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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-11
Suicide of a Prominent Arkansan.

A letter from Little Rock, Ark, con
veys the following brief particulars of
the self-murder of d well-known citizen
of that state: I" Hon. NJ. Loughborough,
State Senator from this district, was
found dead in the hall of his house by a
servant, about ] O'Clock this after
noon, shot through his heart. He had
been at his law-office during the
morning, attending to his business as
usual, and went home about II o'clock,
apparently in the best of health, though
he had been quite unwell last night.
"The evidence adduced before the COR
oner's jury showed that after reaching
home he went up stairs to his bedroom,
took his shotgun out of his wardrobe,
went into the hall, and, under tempo
rary alteration of mind, or by accident,
shot himself through the heart. His
family was away from home, atSt. Louis,
and he was alone at the time. His body
was discovered on the floor, lifeless, soon
after the fatal shot, when his servant
went up to call him to dinner. The
alarm was given, and Immediately there
was rush of citizens to the residence of
the deceased so great that sentries were
placed at the gate by the Sheriff to pre-
vent their entrance.
GA most profound sensation prevails
throughout the city, as Col. Tough
borough was regarded as one of the lead
ing mer of the State and the leader of
the State Senate. His loss is considered
almost irreparable. For many years he
had been connected with the St Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern railway, as
Land Commissioner, position he re-
Gently vacated and commenced the prac-
tice of law in this city. He was the at
torney of the company at the time of his
death. All classes of the community
mourn his DEATH"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-11

other hill we listened while and then
proceeded on for mile or more, when
on the top of hill we again stopped
and listened. Wecould hear voices, but
not distinctly enough to tell whether
they were savages or our command. We
proceeded little further and heard the
bray of mule, and soon after the dis
tant voice of sentry challenging with
the familiar words,
"HALT WHO GOES THERE Z" III.
The challenge was not addressed to
us, as we were too far off to be seen by
the picket, and it was too dark, but this
gave us courage to continue our course
and approach, though carefully, lest we
should run into some Indians again.
HOPE FULFILLED.
We were about 200 yards from the fire,
and resolved to call out to the picket
and tell him who i was. / told my com
panion to be ready to followafter me, and
when had well surveyed the ground /
cried out "Picket, don't fire it is Lieut..
De Rudio and Private O'Neill," and
started to run. We received an answer
in loud cheer from ell the members of
the picket ane Lieut.. Varnum. This
officer, one of our bravest and most
efficient, came at once to me and was
very happy to see me again, after having
counted me among the dead, and his JOY
affected Lac so much that entirely for
got the adventures of the thirty-six
hours just past, and was happy to be
once more in the company of my brave
comrades.
NJ 6rot o,aof;o, wac oho,,f fba cop-
dition OF the regiment. l was in hopes
that we were the only sufferers, but l
was not long allowed to remain in doubt.
Lieut.. Varnum said he knew nothing of
the five companies under Custer, and
that our command had sustained loss
of Lieuts. Mcintosh and Hodgson. My
dear friend Varnum now procured me
some coffee and hard bread, but was
so happy and excited over my escape
that / could eat nothing, but drank the
coffee. 1t was about o'clock a. m.
when got into camp, and l soon after
tried to go to sleep; but though had
not slept for two nights could not close
my eyes. / talked with Lieut.. Varnum
about the battle, narrated to him adven-
lures and narrow escapes l had had.
Morning soon came, and went to see
the officers and told them that the In
dams had left, and L supposed there
would not be any attack made by them
that morning.
There, my dear friend, you have my
personal story of the great fight, and the
rest you will learn from the newspapers.
At o'clock we saw cavalry approach
ing, first few scouts and then dense
column, and soon learned it was Gen.
Brisbin's command coming up to our re-
lief. Presently long line of infantry
appeared on the plain, and Gen. Gibbon
came up. All who that was there will
ever forget how our hearts thrilled at
sight of those blue coats, and when
Gems. Gibbon and Terry rode into our
camp men wept like children.
Yours truly, CHARLES 9. DE RUDIo.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-11
The New Postage Rates.

Statement of the regular rates of post
age on regular and transient mail mat
ter, domestic and foreign:
Postal cards, l cent each, go with
out further charge to all parts of the
United States and Canada; with an adj
ditional 1-cent stamp they go to all
parts of Europe.
ALI letters to all parts of the United
States and Canada, B cents per half
ounce.
Local, or "drop" letters, that is, for
the city or town where deposited, L
cents if delivered by carriers, and l
cent where there is no carrier system.
Newspapers, daily, semi weekly, tri-
weekly and weekly, regularly issued and
sent to regular subscribers, 2 cents per
pound, payable at the Office of publica-
tion; newspapers and magazines less
frequently than once week, cents
per pound.
All other printed matter, including
transient newspapers, magazines, pamph-
lets, hand-bills, books, / cent for each
two ounces or fraction thereof.
On unsealed circulars, and all malta
BILE matter of the third class, other than
that designated in the foregoing section,
postage as heretofore, l cent for each
ounce or fraction thereof.
The following are the postal rates with
Europe. The rates for letters are for
the half-ounce or fraction thereof, and
those for newspapers for four ounces or
fraction thereof:
To Great Britain and Ireland, letters
6 cents. newspapers 2 cents; France,
letters 5 cents, newspapers cents;
Spain, letters 5 cents, newspapers 2
cents; to all parts of Germany, includ
2 cents; Denmark, letters cents, news
papers cents; Switzerland, letters 5
cents, newspapers cents; Italy, letters
5 cents, newspapers 2 cents; Russia,
letters 5 cents, newspapers 2 cents;
Norway. letters 5 cents, newspapers
cents; Sweden, letters cents, newspa-
pers cents; Turkey, European and
Asiatic, letters cents, newspapers 2
cents; Egypt, letters 5 cents, newspa-
pers cents.
Packages containing liquids, poisons,
glass, explosive chemicals, live animals,
sharp pointed instruments, sugar, flour,
or any other matter liable to deface or
destr' Y the contents of the mail, are I'M
mdiiable; are not placed in or allowed
to pass through the mails, under any
circumstances.
BY late act of Congress, also, all
letters or circulars relating to lotteries,
gift concerts or schemes of chance of
any description, are declared to be un-
mailable and entirely excluded.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-11
Burning Out Chimneys.

Chimneys should be attended to every
summer if we would avoid the fright of
their taking fire. Many a valuable
homestead has been destroyed from neg
ligence in this matter. SCOT accumu-
lates very rapidly, and much sooner with
some kinds of coal than others, and
there is also difference in wood If
chimney takes fire the ieadiest means to
extinguish it is to apply a wet table,
cloth, hearth-rug, or blanket to the
whole front Of the CRATE or fireplace
from the montelpiece down to the floor,
jand either hold or pin it close into the
lambs, then lift up the bottom far enough
to throw pail OF water upon the fire;
this will create cloud of steam which
will reduce, if it does not extinguish, the
fire. If a pistol is fired up the chimney
it will bring down quantities of SCOT,
and 1t is an easy way to cleanse a'small
chimney. A few handouts of salt thrown
into the fireplace or the CRATE will put
out the fire. Flour of sulphur thrown
upon the fire will also paralyze the flame.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-11
THE WAR in THE EAST.

New Complications-AG Glance at the Field
From the New York Tribune.l
The suppressed interests which lie
nearest to, and are most affected by, the
struggle between Servia and Turkey,
are fast pushing toward the light. The
intelligence received during the last
three days indicates, more than anything
else, the continuance of a greater
excitement than is manifest upon the
surface of things, and the approaching
prominence of several new elements.
When Austria hints at her desire to an
mex part of Bosnia she violates the dis
erection imposed upon her by the gen
orally accepted policy. When England
says the will assist in the pacification OF
the provinces whenever it becomes
necessary" she is preparing for the re-
linquishment of non-intervention. When
Turkey again changes her ruler, and
issues paper money to pay her war ex-
penses, she betrays q combined embar-
rassment and weakness which will
make it hard for Greece and Roumania
to reject their opportunity.
Descending all mere rumors, the situa-
ton ut present is substantially this l.
Montenegro is victorious the over
whelming defeat of the Turks at Urbiza
opens the road through Herzegovina
to Bosnia, and practically separates those
provinces from Turkey. 2. The Servian
advance has been decidedly checked,
and the Turks have probably crossed
the frontier at one or two points. This
is not, however, an advance of the main
army under Osman Pasha, which is still
confronted by Gen. Tchernayeff. The
fact that the former has not yet attacked,
when Turkey requires the prestige of
great success, no less than Servia, shows
that the hitter power is still formidable.
3. In Turkey the signs of disorganiza-
ton are rapidly increasing. In spite OF
diplomatic efforts to conceal the truth,
the condition of lawlessness and insecur-
ity which everywhere prevails is becom-
ing known to Europe. Private letters
from Constantinople describe in strong
terms the alarm and feeling of insecurity
which is spreading among the Christian
population. The transfer of the Bashi-
Bazouks-the most savage variety of
guerrillas-from Bulgaria to Epirus and
Thessaly has been followed by new out
RACES, in which Greece will be only too
ready to find q pretext for action.
A few days-or weeks, at most-will
decide whether Servia is able to hold her
own against Turkey. If she succeeds
in doing this, and no more, it will be
equivalent to a victory, provided she
is seconded by the Montenegrins. If
she fail, and the policy of non-interven-
ton is carried so far that the opportun-
ity is in danger of being lost, we may
certainly expect powerful sympa-
thetic movement in her favor, among
the Sclavic races, if not the rising of
Roumauia and Greece against the com
mon enemy. But it is equally possible
that the shell of Turkish power may
give way in the mean time 1t is already
worn very thin, and there is quite as
much danger of explosion from within
as of fracture from without.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-11
A 100000 Horse.

Smuggler, the great trotter and win
ner of the Cleveland races, Thursday,
was originally from Franklin county,
being raised by Mr.. Morgan, of Jack
son township, about six miles from this
city. Mr.. Morgan came to this county
from Virginia just before the war, bring
ing the dam and sire of Smuggler with
him. When Smuggler was 2 years old,
Mr.. Morgan removed to Kansas. There
being race course close to the residence
of Mr.. Morgan, he was put on the track
more for pastime than anything else.
Col. Tuft, noted horseman, saw the
horse work, and was of the opinion that
there was "bottom" to him. Smuggler
was originally PAGER, but under the
efficient management of trainer he soon
developed as trotter. Tuft took the
horse to New York with the understand
ing that he should receive half of the
sam he could dispose of him for. Col.
Russell, the present owner, agreed to
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-11
An ArtleSS Girl.

Down in Mexico, No., young lady
and young man get out on the steps of
q Sunday evening aud enter into con-
tract. For each shooting star be is to
receive a kiss. On one of these inter-
esting occasions half hour passed away
and not a solitary star shot across the
sky. But after while the cherry lips
of the young lady parted and she called
her young mans attention to the flying
mcteors that were about to. escape his
observation then she got to calling his
attention to the lightning bugs, and
finally got him down to steady work on
the light of q lantern man was carrying
about the depot where the trains were
switching. Artless girl
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pay $40, 900 for the animal provided he
could show 225 gait. "a Upon trial the
horse got down TO 2:23. and the sale was
effected. Col. Russell now resides Mt
the Home Farm in Massachusetts,, and
only last week refused 500, 900 for the
horse. The present driver is the man
who handled him in Kansas, Col. Rus
sell sending to that State and engaging
him for the express purpose OF diver
Columbus (O.) State Journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-11
Charley Ross.

The mulatto who brought the latest It'd
ings, as it were, of Charley Ross, has dis.
appeared. Mr.. Ross lost his temper dur
ing an interview with him last week, and
exclaimed excitedly /: "lf / but made
the effort L could have you hungl" The
mulatto was either frightened by this
strong language or weary of repeating
his lies, for he failed to keep his appoint
ment the next day, aud has not been
seen since. 1t is said that Mr.. Ross is
convinced that the mulatto saw TIE child
after the abduction.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-11
. prFosn fan LEAVE. FAB.


wonder II oak aud maple, ----e--.-r
Willow and elm and ali,
Are stirred al heart by the Gaming
OF the day their leaves must fall.
Do they think OF the yellow
Or of the crimson spray.
That shall be when chill November
Bears oil the leaves away?
"If die we must" tho Leaflets
Seem one by one 10 say,
"we will wear the co.ors of all the earth,
Until We pass away,
No eyes shall see us falter;
And before we lay II down
Wen wear in the sight OF all the earth
The years most kingly crown"
so. trees of the stately forest,
And trees by the trodden way,
You are kindling INFO glory
This soft, autumnai day.
And we, who gaze, remember
That more than all they lost,
To hearts and trees together
May come through ripening frost
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-11

AT Carrollton, Mo-, few days ago,
a trial was made to see how quick wheat
standing in the field could be harvested,
threshed, ground, baked and eaten. All
these operations were completed in
eleven minutes,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-11

THE "big tree," as it was called,
which grew in Calaveras county, CAL,
contained half million feet of inch
lumber, and was recently felled by five
men working twenty-five and half days,
making 112} days labor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-11
HTIIruss-&ssss,. rsS..s. n
JUsTER.

What shall that sudden blade
r-V Leapout oreore3g, T9in8U
No more thy hand be laid
Upon the sword-hilt, shifting sores
q for another such NlrA
The chargers rein 10 CLUTCH
One equal voice 10 summon victory, ft
Sounding thy battle-crs,
Brave darling of the soldiers choice
Would there were one more voice!
o gallant charge,too bold!Tanf. tt.
Oh, fierce Inperious greed
To pierce the clouds that la their darkness hold
slaughter of man and steed!
Now, stark and cold.
Among thy fallen hfaYes thou lest
And even with thy blood dehest
The wOlfsh foe
But ali, thou lest low,
And all our birthday song is flushed indeed
Young lion of the plain,
Thou Of the tawny name!
Hoty the soldiers hearts shall beat
Their mouths thy death repeat
Thor vengeance seek the trait again
Where thy red doomsmen be,
But on the charge no more shall stream
Thy hair-no more thy saber CLEAN
No more ring out thy battle-shout,
Thy cry of victory
Not when hero falls
The sound a world appals;
For while we plant his cross
There is glory, even in the loss u
But when some craven heart
From honor dares to part,
Then, then, the groan, the blanching cheek,
And men in whispers speak,
Nor kith nor country dare reclaim
From the black depths his name.
Thou wild young warrior rest,
BY all the Vrairie-winds caressed
Swift was thy dying pang;
Even 90 the war-cry rang
Thy deafness spirit mounted high
And sought Columbia's sky -
There, - the northward far,
Shines new star,
And from IL biazes dOwn
The light Of thy renown
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-11
THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN.

THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN.
!" The rights of women What are they?
The right to labor and to pray;
The right to comfort in distress;
The right, when others curse, TO bless:
The right to love when others scorn:
The right to comfort all who mourn
The right to shed new joy on earth
The right to feel the souls high worth;
The right to lead the soul to God,
Along the path the Savior trod-
The path of meekness and of love,
The path of faith that leads above,
The path of patience under wrong,
The path in which the weak grow strong.
such woman's right. and God will bless
And support or give success:
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After marching about two miles I
thought would go up very high hill
to look around and see if we could dis
cover any signs of our command, and,
on looking around, saw fire on INV
left, and in the direction where we sup.
posed the command was fighting during
the day, probably two miles from us.
Of course we made two conjectures on
this fret might be an Indian fire
and it might be from our com
mand. The only way to ascer-
tain was to approach it cautiously and
trust to chance. Accordingly we de-
scended the hill, and took the direction
OF the fire, climbing another and an
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-11

WHAT is the difference between an
old ex-officer of the Government and
the present Governor General OF Canada
One is duffer out, and the other is Duff
FERN.
The Hickman courier., 1876-07-28
THE ANrS or AFRICA.

| do not think, says traveller, that
the ants build nest or home of any
kind. At any rate, they carry nothing
away, but eat all their prey on the spot
1t is their habit to march through the
forest in long, regular line-a line
about two inches broad and often sev.
eral miles in length. All along this line
are large ants, who act as officers, stand
outside the ranks and keep this singular
army in order. If they come to place
where there is no trees to shelter them
from the sun, whose heat they cannot
bear, they Immediately build under
ground tunnels, through which the whole
army passes in columns to the forest be-
yond These tunnels are four or five feet
underground, and are used only in the
heat of the day or during storm. When
they grow hungry, the long file spreads
itself through the forest in front line,
and attacks and devours all it overtakes
with a fury that is quite irresistible.
The elephant and gorilla fly before tins
attcck. The natives run for their lives.
Every animal that lives in their line of
march is chased. They seem TO under
stand and act upon the tactics of Napo-
leon, and concentrate, with great speed,
their heaviest forces upon the polnt OF
attack. In an incredibly short space OF
time, the mouse, or dog, or deer IS sover-
whelmed, killed, eaten, and the bare skei-
eton only remains. They seem to traVel
night and day. Many time nave
been awakened out of sleep, and obliged
to rush out of the hut and into the water
to save my life, and after all, suffered
in,olerable agony from the bites OF the
advance guard, who had got into my
clothes. -
When they enter a house, they clear
it of all living being things. CockToaches
are devoured in an instant Rats and
mice spring round the room in vain. An
overwhelming force of ants will Kill RAJ
in less than a minute, in spite OF the
most frantic struggles, and in less thar
another its bones are stripped. Every
living thing in the house is deyoured
They will not touch vegetable matter
Thus they are, in reality, very useiu
(as well as dangerous) to the natives
!, who have their huts cleared OF al
, abounding vermin, such as lnlnleiis
r cockroaches and.centipedes, at least seV
eral times year. When on their march
r the whole insect world flies before thehl
: and l have often had the approach ol
bashilkouay army heralded to me " 'ili
, means. Wherever they so, they l'''Ae
: clean sweep-even ascending to tne ,ol
of the highest trees in pursuit Of 'hel
The Hickman courier., 1876-07-28
HOU CHINESE TOMsN ARE SHIPPED
TO IMIRICI.

The san Franciso Call says The
steamer at Hong Koig lies at anchor in
the bay, after she has sreceived her cargo.
The regular Chinese coolie passengers
are given TO undersand chat on "A day
named she will sail md that they must
be ready to 60 on bard at an early
hour in the morning At about three
o'clock a m. the imbarkation begins,
the coolies heing braght out from the
shore in lighters, witch usually carry
from 400 to 500 Prsons When the
lighters come alongside, gangway is
made, and along thi the coolies pass in
single file, each having in his hand a
ticket with which h has been provided,
which he exhibits. As soou as all are on
board the anchor i weighed and the
ship steams out of tie harbor.
But before all this, which is regular,
has occurred, and under the cover of the
darkness of night small boats, or
"sampans, +" as they ire called in Cuba,
move steadily off frm the shore, each
containing from FIVE TO ten Chinese
women of the lowest order. These
women do not pass aboard the ship by
any gang plank, but they are put
through a port, which has been left
conveniently open for this purpose.
They are received on board by some
officer of the ship, who has provided s.
secret hiding place for them and before
the gray twilight Of morning appears,
every thing about the ship has a remark
ably regular appearance. Just before
the ship reaches Yokohama, on her way
to San Francisco. all the Chinese pas
sengers except the women, are mustered
on the main deck, and are made to pass
through the narrow gangway, only wide
enough for one to pass at time. Their
passage tickets are taken up and another
ticket furnished each one, to show that
he will be all right when disembarked at
San Francisco. While this inspection is
in progress upon the main deck, two OF
the ships officers go into the steerage to
ascertain If there are anv stowaways on
board. If any are found they are put
ashore at Yokohama; but no instance
has ever been known where female
stOwaway was put ashore, except after
the arrival of the steamer in San Fran
cisco.
After the ship has arrived in this port
opportunities are given to the owners o
these women to smuggle them ashore
This is done by the conhivance of some
officer of the ship, and possibly of som,
suhOrdinate custom house oficar