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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-24
Two LITTLE PAIRS OF BOOTS.

Two little pairs Of boots. tonight,
T1e ei ~, 1e ~, IT asr.sefTyh# 80.
An a hundE Led ar 49,
The tracks, they leH union tho floor
Make me fee! much like signing.
Those little boots with copper toest
They run the iivelong day:
And oftentimes atpost wish -
SO i tirdd 1s s,: Ssss .. les a5dV f2R III
Their heavy tramp at play.
They walk about the new -plowed ground
Where mud in plenty lies
TX y rolled up in marble- round
And bak cd iH little pics rr
Al night upon the nursery floor rs "a
In every shape IL driesi r-fHr "a =.
To-day was disposed 10 scold;l sH .st
But, wien cook, to night, i.-r sf81ai q
Al those little boots by the lire l-
With copper toes so bright .- -
think how sad my heart would be,
To put them ont OF sight. iiifr.-F a
For, i'm a trunk up stairs i've laid ID ssl Cd
Two socks of white and blue:
II called 10 put those boots away,
. Godi " hat Shouid dot sH
monrn that there are not, tonight,
Three pairs instead Oftwo. .l4
] mourn hecstu Sc thOnght how nice !
My neiagilbOr Cross the way -lg-I
Could keep lIer carpetsull the wears g -rf
From getting worn ~ gray -.
let we'll knOwsshe 'd-SlHile 20 own l.-
Some little boots to-day
r-4 If.f !
We mothers weary get and worn, =
over our load of care - .t
But now we speak 20 those little ones
Let each of asbe~stre, t
For what would our firesides be, tonight,
II no little boots We're theref fa4
ail Mrs. Susan TedI Pegrg
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-24
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HGIHf4 4lFt,An "a IN
Two old people were sold the other
day at the church door ola parish in
Quebec, incumbered with farm, to the
highest bidderA They handed over their
property to their children, onieonditiOn
that so long as the old people lived
those children should lodge and board
then, wash and mend their clothing,
furnish them with outeragarlnents and
linen, shoes and head-dresses, all suita-i
BILE to their condition; take them to di-
vine service on Sundays and on feast
days, and bring them home; place a
horse and vehicle at their disposal on.
demand; fetch and fee the. priest and
doctor when desired: keep in good or
der the best bed reserved for them until
the death OF the. survivors allow. them
access DO all Pqildi9gs and lands they
may wish to enter; satisfy all their nee
essary wants, spiritual OF. corporal, and
in times of sickness furnish them with
due Injuries and, finally at their death
bury them in the parish cemetery, pro
vide an ordinary fanera1iseryiee and
memorial service at the end of the year,
besideshaying ten slows masses chanted
for the repose of their souls.-The new
possessors of the properly failed and
now the property IS offered for SALE,
subject to the charges il the deed OF do
nations. This avery lmqnARractiee
in Lower. Canada, and many of the con
tracts would be- worth reproduction, if
only to 'showshow carefully ithea6 old hab-
sitapts, disposiug ofrtheirs property, pro
vide for such (noD unconsidered trifesi
as clay pipes aud nutmegs.-IorOnto
GLObe rtrtrry,sr ~rVs-F~r~s ~ s.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-24
JACKSONYS BEST

SWEET NAVY Chewing Tobacco
was awarded thshghest prize at the Centennial Ex-
position. for It's fine chewing quallues. the excelenee
and lasting character OF its sweeteing and 17yorng
II you want the D EST TOBACCO, ever EIaie. ask
your grocer for this and sec that each plug bears cur
blue strap trade mark With words - A., ksON'S
BEST on IT. Sold by all jObbsrs. Send fiH aaInpe 20
O. A JACKSON & CO.. Manufacturer Petersburg Va
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-24
WHAT THE PEOPLE DEMAND.
ssESSi ,MlIILg s,'

actly as it stood before it was touched by the
act of February, 1873. They desire that it shall
have. unlimited coinage, not fearing that it
WiIljbecome too plenty for their wants, alid
that it be made u fun legal, tender, believing
that it is as good. now with which to pay al
debts, public and private, as 1t was during the
eighty one years of American history.
3 The repeal, Internationally, of the act of
January H. 1875, compelling the resumption
of specie paylnentsFn January 1879, holding
that the Question of arettfrii to atspecie ba-
sis for our CURRENCY should be controlled ems
firefy BY Tire business interests of the scoun-
try. They, do not, believe, that the country
should be dra gsgedfhroug Oh the depthsof ruin,
wretchedpess and degradation in order to
reach a god standard for the benefit of in :
come classes. KS" 'tf' snt 20 o p
3. That the! nationali bank system be re :
moved and a circulating medium provided
by the Government for the people withop t
taxing them for the privilege of obtaining Il,
and they .ask that the amount TINS placed In
cfous proportion to business transactions
and the population of the U nited States. 81 ]
> That the c1rretcy auf hofized and circu-
lated ON Sauthoritya % athe Governtnent shall
be made legal tender in ,payfnent OF al debts,
public and private, ihclrthng all dues to the
Governments, we'll knowing that it will then
be at par with gsoldor more likely at pre-
5. That hefeaftef tfie 3fifiaiiei.s policy ofsthe
country be framed permanently in their jim .
terest / d atAh& Shall not Dc diScrirpinated
agaif4st in fata - islation<asia &lep6st and
that their prosperity, and not mere growth OF
income ITO retired capitalists, shall he the
primary duty-of On Governments. " u
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-24
06e:.A2UOH IIYK1AlH
Ia stronr indorsement of

"A strong Endorsement of Rev. Dr.
Seymour, .Bishep,eleet of the Episcopal
of Springfield, Ill.-,'' is Eolun1
teered by Bishop Potter, of New York,
who declares that he4 has never seen in
DIR. Seymour q the least approach to or
taste for what is commonly termed rit-
,dalishl,s TheBishop adds, ,'s1n word,
he is plain, honest, loyal member of
the church &iat lahafsintisr service and
in the. service Of. the Divine Master with
'sdfekb1oh and efficiency which nnaksf min
10 worthy example Tor ussalh Ia sa7 4,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-24
iIinstS5ri hIaal6iaaIiiII 0RsaflrnsrsiIiC

OF lateyears HKingsiNictSrs Emmanuel
had lived with his morgauaticf wife,
Countess Miraiiore, to- whomT hesswas
deeply attached, and who bore him three
children. The gossips tell a very pretty
story about :, this lady,,s career, Rosa
Hereellaaih theyl nshy. yas al sntle-
dEgaghtefJ and siSiVandieas lhhfinga the
campaigarofI s+sxShe1wss beautiful,
and had many admirers, and she was
asqI ipSRie pfVh@ Eshort tfrAqoBrftad
canteen, young woman of exemplary
lahaIacter,, The, Duke of Savoy saw her,
loved her, and hoveted abott her Can
teen. 4 Heqest sight Of her, but afterthe
death of.Ais easoaghD lhsf.-6ut and
made her, his companion, 1t was not
Until 1873 that he was finally married 10
her, IN SPITE. of the protestations of
Princes I1dmbert. arfhe Countess of
ALEaaiore ithe vgitle was ereated, by the
King) died only few monthsdago, and
ID Is 3koGghK AhatI Event III Jed SEiis
death. baGossips. hoyexer,aec connected
the na9eS2t stheS Y9me9a than Rosa
VercalIana With Tie King:
- ylqgs .ea--------- - 5--.--l saaTWa Z
s.HThere was an I'd awful exannple,'
trotted ont 81 aInoy temperance s0Tee
the other evening. that beat aeinl an
one IS e. was gone and, the other was
covered With a bandage, his nose sizzled
and had to be held on With court p5fas I
er6ohA eatiahgIby b Shred, he was all
bald, his eomnlexiels locked ike the
sitle of aansdacnaIntry barn on. an August
MONDAY, he shook all iter Ike a fiag
ma salesa and, A5fs# fef cal, 4ie swasih-
trodaeT y 'saaendehEn fren Qhica7
go. ~ Rochester Express. rsa4g a =
-A.l-sfiss Asnew, daughter of the Epis7
copai g ezgynrnin New Orleans, is to
make her debut as Juliet.
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body IN { France. the Grand Orient, IN
striking ont from its declaration of prin-
Z ciples the expression Of belief insGod
and IN the imin qrtality eff the Soul, Isl
hia direct contraven onaofltheitraditiOn
land ereedsof the Masonic DO y through
s,eat the world, and has been Irepudia4ed
~ 70 fodges in France disa epreved by
7 ths Irish Grand LODI ,sahds nov sby the
! English.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-24
lHssil!-. .az MAsUFAcrURED ONLY By Erl
ss f, j. a.. ZEILIN g CO..
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Price $500. Sold by all Druggists


"a RH Boys and Girls, Parents,
= ~ - IN Every cody. sind for complies and
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HOME COMPANION. Ho On; eU vel.
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PKE.NIJ VI far Clubs Including Organs and Gold
Watches Adsiress 49,
THE HOME COMPANION. II Bolivar-st. Cleveland. O
EHOCUTHONHST JOURNAL
IL gives choicest standard and pieces for profess
siOna and amateur Readers and Speakers 10 cents OF
any newSdealeT or by mail
JESSE HANEY & co. 119 Nassau st.. N. Y.
and TEsAPPEEs'SI II
IN trated Practical Understanding and re shoot
ing: making and using traps, and nets bats and
batting: preserving, stretching dressing. tanning and
dyeing skins and furs fishing etc With ty engrstngs,
20 cents. Taxdermists Manual, 81. Dog Training,
% of booksellers or by mail.
JESSE HANEY & CO. lie Nassau St. IL.
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81 thIS laIs Ss p lin I'm

a fzs s2r si9 defense 6f the
rational - rights usof man. .sefTl4 pplause
In I. galleries - - May the Swisdonis z, of
our fathers land the benignfty, of our
God averfs sueli an issue! hut If it shall
come, if fIifatiIation has seized our hearts,
the re suit viii only nd d one more instance to
the long cataio ue Of human crime and lly
and1n its unholy attempt to rob Others Of
Their POSSESSIONS loses its own. fGreat ap-
plause in galleries- - a (
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-24

? s1tTis now many years since. all this
happened !. iibutI can never. forget what
l. went through those two dreadful
nights; though I.remembervyith thank
fuiness, that throagh my dream, and, the
Warning voice heard, l was the means
of averting a great wrong, and perhaps
murder. 4 DO not impute any thing
supernatural TO my dream . 1t may have
merely been the resulto of tension Of feel
ings, Supported by some condolences.
At all events, the results were such as
have described. CAdni6erS's Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-24
NE, Eti ;t3n

ticles he had noticed in certain Eastern news
papeix in regard to the rights nofthei bond
holders sthe duty of theTfaboring' Glasses, and
sthelolicyythat should be pursued by CAPT
etlists to counteraefi the effects of anticipated
Legislation ON the silver question: and said:
80 SipS ilav emo words OF menace TO lItter on
this floor, butt IN behalf of every Ih)orer.a and
severy ownerof the soil whom Il 1represenb
warn sach as value their myestmen ts that
W,IenI Z hese ld9ct rnes offs kdespotialn l.lre
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-24

OK Elegant Assorted Cards, with name post
OJI aid 4 1OC. CIyidsFy Seaburg Chatham Cent tiny
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-24

it was about 2 O'Clock when i saw
Martha coming UP the walk and four
men with her. g 1sook y / said s'there
they are.p They went around to the
back door, and vel heard them stealing
along the passage in the direction of the
plate closest Then sudden rush--a
Scream from the wretched Martha lin
precatiof,s loud and bitter-a shot Ian
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EMafrTing a SehoeIma'am.

nown e. the Jury, - -,
, 1878-01-26

REORGANIZATION OF THE ARNY.-The arnv
Is sadly in need of reorganization. anci 70 meet
the demand for a change plan is to be sub
mitted TO the house of representatives hy the
committee on military affairs If the bill should
pass very radical changes will be effected BY it
The twenty-five infantry regiments would De-
reduced 70 fifteen, and the cavalry regiments IN
six. Further, it is proposed to reduce the siytv
batteries of artillery to thirty Ave. and TO con-
solidate the commissary and quarterInaster de
paItments into single organization tobe known
= the department of supplies All officers rem
dered supernumerary By the measure are h, ha
mustered out; the Indian bureau is 10 h. .rsns-
fered to the war department. and the pn,b;L;-
taoo against appointing ex eonfetera.es in m.
army Is TO be repealed An officers ar n Ina
retired At sixtytwo the bureau Of m;l;t.rr
Justice ID to be abolished, and the numlsr os
paymAsters reduced In each company Of in
fIntry and cavalry the number of priyates i 10
be increased to one hundred, and each eomn.ny
is 70 havetwo second Geutenants. Ofkeers now
tn the service are to be encouraged to resi.,n bv
offers of extra pay. Promotions, in rank brlow
that OF major, are to be made only upon exam;.
nations before competent board appoiated for
tast purpose by the president
, 1878-01-26

PROGRESSIVE TuoUGHT. the dis
cussion of theological subjects has been di-
rided with the pulpit by the press. The
old orthodox doctrines of the church first
assailed in England by Dr. Farrar, and now
in this country by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
give opportunity for all sorts of seculars and
religionists to join in the discussion. The
opinions of people are widely at variance on
these disputed points, having received their
bias from the impressions of early instruc-
ton or from laterscientific discovery. With
out proposing to take sides in the contro-
yersy, We may remark upon the iberality Of
sentiment that has grown up among the
churches in the past few years. There was
a time when preachers of the different de-
nominations would not have consented to
change pulpits with each other. Now the
interchange Of such cOurtesies Is common,
and the protestant diviues of various relig-
ions complexion associate freely together,
and join their efforts in mutual revival labor
whenever the occasion Is propitious. Even
the Hebrew relaNes something from his early
teachings, and gives recognition to many of
the innovations upon old church customs
In these displays. Of liberal sentiment, in
which the mind dirests itself of all prejudice,
a wholesome degree of progress is evinced,
creditable to the age No man can be Ger
tam that he is right, and every other person
middle gronnd Of liberation, since every one
is held individually accountable for his own
and not for his neighbor's transgresSions.
, 1878-01-26

JcbAL EARLY on GErrysBURc.-No one
who knows anything of General Jubal Early.
the gallant confederate veteran who was he
loved and always implicitly trusted by Gen.
e!.i Lee, and fondly called by him his "bad
old man, will doubt his word as to any
question of fsct. In response to the recent
assertions of General Longstreet in regard to
the causes which resulted in the defeat of
f1e confederate army at Gettysburg-to the
eject that the fault rested mainly with
General Lee himself, and somewhat with
GENERAL Pickett-General Early emphatiealy
states that the day WAS lost through the fail
are OF General Longstreet to promptly obey
Generai Lees orler, in the plan of battle
An obedience was the vital point His dis
obedience caused the defeat His motive
Uas and still is known to himself. In the
statement now made by General Early, he
exactly corroborates that which General
Imboden, chief of staff to General Lee, stated
upon the same subject year OF more ago
1t can be depended upon as accurate and
entirely reliable
, 1878-01-26
rur PunIn.rox or BAxxs-The =.

The PUBLIcATIoS OF BANNs.-The re-
cent marriage in New York of q very rich
and very old man to widow thirty years
his junior, leads the Herald to urge the pas
sage OF a law requiring the publication Of
bsuns. 1t says: Our marriage laws seem to
have been framed with sole reference to per.
sons OF mature aye, ripe understanding and
independent position. If marriage never
took place but between such persons there
would be no great objection to permitting
this interesting contract TO be made with as
little notice or restraint as a contract for the
delivery of ahundred bushels of wheat But,
in truth, the PASSIONATE and romantic attach
ment which leads to marriage is even more
likely to spring up between susceptible and
inconsiderate youths who are still under
parental tutelase than between persons
whose age and circumstances render marri-
age suitable There are obvious reasons why
marriages should not be permitted between
| very young people without the knowledge of
their parents or other relatives. Their i'm
| pulsireness, inexperience andromantic blind
ness to consequences may hurry them into
| an act of which they would have reason to
| repent when repentance could bring NO relief.
| Again the same paper argues that in the case
of rich old widowers, who may be inveigled
into second marriages, the law ought to pro-
tect the proper heirs against surprise by re-
quiring the publication OF banns and enab-
ling them to bring his mental competency
to form such contract to a judicial test be-
fore all parties become involved in unpleas-
ant complications. Even if his faculties are
unimpaired his children should have an
opportunity todissuade him from ridiculous
match, if they can, precisely as the parents
Of very young people should be afforded a
similar opportunity. A power of absolute
restraint would be unadvisable except in cases
of established lunacy or imbecility, but a
chance of making representations and re-
monstranccso ought not to be withheld. Even
during the period which intervenes between
| juvenile and senile indiscretion the publica-
ton of banns would be useful. It would
prevent many weak women from being en-
| trapped into foolish or ruinous marriages.
The fact that it is required by law in most
civilized communities show how cOnsOnant ii
is to prudence and common sense. But the
first knowledge and only proof of a mar.
riage often consists in the fact that man
has cohabited with a woman and introduced
her to somebody or other as his wife. This
worse than heathenish state of the law
ought to be rectitied.
, 1878-01-26

WAITS No MoEE OF GRANr.-While it is
plain tnata large number of radicals through.
ont the United States are in favor of again
nominating General Grant for the presidency
IN 1850, there are others more conservative
and, We might add, more patriotic
their partisanship, who will strenuously op-
Pcse him. The Cincinnati Republican is a
representative organ of this class. 1t says
'oi his candidacy and himself: There is pre-
cisely the possibility for the election of Grant
to the presidency of the United States in
1850 that there is that he may be chosen
king Of France. The people have had enough
OF his civil service He is entitled to respect
As military man, hut as civilian he is the
worst failure in the list of our chief maGs.
trates. OF course, if the republican party
could be so besotted as to nominate Grant.
ana they are as likely to nominate Marshal
MaeMahon or the Grand Duke Nicholas
the democrats would carry every state in
the union.
, 1878-01-26

The CoLoRED BROTHER AT Edgefield,
South Carolina, when the news Of the seat
ing of Senator Butler was received, the col.
ored firemen formed procession and waited
upon Mrs. Butler at her residence to tender
their congratulations. The compliment was
Hospitality acknowledged, and the eolored
brethern left with three rousing cheers for
the man that was abused on the floor os the
senate rs a murderous enemy of tfeir race.
, 1878-01-26

How CONKLING CAUGHT 1T ONcE.-The
recent sharp skirlnish between senators
Conkling and Thurman has recalled to the
Boston Journal neat bit of chastisement
administered by Mr.. Fessenden to the
New York senator when hewas somewhat
new to his duties He had undertaken to
lecture the senate on allowing its members
to take bills, in the custody of the secre-
tary, from his desk to their own. "What
is to prevent me, for instance" he is re-
ported as saying, from getting a bill
into my possession and altering it |" "We
have not up to this session, replied Fes-
senden, had any member of the senate
capable of such conduct"
, 1878-01-26

GRAIN CR0r.-The Portland Standard
Is told that great deal of wheat now re-
snains in the hands of farmers who are
unable to get it to the railroads and river,
ON account of the bad condition of the
roads. The early rains following imme
diately on the heels of the harvest, pre-
vented many from getting their wheat TO
market, and there is not much probability
of doing so until late next spring.
, 1878-01-26

NEW bvoECE LAw.-Senator Pierson has
introduced in the California Legislature a bill
providing for a radical change in the divorce
law of that state. 1t limits the causes for
which absolute divorces can be obtained to
sne, namely. adultery; and renders it i'm
possible to secure more than what in English
law is termed judicial separation, for any
other cause. The absolute divorce, or di-
rorce rigea!o matrilHonii, permits both the
parties to harry again The judicial separa-
ton, or divorce mcHsr ct horo precludes
re-marriage on either side. The pronosed
change IN our Judgment, would be vast i'm
provement upon the present loose system of
granting divorces. and check growing evil
, 1878-01-26

SURRENDER OF ADRIANoPLE - London,
Sept. 20.-A Constantinople correspondent
denies that the surrender Of Adrianople has
been agreed to in consequence Of the demand
of Russia. He asserts that the Turks de-
cided not to defend the place because it was
considered untenabIe. The same correspond
ent telegraphing Sunday evening says: 1t
has been impossible to communicate by tcle-
graph with Adrianople for three hours, and
It is probable the Russians have entered it.
, 1878-01-26
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RESPONSIBLE.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RESPONSIBLE
The republican party is responsible for the
crime of putting into power as president a
man not elected by the people, and for keep
ing out Of power the man whom the people
elected. This is so mcnstrous crime that
the party guilty of it cannot hope to escape
its consequences any more than the individ-
nal agents, who with their own hands did
the deed, can hope to escape them. Either
this crime must be adequately punished, both
as regards the individuals and the party
which committed it, or else there is an eEd
of republican government in this country,
and elections will henccforth be nothing but
forms and degrees of fraud and violence
Between such alternatives the American
people know well enough which to choose.
The republican party may for little while
delude itself with the illusions Of unfounded
hope, but its doom is sure.
, 1878-01-26

SUPPORTS MITcHELLs BIIL-At a meeting
Of the senate railroad committee Senator Gro
yer made an argument earnestly supporting
Mitchells provisions in aid of the construction
Of a railroad from Oregon to Salt Lake CITY,.
He said the people of Oregon would not lay a
straw in the way Of extending the time for the
completion Of the Norther, Pacific railroad
but they thought they should have something
to say concerning railroad legislation for the
northwest. They We're deeply interested in the
Salt Lake and Portland railroad project, be-
cause. it would bring them more speedily il
connection with existing roads He also showed
that the land grant proposed for this project
would not exceed the number of acres, about
5,OOO, 900, which the Northern Pacific company
proposes voluntarily to relinquish by change Of
route. Colonel Chapman of Oregon, was also
heard in advocacy of Mitchells bill
, 1878-01-26

BEN BUTLER says: 1t is said that The
president is to be commended for withdraw
ing the troops from the states of Louisiana
and South Carolina. do not see how any
one is to be commended for sending one
hundred men from one barracks to another.
or for not sending them In one of the fall
conventions IN great state, the orator said
that the president was to he praised because
he withdrew the troops, and i'll another part
Of the same speech he said the president was
Obliged t2 DO it 49 p9t sesy alss ps3rit. 20 .5 it
If . man kicks me down stairs, it cannot be
any great merit in me because so down.