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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-01-26


Sleighs speeding come, M swiftly go,
BY daehing lovers driven.
"THE slumber of the pure is sweet"
SAYS the Talmud. That accounts for
sleeping in church, surrounded by the
purest influences.
The great question of the present is,
whether it is better to carry two pounds
of dried apples or bar OF ten-cent soap
to the annual donation at the minister's
houses
A CHICAGO girl, while crossing lake
Superior, lost one of her shoes over
board, and now captains are telling
strange stories OF mysterious marine
monster which they sighted during their
trips.
THOSE authenticated young ladies
with noses suggestive OF cold morn
ing, bnd who mi sed fire duSing the leap
year just passed, now sadly sing: cit
may be four years, and it may be for
ever"
A SPREAD. EAGLE orator wanted the
wings of bird to fly TO every village
and hamlet in the broad land, but he
wilted when the son of q granger in the
crowd sung out YOU'D get shot for
goose before yo'd flied mile"
AS stern wheel steamer was passing
up the Ohio river the other day, little
girl who was standing on the hotel
stoop ran into the house to her
mother, calling out, Mother Z!
mother come and see this steamboat
it's got hustle on -
A BELGIAN jury has done facetious
thing. A man named Brin had muir,
dered both his first and his second wife.
They found him guilty, but recon-
mended him to mercy on account of his
wooden leg. Hard labor for life was
substituted for death.
ONE of the discoveries made by the
latest Arctic explorers is that the length
of the polar night is one hundred and
forty-two days. Nice place, this, to walk
home with girl New Years eve, and
find that the old people have locked up
the house and gone to watch meeting
and won't be home till after midnight.
{" Is IT a healthy child !" he asked,
seeming greatly interested. "He was,
up to few minutes ago." she snapped
out, ''but I'm afraid he's smelled SO
much whisky that he'll have the de-
lirium tremens before night I" The
man got right up and walked out of the
room. and was afterwards seen buying
cloves and cinnamon.
TILL ii, grandsires, by the freside
While your spouses smile aud knit
How Bold Bennett saved his honor
When he went away and mt.
How he travelled far 10 do it;
Faced his foe without fear;
Then returned in triumph homeward,
Minus scratch IN front rear.
Oh, il gallant battle,
And il shows how safe is he
Who instead Of fists takes pistols
To assert his dignitee.
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Patent Butter.

A great number of processes for i'm
itating butter have been patented, but
the product was in most instances ant
soon to get rancid or too unlike the
genuine article to sell readily. A new
and better mode is said to have been de-
vised. Fat is thoroughly pressed, forced
through a fine sieve, melted, and al
lowed to settle. The clear oil is then
drained off, cooled, and churned with
sour milk, annatto and bicarbonate of
soda, thus acquiring flavor and odor
of butter, II is, lastly, worked and
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Our Financial Balance.

Under the deep cloud of depression
under which the business of the country
has so long suffered, there is comfort
ing assurance that great change has
been in operation leading to q more
healthy condition of trade than has ex-
listed for soiae years. We have not de-
clined in our productions. Though we
have bought less and at less cost, we
have produced more, and have sold our
increased surplus. Excluding specie,
we have, during eleven months of 1875,
imported only 1896, 301, 484 worth of
merchandise, against SAT- 1888, 161 i'm
ported in the same months OF 1875.
While we have bought merchandise
valued at $76, $50, GIT less than the mer
chandise bought in the same months of
last year, we have sold-exported-me
chandise valued at $5l7, 1855, 917 in 1876.
against 1852, 963, 564-an excess in the
eleven months of S64, 1872 1852. In the
meantime, our product of gold and sill
yer during the year was Silver, SAL
506, 672; gold, S44 1913, Sol total of
both metals, SS5, 1886, 173-being large
gain in both gold and silver. There
are now in New York over $40, 600, 900
of gold and no export demand for it.
We are paying our debts abroad with
our surplus productions. The reduc-
ton in imports and the increase in ex.
ports aggregate about $40, 900, 900,
which leaves us with that much less to
pay than in 1875. The demand for
gold being now confined substantially
to the payment of duties on imports,
the price of gold has fallen, and fuctu-
ates between 1865 and 106-being lower
than it has been since 1862. The green.
back has advance to 94i, and the old
silver dollar to 95i. Gradually the cur
rency is gravitating to common value.
Tribune.
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I, GEM FOR EVERY MONTH.

yAsUAnY.
Nv hcr who In this month IL born
NO nam save garnets should DO worn;
they will insure her constancy,
. ne friendship and fidelity.
FEBRUARY.
Tie February-born will find
sincerity ana peace of mind;
Freedom from passion aud from care,
IL they the amethyst will wear.
MARCH.
Who ia This world of ours their eyes
In March first open shall be wise;
I'm DAYS of peril firm and brave,
Aud wear u Blackstone TO their grave.
APRIL.
She who from April dates her years,
Diamonds should wear, lest bitter tears,
For vain repentance how; this stone
Emblem of innocence 10 known.
MAY
Who tirst beholds the light OF day
I'm Springs sweet foHery month of May,
And wears an enleratd all her life,
shall be loved and happy wife.
JUNE
who comes with summer to this earth,
And owes 20 June her day Of birth,
with ring of agate on her hand,
Can health, wealth and long life command.
JULY.
The glowing ruby should adorn
Those who In warm July are born;
Then win they be exempt and free
From loves doubts and anxiety.
AUGUST.
Wear sardonox, or for thee
No congeDial felicity;
The August-born without this stone
'Tis sid must live unloved and lone.
SEPTEMBER.
A maiden porn when Autumn leaves
Are rustling in Septembers breeze,
A sapphire on her brow should bind
twill cure diseases of the mind.
OCTOBER.
October's child Is born for woe
And life's vicissitudes must know;
But lay al opal on her breast.
And hope viii lull those woes to rest.
NOVEMBER
Who first comes 10 this world below
With drear November fog and snow,
Should prize the topaz, amber hue
Emblem Of friends and lovers true.
DECEMBER.
If cold December gave you birth,
The month of snow and ice and mirth.
Place on your hand a turquoise blue,
Success will bless whate'er you do.
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THE MEASURE.
BIZ ANNA o. saAoKBrr.

"You tell me you love me. my Daisy"
I said to the child, one day;
You tell me over and over;
How much do you love me, pray?"
al love YOU all the world, " she said,
Coming close 10 the chair where sat
Gan the world three times round, Arna-
love you ~ much rs that Z"
Then the voice grew suddenly doubtful,
And the gray eyes almost blue;
(" Is that a great deal, Arna,
The much that 4 love your"
It's no use trying, my baby,
I said In my heart as I smiled;
We, too, are but trying and doubling,
As much ~ the merest child.
Though we seek, we ind not Its measure
Yet think in my heart there may be
Some words by which we can say II
In the light Of eternity.
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packed in the usual way. The sub
stance really possesses all the qualities
of butter, and is wholesome; but the
drawback for the manufacture is that 1t
also costs about as much.
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Resources Of the Territories.

According to the author of the Bige-
low Papers," the aversion with which
war in the abstract is to be regarded
is considerably mitigated by the fact
that
Civilization does get forrid
Sometimes upon powder cart.
AS the result of the recent campaign
against the Sioux our knowledge of the
resources of the Territories of the North
west has been considerably increased.
Dakota and Montana have hitherto been
regarded as valuable for their mineral
wealth, but otherwise comparatively I'M
productive. Montana has contributed
to the gold production of the country
since 1862, and gold mining continues
to be her principal industry. Accord
ing to an address recently delivered by
W. A. Clark, Montana stands next to
California in The yield of gold. The
largest amount yielded in any year was
in 1865, when the total product amount
ed to S18,000 900, from which time a
steady decline has taken place until the
last few years. Last years yield was
81 100, 600, and that of the present year
is estimated "a, 500, 900. AS in Califor-
MIA, placer mining has given way quartz
milling, though there are several locali-
ties where placer mining could be profit
ably followed but for fear OF the Indians.
Large portions of the Territory are
adapted for agricultural purposes, but,
owing to the want of railroad communi-
cation, agriculture can only prove re-
in supplying local wants.
The people hope for an outlet through
the Utah Northern railroad, which would
bring the mining district into connec-
ton with the Pacific coast. = Boston
Tr1uoIyor
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AN apple-dumpling eating match re-
Gently came off at Allentown, Pa, when
the victor scored twenty-six dumplings
and the next highest eighteen.
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Wit and HnmOr.

This world u all sheet of snow,
For girls amusement giveni
Sleighs speeding come, as swiftly go,
Nv dashipQ lovers dri ven.
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JAHUAnY.
d, ncr who in this month IL born
No uam save garnets should DO worn;
',hey will insure her oonstancy,
= ne friendship and fidelity.
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Tie february-born will find
SINCERITY ana peace of mind;
Freedom from passion aud from care,
III they the amethyst will wear.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-07
JEjna.ss ENE6s
FiSteen Condensed Opinions OF the Elec.
tOra1 Tribunal.
New York SUM-

New York Sun.
II. Burchard Hayes says: do lot care OF
my own account, but my heert does bleed 70,
the poor Afriosn.
William AImon Wheeler lays: II Ia Ct The
nature ola compromise, and entitled TO no
respect whatever.
Utys es s mpson Grant says: 1t IL better 10
be tight than to be President
Oliver 7. Morton BBys: A shameful speci.
men OF political trickety.
John Sherman says: A direct and deliber.
ate insult to the LOUISIANA Returning Board.
Wells, Al dersor, Caanave and Keuner say
1t Is unpatriotio. unstaesmanlike dishonest
and revolutionary.
William Pitt Kellogg says: That's what
comes of parting your hair in the middle.
Jay Gould says: It knocks hill out of my
inves men'; land there fore)
Whltt!e Law Reid ssys: 1t is plainly un-
constitutional.
Don Cameron says: No high. prip pied
statesman can approve such political truck
and barter as this measure involves
Simon Cameron says You heard Don
John A. Logan says: But what becomes OF
me?
James G. Blaine says: 1t is the logical out
come of Audersonville
Zach Chandler says:
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WEST RATION ROUGE.
The Citizens Resolve to Repair Their
own Leyeea.


cat o meeting OF citizens Of West
Baton Rouge, held at the depot, Mon
day, January 20, 1877, to take in con-
sideration the best measures for the re-
pair Of the break in the Carolina levee,
Mr.. John Hill was called upon to pre-
side and G. J. Barrow, Esq, appointed
secretary.
son motion, Messrs. N. W. Pope and
Ell. M. Favrot were appointed Il COM
mittee, to which the president and sec
rotary were added, to receive subscrip-
tions, and either one Of said committee
we're authorized to receive and receipt
for the same and to ascertain the best
mode Of protecting the interests Of the
subscribers, by obtaining, II possible,
return from the authorities Of the
amounts that may be contributed for
this public purpose.
ION motion, the aforesaid committee
was duly authorized to superintend the
work.
ION motion, meeting adjourned"
Mr.. Barrow left for New Orleans on
Wednesday for the purpose Of comforting
with the Levee Board, the Citizens
Bank and the Mechanics and Traders
Bank In regard to means to repair the
breaks in our levees. e
Efforts will be made to prevail upon
the people OF the back parishes, Pointe
Coupee, st. Martins, etc, to assist in
this work, by which they will be equally
benefited.
It is said that the people Of the parish
are perfectly willing TO prepay their
levee tax, il by this they can get their
levees repaired at once.
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what Our Children are Taught.

The Richmond State says of SCOTS
School History: "Such wild statements
as that Lees army was seventy thou
sand at Sharpsburg, and one hundred
thousand at the Wilderness, 1854; as
that it overpowered Pope by weight Of
numbers at second Manassas, are I'M
worthy Of any historian, and especially
of one whose intention to be impartial
and exact is, upon the whole, very
nlainV
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High Old Art.
IN. Y. Sun.1

From Father Taf's annual report we derive
the interesting fact that the country has rs
Gently paid $3.50 for portrait of Laundauet
Williams, intended to adorn the walls OF the
Department of Justice We suppose that in
due time Pierrepont will be painted, and then
Taft in his turn, if an artist OF sufficient
grasp can be found. What noble gallery 1t
will be-Willisms, Pierrepont and Father
Taft all hanging in row!
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Union.

ST never could" he said the other
evening, while she was smoothing the
wrinkles out Of his forehead with the
daintiest finger that wore a plain ring,
II never could treat you as Mr.. Bennett
treated Mr.. May" "And why?" she
asked. because" he said, and it was
evident that the effort was causing him
intense agony, because, dream OF my
life, have too much respect for the
laws to fight a jewel.
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The ladies who go in full dress to
Washington receptions wear black vel
vet with long train, silks in dark colors
heavily trimmed with velvet; white
hats, of silk material, with long ribbons
behind, and becoming bonnet Is the
climax Of style in fashionably dressed
lady-the only noticeable feature in
public receptions.
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Dangerous and suspicious.
NEW York SUM-

The members of the Louisiana Returning
Board do not like to be kept In c.o'e conhne
ment during their enforced stay in Washing.
ton bus the whole country will now agree
that it il dangerous for such frauds to be III
large single day OF their lives.
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Messrs. NJ. 4. B,rne q Co. 163 Canal street,
are Offering bargains in WOODEN goods, fannels
and hosiery, etr,, at their great clearance sale
ts-ia7. See advertisement.
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The common sense of the country says: A
patriotic measure OF Intentions; we hope II
will prove wise and work justice.
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Wants, for rent, for sale advertisements insert
ed in this paper at TEN CENTS par Inns.
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Wants, for rent, for sale advertisements insert
ed in this paper Ut TEN CENTS per line.
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CsYrIcH NEW ORLEANS

Daily report Of the stage Of water, with changes
in the twenty -four hours ending p. M.
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been murdered simultaneously and
burned at the same time. The veracity
of the tradition seems further to
be confirmed by the deep venera-
ton which the Mycepans and, in
fact, the inhabitants OF the whole Argo-
liza, have always shown for these fine
mausoleums. The funeral pyres were
not yet extinguished when they were
covered with layer Of clay and then
with d layer OF pebbles. on which the
earth was thrown at once. To this cir
cumstance are we chiefly indebted for
the conservation of so large quantity
Of wood and the comparatively good
preservation Of the bodies, for In no in
stance were the bones consumed by fire,
and on several bodies, which were COW
cred with golden masks and thick
breast plates, even nuch Of the flesh
had remained The site Of each tomb
was marked by tombstones, and when
these had been covered by the dust of
ages and had disappeared, fresh tomb
stones were erected on the new level,
but precisely on the spot where the an
cient memorials lay buried. Only on
the large fourth sepuleher, with the five
bodies, instead OF new tombstones, a
sacrificial altar Of almost circular form,
was built.
GAS explained in my letter of the 18th
of November, the first tomb had, accord
ing to all appearance, primitively been
decorated with large monument, from
which came the three tombstones with
the bas reliefS, and the latter must have
been extracted and erected on the new
level. Tat first thought that every one
of the large slabs Of the circular double
parallel row was a tom bstone aud mark
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L. NICE roy mater, Capt. JOnn " LlDanD
c. Dix, ieav to-dao as Usual st p. Ii.
The Col. A, p. Kouns. Mark Kouns master,
Isaac Kouns clerk, leaves to-day at 2. u. for
Shrevet ort and j ffsrson.
The Belle RoSIapd, Capt. Tally S,oytli,
leaves TO-DAY at o. m tor Shreveport and
Upper Rcd R yer. NJ. l. Scoveli presides In
the Office.
The Planters Reform Line steamer r. w.
Dugan, Andy Ss ala master James Kennedy
cleik, leaves to-day ure at p. m. Tor ShreVe-
porF.
The r b. Mitchell, jams Paul master,
Frank S elm Jerk, lie .pBs to-day at p. In. for
l. uisvilie and Cnclnnsi.
TIE nav and fl ct John Fl. Hanna, j. W.
Blank, master, Joe Ho mes clerk, leaves 10,
day at S p. m. for The Black and O1achlta
rivers, connecting with regular packets Tor Gil
the tributaries.
The ST. Mary, Fred Probst master, E l.
Groves clerk, leaves tomorrow at p. m. for
Shreveport and way landings on Red River.
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.
Crsc1sNA T. Feb. 4-Csptain Ell. u. Hart's
new End splendid A. @. Donnally will DEF art
for n Orleans on Lext Thursday, and will be
followed by Capt. A. s EN- ine packet Cbas
More N on nex5 aLuruar. The y. P. Sahen ok
has Jarge way engagements, and viii leave
Cairo for New Oreaos with all she can carry.
Mr.. James S. Robinson has been api olnted
lie ght agent 1T Cincinnati for Atkins r I'd
River Line of steamers, end the Texas and
Pacific Railroad, giving through receipts to
all points on Red River and IN Texas New
Oreaus freights have # red freely dnring the
past wesk, ut the following rates, which will
be adhered to during The present week:
Wnis AZ ST, pork 75c, apples aud potatoes 500
Der bpi, bac1n and lard 25c per hnnd.ed, but
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black people seem to be on level with thu
fairer racc. They have the same sense Of rieb,s
in the soil. even the more savage tribes who
live on the produce of the wild sago palm hov.
ing The forest strictly partitioned among them.
The hillsidcs arc Oft n tcrraccd to the height n,
many hundred feet, and the low-lying garden.
are drained aud fenced.
What are the resources and capabilities a,
this colossal island, which II is proposed 10 in.
corporate in the Australian empire Unliks
Australia 1t contains no desert two lofty noun.
tain ranges traVcrsing the heart oil the countrv
from sea to sea. II we except the dcllas ths
south coast. almost every part OF ts wide area
might be- turned to account Ivy civilized man.
Nowhere. apparently has nature been so Law.
ish. and withal 50 element. There are no dan.
gerous wild animals; indeed. Wallace states
there IL n complete absence of any mammalia
larger than the pig and the dog. A striking
feature Of the foral vegetation ia ,he rnornor.
height Of the trees. The sago palm. the nut.
meg. the cocounut. the brcadfruit and thu
banana grow freely in wild state SO does n fns
variety off Tobacco il Indigenous 10 the in,e.
rior. and the sugar cane grows everywhere lux.
urlantlv. the cdiblo part according to Maklav.
being fourteen feet high. Among the vegeta.
bios are the yam. the taro. and the sweet potato,
The mineral productions Of the country.
though little known. should be numerous for
the geological formations are of various ages
On the southeast coast vein Of plumbago two
miles long has been followed in an island IN
the southwest shore tertiary coal has been
found. and there are said to he gold washings
in the northwestern peninsula Enough. at all
events. X known respecting the fruitfulness Of
the greHt Papuan land to explain the ardor for
annexation cvnccd in sydney and Melbourne.
We may add that the feeling is spreading to
England. and that even IA scheme OF emigration.
premature H. it appcurs. ia under weigh. One
Of the curiosities lust now TO bc seen in London
newspapers is the elaborate prospectus OF the
New Guinea Coonizing Association"
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affiuent, either along the Cassabi to the Zam
best, or UP the Congo to determine the question
of its identity with the Iiualaba. and thence by
the lake region to the Iambesi. The alternative
route differs in the first stages, proceeding from
LOanda through the territory Of Matiamvo to
the Cassabi. then along that river 10 the Congo.
and so by the lake region to the Zambssi. I'm
pOrtant results are expected from this cNpedi-
ton, which will onter on its work with unusual
facilities owing to the presence Of Portuguese
traders and half castles throughout this part of
Africa.
Apropos of the Congo's identity with the Luala-
ba it was lately reported that DR.. PoGgc. of the
German West Coast expedition, who had con-
trived to reach from Lounda the capital Mus
sumba) Of NIuata Jamvo. had found reason to
reject Cameron's hypothesis. 1t appears from
later ndvces that the only fresh ground for
this opinion was the vague assurance of DR..
Pogge's native guido that the sources of the
Congo coincided with those of the Quango and
Cassabi.
In the field OF American exploration we note
the almost contemporancous discovery by
Moreno and by Evelyn Ellis. one coming from
Buenos Ayrcs and the other from the Straits of
Magellan. of large inland lake. the feeder of
the Rio Santa Cruz. This basin has received
the dual name of Argentine and Fitzroy lake
FROM Cuzco we learn that iroi. wiener. whose
work on the social institutions OF the Inca En-
pire appeared four years ago, has been lately
engaged ia studying the important historical
points of the Peruvian coast whore, II will bo
remembered civilization older and in some re-
spccts more elaborate than that of the lncas
arose. He has now undertaken a journey
along the upland plateau from Caxamurca TO
Cuzco. His collections. which arc said TO b."
valuable. have reached Paris. and the results
of his Investigations will DO published on his
rptt.rn