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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-23
Women Who Don't Talk.

Montreal Letter to Detroit News.
Another suhjecto conversation here is
the leaking out OF certain facts connected
with the establishment of Carmeiite nuns
of Hochelsgs. There has been little Car
melite colony in our ancient suburb for
several years, but no Que has ever heard
much of them These nuns are subjected
to the severest discipline of all the orders.
They wear but one garment summer and
winter, coarse serge gown reaching to
the feet, with hood almost completely
covering the face. Their feet are shOed
with sandals, and they are not permitted
to wear hosiery. As special favor, they
have been allowed, in our severe winters,
to wrap pieces of serge around their feet
aud ankles. They never touch meat,
poultry, fish, butter or eggs, and eat only
one meal day OF bread and boiled vege-
tables. Their couches are bare planks
with a square block of wood for pillow,
and they sleep without Other covering
than their daily dress. Their doors are
jealously closed, even to women, the
priest or the doctor. They pass their lives
insilence, even their prayers being said
under their breath. Their singing Of the
church service is conducted in whisper
ed monotone. Such acceptation Of the
vows of poverty, chastity and obedience
has proved a regimen too severe for the
constitution of the ladies, snd several OF
them have died. Others are at the point
Of dsath. vet the lady superior and the
iurs Themselves steadily refuse to make
any change in their method OF living,
declaring that all is in Cots hands.
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an FxampIe from Persia.

TIE shah is reducing his expenditure.
Il was the custom TO give the employees
of the home, foreign, war and other Off
no matter what their rank, midday
meal (nahar) paid for by the shah. The
nahar expenses, amounting to nearly one
hundred thousand dollars per annGm,
are to be saved. IN the harem a great
reduction Of expense is also to take place.
Every one of the principal ladies of the
harem has, according to her rank a certain
number of ladies as "compsnions;" these
are ordered to join their respective fami-
lies. The number of servants is reduced,
About fourteen hundred horses are to be
disposed of by selling the good ores and
BY giving the bad ones away the number
Of carriages will he reduced the pensions
to princes o. the royal family will share
q similar fate.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-23
The Cure For Gossip.

Every body must talk about something.
Th= poor fellow who was told not to talk
Tor fear tha5the people would find out that
he WAS a TOOL, made nothing by the ex-
pertinent. He was considered tool be-
cause he did not talk on some subject or
other Everybody must have something
to say, or give ~ society. Or course,
the topics Of conversation will relate 10
knowledge. If a man is interested in
science, he will talk about science ;
and If he is familiar with literature,
and is an intelligent and persistent reader,
he will naturally bring forward literary
topics in his conversation. So with social
and religious questions. "Out Of the
abundance of the heart the mouth speak
eth" That of which the mind is full,
that with which it is furnished, will
come out in expression.
The very simple reason why the world
is full of gossip is that those who indulge
in it have nothing else in them. They
must interest themselves in something.
They know nothing but what they learn
each day in intercourse with and Ob5er-
walton of their neighbors. What these
neichbors do, what they do say, what
happens to them in their socisl and bus
iress affairs, what they wear, these be-
come the. questions of supreme interest.
The personal and social life around them
this is the book under constant perusal,
and out of this comes that pesti'erous
conversation which we call gossip. The
world is full of it, and in s million houses,
all over the country, nothing is talked of
but the personal affairs of neighbOrs.
What is the cure for gossip? Simply
culture. There is great deal OF gossip
that has no malignity in it. Good-na-
tured people talk about their neighbors
because, and only because, they have
nething else to talk about.
Gossip is always 3 personal confession
either Of malice or imbecility, and the
young should not only shun it, but by
the most thorough culture relieve them
selves from all temptations to indula e in
it. 1t is low, frivolous, and tO9 often
dirty business. There are country
neighborhoods in which it RACES like
pest. Churches are split in pieces by it.
NeighbcTs make enemies by it Tor lie.
In many persons it degenerates into 3
chronic disease, which is practically in
durable. Let the young cure it while
thew NAV.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-23

the msrk. You have done well for
yourself, but no msn liveth to himself,
if he live rightly. You msy make
long journey aud at last rest from your
labors, but you will never forget these
memorials of lost opportunities that
now cry to thee from the ground"
was cut to the heart by these words
of reproof, snd, in my remorse, perhaps
inspired by that terrible allusion to the
death of Abel, 1 exclaimed: " Am l my
brothers keeper?'
Certainly, thou art" he said, with
a calmness that was more severe in
contrast with the esrnestness of my cry.
"The whole world is kin, snd thy
brother is he unto whom thou cans't do
good turn, as both pursue the journey
of life. All are parts of one great whole;
members of large family; the strong
must bear the burdens of the weak; the
tempted are to be shielded; they that
are out Of the way are to be reclaimed;
the SHINING, yes, the very wicked, are to
be sought and saved"
"Aud shall l have one more year in
which 70 repent me Of the past and to
do works meet for repentance ?"
And old Father Time shouldered his
icytha, turned himself about, too" me by
the hama and said, softly, Thst Is not
for thee. or Zoe to know. Thy times are
in the hsuds of Him vino gave thee lie
and opportunities, The present is thine,
and OF that only art thou sure. Improve
the present. With thy might do what
thy hand findeth to do. Tomorrow
never Is. Yesterday is gone forever.
Now is the accepted time; behold now
is the day OF salvation"
He has gone, scythe and all; his snow
white beard still shone in my mind, but
the vision wss past, the sunlight was
piercing the crevices of the window
blinds, and the shout of "Happy New
Year sunounced the advent of another
nom.
But it was rot all dream. The river
e aws toward the sea. The vessels, with
their freight and the sailors, are borne
onward. This pathway is thronged with
travellers, brothers and sisters all. The
year is to be full of opportunities, golden
opportunities, to be useful. In the
household lie the best and hottest duties
to be done. A cheerful heart and voice
and countensnce, an open hand, a word
of blessing, when another's heart is
weary or in pain, the thousand little tens
der services, too small to have a name,
precious in the eyes Of love, are noted in
that book that records each cIp Of cold
water & child Of Christ receives.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-23
The Lamp and the Light House

A Scotch fisherman, while out one
night in his smack, was overtaken by a
terrible storm. He could not tell where
he was, or how to find his way to the
landing place. At length his son caught
sight ola small light gli.0mering through
the wild darkness. He set sail toward
the light, and soon found himself right
before his own cottage, which stood on a
cliff above the sea.
When he got home he found that his
little boy had set the lamp in an upper
window, by whose light both father and
brother had been saved from shipwfeck.
Every stormy night atterward that
same lamp was set in the window to guide
other fishermen who might be caugby
out in the thick darkness. By-and-by
it was determined to build light
house on the cliff. But the big blazing
burner grew out of the little boys lam D.
A poor child in Philadelphia, the
daughter of a very poor widow, died "a
year or Two ago. During her long sick
ness, her heart was full ct peace, and Just
before she died, she put into the hands of
her minister, Rev. Mr.. NJ, small paper
box that had contained some OF her nnedi-
cine. In the box were fifty fve-cent
pieces, which she had been saving up fer
a long time, and she Lad carmel each
piece by hard work. She said t. her
minister:
"After I am dead, l want you to take
this money and build with it a church
for the poor people in the Beighborhoo5 "
The minister could not keep back bis
tears az the box was given to him; and
I could not, either, when 1 saw it last
summer. ..
Mr.. NJ took the box of coins aud
showed it to a rich lumber merchant,
who nevercared anything about relieion.
The merchant at once offered to give
lnmb5r Tor building the church. Other
people who saw the bsE and heard it's
touching history, gave money; aud very
soon the pretty mission church viii lie
flushed The poor chTistisn child's
ismp will grow into a large lighthouse
to guide many souls 10 heaven.
No person can tell how much GOOD may
come from loving, yet apparently insig-
ni6cant, acts. The lamp they light, even
If it is small, may grow into a light
house, and shine long after they are
dead Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-23
Left Iva Gods Hands.

At the point where ordinary faith and
effort stop exhausted and in despair, love
becomes glorif6d ard hopes on. o. all
the praying souls o. the human rsce,
there are s. crowned lew whose patient
waiting on God touches the sublime of
prophetic trust. To that number belongs
TIE devoted mother. ....
One suCh mother. living IN Boston,
had son who cary broke away from
the restraints Of home and began career
Of dissipation. With this single excep-
ton the woman was blessed IN her chill
dren. Her whole heart, however, went
out after the prodigsl.
For years she prayed for him, nursed
him tend5rly when he was sick and dis
abled by his excuses, and believed that
her love would win him st last, but ne
remained incorrigible.
All the sad hours the wakeful nights,
she spent in weeping and wrestling in
secret for That migrate son she never told
but, when her heart was nigh tn break
ing, a change came. Then followed q
sense of the infinite greatness and loving
kindness Of Him with whom all things
are possible, that filed her with strange
peace. She could not reform her erring
child, but God could.
One day another son, a clergyman
from the west, came home TO visit her,
and, after a trying scene in the house
with his intoxicated brother, be said to
her, Mother, how do you, how can you,
endure this?'
81 have endured it a grest while
she said, calmly. ''The trouble lay on
my heart till | found that il was worry>
ing me to death. Then | said, ooh
Lord, my Lord, I cannot bear it any
longer! Take care Of my son, reform
him, bless him, save him ? and 1 rested
the case there | % not very any
more. have lett MIN in the hands of
God"
The next day that elder sou, finding
his dissipated brother at q sober mo-
ment, said to him, sim your position
is a critical one n9w--isauuliy so.
There'li soon be q change Tor better or
worse"
Whats the mstter2 Anything
new?'
=" Mother has left you in Gods hands,
she says. she dOesnt pray for you any
mere"
The young man went away uneasy and
thoughtful. For the first time be feit
himself alone with the A mighty, and his
conscience was stirred. " cannot con-
tend with God" he said. will drink
no more"
He reformed, became q lawyer, and
vert to live in the city of st. Louis.
There, at a complimentary banquet, he
offended his new friends by refusing
champagne. He told them the story OF
his mother, all the history of his former
degradation and rescue, and then said,
Shall | drink ?" and with one voice
they all cried, Mop
An eloquent preacher narrated the
above in a recent sermon on the words,
Fret not thyself. " The calm, victori-
Gus, surrendeTing trust OF that praying
mother was one OF his strongest illustrs-
tiOns.
Did the lesson in that beautiful psalm
text ever pass a severer proof Youths
Companion.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-23
MY WOODS.
HY JOAQUIN MILLEB.

Gould but return 70 my woods once more,
And twell in the depths as 1 have dTeit,
Kueel in their moses as l have snelt,
Sit where the cool white rivers run,
Away from the worli aud half hid from the sun
Hear VIM in the woods of my storm-torn shore
Glad to the heart with listening
IL seemed to me that then could sing,
And sing ss / never sung before.
IL
1 mis, how wholly l miss tiny wood,
Ny matches, magnificent dark-leaved frs
That climb up the terrible heights Of Hood.
Where only the breath Of white heaven stirs!
These clips they are bsnen wrapt in storms,
Foriulsss masses of + tan forms,
They loom like ruins of grandeur gone,
And lonesome as death TO look upon.
III
Godl once more in my life to hear
the voice of a wood that is loud and alive,
That stlrs with its being like vast bee-hivel
And oh once mo e in NY life TO see
Tie great bri hi eyes Of the sntleTed deer;
To sing wi h the birds that sing with me,
To tread where oul the ed man trod,
To say no word, but listen TO God
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-23
GREENaAeE TARr.-Make a shol

GREENGAGE TART.-Make snort
pssts vita one white and three yeIks OF
egg, an ounce of sugar, an ounce of but
-er, small pinch OF salt, and flour suth-
Gent to roll. Work it lightly, and roll
It out to the thickness of a quarter of an
inch. Line fiat mold with this paste,
all it with unc ,oked rice, and bake it.
When done, remove the rice, and put in
sreengages treated as follows: Stone
the fruit and cut in halves, sud stew it
TOR an hour with plenty of powdered
oaf sugar and little water, adding at
the last liquor glass OF pale brandy, to
De served hot or cold.
A WHITE FRICAsSEE Take three
chickens, cut every joint apart, and lay
them in warm water for a quarter of an
hour. Take them out, and dry with
cloth. Put them into a stewpan with
milk and water, and boil until tender
lake one pint of good cream, a quarter
Of pound OF butter, and stir until it Is
thick; then let it stand until IL is cool
and put into it little beaten mace,
iytle salt and gill of wine. Stir all we'll
together; then Jake the chickens out OF
the pan, throw away the milk and water
they were boiled with, and put the
chickens into the sauce, shaking the pan
till they are hot, and then serve them
up.
Boston BAKED BEANs-First obtain
q Boston baan,pot and some small white
beans; the small beans are the best; put
one quart of beans TO soak i'll cold water
at night; in the morning take them ont
of that water and put them into kettle
aud scald them; do not let them boil f.;
skim them out of that water and put
them into the besn-pOt; on too OF the
beans place halt pound of salt pork,
part fat aud part lean, first having taken
the rind off from the pork and slsshing
the top of the pork in small squares; add
one and one-half tablespOoniuls of mo-
asses; and fill up the pct with boiling
water; bake twenty four hours in a slow
even, aud as the water cooks away, fill
up with boiling water.
CLAM CHowDER-Pdt in pot some
small slices OF lat salt pork, enough TO
line the bottom of it; on that layer OF
potatoes cut in small slices; on the pOta
toes layer of chopped onions; on the
onions q layer of tomatoes, in slices or
cqrned tomatoes on the latter a layer
# clans, whole or chopped, they are
generally chopped, then layer of crack
ers. Then repeat the process, that is,
another layer OF potatoes on that of the
clans; on this one of onions, etc, till the
pot is nearly full. Every layer is sea
sonC with salt and pepper. Other spices
are sometimes added according to taste,
such as thyme, cloves, bay leaves and
.srragon. When the whole is in, cover
with water, set on a SLOW fire, and when
nearly done, stir gently: finish cooking
and serve. The more potatoes used the
thicker it will be. When done, if found
700 thin, boil little longer if 'Ound too
thicy. add a little water, give one ioii
and .prVe
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-23

1t is said that q small cur in the
house is more protection against burglars
than is large dog. We would prefer
the burglars to the dog, however,
especially when the canine lies awake
and keepsevery person in the house awake
all night by barking at the rats and
mice in the wall, or by keeping up very
spirited pursuit of heas.- Rochester
Union.
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SABBATH READING.
THY KINGDOM CONE.

. !.
Thy kingdom come.
I h. ard a seer CIV THE wilderness
The solitary pl zee,
Shall vet he grad for Hifn. ard tie shall bess
Thy kingdom GOMEZ with His revealed iste
. Re forests; tn.y shall Giop tne1r precious gum
AID shed for HIM their hslm anu de shall Weld
The granderr OF His speech to charm the deld.
81 Then ell the sco,hei winds shall drop 10 listen
\ihy KINGDOM mel;
COmforief water. waxen calm. hail glisten
with bAs htul trembl, ms n; bel evih his smile
And echo ever the while
Shsil take, ard IN her awful jov reTeat,
The Laughter of His lips tthv kirgiom come,:
And nils that sit spsit IN. lie 10 longer dumb;
No they she'll shout and shout,
Raining heir lovely roy 'lty song tie dewy pla
And valleys round about.
III.
And ell the wei -coatenjed land, made sweet
With flowers she 'nel ed % H- feet
Shall answer shout, and axe the uelsin ring
AMI tell II 10 tre stars hout, shout, and sing,
H'r cup eeing fuu L. the biim,
Her poverty made rich with Him,
Her yealn,ng ssti ied 10 its utmost sum.
Lit up my voice y earrh prepare thy sOngi
IL she'll not VT ~. lOngl
l.ii' up, % earth for .hsil CONF again.
10y Lore md he sbsll r-'Su, AMI tie snail reign.
tiny Kingdom come
-, Tenn FrceE9fr.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-23

Some years ago a button found on the
scene OF 8 murder lei to the detectiJ n o.
g murderer, and pin has been Of SINH.
lar service lately in Paris. & lauDdress,
having received handsome legacy, was
foolish enough to mention to sn acquain~
lance in the same house where she had
placed the money. \ lew DAYS later
Inc other announced that she, too, had
quite unexpectedly come into some
money, and invited the laundress 10
breakfast. The latter came, snd the en-
tertainment passed of chsrmiugly, bat,
strange to say, she got dresdtullv sleepy
alter it and oUy reaIly woke up when
aer hostess had nlsde her an extra strong
cup OF coffee. Upon returning to her
room she discovered thai she had been
robbed. The police came and searched
aer bureau, when there tuDhled out Of
.ome hneo pin which she immediately
recognized 80 one which he had seen in
aer hostess fcnu on the day of the
breakfast. A search in the latter's room
revealed the tbiei, who had drugged the
lauudress st breakfast, slipped out Of
The room with her keys, robbed her and
out the keys back in her pocket.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-23

Mayor Latrobe, of Baltimore, has
lust bought doll. And this IS why he
did it: A day or two sgO ne received a
letter. written in a childish haod and
.hockingly misspelied, but evidently
sincere II am little HELEN" it said,
and want little dolly for christmas,
and 1 ant got no papy to buy me any
snd mamma ant got no money to buy it
either 50 will not have no fun at christ
mas SO l think you have got lots of
money so you will please buy me little
dolly for christmas you can can get
pretty one fer ten cents"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-28
Too Fsosscst i'm Our National Claims.

There is one point OF comparison between
nations, which, as exhibited by the United
states, Americans strangely enough understate
ana concerning which, Instead of b0aSting they
snow an unexpected modeSty. The New York
Tribune discovers from the calculations of Prof.
Elliott. OF the Census Bureau, that the poDula-
lion OF tie United States Is almost invariably
hndeTestlmated- Instead of forty-four or forty
i've million inhabitants, the United States has
really population OF forty EIGHT and a half
millions, and the probable population on the
1irSt OF July, 1879, Is 49, 49,, 600 1t Is Thought
that these calculations are strongly confirmed
by the census taken In fifteen of the states by
state authority, during 1874 In Michigan, during
ISIS In Iowa, Kansas Louisiana, Massachusetts,
Minnesota. Nevada, New jersey, New York
Oregon. Rhode Island, South Carolina and Wis
consin. and during 1876 in Missouri and Nebras-
Ia. With allowance for the unavoidable fncom-
pleteneSS OF every census taken by defective
state machinery, 1t must be granted that the
actual Increase for the whole country to 1S,5
must have been at least as great as the increase
apparent IN the returns from these states of the
dates named The population OF the fifteen
states in 1870 was 14,610. $50, and, according to
the census taken by the states about the middle
or the decade, it was IL, 1858 900, the gain being
16.1 per cent. in about five years, or at the rate
OF 1872 per cent. for the decade. Assuming this
rate OF Increase for all the states. the figures
given above for the entire population are OBJ
tanned Now that the Tribune II Is established
that On, at least, one national subject Ameri
cans are commercially modest 1t is to be hoped
that the calling OF attention to the fact Will not
have the effect OF setting all TO bOa5ting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-28

The expected resignation OF the Rev. Dr. Hep
worth from the Church OF the Disciples in New
York Is agitating the congregation and con-
nected church circles. In spite of the fact that
he breaches against sensationalism in the pull
pit, Dr. Hepworth is considered by some of his
flock TO have leanings In that direction, Not
a few OF his congregation are shocked at his
lack OF dignity on occasions. at was said while
writing his sermons In the little study in the
basement OF his church, he frequently stopped
work and turned sOmersaultS, stood upon his
head, performed upon trapeze bars, and did
other things that would have been more appro-
pirate in the sawduSt and tan-bark arena A
lady called at his study one day and found him
playing circus, and she raised her hands in hor-
Tor and rebuked him then and there" The
tastes OF congregations differ. Dr. Hepworth
GenounceS senSationaliSm In the pulpit and
properly confines his athletic exercises to his
study, yet he is pronounced '.too sensational. -
While over in Brooklyn minister whose GYM
hastics are not confined by any considerations
or time or place, and who avoids the ''old ruts"
even In business transactions, is not 50 consid.
ered,-by his congregation at least.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-28
How TO Settle the Question.

The extension of the Washington aqueduct to
18th and Boundary streets, by tunnel, would
forever settle the question OF water supply. 1t
would cost about 100000 and would benefit
every house and lot and citizen. An addition of
s130 10 each Of g, 600 water rent bills rendered
last year, would give the sum OF $50, 900 a year,
enough to pay four per cent. interest on the
cost and leave clear 5000 per annum to be-
gin sinking fund for redemption of the princi-
pal This contribution to the sinking fund Will
Increase as the number of water takers in
creaseS.
If there be any danger of cast iron pipes
wearing out, 1t Is manifest that the tunnel.
which won't wear out, and will not need inspec-
Tors and water tappers and watchmen to take
care OF it, will be cheaper than additional iron
mains Ii will settle adversely forever the
question OF making people pay for meters,
Plumbing and trouble, all to work a whole
year TO measure incorrectly poor mans year
ly bin OF 81 for water rent.