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The true northerner., 1873-11-14
A WOuld-Be MOpareh's Abode.

The Count of Chambord, with an in
come of eco, 900, is content to inhabit
the ground floor of Frohsdorf Castle,
his residence. His reception-room is
plain. The furniture represents the
style of the latter part of the last cen
tury, the proprietor having an extreme
dislike of what he calls "gew-gaws. "
The prospect from the windows is splen-
did, embracing range.of hills thickly
wooded with fir-trees. His closet con-
tains large variety of heavy walking
sticks, their owner being lame, and an
equally varied assortment of sporting
implements, the Count having inherited
from his grandfather, Charles X, who
was the crack shot of his time, decided
taste for sporting. His favorite seat is
an easy chair, made entirely from gigan-
tic stag-horns and upholstered with
stag-skins. His father, the Duke of
Berri, was very corpulert, and the
Count inherits the paternal obesity.
His stature is less than five feet nine
inches, and his age is 53. He speaks a
good deal of Versailles, and thinks that
the bed of Louis XIV. is there ready
for him to sleep in. His wife, three
years his senior, is more cautious and
bolder than her husband, and is regard.
ed as his superior in intelligence and
force of character.
The true northerner., 1873-11-14
Explosion of a Fallycy.

The popular fallacy that house-plants
poison the air of q room by the exhala-
tion of carbonic acid during the night
has been demolished by the recent
experiments of Prof. Kedzie, of the
Michigan Agricultural College. To
make as conclusive test as possible,
instead of taking the air from room
containing few plants only, the Pro-
fessor gathered it from the college
greenhouse, where more than 5000
plants were growing. The room had
been closed for more than twelve hours I;
and. if the plants exhaled carbonic acid
to an injurious extent, the analysis OF
the air from such room would certain
ly disclose the fact. Three specimens
Of this imprisoned air were gathered
shortly before sunrise, from different
parts of the room, the analysis of which
gave Al, 400, 400 parts of carbonic
acid in 10000 of air, or an average of
4.O3 in 10000, while the outdoor air
contained parts in 10000, thus prov
ing that the air in the greenhouse was
better than "pure country air."
The true northerner., 1873-11-14
The Yirginius Affair.

That the summary execution of the
Cuban "patriots" captured on board
the Virginius by the Spanish authorities
was cruel and brutal will be the verdict
OF all civilized peoples. But whether
or not international law has been viola
ted whether or not the rights of the
American flag have been trampled upon
these are questions which cannot be
determined until all the circumstances
OF the capture are gathered and made
public. One account states that official
dispatches received by the Department
of State at Washington show that the
capture was effected six miles from the
coast of Jamaica. If this should prove
to be a fact, then the capture was rob-
berry and the execution of the prisoners
murder.
The Virginius had long been known
as a filibustering vessel, and the his
tory of Gen. Ryan for many years has
been that of a restless adventurer and
filibuster, whose efforts have been prin-
cipally directed to Cuba. But these facts
furnish no excuse to Spain if the vessel
was beyond the jurisdiction of the au-
thorities of the island. To be sure, the
treaty of 1895, between the American
Government and Spain, Art. II. pro-
vides that I" the merchant ships of either
of the parties" etc., "shall be obliged
to exhibit, as tUeU upon the high seas as
in the ports and havens, not
only her passports but likewise GER
tificates, expressly showing that her
goods are not of the number of
those which have been prohibited
as contraband :" and by article Is that
eff the ships of the said subjects of
either of the parties shall be met with
either sailing along the coasts or on the
high seas, by any ship of wa OF the
other, or by any privateer, the said
ship of war or privateer, for the
avoiding of any disorder, shall remain
OH of cannon shot, and may send their
boats aboard the merchant ship" etc.
But considering the fact of the summary
vengeance taken upon General Ryan and
his fellows, it is extremely improbable
that the precautions required by the
treaty were observed in the capture.
Disregarding the treaty stipulation,
however, and still there is no principle
of international law which justifies the
capture of vessel on suspicion.
There is no doubt, probably, that
General Ryan was an American citizen /;
there is no doubt either that he belonged
to that class of citizens of which the
less numbers we have the better. When
he entered the service of the Cuban in
surgents he must have been aware that
if caught he would be treated as q rebel (;
still, if the Virginius was beyond the
jurisdiction of the authorities of the
island sailing under the American flag,
and her capture was effected without
the observance of treaty stipulations,
then our rights as a neutral have been
violated, and Spain must make repara-
tion. Inter- Ocean.
The true northerner., 1873-11-14
One ofDave Booden's stories.

At Fairport, once or twice year, lay
her two or three ships discharging salt
from Cadiz and peopled with story-tel-
ling sailors who had sailed all the seas
over and knew the most delightful yarns
ever spun of these Dave Booden was
consummate. He had been foremast
hand Gin the time of the embargo" +"
when the British fleets blockaded the
entire coast of New England His
tales were blood-curdling and many is
the night when we boys stayed so late
listening to the latest version of the
story of his blowing up the Arethusa,
that we were sent supperless to bed.
The ArethUsd was British sloop-of-
war blockading Casco Bay. Dave, who,
by the way, always spoke of that period
as "the time of dimbargo," was pris-
oner of war on board, having been cap
tured from a fishing -pinkey and kept as
pilot. BY hurrahing for King George
and otherwise pretending to be good
Tory, he gained the confidence of the
crew and one night, while laying at an
chor off Diamond Head, he fixed a
lighted fuse underth pow 1ermagazine,
slipped through an owen port-hole to a
boat that was towing astern and so made
off, padding with his shoes for want of
oars.
"When that ere ship blowed up, y
said the truthful Dave, 81 was nigh
unto ten miles and a-half away. But
she shook the air so, that / wuz blowed
clean out o, that yawl just straight.
My cap went up three feet higher nor
did, and went up about nine feet in
ter the air. What air ye sniggerin at ??
Dave would angrily demand of one boy
who never would believe this part of the
story. "When l lit agen, L jest sot
right in the yawl on the very same thort
that [ was a-sittin' on afore and my
cap was on my head, tew. Fact, boys,
and we may jest ask yer old grant 'ther
eff it amt. Gran'ther Perkins, who
commanded the American volunteers in
the time of the embargo, had been dead
ten years or more. Dawes storytelling
had no fortifying witnesses. ST. Mich
OLaS.
The true northerner., 1873-11-14
The Sprague Failure.

The embarrassment and eventual
assignment of the great firm of Spragues
in Rhode Island has attracted consider
able attention in all parts of the coun-
try. The A. & w. Sprague Manufac-
turing Company is composed of Mrs.
Fanny Sprague, Mrs. Mary Sprague,
Amasa Sprague, William Sprague
UNITED States Senator), and two sons
and daughters of Mr.. Edwin Heyt
This firm is distinct corporation, and
owns and controls, through its mem.
bers, a number of other corporations
and business interests, besides real
estate and personal property-being. in
fact sort of "Credit Mobilier" in the
French sense. Each of the members of
the company is also the owner of a
large separate estate. In the enumera-
tion of the property conveyed to the
trustees for the benefit of the creditors,
we find evidence of the wonderful vari-
ETY. of investment sought 10y this family.
The firm has been for many years max
ing large profits, and these profits have
been re.invested in other business, and
in all parts of the country. The origi-
nal business of the company was in cot
ton and wooden mills, but it has been
extended to many other and very diverse
pursuits. The Indebtedness of the cor
poration amounts to S8,290,000, Of
which 80, 100000 is on notes, and
SO, 1899, 300 due on their acceptances OF
Hoyt, Sprague & Co. s paper. The rest
is on call loans and debts due on
account of some OF their other compa-
MES. The firm of A. & w. Sprague
owes 81, 633, 600 in addition to the debt
of the A. & w. Sprague Manufacturing
Company. There are some other items
of indebtedness which swell the aggre-
gate to 81 ,475, ,443. The assets are put
down at $l9, 495, 247; surplus, IS, ,019, ,S04.
The magnitude of this concern may
be judged by these figures. Besides
the print works, and the various manu-.
featuring, banking, and real-estate
business, the mills worked by these
Spragues count up 246, 900 spindles,
giving employment to an army of opera.
tives of all ages. The suspension OF
such an establishment, or series OF
establishments, for the mere want OF
ordinary commercial accommodations
tells not only how severe is the strin
gency of the money market, but also
how tremendously they were "spread
out" The placing of the whole bust
ness and property in the hands of trus
tees has been done to gain time. Theil
property is actual and visible, but fol
the time has ceased to be productive
They have immense stocks of goods OIL
hand for which there is no sale. To gc
on making goods it is necessary to keeI
the operatives at work 1; but, in th,
absence of sales, and the failure to ge
the requisite bank accommodations, i
has been impossible for them to fine
the cash necessary to meet the expendi
lures. In the time gained, there ma.
be recovery, though the outlook is no
promising. If matters do not improv,
then the mills must close, and the prop
erty be applied in some fashion to NEE
! the debts. The tightness of the marke
The true northerner., 1873-11-14
A Ffye-Year-OId Hero.

Little Gus was acting as guide in his
fathers woods to his Uncle George and
his city cousins, Lily and Bobby.
81 see q snake !" Gus suddenly cried,
and he rushed after it with a birch
stick. Lily screamed with fright, and
Bobby shook and held Gus back.
"Oh - its nothing but a milk snake, "
said Gus. "'Twont hurt anybody.
One got into the cellar last week, and j
saw it drinking milk out of a pan. j
scared it away"
The frightened reptile was now out OF
sight, but Lily and Bobby went along
trembling, mistaking every dead branch
for snake.
Don't be afraid" said Gus. "I
wouldn't be afraid of dozen snakes. "
The true northerner., 1873-11-14
What n Fairy Saw i'm n Bec-Hive.

In the store-rooms we found rows
upon rows of cells, fitted one upon
another, and everyone filled with clear
honey, and securely sealed.
"This is our winter store, said my
guide "pure honey, made from the
white clover, and put up III the combs
by the Workers.
{" How do they make the honey" I
asked.
"They gather it, she replied. We
send out thousands of bees every
morning, to all the gardens and fields
around. Mignonette makes good honey,
and so do apple-blossoms. We usually
make from two to six pounds in day.
The bees often fly as far as two miles
from the hive, and they come back
loaded with honey and pollen. Each
Worker has tongue or proboscis with
which she licks or brushes up the
honey, and puts it into her honey-bag.
"Stop a moment" said she to q
Worker who was hurrying by. You
will observe, my dear, that the hinder
LEGS have something like baskets, on
the side, in which the pollen or bee
bread is carried.
az see it." said /, CT have often
watched the bees coming out of flowers,
covered with yellow dust.
/ then took the opportunity to men
t;on 10 her that l lived in ily-bell,
tbat I sometimes danced the greater
mart of the night, and that the bees
were very much in the habit of waking
me at an unreasonable hour in the morn
ING. She said she would attend to it.
The true northerner., 1873-11-14
Good Language.

Young people should acquire the hab-
it of correct speaking and writing, and
abandon as early as possible any use of
slang words and phrases. The longer
YOU put this off, the more difficult the
acquirement of correct language will be;
and if the golden age of youth, the
proper season for the acquisition of Ian
guage, be passed in its abuse, the unfor-
tunate victim will most probably be
doomed to talk slang for life. You have
merely to use the language which you
read, instead of the slang which you
hear, to form taste in agreement with
the best speakers and poets in the
country.
The true northerner., 1873-11-14
The story of Tom Clip.

Once upon time there lived fat
boy, whose name was Tom Clip. Tom
liked lunch better than lessons, so he
never forgot his lunch and never remem-
bered his lessons. Every morning he
carried to school, in big box on
wheels, three hard-boiled eggs, three
sticky gingerbread cakes, three sau-
sages, three baked apples, three pickles,
three turnover pies, and three pud-
dings, called huckleberry holsters. He
would shut himself up in such hurry
at intermission, that he always pinched
his nose in the door ; and he ate so fast
that be regularly choked himself.
The boys used to write his last name
backward
The true northerner., 1873-11-14

The Sioux INDIANS 1T is q curious
historical fact that the progress of civil
zttion in the West has cause the power
of one Indian nation to increase. The
Sioux, if not more numerous than they
ever were, have certainly extended their
conquests, and control larger extent of
territory than before. The,Poncas, Paw
nees and Rees are unable to withstand
them, though at the date of Catlin's
journeyings on the upper Missouri there
were several tribes on that river that
were rivals of the Sioux. The Sioux
nation numbers about forty thousand
souls, and can send three thousand war;
riors on the war-path. Fortunately it is
divided into bands which follow differ
ent leaders, so that their power to do mis-
chief is not so great as if all were united
The true northerner., 1873-11-14
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
Wink.

have Il kitty, and, what do you think?
Her name is Puss but call her "wink,"
And the reason why call her so
ls this Oh, ever so long ago,
My mother brought her home one day
In a little basket, all the way
From-dear me ! where was II I'll can't remember,
1t was 80 long-the name of the town,
But the month, I'm sure, was June-or December |;
Aud when mother sat the basket down
On the kitchen floor, she said, " Little Grace,
just peep in here, but take care OF your face
For it's something live and IL may Jump up."
thought, much as could be, 1t must be pup,
For brother Jem had been teasing hard
For black one, all fuzzy, and full of his fun
Like the one that lives in Joe Cassidy's yard;
He rolls over and over-he's too fat to run.
But, no when looked in, there lay kitty,
All cuddled up close, 80 silky and pretty,
A blue cat-Aunt Eleanor says she's Maltese;
don't know what that is, 1t may be her fleece,
Cause it shines so; but soon as my new kitty saw
That the basket was open, she stretched out her
paw
To shake hands with her mistress, and Just seemed
to know
She had come TO good home where people would
treat her
Like one of Gods creatures, and nobody throw
Stones and brickbats to hurt her, or cruelty beat
her.
4 50 she looked mp at me and said, softly, "You {?
you ~
And winked just as hard ever you knew.
eyes, it's |, little Oracle" answered her then,
And,!oh, don't you think she began thinking again
Jenny laughed-so did but she didn't get cross
At our fun, like May Fisher and Lillian Morse,
But was just as good-natured AS could be and lay
As still as mouse, with nothing to say
caught her up, then, and hugged her and kissed
her
They were little soft hugs, and she liked them, 1
guess
But Jenny screamed out, "You are choking her,
sister y
And frightened her so she hid in my dress.
She's got used TO him now, and don't care for his
noise,
For she's found out he's just like the rest of the
boys.
Jem says she's a stupid, and can't tell rat
From rose-bush, but know better than that,
And she isn't afraid of them either, but thinks
\ 1t isn't quite right to kill them for sport
so she lies on the mat in the wood-shed and winks
At their pranks, and they never got caught.
don't care, am sure, for rats like TO live
Just well as we do, and if people would give
Them their food every day in little tin dish,
They'd learn TO be honest, perhaps, and eat fish,
And pick bones, like the cats, and behave very
well,
AS poor Wink does. That's all. I've no more to
tell Christian UntOn
The true northerner., 1873-11-14

An Indianian says he has cured a
valuable horse of sweeney in this way
Take an old stocking make little bag
out of some part of it, four or five
inches long fill it with salt : sew the
end up; take a bucket with some water
in it ; dip in the bag with salt; now
double up your shirt sleeve and rub the
sunken part for fifteen or twenty min
utes. Rub freely, occasionally pulling
the skin so as to loosen it after rubbing
The true northerner., 1873-11-14

Grease it; fresh butter is best, although
other grease will do. Rub it in also.
By so doing several mornings success
sively no doubt the mare will get well.
1t will take two or three months for the
sunken part to grow out even with the
other parts. If the hair rnbs off it will
grow again.
The true northerner., 1873-11-14

is, however, strikingly illustrated by the
fact that firm with a surplus of
So, 900, 900 is unable to borrow dollar
to meet its current expenditures. Chi
cagO Tribune.
The true northerner., 1873-11-14
Oh. No!

If bluebirds bloomed like flowers in a row,
And never could make sound,
How would the daisies and violets know
When TO come out Of the ground!
They would wait and wait the season round;
Never n flower could on earth be fou~d.
And what would birds and butterflies do
II the flowers had wings TO fly?
Why, birds aud blossoms, and butterflies, too
Would stay far up in the sky;
And then the people would droop and sigh,
And all the children on earth would cry.
The true northerner., 1873-11-14
TO CORRESPONDENT.

All communications for this paper should be accom-
panied by the OF the author not necessarily for
publication, but an evidence OF good faith on tho
part the writer. Write only OF the paper
Be particu arly careful in giving aud oates 10
have tho letters and figures plain and distinct.
The true northerner., 1873-11-14

AN EARLY spRING-Jumping out of
bed at five o'clock in the morning.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-10-16

A ssrssnsr.s wgfe made q E.Beualioa
cess eta SPANISH aaieu. bul shs fauDd
sasl e HraaFai lt.s JeNs lrta hey nee3les7
Cyst-
"A Tsfre Hsase aasa EauaHaues Eaai
he tas asassst hI, spgu plan to bafDsss
vfavfafaaH. which, whsa qalte osnplsiF,
wI g.ts hIm perpetual motion.
"A Tall YRalee. standing at fret
hires larbes .B Bic sioesinFs, va, sud-
dsnly auacked with y mpious Of fever.
HayiaE violent pain in bis bead, he
uife, 70 sa9fd hlm relief, was sJost TO
apfly anBgAts to bis feet when be asa
rd
What srr sos pugtiug them on my feet
faff
Why, ssys si,c, to try aad draw toe pain
oag et your lead
q DEAR sald be-. / woald rather ii
would stay whsre Is IL than he draws TIE
whole lsuFtu Of me.
--There IL Bothlng s9caeetiss ia bring
.us = mAn % 70 tie scratch - healthy
hlghspiritsd fea.
A inau III Nc~ York has watch
Which BE- claims has gaiDsd tlne enough 90
pay ilr Itself 10 si1 months.
AH old lads 10 Lancaster was very
iudieanl on being assufed By her nephew
stal tla- bellies ~ Loug Braurh exhibit $
srne psnialur tar ruff.
Il yoaag New Yorker spending =
month With bis uacle in New Jersey,
wrote bas 90 Dab. mpther, Tine peach
tree. hrfe age too siippery iOrne ga climb /,
uHtlc won't let me sail b8ai- Gao ihr mills
ualIss ttsfss ua birds nests around tbst
! eau srcf ~alilr Law split molassrs
oH mg brst paui- smaller boy ibau /
sm, Wee piays with me, wear. g"ld
cAaiu, and want TO 20 home
IN mas not be true. bot il is said that
an Ii,mau atier he hsd seen the numer-
ons bin. sud mountain ranges Of New
Hampshire cHclsimed, Bedad never was
10 a country before where they had 20
much land that they had to stack il.
- phrenologist told a man that he
hsd combaliyeness largely developed.
No, said the other, have not, aud II YOU
sAy that again IN knock you down.
What il that, children asked a
young pastor, exhibiting TO his Sunday
school a magic lantern picture of poor
sinner clinging 10 sross towering out
OF stormy waves In mid-oceau. Robin
son Crusoe was the reply,
Hans, where did you get that knifeE
finds him, fader
No, Hans; believe You tell one big
faisohoOd.
No fader; dat Is true, is dc luckiest
boy you never sec.
Veil, lIans, has to yip you.
Not cause steals, fadery
No, Hans, yip you cause you so very
lucky.
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-10-16

4 Mobile newspaper sensiby says that
The prime evil OF the prevailing method Of
teaching consists In The careful cultivation
oi ,be memory 10 the neglect OF the thiuk.
Jog pogers. Commencing with the teach
rr., even of the highest grade, down TO
the Youngest child Ia the school, there Is
an almost slayish adherence to the mere
language of The text books Teachers
10 not trouble themselves Ia study over
lbe lessons, to comprehend thoroughly
their fail Significance, bat uu the contra
~, ouly too frequently 20 into The class.
roosn aud bave % depend upon the book
to hear iesson, iu theory this is not
allowed bat Ia practice is pretty gener.
n, sueh being the case, the teach
60 having no higher scnse Of responsible
ilf ttsn the necessity Vt going Ihrongh
certain TORN 10 order 20 secure The quar-.
tcs .alsry j. very sell c9uteut 20 fnd
the scirlar perfect 10 the mere technical.
ils, ui glie e.ou. Tie scholar, ending
avtHIgK farther repaired, !. ouly too glad
90 tNriaum the comparatively easy task Of
1ommainK - many lines 81 paragraphs
70 mvnorY, having la comprehension
seysreiv sloae, % to follow bindly rules,
siiYoal ans palms 10 discover their scope
snd yaiar A. consequence most
school children have their mluds cboked
w.th dates, facts, aud lhs mere language
Of iaws and prlacipies o. which they
have $50 understanding whatever, and
aside ffom the routine Of the te1t books
knoN absOiu,sly nothing, aud have not
inside tAtlf OWE, by neatai digestion, any
appfsslabic portion Of The knowledge
they have sptny - many hoau Ia stain
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