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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-02

Prof. Law. of Ithaca, N. Y; Prof. Fl.
G. Detmars. of Chicago; DIR. r.
F. Dyer, of Ottawa, ILL.,; DIR.
d. w. Voyles, of New Al
bany, Ind; DIR. Alfred Dunlop, Iowa
City; DR.. Hines, of Kansas; and DIR.
Salmon, of Ashville, N. O. When the
reports of these gentlemen are received
they will be placed in the hands OF en-
inent scientific and medical authorities
for comparison and further report.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-02
The new Brazilian line of steamships

The new Brazilian line of steamships
from New York is meeting with remark
able success, every vessel carrying full
freight of flour, corn, dry goods, ma
chinery ami general merchandise, and
many passengers. Our commerce with
Brazil bids fair to assume mammoth
proportions within few years, necessi-
tating the organization of new lines OF
steamers to accommodate the increasing
traffic. This is what is needed in all
directions-improved transportation fa-
cilities, that shall enable the United
States to compete with Great Britain,
France and Germany in supplying the
markets of the world.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-02
THOSE poisoned arrows from So

THOSE poisoned arrows from South
America, in the Smithsonian Institute at
Washington, are dangerous things to
fool with. The points are tipped with
wooruara, most deadly poison, which
seems never to lose its venom. A short
time ago some experiments were made
on rats, and, though the point of the ar
row only pricked the hind legs of the
rodents, they died within five minutes
after the application was made.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-02
THE George Washington relics pur-

The George Washington relics pur-
chased by Congress are now on exhibit
ton in the Patent Office at Washington.
The collection consists of furniture,
chairs, two bedsteads, marble-top table,
account books, ledger in which Wash
ington kept his own accounts of profits
and losses, portrait of Washington by
Trumbull, from which copies have been
taken, china and silverware, shaving
case, candlesticks, two pictures of Mar
tina Washington, books containing memo
randa of surveys of his private property
in different parts of the State of vir
ginia, in Washington's own hand, and
other interesting articles.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-02

The locomotive sent from Philadel-
phia to the Paris Exposition is an old
fashioned affair, and will not create
much enthusiasm among the jurors, who
Judge by what they see and not by what
they are told. American engines are
much higher than the French, and the
smoke stack and cab had to be removed
from this locomotive to permit its pas
sage through the tunnels between Havre
and Paris
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-02
A Californian Wheat Farm.

The largest farmer in the State is DIR.
Glenn, of Colusi county. He farms
20, 900 acres. He sold his last years
wheat crop for more than 100000. His
farms are constantly being improved by
fencing, the erection of good permanent
buildings, etc., and his stock of farming
machinery is extensive and complete.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-02
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.


The Crow that the Grow Crowed.
"Ho ho!"
Said the crow;
$50 I'm not s'posed 10 know
Where the rye and the wheat
And the corn kernels grow
Oh no.
Hoi hol
"Hel hel
Farmer Lee,
When l fly from my tree,
lust you see where the tops
OF the corn-ears will be.
Watch me!
He her
Swltch-swirch,
With lurch,
Flopped the bird from his perch
AS he spread out his wings
And set forth on his search
His search
Switch-swirch.
Click bang -
How 1t rang.
How the small bullet sang
As It sped through the air
And the crow, with pang,
Went spang-
Chi-bang.
THE TAIL vEArHERs.
Now know,
That to crow
Often brings one to Woe;
Which the lines up above
Have been put there to show,
And so,
Don't crow.
S. c. Foster, in august 81. Nicholas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-02
The Commissioner of Internal Reye.

The Commissioner of Internal Reye-
nue. has just completed an abstract Of
the collections for the various revenue
districts for the past fiscal year, ending
June 80, 1873, and also tabular state
ment showing a comparison between the
returns of 1877 and those of 1878. TAX
ing the two principal articles of spirits
and tobacco, the following interesting
comparison between the leading cities is
made.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-02

THE French cannot get over their an
noyance at the way in which Great
Britain has acquired the control of the
island of Cyprus, and it now looks as
though the act would cost England the
friendship of France, such as it is. 1t is
a matter of rivalry in commerce.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-02

A TRAMP bill has been reported, in the
New Hampshire Legislature, to punish
tramps with fifteen months in State
prison for kindling fires on land with
out the owners consent, two years for
carrying firearms, and five years for any
malicious injury to personal or real
estate. A bounty of $40 for each tramp
convicted is also provided.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-02
The Trle alorthernsr.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1878.

No PRESIDENT of the republic OF
Mexico can hereafter be reelected. A
new law has established this inhibition.
The election for successor to President
Diaz will occur in 1880.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-02
OLD AND YOUNG.

They soon grow old who grope for gold
In marts where all is bought and sold;
Who live for self and OIL some shelf
In darkened vaults hoard up their pelf,
Cankered aud crusted DER with mold.
For them their youth itself is old.
II.
They ne'er grow old who gather gold
Where spring awakes and flowers unfold;
Where suns arise in joyous skies,
And fill the soul within their eyes.
For them the immortal bards have sung;
For them old age itself is young
= .Scribner for Augpst.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-02
That which Happened Tommy.

IS. C. Foster, in August 81. Nicholas.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10
Prehistoric Ruins.

Back of the lost Aztec cities there are
in this region of country not merely
traces but very well preserved ruins and
dwellings of people who lived so long
ago that not history or tradition, or even
legend, has kept even SO much as the
shadow of their memory. Professor
Tucker, of Hayden's United States Sur
vey, has made quite study of their re-
mains, and has given some interesting
details of their discoveries. At first,,
the distance of these cave dwellings was
unknown to the party, but one of them,
sharper-eyed than the others, suddenly
deserted way up near The top OF the
bluff, fully thousand feet from their
base, perfect little houses sandwiched
in among the crevices of the horizontal
strata of the rock of which the bluffs
were composed. At the peril of his
life one of the party scaled the preci-
pice, and letting himself down into one
of the houses, found the masonry as firm
and solid as when first constructed, and
server from the canyon below would not
notice the difference between it and the
rock itself once in fifty times passing.
The Cliff House in one of the Mancos was
one of the wonders of their discoveries,
it being the hrs seen one evening just as
the sun was sinking behind the western
walls of the canyon. Perched in its lit
tie nook, like swallows nest, the Cliff
House was found to be two stories ip +,
height, and evidently an edifice of con-
siderable distinction, as its upper win
dows command an extended view down
the canyon, and its position generally
that of pre-eminence over the entire
section Whereabouts. The interior was
found to be arranged far more elabor-
ately than any other building yet ex-
plored, the windows encased in wood,
neatly fashioned, the stills and lintels
still showing evidences of having been
stained in imitation of dark woods, and
most of it in a remarkably fair state of
preservation Some distance from the
building and upon other lodges the
ruins of quite number of smaller
buildings were found, and all of them
ranging from 700 to 1000 feet from the
bottom of the canyon below. Many
readers will recall the models of these
cliff houses, which were on view at the
Centennial Exhibition in the Govern
ment department, and which were al
ways the center of fascinated throng OF
the most intelligent and cultivated vis-
itors.-SGn Francisco Call.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10
What a Frenchman Pays For.

Every thing Frenchman does he ex-
poets pay for; even as low as half
cent is gratefully received, larger sums
in proportion. You pay for every thing
you get; your coffee, sugar, milk, all
separate. Every item is spread out
with the most minute care, and when it
is time to pay your bill you wonder at
the string, but as figures can't lie, of
course you must hand over. Order II
lemonade, wine, or any dripk-the
French drink every thing hot, an Amer
lean can't. Well, you order ice. In
your bill will be three items: First,
your glass; second, your drink, third
your ice. Wonder that they don't
charge rent while YOU stand in their
house. You are tired, wishto rest your
self, and enter park and sit down. A
woman comes around with a bell-punch
and slip of paper, and unless you give
her SIX centimes' Owo cents) she
hands YOU over to the tender mercies of
the police as swindler and fraud.
all. not exaggeratuga bit. There is no
gas in the bedrooms, and they charge
YOU for your candle besides the rent of
vour room.-Cor. 4Aibany Times.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10
WIT AND WISDOM.

A MAN never wants to laugh when Il
fly alights on his nose, but he is greatly
tickled -DnnteLsonUiLLe Sentinel.
MAN is a creature full of woes,
Carries his sign wherever he goes,
Puts in his mouth what colors his nose,
And makes 1t blossom like unto the rose
-Stili,cascr LumbermGra-
EDGAR FAwCErr wishes that 81 Man
could make love like a bird" He does,
Edgar, he does; like goose--Hd'ck-
eye.
THERE is one thing that a man IS
sole proprietor of in his own house, and
that is the solitary peg in the best closet,
that holds his Sunday clothes. White
hall Times.
THERE'S no need of young ladies
roofing in a rouge box to get up
healthy ce1or, when a little judicious
application of the scrubbing-brush to
the kitchen floor will accomplish like
results.-ElnairG Gazette.
On the Fourth native American was
upbraiding a naturalized German for
celebrating the day SO enthusiastically.
The German replied, " You, sir, are an
American from necessity; am one
from choice. And besides, sir, when
you came into the country you hadn't a
stitch of clothing to your back, while
was comfortably clad.'' The American
has been thinking about it ever since
Turner's Falls Reporter.
"BREDDERN! 1 tells yer, conshinse
am one o. dem gradients dats sho' to
turn up somewhat no matter how you
steps on it or frows it in de ash bar1.
1t am like de cockroach that nessels in
de clam-pie-ef ye doesn 'zamin de
pie befo' yer Grams it down 20 wittie
alley, dar's gontor be a still small voice
widin' yer what sho' to make yer wish
dat yer hadn't been so blame precipit-
ouse '-Yonkers Gazette.
THE HOT BRIGADE.-(TwENTYsoN
Blazed fierce the sun on high,
Scorched breezes rustled by,
Up went the mercury, r
Up to 100!
Sheltered the Hot Brigade,
o the wild howl they madei
When shall its echo fade? e ~
Frightful 1901
Ice to the right of them,
Beer to the left of them,
Cold tea in front of them,
Barkeepers Numbered
Swift up the bulb did HE,
Singing Sweet By -andb by"
Fahrenhefts mercury, ~
Up to 1901
-Loaisriue Courier Journal T
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10
Minnie Warren's Death.

Minnie Warren, the Dwarf, who has
just died in childbirth, was the young
est of Middleboro family of eight chill
dren, all of whom except herself and
her sister Lavinia, now Mrs. Tom
Thumb, were of ordinary size. When
Minnie was IL years 6 age she Joined
the Tom Thumb troupe, and for ID
years she Travelled almost continually,
wishing reariy all the civilized parts of
the globe. She was sc aches in height,
ard never attained weight to exceed
IS pounds, being considerably shorter
AID more Slender than Mrs. Thumb.
To pretty face she added pleasant dis
position act winning ways, and she be-
came the fas, favorite of Mr.. Barnum as
well as of the public. When Tom
Thumb was married to Lavinia Warren,
the general option was thai Commo-
dore Mutt wolld take Minnie for his
bride; but the little commodore had set
his affections Oh LAWNS, and his little
heart was b,'ghted wren Gen. Thumb
won her from him. subsequently he
I" paid attentions" to Mippie, but, as he
was reported to have become fast
young man after his first disappoint-
ment in love, she discouraged bin. A
few years ago Barnum found another
Liliputian, Major Edward Newell, who
was rechristened Gen. Grant, Jr., and
added to the Tom Thumb combination.
The Major was bright and in
teiligent, and he and Minnie be-
came great friends. About year ago
they were married, being the smallest
welded pair that ever lived, and they
lived happily together with Gen. Thun D
aud wife in Middleboro. Their last
tour together was il the West, from
which they recently returned. About a
month ago Barnun let out the secret
that Mrs. Newell was ';in an j Interesting
condition." and, though the old ladies
at Fl st ridiculed the idea, hey soon dis
covered the purchase of little bits of
muslin, lace and flannel by members of
me Warren household. A lady friend
VINO visited the Warrens described the
l;ttle garments as "too comical for any
thing" Dolls patterns were used, and
the little sips and wrappers were made
oue-sixth of the size of garments for or
binary babies, though, when the new
conner arrived, it proved to be of very
respectable proportions, weighing
nearly six pounds. Mrs. Newell is said
to have looked forward to maternity
with great anticipations of happiness
and no misgivings. Her husband, how
ever, had gloomy forebodings. and ex-
pressed great solic;tude, which the
death of mother and child has sadly
justified. Mrs. Newells death caused
deep sorrow in Middleboro, where she
and Der sister were much loved, and
much sympathy is expressed for Major
Newell, who is overwhelmed with grief.
-Sprino6eld Republican.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

party elected their entire ticket Of 10 candi-
dates by majorities ranging from 1000 to
5000, polling about 10000 votes.
THE Committee of the House of Rep
resentatives to consider the Labor question,
met in New York City on the list. There
were present Messrs. Hewitt Of New York,
Thompson of Pennsylvania, Rice of Massa-
chusetts, and Boyd Of Illinois.
THE President has appointed Henry
C. Linn, of Kansas, agent for the Indians of
the Kansas Agency, and David Kern, of Hi
nois, agent of the Indians of the Crow
Agency.
+ JOHN l.. PENNINGTON, Ex-Governor
OF Dakota, has been appointed Collector of
Inter nal Revenue of that Territory.
DIR. +. N. ELLIOTT, a well known
dentist of Quincy, ILL.,, on the I'd, was in
stshLy E:lled By falling between he cars
while jumping off a moving train. His body
was literally cut in two.
GEN. THOMAS G. RaE-r died near
Baltimore, Nd, on The 2Sth ult., aged 56.
He served through the Mexican War as
Lieutenant, when he was promoted TO a
Captaincy. He resigned his commiss:o
aud joiued .ne Confederases al the b-easiug
oct of the late War, being appointed by
Gen. Joseph f. johnson as Chief of Sal.
He subsequently went to Egypt and served
three yeas in tine any OF : Ie Khedive, but
retu 'ned home on accoup OF ;':-real.h. He
was descended from ooe of the bess Known
families of South Ca, DINA.
The Associated Pioneers Of California
gave a iecep.;ol at New York, on the even
lag of tle 1st, to Gene 81 Fremont, soon to
leave for Arizona and assume the duties of
Governor.
CHEN LEN-PIN, the new Chinese Am
bassador, lived in Hartford while some
yeas ego, aad made most favorable i'm
preston, by his fine appearance, bis pleas
ing manners and his scbola,ly ettai1merts.
Dr.. Yung Wing of The Educational Comm s.
sion, who is associated with Chen Len-Pin
in his mission, is a 'espected CT. yea OF Ha -
ford now. Both are mandarins of The Sec
Ond degree.
BEACONsFIELD and Salisbury were
given grand reception and banquet and
presented with the freedom of the city of
London on the Sd. The affair was a very
brilliant one.
1T is reported that the Pope has APP
pointed Cardinal Antonio De Luca, Pre-
feet Of the Congregation, Pontifical Secre-
tarv of State. Cardinal De I.uca is an Ital-
ian. He was born in 1905, and nominated
Cardinal in 1868.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10
An Appalling Calamity.

The Yankton DIkOt1iGE, OF July u,
saws: Parties who arrived last nigh
from northwestern Turner County
bring accounts of a cloud-burst near the
headwaters of the west branch of the
Vermillion River, at o'clock Tuesday
morning, which was attended by the
most disastrous results. Seven miles
east from Silver Lake and Is miles west
from Sioux Falls is Mennonite colony,
which settled there some four years ago
and has built up a thriving agricultur-
al settlement. The colony is located on
the river bottom, portion of its do
main being on low land. 1t was early
Tuesday morning that the flood came
and caught the people unawares, and
before they were out of their beds a
cloud-burst just above them emptied a
vast volume of water into the Little VEN
million and its bottom, and in few
minutes that stream was over its banks,
and far up the slopes on either side. The
water attained depth of from to 30
feet, and filed the houses to their caves
almost before their occupants could
escape. One of the parties who brought
the information says the Vermillion was
as big as the Missouri. We were una
BILE to obtain any detailed particulars
from our Russian informants, as they
are unable to speak our language to
any great extent. But enough was
gathered to enable US to state that seven
persons were drowned by the flood.
Four of them belonged to one family
named Garings-the mother, two
daughters and one son being over
whelmed and drowned before they could
be rescued. Mr.. earrings was almost
lifeless when taken from the water, but
by timely exer6ions he was resuscitated,
and is now recovering. Jacob Goren, a
young married man, was also drowned.
The names of the other two victims we
could not obtain. The bodies of the
dead were all recovered after the sub
sidence of the flood. One family was
taken off the top of a house just in time
to prevent fatal results. All the crops
on the river bottom were swept away,
and the damage from this source is
large.
This cloud-burst undoubtedly caused
the unprecedented flood in the Vermil-
Ion River, at Finlay, mentioned in our
Thursdays issue. The Mennonite Colo
ny which has suffered so grievously
from this visitation is located 40 miles a
l;Iflo 90 ut of north from Yapktnn and 25
miles east from Midtown. 1t was one
Of our most prosperous foreign settle
ments.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

,1 n... TI,.,,.% 49, ~
CoI Iot,, ~ Cr;sn Do,or.,. EYo,,a,,t'
NJ. -, ~, n Ci,r,- Da,,o,-.t Iro,,o,,,i
nated,. Illipo.s-sixth District-CbarIes
Durham. Democrat: Twelfth District.
John M. Mathers. National Greenback
Fourteenth District. Jesse Harper.
National Greenback: Fifteenth D-.-
trict. Nelson Homes. Democrat. Judpe
Hiram b. Devens, Republican Indiana-
First District, VIM Holman, Republican:
Seventh District, Rev. Gilbert De la Matyr,
National Greenback; El2hth District, Hen
ny A. White, National Gfeenback. Arkan-
sas-second DISTRICT WIN. r. s-emons,
Democrat lrenominated). TeXas-Th1rd
District, d. N. bumpass, Nationai 1reen-
BACK.
SENATOR VOORHEES, opened the DEM
ocratic campaign in Indiana, on the 2Sth,
with a long and carefully prepared speech,
delivered before the Democratic County
convention at Ierre Haute.
WILLIAM HINES, wealthy New
Orleans cotton broker, was taken down with
yellow FEVER at the Grand Hotel, Cincinnati,
on the 18th, Just after his arriva, from the
South. He was removed to the hospital,
with little or no hope OF recovery.
MRS JULIA WARD HOWE mas been
elected one OF the Presidents OF the Wom-
ans Rights Congress at Paris.
MISS ABIGAIL II. SMITH, one OF the
Glastonbury (Conn.) Smith sisters, who
have become known throughout the couu-
-. - .0 az, " 'AAa''o u, wi'u
h,,r,, ~, ~ ,ad - o. L. -. IL
.oao se surv;vas har IT, s;sta ..,o,,ao -,
~ w. So c,.
;,,o,.., 80 -. ia
AN american lazy, MISS M'7n,e Ste-
vens, daughter OF the late Parau Stevens, of
New York, was married in st. Peters, Lon
don, on the 2stb, to Capt. Arthur Henry
faset' son OF LORD AIRED Paget. Tbe we'd
DING was most brilliant and fashionable
anair' Inc rr,hce OF wales, t9e fr'rcess
Louise, and other members of the royal fam
ny o1lns a.no"S t.e suests. de orioe Is
N Mcv,cvon 50 Cl;.
wall l,o,,, ,ho..r;..,
mt, horI,,.,,,,on a. T. - s.
80. -. o"o .uo seoci
NC. u,o' =, D"'iu ""se' ''e ueiaul ny civ
stands AGAINST him on This account Uis
other liabilities amount to about SI5O. 600
most of which ia secured.
Mps TYrrou Il 10 r,,r,orod -
siderinp an offer ~ S,G) a NIGHT to Ieot,,ro
but IL is believed the oood sense ~ he .
friends. If not her own will, irduoo ho,. 70
dec,ine tho temnt;ng haft 70 r,.L, harsoI,
any more notorious.
Rev HERRERr q M,,,pp o,,,1or
.,d ,.Ior,od E,,;...,,., .,...' +. r. -.
-. rs, - nan VI "ouV-
try after running one of the most respected
young ladies in his congregation under cir
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

THE public debt statement for July
shows a decrease of s2O6, 1907, and the
following balances in the Treasury
Currency, S1,1GS,3I7; special fund for
redemption of fractional currency,
S10,000,O00; special deposit of legal
tenders for redemption of certificates of
deposit, s51, 2O0, 900; coin, S2O7 ,Oo7 1852
including coin certificates, S45, 631,-
o30; outstanding legal tenders, $780,
743. 2S3.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

distant. Professor Draper succeeded in
getting photograph of the spectrum
of the corona, thus proving that most
of the light of the corona IS reflected
from the sun and is not due to ignited
gas. Edison finally got his tasimeter
into working order the last moment
that the eclipse was total, and the grad
uating scale showed the existence of
about 10 times as much heat in the CO.
roma as that obtained from the star Arc
turus the previous nioht
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

A CORRESPONDENT gives an interest
ing account of a mouse that crossed
from one building to another on fire
teegraph wire, over distance of some
four or five rods. Although the build
ings were among the highest in Chica-
go, TIE feat was performed with perfect
ease and grace. When near The OBJ
servers he was frightened, when he
carefully turned about and returned %
the roof from which he came,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

SIX boys, aged from IA to 16, organ
lied "club" and rented a room in
which to meet and-and improve their
minds. They concluded to have 'libra-
ryr and each member was requested to
bring at least one book on next meeting
night. A few days later the nucleus of
the library consisted of the following
works: 'sThe Captive Beauty or, The
Boy Pirate;' "The Fiend of tie For
est; or, the Boy Hero" "The Boy
Chief; or, The Crimes of an Outlaw"
&c Crooked-nose Chlis; or, The Boy
Potter" "Paul and his Pals or, The
Bloody Trail; !" and g Bow-Legged Bill,
or, The Assassin's Doom. y Sorrsst>aon
Herald
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-10

The official statement of the New Or
leans Board of Health gives the total
number of yellow fever cases reported
up to noon on Aug. A, as 253, of which
IL had proved fatal. The number of
new cases reported for the preceding "a
hours was 20, with IL deaths