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Light-Fingered AristOcrats.

The Tribunal of Correctional Police
tried recently three foreigners, two
women and a man, natives of Venezu-
ella, and persons of good family, on nu-
merous charges of shoplifting.
The defendants were Nine. Pulgar
wife of former General and Represent
alive of the Republic in Paris; her niece,
Nine. Lopez, and the husband of the
latter, aged "a, and who described HIM
self as a Colonel in that South American
country. The women were elegantly
dressed, of attractive and distinguished
appearance, and formed a striking con-
trast to the usual occupants of the pris-
oners' bench. Nine. Pulgar is even said
to possess a certain fortune, and lived
in great style in the Champs Elysees.
They were arrested after the theft of
a sapphire ring at the shop of Boucher
on, and on their apartments being
searched great quantity of stolen arti-
cles were found, most of them still bear
ing the tickets of the Louvre, Bon
Marche, Printemps, and other drapery
establishments. The defendants had
evidently committed the robberies, not
under the influence of temptation, but
on a system of plumber, for many of the
objects taken could have been of no
possible use to them. The practice fol-
lowed appears to have been for Nine.
Pulgar and NJ. Lopez to occupy the at
tention of the shOpkeepers while the
Younger woman laid hands on any thing
near her. She now attempted to assume
all the guilt, and to extenuate her aunt
and husband, pretending that they knew
nothing of the thefts.
The Court condemned the young wife
to eight months imprisonment and the
aunt and husband to year and day
(Which term will require them to under
90 their sentence in central prison,
where the regime is more severe), and
to afterward remain five years under
police ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mes
Sen0eT
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He Never Told a Lie.

1 saw him standing in the crowd
comely youth and fairi
Ahere was a brightness in his-eye,
\ glory I'm HIS HART
saw his comrades gaze on him
His comrades standing by;
heard them whisper each TO each.
He never told liei'
Hooked in wonder on that boy.
As he stood there 50 young;
To think that never an untruth
Was uttered by his tongue.
thought of all the boys I'd known
Myself among the fry
And knew Of none that one could say,
"lIe never told a lieP'
gazed upon that youth with awe
That did enchain me long;
had not seen a boy before
SO perfect and so strong.
And with something of regret
wished that he was /,
So they might look at me and say:
lie never told a lien
thought of questions very hard
For boys to answer right.
How did you tear those pantaloionsy"
Ny soni what caused the fightg''
Nho left the gate ajar last nightY'
. who bit the pumpkin pieg''
What boy could answer all of these,
And never tell a lieg
j proudly took him by the hand
Ny words with praise were rife;
blessed that boy who never told
A falsehood in his life;
told him ! was proud of him.
A fellow standing by
Informed me that that boy was dumb
Who never told liei
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

WEBSTER CAKE.-Five cups of flour,
8 of sugar, of butter,1 of milk, eggs,
and l teaspoonful OF yeast-powder.
Fruit and spice to the taste, or without
fruit. Bake nearly an hour slowly.
To PREVENT MoTHs.-A small piece
of paper or linen, moistened with the
spirits of turpentine, and put into bu-
reau or wardrobe for single day, two
or three times, is said to be sufficient
preservative against moths.
NAHANT BUNs.-Three cups new
milk, l cup yeast, of sugar, flour to
make a stiff batter. Rise over night.
In the morning add cup butter, 1 cup
sugar, grated nutmeg, teaspoonful
soda (rolled very fine), and flour
sufficient to do up as biscuit. Let it rise
till light, and bake about 40 minutes.
BEEF-STEAK RoAsT.-Take a nice
thick beef-steak, pepper and salt one
side well, make nice stuffing of bread
crumbs, seasonings, and onions, wet
with egg; lay this over the steak, and
roll up like " roly-poly " pudding; tie
with bit of cord. Bake like any other
roast.
FORCED MEAT-Take bread-crumbs,
(dry bread grated is as good, add
as much chopped suet, thyme or other
herb to taste; salt and pepper; beat up
eggs enough to wet it to a paste; stuff
your roast, fish, or fowl with it, or lay
it in the pan among the gravy.
CLOSED SHIRT BosoMs.-2 ounces
of fine white gum-arabic powder; put
it in pitcher and pour on a pint or
more of water, and then having covered
it, let it stand all right. In the morn
ing pour it carefully from the dregs into
a clean bottle, cork and keep it for use.
A teaspoonful of this gum-water, in a
pint of starch, made in the usual way,
will give to lawn (white or printed) a
look of newness when nothing else can
restore them, after they have been
washed.
MUTTON CHOPS WITH TOMATOES. -
Trim the chops well, "French" them,
flatten them with the cleaver to make
them smooth, and broil nicely-Or if you
have not the conveniences for this, dip
in egg and bread crumbs, and fry a del
icate brown, in clear beef drippings.
Then place baked tomatoes in the center
of the dish, and the chops around them,
uniformly, with the bones meeting over
the top-Or place mashed potatoes in a
pyramid form and lay around the chops
in the same way.
MERINGUES.-Beat the whites of 6
eggs to a stiff frOth; sift into this large
spoonfuls fine sugar; while beating, fla
vor with lemon, butter a tin mold, and
put the egg into it; set in the oven to
bake for 10 minutes-the oven must be
moderate. Then butter tin sheet, and
turn the mold out upon it, and then slip
it off carefully upon flat dish, so as not
to break the egg. Sift a little sugar over
it, and set in the oven to brown. Have
ready a slice of cake spread over with
marmalade, or preserve, and slip the
foam upon it. This is quite a pretty
dessert
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19
The Naked Truth.

At noon yesterday policeman found
a boy bathing in slip near the foot OF
Randolph Street, and he called to the
lad to come out and be arrested like a
man for breaking the ordinance.
SIS it agin the ordinance for a boy
to fall into the river?" queried the
bather.
"NO, sir, but you are naked"
"Does the law say that boy has got
to have his clothes on when he falls in?''
"The ordinance prohibits bathing
here, and now you come out"
''Is it bathing when teller cuts his
foot on a piece of tin, knocks his head
agin beam, and swallows four catfish
and a COB of mud?"
81 want you'll" called the officer.
"What for?" called the boy.
81 command you to come out"
81 can't come" sorrowfully answer
ed the bather. 1.-The real truth is,
jumped in here to rescue a drowning fe-
male, but her hair pulled off and she's at
the bottom. As | have no witness !
dasn' go to trial"
''I'll bring you Quit" growled the Off
Ger, as he made for boat. But the boy
disappeared and was seen no more.
While the officer was looking under the
wharf the half of gOod-sized sand pile
suddenly slid down the back of bis neck
and into his boots, and musical
familiar voice was heard saying;
"My shirts on hind side afore,
breeches turned around, and this vest is
wrong end up, but feel as clean as a
new stamp from the post-office, and Lor!
what an appetite I've got for popcorn
balls. ''-DetrO1 Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19
CHOKER'S GHOST.

The only true ghost story l know is
the story of Choker's ghost That is a
positive fact well attested. All the
neighbors know what happened. All
the neigbbors saw how it began, and as
it is the story of Choker's ghost, it could
not have begun until Choker died.
Old Choker had been called for a
good many years-before he was actual
ly old, l should suppose; but he was a
very queer fellow, Il man without rela-
tives or friends, and who seemed to want
none.
He was a mysterious man, too.
He had a wooden leg, and no one
knew how he came by it.
He had a black patch over one eye,
and no one could tell why he wore it.
He had a rusty brown wig, and there
vas no man intimate enough to know
whether he adopted it because he was
Dald or because he was gray.
He had deposit in the bank, and no
one knew how he earned the money.
He came a stranger to Grabtown, and
bought a house and little farm there,
giving his name as Guy Choker.
That was all that any one knew about
him, except that he had the best crops
TO be seen for miles around.
He never went to church, and never
chatted to a neighbor. No one knew
any thing against him; as they knew
nothing, they suspected great deal
and when at last he was found dead one
morning, all the bottled up curiosity
popped out as champagne d. A.-cH j,
is uncorked.
Every body went to see him where he
lay.
Every body attended the inquest, and
every body went to the funeral.
1t WAS decided that he died of apo
plexy.
There was no relative to see him, but
there would probably be plenty left to
pay for his funeral, so there was no diff
ficulty about that.
The clergyman said doubtful sort OF
good word for him, and as he was dead,
no one contradicted it.
And Peggy Kinder, who said she
wasn't afraid of any thing, was put into
the house to take care of it.
She knew old Choker very well, hay
ing done washing for him for five years.
That night, the weather being chilly
spring weather, she made up a good fire
in the kitchen and slept on an old lounge
there. Once in the night she woke up
and thought she heard the clump,
clump, clump of a wooden LEG over
head, but though she felt a chill run up
her backbone at the thought, she made
mp her mind that it was all nonsense.
and went to sleep again.
At six she was up and had put more
coal on the fire, and was filling the ket-
tie, when positively-no fancy about it,
this time-she did hear that clump.
clump again across the room upstairs,
half dozen times, then down the stairs
The sound of Choker's wooden leo
and nothing else, and as she turned
about, shaking and trembling, she saw
Choker himself at the door in his big
lowered dressing-gown, with the black
patch over his eye, and the brown wig
on.
Then as Choker nodded cheerfully
and said, " Breakfast ready yet?" she
grew bewildered.
"rve been having a horrid Dream
SIR she said, getting away from the
figure, though, as she spoke, 'and it's
natural as life. / dreamed You were
dead, sir, but il was so natural that YOU
skeer me"
DO l?" said old Choker. ..Whv
bless me, we must all die"
Yes, sir,'' said Peggy.
And all be buried, too" said Cho.
ker,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19

A CURIOUS incident recently occurred
at Blatchington Battery, Sussex, En-
gland, during thunder storm. A sol
der was sitting in his room with table
knife which he had just before been
using lying before him on the table,
when the lightning entered the apart
ment, cut the knife completely in two
and threw the pieces about the room,
while the soldier, though much fright
ened, remained unframed,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19

HATCH's Universal Cough Syrup takes the
lead Of all cough remedies in our trade. We
keep many others. None receive such gem
eral commentator. Our customers will be
put off with nothing else. We warrant It in
every case. SAM'L CROSS & CO.,
Felt's Mills, y. Y.
Sold by Meyer Bros, st. Louis, Mo.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19

In this day of the world competition Is
active IN the extreme. But in the long run
it's the best which wins the prize Of public
preference in spite of ali the deceits used to
bolster up weak articles. For this reason
DooLET's YEAsT POWDER Is recognized as
the highest possible achievement in baking
powder
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19

ATTENTION Is called to the offer made by
the National Silver Plating Co., 204 Chestnut
St, Philadelphia, in our columns. Their sill
yer ware is represented as beautiful and fully
up to standard, and their generous offer IS
available to all the readers of this paper.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19
nbeuna,tsu, outckIy cured,

DuRANG's RHEUMATIC REMEDY, the or al
Internal NeiiciHe, viii positively cure any
case of Rheumatism on the face of the earth,
no matt of how long standing. Price 81 a
bottle: six bottles, SIS. Sold by all druggists.
Send for circular to HELPHENsTINE & BENT
LEY, Druggists, Washington, d. c.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19
Admiral Hobart and Farragut.

Admiral Hobart, it will be remem-
bered, was a blockade-runner during
our war with the Confederacy. He did
business at that time under the name of
Capt. Roberts, and very few people
knew the daring dealer in contraband
as the son of the Earl of Buckingham
shire. He told US good story about
this period of his life. He said that he
met Admiral Farragut in London dur
ing the old hero's visit to Europe few
years ago. The conversation turned
upon the war and the blockade of the
Southern ports. Farragut remarked
that he had had great trouble with one
English blockade-runner named
Roberts, and that he had always regret
ted his inability to overhaul him. When
assured that Capt. Roberts and Capt.
Hobart were one and the same person
the old fellow was very much amused.
" He assured me-" said Hobart, that
if he had been in my place he would
have done the same thing. To me it
was quite an experience in naval skill.
In addition to making about 1000 on
each venture, | learned that no coast of
any size could be successfully blockad-
ed 1t is impossible. y Cincinnati En-
Qutrer.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19

Don't fail to procure Mrs. WISsLows SooTH-
IsG SYRUP for all diseases of teething in chill
dren- 1t relieves the child from pain. cures wind
oolic, regulates the bowels, and By giving relief
and health to the child. gives rest to the OtlsE.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19

Mrs. SCHLIEMANN, wife of the Greek
explorer, is one of the most remarkable
women of her time. She alone constant
ly superintendent thirty workmen, with
carts, kept them down TO their work,
kept them from stealing, and always
had most obedient and Woodworking
men. She succeeded with them so well
because of her knowledge of the Greek
character. She worked four months at
the great treasury excavations, its mouth
being closed by huge stone blocks, but
her perseverance overcame all obsta-
Giles, and she succeeded finally in Dig
| ging out untold treasures,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19

STARCH gives a substantial stiffness, q pure
white and glossy finish to linen otherwise
unattainable.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19

GIVE the dog his due. During last
winter the dogs on Mt. St. Bernard
saved the lives of 40 persons,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19

A RTIST'S Manu- B, p-acural gglce 10 OIL a1d
n water color painting cTayon draw ag. &C. Illus
traed. so cts. EIocs iOniSt'S j. urna gives best
standard and pieces FOR professional and smatear
readers and speakers 10 eta o. any leTsdealer or ~
nail JESSE HASEY CO.. ZIG lsssA1 q, y. I.
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VEcETiNE IS SOLD by ALL DRUGGISTS

II you feel dull drowsy, debilitated, nsve frequent
headache. mouth tastes badly. poor appetite. and
tongue coated you suffering from torpid liver
"bilousness" and nothing will cure you speedily
and permanently as to take SIMMONS LIVE REaU-
LATOR or MEDICINE
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19

Cholera, Cholera Mor5,ss, Cramps
and PGins, Chronic Diarrhoa,
Dysentery and Cholera Tnfdn-
tasrs, Diarrhoed Ia Teething, and
all Summer Complaints, Digs
pepsia, Fzatsssency, Sluggish d.
gestion, Want of Tone and 40
tivity IN the Stomach and BOsCeIs,
Oppression after Eating, Rising
Of Food, and Similar Ailments.
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REV. J. P. LUDLOW WRITES:
~ ~

Nov. IA. iSs4 !
b. r. STEVENS, ESQ:
Dear SJ-From personal benefit received by Its use.
as well as from personal knowledge Of those whose
cures thereby have seemed almost miraculous, | can
most heartily aud sincerely recommend the VEG E.
TINE for the complaints which il IL claimed to
cure. JAMES z. LUDLOW,
Late Pastor Calvary Baptist Church,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19

Sold by all Wholesale and Retail Druggists, Grocers
and Dealers In Medicine Price. 50 cents. Samples
free. Dealers should purchase original packages OF
one dozen 70 obtain the trial bottles for free dis
Wholesale Druggists, Boston.
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COLLINS V0LTAIC PLASTER

Is warranted. the reputation OF Dr. Collins its in
yentor an Old physician TO be the best plaster the
world OF medicine. The union OF the two great medi
cal agents, viz, Electricity and Medical Gums and
ESSENCES. fully justies the claim and entities this
remedy to rank foremost among all curative com
pounds for all external Aches and Pains.
Price, cents. Sold by all Druggists, and sent on
receipt OF . cents for one, s1 for SIX or a. s
for twelve, carefully wrapped, and warranted, BIZ
nhEAS POTTER, Proprietors. Boston. Mas.
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SANF0RD'S
JAMAICA
GINGER

hprepsred from ne trua JHmsics Ginger. combined
with choice aromatics and genuine French Brandy
and IL vastly superior tc every other Extracf or a
sence OF Ginger before the public. all OF which are
prepared with alcohol ~ the cid procsss Iinstantly
relieves
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19

CHoKER.
Don't 90, DEAR" said the Doctors
wife.
Il must" said the Doctor; and went
accordingly.
He found the door of Choker's house
open, and the popular ghost himself
wrapped in a blanket by the fireside.
"Come in," he said. gasping for
breath; 81 wasn't sure you'd come.
I've been feeling the Inconvenience of
being supernatural since I've been too
i'll to make myself cup of tea. Just
see what is the matter with me, will
you? Think it's serious, whatever it is. "
The Doctor did his best.
His private opinion was that Choker,
whoever he might be, had not long to
live.
Whether he had ever been dead before
or not, he was certainly going to die
now.
at is as l thought, said Choker,
looking into his face. 81 knew the
malady was incurable years ago. But
the end is at hand now, eh?"
In the case of any other man |
should say ves,' said the Doctor: "but
L examined you once when YOU were
certainly dead man, and | can't Judge
for you. l don't ask your confidence,
Mr.. Choker, but that affair is puzzle to
me, though of course 1 have never taken
you for ghost"
81 think III confide in you, Doctor, .
said Choker, "only you must promise tc
keep my secret while | live. The night
before you held the inquest on OLD
Choker l came into Grabtown. Ii
been an actor once, then a soldier; los
leg, and come home TO starve or beg
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19
PURELY VEGETABLE,

The Cheapest, Purest
and Best Family Medi-
cine ia the WOridl
AN EFFECTUAL SPK-
cIFIc for all diseases Of
the Liver, Stomach and
Spleen.
Regulate the Liver and
prevent
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-19

CHILLS AND FEVER,
MALARIOUS FE-
VERS, BOWEL COM
PLANTS, RESTLESS
NESS, JAUNDICE ANn
NATTGEA
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JUDO N { n T..

MARGARET W. e. i'ofA'N' No, 1s2s-pa-
Lou LAvREScE, IRISH Court.
her husband.
STATE OF LOU1sIANA--RAp1DEs PARISH.
IN THIS CASE BY REASON OF THE
l law and the evidence being in favor
of Plaintiff. Margaret E. Hopkins, wife
of Louis Laurence, it is ordered, ad-
Judged and decreed that the Plaintiff
recover from the Defendant, Louis Lau-
renee, the sum of Fonr Hundred and
Fifty Dollars, with five per cent. inter-
est Der annum from the 18th of April,
1877, and costs Of this suit with recog-
milton of her mortgage according to
law. And for reason aforesaid it is fur:
Their ordered, adjulged and decread
that the community of acqucts and
rains between them be and is hereby
dissolved: that she be separated II
property from her said husband, ant
that she have the management and con
troll of her property independent OF ne
! husband.
Thus done and signed in open Court
, this the 2lst day of April, A. D. 1877
JOHN CLEMENTS,
Parish Judge.
hereby certify the foregoing to be
! correct copy of the Judgment on file !
= record 1925 of the Docket of the Paris
Court of Rapides Parish.
90 In testimony whereof hay
e u. s. hereto signed my name officia
j.. ~ ly and affixed the seal of tt
u Parish Court, of Rapides Parish,
Alexandria, La. on this the Sd day
n May, A. D. 1877.
. JAMES H. RANSDELIA,
% May 80, 1s77-3t. Clerk
:. Printers fees $500.
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COMPEN DIUM OF NEWS

LONDON, May 2l.-The News Buch-
Arrest dispatches cay that the Russians
are in no hurry to cross the Dunaoe.-
A dispatch says the Car is coming to
join the army.
This was altogether unexpected here
The announcement created much sur
prise and satisfaction.
He will be accompanied by the
Czarwitch Prince Gnrtschoft and a
great number of diplomatic chancel-
lory. Grand Duke Nicholas depart
ure for Bucharest is postponed in con-
sequence of the Cars visit.
The Russian official Bulletin dated
the 18th claims the capture of Ardaka
with sixty guns and immense stores
The bulletins say the Russian loss II
believed to be one officer and fifty sol
diers killed and forty officers and III
soldiers wounded.
The telegraph's special from Ezer
cum Saturday describing the first at
tack on Araaka says the efforts OF tn
Russians commenced with heavy al
tillery fire, which was as holly return
] ed, This was followed by imnetuor
e infantry attacks, which were repulse
: every time with great slaughter, undo
o orders apparently. To obtain succe
somewhere or other at any cost, trool
we're led back to assault after each tai
ure. Night stopped the carnage
From Kars we have intelligence tn
" yesterday the Russians attacked e
- outer lines with furious determiD
" " ton, having preceded their attem
Ie BY a heavy but ill-directed cannona
s. from The artillery. The powerful 81
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turbed as long as Wells and Ander-
son stuck together. Two whites and
two mulattoes gave prependerance
of white blood, without any prejudice
to the previous condition of the col
ored patriots. They worked togeth-
err admirably, and when they swore
before the Investigating Committees
at New Orleans and Washington
they proved what it was possible fol-
witnesses to do, even when encom
passed by adverse circumstances
-[New York Sun.