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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06

The following is scarcely an exaggera.
ton of the want of determination and
wisdom displayed by some persons in
giving aims The late Mrs. Jane W
was equally remarkable for kindness OF
heart and absence of mind. One day
she was accosted by beggar, whose stout
and healthy appearance startled her into
a momentary doubt OF the needfulness of
charity in this instance: why" ex-
claimed the good old lady, you look
we'll able to work" "Yes," replied the
supplicant, but have been deaf and
dumb these seven years" Poor man,
what heavy afflictionl" exclaimed Mrs
W, at the same time giving him re-
lief with liberal hand. On returning
home she mentioned the fact. remark
ing. what dreadful thing it is to be
deprived of such precious faculties p
But how" asked her sister, did you
know that the poor man had been deaf
and dumb for seven years why
was the quiet and unconscious answer,
"he told me SOL
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06

Brigham Young once ingeniously put
off a simple disciple who had lost leg
and wanted another supplied by miracu-
lous growth, by saying that he could
command another to grow, of course, but
begged his petitioner to consider how
awkward it would be to walk around
heaven with three legs, while the other
saints would have only two The credu-
lous sufferer went away satisfied.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06

An officer upon seeing beautiful pic.
ture sketched upon a wall in America,
exclaimed, at is fine paintingi but it
was never done in America" "Oh, sir, y
says his friend, don't you see it is on a
solid WALL and therefore must have been
done in this countryH' "Ah," replies
he, II see that plain enough, but only
meant that the man who did it was never
in America
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06
A Young Drunkard Kills His Aged
Father.

PITTsBURGH, Nov. pa telegraphic spe-
cial from Pottstown, W. Va, says that
last evening, John Potts, young drunk
ard, who was being censured for his con-
tinued misconduct, made desperate at
tempt to drown his father, an old gentle
man for whom the town was named, and
failing in this he followed him to the
house and dispatched him with hatch
ct The whole community is indignant
and threats are made to lypch the fend
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06
Grammatical Points.

The New York Journal Of Commerce
criticises, as ungrammatical, the express
sion, Ito devoutly beseech," in the Presi-
dents Thanksgiving Proclamation. Ac.
cording to the grammarians ne should
have said, .'devoutly to beseech." But
this rule is almost constantly violated by
legislators who say, ITO further provide,
instead of Further to provide. II Illinois
State Journal
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06

A Kansas farmer purchased a revolver
for his wife, and insisted on target prac
tice, SO that she could defend her house
in case of his absence After the bullet
mad been dug cat of his leg and the COW
buried, he said he guessed that she d
better shoot with an ak
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06

A squad of recruits were drawn up in
line one day at debreczin, in Hungry,
when the corporal suddenly exclaimed {:
Here, you Kovacs. what's that medal
you've got dangling there on your
breast p Kovacs blushed, cast down his
eyes, and replied, in a small voice :
please, sir, it's the medal our COW won
at the last cattle-show."
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06

The solidity Of the South is something
tremendous without the cooperation oi
Patterson and Conover There was an
election to fill vacancy in a South Caro-
lima district the other day, and the result
showed that the 2 900 Republican major
ity Of few months ago had disappeared
almost entirely. There was scarcely 9
baker's dozen of Republican votes cast
This is reconciliation at lively rate o
specd.-[N Y. Tribune
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06

A dandy. leading dog by a string,
lounged mp to a ticket-office window OF a
railway station. and inquired Must /
aw-take ticket Tor puppy 2 lie was
naturally both Surprised and annoyed
when the ticket frller answered. in a
slightly bewildrrrd tone. after mo
mrnt's r.frction No. you can travel
a. an ordinary passenger.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06
The Angel of Patience.

To weary hearts, to mournful homes,
Gods meekest angel gently comes;
No power hath he to Danish pain
Or give us Back our lost again,
And vet, in tenderest love, our dear
And Heavenly Father sends him here.
Angel of Patience sent to calm
Our fevered brow with cooling balm,
To lay with hope the storms OF fear
Aud reconcile life's smile and tear,
The throbs of wounded pride TO still
And make our own our Fathers will.
o. thou who mournest by the way,
With longings for the close of day
He walks with thee, that angel king,
And gently whispers, "Be resigned!'
Bear up-bear on-the end shall tell,
The dear Lord ordereth all things well.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06

talked with a minion from Her Ma.
jesty's dominions: Says /, where are
you goingY' Says he, ITO hide a hoe. "
Says /, what are you going to hide a
hoe for2' Says he, IL didn't say hide a
hoe; said hide hoe" Says |, Spell
it." Says he, Idaho" 20, says /
Idaho" Yes" says he, Hide hoe. y
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06

Before we were married" said he to a
friend, "she used to say by-by, so sweetly
when | went down the steps" And
now what does she say p asked the friend.
"Oh just the same" exclaimed the
-man-"buy. buy" "Ah / see" said
the other; "she only exercises little
different spell over you"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06

Dean Swift said that the reason a Ger.
tain university was a learned place was
that most persons took some learning
there. and but few brought any away with
them, and so il accumulated.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06

What the milkman said when he found
a fish in the milk: There now the
brindle COW has been in swimming again,
and has swallowed fish."
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06
FLOWERS, SEEDS, ETC.
A GREENHOUSE AT
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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06

Time flies" suggested sic. YES"
he answered, sadly, taking dark object
Gu: of the cream, time flies were gone"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-06

A bright school girl claims that by
analogy Phtholognyrrh, is the proper
mode of spelling Turner. and gives this
4 Lilo Ia nYnlnin hnr ihanrv
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CARDS.

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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-10-19
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINas.

The managers Of the railway trunk lines, at
a conference in New York, the other day, de-
cided to advance rates on West-bound freights
33H per cent.
One hundred stone-cutters have sailed from
New York for London. The men are engaged
for one year, their pay being Cd. an hour. An
other company of 100 is to follow.
The Woman's National Congress was in ses-
sion at Cleveland last week. Miss Abbey W..
May presided.
Tucson (Arizona) telegram ga most seri-
Gus and threatening state of affairs exists at
Ell Paso, Texas. The entire lower portion Of
FL Paso county is in possession Of the mob and
Americans throughout the county have aban-
doned their homes and fled to FL Paso for
safety. Judge How ard, who killed Louis Cor
dis, succeeded in making his escape to Messil-
la, where he still remains. Cords is said to
have been the leader OF the mob, who are all
more desperate and threatening in consequence
Of his death. A large number Of outlaws are
encamped near the county-seat. They declare
they will fight the troops il the latter attempt
to make arrest. Judge Baker is en- route from
Fort Plavis With troops to restore ORDER"
Hon. Edwards Pierrepoint, United States Min
lister to England, has rendered his resignation.
TO take effect Dec. l.
According to the statement of gentleman
just arrived in Washington, there is little or
no ground for hope thst Senator Morton will
ever again take his seat in the Senate. This
gentleman says the sick Senator's body is prac-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-10-19
POLITICAL POINTS.

The Democrats have carried Ohio by a ma
jority of about rs, 900, and secured majority
in the Legislature Of about forty on joint bal
lot, which insures Democratic United States
Senator in place Of Stanley Matthews.
In Iowa the Republican majority is between
10000 and $4,000, and the Legislature largely
Republican.
A large meeting of New York Republicans,
called for the purpose Of indorsing President
Hayes, was held in Cooper Institute one night
last week. Prof. Dwight, of Columbia Law
School, presided. George William Curtis was
the principal speaker. Resolutions strongly
indorsing the national administration were
adopted.
At meeting OF the Georgia Republican
State Committee held at Atlanta, the other
day. the members almost unanimously voted
to disband their org ANIMATION.
The German and Independent Citizens Com
mittee, Of New York city, have resolved that
neither the Republican nor Democratic parties
are worthy of confidence, and placed in the
field a separate ticket for State officers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-10-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE WAR IN THE EAST.

A special correspondent with the Russians in
Asia telegraphs from Karajal that Mukhtar
Pasha has evacuated his position at Kill Tepe,
which was taken from the Russians few
months ago, and also Subata. In an official
telegram from the Russian headquarters 1t is
said to have been in consequence Of operations
on the I'd and Sd inst, and the occupation of
new positions by the Russian troops, that the
Turks abandoned most Of their positions and
commenced retreating.
Plevna has again been revictualed and rein
forced
A telegram from Kars, in ASIA reports six
bours' battle near Aladja Dagh, in which the
Russians, according to Turkish accounts were
repulsed with the loss Of !, 200 men.
Disease is rapidly thinning the ranks of the
-Roumanian army. The total strength
of the invaders in Bulgaria, including all the
reinforcements, is only 230,0 600.
Russia has agreed to pay Servia 1000, 900
roubles month from the time the Servian
army assumes the offensive.
A dispatch from the Russian headquarters on
the Danube says the Czarowitz has declared it
impossible to winter his army in Bulgaria I'M
less Rustchuk or some other fortress previously
surrenders.
The sentence of death passed on the GEES
hoffs, the English merchants at Phiippopolis,
has been committed to one Of exile.
The Hungarians have made hostile incur
sion into Roumania.
Turkish reports from Schipka represent mill
@oy antiralv q11anan1ad nv the
weather.
Intelligence from Biela states that Suleiman
Pasha's army is decimated by typhus,
Russian and Turkish advices from Asia in
dictate that the Russians occupied the Yagui
Hills, Sarbston, and Kizil Tepe, abandoned by
Moukhtar Pasha, and are maneuvering for an
advantageous position from which to make a
new attack on the Turkish lines concentrating
about Aladja-Dagh.
special from the Russian headquarters al
Gorny-Studen says the Imperial Guard have
all gone to Plevna, and the Czarowitch will
not command them to avoid clashing with the
Prince Of Roumania.
Trustworthy advices from st. Petersburg
state that 100 battalions of troops of the line
are being formed.
A Russian official dispatch, dated headquar-
tiers Army of the Caucasus, Oct. 16, says
Yesterday the Russians gained great victo-
~ over Mukhtar Pasha, capturing many guns
and prisoners. The Turks have been driven
from the road to Kars."
dispatch from before Plevna, dated Oct.
II, says: "After nine days incessant rain,
tho waathar has cleared m Rul0arian opera-
tons will begin again as soon as the ground
becomes sufficiently dry. There are reports OF
great suffering in both armies"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-10-19
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The President has accepted an invitation to
attend the Virginia State Fair on Oct. 80.
The President and several members of the
Cabinet attended the Maryland Fair, at Fred
erick, last week.
An important decision has been rendered by
Secretary Schurz, which confirms the title to
their lands Of many thousands Of settlers on
the line of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railroad, and firmly fixes them in the posses
sion Of the homestead which they have cult
waited and improved.
The Democratic caucus for the nomination Of
officers of the House of Representatives was
held on the evening of Saturday, Oct. IS,
Hester Clymer, of Pennsylvania, presiding.
For the Speakership, Randall, Sayler and
Goode were nominated, the names Of Morrison
and Cox having been previously withdrawn from
the contest. Randall received the nomination
on the first ballot, the vote standing Randall,
107; Goode, % Sayler, II. The caucus made
the nomination unanimous. John G.. Thomp-
son, Of Ohio, was renominated for Sergeant
alarms by reclamation. Adams was renom-
mated for Clerk on the first ballot. There
were three ballots for Doorkeeper, resulting in
the choice Of Col. Polk, of Missouri ]. NJ.
Stewart, Of Virginia, was nominated on the
first ballot for election as Postmaster. Rev.
DR.. Poisel, Of the Southern Methodist Church,
was nominated for Chaplain.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-10-19
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

In order to check the outflow Of gold to
America, the Bank Of England has raised the
price Of its gold eagles half-penny.
The Spanish Government has paid the Amer
lean Minister at Madrid $4,000 on account Of
claims for losses incurred by American citizens
in Cuba through the revolution.
Another terrible colliery explosion has oc-
Cured in Lancashire, Eng, causing the death
of forty miners
Henry Meggs, the railroad-building million
aire Of the Andes, is dead.
An American named Bedel took conspicuous
part in the electoral contest in France, and has
been expelled from the country by order Of the
Government.
Paris telegram says that "Gambetta has
been sentenced to three months imprisonment
and to pay a fine of $500 for placarding his re-
cent address to the electors Of his arondisse-
ment The printer Of the address was sem
fenced to fifteen days imprisonment and to pay
a fine Of s40O."
The Republicans Of France have achieved a
signal victory over the consolidated monarchi-
cal elements under the leadership of Mac
Mahon. In the election for members Of the
Chamber of Deputies they have secured ma
jority Of about 100 members. The election
passed off quietly.
A Vienna bank has failed, with liabilities of
s7,OOO,OOO.
Curacao and the neighboring islands in the
West Indies have been visited by fearful hur-
ricane. Half million dollars worth of prop
erty and many lives we're destroyed.
England, Ireland and Scotland were visited
by gale Of immense violence about the same
time, causing great destruction Of property on
land and sea.
The famine in India will cost the Indian Gov
eminent S75, 100000, exclusive Of the loss Of
revenues resulting from the distress.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-10-19

a Chicago hotel few days ago. A man named
J. M. GLADDEN., hailng from Iowa, murdered
married woman, the wife Of one Bell with
whom he had been criminally intimate, by cut
ting her throat, and then ended his own life
by the same means.
The Kansas City Times states that grave
doubts exist as TO the guilt Of Joel Collins, who
was recently killed as one Of the Union Pacific
robbers, and his father, a wealthy citizen of
Dallas, Texas, has employed counsel to investi-
gate the matter. 1t is claimed that Collins
could not have been present at the train rob-
berry, that he was returning from the Black
Hills, where he had sold a drove of cattle for
800 900, and his conduct when captured is ac-
counted for on the hypothesis that he supposed
he had fallen ia the hands Of robbers, and was
determined to resist to the end.
Dan OHara, a prominent citizen and leading
Democratic politician Of Chicago, is dead.
James Berry, supposed to be one Of the
Union Pacific train robbers, has been arrested
in Galloway county, Mo.
The Milwaukee papers report the mysterious
disappearance from that city, where he has re-
sided for year or two, Of John NJ. Buckley,
Attorney General of the United States under
President Johnson. His mental faculties have
been seriously impaired of late.
James Berry, the Pacific railroad robber
captured in Galloway county, Mo-, has died Of
the wounds inflicted by the Sheriff while ar
resting him. He made confession to the eff
feet that Collins, who was killed in Kansas,
planned the robbery; that the names OF the
other men were correct is now known by the
Express Company, and that they all travelled
200 miles together, and then separated in
squads of two. Berrys partner went to Chicago.
John T. ellison sued the Cincinnati Enquirer
for libel, and obtained verdict for S3,875 An
appeal was taken to the higher courts, and the
decision has just been affirmed.
Advices from the West indicate the safe and
expeditions removal of the Sioux Indians to
the Missouri river, in accordance with the
wishes Of the Government.
south.
Internal Revenue Collector Mott and six
deputies lately arrested two illicit distillers and
seized large quantity Of whisky in Burke
county, N. G. While the revenue officers were
descending a mountain with their booty they
were constantly assailed by party armed with
rifles, and all but one wounded.
The Odd Fellows Hall at Little Rock, Ark,
one of the finest buildings in the State, has
been destroyed by fire. Loss heavy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-10-19
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

The statement of William NJ. Tweed, SUBJ
mitted a short time ago to Attorney General
Fairchild, is made public, and contains
the names Of twenty-one Senators paid for
votes or silence.
Col. Forney has sold his paper, the Phila-
delphia Press, to Col. w. w. Nevin. The
price paid was $4,000.
The remains Of the late Gen. Custer were in
tered in the cemetery at West Point, on the
18th inst.
One of the heaviest banks in New York is re-
ported to have just taken out s2,5Oe, 900 Of
circulating notes. This move will necesstate
the retirement of s1,SO0,OOO in greenbacks.
This is said to be part Of scheme on the part
of the New York banks for the contraction
of the currency.
Gilman, the swindling New York insurance
broker. has been sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary.
New York city has raised 100000 to defray
the expenses of transporting that other needle
OF Cleopatra's to this country, the Khedive Of
Egypt having agreed to donate it to any
American city that would take il of his hands.
West.
The business part Of the town Of Vacaville,
solano county, Cal, has been swept away by
fire. Loss, 100000.
A singuarly horrible tragedy was enacted in
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-10-19
Savings-Bank Deposits i'm Great Britain.

A return recently made in Great Brit
ain shows that there were at that time
1,120, 172 depositors in the savings banks
of England; 32,947 in those of Wales;
Sc, $40 in those of Ireland; and 26O, S19
in those of Scotland. These figures, in
proportion to population, give one de-
positor for every SO persons in Ireland,
every 36 in Wales, every 10 in England,
and every - in Scotland. In the lastnamed
country every alternate family has a
savings-bank book. In Glasgow alone
there stood on the Goth of last November
co, $50, 500 to the credit of 1886 depos-
itors. In Edinburgh the deposits
amounted to 81, 079, 67S, 10y 81, O43 de-
positors. 1t is but a short time since
these banks were established, and they
are now as secure as the credit of the
British empire can make them. Their
success has been immense.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-10-19
How the Cars Soldiers Obey.

Of the Russian peasants military dis
cipline and unquestioning submission to
his superiors, says the Examiner, a
characteristic proof was afforded to some
correspondents with Col. Yolschine's
troops on their way to Warsaw after the
rout of the Poles under Lelewel, at
Batorsch, in August, 1864. One of the
officers was especially loud in his praises
of the discipline of the Russian soldier;
and, to prove the truth of his assertion,
he called one of the men out of the ranks,
and saying, Ivan, it is my pleasure to
punish thee" dealt him sounding box
on the ear and sent him back again. The
man simply saluted and obeyed. At the
remark that it would not be surprising
if the officer were to be shot in the back
at the first engagement, he laughed, and
called Ivan forth again, and said to him,
"Ivan, why did punish thee just now2"
81 don't know" was the reply. "But
you know 1 must have had reason for
it." "Of course" the man answered,
"you must have had an excellent reason
for it," eyes," observed the officer, 81
did it to prove to these gentlemen here,
our old enemies of Sebastopol, that the
Russian soldier is unapproachable for
discipline by any other nation. Was 1
not nght2' "By God master, you
were," replied the man, with a broad
grin of triumph. There is no exaggera-
ton in these incidents. The endurance
"A sort of submissive fatalism-of the
common Russian is most remarkable.
1t is, in fact, more or less a special feat
ure of Tartar and Sclav; and, being thus
to suffering themselves, they
are Indifferent to it in others.