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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-02

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES As OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
~ by German thoroughly acquant with green aud hot
culture, prupagatng Of all fruits plants &c abit,
10 lay out and udorn first class place married and CON
with the English and French Languages dosiros
situation only; references Of she most factor,
natarc Cali address. for 1--we days HOLMAN No n
Blceckcr
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-02

1VANTED-IN A WELL ESTABLISHED BUSINESS
w thorough and experienced bookkeeper, with 81 OO0
Address o. o.. box 2O5 Herald office.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-02

VANTED-POsITIoN IN AN OFFICE BY GEN
w tleman; -; experienced business man. is good
bo0kkeeper and and understands office duties
thoroughly; solid city references. Address JOHN
MATHEWS, box l4O Herald Office
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-02

TWO DRY GOODS Statesmen WANTED; MUST
l. have a general knowledge of the business,
j. BEIRNE, $40 Sd av
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-02

A YOUNG MAN AGED -. INTELLlHENI AN 1917 VI
N strictly steady habits but without Du t h,e'
" she's employment In some le-ltlA4te 49,.
where he can learn salary required Tor time AuuieSs
D. box 2Of Herald Office
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-02

CfIrUATION WANTED-AS COACIIMAN AND GROOM
- BY first class six with last employer.
account Of his selling out Cal address F
9Th
SITUATION WANTED--AS FIRST CLASS COACHMAN.
= by lngshnan, single, with best city reference.
Cal address r. s., Brewster Co s. 4th aud 9TH
lIANTED--BY AN ENGLISHMAN. SITUATION As
w thorough first class groom and HOFFMAN. is
willing and obigug; tend furnace &c best city refer
snce. Address II. b., Herald Uptown Branch 0nico.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

many a wet ride, for 10 be drawn at the
rate of twelve OF fifteen miles an hour
through combing seas, in "A small boat,
with Il taut line keeping the bows well
down, is not conducive to dry shirts.
And when a whale dies, they say he
turns his head to the sun. Whether
this is merely a whaleman's notion or
not, | cannot say. was always think
ing of something else about the time the
whale died, and forgot to notice where
the sun was but one thing | can safely
say, he makes things lively just before
he goes. At last the lance has touched
a vital part, and the huge victim spouts
out the thick red life-blood, crimsoning
the water all around, till it is almost
gone. Then comes the " furry. J"
Sweeping round and round in narrow
ing circle with fearful velocity, he lashes
the blood-red water into foam with his
hukes, and woe to the boat that comes
i'll his way AT last his struggles cease;
life is gone, and the boats, that have
been careful to keep at safe distance,
approach, and taking the inanimate
mass that has made such fearful strug-
giles i'll tow, proceed slowly toward the
ship. To be stripped of his blubber
and boiled down, is, after all, the pitiful
end of one of Gods greatest works.
optics Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02
How Fish May BE Improved.

1t is now well known that the rich,
delicate flavor of the white-fsh in many
Western lakes comes from celery-fed
parasite on which it lives. This celery
is the marine plant that gives to the can
vas-back duck its glory among connois-
seurs of the table. Here is good hint
in the line of fish culture. Why may
not the common varieties be made table
delicacies, for instance, by putting them
on mild diet of Worcestershire sauce
before they are servedl 1t is the creo-
sote and gas parasite, however-the
deadly refuse of oil and paper mills
that should be first looked to. CLANS
and oysters and even fish are thus being
foully impregnated and sometimes killed.
The fish of the Genesee river were recent
" found so tainted with kerosene from
oil mills as to render them unfit for food.
A similar condition in the river Iser, pro-
ducing an appeal from the fishermen OF
Munich to the government, has called
ont an eminent chemist, Prof. A. Wag-
ner, who shows by experiments, that In
water with one per cent. of gas refuse,
fish die in six minutes, with one-half per
cent. they die in thirty minutes, while
one-tenth per cent. kills the hardest
river fish in twenty-four hours. A par
tial Guard against this, the professor sug-
pests. is to allow a gradual discharge of
refuse into the stream, instead OF the
wholesale dumping now practiced.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02
Gen. Sheridan's Views of the Black
Hills.

Gen. Sheridan has written n letter to
Gen. Sherman relative TO the Black Hills.
and the romantic legends associated with
the country. He gives the story of
rather Gle Smet, that, while living with
the Sioux Indians, he was shown by them
nuggets OF gold, which they informed
nm had been obtained mt different points
IN the Black Hills, supposed 10 be from
the beds OF the Big Horn. Rosebud and
Powder rivers, and from branches of the
Tongue river; and on his representing
that such yellow metal was of the great.
est value, they told him they knew where
there was mountain of it,
Gen. Sheridan then shows that. while
the legend is mythical, gold exists in
paying quantities in some portions OF
the Black Hills. But this auriferous
territory, he holds, is not embraced in,
but lies west of, the Sioux reservation
that it is near the head waters of
the Powder river and in the region of
the Big Horn; and the persons who look
for mineral deposits in the vicinity of
Harneys Peak, except in limited quanti-
ties, are doomed to disappointment.
Gen. Sheridan then proposes that an
expedition be fitted out to explore and
open to settlement that portion of the
Black Hills country west of the Sioux
reservation, which, he holds, is rich in
mineral deposits, besides being fertile in
soil and admirably adapted to agricult-
ural pursuits. He has already taken the
initiatory measures for such an expedi-
ton, and will send Gen. Forsyth and
Fred Grant to make the exploration.
AS to the expeditions now being fitted
out for Harney's Peak and Custer Park,
Gen. Sheridan says he is confident the
military will be able to prevent any tres
pass upon the Sioux reservation. He
had so deployed his forces that all tres
passers can be intercepted. No invasion
of the district will be permitted.
These facts are worthy of considera-
ton by all who are about to start in
search of the new Eldorado. Their en-
terprise is certainly doomed to defeat.
Perhaps they had better wait till the Big
Horn region is opened up; for then
they can pursue their search with a rea-
sonable certainty of finding gold, and
without danger from the interference of
either the government troops or the
scalp-ifting Sioux Chicago Times
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02
How Parliament Silences a Bore.

The Nation says, i'll speaking of DIR.
kenealy: He will do less harm in the
House of Commons than anywhere else.
The House has rough -and-ready way of
dealing with eccentricities. Every man
who comes within the rigid criticism of
that assembly soon finds his level. Every
newcomer, it matters not what he is, is
treated at first with courtesy and consid-
Grafton. The House always listens with
attention, and generally with good ma
ture, to maiden speech, and anything
like ditfidence or nervousness it treats
with lieniency and generous encourage
ment. But self-assertion or bumptious-
ness it cannot abide, and it is cruelty in
tolerant of bores and one-idsad men
DIR. Kenealy will meet with studious
consideration when he first essays to
speak. But if he persists in parading the
Orton grievance upon the attention of
the House, his reception will be very
different from that which awaited him at
Stoke. The House has many effective
way of silencing a bore. An animated
conversation carried on in every corner
by the various members seated in their
places soon deadens the voice of even
the most animated speaker. A chorus OF
cries of divide, divide. wide, vide
proceeding from both sides at once when
ever the speaker opens his mouth, en-
harnesses even the most hardened orator.
But the most effective way of bringing
one-idead man to his senses is the proc
ess of counting out, and this is proba-
bly, the course that will be followed with
the chosen of Stoke. 1t is rule of the
House that forty members must be pres
ent. When an orator becomes trouble
some, a stampede of members takes place
from the House to the lobbies, or the
smoking-rooms, or the library. Some
one gets up from back bench, and calls
the Speakers attention to the sparse at
tendance. The Speaker counts the
House, finds there are not forty men,
bers present, orders the electric bells
to be rung and the sand-glass to be
turned. The stampeded members stand
outside till the sand has run its two min
utes' course and the electric bells have
rllng out. The doors are closed, there
are not forty members, and the House
stands adjourned till the following day,
when there is a new order of business,
and the orator of the previous night has
lost his chance, and may not get another
till the following session. 1t is an effect
i've way of silencing bore.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02
Anecdotes Of Thad Stevens.
Washington Cor. New York World. |

l'''f--'r~N-
Seeing Banks strrltting around the
house Wednesday, makes me think of
him rs he stood there one night brandish-
ing his arms and shaking the roof about
some matter or another. A member who
had been in the cloak-roOm came i'll to
hear what the noise was about, but as he
couldn't understand he asked Thad
Stevens, who was sitting quite close to
him reading paper, - What the devil
does Banks want Z" Brains" growled
Stevens, without looking up from his
paper. Thad was famous player, and
many might session has been held
in his modest little house near the Capt.
toll over that charming game, only inter
ruptsd when the players were sent for
TO give their votes. One morning, after
particularly good luck, Thad and a com
paniOn were met on their way to the
house by Sister of Charity, the Supe-
rior of Providence Hospital. Stevens
was faithful friend TO that institution,
and when the Sister, a woman whose life
was noble and beautiful record of all
that is divine in human nature, told him
that several new patients had been
broughtin and there were no funds to
provide for them, he put his hand into
his pocket, drew out the roll of bills he
had moment before swept from the
gambling table, and laid them silently in
her hands. Then, without waiting for
her thanks, he turned and went slowly
up the broad steps. He didn't speak till
he reached the lobby door, then I've looked
at his companion as he was parting from
him, and smiling grimly said
"Cod works in n mysterious way
His wonders 10 perform"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02
A Bath in the Dead Sea.

Mr.. G. A. Kingsbury writes as follows
in Forest and Stream OF bath III the
Dead sea Reaching. at length this
most remarkable of all the seas and lakes
on our globe we prepared to take a bath
and such bath can hardly expect
ever to take again. l had previously
bathed in numerous seas, lakes and
rivers, but never did enjoy such a bath
as this. The specific gravity of the
water is such, from its holding in solu-
ton so large proportion of salts twenty
six and half per cent? that one floats
upon its surface like a cork. At the
time there was only gentle ripple upon
the sea, and, being good swimmer, /
mt once struck out into deep water. L
soon found that L could not only swim
and float with wonderful ease, but that
could actually walk in the water, sinking
only to the arm-pits. Discovering this
fact, made for the shore, and taking
DIR. c., one of our party, who could not
swim, by the hand, led him into the sea
where the water was many fathoms deep.
At first he was quite reluctant to follow
me, but he soon gained confidence on
finding there was no danger of sinking,
and he enjoyed the novel bath as much
as if he had been an expert swimmer.
Should the bath allow water to get into
his eyes or mouth he would suffer con-
siderable abatement to his enjoyment,
on account of its extremely salt, bitter,
and irritating nature. No fish can live
in this sea but various kinds of ducks
abound here ut certain seasons of the
year. The water was as clear as ordi-
nary sea water, its temperature was
agreeable, and it had an oily feeling,
and altogether its action on the surface
of the body was such as to develop those
pleasurable sensations pertaining to the
sense of touch, accompanied by the most
delightful exhilaration. OF all the baths
in the world, give me a bath in the Dead
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02
CRIT-CHAT FOR LITTLE FOLKS.


Hush boys, be still. Grandpa's aseepl
Then make no noise, be still mice.
Tom, bring that stool, don't tread, bat creep.
Ned 10 my lap. There now that's nice.
rough old story now I'll tell
Oi what 10 grandpa once befell.
Hist boys suppose he should awake,
And listen now % what say
The bare suspicion makes quake.
All me think I'd rue the day.
"Snoring lOudg" Well, that's sign
Don't snicker, Phil--Tom drop that Irvine.
When grandpa was wee small boy
His parents sent him % school
Not tar away-he went with JOY.
The teachers name was Fergus TOOle:
miidish kind OF man, and odd.
Although he sometimes piled the roll.
grleve TO say H. but must
A lot OF tricks were in his pate
Sit closer, boys-I hOpe-I trust
He sleeps. One day upon his slate
He drew picture OF Old TOo,e,
horrd picture, right IN school.
The teacher spied it-gaye a start
For On the picture of his nose
Grandpa had drawn great big wart;
dozen hairs up from II rose.
OH how he chucked q himself,
Old Fergus reached up TO the shelf.
- Just walk out here, you Ebenezer!
Take OF your coat before you come"
The teacher fearful sneezer-
lie sneeXed SIX times lore Ne was done,
And when he sneezed he closed his eyes,
When he was through, great his surprise.
Now watch him. boys. Myths tricks
Although he Is a +. ray-haired man.
Asleep all right-the boy cut sticks,
And through the open door h. ran.
His sneeZing Ger Now, sir!" h said,
'Ill-where Is "-' Why, sir, he's hed."
"How's this. my boy so soon from school"
Your grandpa was great grandpa's son.
- | drew picture " Mister Toole-
didn't mean to-then run.
Because he reached up for his rule"
IN write a note to teacher Toole.
All bright and early the next day,
Your grandpa proudly walked 70 school.
When prayers We're done, - You step this wsy.N
frown he wore, did, Fergus Toole.
Remove your iac ct, Ebenezer;
I'll watch you, now, and wont sneeze sir"
- 9ly pa, be sent you, sir, a note
Young Eben pertly up and said.
- While il l read lay of that coat
The teacher put on specks and read:
Don't spare the rod, dear Tooe. pray"
- He thrashed me horribly that day!"
Run run you boys now scamper quick,
Grandpa has played another trick.
-fOHth'N Companion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

Mr.. HAZARD BENTLEY, of Goshen,
Ct, reputed. to be the largest man in
the northwestern part of the State, hav
ing a weight of $50 pounds, and who was
former President of the Fat Men $
Association, died recently from heart
disease, induced by the sudden fall of
his horse upon an icy road. His coffin
was thirty-one inches wide, and was
lowered into the grave by fifteen men.
In accordance with his wishes the grave
was walled with bricks, and covered with
fiat stones laid even with the adjacent
coil
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

AT Carlisle, Canada, few days ago,
Miss Hood, an intelligent and cultivated
young lady, was sitting la conversation
with a lady friend, when young man
came up behind them and suddenly
jerked the chair from beneath her. In
attempting to save herself Miss Hood in
jured her spinal column so severely that
she went into commissions. The doctor
gave his opinion that if her injuries did
not prove fatal her mind would be left
deranged from the effects.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

ACCORDING TO advices from Washing
ton, the effect of the surreptitious IN
crease of the postage on third-class mat
ter, known as the "expressmen's job, y
will be evidently more far-reaching than
its authors had anticipated. The esti-
mates for the appropriation for the Off
cial postage stamps for all the govern
ment departments were based upon the
old law, of one cent for every two ounces
of third-class matter. A great portion
of the department mail matter consists of
third-class matter. The effect of the
change in the law in favor of the express
companies will consequently be to reduce
the stamp appropriations for all the de-
partments by one-haif. The appropria-
ton for this purpose will be exhausted
in six months, instead of one year. The
Postoffice Department cannot give any
department a credit for an additional
amount of stamps, as there Is a penal
statute which prohibits any department
from expanding in any fiscal year any
sum in excess of the appropriation made
by Congress for the fiscal year, or from
involving the government in any contract
for the future payment of money in ex-
cess of such appropriations. In some
departments, where there are large APP
preparations for expressage, the mail
matter will be sent by express instead of
by mail when the stamp appropriations
are exhausted.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

THE great Minnesota farmer, Oliver
Dalrymple, whose failure was announced
some months ago, has settled his losses
in the grain markets and with speculative
dealers without being declared bankrupt,
and all proceedings against him have
been withdrawn.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

A SPECULATIVE and ingenious halter
in one of the Eastern cities has taken
advantage of the Charley Ross excite
ment to invent a new hat which bears in
some convenient part of it's. internal
economy a photograph of the missing
boy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02
Chr Grue 9ortherner
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.
FRESH TOPICS.

The spelling-school fever is rising to
the dignity of an epidemic, and is
spreading all over the land. Like the
late epizootic, no section of the broad
land is likely to escape its ravages.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

The Washington Chronicle states that
it has been discovered that the ranking
provision of the Postal Appropriation
bill is 50 worded that while the new Sen
ators can frank the Congressional Re
cord or reprints therefrom, documents
can be franked only 10y members of the
Forty-third Congress.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02
A Model will.

The clerk of Albany county, On. ~
has received by mail the following docu-
ment to place on record:
This is to certify that Dan Harrington has
made his last will and Mike and Fitch il to have
all his real ard personal property.
JOHN GALWAY,
Justice of the Peace.
RIG Seal. his
DANIEL X HARRINGTON.
mark
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

long in the city without having their mail
delivered.
II is now decided beyond question
that DIR. DeKovens nomination for
Episcopal Bishop of Illinois has been
rejected. The vote, with all the dioceses
in but fifteen, is rs follows;
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

PARADoxIcAL as it may seem, coal
famine is threatened in Wilkesbarre,
Pa, the very heart of the anthracite re-
gion. The telegraph reports that but
one colliery IN that region is being
worked, which is unable to fill half the
orders of the retail dealers that there
is suffering already, and that should the
cold weather and suspension hold out
much longer there will be a great deal
more.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

A CORRESPONDENT of the Chicago
co,trnol has been visiting the great farm
of Michael Sullivant, of Ford County,
IL. His farm is ten miles long. Last
year he planted 10000 acres in corn,
which at 20 bushels to the acre would
have given him 100000 bushels, and at
60 cents per bushel would give the lucky
farmer $4,000. a pretty fair gross
product for farmer this year for half
crop of corn.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

How are the mighty fallen? A few
years ago Kossuth, 1.-the Hungarian
patriot, was the idol of his countrymen.
He could have received any political
preferment at their hands that he wished,
for in him they recognized all the virtues
of the genuine patriot. But things are
changed An election for member of
the diet was held at Debreczin last week,
and although Kossuth was a candidate,
the ministerial nominee was elected by
an overwhelming majority.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

TALLY another victory for the West
over the East. A short time ago Wilson
r. Reid, New York pedestrian; chal-
lenged Daniel OLeary, a famous Chi
cago walkist, to compete with him in a
twenty-mile match for the championship
of the country. The contest came of in
the former city the other day, and resulted
in walk-away for the Western man, who
accomplished the distance in 3 hours, %
minutes and Is seconds. Reid left the
track exhausted on the sixteenth mile.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

THE different departments of the gov
eminent have began to make prepare
tions for the Centennial, Congress hay
ing appropriated $500, 900 for their ex-
penses. Of this, only about S., 900 has
beenalotted to the Postoffice Department.
The railroad companies have already Of
fered to the department 10 build a mag
nifcent postal-car in which the entire
operations of the postal services may
be exhibited. One of the plans in con-
temptation is to extend the free delivery
system to the Centennial grounds, and
employ a corps of picked men, 50 that it
will be impossible for strangers to be
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

THE Chicago City Council is almost as
bad as our National Congress. Instance
the following passage from its proceed
ings:
AID White-Tm afraid there is little
scheme.
AID. schafrner-If you impugn my motives
you dirty vagabond, I'll box your ears right here
before the Council.
President Dixon-Both Aldermen are grossly
OFT of order. They will take their seats at once.
Aid. Whte-Tll take care of you by-and-by.
AID. Schaffner-The sooner you commence
the better. Iont impugn my motives. you
puppy. AT this point Aid. Schaffner strobe
with warlike air in the direction of White,
who said nothing but grew very red.
Aid. Whte-I can come before this Council
any time to prove / have IA much education
and more good breeding than Aid. Schaffner.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

"Cod works in n mysterious way
His wonders 10 perform"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

SOMEBODY wanted to know "whe
wrote that article in the Houston Tex. }
Telegraph, and it promptly responded
thus
The man who wrote that article early in life
w.s, Woodworking blacksmith, later he was a
deck-hand on steamboat then he was a cow
boy on the frontier, but of late years he has
followed the profession of prize-fghter. He
only became an editor to reduce his flesh by
starvation so as to become more of a success il
his peculiar line
The editor of the telegraph was not
annoyed by further inquiries touching
the matter.