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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03
Sick Railroads.

Late statistics gathered from the
RdjlrOad Age up to July l show that
the Hospital for Infrm, Diseased and
Decrepid Railroads is still kept busy and
full. The courts are acting as physi-
clans, receivers as nurses, and the Sher-
ifs as Coroners and keepers of the
morgue The prevailing disease is gen.
eral collapse under the effort to carry
loads too heavy for the constitution of
the chronic invalids. The diagnosis is
pretty much the same III all cases, and
experience has proved that the heroic
treatment is the best. AS long as the
patients are permitted to totter along
feebly under their load with the help of
stimulants, they grow weaker and weaker
| till tonic no longer serves the purpose.
The only radical cure that has been
found is to throttle the patient, throw
him to the ground, strip off his cumber-
some harness, put him III straight jack
ct for awhile, and then start him out
fresh with load somewhat commensu-
rate with what vitality there is left in
him. While this treatment has been
found to be disagreeable to those who
have to assume part of the burdens which
the decrepid and broken-down invalids
throw off, it has also been found that the
invalids themselves regain compensatory
strength. and become able to serve both
the public and their new owners.
During the past six months of the cur
rent year foreclosures have been made
and sales ordered on fifteen roads, with
an aggregate capital stock OF SAG, 476, 064
and debt of $S5, 106, 800. During the
same period receivers have been APP
pointed for sixteen roads, with capital
stock and indebtedness of $3.50, 6S6, 1872;
and the same six months have seen the
actual sale of thirty-two roads, with
stock amounting to $49,035, TIA, and
debts amounting to $78, 710,214. The
total result is that the first half of this
year has sufficed to wipe out and reor-
ganize, or at least inaugurate this pro-
cess, in the case of sixty-three railroads,
with total mileage of 1926 miles, and
invested capital Represented by stocks
and bonds and floating debit of $429,-
GLASS The railroad mortality for the
entire year of 1876 was seventy-six
roads, only few more than during the
six months of this year, but the mileage
was IL 400 miles, and the represented
capital 1855, S4s, 900, or nearly double as
much.
The benefit of this squeezing process
can scarcely be doubted. A large part
OF the vast railway system of the United
States was constructed on the Credit
Mobilier plan. That is, the capital
stock represented nil as an investments:
and the bonds represented usually
double what the roads ought to have
cost. Compression is necessary to
eliminate this fictitious part of the cap
ital represented by the stock and bonds.
There is only one way to get rid of it.
The mortgages must be foreclosed when
default of payment is absolute and the
railroads sold for what they are worth
now. They will then become legitimate
Investments, ami the great bulk of the
railroads of this country, properly man.
aged, will earn fair profit on this
basis.-Micago Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03

The Detroit Tribune tells this story
I" An interesting scene occurred III the
Detroit and Milwaukee depot yesterday,
before small audience OF sympathetic
and saddened spectators, resulting III
the separation of a man named Decosta
and his spouse, even while on their
travels. Policeman Kinney endeavored
To prevail upon them to reconcile their
differences and keep on together, and
Policeman O'Connor reinforced him with
persuasive efforts to soften the asper1ty
of the situation. But they both assured
the policemen that it was no use, and
both agreed on this brief outline OF their
marital history
"Decosta makes wagons, few miles
out from Milwaukee. Two years ago he
wooed and won and married Maggie
Baldwin, pretty and pouty maid of 10
summers, and she doesn't look older
than that now. He is "a. Last fall he
gave way to jealousy, and she gave way
to wrath, and she went to Syracuse, n.
Y. to live with her mother again. Re-
Gently he wrote that life was dark to him
without her, and he would forget the
past and come to her. Her mother
said Yes, my daughter, by all
means. SO he went to syracuse, and
they started together for Milwaukee.
Coming through Canada yesterday,
gentleman on the seat behind her offered
her pictorial to look at. She smiled,
and took it. She gazed around on him
and said, How warm it is : and he al
lowed it was very warm. Then he
stepped around and raised the window of
the seat in front of her, and expressed
his solicitude rs to the proper amount of
atmospheric contact with her fair cheeks,
and resumed his seat behind her. All
this time Mr.. Decosta remained silent
and motionless beside her. She again
gazed languidly around, smiled, and re-
marked to the stranger that this was
Canada, and he even went so far as to
admit that it was Canada. They saw
him no more after arriving ut Windsor !;
but the spirit of jealousy swelled SUI
preme in Decosta's bosom till, on enter
ing the depot on this side, it burst from
its pent-up agony, and he walled aloud,
Frailty thy name is woman She told
him he lied that it wasn't her name,
and he knew it. The Dialogue waxed
hot till she strobe around and
headed off man who was just about to
buy ticket to Milwaukee, sold him her
coupon, and started straight back for
Syracuse, while Mr.. Decosta pursued
his lonely way to Milwaukee, promising,
as they parted again, to send on her
feather bed before the nights grew cool.
SO she went east and he went vest, leav-
ing Kinney and O'Connor dismayed,
shocked, and saddened at the failure Of
their missionary labors."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03
Goals for Newcastle.

A return to the land of their fathers
in September next is proposed by
number of the colored population of
New York. Actuated, no doubt, by the
same motives which induced so many of
their brethren in the South to enligrate
to Africa some time since, number of
the most influential colored families
have taken the matter to heart and have
inaugurated movement, which is
looked on with favor, to return to the
land whence their fathers came. That
there is future for Africa far above the
conceptions of unthinking people is the
text the inaugurators of the new move
ment preach from, and there is reason
to believe that they will succeed in re-
cruiting goodly number of emigrants
to join in the proposed fall exodus from
New York. A public meeting is to be
held next week in this city at which the
matter will be considered, and Fred
erick Douglass will be on hand to ac-
quaint his brethren with his views
NeaO York Herald.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03
The Turkish Navy.

The utter worthlessness of the splen-
did navy which France possessed at the
beginning of the war with Prussia ex-
cited infinite surprise among the people
of other nations, and greatdisgust among
the French themselves. Turkey is hav-
ing a very similar experience with her
navy now. Nothing has been accom-
plished by the Black sea feet except the
reported bombardment of few coast
towns, while the costly flotilla of the
Danube, which was depended upon to
greatly obstruct if not to wholly prevent
the passage Of the river by the Russians.
has been heard of only as the subject of
n succession of disasters. The latest of
these occurred the other day near Silis-
tria. where an ordinary river steamer
temporarily armed with cannon and
mitrailleuses, and reinforced by two
sloops, attacked Turkish monitor. set
1T on fire, and damaged it seriously. The
Russian batteries have also sunk several
Turkish steamers employed in keeping
up communications between Rustchuk
and Silistria, in spite of the protection
of the monitors. On the whole, the Sui
tans navy, constructed and maintained
for years at a cost that nearly bankrupted
the treasury, has been dismal disap-
pointment so far as any effective service
IN this war is concerned.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03
CAPT. CRAPO's CRUISE.
Forty Days Crossing the Atlantic I'm
Whaleboat-A Hazardous Undertaking
ssf,,llv Accommodated.

Forty Days Crossing the Atlantic I'm
Whaleboat-A Hazardous Undertaking
Successfully Accomplished.
from the Boston Globe.l
The arrival of Capt. Grape and wife In
the whaleboat New Bedford at Penzance,
after an Atlantic voyage OF forty days,
has already been chronicled. The boat
is little more than nineteen feet and
half long and six feet and half wide,
built generally after the whaleboat model,
but with more "sheer" and broader and
deeper than most boats OF her class.
Her foremost is eighteen feet from the
deck, and her mainmast seventeen feet
high. She has foresail, mainsall, and
a square-sail and staysail to take advan-
tage of light winds. OF course the little
vessel was made in the most substantial
manner, so as to ride out the rough seas.
There are no bulwarks,. and only life
lines were rugged, and in the Atlantic
voyage the water often came over the
deck. Capt. Grape steered sitting in the
after-hatchway, and was protected by q
canvas boot in rough weather. Of
course, when the sea was very high the
boat was allowed to lie to, with drag.
Three heavy gales were experienced dur
ing the passage, and for fifteen days the
two passengers were compelled to wait
for the violence of the storm to subside.
A good deal of their clothing was washed
overheard, and much discomfort was en-
dured; but the little craft rode out the
storms nobly. Several times the ven
turesome Captain and his wife were
spoken, and there was an agreeable adj
dition to the provisions of the New Bed
ford at all such meetings. Capt. Grape
kept his longitude regularly by dead
reckoning, and did not go far out of the
regular course of the transatlantic steam
ers. His wife was as enthusiastic as
himself in carrying out the project, and
in the latter part OF the voyage did much
to help the Captain, whose left hand had
become almost useless by constant steer
ing. At II o'clock Saturday night the
coast of Cornwall was seen by the weary
voyagers, and the adventurous Captain
and his equally daring wife landed al
Penzance Sunday morning. Wind anc
weather favoring, they proposed to pro
ceed to London yesterday, and doubtless
"the merry mariners OF England F" vii
give them a hearty welcome to the grea
metropolis.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03
A BATCH of WHY'S.

Why are Ambassadors the most perfect
people in the world? Because they are
all excellencies.
Why is sympathy like blind mans
buff? 1t is fellow feeling for fellow
creature.
Why is the sun like good loaf? Be-
cause its light when it rises.
Why is a sawyer like q lawyer? Be-
cause whichever way he goes, down
come the dust.
Why are washerwomen silly people
Because they put out their tubs to catch
soft water when it rains hard
Why is man who doesn't lose his
temper like schoolmaster Because he
keeps cool (keeps scooD.
Why are mountains like invalids ? Be-
cause they look peakish.
Why are umbrellas like pancakes 2
Because they are seldom seen after
Lent
Why is drunkard hesitating to sign
the pledge like skeptical Hindool Be-
cause he doubts whether to give up the
worship of jug or not.
Why cannot two slender persons ever
become great friends? Because they
will always be slight acquaintance.
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to. He was then informed that the yes
sci had not come into collision with any
thing. but that the singular phenomenon
was due to the fact that the helmsman
had lost temporary control OF the ship.
The China is wooden vessel, ana tie
amount of friction on rock which would
tear an irreparable rent in the plating OF
an iron steamship, such as the City OF
San Francisco, might do her practically
no damage. The condition OF the tide
and other circumstances may have been
favorable TO tho China also. Since that
VOYAGE the China has not been In the
dry dock, consequently the hull has not
been subject to any examination.-San
Francisco Bulletin.
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letter. He was refused, the holder claim
ing that it contained no money, and, be-
side, how did the carrier know il was not
for him? His persistent refusal was
followed by calling in a police officer,
and only from visions of the station
house was the fellow induced to return
the money he had wrongfully appropri-
ated, and an hour afterward it was hand
ed to the rightful owner of the same
name. The thief-for he was no less
than one-may think himself fortunate
in escaping prosecution under the United
States postal laws. (Mass. }
american.
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A HumOrist,s Home.
~ iuiiiVIistS HOn1ts
Mr.. Robert j. Burdette writes to M

Mr.. Robert J. Burdette writes to Mai.
Pond, of the Redpath Lecture Bureau
BURLINGTON HAwK-EYE OFFICE, BURLINGTON,
Iowa, July 10. 1S77-Dedr Mr.. Pond Under
the best circumstances, / am a poor corre-
spondent and since your letter was received we
have been having even more than our usual
share of trouble. Sickness and suffering have
never been out of our home for an hour since
we had home, and now the shadow of great
err trouble than all hangs over it. The baby
has been and is very i'll, and we fear every
morning that the evening will find our home
without baby. II has been very hard 10 at
tend TO business and write fun all this time,
and have had neither time nor energy to do
anything more than my work on the paper.
The subject of my new lecture is "Home." IL
is au old subject, but / believe i can say some
thing new about it. Very truly yours,
ROBERT j. BURDTTTE.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-06-20
STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE 20. 1877

our best textbooks? Are our most learned
treatises the best for school room work? Be-
ing profound thinker, and teaching others
how to think profoundly. are two entirely
different things" Another paragraph aptly
says: I'VE know by long experience, that
1t Is because the school girl. who has received
no instruction, except from another girl as
uneducated as she, is willing to teach for a
pittance, many excellent normal graduates
are compelled to abandon the profession for
which they have prepared themselves, or
SUI lit to poverty prices. Educated teach
ers are driven away from the school room,
because the people do not discriminate be-
tween good and poor school, and are
willing to take almost any one who holds a
commissioners ccrtihcate and is willing to
teach for the small amount the district votes
to psy. There is not one among our honest
professional teachers who does not feel de-
graded because so many admitted by the
law to be their peers who know nothing of
the science and art of education, and never
intend to teach but for few months. There
is not a school officer in the union, especial
ly in the country, who will not express his
great desire to increase the price, and there
by the quality and permanency, of school
room work"
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-06-20
ON A NAUGHTY LITTLE BOY, SLEEP.
ING.
BY BRET HARrE-
From Harper's Magazine.l

From Harper's Magazine.l
Just now I missed from hall and stair
A joyful treble that had grown
AS dear to me as that grave tone
That tells the world my older care.
And little footsteps on the floor
Were stayed. / laid aside my pen,
Forgot my theme and listened-then
Stole softly to the library door.
No sight, no sound!-a moments freak
OF fancy thrilled my pulses through:
"n-no'-and yet that fancy drew
A fathers blood from heart and cheek.
And then-I found him. There he lay,
Surprised by sleep, caught in the act,
The rosy Vandal who had sacked
His little town, and thought 1t play.
The shattered vase, the broken jar,
A match still smouldering on the floor;
The inkstand's purple pool of gore:
The chessmen scattered near and far.
Strewn leaves of albums lightly pressed
This wicked Baby of the Woods;
In fact, of half the household goods
This son and heir was seized-possessed.
Yet all in vain, for sleep had caught
The hand that reached, the feet that strayed
And fallen in that ambuscade
The victor was himself o'erwrought.
What though torn leaves and tattered book
Still testified his deep disgrace!
/ stopped and kissed the inky face,
With its demure and calm outlook.
Then back l stole, and half beguiled
My guilt, in trust that when my sleep
Shonid come, there might be One who d
keep
An equal mercy for His child.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-06-20
LEGAL
NOTICE TO NONRESIDENT.

Whereas, a certain precept has been duly is
sued to me by the mayor of the city of Indian
apols, under the corporate seal of said city,
dated June l, 1871, showing that there is
due the following named contractor the
amount hereinafter specified for street i'm
provement in the city of Indianapolis Marion
county, Indiana:
Due Samuel j. Smock for grading and gravel
ing the alley east of Bellefontaine street, be-
tween Home avenue and the first alley north
OF Christian avenue, from Fl. A. Kerr Chris
tian name unknown) the sum of eleven dol
lars and twenty cents (sIl.20), amount of as
sessment charged against lot No. eighty.fOur
(S4) in Alvord d Company's subdivision TO the
city of Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana.
Now, the said defendant is hereby notified,
that unless within (20) days after the publica-
ton for three weeks of this notice, the amount
so assessed against the above described lot or
parcel of land is paid, / will proceed to collect
the amount so assessed by levy and sale of said
lot or parcel of land or so much thereof as may
be necessary to satisfy the above claim, and all
costs that may accrue.
HENRY w. TUTEWILER,
City Treasurer.
Indianapolis, Ind, Jnue 8, 1877.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-06-20
NOTICE TO NONRESIDENT.

Whereas. a certain precept has been duly is
sued to me by the mayor of the city of Indian
apolis. under the corporate seal of said city,
dated June l. 1877, showing that there IS
due the following named contractor the
amount hereinafter specified for street i'm
provement in the city of Indianapolis, Marion
county, Indiana:
Due Samuel j. Smock for grading and gravel
ing the alley east of Bellefontaine street, be-
tween Home avenue and the first alley north
of Christian avenue, from Bartholomew ID.
Brooks the sum of seven dollars and fifty-six
cents $3.50, amount of assessment charged
against the III divived one-haif ~ of lot No.
fifty-one (5) in Alvord & Company's subdivis-
ion of Butler and Fletcher addition TO the
city of Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana.
Now, the said defendant is hereby notified
that unless within COZ days after the publica-
tion for three weeks of this notice, the amount
so assessed against the above described lot or
parcel of land is paid, will proceed to collect
the amount so assessed by levy and sale Of
said lot or parcel of land or so much thereof as
may be necessary to satisfy the above claim
and all costs that may accrue.
HENRY w. TUTEWILER,
City Treasurer.
Indianapolis, Ind, June 8, 1871.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-06-20

The Rev. Mr.. Boyd, young minister who
has recently left Boston to assume the pas
torate of the Second Baptist church in st.
Louis, conducted a prayer meeting last
Wednesday evening and found himself face
to face with a large number of young ladies.
After the opening prayer had been offered,
he expressed the hope that the brethren
would take part in the meeting, and, after
an awkward pause and some hesitation, add
ed: eff any sister feels it her duty to say
anything at this meeting she should say It. !"
Up rose Miss Phoebe Couzens, determined in
mien and ready with the oral. Before
you sit down, Mr.. Boyd, I would like to
make few remarks" The few remarks
developed into a formidable appeal for
woman's rights. She started in at the sixth
century. A council OF bishops spent
whole day deciding whether or not
women had souls and the Presbyterian
synod of this city year or two ago spent
more time than that discussing the question
whether women should be permitted to
speak at prayer meetings; but don't know
to what conclusion they came. But now
you have decided that womr might speak
at prayer meeting If they think it their duty.
and that is encouraging" Then she spoke
of woman's place in the Gospel system and
history. Woman" she exclaimed, never
denied the blessed Master as man did, and
woman never betrayed him for sordid gain
as man did. All through the ages woman
has been the support of the church OF Christ,
but yet that church which she bad so served
has closed her lips" The new minister was
taken aback by this impassioned appeal.
The ladie who had attended his prayer
meetings in Boston had always respected the
r l,gious proprieties, and he was unprepared
for this outburst But he had to say some.
thing, and the brightest thing that occurred
to him was the sage observation that Adam
was created before Eve.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-06-20
NOTICE TO NONRESIDENT.

Whereas, a certain precept has been duly is
sued to me by the mayor of the city of Indian
apolis- under the corporate seal of said city,
dated June 1, 1917, showing that there IS
due the following named contractor the
amount hereinafter specified for street inn
provement in the city of indianapolis, Marion
county, Indiana.
Due Samuel ]. Smock for grading and gravel
ing the alley east OF Bellefontaine street, be-
tween Home avenue and the first alley north
of Christian avenue, from III. g. Hopkins
Christian name unknown) the sum of eleven
dollars and twenty cents (sll.20), amount of as
sessment charged against lot No. fifty-three
(55) in Alvord 4 Company's subdivision of But
Ter and Fletcher's addition to the city of Indl-
annapolis, Marion county, Indiana.
Now, the said defendant is hereby notified,
that unless within (20) days after the publica-
Ion for three weeks of this notice, the amount
so assessed against the above described lot or
parcel of land is paid. l will proceed to collect
the amount so assessed by levy and sale of
said lot or parcel of land or so much thereof as
may be necessary 10 satisfy the above claim
and all costs that may accrue.
HENRY w. TUTEWHER,
City Treasurer.
indianapolis, Ind, June 6, 1877.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-06-20
Fer the Sentinel.I
REST.
BY LEE o. HARRIS.

Now willows dream beside the stream.
Where whip-poor-wi1l repeats his story;
The shadows fly along the sky,
And westward sweeps the sunset glory.
Oh! Weary day,
Burned ourt at last and dyingl
Oh! cares that glide away,
Among the shadows flying.
Now comes the night with footsteps light,
Hid in her wealth of sable tresses:
The flowers weep themselves asleep.
With grateful tears at her carresses.
Oh! weary breast,
That finds a balm in weeping!
h!blissful hour of rest,
When sorrow, too, is sleeping.
Now sweet and low the breezes blow,
Among the shadow-curtaiued bowers.
And gain by stealth their fragrant wealth
In kisses from the sleeping flowers.
OH weary mind,
That hower-Lke reposes;
Oh!heart, that like the wind,
Steals fragrance from its roses.
Now solitude sits in the wood,
Enthroned among her dusky shadows;
The fireflies glow, as to and fro,
They drift like sparks across the meadows
OH weary heart,
What firefiy hopes have found thee;
OH soul, that sits apart
With fancy's shadows round thee.
Lewisville, Ind, June r. 1877.