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FOREIGN Cos SIP.

The Mexican international exposition
building is to cost $500, 900.
In Paris, famous as the center and
paradise of the culinary art, many even
of the frst>class restaurants roast their
meats all before the same fire.
The pope is making great reductions
in his personal household, observing that
it is useless to keep up an enormous
kitchen where nothing is cooked. His
dinner consists of soup and one plate.
Of personal service he requires very
little, so that his retainers will be
reduced to One>third OF their number.
A gang OF pickpockets who were at
tending a fair at Bernay, France, re-
Gently, raised cry of fire in q theatre,
and at the same moment turned the gas
out. In the panic and confusion they
plundered the audience and the box
office, and escaped under cover of the
darkness.
Five hundred and forty-two Russian
emigrants have been landed at Antwerp,
on their way back from South America
They are but first installment; l 500
more will. it is said, shortly arrive there.
They belong to the sect of the Memo
mites, who some time ago emigrated en-
masse, and after being disappointed in
their hopes of forming prosperous
colony, and after undergoing great pri
vations, have been compelled to return
to their inhospitsble mother country.
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SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

Galveston, Texas, is assessed at $I7,-
100000.
North Carolina has recently hung
four burglars.
Corn sells for FIVE dollars barrel in
North Carolina.
Six thousand Cinnamon are at work
on the Texas Pacific railroad.
In Rockingham, North Carolina,
man % years old weighs S1s pounds.
Shreveport negroes are organizing eel.
onies of 800 for q fall emigration to Kansas,
The profits of the Langley cotton fac
tory at Greenvine, South Carolina, for 1873,
were S5O,e9l.
Mr.. CoIcoran, of Washington, has
contributed $1,000 of the $1,000 yet re-
quired TO complete the Lee mausOleum at
Lexington, Va.
John Lsnham, who shot and killed
Georgia Drake, an actress, in the San An
tonic theater, has been sentenced to be hung.
Attic recent hanging of three burglars
at Hillsboro, n. c., pools were sold as to
which of the unhappy men would die first
A man in Delta county, Texas, who
has three hundred stands of bees, went to
market last week with eighty gallons of
choice honey.
d. o. M0orhesd, who decemped from
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with $50 600 of the city,
nancy when treasurer four years ago, has
been captured in Young county, Texas.
The Telephone exchange in Atlanta
is growing rapidly in popular favor. Several
miles Of wire have been put up, and forty
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-05

| five instruments have already been received,
A Texas preacher warned husbands
that If they permitted preachers to sneak
around to their homes, and an, thing wrong
came OF il, why they must grin and bear it
without complaint, for it was their own
| fault.
A man calling himself J. 81. Ellis, of
Paramount, Mimi, arrived at Fort Worth,
Texas, last week, and managed to victimize
the cashier of the City national bank out OF
$1,000 by depositing New York bank ex-
change and drawing on it.
Nstchez Democrat: Crop prospects
continue to be exceedingly promising in all
the region tributary to Natchez The labor
is undisturbed by the Kansas fever, and the
colored men have not yet begun to worry
much about politics. All are at work.
Edward B. Young, president of the
Eufaula national bank, of Eufaula, Ala,
died at his home in that city last week. He
was seventy seven years of age, and had
largely identified himself with the business
interests of Eufaula, contributing much to
its progress.
Silver spring, Fla, is one hundred
feet deep, covers an acre, and sends stream
sixty to one hundred feet wide eight miles
to the Ocklawaha river.
The Fernandina Mirror tells won
derful story of boat race at that place be-
tween a Mrs. Lines and a Mrs. Darlington,
which was very exciting, and was won by
the former by about two boat lengths. The
most remarkable part of the story is that the
winner is said to be about seventy years old.
The Memphis theatre was sold at
public auction, last Saturday, to Messrs.
Leubrie Bros, for $4,000. 1t was built in
1858, and has been the leading theatre of the
city ever since, sometimes renting as high as
Sc, 900 per annum. Messrs. Davey 4 Brooks
nave leased it for the ensuing dramatic
season, paying $1,000 therefor.
Dallas (Texas) Herald: Ella Rowett
has established Dallas as the great races
horse center of the southwest. Galveston
produces her oysters, Houston her Belgian
barons, San Antonio her bulls and Mexican
lions, and Austin unacknowledged states
men, but Dallas sends horse to Kentucky
which kicks dust into the eyes Of the fastest
courser born and reared on the turf.
Waco ITexss) Telephone: The little
town of Brentwood, 125 miles west of
Waco, has a genuine sensation. Parties Dor
ing an artesian well discovered specimens of
ore, which hasty local assays declare to be
largely impregnated with silver. The lucky
owner of the ground where the silver was
discovered was offered and refused $4,000
for his land. A stock company was at once
organized to work the land, and an eight
foot shaft was sunk in twentyNfOur hours
after the discovery.
About two years ago, Jacob PTessly,
of Corsicana, Texas, had q misunderstanding
with ]. P Anderson, and shortly afterwards
AndersOn's barn was destroyed by fire. Ans
l.. L L L !
took Pressly out to hang him. They strung
Pressly up three or four times, and asked
him to confess that he burned the barn, but
he wouldn't do it, and they released him
when life was nearly extinct. He entered
SUIT against Anderson. claiming $4,000 dam
ages, and last Friday the jury gave him
verdict for $1,866 66.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-05

Mr.. WALTER COTTON, the stepson Of
Congressman Chitterden, is one of the
three great makers of vielins now living,
He was graduated from Columbia, and
then travelled abroad, where his fondness
for the violin developed into a passion,
He spent much time in hunting up the
most celebrated old violins, and on his
return began to make instruments, at
first only for his amusement, and to give
away to his friends; but presently there
arose a demsnd which has of late kept
him busy. Ole Bull, Remenyi, Viii.
helmj, and all the noted professional
players come to his house, and send him
their instruments when they need
repairing. He employs no workmen,
but makes all parts of the instruments
himself, having contrived many of the
tools he uses, and he aims to make but q
small number of violins in the year.
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Yankees 0utwitted.

Eight Boston capitalists, chief o
whom is Mr. Gordon Mckay, the sewing
machine inventor, have teen deirsuded
Of several hundred thousand dollars.
Mr. MeKay's attention was attracted to
the San Curiaco gold mine, in Brazil,
and be became convinced that by the
introduction of improved hydraulic ma
chinery it could be worked with enOr-
nous profit. Prof. Mills, q mining ex-
pert, was sent to investigate, and be
returned with a glowing account Of the
wealth to be had at San Curiaco. a
company was formed, eight men putting
in 300, 900, and Mills was commissioned
to investigate second time, and, if still
satisfied, to buy the mine. News came
from him confirming the hopes that his
FIRST report had raised, and very expen-
sive machinery was forwarded. Now,
according to the Boston Herald, 1t Turns
out that the former owners of the nearly
worthless mine deceived Mills BY q
device 30 simple as to be comical. Iney
employed an old and innocent-looklng
negro to furnish the sample washings
upon which the man of scii nee based his
favorable opinion. The negro filed his
mouth with gold dust, and slyly spat it
into the pan while at work, thus giving
the irnpression of wonderful auriieTous
richness of the s0I. 1t was not until
the money for t.r mine had been paid,
and the negro had grown careless, that
the fraud had been discovered.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

There are about 10000 more males
| than females in San Francisco.
Of the 100000 acres of land in Ire
land, two men own between them 1921
One hundred and eighty-three cotton,
mills have been built in the south since the
war;
An italian firm has ordered a supply
OF 100000 tons of coal from the United
States.
Boston had 563 fires last year, destroy.
ing buildings valued at S144,i and their
contents valued at $259,256.
A publication of the navy list for
1879 shows that, cut of 1868 officers, more
than half "stick close to their desks and
never go to sea-"
Four-ffths Of the gloves made in the
United States are manufactured at Glovers-
vile, Fulton county, n. Y. where popula.
ton of $4,000 find profitable employment in
the industry.
Official documents show that the ratio
Of deaths per one thousand persons EN-.
ployed in England is less in coal-mining than
in the navy by drowning, and one.half less
Al1tll VI 4o44LOdust
This year 1885, men will be called
out to do military service in France. The
number will be distributed as follows: To
the sctivs army, AS, 100; to the reserves,
l44,57O; to the territorial army, $4,000.
There were running in the United
States, April l, 495 distilleries, ass of which
used daily 1887 bushels of grain, making
go 01 gallons of spirits. The other seven
Of the distilleries used molasses at the rate
of s. $50 gallons daily, and obtaining there
from 7,477 gallons Of spirits. Number run,
ming March /, 1879, 400; oapacitv, 3O8.t85
gallons; decrease in March, 3O657 gallons
daily.
A practical movement for the eleva-
ton Of the poorer classes has been set on
foot il England. It is called " the people's
society,"" It Is designed to
counteract the influence of the music halls
and the public houses, the chief resorts of
the laboring poor in search of amusement.
The entertainments are free, and f rst-class
artists are engaged in many cases.
The Iron and Steel association in ses-
sion at Pittsburg, Pa, he's adopted resolu
tons stating that the hopeless depression
of business is past, and there are signs OF a
healthful activity once nor. attributing 10
the policy of protection th= fact that our
country is the first TO recover from the blow
which Frustrated all the industrial uatioas
to protection the great develop.
ments of the iron and steel industry in this
country; commencing the tard sIstem and
asking its continuance.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-05

Mr.. PRICE represents Texas county in
the lower house Of the Missouri legisla,
ture. His first, second and third
speeches consisted of motion to ad
journ. After the third speech the house
awoke to the fact that Mr.. Price under.
stood the adjournment question better
than anybody else, and has let him have
sole control of it ever since. When any
other member has arisen to propose ad.
journment the speaker has good-nstured
ly ruled him out of order, and there
have been cries for Price all over the
house. Price has invariably responded
and his word as to adjournment has been
law. The thing appears foolish at first
glance, but there is q deal of roaring fun
in it, and it is certainly as good as any of
the humor recently turned out by con-
gress,
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and cigars, when exporting the same, to be
cancelled at the port of clearing. The reso-
luton went over. Adjourned until Monday.
lHOUsE-
In the house, on the ed, the morning
hour was consumed in ilibustering over the
bill to repeal and amend laws relating to
the transfer of cases from the state to fed>
eral courts, and the bill went over until next
| Saturday. 1890. Consideration was resumed of
the Warner silver bill, and the house agreed
to the committees amendment to the bill,
which provides that certificates of deposit
shall be in denominations of not less than
| FIVE dollars, instead of one dollar, as origi.
nally provided in the bill. After consider
able discussion the house adjourned.
In the house, on the 2S6, Mr.. Atkins,
from the committee on appropriations, res
ported back the senate amendments to the
legislative appropriation bill, and stated
that he was instructed to move concurrence
in all of them.-....At the expiration of the
morning hour the house resumed considera.
ton of the Warner silver bill, and at a. m.
on the Oath was still in session, with no
prospect of adjournment.
In the house, on the oath, after an all
Dlght session, the house passed the Warner
silver bill-ayes, ia; nays, 81. Adjourned
uubll
Ia the house, on the 9th, considera
ton was resumed of the bill to prevent the
introduction of contagious or infectious dis
eases into the United States, the senate bill
in relation to that subject being substituted
for the house bill. The bill passed, and now
only awaits the presidents signature to be~
come law. Adjourned.
In the house, on the 2Sth, the bill for
ascertaining the result of presidential cleo
tons was reported from the committee hav-
ing the subject in charge, and was ordered
printed and recommitted. The house then
engaged in the business of the morning
hour-the bill in regard to the removal of
cases from state 20 federal courts The re-
publicans refusing to vote, the house was
without quorum, and call of the house
was ordered ...... The morning hour having
expired during discussion Of the bill, no
action was taken. Adjourned.
In the house, on the Goth, message
vas received from the president vetoing the
appropriation bill. On the motion OF Mr.
Atkins the house proceeded to vote on the
passage Of the bill maintaining the presi-
dents objections The house refused to
pass the bill over the presidents veto--yeas
112, nays 81; not the necessary two-thirds
in the affirmative. Adjourned until Monday.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-05

The figures OF the estimated compare,
tive cost of the several routes proposed
for the ship canal to unite the Atlantic
and Pacific, as given in yesterdays dis
patch, are probably wrong. A Paris
dispatch says the sub-contrsctor on the
cost of the work, reported that the
Tehuantepec project would cost 94O,-
100000, without including the cost Of
the terminal ports; the Nicaragua f2S,'
500, 900; the Panama $4,000, 600, ex-
elusive of the indemnity to the railway
company; the San Bias 952,0OO,00O
and the Atrato Nippi route e44, 600 900.
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JOHN WISE TO GEN. CRoPPER.
Without date.1

Feeling myself irresistibly impelled by
inclination, and prompted by a sense OF
propriety, l have presumed now to adj
dress you upon subject of Importance
and delicacy.
Having conceived an affection for your
daughter miss Sally, 1 beg leave to
solicit your permission to make my
address to her, and at the same time let
me express the hope that should 7 be so
fortunate as to succeed in gaining her
affections, my first wishes may not be
frustrated by your disapprobation.
have thought proper to mako this appli-
cation to you On the subject in this
manner, rather than in person, because
my character iii I have acquired any,,
my condition, and my situation in life
are not altogether unknown to you, and
Il objections are to be made they can be
more freely communicated in this than
in any other way.
IhaYe heretofore proceeded no further
with the lady than merely obtain her
permission to make this application, and,
sir, | now pledge you the honor OF a gen.
tlemsn that, in case you have objection
of an nsupersble nature to the proposed
union, whatever may be the chsgrin,
regret and modification which l may
feel on the occasion, will rot disturb
the quiet of parent extremely solici,
tous, no doubt, for the happiness OF q
beloved daughter, by Persisting any
further with her.
Permit me to assure you that l am,
with much consideration and respect,
your Obedient servant,
JOHN WISE.
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A COLLEGE WIDOW.

What. been in the city all summer
And grinding away on your Greek
Well, WE'LL You'll excuse me, cid fellow,
But really, You are getting weak.
Conditioned Wnst Of It'll I'm always
Conditi3ned-a regular stack;
But work them OFF somehow or other,
And Aeep myself straight with the Fac.
Why, of eourte, Tom, you-ought TO have cut It
And gone of with me ard st. Clair;
No end Of nice girls and saE water,
And lots OF our fellows down there.
II you want any "points".en Nantucket,
Or any adventures to hear,
Just call for them ad minimum.
While Fritz has gone after the beer.
Any snab7 Well, you'd think SO to see themI
Livery girl was a regular belle;
AL the tone OF New Hsven,End Boston,
And other ones equally swell.
But one OF them, Tom, was q sumner;
she brought down her game on the wing,
FOR In less than six hours, by jingol
she had every man on string.
Pretty RatherI Her teeth were like pearls, sir,
Peeping out between cora,ine bars,
And her eyes when she smiled on a fellow,
Just tvinkled like midnight eigarsI
She captured our whole delegation,
Trinity Junior Ia swelD,
Two cheeky sub freshmen from Harvard
And couple Of sophs from Cornell.
Well, we ufed to walk out in the evening
To watch the moons crescent arise,
And some of US thought of the landscape,
But the rest OF US thought Of her eyes;
And when on the murmuring water
The silvery light was sglow,
1t appeared like vision OF Eden
10 the freshmen especially SOY.
Such is life Here, PIl show you the locket
She gave at parting; and Will
Has bangle OF hers in his pocket,
We keep them for memorable.
As for me, though, wasn't enraptured,
In spite Of the rose-tint and pearl,
For somehow Pm never contented
With only a tenth of girl.
And she's not very young, let me tell you
Ten years since they shipped her from school
And don't think she'll even get EarTied,
She can't find a big enough fool.
Her namel Miss Van Arsdel, of Brooklyn.
You met her, you say, in July7
You're engaged to her, fom Oh, the dickens
Bes par, I-well, hang it-good kyel
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CINCINNATI is making great prepare
tions for an exhibition of the industrial
and fine arts next fall. Two large wings
are to be added to the Springer music
hall for the purpose of exhibition.
making the building four hundred feet
square. The grounds for the extra
buildings have been donated by the city,
snd already about 100000 have been
contributed to insure the success of the
enterprise. The loans already secured
for the fine art department promise to
make the exhibition equal, if not supe.
rior, to anything of this sort thus far
held in this country. ....
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CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

In the senate, on the 22d, Nj. Nc
Donald asked leave TO introduce bill reg.
lating the use of the army, of which he
gave notice Tuesday. The bill was intro>
duced and laid on the table, aud Mr.. Nc
Donald gave notice that he would cal it up
Monday snd speak thereon. Various bills
were reported and regularly disposed off,.
The morning hour having expired, Mr., Har-
lis called up the senate bill to prevent the
introduction and spread of contagious or
infectious diseases, and moved to ignore the
original bill and consider the substitute re,
ported from the committee May 9th. AID.
iourned.
In the senate, on the 23i, after the
morning hour had expired, the contagious
disease bill was taken up. On the third
reading it was passed-yeas a. nays u. Ad-
iourned until Monday,
In the senate, On the 25th, consideraS
ton was begun of the bill heretofore intro
dUced by Mr.. Mcdonald, authorizing the
employment of military and land and naval
forces in certain cases and the repeal of the
election laws......After some discussion of
the bill relative TO the shipment of animals,
the senate went into executive session, and
soon after adjourned.
In the senate, on the 9th, considers
ton was resumed Of the bill relative to the
shipment of animals. Further action on
the bill was postponed until the first Monday
in December. Adjourned.
In the senate, on the 2Sth, Mr.. Nc
Call moved to take up the bill TO allow the
use of the militia and of the land and naval
forces of the United States in certain cases,
and TO repeal the election laws. After an
executive session the senate adjourned.
In the senate, on tn 29th, Mr.. Nc.
Donald's bill to authorize the use of military
forces in certain csses was taken up......Mr
Johnston introduced bill authorizing the
bonds of manufacturers OF tobacco, snuff,
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"Jenny," says 1, ooh, Jenny, is II

Jenny" says I, ooh, Jenny, is it
really you ?"
And then the color came into her
cheeks, and her eyes glittered, and she
whispered, "Oh, not before the school.
jack" for / had caught her 10 INV
heart and kissed her.
We had not much time to psIaver
then, but l came for her sgain in the
| evening and took her for a walk. And
she told me how the old rag.store had
been shipwrecked, and old Blush DROP
ped dead OF spoplexy when he knew it.
And how my brother Charles Augustus
had offered her his hand, but she said no.
and preferred to earn her own living to
marrying one she. did not love while
there was one living whom she did.
And now it was fifteen years ago-fifteen
years.
Theu says 1, "Jenny, darling, 1 love
you better than ever, now I've found
you again. When you told my brother
there was some one living you loved, did
you mean me?'
" Yes, Jack" said she.
Says /, ''now you've seen me-a
"NoehOA-'OdbCus oCdiICu OlO SdllOI-UO
you think the same ?"
Says she, {" always shall, Jack"
Come on, them" says 1. And not
another word till we come to Rev. Eben
ToOcker's. There l rang the bell.
Says she, "Why have you brought me
here, Jack ?"
Says 7. "To make the chaplain mary
US, my love-"
Says she. It's TOO sudden, 1 can't.
What would the people say ?"
No matter or the people ?" says /.
And in we walked. And for all she
told me that no woman was ever married
before in delsine dress and straw bon
net, the chaplain didn't find it any
but spliced US. And 50, after
nineteen years L got my Jenny for my
own.
/ don't think she is sorry for it, and
know l amt; and as for poor Toms
children, she's a mother to 'em. And
whether there is any romance in my
story or not, it's happy one for me in
the ending, as sure as my name is Jack
Ballast.
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GEN. CRoPPER TO JOHN WISE.

BOWMAN's FOLLY, 11th May, 1857
SIR: Although the application made by
your letter OF this day was unexpected,
yet my reflections heretofore on the sub,
jecs nave prepared ue to answer: That
however solicitOus 1 may be for the tens
poral felicity of my daughter and future
responsibility Of my child, she is the
only proper judge Of the person best
calculated to make her happy. Respect
and impart;slity ought to be shown by
ne to you or any gentleman that might
make his address to my daughter, and |
cou6da in your candor and Judgment. l
an, sir, with due respect, your obedient
servant, JOHN CRoPPER.
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IT is curious fact that the sale OF
books in San Francisco is not now as
great as it was when the population OF
the city was much smaller. The San
Francisco State says that within the last
two years three of the largest book
houses have gone out of the business,
and those remaining complain of reduced
sales. 1t is another curious fact that in
the "godless early days" the sales of re-
ligious books in California were far
greater than they are now. Popular
science, on the booksellers shelves,
seems to have taken the place of reli-
gion.