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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02
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A Constantinople. letter gives the fol-
jowinS facts con ernffig ethe saleSof
slaves in that citS! 'The white Slave
trade is conducted almost exclusively
by a tribe tef slEcherkessess tEnegn. as
Tessirdchis. Families sgensTahy work
together. One brother, for example,
stops at home anf.minds the shop While I
'the other goes abroad and purchases
and forwards the, raw material Of the
commerce. Negotiations with purchas-
ers are conducted through the inteFmel
diary of Arab brokers, who call regur
larly on their patrons to inquire II they
are wanting ANYTHING in black eunuchs
or white girls. The rendezvous of these
gentry is a, coffee-house in the .Bostand-
Chi quarter, the entry to which is
Strictly forbidden tolall save followers
of the Prophetl 80 white boy in good
health. from eight to fourteen years
old, costs forty to fifty lire OF this
means ItalianilHe the English equiv1-
lent would be thirty to forty shillings);
if he has any requirements, such, FOR
instance, az a knowledge of cookery or
other house work.. he will command
twice as much. A girl under ten years
old may be had for twenty lire, while a
maiden between twelve and sixteen,
especially if she can read and write and
strum a little on the zither1i, is worth
ETSO0. A female slave of exceptional
beauty, young and white-the styles
most in vogue are blondes with black
ewes fetches from Ell, 900 to fT1, 500.
For very choice specimen, with =,
smattering of French and able to play
a few airs on the piano, a rich amateur
has been known to pay as much
as 9T2, 700, But, as may be. sup.
posed, the demand for articles Of this
description has greatly fallen off since
the halcyen time OF perpetual loans and
profuse expenditure. Black slaves, who
are brought principally from Africa, are
either sold directly by the importers to
the proprietors of haremS or to dealers,
two of whom have extensive private
ntarts in Stamboulg9 These two gener4
ally keep on hand 100 to, 30 slaves
each. There are, also depots in Scutari,
and in several Villages on The Bospho-
rus. A strong black slave sells for about
fl20 and a black. maiden tT13 to GT1o.
w.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02
Rehdio,a.s' .Tsfoilhlatlf.
ny TBOui WryH ME.

Re Thou wifi me: the was IS dArk and drear.
Yauchsafe, . God. TO make the pathway clear
Doubtful and devious SIN my way must oe
If Thou dhst gsidsiIne fl0tz6es IhoH WITH ne
I.ife's bitter chaiice TO issdregs siRSili gair
its fair fruits turn to ashes on my lip;
CyTnou who wept in darkItiet hsemales ) .iB q
4 too, have suiiered-oh, be Thou with me!
Lonely. adrift upon a troubled sea,
bIhe coldwaves pitiless. break oyer me; fgut
D Thou who Stilled the waves of Gaiilee,
o Gross 10 which cling. illune the night; 1ul
o Lamp unto my feet. sned forth the light;
0 Love divine rhat bri ghtcned Calvary, ~
Descend upon my heart-be Thou with me-
iel s-JElid ". Damn. IN ChicdSO Aded9ee-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02
Fatal Hurrying to Dinner.

Tom Taylor was a prodigious worker,
with the immense advantage of always
being well up to his work, intellectually
and physically. He was rapid writer
as well as an industrious one and gen
erally did his best work in the early
morning, before most. literary men We're
out of their beds, and this both winter
and summer He had the invaluable
gift of a most retentive memory and his
critical notices of the exhibitions were
written without the aid of single note
and with such accuracy that an error of
description was an extremely rare &C
cident. His handwriting, though what
might be called tremendous scribbie,
was so decided and regular in its hero
,glyphical character that it was safely
read bv anyone who knew it, and rarely
any misprint occurred in his articles in
the London Times. .-.i a.. AL. st.
l am told BY learned doctors that
poor Tom TAYLOR fell under the some-
what rare and almost incurable disease
called embolism," which means OBJ
struction in the circulation through
some ceagulation. And it is very sad
to hear that this was chiefly brought on
by over exertiop in hurrying to be in
time at the Plnch dinner on the We'd
nesday before he was taken ill. He
sprained small vein in the leg and at
the same time distressed his weakened
breathing. He bad, however, improved
up to certain point, but his doctor
was doubtful of his substantial recoy-
cry, when. on, the morning of the day
he. died, faintness suddenly came on
and before brandy could be taken lie
sank.4aLoad0al ffttth.gK Z. l.slnlH.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02
Sundays School Lessons.

iEb nail THIRD ouARTER- Isl RI yii Cd
Aug. 29-Abraham's IRterces-
sion 49, = 49, Gen. IL: l6-fS3
Sept. SLots Escape from
81" SOdOm ................ Gen l9s lS-50
Sept R-Trial of Abraham's
Sept. l9-Review of the Lessons.
Sept S5-Lesson selected by the School l-gii
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02
d Solution o. the Polar Wave,n.l

In one of the. public offices in this
city is a clerk, the hue and contour Of
whose hair is suggestive of fierce con-,
migration. 1t is a standing Joke among
the other clerks to pretend to warm
their hands by it, and he receives innu-
merable cautions to look out for the pa
pers in the pigeon-holes when his fiery
locks come into. close contact with
them. Last Monday was blazing hot
day, and he announced hisiintehtion OF
having his looks nat only GUT but cut
to the scalp. His fellow clerks pre-
tended TO be in CONSERVATION at the
sudden fallsinl the stemperatRe thai
would result, and begged aim to desist.
But he was obdhrate, and appeared
in the, evening with his hair about as
short as it could be, got without the aid
of a razor. Following more closely
than effects USUALLY follows causes came
fail in thesstemperature, SO that by
the next morning the weather was al
most frosty. Then the other clerks
beset him with demands for Eoverceats
at his,expense, and for such ether re-
lief as the inelemency Of the weather
induced by has act rendered necessary
and ,appropriate,fandsn he syears he
will never cut his hair again, even
though general eonfagration should
result, from his letting it, grow. y He
had no idea, he said, that such a dire
result would follow, or he never would
have done itsa1St1 jBoats Republican,
lls la s,ia-- rr------ T7-7 7ls,e ~ NJ
RI Few persons are aware that in En-
gland milk Is an article of importation,
but suchis the fact. Mr.. Hale,of South
Weald, rents thirteen different farms,
the total of which is two thousand six
hundred acres His chief occupatiO1 is
supplying milk to the metrbpOliss but
such is the demand that he imports on
steamers. running from Flushing to
HarwicR The milk is placedd upon
Trucks, at. the latter place, and RON. up 10
London on the railroad. He keeps on
his farms as many as seven hundred
keows,a principal yi Sh6fthorTsl and
4orNsnHfsss % LILY ne.te- 1aizooi
IS BY'expefirnens II hasbeeh proved be-
Fund a donbt that wheat eontAinsuthe
most CLUTTER. YheQlit. is ripe-ypot green,
nor vet DEAL ripe, but simply ripe. The
condition which we term ripe is this:
Most of.the stemsoE straws are yellow
"a rich, lively yellow-tYo or. three
FONTS frons tie ireland - Some are yet
asbnewbat green. 1.-The heed turns
downward, and the berry, when placed
| between the finger and thumb, viii
yield. butnothing liquid or doughy can
be- pressed ont. When grain reaches
this point it should be cut as sooE as
possible. st-s s4il
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02
The Story Of a Bottle.

d, Not a whisky bottle, dear reader,
though they do sometimes tell very pit
iful stories. This bottle was picked up
in Mobile Bay. We know that people
who are shipwrecked try to tell the
story Of their suffering and peril, by in
closing an account in a corked flask
which is committed TO the waves.
Mariners pick these up at sea and in
some few cases the friends and relatives
have had the melancholy satisfaction
of hearing from their dear ones who
went down to the sea and were never
heard of more. The bottle that was
picked up in Mobile Bay had been
thrown from the ship Hesperia, on May
18th, 1878, off the Azore Islands. 1t
was found on the 22d of last month on
the coast of Alabama. 1t took, there
fore. little over two years in making
the circuit of the Equatorial Atlantic
and the Gulf of Mexico. Look at the
map, good reader, and you can easily
follow its course.
Captain Beecher of the Royal Navy,
tested the rate at which bottles would
travel at sea and found they made
about 1906 miles per day. The bottle
we have been telling about Travelled
about $500 miles and made about eight
miles a day. The interest in this mat
ter to scientists is that it shows the
mean. average of oceanic currents. =
I DelllOreSfS WonttlY.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02

The report that the Baroness Burdett,
Coutts is going to be married appears
now to be true. a 1t isnet Nh. Ellis ASH.
mead Bartfett,-the -fr;slIv-yeane-F Tory
member OF Parliament jor Bye, how
ever, whom khg'is lsol3 10 lead to the
altar As the cablellAd iBsome tirie4agO,
! but his brother. William Ashme2d Bart
lett, who has for some time pastiacted
as her Private Secretary and Almoner-
General He is but twenty-nine years
old, white she is sixty-six, but Hamlet's
remark about the heyday of the blood
coming to an end at any age is EVIDENT
" fallaey, proven to be such by this
and other recent occurrences and the
dictum5 which mdst now be accepted is
that woman is never too old 10 marry.
The young ones have had it too much
their own way in this matter hitherto
and have imposed on men the arbitrary
rule Ihat, young men must marry girls
of at least they own a9ei II not some1
what less. Old men were permitted,
/ however. to choose for wife whomso-
ever their fancy listed, in order that
the chances of youthful femininity of
( finding husband might be the greatest
! possible This is going to be reformed
\ altogether. The axiom that what is
sauce for the goose is sauce for the
/ gander will hereafter be applied to
matrimonial alliances. and the divine
right of an old maid to wed witha bud
ding youth will be asstoutly maintained
as the similar right of a gray-headed
patriarch to choose from among the
I tender lambs of the gentler sex. Ameri-
can girls especially had better make up
their minds to the new order of things.
They are no longer going to have it all
their own way and marry the nobility
of Europe, while their brothers have to
put up with the common maidens of
their native land. The cases Of Mr..
Cross and Mr.. Bartlett show turn in
the tide. American young men are
coming up in the market. To sell short
on them now might be profitable, al
though the supply in sight is large and
the speculation would be attended with
much risk.-N y. Graphic.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02
Cured by Fasting.

"A younglady named Dehart, at Port
Mariner, Staten Island, has recently
passed through fast of thirty-two days
without food or water The. fast ended
about week ago. 1t was not volun-.
tary, but was carried out by the recon-
mendation and under the Surveillance
of her attending physician, for the cure,
of, ulcers in the stomach The cure has
been effected. The young lady is now
rapidly recovering and gaining flesh at
the rate of one pound per day., Her
weight during the ordeal was reduced
from 1907 ninety-fve pounds. During
the first two weeks she suffered severe
ly from lack of food, At one time she
Succeeded in 'eyading orders through
the ignorance of a new attendant, but
succeeded only in obtaining water,
which she sucked from a wet cloth. AZ
another time, when left mOmentarily
alone,Gshe obtained a5feR drops from q
goblet held out of the window, during.a
heavy shower.-N 7. Graphic. -
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02
The lConneeteut formers Ra9 on.

r The Connecucnt faTmers pay pne
million dollars annually for the main
tenance of fences, and farms are offered
IN niarketdor aesssm money gthansHould
be required IN building the fences which
surround and divide them. In. New
Hampshire the original cost6f theiehces
issegaal to twice the value, Of all the
stock liz the State, including horses, and
the annual tax upon the farms for re-
pairs of fences would nearly wipe ott
all the State tax in one year.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02

Building air-castles is harmless
business as long as you don't attempt to
live in them.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02

1t was found ii Manchester, En-
gland, that the draining and paving Of
twenty streets diminishes the mortality
to the extent of twenty in no. All -s's
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02

THE British Museum contains the
Oldest specimen of pure glass which
bears any date. This is little lion
head, having on 1.-THE name of an Egyp-
tian king of the eleventh dynasty. Thus
it is shown that at a period at least B. G.
20O0 years glass was made with skill
that indicates thes ant wasnot new one.
81 Isea ~ztt---7r 7--7r r. .
Mrs. Glenn saw her friend Mrs:
James take a fatal dose Of slaudaifuiR,
in Boston,. and withihIa few, days she
attempted to kill herself in the same
manner, though she had never before
meditated suicide. nor had any cause to
desire death.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02

r. "a Why should say so. p ) have seen
entire families weeping over dying
pet. One day last season l was stand
mg at nly Office door when coach was
driven up to the curb and the footmail
Jumped down and opened the door. 4
gentleman stepped to the pavement. l
went to the curb and heshanded me 3
beausifsi si1aWl, which conta illed a lap
dogS AS he I'D 50 he turned TO assist
a lady from the carriage and at the same s
time he said to me; -
= VIII you please take this dog INTO
your careP' ~ t*
is.Whv,' said /, this dog is dead
1.-THE lady sank to the pavement. as
though she were deadsh tool She lad
tainted clean away upon the announce
nient. We assisted her into the car
riage aud her husband told me to talse
care of the dog S body until he returhed.
The next day 3he came back andfsaid:
NV wifei is stiIhsick. l have been un-
able to talk to her about Spots death
at all, but want you to get box and
pack him In ice until YOU hear from me.
The day following j received word that
the dog body would be sent for atten
O'Clock a. m. Next day an embroidered
robe with dogs, heads, deers' head and
the dead dogs name and the date Of
his birth upon it, which L was told to
put around the body in the coffin, was
also sent to me. Atthe appointed time
the carriage came and the lady, and her
mother and daughter were IN it, They
had beautiful white flowers; they opened
the coffin and put the flowers in it and
all drove away. If l get half as good a
burial as that dog did L shall be graft
fed"
ais it true.p asked the reporter.
Z" that the majority. of dog-dealerS are
dog thieves?'i Ehe lDoctor appeared
not TO hear this pointed query. but
seemed to be bordering the possible
tiles of making a good capture the next
time he went to church.-N. Y. WCrM.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02


parent seclusion of ones premises. Dis
lance is,deceptiEe and greatly magnified
in woodlands Deep green, retired,
snug in winter and cool, in summer,
what fires light up a wood of mingled
trees in autumn An opening in the
wood is rendered very pleasant if GRIM
soned in September with patch of
sumach. A few trees of the juneberry,
wild plum, and towering dogwood will
,whiten its borders in May, and an occa-
sional crab-apple will flush it with red
at about the same season. A good
sized and well-kept orchard speaks
much for the owner. Orchards as well
as woodlands that.extend to the high
way, should have depth TO make them
interesting. Pleasing, effects can be
produced BY arranging the trees so that
the higher colored frtiits will have the
most prominent places. The condition
of the surface of an orchard has much
to do with its attractiveness. The con-
dition of the highway also has much to
do with the appearance of ones prem
ises. 4 deeply plowed and badly
washed roadside, with dfsodded Banks,
mars the beauty of the adjacent
grounds. yii) gaDi b. ENiiia ibiflsu
The thought uppermost in many a
farmers mind, after he gets out OF debt
and has some money ahead, is to build
what would be called a. beautiful house.
1t must be put where the pablic viii
have a fan view of it. 50 three sides.
all blossonsing in. wooden contriyances,
are .held,outi for our admiration, while
the fourth side. being designed fer, the
pigs and poultry to look at, IS left
somewhat modest and decent. Pre-
tentions to show Gstially prove a de
;ormity. Build the house rather "low
Daily Republican., 1880-10-05
nisnppaip ed. Desnoern,s.

The Democrats had arranged for q
big demonstration last night in the
hope that it might stir up apatbetic
voters, and, thus tried to bolster up
their Little Election cause. Their uni.
forms were frightened up and relieved
OF mud received at Newport's spree 0,
Saturday night, speeches were written
by local orators and stands we're erected
for speakers at Fourth and Lombard
and Front and Madison.
But the rain, which descended upon
the Just and the unjust, commenced d to
fall early in the evening and all hope
OF a demonstration was quickly put 10
an end. There was an effort made to
have a meeting in the Democratic head
quarters addressed by Senator BAyard,
but this alse fell through.
The rain also completely knocked the
life ont OF the New Castle demonstra.
tion where Col. W. G. Whitelsy was to
speak.
Daily Republican., 1880-10-05

ANOTHER TROPHY of enterprise, skill
and beauty has been turned ont from
tn Harlan & Hollingsworth. Company,
to tr verse like thing Of beauty, the
waves. The Excelsior, is to serve
the double urposs Of eating and iail-
roading, having a rsilro I'D tack on it's
main deck capable Of holding four Of
the largest cars. No: only may the
boat be said to con ain q railroad depot
but over it is krAnd dining saloon the
whole length Of the boat fitted up in Q
magnificent and luxurious style. This
floating palace ref ,ctS the greatest Of
credit TO the POam,c ste Imboat compa-
ny, the builders, the own,r, ami all
concerned and W. are glad that Will
mington has the credit Of building this
floating palace that ls to
connect two points of the main railroad
leading to tho South.
Daily Republican., 1880-10-05

AZ TO WHETHER Hancock Individually
would be a successful bar 70 the de-
mands Of the South in case the Democra-
tic party shouldscom into power each
man must be mis- own Judge. Those who
know the history Of the last quarter Of
a century, know TO what desperate
lengths the Southern Democracy will
30 to gain a point and also know how
tutile the efforts Of the Northern Dem
ocrAcy are when opposed TO the wishes
II the fire eaters. The recent utter
luces OF Bob Toombs, leading South
.rn Georgia Democrat, will be interest
.ng at this juncture in the light OF
General Hanoock's position as stated in
nis letter. Mr.. Toombs says.
II am as positive that Hs ncook will
bs bs elected ss ! am that there Is
God in The heavens. You say he 10
Yankee. Well, ! know that, too, that
ais sword has pierced the breast OF
many q gallant man in gray. But
what are We to doi We can't put in
one OF our men this time, and have to
sske a "Yank." That being the ease,
let us take one who is less "blus.
o-llled" than the most Of them: You
may depend upon 1t sir, that 'Yank"
Or no "Yank," it elected, the old boys
ot the South will sss that Hancock does
tue fair thing by them. In other words,
Ne will run the machine to suit them,
or they will run the thing themselves.
they are not going to be played with
any longer"
Daily Republican., 1880-10-05

SEVERAL hundred hands for several
weeks past have been engaged at good
wages in building the Excelsior, a
mammoth steamboat at the Harlan 4
Hollingsworth works, and three-fourths
of them being Democrats they will 60
TO the polls tod " and vote against the
company which has given them work
and wages, getting any more boats to
build. They do not do this directly
out indirectly by voting the Democrs-
tic ticket and for the Democratic party.
The party has put itself on record in
favor Of a tariff for revenue only which
is equivalent to free trade; and in favor
of free ships, which is equivalent to
having our ships built in England in.
stead OF IN the Delaware and on the
These same Democrats to.
day will vote squarsly against the hand
that feeds them simply for the name OF
veting Q Democratic ticket. Were there
aver such blunders
Daily Republican., 1880-10-05
The Miikman's weak n ess.

The other morning as MagistrateVan.
degrift was standing at Eighth and
King, streets he over heard . converse
tion between between two milkmen tha,
had tendency to weaken his confidence
in human nature. The conversation
was as follows
Milkman No. 1.-Hallo, Bill, aint the
weather dry up your way.
Milkman No. FL should say so, wa
hardly have enough water nov fei
the milk.
The Squire approaches milk with
caution now and always imagines he is
purch asing o diluted kind.
Daily Republican., 1880-10-05

THE ELECTION of Garfield does not de-
pend upon Carrying tie State of Indi-
ana. Maine will vote for him in Novem-
Der just as sure as the sun rises, and
the prospects for carrying New York
and New Jersey are excellent. But il
Indiana should 90 Republican next
Tuesday then the Democracy might as
we'll give pthe fight. BaInum's mules
eannot win.
Daily Republican., 1880-10-05

REMEMBER THAT you cannot work To-
day until 6 o'clock and then be at the
polls in time to vote, Is at other
elections when the polls do not close
until 7 O'Clock. You will either have
to vote at dinner time between IL and
l o'clock or you will have to lose some
time from your employment. But
make an effort al atsny-rats to vote, II
you have not done 30 before tais gentle
reminder strikes yenr eye.
Daily Republican., 1880-10-05
Fails 70 S,OmneeI.

The "Kennett Advance" says
Tickets are sold over the Wilmington
& Northern Railroad, to points on the
Baltimore Central, but it frequently
happens that the trains make no con-
nection. We know OF q number Of
cases Of recent occurrence where per-
sons buying tickets in Wilmington for
the evening train on the w. & N. have
found the Baltimore Central train gone
when they reached Chadd's Ford, and
fn several instances they have been
obliged to remain at the Ford all night.
Daily Republican., 1880-10-05
CLoTaINa.
Boys Clothing.

Ageneration has brought
about much greater change
in the clothing of boys than
in the clothing of men.
When OAK HALL began lo
years ago it was a puzzle
how to dress boys; and such
clothes as they got were
mostly made at home. The
same puzzle and practice
continue to this day inmany
parts Of the country.
A well l-dressed boy used
tobe a rare sight. He's rare
enough yet; for boys cloth
ing is a new subject even to
most clothiers. For several
years, however, we have
made more and more boys
clothing; studied the cuts
and colors and trimmings,
all Of which play SO import
ant a parti in boys clothing;
and have been perfecting
our making, getting more
strength, less stiffness. more
ease and grace.
This season we have bet
ter filled our ideal than ever
before; and a gentleman
who knows said yesterday:
Il never saw such clothes go
for SO little money"
Wanamaker & Brown.
OAk HALL, sixth and Market Philada.
Daily Republican., 1880-10-05
IT SEEMS that the Law has b cen alter

IT SEEMS that the Law has cen alter
ed in regard to the time for opening the
polls on the day of the little election
The hours seem to be between 9 and II
O'Clock instead Of between IL and IL
This change has caused US some trouble
in printing tickets, and perhaps may
have misled some, bat it cannot dsoeiv.
anybody in regard to the hour of closing
the polls. They will close at o'cloci
precisely.