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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24
German Parliament Building.

The new building for the German
Parliament is to occupy site $50 feet
long and 800 feet broad There are to
be seats for 400 Deputies arranged like
those in the Hall of Representatives at
Washington, each with desk. All
around the sides of the hall will be
ranged boxes as in theater, with sep
arate entrance. The two most import
ant of these are reserved for the imperial
family and the diplomatic body. and
only about $50 seats are set apart for the
use of the general public.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24

A STUDY has been made of the Prus-
sian financial statistics to show the ma
terial well-being of the country's popu-
lation, from which it appears that of the
26. TIC, 600 inhabitants 8, 779, 90 are single
Taxpayers, aud 5,382,000 family tax
payers. OF the single taxpayers 30, 2S6
have moneys of more than 5000 marks,
1888, $50 moneys below that sum, and
the remainder, 2,552,00O persons, in
comes of less than 42S marks. The
total of class taxes is AZ, lat, 800 marks,
and of income taxes "a ,445, 426.
Seven tax payers alone pay an aggregate
of 3as, 400 marks. The largest individual
income belongs toa resident of Wiesba-
den, and is 2, SOC, 900 marks. Another citi'
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24

zen OF that place has one of 1880, 900.
There is person in Dusseldorf with an
income of 2, 100, 600 marks; one in OPP.
pein with one of $50, 900; one in Berlin
with 1000, 900; another in Berlin with
900, 600, and one in Munster with
800. 900,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24
Picture of Still Life.

A vagrant scorpion strolled leisurely
down a plank leaning against fence on
Rusk street. On that plank pensively
reclined a negro, whose contemplation
was profound and most unsteady
evinced by sound emitted from his
open mouth that recalled to the minds
of passers the days of the pit saw. When
the scorpion and the African made the
conjunction, to say that the African
awoke is not an exaggeration. AS he
tore the reptile from his swarthy neck
and pulverized it in the mud beneath
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24

JENNIE WINTERosE eloped with John
@. Miller at Little Rock, Ark, and, when
her parents upbraided her for marrying
against their wishes, she declared that
she had done it for their sake; that Mil
Ter threatened to kill them if she did not
become his wife, Mr.. Winterose deemed
his daughters excuse frivolous, and COM
PEELED her to return to her home. That
night Miller came to the house and shot
him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24

AS A sample of the libretto of Brittle
Silver" the new Colorado comic opera,
which has been so well received in Den
yer, this is given in one of the papers
Oh, my name it is Sumedepotowotomie,
And Pm chief of the Uncompahgre Utes;
On the pale-face 1 have practiced much phlebot'
omy,
But now have abandoned such pursuits.
No longer do JOY in tomahawking men,
Ny scs'ping knife reposes in my boot
I'm O member Of that pleasant crowd Of talking
men,
Who talk, talk, talk, but never shoot
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24

The death of Gen. Judson Fitzpatrick,
United States Minister to Chill, is des-
cribed as follows by young American
who was near by at the time: con the
day of his death he received the longest
and most important of all his dispatches.
The deciphering was difficult, on account
of some of the proper names used, and
for hours he sat with the key in one
hand and the dispatch in the other,
while great drops of perspiration rolled
from his forehead in the physical agony
he was suffering. 1t was at last made
out, and, Notwithstanding the expostu-
lations of those about him, he insisted
upon Immediately debating the answer,
long and elaborate one, which for
clearness and conciseness was most re-
markable. Exhausted by the effort, he
lay upon the pillow till the sun went
down, when he requested to be placed in
his chair. AS the attendants were lift
ing him slowly from the bed, he asked
to rest a moment, and, as he reached his
chair, placed his hand upon his stom-
ach, exclaiming, ooh, what pain 1
never had such a pain as that before
Oh! Oil and with faint gasp the
Pickering life went out. Those by his
side could not believe the fact, and said,
8 He is only sleeping;' but no breath
was there. Strange to say, the body re-
NAMED limp and warm until 5 o'clock
next morning-a length of nine hours
when it began to grow chill"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24

So PAINFULLY does the sand blow
over the Colorado Desert that it acts like
n mechanical Island. blast" The tele-
graph poles are polished as smooth as
glass; the paint on sign-posts is worn off
as clean as if scraped and rubbed with
sand-paper and glass bostles, left for a
time on the gound, lose their .rsnspar-
ency and are turned into ground glass
outside and in.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24

Or Daniel Webster's family only two
are now living-children of his daugh-
ter Julia-Samuel Appleton and Mrs.
Jerome Bonaparte.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24

A SWARM of bees in Sweetwater val
ley, CAL, settled on rattlesnake six
feet long, twelve inches in girth, with
twenty-five rattles. and stung it 50 that
it was blinded, and afterward easily
killed with a spade.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24

JUSTICE GRAY, of the United States
Supreme bench, has induced the court
to make an order requiring lawyers to
remove their overcoats while before that
tribunal. They are allowed to retain
their vests.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24

Monkey MOOnshine.

Monkey MOOnshine.
Little monkey moonshine,
When the stars are bright
Swinging on the cornstaRs
In the dead OF night
Dancing DER the mesdows,
Floating down the stream,
Peeping through the windows
10 make the children dream
Falling through the treo-tops,
Tumbling DER the lawn,
Chasing bats aud owlets
Till the break of morn.
Thew little monkey moonshine,
With the morning star,
Rides away TO cloudland,
In silver car.
Harpey"s Young Folks.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24

the heel of No. ID brogan, he got off
some such expression as the following
" Dat scarapinlizard must think 1 got
my neck half-soled wild leather apron,
mad dog him r'-Teras paper.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24

The Little Rock papers mitigate the
crime of man who committed sui
eide there by saying it was his first
offense. Very likely he had not been
long enough in the State or he would
have made the attempt sooner. Teras
Salftings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24

THERE is brand of New Jersey whis-
ky called "stone fence" A man who
gets drunk on it doesn't stagger nor fall,
but stands up and goes to sleep, and a
thunder storm can't wake him up.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24

Miss SARAH BURR, OF New York, died
recently, leaving about $4,000, 900 in
legacies to several benevolent institu-
tons.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-24

Mrs. FRANCES HoDGsoN BURNETT is
more fond of her boys than of her
books.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-25


AN analysis of the mental condi-
tion of Guteau, prepared at the re-
quest of the government by DR.. A
o. Kellogg, of the Poughkeepsie
asylum, was read at the monthly
meeting of the New York Medico-
Legal society on Wednesday night.
1t sets him down as physically, NOR
ally and mentally depraved, but not
insane, a combination of men,
tai acuteness with diabolical
moral depravity and perver-
sity. His pretended inspiration
was not accompanied by any diseas-
ed or insane Authorizations, while
three prominent symptoms belong
ing to acute insanity-viz: restless
ness, sleeplessness, and want of
appetite-were wanting. There was
no wildness or incoherence of lam
guage, and the case, in DIR. Kellogg's
opinion, was simply one of chronic
progressional, moral depravity, OF a
very low form.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-25
MEXICAN NEWS.
From the Two Republics. ]

ltrOm tne Two hepuDncS.l
Trains are running on the Central
railraod between Mexico and Ce-
layas.
The Chihuahua legislature has
placed an extra tax on tobacco and
liquors.
Gen. Trevino has presented the
police force of Monterey with forty
Remington rifles,
A rich gold mine has been dis
covered at place called Asientos,
near Aguascalientes.
1t is hoped to have Guanajuato
and Mexico in rail communication
before next June.
A slight earthquake shock was ex-
perienced at Cordova, Orizava and
Esperanza on the 9Th.
The state of Vera Cruz claims a
population of $4,000 and the right
to fourteen representatives in con-
gress.
An attempt to smuggle two hun
dred bags OF cOntraband matter from
MatamOras 10 Brownsville was re-
Gently frustrated.
Tamaulipas is considering the adj
visibility of changing the seat of
government from the port of Mata-
moras to Ciudad Victoria, the an
cient capital of the state.
The law by which all lands and
capital employment in the cul6va-
ton of coffee in the state of Colima
are exempted from the payment of
taxes, has been extended for nine
years more.
The Progreso and Merida railway
company has just received from the
United States an elegant palace car,
arranged in compartments for the
especial accommodation of families.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-25
CURRENT NOTES.

Ex-Governor Fenton is among the
congressional possibilities in the
thiriy-third district of New ork.
The daughter of Marshal Canro-
bert has entered her name among the
candidates for examination at the
Paris Hotel-desVille, were brevets
ofcapacity are awarded young ladies
whose studies warrant their being
permitted to teach the young, and
hold appointments as goyernesses.
The health of Mr.. Herbert Spencer
has again broken down. The result
is due partly to the anxiety
which the organization of the
anti-aggression league has caus-
"a him, and partly to the worry en-
tailed by his having to abandon his
elaborate system OF description So
GEOLOGY"
A few years ago there was not a
single bicycle in the United States,
and now, according to the New York
Herald, there are over $4,000. Sew
eral large manufactures are build
ing the machines, and they are so
overwhelme1 with orders that any
one who wants a bicycle not found
i'll the small stocks now on hand, has
to wait for it one or two months.
The business has been greatly stim-
ulate d within the last year, by the
opening of city parks. to bicycle
riders but the want of good roads,
except in the older parts of the coun-
try, tends to confine the use of bicy-
Giles to the larger cities and to New
England and the middle states.
Major B. W. Bethany, whose farm
of 10000 acres is near Quitman,
Georgia, owned several hundred
slaves until they were freed by the
late civil war. Now he masters not
nominally, but in reality, about
1000 negroes. His plantation house
is surrounded by COCO acres of Guilt
waited land. The thousand tenants
have neat white-washed cottages,
churches, schools and dance-houses.
Every dwelling has its garden, pota-
to patch and orchard. Every person
is encouraged to save money, buy
land and bring out individuality.
All the children over ten can read
and write. Mr.. Bellamy is very
popular with the tenants. AT his
house things are done in the old
style. A reporter of the Quitman
Press recently dined with the plan
ter, and the main dish was a chicken
pie baked in ten-gallon oven. The
round of beef was as much as stout
boy could stagger along under.
A boy who shoots his mother in
order that he may rob her the more
easily has not much farther to 90 on
the road of juvenile depravity. This
was what Thomas McCabe-siXteen
years old-did in New York the
other day. He wanted money to
dress himself up in spring suit and
cut a dandy figure among the boys !;
he knew the old lady had it, so he
got pistol, sneaked up behind and
shot her in the back. She tell; he
took her pocket-book and watch and
chain, left his victim bleeding, went
out, locked the door and threw away
the key. Then he bought a new
suit or clothes, put them on, took a
room in hotel, and was soon after
arrested while amusing himself in a
shooting gallery. He confessed his
guilt, but said he did not mean to
kill his mother, who had always
been kind to him. He only wanted
10 cripple her so that he could get
away with the money. The recOv-
cry of the woman Is doubtful.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-25

RECENT inquiry at Washington
shows that the total war tax collect
ed on cotton was $6s,072, 3S9. The
imposition of this tax was purely re-
taliatory in its nature, the work of a
Republican congress in the direction
OF further degradation of southern
whites. The first tax was assessed
In 1868, and then it was continued
until 1868, when the supreme court
of the United States declared it ille-
gal, and held that it ought never to
have been collected. No claim has
ever been submitted for its recovery,
and no such claim will ever be urged.
The New Orleans Times thinks it
would be nothing more than right
that it should be refunded, and sug-
gests that congress make the return
to the states, for the cause of educa-
ton, or for combining the Mississippi
river to its banks. The tax was a
robbery OF individuals, and it was
collected in q manner making it
impossible to give full resti-
tuition to the producers. Were the
tax refunded it might be well enough
to give it for some public purpose
In the case of Texas, for the beaefit
fthe state university.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-25
Teach Them Integrity.


Business men say that it is hard to
find boys who can be trusted with
the handling of money. They can
not Withstand the temptations, and,
nowadays, owing to the various
causes, temptations are stronger
than formerly. Nine-tenths of the
Office and errand boys of to-day are
holding positions of trust made so
by necessities of business, and they
are the children, for the most part,
of men whose stations in life have
not shown them the principles OF
business integrity. The boys them
ing money, charmed by its fascina-
tiOns. induced by older companions
sometimes, are led to petty
thIeviDg. The desire to spend
is natural enough, but few
boys are philosophical enough,
either by nature or training, to
withstand the temptation of availing
themselves of the opportunities to
steal small sums. Their home train
ing has not made them strong and
honest. The existence of this evil
is suggestive to parents who expect
their children to enter the lowest
place of mercantile life; it is sugges-
tive to parents who are lavish Of
their money with their boys, and is
also suggestive to the business men
who are, and who are to be, depend
ent on help of this kind. 1t is not
enough that boy takes" to bus
mess life ; as in any other science, he
should be instructed, and his in
structOr should be his employer,
should be qualified to instruct. The
elements of business, and not the
least among them is integrity, should
be taught him, and taught him
thoroughly, at home.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-25
Nearly TWO years Fast i'm Ice.

What terribly lonesome time the
crew of the exploring ship Jeanette
must have had during the twenty
one months she lay packed in the
ice. Lieutenant Danenhower told
the Herald reporter that the daily
routine of life was as follows:
Att, call hands and start the fires
in the galleys; at 8, breakfast; from
IL to l, guns given TO all hands to
hunt and for exercise on the ice; at
3 p. M, dinner then galley fires put
out to save coal; between and 8
tea, made from the Baxter boiler,
which was used constantly to con-
dense water, we having found that
the foe ice was too salty for use. and
the doctor insisted on using con-
densed water. Twenty-Five pounds
of coal per day was allowed for
heating the cabin, twenty-five
pounds for the forecastle, and ninety
pounds for ships galleys tor cooking
purposes. We lived ON canned
goods, with bear and seal twice a
week, pork and beans and salt beef
once week, no rum or spirits eX-
cept on festive occasions, two or
three times a year. The discipline
of the ship was excellent, and dur
ing the whole twenty-one months in
the pack there was but one punish
ment given, and that was for pro-
family. The crew were all quartered
in berths and were comparatively
happy; had navigation classes and
theatricals. The health of all was
excellent, and there was a special
medical examination the first of
every month.
During the first year we got suf-
ficient game for table use, and seal
skins for clothing for the men; but
this necessitated great deal of
hunting, and there was a great scar
city of game. The seal most fire.
quently obtained was the species
called the "floe rat" and averages
about sixty pounds in weight, and
thirty to forty pounds when
dressed. The men generally
made up the skins into boots
and trousers. The meat WIS not
pleasant to the taste, and it required
the strongest philosophy to enable
one to eat it at all. Walrus was
scarce, the depth of water being too
great for them. We got six, how
ever, which furnished excellent food
for the dogs. Bear chases were fire.
quent and exciting, and about fiji
teen animals were obtained the first
year. During the first winter tre-
mendous bear approached the ship
about midnight, drove the dogs in,
and attempted to board us. The
alarm was given. Dunbar was on
deck instantly, with rifle in hand,
and shot the bear through the heart
at ten PAGES. Itwasthe biggest and
most ferocious bear secured on the
cruise, and he had been attracted by
the quarters of his comrade that
were triced up in the fore rigging.
A few foxes were seen, and their
tracks were quite frequently OBJ
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-25
Scientific AduleeratiOn.
[Sanitary Inquirer.1

Authorizations in food and drugs,
when clumsily made, are easily
enough detected; but the crafty and
unselfish fellows who adulterate
these products, frequently do their
work with such scientific skill that
no ordinary watchfulness will suffice
to detect it. So many substances
which formerly were supposed to
be the products exclusively of living
organisms can now be produced arti-e
ficially i'll the chemists laboratory so
closely resembling the natural or
game substances themselves, that it
is impracticable to distinguish the
artificially prepared compound from
the true one. In medicine, vaeiri-
anic acid, benzoic acid, volatile oil
of bitter almonds, etc., are familiar
illustrations of the artificial produc-
ton of substances which at one time
were known only as peculiar con-
stituents of certain plants, or parts
of plants. Essential oil of mustard
is recently reported to be extensive
ly adulterated with an artificial
sproduct made from allyl alco-
hOl. Substances may have ap-
parently the same elementary COM
position. and yet differ essentially in
properties, and it is not certain that
any artificial imitation of an organic
substance used in medicine has vet
been made which posses the same
medicinal properties as the natural
product. On the contrary, we do
know that in some cases the most
striking differences as to physical
properties exist, Notwithstanding
the apparently proven identity as to
chemical composition (iSOme11S1n).
Starch, dextrin, and wood fibre are
all represented by the formula
C6H1OO5, and yet they differ widely
one from the other. 1t is easy,
therefore, to suppose that organic
substances can be successfully adul-
terated with other organic sub
stances without fear of detection by
ordinary means, but with material
change in quality. AS the art OF
successful adulteration must neces-
sarily steal its secrets from science,
it becomes evident that the'necessity
for the employment of scientific ex-
perts to protect the public against
impositions of this kind must grow
with the advance of science itself,
and the time has arrived when pub
lie analvsists are actually indispen-
sable.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-25
How Indians Farm.

A gentleman just up from Stand
ing Rock agency said the Indians
were engaged in planting. In
answer to an inquiry as to how the
reds were progressing in the peace
full ways of grangering, he smiled
and said their manner was odd.
Every year they seem to know less
about how 10 farm. This is attribu-
table to the fact that they are learn
ing the ways of the whites too rapid
ly. They begin to understand tnat
as soon as they can grow crops their
rations will be cut off, and hence
their growing ignorance of agricul-
ture. 1t they are given bushel
of beans to plant, they will eat
nine-tenths of the amount and
plant one.tenth, and the one-tenth
will be dropped in three or four
holes in the ground. Last spring
they were furnished with five
bushels of onion seeds. They could
not eat them, and consequently
planted the entire five bushels ON a
piece of ground fifty by one hum
dred feet. They were too lazy to
prepare larger patch; besides 1t
would have been contrary to their
policy of maintaining the ration
system. When the onions came up
it was curious sight to see the
young stiukers crowd each other.
The whole dry, naked surface of the
ground was raised up on the top of
the sprouting plants. 1t is our in
formant's opinion that the present
generation of Injuns will not make
successful grangers.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-25

IT is interesting to study the rail-
way question, and there being 80
many intricacies about it is proof
that it is above the comprehension
of a Texas legislature. There are so
many different theories governing
the carrying offreights, that so soon
as you learn one it it is found
to be exploded by another.
In Texas we are building up q
great wool interest, and transporta-
ton is wanted for taking away a
vast deal of the product. The low
est rate for carrying California wool
from San Francisco to Boston is two
and three-fourth GENTS a pound, but
the railroads that make tins charge
contract TO bring Australian wool
all the way from Australia to San
Francisco by sea, 1000 miles, and by
rail from San Francisco to Boston,
5000 miles, for two cents pound.
1t seems that the further thing has
to be carried the less the carriage
costs. May it not be mistake that
we are raising wool fifteen hundred
miles nearer the eastern mills than
the California producers?
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-25

A CABLE dispatch says there is no
longer any controversy as to whether
the assassins really intended to MUIR
der Lord Frederick Cavendish; that
it is universally understood that he
was deliberately selected as a vic
tim. The latest intelligence indi-
Gates the belief of the police that
Earl Spencer also would have been
murdered had the opportunity IA
vored. No one longer denies that
the assassinations were planned for
distinct political purpose. This
was the Irish answer to England's
latest message of peace. Mr.. Par
nell's swift asseveration that the
murders were directed against his
new policy is considered to prove, If
true, that the leadership of the &C
tive party has passed out of his
hands. Englishmen are disposed to
believe Mr.. ParnelPs present abhor-
renee of the crime; nevertheless,
they hold him responsible for the
murders as the elimination of a long
series of assassinations which he
failed to condemn.