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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-20

Of redskins crept near and began to
fire blazing arrows at the roof. A few
struck, but no damage resulted. Then
the rifle firing recommended, and it
was while peering through a loophole
that McGlipin received a ball in the eye
and fell back dead before he reached
the floor. A woman's shrlek-a wo-
mans wail-that was all. For ten sec
onds the widows were women again.
Then came a shout which warned them
that they must be heroines while red
devil fingered. There was a second
rush at the house. The revolvers
cracked as before-the whole house
shook as the doors received shock after
shock. Yells, whoops and screams, and
report of firearms loaded the air for three
minutes, and then deep silence fell upon
the ranch. The Apaches had been re-
pulsed again. Each woman sprang the
empty cartridges from her revolver and
replaced them, and continued her
watch. By and by they looked out, to
see the band at full gallop two or three
miles away.
Geronimo was there in person. His
bucks were the red devils of the West.
Two women had beaten them off. Five of
his men had been killed and five others
so badly wounded that they were forced
to return to the reservation and lie hid
den, while he continued the raid, which
was brought to a close only few days
ago.
At shutdown an officer and escort with
dispatches drew rein at the ranch.
There was no one to answer the hail.
The men dismounted and looked in. In
the center of the room lay the ranch
man, cold in death. Beside him-each
with her face hidden in her hands, each
rocking her body to and fro-were two
widows, poor, weak women, through
whose powder-stained fingers the tears
found their way. Wives at morn-hero-
ines at noon-widows at sunset.-M Y.
Sun.
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MY LITTLE LAD AND |.


take little hand in mine,
And walk the village street,
With chirp and chatter as we go,
In mingled converse sweet,
And pleasant salutations
From every one we meet;
Dear little lad and 1.
take the little hand in mine,
To climb a neighboring hill,
To pluck wild flowers, or to trace
A laughing mountain rill,
BY which, when weary or athirst,
We pause to drink our fill,
Dear little lad and l.
take two little hands in mine,
My boy upon my knee;
/ listen to pleasant voice,
Made rich with notes of glee;
i feel breath against my cheek,
A breath of life to me,
Dear little lad and |.
take those little hands in mine;
! hear a prattlers tongue
Repeating childish thoughts and songs,
So sweetly said and sung;
In harmony with spirit harps,
For Heavenly music strung;
Dear little lad and l.
With those two little hands in mine,
think of other days;
One generation full of years
Between our parting ways,
And yet our souls clasp hands across
The chasm, in close cmbra g;
Dear little lad and |.
Those little hands, so very fair,
God keep them ever white;
Those little feet, unfettered yet,
May they Ger walk Alright;
That little life, so precious now,
May it be ever bright,
Dear little lad, pray l.
CLARK W. Bryan, IN Housekeeping
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PONDOLAND.

PecuIarlties of an African State and Its
s4tt4 v Inhabitants.
I am one of the very few white peo-
pie that have ever visited Pondoland. |
have lately returned from that country,
and possibly some of my experiences
may be found interesting. Pondoland
is fertile district northeast of the
Transkei, and lying due south of Natal.
1t is now under the protectorate of Cape
Colony The reasons for this new pro-
tectorate are obvious. In the first
place, by establishing it. we have COM
pleted the half circle of British colony
which now extends in unbroken sue
cession between Capetown and Natal,
thus making us virtual protectors of the
whole seaboard and ports between those
twopoints. In the second place, we have
kept out other nations-the Germans
and the Dutch, for instance-who have
for some time cast longing eye upon
the fertile plains of Pondoland.
The Pondos are q rich nation so far
as cattle is concerned, and their country
allows them to grow fifealies and corn
and tobacco in profusion without much
trouble and labor. Pondoland is very
mountainous, and at the same time eX-
tremely we'll watered. The sea-shore
is covered with brush and forest. The
principal trade of the country enters
Pondoland across the river Umtumvuna
from Natal, or by way of Umtata from
King Williams Town through Tembu-
land, which lies Immediately southeast.
The exports of Pondoland are princi-
pally hides, horn and cattle. The trad
ers of the country have been hitherto
outlaws and other adventurous persons
who have chosen TO reside beyond
British jurisdiction. In many cases
they have exercised a wise discretion.
The Pondomen lead very lazy lives.
They scarcely ever do any work. They
leave to the women the cultivation OF
the meale gardens and the hewing of
wood and drawing of water. To the
boys they leave the herdmg of the cattle.
1t is difficult to say what they do but lie,
and thieve, and cheat, and in sufficiently
formidable numbers rendering resist
ance impossible) attack a store, carry
off the goods of the unhappy store
keeper, and murder him if he protests
too vehemently at the loss of his
blankets and rum. They are an ami
able race altogether. Pondoland con-
tains plants of valuable medicinal prop
critics, and the number of posons in the
country is very large. The Pondo does
not scruple to make use of the latter
whenever occasion requires an objec-
tionable person to be quietly removed"
The grass, or veldt, of the country is,
as a rule, too rich for sheep, but is adj
mirably suited to cattle and horses,
which are very numerous. There are
very few Beers, if any, in the country,
most of the traders being British OIL
Griqua half-casts. Tribal wars are fire..
quent, and the power of the paramount
chief is but very partially recognized
even in his own neighborhood. Justice
is consequently perfectly out of The
question, there being no one to admin
ter it, and no one to execute it.-COr
London Globe.
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"A Sunday-school missionary in
Wyoming Territory found an old Scotch
lady who in her youth used to hear two
sermons every Sunday. Since her go
inc West she had not heard one sermon
in sixteen years until this missionary
came along. Although his sermon was,
according to his own account of it,
neither the most eloquent nor the most
profound that had ever been preached,
She listened to it as if it had fallen from
the lips of Old Doctor Chalmers him.
self, and she said she was greatly edited
by it.-Chieago Tribune.
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Pillow EARLY.

By blowing early the frost will kill
the cut worms and pulverize the soil.
BY early blowing the labor of spring is
greatly lessened, for the land will be in
better condition for the corn crop The
damage done to farmers every season
by cut-worms can not be estimated. AS
the young plants are destroyed in theiI
infancy no account is kept of such loss,
but the second planting being late, eff
fects the yield of the crop at harvest
time. The cutworm can not be thorough
ly exterminated in any other manner
than by turning him out of the ground
before frost has disappeared. He can
endure quite degree of cold, but when
exposed to the surface and brought in
direct contact with the frost, his career
is at once ended.-Fai7n, Field and
StOckmdn.
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A distinguished arrival may DO 500,

"A distinguished arrival may DO soon
expected,in this country. The London
Life makes the following announce
ment: "'Alice, the disconsolate widow
of the departed Jumbo, is to leave the
scene of her husbands triumphs in Re-
gents park, for she, like her lamented
lord, has fallen into the hands of the
omnivorous Barnum, and is about to be
shipped to America. The great show
man is gradually depriving us of all
our curioSities."
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"A mince-pie as big as the head Of
barrel and four or five inches thick was
served at a dinner recently, but the
size of the dreams of the guests is not
recorded. Chicago Times.
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The Pueblo (Cal) nail-work9 use
kegs made of compressed paper.
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THE cHEcKERED APRON.

81. nat her checkered apron on, and tied it
onV round her waist
Socuesr with jeweled diadem could be more
rhsn she sauntered down the lane and
reached the linden tree,
rfhouqht saw my coming fate, whose name
was Kitty Lee.
mad not spoken much of love, though often
We had met
I'D wet she answered something, once, I
49, could not well forget;
mt she was fair and rosy, and thought
how nice twould be
re- when she tied that apron on, the tie was
= meant for me.
rhe n1mmer sun was nesting down beyond
the distant hills,
One ypice alone saluted us-the plaintive
whip-poor-wilPs.
fspoke about my loneliness, of tolls and
and she. with soothing readiness, was glad
that we had met.
INA knows not how such little words proceed
from less to more,
But somehow, we came nearer than we ever
stood before;
And, when saw the meaning that her beam
ing face supplied,
Ifound my arm was resting where saw that
apron tied!
And 50 put the question that must happen
And found that love was ready to obey the
0Kitty Lee, thank you-for when you that
apron tied,
You shaped q wondrous love-knot that won
you for my bride.
Joel Benton, in Dem0rests Monthly.
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A SODA MOTOR.

An Invention Which Promises to Revolu-
tionize Street Car Traffic.
Minneapolis is anxiously waiting the
results of experiments with '.soda
MOTOR" which the inventor claims will
revolutionize street car traffic, and who
thus explains its workings: "a suitable
quantity Of properly diluted soda raised
to its boiling point (429 degrees) is
placed in closed tank in intimate con-
tact with the steam boiler filled with
steam and water in the usual proper
tions and at the working pressure. On
the opening of the throttle steam passes
into the cylinders, does its work, and
passes into the soda solution through
the exhaust pipe, which ends in per-
forated tube extending through the
soda, the remaining heat being alb
sorbed into the latter When the soda
is so dilute that it can no longer main
tain the difference of temperature nec-
essary to make steam, the soda I've is
discharged and a new charge of hot
condensed soda taken in. This opera
ton requires about five minutes, and is
called recharging. 1t has to be done
on an average once in six hours. The
operation of the engine is precisely
that of any steam engine, except that
there isno exhaust into the air and no
fire nor smoke connected with the
boiler. Steam is produced without fire
by the heat generated in the soda lye
which surrounds the boiler, and the ex-
haust steam is led from the cylinder
directly into the soda lye instead of into
the air. Thus working pressure is
maintained without any of the objec-
tionable vapors appearing, as in the
case of the ordinary motor, for the
simple reason that there are no vapors
to appear.-S. Paul Ptoneer-Press.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The average salary of the Metho-
dist preachers of the Baltimore Con-
ference is $785 year Sixty preachers,
some of them married, receive less
than this amount, and one receives only
S160.-Baltimore San.
The Rev. G. S. Sargent, of New
Haven, VI, has given to the Congrega-
tionalist a cheering description Of a
work of the Holy Spirit. He says:
'sThe churdhes of the Chap lain Malley
are experincing work of grace and an
outpouring of the Spirit such as has
not been known for fifty years. ;"
The CtrIstian Aduocate states that
during the past three months upward
of one hundred Thousand persons in
the Methodist Episcopal denomination
have responded to the appeals of pas
tors and friends, and professed to give
their hearts to God, through Christ.
and their names as candidates for adj
mittance into the Christian Church"
Simultaneous meetings held at the
same day and the same hour, for the
purpose of advancing the interests of
the missionary societies of the church,
alo L,egueh. ~ Lu ianu, anu sno 1sPs'-
copM Hecorder THINKS tney might oe M
troouced INTO TINS country with advant.
age, ana, moreover, tlat an entlfe
week snouio De devoted 10 tne cause OF
missions
Since the accession of Pope Leo
XIII. forty-four Cardinals have died.
Of the Cardinals created by Pope Plus
TX. twenty-six are still living, the re-
manning thirty-four have been created
by Leo XIII. There are now ten va
cancies in the Sacred College. Cardi-
nal Newman is the oldest OF the Cardi-
mails. There are now 1,206 dignitaries
in the Roman Catholic hierarchy.
The vast work that ia being done
by the four great Bible and Tract soci-
cites of this Country and of England IS
hardly understood or Appreciated bv
the nnblic. The daily issI,es Of the two
Rible societies was ia 243 for each work
inc day of 1Ss5 The total issues Of
these two societies for 1885 reached the
enormons number If & 700 207 comics
of the Scr;ntnres, These are starting
| fioures, = Brooklua Eaole.
THE o+tent;on e Tho Catholic
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BELLEVUE LA, THURSDAY, NAY 49, 1886.
'tHow could you afford it? Didn't it

'tHow could you afford it? Didn't it
take quantities of money!.
"You remember an uncle who died
in California year agop He left me
hundred thousand dollars. have
saved twenty-five thousand and the
house; so you won't be quite destitute,
sweetheart"
'Destitutep Sheba's queen was notas
wealthy. She didn't own my Gabriel"
They were married in the morning.
That evening, as they sat together in
the library (for they took no wedding
Journey, he leaned toward his white
robed treasure.
"Efie, will you burn those notes for
mep"
He kindled bright blaze on the wide
hearth, and Effie took the fat bundle
and commenced, woman-like, to unite
it.
"No, nor he objected, s'burn it So"
"But it will burn quicker;" the will
full little fingers tugged at the strings.
81 desire you not to open it, Effie.
"But, Gabriel, will'' Out dropped
a sealed letter, directed to ''Miss Effie
Ford" Underneath was scrawled:
''To be delivered in case of my DEATH"
The despoiling fingers closed upon it
greedily.
'.No, Effie," he pleaded.
Gabriel" solemnly, ''listen, and
believe me; shall never be really
happy unless ] read this letter.
1--we thought the same"
''Hush about Eve! never ate any
interdicted apples, and the nineteenth
century Eve deliberately seated herself
to enjoy her forbidden fruit. 1t was a
letter of impassioned love. but just at
its close was the clause he did not wish
her to see. 1t showed a jealous pang
at her preference for Bert Gwynne.
But that one sentence of remuneration
bound her to him more closely than q
world of protestations. ''My true love,
how could you imagine such a thing!
That stupid boy! should never have
loved you as well, Gabriel. if / hadn' t
read this, for it shows you noble fell
| IoW.n It'd Bits.
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PuNeENT PARAGRAPHS.

The average age of those who enter
college in this country is seventeen; a
century ago it was fourteen. - Chicago
Inter Ocean.
"A cigarette-smoking dude is as
much like man as an opera bouffe is
like an opera. He is merely thin and
amusing burlesque.-FaU RiUer Ad-
gance.
-Pat1ent--"Wel doctor, what do
you find ails mepn Doctor-'I can't
tell Just vet, Mr.. Peters. am afraid l
shall have to diagnose your case more
thoroughly before / can tell you. Pa
tient-"Say, doctor, viii it hurt"
Tid-Bits.
1t will be remembered that "Old
Uncle Ned laid down the shovel and
the hoe, and hung up the fiddle and
the bow. Probably if Ned had stuck
to the shovel and the hoe he would not
have been compelled to chang up his
fiddle and bow. There is moral here.
Puck.
"A man who was not of much ac-
count himself was forever boasting OF
his ancestry. A plain farmer, tired OF
this nonsense, asked him why his family
were like hill of potatoes. He gave
it up. "Why,' said the farmer, '.the
best part of them are under ground. =
= Western Rural.
Miss DO, assure you that the
doctors wife is very untidy. Why,
she can not cook or govern her servants
and her children are badly brought
up. Ah! she deceives her excellent
husband Mr. How do you know
this so wellp" Miss D.--Howp Don't
you know I'm her best friendp Pitts-
burgh Chronicle.
First Dealers'So they are going
to pass law forbidding the sale d
tobacco to miners. ? Second Ditto
Eyes, but / don't see how that is going
to interfere with our business so long q
we stick to the favorite brands-cab
bage leaves and old shoe leather, you
know. .'--Bostoas Transcript.
Young Wife, am going to bt
yery economical. Do you know
| bought liver to-day for dinner? Youns
Husband Il suppose you bought SONS
bacon to 90 with it. Young Wife-O
no! Couldn't afford it, but I bough
you necktie and myself q love Of
bonnet for only twenty-eight dollars
Now, wasn't good? Young Husband
(groaning inwardly) Yes, very. .-Bos
ten Globe.
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TAKEN FROM LIFE.
How the Girl of the Period Receives At
tentions From Her Many Suftors.

How the Girl of the Period Receives At
tentions From Her Many Suitors.
At six o'clock her flowers came; at
eight she and their sender were going
to card party. ..No, Jane, you need
not open the box. just peep in and
see what color they are, then put them
in the refrigerator. Pink rosesP Well,
will wear my new Chinese silk. !
will sleep about an hour longer, then
come and put up my back hair And
he had foolishly selected them with
care and much expense. She did not
even give them a glance, but closed
her pretty eyes in sweetest slumber,
unthoughtful of the roses that had
bloomed for her.
That night she modestly thanked
him and murmured something about
his delicate little attention, etc.; and
hep Why. of course he believed her
when she returned home with the
prize, a bauble of beauty. She care
lessly removed them from over her
sordid little heart and told Jane that
they would do to put in the window on
the morrow. "For you know, Jane,
mamma likes all the flowers the gen.
tlemen have sent to be placed in the
front window. She says it looks well,
and shows that am having attention,
and do have lots, don't !, JaneP''
Three foolish men each tenderly
lifted pink rose from over his heart
that night, and thought of his "dear,
good girl'' who had given it--Louis-
uihe Commercial.
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TO THE POINT.
How San Francisco Photographer Hurt a
Young Lady's Feelings.


Young Lady's Feelings.
In one of the popular photograph
galleries, of which San Francisco has
several, there is an operator at the
camera who, not content with being an
Al artist with the lens, combines there
with the further attraction and recon-
mendation of being a ''funny man.
His jokes and sayings, though not
always of the brightest order of wit,
have become well known about town,
and occasionally are worth repeating
in print.
The other day fashionable young
lady presented herself at the gallery,
accompanied by her pet English pug.
"What style shall you desire, missph
asked the Photographic wit, advancing
to meet her. ..Carte de visite, cabinets,
boudoirs or
40. don't want my picture taken
to-day, thank you," she replied. II
only came to get a carte of my dogs
head.n
Now, if there is one thing more than
another that photographers detest it is
photographing dogs. But, like the
weazened mugs of skinny and fussy old
maids, which they as equally hate being
instrumentalin reproducing on albumen
paper, taking dogs pays, and therefore
they manage to stand it. .
The frown upon the operators brow
gave place to a quizzing smile as
happy thought came into his head.
stWant q carte of vour dogs head
ehp'' he repeated. Don't you think a
wagon of his tail would do as well?"-
San Francisco Nesos-Letter.
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1t is said one firm in Germany has
made and sold during the last f1ve years
100000 thermometers. This enor-
nous quantity made may be a reason
thermometers have dIeen so low in
Florida during the past winter.--N Q,
Picayszsse.
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The largest barn in the world is
probably that of the Union Cattle Com
pany, Of Cheyenne, near Omaha. It
covers five acres, cost $125, ,000 and ac-.
commodities 8, $50 head Of cattle.
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/ I'm the United States every 200th
man takes college course; in England,
every 500th; in Scotland, every 615th;
and in Germany every 213th. - Chicago
Herald
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said Fogg, "rm tired Of go

NO." said Fogg, "Tm tired OF go
ing out visiting. n call ON Brown
he's sure to bore me to death with his
everlasting brag about his dog if go
to Blacks, he'll talk Of nothing but
that confounded horse of his; and at
Whites shall hear of nothing but his
hens. Therefore / prefer to stay at
home and enjoy myself. "But, my
DEAR interposed Mrs. F.. ''the con-
versation win hardly be more improv-
ing if, as usual, you dilate on pipes and
tobacco Eyes, my love- replied
Fogg, .sbut you should remember the
difference. do the talking. n-Boston
Transcript.
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Rudolph Albrecht's university at
Vienna IS the largest in Europe. It has
2S5 professors and 5.221 students.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-03-19

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