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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-06

The work on the new capitol is now
progressing rapidly. The rooms iu each
of the wings, the Governors room, and
the library are plastered, the ceiling
and cornices in the Supreme Court room
are flushed and the Senate and Repre-.
sentative chambers are we'll under way
The west and north porticos are nearl y
complete, and ground was broken on
Wednesday last for the east portico
The latter is equivalent to breaking
ground for a $4,000 house The
dome will De finished by September 18th,
and the contractors fully expect to nave
the entire building ready for occupancy
by July 4tb, 1878 Lansing Republi-
can.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-06

The workshipers in the Fourth Con.
gregatonal Church, of Hartford, have
been mortified and justly For uearIy
thirty years they have gathered togeth.
er Sunday after Sunday in the sacred
edfce which they own, rejoicing to
believe that all their surroundings were
of the most approved religious charac.
ter y few days since, however, their
rejoicing was turned to sadness. 1t
became necessary to paint the weather
beaten church, and during the process
1t was deemed prudent to repair and
regild the vane and large hollow ball
directly beneath on the spire. While
the ball was being repaired it became
apparent that it contained something,
and examination disclosed quart bot.
tie of rum aud pack of playing cards,
which, it subsequently TRANSFERRED were
placed there while the spire was build.
ing by some of the ungodly citizens of
Hartford. No wonder the people are
horrifed when they think of the rever.
eatial feeling they have had for the
spire. i0H
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-06

Mrs Schlieuann, wife of the Profess.
or, ina recent paper before the Archmo.
logical Institute, London, gave some in
tercstine details Of the hard work pros
ccutcd by her husband and herself in
the excavations Of Myceum and Troy.
The lady was sort of section boss,
commanding thirty workmen, and it was
under her direction that the tomb at
Troy and tie treasury at MyceD@ were
discovered 30 great was her enthusi-
asm that she frequently stood all day,
in mud up to her knees, obliyious to
hunger and intent only upon her opera
tiOus
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-06
pAw PAW RAiLROAD.

Trains from Paw Paw connect with The same
named Trans on the Michigan Central Railroad
40 Lawton. going ea-t and west.
LEAvE PAW PAW.
$50 A. NJ. returns from LAYTON az a. NJ.
O:20 a. ~. Nail Train. east.
lao p. M. Nail west, and Way Freight east.
500 p, m. Kalamazoo Accommodation, east.
- TraInsretnrn 90 Paw Paw on departure Of
Michigan Central Trains from LawfOn.
JOHN ihLlNG. sup't
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-06
Grue NortDerncr.
Paw Paw MIcuIoAs. Jun 6, ls17

A committee of Jews, appointed by
some of the lending Jewish houses OF
New York, have visited Staten Island
70 fnd a suitable site, upon which to
build a large hotel.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-06

Thnrlow Weed deprecates the ten.
dency of modern newspapers to do away
with capital letters.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-06

Preached in the Methodist Church. Lawton,
Sunday afternoon, July 1st, 1877, and revised
by Mr. Searles expressly fcr the TRUE NORTH
ERNER.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14
Philosophy OF the Divining.Rod.

The same principle furnishes what
believe to be the true scientific explain
alton of the supposed mystery of the
divining-rOd, often used where water
is scarce for the discovery of springs,
and in mining g-districts for the detec-
tion of metallic veins. This rod is a
fOrked twig shaped like the letter Y,
hazel being usually preferred; and the
diviner walks over the ground to be
explored, firmly grasping its two
prongs with his hands, in such posi-
tiOn that its stem points forward. After
a time the end of the stem points down
ward, often. it is said, with a sort of
writhing or struggling motion, especi-
ally when the fork is tightly grasped;
and sometimes it even turns backward,
so as to point toward instead of away
from the body of the diviner. Now,
there is a very large body of apparent
ly reliable testimony, that when the
ground has been opened in situations
thus indicated, either water-springs or
metallic veins have been found beneath;
and it is quite certain that the existence
of such power is matter of unques-
tiOning faith on the part of large num-
bers of intelligent persons who have
witnessed what they believe to be its
genuine manifestations. This subject,
however, was carefully inquired into
more than forty years ago by MN.
Chevreul and Blot; and their expert
mental conclusions anticipated those to
which | was myself led in ignorance of
them by physiological reasoning. They
found that the forked twig cannot be
firmly grasped for a quarter of an hour
or more in the regulation position,
without the induction of state of
muscular tension, which at last dis
charges itself in movement; and this
acts on the prongs of the fork in such a
manner as to cause its stem to point,
either upward, downward, or to one
side. The occasion of this discharge
and the direction of the movement are
greatly influenced, like the oscillations
of bodies suspended from the finger, by
expectancy on the part of the operator;
so that if he has any suspicion or sur
mise as to the whereabouts" of the
object of his search, an involuntary
and unconscious action of his muscles
causes the point of the rod to dip over
it,-POpuldr Science MOnthM.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

You see, the people at the post Office
soon recognize faces and names, and
after a man or woman has appeared
at the general-delivery window three
or four times they are pretty well
known, 1t is deal pleasure to hand
out letters to some, while the clerks
care little for the calls of others to get
hold of their epistles.
One day a year or two ago funny-loOk-
ing little old woman, wearing faded
garments, but having tidy look and a
motherly face, appeared at the window
and asked for letter. There was one
for her, sent from distant city, and
any one could have told that an unlearn-
ed boy directed the envelope. There
was a little sd" in "Detroit" with a
big "T'' to end the word, and it seemed
wonderful that the letter ever reached
its destination.
The old lady felt so good that, tears
in her eyes and yettrying hard to smile,
she put her head into the window and
said
''Thanks It's from my boy Dan, and you
don't know how much good it does
me - st
The las delivery clerk rose up to
look az ;r the old woman, and when a
second letter came she was looking and
watching for "mother" whole day
before the letter was passed out.
'It's from my little Dan again, "
cried the old woman as she noted the
superscription. Hes in Buffalo,
learning trade. He's only bit of a
boy and there wasn't show for him in
Detroit, and beside he was running out
nights and going to the bad. l sent
him away and he's working hard; and
trying to be good, God bless my Dan !
Pm lone widow with only him to
love, and Ihope he'll be good !"
81 hope so toe" added the clerk and
after that the'two were friends. Some
times the letters were far between, and
when the old woman would worry over
over the delay, and the big tears would
fall, the lady would almost shed tears
with her. "Mother" would open her
letters at the window, and if Dan was
feeling brave-hearted and getting along
well both would rejoice, while both
would still be anxious if he complained
and was discouraged,
Almost every week for a year and a
half the old lady received letter, and
just asFegularly she came to post an
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

answer. She wrote I'm quaint old
hand, but the boy could make out every
word, and once when he wrote that her
writing was improving she felt all the
pride which a schoolgirl could have
shown. lie improved as well. By and
by he wrote detroit" plain and fair,
and he took extra pains to commence
his "Dear Mother" with a grand flour
ish, and TO add something extra after
the words :--FYOur Son DAM
Those letters were food and drink to
the old lady, and she seemed to actual
ly grow younger. Little Dan had many
friends in the post-ofiice, and had the
mother been i'll any carrier would have
hunted till midnight to find her and
hand her the looked for letter. Three
or four weeks ago when she opened her
letter she wept and smiled as over the
first. Dan wrote that he was coming
home for a week, and her heart was
full. She said she'd have the cottage
looking like new for him, and she'd De
at the depot to welcome him first of all.
Every body felt glad with her, and the
lady clerk was to go up some evening
and have tea with her and see little Dan
and praise and encourage him, for the
more kind words boy can have the
better will he seek to do
There was no letter the next Tuesday,
but the two excused its absence by say
ing that Dan was getting ready to come
home. That was early i'm February, and
he was to come about the first of March.
The next Tuesday there UdS letter,
but the handwriting was not little Dams.
1t was strange, business hand, and the
clerk felt chill go over her as she turn
ed it over. 1t might be good news, but
she feared not. Mother" came In at
the regular hour, and she turned pale
as she took the envelope. Her fingers
trembled AS she opened it, and she had
to wipe the mist out of her eyes before
she could decipher a word. She hadn't
read over four or five lines when she
uttered a moan and sank right down,
like one crushed by some awful weight.
They lifted her up and took htr home,
the letter clasped in her stiff fingers,
and though she came out of the faint
after awhile her heart was broken, and
in a week she was in her grave.
Dan was dead The letter said that
he had been taken suddenly i'll, and
that nothing could save him. The blow
was too heavy for one with her gray hairs
and childish heart, and her little old
cottage is without a tenant.
No more letters commencing "Dear
Mother" come for the dead, and
the trembling hands which used
to linger fondly over the words
My dear boy, Dan," are folded over
lifeless breast, there to rest till the an
gels unclasp them.-Detrott Free Press.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14
An Incursion of Arctic Owls,

Probably, November, 1876, will go
down in OrnithOlogical history as the
time of the famous southwark raid of
the snowy owls. Clad as they are to
resist the arctic cold, and such excellent
hunters-whether by day or by night
it would seem that want of food must
have started these birds on their Jour-
ney. Could the severe arctic winter, so
disastrous to Captain Mares eXpedi-
ton, have made this scarcity? 1t was
during a pleasant autumn that these
birds came upon us. There must have
been some sixty shot in my own vicin-
ity. A string of thirteen hung by a
store in New York; there were many
in the markets. One taxidermist in
this city, it is said, had sixty left with
him to be stuffed. Another in Phila-
delphia had about as many. As early
as September focks of ten to fifteen
were seen in different places in Massa-
Chusetts. A number were shot in the
city of Boston, and others were seen
perched on the churches and house-tOps.
For several days they were common in
the city and vicinity of Portland, Maine,
where not less than one hundred and
fifty were shot. A worthy farmer near
my home was taking his family to
church. A snowy owl sat on a fence
by the road caring nothing for the pass
ing wagon. The good man fretted, "If
it wasn't Sunday, I'd bag that chap!"
Probably the fellow in Washington
Territory was less conscientious, for he
filled two barrels with these noble birds
Almost everywhere the village taxider-
mists in the Eastern and Middle States
had harvest of employment. Says
Ruthven Deane; "Many of the speci-
mems were in exceedingly poor condi-
ton. OF some two hundred examined
by me, nearly all were in very dark
plumage, and none wore that almost
spotless dress which we occasionally
see.-POpuldr Science Monthly.
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ReprOVing u Turk ish Governor.

The old Adam is still strong in the
Turkish disciples of the Constitutional
law. The other day some inhabitants
of Pognoniani came to Constantinople
to complain personally of their COVER
nor, Yusuf Ali Bey. On being informed
that Parliament did not receive their
complaint in that form they departed
much disappointed, when, fortunately
for them, and unluckily for Yusuf,
they espied him quietly slipping his
mocha in a convenient coffee house.
They all marched up to him, and the
elder of the party, standing before him,
began to recapitulate all the enormities
he had been guilty of. Having thus ad-
monished him, the whole party then
fell upon him, and thrashed him un-
merclfully, till the zeptiehs interfered,
and assured the aggressors that their
conduct was highly supplementary.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14
Strange Customs in CeYlon.

A strange custom observed at the ho-
tells in Celon is the signing of chitS when
an order is given at the bar for wines or
liquors. These chitS are small pieces of
paper, signed either with the initials or
or full name of the party who gives the
order. If stranger enters hotel in
Colombo he is presented with one of
these chitS, which he signs, or else pays
for his liquor in preference. 1t is not
necessary that the visitor should be
known to the. bartender or should be
living in the house. He may, perhaps,
be passenger by steamer leaving that
day; it is no busines of the emplOye.
If the stranger chooses to sign false
name, or a name so Illegally written
that it cannot be deciphered, still it is no
business of the man at the bar. All he
has to do is to retain the paper as a
proof that the liquor was supplied and
not paid for. These l o US are col
lected about once month, and except
in cases of fraud-which unfortunately
for the hotel keepers, are not uncommon
there is no difficulty in finding the
person who gave them. There are not
over a thousand European inhabitants
in Ceylon, and the whereabouts of each
of them is easily ascertained.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14


A calculation made forty years ago
stated that for home use and export
purposes 20,0O0,000 pins were required
daily in England. The real quantity
now produced is 50,000,000 pins per
day, of which Birmingham produces
81, 900, 900, leaving $4,000, ,00C as the pro-
duction of London, Stroud, and Dublin
where pins are also made. The weight
of wire consumed annually in the pin
manufacture of England is about 127516
tons, or 2,S57, 100 pounds, one-eighth of
which is iron wire, used in the manu-
facture of mourning and hair pins.
The brass wire consumed amounts to
2,500,0 600 lbs, which, at I'D. per ID. in
money iron value, reaches the sum of
Ella ,5S3. The wire consumed is 344,-
800 lbs, its value G7, 1888, 6s., Cd, and
to be added to these amounts are the
wages, paper, and ornamental boxes,
wear and tear of machinery, manufac-
turer's profits, &c. Taking it altogether
the pin manufacture of the United
Kingdom is not overestimated ut the ag-
gregate amount of G2O0,000. OF course
the reader asks the old conundrum,
"What becomes of them ?" The answer
is easy, yet people who do not seem to
remember the answer. They rust out.
Corrosion ends them; probably more
than 80 per cent, of all that are made
distppear from this cause alone,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14
The Intelligent Jury.

or course to move the intelligent jury
to compassion in a divorce suit, if not
tears, is one Of the greatest acts of the
advocate. The st. Louis Globe says:
The following skeleton of an argu-
ment was found on a table in the Cir
cult Court room, supposed to have been
left by a distinguished legal luminary
engaged in recent divorce case:
/. Importance of the case.
2. The parties; their great dignity.
3. The great question of our modern
civilization; the rights Of the husband
and wife, their duties to each other.
4. The marriage vow; its sacredness.
8. Touch up the court on the solemn
duty imposed upon It in tearing from
the husband the property which God
gave him title to, viz, the body, soul,
and affections of his wife.
6. Excoriate the wife, picture the
wrongs of the husband; move the court
to tears (ifpossible) quote from Milton !:
"Till Hymen brought in love delighted
hour, there dwelt no joy in Eden's rosy
bower" &c. mot sure about that being
from Milton, may be from Pope or
Walt. Whitman, but no natter; cite
authorities--Greenleaf, Bishop and 2lst
Mo.
Peroration: overcome with emotion; 4;
glass of water to be handy; handker-
chief to be perfumed; to have on a
swallow tail coat: apostrophe to jus
tice.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

Up to the beginning of General Jack
sons term of office, there had been, dur
ing the forty years of of his six prede-
cessors, ll2 removals Of such officers as
required for their appointment 'the
advice and consent Of the Senate"
These few removals were not made
from caprice, or to punish enemies, or
to reward partisans, but for cause and
strict rule. The power of removal was
eXerted so exceptionally, only for just
and salutary purposes, and was never
used as an instrument of party success.
Public policy dictated its exercise,
Offices were not regarded as the private
property of the President, or as the per-
quistes Of a party, but as trusts for the
general good.
General Jackson's accession to the
Presidency began revolution. Differ
ences of opinion were punished by reno
val from office, and partisanship was
rewarded with places of profit. His
successors have adhered too closely to a
precedent which has almost solidified
into aparty law, or principle Of Ameri-
can politics. Noparty can claim eXemp-
ton from the side of using the civil list
for party ends. The Whig, Democratic,
and Republican parties, in the distri-
button of patronage" in Federal, State,
and municipal governments, are alike
obnoxious to censure. The poison has
infiltrated every vein and artery of the
body polite. Every branch of federal
and of State service has suffered from
the vicious maxim that offices are spoils
to be divided among the victors in a
party contest, Too often the condition
precedent to appointments unquestion-
ing submission to party DEGREES, indis-
criminate support Of party candidates
and party measures. The right to re-
move incumbents is now conceded
Presidential prerogative, acquiesced in
by all parties. The GALAXY for June.
-2@a-
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14
CLEVELAND, TENN, JUNE IA, 1877.
Certainly, Herbert "

Certainly, Herbert
"But do you knOw"-smiling down
into the beautiful, upturned face-"that
l have not had one kiss all the even
ingH"
"Whose fault is that?" laughed May.
When Julia Forrest called the next
day, hoping to find that the plot had
worked, she was told that May was not
at home, and she knew then tnat it had
failed.
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NOTHING LOST BUT A HEART.

Drifting away from each other,
Silently drifting apart,
Nothing between but the worlds cold screen
Nothing 10 lose but heart
Only two lives dividing
More and more every day
Only one soul from another soul
Silently slipping away.
Only mans heart striving
Bitterly hard with its doom
Only hand, tender and bland,
Slipping away in the gloom.
Nothing Of doubt or wrong,
Nothing that either can cure
Nothing to shame, nothing to blame
Nothing to do but endure.
The world cannot stand still,
Tides, ebb and women change
Nothing here that is worth tear,
One love less-nothing strange
Drifting away from each other
Steadily drifting apart
No wrong 10 each that the world can reach
Nothing los, but heart
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

When man has not a good reason
for doing thing, he has one good rea-
son for letting II alone. Walter Scott.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Marriages and obituary notices over one
square, charged for at half regular rates.
All local notices 10 cents q line for each
insertion.
No notices inserted for less than City
cents
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Gold that is put to use more gold be-
gets.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-19
ORDINANCE NO. AZ.
Al Ordinance to abae the Nuisance of Dogs running at
large

An Ordinance to abate the Nuisance of Dogs running
large.
The Board of Trustees Of Carson City do ordain:
SECTION Any person keeping dog dogs within the
limits Of Carson City shall procure from the City Marshal
tag for each dog for which he she shall pay yearly
license as follows: For each male dog the Of
dollars and for each female dog the of three dollars
and shall be entitled to receipt therefor
Section 1t shall be the duty of the City Clerk to pro
at the expense of the City and deliver City
Marshal such number of suitable tags may be required
taking his receipt therefor Said tags shall be dspsed Of
by said City Marshal in the hereinafter provided
He shall make ont and submit the Board of Trustees at
least once in each quarter year and at anv time when
said Board may require it, verified statement of his re-
ceps from the sale of dog tags showing the amount maid
out snd retained by him for fees hermit p oed
and the amount paid into the treasury
Section g. 1t shall be the " = City Marshal and
of every policeman nto custody any dog or dogs
wes Gags herein provided, and to place such dog
dogs in tho city pound, and when so impounded they
claimed and redeemed before the expiration of such time
they shall be killed and buried by the officer impoding
them
Section A. For each tag sold by the City Marshal he
shall be entitled to fee of ten per for killing and
buryng each mpounded dog he shall receive the sum of
dollar The fees herein provided for be retained
and paid OF the money derived from the sale OF dog
tags by the City Marshal.
Section s. Any person wishing to redeem dog that has
been mpounded shall pay to the City Marshal the sum of
three dollars if male dog and the five dollars if
female dog for tag or produce receipt showing that
license said dog has been paid within the YEAR in
which the cost OF another tag shall be but dollar
Section 6 Any person or persons who shall be guilty of
defraud the City, shall be guilty misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not ex
ceedipg fifty dollars, by imprisonment not exceeding
twentyv days. or by both such fine and imprisonment
and any person keeping any dog dogs within
the limits of Carson City for period of sixty DAYS after
the first day of june A D. 1877 for the period of sixty
days after the first day of April of any year after the year
A. D. 1877 without procuring tag for such dog and pay
ing the license therefor is herein before provided shall
be guilty of msdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars or
by Imprisonment for term exceeding twenty-five
days. or by both such fine and Imprisonment
Section T. Ordinance No 3, entitled an Ordinance to
abate the nuisance Of dogs running at large adopted
March 25 1876, is hereby repealed
Approved: d. A. BENDER, Prssident, Pro en-.
Attest: AbPHRD HELM, Clerk.
Carson City, June IL, 1877