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Did Barnum Ever Try This (!


One of the most extraordinary dis
closures in the trial of the Glasgow bank
directors was the fact that in one instance
eighty Thousand pounds sterling had
been advanced to bosom friend OF theirs
on the value of four live elephants. l
do not wish to add supplementary zest
to the penaltiS inflicted on the seven
unfortunate msh, but it is certainly to
be regretted that the four (henceforth
legendary elephants should not have
been endowed with the intelligence just
ascribed by the Indian papers to q GER
tain member of their species. The
brute had been left by his master to the
care if servant, with a proper supply
of corn for its food. No sooner, how
ever, had the master taken his departure
than the servant began reducing the ra.
tions of the poor beast by one-half, and
selling the other halt for his own benefit.
After one months absence the master
came back; his first care was to witness
his pets breakfast OF course this time
the rations was entire; but, 10! to the
servants confusion, the elephant had di-
vided it in two parts, eating one, whilst
it left the other untouched, and thus de-
nounced the theft.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06
TINE wosDERFuL GIFT.

Because In a day OF my days TO come,
There wGiteth 9 grief to Be,
Shall my heart grow faint and my lips be duus
In this dcy that Is bright for me
Because of q subtle sense OF pain,
Like pu;se- beat, threaded through
The bliss ofsmy thought, shall dare refrain
From delight in the pure and truef
IN the harvest field shall cease 70 CLEAN,
Since the'bloom Of the spring has fed
Shall veil mine eyes 10 the monday sheen,
since the dew Of the morn hath spedf
NAY. phantoH Ill, with the warning hand,
Nay, ghostssof the weary past;
Serene as in armol Of faith stand,
We may not hold me fast.
Your shadows across my sun may fall,
Rlt as bright the sun shall shine
FSr walk in aCi9ht that ye cannot pail,
The light Of the King divine.
AEd whatever lie send from day TO day,
sm sure that His name is Love;
And He never VIII let me lose my way
I0 my rest in His home above.
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be brought before the bar of the house for

be brought before the bar of the house for
contempt. Adjourned.
In the house, on the 2Sth, Mr.. Blount
reported back the post Office bill, With the
Recommendation, which was agreed to, that
the senate amendments, with two exceptions
the Brazilian subsidy and the classification
of mail matter non-concurrej in in
gross The remainder of the senate amends
ments were non>ooneurred in. and cons
mittee of conference ordered.----Pending
further action the sergeant-at>arms appeared
at the bar of the house, having in custody
George F. Seward, who was reprimanded by
the speaker and Afterwards discharged from
custody. There was an evening session Tor
the consideration of pension bills, and bills
for the removal of political disabilities.
Adjourned.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

IT is not such very unpleasant thing
to be prcdigal son when the old man
has a comfortable mansion and big pile
of bonds and securities. But the prod.
who has no wealthy dad to fall back up
ON must lust stick to his husks or bust.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

1T is said that the Royal geographic
cal society of England is considering
very seriously the practice 5ility of Com
mander Cheyne's scheme, which proposes
the use of balloons in the next effort to
reach the north pole. Captain Templar,
a distinguished seronsut, believes in the
feasibility of the plan, and announces
his willingness to accompany the expedi-
ton. ---- --
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

AN ingenious Nevada lawyer has
raised novel poiRt 81 law In behalf of
man who is under sentence of death.
During the trial the prisoner was CONF
PEELED to expose his arm and show GER
tain marks that a witness asserted were
there, thus proving his identity. His
counsel objected on the ground thst this
was compelling a witness in effect to tes-
tify agsinst himself-s thing prisoner
cannot be forced to do in criminal
prose cution, and on this ground new
trial is demanded.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

The person lorgest in the employ Of
any OF the departments in Washington
is Lindsey Muse, messenger at the navy
department, who was first appointed to
that position by Secretary Southland dur
ing the administration of John Quincy
Adams in 1928, and has served there con-
tinually to the present time. He has
autograph letters from almost all the
secretaries of the navy during his ser
vice
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

The court house in Troy, \. Y, orig-
insl, cost only $50, 900, but for several
years the political ring has drawn about
$4,000 annually for repairing it, fully
ninety per cent. OF which was downs
right theft. One railing is said to have
been several times removed and restored,
the price of new one being charged at
every restoration. A large quantity of
fine furniture, bought for the various
Offices, hss been discov, red in the houses
OF the tbieves.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

IT appears to,be confirmed blythe latest
investigation that the fly from which
the cotton worm comes is a native of
the West Indies, and that it moves from
there annually with the south winds.
1t is also stated that the expense of kills
ing the fly is not warranted unless it
appears on the young plant, as it can
not do great harm to the plant, in the
later stages of its growth.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

AN eminent French cosch-msker says:
al never build two carriages exactly
alike, not because | do not build each
one as well as / know how, but in
building that learn how to make the
next one better. When placed these
carriages of mine in the exposition build
ing, thought them perfect, but now that
/ have spent three months locking over
the carriages OF other builders, | see
that they are not 500 Here is an illus
trstiou of the value OF these shows to in
telligent trsdesmen.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

OWING to the severity of the weather,
the forests of Bernese Jura are infested
by droves of wild bears, sometimes 50
numerous as to defy attack. Bands of
wolves hover about the farms at night,
and hundreds of hungry chamois have
descended from the mountains, and are
wandering about the valleys in search of
food
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

TIE French armies no longer march
beneath the imperial eagle. That noble
bird has been deposed from his lofty
perch on the standards of Napoleon, and
the soldiers of the republic are to be led
to victory by laurel wreath encircling
a dart of gold.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06
The Story Of a Cow Bell.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gszstte sends the following story OF
law case from Floyd county, Indiana
" May6eld and Festheringlll were we'll
to~do farmers. One OF Msyfeld's cows
dropped a bell from her NECK in the
woods. The bell was well worn AID was
supposed t. De worth twenty-five cents
when lost. One of FeatberingilPs boys,
in going through the woods one day,
found a COW b4ll. Mayfeld clsimed that
it was his bell, and demanded 1t, but
FeatheriDgill reiused to give 1t up.
Mayfeld then replevined 1t, and this
commenced lawsuit that absorbed the
farms and personal estates OF the con-
testants. Not being able to pay lawyers
fees any longer, the lawyers refused to
serve in the case, and the litigants were
compelled to compromise, which they
did by each agreeing to pay his own
costs, which amounted to over 81, 500 a
side, or an aggregate Of over $1,000.
HOWEVER old a fellow grows, he al
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

The Black hills are not alone valuable
for the precious metals which they con-
tain, but for the granite. A large amount
of the latter recently arrived in San
Francisco for the erectionof a monument
there, and il is said to be of very fine
quality, fully equal in appearance and
durability to the celebrated Scotch
granite.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

SUPPOSE that the wearing OF colored
stockings does poison and cause the death
of hundreds of women. Are not second
marriages often happy
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

President BARTLETT selects one IN
cident from the massacre, the killing
ot an seed Indian womsn as especially
disgrscetul. This is a piece Of Srmy
Esllautryp he says, that would She.
grestly relieved by some adequate exP's'
nation. The seven hits on one person
move the victim to have been good
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

DR.. WYETH, q practical scientist, hiss
invented a preventive against the bane'
full habit of snoring, 1t is a cap so con-
structed as to keep the jaw FROM falling
while asleep, aud thus rendering snoring
impossible. But the trouble in intro
ducing this valuable invention viii be
to find q person who snOres.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

Mr.. KEARxEy goes further than the
bill sgainrt the Chinese which has Just
psssed the Senate. BE thinks the Chr
pese already here ought TO be killed of
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

BLAINE seems Il have a constitutional
prejudice against southern claims. A
correspondent of the Savannah News
tells of a personal claim of so, loaned
thirty years ago, when Blain wss Ken
lucky school teachr, which has never
been honored, though the original holder
of the note is still liviDg.-[Springfeld
Republican,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06

HOWEVER old fellow grows, he al
ways likes to stop and inspect the Valen-
tines in the shop windows.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06
HOUSE.

In the house, on the 22d, the bill re-
ported from the committee on war claims
reimbursing Magili, Barron and others, of
Tennessee, for Supplies taken by the union
army during the war was laid on the table.
.... The house bill with the senate amend
ments to the act to amend the custom reve-
nue. laws and to repeal the notifies were
agreed to ..... The house bill for the repeal of
the resumption act, with the senate amend
uaents, was laid on the tabie-1f1 to no..
After disposing of several bills on the table,
the bill was reached restricting the immigra-
ton of the Chinese, with the senate amend
mentS thereto. The senate amendments
were coucurred in without division, end the
oil! now GOES TO the president for approval.
Adjourned.
in the house. on the Oath, considers
ton was resumed of the amendments to the
tobacco bill. committee of conference
IVES ordered on the disagreeing votes of the
two houses on the tobacco bill .,.... The fol-
lowing bills we're introduced and referred:
Directing the president to institute an III
Ouirv as 10 the disposition of the funds be-
longing to the so-called confederate states
remaining at the end Of the war in the bank
of England or in the HANDS of English citi-
zens, in order that such funds may ne used
for the relief of citizens of the confederate
states who incurred disabilities during the
war. For the payment of additional bounty
to soldiers of the late war. For the relief of
settlers on the Hot Springs reservation. To
prevent the introduction of contagious dis
eases and to establish a national board OF
health. Adjourned.
In the house, on the 25th, motion
which was made by Mr.. Monroe 70 suspend the
rules and pass the bill applying S2O,OO0,OOO
of the proceeds Of the sale OF the certifcs es
of deposit, authorized to be issued in aid Of
refuu ding the public debt, TO the payment Of
arrears OF pensions, was defeated The
house went into committee on legislative
appropriation bill. After an hours debate,
the committee of the whole agreed to the
anne ndment repeating the laws rel,ting to
supervisors of cleo ions. The next vote was
an amendment the effect OF which is to con
tinue in force the present system of public
( irDi Surv - ard CT es ~ surveyors. } h.
LtxI yot1 " as On anAvndInehJ hx,ng TIE pay
of jurors at two dollars per day, prescribing
the method of drawing Them, and repeating
/ the Jurors oath and it was agreed without
division. Adiourned.i .-
In the house, on the 26th, c0nsidera-
| ton was had of the senate census bill, which
had been amended, giving the appointment
| Of SUPERVISORS to the senate, and it was
passed The sugar bill was then taken up,
and without progress the house adjourned.
In the house, on the 9th, the confer
! ence report or the amendments TO the to-
bacco bill was agreed tO-l47 te ia. The
| tax On matches remains as 1t now is. Mr..
Durham askel and obtained leave to have
priBted ard recommended the report of the
J committee On. expenditures in the depart.
meuI OF instie !, in regard to the abolition OF
the supervisort Of election a resolution
VS.. adopted ordering George +. Seward to
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06
FACTS AND FANCIES.
THE GOWN TEST.

The GOWN TEST
He sang song, he sang II we'll:
His voice rRs low and tender
He sang in praise Of her ne loved
A Knight, her brave defender.
He vowed by all the gods shove
No Drawer knight or tIuer
Fer sought the msiden Of bis choice.
And prayed 10 be her v0er.
To test his love she thought IL well,
Ere her future life she trusted.
She wore rtxt night horrid gown,
And he got up and busted.
TYING her bonnet under her chin,
she tied her rowing ringiets in,
But not alone in the silken snare
Did she catch her lovely floating hair,
For, tying her bonnet urder heI chin,
she tied young mans heart within.
-Dora Perry.
CAN bow keep straight who is bent
on mischief? Hs
BUCKsKIN gloves are dear because the
deer is the bucks kin.
BIRDS are not noted for courage, but
many of them die game.
In every human countenance is either
history or prophecy.
THE vigorous idea keeps warm though
wrapped in few words.
81 hope ! see you WE'LL" as the buck
ct said when it touched the water.
DIFFERENCE is the most complete, the
most direct, and the NEST elegant of all
compliments.
THE pancake is ike the orbof day, be-
cause it rises in the yeast ana sets N The
vest.
The greatest difficulties are always
found where we are not looking Tor them.
: Goethe.
MAMMA" said little girl on her
fifth birthday, what time TO day shall
l be born 7''
THERE is real love just as there are
ghosts; every person speaks OF it, few
persons have seen it.
AN Ingenious web of probabilities is
the surest screen man can place be
tween himself and the truth.
l DESIRE no other glory than that of
having completely performed the task
imposed upon me- Napoleon.
DENIS KBARNRY TO THE PREIDsNT.
If it's thrue We afraid
III
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John Gcddes vs.. christopher Dillon.

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PAR
- fish of Orleans. No. 1O,5oG-By virtue of a writ
Of seizure and sale, to. me directed by the hon,
orable the Sixth District Court for the parish Of
Orleans, In the above entitled cause. l will
proceed to sell at public auction, at the Mer-
chants and Auctioneers' Exchange. Royal street
between Canal and Customhouse streets, in the
Second District of this city. on MONDAY. june
Q 1879. at - o'clock m. the following described
pCEkTAiN LOT OF GROUND. together
with all the buildings and improvements there
on. rights, ways and advantages thereunto be-
longing or In any wise appertaininR, situated
lying and being In the First District of this
city, In the square bounded by Canal. Roche
blave. Gaaduet and Dorgenois streets, desig-
mated by the number three on plan drawn by
A. dHemecourt, surveyor. on the sixteenth OF
July 1858, deposited in. the office Of P. g. Gu
vellier. notary public In this city. on the tenth
of October. 1858: said lot measures twenty
seven feet eight inches front on Canal street
by one hundred and five feet ten inches and
three lines In depth. between parallel lines. Be-
ing the same property acquired by the said
Christopher Dillon by purchase from William
E. Uniacke. per act passed before Edward G.
Gottschalk. late notary public In this city.
dated the tenth December, 1870.
Seized In the above suit.
Terms-Cash on the spot.
]. r. ALCEE GAUTHREAUX,
Civil sheriff of the Parish of Orleans.
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AUCTION SALES.
By @. e. (3irardey.
THE JOHNSTON PICKERY.

THE JOHNSTON PICKERY.
Conveniently located near the First District
Shipping and Cotton Presses-A Popular
Stand and one OF the Most Successful of its
kind In the city.
RY. @. E,, GIRARDEY. Anetioneer,,. ONCE
ID No. 80 Camp reet--HATURDAY, .MsY B..
1879, at u o'clock M, at the st. Charles Auction
Exchange, will be sold at public auction. for
account Of an absent owner
THAT POPULAR BUSINESS STAND AND
SUCCESSFUL COTTON PICKERY PROPER
TY at present leased to Messrs. Hy Smith &go
at the rate Of $1,000 per annum until the thirty
first OF August next. The property comprises
six los, measuring 100 feet front on Religious
street In the square bounded by Religious
vt. Thomas Race and Orange streets, by a2s
feet In depth. between parallel lines: Inc
pickery is equipped with extensive platforms
racks. presses, etc, and Its location in close
proximity to the First District shipping and
leading cotton presses.
Terms and donditions-One-1 quarter or more
cash. at the option of the purchaser, and the re-
mainder at one. two and three years credit. Tor
notes specially secured BY mortgage and ven
doris lien, bearing all the usual clauses OF per
cent per annum interest. per cent attorneys
fees, policy of insurance transferred. and the
purchaser to assume the taxes, due and ex-
iglble In 1879 over the price Of adjudication.
Act OF sale before A. Hero. ESQ, notary pub
lie at the expense OF the purchaser.
ans 6 IL 10 10 90 26 It'd
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10y VIRTUE OF A JUDGMENT AND OR.
ID der of sale, rendered April ls, 1879. and
signed April 23, 1870 to me directed by the hon
orable the Second District Court for the parish
of Orleans, In the above entitled matter. | will
proceed TO sell at public auction at the Me-, Mer-
between Canal and Customhouse streets IL the
Second District Of this city, on MONDAY, june
3, 1879 at Ia o'clock M, the following described
. 4 GERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, situated In
the Second District Of this city. In the square
bounded by Royal. Hospital, Bourbon anu ur-
sulinas streets. measuring, American measure,
twenty-four feet eight Inches front on Royal
street by depth Of one hundred and twenty.
seven feet eleven inches, but having the said
one hundred and three feet eleven inches, so
that on the remaining twenty four feet OF its
depth Ii measures only nineteen feet nine
inches In width, between parallel lines; which
lot of ground la designated by the number nine
an plan drawn by Jb. Pile, surveyor. dated
Of Felix de Armas, then a notary public In this
city on the tenth Of January. 1892 together
with all the buildings and improvements there
on. Being the same property which was ao.
quired by the late Adele Rixner, widow OF
Denis Lanaux, as follows: The one undivided
half thereof from Jules Tardns, BY act Of dation
on pament passed before III. +. Claire. late 2
notary public in this city. on the nineteenth ol
March, 1851, and the other undivided half from
her brother, George Rixner, by act passed be-
fore Francois yh9ix, then parish recorder t fot
he parish of st. Charles, on the thirty first o.
Terms-Cash Oh the spot, the purchaser to
assume all the taxes due and exiglble In 1879.
Act of sale before Charles L. Soniat notary
public at the ex z nd 4 th aaaUHafux
Civil Sheriff OF the Parish OF Orleans
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The City of New Orleans VS.. stoddard
Howell; same vs.. Stoddart Howell: same ys.
ZANE same vs.. same; same Va. same samo
vs.. StOddard Howell; same VS.. same; saMo
T1HfRp 81 DISTRICT COURT FOR THE pAg.
80 ls4 and 50 1857 and Fifth District Court ior ths
parish OF Orleans Nos. $50 and 314-By virtue
OF eight writs OF fleri iacias. to me dlreets s
triet Courts for the parish of Orleans. In ths
above entitled causes, for city taxes q
1870. 1871, 1878, 1874. 1875, 1876. 1877 ana y
the M H and 1s e
streets. in the Second District Of this city. Qn
FRIDAY. May 2, 1879. at u o'clock M. 1ao
CERTRAN TRRa tcSRReoGl 81 LAMB L with
provements. situated in the Third Dfstrict o. 9.
Florida a s walk and Bounded eo on zone one side y
Charles Caffin's tract and on the other gide "
Charbonnet street the property OF the L9 nnds
Tiblier tract and divided. as per plan In tnsS
Drainage Bureaus into three portions anu
II Amsrican measure as fdiloT and
eighty seven feet nine inches front on ,LSee
street two hundred and eighty feet three lnshhg 9
and seven lines. front on DauDhine stree. Y
inches and two lines in depth on the slde , ~
Caffn's tract. and eighteen hundred and tWeaa&2
feet and four fines In depth on Charp9dnnnno, s
street or Louisiana Cotton Manufacturing oom'
| SECOND PORTION measures two hundroa
and eighty feet three inches and seven lines III
both Dauphine and Goodchildren Avenue sn1
eleven hundred and twenty five feet six in nss.
and four lines on both Caff1n's tract and Cnal-
bonnet street. ,d
THIRD PORTION measures two hundreaas
and eighty feet three inches and seven LIES Ell ~
both Goodchildren Avenue and Florida W. ~
by depth OF sixty-one hundred and seven III n
four inches and three lines on both the ine y
G. Cafins tract and the line of Claude IiDaaaSs a
| tract. from Goodchfldren Avenue to Fiokio'
| Walk,
| Seized in the above suits.
| Terms-Cash on the spot. ssss
| J. Il. ALCEE GAUTHREAUA..S
Civil Sheriff Of the Parish of Orleans
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SHERIFF. SALES.
Forcheimer Bros. vs.. Octave A. Bullion

Forcheimer Bros. VS.. octave A. HulliOn.
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR
- the Sixth and Seventh Municipal Districts
writ of seizure and sale, to me directed by
the honorable the Second Judicial District Court
for the Sixth and Seventh Municipal Districts
cause. will proceed to sell at public auction
at the Merchants and Auctioners' Exchange,
house streets, in the Second District Of this
city, on MONDAY. June p 1879. at - o'clock
M, the following described property. to wit
uated In the Sixth District Of the city Of New
Orleans, on the plan thereof as lot number
eighteen Of square number twenty-seven, said
square being bounded by Magazine. CONSTANT
nople Camp and Marengo streets, and said lot
measuring thirty feet front on Constantinople
street by one hundred and twenty feet In depth.
Seized In the above suit.
Terms-Cash on the spot -.-
j. r. ALCEE aAUTHREAUX,
Civil sheriff Of the Parish of Orleans.
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