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Vice i'm Wen

A mans wealth is often estimated in
Vienna by the number of mistresses he
keeps, and the magnificence of their
equipages, diamonds and dresses.
There is no city in the world, not even
Paris, that can rival the metropolis of
Austria in sensuality and immortality,
and in these respects there is uni
versatility of sentiment that is quite re-
markable. There are no establishments
in Vienna, however, like those which
have proved such nuisance to the citi-
zens of the Eastern School District of
Baltimore, for the reason that profess
SIGNALS of that class do not exist there.
There are, in short, no Haunting courte-
Fans in Vienna, as are to be seen on the
streets of Paris, or even in New York
or Baltimore. Where virtue is such a
rarity, there is no opportunity for max
ing specially of vice, and it has no
special locality. In this respect Vienna
would appear to the casual observer
more free from this species of social evil
than any other large city in the world /;
but visit to the founding hospital,
where there is an average of about forty
infants received daily, or the general
hospital, where its illegitimate births
average thirty day, shows the pre-
eminence of Vienna over all other cities
of the world. There are 10000 soldiers
in the city, mostly young men from the
provinces, who could not marry if they
would, and would not if they could.
They have no means to support a wife,
and seldom have money sufficient to pay
the church charges for the performance
of the marriage ceremony. They can
be seen in crowds with the young girls
on the Ringstrasse and the Prater
They form attachments, but are never
expected to marry. Their example is
followed by the young men i'll other
walks of life, and L am assured there
are fewer marriages in Vienna than
almost any other city of one-third the
population. There seems to be no at
tempt made by the authorities or by
the church to remedy this evil, which
has become so universal that-among
the laboring classes especially-there
are few mothers that have husbands
Vieun0 Letter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-01
How Fig Paste is Made.

In late number of Land and Water
Gondon) an account is given of the
material from which that much-prized
article known as fig paste is made. 1t
appears that when vessel arrives in
port having part of cargo, If the
market is glutted and the price low, the
figs are stored in bonded warehouse.
Often they remain there from year
and half to two years. During this
time they become literally filled with
maggots, which increase in such numbers
as to cover the floor of the building and
to crawl over the wharf. The figs, how
ever, are never thrown away, but are
bought up and manufactured into paste,
Jam or preserves. Attention is also
called 10y this journal to the condition
of some of the tea that is stored till
there is an advance in price, or from
other causes. A thousand chests were
recently sold in London, under the at
tractive name of Extra Fine New Sea-
sons Mogune Gunpowder Green Tea"
which was stuck over with rice paste,
coated with green pigment and eaten
through and through by maggots. Such
an amount of iron filings had been incor-
porated with the tea leaves that they
were attracted and could be lifted by
n magnet. The tea contained, in addi-
ton. nineteen per cent OF fine sand.
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Romance of a Dishonest Dog.

In the rogues' gallery in the New Or
leans Police Department there is pic
ture of "Mollie Waterman and her
dog" Mollie was no thief. She was
never known to steal anything in her
life, and yet she was classed among
thieves, because her dog had habit of
stealing. Mollie would go into store
and examine goods, jewelry, laces, ETC.,
and the dog was always at her side.
She had way of telling the dog just
what she wanted out of store. and
the dog hung around. When the shop
mans back was turned the dog never
failed to lay his teeth on the very article
that Mollie wanted. He punctually
brought it to his mistress at her room.
Some times the dog took little things
that he thought Mollie might want,
without any hint from her. Mollie and
her dog had perfect understanding,
worked together for several years,
and we're very dear friends, as events
proved. One day the dog was caught
stealing. Mollie flew to his rescue.
She exonerated the dog and actually
accused herself of being the thief. The
police took her at her word. She said
she was willing to do all the suffering,
and pay his penalty, but begged her
iailors to spare the dog. The jailors
had the picture of Mollie Waterman
and the dog taken, and hung up among
the rogues. They then told her the dog
had to die without Judge or jury. She
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-01
Mercury and the Liver.

The British Medical Association has
been startled from its long dreams of
the efficacy of calomel in promoting
healthy action of the liver by report
lately made to that bodyshowing the re-
suits of careful investigation of the
subject
/. That in whatever form or dose.
whether continuous moderate doses of
blue pill, minute and frequent doses of
calomel, or large doses of it, mercury
utterly fails to stimulate the liver.
2. The constitutional action of mer-
curry. excited both slowly and rapidly by
corrosive sublimate, produced the same
results. In poisonous doses it pro-
duced marked diminution of the flow
of bile.
3. Mercurial Injunction was followed
by negative results and it was regarded
as proved that, so far from increasing,
mercury, by its general depressing ac-
ton upon the system, actually dimin-
ished the amount of bile.
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Pith and Point.

How TO keep dry all the time-Go to
a watering place.
The printers devil-The writer who
is late with his copy.
A MAN who brags of his descent is not
apt to be decent man.
WHATa good newspaper editor doesn't
know isn't worth knowing.
SOME men are fond of their species,
but all men are fond of their specie.
AN editor in Fredericksburg, Va, was
asked by stranger :" if it was possible
that little town kept up four newspa-
pers," and the reply was No, it takes
four newspapers to keep up the town"
A FRONTIER CORRESPONDENT who saw
Capt. Jack, after his capture, writes
that, in his opinion, the Modoc Chiefs
appearance would have been vastly i'm
proved if he had been washed before he
was ironed.
"ToMMY, what are you going TO do
with that club % "Send it to the editor,
of course" "But what are you going
to send it to the editor for p "'Cause
he says if anybody will send him club,
he will send them copy OF his paper.
A YOUNG man who knows all about it,
states that his experience has taught
him that firt is fool who delights in
fooling fools, and the fool who is fooled
by such fool is the foolishest kind of a
fool He's been fooled badly, we should
judge.
A YOUNG man in Peoria sought to Sc
cure his sweetheart by strategy; so he
took her out for boat ride and threat
ened to Jump overheard into the lake If
she wouldn't marry him. 1t did,not work.
She offered to bet him dollar that he
darn't dive in.
A SAN BERNARDINo, CAL, assessor
asked woman how many chickens she
had, and, doubling her word proceeded
to count them. She took him to the
beehive, kicked it over, and invited him
to count the bees. He'll take a woman's
word next time.
A WOMAN never realizes her necessities
till she attends an auction sale. They
tell of woman in Baltimore who has
provided herself with two hundred pairs
VI StOChluSo, WOOlcu CObIOu. kOlt 10
evidently intending to organize hose
company somewhere.
A SCHOOLGIRLS composition on to-
bacco "This noxious weed was invent
ed by distinguished man named Walter
Raleigh. When the people first saw him
smoking they thought he was steam
boat and as they had never heard of
such a thing as steamboat, they were
terribly frightened.
Two FRESHMEN, on sultry night,
took refuge under the bedclothes from
party of mosquitoes. At last one of
them, gasping from heat, ventured to
peep beyond the bulwarks, and espied
FREELY which had strayed into the
room. Accusing his companion, with
punch, he said: " Fergus, Fergus, it's
no use. Ye might as well come out.
Here's one of the craythers searching
for us wild lantern ~
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-01
Persia.

Persia is about as large as Austria,
France and Switzerland put together 7; is
nearly 1000 miles long and 600 wide ;
and is said to have 9,000,0 900 of inhabi-
tants. The climate is singular; one can
find either extreme, great heat and in
tense cold. Many of its mountains are
covered with perpetual snow while on
the shores of the Persian Gulf we find
the torrid zone. 1t is volcanic, and
earthquakes are frequent visitors, which
show its underground fires but, with
all these disadvantages, the atmosphere,
excepting around the Caspian Sea, is
remarkable for its dryness and purity.
Where water can be procured, artificial
irrigation was formerly much practiced /;
but, owing to the insecurity of property
and to excessive taxation, agriculture,
in all its branches, is much neglected,
and consequently famines are frequent
and fearful. The Persians, as State,
are never in debt, as extra expenses are
Immediately met by extra taxation. The
cost of the expensive tour the Shah is now
making will be wrung out ofhis miserable
and half-starved subjects, in small sums
or in large, just as his rapacious tax
gatherers see fit. Would it not have been
more like Prince to have spared few
of his diamonds and emeralds, of which
so much is said, and to have fed his
million of subjects who died in one year
of starvation The parade in England
over this despot, this Mohammedan SEN
sualist, is simply disgusting but it is
the alteration which the English have
for title, and for the show and glitter
of power.
In Persia there are many little salt
lakes, which do not add to the fertility
of the soil, and great beds of hard, dry
clay. The wheat that is produced there
is the finest in the world, and cotton,
the Persian Ambassador told the En-
glish at the breaking outof the American
rebellion, could be raised in sufficient
quantities to supply the spindles of all
Western Europe. Silk, carpets, fine
goods, hair, splendid horses, camels,
cattle, gems, and marble are among the
exports. Wolves, tigers, buffaloes, and
foxes are some of the wild animals and
it is said that lions and leopards are also
found in some parts of the country
Education is in a very low stage. Old,
exploded systems are taught. Astrono-
my is so mixed with astrology that the
science is lost while the superstition re-
mains. The buildings in the cities are
mean, even among the rich; but nearly
all have lovely gardens attached and
the interior of the houses is much more
attractive than the exterior.
The Shah is pure Oriental despot,
holding the lives of his subjects unre-
stricted in his hands ordering them to
be beheaded, tortured, or logged; con-
fiscating their property, or directing
him to bring him costly presents, at his
own pleasure. Woman is held in the
estimation that she always is where the
Mohammedan religion prevails-simply
as an instrument of pleasure to her lord
and master.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-01
THE ENGINEER.

Trust 90 dreams, Bill?
1 dol Foolish-still,
Do Won mind that culvert-number eight?
dreamt the train there,
Dustirg Il, too, I'll swear =
We we're more'n twenty minutes late!
Right on the edge
OF that trestle bridge
saw my little pet gal, little Jane =
She's the one that's dead;
But L saw her--her head,
Aud her blue eyes-just plain as plain
All of sweat
wlfistled brakes, you bet
But she never smiled nor spoke
She hoated 20 me, quick,
Kissed me on the cneek,
And vanished! Then woke.
Say what you will,
Dreams have their meaning, Bill.
Pardner, If l should go up tell my wife
God the culvert-gone!
Jump, Bill I'll hold on
To the brakes here Save your life
Can't get me loose,
Friends-its no use
Twont be long, though let me lay.
I'm easy 80, when still.
Somebody call-ah, here's Bill!
Don't fret, pardner-l had to so this way.
Nobody hurt but me?
That's good Bill, you'll see
The old woman? Tell her: don't complain
There's money i'll the bank
She's other things to be thank
All stoop down. Kiss your father, little Jan'
-GfGphic.
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prayed the inexorable police to take her

prayed the memorable police to take her
life, but spare the dogs. They would
not listen to her appeal, and, killing the
dog before her eyes, they flung his
bleeding carcass into her cell and locked
her up. The next morning Mollie Wa
terman was found dead in her cell, with
the dog in her arms. There was an in
stance of devotion. That picture is
worthy of better place than police
Office rogues' gallery. Mr. Bergh ought
to look after it.-MissOuri Republican.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-01
JOHN JANKIN,s SERMON.

The minister said last night says he,
"Dont be afraid of giyin';
II your life amt nothin' 10 other folks,
Why, what's the use o. hvin'?"
Aud that's what say 10 wife, says l.
There's Brown, the miserable sinner,
He'd sooner "a beggar would starve than give
cent towards buyin' dinner.
| tell you our minister's prime, he IL,
But / couldn't quite determine,
When heard him a-givin it right and left,
just who was hit by his sermon.
OF course there couldn't be no mistake
when he talked Of long-winded prayin',
For Peters and Johnson they sOt and scowled
At every word he was sayin'.
And the minister he went on to say,
"There's various kinds o. Jheatin',
And religions as good for every day
As il il to bring to meetin'.
don't think much OF a man that gives
The Lord Amens at my preachin,
And spends his time the foowin' week
In cheatin' and oyerreachin.
guess that dose was bitter enough
For a man like Jones to swaler;
But noticed he didn't opeu his mouth,
Not once, after that to boiler.
Hurrah, says l, for the minister =
OF course said it quiet
Give some more of this open talk;
Its very refreshin' diet.
The minister hit 'em every time;
And when he spoke of fashion,
And a-riggn out in bows and things,
Az woman y rulin' passion,
And a-cOmin' to church to see the styles,
couldn't help a-winkn,
And a-nudgin' my wife, and, say /, - Ihats YOU,
And guess it sot her thinkin'.
Says / to myself, That sermons pat;
But man is queer creation;
And I'm much afraid that most o. the folks
Won't take the application.
Now, if he had said word about
My personal mode o. snnin,
I'd have gone to work to right myself,
And not set here a-grinnin.
Just then the minister says, says he,
"And now I've come to fellers
Who'ye lost this shower by usn' their friends
As sort of moral umbrellas.
Gro home" says he, "and find your faults,
Instead of huntin' your brother;
Go home" says he, "and wear the coats
You've tried to fit for Others"
Ny wife she nudged, and Brown he winked,
And there lots % smilin',
And lots ~ lookin' at our pew;
1t sot my blood a-bn.
Says to myself, Our minister
Is gettin' little bitter;
I'll tell him. when meetns out, that
Amt at all that kind of critter.
-Harper's Bazar.
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Railroads and Their Relation to Area,
Population and Value.

The following table, taken from
4" Poor's Railway Manual" shows the
distribution of railroads through the
United States on Dec. 81, 1872, with
their relation in each State to area, pop
ulation and value
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Important Railroad Consolidation to
New Orleans.

The Illinois Central Railroad Compa-
ny have secured the control of the direct
railway connections between Cairo and
New Orleans. The New Orleans and
Jackson and Mississippi Central roads
are to be consolidated, and the link be-
tween the latter at Jackson, Tenn, and
Cairo are now being rapidly built, and
will be completed this fall. The Mobile
and Ohio Company are authorized to
run over part of the extension, and in
this way the Illinois Central secures q
q direct connection with Mobile as well
as New Orleans The two New Orleans
roadside Jackson and Great North
thern and Mississippi Central-have
made general joint mortgage, 7 per
cent. gold bonds, for 100000 600, of
which SIC, 900, 000are reserved in the Uni
ted States Trust Company to provide
for corresponding amount of existing
old mortgages, and the remaining &c.
600, 600 are be recommended to Off, in
deed, they have not been placed with
the foreign stockholders of the Illinois
Central Company-the company under
taking to purchase 5000, 900 of the bonds
every year at par value.-NcW York
BWietin
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REMARKABLE observation-disclosures
ton was received yesterday of the death
of colored woman named Nancy Har-
vey, at the residence of her daughter, on
Pennsylvania avenue, extended at the
remarkable age of III years. 1t is not
known whether she was family servant
in the household of the Father of his
Country, although there is no reason to
believe that such was not the case. She
was 20 years of age when the Declaration
of independence was signed. For the
last seventy years she has been living in
this State and city, and, until recently,
was employed as household domestic
in different families, but finally became
incapacitated by advanced age from such
duty. baltimore Gazette.
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Included in Maryland.

Included in Maryland.
According to this table the greatest
mileage of completed railroads in any
one State is in the agricultural State of
Illinois, where 6,901 miles are in opra-
ton, and it is no doubt but that it is to
it's traffic facilities that that State owes
its rapid development next comes
Pennsylvania, with 5,7S3 miles in work
ing order; then New York, with 4,901 /;
and fourth, Minnesota, with 1855;
while Rhode Island, with 139 miles,
stands lowest on the list. The greatest
density of railroads is in Massachusetts,
with one mile of road to every 4. 7 square
miles of area, and the least is Oregon,
with one mile of road to every 49,
square miles of area Compared with
populations Nevada stands first, with
one mile of road TO every 70. 6 inhab-
itants, and Rhode Island last, with one
mile of road to every 1867 inhabit-
ants and when compared with value
Nevada again stands first, with one mile
of road to every S42, 759 of valuation,
and Rhode Island again last, with one
mile to every 81, 757, 461 of valuation.
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A Curious Marriage.

The excitement at present in Potomac
City, and which forms the topic of daily
conversation, is the coming nuptials of
John L. Hickman, Esq, an old and
highly respected citizen of Washington,
and Mrs. Frances A. Johnson, of Poto-
mac City. The preparations coming on
for the coming event are grand and ex-
tensive. Over fifteen hundred invita-
tons have been issued, mostly to citi-
Zens of Washington, who have known
Mr.. Hickman for many years. The
ceremony will take place at Trinity
Church, corner of Third and G. streets,
at precisely six o'clock p. M, Tuesday,
July %, and the reception at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Johnson, at eight o'clock
the same evening, in Potomac City.
Mrs. Johnson's residence is beautiful
cottage, situated on the east bank of the
Potomac, adjoining the Government In
sane Asylum. A magnificent view is had
at this point of Washington, Georgetown
and Arlington Heights. Swings have
been erected and a large pavilion built
for the accommodation of guests on the
night in question. Several large tents
have also been secured, and altogether
the affair promises to be one not soon
forgotten by those who will attend.
Mr.. Hickman was slave, and is in his
sixty-ninth year has been resident of
Washington for sixty years has been
publicly sold under the hammer five
times, and at last, in order to secure his
freedom, he paid 81, 500 for the posses
sion of his own body, and has reared up
family of children, to each one of
whom he presented at marriage house
and lot. He served in the navy nine
years under Commodores Patterson,
Rodgers and Perry, and is at present
employed at the Capitol, where he has
served faithfully for over nineteen years
BY special resolution at the last ses-
sion his pay was increased. Both parties
have large families, and are grandpar-
ents, and in each others company it is
fit that they should pass the remainder
of their lives in the beautiful spot above
described. L. Washington Republican.
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Do you want to know whether ] mar
ried Bessie or not ? If you do go to
Morecombe bay, ask for the Hawthornes,
and maybe you'll see an old black mill
tary charger, almost blind, with two or
three curly-headed little urchins on his
back, all laughing and clapping their
hands as he carries them dantily up and
down the path.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-11
EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL.
ALIAS SUMMONS.

STATE OF NEVADA, COUNTY OF
EUREKA. IS.
IN JUSTICES COURT. Eureka Town
ship. before WILLIAM NJ. CAFES, Jus
tice OF the Peace.
WM. II. WILSON. Plaintiff. V. }. NJ.
HAMMFH, defendant.
THE STATE OF NEVADA TO j. Nj.
HAMMER.
NOU AEE HEREBY SUMMONED TO
L appear before me- eOIthc Peace
in and for EurCKa Township, County ana
State aforesaid. at tiny office IN Eureka, on
the ISth day OF December. y. II. lS1>, at 10
O'Clock, a. M, OF that day, to answer To
the complaint Of WI. b. WILSON,
wherein he claims to recover from You
the sun of three hundred dollars in gold
coin, for moneys had and received 10y
you from said plaintiff. ana with interest
thereon, at Il rate OF I'VE per cent. per
month from and after the lSt day OF July.
1872. as fully set toSth in plaIntIif com
plant on tile in my Office.
And you are hereby notified, that If
q fail TO appear ana answer the COM
plant as Aforesaid, Judgment VIII "
taken against you for the said sum u
three hundred dollars, gold coin, and
aid interest. II costs vi suit.
T"the Sheriff or any Constable OF said
County Greeting Make LEGAL service
arS aue return hereof.
Gwen Under my hand this 9Th day OF
October, y. =. 1875.
WI. NJ. GATES,
Justice OF the Peace, township, County,
II State aforesaid. ui5-laW3w
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For Sale or Rent.

~ NORTH MAIN STREET. 4 FINE
- two-story HOUSE, containing ten
me Rooms up stairs, and two store
Rooms down stairs. Inquire at
THOMAS MUEPHY'S
h-ii shoe shop.
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Assessment Clothes.
n SILVER MINING cont

l. PtNI.-locatIon of principal place
nf lu>luCss San Francisco, tatlIo'nl"'
l Dcatiou Of works Eureka Mining us
trict. Eureka county, state of
y, flee Is hereby given, that at Il h'Cyt-
inr of the Board OF Directors, held on tht
lam day of october, 1873, an assessment
No. Is. of sec per share was leNltu upon
the capitaI stock uI the corporation, pay
able Immediately, in United states Sviu
and silver coin, to the secretary. al Iht
office OF the Company, Room -, No tl'
california street, a francisco, IaIllor-
mia.
Any stock upon which this assessment
shall remain unpaid on the 18TH uaN W
\DNEMBFR. 1873, will be delinquent
and advertised tor sale AT public auction
and unless payment is made before, VIII
be old on
Thc 10th day of December. 1878.
10 pay the delinquent assessment, TO-
rrther with costs of advertising ana en-
pcuScS of sale.
By order of the Directors.
JOSEPH MAGUlRE, secretary.
Office Room ~, No. 4lg California street,
n Francisco, California. oio-t"
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Delinquent salr.

The hour Of l O'Clock y. m. of such day. 10
MY said DELINQUENT ass sSmtuts thereon,
tnSttnrr with costs OF advertising lndeN-
pruSCS of sale.
W. ". TRANLOR, secretary.
Office Room 9, Hayward's Building, Al!
California street, al Francisco, { an
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