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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
Courage on the Gallows.

AS Sheriff Gillaspy entered the cell OF
the condemned man (Sam. Suttle, col
ored) with the blacksmith to unshackle
him, Sam calculated,
"Well, Mr.. Gillaspy, you are going
to swing her off Friday, sure enough.
He repeated, again and again, his will
lingness to die, and even expressed a
wish to atone with his life his great
crime. He made remark that he would
rather go to his own hanging than to a
party.
On his way out to Hickory, where the
party left the train, with cool and I'M
perturbable curiosity, he inquired of
Sheriff Gillaspy whether he had yet
built the gallows. Upon being informed
that it had already been put up, he in
quired of what material it was made.
Upon being informed that it was made
of pine poles, he expressed some dis
pleasure and was disposed to reproach
the officer, reminding. him that the State
paid for the job, and he could have af-
forded to put up more respectable gal
lows. Some one inquired if he want
ed it painted. With a slight exhibit
ton of temper, he said " | am talking
now"
At Hickory, crowd of negroes had
assembled to meet him. They got ex-
cited at this sight of human being led
to execution, and some of them pro-
posed to sing and pray. He rebuked
them sharply, saying the Newton
negroes never would have any sense.
{" l am the one to pray, not you, and L
have prayed.
He went upon the gallows with perfect
composure, and, without rudeness, but
with frmness, declined the religious
ministration of some religious ministers
of his own race. He gave an intelligent
reason for it, that the matter was entire
ly between himself and his God, and his
case was beyond the reach and help of
any human intervention.
He addressed the immense throng in
a clear, stentorian voice, without betray-
ing the slightest failing of nerve or the
perfect composure he had maintained.
During his address the crowd of negroes
sometimes wanted TO break out into n
religious hurrah, which he promptly re-
buked as out of time and unavailing.
He assisted the Sheriff to adjust the
rope to his own neck, directing where
the knot should strike. When the black
cap was about TO be put over his face he
begged that it be omitted he wanted no
screen between himself and his doom
he preferred to face death as one who has
no fears Of it. The cap was left off.
Meridian (NisS. } Mercury.
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Pension Agencies.

Under the order of the President re-
ducing the number of pension agencies
from fifty-eight to eighteen, the follow
ing Western agencies have been CONSOLE
dated: The agencies at Cleveland and
Cincinnati, O., and the counties in Ohio,
and the District of Wheeling, w. Va,
are consolidated with the District of Col
umbia agency. The Grand Rapids,
Mich, agency will be consolidated with
that at Detroit. The Fort Wayne and
Madison, Ind, agencies are to be con-
solidated with that at indianapolis, which
agency will also pay the navy pensioners
in Indiana now paid at Columbus, O.
The agencies at Chicago, Quincy, and
Salem, H., will be consolidated with the
agency at Springfield. This abolishes
the Chicago agency altogether. The
agencies at Madison, Wis, Lacrosse,
Wis, and ST. Paul, Mimi, are CONSOLE
dated with that of Milwaukee. The
agencies at Fairfield and Dubuque, Ia,
and Omaha, Neb., are consolidated with
that at Des Moines. The agencies of st.
Joseph, Mo-, Topeka, Kan. and Santa Fe,
New Mexico, are consolidated with the
district of St. Louis.
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Surrender of Crazy Horses Band.

A correspondent at Red Cloud Agency,
Neb., sends to the Chicago Tribune the
following account of the surrender of
Crazy Horses band of hostiles Lieut.
Clark met the savages five miles from the
agency at 10 a. IN. Crazy Horse was
riding few steps in advance of the cav
airy, while file of the principal chiefs
followed their leader. The warriors came
next, marshaled in six companies, and
formed regularly in single rank. Con-
trary to the usual custom on such oc-
casions, not a gun was fired, and all pomp
and parade were banished. The perfect
discipline of the warriors in their strange
new role, with the quiet throughout the
vast cavalcade, formed most impressive
scene. Crazy Horse ordered halt, dis
mounted, and shook hands with Lieut..
Clark, and in few words told his spokes-
man to say that he would smoke the
peace-pipe now, and with the help Of the
Great Spirit establish eternal peace. He
said all his things were given to Red
Cloud, his brother-in-law. He-Dog, a
prominent chief, took off his war-bonnet
and war-shirt, and put them upon Clark,
thus signifying utter submission. At
p. m. the head of the column appeared
IN sight near the agency. Here they
formed in five bands of singers, forty in
each band, and entered camp, chanting
songs of the tribe suitable to the great
occasion. The great train of camp
equipage, with ponies and additional
savages, formed a line two miles long.
From front to rear echoed the solemn
peace chant, and all betokened the abso-
lutte submission of the once-dreaded tribe.
The tepees were soon pitched, the camp
being formed in a crescent. Ponies to
the number of 700 were turned over to
Red Cloud 500 had .eCn presented to
different agency Indians before this. A
total of 1920 ponies belonging to the
band are given to the Red Cloud Indians
as reward for their services in assisting
to subdue the hostiles. Many fine horses
and mules, evidently stolen from from
tiersmen and the Government, were
noticed in the herd. When the ponies
were disposed of the warriors assembled
in the center of the camp to surrender
their arms. Crazy Horse laid his rifle on
the sward in the midst of the circle, and
was closely followed by Chiefs Little
Hawk, 'He-Dog, and Little-Big- Man.
100 guns and revolvers had been laid
down. The number of people in the
band is about 100. None except few
Indian soldiers were allowed in sight
during the surrender and disarmament.
This makes a total of nearly 1000
Indians who have surrendered at Red
Cloud and Spotted-Tail Agencies during
the past ten weeks.
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The Public Lands.

Mai. Powell. the explorer of the plains.
in a recent article on the public lands be-
fore the American Academy of Sciences,
says that the proportion of public lands
left suitable for settlement is very small.
"There is not left unsold in the whole
United States, of land which poor man
could turn into farm, enough to make
one average county in Wisconsin" Pos
sibly there is some land in Texas and the
Indian Territory, which could not be
brought within this limit, but none else
where. The great grazing areas on the
plains of course cannot be taken up and
utilized in quarter sections of 100 acres.
The public lands are humid or arid, reck-
oning as humid all those which will sup
port agriculture without irrigation. Most
of the humid lands are now confined to
the swamps of Florida and other South
ern States. and Minnesota alone has any
arabic lands which could be taken up
under the Homestead law. OF the
100, 900 acres of arid land, about pei
cent. is irrigable. Maj. Powell does not
include in this statement the millions OF
acres of lands of railroads, which are
offered to settlers ON terms nearly as fa-
vorable as those of the Government, nor
does he discuss the effect of railroads
and small settlements in changing the
climate and converting the arid wastes
into regions of rainfall. There are
large sections of the country which can
never be very thickly peopled. Prof.
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SOlOmOn,S Judgment.

During the trial of the celebrated
Leavenworth baby case, in which two
women claim to have given birth to the
same child, one of the lawyers, in the
course of his remarks, pointed to the
painting of Solomon ordering the child
to be severed in halves and divided be-
TWEEN the two women. His Scriptural
knowledge being small, he alluded to
Plate instead of Solomon. The oppos-
ing counsel, supposing he knew all about
it, instantly jumped to his feet, and called
him n Id fool, he stating that the
order was by Caesar and not Plate. After
heated discussion they agreed to leave
it to the Judge. His Honor decided that
both the attorneys were talking upon a
subject foreign to their knowledge, and.
pointing to the painting, said it was in
tended to represent Herod, and not Plate
or Cezar. The lawyers considered the
matter as settled, and proceeded with the
case.-AtchisOn (kdn.) Champion.
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An American lawyer Abroad.

One of the most successful advocates
in England to-day is an American-Ju
dab p. Benjamin, formerly Secretary OF
State to Jefferson Davis. He is literally
run down with business, and turns PEG.
pie with their hands full of gold away
from his doors every day, simply be.
cause he has no time to attend to theii
cases. He earns a matter of 800, 0OC
every year. and could earn more if he
could put legal extension on the TWEEN
ty-four hours. London Letter.
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Morgan, in subsequent discussion,
thought the Indian and the buffalo should
be permitted to live together III the
grazing regions, and Prof. Henry said
that he had long regarded the system OF
public-land distribution as wrong, based
as it was on a uniformity of character in
the soil which did not exist.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
THE GREAT FAMILY MEDICINE

THE GREAT FAMILY MEDICINE.
Wilhofts Anti-Periodc or Fever and Ague Ton
ic No case of incurable Cnills has yet pre-
scented itself. where this scientific and safe med
icine has been employed. Nc case has been
found so obstinate az 10 resist its PROMPT and
mastery action. No man has been so reduced
by malarial influences. but with its use has come
mp perfectly reconstructed. No pills or purga-
tive required with this medicine. q. r.. FrNfAv
a Co., Projectors. New Orleans.
For SALE by ALL DRUGGISTS.
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THE sheep-raiser of Los Angeles.
Cal, continues to experience hard times.
Feed is scarce, and the animals are dying
by the hundred. One man offered to sell
his flock Of 5000 at 12I cents a head-but
found no buyer,
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NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO.,
RATTLE GREEK MINI1

They, any of their regular authorized Dealers fur
nish Illustrated Pamphlets and Price Lists, and full par
ticuiars. free, application
The Cecil Whig., 1877-03-17

twelve small boys at once, and the entire
operation. including the final introduction
OF soap into each boy eye, could doubtless
be performed 10y the artificial mother IN
half the time hitherto required, and with
out lowering any boys retrospect by
reiterated assertions that he ought to be
"scoured like brass kettle" Of course
an artificial mother capable Of Simultaneous
washing would be equally capable of SIM
ultaueously spanking, and would possess
the inestimable advantage Of never becom-
ing tired. A small boy, when once placed
in position, could be spanked with an i'm
proved sheet-ilon slipper for hours at d
time, ard the last veStige of tendency to
investigate the sweetmeat closet would
thus be eladicated by one application.
TO degree of tlreless and comprehen-
sive efficiency, which might be sought i'll
vain in the usual mother, the artificial mo-
ther must unite an entire freedom from the
frighttul vice of putting things away
Why 1t is that average mothers can never
see newspaper or manuscript, hat, or
pair of boots, belonging to a father,
without instantly conceallng them in the
most improbable places, we need not here
inquire. 1t is sufficient to refer to the fact
that such is her lamentable habit. The
improved artificial mother, of course, never
oifends in this respect. She can be left all
day i'll the corner OF the study, with steam
up, and every part Of her machinery i'll
motion, without endansering the safety Of
a single paper OF garment. When TO these
advantages is added the low price at which
the artificial mother is sold, and the very
slight expense for fuel, oil, aud pins which
is required To keep her III operation, it is
evident that the time is close at hand when
the present style of mothers will become
certainly obsolete, and improved artificial
mothers will be found in every household
throughout the land -Aelc York Times
The Cecil Whig., 1877-03-17
ONLY A TRAMP.

"Only tramp said the "star, )" as he
found,
At dim early dawn, a man lying dead,
His face pinched and wan, eyes set with a
stare.
"Died of starvation" the coroner said.
Somebody's darling and somebody's son;
Somebody rocked him, baby, to sleep;
Childhood and manhood forever are done:
Now there is no one who careth to weep.
Once he was young and ambitious, per-
chance:
Sought, like the rest, for both riches and
place;
Perchance might the world have honored
his name;
Now there is no one who knoweth his
face.
But what careth Dives, pausing to gaze
"a wretched dead vagrant under the
lamp"
Honors are his, wealth and fame are secure;
Besides, that dead body 's-only a tramp.
Somewhere there may be woman who
waits;
She once was a bride-now wretched,
alone.
Somewhere are children, too old for their
years,
we re cOld ana we re hungry, Tuu-
meth their moan.
Is it their fault if their young foreheads
wear
Blightng of hunger and poverty stamp =?
White were their souls as your darling S
Are they to blame if their fathers a
tramp?
Perchance to your door last evening he
came,
Asked for a crumb, and to warm him, a
breath;
Coldly you shut all the comfort within
| Without there was naught but hunger
and death.
And so laid him down; the chill, creeping
Stiffened his limbs, in his hair left a
damp.
! Lfe's warfare is done. all chances are gone,
Whether used or abused-only tramp!
! No mourners for him-nor children nor
wife;
| On lips pale and cold no kisses are pressed
A pine coffin only, nor flower nor wreath
| Tells of our love as we lay him to rest.
Lay him down softly, and make him bed
| In earth's kindly bosom, under the sod:
/ Life's been failure, and we can but trust
| His body to earth-his soul unto God.
Meanwhile, l bethnk me, if Jesus were
here,
! To wander, as oft, in Galilee old,
| No roof for his head, though foxes have
holes,
Who sometimes was hungry, sometimes
was cold
| Should come to our door and ask for his
bread,
Foot-sore and shabby, with poverty S
stamp,
| Would we bid welcome to warmth and to
cheer,
Or, shutting the door, say, "Only a
tramp.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-03-17

come to me! l did not dare to hope for
this Do you know all"'
"Yes, all, dearest Claude. | heard of
your troubles at Mrs. De Verney's. could
not leave you to bear them alone. | came
from there just now in the carriage. Oh,
Claude, this is so frightful thing to hap
pen. And heard of your sister. Is there
no hope that she may yet be alive?' %
"No, no. Would to God there was hope.
Temple told me he saw her go down. Oh.
my sister-my beautiful Ada! How can
bear it, Such terrible death to die
Father has gone, no one knows where. and
my mother-how can | send the terrible
message that calls her home? Home! 1t
is a delusion. She has no longer home
nor daughter
With her heart dropping blood for him,
she could answer nothing. Words were
empty mockeries. She could only draw his
head closer to her arms, and soothe him by
her touch, SO eloquent in its wordless power.
He had been in state Of stony despair
locked his ffozen heart, and big tears
coursed down his cheeks and broke the
icy fetters. She wiped them away with
her rich lace handkerchief. Had those who
judged her by appearances only seen her
then, they would have seen not a bit Of
statuary, but firm, sympathetic soul
- ought to tear myself away from you,
he said, at last. s. am beggar. Even
if you still love me, | have no right to hold
YOU
"But, Claude, dearest, | cannot give you
up. My money would make me miserable
if | thought it would separate us"
The clock on the mantel struck three in
low, silvery tones. She had told the driver
to come for her in an hour He held her
closely in his arms moment, when she
arose to leave.
May God help You to bear your trouble
bravely.' she said, at parting.
He assisted her into the carriage, held
her hand a moment in his strong clasp, then
shut the door, and re-entered the house.
Her presence seemed to have left a warmth
aud brightness in the room, and in his
heart, an hour before darker than Egyptian
blacknesS, there was comforting ray of
light.
Her house was only half mile distant,
and she was soon in her room, disrobed,
and on her pillow, where she soon fell into
slumber from which she did not awake
until late in the morning.
The next day another threatened danger
was averted. Mr.. Hazeton returned un-
harmed, and in his right mind. He had
had severe struggle with the enemy, and
had conquered. telegram brought the
mother speedily to the darkened home,
where for a long time she refused to be
comforted. The remains of the once bright,
beautiful Ada were Unidentified by means of
some jewelry on her person, when they
searched for her amongst the bodies taken
from the ruins. Bertha mingled her tears
with theirs in tribute.
Claude has commenced to live down his
troubles. When the days of mourning are
past, he will wed his loving, devoted Ber-
tha. The world of her acquantances are
beginning to dimly comprehend that under
meath her icy exterior is a noble heart.
Her father admires warmly the man of her
choice, and will give not only his daughter S
/ hand, but large endowment, and a share
in his own tlourishng business. So out OF
the darkness to two hearts, at least, will
| come light.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-03-17
BUBBLES.

The ladies "good news new goods.
Progress of childhood-from pap to
papa.
is a hatchet-f faced boy quickest to learn
axioms?
Slight acquaintauces need not be
sighted
Servants should attend roll call when
bakers deliver bread.
Great men are scarce, but there are
many great grand children.
The reason why " Nature will have her
way" is because she is feminine.
What kind of insurance offices are
most likely to be fruitful? Branch offices.
This is the way old jokes may be re-
vamped Sleep under blue couuterpane,
and you'll ne'er encounter pain.
-" Dear me-" said lady, 81 have such
a cold. What do you do, Doctor, when
you have a cold? ~ "What do | do?" said
the Doctor; why, madame, l cough, and
sometimes | sneeze."
"A man who jumped overheard, recently,
to save his wife from drowning, has ex.
planned his action satisfactorily to his
friends. He said she had good deal of
jewelry on her person.
Hans Dunderhead, hearing the remark
made that corporations have no souls,"
exclaimed: "Nell, l don't sometimes at
dot mooch wonder. Eferypody haf nose
holes, py gracious don'd it 90
An old lady in Middlebury crossed over
a bridge marked Dangerous without
seeing the sign. On being informed of the
fact on the other side, she instantly turned
in great alarm and recrossed it.
She said it was very bright idea. He
said he knew a brighter one, and when she
asked him what it was, he answered, ''Y our
eye, dear!' There was a silence for amo-
ment, then she laid her head upon the rim
of his ear and wept.
--Lenten diet" Inquirer: Well Sambo,
how do you like your new place? Sambo:
Berry well, massa. In: What did you
have for break fast this morning? Sambo:
Why, you see, misses billed three eggs for
herself, and gave me de brof.
-" See here, Gripps, understand you
have a superior way of curing hams.
should like to learn it, "Well, yes; l
know very well how to cure them; but the
trouble with me, just now, is to find out a
way to prn cu,e them -
-"I never can enjoy poetry when I'm
cookin'," said an old lady; "but when !
step out to feed the hogs, and hist myself
on the fence and throw my soul into a few
lines of 'Cap'n Jinks, it does seem as if
this airth was made to live on, after ALL
-"Poor boy!' said lady, as she took
out her purse to give the little beggar some
change. eyes, I'm poor boy" said the
young rascal, squeezing a tear out of his
eye, "and have four sick mothers to sup
port The lady put back her purse, shook
her head and walk sadly away.
AS the car sped up Shawmut avenue,
his arm began to steal around her waist,
and his head inclined lovingly, unconscious
of observation. Just as the car approached
Sawyer street, the conductor thrust his
head inside and shouted, "Saac yer."-
| Hayseed, hastily drawing himself up indig-
nanty, remarked: on needn't er howled
it through the car if you did; we're en-
gaged.' and the rest of the freight set their
faces toward the driver and grinned.
Detroit Press.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-03-17
GLEANINGS.

brigham Young is quite low, and there
are fears that he can not revive.
The Senate of the University of Lon
don has decided to admit women to medi
cal degrees.
"A New York policeman shot at a mad
dog and hit man in the neck. Then the
man was mad.
1t generally happens that when
man has mind to do good action he has
not the money necessary.
His Holiness the Pope uses blue
checked linen pocket handkerchief. It's
well to know these things.
The Mississippi Legislature has crea-
ted a State board of health. There were
not offices enough to go round.
"A modest country editor says: "Our
editorials have been crowded out this week
by pressure of interesting reading mat
ter"
There is a fine opening for the Demo-
cratic party in Mexico. 1t is a-sassy- nation,
with frequent change of Governors in the
States.
New York is importing French pota-
toes at four dollars barrel. And the
French are receiving potato bugs good
deal cheaper than that.
"A Kentucky edtorremarks that ninety
nine out of hundred people make great
mistake when they cut off dogs tail, in
throwing away tie ,rrong end.
No trouble to pay board in Mississippi.
The Handsboro Democratic says: "Saw
logs are legal tender here" Split wood, of
course, is fractional currency.
"A Boston dealer advertises ga large
stock of bankrupt pianos" Their notes
were bad, probably, although some of
them were represented as treble value
"A coroner's jury which found drown
ed " a man who was not over bright, add
ed to the verdict that she never showed
any penetration till he had made a hole in
the water
The Leavenworth Times sums up
late breach Of promise suit in two head lines,
thus: " An injured woman sues her de-
ceiver for $4,000; and she runs 40, $50
behind the ticket
Hearing that the Spitz dog was most
liable to hydrophobia, a generous Chica-
! goan has just presented one of these useful
and affectionate creatures to his wife's
maiden sister, who lives with him.
A commercial exchange says: "Hogs
are dull We never thought hogs were
very sharp. When one breaks into a cab
bage patch you may chase it fourteen hum
dred times around the lot and it will try to
crawl through every three inch crack in
the fence without ever seeing the hole it
made to get in.
Say what you will about the officially
we meet with in climbing the steep where
fame's proud temple shines afar, there are
those who ascend it as easily and as rapidly
as a camel-back locomotive ascends fifty
feet grade with train of empty coal cars.
The other day the gifted and ambitious
driver of q one-horse cart at Midtown, n.
Y, delivered a load of coal at the house
of a customer in seventeen minutes after it
was ordered, and in four and-twenty hours
he stood before an admiring and awe
struck world as the :" The Great American
Coalslingst.'