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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-04
A Horrible Suicide.

A young giri who committed suicide
October at Notre Dame de Paris was
probably impelled DIDO so by a love dis
appointment. At nine in the morning
she was observed impatiently walking
round the aisles. watching the doors as
If expecting somebody who had APP
pointed to meet her.. She occasionally
went into the close, and often wistfully
looked round. AT eleven o'clock the
verger saw her still in the church, and
noticed her getting into conversation
with an old woman. independently of
her refined beauty there was something
in her manner that excited his curiosity,
and he called the attention of the En-
glish cicerone to her. She asked the
old woman to accept a dejeUaer from
her in restaurant hard by. They both
lunched together and at two o'clock re-
turned to see Paris from the tower.
When they assembled there was heavy
downpour. Both went to take shelter
in the watchman's sentry-box. When
they were there the young girl suddenly
ran out, and after climbing on the
parapet, flung herself forward. She
fell on the railing, the spikes of which
have the form of chisels. They cut the
body in two. near the waist The lower
part fell backward on the flags of the
porch, and the upper part stuck on the
rails A policeman ran TO the morgue
to fetch the dead cart The head, on
which a round hat remained, and the
chest, were not disfgured, but quite
blanched. The old woman said she
talked at breakfast about saints who de-
voted themselves to charity. and did not
appear demented, or even excited. She
calculated the price of the dejeuner she
wished to have before she ordered it,
and helped the old woman largely, but
did not eat heartily herself There were
sixty francs in her pocket, but no pa
pers of any kind. Her dress was plain,
neat and ladylike, but her laced shoes
were bad, and her stockings much
darned. The letters I'M. F'F were on
her linen. Her hair was of extraordi-
nary length, and arranged in two thick
braids rolled round her head. Her
accent was slightly foreign, and the
stitch in the darning not French.
French Paper. .-....
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-04
Costumes.

A Russian General, who now holds =
very important command in the far
East, complained, when some five or
six years ago. he visited London, thatit
was impossible to understand on what
principle the English dressed them.
selves. A few male friends had invited
him to dinner; and on appearing among
them he found himself the only one of
the party who wore frock coat. The
next morning he was to breakfast with
a few more friends; and determined
this time to be on the safe side, he pre-
sented himself in dress suit. We have
met with novel in which one of the
principal incidents was the refusal of q
check -taker at the Royal Italian Opera
to admit distinguished foreigner who,
with the regulation evening coat, wore
pair of light-colored trousers such
rs, in like connection, would
be accepted on the Continent cat
least in summary as quite appro-
pirate to festive occasion The only
approach, indeed, to a despotsm of
taste that now exists in England is the
authority exercised in the matter of
costume by our operate officials, who
tolerate nothing but black and white.
In ordinary life people will doubtless
continue to dress as they may think fit,
without needing the remonstrances and
appeals addressed to them by those who
have studied the subject. and who have
at once better information and better
perceptions than the general mass of
mankind But what may be permitted
to ordinary individuals can not be toll
Grated on the part of painters, sculptors
and stage MANAGERS. Smith, Jones and
Brown live, dress absurdly, die, and are
forgotten. But the men whose lot it is
to influence the public mind have heavier
responsibilities; and the evil they do
lives after them. London Standard
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-04
The Man Who Sang.

Colbert Lang, you are charged with
disturbing the peace"
II deny that didn' holly replied the
prisoner, a man of fifty with a very
long neck and a very queer voice.
''Then I'll prove it. Where's the
Witnessed"
Three witnesses came forward and
testified that night had been made hid
eous by certain sounds which they
traced to the prisoner.
"What sort of soundsp'
"Shrieks and screams, your Honor"
Il deny itr' shouted Gilbert II
was simply singing, as / walked about"
"Well, some folks singing is enough
to disturb a whole neighborhood," re-
marked the Court. perhaps your voice
is not musical" ~
"It isn't, Ell? You just listen to it
and decide for YOURSELF
And thereupon the man drew az full
breath and gave utterance to such
sounds as made the chills creep over
everybody in the room. The Court
tried to stop him, and Bijah sought to
bride him, and the clerk ran out doors;
and it was full three minutes before he
could be choked off.
There! Do you call that disturbing
the peace?" he demanded as he paused
for breath.
"Mr. Lang, l can't send you up for
life," replied the Court, land want to
make bargain with you. I'll suspend
sentence if QUILL leave town"
"And I'll give him dollarn said the
three witnesses in chorus.
The son pstor stuck for fiftV cents
more, when Biiah Clipped in, and he
was then escorted to the depot to take
the train for Toledo, and warned that
if he ever returned he would do so at
the peril of his life Detroit Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-04
Fashions in Calico.

Bright colors and large patterns-loud
styles of prints, foulards, cambrics and
bro cades-have had remarkable run
during the past season, and what is
more curious still is that the demand
for these goods still continues. 1t was
supposed that as the summer waned
and sober-tinted autumn came on people
would, in sympathy with nature or from
a proper aesthetic taste, adopt less loud
styles and more sober colors; but the
taste for the loud styles still persists.
The trade, however, knowing how
quickly the public taste may change, is
beginning to be more cautious in hand
ling its goods and looks for reaction
and demand for the smaller patterns and
more tasteful, or at least more
Seasonable. sbNdes, and modest STYLES.
The prices of lest week are firmly main
tanned, and there is no reason why they
will not hold throughout Dress goods
continue to defoand attention, and the
demand for several popular styles is
ahead of the supply. In imported goods,
especially, the trade is better than it has
been for several years. Choice imports
are becoming quite scarce IN some
varieties. Ladies are taking to wearing
woolens more and more every year
Plain goods in all the staple colors and
new shades are very active. The shades
most in demand are myrtles, garnets,
bronzes. navies. olives. browns, plums,
terra cottas and electric blues. -BOStOn
Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-04
4 PARABLE.


a sturdy stream flowed fast along,
twas merry rs a mowers song;
Its look was glad. its waves were bright
Aud broke in drops of purest light.
over lts surface, all the way,
The blossoms bent in sweet array;
" gave them kisses, cool aud fleet,
which left them still more pure and sweet
Ihis traveller was so kind and true
That II would any service do.
Though 10 enlisted every brook,
~ always gave more than IL took;
thus lived a life of gracious giving
And grew each day to greater living.
a pool of water, stagnant still,
Lay Istlessly beneath hill.
~ served no purpose save to nurse
vile weeds, which made its visage worse
For foulness was upon its face,
And beauty shrank from all the place
On Natures fairness twas blot,
A most unwholesome, evil spot;
And all because il idle lay.
Contented in itself all day.
supplied by n few little rills,
Jt locked them up among the hills,
And, always asking, never giving,
1t daily died and thought it living.
Thus generous souls live like the first,
But selfish ones die self-accursed.
CHI Crdnddu, in ". Y. Independent.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-04
A Swallow Story Hard to Swallow.

The story of the Westerly swallows
recalled to the mind of a resident of
Providence another story concerning
these curious birds. "Nearly sixty
years ago." said he, in substance,
"when | was living in the town of
Litchlield, Me-, the occurrence of which
l am about to tell you took place. My
fathers house was on the old post road
connecting the towns of Brunswick and
Augusta and about half way between
those places. Early in the autumn my
father noticed large numbers of swal-
lows for several days flying over his
farm to the north. Similar flights of
the birds had in other years been no.
ticed by residents of the vicinity, and
comparison OF testimony showed that
the swallows were evidently flying to
a common center not far away. The
flight had continued two or three DAYS,
when my father and two or three of his
neighbors determined to solve the mys-
terry. Starting about five o'clock one
afternoon, they followed the direction
taken by the birds, and came to the
edge of grove. Here they were aston
ished to see hosts of swallows coming in
from all directions and disappearing
through hole in the top of the tall and
lifelesS trunk of Eastwood tree. The
aperture where the birds entered the
tree was about thirty feet from the
ground, was six inches or so in diam
eter, and was evidently caused by the
breaking off of rotten limb. The
farmers, having noticed that none of the
birds came out, but were con-
stantly going in, went home more
puzzled than ever. A day or
two after, when the matter had
been talked over among the farmers,
several of them returned to the tree,
my father among the number, with the
intent on of cutting it down. They set
to work to fell the tree. Only a few
birds seemed to be disturbed or fright
ened away by the action of the
farmers, and the tree finally fell
to the ground. The farmers were
utterly astounded to find it nothing
but hollow SHE'LL and filed
from bottom to top with dead swallows.
The tree was about p feet in diameter
and about thirty feet in length from the
base to the aperture where the birds
had been seen to enter, and it was esti-
mated that the bodies of the swallows
found in the hollow trunk would aggre-
gate ten bushels! They were the COM
mon white-breasted swallow, mostly, al
though there were quite a number of
marten swallows among them WHY
the birds came there is mystery
that was never solved. That the strange
affair actually happened ! am quite
ready to prove; and though, for per-
sonal reasons, prefer to withhold my
name from the public prints. l am
willing that all persons who desire
verification of the story should be re-
ferred to me-" The reporters in
formant is an elderly gentleman OF I'M
doubted veracity, is now seventy eight
years of age, has been in business in
Providence for forty years, and is well
know in the commercial circles of the
city. He was born and brought up in
the house above mentioned as his
fathers, in Litchfeld, Me-, living there
until he was eighteen years of age; he
wildly remembers the remarkable event
which he has described. Providence
Or. y Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-04
The ''Milch.COw Racket"

During his wanderings through the
yards yesterday the reporter stumbled
onto another little scheme which it was
thought was exterminated few months
ago, but while there are suckers" in
the world scalpers and other not over
scrupulous persons will always do a
crushing business" The .'milch-cow
racket IS the term used by those who
are posted, and from the profits derived
therefrom the racket is profitable one.
Mich COWS are always in demand, and
the prices obtained approximate sixty
dollars. When the demand exceeds
the supply the ''scalper," in order to
accommodate" the customer, goes to
some remote pen and purchases cow
called a ''stripper' is, one whose
days of usefulness as a mixer are over
A calf few days old is then purchased
for few dollars and tied in n pen
along with the COW, which is supposed
to be its mother. The customer soon
makes his appearance and trade is eff
fected-the purchaser takes the bogus
COW and calf and the accommodating
''scalper" the sixty dollars. The trick
is soon found ont and the buyer makes
strenuous complaint, but there is no
remedy, and he has TO accept the in
evitable. The trick was practised yes
terday, and came to the surface shortly
afterwards. The buyer on this occasion
made an unusually strong break, which
was subsequently settled by a COM
promise. Chicago Tribune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-04

. Among the passengers on the mail
express leaving Pittsburgh for the East
recently was one legged man who oc-
cupied a seat without any company.
He spoke to no one. and attracted no
attention. About seventeen miles east
of Pittsburgh loud report was heard,
and the one-legged man was seen sitting
upright in his seat corpse, blood and
brains oozing from his right temple.
Pension papers were found from which
it was learned that his name was
George p. Helm, that he was about
forty-tive years of age, and that he had
lost his leg at Gettysburg. = Chicago
Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-04

The Methodist Book Concern has
purchased the subscription list and good
will of the New YORK Methodist, which
will be transferred to the Christian Id
V0cdte.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-04

Newspapers throughout Kansas
claim that there is an Unprecedented
scarcity of male help on the farm and
female help in the kitchen. ~''
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-04
A Shower OF Stones.

Gustave Pannilli, who has been out
in the eastern section of the State on a
prospecting trip, says he was frightened
nearly out of his wits last week while
up in the ellis Mountains. He was
passing along the slope of high hill
with pick and shovel on his shoulder,
when he was startled by number of
fragments of rock falling all about him
at short intervals. A large piece fell
upon ledge of rocks near him, and
was shattered into q thousand frag-
ments, one of which struck the handle
of his shovel, and left mark nearly a
quarter of an inch deep. One or two
rocks fell near to where he was stand
ing. but he picked none of them up,
nor did he even 90 to look at them.
All he thought of at the time was
chow to make the best time down the
mountain" A moment before the
rocks began falling about him, Gustave
says he observed little clouds of dust
clicked up" ON the face of the hill,
half a mile to the northward. While he
was wondering what raised the dust the
stones began falling on the hill where he
had halted. What fell was doubtless a
shower of aerolites. 1t was about three
o'clock in the afternoon. Mr.. Pannilli
says the'sky was perfectly clear at the
time. He heard no report at the time
the rocks fell, but recollects that some
moments before he heard heavy ex-
plosion, and wondered if anybody was
blasting in that section, as he knew of
no company being at work in that re-
gion and had not seen man during the
day. - Virginia city (NeU. Enterprise.
There are at present nearly four hun
dred female physicians in active prac-
tice in twenty-six of the United States
the majority of them being settled
New York, Massachusetts, and Per
sylvania These figures show rs
increase in the number of women
ticing medicine in the United Stat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
Are Lunches Bad ?

Alternate activity ard rest is law
OF nature. for every part of the body
except the heart and blood vessels.
and for the mind also. This law can
be violated without more or less
harmful results, whether they are
noticed or not. The human stomach
must have periods of rest, or it will
weaken and finally fail. 1t is In one
sense the gristInill that supplies the
whole body with nutriment. The
mill keeps to work as long as there
is anything in it to grind. An ordi-
nary heavy meal requires 4 to 5 hours
for being dissolved and sent out to
the system 81 in weak stomachs more
time is needed. Then the stomach
wants quiet and rest of at least an
hour or two to recuperate itself.
during which the other parts of the
body and the mind may be active.
AS rule, not less than six hours
should intervene between meals, A
lunch of any kind, even milk, if put
into the stomach before it has dis
posed of the previous meal, and res
ted. Is harmful. Lunches betweeR
meal, nibbling at cake, candy, fruit.
at anything that must. be digested.
keeps the stomach at work, and robs
1t of rest absolutely needed. Even
beer and sugared drinks have to be
digested. The feeling of failltness, of
'sgone-ness" experienced IN the har-
vest field. usually comes Erem the
disturbance OF a hearty break fast or
dinner that, by reason Of hard work
and depressing heat, Is still undi-
gested. The luch quiets it, hat bar.
tally units the stomach for attacking
the next meal the best way Is to dix
without the 1uch ;stop work when tNs
weary to go further and rest III hpast
10 or 20 minutes before taking food :
then rest a little more, and grselually
push on TO ones full measure Of
strength. Attention to these niattens
will wonderfully increase the Mnount
OF work, mental and physical, which
one can accomplish during year. Or
series of years. Anlepicaa 40sicuk-
tUrist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
Historic Cannon.

A Troy paper says that the eight
artillery pieces at the Watervliet Ar.
senal. which are to be given by the
Government by act of Congress to
the Saratoga Monument Association,
have been at the arsenal more than
fifty years. They were surrendered
by Burgoyne at Saratoga. The larg.
er pieces are beautifully carved and
inscribed with the British coat.of.
arms. There is much dissatisfaction
In military circles and among those
interested in historical relics because
the collections of ordinance trophies
at the variods arsenals are being
steadily diminished. Many of the
cannon given away by the Govern
ment as relics have been melted and
sold. -Four Spanish cannon, at least
400 years old. which were known as
1.-THE four apostles" were taken re-
Gently from the Watervliet arsenal
and sent to different places. They
had kept company hundreds of years
and should have been kept together
where their preservation was assur-
ed. The guns which are to be trans
ferred to Saratoga are grouped about
the flagstaff on the arsenal grounds
in motley collection of historic cam
non. This collection was once large,
but its numbers are being steadily r,-
duced, and probably the arsenal will
soon cease to be place of interest to
the lover of historical relics. An in
scription at the butt of some of the
Burgoyne cannon reads "D. w.
Bowen fecit 1850" One marked "a
Schalch iecit 174S." Three of the
pieces were made in 1850 by d: W.,
Bowen. The place of manufacture is
not,given.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
vennor's Forecast for the Summer.


l.. A season that will well merit
the designation of cool to cold and
wet, generally. Not that there will
not be terms of summer warmth and
even intense heat for periods, but.
rather, that these last will appear in
the retrospect as of but comparative
significance. or as the exceptions to
Z Che Reneral He.
2. The season WIII he marked by
not only great precipitation, but by
a mugginess of atmosphere generally
caused by the reeking condition of
the earth and the long continuance of
clouded sky. This will result in peri
ods of extreme sultriness and heavy
weather, during which the thunder
and hail-storms will occnr. Tn other
words, the summer will be the re-
verse Of clear and dry.
3, There is a likelihood of June and
August frost in Northern, Western
and Southern sections, and general
cold wave may occur toward mid
summer.
4. The autumn months will con-
tinue moist. September will proba-
bly, give rains and floods in Western
Canada and in western sections of the
United States. October will be much
the same. with the early cold and
snow falls. November will begin the
winter of 18S2-83-a winter likely to
be memorably on account of its ex-
ceptionally heavy snow falls and
very cold weather oyer the whole
Northern Hemisphere. That "a cold
and wet summer is invariably follow
by cold and stormy winter" is a
truth now so well proven and borne
out by the testimony of past records
that we cannot lightly put it aside !;
and If we have good and sufficient
grounds for predicting the former
as we most assuredly have at this
time-it is but right that we should
warn the people of the latter in good
season.
Fifth and last-The approaching
season will probably be the first of a
couple of wet summers, and, as 1882
is. SO is 1883 likely to be.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10

Abraham s. Hewitt, of New York,
one of the leading and richest Demo-
Gratis in Congress. was born in the
Hayerstraw Mountains. on the Hud-
son, and started in industry by help.
ing his father make baskets. He
went to New York and began there
by sweeping out Peter Cooper's store.
He attended to his business, gained
his employers confidence, married
Mr.. Cooper's daughter, and IL now
one of the rich and influential men of
the metropolis. 1t is a remarkable
fact that most Of our successful men
have started in life at the bottom OF
the ladder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-10
NUMBER Is.
Wolves In Sleeps Clothing.

Every now and then we hear of an
emhezzlement by bank Clerk or
cashler-who is member of some
christian church--or superintendent
or teacher in Sunday School. and
not unfrequently even clergyman is
reported as going astray-and this is
heralded all over the world-as .sAn.
other Clergyman Gone Wrong,n IA
Sunday School Teacher Defaulter.n
and words of similar import, just as
II 1t was the fact of their being con-
nected with the church that made
them become scoundrels.
These things are used to the injury
OF the cause of religion, when every
man who for a moment reflects must
know that it is the want Of religion
that causes these shipwrecks of life.
We naYe case "A paink n Riaha<sl.
*. Cornnell. Of New York, who lately
embezzled to the amount of $50, 900.
and was Appointment Sunday School
and church man. A New York pa
per has the audacity to declare that
men with church and Sunday School
associations should he required TO
give additional security when assum-
ing places Of trust. This is not fair
nor honorable reasoning. There are
good and bad people in all churches.
The great Teacher himself in the
parable of the enemy sowing tares
among the wheat, shows that evil and
good must be expected to grow to-
gether. until the great wedding out
day shall come when the tares shall
beseparated from the wheat. He who
is in the church and lives up to his
profession and the teachings of its
Great Head. will he good and trusty
man. The wolves in sleeps clothing
the ceunterfeits are the ones who
bring discredit upon religion-and
they, alone not the cause of Christian.
ity, should suffer for it. A Judas be-
trayed his Lord. but there were of
the twelve, eleven who were true and
faithful servants. The enemies of re-
ligion are unfair in their treatment of
it-for never was it known where true
religion existed to produce other than
good fruits. They reject it because
there are false professors and counter
feits, but they do not reject all coins
or bank notes and denounce money
because some Of 1t is bad and worth
less. They do not parade a man an
an odd Fellow or Mason or some as.
sociations. and condemn the order be-
cause Mason or an Odd Fellow is q
rascal. and yet perhaps as many out
of these orders might be found bad,
as there are bad church members.
This will not do and it is time that
the press and and the public generally
frown down these attempts to bring
reDroach and disgrace upon Christian
ity for the fault of bold and bad men,
who haye creDt into the churches in
order to deceive more readily. Let
us condemn the guilty criminal for
both his crime and his hypocrisy, but
not slander and slur the church that
has done more to elevate, dignity and
improve humanity than all other
causes In the world.