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A French Story about Americans.

We have just heard frightful story, the
hero OF which is now in Paris. Three
months ago rivalry in love existed be-
tween two merchants of New York, MIR.
Fergus MacClellan, domiciled at 43 Broad
Street, and Samuel ODeary, living at 40
Wall Street. Both were paying attention
to young girl whose name we feel bound
TO suppress. One day, without Notifying
either of her lovers, she suddenly left
New. York. Despair united the two
enemies, who resolved to set out together
in search of the fugitive, and to have an
explanation with revolvers when she was
found. One started for Europe, the other
searched in America. Six weeks ago the
former learned that Miss - was with
her father in, Calcutta. He Loyalty ad
vised his rival by telegraph, and proposed
to him the following arrangement, which
was accepted: They would play game
of checkers by sending the moves by
TRANSATLANTIC cable, the stakes to be the
life of one of the players. The game was
begun, and lasted nine days. Mr.. Mac
Clellan, who remained in America, has
just lost the game. Day before yesterday
a dispatch Informed Mr.. O'Deary that
MacClellan had blown his brains osf. Mr..
0 Deary leaves for Calcutta to-day. It re
mains to be seen whether the young girl,
the stake in this mortal game, will have
any thing 10 do with the victor.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-07-08
The Natives OF the NicObars.

Charged with friendly message from
one of the Port Blair officials, and duly
laden with gift of wheaton loaves, Iap-
preached the principal house of "Capt.
London" a good-natured, drink-craving
Nancowrie, who supplies cocoanuts to
the traders. On this occasion he is dress
ed like an admiral from the waist TO the
hat, but like savage below. Each house
is raised from six to eight feet high on
poles, so placed below high water mark
that the tide acts as the general purifier.
A platform, half way up, forms the store
house of cocoanuts, uncoOked pandanus,
cocoanut-shells, polished quite black and
containing water, hencoOps, and odds and
ends. Here the housewife daily feeds the
fowls, pigs and dogs. The elevated house
is dome-shaped, and carefully thatched
with palm leaves 10 resist the heavy rains
and winds. 1t j. reached by a ladder or
trunk of tree, which can be drawn up
when necessary. l was preparing to
ascend the ladder to pay visit of cere-
mony to the lady members Of the family,
when two of them presented themselves
at the top in so primitive state that 1t
needed all the hOspitable encouragement
of the d" Captain to induce me TO push
my head up into the family sleep
ing=place through the square
hole in the floor. The house was filed
with smoke from the fireplace right Oppo-
site this doorway, 80 that the eye had
hardly become familiarized TO the dark
ness when the effect of the green wood
smoke called forth copious tears. Wepre-
Sent our lady friends to our readers in veTy Y
different garments from that hOmely suit
from which they received our party.
With the old woman and young wife We
managed to exchange ideas through Hin
dostanee, aided occasionally by the head
of the household himself, who, remaining
bPl. W, was frequently appealed to by
b 9TH the ladies and their visitor to act as
interpreter. The house, to which there
is no chimney, had with this exception all
the cleanly and tidy appearance of we'll
kept Highland shanty. A mat of pandan-
US fiber is placed at the doorway. On
either side of the cooking-place are tile
black nishojc, already described, or water
shells. Either side of the entrance Is
adorned with large jaws and tusks of pigs,
of which the housewife is duly proud.
All round are spears, boxes, and mats, SO
that only the center of the floor Is ayaila.
BILE for squatting or sleeping. Most prom
inent of all is hle-siZe wooden image OF
images. sometimes representing q man
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-07-08
Logging on the Nile.

Charles d. Warner writes in & Pass
Ing the Cataract of the Nile,"
in the atlantic Monthly: As We
watch, almost breathless, the strain on
the ropes, look! there is man in the tu-
multuous rapids before us swiftly coming
down as if to his destruction. Another
one follows and then another, till there
are halt dozen men and boys in this
ieopardy-this situation of certain death
to any body not made OfcOrk. And the sin
gular thing about it is that the men are
seated upright, sliding down the shining
water like boy, who has no respect for
his trousers, down sand-bank. As they
dash past US, we see that each is seated
on round log about five feet long; some
of them sit upright with their legs on the
log, displaying the sO'es of their feet,
keeping the equilibrium with their hands.
THESE are smooth, Shiny logs, that a
white man would find it difficult to sit on
If they were on shore, and in this water
they would turn with him only once the
log would 90 one way and the man anOth-
er. But these fellows are in no fear of the
rocks below they easily guide their barks
out of the rushing floods, through the
whirlpOols and eddies, into the slack
shore water in the rear of the boat, and
stand up like men and demand back
sheesh. These logs are popular ferry
boats on the Upper Nile. L have seen a
woman crossing the river on one, her
clothes in basket, and the basket on her
head, and the Nile is nowhere an easy
stream TO SWiu
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Queen Victoria and Her Faithful High.
lander.

A correspondent of the San Francisco
Newsletter, now in England, writes: "Many
anecdotes are told concerning the rela-
tionship which exists between our honor
ed lady the Queen and her faithful servant,
John Brown. Some of these must of
course be taken with grain of salt, but
the following, believe, can be relied up
on: Johns affection for her Majesty is very
great. 1t was Prince Albert who first
took the man, simply because he was
straightforward and extremely indepen-
dent. John never alters his broad Scotch
tongue to please any one, not even royal
" Itself. The queen was once getting set
tied cozily upon her little Highland pony.
The animal being small and the roads
dusty, it became necessary to tuck up her
riding habit with pin. John Brown
was performing this Office, when suddenly.
20, DEAR exclaimed her Majesty, you
nave pricked me, Brown Your Males
ty should wear mair claes, then,' was
Johns reply. Brown was presently after
sent in to fetch a certain mantle which the
Queen described. John brought a much
thicker one. Brown said the Queen,
that isn't the one at ALL Its just this
and nae ither, your Majesty said John,
buckling it behind the saddle; ken mair
about the weather than you,' and the
Queen submitted like child"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-07-08
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Red CLOUD parts his hair in the middle.
-BostOH Post. And how does he part
other peoples hair?
The st. Paul PSoassy-P Press doesn't al
ways see things through a glass, darkly.
IL dennes a holocaust as 4" something
used TO make an article on the burning Of
horse-barn read sort o. high-toned."
How old is that bovg, asked the
Judge. II understand that he was born
in 1861 of his aunt" answered the attOr-
ney. "Ahi Then his father is his un-
cle," said the Judge. "NO; that isl
mean" and then the attorney explained
AND now they've been insulting con-
sui of ours in China. after all the nice
obituaries the young Emperor and the
Aleute got in this country. As Da~iel
Webster would remark, Let us arise and
strew the shining shores of the vast Orient
with fragments of broken China.
A LADY returning from an improbable
visit to church; declared that = when she
saw the shawls on those Smiths, and then
thought of the things her own poor girls
had to wear, if it wasn't for the cOnsOla-
ton of religion she did not know what
she should do"
A STORY is told OF an auctioneer who
was provokingly annoyed while in the ex-
ercise of his profession by the ludiCrouS
bids of fellow whose object seemed to
be to make sport for the buyers, rather
than himself to buy. At length, enraged
beyond endurance, the knight of the ham
mer, looking around the room for a cham
pion to avenge his wrongs, fixed his eyes
upon biped of huge dimensions, very
monarch in strength, and cried out, - Mar
low. what shall give you TO put that fel-
low out?" 6 1 take one fife-dsllar bill"
"DOnei done! you shall have it." As
suming the feroeious, knitting his brOwS,
spreading his nostrils like a lions, and
putting on the wolf all over his head and
shoulders, old NARROW strobe off to the
aggressor. and seizing the terrified wretch
by the collar, said to him in a whisper
that was heard all over the room. I" My
good frin, you 90 out nit me, | give you
half the money!" "DOnel done - says
the fellow. "Hurraht hurrahl'' shouted
the audience. The auctioneer had the good
sense to join in the laugh, and cOolly
forked out the V.
WHEN Gen. Cluseret was all-powerful
in Paris in the days of the Commune. he
conceived dislike for a man named Pich-
on, whom be determined to imprisOn. and
with this view he said one dly to an officer
of his staff: Il point out PichOn to YOU;
do not lose sight of him" The officer
not understanding Cluseret's motive, but
thinking that he wanted Pichon promoted,
had him forthwith made lieutenant. A
few days later CluSeret said again, - You
are not losing sight of PIchon, are you?"
Again, promotion followed, and before
long, by this system, PichOn found him
self named colonel. In full uniform he
hurried to the Place VendOme to thank
CIuseret, who said, overcome with sur
prise, swell, as you have distinguished
yourself in service, and have shown that
you are brave man, let us then embrace,
and let all be forgotten"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-07-08
VOYAGERS.

We are floating on the river Of time,
Noyagers together We noiselessly glide,
Drifting away % that beautiful cline
Eye hath not seen on the other side.
Yesterday saw us step down from the shore
Into cur barks at the dawn OF the day
Others tomorrow viii follow us DER
For none the glad light of the morning viii stay.
We are midway out on the river OF time,
And drift with the tide that we cannot resist;
IL rs sweeping us on 20 an ultimate cline
That IL hid from our vision in far folded mist;
Manhood has stamped its stern seal on our brow
Life like a swirl panorama moves by,
Sunshine and shadows are over us now;
1s itlife, or pale death, in that westering sky?
We have almost crossed DER the river OF time,
The wind and the biows have left ue a wreck;
What steals from yon mist, like some angel
wrought chime:
May we still look with courage and hope from the
deck?
Aged and silent and gray we have grown
Battered our barks, our sails they are riven,
Yet we feel we are coming 70 friends we have
known ~
When we entered The gateway Of death and OF
heaven.
Hartford Times.
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The Curse Of Sewing-Machines.

"a mother" replying to some strict
ures in a daily paper upon the bold, even
immodest conduct of "the beautifully
dressed young girls, who, out OF school
hours, parade Fifth Avenue, Chestnut, and
Beacon Streets" remarks, that "the CEN
sure probably would not be so severe if it
were known how many of these beautiful
dresses were cut out and made by the
wearers. Innocence and Ignorance are
the true apologies for their unseemly be-
havior" She laws her finger on the main
spring ofall the trouble. What but vanity
and grossly vulgar subservience to fashion
could induce any mother TO devote her
child's few leisure hours to the construe-
ton of elaborate costumes, marvels of
shirring, anticipating, ETC., etc.? The
real martyrs to fashion are, after all, the
shabby-genteel, whose souls and bodies
must be worn out in toiling after her
whims and changes. But, leaving the
moral view out of the question, there are
physical reasons which should forbid the
use ofthe sewing machine to any butalult
women. Even to them it is doubtful
whether it has as yet proved more of a
curse than a blessing. On an average,
quite as much timeis devoted in family
to the elaborate garments which its use
has brought into fashion, as formerly was
given to the needle; and the appalling in
crease of debility and certain diseases
among women, is proved to be largely due
to its use. 1t will be OF real benefit only
when garments can be made by it with
steam power, Ofa qu lily and finish which
will supersede It's use in the family alto
gether. Until then. this "benignant do
mestie fairy" as it is POLITICALLY called, is
one to be handled with caution; it has,
too, its malignant errand. At least let
young girls Keep clear of it; and give
their leisure time to higher studies than
the mysteries ofsiylish costumes, and they
will not long remain Ignorant" of the
bad taste shown in heaping shirrs and
the unseemly behavior - which no gau-
dy costume can excuse.-Jttly Scri5ner's
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-07-08

/ he is on the world again ; now up in Wa
satch he finds a rich pocket and makes his
pile, and going eastward with aecrew of
good fellows. is robbed and all buJ muir
dered. and left for dead; now, nothing
discourag d. he is at work with gang at
the BonaBZita Placers, turning the course
of river from its bed, and just as he be-
gins to scoop up the gravel, that is hall
gold, by the bucketful, down comes a
mountain torrent and undOes the whole
years work Once in while he has
letter from some of the people
among the old Highfield farms; once
in a while a NewburypOrt Herald
takes the wings of the United States mail
and seeks him out. He is always on the
point OF luck; he is always meaning to go
back for pretty Nancy PoOre. Fortune
seems to fly just before him; he has his
hand upon her, and off she goes. He has
been half scalped by the Indians he has
undertaken to fIIruish game TO San Fran
cisco hotel, and panther has laid his paw
on him, crushing in his ribs like paper !;
he has ventured all he has in a new pro-
cess for desulphuriZing ores, and lost the
last dime You betl' said 10 to him
self; ''all that, and more. A grizzly has
chawed me up, poker has laid me flat, and
uCIc lstSls bNOhbg NV SeAio ONN vi
the Hightields, in hollow OF the hills,
without second shirt 10 my back, with
out red, half dead with scurvy, at the
mercy of that bowling coyote, and up to
my chin in the mud"
What irony of fate was it which at that
instant blew across JOS face and within
reach of his freed hand the newspaper that
the express rider had dropped? He de-
tanned it idly, as it would have futtered
on; and just then brand broke and sent
up a brighter flame, and his eye fell on this
passage: "The yield of the lately discov
cred silver mines in the Highfield District
of Newbury is said to rival that of any of
the famous Comsto lodes. Old miners,
familiar with the ores of Mexico and OF
the Pacific coast. are flocking to the re-
gion, and, amazed with its richness, are
prospecting"
just then the blaze went out. "Busted,
by -.' said 10. "I've sold my birthday
for mess of potash !'-Harper's Basar.
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kissing by DisfaYOr.

The Baltimore AmSrican says: The
ethics of the question of a sound prOvOca-
ton to personal assault are so cloudy that
it is perfectly useless to endeavOr TO decide
the degree of provOcation which iustltieS
a man in turning to pistols as a remedy for
aggrieyed honor; but if duel were at any
time justifiable, it would be so in the case
of young man az Memphis. He attend
ed picnic, and in the midst of it the girls
organized a secret society and called for
candidates for initiation from among the
young men. The young men were not
backward in the matter they went into
the ceremony, not like sheep to the sham
bles, most cOnfidingly; but when they
came to the initiation, unlike sheep at the
shambles, they rsther liked it. There was
but one degree to the ceremony, but That
one was nice, consisting as it did of blind
folding each candidate and leading him
into the center of a ''magic circle " formed
by the young ladies', when he was made to
kneel and was kissed, being subsequently
made to guess who kissed him. Such a
programme would suit most men, and
some of those initiated wanted very badly
to take another degree. Finally the young
ladies admitted that one gentleman. rral
lady-killer, should be allowed the privilege
he asked for, and he accordingly kneeied
down with look of intense eompiaeency
upon his face that he should be thus select
ed as more attractive than other men. He
was kissed and the bandage removed from
his eyes, only to disclose TO him the fact
| that bis lips had been pressed by the ag-
| gressively protruding ones OF a swarthy
negro, who had accompanied the party as
waiter OF course there was a roar, and
Of course the lady-killer was mad. 1t ap-
peared, subsequently, that all the young
men had been deceived, the kissing having
been done by gentleman acting as con-
federate of the ladies, but there was no
balm in Gilead for the man kissef By the
negro. He must have satisfaction from
somebody, and he sought TO get IL from
the gentleman who WIS in league with the
ladies'. Notes have passed. and the Mem
phis papers talk of a duel and gore. sym
pathy would be wasted on the disillusioned
iady-killer, but it isn't at al surprising
that he wants to fight. He had aggraya-
ton enough
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-07-08

A SHOCKING occurrence took place at
Nottingham, England, on June 3, by
which three men lost their lives. A man
named Hammond, an ostler in the employ
of Mr.. Cave, veterinary surgeon, while in
the discharge of his duties, fell into ma
nure pit. The accident was observed by
the stable boy, John Cross. As Hammond
did not speak or attempt 70 get out, Cross
ran into the workshop of Messrs. DrHry
& Co., builders, which is situated opposite
Mr.. Caves premises, for assistance. One
of the workmen, whose name is Samuel
Bamber, returned with him to the pit.
Both of them jumped in. They, however,
were Immediately suffoeated by the foul
air. The assistance of the fire brigade
was obtained as quickly as possible, and
the firemen, by the aid of smoke jackets
and air pumps, at length recovered the
bodies, all the three being quite dead.
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THE eIVER AND TIE gAKER.


THE following is an attempt to versify literal
translation Of poem by the Hindoo writer. Tine.
valluva, who lived, II is supposed, in the third
century Of our era. He was remarkable for his
hatred Of idolatry and caste, and for his .alnosi
Christian conception Of God and human dnty.l
Who gives what others may not see.
Nor counts on favor, fame or praise
shall find his smallest Gift outyeighs
The burden Of The mighty sea.
VINO gives 10 whom hath nanght been given.
his GIT In need, though small indeed
As is the glass blades wind blown seed.
fls large as earth and rich as heaven.
Forget thou not, o mani to whom
A gift shall fall, while yet on earth,
Yea, even to thy sevcn-fold birth,
Revive il in the lives to come.
VINO, broodinR, keeps wrong IN thought
Sins much, but greater sin is his
Who, fed and clothed with kindnesses,
Shall count the holy aims as naught.
For he who breaks all laws may still
In Swans mercy be forgiven
But none can save in earth or heaven
The wretch who answers good with III.
JOHN G. WHITTIER.
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occasionally a full-rigged ship, with cap
tain and speakir trumpet, the whole rest
ing on fish which has the head of an alli-
gator. These images are not, indeed,
worshiped, but are doubtless considered
protection against the spirits, which
alone cause terror to the generally simple
and happy villsgers.-SundGy Magazine.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-07-08
A New Kind Of Cider.

NJ. Plouard, a lawyer of Andelys,
France, has invented new cider, SAID 10
be of excellent fiavor-the peculiarly OF
which is that large proportion OF sugar
beets is mixed in with the apples before
pressing; eighty pounds OF beets are
mixed with seven hundred quarts OF ap-
piles, or about eleven pounds to one hun
dred quarts. The beets and apples are
pressed together, then saturated with
water, left quiet in a cellar for twenty-iouI
hours, and pressed anew. This Is repeat
ed seven times. The inventor says be
makes one hundred quarts Of cider fol
eighty cents.
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THERE are said to be three holders OF
life.passes on the New York Central Rail-
road, issued On solid silver plates. The
three persons so distinguished are John
B. Jervis. of Rome, Y. y, the first engl-
neer of the road, his wife, and Gov. KIM
ball, of West Point,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-07-08

TUBS and pals saturated with glycer-
inc will not shrink and dry up, the hoops
will not fall off, and there will be no ne
cessity for keeping these articles soaked.
Butter tubs keep fresh and sweet, and can
be used q second time.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-07-08

IN Vermont the tax on the cheapestkind
Of dogs is S4.l0 a year.
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HEARwREcKONsILEABL . was the way
a youth of Pennsylvania spelled the word
given out at snatch"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-05-20
Cocoa BUTTER.

Thiss.is i curious product obtained
from The nut from which the we'll
known beverage made. tits about
the consistency of spcraiaecti, with .
slight yellow tinge and agreeable
favor itas used both in medicine
and the toilet, being esteemed rem
edy for throat andlgng diseases, etc.
Physicians now recommend. its use
m scarlet and other fevers as produ-
cling a cooling and refreshing effect
upon the patient, and emitting an
agrecable.odor in the sick chamber
On account of its solid consistency it
is more readily applied than either
fat or oil, and is more easilyabsorbed
by the skin. Furthermore, it is
thought to afford the systema certain
amount Of nourisllment. In severe
fevcrs tits very beneficial.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-05-20
4 Kentucky Wan with George
WaSii;lgt0ns Ratchet.

The Meade county, Gy) Mirror
tells the following story, but oblig-
ingly says it cannot youch for its
truth:
"One day last week while a man,
whose name we are unable to learn,
was engaged in cutting slaves about
two miles from PainSvi.lc, 4 rabbit
sprung out of brush pile, and the
man, with visions Of rabbit hash
looming up before his mind, hurled
his hatchct with great force in the
direction of the cotton-tail. Missing
tsaim, the hatcAct disappeared down
q hole in tie ground 4 short distance
of, to which the man proceeded, and
as he could see his weapon lying alb
out six feet below, proceeded to low
cr himself for the purpose Of rccov-
ering it. Arriving at the bottom he
observed 4 room like a cave, about
ten feet square, which was dimly
lighted by the sunlight without
Casting his eyes about him he dis
covered pile of Indian tomahawkS.
Towards these he advanced for the
purpose OF examination. While do
Ing so he discovered two carthen
vessels almost within reach, which
he saw were filed, one with silver,
the other with gold coin. Paralyzcd
for the moment a! the discovery of
such vast riches, he stood and stared
in blank astonishment. For mo-
ment only did he stand thus, but adj
yancing with panther-likc leap,
he was about to seize his prey, when
there arose succession of such
shrieks, wells and noises that he pau
sed, and slancing up saw gazing up
on him eight or ten things rcsemb-
ling men who had once lived, but
nothing remaining but their bones.
1t is useless to say the stavc-cutter
lost no time in getting out of the
cave, without even obtaining one
piece of the precious metal to bear
him out in his story. 1t appears
that he is truthful man, and his
story is believed by quite u number,
who are organizing themselves for
the purpose Of making an cHamlna-
ton and testing the truth Of the sto-
ry."