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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03
Put His Money in the Wrong Box.

The papers are circulating funny
story about a man who was found
sitting upon a curb-stone late at night
and shouting, "Drive on, drive on, old
eoachmaal'
whats the matter?" asked po-
liceman. who was attracted by the
noice, and raised the man TO his feet
by his coat-collar.
whats the NATTER" repeated the
fellow. who was stupid drunk, "why,
this is the matter. / took seat III
this stage, and put my fare in the box,
and here 1 have been waiting this
half-hour for the old coach TO drive
on-that's what's the matter"
The man had mistaken the sidewalk
for a coach and the lamp-pOst letter
box for the till for the money, and
after putting in his fare sat there on
the curbstone, satisfied that he was
homeward bound.
We may smile at this drunkard 5
mistake but he is not the only man
that has taken the wrong seat, and
put his money in the wrong box.
Hundreds do it every day, and they
are not all drunkards either; not yet,
though they may possibly reach that
condition. The man who spends his
time, or any part of it, in drinking
saloon, and pays his money for alco-
holic drinks, takes wrong seat and
puts his money in the wrong box.
When you see young men, red in
eyes, saucy in looks, seedy in clothes
hanging round rum-shops and beer
saloons, and looking as though they
were pinched for food, and grim pOv-
erty stares them in the face, you can
conclude that they took the wrong
seat, spent their hours in the wrong
place, and put their money in the
wrong box. Not long since gentle
man Of this city, who has retired from
business with liberal competency,
was called upon by an old school
fellow and business acquaintance for
a little help in the shape of money to
help through the winter. The relief
was cordially given, together with a
few words Of kindly advice.
Here were two men, Of equal age
and brought up under similar circum-
stances, learning the same business,
and pursuing il for time alike sue
cessfully but now one is independent
and the other dependent. Why the
difference
The first man sIent his leisure
hours at home with his family, or
with them enjoyed the refined social
circle and Christian exercises and
companionship ; what money he ac-
cumulated above his necessary eX-
penses he put at interest for future
use, and now he is enjoying the re-
suits Of his investments. He took
the right seat and placed his money
in the right box.
The second man lived sumptuously
i'm his youth, drank champagne in
fashionable saloons, found the chair
of his clUb-roOm more attractive than
the stool in his counting room, and
put his money into the rum-seller's
till instead of his own stronghold. He
took the wrong seat and put his money
i'll the wrong box.
Reader, pause and consider whether
you are taking the right seat and put
ting your money i'll the right box
IA,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03

The American Express company has
Introduced into New YORK the system
Of Harvesting three horses abreast. af-
ter the fashion Of the London omnibus
es. The change has been made on two
of the wagons for an experiment, with
very satisfactory results. The wagons
are supplied with two poles instead of
one. and each of the three horses Is at
tached to separate whiffietree. This
Is found to be decided improvement
over the system sometimes used OF put
ting one horse in shafts and another at
each side. The haKnessipg fs practieal5
ly the same as with two horses, with
two poles instead of one. The peri
ment is tried upon the wagons that de-
liver gools in the upper part of the
city. not only because the loads are fire.
guently too heavy for two horses. but
% enable the drivers to make up for
lost time with an increased rate of
speed. when from any cause they are
DELAYED OF the start.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03

Memphis has received 200 bales OF
the new staple.
The water supply is becoming a
serious question with the Memphis
people.
The Chickasaw Guards are consid-
ering whether they shall enter the
contest for the $1,000 prize, to be given
to tie best drilled company at the
Yorktown celebration.
w. c. Jones, prominent citizen of
McAIim county, shot and instantly
killed John Langley on Sunday last,
who assaulted his wife with intent to
ravish her. Langley was 4 rad char
acter. Jones surrendered himself to
the authorities, but was Immediately
released.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03

THE Netrs and Courier finds that
Charleston has been the worst city in the
world for women 10 seek employment in,
and consequently halls with delight the
call Of the new cotton mill company for
female hands. There If large excess Of
women in that city and yet there is not a
single large industry in which they can Sc
cure employment II this respect Charles
ton Is behind Columbus, Augusta, and a
dozen other smaller towns. The NeiCS and
Courier is convinced that the girls OF
Charleston will work if they can get a
chance to do so, and calls on the capitalists
OF fine city 10 start other manufactures and
industries TO provide work for the idle
women Of South Carolina.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.

Does girl cud gel her brains every
time she bangs her hair?
If you judge person by the clothes
worn how are you to form an estimate
of burlesque troupe.
Women in the warehouses at Louis
vile and Cincinnati. are made to
break rock in the streets two hours
every morning.
Some wretched cyIIic once remark
ed that there would be fewer evils in
the world if 1t were not for women.
"Yes," was the sharp reply, 'yOu your
self wouldn't be in it,"
Boston Post: We are told that Mex
lean women get TO look old at 80.
That's just like American women.
Every American woman who tells you
her age is 30 looks very old.
A girl s years old, at Newburyport,
Mass, got mad because her mother
wouldn't give her two cents, recently,
and shot at her with a pistol. The
ball struck the stove-pipe and the
mother tainted.
Young lady: Is there anything
that will remove mOustache from a
girls lip? There is. An ugly old
man will sometimes yank it away and
sling its owner over the fence. But it
will come there again, you bet.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03
The History Of Youth.

The history of heroes, says a not
writer, is the history of youth. Youth
extreme yOuth-overcame the Per-
sian Empire. Don John, of Austria,
won Lepanto at p. Gustavus Adolf
plus died at 50. COrtez conquered
Mexico at IS. Maurice, of Saxony,
the acknowledged greatest captain
and most profound statesman of
Europe, died at %. Innocent III, the
greatest of the pOpes, was the despOt
of ChristendOm at 81. John dc
Medici was cardinal at 15-Pope at
81. Ignatius and Wesley worked with
young brains. Acqua Niva, the gen
erai of the ,yesuits, ruled every cabinet
in Europe and colonized America be-
fore he was 81. An! the fatal 81 10
Byron.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03

The cost of the trial Of Parnell and others
was e9S00.
A strong body of troops, mostly cavalry,
has embarked at Marseilles for Algiers,
Cardinals Manning and Newman were
among the specially invited mourners to
Dean SANKEY'S funeral.
Rev. NJ. j. Cramer has presented his ere
dentials as charge d'GfdireS Of the United
States at Berne, Switzerland.
1t is reported that Tisza, the Hungarian
Premier, has officially warned the proyin-
cial authorities to guard against secret
Pansclavic agitation in Hungary.
The crown jewels of France, which seem
likely to fall under the auctioneer's ham,
mer, number GA, S12 precious stones, weigh
ing Is, 7j1 carets and valued at $94,G12 ,335.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

TIE oyster crop of the North
promises 70 be failpre this fall-due
largely to the late cold winter. In Chesa-
peske hay the ice freze over the oysters,
soffocating many Of them to death, and
Afterwards when il broke up raking the
beds and tearing the oysters from their
moorings. Princes bay and the Staten
Island beds, from which New York derives
its chief supply Of oysters have suffered
greatly from the mussels and the bore worm,
a very deadly parasite. The Northern
cities will have TO fall back on the ex-
treme South. Our own dealers ought 10
reap some OF the profits Of this oys:cr
famine
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03
A Rrnta.

It was to make him 'the right kind
of boy that f,ther in Newark, o.,
subjected his son to Il discipline that
borders dangerously near dialoism.
"Tho stick put on his tongue" said
he on the trial of the ease, ''was a fiat
hickory stick an inch wide. and on
fourth Of an inch thick. spit 1t back
over half way. put an ordinary carpet
tack In the top pat of the stick, bad
him put his tongue In, and pressed
down with my thumb and finger. and
he pulled his tongue out. | put it on
several times. punished him in this
way to make an impression on his
mind"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
summary Of the Most Important Events.
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
sixty Chinese students recently left Har-
ward Cor their native land.
A fire destroyed 500, 600 worth Of property
al Evansville, Ind, on Wednesday.
Rev. Father Killian Flashes, Of Milwau-
kee. has been made Bishop Of Lacrosse,
Wis.
The Greenbackers Of Massachusetts have
nominated Israel W. Andrews for Cover
nor.
The negroes Of he South are doing better
this year than any year since the close Of
the war.
The National Butter and Cheese and Dali
nv Farm fair will be held in November at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The Cleveland Ledder wants the govern
ment to distribute SjO,OOO,OOO annually
among the States for educational purposes.
According to the census bulletin just
issued at Washington, the town and city
Indebtedness Of the country is SIZE, 30, 50,
a floating debt Of 81 1913 and sinking
fund of So, 3s5,JOO.
A $1,000 vase or bowl will be presented to
the best drilled battalion Of soldiers in the
field at Yorktown during the celebration.
The awarding committee will be appointed
by the Secretary Of War.
Illness in the family Of Senator Brown
has compelled him to resign the presidency
of the International Cotton Exposition, to
be held in Atlanta, and Gov. Colquit has
been elected i'm his place.
Rev. ID. p. Mitchell, for many years
prominent minister Of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, and editor Of the Daily state
Journal for the past four years, died on the
train near Newton, Kan, of heart disease
on Wednesday.
The reunion Of the Coffin family, or the
"Koflin K1an," as they are fond of calling
themselves, at Nantucket, Mass, has been
the occasion Of the gathering Of more per-
sons of that name than were ever before
seen together at one tinfe. There are about
hree thousand members and descendants.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03

LARGE numbers of letters have been
received at the office OF the United States
Treasury containing applications for the
August quarterly interest on 3 per cent.
registered bonds, which have not been con-
timed under the terms OF the l04th call
which was issued july LIST. Notice was
given that the per cent registered bonds
issued under Gets Of July IA and January
20, 1871, outstanding and unsettled, would
be paid at the United States Treasury Oc-
tOber LIST, with interest accrued thereon
from May LIST, 1881, and that interest on
said bonds would cease October LIST. The
circular also provides that holders of such
bonds might present them for redemption
at any time prior to October LIST, receiving
accrued interest from May 1st TO date Of
presentation. In consequence Of this call
the August interest is waived by the de-
partmsnt and the bonds with accrued inter-
est will be paid at any time they are pre-
sented for redemption.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03
a Great ImnroYement.

When 4 student enters Amherst Col
lege he signs a form1l contract. in
which he agrees to obey the college
laws and guations upon pain of dis
missal. and after that he is left to gov
ern himself. II he fails to keep his
part of the contract, the college enforce
es it's part, and there is an end of the
matter. 1t is said TO have worked
great improvement in college govern
mi
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03


Bishop Erasus Otis Haven, who
died at Salem, Oregon. August ID,
says the Christian Union, was one of
the most scholarly bishops of the
Methodist Church. He had been pro-
lessor in the departments of Latin,
English language, literature and his
tory; as President of the University
of Michigan he had shown the high
est practical ability; he dignified and
enlarged the work of the Northwest
ern University while at the head of
that institution and from June, 1874.
when he was elected ChaDcellsr of
the Syracuse University, until his
election as Bishop, in May, 1880. he
added $4,000 to its endowment. and
gave it strong forward impulse. He
was a man Of clear thought, strong
preacher and an attractive speaker
courteous, genial and the embodiment
of integrity. His place will not easily
be filled.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03

Concerning the coming panic which
Mr.. John Tomphson, President of the
First National Bank of New York
predicted, there seems to be a pretty
general opinion that there is no
immediate danger, and one paper, the
Missouri Republican, says we ought
not to have another panic before seven
years. 1t also takes hope from the fact
that the farmers are either out of debt
orfast getting out.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03

Teach your children that alcohol is
a ficnd. Take them to the penitentia-
nv, almshouse and morgue, show them
the victims and explain how the ruin
was caused. Go with them into the
confines of homes over whose thresh-
old rhe demon has crossed, show them
the mark which its scOurges has left.
If YOU find one who grovels in the
gutter, show him to your boy saying,
Look, my son, whisky made that !;
ibis is the work of sample rooms !;
this the goods made in those sink
holes of crime" Tell him the wretch
ed, bemired object was once a little
boy like himself, and impress upon
his young mind the name of the tiend
that did the work. As you 90 by the
den where the stuff is sent out, tell
him that the factory where men are
slain, wives murdered, parents rem
dered childless, children made paupers
and penitentiaries filed and food for
gibbets furnished.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03

In the CatskilIs; Life at the sum-
mer resorts in the Catskill mountains
this season is characterized by those
frantic enjoyments aud thrilling cpl
sodes that are the peculiar charm of
remote country places. A young lady
taPrying there writes: Excuse the
appearance of this letter. A candy
peddler strayed up here last Wednes-
day and am still suffering from the
effects of excitement and nervous
shock produced by his unexpected
visit.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03

The Young Mems Christian Associ-
alton of Pensacola, Fla, celebrated
their first anniversary on Thursday
by musical and literary eptertain-
ment, Their hall was crowded. The
association has secured the services of
the Rev. E. W. Barley, of London,
England, who viii deliver a series of
lectures under the auspices of the as
ISOLATION.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03
VIII southern Girls Work?

Charleston NeWS and Courier. 1t
has been said that Southern girls will
not work. and that they prefer idle
ness and dependence on others; but it
is only necessary to look at Columbus
or Augusta, in Georgia, or at Green
vile or Spartanburg, ill this State, or
wherever manufactures are establish
ed in the South, to prove the falsity of
this charge. Charleston will be no ex-
ception to the rule, now that favorable
opportunities are given to the people.
The Lips That Touch Liquor Must Never
Touch Mine.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03

The Chinese method of praying is
peculiar, but probably no more so in
our ewes than our fashion of address
ing mere whispered words to an I'M
seen being appears to the Chinaman.
He, for his part. desires to show his
pevotion by visible action; for this
purpose he has recourse to fire. His
detitions are printed upon red or yell
low papers. Instead of reading from,
or repeating them, he sets fire to them
in quantities to suit his needs. These
printed prayers look not unlike labels ;
at funerals, or upon public occasions
for special prayer, they are tied up in
bundles and thrown upon blazinn
fire. AT other times they are fastened
OH TO sticks and burned separately,
the prayer ascending to heaven, as is
supposed, in smoke. While the pray
ers in honor of the dead are burning
the mOurncr casts provisions for the
departed in the box, while an obla-
ton Of fowl or fruit is offered at the
same time,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03
MISCELLANEOUS. o

The Cotton Press Association at
Savannah are moving in the matter of
having seven iron bands put on each,
bale of cotton when it is PRESSED,
instead Of six, as heretofore.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03

BARNEY LILLARD, of Oakley, Arkan-
sas County, Arkansas, takes exceptions to
the estimate of the Atlanta Constitution
that the present cotton crop will reach g.
100000 bales, and especially to a remark of
that paper to the effect that the crop i'm
Arkansas is i'm fine condition. Regarding
this last statement, he thus writes to the
editors Of that paper under date of the
10th inst. ''In this you are mistaken. In
all the southern half of Arkansas and
North Louisiana no rain has fallen to do
anygoOd for seveRty-fye days, and know
ofsix counties lying contiguous that will
not make more than One-feurth of a crop, and
from what l can hear the balance of the
state not much better. ] saw this week
bolls OF cotton not as large as pigeons
egg that had opened, and all upland cotton
viii be opened by September LIST. Texas
can't make one half the cotton that was
made last year. The fact of cotton opening
30 early is a sure sign OF a bad crop. |
never hear any shortage in cotton until the
crop is sold and out Of the planters hand,
and it is singularly strange that the plant
ers do not have crop reports of their own"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03

An Indian tribe in the Northwest
is indignant because the Governor
General of the Dominion sighted
them by going away without taking
part in their deg feast.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03

1t is understood, says the Boston
Traveller, that the report of the sub
committee on the Worlds Fair, when
made, will recommend that 100000
be secured as guarantee fluid, and
that the Back bay site originally
proposed be the place selected for its
location. 1t is by many thought best
that the report should not be submit
ted to the larger committee befeTn
September, as many of its membP-
are now out of town.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03

@Air b4ths'' are the names they
give the excursions for the poor
and sick children of New York.
There are score of charitable
associations in the city that have
taken these excursions in hand, and
the children of the metropolis are
reaping fne benefits. All of them
have at least one Of these excursions
month.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-03

The school levy in Kansas is made
as high as the law win allows mills
for running the school and I Il mills
for interest on bonds.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-08-15
WHAT is A NICKEL !?

Since the convenient 5-cent coin,
which is called a nickel, bas come into
general circulation, the question of its
composition has been asked thousands
of times, and but few get an Intelligent
answer. In China and India the white
copper called pack fong has long been
known. and has been extensively used,
both there and in Europe, for counter
feiting silver coin. About the year
100 peculiar ore was discovered in
the copper mines of Saxony. which had
the appearance of being very rich; but
in smelling it yielded no copper, and
the miners called it kupfer nickel, or
false copper. In 1854 Condstadt an
nounced the discovery of new metal
in kupfer nickel. 1t was in combination
with arsenic, from which he could re-
lieve it only in parts. The alloy of
nickel and arsenic which he obtained
was white, brittle and very hard, and
had melting point nearly as hard as
cast iron. 1t was not until 1923 that
pure nickel was obtained by analysis of
German silver, which had for number
of years been produced at Sahl, in Sax
ony. Its composition he ascertained to
be copper ten parts, zinc five and nickel
four. If more nickel is used the alloy
is as white as silver and susceptible of
very high polish, but becomes too brittle
and hard to be hammered aud rolled,
and can be worked only by casting.
Pure nickel is white metal which tar
nishes readily in the air. Unlike silver,
it is not acted on by the vapor of sui
phur, and even the strong mineral acids
attract it but slightly. Nickel has the
hardness of iron. and, like it, has strong
magnetic properties, but cannot be weld
ed. and is soldered with difficulty. Pure
nickel has heretofore been used chiefly
for plating, for which purpose its hard
ness and power to resist atmospheric in
fiuences admirably adapt it. Within
the last year the French have succeeded
in rolling the metal into plates. from
which spoons and other table furniture
may be pressed. Nickel bronze, which
consists of equal parts of copper and
nickel, with little tin, may be cast
into very delicate forms, and is suscep-
tible of high polish. Mines of nickel
are worked at Catham, Conn, and Lam
caster, Pa. and it is said to be found at
Mine La Motto, Mo, and at several
points in Colorado and New Mexico,
where but little attention is paid to it.
1t is extensively mined in Saxony and
Sweden, but the late discovery of a new
ore (siicate of nickeD in New Cledonia
will probably suspend the use of the
arsenical ores. and yet bring nickel into
common use.