The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-01-04
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the whole congregation stood up.
TIE Paris police have just been arm
ed with small but powerful little lamp,
which they conceal under the overcoat,
but by whose aid they can instantly
throw a binding light on objects and
identify offenders.
A MUsCATINE milkman laughs at the
frost and makes his rounds with stove
in his wagon. A more enterprising
colleague, with an equal eye for COM
fort and'business, keeps his feet warm
and laughs at the scarcity of milk by
carrying in his wagon ten-gallon can
full of hot water. a lt
DIR. BURG, French physician,
scouts the notion that the use of wind
instruments is injurious to people
troubled with pectoral weakness, and
quotes his own case: sMy mother died
of consumption, eight children of hers
fell victims to the same disease; three
of the family are left, and we all play a
variety of such instruments.
ROBERT O'HARA went into San
Francisco police-station, said that he
had swallowed poison, and asked for q
place to die. He was not believed,
whereupon he offered to bet $40 that he
would be dead within an hour, the
money to be given to his family if he
won. The wager was not made, but
O'Hara died before the end of the
hour. E.I
ENGLISH papers tell of a sea captain,
recently arrived from Bombay, who
saved his vessel during hurricane of
two days. duration by filling two canvas
bags with oil,puneturing each slightly,
and towing them astern. The oil
spread slowly over the water. The
huge waves spent their force at some
distance, and around the ship was q
large space of calm water.
AYoUNG Baltimore man told his wife
that he had embezzled several hundred
dollars of his employers money, and
she said that by close economy they
could save enough to refund the
amount, and thus save his credit.
When they had, by hard pinching, ae-
cumulated the required sum, the hus-
band added that to the stolen money,
and eloped with girl, as he had in
tended to do from the first. al
THE indianapolis Journal reports an
instance of unparalleled parental bru-
tality. A little girl, three days old, and
evidently suffering agonies, was recent
ly left clandestinely at the Orphans
Home, and had been labelled as 4" Miss
Centennial, born Dec. 2, 1876" When
the child was stripped it was discover
ed that both her shoulders we're burned,
in fact branded, with a red hot iron,
probably for future recognition.
In order to prevent the introduction
of the Colorado potatoe beetle among
potatoes or other merchandise imported
from the United States and Canada,
the British Government has given the
ridiculous instruction to Collectors o.
Customs at all ports to keep SHARP
lookout for beetles in ships and pack
ages, and-when found-instantly tC
destroy them. For Identification litho-
graphic sketches and description have
been forwarded. 80
EXPLOSIVE substances have recently
been put to novel use in Austria
Cartridges of dynamite are planted al
a depth Of nearly ten feet at proper
distance from the vines, about the root:
of which the earth was to be loOsbned
and upon explosion separated the earth
for distance of nearly six feet, so thai
it could be permeated by the air and
moisture. Here is suggestion for en-
terprising farmers. 44
ROBERT HUGHES left his family ir
Ottawa a year ago, and was injured g
few days afterWard in railroad acci
dent in Pennsylvania. His hurt was
so serious that he was deliriOus unit
recently, and remained in hospita
unidentified. In the mean time hi:
wife read of a body being found ii
Canada, and the description of it anC
clothing convinced her that it was hel
husbands remains. She had it ex
humed, and satisfied herself that hel
belief was correct. This man had wan
dered into the neighborhood and died
of starvation. Mrs. Hughes's grief has
just been changed to joy 5y the arrival
home of her husband. .-r.
TIP FARRELL, Chicago burglar,was
in jail, and letter addressed to him
consequently went astray, finally being
thrown into the street, where it was
found by private detective. 1t re
quested Farrell to communicate with
''Business, Dallas, Texas" and the
detective answered it. learning in reply
that two policemen intended to rob s
bank that they had been detailed tc
guard. They desired the aid of two
skilled burglars, and, after consulting
with the bank officers, two detectives
went to Dallas, aud introduced them
selves as men sent by Farrell to do the
job. The policemen provided tools,
and helped to break into the building,
where they found officers ready to ar
rest them. an
AN interesting experiment has been
made by Mr.. N K. Fairbanks, of Gene
va, Wisconsin, in stocking Geneva Lake
with food fishes. The past year he
Matched out and introduced, at his own
expense, 25O,000 salmon-trout, $4,000
white-fsh, 10000 Iand-locked salmon,
25, 600 California salmon, $4,000 brook
trout, and 1,OOO,O 900 wall-eyed pike, OF
nearly a million and half in all. The
question as to a sufficiency of animal
food for these fish is met, in Mr.. Fair
banks's opinion, by the occurrence of a
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