The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

Women physicians are to be admit
ted as members of the Massachusetts
Medical Society
The managers of the Iron Mount
ain Railroad have sent two agents to
Sweden for the purpose of bringing
large number of Swedes to Arkansas.
Four townships in Hot Springs County
have been reserved for the expected
immigrants.
"A Lewiston (Me man has trained
cat to catch squirrels. He takes the
animal in his arms. scouts about until
he sees a squirrel in a tree, and putting
the cat up on the trunk, lets her go.
The cat ut once gives chase, captures
the squirrel and returns with it to her
master.
"A man of Mortified, Conn.,, few
days ago, with suicidal intent, waded
into pond until the water touched his
chin; no one made any frantic efforts to
save him, but ON the contrary, some
body. told him where he could find
deeper water. After considering the
matter and taking drink from bottle
which he had with him he concluded to
come ashore and postponed his suicide
until another time.
-Ona recent Saturday evenings man
stepped into a grocery store at North
amptOn, Mass. with bundle contain
inc pair of boots, which he laid down
for moment. Near by were several
Holsters; which had been done up for a
lady from neighboring village, making
a package similar in size to the other.
By some chance the owners exchanged
bundles, and the gentleman, after hav-
ing nearly reached home, found his
boots suspiciously moist, and took
them back to the store. But the lady
went home, placed the supposed lob
sterS on the ice in order to keep them
in good condition for dinner, and did
not discover the mistake until Just be-
fore dinner time.
There is an establishment in Bos-
! ton which bears the name of a Faith
/ Home, and is in charge of one Dr. Cut
/ lis, who combines the practice OF pc
cuIiar system of medicine with the labors
of an evangelist. 1t is a sort of hOspi-
tai, conducted as to its finances on the
plan of George Muller famous orphan
age in England. Although DR.. Cults
needs a great deal of money for the
maintenance of his work, he makes it
rule never to ask any of his fellow be-
ings for it. He simply prays to God,
| and in answer to prayer receives all he
asks for. He has been engaged in this
/ strange method of carrying on business
/ for about fifteen years, and is much en-
cOuraged, though he has sometimes been
/ in close straits.
The last census of the City of Lon
don proper was taken at night, and it
/ showed a population of but 90, 900 with
| in the city limits out of 100000 who in
/ habit the same territory by day. Upon
| the census night there happened to be
| as dodgers from agricultural districts in
| the CITY inn and hotels forty farmers,
/ besides three farm bailiffs and twenty
/ three gardeners, so that in the ratio of
agriculturists to area London City ap-
pears as the champion agricultural dis
/ trict of the Kingdom. 1t also appears
that out of 5000 merchants who are by
day g something in the city," only $50
| habitually sleep within the city bounds;
and that out of 3, 900 brokers only thirty
three breakfast under the shadow of
/ st. Paul s.
"A Tanner experiment was made
with a number of horses in Paris
in 1876. The following results were
| obtained: l. 1t was proved be-
yond all doubt that a horse can hold out
for twenty-five days without any solid
nOurishment, provided it is supplied
with sufficient and good drinking water.
9. A horse can barely hold out for five
DAYS without water. 3. If horse is
well fed for ten days, but insulficiently
provided with water during the same
period, it will not outlive the eleventh
day. One horse, from which water had
been entirely withheld for three days,
drank on the fourth day sixty litres Of
water within three minutes. A horse
which received no solid nourishment for
twelve days was, nevertheless, in con-
dition on the twelfth day to draw load
of 279 kilos.