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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-29
MARY MURPHY.

There are pleasanter ways of spend
ing ones time than in making beds and
washing dishes and catching small boys
to go OF errands; and August weather
is not usually the most favorable for
one of those interregnums that are apt
to occur where the household force is
limited to a solitary "help." But
Bridget was off on her wedding-tour-
one of those utterly unexpected and I'M
welcome happenings that are forever
obtruding themselves when deluded
souls that dream of bliss imagine them
selves to be comfortably settled for an
indefinite period.
Brunhilda and were fairly sick of
general homework, and could cheer
fully have shot the remorseless milk
man who persisted in making us a morn
ing call at the witching hour of am. T;
while the front-door bell generally was
the plague of our lives.
So, when it rang at O'Clock on the
hottest of hot afternoons, Just when we
had donned our undress uniforms and
settled our brains for long summers
nap, we felt little like-well, if man
were writing this, he would probably
say Swearing.
"Let them ring!" said 1, viciously,
sc shall not go down"
Brunhilda looked reflective.
awe might lose a great deal in that
way" said she. al think l will look
out OF the window, at least"
Brunhilda is always expecting things
she seems to fancy that she is living in
one of Wilkie Collins's novels.
"a very lady-like looking person.
she reports, presently, from her point OF
observation through the blinds of a
front window; but what can she want
at this melting time of day."
And hastily spearing her disordered
locks with two or three mammoth hair.
pins, she slips into civilized attire with
marvellous celebrity, and gides down
stairs. laugh quietly, for Brunhilda's
curiosity is quite family legend, and
it will probably be rewarded in this case
by a book agent, or an inquiry for some
other house in the neighborhood, or a
solicitation for charity.
Presently, however, am called, and
requested to came down stairs; and
wondering what it can mean, toe
adorn myself with hair-pins and the
regulation dress, and follow in thefoot-
steps of my younger sister.
Brunhilda is comfortably perched OF
the stairs-there seems to be preva
lent idea that this point is a sort of re
frigerator in hotweather-and seated oil
one of the hall chairs is a plump, sweet
looking girl in plain black dress ant
dainty straw bat. She chances up at M
as descend, and then modestly drop
her long lashes over the soft gray eyes
1t is none of my funeral; and ! look
Brunhilda inquiringly.
This-this young person." she an
nounces, hesitatingly, sis looking for
place " -
My inward amazement is only equale'
by my outward composure, as l ask tn
pretty vision before me, "Did any on
send you hereP"
She smiles, and such smile! All
me! what 1t is to be in ones teens, an,
have white teeth and dimples!
"No'm," she replies, in the sweetes
of voices; "but l was passing by-anC
! liked the flowers and the look O
things-and thought I'd see if yor
wanted girl"
All this was very interesting, O
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-29

l HAVE sold Hatch's Universal Cough
Syrup for four years. | keep in stock all
the cough remedies considered standard in
this section. None sell so rapidly, or give
such general satisfaction, as 1.-The Univer-
SAL Hadn't you better try remedy that
is commended so highly byyOur neighbOrs?
EDWIN 2. FAILING, Oswego, MY.
Sold by Richardson & Co., st. Louis, Mo.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-29

AsTHMA-It is useless to describe the fortunes
of spasmodic asthma. Those who have suffered
from its distressing paroxysms know what it is
JONAS WHITCoSlB's REMEDY never failed to afford
oroadi IA ra1iaf
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-29

THOUGH the Albany Penitentiary
contains on an average 1,200 prisoners,
only one has escaped since the prison
was built, 80 years ago.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-29

DURANG's RHEUMATIC REMEDY never fails
to cure rheumatism. Sold by all druggists.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-29
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YEGETINEn
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-29

RHEUMATISM cured at once by DR.. Durang's
Rheumatic Remedy Send for circular tn
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-29

A POSITIVE CURE for Rheumatism-Du-
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Chance to get thoroughbred stock free. See
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-29

HULLol five feet of snow in Pesth.
Where's Count Scheuvaloff !?
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-29
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THE
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loss of ofsnc may be referred to minor but
nevertheless serious results OF neglected Catarrh bad
enough In themselves. but nothing compared with
the dangerous affections Of the throat and lungs likely
IN follow
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1T CAN BE CURED.

I T can be cured. There IS no doubt shoutiL Ths
Il Immediate relief afforded BY SANFOKD's EtDIcA L
CURE FOR CArARRK Is but aslight evidence Of what
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-29

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FOR SALE BY ALL DRUG 6IsTS.
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-29
TIE Eli

\ dispatch of the 2lst inst. from
bethIchem states that about eight thous-
ana men are in voluntary idleness, and
IN the Luzerne and Wyoming regions
about double that number. The strike
Is founded upon demand for a restora-
u.n OF the May wages, or an advance
81 about . per cent, on the present
rates. The operators have offered TO
restore May wages should the present
,FIce OF coal be maintained until Sept.
This offer does not seem 70 be salts
factory and has been rejected. Thus
lar there have been no acts of violence,
though the men who continue,at work.
u whom there are probably three
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-29
A DREADFUL CHILD.
4 Seven-year-old Girl Guilty Of High.
way Robbery.

Among the notable human curiosi-
ties which are constantly being picked
up by the police in their rounds on the
outskirts of society is little Mary Pagan.
She is n wonderfully precocious child of
seven years. The policeman who found
her, wandering rs if she were innocent
ly lost in the streets of New York,
thought she looked precocious and cum
ming beyond her years; but even he,
who imagined he knew every trick Of
the street Arab, wa thrown off his
guard, and had to confess that he had
not an inkling Of the rascality that was
ripening in that child'S mind. The lost
child said that the had gone with her
mother to Coney Island from Newark,
where they lived, and had got lost in
the crowd on the beach, and, by mis-
take, took the boat for New York in
stead of that for Newark. The 7-ycar-
old got the names of the boats confused.
and that was quite probable. So she
had been brought to New York and
landed in the great city where she
didn't know a soul, and was completely
" stumped.' She gave her name as
Mary Pagan, and her age as Z. Efforts
were made to ascertain the address of
her parents in Newark, but we're unsuc-
ccssful. In the meantime Mary was
placed in charge Of Matron Webb, Of
the lost children's department Of the
police headquarters. She asked for a
book, like a good little girl, to amusc
herself, and a book was furnished her.
As soon as she vas left alone, Mary put
on her hat and started down stairs.
The entrances were guarded by patrol
men. One of them asked Mary where
she was going. The child quickly and
artlessIy replied that Mrs. Webb had
sent her on an errand; then she started.
gave a little laugh, and added: But
| guess Eve forgotten part Of what she
asked me to do" Saying this she ran
up stairs. Soon she came down again,
and the officer, thinking that such a
thing could not dissimuIate that
way, allowed her to pass, and Mary
Pagan was gone. In five minutes her
escape was discovered, but the lost
child could not be found. A day or two
afterward a gentleman called at the
station and reported that on the previ-
Gus Thursday-the day of Mary's
arrest-while his little daughter Of
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-29

Seven or eight years ago the Foreign
Office obtained several reports from
British Consuls in Turkey on the con
dition Of the industrial classes in that
country. Mr.. G. }. Calvert, then in
charge ofthc consular district of Monas-
tir, sent home interesting details ~ to
the industrial and economic circulm-
stances ofthe agricultural laborers. The
Province (sandjak) of Monastir, on the
frontier of Albania, contains n popula-
ton of about S22, 600 souls, 53G, 900 Chris
tians and 1856, 900 Mohammedans. 1t is
reckoned that about 100000 are adult
males between the ages of Is and 80. The
agricultural laborerS are divisiblc into
three classes, all of whom are Christians;
l.. Partner labOrers: they provide the
cattle and undertake the labor and cost
of c~ultivating the farm, the landlord
fndingt the seed. The produce is halved
on the threshing-tloor then the laborcr,
by conveying the landlords share to the
granary, completes the engagement. ..
Farm laborcrs, who are engaged by the
year, and work entirely for the landlord.
Instead Of wages all in money they
receive "a stipulated quantity of grain
and other ne~cessaries. This payment
in kind varies with the locality. For
instance, III the District (cazas) of Mon
astir the allowance equals 6S3 to IA
English bushels Of grain, partly Indian
corr and partly rye, and 10 to II shil-
lings i'll cash tor 100 piastrcs6 the value
fluct lating with the currency. In the
District Of Perlcpc the allowance is sim
ply soventy-three bushels of wheat.
More varied rccOmpcnsc awaits the
laborer III the District Of Kiuprilli,
his wages consisting Of forty-fivc and
a half bushels of grain frye, barley, and
millct), thirty-thrce and Il half pounds
of salt, half an ox-hide for sandals, half
a horse-load Of lccks or cabba@es, 8 shil-
lings to Is shilling3 8 pence in money,
and sl~eeping-roOm rent free. 3. The
'tiXed-chargc men, the term which Mr..
Consul Calvert offers as the equivalent
Of kesscmdjis,' resemble the partner
labOrcrS IN every respect except IN the
division Of the years produce, for they
agree to give the land lord a certain
fixed quantity of crops. irrespective Of
their actual yield. All of these three
classes are free, on the completion Of
their agreement with one land lord, to
engage themselves with another; unless,
indeed, they have contracted n debt TO
their landlord, when the condition Of
the laborer becomes one Of quasi-serfage
from which, under adverse circum-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-29
thousand IN the Lehigh region, are
threatened with

thousand IN the Lehigh region, are
threatened with
TERRIBLE VENGEANCE
by the strikers. The military has thus
far, however, kept the strikers in awe.
serious troubles are, however, appre-
henaed, and Il conflict may occur at
any time between the strikers and the
non-strikers. The Schuylkill region
alone is working now and the Phila-
delphia Il Reading company is in conse-
quence reaping n rich harvest. There
Is every indication that the strike
in the Lehigh and other regions is the
result of the labors of workingmen's
emlssaries from other parts. The Le-
high operators boldly say they believe
these emissaries are paid by interested
parties in the Schuylkill region.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-29
News.
shoes.

The production OF coal in Alabama
IN 1873 WAS 1000 tons in 1876, 95.-
600.
The wheat crop Of California for e1-
port tins year, 1t is estimated, will be
20O, 1000 tons.
The enormous quantity Of 420, 900 900
pounds of rosin vas produced in the
United States for the year 1876.
Within the last ten years the United
States has sold 100000 worth Of arms
and munitions of wal to Europe.
IT Is estimated that nearly 100000
pounds of steel wire will he required to
build the bridge which is to connect New
York with Brooklyn,
California sent abroad 30l cargoes of
wheat and flour during the year ending
June 20, valued at SlS,427 500. 1t was q
remarkable year. The statement would
have been better yet, however, except
for the val advance in wheat, which
stopped the export entirely during May.
The amount Of mail service under con
tract on the first of July was $15,75l $50
% per annum, distributed geographical
ly as follows New England, 81, 1881.
50; Middle States, Including Virginia and
West Virginia. $3.50, SOIL Southern
States, $3.50, 1884 Western States,
Including Missouri IS, sec, 57S.72 Pa
citic States and the Territories, $2,7SS,-
531 90.
The large foreign trade of California
IN fruit and wines becomes no mystery
when 1t is known that the State has
3,S00,oO0 fruit trees and 35,000,0 900 grape
vines, and harvcsts from 300,000,000 to
5o0,OO0,0OO posnds of fruit yearly. She
produces a large surplus, and foreign
trade follows as a matter of course.
Judging from the industrial spirit Cali
fornia'displavs, she will one day have a
large foreign trade in manufactures from
the same reason.
1t may not be generally known that
quite n large business is being done in
the expectation of White Birch Wood
from the New Hampshire forests to be
made into thread spools. The firm Of
Coates & Co., in England, whose thread
is universally known, uses very large
quantities Of this wood for their spools,
and they find it superior to any wood
they can procure in their own country.
1t Is estimated that owe n million fee,
were exported for this purpose last year,
and the demand IL increasing.
The coal areas Of the world aggregate
go, 200square miles, ofwhich the United
States has 192, 900 Great Britain, H.
900 Russia, II 900, and Nova Scotia,
$4,000. The production in 1874 was
274,262,000 tons; of which England
took the lead with 2 5,070,000, while
the United States mined 50,000,000 /;
Germany, with only I 800 square miles
of coal area, ~46,G5S,00O; Russia pro-
duced only 10000 tons, and Nova
Scotia, 1,052,000 Belgium, with M area
of only 800 square miles to draw from,
produced 1f,670 tons.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-29
THE RIO GRANDE RAIDERS.
How the Curious Extradition Treaty
Between Mexico and the United states
Allows Them to Escape.

Our eXtradltlon treaty with Mexico is
the most singular compact of the kind
ever made between two nations. 1t is
OF such a nature rs to divest the central
government of Mexico of pretty much
all responsibility for the e%xtradition of
fugitive criminals. 1t provides that in
the case of crimes committed within
the limits of the frontier states and ter
ritories "the surrender may be made by
the chief civil authority thereof, or such
chief civil authority of the districts or
counties bordering on the frontier as
may for this purpose be duly authorized
by the said chief civil authority of the
SAID frontier states or territories This
singular provision explains why
the governor OF Texas makes
n requisition on the governor of Ia
maulipas for the surrender of these Jail
raiders instead of the president of the
United States making n requisition on
the president of the Mexican republic. 1t
will be difficult to call the Mexican
government TO account for failure of
duty by Il local governor, and this part
of the extradition treaty is probably II
blunder. lfthe local civil authority on
the frontier could be relied upon to do
It's duty there would be an obvious adj
vantage in point of promptitudc; but if
the Mexican governors ncar the frontier
happen TO be IN sympathy with the
raiders the operation Of the treaty is
little better than II force. In the present
case ever if the governor Of Tamauli-
pas acts with energy, it is not probable
that any surrender will be made, owing
to another singular feature of the treaty.
1t provides that neither of the con
tracing parties shall be bound to deliver
up its own citizens under the stipulations
of this treaty" If, as is supposed, the
raiders on the Rio Grande City Jail are
Mexicans, they cannot be delivered up,
even if they are captured. This remark.
able treaty was made sixteen years ago
before cattle raiding had been organized
into n regular business on the Mexican
side of the Rio Grande, and when it was
supposed that the local authorities on
both sides would bring their own citizens
to justice for crimes committed against
their neighbors. 1t is utterly out of re-
lation with the present state Of things
New York Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-29

eight years vas playing on the beach
at Coney Island, q little girl darted at
her, robbed her Of her hat and shawl
and a gold brooch, and as suddenly dis.
appeared. While the gentleman was
telling his story of the Highway robbery
by q child, an officer came in with Il
/ girl bedraggled and footsorc. The
gentleman took sudden interest in the
child. and CHANGING at the hat and
shawl exclaimed: "Why, these are
my daughters things Ii was little
Mary Pagan. Finding she was caught,
she acknowledged that she had taken n
hat and shawl and brooch from n child
on Coney Island beach on Thursday.
SO young, and yet SO accomplished in
wicked ways, and cunning, too. Mary
Pagan was locked up on II charge of
highway robbery. She is doubtless the
youngest highway woman that has ever
received a notice in the annals of crime.
The New York police have picked M
something new in their line Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-29
A Texas Horror.

Last evening N of the most horrible
reports that has yet been circulated on
our streets became current, but it was of
such a terrible nature that people
talked about it in low voices, and with
a feeling of dread. A deep well or els
tern had been found about fifteen miles
from the city, to which attention had
been called by a sickening stencil arts
ing from it, and an investigation dis
closed the fact that the cistern was half
full of the bodies of men women and
children, the mangled bodies having
been thrown in in all positions and CON
ditions. Some had had their threats
cut, others were stabbed through the
heart, others again had their brains
blown out.
In a house near by was found secreted
about $4,000 in money, and a large lot
of jewelry and other valuables, and an
old bag ola woman, who, when arrested,
jeered at her captors, and declared the
money found was only a little pocket
change belonging to my boys,"-Sdn
Antonio (Tcr.) Express, ,July26.