had not been far off, and she
devoutly wished him at Jericho.
al hear Miss Hughes's marriage is to
come off this summer" Mr.. Baverstock
said, in his weak alto voice, "and now
that the young gentleman is here dare
say it will be all arranged
"No doubt" said Mrs. Horton, a lit
tie spitefully, for she had noticed his
attentions to Kitty, and felt they BODIED
her no good-probably put ridiculous
ideas into her head, and prevented her
from accepting the illustriOus Freder-
lex, who was ready to throw himself ut
her feet on the slightest tprovocation. 81
have always heard that they were very
much attached to each other"
Mrs. Horton had not heard any
thing of the kind; but no matter-she
was given to fibbing.
The very next day the hero called.
He looked handsomer than ever, Kitty
thought. His shoulders were broader,
his hands bigger, and his face more sun
burnt. He talked chiefly TO Mrs. Hor-
ton, but he kept looking across at Kitty
that pretty, innocent, round-faced
Kitty, with the sparkle in her downcaSt
eyes, and the flush on her dimpled
cheeks-till he made her heart beat with
happiness and excitement.
"By the way, Miss Kitty" he said,
suddenly fumbling in the big pocket of
his loose tweed coat, "I have note for
YOU. There's to be some croquet up at
the Laurels on Thursday, and my aunt
wants you to come"
The white muslin dress was dOnned,
and the coquettish hat and the little
make-believe wrap twisted about her
shoulders to the best advantage, and
Kitty was ready for the party at the
Laurels. She did look very pretty, as
even her step-mother secretly acknowl-
edged.
"Remember, Kitty, shall expect you
home by seven O'Clock. 1t is not right
for YOU TO come later through those
woods alone. Indeed, | think Mrs.
Hughes ought to have asked me to
chGperon you"
"Yes, mamma" and Kitty went on
her joyful way. The woods Mrs Hor-
ton alluded TO were private ones, be-
longing TO the Laurels, but they made
short cut for Kitty, and saved her a
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06
The ROthschildS.

The combined capital of the Roth
schilds is stated by Emile Burnouf,
the well known publicist, to have at
tanned in the present year to the almost
incalculable sum of seventeen billions
of francs, or SO, 100000. The sig
nificance of these stupendous figures
may be rudely conceived by compari-
son, but there is nothing in the history
of private wealth with which they can
he compared. The capital of the Bar
ings, the estate of Lord Dudley, the
Marquis of Butte, and the head of the
family of Grosvenor, belong relatively
TO "A humble category, to which the city
Of New York has contributed the for
tunes of Astor, Vanderbilt, and Stew
art The financial resources attributed
to the RothschildS can best be measured
by contrasting them with the funded
debts of the richest countries on the
globe. The capital of the house, as es-
timated by NJ. Burnouf, is about equal
to the whole funded debt of Great Bri-
tain, or that of France, and cOnsidera-
bly, exceeds the National debt of the
United States. A single century, or the
JOSSlDlC Span VI OIC lllttil ; lllC, Has sui
feed for the accumulation of this for
tune, and the rise of its authors from a
shabby rookery in Frankfort to the
financial domination of Europe. At the
period of Rothschild's first decisive tri-
umph on the London Exchange-the
day after the battle of Waterloo, Just
sixty years agO-John Jacob Astor was
already rich man. The great fortune
which the latter bequeathed is not be-
lieved to exceed S5O,0OO,000 while the
inheritance of his Hebrew cOtempora-
ry has been swollen to more than sixty
times that sum. Although its terrific
ries are not to be found on any map,
and the names of its representatives are
set off with no princely dignities, never
theleSs the House of ROthschild must be
reckoned among the foremost war-sus-
tanning and wOrld-cOmpelling powers of
the earth.-Ne1C York Sun.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06
The Wife Kills the Bear.

The Fincastle Va.) Herald has this
story: Last week w. w. Womack and
family, who live on James River, were
aroused late in the night by the loud
barking of their dogs, and the excellent
housewife endeavored to incite her
worthy husband to investigate the cause
of it. He declined to be disturbed, how
ever, by what he thought a trivial mat
ter, and she boldly ventured out. With
the aid of a servent and the dogs she
captured a tremendous bear Consider
ing its age), to the astonisment of her
liege lord, who put in his appearance
after the fight was over.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06
Two Wisconsin Girls ChOpping Cord
of Wood on a Wager.

Mr.. Stillman Greene, of Lake KOsh-
konong, has two daughters, strong,
buxom lasses, who are not afraid Of
work, and can do as much of it as any
two girls in the country. In their
neighborhood lives an old bachelor who
evidently hasn't much faith in wOman's
pluck. He made bet of six dollars
with the two girls that the two could
not chop a cord of wood in six days.
The girls were not to be outdone, by a
bachelor, and they accepted the bet.
They went to work, cut down the tree,
and in seven hours chopped and corded
one cord of white-oak wood, a speci-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06
SteambOating on the Ohio Forty Years
Ago.

In 1886 / was on the Steamer ChanG-
ler, Capt. Shallcross. He was a supe-
rior officer, and his boat had the disci-
pline of the navy. He always carried the
creme of the passengers of the city, the
bluegrass region and of the Southern
planters-A. ThrOckmOrtOn, r. j..
Ward, Chapman Coleman, Anderson
Miller, Dock Gait, etc. Those were
good old slow coach days, Capt. Jack
son and Mr.. Wagner, pilots; the May
berry brothers, of JeffersOnville, bar
keepers, now gentlemen of fortune.
Capt. Jackson was a tall, fine looking
man and a good pilot. One dark night
during a severe thunderstorm, he said
to the captain, "ThiS is rs good Il night
as | want" but in the darkness got in
to the mouth of the Arkansas River, and
went up several miles before he found
it out One trip the City of New Orleans
was full of people, bound up the river,
with several boats in port TO contend
with. Capt. ShallcrOss being the first
to leave filed his cabin to Overilowing
and left about dark, but, in place of go
inc up the river, ran down about twen-
ty miles to plantation, took on a lot of
sugar and molasses, the next morning
was back to the city, the other boats all
gone and he with all the passengers.
How Capt. ShallcrOss raised the riv-
er: There were several stock men in the
city going South with horses, mules,
etc The river was low, and several
smaller boats in port. They preferred
the Chancellor, but were afraid she
would get aground, as there was no tel
egraph in those days, and they had to
depend upon the winds and weather.
The captain thought there would be a
rise late in the evening. He got a stick,
marked it, and drove it down in the
water, and one of the stock men laid a
rock at the edge of the water and wait
ed for the result. In the morning the
captain was out early, and found that
the river had fallen, but he drove the
stick down five or six inches, and put
the rock under the water, got the stock,
and went out of the river without
grouding-LO COUrier-JOurnal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06
LONGINGS.

., sometimes, as life's busy throng
We mingle with, in veal or woe,
Our hearts receive beaming glow
OF feeling as when life was young.
We ere obi visions Of romance
Like suulit hills DER waters wide:
And thoughts fly back across the tide,
Te charms beyond the far expanse.
There midst departed joys we roam:
There life again il fresh and fair;
Aud primal lOngings gather there,
Like buoyant children fastening home.
But ahi these "angel visits, few
And far between"-hOw short their stavl
From crowds and cares they glide away.
And leaves us with a mute adieu.
And we are sad as they depart;
1et let them come, nor blight their stay;
1hey bring the Past; perchance portray
some future radiance OF the heart
Some grand all hail hereafter, where,
MIDST more than mortal light, we'li see
These longings told Of things 10 be-
Bright harbingers OF giOries there.
-SPriRQaeld Republican.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06
Marriage Of an American to Tahitan
Princess.

The San Francisco Chronicle says:
\ marriage in the very highest tier of
social life has been one of the quiet SEN
sations lately transpiring in Tahiti. On
the 9th of October, Dorrence Atwater,
United States Consul for the Society
Islands, was united in the holy bonds
of wedlock to the Princess Moetia,
daughter of a Chiefess of royal blood.
The marriage was conducted by the
civil authorities, Dr. Bonnet, Mayor
of Papeete, officiating. No cards and
no cake The Princess MOetia is Il very
accomplished young lady, speaking En-
glish and French as fluently as she does
her native language. She is besides
wealthy in her own right, being owner
of the historical palm groves of Faaa
and other lands She is also the lessee
of Scilly Island, valuable for its pearl
fisheries. Her msther owns half the
Island of Morea (the paradise of Eimed,
as old navigators call it) and extensive
possessions on the Island of Tahiti.
Moetia has three brothers, splendid
specimens of South Sea Chiefs. The
youngest, Narii, is about nineteen years
Oltls Ola lCCl JNO lAlCllCo III 4ti-hbY thiANt
weighs 200 pounds, and as straight as an
arrow. They were educated in Europe,
but, like all South Sea Chiefs, they be-
lieve in native customs and habits.
Their mother has equal claims to rule
with Queen Pomare, but has never as
serted her rights. The father of the
family was an English Jew named Sal
mon, a lawyer by professiou and very
able man. Soon after he arrived in
Tahiti he married the wealthy Chiefess
mentioned. As to Mrs. Atwater, her
many friends will wish her much JOY.
She has been fortunate in securing Il
young, gallant and intelligent husband,
and he has been equally fortunate in
capturing the handsomest and wealth.
lest girl in the South Sea Islands.
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men of which we saw at Echlin n
Foot's this morning. The girls got the
money from Mr.. Bachelor, who proba-
bly, by this time thinks that there are
some women who can work, and who
have pluck and energy.-Jdnesrille Ga
-nfLn
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06

Why is pig the most provident of
animals? Because he always carries 4
spare rib with him.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06

DIR. W. P. HAMMOND, director of the
prison of the Shoals, Martin County,
Ind, resembles Tweed so closely that
he has been arrested twice on suspicion
of being the fugitive, and is now afraid
to 90 out of his house.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06

INTERCONvOLUTED COrnbrOth Is a
designation that might relieve the minds
of the gentlemen who are obliged to
think up something new to head the
whisky reports with.-InteT-O Ocean.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-06

CHINESE soldiers want their wages
raised to a cent day.