The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-11-26
GEN ERaL BREYITIEs

YIN EkAL BhEfIIiLo
Pc MAsTER-GENERAL JEWELL has an
nounced his inteHtion of prosecuting to
The extreme limit of the law, the senders
of scurrilous postal cards and obscene
literature.
The late NJ. GuizOt wrote i'm his will 81
bow before the mysteries of the Bible and
the Gospel. and hold myselfalooffrom the
scientific discussions and solutions by
which men have attempted TO explain
them"
1T has been estimated that If the pOpu-
lation of London goes on increasingat lts
present rate il will eXcced 5000, 900 by the
end of the century, and that should il con-
iinue at the present rate during the next
century, by the year 2000 il will have
reached the enormous aggregate OF 2o,-
100000 of inhabitants; but you can't al
ways tell.
THE legal ruling in England is that TO
secure a copyright in that country an
American author must either first publish
his work i'm the United Kingdom, or pub
fish il uDOn the same day here and there.
lie must, too. be somewhere on British
soil on the day of publicstion-Canada
soil will answer the purpose. In the
United States no foreigner can obtain :
copyright unless he is a citizen or a resi-
dent; and residence is held to mean
staying with " intention of permanent
abode"
DIR. PLAYFAIR makes the startling as
sertiOn that more than three thousand
murders are committed in Glasgow every
year. The explanation, however, rObs th'
statement of its sanguinary quality. Ht
says that in London the annual dealt
rate is twenty-five to every thousand in
habitants, while in dirty Glasgow it |
nearly a third greater. 1.-THE difference
means,n he says, "that in Glasgow every
year 3,Sl7 persons are killed who ough
not to be killed, and need not be-" Clean
illness in his proposed remedy.
The Sehoolday Magazine has the follow
ing collection Of definitions given by small
persons and faithfully reported by dotin!
parents: Back-biter-A flea. Fan
thing to brush the warm OFF with. Fin
"A fish's wings. Ice Water that staye'
out in the cold and went to sleep. Nest
egg-The egg the old hen measures by t.
make new ones. Pig-A hogs little boy
Snoring-Letting off sleep. Snow-ltail
all popped out white. Stars-The moon
eggs. Trunk (of an elephant)-lIis from
tail. Wakefulness-Eyes all the time com
ing unbuttoned.
ANY number of figures you may wis
to multiply by will give the same resul
if divided by "a much quicker operation
but you must remember to annex 0 {
the answer when there Is no remainder
and when there is a remainder, whateve
it may be, annex a to the answer. Mu
tiply AGA by ), and the answer will b
1920; divide the same by 2, and you wi
have 232, and as there is no remainder yo
add a cipher. Now take 1853, multiply
3, the answer is l,79J; but by dividing b
2, there is l79 and remainder you ther,
fore place at the end of the line, an
the result is again l,795.
A WRITER in Chambers Journal SPEAK
of the fact as decidedly noteworthy thu
the common opinion that excessive mel
tai occupation gravitates toward insanit
is not only not verified by facts, but tina
on the contrary. one of the foremost liz
ing physicians doubts whether alienatiO
of mind is ever the result of Overstrain
it is to physical, not to mental, derang
ment. he thinks, that excessive work I
the brain generally gives rise. Insanity, |
points out, finds the most suitable mater
al for its development among the clOddisl
uneducated classes, while the worst form
of physical diseases are originated and il
tcnsified by the educated, OverstrainC
brain-wOrkers.
A NEW Home, or family hotel, has bee
opened in Boston through the eXertiOI
of the managers and friends of the Ioun
Women's Christian Association. The
are accommodations for about 1870 person
including matrOns and assistants. Of Il
Il5 rooms fifty-two have been furnishe
without cost to the association by indivi'
uals and churches. The first Occupan
will be the family of the Reach Sire
Home, comprising about sixty youn
women, who will be given the first chOi'
of rooms. Some of them have been Occl
pants of the old Home seven years. III
rate of board i'm the new hotel will
$3.50 per week for single room, accor
ing to location, and S425 for a doubl
bedded room.
The Mayor of Atlanta, Ga, was recent
called on to decide i'm case requiring e,
IRENE nicely of touch and delicacy of di
elimination. They had a baby show dow
IN those parts, and the Mayor, being pl
TEN. the father of the city, was requisite
to sit i'm judgment on twelve infants, ma
and female after their kind. The Mayo
being unable to stand the press, appointC
committee of four TO decide and repOr
IL was a trying moment. Twelve mothe
handled the twelve apostles 1--WE shOu
say cherubs) in their Tespectives arm
each declaring that her chic was the dea
est, sweetest, lOveiest beauty in the worl
The committee did a very sensible thin;
They first procured four good, swi
horses, which they tied to the outer CAT
and, having given their decision at Il
point OF the bride, made the best of the
way to the nearest forestl n
AT least one man knew that he. had b
come bore, and when convinced of Il
fact he killed himself. This was a youn
spendthrift named Butenof, the soap
grace son of San Francisco banker. b
fore his suicide he wrote a letter i'm whlC
he said, THAT the public should not su
pect that the deed was done in fit of i
sanity, state that after months reile
ton take leave of this world in the fu
possession of all my senses, and that a
calm and collected, but am driven to tn
by extreme despair, nervous eXcitemen
etc, etc. | have gone TO the dogs. Fl
years | have deported myself correctly
this world, but during the last ten weel
found that | would have To become il
volved in debt and live upon the charity
others. Even now | find that have owe
stepped the bounds, and can no longer o.
tain cents worth OffdvOr. For weeks
have offered my services for my boar
but they have not been accepted. ItwOu
take too long for me to regain my form'
status. | have almost begged of tho
who through me made hundreds of dc
lars, and they turned from me with the
dimes in their pockets. Some did he
me at first, but their manner was sue
that to approach them a second time for
favor became impossible. My innermo
thanks to There follow the names of
dozen persons who have this day that
take poison, refused me credit"
4 Wife'S Honor Saved by Bed-Ri
den HuSband-Relapse and Suddr
Death.