The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-05-02
Foreign Notes.

-Viscountess Kingsland is one of the
benefciaries of London charity to which
Lord Beaconsfeld has lately granted
$500, from the Royal Bounty Fund, to
he applied for her benefit. She is the
widow of a needy Irish peer, whose title
expired with him.
Mr.. Claiborne Hardy, late Secretary
of War in the British Cabinet, is to be
made peer. He has selected the title
of Lord Oxford, presumably from his
having represented that city in Parlia-
ment The title has been extinct for
many years, although it was first illus
trioUs in the family of De We're, and
Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford in the
last century, was a great collector of
MSS. and books = 3D. ...l.
1t is rumored that the new Pope is
about to present Queen Victoria with
the 60 Golden Rose" which the pontiffs
are accustomed to give yearly to Catho-
lie ladies of royal lineage who have
shown their devotion to the Holy
Church. The Queen is not Catholic,
but is supposed to have deserved well of
the church because she has made no fuss
about setting up the Papal hierarchy in
Scotland. t"..
Madame Rachel, who calls herelf
Arabian Perfumer to the Queen and
who now and again swindles weak-head-
ed members of the British aristocracy,
male and female, by selling cosmetics
at enormous sums, protesting that by
their application they are to be made
beautiful Forever" has only recently
got out of prison; and there is every
chance of her going back again for
swindling Mario's married daughter by
selling her lotion called Jordan Wa
ter" 4a"f .-tls. -ll--.iA
Jeanne Donste is little pianiste
only seven years old, who has lately per-
formed before Queen Victoria. When
at Buckingham Palace, the little lady
wore white artificial camellia. "NhO
gave you that?' asked the Queen. 'sOhi
that's my talisman, your Majesty;
Mdlle. Albani gave it to me for good
luck" Her Majesty wentover to cor
BELLE, took out red camellia, and
gave it to the child, saying: "Wear
that beside it, my dear, and may both
bring you a .two-fold share of good
luck!"
"A novel discovery has been made in
the library of Lyons, France. 1t is a
map of the entire system of the central
plateau of Africa, which has of late
years been explored by Grant, Baker,
Livingstone, and Stanley. The system
is traced upon a globe which was con-
structed in 1701, and contains in detail
the sources of the Nile and Congo.
The map was executed by order of Fa-
theirs Placide de Saint Amour, princi-
pal of the monastery of the third order
of ST. Francis, by Crispurien of Toulon,
and by the monks of Bonaventure and
Gregoire, both connected with the above
establishment. The report does not
mention the names of the explorers
The modern maps place the source of
the two rivers slightly to the Rorthward
of that ustdiscOVered T ~ 91s.g
John Bright's father seems to have
been an extremely kind-hearted. mill
owner. We are told that on winter,
nights he would stand at his mill-gates,
lantern in hand, giving directions to
men to look after the children |
Ito whom he was especially kind) on
their way home. His work people were |
so well paid as to enable them, if care |
full, to make a provision for old age,
and for those overtaken by calamity a !
pension was provided. He would never
give pair of old boots to man in dis
tress, but give him an order-for new /.
pair. A reformed drunkard, who aver
red that alcohol had caused the roots of |
his hair to perish, once went to him for
a subscription for wig. Mr.. Bright !
glanced over the list, and finding that
the contributors we're poor people !
declined to contribute unless the monty I
vas returned. Then he gave him a
wig