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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-31
CuriOsities Of Crime.

The novelist who should make and tell
in romance such a story as that which
Mr.. Floyd tells of the recovery of his
recently stolen property would get him
self into trouble with the critics. Mr..
Floyd's house at Englewood, N. j., was
robbed recently. The detectives have
been busy searching for the thief and
goods, but have been able to make moth
ing out of it. Yesterday man came to
Mr.. Floyd's Office, and, declaring his pur-
pose to right the wrong, took Mr.. Floyd
in broad daylight to the house in which
the stolen goods were stored, and, within
sight of detective policeman, loaded
the goods on a truck and sent them
home. He declined the proffered re-
ward, too, only asking that no descrip-
ton of himself should be given.
Here is strange story, whether we
regard the strange recovery of the prop
erty, the strange conduct of the man
who restored it to its owner, or the
stranger inability of the detective police
to accomplish anything in the case.
Another story, not quite 80 singular,
comes from Long Branch. A theft
there, which had excited great deal of
comment, had been traced to negro
parson whose reputation was so good
that no one suspected him; and we hear
of another case in which we have a sim
gular prayer-test to wonder over. A fire
occurred on the evening of the 4th of
July, in the village of Chester, in this
State. 1t was at first believed to have
been the result of careless use of fire.
crackers, but after while incendiarism
was suspected, and, after the rural man.
ner, the people of Chester made the
matter theme of town talk. One pious
young man even made it subject OF
prayer. In the weekly prayer-meeting
of one of the village churches he en-
treated the Ruler of the Universe to bring
the guilty person to justice: to bring
about his detection, in order that he
might be properly punished; andwe now
learn that the prayer was so effectuaily
answered that the pious young man is
securely lodged in Jail, with fair pros
pect of serving a term In the State
prison for arson.-Nea0 York Evening
Post.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-31
The SOcratic Method.

AS every one knows, who knows any
thing of the tricks and manners of Soc
rates, that remarkable philosopher never
conversed except by asking questions.
If he wanted to express the opinion that
Xantippe had put too much lard in the
pie-crust, he would begin by PROFOUND
ing to her series of seemingly irrele-
want questions, with the view of ulti-
mately leading her into an inadvertent
admission of the evils of excessive lard.
His famous conversation with Alcibiades,
in the course of which he convinced the
latter of the non existence of his dog,
furnishes fair example of what we have
come to call the Socratic method; and,
as the dialogue has never been translated
into English, brief extract from 1T will
not be out of place here.
S.-"They tell me, Oh, Alcibiades,
that you have cut off your dogs tail"
A" 1t is true, Oh, Socrates; did it
with my little battle-ax
S." What is dog? Is it not an ain
NAL with four legs and tail ?"
A" You say truly"
S.-"Then your dog is not dog, for
it is an animal with four legs, yet with
ont tail"
A.-"I see that must admit it.
S." But will also admit that neither
among Greeks, nor yet among barbara
ans, is there an animal which, having
four legs, has no tail.
A." Again thou sayest what nobody
denies Of.
S." How then can you claim that you
have the very animal which does not
exist2"
A.-"By Zeus, make no such claim. ;"
S.-"Then you see you have no dog. y
1t was by this method of cross-ques-
tioning that Socrates achieved a ire
mendous reputation. 1t is to be regret
ted that in his later years he did not adj
here to his early custom of always having
three or four persons about him whose
business it was to admit everything.
Unfortunately, he fell into the habit of
asking everybody questions, IN conse-
quence of which his long-sufiering fell
low-citizens had TO Kill him. --NeU York
Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-31
The Fighting McCOOks.

A monument to Gen. Robert Latimer
McCook, one of the famous fighting fam
lily of McCooks, has just been unveiled
in one of the Cincinnati parks. Gen.
McCook was lawyer in Cincinnati at
the outbreak of the war, and partner of
Judge Stallo, a leading German. A few
days after Lincoln's first call for troops
he, with his partner, addressed the Ger
mans. A number of them organized
the Ninth regiment and elected him
Colonel. He was promoted to Brigadier
General for good management and gal
liant conduct at Mill Spring, but, on Aug
5, 1862, while lying sick in an open car
riage, his regiment being on the march
from Athens, Ala, to Tennessee, and he
three miles in advance with an escort,
was surrounded by band of guerrillas
and shot, dying the next day. Capt.
Frank Gurley, his murderer, was sub
sequently captured, tried, found guilty
of murder, and sentenced to be hanged,
but, after remaining in prison eighteen
months, was by some error exchanged.
Five of the McCooks met violent deaths.
Charles M. McCook, private of the Sec
ond Ohio, was killed at Bull Run. Mai.
Dan McCook, the father, was killed
while riding at the head of Morgan's
pursuers, at Burlington Island, Ohio.
Dan McCook, Colonel of the Fifty
second Ohio, was MORALLY wounded at
kenesaw Mountain, in July, 1864, and
Gen. f. 5. McCook was assassinated at
Yankton, Dakota, in October, 1874.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-31

"For goodness sake, Mime" 1 said,
"don't let Sam Riley see you in this
wayl"
But the door opened, and there stood
the schoolmaster again. He said he
had come back for his cane; but he never
even stopped to pick it up, but stood
staring at Mime as if she was ghost in
stead of the fresh, pretty, wholesome
creature that she was. She raised her
head, and, though her face was half hid
den by her hair, her eyelashes were
wet, and the tears not dried yet on her
cheeks.
The schoolmaster, not minding me
any more than If / was a block of wood
or something, walked straight over to
Mime.
"You know very well, he said, "that
am only going away from here because
love you. Because twas not the class
that was distracted by your pretty ways
and devices; it was /. You know all
this very well, and can tell me whether
L had better go or not. Now tell me,
shall l stay9"
You might have knocked me down
with a feather when / saw Mime put
her hand out timidly to the schoollmas-
ter, and he turn pale and catch it in
both his own.
"Of course not" broke in, for was
near distracted by the way things were
going. "If you're an honorable man.
and got any sense left, and an eye in
your head, you'd see that my niece is as
good as engaged to Sam Riley"
Sam Riley !" said Mime, as scornful
as ifpoor Sam was toad or something,
and holding on to the schoolmasters
horny hands as if she was drowning.
Like enough they'll beat her some day,
and if SO she'll like him all the better
for it, for before I'd got out of the room
l heard her tell him she'd teach any way
that suited him best; and my only hope
is that he's got little money laid by,
for he said he didn't intend she should
teach at all. But, dear! dear when ]
heard the crack of Sam Riley's whip
outside, and knew the evening stage was
in, and poor Sam not knowing what was
in store for him, L had to go up stairs
and have cry all to myself. And all ]
can say is, ii Mime marries the school.
master, it's mighty queer courtship.-
Harper's Weekly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-31
A Faithful Dog.

In a Belgian village, last month,
young butcher died after short illness.
During his entire illness his pet bulldog
remained at the foot of the bed, refusing
all food; and, when his master was
buried, it was with great difficulty that
the dog could be induced to leave the
cemetery. A few days later the grave
digger was astonished to perceive a large
hole in the young butchers grave, which
he recollected to have entirely filed up.
On approaching he found the faithful
animal curled up in the hole. Upon be-
ing taken home the dog obstinately re-
fused to eat, and died of starvation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-31

Atthe recent session OF the National
Board of Trade, in Milwaukee, Mr..
Hamilton A. Hill, of Boston, advocated
the repeal of the navigation laws OF the
United States which forbid registration
under the American flag to foreign
vessels purchased and owned by Ameri-
can citizens. Claiming that they shave
not only failed to yield the advantages
expected from them to the American
ship-building class, for whose benefit
they were enacted, but have also contrib
uted to the serious decline, and almost
threatened extinction, of the American
ship-owning interest, and to the ocean
carrying trade of the United States" Mr..
Hill said that the shipping interests of
the United States, which had made such
wonderful strides during the first half of
the century, had fallen off, and had act
ually retrograded since 1856. This he
supported by statistics prepared by DIR.
Young and submitted by him to Con-
gress. The figures showed that in 1916
the total tonnage amounted to 1,130, 600
tons, in 1856 to 2, 400, 900, in 1866 to l.
| 400, 900, and in 1876 to !, $50, 900 tons,
showing falling-off in twenty years of
900, 900 tons. These figures related to
ocean commerce alone, and do not in
clude coasting vessels.
The great ship-building interest of
this country had, in twenty years, dimin-
ished by one-half. What would the
board think if they could see the West
as it was in 1856, with the commerce Of
that day and the railroad system as in
complete as then. He blamed the ship.
ping laws of the United States for much
of this, and thought the best way of re-
moving the trouble was to get rid of the
disabilities which pressed upon them.
They wanted modification of the navi-
cation laws, which would allow the
American merchant to purchase foreign
ships, and to bring his property into
American ports and register it there,
with the American flag at the peak. In
order to make business for ship-builders,
it was necessary to have carrying trade,
and if they could not get American-built
ships at first, let them get the ship at
all events. The trade would revive, and
would be entirely recognized. 1t was
stated that ships. whether of wood OF
iron, could be built more cheaply in this
country than in England, and, if this
was so, merchants certainly would not
go abroad to purchase them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-31
A PORTRAIT.
BY cLARKsoE COOK.
,rein lay the charm

know not wherein lay the charm
She had in those remembered Gays.
THE oympian gait, the welcoming hand
THE frank soul looking from her race
,r,a manly manners all her own
Nor vet coquette, nor cold nor ireo'
She puzzled, being eacn ,n .u'n -
OR dazzled, mingiing all the tnroe'
o,, os those gowns, 40 quantity rich
'u T, y, arew unshaped by Milan's shears =
Rcee like A tower, the ivory throat
hinged with the rings the Caytie wears.
Nm, when Won sought the Roman face
Tbat ON such columns grew-and grows!
Won found this wonder in its stead
The seashell's curve, the seashells rose!
Her ewes. the succory's way-side blue;
Her lips, the wilding way-side rose;
But Beauty dreamed prouder dream,
Throned on her forehead's moonlit SHOWS.
And. over all, the wreathed hair
That caught the sunsets streaming gold,
Where now crocus bed was set,
Or violet, hid in the braided fold
But abe, 40 deep her conscious pride,
So sure her knowledge she was fair
What gowns she wore, or silk, or serge,
She seemed TO neither know, nor care.
She smiled on cat or frowned on friend,
Or gave her horse the hand denied.
To-day, bewitched you with her wit
Tomorrow, snubbed you from he
Loyal to truth, yet wed to whim,
She held in fee her constant mind.
Whatever tempests drove her bark,
You felt her souls deep anchor bind.
In that dark day when, feyer-driven,
Her wits went wandering up and down,
And seeming-cruel, friendly shears
Closed on her gir-heads glorious crown,
Another woman might have wept
To sec such gold so idly spilled.
She only smiled, as curl ana coil
Fell, till the shearer's lap was filled;
Then softly said: " Hair-sunsets fade
As when night clips days locks of gold
Dear Death, thy priestly hands bless,
And nun-like, seek thy conyent-fold"'
Then slept, nor woke.
O, miser Death,
What gold thy hidest in thy dust!
What ripest beauty there decays,
What sharpest wits there go TO rust!
Hide not this jewel with the rest
Base gems whose color fed thy breath
But, worn on thine imperial hand,
Make all the world in love with Death
-Soribner for September.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-31
THE SILVER BRIDGE.
BIZ KLrzABErH AKERs ALLES.

The sunset fades along the shore,
And faints behind yon rosy reach OF sea
Night falls again, but All, no more,
No moro, no more
My love returns To me.
The lonely moon builds soft and slow
Her silver bridge across the main,
But him who sleeps the wave below,
Love mourns In vain
All no, ah no,
He never comes again
But when some night beside the sea,
, 1 watch, when suns red has ceased 70 burn,
That silver path, and'sigh, " All me,
All me, all me,
He never will return"
II on that bridge of ripping light
His homeward feet should find their way,
should not wonder at the sight,
But only say,
80 All leve, my love,
knew you would not stay!"
Atlantic Monthly for September.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-31

A FEW days ago the perishable prop
erty of a man lately deceased was to be
sold in Columbus, Ga, by the admins
traitor. Among the assets were two bar
rels of whisky, worth about $50. just
as these were reached the internal-reve-
nue. agent forbid their sale until the adj
ministrator took out wholesale liquor
dealers license, which cost 500.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-31

The seventeen-year locusts are re.
ported to have done great damage to the
trees along the base of the Blue noun.
tains in Pennsylvania.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-31

GLASS slippers have been produced by
the coming artificers of Vienna. The
slippers are actually woven of fine fex-
IDLE threads of glass.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-11
FRAIDS IN 4 MiRSHlL'S OFFICE
What was Found In "a North Carolina Deputy
Mnt-hais Saddlebngs.

WASHINGTON, June 9.-NeXt Monday the
preliminary examination n Joshua \. Franks,
the deputy marshal Of Robert Douglas Mar
shall for the Western District Of North Carolina.
will be hold here. Douglas Is son of stephen
A. Douglas. and rhr story Of his deputy's ar
rest IL n curious Illustration Of the manage
ment Of affairs in North Carolina. A fortnight
ago the United Statcs Court WIS holding ut
Asheville, North Carolina. and the District At
torney under confidential instructions from
Attorney General Dovens WAS making quiet
examination of Douglass accounts. Deputy
Marshal Franks had ridden To town to attend
court. and heard ~ the inquiry. night or two
altrrWard. As ha lay aslccp with another
DEPUTY marshal, he nwokn his bedmAt" with a
smotherrd. My God. Reid, they're coming.
and. in spite of Reds rcassurnnres. Franks
jumped through the window IN his night sliit
and ran for a friends house.. shouting to knid
M "a parting m ssage, Take care Of my saddle
bags they contain papers that must not b'
srrn." Reid " nj to tho District Attorney Tho
next morning and thctwp looked up the Saddle
bags. They contain. 81 iurWd cortO aicr ol the
ATTENDANCE ~ witnesses, with fees and mileage
hllcd in. certificates forged in blank, forged
warrant of uru -. Win tho forged endorsement
OfcNrtution, on which the foes all told were s2l
The existence 81 Il combination 60 ,l"'t tho~'
frauds were proved, and. Franks hring pur
suud ne WIS captured here ia Washington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-11
DRrM FISHING Ar cIrE MY
Narrow Escape from Being Drowned by ~
TI.h-A Reckless Fishcrman's Pate.

CAPE NAY June Drum fishing is now
very successfully pursued here and it makes
splendid sport. Those II we'll acquainted with
the ways and tricks Of the willy red drum fish
sometimes narrowly escape coming t. grief in
thepursult of him. This week n gentleman from
Phi.adelphia. fishing on Five Mile Beach, in
company with Mr. Joseph Hand met with nm
almost fatal mlshap Mr. HIND baited his
drum line and with It's sink"r threw it beyond
the hreaker-. He gave the line to the gentle
man and told him when he hooked a
drum 10 run in meaning run in
siors up the beach and drag the drum
through The breakers. II soon hooked noble
fish. aud ran in the sea, hauling IN his line ~
h. ram, and fast becoming rulau-l 81 ~ il. H.
was thrown down hv the pow riul lsh and
dragged into tho surf WHIST deep; Mr. Han
ran ln his a--istan. e.. luiunat ly TN" hook
drew out and the g"ntlrmHn thus eScdi"'d from
his ucrlous situation. NJ danger usually at
tends thr taking Of this hsh. unless objections
are mi-und, r-tood or your line rnwralS. YOU.
n WINS tho oasc with aoolorrd man al ape Hon
loprn on the opposite shore II Delaware lay,
who lost his lie hy Tying his line around he
body. powerful red drum took the Inc and
Lru,,gol Tim into the surf. Hewas drowned.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-11
LINCIIING ~ IOITf.
The Almost ProVideutial Escape of Man
who had been Hanged.


MARsUALLTOwS. June There is ininnsr
cNrlt.ucutgt t.ts.rn. Of tAe han-.ng " T. H. rr
iu Grniy county. TIN trouble oui ~ which it
grow i- oi lon- standing an"igGi"rhooi quar-
uorut' me N. I got r.i ~ t.tl tn driN MN
out 90 the country p 'ir' uNr g i- AGO. they
p rious crime. Il Wiz warnn Z tD ilt fh coun-
try ut. fiilnc o. do This hs Wa- tlrrHt uui
fgathcr't E,elrr Guit ~ ',un} -Gt returned
about a month ago. H. mad" several threat, oi
hn, NJ those engage ia tuc tr-und-i"uthnr
matter brought 10 .u-t," IN NJ 'ny, one or
his enemies on" dny iu tho Mold be- told him he
had "a settlement Ia mANc with HIM rnd %. used
niiI frnihered him several days after this III
charging that ne had drawn gun upon him
and threatened ~ XII hun.
T. klsr was arrested late In tho evening 10y
Constable nelson and tkon before JUST 20 era
~. seven miles from linton. TIN cl9f WAS al
louruod over tul Monday and tn" c"n-lnhie
took aim home to await Mondays rNamiuai on.
Al - O'Clock at night. after all were in h"d. Nell
son heard an alarm al the dOor and. Sp"iln <
nothing. opened it, and was MT hy i've men, all
refusal 10 giNc hun up. Two OF them seized MN
and held him. Will" the other three rushed p.lHt
into Etklrrs room, seized him, and. without
allowing him 10 dress, hurried him OH ON foot
cottonwood trees by the Side ~ the road,
where they had previously prepared ran
ACROSS two limbs. with larg" ROY" attached.
They IlnlOnrd his hands und feet. gagged
him, and then lifted him up. placed the
moose about his neck. and let MIN drop. the
Tope was So long his feet touched thu ground.
They rradiustrd the rope and ut him down
ngain, and. thnking they heard some one COM
lus. they started 10 leave. ON" 81 thrm. ou
looking hack and s"ring l. 'kirr'- l,.- just
toloLins tho ground. ran back and dug tho
earth from under his feet With his hands. AMI
wlth an oath exclaimed. There, damn you,
dI"l'
How long he remained there Ecker il Mt
ahl" 10 say. ~ b" inluks he ~.nm" unc"n
sfious. hut on ROWING b" f"uud iu- toes lu~l
touching the ground. Tho rop". hnine mrs"
did not slip tight enough To- choke him. and OS
20 DESPERATE nNNl nr Mr.urAod his haudr free
and hy drawu; himself up with hls hands soul
freed himself. Then ne mu'le his way 10 d
uelshNur's house anal pro jared clothing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-11

Some ~ our esteemed contemporaries
ARE srolding and others are making fun OF tn
good pcOplr Oi Ii, hester ON account nl an in
cidrnt winch occurred at one oil Mr. Train =
soothing lectures delivered IN ;ua, ',ty. The
lecturer Declared, doubtless in an exposition If
the popular religious opinions of Ia" world.
that there would only br about 5000 400 saints
in heaven. and that all the rest Of the human
ginns' Among thn latter such men as BYRON
aud Franklin would certainly ho hound, Hnd
Train in his enthusiasm for those great men
Exclaimed. " want 90 hr able Ia gasp their en-
tended hands II | have % 40 to n--- to do o.
And. hV the way. all tl.9, iu iNUroi going o.
H. with me say nyeN' Tine audi"n"' re-
spondod with q Unanimous nye. THAT made
the hath riuE:uui h.ufn th question has Nr' sen
In RDrhestrr ~u.h "a druiiul p.a 20 live IN
that Ms mhtutaui7 book forward To- llad'' as q
nanny .,huu-r!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-11
MISS F1RNIfiM'S TRUNKS.
The Treasures that were Hidden for Life
time by ~ Boston Hotel Maid.


Miss Joanna Farnham who died recently
at the nsn Of eighty years, and who for long
series of years had been hOusckrep"r Of tho
American House. Boston. went from Milton.
y: H.. IN her curly days. ana during hcr long
life in the hotel nobody supposed that sac had
any property. and ut her death 1t was not gone
rally known that -h" had u surplus dollar any
where. But she had u trunk IN tlI" American
Il variety Of dry goods. notes for sjuuO against
the proprietor Of tn" American House, 20 bank
book ~ the Ba kstonc Bank. showing deposits
of ti.7OO. "A small sum Of money, and also
in it, and On the paper was written the f.. mat
the ky belonged 90 another trunk, which could
loo found NJ the house Of n relative ia Milton.
This led To- u visitto Milton.
The trunk referred tp as being ~ Mutton WA
0p nod with tho hny found ia IN" former trunk,
and this 'onl trunk WIS packed luii ~ ali
ri- of iln" wearing apparel nnl r'n'ninel
al-pa k,y ina % piece uf uai r. upon WINCH
trunk IN another house. And So this tnu- WIS
followed up until twenty Very lArge-siH d trunks
and three great parkn hc>t- were found, an
crammed ful ~ tine M 'e expensive articles oil
ladies wearing Apparel nl house-iurnishing
that the Boston market Afforded. .
After these trunks aul boxes had boon all
collected They loaded down a iour-oN
team. and wrre drawn 10 a lar-o hall
in Milton. unpackcd and inv,ntor.'d. proplr-
atory To- an uu ton sale for the benefit of the
heirs. Among nll th -c Valuahles were" ~
dresses. now and perfect. made Of -ilh velvet
satin. and an kinds of plaid silks black and
cashmercs. g.. 8siik velvet cloaks. 10 -hawls,
from common TO the richest isl"yanA wrought
Grape: LOG skirts Of al oulurs; ia pnrs OF
hose: undcrgarments too numerous 90 men
ton table linen. towels. haudk"r'hiois. coun-
trryanrs. hlun k't-. roN-r IT,. ~h",tS. Nv" g"cs1
feathers sets of elegant ,hinawnre. a ilre, LOT
silver knives and forks. Il lnc gold watch and
chain and a largo lot OF fine irWelry.