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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-14
The Ciphers.
MAJORITY REPORT OF THE POTTER COMMITTEES.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 5.

MAJORITY REPORT OF THE POTTER COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, d. c., March s.
The report Of the majority of the Potter
Committee upon the cipher dispatches says gen
orally that the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany seem to have exercised due care in respect
to the preservation and privacy of their dis
patches, and the theft and publication of GER
tain dispatches did not seem to be their
fault At the same time they could not but
suspect that Orion, President of the company
(since deceased), who was an earnest and active
Republican leader forwarded the dispatches
in the custody of the company 10 the Re
publican committee of the Senate rather
than to the Democratic committee of the
House. He had also shown his bias by allow
ing certain of the dispatches to be withdrawn.
On examination of the Indiana dispatches, in
which Mr.. Y. Chandler was asked by Mr.. Tyner
to "appoint two Indian Agents one could zee
how very naturally the telegraph officials
should have failed to recognize these most i'm
probable cipher dispatches to have any con-
cealed meaning, but regarded them rather
az corrupt dispatches; that they could
recall them 80 well was credit to
the efficiency of the company, and suggests
that nothing in the protection of dispatches by
telegraph would be gainedNby transferring that
business to the Government 1t was notfor the
committee however, to suggest whether any
legislation was required to prevent private tele
grams from being purloined or exposed or for
their production in proper cases, considering
the watchful, competent, and intelligent partisan
custody of dispatches for fourteen months. 1t
was to be expected that nothing would come to
light not wanted by the parties IN charge, and
il would have been too much to expect that any
messages rejecting seriously on the credit of
the Republican party would be found am ,ng
these bundles.
The translation Of the cipher dispatches dis
close negotiations on the part of certain near
friends of 1ilden after the election to secure
the electoral votes of the States of South Cefo-
lima and Florida These persons seem to have
apprehended that the electoral votes Of those
States which they believed to have belonged to
Tilden would be declared for Hayes. and to
have regarded themselves as justified in en-
deavoring to defeat this corrupt and fraudulent
action by submitting to the payment Of moneys
which they were informed the Canvassing
Boards demanded by way of blackmail
The committee did not in Any way justify
their action, and considered 1t a gross wrong.
But these negotiations were not authorized by
the National Democratic Committee or any per-
son entitled to speak for them. All the persons
who had been connected with the negotiations,
80 far as the committee had secured their testi-
mony, declared that In no way were they au-
thorized by Tilden, whose particular friends
they were, and Mr.. Tilden had himself.volun-
tarily appeared to oorroborate that statement
No charge from any source whatever had at
any time attached to the name of Mr.. Hendricks.
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A Life on a Wager.

The most foolish bet that we ever
heard of was that made last Sunday
morning in George Shaw's saloon, on
Florence avenue, by Michael Hall, that
he could drink one quart of whisky
within five minutes. He had been
drinking good deal during the morn
ing, and was at the time of betting
somewhat intoxicated. The sum bet
was only so, which fact alone shows
the condition of the mans mind at the
time. A quart measure was procured
and filed to the brim with whisky, the
quality of which, we suppose, was about
the same as that generally served Ill
mining towns in this State. Hall put
the measure of liquor to his mouth, and
without taking it from his lips drank
it to the dregs. Before minute had
passed he fell to the floor, apparently
dead, and in that condition was at once
removed to his lodging house, on Helena
avenue. DR.. Briefly was summoned
and emetics were given, but without
producing the desired result. A
stomach-pump was then applied to the
man, and more than pint of the liquor
was taken from him. For forty-eight
hours he was unconscious of what was
going on about him. Inflammation
of the stomach set in, and his suffer
ings became intense. The alterations
from the Inflammation finally, it is
believed, perforated his stomach, and
Thursday night, about IL O'Clock, he
died. Hall was robust, Woodworking
young man, only 25 years of age. He
drank the whisky in two and half
minutes.-S,ttro CNev. } Independent.
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POLITICAL POINTS.

+. p. Devices, Chairman of the Ma
issued an address to the people of the United
States He says that separation from old par
ties is necessary, and asserts that this action on
the part of Congressmen-e has inspired
the National Greenbaok party throughout the
country with renewed courage and confidence"
The address calls for thorough party organ
ization, and adds IF those in accord with
the National Greenback principles now earn
estly attempt such an organization, party sue
cess in 1880 can be assured"
Messrs. Randall and Blackburn are
the principal Democratic aspirants for Speaker
of the Forty sixth Congress- Mr.. Morrison, of
Illinois, has many friends who are pressing his
claims Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, will
probably be the candidate of tie Greenbackers,
while the Republicans will, in all probability,
support Gen. Garfield.
The Michigan Republicans met in
convention at Lansing OH the 9th inst, and
nominated James V. Campbell for Judge of the
Supreme Court, and f. o. Grosvenor and James
Shearer for University Regents.
The st. Louis Globe publishes the
sentiment and preferences of members of the
Legislatures of Kansas, Wisconsin and Ar
kansas on the Presidential question Grant is
decidedly the strongest man among the Republi-
cans, but the Democrats are divided between
Tilden, Thurman and Hendricks, with perhaps
a majority in favor of filden-
The New York Herald publishes in
terviews with nearly all the Democratic Repre-
sentatves in the Forty-fifth Congress on the
presidential nomination In 1890 The follow
ing recapitulation of their views may prove in
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Nihihsts are unusually active in
Russia They are charged by the Govern ment
with spreading exaggerated reports of the
plague.
The political situation in France is
not very encouraging. The extreme Radicals
and Conservatives are warning against each
other, and the former are fast undermining
the present Ministry.
A London dispatch of eight words
announces q coal-mine explosion by which
nineteen persons were killed. Being nothing
but poor miners, no particulars are given-not
even the place where the calamity occurred be-
ing mentioned.
In Hungary an inundation, conse-
quent upon the overflow of the river Thesis,
caused great destruction.
In England there is loud demand
for the recall of Lord Chelmsford, commanding
the British forces in Zulu Land.
England has sent commission to
Astrakhan to investigate the plague.
An unknown disease is killing off the
cattle in Jamaica, West Indies
Bismarck's Parliamentary Discipline
bill has been defeated in the German Reichstag
Passanante, the Italian Socialist who
attempted the life of King Humbert at Naples,
has been sentenced to death
A motion in favor of female suffrage
has been voted down in the British House of
Commons by l03 yeas to 2l7 nays.
Gen Melikoff reports to the Russian
Government the plague now mastered OF
population of lie, 900 in the infected districts of
Astrakhan 500 died between October and Feb
ruary.
A committee of the French Chamber
of Deputies has reported in favor of the i'm
parchment of the De Broglie Ministry. They
are accused of an attempt to establish dicta-
torship, and of ignoring the popular will as
shown by the elections
Dispatches from the seat Of war In
Afghanistan continue unfavorable to the En-
glish. The natives are resorting to guerrilla
warfare, and the English, hampered by the in
sufficiency of their transportation, are unable
TO move promptly against predatory bands.
Advices from India represent that
the situation in Burmah is very serious for
European residents 1t is stated that the re-
cent massacres at the instance of the King only
amounted to forty, but the killing was attended
by every possible atrocity. The victims were
beaten and killed, and the women shockingly
and shanefully abused. The royal Princes
were reserved TO the last and made to witness
the torture and death OF their families
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Life's Duties.


Time and tide wait for no man. The steady
tick, tick, on the dial tells us time Is fleeting.
The golden moments come to Va freighted with
golden opportunities Let US grasp them, for
they linger briefly, pass on, and are emptied
into the lap of tomorrow. The present only
is ours. Let us strive TO make good use OF our
time, and defer not tall to- morrow that which
should be done to-day.
Have we found our mission? Christ's was
one of love and mercy. He went about doing
good, comforting the Borrowing, healing the
sick, forgiving the sinful, lifting up the fallen.
He tells US 70 do likewise Do we tSke heed
and obey the mandatey Do we take the Golden
Rule for our guide Do unto Others" etc.
Do we, by little deeds of love, help to chase
away the dark cloudlets from the sky of some
wayworn toiler thereby enabling him to catch
glimpse of the blue ether beyondy Or have
we planted thorns in his pathway instead OF
roses, chided when we should have enoour-
aged, thus wounding the heart instead of heal
ing? We should hesitate to speak Of others
faults, and, when we judge, be lenient Let
us pluck the mote from our own eye ere we
speak of the beam in others.
Every life boat that il launched upon the
ocean of time is not ladea with joy, nor does it
always float onward as peaceful az the calm of
a bright summers eve, but oft IL IL tossed and
thrown about by storms, high winds and foam
ing pillows, while the stronger gondolas are
ever ready to board them and sink them be-
meath the dark waters of oblivion.
Though we may have but one talent, must we
bury it because we cannot hope to aspire to the
dimensions OF an oracey and are obliged TO fol-
low in the wake of some who have risen to the
highest peak OF fame?
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Then though our lot in life be humble,
though friends forsake, let us act the part of
the good Samaritan, and we have fulfilled our
mission. WEEPING WILLOW.
OTTAWA, III
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Peggotty on Dressing.

After all the Trades against the way our la
dies dress, their extravaganza, thoughtlessness,
ETC., hat fault can the critic find with the prevail
ing style, 80 becoming to most of US. and GER
tainly economical il one is inclined, or
stern necessity makes il virtueg Extreme
in any fashion is unladylike, and rarely seen
among those whom we care to emulate SO,
when / speak Of dressing in fashion," / mean
wearing our garments in accordance with the
mode quiet, yet stylish-a certainin dividuahty
prevailing throughout it's details, and so I'M
obtrusive person in trying to describe the
costume would not remember If the materials
composing it were expensive or otherwise.
Surely, the close cottage bonnet or the be-
coming English walking hat, the soft, clinging
folds of the dress and wrap fitted partly to the
figure. give ladylike, genteel look TO all our
sex. Let the girls rush little into jewelry,
flowers and the pretty accessories of the toilet;
let them wear gloves with innumerable but
tons Gf they like the fun Of buttonipg
them) boots and dainty hose embroidered all
over, il they cap do the embroidery themselves.
l for one like to sec young people-girls |
mean-try to look their very prettiest in the
morning at home, az we'll as in the street and
at the party or frolic in the evening. Nothingis
sweeter than fair young face and dainty fig
ure, with the corset fitting snugly-not too
much so-the pretty wrapper or cambria or
print fitting to nicely, hair dressed just as
neatly, if not quite so deliberately, as in the
evening, cuffs and collar white and clean as
they can be; and don't you agree with me,
home is all the more what home ought TO be
with such an inmate! And papa, don't be cross
if il does cost little more to keep your daugh-
ter in pretty clothing. She will not stay long
in the nest, for other eyes will look longingly on
her neat lady-hke dressing, and contend If a
girl or woman is well clothed. and becomingly,
she feels better-her self respect liz assured
The father, husband or brothers will be made TO
feel through her that good way to make them
selves more comfortable is to see that all the
ladies whom they have any interest in are sup
piled with means in accordance with circum-
Stances of course, to look just as well dressed
and fashionable as possible.
As we grow older how much more ought we
TO care for our dress and its accessories. If our
hair is turning grey, all the more reason it
should be becomingly arranged If our figures
have lost their girlIsh contour (and most of
them have), how much more necessary to have
our dresses fit to perfection if of silk or Calico
and, above all, how can any lady consider her
self such, if her cuffs and collar are the least
soiled, or crushed? Nothing adds so much to
the toilet az dainty linen or soft lace for neck
and wrists, and i think our husbands will ap-
precate our efforts TO @look NICE" if they don't
say go, for il IL their due that we keep bright
and Young as we can, to help them earn the
wherewithal to give us our dress and pretty
things" PEGGoTTY.
MiLwAuKEE, Wis.
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crowded houses.for two weeks quite recently,
and having now returned to Haverly's for the
present week The play has been 20 rymodeled
and strengthened that II would hardly he recog-
nized, the chief interest ceniering, as of old,
however, in the inimitable Emmett
A horrible accident is reported from
East St Louis, Ill. The wagon-shop of Mrs
bulldogs, was burned down. In the second
story of the wagon-shop, which was occupied
as a residence by Bausch, there were sleeping
her three children, Henry Schoepperkoetter,
blacksmith, and Mrs. Catharina Borst, who
was spending night with Mrs Bauscb, all of
whom burned to death, they being unable to
escape by reason of the door leading TO their
apartments being fastened on the outside Mrs.
Bausch leaped from window and was fatally
injured
Information has been received at
Omaha that Spotted Tails Indians are already
dissatisfied with their new location, and want
to get back to the Missouri
south.
A nitro-glycerine explosion at Dutch
Gap, near Richmond, Va, killed Government
contractor named Hall and two negro work.
men, and wounded several other negroes
A New Orleans dispatch reports an
unmistakable case Of yellow fever in that city.
Illinois has /, 845 convicts in her two
penitentiaries.
Twenty-Five citizens of Ironton,
Ohio, were arrested the other day and fined in
sums ranging from s. to $50 for aiding and
abetting chicken dispute. Justice of the
Peace was among the culprits.
The President of the Memphis Board
of Health has issued card to the public con-
tradictng the reports that yellow fever still ex-
lists in that city. He says the last case oc-
Cured on the 10th of December last
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Horticulture.
A CORRESPONDENCE ANRWEREn.

CORRESPONDENT ANSWERED..
RENNIE DRAR Sm-What flower or plant
would be suitable for child's gravey Some
thing hardy, that would grow in poor soil,
shonld remove to distance. Please give some
idea AS TO cost and where TO get them.
DE KALB COUNTY, Ind.
The season is rapidly approaching when
those OF us who have been called upon to lay
away the loved forms OF our dear ones to their
long sleep beneath the daisies feel like sur
rounding their narrow home with the beautiful
flowers. To many of them, the cultivation of
flowers was their all absorbing delight in life,
and what more fitting tribute can we pay to the
memory of the dead than to clotho their resting
places with the flowers they loved owell? Are
not flowers the stars of the earth, and are not
our stars the flowers OF heaven?
To enumerate all the ANIMALS and tender
plants suitable for the establishment of graves
would be formidable task, and, in reference
to it, it is only necessary to say that what is
desired is to make the spot look bright and
cheerful, and the love which prompts us
to this sacred cause will usually enable us to
do what IL most BETTING.
The hardy plants that can remain year after
year are the ones which should be mainly de-
pended upon. The Deutzia Bridal Wreath) is
q hardy, low-growing shrub, bearing white and
delicate flowers in spring. The Dicentra, or
Bleeding Heart, cannot be spared; indeed it's
beauty grace ana hardness make il very de-
sirable. Violets and Pansies are indispensable.
The double white and pink and salmon-colored
Peonies are as fragrant as a rose, and quite
hardy. Perennial Phlox comes in many shades.
1t blooms freely and the different varieties sue
coed each other from midsummer until Septem-
Der. 1t succeeds best in rather damp, shady
quarters. The Daisy is admirably suited for
grave decorating, and Anemone Japonica ia in
valuable for the purpose. 1t is in bloom when
nearly all others have ceased to flower. Az
handsome trailing plant, the Vinca, or Peri
Wrinkle, must be noticed. IL has pretty, shining,
dark green leaves, and little blue flower. OF
the bulbs suitable for grave decoration we may
name all the Lilies, but we prefer Lily Candi-
dun, with its clear white, sweet scented flowers,
above all The Snowdrop is the fret
flower of spring. followed by the Crocus,
Hyacinth and Lily of the Valley. All
are well suited to the purpose under considera-
ton. These bulbs, however, except the Lilies,
must be planted in the fall.
Come to my grave. and you will see
pansy; and the bloom shall be
message, friend, to you from me,
That have not forgot you.
Mr. RENNIE-
HIssDALK, Dupsge county, Ill. Box lOl.
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A Sad Story Of SAKE.

The sad statement is made that John
Godfrey SAKE has succumbed TO melan-
cholia, and that he is an affecting exam
pie of mental suffering. AS a poet and
lecturer Mr.. SAKE has given so much
pleasure to 80 many that the fact of his
intellectual disorder will excite much
sympathy and regret. Mr.. SAKE first
appeared as poet in the old Knicker-
booker Magazine, in 1843. HIS first
deep mark was made in a poem called
Progress" satire, and since then he
has become well known as humorous
poet, sketch writer and lecturer. Born
in Franklin county, Vt, in 1916, Mr..
SAKE was admitted TO the bar in 1843,
in his 9th year. Not long after he re-
moved to Burlington, VT, and became
editor and owner of the Sentinel,
which he managed with success and
popularity. He was the formal anG
un.loving candidate of hopeless mi
nority for Governor for several years In
succession. About fifteen years ago
Mr.. SAKE removed to this State, prac-
ticing law in New York and residing in
First place, Brooklyn. Reverses have
overtaken the gentleman of late years,
and painful illnesses have befallen him
and members of his family. He denies
himself to his dearest friends. His
gloom is absolute and beyond relief. :
albany 4rgiLs.
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Siroc's Cookery.

/ have had tin mind TO send you few recipes
for some time. The first shall be a
nice beefsteak. Pound your steak, then
prepare a stuffing of bread, butter. salt and
pepper and grated onion, as you would for
chicken salt the beef and spread the stuffing
evenly over; then roll up, and tic with Irvine;
flatten a little: fry light brown in some hot
butter thon pour in boiling water enough TO al
most cover the beef Simmer about two hours,
and you have an excellent dish ana nice gravy.
L tried an old-fashioned way of making corn
gr1ddle-cakes yesterday, and, thinking some
one may like them, will give the recipe. Take
a pint or more sweet milk; let it scald, then stir
in corn meal 10 make a batter; lot IL stand few
hours then beat in one or two eggs n little
salt, spoonful molasses or sugar, a fifth of
teaspoon soda. Add more sweet milk If too
thick.
To make nice bread use half potato-water
and half whey of sour milk (not butter milk;
make your bread the usual way. The milk
makes the bread winter, the potato-water
makes il moist
Here il a cake easily made, and not very rich:
One-half cup sweet milk, one cup sugar, two
tablespoons butter, two teaspoons cream Of
tartar one and one-half teaspoons soda; -four
to make as other cake-batter. Ii takes but q
few minutes TO bake
This In tumble: One cup butter, two cups
sugar, one cup sour milk, Elk cups -four one
half nutmeg; add the last cup of -four slowly;
have your dough soft az you can roll it for
therein lies the secret of good jumLles. Brush
with the white of egg and sift graduated sugar
over before baking
And now you want some ham toast Chop
cold boiled or fried ham very fine, put in the
frying pan with little butter, add an egg, and
stir all till the egg IL cooked; spread on hot but
tered toast, and know You will like IT.
Some day u may want a nice salad, and
here are two ways Of preparing Shave cabbage
two eggs, add as much sugar as will thicken
the eggs, stir we'll together; add one-half cup
cream, one-half cup vinegar. more or less, ac-
cording TO strength of vinegar; pour of the
cabbage cold, and stir all together. The other:
After your vegetable is shaved and seasoned,
pour q cup of vinegar in your frying pan, with
piece OF butter size of walnut; let Il get hot
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MISCELLANEOUS aLEANINos.

AT the annual election of officers of
the Union Pacific railroad, held in Boston last
week, Sidney Dillon was reelected President;
Elisha Atkins, vioe-President; Henry McFar-
land. Secretary and Treasurer, and o. W..
Mink, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer. Tho
largest stockholder is Jay Gould, who voted in
his own right upon 123700 shares. and on
10000 shares by proxy. Sidney Dillon holds
~, 700 shares; Russell Sage u, $50, Oliver Ames,
$1,000
The decision of the Reno Court of
Inquiry, recently In session at Chicago, he's
been promulgated After giving history or
the events Immediately preceding the battle of
Little Big Horn. and the part taken by Maj.
Reno's command'in the 6ght itsays: ~The con-
duct Of the officers throughout was excellent,
and, while the subardinates In acme