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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
Greek Meets Arabian.

For some time trouble has been brew
ing between two of Barnum's greatest
curiosities-Col Goshen, the Arabian
giant, and Capt. George Costentenus,
the t9ttooed Greek. Whether this has
been caused by jealousy, so common to
all professionals, has not yet been ascer-
tanned. The climax eliminated the
other evening in the dresslng-room of
the show, just after the introduction in
the arena. The Colonel opened the en-
gagement by lifting the Captain and
hurting him some twenty feet in the air.
The Captain was game, however, and,
scorning the assistance of the clowns,
returned the compliment by sending a
stake pin after the mammoth man. This
was too much for the Colonel, and with
tremendous strides he came to close
quarters with his adversary, and sent
him to earth. By this time, Assistant
Manager Nathans was on hand, and in
sisted on the fight being finished
before the audience. The Colonel
laughhgly declined, and the Captain
retired to his platform. Capt. Costen-
tenus complained of severe bodily
injuries, and swore to have satisfaction.
ct have fought single-handed against
twenty ordinary men," said he, with a
cruel glitter in his eyes; 81 will have
the blood of that big man." Col.
Goshen was all smiles, and spoke as
follows: cit is nothing creditable to
be engaged in such an encounter, and /
do not like to talk of it. fought all
through the Mexican and late war, and
have served under several potentates.
think the man is yet to be born who dare
call me a coward and expect to escape
without injury. III that tattooed chap
had minded his business l should have
let him alone, but he is full of conceit
and is continually insulting others.
bore his overbearing ways patiently,
but when he insulted ladies in my pres
ence chastised him. 1t could not be
expected that 1, who have received q
dozen medals from as many Kings,
could stand by without rebuking his in.
science. / gently touched him, and he
performed a lively journey of about
twenty feet before he reached the
ground. Before he got through 1 just
touched him once or twice more. could
have killed him, but thought he was
worth more alive than stuffed, so fol
Barnum's sake I only bruised him Lit.
tie. Good day." And the giant hero
Of dozen wars stalked off.-Boston
Herald
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
Greeiey,s Wood Farm.

Among the recent entries OF real-estate
sales at the Land Office, in White Plains,
is one for 49, acres at Chappaqua, sold
to A. j. Quinby for $40, 900. The prop
erty is memorable as being portion of
the Greeley farm, though not immedi-
ately connected with the old homestead.
This still remains in possession of Mr..
Greeley's daughters, Ida and Gabrielle,
who are living at Tarrytown, Ida, with
her husband, Col Smith, and Gabrielle
as member of the household. Many
who were privileged to visit MIR. Greeley
at his Chappaqua home will remember
the hill farm, or the woodland known
far and wide from the mention of it in
the Recollections of Mr.. Greeley
When bit of leisure offered itself from
grubbing among his $11 cabbages, or
carrying out his radical ideas on prun-
ing, Mr.. Greeley would harness up q
nondescript vehicle, known in the whole
country as Greeley's ark" aud drive
out about two miles to the eighty-three
acres just now sold. 1t was as
unsightly and forsaken-looking q
bit of landscape as the eye of man
ever fell upon. Some few spots
of it might have been turned to posi-
BILE use as sheep pasture, but the rest
was strewn with bolwders and filled with
ruts. Mr.. Greeley had planted over the
whole plot with locust trees (agricola ar
borem, seret, etc. }, and these had come
up in rather promiscuous fashion. Mr..
Greeley drove his stout piece of horse
flesh among them, in his short-sighted-
ness paying not the slightest attention
to such triAing obstacles as holes yard
deep, bolwders as high, young saplings
or overhanging boughs, though his
guests were apt to be of different mind,
and all the time would talk on about the
great advantages of forest planting from
a politico- social scientific view. When
no visitor offered him victim he found
his way out to the wood farm and
chopped about with an Ak. To-day the
plot is covered with scrubby growth OF
locusts as big as a mans arm.-Ne't
| York World.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

last, for one cold morning when the back
door was opened there stood little
shivering gray kitten, mewing piteously,
and looking as if il would be 50 thank
full for any kind of home, even if a
little boy did hug it and hold it good
deal.
"That's my kitten that's my kit
ten !" shouted Johnny the moment he
saw it, and no one disputed it,
So the little gray kitten began a new
life, and had nice saucers OF milk which
it Tapped and purred over, and bits OF
meat and bone which it growled over
like any other petted cat.
Johnny puzzled a great deal over a
name for it; nothing seemed to just suit
him, bat at last with a very bright face
he said.
Mamma, I've named my kitty Blot
ty."
Why Blotty, no one could imagine,
but that became its name, and almost
any hour you could hear little boys
sweet voice calling:
Blotty Blotty Come here, Blot
ty"
Blotty learned to stand up and beg,
and to give paw, but it best loved to
lie curled up like little gray ball in
mammals work-basket or in papa's slip
per, Every morning, as soon as the
back door was opened, in ran Blotty
from the wood.room and went straight
to Johnny's crib, where it would spring
up and nestle by his hand to his great
delight.
One day neighbours dog trotted in
to the kitchen in friendly way. Nam
ma did not pay much attention till she
heard Johnny cry out, in tone of great
excitement:
mamma mamma Ny kitty has
turned into camel y
Poor little Blotty did indeed look as
unlike herself as possible, and, with her
small back arched up and every hair on
an end, no wonder it made Johnny think
of cancels hump.
One day little girl came to spend the
afternoon with Johnny, and, when he
showed Blotty to her, she said:
"Why, that looks just like my kitty 1
lost four or five weeks ago -
cts my kitty said Johnny, hug
ging it.
"Let me see if there little white
spot away in under it's neck" replied
Maggie; and, when they looked, sure
enough there was the little white spot
CT must take it home; want it, }" said
Maggie, and Johnny heard her with
gathering tears.
1t a0as too bad; it makes mamma sor-
ry even now whenever she thinks of it,
But Maggie loved the kitten, too, and
had the first claim to it. Besides, papa
and mamma were even then planning
to take Johnny for a long visit at his
grandpa's, and it seemed to the grown
up people very good thing to have the
kitten 80 well provided for. But the
heartache and the loss were Johnny's.
1 only hope he has forgotten it utterly
now.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
PERHAPS the most striking

PERHAPS the most striking of the
foreign importations to the Paris Expo
sition are couple of "natives" in a
stall belonging to the Compagnie DIES
Indies. One is engaged at handloom,
and the other is embroidering a gar
ment, and, judging from the progress
he has made in the last three weeks,
there is little chance of it being
finished by the end of the Exhibition.
As they bend down nothing is seen but
huge turbans, "but now and then one
will occasionally raise his head and
show clean-cut, powerfully-drawn feat
ures, like the masks in Indian sculpture,
and with large, brilliant, black trimmed
eyes, with the far-away gaze of Gagged
wild beasts.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

Combs, OF Kentucky, and John Bailey,
native of that county. The trouble
grew out of misunderstanding about a
young lady to whom both of the young
men were paying attention. The men
met in a grove, and, without exchanging
a dozen words, commenced firing at each
other with navy revolvers until five
rounds were discharged. In the last
round Combs fell MORALLY wounded, and
died soon afterward. The men were not
twenty feet apart during the firing, and
fought, it is said, with the desperation of
madmen. Both were poor shots and I'M
accustomed to the use of firearms.
Combs was relative of ex-Gov. Leslie
Combs, of Kentucky, and was young
man who stood well at the college.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

AN interesting paper on earthquakes
in Japan was lately read before the
Asiatic Society of that country by ma
tive savant. The record of all earth
quakes occurring in the larger cities of
the empire has been kept with consid-
cradle regularity since the fifth century
of the Christian era. The number OF
slight shocks is very large, and that of
disastrous earthquakes is uncomfortably
great. In fifteen centuries 149 destruc-
tive earthquakes had been recorded.
The recorded average is one great earth
quake in every ten years, but the nine
teenth century gives one in every five
years. Unusually high temperature and
strange atmospheric changes have been
noticed as precursors of great terrestrial
commissions, especially of the earth
quake which desolated Yeddo in 1856.
There have been several earthquake
shocks in Japan in the early part of the
present year; one of them, on the morn
ing of the Odd of February, lasted fully
one minute, during which period houses
rocked like ships on an angry sea.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
The Sting OF Bees a Remedy for Rheu-
matism.

The Praeger Ldndt0irthichaftliche
WochenblaH contains the following in
regard to the cure of rheumatism by
means of bee stings. The correspondent
says: "That his wife having suffered
80 much as to be unable to enjoy any
sleep or rest for the past six months,
the right arm being almost lame, pre-
venting the sufferer from doing any
housework, making her even unable to
dress or undress herself, and having
heard farmer, quite incapacitated by
rheumatism, had been accidentally
stung by bees, and thereby got entirely
cured, he persuaded his wife to try this
remedy, as the pain from the sting OF
the bees would not be greater than that
already suffered. Three bees were
therefore laid and pressed upon the
right arm for q considerable time, in or.
der that the poison bladder of the in
sect should entirely empty itself. The
effect produced was astonishing, as the
lady, even on the first night, was enabled
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

STATISTICS have lately been published
in Germany of the rate of mortality in
different European armies. From the
tables given it appears that the average
yearly deaths per ], 900 were, in the Prus-
sian army, in the years 1863, 6. A; in
the Saxon, 1868 9, also 6. A; in the En-
glish, 1914, 8. A; in the French, 1924,
8. z; in the English, 1S6O-7O, 9. 5; in
French, 1929, 10. 1; in the Belgian,
1904, 10. q; in the italian, 1905, IL.
6; in the Portuguese, 1857, IL. 7; in the
Belgian, 1863, IL. s; in the Russian,
1874, IA. z; in the Austrian, 1903,
10. 3; in the Russian, 1927, Is. 4; in
the italian, 1S64-9, Is. 8; and in the
Belgian from 1862 to 1866, 20. 3. The
comparatively small mortality in the
Prussian army is attributed not only to
the favorable climate, but also to the
care taken with regard to the food. cloth.
ing, and general well being of the soldier
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

The American officers who were sent
abroad to observe the operations of the
Turco- Russian war have been ordered
home-Col. w. b. Hazen, of the Sixth
Infantry; Lieut.. Col. Alexander Cham
bers, of the Twenty-frst Infantry; and
Lieut.. Francis V. Greene, of the Engin-
GERS. He was the only officer sent
abroad who saw any of the operations
in the field. He was present at the capt
ure of Osman Pasha, and, in one of the
assaults in the mountains, behaved SO
CALAMITY that he was decorated by the
Emperor for bravery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

THE course OF true love, etc. Benja-
min Smith, of Brooklyn, induced his
sweetheart, Lily Lent, to die with him.
They took two doses of laudanunl, which
wasn't enough; then he took a third, but
she refused to come in, saying that life
was good enough for her. Then he took
fourth dose, which was too much, and
made him horribly sick, and they pumped
him out an made him walk round the
block in charge of two policemen till he
got better, and then the girl had him ar
rested on the charge of administering
poison with intent to kill.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

PROF. LEONE LEVI, of the University
of London, says that the wages of the
working classes in Great Britain may be
taken at 94OO, 900, 900, 93OO,OOO,O 900 of
which they finger directly as cash. In
this case he holds that they ought to
save ELS, 900, 900 year, and yet he can.
not make out that the sum they do hoard
exceeds 94,000,000. When asked what
becomes of the Ell, 900, 900 of surplus,
which, according to him, the working.
mans private budget annually shows
the lecturer opines that it goes in buy.
ing more drink than is necessary Oh
wholesome.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

The recent marriage at the White
House of Gen. Russell Hastings and
Miss Plat makes the seventh that has
been celebrated there. In 1911, Miss
Todd, a relative of Mrs. Madison, was
married there to Congressman John G.
Jackson, of Virginia. In 1920, Mon
roe's daughter Martha welded Mr..
Gouveneur, of New York. In 1926,
John Quincy Adams son John married
his cousin, Miss HELEN, and, during the
administration of Jackson, the daughter
of his friend and companion-in-arms,
Maj. Lewis, espoused M. Pageot, of
Martinique, afterward Minister of
France to the United States. There,
too, 1yler's daughter married resident
of Virginia, Mr.. Waller; Tyler him.
self was married in New York, but held
his wedding-reception in the East room,
that East room where Mrs. Madison
used to hang her clothes to dry, and
where, in bower of roses, Nellie
Grant was married to Mr.. Sartoris in
1874. There, too, Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes
celebrated their silver wedding on the
31st of December last.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
Tile New York DQilu Bulletin,

THE New York Duly Bulletin, the
leading commercial paper of the East,
in an editorial on business prospects, ex-
presses the opinion that the worst effects
of the commercial reaction have been
realized. 1t believes we have at last
reached solid rock, and the next thing
in order is recovery that we have reached
ed condition in which the foreign mar
kets act as breakwater against further
depreciation, and afford an important
contribution towards the recovery of
business.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
Mammoth Cave in Wyoming.

A new mammoth cave has been dis
covered in Wyoming Territory. A fort
night ago dozen herders planted a
windlass near the mouth of the cavern,
on Table mountain, and man went
down with lantern, clinging to a rope
and spinning round a dozen times be-
fore he reached the bottom. There was
a sheer descent of eighty-two feet to the
bottom, where passage 100 feet long
led to subterranean chambers aud vaults
of enormous dimensions. The ceiling
was fully sixty feet from the floor, and
was studded with countless stalactites
of all sizes, from few inches to fifteen
feet in length. The floor was covered
with cones and stalagmites, like inverted
icicles. In many places the stalactites
were joined together, having the appear
ance of huge hour-glasses, and forming
a number of pillars from floor to cell.
ing, adding to the grandeur of the
scene.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

EDITOR N. f. ETHAL, of the Muncie
Ind.) Ne,Os, published a slanderous
article about the wife of Mr.. Robert
Polk, of that village. Mrs. Polk armed
herself with horsewhip and handful
red pepper, and started forth in search
of the slanderer. Meeting him upon
the street she threw the pepper into his
eyes, completely binding him for a
time, and, while in this helpless condi-
ton, proceeded to administer a sound
thrashing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

Mr.. FREDERICK WHITAKER. gentle
man who is engaged in writing biogra-
ply of Gen. Custer, has written letter
in which he states that he has made dis
coveries proving beyond doubt that
the massacre of Custer and his troops at
the Little Big Horn battle was entirely
due to cowardice and disobedience of
orders on the part of Gen. Marcus A.
Reno, and that after the fight Reno
wrote false and hbelous report of it.,
which now constitutes the only official
record of the affair. The statement of
Whitaker having been brought to the
notice of the House Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, the committee has very
properly decided to report resolution
for the investigation of the massacre.
The act charged against Reno is the
most heinous of which an officer could
be guilty, and if the charge is proved
it will reveal degree of cowardice and
treachery almost unparalleled in the his
tory of arms.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
The Trne Nurthsrner.
FRIDAY, JUNE 81, 1873.

WILLIAM CAMPBELL, of Newcastle,
the heaviest man in the world, has just
died at the age of % and the weight OF
72S. He was feet 81 inches in height,
SO inches round the shoulders, and 7f
round the chest; his thigh measured AZ
inches, and the calf of his leg 80. The
body, which decomposed rapidly, had
to be hoisted out of the house and
lowered into the grave by means of a
derrick and tackle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
THE LITTLE FOLKS.


There 10 curious boy. whose name
IL Lumpy Loggerhead;
His greatest joy is-oh, for shame!-
To spend his time in bed.
They ut with gongs alarum-clocks
That make your blood run chill;
And they encourage growing cocks
Beneath his window. sill.
In vain the gongs-his eyes are shut
In vain the cocks do crow;
Empty on him q water-butt.
And he viii say, "Hallo 70
But only in drowsy style,
And in second more
He sleeps-and, oh TO see him smile.
And, oh TO hear him snore
He seems TO carry, all day long.
Sleep IN his very shape;
And though you may be brisk and strong.
You often want to cape
When Lumpy Loggerhead comes near,
Whose bed is all his joyl
How glad am he is not here.
That very sleepy boy!
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

SOME curious statements and calcula-
tions lately appeared in the London
Times correspondence as to the popular
notion of high numbers, such as millions,
billions, and trillions. Mr.. Bessemer
said that he did not think any clear con-
ception of billion could be formed
Other correspondents gave the following
facts: A single thickness of sovereigns
spread over the floor of a room II feet
inches square is almost exactly one
million. If, instead of being neatly laid
in rows, the sovereigns are placed as
closely as possible, million will just
cover the floor of a room 81 feet 6 inches
square. MIR. III. Hawkins johnson
writes: "The difficulty of comprehend
ing the idea of billion is scarcely 30
great as Mr.. Bessemer would have us
suppose. A shot one-tenth of an inch
in diameter is an idea readily grasped.
1t would take exactly one million of such
shots to make ball ten inches in dame
ter, and billion of such shots would
make globe SO feet inches in diane.
ter, which, although it may be called
large, is not beyond ordinary compre.
hension." Mr.. Lock wood writes: "In
addition to Mr.. Bessemer's dissection OF
billion, it may be mentioned that fit.
teen persons may dine together billion
times without twice sitting in the same
relative position"
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to enjoy long, good sleep, the first
time for at least six months, the racking
pain being entirely gone. The arm was,
of course, swollen greatly in conse-
quence of the sting, but the swelling
disappeared gradually upon the applica-
ton of some cooling lotion. All pain
was gone, the lame arm recovered it's
previous vigorousness, and not the least
sign of rheumatism has since shown it
calf
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

THE Bank of England was organized
in the year 1904, with capital of
81 200, 900. Its present capital is
Els, 900, 900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

IT is estimated that in North Mime
sofa 500, 900 acres OF new ground will be
put under cultivation this season.
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Johnny's Kitten.

He has been wanting one for ever so
long, but mamma thought he wasn't old
enough to know how to treat kitty
very well However he had his wish at
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A FATAL duel was recently fought in
Lee county, Va, between two students
OF Turkey Cove Academy-Henry
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-22

AUCT1oNEERs.
Duncnnson Bros, Ninth and ID sts.
WASH. Is. Williams, ID, cor Tenth street
BOoKSELIEItS AND STATIONERS.
solomons q Chapman, OH Pennsylvnnis avenue.
Sshlllngt3n, Pa avenue and Four .enda-half street.
". lao: II. Morrison. rs Pennsylvania avenue.
T. NJ. Whitaker, Vernon Row, Pa ave. and Tenth St
BAKERS
Felix Discusses. sOi2 II street
CLOrIIIffa
L. s. Justh. Ce street.
DENTISTS.
Dr. C. DeMontrcvilie. No. I'D Pennsylvania avenue
DRUGGISTs.
Coughlin's Temple Drug Store. and Ninth streets
rhtWsle, Pennsylvania avenue and Twelfth street
EDUCATIONAL.
Mrs. + Fuller. Art School. 1878 l street n. W.
Miss Narrower, 1890 street.
Eosyn rm GSsgG as2rss,Swn
Park seminary, 5od F1fth street northwest,
Mss Eva Mills Music, liO5 street.
school OF Music IO7 Eighth street
Musical Conservatory o. B. Dullard. 49, Ninth street
FINE ARTS
Markriter, 628 f street northwest
HOTELS
81 James Hotel, corner sixth and Pennsylvania ave
Riggs House, corner Fifteenth and q streets
Metropolitan Iennn ave. and sixth street
h.bbitt House, Fourteenth and + streets
Wormley's II and Fifteenth streets.
Morton House, ~ and va street.
fremont House.
HATTERs
b. II. Stinemetz, icN Pennsylvania avenue
INSURANCE
Potomac Fire Insurance Company, So High street
Georgetown.
MERCHANT TAILoRS
ElsenSan Brothers, corner seventh and streets
4. saks & Co., Seventh street.
b. Robinson 4 Co.. toD Pennsylvania avenue
PIANOS.
Sanders & Stayman Penna ave. and Twelfth street
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Norris Peters, Photo photographer. No as Penn
sylvania avenue.
REAL ESTATE
II. ii. Warner, DIG = street northwest
John Sherman, 81. Cloud Building
Fitch n Fox, FrecdmRn's bank building, 1902 Pa ave
SEWING MACHINES
Mckinney & Co., ~ Ninth street