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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-31

An unkind word let thoughtlessly at
largo will become the seed OF thousands.
The first thing for child to learn is to
restrain unkind words. The method by
which it shall be taught to do so is pro-
found training against the indulgence Of
unkind thoughts. II these prevail, they
will have expression in words. Hence,
safety lies in their total prescription.
Chain the mind to goodness and truth,
not only that it may become healthy and
strong, but that it may partake delights
which liberty and license will not afford.
For in that healthy restraint, which .
sense OF somo higher wisdom and power
makes Indispensable to man, lies the
only perfect freedom. They alone who
sxalt themselves over the law and the
truth will find freedom in indulgence,
and in moderation, constraint. But the
gentle and wise will act kindly, and
speak kind words, as the outhowings Of
their gentleness and che expressions OF
their wisdom; and no bitter harvests
will oome in the autumn OF their lives.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
The Indians.

The st. Louis Republican is aston
ished to find, by consulting the census
tables of 1870, that outside of the Indian
Territory, which is occupied mainly by
civilized or partially civilized tribes, the
total number of Indians in the United
States, including the Territories, is less
than $4,000. The census tables, so far
as the enumeration of Indians is con-
cerned, are poor authority. No effort
has been made to take systematic cen
sus of all the Indians, though Census
Marshals appear to have put down in
their reports such of them as they hap
pened to come across in the course of
their regular duties. The most anthem
tic reports place the total number of In
dians within the United States, exclusive
of those in Alaska, at 100000, which
probably approximates the truth. OF
these there are about 20, 000in Nebraska,
Kansas and the Indian Territory; 30, 600
in Minnesota and the States east of the
Mississippi $4,000 in the Territories of
Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho;
1000 in Nevada and Territories not
previously mentioned and $4,000 on
the Pacific slope. OF this whole Indian
population it is estimated that not more
than 5000 are included in the various
hostile bands.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
The Irish University Bill.

The bill introduced into the British
Parliament by Mr.. Premier Gladstone,
and the defeat of which has resulted in
the dissolution Of the Ministry, is a
scheme for the establishment of an Irish
University upon plan intended to meet
the appreciation of both Professionals and
Catholics. Briefly stated, it is propo-
sition for merging the Catholic and
Protestant Colleges of Ireland in a Uni
versity to be literally endowed, 80 that
like the colleges of Oxford or Cam
bridge they shall constitute one Uni
versity, and like them be subject to the
control of one central governing body.
But, unlike the Universities of Oxford
and Ca mbridge, the new Irish Univer-
sity is professedly to be non-sectarian in
its character. This feature of the insti-
tuition might readily be accepted IA n
sensible compromise if the provisions of
the bill were certain to insure such re-
suit, but here is where the trouble
arises. The Catholics, many of them,
see in the bill only trap for bringing
Catholic institutions under Protestant
supervision and control, while on the
other hand some of the Protestant or
gans have demonstrated to their own
satisfaction that if the measure is car
ried the Catholics will soon have entire
sway i'll the University.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
Barbarities of SeaI.Hunters.

In letter to the London Times, Mr..
Frank auckland gives shocking ac-
count of the cruelhes perpetrated by
seal-hunters. Selecting the third week
in March, when the baby seals are just
born, the hunter chooses place where a
number of young seals are lying, and
harpoons the mothers directly they come
to nurse them. at is horrible" says
Mr. auckland, to see the young ones
trying to suck the carcasses of their
mothers, their eyes starting ont of their
sockets, looking the very picture of fam
Inc. They crawl over and over them
until quite red with blood, poking them
with their noses, no doubt wondering
why they are not getting their usual
food, uttering painful cries the while.
The noise they make is something dread
full. If one could imagine himself sur
rounded by four or five hundred thou
sand human babies, all crying at the
pitch of their voices, he would have
some idea of it. Their cry is very like
an infants. These motherless seals col
lect into lots of five or six, and crawl
about the ice, their heads fast becoming
the biggest part of their bodies, search
ing to find the nourishment they stand
so much in want of.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.
sESATE-ExrRA SESSION.


TUESDAY, March IA resolution directing
the Secretary Of War TO report to the expedency
of setting off part of Macknac island for public
park, was passed. 80. Tho Caldwell case was taken
up, and Carpenter, of Wisconsin, addressed the
Senate against the resolutions declaring Caldwells
election illegal. Gordon (Ga.) was sworn in -.
Wright introduced resolution that the charges
against Clayton ARK had not been sustained, and
asking the discharge of the committee.
WEDNESDAY, March 12.-The Caldwell cleo
ton case was taken up and discussed by Messrs.
Conkling, Logan, stockton and Morton. No final
action was taken A resolution was adopted in
structing the Judiciary Committee to inquire and
report at the December session, whether the Union
Pacific, any company authorized TO build branch
to that road will be entitled 10 any lands bonds for
roads hereafter built, and that until said report the
executive officers Of the Government are requested
TO issue no bonds, patents etc.
THURSDAY, March 13.-The committee to
audit and control contingent expenses
ordered continued, and authorized to ait
during recess. Acorn, from the Committee on
Caldwell, of Kansas. Under the rules the
resolution lies at least day. resolution
offered declaring that the Senate has the right
10 reject any.Senator-eect whose election is shown
TO be tainted with fraud. The resolutions declar-
ing Caldwells election illegal discussed by Lo-
gan, Acorn, and others.
FRIDAY, March 1.-THE vice-President pre-
scented memorial asking that the papers as to the
Kansas Senatorial election be taken from the files
and referred to the Committee on Elections A
resolution was offered and laid authorizing the
Committee on Commerce, during recess TO investi-
gate what steamship lines should be subsidized
also, a. to the expedency OF granting bountics to
shipbuilders, etc The Caldwell was discussed
by Scott and Others and the Senate adjourned with
out taking action ON the case.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
Important Revenue Decision.

An important decision has just been
rendered by the Commissioner OF Inter
nal Revenue, in answer to the question,
" Whether will admitted to probate
since October l, 1872, but dated prior to
that time, is subject TO stamp duty?" He
has very recently written letter, stat
ing that the liability depends upon the
date of the probate, and not on that of
the will. He further says that, if the
probate was taken out prior to October
/, 1872, it should have been stamped, if
the value of the effects exceeded one
thousand dollars. Probates taken out
prior to October l, 1872, but not stamp
ed, can be validated by the affixing of
the proper stamp by the Collector of In
ternal Revenue, who may remit the
penalty provided that the instrument be
presented within twelve months from its
issue, and that satisfactory evidence be
produced that there was no attempt to
evade the law. Registers or other re-
cording officers cannot legally attach the
stamp in such cases as those mentioned
above.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
CuriOsities Of Suicide.

1t is a melancholy fact that, according
to .re statistical authorities, suicide is
in most countries on the increase. The
percentage of death from this cause has
risen in England, and France has lately
been suffering from n periodical fit OF
unusual severity A few weeks ago five
suicides occurred in Paris OH the same
day. A woman, aged 81, threw herself
out at window Prussian hung him
self, from misery and despair-greatly,
probably, to the satisfaction of his Gallo
neighbors, who may probably have helped
to induce these emotions. A young man
of 10 shot himself from that truly Par
isian cause chagrins d amour, and two
young men of ~ and "a for the same
cause stifed themselves with charcoal.
This variety of modes is curious.
There was published some years ago, in
the Annales d'Hygieine, a memoir on
suicides committed by persons in the
several stages of life, in which the
author, who has examined about nine
hundred judicial accounts of suicides in
Paris, thinks himself warranted in as
Stunning Q) that philosophical or premed-
itated suicide takes place usually during
the night and little before daybreak !;
CD that accidental, or unprecedented
suicide, takes place during the day, be-
cause it is then that the occasional causes
arise, such as quarrels, bad news, losses
at play, intemperance, ETC., etc. At
every age men choose particular modes
of committing suicide. In youth he has
recourse to hanging, which he soon
abandons for firearms. In proportion
as his vigor declines he returns to his
first mode, and it is most commonly by
hanging that the old man perishes who
puts an end to his existence The fol-
lowing table shows the mode of suicide
most common at different ages, but the.
author has oddly omitted to take cogniz-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
Eccentricities Of Genius.

Socrates believed that he was guided
by demon. Bacon believed in witch
craft, and relates that he was cured of
warts by rubbing them with piece of
lard with the skin on, and then mailing it
with the fat toward the sun on the post
of chamber-window facing the sun.
Sully declares that one of the consider
atoms that kept him faithful to his
master, Henry ~, in the most I'M
promising state of his affairs. was pre-
diction of La Brosse, that Henry would
make his fortune. The astrologer Marin
directed Cardinal Richelieu's movements
in some of his journeys. The enlight-
ened CudmOre defended prophecies in
general, and called those who opposed
the belief in witchcraft atheists ; and the
predictions of Rice Evans were supported
in the last century by Warburton and
Jortin. DIR. Hoffman, in a dissertation
published i'll 1747, says, that the devil
can raise storms, produce insects, and
act upon the animal spirits and imagi-
nation in fine, that he is an excellent
optician and natural philosopher, on ac-
count of his long experience.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28
Foreign.

Premier Gladstone has been defeated in tho
British House Of Commons, which has rejected
his Irish Land bill by majority of three.
An election il to be held in Cuba for Depu-
ties to the Spanish Assembly.
Victor Emanuel has appointed ex-King
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28

proposition has been introduced into the
Michigan Legislature for the appointment Of
Railway Commissioners, who shall have power
to enforce the general railway law and have a
supervision of all police regulations concerning
railways in the State.
An effort will be made for another confer
once with Capt. Jack the Modoc chief, though
there is little hope Of peaceful settlement.
The epizootic is raging throughout Arizona,
and stage travel and the mails are much de-
layed.
ID. A. Mahoney, editor of the Dubuque Tele-
graph, has sued tho city of Dubuque for
$4,000 damages sustained by fall on the
slippery pavement, which resulted in a broken
arm.
A new peace commission has been organized
to treat with the Modoc Indians, Capt Jack
having expressed desire to have another
conference.
The South.
The loss by the burglarizing of the Falls
City Tobacco Bank, Of Louisville, turns out to
have been much larger than was at first sup
posed All the Jeffersonvile railroad bonds,
the Short Line railroad bonds and the New
Albany city bonds are missing, amounting,
probably, to over 800, 900.
The last rail on the Texas Central railroad,
connecting it with the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas road, at Denison, Texas, has been laid,
and there is now unbroken railway connection
between New York and Galveston.
j. s. Hopkins, of Baltimore, has given
~, 600, 900 for the erection and maintenance of
an orphans hospital in that city.
The Louisville bank robbery grows in mag
nitude daily. 1t is now believed that the
amount of bonds taken is between two and
three hundred thousand dollars, mostly rail-
road, canal, and Government bonds.
Ezra Clever, aged Is, recently killed his
father in Hardin county, Ky, by striking him
with shovel.
The Annual Conference Of tho Methodist
Church has found the Rev. DIR. Huston, of
Baltimore, guilty of the crime charged against
him, and decreed his expulsion. The matter
will be appealed to the General Conference.
Robert E. Lee, Jr., son of the late Gen. Lee
is the prospective Democratic candidate for
Governor of Virginia.
The Falls City Tobacco Bunk robbery, at
Louisville, foots up $3.50, 900. The bank offers
a reward of $50, 900 for the return of the bonds
or % per cent. of the amount returned, and
no questions asked also, offers reward Of
$500 each for the capture of the burglars.
The Memphis and Little Rock railroad was
recently sold at auction for $500
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-28

A ScHooL-BoYs ATTEMPT TO Fly
One day last week little boy attending
n private school ON Fourth-street thought
that he would like very much to be an
angel, and accordingly he procured two
turkeys wings and mounted to the top
of the stairs in the school, He with the
wings in proper position, started on his
flight. He made a jump, and in very
short time the little fellow found himself
M the bottom of the stairs, much scared
and very little hurt. Getting up, he re-
marked to the school, "I guess i don't
want TO be a little angel any more" The
school-teacher talked 20 him for a few
minutes, and immediately set him to
studying his lessons. He still persists
that he flew dawn the first step and
tumbled the rest Of the way Troy
Press.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-02-14

Measuring the Baby.

We measured the riotous baby
Against the cottage wall
A lily grew At the threshold,
And the boy was just as tall.
A royal tiger lily,
With spots of purple and gold,
And q heart like jeweled chalice,
The fragrant dew to hold.
Without the blackbird whistled,
High up in the old roof trees,
And to and fro on the window
The red rose rocked her bees;
And the wee pink fists of baby
Were never a moment sill,
Snatchiug at sunshine and shadow
That danced at the lattice-sill.
All me 4 in the darkened chamber,
With the sunshine shut away,
Through tears that fell like bitter rain,
We measured the bxby to-day.
And the little bars fest that were dimpled
AS sweet as budding rose,
Lay side by side together
In the hush of long repose.
Up from the dainty pillow,
White as the risen dawn;
A fair little face lay smiling
With the light Of heaven thereon
And the dear little hands, like rose leaves
Dropped from the. rose, lay still,
Never to catch at the sunshine
That crept to the shrouded sill.
We measured the sleeping baby
With ribbon white as snow,
For the shining rosewood casket
And out of the darkened chamber
We went with childless mean,
For to the height of the shining angels
Our dear little one had grown.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-02-14
A German ExecutiOn---A BOrgia
Beheaded i'm the Presence
Of Twenty Thousand
DnnnUA

Although the 3rd Of last December
was bitter cold day. from the earll,
est hour In the morning vast crowds Of
people filed the streets of the little city OF
Stade, on the banks Of the Elbe river, near
ly opposite the great North German seaport
Of Hamburg By 9 o'clock at least twenty
thousand people had arrived 10 Stads, and
the police had the utmost difficulty in keep
ing order in the surgipg multitude. The
occasion which had caused all these thou
sands to flock to Stade was the beheadirg OF
a woman, refined, attractive and intelligent
The name of the doomed woman was
Wihalmina Woltman, and the career of this
extraordinary woman. almost from her ear.
Hest youth, had been marked by an uncon-
trollabe and wicked temper. When at
school she had knocked out the eve of one
Of her young companions. A few years
after she became governess Of the children
Of wealthy landed proprietor, who had
fallen in love with her and made her his
mistress Her lovers wife having discov.
cred the liason. the girl poisoned the wo-
nan and there is suspicion that she also
caused the death Of her own child She
buried herself tbereupon for time in the
whirl Of fashio, able dissipation in hamburg,
where her extraordinary beauty attracted
numerous admirers But becoming very
reckl IS, the police expelled her from the
o.kv opA cha 81 p~,,~.-:o1~ -hn.n
officer of the Ducal army fell in love with
and eventually married her She returned
his devotion by poisoning him. She next
turned up in Hanover, where she became
acquainted with a merchant named Wach.
ter, who married he.. Wilhelmina reveng.
ed herself upon the opposing parents BY
poisoning them The cholera ragged at The
time, and in consequence, it remained Sc.
cret for years. Wachter soon afterward be.
came bankrupt, and deserted his wife,
who went to Stade and married widower
named Wolsman, who had two children
These also become the victims of the muir.
derous passions of their step mother. and
then her criminal career was brought to a
close. She was arrested, her antecedent.
closely examined into, and her victims ex.
humed Her trial took place at Stsde on
the End of October, and the result was that
she was convicted and sentenced to death
Pastor Decker made, on the morning Of
the day on which she to be executed, de.
termined effort to move her stony neart.
The woman was fastened to the wall by .
chain ten feet long, which was attached to
her lef. wrist.
After listening to the reverend gentleman
for two or three minutes, she made sud.
den attack upon him. compelling him to beat
hasty retreat. Reiffenburg, the execu-
toner, saluted his victim respectfully, and
| informed her who he was "What do you
want of me p she said TO the headsman, fix.
ing her large, lustrous eyes luouiriogly up
on him. 81 want to prepare you for the
scsffold," be answered. ''Oh" she said
csrelsssly, II am prepared" ..Not quite. y
he rejsined He then unclaimed her hands
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-02-14
Business Cards.

CHARLES c. WHEAT,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
GROCER AMI PRODUCE DEALER
CORNER MAIN & AUGUSTA SITS,
ST.AUJVTON, vi.
A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK
FAMILY GROCERIES
SUGARS, COFFEES, SYRUPS, NoLASsES
SPICES, RICE, CHEESE, BUTTER, COT.
ToN-YARNs, TOBACCO. CRACKERS,
FLOUR, FISH, BACON, SALT,
BUCKETS, BRooMs, &c &c.
am offering my Goods at the lowest
CASH PRICES,
and am determined to give satisfaction to all
who may n,ed anything in my line of bust
ness,
AM STILL IN THE
NEW BUILDING,
RECENTLY ERECTED ON THE CORNER OF
MAIN AND AUGUSTA STREETS
request the Farmers and Citizens general
Iy, who have not tried me to do so.
REMEMBER THE PLACE
FOR
EHEA G. Il OCE RE
BE SURE TO CALL ON
CHARLES G TdEAT
can2n.tf
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-02-14

CoRNED BEEE.-In cooking corned beef
at this season of the year SO delicious. !.
should DO put into boiling water when put
on to cook and when it is done it should r..
main In the pot until colo This ia the whola
secret OF having corned beef juicy and full
Favored, instead Of the contrary.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-02-14
Business Cards.
ms- Entrance on the left go

Axs- EntTdnce on He IJt 9N
AFTER CROSSING LEWIS CREEK BRIDGI
Having recently leased the above Stables, late
ly occupied by Ed. Burke, and having supplied
them with every adjunct to a complete livery
we are now prepared 10 furnish our friends, and
the public generally, with anything they may
need In that line.
Our horses are young, fresh, fast, ant
well broken our Buggies, Carriages &C., new
and of the latest style, and our drivers Sc
lected with special reference TO the comfort anG
safety of our patrons.
Pleasure parties accommodated at all hour
with single or double bu9gies, riding horses, fol
ladies and gentlemen, Carriages, Spring wagons
DC. Parties wishing to visit Weyer's Cave
would do we'll to give US call.
Horses fed by the day, month or year, at usual
rates.
Special attention given to the sale of stock.
We still occupy the extensive stabling at the
old National Stable ground, where our friends
(if they find it more convenient to call) can be
accommodated as heretofore
Hoping, by strict attention to our own BUSH
ness, to merit continuance of the favor shown
US in other places, we respectfully solicit share
of the public patronage. dec8-tf.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-02-14


News OF THE DAY.-Mr Paul Bert, a
French physiolegist, has succeeded ia ma.
king an artificial pair of Siamese twins by
joining two young white rats. He cut
away strip Of skin from each, sewed the
two together by the edges Of the wounds,
and nature united them by the healing pro-
cess. They we're not amiable toward each
other, therefore he killed both by pois oning
| one
| 1t is rumored in London that the Rev.
DR.. Hayman, Head Master of Rugby, will
be compelled to resign his position, AID
almost unheard Of thing, to remove, by a
vote of ceDsure, head master from one Of
the great English public schools.
Miss Proctor says that the Armeniaas are
the handsomest of all races; and that their
capacity for trickery is such that the Turks
have proverb to the effect that it takes one
Copt, two Greeks and three Jews, to de.
ceive an Armenian.
| The Washington Republican" says:-
Zion. John F. Lewis. United Senator from
Virginia, has bis beautiful and accomplished
daughter with him at the National Hotel
where she will remain during the balance Of
the season. n
Our native population is in round figures
80, 600, 900, our foreign born population.
I $500 ,000 Of these foreign born citizens,
! 100000 are Germans and 1856, 0OO
Irish.
A young lady who did not spell correctly
lost q wealthy Connecticut husband thereby,
but the gay deceiver' was compelled te
pay damages in the sum Of $4,000
A Hartford paper says ..the dull quality
Of the gas enables the gas company to de-
clare brilliant dividend Of rs per cent.
An Abba Iows) girl. who leans towards
the Sorosistcrs, found nice pair of pants
in her stocking on Christmas morning
San Diego, Cal is luxurlating on green
peas and ripe tomatoes. while Santa Barba
"a prides itself on its fine straw berries.
A Chinese high priest 10 San Francisco
has been fined $50 for exercising the evil
spirits with squibs and 6re-crackers.
Robert Dale Owen. though over sixty
years of age, is about to make love match
with young and beautiful woman. ~
A bill divorcing Governor Stafford from
his wife has passed the Arizona Legislature
The Quaker village ofNew Sharon, Iowa
charges 81, 100 for license to sell liquor
It is stated that 80 divorces we're applied
fer in Allegheny county. Pa, last year.
Iowa is the fifth State in the Union in the
number of newspapers published
"Uucle" John Harper has four horse.
in training for the coming season.