The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-17
GENERAL BREVITIES.


GENERAL BREVITIES.
A NEWLY converted reporter thus no
tees a minstrel troupe: "For those who
do not consider it sin to witness minstrel
shows, this entertainment will furnish a
pleasant relaxation from revival meet
ings."
a DAILY paper has the following among
its marine news: "The schooner Alba
trOSs was wrecked on the coast of New
fOundland on the 1lth inst, the captain
swimming ashore, and the female cook
also, she being insured for $4,000, and
heavily laden with IRON"
LOVERS of the weed may be pleased to
know that at recent meeting of the Brit
ish Medical Society, "a paper was read show
ing that disease of the gums and tongue Is
frequently caused by smoking, and con-
tirming DR.. Jenner's theory that the habit
causes palpitation Of the heart.
In the swimming races which came off
at Cambridge, England, on August l3, in
connection with the Long Vacation Club,
Mr.. DrinkwSter. of Trinity College, per-
formed feat which is believed to be with
out parallel. He swan under water dis
lance of eighty-three yards, and was i'm
mcrsed in the current for one minute and
seven seconds. Upon emerging he ap-
peared little the worse for the exercise.
Two oxen in South China, Maine. hav-
ing very crooked horns, got them inter-
locked, while in pasture, a short time ago,
and were not found for eight days, when
they were in a furnishing condition. The
ground showed signs Of fearful struggle,
and they had doubtless fought for days
until their strength entirely gave out.
They were separated, and may possibly
live
A SCOTTISH hermit, named John, has
just emerged from a life of solitude among
the Franklin Hills of Massachusetts. He
is little over fifty years old, and with
plenty of irOn-gray hair on head and face.
His abode has been a cave in an immense
wall of granite. He enlarged the cave by
heating the rock and dashing cold water
against it, so that it is now about twenty
feet square, and in one place eight feet
high. His companions have been cats, of
which he usually fed from three to seven.
In London, the other day, George
Dewar, child only eleven years of age,
was charged with attempting TO pass a
forged check for Els los, which had evil
IDENTIFY been stolen from the Office of his
employers. The little culprit, who is the
son of respectable parents, said he found
the check in King William street, and that
he wanted the money to 60 to Scotland to
see his sister. Messrs. GoSling, bankers,
Fleet street, upon whom the check had
been drawn, in consideration of the child'S
tender years, withdrew the charge, and
the prisoner was handed over to his father.
DURING the last session of Congress a
bill was passed directing gold medal to
be struck and presented to John Horn,
Jr., of Detroit, i'm recognition of his ser
vices in saving persons from drowning.
He has saved at least one hundred persons
from a watery grave, and has given the
names and circumstances attending their
rescue. In several cases he came near
losing his own life by struggling with his
victims, and was repeatedly confined to
his bed by sickness resulting from his
efforts. The medal is soon to be struck at
the Philadelphia Mint, and will be pre-
scented in due form.
A REMARKABLE instance of the depres-
sion of the shipping interest on the lakes,
now so long continued. was recently given
in Chicago, in the offer of an owner OF
three good vessels to prominent opera
tor on Change to let him have the use OF
either one of the vessels on a round trip to
Buffalo, for just nothing beyond the eX
pense of running, the person taking her
to put his own clerk on board. and ascer-
tain for himself the net cost of the trip.
The reason of the offer was afterward
stated TO be simply the fact that the vessel
would deteriorate less when deep in the
water than when lying unloaded at the
dock.
The Roman Catholic priest of Deren-
burg, Darmstadt, has been sentenced to
eight days Imprisonment for introducing
politics into the pulpit. Fifteen votes hav
ing been given in his parish for the Liberal
candidate at a recent election for the Reich
stag, he preached the next Sunday on the
betrayal of Christ, and gave his hearers to
that the fifteen voters were like
Judas. AT the instance of the Burger
a prosecution was thereupOn or
dered, and though numerous witnesses
were called to deny the political charac-
ter of the sermon, the charge was eStab-
lished.
Tia Excelsior Magazine, a very choice
and entertaining monthly, is published at
So 80 year. Every effort is being made,
by securing the services of the most bril-
liant contributors to periodical literature
and the best art critics and essayists, to
furnish a highly desirable family paper.
A handsomely illustrated fashion and eti-
quette supplement accompanies it. Sui
scribers are very easily obtained, and rare
in money or prizes are offer
ed to getters up of clubs. Sample copies
TWENTY-FIVE cents. Office, Room 80, No.
l57 La Sale street, Chicago, Ill.
ENGLISH, German, Swiss. French. and
Italian agricultural Journals speak of the
value of the sunflOwer as a preventive of
malarious diseases. A recent account
comes from Holland, of farmer upon the
low banks of the Scheidt who planted
some plots of suniiowers around his house
with the effect to preserve his homestead
from fever while it was very prevalent all
around. The Si0lSs Times, in reporting
this case, strongly recommends the plant
ing of sunflowers, not only for this reason,
but also for the value of its seeds for feed,
and that of its stalks for fuel.
How TO MEND KNIvEs.-MOst house
keepers have felt the need of a recipe for
mending knives, or rather for fastening
knives and forks to their handles. The fol-
lowing mixture is recommended for this
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gether pound of rOsin and s ounces OF
sulphur, and keep it either in bars or re-
duced to powder. Mix l part of this pow
der with half a part of iron filings, fine
sand or brick dust. and the cavity of the
handle is to be filled with the mixture.
Heat the stem of the knife or fork and in
sert it hot, and when cold it will be found
tight.
Mrs. MARGARET DICKEY, who recently
died at Londonderry, n. H., in her ninety
fourth year, was the oldest resident of that
place. She was one of the eighty grand
children of John WOODBURY., one of the
original ScOtch-Irish settlers from Lon
donderry, Ireland. Her whole life had
been spent in her native town, and her
death occurred in the same house to which
she was taken as a bride in the spring of
1905. She had Outlived all her children
except two, with one of whom she had
resided since her husbands death. One of
Mrs. Dickey's sisters was the mother of
the late Horace Greeley. Two sisters and
one brother of her late husband, Mrs
Martha Boyd, Mrs. Mary Elm, and Cap
tain Joseph Dickey, respectively "a, %,
and 80 years of age. were present at her
funeral. all of them in vigorous health for
their advanced years.
INFORMATION has been received at WASH
tbot onnthors IalanaflOn of Chinese