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IdOIatry Among the Jews.

Idolatry was considered the most
heinous offense of which a Jew could
be guilty. Among people protesting
monotheistic faith, hedged in by ma
tons given to every form of paganism,
prone to denominations of every kind, it
was thought necessary that any public
Dissertation of religion should be Sc
verely punished. Hence, in such cases
ignorance could not be pleaded in ex-
tenuation of the crime; nor was any
preliminary warning requisite in order
that Judgment of death might be legally
pronounced. In ordinary affairs, as in
the more serious matters capitally pun
ishable, the Hebrew code did not permit
of any sort of detective system. A man
was not permitted to secrete himself in
order to watch his neighbor. A witness
who had acted in such manner would
not have been permitted to give evil
dence. When, however, Jew was
believed to have publicly devoted him
self to idolatry, and to have endeavored
to seduce his neighbors to the same
practices, any ruse was permitted for
the purpose of demonstrating his guilt.
If, for example, he declared to one per-
son only that In such and such grove
an image was erected, and attempted to
persuade him to join in worship there,
the latter was permitted to hide friend
wherever convenient, and, calling the
idolater, might say to him, Now.
tell me more about that image you
worship. If the backslider repeated his
solicitations, the testimony of the two
witnesses was procured, which was
necessary for condemnation. But pre-
vious to laying the matter before San
hedrim it was imperative upon both
witnesses to reason with the idolator.
They we're, according to the Talmud, to
speak kindly with him. They should
address him and say, Howl Would
you have us forsake our God who is in
heaven to follow deities who are made
of wood and stone?" If the erring
brother gave ear to their exhortation
and Quilted his pagan practices, the
witnesses who knew cf his backsliding
were not permitted to mention the fact
to any neighbors or friends. "He who
repents must never be reminded of his
former iniquities." But, if obstinately
bent on worshiping the image he had
found and set up for himself, the depo-
sitions as to the circumstances we're laid
before the tribunal. These facts were,
however, only sufficient to found the
accusation upon. To convict, it was
necessary to prove that the offender was
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-02
NEWS OF THE week.


The revolutionists in San Domingo
have been entirely successful in putting to flight
the President, and in obtaining possession of
and good order prevails.
Three Nihilists were hanged at Odessa,
Russia, few days ago, and q number were
sentenced to Siberia
The Spanish Senate has passed the
bill for the abolition of slavery in Cuba.
South American advices report that
the allied armies of Peru and Bolivia have
again been defeated by the Chilians with heavy
loss. The allies are said TO be in state of dis
Indignation, and the war is regarded as prac-
tically at an end.
An awful disaster is reported from
Scotland. portion of the bridge across the
Firth of Tay was blown down while the train
from Edinburgh to Dundee was crossing, and
all the passengers, 200 in number, were
drowned.
A dispatch from the Viceroy OF In
dia says that Gen. Roberts defeated and dis
persed the Afghans around Cabul on the Esd
inst, and reoccupied the city
The death is announced of William
Hepworth Dixon, the historian and traveller,
and for many years editor of the London
Atheneuna, in tho 59th year of his age.
Gen. Roberts reports his losses in
the recent operations before Cabul at seventy
seven killed and 300 wounded. A heavy snow
fall prevented the pursuit of the natives, most
of whom have now got beyond reach force
has been sent to Kohistan to punish the people
who participated in the late uprising there.
The city of Paris has just expert
enced the coolest weather ever felt there.
The thermometer was degrees below zero.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-02
MISCELLANEOUS aLEANINos.

The particulars are at hand of ter
rible ocean catastrophe which occurred on the
I'd of December to the steamship Borussia,
which left Corunna for New Orleans on the oath
of November with $50 passengers and crew
numbering ffty-four men. The continuation
of terrific storm, and the evident danger that
the ship would founder and go to the bottom,
produced q panic among the passengers and
crew, and the latter proceeded to lower
the boats preparatory to abandoning the
vessel In this they acted without the or
ders of the Captain and other officers, several
of whom, together with the greater part Of the
passengers, remained on board and went down
with the ship. few of the passengers were
allowed by the crew to 60 in the boats, but
mono of them were saved. as all but one boat
were swamped and their occupants drowned,
and only six of the crew and three officers. who
were picked up three days after leaving the
Borussis, have survived to tell the story Of the
fearful disaster.
Exports from seaboard ports last
week: Flour, 1888, ITO barrels; wheat, ITO, z04
bushels; corn, l,515,944 bushels; oats, 20,9l2
bushels; rye, 1852 bushels; pork, 6.3s2 bar
res; lard, 6.G6i, 002 pounds; bacon, Is. 7l9, 500
pounds.
DE Lesseps is to visit the United
States, by way of California, soon after his ar
rival ct Panama
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-02
Something Odd.

The Middletown On. " Argus tells
a strange story about William Startup,
who lives near that village. For some
time he has had severe pains in his
right arm, which he has attributed to
rheumatism. Lately he noticed small
protuberance on his side underneath
his arm. His wife made an examination
of the excrescence and saw what APP
peared like thread in it, lying very
near the surface. She got hold of one
end of the substance and kept pulling
until piece of thread, about eight
inches in length, was drawn from the
body. How this thread got there he
does not know, but fancies that it was
attached to needle and got into the
body in that way, and that the needle
is there still. He still has pain in the
arm and that portion of the body.
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house to anywhere else in the country, know
ing that it would receive all the accessories in
the way Of scenery, ETC., that 60 so far to make
or mar new drama.
Springfield, ILL.,, was given lively
shaking up, the other day, by boiler explo-
sion The shock was felt all over the city, and
much damage was done to buildings, plate
glass, and mirrors. The engineer of the -four
ing mill in which the disaster occurred was
buried in the ruins and killed.
Another bridge is to be built across
the Mississippi river at st. Louis. six miles
below the present structure.
South.
A freight train on the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas railroad broke through burn
ing bridge near Durant station, in Texas. The
locomotive passed over safely. but the tender
and twenty-five cars were wrecked and burned.
Mike Kelly, fireman, fell into the fire and was
burned to death. Brakeman Abernethy was
injured
Wade Hampton, Jr., son of the ex-
Governor of South Carolina, died q few days
hBO Oh udlhrihi ioNoi, Nv LILO PA"hs"uoh Ao"A
Greenville, Miss.
Robert and Dennis Patrick (colored)
quarreled in Madison county, Ala, while kill
ing hogs, and in the scuffie the brothers closed
and rolled into caldron Of hot water, and were
literally cooked alive
Four negroes, charged with murder
were taken from Jail at Amite, La, by a moi
of fifty men, and shot to death.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-02
POLITICAL POINTa

The meeting of the Maine Republican
State Committee and prominent Republicans
from various parts of the State, held in Senator
Blaines residence, at Augusta, resulted in the
appointment of committee to advise and CO.
operate with the Republican members of the
Legislature.
A meeting of the Maine Greenback
State Committee was held at Augusta last week,
at which there was full attendance. Dele
gates were appointed to the National Conven-
ton in Washington, those at large being Con-
gressmen G. w. Ladd and T. II. Murch
and Scion Chase. Resolutions were passed
indorsing the action OF the Governor and
Council They declare full confidence in
them, and believe they counted the vote hon.
estly; denounce the utterances of the Republic
can politicians in public meetings, and the
denunciationsag against the Executive Department
of the State as an insult to the Governor and
Council and disgrace to the State as well as
to the party.
There is no doubt, says Washington
correspondent, that there is very consider
able Grant movement in Virginia, and that if
Grant should be nominated there would be a
powerful combination in that State to support
him.
The Washington Post makes the fol-
lowing editorial announcement: 'Goy. Sey-
mour does not want the Democratic nomina-
ton, and, 30 far as he is personally concerned,
will make no effort to obtain it. But, if the
convention dominates him, as it will, he will
not refuse his party's call. This is the Soy
mour movement in nutshell"
A dispatch of Dec. 81, from Bangor,
Me-, says that influential Democrats have uni
TED in an appeal to Gov. Garcelon TO accept the
suggestion of ex-Gov Morrill,. and allow the
courts to settle the pending troubles. The
same dispatch intimates tina. the Governor is
likely to heed the request.
Senator Logan, who dined with Gen.
Grant, in Washington, says there can be no
doubt of the Generals Willingness to accept a
nomination for third term.
Dispatches of the 30th ult., from
Augusta, Me-, state that Gov. Garoeion declines
| to submit the questions proposed by ex- Senator
| Morrill, to the Supreme Court. lie says he
thinks he has no legal right to do 80, and tina
certificates of election having once been issued
| by the proper authority the case is no longer
open. There was great excitement throughout
the State Large meetings we're being held by
Republicans and Fusionists, at all OF which
| warlike sentiments were expressed. The Gov
ernor had an interview with the Mayor of Au-
gusts relative to the protection of the Legisla-
ture on the day of assembling, the latter
agreeing to place 200 special policemen on
duty. dispatch from Portland says the
Montgomery Guards have been notified to hold
themselves in readiness to march at moments
notice.
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A Dog Story.

A gentleman doing business on Com
munipaw avenue is the owner ola Skye
terrier, which, in turn, is the owner Of
a litter of puppies. One of the little
animals died a few days ago, and the
mother. taking the body of her dead
offspring in her mouth, wandered about
the stable yard. endeavoriog to dig a
hole in the ground, but the frost had SO
hardened the earth that she was unable
to carry out her plan. The intelligent
creature seemed to consider the matter
for a while, and then, going to manure
heap, she made hole in it, showed the
body into the opening, covered it care
fully, and went away satisfied. This
may be called intelligence, but decent
people will think differentlyof the dog.
Jersey City Journal. a
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-02
WASHINGTON NOTES.

1t seems to be the purpose OF the
House Committee on Elections to make rapid
work with all contested cases, and to have the
entire docket of the committee cleared at the
present session. This has very seldom, if ever,
been done.
Two enterprising young men, who
contemplated stealing Gen. Grants Arabian
horses and holding them for a reward, have
been arrested in New York.
Commissioner Raum is opposed to
granting amnesty in the future to "moon-
sinners"
1t is reported from Washington tina.
Gov. Van Zandt, of Rhode Island, has been Of
fered the post Of Minister to Russia, and that
Stanley Matthews is booked for the EngliSh
mission.
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There seems to be little room to

There seems to be little room to
doubt that Thomas A Edison has at last solved
the problem of the electric light, as the dis
patches report that his test ON Christmas eve
was successful in the illumination of his
laboratory and several houses, and even
Christmas trees, at Menlo Park. He himself
says that his work is done, and now, after
many sleepless days and nights, he shall rest
He has given to the world a Christmas gift of
rare value, use and beauty, and one which
will send his name down to posterity high
up in the ranks of the worlds great inventors.
II is only little lamp, about the size of an
orange, and strip of paper OF the shape OF a
horseshoe, but a lamp almost as magical as
that of Aladdin, and certainly much more use
full This little lamp, which can be made at a
cost of % cents, is plain glass globe, in the
bottom of which there is q metallic stopper,
through which pass copper wires connected
by strip Of carbonized paper. The secret
of the process is sending current of cleo
tricity through the strip of paper, the carbon
becoming luminous at once in the globe,
which is Theoretically sealed The only con-
ditiou of success is the exclusion of the air.
The carbon filaments are not consumed. On
the other hand, though they glow with very
brilliant light, they grow harder, and more
serviceable, and give better light, with use.
Mr.. Edison's previous experiments had been
made with platinum, but a fortunate accident
in one of his processes revealed to him that
paper, which costs com aratively nothing,
would answer all the purposes Of the precious
metal.
So sanguine are the capitalists who
compose the Edison Electric Light Company
of the success of the professors experiments,
that they will not sell share of the stock for
less than fifty times its nominal value.
Iron is now higher than it has been
for many years. Steel rails are quoted at $40
and iron at $50
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-02
home INTERESTS.


NeW-hear lhouBhtss
Many homes are not as complete as when,
twelve months ago, we said 10 all, "A happy
New Yearl" There are empty cradles and va
can't chairs, and many sad, aching hearts. In
many cases have noticed in the daily papers
that the ruthless invader claimed more than
one of mothers darlings. and happy, bright
homes have been made, oh, 30 desolate.
Dust may to dust return; ashes to kindred ashes
fall again;
But thought dies not; of all the minds bright
train.
None ind funeral urn.
Time alone can heal the wound, and though
months and years may roll around, and the keen
edge of the blow be softened, memory will
cherish the golden hours of long ago-and our
loved ones will never be forgotten.
often wonder, when read ana hear OF the
dreadful thnqs wicked mon can and will do,
what their early childhood could have been. BY
what force of circumstances have they become
80 depravedg How early in life could this
principle have been instilledy-who RESPONSE
BILE for the first mlsstepy
Mothers and fathers, too, watch well your
little ones instill the right spirit from the be-
ginning; teach them to remember their Creator
in the days of their youth, before the evil days
draw nigh teach them early in life to resist
temptat'on impress upon their tender hearts
the terrible result of sin.
Be very careful in the selection of books fol-
your children; give them only the purest liter
ature, and encourage them to give you then
confidence. Let them, when old enough, read
aloud to you; enter fully into their joys and
sorrows Can il be possible that the parents
will be held responsible for the wickedness Of
! the present generation? If so, let other parents
profit by sad experiences, and carefully. ten
Derby nurse the little plants that will, almos
before one is aware, blossom into manhood ant
wonsnhood. Bend the twig so that it ma.
grow into q perfect tree. SUNSET
Hymn pARK Ill
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Adulterated Coffee.

The difference in quality between the
coffee imported into this country and
that sold is remarkable. The New
York Sun says that of thirty-four sam
Piles of ground coffee lately analysed in
that city thirty-one were adulterated,
more or less, with chicory. Roast corn
was in twelve, and beans and potato
-four in one. Chicory itself is often
adulterated as coffee. Horse chestnuts,
acorns, wheat, red earth. carrots, pars-
nips, oak bark, tan, mahogany sawdust
and Venetian red enter frequently into
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really given to the pagan practices to
which he endeavored to persuade his
brother. Similarly, in the case OF
simple idolator it was requisite to prove
more than mere alteration of an image
or prostitution before it, or dressing and
tending it. 1t must be shown that he
acknowledged it verbally as his divinity,
and inundated sacrifices and offered in
cense in its honor. This was essential
in order to constitute idolatry punish
able with death.-PaU Mall Gazette.
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Latin Quotations.


No one except writer's for periodicals, car APP
preciate those beautiful sentences in Latin that
fall so gracefully from the experienced writer's
pen. And. moreover, nearly all great men
have died with some wondrous Latin quotation
upon their lips when or before you and L we're
children, and it is no more than is due the
present generation that scholars like we are
should furnish something for the great men of
to-day, and tomorrow for that matter, to quote
when they shall lay aside their present great
ness, and, az the ancients have said, GOpuD,
fshnnl WithUnl duntltjn.
At first il may seem strange that l should
quote the above, but when it is properly dis
sected the matter in the quotation is extremely
beautiful.
Gonunl is two-thirds Latin, and means in IN
adulterated English @lit-out" "vamoosed. "
The next word smells, in English, like New
York market in the afternoon of day in July.
The next word following was manufactured by
Nimrod, or some other Latin scholar Of no ac-
count, to fill a vacuum. Now we come to the
last and most beautiful word Of all in this ele-
CANT quotation. Tears come into my eyes
when think there are persons who are unable
to read and understand this glorious ancient
language. There are but few people who can
not comprehend who their uncle John is. Well,
this last word is his wife, and we would natu-
rally infer from the line above that she was
away visiting, and would be absent some time.
But. as this is no Latin school, I will try and
control myself, and write more for pleasure
than to weigh the mind down with go much
| learning / have other beautiful quotations
that are elegant, and ought TO be written, and
would be, but with all my learning can truth
fully say, as the poet has said:
Beauty is with me tottling on the fence
While modesty (me straddles the toprost rail.
Now. give the above as quotation, but can
hardly locate the author, as l have neglected
poetry and poetical authors lately in my eager
pursuit OF knowledge in the ancient Languages,
that / might give proper finish to my writ
ings. ARvIDE
MANHATTAN, Kan.
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the composition. A company which
desiccates cocoanuts in New York finds
a market for its shells at the coffee
mills, which grind and mix them with
coffee. Peanuts and burnt sugar are
also used for adnlteration, and I'M
ground coffee is by no means exempt
from foreign particles.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-30

What q charm there Is In n clear,
smooth complexioni The ladies are
fully alive to this fact and therefore use
GLENN's SULPHUR SOAR, the most
desirable purifier Of the skin In exist
ence. Complexional defects are entire
ly removed by 1t and local diseases Of
the skin disappear more rapidly through
lis influence than through that Of any
other external remedy. The fact Is
that most Of the onguents, ointments
and liquids recommended for diseases
Of the cuticle are not remedies at all or
az most merely relieve without eradi-
eating the malady sought to be cured.
This Is not the case with GLENN's
SULPHUR soar, which does its work
thoroughly, removing every trace Of an
eruption. II, moreover, speedily heals
old sores, ulcers, cuts, bruises and
scalds, and Is n reliable d.sinfectant OF
clothing or bed linen. Diseases CON-
municable BY contact are prevented by
It, and It promptly relieves the twinges
Of Rheumatism and govt.
Sold by druggists. Price, Is cents
per cake. One box q cakes) rs cents,
sent by mail, prepaid, on receipt Of
price. c. N. Crittenton, Proprietor,
lis Fulton street, New York
HILLS HAIR AND WHISPER DYE.
Black or Brown, 20 cents. j22-dawlw
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-30
COURT.

Court met yesterday morning, Judge
J. b. Sener on the bench. The follow
ing business was disposed Of:
Grommes Il Ulrich VI. MGrrin; judg-
ment for plaintiff.
Tracy VS.. Draper; Judgment for de-
PENDANT.
Davis VS.. Small; masters report filed
by permission.
Florence Z. Small VS.. L. A. Bark
well ct nj. j; tried by the court and taken
under advisement.
Talbot vs.. Board Of county commits
sioners Of Laramie county; second
amended petition filed by permission.
Simmons VS.. Simmons; petition filed
ty plaintiff for rehearing.
Bond Va. Edwards; n new summons
substituted as plaintiff.
Court adjourned until this morning
ut 0 o'clock.
The following cases will be taken up
to-day:
Passano VS.. T. L. Talbot.
Davis vs.. Small.
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MILITARY MATTEns.

Capt Hays company, Of the Ninth
infantry, comes from Snake river TO
Fort Omaha
Capt. Morton's company. Ninth In
fAntry, goes from Fort Omaha to Fort
Robinson, Neb.
A rumor Is ahoat that Gen. Ord will
take a years furlough and then 60 on
the retired list, being succeeded by
schoheld. who Is now commanding at
West Point.
Lieut.. r.. II. Young, Fourth infantry,
has returned from n sick leave Of alb
sence, and goes 70 Join his company at
Fort Bridger. His health Is much i'm
proved, and he Is good for several more
Indian-campaigns yet.
Congress gave an appropriation Of
cas-, 900 for the construction OF officers
quarters at Fort Omaha. Ninety-seven
thousand dollars were asked for. The
amount appropriated viii build about
three sets OF quarters.
The public property at Fort Nc
Pherson has all been removed, and the
post Is now In charge OF an ordnance
sergeant. There Is also \ superinten-
dent for the national cemetery there.
Lieut.. Rockefeller with his detachment
Of the Ninth infantry, has gone TO Fort
Sidney.
An appropriation Of 5000 was asked
from congress TO constructs road south
from Fort Bridger to the Uintah
agency, 70 miles distant, but 1t failed
to pass. Judge Carter has, at his own
expense, already constructed the road
from Bridger TO the summit Of the
Uintah range, about half the entire dis
lance.
Gen. Pope has asked that Fort Steele,
in the department OF the Platte, be at
tached TO his department., o. q base for
supplying the troops ut White river, SC
long rs they may be kept there. II Il
not improbable that n permanent camp
will be established in that region, which
would be Of great advantage In opening
up and developing the country.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-30

And now with summer heats and
summer winds come the memories Of
years past when q fever-stricken COM
munity In New Orleans looked TO that
old landmark Of mans faith in the
charity Of man. The World Famous
Charity Hospital. But, alas, the gem
erous contributions Of a public are not
always forthcoming, and for u steady
revenue this firm hope Of the living and
warm comforter Of tho dying has to
look to the revenue It draws, by the in
~tervention Of wise legislation (prim but
stingy moralists to the contrary not
withstanding), from The Louisiana
Lottery Company-under a grant OF %
years, recognized in the revised consti-
tuition Of the State. The drawings,
when 90 wins $4,000, c on the
second Tuesday Of every month, and
any information will be given on an
application to NJ. A. Daupin, New
Orleans, La, or same person ut No. .319
Broadway, New York City.