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The true northerner., 1877-08-17

length of time. The shingle mill was
new and complete, and gave employment
to 20 men and boys, turning out 90, 600
shingles in days run. In connection
with the mill and salt works was barrel
factory which had q capacity for manu-
featuring 800 barrels per day, and en-
ployed ID men. The salt works were by
all means the largest steam salt works in
the world. The building was 272x2OO
feet in size, and required over zoe, 900
feet OF lumber in its construction, and the
roof covered an area of an acre and a
quarter. The grainers, eight in num-
Der, were 11x220 feet, and the settlers
5xl6x200 feet. There were IL cisterns,
three of which were six feet deep. and
five 20x30 feet in size and six feet deep.
The other block was what is termed a
pan block, was 170x60 feet in size, with
three pans Is feet wide and 100 long.
The capacity of the two blocks was about
$50 barrels every "a hours. The pro-
prietor expected to manufacture 100000
barrels of salt this season. The fire was
an incendiary job. Two attempts had
been made to burn the mill the night
before, and eight armed watchmen were
on duty last night. Six million feet of
lumber and 5000 barrels of salt was
burned. 1t is now stated that the insur-
ance is $S5, 900, and the loss is figured
from $175, 900 to $3.50, 900 by different
estimates. Burt himself is away"
The true northerner., 1877-08-17
One Hundred and Sixteen Years Ago.

State Treasurer Dubuclet returned to
the city on Monday morning from trip
to his plantation in Iberville parish,
where he says the crops are in good con-
dition, but rather backward. On his
own plantation he has negro employed
who is now l16years of age, and who has
been IN the same family since he was 40
years of age. His name is Nelson Jor-
dan, and his native State Virginia, where
he was slave, and when 40 years of age
was brought toLoilisiana and sold to the
father of his present employer. Even at
his advanced age now lie cultivates, and
has raised three acres of corn, using only
hoe to keep it free from weeds and
grass, besides attending to garden
patch and attending to light duties about
| the place. "Old Nelse, as he is called,
claims that before he was sold by his
master in Virginia he had boarded up
nearly $500 in gold and bank bills, which
he secreted in the woods in the planta-
ton, and he has repeatedly desired to
return to find the lost treasure, but
hardly thinks his trip would be success.
full. Besides attending to his corn now
he manages to find time to catch consid
erable drift-wood in the river, using 6
skiff he made with his own hands, and
he is so eccentric in his way that Inc
mends and patches hls ewn clothes, his
eyesight being yet sufficiently strong tC
permit him to thread needle on {
bright day. He is particularly down OF
"lazy niggers," as he calls them, and doe
not let an opportunity pass to express
his indignation at those of the plantatiol
laborers who "knock off, moment be
fore sundown. He is active and eco
nomical, and has laid up about $500 70
"rainy day." and expects next year t.
raise big crop OF peas.-New Ortedn
Democrat.
The true northerner., 1877-08-17
How the Little Girl Proved 1t.

Hereafter the language of mathematics
will have to be more exact. female
teacher said that on O certain occasion
she had in her school class of little be-
ginners-children of and years-and
that in inducting them into the rudi-
ments of arithmetic she sought to sim
plify things as much as possible. There
they had the ten numerals on their ten
fingers, and in adding or subtracting the
simple numbers, they could reckon upon
those digits. The thing worked to q
charm, and the little ones readily learned
thus to solve the first problems of the
great science.
One day the class was out for recita-
tion, and subtraction was the theme.
Five from five leaves how many?"
was by-and-by asked of bright-eyed
miss of four summers.
The little thing up with her fingers
and went at it. For time she seemed
exceedingly puzzled, but at length her
eyes snapped, and she lifted her head
confidently.
Give % she said, with most assured
emphasis.
Curious to know how she had arrived
at that solution, the teacher asked her to
explain.
"Why," replied the child, holding
out her two hands, and placing them
side by side, "zere's five on at hand,
and five on at. Now / take away 'ese
five f'om 'ose five, and-'ere zey be
five u
About as fine piece of ocular demon
stration in the way of a logical dilemma
as you will often meet.
To "head Off such sharp little dis
coverers and accountants, it will be il
order to say, Five from itself how
| MANY ?"
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MOther-in.LaW.

1t was an action for breach of prom
Use, and the defense was the prospect of
too much mother-in-law.
The Judge inquired if the mother pro-
posed living with her daughter after mar
riage, and, receiving an affirmative
answer, asked the defendant whether he
would rather live with his mother-in-
law or pay 5000.
"Pay $780," was the prompt reply.
Said the Judge:
"Young man, let me shake hands
with you. There was time in my life
when L was in the same situation as you
are in now. Had Ipossessed your firm
necs / should have been spared twenty
five years of trouble. / had the alterna-
tive of marrying or paying $125. Being
poor, / married and for twenty-five
years L have regretted it. 1 am happy
to meet with a man of your stamp. The
plaintiff must pay so and costs for hav-
ing thought of putting a gentleman un-
der the dominion of a mother-in-law. :"
Puck.
The true northerner., 1877-08-17
Snake Stories from Georgia.

Sandersville (Ga.) Herald: "Mr.
Kirkland cut open hollow log to catch
a rabbit, the other day, and on drawing
the rabbit out he also drew out an i'm.
mense rattlesnake that had partly swal-
lowed the animal. He struck the snake
upon the head, when sixteen young, fu-
rious rattlesnakes ran out of the pouch
under the body of the mother snake.
The little snakes were very bellicose,
but were all killed. There were seven
teen rattles on the old snake, and il
measured about five feet in length
Hamilton (Ga.) Journal: "Mr. Al
fred Johnson, five miles below Hamilton,
has discovered a den of horned snakes on
his plantation. He has killed two OF
them, and seen several others. They are
OF white and black speckled color. The
horn is on the tip of the tail, aud is stuck
into everything that comes within reach.
Mr.. Johnson informs us that he cut one
in two parts about a foot from the END
of the tail and it still used the horn
turning in any direction to stick it into
anything that touched it. This settles
the question that there is such thing
as horned snake"
The true northerner., 1877-08-17
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
The Blacksmith Man.

The Blacksmith Man.
My mother puts an apron on to keep my COATES
clean,
And wubbers on my little boots and then go and
Against the blacksmiths doorway, 10 watch the
coal-ire shine,
The bellows heave, the hammers swing-l wish they
The horses bend their legs and stand; don't see
how they CAM
But would love TO shoe their feet just like the
blacksmith man.
Tang-diddle, tang-diddle, tang-diddle-tan!
What jolly noise he makes, the blacksmith
mani
When grow up an old big man, with whiskers on
my chin,
will not have grocery store drygoods store or
will not be farmer or a lawyer, not bit;
Or Presldent-all the other boys are meaning 10
Or a banker, with the money-bilis piled high upon
the STAN
I'd rather hold the red-hot iron, and De piack-
smith man rH.
Tang-ddde, tang-tiddle, tang-tiddle-tan
o. what Jolly noise he makes, the blacksmith
man!
The blacksmith man has got such arms his shop is
such place!
He gets as dirty as he likes, and no one cleans MS
facet
And, when the lghtning's in the sky, he makes his
bellows blow,
And all his fire flares up quick, like lightning down
below. n.
oh, he must have the incest time that any person
can; 49,
wish l could grow up to-day and be blacksmith
man
Tang-dlddle tang-diddle, tang-diddle-tan!
1 wish could grow up to-day, and be black
smith man
mean TO have little house with vines and porches
tot,
All fixed up nice and clean for me when get tired
of SCOT.
I'd marry little SUsy, and have her for my wife
We've been SO well acq TAINTED with each other all our
life
Oh I mean to be as hearty and happy as can
And honest good, Woodworking, Jouy,ro black
smith man
Tang-diddle, tang-didde, tang-didde-tan!
Here goes the honest, good, Woodworking, jolly
blacksmith man
The true northerner., 1877-08-17

almost lost presence of mind. OLD
Dover snatched the head of Humphries
from the ground, and, shaking it fend.
ishly, advanced to the fence and placed
it on the pickets, with the CORY features
turned toward the officers. Then the
old man rallied his followers and bid
them advance, telling them the guns OF
the officers would not go off, and ex.
horting them to "serve them the same
way" as Humphries. The Cobbites
came out with a rush, shouting their
profane adjurations. They were un-
armed, but the posse waited only to see
them pass the fence and then fired a
volley.
Old Dover fell dead in his tracks with
a shout half uttered. Gainey, the Cobb
ite second in command, dropped mortal
ly wounded. The butt of a musket set
tied young Jim Dovers zeal, and the
others surrendered, the bloodshed hav-
ing produced a SOLDERING effect ON them.
-Four men and three women were sub
sequently indicted for implication in the
crime, and their trial has Just concluded.
The Cobbites, as fanatical and crazy as
they have shown themselves to be in re-
hgion, are nevertheless possessed of the
worlds goods to comfortable degree.
The defendants were provided with the
best counsel this part of the State af-
fords. The line of defense was insanity,
and there was no lack of evidence on
this point. The indicted Cobbites were
shown to have been quiet people, as
Arkansas life goes, except during this
revival.
The jury rendered verdict of acquit-
tai after an hours deliberation.
The true northerner., 1877-08-17
that kind Of IT don't know what to do

that kind of don't know what to do
with myself feeling that makes girls
throw their arms round the nearest friend
and smother her with kisses, that is
feigning petty jealousies of others, and
saying / wish you could love me: when
one isn't in mood for sweet stuff. The
most loving-hearted girls don't show
their feelings by any means. They do
not love to kiss or parade affection, but
they are kind, o SO kind, to their last
breath and drop of strength, to those
who need and deserve their care. Kind
with the kindness that makes one wise
for others happiness, so that mother
looks into the mending basket to find
that troublesome torn shirt-sleeve made
whole, and the apron finished for Bobby,
and father has the room quiet for a
long evening when he wants to read the
debates, or to make calculations, ana
Jennie finds her rain-spoiled dress
sponged and ironed fresh in the ward
robe, and Mrs. Brown over the way sees
the children taken out OF the house when
she has racking headache. ana the
teacher knows who will run up the
fiounces and sew on buttons for the new
suit she is hurrying to make out OF
school hours. There is nothing too
homely or distasteful for this sort OF
girl to do, and she might take for her
signature what I saw once in kind let
ter of Elizabeth Stoddard's, the novel
ist. Yours to serve The kisses and
the love-making may be shy enough
with her. but the kindness is for every
body, and it runs very deep. Nothing
draws on her help and sympathy so
much as to need it most, to be without
interest or attraction in any way.
"The best recipe for going through
life in an exquisite way, with beautiful
manners, is to feel that everybody, no
matter how rich or how poor, needs all
the kindness they can get from others in
the world. The greatest praise written
of Madame Recamier, the most beauti-
full woman and complete lady of her own
or any other known time, was this" and
Miss Winchester's face softened, and her
face fell to a moving key as she repeated
softly the words afterwards saw copied
in an old manuscript book of hers, and
knew that she had loved them. ''Dis-
grace and misfortune had for Madame
Recamier the same sort of attraction that
favor and success usually have for vulgar
souls.
There was the nature of great lady,
Vide AOdke.
The true northerner., 1877-08-17

The debate on the Burials bill in the
English Parliament makes the statistics
of parish churchyards very opportune.
There are in England and Wales. now
open, 13, III burial-places in which only
the state-church service can be used.
There are 5,005 places in which de-
ceased person not member of the state
church can be buried by his own minis
Ter. There are in England 1862 Dis
senting places of worship, and in Wales
1928, making total of 20, 400. Most OF
the unconsecrated cemeteries pertain to
large towns. .f.s-r
The true northerner., 1877-08-17

The London Young Mems Christian
Association has 184 branches in England
and Wales, with 16,700 active members.
Five of their branch buildings have cost
the following sums: Edinburgh. e17,-
600; Dundee, 10000; Birmingham,
81 800; Liverpool, 600, 200; Manchester,
f45, 900. AT recent conference the
means of giving the work of the associa-
ton a broader scope were much dis
cussed.
The true northerner., 1877-08-17
Railway Profits.

Below we have tabulated from the
last edition of Poor's Manual" a
statement exhibiting the number of rail
road companies in each State, and how
many of them earned dividends the last
wear. 1t is as follows
The true northerner., 1877-08-17

NOT long ago an aged lady of Fon-
tainebleau, France, died, leaving a large
property, and among other beauests a
huge oaken trunk, left to local pbvsi.
clan who had long attended her. the
opening of which excited great expecta.
tions. But the contents did not nrove
particularly valuable. They were the
drugs and doses which he had supplied
to her for years past. t--'''
The true northerner., 1877-08-17
Snakes.

els the snake editor in?"
"Amid the slings and arrows of out
rageous fortune he never forsakes his
post. Behold in me the snake editor"
"Well, l killed rattle"
How long was it ?"
Nine feet four"
W-what less than ten feet? This
paper is no receptacle for miserable fish
ing-worm stories" and the exasperated
editor seized the visitor by the throat
and shut Off from his insides the breath
of heaven.
Yaas," gurgled the poor wretch.
but it had eighty-seven ra-"
No back talk - yelled the editor.
"we want no rattlesnakes less than from,
ten to twelve feet in length" and the
snake-hller was dashed to pieces on the
finty pavement below.-Ou City Der
rick.
The true northerner., 1877-08-17

Leaving out of view the fact that many
of these companies built their roads on
bonds rather than in stock paid in, it
appears that less than one-fourth of the
railroad corporations throughout the
United States earned any dividends ut
all - Boston Post
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-12-15
I" Hanged in the Shades

The Constantinople correspondent of
the Political Correspondence relates that
many of the Bulgarians taken red
handed in acts of violence and con-
demned to death, when they see that
there is no longer any hope or chance
of escape, produce from hidden pockets
in their clothing large sums of money,
which they present to one or other of
the zaptiehs who may perhaps have
treated them with kindness. Lately,
five. Bulgarians were sentenced to death
in Mustapha. When it came to the
turn of one of them to he led forth, he
requested the non-commissioned officer
commanding the party in charge of him
to wait a moment. With some trouble
he then extracted from the folds of his
garments handful of gold liras, and
these he presented to the sergeant. The
latter, moved by the generosity of his
prisoner, tapped the latter on the
shoulder, exclaiming, AS you are such
a good fellow, you shall be hanged in the
shade;" and keeping his promise, he
selected shady and pleasant spot where
the Bulgarian was executed.
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A Great Arid Desert,

Recent explorations in Australia show
that in addition to an extraordinary
lake of salt water in the center of the
country which blights thousands of
square miles of territory in its vicinage,
there is beyond an arid desert of greater
extent than any other in the world, on
which there is neither animal nor
vegetable life to be found, and even ON
the borders of which nothing but the
dryest sage-brush can be seen. An at
tempt was made to survey this sand sea
at its supposed narrow part, and after
travelling over three hundred miles the
camels showed signs of exhaustion, and
a return became absolutely necessary,
but habitable ground was not reached
before several of these supposed mon
archs of the Sahara dropped dead. 1t
is thus shown that only the western part
of Australia can be utilized as a refuge
for the thousands of Europeans who are
seeking homes in the new country, that
more than half of the island continent
will not support men or animals, and
hence that the limit of population can
already be reasonably or approximately
estimated.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-12-15
A Few Remarks Upon Cooking.

In copying and commenting upon
some recent remarks on the subject of
cooking, the Rochester Enpress adds a
few notes which will be read with in
terest, especially by housewives:
The trouble, we think, lies not so
much in want of knowledge of good
plain cooking on the part of American
housewives or their help, as it does in
Indifference, shiftlessness and unwilling
ness to take any trouble. Slam bang,
anyway to get through without trouble,
is the motto of the majority of those who
preside over the range. This class be-
long to those who wipe the dishes with
soiled napkin or tablecloth, and are sure
to have hairs on the dishes they send to
the table. Nothing in matters culinary
can be had savory, appetizing and
healthy without pains. The lack of
pains in cooking is the principal cause of
the national malady, dyspepsia. If
Americans in general had more savory
dishes set before them, they would not
bolt down their victuals the way they
do or need hot Worcester sauce to make
them taste" They would sort of
"pause for reply" instead of eating as
if there were a running match between
their mouth and fork 1t is too much
trouble to put the soup kettle to cool,
and the soup is, therefore, served with
all its fat and grease it is trouble to
haste often, and the fowl or roast of
meat, therefore, comes on the table dry
and insipid; it is trouble to take twice
the length of time to broil properly,
and, therefore, ones chops or tenderloin,
and above all ones whiteish, suffers in
consequence; and so on, ad myinitum. 1t
is not the American stove that i. to
blame, for except the spit, braizing-pan
and the balm marie, America has the best
and most complete cooking stoves in the
world. 1t is solely owing to want of
pains. To have anything satisfactory in
this world, one is obliged to go to some
little trouble; and in the matter of cook
ing this is always particularly the case
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required, and the cost of the prepared
product is but little more than that of
the original fruit; the keeping qualities
are excellent, so that it may be had at
any time of the year, and bears long sea
voyages without detriment.
EXPOSING manure to air, either in the
farm yard, or still worse in small heaps
in the open field, causes the loss of a
considerable amount of its beneficial
properties owing to the evaporation or
escape of some of its fertilizing gases
into the surrounding air. BY sowing a
bushel or two of gypsum over the surface
of these heaps, however, and then super
imposing layer of loan, the detcrora-
ton, unless the weather be very wet,
will be extremely slight. This, as it
readily absorbs the volatile gases that
are ever striving to escape into the
atmosphere, will itself become rich, and
may be advantageously applied to crops
requiring animal or vegetable manure.
The gypsum also arrests the ammonia
which freely escapes from animal excre-
ment, and retains it for the sustenance
of the crops to which it may be applied.
The great secret of beautiful hair is
plentiful brushing. The skin Of the
head is constantly peeling off in tiny
scales. These are to be removed only by
means of the brush. Two brushes are
rs much needed as one-one for vigorous
brushing and one to polish and give the
gloss sought for. Hair should be washed
occasionally, but never with soap, which
makes it hard and dry. Borax should
be used with great care, if used at all,
as it burns and changes the color, and
destroys the gloss. Rain water and the
yolks of new laid eggs, inplace of either,
are the best wash Hot water is in
furious; whisky and water are excellent
preventives against taking cold. Every
month or six weeks clip the ends of the
hairs that are split, passing the comb
through the hair and cutting the ends as
they appear above it. Never tie the
hair tightly, and if you must use hot
iron put a bit of tissue paper between il
and the hair.
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Painting TOrpedOes.

rGen. G. T. Beauregard in the Philadelphia Times
From the commencement of the siege
of Charleston | had been decidedly of
the opinion that the most effective, as
well as least costly method of defense
against the powerful ironclad steamers
and monitors originated during the late
war, was to use against them small but
swift steamers of light draught, very low
decks, and hulls ironclad down several
feet below the water-line-these boats to
be armed with spar torpedo, arranged
upon Capt. Lees plan, and to thrust out
from the bow at the moment of collision
being inclined SO as to strike below the
enemy's armor, it being also arranged
that the torpedo could be Immediately
renewed from within for another attack ;
all such boats to be painted gray like
blockade runners, and when employed
to burn anthracite coal, so as to make no
smoke. But unfortunately l had not
the means to put the system into
execution. Soon after the first torpedo at
tack, made as related by the David upon
the New Ironsides, | caused number of
boats and barges to be armed with spar
torpedoes for the purpose of attacking
IN detail the enemy's gunboats resorting
to the sounds and harbors along the
South Carolina coast But the Federals
having become very watchful, sur
rounded their steamers at night with
floating booms to prevent the torpedo
boats from coming near enough to do
them any injury. Even in the outer har-
Dor of Charleston, where the blockaders
and their consorts were at anchor, the
same precaution was observed in calm
weather. The anchoring of the large
torpedoes in position was attended with
considerable danger. While planting
them at the mouth of the Cooper and
Ashley Rivers (Which form the peninsula
of the city of Chareston), the steamer
engaged in that duty being swung
around by the returning tide, struck and
exploded one of the torpedoes ust
anchored. The steamer sank immedi-
ately, but, fortunately, the tide being
low, and the depth of water not great,
no lives were lost. In 1864, Jackson
vile, Florida, having been evacuated
by the Confederates, then too weak to
hold it, the Federal gunboats frequently
ran up the st. Johns River many miles,
committing depredations along its
banks. To stop these proceedings sent
party from Charleston, under staff
officer, Capt. Pliny Bryan, to plant tor
pedoes in the channels of that stream.
The result was the destruction of several
large steamers and cessation of all an
noyance on the part of the others. In
the Bay of Charleston and adjacent
streams | had planted about one hundred
and twenty-five torpedoes, and some
fifty more in other parts of my depart
ment. The first torpedoes used in the
late war were placed in the James River,
below Richmond, by General G. R.
Raines, who became afterward Chief of
the Torpedo Bureau. Mr.. Barbarin, of
New Orleans, placed also successfully a
large number of torpedoes in Mobile Bay
and its vicinity.