The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-16

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ANaTrest for voudouism has been made I
in Central Point, Tenn. The prisoner, !
\ negro doctress, is accused OF perform 4
inc incantations and thereby making
her neighb0rs sick.
A FRESH temperance crusade has /
been started by the Connecticut ladies. |
In several towns the whisky drinkers I
have already been forced to buy by the /
quart and imbibe in private.
PAUL BoYToN is coming home soon 1
10 display an invention to preserve the |
lives Of skaters. Any one who has ever
tried 10 break up all the ice in mill
pond at one fall viii have dim idea OF |
the spot where this invention is to DC
faStened-F'ree Press. IS 30
JOHN FREDERICK GUNTER went from
Chicago penniless to Australia, twenty
three wears ago. lie now advertses IN
the Chicago newspapers that he is able
and willing TO help his relatives, and
invites them to write to him. And
won'the hear from them2 --. cT.--l
Az Ypsilanti, Giich.,) woman was
married on Saturday, whipped by her
husband on Sunday, robbed and desert
ed by him on Monday, and on Tuesday
driven out Of the house which, through
the provisions of a former husbands
will. She had been entitled TO occupy
until remarriage.
Twelve new cOlumbariums, or bury
ine-houses, have been discovered at
Rome. Some of the paintings on the
walls show that these belonged TO a very
early epoch, as they represent theevents
which took place prior to the founding
of the City of Romulus. The relics
found in them are very curious and are
10 he preserved and catalogued for the
grand national stock.
An amusing divorce case has just ter
minated at Flint, Mich. Mr.. and Mrs.
Newcome had filed a bill and cross-bill
for divorce The parties being wealthy,
the lawyers expected to strikeza big
bonanza. The husband and wife eff
fected a Reconciliation, thus cutting
themon, and We're slumbering together,
when, near midnight, the lawyers had
the husband arrested for conspiracy and
brought 70 the lookup, when he COM
promised by paying 5000 attorney fees
for himself and wife. - ~. n -n.
Mrs. J. is the owner of a fine Esqui-
maux dog, and is the mother of beau
tiful little girl, of whom the dog be-
came very fond. 4 few weeks ago baby
was crying loud and long. Doggie
came up stairs in evident distress of
spirit, whined i'm answer 70 the child's
cry, but finally, as if sudden tlIought
had startled him, trotted quickly down
stairs. He presently returned with q
bone, wei picked, of course, in his
mouth, which, standing on his hind legs,
he gEaEely presentedto the baby.-Oar
Dumb AHinldiS.
A SINGULAR burial custom has lately
been followed in Ireland. 1t appears
that every member of the King Harman
family is buried by torchlight, and the
funeral of Hon. l.. Ii. King-Harman has
lust taken place in accordance with the
peculiar custom. The family mansion
is three miles from BOYLE, and all the
space is crowded from end to end. A
long, continuous line of carriages fol-
lowed the hearse, from the house, and
thousands of tenants and laborers of
the estate, wearing scarfs and hat bands
and bearing torches, took part in the
procession. The interment took place
in the family vault in Boyle Church.
II. a. IIUNTLY,. an English philoso-
phcr, volunteers his explanation of the
problem of life: "Thermo-dynamical
phcnomena-or rs some term it Life
from the lowest organism, fungus,
or a monad, up TO man, is simple, and
by gradual cosmic evolution a most
complicated kind Of machinery-iSm mat
ter-liying matter Sensible II kinetic)
however, BY cosmic evolution, to-day,
either in the speck of bioplasm in the
cell of a funons- dOg-or a manor
In the numerous bioplasts of their vari-
Gus textures respectively" 1t is odd
that we should never have thought of it
in this light before.
THE shooting-fsh of Java is quite
curiosity, and is kept in glass cases by
the natives rs q sort of pet. A small
stick is fastened in the reservoir, pro-
iectinm two feet above the water, and
when the fish is exhibited a fly OF insect
is fastened to this. The fish swims
round the stick once or twice to eX-
anime the object; then, rising to the
surface, remains for few seconds mo-
tiomless, and suddenly elects few drops
of water at its intended prey, generally
bringing the mark down with the first
NNGl. " II illlS idllSs nONtNtls lC OyCsllo
his circuit of observation, paHSes again
apparently to measure his distance, and
thea discharges at the fly once more.
IL various parts of Asia Minor, but
principally in the province Of Trebizond,
there are entire villages whose inhabit-
ants are to outward appearance Mussul-
mans, but have in reality secretly fol-
lowed the Christian religion for ages.
They have their priests, who wear the
turban in public, and their churches are
subterrauean. chambers eXcavatedunder
the mosques in which they hitherto
have proiessed to worship. These sim
gular people had recourse TO this strata
gem in the old times of intolerance.
When better times dawned they might
have avowed their religion, but it APP
pears they enjoyed advantages in their
supposed quality of Mussulmans which
they were unwilling to forego. 1t was
only latterly when the Government call
ed out the rcditS that, wishing to escape
the conscription, they declared them