The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-11-12
GENERAL BREVITIES.

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of Washington.
THE dogs of West Brookfield, Massa-
chusetts, have founded a public library.
At least the dog tax has.
SETH GREEN, the pisciculturist, is GER
tain that fish cannot hear, and illustrated
his theory in public recently. To de-
monstrate his opinion he asked the band
to arrange themselves in close proximity
10 the tanks and blow their loudest blast.
This they did; but not one of the muIti-
tude of fishes stirred fin. 1t may be SCI
ence, but what practical fisherman doesn I
know better. "Quit yer talkin', I've got
bite!'
In the ordinary course of business two
kilograms were recently sent from New
York TO London. and answers received TO
one I'm thirty, and to the other in thirty
five minutes actual time. Each message
was transmitted 5000 miles and passed
through the hands of eighteen persons.
The message and reply in each case passed
through the hands of thirty-siX persons,
and travelled over 1000 miles in thirty TO
thirty-five minutes.
A CURIOUS Frenchman has lately been
making a calculation, which is, that man
talks on an average three hours day at
the rate OF about twcnty-nine octave pages
pages a day. about COO a week, which
would amount to fifty-two good-sized vol
umes every yearl And then, multiplying
this by the number of years in a mans life,
what library he would have if 1t should
all be printed And, too, how very little
of the whole would be worth preserving,
and Of how much he would be so glad II IL
had been left unsaid
A YOUNG girl in Paris named Marguerite
Belief, who had been unfortunate in a
love affair, resolved to commit suicide.
Before going to bed she filled her cham
Der with the most odOrous flowers, and
having completely closed the room, cOy-
cred up her head and went to sleep. She
was found in an unconscious state about
noon the next day, and although by great
medical skill she was recalled to life, her
reason had fled. She imagines that she
has been transported to the kingdom OF
flowers and has become a marigold. 81
remember that | loved a butterfly" she
murmurs; "but he has gone away"
In the Lady Washington Mine, near Vir-
ginia City, blast was arranged and the
fuse lighted. Two miners got into the
bucket to be hOisted two hundred feet up
the shaft, the fuse being long enough to
give ample time under ordinary circum-
ascent was delayed by some disarrange-
ment of the machinery, and the men were
suspended in awful danger with no means
of averting it. They laid themselves in the
bottom of the bucket and awaited in ter
ror the explosion. sit seemed like an
hour" said one of them, but was really
about five minutes. When the blast did
explode the bucket was lifted several feet
by the rush of air, and as it fell back with
violent shock shower of shattered rock
rained on the covering miners. They
were hauled up insensible with cuts and
bruises, but they will recover.
CALIFORNIA is beginning TO use its OWL
granite for building purposes, instead OF
importing il at great expense from Massa-
chusetts or elsewhere. The San francisco
Bulletin says: "We have a number Of
very damaging decisions to fight against
in this State. The earliest one was thai
the country was good for nothing for ag
ricultural purposes. Then it was main
tanned stoutly for more than fifteen years
that no first-class vessels could be bull
here for lack of timber. Then we adopted
the theory that we had no good building
stone, and so imported granite from Quin
cy and China. Another delusiOn belong
ing to the same class is that we can never
produce wines as good for domestic con
sumption as those which are imported
Gradually we are knocking these delusions
on the head, and after a while we shall
manage to dispose of the last of them"
TIE Captain of a small vessel called the
Catherine, bound from Cork to Ports
mouth. England, with a cargo of butter
has Just met with a singular adventure q
sea. The crew consisted of but three
hands, the Captain and two seamen. The
Catherine left Cork on Oct. ,, and wheI
about twenty-five miles from Queenstown
the two men were engaged in shifting jibs
While so employed a sea struck them, car
ried them away, and no more was seen o
them. The same wave swept the Captain
off the vessel, which was thus left wiJhOu
hand. Fortunately, however, another
wave washed him into the rigging, and h
succeeded in regaining the deck. Through
out the very heavy weather which has pre-
vailed during the last few days the Captain
stuck, single-handed, to his post, anC
brought his vessel safely into Portsmouth
harbOr on the afternoon of Oct. 6.
The cave of Cacahuamilpa, in Mexico
is said to be the largest i'm the world. L
is covered by a volcanic mountain with al
extinct crater. lar. Porter G. Bliss, ha
twice examined and explored it, the las
time in February of the present year. Sil
hundred persons constituted the last eX
ploring party, and they were provided
with Bengal lights and scientific apph
ances. After reaching a level of perhap
fifty feet depth. they proceeded 81 mile
into the interior. The roof was 81
high-a succession of halls-that rocket
often exploded before striking it. LADY
rinthine passages leave the main hall il
every direction. StalagmiteS and stalaC
tites are abundant. Below this cave, at
great depth, are two other immense caves
from each of which issues a branch of
great river, uniting here. These two riy
ers enter some five miles distant at the 9th
ee side of the mountain, flow parallel, an
issue at last together.
In the will of the late Baron A. ROths
child occurs the following paragraph
which, in its incubation of forbcarance {
each other among his children, and neve
to loosen family bonds, may be followe
with a high degree of advantage by tn
protesting Christian: " | cXhort all my bC
loved children always to live in harmony
never {, loosen family bonds. TO avoid a
differences, discussions, and litigations, {
use forbearance toward each other and nc
TO allow temper to get the better of then
and to be friendly in this disposition. NJ
children possess good example in the
excellent grandparent. Friendliness Wa
always the sure condition to the happ
ness and success of the whole ROthschil
family. May my children now and new,
lose sight of this family tradition, an
may they follow the exhOrtatiOn of M
late father, their grandfather, contained
paragraph fifteen of his last will and test;
ment, always to remain true and faithful
and without changing, TO the pattern;
faith of Israel"
Adjusting the Harness TO Fit the HORSE
Every part of a harness should be bucl
led I'M shnrtpr or Let ont until the harnps