The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-28
GENERAL BREyITIEs.


A DFrRorr servant girl has remained in
family thirty-one years, rather than in
cur the trouble and expense OF raising one
herself
THERE Is woman living In Boston who
has for her sole companions nineteen dogs.
varying from few months to five years
in age.
BECAUSE she is a woman. the Des
MONIES County Medical Society. at Bur
lington. have refused DIR. Rebecca Harna s
application for membership.
A NEVADA audience dislikes to be dis
appointed. Three thousand persons gath
cred TO see murderer hanged at Carson.
and their enjoyment was spoiled bv a re.
prleve from the Governor. That ight
party OF miners, who had walked
ten miles TO witness the execution, caught
horse thief and hanged him to tree.
The manuscript of an address. which
was to be delivered the following week.
was sent not long ago to Chicago paper.
III was forty-two pages long. On page
twenty-seven was found the following pas
sage: - But must close. No, no. Go
on, etc. Then, if you viii bear with me
few moments longer, shall proceed to
Invite your attention to, etc.
The English farmers have more than
hall as many acres under barley as under
wheat, and the whole of the crop is matted
and made into beer-the national "ele-
Vator. How this beer is consumed we
may gather from the statement of a farm
er, who complains that six harvest lGbor-
ers who had earned So each, "clubbed :"
together and bought six barrels of ale of
thirty-six gallons each, all of which they
drank in twelve days, equal to three gal
Ions per day per paunch.
OK recent occasion, in order to demon
strate his opinion that fish no not hear,
Seth Green requested band of music to
arrange themselves in close proximity to
the tanks and blow their ioudest blast.
This was done, but not one of the multi
tude of fishes stirred fin. To further IL
lustrate the theory that, although fish are
unsuscepuble TO sound, they are keen of
vision and sensitive to the slightest Jar,
Mr.. Green tapped on the bottom of one of
the trout tanks with just enough force to
cause slight vibration in the water, when
every one darted off like flash.
A GENTLEMAN in a neighbOring city,
sitting in a pew with lady with whom he
had formerly been on terms of intimate
acquaintance, handed her Bible with a
pie stuck through the following verse
And now / beseech thee, lady, not as
thee, but that which we had from the be-
ginning, that we love one another" After
reading il she stuck the pin through the
following verse and handed the book back
to him: Having many things to write
unto you | would not write with paper
and ink, but trust to come unto you and
speak face to face, that our Joy may be
full"
A YOUNG lady resident of the City of
CuZco, Peru, applied lately for permission
to enter the law school of that capital, an
institution supported by the 5 ate, as a
student of Jurisprudence, and at the same
time inqMring If her sex was an obstacle
to the obtaining of degree of master of
laws, provided her requirements were suf-
ficlent. The Minister of Justice replied in
an official despatch that all Peruvian citi-
zens should enjoy equal rights; that
women were virtually considered by the
laws in force as ON the same footing with
men, as far as the privileges to be accord
ed by the Republic were concerned, and
that it was matter of peculiar pleasure to
the Administration TO improve The oppOr-
tunity Of making public snch declara-
tion.
The action of the British Government in
reference TO an expedition to the north
to be favorable, Admiral Sir Leopold Nc
Clintock, who is in charge, having lately
visited various localities with the view of
selecting one or more suitable vessels. 1t
is thought that one steam whaler will be
purchased, and possibly British war YES
sci fitted up as a companion. More vol
unteers have already offered for the differ
ent grades of service than would be re-
quired TO supply several expeditions, 1t
is understood that Lady Franklin has re-
newed her offer of $40, coo for the recovery
of the official records of her husbands eX-
petition, and that she will be prepared TO
reimburse any additional or special outlay
which may be made in securing these
documents.
In the Museum of Pompeii there are
preserved the most pathetic witnesses of
the last days of the ill-fated city. When
the workmen were digging in 1868, they
struck into a small cavity, and poured
plaster of Paris down its crevices. As
soon as the plaster had hardened the crust
of lava was carefully removed, and To- the
form OF human being in his death strug-
gle perfectly preserved. Buried in the
lava that hardened about him, his body
had crumbled to dust and left this wonder
full mold. Several bodies have thus been
reprOduced-one of them with the features
perfectly preserved, so that there is still
expression i'm the face. Two female bodies
found lying near each other are called
mother and daughter. There is nothing
at Pompeii more touching than the des-
pair depicted in the attitude of this group.
A VERY remarkable character has died
suddenly in Paris-Sophie, the cook to
whom the late DIR. VerOn was indebted
for his reputation as the first dinner giver
in Paris for something like half century.
Sophie generally used TO come in after
dinner and be comphmented, and, in her
humble way, became acquainted with
almost every man and woman of note in
Paris. from Mdlle. Mars and Mdlle. Rachel,
Taglioni, and the Ellslers, down to mod
ern stars-from Talma to Regnier; the
late Emperor, while plain citizen Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte, partook of the good
things elaborated by this woman of geni-
us, and late statesman, whose impecuni-
osiIy was notorious had many battle
with her to gain access to her master, who
used to oblige him with small loans until
he became President of the Corps Legis-
latif.