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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-09

In the midst of the prevailing dullness
it is somewhat cheering to know that, in
spite of the depression in stocks, the
earnings on our railroads for last year
show scarcely any diminution over those
for 1878. From advanced sheets of that
most useful publication, Poor's Manu-
al, we learn that the gross earnings of
all lines for 1874 amounted to 1920, 1885,
016, against 1926, 419, 1876 for the year
preceding-a decrease of only about one
per cent; while the net earnings were
$3.50, $40, 1858, against $50, 500 for
1S73-an increase of over three per cent.
The dividends paid amounted to S67,-
O42, 942, being only ST., 267 less than for
1873. These facts show that our great
railroad system has felt the burden of the
times as little as any other of our great
interests. What they have lost in gross
savings is more than made up in net.
Thei increased economy and efficiency of
which have been forced MP
on them win probably not be relaxed
with the improvement in business which
the future is sure to bring, and it is but
fair to expect better results for the year
to come than have characterized the year
Just closed.-Ne,o York Bulletin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-09
THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
From the Women's Side.

May 20, 1875.
o let me smile a little, pray
Just a httle and while may,
Even as a child smiles: after day
l shall have whole years 20 weep I'm.
q let me talk like child, unchid:
After to-day twill all be hid;
No hand viii lit up the cofiin-hd
OF the silence shall sleep in.
In Portsmouth Harbor the good ship rides.
Rocked safely upon the placid tides,
As love in happy heart abides,
Moving with each emotion,
With voices and hands alive all DER:
And to-morrow-perhaps for cvermore-
L shall look out from desolate shore
Upon an empty ocean.
. love, my horNand my saint,
My knight of the white shield, without faint,
This woman-heart turns sick and faint,
Although my lips may fail not:
1 see the rocks under smiling seas,
hear tempest in every breeze,
feel the icebergs as they freeze
In the deeps where ship can sail not.
o love, my love, so brave, so young,
Strong arm, pure heart. and silent tongue
. lonely years that stretch out SO long,
One cry as OF lost existence,
and my soul sits down before Its doom,
As a white ghost sits at the door OF tomb:
y o moan, no shrek, no tears, no gloom,
Only still persistence.
BE of good cheer. Sail on, sail on.
Unto life or death: for both are one
TIE the infinite faith in sweet days gone,
To the infinite love that folds thee.
These girlish arms are weak, know,
But my heart Is strong a well-bent bow;
And whittier thou goest VIII go,
In my spirit that upholds thee.
sail on, sail on, through the frozen seas,
To endless labors, ana little ease:
Come back triumphant, If Heaven so please,
Or with unWon goal. ingloriOus;
Only come back No. Should God say
That He has crowned thee another way,
Love! see, beyond our night, His day,
And we are yet victorious
Harpcr's Weekly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-09

Ill try and make little song
OF unrequited passion,
And though in writing i am wrong,
I'm surely in the fashion:
NV love was quite the pink of loves,
And one of her sweet tricks Is
To wear such captivating gloves
Indisputable skies.
recollect month ago,
A week, and then i knew her;
Yes. thirty days have passed, know,
Yet somehow they seem fewer.
But digress: l recollect
last Friday three weeks clearly:
Meath wine and beauty's joint effect
1 said loved her dearly.
And oh, that glove, that rlght-hand GLOW
Lay in my hand so nicely.
Thought I-of course aside" My love,
Your hand is six precisely
Aud then said the usual things
About the hearts devotion.
And added, as the poet sings,
Some reference to the ocean.
Her pretty hand remained in mine;
She said, Now really, Mr.. -"
The "Smith" remained unsaid-in fine,
grieve to say kissed her.
/ can't say what she really thought,
But somehow she looked frightened:
Alas, by sad experience taught,
MY mind IL now enlightened.
I'm writing at a country place,
Fit only to write rhymtsin,
A hundred miles from her sweet face
Here, waiter, bring the Times in.
What's this? oh, can il be yes-no!
How have my hopes miscarriedl
IL only was three weeks ago,
And now-and now she's married.
-Harpers Bdzdr.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-09
Cremation on n Grand Scale,

More than four years ago young Hin
doc Prince, only %, who ruled over one
of the most extensive provinces in India,
and was a strong ally of Great Britain,
stopping Mt one of the Florence hotels,
on his way home from London to his ma
tive country, was taken sick and died af-
ter short illness. He was attended by
q numerous suite, who, to show their
grief for the loss of their beloved prince,
astonished the Italians by their mysteri-
ons Oriental funeral ceremonies. On
the night of the LIST of December, 1870,
on the very spot where his monument
now stands, they prepared the pile upon
which they performed the rite OF burning
the dead body of their ruler. They
mixed with large quantities of wood i'm
mense compounds of camphor and odor-
Gus ointments, upon which robed in his
splendid vestments, and surrounded by
his most precious and personal orna-
ments, they laid the remains of the
young Raiah. The pile was lighted
about midnight, and burned till near
morning. The venerable Brahmin di-
rected the ceremony, and, mingling his
prayers with those of other faithful serv-
ants, made the groves resound with
their lamentations. At break of day the
ashes of the Prince were collected into a
golden vase, which now rests in the
sacred temple of his native India. In
June of 1874 the English government
erected q splendid monument to his
memory on the spot where his body was
burned.-Springfeld Republican.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-09
Wit and HumOr.
lY's snit-Young girls.

BOYS srit-Young girls.
A PLANE drunk-An intoxicated car
penter.
SUDDEN wealth seldum comes by
honesty.
WHEN does lawyer work horse
When he draws a conveyance.
Fox's Martyrs-Ducks, fowls, turkeys,
and geese.
A LADY, on separating from her hus-
band, changed her religion, she said, to
avoid his company i'll the next world as
well rs this.
WHAT is the difference between sailor
in a storm and a plucky pugilistl One
is dashed to the mast, and the other
mashed to the last.
FISHING in the Tennessee river is
pretty good just now. The other day a
fisherman hauled up his wife, who had
been missing for two weeks, aud he saved
the 5000 reward he had offered for her
discovery.
THE Erie Canal boatmen have seen
their palmiest days, but yet there are a
few left who can, if occasion requires,
throw the crew overheard, run the boat
ashore and clean out all the constables
in county.
JOHN CROFT, Postmaster at Scottsville,
New York State, won't have his salary
raised this year. He was i'll the habit of
opening registered letters, and they
caught him at it and registered him-on
the jail books.
BARNUM has secured another fat
woman. Her name is Hannah-plain
Hannah-and when she sits down on a
chair the elephant moves around uneas-
lily and braces his legs for the coming
earthquake shock.
A YOUNG and beautiful widow was
about to marry a rich old widower. Her
friends wished to know what she wanted
to marry him for. She replied, "For
pure love. Hove the ground" (meaning
the estate, probably son which he
walks"
a BENTON street man seems pursued
by fate. One of his children died about
year ago then his horse was stolen
then he indorsed a note Of $500 and had
to pay it, and the other day while he was
playing game of checkers, and had his
opponent just where one more move
would have foored him, the exultant
man heard that his house was on fire,
and he had to abandon the game.-De-
trOH Free Press.
SHE tried to sit down in the street car,
but was pinned back so tight she
l,,'+ 1a1
specs and asked her: "How long have
you been afflicted that way2" The
young lady blushed, and made a"break,"
sitting down sideways, and holding her
knees together SO tight that she looked
as if she had on a one-legged pair of
breeches. Old lady noticed her sitting
in this sidewise, cramped position, and
whispered: "Bile, / s'pose I've had
'em myself "-Ne,0 York Dispatch.
ONE can never tell in this democratic
country whether he's kicking a beggar
or millionaire. The other day when
an old fellow got in the way of some la
borers at the levee, one of them called
out:
Come, trot out of this, old bald
head :"
The old chap looked up, scowled, and
remarked:
"Why, man, [ own more acres of
ground in this State than you've got
hairs on your head!
"Can't help it if you own the whole
State and half of Louisiana" was the
brusque reply. "When I'm rollin'
bar'ls everything's got to stand back or
bust - Vicks6ury Herald.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-09

THE oldest ex-United States Senator
now living is said to be Peleg Sprague,
formerly of Maine, who was Senator
from that State from 1929 to 1885. He
also represented the Kennebec District
in Congress from 1926 to 1929, was sub
sequently for many years Judge of the
United States District Court of Massa-
chusetts, and is now living in Boston at
q greatly advanced age.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-09

The Pope is bled four times year by
his doctors.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-11
Some fTenCh Notions.
THINGS SEEN IL PARIS rArER

THINGS SEEN IL PARIS rATERS.
lie conceived brilliant idea. 1t was Il
light all Paris by night by an immense bal
loon lamp, held last high in the heavens
lie would heat all Paris, too, in winter by
attaching pipes to a balloon stove They sym.
pathized with him, and now he Is in an insane
asylum.
lie had heard that they executed the sen
tence of capital punishment upon criminals il
America and England by hanging them in
stead OF chopping oil their heads. lie was
anxious to know the sensation of hanging
lie experimental, therefore, upon himself.
lie wrote paper, which he placed on his
table, setting forth that he had taken various
ingenious precautions to prevent the act re-
sulting fatally, but should it do 50, the paper
would show that he had no such intent.
IL did result fatally, since he was found
dead. lie experienced the sensation Of hang
ing but the world i no wiser for that.
There was an old woman. and her delight
was to starve animals to DEATH The police
found numbers of dead cats and dogs in her
house, and numerous Tabbies and Trays of
most starved forms. They were so near
death that they were killed in mercy.
A singer displsased critic and he proceed
cd to write her obituary, saying if not dead
enough to be buried she was too dead to stay
on the stage and ought to leave it.
One brother wronged another most out
ageonsly- The wronged one in his anger
ana desperation sought his brother, and
uIaWlng revolver was about to kill him.
hoid :. said the other: 81 know what
nave done is objectionable, and you have a
right to kill me, But do not do so. Do not
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-11

Tng CoUNrRY's GREATEST EvIL.-The
National Temperance Association met at
Chicago. Tuesday. with delegates in attend
ance from all parts OF the country. n no.
table feature ui the occasion was an address
by Wee President Wilson, who urged the
impt iatiye necessity for active effort in aid
Of the temperance cause by ali Christian
men and women lie said
Forty years vi experience and ebserya-
tion have taught me that the greatest evil
OF our country, next, at any rate. to the
one that has gone down in fire and blood to
rise no more, l. the evil OF Intemperance.
Every days experience, every hour OF re-
fectIun, teaches me that it l. the duty OF
patriotism, the duty of humanity. the duty
OF Christianity, to live Christian lives, and
to exert temperance influence among the
people There was time when | was
Younger than | am nov, hen | hoped to
live long enough to see the cause which my
heart lvyes and my Judgment approves
stronger than 1t Is TO day. l NAV be his
taken, gentlemen, but it seems to me that
the pr, sent Is a rather dark and troubled
night for that cause, and II l. because It
so seems to me that | believe II to be the
uuty OF nputNt, tpA7tAthtiOuss 7Sh
sacrificing man Of our country to speak and
to work tor the cause in every legitimate
and proper way; and my reliance for the
advancement OF the cause of temperance Is
the same reliance which | have for the
spread of the Gospel OF our Divine Lord and
Master. The heart, the conscience, and
the reason must be appealed to continual
ly; and Christian men aud women must
remember that the heart Ui Christianity Is
temperance. II II costs u sacrifice. give 1t.
Whai j. sacrifice 10 doing good and lifting
towards heaven our fellow men? We have
got To rely ON appeals and addresses made
to the heart OF tins nation, to the conscience
of the people and the reason OF the country.
We have got To train up our children In the
cause from infancy We must teach it In
the schools and everywhere By word, and
above all by Example; and It seems TO me
that Christian ministers, III this dark hour
Of our country, when they soc no such IN
temp, rance. and what looks To some OF US
like II reaction. should make the voice oil
the pulpits OF this land heard. Members
ot ChrI-tian churches should remember
that they have something to do IN tins
cause. II anything stands IN the way oil
Christianity 1t is the drunkenness In our
land. A word for temperance at this time
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-11
The Master-Kry.

IA |lN JAAfs ilAli.
L. ia NY nl.ed hand little Key
What matter lf Of irlu Ct OF gold,
Ny slmplost ei.r, my greatest gift you see
ay He Beloved, when il is given ylu ho.d.
Enter ahpue'er ytu choosc. at vesper chime.
or when the dew lips of midnight, dumb.
hiss tho dumh world. Behold, at morn n ; prim
Ms doors are open, aad the many come.
many -Hule-it matters little who
-ttfd the place and welcome. eyermore.
'if sacred chambers, never closed to YOU,
Are e''-'d -oT them kcel the outer door.
rltef Wlel- 'er You IN, Tor every room
De- h"urs ia tc.nc mine. ToAu unknown.
l.- hey know outward porch and inner gloom.
l-ach sh4 sand sta r, each ciJset d Il AID lone.
Dance N The echoing halls. Fploved. and sinr
AWty your heart 10 every echo sweet
ihr echoes. Too, are nine. with fitting win.
oi 'u want Joy and scaIce-ali ghting feet.
The .-htei walls shall answer your delight.
" D hoatins shapes ana summer dreams of Art
Ile ludre sprlnging from her fountain bright
Ihe 1.-The Bacchante with her painting heart.
dream n the purple gloom, for dreaming made.
Where the white angel holds the lily, white
As ust her marble bosom n the shade
her wins iosot,enI watching day and nj ght
hAat though at times along the floors unknown
tu1eard 10y others-echo phantom feet,
Weird iaees start from wells, "a mt voices moan
hA'" Lie ana Death N every passage meet.
Upaa tie chambers where the unburied dead.
vi Memory there Iever wakeful stands,
81 ." tier th.n, -hostly radiance not vet fled
Pure hfeathless faces, tender folded hands
Ar uli iHe death-heds, hu,hd. familiar 90,
Ami - iur me the dear familiar clay.
Na. fhc dark funeral tapers wayer slow
Aul i.e tld death- watch is renew'd fJraye
H..t n ay secret chapel when you will
l. -.ufs come adowu some unseen stair
H.'a-' mes d -h voices all the silence ill.,
Ai1 ST. Ce-illa's soul is in the AR.
ir4r MT. the angel with the lily white
There watches Too, as IN the dreaming place
So 20 ~ .nzs upiiited Ia ms sterious ii ght
And imc white m0ruin- on her lifted face
Enter Wbenc er yDu choose, whatever door:
Ii- hey Will open, Ia -ht and day, the whole.
ne Love with you. yuur guardian etermore
teir nothing. Take the Master OF my soul
Washington Cup.flf.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-11

add to my crime by putting your blood on
my head, for If you Kill me you will be ar
rested, and most probably guillotined.
Leave me by tomorrow morning will be
cead- VIII commit suicide tonight and
you Will get into no trouble" The one
brother consented. and the other kept his
word lie took poison, and left en- paper
the TACT that he was a suicide.
Because Mass was performed at an opera
house Paris paper says Tonight we 60
to the theatre for religion tomorrow we
viii 90 to church for spectacle -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-11

There was fine celebration of Deeora.
tiOn Day in Brattleboro, VT, on Saturday
and the telegraph informs Us that ..the
general obseryances were 50 arranged that
the special tributes to the memory OF Col.
Fisk should form a part" of them. We
should be the last to find fault with the
feeling which prompted the family and per
sOnal friends of the late Mr.. james Fisk.
DR.. TO sdOrn his grave with flowers. or de-
clare their regard for him in anv other
deeOrous way but We should really like 10
know what share this man had in the pai-
liant deeds OF the fallen soldiers of the Union
or IN the cause for which they gave their
lives? Brattleboro seems To be bent upon
making Decoration Day ridiculous.-N. Y.
Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-11
She Always Made Home Happy.

In an old churchyard stood a stone.
Neather-marked and stained,
The hand OF time had crumbled il,
So only part remained.
Upon one side could Just trace,
In memory of our mother"
An epitaph which spoke Of. home"
Was ehiseled on the other.
"a gazed on monuments Of fame
high towering TO the skies:
i'd seen the sculptured marble stone
Where great hero lies;
But by this epitaph paused,
And read it DER and O'er,
For j had never seen inscribed
Such words as these before.
" She always made home happy What
A noble record LETT,
a legacy OF memory sweet
To those she left bere!t;
And what testimony given
By those who knew her best.
EngraVen on this plain, rude stone
That marked their mothers rest,
II was a humble resting-place.
/ know that they were poor,
but they had seen their mother sink
And patiently endure;
They had marked her cheerful spirit,
When bearing, one by one.
her many burdens up the hill,
TIL all her work was cone.
owhen was stilled her weary head.
Folded her hands so white,
And she was carried from the home
Shed always made SO bright,
Her children raised q monument
That money could not buy,
es witness o; "A noble lie
Whose record is on high.
4 noble life. but written not
In any book OF fame
Among the list Of noted ones
None ever saw her name:
Nor only her own household knew
The victories she had won
And none but they could testify
How well her work was done.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-11
The Song of the saveyards.
BY II. A. BLOOD.
ar poured past Broadway's lamps alight

III He As bkooDs
Far poured past Broadway's lamps alight
The tumuit Of her n otley throng.
When high and clear upon the night
Hose an inspiring song;
And rang above the city's din
To SOUND Of harp and violin;
slmpie but manly strain,
And ending with the brave refrain
CoHra2ef Courage. mon eaMorods
And now there rose that song OF cheer
Both old and young stood still for Joy,
Or from the windows hung TO hear
The children Of Savoy;
And many an eye with rapture glowed,
And saddest hearts forgot their load,
AND feeble souls grew strong again,
81 stirring was the brave refrain
Courage! Courage, mon cdmuade,
Alone with only silence there,
Awaiting his life's welcome close,
SICK man lay, when on the air
Inat Clarion arose;
80 sweet the thrilling cadence rang
it seemed to him al angel sang,
ana sang 10 him. and he would air
nave died upon that heavenly strain
c0"d1e Courage, mon eamarads
A sorrow stricken man and wife.
with nothing lett them but to pray.
Heard streaming over their sad life
Thst proud. heroic lay;
And through tne mist Of happy tears
They saw the prom Sc laden years
And in their joy they sang asain
And carol ed high the iOnd refrain
Courage Courage, mon egnarads
Two rtists in the cloud of gloom
Nhich hung upon their hopes deferred
ResOunting THO gh their garrett room
That noble chanson heard;
And as the night before the day,
Their weak miss wings He'd away,
And with the bar en- of the stra
They made their studio ring again
Coarags Courage, mon elNaraasI
Two poets who in pa fence wrought
The glory Of an after time.
Lords Of an age which knew them not
Heard rise that 10 ~ rhyme;
And on their hearts 'ell as falls
The sunshine upon prison-walls;
ana one eau ht uD the magic strain
AID To the other sang again
Courage Courage, mon eImdr1d,
And unto ona who, tired Of breath
And d., and might and name and fame,
He'd n his lips glass of death,
That song saviouT came,
Bes~echin- hi-a from hi- despair
A. with tho passion of a prlyer.
AMI kiudlIng in hi- hear aud brain
Pine vil"r az lis hiest reffain-
t9hffgs courage, mon cGnGrdde
thu With earthly ili heset
Can to tit .irs those w"r 1f JOY.
And ever ia fhv lie ,ofget
The brave song OF savo.
Err those dear words NAV have the power
~ cheer t-se IA thy darkest hour
The mem nv of thai bios refrain
Bfin- -ladue-s 10 IN. heart again
Courage Courage, mon oanaradet
-Scri5neris HOEfhlU
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-11

The PoPE To THE President, GREETING,
AND VICE .-Monsignor Roncetti, one
of the pspal ENJOYS, called on the president,
Thursday, and addressed him as follows
The holy father in sending me to present
to the archbishop Of New York the insignia
of the cardinalate, at the same time in
structed me not to fail before leaving the
United States to call upon your exeellency.
and to express to you his regard and best
wishes for the great and illustrious Ameri-
can nation, and for your excellency as Its
honored chief. | feel greatly honorec in
fulfilling the commission, and rejoice that
it gives me the opportunity of knowing
your excellency personally and of present.
ing also my own respectful compliments. y
The president, in reply, said: 81 beg.
monsignor, that you will convey to the
pope my thanks for his kind expressions Of
regard for the good wishes for the country,
and for myself, and | am happy to recipro.
cate your own kind expressions tor me. J"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-11

A GIFT OF $1,000, 900 TO THE UNIVERSE
rY OF PENNsYLvANIA.-The trustees of the
University Of Pennsylvania have received
from the executors OF the late John Henry
Iowne formal announcement that he had
devised the residue of his estate to the De-
partment of Science of that institution.
This residue amounts to about one million of
dollars. The trustees, considering that this
Is the largest sum ever given by any ore
person IN this country to support tne teach
ing OF applied science, have determined that
the Department of Science shall be called
The Towne Scientific School of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-11

"D'ye see that tree ?" says Sandy McFad.
den, Nebraska, to every stranger, well |
wonst thought it I'D be cunnin' to see the
prairie on fire, and after I'D run seven miles
clum up the tree quick'r wink and staid
thar two hours combing the cinders out o
my hair with my fingers
Some men always want to cast cloud OF
gloom over good thing. For example,
when Mr.. Harrison, of Delaware, found
that he must die, he said to his wife ''Jane.
you'll have full swing now, and it won't be
a year before you'll be in the poor-house. y
She didn't take bit Of comfort at the fun
eral.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-11

A reviewer in the New York 1r'buse de-
fines real poet as " q singer whose verses
haunt your twilights." This definition is
undeniably good one. and. if accepted, az
once places the mosquito in the front rank.
81. Lovis Republican.