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Two Centenarians Go Together.

There are not many centenarians III th'
world, all toll. They are exceedingly
scarce and highly priced in the commu
mites of which they form part. by
examining the death notices IN the news
papers for any considerable length OF
time, il will be found that very few peo'
pie indeed die, after they get 10 be
hundred years old. When one does
happen to die, there is note made OF 1t,
and when two die about the same time,
the coincidental occurrence Is worth
more than a mere "brevity.
The other day a Mrs. Strassburgel
died ON New York fourth floor, aged
lO3 wears, and was buried in the jewish
cemetery on Long Island. She was born
| in Baden Baden, and came to this coun-
try twenty-four years ago. When she
had attained the over-full age of eighty
one she thought it quite worth while to
come over here and enjoy life, and she
was right. Her husband, who was a
rabbi, died in 1849, at the age of ~.
Mrs. Strassburger lived comfortably
with her Youngest son, Henry Strass-
burger, who, it is stated, is only 40
years old. His mother was, therefore,
SO years old when he was born. That
was rs remarkable an event in her life as
her death at SO exceptional an age.
She had ten children in all, and the eld-
est of these living is 60. Her grand
children and grandchildren form a
little army. She walked until she sank
down last Friday and fell asleep.
Now, Philadelphia, the Centennial
city, is famous for its specimen centena-
rians, duly celebrated in newspaper
obituary columns, and III this emergency
it was not to be outdone 10y New York.
It's centenarian died on that same Friday.
His name was Thomas Taylor. He was
therefore, was 103 years of age. He was
British soldier in early life, as his faith
er was before him. After serving III In
dia, and participating i'll many of the
bloody scenes of Europe about the be-
ginning of this country, including
Waterloo-all old British soldiers saw
Waterloo-he finally came to this coun-
try in 1852 to tell the stories of his bat
ties and end his days i'll peace. He
drifted into most calm corner of life,
and was made sexton of a church by a
bishops appointment. Here he shaded
himself during the hot days of the Mex
lean war and talked of how differently
they did these things when he was
young. He did not live to see the Cen
tennial celebration of British defeat
which happened before he could have
been in any degree responsible for It,
and was probably satisfied to step out
amid the dreadful notes of preparation
sounding round him. So those two cen
tenarians of two cities were gathered in
one day like ripe sheaves and laid
away
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-02

IT was an ancient custom of the Spar
tans, i'll order TO inculcate among their
youth an adherence of intemperance and
its kindred vices, to make their slaves
drunk with wine in the public market
places, so that the rising generation, upon
whom would some day devolve the honor
and safety of the Lacedemonian Repub-
lie, might see before them all the CHASTITY
details of the drunkard's disgrace, his loss
of reason, and of physical strength.
'Twere well, perhaps, to-day, could some
of our young men contemplate similar
instructive lesson drawn from the life,
showing them, by sharply drawn con-
trast, the advantages and true loneliness
of abstinence and virtue.
For such rs appreciate these, VINEGAR
BITrERs is the beverage best adapted, it
being purely vegetable draught, devoid
of alcohol or mineral poisons, and pos
sessing all the virtues, hut none of the
damning curses, of the different poisons
which year by year are sweeping away
thousands of dollars and lives. AZ
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-02
Sherman and Stanton.

A recent article in the New York Su,,
which bears evidence of having been
written by Mr.. Dana himself-takes issue
with General Sherman i'll regard to one
of the most striking incidents related in
the Memoirs. Speaking of the grand
review of his army in Washington at the
close of the war, the General says:
81 shook hands with the President,
Gen. Grant, and each member of the
cabinet. AS approached Mr.. Stanton
he offered me his hand, but declined it
publicly, and the fact was universally
noticed"
The SIN article says that Sherman d" is
entirely mistaken" and then gives the
following statement:
AT any rate, we can speak for one
who stood very near to the President at
that time and saw the scene which Gen.
Sherman describes. Knowing what had
passed between Sherman and Stanton,
this gentleman watched them very close
ly. There was no offer on the part of
Mr.. Stanton to shake hands with Gen.
Sherman, nor any approach to friendly
salutation. Looking sternly but quietly
at the General, the Secretary of War
barely inclined his head without any
mark of personal recognition, as if a
mere stranger had come upon the stand
His hand was not extended toward Gen.
Sherman, nor even raised. He had no
wish to shake hands with Sherman, and
no thought respecting him, except that
he was man dangerous to his country,
whose presumptuous ambition he had
just been able to put down, and he
treated him accordingly"
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Mushroom Caves.

The famous mushroom caves of Paris
are, in reality, deserted stone quarries
liz the suburbs of the city. They are
entered by shafts, and consist of series
of dark, low, long corridors. Their floors
are covered with long lines of narrow
beds, made Of rich compost of earth
and horse manure. The paths between
the beds are kept scrupulously clean,
and the mushroom are carefully cul-
tured. One of these caves at Mon
trouge, just outside the Notifications of
Paris, contains miles OF beds and yields
an average of 800 pounds Of mushrooms
daily.
Near Frepillon, an hours ride from
Paris, there is another class of caves or
old quarries, that have a lofty interior,
with something of the aspect OF u vast CO.
vthedral. In 1867 one of these caves had q
un of 81 miles Of mushroom beds. Dur
ng that same year over 5000 pounds of
mushrooms were daily sent to Paris from
Frepillon. The crops vary according to
certain atmospheric and other conditions,
and at intervals the great quarries refuse
to yield profitable crop. They are then
thoroughly cleansed, the very soil being
scraped out, and are left to lie fallc W for
1, year or two.
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Losses by Fire.

The reported losses by fire during the
month of May were: In New York and
Brooklyn, $6lS,600; in the United
States, exclusive of these cities, IS, 49,
200; aggregate, SS,745,80O. Losses in
United States during first five months of
this year reported, $4,000, 500. These
facts, in connection with the fact that
the gross earnings of the nation are
500, 200, 100000, nine-tenths of which
are consumed for current living, leaving
only 800, 000,000 net accumulation, and
some statisticians place the consumption
Mt higher figure, leaving only per
cent, or $3.50, 600, 900 net earnings, fur
nish food for serious reflection. That
nearly 30 per cent. of the net earnings
of people should be annihilated by fire
is by no means an evidence of prudence.
And large portion of this destruction
is preventible by proper caution.-NesO
York World
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A Sixteen.llile Swim.

The second deposit ($400 side, the
first having been 5000 in the great
swimming match from Chester 10 Phila-
delphia, distance of about sixteen
miles, for stake of 81, 900 per side, be-
tween j. b. Johnson, champion OF the
world, and Thomas Coyle, was placed in
the hands of William McGonegal, last
night. Every stipulation in the articles
drawn up between the contending par
ties has, up to this point, been complied
with, and there seems to be no doubt
that this match between speed and en-
durance in the art of natation will take
place at the specified time.
At the meeting in regard to the con-
test last night both the competitors,
their hackers and friends, seemed to be
thoroughly in earnest, and each side
certain of the success of their favorite.
Johnson was born ut Manchester, Eng
land, in 1849, weighs 165 pounds, stands
five feet nine and a half inches, and
when stripped, presents the appearance
of most remarkable man i'll regard to
muscular development. His thews and
sinews, his broad chest and beautiful
symmetry of form, indicate the ath-
lete, and his performances hitherto de-
note him sort of terrestrial norman.
He won, and now holds, by reason of re-
tention for three years, the champion
cup of England-a handsome cup award
ed to him at swimming tournament at
the Sydenham Crystal Palace; a constel-
lation of medals decorates his coat, and
he has defeated Beckwith and all the
best transatlantic swimmers. Dressed
in his usual neat attire, Johnson would
not be deemed powerful or muscular
man, but, IN puris naturdli6us, he stands
a wonder revealed.
His opponent in this contest of endur
ance, which is exciting the attention of
the medical faculty and amateur gladia-
tors, is native of Donegal, Ireland,
having been born there in 1871. He
came to this country when nine years of
age, now weighs 155 pounds, stands five
feet eight inches in his stocking feet,
and seems a quiet, unassuming man.
He served in the United States Navy, as
marine, for four years during "our
late unpleasantness, never swan match
race i'll his life, but last summer excited
the attention of medical experts in the
vicinity of Chester by swimming from
Marcus Hook to Chester, distance of
four miles, i'll tifty-five minutes.
The contest promises to solve moot
ed question among medical savants, and
consequently can be regarded from a
scientific rather than mere sporting
point of ew.-PhitadelDhi0 Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-02

AT Buel, the Utah mining camp, the
other day. fellow known as "Frenchy +"
entered q restaurant and ordered some
hot cakes. The cakes were brought out,
steaming hot, but Frenchy" found a
fiy in one of them, and flung the dish ON
the floor. The proprietor, j. ID. An
drews, rushed into an adjoining room and
got double-barreled shotgun, and the
man who could not eat a fly was treated
to dessert of buck-shot. He was NOR
tally wounded.
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March of the Potato Bug.

The great army of potatobugs from
Colorado has invaded the east, and in
Pennsylvania, New York, and New
Jersey the devouring hosts are marching
on. AS a larger acreage was planted to
potatoes in those States this season than
heretofore, it is believed that the bugs
will be able to live well during the sum-
mer, and possibly leave few tubers for
the farmers. Paris green is being inn
ported by the ton.
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WoMAN's R1GHTs.-Says the Chicago
Tribune 4 female convict named Kate
Connolly recently escaped from Sing
Sing Prison by lowering herself from a
window of the prison hospital with a
rope. When 15years of age she escaped
from Blackwell's Island by padding
away on gate. In 1869 she escaped
from Sing Sing by sliding down
hghtning-rod. And yet there are peo-
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women have no rights, that they are
crushed down by the tyrant man, and
that they are not allowed to do what they
can do just as well as men. Kate Con-
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of enjoying her rights of life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness, notwithstand-
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The People OF the United States,

The People OF the United States.
Arr.ngsments arc stsadily progressing for
the Centennisl celebration and International
Exhibition. Tie principal buildings are in
course .; erection. The President Of tho
United States, a. requesesd by Congress ct
v;tation 70 Ill other nations to join in this
work, and large number OF these have
already sign;fed .:ber intention to accept
that invitation. Exhibition epace il ben.
applied ior from this aud foreign countries,
aud every manifestation on the sulject
seams to indicate eminent success ftr our
entennial display. ut, to carry out this
undertaking on scala duo to tho gler ols
event to bo COMMUNICATED, additional funds
will be needed, for while Congress has cheer
fully thrown around this patriotic work tho
national prestige. and promptly promoted
it by appropriate laws, il did not furnish the
necessary capital that part was loft for you,
and not doubling that, inspired by the mem-
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present. you will cbeerfully perform II, and
to do 40. We have adopted plan for raising
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4onaloso,rbille Gbief.
Three Dollars Year.
Senator Matt Carpenter.

senator MAIL C&rp0Rter.
Washington correspondent of the
Pittsburg Leader contributes this racy
sketch to tho columns Of that Jour-
NAL: ...... ...-....
Az I predicted at the outset # The
session, Henry Wilson snon became
tired OF sitting in the Senate welding
the gavel. He pinned for past obecur-
ity, and yesterday he left the city,
and will only return for short visits
during the winter. Carpenter W,
to-day again re-elected President OF
the Senate pro ten. He is looking
very we'll nowadays. He walks the
streets Of the city with an elastic
tread, rs If all his doubts shout his
future were settled. He has given ap
his loaferish, rakish, soft hat, All
pushes down upon his iron gray name
. polished silk tile. His martial fig.
ure Is shown to q good advantage in
9 close fitting, double- breasted frock.
Indeed, his sweeping mustache and
waving, long hair, are now the only
indications Of the strong Bohemian
element that turks under his mask Of
the statesman.
Brilliant, handsome, and witty. he
is more generally liked here in Wash
1ngton than almost any other Senator.
He is man who can venture to saw
witty things without the thought Of
having compromised his diraity.
Brilliancy and wickeslnc.u arc E. nin-
ating elements in character, and
that accounts in measure for Cur.
penter's popularity here. For in thi,
city the cosmopolitan element pre.
walls, the element whose creed il to
be any thing but stupid and you shall
be forgiven. Stupidity is the one md
only unpart1oDable crime. Wiscon. lin
politicians here in town say that Car
penter's chance of being returned to
the Senate is now almost certain. His
only opponent, Washburne, is falling
off in strength of late.
The people tire of the monotonv os
the perpetual sight Of Washbarne
IN office, This Wisconsin Washburne
will be refreshing variety in private
life: At any rate, his record i; not of
s,',h a character rs makes him e:pc-
c!alty desirable. He was in the Credit
Mnbll'er business when in Conrrc~::.
lie may have a better moral charac-
TER, as the world rms, than C:.rpcn-
ter, but Carpenter is fully as COOL US
the average Congressman in that
point, only heis little more careless.
A wit to Chamberlain's gamhlior
h''li the o:hcr evening convinced me
that large number Of Congressman,
whom l Thought such good men, arr
very wild boys. It was depresain: Il,
witness statesmen studying the tluaa-
cial question in such quarters.
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