The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-02-01
HERE AND THERE.

A PENNSYLVANIA has flock of IS
turkeys.
THE effeminate Duke of Edinburgl
wears bracelets.
Gov. WILLIAMS, of Indiana, mad
flatboat trips to New Orleans IS year
ago.
THE snow is said to be deeper il
Northwestern Pennsylvania than it ha
been since 1881.
STONE ballast from ships coming il
for cargoes of cotton is being used Il
pave the streets of Galveston.
THEY tell of New England famil,
battle-ground, in the four corners o
which sleep the four successive wives o
one man, while marble tombstone il
the center of the plot is affectionately
inscribed: sour Husband"
Mr.. CLAY, grandson of Henry Clay
possesses aquaint heirloom in the shape
of letter written by Daniel Boone
The spelling is very original, this being
a specimen: "I hope you Will Wright
me By the Bearer, Mr.. goe, how yor
Com on With my Horsis-L Hear the
Indians have Killed Sum pspel neal
Limstone."
MANSFIELD Island, in Lake Erie, has
been bought by man who intends to
stock it with black cats, and kill theiI
progeny for their fur. He will feed
them at first on fish caught off the shore
by men who will live on the island; but
after the enterprise is well started he
will utilize the meat of the slaughtered
cats as food for the living cats. We also
read that Georgian is making an ex-
tensive business of raising dogs, tan
ming their hides, and selling the leather
for glove-making and other purposes
PROF. JoHNsTRUP, the naturalist
who has been engaged in perilous and
difficult explorations in the desolate re-
gions of Iceland, comforts the Iceland
ers with the assurance that the activity
of the volcanoes has undoubtedly ceas-
ed for long time to come. He re-
ports also that the belief that there is
gold, silver and iron ore in the island is
entirely unfounded. Iceland has not
even coal seams. The conditions for
the presence of these, ores are all want
ing.
THE London Spectator says that one
of the most interesting differences to be
drawn from the records of the Arctic
expedition appears to be that the total
absta. ers-at least, those of the total
abstainers who had been in the habit of
total abstinence for some time before
the Arctic expedition-were apparently
much less liable to scurvy, and able TO
do much more work under exposure to
great cold, than those who took the or
binary proportion of alcohol.
AN English resident of Shanghai re-
Gently discovered that his Chinese
house-boy was addicted to tapping the
sherry-bottle surreptitiously, and to
correct this frailty charged the decanter
with tartar-emetic. He left his dining
room after setting the trap, and soon
after his departure two personal friends
dropped in to see him, and being weary
and thirsty sought refreshment from the
side-board while waiting for the host
to appear. When he returned his
guests were in anguish unspeakable,
and the house-boy had been dispatched
for a surgeon.
Nor the least wonderful result from
the system of teaching the blind is that
which enables such who have taste
for music to tune and repair piano.
fortes. The blind tuners connected
with the leading piano establishments
in Boston are among the best in their
line. That the blind succeed wonder
fully well as tuners we have abundant
proof in the annals of the Institute for
Blind Youth at Paris. 1t was a pupil
of that institution, Claude Montel, who
wrote the best treatise on the art of
tuning piano-fortes, and prepared the
way for the development of the most
systematic and efficient course of in
struction for its acquisition.
AMERICAN Colonies in the service of
the Khedive of Egypt receive as pay
$3.50 per month, with allowances for
quarters and duty in the provinces.
Contracts are made for five years, with
the right of renewal on the part of the
Government. Travelling expenses from
the United States are paid, and in case
of an honorable discharge, the return
expenses, with six months full pay,
are granted. If an officer is compelled
to resign on account of the climate, he
receives two months pay and mile
age home. In case of death from Or
binary causes, the widow or family re-
ceives one years full pay; but if the
officer is killed in battle, or is wounded
so that death ensues, his widow re-
ceives a pension equal to half his pay,
which is continued until her death or
remarriage, when it is divided among
the children until the boys become of
age and the girls marry. An oath of
fidelity is exacted, and all American
officers are obliged to renounce the pro-
lection of our diplomatic agents and
trust to the Egyptian tribunals.
A Reception at Prince Bis
marck'S