The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-04
GENERAL BREVITIES.

A FRENCH paraphrase of the familiar
Injunction keep dry" appears on a
case of fine goods intended for the Cen
tennial Exposition. The inscription in
English is "PleaSe beware for it of the
humidity
Yog never hear Krupp, the Prussian
cannon-maker, say "Let us have
peace" but when a couple of nations
get to making up faces at each other,
he stands around and spats his hands,
and says "Seek 'emi seek 'eml"
A TAILOR of Trouville, France, be-
came so crazed through adversely that
he ran into the church of Bon Secours
and attacked the ministering priests at
the altar. He hurled chairs at them,
and was so violent that the congrega-
ton was dismissed. In prison be tried
TO commit suicide, and had to be taken
to the hospital, bound hand and foot
THERE is an old lady near West
minister, Mass, who for fifteen years
has lived entirely alone. She is IS years
old, and entirely blind. Yet she makes
her own fires in the old-fashiOned fire
place, prepares her meals, and does the
general work of the house. She owns
considerable property, but doesn't care
TO squander any of it on hired help or
companions.
ACCORDING TO the last census in Eng
land and Wales it was found that the
mortality among males employed in the
potteries was thirty-eight per cent.
higher than the average death rate for
the whole community. Professor
Church, having incinerated the lungs
of potter, found that there existed in
the ash left the amazing amount of
forty-eight per cent. of silica, eighteen
per cent. of alumina, and five per cent.
of oxide of iron.
THE marvellous resuperation of
France is again proved by Leon Says
budget for. 1877. In 1869, the last COM
plete year before the war, the revenue
amounted to 100000, 600 francs; the
expenditure for 1877 is estimated at the
enormous sum of 2, 120, 900, 900 francs,
which shows that in eight years the
taxation of France has increased 80 per
cent, the excess over last years expend-
iture being 100000 francs. For
the army and navy 730,000,0UO francs
are allotted, but for education only 49,
100000 francs. --
HALLS journal of Health thus sums
up some of the uses of salt: 1t will
cure sick headache, make cream freeze,
make the butter come, take ink-stains
out of cloth of any kind, kill wens, kill
worms, make the ground cool; so it is
more cOngenial TO celery, cabbage, etc.
1t viii cease the itching pain caused by
irritating skin diseases, like hives, itch,
etc. 1t viii produce vomiting or stop
it, as you like; and many other things
too numerous to mention. All pure
salt will do this, to a certain degree,
but sea salt is the most effectual in its
action.
The Blumerberg will case, in San
Francisco, concerns the genuineness of
a signature. A professor CT mathemat-
les was put on the stand to testify as to
what the lawyer called ''the rule of
chances" by which the probability of
a man varying from his custom in writ |
ing his name could be computed. The /
signature to the will had one letter /.
formed unlike the same letter in any
other writing by Blumerberg that could 1
be found, and the intention was to con- /
vince the Jury of the improbability of /
his having made an exception in that /
instance. The Judge, however, would |
not allow the Professor to expound the
''rule of chances"
Two formidable instructions are now
the peace of China. One is
in Quang-tong, which has gained great |
strength, the rebels having been joined .
by the Imperial troops sent to quell |
them. Several interior cities were /.
taken, and are now held by this body. !
The second is in Shan-see, the impor-
lance of which may be estimated by the
fact that the VicerOy of Kansu is en-
deavoring to negotiate loan of 10, 0OO,-
600 taels expressly to pay troops and
purchase arms and materials to subdue
it. The payment of the loan is to be
secured by hypothecating the customs
Of ports on Yangtse River.
PROF. TERRIER, of Kings College,
London, who has made the phenomena
Of sleep special study, recently said
in a lecture thereon that any thing
which has tendency to abstract blood
from the brain faYOrs sleep. Exercise
ices this, because the moment the
weary muscles are at rest the blood
-ushes to them to repair their loss, and
S absorbed by them. Digestion and
hot drinks produce the same result by
drawing the blood supply from the
brain TO the stomach. Conversely, any
hing that stimulates the brain, such
rs sights, sounds, thought or anxiety,
will keep man awake. If we, there
.ore, wish for a refreshing slumber, we
must begin by avoiding care and anx- J
ETY., and take sufficient bodily exercise
o induce the necessary muscular ex-
laustion. With regard to the length
If sleep, DIR. Terrier holds that the !
leart Is not in a state of constant
'ut of rhythmical activity, a term of
Iction being followed by pause of
est, during which the heart is to all in {
ents and purposes asleep. In fact, if |
he pauses of the heart are all summed
pit will be found that it rests or sleeps J
light hours out of the "A, the sleep be- :
nc In the proportion of one-third as
compared with the hours of action or !
work. Eight hours are consequently c
for the admit