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Middletown transcript., 1871-10-28
How Ia he Miserable.

Sill a. your window, aud look over the way
10 your neifhhoi's excellent msn.inn, which
lie has fccenily butt aud pail Tor, an | siph
out, 20, That were n rich MANI
6cl angry With your neiebbor, ani think
ynn have not friend IN the wurlJ. Sned n
,cai ~ two, and take walk to tho burial
eroun l,cnniinually sayingio yourself, "when
shall ! br buried here"
Sign u note lnr a friend ana never forge,
ynuI Kin lass, and every hour IN tho day
whisper to Yourself. ~ wonder II he " IN nav
that note"
Think everybody means 10 cheat you.-
Closely examine every bill you take, doubt
III hetng genuine I'LL you have put ihe own
81 10 great deal of trouble.
Put confidence 10 nobody and believe eyarv
man tha, yon ,ra lie with 10 b, a rogue.
Never accommodate. II you can plssiblv
help IL.
Never visit The sick or afflicted, and never
give iarthina 10 assist the DC or,
buy as cheap ms you can; screw down 10
the lowest mill. Grind the faces and hearts
oil the unfortunate.
Brood over yont mist, rtunes, your lack of
talents, aud believe that Mt no distant d.v
you Will come 10 want. Lat The workhous. a.
DC ever IN your mind, with all tue hnrrors OF
distress aud poverty.
FOLLOW these Recipes strictly, and YOU will
Dc mlscraDie 10 your Lehfts contcut-jf va
may so spcak-sick nj heart, and al varisno
with all the world. Nothing will cheer or
encourage you-nothing throw a picam ot
sunshine or aray OF light into your heart.
-eses-
"naast not rhysclr ot ro-nsorrow."
The divine injunction work while ths
day lasts" is extensive in its application.
aud ought not only 10 stimulate 10 TO Tho
one great object, our own final salvation,
bu, nerve us 10 perform tho minor du,,es of
every day life. Tho little opportunity OF
yesterday, Tor doing good, II neglected, viii
never return; the little thoughts which come
into our hearts, and weave Themselves into
such thread.lke existence, II not cyprcssed.
may die away, doing none the good they
might; in vain We strive 10 call them back
-nolLing but the faint echo Of what mlebt
have been, and oh, how kecnly Il fails back
upon eur heats, yet We may profit by Il. by
even this, II We will heed the words Of iha
blessed Master, "whilc II 10 yet 10 day. /"
when tho great drama Of lie 10 ended snd
we have done With earth, the Question
whether VIC have Jailed many times or not.
will never be asked-5ut Il will be. have
we fually succeededf lu this ws ought 10
rejoice and be glad, 'lor We know that vs
have an high priest who can be touched
with the feelings OF our innrm tics." Hs
was tempted many timer, YET Esver
YIELDED. thus peifurming bis own miss;on 10
earth, 50 We may. II diiigeni, perform llfs,e
great mission, and At last reach that RreaS
goal which beckons W. onward, aud Within
The veil.
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Middletown transcript., 1871-10-28

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Middletown transcript., 1871-10-28

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gysphef, oalonss Circusess Drukeu Htvs insurance,
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ped ius sach cssss The Clerk 81 the Pescs Of New
0astls Cccnly, os the Of the 0eats Of Delaware.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-26
0uOng Wah Muen.
DEDICATION OF CHINESE PANTHEON.

A new Chinese temple, situated on
Dupont street, between Washington and
jackson streets, San Francisco, was
dedicated the other day with what the
natives, we presume (says the Morning
CaiL), call impressive" ceremonies. TO
enter the temple, the visitor passes
through long passage and asceDds
three flights of steps, when he arrives
at the church, which Is situated in the
third story of brick building. Seventy
five gods have lately been added to the
attractions Of the place. The principal
ones are two which are placed outside
the main entrance to the editice. These
are twenty feet high and thick in pro-
portion, and are dressed in tinsel and
gaudy clothing of the colors of the
rainbow. In the center Of the breast of
each Is a small, circular loolking-glass.
One has foot and neck of strange
animal unknown to our reporter. These
two giants, or, as the Cinnamon call
them, " boss Josses," are stationed at
the door to keep out the bad spirits.
The four rooms are also crowded with
images of all shapes, forms and sizes,
which represent gods of war, peace,
strength, agriculture, etc.
The dedication was the anniversary
of the birthday of the numerous
gods of the northern district of the
Chinese Empire, and was selected as a
suitable day for the dedication Of the
temple, as the worshippers would not
be under the necessity of taking two
days for it. As far as our reporter could
see, the services were not unlike those
which take place on any holy day. A
great many prayers were burned on a
small altar. Fresh pork, chickens,
cakes, macaroni, tea and other neces-
ries of life, were replaced before the
gods and the old articles taken away
The temple was crowded all day with
Cinnamon, and several Americans visit.
ed the place.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-26
The shin CITY Of Ouebec. from Lon

The ship City of Quebec, from Lon
don to Quebec, was wrecked on Dead
Island, near Port au Basque, Newfound-
land. She is total loss, and her entire
crew were drowned.
The pecuniary misfortune which
has overtaken Mrs. Richings- Bernard is
in consequence of debts contracted in
her season two years ago, and which
she has given up her property, and even
her jewels, to repay. Peter Richings
mortgaged his estate to help her, and
his recent death, necessitating the fore
closure of the mortgage, has fastened
her into bankruptcy. This last season
she was engaged at salary, and partici-
pated in the profits without sharing the
losses, and made money.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-26

CURE FOR STANMERING.-The effectual
cure mainly depends upon the deter
mination of the sufferer to carry out
the following rule: Keep the teeth
close together, and before attempting to
speak, inspire deeply; then give time
for quiet utterance, and after very slight
practice the hesitation will be relieved.
No spasmodio action of the lower jaw
must be permitted to separate the teeth
when speaking. This plan, regularly
carried out for six months, cured me
when 20 years old. was painfully bad,
both to myself and others. Without
determination to follow out this plan, it
is of no use attempting it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-26
The Shooting of Insurgent Leaders.

Gen. Duval was made prisoner on
Chatillon Heights, and was on his way
to Versailles with several hundred other
insurgent prisoners captured at the
same time, when, at the cross roads
Bievre roads fork, the prisoners and
guard met Gen. Vinoy and staff, who
were riding to Chatillon Heights. He
ordered the guard to halt, and he dis
mounted, went to the prisoners and
said "There is among you Monsieur
Duval, who calls himself General.
should like to see him." Gen. Duval
stepped from the ranks calmly and with
dignity, and said, 4" am he." Gen.
Vinoy added And there are two chefs
de battalion also with you.n They also
stepped forward. Gen. Vinoy said to
them: " You are frightful wretches /;
you shot Gen. Clement-Thomas and
Gen. Lecomte, and you know your fate. "
Turning to the commander of the guard,
he said Captain, detail platoon of
ten rihemen; and do you, gentlemen,
90 with him to yonder field" The in
surgent officers quietly walked to the
spot indicated, a narrow field on the
road to Mendon, md lying on the north
ern side of white boundary wall on
which is painted in large letters Du.
val Garden" In front of this wall Gen.
Duval and his companions stood, threw
off their coats, and placed themselves
before the platoon charged with their
execution. When the muskets were
leveled at their breasts they shouted,
"Vive Ia Commune ~ and the next instant
| fell corpses.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-26

To MAKE HOME HAPPY.-To make
home truly happy there should be no
concealments; for they are the canker-
worms. Let woman tell her troubles
and folles freely to her husband, and
he will assist her out of them. He is
her other self, and not her judge and
master. If a man conhde in his wife,
her penetration and quick wit will often
see things that escape him. We are in
the world all day; our minds are occu.
pied by many details but she sits at
home, often alone, or with but an infant
companion. She thinks over what her
husband has told her, and sees it in
many lights; she has had the time
which he wanted. The discovery that
there has been secret excites jealousy,
and loosens the ties of affection on
either side. Without perfect and entire
confidence, married happiness is seldom
lasting.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-26

GLASS BLowING.-Th juvenile miner
alogist, constructing his first cabinet,
brings home, as rare curiosity, a crys-
talline stone which shines like glass. 1t
IS glass-the glass of nature, the founda-
ton of much modern civilization and
science. without which neither astrono-
my, chemistry, nor physiology could
ever have emerged from their crude
condition, since without it neither the
telescope, the microscope, nor the
chemists vessels would have been DOS
sible. Subject to an intense heat, and
mixed with other substances, such as
soda, lime. oxide Of iron, oxide of lead,
oxide of tin, according to the fabric to
be wrought. it becomes ductile. is drawn
out into the most tenuous threads. is
rolled, beaten, moulded. cut at will,
yields to even the slightest breath of
takes any form he chooses to impart to
it. Cooling, it loses its curiously ductile
character, and becomes again the hard
est and most brittle of substances. This
quartz rock the boy fancies to be a pre-
cious stone. He is laughed at for his
wild conjecture. 1t is chance if he be
not nearer right than those who ridicule
him. Colored in natures marvellous
dye-house, it becomes precious only be.
cause it is more rare. Violet, it is an
amethyst; uncrystallized and waxy in
its structure, it is a chalcedony; red, il
is cornelian; of varicgated colors, il
is an agate; Opaque, and yet colored
red, yellow, brown, it is a jasper. In q
word, the same substance which is the
chief component of glass is also the
base Of most precious stones, yet in its
commonest form most precious of all
for we might well relinquish jasper
agate, chalcedony and amethyst fol
glass, if we could obtain the latter only
by such an exchange.-Lyman Ab6ot, u
Harper'S Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-26

A Paris dispatch of the 10th states
that the slaughter of Communists since
Sunday was fearful, and that Rossel's
resignation destroyed the last hope of
the success of the Commune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-26
Scientific Progress.

The skeptical effects of the discoveries
of science, and the uneasy feeling that
they cannot coexist with our old reli.
gious convictions, have their origin in
the circumstance that the general body,
who have suddenly become conscious of
these physical truths, are not so well
acquainted as is desirable with the past
history of man. Astonished by their
unprepared emergence from ignorance
to a certain degree of information, their
amazed intelligence takes refuge in the
theory of what is conveniently called
progress, and every step in scientific
discovery seems farther to remove them
from the path of primeval inspiration.
But there is no fallacy so fragrant as to
suppose that the modern ages have the
peculiar privilege of scientific discovery
or that they are distinguished as the
epochs of the most illustrious inven-
tons. On the contrary, scientific in
vention has always gone on simulta-
neously with the revelation of spiritual
truths, and more, the greatest discover
ies are not those of modern ages. No
one for moment can pretend that
printing is so great discovery as writ
ing, or algebra as language. What are
the most brilliant of our chemical dis
coveries compared with the invention
of fire and the metals ? 1t is vul gar
belief that our astronomical knowledge
dates only from the recent century,
when it was rescued from the monks
who imprisoned Galilee. But, Hippar-
chus, who lived before the Divine
| &c h.
other sublime achievements, discovered
the precision of the equinoxes, ranks
with the Newtons and the Keplers; and
Copernicus, the modern father of our
celestial science, avows himself in his
famous work, as only the champion OF
Pythagoras, whose system he enforces
and illustrates. Even the most modish
schemes of the day on the origin OF
things, which captivate as much by THEN
novelty as their truth, may find their
precursors in ancient sages and after a
careful ANALYSIS of the blended ele-
ments of Imagination and induction
which characterize the new theories
they will be found mainly to rest on the
atom of Epicurus and the monad OF
Thales. Scientific, like spiritual, truth
has ever from the beginning been de-
scending from heaven to man. He is q
being who originally demands direct re-
lations with his Creator, and he would
not have been so organized if his re-
Quirements could be satisfied. We may
analyze the sun, and penetrate the stars
but man is conscious that he is made in
Gods own image, and III his perplexity
he will ever appeal to "Our Father
which art in heaven. = DiSraeH.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-26

"A resolution providing for an
amendment to the State Constitution to
confer suffrage on women has been de.
feated in the Massachusetts, House, by
a vote of 6S to 6S. The Senate rejected
the bill to regulate the hours of labor
in factories, by large majority.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-26

STUDY to be more consistent in prin-
ciple, and more uniform in practice,
and your peace will be more unbroken.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-26

"A steamer left the Thames on the
7th inst, to attempt to repair the bro
ken Atlantic cables.
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The first shipment of Texas cattle
was made from Baxter Springs on the
Sth, over the Fort Scott and Gulf rail
read to Kansas City, being part of a
herd driven from Texas.
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HAPPY the child who is suffered to be,
and content to be what God meant il to
be-a child while childhood lasts.
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AN ARAB SToRY.-The Arabs illustrate
their estimate of the different co!ors of
horse by the following story:
A chief of a tribe was once pursued
by enemies. He said to his son:
My son, drop to the rear and tell me
the color Of the horses of our foe, and
may Allah burn his grandfather.
WHITE was the answer.
"Then we must 90 south, said the
chief, "for in the vast plains of the
desert the wind of the white horse can
not stand in protracted chase"
Again the chief said, my son, what
colored horses pursue us?'
"Black, o my father!"
"Then we will sc among the stones
and rocky ground, for the feet of the
black horses are not strong"
A third time the young Arab was
sent to the rear, and reported chestnut
horses.
"Then," said the chief, 1--WE are lost.
Who but Allah can deliver us from the
chestnut"
Dun or cream-colored horses the Arabs
consider worthless.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-26

"A son, aged Is years, of Samuel
Winslow, near Brooklyn, Iowa, ate a
quantity of slippery. elm bark, a day or
two afterward was taken violently ILL.,,
and, four days from the time of eating
the bark, died. On a post mortem ex.
animation his stomach was found full of
the bark twisted into balls, the organs
being too weak to digest it,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-26
Blasphemy Punished.

Australia is determined to ''check in
fidelity" but it sets about the work in
way that promises other results than
that intended. Mr.. William Lorando
Jones, a sculptor and a member of the
Royal Academy of Arts, has been SEN
fenced TO two years imprisonment and
to pay a fine of fl00 for blasphemy.
Mr.. Jones lives in the town of Parrs
malta, sixteen miles from Sydney. 1t
has been the custom to hold open-air
religious services in pack consisting OF
the grounds surrounding the former
government house. Some time in Janu
airy last, dispute arose between the
preacher of the occasion and Mr.. Jones.
The latter contended that the Old Tes-
lament was not FIT book for women
and children, and spoke Of Moses as I" a
robber and murderer and " n cruel old
wretch" Other characters of the Old
Testament were denounced with equally
opprobrious terms. This was the basis
OF the prosecutions and although there
was testimony that he spoke of God
with reverence and of Jesus Christ as
"a good man." the jury, without a mo
ment's hesitation, returned a verdict
of guilty" and the unfortunate bias
phemer was then sentenced as above
stated. The prisoner has been cropped,
compelled to don the prison dress with
the prison brand, and associate with the
worst criminals in Australia. OF course
there is an earnest effort to have him
liberated. One Unitarian clergyman
declared to his people that he held the
same opinions as the condemned man,
and asked pointedly, why he himself
was at liberty, while Mr.. Jones was in
Jail p
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Returns at the Census Office show
the colored population of the United
States and Territories to be about 1857 :
600.
The intended visit of the Grand
Duke Alexis of Russia to this country
has not only been postponed, but
entirely given up.
The Emperor Pedro H., and En-.
press Theresa, of Brazil. will arrive in
this country next October, or soon after,
and remain two months.
The President has given assurances
that the military will be Immediately
ordered to Spartansburg, South Carroll
ma, for the suppression of the Ku-Klux.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-28

no undue attention to nOn-cssentials, to
'hc n, glcct Of essentials. No slavery to
dress, that rObs the heart and mind OF
proper attention. No resorting to petty
sbams Of ostentation, as if poverty were a
degradation and the appearance OF wealth
ennoblmg; for of this be assured, the chill.
dren who are taught to be ashamed OF
poverty will grow 70 be not afraid of any
crime that will bring the real or simulated
wealth. The children, on the o,her hand
who arc taught that good book is better
than fine dress, and education the work
of cars, while clothes may be purchased
in an hour, will become so noble
in their poverty as to develop in
themselves resources that will one day
bring them not only wealth, but honor
and usefulness, and the happiness incident
to such possessions. Poverty, under such
circumstances, becomes exalted TO heroism,
and shames into insignificance the glare
and glitter of ignorant, Haunting prosper
ity. Very inferior actors and actresses are
chosen to wear the tinsel splendor and
support the pompOus stupidities of Kings
aud Queens. yet to Genius is allotted the
character that thinks, and acts, and speaks
the awful tragedy of animate existence
To impress these truths upon the minds
of children is the mothers work, and in
choosing wife man should consider his
children, and remember the old adage that
ian ounce of mother is worth pound OF
clergy" Married to a noble and affection
ate woman, a true man will sink neither
in his own estimation nor in the estima-
ton of those whose esteem is valuable on
account of his poverty. 1t is only the
corrupt and ignorant who attach disgrace
to poverty, or feel respect for mere wealth.
Some one has declared those only to be
poor who feel poor, and no sensible man
or woman can feel impoverished who has
gained the lifelong companionship Of a
loving and congenial nature, whom neither
sickness nor sorrow, nor things present
nor things to come, can estrange.- Chicago
Tribune.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-28
Dreams.

DREAMS are to our waking thoughts
much like echoes to music; but their re-
verbcrations are so partial, so varied, SO
complex, that it is almost iD vain that we
seek among the notes Of consciousness for
the echoes of the dream. If we could by
any means ascertain on what principle our
dreams for given night are arranged, and
why one idea more than another furnishes
their cue, it would be comparatively easy
to follow out the chain of associations by
which they unroll themselves afterward,
and to note the singular ease and delicacy
whereby subordinate topics, recently watt
ed across our minds are seized and woven
into the network of the dream. But thu
reason why from among the five thousand
thoughts Of the day we revert at night
especially to thoughts number two, three,
four, five, instead of thoughts number two,
three, four, six, or any other in the list, is
obviously impossible to conjecture. We
can but observe that the echo Of the one
note has been caught, and Of the others
lost, amid the obscure caverns of the men,
ory Certain broad rules, however, may
be remarked as obtaining generally, as re-
CARDS the topics of dreams.
in the first place, if we have any present
considerable physical sensation or pain,
such as may be produced by wound, or
fit of indigestion, or hunger, or an unac'
customed sound, we are pretty sure to
dream of it in preference to any subject OF
mental interest only. Again, if we have
merely slight sensation of uneasincss,
insufficient to cause dream, 1t Will yet DC
enough to color dream otherwise sug-
gested with disagreeable hue RAILING
to have dream suggested to 1t by present
physical sensation, the brain seems to re-
vert to the subjects Of thoughts OF the
previous day, or of some former period OF
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Make.Believe Shoes.

The shoe worn by the young woman of
the period is surely one Of the most abom.
Unable cOntrivances ever brought into
vogue by the caprice of the sex. What
need to describe it? Do we not know the
absurdity Of its construction, and how in
gcniOusly it has been designed for the de-
struction of comfort, and ease, and grace
in walking, and also in all semblance to q
real woman's foot? When it first came
into fashion, the ladies' were told by few
sensible men that to put their feet into q
machine with toe like birds bill, and a
heel three inches high brought forward
under the instep, would insure suffering
and deformity.
But the dear creatures, in their irresisti-
BILE way, resented this interference with
their prerogative of self torture and self
caricature, and asked, "Would you have
us look like dowdies, with broad toes to
our shoes, and low heels, and all that ?''-
all that" meaning heels where nature in
tended they should be-. The plea was un-
ansWerable. Ladies' shoe makers Certain
truthful ones) tell us, what observation
also reveals, that there is hardly young
woman now who regards herself at all
fashionable who has not bunions, callosi-
ties, corns and enlarged joints; and that
the crop of these ornaments developed
within the last four or five years is aston.
ishing and pitful The worst of it is that
there appears to be no prospect Of relief,
except a turn in the whirligig of fashion,
and that there are no exceptions to the rule
of torture and dcformity. For the good
and sensible Of the sex immediate them
selver with the foolish and the frivolous
No degree of sense, or independence, or
stability Of character seems to absosve any
woman who had the charm of womanhood
about her from slavery to fashion, at what
ever sacrifice of time, comfort, money or
health,-Neso York Times.