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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20
A Tilt at Treating.

A correspondent sends the following
to the New York Mail:
want to urge movement which l
believe will do more good for temper
ance than all other agencies together.
would like TO see the utterly absurd,
stupid and injurious practice of treating
Gone away with altogether, and the Ger
man practice of every man paying for
his own adopted.
Every man who has been addicted to
drink-and | am sorry to say / am one
knows very well that his appetite was
got through this practice, and that after
acquired, it was this custom that fasten-
ed it, and made it dangerous.
A young man saunters into his club,
his billiard-rOOm, or any other place
where liquors are sold, without any idea
of drink. He doesn't want it, he did
not intend to take it when he came in,
and knows he would be better off with
out it. Three other young men are at
the bar, two of them precisely ike him
self, but who had accepted the invita-
ton of the third, who, further along,
had come in for drink. He is invited
to join them, and he does, following the
custom which has become law A wants
drink, b, G, and d, do not, but take
it. While the change is being made, b,
slightly excited by the stimulant, sug-
gests a repeat, which is done. c, hay
ing partaken Of his friends hospitality,
deems it mean not to spend some money
in return suggests another, and ID, by
this time, excited to Il degree that de-
mands more, follows with fourth.
BY this time they are half fuddled and
ready for any thing, and if they are not
carried home it is because they are sea-
sOned vessels.
If they stop with the fourth man there
are fifteen drinks poured down where,
with this system abolished, there would
have been but one. And the party is
lucky that gets off with forty, instead of
fifteen, more or less.
Every drinking man in this city will
testify TO the truth of this experience.
81 have big head this morning."
says Tom.
"What do you want to get full for
every night?" replies Harry.
"Well, | didn't mean TO" is the in
variable answer, "butyou see last night
[ struck Bill, Dick aud Jack, and we
got towel, one drink follows another,
and you know how it is yourself"
Every drinking-man knows how it is
himself. This senseless custom is the
most valuable ally intemperance has.
1t has filed more drunkards' graves
than all other causes combined.
Lone drinkers are very rare; men 60
to their ruin in crowds.
One party of fifteen young men who
are in the habit of meeting for lunch
every day in the lower part of the city
are trying the experiment, and it works
beautifully. They are not consuming
one-tenth the liquor they did under the
old SvStnn1
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20
Oddities Among the Books.

A short man reading Longfellow; a
burglar picking at Locke; jeweler de-
vouring Goldsmith; an artilleryman
with Shelley; an omnibus driver calling
for one Moore; a nice young man going
to the Dickens; laborer at his Lever;
a young woman with her Lover; Tom
studying Dicks works; a lancer learn
ing Shakespeare; servant looking for
the Butler; miller deep in Mill;
GLACIERS hour with Paine; hedger alb
sorbed in Hawthorne: Dutchman in
terested in Holland; a domestic man
with Holmes; porkseller trying to save
bis Bacon; woman in Theirs; a lazy
mans Dumas; a determined man with
Kant; ccrn-doctOr with Bunyan's
Progress; a philologist contemplating
Wordsworth; a minstrel reading bmer-
son: a Catholic at PoPei creditor
pleased with Sue: a Jolly fellow laugh
Ing over Sterne.-Louisrtlte COURIER
Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20
Let the Beard Grow.

The injuries done by dust are among
the most serious to which mechanics
and operatives are subjected. Wher-
ever filings and fine particles of any
kind are produced it is very important
to prevent their introduction into the
lungs; even an occasional exposure may
do harm, and one continued for months
and years will certainly produce fatal
results. A natural protection against
breathing dust is afforded to most males
of the caucasian race in the beard and
hairs around the mouth. These should
not be removed by any person exposed
to a dusty atmosphere, who, therefore,
do a very unwise thing il they indulge
in the vice of shaving, which is nothing
less than an attempt to improve upon
natures protective provisions. Three
evils result from this practice: First,
stimulating the continual growth OF the
hair, which will become slow and finally
cease if not interfered with, while this
stimulated growth is a steady, unneces-
sary drain upon the powers OF the vital
system. Second, the removal of the
natural protection against cold from
place where this protection Is more
needed than is generally supposed.
Third, the removal of 11st-protector,
above referred to. Men Inclined to pull /
monarv consumption should especially |
guard against shaving, and let their
boards grow as nature intended, only |
curtailing a little when it becomes in
long. Another natural
protection against dust may be secured (
bv accustoming oneself to breathing ex-
through the nose, and only |
the mo,dh when speaking
american BtsSl1s1'.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20
School and Church.

-" Vice versa" is pronounced
"weeky wairsa," according to the rules
adopted at our leading schools within
the past few years.
Rev. L. l.. Harris, d. D., Rector of
st. James Church, Chicago, has been
elected Bishop of the new Episcopal
diocese of Quincy.
The Pope has issued a decree con-
demning the substitution of the Russian
language in place of the Polish in the
Roman Catholic Churches in Poland.
The Russian Government had previously
endeavored, without success, to obtain
from the Vatican both a sanction for its
use and a declaration of its Legality.
A new sect has been organized at
Allegheny, Pa, called the Body of Be-
levers. ley believe not in the Trinity,
but in Jesus, in whose name alone they
baptize. They believe that the soul
sleeps after death until Christ's second
coming, when saints shall be clothed
with immortality.
During the experiment of cO-educa-
ton in the University of Wisconsin,
thus far, absences from recitations on
account of sickness have been relatively
less frequent with the girls than with
the boys, anu the present health of the
alumn9 of the University compares
favorably with that of their male class
mates.
That distinguished Boston clergy
man, Philip Brooks, is thoroughly
natural, artless, and sympathetic speak
er. He gives an impression of utter
personal Inconsistencies. He reads
rapidly and rather weakly, as if short of
breath and impatient to have done, and
puts himself into quick rapport with his
hearers by an almost anxious fashion of
looking over and among them at every
pause.
During a discussion in the Pittsburg
Presbytery on dancing, recently, DR..
Jennings said he had heard that in some
dances it was customary for a gentle
men to place his arm around lady's
waist. He had never seen any thing of
this kind done, but if such was the prac-
tice he was clearly of the opinion it
could result only in evil. The venera-
BILE Doctors lack of knowledge on this
point occasioned the most uproarious
laughter.
Under the auspices of the State Uni
versity of Nebraska, novel essay in
education has been inaugurated-a NOV
ing camp of students and instructors in
botany, entomology, geology, chemistry,
mineralogy and paleontology. The
perceptOrs named are Professors Aughey
and Bailey of the University, Professors
Wilbur, Bruner and others. The school
will start from Red Cloud, Nebraska,
about the 9th of July, and continue its
researches eight weeks. A small tuition
fee, in addition to the ordinary expenses,
will be charged.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20
Science and Industry.

The manufacture of hats from the
fiber of the palmetto is a new Florida
industry.
Five thousand pounds of artificial
butter are manufactured daily in Pitts
burg.
Three farmers of Patoka Township,
Pike County, Ind, have manufactured
an aggregate of D, ZOO gallons of sorghum
moiasses this season.
AT Chattanooga, Tenn, the Ten
nessee Steel and Iron Company are
working double time to their fullest ca
pacity, with orders for all they can man.
ufacture for some time.
"A sack sewing machine has been
invented at Napa, Cal. It cost $4,000,
and took the maker 10 months to per-
feet it, but witk two men it can turn out
5000 sacks day.
The superintendent. of factory in
Canada which manufactures paper from
wood says that the process is now so
much improved that the paper can be
made ready for use in six hours from
the cutting of the tree.
1t is said that shingles made of the
Eucalyptus are fre-proof. A tree Of
this species exposed to the San Fran
cisco fire of 1876 is still flosrishing; and
it is suggested that the prevalence of
such trees in cities may be means of
checking the spread of fires.
The Oil City Derric5 says the re-
cent sitting of the Oil-producers Con-
gress has resulted in checking that
reckless spirit of pushing the drill SO in
sanely, and that operators are now
quietly shutting down all new develop
ments, as far as they can and retain
their leases.
The experimenters in electricity and
electric lights are creating panic in
gas stock 10 Europe. Jaboehkoff, who
invented the electric candle, has greatly
improved that illumination, and it seems
only a question of time when electricity
will supersede gas. He has invented
another form OF candle, in which no
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20
MISCELLANEOUS,

The Canada Agricultural Insurance Com
pany has gone into liquidation. The insol-
yeney Of the President, VIM. Angus, is said
10 have precipitated the action.
Minister Welsh was rendered a grand re-
eepton upon his arrival at Liverpool on the
11th.
The political crisis in France has appar-
emily been brought to a peaceful termina-
ticn, by President MacMahon's having
granted NJ. Dufaure full liberty to choose
his own colleagues in the formation Of a
Cabinet. The names of the new Ministers
are as follows: NJ. Dufaure, President of
Council and Minister Of Justice; NJ. de
Marcera, Interior; NJ. Waddington, Foreign
Affairs; N. Bordeaux, Public Instruction;
Gen. Borel, War; Admiral Pothnau, Ma
rine; N. Leon Say, Finance; NJ. Teisserene
de Bort, Commerce; NJ. de Freycinet, Pub
lie Works. The Presidents message is very
conciliatory in its tone, and the Republican
journals generally express satisfaction with
the new order Of things.
Mr.. Newton Crane, for several years the
American Consul at Manchester, England,
who recently resigned his position, was pre-
scented with an address at the Town-hall in
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20
4 Stern PARENT Checkmated.

Three score and ten is not very
green old age if, as astronomers assert,
the period of time in which this earth
will be inhabited is as minute to
eternity of its actual existence. Andyet
some people really forget that they were
ever young.
There she stood, the apple of their
eyes, trembling with suppressed weeps.
Their frowns deepened as the mother
wiped her glasses preparatory to read
ing letter found in the girls pocket.
1t began, Angel of my existence"
What" howled the male parent,
You don't mean to say it begins like
that? OH that child of mine should
correspond Without, pray, proceed,
my dear"
Hem! existence spelled with "a, ;
tool" proceeded the mater.
"Why, the lunatic can't SPELL"
Clipped in the old man.
at is impossible for me to describe
the JOY with which your presence has
filled me.n
"Then why does he attempt it, ass!
But pray don't let me interrupt you.
30 on, 90 on; let JOY be unconined."
81 have spent the whole night in
thinking of you" that's picturesque,
any way, "and in bitterly deriding the
obstinate, besotted old whelp who will
not consent to our union"
"Oh, let me get at him. Whelp! Is
thy servant a toad that he should thus
be spoken of?''
"But, Theodorus, my DEAR" inter-
rupted his other half.
"Yes, yes; one moment. was
about to observe that the hand that
could pen such words would not hes
itate to scalp the most cherished rela-
tive"
"Theodorus, 1 didn't see this over
the page
"Eh! let me see; hum. yours,
with all the love of my heart-TheO-
dOrus. May 10, 1886 Why, bless
my eyes, it's one of my letters" (Sen-
sation.)
eyes, pa" chimed in the olive
branch, ~ found it in the closet yester-
day-only you wouldn't let me speak,"
lyon may go to the park, my child.
Heml we've made nice mess of it."
"Yes, love. Next time we will look
at the date first "-B0Stjp Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20

Frederick Shurer, an estimable citizen Of
Fort Wayne, Ind, after a few days sickness
became violently insane, and suddenly seiz-
ing his year-old daughter threw her out
of a second-storv indow, causing fatal in
iuries. He then armed himself with an AK
and drove his wife and family from the
house, after which he locked himself in aud
began chopping the furniture to pieces. A
squad Of officers endeayored to capture him,
but with his uplifted AK he held them at bay
for three hours. He was finally overpower
ed and manacled and taken to the insane
asylum. r
The family Of a Mr.. Roger, at Glenwood,
Iowa, were seriously burned on the night of
the Sth by the explosion Of kerosene lamp,
Two children died of their injuries, another
was thought to be fatally burned, and the
father and mother were both seriously in
iured.
The November cotton crop reports show
that unfsyorable weather has greatly retard-
ed the picking throughout az the South
west. There is an estimated decrease in
louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, while Ar
kansas showss slight increase. ~
George Ellis, United States Deputy Mar
shal, on the night Of the 9th undertook TO
arrest a notorious desperate named Tom
Moore, in Casey County, Ky. Shots were
exchanged almost simultaneously, and both
fell mortally wounded and soon after died.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.

Allen Congdon, aged years, of Testfield,
Mass, died on the 7th of hydrophobia after
three days sickness, caused by the bite of
Spitz dog, received six weeks previously.
The Newark Savings Institution, of New
ark, ID, which has been doing business
for over 80 years and has S11,OO0,OOO of de-
posts, has been taken charge of by the State
Chancellor, on petition of its managers, to
insure an equal division Of assets and pre-
vent unfairness from possible run. Its
business will be continued under direction
of the Chancellor.
A. b. Mccartney, Of Mercer, Pa, was
burned to death in the City Hotel at Ber-
niger City, Pa, on the morning of the 10Th.
The hotel was totally destroyed, together
with several adjacent buildings.
The old-established dry-goods house Of
Adriance, Robins & Co., of New York. sus-
pended on the 10Th. Liabilities not large.
]. W. Collins, Republican, was elected
State Senator from Beaufort County, s. c.,
at a special election held on the 10th.
Rev. J. J. Bloomer, pastor Of st. Patrick
Catholic Church in Elmira, n. Y, was COM
mitted TO Jail on the 18th for contempt of
the Recorders Court in refusing to answer
question put by the Court in reference to
case Of alleged bigamy. The pastor stands
on the ground Of professional confidence, mot
church discipline.
The Taunton, Mass, Savings Bank has
suspended payment. 1t is said that depos-
itors will be paid in full.
Hon. Charles NJ. Runk, a prominent citi-
zen and lawyer of Allentown, Pa, and for
10 years President of the School Board, has
turned out to be defaulter TO the city to
the amount Of nearly SlOO,0OO, and in default
OF bail has been committed 80 Jail.
Mrs. Frank Flynn, Of Providence, II. l.,
was fatally burned on the 14th while kind
ling fire with kerosene.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Iiternrr.

Miss Mary Whteside Emery now
edits the Peoria en- Transcript.
B L. Farjeon is to give readings
from one of his novels before New
York audience.
General Hood will publish soon
history of the campaigns in which he
took part when at the head of the Con-
federate Army of the Tennessee.
Mrs. Augusta j. Evans Wilson, au-
thor of 90 st. Elmo" "Beulah, +" etc, is
in New York visiting Mrs. Vanderbilt.
Mrs. Wilson's home is in Mobile.
1t is rumored that Alexander
Mcclure, of the Philadelphia Times, is
to leave that paper and become chief of
the New York Tribune, Utce Whitelaw
Reid, removed.
George Howell, an English author
ity, is preparing book, to be entitled
1.-THE Conflict of Capital and Labor"
in which the history and the various
aspects of trade-unions, technical edu
cation, ETC., will be treated at length.
Mr.. James S. Key, of Baltimore, Il
son of Philip Barton Key, who will be
remembered in connection with the
Sickles tragedy, has abandoned the law
for the stage, and is to appear in con-
nection with Miss Louisa NJ. PomerOy,
in the Southern cities.
There are some things which even
a baronet can not do. The London
Times sent out Sir Henry Hayelock, NJ.
P, as its war correspondent, and the
excitement of the scene, with his exag
gerated sense of his own Importance, so
thoroughly overcame him that Mr.. Del
ano had to order him home.
The New York correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gdz cite describes DR.. Oil
yer Wendell Holmes as a 60 brisk, witty
man, who dresses in the most charm
ingly old-fashiOned style, always with
drab waiStcoat and a coat that seems
too small for him. He looks like a
cross between Yankee and Scotch
man, and has a dried-up appearance,
very much like an autumn leaf. But
he has keen eye that laughs when he
latighs. And he enjoys laughing and
wakes you up with his fun"
Julia A. Moore, the "Sweet Singer
of Michigan, is giving readings in her
native State. Dressed precisely as she
appears in the picture on her book, with
wildly flowing hair and pasteboard
crown, she comes upon the stage and
reads in dolorous whine her own pro
auctions, (which speak of being killed,
died or drowned" At every place she
visits the halls are crowded till there is
not standing room left, and by the time
the "Sweet Singer" has concluded her
recitations her audience is in wild up
roar of laughter A full brass band
usually adds to the attractions of the
evening, and at the close this band sud-
denly fetches up with tremendous
snort or toot, the whole scene being in
describably ludicrous.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20

"A Nantucketer has raised wheatf from
seed found in the hand of an Egyptian
mummy. He is now experimenting
with corns taken fromthe mummy's feet.
Pack.
There are women at the bottom of
it. The Turks have captured Elena, and
are now going for Sofia. The Russians
seem TO bel quite Harem-less.-Netc
York Graphic.
&c How tall must man be to see
over five-foot fence?" asks a scientific
eotemporary This is easy. 1t is sim
ply a question of eyes-height.--Nel0
York Commercial
When a boy, a snow-shovel, and a
drifted sidewalk come together, the
bright lexicon of youth contains the
word "Fail' printed on the title-pags
in letters big enough for minstrel-show
poster.-Rome Sentinel.
The little village Of Antwerp, n.
Y, contains sixty-two widows. No
book agent or sewing machine man,
they say, ever goes into the place with
out coming out either dead or married.
-Nel0 York Commercial.
-"Your's is a very perilous Efe,"
remarked a lady-passenger to the con-
ductor; " doesn't it require great deal
of courage on your parts" "Oh, yes
ma am" replied the conductor, as he
gently but firmly charged her 10 cents
extra for negleeting to get a ticket;
eyes ma'am, none but the brave de-
serve the fare" And as he passed on
she blushed, and wondered if he meant
that piece of impudence for eompli-
ment.-HaUkeye.
A young lady who is studying
French lately wrote to her parents thar
she was g invited out to dejeuner the
day before, and was going to 4 fete
chGmpetrs the next day" The professor
of the college was surprised TO receive a
dispatch from the sold man. day or
two after, saying: "If you can't Keep
my girl away from these blarsted men,
ageries and side-shows will come down
and see what ails her. "-ProUidence
Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-20

the Government itself in all its depart
ments should I'm good faith keep all its con-
tracts and obligations entered into with its
own citizens" At the expiration of the
morning hour consideration was resumed of
the resolution of senator Matthews to pay
bonds in silver. Senators Baysfrd, Hill and
Dawes spoke in opposition to the resolution
and senator Allison in favor of its adoption.
senator Allison presented an amend
ment to the Silver bill, providing for an in
terDational conference to establish the rela-
tive value of gold and silver. The House
took up the Colorado contested election case,
and after a discussion lasting several hours,
the majority report, declaring Patterson
tDemOcraD elected, was adopted by a vote of
lie yeas to 10 nays, and Mr.. Patterson was
sworn in, and the House adjourned.
In the Senate, onthe 18th, the bill relating
to reservoirs to promote the navigation of
the Mississippi River passed. Consideration
was resumed of the resolution declaring it
the right of the Government to pay bonds in
silver, and Senator Hereford spoke in favor
thereof The Deficiency bill was taken up ard
passed also tile Post-route bill The Vice
President announced as the committee to
inquire into the practicability of promoting
commercial intercourse with Mexico and
maintaining peace on the Rio Grande from
tier, authorized under the resolution of Mr..
Conlding recently adopted, Messrs. Conkling,
Hamlin, Howe, Jones OF Nevada, Cameron OF
Pennsylvania, Eaton and MaXey......In the
House, the report of the Conference Commit
apreed to. The Senate amendments to the
Paris Exposition bill were also agreed to.
Mr.. Wood. from the Committee on Ways
aud Means, reported resolution au-
thOrizing various committees to investi-
gate Department affairs during the
coming RECESS, with power to send for per
sons and papers The Republicans, under
the lead OF Gen. Butler, filibustered TO pre-
vent vote upon "A resolution in which they
were successful, and the House adjourned
without action. Mr. Garfield, in explaining
the Republican opposition to the adoption of
the resolution, said that the Ways and Means
Committee would have been unanimous in
reporting the resolution if that clause au-
thorizing the sending for persons and papers
had been omitted.
No business was transacted in the Senate
on the l5th......In the House, Mr.. Wood made
a persistent effort to secure the adoption of
the resolution providing for a wholesale in
vcstigation of Department affairs during the
recess, but the Republicans, by refusing to
vote, deprived the House of n quorum, so that
it was finally agreed to postpone further ac
tion until after the holiday recess. The Com
mittet on Foreign Affairs was empowered to
sit during the recess in order to Investigate
the Mexican border troubles. Messrs.
Schleicher, Furney and Williams were ap-
pointed a subcommittee to perform this
duty. Both houses adjourned, in accord
ance with concurrent resolution, until Janu-
AIRY 10.