The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-04
GENERAL BREYTTIES.

The EMPRESS EUGENIE Is said TO be
wasting away with consumption.
SULPHUR comes from Vesuvius, there
fore itarHust be good for eruptions.
SPECIAL street cars for ladies, especially
In the mornings and evenings, are adyO-
Gated by the New York Herald.
The largest ownerof calves in Texas Is
Capt. Kennedy of Los Laureles ranch,
near Corpus Christi. who has lust branded
a herd of 10000.
a WASHINGTON capitalist who was treat
ed to "25-center," slipped back to the
cigar-store, the other day. and econonii-
caily exchanged it for three for a quar-
MINE HosT LYNpE, of Rockland, Me-,
has called upon the Common Council Of
that city to pay him $4,000 damages be-
cause smallpox flag was planted upon
his hotel.
THE tree near the City of Mexico, under
which Cortes is said to have wept when he
thought that ruin and failure stared him
in the face, is still standing and is fully
eighteen feet through the trunk.
EARLY in January the villages near
Mount Etna, in Sicily, were disturbed by
earthquakes. the sure forerunners of vol
canic eruptions. On Jan. 8, in village
near Aci-Reale, eight persons were killed
by an earthquake.
DIVORCES are not so frequent in Eng
land as one might suppose. At a rough
estimate there are upwards of 5000, 600
married couples in that country, while
the number of divorces in 1873 was but
2l5.
A FRENCH paper states that quite an
r.ortion Of tho ,,t,pobav NJ, 70
houses burned down is to be traced to the
thefts of mice, who are particularly fond
of wax matches, which are chiefly used
in Europe.
WHEN a man is hanged for murder, the
belief of some is that if ne processes relig-
ion he will go straight to heaven but at
the recent execution of Billy White in
Texas no such pleasing confidence was
manifested. The doomed man was Obdu-
rate, and the Rev. Glenn. Jones, colored
preacher, who ofiicated, told him that he
would soon be in hell among the angels of
Satan and all those who forgot God. Then
Mr.. Jones offered a prayer and the
wretched criminal was hanged.
A NEW potato disease has made its APP
pearance in Algeria within the last two
years, and has totally destroyed two
thirds of the crops, and threatens to do
even a larger amount of injury. Potatoes
attacked by the pest are utterly worthless
for any purpose whatever. No animal
will eat them, and on opening the tubers
it is found that they are honeycombed in
the center, and filed with a blackish ma
terial that gives forth a very offensive
odOr. The grub which works the mischief
is unknown in Europe, and the name has
been given to ltof Bryotopha solanella.
A SERIOUS objection to the use of west
ern bituminOus coal is found in the excess
ofsulphur it contains. This mineral, it is
well known to iron masters, is extremely
destructive to iron, and the presence of il
in fuel in any quantity speedily destroys
the stove in which it is used. Inventors
have taxed their powers in vain, so far, to
provide a remedy for this but unless the
sulphur can be removed before the coal is
burned, no very great success Is likely 70
attend their efforts. An instance is on
record where an iron pot q inches thick
was subjected to a white heat from Iowa
coal for four DAYS was so disintegrated by
the action of the sulphur as to be capable
Ofcrumbling under pressure of the fingers.
AN old lady, ninety years OF age, very
wealthy, and full of wit, died recently at
Fontainbleau in France. Her will contain
clan, whose enlightened care and wise pre-
scriptions have made me live so long, all
that is contained in the old Oaken chest in
my boudoir. The key of the chest will be
found under the mattress of my bed. .
The fortunate and expectant physician al
length arrived. The notary delivered tC
him the key of the chest. 1t was opened
and found to contain solely all the drugs
and potions which the worthy physician
had given his patient for twenty years
back! rHF .-
The great commercial value of the mag
netic iron sands of New Zealand, worked
to so much advantage in the manufacture
of steel, has called attention to the very
extensive deposits of the same substances
on the coast of Labrador, and several es
Establishments are now engaged in gather
ing this and forwarding it to England. A
one place about thirty tons a day are ex
tracted. The separation of this sand from
other substances mixed mechanically witt
it is greatly facilitated by the use of new
magnetic ore separator, which has alst
been used to advantage in other localities
where the ore by roasting is converted in
to magnetic oxide of iron, then pulver
lied, and the iron extracted.
CHARLES GAUTIER, the last descendan
of one of the oldest French families, al
though not belonging to the nobility, die
in Paris the other day. This family
Gautier, is traced far back into the days 0
the early Capetian monarchs. The heai
of the family has always been calle,
Charles. One of them held high com
mand in the army of Francis L.; anothe
was lieutenant of police under Loui
KILL; in all the family furnished NOR
than twenty sheriffs to the city of Paris
Many Kings of France offered to raise tn
Gautiers to the peerage, but they wOul
never accept the distinction. preferring {
retain their old name. The last of hi
race, who has Just died, was only Is year
of age. He died from the effects of ST
rious wound received while fighting i
defense of his country in the late Franco
Prussian war.
TwKNTY-sIx different kinds of breecl
leaders are now in use in the various EU
ropean armies. Many of these, though b.
longing to the same system, are made i
different patterns, such as the Remingto
rifle in Sweden. Denmark, and Greece
the Netterli rifle in Switzerland and Italy
the Snider in England, Turkey, and HO
land and the Dreyse in Germany, ROU
mania and Montenegro. The rifle wit
the smallest caliber is the Vetterli, of 10.
millimetres. The diber of the new Gel
man Mauser rife, and also of the Verde
rifle as used by the Bavarian army, is
millimetres. The new Dreyse rifle, whic
is now being tried in the school of mui
kerry at Spandau, is regarded as being
many points even superior TO the Mausel
The average rapidity of fire of the sboy
rifles is twelve shots a minute, includin
the time occupied in taking aim.
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