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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30
TEE INTER-OCEAN.

THREE EDITIONS:
Weekly, Semi Weekly and Daily.
Established less thS1rfonr. years ago us a repre-
sentative Republican paper, pledges ~ MAINTAIN
and defend the osganiz itIon CT the National re-
publican party, the Inter-oeean wa early push
ell 10 the forefront OF journalism and achieved q
sHceess unpreeedente IN the history OF such en-
terprlses. Ry universal assent it has been as
signed position as 1nt
The Leading Republican Paper
IN THE NORTHw EST.
Not alone on its political character does the
Inter-Ocean restits clsims 20 poonlar favor. 1t
aims at the highest excellence in al departments,
and IN this era Of progressive journalism aspires
to position among the best.
A FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
Its columns are carefully guarded against:ob-
Jectlonai matter. and every effort is mad, loren
derita pleasant and profitable companion to the
home firesde.
The Commercial Department
Is conducted with great care, and everything
posleie is done to make the
MARKET REPORTS
Such as the Farmers and Business Men of the
Northwest can lely upon
The Agricultural Department
is carefully edited by gentlemen OF ability and
experienced
IN Literature, Local and General NeaUS,
Foreign d Domestic Correspondence,
And everything that goes to make
A First-Class Newspaper,
ltis not excelled bv any publication in the
country. The Inter Ocean is a
N tt o n al N ew spa yer,
One that will be found useful and interesting to
hnercans IN every part OF the globe. While 1t
especially repl esents the
Great Interests of the Northwest.
1t IS national IN it's views and comprehensive in
It's news gatherings, Firm in Its political faith
1t is not bgoted. and IN all discussions aims to be
| candid, disnIhed, anG above personal abuse.
The lnter-Ocean has the largest aggregate cir
culation of any newspaper published IN the north
west 1t is sent to more than 1000 postoffic-s :,
distributed In every state and territory u the
| United States. in al the the British provinces,
and numerous foreign states and countries
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30

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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30
TERMs-Postage Prepaid:
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We will furnish the WEEKLY PosT and either
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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-12-30
A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT.,

devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture and House
hold affairs, hits hcen aided to HE Posi- and
placed under iie barge OF a thoroughly cOmpe-
tent special Il a his featIil @ has attracted
much attention tlror ghout the State already, and
has everywit.i receives high ecomiums. a,ff i
In ever ~ 4 HE Posi- for the year 1877 will be
THE D-st II FER + OR MICHIGAN READERS
publish. iI,t ,etae; and this reputation it will
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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-28
THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE.

The working wire rope, says the New
York Times, which was hOisted to the
top of the Brooklyn tower of the East
river bridge last week, and made fast to
the anchorage in that city, was yesterday
towed across the river and connected
with the New York tower. The wire, or
rather wires. were cOiled around a wood
en- drum, and placed on a scow. The
scow was towed across the river by the
tow-boat Edward Amman, making the
passage in eight minutes, and paying out
the wire as she moved toward the New
York tower. The wire was allowed to
remain at the bottom of the river until
the arrangements for hoisting it to the
top of the New York tower were com
pleted. A few minutes before noon, ev-
erything being in readiness and the river
between the towers clear of vessels, the
wire connecting the New York and
Brooklyn towers was hauled taut. A
second wire was taken across the river in
the afternoon and placed in position
Six other wires will be run across before
the cradles are made fast and the work
OF building the temporary foot bridge
commenced. The stretching of the wires
was carried on amid the booming of can
non and the cheers Of enthusiastic crowds
gathered on the piers on both sides of
the river.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-28
SPANISH POEM.

Oh! let the soul its slumbers break,
Arouse its slumbeTs and awake,
To see how soon
life, with its glory glides away,
And the stern footsteps Of decay
Come stealing on.
And while we eve the rolling tide
Down which cur flowing minutes glide
Away so fast,
Let Us the present hour employ,
And deem each future dream Of JOY
Already past
Let no vain hope deceive the mind
No happier let US hope TO find
Tomorrow than to-day,
Our golden dreams Of yOTe we're bright
Like them the present shall delight,
Like them decay.
Our lives like hasting streams mast be,
That into one engulhng sea
Are doomed to fall
The sea OF death, whose waves roll on
Der king and kingdom, crown and throne,
And swallow all.
Alike the rivers lordly tide,
Alike the humble riv'let's glide
To that sad wave;
Death levels property and pride,
And rich and poor sleep site by side
Within the grave.
Our birth is but the starting place,
Life is the running of the race
And death the goal,
There all these glttering toys are brought;
The path alone Of all unsOught,
IL found of all.
Saw, then, how poor and little worth
Are all those glittering toys of earth
That lure us here?
Dreams of a s eep that death must break
Alas before II bids us wake,
Ye disappear.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-28

COMPLETE CRENAToN.-A plan to
make Mount Vesuvius practically useful
has been seriously preached in London
by a cremationist. 1t is nothing else
than to convert the crater into recep-
tacle for dead bodies. A company will
undertake to run mortuary trains from
different parts of Europe to Vesuvius
and up its sides to the summit, on reach
ing which they will tilt their contents
into the abyss, leaving nature in its
grandest form to do the work of cancel
ing the remains. of humanity, and then
take the surviving mourners short ex-
cursion to Naples and its enyirons, in
order to cancel the last remains of grief
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-28
SPEAKER KEBR'S LAST HOURS.

For a long time Mr.. Kerr had been
satisfied that his end was near. 10
friends who sought to cheer him by pro-
Tossing to see in his looks change for the
better, he simply replied: "No, am
not better; am worse. I am not get
ting we'll" So important was truth
held to be by him that he never allowed
himself to indulge in the little exagger'
ated batteries and adulations 50 common
to most people.
A few days before his death, Mr..
Kerr had conversation with his son, i'll
the course of which he said 4 have
nothing to leave you, my son, except my
good name. Guard it and your mothers
honor, and live as I have lived" He
leaves very little Of this worlds goods.
not enough to supply the family with
a living. In the same conversation he
further said: "Pay all my debts if my
estate will warrant it, without leaving
your mother pennilcss; otherwise, pay
what you can, and then 60 to my credi-
tors and tell the truth, and pledge your
honor to wipe out the Indebtedness
In religious matters Mr.. Kerr was a
liberal thinker. He might be said to
have been a nationalist, accepting moth
ing which did not bear the impress of
probability. Without admitting the d.
vinity of Jesus Christ, he was an advO-
cate of his code Of morals. To be honest,
and true, and just was in his belief to be
a good christian. Early this afternoon
he was visited by the Rev. Mr.. Harris,
president of the female seminary at
Staunton, who, with view to sounding
him as to his religious views, asked: Il
hope you are prepared for better life
hereafter, Mr.. Kerr ?"
The reply was a prompt inclination Of
the head in the affirmative.
Again the minister asked: 81 trust
you have firm faith in the merits of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christi"
After a moments hesitation, in which
he seemed to be carefully weighing the
question, Mr. Kerr shook his head
slowly. 1t was a fine distinction to
make, and one worthy of the fine ana
lvtical mind which maintained the su-
premacy to the last.
Finding that speaker Kerr could not
carry on a conversation, Mr.. Harris
promised to pray for him, to which Mr..
Kerr whispered, II thank you"
To Mr.. Cox's inquiry whether he was
content to die, he nodded a tranquil
assent.
Thus passed away one of the best and
purest of men, and one of the ablest and
truest of American statesmen-a man
whose integrity was religion, and whose
heritage to his descendants is his unfair
nished honor.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-28

A total change diet, with no med
icine, is recommended by the professors
OF Kings college, London, as an effectual
method of treating nervous diseases.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-28
GRAV We AND GAY

What is the difference between
happy death and Stanleys body servon4
Youpsee it, of course-one is eutbanasi.
and the other is youth in Africa"
An editors excuse for discontinue.
the publication of his paper was tba9
everybody else stopped the paper and ba
thought he would.
-" Marriage is promotions" Gov,
George Eliot. In the eyes of sucb =
reasoner a man with his third wife womb
doubles pass for brigadier general
There is something wonderful,
grand and impressive about the roar n
thunder until you discover it has soure5
the last half pint of milk in the bo ,,e
1t was rather personal in a Cauhr
MIA newspaper man to chronicle the pnr.
chase of a mule by brother editor 3.
a remarkable instance of seIf-po8seSsiop y
AN Oakland lunatic carried
butchers knife around for two bopr
offering to kill any one who said he
wasn't Moses. Every one said he looked
like Moses.
Wagner's great noise at BayreuA
has revived the old rhymes:
The larynx now goes up,
The nharynX with a SLAM
Elects note
From our the throat,
Pushed by the diaphragm"
"A skipper of a down east coaster
named the "Hyena," was asked wbathi
vessel was named after. His honest re,
ply was, II don't know, I expect some
man in congress-"
Very neat and elegant are the paper
collars that you can now buy with pic
ture of George Washington on each cor.
ner. Martha is supposed to be on behind
sewing on the button.
Saratoga swell" Aw, now, Mis-
Sybil, aw, you just made me think, aW,
Of the lady in the tower, aw-don't you
know the old story-aw-'bout somebody
in tower looking for somebody-aw-
you wemember, don't your"
Carlyle is not spending the sunset
of his life blowing soap-bubbles He
sometimes steps out and kicks a lying
shoemaker with vigor that completely
distances the average Scotchmm's con.
ception OF steam-power.
What kind of a picture would You
prefer, miss?" Inquired a Newark
photographer of a lady customer
"Well," was tie reply, "take me with an
expression as if I we're writing a poem
on the centennial"
"A youuggentleman who moves in the
best society in San Antonio, said the 9TH
er evening to a young lady, "The foliage
is much more exuberant this year than
usual" eyes," she answered thought
fully, "all them important fruits is
cheaper than they use to was"
The director of the mint has had
prepared several models of new design
for the diverse of our silver coinage.
The sitting figure of the goodness Of
liberty is to be replaced with the head
of the goddess, the outlines of her face
indicating that she was of Grecian BIRTH
"A writer in a medical journal ad'
vises those who have to take a long rail-
way journey to use an air cushion as
footstool. He says the effect is agreeable
and highly beneficial to health, as the
trembling motion of the cars greatly IA
tigue the limbs.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-28
THE WEEK PAST.

ANNIE BREWSTER, in her last letter
from Rome has some pleasant bits
of gossip about the pope. His holiness
is in excellent health. DR.. Ceccarelli,
the successor of DR.. Sartoris who went
over with appoplexy few weeks ago, is
succeeding famously in his direction of
the holy fathers health. DR.. Ceccarelli,
tits to be hoped, will watch his own
health, and remember that unlucky sar-
toris was the sixth or seventh physician
the pope has lost in ten years. The holy
father no longer takes his walks in the
vatican gardens, the weather is too hot
the evaporation from the numerous foun-;
tains causes dampness; the temperature
is too varying.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-28

One small grave is what ne 8ets'
His loving wife had importunea
him to take her to the centennial ~
will be so crowded that you will have III
pleasure whatever in the trip"
"But George" she replied, half re-
gretfully, Il should so like to go and *'
a centennial, just to say l had seen QUE
you know" l.,
"Wen, never mind my darling" De
replied; "don't fret; and when the next
one comes round, will take you thsI Nv
and we'll spend a week. And we Il ''A'
your mother, too."
ooh, George" she cried in FLOOD
happy tears, "You are so kind
won go this year"
X. is entering his lodging in f"..
and asks of the porter: Anything TOT D'
to-day" 81.
Yes" replies the tyrant of the do~ sr
way; "some letters, but l don't XIV
what is in them"
Which reminds one of the other 'OD.
ciergo who hands ledger postal y M,
with an invitation TO. breakfast l ,,r
lodger is reading it when the POI"
interrupts him kindly il
IN ~ ne CIV
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-28
.QUI BONO.

What is hope? A smiling rainbow
Children follow through the wet;
IT'S not here still yOnder, yOnder;
Never urchin found it yet.
What is life? A thawing iceberg
On sea with cunning shore;
Gay we sail it melts beneath us;
We are sunk, and seem no more,
What Is man? ! foolish baby,
Vainly strives, and fights and trets'
Demanding all, deserving nothing;
One small grave is what he gets,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-05-19

haste, to five years imprisonment,
and upon leaving the prisoners bench
the convicted felon had vowed to be
revenged.
He had served his time, and upon
his release, in April, 1851, had joined
his mistress, who, during the long
period of his trial and imprisonment,
had remained true to him, and earned
her living with her needle. Upon re-
joining her he had ordered her to oh
tai. work at the house of Judge Mel
son. Her character being unknown,
she had easily done SO, and on the
night Of the murder she Lad, after
midnight, riloted the burglar to the
chamber of his victim, and assisted
him to leave the house unnoticed af-
ter the crime had been committed.
This confession proved the death Of
Caroline Travors. She was tried and
convicted, and was hanged on the fol-
lowing September. Bayliss had fled
the country on hearing of her arrest
at the inquest, and he was never
again heard Of by the authorities of
st. John.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-05-19
no SONGS like THE OLD
,SONG.S

In ancient times, that is to say, in
the half forgotten days Of our
youth, a species of song existed which
exists no more. 1t Was not as the
mournful ballads Of these days, which
seem to record the gloomy utterances
of a strange young woman who has
wandered into the magic scene in
Der Freischutz, >, and who mixes up
the moanipgs Of her passion with de-
scriptions Of the sights and sounds
she there finds around her. 1t was of
quite another stamp. 1t dealt with
a phraseology Of sentiment peculiar
toitse.f, "patter,' as it were, which
came to be universally recognized in
drawing-rooms. 1t spoke Of maIdens
plighting-their troth, of Phyllis en-
chanting her lover with her varied
moods narbel halls in which true love
still remained the same. 1t apostro-
phized The shells Of ocean; it tender
Iy described the three great cri-
ses Of a particular heroine's life by
mentioning her head dress it told Of
how the lover Of Pretty Jane would
have her meet him in the evening.
Well, all the world was content to
accept this conventional phraseo!ogy
and behind the paraphcrnalia Of zen
chanted moonbeams, and "fondest
glances,' and "adoring sighs," per-
ceived and loved the sentiment that
could find no simpler utterance. Some
of US, hearing the half-forgotten songs
again, suddenly forget the odd Ian
guage, and The pathcs springs up
again as fresh as in the days when
our first love had just come home
from her boarding school; while Others
who have no outstanding acquain-
tances with these memorable songs,
have somehow got attracted to them
by the mere quaintness of their speech
and the simplicity Of their airs
"Three Feathers, Black.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-05-19

TIE STREAM or TIME.--The fol
lowing passage is from q sermon
preached by Bishop IIeber to Lis par
ishoners a short time before his de-
rarturc for India, in 1928: Life
bears us on like the stream of a NIGH
ty river. Oar boat glides down the
narrow channels of the placid MUIR
murng Of the little brook and the
winding Of its grassy border. The
trees shed their blossoms over our
young heads; the flowers on the brink
seem to offer themselves to our young
hands; we are happy in hope, and we
grasp eagerly at the beauties around
us; but the stream hurries on, and
still our hands are empty. Our course
in youth and manhood is along a
wider and deeper flood, and amid OBJ
jects more striking and magnificent.
We are animated by the moving pic
ture of enjoyment and industry which
passes before us; we are excited by
some short-hved success, Or depressed
and rendered miserable by equally
short-lived disappointment. But our
energy and our dependency are both
in vain, The stream bears us on and
our Joys and our grIefs are alike left
behind US; we may be shipwrecked,
but we cannot anchor our voyage
may be hastened, but cannot be de-
layel; whether rough or smooth, the
river hastons towards its home, till
the roar of the ocean is in our ears,
and the tossing Of His waves is be-
meath our keel, and the lands lessen
from our eyes, and the floods are lift
ed up around us, and the earth loses
sight of US, and we takc our last leave
of earth and its inhabitants and Of
our further voyage there is no witness
but the Infinite and Eternal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-05-19

LET US HELP ONE ANoTHER.-This
little sentence should be written on
every heart ond stamped on every
memory. 1t should be the golden
rule not only practiced in every
household, but throughout the world.
By helping one another we not only
remove thorns from the pathway and
anxiety from the mind, but we feel a
sense of pleasure in our own hearts,
knowing we are doing a duty to a
fellow creature. A helping hand or
an encouraging word, is no loss to US,
yet it is a benefit to others. Who
has not felt the power of this little
sentence Who has not needed the
encouragement and aid of a kind
friend? How soothing, when per-
picked with some task that Is myste-
rious and burdensome, to feel a gen.
tie hand on the shoulder and to hear
a gentle voice whispering. "Do not
feel discouraged. I see your trouble
let me help you What a strength
is inspired, what hope created, what
sweet gratitude is felt, and the great
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-05-19

GEORGIA women seem to be pretty
much alike all the other women in
the world. A Macon wife, in letter
to her husband in South Carolina,
says: "You rote me word you was
comm hum soon, and you hav not
kun. So I am kortipg now: am eon
to git married! and goin ava from
Georgy. ! remano yure wife,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-05-19

Al an early hour on the 2lth OF
May, 1857, the screams of woman
issuing from an upper chamber of the
residence Of Judge Dewitt Nelson,
on Albert street, St. Johns, New
foundIand, called the attention Of the
people of the neighborhood to sight
that few could look upon without 3
shudder.
The screams were uttered by Mrs
Nelson, and they were caused by her
awakening from a sound sleep, to find
her person reeking with the life blood
Of her murdered husband. A strong
smell Of chloriform poryadel the
room, and gave evidence that the
murder had been deeply plauned.-
The death blow had been dealt by "A
huge bowie knife, the blade of which
still remained wedged to the hilt in
the bosom OF the victim.
1t was broad daylight when Mrs
Nelson awohe, and the glare Of a
bright sun, through the half-closed
window blinds, brought ont every ob-
iect in the room with vivid distinct
ness. ri e first visitors to arrive has
tened directly to the chamber OF
blood, under the leadership Of the
servants of the house. They found
Mrs. Nelson suti'uaed in tears and un.
able to speak a syllable. She could
only point to the biool-stained corpse
on the bed and then she fell to the
floor in a tainting fit, from which she
did not for some time recover.
A posse Of police, under command
of Sergeant Mcdonald We're soon on
the ground, in response to a summons
sent to the nearest police station, and
Vhey az once LOOK possession u '"e
premises, and forbade any Of the oc-
c"l"h'S leoV!"8 uDtli 'he coroner :
inquest had been held. The Inquest
TOOK place at t 0 CLOCK IN 'he "lIer-
noon CT the same day Inc ilrst VIII,
neaseS were the hol9hoors VINO Aa'
oeeh attracted 10 lhe scene pT 'ue
cries of Mrs, Nelson. They simply
testified to that fact, and to what they
beheld on entering the chamber Of the
murdered judge.
Hrs. Nelson after being gdnIy sworn,
said that sic had retired to bed at .
o'clock on the evening preceding the
murder, and had been followed by
her husband in about two hours time,
he having spent the intervening in
terval in reading in his library. She
was awake when her husband came
to bed, but soon afterWard dropped
off into slumber that continued un-
til the early morning. When she
awoke it was to find her in the pres
ence of the dead, and her terror at
the horrible sight had found vent in
the cries that had aroused the neigh
borhood.
Following Mrs. Nelson 8 testimony
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-05-19

A Memphis prisoner, who hated to
see two lawyers disgroc. the court"
room by fighting, walked out, and
was unfortunate enough to get lost.
He has not been heard Of since.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-05-19

The Jersey cattle club has resolved
to award q special agricultural prize
Of $1,000 for the best specimen Of
Jersey cattle exhibited at the Gen.
tpnnial
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-05-19

1t is a mistaken kindness in moth
ers to excuse their daughters from
all participation in the work of the
house, since it deprives them of ex-
ercise that would benefit their health,
and of habit Of usefulness, highly
valuable to girls of all classes. II
this has been the experience Of our
readers, we would advise them, whilst
they honor the disinterested affection
that has spared them all domestic
labor, to change their habits on leav-
school, and to make point of taking
care of their own chambers at least,
if the arrangements of the family do
not render further eXertlon IN that
way desirable.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-05-19

"Too thin,' or 1T won't wash, is
out of date, the proper method Of ex-
pressing dissent being to remark:
"That won't 60 round"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-05-19

THERE is iong-haired youth at
Buffalo, who has written seven hum
dred verses, the refrain to which is,
81 an dying, mother, dying" and
vithal he ism t dead.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-05-19

The most glowing passages of q
minister's sermon will attract scarce
" half the attention that centers on
the man who blows his nose in church.