The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-11-11
MISCELLANEOUS.
The latest fashionable slang in En-
gland is "ghastly jolly"

The latest fashionable slang in En-
gland is 'ghastly jolly"
"A ten-year-old boy was overtaken
by train on railroad bridge at Port
land, Oregon. There was no room to
stand aside, and the gorge below was
very deep. Seeing cross beam fifteen
feet underneath, he leaped for 1t,
grasped it with his arms, and hung there
until rescued with a noosed rope.
As a Canandaigua, n. Y. mother
was about to strike her little daughter,
who she thought merited a whipping,
the Newfoundland dog of the family
caught the menacing arm in his mouth,
but did not bite. The father coming in
at that moment made pretense of pun
ishing the child when his arm was ar
rested the same way
The natives of Senegal regard vi
pers with superstitious respect. They
allow the venomOus reptiles to breed in
their huts and even to occupy their
beds. A French naturalist having
killed viper in Senegal, the people
sprang upon him and would have killed
him but for the interference of their
Chief
Whole dresses of seal-skin are made
for young English lady of rank who is
to spend the winter in Russia. One of
these garments is cut en- princesse,
lined with brown silk and trimmed
down the front with frogs of brown and
amber cord. The train is caught back
with cords and gold and amber and old
Flanders point are the ornaments.
There is in London dogs board
| lighthouse, where canine pets may be
sent to be taken care of during the alb
sence of their. owners from town. A
lady sent her dog to board there while
| she was abroad and so attached did he
become to the house and his fellow
boarders that since her return and his
reinstatement in his old quarters he has
called on the other dogs regularly
every Sunday afternoon.
Joe Magee, a hunter, lives at Stone
ham, Pa, in the oil region. The other
day he went to look for deer. He had
killed one and was strolling along slow
/ ", when all at once he was startled and
surprised at hearing something come
tearing through the bushes toward him.
/ He had no time to calculate on what
was coming, for, before he could raise
his gun, big buck jumped over some
/ bushes and landed not ten feet away
from him. The deer then saw the man
for the first time and endeavored to
turn his course. In doing so he STUN
bled and partially fell. Mr.. Magee,
who is a strong, active man, being too
close to the animal to shoot, stabbed
the barrel of the gun into his side, just
back of his fore legs and the deer fell
dead almost instantly. Magee said he
did not expect to kill the animal and
stabbed him with the gun more in self
defense than anything else. The rifle
barrel, being small, passed through the
deer's skin and probably penetrated his
heart.
The other day gawky youth and
pretty lass were seen driving slowly
and with apparent hesitation down the
main street in Lexington, Ga. When
their wagon reached the public square
the lad gave the reins to his companion
and, leaping from his seat, cautiously
approached a bystander. To the by
stander Mr.. Gunnells for the embar-
raised youth proved to De person of
that nancy said in shaky and impress
sively confidential tone: where's the
place in Lexington boys get-get-mar-
ried at?" The bystander told Mr. Gun
nells the way to Justice Gilham's office.
"Where can fellow buy shirt?'
asked the countryman of Justice Gil
ham after the latter had supplied him
with license. The information was
given and Mr. Gunnells invested largely
in linen. explaining that he was going
to Atlanta on a wedding trip and would
want change. In his turn the dry
goods dealer was called upon to show
the couple the way to the parsons, and
the knot having been tied the strange
pair drove out with considerable more
dash than had been shown at theil
entry.