The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-22
GENERAL BREyITTRs. ~ !

- ~ 80
A FRENCH surgeon publishes an opin-
ion in favor of horse-fiesh as the most
wholesome meat for human beings. II
can no longertHsco cons dered inhersepit
able TO regale ones guests with such
meat. sl rsrrsi ~ .ar'r-ia-s"
A CoRREsPoNDENr, ef- the, RalaighJ
Netcs las seen IN the u orth Carolina
ASYLUM ifesy Deaf Mutes h dan ghter OF
one of the Siamese twins. She has late
" been married TO q man similarly af-
ficted, WIG u a teacher in the instisu-
ton. nFFHf - EFFfh FfVHHH
AN Investigation led to the Following
striking result OF every ko00 traders
but seven acquired wealth. From such
sad results farmers are comparatively
exempt. 0fd,l2 bsnkEupts who toeio.
the benehtof the Bankrnps lswsih Mas
sachusetts only II were farmers; and Of
1850 in New York only 46 were farm
ers. Less than two per cent. of the
bankrupts belonged to the agricultural
population 25 years ago, though that
population so largely exceeded that of
all other vacations. How is il at this
epoch of our country's history
OYSTERS do not abandon theirOra as
a CREST number of other marine ami
mails do, but detain them within the
folds Of the bronchial lens inside their
shells, where they remain enveloped in
a mucous substance, in which the en-
bryo development is accomplished.
The Young ones come out of their shell
with temporary swimming apparatus,
which enables them to float and search
a solid body, to which they can attach
themselves. The number of young oys-
tiers expelled at each period of breeding
from the mantle of single mother
amounts to from one to two millions.
FROM private soldier in Rouen, the
surgeons recently removed Chassepot
ball, which had been lodged in his body
since the battle of Mars la Tour in 1870.
He was shot in the left lower jaw, and
though the bullet was not found it was
supposed TO have gone through the
larynX and lodged in the collar bone Of
the right side, and in consequence of
the injury he had permanent paralysis
of the right arm. Recently, however,
the man felt severe pain in his right
side and went 10 the surgeon, who easily
removed the bali, which resembled a
piece of hammered lead, its original
shape being lost. ...t ~,
A COLONEL of British regiment was,
according to the Times Of India, lately
much distressed by the constant com
plants of his men respecting their ra-
tiOns. The beefwas tough and stringy,
the bread coarse and tasteless, the tea
had nostrength in &c, and the sugar was
largely composed ofsand, The Colonel
although he was unable TO arrive at-anv
other conclusion than that these COM
plants were unfounded, at last sent for
the sergeant-major, and, confding to
him the trouble he felt at the g1umbling
which went on, asked him what could
be done TO stop it. "Grumble about |
rations," said the sergeant-maior;
"why of course they do, sir: and so
they would if You was to feed them on
toasted angelsli' 49, a. ?
ACCORDING to Prof. Randall s recent !
description of the sun, that body is a
molten or white-hot mass, $50, 900 miles |
in diameter, equaling in bulk 100000 |
worlds like our own; it has surround |
ing ocean of gas on, $4,000 miles deep, |
tongues of flame darling upward more |
that 80, 900 miles, volcanic forces that |
huri into the solar atmosphere luminous |
matter to the height of 100000 miles, |
drawing to itself all the worlds belong |
ing to our family of planets, and hold |
ing them all in their proper places; it |
attracts, with such superior force, the
millions of solid and stray masses that |
are wandering in the fathomless abyss, |
that they rush helplessly toward him,
and fall into his fiery embrace; and |
thus he continues his sublime and rest
less march through his fiery orbit, hav- |
ing a period of more than eighteen mil |
lion years, which is simply inconceiv- |
able.
A PAIR of silver kettledrums has Just |
been presented to the Fifth Lancers
(British) regiment. These drums, the |
labor of five months, are intended to |
replace the silver drums of the regiment |
destroyed in the fire at the Tower of |
London. They are hammered out of |
sheet silver, and are goo ounces in
weight, with mountings of the pure |
metal Silver drums are not destined
merely for show, for it is well known
that the tone produced is both sweet |
and sonorous. Four other cavalry regi-
ments possess silver kettledrums, First |
and Second Life-Guards, the Royal
Horse-Guards (blue), and the Third |
Hussars; the first three regiments re-
oeive them as gift from royalty, and /
one of them, belonging to the Third /
Hussars, was won in fair fight at the 4
battle of Dettingen, where it was cap
tured by taumpeter in face of the
enemy. --r ..r-
PROF. c. V. RILEY asserts that in 1874
the Southern States lost $50, 100000 by |
the cotton worm in a single week; that
in 1871 SS0,0O0,OO0 worth of grain was
ruined by the chinch-bug, and that
1S73-74-75 the Rocky Mountain grass
hopper destroyed food to the amount
of $4,000, 000. Bringing in evidence
the attention paid by the French gov
eminent to the study of the phylloxera,
Prof. Riley states that they have offered
a prize of 100000 francs for the discov-
cry of remedy, and are constructing
a canal capable of irrigating 10000
acres of vine, believing that water win
kill the phylloxera. The attention of
our Government having been drawn to-
ward these insect pests, Prof. Riley adj
vOcates that a commission extending
over period Of five years be empower
ed by Congress to study these subjects,
as he declares that in less than that
time it would be impossible to discover
the origin or habit of many of the in
sects, or devise methods for their de-
structiOn.
A Curiosity that Beats Them All.