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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
A Terrible Machine.

The international marriage Office, es>
tablished in Italy some twelve years
since, is said to be doing good bust
ness. 1t forwards circulars to every
spinster, widow or mstrimonally eligible
woman-our feminine compatriots So
journing. in the land of sun and song
receive them periodically - in orming
them fully of the benevolent object of
the society. 1t requires a statement of
the fortune and how invested, the per-
msnent address, photograph and every
obtsinable particular of applicants for
its service-secrecy in all cases being
guaranteed. These items are duly res
corded, and correspondence and inter
views are arranged between persons who
wish to be acquainted with one another
for connubisl purposes. A preliminary
cash deposit to secure good faith and to
cover incidental charges is exacted, and
if the match be consummated a certain
commission, ranging from two to five
per cent, is paid by the bridegroom.
As may be inferred, nearly all, il not
quite all, the masculine applicants,
are fortune-hunters, who expect to get
the commission from the birds funds.
The Office mentions among its appli-
cants, numbering three thousand eight
hundred and thirty-eight, three princes,
sixty counts, one hundred and seventy
barons, two hundred and sixty landed
preprietors, three hundred army Off
GERS, six hund -ed and eighteen profess
sors and ofice-hoIuers, seventy-four sa-
wants and artists, one hundred and
eighteen manufacturers, seven hundred
and forty merchants, two hundred and
ninety.fve farmers and twelve hundred
professional men. It would be crafty
ing to know how many matches are
made, but this desirable bit of infor-
nation is withheld, although the ma
trimonial bureau claims that its success
has exceeded its most sanguine expecta-
tions.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
Nasure PrOclaims q Deity.

There IS a God The herbs Of the val
ley, the cedars of the mountain bless
Him; the insect sports in His beam the
bird sings Him in the foliage the thun-
der proclaims Him in the heavens; the
ocean declares His iIamensity-man
alone hath said, There is no God Unite
in thought at the same instant the most
beautiful objects in nature. Suppose
that you see at once, all the hours OF the
days, all the seasons OF the year-a
morning of spring and q morning OF
autumn--a night bespangled with stars,
and a night darkened with clouds
meadows enameled with aowers-forests
hoary with snow--ields gilded with the
tints of sutumn-theu alone you will
have q Just conception OF the universe !
While you are gazing OF that sun which
is plunging into the vault of the west,
another observer admires him emerging
from the gilded gates of the east. By
what inconceivsble power does that aged
star, which is sinking fatigued and burn
ing in the shades of the evening, reap.
pear at the same instant fresh and humid
with the rosy dew of the morning? At
every hour of the day, the glorious orb
is at once rising, respondent as MONDAY,
and setting in the west or rather our
senses deceive US, and there is, properly
speaking, no east or west, no north or
south, in the world.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
A Western Outlaw.

"The man with the gold tooth" is at
present the terror OF the frontier. Hi
name is Middleton, and ne is thirtysfve
years old. He began his career as an
outlaw in 1877, at Sidney, Nebraska,
where he killed a man and was con-
victed of murder. He escaped rom Sid
ney, organized band of robbers, plum.
dered, burnt and murdered until the
fall of 1877, when ne was lodged in Jail,
only to tunnel himself out with q coal
seuttle.l Recognizing with fifty men he
stole three thousand head of cattle from
the Ponca Indians. The robbery of a
German settlement of the Elkhern led
to hot pursuits by squad of horsemen.
The trail was followed for three days.
On the fourth day the Germans swoke
to find their pickets murdered and every
horse stolen. Middleton gets his Soubri-
guet from front upper tooth made en-
tirely of gold. He is six feet tall, and
wears a fierce black moustache, under
which the tooth shines like a grain of
corn. Two needle guns, four reyolvers
and two dirks made up his armament.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
AleXander's Story.

A correspondent of the France, at ST.
Petersburg, states that as soon as the
car had entered the winter palace, after
the attempt had been made to shoot
him, be gave orders for all his friends
and the high officials to be admitted to
his presence, and repeated to them the
event which had just occurred, in the
following terms:
was taking my usual walk this
morning at nine o'clock and, feeling
rather tired, l was about to return to the
palace, when l saw coming toward me
along the deserted flags good-looking
young man of about thirty years OF age.
l looked at him mechanically as he ap,
preached, thinking the while that if that
man wished to kill me it would be very
easy for him to do so. This strange
presentiment was al the more inexplica-
bic as there was nothing in the strangers
appearance to suggest that this was
conspirator. He wore the dress of a
clerk in the finance department and his
demeanor was perfectly correct. As these
thoughts were passing through my mind l
saw him put his hand into the pocket of
his cloak, take from it pistol and aim
it at me. Instinctively darted aside.
The shot went off and missed me. Just
as was on the point of calling for help
8 second shot went of, and and thanks
to the movement made to right myself,
it likewise missed its aim. then called
for help. Policemen appeared immedi-
ately. l walked straight toward the
would-be assassin, who stood still few
PAGES of. His arm seemed suddenly
paralyzed. The men rushed at him. He
then seemed to recover himself, and
fred two more shots, one of which un>
fortunately wounded one of my preserv-
ers, while the other hit the wall near
At last the wretch was secured and dis
armed. Thereupon, to tell you the
truth, l felt rather faint, and l was
brought back to the palace. Let US
praise God, my friends. 1t is He who
has spared my life.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
sparkling water. The dory soon reached

sparkling water. The dory soon reached
mis- side. A white, ringed hsnd was ex-
tended.
You would have died if we had been
five minutes LATER" said Miss ST. John
in shaking voice.
THAT would not have mattered. 1t
would have been in your service" he
replied.
But he laid down in the boat much
exhausted.
1t was not in my service" Bestrix
had replied. She looked with a hard
glance at the school-books which he had
laid at her feet as she took up the oar
again. And then she fixed her dark eyes
firmly on Fsir6elds; but her heart
bled.
The PROSTATE man in the boat turned
over and kissed the little velvet shoe so
near his face.
Pardon" he said, for Reggie saw !;
" but the lowliest may kiss the foot of a
queen"
But he held his hand up to Trix's
sight, and she saw that blood had drip
ped upon it from her foot.
The rocks-I needed to hurry" she
stammered, blushing and confused but
in all her life she never forgot his gaze of
alteration. alt is nothing"
They came to Fsirfelds.
"Forrest st. john" she said to her
cousin, have extended the hospitality
of my home to you for years by cour.
tesy. 1t shelters you no longer. l will
not abide murderer under my roof"
Cowed, he went forth, and, in spite of
his fierce vows to heaven, Trix married
Paul LIE Blond.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
Singular.

John Nichols, a farmer of Thompson,
Susquehanna county, Pa, while walking
in the woods on his farm thirty years
ago, ran twig into his right ear. A
piece Of it broke off in his head. He
became deaf, and at times suffered in.
tense pain in his head. Two weeks ago
this pain became unusually acute and
continued without cessation until Sat-
urday last. On that day Mr.. Nichols
felt prickling sensation in his left ear,
snd with pair of 'tweezers pulled out a
round piece of wood three quarters of an
inch long and an eighth of an inch in
diameter. Mr.. Nichols was at once
relieved of pain snd his hearing was
restored. He has no doubt that the
piece of wood is the bit of twig that was
thrust into his ear thirty years ago. If
so, it passed through his head from one
ear to the other. The wood is perfectly
sound.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
41aifs And n1hins.

.-The man whe originated the saying,
hurry is the mark of a weak mind"
never was Chased by bull-dog.-T Brad
ford Era.
lightning strikes tie new wired
oarbed fence in Texas, and runs on it for
miles. 1t is the best thing yet invented
for stirring up statesmen who are in the
habit OF sitting on top rails while talking
politics.-[N. o. Picayune.
Broken Heart is the romantic uame
OF a railroad station in Miunesots.
Touching as this title is, however, all
sentimental persons must acknowledge
that Fried Liver, mining village in
Arizona, is still more tender.
Speaking of recent execution, the
New York Express says that the victim
was hanged because he could not prove
his innocence" Most criminals who
suffer the penalty of the law find it diff
cult to do so.
.."It is impossible to govern the
world without God. He must be worse
than an infoel that lacks faith, and
more than wicked that has not gratitude
enough to acknowledge his obligation"
-[Genersl Washington.
"A public lecturer fell upon the stage
IN Indiana last week, and the audience
Kissed him, believing him to be intoxi-
Gated but when it was announced that
the man was dead the audience repented
its hasty censure, and the applause was
deafening.
In the bazars of Turkey apples and
pears are frequently exposed for sale
marked with the impression of leaf.
While the apple is green leaf is glued
or fastened upon it, which prevents the
sums rays from acting upon that part
and the impression is distinctly pro-
duced.
"A Scholarship for the training of
pirates could be filed Immediately with
cadets from the class of boys who are
reading dime novels. Many a youth
by while his mother splits wood
for cooking dinner, is within his soul
burning to be hero of the high seas.
IN. o. Picsyune.
MAN is a noble creature. Ona
Sunday morning he will come down
town and spend sixty cents at barber
shop, making himself lock sweet. He
will spend as much more on a game of
billiards, also get his boots blacked, buy
two cigars for himself and a friend,
making in all about two dollars for his
personal qualification. He will then
buy a box of strawberries for twenty-five
cents, and go up home and help eat
them. The Strawberries show that he is
ready to deny himself, and that he
never foIgets his darling little wife.
Brother Haskell, "the reformed
clown" is conducting a Methodist revi-
val in Amboy, Illinois. An excited
sister tainted in one of his meetings,
and he said: "Stand away, breth-
rem and sisters, and let the
angels come in and fan her. l
feel as if a quarter section of heaven had
csved in and all the stars were tumbling
down on me. You Christians are like
young pigs. 1 have to pull your ears
off to get you up to the gospel trough,
and after you get a taste of the glories
nearly pull your tails off to get you
away"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

"A young lady in the east end ate
half wedding cake, and then tried to
dream of her future husband. Now she
says that she would rather die than
marry the man she saw in that dream.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

GLOW shall we train our girls ?" asks
an exchange. Train 'em with about
twenty-five yards of black silk, if you
want to please your girls. A silk vels
We! train would also make 'em happy.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

The sun cried TO the laughing sea,
Leave thy sweet wilinSl
Hast thou no DEPTHS of love in thse.
Too deep for smiling ?"
But ever, till the day was done.
The sea turned laughing to the sun.
But, in the darkness and the storm
Could he discover
What tsrrors toss, Whist fears deiorm
His laughing loverf
Oh vainly love Prsys love be sad,
when his mere presence makes her glad.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-03-02
AL PUBLICO.

Con esta fecha he revocado el poder general
que tenia dado a D. Carlos Molina, por ser
innecesaro mis- intereses, quedando enter
menta satisfecho del referido Molina, durar
el tempo que nae ha representado.
Puerto-Rico, u de Febrero de l879.--f
CISo RTBOT.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-03-02
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VAP0RES CORRS0S TRASATLANTICOS
DE A. LOPEZ Y COMP.

Legan este puerto los das 6 s, 10 lay % "a
de cada mes, y dospues de permanecer esta bahia
q horas siguen su viaje para la HabaRa. El que
sale de la Habana ell de cada mes. tocara aQuf de
regreso saldra ell 10 para Cadz Barcelona princi-
piandO desde Febrero proximo.
, 1879-01-30
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, 1879-01-30

Cornelius Vanderbilt began life
with an old pirogue, run II ny be.
tween Staten Island and New York,
carrying garden stuff to market,
With two or three thousand dollars
raised from this source, he entered
upon steadily increasing enterprises
until he amassed the enormous sum
of $75,00O,OUO.
George Law, forty6ve years Of age
was a day lahorer on the docks, and
now counts his fortune at something
like $l0,0OO,OO0.
Robert L. and Alexander Stuart.
the noted sugar refners, in their boy.
hood sold molasses candy which their
widowed mother had made, at cent
stick, and to-day are probably
worth S5,0O0,000 apiece.
Marshall O. Roberts is the posses
sor of $4,00O,00O or sj,O0O,O00; vet
until he was twenty-five he did not
have 500 he could call his own.
Horace b. CIanin, the eminent
dFy goons merchant, worth it is esti
mated, $l2,0OO,OCO to $l5,O0O,OOO,
commenced the world with nothing
nut energy, determination and hope,
ana see how magniticently he has in
vested them. .-Ex.
, 1879-01-30
Terrific rial University

The University of Washington Terrific
ry With itS corps Of six instructors. is full
ly prepared to give the following Instrnr-
ton through the Freshman year Of fuI
classical course:
A THREE YEARS SCIENTIFIC COURSE.
A TWO YEARS NORMAL COURSE.
A COMPLETE COURSE IN BOOK-KFEPING.
Pupils not fully prepared to enter any
course can receive thorough drilling in
the common branches.
Vocal and instrumental music. painting
drawing, military tactics and telegraph
inig taught in connection with the illetitu-
ton.
In the University boarding houses and
M private families, There is abundant pro-
vision Tor boarding pupils.
The fall term begins September 9. 1877.
81 For catalogue or admission, apply
to the President.
A. J. ANDERSON, A. NJ,
Seattle, W. L.
, 1879-01-30
TEN G00D REASONS AGAINST INT0Y-
iGATlNi Drinks.

1st. Stimulating drinks are needed
at the table. Tea, coffee, milk. lem
onade and cold water are sufficient
for a princely entertainment.
I'd. They hinder the digestive or.
rans in the proper performance OF
their fu1ctions. They overtask the
"ahsorbcnts," so that the gastric
juice is delayed in its important and
indispensable work.
Sd. They arc costly Iuxuries, and
do not return an equivalent of en-
joyment to those who indulge an APP
petite for their use.
4lh. They create an artificial thirst
which "grows on that feeds it"-a
thirst which water cannot quench.
9th. They operate upon those who
use them as whips and spurs do upon
donkeys-excite their force tempo.
rarily without imparting strength.
9th. They exhaust the energy and
life af man, and offer nothing in their
place that is worthy Of acceptance.
9TH. Th, y brutaIize the body, de
monize the soul, aud corrupt the
heart.
Sth. AS the companions of Ulysses
we're transformed into swine, these
drinks transform men into beasts.
9th, They shorten human life, and
make that short life wretched be-
yond comparison or description.
10th. They lead to drunkenness,
and "no drunkard shall inherit the
kingdom Of Heaven,
, 1879-01-30

APPROVED SOLDIERS ADDITIONAL
HOMESTEADS can be- located upon any
lands. either single or double minimum
lands. subject to homestead whether tim
heIrd or not, and having the only first
class paper in the country. have made ar
Engagements with the tol owing gentlemen
in Western WaShington
a. Macintosh. Seattle.
John X Wheat. o Oymria.
G. Morris Ha,ler, Port Townsend.
Henry Jackson, SnolOmish City.
who viii have on hand, at all times. MY
scrip for the accommodation Of these de-
string to purchase. ~ he rate ot S3. %
per acre for sos and l20-. and 1915 per
acre TOR 4O>; fractions special Another
fraudulent clnss of script known as floats
can be gotten at much less rates: but no
title can be given. and j. at course, not So
valuable. A deed can be- gotten from the
original applicant ot amy land located by
script purchased of me. a. in no ease buy
rom other than the original hOmrSteadrr
ANA know where 10 address him ter decd
il one be required. h'u'i investigation is
asked that the worth OF my paper may BE-
known. Cad upon OF write any of the
gentlemen named above. who will sell Won
the Talbot additional homestead SCRIP
Whlth Will enNurc you a patrnr to yOul
Iand Us well rs a perfect title. and also a.
cheap as yOn can buy it of mr.
ID. II. TALBOT.
Gcn1 Land-scripand Warrant Broker
Sioux CITY. Iowa
, 1879-01-30
NOT FAIL.

I'd f'FIlW TOF OUr
Catalogue. 1t
contains prices
and description
of most every
article In gem
PrnI utge and a.
, 1879-01-30
PRAIRIE FARMER CO.,
Chicago, Ill.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
TO Purchase Land Containing Stone.

UNITED STATES DIsTICr LAND OFFICE. !
OLYMPIA, Washington Territory.
NCTlCE IS'HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ IN compliance with the provisions
OF the Act oi Congress approved June 3.
1873. entitled "An Act for the sale Of tim
Der lands in the States OF CaIilorWa. Ore
gOn. Nevada and W ashington Territory,
James MrCu"ly, of san Juan couuty.
Washington Territory, has this day filed
in this office his application to purchase
the lots and Ot section No. %. and lot
| and l. OF NV If section No. 81. in
Township No. 35 North, Rnnge No. 4
West of the WI lanrttc Meridian.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
the said described iaud. nr any portioH
thereof, are hereby require to lie their
claims in this office within sixty ,60) days
from date hereof.
Givn under my hand, at my Office. in
O'ympa, W. t.. this the llih day Of De-
cember, A. ID. lS1S. J. T. BROWN,
Register Of the Land Office.
44-9w.
, 1879-01-30
maRnIED P0LlTENESS.

oWill you ?" asked pleasant
,oice; and the husband answered;
ayes, my dear, with pa easure."
7, was quietly but heartily said;
.ho tone. the manner, the look, were
,orrec,lv natural and very affection
re, 81 beg your pardon," comes as
a,dily to his lips, when by any lit
,loavkwardness he has disconnected
,sr as it would in the presence of
tho most fashionable stickIer for
etiquette. This is because he is a
most thorough gentleman, who
thinks his wife in all things entitled
70 nrecedence. He loves her best
wbv should he hesitate to show it?
not in sickly, maudlin attentions, bat
in preferring her pleasure and hon
oring her in public as we'll as in pr',
vate. He knows her worth, why
should he hesitate 10 attest 1t ?
"And her husband he praised her,
saith Holy Writ; not by fuIsome
adulaton, not by pushing her charms
into notice, hut by speaking as op
portunity occurs in manly way OF
her virtues. Though words seem
little things, and slight attentions
almost valueless, yet depend upon II
they keep the flame bright especial
" as they are natural. The children
grow up in better NOR .atmos phere,
and learn to respect their parents as
they see them respecting each other
Many boy takes advantage of a
mother he Gloves, because he see,
often the rudeness Of his father. In
sensibIy he gathers to his bosom the
same habits and thoughts and feel
ings they en9ender, and in his turn
becomes the petty tyrant. Only hls
mother--why should he thank her
Father never does. Thus the home
becomes the seat Of disorder aad un
happiness. Onlv for strangers are
kind words expressed, and hypocrite'
20 out from the hearthstone fully
prepared to render justice, benevo
lence and poiteness to anyone ant
everyone but those who hav, The
justest claims. All d! give us the
kind glance, the happy homestead
the smiling wife and courteous chill
dren of the friend who said so pleas
antly, "Yes, my dear, with pleasure
, 1879-01-30

~ GENTLEMAN is rarer thing than
80 ne of us think for. With of us
can point ut many in his circle
men whose aims are generous, whose
truth Is constant and elevated, who
can look the world honestly in the
iace with an equal, manly sympathy
'or the great and the small ? We
all know a hundred whose coats are
well made, and score who have ex.
eel'ent manners, but of gent emen,
now many ? Let us take little
scrap of paper, and each make his
hs;'-Thackeray.