The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-15
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

hVMh AND rUhEl6N 6OcSlf.
To add realistic effect to "Uncl,
Toms Cabin at Logansport, Ind,
live bloodhound was introduced, and tb,
brute heightened the realism by break
ing his chain and biting an ACTRESS seri
ous,y. go
A BIRD dealer az Des MONIES sold {
parrot for $40, with the assurance thai
1t did not know any bad language; bui
the purchaser soon found that it swore
like trooper, and has sued to recover
the money. r-.r-r t--arrr. ~
Observation-Disclosures KEY says he
can remember pWheng Andrew jackson
used to stop at his fathers, who was q
Tennessee farmer, and young Key
always.had the job.of polishing off Jack,
sons horse. - erFRK q TaF'
DR.. BIRscH of Belgium has. canary
birds of the Norwich breed. Before and
after they mott he feeds them with white
of egg sprinkled with cayenne pepper,
and their color becomes red. so be
says.
A WOMAN recently sold her baby in a
bar-room in Horsham,, England, for
S4.37, to man who had taken fancy
to the child. He left the place with his
purchase, but the woman followed him,
snatched the infant out of his arms,
slapped his faee, and ran away, "a :
NATIONAL debts were of little impor-
tanee until the French Revolution.
They now amount toabout $26,Q00, 900,
600, mostly owed by European States
for wars incurred by disasters and in
which common people had no voice.
These debts and standing armies are now
the cause of pOverty.tJ - GssN
WHILE Henry Cords of Baraboo,
Wis, was showing a. sled on which was
seated three young ladies, theice broke.
He succeeded in saving his sister, who
was one of the party, biit. persisted in
the attempt to rescue the others. He
was 10 years of age. When his body
was found he had a young lady under
each arm dead
In Bavaria 13.42 out of every 100
births are Legitimate children; in AUS
tria, 1908; in Denmark, 1893; in
Scotland, S.S7; in Germany, S.75; in
France, 7.2l; in Italy, 7.07; Ia Eng
land, 5.11; in Roumania, 3.43; in Ire
land, 2.36 = IN Greece, las The ex-
cess ineBavaria and Austria is due to
laws prohibiting marriage except to
those with certain income.
In 1875 tin box was fished cut of
the Seine containing more than 500 let
tiers addressed to divers persons in
Paris. This box-set afoat miles above
Paris-had been Theoretically sealed,
nd fcha cd al IL,
that it might catch the current of the
river at every point; but it had failed
to achieve a successful voyage, and laid
at the rivers bottom for years with its
freight of letters for the besieged Paris
ians, some of whom, however, had the
qualification of receiving them five years
after date.
SOME twonnonths ago. SAYS the Prov.
idenee Or. y journal, when the writer
of this article was in Chicago, living
within sight of the Lake Shore Railroad,
he counted one evening eighty-fyes diff
ferent passenger and freight trains
which came in and went out within an
hour. And as he reported his enumera-
ton, friend observed: at seems like
a dreams esOns Christmas Eve, in. 1S4S, 1
came from Michigan City to Chicago,
by the regular conveyance of four
horse stage coach, directly on the route
used by this railroad, and was the only
passenger. The stage coach is laid up
among vanished things, and now, the
lonely passenger of thirty-fve years ago
would take his journey with hundred
or more to bear his company. .~
To Mrs. Langdon of New Hampshire,
whose husband was a member of Con
gress, are the ladies indebted for per-
mission to listen to the debates and pro-
ceedings of that body. They had been
originally excluded from~the galleries.
but when the famous Jay treaty was
brought home,- there were heated de-
bates inYthe9 House for and against its
ratification. One night at a party Mrs.
Langdon expressed her regret to Fisher
Ames of Massachusetts,, that she could
not hear the arguments, especially rhis
speeches. Mr.. Ames CALAMITY replied
that he knew Of no reason why ladies
should MOI, be per1nitted to hear the de-
bates sEThen," said Mrs Langdon,
50 if you will let me know when you next
intend to speak, Twill make upa party
of ladies, and we will 90 and hear you"
1t was done, and theTgalieries have ali
ways since been graced by their presence. !,
A STRONG example Of mothers love
was witnessed recently in the. COURT
room of Muscular, Montana, says the
Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise Mrs. Adele
Tebeau, who, at the advanced age of
near 20 years, this season crossed the
Cour d'Alenes, over rough. rocky trail,
to be present at her daughters trial for
the murder of NJ. NJ Drouillard, is a
regular attendant on the court. She is
tall and stately, and as she daily comes
in and takes her place behind her daugh-
ter, is the bcynosres of al eyes. "A
dramatic scene took place on Monday
when the prisoner was called to answer
the charge against her. She hesitated,
and the-pld lady leaned over and said in
a lowNVoioe, but perfectly audible
throughout the hushed courtroom:
/" Tell the truth, my daughter, if it takes
you to the scaffold!" A thrill of adj
miration passed over the spectators, and
the Judge found it necessary to say
"Mr. Sheriff, keep order in the court. "
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