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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-02

The cause Of hls su nge suicide is uificut to
u~leruine. lie was sometime, SUBJECT 10 HIS OF
great hrspundency ln tue words Of ole of his
ihhmh't e frlenus, no was sometimes in the
Clo Us hnd sometimes III an aDNss Of mel an
th"h, l. IS thought that he may have over
worked himself. Ie hdu que notion ut
tmtS that ne WIS followed, al d was much de
We-std b; u, But notable Clrcums ance ID
.th.t tho istol wan which he shot himself was
~ On "dltlur pocket, where it would not be ant
20 o. earned unlets WIN the intention of speOd-
~ usihs II. lhat he snnuld nave entertainel
tAv vp-ip"ee ut smci II through tue fun anu
."ir ol nat picnic r y would Oe a curious
ulpll t.is. nat ne ana not draw the pistol
e'l ~ ih tnhseq ehcc Of the mOmeutary excite
htHt OF hl- fr, lt"tun ls SHOWN by the place
" tf" h' carried H. ih.t cNincod ptemediLl.
uh' II ls spoken Of a, very lrlued and ~ nsi-
n.y. hu ui " rin and generous dl-posiiiUn.
HlH ileud- s, IL Is iupu--l, /. g. speak too wei
VI hit Al TIE .flis wclr hIs friends, and ii
.uhu lis death, lie leaves a brother aud
''.uel' W." are living ~ J. ly
~ ~ studio Ia III TIA ayeuue, Mrs. Doremus
80 yesterday IA cnarge Vice Cons | Hrnotti
sa,eu ~ ihr afternoon. lie had been Intimate
.n .Nn ' aim. lhe studio was | Tge, blled on
I'D uhu With paintings. Curl stiles and OBJ
sS,W "lt 'ai on every hand. On these he is
S'so S'u 70 nave spent great deal Of money. Arras
isn,ks 10y oh lht W lls, screens Of antique painted
emmeI s'mI st"nd about. A desk W Uttered with
ssrs s'er objects Of artistic value. Curious dag
AHu oIu hihor met the eye. aud what
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-30
Insect Destroyer.

The Journal of Chemistry publishes a
recipe for the destruction of insects,
which, if it be one-half as efficacious as
it is claimed to be, will prove invaluable.
Hot alum-water, it says, will destroy red
and black ants, cockroaches, spiders,
chintz-bugs, and all the crawling pests
which infest our houses. Take two
pounds of alum, and dissolve it in three
or four quarts of boiling water. Let it
stand on the fire till the alum disappears !;
then apply it with brush, while nearly
boiling hot, to every joint and crevice in
your closets, bedsteads, pantry shelves
and the like. Brush the crevices in the
floor of the skirting or mop boards if
you suspect that they harbor vermin.
If, in whitewashing a ceiling, plenty of
alum is added to the lime, it will also
serve to keep insects at distance.
Cockroaches will flee the paint which has
been washed in cool alum water. Sugar
barrels and boxes can be freed from ants
by drawing chalk-marb just around the
edge of the top # them. The mark
must be unbroken, or they will creep
over it; but continuous chalk-mark
half an inch wide will set their depreda-
tons at naught. Powdered alum or bo-
rax will keep chintz-bugs at respectful
distance and travellers should always
carry package in their handbags, to
scatter over and under their pillows in
places where they have reason to suspect
the presence of such bedfellows.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-30
Bitten by Decapitated RattIesnake.


1t happened to Mr.. Charles Drury, and
how it happened he himself thus relates
in the columns of the Cincinnati CONNER
cidi:
"Mr. Clay Culbertson and i were out
er-hunting, five miles back OF Port Or
ange, Florida While the men whom he
had employed with hounds to hunt the
thicket for deer were thus engaged L
came across an enormous rattlesnake,
of the species of Crotalus HOrridus. 1t
was in the blind, just previous to ne
moult, consequently more vicious and
venomous than otherwise. 1t was about
six feet in length and fifteen inches In
circumference-the largest one OF its
species that / had ever seen. The snake,
on perceiving me, started to crawl into
gopher-hole. / then shot at and blew
it out of the hole, cutting it almost IN
two two more shots were almost i'm
mediately fired into it, one of which cut
off the head, leaving a stump of neck at
tached about three inches in length.
Desiring to secure the head for medical
friend in Cincinnati, who wished it for
dissection, i cut off this stump of neck,
and fearing to put the head in my peck
ct lest in climbing over logs, fences, etc.,
l might be punctured with the tangs pro-
truding through my clothes, 1 took from
my pocket a wad of cotton to cover them.
In forcing down the lower jaw with n
stick six or eight inches long, / was
astonished when the head made spas
modic jump or spring, striking the thumb
of my dexter hand with one of the fangs,
making slight and seemingly insignifi-
cant little wound like pin scratch.
applied Immediately tourniquet TO the
thumb, and caused deep incision to be
made ut the wounded spot, and then
thoroughly sucked the wound
starting mt the same time for the nearest
whisky, which was two and q half miles
away, on reaching which partook there
of copiously, and relaxed the tension
around the thumb. Up to this time no
swelling, no pain or unfavorable symp-
toms were apparent, but on releasing the
ligature the swelling commenced We
then proceeded to Port Orange, two and
half miles further on, taking an occa-
sional pull at the whisky on the way
the whisky being the vilest of the vile,
and which was difficult for me to worry
down, never having before in my life
lasted tnau article.
"On the following morning my arm
and back were enormously swollen and
presented black and congested appear
ance. The treatment followed from this
on was liberal doses of a much improved
quality of whisky, in conjunction with
Bibron's antidote and cold water applica-
tons to the wounded part. was con-
fined closely for about week, receiving
every attention from Col. Len. A. Harris
and DR.. G. M. Wallace, very skilful
surgeon of Daytona, Florida. At the ex-
piration of week convalesence mani
tested itself in my making small sorties
on unsuspecting bugs and butterflies.
L have steadily improved ever since, and
the only probable results of this novel
but rather unpleasant experience with
rattlesnakes will be the loss of the end of
my thumb, though am consoled 10y my
surgeon with the assurance of the pos
session of a beautiful stump"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-30
The Essence Of the Latest Fashions.

The mems trousers are swelling and
the women's skirts are shrinking. It's
just like having both legs in one panta-
loon to wear the present fashions for la
dies. If this thing continues the women
will be wearing the breeches in good
earnest, and the despised petticoat will
adorn the neither limbs of recreant, hith-
erto arrogant man. In the year 1886,
and lowered white silk hat, my mother
was married, and with the discretion be-
longing to those days she ripped up that
hat and laid it away for future reference.
Nearly forty years have flown, but that
brocaded silk is the rage to-day, and
some huge bows that adorned that won
drous hat are of the damask ribbon for
which New York is going wild just now.
The wedding dress that accompanied this
bonnet had more silk in the sleeves than
the skirt, was quite short, and sported a
small knob on the breast like dwarf
pincushion, stuffed with a COB of cotton,
with folds of silk radiating from it, like
the rising sun sort of business you see
on hand organs and old-fashioned cot
tage pianos. This was the then popu-
lar butterfly waist" We haven't got
to that yet, but damask ribbon and
lowered silk and skinny skirts and
strange and uncouth shapes in bonnets
are here on the spot. As far as i can see
we are reviving the days of 1886, and GO
ing back to first principles.-NeC York
Letter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-30
The Italian Woman.

A correspondent of the Newark Id
Uertiscr writes 81 think an orang-ou-
tang would have as much taste in the way
of dress as the average italian woman.
She gets herself up in some most strik-
ing combination of colors, with an inter
minable length of skirt and proportion
ate outgrowth of shoulders parts her
hair ON one side and combs it down to
the bridge of her nose, builds up tower
of puffs and braids and twists and bows
and flowers on the top of the head, paints
her eyes, and feels herself triumphantly
complete. If the intended effect of her
head arrangements is to make her look as
much like consummate idiot as posi-
bic, and the display of shoulders be
kindly offered as study in anatomy,
she is happy success.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-30
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Weekly Review of the Chicago Market.


Weekly Review of the Chicago Market.
FINANCIAL
The money market remains in the same con-
dition as noted for some time past. Demand
for loans and accommodations rather light
with interest rates unchanged. Eastern ex-
change firmer. Government bonds firm and
in good demand with offerings light. Gold,
114X@11514.
BREADsTUFFs
The grain markets have attracted consider
able attention both from local spectators and
also from outside operators. Quite an active
speculative business was transacted, the favorite
options being May and June. Trading con-
tlnues mainly on speculative account,
the shipping interest doing but very little
in the way of buying. The few
charters made during the week
were on the basis of &c for corn to Buffalo, an
unusually low rate but with the supply of YES
sells in excess of the demand. There is no
margin for shippers to work on, and they are
therefore inclined to use considerable caution
in their movements. The reports received
from various sections of the interior note poor
prospects for the winter wheat crop, and
numerous buying orders were received for
wheat; values have been very irregular, although
the closing quotations generally show decline az
compared with the figures current at the open
ing Since the Goth inst. corn has been coming
forward freely, the dropping on the word
new" in the inspection making the corn
deliverable on May contracts. Local distillers
and shippers are buying new No. q" as it
answers their purpose fully as well as No. 2,
the only difference being in the name. Oats
have been comparatively firm, the demand
being fairly active. Rye has been firm and
higher. Barley also met with good order and
speculative demand at full prices.
The following tables shows the prices current
at the opening and close of the past week;
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-30
The Perverse StOvepipe.

1t is singular the influence stope-
pipe has upon married man. There is
nothing i'll this world he respects SO
much. A passing load of furniture may,
III its general appearance, be so gro
tesque as to call forth the merriment of
the thoughtless young, but if there is a
piece of stovepipe in it no larger than a
hat, he will not laugh. We don't care
who the man is, how he has been brought
up, what is his position, wealth or in
fuence, there is that about length of
stovepipe which takes hold upon his very
soul with force that he is helpless to
resist. And the maraed man who can
stand within reaching distance of a stove
pipe without feeling his heart throb, his
hands clinch, his hair raise, and his
throat grow dry and husky, is an
anomaly which does not exist. Stove
pipe has only one ingredient and that is
contrariness. 1t is the most perverse ar
ticle In existence. 1t has done more to
create heartaches, embitter lives, break
up homes and scrape off skin than all
other domestic articles together. The
domestic screwdriver pales It's Intellectual
fires in the presence of a stovepipe, and
the family hammer just paws in the dust
and weeps. We don't care how much
pains are taken TO remember and keep
in order the links, they will not come to-
gether as they came apart. This is not a
joke, this is not exaggeration it is simply
the solemn, heaven-born truth. If we
appear unduly excited in this matter we
are sorry for it, but we cannot help it.
We cannot write upon the subject at all
without feeling the blood Jingle at our
very fingers ends.-Dan6uyy News.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-30

HERE comes Wisconsin girl, vouched
for by the Womdn's Journal; "She is
a slight, slender girl, II years of age.
She Is equally at home with the mower.
reaper, horse-rake, pillow handles, hoe, or
any other implement of farm work. She
will shear as many sheep in day as the
best OF shearers. And when her DAYS
work is done in the field, she will turn TO
the cutting or making of the children's
dresses, or in other ways help her moth
en- about the house. Two years ago her
father had young untamed horse. She
broke the horse to the saddle, rode him
at county fair, and took the first pre-
mum over three competitors. p"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-30

In consequence of the increase of
postage on third-class matter, the post
Office department is issuing two-cent
newspaper wrappers, the stamp being
the same as the present two-cent stamp.
The one-cent wrappers are continued for
papers weighing less than one ounce
The department will also issue, upon
requisition, the No. 4 and No. I'M
gummed envelopes in the denomination
of two cents.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-30

The Louislana Legislature has taken the pre-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-30

MANY overskirts are made without
particle of trimming. A nice finish is
broad hem, about two and half inches
wide, stitched four or five times at equal
distances apart.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-30
The T,Iton-Beecher Trial.

SEvENTY-sECoND DAY.-An interesting part
of the cross-examination was in reference to
Beecher's health, and what he meant by his
letter to Mrs. Tlton, in 1873 that when lie last
saw her he did not expect to live three days. He
acknowledged his general health was good that
year, but he had what he thought were symptoms
of apoplexy in 1866, which he afterward found to
be mere results of nervous exhaustion. The
examination ended, and after short re-
direct examination the witness left the stand.
But few points were made by counsel on
either side.
SEvINTY-T1uRD DAY.-Tho court was not
more than half full. ii. o. Armour, a mer-
chant, of Brooklyn, testified that Moulton
threatened to make it hotter than hell for
any one who would testify against him. II. M.
Cleveland, member of the Plymouth investi-
eating committee, testified that Beecher could
not have confessed TO Mrs. Moulton on June 2,
1873.
SEvENTY-FoURTH DAY.-The examination of
II. M. Cleveland was concluded, and Frank
Moulton was recalled TO rebut the evidence of
Partridge. Moulton denied positively that he
ever had the conversation>recited by the former
regarding Tlton's reason for writing the life OF
Woodruff. Partridge was then recalled, and
reiterated his story.
, 1875-01-12
CRIMINAL.

Thieves entered tho commission house OF
Thomaa Feclt, No. sc West Lake street, batur-
tlay night, aud stole five lars OF buttor.
soms thief who had not tho fear of night
watchmeu and policemen In his minds oye,
smashed e100 pano OF glass in the show vim
dow Of E. II. Goodricb's lowelry store, No. 90
Madison street Crribane Buiding). about II
O'Clock last night, aud obtained aomethtng valu-
able evidently but In tho absence OF the propTte-
tor IT Ia not known what article arc missing.
john Ryan. tho prisoner who escaped last
month from the County Jail. in connection with
Myers, by cutting hls way through the roof Of
thu building, and from theEs By means Of lad
ders descending to tho yard below, has been ar
rested ~ Huntington, Ind, Email town near
Fort Wayne, in that State. Ryan Wac
arrested 1t Huntington for "sho.ing the
auocr." and eAye tho uame Of Frank Rivers.
No Was identified BY the officers who captured
lin ~ tho prisoner w,lom Sheriff AgneW was
looking for, and telegram WAS immediately
a1rcHs. The Sheriff loft last night for Hunting
Ion, and will return to-day with iiis man. ltJsn.
it will be remembered, waa tried and convicted
Of burglary during tho November term of the
Crim!nal Court, and sentsn0ed on the esh or last
month to imprisonment Tor four yeAre in tho
Penitentiary. When this man " handed over to
ths custody Of Sheriff Agnsw, ha will then have
received the three prisoners who have escaped
from him during thu two month"; OF the admins.
| tratlon Of hia office.
For some tins past The railroad companies in
this city aud number OF individuals have beeu
inr of boaus ~ tictets. Yesterday lbs axindler
came 10 gnef, aud arc nov safsly in the Armofy
Their naaasa ~ Edwa.d Coltoa and Fred Atk!nA
The former ~ employed IN pxlnaa k-e&ss d
, 1875-01-12

THE EMPLOYMENT or SOLICITORS.
Tho Chicago Board Of Underwriters hold
meeting yesterday afternoon at their Office. No.
1a7 LaSalo street. President Jonathan Goodwin.
Jr., In tho chnir.
Tho principal business transacted VAS dis
cussion Of codityinR The rules md regulations Of
tile Board, but no decisive hat.on WAS rcachcd
The following ruie relating to brokora and
solicitors called forth considerable debnto:
Members mar employ As.lstants on salary
or IN conmtss1on. Said solicitors to be hest
rcQstered With the Secretary, and said 30
i!c}tora shall 10 held to bo in the exclusive
employ Of the sRency or company registering eaa@e
aud no member sha do business With any Fu!icor Or
broker not Ill lis exclusive employ nor snal my
menlter Of this Board receive my hneineas from tne
enctor or broker fn the employ OF my other
q! tue Nuard except Ruc business IL placed ID tae
paine Of tho ngeucy By whom said snicitor Is en-
roycd and tho premium collected Of such agency no
1crson shall DO considered solicitor OF ASSISTANT
whose business IL not chie5 that OF he-1hsufaaee,
| This rule WINS adopted about year ago, but
| has not bocn enforced. II enfotced 1t would 10
| away with q large number Of solicitors who are
| now euarmiug iu tho city. It is beloved by tho
/ more conservative companies that tue insurance
business would be greatly benefited II no So
licltors were employed. These men, IN many in
| stances arc irresponsible persons WHO Wl!l IN
| sure or recommend to DO insured almost Rn7
| kind OF nropcrty, no matter low hazardous II
| n1nv be, to get their commissions. The bettoi
class Of com;,anics do not now onlp!oJ solicitors
| nor 10 they nuy commissions, but the atnallot
frns will mako strong fight In favor Of Aolsclt-
ors aud thu pnyment Of commissions.
, 1875-01-12

A striking instance Of the power Of the imagl-
nation over tue human organism has Just &tsract-
cd some attention in Paris. poor old watch
maker, Frederic Stiobmann. who )ivod In tho
Ruo des Halles. has beou tho prey Of 4 singular
1elusion for thu past fow months. lie imayined
that his eoul had passed from bis body into
peculiar watch which he had invented. and upon
which he had worked for twenty years. "On
tue day that my watch asops' st'eem1nn haassaa was
subordinatsd to tl,at Of the ratoh." feN days
ago tho watch began to run irregularly. Ut iirht
too f.st. then too slow. ~ am very ~" said
tho old man, aud he took to hts bed. Two days
unp,oylng hand. ho roso to > sitting positlon,
uttered b cry, aud fell back dead.
, 1875-01-12

The regular monthly moctipg OF the Aeademy
Of Scionccs will bo held This evening 1t No. 2GJ
Wabash avenue.
The annual meeting OF tho Ladies' Missionary
socety Of the First Presbyterian Church will DO
held to-day at p. m. in tho Church parlor.
HIS. Wisuer and other reformed drunkards
will speak at tue temperance meeting OF tho
Young MEMS Christian Association tonight.
TLs Yossel-owne1s' Towing Association hold
their annual moeting for the election Of officers,
otc, to-day at o'clock at the Lumborman'a Ex-
change. ..
There will be religious aervices at the Filth
Presbyterian Church. corner OF Indiana avcnne
and Thirty-tlrst street, this evening Mt 7:15
O'Clock. Preaching by PROF.. William blackburn.
D. n.
.rho annual meeting of the Kennicot. Club will
bo held this evening at Z o'clock sharp, in tho
cluh-room of tho sherman House. Tho election
Of officers and other important buslnesa will
coma before tho meeting.
| The Rev. Dr. Powers will meet tho Athonnnm
class in English literature this evening as No
| LII Madison etrcot. Az tho exercises OF the
class arc Of tho uature Of popular literary Gu
/ tertainment. persons not mombers who desire ia
attoud will DO nd,uittod on payment Of = smaIl
| admission fec ut tue door.
A reception will be given this evening At the
residence OF G. s 1Iutchins. Eaq., 735 Michigan
avenue, near Twenty-fsHt street, to welcome tue
1lev. William n, Posslothwalte, the newly.
chosen Observation-Disclosures Of Christ Church, a'lr
his wife. All tho congregation Of that church
and the friends Of tho Reformed Eplscopa
Church generally, nre invited.
Mr. @. D. D. Mills, Of SYRACUSE N. T., ant
fayorably known in the East, and to Bono OK
tont iu this city, Oh an able Hritor and apeakel
upon oriental history, religious aud phllo
sophical, will giyc a sorlea OF "conTereationa
LECTURES in the paroEa Of Mr. D. Webster. A
Wcnt Washington street, WedncBday, tho 18th
FRIDAY, tho 18th, and Monday, tho 18th. Gard
OF admission to thcse lectures can he obtanet
at tho office Of Lewis l. Tuttlc, 195 Naudolpl
| street.
, 1875-01-12
THE CIJI-HALL.


The Police and Fire Departments will be paid
rr,turadsv nert. A81. .t0o of city fIuauccs will
1nu4s"3 S 3,...;1..,.os
shoa oe o'7ss'ohseo.
AID. Louis Bchaffner Is confined TO MS nome
by sevoro attack ct dlphthena. Ao Is very
low, and will not be able to be around for weeks.
a,a e,,,d,,e ia atil conf,ood to lis bod. He
Na' 49, ..sa - ,o.x,. tLrna no,tha
has been prostfa1oa 1or neas'y tnsee nA'n'a'
with prolonged attack OF brain te'ef.
CtY-Engnoer Chesbrough yesterday returned
from A abort visit to his friends md relatives in
nt;a tn a1ncc,a the tnnnol cab,o ia be COM
oaso' ~ oApe'se sno s..'o. Ha,, .a $4,000.
plotod sais "ees' anu reports "olh p'osteSsius
favoraby on the E'Ehteenth-stteet Water'plpe
tunnel.
rba Ro.rd of Police Yesterday tried the case
a, nI,cer Mshonev chnircd Will mi paving his
:, inst 1d 4,nca nolice1na,, who cannot afford to
nnv n nonr uaskwomnu her lust dues has ut last
hhcsn fonnd. Tia hoasts OF etar 100, but II he
Jooa Joea mt nav m and ho moro honorable man
horoaftar H. Hard vii do well to iii hB place,
"'.e" ~. -, Wv :, n., -, -.
Gen. Sha1er, Marsnat behhet anu th9 nVaIo
Of Police hald conference yeatefuay a1lesnoon
over bill: which, Will shortly % nsesohtea 70 sho
Common Council asking tor m anefeaaou tlre 9
I Department. Tue bill Is oaaed on tnH recouG
RECOMMENDATIONS sublnittca ny een. @ omaief, atta