The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-01-27
GENERAL BREIVTIES.

AN OUNCE Ol prevention - NOEIu Il
pound of cure, and three inches of fan
bel extra on the children's legs this
season viii save more than that length
in the Doctors bill.
The Boston COroners compete ener-
getically for business, and in the case Of
a recent fatal accident three separate
inquests were held. The courts will de-
eide which was the legal one.
As AN indication of the extraordinary
mil1ness of the weather on New-Year's
Day, it is reported from Montreal that
caterpillars we're out in search of food,
and sparrows were seen TO build.
SNowFALLs under a cloudless sky are
common in Virginia City, puzzling
strangers. The snow is blown from
Mount Davidson, which is close by the
town, and is whirled through the streets
by the wind.
Ex-MAYoR LEWIS, of New Haven,
shut his coat-tail in the door of q house
in which he had made a call, and was
held out of reach of the bell-handle.
Theidea of slipping out of the coat does
not seem to have struck him, for he re-
manned prisoner until somebody came
along and secured his release. lie is a
strong temperance man, too.
The inducements held out to young
men on the railways, the police force
and in skilled industry have become so
great in England that the War Office
are at their wits ends where to find eli
gible recruits for the army. Even in
the favorite corps of Household troops,
the infantry of the Guards, the inferior
ity of the recruits enlisting is greatly
complained of.
WHILE service was being conducted
in the parish church of Cherry Burton,
an English village, the other morning,
the clock-weight came crashing through
the belfry roof and alighted on a young
girl, housemaid at the rectory, who was
injured beyond hope of recovery. A.
young man, sitting by her was also hurt
severely. The rope on which the weight
was hung was renewed only the week
before. The two injured persons were
to have been married the next day.
GEM OF PURE ENGLISH.
From oceans briny waste the sea- bred enough
His humble pittance draws, and cries enough.
The burly OK, oppressed W tn husky cough,
Stakes his hot thirst from out the cooling trough.
The rustic, resting from his frightened plough,
The ripe fruit plucks from ri h y-ladened bough.
The doughty housewife chstters on, although
The lIglIt cake rises frou the knit AIDED dough.
The churl, more rude, bewails pathway rough
And chants a constant grOwl, that times are
tough.
Two gamblers have been converted
by the Airthodi,tS la Portland, Oregon.
One ., them, upon mis- first attendance
at class meeting, handed to the leader
worn dice-box and the dice. ''Those
have been my means of livelihood for
years. he said, ''and I've become so
expert with them that | can beat game
in which loaded dice are used against
me. | haven't any other trade, and it is
like trading competence for poverty to
give up my tools" Nobody doubted
the genuineness of that conversion.
KISsAxE, an Indian Chief believed to
have been 100 years old, died recently
in Washington Territory. He belonged
TO the COwlitZ tribe, which has dwin-
died, in twenty years, from about a
Thousand persons to thirty-three, whisky /.
and smallpox having mainly done the |
work. His tribe was long ago convert
ed to the Roman Catholic faith; but he, .
of exemplary habits and ready I
TO help the priests, would not Join the (
church until 1872. He was buried in a
suit of fine black broadcloth, which he
had owned thirty years and worn on
great occasions.
THAT was a sad matter up in Ports
mouth, \. II. \ lady was to marry the
widowed lover of her youth, who went
from a distant State to celebrate the
event. lie arrived on Christmas to find
her suddenly III, and she died the next
day in the arms of her old lover. Thus
the wedding was changed to ? funeral,
and the eXpectant bride, dressed in
white and wearing a white veil, caught
up with flowers, was laid in her coffin,
with profusion of bios
SONS, formed to represent a broken
ring, n sickle, the emblematic crown
and harp, etc.
THE largest revolving gun that has
probably ever been manufactured is
now at the Royal Gun Factories in the
Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, where it has
been designed and constructed to assist
the investigations which the Trinity
Board are pursuing on the subject of
fog signals. 1t is 4 revolver with five
chambers, firing successfully through
IN Cpen-mouth barrel, and moving
about on a kind of truck. 1t weighs 50
cwt., and will shortly be forwarded to
there to undergo a series
nf trials in pOO1pptitiOn with variOuS
charges of gun-cotton. In order to in
crease the sound of this singular piece
Of ordnance 4 large parabolic shield has
been constructed.
LIEUT.. MURPHY. whose name is well |
known in connection with the Cameron
expedition into Central Africa, has a
companion, also distinguished in Afri- I
can travel. This is the late DR.. Living /
stones dog-the only dog that has sur
yived a journey into Central Africa.
This faithful creature Travelled from Fan
zibar 20 Unyanyembe with the explorer,
and then followed LivingstOne's body .
back TO the coast. The dog wears a I
medal bearing the following Inscription
- Mabel, f. X. g. O., Late Livingstone .
East Coast African Expedition, 1871"
1t is a small-sized bull-terrier, white in
color, and now in very infirm health 1t
travelled ,5U0miles in Africa wonder
Iul effort in Observation-Disclosures it was
six months old, and it has since travelled
$1,000 miles by sea.
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