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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07
The Human Spider.

In one of his recent sermons, the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher said Men We're
busy to beguile their fellows. Man was
most stimulated by man. Society was
continually stirring up everything in us.
1t was strange that God, who made the
world, should let men eat each other.
But it was so through nature The grub
lived on the plant. There was no ami.
NAL without parasite. Human society
was not an exception. Men traded in
beguiling and misleading men. "On q
fine summers day" said Mr.. Beecher
e" have watched spider with exquisite
skill fling its web from shrub to vine,
moist with the morning glory, and spark.
ling with dew. All the blended lines
led to center, fair as gossamer OF
heaven, and there lay the old monster
that spun the web, waiting till the gauzy
insect was entrapped, and then
The greedy creature has seemed so hate
full to me until / have thought, The
spider has as much right to his flies as ]
have to my chickens. 1t is only the
divine constitution which the spider i.
carrying out. He has spun the beau
teous web with the skill God gave hin
to get food. He has got stomach, ant
he knows when it is empty So dom
feel, though, when lood on the human
spider that has fixed his web for beaut,
and youth and innocence, seeks his vic
tins to get gold, and devours them t,
till his own NAV. Those who live onl,
to seduce the unwary linger in all on
cities. They are feeding the wants o
thousands only to bring them to destruc
ton. They are firing the imagination
exciting the passions, only to squeez
the bloody wine into their own cup
There is not city where these mis-
creants do not hrk to seek the souls O
men,"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07
Personal Paragraphs.

MATILDA Heron is sick in New York
hospital.
EDWARD EGGLEsToS was once book
peddler in Iowa.
Miss MARTHA SPINKs is the name of a
wholesale pork dealer in Hamilton, o.
CHARLES RIApE makes war on tight
lacing and pearl powders, in his new
novel
IT is proposed 10 endow Greeley
professorship Of journalism in Cornell
University.
DIR. LIVINGSTONE is entitled to seven
years arrears of salary rs British Consul
III Central Africa.
BRIGHAM You've is under the impress
sion that polygamy is good tor 1000
years yet in the United States.
SECRETARY BOUTWELL, sister is a
sculptress. The Golden Ago thinks the
family has a genius for figures.
EIGHTY EIGHT pieces of discarded
bronze cannon will be used in the statue
to the memory of Gen. Thomas.
HANNAH DUSTIN, the historical woman
who killed nine Indians in New Hamp-
shire, is to be commemorated by a mon
ument.
"BUFFALo Bill" tried to get away
from Marengo, Iowa, without paying for
suit of clothes He slept that night in
n bastile.
LUCIA proposes to keep the money she
makes III America, and not subject it to
the disposal of her ornamental Baron
Won Raden.
A. I. STEWARDS new marble residence
at the corner of Thirty-fourth street and
Fifth avenue, New York, only cost
million and a half.
j. RUSSELL YoUNG, the old New York
journalist, has accepted the editorship
of the weekly Ne,Cs, new paper just
started in London.
PEoF. MOSES G. TYLER, of the Mich
gan University, has become literary
editor of the Christian Uni0n Henry
Ward Beecher's paper.
SENATOR ALcoRN is now living with his
third wife, and twenty-one children can
now proudly exclaim, MY father is
Senator from Mississippi.
A POST-MORTEM examination of the
body of Napoleon shows that the cause
Of his death was a failure of the action
of the heart" That must be a mistake.
We know men alive and well to-day who
have not had an action of the heart, or
done an action with any heart in it
| for years.
CHARLES DICKENS lived and worked
always mt high pressure and died at last
of over-strain. As Mr.. Forster said of
him, she did even his nothings in %
strenuous way" One day he got wet
through thrice and dressed four times
another, he walked eighteen miles in
four and a half hours in broiling sum-
DARWIN wrote, as he rode in his bat
tered old "sulky," on scraps of paper
with pencil: Rousseau composed
among rocks and woods, while Chateau
BRAND sat at n table methodically piled,
with paper of various sizes, which he
scattered to the ground as soon as they
were filled with writing, to be finally
gathered mp and arranged at the compile
ton of each chapter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07

A CORRESPONDENT sends to n London
paper an account of visit to two islands
off the west coast of Ireland, called
North and South Inishkea. He writes /:
1.-The religion of these islanders is con-
fined to the worship of large wooden
idol This is no exaggerated figure of
the Virgin Mary, but a rudely carved
image of man, about eight feet high,
dressed in large flannel gown" This
is kept in shed, and when storms arise
it is taken to the shore, and besought to
abate them, etc.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07
The Grading Of Cheese.

"Rural" writes to the Chicago Trib-
UT The grading of cheese is constant
.,onjer ON the dairies of Illinois and the
'nSnle West. In the Chicago market we
snJ frat. New York Factories second,
, Wos,arn Reserve and, third, Illinois.
we'll W veil and proper if there was not a
40 z,ost infamous lie at the bottom of it.
M nloe' sacta are these "Mr. A., an Illi-
l nv dairyman, produces a first-class
non Inoae He has been reading the re-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
shall Corn-Iiro,xinx he Abandoned.

The matter of transportation is now
one of the most vital character. We are
opening to cultivation every day new
regions. Corn raised in Iowa, along the
lines of the railways, does not yield the
producer first cost. What are those farm
ers who live two or three hundred miles
further to do with their surplus?
There are thousands of farmers in Hi
nois, with more than an average crop, who
will not receive for it enough money to
pay their taxes The farmers of the
West would now be better off if they had
let one-half their land lie idle this year.
They would certainly have got better
prices for the corn they did raise, and
would have saved the expense wasted on
the rest of their land. The loss In pro-
ducing grain in 1872 is partly due to the
unusual supply, and partly to the in
crease III the cost OF transportation. The
capital stocks of the leading railroads OF
the country have been, since the close OF
the war, extensively watered, III some in
stances to the extent of 100 per cent,
and the average has not been less than
30 per cent
Another reason for the increased cost
Nof transportation, is the increased cost
in all the materials used in the construc-
ton of railways. The prices of iron and
steel have advanced within the past year
beyond all precedent The iron for the
roads has been purchased with the bonds
of the companies. These bonds have
been guaranteed TO a large extent by
other railways, who have become lessees,
or otherwise the practical owners or
operators of the new lines. The same
extraordinary construction of additional
railways do not pay more than the cost
of operating them they are, therefore,
charge upon the trunk lines that in
dorsed their bonds, or become lessees.
The interest on their aggregate debt is
enormous, and TO pay that interest, and
to pay dividends on the capital thus IN
tvested, the rates of transportation have
been advanced.
Underlying all this, however, and
more potent than all, is the fact that our
eastward lines of transportation have not
kept pace with the development and set
Element of the West. We have built
twenty miles of railway west and north
west Of Lake Michigan, i'll the past ten
years, for every mile of rail or water
route east of il. The consequence Is,
that the products of the soil have ex-
ceeded in bulk the means of transporting
them. Railway companies and vessel
owners, like other people, will always
take all they eau get for their services.
There is no way to avoid this. We must
either produce less or acquire new chan
nels of communication with the sea
board. There is one such source, and
that is the St. Lawrence route to the
East and to Europe. II the Welland and
st. Lawrence canals were enlarged tC
the capacity Of vessels of 1000 tons,
their capacity would be fully tested to.
day, and they would pay handsome
return on their cost. The member OF
Congress who shall take the initiative il
forwarding the suggestions Of the Ma
tional Board of Trade in this behalf vii
be recognized by the people OF the West
MS one of their greatest benefactors.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07

SOME notion of public amusements in
the far West is conveyed by the follow
ing from the Phoebe New Record of
January 8: Tomorrow afternoon some
rare sport is offered at Mitchell's saloon,
Meadow Valley street, being butting
match between two American citizens of
African descent. The stakes are $500 Il
side, and the price of admission il 81. I"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07

THERE is a growing prejudice in
Maryland against having anything to do
with the trial of Mrs. Wharton. During
her first trial several deaths occurred in
the families of jurors. The second trial
has only got under way, and brother
of one of the jurors has been drowned,
and the Internationally mother-in-
law has died.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07

THE whirligig of time brings about
some strange revenges. On the let
ting out of the paupers, on last week, at
Trenton" says the Kingston On. c.
gazette, "Mrs. Lucy Locky, respecta-
BILE white lady, was bid off to a negro"
The New York herald., 1873-08-17
Ministerial Movements and Changes.


Rev. W. G. Craig, d. D., OF Keokuk, Iowa, and
Rev. W. r. Brown, OF Leavenworth, Kansas have
sailed for Europe. Rev. John L. Stuart, the Mis-
sonary OF the Southern Presbyterian Church in
China has returned home to rest He hopes after
spending year at home to be able to return to
China. Rev. HeDer Gill; OF South Salem, Ohio has
removed to Chhcothe and taken charge Of Con-
cord and North Fork churches. Rev. George
Robinson, OF Lancaster, Pa, has been called to the
pastorate OF the First Presbyterian church of
Chester, made vacant by the removal Of Rev. A. w.
Sproull to Sag Harbor, l.. I. A new brick Presby-
terian church is now in process of erection at An.
derson, Ind, which will cost $4,000. Rev: O. W.
Remington has retired from the pastorate Of
the Presbyterian church in Corfu. N. Y, and
Rev. T. NJ. Hodgman, OF Batavia, is temporary sup.
ply. The Central Presbyterian church, OF Philadel
pnia IRON which DR.. Alexander Reed was transfer
red TO Brooklyn, has unanimously rendered "a call
10 Rev. Alfred II. Kellogg whose ministry IL en-
joyed during DR.. Reeds trip TO Europe. The
Jefferson Park Presbyterian church and the Amer
ican Reformed church, OF Chicago, have formed a
preliminary union with the ultimate intention of
consolidating the two churches and continuing
Rev. U. ID. Gerlick, OF the Reformed Dutch Church,
as pastor OF the united church. The Presbyterian
pulpit has been vacant J0r some time sice Qy Pats
The New York herald., 1873-08-17

METHODIST
A new sunday school, with eighty pupils and Q
iuil force OF 0nlcers and teachers was organized
in the great Tabernacle Sea Gin on sunday last
Charles Il Applegate, Of Washington square
Epscopa church New York was chosen
cuse University, has been spending q few weeks IN
and about New York and at Ocean Grove with his
family Mrs. Van Cott is preaching with great sue
cess in Wisconsin, and Amanda Smith, a tall,
noblelooking colored woman, with white, superb
teeth, and great, clear black eyesa figure that ar.
rests one without Knowing who she Is, In that
strangest costume for her race. the Quaker bonnet
and dress-is preaching at Round Lake camp meet
ing TO crowded and admirinQ adiences. Rev. X. X.
Diossy, OF the Louisiana Conference, Is spending
his vacation at Babylon, l.. l. Rev. Samuel Register,
d. d., has resigned the Presidency of the Maryland
Agricultural College and will return TO the pas
torate. Rev. Benjamin Brown late presiding elder
OF Chesapeake district, but now in charge OF
Asbury Methodist Episcopal church, washington
city, has been for some time in very poor health
and apparently near to death, but at last accounts
his health was slightly. improved. Last sunday
week German Methodist Episcopal church was
dedicated at Baltimore, Rev. A. Pamman pastor,
and on the Monday Following the corner stone or
another German church was laid in the same city:
This latter Is TO DC dedicated about Christmas, ana
Is TO cost $4,000 Presiding Elder Ellison, OF the
Morristown District Newark Conference, last
month organized Swedish Methodist Episcopal
cnurch OF l0ur members and sixteen pr0batiOners
at Dover, N. J. They have now q tasteful frame
church onida edace which cost $4,000 nearly ready
horter from the Bethel ship, New York,
having gathered them in is now leading them on.
A new Methodist Episcopal church at Beverly,
son and Rev. DR.. Iianlon. Rev. j. l.. Roe Is the
pastor me corner stone OF the chapel OF the
| eenth and Wharton streets, Philade phia, will be
laid to-day by Bishop simpson. The Methodist
Theoiogical Seminary at Frankfort, Germany, gave
nye young men TO the mission work this year,
add it gives annually from six to ten TO the same
work. Az the session of the Annual Conference
10 a e 'i rS fifteen h
| ChvKcA " GeEmRny and SWitzerlapd and Scapll,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07
BORN.

In Virginia City. February ., to the
wife of T. +. Lee, a SON.
At Eureka Mill. Carson river, January
81, to the wife of W. X. King, a son.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07
Communicated
Legislative Representation.

Section thirteen, Article fourteen,
of the Constitution of Nevada, reads
as follows:
The enumeration of the inhabit-
ants of this State shall be taken under
the direction of the Legislature, if
deemed necessary, in A. ID. 1865, A.
ID. 1867, a. ID. 1875, and every ten
years thereafter and these enuner-
atoms, together with the census that
may be taken under the direction of
the Congress of the United States i'm
4. ID. 1870. and every subsequent ten
years, shall se,re as the basis Of represent
totion IN both Houses Of the Legislature"
1t is a debatable question whether
or not, under the above, it is obliga-
tory upon the Legislature to provide
for a decennial enumeration of the in
habitants of Nevada from and after
the year 1875. But there is no doubt
that the proper amendment of the
constitutional provision quoted is,
that the United States census of 1870,
and every ten years thereafter, shall
serve as the basis of representation -
and that it is herein made obligatory
upon the Legislature to APP
portion N representation on
that basis. A new apportion-
ment is absolutely demanded i'm
the interest of justice. The present
Observation-Disclosures in 1864
is grossly disproportionate to the
wealth and population of the various
counties. We have not tie figures of
the late election at hand. but a rough
estimate will serve to illustrate our
point. Lander polled about 1000
votes, White Pine about 800, Esme-
ralda about GOO. Under a proper con-
struction of the Constitution, Lander
would be entitled in both Houses to u
representation more than thrice as
large as Esmeralda. and nearly three
times that Of White Pine :; whereas,
each of the last mentioned counties
stands on an equal footing with
Lander in the Senate, and in the
House White Pine has five to her
four.
This matter should properly have
been attended to by the Legislature
of 1871, but it is the imperative duty
of our present Legislature to take it
in hand. Will our SOlOns act in the
premises, or is there danger that the
overthrow of the rotten boroughs
may imperil Bill Stewards chances OF
reelection? Il
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07

OFFICIAL BoNDs.-The Enterprise is
in favor of dispensing with official
bonds as surety for the honesty of
o~tfice-holders and security to the State
for moneys held or disbursed. 1t
says the people should be responsible
for the acts of their public servants,
and, when made so by law, will ele-
waite only reliable and honest men to
office. At present, after electing a
man, and thus endorsing his honesty
and capabilitv. the people by their
laws ask several rich men to become
responsible for their man in a certain
sum of money. which is forfeited to
the State if the guaranty fails. To
say the least, the view of the matter
which the Enterprise gives is reasona-
bic, and makes the law exacting
bonds for officials appear rather alb
Surd.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07

A CONTRACT has just been closed in
San Francisco for a quantity of iron
sufficient for sixty miles Of narrow
guage road from Elko towards Phoebe.
The company engaged in this enter
prise is made up principally of citi-
zen of Salt Lake. The iron will
probably be laid down inside of five
months.-Ente'priSe.
This is the first intimation we have
had that looks like business. If it is
true, we are glad of it. The sooner
communication is established by rail
with the great continental road at
some point, the better for Eastern
Nevada.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07

STRUCK IT AGAIN.-James F. Wood
man, the discoverer of the famous
Emma mine, in Little Cottonwood
district, Utah, has been prospecting
in Indianapolis,the capital of Indiana,
and has struck it" rich. This time,
however, the discovery has a differ
ent name, which is Fannie-Miss
Fannie NJ. Corwin. We hope he
will not be fooled out Of this new
found treasure, as he certainly was of
that in Little Cottonwood.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07

Two YOUNG MEN threw themselves
into the breeching at Fulton, Wis,
and hauled couple of young ladies' in
a sleigh around town for hours, and
thus made .iackasses of themselves.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07

THE Carsonites and Legislators at
the capital are to be amused with a
theatrical performance this evening.
John Piper of the Opera House at
Virginia provides the entertainment.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07

THE POWDER EXPLOSION AT PIOCHE.
Mr.. Williams, who was blown up by
the ignition of a key of powder which
he placed on the stove, supposing it to
be a key Of water, has since died
of This wounds. He was a Welshman.
and about so years of age.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07

SENATOR MOORE, of Elko, has give,
notice of a bill to provide for the i'm
p%risoninent, for a length of time. O
persons charged with high crime.
and misdemeanors, but acquitted OF
the ground Of insanity.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07

If, now and then, we have to over
haul the SENTINEL, that is no funeral
of the people there /; that institution
requires it, and is benefited by an oc-
casional shaking. 1t shows signs of
Improvement already; it is cautious
in the selection of its editorials, confin-
ing itself to commonplace subjects
and general platitudes, which is a
great deal better for it and safer than
attacking live subiects.-RereiNe.
There has been no shaking or quak-
ing i'll the SENTINEL office, or in Eu-
reka, on account of anything said,
done, or thought by the editor of the
Austin paper. We hope to continu-
ally show signs of improvement, in
spite of being obliged to read the
RereiNe. And as to confirming our
selves to commonplace subjects and
general platitudes, we should have a
dead thing" or those, if the RereiNe
were our only reading. We should
never think Of tackling the RereiNe
as a live" subject. 1t is so dead that
the Austin people will soon think it is
their funeral, and bury it out of sight.
Its "otfense is rank it smells to
heaven" as Othello said.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07

FIRE-BRICK, ~tire-cement, stove-brick,
crucibles, r%etorts, ETC., are now made
in Utah, at Salt Lake and Lehi, from
fire-clay obtained in Brigham canyon
and at Lehi.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07

SENATOR LocKwooD's bill for the
government of towns and cities was
subjected to about two dozen amend
ments in Committee Of the Whole,
when it was reported back to the Sen
ate, and ordered engrossed.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07

GRoToN, VT, is preparing for the
immediate end of the world, led by
an elderly shoemaker. who insists
that the last day is at hand. 1t is the
"waXed end" he is preparing for.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07
seie Agent In san Francisco.

NYRON ANGEL, No. 4Sa Montgomery
street, room IL, is SOLE AGENT FOR THE
EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL in San Fran
siscc and persons in that city having
business with this office are requested to
com municate with him.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07
DIED.

In Virginia City, February 8, Thomas
Carroll, a native OF Ireland.
In Gold Hill, February 4, Emma, in
FAINT daughter of James Baglin, aged 4
months.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-07

DEATH OF LIEUT.. MAURY.-Lieut.
Mathew Fontaine Maury died recent
~ at Richmond, Va. He was born at
Spottsylvania, Va, in 1906. He en-
tered the United States navy in 1925.
On the breaking out of the rebellion,
he entered the Confederate navy, and
followed the fortunes of tho Con-
federacy till the close of the war.
During his employment i'm the United
States service. he distinguished him.
self by his researches i'm navigation
and astronomy. and served in the
South Sea Exploring Expedition I'M
der Commodore APP Catesby Jones.
He afterwards became superintendent
of the National Observatory. In his
work on The Physical Geography of
the Sea" he gave the results
of his investigations and observations
of ocean currents, local winds, etc.
The King Of Prussia gave him a medal
in honor of that work, which had
been struck in honor of the publica-
ton of Humboldt's Cosmos" The
Emperor of Austria also bestowed
upon him the large gold medal of the
Arts and Sciences. Lieut.. Maury has
lived in retiracy at Richmond ever
since the war.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-04-26

II It rrassertcd ir Washington that Cover.
NOR Headricks. Of Indiana. the candidate
for whom the largcst number of Democratic
votes were cast tor President in the late
Electoral College, bsd for tue object Of bis
visit 10 Washington the future course Of
the respective parties. He is known 10 be
most conservative In his political views, aud
il - said his mission y One Of pace anc
Cancellation. It b said Judge thurman.
Mr.. Beck and Others decline - yet to join
the movement, whik Others declare their
adherence. Governor Hendricks Purposes
> new party which shall have for its plat
form such conservative aud compromising
declarai,Sn Of principles = will attract u its
support III classes who are opposed to the
dominant party, end claims that victory in
the next Congress can be easily gained by
the opposition, ~ the political history Of the
country shows that in the ''off year" the
opponents Of . dominant or administration
party are always more or less successful.
he thinks careful consolidation Of oil Op.
poelng elements now. with view to carry.
ing thu election in 1874, will ~ encourage
the new organization that In 1876 . party
can be formed Of sufficient 81: eug,h 70 defeat
the Republican party, and he further
clsisns that the abandonment Of the old
name Of Democracy h necessary. - the re-
cent contest clearly proved that the masses
of tho people Of both sections of the coun
try are distrustful Of anything which bcars
that name.