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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-09-09
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The cost of the bridge between New
York and Brooklyn has already exceed
ed $4,000, 600. N Y Times.
There are at present $4,000 Penn
sylvanians living in Kansas, 107, 900
Suckers, 1900 Hoosiers and $4,000
Buckeyes.
Free libraries are a great power in
the United States. Forty-nine new
ones were opened in 1879, containing
Sc, 779 volumes, making total of 3,Sl2
public libraries of all classes - Chicago
Journal
In the year 1916 wheat sold for
twenty-five cents per bushel, while
wooden blankets were worth from so
to S25 per pair. Now wheat is worth
S1.50, and blankets from SO TO $40
Detroit Post.
In 1862 Kansas planted 1886 acres
of corn, and sent 80, 1872 bushels to mar
ket. In 1882 the acreage of the State
in corn is 522, 796 acres, and estimates
OF the best judges place the crop at TO-
9l1,S40 bushels. N. Y. Sun.
In Germany. where there are no
restrictions upon the sale of intoxicating
beverages on the Sabbath day, 80 per
cent. of murders and crimes of violence
are committed on Sunday, and SO per
cent. on Saturday and Sunday, the idle
days of the workingman.
All the lands in the State of Texas
owned and controlled by the Interna-
tional Railroad Company have been sold
to an English syndicate, and the holders
of International lands have been notified
that their leases will be annulled at the
end of the contracts. The lands amount
to 100000 acres in all. Chicago
Times.
The registration of medical practi-
TONERS in Pennsylvania shows that in
round numbers there are $500 regis
tered physicians and 500 who have not
registered. OF those registered 500 are
graduates of colleges of the bogus kind,
and S3S are not graduates of any insti-
tuition, but are permitted to register be-
cause they have been in practice since
1871. -RaiIadelphia Press.
John W. Shaekelford, of North
Carolina, in a recent speech in Con-
gress, gave the following items from
gleanings of the Census Bureau, etc.
Total working force, ofthe capptry esti
mated at -, 600 900, divided Sthus: En-
gagged in agriculture, 1850, 600 az per
cent. Tin ProfesSeRsl| and(peHsopal Ser
vice, 3.900,900f l22 per coatl3 in man
ufactipg, mining and mechAhical work,
s3,300,000 (22 percent.) F; in trade and
transportation, 1900 900 GO per cent?.
american AgricU,turiSt.
The census reports show that there
are in the United States 1912 establish
ments for the production of agricult-
ural implements. OF these 221 are in
Illinois, 265 in New York, 900 in Penn
sylvania, los in Ohio, 143 in Michigan.
The total capital employed is $62, 3d.
96S; amount paid in wages, SO, 499, ia;
value OF timber used, 5,791, 916; value
OF iron and steel, SIS, 424. 052; value of
other materials, S7,S7S, POP; total, $32,-
094, 10Y. The largest number of per-
sons employed during the year was 49,
$50. The total value of all products
was SOS, 1913, 0S6. In 1870 the total
product was 6,S42, Gil. In 1860 it was
S17, 487, 500. In 1870 S52, 066, $40. -
Chicago Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-09-09
Congressional Reporting.

That the stenographer's task is no
easy one can readily be imagined,
owing to the complex character Of pub
lie speaking. He must adapt himself
TO every form of articulation, from the
clear, resonant tones of the scholarly
orator to the utterances of the insipid
tyro. Coupled with this is the vast diff
ference in the rate of speaking. The
average rapidity of ordinary converse
ton is l25 words per minute, or about
two per second; but this is by no means
an unqualified rule. A stenographer is
often obliged to report at the rate of
$50 words per minute, and sometimes
1t falls as low as ninety-five, which is
mere play. Strange as it may seem,
the latter rate is eXasperating to an eX-
pert reporter, and his notes are not as
readily deciphered as if compelled to
report at much greater speed. AS most
OF the speaking in both houses is done
under the five-minute rule (Which al
lows a member five minutes to debate
any pending measure), it will readily
be seen that the reporters art is often
taxed to its utmost capacity. Among
the fastest speakers in the House are
the following, given in their order of
rapidly: Mr.. Thompson, of Iowa;
Mr.. Blackburn, of Kentucky; Mr..
Thompson, of Kentucky; Mr.. Ramsey,
of Massachusetts,; Mr., Butterworth, of
Ohio; Mr.. Carlisle, of Kentucky; Mr..
Robson, of New Jersey. The major
ity of the members are good, average
takers, yet there are many who never
rise in their seats, not possessing the
faculty of extemporaneous speaking.
The Senate possesses but few rapid
speakers, among them being Mr.. Beck
of Kentucky; Mr.. Frye, of Maine; Mr.
Ingalls,, of Kansas; Mr.. Bayard, of
Delaware, and Mr.. Jones, of Florida.
1t goes without saying that much must
be left to the intelligence of the stenog-
rapher to make a sensible report. All
grammatical mistakes, errors in con-
struction, and Pathological expressions,
which are by no means infrequent with
many of the gentlemen sent to the Ma
ton S capital to. represent the people
OF their section, must be eliminated by
them.-Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The English clergy list contains
Ok 0l0 hahn. .
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-09-09
Youths Department.
WHAT WOULD SIZE DO2

Oh, I'd like to be a birdie in a tree,
just to sing my pretty songs so full of glee,
Just to swing and swing upon the maple
boughs.
With a cunning little bird s-nest for my house.
Oh, I'd like to be a squirrel on a wall,
With four nimble little feet that wouldn't let
me fall:
just to oh t-chat, chit-chat, chatter all the day
While hid my little winters store away.
But-the brides fly away when winter comes;
And the squirrels seek their coy little homes
And if were bird or squirrel-tell me true
What do you think my dear mamma would do;
-Ad1 Carleton in Youths Companion
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-09-09

1t is said of a great many persons
who have no exterior excellence to boast
of that they are possessed of much in.
ward beauty. If kindly nature would
so rearrange her laws that such people
could be turned wrong side out fife
would be more nearly worth living,
NJ Y. Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-09-09

The English clergy list contains
$4,000 names, being gain of 5000 in
the last twenty-five years.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-22
simple Idiocy.

An editor of great city paper is sup
posed to be ordinarily posted on the i'm
portant facts of the world. IF an ordi-
nary clod-hopper should talk ignorantly
of certain well-known facts, it is not to
be wondered at. How many leading
newswriters gabble about gold beng the
standard and basis?
/ The report of the secretary of the
treasury of the United States for 1879,
is an example in point. In one place
he quotes and urges on congress as
| follows:
The secretary recomends no mere pa
per money scheme, but measures look
| ing to gold and silver as the only per-
manent basis.
| In another part of the report, after
showing how erroneously rednced is the
average produetof gold and silver since
1856, and how both these must diminish
| in quantity, and how population and
| consumption increase, ne says that .sif
other nations use as much in proportion
as does France and the United States.
there would not be enough left for coin
age" fSee page 1856. Messages and Doc
1879-S0). Is not this simple idiocy?
What would be thought of anyone
who would advise return to log cabins,
wooden bridges and fences, and would
talk of wood as being the only safe per-
manent basis for everything In archi-
lecture and mechanism, in view of the
rapid decrease in the lumber supply and
increase of demand? What would be
thought, even though man has the power
to increase the growth of timber.
Bat here is rare precious metal; its
annual supply diminishing while daily
its consumption increases through ten
thousand inventions and improvements
in the arts, and the rapid growth of the
worlds population. Yet we find some
persons, like silly prattlers. talking of
permanent basis. II am for the single
standard" says one. II he who talks
about " hat he is ignorant of be fool,
then you certainly are one, could be re-
torted on him.
AS pertinent to this will just add that
the ablest, most exhaustive work on the
question is the senate committee report
on demonstration of silver, 1877, No.
FOB. The facts developed there aud adj
mitted by all parties show that the pro-
duct of the two metals is rapidly APP
preaching nil. Per contra the number
of consumers and of modes of consump-
tion are with daily accelerated speed
hurried on tosinfnity One or two facts
from it should be enough. Thus, three
nations that between 1920 and 1880 did
81 900 900 900 of trade, now, in the same
time, do $4,000, ,000, 900. Again, Sir
Hector Hay great authority, as all ad-
NIT, say that Great Britain destroys in
some manner unaccountable 95, ,O00, 600,
or 500, 600 900 OF gold each year, one
fifth of the whole annual product of
earthl and earths population is rapidly
doublingi
Well may the jewelers. Journal, of
Chicago declare, as it did last January.
that gold will soon be too costly for jew
elry, and silver must in few years
later become as scarce; for any increase
of supply is the accidental drops while
that of demand is a steadily enlarging
stream.
These are facts undisputab1e. How
long then will men talk foolishly about
either single or double basis?
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-22
REMEMBER HIM.
BY EDWARD KING.

Out of the mellow West there came
~ man whom neither praise nor blame
Could gild or tarnisl; one who rose
With fate appointed swiftness far
Above his friends, above his foes;
Whose life shown like splendid star
To fill his peoples heart with fame;
Who never sought for gold or fame
But gave himself without price
willing, humble sacrifice
An erring nations Paschal lamb
The great gaunt patient Abraham.
I never saw his wrinkled face,
Where tears and smiles disputed place;
I never touched his homely hand
That seemed in benediction raised
Fen when it emphasized command,
What time the fires of battle blazed-
The hand that signed the act of grace
Which freed wronged and tortured race;
And vet feel that he is mine
My country's: and the light divine
Streams from the sanity orihamme
OF great gaunt patient Abraham.
He was our standard bearer; he
Caught up the thread ofdestiny,
And around the breaking Union bound
And wove it firmly To his task
He rose, gigantic; nor could sound
OF menace daunt him. Did he ask
For homage when glad Victory
Followed his flags from sea to sea?
Nay, he staunched the wounds of war;
And you owe all you have and are
And I owe all have and am
To great gaunt patient Abraham.
The pillars of our temple rocked
Beneath the mighty wind that shocked
Foundations that the fathers laid
But he upheld the roof and stood
Fearless, while others were afraid
His sturdy strength and faith were gooo
While coward knees together knocked,
And traitor hand the doors unlocked
To let the unbeliever in.
He bore the burden of our sin,
While rebel voices rose to damn
The great gaunt patient Abraham.
And then he died martyrs death
Forgiveness in his latest breath,
And peace upon his dying lips.
He died for me: he died for you;
Heaven help us if his memory slips
Out of our heartsi His soul was true
And clean and beautiful What saith
Dull history that reckoneth
But coldly? That he was a man
Who loved his fellows as few can;
And that he hated every sham
Our great gaunt patient Abraham.
Majestic sweet was Washington:
And Jefferson was like the sum
He giorifled the simplest thing
He touched: and Andrew Jackson seems
The impress of fiery king
To leave upon US. These in dreams
Are oft before us; but the one
Whose vast work was SO simply done
The Lincoln of our war-tried years.
Has all our deepest love; in tears
We chant the Memoriam
Of great gaunt patient Abraham.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-22

The Way We Live Now.-"Well, old
chappie, what did the doctor say?" Oh.
said I was to give up tea. and take
plenty of rest and all that. Mean to-
'sBut what did he say about big cigars
and brandies and sodas in the mornlng,
and ali that?n stOh-didn'f mention it..
Fact is-nevsr asked him. - London
Punch.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-22
DIDN'T Want to go TO Heaven.

Not far from Hartwell, on the Carolina
side of the river, a revival meeting was
going on at country church. A party
of young men were engaged in rail-
road survey, and could not attend the
meeting in daytime. but went at night.
After stormy sermon from the preach
er, who gave vivid description of hell /,
its climate, and inhabitants, followed
by red-hot exhortation from one of the
brethren, they literally stormed the
fort. One of the railroad fellows was
sitting in the back end of the church,
and the preacher went up to him and
said:
Don't you want to go to heaven?"
No. he replied.
This horrified the preacher, and he
said to the congregations
"Here is young man who says he
doesn't want to go to heaven. Now, my
friend, why don't you want to go to
heaven?"
because, would have to die to &c
there"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-22
Notice.

Notice is hereby given, to whom il may concern, thai
the undersigned has been awarded the contract ior
keeping the Douglas county Taupers nF the period OF
tw years All persons iH need OF assist tnce from au
county first procure certificate to that effect
from an, member OF the County Board, and present
tn one OF the following named persons who are author
to- and will for those presenting such
W. L. Butten, Roseburg L. L. kellogg, Oakland Mrs
Brown Looking Glass DR.. Scroggs Is authorized 70
furnish medical aid to all persons in need of the same
Sho have been declared paupers of Douglas county.
wM. B. CLARKE, Supt. OF Poor.
RnsgsuRd Or. Feb, Is. 1880
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-22

How TO DO UP LACE CURTAINs.-Hav
ing washed and dried them in the usual
manner, starch and redry them. Any
number may be prepared in this way,
thus saving the trouble of making starch
every time that you wish to put them
upon the frame. Taking the number
that you are to use at once, dip them into
cold blueing water and pass them
through the wringer. This will not re.
| move the starch; it will only put them
| into condition SO that when stretched
and dry the mashes of the lace will be
clear and free from starch, which will
not be the case if taken directly out o.
hot starch.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-22
The Squirrel Up a Tree Problem.

"a squirrel is up tree and man on
the ground with gun is trying to shoot
it; but the squirrel persists in keeping
on the opposite side of the tree from the
man. The man walks clear around the
tree to the place of starting, the squirrel
going about in the same direction and
keeping the tree all the time between
itself and the man. Now the problem is,
Has the man been around the squirrel?'
He has been around the
tree with the squirrel on it but
has he been around the SQUIRREL"
The Buffalo Express invited answers to
the problem, and received thirty seven,
of which fifteen say yes, the man does
go round the squirrel; and twelve say
no, he does not. A few have sent us
their reasons, and two furnish figures
demonstrating the problem. The fol-
| lowing answers are printed: "Of
course the man goes around the
squirrel. He goes around the tree
and everything on it." 'sShould the
squirrel have the start, am of the
opinion that the man goes around it. J"
mot by durn sight does the hunter
walk around the squirrel. The man
don't go around the squirrel / have
| tried it,and had got around the squirrel
I would have shot it. IF there was no
| tree there, and the squirrel was running
around In circle on the ground, and the
man was going IN larger circle, I should
say the man went around the squirrel.
| But when you put a tree there it is diff
ferent. The man doesn't go around the
| squirrel any more than the squirrel
goes around the man. OF course. if ]
am standing on the nigh side of the
horse and I start to walk around him and
the horse keeps turning as go, am or
the nigh side Of him all the time, am
not? And don't 60 around him If I am
on the nigh side Of him all the time, dc
We? The case is pretty similar to this oi
I the squirrel on the tree. v-f Springfield
Il Union.
IT NEVER SoUEAKED.-Fred. McCabe
the ventriliquist. was a great joker
Some years ago he was on the Missis
sippi, on board one of the steamboats,
and, making an acquaintance with ths
! engineer. he was allowed the freedom o.
the engine room. He sat down in cor
ner. and. drawing his hat over his eyes
! seemed lost in reverie. In few minutes
q certain part of the machinery began e
l s,ueak. The engineer oiled it and ueni
about his business In another few min
, !, utes the squeaking was again heard, and
! the engineer rushei over, oiI-can II
2 hand to give the offending spindle en-
| other lubricating. Again he rushed Il
his post. and again the spindle begaI
snueakinQ louder than ever. sJupiterl'
1 he yelled. ethe darned things bewitch
ed More oil was administered, but tn
3 engineer began to smell q rat. PretI,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-12
The New Fire Engine

The FIRE department is stirred to
Its very depth by a little mistake
made in shipping the new fire engine.
The contract was to ship the engine
for the No. 2 engine house in June
and the other for Ne. / in August
The Andy Baum brought an
engine last. Sunday evening and the
No. 2 boys, pleased with the prospect
OF having new engine as children are
with new toys, went down to the levee
to admire it and polish it up little
preparatory to removing it to the en-
CINE house. One Of the No. l bows
vent down to see it also and in exam
lining the machine saw it was marked
No. | instead of No. 2. Without say.
ing word he rushed back to No. l
engine house, whispered to couple OF
the boys and hitching up couple Of
the horses, drove down to the Baum.
hitched up the new engine, pointed
to the figure l when the rs asked
for an explanation, and drove back
at a gallop. They were trying the
new engine at the corner of Adams
and Third this morning. The en-
gineer of No. 2 is very sore and wants
to leave this hollow sphere.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-12
FREEl
Little "Patience.n

The ffty-odd children to open in
the satirical opera Of Patience" at
Estival Park, tomorrow evening, had
full and careful rehearsal yesterday
afternoon, on the stage at the Park.
The two months drilling they have
received has not been thrown away,
as was plainly apparent to the most
commonplace observer. Indeed, the
work inaugurated and carried through
up to the day of his death by the late
lamented james Kirklandis now quite
thorough, and the opera is
likely to be we'll performed. Weakness
of voice was shown by some Of the
girls at yesterdays rehearsal, but the
boys were all as strong of lung as
young engine horses, and several solos
were very neatly rendered, while the
acting, as a general thing, was good.
The best features noted yesterday
were the dragons march and
chorus, and the duet, He was
a little boy" between Patience miss
Carrie S. Smith, and Lady Angela
Hattie Nowland). The duet be-
tween Patience and GrosVenor Claw
son Treadwell); "Prithee Pretty
Maiden" was also exquisite, while
the "Gobble Song" from "The Mas
cote" at its close, by the same voices,
is most delightful morceaux. The
closing scenes and choruses ofthe FIRST
act are brilliant and effective. In the
opening Of the second act, where Lady
Jane { Bertha Fuld) gives her sole.
"Silvered is the raven hair" with
double bass accompaniment, fine bit
Of acting may be expected, and the
vocal efforts of this fair miss are all
real gems. The characters of Lady
Jane and Of Grosvenor are both
splendid, while the others are not
likely to give cause for complaint, and
the choruses are sure to be superb.
WOrkmen are busy arranging the
scenery in good order, and complete
as we'll as smooth rendition Of the
opera, with all its aesthetic features,
may be expected. 1t will, doubtless,
be the last public entertainment Of the
season at Estival Park.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-12
POLICE FONTS.

A negro named Jake Watson was
arrested yesterday for digging sand
from under the bluff, and had his case
continued until tomorrow. The Judge
very Justly regards the practice Of
undermining the bluff as heinous
offense.
Ike Reeves left his team on the
street car track at the Louisville 4
Nashville depot, last night, and was
fined two dollars as a reminder to be
careful in future.
Alfred Mastin, the negro charged
with robbing Mr.. P. Mcintyre, has had
his case continued until tomorrow.
Two James HAIRLESS, living in diff
ferent parts of the city, were arrested
yesterday for the same offense, of hav
ing filthy premises, and their names
appear together on the docket. An
other coincidence is that both were
reprimanded and discharged.
Mike Haddigan's promise to take
the pledge if his Honor would pardon
him for maliciOusly hitting a man in
the jaw, had no eject. His sentence
was forty days.
The witnesses for the defense OIL
Dawson Bailey, charged with house
breaking and larceny, dovetailed theil
evidence. 100 nicely and Dawson went
to Jail. He is accused Of having
robbed the house Of Hattie Donelsor
Of quantity of clothing.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-12
aus hAalsrRArRs,
fheif Action ~ . Quarterly
Court.

An effort 70 induce the 'SQuireS to
pave the Poplar and west alley sides
Of the courthouse with wood to drown
the noise Of passing vehicles failed be-
fore the 'Squires yesterday. The
Judges must, therefore, stand the
racket.
County Undertaken Walsh account
of Sl146l for burying paupers is to
Be paid, and DR.. Brown, Of the pest
house, is to receive $500 for extra
work, making a total Of $500 for the
year. A committee favored giving
him 800 more, but it didn't 60
through.
DR.. Brown reports that to the LIST
inst he handled at the pesthouse, four
miles below the city, 296 sick with
smallpox. OF these l47 died, four are
still on hand and las got well and
went away. OF those sick 100 had
been vaccinated, out of which 30 died,
and l76 had never been vaccinated, of
whom III died.
The bridge over Beaver creek, on
the Big Greek road, is to be repaired
without delay, and a causeway over
the slough on the Wythe Depot road
is to be built.
E. E. Colby is to be constable for
the Grand Jury during the September
session.
The request to scatter Greenback
people among the election judges was
respectfully declined.
Various people appointed to serve
as treasurers and clerks for the Road
Commissioners have failed to give any
bond, and some who have given bond
are silent in their accounts.
Attorney General of the Criminal
Court, G. P. NJ. Turner, has been
voted $1,000 for saving sll7,O to the
county in its suit with Elk Norton and
others, on account OF the cOunty's
subscription of $500, 900 to the Missis
sippi River railroad, now the Chesa-
peake & Ohio. The recipient is to
give up all little claims, etc., etc., in
view Of the donation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-12
CeTToS M2H IN UoUxcsL
on the subject Of Health In,
hpeclion.

The meeting at the Gotten Exchange
yesterday afternoon, to take action
regarding the proposed withdrawal Of
the National Board of Health river
inspectors, passed a series of reSolu-
tions, the sense Of which is as follows;
That the people here regret the
proposed discontinuance of the river
and coast inspection; that the service
is the main reliance of the people to
prevent the introduction of disease;
that it is worth millions, and has been
rigidly honest; that it is essentially
necessary; that the National House Of
Representatives appropriate enough to
sustain it, the same as for three years
past; that all Members of Congress are
invited to cooperate in aid of the ap.
preparation.