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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-05
The Wealth of Job.

This man was greatest of all the men of the East
-,JObi.2.
At this distance of time, supposed to
be 5000 years since he existed, it is
difficult to estimate Jobs wealth; but as
some items are given it may be attempt.
ed, although the relative value of money
at the extremes of the 5000 years leaves
us at loss to calculate the precise
amount.
l. The extent of land he owned may
be found from the support his stock
needed; 1000 sheep would require a
range OF as many acres, 5000 camels
would need five acres each, 1000 yoke
of oxen an equal range of five acres with
the camels; 500 asses about two acres
each; and his household, which was
Every great" 1000; in all, 30, 900 acres.
The value of this amount, at So per acre,
$4,000.
2. The cost of Jobs cattle 1000
sheep at 81 each; 5000 camels at prob
ably $50; LOCO oxen at $40 each, and
500 asses atthe same price. This would
equal about $l75, 900.
3. To tend such vast herds, according
to the custom of the East, the number
of laborers must have been large. Abra-
ham, contemporary with Job, could mus
ter in his own family retinue 318 trained
man at arms. AS many more must have
remained at home to attend to
his focks, ETC., when the patriarch went
in pursuit of the invaders of Lots ter
ritory. Job may have had 300; their
pay and support, $40, 1000.
A. The necessary houses for living and
shelter and the folds could not be less
than $25, 900.
The whole value of the above would
be 1910, 900.
All this wealth seems incredible, were
it not declared so by the voice of in
spiration. At the close of the book we
are told that even this amount was dupi'
Gated, or S740,0
| When we compare this with the rela-
tive present value of money and that Of
Jobs day his wealth was enormous
Episcopatian.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In China girls are considered of SO
little consequence that their parents do
not name them, but designate them by
a number. Thus, first daughter, second
daughter and so on.
ST.. IsAAC's Church, st. Petersburg,
which was nearly fifty years in building,
is one of the most remarkable of modern
temples. 1t cost nearly as much as all
the churches in England.
A LADY over 60 years of age has col
lected / 200, 900 cancelled postage stamps,
having been offered for doing SO the
$500 necessary to obtain her admission
to hospital. The stamps fill a Sara
toga trunk, and will be sent to Europe
to be used in the manufacture of papier-
mache goods.
PARIS street cars are warmed by small
hot-water pipes connected with a little
stove placed beneath one of the plat
forms. The cost is about 10 American
cents a day, the fuel used being just
sufficient To keep moderate quantity of
water hot. The Parisians are greatly
pleased with the plan.
DURING an outbreak of cholera on
DOulu Olilhtsc btCdultI ldbtly, Ole
the crew was saved, while in a dying
state, by the novel experiment of placing
him between the heated boilers of the
vessel. This extemporized Turkish
bath completely cured the patient. A
China paper is the authority for the
statement.
The success of an Italian boy, named
Lally, who emigrated to Texas about
eight years ago, is remarkable. At that
time he was an organ grinder, and all he
owned besides his organ was monkey.
His pet died, and he hired himself out
as sheep-herder near Laredo. By hard
work he accumulated herd of his own,
and now he is Independently rich.
In Nelson county, Va, hawk was
recently seen to seize large moccasin
snake and soar to considerable height
W tn the serpent writbing in its claws,
when suddenly the bird clasped its wings
and fell heavily to the ground. The
mocc ,sin had bitten il in the neck, bu
the t,lons of the hawk were 80 buried
in the vitals of the serpent that it alsS
died.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-05
Happy Form OF Insanity.

Prof. Mcdonald recently delivered an
exceedingly interesting lecture at the
University Medical College, New York
city, on that form of insanity known as
general paresis. The lecture was illus
trated by eight inmates of Wards Island
Asylum, who sat quietly on the platform
until called upon to speak. The cases
of general paresis generally come from
the better class of society. At first the
patient suffers general mental depres-
sion, and that is followed by citation of
the spirits to such degree that the VIC
tim always imagines himself possessed
of great wealth, power, or social inhu-
ence. After occupying half an hour in
lecturing, Prof. Mcdonald called up the
patients one by one to speak for them
selves. They spoke freely in answer to
questions, each claiming for himself
enormous wealth, power, and influence.
The professor said that peculiarly
about these patients was that they not
only believed themselves to be sane, but
never doubted the sanity of other pa
tients similarly afflicted. They often
formed partnerships in the asylum
for carrying on great enterprises. dc
knew a patient who imagined that he
owned all the steamships in the world,
and another who imagined that he owned
all the dried apples in the world. They
formed co-partnership, agreeing that
the dried apples should be shipped OIL
board the steamers and transported tc
all points of the world, calculating the
profits at fabulous amounts.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-05
Cuban Affairs.

A late letter from Havana, Cuba, has
the following:
The surrender of the insurgents,
armed and unarmed, continues in differ
ent portions of the island, and only one
of the prominent chiefs, named Macco,
is still holding out in the mountains of the
Eastern Department, with, it is said,
about 400 followers, mostly colored.
A proclamation, signed by Gen. Mar
tinez Campos, has been made public
here. The proclamation declares that
peace has been substantially re-estab-
ished in the greater part of the district
lately in rebellion, and that it is now
necessary to heal the wounds occasioned
by ten years of strife; therefore, in ac-
cordance with article 2 of the peace con-
ditions, and by authority of the home
Government, the General DEGREES:
1. The authorities of the pacifed territory
are to observe the most complete oblivion for
past events and strive to prevent resuscita-
ton of by-gone passions.
2. All persons now i'll imprisonment for trea-
son, rebellion and sedition, or for being Access
sorry thereto, are to be liberated and returned
to their homes, if desired, and those who have
escaped punishment are not to be proceeded
against.
3. All cases now pending before the tribunals
of the island for such crimes are to be aban-
doned Immediately.
4. All persons banished or deported for such
causes are to be permitted to return home, and
are to be exempt from molestation or persecu-
ton for their previous conduct.
5. All persons included in the foregoing ar
ticles, and those residing in foreign countries,
are to regain the rights of citizenship.
6. All deserters from the Spanish forces, who
are still in arms to be pardoned if they suren-
der by the 18th of April.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-05
The COlOred People.

Representative Gunter, of Arkansas,
has introduced in Congress bill pro-
viding for the appointment of commits
sion, to consist of three colored men
one to be appointed by the President,
one by the Vice President, and one by
the Speaker of the House-whose duty
it shall be to inquire into the material,
industrial and intellectual status of the
colored people of the United States,
their needs, and what, if anything, the
National Government can do for their
advancement and amelioration. The
bill provides for an appropriation of
sl3, 900 to pay the expenses Of the COM
mission.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-05
Sitting Bull on the War Path.

Unofficial but trustworthy information
from Fort Walsh confirms the recent
story of large confederation of hostile
Indians in. that vicinity. Sitting Bull
and Spotted Eagle have been reinforced
by lodges from the Missouri river agen-
cies, including Red Clouds, and it is
now estimated that there are from 5000
to 1000 warriors within 100 miles OF
Fort Walsh. Some of these bands have
been seen by Miles scouts. The saw
ages are very restless, and are under the
constant surveillance of the too limited
force of Canadian mounted police, who
evidently anticipate trouble. At conn-
Gil, the last week in February, the lndi-
ans resolved to resist the Buffalo law,
and Sitting Bull counseled moderation
toward the Canadians, but breathed de-
fiance against the Americans. The force
is well armed and splendidly equipped
and could, probably, be augmented *
10, 900 men, in which case a vigorous
summer campaign would be probable
Chicago Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-05

Total feet .65l 1861, 94S 325,517,O 900
The Au Sable furnishes but few logs
for the Saginaw mills, and the Rife and
Augres but portions of their stock.
With the probability of large portion
of the logs left back on the Augres and
Kawkawlin, and deducting the logs that
will be manufactured ut Tawas and
Stables, we cannot safely figure on more
than $50, 100000 feet for the Saginaw
mills for 1873, against a total cut last
year of GAO, 100000 feet. The product
of other streams in the State is as fol-
lows: Flint, 24,000,00 feet; Huron
county, 81 500, 000feet; Otter lake, 7,000,-
900 feet; Alpena, 1900, 600 feet; Che
boygan, $4,000, 900 feet; Pere Mar
quette, 100000 feet Muskegon and
tributaries, 100000 feet Manistee
and tributaries, 92,67O,51 feet; Flat
river, %, 900, 900 feet White, 40, 900, 900
feet Grand, 10000, 200 feet. On the
Manlstee there are about ID, 792, 900 feet
on skids; on the Muskegon, 100, 900, 900
feet, nearly one-half of which will come
out; on Flat river, about 100, 600, 900
feet; on White river. 100000, 900 feet;
on Flint, 1900, 900 feet; at Cheboygan,
100000 feet; at Alpena, 1900, 600
feet. The best estimates place the stock
on the streams in the aggregate that will
be available at only 80 per cent. of the
usual stock put in. The effect of this
large shortage of logs is having marked
effect upon the lumber market. Sales
are made at Sc, $12, and $50, and $50,
and in some instances a still higher fig
ure is asked. The advance over the
market a year ago is about 81. so per
thousand. The price of logs has also
advanced from ST. so to So per thousand.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-05
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
A Child's Calendar,

N
April summers comngl NOp begins the year,
For the snow has melted and the blue here !!
Woolly catkns swinging on the ader-bush
Whisper, " Leaves are starting We can feel them
push
May the leaves dancing in the sunny air
Ferns uncurl and blossoms spring up everywhere
Sweet the breezes blowing where pink May-howers
Urder last years leaf-faIl on the warm hillside.
June why, every June-day is a happy dream!
Buttercups and daisies, strawberries and cream
Hush hid In the clover, would you ever think
All that glee could come from just one booo-
link?
July of at sunrise picking blackberries
Climbing after birds -nests up the tallest trees
Helping" IN the haying On the pond ahoat,
Hunting water-lihes in q leaky boat.
In the swampy meadows grow the tall cats
tails :"
BY the shady brookside who can feel the heat,
While the water ripples over naked feet?
Wild grapes in September tempt to climbs and
leaps
In the fragrant orchard apples lie in heaps,
Round the cider-presses, thronging with the
I" Don't 1t taste like honey, sucked through straws
like thesef"
Jolly, crisp October Then the chestnut urrs
Rattle down like halstones, If the least wind stirs
Gold and crimson leaf-showers from the tree-tops
fall,
Squirrels scamper eayly DER the old stone wall
Gray skies in November bring the first light snow
Whirling softly downward see the white fakes go!
In dear grandmas kitchen peering, eager eyes
Spy out a. Such turkey such Thanksgiving pies!
christmas I" cries December. " How the stock
ings look go
Loaded down with bundles in the chimney-uook !"
Tumbng up at y-break out Of downy beds
Santa knew wanted just these skates and
seds !"
January's buried in a great snowfall;
On with coat and mittens! out to slide aud ball
Merry sleigh-bes jingle in the frosty air,
And the grand ice-palace rises white and fair.
February hurries. Only twnnty-eight
Days of wintry weather. Tisn't long to wait
Icicles, a-dropping, shattered lie in rows;
Poor old Winter's white coat many n brown patch
shows.
March has Winter vanished? Hear the rivers
rush
Brooklets run and ripple Snow is turned to slush
wading through the door-yards, in big rubber
boots,
You may catch spring peeping out in crocus-
shoots
Caroline Metcalf in April Wide Atcake.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-05

EBERT w. BRowN, principal at the
Eighteenth Ward evening school at New
York, deducted from the pay of one OF
his teachers, Kate Newell, 2 cents for
being one minute late. But the Auditor
found that this was one third of cent
too much, and restored Miss Newell s
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-05

salary to its full figure, declaring that
"the city should waive the fraction
rather than claim more than the exact
penalty I"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-05
The Lumber Cut OF Michigan During the
Past Season.

A correspondent of the Chicago 7ri6-
une ut East Saginaw estimates the
lumber cut in this State for the past sea-
son as follows:
The season has so far advanced that
calculations of The stock of logs banked
in Michigan can be made with reasona-
BILE certainty. Your correspondent has
gathered from reliable sources statistics
showing the log-crop of the State.
Preparations were made early in the
season for an extensive campaign but
the unfavorable winter, owing to ZACH
of snow, curtailed the product IN the
S,.einaw district to 25 per cent. of the
usual stock, and in no place in the Stat
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-05

April summers comingl Now begins the year,
For the snow has melted, and the blue-bird's here
Woolly catkins swinging on the alder-bush
Whisper, =" Leaves are starting! We can feel them
push -
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-10-24

We see by the following preamble and |
resolution, passed by the Young Mems
Democratic Club, of Columbus, that our
old friend, Lewellen Baber, was expelled
from said club on the evening of the 18th
inst;
WHEREAS, L. Baber, an honorary mem
Der of this club, did, at the last election,
support one or more candidates on the
Republican ticket, therefore be it
ResolUed, That the name of L. Baber be
stricken from the rolls of this club.
1t seems that this club has rule which
votes for Republican he is guilty of
crime, the penalty for which is expulsion.
Col. Baber takes exceptions to the sum
mary manner in which he was cast out
of the brotherhood, and in letter to the
Columbus Dispatch on the subject says:
s'The committee to whom the resolu-
ton was referred never reported, and. in
the absence of a majority of them, snap
judgment was taken without allowing any
defense.
An honorary member is entitled to all
the privileges of an active member, ex-
cept voting and holding Office, and may
be a nonresident of Franklin county,
Under such circumstances it is indeed eX-
traOrdinary if this Club, without notice
or hearing. can thus assume the right tC
supervise the scratching of tickets by its
, honorary members all over the State, anC
can be sustained only on the theory thai
Conyerse alone constituted the Democrat
ic party, Notwithstanding he ran ovel
twelve hundred behind the Democratic
State ticket in this district
, Baber's crime was that he voted fo
English for Congress against Converse
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-10-24
Before and AFTER the Election.

In July last, the editor the of Register said
in his paper: "We predict more indie
pedence in voting in Ohio. this fall, than
was ever before known. The party-lead-
ers will find that the party lash has lost
its terror to the men who cast the ballots"
This little paragraph, written at that
time, was designed for Republican ears;
the Democrats, misunderstanding the
bent of the Register, supposed they were
meant, and utterly refused to succumb to
the Democratic party-lash, and the State
has gone Republican; and now that the
election is over, the Register of last week
fiourishes the following editorial cudgel,
mildly to be sure, over the heads of Dem
ocrats who have no terror for the party
lash. 'We don't propose to scold Demo-
Gratis for not doing what we think is their
duty, but we will say to those of Fayette,
if you believe the success of the princi-
pies which your party advocate will re-
dound to the welfare of the people, it is
certainly your duty to go to the polls.''
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-10-24

WE have been asked about ninety-nine
times whether Mr.. Smith will contest the
election with Cook? We answer: "We
don't know" There is one thing certain,
Mr.. Cook is not elected, as far as heard
from, and if he takes the Office he will get
it as Hayes did the Presidency, by refus-
ing to go behind the returns; and it will
be the first time that Fayette county has
had a man serving as Sheriff whom the
people did not elect.-Register.
The Register asserts that Mr.. Cook has
not been elected, the official count, the
returns of the election, and Mr.. Cooks
certificate of election to the contrary not
withstanding. We will remind our dis
gruntled neighbor that a representative to
the Legislature from this county, several
years since, was elected by one majority
and that Ex-Governor Allen was once
elected to Congress over D. Macarthur,
in this district, by one majority, and that
a Governor was elected in Massachusetts
by majority of one vote. These results,
though unpleasant and trying to the
Christian forhearapce of the Wings at the
time were, nevertheless, borne with be-
coming resignation, and we recommend
the example set forth by those philan-
thropists to our impetuous Democratic
neighbor.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-10-24
AN ORDINANCE

SECTION J. Be it ordained by the Council of the
who shall Keep any brothel house of Il-fame in
said village by keeping therein any female person
for the purpose of prostitution, suffer any such
to resort thereto for that purpose, such
person offending, shall, conviction thereof,
be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars,
and costs of prosecution. -
SECTION ,. That any female person who shall
reside in any brothel or house of ill-fame, in said
village or resort thereto for the purpose of prosti
behavior to invite other persons therein for any of
the purposes aforesaid, shall in any manner en-
courage others to to any such place for any
of the purposes aforesaid, shall be fined in any
sum not exceeding twenty dollars, and costs of
prosecution.
SECTION 8. That any person of the age of fifteen
years and upward who shall reside in any such
brothel house of llfame in said village, shall
resort thereto in the capacity of servant bOarder
sisting encoura ging the owner or keeper Of any
such house, or the females who resort thereto, or
reside therein for leWd lasciVious conduct or
practices shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
ten dollars, and costs of prosecution.
SECTION 4. If any person or persons having the
ownership control, agent or otherwise, of any
house or building, room tent, in said village,
shall knowingly lease the same for the purpose of
keeping therein a house of ill-fame shall know
such purpose, he shall be fined for each offense not
less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars.
and costs of prosecution.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be in force in
ten days after its first publication.
:. NJ. BARCLAY, Mayor
WILLIAM S. GORDON, Clerk.
October 18th, 1873. 49w2
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-10-24


THE Democratic Legislature of this
State gerrymandered the State, at their
last session, so that, as they supposed,
they would be able to elect IA out of the
20 members of Congress, thus leaving the
Republicans but 6; but, instead of their
electing IA they only elected IL, and the
Republicans have members. So, after
violating all rules of propriety and pre-
cedent, by re-districting the State out of
time, with all this mean advantage, they
failed of their object; and yet, they try
to be happy, and exult over their defeat,
and claim a Democratic victory. Why
did they change the districts at this time? =?
The answer is, that they saw defeat for
them in the October election; and, as it
might be probable that the election of a
President would have to be made by the
next House of Representatives, it was nee
essary to secure the State for Democratic
President, and to do this the State must
be re-districted, and the districts shaped
so as to elect IA Democrats, regardless of
rights, or precedent. The Presidential
question was the cause of the re-district-
| ing of the State last winter; that was the
reason why Randall took such loving in
terest in the Democrats of Ohio, and dog
ged the Legislature day after day to re-
district the State, and his indecent impOr-
tunities were needed and the Legislature,
slave-like, cringed to his dictatiOn, and
consigned themselves to infamy by max
ing the most unjust districting of the
State that ever disgarced Legislative
| body. -.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-10-24

L NJ. Ellis, as assignee of Adaml
Allen, bankrupt,
VS..
The Union Central Life Insur-
ance Company and others, de-
PENDANTS,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-10-24

THE Cineinnatians think, that in order
to compile the title of their city to "The
Paris of America the Ohio State Fair
should be held in that city. We do not
know why the people of Cincinnati
should be so anxious to glory in the ap-
pellation of ''The Paris of America"
Certainly the morals, the religion, nor
even the fashionable ladies and gentle
men of Paris are models of purity that
ought to be examples for the pure and
vigorous minded people of any section of
free America.