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Middletown transcript., 1875-07-31

tue OOttOm 0t tue OveIcOat pockets, DOre
) striking resemblance to very course
nutmeg graters painted red.
Wednesday morning. after breakfast,
We sailed up to Egg Island light house.
the kseperl Of which kindly furnished
~ With bait; and We we're soop among
the trout on the oyster beds off Maurice
river cove. And such trout! They
are ! game Ash How they struggled
and sparkled in the sunshine Is we
pulled them in Speckled fellows. with
sides and bellies like, mother Of pearl |!
And Ivc did not think them one, whit
less beautiful, as they were turned out
Of the frying pan, hot and brown And,
what appetites we were getting, you
may gather from the circumstance. that
while, at home, my quantum is ordi-
narily one cup Of coffee at breakfast and
one at supper; the 'Petrel' saw me
drink two Big cups thereof. three times
q day. Idid not count the fsh | ate.
The unconsumed trout were placed in
our ice box, to be stacked at leisure
And that night, we found harbor in the
mouth Of Cohansie river.
On Thursday We swan and fished of
Cohansie light house. and then crossed
over to bombay Hook. where we were
Hospitality entertained hy Mr. Rpruapos.
the landlord, who also kindly replen-
ished our ice box. Wind and tide
being ahead. We anchored Of Bombay
Hook thai. afternoon. witnessing novel
equtafra nautical exhibition. A large
picnic party vas on the grounds, and
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-11
A Selfish Philosopher.

Colored people are not all impulsive
and hot-headed, if the philosopher,
described by correspondent who met
him in the West, has many imitators
among his race. Old Diogenes, the
cynic, couldn't surpass him in GOODNESS
or selfishness. He had been in the bat
tie of Fort Donelson:
"Were you in the fight 2"
CT had a little taste of it, sab.
"Stood your ground, did you
"No, sab; / runs.
Run at the first fire, did you
Yes, sab; an would hab run soona
had known il was comm.
"Why, that wasn't very creditable to
your courage.
"Dat isn't in my line, sab; cookin's
my profession"
"Well, but have you no regard for
your reputation
Regulations muffin to me by de side
ob life"
"Do you consider your life worth
more than other peoples "
Its with more to me, sab.
"Then you must value it very high
ly2"
&c Yes, sab, 1 does; more dan all dis
world; more dan million dollars, sab,
/ for what would dat be with TO man
wild de bref out oh him? Self-preserba-
ton is de fust law wild me, sab"
But why should you act upon dif-
ferent rule from other men9 "
"Cause, sab, different men sets dlf-
ferent value upon derselves; my lie Is
not in de market.
"But if you lost it you would have the
satisfaction of knowing that you died for
your country"
"What satisfaction would dat be to me
when de power of feelin' was gonef
"Then patriotism and honor are moth
ing to you? p"
Muffin whatever, sab; 1 regard dem
as among de varieties. y
eff our soldiers We're like you, trail
tors might have broken up the govern
ment without resistance.
Yes, sab; der would hab ben no help
for it 1 wouldn't put my life in de
scales against any guberment dat cher
existed; for no guberment could replace
de loss to me. Spect, dough, dat de
guberment safe if da al like me.
Do you think any of your company
would have missed you if you had been
killed 2"
MAYBE not, sah. A dead white man
amt much to desc sogers, let alone a
dead nigga; but I'd a missed myself, and
dat was de pint wild me.
1t is safe to say that the corpse of
that African will never darken the field
q. of carnage.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-11
Ministers That Are Oyerfed.

What is more delicious for minister
than TO accept an invitation to parish
toner's house, and sit an hour or two in
the evening at the table with a collection
of pleasant peoplel But that is what
kills ministers. Hot waffles, fresh bis
cult, oysters, and cold tongue at o'clock
in the evening have given many "man
of God " dyspepsia, dull brain, poor
sermons, short pastorate, and an early
decease. Rich and late suppers are do
ing a bad work for some of our best
clergymen. We know of ministerial
clubs where the members assemble Sat
urday afternoon to discuss religious top
les, tarrying until evening, when a sump-
tuous table is provided for them. As a
consequence they do not sleep well on
Saturday night, and the congregation
on Sabbath see what they suppose is
heavenly pallor on their pastors cheek,
when his wife knows it was hot biscuit
at tea the evening before that did the
business. If you invite your minister
out to eat, better have him at noon or
thereabouts; or, if calling him to tea,
then let it be in the early part of the
week, giving him time to get over his
gustatory indulgences. The most OF
ministers have a powerful appetite for
good food, and capacity to resist temp
tation in that direction is not one of their
strong points. Christian at Work.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-11
4 PerilOus Mistake.

Last winter good many depredations
were committed upon Mr.. Keyser's
wood-pile, and as he was unable 10 de-
tect the thieves by watching for them, he
concluded to try another plan. He pro-
cured an auger, and boring large holes
in several of the logs he charged them
with gunpowder, and then, plugging the
holes, he laid the logs in the most con-
splcuous place on top of the pile. He
forgot to mention the fact to the servant
girl, and that being, with the faculty of
her class for laundering, the first time
she wanted wood lighted on the loaded
logs and brought two of them into the
kitchen. That evening while the family
were sitting at the supper table, Keyser
was just saying that he wouldn't care if
the head was blown off of the man who
stole the wood, when Mrs. Keyser got
up and put fresh log on the fire, and
keyser was in the midst of an exulting
description of the terror that would fiji
the heart of the thief when the logs ex-
ploded, when there was a slight Z" sizz"
in the fire place, then a tremendous
" bang" was heard, and the next instant
a log of hickory whizzed across the table,
knocking over the casters, bursting the
coffee-pot to flinders, and Just missing
Keyser's head.
Before he could imagine what was the
matter the log battered open the parlor
door and brought up end foremost in the
mirror over the mantelpiece. Then Key
ser realized the situation, and going into
the kitchen he communed with the hired
girl upon the subject until Mrs. Keyser
had to hurry the children upstairs so
that they would't learn how to swear.
When his feelings were relieved Keyser
drew the loads from the other logs, and
told Mrs. Keyser that he believed the
only way to protect wood-pile was to
put it into the charge of a whole-souled
and earnest Watchdog that expressed his
sentiments with cordiality when he was
angry. He is now looking for dog
Mar Adeler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-11
Heroic Women.

A cotemporary, speaking of heroic
women, says, as rule, that bravery and
heroism do not accompany beauty, and
instances Joan of Arc, WHO was not
handsome, though a true heroine; the
Maid of Saragossa was also very plain
person; also naming other instances in
confederation of the idea. The rule is
not an infallible one, certainly, and no
doubt by little research one might
easily support the opposite proposition.
Without time upon our hands to rake
over the musty records of the past, one
striking instance of beauty and heroism
combined occurs to us, relating to the
lovely Madame du Frenzy, a French
lady of great personal beauty, and who
became famous for her extraordinary
and gallant conduct on moro than one
occasion. She was remarkable for the
delicacy of her beauty, and its refined
and touching character, yet she could be
bold when the occasion required-bold
as a honess.
Madame du Frsnoy was once on board
of a polacre in the Mediterranean,
bound for Genoa. 1t was during the
wild days of Algerine pirates in those
waters, and corsair attacked the vessel.
The rover ranging alongside by means
of his strongly-manned sweeps, poured
broadside into the polacre, then cast
ing his grapnels, prepared to carry the
vessel by boarding, the piratical captain
leading his men and cutting down all
before him. The crew of the polacre
made stout resistance, because they
knew that to yield was simply to be muir
dered a half hour later, but being so
largely outnumbered they began to be
disheartened, many of them lying dead
and bleeding upon the deck. 1t was a
very unequal contest-a peaceful crew
defending themselves against an organ
lied band of corsairs, and the polacre's
men were about to submit to the enemy
when the tide of battle was suddenly
changed.
Madame du Frenzy rushed out of the
cabin with pistol in her hand and shot
the leader of the pirates dead; then
Selling cutlass from dying sailor, she
cut with vigorous arm right and left
among the corsairs, giving terrible
wounds III their faces and upon their
heads. She seemed endowed with SUI
perhuman strength, and paused in
dlLtZenent, dcJuitlly uhzed Dy ner VOL
drous beauty and her deeds. The crew
of the polacre rallied at the sight, and
drove the invaders from their deck. The
pirates thought that Saint had come to
the protection of the polacre, and so made
hasty retreat.
For this brave and gallant conduct
the Grand Master of the knights of
Malta sent, as present, costly brace
let of rubies to Madame du Frenzy, and
she was received with acclamations by
the people of Genoa.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-11
Useful Recipes.

Beef bones, boiled in water for some
hours with rock salt and little alum,
yield size which can be used in the
preparation of cotton and silk goods.
The clatter and risk of glass In carriage
windows can be prevented by placing, at
the bottom of the casing, an arched piece
of india rubber.
Unless the mouth is frequently and
carefully cleansed, it becomes infested
with vegetable and animal parasites.
These cause decay of the teeth. Soap is
the best material for preventing the de-
velopment of the fungi and for neutral
izing the acid. Precipitated chalk mixed
with soap assists the cleansing action.
The following practical hints on bal
looming are published by Donaldson, the
aeronaut, in little paper edited by him
and named the Aeridi: The lifting
strain of a balloon is principally on the
net. If balloon will stand imitation, il
is safe in mid-air. In winter the atmos-
phere is warmer one mile above the
clouds than it is at the earth's surface.
The weight of a balloon to carry one
man, including net and basket, should
not exceed so pounds. A cotton balloon
Will ltot ioi opOio SlAly uSCtASlOIS. n
balloon thirty feet in diameter undergoes
a strain of /! pounds to the square foot
of surface. Gas, which at the earth fills
the bag only half full, will, at an eleva-
ton of 81 miles, expand SO as to fill it
completely. One thousand feet of coal
gas will raise 3S pounds. Gas which
gives q poor light is beat for aerostatics.
Kites can be used TO steer balloons by
sending them up or lowering them into
currents of air travelling in different
directions from that iu which the balloon
is sailing.
To make green gold, melt together
nineteen grains pure gold and five grains
pure silver. The metal thus prepared
has a beautiful green shade.
The following recipes for metals re-
sembling gold are said to produce a metal
which will so nearly approximate the
genuine as almost to defy detection with
out resort to thorough tests: Fuse,
together with saltpeter, sal anmohiac,
and powdered charcoal, 4parts platinum,
y parts pure copper, l part pure zinc,
2 parts block tin, and !. parts pure lead.
Another good recipe calls for parts
platinum, l part silver, and 3 parts cop
per.
Cement for sealing fruit cans is made
of resin one pound, tallow one ounce
Scientific american.
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Of the Governor and Council in declaring them
entitled to their seats, ON the ground that the
Judiciary has no right to interfere with the
action OF coordinate branch of the govern
ment.
The executive committee Of the "Independ-
ent Reform" party of Illinois, in session at
Bloomington, last week decided to call no
State convention this year but the members Of
the party throughout the State were advised to
make nominations for local offices in the sew
eral counties.
ForeI9r.
dispatch from London states that the specie
$500, 000) on board of the wrecked steamship
Schiller remains undiscovered. Mutilated bodies
of the victims Of the disaster continue TO come
ashore.
The condition of affairs between the British
like.
Sixty persons were drowned recently by the
capsizing of lighter near Lisbon, Portugal.
Forty persons have been arrested at Brussels
Belgium for interfering with religious pro-
cession.
The port of Macao, China, was visited by q
terrible hurricane, lasting several hours, and
doing considerable damage to shipping in the
harbor. A number Of lives are reported lost.
The Carlist General Saballa, with 1000 mon
attacked Blanco, and was repulsed with q loss
of sixty killed.
In the great international racing event Of the
European continent, the Prize of Paris, con-
tested last week, a French horse was victori-
ous, while the English thoroughbreds, the
cream of the racers throughout the Kingdom,
failed to get place. being nowhere near at the
finish.
The corporation Of London has resolved to
invite the Mayor of New York city 10 the inter
national banquet soon to be held.
Messrs. Odger and Wicks of London, who
were appointed by the Federal Union of Agri
cultural Laborers to make examination of the
Mississippi valley for the purpose of ascertain
ing it's suitability for settlement by emigrants
have left England on their mission.
The Assembly of the Province Of Quebec hai
been dissolved by proclamation from til,
Leutenant-G Governor. New elections will b,
held on the sth of July.
Weisinger, who attempted to extort money
by duplicating persons in the plot to assas
sinate Bismarck, has been committed for tria
at Berlin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-11
Life-Saving Apparatus.

A reporter for the New York World
has examined and tested Merriman's life
saving apparatus, the same Paul Boyton
is using and says that it can be put on
in a minute and fifteen seconds. Aroused
in the dead of night by confusion on
shipboard, one has but to do what one
would naturally do-throw on pair of
pantaloons and a shirt, and he is pre-
pared to Jump into the sea. The dress
is made into two pieces, fitting together
watertight ut the waist, and completely
enveloping the wearer, hands, feet and
all, save his eyes, nose and mouth. In
each leg, on the breast, back, and in the
head-piece there are air-tight compart-
ments between the outside rubber and
the lining), each of these compartments
having n long tube running from it, by
means of which the wearer is enabled to
initiate the dress. This can be done in
the water, the dress uninfated being suf-
ficient to sustain body on the surface.
The reporter put on the dress and floated
about the bay several hours. On land
ing his clothes were found perfectly
warm and dry, the stiffness not even
taken from his collar and cuffs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-11
Ingenious Honesty Of q Hackman.

The clerk of merchant at Osaka,
Japan, went to Kioto on business of his
employer, and received LOCO ven to
carry back to Osaka. Having been de-
tanned longer than he expected. he
missed the steamboat, and being anxious
to complete his journey as quickly as
possible, took jinrikisha, intending to
travel through the night and reach Osaka
before daylight. On arriving at village
few miles from his destination, about
In the morning, man with drawn
sword stopped the vehicle and demanded
the 1000 yen, stating that he had seen
the youth receive it at Kioto. After some
demur the clerk took the money from his
bosom, and was about to hand it to the
robber, when the jinrikisha coolie
snatched the bag and made off, leaving
the vehicle, the clerk, and the robber in
the middle of the road, the latter as
speeches. as the former. The night of
the road, finding himself foiled, departed
in the direction opposite to that of Osaka,
to which city the youth fastened, after
abandoning his first thoughts of jump
ing into the river. On arriving at the
house of an uncle, he acquainted that
relative with his adventure, and desired
to die. But he was spared, for it was
discovered that the coolie, instead of
running away with the money, had taken
il to the police station. He was appro-
priately rewarded with a share of the
money he had so cleverly saved.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-11
What the Seyenty-flvers Must DO in
California.

Said hearty, burly Forty-niner the
other day to one of the genus croaker,
in reply to his question "What are these
new corners to dol" "Do," said our
well-to-do friend, formerly of pick and
shovel and rocker; edo? Why do as L
did when arrived here without dollar
pull off their coats and go to work:
throw gravel in the sluice-boxes; hire out
on farm, or a ditch, or herd sheep. Do
something, do anything, and something
better will come. You would do better
carrying placard for n corn doctor at
Six bits day than what you are doing
now" Our friend was perhaps a little
brusque, but he meant well. For the
impecunious man, the prescription given
by the Forty-niner offers the only
panacea we know of.-Los angeles Star.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-11
BREADSTUFFS.

BREADSTUFIS.
There was general reaction and improve
ment in grain circles during the past week, and
quite an active speculative business was trans
acted. Az would naturally be expected the re-
cent liberal decline in values induced an in
creased order demand, many speculative orders
being received from other markets and from
the interior. The first of June passed with but
very light deliveries on June contracts and ii
WAS well known that the markets were all
largely oversold. The short interest were there
fore buying freely, showing general desire to
provide for their outstanding contracts. East
ern advices were of a more favorable tenor,
and holders and spectators showed less dispo-
sition to sell.
The following table shows the prices current
at the opening and close Of the past week:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-11

The pawpaw, or forbidden fruit, 3"
grows to the weight of three pounds or
more in Florida. 1t is of light, yellow
color when ripe, and has flavor similar
to a musk melon. The juices of this tree
tend to separate the fibers in meats when
immersed therein, and the vapor of the
tree answers the same purpose. The
toughest joints of meat, poultry, etc, are
rendered tender by being hung among
the branches.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-11

HARD TO TRAP.-The late DIR. Whewell
was living encyclopaedia. On one occa-
sion some of his companions formed con-
spiracy to trap him. A numbero of them
read upon Chinese music from articles
in old reviews. Then when they were
ready. they fired off their recondite
knowledge on the state of music in
China For a while DR.. Whewell re-
manned silent, and the conspirators were
happy in thinking they had caught the
great chieftain at last. When, however.
they had about emptied themselves of
their curious lore, he remarked: ct was
imperfectly, and some extent incorrectly,
informed regarding Chinese music when
1 wrote the articles from which you have
drawn your infoi nation" So the trick
kicked and hurt its inventors sorely.-
Christian Latel1igcncer.
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RECENTLY fifty-nine colored adults
were confirmed in st. Benedict's Catho-
lie Church, Savannah, Ga. Six black
women received the white veil at the
same time.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-11
FINANCE AND TRADE.

FINANCIAL
The condition of the market was without
quotabie change. The demand for favors was
only light, and rates were easy at sCdlo per
cent. on time, and 6@7 per cent. for call loans
Bonds firm closing as follows:
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Washington.

The following $40 coupon bonds, known as
the fourth series under the act Of Feb. %,
1862, dated May l, 1852, have been called for
by the Secretary OF the Treasury, and made
payable ON and after Sept. l, the interest on
which will cease after that date: Fifty dol
lars-Nos. 2O,9O1 to 2l,OoO, both inclusive /;
slOO-Nos. 5O,GO1 to 5000, both inclusive !;
s5OO-Nos. 27,5O1 to 31,9OO both inclusive /;
s1,OOO-Nos. So,651 to 81, 500, both inclusive.
Total. $4,000, 200.
Mr.. Pierepont has bit upon an expedient,
which, he thinks, viii increase the efficiency Of
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with values 25c per leo MS higher. Quality of
offerings very good. Shipping steers, $1,000
$50; poor TO good, S6.0o@70O choice to
extra stock steers, S3.50d4.75. Hogs active,
closing at S6.40(d700 for Workers, and .6. 75d
7.30 for common to choice heavy. Sheep dull
shorn %. 0O0l5. g.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-28

secrets whose exposure would annoy and
mortify the President. If President Grant
has exposed himself to such humiliations,
and made the continuance Of distAsteful or
dishonest officers dependent on their own
pleasure or forbearance, his friends have
reason for deep regret. If he would
boldly remove Delano and face all
consequences the country would regard
it as o proof Of conscious innocence and the
absence of any fear that exposures might
prove uncomfortable for himself or anybody
connected with him by near ties.
President Grants last two Cabinet appoint
ments were respectable and creditable, and
both Mr.. Bristow and Mr.. Jewell have steadily
risen in public confidence since they became
members of the administration. Let us hope
that the new Attorney General and the new
Secretary of the Interior, if Mr.. Delano re-
tires, may prove equally acceptable TO the
country.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-28
Another Spelling Match.

The mania of spelling matches increases
like other forms of madness, epidemically,
and suicide and photographed murder
seem to divide the attention of intellectual
persons Many of those who try to spell
words and murder them while under homi-
cidal delusion had better, perhaps, commit
suicide first; but of that we shall say nothing
A very creditable exhibition however, of good
spelling took place at Zion church yesterday,
in which the contestants were all colored
students, and we must say that they ac-
Quilted themselves better than many white
scholars Singular examples of exactitude
may be noticed. For instance, one of them
being asked to spell 'negro," gave the word
in thirteen letters-thus, 'fellow citizen
Another spelt "Grant" rs ''third term"
"Wickham' as ''whach EN-" Shakespeare
as "Borcicault," "Aprip as December"
and the singular noun ''Beecher," in
hard case, respondent mood, and
governed by the verb "to kiss"
as Jordan is hard road to
travel The greatest example of ortho-
graphical acuteness which was displayed
during the evening was that Of q young
gentleman who, when asked to spell "Civil
Rights" answered with 'Lets all 90 10 Wal
lacks" If our colored youth keep on in this
way the time will come when they will be able
to spell democrat in some more accurate
way than '.rebel."