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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20

Rats have, Tor long years, been greatly
destructive to every kind of meat at
tempted to be carried in our country
smoke houses This year | built one,
| 10 feet square, with 10 feet pitch, after
| the following plan: 1t is framed with
sills, plates, sleepers, joists and rs!aers.
other frame houses are, with these differ
! euces-instend OF 8 regular set of studs
wo feet apart between the conner posts,
! put one stud Ia the middle on three
sides, and two on the fourth side, where
the door Is out for door posts. | then
ran . garden rail horlsnntslly across
halfway between the sills and the plates.
This framing constitutes the difference
on the tour aides. The sleepers (nesr the
ground) are Ualved at each end into the
sills, 20 as 20 be even or fish on the top,
that the one and halt-inch coax plank
flooring will lay fat On both the sills
(ali OF them) and the sleepers, TO prevent
the rat from resting on the sils whilst
cutting through the floors; the sides (sll
Iour) are covered with inch undressed
pine plank nailed on horizontally out
side; plank of the same Kind Is then
nailed on perpendiculsrly to the hOri
zJntal plank, making the sides two inches
tn OK double aud crOssed); the outside
joints of the perpendicular GU side plank
is broken by nailingon strips OIL plank all
around four inches wide and threes ourtns
of an inch thick; this, with an ordinary
roof of shingles or tin (shingles the best),
make smoke-honse, or any other house,
rat proof, rogue proof by far harder to
burn down, because of the planking lay
ing solid together and not open and Tapped
as in the case of weather. boarding and
ceiling; makes the house perfectly dark,
which is very essential to keeping out
flies, also so tight that it is necessary to
bore holes to ventilate it, besides max
ing it doubly as streng as the ordinary
node of building such houses Geo.
Watt in Southern Planter.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20
The Nevada SchOOlmaster.

Harry Floty was a university man
who had been some time in Nevada, and
having had bad luck, couldn't do better
than to leave the digging and take to
school teaching. He was pale, slender,
and scholarly looking, and the president
OF the board OF trustees said 10 him,
sorrowfully, as he brushed tear:
Mister, you may be book learned,
but it takes more than that for teacher
il the Cranberry Gulch school, as you
will find. The last teacher sleeps in
graveyard; the one before him left an
eye and one arm to show his incapacity !;
and the one before him was very much
eaten by the eels when we found his
body, and the three before him ran away
with only about four eyes and six legs
between them. Our boys are rough and
don't stand no nonsense"
Let me try" replied Harry, mildly.
I'm weak, but l have will. I'll open
next Monday at nine a. m
At eight Harry went down to the
sehool,honse, with the key in one hand
and a vaise in the other.
Sixty scholars we're iOa6ng around in
= good big crowd to see what would turn
no, while the undertaken stood near
waiting for job.
Ready to slope if be finds we are too
much for MIN, whispered the big bow
legged, cross eyed bully OF the school, a
devilish looking chap, nineteen years
old.
The new teacher gazed pen>ively at
the adjacent graveyard. opened The valise,
TOOK out three navy skies and long
bowie knife, whetLed the latter on the
leg of bis boot, cooked one of the former,
and then said sweetlv:
"FEing the bell and Wen have pray
els"
The big bully whom he addressed
mildly obeyeu.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20
Cats Customs.

Cats are not supposed to have the in
telligence of dogs, and vet if we observe
them we find that they are capable or q
great deal of reasoning. A cat belong
ing to US had kitten, which, when it
learned to drink milk from a saucer
with its mother, was given to a Leigh
Dor. For many days after, the old cat
never drank more than a certain quanti-
ty of the milk given 10 her, leaving the
rest for the kitten, which was hourly ex-
pActed to return. After q time, ana ng
thst the kitten did not return, she re-
sumed her hsbit of drinking the whole
OF the milk placed in the saucer. We
were calling at cottage, when an old
Cat came ia. "Ah," said the woman o.
the house, "she has been TO see what
our neighbours cat has got Tor her. She
is too old to hunt for herself, 50 on
ueighbor's cat will keep a mouse or a
bird for her, and she goes regularly every
morning to see what is for her." An
other cat we have seen who has been
taught tricks in the same manner as a
dog, and if her master places her on The
table and says Die" she will lie quite
motionless, and mot move paw or her
tail until he tells her to get up, when
she jumps up Immediately, and is as
risky as ever.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20

Taylor said his enemies and prosecutors
could not take away from him. There
are some persons who spend their lives in
this world as they would spend their
lives if shut up in dungeon.
Everything is made gloomy and forbid>
ding. They go mourning ana complain
ing from day 10 day that they have 70
little, and are constantly anxiou, lest
what little they have should escape out
OF their hands They look always upon
the dark side, and can never enjoy the
good that is present for the evil that Is
10 come. This is not religion. Religion
makes the heart cheerful F; and when lis
large and benevolent principles are exer-
cised, men will be hsppy in spite of
themselves. TIE industrious bee does
not complain that there are so many
poisonous flowers and thorny branches in
his road, but huzzes on, selecting the
honey where be can find it, and passing
quietly by the place where it is not,
There is enough in this world to COM
plain about and find fault with, if men
have the disposition. We often travel
on hard and uneven road but with a
cheerful spirit, we may walk therein with
comfort, and cone to the end OF our
journey in peace Baptist Weekly.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20
Rijah and His RsetS.

Detroit Free Press
What on earth siis you this time p
sharply demanded the court, as Bijah
liHped across tae path to his desk.
"B0ots," WAS his brief reply.
Who booted you p
81 want t understood that I've got a
new pair of boots, and that they hurt
my feet - answered the janitor.
Where are they-show 'em to NE ~
RijIh limped into the corridor and
brought out one. He was little pale
around the mouth, and his voice trem-
bled as be said
cts plenty big enough, but the heel
don't set right"
His Honor looked from the boot to
B JAMS loot aud back, aud a look of hor-
ror settled down upon his face as he
said:
Well, I'm now ready to lay down
and die! When man seventy eight
years old, bsld-headed, ugly-looking,
and with hands as big as wall-baskets,
will deliberately try to crowd No. 1S
foot into a NJ. y boot, we might as well
go under ground"
THAT boot is even to big for me J"
persisted Biiah.
"Too big Too big Bijah, have yon
decided IN your old age to gain notorie
ty as fslsi6er?" Too big Great gunsl
but they'll have to have a second story
added bee you could wear stocking
with EN-"
Bijsh walked away with quivering
chin. 1t isn't right for anyone to abuse
snother's feet Feet are something,uone
of us can help, especially big feet.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20
Care for Domestic Unhsppines..

The law of love was given as q prin.
ciple, and spirit which should rule the
christian life and the righteousness of the
christian is to be measured by the f.
deity with which he adheres to this
supreme standard. In this new dispen-
satiOn breach of the law OF love is sin
equally with the violation of the letter
OF the Jewish law. Apply this principle
to the home lite of the christian, and you
at once touch the root of the difficulty in
domestic infelicity. The husband or the
wife who continually commits acts OF
discourtesy in the privacy of the home
circle, or INDUCES habitually in cross
words, or who persists in thoughtlessness
or neglect, ia guilty of sin equally with
one who breaks the Sabbath, and perhaps
in the eye OF God has committed the
deeper wrong. Certainly such a one is
not living the christian lite, since the
lire is not animated by the spirit Of
Christ. For " the fruit of the Spirit is
love, Joy, peace, long suffering, gentle
ness, goodness, faith, meekness, temper
snce; against such there is no law"
Let these blessed qualities be enshrined
in the home life, and domestic infelicity
will be cured. Let each party be eager
in the pursuit of the happiness of the
other, and individual grievances, trials
and ve1ations will be forgotten in
the arGor Of the new devotion, pro-
vided that the whole soul be con-
centrsted in the accomplishment of the
single purpose at whatever cost, and that
efficient aid be sought from the Goo Of
Love. Failure IN this work is failure
in the christian life, and should be rec
cenized, while success Is worth more
thar all the mere PROFESSIONS III the
wOild.-T Ajiiaure
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20
Drunkenness in France,

French officers, says the London Daily
News, students, young men about town,
and many other persons spend several
hours every day inside the cafes, and
some of them drink an amount of
liquor which keeps their brains constant
~ in soak. 1t is all nonsense to talk of
this tipping as a harmless pastime. A
single glass of absinthe is enough to
throw a man into excitement a second
fuddles him; if he then proceeds to mix
to mix his liquor with beer and little
nips of cognac, he staggers home unfit
for business of any kind. 1t is signii,
cant fact that of the number of men
consigned to French hospitals or mad>
houses with delirium tremens. the great
er portion belong to those classes who
have never frequented wine-shops, but
only go to cafes. The wineshop is the
club of the workingman who wears a
blouse: the cafe is the haunt of all men
one degree higher i'll the social scale than
mechanism fact, of those who wesr
coat" as the Frenchmen say. As it
is the ambition of every right-thinking
artisan to sport a coat" it follows that,
on the whole, many more frequent cafes
than wineshOps.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20
A Strange People.
Sci ufiic Notes


Dr.. + K H-sth, in n paper on Pc
ruvian Antiquities" describes a strange
people living in town called Eten, in
seven degrees south latitude and about
TWO mics from the sea. They number
ABOUT 4 GOO, and they speak besides the
Spanish a language which some OF the re-
Gently brought over Chinese labOrers un-
derstsnd, but there is no other similarity
between the two people. They inter
marry unces aud nieces, brothers and
sisters, uephews and aunts. that is pro-
mi~cuously, and no apparent curse of
consaDguinity but they will not permit
any intermsrriage into their number, or
with the outside world. They have
laws, customs and dress of their own,
aud live by brsiding hats and mats, and
weaving clothes. They will give no &C.
count of the place whence they came, or
the time they settled at Eten. History
does not mention their existence before
the Spsniards arrived. AMONG them
there are no sick or deformed persons,
their custom being to send a committee
to each or old person, and those who are
reported past recovery or past useful
ness are promptly struggled by the pub.
lie executioner. Eten orders it, they
say, and with Eten's orders there is no
interference.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20
Paris Newspaper Wit.

"Well, old fell, has your piece been
received at the Odeon ?'' " Yes, like a
dog"
A woman may be the friend of the
man she has not loved, but she will
always be the enemy of the man she
has loved.
First Woman-Bless me, Emily, you
don't look as well as usual; indeed, do
not think l ever saw you looking as old
as you do to-day. Second Woman-My
dear, never was as old as / am to-day.
An old soldier, long since pensioned
of. enjoys his leisure in rearing rabbits.
One of the little creatures bites his
thumb, and, trihing as the wound seems,
gangrene sets in and extends, and ampu-
tation is resorted to too late. An old
companion in the nine hundred and
ninety-ninth light infantry, who had
marched shoulder to shoulder wish him
in hundred well-fought battles, under
takes to deliver his comrades funeral
Grafton. "Adieu," the honest soldier
cries, in a voice fairly choked with emos
ton, "adieu, brave and gentle heart;
thou that hast fought so well in Africa,
the Crimea, Italy. a hundred times
didst thou with impunity brave the
lesden hail that hurtles over the battle
field, and survive-to be killed by
- long cared, cat-skinned, kangaroo,
manned, Eink,eyed, parsley mu aching
wo-penny-half,p penny rabbitp'
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20
NutnlegS.

Nutmegs grow on trees which Look
like pear trees, and are generally over
twenty feet high. The flowers are very
much like the lily of the valley. They
are pale yellow, and veryifragrant. The
nutmeg is the seed of the fruit. and the
mace is the thin covering over this seed.
The fruit is about Is large a. a pesch.
When ripe it breaks open and shows the
little nut insi e. The trees grow on the
islands of Asia, and in tropical America.
They bear fruit TO- seventy or eighty
years, having ripe fruit upon them at all
seasons. A Sne tree in Jamaica has OVER
a Thousand nutmegs on yearly. The
Dutch used 70 have all the nutmeg
trade, as they owned the. Banda islands,
and conquered all the other traders, and
destroyed the trees. To keep the pries
no. they once burned three piles of nut
megs, each of which Was a. large a. a
church. Nature did not synIpsshize
with such meanness. TIE nutmeg
pigeon, found IN all the Indian islands.
did Tor the world what the Dutch hsd
determined should not be done; carried
these nuts, which are her God. into all
thu surrounding countries, and tres
grew again, and Inc world Bss the benefit.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20
Origin OF tne Domestic Turkey.

Many suppose from its name that the
turkey originated in the east. Not
only does the English name give support
to this belief, but the French name,
dindon, contraction of Oiseau d. indie,
(bird OF India) shows that the same is
held in Europe. Prof. S. T. Baird, of
the 5 nithsonian Institution, has inves-
tieated the sIbject, and finds that we
have two distinct species OF turkey in
North America.
zone, confined to the more eastern
and southern states; the other, to the
southern Rocky mountains and adjacent
parts of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado
and Arizona. 1t is from the Mexican
species, and not that from eastern North
America, that this domestic turkey is de.
rived"
One of the points of difference between
the two is the color of the tips of the
tail-teatheIs and of the feathers overlap
ing the base of the tail, These are
creamy or velIowish white in the Next
can and typical barn-yard birds, while
in the Wild turkey OF eastern North
America the same parts are of a chestnut
brown colOr
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20
FARM AND HOME.
Chicken Cholera

Chicken cholera proceeds simply from
indigestion, and this is caused by bad
food, over fatigue and unrest, brought
about by the presence of vermin in great
quantities on the body. 1t disorders the
whole system. Too many fowls, either
old or young, should never be herded
together. Chicken cholera. Is well as
most other fowl diseases, is no more con-
tagious than a common cold. The same
feed and the same atmosphere thst affec.
one affect all alike, hence the ide2 of con-
tsgion. A hen will not lay unless she
be well, hearty, and healthy. In the
opinion OF the writer, 8 laying hen is
unfit for table use. A. regular sitter is
preferable. The flesh of layer is apt
to be tough, whereas the sesh of sitting
hen, especially if an Asiatic, will be
sweet, tender, and juicy. Many people
do not consider fowls suitable for table
use until they have been confined and
fed on good sweet grain or meal for
certain length Of time. Certain it is
compost fowls sre not over choice about
their food, and all poultry have a more
or less indiscriminste appetite, be they
ever 80 choicely bred and mstured.
Therefore it behooves US, since the flesh
saVors OF the material that produces it,
to fstten cur chicks in clearly quarters,
and upon good feed, for cerlain period.
= G. B. in Country Gentleman.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20
Substitutes for Liquor.
Boston journal.


A curious feature of the operation OF
the no-license law at Norwich, Conn,
is the substitution by drinkers of other
stimulants in the place OF liquors. Per-
haps the most natural substitute of all
is Jamaica ginger. This extract has
about double the alcoholic strength OF
whisky, and as it is medicine in con-
slant demand, and kept by all druggists,
it makes very satisfactory substitute
for the habitual old topper who is bound
to get drunk on something. That it is
used in this way to considerable ex>
tent is shown from the increased sales OF
the drug as well as the confession of the
USER One des Ter estimates his sales o.
Jamaica ginger since The fret OF Novem
Der a. fully three times as great as they
were before and another sells perhaps q
third more now than before that date !;
another has noticed but small increase
not over five per cent; while fourth
estimates the calls upon him as five
times as large now as they were up to
November first. 1t is also said that the
sale of paregoric has slightly increased in
some cases.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20

We will arrange the classes, ne said
mildly, as he cooked a revolver and
walked down the room.
One after another the boys were ex-
smined 8 I'd classed. He called the first
class to recite in geogrsghy; whisper
was heard behind him. Quick as light
ming the teacher wheeled and covered
the offender with q deadly aim, ss he
spoke sternly for the FIRST time;
Don't do that again, for never give
a second warning"
Recess then came, and the boys, very
much cowed, went out on the play
ground.
One of them threw his bail in the air,
and before it started to descend toward
the catcher, the new teacher struck it
with bullet, and from that time Harry
Floty has kept school undisturbed.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20
RELIGIOUS READING.
OU x LOST.

They never quite leave Us, friends who have
psss-d
Through the shadows Of death to the sunlight
above;
A thousand suee, memories are holding them fsst
10 the pieces they essed With ih'ir presence and
love.
The work which they left and the book, .h'ch they
read
Speak mu,ely, though stiI with an eioqusacs
rare,
And the songs that sy sung and dear words that
they sad,
.stiu lncer aud Sigh on the d-sOl4te All.
And oft when a'one, ana as Oft in the throus,
Or when evil allures u. or sin drA~eth nigh,
A whisps comes gently, Nay, do not the wrons,"
And we le, that their weakness is pitisd high.
In the dew-threAded morn and the opalIhs eve,
When the children are merry crimsoneI with
tleep,
We are comforted, even lonely we grieve,
For the thsught of their rupture lorbids US u
weep.
We toll at our tax in the burden aud hest
OF lies rsssiJnAts noon. They sre folded in
peace.
We, TOO will 20 home DER the river OF rest
As The strong and ths lovely before US nsve gone
Our tun will 60 down in the beautiful west,
10 rise in the glory that circles the throne.
Until then we bound by our love and our faith
10 the SAINTS who are walking in Paradise fair
They have passed beyond sight, AT he touching Of
death,
But they, ike ourselves, in Gods infinite care.
-Margarei e. SGngsfer IN rhe Methodist.
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| but not more; put them IN Stew paD.ol
cold water, where let them boil halt an
hour until tender, but not at all watery;
! then turn them out of the cloth, rub
them through hair sieve into a basin,
after which add quarter of pound of
butter, season with little white pepper
and salt, and n,ix all well together with
the velks of three and one whole egg;
lightly -four q pudding cloth, which lay
in a small round bottomed basin; pour
in the mixture, tie up the cloth, and
put the pudding to boil for an hour in
sauce pan of boiling water. When
done turn it from the cloth upon a dish,
and serve with any joint of boiled pork.
PICKLETTR-Fsur large, crisp cab
bages, cut fine one quart onions, chop
ped fine; two quarts vinegar, or enough
to cover the cabbage; two pounds of
brown sugar two tsblespoonfuls ground
mustard two tsblespoonfuls black pep,
per two tablespoonfuls cinnamon two
tsblespoonfuls tumeric two tablespoon
fuls celery seed one tablespoonful
sllspice; one tablespoonful mace enc
tablespoonful alum pulverized. Pack
the cabbage and onions in alternate
layers, with little salt between them.
Let them stand until next day. Then
scald the vinegar, sugar and spices to
gether, and pour over the cabbage and
onion. Do this three mornings in sue
cession. On the fourth, put ali together
over the fire and heat to a boil. Let
them boil five minutes. When cold,
pack in small jars. 1t is fit for use as
as soon as cold, ::but keeps well.
To Cook SoUAsH.-The small scallop-
ed squash should be boiled in sailed
water until you can pierce them easily
with fork; then lay in a sieve to drain
and as soon as they are cool enough to
handle, scrape Of the skin, cut them
open, take out the seeds and pulp and
return the pieces of squash to the sauce
pan. Mash smooth, season with pepper,
salt and butter, and serve. The Boston
and Hubbard varieties may be peeled,
cut into small pieces and boiled until
done; then drain, mash and season as be-
fore. Another nice way of preparing
squash for the table or for pies is to cut
them in two, lay in a baking pan and
bake until done in 8 moderate oven.
Cooked in this way they will always be
dry.
EXCELLENCE OF OATMEAL.-Liebig
has chemically demonstrated that oats
meal is almost as nutritious as the very
best English beef, and that it is richer
than wheaton bread in the elements that
go to form bone and muscle. Professor
Forbes, of Edinburg, during some 20
years, measured the breadth and height,
and also tested the strength of both arms
snd loins of the students of the university
e very numerous class and of various
nstionaiities drawn to EdinDurg by the
fame OF his teaching. He found that
in height, breath of chest and shoulders,
and strength of arms aud loins, the Bel
gians were at the bottom OF the list {; q
little above them, the French; very
much higher, the English; and highes.
o. all, toe Scotch aud Scotch-Irish from
Ulster, who, ike the natives of Scotland,
are led in their earlier years at least one
meal q day of good oatmeal pOrridge.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20
HOUsRHOLD HELPS,

BEEFsTEAK, MADRID STYLE.-Take a
piece of rump steak about three-quarters
of an inch thick Trim it neatly and
beat it with the outlet bat, sprinkle it
With pepper, dip it in oil, and broil it
oven clean fire. Turn it after it has
been on the fire a minute or two, and
keep turning it until done; eight or ten
minutes will do it. Sprinkle it with
salt, and serve with small quantity OF
irely mixed parsley and piece of but
ter mixed together, and placed over o.
under the steak. Gsrnish with fried
potatoes.
HONEY COOKIES. Mix quart of ex-
tract OF honey with pound of powdered
white sugar, halt pound Of fresh but
ter and the juice of two oranges or
lemons. Warm these ingredients
slightly, just enough to soften the butter,
and then stir the mixture very hard,
adding grated nutmeg. Mix in grad
ually two pounds or less sitted -four,
make it into dough just stiff enough to
roll out easy, and beat it well ali over
with rolling pin then roll it out into
a large sheet half an inch thick, cut it
into round cakes with top of a tumbler
dipped frequently in -four, lay them in
shallow tin pans slightly buttered, and
bake them.
PEAsE PUDDING.-Tie pint of split
peas in a cloth, leaving room to swell,