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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20
The Heat i'm the Bonanza Mines.

One cause of the great heat in the
been the long spell of comparatively
warm and unusually calm weather.
When there is no motion in the air on
the surface, that in the lower levels be-
comes to a great degree stagnant and
dead Last evening we had the first
rafting good zephyr that has been seen
in long time. The rush of strong
gale on the. surface creates suction in
the shafts that materially aids their
draught. On the 1,750 level of the Cali
fornia there remain but twenty feet to
run to make connection with the Ophir
that will greatly benefit both mines, and
particularly the former, which is very
hot. This level (the 1,750) further
south, in the Consolidated Virginia, also
the 1880 level, has of late shown tenn
perature of 108 degrees. The compile
ton of the connection between the 1000
level of the Ophir and the G.. and G..
shaft will do much toward cooling all
the mines between the points named.
1t is very difficult matter, however, to
keep down the temperature in the large
mines, where great numbers of men are
employed and hundreds of air-consum-
ing lights are burning In these older
Consolidated Virginia and Cali
fornia-the openings are so great as to
be ION some levels) almost like fields,
and, though large and strong current
of air may be introduced, it soon spreads
abroad and is lost, so far as regards any
further control of it. So long as air is
in motion, it may be turned hither and
thither, and made useful, but when it
has no motion nothing can be done with
it; running stream of water may be
guided in many directions, but nothing
can be done with stagnant pool. Air
is an element much the same as water
in its motions. Where we find on some
part of the course of a creek or river
widening in the shape of large lake,
no current is observable except at the
entrance and exit of the stream-the in
let and outlet-and il is the same in the
large levels of our mines. On one side
there is found coming through drift
current of air, and on the opposite side
a current of air is observed passing out,
but in the midst of the level the air
seems to be quite dead and motionless.
-Visyinid City Enterprise.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20

Learning:y t6at thsa; man y. who, killed
Gen. Reno was Coufederate soldier, .
citizen of sWetunpka, and in person
our friend Mr.. Josiah Skinner, we called
upon him to gather the particulars. ~.
"Mr Skinner, i learned yesterday
that you were the man who killed Gen.
Reno, and have called to get the partic
ulars of the account for YOU" ..s Z
"All right; / will give you the facts,
and tell them SO that if there is any
doubt about it they can be easily con-
tradicted. Early on the morning of
the battle of South Mountain, Mai. E..
s. Ready was ordered to take command
of his old company, which he organized
here, ard of which he was Captain, and
to deploy them as sharpshooters upon
our extreme left, SO as to prevent q
flank movement Of the enemy. Near
where we were placed was a house, just
below was shoe-shop. Myself, John
Wilson, L. Nichols, and Maj. Ready oc-
cupied the shop. While in there l saw
an officer, of what rank / did not know,
at distance OF about 200 PAGES, cautious
ly approaching the shop along hog
trail. He would stop every few steps as
if listening. He carried his hat in his
left hand, and his sword in his right,
using it as a stick. called Mai. Ready's
attention to him, and he ordered me
not to fire until he approached nearer.
In the side of the shop was small win
dow of four small panes, which he broke
out, and in which Nichols, Wilson, and
1 rested our guns. When the officer
had approached to about twenty PAGES
of the shop Maj. Ready ordered me to
fire. did SO, hitting him near the pit
of the stomach. He fell; Immediately o
soldier, who / suppose was one of his
body guard, sprung to his assistance,
and was shot down by Nichols. He
was then surrounded by his men. We
all then attempted to escape, but were
all captured except myself. Maj. Ready,
Nichols and myself were wounded.
after being captured Maj. Ready re-
quested to be taken by the place where
the officer was shot, and asked the lit
ter-bearers who he was, and was in
formed that it was Maj. Gen. Reno.
After Maj. Ready's return home he
told me whom / had killed, and con-
graduated me for it, OF course, / do
not know that it was Maj Gen Reno,
but Maj. Ready was my informant, and
he told me how he gained his informa-
ton. Central 4tdbdni01l.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20

The shortest-lived were the plumbers,
whose average age mt death was only
351 years. The trades in which the
deaths were, on the average, under 40
years were the pail and tub makers,
SO; glass blowers and makers and up
holsterers, IS; cooks and trunkmakers,
49, The average age of the laborers
was nearly As; of servants, 80; OF steve
dores, 3D.; and of watchmen, 80; while
the workmen in powder-mills died, on
the average, Mt 81.
Next come those employed on the
ocean, of whom there are many among
the living population of Massachusetts,
Their average at death was about AZ
years; the fishermen dying at AZ, the
pilots Mt 60, and the seamen at AZ. Fol
lowing these are the inactive mechanics
in shops, whose average age at death
was A. They comprised members OF
such trades as those of BARRIERS, book
binders, printers, and tailors. The
longest-lived were the basketmakers, GIL
years, and the shortest-lived the carvers,
80 years. Printers, BARRIERS, and cigar
makers also died under 40, on the aver
age; and the sailmakers, and clock and
watch makers, lived to the average age
of So years and 80 years respectively.
The tobacconists got up to 5Oyears, and
the tailors and harnessmakers to As
years.
The class whose deaths took place at
the lowest age were those set down as
factors laboring abroad, such as baggage
masters, brakemen, butchers, engineers
and firemen, soldiers, and the like.
Their average of life was only 81 years,
and of all the brakemen We're cut of
the earliest, at little past 26. The
longest-lived were the lighthouse keep
ers, who are so often superannuated
men, and who died on the average at
the comparatively ripe years of about
g. Next to them came the weighers
and gaugers, and the sections at SO; the
drovers at 55; the ferrymen, usually
pretty long lived, at 90; the wharfngers
at 81, and the butchers at about the
same age Next to the brakemen, those
who lived the fewest years were the
soldiers, %; the chimney sweepers, 81;
the baggage masters, 30, and the
engineers and fremen, 38. The ped
dlers attained, on the average, 46 years,
the expressmen, AZ, and the teamsters,
40
Summing up all these statistics, we
find that during the last thirty-four
years the longest-lived men in Massa-
chusetts have been the gentlemen, so
called, the men of wealth and leisure,
who have lived on the average to the
fine old age of 6S; and the shortest
lived have been the brakemen, pursuing
an exceedingly dangerous occupation,
who have passed away at little over
26 years; if we except the students,
young men preparing for profession,
who died on the average at about %
years.
The death of about 1000 females, en-
ployed as domestics, in shops, in fac
tories, and elsewhere, took place at the
average age of 50 years The longest
lived were the nurses, go years, and the
shortest lived the telegraphers, "a
years. The domestics averaged 40
years; the dressmakers, AZ; the millin-
ers, 80; the operatives, 2S; the seam
stresses, 46; the tailoresses, 40; the
5eachers, 80; and the shoe-binders, Al
years
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20
CAN you any longer doubt when W

CAN you any longer doubt when we
bring you such positive testimony as this that
Dr. Graves HEART REGULATOR is a cure
for Heart Disease:
Mr. ingatis In 1862 was troubled with a derange-
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various remedies. with but little relief procured bot
tie OF Dr. Graves HEART REGU LArOR and one
bottle did what other remedies failed 10 do-removed
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hlHs ". g. WELLS
Among the many forms of Heart Disease are
Palpitation, Enlargement Spasms of the Heart,
Stoppage of the action OF the Heart. Trembling
all over and about the Heart, Justification or
Bony Formation of the Heart Rheumatism
General Debility and Sinking of the Spirits
Send your name to +. Il. INGALLS,, Concord, N
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Dr.. Graves HEART REGULATOR is for sale
by druggists at 90 cents and 81 per bottle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20

years, and druggists lsH and apothecaries at
AZ, while saloon and restaurant keepers
were laid away at4f. .,,s - n. -
The classes whose years Mt death
stood next in order were the active
mechanics in shops and the laborers, OF
no special trades, the average OF both
being little short OF AS. OF the first
class the longest lived were the coopers,
their average age at death being about
80 years. Next to them, the total
abstinence people may be surprised to
learn, came the distillers, 80 years. The
following died at an age above the
average for all the classes together:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20
The Looks of Him.

"Who was it rang, Bridget"
g 1t was man, num-"
"What was his name ?"
81 don't know, nam. He asked for
yer husban', mann, and he is not gone
home" rf
"What kind of looking man was
hep"
"Sure, mann, he was a-he was red
headed, an he had IA predicament in
his spache, mani"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20

AN ARTICLE OF TRUE MERIT
q Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEs" are the most
popular article in this country or Europe for
Throat Diseases and Coughs, and this popu-
larity is based upon real merit % cts box.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20

WE confidently refer our readers to
the card of DIR. c. r. Sykes, in our issue of three
week ago. DIR. Sykes is an old resident of
Chicago, regular graduate, honest honorable
and responsible, and as o physician takes first
rank in his chosen specially of catarrh and its
complications
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20
WHAT fortunes are inflicted by a dis.

WHAT tortures are inflicted by dis
ordered liver. Pains in the right side and I'M
der the right shoulder blade headache, nausea,
indigestion, costiveness, unpleasant taste in the
mouth and low spirits are among its indicid.
Besides, the saffron tnge it mparts to the skin is
the reverse of becoming But DR. Morris
VEGETABLE LIVER PILLS speedily dispel the
symptoms by remedying the disorder which
produces them. Sold by all Druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20

IT is impossible to sell the best arti-
Gle of any kind as low as the poorest can be af-
forded. But the prices of Mason & Hamlin
Cabinet Organs are not much more than those
of very inferior organs; while the difference in
quality, and especially in durability, is very
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20

For upward of 80 years Mrs. wINSLOw'S
SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for children
with never-failing success. IL corrects acidity
of the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhea,
whether arising from teething or other causes.
An old and well-tried remedy 25 cts q bottle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20
A WONDERFUL discovery.

A WONDERFUL discovery. Freckles,
Pimples, Moth, Sallowness, Tan, Black Heads,
Blotches, Rough Skin, etc, positively cured by
Mrs. Shaw's Moth and FrecbIe Lotion. BY
druggists, 81. Particulars free Address Mrs.
DIR. L. X. Shaw 140 L. 18th St, N. Y. Mrs
Shaws Liver Pill-best in the world
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20

A oNE-cENT revenue stamp is about
all the value there is to the large packs Of horse
and cattle powders now sold II You want a
immensely valuable. ,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20

The town of Wellington, New Yea
land, although nearly out of the world,
has steam street cars.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20

WHEN WHITING TO .ADvERTISRRs.
w please say you saw the nd 'erfiscssev~
in this paper.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-20

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Tor the III IN y Vfs 7 " slIfIIkt1f TIMEH
for three months. TiiE OLDEST IsAKGEsT AND
BEST PAPER In the bevt State in tile u, ion. Makes
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-11
Something About Heads.

The Scientific american is authority
for what follows: Complete roundness
is most nearly attained by skull from
Tartary, of which 97.7 is the index of
breadth. With this Huxley contrasts a
head from New Zealand of 62.9 as the
narrowest of all known skulls. Bernard
Davis has obtained, however, 80 called
Celtic skull which has an index of fifty
eight, SO that these indices for extremes
fuctuate between fifty eight and ninety
eight, but the average is only between
sixty-seven and about eighty five. King
Kalakaua seems to have head curious
ly protuberant along the entire left side,
and in marked contrast with that of Mr..
Manton Marble, whose conform shows
protuberance on the rear, and almost in
dentation forward on the same side. It
will also be observed that in almost ev-
cry example here given-and the same
holds true in the great majority of all in
stances-the left side is most protuber-
ant. 1t may be surmised between this
circumstance and the fact pointed out
by Rrown-Sequard, that the left lobe OF
the brain comes into greater use, in its
control of the right side Of the body,
than the right lobe, which governs the
left side,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-11
Chinamen'S Bones.

According to San Francisco corre-
spondent, whenever Chinaman is sick
and beyond recovery, he is placed in
some out-of-the-way place and left to
die. None of his countrymen ever go
near him, and he is left to "paddle his
own canoe across the Styx in his exit
from this mundane sphere. When the
deceased is buried, however, offerings
will he made at the grave, and in time
his bones will be sent back to China, in
accordance with the contract made with
the six companies which brought him
here or from subscriptions by Chinese
merchants. Every year there are tons
of bones of defunct Cinnamon sent to
China to be buried. The business of
exhuming and packing these bones is an
extensive one, and, very naturally, it is
pursued by Mongols. Many of these
bones are polished. When disinter-
ments are in progress the graveyards of
the Chinese present the appearance of a
Golgotha. Very small wooden coffins
are used, just large enough to contain
the bones of the deceased. 1t is pro-
posed to impose tax of ten dollars on
every dead body disinterred, and to re-
quire the bones to be placed in a me-
tallic case, the price of which is some
fifty dollars. The object of which is to
prevent spread of infectious diseases by
careless exhuming.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-11
Fencing In Japan.

A famous company Of professional
fencers were performing at Yokohama
while was there, and we went to see
them along with several English resi-
dents, who had been many years in the
country, but had never witnessed SIM
liar exhibition. The gladiators were
encased in armor, and were distinguished
from each other by the color Of their
cuirasses. Their appearance was her
aided by the blast of conch shell, and
all their proceedings were superintended
by handsome young man, attired and
shaven in the most orthodox style.
WELDING his fan like O marshals trun-
cheon, he set the combatants upon each
other, and separated them with loud
CALCULATIONS. At each corner of the
arena sat Judge, with all the dignity of
Roman Senator, motionless and silent,
until referred to upon a doubtful point
of order. Outs are interchanged so
rapidly that it is often hard to say who
had dealt the successful stroke. The
weapons are long bamboos held in both
hands Like -staffs, and any sort of
blow above the waist is permissible, but
the favorite is a good crack on the top of
the helmet. Occasionally the combat
ants get too near together for striking,
and the struggle becomes literally hand
to hand until they are separ-
ated notwithstanding their savage
yells and fierce blows, they pre-
eserve the perfect good humor
characteristic of their race. By way of
variety there was fight between the
sword and the morning star" sphere
fastened by cord to spiked handle.
Although the latter appeared to be the
inferior weapon, its bearer did not come
badly off, as he played the part of a
retiarius with the ball and string, and
when at close quarters brought his sharp
hook into active operation. Then two
girls, elaborately attired in the wide
sleeves and trousers of Japanese knights,
attended by female squires to arm and
equip them, took their places on oppo-
site sides of the lists, and went through
the motions of fight, one having a
halberd and the other couple of swords.
Finally, another amazon had duel with
a male antagonist, and completely
overthrow him but this was mere
burlesque, as he evidently tumbled over
on purpose, and behaved like the clown
in pantomime, whereas an air of stern
reality pervaded the other mimic battles.
It is remarkable that the Japanese are
able to derive keen enjoyment from
performances which involve no peril
to life or limb, and if their public
spectacles differ in this respect from
those of the Roman amphitheatre, they
may also compare favorably with many
which find favor in the eyes of the
British public, Various games of skill,
including the $50 bang" are popular,
but the passion for gambling and cock
fighting, SO strongly developed in most
parts of Eastern Asia, is not conspicu.
GUS in Japan, where animals in general
may be said to have good time.-The
FOrtnightly ReUieaU.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-11
Turkish Love of Water

A Turk thinks he can do nothing so
grateful to God and man as the setting
up of fountain by the roadside or in
the streets of the city, where the way
farer and his animals may appease their
thirst and bless the name of him who pro-
vided for their wants. Often in my trav.
els, says correspondent, have halted
beneath the shade of q wide. spread
ing plane tree to slake my thirst at the
limpid waters of marble fountain, and
to repose from the MONDAY heat. There
is always some edifying distich from the
Koran, that "Water is the gift of God,
and blessed is he who distributes it." or
that Water is the source of health and
life" etc. There is practical piety in
these monuments Of charity that speaks
we'll for the benevolent disposition of
the Mussulman. The Turks are great
consumers of water, and they are good
judges of its quality and nice in what
they use. The favorite water, that is
sold at para a glass in the streets, is
from Asia; either from Tchamildja, on
the mountain about Scutari, or from
Karakoulak, some ten miles up the
Bosphorus, several miles inward from
Belcos. This is brought to the landing
in barrels, on horses backs, put in
barges, and in this way carried to Con.
stantinople before daylight. Notwith-
standing the length of the journey, it is
as clear as crystal. The venders cry it
as, "Bowz guibi "-as good as ice. A
pasha will drain two goblets at swal-
low. AS water is said to have fattening
properties, the large draughts they take
of it may be the cause, in part, of the
obesity to which both sexes of the Turks
are subject.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-11
Vampire Bats

South America also has it's large bats,
of one of which everybody has heard
the vampire. Much nonsense has been
written about it, but there was some
foundation for the stories of its sucking
the blood of men and animals until it
killed them. In the interior of South
America nearly everybody sleeps in a
hammock either out-of-doors or with the
windows open, and the weather is so
warm that little covering is used. The
vampire comes in on silent wings, and
finding toe exposed, gently pricks it
with his sharp tooth, and draws the
blood until he can swallow no more.
The sleeper rarely is awakened, and does
not know his loss until morning. He
may then feel weak from the flow of
blood, but we are not aware that man
was ever known to die from this cause.
Horses are very greatly troubled by
them also. Mr.. Charles Watterton, an
enthusiastic naturalist now dead. who
spent several years in New Guiana, has
told us much about this ugly bat, but
could never induce one to taste of his
toe, although he would have been very
glad to be able to say that he had been
operated upon. For eleven months he
slept alone in the loft of deserted wood
cntter's hut in the deep forest. There
the vampires came and went as they
wished. He saw them come in the
moonlight on stealthy wings, and pick
the ripe bananas; lay in his hammock
and watched them bring almost to his
bedside the green wild fruit of the wild
guava; floating down the river on other
moonlight nights. was struck by the fall
ing blossoms of the lawarri.nut tree,
which the vampires pulled from the
branches to get at the tender seed-vessel,
or the insects that lurk in the deep
corolla. He lay night after night with
his bare foot exposed, but could never
get them to lance it. although his friends
and companions were all bled by this
nocturnal surgeon; and except that he
once caught one fastened to the shoulder
of one of his animals, he came away no
wiser than when he went of how the
vampire does his horrid work.
The vampires measure about twenty
six inches across the wings; frequent old
houses and hollow trees, and repose in
clusters, head downwards, from the
branches of forest trees.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-11
The Scrap.BOOk.

Every one who takes a newspaper
which he in the least degree appreciates
will often regret to see any one number
which contains some interesting and i'm
portant articles thrown aside for waste
paper. A good way to preserve these is
by the use of a scrap-book. One who
has never been accustomed thus to pre-
serve short articles can hardly realize
the pleasure it affords to sit down and
turn over the pleasant, familiar pages.
Here a piece of poetry meets the eye,
which You would long since have lost
hadit not been for your scrap book; there
is witty anecdote-it does you good to
laugh over it yet, although it may he
for the twentieth time; next is valuable
recipe you had almost forgotten, and
which you found Just in time to save
much rerplexity; there is sweet little
story, the memory of which has cheered
and encouraged you when almost ready
to despair under the pressure of life's
cares. Indeed, you can hardly take up
a single paper without reperusing. Then
hoard with care the precious gems, and
see at the end of the year what rich
treasure you will have accumulated.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-04-11
VOL. VIII.
The Empty Schoolroom.

The Empty SchO0lr00m.
Gray dust upon each window-sill,
A broken chair;
The rnished bell untouched so long
One leaf Of a familiar song
Such marks of wear
AS hearts with sad remembrance fill.
Tired, tired gaze on these at last. .
Strangely it seems
The fresh, young faces are all fed
Some blithe, young hearts among the dead,
Numbered. In dreams
Alone, come visions Of The past.
With something twixt sob and sigh
Island to-day
Within this empty, dreary room,
As silent as the speechless tomb,
And out, away
Beyond these walls brown meadows Ie.
Brown meadows, where the wild wind
sweeps
Chill, ahl so chill;
Just through the cobwebbed window-pane
see the graveyard in the rain,
Still, sh SO still,
Each heart aweary, resting, sleeps.
o room deserted evermorel
love you yet.
And sky, that holdeth only gloom,
Beyond are ekies, Of summer bloom
without regret,
To shine upon the golden shore.