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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-01

MUTINY AT SEA.-A correspondent
writing from Shanghai on the 18th of
July, says: "The crew of the North
German bark Nounan, consisting of
Malays, Cinnamon, and japanese,
bound from Tientsin to Keeling, mutt
MED on the 18th of June, burned the
ship, murdered the mate, and attempt
ed to do the same to the captain. The
attempt on the captains life did not
succeed. Several eff the mutineers have
been arrested. 1t seems that the ring.
leaders are three Malays and China
man, who ran away from the ship
at Tientsin, but were caught and re-
shipped.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-01

POSTAGE TO GERMANY.-An arrange
ment has just been concluded between
the United States and Germany to take
effect on the lst Of October next, which
reduces the rate Of international post
age for prepaid letters, if exchanged be-
tween the two countries by closed mail
via England from ten 10 seven cents for
each rate of half an ounce or under, I'M
peid letters so exchanged to be charged
with double prepaid rates, and INSULT.
GENTLY paid letters with the postage for
unpaid letters after the deduction of the
amount prepaid. This arrangement
thus establishes a uniform postage of
seven cents, or three silver graschen per
single rate on prepaid letters exchanged
between the United States and Ger
many on and after the lst Of October
proXimo, whether transmitted via Eng
land or by direct line via Hamburg or
Bremen. 1t is particularly to be oh.
served that this reduction applies to let
ters only, so that all correspondence
other than letters posted in the United
States for Germany will continue sub
ject to the same rates Of postage and to
the same conditions of compulsory pre-.
payment as are now applicable there
to. Postmasters will levy and collect
this postage on and after the lst of Oc-
tober next.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-01
A NARROW Esc,pE-On Sunday af.

A NARROW EscAPE.-On Sunday af-
ternoon, Eddie Chaplin, II years of age,
son of w. L. Chaplin, of La Sale, H.,
while at play in the yard with a
younger brother, plunged head foremost
into well 80 feet deep, turning sum.
mersault in his descent, and alighting
upon his feet at the bottom. The
younger brother Immediately missed
him, and approaching the well, heard
him shout, I'm alive, Willie" an
the little hero soon clambered to the
top, having received no other injuries
than slight scratch on the back of his
head. 1t appears that the we'll is sur
rounded by a curb only two feet and six
inches high.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-01
Wide and Narrow Gauges,

About fl 900 miles of the railroads in
operation in the United States are of
the 4 feet s! inch gauge. Only about
1000 miles of the feet gauge, and it is
probable that before long these will be
reduced to the standard. The South
ern railroads generally united on a
gauge of 5 feet. but there are some in
the Southwest of feet inches. The
4 feet s! gauge is penetrating the South,
and is now the gauge of all the impor.
tant roads in Virginia except the Allan.
tic Mississippi and Ohio, running from
Norfolk westward; also of the new roads
in Missouri and Arkansas, and of the
Missouri Railroad. of 2S3 miles. which
has lately been altered, and of the Gin
cinnati and Louisville road, which has
recently been altered. This. therefore,
appears to be adopted as the standard
width of track, and it may be expected
to extend itself until all the roads in the
country shall conform to this gauge.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-01

steamer r. E. Lee exploded her boiler near
Fayetteville, N. c., Saturday. Three colored
boat hands were killed and three wounded.
HAD. Morse, noted gambler, was shot and
MORALLY wounded, in Memphis, on the 10th
inst, by Wynne Cannon. They had diff
iculty early in the evening about woman.
Meeting about midnight, Cannon states that
Morse attacked him and fired four times,
two shots taking effect near his heart. Can
non was arrested, and subsequently held to
bail in $5,000.....At New Orleans, on the
10th inst, a car attached TO the Mobile
freight train ran off the track opposite Du-
name street. Leon Bar, wholesale grocer,
and Capt. Jacob Schultz, former master of
the tug boat Gladiator, drove past in
double-te buggy. The locomotive, in
blowing off steam, frightened the horses
Both gentlemen were thrown 10 the pave
ment. Mr. Bar was instantly killed. Capt
Schultz died on the way to his residence......
A negr) who outraged and murdered a little
girl near Fulton station, Hickman county,
XIV, few days since, was taken from Jail
on the night of his arrest, shot through
seven times, and left for dead. Next morn
ing he was found sitting up, was taken to
jail and his wounds dressed, but afterward
the citizens took him out and hung him.
Iceberg, a German convicted of malicious
stabbing, sentenced TO the Tennessee State
prison by the Circuit Court of Giles county,
arrived at the prison at Nashville on the
Goth inst, and had his brains blown out by
the guard before he had donned his prison
dress, or entered the institution. A petition
signed by the judge, jury, and the person
stabbed, for the pardon of the prisoner, had
been received, and he would probably have
been pardoned immediately, as he was
wrongfully Convicted The cause of his
murder was wordy alteration with the
warden of the prison.
CAPT. DOUGLAS, pilot of the boat Cornelia,
who boarded the bark Norton hence for st.
John, n. B., reports the death of Capt. Ems
law, of the Norton, on the Goth inst. %
miles out from Southwest Pass. He was
buried at sea......Accounts from every part
of the coast-section of South Carolina, report
immense damage to the cotton and rice crop,
especially cotton, from the recent heavy and
continuous rains and gales. Reports from
the interior, on the other hand, represent
cotton and corn to be suffering greatly from
the protracted drouth.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-01
Foreign.

AT banquet given to the French deputa-
ton at Dublin, on the 10th inst, the Lord
Mayor proposed the toast of "The Queen"
which was received with storms Of Kisses,
lasting several minutes.....An extensive fire
occurred in Leicester, England, on Friday,
in which several persons lost their lives.....
1t is reported that Russia is making great
military preparations. The Car, accompa-
MED by Gen. LeflO, French Ambassador,
visited the camp OF the 18th army corps at
Jsarsko Selo. Prussia is also filling up her
cadres, perfecting her arrangements, and
collecting enormous stores. The Pdtrte be-
licves that the preparations of the latter
power are aimed at Russia. The cholera
has appeared in the neighborhood of Stet-
tin. The disease continues its ravages at
Koenigsburg, where on Tuesday there were
20 new cases and 81 deaths, and on Wednes-
day 50 new cases and 81 deaths.....The Pos
tai Conference, in session at Berlin, suggests
the conclusions of international treaties be-
tween all the great powers, including Amer
lea, establishing a uniform rate of postage
on letters, regardless of distance, of 20 cen
times when prepaid, and 40 confines when
unpaid, with an additional charge on letters
which go by sea.
In the French Assembly, on the 10th inst,
the Committee on the Army bill made a re-
port recommending its passage. The bill, as
returned to the Chamber, makes military
service compulsory, allows no one the right
to procure substitute, prohibits soldiers
from voting in political elections, and dis
solves the National Guards throughout the
country THE German forces are with
drawing from the neighborhood of the forth
hcations north and east of Paris......A story
is circulating in Paris that an important
Russian parsonage recently told French
diplomatist that the result of the late war
placed Russia in the position of France after
the battle of Sadowa......A dispatch from
Gumbinnen, East Prussia, town Sc miles
east OF konigsberg, says the cholera has APP
peared in several districts on the German
side of the Russian frontier. from
London represent the famine in Persia as
more terrible than previously reported.
Twenty-seven thousand deaths have taken
place in lspahan alone, from starvation.
The condition of the province of Mozande.
ran is still worse. The rice crop is a COM
plete failure, and the cattle plague, small
pox, typhus fever and cholera prevail .....A
correspondent, writing from Constantinople,
under date of July "a, states that there is a
probability of war between Egypt and
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-01

"JENNY," said landlady to her help,
the other morning, "Jenny, was there
any fire in the kitchen last night, while
you were sitting up?" only Just a
spark, ma'am," was the reply. The
landlady looked suspiciously at Jenny,
but the innocent girl went on scrub.
bing and humming ''Katy Darling"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-01

Is a lobster wild animal? 1t has
just been decided in an English court
that he is, and that in consequence
thereof a man cannot be convicted of
stealing lobster from another mans
lobster-pot, for the reason before men.
toned.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-01
Washington.

THE amount of fees collected for the fiscal
year ending June so, by the various col
lectors of customs for entrances and clear
ances, etc, is $605, 532......The United States
Treasury was benefited on Saturday to the
extent of $40 900, being a payment on the
part of Great Britain for its share of the ex-
pensos of the Hudson Bay and Puget Sound
united commission, which was dissolved
some months since.....The superintendent
of the mounted recruiting service has been
ordered to forward all recruits to New Or
leans for assignment TO the 9th cavalry.
The actual redemption of the principal of
the public debt for the fiscal year ending
June 80 is 1892 l39,57j. The usual monthly
debt statements for the same period foot up
a reduction of S94 1921, 764 The difference
between the statements is because the
monthly statements, being balance sheets,
take cash and accrued interest into the ac-
count, which are considered outstanding
liabilities The Secretary of the Treasury
has authorized the Assistant Treasurer to
advance the payment of the September in
terest without rebate on Tuesday, the ODD
inst.
FULL official reports have been received at
the Navy Department from the Asiatc fleet
giving details of the second days engage
ment with the Coreans. The facts do not
differ substantially from those already pub
lished The President has appointed j.
Wiley Edmunds and w. B. Spooner Com
missioners for Massachusetts, to the Tooth
anniversary of American independence.
special order recently issued from the War
Department retiring Col. Geo. Stoneman
with the rank of Major General, is, by di
rection of the President, revoked, and Col.
Stoneman retired on his rank as Colonel.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has ordered
that the locks of the American Seal Lock
Company shall, after Oct. l, be used on all
bonded routes between New York. Boston
and Portland, and roads connecting with the
Canadian companies are required TO supply
themselves with locks when carrying goods
under special regulations .Advices from
Fort Sill to the 9TH state that several chiefs
of the Kiowas had come in bringing part of
the mules stolen by them in Texas.....Or-
ders have been issued by the Navy Depart
ment to put the United States steamer Iro-
quois, now at Philadelphia, in commission,
and she will sail from there to join our fleet
in the West indies. Consul MCGOWAN, at
Shanghai, writes to the State Department
warning against the introduction into this
country of the rinderpest from China..""1t
is officially stated that the expectation of
cork from ports in Marons is free of duty for
a term of three months, beginning on the
9th of June last.
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The South.

JrpGE f. w. NJ. KING one of the leading
lawyers of the Memphis bar, died at Ramar,
Tenn. on Wednesday Two men, named
Frank Smith and Geo. Dallngs, were shot
and killed in a fight at Crab Orchard, KY,
on Wednesday afternoon"....E Edward Burr,
of Batesville, Ark, was shot and instantly
killed by a bartender named Luke Padden,
at Memphis, on Saturday....A young lady,
named Sanders, living near Weksburg, Ark,
was outraged and murdered on the l4th inst.
Her body was found under brush heap,
with her throat cut from ear to The
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-21

StMuEu NOTWITHSTANDING showers
frequently "Ncrtake persons and wet them
To the skim il j. then safer TO walk stead
lily ard rapidly on, until the clothes be-
come dry again. than tn stop under IL shell
ter aud remain there still until the storm is
over. II home is reached while the cloth
ing is vet wet. take some hot drink instant
", q pint nr more; go To the kitchen fire,
rru's>e every garment, rub the " hole body
with Il coarse towel ar flannel. put OH wool
len Undertaking, gel inin bed, wrap up
warm, and take another hot drink; then go
to steep II n night. It IN he daytime, get
up IN IA hour. dress aud he active for the
remainder Of the day, suppose You sit
sill. in the damp clothing: in IA few min
utc~ dizziness is observed, the cold 'Strkes
in. and nexi morning there is "A violent
cold. o. attack of pcnrisy, or pneumonia,
which if not fatal in week often requires
months and weary years to get rid Of. The
rule j.. it the clothing gets wet, change in
stantlV, or work or walk actively, brsklY,
until perfectly dry.-Jou'1,a Of HeoHh.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-21

feature OF which was dramatic represent
alton of all the good things taught in the
catechism First, there appeared the four
Seasons, in appropriate costume, beneath
an arch on which famed the name Jesus"
in gas-jets. Then Faith and Hope came on
in fancy dresses, little girl folded her
hands aud acclaimed prayer, the lights
were turned down and tableau formed
representing mother and children ut
their devotions. But the nockery did not
end here. for in the closing scene the Sen
tire company" formed in the attitude of
prayer, colored fires were lighted, and the
Holy Spirit, represented az Il white dove,
huttered over their heads and finally dis
appeared in II blaze of pyrotechnics. To a
freuuenter of the unhallowed temples of
the drama, this PROCLAMATION of the most
holy things Of religion would seem little
else than sacrlege, even when given under
/ the sanction of n dozen sunday schools
aud 1t is no matter Of doubt that the pure
/ ~ secular artistic displays Of the much
/ abused spectacular drama are healthier
food lpr Young imaginations than this taw-
dry tinselliug of the great mysteries u
] Ihristianity.'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-21

throughout all the course of daily life. II
is visible in tho dwelling, the furniture,
the books, tho cquipage, the clothes. Most
people, in our large cities at least, have
bigger and finer houses than they can well
use, take care of,'or pay for; and daily
living IN house without ever feeling at
home il of all wretchedness the most
wretchod. The furniture, moreover, is
often too nice for use the carpet too deli
cate to he trod nv tho common boot, the
chairs and sofas of too choice n stun for
close proximity with the everyday coat
and gown. The hest room in the house Is
thus not seldom made the worse for the
family, for every member regards ii as he
might chamber Of horrors, into which he
does not put his foot without fear aud
| trembling
There is manya man who keeps acarriage
too fine for use, and breads every time he
rides In it, the approach of shower or n
drt.carl. At night he Is forced to submit
to The dcmoctatic street car or omnibus,
for darkness coneeals and eudangers the
fnery OF his own equipago.
There are some who boast OF their libra
RES. ana ye' I'VE themselves, anu Keep
o'hers' III leuol"Iice' peoa"No Vhcli "''N9
are 100 nice ior use lheir H''i euses ""u
choict olhulngs are "il'N aale "nuer s'ass'
lock ana KEY ;" 'i'oE re'''''n Se"l'" W 'iie
curious ana hIgh' a. Wen pe >" many
o"""veS VI "oou, sum a. III i"'' ".e YEA
slonWlV ionhd ming uPthe Nhc'h' P'a'os
OF ia" shelves ~ the bookcases Oh s''nd
libraries.
There are Thousand ways ~ whlch 'he
clothes originally without doubt' htehdeu
for comfort and protection are turned mt
sources OF annoy 'hce ana Danger 'ho"''
ehce I" iashioh ahu desHe io' SLOW "'N'
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AdtIrpaUe.
NEW LONDON NORTHERN RAILROAD
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On and after JUNE bTH, 1871. Passenger Trains will
leave New London as follows:
For Bellows Falls and the North, at 300 A. NJ con-
Meeting at willimantic for Hartford: al Palmer for
Albany Boston, Ware and Gihertyille; at Grouts
for Greenfield and Fitchburg.
For Palmer at $40 A. NJ. connecting al willimantic
for Hartford; at Palmer, for Albany Boston, Ware,
Gilbertve and Grouts at Grouts for Bellows Falls,
Fiichburg and Greenfield.
For Norwich, at 1898 A. NJ. connecting from Prov
idence and New Haven, for Worcester aud Proyi-
dence, and at 800 p. NJ. connecting from New York
and New Haven.
For Palmer. at 2.fJ T.. VI. connecting from Prov-
dencc; at Wilimantc for Hartford at Palmer for
Albany aud Boston; and for Amherst, Ware and
Gilbertyille. At $50 p. NJ, connecting from New
York and StOningtOu.
And Other Points as folIows
AMHERST for Palmer $50 h 1887 A. NJ, CON
meeting for Boston, Albany and New London; sos
r. NJ, connecting for Springfield Albany, New Lon
don, and New York via steamer; $50 A. NJ and 80
=. NJ. for CIRCUITS, connecting for BellowH Falls,
Ftchburg, aud Greenfield
WARE for Palmer, III ! 10. 20 4. NJ, connecting
For Albany, Boston and New London. $50 z. NJ,
connecting for Albany. New London, aud Steamer
to New York.
PALMER for New London, go a sis A. NJ a
2.35 y. VI. connecting from Albany and Boston
at New London for Providence, New Haven and New
York; 6.20 p. NJ, connecting from Boston Spring.
deld and at New London for New York via steamer
s.l5 A. NJ. IL. 30 and $50 p. VI. for Amherst con.
meeting from Albany, Boston, and New London BE
Bellows Falls, Fitchhurg and Greenfield; $40 A. NJ
and 1910 2. NJ. for Ware, connecting from Boston
Albany and New London $50 p. NJ. connectinl
from Boston, Springfield and New London.
BELLOWS FALLS for New London, 7.i5 A. NJ ant
and 2.3O +. NJ. connecting with trains from tbs
North and with steamer at New London for New
York at {. 80 p. NJ.
CIRCUITS for New London 1000 A. NJ. Il $50 p
NJ. connecting from thu North, Fitchburg and Green
field.
NORWICH for Palmer D .33, S.IS A. NJ, 3.I0 ant
CHS 2. NJ; for New London connecting for New
York by rail, at G.10, $50, 1898 A. W. Lao and 80
=. NJ, and by steamer al $50 p. NJ.
wIILtMANTIC for Palmer O. DAB A. NJ i,Os
and S.1o p. NJ. For New London, TAI and 9.42
NJ. aud 4.02 and 400 T. NJ.
June 1871. GRO A. MERRILL, Supr
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-21

We have all heard Of the story of the
foolish Midas, whose wish, that everything
he touched might be turned into gold, was
gratifed. He soon repented, as we learn,
of the fatal generosity of the gods when the
very bread and meat changed at his lips to
the precious metal. That Midas ears
finally grew into those of an ass was the fit
termination, and not the most incredible
part Of his history.
We can discover among us some of the
descendants of Midas without even look
AT their ears. Their asinne propensties
are enough to point them out, without any
other indication of their race. We may
pass by, for the present, the more charac-
teristic of their kind, and examine some OF
the less marked specimens.
II is wonderful how people systemati-
cally deprive themselves Of many Of the
eniovmeuts and comforts of life by turning
things which are intended for use into
mere articles of fineTy. There surely cal
he nothing more Midas-like than this prac
tice, which often prevails to such an OK
tent AS to convert the utmost abundance
into total destituti0n. Labor is performed
and money spent without stint, and ye
with no other result than restricted cas'
and diminished comfort.
You can trace The practice everywhere
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NoN- EXrLostvE,-Mr. cray, an ingeu-
ious gentleman. IN Sussex County, Della
ware invented a new uon-explosiVe burn
ing fluid, and invited few friends TO
come and witness n test Of its qualities.
lie gathered a select circle around barrel
Of the fluid in the parret, and to prove how
nome Explosive il was, he stirred it with
red hot poker. ~ six seconds the invent
OF aud his friends were seen 10 emerge
from til" roof. with trap-doorS aud shingles
and things az thoir heads, and to scud IL
way to the Northwest toward the river,
while enjoying fine birds eye view of the
state Of Delaware. at An elevation of thirty
thousand feet or more above the level of
the sea-. Mr.. Gray observed to the friend
nearest him that he thought he had made a
mistake in mixing too much benzine in
the flud. Mr. Gray did not wait to hear
his friends reply, because he apparently
had an engagement higher up, and he
seemed in hurry to 90. His widow will
sell the patent for the non-explusivc tluid
very rhrap. and she needs the money bad
~, because Mr. Gray scattered 80 much
around Sussex County when he came down
that she had to bury him gradually during
the next three weeks.
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[ADs NAMNNsA
NlY[ISf1lilIl

This is an age Of inquiry and people are
beginning TO realize the magnitude of tho
evil caused by the use of injurious compounds
Tor the hair, which are prepared and forced
into market, by men who are not practical
physicians, and who may not be aware Of tho
injury they are producing These prepara-
tions have been analysed by competent chem
lists. and shown to contain poisonous sub
stances, causing Nervousness, Headache, Par
hlysis, and often fatal results.
In contrast with such injurious articles, we
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by DR.. r. Greene Superintendent of the Bos-
ton Medical Institute, who has been a sue
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lie that this Hair Rcstorer will do all that is
claimed for it, without possibility Of injury.
81 hare tested sample Of DR., Grceae's Hair
Restorer, and tad hat no poisonous metals or
Injurious matters erist in Il.
G. r. JACKSON, STATE ASsdyer."
The use Of this Hair Rcstorer for twenty
five years has tested its superiority as dress
ing, and its power TO preserve the hair and
scalp in healthy condition. 1t removes
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preserves its natural color restores it when
prematurely gray, renders it soft and glossy,
promotes its healthy growth, and is the best
dressing ever discovered. While other prep
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Greene's Hair Restorcr has sustained its good
qualities, its price, and its reputation. 1t is
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