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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-01

SIDE by side with the recovery of her
prosperity, France has kept in view the
recovery of her military position. Out
of a population of 100000, about
7O4 900 men are in the active army and
$1,000 in the reserve, $4,000 in the
territorial army and 625, 900 in the ter
ritorial reserve-making a total of about
100000 men, all of whom have re-
ceived some amount of military train
ing. Besides these, there are some ], $780,
900 men who, though nominally belong
ing to the army and liable to serve in
certain contingencies, have received no
training. Against these figures the Ger
mans have to show in the active army
10000, in the reserve 100000, in the
landwehr $4,000, and in the land
sturm 1000, 000-making in all 2,511, =
600 men who have received some amount
of military training, besides 9,S45,00O
men who have received 10 training. In
cavalry the Germans have the advan.
tage, tie figures for the two countries
being 81 900 men and 10000. In srtil-
lery the numerical advantage is with
the French, the figures being for France,
2,442 guns, and for Germany, 2124.
The immense drain of labor which the
maintenance of this army must impose
upon France is in addition to, not in
lieu of, drsin of money. The army es-
Inmates now reach S142, 100000 yearly.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-01
TIE OLD, GID STORY.

The pastor slittls daughter
sits smiling IN the sun,
Beside her on the old stone bench
The It ry-bOok Just done,
And lurking in her wine-brovn eyes
A stery iua begun,
For yonder, pruning the spple trees,
Behold the farmer son.
Slowly adown the pathway
The pastor comes and goes,
And settles with his long, lean 2and
The glasses On his nose.
Bore ever dry brown branch bsisre
So beautiful a rose2
All, he thinks his blossom only bud,
Though he watches 1t as itblo<s.
IL II the storY.0 Moses
In his Iush-wrspped cradle fouTd,
Or of Joseph and his brethren,
He thinks an be glances round7
you have finished your volume Amy,
Is 1t something scriptural snd>seQnd2"
And his little daughter bIusnes and starts,
And her book falls TO the ground
Go on with your walk, GOOD pastors
You do not yourself deceive;
1t has been a scriptgr,l story
Since Adam q st kissed Eve.
And never blush, little lassie,
The tale was written above,
No other 20 speaks OF Heaven
AS the old, old story Of love.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-01

MUCH of the meat sold in London as
prime English beef is American. Ameri-
can beef tent over in refrigerators is
Just is good as English-msny think it
better. At one Of the first clubs in
London recently there was served an
English and an American sirloin Of
beef, and no one could tell the difference.
Hungarian and Bohemian beef, too, is
coming into the London market at
twelve cents a pound, and much game,
especially pheasants, from Bohemia.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-01
why Flowers Turn to the Sun.

Wiesner has presented to the Vienna
Academy a monograph upon heliotrop-
ism and geotropism in plants. After
historical sketch, the author treats OF
the influence of light on heliotropism,
and shows that with decreasing intensity
of light the strength of heliotropic effect
increases to certain point, ard beyond
this point decreases. The l5wer limit OF
Iight intensity comedies with the lower
limit of heliotropic effect tor the stop
ps,e of growth in length, while the
upper limit does not coincide, or only
Occasionally COMEDIES with the upper
limit of heliotropic effect for growth IN
length. In the case of very sensitive
heliotropic plants, the upper limit CT
light intensity for stoppage OF growth In
length lies higher, and in less sensitive
ulsnts lower, than the upper limit Tor
growth in length. He next considers
the relation between the relrsnglblhty
of rays and their heliotropic effect. ana
shows that portions OF very sensitive
heliotropic plants, as Vicis saliva, curve
in all lights, even in the ultra-red and
ultraviolet, except the yellow. Expert
ments on the joint action OF helletIoP'
ism and geotropism are next described
and the author concludes that the phen-
omenon of heliotropism is due to the
unequal growth upon unequally ilghteo
sides of the plant.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-01

WE have some very remarkable rob-
belies in this country, robbeIies that
show talent, ingenuity, patient industry,
and not few crimes that are dramatic,
peculiarly startling. But we rarely dc
things after the European fashion. We
do not leopard the lives of many persons
merely for the prospect of lucre. AT
Seville, Spain, the other day, two bombs
were thrown into the church of San An
tonic with the object (unschieved), it is
thought, of creating a panic and stealing
the sacramentSl plate in the confusion.
Nobody was killed, happily, though a
number of persons were wounded. Such
an attempt would hardly have been made
here. Men who wanted to steal here
would have gone among the wOrshipers,
suddenly assaulted the priests, and car
ried eff the sacred vessels. This plan
would have succeeded better, no doubt,
than the Spanish plan, lacking in intelli-
renee, disceInment and holiness. Not
long since, in French town, four scoun-
drels wishing to rob bureau de change,
set fire to an adjoining house and carried
of two infants, while the third and
fourth entered the Office too late and
failed in their undertaking. They were
all arrested subsequently and viii be
sentenced to long terms of imprisonment.
If they had combined upon the objective
point, they would probably have got
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-01

the money, and perhaps have escaped.
But by making side issues for the pur-
pose of distraction, they were bsfflad.
This atmosphere of our republic emulates
common sense and practically. RogueS
here, whether native or foreign, seem to
get clearer ideas Of how rsscalities should
be perpetrated than they have in the old
world. They de not waste force and life.
They are less cruel, because more intelli-
gent and more direct.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-01

DR. G. CARVER. of Angeles, Allegany
county, n. Y, owns small ROAD sIslN
lion 80 peculiarly marked that when he
buckles circinele around him there is
not a hair back Of it that is not snow
white, and not a square inch in front OF 1t
that is not beautiful iron gray. One
eve is like that of white horse, and the
other like that of black horse.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-01

stances many of the peasants, when suffering
from disease, resort to conjurers, VINO prac-
tieertheir incantations with holy water, and
to the trainers of tanned bears, who lay the
sick man on the floor and compel beal to
walk. over him several times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-01

On recent trip of western steam
bost bread was served out at dinner
one dav which tasted strongly of coal
oil The captain asked the baker if he
did not know that kerosene had got into
the -four. He admitted that he did.
g Wbv didn't yon feed the -four to the
chickens. then ?'' was asked. sob" he
Teniied. " was afraid it would kill EN-"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-01

WHENEVER COW enters the yard OF
a house you can't make the woman be-
lieye but that the animal intends to
GENE right in through the psrlor door.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-01
FACTS AND FANCIES.
A SPRING MAMMAL

A SPRING MADRIGAL-
Bird voices tremble on the breeze,
The groves are all album.
The euttercups peep th-o' the grsss,
The spring, the Spring has comel
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-10

liar hardship from any i'm
provement; the Introduction of labor
saving machinery throws handicrafts-
men out OF employment; by the adop-
ton OF new weights and measures to
save mental labor, some few persons,
OF necessity, will be injured, (profes-
slonal agitators, if nobody else); but
the progress of civilization is not on
that account to be stopped. The pro-
posed interval prior to 1890 would af-
ford time for all necessary State legis-
lation. Tie General Government has
already supplied accurate metric
standards to the several States; they
ought to distribute copies, if they have
not yet done SO, to their local officers,
and to make the usual provisions for
verifying the actual weights and meas
ures of trade according to the metric
system. Time would be allowed also
for the preparation of all the technical
and other books required for the new
system, the apothecaries' pharma-
copeia and tables of data, reference
manuals and literature of Whatever
kind, adapted to the wants of any pro-
fession; some of. this work is already
done. If every man were looking for
ward to the change as inevitable. and
studying how to make it as light
burden as possible to his own bust
ness, various ways would be contrived
to introduce the new terms gradually
into every department.; measurement,
standard sizes, price-lists and adver-
tisements, would all conform to the
new regime; and the difficulties, which
on general view seem almost insu-
perable, would be surmounted in detail
by moderate expenditure of money,
patience and sustained effort Scrtb-
ner's Monthly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-10

ner showed him to be of different stuff
from the city gamins. The officer ques-
toned him, but to no avail. The boy
was far from home, was tired and hum
cry, and that was all that could be
learned from him. He was taken to
the little restaurant on Phoenix alley
and was fed and housed. In the morn
ing, after more persistent questioning,
the boy made reply: "Do yer know
George Fenna Well, George Fem is
my uncle; that's who ann It subse-
quently transpired that kilograms had
been sent the previous day making in
quiries for the boy, but to no avail.
He was taken home finally after an ex-
perience that few if any other boys of
his age would have the tact and sharp
ness to have gone through Waterbury
(COnn.) american.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-10
Preparation for the Metric Reform.

SUPPOSE everybody to know upon
evidence commanding the utmost con-
fidence, that this. change is certainly
going to be made on or before some
particular date, for instance, December
81. 1889. The largest part of the scale
beams, pocket-rules, taps, dies and
machine tools, of which such a bug
bear is made, will be worn out before
that time; and in making renewals
previously any man of forethought can
avoid much extra expense. The
clothier can buy q new measuring
wand one meter long, with q yard
marked on the back for temporary
use. Having this continually before
his eyes he will gradually become &C
customed to it, and will learn to think
in meters as well as in yards without
any great effort. The grocer may get
double scale-beam, such as scale
dealers have been selling for many
years to their South American custo-
mers, with pounds marked on one
branch and kilos on the other. By
thus bridging over the chasm between
old and new, he can change his Ian
guage almost as easily as his coat.
New machine tools can be built upon
the metric basis and used on any work
which is to last long after 1890, willie
the old machinery continues in service
for several years in the completion or
repair of former work, and for every
thing of temporary character, which
will not outlive 1890. In this way the
change was made about ten years ago
at the watch factory at Waltham,
Mass. Experienced machinists say
that they could do likewise with but
little trouble. If everybody must have
new tools, the shops that make the
tools would appear to be special gain
ers by the reform. If, however, there
should be extraordinary expenditure
of them, their customers
would have to repay it in increased
prices. Some individuals suffer pecu-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-10
A Plucky Mormon Wife.

SOME of the Mormon first-wives are
plucky and resolutely make no con-
cessions whatever 70 polygamy. Lib
bic Garfield, the daughter Of Presbyte-
rian parents in Philadelphia, married
John w. Young, the oldest son of Brig
ham, and went with him TO Salt Lake.
Before she consented to marry the son
of the Prophet she stipulated with him
that she was to be his only wife and he
agreed to this arrangement. They
lived for years happily, he kept his
word. and their family was increased
by four boys named severally Brigham,
Richard, John and "Tot," the baby.
She also feathered her nest well by Sc
curing in her own right q large and
productive farm in the vicinity of Salt
Lake City. When Brigham Young was
dying he decreed that his son should
take another wife. The Mormon
Apostles subsequently confirmed this
decree, and John w. Young obeyed.
This. was thought to be necessary in
order to show that he was true disci-
pie of the Mormon faith. He thus
made sacrifice of his wife on the altar
of obedience. She left him immediate
", and retired to her farm with her
boys, wEo remain in her custody-the
free-will gift of their father. Lately
Libbie Garfield has been visiting her
relatives and friends in Philadelphia
and Newark, N. J.. She is bright and
beautiful woman, fully resolved upon
her course. Her husband has never
troubled her since they separated good
friends, and the Mormon Church has
kept its hands of. Young is now liv-
ing in Arizona with his second wife.
with whom he never appears in public.
Under their mutual agreement he still
evidently regards Libbie Garfield as his
only wife, and she knows it, and pities
him rather than condemns. He is not
happy, and can't help himself. She
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-10
-Didst ever meet the Misunderstanding

.-Didst ever meet the hand-shaking
boreP He called in the other day, hap
pening first in the pressroom. Seeing
him coming and knowing his PEN
chant. the pressman prepared himself
for the ordeal by slyly smearing his
own hand with printers ink. The Wis
itor came on, all unconscious of his
fate, reached out his mandibie and re-
ceived pressure and an impression
at one and the same time. But ali,
the artfulness of the fellow! He spoke
not, he scowled not, he made no sign.
He simply walked around the room and
through the various rooms. and with
engaging impartiality he shook the
hand OF every one, editor-in-chief.
I" local." the scissors-man. the fore
man, the intelligent compositors, the
proof-readers, devil and all. Not one
escaped. He then took his leave So
berly and becomingly, like one who re-
tires from funeral service. And then
there was q rush for wash basins.-
Boston Transcript.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-10

often visits her Eastern friends now,
and he sends her money in case she
may need it. She personally manages
her farm, and has just returned to it to
superintend the shipment of wool from
her thousands of sheep. She will 90
East again next fall, and after the usual
call upon her friends will sail for
Europe to winter.-Missouri Repub-
LcQza.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-10
Ventilation.

GASES not only have weight, but
greatly differ from each other in this
respect. Hydrogen is the lightest, and
hence its universal use in balloons,
bearing them, burdened with fixtures
and passengers, to the rarer strata Of
the atmosphere.
Carbonic acid gas, on the contrary,
is SO heavy that the lightest balloon,
without any fixtures, filed with il,
and taken above the surface of the
earth, would plunge violently to the
earth when it was detached from its
support. Now, as the latter gas is
constantly thrown of in our rooms,
from tho lungs and from burning
lamps, it has been claimed thatit is in
furious to sleep in q bed near the floor,
and that rooms should be ventilated
from the bottom, and not from the
top.
But there is another law beside that
of gravitation that determines the
movements of gases, and that is the
law of diffusiOn-the tendency of their
molecules, when not confined, to fly
further and further from each other,
the same as in the case of many solids.
diffuses itself through the tea in
tea-cup, or q handful of salt will diff
fuse itself through hogshead Of water.
So freely-moviDg gases when mixed,
do not arrange themselves in strata,
but diffuse themselves equally in every
direction.
Moreover, as poisonous substances
may thus be so diluted as to be HARM
less, so may it be, through ventilation.
with noxious gases.
1t will be seen that, while adequate
ventilation is exceedingly important, it
is immaterial whether it is effected at
the top or the bottom of q room.--
YOUTHS Companion.
SAMPSON, q retired British tar, re-
Gently varied the monotony of exist
ence on land by making love to pub
leans daughter in Chesterfield. So
much in earnest was he, so unbounded
was his admiration for the girl, that he
made her deed of gift Of two thou
sand dollars' worth Of shares in build
ing society. His confidence in her,
however, does moi seem to have equaled
bis admiration for her; for no sooner
had he executed the deed than he was
racked with doubt whether she would
marry him, and he resolved to settle
the whole business by shooting himself.
So he loaded horse-pistoi very heavily
indeed, so much SO that 1t exploded
in his face, shattered the roof If his
mouth and blew several of his fingers
off. He frankly declared that he wanted
to kill himself, and expressed keen re-
gret that he had made 50 bad q job
If IT,
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Too Much For Him.

The court and jury, as well as the
spectators, generally enjoy the scene
when lawyer, in an attempt to bad
ger or browbeat q witness, comes off
second best in the encounter. A cor
respondent recalls an amusing instance
ofthis sort, which happened few years
ago in an Albany courtroom.
The plaintiff, who was lady, was
called to testify. She got on very
well, and made favorable impression
on the jury under the guidance of her
counsel. Hon. Lyman Tremaine, until
the opposing counsel, Hon. Henry
Smith, subjected her to . sharp cross
examination. This so confused her
that she became faint, and fell to the
floor in sw0on.
Of course this excited general SYM
pathy in the audience, and Mr.. Smith
saw that his case looked badly.
AN expedient suggested itself. by
which to make the swooning appear
like piece of stage trickery, and thus
destroy sympathy for her. The lady's
face in swooning had turned purple
red, and this fact suggested the new
line of attack. The next witness was .
middle-aged lady. The counsel asked:
Ibid you see the plaintiff faint .
short time agoP"
Eyes, sir"
People turn pale when they faint,
don't theyr'
A great sensation in the court, and
an evident confusion of witness. But
in q moment she answered, "No, not
always"
Ibid you ever hear of . case of
fainting where the party did not turn
pale?
Eyes, sir.''
"Did you ever see such a case7''
Eyes, SIR"
"When?''
"About q year ago."
"Where was itp"
lin this CITY,"
"Who was it?''
BY this time the excitement was SO
intense that everybody listened anx-
iously for the reply. 1t came prompt
~, with q twinkle in the witness eye,
and a quaver on her lip, as if from sup
pressed humor.
"'Twas a negro, sir.''
Peal after peal of laughter shook the
courtroom, in which the venerable
Judge Joined. Mr.. Smith lost his case,
not to say his temper.-YoutNs Conn
pGni0n.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-10

TO estimate mans worth proper
~ he must be regarded as whole. A
man who does not call for much in So
ciety generally may sitdown at board
ing-house table and call for more than
any other man in the room. o.
Rc0vsIne.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-10

Vests NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. resolution was
again taken up. and Mr.. Allison's resolution to
refer it to the Finance Committee was agreed to
% to 2.as follows: Teas-Allison, Anthony,
penter Chandler. Conkiing. Eaton, Ferry, Hill
Coll. Kellogg, Herman. Kirkwood. Logan, Nor
ely. Paddock. Platt. Rollins, Saunders. .Whyte.
reii, Coke, Davis Nl.9. Garland, Harris, Here Here
ford. Houston, Jonas. Jones Fla.), Maxey,
Morgan. Pendleton, ,Saulsbnry. Slater, Vance.
Cameron Mcpherson, Eamands and Dawes nsssss
Mes.rs %.isee. Grover, Thurman a1s 1A and Hi
y. Mes!s. Bailey and Hampton rs announced
that had they been present they would have
voted a&a,nst the reference. and Messrs. Nc.
have voted in its favor. A favorable report was
jcurnment at two O'Clock (sOth), but Mr.. Win
the senate Ell 1ens 70 a0 the
exemption of certain vessels from enrolment
q LICENSE was SLIGHTLY amended and agreed to.
priation bill just vetoed BY the President,
minus the political clauses. and tie bill was
read twice. when Mr.. Eaton moved to add the
ss1ses 9t ne vetoed blu Ehch motion
indefinitely postpohed-27 to IT,. In the
lou House. z MESSAGE was received from the Presi.
gent T nnnoP h e his approval Of the Judicial
PHI; motion to pass the vetoed bill, the OBJ
jections Of the President to the contrary not
the necessary two. thirds in the affirmative. and
60 the bill failed to pass. A message was read
from the President calling. attention to the i'm
meoiate necessity of making some adequate
deputy Marshals Of the important duties in
tbs to then which message vas referred to
Qulnine on the free List was passed-l25 to IS.
A motion TO suspend the rules and pass the bill
approPriating 5000 to pay fees of Marshals
year was rejected by party yote-6l to 8$.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-10

"A new grocery store in neigh
borhood is a bonanza to families who
live on credit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-10

of France was sung in the Roman Catholic
cathedral in Kensington, Eng, on the 3Ot
ult. Cardinal Manning was the celebrant.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-10

headed baby like his new sister AZ nome.
He had Just come to the conclusion
that such thing was impossible, when
some one touched his shoulder and
voice said Eyer ticket, little feller."
He was in for it now for sure, he
thought. His first impulse was to dive
into the crowd ahead and hide himself,
when an idea struck him. 81 lost my
father in the crowd and I reckon he's
gone in with the tickets, cause ! can't
find i'm nowhere" "Well, 60 in and
see fees thar" said the pasteboard-
taker, and our boy did ego in" and
for two hours and one-half he was
superlatively happy. His stomach
couldn't draw off his attention. Before
the circus was half over his mind was
made up to I've clown. He would 60
home and eat all he could and get to be
as blg as tie woman who passed in
ahead of him, ten he would 90 to the
circus man and hire out.
After the show was over and the
crowd was gone his stomach demanded
attention, this time stronger than ever,
but thoughts of the coming evening
performance helped him to brave out
the struggle. Again tho crowds poured
into the canvas doorway, and the boy
poured in with the rest, but the yigilant
ticket-man spotted him and said,
"Your father hasn't gone in tonight,
for I've looked out for 'im." His game
was mn. and the tears would come as
he slowly made his way back to the
stfeet. And his stomach! It was NO
use to attempt to put it of any longer.
It had been abused and neglected long
enough. A policeman stood by the
ticket-wagon under the big light.
.sGimme something to eat" said our
boy. The guardian of the peace was
about to take no notice of the little
supplicant, but something in the man