The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26

bacco-iuice at his lecture in Hamilton,
/ Ohio. that Prof. Proctor took notice of
it and made a mathematical calculation
! in regard 10 it. "Let us suppose, -
continued Prof. Proctor, "that the
moisture extIuded in this unpleasing
way in Ohio in the course of year
would, if uniformly distributed, cor
respond 10 the addition of a film of
moisture no thicker than a postal-card
over The entire State. Then if there are
about two hundred postal-cards to the
inch there would in million years be
| formed sea. about one hundred and
forty yards deep over the entire State.
And as in the course OF my lecture / had
occasion to speak of the earth's future
during two thousand five hundred mil
lions of years, it would seem to follow
dreadful thoughtD that the sea would
rise over Ohio and neighboring States OF
equal salivary potentially to height OF
nearly two hundred miles! Noah's flood
was nothing to this
THE Emperor of China is Just now in
o serious difficulty. Young though he
is, he has already to maintain some 70
women on his establishment in various
capacities, and, like every other gentle
man who has ladies under his protec-
ton, the duty devolves upon him of
clothing them. This would be COM
paratively easy task were the 20 fair
ones of a reasonable turn of mind. But,
unhappily for the peace of the brother
of the Sun and Moon, their extravaganza
is pronounced to be beyond all bounds.
Two hundred and fifty thousand taels,
which is more than one-half of the land
tax of the Empire, were expended last
year in silk, satin, gauze, velvet, red and
gilt paper, and pearls. 1t is said that
one dress which is in possession of an
Empress was covered last year with seed
pearls worked in so peculiar fashion
as to have cost fabulous sum. With
respect to this robe there is trouble
ahead. The Empress is aged, though
the dress is new. If she die, according
to custom, it must be burned, supposing
it to be liz her possession at the time of
her demise. She refuses to part with it,
and the idea of this wastefulness, coupled
with the prospect of increased extrava-
gance in the coming year, troubles the
owner of the vermillion pencil exceed
ingly.
A CORRESPONDENT requests an eX-
change to inform those merchants who
employ female clerks that it would be
for their benefit if they would instruct
their saleswomen that there is nothing
disreputable in buying cheap articles.
Women like to save penny where they
can do so, and are always on the alert
e., oAn 1n
buyer and seller change places, and the
woman becomes the merchant, it is
amusing to lookers-on, and aggravating
70 purchasers, to see the scorn with
which she will turn up her nose at the
individual who wants to look at some
thing cheaper" Men are never guilty
of this rudeness. The most elegant
clerk in the most stylish of our estab-
lishments never betrays by the move
ment of muscle that he is either sur
prised or disappointed when we turn
away from his g 80 gloves, intimating
that we "would like to look at those
Isle thread which we hear he is selling
at % cents pair" And this is exact
ly why women do not compete in popu-
larity with men as store clerks. They
are, in reality, just as well suited for
the business, perhaps better; but their
own thoughtlessness and want of tact
for we dislike to believe it arises from
genuine unkindness) make them less
successful, and consequently fewer OPP
portunities are open to them. And
they never will stand on a par with men
in this capacity with as many openings
awaiting them, and as good pay-till
more considerate of the feelings of
others - and of their own sex espe-