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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27
The sumner Family-A Series Of Re.
markable Fatalities.

There were in all eleven children born
to Mrs. Sumner, who was very dis
tinguished looking lady. The family
lived on Hancock street, Boston, and
there all the children were brought up.
Henry. the eldest, who was a large,
powerful man, died in Orange, n. j.,
some wears since. Charles was the
next and his mother was always very
proud of him. Being asked how il was
he had become the possessor of so many
requirements, she said that Charles
when boy was very good scholar and
diligent at his studies. Albert Sumner
was, like his brother, SPLENDID speci-
men of manhood He, with his wife
and family, took passage for Europe In
the Arctic, and were lost with that un-
fortunate vessel. In connection with
this event, a singular circumstance oc-
Cured. Albert Summers wife was a
very rich lady, possessing upward OF
million dollars in her own right and
when she was lost the Sumner family
thought that rightfully they ought to
be considered the heirs atlaw. Accord
ingly they contested the inheritance
with the lady's relatives and ultimately
won the suit. But the Summers had
only gone to law to vindicate their honor
and their rights they had no intention
of impoverishing the dead woman's
family and, having won the cause,
they magnanimously resigned all the
property to the wife's relatives, thus
exhibiting rare disinterestedness. Geo.
Sumner came to his death in a very re-
markable way. During the war he was
going to inspect some troops at short
distance from Boston, when he met with
an accident in getting In or out of the
railway cars, and hurt one of his knee
caps. He was very much in favor of
the water-cure theory, and went to a
water-cure establishment to get his leg
treated. However, the I'M Jury went on
from bad to worse, until finally George
was so paralyzed all over his body that
it could hardly be said that any part of
him but his head and his heart was.
truly alive. Horace, younger son,
was slender youth, quite different in
appearance from his stalwart brother,
the Senator. He was placed for some
time with Levi Bartlett, of Warner, n.
H., to learn farming. He was of a
dreamy, poetic nature, fond of reading
and meditation, and very little inclined
for any practical business of life. After
leaving Warner he went abroad and
stopped in Rome for some time, with
Margaret Fuller Ossoli and her hus-
band The two latter, with their child,
We're coming to America, and Horace
embarked with them. When almost
within sight of home the vessel was
wrecked of the Long Island coast, and
many on board, including the Ossoli
family and Horace, were lost. There
were three daughters in the Sumner
family, of whom only Julia, who is
married to medical officer in the
United States service in California, sur
wives. The rest of the family died when
yet young. Charles Summers own
modest fortune came to him by the sue
cessive deaths of his brothers, who left
their property to him.-New York
Grd7lLiC
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27
Tea Chests.

The varnish applied by the Chinese
to tea-chests is made of freshly-drawn
blood, little alum, and four parts of
powdered slaked lime. One, two, or
three coats of this mixture, applied
while viscid, make the packages lmper-
vious to moisture, rendering tin-foil un-
necessary.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27

FLORIDA, now one of the United States,
was discovered by Sebastian Cabot,
sailing under the English flag, in 1897.
In 1863 Florida was coded To Great Brit
ain by Spain i'll exchange for Havana
The Spanish reconquered it in 1871, and
coded it to the United States in 1919.
1t was admitted into the Union in 1915.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27

The Democrats Of Rhode Island, in State
Convention at Providence, have resolved to
make no nominations for State officers.
The first ballot in the Massachusetts, Legis-
lature for United States Senator to succeed
Mr.. Sumner resulted as follows
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
TRANSMISSION of Blood.

The experiment of transferring
the blood of live lamb into the
veins of q consumptive patient was
successfully performed upon the
person of Hermann Dubois at Fall
River last week by Drs. Julius Hoffr
man and Weyland, Of New York
City. Every vein which is con>
nected with the jugular vein of the
animal was severed and securely
tied by the physicians, 50 as to allow
the blood free egress to the arm of
the patient. DR.. Hoffman used a
small glass tube, about q inches
long, slightly curved, for the opera
ton, thus bringing the neck of the
lamb in very close proximity to the
patients arm. The operation oc>
cupied one minute and thirty~three
seconds, about 6 ounces..of blood be>
ing transferred in that time. Mr..
Dubois has been afflicted with con-
sumption more than two years, and
his frienns thought it best to try the
experiment as last resort for relief.
At last accounts the patient was
doing well.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
Stephens Overated.

If there was any doubt before of
the kind of craftsmanship Alexander
H. Stephens possesses, his recent
speech at Augusta should give the
key to the calibre of his mind. Mr..
Stephens has all his life been a
much overrated man, and the power
he has welded in the South has
been extraordinary in view of his
talents. His judgment is not equal
to his fuency. His eulogy Of
General Grant for his action in
Louisiana was, to say the very least
of it, out of place. His endorse
ment of the third term places him
where he has almost always
been in his career. with the few
impracticables who ride strange
hobbies. Nearly all the politicians
who are silently favoring the pro-
ject have something to gain by it.
Mr.. Stephens has nothing but ap-
pears to be actuated by O pure
spirit of contrariness.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
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Character is Capital.

What you can effect depends on
what you are. ,-7 You put your whole
self in what, you Do. :, IF that self
be small, ahdg lean and mean, your
entire lifie,77work few, is ,paltry,s your
words have. 20 force, your influence
has no weight, If that self be true
and high, pure and kind, vigorous
and forceful,, your strokes are blows,
your notes staccatos,1 year work
.massiEe,s your inAuenceccogent; you
can do what you will. Whatever
your position, you are o power, you
are felt as a kindly spirit, you are
as one having authority. Toe many
think of character chiefly in it's re>
lation to the.1ife beyond the grave:
| certainly would mot have less
thought of with reference to that
unknown future, on the margin of
which some of US undoubtedly at
this moment are standing. But I
do wish that more consideration
were bestowed upon it's earthly
uses. [ would have young men, as
they start in. life, regard character
as a capital, much surer to yield
full returns than any other capital,
unaffected by panics and failures,
fruitful when all other investments
lie dormant, having as certain
promise in the present life as in that
which is to come.-Chas. Peabody.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
Bricks Twenty Centuries Old.

A correspondent of the Cleveland
Leader, writing from Persia, says :
"Coming from Bagdad, which, in a
direct line, is forty -four miles dis
tant, three imense mounds appear
in succession, which have the ap~
pearence of natural hills, But
close examination shows that they
are composed of bricks, and are the
remains of large buildings. These
are on the east side of the Eup-
hrates, and the largest is about one
hundred and fifty feet in height.
They are supposed to be an ancient
citadel that defended this part of
the town, the royal palace and a
temple. How immense must the
original buildings have been, when
it is considered that these mounds
have been the storehouses from
which, for twenty centuries, bricks
of the finest description have been
taken to build the great cities Of
Csesiphon, Selucia, and Bagded
Fragments of alabaster vessels and
images, fine earthernware, marble,
and great quantities of enameled
tiles, the coloring and glazing of
which are still surprisingly fresh,
can yet be found in these mounds.
On the face of every brick is stam-
ped, in cauneiform, the name and
title of Nebuchadnezzar: They are
all laid face downward, and the
cement in which they are imbedded
is so hard that they can only be
detached with the greatest difficulty
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
Keep It To Yourself.

You have trouble-your feelings
are injured, your husband is unkind,
yourwife frets, your home is not plea
SAINT your friends do not treat you
fairly, land things in general moveun>
pleasantly. Well, what Of it? Keep
it to yourself. "A smouldering fire
can be found aud extinguished; but,
when the Goals are scattered, who
can pick them up? BURY your
sorrow. The place for sad and dis
gusting things is under the ground.
A cut finger is not benefited by
pulling off the plaster, and exposing
it under somebody's eyes; tie it up
and let it alone; it will get we'll of
itself sooner than you can cure it.
Charity covereth a multitude of sins.
Things thus covered are often cured
without scar; but, once published
and conided to meddling frinds,
there is no end to the trouble they
may cause. Keep it to yourself.
Troubles are transient, and, when a
sorrow is healed and past, what a
comfort it is to say, mo one ever
knew it until it was all over.'
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
A Needlewemen's Syndicate.

The needlewomen of Paris are
about forming themselves into a So
ciety or syndicate, to protect their
interests and to struggle against
those employees who are constantly
reducing prices. There is a differ.
ence of 80 per cent. in the prices
paid for the same work BY certain
establishments,land there are inter.
mediary agents who often find their
remuneration at the expense of the
ouvrieres.
The wages of a needlewoman vary
from one to three francs per day
The payment for sewing a water,
proof varies from 20 to 13 sons, and
the finishing of it from 8 to 5 sons
piqueuses, if skillful, can gain 8
francs per day. Added to all this
there are two months of a dead seal
son throughout the year.
An ordinary dress with corsage,
is paid at the rate of 6 francs, and
requires the labor of two days q
costume with a corsage Louis XIV,
with founces, ETC., is paid at the
rate of % francs, but exacts ten OF
twelve days of close work to finish
it; linen caps, whether for children
or women, are paid at the rate of
francs the dozen.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
European Savans in American Insti-
tutions. .'--

Prof. Proctor writes to The Acad>
eney in reference to the policy of the
Importation byAmerica or European
savans as professors in colleges, di.
rectors of observatories, &C., and
remarks that at all the chief centres
of scientific culture, whether in New
England, the Middle or Western
States, he found the general sentia
ment favorable to such action. He,
however, states that while at the
college of his adoption such a per~
son meets with a warm welcome, and
is regarded with special pride, as
was the case with Agassiz, elsewhere
he is looked upon with jealousy,
especially among those best able to
weigh the merits of American
science. He thinks that it is only
among the less well>informed Amer~
leans that the qualities of the Amer,
lean leaders in scientific research
are undervalued, and this merely
because shortcomings are imagined
which have no real existence. He
remarks that the Americans, who
are best able to judge, know that
the elaborateness of European scien~
tific training is less effective than
their own more practical system
and they consider it unfair that the
claims of their best men should be
overlooked in favor of strangers.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
TARBORO', N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1874.
Cotton Manufacture Changing Base.

A Northern paper discusses GER
tain changes in trade and manu>
factures in the North and East,
such as have been brought about by
Atlantic telegraphs, by extension
Of railways, and by the varying
conditions Of agriculture and the
mechanic arts.
Finally, it has to say of the man
ufacture of cotton fabrics, this:
On the other hand, certain bran,
ches of our production have been
overdone. There are large wooden
and cotton mills which, for the past
ten years. have not paid ono per
cent. profit. The cotton mills of
Massachusetts are compelled now to
reduce their productions by ones
quarter. This means a great
change in the business at the points
of distribution and sale, such as
New York and Boston. 1t would
seem that throughout the world
certain articles of necessity have
been produced beyond the demand,
and for time capital must be with
drawn from various branches of
manufacture. 1t is 6 period of ebb
and flow in the tides of capital, and
this means great uncertainty in
business.
These remarks touch only on the
fact that cotton manufacture in the
North no longer pays as formerly.
The reasons assigned for that fact,
are, however, false.
The truth is, that the rate Of
wages, the cost of living, the freights
on raw material and the short work
ing year, have slowly and surely
transferred the area of profitable
cotton manufacture to the South
and the Middle States. The de-
mand for the coarser fabrics, negro
wear, has also greatly fallen off, fol-
the freedman purchases now for him
self and buys pinchback jewelry
and kicshaws with one-half the
money with which his planting
owner bought brogans from Lynn
linsey from Lowell, and osnabur&
from Fall River. This has contrib
uted to cut off the margin Of profit
and in addition thereto is the mucl
greater fact that capital, enterprise
and labor has been diverted in tn
Southern and border States from
agricultural and planting to manu-
factures, afording home marke
for the staple, gaining a hom
market for the finished fabric an
finding that the saving of tw
freights, or ten to twenty per cent
; in labor, and another twenty pc
cent. in the working time, Civ
them leaves to undersell the North
ern and Eastern factory.
Hence the rapid increase an
full profits of cotton manufacture
in the South, especially Mort
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama
With the aggregation of capital thi
process grows faster, and with tn
full development of the chea
Goals in the Kanawha valley and i
Northern Alabama, the progres
will be still more accelerated unit
within the next twenty years tn
States south of the Potomac an
east of the Ohio will manufactur
the whole of their textile fabric
and New England must seek marx
: cts outside of the United States.-
/ Norfolk Twginaan.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
The Seven Wonders of the World.

S>>~>S@S Se>S
The seven wonders of the world
were:
First. The Egyptian pyramids ;
the largest of these is 693 feet
square, and AGO feet high, and its
base covers III acres of ground.
Second. The Mansoleum, a mag
nifcent monumental structure, erec.
ted to Manusolus, king of Carlo,
by his widow, Artemisia {; it was SO
feet long, and 35 feet high.
Third. The Temple of Diana, at
Ephesus /; this was 525 feet in
length, and 22O feet in breadth.
Fourth. The walls and hanging
gardens of Babylon these walls are
stated to have been 81 feet thick
$50 feet high, and fifty miles in
length. .ra
Fifth. The COLOSSUS at Rhodes
this was brazen statue of Appollc
1O5 feet in height.
Sixth. The statue of Jubitel
Olympus, at Anthems, which was
made of ivory and gold. ..; g..
Seventh. The Pharos of Ptole
my Philadelphus this was light,
house 500 feet high.
The seven wonders of the worlt
now are: The art of printing
optical instruments such as tele
scopes, and microscopes, gunpow
der, the steam engine, labor-sav
ing machinery, the electric tele
graph, and photography. - 81.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
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Tennessee Politics.

The Nashville correspondent of
the St. Louis Republican, in a very
readable letter. upon Tennessee poll
itics, says: .s e,. ,
AS near as | can find out, the
majority of the people of Tennessee
are patiently waiting for the Al
mighty to cali on about four of the
leading citizens of the Stateto pass
in their. checks. II This quartette is
composed of, the, venerable and
vinegarated Brownlow, the petrifed
and punctilious Henry S. Foote,
the lean, lucky and long.haired
beetle-browedoA. JgaA As for Foote
and Brownlow,. their time, accord.
ing to the immutable laws of nature,
draws so nigh that Tennessee has
already begun to exhaust the air
from her lungs preparatory to heavs
ing an immense sigh of relief at
their taking off, But in relation to
Maynard and A, j.. there are no
signs of deliverance GENTLY near
at hand to inspire any such ready
making for demonstrations Of Joy
and gratitude. Hence, upon that
philosophical plan of enduring what
they can't cure, the people Of Ten
nessee submit with something like
the long suffering heroism Of that
celebrated granger Of antiquity
Father Job, to the periodical RAM
kpagpages of these past~due states.
men who ilinger1 ssuperfuous. in her
politics. To-. , ..,.. ..,
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
b re Z LODGES.
The Nights and the Places of Meeting

Concord r. A. Chapter No 5, n. NJ. Law
rance High Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly
convocations first Thursday in evory month at
10 o'clock A. NJ.
Concord Lodge No. SO, Thomas Gatlin,
Master, Masonic Hall, meetsArst Friday night
1t o'clock P. NJ and third Saturday at 10
o'clock A NJ. in every month
Repiton Encampment No. IS, |. 0; Q. F.,
DR.. Jos. Il. Baker, Chief Patriarch, Odd Eel
lows Hall, meets every first and thiFd Thurs
day of each month. --'
Edgecombe Lodge No. so, |. o. o. F.,
II. Baker, N. g., Odd Fellows Hall, meets
every Tuesday night. .-s
Edgecombe Council No. 12S, Friends of
Temperance, meet every Friday night at the
Odd Fellows Hall.
Advance Lodge No. %, l. 0: G: T., meets
every Wednesday night at ODD Fellows haIl
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
Query.

That was funny old coincidence
that happened in Washington.
While the Democrats were jubilat>
ing after the Ohio and Indiana elec>
tions, so we learn from a special
telegram in the Baltimore Sun, a
queerly attired individual was seen
perambulating the avenue in the
vicinity of the White House, hav~
ing, evidently, somethig in his
mind. After meditatiug a few mo-
ments he turned round in at the
main entrance and walked up to the
front portico. He drew from a
basket, which he carried, bottle
containing a dark looking fluid,
with which he besprinkled the
stone floor. With another drive
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
Like Sheep.
A farmer took his wife to a gran

A farmer took his wife to grand
concert, and, after listening with
apparent enjoyment, the pair be-
came suddenly interested in one Of
the grand choruses. 'All we, like
sheep, have gone astray." First, a
sharp soprano voice exclaimed |:
Cali We, like sheep" Next, a
deep voice uttered in the most earn
est tore: Gail we, like sheep"
Then all the singers at once asser-
ted: Gall we, Sheep" "Well,
l DON'T" exclaimed old Rusticus to
his partner. 81 like beef and ba.
con, but l can't bear sheep meat ~
There was an audible litter in that
vicinity, but the spiendin music at
tracted attention from the pair,
and they quietly slipped out.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
NORTH WESTERN N. c. r. B.

Passenger train leaving Raleigh at SAL
1. NJ, connects at Greensboro with the
Northern bound train making the quickest
time to all Northern cities. Price of Tick
cts same as via other routes.
Trains to and from points East of Green's
bore connect at Greensboro with Mail
Trains to or from points North or South.
Trains daily, both ways.
On Sundays Lynchburg Accommodation
leave Richmond at 900 A. M, arrive at
Burkeville 12.43 P. NJ, leave Burkeville f. 35
A. NJ, arrive at Richmond 7.58 A. NJ.
Pullman Palace Cars on all night trains
between Charlotte and Richmond, (without
change.)
For further information address
S. E. ALLEN,
Gen1 Ticket Agent,
Greensboro, N. c.
T. NJ. R. TALCOTT,
Engineer & Gen1 Superintendent.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06

At dinner party recently, SEM
ator Nye put his new silk tile care
lessly upon the sofa. A few min>
utes after, Gen Butler sat down
upon and crushed the hat fearfully.
"D-n it," roared Nye, "I could
have told you it wouldn't fit before
you tried it on. ..- -...
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
Or. J. Walkers California Vim.


egar BitterS are purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from tue na-
tiveherbs found on the lower ranges Of
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of Caltor-
mia, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. Tho question is almost
daily asked. "Nhat is the cause of the
unparalleled success Of VINEGAR Bit
TERs" Our answer is, that they
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and Il life giving principle,
o perfect Renovator and InyigOratOr
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERS in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are q gentle PurgatiVc as well as Tonic.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver aud Visccral Organs III Bilious
Diseases
The properties Of Dr.. WALKEE'i
VISEGA BITTERS are Aperent. Diaphoretlc,
Carminative Nutritious, Laxative. Dlureticr
Sedatiye, Counter Ir1itant SUdorifc, Altera.
tive, and Anti-Bilious.
Grateful Thousands proclaim YIN
EGAR BITTERS the most wonderful Ill
vigorant that ever sustained IL" sinking
system.
No Person can take these BitterS
according to directions, aad remain long
unwell, provided their bones are not de-
stroyed by mineral poison OF other
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
repair.
Bilious, Remittent and Inter-
mittent FeyGrS, which are so preva
lent in the valleys of cur great rivers
throughout the United States. especially
those of the Mississippi. Ohio, Missouri
Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan-
sas, Red, Colorado, BrazOS, Rio Grandc,
Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ro-
anoke, James, and many others, with
their vast tributaries, throughout OLr
entire country during the Summer and
Autumn, and remarkably 50 during sea-
sons Of unusual hest and dryUcsS, are
Invariably accompanied by extensive de
rangemcntS of the stomach and liver.
and other abdominal ".scCra. IN their
treatment, Il pur@atiNc. cNcrti'Er 4 pow
erful influence upon these various o.
gans, is essentially necessary. There
is no cathartic fOl th" purpose equal TO
DIR: J. WALKEE'5 \:NH"hE .l BlrrEEs, .,;
colored viscid matte" with which the
bowels are loaded, ~ the same time
stimulating the sCcrctiuu' oI Tie liver,
and generally restoring the healthy
functions of tile digestive organs.
FOrtify the body against disease
nv nurifyinr all lis flI.iIS MIN TTTrClr
9,,rr,.I,: p,. n o,,idn,,'i,. ,..,n t.,t.n LIi'I
bt ENo, ~ Cl'ao'ia'o ''.' '''''' i''''''
Vi Ss0'cHi .I'''S 10, '''''I
-- dyspepsia or iliUl&"Sli"i;. Head
ache. Pain in the Shnu,drYS. Cuus.hs.
TirLtuess Of tlr Cn,.t. D.I1...,.>,. Sour
- ,, ~
EructauUnS Ol III" E'1i'i"tN. EaN lHSle
in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks. l'atD;tl-
tatiO,1 of the Heart. .,....r;,;.,.,, - the
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06

into his basket he brought out a
placard, on which was printed in
large letters. "For Rent" After
afixing this to one of the columns,
and satisfied. that he carried
the news to Hiram," he disappears
ed. After short time one of the
White House employees came out,
and in a melancholy manner pros
ceeded to remove the placard. Pro-
badly the Republican party will be
disposed to rent its interest in the
Executive Mansion for small sum
in the neither months of the good
Centennial year 1876. Stranger
things have happened. Will the
placard-poster be bad prophet!
The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-06
MAILS.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
NORTH AND SOUTH VIA w. W. r. Il.
Arrivea TsrboTS daly) at so IN
WASHfNafoNs MAIL VIZ GREENVtLEE'
FALKLAND AND SPARTA
Leave Tarboro' daily at A.
Arrive at Tarboro' daily at r. NJ