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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-16

ABOUT o'clock Thursday morning Of
last week, some irecrackers exploded in
a room where two little children were
sleeping, near West Troy, New York, set
ting fire to the room, and burning both
children to death. 1t is supposed the
children gotup and fired one of the crack
ers, for fun. They had evidently both
made efforts to put out the fire with the
bed-clothes, and were overcome by the
smoke and flames while bravely battling
with the fire instead of attempting to
get out Of the room. This adds one more
to the many warnings against fire-crack-
erS.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-16
ECZEMA.

ECZEMA.
Hon. VIM. Taylor, Boston, Mass, perman-
emily cured Of humor of the face and scalp
eczema that had been treated Insuccessfully
sicians and most noted specialists, as well as
European authorities.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-16
MILK CRUST.

Mrs. Bowers, 143 Clinton St., Cincinnati
speaks of her sisters child, who was cured of
years. Now fine, healthy boy, with beauti-
full head of hair
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-16
Choice Lots for Sale.

Choice building lots for sale on the east side
desirable locations. Lots all good size. Price
and terms reasonable. For particulars apply
to ID. FEENY,
OkiunpRrn Agent
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-16
TREATMENT.

TREATMENT.
The Cuticura Treatment consists in the in
ternal use of the Cuticura Resolvent, the new
Blood purifier, and the external use of Cuti-
cura and Cuticura Soap, the Great Skin Cures.
For Sunburn, Tan and Greasy Skin use Cuti-
cura Soap, an exquisite toilet, bath and nur-
sery sanative, fragrant with delicious flower
odors and healing balsams.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-16

NEWS from the leading business CEN
tiers of the country show that the attemp-
ted assassination of President Garfield
had very depressing effect upon all
kinds of business and in trade of every
branch there was considerable decrease
last week. The more favorable news
from Washington, indicating the prob
able recovery of the President seems to
have had good effect, and trade this
week has Frightened up and in all
branches is active, Notwithstanding the
extreme heat prevailing in all the larger
cities.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-16
S5 Reward.

CTRAYED from my premises, in Beaugrand,
- a red COW, with horns turned over the
face. reward Of IS will be given for the re.
turn of the COW to me. Any information left
at the TRIBUNE Office i'm regard to her where
abouts will be thankfully received.
1T II. GEBHARDT.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-16
SCALD HEAD.

II. A. Raymond, Auditor r. W., j. 5. X. X
Jackson, Mich, was cured of Scald Head o
nine years duration by the Cuticura lie
needles.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-16

GEN. SHERMAN says in characters
tic way, that the talk about Guiteau's
being the instrument of a conspiracy is
1bosh." He says that Guiteau wrote the
letter to him because he is craven and
feared lynching. He wanted military
protection to save him from tile wrath
of the people. He doubtless thought of
the swift justice meted out to Wilkes
Booth.
There is good deal of discussion GO
ing on in Washington in regard to the
person who first got hold of Guiteau af-
ter he had shot the President. Four men
have made affidavits that they were each
the first to lay hands on the assassin.
Karney the policeman, Scott the depot
Waterman, and Parke the ticket seller,
all have an idea they got there first.
Guiteau himself says that Karney is en-
titled to the honor.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-29
Saved by a Bonnet.

The other day Colonel Fizzletop, Of
Austin, took his wife out for a drive.
He was driving a very high-spirited
horse, when 1t occurred to Mrs. Fizzle-
top that she would like to drive that
kind of an animal. She remarked:
81 have often heard you say, colonel,
that a woman did not know how to
drive; / want to show you how badly
mistaken you are. Give me the reins. /"
"Not with this buggy" replied Fiz-
zletop, trembling all over II know
you can drive splendidly, but wait un-
til tomorrow, and I'll borrow an old
secondhand buggy from a friend for
you to practice with. I saw where a
woman in Galveston smashed up new
buggy, SO that it cost $40 to repair it,
so that it could be used for kindling
wood. Let us keep this buggy to go to
our funerals in"
$50 you think / can't drive"
I" I know you can drive well enough,
but before going down the avenue let's
drive back and kiss the children and
your mother good bye, and then 60 over
to the marble yard and pick out a
tombstone, and then down to the un-
dertaker and get measured, and then"
"Out to the lunatic asylum and leave
you there for awhile. Ycu are talking
like you didn't have good sense"
e All right. just take the reins and
give the people chance to fresco the
wheels with their brains"
"You are in no danger Of losing any
brains. Get upl" said Mrs. Fizzletop.
as she took the lines.
"How polite people are to get out Of
the way" she remarked, as the near
wheels scraped flying drummer's
pants, the end of one of the shafts
knocked the hat off the head of promi-
nent banker, while life insurance agent
was acting as brake for the off-wheel,
without intending it at all.
just at this moment, when Fizzletop
had given up all hopes, just as the
buggy was about to telescope street
car full of passengers, just as the drivers
of other teams were whipping up their
teams to escape from the Fizzletop ava
lanche on wheels, Mrs. Fizzletop saw a
new hat in store window, and in spite
of the frantic efforts of the frenzied
animal, held him as in wise, until Fiz-
zletop had purchased the hat, and thus
the danger was averted. When lady
has made up her mind to have a new
bonnet, two locomosiv cannot pull her
past the store window.--Terds Sifttngs.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-29
Alligator Children.

A Southern paper gives an account Of
a woman near Live Oak, Fla, who was
pursued and very much frightened by q
huge alligator. Subsequently she gave
birth to twins. both males. They
were perfect children down to their
waists, and complete alligators below
tail and all. There are short, webbed
feet and legs at the lower portion Of the
abdomen like alligators. They crawl
with their hands, dragging themselves
about Just as an alligator does. They
make squealing, inarticulate noise.
The mother has large tank filed with
water, in which she keeps them, and
they live nearly all the time in it. They
are now fourteen or fifteen " old.
Comparatively few outside the imme-
diate neighborhood knew OF the case
until the enterprising newspaper man
got hold OF il. The mother has re.
fused large offers Of money TO exhibit
her children.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-29


The speed of vessels is approximately
determined by the use Of the log and
log-line. The log is triangular, OK
.quadrangular, piece of wood about
quarter of an inch thick, so balanced by
means of a plate of lead as to swim
perpendicularly in the water, with about
two-thirds of it under the water. The
log-line is small cord, the end Of which
divided into three, so that the wood
hangs from the cord as scafe-psn
from balance beam -is fastened to Tie
log, while the other is wound round e
reel on the ship. The log thus poised
keeps its place in the water, while the
line is nnwound from the reel as tile
ship moves through the water, and the
length of line unWound in given time
gives the rate Of the ships sailing.
This is calculated BY knots made on the
line at certain distances, while the time
is measured by a sand-gIass Of a certain
number Of seconds. The length be-
tween the knots is 50 proportioned To
the time Of the glass that the knots I'M
wound while the glass runs down show
the number of miles the ship is sailing
per hour. The first knot is placed
about five fathOms from the loq. to
allow the latter to get clear of the ship
before the reckoning commences. This
is called the stray-line. The loo-book.
sometimes called the log for brevity, III
the record that the proper officer keeps
Of the speed of the ship from day to day.
and of any and all matters that occur
that are deemed worthy Of note, Of tha
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-29
Town Versus Country.

The London Horticultural Gazette, in
speaking Of the rivalry Of town and
country people, says that the assump-
tion that country people are neces-
sarily Of less refinement and narrower
mental resources than the dwellers in
cities is not generally true, whatever
may once have been the case, and goes
on to say:
But leaving tire professions, and COM
ing down to the wage-earning classes, is
it possible to declare that the artisan
paid by the week has a larger stock of
know than has the skilled agricuI-
tural laborer? 1t was once pointed out
what a really accomplished man an all
round husbandman of necessity is-how
much training of eye and hand goes to
guiding straight plow and turning a
proper furrow. But this is the smallest
part of what a horseman on farm has
to be master OF. He has to so far assert
his command over his brute comrades
that they yield implicitly their strength
TO his will. and obey instantaneously
the tones of his voice and the bending
of his wrist; and he has so far to famil-
iarizc himself with the effects Of rain
and frost and wind upon the special
soil which he cultivates that he can tell
when labor bestowed upon it will cause
the clods to crumble into mellow
seed-bed and when it will only tend to
convert the top earth into hasty pud-
ding of mud, and he has, too, to be-
come acquainted with the various seeds,
SO as to recognize how fast they will
run through the Golfers of the drill.
and how much will be needed to furnish
Sufficient plant. Nor is this all. Tf
he be to take his share in other work
besides mere following the horses he
has to learn how to feed and keep in
health, under purely artificial treat
ment, the various kinds Of live stock;
to know at a glance, in chopping out the
root crops or trimming hedge-rows,
which plant OF bow to sacrifice and
which to spare. And all this in addi-
tion to the ordinary weather-wisdom,
which, even in olden times, was admit
ted to be the prerogatiye Of the hus-
bandmen.
This rough sketch will show that,
although the sum which represents ali
that the townsman has learned may very
possibly seem larger than that which
would express what fills the mind and
memory Of the rustic, yet II one we're to
be allowed to deduct from the store Of
each what each has Of barren, unprac.
tical acquisition of that sort Of which
it may be said that \ IL was not worth
going through the trouble which it took
In Incru ,-tfscu IL 10 :, ,lx- IL, ~
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-29

married gentleman whose name was
Found. She had hardly time to con-
ktatulate herself upon the fact when
she ~d8 made the subject Of the follow
ing lampoon:
Let the merry cymbals sound,
She who was Lost now is Found
@. Sayler was known as the Sea Sail
or, and when bis companions desired to
ring the changes they would exclaim:
Walk up, ladies, and here. without fee,
Wen show you 6ayler who follows the @.
When objection was made that the
rhyme was not faultless the critic
would be answered by loud chorus:
How many feet are there on the sea !?
Who can measure it's immensity ?"
@. A, Legg was another victim to
badly-chosen initials. He bore the in
Fiction patiently, however, but when a
rich aunt died and left him q snug for
tune by her will, which compelled him
to Withdraw from college, he was fol-
lowed into private life BY the follow
ing:
We see leg, we zee a leg,
Where'er that leg may be;
But now we know that G. A. Legg
Has got a legacy.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-29
THE COUNTESS.

A June morning of last year found
Marshal Lester and myself on the good
shin Herder. en- route TO the Passion
PLAY at Oberammeroau. via the Free
CITY of Hamburg. As travelling com
panions we were admirably ,nated-he
ootinist: /. pessimist-be' fn1I of tbe
rose-colored illusions which tint the
first half OF the twenties: I. in the for.
ties, in the sun of life hot and feyeriah
he, with life before him: /. already
commencing to glance back AZ the
-milestones on weary road. Scarcelv
old enough to be his father. was 4
good. heavy brother to him. and conf
dence at its implicit best reipned se-
reneiy between us.
A distinguished graduate of Harvard
and being of independent fortune. les.
ter betook himself to.books and travel
and, having first raid tribute to his own
magnificent land, he spent three years
in travel abroad, during which he
picked up as many languages and The
fiotsam and jetsem which render 9 the
fellows who have been there" such de-
sirable and ENJOYABLE companions.
Our voyage was absolutely colorless.
We touched at Plymouth, from thence
crossed over to Cherbourg, steaminp
inside the gigantic breakwater. and the
morning Of the twelfth day found us
slowly winding cur way up the Elbe be-
tween high banks of mud, from behind
which peeped the red tiled houses, set
in framework of trees, the foliage Of a
vivid and luminous green, and oh ! how
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-29
Origin Of the Beefsteak.

The legend of the g origin OF the beef
steak is as follows 'sLucius Plaucus,
Roman senator, was ordered by the
Emperor Trsjan to act as one of the
menial sacrificers TO Jupiter. He resisted,
but was dragged to the altar. There
the fragments Of the victim were placed
upon the fire, and the unfortunate sena-
tor was compelled to turn them. In the
process of roasting one of the pieces fell
off the fire, but was caught by Plaucus,
which, burning his fingers, he thrust
into his mouth. In that moment he had
made the great discovery that the taste
Of a slice Of meat thus carbonated was
infinitely beyond all the conventional
styles of Roman cookery as palatable
triumph. Plaucus conceived, too, at
the moment, an expedient by which to
preserve his own dignity, and he at once
evinced his contempt for the emperor
by ostensibly serving him while scorn-
ing the service he was compelled to per-
form, and converting the proceedings
into one Of festivity. He swallowed
every morsel, deluded Trsi jan, defrauded
Jupiter and invented the beefsteak. A
discovery of such importance did not long
remain a secret; the sacrifices gave place
to feasts, in which the beefsteak formed
the prominent feature. The priests
adopted it, and the King Of Olympus no
longer depended on Rome for the de-
lights Of the culinary art" The sirloin
of beef owes its name, it is said, to
Charles H., who. dining on one occa-
sion on a loin Of beet, and being par
ticularly pleased with it, asked the name
of it. On being told, he said: i" For its
merit. then, will knight it, and hence
forth it shall be called Sir Loin." In q
ballad Of g The New Sir John Barley
corn, the circumstance is thus men
toned:
"Our second Charles Of fame facete,
On his loin Of beef did dine;
He held his sword, placed DER the meat
Arise, thou famed Sir Loin.' y
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-29
NUMBER 5.


1t seems almost as if summer was gone
To see the COWS in the field Of corn.
There Brindle with red skin and crQmpAad
horn,
Who rambles the fields in careless mood
And gathers the best the grounds afford.
Then there ia Bessie, the speckled 1ne.
who follows On where the other has gomez
She isn't a COW that fs sad and forlorn-
Not she. She's meek AMI patient. like her
best,
She isn't selfish like all the rest.
So as notice the people about
They are Brindle and Bessie, out and out;
Some want the green corn and have it to0y
And leave--what Is left when they got through.
Vermont Watchmar
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-29

Mayor King, Of Philadelphia, says,
81 do not intend 10 remove single
man from the force. big or little, white
or black, II be does his duty Good
fsr Mayor King.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-29

Two birds almost as big as pigeon.
are to be set at the back Of some Of th
small bonnets to be worn this winter
One Of the prettiest models trimmed Ii
this way is Of Plush, having plume
colored pile On ground Of Old gold.
and the birds used hare descent plum,
a8e, and are a1 dressed thNt their 11eoks
af'e lexible, and they enid III sof bi]] NJ
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-29

miles of Eelmonico's, or the Bruins
wick, then Let us hurry back, Noel" /"
The seats of our noble friends were
vacant when we returned, nor did they
reoccupy them. Poor Lester was in
despair, and he kept steadfast1y watch
ing the entrance instead Of the awful
tragedy being enacted before him, and
which he had travelled SO many thou
sand miles for the purpose OF witness
ing. As for myself, 1 never was SO
wound up in all my life, and at the
Crucifixion scene such state Of ten
sion was in that, when my companion
accidentally touched me, actually
cried aloud as if in bodily pain.
guess they come here pretty
often, he murmured, as we returned
to our Lodgings; and take it in act by
act-they are SO near. That is the rea.
son OF their not reappearing.'
After dinner he proposed d stroll
toward EttaL Evening in the Bavarian
Tyrol is divine, and this particular eve
was perfect glory. Rain-washed and
luminous, the sunset sky held Hesper
trembling IN q solid green Of beryl.
while high up in the heavens the snow
capped mountains were flashing in a
dozen shades Of pink, the valleys glow.
ing in deep, soft purple.
1t is scarcely necessary to say that
we struck the mountain road for the
Schloss Starnberg, and an hours saun.
ter brought us to the great eiIded
| gates, the pillars adorned with the fam.
1iV arms f1T, Brozo,1 o1.,1I7e- <,,--<~- --l
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-16
Longevity Of Existence.

There resides in this parish about
seven miles from Natchitoches, an
old negro man named Friday Atkins.
He claims that he was born In 1747,
In the'State Of North Carolina. thus
making his age 134 years. He lived
In North Carolina, twenty-three
years. He was then carried to Ala.
bama where he resided sixty.seven
years. From Alabama he was
brought to DeSoto Parish, La, living
there twenty-four years. He was
then moved into this parish where
he has resided for the past twenty
years. He is not at all feeble, but
makes his own living now. Last
year he raised two bales Of cotton
weighing 500 pounds each, and near.
ly enough corn to supply bis wants.
He complains that bis eyesight is
failing him. but says last year he shot
blue birds out Of the martins nests,
seldom missing them, but he cannot
10 It now. A number OF persons
know Friday Atkins and can testify
to his being q very old man. Prob
ably he Is the oldest person living In
this State and is undoubtedly q re-
msrkable instance Of longevity o.
years, In this rapid age OF fast living
and short existence.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-16

On the night Of the 23d, the Opera
House at Nice, Italy, twas destroy.
ed by fire. caused by.a leak In the
gas pipes. which ignlted from the
rear stage lights. The curtain had
Just risen for the performance Of
Lucia de Lsmmermore. Before the
audience recovered from the first
horror. the entire building Was In
flames. To add to the calamity,
some ono turned of the gas, and .
fearful panic ensued. The scene al.
most beggared description. Many Of
the actors persisted In tho flames.
No less than IS bodies, dead and
charred, were dug out Of the ruins.
NJ. Strskosh had q very narrow 60.
cape.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-16
MARKETS..

Business has not been at such a
dead lock recently. There seems to
be considerable stir and activity both
in the stores and on the streets.
Previous to the recent frosts OF the
week the weather was all that could
be desired by planters. The corn
crop above ground has suffered for
the third time this Spring. Planters
az we'll as other classes look rather
disneartened at this long lingering OF
wi inter- in the lap Of spring. As will
be seen by our summary, the receipts
Of the staple have again Increased
during the past week. Prices still
rule downward ranging from to
SIC.
RECEIPTS.
Received previously. -. $3.50 bales.
a during week.. 100
Total. 6746 bales.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-16
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.

The April number abounds 10 high
" attractive features. prominent
among them being tho first install
ment Of a new serial novel by the
popular writer Frank Lee Benedict.
it il entitled "A Late Remorse." and
promises to be Of intense interest.
There is an article on "Thomas Car
lyle," by A. H. Guernsey, with II H.
Illustrations; "A Journey Through
the Dismal Swamp" by Alfred Trum-
bic. 4 illustrations; THE Charitable
side Of New York-What 1t Does for
the Young" II illustrations; "Crick'
ct as Played in England" by N.
Robinson, 8 illustrations; "Glimpses
Of the Rhine" by Lady Blanche
Murphy, Is illustrations; etc., etc.
The department Of fiction contains,
besides Mr.. Benedict's novel, several
brilliant stories and sketches by pop
ular writer's. Among the poems are
I'm the Bsstille, l75o." by Eta W.
Pierce; "After Many Years." by H.
Wellington vrooman; 1.-THE Fairy
Revel," IAN April Song," THE
Rose, j." etc., etc., most Of them taste.
fully illustrated. Professor Duncan
has q most interesting Article on
Earthquakes" with II illustrations
and Janet E. Runtz Rees one on
George Eliot" with 8 illustrations.
The miscellaneous articles saord
both entertainment and instruction,
There are 1923 quarto pages In the
number and over 100 illustrations, to-
gether with q handsome colored
irontispiece, 1.-THE Maniac Mother, u
from a painting by Merle. A single
copy is only Is cents; annual sub
scription, %. postpaid. Address
Frank Leslie's Publishing House, S.
IS and 81 Park Place, New York.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-16
SUCCESSION, SALE.
Succession Of RosaHa Perot, nee For

Succession Of RosaHa Perot, nee Fort.
DY virtue of an order of tho Hon. d.
ID Pierson, Judge Of tho 18th Judicial
District Court Of tho parish Of Nstchi.
toches, State Of Louisiana, and to mo
directed, ! will offer for sale to the last
and highest bidder, Of the residence Of
the late Mdme Rosalia Perot, nee Fort,
on Cane river, about 6 miles below
Natchitoches, on
Saturday, April 2Sd, 1881.
at II O'Clock, A. NJ, the following dss.
cribed property, belonging to SAID Sue.
cession, to-wit:
16 Head of Horses, moro or less.
1.-TWO horse Wagon.
/ Double barrel Shot Gun,
Terms Of Sale:
On . credit of IL months from tho day
Of sale, for what tho property will bring,
Purchasers on terms Of credit, 70 give
their notes payable to tho order Of thu
Administrator of said Succession, with
good and solvent security, in solido. "a
the satisfaction of tho Administrator
Said notes to bear 8 per cont interest POI
annum from date, till paid.
SAM'L P. RAINES,
April 9-3t. Sheriff.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-16
Mothersl Mothers Mothers!

Mothersl Mothers u Iothers!
Are you disturbed at night and
broken Of your rest by q sick child
suffering and crying with the e1cru.
ciating pain Of cutting teeth ? II 80
20 at once and get q bottle OF MRS.
WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP.
It will relieve the poor little sufferer
Immediately upon It; there
is DO mistake about 1t. There is not
q mother on earth who has ever
used it, who will not tell you at once
that it will regulate the bowels. and
give rest to the mother, and relief
and health to the child. operating
like magic. It is perfectly safe to
use In all cases, and pleasant to the
taste, and IL the prescription Of one
Of the oldest and best family physi-
clans and nurses In the United States
Sold everywhere. Is cents q bottle
Nov. W.-ly