The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-14
GENERAL BREVITIES.

a PERFECTLY tame zebra. which viii al
low persons to ride on its back. is among
the attractions of the Paris Geological So
ciety.
a BROOKLYN sewing-society fines any
member who talks scandal, 81 for each
ofiense; only the wealthy are able to at
tend.
CASTOR BEANS grow wild in Tulare coun-
ty, Cal, living over from season to season
until the vines become large trees from ten
TO twenty feet high.
AMONG the most modern conveIiiences
in the latest dwelling-houses IS the crema-
ton cellar, with self-rotating rooster, odor-
escape flues, and comfortable seats for the
mOurners.
A RURAL Vermont newspaper announces
that its minimum charge for a first-class
marriage notice will be fifteen pounds of
dried apples. Notices with poetry" cost
twelve pounds of onions more.
A CHISAMAN on trial in California for
larceny proved that he was not within a
mile Of the property when stolen. He was
let of with one years imprisonment for
contempt of court.
IT is said that an Indiana schOol-mistress
recently thrashed thirty-nine scholars in
one day. Some one ought to secure the
right TO exhibit her at fhe next State Fair
as the champion thrashing machine.
HERE is business-like epitaph: "Here
lies Jane Smith. wife of Thomas Smith.
marble cutter. This monument was
erected by her husband as a tribute to her
memory and a specimen of his work.
Monuments OF the same style $3.50"
A SMALL boy got another boy, some
what smaller than himself, down on the
ground the other day, and gOthOld Of both
his ears, placing his knee in the small OF
the boys back. and asked him, in very
persuasive manner, if he would give him
that white alley of hiS'n. The boy replied
in the affirmative. How easy il is to settle
things when one goes about it in the right
way.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Savannah ga
NelDS writing from St. Mary's, Ga, says !:
Last season a Canadian bird-catcher visit
ed our city and caught hundreds of
mOcking-birds and nOnpareils. out of
which he made a snug sum. Our authori-
ties, in order TO preserve our birds, have
imposed a taX-tO be paid in advance-Of
500, to be paid by all such transient per-
sons. This will put a stop to the matter"
On the occasion of the annual Staying
of victims in Dahomey, the Kings UNI
brella, which is slowly turned around
above his head by an amazon, is black,
with white skulls and crOss-bones on the
lappets. and with a human skull browning
the top of the stick. Another of King
Gelele's umbrellas is called the Jaw UNI
brella. 1t is white. and is covered on the
lappetS and top with eighty four human
iaw-bones. disposed cheyron-wise.
A NOTED politician and divine, who was
an expert at hOrse-trade. is reported to
have sold horse to one of his deacOns.
\ day or two afterward the deacon called
on him, VIII n the following colloquy took
place: Deacon N.-"Elder K, that horse
you sold me is stove i'm the fOreshOulder"
Elder K.-"Eh! Deacon? If that be so
advise YOU to say nothing about it. You
may want to sell the animal and that
would injure the sale of him."
THE seals in the Brighton England
Aquarium are in room where concerts
are occasionally given. 1t is said that the
animals are greatly affected by vocal music,
and lately became very disorderly during
a performance. rushing about i'm the water
and making a noise which alone drowned
the voice of the singer. Instrumental
music does not seem to affect them so
powerfully, but the more sweet and ten
der the voice of the singer the more
powerfully they are affected.
THERE was a touching sight on a cor
ner OF Vine street yesterday. \ little
girl sat, with a baby in Der arms, grinding
a hand-Organ. and young lady in pass
ing caught sight of the woe-5egOne, piteous
little face. She stopped with instant COM
passion, her dark eyes almost SuffuSed
with tears, and opening her well-Stored
pocket book, bent over the child with in
finite grace, and dropped in her out
stretched hand-a cent. Guess yer amt
strainin' yerSelf or nOthin', are yer:"
sneered the young one, while the maiden
passed on, bordering upon the ingratitude
OF the human race.-CiHcimati Times.
EMPLOYMENT OF WoNrEN.-It appears
from recent statistics that the number of
women, married and unmarried, engaged
in industrial occupations in this country.
is one i'm every twenty-One of the entire
population. In England, including mar
ried women, the number of unmarried
women VINO are engaged in specific Cocu-
patiOnS Is one in every seven Of the entire
population. The difference arises from
the number of women employed in facto-
ries there. The tables from which we take
these figures have been compiled in Eng
land. where the extension of the franchise
to women is soon likely to become an ac-
cOmplished fact.
As an instance of the effect of heat and
cold i'm expanding and contracting the iron
of the dome of the national Capitol, it is
stated that the colossal statue surmount-
ing it inclineS four and half inches to the
west in the forenoon, and the same distance
to the east in the afternoon. This fact has
been aScertained by fixing a plumb line to
the statue and dropping it to the rotunda
below. As the morning sun upon the east
side of the dome heated the iron and caused
an expansion on the side of the statue il
was thrown westward four and half
inches. In the afternoon. when the sun
upon the west side heated and expanded
that part of the dome, the statue inclined
to the east a similar distance.
l KNOW a man who wouldn't shave on
Sunday, but would black his boots. Then
/ know some who would shave on SUNDAY.
but wouldn't black their boots. Aud |
know Of others who wouldn't do either on
Sunday, but would shave their neighbOrs
awfully on Monday. When / went to
school | boarded with DR.. Langbein, and
he was good man; for an icicle can be
good. / could hook it down his back
stairs, 90 of hunting. return and recite
lllN AtS-bu nun al sip III lI1N Hat. NOW.
the bread that was left over at the COM
muiOn service in church was sent over for
DIR. Langbein's table, and, while | could
deceive him aS have told you. | couldn't
eat a mOTsel of that bread.-HcHry Ward
Beect her.
\ RETIRED physician writes, GLOW
does it happen that amid the everlasting
cry against drunkenness, we never hear n
word against its sister evil. gluttOny? l
think can assert with truth that in along
practice, three have died among my pa
tientS from Ovcr-eating, where one has
died from drink. Whence comes apo
pleXy. paralysis, dyspepsia, and a host of
other diseases, but from too much and too
rich food taken under the most imprud-
ent circumstances? And yet we hear of
no society formed to prevent this growing
vice. \ man eats till he drops down and
expires with apopleXy by the road side,
when up comes a coroner with a jury of
twelve good men and true, who pronounce
a verdict. Died from intemperdnce.' So
he did. but what kind of incompetence
was it? | have heard more than one min
lister in the pulpit eXpatiate with great We
hemence against the sin of drunkenness, !