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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-02
Not SO Poor, After All.

Gen. Spinner has received O salary of
sc, 900 year for fourteen years. His
expenses have not been as great as those
of any Of the women who do the work
without any special credit, and who re-
ceive 5000 year. The General has his
apartments in the Treasury free of rent.
He has the services of both male and
female messengers, whose salaries are
paid by the government Two colored
women, who attend to his rooms in the
Treasury and do his washing, are paid
S75 month Just the same as the ladies
receive who count money and have to
pay for overlooked counterfeits and lost
money. The General pays for his meals,
which he takes at Wizards, no doubt.
but the price to him is less than to
boarders, generally, as he has eaten there
for many years. The two men who held
responsible positions under Gen. Spin
ner, and were defaulters to the amount
of $4,000, were his own friends, and
they were from his own town of Mohawk,
n. Y. He brought the men TO Wash
ington, gave them the high positions
they held, and never In the three years
during which they were peculating did
Gen. Spinner examine their accounts or
discover the loss of money until John
son confessed what he had done. When
Congress met Gen. Spinner asked to be
relieved, although it would not have en-
barrassed him any more to have made
good that $40,0 loss, than for poor
women to be constantly mulcted S25 or
$50. The Treasurer was paid 1000
year for his responsibility. and has never
lost cent. Why should not the women
be paid sufficiently for their responsible
ties? Gen. Spinner has two sons-in-law
who are doing banking business in
Florida. The General is large stock
holder in their bank. He has at least
So, 900 year for investment, as he has
no one but himself to provide for. So,
after all, the Treasurer, though honest,
cannot be so very poor and needy
{" Eau" in the COWier-JourndL.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-02
A Novelty In surveying.

The delicate chemical balance has been
added to the list of surveyors instru-
ments. BY the aid of this instrument
the number of acres in an irregularly
shaped surface may be accurately COM
puted. The method by which this is
applied is simple enough. The plan of
the desired territory, having been first
measured and reduced by scale to paper,
is then cut out and carefully weighed. A
portion of the same paper-that is, pa
per of the same weight and thickness
is then cut TO a size that will represent
one acre, and its weight recorded. By
dividing the weight of the paper that
represents, in outline, the whole section
surveyed, by the weight of that which
represents one acre, the quotient repre-
sents the number of acres and fractions
of an acre in the whole. This way of
measuring surface gives less trouble. less
calculation, and less liability to error
than any other easy method.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-02
An Eccentric Star.

The most singular thing connected
with the proper motions of the stars is
that one or two stars are flying through
space with such enormous rapidity that
the combined attraction of all the stars
visible with the telescope could never
stop them. This seems to be especially
the case with a small star, invisible to
the naked eye, designated in astronom-
ical literature as Groombridge, 1880"
from the name of the astronomer who
first recorded its position. The rate of
motion of the star is about seven seconds
per year-the greatest known. II was
hence concluded that il must be very
near us, and o number of astronomers
have sought to determine its parallax,
but have found it to be only tenth Of a
second. Its apparent motion in year be-
ing seventy times its parallax, it moves at
least seventy times the distance from the
earth to the sun in year, or 5000, 600
OF miles every day, and more than 200
miles every second. From what we know
OF the distribution, masses, and number
of the stars, it seems probable that the
attraction of all the bodies in the uni
verse can never stop this headlong speed,
nor bring this star into an orbit, and that
consequently it will pass through our
universe, and leave il entirely In its pas
sage through infinite space. If we had
accurate observations of the stars posi-
ton 1900 or 1000 years ago, we could
speak with more certainty of its destiny.
We may expect that our posterity OF
few thousand years hence, will, by the
aid of the observations and tables we
shall transmit to them, be able to come
10 a definite conclusion respecting the
nnra and the structure of the universe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-02

SAN FRANCISCO boasts of a Greek
church, Russian Bishop, and regular
services according to the Greek church
ritual.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-02
RrMARKABLE LoNeRvTTY.-There

REMARKABLE LONGEVITY. are
freouent and remarkable instances OF
longevity among the Russians. A man
born in 1760 has just died. He was six
feet five inches in height, and was pos
sessed of immense strength up to the
time of his death, which resulted from a
fall. Another man born in the same
year is still living. Among the nota-
bilities at court are number of octoge-
narians, and one lady, nonogenarian,
who reads without spectacles and walks
without q stick.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-02
THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL.

THE following spirited poem, by DR.. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, il taken from the Bunker HUI Memo
rial, published 10y Osgood Co., of Boston. IL was
read part of the exercises attendant upon the
centennial anniversary OF the battle, at Boston,
June II i
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-02
Furnishing Meanness.

"I'LL give ten dollars to have that train
stopped" exclaimed Maj ID. A. Carpen-
ter on yesterday to Mr.. j. b. Hoxsie,
master of transportation of the East
Tennessee, Virginia q Georgia Rail
road. The eastward-bQund passenger
train had pulled out of the depot, and was
rafting through the yard, the bell ringing
merrily. Maj. Carpenter stood within the
depot, and Mr.. HoXsie was watching the
tast-receding train. The request was
sufficient for Mr.. HoXsie to act upon al
though ignorant Of the reason, and a
freight engine standing near by shieked
shrilly at the engineer of the passenger
train, and the alarm was taken up by
other engines in the yard, while the train
was motioned down by every employe of
the company in the vicinity, and in thirty
seconds it had come TO stop, to the won
derment of the passengers and the curiosity
of the engineer.
1t happened in this wise: Just before
the train started man standing on the
step of one of the cars had called to him
little girl with basket of apples on her
arm, and purchased a dimes worth Of
fruit. He placed the apples in his pocket,
and just then the train moved slowly off
dhltlg ttH-itHt uttt lIOll Ills vest
pocket he held II in his hand as the train
moved on, the little girl following implor-
ingly along, and finally he returned the
money to his pocket and went inside the
car. The little apple-girl burst into tears
Just then Maj, Carpenter crossed through
the depot on his way to dinner He asked
the reason of her tears, and she told him.
I'll give ten dollars to have that train
stopped" shouted the Major who, though
small man physically, has heart as big
as all out OF doors. The train was stopped
and backed into the depot, and with the
Majors protection the little girl identified
the fellow, who was made to give her the
dime, and then TO listen to an opinion
about himself expressed in very vigorous
English by the thoroughly aroused Major
Officers Madden and Cain were called
and the fellow was taken off the train,
marched 10 the calaboose, and kept there
until evening. Then he was made to
solemnly promise that he wouldn't eat
another apple for twelve months, and re-
leased, taking the evening freight train
for his home, near strawberry Plains
hR0Sgtile Tenn Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-02
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The oldest communion service in
Connecticut is that of the First Congre-
gational Church at New London. Two of
the cups are dated 1899, and two were pre-
scented by Gurdon Saltonstal in 1925.
1t is the opinion of the Boston Globe
that the ill-health of schoolgirls is to be
attributed not SO much to overwork i'm.
posed by teachers as to improper food
and dress and the ambition of their par
ents to have them thoroughly educated
and accomplished by the time they are
eighteen.
"A basis of union has been agreed
upon by the Commissioners of the
Methodist and Methodist Protestant
Churches, and will be submitted to
the General Conferences of the re-
spective bodies for approval. The Com.
missioners recommend that a convention
of both churches be held in Baltimore in
May, 1877, to formally consummate the
union.
AT meeting of the Connecticut State
Teachers Association, lately, the Superin-
tendent of the Waterbury schools advo-
Gated the study of language lessons in
place Of the system Of grammar in use,
and the abandonment of great deal of
the minutip which is now taught in geog-
raphy classes, and which he thought
should be reserved for the higher grades,
the time thus gained 10 be devoted to the
proposed language lesson, which will
teach all to acquire taste for good read
ing and good style of composition.
The Board of Missions of the M. E..
Church recently met in New York and
made the following appropriations Erie,
81 900; Florida, SD 800: Georgia, $500;
Houston, $4,000; Indiana, $1,000; Iowa,
$500; Mississippi, $1,000; Nebraska, So
500; Nevada, $500 New York, $4,000
New York, East, $4,000; North Carolina,
$1,000; North Indiana, $500; Pittsburgh,
81 200; Kentucky, $4,000; Lexington,
So 900; Maine, 81 400; Michigan, $4,000
Louisiana, $4,000; Minnesota, $500;
Northwest Iowa, $1,000; Ohio, 1000 /;
Oregon, 50 500; Rock River, 81 200; Rocky
Mountains; $4,000; s. Carolina $1,000;
Southeastern Division of Indiana, $500.
Il he statistics OF the Methodist Epis-
copal Church show the following sum
mary: Annual conferences, 81 itinerant
preachers, 1923; local preachers, 1851 !;
members in full connection, 1884, 152 !;
members on probation, 196,407; church
edifices, 1898; value of same, ST. ,353,-
234 parsonages, 5,0l7; value of same
S,73l ,62S; Sunday schools, 1921; Sun
day school officers and teachers, 207, 1872 !;
Sunday-schooi scholars, 1,406,16S The
benevolent contributions for the year were
81 ,O52, 1lO-a decrease on last year of
nearly $4,000. The missionary funds
collected show an aggregate of $603, $40
"a falling off of about $4,000 The
Church Extension Board reports 1851, 1896
a decrease of 500, 900. The churches have
increased Mt the rate of two per secular
day during the year.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-02

hearts around the festal table, the poor
Pullums, whom the headings Of Provi.
dence had brought to share In the good
cheer and good Fellowship of the "Napp
glrlses' Thanksgiving, or the "Napp
girlses" themselves, to whom, in the same
leadings of Providence, the Pullums had
brought such glad cause for joy in their
happy celebration of two Thanksgiving
in one.-Mary Il. @. Wyett, in Chicago
adg1ucs
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-02

.- Somehow or other the people do
not seem TO take kindly to . Democratic
reform" 1t is tolcrably evident that they
do not believe ii possible TO work out any
real reform through such elements as com
pose the Democratic party, and the louder
the professions of the party leaders the
more they are distrustcd by honest men.
There is always room for reform and the
people always desire it, but they will
select their own tools and agencies 10 ac-
complish it. A tool that has been tried
and proven worthless as often as the Dem
ocratic party has ought to be taken off the
market.--{J4dtanopotfs Jouraai.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-02

LJuBIBRATcH is said by a Herzeeoyin-
ian correspondent to seem to be man
iugularly fitted by nature to fill the posi-
ton OF liberator, and excites the same at
tachment in his followers as Garibaldi,
whom he is said to resemble in manner
He is handsome, pensive, with a winning
smile and manner OF address, and has
dark brown eyes, whose ordinary express
sion is dreamy and womanlike, but with
a CLINT and flash quite startling when ex-
cited, and in the set, strong mouth there
is indomitablc resolution.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-02
THE HERITAGE.

The rich mans son inherits lands,
And piles OF brick and stone and gold;
And he inherits soft, white hands
And tender flesh that fears the cold;
Nor dares to wear garment old;
A heritage, it seems to me.
One would not wish to hold in fee.
The rich mans son lnherlts cares;
The bank may break, the factory burn;
4 breath may burst its bubble shares,
And soft, white hands could scarcely ear
A living that would serve his turn;
A heritage, IL seems to me,
One would not wish to hold in fee.
What doth the poor mans son inherit?
Stout muscles and a sinewy heart,
A hearty frame, heartier spirit;
King of two hands, he does his part
In every useful toll and art;
A heritage, it seems to me,
A King might wish to hold in fee.
What doth the poor mans son inherit?
Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things,
A rank adjudged by toil-worn merit,
Content that from employment springs,
A heart that in his labor sings;
A heritage, it seems to me,
A King might wish to hold in fee.
What doth the poor mans son inherit?
A patience learned by being poor;
Courage, if sorrow come, to bear it;
A fellow feeling that is sure
To make the outcast bless his door,
A heritage, it seems to me,
A King might wish to hold in fee.
o! rich mans son, there is toll,
That with all other level stands;
Large charity doth never soil,
But only whitens soft, white hands
This is the best crop from thy lands;
A heritage, it seems to me,
Worth being rich to hold in fee.
O! poor mans son, scorn not thy state
There is worse WEAKNESS than thine,
In merely being rich and great;
Toll only gives the soul to shine
And makes rest fragrant and benign!
A heritage, it seems to me,
Worth being poor to hold in fee.
Both heirs to some six feet of sod,
Are equal to the earth at last;
Both children of the same dear God,
Prove title to your heirship past
By record of a well-filled past;
A heritage, it seems to me,
Well worth life to hold in fee.
james Russell L0,NU.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-02

cB- A paper published at okolona,
Chickasaw County, Miss, called the
Southern .etates, has the following: THE
Radical party Of this State contend that
intimidation won the White Line victory.
1t is not the first time, neither will it lie
the last, in which intimidation has been
used successfully. Let white men not be
afraid to ntimilatc cvil-doers Intimida-
ton is le .5!timate-periectly legitimate.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-02
The Bible.

TrE following beautiful tribute to the
Bible is copied from the writings of Theo-
do,c Parker
This collection Of books has taken
such hold on the world AS no other. IL
is read of Sabbath in all the l0Wo pull
pits of our land the sun never sets on its
cleaning pages. 1t goes equally TO the
cottage of the plain man and the palace Of
the King. 1t is woven into the literature
of the scholar and colors the talk OF the
street. The barque Of the merchant can
no, sail the sea without il. No ships OF
war go TO the conflict but the Bible is there.
1t enters mems closets, mingles in all the
ericis and cheerfulness OF life. The afti
anccd maiden prays God in Scripture for
strength in her home duties; men are mar
ricd by Scripture; the Bible attends them
in their sickness --when the fever of the
world is upon them; the aching head finds
q softer pillow when the Bible lies under
meath. The mariner, escaping from ship
wreck, estcems it the first OF his treasures,
and keeps it sacred to God. Ii goes with
the peddler in his crowded pack, cheers
him al eyenlide when he sits down, dusty
and iatgued and brightcns the freshness
Of his morning face. 1t blcsscs us when
we are born, gives names 70 half OF Chris
tendon, rcjoices with us, has sympathy
for o, mourning, tempers our grief to
finer issues. 1t is the better part OF our
sermons; it lifts man above himself--our
best Of natural prayers are in its storied
speech, wherewith our fathers and the
patriarchs prayed. The timid man about
awak ing from this dream Of life looks
through the glass Of Scripture, and his
eye grows bright; he does not fear to
stand alone, TO tread the way unknown
and distant, to take the Death Angel by
the hand and bid farewell to wife, and
babes, and home Men rest on this their
dearest hopes. 1t tells them OF God an
OF His blessed Son; Of earthly duties and
OF Heavenly trust"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-02

X this life we cannot get higher than
10 be assured Of that which in the next
life Is 10 be enjoyed. All saints shall en-
JOY heaven when they leave this earth;
some saints enjoy a heaven while they are
here On earth. --J0seph Caryl.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-02

THE best name by which we can think
of God is Father. 1t is loving, deep.
sweet, heart-touchlng name; for the name
Of father is in It's nature full of Unborn
sweetness and comfort Therefore. also,
We must confess ourselves children of
God for by this name we deeply touch
our God, since there is not a sweeter
sound to the Father than the voice of the
child aytin Lutlier..
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
THE POOR RAILROADS.

The Pennsylvania Central Railroad
Co., and the Baltimore and Ohio Com
pany have been engaged for some months
past, in fierce war Of competition: in
which they reduced rates of freight and.
travel immensely below the old figures.
The B. & O. came out the other day and
showed that despite these reductions
they had made money rapidly; and now
it seems that the loss Of the Pennsylva-
MIA Central has been less than o7ae-si.rth
Of one per cent. We quote the Philadel-
phia Ledger
aKnow;ng the strong interest taken by the
public in the affairs, the Pennsylvania BAIL
road Company, and the general desire 70 be
informed as to what extent the present con,
troversy with the Baltimore and Ohio road
has affected its earnings, we are glad TO re-
mort the result OF an interview had yesterday
with Mr.. scott, the President OF the Company
at which our inquiries elected the following
infor nation That the accounts OF the COM
pany lor four months eHdng April ~, Of tina
wear. have been carefully made up, and show
! that the entire decrease In gross earnings on
through and competitive business for tina,
| period is So, COT OS,s aud allowing as ne,
! profit on this traffic % per cent, which y
perhaps, above the average OF tne prom "
through business, net loss is shown Of abou'
si1It0O, being ifss than one-siIth q one PEI
. cent out OF the annual fund for dividend pur
!. poses. This represents in part, too, los
from reduced tonnage TO ana from the sea
Z board, resulting from the depressed conditloI
OF the country. sss
/ II this be true, why cannot we hav
these low rates all the time
And how much credit is due Presiden
Garrett for forcing the Pennsylvania Gen
> trail to realize the great truth that
nimble sixpence is better than slo,
shillingi
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03

will be secretly against us, and the people
would then see what the real issue IS, and that
Il. Is one which comes home to all, involving
their material well-being as well as their po-
litical mower. This would assure us victory,
and a victory that would restore at once our
national prosperity and give US peace.
We are glad to see that there IS one
statesman able to appreciate the length
and breadth of the powerful Anti
Monopoly sentiment which now sways the
.or;cn}tural classes Of the United States,
and Of which the Grange organization is
but faint expression. The political
party which arrays that powerful senti-
ment upon its side will elect the next
President. And we know no man who
to-day SO we'll represents that sentiment
as John w. Garrett. The farmers will be
glad to show by their support of him
that they are not arrayed against rail
roads, but against tier abuses and op
pressions and tina. railroad official WHIT
resists and brushes great schemes to plum
der the producing classes, better deserve
their support than statesmen who ignor
their rights and their suderings.
Let Maryland present John W. Gar
rett in the next Opposition Convention
as the Autobiography candidate, and W
believe the Northwest will give the me
ton hearty second.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03

In Rice county there are host OF good
and true men. There is Hon. Ara Bar.
con, who made splendid run two years
ago; there is Hon. Geo. n. Baxter, the
popular Mayor Of Faribault; there is Hon.
Lafayette Emmett, ex-Chief Justice Of
the State; there is Hon. Geo. w. Batch
edder. ex-State Senator. Any one OF
these men would make more available
candidate and better Governor than MT.
Fisher A 9is3 -
In Wabasha county we have Hon. J. r..
Doughty, with splendid war and reform
record. He would sweep Wabasha coun-
ty by 1000 majority and make brilliant
canvass which even Davis would not care
to encounter. M
But space forbids further enumera-
ton Of candidates. They will be found
all over. our State; and we could fill
columns with their names and qualifica
tions. We have mentioned enough, how
ever, to show that we are under no neces
sity to 60 into the back Office Of the ole
Pioneer, to hunt amid the debris Of tina
corrupt institution for Governor; ant
one too set up for us BY the most debase'
Republican Ring in the Northwest.