The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-13
GENERAL BREYITIES.

NEXT year viii be a great year for
this American nation. 1t is leap year,
Presidential election year and the CEN
tennial anniversary of our independence,
and for the purpose Of giving us a rest
during so much excitement there will
be one extra Sunday, or fifty-three in
all. - - -
IL the following lines the word chat
is used to exemplify its various signifi-
cations:
Now hit is a word which may often be joined,
For that that may be doubled is clear 70 the mind;
And that that f.ai is right is as plain 10 the view
As that that TINT that we use Is rightly used too;
And thGtthaf that that that line has il right,
In accordance with grammar, is plain in our
sight.
Lowers FANCY.
DO you know 10 what kingdom my true love be-
To the earth. or the sky, or the sea?
She belongs TO them all-aye, every one,
For she's all Of the world TO me.
There are flashes or gold in her hair,
And her teeth are the pearls Of the sea;
There Is heavens own blue in her eye
-Boston Advertiser.
ONE of the most injurious dietetic
habits of Americans is that of eating hot
bread, cake and biscuit. The Prussian
Government cOmpels bakers TO keep
their bread at least one day before sell
ing. If Americans would follow their
example, there would be fewer dyspep-
ties than at present. There is not one
dyspeptic German where there are a
dozen dyspeptic Americans. This,
however, is but one of the many causes
for this marked difference. The only
fresh, hot bread that is wholly unOb
jectionable, is the unleavened bread and
crackers.
A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
TribanS, who lately saw the Sultan of
Turkey riding out, says: He rode in a
carriage drawn by four fine horses, and
the authorities had, as is the custom,
covered up the pitfalls of the pavement
along his route with six inches of sand,
well watered and rolled. His Majesty
enioyed comfortable ride over well
made roads; but after he had passed,
the sand was all swept up and moved
in carts for use next time, and the pit
falls returned.
The adase that Affections are often
blessings in disguise receives vertical
ton in the case of a poor Connecticut
man, whose wife, during the first year
of their marriage, yanked at his hair
until he became entirely bald. This
misfortune set his inventive faculties at
work, and the result was 4 hair invig
orator, the sale of which has made the
family rich. He often says to his wife,
as they roll along in their carriage:
1.-The most devoted love could not do
more for me than you have done" 5
THE Manchester Guardians London
correspondent writes that Russia is con-
templating the abolition of passports.
A proposal has been submitted for a
very comprehensive alteration, if not
the entire abolition, of the present pass
port provisions, and the Minister of FL
nance has already declared his readi-
ness to dispense with the 100000 ru-
bles which the passport fees annually
bring into the Imperial eXchequer. The
Russian Government is reported to
have satisfied itself of the futility, as a
police measure, of the passport system.
THERE is scarcely a study in which
more fresh, apt and delightful instruc-
ton can be given than in geography,
and there is scarcely study which is
made more. embarrassing to pupils. A
speaker in a recent teachers institute
neatly described the result of the pres
ent method. He said that he once en-
tered an intermediate school in Ohio,
and suddenly asked the pupils in ge-
Ography to point toward Hudson's Bay.
A majority of the hands went up to-
ward the ceiling Of the room. Know
ing it was near the upper part of the
map, the pupils seemed to have its To-
cation somewhere in the sky fully set
tied in their minds.
A MEDICAL gentleman writes to the
New York Tribune to correct, he says,
two very prevalent errors with regard
to apopleXy. The symptoms of this dis
ease are due to lack of proper supply
of blood TO the brain, and not, as is gen
orally supposed, to ga rush of blood to
the head The rupture of the cerebral
blood vessels is due TO weakness of their
coats, caused by general debility or III
health. Another error is that fleshy per
sons are peculiarly liable to this attack
Recent researches develop the fact that
the majority of persons attacked are
either spare or of ordinary habit OF
body.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON, in his new
book, says: "If man has not firm
nerves and has keen SenSibility, it is,
perhaps, a wise economy to 20 to a good
shop and dress himself irreproachably
lie can then dismiss all care from hi,
mind and may easily find that perform.
ance an addition of confidence, forti
fication that turns the scale in social en-
counters and allows him to 90 gavly
into conversations where else he hao
been dry and embarrassed. | am mo-
ignorant-I have heard with admirine
submission the experience of the lady
who declared that the sense of being
perfectly well dressed gives a feeling OF
inward tranquility which religion is
pOwerlesS to bestow.'n
IT is said that the manufacture OF
revolutionary relics of various kinds, tC
be disposed Of to patriots, during these
centennial times, is going on. All pa.
triots who feel disposed to invest in any
material of this sort must, therefore, be-
on the lookout. If any body offers e
sell You George Washington's chair, OF
boots, or jack-knife. or autograph, ex
anime the thing closely, and get the adj
vice Of your friends about it. If any
body wants You to buy specimens OF
Continental money, be sure that it is not
of recent manufacture. If any body
offers to sell YOU a revolutionary flint
lock, don't get taken in by it. In short,
relic purchasers viii find it safe not tC
purchase relies before cross-examinina
them.
\ FELLOw got fearful blow on the
head with a stone spittoOn at a South {
Street saloon night before last, says the
Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise. The blow
left his head all out of shape. There
was a dent in one side Of il about four
inches deep. As he lay there on the
floor of the saloon, the man was a hor-
rible looking object. Some of those
present said the fellows head could new
cr be got i'm shape again. A wise-look-
ing, little old gentleman in Spectacles
came to the front, however, and said he
could fix ii. Procuring an ordinary