The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-18
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.
The white House IS 70 wears old.

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A WHITE swan. measuring Sc 10
inches from the tip of the toes TO the end
of the beak, and IS inches across the
wings, and weighing Ii l-2 pounds, was
shot recently near Washington, Pa.
PTCKPooKETs frequent all funeral ins
New York, and are only captured by
detectives shrewd enough to Keep their
eyes on the members OF the cortege who
seem to be the most deeply and solemn
sy affected.
SEVERAL girls were recently brought
before Justice in Scranton, Pa, on a
charge of stoning a peaceable old lady.
Their defense was thai she was witch
and they believed It 90 be their duty to
stone her to death.
IL the Island Of Jersey the practice is
to skim milk when it is - hours old :, in
Guernsey. a few miles distant, the milk
is churned whole without being skim
med, after it has become thoroughly
soured.
TIE Toxic Times asserts that
English influence is declining in Japan.
The English employees do their work
with diligence and fidelity, bet DO not
conciiate the regard of the Japs Ac-
cOrding to the Times the Americans are
the most popular foreigners.
In nearly all cases smail-boned AMI
mats are good feeders, viii mature ear
Iy and possess fine flesh. On the other
hand, coarse bones and large joints indi-
cate late maturity, poor feeding quality
and coarse flesh, with large proper
ton of offal.
FRENCH history in the past hundred
wears exhibits three women who have
perhaps experienced more splendOr and
more bitter grief and modification than
any other three women in the world
Marie Antoinette, Josephine, and EUge-
ME. I'M e. A-A q y
CALIFORNIA apples are not seen in the
markets of the Eastern States, and it is
not generally known that good varieties
of the fruit are produced on the Pacific
coast; bat the fact is that they are very
fine and are monOpolizing the markets
of New Zealand. a.4 ...
THE shrinking of the water in Tulare
Lake, Cal, has uncovered a prehistoric
settlement, stone buildings, traces of
canals once bordered with planted trees,
and other evidences of former occupa-
sion by an unknown race, are being
clearly defined as the water subsidies.
In the tenth volume of his {" Archives
de IL Bastille, 4" NJ. Ravaisson deals with
the question Of the Man in the Iron
Mask His solution is that this myS.e-
rious being was Sebastien de Paramount,
Comte de Keroualie, ensign of the Due
de Beaufort's guards, and brother of
- Madam Carwell, +" mistress of Charles
II. rFF.FF srv
DIR. MILES, in his work on domestic
animals. says, as showing the influence
OF feed on the fecundity of domestic ami
mails, that among the barren hills of the
west OI scotland two lambs will be
borne p, about one eve in twenty;
whereas, in England, on the rich pas
lures, something like one eve in three
viii bear two lambs.r Il
CARr,KAL NANNING, in a recent lee
ture, condemned the employment of
married women outside their house
holds, saying that "when q woman
married she entered into a solemn con-
tract for life that she would give her
time To her husband, her home and
her children; and if she did nos do so
1t destroyed the whole domestic life"
THE King of Holland is a connoiSseUr
IN trees and such, having the largest
private conservatory in the world. 1t
contains two immense palm-treeS, the
smaller of which weighs two and half
tons, besides a wonderful collection of
tropical plants. The glass dome of this
huge greenhouse is 80 feet high and $50
feet in diameter.
GIN. BIDwELL is one of the richest |
men in California. In his plantation |
are 40 miles of drives, lined on either |
side with trees, either fruit or nut bear |
ing. His place is q Spanish grant of l40 /
miles. Mrs. Bidwell is woman of |
great culture, aud their home is the rem |
devious for all savants from the States
or Europe who visit the Pacific Slope.
THE new French cable, which con-
meets Brest, France, with North East |
ham, Mass, is said to be superior TO any |
now in use. Its central wire of copper |
IS Surrounded by 10 other copper wires, |
thus insuring its use in all states of the |
weather. The company engaged in this |
enterprise, the success of which Will Sc
cure lower rates for cablegrams, is COM
posed of both French and American
stockholders.
A NUMBER of old dwarfs and young |
children arrived at New York the other |
day, from Italy. They were brought |
here for the purpose of making beggars |
of them. One of the men WAS over 20 |
years of age The Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty TO Children viii re-
turn the children, and the Italian Con |
sui will take charge of the dwarfs. and !
send them back TO their own country.
Two men started from Minneapolis
on the same train, carrying conflicting
deeds TO piece of land in Sioux Falls,
and each resolved TO get his document
recorded first. As they approached that
city one of them climbed upon the en-
CINE, slipped the coupling, left the train
10 take care of itself, and rushed OF, Sc
curing a record OF his title half an hour
in advance of his rival, who had to wait
for another locomotive
AT the moment the. steamer Arizona
struck the iceberg, many of the passen-
gers were in the cabin in high spirits, I
listening to a Young lady who was seat
90 at the piano, playing aud singing
- 4 Life on the Ocean WaVe.n Upon
the laughter, applause aud song came
mighty crash or stunning blow, Is if the
ship At full speed had charged against a
perpendicular rock. The CONSERVATION
thar ensued was terrible. The COM
pa ,ment system saved the ship.
4 PRACTICAL jose PLAYED by one an
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