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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-10
Warming to Inebriates.

Dr. McCulloch gives the following test,
which, perhaps, may be innocently tried
by all who are at all skeptical as to the
preiudicial effects of alcoholic drinks on
the constitution:
for instance-in your mouth for five
minutes, and you will find it to burn Sc
verely; inspect the mouth, you will OBJ
serve that it is inflamed. Hold in ten
or fifteen minutes, you will find that
various parts Of the mouth have become
blistered then tie handkerchief over
the eyes, and taste, for instance, water,
vinegar, milk or SIENNA; you will find
that you are incapable of distinguishing
the one from the other.
This simple and easy experiment
proves to a certainty that alcohol is not
only violent irritant, but also mar
cotic; for in this experiment you have
objective evidence that it has inhamed
and blistered the mouth, and for the
time being paralyzed the nerve of taste,
and, to certain extent, those also OF
common sensation. Now this is not an
experiment or fact upon which any
doubt has ever been or ever can be
thrown and | ask you, can you believe
that the still more important internal
organs of the body can be less injurious
ly affected than the mouth?
"The moderate use," says DR.
Williamson, "of such liquors, if long
continued, and grown habitual, cannot
fail to have ultimately prejudicial eff
feet upon the health, while it may be
confidently asserted that there are nc
circumstances of ordinary character un
der which it can be justified as bene
fetal or necessary"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-10
Another Steamboat Disaster-SuppOsed
Loss Of so Lives.

The steamer w. r. Arthur, from New
Orleans for Louisville, which left Mem
phis at late hour on Saturday, exploded
her boilers fourteen miles above there at
$50 Sunday morning tearing away the
forward part of the cabin and texas.
She then took fire and burned till her
bow sunk The night was intensely
dark. After the explosion, most of the
passengers rushed down to the lower
deck. Many in the confusion jumped
into the river and were drowned. When
the bow sunk, the waves washed her
lower deck, sweeping off all who were
gathered there.
Capt. Harry Brolaski, her commander,
says he had retired half an hour before
he heard the explosion. He felt him.
self lifted up and knocked down by the
Debris of the texas, which fell upon him.
He managed to extricate himself, got an
axe, cut his way out and took his wife
and child to the ladies' cabin and left
them in charge of Capt. Alex. FRASER.
The boat then took fire several times.
but he and few others succeeded in
extinguishing the flames. Had the
cabin passengers remained there, all
would have been saved, but owing to
their fright, nearly all rushed down the
stairs.
AT about o'clock on Sunday morn
ing Capt. f. V. Dabeke, of the tug Re.
port, heard man hallooing out on the
river. He procured skiff, went out
and took him off a cotton bale. He
proved to be one of the survivors, and
told of the accident. Steam was imme-
diately raised on the tugs Little Giant
and Report, and with the ferry boat
Excelsior, which proceeded to the scene.
picked mp several on cotton bales and
planks on the way. They brought all
who could be found to the city, most of
whom were half naked and chilled, and
large number badly hurt.
Capt. Brolaski says he had forty-hve
cabin and forty deck passengers, and
thinks at least sixty were lost.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-10
EataliSm illustrated.

A Hard-shell Baptist minister, living
somewhere on the frontier of Missouri,
was in the habit of saying to his family
and to his church : Friends, you need
not take any unusual care about your
lives the moment of your death was
written before the foundation of the
world, and you cannot alter it," His
wife observed when he left on Saturday
to meet one of his frontier missionary
engagements, that he dressed the flint
of his rifle with unusual care, put in dry
powder, fresh tow, and took every pains
to make sure that the gun would 90 off
in case he came upon an Indian.
1t struck her one day as she saw him
in the saddle, with his rifle on his
shoulder, that his conduct contradicted
his teachings, and she said to him
" Ny dear, why do you take this rifle
with you? If it was writ before the
foundation of the world that you were
to be killed during this trip by an In
dian, that rifle won't prevent it; and if
you are not to be killed of course the
rifle is unnecessary so why take it with
you at all p
Yes" he replied, "to be sure, my
dear, of course you are all very right,
and that is a very proper view; but, see
here, my Observation-Disclosures then,
you see, my dear-suppose | should
meet an Indian while | am gone, and
his time had come, and hadn't my rifle
with me, what would he do? Yes, my
dear, we must all contribute our part
toward the fulfillment of the DEGREES OF
Providence.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-10
TRUE NORTHERNER.
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.
I" Fast.''
BY ELLA WHEELER.

BY ELLA WHEELER.
Whittier away, fair maid.
Decked out in your costume gay
Do you know what the Bible prophet said
OF modest woman, pray?
Are your colors bright, and your lily white, "
Meant for the street to-day?
Do you want the men to gaze?
Do you cOvet strangers stare?
Do you want the lOafers TO turn, in amaze?
And hear them say, Look there I"
Amt she gay though" and 'Nobby you know.
Who is She" and " declare?"
Is il for this you dress
maid, with the form of grace?
That you irizZ up, stack up tress on tress
And walk in the public place,
In cOlOrs so bright, they dazzle the sight,
And with no veil over your face.
| know in word. and act,
You are pure as you are in thought.
But YOU want to dazzle, and attract
To be admired, and sought
You do not know, that the way you go,
With kissing serpents Is fraught.
Turn from it. while you can,
With no stain, or faint of wrong.
Better the love of one honest man,
Than the stares Of a motley thrOng.
Seek not to attract, but be worthy in fact
Some heart that is true and strong.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-10

Mrs. SLOWER, the daughter of Andrew
Johnson, who presided with so much
quiet dignity for three years at the
White House, is now Mrs. Brown, the
wife of country store keeper, in Green
vile, Tenn. Mr.. Brown is plain and
elderly-looking gentleman, well to do in
the world through his dealings in dry
goods, groceries and notions. Mr.. John.
sons only living son, youth seventeen
or eighteen years of age, is clerk in
Mr.. Browns store.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-10

A CURIOUS FACT IN NArURE.-One of
the strongest proofs of the frequent as
sertion that man is an abridgement of
the animal world is illustrated by the
following facts: In the fish the average
proportion of the brain to the spinal
chord is only two to one. In the rep
tile the ratio is two and half to one.
In the bird it is three to one. In the
mammalia it is four to one. But in
man it is twenty-three to one. No less
remarkable is the fetal progress of the
human brain. 1t first becomes a brain
resembling that of fish then it grows
into the form of that of reptile then
INTO that of bird; then into that of q
mammiferous quadruped, and finally it
assumes the form of human brain ;
thus comprising in its fetal progress an
apitome of geological history, as if man
was in himself compendium of all
animated nature and of kin to every
creature that lives.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-10

a LITTLE four year old had been in.
tently watching the process of corn pop
ping, on a stormy day in the beginning
of winter. Happening to turn to the
window, she observed for the first time
the falling snow. Amazed and delighted,
she ran to her father and exclaimed,
ooh, papa, do look at the funny rain
it's all popped out white"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-10
A Wife Leaves Her Husband and Sew
eral Small Children, and ElOpes
with Boy.
From the Cleveland Leader.

with n Boy.
From the Cleveland Leader.
Another case of feminine frailty and
unrequited love comes to our notice.
The actors in the sad scene of domestic
life are husband, q wife, and a neigh
boris boy. The marriage was consum-
mated several years ago, the bridegroom
being many years older than the bride
Four children were the fruits Of this
union, and until very lately the family
was a happy one. The husband and
father is a man of some property, living
at Ridgeville, but doing business in
Cleveland, where he is often detained
for some time in the pursuit of his occu-
patton. In the process of time young
man named Neal, about eighteen or
nineteen years of age, becomes ac-
quainted with the family, and the &C.
quaintance grows into intimacy, and an
attachment on the part Of the woman,
and in the absence Of her husband this
intimacy was carried to an extent that
was criminal.
The husband provided for his family,
sideration, little dreaming of the dark
proceedings tnat were Undermining MS
happiness, till the fact came before him
in all its sternness, and he found his
home desolate, his children motherless,
and himself without wife. On inquiry
it was found that she had eloped with
young Neal, and their tracks lay toward
Canada.
The gentleman came to the city re-
ported the affair to the officers. left q
description and portrait of both of the
runaways, and the matter is left in their
hands.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-10

MANY man of respectable intellec-
tual powers has gone down to ruin, and
died miserably, because of his limpness,
which made it impossible for him to
break new ground or to work at any.
thing whatsoever, with the stimulus of
hope only. He must be bolstered up by
certainty, supported by the walls of his
groove, else he can do nothing; and if
he cannot get into his friendly groove,
he lets himself drift into destruction.
In no manner are limp people to be
depended on their very central quality
being fuldity, which is a bad thing to
rest on.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-10

Why is philanthropic effort like a
blow aimed at a mans face? Because
it tends to human-ize (eyes).
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-10

IT makes great difference whether
glasses are used over or under the nose.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-11-23
4 siaIldercr susn cred.

Senator Conklius, of New York. iu
areccn, speech at Albany, male the
following just reply /, the oft-ropca'-
cd charge that Gen Grant has been
enriched by accepting presents
M Tlidrn u,ldics u President
Grant as one who has been enriched
by costly presents while exercising the
immense power of the Pre- e'ilcucy.
This is an uuquil.led assertion, made
rs it upon absolute knowledge, aud
vet, speaking upon all tho iuf,rmltiou
have. ! believe it utterly unlouulcl
The allegation is that sine, his clec
,ion to the Presidency ten. Grant
has been the recipient Of costly gifts.
Returning FROM the war i 'icrorlu.
general, anil holding no clgil Office
Whatever, he did receive gifts shower.
od upon him by srcaful people, buJ
hc received them rs the hero of many
battles, and before he was eyon noni
mated for thl Presidency. lis case
WAS not solitary. General Sherman
also received muui.ir.nt tcS'incnills
Gen. Mcclellan ran for the nrn.i.le,,cy
four years before General Grant ran
he too was enriched by costly prcs-
ent~, eiven doubtless in consideration
Of his military services, 0ui hi. politi.
cal oppolca's never cast foul aspor-
siunS on him ior i. Wellington after
Waterloo, received presents aMonnt-
inc to more than two mi.Gous Of dol-
lars. Whe,hcr heroes, in former or
in recent times, have done well Gt III.
in accepting tributes from thf.r cjun-
trymon, i5.not, however, the point
here ; be that one way or the other
the right or wrong j. the same 10 all
eases alike. aud since Gen. Grants
accession 10 th, Presidency rs lar
as can learn, he never accepted n
costly p'cscor from any one
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-11-23
Violating the Pension Laws.

Ga Monday last Samuel A. Saw
age, lawyer residing in Norihum.
berland county, Pa, was arraisued
before the United States District Court
for the western district of Pennsylva-
MIA. Judge McCandless presiding, Oh
an indictment for wrongiully with
bidding a pension due to Mrs. Mary
Miller, mother Of Abraham Miller
who was killed in the United State.
service. The defendant has been au
attorney aud claim agent and had 60
lcc;cd tn sum of s6l773, which h,
neglected and refused to pay to III,
pcnsioncr. In February last Mrs
Miller entered her complaint beiur,
the Commis sioncr of Pensions, wh
caused legal proceedings to lie iusti
tutcl against Mr.. Savage, viii Ia hi
| The effect to induce him to pay owe
! so her the sum Of 500 Being an
ii,li,erate woman tho agent deceitiullt
land illegally obtained receipt fpt
the ful amount, but before the tiia
caused the balance tp bc paid to hel
through an agent, evidently for tn,
purpos, Of inducing a suspension oI
the prosecution. with the hope OF al
'imltc dismissal of the ease Ills tri
al aud conviction in the mind Of Com
missioner Blkcr became necessity
n't only for the just punishment o
/ the offender bit fIr its mlrh e'lec'
! in the vindicali1n Of the law AMI th,
protection Of pensioners III their lesa
rights. The instructions OF JnIs
NcClnll1,s t0 the jury, aS to IA
crininllity of the act, cvcn after th
lull amount withheld hnd been refund
ed, were clear aud positive. AMI Tia
jury render, ay,rdict Of guilty. Th
wronsfuIIy holding Of pcus.on none.
collected hy attorneys aud claim agcut
is made a high ni"lcmwnor by til
statute, under a peua,ty OF fnc NJ
exceeding 800, or Imprisonment u
hard labor not exceeding t@o years
r. both. .raccoriiu. 70 the argravatio
Of the offence. - GG,tIc 4 BWis'ia.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-11-23

A WISCONSIN, justice Of the peace
granted himself divorce
TUE burned Chicago buildings, IL
placed side by side, would reach one
hundred miles.
a CLERK in the sixth An litor's Of.
ace OF Washington, lost his wife aud
i've children by the Chicago fire.
the Flrs. National Bank Of Rich.
non |. Va, recently paid check Ior
$1,000 altered from s}G.
Three negroes who mnrlcrel the
Park family near llrnryviile. lniiara
were taken from the Charleston Jail iu
that State, Tues lay mlrning, by u
mob of disguised men and hanged
ENGLtND can manufacture most at
iiclcs of hardware much cheaper THAI
ourselves, bat in point of finish and
ara 'ciulnc.s OF outline, wc are iar
ahead OF the old world.
MANY farmers throughout NemahI
county, Wisconsin, have been compel.
el to sell their stock. on account OF
prairie fires burning up their winter
supply of hay.
THEY believe in witches out in Tit
usyiIlc \ lot of men employed in a
machine shop there, quit work the
other day becauss they had been in-
/ formed 10y witch that the boiler
would explode at a certain hour.
TuE Belgian government has for
warded $4,000 to Amer'a for the re
lief Of the Belgian settlers in Wlscor-
ain, who snlIcrel by the forest fires.
The Grvcrnmcnt has alsn opeue -
subscription for voluntary contrju.
tions for the same object.
/ "INpiANA JOE" piute medicine
man. well knowu among the whites
was stoned to death by his tribc, hav
lns failed To restore to health two In
lian1. The practice of medicine
among Indians evidently has its un
pleasant features.
\ CLERGYMAN. at Council Bluff
Iowa has swept aw.y the old cslab
li,hc1 rules OF marrying for a fee, and
announces that he shall hereafter mar.
ry by weight, charging four cents Il
p1unl for the happy man, aud tive
cents for the bride. The idea is Il
novel one.
OUR Dcm'cr cotcmporariSS arc
laying great stress on the declaration
that they are defeated anl not dis
mayed Defeated and not di>maycd
That's brave. Bat "a events occuI
in the promised Influence oC truth. ",
expect To hear the D'm1criry abou
this time in 1872. declare they ar,
defeated. dismaycd, but not exact,
ch,wed to pieces.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-11-23
pntcycsiinSio Suprr,ircrs.

IN $50" tcamstcr employed by
Michael IL. Moore, OF Lancaster
county move over the hrlIse IN
h'Ph' ana Wet tIamrhe'd town
sn'!~' tha' county. ana The team brvse
through. "'i''ns u horse and breaking
The wagon SIlt was instituted.
IH' eoNTt 'har-ed that the town
ships were Ilab.c-t"e question heinz
rrieriei h. %, jury ne jury ioahi
Sjis,'j .or 'hc p'ua'i't o. suit
"' error TO Tue supreme court the
"a i+mon' oe.o W" allrh'd ami tn
n'D'i'ie' nni dl'it' O. snperylsJr'
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-11-23
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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-11-23
The Pennsylvania Rar,road.

Ga sunday a weci, the track Of the
Pennsylvania railroad, says the phila-
delyhia DRY, was sl,'uighlcncd between
Rosemonl and Villa Nova. a short
distance from this city. This was
ra0derei uccrSsary 10y rcmovins the
bend in the oil track, which amount.
cd TO somo miles. TIL, new track
crosses the old Que four times. and in
yolvcd the building OF a tre,tlc Lril ge
eight feet in height and ninety feet in
length, the throwing up ot m en-
bansnent of some four feet in hcigh'
snd OF one hundred and ilty feet
10 length, aul the connection at two
other poiats Of the ncw anl old tracks
by shifting the rails aud cross ties
from one bed Of ballast TO another, and
when II is remembered that oil this had
TO be done IN littlo under four hours,
somo idea may be formed of the
amount OF engineering skill and fore
thought that had to DO brought to
bear upon the work
The whole OF this work was accom-.
plished in little less than three
bsurs, owing to the immense working
force employed aud the encrgctic man.
ner 10 which the work was done.
In four hours efier commencing a
snecial train. bearing Thomas A.
A POND mother advised her dsugl
ter to oil her hair, aud tainted a
away when that candid dsusel rsplis'
+" Oh 40, ns, Il spoila ~ gcntlsmsn
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-11-23
The doctors and LAWYERS are M

THE doctors and lawyers are put
ting heir heads together for the rur
pose Of dcvising n hill which, when il
shall become a law, will secure im
adequate prn,,hmont of men like Il"
senzweig Opinions differ as to de-
tails, OF course, but all are Of one mind
in regard to tho necessity for some
law on tho subject, moro ei6cicn'
than any now on our statute-hooks
The shameless traffic IN medical di-
plsmas, too, is undor consideration
and in the general crusade against
quacks we are promised system OF Of
fcial examination which win nssure
one copy of the Tri-wesfiy PfRsss ffose''
The gsitsr up OF the club y
Al erdsrs should BE- addressed 10
JOHN W. PORNEY,
lI Editor ard PrOprietor
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-11-23

\ farmer living four and hall
miles from Maitunn, in Illinois, while
boring II well in hi, DOR yard. at the
depth Of twenty ioet liberated II flow
Of gas. \ pipe was procured and in
serted in the well, projecting ahovr
the ground several feet, aud th" GA.
was isnitcd, For wo'ks the ilame
produced from This pipe has been
plainly visible from Matloon at night.
This gas is described "a pure hydro
gen, almost withou. smell, afnrdins q
bright lish, Nui giving cut intense
heat L appears 10 b. much hotrel
adapted for heating and Illuminating
purposes than thar which has bce"
found in the regions of Buffalo. The
pipe pl,rcd in the wsll has rapa cit,
# li000 feet per day. aud th' prc'.-
urc of the "a. Is said by the Siporu-
tendont of the Matto.n Gas Works t.
he rs great as in the mains il
that city. The farmer who owns the
well proposes to ight aud heat hi
honsc with The gas which has been -
unexpectedly added to th, product
If his farm.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-11-23

OS "Wednesday last the Supreme
Court ol Penn ,ylrauia, at PItt'hurS.
received the answer Of the Dem lcra,.
ic return judge OF Cumberland cout-
" who refused to sign a proper ccr-
lilica,c Of the election of the Hon. j
VI Weakly to th' Senate from tn
Cumbrr ini frauLljn district. IN
tho answer the retIrn judge, Mr.. Hn.
m,ngcr refused to sjgu auy further
certificate than b. hal tlrcaiy sign
ed lie appeared by counsel, VIII
resisted in hs behalf. the prayer o.
Mr. Wcak,cy for n pcrcmptory man
iamps on he rvcn>ant judge. After
argument tho court prompiiy AMI
ruanimou-,y ordered petrmp'ory
maulAmu,, which compel, the sislius
If proper cert f,lte OF the punish
mcut Of th' return judge for cJntcmp,
"hi, settles very important cOntrp
vcr-y. II detcrmincs that there will
be at the opening Of the Senate SIS
teen Republican : naturs, which tho
Democratic organization viii have t.
recognize. and the iinIl control of he
Srulte will depend upon the result oi
the election IN the Fourth dis ri t.
This action Of the court j. important
in IL results, for it prevents the pos
sbllty ot lho Democrats getting con
trol u! tho organization vi the Senate
Mr.. Wcakley has pressed his Gus,
with iniomitlb'e en"rGy aud was ably
represented by Hon. Th,niS VI Mr.
shall, of Allegheny, and General lII''
.ry Willie, Of lndIann.-PrcSS.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-11-23
Estate orJoussoS RoM,G. decd.
DEGISTER'S NOTICE-Notice /.

DEGiSTERS NOTICE -Notice /
~ herrby given to all concerned, that the
following ntmei persons have nled their a.
ruuuts In the Registers Once, at Middleburs
Snyder county, ani that the said accounts win
bs presented tor conlir,nliian and allowance ~
the Orphans tourt To Id held at MiddlobuIg tor
tue county OF nyJer, ON thc Second Munday
month, via:
|. The account of D,niel welrIcb. Guardian
of Henry Napp. one OF tho M!nor ChiidIsl OF
Isacc Napp iecstsed
2. The hrst and hnal account of WIN. L. Eek
bert LxecutJT ui tho last will and testament OF
Mrs. usTi,h Han decd,
Tue Il II ani hnll account Of Gearge
Schnuro Executor Of tue last viii and testament
of Mary catharine decker decd.
\. The acc,nnt OF Augustus Sprngmin.
Gnardian OF James H. Bird minor child of
Joseph iiird deed.
Nov. 5, lsTl 5, ID. sCHUCK, Register.