The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-02
GENERAL BREVITIES.

bought 100 of the birds, which he will
locate fifteen miles from San Francisco.
4 CAREFUL housewife i'm Altoona,
Penn, put an SIS order and a SO
greenback into the drawer of the coffee
mill on Wednesday for safe keeping.
Thursday morning the family enjoyed
a S2S cup Of coffee.
ALI the horses taken by the Prince
of Wales to India were trained in the
Geological Gardens, so that they would
become accustomed TO the sight of wild
animals. They may be used in tiger
hunting with comparative safety.
A BUSINESS house in Columbus has
conspicuously displayed in its show
window a mans skull, and printed in
large letters across the forehead these
words of warning to the daily swarm
of travelling statesmen: "This was a
Drummer"
TIE Columbus Georgia. Enquirer
says: The Canada giant and his wife
passed through Columbus for Macon on
yesterdays train. He is only % years
of age and weighs 49, pounds, and
measures : feet ll5 inches high lie
had to stoop TO avoid touching the top
Of the ear. The wife is taller than the
husband. They are en- r0ut to some of
the Western cities for exhibition.
The Russian Ministry Of Justice has
given instructions 10 its sub-departments
that henceforth corporal punishment
shall be discontinued in its application
TO females sentenced to deportation.
Hitherto women have been punished
4
Ilenceforth ten days of isolated coniine-
ment are TO count rs the equivalent Of
lash with the knout, and two days a lash
with the rod.
4 FEW days ago youthful emiSsaIy
from one book store entered another
and made the inquiry, " Have you Cock
Tails Of Ancient Greece?'' The gentle
man Intercepted, distrusting his ears,
required a repetition of the question,
and it was given. "A copy Of Cock
Tails of Ancient Greece. ~ The book
was not in stock, but COOKS Tales of
Ancient Greece satisfied the desire of
the embryo bookseller.
PERFUMERs, by blending primary
odorS, obtain all the various bouquets.
Roses, orange blossoms, jasmine, vio-
lets, geranium, tuberoses, and jonquil,
contain types Of nearly all flower odors.
Blend jasmine and orange flowers, and
YOU get the scent of the sweet pea; Jas
mine and tuberoseS mixed produce the
perfume Of hyacinth; while violet and
tuberoses resemble the lily Of the valley.
OREGON has a new cereal which looks
like wheat, rye and barley, and isn't
CulturistS' of the State are puZzling
themselves about it. Its history is
strange. About four years ago a farm
cr living in Tilamook County, Oregon,
killed wild goose, in whose crop he
found a peculiar-looking grain. He
planted it; it multiplied wonderfully,
and he subsequently raised forty bush
els ON half an acre of land. Its growth
j. peculiar. from seven to ten stalks
springing from one root. The kernel is
Vcrythiu and compact, of a bright straw
color, and extremely hard.
IL the great exhibition Of 1851 in Lon
don an American specimen Of iron pa
per was exhibited. A lively competi-
ton among iron rolling manufacturers
was excited by the above challenge from
America, rs to the thinneSs to which
iron could be rolled cold. Mr.. elliott
rolled sheets the average thickness of
which was the eighteen-hundredth part
of an inch. In other words !, 800 sheets
piled upon each other would collective
" measure an inch in thickness, while
the thinncst tissue paper to be pur-
chased i'm the Stationer's store measures
the twelye-huudredth of an inch. These
very thin sheets are perfectly smooth
and easy 10 write on, although porous
when held up to a good light.
WILLIAM SHARPE, according to the
DOncaster GasCtte, went to bed in 1907,
and never got up till he died there in
lS56-a life of forty-nine years passed
i'm chamber nine feet square, the win
dow of which had not been raised for
thirty-eight years. When he was 80 he
went one fine morning to church TO be
married, but his aflianced came not,
her father having an invincible repug-
nance to Mr.. William Sharpe as SON
in-law. The mortified bridegroom went
home, undreSSed, got into bed, pulled
the blankets over his head, and for for
ty-nine years ObStinatelv refused to get
up and clothe himself, or 10 do any
work, passing the time uninterruptedly
in bed. He was never seriously i'll dur
ing this time. His body was perfectly
sound in spite of its great age and great
abuse, and he was only sick one week
before his death.
Az English aeronaut lately tested a
machine of his own patent called the
parakite 1t is 36 feet high and 30 feet
wide. A. soon rs the sail was fixed
over the framework and the front or
windward point of the parakite raised,
so rs to allow the wind to touch the ma
chine on its under surface, it was III
Stantly converted into a concave form
and showed SYMPTOMS of rising. The
wind was blowing at 4 rate of not more
than two miles an hour, but with this
slight breeze the aerOnaut was carried
into the air. The idea is to put it to
practical utility for war proposes, en-
cheering, and signaling, where it is
necessary To attain lofty elevations
The machine covers an area of 200 SUI
periicial feet, and its entire weight is
100 pounds. The inventor asserts that
It can be used successfully in any wind,
ranging between four and forty miles
an hour, and an altitude of from GOO to
1000 feet can be attained.
THE New York correspondent of the
Boston TraUoler says it is no Joke to be
on the staff Of the New York Herald,
subject to the orders of the managing
editor of that great sheet. Recently,
Mr.. O'Kelly, Of Cuban difficulty fame,
received notice from the Herald Office
TO hold himself in readiness to sail for
Europe within twenty-four hours. Poor
Mr.. O'Kclly had recently married and
settled down in house up town, where
hehad hoped to spend the winterin peace
and quietneSs. He rushed down to the
Herald office, and declined to 90 unless
he could be permitted to take his wife
with him. This point was conceded,
and the rest of the day was spent in
closing up his domestic affairs, furni-
ture, house rent, servants, butchers
and grocer's bills, "P. p. C's,'' etc,