The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Swiss experiment of getting along
without capital punishment of crime lasted
lust five years, and the penalty Of death was
restored by vote OF p to 10 in the federal
council,
More than one hundred thousand tons
of Algerian and Spanish iron ore will be i'm
ported into the United States this year.
The iron will be used in Pennsylvania, in
competition with Lake Superior ore.
Farmers in the eastern psrt Of Penn
sylvania find it very profitable to raise their
own trout and have large quantities to
spare for market. The trout pond on farm
is becoming as common as an orchard.
The Canadians are greatly incensed at
finding that many of their merchants, Just
before the new tariff was brought forward,
loaded up their shelves with American goods
which have escaped the duty and are now
retailed at an advance Of 10 or 10 per cent.
English newspapers very rarely con-
tain in the obituary column a notice of
funeral, because, except in the case of an
eminent public person, 1t is not desired
that any but near relatives and very init
mate friends should attend, and men worth
a million go TO their graves with less pomp
and parade than New York car-driver.
A general order has been issued by
the postofice department abolishing all
agents for the sale of postage stamps
| throughout the United States, and hereafter
the regular postofflce officials only will be
authorized 10 sell stamps for the govern.
ment. This order, however, will not pre-
vent anyone who'may purchase stamps from
selling them.
, 10 estimate what a bridge will co
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! highfst 6gu es presented by any engineer
a...r laIupIs ITEM by the length of the
pP',Ige ~ !alh5-. point off two places, and
| th,u add enou-h 20 prosecute anybody who
! ha, ooythi1g do with handling the funds,
ana the result is-that the bridge is an OBJ
struction to navigation.
The London Lancet offers this cure
for bone felon: As soon as the pulsation
which indicates the disease is felt, put di>
rectly over the spot fly blister about the
size of thumb nsil, and let it remain for
| six hours, at the expiration of which time,
directly under the surface of the blister may
be seen the felen, which can be instantly
taken out with the point of needle or q
lancet,
The newest cottage bonnets, after
claspirg the head closely, roll upward in the
| brim lust above the forehead and low down
behind the crown. The rcli is scarcely al
incn deep, yet when covered with shirred
SATIN 1t makes the smsll bonnet much more
dressv than were the closer fronts worn dur
ing the winter. The best Partisan millinerl
have sent out this new shape in the mos
I expensive braids, trimmed with the richest
materials used this season.
The Nevada tCal) Herald has beer
shown a curiosity in the shape of treu
which had become pttrifed in The root OF {
tree. The fish measures about six in hes II
length, and shows very plainly The spots Oh
its sides and back. 1t is very perfect, anc
looks almost as if ready to glide TIM ough tht
water. It was washed out of g mining
claim about two years ago. 1t mus; have
run into the mole in the root OF the tree fol
hiding place and there have beep caught
and petritiad.
There is a law in force 10 Arizons
under which every person butchering cattle
for puhllc use is required TO tile bond il
$1,000 with the county commissioners, con
ditioned that he will keep the hide and ear
of every animal killed for the space o
twenty DAYS, for public inspection, and tina
he will keep q record Of all cattle purchased
by him, and of sll brands and marks OF
same. A fine of from fifty to one hundred
dollars is imposed for every day on which {
butcher carries on business without having
fled such bond.
The Russian peasants, though officially
nnder medical supervision, find it hard t
secure the services Of g doctor. The physi-
clan of district with perhaps fifty Thousand
inhabitants scattered over nifty square mile
cen but hurriedly pass through the village
once every month. Under these clrcum