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PERFECT LOVE is SIMPLE FAITH.

The three magistrates had sat unin-
terruptedlv far into the autumn after
noon, and had now retired TO consider
their decision. 1t was n distressing
case, and, occurring in Singlebridge,
which is a mere handful of town, pro-
vokcd intense interest among the inhab-
itants. Every body knew the parties
concerned. Silas Westbrook, the re-
luctant prosecutor, was senior partner
in an impressively solid firm which had
flourished in the borough for genera
tons. lie enjoyed a reputation for
strict probity and broad benevolence
which was Singularly merited. His son
Augustus (also in the FIRM, witness
for the prosecution, was held in much
esteem by certain of the younger sort in
Singlebridge, who sympathized with his
arniable witnesses; and if certain of
the older sort looked askance at these,
WHY, that was only natural. About Mr..
Blanchard, another witness for the
prosecution, little was known to the
inquiring gossips lie had been resi-
dent with the WeStbrooks for about
eight months, during which period he
had sat alongside Gus in the Office in
business hours, and had been a good
deal about with him at other times.
They got on amazingly well together,
people observed, but despite all his
efforts -a and some of these were
marked enough-suave Mr.. Blanchard
failed to similarly captivate Gus's pref
~ sister Fanny. As became her fathers
daughter, she treated the West Indian
connection of her fathers firm with I'M
faltering graciouSness. But her sweetest
moods, her tenderest looks and gentlest
tones we've not for him. The magician
at whose bidding they so gladly came
was Blanchard's instructive foe. From
the moment Harold White, confidential
clerk to the firm, and apotcntial part
ner therein, met and simply shook hands
with the West Indian, they hated each
other with hatred that owed its sus-
tenance on the one side TO contempt, and
on the other to malice and all unchar.
itableness. To-day will behold the tri.
umph or discontinue of Blanchard. Ii
the Police-court of Singlebridge, in the
presence of a crowd Of people, the ma
iority of whom are personally known tC
him, Harold White stands accused, OF
the united testimony of the Westbrooks
father and son, of embezzlement.
To the profound chagrin of the mag
istrates' clerk, who, cordially dislikins
Blanchard, wishes well TO the accused
the latter conducts his own defense.
/" Silence in the courti'' -....
OF the four actors in the little drama
old Mr.. Westbrook betrays the most az
itation as the opening of door at the
back OF the court heralds the return o
the magistrates to their seats on The
bench. The silence is oppressive when
IN voice tull OF feeling, the chairman
turns TO the accused and SAYS:
Harold White, l, who have known
you for so many years, need not say
that the long examination which my
brother magistrates and myself have
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29

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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29
Orange Blossoms on the Sly.

Among the passengers who sailed for
Europe to-day on the steamship Repub-
lie were Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh JohnsOn,Of
this city. Theirs is a wedding voyage,
and the story of the marriage will lend
additional interest to their departure
Mrs. johnson, nee Caroline II. Arnold,
is the daughter of the head of the largest
retail dry-goods house, save one, in this
city. Mr.. Hugh johnson is sort OF
head clerk in her papa's establishment.
He is turned forty years of age, and has
been employed in the house of Arnold Il
Constable since his arrival in this cOun-
try from Ireland, now some twenty
eight years ago. Two years later his
brother Robert came on, and now he,
too, is trusted clerk in the same house.
For some years past Mr.. Hugh Johnson
has possessed the confidence of Mr.. Ar
mold, and of late most of his evenings
were spent at the Arnold mansion in
West Twenty-third Street, but his en-
ployer never thought of him as a future
son-in- law. Last Tuesday afternoon
Mr.. johnson, Miss Arnold and
Messrs. Winters and Fleming, two
Young clerks at Arnold & COnstabie's,
drove to the residence of Rev. j. p.
Lundy,in East Eighteenth Street, where,
after brief delay, the two first named
were pronounced man and wife. The
two clerks having signed the papers as
witnesses, hurried to the store, and MIR.
and Mrs. johnson drove to the home OF
/ the Arnolds. Here a dreadful row is
said to have occurred, in which a stern
father and a proud-spirited daughter
were the principal actors. The upshot
of the matter was that Mr.. Arnold was
finally convinced that johnson came OF
one Of the best families in Ireland He
already knew Hugh to be an excellent
man Of business and perfect gentle
man, and so he said he was welcome to
/ Caroline. But as Mr.. Arnold could not
approve of Opponents on general prin-
ciples, he yielded to the suggestions OF
the Constables, who live in Madison Az
-enue, that somebody must be punished,
and the two witnesses were summary
discharged Mr.. johnson says that on
his return from Europe he will endeavor
/ to secure the restoration of the two
young men, and that, in the meantime,
they shan't lose any thing by being out
of employment. Mrs. johnson ha;
| $500, 600 in her own right, left her by
grandmother York Letter.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29


$50 you think to trap me, do you?"
growled Blanchard, actually fOaming
with rage; :" but you are mistaken
F." Not a bit of it," observed obliging
Mr.. keauchamp, at that moment enter
ing by the door on the landing. Coolly
turning the key and placing it in his
pocket, the manager of the Easthampton
Theatre continued: "Now look here,
Mr.. Blanchard | have stage-managed
too many little things of this kind not to
know what's required to strengthen the
situation. | have two of my fellows
handy on the stairs. My praperty-man
is on the other side of those folding
doors. My friend here and myself
reckon for something, to say nothing of
Mrs. Harold White"
"Mrs. Harold White!" gasped Blan-
chard.
Yes, Mr.. Blanchard" releasing him
and approaching her, ''my wife. She
always believed in my perfect innocence
of the charge you helped to fasten on
me, and when poor miserable Gus con-
fessed the part which he had played in
the conspiracy, we got married"
Confessed-conspiracy!" sneering-
ly exclaimed Blanchard; "where are
your proofs?"
"Here!" replied Harold, pointing to
the papers; ''and here they remain
until"
Until what?"
Until the father of my dear wife has
perused them line by line, and the mag
istrates of Singlebridge have made my
Innocence as public as year since they
proclaimed my guilt"
"Then | may CO." said Blanchard,
after a pause; and taking for grant
ed the consent of his temporary custO-
dians, he stepped towards the door,
which was under the ianitorship of Mr..
Beauchamp. That gentleman graceful
ly waved him back.
"YOu may 90 on one condition, sir
pardon me-and it is this. That you
leave for Jamaica by certain steamer
which leaves this port tomorrow. l have
tonight bespOken your berth. Pardon
me-if you decline, to take the conse
quences, one of which will be the tenn
porary occupation by yourself of a neat
and commodious apartment within the
precincts of Easthampton jail"
''Open the door" Not another word
did he utter, but taking his hat and
looking straight before him, he left the
hotel and proceeded-not unattended
in the direction of the Jamaica boat.
1t was a pleasant hour or so which
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold White and their
friend Beauchamp spent together that
night 1t was a more than pleasant
meeting that took place few days after
in Singlebridge. SilaS Westbrook's
happiness was unspeakable. There was
a streak of sorrow in it, though, when
he thought of his absent son, and pray
ed that the lad had turned over new
leaf ut the other end of the world
To,lJo31 Cocjrf3f
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29
The Sweet Singer OF Michigan.

Although "the Sweet Singer of Mich
igan''-NIrs. Julia A MOOre-makes
this touching appeal at the conclusion
of her Introductory song:
And now, kind friends, what have wrote
hope you will pass o'er
And n t cTiticiSe as some have done
Hitherto heretofore,
yet her songs have been more extern
sively criticised by the press than the
songs of any other singer, sweet or sour,
since the invention of the mocking bird.
1t is really cruel thus to "tromp onto''
the warnings of this gushing young
minstrel, for she says herself:
Itmay seem strange to YOU
1t seems very strange to me sometimes,
IL was natural tor me TO compose
And put words in rhyme.
SO, you see, she couldn't well help it.
As for ourselves, so peculiarly sweet aud
touching are her songs that they remind
us of the old man whom Artemus Ward
once knew out in Iowa. "He could
beat any man warbling on the bass
drum that ever l saw, and yet he didn't
have a single tooth in his head. y
Conrier-,JOuTnal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29
CObbett'S Curious Career.

Over eighty years ago, according to
the London Telegraph, sergeant in
Lord Edward Fitzgerald's regiment of
foot, while stationed in British North
America, happened to pass the hut of a
non-commissioned officer of artillery
and was struck by the sight of a young
English lass, the artillery-man'S daugh-
ter, whose rosy and pretty face was
bent low over the waSh-tub. The
thought at once struck him that she
was the girl he wanted for a wife, and
he shaped his campaign accordingly
with the most satisfactory results. But
the battery to which her father belong
ed was ordered elsewhere, and her low
er at parting gave her bag of golden
guincas, telling her to spend what she
needed and keep the rest for two years,
when he would make her his wife. At
the end of two years they met rs agreed,
but instead of being leaner the bag of
gold had received accumulations from
the thrift and energy of the young wom-
an. They were married of course,
lived happily, and had a great many
children. The young sergeant was af-
forwards the famous William Goblet,
editor of the Political Register and
member of Parliament from Oldham.
This in itself might be an old story, for
William Goblet has been dead for
close on A. years, but one of his daugh-
tiers died in London a few days since
at the advanced age of 81. She was
born in Philadelphia in 1875 where her
father was then selling books. Through
ont her fathers long and necessarily
active public career Miss Cobbett was
the custodian of his papers and his
chief assistance as an amenuensis, and
large part of his most stirring compo-
sitions went to press in her handwrit-
ing, and her hand directed the light
nings that were sent forth against minis
tiers and members of Parliament. BY
relationship and association she was an
interesting character, and by her death
another living link has been lost from
the chain of history.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29
POEMS BY TWO LITTLE AAERI-
CAN GIRLS.
From St. NICHOLS for December

blaine and Dora Read Goodale, the two sis
tiers some OF whose poems are mere gwen, are
rbfidra,, "a n and I6vcars of age. Their home
where their infancy and childhood have been
ras-ea. Is on a large and isolated farm, lying
upon the broad slopes 81 the beautiful Berk-
sffro nan. Of Western Massachusetts,, and Is
uuafntfy called 'Slly Farm" Here, in a sim
bic country life. divided between books and
uaturp they began, almost rs soon a. they
l,euan to taxi. 70 express in verse what they
saw and felt, rhyme and rhythm seeming 20
come by instinct Living largely out-of-
doors. vigorous and hcalthful in body a. in
mind, they draw pleasure and instruction
from an about them. one OF their chief de-
lights f. 20 wander over the lovely hills and
meadows adjoining sky Farm. Pccping into
messy dclls, whore wild flowers love TO hide,
hunting the carly arbutus, the queen hare
bell, or the blue gentian, they learn the Sc
crcts of nature, and these they pour forth in
song as simply and rs naturally as the birds
sing
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29
The Queen Of the Oven.

a breakfast-biscut or tea-roIl made with
DooLEY's YEAST POWDER is certainly the
queen OF the Oven-so light, white and dele
louS. You lift it tenderly, break il open gent
lY, spread it daintily with fresh, sweet butter,
waiting to be gracious. After brcakfasting on
biscuits made with DooLEY'S YEAST POWDER.
what man would contemplate suicide, or Crum-
bic because his wife asked him for money.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29

IMP RTANT BUSINESS ENTERPRIsE.--Kings-
ford's Oswego Starch has become so popular
on account of its great strength and purity
that another enlargement to the mammoth
factory has been made, containing, in its
completion, over II acres of flooring, and
procuring over % tons daily of the best
starch made in the world
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29
LINE.

For stately trees in rich array,
For sunlight all the happy day,
For blossoms radiant and rare,
For skis when daylight closes,
For Joyous, clear, outpouring song
From birds that all the green wood thrOng
For all things young, and bright and fair
We praise thee, Month of Roses!
For blue, blue skies of summer calm,
For fragrant odOrs breathing balm,
For quiet, cooling shades where oft
The weary head rcposes,
For broOllcts babbling thro the 1iclds
Where Earth her choicest treasures yields,
For an things tender, sweet and soft,
We love thee, Month of Roses
-EIqiHe GOOHale
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29
Inflammation OutcLIv Cured.

'Durang's Rheumatic Remedy" the great In
teT7ldt Medicine, will positively cure any of
rheumatism on the face of the earth Price 81 a
bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Send for circular
to Helphenstine x Bentley, Washington, ID. @.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29

Don't fail to procure Mrs WNsLOw's SooTH-
ING SYRUP for all diseases of teething in chill
dren. 1t relieves the child from pain, cures wind
collie regulates the bowels, and by giving relief
and health to the child gives rest 10 the mother
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29

For burns, bruises, cuts, sprains, etc, PERRY
DAVIS "PAIN KILLER is the popular reme-
dy. 1t soothes the pain, produces a healthy
muscular action, and restores the proper har-
mOny to the parts. There is no telling when
accidents will occur, and it is well 70 have a
bottle of It.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29
TIE GRUNIBLER.

MS YOUTH.
His coat was too thick and his cap was too
thin,
He could MT be quiet, he hated din;
lie hated to write, and he hated to read,
lie was certainly very much injured indeed;
lie must study and work over books he de-
tested.
His parents were strict, and he never was
rested.
lie knew he was wretched as,wretched could
be,
There was no one so wrctchedly wrctched as
he.
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HIS MATURITY.

His farm was too small and his taxes too big,
lie was selfish and lazy, and cross as pig;
His wife was too silly, his children too rude
And lust because he was uncOmmOnly good,
lie never had money enough or TO spare,
lie had nothing at all fit to eat or to wear;
lie knew he was wrctched as wretchcd could
be,
There was no one so wretchcdly wretched as
he.
HIS OLD AGE.
lie finds he has sorrows more deep than his
fears,
lie gIumblcs to think he has grumbled for
years;
lie tsrumblcs to think he has grumbled away
His home and his fortune, his life'S little day.
But ALAS Z Is too lutc-it Is no use to say
That his eyes are too dim, and his hair i tso
gray.
lie knows he Is Wrctched as wretched can be,
There IS no one more wretchedly wretched
than he.
Dora GOOdGle.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29

ANOTHER nine in disgrace. Now they
say Ilinine is adulterated.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29

Apples are the healthiest fruit.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-29

go, you can? You are frank. After
all, why should you not be? We can
spare each other the recital of a long
preface of dull retrospection. After a
long and patient search l have found
you-no matter how"
81 know how" she calmly inter
posed.
"Ahi" he exclaimed, "perhaps you
would not mind enlightening me-" His
tones were sneering. Her perfect equa
nimity pnt him about.
"Not at all. You got the informa-
ton from my BROTHER
"Even so. And-your brother? Has
he informed you also that he is just as
completely in my power as was another
person of our acquaintance more than
a year since? Did he tell You that there
is that in this bundle of papers which
would give him penal servitude if ]
chose to put the law in operation? Did
/ he
''No, Mr.. Blanchard, he did not
A tear had stolen down her cheek at the
mention of Harold's name; but now
that she confronted the West Indian hel
eyes blazed defiance upon him. "Ht
/ did not Remove your mask. / car
read the rascal underneath it. So, then
my hand bestowed on you is to be the
price of your silence concerning my
brothers crime, if crime it be. But YOU
have shown your claws too soon, sir;
see that they are not clipped"
"And who is to clip them?'
"I!" exclaimed a voice that came
frsm behind the chair near which
Blanchard stood, while at the same time
his arms were seized in a grip OF iron
and wrenched violently back. az
Harold White Fan, take possession
of those papers"
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-10-06
SULPHUR BATHS

The beneficial results of Sulphur Baths are too well known
to require comment. The effects Of GLENN'S SUI
PHUR SOAP in the bath, are truly electrical, completely
deodorizing offensive Accommodations and thoroughly purifying
the entire surface of the body. In fact it is
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GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP !

is a Specific in those OBNOXIOUS DISEASES which hav,
been heretofore treated with |" Sulphur Ointments"h having the
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-08-04
ARTEslAN WELLS

yEyHE UNDERSIGNED BTds LEAVE
to inform the public that he now
prepared, with the most approved machinery.
to Pink Artesian Wells in any part of the state
on the shortest notice.
All orders or communications ON the sub
jeet address to Cahoon 4 Palmer. Battle
Mountain, will receive prompt attention.
N s. J. CAH0ON
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-08-04
DIVIDEND NOTICE.

OFFICE OF RYE PATCH Con. M. AND M. Co.
400 California street,
San Francisco, July II, lS77.
AT MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES
~ of the above named Company held
thia day, Dividend mo. 81 OF twenty-five
cents per share was declared, payable FRIDAY,
Iniv 81 lST7. Transfer books will close July
D.F. vERDENAL,
,uly1e.lm Secretary.
, 1877-05-18
BY STEAMER DAKOTA.


Passengers for Port rownsend.-H Nc
Ulonald, NJ Huntoon, w Adams, J r
nepherson, E Doucaster, II Doncaster,
: Miller, Geo Thompson, and in the
For Seattle.-Mrs S Anderson, Mrs l. L
cooper and child, d Bagley3D Hewes and
N,1lly, j rranply and As la steerage.
M r0r Tacoma.-E Sellers, b Fallows, W
Durce, and II in steerage.
For Olympia.-Miss l. Clark, and II
III Steerage.
y NJ FOR Oi Portland.AT Dayton, r F Hall.
olney, j c Mallory, Jr., and 3 in steer
freight for Port Townsead. Water
man MAJ q Katz, 5S pkgs;rC c Bartlett, 1873;
nnqnt q Learned, 4tHJ Fitzpatrick, 3;
" ,Gerrish, IL; RotliSeliild & Co., 242;
Elsenbeis, 81; Elkner ranch, 3s;0H A
Freoster, 8; James Jones, 13; Argus, L;
@Go-, 2; L NJ Sterns,sI.-
, 1877-05-18

some IA subscribers to the ARGUS.
Among the places visited were those
of Mr.. Hannah, late Representative;
Mr.. Douglas, a very enterprlslng
farmer, at whose house we were
kindly entertained during the din
ner hour; also the residence of Rev.
J. T. Weekes, and others whom we
might mention did space permit.
Our Journey was closed for the day
when we arrived at the store OF Mr..
l. Katz who is deing a fourlshlng
business. The citizens here are
quiet, hospitable, pleasant people;
this fact, however, is not so remark
able considering that their good
soil, luxuriant crops, and dry, healthy
climate is enough to make a desira-
BILE habitation for man, of any part
of the earth. Some Inconvenience
has been experienced here on ac-
count of the survey, and consequent
location of farms, not being con-
summated until after the decision Of
ownership between England and the
United States. Not a few OF the
claims are still involved in litigation; ;
yet after all the place is in a pros
porous condition, and a bright fu,
ture is foretold. Vacant land still
awaits the woodsman's ak and the
husbandman's plew; and in due sea
son, under the Transforming influence
of the hand of Art, THIS elsie Of
the Sea- will no doubt "blossom as
the rose"
, 1877-05-18
p1GET SOUND ARGUS.
LOCAL NEWS.

,,.,y,rD In East Oakland, CAL, May
hT|Rey. James Eells, d. D., Rev.
etIS ORA, Pastor OF the Presbyterian
ySnr yJenrcb Port Townsend, w. T., and Miss
J.iS Ford, eldest daughter of j. b.
Ala.S AaS EsG., Of East Oakland, Cal. Dur
iO residenee Of nearly five years in this
ms ins.n Mr.. Rea has made many friends
~ ioin with them in wishing the happy
viz VIZ ali the joys of welded lite. Knowing
Ill that the la,ly who could capture
iS, luz virtues embodied in friend Rea, must
sV Vh.rseIf a real gem, we doubt not that
S wishes as to their welfare will be fully
Ou' OO.slized and that the brilliancy of their
Ienarated lives, now blended in one Rea,
IN Increase as time rolls on, giving light
wa wa ioy M to all around, and refecting upon
,bem The pleasure and satisfaction earned
ST lives Of purity and noble deeds.
, 1877-05-18

HORRIBLE Academia few hours too
Ito for insertion in our last issue, we re-
,~iT lived an announcement Of the sad intelll-
S ,,ence that two children on Orcas island,
eUe aged about years and the other three,
on RE 4th inst, entered a building in
which was kept some gunpOwder, the
alder one igniting match and setting
@ sre to the powder, the explosion OF which
tore away one side Of the room, and caused
he death of both unGortunates. From
can't. McLachlin, one OF the proprietors
ot he Orcas Lime Works, we learn that
the names of the victims were Thomas and
George, sons of Geo. Phillips, cooper at
the Lime Works