The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-11-19
GENERAL BREvITIES.
NIAGARA can be tunneled for 81 900, 900.

NIAGARA can be tunneled for 81 ,0O0, 900.
SAN Francesca is to have .'crewpris-
modal one-rail elevated railway"
In Paraguay, girls are not allowed to
chew tobacco till they are thirteen.
A FEMALE claimant to the throne Of
France is housekeeper at a hotel in New
Albany.
A SPLENDID ear, but a very poor
"voice," as the organ7srinder SAID 10 the
donkey.
THEY are going to try and put stop IN
Germany to the sale of so-called "soothing
svrupsp for infants. Physicians assert
that more babies are killed by these con-
coctiOns than by disease.
In Belgium q fruit grower has had great
success in communicating artificial naVors
TO natural fruit. He procures the fruit and
keeps Il few seconds in solution OF the
flavoring substance, and permits il to ripeD
subsequently.
PHIIADELPHIA is discussing whether the
name of its principal street should be spell
ed with one or two It's. The Ledger says
that in the city ordinances it is written and
printed Chestnut. In st. Louis the re-
verse of this is the fact.
A NEWLY married couple in Connecticut
recently started out on their wedding tour
accompanied by small-siZed twO-year-
old infant, which they had hired for the
purpose. deluding TIE public into the be-
lief that they were old stagers.
THE Oregon Legislature has passed a
stringent act against gambling, one OF the
clauses of which provides that person
losing money at the gaming-table shall
have the right to recover by law to the
value of twice the amount OF his loss.
A CONSPICUOUS article on exhibition al
the Cumberland. Maryland Fair, is mann.
moth lump of coal, which weighs 3,4-C
poundsnet,o or sixty pounds more than atoT
and half Ii was mined half mile from
the opening of the mine, and perhaps one
fourth Of mile from the surface.
EAST Dies MONIES has dog that drink
beer with relish. When the canine
wants to wet his whistle it walks behinC
the bar of the saloon where its owner dis
penses beer, Jerks his coat-tail with hi
teeth, and the proprietor aforesaid under
stands the signal and draws the brute
glass of something strong.
IT is said that Europe will soon be com
PEELED to look to America for all the Ia
(which is an enormous quantity that shu
consumes. Heretofore Europe has, in ;
great measure, obtained her supply from
Archangel. in the White Sea, Russia, ant
the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea- but it ap
pears the trees are giving out, and order
for tar will have to go elsewhere.
PURE GIRLS AND IMPURE BOYs.-Girls
in treating dissipated young men as equals
says the Womdn's Journal, do a wronj
they can scarcely realize. Such me-
should be made to feel that until they re
deem themselves, until they walk wit
correctness and honor in the paths c
right, good people stand aloOf from them
Girls who respect themselves will not
seen with such men, and will decline to re
ceive them on the familiar footing {
friendship. Ii is mistaken kindness
poultice when caustic is needed, and | al
inclined to think that little sharp decisio
on the part of the girls ofto-day would g
far to correct the general lOOseness of mo-
atty among young men.
DIR. w. J. FoGLE. says the Columbu
(Ga.) Enquirer. has king-snake, which
little fellow, but a regular sumner fC
fighting and swallowing. When found i
the woods, some two weeks ago. he ha
Just taken in moccasin larger than hin
self which he disgorged when placed o
the sidewalk. Yesterday another liy
moccasin was placed in his cage. Th
king went for him at once, in a twink
was wrapped around his body, crush;l
life out, and proceeded to swallow his OF
ponent in the most nOnchalant style, con
mencing with his head. He is a reguli
boa constructor on a small scale. III
mOccasin was considerably larger tina
himself.
The Bessemer steamer system has bee
applied by Mr.. Henry Giffard to hans
ing railroad car, which has been teste
with success on the line of the NOrther
Railway, in France. Seated in this ca
which hangs on elastic springs, the trave
ePeXpericnces the sensation of repOsing
a hammock. free from the vibrations an
bumpings of tie ordinary car. At tim'
the car undulates as does boat on a call
sea. The movement is described as vel
gentle one, and the traveller is enabled
read without fatigue and write with cas-
The principle of the car. applied to amb
lances, doubtless would be great boon
the wounded who may be conveyed
them.-BoSton Advertiser.