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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18
Sweet Western Sounds.

Not the least important thing is to IA
miliarize oneself with the dialects of the
State, which are getting to be widely
used, and a knowledge of which is eS-
sential to understand an editorial in a
Colorado newspaper. A friend accost-
ed me one day as follows: 81 SAY, Tom,
are YOU going to the roundup at Maj
b. tonight going to have way
up time. The pretty Miss H will
be there, but they say jim D. has
got her corralled, so there's no use OF
your trying to do any jumping there. .
If you wish to express the demise Of a
friend, you would say, in Southern Col
orado, that " He'd gone over the range
it would be more elegant to say that
"He'd passed in his chips while in
Northern Colorado nothing would be so
expressive as He's struck bedrock at
last" Cow-puncher, mule-skinner, bull
whacker, each expresses an honorable
calling, while pot-slinger, hash-driveT
and grub-choker refer to the chefs de
cuisine in the more retired parts of the
State. If you try to sell a horse the first
question viii be, :" Does he buck?" A
prospector starting out will "pack his
burro, >" i. e., load his provisions and
tools on a small species of donkey; and,
if you ask him, he will tell you that he
lives principally on sow-belly' and
"spuds," i. e., bacon and potatoes
more expressive than elegant, you will
say, but in the rough camps the princi-
pal articles of food are designated by
names which am unwilling to put OF
paper.-DenUer Tribune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18
Primitive Innocence.

In a letter read at a meeting of the
Academy of Natural Science, of Phila-
delphia, DR.. Charles A. Siegfried, U.S.N.,
writes as follows: eve visited an
island called Botel Tobago while sur
veying a rock, 80 miles east of South
Cape, off FOrmosa. We found a race of
aborigines, probably from Malay stock.
They knew nothing of money, rum, or
tobacco. They gave us goats and pigs
for tin pots and brass buttons, and
would hang around us all day in their
canoes, waiting for chance to dive for
something thrown overheard. Theywore
clouts only; ate taro and yams mainly,
though they have pigs, goats, chickens,
and fish, and cocOanuts also. Snakes
abound, of the boa variety, l Judge.
Their thatch houses are low, with much
overhang of the roof, surrounded by
stone walls, strongly made of laid stone,
to protect them from mOnsoons. Their
paddv-fields contains immense quantities
of ColocGsia aroideG, my botany
says. They are peaceful and timid, do
not mark the body or defOrm the face
or teeth, and seem happy enough in
their condition. | found them fairly
healthy. They had axes, spears, and
knives, but all of common iron, the AK
being made by imbedding the handle,
instead of the handle piercing the iron,
as with US. Their canoes are beautiful,
made without nails, and are ornament
ed usually with geOmetrical lines. The
hair is worn naturally, the men partly
clipping theirs. | saw no valuable
metal. They wore the boards of goats,
with small shells, as neck ornaments. y
Popular Science Monthly.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18
Natural Sleep.

The most perfect and refreshing-in a
word, natUral-Sleep is that which COM
bines the whole series in such healthy
proportions as an orderly and active
life will establish, by cOnstitutionaly
equal distribution of work, looking to
the comparative powers of the several
parts of the system, the opportunities
for rest, the food supply, and the meas
ure of strength each department of the
mental and physical organism of the in
dividual enjoys. This wis9 adaptation
of work to the different energies, so that
each shall tighten the task and contrib
ute to the efficiency Of the others, is a
duty to self which every step forward in
the march of intellect and the progress
of civilization seems TO make it increas-
ingly difficult to discharge.
To sum up, sleep is rhythmical func-
ton of life. 1t is performed by the
nervous system either through a single
center or by the several centers connect
ed with various parts or organs OF the
body, from the supreme cerebral CEN
ters which control the immediate ap-
paratus of intentional thought to the
pan0lia that regulate the work OF the
yiscera. l believe the sympathetic sys-
tenn plays a conspicuous part in the pro-
duction of the phenomenon, and this Is
WHY the due performance OF the func-
tons is so readily prevented as 1t IS, by
disorderly action in almost any part of
the body, even when there is no sensa-
ton of pain or uneasiness at the seat of
the disturbance. Persons who do not
sleep well and regularly are peculiarly
liable to functional disorders; and. con-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18
"PERFECTLY."

-Rltelp was once a perfectly modern girl,
In pCTfectiy modern ways,
y no Saw perfection in every thing
That happened to meet her gaze.
SncI; perfectly lovely things she saw,
And perfectly awful too,
That none would have dared to doubt heI
So perfectly, perfectly true.
Elic weather She said, in summer time,
Was perfectly, awfully warm;
TIE winter was perfect, too, when there came
Some perfectly terrible storm.
She went to perfectly horrid school,
Iu a perfectly horIid town;
and tile perfectly horrid teachers there,
Did things up perfectly brown.
.EFer lessons we're perfectly fearfully long,
But never were perfectly said;
And when Sue failed, as often she did,
Her face grew perfectly red
The church she attended was perfectly mag
With q perfectly heavenly spire;
and perfect crowds go there to hear
a perfectly stunning choir
The latest style Is perfectly sweet
Tie last the peTfectest out;
The books she reads are perfectly good
dust here we raise doubD.
q ride she took was perfectly grand,
ON a perfectly gorgeous day,
With a perfectly nobby friend of hers
Who happened to pass that way.
@Tlre perfectly elegant falls she'd seen
When on her way TO the lake;
and the graphic description she gave us all
Was simply modern mistake
,Ylle perfectly splendid foam dashed up
In a perfectly killing style;
And the perfectly terrible waves came down
In "A perfectly lovely pile.
4 might go on with this perfectly" poem
And write TO the end of time,
Esut fearing to wear your patience out,
wiz bring TO an end my rhyme.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18
Reading at Seven and a Hall Miles
Distance from the Candle.

On the evening of July u, the Maxim
electric light was put in operation on
the tower of the Grand Union Hotel,
Saratoga Springs, n. Y, with view to
test the extent of its Illuminating pow
ers. An open parabOlic reflector was
used-no lenses-and care was taken by
Mr.. Maxim to set the points of the car
bons a little at one side of each other,
and to adjust them to the exact focus of
the reflector. When this was fairly ac-
complished the light was turned toward
a spot in Ballston Spa, New York, sew
en- and half miles distant, where, by
previous arrangement, Il group OF sew
eral hundred persons were assembled to
witness the experiment. So powerful
was the light, SO accurate the focusing
and alignment, that the designated place
in Ballston was instantly Illuminated, so
that ordinary print could be read, the
time seen on watches, etc. The night
was clear, still, and dark. The expert
ment was made at 91-2 O'Clock p. m.
This is believed to be the greatest dis
lance at which illumination of equal de-
gree has been accomplished. We are
indebted to Mr.. H. S. Maxim for the
above particulars.-S Scientific AnlericGn.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18
How a Snake Controlled a Cow.

When | was school-boy, living in the
country with my uncle, in the State of
Alabama, it was the duty of my cousin
and myself, in returning home from
school every afternoon, to drive milch
COW from the pasture to the house, to be
MIXED. The COW had no calf at the
time, and she often acted strangely, and
was unwilling to quit the pasture. One
day it was discovered that one of the
cows teats was sore and bloody, and
her sides were covered with welts, as
though she had been severely dashed
with a whip. Myuncle charged us with
beating the cow, and scolded us for so
doing. Knowing that we were innocent
of the charge, we determined to find
out who it was that maltreated the
brute. 1t was not long before we dis
covered that the culprit was a large
black snake, called - blue racern in
the South The bloody teat was also
caused by his snakeship. The serpent
was in the habit of sucking the COW. and
when she resisted he would crawl up one
of her legs, and with his tail lash her in
the sides with great force, making
TluBcS Ill Hef ildlI as lIOlH "hip-l''oH'
The COW soon became accustomed to the
snake. and would stand quietly while he
filled his belly with the tactical fluid. On
seeing any one approach the snake would
glide away and conceal himself in hOl-
low, and the COW would become uneasy
and restless. Finally the snake was
killed, and the COW became almost I'M
manageable. She would 90 every day
to the hollow where the snake had lived,
and low as if she was calling her calf,
but gradually she became reconciled to
the loss, and allowed herself to be milk
ed without resistance. This is true
snake story.-COr. ST. Louis GlObe-Dem-
Ocrdt.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18

rode when 1 Gums long," replied the
darby ladderman.
Old 81 regarded the fellow with one
eye on the squint, and then bent down an
end of the ladder and held it to the
ground with his foot and, as the
saucy fellow stood painfully in this inn
provised stock, the old man said:
"Hit pears ter me you is er Onripe
nigger in desc parts. IF you'd bin Gbin'
round hyar long you'd know'd fore
now dat hits equivalent ter gOin' ter
Memphis ter nuss yeller feber ter sass
me. Use de man you'se heerd tell bout
whar cripprd dat elefint in de cirkus las
year by jes layin' my hand on his back.
Dey had ter men dat elefint by bracin'
his backbone wild er bar of ralerOlde
irun, yer heah mel"
81 didn't mean no harm, shot "
whined the darby in the ladder.
al don't speck you did, but den yo'
mouf pears to be sot on moughty loose
hinges. Dis town hez got sartin rules
OBJ ettikett, de frunt one OBJ whum are
dat yung niggers and furrin mOkes mus
keep order when de ole folks is passin'
by!"
"I'n do dat, sartin - you see eff
dOn'ti"
81 LIMOS dat yer will, kase I'm gwine
to keep you in min. Wheneber | heahs
dat some niger wild jaws on him like
/ de side oh er 1864 habbersack, an Ell
nose like er burnt pine peg n.auled in de
groun' wild er fence rale, an eyes on
him like de knuckle bone OBJ er Texas
steer, an wool on his head like er black
ram BON in er cuckle-burr patch-I'D
know hits you; an when l ketches up
wild yer, I'll boun' yer tink Atlanta is
sicherwated right in de middle of YazOo
City an / is de haf-brudder of Gineral
Barksdale wild er shotgun in bOfe hams.
Now 90 on an sin no mo- 'dout you's
reddy ter exode simultanter.n
And the old man raised his foot and
passed on contentedly.-AtlantG COnsti-
! t1ItiOu
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18
MeteOric Rivers.

There are four or five of these masses,
but that of August, which we encounter
every wear, and that of November every
thirty-three years-the most astonishing
of all-are the chief ones. The great
November mass is supposed to have
existed outside of the solar system till
about the year 126, when it ran near
enough Uranus to be dragged from its
course by the attraction of that huge
planet and set in motion round the sun.
We have met it every third of a century
since, but the records are very incom-
plete. 1t is estimated that it is now
about 100000 miles through and over
500, 100000 of miles long, so that the
head is almost touching the earth's orbit
while the tail is back between Jupiter
and Uranus. Its length is so great that
moving twenty-five or twenty-seven
miles a second it takes two years to pass
clear round the earth, and the conse-
quence is that we have two meteoric
displays in two successive years,in 1882
in Europe, in 1888 here, in 1866 in
Europe and in 1867 here. The August
ring is encountered every year, and
spreads clear round its orbit, though it
probably started in lump, like the
November body, If SO it is an older
body than that of November, the latter
not having been subjected to the dis
jointing attraction of the sun long
enough to be drawn out from a" lump"
into line. A comet is travelling at the
head of each. of these rings. In few
millions of years the November meteors
will be stretched out into a complete
ring all round their orbit, and then we
shall run through it every year as we
now do through those of August, and
shall have no more such sights as that
of 1883 or 1867, for the string will be too
scattered to make them.-Indiaoapohs
To1T7-,1n1
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18
An IrOnIess Civilization.

Mr.. A. Woeikof, in narrative of his
travels in Yucatan and the southeastern
States of Mexico, published in Peter
nlGnn'S Mittheilungeia, introduces us to q
so-called "civilized''. people, who are
practically unacquainted with the uses
of iron. Writing about the northern
portion of the State of Chiapas, he says
that the inhabitants employ iron only in
the shape of axes and machetes, which
are imported from the United States.
For the distance of one hundred kilOme
ters round about Palenque not one black
smith is to be found. Not single nail
is to be seen in their houses every thing
is held together with cords or with
vines. Even in the preparation OF their
usual article of fOod-tOrtillas- ap-
paratus they employ is equally primitive,
though in this respect they follow the
custom which is universal throughout
all Mexico and Central America. The
grains of maize are crushed between
two stones, one of which, the neither
one, is rather large, with sloping up
per surface. A woman kneels by this
stone and strews upon it some grains OF
maize, over which she works to and fro
another stone of cylindrical form, so
grinding the maize. The coarse meal
so obtained is baked into fiat tortilla-
cakes in the ashes. This is exactly the
mode of preparing meal in vogue in
Central and South Africa; the African
negroes, however, show higher grade
of culture, inasmuch as they understand
the working of iron. Our author caus-
tically remarks hereupon that g the in
PRODUCTION even of hand-mills would be,
for this country, step of progress OF
far more value than many a high-sound-
ing political prerogative, which can
never be of any advantage to Popuia-
ton living in so low a grade OF civiliza-
ton. ''-P0pular Science Monthly. ~
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18

inc to one side, and shooting an arrow
in the direction of the drove.
There was a strange cOmmotion ahead
when that fairy arrow reached its goal,
for the animal hit at once turned round
and galloped back to its owner. An
other and another arrow followed that
one. till at length the whole drove turn
ed about, and presently surrounded John
and Mel
There stood the four robbers gazing
after them as if spell-bound.
Now said Mel, "we may ride
home again; the cattle will go before
u.s.
On and on they rode, driving the re-
covered heifers. No word of gratitude
had Donnel spoken, and as the glow OF
pleasure caused by the restoration of his
property died out little, his usual fret
full temper returned; but Mel did not
appear to notice his morose silence.
" VIII YOU be pleased TO stop at this
house by the road, John, till | get a
drink?'' asked the boy, who was tired
and thirsty.
ave havena the time to stop, an
night comm on; sure you can wait till
we get home,'' replied the churlish mas
ter.
Mel said nothing until they reached
another house mile further on, when
he again made his request, and was
again refused. But DOnnel himself be-
gan to be thirsty and weary, and at the
next roadside cabin he drew up.
"Good woman called he, "be
pleased to gle me a drink"
The woman hurried out with bowl
of water, from which Donnel drank ;
and then he said to Mel, "Here, boy,
you may drink now.''
"No, John DOnnel,n returned the
boy, 4" you are selfish, ungrateful man,
am I'll neither eat nor drink mair frae
your hand. brought your cattle back,
but you wouldna stop a minute to let me
drink; an you'd TAX the drink yourself
before you'd hand the bowl to me! If il
wasna for Peggy, I'd just send the beasts
back to the thieves; but I'll leave yOuI
house, an that I'll be punishment enough
for you" So saying, Mel jumped down
from the horse, and climbing ditch
disappeared.
"Oh, Mel, avick! Sure ! didna mean
to affront you. Oh, come back! How
will | get the beasts home, any way?"
No answer-no trace of Mel, search
where he might With the utmost diff
Guilty, and after hiring a couple of mer
to help him, Donnel did succeed in driv.
inc his cattle home, and it was late al
night when he entered his own kitchen
and sank down by the fireside. ..s
Where's Niel?n was the first thing
Peggy said.
Her sorrow and dismay overwhelmed
her as she listened to her husband:
story.
"Oh, John, you unfortunate, fOolisf
man, don't you know what you've done
You've baniShed luck frae we're roof
Sure / knowed what he was the minute
l heard him speak this mOrnin'.n
The poor woman threw her apron
over her head, and wept as she had moi
wept since her sons coffin left the house
One-and-twenty years before. And goot
reason had she for her tears. From thai
moment nothing prospered with John
His health failed; his cattle met witt
accidents; i'll luck attended him in every
thing he undertook. He had indeed
abundant cause to mourn for the loss o
his fairy guest.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18
HALF-HEARTED

n cnuld love thee, love, little more,
81 ti8y fairlOve outlived the brief sweet rose
- ia my golden field were all thy store,
And All my Joy within thy garden close
Then would pray my heart TO he full fond
Forever, and little bit beyond.
~ "a sCiiu and primrose were not frail,
II suowtrcp died not ere the dying day
~ Were tire as Daphnis in the tale,
II tlsou conl,i'st love as Juliet in the play
Then would teach my heart 70 DC iuA ioiiu
Forever, and little bit beyond
INT since fesf. am but wayward true,
And Maynard false, fair love, thou seem Il
10 be
ssnce some day must sigh for something
new,
And each day thou for HES tnonotony-
ysrifbf,e. -tav here ere vet we grow too fond,
AID let me pass little bit beyond.
-BI0cL7c0Od.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18

DIR. MoEsTA, the geolOgist, while
searching in the vicinity Of Rotenburg,
on the Fulda, discovered a subterranean
oak forest, at depth of eight feet under
the ground. The number of well pre-
served trunks is enormous. The wood
is as black as Irish bog-oak, in conse-
quence of the influence of water for
centuries; but it is hard and sound, and
forms an excellent material for wood
carving and mosaic. The size of the
trunk is astonishing. One of them,
about 18 metres or 720 inches in length
and $50 metres or 60 inches in breadth,
has been preserved for exhibition in the
ROYAL Museum at Berlin. The forest
evidently belongs to a very remote Pc
Rod in the formation of the globe.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18
Go Slow on SpeculatiOns.

In consequence of the large amount
of money seeking profitable investment,
the mania for specializing in railroad
and mining stocks and in q futures in,
cotton and provisions is almost epidem-
ic. Now and then fortunate man hits
the market just right and secures a hand
some return, but in the majority of cases.
the inexperienced Spectator finds his
margin exhausted and his money lost.
Most of this speculation is pure gam
bling, with the chances less in favor of
the player than in lottery investments.
And in addition to the risk or loss the
business is demoralizing, as is striking
ly shown by recent disclosures at FAN
River Those fortunate people with
money to invest are wisest who are con-
tent with the small but sure returns of
good bonds and mortgages, or who buy
desirable real estate at the present low
rates. Hartford C0urdnt.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18
s. Old 81 - Delivers a Lecture to a Green
Citizen.

"Look hyar,n said old 81, as he en-
countered negro trudging along with
his head through the middle of ladder;
e'look hyar, don't yer slew dat ladder
roun' heah so brash! First ting yer
knows yer'n brush off two or tree white
folks from dis Placement, and den dar'H
be ernudder independent candydate for
de chane-gang suddintly spred 'roun
twix de gutter an de kyar-track!"
''Ef yer don't want ter git dat ole
jaw OBJ yourn busted all ober de LET side
OBJ yo' he'd, yer better git off in de wagin
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18

THE Oneida Community is said to
have cleared $4,000 last year from the
products of its own industry on 700 acres
of land.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-18

Miss AGNES HOsFoRD is the Superin-
tendent of Schools at Eau Claire, Wis.
This city Of 10000 has women's liter
airy club who are strongly working for
woman suffrage.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-05-27
by SPIRIT EXPRESS.


Countess Blayatsky, who is now So
journing In India with Col. Olcott ct
alii, Of the Theosophical Society, has
sent glove around the world 10 Lon
don by a special spirit messenger. She
gloves. and on February l7th Col
Olcott saw them In Bombay. She in
formed the Colonel that she had been
requested by "an English barrister,
president OF the British Theosopical
Society, aud son Of a Liberal NJ. Il.
whose name il well koown throughout
India, to send him one Of these gloves
immediately upon her arrival. III order
10 improve his fathers eye-sight. The
scene changes to London. On the
same day the barrister found a tele.
gram at his chambers in the Temple
from lady medium in London, say
ing that her "spirit" had received a
message from Nine. Blavatsky in Bonn
bay. Needless 10 say that this ines
sage" was the glove sent of from Bonn.
bay that very day, with "the we'll
known signature on the inside Of the
glove. and the less known aud less de-
cipherable symbols above it," II was
received by the gentleman full in the
face in a darkened room. and he now
gives evidence, In a letter to the
STANDARD. that he Is quite satisfied
that the transmission OF the glove was
effected by the Countess in Bombay
and the less powerful medium in Lon.
don between them. The Pail Mall
Gazette remarks that seekers after
truth in Bombay have begged the
Countess 10 send home their overland
trunks by the same route, Offering any
reasonable price for the accommoda-
ton. so far, however. she has accept
ed no contract. though this is only a
question OF terms-at least that seems
to be the opinion Of the Indian papers.