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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27
Engraving by Electricity.

A machine for engraving by cleo
tricity has been recently invented by q
Partisan, which Is most ingenious
piece Of workmanship. 1t consists es-
sentiall of two or more disks with their
faces in the same vertical and their axes
in the same horizontal plane. One Of
these disks carries the pattern to be
copied, while the others are designed to
receive the engraved copies. The gray.
ing tools are armed with diamond
points, and are governed in their move
ments by the power of electromagnetic
ism. Each one Of the implements is, in
fact, connected with the armature of an
electro magnet, which, when in action
prevents the tool from touching the
plate, but which releases it when the
current is broken, permitting the graver
to take the metal. These alterations Of
movement are determined by the pat
tern plate, on which n conducting point
is constantly resting. Both the pattern
plate and the plate 70 be engraved are,
by this arrangement, in constant
revolution with equal angular velocities.
while at the same time, the tracer and
the graver approach very gradually and
uniformly toward their centers Of
motion. The combination Of these
effects causes the tracer to describe a
spiral Of very close involutions on the
surface Of the plate on which it rests.
During the flow Of the electricity, the
tracer and the pate n-plate form part
Of the circuit. The Gu rent will, there
fore, be broken by any non-conducting
surface interDOSpd between them Ac.
cord ngly, if a design be drawn upon
the pattern-plate in non-conducting ink,
the grayer will he released, and will act
on the metal before it, every time the
tracer crosses any one Of the lines of the
design. When the tracer has, in this
manner, passed over all the parts Of the
pattern, from the circumference to the
centre, a complete copy will be found to
have been produced on the plate under
the graver, from which may be printed
fac-similies OF the original design, with
the exception that the hair-lines will be
found to be made up of succession of
minute dots. OF course, multiplicity
of copies may be taken simultaneously,
with the same facility as one. And, by
the application of the photographic
principle, the designs may be reduced
or enlarged in any propagation. But the
method is much better adapted to re-
auctions than to engagements, mas
much as, Ill proportion to the magni-
tude of the copy, the separate touches
Of the graver are more or less conspicu-
ous-the effect Of the latter, when very
apparent, being by no means pleasing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27
Periods of Human Growth.

A paper by DR.. Cheron on medical
art in relation TO military organization
gives some curious details with regard
to the period of growth in the human
race. The average number of Fren CHI.
men liable each year to military service,
who have attained the age of twenty, is
325 900, but about $1,000 are exempt
from various causes, Of which deficient
height is one of the most frequent.
This, DR.. Cheron thinks, is not suffi
Gent ground for exemption, as the time
required to reach the full development
OF the stature varies considerably in diff.
terent races. The population of France,
being composed of mixed races, pre-.
sents great differences as regards height,
and the duration Of growth greatly va
ries from one region to another, ac-
cording to the origin Of the inhabitants.
The descendants of the aboriginal
Gauls, occupying the central zone OF
France, from the Alps to the Atlantic,
are remarkable for developing so slowly
that they scarcely reach their full
height before the age OF twenty.six.
The inhabitants of the south, sprung
from the Greeks, Romans and Gauls.
attain their complete stature at twenty
three years OF age. In the northeast of
France the descendants of Belgians,
Mortimer, Flemings and Germans, are
not fully grown till they reach the age
of twenty-six. DR.. Cheron thinks the
$4,000 or 10000 persons exempted
yearly for deficient height might well
pay their debt to the state, and quotes
the opinion o; DR.. Larrey, a great au-
thority in such matters, to the effect
that low stature i more often coinci.
dent with a strong constitution than a
very high one.
TINS anecdote Of John Randol oh is
related by writer in Virginia paper:
Gan old man told me that he lived
near the residence of Miss -, to
whom it was said that Mr. Randolph
was engaged to be married. On one
occasion he had been at her residence
a short time and had left; and as it was
said that the marriage would take place
shortly, he thought he would go and
inquire Of the old lady. She said Mr..
had left in great haste, and
told him to go and see where, in his
hurry, he had cut the rens of his
bride instead of untying them. 1t
appears that it was proposed that he
should make n marriage settlements:
he said: 1T is not my pur.
pose 10 purchase. When | desire to
purchase | shall go to the cheapest
shall 90 70 Africa. With
his remark he left the house, went TO
where his horse was tied, cut the reins
md Immediately departed
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27
Tidal Waves.

In regard to the tidal wave alarm,
Prof. M. y. Maury writes to friend in
New Orleans as follows AS for an inn
mense tidal wave in the Gulf of Next
co-that sea is, in this respect, like the
Mediterranean-a close seattle en-
frances to which are not, as a moments
reflection will convince, large enough to
admit, during the six hours of flood,
water enough to fill such sea to over
flowing. That is why you have little or
no tides in these two seas. So New Or.
leans is safe. At any rate she has far
more reason to fear the floods of the
Mississippi from above, with their Gre
vases, than the tides of the gulf with
their waves. You know the longest
tidal waves are generated under the
new or full moon Of the equinoxes.
Those make the bores of the Anna.
zon, the Hoogly, the Peiho and other
rivers that, fronting the tides, have
open mouths in deep water for good en-
trance. This wave, after it enters the
rivers, becomes a moving and roaring
body of water ten or fifteen feet high.
Warned by the noise and alarmed by
the appearance of the bore, the water
men ahoat cut and make for the shore
in their fraiI craft to escape a fill OF cap
size. The South Atlantic coast and the
peninsula of Floria, are not only out
of the track and reach of such waves,
but the agencies which pile them up are
wanting there. Moreover, that long
chain of islands which curtain the coast
from the sounds of Carolina to the
capes of Florida, is breakwater which
would protect and defend our shores
from all the tidal waves that the COM
bined action of the sun, moon and plan
cts has power to raise"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27
Beautiful Decorative Art.

a beautiful decorative art has recently
been brought forward in London, in
the treatment and uses of natural wood.
BY means Of this process every shade,
from white to black, Bluffs, browns, reds
and neutral green, are produced and
penciled upon the wood by hand, with
the finest lines, if needed, or laid on
broadly and with clearly defined edges.
Thu ough all their varied tints the natu.
raj grain and transparent lustre of the
wood is retained and the effect is soft,
rich and harmonious-one considerable
advantage in the process being that it
does not seem to lend itself to strong
or violent coloring, and that blues and
pure green's. which are such dangerous
implements in the hands of most
designers, do not make their appearance
among the colors employed. Among
the specimens produced by this pro.
cess, as enumerated in the London pa
pers, are doors, with highly enriched
panels and architrsves sides and cell
ings Of rooms, with dado, cornices, etc,
and in which are groups Of fruits and
leaves, admirably exhibiting the capa.
bilities of the art; also specimens Of
furniture, illustrating the rich and
elaborate character of the woc,;. When
done, the work is French polished or
vanished, highly glazed surface being
thus obtained. BY means of this pro-
cess the opportunity is afforded archi
tects Of having their designs carried
out in exact accordance with their
drawings, TO the minutest detail.
A SNIP canal in Salem, n j., which !
was projected seventy-five years ago, is
now. approaching completion. u ex-
tends from the Delaware river to Salem |
creek. The canal for one.half the pro-
posed distance was completed in 1912,
but from some reason IT was abandoned |
until last year.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27
Ghosts.

There is curious case related o. q
man who was a well-known character,
and man of sense, where it was said
he used to see number of people in
the room with him. Now he himself
has described the whole of the phe-
nomenon, and all the adjuucts to it. He
has said, after taking cup of coffee or
tea, or so on, they came into his room in
great numbers and as he got better,
and less nervous, he has only seen the
arms or legs of the persons, without
seeing any other part of them. Now
this is all an irregular action of the re-
tina of the eye. A gentleman sitting
in his library one day, reading or writ
ing, on turning round his head, saw,
sitting in chair, women in a red
cloak. And he said, GLOW came you
here good woman" The woman said
nothing. What is the meaning of
your being here, woman p No answer
was made. "You have no right to be
here; 60 out of the ROOM" She took
no notice of him. He got up and rang
the bell tor the servant. The servant
came in. "Turn this woman out"
What woman, STRIP Why the wo-
man in the red cloak" "There's no
woman nor any red cloak, SIR" Well,
60 and fetch the doctor for me. Tell
him | am i'll, and wish to speak
with him." The man, however, was not
to be frightened by this, because he
knew it was a delusion Of his sight.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27
Faber's Talking Machine-A Wonder.
full Piece of Mechanism.
From the New York Times.

In lS4l Prof. Faber exhibited a ma
chine which could utter a great number
of sounds and words, but it was by no
means perfect. His nephew took up
the machine his uncle had failed in per
fecting, and completed it. After exhib-
iting it before all the crowned heads
and scientific societies of Europe, he
has brought it to this country, and yes
terday gave an exhibition of it in pri
vate. The machine, which stands on Il
small table, consists of complicated
arrangement Of rubber tubes, reeds,
keys, pedals, strings and wires. The
lungs are represented by small pair OF
bellows, the CLOTHS by reeds and pipes
of different sizes, the lips and tongue by
pieces of india-rubber. Beneath the
table is peoal by which the bellows
are worked, and on the right hand side
a series of keys on which are marked
the letter. O, U, |, +, L, r, w, F, S, B,
d and CT. With these and some supple
mentary arrangements, all sounds used
in the European languages can be enun-
ciated. There is also an arrangement
resembling the key board of piano,
by which the machine can be made to
sing. Every portion of it is open to
view, so that deception is impossible.
Yesterday the machine, under the deft
hands Of Madame Faber, enunciated
distinctly all the letters of the German
and English alphabets, numerous long
and most difficult words, such as Soon
stantinople," Politzka, Mississippi"
Radetzky," "hurrah, and then darted
off into long sentences in English, Ger
man and French, winding up with a
laugh of the most natural kind, fol-
lowed by Kisses, groans and murmurs.
Every word proposed was pronounced
at once and without the slightest hest
tation. OF course some words were
more clearly enunciated than others,
but the majority were given far more
clearly than the majority of human be-
lngs pronounce them, and even the ma
sal twang which French people often
adopt was closely initiated. In Profess
sor Faber's machine TIE motions of the
mouth and tongue initiate precisely
those of human beings. Different keys
or tones can be given by proper manip-
ulation of the pedals. Taken altogeth.
er, the "talking machine is a wonder
ful specimen of mans ingenuity.
Whether il can ever be anything more
is doubtful 1t cannot be applied to
any practical purpose, unless, indeed,
dumb or weaknerved and feeble-voiced
individuals should choose to purchase
them and use them as mediums through
which to address the pu lie.
Professor Faber, we believe, intends
to exhibit his machine in public as soon
as arrangements can be made for that
purpose. The singing portion of the
machine not being in order, we are UNI
able to determine what merit the in
vention possesses as q vocalist.
a BEAUTIFUL form is better than a
beautiful face beautiful behavior is
better than beautiful form it gives a
higher pleasure than statues and pic
lures it is the finest OF the fine arts.
TnE grape crop of the Lake Erie
islands this year is estimated at ten
thousand tons, worth, at the lowest
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27

ANY hard steel tool, says the Boston
journal Of Chemistry. will cut glass with
facility when kept freely wet with cam
phor dissolved in turpentine. The
ragged edges OF glass may also be thus
smoothed with fiat file.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27

IT is by the PRONUNCIATION OF sound
morals in the community, and more es-
pecially by the training and instruction
ofthe young, that woman performs. her
part toward the preservation of a free
government WebSer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27

SOME very beautiful fans are made OF
white lace, dotted with spangles and
edged with gold lace.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27

THE official census statistics of the
District Of Columbia show that there
are only two whites to every colored
person. In fact the white population is
not quite double that of the colored
population. This shows an increase
here of nearly $4,000 colored population
since 1861.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27

The eye of age looks meek into my
heart The voice of age echoes mourn.
fully through it! The heavy head and
palsied hand of age plead irresistibly for
its sympathies. Ivenerate old age; and
| love not the man who can look with
out emotion upon the sunset of life,
when the dusk of evening begins to
gather over the watery eye, and the
shadows of twilight grow broader and
deeper upon the understanding.-Long-
fcIIoy
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27

SKIP TnAr.-Af the capture of
Mobile by Farragu fleet the Secretary
of the Navy wrote .ettcr Of thanks to
the Admiral. He wos in the cabin when
the dispatch came on board, and as his
sight was not good he handed the letter
to his private secretary to read. The
secretary read "Sir: The Department
has heard with great PLEASURE of the
capture of Mobile by the fleet under
your command, and take the occasion
to thank you in the name of the Gov
eminent of which you are so noble a
servant. Your name, Sir, will 60 down
to posterity among" Stop, stop, sir /!
Stop all that flourish of trumpets. Skip
all that, sir, and let us know what they
want us TO do next" said the noble old
fellow.-G Grand Army journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27
Falling Stars.

The falling stars of August have re-
Gently been the subject of careful in
vestigation and observation by the
members Of the French Scientific Asso-
citation. Mons. Leverrier, President of
the Association, established twenty-five
temporary observatories, with a staff of
competent observers, properly trained
and supplied with special maps and
chronometers. Between the different
stations telegraphic signals were ex-
changed for the observations Regular
watch was kept by more than two hun
dred observers during the three critical
nights, between the ninth and the
twelfth of August. At some of the
stations the view of the sky was clear,
but by far the greater number of ob
servers were interfered with by cloudy
or stormy weather.
At Bordeaux 362 falling stars were
seen, at Chartres $50, at La Guerche
at lie Mans 200, at Lemogos 2l7, and
the paths of these falling stars were
registered on the map. At Montpelier
973 falling stars were observed, at Poi
tiers $50, at Sainte Honorine 306, at
Toulouse 1876, at Saint Lo els, at Tour
nay go, at Belleville, near Paris, rs, at
Lyons so, and at Bracelonette ESQ. The
observations at the latter place, how
ever, were greatly disturbed by a heavy
storm, which ragged in Piedmont. At
GEMS there were 1896 falling stars
seen, at Agde 30l, at Laressore, in the
Pyrenees, $50, and ut Nice 200. At the
twenty-five observatories there we're
over ten thousand falling stars in all
observed, most of them being small and
inferior in magnitude to "Capella."
They were mostly seen coming from the
constellation "Perseus." On August
10th, at eleven o'clock at night, how.
ever, a meteor of twice the brillancy of
Venus, and with a strong white light
like an electric spark, was seen at An
gers, and lasted for one-sixth of a
second. On August llth, at half.past
one in the morning, a meteor was seen
at fremont, which burst with a strong
red light, and left luminous track
visible for 33 seconds. A remarkable
meteor of a blood-red color was OBJ
served at Marseilles on August LIST, and,
moving with variable rapidity and fire.
quent stoppages and changes of direc.
ton, was visible for Is minutes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27

How TO GET RID OF SrUMPs.-The fol-
lowing is recommended 10y one who has
tried it, as the speediest, safest and
surest way to get rid Of stumps of any
and all kinds:
If you have many acres of clear
stumps get one barrel of black machine
oil; then take an acknowledgements
anger and bore four holes in the largest
stumps, letting the auger stand toward
you at an angle of forty.five degrees.
Bore eight inches deep then fill the
hole three fourths full of oil and plug
up tight. Pour, also, one-third of a
pint on top, in the center of foot cir
Gle, and let it spread we'll When done
preparing, or say in five days, kinde
your fires on top of the stumps.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27

ART OF LIVING ToGETHER.-Some one
sends us on printed slip set of pithy
maxims on the cart of Living Togeth.
err" We do not know who wrote them
but they are full of good sense, and
might well be laid to heart by every one
who is called to live in constant com.
panionship with another whether as
husband and wife, college chums, OF
partners in business. We quote:
"Avoid having stock subjects of dis
putation.
"Do not hold too much to logic, and
suppose that everything is to be settled
by sufficient reason.
eff you would be loved as a compan-
ion, avoid unnecessary criticism upon
those with whom you live.
I" Let not familiarity swallow up all
courtesy"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27

MANY people take no care of their
money till they have come nearly to
the end of it, and thus do the same
with their time. Their best days they
throw away-let them run like sand
through the fingers as long as they
think they still have countless mum.
Der Of them to spend but when they
find their days flowing rapidly away, so
that at last they have very few left,
then they will at once make very wise
use of them; but unluckily they have
by that time no notion how to do it.
Gohhey.
DEATH would be impossible if the
proclamations of the alcoholic nostrum.
mongers were true. But alas their ter
rible excitans send thousands stagger-
ing to the grave. Instead OF adding fuel
to the fire of disease with such deadly
compounds, try the cooling. renovating,
purifying, and regulating effect of that
inestimable combination of herbal
juices and extracts, DR.. WALKERS CALI
roRNIA VINEGAR BirTERs-the sole spe-
cifc for Dyspepsia, Physical Debility,
Headache, Bilious Collie, Liver Com
plants, Gout, Rheumatism and Chronic
Constipation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27

4 BEAUTIFUL form is better than a
beautiful face beautiful behavior is
better than beautiful form; it gives
higher pleasure than statues and pic
lures; it is the finest Of the fine arts.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27

TnE grape crop of the Lake Erie
islands this year is estimated at ten
thousand tons, worth, at the lowest
prices, 100000. The area cultivated is
about 1000 acres.
The Portland daily press., 1871-05-09

IHE family scandal involving the New
York lady brokers did not reach its yentila-
ton on Saturday, the complainants. Mrs Ola.
Mn and her daughter and son-in law, Spar.
falling to appear at the appointed time, and
the case was adjourned to the 18th. III,
Blood, alias DR. ]. Fl. Harvey. the defendant,
surrendered himself on Friday, and was in
court Saturday morning. He is not over 40
years OF age, tall and slim, with profuse red
beard Mrs Clafn's affidavit states that she
is the mother of six children-Mrs Margaret
A. Miles, Mrs Mary Spar, Mrs Victoria C.
Woodruff, alias Victoria Blood, Hebron G.
Claflin, Mrs Utica V. Broobar, ami Miss Tenn
essee c. Claflin. That until the LIST of April
1871, she and her children, with the excep.
ton of Hebron c. Clafin, lived in comfort at
No. L. East Thirty-eight street. That in the
same house there resled also DR.. Canning
Woodruff, who was formerly the husband of
her daughter Victoria c., and from whom she
obtained divorce in Chicago, in the winter OF
1864 or 1865. aud James Ii. Blood otherwise
known as DIR J. HI. Harvey, W no stands also in
the relation of husband to her daughter Vic
I9ria U. The affidavit continues that James
H. biood mad so alienated the affections of her
IS 10 cause them to drive her away from home
anu an. ueprlve her in her old age of the means of
nr rans, ana mad frequently threatened in the
81 ose NC, OF her daughters to murder her.
J.noa Sso asserts that Blood has induced her
ususnter Tenne c. TO secure the attentions
~. VI married men aud blackma them. for tbe
JON. proht OF himself, Victoria and ennesse ne
benjamin F. Spar and his wife back bs'i ha.
affidavit strongly. Mrs Tennie c. Clafin, be.
ing ln.efVlewea on Friday, said that the
ported as long as she could hut whom She "at,,
a loafer and deadhead, who had but nm this
job to blackmai her, and that her motber
was weak-minded enough to sign the docu-
ment,