The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-22
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

A'MAN who caught malaria while i'm
prisoned in a jail at North Adams,
Mass, has sued the town for damages.
A ROCHESTER On. y horse, fright
ened by first sight of railroad train,
trembled violently a few minutes, and
then fell dows dead.
GEN ROGER 4. PRYOR, now a New
York lawyer, has received from Fir-
ginia friend a curious relic of the war.
1t consists of two bullets that evidently
met in the air over some battlefield,
and, happening to strike each other
on their conical points were firmly
wedged together.
CLARENCE G.. HOWARD, said to be an
exemplary young man, and the son of a
respectable citizen of Huntingdon, Long
Island, entered the recent walking
match in New York, but after accom-
plishing seventy-five miles he withdrew,
complaining of sickness of the stomach.
He was taken home and continued to
grow worse, and died from utter ex-
haustion on Saturday morning.
1t has been thought that forks were
used by mankind in eating food at a
very recent period in history. But the
art of eating with fork is proved to be
revival of a very ancient one. The
fork is by no means an invention of
modern times. Lately, in the debris of
the lake-dwelliEgs, forks evidently de-
signed for table use have been discov-
cred. They were made of bone. The
spoon is q still more ancient instrument.
PosTMAsTER-GENER KEY, says
Washington correspondent, " always
has a pleasant word for every body, and
is very generally liked. He is a large,
heavy man. With closely cropped gray
whiskers and hair, round, solid head,
and face which always looks smiling.
He dresses in a very simple manner. A
black frock coat with velvet collar, dark
trousers, low collar with a small bit of
black ribbon TO serve as a necktie, and
rather rusty-looking silk hat make up
his costume
A CANARY bird, which we think is the
only specimen of its kind in Buffalo,
SAYS the Courier, can be seen at the
store of Mr.. Geo. Benzino, 146 William
Street. After long months of patient
training, during which time the bird
was kept in dark place and had GER
tain tune played to him several times a
day, the little singer did actually sue
coed in initiating the familiar melody,
and can now be heard all day singing
this song, very seldom forgetting his
training to fall into the old canary bird
like strain To hear the little bird imi-
tating the long drawn notes of the tune
will be a rare treat to all lovers of bird
music.
A ST. LOUIS quack doctor, who pro-
fessed to cure all diseases through the
help of spirits, bargained to rid a man
of rheumatism for $500. They could
not agree, at first, as to whether the
money should be paid before the recov-
cry or afterward. The quack finally
proposed that the. $500 be placed in a
sealed envelope and kept for II days by
third person. Then, if the patient
was well, il should be given to the doc
tor, but, if he was still i'll, it should be
returned to him. The dupe readily
agreed to this; but, when the time was
up, and be had as much rheumatism as
ever, he tore open the envelope and
found IN it only scraps of worthless pa
per. The doctor was arrested.
ENGLISH farmers will derive small
comfort from the report on American
competition which Messrs. Read and
Pell are preparing for the Royal Com
mission of Agriculture. They affirm
that the resources of the United States
for supplying England with food are
receiving every day a new development,
both in the extension of agricultural
enterprise and in the facilitation of
transport. Mr.. Gladstone suggested
some time ago that the farmers should
turn their attention to raising fruit, veg
etables, poultry, eggs, and butter, but
the Echo apprehends that even in this
limited field they will be outdone by
foreign competition. In that case moth
ing will avail them but universal re-
duction of rents.
A RECENT visitor to a great North
German country house writes: "The
great feature of the day is dinner Cat 2
or 81, when the food is of that frightfully
substantial kind wherein the German
nation excels. The length of the meal
on the occasion of party is appalling,
and it is apt to be taken for rudeness if
a guest IS unable 10 do ample justice to
every dish. After their coffee the gen
tlemen play a hand of long whist for
small points, while the ladies, left to
themselves, knit, talk, play, and sing.
At about or there is supper, and to-
ward 10 the guests depart. Some of
the more undetermined people are be-
ginning to shorten these wearisome en-
tertainments, but they are still carried
out to the fullest extent in the country"
l., So.
girls One of the chief is near Rouen,
which is said TO have been begun with
capital of one franc, by Sister of
Charity and two little discharged prison
girls, and to be now worth 100000.
The establishment has 800 girls, from
six to Is. The farm, entirely cultivated
bv them, is over 400 acres in extent.
TWENTY-FIVE Sisters form the staff of
teachers. More than one medal of the
French Agricultural Society has been
awarded to this establishment at Darn
etal, and the pupils are in great demand
all over Normandy on account of their
skill. They go out as stewards, garden
erS, farm managers, dairy women and
laundresses. Each girl has, on leaving,
an outfit and small sum of money,
earned in spare hours. If they want
home they can always return to Darn
etal, which they are taught to regard as
home.
THE condition of Italy Just now is
sad. The harvest was altogether de-
ficient; the Indian corn, on which a
large part of the population mainly de-
ponds for food, was almost total fail
ure; the potatoes are diseased and very
hnh nnd Aaar. the chesnnts which are