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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-15
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-15

AN EXPERIENCED classical. AND MATIlr-
"A NAUTICAL teacher honor graduate Of foreign univer
schools desires employment teacher tuor city
erence Of highest class Address TUTOR, LAG Waverley
place.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-11-22
Foreign Gossip.

LoNDoN's recent water improvement
will cost S45,000,000.
THE money spent on cab fares in Lon.
don averages $4,000 day.
FRANCE, Belgium and Holland are
exporting large quantities of potatoes
to England, to supply the deficiency of
the crop there.
PORE Plus TX. generally speaks very
hesitatingly when addressing strangers;
but, when his feelings become aroused,
he is a most eloquent speaker.
PRINCE ARTHUR has found il necessary
to deny, through the Court journal, the
current statement that he was about to
write something for the magazines.
ONE of the novel features of the vi
emma Exposition will be very complete
collection of American newspapers, ar
ranged according TO States, with a cata-
logue giving particulars in regard to
each one represented.
ITALY il destined to live on short ra.
tons the coming winter. The overflow of
the river Pc, and the inundation of the
surrounding country, have made the
harvest unusually light, and Scotland
and ireland will have company in their
similar misfortunes.
LIMA, Peru, is not a nice place for
church.going ladies to show Oft their
elegant clothes. Display in dress is
discountenanced, and a French lady
who recently appeared at the Cathedral
was forced TO return to nor home OH &C.
count of her bonnet, which was too
stylish by far.
ALICE OSWALD, the young American
governess, who committed suicide in
England, was followed TO her grave by n
score or more of fashionable Amer.
lean and English women. Mrs. Altman,
of New York, covered the coffin with
flowers, and Mrs. Callahan dropped "a
miraculous medal OF the Immaculate
Conception" into the grave. The En-
glish custom OF burying suicide at
night was not insisted upon by the un-
dertakers and the sections.
ADvICEs from Gotha concerning the
explorations of the Norwegian, Capt.
Nils Johnson, represent that johnson,
in -re.exploring, in August last, the
islands east of Spitzbergen, found the
sens free of ice to the northeastward,
and indications of powerful oceanic
currents, serving TO keep open the high
Polar seas. Johnson went north TO
latitude of nearly 50 degrees. DR.. Pc.
ternan, the great German geographer,
is shortly TO make public the discoveries
of Johnson.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-11-22
Capt. Marryatt.

BY his writings Marryatt realized large
sums. The following figures show what
he received on first publishing the man.
uscript: Diary in America, el 600
Snarleyyow, 81, 800; Midshipman Easy,
&, 200; Peter Simple, el,lO0; jacob
Faithful, fl, 100; Japhet, 81 100: Pacha
of Many Tales, fl, 100. Mrs. Church
states that by the most popular of his
writings alone ne realized 100000. His
handwriting was so minute that the
composition, having given up the task of
deciphering it in despair, the copyist,
had to stick pin in at the place where
he left off to insure his finding it again
when he resumed the task. Capt.
Marryatt was the father OF four sons
and seven daughters, FIVE of whom are
living. His widow survives him. The
last of the sons, who died in lS65, was of
great literary promise.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-11-22
A Washington Drug Clerk Weds a
Widow and q Fortune.
A Washington correspondent of the

A Washington correspondent of the
Boston Traveller says;
Another of those interesting little ro-
mances in real life has just come to light
in Washington. The bOn.toa is in costa.
cies over it. A dapper.looking apothe-
cary's clerk has succeeded in marrying
fortune of 100000, and now he has
gone West TO spend it. The facts in
the case, as related to me this morning,
are as follows:
Six months ago charming young
lady, dressed elegantly and in the height
OF fashion, and representing herself to
be the relict of late prominent New
York Spectator, appeared in Washing
ton and took up her residence at the
Arlington Hotel. While at the Airing
ton she one day took occasion TO pro.
cure an assortment of perfumery, and
in quest of that desirable acquisition to
the toilet, called at drug store situated
opposite the Treasury Department. Be-
hind the snowy counter waited an at
trsctive clerk, a young gentleman Of
| twentyn nine, who was no sooner seen
than he had conquered. The next day
the relict of the New York oil specula-
tor invited the elegant drug clerk to a
tete-a.tcte at the Arlington.
Thereafter occurs a blank, until the
time of the Baltimore Convention,
when Mr.. Drug Clerk received mys-
ferrous note from New York. He went
to Baltimore, there met the lady, was
married, remained throughout the Con-
vention, and quietly returned to Wash
ington, to resign his clerkship and ex-
list without visible means of support.
The lady soon followed him here,
and again went to the Arlington, where
she resided some time, occasionally
receiving the fortunate husband and
loading him with presents of diamonds,
rings, gold watches, ETC., winding up by
transferring to him a whole business lot
in San Francisco, with the business
thereon, a very valuable piece of prop.
erty, Of which she herself holds COM
panion in New York. Next they
started for Philadelphia, where the
lady took sudden notion to 90 West,
the only notification the ex.drug
clerks friends received Of his intention
being a telegram couched in these
words:
"Sha'n't return. Can't avoid it. Am
going to San Francisco
Yesterday letter was received from
the Pacific slope, containing the infor-
nation that the young man hid started
a magnificent wholesale drug store at
the Golden Gate. The immense wealth
which has fallen to his lot, together
with the extraordinary manner of
match sking. and the beauty and
high standing of the wife, is the nine
days wonder. Our late drug clerk is
of course very stylish young man,
and very lucky young man. He
was formerly Captain in the rebel
army, where it is reported he served
with distinction, is well connected
here, and has good reputation in so.
ciety.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-11-22
The Evening Story.

Now, we are not sleepy. mother.
see how wide-awahe We seem;
Tell US something sweet TO think OF.
Tell Us something sweet TO dream.
Tell the very sweetest story
That You ever heard or read.
And you II see that well remember
Every single word you've said.
Then told them Of midnight
In the very long aEo,
When the sky was full Of angels.
And from every shining row.
In voice Of heavenly music.
Came loving message, given
For the sake OF one sweet baby
That had come one night from heaven.
" Now please tell us just another.
Tell the saddest one you know
And told of One who suffered.
As he wandered TO and fro:
Doing good to all around him,
Without fear. or sin, or pride:
Blessing those who most ill-used him.
For whose sake at last he died.
Now, please, just one more. dear mother.
Tell US now the strangest One,"-
So / told them of journey
On mountain-top begun;
Through the azure. in body.
Just as here on earth he trOd.
Up through the shining ran ks OF angels.
To the very throne OF God.
Four blue eyes and two sweet voices
Waited till my tale was done.
Then they cried. why. that was Jesus.
These three stories are but one!'
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-11-22

Hold on. my heart. in thy believing
The steadast only wears the crown;
ue. who when stormy waves are heaying,
Parts with MS anchor shall go down;
But he whom Jesus holds. through all -,
Shall stand, though earth and heavens should
fall.
Hold in thy murmurs. heaven arraigning.
The patient see Gods loving face:
Who bear their burdens accomplishing,
lis they who win the Fathers grace:
lie wounds himself who braves the rod.
And sets himself 10 fight with God.
Hold outl There comes an end 10 sorrow:
Hope, from the dust, shall conquering rise,
The storm proclaims a SUMNER morrow.
The cross points on to Paradise.
The Father regneth; cease all doubt;
Hold on. my heart, hold in, hold out!
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-11-22

Miss Matilda Phillips, sister of Miss
Adelaide Phillips, hes made herself
famous abroad by her heroic and sue
cessful endeavors for rescuing a young
American from drowning. Vague re-
ports of the affair have reached the
country, although nothing definite has
been learned. In letter to her sister,
Miss Phillips gives the following ac-
count of the adventure ~ didn't tell
you, for fear it would frighten YOU,
that while | was at Genoa Walter came
very near being drowned, and |, with a
little presence of mind, was able to save
him. He was out beyond his depth and
got tired. | was quite little distance
away from him, and although ] made
great haste to reach him | saw him 90
under the water twice. | called out to
him not TO lose his courage, and got to
him just as he was sinking the third
time. don't know how | had the
strength or how | got him 10 the ropes.
He seemed almost dead for nearly an
hour. | felt more frightened afterward
than | did at the time, and had no
more courage in the water that day.
Several gentlemen had seen him strug-
Cling In the water, aud made no at
tempts TO rescue him, although they
were all kind enough after he was on
land. We are great friends ever since,
and he can scarcely do enough for me.
have had beautiful letters from his
mother and sisters, and | feel so happy
to have done anything to bring so much
happiness TO any one
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-11-22
English Farming.

Mr. Wall, in an address to the farmers
of New Jersey, alluded to the very
flourishing state of agriculture in En-
gland. He pointed out that in less than
a century the production of wheat had
risen from 100000 to l00,000,000 of
bushels. This enormous increase he
attributes to the systematic attention to
all the requirements of good farming ;
in the skill and exactness with which
all the operations are performed to
their careful selections of the best
varieties of seed, and to the extensive
and prudent use of their barn-yard
manure. Nothing is left to casualty or
chance. No expectations are INDUCED
in that the bounty of Providence, 10y an
unusually favorable season, Will atone
for their shortcomings or neglect. He
dilated upon the extraordinary liberality
of English farmers, in restoring to the
earth, by means of purchased manures,
all those elements of fertility which are
exhausted by cultivation. 1t is esti.
mated by chemical analysis that wheat
absorbs forty per cent. of nutriment con.
tanned in the soil. In 1887, the first
year in which bones came into general
use as a fertilizer, the foreign bones inn
ported were valued at the custom house
at 81 100000, since which time it is
estimated that the amount paid for inn
ported bones alone amounted TO $780,.
100000. Since 1871, upward of 100000
tons of guano have been used. Mr..
Wall also believed that there was moth
ing more perfect of rural economy than
the English farmers rotation of root
and grain crops. He considered that
the care which had been bestowed on
root cultivation had been the salvation
OF England.-Canada Farmer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-11-22

howls of rage and pain answered the
reports.
Four bandits lay dead before me, and
| could see that one, or more, dark
forms choked the entrance, but find.
ing, from two shots from the opening,
that | could be seen from within,
bounded TO one side and stood TO the
right of the arched tunnel way,
But my courage arose, my blood was
up, and felt that | held the winning
hand as long as my revolvers remained
true to me.
still had four loads in one pistol, and
then small pair of derringers, giving
me six shots in all if these did not miss
fire was all right, and should they fail
me had my bowie-knife, with which,
as nv adversaries had TO creep out
singly, or at the best, only two together,
and would have to expose the backs Of
their necks, by so doing, could guillo-
tine them in thorough Partisan style /;
hence | was rather sorry when the rob-
bers failed TO show themselves at the
entrance.
But had not long to wait, for the two
bodies that blocked the passage way
were drawn back, and quickly two forms,
appeared, for no doubt having discov.
cred there was but one assailant, and
feeling how successfully they were
caught in trap of their own finding.
they determined to risk life at the
pistols muzzle rather than be hung,
which fate they knew would be theirs
if captured.
In quick succession the four chambers
of my revolver failed me, and | had
barely time 10 drop the pistol, and seize
my bowie, before the bandits were upon
me.
One blow Of my keen blade brought
one down. Seeking my derringer with
my left hand | at the same time let the
second villain haveits contents, but with
a rush and with howls, the balance of
the gang were upon me, and felt my
death hour had come, when suddenly
there came a cry, sound of rushing
feet, and half dozen men, led by no
other parsonage than DELTA, mounted
upon my horse, sprang to my rescue.
Hemmed in, and shot down, the ban.
dts had but little chance, and the four
who were not hurt at once surrendered.
DELTA had aroused the hacienda, and
the owner and his servants had FASTENED,
and hearing the report of my pistol,
knew that | was at work, and like the
wind the Mexican maiden led them on,
and reached the rtin not moment too
soon, for the next instant | would have
been slain.
The Mexican and his servants gazed
in wonder at the result of my work, the
former remarking
at was your revolvers and bowie.
knives that used to demoralize us dur
ing our late war with your country
but you have rendered this country
great service, for the whole band are
here, and TO. morrow these four fellows
will be executed" And executed they
were.
returned with Delta to the hqciend1,
and two days afterwards accompanied |
the brave girl to the home of her
parents the owner of the hacienda, Don
Carlos, making her present of a hand |
some horse, saddle and bride, for her
services in eiding to free the country
from the bandit scourge that for years
had been so dreaded.
The Joy of Delitas parents, at the re
turn OF their daughter, whom they be-
ieved forever lost to them, | cannot
picture any more than can the hap
piness of the young girl at her escape
from the power of the bandits.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-11-22

The Missouri Demscrat corrects the YER
sion commonly given of Tom Corwin's
famous sentence about "bloody hands
and hospitable graves" 1t occurred in
Corwin's speech on the Mexican war.
lie didn't say, as usually quoted " If
were Mexican, as / am an American,
and you should invade my country, l
should welcome your soldiers with
bloody hands to hospitable graves"
The exact words of Mr.. Corwin were
these: "If were Mexican, | would
say to you, Have you not room in your
own country to bury your dead men Z
IL you come into mine, we will greet
you with bloody hands, and welcome
you to hospitable graves.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-11-22
Why Printers Get Drunk.

When others Stunned the murky sky,
Where flesh on flesh was Frightening,
Great Franklin went TO fly his kite
And bottle up the lightning.
And since his time when cares oppress,
And the hard times are Tightening,
The printer seeks 10 drown his woes
In draughts of bottled lightning"
When badly tattered-his warm neart
A place for grief to rankle in
He takes the lightning" flies his kite.
And thinks himself a Franklin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-11-22
arietieS.

WHALING grounds-School'h houses.
WHEN is a mother a father When
she's sigher.
THE boy who found wasp's nest says
arnica is splendid idea.
WHEN you tell man joke poke him
in the shirt and he'll laugh.
A BLACKSMITH can not only shoe
horse himself, but he can make horse
shoe.
WHEN is a lady like a show-window
When she takes great pains with her
sash.
"MAY leave a few tracts" asked
quack doctor, of the lady of the house.
Z" Certainly, with the heel toward the
house.
A YOUNG lady, rich and lovely, has
fallen in love with q handsome young
Hebrew bartender in Chicago. She was
probably captivated by his ju-lips.
"RARE collection of choice paintings"
was the sign in front of store where
pictures were sold at auction. A friend
wished to know if they were called rare
bee luse they were not well done.
A LADY who did not think it respecta-
BILE to bring up her children to work
has recently heard from her two sons
one is bar-keeper on flatboat, and
the other is second clerk TO lime-klln.
A HUSBAND, whose wife has applied
for divorce, writes a protest 10 the
Judge, in which he says: This
plagued thing called divorce has, IN
my opinion, parted many a man and
his wife"
HERE, you young rascal, walk up
and give an account Of yourself. Where
have you been?" AFTER the girls,
father" 9" Did you ever know me to do
so when | was boy ?" "No, sir, but
mother did"
"Do BATS ever fly in the daytime ?"
asked teacher of his class in natural
history. /" Yes, SIR" the boys exclalm-
ed. What kind of bats?" asked the
astopished teacher. I" ckbats," yell
ed the boys.
"DEAR me, how fuidly he talks!' said
Mrs. Darlington, recently at a temper.
when he mounts the nostril, for his eio-
quence warns evary cartridge in my
body"
A coy six years old, living on Murray
Hill, Boston, having been much lectured
by his father on the babyishness of cry
ing when any calamity happens, cheer.
ed the parental heart the other morn.
ing by saying: Harry B. cried nearly
all day cause his father died, but if
you should die, pa, | wouldn't cry
pit."
"REALLY, my DEAR" said poor Mr..
Jones to his better half, "you have sad
ly disappointed me. once thought
you jewel of a woman, but you've
turned out only bit of matrimonial
paste" Then, my love-" was the re-
ply, "console yourself with the idea
that paste is very adhesive, and will
stick to you as long as you live
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-11-22
The New WhitwOrth Gun.

Sir Joseph Whitworth has now in.
vented, we are told, field gun, better
than either the new nine.pounder or
the new sixteen. FOUNDER, OF which the
English press has lately told us so much.
The latest cannon is made of compressed
steel. 1t is strong enough 10 bear twice
the usual charge of powder. At 100
yards, with charge of two pounds and
three.quarters, 1t can put nine pound
bolt through t reeinch armor plate
set at an angle of forty.fye degrees !;
and, finally, In $ extraordinary weapon
will throw projectile over a clean space
of six miles.
The way in which the strength requis-
lite to get these results has been obtain.
ed Is one, we think, which will prove
important to other mechanlcians, be.
sides the makers OF artillery. The new
Whitworth guns is, as we have said,
made of steel, and, although no exact
description Of its manufacture is at
hand, we take it for granted that it is
constructed of lamina of twisted cylin.
ders. BY all the processes hitherto, steel
mas been more or less defective, and we
suspect it is not made quite perfect by
the new one. In each of the methods,
the Bessemer included AIR passes through
iron, thus endowing the latter with the
carbon, whose addition makes the diff
ference between iron and steel. Now q
greater or less portion OF the air remains
In the substance, and occasions holes and
flaws. These, of course, weaken the
steel and make it liable. to break up.
Sir Joseph Whitworth has met this diff
tculty by new device. He has applied
to the not metal, while in course Of
manufacture, the tremendous pressure
Of twenty tons to the square inch, and
has thus driven forth the atmospheric
particles, the presence Of which would
otherwise diminish the stability of the
gun. This expedient must. apparently,
greatly increase the efficiency of batter
les in the field. The advantage of the
superiority Of range are probably of
much less moment, however, than those
of the superiority of endurance and the
economy of the charge. Artillery at
great distances VIGOROUSLY does little
mischief, and unless from great heights,
or from torts-the new gun being de-
signed for the field-Sir Joseph's inven-
ton on this score is unlikely TO be Of
exceptional service.-Nel0 York limos.
HOLLAND is determined to regain from
the aggressive ocean the land it sub.
merged 700 years ago in the famous
gulf, Zuyder Zee. In the land of sue.
cessful engineering and countless wind
mills, draining is the one thing they
never expected TO fail in, and there is
no doubt that the land, for so many
years buried under water, will once
again glow with rich harvests and cover
itself with speckless villages, where the
busy Hollanders will turn TO good ac-
count every acre gained. The happy
result of the experimental draining of
HARLEM Lake, by which $4,000 acres
were secured at a cost of 50, 100000,
prompts this grander enterprise.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-04-06
Remarkable Fatality in Leesburg.
The remarkable fatality in the FAMILY Of t


The remarkable fatality in the family of the
late Mr.. c. E. Lloyd, in Leesburg, Va, and
the corOner's inquest now in progress there, as
heretofore reported, is creating intense excite
ment in that neighborhood, suspicion being
strongly directed to the widow of Mr. Lloyd,
the sole surviving member of the family
The Alexandria tVa.) Gazette says:
"The first death was that of an aunt of
Mrs. Lloyd, an old lady named Jacobs, that Of
the husband followed: it was succeeded by
that of two boys, who died very suddenly one
day last summer, it was said, from eating
berries. One little girl died suddenly last
month, and the only remaining child, another
little girl, died without previous sickness last
Saturday week. A coroner's inquest was held
upon the last corpse, a post mortem examina-
tion made, aud as it was stated that Mrs. Lloyd
had on several occasions bought arsenic from
the drug stores in the town, the stomach of the
child and its cont MIS- were taken TO Baltimore
by Recorder r. NJ Bentley, for analysis-the
jury awaiting his return before rendering the
verdict. Mrs. Lloyd has been informed OF the
terrible suspicious regarding her. and is lying
at her home dangerously i'll"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-04-06
washington Depot.

Tie Iill allowing most eligible site FOR the
Baltimore and Pot,nsc Railroad depot, il
Washington city, was passed by the House Of
Representatives, Monday, under suspension
Ct the rules, ty q two-thirds vote. This re-
suit )says the Baltimore Gazette seems to
have been obtained only 10y the remissness Of
the opponents Of tie bin, several Of whom,
having paired OF. were not present when the
vote was taken, or the requisite majority could
not have teen obtained. 4 determined fight
against the bin, in its present form, viii be
made when it Genes Up in the Senate, and we
hope that it vii lie SO amended in that body
as to give equal rights AID privileges to the
Baltimore and Clio Railroad. We are salts
fed tlat justice and PopuIlr sentiment in this
case accord in demanding similar facilities for
each read, SO ;lat, ly competition, fare and
freight charges nay lie reduced as low as prac-
ticaI'e. The travelling public demands that
it shah literally pay its money aud take its
choice over each route with equal convenience
and expedition.