The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-28
GENERAL BREvITIEs.

GENERAL BRETITIES.
A JUDGE In Adair county, Iowa, recent.
iy commenced his charge to the jury as
follows: Gentlemen of the jury, YOU
must now quit eating peanuts
The regulation black-and-tan poodle. to
De worth 500, must have head about the
size black walnut; eyes that stand out
side OF their sockets: tail about the size
OF lead pencil, and legs so attenuated
that the animal falls over on his back every
time he lifts his head to bark.
A CURIOUS mode Of irving the title to
land is practiced in Hindostan. Two holes
are dug in the disputed spot, in each OF
which the plaintiffs and defendants law
yer put one of their legs, and remain there
until one of them is tired, in which case
his client is defeated. In this country il
is the client, and not the lawyer, who puts
his foot in it.
DIR. BEARD is of opinion that the intel
lect reaches its maximum development at
the age of forty. after which il begins to
decay. He not only thinks that men lose
intellectual power after this age. but that
they become worse, often much worse, as
they become older; that they lose their
moral enthusiasm, or moral courage, or
capacity Of resisting temptation and en-
during disappointment, and frequently
sink into senile debauchees.
The English language is composed of
1913 words, of which 6.732 are from the
Latin, 1912 from the French. ,669 from
the Saxon. ,G69 from the Greek, 1,69l
from the Dutch, 2l1 from the Italian. JOG
from the German mot including verbs).
80 from the Welsh, 20 from the Danish, So
from the Spanish. 30 from the Icelandic,
81 from the Swedish, 81 from the Gothic.
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ic, and the remainder from other Ian
guages.
The author of recent book about Afri-
ca tells Of forest of acacia trees he passed
through. These are called by the natives
"sotfar," word signifying a flute. The
name is given because the acacia trees are
pierced with circular holes by a small in
sect, and the wind, as it PLAYS upon the
openings, produces flutelike sounds. In
the winter, when the trees are stripped of
their leaves, and boughs white as chalk
stretch out like ghosts, the wind, signing
through the insect-made flutes, fills the
whole air with soft, melancholy tunes.
A SACRAMENTO gentleman lately saw a
little boy leaning against a post in the
eastern portion of the city, putting ener-
gehcally at full-grOwn cigar, and sue
ceeding in drawing from it quite a volume
the job he had undertaken, that the citizen
concluded to interview him, and, accord
mgly, drawing a cigar from his pocket,
went up and asked for a light. The boy
acceded TO the request with an assumption
of manly courtesy which he probably had
studied carefully, and seemed to feel graft
fled at attracting attention. Then ensued
the following conversation Well, young
man. where do you buy your cigars? p Il
buy 'em down town; pay ten cents apiece
for en-" "Do you buy many at a time?'
" No, not many; | buy one at a time most
oftenest." "Does your father know you
smoke % "Oh, yes" How old are
your" "Six years" "And how long
since you learned TO smoker About
five years, guess
An English scientist claims to have dis
covered one Of the causes of typhoid fever.
A family i'm his neighborhOOd was attacked
with severe type of the fever. On care
full search of the premises a spout in the
family pump was found to be covered with
sort of gelatinOus matter Submitting
this to microscopic investigation it was
found TO be fungoid growth, from which
spores were constantly washed away by
the flowing water. He followed up this
discovery by minute examination of the
outlet of the sewer through which the
drainage of the town flowed. and his
scientific zeal was rewarded by finding
tungoid grOwths of a similar nature to
those in the pump spout. In the vicinity
of this outlet the fever had also prevailed !
Having cases of the fevcEin his own family
he followed up his inquiry by chemical |
analysis of the water drank by the family. |
and found in it minute spores of the same |
fungus. His conclusion is that the fever |
had its origin in the fungus matter taken |
into the system, where il termentS as Yeast |
in beer and poisOns the blood.
FROM King James's "Counterblast on |
Tobacco" down to and including the tracts |
of the British Anti-TObacco Association. |
numerous works have been published. and |
many charges brought, against the use OF |
tobacco. Among other i'll effects (besides
madness and DEATH which have been per-
sistently ascribed TO tobacco is the destruc-
ton of the teeth This is entirely a mis-
take. Some years ago a council Of Ger
man physicians decided that chewing to-
baccO is only prejudicial to the teeth as far
as the abrasion of the enamel by the fric-
ton of the tObaccO. At lecture on the
teeth. delivered last month in London bv
Mr.. Thomas Brown, the lecturer observed
that it was popularity considered that the
practice of smoking deteriOrated the teeth.
There could be- he said, mo greater
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cOlOred the teeth, but it did not cause de-
cay, but on the contrary prevented decay
on account of the disinfecting properties
of tobacco smoke
THAT is the best amusement" explains
Mr.. rockingham, THAT most thoroughly
amuseS; not that instructS, elevates. puri-
fieS, but entertains, making, while it does
so, the least possible draught on the mind.
feelings, or will. 1t has no philosophy: it
has no ethics; it has no intention. except
to spread a genial happiness over the sys- {
TEN. 1t is not in its nature to hurt any
living creature; it is against its being to be
savage, cruel, or harsh. toward a living !
beast, or insect. 1t bears no
malice; il has no bitterness in its heart; it .
carries no venom beneath its tongue: it !
aims no shafts at goodness or worth; its ,
laughter is harmless, its wit sunny, its !
humor generous. 1t is a child of light and /,
laughter. lmpurity, indecency, indelica- )
cy, it holds in aversion. 1t promotes good :
will, disarms evil temper, dispels rancor, ,
exercise fear, and puts the mind in sweet
relation with the world of fortune and !
mankind"
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