The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18
GENERAL BREYITIES.

of Sankey's tunes is considered OF no
account in Brooklyn blootblack society.
ELISHA PHILLIPS, of New Eegland,
after twenty years service in the Peni-
tertiary. has dug up the money he stole
from the bank and will begin life anew,
as il were.
TIE French Government are consid-
ering a project for constructing a canal
by which the vineyards of the Rhone
may be flooded as a remedy for the
phylioXera. The canal will cost $780,
100000, but it viii bring into fruitful
ness $4,000 acres of vine lands, which
will yield sac, 900, 600 annually.
ISAAC FANcHER, of Sandy Hill, n.
Y. predicts that the world will be de-
stroyed July 4, 1876. This will spoil
the Centennial. He basis his cheerful
view on Isaiah. XIV. chapter, 18th verse: :
For the child shall die a hundred
years old" The "child" he considers
TO be Uncle Sam, and when he dies the
rest of the world win give it up so, and
step out also.
THE dispute which is constantly re-
curing between sportsmen whether the
race horses of England are equal to
those of this country is going to have a
practical settlement by trial of speed
between horses of the two countries,
Mr.. Sanford, of New York, having
shipped eight of our most celebrated
runners for London with the intention
of cOntesting for the prize cups next
year.
THE Rev. Mr.. Snyder, of Pittsburgh,
preached recently against the sinfulness
of overdressing and improper dressing.
GLOW many Christians" he asked,
" spend an hour every Sunday morning
upon their knees in devotions prepare
tory to service? Not very many, surely
And vet how many there are who spend
n much longer time than this every Sun
day morning on their feet before the
glass in getting ready for church-therG
is so much to be done, with hoops, and
folds, and ribbons, and pull-backs."
The wedding of Mrs. Moulton al
Cambridge, Mass, lately, TO a Norwe-
Cian gentleman, with the unpronounce-
able name of lie CHAMELEON de Heger-
mann Lendenchronn, included some
curious Norwegian customs, one feature
being a wedding carpet brought over
from Norway for the occasion. 1t is a
piece of workmanship of quaint de-
sign and beauty and fabulous value, like
an Indian shawl. Upon it unnumbered
Norwegian brides of the unprOnOuncea-
BILE name have rested their little feet
while the minister pronounced the myS-
tic words of bestowal.
THE latest thing in Spiritualism is
the production by spirits of wax casts
of the heads and faces of deceased per-
sons. The moduS Operd1adi is as fol
lows: An ordinary bucket, containing
hot water, is set under a table, and a
quantity of white wax is put in it, which
is melted by the heat of the water. A
heavy curtain is fastened around the
table, so as to conceal the pail, and
prevent the admission of a single ray OF
light. Those present sit around the Ia
BILE with their hands upon it and invoke
the spirits in the usual way. A splash
ing and patting is heard in the pail, anC
when it is silent again the curtain j:
withdrawn and the cast of a hand OF
face found.
WHEN you receive a bouquet, says The
american artisan, sprinkle it with fresl
water; then put it into a vessel contain
ing some soap-suds, which nourish the
roots and keeps the flowers rs good as
new. Take the bouquet out of the suds
every morning, and lay it sideways il
fresh water, the stock entering first into
the water. Keep it there a minute OF
two, then take it out and sprinkle the
flowers lightly by the hand with pur,
water Replace the bouquet in soap
sudS, and the flowers will bloom rs fresl
rs when gathered. The soap-suds neeC
TO be changed every third day. By oh
serving these rules, a bouquet may bt
kept bright and beautiful for at leas
one month, and will last longer in a verl
passable state; but the attention to tn,
fair but frail creatures, as directed
above, must be strictly observed, OF
"the last rose of summer will not b.
81 left blooming alone" but will perish
DIR. BEARD, an English physician, i
taking the trouble TO prove what ever!
one ought to know, although there is
current superstition to the contrary
llsAlAiNlls AhdA " slllio tllt NOlAAuNiNO "
longevity. Intellectual force is but
form of vital force, and, where vita
force predominates, life is persistent
Michael Angelo was able to undertake,
the Architecture of st. Peters AZ ~ year
of age, because his genius was to hin
life. There is a deal of ignorant no
ton about the mortality of precociou
children, but precocity is properly sign
of health and an occasion of longevity
PrecOcious children are more frequently
spoiled by the indulgence of thei
parents, whom their sprightly wit anC
tyrannic spirits overmaster, thai
through any hygienic disadvantage t
which their precocity subjects them
DIR. Beard finds that 500 of the mos
celebrated thinkers and brain-worker
whom the world has produced give al
average age Of Ga, and $50 of them de
scribed as precocious in their childhood
an average of 66t.