The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-11-16
HERE AND THERE.

CHARLES VAN LEW, of Linden, n.
Y, is II years old and is only II inches
high, and weighs but IL pounds. He
has resisted several liberal offers of the
showmen.
The correspondent of the London
Times writes that 10 per cent. of the
Spanish recruits are either dead or in
hospital within month of their taking
the field in Cuba.
K. ii. RANEEY, an atheist, was bu-
ried in Boston the other day with pecu-
liar services. Mr.. Abbott, of the Inde1,
read selections from the "Thoughts of
Antoninus"
AMONG the religious notices in a
Western paper one reads: "Parson
Piper pipes religious roundelay to
happy hearers at St.Luke's on Sundays,
morning and evening""
SIR HENRY THOMPSON, the eminent
physician, in letter published in the
London Times, says that hospital and
private practice of more than 20 years
has convinced him that even the mod
crate use of fermented beverages di-
minishes the mental power to an extent
few people are aware of.
A Boston woman had prepared to
elope, but when her husband, hearing
of her intention, came forward with lis
check-book and offered her money for
her expenses, while his face was IL
Illuminated with unbounded joy, she re-
considered the matter and concluded
not to go. 1t took all the romance
away.
THE number of convictions for muir
der in England has been greater in
1875 than in any preceding year, the
exact figures being, since 1870, respect
lively, A, Sc, 90, So. Shooting, wound
ing and stabbing have also increased,
the number of convictions last year
having been S97. Crimes against prop
erty and pauperism are, however, stead
lily decreasing.
THE Chinese have completely domes-
ticated the otter. In that country
every fisherman has his staff of fishing
offers and cormorants. These offers
are trained to hunt in company, to at
tack, pursue, and seize the fish.
Travellers who have fished in China
state that they have seen good, we'll
trained offers currently sold for ESQ
sterling each.
A PHOTOGRAPHER at lie Roy, N. Y,
a few days ago photographed in one
group Mrs. Stanley, aged go; her
daughter, Mrs. Brown, aged 74i her
granddaughter, Mrs. Bostwick, aged
Al; her great granddaughter, Mrs.
Duncan B. McNaughton, aged %; and
her -great-grandson, Roy Nc
Naughton, aged 2 years.
SOME of our most recent inventions
were foreshadowed, if not actually ac-
complished, upward of three hundred
years ago. A Latin military book pub
lished in Paris in 1886 contains illustra-
tions of revolving gun, revolving tur-
rets for monitors, water beds for the
wounded, divers supplied with air
through tubes, and diagram of a
diving-bell.
THE Gar Alexander receives, in
round numbers, $4,000 day income;
the Turkish Sultan, $4,000; the En-
peror of Austria, $4,000; the Emperor
of Germany, $500; the King of Italy,
sc, 44O; the Queen of England, S6,27O;
the King of the Belgians, 81, SAB; the
President of the French Republic, $500;
the President of the United States, $40,
and yet, Notwithstanding this latter fact,
there are hundreds of good citizens who
aspire to be President of this great
country.
THE distressing sensation known as
''stage fright" which often af1licts
nervous persons inexperienced in pub
lie speaking, can be relieved by few
whifis of ether. DIR. William Pullor, of
Montreal, says that either this remedy
or minute dose of morphia will re-
move the spasm of the cerebral vessels,
the violent palpitation of the heart, and
obviate the confusion and forgetfulness
with which the sufferer is seized, so
that he does not have to wait for symp-
toms of reaction to set in to enable him
''to get warmed up"
SOME years ago, while at Fort Kear
ney, a gentleman adopted a young
Cheyenne child which had escaped a
Sioux massacre, and took it home with
him to Newark, New Jersey. The
child, who is now about IA years of
age, has gradually become utterly in
corrigible, and, to use a common
phrase, is a Irregular young injun."
He has always been treated like an own
child by the family, but nothing can
now be done with him. He sleeps in
the outer air, and displays all the
nomadic instincts. The result is, the
police have had to take him in hand,
and he will probably be sent to the Re-
form School. "Blood will TELL" says
the old adage, and in this case at least
it is proven true.