The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-05-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

spent by Baroness Burdett-Coutts "a es-
tablishing homes for the destitr. &c. etc.
An eminent physician o ace wrote
this prescription for patient suffering
from imaginary ills; 81 80 something
for somebody
Bushels of sevlnteeu-vear locusts
were. unearthed ~ Peter Werlich, of
North Lebanon. Pa, while blowing in
an old orchard, recently, the sod of
which he'd not been disturbed for many
years.
1t is difficult in China to say to what
religion, man belongs, as the same per-
son may profess two or three, The En-
peror himself, after sacrificing accord
ing TO the ritual of Confucius, visits
Ta.S-sse temple and afterward bows be-
fore an image of Fo in u Buddhist
chapel.
The SIaster or Hindoo Bible, for
bids woman to see dancing, hear mu-
sic, wear Jewels, blacken her eyebrows,
eat dainty food, sit at & window, or view
herself at 3 mirror, during the absence
of her husband; and 1t allows him to di-
vOrce her if she has no sons, Injuries his
property, scOlds him, Guarrels with an
other wenan, or presumes to eat before
he has finished his meal.
"A four-year-old girl lately made the
journey across the continent to San
Francisco alone. She was a self-reEant
little traveller and was inclined to re-
sent any intimation that she could not
care for herself. She was, however,
taken in charge by the conductors, in
accordance with q request written on
her ticket. Her mother had died in the
East and she sought her father
Near the village of Dubno, province
of ladimir, Russia, number of dogs
attacked woman and tore her to pieces.
A peasant, who happened to see the
woman struggling with the Infatuated
dogs, and who tried to save her, was
nearly killed himself. He was rescued
by the combined efforts of seven peas
ants. These dogs belong to a rich man
who takes a barbaric pleasure in keep
ing the peasants in dread of them.
There is in Hart County, Ky,
what Is known as the "Sun-down
Spring" 1t is said that the water OF
this spring flows necessarily during the
dav in a stream the size of a mans arm,
but as the sun nears the western horizon
it grows perceptibiy less, making pc
culiar sound, heard at a distance OF
fifty feet, and then, Just TO the minute
the sun sets, stops running. This phe-
nomenOn occurs daily.
"A convict escaped from an Alabama
prison with ball and chain attached to
one leg. He carried the irons in his
arms until he came to a river, when he
sat down to file them off. His pursuers
came up, and he was compelled to
choose between surrender and the for
lOrn hope of swimming the stream with
the weight. He decided upon the latter
and plunged into the water. Although
he was powerful swimmer, and had a
plank to buoy him, he was drowned.
&c Old Alexander" better known
throughout the New England States as
the Wandering jew" has been thrown
into Middlebury jail for attempting to
fire the house of the Town-farm Master
in Cornwall, where he was kept as a
town charge He is a ScOtchman. aged
eighty-three, and a graduate of Edin-
burgh University, with fine education
and retentive memory. For over fifty
five years he has tramped about, APP
pearing once a year in Vermont, and
disappearing as suddenly as he came,
and he has been a mystery to all. He
is over six feet tail and has voice
which, when he is displeased, sounds
like the roar of a lion.
Jasper James Cargill, a student in
the CalifOrna College, at MendOcinO,
made a heavy wager that he could walk
and run tJt miles in six days. lie be-
lieved ha he plan usually adopted by
pedestrians, that of doing their utmost
during the first twenty hours, was a
mistake, because it brought about ex-
haustion at the beginning of the journey.
His time table was for an even hundred
miles every day. He proved a wonder
full walker, and apparently demonstrated
the soundness of his theory. On each
of the first four days he covered exactly
100 miles, in an average of twenty
hours On the fifth day. however, he
fell i'll, and was compelled to stop. He
intends to repeat the experiment.
Fifty wears ago Commodore Patter-
son, commander of the naval forces of
the Uni ed States in Louisiana, led an
expedition against Jean Latitte, the
Chief of Barataria Island, attacked the
500 men found there and captured the
seven small vessels which were drawn
up in miniature battle array. 1t has
been thought in New Orleans that La
fitte was a freebooter and pirate, and
many sensational stories of his advent
ures have been published. The Plea
y,lne has discovered among the dusty
records of the United States District
Court an account of the libel proceed
ings brought by Daniel T. Patterson
and George T. Ross, the commanders
of the naval and military forces of the
United States, containing evidence that
LATTE made his captures under the
arthagenian nag and was in commune
cation with Carthagenia.