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The Grasshopper Prospect.

In their report on the grasshoppers in
Nebraska, to the Governor of the State,
Profs. Thomas and Aughey say:
ave consider the danger from the
young which have Matched out this sea-
son in Nebraska over; and that this part
OF the problem is solved. We also be-
heve that the long series of visitations
have come to close There may be,
aud doubtless will be at irregular pc
RODS, visitations by migrating swarms,
but it is not at all likely that the present
generation will witness another such a
series as that which has just passed"
A correspondent at Atchison, No.,
writes to the Prairie Farmer.
"The battle with grasshoppers has
been fought and, to all intents and pur-
poses, won. At intervals they have
swept down ON this country like bosom
OF destruction, and many have anticipat-
ed that they might, in time, render the
new West uninhabitable, or extend their
ravages to the Atlantic. But necessity
is the mother of invention. Saying
nothing about their extirpation by para
sites and natural causes, enough has
been done already this season to demon
strate that in a cultivated and thickly-
settled region this pest can be destroyed.
They have multiplied indefinitely in the
deserted West, and in this age are
brought for the first time face to face
with civilized man. AS usual in such
circumstances man comes off victorious.
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A Tramp,s wonderful vitality.

An accident, attended with the most
extraordinary circumstances, occurred on
the Northern Central railway, near Troy,
Pa, few nights ago. A tramp named
James NJ. Bowers was walking on the
track toward that place. Being tired and
hungry, he sat down by the railroad and
fell asleep. When he awoke he attempted
to get up, but, as he said when discov-
cred, found that he could not use his
legs. He had thrown them across the
rail in his sleep, and train had run
over them. One was nearly severed be-
low the knee and the other was broken.
No train was in sight, nor had he heard
the noise of any train passing. He took
his knife from his pocket, and cut the
skin and flesh that still held his one leg,
severing il entirely. He says he lay
there unable to move, wholly conscious
and suffering the most intense agony, for
at least an hour. Finally he heard a
train apprc aching. He had match in
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-13
The Fire Brigade Of COnstantinOple

G. w. Stoddard writes the San Fran
cisco Chronicle from Constantinople /:
"The fire brigade of this infammable
city is better than nothing, for it shows
a Willingness on the part of the authori-
ties to afford the populace cheap and
perfectly harmless amusement. Con-
stantinople is always in flames. 1t has
several times attracted the attention and
the sympathy of the worldin consequence
of the extent of its suffering. have
wondered what means are taken to ar
rest the progress of so dangerous an
element in a community that is perfectly
at the mercy of it. Lounging on the
bridge one day listening to the delight
full chant of a pair of sherbet-sellers who
went off every two minutes like mu-
steal clock, looking at the spectacular
populace crowding to and fro, l heard
an unusual commotion, and saw that a
charge OF half-naked infantry was cutting
an avenue through the dense crowd.
Then came tive-and-twenty lusty fellows
who bore above their heads in triumph a
small box-its size might have been
two by four and couple of
feet deep-with garden hose
ubJdClltU. IL ~ WClO bilc al N
of the Covenant being hurried
away to the mountains it conld hardly
have created more sensation in the
bosom of the Constantinopolitan. The
ten tribes leaped for JOY; all the nations
sang together. joined the chorus. for
it was impossible not to be infected by
such universal enthusiasm. On came
another and another and yet another car
AVIAN, bearing its trophy aloft and shout
ing the battle-cry of something which 1
was unable to interpret. 1t seemed to
me that hundreds of these machines were
hurried over the bridge. Some of them
were returning at moderate pace long
before the procession was over. The
companies saluted one another in great
glee, and the enthusiasm OF the hour
was in no wise abated / asked what was
the meaning of this extraordinary dem
onstration. 1t might have been a race
of the youths of Turkey, or happy souls
bearing tribute to the happy Sultan of
the unhappy empire-but it was not. 1t
was only the fire department of Constan-
tinople on active duty, and the wonder
is that there is sole survivor capable of
telling the tale, or solitary stone left
standing upon the hills of the Bospho-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-13
The Greek Revolution.

The revolutionary feeling III Greece
since the Russians crossed the Danube
has grown so intense that the Sultan, on
Monday asst, called an Extraordinary
Council consider measures necessary
to meet possible hostilities, and, as the
result of the Council, Mehemet Ali Pasha
was appointed to the command of the
army on the Thessalian frontier. The
rising of the Greeks does not grow out
of any sympathy for the Sclaves, but
from disposition to profit by the mis-
fortunes that have overtaken Turkey.
The Greek Revolutionary Committee,
who melted this uprising, was founded
at Athens in 1867 for the purpose of
aiding the Cretan insurgents. After the
suppression OF that rebellion, society
was established for the purpose of eman-
cipating all the Greeks under Turkish
rule from the Adriatic to Armenia.
When the rebellion ia herzegovina broke
out, the Committee promised Servia
that as soon as she gained victory over
the Turks there should be general
Greek uprising all over the empire, but
the victory never came. Servia was de-
feated, and the Greeks remained quiet
until Russia was in the field, and, now
that she is over the Danube, there is
every prospect the signal will be given
for a Greek uprising in Epirus, Thessaly,
Southern Macedonia, and the islands in
the Archipelago. Chicago tribune.
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Charley Ross Three Years Missing.

Three years ago on the LIST of July
Charley Ross was beguiled from his
home by Mosher and Douglas. Three
days after the newspapers recorded the
then known incidents of the abduction
of the boy-a story that has grown in
interest with each succeeding month.
during which the search for the lost boy
has been continued. The story of the
half-crazed father travelling hundreds of
miles with fortune in his pocket to pay
for the return of his boy, the tale of retri-
button that fell so strangely upon the
boys abductors, the record of the trial
of man, nearly, if not altogether guilt
less, who was sent to prison to satisfy
public clamor, and the reports of the
discovery of hundreds of boys claimed to
be the lost one, have excited the interest
of all the Western world. There has
been talk of certain unraveling of the
mystery at the end of three years. and
now public attention is excited some-
what by reports of new Developments
that may lead to the boy return. That
he may be returned is the wish, if it
cannot be called the hope, of milliors.
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An Interesting Discovery.

A discovery of much literary interest
has been male in a region that would
have seemed unlikely enough to yield
such treasure. The long-lost " Poetry
for Children" Charles and Mary Lamb,
published in two tiny volumes at God
wins Juvenile Library in 1909, has at
last been found in South Australia, in
the possession of the Hon. Mr.. Sando-
yer, of Adelaide, and though his court
esy has been transmitted to England.
The total disappearance for so many
years of a book of which a whole edition
was rapidly sold off at the time is
striking testimony to the power of des-
llction possessed by children. In the
forthcoming number of the Gentlenan's
Magazine paper will appear contain
ing an account and description of the
volumes, with extracts from them. The
poems are eighty-four in number, and of
these only twenty-nine were hitherto
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-13
Shakspeare's Acting.

There is tradition that Shakespeare
played the part of King with peculiar
grace and majesty. In confirmation of
this pretty story is told. 1t is said that
one day when the Queen was in the the
alter, Shakespeare mimicked royalty so
well that Elizabeth, who was always
ready to have little fun with clever
man, even though he was a poor player,
whispered to her ladies that she would
try if she could not make this pretended
monarch turn into an awkward fellow
enough at a moments notice. Accord
ingly, at a critical point in the scene, the
Queen, who was sitting just over the
stage, which was then held to be the
place of honor, let her handkerchief fall
at the feet OF Shakespeare, who was just
then standing close belov her. Her mis-
chievous Majesty expected to see the
actor start and REDEEM and lose his cue
Instead of that he finished his speech
with his usual power, and, without SEEM
ing to notice the handkerchief. Then
STOPPING and picking it up, he gave it
back to the Queen with bow, in which
there was an Undesirable mixture of
dignity and homage, saying, as he did
so, these words to his train of stage
courtiers
But ere we get TO horse and ride away
Let us pick up our sisters handkerchief.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-13
Poor Shells.

A good story of Prince Paskievitch,
father of the Princess Volkousky, and
grandfather of the charming Princess
Kourakine: During the siege of War
saw he had ordered certain Polish bat
terry to be silenced by his own artillery,
and became perfectly wild with rage on
observing that the artillery fire produced
no appreciable effect Galloping to the
battery he asked "What idiot is in
charge here?" 81, SIR" answered an
officer. "Then down you go to the
ranks this very day." said Paskievitch !;
"you don't begin to know your trade !;
your shells do not explode. 81 know
they don't" answered the Captain /; for
the best of all reasons, that they can't
explode" That's lie," said the
Prince. :" Is it? See for yourself, then"
replied the officer, coolly picking up a
shell from the pile and lighting the fuse,
and holding it up between himself ond
the Marshal. The Marshal TRANQUILITY
crossed his arms and watched till the
fuse sputtered and went out "There.
sir" said the artilleryman, triumphant
ly, as he threw the shell on the ground.
You We're right, after all, )" growled the
Marshal, and rode away to another
point of the line, but at night the Cap
tain received at his tent the Cross of ST.
Vladimir for bravery in the field.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-13
The HeliOtype Process.

One of the most important discoveries
of modern times is a method of pro-
ducing fac-similes of choice engravings,
paintings, drawings, etc. called the
f" heliotype process" The discovery
or invention of the process may be said
to have been made in 1855, though it is
only very recently that it has been
brought to its present high degree of
perfection. Briefly stated, the process
is as follows: Gelatine, mixed with
bichromate of potash, has the property
OF being so acted upon by light that its
pores become entirely, partially or not
at all closed, according to the amount OF
light. BY mixing alum with this BIZ
chromated gelatine, and drying it on
plates in the dark by artificial heat, a
parchment like sheet is produced hard
enough to print from; and by exposing
this sheet to light through photo
graphic negative, its surface becomes so
varied as exactly to reproduce the marks
of the engraver and etcher. After the
plate has been prepared, it is printed
from in an ordinary press, copies being
thus produced very rapidly, and, of
course, cheaply. So perfectly is the
original reproduced, that only an ex-
perienced eye will readily detect the
difference. Copies of fine steel engrav-
ings, and other high-priced pictures are
thus brought within reach of people of
limited means and the method by which
the picture is produced, being purely
mechanical, insures a much more per-
feet copy than any photographic process
can produce.
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A Splendid MausOle,lm.

The late Duke of Brunswick, who died
few years ago at Paris, was possessed
of very considerable wealth in diamonds
and other precious stones. These, along
with other property of immense value,
he bequeathed to the city of Geneva,
and the municipality have resolved to
cree a mausoleum to the memory of
their benefactor which shall be without
a parallel in Europe. The monument is
to be placed in the Jardin dies Alpes,
and it is to cost $3.50, 900. The design
includes series of six statues, repre-
senting the ancestors of the deceased
Duke. The first is to be Duke Henry
60 the Lion, and the last that of Duke
Frederick William, who fell at the battle
of Quatre Bras, which Immediately pre-
coded the defeat of the French at Water
loo. On colossal pedestal of polished
granite, sixty feet in height, will rest the
sarcophagus, on which will be a recum-
bent figure of the Prince, and over this
will be canopy, to be surmounted by
an equestrian statue of the late Duke in
modern civil costume.
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his pocket and newspaper. He lighted
the paper when the train came in sight,
and signaled by waving it. The engi-
neer saw the light, and stopped the train,
Bowers was taken on board and carried
to Troy. He never lost consciousness,
and, when doctor was summoned, VIII o
pronounced another amputation of tn G
severed leg necessary, Bowers refused to
take any an@sthetic, and coolly subjecte d
himself to that operation and to the set
ting of the bones in his broken leg. He
was removed to the County House, and
it is thought he will recover.
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CuriOsities of Dreams.

An article in the GdidI,y on dreams,
by Mr.. Lewis, presents some novel the
cries. The results of great number of
experiments are held to sustain the fol-
lowing facts: Speaking in a low, mo-
notonous tone close to the ears of a sleeper
will almost invariably cause him to dream
of horrible adventures on water, such as
shipwreck and drowning. Singing or
playing on musical instruments induces
dreams of dead friends, funerals, and
the like. Worrisome dreams are often
caused by sleeping with the arms over
the head. Mr.. Lewis does not believe
that somnambulism is caused by weight
of trouble on the mind. and he combats
the idea that any great proportion of
dreams are the result of making trouble.
He thus describes experiments showing
that they are but flashes across the brain |:
While one watched sleeper and an
other the clock, third loudly slammed
the blind of window about ten feet
away. The effect was almost instanta-
neous. The man sprung up at the
sound, looked around III alarm, and then
exclaimed: THANK God that it was
only a dream. He had dreamed of be-
ilB vi a. OlOWNtO otIStb III lTOuU OIL IL
building which the crowd declared I'M
safe, but still fingered near it. The
dreamer tried to elbow his way along,
but the people jeered and laughed at
him and held him there. He begged
and entreated, coaxed and threatened,
but they held him there, and the build
ing toppled over on him, the shock
breaking his dream. 1t seemed certain
to us that he had dreamed the entire
dream in a second, while the time
seemed long half hour to him; but to
place the question beyond dispute we in
dulged in seven or eight different expert
ments. Sometimes we let weight fall
to the floor, or struck chair with a
stick, and again we slammed the blind.
In every instance the sleeper dreamed of
some startling adventure, and awoke with
a start; and no dream lasted over a min
Iita -
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0ueer DiScinline.

1t is with reason that the Turkish Off
GERS are often reproached with not being
mt the head Of their ranks, etc., for one
often meets officers who can neither read
nor write. This would be very serious
inconvenience in any other army: in
Turkey these defects are less thought of,
for very wide latitude is allowed a
soldier who fights, and here the warrior
initiates the hunting dog. This initiative
is specially remarkable in the outpost
service, where there are only small
squads. Thus 1 saw at Rakovitza post
of some ninety men commanded by two
sergeants who absolutely did nothing !;
each went his own way, taking advice of
none save the sun, which told them the
time of day. That which strikes the
stranger most is the absence of respect
which soldiers show and the cool and
pleasant manner in which they salute
their superiors. The soldier borrows his
tobacco from the officer, and the officer
will take from the soldier without the
slightest scruple. III by chance soldier
meets a drunken officer in the street,
which sometimes happens, he leads him
to his quarters, managing the matter so
adroitly that noone knows anything
about it. When campaigning, officers
and men live the same life. AT Rako-
vita the military Governor lives side by
side with his orderlies, smokes the same
tobacco, dimes from the same cuisine
with this difference, however, that the
officer eats with fork, while the men
dip their fingers into every dish. If by
chance the mOrsel of mutton he brings
up is not sufficiently appetizing he puts
it back again into the dish. GiurgeOo
Cor. NcD York Herald.
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The Russian operations on the Danube
are being conducted in accordance with
the traditional policy of the Russian
commanders. The experience of cent
ury and half has taught the Russians
that they must make themselves masters
of the Dobrudscha before they attack the
lines OF the Bulgarian quadrilateral, or
attempt to scale the Balkans. In I'LL
the Turks defeated Peter the Great by
crossing the Danube near its mouth,
advancing along the Pruth and cutting
the Russian line of communication. In
the campaigns of ITO and 1S06-12 the
Turks Jared well 80 long as they remained
in the Dobrudscha, but were defeated
when they were enticed into Wallachia.
In the brilliant campaign Of 1888 the
Russians occupied the Dobrudscha before
operating against the fortresses and cross
ing the mountains. The engagements at
Turna, Giurgevo, Kalafat, Oltenitza and
kalarasch, In the campaign of 1854
were forced by the advance of the Turks.
When the Russians assumed the offensive,
they crossed the Danube at Braila, Galatz
and Tultscha and overran the Dobrudscha
before concentrating in front of Silistria.
In crossing the Danube, at Sistova, the
Russians chose the southernmost point,
and the most direct road to the Balkans.
Owing to the northern sweep of the Dan
ube, the Turks, so long as they occupied
the Dobrudscha, outfanked the Russian
center and endangered its base of sup
plies and communications. The Russian
left wing is driving them out of this
vantage ground
Gen. Diebisach's maneuvers in 1923
have always been regarded in Russian
circles as mastery. After occu-
plying the Dobrudscha and leaving before
Shumla and other fortresses q sufficient
force to mask them, he pressed on over
the Balkan with force so small as not
to be incumbered with supplies. 1t was
a hazardous movement, but his audacity
triumphed. The Russians crossed the
mountains at that time by one of the two
roads leading from the village of Pra-
vadi between Shumla and the Black sea.
The road from Sistova, where the Rus
slams now are, strikes the Balkan at Cab
rOya NeV York Trib,ile
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The Cry +" Dead-Heads.'

In long article ON Journalism and
Reporters" the New York EUening
Mail says " 1t is the people and not
the journalists who are dead-heads. In
case anything happens to a person, he
hastens to the nearest newspaper and de-
mands that the editor shall WELD his pen
and shed ink in his vindication or de-
Tense. And If the jaded editor does not
with alacrity espouse the cause of his
patron he will make an enemy for life.
Members of the press are literally
hunted down by all sorts OF people who
have axes to grind. The managers Of "A
public meeting who do not find the re-
porters at the table suffer stings of dis
appointment /; the Judge, who generously
blows his nose before reading his opinion,
looks anxiously for the stenographers
the preacher, who descants upon some
special subject, loses spirit if the repre-
sentatives of the press are not there
even the burglar on the way to State
prison covets talk with the newspaper
man. Yet the outside barbarian thinks
all newspaper men are dead-heads, and
envies them fine times they have in the
way of free tickets to all manner of shows.
There never was greater mistake.
People do not seem to realize that, on the
part of the journalist, it is merely mat
ter OF business that the reporter goes to
these places, so attractive to outsiders,
much as the horse goes to the plow-be-
cause he must do So We venture to say
that four-fifths of these entertainments
are to journalists intolerable bores. The
press is the victim of the public's rapa-
cious and unceasing demand without pay.
Let us have the boot on the right leg"
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Prayer for Rain.

The colored people held meeting a
few days ago in Caldwell county to pray
for rain. One brother was called on,
who prayed after this manner 80 Lord
God us poor niggers is perishing dis
year, an eff you don't glib us rain we will
perish next year, too. So, good Lord.
glib us rain. Don't glib us one oh desc
little slippy-slappies, but do, good
Lord, glib us one oh dem gulley- washers
and trash-movers. "-Lenoir On. c.
Topic.