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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08
Street Scenes in Papeete, Tahiti.

There are no such things as pave
ments, sidewalks, or cutters, and every
body travels in the middle of the mar
row streets. You pass along and step
aside, now to avoid running into
crowd of Kanakas holding a cOnfabula-
ton, now to avoid stepping on an old
native woman who is squatting in the
street, intent upon drying some tobacco
with match preparatory to having
smoke. Further on, at corner, IS
crowd of men and women lowering
around the stump of cigarette, which
is successively smoked and tossed
around on the ground for the next one
to take up and have Whit at. On one
side the street Chinaman, with moth
ing on but pair of big-legged breeches,
leans against dOor-pOst gazing into
vacancy pondering on the wise sayings
of COnfucius or planning scent swim
die; on the other side dusky maiden
sits on a rock playing a fragmentary
noise on a cracked accordion. Next
door is a Chinese barber's shop; the
customer, on the front porch, sits bolt
upright on a stool, with nothing to sup
port him but his thin back, while the
lank- -jawed artist plies The torture. On
the other end of the porch there are
two or three native women lOunglng,
for John is popular with the native
bellies, not because he is handsome
Tahiti bellies look deeper than that-but
because he makes an exemplary hus-
band; for not only does he do his own
and their cooking, but he washes for
them too, and leaves them to eat, sleep
and smoke in undisturbed Incidence.
The next is a group of half-naked boys
tossing pennies at cork set up with
one or more coppers on it. This is a
favorite amusement, not only with the
boys, but with the mustached kanakas.
In the Quai de Commerce the scene is
somewhat more business-like. Vessels
are discharging and loading, and ma
tives with hand-earts are rushing here
and there with freight. Drays, trucks,
express wagons, etc., are unknown.
On the verandas of the business houses
native seamstresses, seated on mats on
the floor, are busy making calico shirts,
dresses of thin stuffs, etc. Beneath
spreading Duran a crowd of natives are
having dinner of feiis and bread-fruit.
On the front veranda of a warehouse,
or perhaps of a dwelling, a Karaka
gentleman, playing a jewsharp, lies on
his back, covered with blanket, while
his paveu is being washed.-COr. San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08

Camilla Urso, the violinist, recently
gave concert at La Crosse, Wis, and
this is the Suns notice of it: :" The
fiddler Urso more than carved the fd-
die. She dug sweet morsels of music
out of it, all the way from the wishbone
to the part that goes over the fence last.
She made it talk Norwegian, and
squeezed little notes out of it not big
ger than cambria needle and as
smooth as book agent. But the most
agile fea-catcher was Sixteen-fngered
Jack, the sand-hill crane that had the
disturbance with the piano. We never
knew what the disturbance was about,
bat when he walked up to the piano
and SHE'D his castor into the ring any
body could see that there was to be
trouble. He spit on his hands, spared
little and suddenly landed a stunning
blow right on the ivory, which stagger-
ed the piano and caused an exclama-
ton of agony First knock-down for
Jack. He paused moment, and then
begun putting on blows right and left
in such a cruel manner that the specta-
tors came near breaking into the ring
Whenever a key showed its head he
mauled it."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08
The National Wardrobe of Sweden.


Sweden has more" old clos" of val
ue than any other European nation.
Herveneration of royalty extends even
to the clothes they wore. In the regalia
room of the National Museum, at Stock
holm, there is a curious collection of
royal costumes, coronation robes, etc,
from the time Of GustaYus Vasa to the
late King. ~
The different garments kept in glass
cases bear the names of the owners and
when worn. Some of the dresses are
wholly of cloth of silver, with flounces,
ruffies, etc, of the same material en-
broidered in flowers, and other patterns
of silver thread or gold, the slippers for
the ladies being of the same material
as the dress. There are also suits of vel
vet, embroidered all over with the
Swedish crown in gold. There are
hundreds of such suits of attire, both
for men and women.
But the most interesting garments of
all are those once worn by Charles MI.
Here is an otter-skin cap and the light
brown wig worn by him as a disguise
on his return from Turkey, and here is
diSO Ju6 COiupleJt SUIT He Hdu OH Wuen
killed; the rough, much-worn cowhide
boots with spurs, his stockings, shirt,
the long scarf of thin, dark blue silk,
which he wore with the ends tied be-
hind; the long blue, tight-buttoned mil
itary coat, fastened from throat to
waist with thirteen or fourteen brass
buttons the leather pouch slung over
his shoulders, and the long blue cloak
with the mud upon it of his last ride;
the three-cornered leather hat, turned
back with one brass button, with the
hole made by the fatal bullet, and the
light-cOlored leather gauntlets, stained
with his blood as he raised his hand to
his forehead after the bullet struck him.
In still another room is seen his era
die, his baby chair, his grandmother's
easy chair, and at last the rough wood
en- bench on which he died, at only thir-
ty-seyen years of age-that wonderful
man, whose brilliant career, begun even
in boyhood, a whole world had looked
upon with amazement and awe. In the
regalia room is also the horse ridden
by Gustavus Adolphus in the battle in
which he was killed. .
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

ARour this time the woods resound
with the voice of the Fourth OF July
orator practicing on his "Mr. Presi-
dent, ladies and gentlemen, for-r-rty
millions of people" etc., etc.-SoS'0'
Post. =. ..7l-sra
A BRIGHT young lady gave her slow
lover delicate leap-year hint the otner
evening. In the course of converse
ton the gentleman asked her what form
of marriage she thought the most beau
tiful. Her quick reply was, 81 should
care little for form; the substance
seems of more Importance" That
girl wears an engagement ring now.
Two citizens of Detroit were discuss
| ing politics leaning over a board fence,
while pensive goat nibbled the grass
at the edge of the sidewalk. The man
on the goat side of the fence was saying,
"It's all very well to talk like that, put
-- Just then the goat landed head
first on the most convenient part OF MIN
and as the man rose from the sidewalk
after the conclusion, he remarked
"Well, said but, still that goat was
rather quick taking me at my word. -
Free Press.
A TIMID young man was visiting q
beautiful young woman the other even
ing, when, after pause, she SAID, look
ing at him closely, Snow, l want to
prOpose to vow "YOu are very
kind" said the diffident young man,
between gasps and bushes; "but am
not worthy of such happiness-and, in
fact, none of our family are marrying
people; besides, my income is limited"
@ No, not that" said the young wom-
an: 81 wanted to propose to you to get
up spelling-bee in our village school
ROOM"
They tell of pert New Hampshire
school-teacher near Fitchburg, Mass,
who had a class N geography on the
floor the other day, and she asked one
of the boys what the soil was in New
Hampshire. The answer was ''sterlle." "
The teacher, highly indignant, said the
soil was as good in New Hampshire as
in Massachusetts,. The scholar spunk-
ily denied it, and added: "Father had
a bull in a pasture in New Hampshire
and the soil was so poor that the bull
starved to death. They could not get
earth enough to bury him and had to
collect pieces of wood and burn him"
The teacher found the boy was posted
and did not continue the argument.
A WOMAN was about to move, and
convinced her husband that they
couldn't do better than sell oil their
furniture at auction, and buy some more
at auction, maintaining thus the ap-
parently irreconcilable theses that ~
you can always get things at an auction
for less than their worth, and ~ that
you can always get more at an auction
for things than they are worth. Ac-
eordingly she disposed of her household
effects on Friday. Saturday she went
to another auction and bought back for
S19.75 the girls bedroom set that ON
the preceding day sold for S1O.60, less
charges and commission. When her
husband reminded her of it she burst
into flood of tears, and asked him II
this was all the thanks she got for try
ing to save his money.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08
A Rejected suitOr blows Ont His Brains.


One of the most melancholy and
heart-rendingaf affairs that has ever falleZ
to our lot to record, says the San Jose
(Cal.) Mercury, happeried in this city
last night at II o'clock, at the residence
of n. II. A. Mason, on Market, Street,
south of the plaza. Among the many
acquaintances of Miss Ursula Mason,
the daughter, aged IS, was Louis Bas-
com, son of Dr. L. H. Bascom, of Santa
Clara, young man of good presence
and fine abilities. A few days since he
returned from Phoebe, Nevada, and last
evening called upon Miss Mason at her
home. He had previously visited few
times, not more than the generality of
her friends and acquaintance. She had
never exhibited the slightest preference
for his society, but he, it seems, became
infatuated with her, and his object in
going to see her last evening was TO
learn his fate from her lips. At about
the hour of II o'clock he unbosomed
himself, ending by asking her to marry
him. She laughed at his outburst, not
dreaming that he waslso deeply in earn
est, and replied that she-must refuse, las
she had never cherished a lovers feel
ing for, him, neither had she given
any encouragement that would cause
him to- believe otherwise. BascOm
turned deathly pale, and looking her
full in the, ,face-remarked that she had
given him his DEATH blow, or words to
that effect, and then with a rapid move
ment drew revolver, and, placing the
muzzle to the left side of the head, just
above the ear, pulled the trigger and
sent the bullet crashing through his
brain, and then fell forward in the ag-
onies of death, The suddenness of the
action, together with the surroundings,
drove the young lady into Mysteries.
Her shrieks brought the family into the
room, and it was some time before she
could be quieted so as to give a suecinct
account of what had happened. Drs.
Turner, Thorne and Caldwell were sum-
but the first glance was suffi-
cient to show that the wound was NOR
tai. just before our reporter left the
house, at 2 2aa.-m., the physicians did
not think the young man had half an
hour to live. HeWas "a years of age.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08
A Model Criminal.

Jules Godefroy, who appeared before
the correctional tribunal at Evreux, in
France, the other day, is in some re-
spects a model criminal. Thirty-slx
convictions are recorded against him,
but when undergoing his sentence his
behavior is always beyond reproach,
and he even renders considerable SER
vice to the prison authorities as book
keeper. At the expiration OF his SEN
tence, he has generally left the prison
with modest capital, but the air oflib-
erty seems to have an intoxicating ef-
feet on him, for he spends his prison
earnings in a few days, and generally
applies to the nearest COmmissary OF
Police to be incarcerated afresh. He
was imprisoned for the first time at
Rouen in 1915, and since then he has
been sentenced to total of twenty-five
wears and five months Imprisonment.
When questioned by the presiding Judge
at Evreux, he said that it was owing to
the surveillance of the police that he
was unable to find work, and pointed to
his exemplary conduct in prison as
proof of his being neither vicious nor
lazy. Reminded by the Judge that be
was liable to imprisonment for ten
years, he rsjoined with much bonhom-
mie that he was aware of the sad fact,
but that as, considering his age, he was
not likely to live so long, half that perl
cd would meet the requirements OF the
case. The Judge adopted his sugges-
ton.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 25.-The fol
| lowing. was issued to-day by the Presiden
of the United States:
| .. PROCLAMATION.
| Whereas joint resolution of the Senate anC
| House of Representatives was duly approved or
the | tn day of March last, which resolution was
| as follows:
| Be it resolved, by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States of America
| in ongress assembled, That it be and is hereby
recommended by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives to the people of the United States, that
they assemble in their several counties
or towns on the approaching Centennial
anniversary of our National Independence
and that they cause TO have
delivered on such day historical sketch of said
county or town from its formation, and that a
copy Of said sketch may be filed in print or man
an additional copy in printer manuscript be filed
in the Off of the Librarian of Congress, to the
intent that complete record may thus be OBJ
tanned of the progress OF our institutions during
the first century Of their existence; and,
Whereas, it is deemed proper that such re-
commendation be brought to the notice and
knowledge of the people of the United States
now, therefore,
l, Ulysses S Grant, President of the United
States, do hereby declare and make known the
same, in theshope that the object of such resOn-
United States, ard that proper steps may be
taken to carry the same into effect
Given under my hand at the City of Washing
ton, the 25th day of May, in the year OF our LORD
1876, and of the Independence OF the United
States the One Hundredth. U. 5. GRANT.
By the President,
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08
Indiana's Centenarian.


In Ripley Township, Montgomery
County, and about nine miles from
Charlottesville, lives an old man named
George Fruits, who has passed the 113th
milestone. He was born in Baltimore
in January, 1868. His parents were
Germans, being emigrants from the
Fatheriand to America. They were
poor and illiterate. The boyhoOd OF
Mr.. Fruits was chiefly spent in Mary
land, as labOrer. He can neither read
nor write. When Indiana was admitted
into the Union, in 1916, he entered the
farm which is his present home. He
has adeed for his farm, which bears the
name of John Quincy Adams as Presi-
dent. In his better days Mr. Fruits was
six feet three inches high, and weighed
about 225 pounds. He has voted at
every Presidential election, and has
been a Democrat since the organization
of that party. y.-IrsdiaBapoIis Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08

THE English Patent Journal describes
a combination of foot-warming ap-
paratus with boot. The heel of the
boot is of metal, and hollow, and con-
tains supply of artificial fuel. TIE
heat from this is made to pass through
channels in the inner sole, a part OF
which is placed upon spring, so that
the action of the foot in walking acts
like bellows, drawing in the cold air
by an aperture in the heel and driving
the heated air into the boot. A modi-
fieation of the apparatus can, we are
told, be applied to horse-shoeS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08

SIR W. THOMSON, it seems, has con-
cluded from different lines of argument
that the age of the earth, at least as a
body of material cool enough to be
habitable, can not be much greater than
hundred million of years. But much
lesser limit of time has been advanced
by Prof. TAFT, who thinks the world is
about ten millions of years old.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08

Mary Clemmer Ames has returned
to Washington cured of the affection of
the ewes which has prevented her from
doing any work for a twelve-month
past. She will buy house OF Capitol
Hill, and reside there permanently.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08
UNSATTSFTED.

'A0uly housemaidl" She looked from IA. itch
en-
Neat was the kitchen and tidy was she;
There at the window a seamstress sat stItchirty
'MereI seam stress, how happy I'd be
'Only Queenw She looked over the waters
Fair was her kingdom, and mighty was She:
There sat an Empress, with Queens for he
daughters:
Were an Empress, how happy I'd bem
SUI the old irailtv they all Of them trip In
hVe IN her daughters Is everthe same;
Iiveaer an Eden, she sghs fuf pippin;
Give her an empire. che pines for name!
T,OsfOn 42perffser
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08
TRUANT MADGE.


By KATE PUTNAM oscooD.
The shadows Die sleeping on field and hill;
The cows came home an hour ago;
Tho bees are hived and the nests are stlll-
Where can the child be lingering sos
Oh, where can the little laggard stay
SO swift Of foot az she ever has been
10 u not 50 far by the meadow way,
To the lane where the blackberry vines begin
Her mother stands IN the doorway there,
shading her eyes frem the setting sun,
And up and down with an anxious air
Looks for trace OF the truant one.
Has she wandered on where the swamp sover
blow
ln the darlding wood and lost her wayf
Has she slipped IN the treacherous bog below
That hides under moses green and gayf
Nay. tim0rous mother, spare your fcarsf
Your little maiden IS safe the while.
y o marsis bird screams in her clarified cars;
No forest mazes her feet beguile
She is only standing amid the rye,
There ~ the end 4 the clover. plain,
And pulling daisy star, 70 try
Whether her love loves back again
And VIII bends over the bars beside-
Two heads ara better than one fOrsooth-- Z.
Leaning and looking, eager-eyed
To see II the daisy tells the truth
--ScgsJ@ef FOR June.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08

HORACE GREELEY once said that the
day young man finds out how he can
get dollar without honestly earning
il, is the worst day he ever saw.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08

Creek and unpayed streets of Custer
City again. They were richer when
theywent than when. they returned, but
then they have a valuable experience.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08

In has been decided in an Eastern
court that lawyer who makes it his
business to obtain divorces can not be
damaged by any thing that the English
language may be made to say Of him,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08
Proclamation by the President.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 25.-The fol-
lowing was issued to-day by the President
of the United States:
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-08
A High-art Musical Critic.

lMILToX FISH, Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-05-11

FURNITURE AT Low PRIcEs-There proba
bly, never was better time to furnish house
with handsome new furniture at low price.
than at present Several months ago Messrs
George A. Whitney & Co. advertised that they
would pay cash for bankrupt stocks of furni-
ture. In answer to the advertisement they re-
ceived letters from several bankrupt Boston
firms, offering furniture for about 80 per cent
Of what it is sold for at wholesale. Taking ad
vantage of these most liberal offers, the firm
have purchased large stock of black walnut
chamber sets, parlor suits, tables, &C., &C.,
which they can and will sell at greatly reduced
prices. For instance, they have a splendid
heavy walnut chamber set of ten pieces which
they offer at $135, when it is we'll known ths
the same would have cost $3.50 year or SO ago
They also have other sets which are as good as
can be made, which retail at 5000 aud were
formerly sold at $3.50. Their parlor SUITS up
hostered in real hair, are sold at corresponding
ly low prices. Their establishment is full OF
just such bargains, which only needs to be
seen to be bought. All who wish to buy furni.
ture should visit this we'll known store on Elk.
change street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-05-11

The CELEBRATIoN.-The committee on the
Fourth of July celebration met last evening to
complete their programme. The carnival in
the evening is now decided upon and will be
something new and worth witnessing. The
procession in the morning will be the chief at
traction of the day. Some members of the
Army and Navy Union will appear in the Con-
tinental uniform, and there will be company
of sailors drawing the old Boxer gun there
will also be seven cars filled with young ladies
representing Liberty, Industry, Art, Science,
America, surrounded by the thirty-eight States
in red, white and blue Agriculture accompa-
MED by twenty young ladies in appropriate cos
tunes, Commerce, with Neptune and compa-
ny of boys dressed as sailors; Flora, with young
ladies who will sing while the procession is
moving, and Centennial car with characters
in ancient costumes, old-time spinning wheels
and other implements.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-05-11

IT DIDN'T WoRK.-While the Masons were
here last week one of our enterprisng dry goods
dealers on Middle street advertised the best
Merrimack print at five cents per yard. As
one of the visiting Masons, from Lubec we be-
leve), was wandering up the street his eye fell
on the sign in the window. He entered and
asked if he could have any quantity at that
price and was told he could. Seeing bargain
he selected quite bill and told the clerk he
would call and settle for them in few hours.
When the Lubec man returned the proprietor of
the store told him the sign applied only to
small purchasers and that he could not have
the goods. This riled our Eastern friend and
he departed but returned with an officer and
demanded the goods The merchant sal it
was no use and delivered them but he says he
doesn't want anything more TO do with out of
town Masons.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-05-11
Maine RuSiOesS Notes.

There have been over 1000 cords of lumber
delivered at the mills in Lowell All the mills
are running on full time.
Shipping boards sold at Machias last week at
$13, $14 and $1425 per M.
In the Machias market butter % to 50 cents;
eggs 10, potatoes 50. All these articles are
quite plenty and potatoes are very poor in quail
ty.
The Machias Union says Mr.. Ramsdall last
week sold a granite quarry to Boston parties;
located on the east side of the Addison river,
az 1.-The Dick" about five miles below the Point
village. 1t is in close proximity to an excellent
harbor, and the granite can be easily loaded
into vessels. The granite is a blueish color