The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-05-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


PROF. II. Y. Palmer and wife sailed
for America, May 18th, in the Scythia.
Bishop Perry, of Iowa, is volum-
inous author. He is now only in middle
life und,has already issued s3 volumes,
all either edited-or written by himself.
His bent Is history.
The marriage Of Prof. Hlalmar
Hjorth Boyesen, TO Miss Elizabeth M.
Keen, daughter of William II. heen,
formerly Of heen, Cook u Co., of Chi
cage, IS annoanced for the 9Th of June.
In New York.
The late Catherine nenehsf was
the teacher of girls seminary in Gin
einnad in 1882. She was Tor many
years teacher, and was also engaged
in establishing girls schools In various
parts of what used to be the West.
1t is told of Hans Christian Ander-
sen that his geography was as fenciful
as his fairy tales. He invariably adj
dressed his American publishers as
Hurd \ Huughton, Aston Place,
New York, Riverside Press, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, United States"
Mr.. James Gordon Bennett, if he
takes care of his health and his money,
ought to become one of the richest men
in the country. He has some expensive
tastes, but he is not a spendthrift by any
means. He i, now verging OH 40, and
is unmarried. .u
The daughter of Richard Henry
Dana, Jr., Miss Henrietta Dana, has
gone over to the Roman Catholic
Church. She was the schoolmate at a
Partisan convent of Queen Mercedes,
about whom she wrote an article in re
cent number of ScribBer.
AT a recent sale of autographs in
London, Johnson's signature to a re-
ceipt went for only three guineas,
though such document must have been
rare indeed, for the Doctor was, &C
cording to Boswell, in the habit of for
| getting the names of the subscribers to
his books, and spending the money, so
that it is not likely he was ever fond OF
giving receipts for it.
Josh Billings (Henry w. Shaw is
reported to have made more money
than any American author by persistent
working of his peculiar wien of humor.
Some years he has got $4,000 from a
weekly newspaper. for his exclusive
contributions, and has made besides
$4,000 or $4,000 in lecturing.
"A performance, arranged by Miss
Kate Field, was given at the Gaiety
Tbeater, London, May %, in aid of the
Shakespeare Memorial Theater, Library
and Gallery, at Standardization
Miss Field made an address, and appear
ed in her own comedietta, "Eyes
Right" and sang, "Angels Ever Bright
and Fair. :"
Theodore Schwann, the famous au-
thor of the cell-theory, which he an
nounced in 1889, is still alive and teach
ing as Professor of Physiology in the
Belgian University. His discovery con.
stituted him the real founder of mod.
ern histology. The fortieth anniversa
ry of his professorship will be shortly
celebrated in the city of Liege, on which
occasion it is proposed to present hin
with an album containing photographs
of all the leading biologists of Europe
Grace Greenwood thus writes or
the " Woman Question:" elf l haC
| the FORMING Oh the ia" Oily sucn Woiu'
en- should be allowed to vote as had sew
ing-machines and knew how to tist
them; no woman would have vote who
could not read and write; who was not
able to cast up her millinery accounts,
and cut them down; who could not
make loaf of bread, pudding, sew
on button, wash dishes and, on apinch
! keep a clearinghouse, and support
husband decently."