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Sarsaparilla.

Yesterday afternoon a red-faced
young man belonging to an excursion
party called into a Woodward avenue
drug store, and softly asked the soda
fountain boy if he was out of any par
ticular kind of strip. The boy made
All investigation, and replied:
I'VE are out of sarsapalilla, but"
THAT'S all right-all right-you wait
minute" interrupted the Young man,
and away he went.
The boy took the empty reservoir
from the fountain and replaced it, end
in about two minutes the young man
returned in company with his girl and
four other people, evidently all friends.
Walking up to the fountain he said
I'm going to take sarsaparilla in mine,
for the doctors all recommend it, and
if he hasn't any sarsaparilla 1 won't
take nothing. What do you say?"
"Oh, we'll take the same," they Ie-
piled.
The young man began to smile, and
his left eye began to draw down, but
what was his horror to see the boy draw
off six glasses in succession and push
them to the front, where they were
eagerly drained of their contents! He
tried to give the boy look Of mingled
hate and murderous intent, but the lad
was too busy to see it. He felt in all
his pockets, brought up watch-keys,
pennies and peanuts, and finally laid
down ~ cents, and whispered to the
boy:
"That takes my pile, and if I ever
catch you outside of the town I'll lick
you to death !"-DetrOit Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-18

THE new Tax law of Pennsylvania
compels railroad and transportation
companies, besides their dividend tax,
to pay tax on gross receipts, and COM
panies mining coal to pay special tax
on that. Home insurance companies
are taxed on their premiums, foreign
insurance companies, banks, and all
corporate and unincorporate fiscal agen-
.cies, on their net earnings, and a fixed
tax of A mills on the dollar is levied on
all evidences of debt, public or private.
Corporations in general are taxed 3
mills on the dollar on the par value of
their stock, if 6.per-cent. dividend is
declared, and less or more as the divi-
.dends are larger or smaller. A tax OF 3
mills on the dollar on that valuation is
levied il no dividends are declared, all
profits kept by the company being
treated as dividends. The tax on trans
portation companies is eight-tenths OF
per cent. on gross receipts. The speci-
fcations under the tax of a mills on the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-18
Who Caught the Biggest Fish.

The Princess Louise captured a
twenty-eight pound salmon at Indian
House pond, somewhere near Quebec,
and did it all alone by herself, the Mar
quis, who was in the canoe with her,
touching neither rod nor reel, giving no
directions, and not even venturing to
hurrah after the deed was done, for fear
of a misconstruction of his enthusiasm.
This was doing very we'll, indeed, and
the Princess is entitled to great deal
of praise. We believe, by the way, that
the trout caught by Mrs. Hayes in the
Adirondacks last summer weighed
twenty-nine and three-quarter pounds,
and was secured while William Wheeler
was couple of miles away and sound
asleep. But the Princess fish was a
very pretty little fish, for all that
Buffalo Express.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-18

The Russians have figured up the
cost of their late war with Turkey and
find that their expenditures were about
;$75O,OOO,000. While this sum is rather
smaller than most people would sup
pose the cost of the war to be, it is still
a pretty stiff debt for bankrupt coun-
try to shoulder, in addition to already
very heavy burdens. However, the fig
ure of the debt is scarcely as appalling
to contemplate as the number of deaths
of Russian soldiers during the cam
paign, which is officially stated at 2OO,-
600. 1t is hard to understand what
advantages Russia has received from
her victory to compensate for such aw-
full slaughter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-18

BAD weather in some of the grain
growing districts of Europe, and a
lgrasshopper visitation in Russia, which
seems to equal that of Kansas three or
four years ago, have effected a stiffening
of the market on the other side of the
Atlantic. A curious story is told of the
defeat of detachment of Russian sold
iers by grasshoppers. A swarm of
'hoppers, covering an area of more than
twenty square miles, was encountered by
the troops while on the march. The
officer in command ordered his men to
open fire on the enemy, but after vast
ing powder for half an hour gave up
the fight and beat retreat.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-18

JOHN j. MOORE was accounted the
wickedest man in Spartanburg, S. c..
He was accused of numbering a woman,
and the popular sentiment was that no
great mistake could be made in hang
ing him, even if he was not guilty OF
that particular crime. About $50 men,
described as "the best in the county,"
rode up to the Jail in the night. The
Sheriff had received warning, and spirit
ed his man away; but the mob finally
found him hidden under railroad
bridge outside of the town waiting until
train came along. Moore was silently
marched to the place in the woods where
the murder had been committed, a
minister was brought for his spiritual
consolation, his wife and children were
allowed to bid him farewell, and all the
preparations for his execution were as
systematic as if it had been legally ap,
pointed hanging. A multitude gathered
about the criminal and his guards, some
of whom wanted to burn him because
he persisted in denying that he had
committed the crime. The guards re-
fused to allow this, and, mounting their
prisoner on a buggy, soon had him
dangling from a tree.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-18
Killed in the Honeymoon.

AS the night express from Buffalo on
the Erie road was leaving Turner's Sta
ton and the motion yet slow, a World
reporter, who happened to be one of
the passengers in the rear car, heard
young woman excitedly exclaim to
another young woman as they both
rose together, ooh, Lizzie, that was
our station!" They then Immediately
and impulsively ran to the end plat
form and, without pausing to consider
how the train had quickencd, jumped off
one on each side. In the few seconds
which had elapsed between their rising
and gaining the platform the speed of
the train was greatly accelerated. The
bell was Immediately rung to stop, the
train was backed, and the conductor,
with several of the passengers, proceed
ed to the spot, only to find the unfortu-
nate women lying where they fell, and
the eldest of them dead. The young
est, after being attended to by some
ladies in the drawing-room car, revived
sufficiently to spasmodically ask LOU
Use, are you hurt?" Then the train was
backed to Turner's Station, where the
body of the unfortunate lady and her
grief-stricken sister were left.
The depot agent at once recognized
them. The one killed was Mrs. Louisa
Laroe, who had been only five weeks a
bride as the wife of Mr.. Henry Laroe, a
ticket agent at one of the neighboring
stations on the branch road running to
Montgomery. She was only % years
old, and beautiful and winning person.
1t was clear that she had been instantly
killed by conclusion of the spine. Her
sister was Miss Lizzie Clark, and only
IL years old. She is badly bruised,
and, as it is feared, injured internally.
These circumstances, added to her heart
rending grief, will, it was said, so shock
her system that fatal results may follow.
The widowed in his honey
moon--was Immediately telegraphed for.
The remains and the unhappy survivor
were ut once tenderly cared for by the
family of the two sisters residing at
Turners.-New York World.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-18

The question of title to the immense
South American territory marked on
the maps as Patagonia, and sometimes
called Araucania, is still in dispute be-
tween Chill and the Argentine Confed-
Grafton. The Senate of the latter has
rejected the treaty by which the prin-
cipal part of Patagonia was conceded to
Chill, and negotiations for a more salts
factory settlement will be resumed.
The country in dispute extends about
fifteen degrees south from the fortieth
parallel of south latitute.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-18
The anti-rent agitation in Ireland is

The anti-rent agitation in Ireland is
increasing. A few days ago, at public
meeting in County Galway, speech
was made by Mr.. Malachi O'Sullivan to
1900 persons. They had come, he
said, to assert with no uncertain voice
that the land of Ireland belonged to the
people of Ireland, and not to few men,
or to men who never saw the soil of
Ireland. He mentioned case of man
who had not penny, but who bought
an estate with borrowed money, and
the n raised the rents to enable him to
pay for it. He complained that, owing
to the land iobbers, farmer could not
buy meat for himself or his family, or
the ordinary necessities of life. How,
he asked, were they to get rid of this
system? They must have system of
peasant proprietors. Three cheers were
then given for the French revolution
and for the Irish republic. He told
them that they must save the people
and take the sharing into their own
hands. This advice elected three cheers
for the Zulus and King Cetywayo,
whereupon he said that they did well
to cheer for the Zulus, for, after 700
years of English rule, they knew what
the Zulus were likely to suffer if they
were brought under it; but they would
not be brought under it, for they would
fight TO the last.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-18

PRINCE YoussUpoFF, who is named as
the prospective father-in-law of Prince
Alexander of Battenbcrg, is reputed to
be- able to give each of his daughters
$1OOOO,OOO. He had large fortune
originally, and soon after his marriage
went to reside at Geneva, where he
lived very quietly and amassed great
property
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-18

The Lesson
Little one, little one.
They say life Is hard;
Thou wilt hear this old story
From preacher aud bard;
Little one listen,
Ill tell thee way
To make thy life easy
Through night and through day.
Little one. little one,
Down In thy heart,
Is voice true and earnest,
Unspoiled and apart:
It speaks to thee always;
Always obey;
Then life will he easy
Through night and through day.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-18
The Trne @urtherller.
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1879.

As FAR as received, the returns from
the census of the State, taken in March
last, and as yet incomplete, indicate
that the total population of Kansas
does not fall much short of 100000.
Pretty good for youngster of less than
% years of age.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-18

CocoANUT SoUEALER, father of the
first monkey born at the Philadelphia
Geological Garden, is dying He is
over SO years old, is stopped, emaciated,
wrinkled, toothless, half blind, and
partly paralyzed-altogether far from
healthy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-18

FRENCH bridesmaids all wear punches
of natural orange blossoms at the waist.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-18

tinued for ten or fifteen minutes, when
it dropped back to the usual point,
when they began to get black brine,
probably caused from the smoke and
GAS from the torpedo. They continued
to pump this inky brine for two hours,
when it came clear again.
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"Papering" Theaters.

A manager says to a reporter of the
Philadelphia Times: " Talk about pa
periIig yoswvhoases tho irst night, Just
to make a. good show, r think it's a
humbug. Theatergoers always have a
sort of sn6aHag o6dte n9it1or that house
which gives out lot of free passes. /
only know SofTa Jingle instanse where
such course resulted successfully.
When Sothern first went to London he
was unknown and dnheard7 Of; e 4The
prospect Of playing "The American
Gsgsg 4 lastA ssasess sia III Eos
what We'll do said Webster, the man
sager; yws'A just pack this house with
deadheads for Just two weeks, and then
let the piece do what:it can for itself.
To do this the way Webster wanted to
required very nice management. In a
city of 5000, 900 inhabitants it is possi-
BILE to fill a house for two weeks with
.deadheads WITHOUT letting tn, world OF
theatergoers know any thing about it..
Well, the paperss toldA about the large
audiences that were flocking to see the
American actor. After a while the
Englishmen thought that they would
waste an evening to see what the Amer
'hsaiwas ]ike,e sYefyr sbrry; FsirS was
the in va bic sreplyy at the box office,
but we haven't seat left for Tonight. ,
well, what have you got for to-
morrow Nothing at all, sir; worse
than to-day; every seat sold up to the
middle of next week.. Then, of course,
the Englishman went back to the clubs
and said what devil of fellow that
Anserican must she to draw such audi
ences. Well, after the first two weeks,
thefeswas apst rnuble in filling the thea
ter, and that engagement of several
months was one OF the most successful
that Sothern over PLAYED.
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you must remember, numbered in its
roll members, of all ranks and stations.
The pair of oyeralls found in the copse
some days after the disappearance were
purposely placed there to lead and en-
courage the belief that, his, Excelleney
had been robbed and then murdered V
".But you do not account for your be- e
ing here in Antwerp now" said4 .Dio
"Well; friendly continued he, and he
drew himself closer to me and spokelin
very low tone" well, the Chief Com
mander, in consequence of the stir made
by both the British and our eGovern-
ment, and fearing disclosure on account
of the large rewards offered, took
effective steps to- prevent itahs orderng
the deaths of those concerned an the
tragedy.Tf TheYa landlord of the
hotel, however, suddenly decamped
to America-where he will be tracked,
never fear-after hearing Of the
deaths of the hostler and his friend,
who were found stabbed in their beds;
and escaped here by circritous routes,
and have remained in hiding ever since.
But am already known and discovered,
and 60 in daily fear of my life. The
sign of the Black Dagger here and
he tore open his vest and shirt, disclos-
ing the print of a dagger on his breast
ais known to all members of the Secret
Society My 'death77Warrapt has long
Watched Wat he'd { feef 1efhtbs hinr Even now
And he suddenly stopped, casting a
cautious glance aresHde the srpom. s,apd
pointed to stranger who was silently
smoking and drinking, to all appearance
engrossed in theif Ghj dyhieft: g l must
leave you," he said, in hurried hoarse
whisper. Goodbye, friend;'' and he
crept out of the cabaret quickly.
The next morning Ludwig Kuhl's body
was foundlfioating IN the canal, near its
entrance to the Scheldt, pierced in the
breast by q short. dagger, with the de-
vice in German on its flat black handle,
"We watt
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PITH AND PorsT..

SOME of tie pon-parrots on fall bn
nets look natural enough to ask r.
crackers. -.....
EVE, in her bes. days, was undouh
edly the handsome.t woman in III
world; but she did not enjoy the hau,r.
ing distinction because there were M
humble, plain women abe ut to feel Bal
over it.
THERE are insects in this world n
small that $4,000 of them wouh. maxi
bulk only the size Of a kernel Of v. teat
Just think what slaughter CHR. y
girls feet create in going half a mieiI
Detroit Free Press.
A FASHION item has made as Glad !.
tells us that the lady's white surcineis
belt must 90. We never see ono :
them but we are led to believe that A.
wearer has somehow made mistake I
the order of putting on her habilimensa
"DEATH pays all debts,n solemnlyr
mark a reverend gentleman II IN
81, Vim {, Dnioas. If that's the case "a
,e aass ~ wa know great many pe,n,s
who ,er,id die to awful good advantsss
But it would be h. g nrst deot they ever
paid.-EIn,ira Gaze.> e.
1.-THE man who laug,. IS. is natiyed
Grinland. -Nc,c York N. ~s. No, h
isn't. He comes from Snicke. VILE down
in "Old Virginny."-New b. pOslm
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The Most Married Of Women.

"a Benjamin Abbott, one of our old cid.
zens, died in this town Saturday last ii
the eighty-second year of his age. Re
was a nephew of the celebrated Rey.
BENJAMIN Abbott, the great Methodia
reyivalist of the early part Of this cen
tury. and came to this State from New
Jersey when a young man, and settled
IN the g Neck,'' east Of this town, whem
his active life was mostly spent But
he notable feature in Mr.. Abbott'sotha.
w;se uneventful life is the remarkable
fact Of being the seventh husbands Of Bis
widow u, 10 survives him. This much.
talked,of am much-published event
flor if went tn. rounds Of the prsso
the nation), when he Tor the second s., aaa
she for the seventh tins poS0u D1 1as
the altar Of Hymen, occurre. v % s ss,s
80, 1875, he then being 7Sand SHE z sss.'
old. Mrs. Abbott's history in the \ -
tai relations of life stands perhaps WIN
out a parallel in the records Of the D
ton, and tradition has it there y y p
vet another. 1t is currently stated with
out contradiction that some years %p
she had vision in which eight men
stood before her in a peculiarly impress
i've manner which she has ever regsfe
ed as prophetic of the number @ S. Con- :
quests she was to make. The elgnla
just as likely and as reasonable y Y
seventh, and already public gossip 2 y.
ginning to mark this and that man =
the victim of next conquest. der masEn
name was Williams, and she has peg
successfully Mrs. Traux, Mrs. KlgA
Mrs. Farrow, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Betty,
Mrs. Pratt. and Mrs. Abbott. In evel3
instance, save the first, she has mal1m
widowers, some of them with IN
number Of children, and on one oceS
sion in her early married life she we I,
the almshouse and took therefrom nlIs
children and raised them. she nssu !.
had any children Of her own. Az "
life has been spent in this viclnlsy - 4.
all her husbands were buried py ~
same undertaken. - Smyrna listp
Times. - s.sesf
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Among the excited crowd thst "
sieged the Office of the Helena no.
tana) Independent for news co 1,s an.$
the Ute outbreak there stood . tall, 80
some youth of % years, the sasass
.whiteness of whose hair became y onm
a matter of comment. This youlls 49, la
was John Laefarr, who noe R
ago hired himself as rancnillah 8. ~
Charles d. Hard, three miles ~ -
Helena. Laefarr was imporfunen y :nr
Independent reporter to tell ".ns ~ 4
of his gray topknot." lie, AZ sus 10
10 years, was one of seven packeaIs IA
left Fort Lincoln in 1875 70 ria .s. Re
General Custer along the L.'l s.;sn
Horn. When the fight Of tnas s -
but disastrous summer morning ol ..srI
Laefarr, with his companions, napp .ss.
to be three miles away from ne .. Nv ~
mapd. In a few moments al'e hsM
sound of the combat reached nun l; I !
Of Sioux sprang from the grass W.. ~,
+ few feet of them. Laefarr nooseo ' sa
placed it in the mouth OF tine ne S..Is
HORSE and leaping upon tne i, "a asuk
back, lunged his spurs into ns 8; 8 <
AS he Rugged his horse he saw ~ y ~ =
companions 60 down, one aftel u 80
er, One bullet out of the hundrea -
followed him tore through his nee1' =
other cut a deep firrow across nls -
q, third imbedded itself in hls tnlGen ~.
fourth killed his horse. The despsl =
boy shot an approaching Indian i,s a daas
for, a belt lof timber half mile e. q ~. 4
Barefooted, weak and faint from =, Al
blood, he outran his pursuen:, q. y
reached the woods, where % . nna Il
three days. He was at last lo1 49,
three friendly Grow Indians snd IA
,by, them to Fort Lincoln, where g 81 e
Of the massacre. 1t was not un's I'm
had reached the fort that be knev z III
change in his hair, which, Delo ,sssas
terrible suffering, was as black ~ s:.;sst
wing. Laefarr has since been ~ ~ Jcs
various points on the plains. . e. e. a.
not like to go over the story 81 p's
derful adventure.
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USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC.

1t is said that kerosene will soften
boots or shoes which have been hard
ened by water, and render them as plia7,
BILE as when new. y,
MARBLE soon molders into dust of
carbonate of lime. but hard, well-burnt'
clay endures forever in the ancient
landmarks of mankind. a,
A MIXTURE of equal parts of plaster
of Paris and powdered tpunieea stone
makes useful casting for articles that
are TO be soldered or brazed. o.
SHAvINGs from a planning mill in
Chicago are, by an blast, Z hTowHs 700
feet, through 15-inch sheet-iron pipe
to a distillery, where, they are burned
for fuel. 80. i..,..''s. i
d ROAD Locomotives are coming into
considerable use in France. One of -
tons weight recently dragged a
piece of artillery of 43 tons from Vim
cennes to the Point. d Austerlitz. bt
A NEW hay-press5 has been patented
in France and England which delivers
the bales in the form of a solid uniform
cylinder about two feet /, in diameter,
which may be rolled along by one man.
~ ., LEAD has been easily detected by
Poucbet in the saliva of persons suffer-
ing from, lead-poisoning, but no trace
was discovered of arsenic in the case of
patients under arsenical treatment. Il 81
Z WHEN gnn-cotton is decolnposed IN
closed vessels it gives rise to products
which are few in number and Simple in
character, namely, searbonic acid, ear
bonnie oxide, hydrogen and nitrogen. i,
= THE substances known as Persian or
Dalmatian insect7p powders owe their ac-
tiyity to the powdered flowers of various
species of pyrethrum. They have been
employed with good effect in destroying
fies, eockroaches and bugs, !, s.' g'is3 q
II DIR. RoYsroN PIGGorT has found
that, by making a miniature Of an OBJ
ject. such asa spider. line, and exanlih-
ing it with microscope, objects as
small as the millionth part of ssn inch
could be seen, and in "a late cemnnlnita.
ton to the Philosophical Society, Cam,
bridge, he took exceptions to the view
&enefallys preyaihngs saaoneIaPHdans
that i sEsslsss 70 attempt further f per
In late humbersof Dngler's,Jdvrnals
the composition Of L, Won Faber's yari-
ously colored pencils for, writing on
glass, porcelain, metals, ETC., IS given as.
follows :: Blaek Ten parts lamp lack, .
forty parts white wax and ten pits tau
low White orty parts white, lead,
twenty parts wax and ten parts taTlows.
Blue Ten parts Berlin blue, twenty
partsswax and ten parts otallow. Dark
blue-Fifteen parts Berlin blue, FIVE
parts gum Arabic and ten parts tallow.
Yellow-Ten parts chrome yellow,
twenty parts wax and ten parts tallow,
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dressed Ills wounds; and at last accounts
he was improving and in fair way to
recover. He says. that he would. have
been killed hlt that be kept, his face
down most of the time and let the bears
fite his back H9A party went out to the
scene of the fight and found the three
hears dead and the Indians knife stick
inc in one Of them. He must have been
Z game TO the backbone and deserves
The title of the, ..boss bear hunter W =
Pl,tynus (CM.) National.
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ALONE.

- - IL
She stands beside the cottage dooT
To watch the dying day,
Her raven hair is sprinkied Ger
With flakes of silver gray
And many a line of sadnessSscars
That pale yet lovely faee,
To mark where slow and silent TEARS
Have left their lasting trace.
And still her whispered Thoughts VIII ten
OF scenes that are no more,
And scan the ce-loved forms that owen
On mem'ry's shadOwy shore;
Again the little cot to deck,
That now so empty stands,
Again to feel around her neck
The touch of tiny hands.
How long, the weary spirit cries,
Within this world OF pam,
Ere meath the never fail1nS Skies
meet them once again!
And as she views the silver night,
Slow sweeping to the west, ALL.
A mur1mured prayer i'll faitn takes hlSiit
To him who giveth rest.
Anderson CritcheH in Temple Bar.