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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-12
peeping out like a sly, spirited, half

| pceplng out like q sly, spirited, half
shy, half-frightened child.
At last we made rule never to admit
Willy OF an evening until we were dis.
posed to be idle. For to read, write OF
work, with this spirit of mischief in the
room, was impossible and he was re-
stricted to the hall with fresh, young
wattle-tree (perpetually renewed) set
upright in stand for his special comfort.
Perhaps the drollest thing was to see
him at supper after he had attained the
size of cat, and was quite independent
in his ways and manners. WHY'S tree
stood close TO the table where his cage
and saucer of bread and milk were
placed at night; and, as he hung like q
great live pendulum, swaying about
from high branch, he would stretch
out one hand, and, taking. a piece of
bread, proceed very composedly to eat
it, with his head hanging down and his
hind feet uppermost. The sight OF my
little playfellow swallowing his food in
this topsy-turvy style, was enough to
give any one fit of Indigestion.
Willy fully appreciated the delights
of society, and used to make clamorous
demands to be let into the parlor long
before the appointed hour, by running
around the architrave of the door and
crying angrily from the top. One night,
to spite us, he contrived to slip into my
bedroom and remained peeping at me
over tie cornice of the bed, until 1
pulled on pair of strong gloves and
dislodged him.
One evening, when the weather was
very sultry, with constant lightning and
distant thunder, Willy failed to appear
and 1 sought him in vain. He had
eaten his bread and milk and was gone.
Every place was examined and we had
given him up for lost, when 1 saw some
thing, long and dark, hanging out of one
of my fathers hats against the wall.
This proved to be Possey's tail. 1 would
not have him disturbed and he did not
move till daylight. The tempest in
creased to fearful height; the light.
ming was, for seven or eight hours, liter
ally incessant, and the simultaneous
peals of thunder were deafening.
Willy, with animal instinct, had doubt
less known storm was at hand, and as,
If In the forest, ne would have sought
shelter in hollow tree, 80 now, though
well-housed, he sought place of con-
cealment.
Latterly he often opened his cage be-
fore the time when it was carried in
doors but did not fear losing him, as
he always cantered into the house. But
one evening, on going to his cage,
found it open as usual, and my "bird
was flown"
After this, we heard almost nightly an
opossum on the roof, and things left
outside were tossed about much in
WHY'S scrambling style, so we believed
the house still to be visited by it's ole
inmate. But, though tempted by bread
and milk, Willy never returned to hi
cage; nor, must candidly own, should
l have cared to recover my pretty plague
could have felt certain he was well anC
happy; for L had sometimes acknowl
edged that keeping one "tame 'possum,
or pet Phalanger for so the zoologi
cally learned term an opossum), hac
given me sufficient insight into thei
manners and habits in domestic state
-Aprit Wide-AaOake.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-12

AN exchange asks "Can we drink
with impunity?" Certainly you can, if
Impunity invites you.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-12

To ABSORB THE BAD AIR.-In cases Of
smallpox, scarlet fever, or other fever,
onions sliced and kept in the room will
absorb the bad air; the fever will soon
disappear they must be changed very
often.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-12

TooTHAoHE DRoPs.-Une ounce of
alcohol, two drachms of cayenne, one
ounce of kerosene oil let it stand twen-
ty-four hours after mixing. It cures the
worst case of toothache.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-12

REMEDY FOR TYPHOID FEvER.-A new
remedy, proposed by DIR. Meter, of
Strasburg, to be used in typhoid fever,
has been published. It's salutary effects
are officially authenticated. 1t consists
of decoction made of one itre barley
water, 100 grammes vinegar, and 100
grammes liquid honey, with which the
throat, mouth and mares are to be washed
out, in order to remove organic matters
which are secreted and deposited there,
and which decompose and are likely to
be swallowed, or reabsorbed with in
creased toxic effects.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-12

How TO CURE DYsPEPsIA.-Dr. Mich
OILS, who has made a series of dietetic
experiments on himself, has arrived at
the conclusions that, if the stomach is
allowed to rest, any case of dyspepsia
may be cured that the diet question
was at the root of all diseases; that pure
blood can only be made from pure food,
and that, if the drink of nation were
pure and free from stimulating quail
ties, and the food was also pure, the re-
suit would be pure health.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-12

A HEALTHFUL PRACTICE. the
clothing. and, standing erect, throw the
shoulders well back, then hands behind,
and the breast forward. In this position
draw slowly as deep an inspiration as
possible and retain it by an increased
effort for a few seconds; the breathe it
gradually forth. After a few natural
breaths, repeat the long inspiration.
Let this be done for ten or fifteen min
utes every day, and in six weeks time a
very perceptible increase in the dame
ter of the chest and its prominence will
DO evident.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19
Virginia News Items,

And now Richmond has an Art ASSOC
citation and an Art school. *
It is said that $3.50. 900 have already
been subscribed in Richmond to erect q
grand opera house in that city.
The Montgomery Presbytery has re-
fused to agree that Rev. J. M. Rawlings,
Of the Second Presbyterian church,
Lynchbug, shall become associate editor
OF the. Central -Presbytersan, OF Rich
mond.
Two negro children were left by their
mother in a cabin. about three miles
from Culpeper, on the 18th inst. During
her absence the cabin took fire and
burned down; and the children were
burned to death. .
The heirs of the late Lewis Brooks,
Of Rochester, New York, have donated
about 81 900 for the purpose of adding
to the collection of the splendid museum
left the University of Virginia by Mr..
Brooks. A botanical cabinet will be
purchased with the extra fund. eg
The limber-mill of Msssrs. Womack
d Heidelberg, of Danville, was destroy
ed by fire between midnight and day
break on the night of the 9th instant
The machinery aud all the fixtures, to-
gether with about 40 600 feet of lumber
and hogsheads, valued at $500, were de
stroyed. Loss estimated at about SIS, 900;
insured in the London Imperial fol
81, 600. ..r...,.1. t..
During the late storm Cobb's Island
was completely submerged, every live
thing on the island except the human
beings, consisting Of large number OF
horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, and valuable
poultry, being swept into the sea. The
life saving station buildings on the is
land were fioated several hundred yards
down the beach, and the water was three
feet higher on the island than it has
been for twenty years. The hotel build
ings and cottages were allsomcwhat in
jured by the water and force of the wind.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

LORD SAL1sBURY's REPLY TO SEC
RETARY EvARTs.-Lord Salisbury's
reply to Secretary Evarts, on the subject
of the Halifax fisheries award is virtu-
ally refusal Of the British government
to enter into discussion of the award
of the Fisheries Commission. The
award, he claims, was made by COM
petent commission, and after laborious
investigation Of all the evidence in the
case, which would all have to be gone
through with again by the British gov
eminent in opening up the question.
AS to the point made by Secretary
Evarts that it requires unanimous
vote of an international commission to
make the award binding, and not a
mere majority, his Lordship argues at
length, and declares that the weight of
authority is against the position as
sumed by Secretary Evarts.
Since writing the above, we learn
that the United States Government has
made arrangements to pay the SIS 500, 900
award, which falls due on the 23rd in
slant. 1t would have been much more
creditable to our government to have
done this in the beginning.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

H. 80 fe.fa
The NEXT SESSION OF THE LEGIsLA-
TURE. The body which will soon meet
in Richmond as the Legislature of Vir-
ginia will be an unnecessary, an uncon-
stitutional, and an expensive body. It
will be Unconstitutional, the amend
ment Of the Constitution adopted sever.
al years ago by a vote of the people pro-
hibiting the Legislature from meeting
more than once in t,Oo gears. 1t met
last winter. What right has it to meet
this winter? It will be unnecessary,
because we already have too much leg
islatiOn. 1t will be expensive, because
it will cost $150, 900. Let these patriots
and ardent lovers of the public free
schools on the first day of their session
pass q resolution of Adjournment and
direct the Auditor to apply the $3.50, 900,
which they would have expended had
they remained in session to the public
free schools. This, will be q practical
act of economy that will evince q sim
cere wish to help these schools. Who
will introduce such resolution
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

Eight gold dollars could be bought at
any brokers' and at any time: in New
York, last Saturday, for eight greenback
dollars and one copper cent. In other
words, the premium on gold was one
eighth of one per cent, which is as
cheap as gold could be bought there
with the best Virginia money before the
war. And yet there are southern peo-
pie who profession we cannot believe
they are in earnest-to be in favor of
measures that could have no other DOS
sible effect than to increase the price of
gold, and to make that increase vary in
accordance with the difference in the
value of the State money that would be
offered for it, Considering the damage
Virginia's credit has sustained, and the
reputation she now bears, Virginia's
money, if there were such a thing,
would BIT quoted probably in New York
at par with that of the late Confederacy.
-Aler. Gazette. -
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

IMPORTANT ACTION OF THE NEW
YORK G-HOUsE-NEW YORK,
November 12.-The clearing. house to-
day decided upon the following plan. of
action:
First, They decline receiving gold
coins as special deposit, but to accept and
treat them as lawful money.
Second. To abolish the special ex-
change of goid-checks at the clearing
house. .,s,5..
Third. To pay and receive the bal
ance between banks at the clearing
house either in gold or in United States
legal tender.
Fourth. To receive silver dollars up
on deposit only under special contract
to withdraw the same in kind.
Fifth. To prohibit payments Of bal
ances at the clearing house in silver eer-
tifcates, or in silver dollars, excepting
as subsidiary coin in small sums (say
under $10W.
Sixth. To discontinue gold special
accounts by notice to dealers on the 1st
of January next, to terminate then.
The Post, in its fourth edition, says
mo more important meeting has been
held at the clearing house since 1878, and
the action taken is even more important
than anything that was done by the
clearing house during the stormy days
of the great panic. There was no for.
NAL expression of opinion on the sub
ject Of the reissue of United States legal
tender notes after their payment by the
Treasury. it having been thought best
to confine the action and expression of
the meeting strictly to matters which
require the earliest action.p
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

TIT FOR TAT.-When Blackburn gets
to be Governor of Kentucky he will
make the doctors all colonels.- Courier
Journal.
Then what will we do for doctors p
PQducdh NeaVs. .ss..'. ..-,.r ~. .-i
y Why, he'll make all colonies doctors,
of cOurse.-Padlcdh Nea0s y =.
Don't do it. Don't do it, or else you'll
have to make the fools colonies to sup
ply the deficiency. Then what would
become of US ?-Los.isv;Ne Leader q
You'd become a colonel.-P adascoh
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

THE CAVE IN LURAY.-From the
glowing description written by those
who have visited this newly discovered
cave it must be set down as one of the
seven wonders Of the World. The New
York Herald of last Tuesday has map
of the cave and surroundings and de-
votes full page to glowing description
of its many curious formations, extern
sive and numerous halls, chambers, sta
lactites and stalagmites and strangest of
all the footprints of large animals in
the soft mud, some Of them fully an
inch deep, and which can be effaced
with the foot. According to this report.
the cave is far more extensive than the
Mammoth cave of Kentucky and sur
passes in magnificence anything of the
kind ever before discovered
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

NOVEMBER STARS.-Jupiter. the lar.
gest of the planets, shines with peculiar
brilliancy in the south and southwest
during the first hours Of the night Iwhile
Saturn, the ring planet, may be obsery.
ed in the east Immediately after dark
and is visible the whole night
Venus, now the morning star, rises
about an hour before the sun. while
Mars, which attracted so much atten-
ton q year ago, is almost ilnmerst d in
the rays of the SUN and is gradually de-
creasing in brightness.
gAbout eight o'clock Capella NAV he
seen in the northeast, little above the
horizon, while Vega in the Harm is al :
most directly overhead. This star is re-.
markable for its blue color and is one 81
the few whose distance has been an.
proximately determined. The seven
stars, or Pleiades, the guides of the an .
Gent mariners in the Mediterranean aud
Black Seas, are just appearing above the
horizon in the east, while Arcturus. the
the brightest star in the northern sky
is setting in the west.
At ten clock Castor and Pollux NAV
be observed in the northeast and Orion
in the east, while the Great Bear is seen
nearly below the pole. Sirius, the
brightest star in the heavens, now rises
near midnight, but about the middle of
November can be seen at ten o'clock.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

A RICH HARvEsT.-The officers of
u. S. Court at Charleston West Va,
are preparing to reap rich harvest in
the way of fees. Internal Revenue Com
missioner Raum, at Washington, has
received a telegram from Charleston,
w. Va, stating that 900 indictments
have been found against illicit d'stillers
and other yiolatofs Of the revenue laws.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN Rails
ED.-The New York San publishes q ia
BILE embracing the cash subscribed pub
licly and through the authorities of the
various citi.s and the committees ap-
pointed by them in aid of the yellow
fever sufferers. The total aggregates
81 1926 900, exclusive of all private, re-
ligious and society subscriptions. OF
this amount Baltimore is credited with
$50, 900; New York, 1896, 900; Philadel
phia. $132, 1000; Chicago, $4,000; st.
Louis, $S5. 600; San Francisco, $50, 900
Boston, $4,000; Washington, 500, 900
Richmond, $4,000; Wilmington, Del,
$1,000; Wheeling, $1,000. The foreign
contributions aggregated $4,000 addi-
tional, of which Liverpool is credited
with SIS, 900 and Paris $4,000.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

A leading cotton raiser of Hale coun-
ty, Ala, has introduced upon his plan
tation one thousand English sparrows,
in the hope that they will prove effectual
destroyers of the cotton worm. I'D,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

HON. GEO. III. PENDLEroN ON THE
RECENT ELECTIONs.-In recent inter-
view with a representative of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer the Senator elect said
he saw nothing in the result of the re-
cent elections that alters or changes the
general phase of political affairs, and he
does not believe that it either indicates
or foreshadows the result in the next
Presidential campaign. He believes
that the Democratic party is stronger
to day than ever before, and to his mind
an impartial analysis of the vote shows
that wherever the opposition to the Re-
publiI.a party has been united the re-
suit has generally been in favor of the
opposition. Mr.. Pendleton is firmly of
the opinion that the Democracy will
elect the next President of the United
States, because he is positive that its
next nominee will be man of such a
character that he will be able to unite
and bring to his support the solid vote
of the Democratic party and all the ele-
ments who are opposed to the Repub-
lican party. In conclusion he said the
result of the late election, as far as it af-
fects Republican public men, inures
more to the benefit of President HAYES
than to anyone else, as it proves that
under his administration the Repub
iican party can be thoroughly united.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

POsTNIISTREss IN ALAsKA.-Miss Sal.
lie l.. Ball, formerly of Alexandria, has
been appointed postmistress at Sitka
Alaska. She is cousin of Col. M. D.
Ball now collector of customs at Sitka.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

The face of lovely woman is perhaps
the sweetest thing on the whole mum
dane sphere. It is sort of compressed
extract of all that appeals to our sense
or appreciation of the beautiful. 1t is
the beacon light that guides many a
heart toward the haven of purity and
goodness, that would otherwise have
stranded on the rocks oftemptation and
dissipation, but it will show SCOT mark
as quick as a mans, and woman can
wipe all over it except the exact spot
where the mark happens to be.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

A HEAVY PENALTY.-The sentence
passed upon Edwin G. Hayden, con-
victed at Montpelier, VT, of the murder
of his wife, is indeed fearful one. He
Is to endure servitude of nearly two
years at hard labor in the penitentiary,
then three months in solitary confine-
ment, after which he is to be hung on
the first Friday after the first Tuesday
of January, 1881.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

DIPHTHERIA.-Ar royal family in Ger
many has been stricken with Diphthe-
ria. A despatch from Darmstadt states
that Princess Mary, daughter and
youngest child of the Grand Duke OF
Hesse, died last Saturday ofdiphtheria.
The Grand Duke himself and four more
of his children have the disease.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

DEATH OF A VENERABLE MAN.-Mr.
Francis Gardner. aged ninety-three
years, eleven months and eight days,
died at his home near Charlestown, JEFF
ferson county, w. Va. on Monday last.
He was man Of large possession, own
ing ZOO acres of the best land in that
fertile county. Only few days prior
to his death he destroyed his will, re-
marking that the law would make a just
distribution of his property. He leaves
one son and two daughters.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19
$taunto1t Spectator.
Our City Schools.

We publish in our local columns this |
week report Of what occurred at ameet-
ing of the City School Board on last
Thursday night. We especially direct
the attention of our city readers to the
remarks made by DR. Rufner, State Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction, in
regard to the irregularity in the grading
of our schools and of the great necessity
of the changes proposed to be made by
our present Superintendent. It is GER
tainly the desire Of all our citizens that
our schools should be as perfect as our
means and facilities can make them.
This, DR. Ruffner says, can only be &C
complished, by ''undoing much that has
been DONE" and though it may cause
some dissatisfaction among a few at first,
who Judge of their childrens' advance
ment more by the class they are in than
by their real requirements, yet we feel
assured, from what was said by DR. Ruff
ner, that such changes as are proposed
will result in great benefit to the chill
dren, and will put our schools upon
basis upon which they will hereafter
continue to improve from year to year
The changes to be made are in accor'
dance with the knowledge gained by
experience in the finest schools of thu
United States; and the system degrading
which has been so successfully used il
the Richmond schools, is as far as prac
ticabls, to be applied to ourischools, ant
we hope our citizens will suspend crit
cism until sufficient ii me has elapsed
to give it fair trial.
Our schools have always borne higl
reputation throughout the State, ant
whether it has been fictitious one o
not, we should all join together in aid
ing our Superintendent to put them uE
on basis which will ensure their futur
usefulness and prosperity. Let US not
therefore, condemn, in advance tn
changes proposed by Supt. Hamilton, ei
pecially since they have met with the er
dorsation of the City School Board, an
the unqualified approval of so high a
authority on the subject of education
DR. Ruffner.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

Poor BEN,-[Portland Press l-Ofall
glad words of tongue or pen, the glad
dest are these: 1--WE have whipped
Ben" 80
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

MARRIED.-At Formosa, China the
Rev. G. d. Mckay, Presbyterian mis-
sionary, and Miss Chang Mia Tsong, a
puella Formosa. Rev.. Mr.. Mckay was
at one time, We believe, minister at
Winchester Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-19

FATAL SHOoTINa.-W. G. Wilson
and Haley Jefferson, farmers, of Pittsyl-
vania county, Va, who had previously
had difficulty, met in the public road
last Thursday, when Wilson drew pis-
tol and fired three times at Jefferson,
striking him twice near the top of the
head. At this juncture Jefferson drew
a revolver and fired at Wilson, the ball
taking effect under the left arm and
penetrating the heart. He reeled and
fell from bis horse into the gully on the
side of the road and expired within a
few minutes. Jefferson was arrested
and bound over, and is now under medi.
cal treatment. .s