The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

not stones.
There is in New Haven, Conn, one
liquor shop to every one hundred inhab-
itants.
Why is the North Pole like an il
licit whisky mandatory? Because it's
a secret-stil.
Somebody notes that love is moro
interesting than marriage, for the same
reason that romance is more enticing
than history.
"A lazy boy was complaining that
his bed was too short, when his rather
sternly replied: 4" That is because you
are always too long in it, sir"
The Austrian police have recently
seized two cOnsignments of bamboo
canes sent from London 10 Vienna, and
found them loaded in the hollow Of each
stick with socialistic documents.
A funeral procession in East Ma
chias, Me-, while returning from the
cemetery last election day, was stopped
by a deacon, who wanted the sons of
the dead man to get out and vote, but
they refused.
-" What in the name of high Heaven
does that fellow across the street wear
that fur cap for?" - Probably he is a
newspaper man and needs a TURTLE
brain" The groans of the bysanders
reminded one of field hospital after
great battle.
General Garfield, who is forty-nine
years old, is, with the exceptions of
Franklin Pierce and General Grant, the
Youngest man ever elected President of
the United States. The average PreSi-
Dental age at the time of Inauguration
has been tifty-seven years.
There is a movement in India to
abolish the seclusion of Hindoo women
and have them brought into society in
the European fashion, but it is opposed
by the native papers on the ground that
the young HindOos are not moral enough
to associate with unmarried women OF
their own race.
There have been several serious
railroad accidents in Germany lately.
1t is estimated that since the Govern
ment has been running the railroads 1t
has for economy, so reduced the staff
that the employees cannot exercise the
He6uIul SUPERVISION liHuOl tiC nv"
regime Switchmen get from thirty
seven to forty-three cents day.
In the course of q conversation, re-
Gently, John G. Hamilton, who erected
the statue of his father, Alexander
Hamilton, in Central Park, said that he
distinctly remembered his father, the
night before he was killed by Burr in
the duel, coming to his bedside and,
taking Johnny's hands within his palms,
repeated the Lords Prayer over with
him.
There is q remote district of Europe,
writes a late essayist, where children
are not definitely named till the father
chooses to hit on what he thinks an APP
propriate choice. Savages, too, change
children's names at the time of the
ceremony which answers to cOnfrma-
ton in our church. The idea seems to
be that it is impossible to find a title
really appropriate while the character
of the infant is undeveloped.
The French military papers report
with much satisfaction the successful
execution of several long and quick
marches lately undertaken by a regi-
ment of mounted chasseUrs in garrison
at Tours. The first march was twenty
five miles long and this distance was
accomplished in six hours; while five
days afterward the same regiment
marched fifty -four miles in twelve hours.
On each occasion the march was made
during the night, the weather being
stormy and rainy.
"A Connecticut couple were legally
married, a few days ago, in strict con-
formity with the township map. They
procured a marriage license from the
Ledyard Town Clerk and in the even
ing called upon a minister in the neigh
boring town to perform the ceremony.
AS the rite could only be performed in
Ledyard the clergyman and contract
ing parties, with the witnesses took Ian
tiers and walked through the woods just
across the town boundary line, where
the marriage was performed.
queen Victoria, it is related, re-
Gently had the pleasure of witnessing
remarkable piece of artistic enterprise.
When lunching out-of-doors with the
Princess Beatrice and few attendants,
the party was surrounded by no less
than eight reporters, who stood boldly
looking on at the consumption OF cold
lamb and salad-much. of course, to the
Queens annoyance. Finding that they
did not move, Princess Beatrice herself
went across to where they had planted
themselves and said that the Queen
had a great objection to being stared at
while she was at luncheon and would
be glad if they would leave. The young
! lady's gentle remonstrance, however,
had no effect upon these amiable per-
sons, who murmuringly declined to de-
part. So stronger measures were tried,
and under dire threats from an attend
ant the Disappointed journalists with
| drew.
Jonathan II. Greene, once the most
notorious and successful gambler in
America, and afterwards known as an
exposer of gamblers tricks, is now
aged and poverty stricken in Philadel-
phia. From 1881 to 1912 he won mon
ey right and left, not only from anna
tours, but heavily from professional
| PLAYERS. On one occasion he took $780,
900 from party of card sharpers in
three days. He was wonderfully skillful
in handling cards and invented several
of the swindling devices still used by
faro dealers. At length he renowned
his evil ways. restored great deal of
money to men whom he had robbed
and spent the rest of his fortune in the
advocacy of laws against gambling.
The statutes on the subject in Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland and Ohio were largely
passed through his exertions. In lee
lures and books he described the means
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