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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-02-07

DOCKS. Stationery and Fancy Goods
ID Newspapers and Periodicals
j. +. PIERCE, Water ST.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-02-07

DRUGGISTS and ApOtheearies,
BOWDITCH, WEBSTER & 80,
City Drug store. URder Cony House.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-02-07

CARRIAGE Repository. Sign and Car
u riage Painting. Opposite Granite Hall.
MORSE
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-04
The Zunis on Witchcraft,

They had been told of the persecution
of the witches at Salem, and, as witch
craft is capital crime in Zuni, they
heartily commended the work, and said
that it was on account of the energetic
steps taken in those times that the
Americans were prosperous to-day, and
rid of the curse of witchery. At the
public reception held for them in Salem,
when told they were in the famous city
of the witches, they fell into an AMI
mated discussion of the matter among
themselves there on the platform. Ki-a-
81. when invited to address the audience,
preached little sermon on witchcraft
which would have pleased old Cotton
Mather himself. He thanked the good
people of Salem for the service they had
done the world, and gave them some adj
vice how to deal with witchcraft should
il ever trouble them again. "Be the
witches or wizards your dearest relatives
or friends, consider not your own
hearts," said he, "but remember your
duty and spare them not; put them to
death. "-Centsiru.
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"Nearer, MY God, to Thee.V

Ii hundred persons, noted for cult
are and religious feeling. were asked
to mention their six favorite hymns,
all of them, probably, would include
Nearer, my God, to Thee" among
the number. No hymn is so frequent
ly sung at funerals as this lyrical aspi-
ration after fellowship with the Lord.
It's author Is scarcely known to the
thousands who sing it, and, therefore,
We publish this account of her life
given by correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune:
''Sarah Flower was born in Cambridge,
England, Feb. %, 1905. She was the
younger Of two daughters. Her father,
benjamin Flower, was the editor and
proprietor of the Cambridge IN
teLJiqencer.
by the death OF her mother, which
occurred when she was very young, the
care of her education was devolved upon
him. She early displayed taste for
literature. Her elder sister, Eliza, was
also an author.
"In 1884 she was married to William
Bridges Adams, distinguished engi-
neer, who was contributor to some OF
the leading newspapers and reviews.
She died in 1S49.
"She is described as person of
strong sense and great religious earnest
ness, and as one who produced deep
impression on those who met her. Her
contributions to periodicals were numer-
Gus, both in prose and poetry.
"She prepared catechism for chill
dren, which was entitled 'The Flock at
the Fountain She was also a com.
poser of music.
"Some of her works were collected
and published under the title of 'Adora-
ton, Aspiration and Belief In 1871
she published a dramatic poem in five
acts, on the martyrdom of Viva Per-
petua, and which she dedicated to her
sister.
"No account is given of the circum-
stances under which she composed the
hymn by which she is best known. Her
health, it is said, failed gradually,
almost her last breath bursting into
unconscious song The place of her
burial is near Harlow, Essex. "-Youths
Communion.
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Dresden,s Famous China.

The history of Dresden china dates
back to the year ITO. Until recently
the work has been carried on in the old
castle where the charmed secret of chow
to make it" was discovered. A number
of commodious dwellings, are now used
for the work, and occupied by seven
hundred workmen, we had almost said
artists, for they certainly deserve that
name. The china is composed of mix
ture of feldspar and "kaolien." The
process of making is very similar to that
nsed in the making of any china. The
principal charm is the skill and care
which is used. When one sees the
numberless processes of moulding, trim
ming. baking, decorating and polishing
through which each piece of china, and
indeed, each tiny flower passes, we do
not wonder at its great cost. This china
has been initiated very widely, but one
can always tell the genuine article by
the royal mark, which is two swords
crossed.
There are two qualities of Dresden
china; the second can be distinguished
from the first by the addition of two
little grooves, running at right angles
with the swords. The difference be-
tween these classes arises simply from
the fact that in baking the second-class
articles have not retained their perfect
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-04
Distance OF the Sun and Moon

There are several methods of deter
aiming the suns distance from the earth.
some of which it would be difficult to
explain satisfactorily to the reader not
already familiar with the subject or the
terms used. The refined Investigations
of modern science, says Prof. Newcomb,
have brought to light several methods,
by at least two of which we may hope,
ultimately, to attain greater degree Of
accuracy than we can by measuring
parallaxes. OF these two, one depends
on the gravitating force of the sun upon
the moon, and the other upon the veloc-
ity of light. And the same author says,
in regard to measuring the distance of
the sun by the velocity of light: "There
is an extraordinary beauty in this meth
Cd of measuring the suns distance,
arising from the contrast between the
simplicity of the principle and the pro-
foundness of the methods by which
alone the principle can be applied.
Suppose we had a messenger whom we
could send to and fro between the sun
and the earth, and who could tell on mis-
return exactly how long it took him to
perform his journey suppose, also, we
knew the exact rate of speed at which he
travelled. Then, if we multiply his speed
by the time it took him to go to
the sun, we shall at once have the suns
distance, inst as we could determine the
distance of two cities, when we know
that train running thirty miles an hour
required seven hours to pass between
them. Such a messenger is light. 1t
has been found practicable to determine,
experimentally, about how fast light
travels, and to find from astronomical
phenomena how long it takes to come
from the sun to the earth. In 1862 Fou-
cault found by experiment that light
travelled about 298, 900 kilometers, or
1876, 200 miles per second. In 1874 Cor
nu found by q different series of expert
ments velocity of 800, 4O0 kilometers
per second. In 1879 Ensign A. A.
Nicholson, U. s. Navy, found the veloc-
ity to be 299, $40 kilometers per second.
The result OF Michelson's is far more re-
liable than either of the preceding ones.
Combining them all, Prof. ID. p. Todd,
in 1880, concluded the most probable
value of the velocity to be 300, 900 kilo-
meters, or 186,360 miles per second.
Now, we know from the phenomena OF
alteration that light passes from the sun
| to the earth in about 498 seconds. The
product of these two numbers gives tho
distance of the sun in miles. =
These two methods of determining the
distance of the sun may fairly be regard
ed as equal in accuracy to that by transits
of Venus when they are employed in the
| best manner"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-04

THE following facts are set forth in
the official annual statement of the Holy
See for the present year: Pope Leo XIII.
is the 263d successor of st. Peter. The
College of Cardinals, when complete, con-
sists of seventy members, but at present
has only sixty five, ofwhom six are Bish-
ops, forty-six priests, and thirteen dea-
cons. Among these Cardinals only one
was created by Gregory XVI, Cardinal
Schwarzemburg ; forty-six are the crea-
ton of Plus TX. and twenty-one of Leo
XIII. OF these Princes of the church
four are over so years of age, twenty
nine over 20, fifteen over 60, thirteen
over so, and two between 40 and so.
Twenty members of the Sacred College
have died since Leo XIII. has been on
the Pontifcal throne. The Catholic
hierarchy possesses !, 2S9 titles, among
which number there are sixty-five Car
dinals, ten Patriarchs of the Two Rites,
145 Latin Archbishops, 618 Bishops,
forty nine Eastern Archbishops and
Bishops, fifteen Prelates nultius diocesis,
twenty-six Apostolic Delegates or Lee
gates, 1O2 Apostolic Wears, twenty-nine
Apostolic Projects, nine provisional Vic
airs and Projects. During the pontifi-
cate of Leo XIII. three Archiepiscopal
Sees have been created, two Episcopal
Sees made Archiepiscopal, the HER
archy increased by fifteen Episcopal
Sees, six Apostolic Vicarates and three
Apostolic Procedures.
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Besides those tabulated above. the fol.

Besides those tabulated above, the fol-
lowing-named diseases were reported
each by one observer Pernicious fever,
diabetes, spasnodic Group, peritonitis,
and Bright's disease.
For the week ending July %, 1882,
the reports indicate that whooping-
cough, remittent fever and erysipelas in
creased, and that influenza, puerperal
fever, tonsilitis, consumption, measles,
inflammation of the bowels, cholera
morbus, pneumonia, cholera infantum
and bronchitis decreased in area of
prevalence.
The uniform pleasant weather has
been attended with marked decrease
in sickness; during the week seven
diseases increased, while eighteen dis
eases decreased in area of prevalence ;
and the average per cent. of decrease
was greater than the average per cent.
of increase.
At the State capital, during the
week ending July %, the prevailing
winds were west, and, compared with
the preceding week, the average tenn
perature was slightly lower, the average
relative and average absolute humidity
were slightly less, and the average day
and night ozone were the same.
Including reports by regular OBJ
servers and by others, diphtheria was
reported present during the week end
ing July %, and since, at ID places,
scarlet fever at Is places, measles at
- places and smallpox at 10 places, as
follows At Detroit, Flint, Lansing
Zone case, convalescenD, in the township
of Burton, at Mt. Morris and at Hast
ings, July %, at Wayne county pest
house, at Deerfeld, Lapeer county
Zone easel, July %; at Grand Rapids
twelve cases), July "a, and at Westwood,
ten miles north of Kalkaska, judy 81.
At Grand Rapids one man had small pox
who had it Is years ago.
Sanitary inspectors report for the
week ending July %, 10 cases Of measles
brought by immigrants arriving at Port
Huron, and 8 cases of measles among
those arriving at Detroit.
HENRY b. BAKER Secretary.
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TENNESSEE, Virginia and North Caro-
lima supply nearly all the peanuts con-
sumed in the United States and Cana
.das. For the ten years 1870-IS80 the
total number of bushels raised was 9, $780,
900, of which Tennessee supplied 4, 200,-
900, Virginia 4 1886, 900 and North Caro-
lima 695 900. In 1880 the crop was
2.12O, 900 bushels, and, owing to the
plentiful supply, the prices were low.
Last year, owing to the drought, the
crop was only one-half Of what was ex-
pected, and prices rose in proportion.
In 1878, 80, TAG pounds of shelled pea
nuts and other ground nuts, worth So, 1877,
were imported. In 1881 the figures
dropped to 1854 pounds, worth $432.
In the same years the comparison OF
peanuts and other ground nuts, not
shelled, was 1882 pounds, worth $3.50,
to 40. 1873 pounds, worth 1928. The to-
tai consumption Of peanuts in the United
States in 1878, 1879 and 1880 was 9, 1878,
900 bushels, which, at the average price
OSLO bushel. or cents a pound,
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ing, at 62l pounds per cubic foot, 1858,

O6s.Oo tOuss
CHARLOTTE Republican: There is q
silent as yet but nevertheless earnest re-
bellion going on in this country against
fences. The cost ana labor are being
computed, and occasionally a man comes
from some part of the country where
animals are fenced in, not out. His
description of the way the thing works
is commented on and the plan sgrowing
in favor. The day is not far distant
when Eaton county will have many
miles less OF fence than at present.
THE farmers in the "burned district, u
says the Detroit Free Press, are learn
ing that too much fencing is a needless
expense. They have been brought to
this line of thought partly as a necessity,
rs there was no material handy for put
ting up fences after the fire, and also no
time to be lost at that work, and there
fore as a protection for their young crops
the State law in regard to stock running
at large has been strictly enforced.
Many farms are seen which are not
quarter fenced, and many of them will
be left as they are. Ii the law can be
enforced one year, why not every year,
and this burden lifted from the should
ers of the farmer?
EPHRAIM AxTEL, Postmaster at Ma
comb Corners, Macomb county, at
tempted to commit suicide in singular
manner. He is cripple who cannot get
around without help. After all the people
in the house had gone away temporarily,
he managed to get out into the yard,
tied a large iron wedge about his neck
and jumped into the cistern. The
whole transaction was seen by the neigh
bors at quite distance, who fastened
TO the scene, and after much difficulty
fshed him out before life was extinct.
Family troubles are supposed to have
caused the act.
Mr.. VIM. E. CULVER, Of Coldwater,
Branch county, disappeared from his
house on or about the 10Th day of June
last, and his whereabouts are entirely I'M
known. He left without giving his wife
any intimation of his intentions, and his
disappearance was a complete surprise
to her. 1t is supposed that he had con-
verted his worldly goods into money and
carried it with him. He was of medium
height, sandy complexion, and about 20
years of age, and had been engaged IN
the hardware business. Any informa
ton from any source as to his where
abouts will be thankfully received. Adj
dress postoffice box TO, Colo water, Mich.
SEVERAL weeks ago Mrs. Wilson and
two children. aged and 9, left their
house near Newberry, Cheboygan coun-
ty, to go through the woods mile and
a half distant, leaving boy of II at
home. They got lost, and the boy of
II, when they did not return and could
not be found, went eighteen miles to
where his father was at work and re-
ported Search was made, but they
were not found till a few days ago, when
the body of the mother and one child
were found dead, and the other child, a
girl, alive and sitting by the corpses.
They had wandered to swamp. where
they lived on green cranberries and
roots till exhausted The little girl who
thus survived over month of starvation
and exposure will live.
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Little Children.

It was one Of the secrets of my craft,
In the old times, when / wanted to weld
iron and steel and make q good ak and
hammer, to begin gently, for 1 found
out in time that If / began to strike
hard ut first / might make a bad Job
where L ought to make q good one. So
L found it was the first condition of
good work to begin gently, then by and
by L could come down with more
forcible stroke. And / used to notice
this trouble in the great iron mills, and
found that the reason why the great
hammers could come down so gently as
not to crack an egg and then come down
like an earthquake was that there must
be in the machinery combination of
force and gentleness to be effective. Mr..
Collyer argued that machinery in the
hands of the mechanic was his child in
certain sense. If there was screw
loose he got little purchase to turn it to
the right, and so at length it worked
well and there was no trouble. Gentle
ness was master of the situation.
Children are tender; you must lead
them tenderly on. Solomon's doctrine,
"Spare the rod and spoil the child" is
an abhorrent doctrine to me-a doctrine
that will not have about my house. L
took it out of my eldest son when he was
little fellow, thinking he had told me
lie, and felt as if some one would
take 1t out of me, and found at the end
of the week that the child had told me
the exact and simple truth. We should
cultivate the virtue of the wisdom of in
finite love with little children. Children
are not things, but human beings, pos
sessing power we cannot guess at. We
bend over these little ones and seek our
image in them. If we detect fault we
probably say, "Oh, he has taken that
from his mother" We always walk
softly when we don't know our way, and
particularly when we walk in shadows.
The child is tender; we should lead on
softly. Hold your hand if you must
whip somebody turn the lash to your
own shoulder. Don't sap the flower in
their lives by trying to pluck out
the weeds. A great many fathers and
mothers lay heavy burdens upon the
backs of their children. 1 remember
when was child how glad 1 used to
be to get half day to 60 into the woods
to cut hazel rods for our master. We
knew what they were for, but we didn't
care. Children will sometimes get into
a little mischief. Now, 1 have known
children when they did wrong to go and
tell their father and mother. Well, 1
was never addicted to that. Children,
no more than grown people, like to be
caught in a naughty act. Sometimes
parents are inhuman when they detect
teeir children in wrong doing. 1 said to
Lucretia Mott once, "How do you man.
age your children" "Well," the old
lady said, 81 never touch them with my
hand, but tell them to go into the room,
and after reflection tell me what they
think about it." In all our dealings
with little children we must be gentle,
patient and forgiving; win them with
our love and not terrify and repel them
with harshness or severity.-Robert
CoLiyer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-04

A ROW BETWEEN students and police in
Austria is no joking matter. Fifty or
more of the university lads at Agram,
marching through the streets late at
night after banquet, and making night
,excruciating with one of their most ag-
gravating songs, encountered a police
patrol, and were ordered to lessen their
noise. Words followed, and the students
attacked the police with sticks. The
officers drew their swords, and an OBJ
stinate and bloody fight ensued. One
of the police had his skull fractured,
and another had an eye destroyed. Sew.
eral OF the students were so badly
wounded that their recovery was con-
sidered doubtful. Reinforcements for
the police finally dispersed the students,
of whom a number were made prisoners
and held for trial.
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Won the Wager.

Fred Flasher and Miss Florent.s
Flounce were discussing the mental
power of controlling thought Said
Flasher:
CT will give You pair of gloves If
you can think of positively nothing for
five minutes and still be awake.
"Done," she responded.
Five minutes passed.
GIVE won the gloves !" she exc
claimed.
How did you manage to think OF
nothing for the whole five minutes ?" he
asked, eagerly.
"I fastened my mind firmly on your
mustache and kept it there" she re-
piled, triumphantly.
The referee awarded her the gloves.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-04

A FRENCH photographer claims the
authorship of an invention that will take
accurate impressions of the motions of a
bird in full flight, which is long adj
vance on photographing galloping
horse. Twelve pictures are taken by
this process in second, of which less
than one-fftieth is used in the actual re-
ception of impressions. The rest is
spent in the movement of the hand which
turns the instrument to bring the sew
eral plates successfully into operation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-04

MEASURED by his apparent capacity,
Texas has the champion horse thief OF
the country. Others have stolen more
and better horses than he; but he has
done his stealing without any arms
while his competitors have for
the most part been blessed with
two. He Is known as "No Arm
Jack" both his arms having been
crushed in sugar-mill when he was o
child, and amputated above the elbow.
The bones, when the arms healed, pro.
truded from the flesh some inches, and
with them he managed to do a great
many things expertly, including writing
and handling horse. His present adj.
dress is Texas penitentiary, where he
has engaged lodgings for the next ten
years.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-04

THE travelling show business has re-
ceived serious blow from Western rail-
road managers, who have combined to
raise the prices of transportation for per-
formers and their baggage. Heretofore
the charge for such passengers has been
about half the regular rates, with no
limit as to free baggage, and deadheads
numerous. Hereafter a uniform tariff
of two cents mile will be enforced, with
only 100-pound trunk included for each
person, and no tickets given to anybody.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-04

THE Pennsylvania courts have struck
a severe blow at the business OF suing
for breach of promise to marry, and the
young man of the period, if he Will
avail himself of the information con-
veyed from the bench, can promise to
his hearts content without any danger
of being brought face to face with jury
and compelled to pay for the darling
privilege of remaining bachelor. The
statute of frauds in the State named,
like that of most of the States,
provides that agreements not to be per-
formed within a year from the time OF
of making them are void" Heretofore
the courts have been inclined to hold
the promise to marry as continuing
promise renewed every time the engaged
young man put in an appearance to oc-
cupy the best parlor for the evening.
Under such ruling, of course, the
promise, if it had more than year to
run when first made, would be compare
lively recent when the time came for
before which no suit could
be brought. The Pennsylvania courts
hold, however, that..the original promise
is the one that must be relied on; and if
that, when made, is not to be fulfilled
within the year, it is void, no matter
how much counting there may be be-
tween the promise and the breach.
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A PATENT has been granted to the eel

A PATENT has been granted to the cell
ebrated German, Herr Krupp, for new
sort of floating battery. This is designed
for coast defense. The new battery Is
circular in form, and is said to combine
the greatest stability with the greatest
amount of buoyancy. The buoyancy is
produced by the use of air chambers.
The battery is easily moved from place
to place, and is steadied by ballast. 1t
is not provided with either steam engine
or sails, but it carries very heavy gun.
1t is designed to be drawn by steam
tugs.
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Rev. HENRY WARD BEEcHER is adored
by the baties. once saw him, says a
correspondent, get in pretty basket
phaeton for drive with 5-year-old
admirer, and before they had gone q
block he had filled the phaeton with
half dozen dirty little street young
sters, from 2 to years, and, to crown
all, had a round-eyed German baby on
his lap, sitting in passive enjoyment, and
unconscious of the undignifed picture.
"Well," he said afterward, "the poor
little toddlers looked so wishful at the
phaeton, and my little girl guest said
let's take 'em along"
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his negro acquaintance were coming
ON, and among others, what Tom Knott.
who was celebrated for his lack of So
ciability and stiffness, was doing.
Didn't yer meet funeral as yer was
comm into town." "Yes, did, Uncle
Nose" Dem was Knots obsequious,
dey was" Well, mout hab guessed
hit. Dat amt de fust time he has passed
me on de street widout lettin' ON he
knowed me. Ieras lSiftin0s.
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realized at Wholesale 81, SIC, 800, or an
average OF 81, 6Oa, 433 year. In round
numbers 1879, 996, 900 quarts, or 279. s72,-
600 pints, or $50, 744, 900 half pints were
eaten, being an average of 63, 29O, 666
pints year.