The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-10-01
GENERAL BREYITIEs.

THE International Postal Congress has
resolved 10 recommend uniform rates of
postage in all the territory embraced by
the postal union.
A WRITER in the Alaska Herald thinks
that in two hundred and fifty years Sitka
will be one of the leading ship-building
cities in the world. Corner lots are for
sale cheap.
WILLIAM b. BALDWIN, Esq, an old resi- |
dent of New Haven, Conn.,, died recently |
at the age Of seventy-One. About forty !
years ago he applied for admission TO a
certain benevolent association, and COM /
mittee ftwo physicians and three others, |
appointed to examine him, reported that
in their opinion he would die of consump- |
ton within year. His application was
accordingly rejected, buthe outlived every |
one of them.
In dressing for photographs, remember
that dark brown. dark green, maroon and
dark plaid goods without gloss, will give
a rich drab color. Silks of the same color
will take considerably lighter. Snuff
brown, dark leather, dark drab, scarlet,
cherry, dark orange, crimson and slate
will also produce a drab color. Violet,
blue, purple, magenta and pink will take
very light, and should be avoided. The
hair should not be very wet or glossy.
THERE recently died in Belgium a lady
of fortune, named Nine. Monsieur, who
had singular mania for the boarding of
articles of dress. After her death an eX-
animation Of her effects revealed an I'M
usual state of things. There were noun
tains of dress goods uncut and bearing the
bridesmaids price labels, besides hundreds
of bOnnets, dresses made up, cloaks,
shawls, and various specimens of the mo-
diste's art. 1t is believed that the sale of
IL. QI1sgfa
$4,000.
NANTUCKET is an old-fashioned town,
and some ancient customs still prevail.
On the recent visit of President Grant, as
the boat which carried him neared the
wharf, the town-crier solemnly proclaim
ed the fact, in somewhat the following
terms: 'Hear yei hear We! The Presi-
dent of the United States is here, and !
call upon you all, as good, loyal citizens,
to give him hearty welcome;" and then
followed a round of cheering from near
ly every man, woman and child in the
. town.
LORD SKELMERsDALE, who lately did
himself the honor of visiting California,
was so delighted with the woods of that
country that he ordered large supply
with which to adorn his fine residence in
London. The woods of California are
something remarkable. When Mayor
Fargo, of Buffalo. was building his house,
one of the most spacious and elegant in
America-indeed, it may be doubted If
there is one more superb-he brought
quantities Of all the finer varieties of Cali
fornia wood for the doors and other wood
work of the establishment, and they are
the admiration of all who behold them.
THE Icelandic Millenial has developed
the fact that the Icelandic language is won
derfully musical, and that every Icelander
sings. The singing in connection with
the Millennial ceremonies Was said by DR..
Hayes, who was present, to be superb"
An ode was written for the occasion by
Matthias JOchumssen, a resident of Reik-
iavik, and set to music by 5. Sveinbjorns-
sen, another Icelander, whose name we
mention as a matter of interest, and not
because we expect our readers to pro-
nOunce it. Nevertheless, DIR. Hayes says,
in speaking Of the translation of hymn
into our language, " The liquid tones of
the Icelandic tongue cannot be reproduced
in the harsher English"
A BUXOM, middle-aged country woman
went into a store on Hanover street, BOs-
ton, the other day, and depositing 81 on
the counter, remarked 10 a clerk, "There,
fourteen years ago, twill be fifteen this
fall, bought something next door and
gave them dollar bill, but they couldn't
give me the change; so they sent boy
into the next shop and he brought me
back the change for S.. | took it; but
tain't no use, | amt going to keep it any
longer, so there it is all back again" At
ter this singular confession the woman
hastily left the store, and the clerk, who
was spell-bOund with establishment, did
not recover his presence of mind in time
10 make any inquiries OF his strange Wis
itOr.
Miss AGNES HOFFMAN, a young lady,
nineteen years of age, and a resident of
Pittsburgh, AYERS that she has been cured
of speechlessness through the prayers of
the priests at the monastery. She lost her
power of speech about six months ago,
and having tried number of doctors with
out relief, went TO the monastery July 26.
She says: son July 26 was my first visit,
when the priest gave me some water of
Lourdes and some prayers, which was to
continue until my next visit, which was
that day two weeks, when the priest gave
me the blessing of st. Paul of the Cross
and nine days prayers" On the Saturday
following her second visit to the monastery
her speech returned, and she has had no
trouble since.
Two thousand dollars seem to be pref
ty steep price to pay for rooster, but such
I
Ira Batehelder, of the Mount Crawford
House, for his black Spanish rooster called
Gen. CASTELAR,. The purchaser, Mr.. VIM.
q. Davis, civil engineer on the Portland
and Ogdensburg Railroad, considers him
the best game bird in this country-he be-
ing the only one Matched from dozen of
eggs, brought from MatanZas, Cuba. Va
riOus bids were made by different parties
in this city to secure him one gentleman
in particular, now prominent in the lum-
Der business, offering his entire interest in
the largest mill on the line of the road
Portland Argus.
FROM recent report on yellow Fee
ver," we learn that this disease has never
appeared in any climate at the height of
twenty-five hundred feet. In the Island
of Dominica a hilltop not more than fif-
teen hundred feet high is always healthy,
even when the fever is epidemic at its base
In San Domingo, similar observations
have been made. The highest elevation
at which yellow fever has occurred in
the United States is four hundred and
sixty feet, in Arkansas; and the
medical men Of that country now hold that
the stratum Of air infected by the poison is
heavier than pure air, and therefore sinks,
and they recommend that, in unhealthy
districts, houses and hospitals should be
built on tall piles, so as to be above the
fever stratum. But where hills are near.
the best remedy viii be TO carry the pa
tients up to a height of five hundred feet"
A Leaf From the History Of Peniten-
tiary.