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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-27
"LF WE'D TROrGHT.n


II we'd thought ut our last meeting
With the friend we loved so dear
By his grave we'd soon be standing,
Dropping down the silent tear.
would that word we spoke so lightly
Have been uttered by us thenl
Would that in our silent sorrow,
We could call it back again.
II we'd thought that soon a parting
Would us sever far and wide.
That some of the gladstone faces
Would be soon across the tide,
Would the hasty word and action.
Would the satire sharp and keen,
From our lips have ever fallen,
Or the action eer been SEEM
If we'd thought the friendly counsel
Was the last we e'er should hear.
Would we then have scofied so lightly
Let our heedlessness appear
If we'd thought the kind inquiry
Soon would cease forcvermOre,
Would it then have been n trouble,
Would we then have wished 1t o'er2
If we'd thought that act of kindness
Was the last our friend should seek,
Would we have by cruel harshness
Brought the bushes to his check?
If we'd thought our needless folly
Would have left so deep n sore,
Would we then have spoken rudely!
Would we not have hushed it o er?
If we'd thought-alasl the sorrows
That the words awaken now;
# we'd thought, ah, then the wrinkles
Would be fewer on the brow;
If we'd thought that death was coming
viii that be our latest cry?
God forbid we know he's coming,
Let us think-he draweth nigh.
-NdSIlUtUe Good I6mpldr
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rTo BE CONTINUED. ]
communicating

"A communicating, uneducated
bug, the locust, can lay eggs that keep
perfectly for seventeen years, while all
the science of the nineteenth century
hasn't produced a plan whereby the
egg of hen can be Kept fresh through
a single winter.--Pitts6urgh Telegraph,
New-York tribune., 1883-11-04
AMENDMENTS TO BASEBALL RULES

The report of the Joint Committee on Arm,
traUn of the National League American Association ana
Northwestern League Baseball Associations mas Desn
completed and will bc forwOred 10 the associations I'd DO
appruv'zi al their approaching mertings -, .
Among the amendments TO the rules the following
manager can contract for the services OF payeL r
ony seven mouths beginning on Ap1l ana terihDhlinE
OCtner 81 players can he engaged Tor the ens,us
year plor Ia Oct TO- Club managers can reserve eleven
liked salary OF not lcss than 81 900 Thc hay
get his release only by the disbaUdmcnt, Iii
expulsion Uf hlS club frOm a asSOciatioiI NO cII VIZ
h allowed JD play against another club that enlpiosE
player not eligible Any disputes ar complalntS ns ,
~ tho performance Of the stipulatios nI tna -,
nrns sha he referred 10 the Arbitration COmihVee "
its next meeting .,,.
The committee asserts that this has been the most >
factory sGasGD IN The annals Of the game Inc
the different associations each other hav" Dell
aud no disputes have arisen for the Arbl'ralunD 10 s
to act upon 10 h asserted also that every game " 49,
hail nIaycd dnrf thc .caso has been decided solely upon
ITS merits and that not Single case o dlnion,N. p9 w.
hrCach of cOutiitct has occurred These credllne -r -
nctS due II II said to the Joint asr.ncnI i ~
by lte different associations prior 10 'hc "pcnuE "
tho an, .-, ,,o,o..,o
brilliant season prophesied for 1851 MI usio M a,
few un0I PLAYERS who have not already aprou'aoe eh-
mt for It
New-York tribune., 1883-11-04
cnIRGED wITH KICKING HIS WIFE.

Florence johnson, daughter of X. ID. Bene-
dict of MODrO place, BluUku, has brought suit in the
Supreme Court OF Kings County against her husband,
Charles T. JOhlsOn for limited divorce The husband Is
the uf Charles johnson, OF the firm OF johnson d
Shepherd, stage OWNERS In New York The couple
married Ia 1876, but they did not live happily In De
cCuIlCr 1877 after hTs johnson had returned her
parents her husband calle aud falling to persuade her
10 t0 bim qITTced with her and shot her as
ran with a child IN her The shot then cOusd.
ercd fatal. Johnson arrested, but released In
R2O,OOO bail Subsequently he adjudged a mnatio
and sent To BOOnin2ddle Asylum. AfteI some months
he released aud the pair were reunited. Johnson
went tO Europe and returned apparently fully restored
health hut IFS wife again forced 10 leave him un aC-
count Of s cruelty She charges that he has beaten and
Kicked her and threatened her life.
New-York tribune., 1883-11-04
COLLECTION or CHINESE poRcELAINs.

The collection of antique Chinese pOrcelains
and gazes Of William Man. which has required ten years
20 bring together TO be sold without reserve AT Ort
gie & Co.'S galleries Nos. Si5 and Si7 Broadway, e-
ginning on Thursday The collection is exhibit
u0 II exhibited for short time last spring at the
American Art Galleries. Al the time when Mr. Man be
gan his collection connosseurs had taken up the
feet Of Chinese Solid color pieces prominent
Tue number OF pieces exhibition which Will be
sold is $40 Included among these specimens the
Kong-he the Yung Ching the Kten-lung, the fa-Ming
the Fang YeOu, the TaOuKWang and Kca-Kng periods.
These comprise cabinet objects, decorative spec
mems large number of gazes OF the Keenlung peTiOd,
collection Of fOrtysix little vases chosen OF
New-York tribune., 1883-11-04
MISSPARLOA'S SCHOOL OF COOKERY

222 EAST l7THsT. NEW.YORK.
This school will be reOpened on Monday, Novem-
Der g. public Demonstration Lesson in Cooking
will be given on that day, at 10 a. m and another
on Tuesday November q, at 2 p. m. Admission,
75 cts; IL tickets SO. Ladies are invited to send
for Circulars and PROGRAMMES FOR Lee
TURES. Those desiring Private Instruction should
apply immediately.
New-York tribune., 1883-11-04
Announcements.
LUNDBORG's PERFUMES,
EDENiA AND MARECuAL MEL ROsE.

STTNGING, irritation, inflammation, all Kidney
and Urinary Complaints, cured by Buchu.Paba." 81.
Earl e. Wilson's and w brand Of Mems
Collars and Guns arv the best sold everywhere
HENRY A. DANIELS, VI. D.,
l54 LUIDgtUn.ave, between 2Dth and GUth.sts
Hours, to l. tU7. Diseases uf the NervOus system
GenIiOU Uiinhy Organs. Impotence and seIihty.
New-York tribune., 1883-11-04
HOME NEWS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS.

Fifth Arenuc Rot t-PresldenG AndreW -;
wesley Merit, aud Colonel Robert $ La Motto 8 4
''' 'ca,rsJou Hi,iA Icfaiyrc OF the French Legation
ai Washington " ~ York H0tet-The Rev. C. c Pinck-
NV OF Charleston, :. Z.
New-York tribune., 1883-11-04
WORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY lssasxTEEN PAGES

particular excellence, scarce specimens OF eggsnel
porcelain large collection OF powls, ana chOlce e1'
amples OF old beu de Nankn.
New-York tribune., 1883-11-04
MARINE INTELLIG ENOE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC
Sun r1es 635: ASS Moon sets 800 Moona age de-
MON WATER TO-DAY
4 hM-sandy look 10 10 GOV Island lObhlHe Gate, 022
PK-Sandy Hook lO4 GOV. island, ll.l7 Hell Gate O44
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-02-13
WOMAN'S VOICE.
EDWIN ARHOLD.

1oa in the svsyi Of tn summer trees,
when evening bieezes SIG thei vesper hymn
Dof the minst lis m ghty 9. mphones,
Nor ripples ire ne on the ri er's brim,
Il EARTH best music tn Sc may We awhile
High thought in happy hearts, and carking cares
beguiie.
BAIT even Rs the swallows silken wing,
Skinned the water OF the sleeping lake,
4DGlr the still silver with a hundred rings
So doth one sound the leeping sp tit wake
To brave the da ger and 10 hear the harm
4 low aud gentle voice-dear woman's cbiefest
charm.
An exec lent thing it is and ever lent
To truth ano love, and eekness; they who own
This & IL, by the ail-g, acious Give MT,
Even by quiet st. p AID smile are KIN WI;
b kind eyes that have wept. hearts that have sor
BY pa,lence never tired from their own trials Dor
row'd.
An excellent thing il is-when first in glsdness
4 mother looks unto her infants eyes
Smiles 10 t. SIN les, and saddens to its sadness
Paes at its paleDess, rows al its or es;
Hs food and sleep. and smies and little jOss-
An these come ever bent with Gne low, gentle
voice.
An excellent hing Il is when life is leaving
Leaving with gloom and gsdness, joys and cares
The strong heart failing and The high ul greying
With strong, st thought aud wild, unwonted
fears;
Then, then a voman's low, soft sympathy
O1D.s like angels voice % teach US how TO die.
But mos excellent thing it il in you h
when the fond lover hears the loved ones tone,
That fesrs but longs, to sy liable the ruth
How their two hearts one, and she his own
IL makes sweet human music-Oni the spells
TAst haunt the iremblingt tale brignt-eyed maiden
teils
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A Boston Fire Escape.

Capt. knight, OF Hose y, is at work upon
noyel FIRE escape, intended for use or
hook and ladder trucks. The following ~
brief description OF the apparatus From
each corner of the top OF the truck used is
placed five-inch round pole nine and a
half feet long; stretched across is stout
canvas, which, when the poles are set, will
be about eight feet above the top OF the
truck Above the canvas is placed . very
sto"t netting, which, when any one jumps
in, will give, letting the body down easily
on the canvas AT each of the four Cur
ners will be placed chute, through which
any body may slide to the ground. This
escape when set will reach TO the second
story of many buildings. When not in use
it may be rolled up on the hat bridge and
the corner poles placed on the side Of the
tru Boston Globe.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-02-13
AN ATLANTA ROMANCE.
Why Mr.. Porte Ran Away With
Another Mans Wife and
Children.

A sensational and romantic case has just
been brought TO light, says the New York
Times, on the issuing Of a warrant by Gov.
Stephens on the requisition Of the govern
or of South Caroline for the arrest of H.
G Porte. About twelve years ago Porte
moved from Marsop county, S. c., and set
tied near Palmetto, this state. He was ac-
eompanied BY q woman who was supposed
t. be his wife, and BY two boys, presumed
TO be their children. He proved 10 be q
man of industry. and won the good opin.
ion of his neighbors, who refused to be-
lseve in bis guilt when the sheriff arrived
with q warrant for bis srrest on q charge
Of kidnapping and obtaining money under
false pretenses Porte was taken to
made the following statement: He
with whom be had been living we're raised
10 the same neighborhood, and when they
were young Porte and Smith were rivals
tor the young womsn's sfections. but by
misrepresentation Smith alienated her
from Porte and married her. short time
thereafter Porte married, and the two
families settled near each other and lived
several years as neighbors. Porte and hi,
wife lived happily together until she died.
Smith and his wife did not live so happily.
frequent disturbances occurring between
them, in which Smith often beat her un-
Incredibly The death of his wife caused
the old fame for his forner sweetheart to
burn afresh In Porte's brs asst. and ne sym
pathized with her on her cruel treatment
received at the hands OF her husband.
She knew that Porte still entertained
kindly feelings for her, and frequently i'm
p0rtuned him 10 take, her away 10 some
strange place. avowing that she still loved
him, and expressed pehitence for the way
she had treated him in marrying Smith.
He refused to he anything more Ia hef
than a sympathizing friend, on account of
the friendly relations that had existed be
tween Smith aud himself. Smith b al been
prosperous In business until he became
dissipatei, when he got Financially embar-
RAISED, and reposed confidence is his friend
Porte, and asked him To assist him in saw
ing part OF his property from his credit
ors He had turned over some cotton 10
sell for him in his own meme. Porte sold
ii and took the proceeds - S200-;0 Smiths
house TO deliver to him. When he arrived
Smith was just leaving tie house and
on going in Porte found Mrs. Smith
PROSTATE on the floor, bleeding
from wounds received from her hus-
band. He helped her up and washed the
blood from her face, paid the money TO her
for her husband, and started to leave when
she chung TO him and begged him 10 take
her with him and flee to distant country,
promising to live with him If he would do
SO. Yielding TO her request, Porte took
Mrs. Smith and her two children and oped
into Georgia, where they lived in undis-
turbed happiness for twelve yesrs. Smith,
having learned of their whereabouts, made
a proposition 10 Porte that if he would re-
turn the children, furniture and the 5000
he would compromise the case. The
grand jury, however. will have something
TO cay about it.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-02-13
Beecher on Butler.

Chicago Dispatch to the Enquirer.
"What do you think oil Ben Buffers
chances for the presidency in the contest of
1SS4T was sssed Henry Ward Beecher to.
day at the Grand Pacific hotel.
"Ben Buffers chances FIR becoming
President, are good The democratic party
has been too long out OF power to refuse
the morsels however obtained. Bniler
will be accepted by the southern wing OF
he democracy, if necessary, and if he gets
the convention / am prepared 10 see
Louisiana 60 headlong for h,m. The oppo-
siIion To him in the nor,h is not near go
virulent es il was 10 General Jackson. Ben
has this great advantage: he has never
been suspected OF possessing moral princi-
pies and So he is not censured for heir
violation. He travels on mis- alleged acnte.
ness and sharpness. and 1t takes with the
crowd. Though l regard him as danger
Gus man, yet would sooner see him presi-
dent than nameless weak man.
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back were marvellous. She electrified
st. Louis and Stokes then took her

hack were marvellous. She electrified
st. Louis and Stokes then took her
East. 1t was-let me see-in the
spring Of 1852 when she appeared
here. Her triumphs in the East were
even more pronounced, and her salary
grew To De prodigious. Finally Stokes
decided Oh European tour with his
bonanza.
He visited London. Paris,St Peters
burg, in fact all the great capitals Of
Europe, paid Z,ara $500 q night
aad coined money fur himself. On
sil her travels she was accompanied by
her waiting maids, and Observed the
most womanly propriety in AL her ac-
tons. | knew it To be fact that even
her waiiing-women knew nothing of
the hoax ill years afterwards Stokes
kept bis card abroad for over eight
years. and the greatest iurore reigned
all through the social circles Of the
capital. Talk of Washers! Why. " hen
Z,ars came back he showed me huge
box filled with pearls, diamond crosses.
necklaces, rings a. d trophies of every
description in the jewelry line which
had been lavished upon her by the NO
biiity. One Russian count had it e.
pecisllv bad. He followed Z'ara from
one point to another, just as Freddie
is following the Lilly, and showeretl
upon her the most costly gifts If i
remember correctly the secret fist got
out in Paris while Zoara was PLAYING a
return engagement, and by the time
Stokes brought him back to Niblo's
the gender of bis big card had become
a widespread joke on Europe. Not
long after that he married siste, of
Bob S,ickney's, the circus man and he
died about year ago somewhere in
South America. All things consider
ed. 1 suppose this was the most lucrs-
tive and the best prolonged hoax on
record.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-02-13
An Accident to Miss Lynch.

Officer Rudolph sasnders, aspiring to
desk sergeant donors, submits the following
repor: of an accident. which, as specimen
Of what the night reporter is often af-
Aicted with, is published verbatim: "Miss
Lizzie Lynch, teacher ia the Wells school
On Ashland avenue. almost met with a
serious accident while at supper one even
ing. She was eating soup which was rsth-
er hot, and while takipg spoonful, bills
tered her tongue. The pain caused her 10
swallow . piece of dumping rather large
size which got stuck in her throat, very
near choking her, but with TIE help of the
landlord, she swallowed the dumping, but
it will be doubtful if she is able to teach
tomorrow, her tongue being full OF
blisters."
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-02-13

is then run through q clock arrange
ment at any desired rate of speed, the re-
suit being taken at any station with the
same linking apparatus used in steno-teie-
graphing.
The test made Saturday was witnessed
by severafexpert operators and electricians.
Ii was made under the supervision OF Mr..
E. A. Leslie, superintendent of the Mutual
union. rate of POO words a minute was
easily attained.
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Two Hundred Words q Minute
Telegraphed.
Washington Post.

Walter F. Phillips, whose system of
rteno-telegraphy has jnst been adopted by
the Mutual Union Telegraph company, is
rapidly perfeeting an automatic system by
which, in test made Saturday over 500
miles of wire, most marvellous results were
achieved Messages were sent through q
loop passing through Washington. Pa, and
received at the office here as clearly and
quickly as il sent from one instrument to
the other without the intervening dist.nces.
Mr Phillips aims to avoid the perforation
Of the slips. He transmits from a matrix
prepared upon paper slips BY Morse op-
orator, with an ordinary key. This strip
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-02-13
A PAIR OF CARRIERS
The Experience ola Young Man
Who Did a WCman's Shop
pinG--Rescued by q Stroke
Genius.

Boston Globe.
A sad-eyed, intellectual young man
walked into the proof readers den
and respectfully removed his hat, evil
IDENTIFY under the impression that he
had found The editorial room The
mistake was quite natural. as the proof
reader himself is frequently unable to
distinguish the difference.
"Dii you ever 90 shopping for wo-
men p inquired the Young man
The irha bitart of the den assumed
severe look. and replied that i'm ear
ly life he went counting for a woman
successfully but if the young man
wanted information IN any other line
he'd better tackle the eilded youth
who reported sermons and ran to fires.
That was how the sad-eyed young
man came to be sitting on the window
sill and telling his story to the office
boy. who is the only gentleman of
elegant leisure about the place, when
the staff returned from lunch. ''You
see. my landlady takes a motherly
int. est in me, and talks to me just as
she would to her own son. You may
think this is very hattering TO me
but | assure you 1t has lis disadvantage
es. The other morning my landlady
told me she lost one Of her carriers
coming home from a concert the
evening before, and asked me to get
hera pair Oh my way down town. l
thoughiessly consented. As / came
down the street / thought / would go
into Whites. hut somehow ct ether
the store had a forbidding aspect when
| reached it, and l passed it by and
began to whistle to keep up NV cour-
age, When | got along by Jorden Il
Marshes / was for making bold
break through the door. but the place
was full of people who just seemed to
he waiting for me TO come in anu ssk
for carriers go they could laugh at me.
| weakened and kept ON down town.
Finally / sneaked around a corner.
and when nohody vas looking l iuri-
lively slid into the door of small
shop that seemed to present possibili-
ties of carriers. Judging from the deco
rations of the windows.
Of course bolted for the counter
nearest the door, and told the young
lady that l wanted pair of carriers.
1--WE don't keep gents furnishings,
she replied. l said I wanted them for
a lady, and she rejoined in her best
cash, here. tone Of voice, ''next to
the last counter on the other side,
while she gazed abstraciedly out of
the window. was the only cutomer
in store, and all the clerks we're young
ladies /; but ] braced up and set out
on what seemed to me my intermin-
able journey to the other end Of the
apartment. did you ever see a
railroad track on a prairie :"
The word "prsirie" aroused the Of
fee boy from his apathy, and he lis
tened To The remainder Of the sad
young ma 3 tale with deep interest,
expecting to hear something about
'Raitlesnake Dick. or the Pawnee's
last Scalp" He allowed that he was
intimate with prairie life in general.
but regarded railroads as eifete insti-
tutions and utterly out of place on q
prairie. except as Offering certain OF
portunities for outlaws to distinguish
themselves as train robbers.
"Well, that store looked like the
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prospective of prairie railroad.' re-
sumed the sad young man. 81 thought
| never would reach the vanishing
point with all those girls looking at
me. My footballs sounded like the
| tramp Of horse. and when l tried to
glide along easily | scuffled frightfully,
and attracted attention by catching
a splinter in the sole of my hoOt and
ripping up enough of the floor to JUS
tify the suspicion that | was stealing
kindiing. | tried to get my bearings
by the Autographs on the walls, pie
turing all sorts Of feminine harness in
active service. As the Autographs
hegan to grow more interesting, / COR
cluded that was about in the lati-
tude of carriers. and halted at count
er presided over by young woman
with a m.schievous eve. That's where
l got into trouble. | felt my faca GET
ting red. but l firmly asked for pair
of carriers, expecting her to hand them
out forthwith. What kind, please
said she, in the most insinua ing mar
ner.
"'Oh something pretty good,'I re-
piled, painfully conscious that my ears
were blazing red.
But what style DO you want -
she rejoined, evidently Chatting over
my misery. Then it flashed upon
me that there 'uight be q hundred
styles, and how was | to know what
kind my landlady wore My first
impulse was to escape, but the door
was too far away, and, besides, my
errand seemed to have peen telegrphet
10 every one of the girls, all Of whom
were cycling me. One OF them sudden
lv discovered that the counter needed
busting. and there she was right where
sine could hear everything said. |
asked what styles were generally called
fo-. and the young lady began descrih-
ing them with minuteness that onIv
increased my embarrassment. There
was the circular kind, she said, and
the suspender garter attached to Il
waist belt, and another kind that fas-
tened to the side Of the corset, and
then she took down a Autograph show
ing the manner of wearing that kind
Of harness. was in a worse FIX than
ever, and l mentally swore Ia do Nd
more errands for a woman. Here she
was explaining all this toggery and
be aging tackle. and expecting me to
know what kind Of standing rigging
my landlady was fitted out with. |
looked at her in an appealing way.
but she wouldn't help me out, and
then an inspiration of genius came to
me. "What kind would you be moot
likely to lose of in the street ? ] asked
in nv most innocent tone. That girl
with the buster must have thought
of something funny just then, for she
began laughing immoderately, and
whenI went out with pair of circular
eDastics in my pocket l felt that every
girl in TIE store was making fun of
me, but didn't dare to look around
The mex, time | go shopping for
woman / will do it by telephone"
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SHILOH'S VITALIZFR is what yeu need
for Consumption, Loss Of Appetite, Dizzi-
ness and all symptoms of Dyspepsia. Price
10 and as ceuts per bottle. For sale by
Bard Il Miller.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-02-13
The Steady Diet of a Boston Man.

Boston Herald.
A waiter was asked ii he ever knew anv
one to perform similar feat 10 Walcott's
Not exactly but there is man who
has been eating beefsteak and sriddie!
sweet potatoes right along for nearly three
months"
On wsger%
"Oh, no he likes them -