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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-08-15
England's Most Beautiful Woman.

Mr.. Smalley, writing from London to
the New York Tribune, gives a pleas
ant sketch of Mrs. Langtry, whose
beauty and fascinating manners have
for two years past been the admiration
OF fashionable society in London and in
England. "Mrs. Langtry," he says,
though subjected during two seasons
to the severest competition, remains the
acknowledged queen among those La
dies to whom society pays homage for
their good looks. She is still at the
head of the professional beauties, as
people choose to call them. The name
Is misleading, and has an odious sound,
but it is convenient and has passed into
general use. 1t must not be under
stood as conveying any reproach what
ever. 1t is to be said of Mrs. Langtry
but for the word professional it would
not require saying that her name has
been for two years or more on every
body's lips and in every gossiping paper
without being associated with any scan
dal This is true-absolutely true-al-
though it was the Prince of Wales who
first took note of her attractions, and
who first brought her into notice, and
made her the most famous woman in
London. Long as her reign has lasted,
the curiosity to see her has never sub
sided. The occasions for gratifying it
are, nevertheless, many. You may see
her riding in the Row from twelve to
two in the afternoon, remarkable al
ways for the faultless fitting of her
habit and for the throng of cavaliers
about her. If not riding, she may be
met Walking in the promenade by the
side of the Row. Later in the day you
may see her at a flower show, picture
exhibition, or q bazaar. Her services
are in request for charitable purposes,
and the stall over which she presides is
fountain of wealth to the poor. At
the last performance of this kind, held
in the Duke of Wellington's riding
school, she appeared as flower girl,
and flowers from her hand fetched ia
bulous prices. If you liked, she would
herself put them into your button-hele,
but that was boon for which you paid
still more dearly"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-08-15
PATHS Price.

When Nine. PATHS matrimonial af-
fairs became a trife mixed, the Gear
declared that she should not sing again
in st. Petersburg, and, hearing of the
imperial statement, the lady, with an
independence that is characteristic of
prima dome, accepted the situation and
declared she would not sing in the Rus
sian capital. In the course of time.
however, his Imperial Majesty became
less straight-laced. Nine. Patti is a
popular prima donna, and anything that
can divert the minds of Russians from
the state of Russia is sought for eagerly
and obtained at any cost. The lady
was invited to sing on liberal terms, and
declined; the terms were raised to fSOO
a night. and she declined again. Then
$1,000 was offered, and the bait was too
tempting to be resisted. Signor Nico-
line is also engaged.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-08-15
NO TIME LIKE TUE OLD TIME.
by O. W. HOLMES.


There is no time ike the old time, when you and
were young,
When the buds OF April blossomed and birds OF
spring time sung
The gardens brightest glories by summer are
nursed;
But, Oil the sweet sweet violets, the flowers that
opened hrstl
There is no place like the old place, where you and
we're born,
Where We lifted up eyelids on the splendors of
the morni
From the milk white breast that warmed us; from
the clinging arms that bore,
Where the dear eyes gstened DER us that will look
on us no more
Thcre is no friend like the old friend who has
shared our morning daysi
No greeting like his welceme no homage like his
praise
Fame is the scentless flower, with gaudy crown of
gold;
But friendship the breathing rose with sweets in
every fold.
There is no love like the DID, that courted In our
pride;
Though our leaves are falling falling, and we're
fading side by side;
There are blossoms all around with the colors of
the dawn,
And live in borrowed sunshine when the light of
day is gone.
There are times like the old times-they shall
never be forgotl
There is no place like the old placekeep green the
dear old spot!
There are no friends like the old friends-may
Heaven prolong their lives
There are no loves like the old loves-God bless
our loving wives
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-08-15

and past lodges of rock, and these fish
bite ravenously; but, to take them to
advantage, a canoe or skiff should be
anchored far above them, in the middle
of the stream, for the clear, and in many
cases shallow, water, enables them to
take the alarm from a long distance, SO
that good fishing reel" and plenty of
line to drop down 100 yards or so seems
almost indispensable to success. As
they run savagely when hooked, they
require not little care, particularly
where the bottom is rocky and uneven,
to secure them; but, after all, this
greatly enhances the excitement of the
sport, in fact, makes it really worth hav-
ing, as every sportsman knows.
As for other modes of fishing, re-
member on one occasion being in
trapped into night expedition for
spearing or gigging" fish; the mode
adopted being to carry torches and
ioode! Not quite as hardy as my rural
associates, I, however, "took to the
water kindly enough" as one of them
expressed it, and, for couple of hours
or so early in the night, / had nospecial
reason to complain. The depth was
pretty uniforms couple of feet or SO,
with a nice, gravelly bottom-in the
part of the river we had selected Tor the
sport, and was getting along pretty
well until the exercise and the increas-
ing cold of the night had the effect of
making me excessively hungry, and
soon l began to shiver. 1 did not like
to betray my condition to my tougher
companions, as they were in no hurry
to give up the sport and go home, so 1
determined "not to show the white
feather" come what might. But an un-
lucky step on slippery, round bowlder
at length suddenly sent my heels up,
and l fell so flat in the water, went so
completely under, that my hat floated
on the surface over my head, and that
completely finished mig fishing. Amidst
the uproarious laughter of the "chaw-
tacons," as 1 mentally termed them
for L was mad-I proceeded to
the shore, and, setting fire with
my torch to an immense pile of drift
wood on the bank, I stood there and
steamed in my wet clothing to my
hearts content My hunger, however,
got ravenous. In the excitement of an
ticipating the sport, had left the farm
house with hardly a taste of supper;
and now turned to, if possible, to sup
ply deficiencies. While my companions
kept on fishing. I proceeded to dress
couple of the finest fish in my basket
for we had had good luck, sure enough;
and then, putting one of them on the
end of sharpened pole, did my best
to roast it at the great log-fre. 1t was
at last done "to turn" but finally,
hungry as 1 was, couldn't swallow
bit of it, for it had no salt; and 1 didn't
realize till then how civilization and it's
habits spoils one Tor really "roughing
it." Fortunately, about this time, the
toughest of the fishermen gave in to a
cold fog which settled down upon the
river, and a three-miles' walk along
paths thought, hungry and |
cold as was, would fairly finish me-
But it didn't. A fierce attack on some
cold "corn dodgers" bacon and cold COT
fee, before a great log fire, completely |
squared accounts, but that may say |
was the last time that 1 could be in
duced to wade after fish.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-08-15
BRIDGES.
A Few Of the highest I'm the world-The East
River Bridge Comparatively "A Dwarf.

A Few of the Highest In the world-The East
River Bridge Comparatively a Dwarf.
from the Brooklyn Eagle.l
The immense height of the towers for
the support of the Forth bridge has
created some surprise and no wonder,
when it is taken into account that when
completed they will be the highest
building of any kind in the world.
Science will, therefore, wait with some
anxiety their completion. The height
of the towers on the island of Inch
CARVE, midway between South and
North Queensferry, will be $50 feet, to
support bridge $50 feet above high
water mark, but the reason for this
great altitude is that in the generality
of suspension bridges the towers are
built on the land on either side of the
span, ana were this the case in the
Forth bridge towers of $50 feet less
height, or 410 feet, would be sufficient;
but this is impossible, from the great
length of the bridge.
1t seems that by natural laws there is
limit to everything on this earth
that is, that man can 60 to certain
length and no further, as, for instance,
in telescopes nothing larger than Lord
Ross having been perfected for many
years. In reference to buildings, cor
respondent the other day quoted ST.
Rollox stalk 40 feet high. st. Pauls
Cathedral is about AGO feet to top of the
dome, ST. Peters at Rome 480 feet, the
pyramids of Egypt, at least the great
pyramid, is $50 feet at present In it's
imperfect state, but by calculation
would reach 500 feet in height when
finished. When it is remembered that
this structure only reaches this height
with base of about 26 acres. it will be
very difficult matter to raise the Forth
bridge towers to go feet with small
base. These towers are to be formed of
soho masonry to certain height, and
then by groups of iron pillars girded
together in layers upward.
The Niagara suspension bridge has
one large span of 821 feet; the railway
track above the water is 245 feet, or 90
feet higher that the Forth bridge; the
towers are only 60 feet high, being built
on either side of the shore. The Allie
gheny bridge has two large spans of 544
feet each, and the towers are As feet
high. The Covington and Cincinnati
bridge has span of 1,O57 feet; its
height above low water is 1O3 feet, and
the towers $50 feet high. The bridge
seems to give the best proportion to the
Forth bridge, which is 1850 feet for
two spans, $50 high, and towers of $50
feet. Those we have mentioned are fin
ished and in working order; and we
may mention also the East River bridge,
connecting New York to Brooklyn.
The towers of this bridge are also built
upon the land, and are 27S feet high.
The single span is 1885 feet long, or
only SO feet less than the Forth bridge,
while the total length is $3.50 feet.
There is, therefore, no doubt that the
Forth bridge, when completed, will be
an engineering triumph.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-08-15
Bull Run and Gettysburg.

When Gen. Getty, commander of the
garrison at Fortress Monroe, received
Capt. Wise and the Richmond Blues,
with band of music at Old Point the
other day, as soon as the music struck
up it frightened the team of country
man, consisting of a runt of q bull
hitched to stick cart, to such an ex-
tent that he ran into and demoralized
the entire command. When order had
been somewhat restored, Capt Wise
wittily remarked 20 Gen. Getty:
Another Bull Run, General"
"Yes," replied the General, "a regular
rout: but I promise when you get in
side the fort you shall fare better at
And they did, to r. edmond (Ta.)
Baton.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-08-15
The Chestnut.Tree OF the Hundred
Horses.

Travellers say that people in Sicily
tell of an old-time hollow tree called
The Chestnut-tree of the Hundred
Horses" because it could hold hun
dred horses together within its trunk |
That must have been "once upon a
time," should think; but I've heard
OF man who actually saw, near Paler-
mo, tree measuring about twenty-five
feet in diameter, and arching over the
public roadway which passes through
its trunk ack-in-the- Pulpit" inst.
Nicholas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-08-15

AT murder trial in Leicester, En-
gland. the presiding justice, Lord
Thesiger, told the jury that not every
form of insanity would show that the
m IN who committed crime was ignor-
ant of the nature of the act. The
moral powers of a man mentally affected
might be left untouched, so that he
might know that he was doing wrong.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-08-15

AHe woous were very dry, the ground
several inches deep in leaves, and the
roaring and cracking of the flames and
falling limbs was at times appalling
but there was ludicrous aspect in the
case, after all.
The fire had driven in the chief
huntsman-a tall man mounted on a
mule-and the hounds; and they made
their appearance on the mountain top
at time when the excitement was at
its height. The patron of the hunt as
he might well be telmed-a friend who
had gotten it up, and who was too cor
pulent and unwieldy to run, or even to
risk much of gallcp over ground like
that, was-as well he might be---thor-
oughly alarmed; and, standing by his
horse quite beaten out as the dense
smoke came In waves around the party.
he declared he should die if he
couldn't get drink of water" Driven
by dire necessity of the case, and
anxious to serve my friend in his
extremity, this is how / accomplished it.
AS there was not drinking cup or
vessel of any kind up there, everything
in the way CT lunch appurtenances
having been left far off at another point,
l at once borrowed the Hunting horn"
OF the tall contraband who led the
hounds, and, remembering moist place
In small ravine not far off, down 1
went to it, and after digging with my
hands in the moist ground for q few
moments 1 was rewarded by seeing
ABOUT pint Of muddy though cold
water trickle into the place. Then
stopping the small end of the horn with
my finger, L succeeded in scooping it
up and carrying the water to nv dis
tressed friend on the mountain side.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-08-15

FLORIDA ships 5000 head of cattle to
Cuba monthly.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-04-02

: This is my home. said he Do
you stop here ?
: Yes, stammered Morrill, I have
business in C
You viii come TO my house. then,
when il Is finished ? said the old man.
You have been very kind to me- /
feel sure that we shall be friends Ny
name Is Ruddiman.'
"MorrilPs face grew first pale, then
scarlet He shook hands without a
/ word. When We had gone down the
street, he laughed aloud, like woman
i in Mysteries But when | smiled, he
turned on me fiercelv.
Stop he said. I'm fool, but l
+ know ii , | know ii
He proved a good friend to the old
/ teacher, whose life became more COM
Portable after that. Morrill, was a gen
erous fellow, had plenty of money, and
| think felt that he ought to make
amends for every blow that he had not
given.
One instance more of his logged
persistence | left him in Providence.
on his way TO New York to meet his
brother. \ few days later, l received 4
letter from friend, in which he stated
that the exploring party had been at
tackled on the plains by Indians, and all
but three had been murdered. The
next week | went down to New York
and hunted up Morrill,. He was very
pale and quiet. but had made prepare
tions for a journey across the plains.
This was before the days of Pacific rail
roads, and the journey would be one Of
months, and must be made in a wagon
train.
- John, they tell me, was murdered.
They buried him there. | am going to
bring him home
Bring him home Impossible"
q must see John, dead or alive
Do you think | would leave him there
for the cayotes and savages to dig out of
the ground
He went The men who had re-
turned gave him accurate directions as
To where their slaughtered comrades
were buried.
But there were twenty Of them, /
demonstrated. How can you tell which
is Johns grave? 1t is unmarked"
g 4 shall dig them up until | find
him, he said with compressed lips.
"And he did it. | am stating fact,
and one that always seemed to me terri
bly, pathetic. The man iourneyed for
months before he found, on boundless
sage plain, the heaps Of earth over the
murdered travellers. Then, alone-for
his companions would not aid him-he
uncovered every grave, looking for his
brother, and covered them reventlv
again. John was not there One or
two of the bodies had already been torn
up by the cayotes, and his, it is suppos-
ed, was one Of them.
James Morrill, returned to the
States, and prepared to 90 back to China,
to remain there for the rest Of his life.
| The day before he was to sail, | was
| walking with him on Broadway, when
his brother John met us, face to face.
| James stood looking at him in blank
amazement, with staring eyes and open
mouth Then he laid his hands on his
shoulders
's'You are fraud, he said, quietly
You ought to be dead. I've been dig
cling for YOU for months Then the
tears came to his eyes, he choked, as if
he had s~aIlowed something, and was
silent
| The two men walked away together
as calmly as if they had parted but yes
terday, instead Of 30 years before. But
they did not separate again. They
went together to China, and are, most
likely, still wandering through the
world in each others company"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-04-02
A Romance in Real Life.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.]

81. Louis Giobe-D Democrat
CYNTHIA. KY, March.-The neigh
boring county of Robertson has had a
sensation in the return Of one of her
citizens. who was stolen twenty years
ago. threads Ikea romance. Years ago
u Mr. Reaves. now of Robertson comfy,
" - living on the Missouri river, and while
there his two-year old son, Newton, was
stolen ny the Sioux Indians, with whom
he dweIt fifteen years before finding out
that he was of white blood For SIX
wears he tried to effect his escape, as also
to rescue a little girl, stolen from De
troit. Mich. nam ed Anna Ware, and
his efforts were crowned with success
and after twenty years spent with the
Indians, he found himself among his
own race, but almost a stranger among
them. He worked in Michigan four
years, and during that time he told has
strange history to a gentleman who had
it published. Charles Hamilton, OF
Ohio, read it, and happening to know
the elder Reaves, wrote to him at once,
stating his suspicious that the lost son
was found. An interchange of letters,
and Newton started for Kentucky,
?, >Sching here last month, after walking
tbron oh from Michigan, which he did
in twelve days, crossing the Ohio river
at RinIeS- a. a plank. Newton's Indian
name 80 Po1.-> = Bear, and he yet speaks
very broken Eng. en- ana Is gfee' 0''
rlosity in Kentucky.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-04-02
Masonic Mutual Aid.

We are pleased To find the following in the
Holly Springs Reporter:
Masonic Mutual Benefit Association has
been organized at Holly Springs by the election
Of the following officers: w. : Featherstou.
President: J. I. FAINT Vice President: L. b.
Mostly, Secretary; j. r. Butler, Treasurer.
The following named gentlemen form the Ex-
ecutive Committee: J. T. Whitehead, J X.
Fulson, \. q. Withers J. b. Johnson and
Jno r. NcCarrolI.
This looks like business. There Is very
general desire among the Masons OF Missi,-
sippi to organize an Association that will in
clude every brother in the State who may wish
to join it. The subject is before a Committee
OF the Grand Lodge; but We submit that it
might be well for brethren from different parts
Of the State to get together, organize an Asso-
citation, perfect all the details. and when Grand
Lodge meets let that body adopt, or improve
upon the same. The meeting of the Grand
Commandery at Columbus, next month, would
be good time to consider this matter.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-04-02
INTO MOBILE BAY.
N.Y.. r. EgGLEsToS.

'i + '
49,. r.r 81 1-6z the Confederate States
.-, corvette. Florida, Capt. John NJ. MafHtt
l..-sa, become % floating pest-house Of yellow
fever. ran into Mobile Bay, IN broad daylight,
drought rhe 'nia-' oil '-I7 7'efN ''', kan nz
fleet. ]" tide i'-.s'.llf verses one OIL the ere"
Is supposed ,' -7-' '-'1 ''-''3
In tie rebel cruiser Florida We lay,-the
skies a-Low
VIII"
Down l@..-' - '''o'o''' ioOi
..-...L. -. j,
i1.. -,,I....:.,.s i'''' '"' ''u
- z-...,.,,,...... -. .,..:-....,-..
4"s'-5 - y
ann 7..I '''s s'.o" '''-''' - court Of
We put t'sea,' our Captain to the crew assem-
BLEED said,
"Far ~e hoped that in mid-ocean the fever
would not spread
Hlt our brave companions buried, and the rest
VINO soon may die,
Have proved our hopes were vain, and leave
bat one more course to try.
Then, tbo' aII the Yankee navy may tomorrow
block the way; 81
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-04-02
FONETIK SPELLING.

The London Times publishing the fol-
lowing letter from the renowned author
of Phonograp Shorthand, Mr. Isaac
Pitman, Of Bath The spelling of the
letter illustrates the beauty Of the sys-
tenn proposed by the new teachers of on
biography: this is what they recommend
in their resolutions at public meetings,
but they are careful to write and print
their resolutions as other people do. Mr..
Pitman, the unhappy father Of the sys-
tenn, has the courage to ask the Times to
print as he writes, and here Is the Won
derful result
"Ser-A friend sujests tn me that eli
aut to reit a Letter tn the IeiBlz, plaisIng
me leif-ekspeeriens III kontrast with the
editorial suming-up on Mr.. w. Gibson
Word'z VEGETARIAN Letter in the Teimz ov
last Thursday The konkluzhon areivd
at IL: So long az no speshal kaul is tn
be maid on the strength, a peurG veiet-
able deiet mai suteiz. Az me left haz
been wun ov somewhot Exceptional ak
tiviti, the fact that it haz been mainland
on VEGETABLE deiet aut tn he moan, nou
diskushon on deiet haz been admitted
intu the Teinaz
. Mel deietitik skspeeriens IL breefi
this, -Abuv forti yeerz ago dyspepsia
was kariing me tn the graiv Medikal
advizerz recommended animal food three
teimz dai insted ov wuns, and glas ov
vein. On this rejimen eli WOE nuthing
beterd but RATHER wurs. Eiavoieded the
meet Il the vein, gradual rekuverd mel
| dijestiv pouer, u hav never sins moan,
be eni pain, that eli hav a stumak.
''Theez forti yeerz have been spent in
| kontineuus labor in konekshon with the
invenshon and propagaishon ov mel sis
tenn of fonetik shorthand and fonetik
spelling, correspondent, and the editorial
deutiz of mel weekI jurnal Tho siksti-
few yeerz oy ali, eli kontinu the kustom
Ell hav foload aul throo this peeriod, ov
| being at my offs at silks in the morning
summer and winter Til Ell woz fit
yeerz ov ali eli never took a holidai, OF
felt that eli wonted wun ; and for about
twenti yeers in the ferst part ov thi.
period eli was at mel desk foarteen our
a dai, from silks in the morning till tel
at nett with too ourz out for meelz
Twenti yeerz ago eli began tn leev Of al
silks in the eevning.
Il atribeut mel helth and pouer ov
endeurans III abstinens from flesh meet
and alkoholik drinks. Ell kan kun tt
no luther konkleuzhon when Ell see the
efekt Of such ekstended ourz ov Labor
on luther men hoo eet meet and drinl
vein or beer.
Ell hav riten mel Letter fonetakali, a
IL mel kustom, IL shall feel obleiiid if i
be aloud thus TO apeer in the Teimz.
''EIzAK PPFMAN.
'sFoNETIK INsTTTEUT, BATH, q Janeu
ari, 1879.
Note the inconsistencies and absurd
ties of this attempt to improve ou
spelling: take the first word, SIR: tn,
, writer spells it SER. Wherein is tina
nearer the true sound of the word thar
SIR? Now, take the first wort il
the last two paragraphs !: in the next t
the last, he writes Il, and in tn
last he writes Ell" for the same sound
And so we might go through the Who'll
letter. IF our present spelling is con
fusion, the fonetik would be konfuzhul
wurs konfounded.
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