The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-17
FACTS AND FANCIES.
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CHANG LING's FLUTE.
Twas night; the tired folders we're PeaeefuiI
l Fac low hum Of voices vas husaei in reposs -
| When low note on the night air came stealing.
so soathingly over the senses it fell,
So touehinSly sweet, so soft and appealing.
/ Like the musical notes o! an seTial beA.
| Nov rising now falling, now fuller. now clearer.
| Now LOU dly soft, now q low vailIng ery;
| Nov the csdenees seem a0ating nearer and nearer
Nov dying away in a whispering sigh.
Whence came these sweet sonndsf Who the un
| seen musician
That breathes out his soul which Goats on tn
In melodions signs, in strains 90 ElysiRn
As to soften the hearts of rude soldiers hk
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= Translation from the Chinese
TREES begin to die at their tops. MeI
begin to dye there. too.
IT is better to hang around athoussnc
girls than q street corner.
A SMALL boy and gun are harmless
when apart, but they make a terrible
combination.
MARKET quotations do not affect the
price ofliberty, which slwsys remains st
eternal vigilance.
In Copenhagen there is manufactured
from the blood of cattle a chocolate,
which is said to be the most nutritious
article yet known to science.
NEVER use slang. 1t may not always
apply. Listen as A comes to BIS room,
Says BLOW do you like my new
shoes p A" Oh, they're immensep'
THEY were having a snarl, and she
asked him if there was anything in the past
he would like to recall. He heartlessly
answered, "Yes, the day you first refused
me-"
THE editor of q paper recently in
sisted that poets must De brief The
next day he received a composition enti.
tied "The Ballad of the Merchant
Trust-Bust !"
THAT was q CHASTITY joke that sinful
townsman played on stranger whom
he promised to introduce TO rich plants
er, and then took him around and intro
duced him to the leading undertaken.
BEFORE marriage man is generally
greeted by his sweetheart with, My
darling, is it your But after marriage
she generally rushes to the door and
shouts, "Hugh Henry, wipe your
boOtsp
IT is easier for camel to pass through
the eve of a needle than it is for young
woman in fur-lined silk cloak to walk
along without letting it fsp open just a
little, to show that the fur is more than
mere border.
JEFMs-" see, Robin, that the paper
says we're tae have anither storm next
Monday" Robin" Man, it s terrible.
Since thae Yankees hiv gotten the
weather intae their keeping We We storm
every ither day"
"WHAT ever shall / do with such
bad, bad boy" said loving mother, as
she strove to impress on the mind OF her
six-year-old tow-head his manifold
treublesomeness. "Oh, you let me
alone; | amt half as bad as / can BE-"
GARIBALDI has written letter to tire
effect that if the present king renders
Italy prosperous, be will deserve the
gratitude of all Italians, including the
republicans. The latter pretend that
Tic OlU HAL HIS sOlU Oub III lis NDInSOs
"THANK God for free gospel, said
an old church member, suddenly carried
away by the elOquence of the preac her.
Give and twenty years have Ib-en
church member, and it has not cost me
as many cOppers." " May the Lord for
give your stingy soul - said the preacher
A MEMBER of the rhetorical class in a
certain college had just finished his dec
lsmation when the professor said Mr..
-, do you suppose general would adj
dress his soldiers in the manner in whlch
you spoke that piece p " Yes. sir, ]
do" was the reply, {" if he was half
scared to death"
A YANKEE who had never paid more
than twenty five cents to see an ez1i-
bition, went to New York theatre one
night to see the Forty Thieves : ne
ticket-seller charged him seyenty-hv
cents for a ticket. Passing the paste
board back, he quietly remarked: keep
it. mister; don't want to see the other
thirty-nine," and out he marched.
REMARK of severe parent to blooming
daughter upon discovering that che OF
the legs of the big chair in the parlOI
had been broken the Sunday evening
previous: 81 wish you to understand
Susan. that this chair was constructed
with view to the accommodation OF one
person at time, and has not the strength
and scarcely the capacity FLOR two"
OUR namesake of Portland tells Of an
old farmer who, having eaten an oyster
stew for the first time. said, " liked the
soup pretty well, but / didn't like them
pollywOgs." This recalls the story Of
the Heosier who lunched with Gen
Jackson, and had, among other things
champagne and olives. Genera. az
said, Shaping tn old hero on the back
i like your cider, but dunn your pick
Ias U-C Roston TRANSCRIPT.