The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-03-18
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

WHEN you are throwing the mantle
of charity over an erring man, do not
let it be wet blanket.-N. Y. Herald
THE richest youthful heiress of the
day in England is Miss Maynard, grand
daughter of Viscount Maynard. She has
100000 a year in land and large accu-
mutations of money. So
Mrs. ELEANOR MCCRAE of Keene,
n. H., took husband in 1912, and
parted with him three years ago, when
he died at go. She had fall the other
day, which caused her death at "a.
URFA Cur of the Chaldees), town of
much historical importance on account
of the connection Herewith of the patri-
arch Abraham, has been nearly de-
stroyed by fire.
A LOT of wild rice sown on the ponds
about Erie, Pa, two years ago, has
grown and fourished, attracting thou
sands of birds, large and small. Trials
in parts of New England have not been
so successful ~ rrrvv 2 ~
THE Secretary of the Liverpool Veg
etarian Society states that he has walked
500 miles in Is days-an average of SO
miles per day-on diet of nothing but
raw fruit, and this without unusual IA
tigue or bodily strain.
This is an age of canal projects. The
German Government, it is said, contem-
plates cutting ship canal, navigable
for war vessels, from the Baltic Sea to
the German Ocean, and passing through
Schleswig- Holstein.
A PARROT died of broken heart in
Ballston Spa. Afterit had been twenty
five years in family its owner went to
Minnesota. The bird soon missed him,
and its only cry was: "Where is Joe?"
1t ate nothing, and continued its call
until it fell exhausted.
THE Boston newspapers tell of stage
struck woman who got divorce from
her husband in order to become an
actress, failed dismally behind the foot
lights, returned to her home and begged
to be made awife again, which was done
by re-marriags.
MAINE has law that relieves the
debt for liquor from payment. All
such sales on credit are made at the
risk of the seller Certain parties in
Boston just now, owing to the insolven-
cy of few Maine liquor concerns, find
themselves out of every dollar of their
claims.
A SOUTHERN city is said to boast of
colored lodge, part of whose title is
"The Grand Council of the Grand An
Gent Order of the Sons, and Daughters,
Brothers and Sisters of Moses, of the
United States and the World at Large"
Their secret grip lanes a man for six
months.
THE Vesuvius railway promises to be
an accomplished fact. A portion of the
rails are already laid, and number of
workmen are daily engaged upon the
work. The railway starts from point
situated to the west of the observatory,
on that side of the cone which is least
seldom subject to streams of lava.
Gov. ANDREWS, of Connecticut, is a
thoroughly domesticated man. One of
the reasons given for his not attending
the dinner at Boston on Saturday night
in honor of Gov. Davis, of Maine, was
that he could not reach his home again
before Sunday. He has spent every
Sunday with his family since his mar
riage. --.--- -.r = I
CAPT. WEBB, the Channel swimmer,
has undertaken to swim 60 consecutive
hours, viz: for three days and two
nights He will be allowed to leave the
water for not more than so minutes in
each "a hours. The attempt will be
made under the most favorable circum-
stances possible, viz: sea water of sum-
mer temperature, and in London early
in March.
DURING a recent storm at Anamosa,
Iowa, a woman experienced a peculiar
shock, the sensation being that of
blow upon the forehead. She was puz-
zled as to the cause. The next day it
torn through the floor of the room, and
on closer examination the joist was
found splintered. 1t was plainly evil
dent that it was the work of electricity,
and that the charge had gone upward in
stead of downward.
THE Swedish postal authorities have
just published a list of the newspapers
and periodicals appearing in Sweden.
The total number is SIG, of which 92
are published in Stockholm. After
Stockholm ranks Gothenburg with 20,
then Upsola with IA, Malmo with 9, and
Gefe and Jonkoping each with 8. OF
these SIC publications only about one
third are properly newspapers, and there
are only 10 daily papers, in Stock
holm, 2 in Gothenburg, and l each in
Nordkoping, Malmo and Helsingborg.
THE bridegroom was not present at
the time appointed for a wedding at
Harmony, Ga. The bride, who knew
his bashfulness, saio his courage had
probably failed him. Somebody sug-
gested that horn be blown to call him,
and this was done. responsive whoop
was heard from the woods near by, but
the young man did not appear until
a scouting party brought him in by
force. 1t was not until he became fear
full of losing the girl, whose patience
gave way to anger, that he mustered
enough courage TO face the ceremony.
AMERICAS. grape-growing was once
looked upon by European -yinedressers
only as something interfering with the
market of theirwiies here hence as of
no possible benefit to them. Now, after
the ravages of that insect that has de-
stroyed millions worth of vineyard
property in Europe, Italy has offered
prizes, amounting to $500, for vine
yards raised from gratis of American
varieties of grapevires capable of re-
sisting the phylloxera. This is re-
markable instance of the blessing in dis
guise-that American industry which
seemed to be a pure calamity for Euro
pean vineyards is now largely relied
upon as the chief help in peril.
Mr.. PARNELL did rather neat stroke