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The Depravity of the Armenians.

An English war correspondent writes
from Trebizond "Were European
to exercise his fancy for imagining the
quintessence of depravity, the frightful
wickedness of the Armenians would still
be out of his power to conceive. Those
who are not bankers to some Pasha--
that is. vampires living on the blood of
Christians and Mohammedans-are cer-
tain to be panders, and that word in the
East signifies something much worse than
with us. In Hungary, Pennsylvania
and the Bucowina, Magyars, Germans,
Roumanians and Slavs would rather find
themselves among the plague-stricken
than fraternize with the Armenians.
No doubt they are more wealthy than
the other nationalties, but by what
means have they attained to prosperity
Their every word is a lie, their every act
deception. In Trans-C aucasia, the
Armenians are the dirtiest, the most i'm
moral of all nations, in every respect
far behind the Tartars. A European,
therefore, is not likely to feel any desire
for their ACQUAINTANCE.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-22
POtafOAs.

AS an article of staple food, no vege-
table compares with the potato. In Ire
land potatoes and buttermilk are the
principal diet, the average laborer con-
Stunning of the former ten pounds daily.
In Holland, boiled in fat with other veg
etables, they form the ordinary repast of
the working classes, who seldom eat
meat more than one day in the week.
Science teaches that the best proportions
of food for the common wants of the
system are about 8 per cent. Of fat, %
per cent. of fesh-formers and 90 per
cent of starch and sugar hence, with
the addition of little milk or butter,
potatoes are capable of sustaining life
and activity. To preserve a large per-
centage of the nourishing properties of
potatoes, they should be cooked with
their jackets on" They need to be well
cooked, with considerable degree. of
heat if boiled, they should be placed
at once in boiling water if roasted, the
oven should be moderately hot at the
start peeled and soaked in cold water
the nutritive, starchy matter is extra cted
and lost with slow oven the skin will
be hardened and THO kened. To secure
the fullest benefits from this valuable
vege table much depends upon proper
know dye of the best methods %
s1OlxinQ
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-22
The Trade Winds.

The earth turns on it's axis from west
to east, and with it rotates daily the enor-
nous envelope of the atmosphere. The
velocity OF rotation at the equator is
something over one thousand miles an
hour; at thirty degrees distance it is
about $50 miles less. In higher ATTITUDES
it is still less, and at the poles nothing.
Therefore, whenever the air moves north
or south ON the surface of the earth it
will carry with it less or greater velocity
of the rotation than the place it passes
over, and will turn into an easterly or
westerly wind, according as it approaches
or recedes from the equator. In the
region of the suns greatest heat the air,
rarefed and ightened. is continually ris-
ing, and cooler currents come in ON both
sides to take the place of the ascending
volume. AS these side currents come
from distance of about thirty degrees
from the equator, they have, at starting,
an eastward velocity many miles an hour
less than the localities they will eventu-
ally reach. Consequently they will APP
pear to lag behind in all the course of
their progress to the equator-that is
they will have n westerly motion united
with their north and south movements.
These are the great trade winds, blowing
constantly from the northeast on this
side, and the southeast on the other side
OF the equator.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-22
An Editorial Brutus.

An editor out West INDUCES in the
following talk to his subscribers and
patrons. The famous speech of Brutus,
on the death of Caesar, rendered by Shak-
speare, is made to do service in this
amusing travesty:
Hear us for our debts, and get ready
that you may pay; trust us, we have
need, as you have long been trusted ac-
knowledge your Indebtedness, and dive
into your pockets, that you may promptly
fork over. If there be any among you
one single patron-that don't owe us
anything, then to him we say: Step
aside, consider yourself gentleman. If
the rest wish to know why we dun them,
this is our answer Not that we care
about ourselves, but our creditors do.
Would you rather that we went to Jail
and you go free, than that you pay your
debts and keep us moving? AS we agreed,
we have worked for you; as we con-
tracted, We have furnished the paper to
you; but as you don't pay We dun you.
Here are agreements for job work, con-
tracts for subscription, promises for long
credit, and duns for deferred payment.
Who is there so green that he don't take
paper? If any, he need not speak, for
we don't mean him. Who is there so
green that he don't advertise If any,
let him slide he amt the chap either.
Who is there SO mean that he don't pay
the printers? If any, let him speak, for
he is the man we're after.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-22
Dried Eggs.

A large establishment has been opened
in st. Louis for drying eggs. 1t is in
full operation, and hundreds of thousands
OF dozens are going into its Unsuitable
NAV. The eggs are carefully "candled''
by hand-that is, examined by light to
ascertain whether good or not-and are
then thrown into an immense receptacle,
where they are broken, and, by CEN
trifugal operation, the white and yelk
are separated from the comb. The
liquid is then dried by heat, by patent
process, and the dried article is left re-
sembling sugar; it is then put in barrels,
and is ready for transportation anywhere.
This dried article has been taken twice
across the equator in ships, and then
made into omelet and compared with
omelet made from fresh eggs in the same
manner, and the best judges could not
detect the difference between the two
Is not this an age of wonders? Milk
made solid, cider made solid, apple but
ter made into bricks What next?
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-22

Village Board or City Council, on receiving
such report, to cause all needful alterations
and additions or provisions necessary for the
safety Of guests from fire 10 be made within
sixty days, and cause notice TO be served on
the owner or keeper OF such hotel, stating
the alterations and additions or provisions 10
be made, either by ropes furnished the sleep
ing rooms of the hotels, or by ladders and
such other means as they may think best TO
secure the safety of the guests, and all such
expense shall be paid by the owner thereof
Ard IL any owner or keeper Of such hotel
shall neglect or refuse to comply with such re-
quirements within the time and in the manner
specified in said notice, he or they shall be
liable TO a fine Of not less than 325, and not
more than 500, for each month that he or
they shall fail 10 comply with this act and all
fines accruing under this act shall be collected
in the same manner as is now provided by law,
and shall go the use OF the library Of the
township, village or city where collected
SEC. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the Township
Board, the President and Directors OF any vii
lage and Mayor and Common Council of any
city to examine, or cause TO be examined, at
least once in each and every year. all such
hotels within their respective corporations !;
and il shall be their duty to enforce, or cause
to be enforced, the provisions Of this act, pro-
vided that the provisions of this act shall not
apply to hotels having less than thirty rooms
used for guests.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-22

from Paris relative TO the report that the
Government means to prevent the preliminary
meeting of sections of the Left before
the reassembling of the Chambers states
that NJ Gambetta has relinquished the idea
of calling such meeting, the Left being
sufficiently agreed upon line OF action
to dispense with q preliminary discussion.
The Minister of Instruction has decided that
any student participating in any political mani
festation shall be Immediately expelled from
college. . The Barbary states on the shores OF
the Mediterranean are experiencing a locust
plague. The crops have been destroyed by the
ravenous hoppers in large districts, and there
is serious scarcity of provisions and apprehen-
sion of actual starvation among the people.
The ceremony Of presenting Gen. Grant with
the freedom of the city of London in golden
casket was performed at Guildhall, the other
day, in the presence of a distinguished gather
ing Of Englishmen and Americans. Lady
Sterling Maxwell, better known as the lion.
Mrs. Norton, is dead. This lady, a well-known
poet and novelist, was married on the LIST of
March last TO Sir William Sterling Maxwell, Bar
onet member of the British Parliament for
Perthshire. The bride at the time was ~
years of age, and confined to her chair with
rheumatism. Sir William was So
PORTUGAL has proclaimed her neutrality in
the Russo Turkish war. Germany will not
issue a special proclamation of neutrality
President MacMahon, on the reassembling of
the French Chamber of Deputies, June 16,
presented message demanding the dissolu-
ton of that body. An exciting debate fol-
lowed, Mr.. Gambetta replying to the Ministry
on behalf of the Republicans. He advocated
dissolution as the best policy to be pursued.
Constantinople dispatch says there has been
a dangerous outbreak of from $1,000 to 20, 000
mounted Arabs in the district between Damas-
Gus aud Aleppo. The country is almost de-
nuded of troops. The Governor of Syria has
telegraphed for assistance.
The Bashi- Bazouks are carrying things with
q high hand in and around Constantinople.
Among those who have recently suffered from
their excuses is an English army officer and an
American naval officer, who were beaten and
maltreated in a shameful manner. The en-
gineers who made the geological explorations
and soundings for a submarine tunnel between
France and England report that the tunnel il
perfectly practicable, as there is a continuous
bed of chalk between the two shores. . Two
Constantinople newspapers have been sup
pressed and the publishers, editors and COM
positors exiled. Vi.
The stay of ex-President Grant in England
will be prolonged beyond the time at first sci
by him. :. Upward of $500, 900 worth of Sc
curities and railway stocks were recently stolen
from mail between London and Paris.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-22

THE Madras Qndia) famine has brought
a curious misfortune in its train. There
are scarcely any leeches to be had, the
tanks from which they are generally OBJ
tanned having all run dry. Patients can
not be bled, iand the despair of the doc
tors is agonizing.
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Child.Life i'm Calcutta.

The annual average death-rate of in
fants in the city and vicinity of Calcutta,
including all classes of population, is
very nearly 30 per cent of those of one
year old and under. OF the non Asiatic
children the average death-rate is less
than 20 per cent, which increases that
OF the Hindoo and Mohammedan in
fants to a startling extent, and of these
classes the latter suffer 10y far the great
est mortality. The vital statistics of
Calcutta for 1875 show that, of every
hundred Hindoo children born in that
year, about sixty died, and, of every hun
bred Of Mohammedan children born in
the same year, seventy-three died. The
chance of life to children born in Cal
cutta is therefore fearfully small. They
might as well open their eyes in "a
plague-stricken place.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-22

The Hindoos are endeavoring to in
troduce their religion into Australia, and
Hindoo missionaries have been for year
laboring in that country
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-22

THE latest investigator gives Jerusa
lem 5000 Christians, 1900 Jews and
$1,000 Mohammedans.
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

The Servian Government continues its war
like preparations. A large party is being con-
centrated near the capital. Ludwig Ill,
Grand Duke of Hesse, is dead u A telegram
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-22

called upon his old master, Capt. Thomas Aud,
by whom he was we'll received.
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ALABAMA crop report Rains have been very
general in the State, and Of great good to the
crops. Cats are comparatively q failure
wheat is the best crop ever made corn and
cotton clean and doing well. Alexander III.
stephens, Of Georgia, has gone TO Minnesota
for the benefit Of his health. .One-half the
cotton crop along the Arkansas river valley, in
Arkansas, has been destroyed by floods. ~.
startling sensation has just been sprung in
Louisville, Ky. Mrs. L. T. Hawkins, daughter
Of the late Col. Weir, of Lexington, and of Mrs.
g. ". Merriwether, whose second husband was,
before his death. prominent banker of Louis
vile, has been implicated in heavy forgeries of
the names of ex-United States Senator Steven
son, the Hon. George II. Pendeton, OF Ohio,
and other prominent citizens. The forgeries
mount to $4,000 or S50,0O0 The relatives of
Mrs. Hawkins claim that she is insane.
The wheat-harvest has begun in Kentucky,
and the prospect for heavy yield is good.
Fred Douglass, the other day, visited Talbot
county, Nd, for the first time since he left.
fugitive, forty-one years ago, and made A
speech to the colored people. Douglass also
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-08
DOGS.

A statement Is gong the rounds.
showing the number Of dogs in r.r-
tain States, and the loss cnta1I.d
by keeping them. In Missouri. for
instance the number l. stated at
100 900. and the csirul.t.-.. -. .-
each dog eats enough to fattou "a
hog To the weight of 300 pounds
equal to Il dead loss of provision fur
human food to the extent of ol1a.
million pounds. not to speak oil Oh.
destruction Of sheep from the Sl..a
cause. At four cents Il pound, ID
low estimate the money loss l. over
three million dollars. The H..a-
mond Wig makes merry at such
calculations. and remarks, if by the
presentation Of such cStimat.. 'u.
value OF wasted things J., To l..
sought. and money Is to bee mad.
BIZ economy directed ID ont Of g..
way sources, then the human fam. lis
~ reach that point by coutu..r
their diet to the commonest aIt-
cIes and converting all other results
of their labor into money. II s
the greatest amount Of human come
fort that We aim to attain, and the
foundation Of this i an abunI.u.
supply Of cheap wholesome tou..
the surplus of which to he convert
ed into money or exchanged f.g
other articles Of comfort, or ma..
the basis of growing capital. I"
South more than any other soc....
needs have it attention calico t3
these economical sources, and .+s".
we think frequent reference 60 .ae
dog question an act Of duty.
j. j.. G..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-08

Young men who idle away their time
in the villages and towns. loafing
about restaurants, stores and hotels,
either because they can find no oc-
cupation. or because they prefer
idleneSs to work. They are con
sumers and non-producers to an
alarming extent. They would them
selves be startled if they could know
how much they contribute to the
bankruptcy and suffering Of the
times BY their criminal neglect to
add their portion of industry and
enterprise to the common fund.
We say, BY al means let us have
recruits for the country. There is
no diShonor IN such a choice, but,
on the contrary. honor. influence
and profit. The time is coming
when a dense population shall cover
this continent. and each mans acres
shall be comparatively few. There
is nothing like getting the first blow
at the soil. 1t is like lodging the
first stroke in a personal battle. He
who goes in aS Il landed proprietor
at a late hour is likely to have to
put up with the rich mans crumbs.
OF course, if any Of our youth are
better adapted 10 a learned profes-
sion or Il trade. or can make more
money III mercantile pursuits, they
should follow the bent of their
genius. Otherwise they should help
develop the agricultural
of the nation.
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his lands improve in value every
year.
What Mr.. Kerr does, Is what
every farmer almost in North
Carolina can DO. His lands are
similar TO nine tenths Of the land
west of Wake county: land. that
without the imitation of his prac-
tice. must ultimately 90 down TO
the fate of the desolate and mourn
full old fields that d~iSgracefully re-
proach the Southern farmers
thoughtlessness; with such imita-
ton, must attain the value of his.
and like his 90 on to increasing
yearly valuation. TO both private
and public advancement.
j. ID. {.
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NOTE.

All articles by either of the contribu-
ting editors will have, as heretofore,
the initials of the writer at the bottom.
column will show to whom the articles
belong. Articles and paragraphs not
thus subscribed, together with all clip
pings, &C., are by the Managing Edi-
tor, who is responsible for them, as
wellas forthe general tone of the paper
This note is to place the responsibility
where it should rest.
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5'n'e OF the human b,.l,
dewey freshness, its mn 7 q.
its budding JOY. Then .,. and :
summer with is ha,, % VI
Glorious fo~ers. it. ....'
golden f~roitaye, and Is
that burdens every bra
after all, : only Youth
golden gallo,~ to .bc LAM
mise, to the Hc>peld.,
clients. where Young roman.
II ar castles, and llte 81.
the sweet dream>of tile ..r
bui summer fades. aal
comes AZ last. when the
tie> Of life have put on, III.
n">hed The music, and ar-a,
feet Of the dancers. Wh.-
are the tender blossoms. I'll.
liant fruitase and the
odors: Gone, all gone. l.sa
earliest love Of our childhood
It's purity, lis ~gentIenes>. ii,
Of 1alr tresseS, and it. soft. aa..
eyes.
But as the leaves fade upon
trees. and soon begin To rustic r-..
the blast. do they nor remind
that, though physical bcaue m
decay, and airy castles NAV wants.
there is a higher manhood ra.n..
BY suffering, 4 grander womarr...
carved and scuiptured by ,acr.a..
Yea, verify: and it is in the ms
Of the cemeteries Of the world.
broken columns and its w1rh.-.f
flowers, that such character, t..
the triumph of that peace -...
castcth cut fear. Who. then.
weak as to think only Of >orr.a s.a
corruption IN the mid. Of IT,.
nournful drapcry of nature Who
5 50 col 3@letely Of the earth cs--.T
Is 70 lool 10 further than the aara
portals where the leave, aud ,.a
)ody together turn into dust: There
S another spring time coming. more
.adiant than any which have e.m.
before. when the airs shall bcnunr.
he fruits more golden. the flowers
more fragrant. and the leaves -....
lever fall again forever.
T
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AN AGRICULTURAL PHILAE
THROPIST.

Such a title surely II deserved ..
Mr.. Lawcs. Of Rotham,t.I. EH--
land. who for nearly forty YEAR, Is
been conducting experiments d"
ricultural science; deyotluL "a ."=-"
fortune thereto. Mr.. Lave
heritcd the Rothamsted e-.t
1884, but his Investigations a.#H. .
begin on a systematic scale
1913, when a full chemist ...-
tory was established III one "I ms
barns, and DR.. Gilbert Wa
charge Of it. In 1875 nos labor.
tory was built by sub,crp.l"1
landowners, who had bcnetl.e.
Mr. Lawes' publications. and
presented to him. And Ar. Ill"
not to be outdone, has set apaEi
a million Of dollars to be eNie.+
In continuing the scientific exp.
ments after his death. In i40-
vestigations three chemist. -"'
three assistants. three or FOUR
keepers. and large number o-
borers are employed ; VIAL.
range of experiment ha, c.''
every variety Of soil. plan.
mode of cultivation. Much %.
high order of husbandrN iii w.
Britain is due 10 these Ih'IS'7
lions.
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THE STORY OF THE A

The fierce winds and bleak airs
are beginning TO touch the woods
with yellow and crimson. and soon
the leaves will be falling in the sad
autumnal weather. 1t is the sad
story Of human life, the poetry Of
sorrow, repeated IN the beautiful
things of the natural world. The
spring time of the trees, of the fields
and OF the gardens, is the spring
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OF THE
GRASSES.

1t is laid down as an axiom, by
a practical Southern writer, quoted
by Judge Fullerton in his admira-
bic address before the Piedmont
(Va.) Agricultural Society, that
without exception in Europe and
America, where "a large portion Of
land Is IN grass d. IN forage crops
the price Of land is high. On the
other hand, without exception,
wherever IN either continent the
grasses do not receive this at
tention, landed estate is of COM
paratively little value;" and to sus-
tain his proposition, the writer
quotes the prices of land III England
and IN Holland-the latter being
a continuous meadow-where land
T5T Ta7mTng purposes Is 1 ia'1 off, ftaq
at one thousand dollars an acre,
and contrasts these prices with that
Of the lands Of Spain, where grass
receives no attention. The points
of comparison are not altogether
just, since stability of government,
and agricultural intelligence have
their advantages yer political
chaos and apathetic ignorance.
Nevertheless, it is impossible
to gainsay the abstract accuracy Of
the writer's assumption, since the
fundamental basis Of all permanent
improvement rests upon the appll-
cation of animal manures; and
the abundance of these depends
upon the cheap and ready raising
of cattle, whose dependence is upon
a full supply Of nutritious grasses.
If there is abundant grass, there
are numerous cattle: and where
there are numerous cattle. there the
land improves to that condition
which always ensures high prices.
No one can deny the converse of
the proposition. The first IS the
condition Of the lands in the North
ern States: the latter, that of those
in the South.
In natural fertility, and especial
ly for the cultivation of certain
staple crops, the lands Of the South
in their virgin state surpassed those
of the North. The alluvial soils Of
the river borders vel now are APP
parentlv exhaustless in their rich
ness. The uplands, once almost
as eNuberant IN productlveness,
have withered under the blight Of
improvident cultivation and only
repay the planters toll by the aid
of imported foreign concentrated
fertilizers. By these, and to happy
influences of climate almost alone.
is the South enabled to compete
for the production of what were
once her unrivalled monopolies. 1t
is no longer to her natural fertility,
but to climate and to artificial aids
that she is able to continue the
contest. Upon climate, she pos
sibly can always rely. But can
she always afford to pay out to
foreign States half the grass pro-
ceeds of her production that she
may wear the empty honor of pro
viding a throne for King Cotton, or