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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-15

Mr.. Eugene Schuyler, the United States
Consul General to Turkey, to whose personal
investigation of the Bulgarian massacres, made
at considerable personal hazard and great
inconvenience, the world owes the fullest aud
most reliable account OF these horrible scenes
ever made public, has addressed dispatch to
the State Department at Washington which
exhibits in the most striking manner the finan-
clal rottenness OF the Turkish government.
The public debt OF Turkey, he says, amounts
to 1927 ZOO, 900, the annual interest OF which,
s85, OOO, 900, is more than half the total revenue
OF the Empire. The last annual budget pub
,ished, that of March, showed deficit OF s21,-
OOO. 900. Unless great reforms are speedily
introduced into Turkey. and care given to the
development OF its natural resources, not even
the present amount of taxes can long be raised
There will be an additional deficit each year,
and as Turkey henceforth will DO precludec
from borrowing money outside the financial
ruin OF the country seems inevitable.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-15

Erastus Brooks in his farewell to the pub
lie, after forty-one years Of editorial service
saws that, with the constantly increasing ex
penses Of daily journalism in New York City
the chances are that there will be as many
newspapers published in New York City TWEEN
ty-five years hence as there are at present; and,
if experience teaches anything there will not
be occasion for them. 1.-The increase OF news.
papers, like the multiplication OF colleges in
the States, is no sign OF an increased diffusion
OF knowledge, for within probable limits the
fewer there are in tho city the better and
cheaper they will be-"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-15

The French Government is working up q
crisis with unusual recklessness and precipita
ton. The suppression Of discussion on the
adjournment of the Chamber, the change in
the procedures, the prosecutions Of the liberal
papers, and the unprecedented proceedings
against the president Of the Municipal Council
OF Paris, betray arbitrary spirit that the
French people of the present day will not sub
NIT to. Military despotsm cannot long pre-
vail in q free country. Under the inspiration
OF NJ. de Broglie and the clerical party Marshal
MacMahou is preparing revolution. 1t is
most unfortunate, when France was on the
high-road to prosperity, the government pay
ing off the national debt, and the people re-
covering from the disasters Of the war with
Russia, that the peace Of the country should
be disturbed by political and ecclesiastical plot
tiers and the loss Of all the advance gained be
threatened
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-15

England appears to be preparing for the
possible event of being involved in the Russian
war. The total number Of soldiers ready for
service in the British Islands was only $4,000
on the first of January, 1876. or these there
were, in round numbers $4,000 In England,
22,5OO in ireland, Jess than 1000 in Scotland,
and under 2, 900 in the Channel Islands. In
the event Of Englands seuding troops abroad,
less than $4,000 would be very small army,
and il would be difficult to supply their place
in home service. The necessary number would
have to be drawn from the militia, the yeoman-
ny cavalry, the volunteers, and the enrolled
pensioners. The latter are OF all ages, from
middle 10 advanced life. Notice has been
given to all pensioners not more than fifty-si1
years Of age to appear for eight days drill ct
the various district barracks throughout the
United Kingdom. This may produce force
Of $1,000 veterans capable Of garrison service
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-15
The gold bullionists of the country are prom

The gold bullionists Of the country are prom
ised aid and comfort from an unexpected quar-
ter. law has been submitted to tho Finland
Legislative Assembly, where no paper currency
has ever existed, by the way, proposing to
make the gold mark" the unit OF a coin sys-
tenn. This innovation, connected with the
possible temporary abrogation OF the extradi-
ton treaty by the Russian war, offers attrac-
tions to the American advocates Of a single
gold standard which they should not overlook
in these days of comparatively cheap transport
tation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-15

The President is reported as immensely
gratfied at the reports he is constantly receiv-
ing from all parts OF the country showing q
revival in business and as declaring that it is
the aim OF his Cabinet and himself to do every
thing in their power to restore commercial
activity and encourage the material interests
of the country.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-15

The Lord Provost, Of Edinburgh, has mott.
fed Gen. Grant through the American Lega'
ton at London OF the desire OF the corporation
and citizens to make, in the event OF Gen.
Grants visiting Edinburgh, a public recognl-
ton Of the high estimate they hold OF his char
acter and services which be as President rend-
cred to the cause OF general peace, particularly
in cementing friendly relations between the
United States and Great Britain.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-15

Mr.. Evarts let's it be known that his foreign
policy is TO be Vigorous one, and it will e.
pecially be his purpose to enlist the efforts OF
the diplomatic and consular service in the
revival OF American commerce. This applies
particularly to the ports along the western
coast Of South America, where American COM
merce at the time held q high rank.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-15

Two important foreign MISSIONS have Just
been filed 10y the President in manner that
will give the liveliest satisfaction to the coun-
try at large The Hon. John A. Kasson, OF
Iowa, whose appointment as Minister to Spain
was among the earliest made, has now been
chosen Minister to Austria, mission far more
to his hiking; while James Russell Lowell, the
Massachusetts, poet-author, has been rendered
and has accepted the Spanish Mission.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-15
Grue Nortberner.
Paw Paw, MICHIGAN, JUNE 10 10"

Poti, the Russian fortified port ct the mouth
NJ the River Phass, on the Black Sea- Is ser'-
ouslv threatened by Turkish squadron. MOST
Of the inhabitants of the town have He'd 70 the
interior, leaving only the garrison to oppose
the landing of the Turkish soldiers from trans
ports accompanying the feet. Pot Is place
of considerable trade. which is principally sup
Piled by the railroad crossing the country from
TtAia
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-15

Trains from Paw Paw connect with the % ma
uamed Trans on the Michigan Central Eailruad
n Lawton, going east aud west.
LEAVE PAW PAW.
$50 \. NJ, returns from Lawton at IA. NJ
O:20 a. M, Mail Train, east.
lao p. M, Mail west, and Way Freight east.
$3.50 y. m. Kalamazoo Accommodation, east
eW- Trains return to Paw Paw on departure ~
Michigan Central Trains from Lawton.
JOHN IHLING. Sup't
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-15

One Of the government buildings on the ex-
position grounds at Philadelphia was torn down
last Friday without authority from the govern
ment, and the Attorney General has been in
structed to proceed against the finance board
for damages, and also to have the Offenders
punish ed.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-29
Its Our Baby"

T. j. Wolfe is not an old man; he is
not a young man, but he is a married
man, and has been for several years.
He lives one mile west of Westport Mo-,
but no children climb upon his knees
when the day declineth and twist the
cats tail and listen to big stories. Yes
terday morning he went to the fodder
shock to get provender for his mich
cows, and as he stopped to pull the ears
he suddenly discovered midway in the
shock what he ut first took to lie a
horse-blanket. He picked it up and
unrolled it, and discovered two rolls of
red flannel. lie unrayeled these and
there lay a girl baby about four or five
hours old. He took it to the house
and showed ii to Mrs. w. She re-
marked that it had blue eyes; to satisfy
herself that she hadn't been mistaken.
Wolfe held up his hand and said he
would swear, but the good wife didn't
require 1t. So this new fondling vas
encompassed about with new linen, and
and Mrs. W. sat down to make baby
clothes, while Wolfe got out on the
floor and danced and sung and hit his
wife on the back of the head and ''hol-
lered."
"Bully for us. It's orr youngi one,
isn't it, Mrs. Wolfe and didn't cost a
cent did it? Hurrah!"
And then he went out and hitched
up q yoke of calves, and drove all around
the house, yelling like an and Indian.
The little stranger has n good home,
and may yet be the queen of its realm.
Here's luck to the baby.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-29
A Celtic Bull.

Where shall a new joke be found?
Certainly not in a region of steady
habits like Connecticut, where the
schoolboys are to-day chuckling over
the same stories kover which their
grandfathers roared in days gone by.
Hence it is with hesitation and -suspic-
ion that little ancedote which a
Hartford correspondent contributes to
the New York Tribune is here used.
AT b annual reunion of the Second
connecticut Artillery at New Hartford
on September II, an animated discuss
ION arose among1the veterans with
regard TO the battle-iag which they
fohcwed from Cold Harbor to Peters
burg. The Quartermaster General had
declined to lend the fattered coiors for
exhibition at the Fennion, inasmuch as
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-29
The Foe Of Pam.

The friend of suffering humanity-the
enemy Of disease, and the salrdtion of
the patient brute, is MEXICAN Mus
TANG LTNIMENT. There is 40 sore it
will not heal, no ache or pain it will
not Danish. For accidents in the fam
lily, such as burns, scalds, sprains, cuts,
etc., it has no rival. 1t has saved
more human lives, and restored more
horses, oxen and other cattle, to useful
ness and profit, than all other liniments
put together. may27-d3tawaw6m
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-29
Happiest in Wedloek.

No woman will love a man the better
for being renowned or prominent.
Though he be the first among men, she
will be prouder, not fonder; as is often
the case, she will not even he proud.
But give her love, appreciation, kind
ness, and there is no sacrifice she would
not make for his content and comfort.
The man who loves her well is her hero
and her king. No less hero to her,
though he is not to any other; no less a
king, though his only kingdom is her
heart and home.
1t is a mans own fault if he is I'M
happy with his wife, in nine cases out
Of ten. 1t is n very exceptional woman
who will not he all she can be to an at
tentive husband, and a very exceptional
one who will not be very d~isagreeable
If she finds herself wilfully neglected.
1t would be easy to hate n man, who,
having bound n woman to him, made
no effort to make her happy; hard not
to love one who is constant and tender,
and when a woman tloves she always
strives to please. The great men of
this world have been wretched in their
domestic relations, while mean and
common men have been exceedingly
happy. The reason is very plain.
Absorbed in themselves, those who de-
sire the worlds applause were careless
to the little..world of home, while those
who had none of this egotism stroye to
keep the hearts that were their W and
were happy in their tenderness.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-29

an cot OF the Legislature forbade it,
xumcyIl from the arsenal. An Irish
Sergeant argued for law and arsenal in
this wise: s.For me own part, 1 think
the Shtate can take the Dist care Of 'em,
for there's those of us yet unborn as ill
want to see 'em.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-02-16
A Matrimonial Scene.

"Can You let me have some money this
morning to purchase a new bonnet, my
dear?"
"By and by, love-"
"That's what you always say, my love,
but how can bay and bay without mon
ey?"
And that brought the money,just as one
good turn deserves another. Her wit was
SO successful that she tried again the next
week.
II want money, my dear, to buy new
dress.n
"Well, you can't have it; you called me
bear, last night" said her husband.
ooh, well, dear, you know that was only
because you are fond of hugging.'
It hit him just right again, and she got
the money and something extra, as he left
his pretty wife and hurried off to business,
saying, "Ittakes fortune to keep such a
wife as you are-but ats aoorth 1t p
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-02-16
a Stereopticon Show.

An individual whom we will call Twlggs
was engaged few nights ago to give a
magic-lantern exhibition to the children
Of one OF our Sunday schools. The exhi-
bition did not give much satisfaction to
the older people in the audience, because
Of the somewhat peculiar character of the
subjects in Twigs's collection. And Sc,
when the show was over, two CT three of
the deacons took Twiggs into the back
room to settle with him, and Deacon x
said
'Mr. Twiggs, considered from scientif
ic point of view, your magic-lantern show
was, perhaps, a success, but don't it strike
you that the class of pictures exhibited by
you are just little inappropriate for Sun
day-school purposes" ?"
Il Dunno" said Twiggs. Il picked 'em
out carefully on purpose to suit the child
rem"
"WcI, now," said the deacon, there was
that picture Of the execution Of Dick Tar
pin; that seemed to me to be not a very
felicitous selection for such an occasion. -
Historically accurate, probably, but not
calculated to elevate the minds of the
young. But even that was preferable to
the illustration the hydrocephalous baby
preserved in a jar Of alcohol, which you
said was picture of one in the museum
Of German hospital. What on earth
made you think that swell-headed baby
in a bottle would interest sunday-school
children?"
Il dunno," said TWiggs. "Maybe il
might make 'em thankful that their head $
were not swelled."
"And then some of the folks took ex
ception to that View Of San Francisco
that you showed. They said that it didn't
give the children any fair idea Of the ap
pearance Of that city, because there wal
nothing in the view but two rufians in tht
foreground taking drink, while a bue
cancer in the rear was blowing the heae
off Chinaman with shotgun. I thinl
myself that this hardly conveyed an accur
ate notion Of the general aspect Of th'
place, and any how it familiarizes tn
children with vice. And DR.. Blank sait
that what made the matter worse was, tina
as the View of San Francisco faded of
you ran in picture Of DR.. Malone befor
and after using his Liver Pills. They sa
that there is nothing taughtin the Sunday
school about San Francisco and liver pills
and they don't care to have those subject
introduced as part Of the education 9
the children
us that 50 I" asked Twiggs. 'sNow, d
: you know, I thought that pill picture wa
one Of the most eloquent and instructiv
in the series. II was painted from life
Il represented Trasi. You want the chile
rem to learn about truth, don't you e
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-02-16
Modern Nan0Ieons !.

Napoleon Bonaparte perpetrated one
outrage upon suffering humanity for which
his memory deserves to be exeerated. We
refer to the young man who imagines that
he personally resembles the great general.
This results in his eternally appearing in
tabIeanx, IN which he stands with one foot
on sheet-covered packing box, felt hat
martially aattened over . greasy curl in
the centre Of his forehead, and seoWling
vith folded arms at the awe-struck audi
enceall Of which is supposed to convey .
very lively idea Of a certain historical per
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-02-16

What is the cure for gossip? Simply
culture. There is great deal Of gossip
that has no mahgnity in it. Goodnatured
people talk about their neighbors because,
and only because, they have nothing else
to talk about. The confirmed gossip is al
ways either malicious or ignorant. Read
ing is safeguard against gossip. People
who can talk Of books do not have to talk
of persons. When you see a family IN
which literary magazines and newspapers
are taken, you see one where there is little
gossip.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-02-16
Legend of strasburg Cathedral

There is quaint old tradition which
comes down to US from ancient times, tot
tering under its load Of age, and replete
with the superstitions of the past.
On the borders of Alsatia there lies a
great city, dating its foundation far back
to the old Roman days, and rich in those
architectural relics Of the olden time which
are ever SO dear to the antiquary.
"Quaint offspring of centurial years, tho town of
strasburg stands;
Rich in the lore of mighty past, in legend and in
story;
Rich in high-hearted men, honest sons-a country s
truest glory
Rich in its old Cathedral church, with clustering
spread,
The Santa Crecs of the land where sleeps her noble
dead"
The story runs that once IN every twelve
month, on the eve of ST. John, when the
quiet burghers of that ancient city are
Wrapt in peaceful slumber, and when the
hour Of midnight clangs out from the loud
tongued bell which hangs in the cid cathe-
dral tower, the spirits of the stone-masons
by whose hands the sacred pile was erect
ed, arise from the tomb and once more re-
visit the scene Of their former labors. Up
from the dark and gloomy crypt, a 'ong the
columned aisles and vast dim nave, across
the white cleaning marble floor, chequer-
ed with ghostly shadows that stream from
picture oriels, past the stone-caryed statues
that keep watch and ward with their swords
and sceptres, comes the long train OF
death-like, night-wandering shadows. Clad
in their quaint old medieval costume, the
Masters, with their compasses and rules ;
the Craftsmen, with their plumbs and
squares and levels; the Apprentice lads,
with their heavy gavels, all silently greet
ing their companions, old and dear, with
time -honored salute and token as Of yore.
While the last note of the deep-mouthed
bell is still trembling in the air, reverberat-
ing from arch to arch, and dying away
amid the frozen music of the traceried
roof, forth from the western portal streams
the shadowy throng. Thrice around the
sacred edifce winds the waving, floating
train, old Erwin himself leading the way,
while far up above, about the sculptured
saints who look down upon the sleeping
eitY-up where. at the very summit Of the
fsatl4er5, fairy-like spire, the image Of the
Queen Of Heaven stands-there floats a
cold, white robed female form, the fair sa.
bina, old Erwin's well-beloved child, whose
fair hands aided him in his work. In her
right hand mallet, in her left chisel
she fits among the-sculptured lace-work
of the noble spires like the Genius Of Ma,
sonrY. With the faint blush of dawn the
vision fades, the phantoms dissolve, and
old masons return to their sepulchre, there
to rest until the next St. Johns eve shall
SUNNI or them to earth.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-02-16
Lucy Hooper writes concerning French

Lucy Hooper writes concerning French
marriages as follows: "A French fash
ionable wedding is a wofully unromantic
spectacle. At home the sight Of the veil
and orange blossom. wreath stirs even the
coldest heart into interest and good wishes
for the young couple. Here it is merely
a business contract that is receiving its
final clause in the midst Of white satin,
flowers and laee--it is money buying a
title, or q landed estate that is being Join
ed to settled income, or something of that
nature. There has been no question Of
vooing or winning, Of bushes and shy con
sent, of sweet maiden kisses and stolen
hand elaspings, and all the other adorable
foolishness Of pure, permitted, happy love
The two families made the match, and the
lawyers settled the details Of the contract
and here IS the closing formula Of tbs
transaction girl is to be handed oyerte
a man whom she does not know and does
not love, and who neither knows her O
cares for her
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-02-16

I had friends whom loved in that far of
and pleasant England. My heart bled as
I thought of them, and I tried to Danish
such ideas from my mind, but could not
Again and again they would return, and
lived over all my happy life at the old man
or house, which is my home. At last,
when the sun had finally gone down, and
full red moon had swung itself up the
horizon, staring wildly at me, and fell
into heavy sleep, which was more stupid
ity than sleep. Thus | spent the night,
alternately waking and falling off into a
sort Of trance. | thought it likely that
should fall q prey 70 some wandering beast,
but | was not troubled by the thought
But Heaven had decreed that they should
find some other food that night.
"In the.earliest light Of the morning, be-
fore the sun was up, became conscious
that some one was kneeling by my side,
had laid a cold hand wet in water upon my
head, and was holding drink to my lips
I started wide awake at this, and looked
vaguely at the girl-for it was girl, the
one whom | had seen lying at the feet Of
the tiger in the gully.
with her, and looking down at me with
mute horror in their faces, were the half
dozen men of my command. They lifted
me upon stretcher, and put an awning
above it; then they travelled slowly along
to the village where had left them.
"The girl had not been materially in
jured by the tiger, but was in swoon
when I first saw her. She had reused up
to life in time to see the tiger gallop off
down the gully with me in his mouth, and
she had hurried back as we'll as she could,
with the natives who had come out with
me, and told my men. They had tracked
me there, not expecting to find me alive.
II never saw human being so grateful
to any one as that girl was to me. Through
all my long illness at her village she tend
ed me with entire devotion, and it is just
as true that she saved my life as that |
saved hers. I know that [ should not
have survived that day. work if it had not
been for her. AS it was, it was almost a
year before / could enter again upon active
duty.
"You remember that woman who came
to the camp some six months ago--that
handsome native woman, with the beautl:
ful eyes? Yes? Well, do you wonder that
| was angry when some of you made a
agreeable joke about my knowing her
That was the woman who found me that
morning. She is married, and was going
off up the country and came to bid me
good NV, fnr Goar she shnn1d s4ounr SOC me
again.
"Now, gentlemen, I have only to hope
you may never suffer what I did in that
twenty-fogr hours"
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-02-16
The Burning Of Theatre in Shake
sDeare's Time.

Over two hundred and fifty years age
the Globe Theatre in London, where
Shakespeare is said to have played, was
burned. The theatre was wooden one,
hexagonal in form, only partially rooted,
and thatched with rushes. Itwas burned
June %, 1913. Here is the account:
During the performance Of play called
''All is True," King Henry VIII. was rep
resented as giving a masque at Cardinal
Wolsey's house, and during its progress,
on the entrance Of the king, cannons were
fred off. Unfortunately the paper or
wa dding ofone Of these lodged on the dry
roof of reeds, and, being unobserYed by
either actors or spectators, both iotent on
the performance, from smoke it kindled
to flame, and circled the place like o
train, cons ming the old wooden editice in
less than an hour. It is worthy of note
that, Notwithstanding the crowded state of
the theatre and the narrow doors, no per
son was injured. One mans neither gar
ments certainly were set on fire, but bot
tie of ale is said to have done duty as a
fre-engine, and saved the mans skin.