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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-14
DngerOus Somnam bulIsm.

The Birmingham Qowa) Enterprise
relates this incident GAS two gentle
men were passing the Baylies Mercantile
College in Keokuk last Wednesday night
about midnight, they noticed the figure
of human being, in night clothing,
moving slowly along on the very edge Of
the roof of the vast tive-story building.
Although horror stricken, they rightly
supposed it to be case of somnambul-
ism, and after arousing some of the
students, proceeded to the roof to give
all the assistance in their power. How
to awaken him without catastrophe was
the question. Three of them finally re-
moved their boots, approached him
almost noiselessly, in m instant grasped
him firmly and dragged him out of dam
ger. AT this moment he partly awakened,
ONLY to fall away in 5woon on learning
of his appalling situation. III was taken
to his room, kindly cared for, and the
next day was able to resume his studies. -
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-14
Government Receipts and Expendi.
lures for FOrty.twO Years.

An official statement has been pre-
pared at the Treasury Department show
ing the receipts and disbursements of
the Government from Jan. 1, 1884, to
June 30, 1875; exhibiting also the
amount of defalcations and the rates of
losses per 81, 900. The amount collected
during that period from customs was
So, 1882, 0S6, 093 and the losses So, 434 ,632.
The amount collected from internal rev.
enue was 50, 066, 81 ,342, and the losses,
SO, 459, 1876. Collected from miscellane-
Gus sources, $462, 573, 453; the losses,
81, ISL, 634 Disbursements for the War
Department, 1890, 500, 021; losses, ST.
512,63 Disbursements for the Navy
Department, 1916, 252, $50; losses, $2,-
572, 1927. Disbursements on account of
the Indians, $l44, 927, 954; losses, ST.
4S3,620. Pension disbursements, $343.-
3S6, 769; losses, $582,373. Miscellane-
Gus disbursements, 81, 105, 1893, 726; loss
es, $40, 103, ACT. Postoffice disburse-
ments, $4S9, 155, S54; losses, $3.50, $50.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-14
The California Harvest.

The San Francisco Bulletin estimates,
from data furnished it, that California
will have this year a surplus of over
$50, 900 tons of wheat, and about 200, 900
tons of barley. The Bulletin then pro-
ceeds to show that the shipping interest
of the State is not up to the need Gre
ated by this immense surplus, all of
which will find foreign market, the
freight charges upon it being about
SD, 900, 900, for the earnings of which
not more than dozen ships owned in
San Francisco will compete. The Bul-
tetin anticipates, however, that the rap
idly-developing agricultural Importance
of the Slate, creating q vast export
trade, will gradually lead to the build
ing of deep-water fleet, which will
give the State a larger share of the profit
resulting from its agricultural pros.
perity. ra.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-14
How to Tell a Horses Age.

The Journal of the Farm tells how to
know the age of a horse, as follow !:
The colt is born with twelve grinders !;
when four front teeth have made their
appearance, the colt is II days old, and
when the next four come forth, it is 4
weeks old. When the corner teeth APP
pear, the colt is months old when the
latter have attained to the height of the
front teeth, it is / year old. The 2-year-
old colt has the kernel (the substance in
the middle of thetooth's CROWN ground
out in all the front teeth. In the third
year the middle front teeth are being
shifted, and when years old these are
substituted by the horse teeth. The next
four teeth are shifted in the fourth year,
and the corner teeth in the fifth. At 6
years, the kernel is worn out OF the
lower middle front teeth, and the bride
teeth have now attained their full growth.
At 7 years, a hook has been formed in
the corner teeth of the upper jaw, the
kernel of the next teeth at the middle is
worn out, and the bride teeth begin to
wear off. At 8 years the kernel is worn
out of the lower front teeth, and begins
to decrease in he middle upper 'front.'
In the ninth year the kernel has wholly
disappeared from the upper middle front
teeth the hook ON the corner has in
creased in size, and the bridle-teeth lose
their points. In the tenth year the kerr
mel is worn out of the teeth next to the
middle front of the upper jaw, and in
the eleventh year the kernel has entirely
vanished from the corner teeth of the
same jaw. At II years old the crown of
all the front teeth in the lower jaw has
become triangular, and the bride teeth
are much worn down. AS the horse ad-
vances in age the gums shrink away
from the teeth, which, consequently,
receive long narrow appearance, and
their kernels have become metamor-
phosed into darlxish point, grey hairs
in the forehead and over the
eyes, and the chin assumes the form of
an angle. 4
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-14
Barking Trees by Steam.

The barking of timber in winter by
the aid of steam is exciting much atten-
ton in France just now, where consid-
cradle amount of timber has hitherto
been sold EMBARKED. The wood is ex-
posed for about quarter of an hour to
the action of high-pressure steam in
close chambers, when it peels readily.
1t is said the steam acts in the same way
as the sap, by softening the layer inter
mediate between the wood and the bark,
without in any way injuring the latter.
after the bark is removed, the chief diff
ficulty will be TO devise rapid method
for drying by aid of artificial heat, pro-
cess which is always expensive on large
scale.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-14
An Austrian Almanac

The Printers Register tells of a
unique almanac for 1877, published IN
Austria. The date of the day occupied
the center of each leaf, and is sur
mounted on the left by the name of the
saint to whom the day is dedicated, and
ON tho right by maxim. The lower
part OF each leaf is divided into two col
umns. From january to June the left
hand column contains course of lessons
in six modern languages, and the other
column contains Schiller's poems. For
the other half of the year one column is
devoted to a romance by Jules Verne,
and the other TO German vocabulary.
At the back of the leaves are notes ON
mythology, cooking, law, household
receipts, and arithmetic. The leaves are
50 prepared that during the summer
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-14
,Rraye. INT Rash.

Since the murder of Gen. Candy by
the Modocs, the country has not been
more startled than it was by the an
nouncement that Gen. Custer and Ave
companies OF his regiment, the Seventh
Cavalry, had been massacred by the
Sioux Indians in ravine on the Little
Horn river, tributary to the Big Horn,
which in turn empties into the Yellow
stone, the Indians outnumbering our
troops ten to one. Gen. Custer had
personal and soldierly traits which COM
mended him to the people. He was an
officer who did not know the word fear,
and, as is often the case With soldiers of
this stamp, he was reckless, hasty, and
impulsive, preferring to make dare
devil rush and take risks rather than to
move slower and with more of certainty.
He was brave, brilliant soldier, hand
some and dashing, with all the attributes
to make him beloved of women and ad-
mired of men +; but these qualities,
however admirable they may be, should
not blind our eyes to the fact that it was
his own madcap haste, rashness, and
life, and cost the service the loss of
many brave officers and gallant men.
From the reports which have come to
hand, it appears that, after assigning
Maj. Reno, withseven companies, to at
tack the lower part of the Indian camp,
and stationing three companies in re-
serve, Gen. Custer placed himself ut the
head of five companies-abeut 300 men
and dashed into nest of 5000 or
1000 Sioux warriors, the same men who,
under Sitting Bull, recently defeated
Gen. Crook on Rosebud creek. They
drew him into an ambuscaded ravine
just as they did Crooks troopers, only
the results were more disastrous. In
tho latter case it was defeat with small
loss in this instance, 300 troops were
instantly surrounded by 5000 Indians,
and the fatal ravine became slaughter
pen from which but few escaped.
Nearly the whole 800 went to death as
instant at if an earthquake had swal-
lowed them. Noaccount seems to have
been taken of numbers, of the leader
ship of the Sioux, of their past record
of courage and military skill. No &C.
count was ever taken OF the fact that
Gen. Gibbon was coming to the Little
Horn with reinforcements, only days
march behind, although Gen. Custer
was aware of it. He preferred to make
a reckless dash and take the conse-
quences, in the hope of making per-
sonal victory and adding the glory of
another charge to the long list which he
has so successfully headed, rather than
to wait for q sufficiently powerful force
to make the fight successful, and share
the glory with others. He took the risk
and he lost, and all that Gen. Gibbon
could accomplish when he arrived the
next day, was to come to the relief of the
remnant of the regiment under Maj.
Reno, which for twenty-four hours had
been holly pressed by the victorious In
dians.-ChicagO Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-14
The Brave Dead.

Among the officers who persisted with
Gen. Custer in the recent massacre were
Bvt. Lieut.. Col. Moylan, Bvt. Col.
Thomas w. Custer, Lieut.. Calhoun, and
Lieut.. w. w. Cook. Col. Custer. Cap
tain of company b, Seventh Cavalry, was
a brother of the General. He served
during the war, part of the time in
Michigan regiment, and q part of the
time on his brothers staff. At the close
OF the war he was commissioned in the
regular army. Lieut.. Calhoun served
during the war in an Ohio regiment, and
at the conclusion of hostilities was APP
pointed in the regular army. He
married a sister of Gen. Custer. Col.
Moylan, Captain of company A, Seventh
Cavalry, was not a brother-in-law of Gen.
Custer, as has been reported. He mar
ried a sister of Lieut.. Calhoun. He was
born in Massachusetts, was q soldier at
the beginning of the war served during
the war was 18 months in Libby pri-
son; and was commissioned in the
Seventh Cavalry after the war. Lieut..
Cook was the regimental Adjutant. He
was born in Canada was commissioned
from New York in the volunteer army,
and was commissioned in the Seventh
Cavalry at the close of the war.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-14
. MY. nnsanbOR AND I.y-.

~ vhfT Hks9hbOR AND Ivy
\ .oas- pity ans. sei ,ssor over che wsy.1
Who has nothing to do but yawn all day;
No little hands TO tumble his hair,
No huIs ssnufsance y "a sex her with oare,
No little "torment" TO worry and tease /?
ksthing TO 40 but consult her own ease
Poor rich neighbor, I'm sorry for you
aorry because " have "nothing 10 do.v
Sorry. because, as the days go by,
You are restless aud weary, yoa know not why
And once I'm n while can see the trace
OF many tear ON your fair, proud face.
4 am only q laborer's wife,
Doing my part In the treadmill of life.
Joe, my husband, is of all day,
Fighting the giants of ''wantn away
Bahy aud are busy. zoo,
Hut wsve plenty Of time to be sorry for you.
Baaya nuisance, plague and Joy; e
Hut then, you see, he & nay own sweet boy. i
I've no time for groan or a sigh,
No time 70 be idle as the days go by;
My arms are full as the day is long,
Full as my heart with its happy song.
Poor rich neighbor over the way,
Watching my baby and me at play
What OF your wealth II your heart is barrel
lis TO love and be loved that makes life so fair.
So, neighbor mine, tell you true,
andeed, I'd rather be than you.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-14

A strong idea prevails among large
number of persons of forming great
African company, on the model of the
old East India Company. Some bold
spectators have already mentally laid
down the lines of great colonizing and
trading company, to obtain a charter
from the Crown, and to occupy large
tracts of the west coast of Africa. Spleen
did visions OF future Gives and Hast
ings on African soil are already filing
the souls of enthusiasts. We believe
that an effort will soon be made to give
shape to the idea, and to bring it in
some practical form under the notice of
the Government.-Ioronto Globe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-14
THE HONEST MAN. -
l9l.s ~~[ .ra..M ~


.--Wh0 10 The honest msn 1-.-.-----~-~
He that doth still and strongly good pursue,
To God, his neiahbor and himself most true
whom neither force nor frowning can
Unpin, or wrench from giving all their due.
Whose honesty - not in a
30 loose or easy that the ruffiing wind
Can blow away, or glittering look IL blind;
Who rides his sure and even trot,
While tho world now rides by, now iags behind
Who, when great trials come,
Nor seeks nor shuns them, but doth calmly stay
Till he the thing and the example weigh
All being brought into gum,
What place or person call for, he doth pay.
Whom none can work or WOO
To use In anything trick or slight;
Far above all things, he abhors deceit;
His words, and works, and fashion, too,
All Of piece, and all clear and straight.
Who never melts or thAws
At close temptations When the day IL done
His goodness sets not, but in dark can run;
The sun to others writeth laws
And is their virtue virtue is his sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-14
Wrru,S five wears. a 600 ont of g. Don

square miles OF Palestine have been sur
veyed by English surveyors; nearly
1000 heights have been measured; the
position of three-fourths of the Biblical
towns has been set at rest; and the true
sites of the cave of Adullam and the ford
of baptism of the Jordan have been
ascertained.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-14

THoUGHTLEsSNESs.- He is not vicious
and he had no special malice in his he:trt.
but his thOuThtlessncs> leads To more hu-
nan misery than results from the prcmcdi-
tltcd wlckcdncSS of u deliberate trans
gre>sor. On Saturday he scattered orange
peel on the stairs and lobby of our Luildng
and continued this along down the street
As he went, occtslonin@ several strains and
one severe tall Is his victims lncautiouslv
trod thereon. He belongs 10 4 larr.
f:tmIly, all Of which throw banana skins
ana orange peel upon Iii" pavement, not
Tor the express purpose of endangcrinw the
lite or limbs ot the wayfircr>. but bcc;,uee
they have IN their hearts no thoughtful re
gard for human welfare. II 5 brother is
the man who carries an unbrel,. over
his shoulder, with the point well back.
which describes IN are of three feet ;t> b..
swings his body in walking Several
persons have been injured in the face. one
nearly lost his eye. and a number of lesser
grievances have been inflicted through the
habit. but he don intend To- iniur, any
one. although he Will not stop the practice,
unless it is made criminal hv act of the
Legislature. His own cousins quite II
number of them, are the men who cross
their legs in The ears and omnibus. thu,
NlPlnE their feet on the dresses and Itanta-
looms OF their fellow passengers. One "f
hem i generally found in the cabin Of the
Jerry boat, either near the door OF the mar
row passage by the wheel-hou>r. whore
hl> prVtrnded boat trip, every lrts>"r who
dp"s not 90 by him with great care. II"
Wolld not put h> ttct on the floor and draw
il"m in = littl,. while the thronw roeS bX
"a procure 4 life mciubcr~hip IN any on,.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-14
CHC RCII BELLS.
ENTARY TO rOE'S " BELLs."

SUPPLEMENTARY TO rOES " BELLS"
(An attempt to complete the Poem which Poe left
incomplete.)
Hear the holy sabbath bells
Christian bells
What a world Of cons olation IN their uttcrances
dwesi
They comnemoi ate the Day
When the stone was rolled away
From the >cpuchrc, where lay
he Lord OF Glory, slam for sin not HIS own!
Whcle He burst the bonds nt Death,
With Dmnpotence's breath,
And maiestIcally rose,
Triumphant o'tr His foes,
To Tie right hand of GOd-rhree in One
Where he mtketh lntercessIon
For our manifold trans -rc,sIon,
Evermorc,
Now Tie hel's are loudly calling, bidding every
one repair
To The sanctuary, Wil nc
We y Offer praise and prayer,
Their cratIps erh,cs, through tn. rIrcuni-
ambient ar,
\rc rolling, rolling, Iultu-,
They are calling, calling, c.tlhn:.
In tones that are con-olInG,
And III tones that are appalling
TO believers, consolation;
To the scOrners, condemnation.
kycrmOIci
~till the bell tollin-c, tollIn-.
And their cchons note, rolling
over yale ana PLAN ana mountain,
Calling all men to thc Fountain
Where life and JOY an peace flowing cvermote
EVermorc,
Now ItIr tpu's -sroN lpUl'r, dt"Pnt,
Ihev might wake the ,lullc,t sleeper.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-14
The Cooper and the ,urricr.
\ rENrIkA\tE STORY.

Webb / and Rlilcv." began Par>on
Whcatlv. were still Young men. thougI
strongly marked with every orlintrv to-
ken of ntcmperancc. They ab-cntrL them
selves from meeting. and >tudiou>lv ay Old
ed me upon All occasions. In short. they
were, to ali common observation. .irrccl:.im-
able. WHEN the temperance reform hr-
can to be a topi- of interest in our VILLAGE
But vou shall see with Your own ewes, Nh
Mcrrick. and hear with vo,Ir own ears
They have entirely rrfornr,l and viii
their wives and their h,llrcn. constitute
one of the most united and piou~ families
in nv pari>h.'' 1T will be- ncr,ifl.l fol
me to start Al an t.t.Iy hour" rcplied Mr.
Mcrrick and | fear hrf3r,. i woulI :,
convenient ,n nav them :: visit If y,a
are Ilp before th,. cooper and curicr.r Il,
Pur,nu Wnc.t,ly. =" yGtl viii hc M lonr be-
fore IN. sun"
The n,Nt day. ut IN ,.trly h,4r. tn tu,
clrruymon rode forth togcthor. Il vas .
fine SruIcmhcr morninr. rhcv had pro
ccc,lcl about a milo and ,hrrr-,Iualt,r- ot
their way. stop. sud rar~on Whca,lv
~ they Approachcd II e opening of a hick
ory wood. do You hear th. sound =
= What is it - said hi, complnion. "Whv
IL i jRl>t IL kPI'l Nt'tt III IL fff - f|tt
is the coprer'~ r.r,tIe; he j. driving :
hoop and you sec tn" ~un i hut ll~' risen.
You see til, busy h.1~~Wito- ~igu1l jh,
smoke j. curling from the chimney top
md. | d:tr' say the iphunEctnr~ are I'll
ready n thrtiro. There. Mr.. Nerr;rh-
looh a. tlr white cp,ta4c. with rl,..l
blinds. AMI q pretty 4trI,.n fence hcforr It
l. i provided l. :~ Npu ~,,., b, thr douhl.
doors, for two t,milir~ This i, The rc-I
drn-r If ,hr cooper and tire r,lrri~r. Tht-,
wear, 400 it was 4 perfect howell, who's,
fIllrn fences. and broken windows. pro
claimed it, orc,llal. to- be :. dll!nharl. II,
was -. l. wa> the property of OH I51
CI-vcrlv, who died cur~in. r'empcranc,
folks with his latest breath FL" chli-,
drew up i'm front IF tho ,.oaper-- shop
Goot 1uorlrin,e NJ. Wcl,jtcr." al,
par~on Whcitly. ." An. bless ln,... l,..r- ii
-r4L a,I,Hd4L. Won are or carly.
jl,t ,llJ a ,if5-" goin-e to Nhu1l"fun.
,'po-r.With Mr.. Mcrrich h"-l2T u HtL IuA
=. No. we have, come to l:,v lou .nd Nr
Hli'rv , short li>jt. Mr.. " ,.bhcr.'' Nrr,
much Oh li.rcd to ". nar~on. ,i,Ill.l,@
-rllL n t,IlL.IlL. There. h1iry,. tIt3
Ln,,r.U stick Come. Na,k in. P,.r,,y II
bo ,l.ioi..rd to have. v,. take hrr1kf4~f wifl
us-.,,rrv In..thrr B,iI-v and hi, wife hay,
rome to tn. titv-wrnt of by dawn 70
J.,y.' The rlrr.tvmcn cn,Iravui,,l - *.
ru-r ihcm,.!vr, from tahin,e brelkfi-.. bu
Pro.rv va, inportuult,, AMI the conrc
assured :>thcm that the bow. Eli. ha,
r,Ioht some fine ,ichcr,l, on III. prercd
i'm, >,url,v afternoon. and tina. they v,y,
=; that moment in the spider. Thrv. nc
.nrJin,Iy were. nrrv,ijrd ON +, nirt1h,
If th. r1oncl', j, rrn,sr. Wchbcl then bro
Jnc.1 the family Hib}. and read 3, ch,nt,.
and p:,r,on Wheatlv made i PRAYER
When he h,I concluded ne rr>nmeI hi
,c,,;. and incurred of hi, host. if he vrr,
50 mncI At leisure. that morniur. 1hl
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-14

4 BABI'> W,Y.-Th4 >t !. plis Il. DStt-
iirn4 SAYS - 1t WAS iu~t about sunset. the
street Ati been >lrinklrd. ana the r,->i-
dcne of the ncighburhoOd were. grouped
On lilzzt~ ana door->teI> enioNinr them
selves in chat AMI III watching the mo-
lions of the children PLAYING on the side
walk. Along the wllk C;tlnc = man who
hri as though he might bc connected
with the river: he had THE general in i,s-
eriblbc air # 4 boltman, and. addition
dix. i must be- confessed that lie NAV
have been drinking. y he approached
He children. they attracted hi- attention.
md hc stopped - hook Al them. Ih-n he
prr:tn mutt,ring t. himself ana unmim,.-
ful OF the people on an adjacent doorstep.
who cuull hear ti> words distinctly:
There's pretty children. htIu't any.
now. wonder if they'd be scared II
should >l..,h t. one Of th-u. H. w,nt
M L. th,. c'iliren ana SPOKE T. one Of
hrm and took one OF the;n. Il iitt.c by hy
h" hand. Noting hy instinct Tn. rather
di~reiuttil" appearance IF the man. The
boy c.n.ht away hi hand and ran. ihr
uth,r children. in terror, INIT ,tin.r liz tA-
ump,e. Disappointed and hur;. the IN Al
;urnrd away tu 90. when Wee white
lad bit OF 4, baby glrl. not VT b. enough
q talk, turned about suddenly from th,,
escaping covey. and tod.'led lau-hin-lv
atch toward the man. holding out her
ir,nd~ HE di>reputtble FELLOW c.,u-ht
/ her up in his arms. and then She laid her
chubby pink cheek against bis @rimy I'M
shtv,n one and culIl,-l and Good ~ only
/ baby knows how To cuddle AMI COO h.
htbv'> mother watching all close hv. did
not Interfere The man held the chili FIR
F., moment. aud ihrn pat her down gently,
,ni hurried otl with tears in h eyc~
Thrrt WAS nothing very striking abo1, the
in,il,ut. hut it jill one rough fellow 4
great l,il Of COOL. anl didn't hur; the
blbN
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-14

TO REMOVE CLINKERS FROM \ STOVE.
Make up good fire; then place :: doz-
IN oysters or clam shells or small Jumps
of lime on the fire, pressing them into con
tact with the clinker>; then let the fire
burn down, and the clnkers will be found
80 soft that they can be scraped OFT with 4
shovel Th. lime IN the Shells acts rs 4
tiuN
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-14

Nm cNchango contains the following dl-
rrctions for cleaning furniture: Scrape a
little castle soap into about pint OF wa
ter. add three table-poonfuls of sweet oil,
heat il. and use while warm to clean the
furniturc Good for any kind of furni-
rurc, polished or not. For carved fnrnl-
ture it must be pat on with 4 soft brush
and Of course :,l~,ay- we'll rubbed viii
clotA or c'IanOis after.