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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-24
A Disinfecting Machine.
New Orleans Picayune.

Yesterday a number of PRACTICAL men
assembled at No. ITO Robertson street,
to witness an exhibition of the Wind
ham refrigeIating machine. This was
erected some six or seven years ago with
the purpose of using it in the manufac-
ture of ice, but the project was abanS
doned, and it has been lying up ever
since. The object of the experiment
Yesterday was to show that, without
using chemicals, but by compression and
expansion of the air only, it produced a
GOODNESS many degrees below freezing
point. Having established this fact the
owners proposed to offer it for sale as a
dIsinfectant, cold air being considered
the greatest of disinfeCtants. The tenn
perature of the room with which the
machine communicated, and which rep
resented the vessel it might desire to
disinfect, was 50 deg. The door of the
room was then closed and the machine
set to work with q great noise. In halt
an hour the room was opened and the
temperature had decreased to 26 deg. at
the door and to p deg in the inner part
of the room. the temperature further
decreased by keeping the machine at
work, and the white snow formed on
some OF the vessels. Dr.. Chopin will
give his personal attention at an early
day, and it is possible that such method
OF distinction may ;e adopted. The
cost would be in the neighborhood of
$4,000 or $4,000.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-24

The first case under the civil rights
act of 1875 that has ever arisen in New
York took practical shape one day last
week in the issue of warrant of attach
ment against the steamboat. Continental,
belonging to the New Haven steamboat
company. The complainant is Charles
II. Cooper, barber of New York, who
claims to have been elected from dining
at the regular table on board the steam
boat when travelling from New Haven to
New York, a week or two ago, though
he had bought frst-class ticket, and to
have been excluded from the cabin.
The damages claimed for election from the
the diningSroOm are $500, and an addi-
tional $500 lie claimed for exclusion from
the cabin. The case is pending befole
Judge Choate.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-24
MRS. sPTDER's BALL.

A Spider she sat in her web on the gate.
Bewailing her luck and bemoaning her fate;
"Oh dear, such mishaps!
Pm sure III collapse,
The bugs and the flies are 30 cunning of late.
" I've not had thing in my pouch for week
Been dong penanee for sins, 30 to speak;
But after fast
dainty repast
I'm sure it's no. wrong in body 10 seek
" But how to inveigle bug to my armsi
The least little motion OF mine SO alarms;
l smile at aSy,
And zlp-it by,
And pays not the slightest regard to my charrss
" Suppose, now. ASH all the bugs to a ball;
might by enlareine bit OF my hall;
l YUM what chsnoel
I'll give 'eD q dance,
Then gobble up buggies, ana beetles, and ALL"
Now, saying was doing, and 80 she began
Her spinning by weaving delicate span,
To make in all haste
And best of her taste
beautiful hall on a nodernjzed plan.
She spun out her silk at terrible rate;
She crossed it and fasteced it tight on the gate,
And soon had g1oor
A foot Ger and more,
model OF strength and OF intricate pl91t.
a CockchaIer then, in ar opera hat,
Came in with Cricket, c Moth and Gnatr
n Aipuia,
Said I" How do sc do ?'
And wiped his feet daintily over the mat.
Miller In white was next at the hall
Inc whole of the tribe had been asked TO the hz
And then from the del,
There entered the belle,
A Butte fly dressed in q camel's-h shawl.
The Spider was tickled really do think
She laughed in her sleeve and endeavored TO wink
90 I've net q regret
They're all in my net ~
She said, and in saying it managed to blink.
hate to proceed with the tsle---but must
It'wouldn't be clever. nor proper, nor just,
To clip il off here:
co listen, my dear
She caught 'em-and ate EN- sld ate till s1e bust
MORAL.
The Spider had eight little eyes wee and neat
While you with pair are considered complete;
But, Johnny, bewRrei
For often pair
See twice the amount it is proper tc eat.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-24
Terrible Explosion Of Fire-Damp in a
New Zealand COlliery.
Auckland star.

4 terrible explosion Of fire-damp oc>
Cured at the Kaitapgats coal mine.
D Inedin, New ZEALAND, on the 2lst of
FEBRUARY. ThiIty-fve men and one
bow we're in the mine, all Of whom were
killed, the boy being blown distance of
fiity wards. Over one hundred children
we're rendered fatherless by the accident.
A. the mines mouth the air was filed
with the lamentations Of women and
children. It was sad sight to see the
dead men brought out one by enc and
laid on stretchers All the faces, ex-
cent two, appeared as if in sleep, but
the two youths who had had charge Of
the horses were battered about the head,
having been blown SINE distance. A
thick green smoke hung like pail over
the tunnel for about ten minutes. The
mine is entered by a main drive or
tunnel. The workings rise as they PEN
citrate the bill, and the fall which assists
the drainage causes foul air to accumu-
late in the upper end of the mine. the
workings extend about five hundred
wards from the entrance. Most OF the
men appeared to have escaped the FIRST
effect of the fire damp, and were making
fol- the mouth OF the mine, when they
Wet overpowered by the after-damp.'
Some OF them pushed along from one to
two hundred yard before they fell. At
one place thirteen bodies were found IN
heap.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-24

NEVADA newspapers announce that
vast numbers of grasshopper eggs are
incubsting in Sierra Valley. A spade
full of soil is represented TO have con-
tanned hundreds of thousands of eggs
deposited in clusters. The farmers have
not turned furrow this spring, knowing
that with these pests in the the soil their
work would be fruitless of results.
Grain crops will only foster the scourge,
while to let the ground remain idle may
stsrve the insects int emigrating. Fears
are expressed that they may sweep down
upon the fertile valleys of California,
but whether they can cross mountains OF
such altitude as the Sierras is doubtful.
1t is proposed to dig trenches before
they are able to fly, and, driving them
in, to cover them up. This plan worked
successfully in Utah two years ago.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-24

ONE of the most :uinous habits OF
the Russian peasants is displayed at mar
riage celebrations. A peasant, to cele-
brate the marriage of his son, procures
twenty-five gallons Of whisky, to get the
money for which he sells his horse, COW
or pigs, and is ready to become pauper.
He can not resist the practice, for Gus
tom requires that the population of the
village-men, women and children
must get drunk. A rich peasant, at the
marriage festival, will procure 100 gal
Ions of whisky, and the neighbol ing
villages are invited to take part in the
carousal
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-24
GLEANINGS.

It ia proposed to bring about tenement
house reform in New York by the formation
of one or more stock companies for the
erection of improved dwellings, the compa-
MES to have capitals of from 100000 to
S2O00,O00 each, subscriptions to be received
in sums of $4,000, and dividends to be lin.
tied to five per cent.
Water transportation is remarkably
cheaper than the rail. Instances of this are
immense tows taken out of Pittsburg by
single steamer; one recently took seven
thousand tons. 1t went to Louisville, six
hundred miles, and the cost was perhaps
$500. For this distance on rail the ordi-
nary coal rates would be $4,000.
New York is seriously meditating the
advisability of constructing an underground
union depot. The bill now before the New
York legislature, in reference to the tunnel
under tha H..1cod river, provides for an
underground depot also. Thus the freight
ira rs, instead Of dscharging their cargOes
or he Jeu 9 stprs, could run them di-
recly into this Underground depot, saving
all cost of transhipment. The time seems
rapidly approaching when freight and pas
senger business in large cities must be done
in the air or underground.
Inc ldtgesG oIluge III EufOpo VIII Oe
completed next year. 1t will cross the
Volga in the government of Ssmara, Rus
STA, on the Siberian railroad line. The
Volga, at the point of the bridge, is about
four miles wide in the spring season, and in
autumn 3742 feet. The bridge will be sup
ported by II piers s. feet high, with ice
cutters So Feet high at distance of every
1854 feet. The ice cutters are covered with
granite. The iron work is from Belgium.
A temporary colony is established for WORK
men employed on the bridge; it occupies
about So acres, and has 80 different build
ing., insured at 100, 900 roubles. Two thous.
and men are employed, and among them
are 100 Italian masons. Three steamers and
seventy bsrks are used constantly for
forwarding wood, stone, iron and other
materials The bridge will cost 1850, 900
roubles, or about 81. 100000.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-24

In Nevada, gambling is regulated by
statute. Faro. monte, roulette, jourque-
sefte, rondo, keno, tan" " DIANA" and
all the other games known to that enter
prising state, are prohibited under pen
atty of $1,000 to $1,000 fine or three
months to years imprisonment, unless
license, costing 500 the first month and
SIS each subsequent month, has been re-
ceiyed. The games can not be carried on
in the lower story of any building ex-
cept in counties of less than one thou
sand five hundred voters. Boys under
fifteen are not to be allowed admission,
and any one who deals hogging" "
game, whatever that may be, will be
guilty of misdemeanor.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-24

Two herdsmen quarreled on Nebras'
ka prairie, and each threatened to kill
the other. Neither was armed, but
there was a gun in their hut, mile
away. Both started for the weapon, and
it was race for life, for the man who
got it was certain to shoot his compan-
ion. They had several fights on the
way, and were bruised and exhausted
when they neared the goal, but tley
ran with desperation, and kept abreast
until close to the house. Then one
tripped and fell, giving the other the
lead. The victor dashed into the build
ing, pulled the gun from its hooks, and
mercilessly murdered his fallen foe.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-24

the whole Forth side turned into glass
doors which opened into the garden, the
walls hung with paper OF golden ara
besques ard rosebuds. and filed with
a plsno and harp, rose pink e0uches,
books of poetry, pictures, MARBLE Cupids
and angels. The ghost of Gilbert ST.
Edgar never walked there again.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-24

QUEEN VICTORIA can amuse herself
any fine morning by inspecting 9,OOO,-
900 worth of royal plate in her castle OF
Windsor. This collection includes a
gold service for 40 persons, ordered by
George w, a shield formed of snuff
boxes worth s45, 900, thirty dozen plates
worth $50 900, an Indian peacock Of
precious stones valued at $3.50, 900, and
Tippoo's footstool. tigers head with a
solid ingot of gold for his tongue.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-24
liz Strasbourg two hundred and fifty

In Strasbourg two hundred and fifty
people are engaged in the business of
examining geese for the manufacture of
pate de foie grss. In order to bring the
birds liyers up to the proper condition
of disease thirty pounds of food are re-
CURED. Twenty-three Strasbourgers have
the monopoly of the trade, receiving al
together about s25O,OO yearly income,
nearly iour-ffths of which is for the
liver.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-24
SOUTHERN NEWS.

At the ServsnDe, Tenn, coal mines,
$40 convicts are at work.
The Knoxville Tribune insists that
there viii be an average fruit crop in the
south.
An average Of s2l1 per snnum is paid
county superintendenis of public instrue-
fion in Tennessee.
There are over 1900. 600 acres of pub
lie lend in Alabama subject 10 entry or
homestead.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-24

A SHOEMAKER in Wales, charged with
eaying his wife on the parish, was re-
Gently hunted up by an officer, and found
in miserable howell on the top OF a
mountain, surrounded by an army OF
trained rats, which valantly defended
his castle and drove the officers away.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-24

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appear personally and address the House,
but after long and vigorous debate, II was
decided without formal division that the
report should DO made In writing. Thus the
act of 1889 received it's construction from
many OF tho foremost minds that had
passed il.
In 1892 tho question was revived by reso-
luton offered in the House, inviting the
Secretary Of the Treasury and the Secretary
OF War to attend, and make personal ex-
plantations in answer to a report OF q COM
mittco which reflected upon them in con-
nection with the defeat of Gen. ST.. CLAIR.
MIR. MADISON ON that occasion took distinct
ground against the proceeding, MS follows:
fc objected to the motion on constitutional grounds as
being contrary to the practice Of the House lie mad not
Thoroughly rcvolved the matter In his own mind aud
therefore was not prepared To state fully the effects
which would result from the adoption u the resolutions
but he would hazard thus much that would form
innovation In the mode Of conducting the business OF the
House, and introduce precedent which would lead to
perplexing aud embarrassing consequences as 1t In.
wolves conclusion respect to the principles OF the
Government which at an earlier day would have been
rcyotcd FROM lie was decidedly in favor OF written in
formation"
These prcccdcnts have been consistently
respected from that day to this, until Mr.
PENDLEroN embarked in the enterprise of
upsctting the work Of the fathers and set
ting himself modcstly up as an authority
against the doctrine of the Constitution.
STORY and the foremost commentators
agree that the heads of departments are
prccluded from proposing or vndicating
their own measures in the face Of the nation
in the course of debate"
The whole tendency Of executive power,
since the close Of the civil war especially,
has been to cncroach on the rights OF the
legislative department. What Gen. GRANT
could not effect by audacity, he achieved
by corruption. That is to say. the public
patronage and the Offices were distributed
among partisans in Congress as the condi-
tion OF their fealty to the Administration,
and thus the legislative power was under
mined. The practice which he established
has boon followed by HAYES. and extended
so as TO reward the conspirators who con-
cocted the Fraud that carried him into the
White House, from the highest TO tho low
est, at the expense OF the Treasury and the
taxpayers.
senators and Representatives are noto-
riously bought with patronage now. and
held in allegiance by the threat Of its loss
1t is easy to understand that il members Of
the Cabinet were permitted to enjoy the
privilege which Mr.. PENDLEToS proposes
they should have, this huckstering for
votes and support would be transferred
from the private Offices OF the Cabinet to
the halls Of Congress, and the influence
Of the Executive would be correspondingly
increased Capitalization is one Of the
present dangers Of the republic, and the
duty Of Congress is to put a curb upon the
Executive and to conine him exclusively
within the limits Of his constitutional au-
thority.
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We are now in the season when reports Of
forest fires in the heavily timbered parts of
the country become frequent. These con-
lagratlons, which are usually due to the
carelessncss Of hunters and fishermen, who
leave their winter camp fires smouldering,
work a damage which the country can i'll
afford to sustain for already the nroads
made on our forests are so great that the
time is approaching when we shall need TO
husband our timber grOwths with scdulous
care to satisfy the demands upon them.
The usual spring fires are raging in Pike
and Monroe counties in Pennsylvania, and
though so far they have not been as destruc-
tive as those which swept over that region
two years ago, they are making Roadway in
spite of the efforts Of the inhabitants by
day and by night TO beat them back. The
work Of staying the progress of these con-
llagratOns is one to which the farmers
thercabouts are accustomed, but it is a long
and tedious task to burn away path which
will stop the flames by leaving nothing for
them to feed upon. Meantime thousands Of
acres are shorn of their timber, now so
precious, and all buildings in the pathway
Of the fire are destroyed. What is happen
ing in the wooded regions Of Pennsylvania
Is regular incident of this season IN the
Adirondacks OF this State; and elsewhere
throughout the country for many miles adj
jacent to the burning trees the air is thick
with smoke,
The destruction Of our forests by fire, by
clearlngs, and for the obtaining Of timber.
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A Difference of Opinion.

The bill To enable married women to enter
into contracts In respect TO their property
precisely as II they were single, has been
vetoed by Gov. ROBINSON. The Governor
says the changes effected by this bill are
OF doubtful value. He Is inclined to think
that there has been too much legislation,
rather than too little, for the benefit OF mar
ricd women, and deems 1t wiser TO preserve
the limitations which still remain. These,
he says, would all be swept away by this bill
The Governors views on this subject do
not accord with those which have been eX-
pressed by the Court OF Appeals. Under the
construction which our courts first gave to
the early oots enabling married women TO
make contracts in respect TO their separate
property, the common law disabilities OF
wife were removed in certain respects, but
not SO far as TO render her capable of con-
tracing debts as II unmarried Her debts
cannot be enforced against her property
unless they are contracted in certain ways
This construction OF our statutes has fire.
quently been criticised, and has sometimes
resulted in grave injustice 20 ltigants. It's
correctness has been maintained however,
by so long a course of judicial decision, that
the courts are constrained to refer suitors
TO the Legislature for relief.
This bill would have afforded the desired
relief, and we think its approval by the Gov
ernor would have perfected a very com
mendable measure of law reform. That
some such legislation is demanded appears
abundantly from our law reports. We need
| cite only one case, that OF the Manhattan
Brass Company agt. THOMPSON t5s New York
Reports, p. sO) decided in 1874. There Chief
Judge CHURCH, delivering the opinion OF
the Court of Appeals, said that II the
capacity Of married women 10 contract
debts as if unmarried had been recognized
| by law restricted only TO the collection OF
| such debts from their separate property,
q" il might well be claimed that the rights
OF married women would have been as well
If not better protected practically, sound
public policy and business morality more
| promoted, and n flood Of expensive and
veXntious litigation prevented" He added,
| however, that our courts must adhere to
the different principle they had adopted,
until the Legislature in its wisdom and
power should see fit to change it.
The language Of the Court in this case
and in many others leaves no doubt as to
the opinion of the Judges generally that
the legal status OF married women ought
TO correspond more closely with that of
those who are single But Gov. ROBINSON
is opposed to this view, and has acted ac-
| cOrdingly
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In the fall of 1865, when the first election
was held after the formation of the Repub-
lcan party in New York the Know Nothing
candidates for State officers were chosen
In the twenty-thrce general elections that
have followed, the Republicans have car
ried the state ticket eleven times. tho
Democrats ten times, while a portion of each
ticket has twice been chosen. These facts
show that New York is a doubtful State
Never before has the list Of State officers
10 bo chosen been SO important a. in the
coming election. 1t includes not only the
Governor and Lieutenant Governor, but also
the Comptroller, Secretary Of State. Treas
urer Acknowledgement, and State Engineer
and Surveyor; and as the term Of the SUI
pcrintendont Of Public Works expires with
this year, he is practically TO be elected this
TALL. In addition to these State officers both
branches Of the Legislature are to be chos-
en-, and the Senate now to be elected will
take part in the appointment Of n Senator
In Congress in the place Of Mr.. HERMAN.
But it is the effect Of the election upon the
Presidential contest that will impart to the
result unusual Importance. 1t will puzzle
any close Democratic or Republican calcu-
date in the campaign of 1850, unless he in
eludes the thirty-iive votes Of New York in
his column. AS sets the tide in a large
State at the general election in the year
previous to a Presidential campaign. so it
will be likely TO flow during the national
contest next ensuing. 1t is difficult to
specify an exception to this rule in late
years, at all events in New York. Looking
TO the prccedents, the party that carries
this State in the fall will thereby take a
long step toward success in the Presidcn-
lial struggle Of the next year.
Taking this view of the situation, the Re-
publicans are consolidating their ranks pre-
paratory to n united effort to capture New
York. They claim to have an advantage
over their opponents in the fact that they
have no State officers ON their hands, and
therefore encounter no obstacles in the
way OF making up ticket from the best
materials their party affords.
The Democrats should learn wisdom Of
their opponents. BY framing ticket that
will silence all fouds and harmonize all in
terests, they can now win victory that will
give assurance to the country that the thirty
live votes Of New York will be cast for the
next Democratic nominee for the Presidency