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VARIETIES THEATRE.
SOoN o. "" director
THEO. HAA1LTON........ ..... business Manager
WELCOME TO "OUR FRITZ,
EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK, AND

EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK, AND
Wednesday and Saturday Matinee,
The popular comedian,
MR.. j. X. EMMETT,
After his recent triumphant success
IN EUROPE AND AMERICA,
Win appear in his reconstructed
FRITZ, "OUR COUSIN GERMAN"
With all his new songs, dances, etc.
In rehearsal-Mr. EMMBTS new play by H. J.
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ST. CHARLES THEATRE.
CARNIVAL! CARNIVAL.
Last Week of the Celebrated Irish Comedian and
Character Actor,
MIR. JOSEPH MURPHY.
Wednesday Evening, February 10,
And until further notice. the great specially drama
entitled
HELP.
Nj Murphy IN four characters, new songs,
dances, sketches, etc.
Friday-Benetit of Mr.. JOSEPH MURPHY.
Saturday-HELP Matinee at noon.
Monday, February l5-The fascinating Young
comedienne, MISS KATY MAYHEM.
Prices as usual felO
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-11

Andy johnson is not so much wrapped
up in the American flag as he was.
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We OLD FOLKS AGAIN.
There will be given. under the direction of
Pro1e ssors WATTS and BEARDSLEE, at
StOnewaIl jackson Hall,
(EysIan Fields street, near Chartres street, on
FRIDAY EVENING, February 49, 1878, a GRAND
CONCERT by
THE OLD FOLKS.
In aid of the Moreau Street Methodist Sabbath
School Admission fifty cents.
Tickets ard programmes can be had at Harp's
offices, OF by application to any Of the members of
Moreau Street congregation or Sunday school
The Levee or the Royal street cars land you at
the hall in less than ten minutes from Canal
street. fel0 I'd
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ADJUSTMENTS.
IkNABLEACX......... ......TABLEAUX.
For the benefit of the
NoGEAu STREET METHODIST SABBATH

I0EEAU STREET METHODIST SABBATH
SCHOOL,
STONEWALL JACKSON HALL,
tElysian Fields street, near Decatu1).
Wednesday and Thursday Evenings, Feb.
ruary ~ and IS, at Seven O'Clock.
ADMISSION FIFTY CENTS.
Tickets can be had of r. j. Harp No. 40 Camp
street. and Of the members and children Of Morea,
Street Church. fell I'd
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-20

ing the new ceiling of a room leading
into vast kitchen, danced round a
woman who was standing Mt a table.
She described the meteor as a fiery SER
pent, which she first saw standing ND
right on the floor, within two metres
distance of her. Then it flew toward
her, whirling several times around her
knees with great velocity. She felt a
sudden blow on the head and fell to the
ground but her husband, who saw the
whole apparition, on rushing toward
what he supposed was the corpse of his
lightning-destroyed wife, found that she
was only stunned little. On recover
ing, she complained of pain in the scalp,
and her hair had become and remains
dry ana ngid. After this last caprice,
the meteor disappeared, and from the
quantity OF SCOT which fell from the
chimney, it is supposed to have found
vent in that direction. 1t was accom-
panied by a loud denonation, but
whether on it's first appearance, or when
it vanished, none can say.-St. Louis
Republican.
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Singular Occurrence.

A most singular circumstance occur
red a few nights ago to the wife of MIR.
James Carr. Mrs. Carr has been visit
ing recently some friends ut Tradewater,
Ky. While there she became sick and
was confined to her bed. She was re-
quired by her physician to take medi-
cine at certain hours during the night
1T the time referred to, and the vessel
containing it was placed in chair be-
side the bed so that she would not be
under the necessity of waking her
friends.
When the hOur came for her to take a
dose of the medicine, she reached toward
the chair for the phial and spoon, but
they were not there. Mrs. Carr supposed
that they had by some means been
thrown to the floor and reached down
for them, when something struck her
on the hand, causing slight singing
sensation.
The lady WIS frightened, and called
to her friends, who quickly arose and
made light. When she told then. what
had happened they looked under the
bed, and there found o large copper
head snake lying in his coil, with his
head erect, Kissing, and protruding his
tongue in that defiant manner ekslrac-
teristic of the venomous monster when
angry.
The only remedy in the house was a
part of a bottle of whisky, which Is con-
sidered the best of antidotes for snake
bite. The lady drank all there was in
the bottle, and the quantity was proba-
bly, sufficient to save her life, bat not
enough to prevent very serious and fear
full effects.
As quickly as possible the family ply
stefan was called i'll, but he was unable
to arrest the Inflammation which in
stantly commenced. On the following
morning, the lady was very sick. Her
arm was swollen almost as large as the
crown OF mans hat, and the hand
seemed as though it would burst. Every
thing known to the medical profession
was done to relieve her sufferings and
allay the irritation. After twenty-four
hours treatment she showed symptoms
OF Improvement, and the strongest
hopes for her recovery were enter
tanned.
Mrs. Carr was brought to this city
yesterday, and is now at the residence
of her mother, Mrs. Daniel McAllister.
She is much improved, and it is thought
she will get wen.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
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AN ILL WILL.

The Internal Regions Tapped by IA Michi-
gan Man-His Farm and Crops Ruined by
the Eruption.
Port Huron (sIich.) Cor. Chicago T,mes.l
Last week, Mr.. Joseph Hahn, who
lives three or four miles west OF Marine
City, in a small place called Cottreville,
was engaged in sinking an artesian well
for the purpose of supplying his stock
with water, and used for that purpose a
derrick, consisting OF three pieces of
timber fastened together at the top, in
the shape of tripod. This derrick was
fastened by means of a heavy log chain
wound round the timbers Mt the top, at
tached to which was an anger for the
purpose of boring the well, which was
turned by horsepower. The first por-
ton OF the well, for distance of twenty
feet, had been carefully bricked up, ana
the boring continued from there. The
diameter of the well is thirteen inches,
and on Monday night the augur had
penetrated distance of 1875 feet. The
next morning gas chamber was pene-
trated, and upon the removal OF the
au8ur the wooden tubing shot out of the
well, Immediately followed by stream
to distance of nearly 200 feet in the
air, while the ground shook as if an
earthquake had convrllsed it. Stones
weighing from ten to twenty pounds were
projected in the air and fell in all direc-
tons, some of them crashing through
the roof OF Mr.. Hahn's house and barn,
and compelling his family to seek an
other habitation. The heavy log-chain
binding the derrick was cut by the flying
missiles into a dozen pieces, and the
farm, upon which stone could not have
been found previous to this phenomenon,
was literally covered with large and
, small ones. The velocity of this dis
charge continued for eight or ten hours
without intermission, when the monster
was found to have spent his fury, and
the stream and noise gradually subsidized
The crops of Mr.. Hahn were completely
destroyed by the falling debris and the
streams of water, which ran in all direc
tions. Many people visited the well
and many are still coming, and Mr.,
Hahn, to restore as nearly as possible
his legs-for he is poor man-has in
closed the well within rail fence, anG
charges the moderate sum of five cents
, for the satisfaction of individual curl
osity. The water, still subbling, may
be seen at great depth by the aid of 9
mirror, viii, h reflects the suns ruys into
| its depths. One remarkable fact is, thai
the brick wall Of the first twenty feet o.
the well is entirely uninjured, and re
manned intact during the great convul
sion. The orifce below, however, is
somewhat enlarged. 1t is not appre
hended that we will have another erup
ton of this miniature Vesuvius.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-20

Mr. Stephen Green, a colored man
living on Spring street, has been sorely
troupled for months past by colony of
bed bugs that were in the habit of hold
ing a moonlight banquet III his house,
with Mr.. Green for the victim OF their
sanglinary feasts. Last week he came
to the conclusion that lie would not be a
quartermaster's department for raiding
bed bugs any longer, and 80 invested III
n box of vermin exterminator. On the
label of the box which was so big with
fate to unnumbered hosts of the enemy,
were directions for the use of the poison,
and among others one which directed it
to be rubbed in the cracks of the bed.
This puzzled Stephen. He could not
understand why the poison should be
rubbed in the cracks. He argued that
the bugs did not bite the cracks but
himself, and, therefore, if the poison
was to go anywhere it should be rubbed
over his body. So he Amounted himself
and turned in. The following morning,
when he awoke, the bed was fairly black
with the dead and dying, and n second
experiment tried the next night resulted
in the same way. And now all the sur
viving bugs have fled the fatal spot, and
Mr.. Green is happy.-Le1ington (Ky.)
DiSDutch
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-20
A TERRIBLE STRUGGLE.
A Child Barely Rescued from the Jaw,
Of an Alligator.

[From Ae Handsboro (Mss.) Democrat.l
Last Saturday, about sundown, four
miles east of this place, on Biloxi bay, oc-
CURED scene calculated to send thrill
of horror through every human heart,
and to make even the boldest tremble
with fear. Two little girls, daughters of
Mr.. Elam Il. Blackwell, living on the
Back Bay of Biloxi, while bathing in the
bay Immediately in front of his dwell
ing, were attacked by an enormous ALI
gator. The eldest, girl of about seven
years of age, was holding the youngest,
an infant of two years, in her hands, and
was quietly enjoying her bath, when
suddenly her little sister was snatched
from her, and borne swiftly from the
shore. Terrified beyond measure, and
unable to render any assistance to her
unfortunate sister, the elder girl uttered
scream which was quickly caught by
the ear of the father, who happened, ac-
cidentally, to be passing within 30 or 40
rods of the spot where his daughters
were bathing. Realizing instantly, from
the tone Of the voice, that his children
! were in some peril, but unable to con-
lecture its exact nature, Mr.. Blackwell,
who is sn active and hletic man, rushed
rapidly to their assistance, and arrived at
the spot just in time to discover his little
daughter being borne out into the bay
by an alligator. Compromising the
scene at once, and nerved to almost su-
perhuma1 effort by the desperate situa-
ton of his child, the agonized father
leaped madly into the water in pursuit
of the would-be destroyer of his daugh-
ter, which was then some 25 or 30 yards
from shore. The water, for distance
of 40 or 50 yards out into the bay from
the point where the children were bath
ing, ranges in depth from one and half
to two feet, and then suddenly attains
depth Of 40 or so feet, and both the ami
NAL (Which by this time had discovered
the pursuiD and the father seemed to
realize that, the deep water Immediately
in front of them once reached, pursuit
and recovery would be alike impossible !;
both, the retore, redoubled their efforts,
the one to reach the point, the other to
prevent it. In this struggle, although
sinking TO his waist in the soft mud ut
the bottom Mt each bound, the father was
successful. He succeeded in grasping
his child by the arm about ten feet from
deep water. The alligator, which all the
while held the child'a foot in its mouth,
perceiving itself overtaken, and alarmed
and confused by the boldness of the as
sault, released its hold, and made its way
rapidly into the deep water in front of
it. The father, completely exhausted,
raised his child ont of the water, and,
perceiving that it still lived, by desperate
effort succeeded III regaining the shore
and depositing the child safely in the
hands OF its mother. The little girl is
unhurt with the exception of couple
of bruises on its foot, made by the teeth
of the monster.
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Good Rows for SailOrs.

A. Il. Valentine, who has just erected
a chimney or "stack" over 50 feet in
height, was astonished few days since
to see boy on the top of it, and then
drop his hat over the wall and watch its
descent to the ground. Maj. Valentine
Immediately inquired into the phenom-
enon, and found that his young son
Wells, aged 8 years, and a son of Mr..
NJ. X. Whitney, aged IL years, were tax,
ing turns in climbing up the inside OF
the chimney, nnd tossing their hats out
of the top. Inside the "stack" there
are iron rods running across the wall on
one side, abut feet apart, and the
youngsters in climbing Up to the DIZZY
height, must have swung from one 10
the other, catching by their knees. Dir.
Valentine inquired of the boys no"
many times they had been up there.
They said they had lost the exact taiiy'
but it was about twenty times apiece !
Pennington w Banner.
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The Armed Strength Of Europe.

A lecture was recently delivered be-
fore the Royal United Service Institu
ton, London, in which British officer
gave detailed account of the standing
armies and reserves OF all the nations
OF Europe. He said that, looking at
the armies of Europe from every point
of view, the rapidity with which they
can be modified, fed from reserves,
concentrated on any point and main
tanned on the field, he should divide
them into three classes, in the order OF
their strength. The first class COM
prised Germany, Austria, Russia and
France the second, Italy and England
the third Belgium, Turkey, Sweden and
Norway, Holland, Denmark, Spain, Por-
tugal, Switzerland and Greece. There
are four armies of the first class, two Of
the second, and nine of the third, with,
in round numbers, strength on paper
OF 100000 men and q combatant
strength of 10000 with $4,000 guns
and 1,250, 00G horses. In navies Great
Britain is supreme, and then come In
order of strength France, Russia, Tur-
key, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain,
Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Nor
way and Portugal. The navies OF all
these have an aggregate of 2,O39 vessels,
of which 900 are iron-clad, the whole
being manned with 100000 men and
armed with Is, 600 cannons. One hun
dred and ten ships of war are now being
built, and of these fifty-six will be armor-
plated. The expenses of these forces
amount, according to this lecturers esti-
mates, to $3.50, 100000 per annum, of
which three-fifths go to the land forces.
The ornaments of Turkey and Austria
cost only about $3.50 a year per man
that of Great Britain at the most $500
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-20
Wit and HumOr.

A MAN being commiserated with ON ac-
count of his wife's running away, said
Don't pity me till she comes back
again 2"
WHY should be the happiest OF all
the vowels2 Because it is the center OF
bliss while the @ is in hell, and all the
Others in purgatory.
"BUnDING castles in Spain, Mr.. 5.
said the landlady to Spicer, who was
thoughtfully regarding his breakfast
cup. "No, ma'am, said Spicer. '"Only
looking over my grounds in Java
In Norway the longest day lasts three
months. The man who six months ago
promised to call in day or two and
settle his little bill, must have gone to
Norway on visit-2tyner Falls tie
porter.
A Boston girl, just one month mar
ried, upon meeting an old schoolmate III
| the street, put on very wise look and
remarked "You cannot imagine the
labor and anxiety incident to the care OF
a family.
LAST week Pittsburgh editor wrote
"The closer people get to nature, the
closer they are to God" Then he OBJ
tanned Leave of absence to go out into the
country, and was struck by lightning
while robbing an apple-orchard.
WHEN Arthur was very small boy his
mother reprimanded him one day for
some misdemeanor. Not knowing it,
his father began to talk to him on the
same subject. Looking up in his face,
Arthur said, solemnly, Mother has
tended to me.
GAS 10 being afflicted with the govt,
said Mrs. Darlington, high living don't
bring it on. 1t is incoherent III some
families, and is handed down from
father to son. Nh. Hammer, poor soul,
who has been 80 long i'll with it, disin-
herits it from his wife's grandmother. "
WHEN the leading New York papers
devote ten columns and map apiece to
college regatta, and only two columns
to q college commencement, there is not
much inducement for boys to sit up half
the night puzzling their brains over cube
roots and things -NOrristolOn Herald.
LET me kiss you for your mother"
Said swell, too free of speech,
To an unprotected maiden
| Whom he met upon the beach.
"Iet me thrash you for my father"
| Was the madsn's quick reply,
As, with ready sun umbrella,
/ She chlstised him, hip and thigh.
WHEN a man hands an editor an article
for publication, and asks him to insert
| it, because he "wrote it III hurry"
and "hadn't time to revise it, the editor
is certain the writer commenced the ar
ticle directly after supper, and wrestled
with it until after midnight, rewriting it
fourteen times, destroying quire OF
foolscap, and "blessing" his pen every
ten minutes. That's the way they gen.
orally write an n, ticle when they are I" in
hurry" and have "no time to revise
it"
THE Milwaukee Ne,Ds tells this Incl
dent of domestic life /" Is little bird
singing in your heart, this morning Z"
asked Blifkins of his young wife, at the
breakfast table. He had been out Late
night before, and pretended to be very
merry and amiable. eff you are caught
going off with the hired girl to another
dance in beer-garden, I'll set thous-
and birds to singing in your heart, or
about your ears, was the reply. And
Blifkins' whole face turned as red as his
!
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-20

THERE is little girl in Newbury,
Mass, who, though only three years old,
has still had an eventful life. She was
born on board ship on the Pacific
ocean. When she was three days old
her mother died, and four days after that
the ship was wrecked, and the crew were
in an open boat for ten days, the baby,
meantime, being kept alive on biscuit
soaked in water. When they were picked
up they were taken to England, and
finally reached this country.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-20
THE LOAE-GINER.
by LUCY LARooa.

"Is there a lady yet
Under the sun:"
Danes OF Olympus
Called down, Que by one.
If true lady
BE left, OF earth's race,
seats of the gOddesses
ofier her place"
Answer came slowly
From hemispheres two;
Dead seemed the Old World,
And needless the New.
- | am lady, then!
See for wear
latest OF bonnets,
Last twist Of hair;
French gloves and laces--
What more can need :"
Laugh' mighty Juno,
" A lady, indeed"
- am a lady born!
1 have name
An unbroken ancestry
Settles my claim"
- Weak :" said Minerva;
Irrelevant. too.
Substitute ladyhood
Never will do"
- am lady!
No token OF toll
Il on my fine fingers
vulgar;ty's soil
mix with no workfOlk,"
"Ah!" VEINS exclaimed;
- welded blacksmith,
And was not ashamed.
What face, bright as Hebe's,
Illulnincs yon street?
That beautiful maiden
Gives bcggars their meat;
Her graceful hand leads them
To honor and peace.
DIy sigh for lost ladies'"
Said Venus, ~ cease"
FL, TOO" cried Minerva;
And pointed 10 where
In drrary log school-house,
A girl, young and fair,
spent life, strength, and beauty
- She scatters life's seed!
she works in wild thought-fields,
The starved soul 10 feed"
Cried Juno, "Yon farm-wife,
With white arms like mine,
Round, snowy loayes shaping,
TO me seems divine.
She, moulded a goddess,
Who yet can prefer,
IN be useful and helpful
What lady like here"
Nodded the sky-wcmen,
Glad, one by one.
still there are ladies lett
Under the sun.
- Counterfeit creatures
May borrow the name;
BIt the deep-seeing heavens
Accept not their claim"
Lady is loaf-giver,"
Echoed the tree,
"Who stays the worlds hunger,
True lady is she!"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-20
.HEARr. HEART, LIE sTILLw


"Heart, heart, lie still
Life is feeting fast,
strife will soon Do past
81 cannot lie It'll,
Beat strong viii y
"Heart, heart, lie stu
Joy's but Joy, and pains but pain,
Iiiher. little loss or gain y
- cannot lie still,
But strong beat ! viii!
"Heart, hear, lie still
Heaven over all
Rules this earthly ball.
~ cannot lie still,
Beat strong l will !"
"Heart, heart, lie still
Heavens sweet grace alone
Can keep in pssoe i.s own.
LET that me NIL,
And am still !"
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A WOMAN aged 1872 years died recently
in Morelio, Mexico. Her funeral was AT
tended by 200 of her nearest relations
among whom were two sons aged, re-
spectiyely, 90 and 100 'sIvez
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-20
Governors OF the States.

The following table shows the Gov
errors of the different States, together
with the salaries paid them:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-20

A MULE, wash-tub, and fine comb
are considered fine bridal outfit in
Florida.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-20
A Hint for Housewives.

Democrats in itrlic. independents in 81
CAPIfALS.
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ITALIAN LIGHTNING.

1t may not be out of place to close
this account of the exploits of lightning
for the season with remarkable extract
from the London Echo, where Rome
correspondent gives description of the
singular phenomenon which occurred at
Velletri during the violent thunderstorm
of june %, and which is to be ranked
among the hitherto unexplained caprices
of nature. Just as the tempest was ut
its height, and the rain torrential, six
persons taking shelter in stable, which
was also occupied by three horses har-
messed to rs many wine-caits, witnessed
the following extraordinary appearance ::
a luminous mass rose from the thresh-
old of the door, entered the stable,
glided from one cart to another, at
tracted, probably by those fringes of
bells characteristic of the Roman wine
carts, and then passed through an IRON
grating into the street. The bells rang,
the horses plunged, q woman and man
felt certain giddiness of head but no
accident happened. Outside the stable,
carpenter at his shop-door saw the
luminous mass (Which some of the wit
nesses compare to fiery club as thick
as a mans army issue from the grating,
strike the pavement and disappear in
dazzling flash. However, the meteor
visited several portions of the large
house with which the stable was con.
nected, flew through large chambers,
blackening slightly gilt cornice in one,
and scattering fragments of plaster in
another. Strangest of all, this extaaor-
binary visitor, after completely destroy