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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-01-20
The Useless Young Man.

This is a bad season for the young
man who lives on his father. In fact,
it NAV be said that when the SHOWS
come and the north wind bows the
YOUNG man S occupation vanishes. Like
The bear and the ground hog. the young
man hibernates until the coming OF
spring. There is one vital point of diff
ference. however, between the bear and
the young man. The bear lives during
the winter off the riches he has labored
through the summer TO store inside his
shaggy fur, while the young man, who
tolls not through the summer, subsists
on the results of his father brains and
industry. Yet Solomon, in a the glory
of n past age, was not ARA ed like one
of these young men. If he had been.
his reputation for wisdom would have
taken wings and SCARED away. 1t may
be argued that if the young man is not
very useful he does not cost very much
to keep. Usually he may be found seek
ing sustenance at the end of a cane, al
though the most expert cooks have new
er found that soup made from the knob
of cane can rank with soup made from
beef or green turtle However, the
young mans stomach, like his whole
organization, is so, delicate that beef
soup would bring on a severe attack of
indigestion. Cane soup therefore, is
more to his fancy and is much easier to
obtain, u pH ssrn -fsfr..trr
The use of the young man inst now IS
not quite clear During the summer he
| was needed by the hotel man to Keep up
appearances at the resorts. He didn' t
give his father much trouble in the sum-
mer months, because the hotels and the
mammals, with unattractive but mar
riageable daughters, took care of him;
Isbut now that cold weather has driven
him into the streets, and the sharp
winds whistle about his bamboo legs
| like tornado through the rigging of a
| ship, he becomes burden to his parents
and a source of positive anxiety to phi
lanthropists. Occasionally he creeps
out from his winter hiding place and
moves up and down the streets, closely
watched by the police lest he should
make indecent remarks TO some poor
but respectable shop girl
These are uniavorable days for the
young man. The weather is too cool
for walking the streets the theaters and
the dancing academies do not need him,
the escort bureau is a failure, and am
bilious mammals are paying more at
tcntion to young men who know how tO
earn decent living. During the winter
he is of no apparent use. and his I'M
fortunate father puts up margins on
him, like bad investment, hoping for q
boom in that branch of stock. Whether
that will ever come is mystery of the
future. What becomes of the young
man in after life is a mystery as well
Two or three years after his first APP
pearance he loses his identity anc
merges into the great throng that i:
always hurrying into the distance with
cut thought or am. On that dim hOri
zon of life he yanishes and is forgotten
-EhiidIeiphi0 Times,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-01-20
FACTS AND FIGURES.


The CONSUMPTION of thread of the
best grades in the United States is 2l,-
600, 600 spools per annum.
--Bngland paid about S17, 100000 for
convincing Arab Bey that he ought
not 70 rebel against his own govern
ment.
The whole number of letters mailed
in this country durinb the YEAR 1880
was sf,o63, 262, $40, or saB average of a2l
to each man, woman and child in the
country.
q a joint stock company has been or
ganized at Columbia, Mo-, for a 90 600
acre cattle ranch in Texas, the lands
being located near railroads and about
loo miles west OF Dallas. The compa-
M have $4,000, and will fence the
entire tract.
~ I'm 1881 IS, go persons were killed
by snakes in India, and 2,757 by wild
animals; 43, 500 head OF cattle were de-
stroyed BY snakes and wild animals
during the same year, 254, 96S snakes
and 1924 wild animals were destroyed,
and Rs 102, $40 disbursed by the gov
gernment in rewards for their destruc-
ton. ~ e.slh1e il7uHufni eIIt .un.
MIR Henry NJ Smith, of Worcester.
Mass, who has given much attention to
the subject, finds the fences now in the
United States amount to 6, 600, 900 of
miles, or enough TO encircle the world,
oceans and land, 240 times, and have
cost the snug little sum of 81, 900 000,-
900, and that the annual expense for
new fence in the country has been over
I 800, 200, 0O0.1 In new countries the cost
of the fences is often greater than that
of the buildings in which the people
and their animals find shelter. boston
P0S'.auiIiigh oNr.u ta at..Y
Vermont is said to produce more
marble than any other Stale i'll the
union or than any country except this.
The business has expanded with mar
velous rapidity since 1870, when COM
! parative little Vermont marble was to
be found in the market. The aggregate
amount of the States production the
present year is 1,000,0O0 cubic feet,
valued at over S2,000,000 The num-
Der of men employed in the quarries
and mills exceeds $500, and it required
10000 cars to carry the marble away.
Nearly 81, 900, 600 was paid for the labor
of workingmen by the quarry owners
In order to know how many people
die every year one has only to examine
the statistics of the world population.
Asia has 800, 900, 900 inhabitants; Eu-
rope, sos, 900, 900; Africa, 204, 900, 900;
America, 86,000,000; Oceanica, 5,000,-
600. These are low estimates, which
give a total of l, 400, 900, 900. Allowing
10 the inhabitants of the earth an aver
age life of thirty mine years, it is found
that every year 35, 1875, 600 people die
$3.50 deaths per hour, sixty-three deaths
each minute, or more than one per
second, Thus every second "a leaf
falls from the vast tree of life. to be
forthwith replaced by a new one."-
Chicago Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-01-20
Drawing Lots Under a viii.

AT the Ordinary Court yesterday the
will of Mr.. F. j Spr niger was probated
and letters testamentary were issued to
Mrs Springer. The will makes her ex-
ecutrix of the Estate and leaves it to her
entire control during her lifetime and
widowhood 1t provides that certain
property should be distributed among
his children by lot. and yesterday it was
drawn as follows: Fir,t name drawn
Prank H. Springer, who drew share
No. s, half interest in the opera house
and st. Louis property. Second name
drawn-Alice Is. Springer, share No |,
Eufaula property. Third name drawn
Anna P. Springer, share No. 6, stocks
and bonds. Fourth name drawn
Charles S. Springer, share No. 4, half
interest in the opera house and st. Lou
is property. Fifth name drawn-Philip
G. Springer, share No. 3, half interest
in the Epping building Sixth name
drawn-Mrs. Della L. Foley, share No.
2. half interest in the Eppng building.
The seventh share, according to the
will, goes to Mrs. Springer. 1t en-
braces the remainder of his estate. The
exact value of the estate is unknown,
though it cannot be less than $3.50, 600.
Columbus (Gd.) San.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-01-20
The Homes OF California MilIionaires


The suburban homes of the railroad
and bonanza kings of San Francisco are
chiefly in the San Jose Valley, which
extends south from the city, not far
from the coast, but separated from it by
a range of hills. The snowy places are
scattered along the railroad for dis
lance of forty miles. That of ID. 0.
Mills, who is no longer Californian,
except for a few months of the year, is
called Millbrae The house is Ike
palace in size and external ornamental
ton, but is built of wood, as are all the
others in the valley, on account of the
dread of earthquakes, Further along
is Belmont, where Ralston, the unfortu-
nate manager of the Bank of California,
used to entertain strangers and friends
alike with lavish hospitality. The prop
erty is in the hands of a receiver. At
Menlo Park, thirty miles from town,
are q dozen or so of very expensive
summer houses. The newest and most
wonderful is that of Flood, of Comstock
Lode celebrity. 1t appears in the dis
lance like a magnificent white marble
pile of vast proportions and onate
architecture, but proves. on a nearer
view, to be painted wood. 1t stands in
beautiful grounds, and is approached
by winding avenue lined with eXquis-
lite flowers. Another grand place at
Menlo cost the late banker Latham a
million, but cannot pow be sold for the
5000, 900 mortgage that rests on it, EX-
Governor Stanford s estate embraces
5000 acres, much of which is used for
ock-breeding N. y. Sun.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-01-20

AT Macon, Ga, a large hawk
swooped down on cage containing
three canary birds, fought away the
woman who went to their rescue, and
then carried of one of the birds.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-01-20
4 MOTHERS LOVE.

Some day.
When others braid your thick brown hair,
And drare your form in silk and lace,
When 9th r. cal you dear and fair"
And hold your hanis and kiss your face
You'll not forget that far above
All other is a mothers love.
Some day..
'Mong strangers in far distant lands, Ia
In yourncw home beyond the sea,
When at your lips ara baby h1nds.
And childrtn pIbying tyour knee
On, then. IS at your Ode they grow,
How havtilpved you YOU will Know.
Some dev.s
when y on must feel loves heavy loss, =
\ OF VIII rememb r other years.
When ], too, bent beneath the cross,
And mix my memory vita your tears.
In such dark hours be not afrBid:
Within their shadow have prayed.
some day, lEE 3d.. 1nb Z
Your daughters voice, or smile, or eyes,
My fae9will suddenly recah:E /. ~
Then y0tNyilI pause in sweet surprise,
And your soul unto mine will Gull
In that dear uni orgotten prayer, "a f5 I u
Which, he ct evening used to'share. 10 ~
Some s@%af fsSys5s ., a word, may beg1h yT'
A link between us strong and sweet;
All. th en-. Flrar child, remember me! EgEEfn
Aud fet yout heArt TO another beat
Ny love j. with You eyerywhere-
You cahnpt gee beyond my prayer. f'ii
Some day, Fl.
AT ON rest. it cannot be long, no
shall with glad impotence wait,
Amid the glory and the song,
For you before the Golden Gate.
After earth parting and eartn's pain,
Never to part! Never again!
-Liuie h, Bdrr. in n. Y. Ledger.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-01-20

1T is, says a recent writer, neither
kindly nor particularly wise for one
social class to laugh at the vices OF an
other.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-01-20

The colored Baptists have twenty
five churches in New Orleans.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-15
Some Of Martin Luther's Teneh-
tags,
st. James Gazette.

Apropos of the Luther celebration
It Is Interesting to remember some of
the qtterances of the great reformcr
on What were questions OF the day in
the sixteenth century and are equally
30 in the nineteenth. On Sabbatari.
anism, for instance, he thus deliv.
ers himself: "As for the Sabbath M
Sunday, there is no necessity for it's
observance; and if we keep it. the reas
son ought to be, not because Moses
commanded it, but becaasA nature
likewise teaches us to give ourselves
from time to time DAVIS rest that
man and beast MY recruit their
strength, and thu we may 60 and hear
the word OF God preached"
On another question. about which
the world has long made up its mind.
but concerning which the churches
have nat said their last word, Luther
Is on the side of liberty. A particular
case having been submitted to him, he
said ne had no fault TO find with 4
certain s0hOolmaster who had allowed
his boys to play one of Terenoe's com
edies. After enumerating several
aspects in which he regarded theatre
cal representations as usepsl he added
live keep away from the theaters
because the pieces acted often turn
upon love, we must, on tho same plan
refuse to read the Bible" On Mals
thusianism, by anticipation, he ex-
presses himself IN such sentence "a
the following; ITO rise botimes and
marry young are what no man ever
repentS OF doing" Again: 1T is no
more possible to do without a wife
than It is to dispense with eating and
drinking
As curious a dictum OF Luthef's as
any is contained in his answe.c 10 one
DIR HOmming, who asked MI I had
amassed money and wished TO keen Il
and man came and asked me 10 lend
him some, might ! With a good con-
science say to him, Il have noneP''r
Yes, " replied the Doctor, You NAV
do aowith a perfectly good conscience.
TOR all it means is, II have no money
| wish TO part with"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-15
KO.KO TULU.
Golden hair fluid at Mes. McAnally's.

Golden hair fluid at Mes. McAnally's,
The best assortment Of fine fishing
tackle at Frank Schuman's gun store,
No. Az Main street. HIT
Received another choice selection
of Japanese poles. For fishing tackle.
etc., go to R, Kupferschmidt, 200 Main.
]. b. Huehiefeid, of the Memphis
Journal, will, after September, leave
Memphis for the North-his old
adopted home.
That valuable three story brick
house with the lot on Front street, one
door south Of Monroe, will be sold by
order Of the Chaneery Court next
Saturday. The lot is over q feet
front and runs back 76 feet. lac
Mr.. A. NJ. Bryan, late bOokkeeper
of 1 A. Fishers marble yards, left
to-day for st. Louis to accept an i'm
portant railroad position. The ex-
comrades of Mr.. Bryan wish him bon
voyage and all the success his popu.
larity entities him to.
Mr.. Wm.E. Hancock, formerly con-
nected with the firm Of Hill, Fontaine
4 Co.. leaves to-day for st Louis, of
which city he will become q resident.
Mr., Hancock has an army of friends,
too numerous to count, who will re-
greet his farewell to the Bluff City.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-15
A DEVOTED WIFE.
still Faithful TO Her Husband
p Life Prisoner in the
PenitentiaFy,
Nashville Banner, u.


The wife Of Israel Tomerson, a life
prisoner in the penitentiary, came
from Columbia to visit her husband
yesterday. Tomerson was sentenced
to imprisonment for life in 1877 for
killing one Jackson, of Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. Tomegso1 is still faithful and
devoted to her husband. When be
was prisoner i1 the Columbia Jail,
she walked from Mt. Pleasant to
Columbia, a distance of twelve miles,
over a hard turnpike, with her infant
10 her arms to see her husband.
She mortgaged the crop Of corn
raised by herself and two Of her chill
dren, this season. to get money enough
to come to Nashville.
Colonel Lee Bullock aud Mr.. w. /
Webster, of Columbia, Who defended
Tomegsop vasn ke Was tried for the
murder Of Jackson, still stoutly main-
tain that be was convicted on circum-
stantial evidence only, and beth Of
them believe him Innocent Of the
crirae for which be is suffering a life
time sentence in the penitentiary.
TomeTsOq ia patteFpmsksF for thc
castiaga and wagon work in the peni,
tentlary, and is highly esteemed by his
bosses" as a strictly religious and
moral man.
Jack Smith. the notorious negro
criminal ct davidson eouaty who
worked up the case among the negroes
in Maury county against Tomerson,
has since served a term in the peui,
Tertiary, having been released last
February.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-15
SeIf-Feeders and Condensers.

firms and corporations, and inability
to get usual or expected accommoda
lions plnches some severely. With
plenty OF money available, the con
mercial world is subjected to a
pressure not unlike that Of a period OF
unusual stringency in the money mars
ket, and each failure, as it becomes
known, increases the apprehension
and the consequent eurtailment of
loans.
But the circumstances are essen
italy different from those under which
previous commercial disasters have
occurred, There has been no period
of reckless overstrading, and. excent
in certain branches :of trade, the vol.
ume OF commercial indebtedness does
not seem to be large. 1t is much
greater, to he sure, than it was when
'hGrG-pan was reached in 1878. The
expansions of credits in 1879 and 1884
was undoubtedly great, but business
was generally prosperous then, aud it
was NOS until the disastrous fall of
1881, with its partial failure OF crops,
that commercial disappointment could
have caused much accumulation of in.
debtedness, Since that time theprevail-
ing disposition has been altogether I'm.
favorable to an expansion OF credits.
La fact, the apprehension Of disaster
has checked operations FOR fully two
years, SO thai, instead Of dangerous
expansi6n, there has been almost con.
slant liquidation since the summer Of
1881.
In few BRANCHES Of business, how
ever, there mas been wild and reckless
speculation, and a prolonged and Stub
born effort to prevent tho decline in
prices Tho consequences to dealers
IN lard, pig iron, whisky and leather
have been disastrous. 1t is to be ex.
peCted that wherever similar causes
have been in operation similar disasN
terS may OCCUR, The taRdenoy Of
events for moya thaH q year has been
constantly aud strongly against every
effort TO manipulate markets or to
maintain artificial prices. The dos
perate speculations wbicA have
disturbed the markets during this
period have generally involved
loss TO the principal operators
and deprived the markets OF a healthy
and natural support. IA seBe Of these
branches Of business liquidation has
no. yst occurred, or has been partial
and effective, and failures in such
branches Of trade will cause no sur
prise. But, beyond the influence Of
the speculative fever, business seems
10 be in a healthy condition. The
volume of Indebtedness is not excess
i've; stocks have not been dangerously
acsumulatiRgl aud prices have been
adjusting themselves for nearly two
years to natural conditions. Because
commercial disaster has been sener-
ally apprehended it u less likely to
come.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-15
The Fear ora Panic.
N. Y. Tribune.

~ As AAlpuu0s
Since June | commercial failures
have been unusually numerous and
large. The lard failure at Chicago
the failures at Cleyeland, Chicago and
Pittsburg, ip the iron business, some
heavy dry goods failures here, and the
collapse Of r. Shaw 4 Brothers and oil
other leather manufacturers and deal.
ers have made a gloomy record fol the
past two months. Some persons begin
to fear that another panic Ike that OIL
1873 may be near at hand Yet there
Is no monetary stringency; on the
contrary, the money market is unus-
ually we'll supplied, and the rate Of
interest is exceptionally low. For any
part of S32,OO0,000 Of three and .
half per cents with accrued Interest Ia
date Of preaentatiOn, but there IL SO
little demand for money that only an
Insignificant amount OF the bonds has
been presented.
The circumstances are evidently pc,
culiar. While money is Leading On
call at 2per cent, and even at l pei
cent yearly, aud ninety day loans on
the best collateral at 4 per cent, com
mercial loans are authorized with un'
usual distrust. and in many cases re
fused where refusal would have been
Thought impossible a few weeks ago.
The dislrust Of lenders has caused a
great shriukag' IN the credit Of rsny
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-15
KO-KO TULU.
KO-KO TULU.
HADDEN's LEvEE.
The Regular Nine O'Clock Affair
This Forenoon.

Precisely at nine o'clock this FORE
noon the bell in front of the police
station sounded the time for j Justice
to become seated on its throne, and
ere the last wild echo of the brazen
article had died away around the cor
ner, Judge David Hadden entered the
luxurious chamber where he is wont
to weigh law matters.
Tony Ssulsmann, Mike Hsggerty
and John Logan, all residents of the
classic shades of Goat Hill, were re
quired Ia answer a charge of assaulting
Dan Maerath at a base ball match a
couple Of weeks ago. Since the per-
petration OF the deed two of the young
meR have been hiding to escape arrest,
bat being cOrralled they were charged
$25 apiece The fine will probably be
worked out.
Mrs. E. Fitzpatrick and John
U Brian occupy joint premises at No.
10 and IL Jackson street, aud they
have failed to clean their yard, used as
joint property. Judge Hadden gave
them ten days to comply With the SAN
itary laws.
E. Brannigan, Of Causey street,
caused the arrest of Annie Cummings,
for assaulting his wife. The testimony
completely reversed the order OF
things, as it was shown that the male
Brannigsn was the guilty party. Mr..
Brannigan was assessed $50, and the
defendant discharged.
james Reynolds, for being drunk
and sleeping around in a promiscuous
manner, was essed down With fine Of
81.
John McFaden broke into the no
torious lrOnclad establishment on
Winchester street early yesterday
morning, and threatened to slay all
the inmates. John had been before
the court on several prior occasions,
bHt BIC 6nes we're held up. The
Judge fined hi# s29, which will be
punched with previous charges, and
the prisoner will have a chance to
clean streets for some time.
Heury Mass and ! NJ. Wilson we're
both horribly drunk last evening, and
for being SO His Honor aned them IS
each.
Alice Hall. Lou Youngand George
Feroltz, giddy girls Of color, got out
side Of too much applejlck last eve
ming and acted 10 an indecorum man
per They will all remain in the pen
for IL days.
Sarah Gstev0od and Joe gsteyood
are man and wife, but they do not live
In peace. For their disregard of their
MATRIMONIAL VOWS they will consOrt
with the pen people for 20 days.
j. T. Foster, an operator in COWS.
was before His Honor for appropriat.
ing bovines belonging TO his neighbors
in the country. Mr.. Foster returned
all the stolen beef, in consequence Of
which he was discharged with the
warning TO 90 Wegt and live on veni>
son and sage hens. "
The Court found that s. had been
AIKEN in spd IA days charged up.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-15

Patterson with beautiful testimonial
Of their regards for his sterling quail
hcations. The compliment is printed
on silk and is woFded 10 manner
that must be highly gratifying to the
retiring officer.
The entertainment and hop at Esti-
val Park last evening, for the benefit
of the Odd Fellows Library, was very
successful under the management OF
Mrs. Rose P. Thompson. The long
and varied programme was DELIGHTFULLY."-
carried out, the recitation and tab
leaux Of Liberty" being possibly the
most interesting event. Between
three and four hundred people we're
present.
Yesterday was one of the most np-
pressive days Of the summer, the at
mospbere being so dense and heated
the pOrspiri0g citizens felt as though
their garments we're literally pasted to
their anatomy. The thermometer at
this point reached SO while Batesville,
Miss reached "a. The AVERAGE Of the
maximum degree of heat within 100
miles of Memphis was 890.
This forenoon a drunken white man
was found asleep on a plank at the
outer edge of the customhouse bluff
A friend fearing that he would roll
over and fall to the lsvee below, dis
lance OF about 80 feet, awoke the
sIumberer aud started him on a walk
up town, not wishing to see the neck
of the unfortunate man broken. The
last remark was, That's
what a fellow gets for having no
sense"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-15
HIortuary Report Of New Orleau !

The following is the report If NOR
talitY in New Orleans for the week
ending Saturday, August II i88S
fEem records in the office Of the Board
of Health. "O DoAru
90 Death Of white males, "A; females
IS; total whites, n; colored males. q,
females, VI; total cOlored, AZ. Total
Deaths in the Charity Hospitol l6.
Smallpox Hospital, 8 other ms itn,
items, 2; total in public institusians
Il; deaths certified by Coroner. 90:
stillbirths, 8. ~
Following are the principal causes
of death. Smallpox, Is; pht6isis puls
m1onaliS, l6 malarial levers, IL; brain
diseases, 3 trismus nascentium. :.
apoplexy, .; tabes mesenterica, a can.
Ger, 3; teething, 3; scarlatina, 2; dipb.
liberia, 2; whooping cough, 2:diaryhma
q clrrhosis Of the liver. 2; enlarge,
ment OF prostate. 2; othor causes.
! each.