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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-23

of King or peasant, whether / an
heiress to millions or to an empty meal
tub?"
But, if you are not the daughter O
old Globose, how came you Mt the
rock?"
/" / was staying with my Cousin Mary
Ann. She sent me with message to hel
Albert, informing him that her father had
discovered her mode of communication,
and warning him against coming to the
rock any more. When 1 reached the
rock, found not Albert, but you, there.
L had heard of you as a young student
in the neighborhood, and, in fact, l
knew you by sight. was half in love
with you before We met. The rest you
know"
1t could not be denied that Helen had
practiced some deceit toward me, but
neither had L been wholly candid with
her. In both cases, perhaps, there was
some excuse-in hers, love for myself f:
in mine, love for her fathers money. L
was not well pleased to reflect that had
married miller's daughter when i'm
agined that 1 had intrapped an heiress,
and had serious thoughts of trying to
obtain divorce.
But, when / reflected that poor Helen
had given such irrefragible proofs of de-
voted love to myself, the cruelty of such
proceeding became too apparent, and,
finally, said to myself, "It's a mis-
take but it would be wrong to leave the
poor girl, who loves me 80 truly? L will
simply do right, and will stick to her till
death separates us"
But it was necessary to contrive some
plan by which we could support our
selves and it was while was begin
ming to despair of doing this that the
death of Elder Globose was announced
in the newspapers.
Helen wanted to attend her uncle's
funeral, and, although we were really
too poor TO travel as far as NIillwater,
still set out for that village with my
young wife. We did not arrive i'll time
for the funeral, owing to an accident on
the road /; but we arrived in time to learn
that the deceased Elder, having been out
ragged by the clandestine marriage of his
daughter, had left all his property to his
niece, Helen.
When the will was read to us, which
declared Helen q millionaire, she turned
to me and said
"Now, Charles, as you married me
for myself alone, you will be pleased to
have me place all this property in the
hands OF Mary Ann Globose, to whom it
rightfully belongs"
care you in earnest, Helen p
" / never was more So.
"Then, indeed, have married some
thing better than an heiress," was my
reply. "I am satisfied"
The offer was made to Mary Ann, who
peremptorily refused to deprive Helen of
what her uncle had left to her, aud final
ly the matter was compromised. There
was enough for both. We divided the
inheritance between us. Thus Albert
and Mary Ann were amply provided for,
while 1, on my part, never had cause to
regret that ! married Helen for herself
alone.
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Railroad Accidents in Great Britain.

The statistics of railroad accidents in
Great Britain, when compared with those
in this country, makes a very favorable
showing for the former From all causes
one passenger out Of $500, 600 who trav-
eled by rail in Great Britain was killed
in 1875, and one out of each $50, 600 was
wounded. In the United States the
Railroad Gazette reports for the past
four years an average of LOO accidents
a year, resulting in 260 deaths and l 1,040
cases of injury. AS nearly as can be es-
timated from the few State reports that
could be obtained, and approximations
in those States where no record was made,
the passengers carried annually on the
railroads of the United States foot up
335, $50, 600. OF this number about one
in every 1,300,0 600 was killed, or about
three times the average of Great Britain,
and one in $50, 900 was injured. The
fact that the proportion of wounded is
smaller here than in Great Britain may
be due to the other fact that the damages
recoverable from railway companies, IN
case of death, are limited, while in case
of injury, not resulting in death, they
are left to jury.
THE Brotherhood OF Engineers was
formed thirteen years ago. 1t now en-
braces 189 subdivisions and IL, 900 regu-
lar members in al parts of the United
States and Canada. 1t provides for the
widows and children of dead brethren,
and since it's organization has expended
more than 81 100000 in this work, be-
sides donating $50, 900 TO aid needy mem
bers. Only locomotive engineers are eli
gible for membership, and at death the
family receives 81, GOO cash.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-23
A HOME.
BIZ sUsAN COOLIDGE

What Ia O home? A guarded space
Wherein few, unfairly blest,
Shall ait together, face 10 face,
And bask and purr and be at rest?
Where cushioned walls rise up between
Its inmates and the common air,
The common pain, and pad and screen
From blows of fate or winds of care
Where Art may blossom strong and free,
And pleasure furl her silken wing,
And every laden moment be
precious and peculiar thing?
And past and future, softly veiled,
In hiding mists shall float and lie,
Forgotten half, and unassailed
By either Hope or Memory,
While the luxuriant Present weaves
Her perfumed spells untried, untrue,
Broiders her garments, heaps her sheayes,
ALI for the pleasure Of few?
Can II be this-the longed-for thing,
Which wanders on the restless foam,
Unsheltered beggars. birds ON wing
Aspire to, dream Of, christen " Home?"
No. Art may bloom. and peace and Hiss:
Grief may refrain and Death forget;
But II there be no more than this,
The soul of home is wanting YETI
Dim image from far glory caught,
Fair type OF fairer things TO be,
The true home rises in our thought,
Az beacon for all men to see.
It's lamps burn brightly in the night:
Its firc-glows unchidden shed
Their cheering and abounding light
On homeless folk uncontrolled.
Each sweet and secret thing within
Gives out fragrance on the air
A thankful breath, sent forth to win
A little smile from others care.
The few, they bask In closer heat;
The many catch the farther ray.
Life higher seems, the world more sweet,
And hope and heaven less far away.
So the old miracle anew
Is wrought on earth and proven good,
And crumbs apportioned for few,
God-bessed, suffice a multitude.
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some of the spectators would have been
wounded or killed, as there was a wall of
men several tiers deep on each side, and
not more than thirty feet from the direct
line of the bullets passage and what
few trees there were close around were
also full OF spectators"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-23

New YORK city employs s,7OS salaried
officials, who draw annually s10,355, 4Ge
from the treasury.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-02-02
DREAM ON.
BY DIR. AUGUSTUS JONES.


Dream on, dear one, sweet be thy sinlcss sleep,
While lone l watch beside thy couch Of rest,
And fondly pray that angels bright may keep
All care and sorrow from thy gulleless breast;
That life to thee may seem vision fair,
With no dark scenes for thee to gaze upon
That sunny smiles thy soul-lit brow may wear,
AS in thy sleep--thou lovely one, dream on
Dream on The wind is signing round my case
ment now,
As here l sit and gaze upon the sky;
The moonbeams rest upon thy snowy pr0W,
Like signet impress sent thee from on hlgn.
Thou hast no friend in all the world out me
Father and mother, brOther-all are gone,
And thy protector have sworn to be
I'll keep my vow--dream on, fair one, dream
on.
Dream on I'll toll unwearingly by night,
And labor hard for thee each passing day,
So that thy path through life may be more bright,
And flowers spring up to greet thee on thy way;
I'll teach thee Of the worlds most winning wlles,
I'll paint its destinations one by one, =,
And learn thee how to shun the fatterer smiles
And thou shall be as safe as now-dream on.
Dream onl IT'S now far past the midnight hour,
And must seek my couch, my NINA 10 rest ;
One kiss with loves most reverental power
Upon thy rosy cheek I've fondly pressd
Now slumber on mine eyelids heavy steals,
I'll Law me down until the morning dawn;
Then with the strength that healthful sumner
yields,
I'll happy rise to toll for thee--dream on.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-02-02
CHAPTER III.

1t was two days after the scene re-
corded in our last chapter, and Mary
Hope. with the Times before her, was
answering advertisements for govern
ess. Mary was not one to sit still under
the pressure of calamity, however
heavy, and having got over the first
shock of her misfortune, at once set
about bravely to earn her own liveli-
hood. With this view she was now
seeking to obtain a situation, either as
governess or companion, entering upon
her task with brave heart, though she
knew the trials to which such q position
would probably expose her. She an
swered three advertisements, and had
folded and sealed her letters, and now,
with her open desk before her, was
counting her little store of ready
money, and calculating how long she
could at any rate subsist before she
found employment. In replacing her
purse, her hand fell upon portrait,
which she took out, and gaxed at fond
ly. Dear old Godfrey, if you had
lived. how different my future would
have been. suppose / ought to say
Gods will be done, but, o, it's very,
very hard A few moments she con-
tinued gazing through her tears at the
portrait, when a sharp knock at the out
er door startled her, and she replaced it
in the desk. She heard Mrs. Murga-
troyd in conversation with some one,
and then a quick, well-remembered
voice said, where? This room ?"
And in another moment the door was
flung open. and Mary Hope was sobbing
in her lost lovers arms.
After the blissful excitement Of the
first meeting had subsidized, q season Of
mutual explanation followed. Godfrey
Howard had been dangerously wound
ed, and had been = prisoner for the
greater part Of . year in an Indian dun
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-02-02

knocked Slythorpe down, proceeded to
knock him up again; and with his own
dandy cane, which stood by the side of
the fireplace, gave him one of the most
tremendous furnishings ever recorded in
the pages of history. And the clerk in
the outer Office, who owed Slythorpe
many grudge for acts of petty tyranny,
listened at the door, smiling pleasantly
at each swish of the descending cane,
and finally indulging in a war dance ex-
pressive of triumph and exultation
round the office stool.
A fortnight later Major Howard, look
ing wonderfully better in health and
strength, stood before the altar of
quiet city church with graceful little
figure by his side. And with no pomp
or ceremony, no breakfast, no speeches,
no wedding guests, with only good Mrs.
MNrgatroyd for bridesmaid, the two
true lovers were made one. And six
months afterwards, in the Court of
Queens Bench, the great assault case of
Slythorpe VS.. Howard was tried. And
when the lawyers on both sides had had
their say, the presiding Judge said,
Gentlemen of the jury, it is not dis
puted that very violent assault was
committed or the plaintiff, and he is,
therefore, entitled to your verdict. But
in assessing the damages, gentlemen,
you will consider the general merits of
the case, and give the plaintiff only such
compensation as you think he fairly de-
serves" And the jury, in awarding one
farthing by way of damages. expressed
their unanimous regret that there wasn't
q smaller coin.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-02-02
RIGHT AND WRONG.

Alas how hardly things go right;
IT'S hard to watch, on summer night
For the sigh will come, and the kiss VIII stay,
And the Summers night is Winter day.
Alas how easily things so wrong
A sigh too much or kiss too long.
And there comes mist and weeping rain,
And life is never the same again.
And vet how easily things go right
If the sigh and the kiss Of the Summers night
Come deep from the soul, in the stronger ray
That is born in the light.of the Winters day.
And things can never go badly wrong
If the heart be true and the love be strong:
For the mist, if it comes, and the weeping rain
win be changed by the love into sunshine again
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-02-02
One Farthing Damages.

In a darkened chamber. dark with the
awful shadow still more than with the
lack of material light, four persons
were gathered round a bed, on which
Law a man bearing in his face the I'M
mistakable signs of the summons which
none can refuse to answer. A weeping
girl knelt by the bedside, her face bent
over the nerveless hand which she held
as though by that convulsive clasp she
could hold her father still to life. The
doctor and nurse stood quietly aside, as
having done their part, and waiting for
the inevitable end. A shaded lamp cast
a ring of bright white light amid the
surrounding gloom, and within ITS
cleaning circle, at a table covered with
paper and writing materials, sat the dy-
ing mans solicitor, engaged III the
preparation of his last will. The in
structions were short and simple. Ber-
nard Hope had but one near relative,
his daughter Mary, now kneeling by his
bedside. and to her, as was natural, he
desired to leave his few possessions.
After an interval of silence, broken
only by the suppressed sobs OF the
weeping girl and the monotonous
scratching of the attorneys pen upon
the paper, he paused, and inquired III
harsh. unpleasant voice:
.'What names shall insert as trus-
tees? You should have two. at least. y
The diving man paused ere he replied
with an effort
"Geoffrey Howard, Major One Hun
dred and Eleventh, now IN India. L
have no other friend"
s.In that case may l venture to offer
nv humble services, subject to the
usual proviso. | should be delighted
TO be useful to Miss Hope; and as your
friend Is abroad there may be difficult
ties"
.sTrue. Slythorpe, 1 thank you.
Make Yourself trustee, then, with Major
Howard. Legacy-two hundred pounds
for your trouble.
Nay, my dear sir, quite unnecessary.
l really"
But again the ready pen travelled over
the paper; and quarter of an hour later
Mr.. Slythorpe announced that the doc
ument was ready for execution, and In
low. mechanical monotone read over its
provisions. The sick man seemed more
than once to lose consciousness during
the IeauluS, butdt tilc CAooS AO "PPc"ACu
to nerve himself for supreme effort.
"Yes, that will do. Give me the
pen," he said; and with a shaking hand
affixed his signature, and with eager
ewes watched the doctor and nurse as
they added their own as witnesses. af-
ter which he sank back exhausted on
the pillow.
.,Thank God, that's safe!' he gasped.
MARY, my child, you and Godfrey
YOU and Geoffreyl What was l say
ing? God bless you, my darling! God
bless"
These we're the last words Bernard
Hope ever spoke. For little while he
Law with half closed eyes, still breath
ing, but past all consciousness OF earth
ly things. The doctor stepped noise
lessly to the bedside, and laid finger
on the flutttering pulse, now beating
with unnatural quickness. now failing
altogether. Another quarter OF an hour
passed. quarter Of an hour which
seemed an age to the anxious watchers
and then the doctor laid down the
thin. white hand, and tenderly touching
the head of the orphaned girl, said:
ssNy dear, the Lord gave, and the
Lord has taken away. Your father has
passed to bstter world.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-02-02

Roup--A Good Remedy.

This is, perhaps, the greatest scourge
that the poultry breeder has to contend
with; but with the care and attention
that fowls are receiving at the present
day, this disease is becoming less fire.
quent. The disease may be prevented by
proper sanitary regulations, and judi
cious housing and feeding. The require
ments necessary to its prevention are
we'll ventilated houses, where the fowls
are not exposed to any drafts.
The symptoms are various; sometimes
the first symptom is sneeze, the eyes
or nostrils, or both, are discharging q
thin, watery substance, which gradually
thickens as the disease develops, until
it becomes white and mattery, emitting
very offensive odor. In other cases,
the eyes and head become swollen and
infamed. In either case there will be
more or less discharge from the eyes or
nostrils, and also feverish condition
after the disease becomes well seated,
the birds appearing sluggish, with
gradual wasting away. The first step
should be to transfer the fowls to a
warm and dry room, and the water
fountains should be disinfected, as also
the feed boxes, to prevent others from
taking the disease. Give the diseased
fowls each dose of castor oil, one
tablespoonful. and afterward administer
the following, viz: Olive oil / o.,
gum camphor l drachm, carbolic acid II
drops; take n spring bottom oil can,
Sewing machine is BEST hold the af-
fected bird firmly, open the mouth and
inject drop or two in the slit in roof
of mouth, on and under the tongue, and
in each nostril: the amount to be given,
and the frequency of application must
be determined according to the severity
of the case. In mild cases, one appli-
cation, morning and evening, will be
sufficient, but in severe from three to
five applications daily. Use the
douglas mixture" freely in the drink
ing water. If any ulcers are found in
the mouths, apply burnt alum and
honey, by swabbing ont the mouth with
a rag. If the eyes or head are swollen,
battle them twice a day with Labar-
raque's solution, diluted in twice the
quantity of water, or if the discharges
are copious battle oftener. Continue
this treatment until recovered. In the
absence of other remedies, l should try,
with strong hopes of success, the sui
phur fumigation. Do not return the
fowls that have been cured of the roup
to the general yard, for some days after
recovery.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-02-02

ARTIFICIAL EYES SENSITIVE TO LIGHT
Among the curious developments of
science is the recent production, by DIR.
G. w. Siemens, of an artificial eye that
is sensitive to light. We wish we could
add that it gives vision to the blind
but we cannot, though perhaps it con-
tains germ of promise in that direc-
ton. The new eye is composed of an
ordinary glass lens, backed by an arti-
fetal retina of selenium. This mineral
resembles and is allied to sulphur; it is
distilled from bodies that contain sui
phur, in conjunction with metals, such
as iron pyrites, o compound of sulphur
and iron.
Mr.. May, telegraph clerk employed
at the Valentia cable line, first observed
In 1873, that the electrical resistance of
selenium was instantly altered by light,
the resistance being diminished by in
crease of light.
DR.. Siemens makes use of this pecu-
liarity of selenium in the construction
of his novel eye. An electrical circuit
is arranged, Of which bit Of selenium
forms part, and constitutes the retina.
When strong light is admitted into
the lens and falls upon the selenium re-
tina, the current of electricity flows
and (by acting upon small magnets)
may be made to work the artificial lids
of the eye, opening or closing them,
according to the intensity of the light.
1t is well known that vibrations of
musical sounds may by an ordinary con-
Quoting wire be electrically transmitted
and successfully delivered to the ear.
1t remains to be determined whether
light vibrations can, by means of selen-
ium and electricity, be transmitted TO
the brain in the absence OF the natural
eye.
THERE are six women in the Black dllls
and only one milliner's shop.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-02-02

THREE are six women in the Black Hills
and only one milliner's shop.
The Worthington advance., 1877-09-27
A FastidiOus Tramp.

He was very gentle in manner; he had
a mild blue eye and nasal twang, relieved
by lisp charmingly beautiful not to hear.
His pull on the bell was gentleness itself,
and when Mrs Spriggs decided to answer
the ring, she felt certain that it was some
amiable friend. The good mornings we're
said with heartiness only to be acquired
by long self denial and training.
"Have you an overcoat, missus? I'm a
poor man-a widower with seven small
children, five that adopted out of pure
charity-and thought I'd drop in and
see about coat.
Mrs. Spriggs' heart was moved with
pity. She felt that she could never stand
it to be widow long, and she joyfully
replied:
"Oh, yes! have one of Mr.. spriggs'.
One that he had made to order last
March,
"oh, then it is not Of the latest
style2"
"Oh, no! I am sorry to say one of those
dreadful tramps stole his best"
The mans face flushed up little as he
asked:
"Buckhorn buttons, or gutta perchaa''
"Gutta percha," said Mrs Spriggs.
"Oh, they have disagreeable odor."
"Oh, we'll" said Mrs. Spriggs, noticing
his look of disappointment, its a very
nice coat. I'll run up and get it out Of
the camphor."
No, you need not. Camphor I de-
test, and gutta percha buttons. Au re-
COR, madame"
And hepassed down the steps the very
picture of grand manhood
The Worthington advance., 1877-09-27
FRANKLIN STEELE.
Board of Trade, Minneapolis.
Woman, or Tigress?

New York Correspondence Buffalo Courier
1t is rarely that Judge has had occa-
sion to excoriate either a plaintiff or de-
fendant as severely as Judge Van Brunt
was provoked to do in dismissing the
suit Of the Countess Heinrueth. This
woman, however, is simply only one of
the cleverest of her class. There are
scores Of others in New York who differ
from her only in capacity for intrigue
and fraud. now have in mind wom-
an who has been preying upon every one
she could reach during the fifteen years.
She has been arrested and tried at least
half a dozen times, but so cunningly
were all her frauds executed that it has
been impossible for the law to get hold
of her, and she is still free to carry on
her schemes Of blackmail.
A few years ago this woman, who is
the mother of three grown-up daughters,
forced her way into the house of Judge,
now, dead, whose daughter was about to
marry man whom the adventures
claimed as her husband. The marriage
was to take place next morning. The
woman burst into parlor where the
Judge and his daughter, and also the in
tended bridegroom and some friends,
were passing social evening, and
pounced upon her victim like tigress
She was finally put out OF doors, but not
until she had said enough to effect a
postponement Of the marriage. It took
place some afterward, but the woman
still asserted her claim and took every
means to annoy and torment the husband
and wife. She followed them in the
street, abusing them like fshwife, and
pointing out the man to passers-by us a
scoundrel and a bigamist, and her perse-
cution became so intolerable that the
wife at last was afraid to 90 out of doors.
Fear of public scandal prevented the
Judge from having the adventures arrest
ed. The constant wrong SO wore upon
him that he broke down, and two years
after the marriage he died. The repeated
allegations of the woman so prejudiced
him against his son-in-law that he ex-
cluded him altogether from his will.
This led to further trouble. The daugh-
ter, who had been carefully provided for.
was prevailed upon by her husband, to
whom she still clung, to contest her
fathers will, and long litigation fol-
lowed. While it was pending the con-
testant fell sick and died, but the fight
over her fathers property is still going
on, the husband continuing it as his wife's
executor. Meanwhile, the woman whose
claims, shouted at the street corners, were
the original cause Of all the trouble and
scandal in the family, goes about boast
ing Of what she has done, and seek
ing new opportunities to pluck the un-
suspecting. She is over so years old.