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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-10-17
General Harrison.

He had great respect for the members
of his Cabinet, and generally acquiesced
in their suggestions without remon-
STRANGE. On one occasion, however, he
asserted the authority of his Office with
a degree of determination and dignity
that astonished the executive council.
Col. Chambers, of Kentucky, an init
mate personal friend, who had served
on the staff of Gen. Harrison in one of
his campaigns against the Indians, was
under an engagement of marriage with
the widow of his son. Chambers ac-
companied him to Washington, at his
request, and the arrangement was that
he should have the appointment of Reg
lister of the Treasury, and after the mar
riage he was to reside at the White
House, Mrs. Chambers to be the pre-
siding lady of the Executive Mansion.
She was an accomplished, elegant wo-
man, greatly caressed in Washington
society. The finished gentlemen by
whom she was surrounded at the seat
OF Government contrasted so strikingly
with her Kentucky lover, who was a
plain man, of brusque manners, that
she finally declined to fulfill her engage
ulcut. NiCi. liuillooh WtS uuCu COu-
cerned at this unfortunate contretemps,
and perceiving that Chambers would be
uncomfortably placed in Washington,
offered him any appointment elsewhere
that he might select. The unlucky
sutton asked for the Office of Gov
ernor of the Territory of Iowa. The
place was assured him as a matter of
course. Meantime Mr.. Webster had
promised the office to his friend, Gen.
Wilson, of New Hampshire. Ata Cabi-
net meeting Mr.. Webster informed the
President that it had been decided by
the gentlemen of the Cabinet that James
Wilson should be Governor of Iowa.
"",Ah that is the decision, then, is it 2
said Gen. Harrison. The gentlemen OF
the Cabinet replied in the affirmative.
Without making any further remark,
the old gentleman wrote few words
upon piece of paper and handed it to
Mr.. Webster, requesting him to read il
aloud. The Secretary of State looked O
little embarrassed, but there was no al
tentative, and he read, i'll an audible
voice, William Henry Harrison, Pres
ident of the United States" The Gen
eral, rising to his feet, said, "And Will
lam Henry Harrison, President of the
United States, tells you, gentlemen
that, by -, John Chambers shall bt
Governor of Iowa" OF course tina
concluded the subject, and Chamber
was appointed Harper'' Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-10-17
Bride Bits.

Scarcely day passes without the oc-
currence of an accident arising from a
bit breaking while in the horses mouth.
There are three ways of making these
bits: one is to forge them throughout
of the toughest iron or of soft steel the
other is to use cast checks and forge
the mouthpieces while the third is to
cast them throughout. The first is the
only method that should be followed,
but buyers will not pay the price asked,
and manufacturers cannot afford to sell
them for less. The wrought mouth
piece is the next best, and if the check
has been properly annealed it makes a
serviceable bit /; cast checks, however,
are not always reliable, and the manu-
facturer is as likely to be deceived in
this respect as the buyer. The cast bit
is one that ought never to be used !;
harness makers should inform their
customers of the quality of the article,
and leave the responsibility with the
buyer. If for the sake of the difference
i'll price between the two kinds, man
chooses to risk his life by using the
poorer bit, neither the harness maker
nor bit manufacturer should be blamed.
The bit and reins should always be of
the strongest kind, no matter what the
merits of the rest of the harness. -
Harness and Carriage journal.
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The Late William II. Seward.

"Mr. Seward" says a writer, chad
great affability of manner, and entered
readily and freely into conversation ;
and yet he was cautious in giving an
opinion, and was never betrayed into
the expression of crude and undigested
thoughts. AS a public speaker, his
manner was careless and easy, sometimes
dull. During his speeches in the Sen
ate, he often assumed a peculiar though
not particularly graceful position by
leaning against small iron column be-
hind his seat. No other Senator, / be-
lieve, had this habit. He often held
his gold-bowed spectacles in one hand,
while with the other he enforced, by
slight gesticulations, the more impor-
tant passages of his speech. His de-
livery was rather conversational than
declamatory, and without much ANNA.
ton. He was amiable, dignified and
courteous, habitually and under all cir.
cumstances. He was a gentleman, in
the highest and best sense of the word. .
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-10-17
The Invention of the Steamboat.

When the little harbor at the mouth
of Sir Johns Run was still more wild
and lonely than now, James Rumsey, a
working BARTENDER at Berkeley
Springs, launched upon it boat that
he had invented, of novel principle
and propulsive force. The force was
steam, and Rumsey had shown his
model to Washington in 1880. First
discoveries of steam locomotion are
turning up every few months i'll embar-
assing numbers, but we cannot feel that
we have right to suppress the claims
of honest Rumsey, the protege of Wash
ington. The dates are said to be as fol-
lows Rumsey launched his steamboat
here at st. Johns Run in 1874, before
the General and a throng of visitors
from the Springs in 1888, John Fitch
launched another first steamboat on the
Delaware, and sent it successfully up to
Burlington in 1907, Robert Fulton set
q third first steamboat on the Hudson,
the Clermont. Rumsey's motion was
obtained by the reaction of current
squirted through the stern of the boat
against the water of the river, the cur
rent being pumped by steam. This ac-
ton, so primitive, so remote from the
principle of the engine now used, seems
hardly worthy to be connected with the
great revolutionary invention of steam
travel yet Washington certified his
opinion that " the discovery is of vast
Importance, and may be of the greatest
usefulness in our inland navigation. ,
James Rumsey, with just suspicion OF
the irritability of talent, accused Fitch
of coming pottering around his Vir
ginia work bench and carrying off his
ideas, to be afterward developed il
Philadelphia. 1t is certain the devel
opment was great. Rumsey died il
England of apoplexy, at a public lee
ture, where he was explaining his con
trivance.
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Sabbatical Tales.

Moncure ID. Conway is responsible
for these tales. He says: Mr.. Spur
geon is credited with the following,
which, if not true, is ben rovatO.
He is said to have been taken to task
by some Sabbatarian since he has found
it necessary to employ brougham to
take him to church
But" he urged, 81 only sit still in
the carriage-I don't work"
All, yes, sir" said the other "but
your coachman-think of him -
"Oh, he's Jew, and keeps the
seventh day Sabbath.
But your horse 2"
ooh, said Sturgeon, getting a little
impatient, she is Jew, too y
This reminds me of another little
story going the rounds concerning one
of our Broad Church clergymen, who,
being recently on an excursion in Scot
land, was vehemently rebuked by his
landlady for taking walk on Sunday
afternoon. The clergyman said that he
could not see the harm, and said:
You know that we read that oul
Lord Himself walked with his disciples
in the fields on the Sabbath day."
"Ay," said the old lady, cay, l ker
it, an / neer thocht any the better o
Him for it neither ~
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Observation-Disclosures.

In other zones and mountain regions.
the moisture borne in the atmosphere
cOngeals and falls in SHOWS. Partially
thawing and again congealing, yet ever
and ever accommodating, the mass be-
comes glacier. A glacier is frozen
river-frozen to its lowermost bed froz-
EN- from its source to its mouth. A river
on whose surface no breezes chase their
ripples nor wild fowl float along whose
banks no lovers loiter, nor overhanging
willows droop to glass themselves in
dimpling currents. But yet river, wide,
and deep, and mobile for, warmed be-
meath by the earth's internal heat, and
impelled to lower levels by gravitation
and the downward pressure of an ever
increasing volume, it moves forward,
imperceptibly but surely, upheaving the
rocks and rending the hills in its mex
orable movement.
In the elevated regions of the arctic
zone such river has its emboucbure
0ike other great rivers) in the sea. Nor
do its journeyings cease when, jutting at
length over the long sought shore, it
falls in vast fragments into the ocean.
These fragments are icebergs. They often
tower more than a hundred feet above
the water and yet we knew, from their
specific gravity, that eight-ninths Of their
bulk are below the surface. Far down
are hidden currents that rush against
their huge proportions ; and thus they
float away to distant seas and gradually
dissolve and disappear. - Milt0aukee
MOntHV.
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Better than CAPITAL.

The man whose statements may al
ways be taken without question, whose
promises are made never to 60 unful-
filled, whose verbal agreements are as
good as his written contracts, whose in
tegrity is of more value in his own eyes
than any mere fortune which he could
barter it for, will be astonished to find,
in his hour of need, with what strength
he is braced up on every side, and how
often he will stand firm as a rock when
other men tremble and fall. Five years
of such consistent rectitude will be worth,
in credit, more than double capital
without the confidence which such char
acter inspires. 1t is a good rule in
building up such credit, when a pay
ment is once due, never to suffer ones
self to be asked for it twice. Every man
who aspires to honorable success in
business should remember that he must
hold to his promise as n ship holds to
her anchor, and that the moment he
breaks from it he is in danger of disaster
to his fortune and wreck to his character.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-10-17
The First Meeting.

When two young people who have a
hankering for each other meet for the
first time at a social gathering, the fol-
lowing colloquy ensues He (timidly)-
Fine weather we are having" (Rain-
ing like blazes outside.) She Dash
fully" Yes, very" He (after pause
of five minutes)-" How do you enjoy
yourself this evening 2" She" Am
having an exquisite time" Glib No. ~
He (nervously)-" Think it will rain all
all night ?" She (doubtingly)-"I don't
know, do you?" After five minutes
more of suspense and twitching of fin
gers the bashful youth again coaxes his
courage up. He" Been vaccinated
yet ?" She (blushing)-" Yes" He
(courageously)-"D Did it take ?" She
with a sickly smile)-" No." Another
pause ensues, more nervousness, and
the interesting conversation goes back
to the weather. He" What do you
think of the snow % She Intelligent
ly)-"I don't know" Thus encouraged,
the youth attempts to look sleeps eyes
at his sweetheart, ut the same time he
tries glance over her shoulder. They
detect each other and blush simultane-
ously. And so the pleasant interview is
kept up until some friend relieves the
embarrassment of both by separating
them. A valentine or philopnna is next
n order and the business is settled.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-10-17
Jews i'm New York.

There are more Jews in New York
than in Jerusalem, and more than in
any other city in the world, it is said
by those who have studied their present
state. NJ. Mingins says of New York,
"There are more Germans than in Ber-
lin, more Irishmen than in Dublin,
more Catholics than in Rome, and more
Jews than in Palestine" The census
does not give religious statistics, but
the number of protesting Jews resi-
dents of this city has been approx
mately estimated by the quantity of
Passover biscuits manufactured for
their use. The bakeries produced on
the average for the last decade, 500, 900
pounds yearly, which, at the rate of
one pound pound per day for each adult
during the eight days generally OBJ
served, would make number of 100, 900
persons. They have an orphan asylum
to accommodate $50 orpans, a hospital
and a number of charitable societies,
among which is the Independent Order
B'nai Berth, and have also established
within the last few years home for
the aged and INDECENT of both sexes,
managed by ladies. York o.
SerCer.
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Perfect PatagOnians.

A correspondent of the Alta Cdiifor-
MIA has found the perfect type of man in
Patagonia. He has met several thou
sand natives and has never seen one that
was deformed or even misshapen. No
person has decayed tooth or missing
one, unless lost by accident. There are
no corns on the feet, no blotches on the
face. A bald-headed person cannot be
found, for all carry their flowing locks
to the grave, which they come to at an
advanced age. Infant mortality is al
most unknown. Children have and re-
uuire little attention, and after they are
weaned take care of themselves. Medi-
cine of any kind is almost unknown
The people generally are of large size,
but the largest specimen he met was
named Wacain. He gives this descrip-
ton of him He was six feet five and a
half inches in height, measured forty
six inches around the breast, and
weighed, / should say, something over
three hundred pounds. A splendid
form muscular, straight, and well de-
veloped in every respect. But what i
liked most about Wacain was his head
and face. His neck and the poise of his
head were study for painter. He
seemed to have coiled within his brain
the unspent energies of dozen mag
netic batteries, but was perfectly uncon-
scious of the fact himself. His teeth
were even and white; nose of the eagle
beak type an eye that could look right
square at the sun without fiinching, or,
if properly trained, deep down into an
other mans soul without quailing. His
head would pass muster among thou.
sand selected at random anywhere in
the world. Phrenology, / think, would
place him considerably above the aver
age high in the crown, jutting over il
the region of the perceptives but a.
the same time quite broad in the region
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-10-17
Varieties.

A TEXAS paper publishes marriage
notices under the head of "Lost."
"DEAD men pay no bills" said q
shrewd old physician to young one
keep 'em alive, keep 'em alive"
A DANDY asked BARRIERS boy if he
had ever shaved m onkey. No sir,
answered the lad, "but if you will take
a seat I'll try"
WHAT" said teacher to pupil,
"makes you feel uncomfortable after
you have done wrong?" My papa's
big leather strap" feelingly replied the
boy.
In recent article on fair in his
locality, the EDITOR of Western paper
says a brother editor took a valuable
premium, but an unkind policeman
made him put it right back where he
took it from.
FASHIONABLE lady coming out Of
church "What powerful sermon
was never before so impressed with the
duty and privilege of giving freely.
am determined to do better, and to sepd
this very week another silk dress to my
daughter.
"WHo dares to spit tobacco juice on
this car floor ?" savagely asked a burly
passenger on the Mobile train. "]
dar e." quietly replied slender youth
and he did it. "You're the chap In
looking for" said the rufiian; give mt
chaw."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-10-17
Dusty CARPETS.

By the middle of winter dusty carpets
become great annoyance to house
keepers, and the use of the broom
raises clouds of dust which settles in
every crack and Granny. To remedy
this, take pint of bran, stir in enough
water to merely dampen it, and then
scatter it about the floor before sweep
ing. Besides laying the dust, the bran
brightens the colors wonderfully, and it
is surprising to see how fresh an old and
faded carpet will look under this treat
ment. Salt is sometimes recommended
for the same purpose, but If any hap
pens to fall and be left about the edges
of tho carpet it will absorb moisture
from the atmosphere, and make wet,
sticky places even worse than dust.
Snow is good to prevent dusty sweeping,
but the room must be cold, or it will
melt and soil more than it cleanses.
Tea grounds pressed as dry as possible
are also used, but are not always at
hand in sufficient quantities to be in
constant use. Some dip the broom in
water, and with sharp rap throw of
most of the moisture, but this leaves
the brush full of dust, and it must be
washed afterward. Carpets should al
ways have clean, dry straw evenly
strewn under them hay will not an
swer, as in damp weatherit soon becomes
musty. Paper is recommended, and a
thick, felted article is manufactured fol
that purpose, but though It saves the
carpet from wearing upon the some
times uneven floor, it does not answer
the purpose of straw, through which the
dust Sits, and is not being ground into
the fabric by constant use.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-10-17
Breaking In" Boots and Shoes.

A writer in the Oneida Circular con-
cludes discourse on this text with the
following practical remarks" which
We heartily indorse:
/. Never "break in" boots or shoes.
If they are not easy when new, don't
take them; for the boots will break
your feet oftener than your feet will
break the boots.
2. If you go on breaking in" boot
leather, you will need a special last,
made with all sorts of knobs and pro-
tuberances to correspond with your dis
torted joints. Then you will be sorry.
3. If you have large feet, admit it in
all honesty, and have your boots made
accordingly. Then you will be happy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-10-17

Poisonous ZINC.-The Boston Jour
nal of Chemistry declares that zinc is
at least as virulent and fatal poison as
lead, its salts, when taken in small guam
titles, producing nausea larger doses
causing vomiting, with violent retching
and cerebral distress. Some painters are
poisoned by zinc paint, and suffer colo
similar to that caused by lead, Water
in contact with zinc or galvanized
iron pipe, is charged to greater or less
extent with the chloride, the protoxide
and the carbonate of zinc-all poisonous
to those who use the water.
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EX.President Theirs.

The central figure is not in the chair
OF the presiding officer, nor on the
ministerial bench. 1t is Theirs in one
of the seats of the Left Center, where
he occasionally appears careful OBJ
server of the proceedings. In the flesh
he is the shortest man in the Chamber,
and in intellect head and shoulders taller
than the most gifted The name of
Little Giant would be still more appro-
pirate to him than it was to Stephen A.
Douglas, for he is shorter He is rather
burly than fat, for his shoulders are
broad and he is thick through he car
ries his head as erect as it is possible to
do. Like most men with a big body
and short legs, he has an iron constitu-
ton that stands, even at his advanced
age, any sudden and extraordinary de-
mand made upon it ; and this healthy
organization evidently contributes to
the unfalling good nature which he ex-
hibits. Most of the time there is
smile twinkling behind the spectacles
and turning up the corners of his large
Amouth but there are two smiles, one
Tor his opponents and another for his
friends the first has malice in it, and
the second is good-nature itself. He is
essentially Gallo in tinesse and rapidity
OF thought. In reply, whether in the
tribune or IN hours of social relaxation,
no man is quicker than he. Some
OF his countrymen show a tendency to
talk without a purpose, but this is not
one OF his faults. He is an indefatiga-
BILE worker, and whatever he undertakes
he does thoroughly, be it negotiating
treaties, speaking in the tribune, or
writing history. He is complete man,
who finds time in the midst of his
literary and political labors to hunt up
Pare objects in the way of books, pic
lures, and general 6ric-o-6roc Where
his duties admit of it, he is regular and
temperate in his habits, and is seldom
If ever known to complain of illness or
any incapacity for work. He is some
what of statesman of the Talleyrand
school, where diplomacy and expediency
exert too great an influence to admit of
very high moral aims. Something of
the bourgeois, too, adheres to him, and
prevents the growth of moral grandeur,
which, in the crisis through which he
has passed, would appear to be the COM
plement to a man of his genius and
sterling qualities. In word, he is not
Washington, although he has an am
bition to initiate that great great charac-
ter he is incapable of great personal
sacrifice for the good of his country in
the matter of material interests, and
this is the most disagreeable blemish in
the man.-Scri6ner'S
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A HISTORY IN A BRICK.-By means

A History IN BRIcK.-By means of
brick taken from the pyramids of
Dashom, an Austrian servant has dis
covered many interesting particulars
connected with the life of the ancient
Egyptians. The brick itself is made of
the mud of the Nile, chopped straw and
sand, thus confirming what the Bible
and Herodotus have handed down to
us as the Egyptian method of brick
making. Besides the material the mi
croscope has brought other things to
light-the debris of river shells, fish.
insects, seeds of wild and cultivated
flowers, corn, barley, the field pea, and
the common flax, cultivated probably
both for food and textile purposes, and
the radish, with many others known to
science. There were also manufactured
products, such as fragments of tiles and
pottery, and even small pieces of string
made of flax and sleeps wool.
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Old Sardine Boxes Made Useful.

Belleville, near Paris, has had sufi-
cient celebrity in it time; it has now
taken to the useful arts, and discovered
a new order, or lamp of architecture.
What becomes of the empty sardine-
boxes? In Paris they are gathered up
by the rag-picker and sold for song to
builders, who fill them with mortar,
pile them in the form of four walls on
no mans ground, cover the walls with a
few planks, and thus a house appears,
hired or bought by those who complain
of high rents or dislike the sky for a
canopy. These shanties are quite an
article de Paris.
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How Yankee Captain Sailed Into Rio
,JaneirO.

A few days later a most ridiculous
affair happened in the harbor. An ice
ship from Boston entered the bay, COM
manded by Capt Green, in the South
American trade. Fort Santa Cruz, not
recognizing his house flag, hailed him,
and ordered him to "heave to-" But the
worthy skipper didn't speak Portuguese,
and the simple statement of the name
of his vessel, which he hurled at the
fort, was not at all satisfactory ; so a
blank shot was fired as mild sugges-
ton for him to stop. But he called for
his revolver, and pointing it skyward,
fired six successive shots.
Then q solid shot from the fort
skipped across his bow, and another,
better aimed, passed through his fore
sail. The fort and two shore batteries
opened fire upon him, and several of his
light spars were cut away. But he held
on his course rejoicing, loading and
firing his revolver. Finally he reached
quarantine, and came to anchor just as
his flying jib-boom went by the board.
He was then so near the other shipping
that they dared fire on him no longer,
and the police-boat, the Custom House
boat, and the health-boat, all boarded
him, together with the Captain of the
port, who, with more vigor than polite
ness, wanted to know Why in - he
didn't heave to ?" Heave to !" ejacu-
lated the astonished skipper, "was tina
what you wanted? Good Lord ]
thought you was salutin' the American
flag !! Diable !" shouted the officers
in chorus, and set the case down
as additional evidence of the lunacy
which they regarded as a necessary in
gredient of the American character. -
Brazil Cor. Sprinqfeld Union.