The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-09
GENERAL BREVITIES.

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letters down her throat until she was suf-
located.
AUSTRALIA, which produces black swans.
has recently developed vast deposit of
white coal, which burns readily with bril-
A VIRGINIA railroad has been made to
pay SO for killing a rooster, and all 9TH
er ROSTERS in the State are Growing over
the verdict.
AT fashionable church in New York
the contribution plates are carried round by
young ladies, to the great benefit of the
treasury.
FROM 800 to 1000 vehicles pass given
point on Broadway. New York, in an
hour, while in London the number
through Cheapside is only about ] 200
per hour.
A BosToN merchant who has a strong
appetite for liquor. sent for five temperance
women TO pray with him. They went, and
through their efforts, he says, he is on the
road 20 reformation.
LoTTA kissed New Orleans young man
who presented her with gold medal. A
Milwaukee editor says if the Government
will establish a mint in that town he will
promise TO keep it busy turning out medals
until Lotta's engagement is over.
THE lowest point within the Yellow
stone National Park is said to be the mouth
of Gardeners River on its northern boun-
dairy line. This is 5,400 feet above the
level Of the sea. Yellowstone Lake is
1850 feet above the sea level.
A MAN describing Western hotel, says /:
You can sit there and think that you
wouldn't be surprised to behold Cleopatra
in her barge. with "a bonnet off her jib,'
9TH no
placid bosom of an ocean of oX-tail
soup, and eating pearl as big as a water
melon"
A CLEVELAND paper asserts that seven
young men, accompanied by ladies, have
recently been stopped on Erie street, in
that city, by a colOred woman who asked
them for - dollar and forty cents dat you
owe me for washing" The gentleman, in
his confusion, pays the demand, which he
does now owe.
Col. HIGGINsoN has relieved himself by
the following observation 81 would
rather see too much enthusiasm than not
enough. | often think that the spread
eagle of the stump orator is better than
the cold spirit of the city editor who cuts
him up. would rather be chOked with
gas than smothered with starch.''
THE will of Miss Sophia j. Snow, of
Boston, bequeathing $4,000 to various
charitable Institutions. has been admitted
to probate. The will ends as follows: Z"
forbid all person or persons to break this
my last will and testament, and whoever
attempts to break it, or breaks it, may he,
she, or they find no peace for mind or
body i'm this world, or in the world to
come"
THE longer live" said Sidney Smith.
tho mara / am oopvinaad that tho 0nOth-
ecarry is of more importance than philosO-
ply, and that half the unhappiness of life
proceeds from little stOppages. from duct
choked up, from food pressing in the
wrong place, from a veXed duOdenum or
an agitated pylOrus."
THE Pilatka (FlOrida) Herald mentions
a farmer by the name of Futon who has
been compelled to move to the other
side of st. Johns River in consequence of
the depredations of alligators. He says
his cattle have been thinned out by an old
bull alligator, which has been the terror of
his neighborhOOd for years.
A COMPANY is to be organized in Louis
vile TO hunt out thieves, murderers, lost
persons and lost property, with a view OF
recovering the rewards offered. 1t is said
that parties have on record rewards
amounting to 100000 for those who have
committed murder, arson. horse thefts,
and other crimes. Districts are to be as
signed to expert detectives, who are to be
paid fixed salary, but the rewards recov-
cred are to be paid to the company.
A VALUABLE cement is made OF silicate
of potash mixed with whiting, fire-clay or
ashes, according to the purpose for which
it is needed If to close holes in hard-fin-
ished walls, use water and the silicate in
equal proportions TO mix with whiting.
If to stop holes in CRATES, use the silicate
with fire-clay. If to stop holes in iron,
mix the silicate with ashes. This chemi-
cal, which is also known as soluble glass,
sells at the apothecaries at 81 per gallon.
This cement will stick to red-hOt iron and
bricks without crumbling off, but it will
not bear moisture.
ACCORDING to the recently-issued official
register of the civil, military and naval Off
GERS and employees of the Government, the
total number so employed is over 100. 800
OF these the Executive counts 10, the Leg
islative G26, Department of State, or under
its authority, sos; Treasury Department,
1850; War Department, including the
army, 1000; Navy Department, includ-
ing the navy, 1900; Interior Department,
2,759; Department of Justice, including
the Supreme and other courts ofthe United
SO; Department of Agriculture, SO; and
General Post-office, including postmasters.
67,497.
MECHANICAL leeches for medical pur-
poses are amongst the astonishing inven-
tons of modern days, but they are rather
surpassed in audacity by the artificial
oysters" for which a patent has been asked
in European country on the ground of
their utility at all seasons. The inventor
constructs his oysters of peculiar Jelly,
Joined with tapiOca. salt and water: and to
add TO the general illusion he places them
in genuine oySter-shellS, which are sedu-
lousy glued along their edges. 1t is real
ly astonishing with what painful labOrs
ingenuity will eagerly burden itself in the
effort to initiate, particularly if the imita
BILE object is sufficiently abundant, perfect
in its way and cheap TO render the task of
successfully cOunterfeiting it and cOmpet-
ing with it i'm the market both an unneces-
sary and difficult one.
ALAS for wells From the tiny infant i'm
the nurses arms to the ancient widow in
her weeds, the whole sex is yelled. Wells
answer many purposes. They conceal de
fleets. they heighten beauty, they cover
grief. and so we see a whole race of women
OF every age, style and condition laying
foundations for diseases of the eye through
an almost needless fashion. These blind
ers are of every conceivable style. from the
white dot on the child to the English Grape
on its grandmother. The best oculiStS
give testimony against the wholesale wear
ing of wells. and we think they should make
protest against it, even at the risk of injury
10 their calling. At least let The mothers
of to-day look to il that they will he held
responsible. i'm another generation, for suf-
fering their little ones to 60 veiled, as the
matrons of a past generation were for al
lowing tight lacing and all the evils which
that distressing practice entailrd.
LIVING men who saw Gen. Washington
are not numerous. Galveston has two of
these. One is Capt. Aaron Burns, at
whose fathers house Gen. Washington
stopped for a night i'm the Jerseys. Phe
other is "a lively bachelor, as young as
most men at sixty" whose name is sup
pressed lest its publication might interfere
with some matrimonial project. People
who have seen people who saw the Gen
eral are more frequently to be met with.
In fact great reaches of history may be-
spanned by few generations. Here is a