The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-30
HERE AND THERE.


next season.
A FAMoUs New York beauty is in an
insane asylum for using face-enamel.
THE Georgia negroes are discussing
the ways and means of emigrating to
Colorado.
BISHOP PECK weighs 800 pounds, and
has declined the presidency of a Fat
Mans Club.
Mrs. DUNDAs, of Philadelphia, has
introduced the Russian style of driving
at Newport, viz, three horses abreast.
A PAIR of Mecca sheep, the first ever
brought to this country, are to be placed
in the Philadelphia Geological Garden.
THE cost of dying in North Carolina
is summed up at low figure; Three can
talopes and a half bushel of peaches,
zoe; one visit from the doctor, 81; pine
coffin, So. Total, 1925.
THE bedchambers of a certain seaside
resort are said to have this placard ::
Snoring must he done in the minor
notes and only at rare intervals, or not
at all
A PROFESSOR in an Iowa female col
lege, who caught two of the students out
riding recently WITH ia couple of young
gentlemen, stopped the carriage and at
tempted to take the young ladies cut.
The young men resented his interior
ence, knocked him down, and drove off
in triumph.
A PORTLAND Chinaman became the
father of an American-born son, and as
he danced around, swinging his pig-tail
and knocking over the opium jars, he
exclaimed: "Me Mellican man, all
samee! Me heap Washington! Me
sewing machine agent! Go way!
Whoo-pee!"
GEN. CROOK, veteran and success
full Indian fighter, says that the Indians
are now as well armed with breech-
leaders as the regular troops, and shoot
DOttCi. IIC JCIlIDI0 IOSS StlHCIcu ny
Gen. Gibbons command in the Bio
Hole battle proves that the Nez Perces
had excellent weapons, and knew how
to use them.
THE question will soon arise what are
we to drink? Mr.. Cough and Mr. Muir
ply say we must not drink malt or spir-
itous liquors. Dio Lewis says coffee and
tea are poisonous. The New York pa
pers graphically describe the perils Of
drinking the milk for sale in that city,
and all the medical papers warn thirsty
public against the deceptive attractions
of ice-water What is there left to i'm.
| bibe? ..f ...
ELECTRICITY plays an important part
in the Eastern war, besides carrying
over to this country contradictory re-
ports and unprOnounceable names. II
is used extensively on shipboard in the
Turkish fleet, and by its aid a.ship can
be examined from stem to stern; even
the smallest craft is within reach of this
powerful light, every thing under the
influence of its intense brightness stand
| inc out as clear and we'll defined as al
midday. No doubt it will be invalua-
BILE in naval warfare in detecting the APP
proach of an enemy under cover o.
night who might be DESTROYS of attempt
ing surprise or testing the efficacy o,
his torpedoes or the iron-clads.
FIFTEEN years ago M. Francois Bra
! way was esteemed the richest man il
Paris, and his profusion and display
equaled the stories told by Dumas o.
Monte Christie. He died in poverty anC
blindness few days since. His for
tunes were made in Egypt, where he i'm
migrated as cObler, and lived to grow
rich as favorite of the VicerOy. Wher
he got tired of initiating Monte Christie
he retired from Paris to Piedmont witt
fortune of 100000 francs. An Ital
ian lady was his companion. She haC
a mania for specializing on the Paris
Bourse, and gradually reduced him t.
poverty He died, as already related
destitute and almost starving, having
first obtained permission to establish
himself as wayside Bartimeus.
THE work of counting the stamps OF
hand in the vault of the Continental
Bank Note Company, of New York
which has the contract of furnishing thu
Government with stamps, occupied
twelve expert counters from the Treas
ury Department five days. The number
of stamps counted was 1872, 044, 100 o
the various kinds and denominations
representing a value of S7,56O,S23 81
This result proved net deficiency from
the balance shown by the books OF the
contractors of 652 stamps, valued a
1854, the difference appearing in only
five out of 12S items. The contractor;
will be required to pay the amount o
the deficiency. 1t is more than foul
years since the stock reports were vsri
fled by actual count.
Mrs. ISABELLA B. n. NOE comes into
the New York courts with pitlfu
story of a mans inhumanity to his wife
She was the daughter of the late Viii
liam H. Morse, and upon her arrival a
her majority received from her fathers
executor about $4,000 in persona
property and 100000 in real estate
She had previously married William f
Noe, fortune hunter, who, upon hel
accession to her wealth, secured it:
transfer to himself, and entered upoI
the life of dissipation and recklessness
in which it seems to be the ambition o
such men to shine. Three trips to Pari.
and an intimate relationship with the
elephant of that attractive town, melted
the fortune away to few thousand dol
lars, which the heart-broken and neg
lected wife now seeks to save from the
clutches of the spendthrift. Mrs. Noe
is but % wears old, but her life-experi.