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The Story Of q Pearl

Arsene Houssaye writes from Paris to
the New York Tribune: Here is a pretty
story which has been quietly told so long
that think il time to tell it to you aloud.
A certain jeweler has pink pearl which
is the joy of all eyes, but never goes into
the world. Why does it dwell in perpe-
tuity in the showcase of the jewelery
There is in Paris lady of shadOwy fame
who thinks herself woman of the world
because she is very pretty and has court
Of suitOr5. Her means of existence are not
known. She came out one fine day from
Poland, saying that her husband was a
prisoner In Siberia. She is still young,
and bears his absence gally. When aman
is dead in love with her she does not say,
like celebrated actress, ''If you love me
Jump out of the window" but she tells
you, "If you love me so much, give me
the only thing L want on earth. 1t is an
Incompatible pink pearl which l have
seen at a jewelers., for which | thirst like
Cleopatra" She takes her lover TO the
jeweler. He is himself charmed with this
wonder, which seems to have fallen from
the breast of Venus after having rested
there little longer than the other pearls.
How could so beautiful woman be de-
MED thing so beautifully Especially as the
pink pearl costs only ten thousand francs.
No man dead in love could refuse it, espe-
cially as the jeweler accepts check as
readily as the cash. So the pearl is bought.
A few days afterward the ardent aspirant
is astonished to miss it from the lady's
neck. "Ah," she says to him, 81 have
written to India to order one like it, and
then shall have two pendants worthy OF
a queen. Please keep my secret till have
them BOTH"
And while she is thus talking to one, she
is saying in the strictest confidence to an
other, "My friend, if you really love me
so much, do me favor. There is pink
pearl at my jeweler's worth at least 100 600
francs, which he would give me for 10, 900,
but my dresses have cost me so much that
have nothing on hand for jewels. Help
me buy this, which is indispensable to my
happiness" She leads him to the shop
like lamb to the slaughter. SIS it not of
the lovliest Orient? Old Homer's Aurora
never sprinkled finer ones among the roses
which he scattered from her fingers"
Naturally the second does as the first,
captured by the poetry and the mirage of
the thing. 1t is always the same with the
third, the fourth, and the fifth. "Above
all, keep nv secret till the other comes
from India" Giving pearl like this to a
woman is notlike giving money. Its un-
hooking star from the sky; iJ is cutting
a rose in the caliph's garden. This whole
little comedy is so well managed that each
simpleton imagines his gift privilege.
Who would not be happy TO give delight
to those beautiful blue eyes, full OF poetic
dreams?
So that, in short, since she has been in
Paris, how often do you imagine that the
jeweler has sold his pink pearl? Twenty
one times. Total, 100000 francs; which
the noble Polander from the ancient PO-
land has levied on the love of her neigh
hOr
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-08-05
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"Do YOU like Goldfish balls, Mr.. wig
gins?' Mr.. Virgins, hesitatingiy-
really don't know don't recoliect al
tending one"
How to tell a good horse: Stand IN
tront of his shoulder and pull DIS heAu
down gently till the ear is at the lever oi
your hp. Then tell him.
The gardener who hung an old coat out
TO frighten birds away, and Afterwards
found young brood in one of the pock-
cts, wants another remedy.
A SAN Francisco rum-seller was con-
vinced of the degradation of his business
when his daughter, eleven years old, got
drunk and was arrested.
A WAC, seeing 8 door nearly of its
hinges. in which condition 1t had been
some time, observed that when u had fall
en- and killed some one it would probably
be hung.
ONE of the saddest commentaries on
our hoasted civilization is the fact that,
while from eight to ten million pounds OF
tobacco are raised annually in this country,
the editors of the By7snss1ickcr have 10 Dny
all they use.-Br1mss0icksr.
A LADY, being asked by gentleman 20
be his wife, wrote the word "stripes,,
and stated that the letters OF the woru
could be translated into the answer.
He finally studied out "persist, ,-Wnat
every woman wants her lover TO do'
TEE Chicago Times reports that the first
lady lawyer admitted 10 the oar IA Ohio
has lust cot her first client. The client Is
very Youthful, and is the legitimate result
of Successful courting. The doctor says
she is doing as well as could be expeetedi
but what does he know about lawI
"MIss SMITH, may ask the time" said
Sprig last evening. Lady consults her
dummy watch. "Certainly, Mr.. Sprlg-
let me see-about, / should say about
time TO 90 home" Sprig inserts his head
into his tile with an emphasis, and bids
Miss Smith good-evening with jerk.
A WOMAN will reach up and pull at a
window-sash for few seconds quite good
naturedly, but when it doesn' come down
and she turns around and sees her nus
band looking comfortably on, she mentally
asks herself, "Is civilization a failureP'
and wades for him.
A PASSAGE in the Turkish Scriptures
reads as follows: "Take care that your
final account shall be settled before you
die. Undergo here your Indictment ana
your trial. Pass on yourself just sentence
and punishment. Then will you pass into
the future without further chastisement
or fear"
The audience at French theater is neT-
er troubled by tall hats worn by ladies'.
The following notice was posted up In
conspicuous position, and proved to be
yery effective: "The manager requests
that all good looking ladies will remove
their hats for the accommodation OF the
rest of the audience. The aged, the bald,
and the plain are not expected to comply
with this request"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-08-05
A Sorry Honeymoon.

A fashionable young lady at Syracuse,
Y. Y, is the last victim to foreign-sOund-
ing title and nOble-blOOded preUensiOns.
A Frenchman some time since took up his
quarters in Syracuse. He was pOmpOus
with trunks and luggage, and foreign with
whiskers and speech. He called himself
Edwardus. That name ought to have
kept him out of all society, unless he had
an unquestionable Introduction, which
Edwardus had not. He said he was
French baron and very rich and OF proud
family. That was enough. All doors
flew open, and Edwardus became sort OF
touenstOne of society. Those who had
not the honor of entertaining him were
nobodies. He drove in a fine carriage,
too, which had its moral and social effect.
Effie Mitchell was pretty girl Of l6, re-
spectacle, and all that, but not noble. She
thought she was doing very splendid
thing when she married Edwardus the
the other day. Her respectable but pie
beian parents had no sort of doubt that
Edwardus was all right as French
baron. He was expecting over two hum
dred thousand dollars-pocket-mOney-
from his ancestral estate in France every
day. He had already purchased hne
place at Baldwinsville, so he said, and
thither he started with his beautiful young
wife one day. He did not go to Baldwins-
vile. 1t was soon found out that he had
no princely seat in Baldwinsyille, that his
carriage and horses were livery stock, that
he never paid any hotel bill, and that he
had borrowed good deal of money from
his society friends, and among his credi-
tors was Mr.. Patton, his wife's uncle.
Whittier the couple has flown now be
came matter of lively interest. Mitchell
and Patton started in pursuit. They
finally found Edwardus and wife in a
Cleveland hotel living happily. Their
loves young dream was disturbed, and
Edwardus was arrested on charge OF oo-
tanning money under false pretenses and
taken back to Syracuse TO answer. he
still sticks to it that he is a baron, though
titles are not tolerated in France now;
that his barony was in Casselley, but he
Acknowledges that it was never worth any
money that he knew of. All the capital
he had was nobility of pure Gallic strain.
1t became worthless in his own country,
so he came here to make it count for some
thing. He had done it and felt justified.
His creditors are trying opay themselves
out OF Edwardus' trunks, while the French
baron is behind the bars in Syracuse.
None of his old friends consent to go ms
bail, and when Edwardus leaves oyracu:s' l:'I
for other scenes and pastures new, s... ne VII
be pretty will plucked Of his me Iedeners; sii
His young wife still believes In hin'' aSu
that's right.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-08-05
An Unfortunate Clerical Error, Result
ing in Suicide.

A Washington special to the Chicago
Tribune says: A very curious case has
been discovered at the Treasury Depart
ment by the examination of some old ac-
counts. A few days ago an officer OF the
War Department received notice from the
Treasury that there was balance OF ST.
600 in his favor on an old account. This
officer knew no such balance was due him,
and caused an examination OF the origin
of the account to be made. The discovery
was then made that, by an error in ac-
counting many years ago, this amount had
been deducted from the account of an Off
Ger in another department. where it prob
ably belonged, and credited to this officer
of the War Department. This discovery
explains a very lamentable suicide which
occurred about the time this original error
was made. The officer from whose ac-
count this sum had been wrongly deduct
ed was charged with a defalcation OF that
amount. He was not able to prove his in
| nOcence, and took his own life. The ac-
counts are said to clearly show that the
suicide is due TO the criminal error OF some
clerk in the war days.
OK Ascension Day there was horrible
row in Jerusalem between some Greek
and Armenian priests who had been al
lowed by the Latins to make use Of a
chapel built over what is believed to be
the Saviour's footprint. The quarrel arose
on question of precedence, and ended In
fight. The priests went at it ''tooth
and nall" fighting up and down the
sacred edifice with such fury that they had
/ TO be separated by Turkish soldiers. Two
/ Greek priests were wounded, and one OF
the soldiers, in trying to restore peace,
lost his eye. The Mussulmen population
look upon these sectarian shindies al
Jerusalem as peculiar illustrations of the
brotherly love which is the distinguishing
mark of their Christian fellow-subjects.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-08-05
The Picture Of Dependence.

A farmer born upon Georgia soil, was
rocked in a Northern cradle, fed With
Northern medicines from Northern
made spoon, until after eating sufficient
quantity of Northern provision, he grew
TO be large enough to wear Northern
made clothing made from the cotton that
grew on his fathers farm. He was then
taught in Northern-made books until he
arrived at sufficient maturity to enable
him to use a Northern ak to cut hickory
growing near his own door to ship to
have made into helves, spokes, etc. After
which he plOwed the ground with a
Northern-made plOw, and wiped the per-
spiration from his brow with New I 0rk
handkerchief. Often he would sigh that
he had not brought along Connecticut
umbrella to shade his head that was cover
ed with a Cincinnati hat from the South
ern sun. He chopped his cotton with
Northern hoe, ginned it with Northern
gin, threShed his wheat with an Ohio ma
chine, and either tied it up in Northern
bags, or hooped it with Pennsylvania iron
and hauled it to market in a Connecticut
wagon in exchange for Northern-made
goods.
The Georgia housewife cooked with an
ALBANY stove, dressed herself and family
in Northern-made goods, read a Northern
bible, and sung her praises from New
England hymn book, while Boston or
gan harmonized the soul. She combed
he hair with a Northern comb, aided by a
Northern mirror that casts no false retiec-
tons, while she stood upright in Massa-
chusetts shoes, at times glancing at her
better half who reads New York paper
through Philadelphia spectacles, about a
road that led to fortune by an easy cut,
both surrounded by scores of articles di-
rect from the hub of the universe and the
land of isms.
Years rolled on and old father Time
with a Northern scythe came along and
cut them down before they were ripe IN
years, and they were shrouded in clothes
made by a Northern machine out OF
Southern material, laid in Cincinnati cOf.
lin, without even possessing life insur-
ance policy in a New Jersey company,
and buried in grave dug with Northern
spades, with perhaps not even Northern
monument TO eulogiZe their virtues.
Look around, on reader, and see what
was made at the north, and shudder at
your impending dOOm.-DGIton (Ga.) En-
tsrprIss.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-08-05

know where they were when in uniami-
liar waters. Ofcourse.there is no limit to
distance In using them. as repeating sta
tions can easily be established and convey
the messages even across continent.
The new system, if it works with the sue
cess claimed for it, will create revolution
in the transmission of news. Its cheap
ness is obvious at once. 1t requires little
outfit, no right of way, no expensive ap-
paratus, and no heavy expenses of opera
tien. Air and light are free to every body,
and there seems to be no possible way in
which it can be interfered with or in
which it can get out of order. While it
will not do away with the necessities of
the electric telegraph entirely, and proba-
bly, can only be made to work where there
are no Intervening objects, yet its possibil-
tiles are almost innumerable. Chicago
T1-ib9lge
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-08-05
A Murder Committed Thirty-Eight
Years Ago Just Brought to Light.

The Havana (Ill.) Clarion, of July 9,
SAWS: MANY of our citizens distinctly re-
collect the mysterious disappearance OF
stranger who was stopping at the " Harv."
Ross Hotel, in this city some 3S years ago.
The circumstances as related by many OF
our Oldest and most reliable titlZens ABOUT
the mystery are substantially as follows:
Some time in August, 1887, man on
horseback arrived at the Ross Hotel and
registered his name John Miller. He was
a man of about 40 years of age and OF
Scotch descent. He stated that he was
making trip through the county with a
view of purchasing some land, as he had
some money that he wished to invest In
Western lands. His stay was prolonged
at the hotel on account Of an attack OIL
chills and fever. which was no uncommon
thing in those days. The weather being
yerv warm and the hotel badly ventilated,
he, with other boarders, frequently slept
in barn near the hotel.
On or about the 25th of August, 1881, ne
retired as usual in the barn TO avoid an
oppressive heat and spend the night In
sweet repose and perhaps to dream Of the
dear ones at home, but the morning llght
revealed his vacant couch. MIR. Miller
was not to be found in his ''little bed"
nor had he made his appearance at the hor
| tel. Search was instituted, but no tidlngS
was heard of him. His horse, saddle
and bride being in the barn convipced all
persons that there was something very
mysterious about his sudden disappearance
and certain parties were suspiciOned of his
murder, but the circumstances were not
strong enough to convict them at that
time. His sudden disappearance has re-
manned mystery ever since until to-day,
| saturday, July 3, 1879.
The old hotel and barn were destroyed
by fire many years ago, and the lot on
which the barn was situated is now va
cant, dreary SIND bank. The recent rains
having washed quite a large amount CT
sand from the spot where the barn stood
a CHASTITY skeleton was revealed which had
| been buried beneath the barn. 1t was dis
covered by Mr.. Andrus, who communicate
ed the fact to some friends who visited the
premises and the skeleton was removed
to the Havana Infirmary where it was ex-
amined by Drs. Reese and Stuart. and 9TH
er eminent medical and scientific gentle
men. A long cash or wound was found
on the right side of the skull extending
through the frontal and parietal bones
which was undoubtedly inflicted with
| hatchet, ak, or some such weapon. IL
was also ascertained from the state of dis
| intergatiOn of the Osseous structure that
! it must have been under ground for many
years. The circumstances leave no doubt
in the minds of the citizens here that NJ.
Miller was murdered, robbed and buried
beneath the barn, and that the parties sus-
picioned at the time of his mysterious dis
appearance are the murderers. Its stated
that they are still living, and measures
will be taken to bring them to justice.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-08-05

CLEANSING PICTURE FRAMEs.-Black
walnut frames will become dry and rusty
looking. They may be renewed by first
brushing thoroughly with stiff brush to
remove dust and then apply pure linseed
oil, with a proper brush in the absence OF
a brush, piece of new bleached muslin
will answer the purpose.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-08-05

A PUPIL at the Carrollton School has an.
swered TO 1900 roll-calls-never been
tardy- once during a period OF foul
years and half This is record TO which
he can point with pride when in after-year'
he saws wood for the statesmen who are
now stupid and truant boys at the samt
school, .-BY7tasS1ieker,
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CHARMS.
BYcARL SPENCER.

By CARL SPENCER.
know a word Of power 10 smite
Inc armies Of embattled wrong;
Like driven leaves go down the strong,
Before the matckless name Of Right.
know word Whcrcwith % one
All pris0n-dOors in any land;
A spell that freesh heart and hand
II is the blessed name Of Hope.
And one that, said above the dust,
Can wake the beauty sleeping there:
'ris that whereby the earth Is fair
The lowly, tender name Of Trust.
And one there Is can tighten bell,
u is the dearest name above;
All power Is In the name Of Love.
Her Watchmen answer, All is we'll
Who knoweth these shall work his will.
It's he shall bind the spoiler Fate;
For him doth sorrows secret wait,
And blooms the hidden heart Of III.
My soul hath given all to buy,
For these she cOunteth loss but gain:
With these she shall outweary pain,
And shall outwatch eternity.
And lightly shall she conquer Death;
BIC hees before the immortal race,
With such a glory in the face,
And such rapture on the breath.
Christian Union
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EUROPE has 100000 of soldiers all
ready for fighting, with ZOO cannon and
1,250,0 of horses its united fleets con-
sist of 2.039 vessels, manned by 2SO,OOO
sailors, and carrying 1900 guns. The
cost of these immense armamentsis S56O,-
100000 annually, three-fitths OF the
amount being consecrated 10 the armies
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-08-05

THE difference between the cook and her
lover is, the one cooks the meat and the
other meets the cook.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-10-15

a benefit as the .ssample-rooms" in the
neighborhood enjoyed was thing to be
recorded with white stone in their re-
spectiye Histories.
WHAT ABOUT TIP
Well, who knows? The Significance
ofthe contest seems to dwindle now,
that-as they say at the corner Of Vine
and Fourth-it has "transpired." Its
true inwardness, after all, Is not very
considerable. Hayes. is Governor and
drops out of training for the Presidency,
which is an item tor Pendleton; but
OHIO has dropped out OF Pendleton,
which is an item against. The, chance
Of Wash. Mclean realizing his vision of
making President and running an ad-
ministration-with q private bung-hole
bored into the under side Of the treas
ury-puncheon--is palpably attennuated.
1t was bad thing tor Pendleton when
Wash. put him in training for the Presi-
dency on the greenback diet. He was
not adapted to the regimen. But
what does it tell on the side Sof
solvencyf Very little. The issue
being equivocai, impure, in the nature
|oi things, Is the result. The affnities
and the gravities, the practfcaDilities and
the impractieabilities OF material things
have their equivalents In other domains
OF the phenomenal. The axiom that it is
impossible to make whistle out Of the
tinality of familiar domestic animal is
az true In politics as 1t is In mechanics.
II cause and effect were not inexorably
linked together, the world would be no
sale place of residence; ard hence 1t
must follow that the Discrimination with
which the Republican party entered into
the late canvass will, in due time, work
out its appropriate consequences. In
the long run, it would have been better
for the party--to say notning about the
princlple--to. have been beaten on a
square issue, than to have gained VIC
tory which, measured by the standard OF
the principle, is inglori0us. SIRIUS.
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The Black Dszth.

A learned writer speaking OF the dis.
ease known as sthe black death,1 says:
I"Ihe black death OF 1348 must have been
the same which, coming from Asia, raw
aged Italy, killed the Laura Petrarch,
and was the theme Of the famous Decam-
eron OF Boccaccio, that is to say, Of the
one hundred novels told In ten days by a
party Of ladies and gentlemen in q Villa
near Florence. 1t was a terrible pesti-
lence, which is said to have spread from
India over all the country westward Of
it, and reached England in 134S, where
It destroyed immense numbers of che in
habitants, so that it was computed that
in London no more than one In ten sur
viyed the mortality. This shock
ing distemper continued so long that the
common cemeteries were mot large
enough to receive. the dead bodies.
Many thousands we're buried in the en-
virons OF the Charter House. Boccaeci0
asserts in his preface 70 mis- Decameron
tnat in Florence alone the distemper
carried away some one hundred thou-
sand soulsp
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A POEM BY norHERwEIL.


scrfbner for October contains the following
hitherto unpublished poem, by VIM. Mother
well, the author OF "Jeanie MOrris0ns
Unmeet for me this gilded book.
r. Unmeet for me this tinsePd toy.
Where all on which the eye may look
Breathes hope and JOY.
Twill not then blot its fair page
With any saddening strain Of mino;
Twill come too soon with coming age
When good hearts pine.
will not speak of.that dark cloud
Which gr0weth with mans growing years
Weaving Tor hope winding shroud
OF signs or tears,
Nor Will say how hearts are torn,
Inch after inch, day after day,
As all the dreamings OF life's morn
Vanish away.
Nor how the high and generous mind,
With every God-like impulse fraught,
Pursued by rancorous fate will find
Its great aims naught
will not speak OF hearts that break
In secret without sign or sigh,
That scorn to mourn rs they forsake
This world to die.
once have felt as these do feel,
Whose sunny thoughts herein arc written
am heart-smitten.
And therefore 'tls unmeet for me-
This gilded book, this tinsel'd toy,
Where all breathes of young life and glee,
Bright hope, young Joy.
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That poor old vagabond, fallen from MS
high estate, gave II 70 me. IL is q way
bread has OF coming back upon tho
waters after many DAYS, II the slgnor
wents to pay me 5000 for IT.. we will
compass the other 500 by ourselves, and
you shall go to Italy,"
And, the next morning, signor Paz.
zani went out with the little black fiddle
tucked under his arm, and MIR. Brooks
went to the city with linn to secure Jes-
sizes passage in the next steamer that
sailed for foreign shores. And the little
fiddle had some share In 10, after all.
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EASTERN DEMOCRATS who hardly knew
whether to hope for Aliens election or
defeat are now in dilemma, not know
ing whether to rejoice or feels They
regretted a check to the Democratic sue
cesses that were everywhere visible, but
could not reconcile themselves to seeing
the currency fallacy made one Of the
principles Of their party. Taken alto
gether-the business interest Of the
country as well as the political phases
of the situation-they rather like 1t as it
stands.