The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-08

band was Sieara." The proceeding
we've suspended, .Snd that same evenin.
Sicard was found in one of the prisons
1t wss evident he had not long to live
but they carried him to Versailles t.
testify to Pigerre's innocence, and con
vince all the witnesses, save the three
communists, that they had been misleC
! BY the extraordinary resemblance be
tween the two men, The prosecutor
ct once demanded that the accusation he
hsd formulated against Pigerre should
be withdrawn, and SO terminated what
night have proved fatal case of mis-
Isken identity.
Yet more singular was the escape Of s
yoang Shropshire lazy from an ignomin.
ious death. Staying in Paris during the
reign of terror, she was dragged with
Other unfortunate "aristocrats" before
one ct the tribunals. She pleaded that
she was an English woman; but was on
the point of being hurried out t. the
waiting tumbril, when enc of the Judges
| asked her what province in England she
was native o.. In her fright she ex-
claimed Salope"-a reply greeted by q
general shout and clapping of hands, fol-
lowed BY an order to let her go and
amid cries Of "Salepei salope! the
dazed gin was hustled into the street to
run home, wondering that her head was
still on keI shoulders, little thinking
that by uttering the word "saIope" she
had effectEaily rebutttd the notion of
her icing one of the hated aristocrats,
thanks to "Salope" being a word then
used to designate one of the most de-
PRAYED of her sex.
Another remarkable escape of that ter.
rible time was that of NJ. DeChateau-
brun, for he was not only condemned,
but actually waited his turn at the gull
lotine, standing sixteenth in q line of
twenty. The fifteenth head had fallen,
when the machine got out of order, and
the five had to wait until it was repair
ed. The crowd pressed forward to see
what was going on, and as it began to
grow dark NJ. DeChateaubTun found
himself gradually thrust into the rear of
the spectators so he wisely slipped
away, and, meeting man simple enough
or charitable enough to take his word
that wsg had tied his hands and run
off with his hat, had his hands set free,
and managed to reach safe hiding
place. A few days later he pat himself
beyond the reach of the executioner.
Major Duncan vOuches for the truth of
the following tale &: In 1887 the Chris
tino general, Escalera, was murdered at
Miranda, by the mutineering regiment
OF sSegovia. About two months later
Espartero and his srmy arrived at Mi
rands and on the 30th of October the
whole force was parsded outside the
town, the regiment of Segovia being
fanked by artillery and other regiments.
Accompanied by his staff, Espartero
rode up to it, aud said he had come to
look for his old friend and commander,
their chief, Escalers. "Where is he?"
he cried. Then, pointing to the dead
mans resting place, went on: Gle is
there, foully murdered! l call upon
all of you who are true soldiers to give
up the nsmes of his assassins." Twice
he made the appeal, snd silence was the
only answer. EsparterO then ordered
the regiment to be numbered off from
the right, and every twentieth man to
be brought to the front and be prepared
for immediate execution. 1t this g
stepped forward and named
ten men as the actual murderers of E4- !
calera. These were marched OF and
placed in line, with their backs to p
broken wall one only protesting his in
nOcence as be was dragged toward the J
end of the line. Before the fatal vOlIey !
was fred he dsrted nimbly round the |
corner of the wall, and ran along the |
front of the troops, but was recaptured |
and taken back TO his allotted place. A |
voice from the ranks cried out that they |
had the wrong man, the real criminal |
being soldier Of the same name in hos. |
pital at Burgos. Espartero ordered the
man to be removed, while the rest re-
reived their deserts. Upon inquiry |
being made at Burgess, the guilty one |
was found there, taken from the hospital |
and shot, his namesake, of course, being
,et free.
A snake once prevented thief COM
hitting something worse than theft. A
of Dude and her daughter once
alighted at the station at Hurdee, and
hired a conveyance to take them to their (
village. When they had gone half a
1ozen miles on their way, the driver,
pulling up in lonely spot, demanded
their jewelry, and, upon their demur-
ring, tied the pair to the vehicle and
seized the trinkets. Then, bethinking
himself that dead women could tell no
tales, the rufian drew out his knife
out, slipping from his gtasp, it fell into
4 ditch. He plunged his hand into the
water to recover the knife, and, as he
clutched it, black snake fixed its fangs
IN the would-be murderer's hand. He
,uccumbed to the poison, and in ten
minutes was past hurting any body.
The women were discovered by some
villagers and released; but the corpse of
the driver was left alone until the police,
coming on the scene, moved the body
to the police station.
OF all the wonderful canons or gorges
Of Colorado, the Grand canon of the
with almost perpendicular
walls, in some places several thousand
feet high, is the most wonderful. The
gorge of this canon used to be impossible |
except in winter until railroad opera
tons commenced and paths of sort cut |
in the sides of the pIecipic5s Wishing
to see how the said operations were pro-
Pro essor NaIlet and a party
Of friends set out one afternoon from
Canon City. As long IS they kept to
the horse trail all went well, but upon
reaching 8 point just beyond it, Mrs.
Mallet's horse stumbled and tell. The
lady contrived to disentsngle herself
from the animal, and dropping some ten
feet, caught with her fingers the end Of
the narrow shelf of rock, and there held
On, dangling in the air above the rapid