The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-09
GENERAL BREvITIES.

New 0rk.
J. c. DAVIS, of Algoma. Wis. has calf
only nine months old that gives from two
TO three quarts of milk daily. When the
animal was only two or three months old
development of the udder commenced
and it became necessary to milk her for
her own relief, silce which time The calf
has given milk regularly.
NEw YORK SUMNER REcPE.-A- con-
ributor TO the New York Mail furnishes
1t with the following antidote for emu, so
prevalent Ia the summer months;
R-Sps. win. otsrd. o.. ...........-.. Il.
Saccharine whitum mashum. q s.
Aqua cOngeali buE........-.-..--.- q. >.
hlniWm somcum. .......--. b sprlgs.
Shakum lkrthunderum. ......... q. r.
StTawum tlongaus. ...............
SucEum thrrWuml
The sea-mouse is one of the prettiest
creatures that live under water. 1t spsrkles
like diamond and is radiant with all the
cOlors of the rainbow, although it lives in
the mud at the bottom Of the ocean. Ii
shoald not be called mouse, foritis larger
than big rat. Ii is covered with scales
that move up and down as it breathes,
and glitter like gold, shining through a
fleecy down from which fine silky bristles
wave, that constantly change from one
brilliant tint to another. so that, as Cuvier.
the great naturalist, says, the plumage of
the humming- bird is no more beautiful.
Sea mice arc sometimes thrown up on the
beach by storms.
AN iowa doctor writes of the remarkable
or shoppers that do so much damage in
that State: = In my Opini IN they come
from the lower portion of the British Pos
sessions. They are very hardy insect. Ii
takes quite q breeze to kill them. I'M
merse one i'm water for three hours, and
he'll come 10 and have a better masticative
and digestive faculty than ever. hey
will devour arsenic with the avidity of a
modern belle. When their wings are well
developed they have a better locomotive
power than the old Western Stage Com
pany ever had, and those that are here
have at this date got a wing development
now of about quarter of an inch, while
the body is about three-quarters OF an inch
in length"
How TREES GRow.-As showing that
trees do not grow upward except by eX-
tension of the top, correspondent OF an
English horticultural journal writes
About twenty-five years ago, new wooden
ratings were fixed on a garden wall in
front of a house in the neighborhOOd
where | resided. The carpenter, to fasten
them more firmly, drove an iron stay into
Sycamore tree which stood in the gar
den, and fastened the other end to the
rails. Assuming that the stay was placed
level, | find that it is so at present, and q
large eXcrescence has grown over and
around that part of the stay which joins
the tree. This is one proof that tree is
not elevated bodily by the development OF
the roots.
CHICAGO has Just issued another one OF
those wonderful directories" which show
a great increase in the number of her peO-
Pile. Counting three and half persons
for each name in the new book the total
population of the city is shown to be 532, :
000-an increase of Il, 600 in the last year.
We decline, however, to count three and
half persons for each name. Three and
a half names for each person, if none OF
the names are parted in the middle,
might be counted, but we do not think
that strict accuracy would be arrived at by
the otherprOcess. A little mild eXaggera-
ton, occasionally, may be of service to a
rising American town, but when il asks
us TO swallow 10000 new people every
year we experience a choking sensation
over which we have no cOntrOl.-LoUlS-
viILe COu7'ierJougnaL.
writer, are of low stature and extremely
fair. They are soft and gentle in manner
and slow of motion. They have blue eyes,
golden hair, rich meZzo-sOprano voices,
and wear moderate dress-improvers. Their
hair and its color are their own; and they
fear strong men, but like to look at them
from windows, balconies. carriages, and
Otherplaces ofsecurity. They are tritie
happy, and have not been married TO their
first love. They cannot sew over well, but
they have a positively maddening way of
leaning over the backs of chairs while they
are asking their husbands if they shall
wear blue or pink ribbons. They have no
mother living. They care little for going
into sOcietv. They never desire to obtain
the good wiShe, of other men. save when
their husbands interest is TO that effect.
They are not painfully clever musicians,
but they know some sweet simple airs,
and sing those at evening by the open
window. They are liable TO be defrauded
by the servants. and are imposed upon by
trades-people. They regard their hus-
bands as supreme arbiters in all matters.
They would stay as they are or fly to New
Zealand with him, as he desired.
The NEWSPAPER MAN.-Little they
know or even think of the work there is
in shedding ink by the busy wielders of
pencil and pen-generally known as news
paper men" JOttingS." " In General, -
"Spice of Life Variations" and ru-
moTs rife, Saturday Notes" and Sun
day News" All Sorts of Paragraphs, >
to amuse. market reports and marine dis
a>tcrs, puffs of pills and patent plasters
now at the theater in white cravat claw
hammer coat and opera hat; then 10 the
priZe-ring where you write sickening de-
tails of bloody fight-back TO the city
just in time TO report the sermon of some
divine; steamboat collision, smash-up OF
trains: election returns to bother your
brains: agents dramatic. with lOng-wind-
ed story. to write up his star of theatrical
glory. Deaths and marriages, murders.
rows, balls. and parties, minstrel shows
stock specGlations. bubbles of air, tossed
about by bull and bear; prai>ing the limit
in the dancers pose. and next the calves in
the cattle shows; pencil in hand at the
racing course, taking the time of a trOtting
horse; jotting down each stroke and catcl
made in famous baseball match; now oil
a street row taking nOte-and then of {
row in a college boat. These are a few o.
the many things AT which the tireless pen
Gil swings.
LOVE PUT TO FLIGHT.-A few days ago
young couple in this city were :" signing
for the knot there is no untying." They
had known each other long, and thought
they knew each OF .er well. One evening
the gallant called upon his future bride
He had passed the previous night with ;
party of bachelor friends, and didn't 4" &c
home till morning." As a consequence
not even the bright eyes of his Dulcine;
could drive sleep from his eye-lids. III,
reclined upon the sofa, and suddenly
dropped into the land of dreams. Heavy
breathing was followed by slight snore
which developed into a snort which caused
the house to tremble. There was as littl,
variation in the nasal music as in the put
fling Of a high-pressure steamer. Tn,
young lady began to think of the future
then wept. She shook her sleeping lover
but he snored with renewed vigOr. A
last she was furious, and Selling his hair
gave it jerk that brought him to his feet
He stammered. What's the matter, my
- Matter enough" she replied. :"
shall die an old maid before [ marry maj
that snores. Good night" She left tn,
parlor-he the house. The young LADY
could not keep the secret, and the reason
why the match was broken off is nov