The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-13
GENERAL BREYIrrEs.


one az them stands charged now with
having been cauoht in the act OF at
temptin0 TO steal photograph OF Mrs.
Ralinap from Mrs. Bristow's album
The object of the theft was TO get Sl25,
which one of the New York illustrated
ess-had offered for the picture.
PARIS is soon 10 be supplied with
pure water from the country instead of
depending. as heretofore on. the dirty
water of the Seine The water-works
have Just been completed, although be-
gun in 1863; they were interrupted by
the war. Visitors viii now be able to
have excellent water to drink and wash
with in that capital-ever a great de-
sideratun in the past.
An augument for marriage The
more married men you have, says Vol
taire, the fewer crimes there Will be.
Examine the frightful columns of our
criminal ealendars-you will there ma
a hundred youths executed Tor one
father of family. Marriage renders
man virtuous and more wise. The
father of a family is not willing TO blush
before his children. HE.st.t -
THE following almost incredible
story Is gravely told by the New Al
bany Qnd.) Ledger: Maj. r. j. Dukes,
while off duty as railroad engineer, is
putting in his time pleasantly if not
profitably. BY virtue of the powers Of
his Office, as notary public, he yester-
day solemnized the marriage Of Frank
McCurdy, aged five years, and Miss
Josie Losson, aged six, in the presence
of select and small audience. Alr.
Frank Dukes acted as proxy for little
Frank, and Miss Emma Bently "gaye
away the bride.
A MOST valuable manuscript has been
discovered in the Azores. 1t refers TO
the colonization, in the year 1900, of the
northern part of America, by emigrants
from 0porto, Aveiro and the Island OF
Terceira. 1t was written by Francisco
de Souza in 1870. Barboza MachadO
states that it was lost during the great
earthquake of Lisbon in 1855. This
most important document is about to
be published by an erudite Azorian
gentleman, and will throw great light
on the disputed question of the early
discovery of America.
THE case of an elderly North Caro-
llldlutu.
commit matrimony with a 15-year-Old
boy, is thus commented on by the Ra.
leigh NeloS: She is well to do, own;
$1,000 worth of real estate, is stout and
blooming, and hired the boy, who is
fatherless, motherless, guardianless, tC
work on the farm and attend to the
stock. She became attached to him
and the boy came into town to get his
marriage license. Captain White told
him the law didn't give marriage Ii
eenses to children. Next the woman
came in, and Captain White told hel
the law never married old folks to chill
dren. After that the neighbors talked
so that the boy has gone off and takei
another place.
MANY experiments have been mad,
to ascertain at how great an altitude ;
man can live. In July, 1872, Mr.
Glaisher and Mr.. Coxwel assembled il
a balloon TO the height of $4,000 feet
Previous TO the start Mr.. Glaisher't
pulse stood IS beats a minute; Cox
wells at "A; at 1900 feet the puls'
of Mr. Glaisher was at "a; that of the
latter at 100. At 1900 feet Mr.
Glaisher's hands and lips were quit,
blue, but not his face; at q, 900 feet he
hoard his heart beating, and his breath
ing became oppressed; at $4,000 fee
he became senseless. At the MonasterI
of St. Bernard, SLY feet high, thu
monks become asthmatic, and are com
PEELED frequently TO descend into tn
Valley of the Rhone.
The use of the phonetic alphabe
was ably discussed before the Poly
technic Society at Cooper Institute oil
Thursday evening, saws the New Yorl
San, by Mr.. Leland, S. p. Andrews, ant
Prof. BoyntOn of Syracuse. Mr.. An
drews stated that few years ago tn
japanese Minister at Washington toll
him that his nation stood in need of
new language. 1t was desirable tina
English literature should be introduced
among them. But the Japanese tongu
was not sufficiently comprehensive t
express it. A word from the Mikado
and any Language could be introduced i
their schools. Used thus for singh
generation, it would become tn
language of the country. The ObjeC
ton to English lay in its arbitrary an
difficult pronunciation, and its man
useless, silent letters. For this reasO
the Japs have introduced the study c
German Our language has been di:
carded for carrying an excess of need
less consonants and diphthongs, the re
suit being that fourteen letters out c
every hundred in our books and news
papers convey no sound whatever.
IT is a trite remark that truth
stranger than fiction, says the Vallej
(Cal.) Chronicle, and a new illustratio
of il is given in the case of a remarks
Bile coincidence which we are about t
record. A year or more ago y0un
couple were married in this cit
and went on a short bridal tour. Dur
ing their absence they were members c
party that went tout to fish for salmon
BY an accident the husband lost hi
wife's bridal ring overheard, and as
was impossible to recover it then the
gave up all ideas of ever seeing itagair
But few days ago they opened a ca
of picked salmon. As he was cuttin
the tin the husband remarked in
sportive way that the can had been pU
up near the place where they lost tn
ring, and perhaps they would find it il
side. He removed the top and was stal
tied to catch glimpse of a sparklin
and glittering object, partly expose
and partly hid. With greedy haste h
snatched it, and found, contrary to wis
the reader may imagine, that it was nc
the diamond ring, but piece of solde
that had been detached from the car
This is George Washington's anniverss
" month, and it won't do to tell lies i
the Centennial year.
The Dynamite Fiend.