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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-28
CUMULATIVE COURAGE.
How Night Clerks Astonishing Valor
Grew Step by Step.


Grew Step by Step.
The bravest man 1 ever saw in civil
life was night clerk in Kansas City
hotel. About midnight the porter came
in vexed about something, and strobe
up TO the desk. Leaning across the
register he grabbed the clerk by the col
lar, and shook him until his diamond
went out. l thought then the man
seemed disturbed, and his language inn
mediately confirmed my suspicious.
''You miserable little snipe," he roared,
ave a mind to come around there and
stab We with yer pen, we sneakin', tale
tellin', little whelp! If We wur worth
KILN, I'd break yer dirty neck afore l
let 90 of We, w Spike-legged son of
thief. Waugh" And so saying he
hurled the clerk under the counter,
threw the ink well down on him, pitched
the register across the room, and saw
agely kicking the chair, in which / sat,
from under me, he went out into the
night, whittier | somewhat regretted
that | had not gone some hours before.
But the clerk amazed me. He was on
his feet almost before the irate porter
kicked my chair. Defiance burned in
his eyes, little dimly, it is true, but l
could see that the fire was started. "See
-see-sce here" he said his voice faint
and tremulous with rage. L-l-lookee
here, Minister Trunkslammer, II
don't want YOU to m-make so much
noise-you' ll-you'll distnb the guests
and TN get into trouble. Now don t
kick things around so-s-say, what
did you do that forp Don't disturb the
gentleman that way-he's a guest. l
say, -. Now look here Qouder), I'm
not going to stand any more of this"
Porter goes out of the door, Get
out o here, you big-mouthed sucker, or
I'll bounce you i'll minute!" (Porter
slams the door after him like cannon.)
Shut that door (fOrte) you white-liv
cred coyote or I'll cut your heart out
before you can squeak! Git!' jumping
over the counter and fastening slowly
toward the door, "Git! and be lively
about it if you don't want a hole kicked
clear through youI Come back here!'
he howled, his hand upon the door
knob. "Come back here, and I'll mop
up the floor with you! He's gone" he
added, softly opening the door and
looking cautiously down the dark, de-
serted street. There he goes, streak
ing it down the street like scared dog,
What made you let him kick you that
wayP' he said to me, in naughty scorn.
"Why didn't you shoot the dirty dog?
I'd a-done it, if he'd a come within
reach of me-" And with a lofty scorn
of my miserable cowardice, the indig-
nant clerk gave me a room close under
the roof, with a camp bed, no chair, a
tin wash-basn, one towel and a piece of
indcstructible flint soap in it. And as
followed the bell boy to my apartments
the clerk looked pityingly after me, and
heard him say to HIMSELF Cad, but
do hate cowardr'-Burdette, IN
BrCOklyR EdgLc.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-28
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The English Baptsts report an in
crease of $40 members for the past
year.
The various committees of the New
York Y NJ. C. A. employ 597 young
men as active workers.
The Corean Government has issued
an educational law which requires all
children between eight and thirteen
years of age to attend school
Rev. John Houghton and wife,
missionaries of the United Methodist
Free Church of England to the Calais
in East Africa, have been cruelty MUIR
dered.
The Church Missionary Society of
Great Britain has attained in respect to
receipts, the highest figures ever reach
ed by any similar society throughout
Che world. The actual receipts were
239, 219 pounds sterling; that is, about
$1,161, 900.
The Springfield Mass Union has
grown little tired of the talk about
educating girls to become wives and
mothers, and suggests to the faculties of
male colleges that it would be just as
desirable to train young men to be-
come good husbands and fathers.
Louisiana has the prospect of quiet
Sundays as the Governor has signed
the bill passed by the Legislature com
pelling all stores, shops, saloons and
places of public business to be closed
from midnight Saturday to midnight
Sunday. o. Times
1t is not often that minister has
the privilege of officiating at wedding
for three successive generations, as was
the case recently with Rev. Austin Put
nam, of Whitneyville, Conn, who
united in marriage both the parents and
grandparents OF the groom. Hartford
Post.
Mr.. Ruskin's advice to feeble
churches ito beg rather than borrow
drew from q Methodist church, near
London, a letter inclosing his article
and, on the strength thereof, requesting
& contribution, He sent them a pound
note and subscription at once, as be-
ing man who will help the practice OF
MS preaching
The Sabbath-school at Sunderland,
On the banks Of the Connecticut, has
started II novel method Of raising mis-
sionary funds, each member of the
school being invited to place in the box,
on his or her birthday, the number OF
pennies corresponding to the age on
that day. When the year ended, in
June, the box-full of coin, counting out
over twenty-five dollars, &HarJord Con-
rant.
"A most successful primary teacher
in the Sunday-school says that, as
rule, these teachers have too elaborate
plans, both for management and in
struction. Simplicity is undoubtedly a
prime requisite. In every lesson there
Is sure to be some one strong point,
and the whole time may frequently be
devoted to bringing thatto the attention
of all. Filty-two seed truths thus plant
cd in the plastic soil OF a child's mind
may confidently be expected to yield a
harvest Chicago STANDARD.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-28
WIT AND WISDOM.

Time makes age, and time will
come to man, even if he fails to come
10 time. ~ D. Picayuns.
Nothing so much destroys ourpeace
of mind as to hear another express an
intention to give us a piece of his.--N
Y Herald.
-"Some men can take new furniture
and make it look as if it was made
century ago says an exchange. So
can some children. --NcW HarcR NeWS.
SO live that thou shalt make the
ground thou walkest over the house
where thou dwellest, Il sacred shrine
for the children who shall outlive thee.
The venerable Hopkins has been
connected with Williams College for
sixty-six years, and yet he can not sign
his name without making his Mark
LoweU Courier.
Law without lawyers is the title
of a new book. That's nothing strange.
Lemonade without lemons has been an
old thing ever since picnics were in
vented. -BWrdeHe.
In 1870, there being very dark
day, one of the parishioners of the Rev.
DR.. Byles sent her son over to ask the
doctor the cause thereof. "Give your
mother my compliments, was his an
swer, and tell her that | an as much IN
The dark as she is. Chicago Standard
Young Featherly had been impart-
inc some information to Mrs. De Towser
which interested that lady very much.
81 am quite surprised, Mr.. Featherly, "
she said, ito hear of this. 1t only
shows that-that-" Zone is never too
old to learn?" prompted Featherly, gal.
iantly, Pittsburgh Post.
Mrs. A went into the kitchen
one morning and informed Ellen that
Mr. Thompson, aneighbor and prom
inent resident, had committed suicide.
Ellen looked at her with an expression
of mingled establishment and disgust,
and said: "Oh-h-h, mum, has hep Wild
whoP'-Harper'S Monthly.
Art auctioneer: We have here,
ladies and gentlemen, a most superb
marine view. Assistant Tin a loud
whisper) Hold on; it's a picture of q
sheep. Auctioner-As l was saving,
ladies and gentlemen, we have here
picture of most superb merino. What
am l offered on Chicago Trib
Une.
Il attended a swell party las
night" says DIR. Funnytonic to his frienC
Steadyboy. Il didn't know you were
society man. answered Steadyboy
''Well, as a general thing l am not
But you see, the party l attended hat
the mumps, and | couldn't well refuse
1t was avery swell affair, assure you.
Prairie Farmer
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-28

An entirely new vegetable is be.
ing introduced by a great French FIRM
(the well known house OF Vilmorin,
Andrieux g. Co., of Paris, which is ex-
citing some interest. 1t is called choro-
gi and is native of Northern Africa.
1t belongs to the mint family (botan-
ical name Stachys aflinis). Its feshy
roots or tubers only are eaten, dressed
like string beans or fried like fritters,
and are said also TO make an excellent
pickle. Whether it will become USE
full vegetable and q desirable regular
market crop in this country can only
be determined by trial
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-28
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
CRADLE SONG.


Hush.a.by, baby, the bees in the clover
The red red clover-have fallen asleep,
5waying and swinging, now under, now over,
In the red, red clover,
So sweet and so deep.
9ush-a-by, baby, the COWS from tho mead
OWS-
The green, green meadows are lettering
home;
Their bells tnkle softly as through dew and
shadows,
From the green, green meadows,
Tley lettering come
Hush ably, baby, the birds and the flowers
The sweet, sweet flowers - have fallen
asleep;
They sway and they swing through the SOFT
dcwy hours,
The sweet sweet flowers,
In meadows so deep
Hush-a-by, baby, tbs time you were sleeping,
So sweet, sweetly sleeping in dreamland
afar;
Low over the meadows the night mlsts are
creeping,
Ills time YOU were sleeping,
My baby, my star.
j. K. Ludlltn, In Our Little Ones.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-28

"A Connecticut peddler who has
been selling clocks like hot cakes" in
Kentucky, the terms being two dollars
down and the buyers own time for the
remaining three dollars, explained to
an Eastern drummer that he had
profit of one dollar apiece out of the
first payment and the rush of business
was to be explained by the fact that
the purchasers thought they were each
beating him out Of three dollars
Hartford Post.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-28
Too Soft a Snap.

A grocer in an Indiana town who o.
dcred his goods from Chicago, was
charged by an Indianapolis drummer
with want of patriotism in not patron
izing home institutions.
"Will you give me ninety days cred
itP' asked the grocer.
"Of course"
"And then extend me thirty days
further?"
Perhaps. "
"And ii fail will you compromise for
eighteen cents on the dollar and help
me beat all other creditors? That's
what my Chicago house is doing for
me, and about every third order they
throw in a dozen bed cords or dollar
clock as a free gift.-WuU Street Ne,oS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-28
The Frontier Photographer.

Talking about photographers, said
a young lady who reclined lazily in one
of the Rock Island roads luxurious
chair cars, II have been where there
isn't much but prairie and wind, you
know. Well, there's a photographer
there-rd like to know where you can
90 in this country and not find one
and he was a good one. Nothing would
do my sister but we must 90 up and
have our pictures taken, and so we went
up. sat first. He arranged me in
the chair, an old wooden one, and plac-
ed my head in the rest, which was an
old pitchfork with the sharp ends of the
tines broken of. Then do you know
what the nasty brute did? Well, he
fixed his old camera and then took n
huge quid of tobacco out of his mouth,
threw it against the wall higher than
his head, and said:
&" Now look right at that, mum
hold still and look purity - Chicago
Herald
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why that cruel, relentl ess look,
George, DEAR" she asked; shave you
ceased to love me7" 'Hushr' he
whispered, hoarsely. "the nature of my
business demands it." 30, George.
does opening oysters require such a
cold, Implying expression" IL am
no longer an oyster-opener," he re-
piled, and the cruel, relentless look be-
came still more cruel and relentless;
I'm baggagemaStax." -LifA
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-28
Two children of Farmer Agnew. Of

Two children of Farmer Agnew. Of
Tara, Can, boy of nineteen and n
girl of four, while playing in the barn,
found a gun which their father kept
loaded for rats. Stan off there u
piece said the boy, IAN let me see if
l can't shoot you" The little girl
obeyed cheerfully, and the young Ca
muck filled her face and shoulder with
fine shot
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-28

Cora (rapturously)-What a mag
nificent tree that is over there. Merritt
Quitting on -Yes, my dear; that's what
Tennyson would call an immemorial
monarch of the forest. Cora Gnquisi-
tively)-But how do you know it's so
old. Merritt Cooking very funny
Because / see it's chestnut.-The
Judge,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-19

Glasco located permanently aud is
stll resident OF that town. Frisby
did no. like the loca ion and came
Moth. F'isby, however, had learned
many incidents OF his companions
early life, aud determined to call on
Glasco's parents and represent himself
as the long lost son. This he
did a yesr ago, and was received with
open arms by the Glasco family.
Strange to say, the resemblance be
tween the two men was SO striking
that the difference could not be detect
ed, and it is probable the imposition
would never have been discovered had
it lot betn for man named J. Lewis
Thomss oil North Pennsylvania village,
Philadelphia. Toe latter knew Frisby
well, having worked with him. This
fact leaked ou-, and when Frishy was
confronted by Thomas he broke down
and made a full confession. On the
strength OF this he was committed to
jill for trial. Frisby had obtained a
cor siderable sum of money by his
deception and is likely to serve a
term i'm isil
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-19
ANARCHIST PARSONS
SAYS HIS WIFE Is NOT THE
GATHINGS WOMAN.
interviewed by a Reporter ia the
County Jail-Attempted
Sulcide-Murders.

CHICAGO, Ill, September 1S.-An.
archist Parsons has been interviewed
several times recently regarding the
statement made in a dispatch from
Waco, Tex, to the effect that his wife
was formerly the mistress of full
blooded negro named Gathings,
whom she deserted for Parsons. This
statement has been fatty denied by
Parsons, who taid his wife was of
Spanish Indian o,igin, and that che
had never been in Waco. Mre. Par
sons has until now refused to speak on
the subject.
a letter which has reached here re-
iterates the charge made in the tele-
gram. A picture of Gathings came
with it. Armed with the letter and
photograph, a reporter called upon
Mrs. Parsons, aud went with her to
the jail, upon the occasion of her
usual visit TO her husband. She pre-
ferred that the interview should take
plaza in his presence. To this request
the reporter assented. The letter was
read within hearing Of them both.
"Now, Mr.. Parsons, tell what you
know about this matter, and let's have
it settled" demanded his wifi.
81 will" answered the prisoner.
evil you please let me see the picture
of G athiugs?" The likeness wss
passed in to him, and after carefully
scanning it he said: eyes, that is
Gathings know him. l wss raised
in Waco, and in those days was very
Popular among the colored people
there. | had something to do with his
wife, or the woman he lived with.
Well, it was q sort Of custom in that
town 10 those days. / was wild when
/ was young, snd had many escspades
with girls. OF course GAthings did
not like what did"
Mrs. Parsons-Now don't go beating
about the bushes Tell the whole
story as it lie. l won't rest under this
fake imputstion any logger.
Thus adjured, Parsons said that he
had lived with the woman who was
kp own as Gathings's wife, but that he
left her some time before meeting the
present Mrp. Parsons ia Austin. He
said such affairs were very common in
Texas, and that no ore paid any at.
tention to them in those days, This
was positively all there was to it, and
his wife knew no more of Gathings
than the child unborn.
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BLAINE'S MONEY.
Don PIatt Tells Where 10 Como
From.

am sometimes asked, writes Don
Piatt, where Mr.. Blaine gets the money
with which he keeps up his handsome
establishments in Augusta aud Bar
Harbor, and maintains the expend-
itures OF his expensive family. Every
body knows that when Mr.. Blaine
came to Washington he bad nothing
at all except his salary, and he has had
no regular business since. But Mr..
Blaine, born Spectator, has i'm
proved every opportunity since he first
came to Washington to make money
out OF speculative investment. He
has always had several irons in the
fire, one OF which was pretty apt TO
come TO tomethiDg. OF course he
availed himself Of his official .pt sition
both to get these irons and to keep
them hot. During the last campa gn,
when the inquiriDg Mugwumps asked
how Mr.. Blaine had gotten rich, they
were told that it WIS out Of some vague
coal mine inve.tment in western
Pennsylvania, 1t will be remembered
that it did not take long to explode
the theory. Up to the last cam
paign l am inclined to think that
Mr.. b aine had no regular income, de-
pending upon separate operations fJr
money, and that none of these re.
turned any very considerable sum
but ! am told that Mr.. Blaine has now
a very large income from the Small
Hopes silver mine in Colorado. This
mine was bought by r. G. Kerens, The
st. Louis star route contractor, while
on visit 10 Colorado several years
ago. He promptly put his friends,
james q. Blaine, Stephen b. Ekins
and Preston b. Plumb into the COM
pany that he formed TO operate it az
stockholders. At that time Mr..
Kerens supposed that Mr.. Blaine
would be the next President OF the
United S ates. Mr.. Blaine is not
President OF the United States, nor is
he likely to be, but he owns some
thing like tenth OF the Small Hopes
mine, and If, as / am reliably in
formed, it is paying a 100000 a
year, Mr.. Blaine will be able to lay up
some money. OF course Mr.. Blaine
has 5000 year from Mr.. Letter for
his house on Dupont circle, and also
has some returns from his investment
with Henry G. Davis in West Virginia.
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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-19
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL--sUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1856

the little boy in the corner of the car,
who was wipiI G h feet on bis neigN-
boris light irUu ers, murmurtd "Oh
my" while the fat man opposite
snickered.
Just then the condu tor passed back,
and, stepping behind tue grating
lifted it lightly aud gracefully and
picked up the coin. Turning, he
handed it to the young man, who, If ell
ing that the honor OF returning it wa'
but his just due, lifted his hat and
held the coin out to the pretty girl,
She looked up, smiled, and taid :;
Thanks, bat it is not mine" 1t was
the old womsn's.
Passengers in the car la er wondered
II the sulphuric fumes were indicative
Of an approaching earthquake.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-19
snoiled the Trade.

Estelline %. IT, Bel: "Yes," said
the physician to the Dakota man,
"your wife is quite badly hurt"
81 know it, doc, hanged if /
don't. You sae it was just this way ::
/ was talk ng 10 the feller about that
bay boss of mine and had Just got a
trade fixed up and wus tellin' him
how never see it Kick, when my wife
come out where we were to call me
for dinner, and blamed if the boss
didn't blaze away st her and kick her
over thirty feet. tell you, doc, it
jest spilled that trade inside Of half a
minute, and 1 don't s'pose, now that
every body has heerd Of it, that can
get another chancs in this whole
neighborhood."
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ROYAL ACApEMY SCANDALS.
Strange, the EngraVer. and the
Prince of wales.

Magazine Of Art, for October: The
very first scandal OF any moment oc.
cured very shortly after the inoorpo.
ration OF the academy in l775. This
was the case OF Sir Robert Strange,
which has been touched upon in an
earlier article. In Sir then Mr.
Robert Sursrse's pamphlet, can Ea-
ouirv into the Rise of the Royal Acad-
tmy," is irs rted letter to the Earl
of Buie-he who was burned in effigy
at Temple Bar. Although this letter
has no appa' eat connection with the
sarcastic little history of the origin Of
the academy which follows, it details
certain happenings that We're probably
closely ass 1ciated with the writers
squabb with one Of the earliest hang
ing committees. Ramsey, who had
painted portrait of the Prince of
Wales, sfterward George ~, request
ed STRANGE to engrave 1t. on the plea
that the Prince and the Earl of Butte
would both be gratifed by his doing
80. Strange was ct the time preparing
10 stalt for Italy, and not wishing to
delay his journey for the two
years rsquired for the engraving of a
iull Length portrait, he declined uule. s
it could be shown to him that it YVES
the Princes own particular wish that
he should comply. Shortly after
wards William Chambers, the archi-
tect-he whose somber Thames eide
pile is in stony acreage net unstAts-
" when its pilasters catch the crimson
CLEAN Of the evening sun-brought
Strange message that the Prince OF
Wales was anxious he should engrave
not only His Hghness own portrait,
but likewise that OF Lord Butte. 1t
was requested that he should lay
aside every other engagement and en-.
grave Lord Bute's picture first. Ia re.
Turn for this His Royal Highness, in
his rrincely generosity, would make
the en9raver present OF 100 guineas
and pstronizs subscription for copies
of the engravipg'. This did nottound
very promising, but Strange was rot
angry, attributing the meanuei OF the
offer 10 the Princes Ignorance OF the
length Of time required for engraving
two large pictures. Chambers rep
resented the position to tie Prince
who remarked that STANCES ressons
were "both natural and just" "But
how great was my surprise" exclaimed
the indignant eDgr lver, when a day OF
two afterwards friend of mine told
me that he had N Mr. Ramsey, who
informed him that be hfd met Lord
Butte, who hsd sad that the PHI ce
was 80 provoked at my refusal that he
could mt hear 10 hear my name men
toned" Eventually Mr. Ryland en-
graved the portraits, which occupied
him frr four years. He was paid
leo 0uineas for making the draw
ings and ESQ a quarter during the
whole four year,, and received in adj
dition the proceeds of the sale Of the
prints Strange made several at
tempts-not very dignified, perhaps
but eminently natural on the part OF q
man who feared to be harmed in his
profession by what was perhaps q
mers mystificstion-to obtain an ex-
planaticn from Lord Butte, but the
door was always shut upon him, and
even the presentation OF set OF inn
pressons from some OF the plates
Strange engraved did not procure him
an interview.
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Desperate Attempt AT sulcide.

New YORK, September 1S.-Thomas
Rogers, aged 26 years, formerly a
printer on the World, returned 10 his
boarding house, at Nc. 952 East
Thirteenth street, st o'clock after a
nights spree. and at orce Get shout
ending his lifs. His frat step was to
soak a box of ma chts in glses OF
water and drink the mixture. This
was of no avail. He then took a
picture nsil from the wall and jabbed
it twice into his lett breast. Very lit
tie harm resulted, and he next smashed
a wine bottle and sawed at his throat
with one of the fragments. While
thus occupied his landlady discovered
him and had him promptly taken
charge of by a policeman. He was
sent to Bellevue Hospital. Rogers has
not been working three months, hav-
ing, it is said, inherited fortune Of
$4,000 from some relative in England,
which he was 10 receive in Install
ments of $4,000 every ten years. He
will IanovaY