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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-02-19
oHrATE OF MICHIGAN.-Eleyenth Judicial c.

CNTATE OF AN.-Eleventn JUDICIAL Clr-
- cult, in chancery.
William Freshett, complainant. Edward Bois-
vert and Margret isyert, defendant. re
Suit pending in the Circuit Court for the county
OF Chippewa. in. chaneery, at Sault 9te Marie. on
the = day of -. A, d., 1s7-. 1t satisfactorily
appearing by affidavit, that process has been duly
issued against the defendants. Edward Boisveri
and Margret Bcisvert, and that they could not be
served by reas Of their ABSENCE from the couptry
and residence in Canada, q foreign country On
motion of Geo. w. Brown. sole tor for COMPLAIN
ant. It is. ordered that eaid defendants, Edward
Boisvert AID Margret Boisvert. appear in said cause
ard answer the bib filed therein within three months
from the date hereof and 1t is further rdered that
this order be published within twenty Gays after
this date; in newspaper printed in Cheboygar,
and circulated in said county of Chippewa their
being n newspaper printed in said cou ~ of Chip
pewa and the NoRTKsRS TRIBUNE being the near
est printed paper to said county of Chippewa. thar
this order be inserted in sail paper once in eact
week for six successive weeks; unless a copy of
this order be served personally OH said defendants
Edward Boisvert and siargret isvert at least wen
ay days before the time prescribed in this order for
their appearance.
Circuit Court Commissioner in aud for raid county
of Chippewa.
CSC. W. BnowN, Complainants Solicitor.
"a true copy:l
CUR H. CGRLEToN. Register. -
Sault Ste. Marie, December 81, 1875, lno27-7t
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-02-19
RED TAPE IN TRADE,
s4dssns szs asmtist & d. Drylesoa.
[f-fs e, stores. -

From scrbner's Magazine for February
was going into town the, other morn
Ing, when my wife handed me q little
piece of red calico, and asked me if [
would have time during the day to buy
her two yards and a half of calico like
that. / assured her that it would be no
trouble at all, aud putting the. piece of
calico in my pocket, l took the train for
the city.
At lunch time stopped in at large
dry-goOds store to attend to my wite's
commission. L saw q well-tlressed man
walking the floor between the counters,
where long lines of girls were waiting OH
much longer lines of customers, and asked
him where l could see some red calico.
-''This way, sir" and he led me up the
etore. Miss StOne," said he to a young
lady, "show this gentleman some red
Calico"
what shade do you want ?" asked
Miss Stone. l5Fir te-e -
showed her the little piece of calico
that my wife had given me. She looked
at it and handed it back to me. Then
she took down great roll Of red calico
aud spread it out on the counter.
"Why, that isn't the shade!" said I.
"No, not exactly, said she, 'sbut it is
prefer than your sample.n
''That may be-" said [ 'sbut, you see. I
want to match this piece. There is some
thing already made of this kind of calico.
which needs TO be larger, or mended. or
something. want some calico OF the
same shade"
The girl made no answer. but took
down another roll.
'sThat's the shade" said she.
, s"Yes," replied, '.butit's striped.n 81
<xIr<-
else i'm calicoes," said she.
Eyes; but this isn't to be worn. It's
for furniture, L think. At any rate.
want perfectly plain stuff, to match
something already in use." iI-arfs..
well, l don't think you can find II
perfectly plain, unless you get Turkey
what is Turkey red - 1 asked.
- turkey red is perfectly plain in cali
Goes" she answered.
well. let me see some,
1--WE haven't any Turkey red calico
left, she said; shut we have some very
nice PLAIN calicoes in colors.r o.
Il don't want any other color. want
stuff TO match this.n
ITS hard to match cheap calico ike
tnat, she said; and so lett her.
a, next went into a store few doors fur
sner up Broadway. When 1 entered |
aspproached the '.foor-walker," and hand
inS nlm my sample, said:
the right '''s' "
- went to the third counter to the
sa5a n., and showed my sample to the
~ 8 In attendance there. He looked
Csew On both sides, Then he said:
I've ~. haven't any of this.n -
uW s5 gentleman saidgo had" said /.
we mad 1t, but we're out of il now
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-02-19

A Danbnry man, wishing to engage
several bush. Is of potatoes from party
in the suburbs. asked neighhor what
sort of man lie was. " Well" said the
conscientious neighbour, Il don't know
much about him. but should think he
would make tip-top stranger"
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-02-19
Notice.

q. s LAND OFFICE. !
TRAVERSE CITY, MICH teb. 81. 1875.
Complain MT having been entered at this Office by
PerrIs G. Munro, against George w, Pettls, 70,
abandoning his homestead entry. No. 6,462. dates.
Feb uary ~, 1875. upon the w 4, fection 1
township ~ North, range West, in Cheboygan
county, Michigan, with a view to the cancs la
ton of said entry; the said parties are here b,
Summoned TO appear at this office on the 1st da,
of November, 1876 at O'Clock p. m. to respond
and furnish testimony concerning said alleges:
aDanfOnment.
SETH @. MOFFArT. Register.
PERRY HANNAH, Receiver. [no3l 6y
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-02-19

Hell" is the title of DIR. Edward
Beecher's celebrated lecture, and the peo-
pie OF Brooklyn have invited him to
come to that town and give them He'll"
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-02-19

It is sad to think of Mark Twain vol
UNFAIRLY stepping down from his high po-
sition and pudding around in the dirty
pool or politics.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26

before; 1t went to Mr.. Bakers, and he
put it into this bag, and he's kept the
money for me ever since. I've often
been tempted, Martha, when you have
been ill, to break into it to buy little
things you needed, but 1 never did: !
worked over hours instead, and you
have not wanted; and once, Sam, when
you were a little chap, you were so i'll
with fever, 1 thought as how the money
l had saved would only 90 to put you in
your grave. But God spared your life
you've been good, obedient boy to me
and your mother, SO the moneys your n,
my lad. l shall pay fl0 to Mr.. Morton
tomorrow, when your articles are made
out; you shall have a new suit of
clothes, too; and the rest of the money
shall 60 in the bank in your name, and
please God 1 live so long, you shall
have twopence every week of your
time; and then, Samuel, there will be
a nice little sum for you to start for
yourself with. So God bless you, my
lad, and may you be good, useful man /;
that's all want of you in return"
The boy fairly sObbed, as he threw
himself into his fathers arms.
"Father," he said. as soon as he
could speak, "I can't thank you now as
l ought, but l promise that you shall
never be sorry you gave up your beer
for me. God helping me, will be all
you wish me to be, and if turn out as
good man as my father, mother and 1
will be quite content"
The, DOy kept his promise; and now
over that handsome shop front appears
the name of "SamHel Gurney, Grocer, :"
he, thriving prosperous man, often
gathers his children around his knee,
and tells them the story of his early
life-hOw his self-denying father built
up for him his present prosperity OH the
foundation stone of "Twopence a day."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26
Early Railroad RestrictiOn In Eng.
land.

The Duke of Wellington is reported
to have said, in one of the early rail-
road debates in the House of Lords, that
in dealing with the new system it was
above all else necessary to bear i'm mind
the analogy of the kings highway.
Parliament did bear it i'm mind, and up
on this analogy, naturally enough, the
railroad was first established. The pro-
prietor of the roadbed and the carrier
over it were to be different persons.
Provision i'm this respect was especially
made i'm all early charters, and it was
supposed that the power of using the
road, which was reserved TO all the
world on certain fixed terms, would
make impossible any monopoly of the
business over it. Experience, of course,
quickly showed how utterly fallacious
this reasoning was. The analogy of the
highway was, however, not at once
abandoned. Recourse was had to sy--
TEN of fixed maxima charges, and the
old tollboards of the turnpikes were in
corporated at enormous length into the
new charters as they were granted.
One of these, for instance, which went
through Parliament in 1874, consisted
of three hundred and eighty-One dis
tinct sections, in which, among other
things, it was prescribed that for the
carriage of "hOrse, mule, or ass" the
company might charge at rate not to
exceed three pence per mile, while for
a calf or pig or 'other small animaP'
the limit was a penny. Naturally, this
attempt at regulation proved no more
efficacious than the other. and with it
the analogy of the highway seems to
have disappeared Atlantic Monthly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26
Confidence with Wives.

In connection with the reported re-
mark of gentleman, who said that he
didn't believe the ladies he met in
Washington street knew that the times
are dull, and that their husbands are
having a hard time to keep their heads
above water, the Boston Journal relates
the following: "An husbands do not
make their financial affairs topic of
conversation at home, and some better
halves know less of their own husbands
affairs than they do of their neighbor's.
Some week since lady was first in
formed of her husbands suspension by
reading an announcement in a paper
which she accidentally took up in a
store while waiting to have an order
filled. Whether it was pride or fear
that prompted secresy cannot be stated,
but what can be expected from wives
in the way Of true economy if they are
only silent partners in the matrimonial
copartnership? In 1857 large jewelry
firm sold costly set of jewels to a lady.
The firm knew that her husband was in
failing condition, but the lady had
been a long and profitable customer.
When the partner told his clerk not to
charge the goods which were delivered,
but to make memorandum on the blot
ter, he paid the lady's integrity high
compliment. When the husband failed
the jewelry came back with a note
couched in such terms that the dealer
only regretted that q gift of the set
would be construed as an insult.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26
The Interest on An Omelet.

A London paper tells the following
story: "a commercial traveller journey
ing through Normandy halts at a vii
lage inn and orders an omelet to be made
with six eggs for his breakfast. He is
called away on business, and departs
without either eating the omelet or pay
ing for it. Twenty years elapsed, be-
fore journeying through Normandy
again, he reappeared. at this particular
inn. Tne landlord Is still alive. Il
owe you something for an omelet,' be-
gins the commits roydgeur. Made with
six eggs adds the landlord; you do,
and with vengeance!' 'Well,' pursues
the commercial traveller, 'here are 16
francs; that will be pretty good interest
on the prime cost of the omelet.' Six
teen francs" repeats the aube,giste, dis
dainfully, Il want 1,600, 900 francs, u
sous, and liards.' 'How SOP asks the
debtor, aghast at the demand. Just
in this wise,' answers mine host.
Those SIX eggs would have produced
SO many chickens; by selling those chic
kens should have been enabled TO buy
two pigs; by selling so many pigs 1
should have been able to buy so many
cows; thence so many carts, horses,
farms, houses, and so forth. And in
tend to sue you for 100000 francs
before the tribunal at Caen.' The case
is duly tried, and for while matters
look dismally for the commercial trav-
eler; when the judge-he is Norman
judge, and a very wary one-inter-
venes. Il wish,' he says, 'tO ask the
plaintiff one question. We're these six
eggs broken in order to make them into
an Omelet?' They were.' says the plain
tiff. Then,' adds the judge, there is
an end of the case. The renumerative
career Of the eggs ceased as soon as they
were put into the frying-pan. Verdict
for the defendant"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26

The Voce della Verita states that in
the course of the excavations which
are being carried on between the Fo-
rum and the Temple of Antoninus and
Faustina, at Rome, several archaeology
cal discoveries Of the highest interest
have been made. Among other things
has been found large fragment of the
famous fasti cOnsulares, half of which
has long been in the Capitol. The frag-
ment newly discovered gives the series
Of ordinary consuls and suffetes who
held Office during the six years between
755 and 760. This discovery is all the
more important as it supplements and
makes complete the fragments pos
sessed by the Capitol, which gives the
list of cOnsuls from the year 761. The
names are engraved upon a massive
stone which was evidently used as the
coping-stone Of some large building /;
and this fact tends to confirm the theory
of the archaologists that the fasti were
inscribed not upon single stones but
upon the blocks of marble which were
employed for the construction of the
temple. Among the other discoveries
is the base of an imperial statue in the
Forum. The name engraved upon it is
effaced, and the only inscription still
legible is the date of its dedication and
the name of q SUBJ prefect Of cohorts.
The presumption is that this statue was
dedicated to one of those Emperors
whose memory was condemned by the
Senate. and whose name was e6aced
from all the public buildings.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26

the door may be found at the bakers OF
the tailor's or the sboemaker's over the
way. But the possessor is forbidden to
loan It, unless there happens to be a
fire in the neighorhOod and the spirit
is wanted to go on an errand. So, in
order that We may have a peep within,
We will enlist the services Of a friend of
mine who is a city fireman, and who
carries duplicate key in his pocket.
When the door is opened, we look in
to the front room; let US call it the par
lor, and, like many other parlors. it is
cold and bare. The only furniture is a
little knob projecting from one of the
walls. The back room, which the fire.
man opens with another key, is much
more interesting, however; and it is
here that the wonderful spirits impris-
Oned in a curiOus-looking machine,
with brass cOgwheels, levers and
springs, which is set in motion by that
simple knob in front.
He is on duty all the year round.
Pull the knob, and he will fly like a
flash of lightning over the wire that en-
ters the house from behind, telling the
firemen throughout the city that they
are wanted, and where. His name is
Electricity, and his house is called q
fire-alarm telegraph-box. So you will
see that am writing something more
real than fairy story, although the
facts have to relate are about kind of
giants and dwarfs.-St. Nicholas Month
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26
The A,eie.ss .. Dreams.

Cicero, Plutarch, and other ancient
authors, have preserved the following
anecdote: "Simonides, having met
with the dead body, on the highway, Of
a man who was q stranger to him, had
it buried. As he was about to embark,
he dreamed that the man whom he had
buried appeared to him and informed
him that If he persisted in embarking
in this voyage he would perish. This
warning induced him to alter his mind.
and it appeared subsequently that the
vessel was wrecked"
Says Bernardin st. Pierre: "The
opinion that truth Is sometimes pre-
sented to us during sleep prevails among
all nations. The greatest men of an
tiquity believed in it, among others
Alexander, Caesar, the ScipiOs, the two
Catos. and Brutus, none of whom were
weak minded men. The Old and New
Testament furnishes us with numerous
examples of dreams that have been
realized. For myself, need nothing
beyond my own experience, and have
more than once found that dreams may
be warnings giving US some informa-
ton interesting to ourselves alone, and
that it is not possible to combat or defend
"ssAA ASssoh.h6 ehAhSS ehob SUI pass hu-
man reason" 4-- TIE 9.--
Cicero Ode Divin, lib.1.) tells of
famous dream. Two friends arrived at
Megara, and lodged in different places.
One of the two was scarcely asleep when
he dreamed that his companion an
nounced to him, with melancholy air,
that his host had plotted to assassinate
him, and entreated him to come as quick
ly as possible to his succor. Upon this,
he awOke, but convinced that it wal
only a dream, he went to sleep again.
A second time his friend appeared and
conjured him to hurry, as the murderers
were about to enter. Much disturbed
he was amazed at the recurrence of his
dream, and prepared to go to his friend,
but reason and fatigue gained the mas
terry, and he returned to bed. His
friend then appeared for the third time,
pale, bleeding, disfigured. 'Wretch,"
said he. "yOu did not come at my en-
treaty! 1t is now over; nevertheless,
revenge me. At daybreak yon will
meet at the city gate cartload of dung;
stop it, and have it unlOaded; you will
find my body concealed in the centre
inter me hOnorably and pursue my
murderers." Such tenacity, such con-
sistent details allowed no hesitation.
The friend arose and repaired to the
gate indicated; found the cart, stopped
the driver, who was disconnected, and
on searching discovered the body of his
friend.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26

In a paper In the American Natural
ist, Mr: august Il. Grote suggests the
proDaDle causes which induced the 1so-
lated community OF White Mountain
butterflies 70 take up their abode on the
rocky summit OF that lofty eminence.
Inc mountain Is ., ,29S feet high, and
tne putternies never descend below an
eievation OF ABOUT o,6UO feet. Here they
"dlsport during the month OF July OF
every year" thriving upon the scanty
deposits OF honey found in the flowers
OF the lew species OF hardy plants that
grow In the crevices OF the rocks at that
great altitude, and upon other available
liquid substances. The insect measures,
from TIP 10 tip OF the expanded fore
wings, about 1 $40 inches. 1t Is color
ed In shades OF brown, with various
bands and markings diversifying the
surface OF the wings. The butterfly is
known to naturalists as the Gneis semi
dea, and was first described in 1873, by
Ihomas Say. An allied species occurs
on Longs Peak and other elevated
heights in Colorado, and another is
Iound at Hopedal, LaDrador; Dut they
are connded TO the widely separated 10
calltles.
Mountain butterfly was brought down
from It's original home IN the North by
the glaciers. which, advancing at the
rate OF less than mile In iOO years,
carried them as iar south as the latitude
OF virginia. when the ice retraced It's
steps III consequence OF change In the
climate, 1T was as the retreat OF an ar
my with all It's baggage ana equipments,
ana In perfect order. iear oy year IL
called upon It's plants: It's Dutternies, its
animals, and they followed In It's regal
tram they were TO go back with
the ice, nor De seduced Dy the lakes ana
streams lts retreat unveiied' anu soon
became companions 10 the mammoth.
ana II succeeded, for the most part, un.
Ii IL reached the Whlte Mountains"
Ihere colony OF the Ene's were temp
TED 10 remain oy the shallow lce-rivers
that then niied the ravihes OF the noun
Iala' anu they stayed SO iohg that re-
turn 10 the nome OF the glaciers was I'm.
possible. AS the local glaciers melted
at tne pase OF the mountain, anu crept
constantly higher and higher, the put
ternies ioiiowed, ior warm weather
was uncongeniai TO them, and at last
they were landed on the mountain peak,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26
Taste In Household Furniture.

In very interesting lecture which
Cardinal Wiseman once delivered i'm
England, he pointed out to his audi
ence that the old vases and cups and
boxes and other objects which were
kept carefully under glass in museums,
which were so graceful and refined in
form, and were treasured by us as pre-
ciOus relics of an extinct art, were the
ordinary vessels of the uses and conve-
niences of the life of the times from
which they descended. Is there any
good reason that the wash-bowis and
pitchers and jugs and jars of old Rome
and Athens should be beautiful, and
ours, designed for the same purpose,
clumsy and ugly? And if we can not
invent new forms of beauty for our
selves, may we not copy pleasing
models rather than unpleasing?
Whether we go back for our model a
year or thousand years, there is really
no need of selecting an ugly one. So
in the cost of finishing and furnishing
the house, the pumpkin in Cinderella's
kitchen did not more surely hold the
gilded coach, nor her own ''filthy rags"
the most magnificently jeweled robes,
than every little dollar is full Of neat
ness, fitness, and beauty, if we have
the gift of seeing them and extracting
them.
1t is subtle gift, indeed, for it is
taste. All the dollars in the world will
not buy it. 1t is like that ear for music
which those who have it not deride and
deny. Yet good taste is, not the first
but the second, household magician.
The first is good temper. Good temper
will make hard, stiff, horsehaIr chair
delightful;l but good taste, without
good temper, will make the most luxu-
rious and beautiful lounge uncomforta-
BILE. The two combined make the pan
feet household. The minor magicihe
indeed, has one advantage over the
other, and it is that she develops her.
Good taste promotes good temper, but
good temper no more promotes good
taste than the smile of the gardener
ripens strawberries. On the other hand
good ten per has an advantage. 1t can
not buy good taste, but it may buy its
works. You may not know mushrooms
from toad-stools. But if an honest man
.IhO, as you know, can distinguish
them, offers to sell you mushrooms,
you may buy in tolerable confidence
that your fillet will not be garnished
with poison. 1t is so with the mystery
of household art. You may not per-
ceive the harmony of eolors, nor the
superior grace of one form to another.
But If a person whom you know to be
an expert assures you that this paper
and that carpet are harmonious, and
that this or that table is graceful and
pleasing, if you really do not know,
why should you not trust him? Mrs.
Potiphar perennially shows her conf
dence in Mr.. Narcotic by giving him
cdrte-bldnche to redecorate and furnish.
She does it, perhaps, quite as much be-
cause of his fashion as of his taste. Put
what she does extensively for fashion,
may not you do economically for taste?
In word, it is the apparent mission
of what is known as household art to
show that cheap and nasty are not syn
OnymOus
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26
The Little Houses On the telegraph.
tH Poles

Fastened to the telegraph-poles in
New York City are five hundred and
fourty eight little houses, in each of
which dwells an invisible spirit with
greater powers than the fairy godmOth-
er who made a carriage for Cinder-
ella out of pumpkins and horses out of
mice. They are built of iron and painted
green, and look for all the world like
postoffice boxes. Indeed 1 have been
told that honest country folks visiting
the city sometimes almost wrench them
to pieces with their umbrellas trying to
get their letters in.
Under the caves of these little houses
there is bit of glass window, behind
which is blind with some printing on
it, and the printing says that a key to