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, 1878-03-15
At Sandy Hook.

We were on the extremity of Sandy
Hook, that narrow peninsula which
stretches out into the ocean like hand
of greeting and farewell to the vessels
that pass into and out of New York
Larbor through the deep-water ship
channel which it borders. Our stand.
point was the tower of the United States
Signal Service Station; and as the sig
mailman said, there are times when the
fair sky, the harmonious breathing of the
wind, and the soft pulsatons of the ocean
such as tranquilized us--are substi-
tuted by troublous clouds, n bitter wind,
and sea mountain high Then, if the
storm approaches in daytime, a warning
flag is thrown out to mariners from the
slender pole on the tower; or if it is night
time, the lanterns are lighted, and turn
their red, sorrowful eyes on the murky
outlook. The wind blowing eighty miles
an hour from the northwest on a January
night! Sandy Hook in such times
catches the full force Of the tempest on
the sea and the cold on land, ana there
is not beaker place south of the Arctic
circle. The sand is swept up and carried
al ing in low peting cloud; the cedars
bend toward the southeast, and many of
them are permanently inclined in that
direction, the prevailing gales having
paralyzed their other side in in fancy;
the human voice is useless in the tumut,
and the bed of sand seems to shake under
the tread Of the waves. While the signal
man stands before the lanterns with
match in his hand to light them, his
mate envelopes him in the shelter of
blanket, and effort after effort is made
before success is obtained in igniting the
wieks, the cold benumbing the men, and
the wind extinguishing the flame. Also
at dusk three lighthouses send forth
their earliest rays from the Hook, and
above them, on those magnificent bluffs
bordering the Shrewsbury river, are the
two beacons which have filled many
and many heart with joy--the High
land Lights of the Navesink.
There is no settlement to speak of
at Sandy Hook. A caprcious Congress
has appropriated money one year for
some military Notifications, which have
been neglected for several years follow
ing, and which are now seen in condi-
tion neither useful nor ornamental-un
mounted guns, stray blocks of granite,
and other material being strewn about
in that wasteful insufficiency which char
acterizes many branches of our military
service. The fitful progress of these
works has occasioned the building of
few houses for the laborers, one of which
was pointed out to us as a possible re-
source in case of extreme hunger; and
these, with the signal station, the three
lighthouses, and two telegraph stations
for the collection of ship news, are the
media between utter desolation and adj
vanced civilization,-Harpe Magazine.
, 1878-03-15
Hopes Victory.

Dark clouds had spread across the sky
As roamed DER the old loved ways,
And through the trees the breezes sighed,
While sunbesms hid their golden rays.
ooh, all is dark and sad around,
And in my heart no light is found;
Nomore will brightness DER me spread,
For JOY is gone and hope is dead"
Fen as | spoke the sun shone forth
One heavenly smile from out the sky,
That shed beam within my breast
And from my heart sad thoughts did fly
"Oh, in the gloom that gathers round,
Let trust within the heart be found;
Then when the sunbeams gild the lea,
Sweet Hope will gain a yictoryW
-TmSleyS Mdgdsine
, 1878-03-15
Quite Romantic.

The following comes from the Rich
mond Virginia State: Many years ago,
young gentleman of Manchester, OF
good character and honorable connec-
tions, had the misfortune to fall out with
his wife-a beautiful girl of only eighteen
summers. He speedily arranged ms
business affairs, and without formality
took an abrupt leave of his wife and a
a sweet little babe. He Travelled tar ana
fingered long in many strange LANDS,
without communicating intelligence Oh
his whereabouts, and without knowing, OF
caring to know, the fate OF his dear ones
at home. In the meantime the little one
had passed away, and the wife, broken
hearted and disconsOlate, kept the iaitn
she had pledged at the altar. Many years
had elapsed since her truant husband had
left her, and in all that time 1t was
her habit to visit the little grave,
of her dead infant, with the same
deep mourning dress she had donneu
the day of its burial. A few evenings
ago it so CHANGED that fate brought heF
husband back to this city, who, immeol.
ateIy upon his arrival, sought out the
little grave, where, by the dim twilight
he encountered strange figure in BLACK.
A heavy veil hid the face; but his was
open and clear, and seemingly unaItereu,
The discovery Of eithers identity was
but a moments time-a groan--a shrigA y.
and husband and wife firmly clasp Al
loving embrace.
, 1878-03-15
Editor and Proprietor
CrOSS-R Roads.

ooking back with vague regret
Where Two roads parted and two roads met
Looking back to the oldcn time,
When life was sunny and you were mine;
When our future flushed with rosy hue,
When was trusting and you were true
Looking back with a vague regret,
Where two roads parted and two roads met
Whatever Of joy our lives may lack,
We shall never find it by looking back.
Looking ahead-Cmay it be Gods will)-
In the great Hereafter III find you still
In the great Hereafter drawing near
Just as before lost you, dear AlpYL,
, 1878-03-15

BUYING UP EXAMINATION PAPERs.-A
story Is current at Harvard University
that for as long as three years past a sys.
tematic purchase by students of examina-
ton papers from the printer has been
going on. BY opening their purses freely
certain wealthy students in various classes
have thus been enabled to get hold of the
questions beforehand which were to be
asked at the examination, so as, with iu-
dicious examining, to pass perfect paper.
AS many as twenty members of the last
graduating class, at Harvard, it is claimed,
would have failed to pass the examina-
tions for the degree of A. B. but for this
underhand purchase system.
The corruption has but recently come
to the ears of the Faculty, and the prin-
ter who has been making money by a
breach of trust has been discharged.
This is the second case of students buy
ing up examination papers of recent oc-
currence-the first being the bribery of a
tutor by Freshmen to show the paper he
was to give at an examination about to
take place.
, 1878-03-15

ACCORDING to the Statistics Commis-
sioners showing the balance OF trace III
our favor last year amounted to $lAV;
OO0,0OO That is, we sold that muca
more than we bought, and either recelveu
the money for it, or reduced our European
debt to that extent. This is the way "
prosperity.
, 1878-03-15
King Humbert'S Lett-Handed Mother

Victor Emmanuel's fondness for wom-
en- has been proverbial. Of late years
he had lived with a morganatc wife, the
Countess Mirahore, to whom he was
deeply attached, and who bore him three
children. The gossips tell very pretty
story about this lady's career. Rosa Yer
cellana, they say, was suffers daughter
and a vivandiere during the campaign of
1S4S. She was beautiful and had many
admirers, and she was also, in spite OF
her short frocks and canteen, young
woman of exemplary character. The
Duke of Savoy saw her, loved her, and
hoyered around her canteen. He lost
sight of her, but after the death of his
wife sought her out and made her his
companion. 1t was not until 1873 that
he was finally married to her in spite of
the protestations of Prince Humbcrt.
The Countess of Mirafiore (the title was
created by the King died only few
months ago, and it is thought that that
event hastened his death. 1t was a pc.
culiarty of his that he selected his fe-
male companions from the most unintel-
leCtual circles. Village girls seem to
have been his special weakness, and it
has been often said that it was difficult
to find out whether it was for the sake
of shooting game or of pursuing these
girls that the King so frequently alb.
sented himself from court. The fact is
all the more striking as Victor Emmanuel
was naturally one of the proudest and
haughtiest sovereigns living, and, at the
same time, one of the best educated, hav-
ing been brought up by the Jesuits, and
having spent in reading considerable
portion OF the long years during which he
remained heir apparent.-BOstOn Post.
, 1878-03-15

Do not keep your parlors for company,
but use them yourselves. To be sure, it
may make little more work, but why
not try to make home pleasant for your.
selves and children?
, 1878-03-15

MEN who snake their mark" are often
those who can't write.
, 1878-03-15

A FOR lawn palty-A croquet CLUB
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-01

The Palace Hotel (San Francisco
proprietors are just now perplexed with
an amusing contest with the wife of an
army officer, who has made her presence
very Objectionable to the inmates OF
that vast establishment by undertaking,
on her own assumption, to manage its
social arrangements. She has succeed
ed in making herself so obnoxious to
the guests of the house that the mana
gers have requested her to leave, which
she peremptorily refuses to do, and
challenges them to put her out by force.
Her gas and water are cut off, but she
holds the fort and refuses to surrender.
Her appearance in the public rooms oc-
casions general stampede; but, as she
pays her bills regularly and has an I'M
commonly voluble and bitter tongue,
Senator Sharon and his staff are in an
awkward dilemma.
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who, it was claimed, was nearer in blood
relationship to William Jenny than
either of those whose contingent claims
had been purchased by the elder Pres
ton. The case came up for trial on the
10Th inst. There was long array o
counsel on both sides, and a large at
tendance of witnesses, among them the
widow of the younger Preston JENNY
she whose arm was shivered by Rush's
bullet as she threw herself on the BODY
of her fallen husband, that terrible night
thirty years ago The defendants de-
MED the claimants title, and also set up
the statute of limitations. Counsel for
the plaintiff said they had advised their
client that he had no case if the defend
ants pleaded the statute of limitations,
but, with the obstinacy of an English
man, he insisted on coming into court"
The Judge at once directed verdict
for the defendant, which was returned
by the jury, and so, after lapse of near
ly 100 years, the title to this estate.
which has been the cause of SO much
discussion and an awful crime, is for the
first time legally settled
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-01
The Chinese Astronomer.

The Chinese astronomers ways are
curious and past understanding in these
Western lands of science. 1t is related
that in the fifth moon of the present
year the learned men of Picking noticed
that the sun did not shine as brightly
as had been its custom. Instead of be-
ing clear, it had to them a red and lurid
look. The weather was dry and the
sky covered with mist. Turning to
their scientific books, their learned men
saw with amazement that these signs,
by all the laws of science and anti
quarian knowledge, gave warning of
danger to the imperial family. The It'd
ings were promptly carried to the
throne. Orders at once went forth for
the defense of the residence. The
gates were guarded by soldiers, and the
line of wall was zealously defended. A
panic spread among the people. Some
thing was about to happen to the En-
peror. they said, and what it was no one
knew. To allay the disquiet, and to
end the questions that were pouring in
upon them, the authorities at last said
the Government was on the brink of q
war with Russia Some trifing discus
sion between Russian and Chinese au-
thorities in Central Asia gave color to
the report. But suddenly the illusions
were dissolved. At the imperial house
hold one day Joy was awakened by the
first appearance on the stage of history
of his Imperial Highness the Fifth
Prince. Thereupon the wise men of
the East returned to their books to find
out where they had made their blunder.
1t was laid down, they learned, that the
evil influences of crimson sun and
lurid sky were averted if rain should
fall within five days after their first APP
pearance. OF course rain had fallen.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-01
Picture Of Life i'm Afghanistan.

Two men quarreled and one was
wounded. He refused to have his arm
amputated, gangrene set in and he died.
His brother, as next of kin, claimed the
antagonists life. A European writer
thus describes the final scene: about
noon there was great crowd and tu-
multi of voices outside the citadel gate,
but, as we knew what was to take place,
we did not go out to see the ceremony.
Presently the din was hushed, there was
a momentary pause of complete silence,
and then a sudden outburst of applause.
We hardly needed to be told what had
happened, but soon after Faramuz Khan
came in, in perfect ecstasies of delight
ut the brutal sight he had just witnessed
and applauded. He told us that, after
the Judge had pronounced the prisoner
guilty, he consigned him to the care of
the avenger, who at once stepped for
ward, and, unsheathing his knife, threw
down his brothers homicide, and, kneel-
ing on his chest, with sonorous Bis
millah-a-rahman-a-rahim Tin the name
of God, the most merciful and gracious)
cut his throat from ear to ear as he
would have done that of q sheep"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-01

The Mohammedans of India, whom
Shere Ali and his Russian hackers pro-
pose to stir up to revolt against the En-
glish, are indeed formidable power
The number of them in Hindoostan is
over Al ,000,0 00-about the population
of the German empire-and they en-
brace not only the wealthiest and most
highly civilized, but also the bravest
and most warlike of the native popula-
ton. 1t is barely two centuries since
Aurungzebe, from his throne in Delhi
surveyed an empire richer and more
magnificent than that of any other con-
queror since Caesar. The possessions of
the Great Mogul, embracing Bengal,
the Deccan, and the northwest prov
inces, has since changed hands more
than once, but the splendid mosques of
Agra, Delhi and Lucknow still attest
the grandeur of Moslem rule in India
1t is to the power and position once
held by the Mogul dynasty that the AZ
CHAN Ameer evidently aspires. He re-
lies largely upon the recollections of the
Sepoy mutiny and the terrible reprisals
which followed to aid him, forgetful of
the fact that the policy of the English
since the mutiny has bound the native
princes to their conquerors. The most
courageous portion of the Queens In
dian forces are Mohammedans, and the
armies now gathering before the Khy-
Der pass are, in the main, followers of
the Arabian Prophet. The warmest
friends and admirers of the Prince of
Wales, during his recent visit, were
Moslem rulers like the Maharaiah of
Gwalior and the Begun of Bhopal.
During the Anglo-Russian imbroglio
they were among the first to offer their
arms and their treasure for Queen Vic
toria's service, and amid the Afghan
troubles they have, for the most part,
exhibited a similar spirit. Shere Ali is
reckoning without his host if he i'm
agines that his 100000 Afghans are
more potent than the 4O,OO0,OOO of
Moslems beyond the Indus.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-01

A JANIToR of a New York public
school went to Coney island, and left
his wife in charge of the engine and
boiler, telling her that there was patent
gauge on it and the steam pressure could
not run over seven pounds. 1t ran over
twenty-four pounds, and the wife, be-
coming frightened, ran to factory
where a brother engineer was employed.
He found no water in the boiler, and
1.2OO children i'll the school overhead.
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six feet high, weighs $50 pounds, is
square-shouldered and spare, with dark
hair, short-cropped reddish-brown side
whiskers, high cheek-bones, a face
strongly lined, and small blue eyes. He
has deep bass voice that grows deeper
as he becomes more earnest. is on fire
with his subject from the start, has
neither grace, fullness nor humor, but
goes straight to the point with intensity.
He has been Methodist clergyman for
twenty-nine years, and went through the
war in the Eighth New York Heavy Ar
tillerv
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-01

A CURIOUS feature of Indian raids is
the fact that railway tracks are rarely
torn up or telegraph wires cut. The
renegade Cheyennes, on their late raid,
several times crossed the Pacific roads,
but never disturbed them Thus far all
telegraph lines have also escaped dam
age from Indians. The first thing white
raiders do in an enemy's country is to
cut these great avenues of communica-
ton. The Indians, however, either from
superstition or ignorance, seem to stu
diously avoid interfering with them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-01
Kicked Out of Bed.

The divorce suit of Edward w. Cook,
of Evansville, Ind, against Minerva
Cook was resumed in the Superior Court
to-day. One of Mr.. Cooks complaints
against his wife was that, in 1871, she
kicked him out of bed. He testified
that after they had retired for the night
she requested him to "move along" and
he did so. Soon afterward he was told
to move again, and he kept on doing so
until he hung on the very edge of the
bed. Then Mrs. Cook made a further
demand for more room, and, when he
told her that he could not move without
falling out of bed, she braced herself
up, plunged her feet into the small of
his back, and landed him in the middle
of the room. Thereafter he thought il
safer to occupy the lounge. On his
cross-examination il was brought out
that he was hanged in effigy in Elgin.
Ill, for alleged abuse of his wife, and,
as he had told everybody that she had
kicked him out of bed, the effigy was
placar1ed with Mrs. Cooks admonition
TO "Move along."-HarDord (Ct) Cou-
rant.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-01

ACCORDING to the annual harvest re-
ports of France, the grain crop of this
year will be considerably below the av-
erage. The yield is given as very good
in only 2 departments, good in II, fair
in %, and bad in 46. Estimated on
this basis, it is thought that the French
will have to import for home consump-
ton, during the twelve months, not less
than 100000 tons of grain; or, III other
words, 100000 tons more than they
imported during the year ending Oct
1, 1878. 1t is fair to presume that the
larger part of this amount will come
from the United States.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-01

SOMETHING of the extent to which
Nihilism prevails in Russia may be
guessed from the announcement that
the Government is making preparations
for the trial of more than 300 members
of that revolutionary sect in the city of
Odessa alone. The agitation at st. Pc
tersburg continues to annoy and battle
the authorities. and there will be no oc-
casion for surprise if an outbreak occurs
before many weeks. 1t is intimated
that the interdicted heresy is widely
disseminated in the army. IL that
should prove to be the case, revolution
as radical as that which swept away the
ancient institutions of France nearly a
hundred years ago may possibly occur
in Russia.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-01

IT is quite possible, as the London
Spectator suggests, that gas will sur
vive the electric light, just us horses
have survived the introduction of rail
roads. 1t may develop more highly
special utilities, as for cooking and
lighting interiors, however practicable
electricity may be for streets. But at
present it costs twelve times as much
to light the new avenue of the opera at
Paris by electricity as by gas. The
above journal says that the greatest rival
to gas in London is "paraffine, which is
hawked about all our back streets daily
like milk"
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Some minutes elapsed before the NOR,
clumsy soldiers could descend; wheI
they reached the stream, the pony wa
scrambling homeward over the rocks
and no trace of his rider visible Little
Jean tremblingly crouched in his cover
during their brief, vain search, but soon
eager for IA larger prey, the pursuers re
turned to join the rest of the band.
When the last echoes had died away
and only the brooks gurgle was audibleir
the stiffness, Jean ventured from his re
treat, aware that the distance had beer
increased, and the time for rescue less
ened by his capture; but his childhood''
steadfast faith never dreamed of failure
prayer and act were one, as lightly leap
ing from bowlder to bowlder, by intricate
windings about pinnacle and crest-here
following the bed of mountain stream
there swinging himself by gnarled roots
over deep chasms-the intrepid boy
fastened breathlessly on.
Not far away some hundreds of reso-
lutte men and women were assembled on
rocky platform amid the desolate
hills. Muskets stood near, ready for q
sudden call to arms. Around the wor-
shippers was a chestnut forest, through
whose enormous trunks and leahess
boughs the wind moaned in melancholy
cadence, accompanying the psalmody
and supplication. On a flat, smooth
stone, at the base of precipitous rock,
stood the minister, who, while little
Jean sped toward them, was thus adj
dressing the congregation
What fear you? Did not God nour-
ish his people in the wilderness? Did
he not send the ravens to feed his
prophet, and will he not again work
miracles? Has not His Holy Spirit
comforted his afflicted children? He
consoles-He strengthens us. Will He
not, in time of need, cause His angel to
go before us?"
Concluding thus, the preacher adj
vanced to natural stone slab, serving
as sacramental altar, and the assembly
in reverential stiffness, to which peril
added a solemn awe, came for
ward two by two, bareheaded. A cry
startled them.
Ely! the enemy comes!" rang in
shrill, childish treble from above the
kneeling multitude, and looking up
they saw on the rocky summit before
the pastor, little figure, whose white
goat-skin coat and locks of gold cleaned
in the mellow sunset, as the rocks and
caverns re-echoed his vibrating cry.
Fly! the enemy comesw
The startled throng, gazing up, knew
not the son of their neighbor and friend,
Roland Cavalier. The solemnity of the
place, and the danger always near their
worship, had infused their exalted minds
with n sense of the immediate presence
of the supernatural, and the simple
hearted peasants thought the child, Jean,
veritable messenger of heaven.
They quickly dispersed through pass
and defile, and when the troops arrived
the early stars shone down on the de-
serted rocks and lonely forest
Jean joined party of fugitives, and
lived to be a valiant and famous de-
fender of the Protestant faith. While
the commander cursed him as treach-
erous little rascal, most of the congrega-
ton always maintained that God sent
an angel to save them. ST. Nicholas
for NOrember.
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Mrs. CAyANAGH, of Eureka, New,
went to bed happy because she had that
day made $4,000 by rise in mining
stock but. on awalzing in the morning,
she found that her husband had taken
the money and eloped with a girl, which
made her unhappy. She concluded,
however, after thinking the matter over,
that she was willing to lose $4,000 to
get rid of such husband. The upshot
of Mr.. Smiths elopement from Clinton,
Ala, was not SO quiet. He was over
taken by mob, led by his wife in per-
son, and, under her orders, his hands
were tied behind him, and he was
fogged all the way home. The 14-year-
old girl who had eloped with him es-
capped by fast running, and has not yet
been seen in the neighborhood. An
elopement is exciting deep interest in
Springfield, ILL.,, because the man is DIR.
Wheeler, physician with large prac-
tice, and the girl is the schoolmate and
intimate friend of his daughter