The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-03
PEOPLE AND THINGS.

PEOPLE AND THINGS.
PHILADELPHIA has shut down on Sun
day performances.
HYPocRITEs sink into lower abyss
han any other sinner.
SCARLET fever is almost an epidemic
in New York city. af Ae
Can the man who shreds cabbage be
arrested for cold-slawter2
JERusALEM is adding 1,500 to its jew
ish population every year.
AN attempt is to be made to teach the
Colorado Indians agriculture.
/ MORE men worry and fret themselves
crazy over taxes than over love.
LEE LING, Boston Chinaman, is soon
to marry young white woman in that
city.
VISITORS disturbed Mr.. Edison, and
he has taken to working at night and
sleeping by dsy.-----------.,-a--
The japanese army, on a peace foot
ing, consists of 81 $50. and in time OF
war Is increased to 1850 men.
A TEAsPeoNFUL of mustard to gallon
of cold water will destroy vermin in the
earth of aower-pots, without injury to
plants.
Two NEW cables are proposed by the
new French company, one to extend
from BEest to Cape Cod, and the other
from Lands End to Nova Scotia.
The Brazilian Government has grant
ed privilege to gentleman for the
manufacture of paper from the wild
fig tree. IS.
LONDON fegs are notorious, bus Paris,
the city Of perennial brightness, is oc-
cssionally as murky. People could NOT
see to read there on the day before Christ
mas. r-r ...
A LARGE hawk recently shot at Roy
mond, n. H, had steel trap and three
feet of chain attached to its leg, which
it had carried from Gambia, SIX miles
away. .-.
The Montana Legislature is COM
posed as follows: Council-Democrats
s; Republicans, 5. House of Repre-
sentatiyes-Democrats, 10; Repubh-
cans, z. e. rrr-7e .. ~
THE FROST KING. trt
BE went abroad last night
On fierce and wild fOray,
And treasures bright in his frosty digit,
From the hillsices GORE away.
Earth mourri to day in gloom
For crushing hand was laid
On leaf and bloom and rare pertuus, So
In woodland. glen and glade.
he tore the gsrisnds down Or e.. 81.
That the glowing autumn twined, ~. a
And his faded crown OF russell brown
In her golden temple shrined.
@ Frost King our hearts still yearn
FOR the vanished summer hours,
And sadly turn from thy blsckened Urn
OF blightad buds and flowers.
Journal OF Education.
In 1928, New York, with population
Of 10000, had thirty newspapers. It
was estimated at that time that the
United States had one paper in every
1880 of population; England, one in
4S,500; France, one in 65,300; Prussia,
one in $4,000; Austria, one in 100000;
Russia, one in $4,000; Sweden and
Norway, one in $4,000; Portugal, one in
207 900; Spain, one in $4,000.
RHYMES WITHOUT REASON.
An Empress said to an Ameer.
wished to be friends with you, dear
But your love you've withheld,
Hence l shall be compelled
To give you licking severe"
A tomcst with song TO beguile him,
On the fence Of deaf mute asylum
AL night raised fell not;
But the inmates slept quiet,
And he mourned sore cause he could not rls EN-.
To hotel walked a big shark, a
And said TO the afable clerk.
Send four gross of toothpicks
To my room-g6;"
and the clerk turned m aniac stark.
THE Sweet Singer of Michigan viii
have to look to her laurels, as Mrs.
Owens, who is at present in the Roches-
ter On. v jail, is reaching for them in
The following fashion:
These Winter days the snow
is blowing. See the Stays and
hear the bells, hear the
Peoples laugh resounding
While am locked Within
these doores. .
II is for the man once did
love and that mare can
love again, caused me to
day 8 lonely girl to he
confined in Monroe jail.
IL you are very precise man, and
wish to be certain of what you get,
never marry girl named Ann, for we
have the authority of Lindley Murray
and many others for the assertion that
IAN is an indefinite article"