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MACY AND Ills STONE%
Stu FORK Horlk. March u.
A. cable dispatch announces the death in Paris,
France, Of Mr.. r. II. Macy. tho weil.known
fancy-goods dealer, at late hour on Thursday
night. Mr. Macy was born on the Goth Of octo-
Der, 1872, and was therefore In tho b5th year
Of lis nre lie camc to this city from Boston
about twenty years ago, and opened storo ut
tho corner OF Sixth avenue and Fourteenth
street, On the precise spot where his present
mammoth establishment now stands. Always
adhc1tng to strictly one-pricc cash system. the
business has grown from year to year, and 10
meet Its requirements one adjoining Dnl.ulng
after another has been added 70 It, anu depart.
tho ptnce now covers nearly an acre Of
Il became known, MI, Macy made an
effort to supply Until thS yaetY Of 1ens
that Of any house in this country. Tho stock
Includes stationery and books, candles and bon-
bons, fancy goods, dry goods, shoes, underwear
and linens, household articles aud ~ Kitchen utcn-
mental, together with bronzes md sllvcr-platcd
ware, gcnticmen's furnishing goods, ladies' and
chlldrcn's shoes, 1cwe1ry, boys clothing and
toysal GROUPED ia eewlLaeTtng confusion: T. A..
conduct Of this great bazaar s the fact that with
q few exceptions, which can bo enumerated
upon the fingers, alt Of the clerks employed In
tho house arc wOncn-ElrlE, Hl0St OF tLcm-
from the regiment OF littto cash girls to tho
lady superintendent Of the entire store. They
arc OF oil ages aud a!zes and ill tho store from
top to bottom. Tbs conviction Of Mr.. Macy
was that In any business where 1t can possibly
be employed tcma'c labor is tho most adyati-
tagpo,is; hence his stoFe Is tho most rcmarka-
b,e exponent OF the female lAl,or Bystcm prob
ably to be found In any part Of the world. With
the exception OF two tiooE-walkerB and fow to
do tic heavier work Of tic paekIng.room, there
Is not man employed In the house.
partments Ia this great establishment, each Of
which is o miniature store, and the number Of
clerks employed ls considerably u1u1o than four
hundred, besi1cs twenty or ulore cashiers, and
about hnlf that number OF bookkccperE. Be.
sides this large force are siI or seven ~ floor
walkers,h or usheTs, n small army OF " cash
pir1s," from, sixty 10 seventy employees in tho
packing. and receiving departments In the base
incnt, and, over all, tho lady superintendent.
sponstbte for all that transpfrcsundcr her supcr-
vlsion, and q required each day to report to one
Of tho firm In regard TO tho reuissncss of any OF
her subortltnAtcs, tho amount OF sales, and the
price paid for each article sold. Dy this sys-
temnt(c arrangement Of details, the proprietors
can tell precisely how much each department.
has made or lost during tic previous dny Tho
yehsly salea Of this house exceed &, 900 900, and
The day receipts arera.e from e. 90 to Sl0 coo.
provision for tho pcrpetuation Of bis enterprise
In the event Of his death, and his partners,
Messrs. Il N. Valentine aud A. 7. La Forge,
will carry out Ills wishes and continue tho bus!-
meas. Alr, Macy lcaves two children, snn and
q married daughter, who arc now travelling In
the far East. Hts fortune 10 understood to bc
q very largo one.
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LAD HIM THERE, ny CAIN.
Cincinnati EnQtHrer.

Doctors will have their llttlo jokes, and sonc-
tlmes they are ns sharp as their lances. A case
In point occurred tho other day On Seventh
street, near Vine. a travelling Punch aud Judy
exhibition stopped Tiers to give a show, aud
soon quite crowd was attracted by tic mancu-.
vcrs Of the puppets anil the chin.wiacking OF
OF Ills resucnce to sea what had caused the
crowd to congrceatc, aud couple ot moments
Inter his rielchbos, DR.: MeChcsncy. also came
out on slsni!ar eFrand. Mussey ls a pillar Of
tlle Old school Of medicine, while McChesney Ia
q shining light among tho disciples Of llalint-
nla,,, and both are given to tWlttlng each other
whenever tho opportunity occurs, y What Is
ls,x. around whicl, were clustered The amused
crowd. s' nn not positively certain, Doctor"
said Aiusscy, but Judging hastily frosn tho sur
faeu Indications, thIlIk II u a HOMEOPATHIC
theatre" II Ia needless 10 state that DR.. Nc
Chosney did not hunger for any lroro lnfornla-
tlon from Its medical brother at that Juncturo.
, 1877-04-04

11oT > H11p-coTTErTs or 1o,Dn0si Il I'M; =
+ front boarding hoie! on West Hlda. faU dnxn.
Hotel can 10 EehtoI IT desired. TItuE3pELL
| WILL. PAY TIE llililEsT CASH FJ(ICK FON
household goods an' mcfelsadtsu of af EiaIA Cali
" AdGFsas !. u. ND Ceht1b.st.
TINE UNION Fu1th[TuRx COMPANY, SO WEST
MalAon.st.. sell all kinds Of household furniture
00 Mouthy psIMHnt4, Low PRIEST loax time.
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Vy1ANTED.nus1NEss DLDcK. CENTRALLY 10.
W Gated, for part cash AMuMe aud good yrsl ct4
tatc. clear. 4. It. HultLuUT. Iluom n Metropolitan
iOrE
, 1877-04-04
HOOKS.

(1ASN PA1D FOR DonKs-D!g PRICES PAID FOR
~ stendard soFtf r. ~ k;nd g. sr addzsAs
HsE DOLLAR PER VOLUME RUrs nlCKEKs,
~ Ru1wer: A1. Holniea. 3nl MnbltAch toss1:
poeIns re IL esns luy, sse os. :" no Yst
9. sS* q snsso:; IS esa.s Svys ass 9srss q IS!s
Caah psid fot good hq.tt down-st<s. ~ NlLLEHt
cheap look stuIe. t14 II A1lkUl 1t.
, 1877-04-04
AENvlNG MACHINES.

"A IL LttEgulLT WHEELER WILSON'S, % STYLE
~ for fii; eaI1tr. NJ. 4 81; Nuves Z. SCI, WH.
FAntst 70 loox. sex, aLd 3A4t Vs 1sx, ~ Nsaoa.
, 1877-04-04


A DANuAlS-FOIt SALE CllEAP-A STNOSG
- team Of tfno work horses. a. fur rough esy work
Aul AlOut JUu1& HORSE nt for G1rrl5 x2K1. fLf S1.
Call to-day Al l4a Cehtsu'ay.. eatacf Elttesnths.
Ntst s1du.
4 CcrIoN SALE or A CAR.LoAp pF WORE.
II haracs and Iarxs lot Ut huREiss. carriages s:uKs
20 doatls barnes. stS Thu1,l4y; Apr 4 t1tua.ens.
hston.st.
oRsALE-A VEKY. FINE iI0AD Rl9. 4 ,DLAcK
tsH Yery slyl!.h Eo.l y .4lls h.F:e: lsi,y ssa
drive hA . stIe-6AF TU4l NAkna Md tat OF 91DKlo
laraesa usea bMt vIsJ ttls; VIII " sol4 pxcheFo
4sEtFate, tAfAp fur the IL lt&T3nE tho
city. Apply Il 46s HxLash-aT. ,-.-97.
I;olt sAlE-i LARGE BItoWX ii0tsE n!s1hn I
vpYht . wuTznttd SQUAD and prFfeft. ~ excellent
worker either s1n4u 0utid, and Sol1 fuf f1uls
onIy lh1 has w furlaeF fvF him. Apply
II 31a WphA4h.Av
r,OR sALE-GfOD HORSE, NANKEsY, AND LiOUr
w4sou VIII taks paInliua aul cscItnlulag &or patt
tayu.tut. ia7 Al:hiEan.st.
IIOi; sAlk-s cool, DiMFT AND DItIYiS0
J. AosstA prices low. La scAI OF y Mau lAaad.as.
& HoltsES .FUl ,sALE-i]SE LA1a;E Y0uA1
- horse Stxhtnx ]. 40 pauau. sstEa1tsl: pne pouy
s35i three very clssp Qa1IsA VI Wsst AatIs9Rss
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-21
Biography of a Great Stock Gambler

Jay Gould is native of Roxbury,
Delaware county, N. Y. His father was
the first male child born in the town.
Jay Gould's mother died when he was
about 10 years old, and his father has
been dead about eight years. The farm
on which his father lived was exchanged
in 1856 for house and lot in the vii
lage of Roxbury, with A. H. Burhans,
now resident of Cleveland, and was
the farm on which his grandfather set
tied. 1t was also the homestead of the
Gould family. 1t can now be purchased
for So, 900.
Jay Gould did make map of Della
ware county, n. Y, as has been stated,
but it was considered first-class map,
and was well received by all his sub
scribers. He also wrote the first his
tory of Delaware county. In the year
1856 he made map of Lake county,
Ohio, and also map of Oakland county,
Mich. He was then in the map bust
ness, and made success of it.
Jay Gould's mother was an active
member of the Methodist Church, and
one of his sisters married Methodist
minister. He has three sisters living
who are active members of the Meth
odist Church.
Jay Gould is a self-educated man,
about 40 years old, gentleman of ster.
ling habits, and energetic. He com.
menced surveying in 1856, when about
II years old, for Oliver Diston, of Ulster
county, n. Y. He assisted him in the
survey of the county, and did not re.
ceive over $40 per month for his ser.
vices. His next work was to map his
own county. He was engaged in tan.
merry with Col Zadoc Pratt, one of the
first tanners in his day in the United
States.
Zadoc Pratt was the founder Of
Prattsville, Greene county, n. Y, and
was at one time the most extensive tan.
ner in the world, and also farmer and
banker He became attached to Jay
Gould, and started him in the tanning
business near place now known as
Goldsboro, Pa, railroad station on the
Delaware and Lackawanna railroad.
The place was named in honor of Jay
Gould, who was then a young man
about % years old. Mr.. Pratt and Mr..
Gould settled up the business of Pratt
& Gould amicably, by Mr.. Gould as
Stunning the obligations of the firm, all
of which were closed up according to
the arrangement without loss to Col
Pratt. Cleveland Herald.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-21

The court, being advised of this, al
lowed him to send messenger in quest
of the mischevious bag, and in due time
it was obtained and brought, opened,
and found to verify what Bossy had
stated as TO its contents.
Bossy, also, was now released, and the
court congratulated him upon having 80
fully cleared his character. But this
gave little satisfaction to the aggravated
man. He packed up and hastily left,
and, repairing to the nearest trunk-mak,
er's, at once purchased valise, into
which he transferred his goods, and had
his name marked in full upon both ends
This done, he made a present of the
mischevious carpet-bag to the shopman
and with curse upon that and all 9th
ers, repaired to the depot and took thu
train for Yuzar, having lost all conf
dence in carpet-bags.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-21
Burning a Faithless Wife at the Stake.

About three weeks ago an Indian
known as Sam lost his squaw Mary,
through the Establishments of an Indian
named Jim, with whom she eloped, TAX
ing some of his household goods. The
loss of these goods added much to the
wrath of Sam, and he raised such com
motion among the Piute braves that they
determined to teach the frail Mary, and,
by her example, the rest of the women
of the tribe, a lasting lesson. Jim tried
to screen her from the gathering storm
by hiding her, but they soon found her,
and about fifty of the tribe, including
Jim and several squaws, escorted her to
the hills, just back of Washoe lake, on
Saturday evening last, and there, safe
from Caucasian intrusion, they made a
great pile of sage brush, and, after ty-
ing her firmly in the middle of it, set
it on fire. Then they began a war dance
around the scene of cremation, in which
all joined-Sam being very fierce in his
leaps and yells. The screams of Mary
added to the zest of the dance. Jim,
meantime, set quietly by, and seemed
an Indifferent spectator. After the body
of the unfortunate Mary had been re-
duced to ashes, Sam expressed his salts
faction, and they dispersed. Reno
(NeU) Journal
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-21
Reunion of the Smiths.

Five thousand members of the Smith
family, mostly descendants of John
Henry Schmidt, who came over to this
country with the Knickerbockers, lately
met ON the farm of Peter u. Smith, near
Peapack, N. J. The grove where the
great picnic was held is on the bank of
stream of water, near which, under the
trees, the many horses were tethered ;
band-stand and platform for the
speakers had been erected in the grove,
and there were number of placards of
welcome, and pictures of George and
Martha Washington, who were not, how
ever, as far as could be learned, men,
bers of the Smith family. There was
also book in which all the Smiths were
requested to register their names, a re-
quest which some of them complied
with
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-21

Mr. Penguin, an eggw "aood gracious my
where ai Is III" "Dons jossle. Right under me
here
"In the nest that we nader" aver Isn't
that fun?
built It Of stones, and you brought me Just one
Extremely small pebble the day 1t was DONE"
" But the egg-are you certain'" As sure as
90 get ready this moment and start for the sea-
There eat md grow fat, and'your pouch NIL with
food
OF the kind that viii strengthen and nourish our
brood"
40 Our brood? Why, you said there was only one
(" Don't Stand wasting time, Mr. Penguin, beg.
That egg, you'll remember, laid sir, by me,
And the chick that hatch you may wager, will
Worth twenty young penguns of lower degree.
:. Methinks can see him becomingly dressed
In little dark coat and little white vest,
With cunning wee hippers, eyes wondrously keen
The handsomest penguin that ever was seen
" At first his short steps most carefully guide,
Then graceful and naughty he walks by my side
Like a prince among birds, with his head carried
high,
And the sea-fowl who gather to see us goby
Are ready, my dear, Of sheer envy to die !"
While she spoke, small bird, much resembling a
peeped over rock at the picture below,
And he danced like an imp, and he waggied his
head,
And he grinned such grin when he heard what
abe said,
And he laughed strange laugh, without making
sound,
And he few from the rock to the nest on the
ground;
And behind Mrs. Penguin he crept like a snail,
And jerked long feather straight out of her tail.
Then, as quickly she turned, he as quickly took
wing,
While she screamed, "Oh, you robber! you hard
hearted thing
Oh, Penguin, how you, how dare you, stand
there
Like fewl made of marble, and heartlessly stare?
Don't you Vhdt he's got? am mad with de-
spair!"
But alas all in vain did she threaten and Shrek;
Grow was of with the egg sticking fast on his
beak;
And Pen remarked, calmly, " Next time 'twere as
well
To say naught of your till he's out Of the
she'll"
| -HaTper's Weekly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-21
Grant,s Last Letter to Packard.

The following Ietter-being the last
official communication addressed by
President Grant to Gov. Packard-has
recently been published for the first time
EXECUTIVE MASsIoN,l
WAsHTSG1oS, ID. O., March 1, 1877.
To Gov. s. b Packard, New Orleans, La:
In answer to your dispatch of this date, the
duty to state frankly that he does not believe
public opinion viii longer support the MAIN
tenance Of the State Government in Louisiana
by the use of the military, and that he must
concur in the manifest feeling. The troops
will hereafter, as in the past, protect life and
property from mob violence when the State au-
thorities fail, but under the remaining DAYS of
his official life they will not be used to establish
or to pull down either claimants for control of
the State. II is not his purpose to recognize
either claimant. @. @. SNIrFEN,
Sacratarv
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-21
THE FARM LANE.
by ALrnEp u. STREET.

ufoUens from the fArmyard gate,
.r,urxes round ledge, then chambers straisn NJ
no the wide woodland ON the crest.
Green at the curve thictet stands,
f1IIsred with stems OF elms and oaks,
xrd pIumed with speckled sapling-wands,
where brambles hang their summer cloaks.
y,rosd from the upland's brow the scene
of meadow, grove and held expand;
Grain billowing in its breezy green,
And furrowed breasts Of seeded land.
The old red farmstead on its bank;
The chimney like a tower of stone;
The woodshed opening from its flank;
The barn and haystack's russell cone.
Pleasant at eve that busy lane,
When all the farms freed habitants
Come trooping home loosening chain,
From their far-off accustomed haunts.
Her cross-step course old Crookburn points,
Through sorrel-dots and johnswort-stars,
me shadows fickering In her Joints,
Down TO the corner-lowered bars.
Her red flank dark with crusted soil,
She swings her end in dropping doze;
While past her, weary with his toll,
Loosed from the pillow, old Dobbin goes.
The colt pricks sharp his speaking ear,
stamps his slim foot and shriily neighs
a3eslie his dam that, sluggish, near,
Stops, loudly breathing, to her gaze.
The guines-fowls in brindled spots
Break as Bays hoofs the flock divide;
And Carlo curls in changing ..s;.cts.
Now biting knee, now tapping side.
When the soft twilight's amber glow
And dewy sweetness fills the scene,
Blocks of prone black, strewn thickly, show
Where couch the cattle on the green.
As fragrant darkness blots the lane
The beetle breaks the calm intense;
The freely watts its glittering grain;
The tree-toad purrs upon the fence.
But when reigns midnight's starry state,
The beetle seeks its chink /; no more
The glowworm signals to her mate;
The irc-hy's transient throb Is DER.
And as the daybreak steals in gray
The cattle mounds to rise begin;
The dark lnassed weeds to break away;
The banks and ruts their shapes to win.
LIN autumn, corn in golden glow
Hillocks Of hay and amber wheat,
And apples heaped in tempting show
The gladdened looks Of labor greet.
In winter, smooth the lane in white;
The walls o'ertopped; al access barred
Until the straining horses fight
Their wallowing passage to the yard.
Bui now the sunset colors stream
Huddle the sheep in severing train
The cattle pace all gayly CLEAN
While crowding down the goldened lane.
see, Clodpole mounts the wagon-horse
Sidewise, and sings the harness DER;
Then from the near field takes his course,
Slow, jogging toward the stable door.
His whistle and the robins lay
Mingle as he recedes from sight;
And now the new moons silver ray
Brightens in gold, and 80 goodnight,
The GALAXY.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-21
A GRATIFYING proof of the Quiet,

A GRATIFYING proof OF the quieter
condition of Ireland is found in the re-
duction of the police force. The Dublin
Gazette contained, last month, an official
notice reducing the force from about
IL, 900 TO 1881. The number needed
in the north is far smaller than in the
south. Tpperary needs the most, and
has I'll.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-21

THE carbonic oxide given off by char
coal causes a peculiar phase of insanity
among cooks in France, where charcoal
is largely used in cooking. The symp-
toms are oppression, vertigo, hallucina-
tons of sight and hearing, and syncope.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-30
THE scene-painter's OCCUPATION is 90,

THE scene-painter's occupation is gone.
Science has robbed him of his trade. To the
aid Of managers have come the magic lantern,
the oxyhydrogen light and the art of photog-
raphy. In the London theatres these have
already replaced the "scenic artist. A blank
curtain at one end of the theatre, man
sliding bit of a picture in a groove at the
other, and temples, prisons, landscapes, dun
geons, cities or dark glens for murder, and
beautiful brook banks for love making, chase
each other across the stage like phantases OF
dream. Better even than this, the parties
on the stage who have no part but that OF
simply putting in an appearance-the armies,
the ghosts, the street loungers, may in time
all be supplanted by shadows. Let us be
thankful that the "supe' is TO disappear
that the Roman Senator, who walks the
stage with shamblng gait and snickers when
he catches the eye of an acquaintance in the
audience, is to be seen no more that the
armies of beggarly dozen who while away
the time before the battle is Joined in crack.
ing peanuts or squirting tobacco Juice oveI
the about-to-te-sanguinary field, will nc
logger affront our eyes. With the disappear
ance of the ''supe'' all good things become
| possible to the stage.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-30

THE legislative committee which had in
charge the bill for the establishment Of a
State Board of Health has yielded to the q
pr;eri arguments of its opponents. Those
opposed to the measure argued that it would
not bring to pass the benefits which were
claimed from its operation. The arguments
were very ingenious but were rendered ab
surd by the indsputable fact that Boards of
Health have worked these benefits wherever
they have been established. Still arguments
appear to have more weight than facts with
the committee,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-30

JOY has come to the heart of the topper.
NJ. Mouchot Of the French Academy OF Sci
ences has lately brought to the notice of his
fellows small still in which the SUMS heat
is applied to the processes Of distillation.
With this still, the mirror Of which was
twenty inches in diamete!, the inventor sue
ceeded in distilling quart of wine in half an
hour. The advantages of the discovery are
obvious. A man can go into his backyard
on sunny day and with the aid of looking
glass and suitable vessel manufacture his
own drinks. The only objection of weight to
the plan is the smallness of the quantity
obtained. But even with! this drawback we
may confidently look for great revival OF
home industries.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-30

The praise which Democratic papers lavish
upon Senator Conkling must be as annoying
to him as it is amusing to other people. But
as Democratic journal remarks concerning
another Republican whom it lately con-
demned but now praises "To be much talked
about is one Of the penalties which promi-
nent men in politics, of decided qualities,
have TO pay" Senator Conkling should COM
fort himself with the reflection that Demo-
cratic praise is only the mud with which the
traveller is sometimes spattered on his road to
fame
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-30
ENTERTAINMENTS.
The Grammar of English
Of am ordinary life time. On PROF. HOWE'S
Oral, or
Conversational Lecture System,

intelligent persons, not only become erammarians,
but absolutel critics in a few hours To prove it, or
show to the citizens of Portland, how this. the
grandest of modern educational achievements may
be &c laA he PrnEassar will Give
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-30

The "SCIENCE OF LIFEo also CON.
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Of th Peabody Medical Institute, No. Bulincb
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s'The Science of Life is beyond all comparison the
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hope pumes her wings anew, since the issuing o
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Philadelphia Enquirer.
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