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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05
The Fuel OF the sun.

The matter from which the worlds
were formed came from the hands of
Omnipotence in its most alternate state.
Throughout space there rolls a vast ocean
of this material, which science calls cos
mical matter-star dust 1t is TO con-
slant rain of this star dust and meteoral
ties into the sun that this heat is due. 1t
is law of matter that retarded motion
shall evolve heat. When we shoot ball
against rock it's surface will become
heated in proportion to the velocity of
the missile. SO does the rain of matter
develop heat by its being retarded by the
suns surface. A fine example of the way
in which the fires of the sun are fed,
may be seen i'll the fall of the meteoral-
ties upon the earth. These Migrants are
caused to emit light and heat by friction
during their passage through the air,
and by striking the earth. 1t is sad to
contemplate the end TO which the de-
mand of the suns greed must inevitably
lead, for when the supply of star dust is
exhausted, and comets and meteors are
no more the planets will obey the stern
summons, and one after another fall into
the funeral pile of the worlds. Those
nearest the sun will first respond, until
the most distant courtier will come ut his
call to feed the last Pickering flame.
Then will he grow cold and hang i'll space
a dead, cherries thing, the ashes of
great conhagration.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05
A Young woman's Presence of Mind.

Thursday afternoon, as Miss Matte
Briley, daughter of Mrs. William Briley,
of Battle Greek, was ont riding on the
Marshall road with lady friend, she met
farmer who was coming into town with
a load of wood, and who had got stuck
on the Michigan Central Railroad cross
ing in front of the Roberts farm. The
farmer was in critical situation, as the
day express from the east was then due,
and the rumbling of the train was already
heard in the distance. He urged his
horses to the utmost, but they failed to
even start the load. Every minute was
growing more perilous. Miss Briley,
seeing that something must be done,
gave the reins TO her friend and jumped
out of her cutter. She was wearing a
red cloak over her shoulders, and taking
that in her hand she hurried to the rail
road track and waved it in front of the
locomotive as it came laundering along.
The whistle sounded down brakes and
the engineer reversed his engine. The
train came to a standstill and the pas
sengers and railroad men came pouring
out TO see what the matter was. They
all lent helping hand and pushed the
sleigh of the track, relieving from his
perlious situation the excited and fright
ened farmer, who expected to see his
sleigh and wood made into kindlings and
his hor ses probably killed.-DctrOd
Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05
Hurrah for Stanley.

An English paper says; Mr.. Stan
lev's first letter from Africa shows that
he has, at the outset of his journey, ac
complished great work, the moral and
material importance of which can hardly
be exaggerated. In thirty days he ex-
plored the Rufgi river, which Mr.. Kirk
reported to be navigable. Mr. Stanley,
as the result of his spirited voyage in the
Yarmouth yawl, the Wave, informs MS
that the river carries good navigable
channel fifty miles inland, and he be-
lieyes that for nearly half that distance
the largest Mississippi steamboat of five
thousand tons might safely float. Mr..
Stanley, by his initial bit of work, puts the
British Consul at Zanzibar to shame,
and justifes the belief that he is not un-
worthy to continue the work which was
begun by Livingstone.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05
BEES are a sting-y set.

A PAPER of tax-The assessment List.
He was a Warm Spring Indian the
moment he sat down on hot stove
WHEN cat sings does she not do it
on purpose She simply does it to
a-mews herself.
WHAT is the largest word in the En-
glish language! Smiles because there
is a mile between the first and last let
ters.
GO No MA AM" said grocer, to an ap-
phcant for credit, 81 don't trust any
body these days. wouldn't even trust
nay feelings.
6 j SEE the villain in your face, said
a lawyer to AN unmanageable witness.
" That is a personal reflection" re-
torted the witness.
WHEN you see a physician sprinkling
ashes on the icy sidewalk in front of his
residence, you may know he has retired
from the profession.
A coRPU1ENT Bridgeport man chased
horse-car about mile, the other day,
and when he reached it, discovered that
1t had passed his destination.
THE difference between q fool and q
looling-glass is said to be that the fool
speaks without rejecting, and that the
looldng-glass reflects without speaking.
"CAN you run " asked boy of st.
Louis officer who had arrested him.
GO Like a cuss," was the reply. "Then
chase me-" said the boy, and off he
went.
"JoHN, am afraid you have been for
getting me-, said bright-eyed girl to
her sweetheart the other day. Eyes,
Sue, L have been for getting you these
two years.
In the Rondout Methodist Church
on recent Sunday morning the usual
donning of coats was proceeding amid
considerable confusion, but had not been
completed when the pastor, the Rev. j.
j. Dean, arose to pronounce the bene-
diction. He paused a moment and said
Brethren, 1 guess l will put on my
overcoat hereafter during the benedic-
ton, so as not to lose any time.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05
PACIFIC MAIL.
Report of the Ways and Means Committee
of (ouDres9 "a I'D "

Report of the Ways and Means Committee
Of Congress. t-
The report ON the Pacific Mailsnbsidy investi-
CATION by the Ways and Means Committee of
Congress il a long document The committee
reviews the evidence taken during the winter,
and presents a condensed narrative Of all the
facts proved during the investigation, with
comments upon them. Among the facts which
the committee declares not to have been proved
is the bribery of any member OF Congress by
the advocates of the subsidy bill. The report
discusses at length the manner In which money
was paid out by Irwin, and says that the Pacinc
Mail Steamship Company is entitled to the bene-
fit Of the statement of the managing officers,
that they did hot know of the payment OF money
to corrupt legislation. The committee seems
to accept the theory that the principal portion
of the 81 DOC, 900 expended was used by Stock
well in gigantic stock-speculation. Comments
are made on the fact that money was paid TO
the employees of the House and scattered around
loosely by MIR. Irwin, and on the fact that the
committee is utterly unable to obtain a satisfac-
factory statement from Mr.. John G.. Schumacher
of what he did with the money he got from
Stockwel, and that the committee has not got
hold of w. s. King at all These men are
severely handled. The committee refers TO the
great difficulties in the way OF obtaining evil
dence, and winds up its report with two
resolutions and two bills to be acted
on 10y the House. The committee recommends
that the evidence relative TO Messrs. Schumacher
and King, who are elected members of the
next House, be certified to the next House, to
take such action in regard to their conduct as it
may see fit, and that it also be furnished to the
local District Attorney TO take such action in
regard TO King AZ may be proper. One of the
bills provides for official list of persons prac-
ticing as attorneys before Congress- III which
every person who engages professionally in
influencing Legislation must sign his name.
The second bill provides proper penalties for
the payment of any money TO any officer OF
employee in Congress by any person for services
rendered while they are engaged in their official
dutiea
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

Radical circles nclines on the whole to justify
Kellogg claims and that, as Kellogg Is and
has been acting Governor OF louisiana Tor the
past two years 10 deny his right and install
another IN his place. after this lapse, of time,
might involved ncalcnlable mischief to the legal
and political interests of the State.
The committee conclude as follows
To avoid mischief and the confusion OF a change,
the majority Of the citizens Of Louisiana will
ing TO accept ~ a compromise, Kellogg's recogni-
ton and the restoration to the Conservatives of the
control of the lower house. For these reasons,
essrs. Foster and Phelps do not wish TO oppose the
Recommendation that the administration Of the
Governor Kellogg be recognized. Neither, in view
Of the fact that they know nothing OF It's merits
judged by competent evidence, do they wish TO be
Understood az urging it. They only wish 10 accord
thor agreement with those Of their associates who
believe such n conference might by making a ter
minaton to the uncertainty in Louisiana, be- ON the
whole less intoerable than the present situation OF
that distracted people but to any resolution recog
nizing Kellogg, Messrs. Potter and Marshall
utterly opposed. They find nothing TO
justify the belief that Kellogg elected; that he
Federal troops, through a void and fraudulent
order, which prevented the counting and re-
turning of the votes, should be a standing pre-
sumption against him. When the people, outraged
by the abuses of his government, had successfully
regained the Office which he had usurped. he was
again reseated by the Federal power through forms
of law by which he had intrenched himself He
more sought to nulfy the choice of the people
at the late election, and 10 that end called in the
Federal troops to break up the meeting Of the Legs
lature. For Congress to recognize usurpation 20
gross so oppressive, is, they think, to establish
precedent by which, under pretexts that readily
be found, any State government may be overthrown,
the will of the people nullhed, and fraud and vio-
lenee made permanent, and republican forms per-
verted to destroy liberty.
In their judgment. all that Is needed in Louisiana
is 10 withdraw the Federal troops, and leave the peo
pie of that State TO govern themselves.
CHARLES FOSTER,
WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS,
CLARKsOE y. POTTER,
81
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

bearing, yielding 100 bushels, netting s26 $780, or
500, 20 per acre,
The .ar orchards N 1877 yicided net 1928 per
acre IN 1873 $500; In 1874, $3.50.
The plum orchhrds,. In 1874, made anet yield Of
1888 Lea acre in 1873, 1888 in 1874, $500 arf
The cherry orchards, in 1872, made returns
o. s4or4o per acre in 1873, t4oi 90 IN 1874 t450
The grape vineyards, in 1872, produced s27s per
acre ; In 1873, si40.50; in 1874, $40. -
The strawberry plantations, In 1872, yielded $3.50 10
per acre ; In 1879, 1918. 80 in 1874, s237 So 81
The currants, In 1872, net s46S 60 per acre.; 49,
$4,000; in 1874, $3.50.
The average net per acre for the last three years
for apples in bearing, S60.73; for peaches
$500 for pears, SAG; for plums s347; for cher
s265 SO: for currants $4,000. The average per
for all fruits s342.52 Allowing all the APP
pie land in Van Buren, county TO be set and in bear
ing, IL would produce at the low price OF nifty cents
per bushel 80 99,977 Allowing the peach land 10 be
set and in bearing at 81 per bushel II would amount
To Sl6,666,60O. Added TO the product OF the apple
land the orcharding in Van Buren, county would
yield annually over tnenty-fre million dollars.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

ALLEN Il. CAPERToN, the Senator-elect
from West Virginia, graduated at Yale
with Cassius NJ. Clay.
Ex-Gov. PHILIP f. THOMAS, of Mary
land, will be the Father of the new
House, having served his first term in
1S39-41.
CINCINNATI Times: "Young Brown
Safeguarding Butler is suggestive of a
four yearold pinching the tail of Cali
fornia mule"
GEN. JAMES LoNGsTREETh has abandoned
Louisiana and the fortunes of the Kellogg
party, and has bought farm in White
county, Ga, whore he proposes to en-
gage largely in sheep-raising.
BEN BUTLER uses diplomacy even in
selecting seat III railway car. He
says 50 sit in the forward end of the
car for two reasons To avoid the bad
breath and foul air which one finds col
lected in the rear of the car and, next,
because there is far less danger in case
of telescoping. l prefer the left side,
! because every car door opens to the left,
thereby throwing the draught to the
right"
JUDGE MCMILLAN, the new Senator
! elect from Minnesota, was born in Fay
cite county, Pa, in 1926 ; graduated mt
Duquesne College in 1910 ; read law in
the office of Edwin NJ. Stanton and
Judge Shaler Came TO Minnesota, set
/ Ting at Saltwater, in 1852 was elected
District Judge in 1853 was appointed
| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
in 1864 : elected TO the same Office in
1865, reelected in 1872, appointed and
elected Chief-Justice IN 1874. He has
never held other than judicial office.
A CAREFUL WoMAN.-One cold night
last week lone old woman arrived i'll
Detroit from some town in Indiana, III
search for her son, and she put up for
the night at hotel on Woodbridge
street. Soon after daylight a servant
girl, passing along the hall, found the
old lady's room open, and entered the
room to discover that both windows were
up, and that rag had been tied over
the gas-buner after the light had been
extingllished. When the woman was
aroused and asked to explain, she said
Give seen this ere gas before, and
don't believe you can be too careful
about handling it. "-DetrOH Free Press
Missouri Republican MANY 9
country editor whose subscribers have
failed to come down with the cord WOOD
as they should had their hearts warmed
with new hope when it was reported
that Congress had restored the frankine
privilege as to public documents. They
felt that the time was approaching
when delinquent subscribers could &c
to somebody else and sell their cOrt
wood and welcome, for would they no
have Patent Office reports enough t.
keep every stove red hot from Novembe
to March But alas for human editoria
hopesl Congress hasrejected the bill, tin
editors stove is cold, the delinquent sub
scriber has hibernated, and the bleal
winds of winter howl n wild and disma
wall through cracks where zero steals in.
ALL of the twenty-five Senatorial va
cancies which will occur on the 4th OF
March have now been filed. We Civ
below n list of the retiring members an,
their successors, showing the parties t
which they belong, and the gains am
losses of either party. The names @
| Republicans are in Roman, Democrats
, Hatic, and Independents III SMALL CAP
TAILS ::
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

at this time in that city granddaughter
of Thomas Jefferson, who, with her
young son, is pleading for an appoint
ment for one or the other as means of
support. The daughters of ex-Secretary
of the Treasury Robert j. Walker, and
those OF Chief-Justice fancy, are doing
copying as means of livelihood, and
there are the grandchildren OF Presi-
dents, Generals, and hundreds OF other
distinguished people pleading for labor
Mt even the smallest remuneration, so
that they may be able to live.
A BALTIMORE paper contains the fol-
lowing announcement: "Dled, at the
residence of DIR. Samuel A. Mudd, near
Bryantown, Md, on the Dist day of
February, Edward Spangler, aged 55
years, native of Pennsylvania" The
reader need scarcely be told that Span
gler was one of the parties who was ar
rested for completely in the assassination
of President Lincoln. 1t will be remem-
bered that, ut the time of the murder, he
was a stage-carpenter at Ford's Theater.
1t was alleged against him that he took
charge of Booths horses, and arranged
to have a way kept open for him in the
theater to escape. Spangler, in company
with DIR. Mudd and Arnold, was par
doned and released from his imprison-
ment Mt the Dry Tortugas about the
close of President Johnson's administra-
ton. About two years ago he took up
his residence with DIR. Mudd, with whom
he was ON terms of very close friendship.
OF the other parties, Booth was killed;
Harold, Atzerott, Payne, and Mrs. Sur
RAFT were executed, and O'Laughlin died
Mt the Dry Tortugas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05
Ghr Grae 9urtherner
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.
FRESH TOPICS

The standing committee of the Diocese
of Indiana have voted against the con-
firmation of DIR. DeKoven as Bishop of
Illinois.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

A SON of Alexander Hamilton, now
living in New York, at the age of 80,
claims that his father wrote the whole of
Washington's farewell address, with the
exception of the first three lines.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

The fiery, untamed Florence McCar-
thy, ex-preacher, ETC., has abandoned
religion and taken up law. He has been
admitted to the Chicago bar, and won
his first case in a Justices court the
other day.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05
Wit and Iium0r.

SIR MARMALUKE's MUSINGS.
/ won beauteous maid,
Or rather thought had;
But when / asked her dad
He got so thunderin' mad,
/ felt afraid
And when she babe me "stick,"
I did but with frown
He snatched me 10y the crown,
And yanked me up and down,
And then
/ "dusted quick.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

THESE are hard times with Illinois
railroads. Eleven lines in the State,
embracing total mileage of 2, 1856 miles,
have gone into bankruptcy within the
last few months, and are now in the
hands of receivers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

BEErHovES's snufflbox is to be seen in
Chicago. He was great composer,
but he snuffed snuff like any old woman.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05
An Indian Story.

The Sioux City Journal has the fol-
lowing somewhat extraordinary account
of the surroundings on the OCCASION of n
late addition to the census
We learn from reliable gentleman of
this city, who is just back from trip up
the river, the particulars of another ex-
traordinary case of experiences in the last
awful blizzard An Indian and his
squaw were caught out in the storm
while journeying from Fort Randall to
Fort Thompson agency, and becoming
bewildered took refuge in ravine. They
wrapped their blankets about them and
sat down under the bank. The snow
soon covered them, but the Indian kept
a hole through the rapidly forming drift
with his gun, which he would poke up
occasionally They remained there all
night, and the drift became so high III
the meantime that he was oliged to splice
the ramrod to the end of his rifle in
order to reach the top of it and keep up
the ventilation. During their cherries
Imprisonment the squaw was delivered
of a child, and it was christened Snow
Drift" This paragraph will no doubt
seem little fshy to persons unacquaint-
ed with Wild Indian life. but to persons
who have been among the reds it will not
by any means appear improbable.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

COUGHING AND THE WILL.-Coughing
seems involuntary, yet it is really
much under the control of the will. 1t
is related of the famous Scotch preacher,
DR.. McCrie, that on Sunday, during the
service, he was much annoyed by the in
cessant coughing, and the audience evil
Identity shared his annoyance. Suddenly
he stopped in the middle of a sentence.
Every eye turned to the pulpit in Won
der, and for full minute there was alb
solute silence. The Doctor then said
spontaneously, 4" sSe, my friends, you
can be quiet when 1 am quiet. There
was little coughing during the remainder
of the service.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

THE members of the Louisiana Inves-
tigating Committee are agreed upon only
one point-that the Conservatives were
. illegally deprived by the Returning
Board of a majority in the Legislature
which met on the 4th of January. Upon
everything else they have agreed to dis
agree
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

WESTERN lyceums will be either
pleased or terrified to learn from the
G0ldcn Agc that James Parton "has a
remarkable faculty for putting himself
all over into sentence and sending it
like blazing shell right into the eye of
a subject, carrying an unusual quantity
of daylight, and making something of an
explosion among the audience, if no.
where else"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

WASHINGTON presents some rather re-
markable phases of social life. There is
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

IT appears from official data that the
number. of Indians captured by United
States troops in 1873 was 227; Indians
killed by United States troops, 405; citi-
zens killed by Indians, Al; soldiers killed
by Indians, 4S; and during six months
of 1874 the number of Indians captured
by United States troops was 73; Indians
killed by United States troops, 1873; citi-
zens killed by Indians, 36; soldiers
killed by Indians, B.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

The absurdity of ante-dating news
papers is well illustrated by New York
hebdomadal issued, according to the
date-line, on March s, and in its leading
editorial announcing that " this number
of the - makes it's appearance on the
anniversary of the birth of George Wash
inptOn
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

Terms expire For The succeeding
Stdte' March 3, 1875. term.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

We learn from a report recently sub
mitted to Congress that the number of
bales of cotton seized III the South under
orders from the Treasury Department
after the close of the war was 1888 ;
gross proceeds, $3.50, 676; total ex-
penses, $2,16O, 434 ; proceeds released,
$6O3, 80; proceeds in the Treasury,
81. SS6,672.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-05

The following are the conclusions arrived at
by the majority of the Louisiana Investigating
Committee, embraced in their report 70 the
House of Representatives at Washington:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-05-06
Extraordinary Realism in Art.

The story told of Mrs. Elizabeth
Thompson's efforts to obtain accuracy
in her new picture of cavalry charge
Chat she had field trodden down by
horses SO she could draw the bruised
grass in more than matched by an old
anecdote concerning the origin of Meis-
sonier's famous "Charge of the Cuiras-
siers." This story, which probably is
not true in every respect, is told as fol-
lows:
To paint Cuirassiers,' said Meis-
sonier, | must needs see them He &C
cordingly took dozen of this corps to
his country house, where they were re-
quired to charge down the park every
morning, but the revolution did not last
long, and, before the artist had sketched
an outline of the group, the gallant fell
lows were out Of sight You must fol-
low them by train, said a friend. No
sooner said than done. An engineer was
summoned, rails were laid down rolling
stock purchased, and for several weeks
MISSIONER accompanied the charge Of
his models by train. But it was sum-
mer, and historical accuracy required
that the Cuirassiers should dash over
snowy ground. Thousands of bushels
of -four were then laid down in the park,
and the Cuirassie1s, as they charged be-
came enveloped in clouds of fari9a.
The Illusion was complete, the studies
admirable, and the finished picture sold
for Millions"