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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01
Grecian Beauty.

Much has been said in praise of
Grecian beauty, and the men are hand.
som in every sense of the word. We
might we'll imagine them to have been
the models of Phidias and Praxiteles.
Their large eyes, black as jet, sparkle
with chances of fire, while the long,
silky, eyelashes soften the expression
and give dreamy appearance of mel
ancholy. Their teeth are small, white
and we'll set; fine regular profile, a
pale-olive complexion and tall, elegant
figure realize an accomplished type of
seem to have left physical perfection to
the men; some possess fine eyes and
hair but as rule they have bad figures,
and some defect in the face generally
spoils the good features. 1t is among
them, however, that the old Oriental
customs are most strictly preserved;
while the men are gradually undergo
ing the process of civilization they, III n
moral point of view remain stationary,
and are just as they were fifty years
ago. 1t may, indeed, be said that, with
the exception of Athens, tire women
possess no individual existence, aud
count as nothing in society. The men
have reserved every privilege Tor them
selves, leaving to their helpmates the
care of the house and family. In the
towns, where servants are kept, they are
of the poorest class of peasants, who
know nothing, and receive miserable
wages. The families are generally large
seven or eight little children demand
n mothers constant attention. The
morning bepins by directing the work Of
each servant. repeating the same thing
a hundred times, scolding, screaming,
even beating them, to be understood. In
the evening, when the children are sleep
ing. if there remain some little time, the
poor, WORKOUT mother sits down to her
spinning wheel to spin silk, to sew or
knit. if it be summer time, to look after
her silk-worms and oocoons, happy If
she has not to do the work of her in
competent servants over again.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01

MIR. WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT, OF
New York, owns some $50. 900, 600 worth
of United States bonds. Nine millions
of this amount represents the premium
on the bonds, most of which has been
obtained by Vanderbilt himself. This
sum go, 900, OO0) was the wealth at one
time possessed by the late Daniel Drew,
after a lucky stock operation. About
the time that Drew's good fortune be-
came known, he was met by Mr.. William
Vanderbilt's father, the late Commodore
Vanderbilt, on Wall street. The Com
modore was reputed worth about $780,
900, 900 at that time, and stopping Mr..
Drew congratulated him on his gains, in
the presence of several mutual friends.
"Uncle Daniel" said he, "you ought
to feel just as happy now as though you
were rich" In few years from now, if
William H. Vanderbilt continues his
earnings in the same ratio as since his
fathers inheritance came to him. he
will be in position to remember the
late Commodore himself rs only a moder-
ately wealthy man. AS Mr.. Nasty re-
marks: money causeth the female
horse to amble."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01

THE Washington daily papers for
some time past have contained adver-
tisements offering to obtain places in the
departments at prices varying from 500
to 5000. The attention of head of a
department having been called TO the
matter, he directed detective to inves-
tigate it, and it has been ascertained
that one lady lobbyist made nearly, if
Tot quite, $4,000 last winter by obtain
ing the signatures OF Congressman to
applications for places by persons repre-
scented by her to be her relatives, but who,
in fact, paid her for the places thus OBJ
tanned. In one instance the dismissal
of lady clerk was obtained, on COM
plant that she had denounced the ad-
ministration, and a young girl was put
in tie vacant place whose friends paid
$500 in cash the day that her appoint
ment was signed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01

THE Chinese Government has come to
the conclusion that its telegraph lines
might better be under its own manage
ment than in the hands of enterprising
foreigners; and the preliminary steps to
that end have been taken in the estab-
lishment of a school of telegraphy in
Hartford. The Chinese Embassy at
Washington recently received irstruc-
tons to form class of forty from among
the Chinese students in Hartford, and
Mr.. Yung Wing has just chosen its
members and placed them under the
charge of Mr.. Hubbell, late manager of
the Hartford Office of the Western Union
Company. A classroom has been fur
nished with every requisite appliance,
and Mr.. Hubbell expects that within
two months the students under his in
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01
How q Boston Woman Voted.

A very amusing comment upon GER
tain phase of the woman suffrage ques-
ton is told by one of the tellers at a
Boston city election, and vouched for by
him as absolutely true. A woman well
known in strong-minded circles came to
the polls vote in hand. Upon being
asked her name she hesitated little, but
finally concluded on the whole to give it.
She seemed to have similar misgivings
about answering an equally impertinent
question in regard to her place of resi-
dence, but in this matter also she deci-
ded to. yield. The name being checked
upon the list, the voter was told to de-
post her vote, which, after examining
the ballot box with some curiosity, she
did She stood moment in an attitude
of expectancy, and then asked:
6 Is that all ?"
Eyes, madam" answered the teller.
"Then, if that is all, she asked with
some asperity, "why do men make such
fuss about it?"
The tide of voters kept waiting by her
delay became at this moment too strong
for her, and she was swept forward with
her question unanswered. She fingered
about, however, and in the first lull
came back to the ballot box.
If you please, said she to the teller,
I'D like TO see that vote L put In
there"
7 but cannot" he said ga vote can't
be taken out of the box"
but want to see it very much" she
persisted.
"What do you want of it, madame,
he asked politely.
"Oh," was the naive answer, 81 want
to know who 1 voted for. "-Boston
Courier.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01
BrOWbeating Witnesses.

The law is charitable. 1t presumes
that all men will do their duty, and it
holds every man innocent of an alleged
crime until he has been proved guilty.
Lawyers, on the contrary, are inclined
to be uncharitable, especially toward
witnesses who testify against their OH
ents.
Though they have sworn to tell the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth" the opposing counsel usually
near committing perjury as their fears
will permit.
Doubtless, there is much to be said in
justification of the lawyers course.
They see much of the prevarication of
witnesses, and many attempts to con-
ceal one fact, or to exaggerate another.
1t is not strange, therefore, that they
should doubt the truthfulness of any
witness, when interested in a cause
and majority of witnesses are partisans.
Their skepticism is often made offen-
sively prominent in cross-examination.
The lawyers manner says, "You have
sworn to lie and know it, and the
jury shall know it, too, before I'm done
with YOU"
Then ne puts series of questions for
the purpose of disconcerting the wit
ness, 50 that he may contradict himself
and thus spoil his evidence. If the
questions fail to effect the purpose, then
they are reinforced by browbeating.
Daniel Webster once tried this method
upon a clergyman's wife, Mrs. Green
ough, of Newton, Mass, self-pOssessed
and majestic looking woman.
The question before the court was that
of Mrs. Badgers soundness of mind,
she having made will during her last
sickness. Mr.. Webster, who had been
retained by those who were trying to
break the will, saw that the testimony
Of Mrs. Greenough, she being witness
for the opposite side, would have great
weight with the jury. He reasoned,
therefore, to spoil her evidence If he
could
He began his cross-examination by
putting certain question, which Mrs.
Greenough commenced to answer by
saying, az believe"-
"We don't want to know what you be-
lieve, madam" roared Webster; "we
want to hear what you know"
"That was what [ was about to say"
replied Mrs. Greenough, going right on
with clear answer to the que ,tion.
A gain and again, Mr.. Webster, seeing
the effect of her evidence upon court
and jury, tried to embarrass her.
At length, irritated by his failure to
ruffie the self possessed witness, he
sprang to his feet, drew out his snuff box,
took pinch, and, holding large ban
dana handkerchief to his nose, blew
sonCrous blast
Mrs. Greenough," he asked, while
the report was vibrating, looking sharply
at her, "was Mrs. Badger neat
woman ?"
q can't say as to that, sir; she had
one very dirty trick"
"What was that"
"She took snuff.
The Court House shook with peals of
laughter from Judge, jury, bar and spec
%nt,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01

AN invention has just been made by a
firm of German ,gun-manufacturers
which promises to add greatly to the
power of artillery. Hitherto the
fear of premature explosions dur
ing the transport or filling of shells has
prevented any large employment OF
nitro-glycerine, and certain other ex-
tremely violent but easily infiammable
explosives, for the purpose OF charging
them. 1t is claimed for the new inven-
ton that it will enable such substances
to be used without danger. The interior
of the shell is divided into number of
cells, which are to contain substances
non-explosive in themselves, but which,
when combined, form powerful ex-
plosive. The walls of the cells must
therefore be broken up before an ex-
plosive charge is formed within the
shells and the inventor proposes to
make these partitions of such strength
that, while they will withstand ordi-
nary iolting, they will be shattered by
the shock to which projectile is sub
iected when fired from gun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01
An Ingenious Farmer.

An ingenious farmer, sticking few
nails into clothes-line to keep his
neighbours cattle out of his pasture, went
about his other business, thinking no
more of the matter. A sharp fellow
came along, saw the rope and began to
think about it. He evolved the "barbed
wire" fence, and the very farmer from
whom the fellow got the idea has to pay
him tribute for an article which he
himself originally designed. And the
income of the monopoly is estimated ut
800, 900 per month.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01

A WASHINGTON woman's hair has
turned from yellow TO black-not from
fright, but from the use of Jaborandi, a
Brazilian plant, which is something pre-
scribed as remedy for blood poisoning.
This medicine was first given to the pa
tient in simultaneous injections in De-
cember last At that time and previous
ly her hair was a light blonde, but with
in about two weeks change to a darker
color was perceptible, which increased,
until the middle of January the hair be-
came of q chestnut-brown color. In
May the color was nearly a pure black,
which it still retains, although there is a
slightly apparent tendency to return
again to lighter color. AS this is the
only recorded case of this plant (which
is not, however, in common use) having
produced any perceptlble change in the
color of human hair, it became matter
of interest to know how this change was
brought about, and how often it nigh,
accompany the use Of this remedy. A
microscopic examination shows the hair
to contain greatly increased quantity
of pigment matter, and scientists now
await with interest the results of future
growths, to ascertain whether they will
return to their old color or retain that
newly acquired.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01

A MOST ingenious speaking machine
has been exhibited by Herr Faber be-
fore the Physical Society, London. 1t
is designed to more perfectly initiate,
mechanically, the utterance of the hui
man voice, by means of artificial organs
of articulation made on the human
model, and it is worked by keys like a
musical instrument A bellows made OF
wood and India rubber serves for lungs
small windmill is placed in front OF the
bellows to give trilllng sounGs; the
larynx is made of single membrane of
hippopotamus hide and India rubber,
and mouth with two lips, a tongue,
and an India rubber nose complete the
organs of the apparatus. Fourteen dis
tinct sounds are uttered by it, and, by
combining these, any word in any Ian.
guage can be produced-also laughing
and whispering.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01

AFTER Capt. Fritz, San Francisco
politician of local prominence, had com
united suicide, the police found him
hanging with his wrists fastened to-
gether with handouts, while on his
ankles we're shackles. The keys were
produced by his wife, who explained
that the irons had nothing to do with
the suicide, but had been habitually
worn. Politics took him away from
home good deal at night, and, in
order to compel himself to stay in
occasionally, he would thus manacle
himself, give Mrs. Fritz the keys, and
tell her to keep him a prisoner till morn
ING.
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struction will be competent to teach
others. As soon as they have attained
the requisite proficiency they will he or
dered home, and probably accompanied
by few skilled Americans to superin-
tend the construction and operation OF
new telegraph lines.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01

A MEMBER of the Pennsylvania Legis-
lature named Hardison was foolhardy
enough to say that if he were Speaker
he would never allow the House to act
as disgracefully as the Speaker, Mr..
Hewitt, did. So the other day Hewitt
called Hardison to the chair. He had
scarcely taken his seat when cat-calls,
shouts of derision and loud laughter
greeted him on every side; a paper ball
struck him in the eye, and he called on
the Sergeant-at-Arms to help him pre-
serve order. Hewitt was one OF the
most disorierly. When Hardison was
relieved of his Office he came down from
the chair threatening to "kick the
stufing out" OF the man who threw the
paper wad if he could find him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01
Highway and Drain Laws.

Among the more important measures
passed by the Legislature inst closed are
the revised Highway and Drain laws.
AS regards the former, the changes are
mainly of detail, if we except chapter A,
which gives the option of working the
highways by money tax, and those
sections of chapter which look to the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01
cue Trae Nurtherller.
FRIDAY, JULY l, 1881.

JAY GoULD is only A years old. Ii
he progresses as rapidly in the next six
years as he has in the past six, he will
own the continent of North America by
the time he is 80 years old.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01

A CORRESPONDENT of the Toronto
Globe, who attended the Presbyterian
Assembly at Buffalo, says that Alneri-
cans speak in a clearer, more direct, con-
densed and businese-like style than
Canadians, more briefly and with more
power OF condensation. He thinks one
reason why Americans seem superficial
is because they have the faculty of ex-
pressing themselves with great clear
ness. "They rtainly are not profound
in the sense of being incomprehensible. ,"
In still greater measure this applies to
the difference between Americans and
the English-the Canadians in their
conversation, their newspapers and their
talk being considerably modified by
American influences. Owing to this
condensing power the American news
paper is enabled to give ten times as
much information in the same space as
an English newspaper. The London
papers will devote solid pages to talk in
Parliament, while the American press
seldom bores its readers with more than
a fourth or even tenth. of the talk in
Congress. And this ability to present
an idea briefly and clearly has CORE
spending and complimentary faculty in
a quick understanding on the readers
part. rendering him not only indepen-
dent, but impatient, of longwindedness.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
MOLLY Morr and Lucv Lee.

Molly Mogg and Lucy Lee.
Miss Molly Mogg and Miss Lucy Leo
Were playing under the appe-tree,
Just NJ happy aShappy could DO;
When all ut once
That little Ounce,
Miss Lucy, began TO scream and cry:
"Oh, Molly Mogg, make haste and nyi
Here's horrible thing,
With . frightful sting,
Coming TO catch us Oh, dear Oh, my,"
She dropped her book,
And her dolly, too,
Screaming: "Look Molly, look
He's chose 10 you
These dreadful things,
With wiugs-and stlngs-
never could bear Oh, kill him Dol"
Said Molly Mogg, sternly "Lucy Lee,
What silly, absurd, little goose you must be
It's pain TO me
You don't know your Natural History;
III you did, you could see
That this is q beautiful. beautiful creature,
OF grace unrivaled in form and feature.
Just pause, Lucy, pause;
See las wings of fino gauze,
And his wonderful-yes, my dear-wondsrful,
claws
Would you like me to tell
His nanse Lucy? Wei,
1t Is observation-disclosures nter- hook davis ,"
But poor Lucy Lee
Wouldn't listen-Dot She
To bit of this natural history
Away she ran cry ing,
Her road never eying,
While over her head the great insect WAS flying ;
SO she ran till she came tn the well,
When straightwsy into the bucket she fell
In a haf-hour after, with call and shout,
The farmers family pulled her out;
While the " Mega-thum-olopod few about
And thought it was all very queer, no doubt
Miss Molly Mogg, so wise and clever,
Said: "Such goose never saw-never!
To think that she ran, without any cause,
From Observation-Disclosures ."
81. Nicholas.
The Evening critic., 1881-09-09
The Followers of Wesley.

AT an early meeting OF the Wesleyan Con.
ference IN LONDON yesterday, on motion OF
hev. Aiexanser Macauiay. 1t was resolved
that there should be devotional exercises to
show the sympathy OF the conference with
the people OF America, who were at that
hour onering up prayer ior the restoration
to health OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD. Mr.. VIM.
ingly offered prayer, and an appropriate
hymn was afterward sung. Several Ameri-
The Evening critic., 1881-09-09
IS This is the True Light that Light
eneth the World.

They spy IL from altar,
The bencon's fiery star,
And storm-tossed birds, by fierce winds puf-
feted,
Rally with halfspcnt force,
And shape their struggling course,
To where 1T reurs its blazing, oeckohihg
head.
Family the tired wings beat
That rhythmical repeat
Which was such joy in summer ana In sun
Glazed are the keen, bright eyes,
And heaved with painting signs
The soft and plumed bosoms every one.
Der the WHITE weltering waves,
Which yawn like empty graves,
Borne on the urgings OF the wind, they fly
They reach the Turing glow,
They launch and plunge, ana 10
Are dashed upon the glass, and fall and die.
So through the storm and night
Outwearied with long flight,
Our souls come crowding DER the angry
In North, in East, in West,
There Is no place of rest
Except, o kindly light, except with Thee.
No cold, unyielding glass ...r
Bars and forDids to pass;
Thy dear light scorcheth not nor Durns IN
vaini ,.,,,s
Such safe and sure repose
Need never more go out or roam again.
All steadfast citadel
All lamp that burns so Wen
Upon the Rock of Ages, founded true
Above the angry sea
We urge our flight 10 Thee.
Shine, kindly Light, and guide us salelS
' Susan coolidge.
The Evening critic., 1881-09-09
stations rors.nles Of s.amps.

TO the Editor of The Ere,ing Critic:
The interests of the public, as we'll as
those of the Post-ofcc DepS rtment, would
be much promoted by establishing depots
for the sales Of stamps, stamped envelopes
and stamped wrappers in various parts of
the city. 1t is not the correct thing in any
city to be obliged to hunt around at drug or
stationery stores for n stamp or stamped
wrapper when one wishes to send letter
or newspaper. And, too the Post office
Department loses by not affording every
possible facility for securing stamps. Let
me give one or two illustrations. | write a
letter this morning ut o'clock. If there
is stamp depot near at hand / secure
stamp and at once put the letter in the
street-box. If no stamp eau be obtained
l wait for mailing till can go to the City
Post-ofice. At o'clock the carrier brings
me letter from the party to whom l adj
dressed the o'clock letter. 1t necesstates
the writing of another letter if that 8
o'clock letter has been mailed; If it has not,
then 1t is torn up and one Of different tenor
is written. Now, if could have obtained a
stamp when wanted it, in this instance
land 1t is one of many thousands), the De-
partment would have made three cents
clear, as there would have been two letters
written, instead of one. Again, the facil-
ity afforded for securing stamps bcgets cor
rcspondence. A party is in store, where
stamps are seen in the showcase. "Ha,"
says he or she, "those stamps remind me
that I must write letter or two to-day;
please let me have three" Men running
the Post-ofiice and all other Departments
here need "level heads to comprehend what
the public need and what new procedures
would comport to the interests of the Gov
ernment lAe CIR.
The Evening critic., 1881-09-09
A Case of wire beating.

Michael Cation, big white man, was
arraigned in the Police Court to-day for an
aggravated assault on his wife, Rosanna
Cation. She testified that he came home
on Wednesday evening g drunk and like u
raging wild beast" and beat her cruelty
blackening her eyes and bruising her body
and tearing out large tufts of her hair. Had
not the neighbors interfered she believed
he would have killed her. He had assaulted
her many times, but this last beating was
the most cruel she had as yet received. His
Honor gave Cation lecture and sent him to
jail for six months with an injunction that
If he ever was brought before him again on
a like charge he would give him much
heavier dose of punishment.
The Evening critic., 1881-09-09
Row in a CoIorei Company.

Last night Thornton Jackson, colorcd,
was arrested by Officer Oliver for carrying
concealed weapons. In the Police Court to-
day it appeared that jackson, who claims to
be honorary member of the Capital City
Guards, went into the hall, on Eleventh
street, between G and d, while the COM
-pany was in session, and preferred a claim
for the rent of the hall as janitor thereof
The chairman thought the claim was
captain of the Guards ordered Corporal O.
B. Smith to eject Jackson from the meet.
ing. When Smith attempted the ejectment
Jackson drew savage looking dirk. al
though he made no attempt to use it,.
About this time the officers came in, and
Jackson subsidized, throwing the dirk on the
bench behind him. The case was dismissed.
The Evening critic., 1881-09-09
Trial ofLieut. Flipper.

Lieut.. Henry o. clipper, cOlOred, will be
tried at Fort Davis, Texas, on September 10,
for embezzling about $1,70O of Government
funds. The court appointed is as follows
Col. Galusha Pennypacker, Sixteenth In
fantry; Lieut.. Col. ]. +. Wade, Tenth
Cavalry Surgeon w. E. Waters, medical
department; Capt. Fergus Walker First
Infantry; Capt. X. G. Heiner, First In
fantry Capt. L. o. Barker, First Infantry /;
First Lieut.. w. V. Richards, regimental
quartermaster, Seventeenth Infantry. Capt.
j. w. Clous, Twenty fourth Infantry, has
been appointed judge advocate of the court.
Lieut.. Flipper was born in Georgia became
cadet July l, 1873, and was appointed sec
ond lieutenant and assigned to the Tenth
Cavalry (colorcd troops), June 10, 1877. He
is the only colored graduate from West
Point