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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-04
American Iron Ahead.

The London Daily Neaos of the 31st
ult. notices the fact that the cost OF
iron has become SO great that America
has entered as n rival into the English
markets. The ironmasters Mt Wolver-
hampton, it is reported, were informed
that "A consumer of the finished article
has undertaken to import large con-
signment from the United States, and it
was further stated that railway axles are
f3 per ton cheaper in American markets
than they are in Staffordshire. Should
these reports be correct, and should the
imported commodity equal in quality
British products, the Ne,Os admits that
they are plainly beaten in field con-
sidered almost peculiarly their own.
The quality of the material of course is
n material element in the question. 1t
is not enough that goods should be
ness alone will not give any foreign or
home product permanent place. "We
know nothing respecting the character
of the low-priced American iron, which
may be better than any we manufacture.
But should it only be equal, British
capitalists and workers have stiff rival
ny to encounter. If it pays to bring
American strip iron and axles to En-
gland, how much more to carry them
into France, Germany and Russia The
reserves of ores in the States are prac-
tically unlimited, and the energy of our
cousins in utilizing every field opened
up has passed into proverb. Steam
has now bound together the commercial
and industrial markets of the world,
and it is pretty plain that wider averages
than formerly ruled willregulate prices,
supplies and profits. 1t is only to be
hoped that the rivalry so keen will
stimulate invention, diminish the cost
of processes, teach our workmen mod
Grafton in pressing their advantages, and
so enable us to hold our ground"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-04
Sight of Animals.

Our domesticated animals pay dearly
for their privileges, it would seem, for
dogs in wild state retain their vision
unimpaired to the end of their life linn
itation, while domesticated dogs see
very imperfectly in the course of ten
years, if they live so long. The reason
seems to be owing to looking at fires in
the house, exposed to candle or gas
lights, and being about dwellings where
the sphere of vision is limited by the
intervention of fences, edifces, etc.
Horses and cattle, who pass their lives
in the outer air, have excellent eyesight,
even to very advanced age. Civiliza-
ton has its drawbacks. Were it not
for white writing-paper, artificial light,
stimulating drinks which quicken the
circulation to the engagement of mi
mute vessels in the interior of the or
gans, and passing much of our time in
the midst of rejecting light from sur
rounding objects, our eyes would be
about as good at three-score and ten as
in the early days of childhood.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-04
4 New yarnish.

The Chinese are said to make var
nish by beating together fresh blood and
quicklime which is extensively used rs a
coating for wooden articles which they
wish to make completely water tight.
Won Scherzer, who first introduced this
subject to the notice of Europeans, says
he has seen the Pekin wood chests that
been vanished with it, which, after a
journey over Siberia to st. Petersburg
and back, were still water tight. Even
baskets of straw, used for the transpcr-
tation of oil, are made fit for the pur-
pose by the use of this varnish. Paste
board coated with it becomes, both in
appearance and firmness, like wood
Articles requiring to be absolutely i'm
pervious are vanished twice, or, at the
most, three times, by the Chinese. The
preparation has been tested in various
ways both in Europe and Australia; and,
although it gives to vessels covered with
it rough, ugly, red appearance, its use
is recommended as sure means of MAX
ing wood impervious to water.-Indus-
trial MOnthiU
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-04
CamDaign Lies.

In the atlantic Monthly for July.
Mr.. Parton shows that the campaign lie
is by no means modern invention. In
his opinion the campaign of 1900 was
distinguished above all others for the
number of lies told about the candi-
dates, and Thomas Jefferson was the
most maligned man who ran for Presi-
dent. He was generally accused by the
Federalists of supporting a "Congo
Harem, and of holding large number
of his own children in bondage. 1t was
also reported of him that his property
was obtained by robbing a widow and
fatherless children of the property left
in his hands by their dead fathers will.
He was represented in the pulpit as an
atheist, and DESTROYS of overturning all
the Christian institutions III the coun-
try. Partisan leaders declared that he
was III favor of repudiating the public
debt, abolishing the navy, stopping the
payment of pensions to revolutionary
soldiers, and of forming an alliance with
Napoleon Bonaparte. So generally
were the stories about his hatred of re-
ligion believed that church bell in
Philadelphia was tolled all day when
the news of his election was announced
When the unwelcome report reached
New England many pious women put
their Bibles in butter coolers and low
cred them into wells to prevent their
being burned by order of the atheist
President
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-04
Under the Ocean Wave.

AS every man carries within himself
an inner self, hidden life, that casual
acquaintance know nothing of, SO the
ocean has within it's bosom life which
is never revealed except to long acquaint-
ance and an almost loving familiarity.
1t has life more multitudinous, quite
as wonderful, and not less beautiful than
that of the land. It's mountains rise
higher than Mont Blanc. It's valleys
and gorges are unequaled by those of the
lebanon, the Pyrenees, or even the
Himalayas. 1t has great steppes and i'm
mense plains, which rival those of North
America or Central Asia. 1t has vast
and illimitable forests, which the eye of
man has neverdiscerned, and never shall,
in their carbohydrates that are fuller
by far of busy life than the most prolific
of the tropics.
"The terrestrial forrest, says Charles
Darwin, =" do not contain anything like
the number of animals that those of tie
sea do"
The surface of the waters, which,
plowed by storms, are such source of
dread to man, are the protection of these
children of the mother ocean. At five
Iul'Icu anu my latuOHlS tiltre Is per
fectly uniform temperature, the same in
all ATTITUDES. No cold pierces this Won
derful coverlet, no storm ever disturbs
the waters beneath. Here, in their hid
den homes, safe from the disturbances
of this upper life, are myriads of crea-
lures, living, marrying, dying; warning
one upon the other organizing into
kingdoms, republics, families working
in every form of manufacture, as spin
ners, weavers, architects, builders en-
dowed with mysterious instincts which
are as wonderful in their way as our
highest reason, us bound together by
mysterious ties which we ara equally UNI
able to comprehend or to call in ques-
ton. SO true is it that the mysteries of
science far outweigh those of mortals and
theology.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-04
Retire Early.

Sleep obtained two hours before mid
night, when the negative forces are in
operation is the rest which most recuper-
ates the system, giving brightness to the
eye and glow to the cheek. The differ
ence in the appearance of person who
habitually retires at 10 o'clock and of
one who sits up until II, is quite remark
able. The tone of the system, so evil
dent in the complexion, the clearness
and sparkle of the eye, and the softness
of the lines of the featueres, Is, in per-
son of health, kept at concert pitch
by taking regular rest two hours before
II o'clock, and thereby obtaining the
" beauty sleep" of the night. There is
heaviness of the eye, a sallowness of
the skin, and an absence of that in the
face which renders it fresh in expression
and round in appearance, that readily
distinguishes the person who keeps late
hours.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-04
" Little David"

Fifty years ago the first locomotive
was patented. Driving only one car, if
lightly loaded, it did very well but when
the load it drew was heavier than it's own
weight, its wheels wouldnot JHe--thatis,
they would turn round and round with
out advancing. 1t seemed at first i'm
possible to make less weight move a
greater on an up grade ; but at the pres
ent day locomotives sweep along with
trains twenty times more ponderous than
themselves. One means of gaining this
vast increa of power forthe locomotive,
was by dividing the load. 1t was found
that an engine powerless to stir five times
its weight of freight when concentrated
in one car, could readily draw it when
distributed in dozen cars loosely
shackled together. 1t was heavier than
each single car and it had overcome the
inertia of another. 1t was thus more
than match for each car taken singly /;
and, pulling them successfully, it drew
after it a train as long as a comet, and
the farther it ran the more strength it
had to run further. The story of David
and Goliath in new form, you see.
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The Chicago Man Who Sat In the POpe's
Chair.

Hon. VIM. +. Ferry contributes an
interesting paper of "Early Reminis-
cences" to the Michigan L,tmberman,
in the course of which he makes men
ton of Hiram Pierson, Chicago gen.
tleman, who entered timber land in
Michigan, and whom Mr. Ferry calls
"an eccentric, rash man, as well as adj
venturous Spectator.
Further on in the article he says /:
L have described Hiram Pierson as an
eccentric, rash man, and will give here
an instance or two to illustrate these
characteristics. The result of his specu-
lations mt Chicago had furnished him
with an abundance of means and an in
clination to make use of q portion of it
in visit to the old world. He journeyed
through Europe in princely style, having
in his train a set of larks as reckless as
himself, in fact fair showing of Young
America let loose. After leaving Span
ish port for trip up the Mediterranean,
the company seated themselves in the
main cabin of the steamer, enjoying
their cigars, when the captain notified
them that smoking there was not to be
allowed. Pierson asked if he was the
owner of the craft. "No." "Are you
authorized to charter her for this voy-
age ?" Eyes" "At what price ?" The
captain named the sum. "Make out a
full charter to Hiram Pierson, and here
is the money" "Now, boys, go on with
your smoking" Soon the captain re-
turned with the charter fully made out,
received his money, and MY lord shall
/ direct the fare to be collected from the
passengers not of your company ?" "No,
sir" said Pierson inform them that L
dispense with that ceremony on this
trip" His companions dubbed him
Lord Person." and the passengers
as well as the officers of the ship sup
posed him to be truly some princely
spendthrift away from home on his
muscle. In Rome he was arrested and
fined thousand dollars for sacrilegi-
ously seating himself in the chair of st.
Peter, and expressed surprise at the
small fine demanded as the penalty, for
he "would rather have paid ten thou
sand dollars than to leave Rome without
that experience" He had to leave Rome
suddenly
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-04
BalmOrality.

During the earlier visits of the Royal
family to Balmoral, Prince Albert,
dressed in very simple manner, was
crossing one of the Scotch lakes in
steamer, and was curious to note every
thing relating to the management of the
vessel, and, among other things, the
cooking. Approaching the galley"
where brawny Highlander was attend
ing to the culinary matters, he was
attracted by the savory odors of com
pound known by the Scotchmen as
"hodge-podge," which the Highlander
was preparing
"What is that?" asked the Prince, who
was not known to the cook.
"Hodge- podge, sir, was the reply.
Chow is it made?" was the next ques-
ton.
"Why, there's mutton intil't, and
turnips intil't, and"
eyes, yes" said the Prince, who had
not learned that "intil't" meant "into
it, expressed by the contraction "intil't;"
"but what is intil't?"
"Why, there's mutton intil't and
turnips intil'tand carrots intil't and"
Eyes, L see; but what is intil't?"
The man looked at him, and seeing
that the Prince was serious, replied:
There's mutton intil't and turnips
intilt and"
eyes, certainly,s,I know" urged the
inquirer; "but what is intilt-intilt?"
aye daft gowk!" yelled the High
lander, brandishing his big spoon, "am
1 ma tellin' We what's intil't? There's
mutton intil't and"
Here the interview was brought to a
close by one of the Princes suite, who
was fortunately passing, who stepped in
to save his Royal Highness from being
raped over the head with big spoon,
in his search for information from the
cook
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-04
Pith and Point.
5TINGY creatures-Bees.

STINGY creatures-Bees.
NATURAL slippers-Eels.
The plea of the crow" Hear me for
my caws y
A FAvoRrrE ruse with the ladies'
Charlotte ruse.
The two Kansas murderers who have
been arrested would make capital Ben
ders for the limbs of trees.
A MAJORITY of the last Congress are
called men of true "steal.
NEVER nod to an auctioneer unless you
wish either to buy or be sold.
A WIFE should be like roast lamb, ten
der, sweet, and nicely dressed, with
plenty of fixings, but without sauce.
A PARTY of engineers on the Northern
Pacific railroad found, when attacked by
the savages, that they were not monarchs
of all they surveyed.
IT is astonishing how the drought
affects the papers. Even the Chicago
papers are unaccountably dry, consider
ing the dues on them.
THE wife of a roofer being asked if
she was not afraid to have her husband
exposed to such danger, trustfully re-
piled "Oh, he's insured.
RECIPE for making row Walk
along the pavement of crowded thor
oughfare with ladder on your shoulder,
and turn around every few minutes to
see if any one is making faces at you.
YOUNG man met n rival who was some
what advanced in years, and wishing to
annoy him inquired how old he was. 81
can't exactly tell, ;" said the other, +" but
L can tell you that an ass is older at
twenty than man at sixty y
To VIEW Niagara's falls one day,
Priest and Tailor took their way.
The Parson cried while wrapped in wonder,
And listening to the cataract's thunder,
Lord, how Thy works amaze our eyes,
And fill our hearts with vast surprise"
The Tailor merely made this note,
d" Lord what place to sponge a coat!
A MINISTER examined his schoolboys
thus: what is the meaning of the
word 'repentant p" "Please, sir, don't
know" "Now, if I had stolen a loaf of
bread, what should be ?" "Please,
sir, locked up" We'll, should l feel
sorry ?" eyes" "Well, why should
L feel sorry Z! " Please, sir, cos you
was cOtched."
A NERVOUS individual once entered
baggage car and commenced overhauling
the baggage. The baggage master, after
cycling him a moment, accosted him
rather gruifly with What's wanting,
sir p 81 am looking for my trunk,
demurely answered the nervous man.
CT will take care of your trunk sir that
is my business" retorted b. M. "Oh,
/ am aware of that, sir, but / would
always much rather keep my trunk under
my eye ~ Well, then, sir, you should
have been born an elephant, and then
you could have your trunk under your
eye the whole time p The nervous man
disappeared.
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THE MODOC IN CHAINS.
pY oRPHEUs c. KERR.

lie wore plug hat when saw him,
OF the style OF Saint Patrick his day,
With coat with the wrong side before him,
Which one epaulette did display;
His nose, with the hook of Jerusalem,
ring from some martingale bore
Aud his trowsers-you couldn't bamboOzle 'em
Into hiding what places were tore.
His face, of the color of copper,
Like doughnut in creases appeared,
And stuck, like comical stopper,
On his body so rakishly geared.
/ narveled that he had not dressed himself
Az the artists have pictured his race,
But found, after he had expressed himself,
That the change was not much out of place.
"Art here, in the tolls my poor sayage?"
l asked, in the deepest OF tones
Dragged hence from thy wilds, as a cabbage
Ia brought To the pot with the bones"
fain had gone on with hyperbole,
Gu which the barbarian dotes,
IL he had not clustered me, verbally,
by veral.war-whooping notes.
"Big Injun," he said, "is like metal
That's mined by the whites, and abused;
OF kind to be made in kettle,
For coin tits with others transfused."
He'd seen that his chains interested me)-
"White chief of Big Iniun so fonds,
Though I'm but Red hes invested me
In all these United States bonds
The epigram struck az he meant it,
This George Francis Train of the wild;
He babe me away, and went it,
Since further he'd not be beguiled.
'ris doubtful if fighting us sinned he in;
Yet this could wish let me own,
That muoh-injured 10, the poor Indian,
We're iker TO Leau, the Cologne.
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The London Saturday ReuieW thinks
that the immense number of writer's in
this age accounts in some degree for the
falling off in good takers. We presume
the Saturday ReUieW has reference to
the fact that a man constantly in the
habit of writing has got into such prac-
tice of interlining and correcting his
MSS. that his speech becomes a tangled
chain. There is good deal of truth in
this, and constant writer is apt in con-
versation to insert commas and dashes
in his speech, and to divide himself up
into sentences and paragraphs. Hence
probably the origin of the phrase I" He
speaks like book.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-04

ACCORDING to the Borsenzoitung of
Berlin, no fewer than four heavy guns
have been introduced into the German
army during the last two years. One of
these is 700-pounder, thirty and one
half centimeters in diameter, which
fires projectile 100 pounds heavier
than any English gun. 1t is claimed
that $50 discharges have been made
from this gun without straining either
the barrel or the cartridge, while the
new English 60O-pounder, the "Wool-
w1ch Infant, was strained in the barrel
after the fourth shot.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-04

THE IDEAL IND1AN.-The Sioux, says
a correspondent, inhabit the western
part of Dakota, more or less, and are
q noble tribe. Among these are found
men of perfect development and COM
nondino forms in fact, some of the
most athletic, and / may add physically
powerful men, 1 have ever met, have
been seen among the Sioux. The
sonaws are also q well-developed class,
and remarkably tasty in their habits
and dress.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-04

A SHARP Toledo girl said of a gentle
man to whom she had just been intro
duced that he would be very presentable
if the Lord hadn't turned up so much
of his legs to make feet of.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-04

robbery, and fearing that it might lead
to his detection, had attempted to have
it replaced as we have shown.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-04

BEN BUTLER won't let reporters inter.
view him any more.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-06

= 0LDIERS AND HSlRS.-yoLDI RS M matter
Sfbi what time enlisted, who were wounded ruptur-
ed, injured In ANY way, disabled by any disease
oseSsr slight The disability, entitled to a pen
sion, Sild, IN many cases to $500 bounty. Tle widow
intlof chihtren OF parents entitfd and .lou Id
call orwrtte 70 JOSIE. DEWITT q co., a Walnut
szest FhAdsphia, Pa, who wfll procure r. or rive
Information free Of fcharKs ssp9s-im
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-06
REdISTEkiS uKnEN-

I pom the application OF Mary A. solomon admin.
~ lstratriN of John |. solomon, late OF Wit
migtoh Cmy IN said County, deceased; II IL utderld
aforesaid give otice o. the granting Of -tcrs Of Ad-
ninstTatoii upon the Estate Of the deceased, with
Tue date OF granting thereof, by causing advertise
mets to be posted within forty days from date OF
snch letters In six of the most public places of the Co
oi New Castle requiring all persons having demands
aga nss the Estate 10 present the same abide nv
an Act or Assembly In such oase made and provided
ANA also cause the aane to be inserted " thin the
same period In the DELAWARE REPUBLICAN news
paper published In Wilmington and to be continued
therein two months.
~ Given under the hand and Seal Of Oaiee Of
}Lef the Register Aforesaid, at New Castle County
~ aforesaid, the day and year above written
,oa B. GIBBS, Register.
NOTICE.--All persons having claims against the
tested to the Admnistratrix on or before Jan. cil
and provided MARY'A SOIONON -
Address, Wilmington, Del. AdminBtratria
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-06

ssW SAsTLk couHrft .lAnuAnr t91 1N3.
l Pos the application Of AUGUSTUS sHILtMAk,
Hundred, deceased; II Il ordered and dirscfsd ~
the Register that the ExECCToR nfpressA, fise
lazy. uP9E vHn EsrAre. % TEk pEcnAs1i>
With the date of fgrnntang thereof, by caasIns q
tne date. az such Letters IN six Of the most tubr
paces o. the Ounfy q New Castle. requiring a per
sons having dcDaus HgnfDst the estate TO present &
same or ABIDE by tir Act Of Assembly In sash Ca,
made and PROVIDED. And also canse the same 70 81
nserted within tue same period, IN the Delaware IL
to be continued therein two months. = :,
4 ~>l Qlveli nI.ior the hand and Seal OF U0os .,
the Register aforerAid, st New Casfle In Neh
e. Castle County aforesaid, the day and ycAf
sooye ,WTf,tten' B. GIBBS, hegtstsr.
. NoTlCE.-Ah psrsons having claims azslnst the
estate OF the deceased must present the came iuly
sttested y the EXECUTOR, on or before Jsu. I5th,
ls u abide tile Act VI Assembly Ia sucl ~ " uad
ana provided AUGUSTUS II HILLNAN I
..,,. Executor,
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-06

Tr.,,,. ituyinz Wilmington, VI 10 40 A: and 6 81
r. NJ, e9nr0ct with trains leaving fhilaae'ph@ al
$50 A NJ. ,.ia5 p. VI. a., ,,a,-
ware X. r.. aid r. w & b. X. h. trains arriving III
Nilmln atvn VI 10. 10 and 10 % A. NJ.
TIains leaving Landenberg ate A. NJ anu Ivy
p. NJ connects with trains FOR PHILADELPHIA leaving
Wilmington at $40 A. NJ. and 6.42 r, Nj. and ,he
Delaware train south, leaving Wilmington AZ o'z'
p. NJ 4.
Omnibus transfer between W. &w, agd P. ".
B. Depots AMI cars OF VI Wimington city X. Il. at Front
aut Market Sts, by McMullen & Seal, at gents LOT
each n~srnser and cents for each pieceo baggage
onS Al ri Y, M. c. CONwEI4i, supt.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-06

NEw CASTLE corvrY. November soth, 1874
HfON the application OF l.. AMANDA (atsBefr
QExecTrix 81 MARGARET MoRsAs, late of Wili
nington Huidfed IN said County, deeea.ed, Il u or
aeIsd anc direSte, Ly the tsr that the Exscutr
give poies o the granting Of letters Tesla
mehtaIy upoI the Estate or deceased wlthte dare of
granting heieof by causing advertisements u Le post
sa Within ~ days iron the iate such letters III u
tne most public places u the County OF New CastlsI
requiring all persos slug demands against the xst
late 10 present the same abide by an Act or a.
ss ssmbiy 10 suci, .hSe mode AID provided. And slse
In the DELAWARE EEPuBLicAN, a newspspsS
pubhshed i' wilmington. aud TO be continued theTeia
\-r-/ Given under the hand and Seal OF ofiee ot
}L.s the Register aforesaid, at New Castle. In No.
aboye written. aims Regrs,sr
NoTICE-All IL persons having claims against the
Estate OF the deceased must present tue duly al
Tested to the ExeeutriS or before November 5Oti
ld3 abide the Act of Assembly In such case made
ana provided l.. AMANDA GILBERT,
Audress. WILMINGTON. Del. Dec. l2-2m Execrtrlx
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-06
NOTICE !!

hereby give notice that at tho session OF "a
Legislature Of the State OF Delaware, shall,b
Tor o divorce frem the bonds Of natrlmony from
wife, Mary A. McOrenra.
CORNELIUS McGRENLA
Wilmington, December ia.-im
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-06

DOhE SPICES, Ieghorn preserved Oltron, Lemon
4 peel, spdisrs raislns. euIrants, &c. New buck
sqta Fourth and Lombard Sts., Wilmington.