The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-02-11
GENERAL BREyITrEs.

The great desert of Africa has nearly
the present dimensions Of the United
States.
A NEW LONDON man recently bought
dog with money that had been given him
to relieve the wants of his family.
A DEED of Smutty Nose Island. of New
Hamps ire, dated 1876, conveying the
island 10 the British Government for their
use forever, has Just been discovered.
UNDER the Church of St. Mary at Do
yer, England, and enclosed in leadcn
collin. there was recently found a body
that is puZzling English aniiquaries. They
fancy it may be King Stephen.
BALTIMORE. last year. secured the sum
Of 1851 Az from the city passenger rail-
ways, in the shape of tax for park Pur-
poses, and its people are obtaining SUI
perb psrk without paying any direct tax.
a GENTLEMAN whJ claims that ms
knowledge Is gained by actual observation
by himself for the last forty years, ana by
his father for thirty years previous, says
that when the first snow Is followed by
rain. such Is the case with every snow.
storm of the winter.
ACCORDING to the statistics OF the Lon
don work-house, which are usually pub
lishcd bv the newspapers on the day after
Christmas, the decrease of paupcrism as
compared with last year was 1884 per
sons. The total number of people who
received relief. including widows and out
door poor. and children, was only 96.557.
DIR. HALL. of the United States Coast
Survey describes the sublimity of Mount
ST. Elias ms bang something truly won
derful. That mountain, he says, proves
by accurate observation to be the highest
ID North America, its altitude being nine"
teen thousand feet. 1t is not a volcanic
cone, as is generally supposed, but has
volcanic vents on its sides.
IT is said thata new reservoir now being
constructed in Paris is To be covered with
soil 10 a sufficient depth TO permit the lay
ing out and cultivation Of a garden Ovcrit.
The object is, in addition 10 the beautify
ing Of the locality, TO guard the stored
water against the suns rays in summer
and the frost in winter.
- No madam said an affable Chicago
landlord. who was showing a possible
tenant over his house on Robey Steer, 81
cannot say that as yet the street is drain
ed. But, then, do but reflect for a mo-
ment upon the advantages the situation
offers. Your children can skate all day
long on the cutters; it's as convenient as
* ting rink, doesn't cost You penny,
and there they are under your eye all the
time"
FARMING is carried on by the use of too
much borrowed capital, and this is what
makes the hard times. As a rule, the
large farmer viii find it TO his advantage
to rem: his land rather than to employ so
many hands as is now the rule, and, so far
as possible, to hire men who can board
themselves.
Ok Christmas day a little boy, aged
eleven, named Matthews, the son of q
working shipwright, applied L the Sea-
mans Hospital, Greenwich, London, and
asked TO see the Secretary. On being
shown into the office he bashfully stated
that he been patient at the hospital for
six weeks ia the summer, and was so CRATE
ful io- the kind treatment he received dur
ing his illness that he had saved up all his
halfpence 10 give to the hospital. He then
handed to Mr.. II. G. Burdett Gs. as a
Christmas gift from a grateful little boy.
The Council of State at Berne has just
issued decree ordering the expulsion of a
French priest named Alexander Perry. re-
siding at Hermance, in consequence of an
incident which occur ed during an inter-
ment at that town. The motive assigned
for this measure is that the priest by his
preaching disturbed the public peace and
excited hatred among the citizens.
AN English barIister has suggested, we
do not knew how seriously, that in cases
of br, ach of promise it would be well ifan
exchange of photographs wer. to be the
sole evidence of promise of marriage;
that it alone should give the deserted and
torlorn party right of action; and
that il should correspond to the bought
and sold notes of a broker.
SOME French ladies, friends of the En-
Ettpa Ia ltpX-l latalK- haan n-nrL inor
for her a splendid carpet. Ii is composed
Of a number of squares, each of which
contains the armorial bearings Of the fair
workers husband or father. The squares,
when they are all finished. are to be Joined
together by bands of gold cloth, embrOid-
cred with yiolets, the symbol of the dy-
nasty Of Napoleon.
The growing of broom-corn is husi-
ness thatrcquires large amount Of labor,
and while the b siness is profitable near q
village, when the hands can board them
selves. and though land is worth one hun
trcd dollars or more per acre, yet, on
cheap land, when the farmer must be at
the outlay of boarding his help, the re-
verse occurs almost to certainty. The
extra capital in house-roOm, beds, and
cooking apparatus, and the loss of lime in
baa weather, ruin the profits.
LARGE and attractive sign-bOards are a
great feature OF Chinese shops, and the
words upon them are n strange mixture
of the flowery literature of the land and
the advertising instinct Of commercial
people. Here are some of the signs of
Prkin: ."ShOp of Heaven and Luck )"
''The shop of Celestial Principles = The
Nine F-lcities Prolongued; "Mutton
shop OF Morning Twilight 'The Ten
Virtues All Completed" Flowers Rise to
the Milky Way"
SARAH PIERCE. Of Springfield, was
taught by her father, who was shOemak-
er, 10 make womcn's and clildren's Slip
perS. Six years ago she married and went
10 Kansas with her husband, who had con-
siderable property there. The man be-
came diSsipated, lost all his property, and
was finally sent to m asylum incursbly
insane. And now comes the moral The
woman, having good trade. went to work
at il. and for year past has supported her
self and two children and saved money
enough 10 pay quarter of the value of a
comfortable house that she purchased on
credit.
a VERY serious condition exists at Fall
RIVER. Mass. The great majority of Il, 600
or $1,000 mill operatives are actually I'M
able TO earn but Just barely enough TO
keep themselves from freezing and starv-
ing. while many heads of families see
nothing Immediately before them but mis-
cry and want and debt. Under the reduc-
ton the wages of the weavers, meE aud
women, range from s. to Sc 80 per week
of the sPinners, who are all men. most of
them with families. from 50 to Sll: of the
card grinders, men, SS.25: of the picker.
room, men. SG.40; of the shippers. 81: of
the tire-speeders from s. 40 to 5000.
A Monkey Caper.
Paris has a good many stories ofthe do