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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-23
A Funny Story About Chancellor Lowe,

A story is still current at Oxford (says
the London Observer, which, if true,
shows how early in life the financial
abilities of Mr.. Lowe developed them.
selves. 1t appears that the future
Chancellor, when :" in for greats" had
to write an account of the revolt OF the
ten tribes, and that he jumped at the
opportunity of asserting his own pecu-
washing the much-mahgned Rehoboam.
Rehoboam, so explained Mr.. Lowe to
his examiners, was wise and far-seeing
young man. Under his father, Solo
mon, the Civil List had been reckless,
and vast sum had been spent in the
building of the Temple and in the pro-
motion of an unremunerative trade
with Tarshish. Accordingly, Rehoboam,
finding that he succeeded to an enor.
nous deficit, and should have to borrow
to meet even the interest upon the un-
funded and floating debt OF the king
dom, resolved not only to impose an
income tax of four geras in the shekel,
but also at once to collect ten years
taxes in advance. This sound financial
policy it was which, being denounced as
a chastisement with scorpions, led to
the revolt of the tribes, and to the cleo
ton of Jeroboam (who had a harum-
scarum budget of his own as King of
Israel; and it is said that from this view
of sacred history, not the severest cross
examination, inflicted by all four exam
liners at once, would induce Mr.. Lowe
TO shrink for a moment. There is, we
know. rule at Oxford that story
need not be true if only it be character
istic. But of the present story we can
only say that to the stamp of verisimi-
litude it adds the unanimous consensus
of tradition.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-23
AmputatiOn OF Limbs.

Galignani says: In a paper addressed
to the Academy of Science, DR.. Sedillot,
of Lyons, calls attention to the question
of mutilation caused by firearms. Hav-
ing in the course of the late war OBJ
served upward of 900 cases, and per.
formed as many as fifteen amputations
in a single day, his opinion cannot but
be of great value. The best rule, in his
opinion, is to operate before the infam-
matory period has set in, and therefore
on the second or third day, at the
latest, after the infiction of the wound
Amputations performed during the in
fiammatory period often end in death,
but are yet far from being so mortal as
the system of temporizing, which does
not save one patient in twenty, owing
to the gangrene, hemorrhage, and puru-
lent infection, which are but too fire.
quently the consequence. On the other
hand, the projectiles now in use cause
such fearful ravages and expose to such
extensive suppuration, that the follow.
ing rules should DO observed: /. To
reduce the wound to the smallest diam
eter; 2. To favor a free exit of pus 3.
To adopt radical reform in the method
of amputation instead of inclosing the
osseous extremities within the flesh,
they ought to be left sticking out. On
this latter point DR.. Sedillot is very par
ticular. If the stumps be cut hollow,
the bone will tend to irritate, ulcerate,
and mortify the parts in contact; it will
impede the removal of the patient, re-
quire repeated dressing, prevent the
outflow of the pus, and render it diff
cult to seek out the vessels causing
hemorrhage.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-23
Fashion Notes.

For little girls three or four years old
the high or low necked Gabrielle
dresses, with jackets, continue in favor.
A NEW kind of wash for the face or
enamel, has Just been discovered, which
is warranted to last for one month, pro-
vided no water touches it.
THE news comes from Europe that
nearly time for the fashion to change,
and they cannot we'll be made smaller.
FANcIFULLY shaped bows of Valen-
ciennes insertion and lace are worn at
the throat with black silk dresses, and
also with dresses trimmed with white
lace.
SUMNER suits for girls, which are both
simple and pretty, are made of Ameri-
can percales, Of colored and white mus
lin; or, for more dressy occasions gri-
saille silk and colored grenadines.
PETrICoATs are now made of paper,
printed in such colors as to initiate the
fashionable textile fabrics usually worn
on such garments, or stamped in open
work, with such beauty and delicacy
as is hardly attainable with other ma.
terial.
FLOWING undersleeves are required
with the present style of dress sleeve.
A novelty used for these is embroidered
tulle in bands and frills, a snowy fabric,
but not very endurable. A ruffie of
Swiss muslin, embroidered, edged with
lace, and gathered to a band, describes
the undersleeve most used.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-23
Old Landmarks.

Among the saddest losses that the
country has had to mourn for some time
is the destruction ofsthe old colonial
and revolutionary buildings by the re-
cent fire at Alexandria, Va. The coun-
try is just getting old enough to cherish
warmly the memories and relics of its
young days, and when it is known that
among the houses destroyed by this fire
were the Masonic lodge of which Wash.
ington was the master, and the old
colonial courthouse, in which his pro-
vincial troops were quarted in 1854, from
the door of which Braddock marched to
his defeat in 1855, and in which ex-
President Washington gave his last
vote, in 1899, feeling of genuine sor-
row is likely to come over our hearts.
We could better have spared many rich
er and grander edifces. These relies
are the things that certify the truth of
history, and in this age of iconoclasm,
when it is argued that William Tell and
Shakespeare are myths, there is no GER
tainty that erelong some irreverent ene-
my OF the past may not propose to
prove that there was no such person as
George Washington. The old revoluti-
onary flags in the courthouse were
saved, however,--the flag of Washing
toms body-guard, the flag of Paul Jones,
and that of company of Alexandria
continentals. These lessen the misfor-
tune in some degree, but it is greater
loss than busy Yankeeland of to-day has
time to brood over, this loss of the
grand old landmarks of the revolution
airy days.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-23
COPS ANGELs.-One day | was sittin

COPS ANGELs.-One day was sitting
all alone in my cottage door, thinking
of some angels that | knew in the Beau.
tiful Land. As | sat looking there
came before me, suddenly, little shin.
ing form, like an angel, with feathers OF
green and gold. 1t stood still in the air
right before me. It's little wings moved
so quickly that could hardly see them,
only as they flashed in the light. There
the beautiful little creature stood and
looked at me with his little black eye,
turning first one way and then the
other. 1t seemed to me like beauti-
full little angel.
go, it was only little humming
Bird" you say. know it was but shall
| tell you what l thought? l thought
that God meant it for an Angel, to cheer
me; because then my heart was sad
The Little Corporal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-23


PIsCICULTURE is yearly receiving more
and more attention, but few people
have any idea of what may be accom-.
plished in this direction at compare
lively trihing expense by judicious
effort. 1t is said that the black bass,
which abound in the Potomac, many of
them weighing from three to five
pounds, were never known in that river
until after 1854, when a few buckets
full of small, young bass were trans
ferred from the Ohio and deposited in
in the canal basin at Cumberland, Md,
whence they had free access to the Po-
tomac river and its tributaries. In Ger
many the culture of fish is an important
source of income to the inhabitants.
In northern Bavaria the whole country
is spotted with fish ponds. Wherever
there is a marshy place, or the lands
need to be drained, they catch the
water in a fish pond. Many farmers
realize as much from their water crop
as from their land crop. Sometimes
along the whole course of brook. one
may see dozens of fish ponds, formed
hy turning the water from the stream,
following close one after another. They
have therefore in that country always a
good supply of fish, Notwithstanding
they are far from the sea and have no
large rivers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-23
A FRIGHTrUL OccURRENcE.-Ab brake

A FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE.-A brake
man named Jones, employed on a
freight train on the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railroad, accident
ally fell between the cars while the
train was moving between Kingsville
and Madison on Thursday He fell
upon the track and the remainder of the
train ran over his legs, tearing them off
and mangling his body. While lying
on the track he heard passenger train
approaching. Expecting that he would
not be seen, and that the cars would
run over him he drew knife from his
pocket, opened the blade, and stabbed
himself twenty-five times about the
breast and left arm. RE had tried to
penetrate his heart and produce death
sooner, but was too weak to guide his
blows. The engineer of the train saw
him in time to stop. He was taken to
Madison, where he died soon after.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-23

love To see the rose that Heaven has planted
" Upon the youthful cheek
No counterfeit hath artifice invented
Natures sweet bloom to meet
When fade from cheek TO lip these tints OF
morning.
God lets them bloom withn-the soul adorn-
ing.
love to see the light Of faith on faces
Whence youthful beam has He'd;
There is true granoeur in the growth OF graces
When earthly pride lies dead;
And beautiful as thought ofsnow in summer,
Are those whose silver crown brings love ana
~ honor.
love to see truths mirror set in arches
Where SOULFUL eyes look forth,
Rejecting all the glory Of life's marches
Dark days Of care, deepened with midnight sor-
Gods hand uplifts to His eternal morrow.
I love to see in growth ofheavenly graces
~ What suits our human needs;
Sweet flowers of love-along life's desert places.
From bloom of noble deeds
The silent dew more blesses than the river
And more than gift, God loves the cheerful
giver."
But, best Of ALL love the rare completeness
Of Love, true TO its own
The music of song whose native sweetness
Lives in the realms of home
Chrst's hottest benedictions here were given,
linking the 3hallowed names of Home and
6 Heaven. lone.
From the Richmond. Va, State Journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-23
Floating Island In Victoria.

Gippsland is province of Victoria.
1t is bounded by the Australian Alps
on all sides except on the south, which
the sea washes for over one hundred
miles. 1t may be called the Piedmont
of Australia, rich fertile plains inter
sected by rivers flowing into lake sys-
tenn extending all along the coast, and
separated from the sea by sandy ridge,
with one navigable opening. A local
paper, the Gippsland Times, contains
the following description of floating
islands on the lakes:
"As one of the Gippsland Steam Navi-
CATION Company's steamers was recently
crossing Lake Wellington, the man at
the wheel suddenly observed land right
in the track of the steamer, apparently
only short distance from the straits
separating Lakes Wellington and Vic
toria. He called the captains attention
to the strange sight, and on coming up
close, the land was discovered to be a
small island, about thirty yards in
length by twenty broad. 1t was covered
with rich coating of luxuriant grass
and small trees, tea tree, and bush
shrubs appeared to be growing in pro-
lunlOH. lHc only occupants VI lIllS re-
markable apparition were a few pigs,
feeding away contentedly and appar.
emily enjoying their novel journey by
water. A second island of the same
description, but much smaller, was no
t;ced little further on, but this had
evidently detached itself from the
larger piece of land, or most probably
had been separated by the roofing dep
relations of the porkers, From what
portion Of the main land this floating
island came is, of course, matter of con-
lecture, but it is known that portion
of the soil at Marley Point, on the
southern shore of Lake Wellington, be-
came detached recently, and Hoated
miles across the lake with some twenty
or thirty head of pigs aboard As long
as the wind drove it in that direction,
the island drifted toward NJ Lennan's
Straits, but change of wind brought it
back again, after three days trip,
within mile of the spot from which it
had broken away"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-23

The imports of dry goods for the
month of May show a considerable in
crease over those for the corresponding
month of the two preceding years, be.
ing $S,043, 345, against 1921 1898 in
May, 1870, and S6,993,709 in May, 1869.
The principal increase was in cotton
goods and silks. The amount entered
for consumption last month was So
1870, and amount entered for ware
housing was 81 ,S62,606 The Withdrawals
from warehouses were 81 ,623, 1923, show
ing a decrease in the stock in bond by
about 100000. For the first five months
of the current year the importations
aggregate SCI, 269,330, against s46,6l3,.
145 in 1870, and $40, io,64S in 1869.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-23
Fanny Fern at home.
From the Boston Chronicle.


Like her writings, Fanny Fern is
brusque and blunt, and says her say
without regard to whom she is hitting.
Yet underneath this brusqueness and
bluntness there is tenderness and real
affection, care for those who are in
any way dependent on her, a generous
kindness to those who, struggling to
gain foothold in life, come to- her
either for sympathy or advice. She re-
members too we'll what she had to en-.
dure before she came to her present
position, for care and poverty were her
close companions at one time, and it
was under their combined pressure that
she won her reputation and rendered
herself independent.
A cosier home one never could wish
to visit than hers. A pretty brown
stone front house, on East Nineteenth
street, not large, but just large enough
for the family who inhabit it, is her
home. Everything about the house
speaks of culture and an artistic wo-
mans daily care. Pretty pictures on
the wall, statuettes around the room,
flowers almost always in the vases, and
ivy trained carefully over the deep win
dows. The echo of child's voice is
almost the first sound heard, and, peep
ing slyly into the room, is lovely little
GIRL with large, soft hazel eyes and won
derful brown curls. This is "little
Effie," the pet of the house, Mrs.
Parton's grandchild, the child of her
dead daughter. A dainty, delicate
thing she is, with a look of her dead
mother in her eyes, and with her pretty
willful ways, she rules the entire house.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-23

CARE OF FRUIT TREEs.-Many, very
many persons seem to think that all
they have to do is to plant the trees.
This is only the first step. They must be
cultivated and guarded against acct.
dents while young and when the bear
ing age arrives they need especial care
and labor. Now insects attack the tree
and the fruit, and it must be seen to
that there is no refuge for them about
the trees. Keep all loose bark off the
trunks and branches; fill every cavity
with rosin and tallow melted together !;
keep the rubbish away from the trunk
at the ground and all sprouts carefully
cut away, so that there shall not be the
least shelter for borer, worm, or other
vermin 10 conceal themselves under
and propagate their tormenting races.
Every week calls upon you to run
over the orchard. BY attending to it
one will find immense recompense and
qualification.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-23

BROWN linen cuffs are said to be COM
ing into favor. That story was proba-
bly, started by a man Whose linen was
too limited to be kept immaculate. We
shall look out for the announcement
that rumpled shirt fronts are getting
fashionable, and that collars with a dark
streak where they turn over are much
worn.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-23

He that does base thing in zeal for
his friend, burns the golden thread that
ties their hearts together. - Jeremy
Taylor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-23

LADIES will be glad to hear that their
old white Grape shawls can be made
available this season. They are used
for overdresses and sacks, the embroi-
derry and fringe making handsome fin
ish and they are also used for opera
wraps, the upper part being made into
q hood, ornamented with large tassels.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-03-09
Buried AIIve-A Remarkable Escape.

A correspondent of the Plattsburg (Mo)
Register, some days ago told this remarka-
bic story, which happened in Grundy
county
A Mr.: John Andrews, a popular and
well-to-do farmer in the neighborhood,
had dug well some forty feet deep, when
it was discovered that the well was about
armful of short boards, and went down q
pole ladder, fastened to a side of the well,
to lay them across the wall, so as to pre-
vent the dirt as it fell from filling up that
part of the well walled up. He had not
more than reached the bottom, as it was
thought, before the well caved in, filling
up to few feet of the top. The alarm
was given, and the neighbors gathered,
but all believing him dead they returned
to their homes to make arrangements TO
come the next day and dig him out.
Mrs Andrews and two grown daugh-
ters and several smaller children refused
to leave the spot, and sat on log near
the we'll, crying, until late in the evening,
when all at once they saw Mr. Andrews
emerging from the well, covered with clay
and coming toward them The children
all ran, screaming, to the house, bolted
the doors and fastened the windows,
believing it TO be their fathers ghost
But Mrs. Andrews ran to meet him,
screaming at the top of her voice, "0h,
Johni Oh. John Is that you? Is that
you r. When she reached him she fell
iainting at his feet.
It seems that when he got to the bot
tom of the well he looked up and saw the
top giving away, and believing he had
not time TO make his escape, he slipped
under the boards which he had laid across
the well, when the whole thing fell in up
on him. all hope, at first, gave way,
and he was about to let himself drop into
the water below and end at once his mis-
erable feelings. But, feeling above. he
found the clay easily crunibled, and hope
revived The pole ladder, it seems, was
still standing, and taking hold of it with
one hand, he with the other scratched
away for dear life, the dirt falling into the
water below as he dragged his body slow
| ly upwards 1t seems he did not suffer
much in breathing, as fresh air came down
the pole, around which the dirt was loose,
ly packed In the incredible short time
of seven hours he scratched hole some
forty feet long. through which he made
his escape. This is one Of the narrowesi
hairbreadth escapes from horrible death
on record.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-03-09

The Southern Pacific Railroad bill pass
ed the House on Tuesday, by a vote Of
134 to 70. 1t is land-grabbing bill, but
not so sweeping in its provisions as the
bills under which the Union Pacific was
built, and the Northern Pacific is now be-
ing constructed. The road is to commence
at the eastern boundary of Texas, pur-
suing the route known as the tAirty-sec-
ond parallel of north latitude, to the Bay
of San Diego, California. In addition to
the right of way, and forty acres at every
station, the Company is to receive a sub
sidy of twenty alternate sections per mile
of public lands through Territories, and
ten sections per mile in California. The
incorporators number over one hundred
prominent politicians and railroad men,
together with some very insignificant
specimens of the genus dead beat" The
strongest argument in support of the bill
was, that as the extreme North and the
center had had land grants for roads to the
Pacific, justice demanded that the South
ern railroads were entitled to similar
extension of their system. By this oper-
alton 1S millions more of valuable land
are gobbled up by Northern cormorants
and carpet baggers.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-03-09

The coal famine in New York City
wakes worse and worse. Retail prices are
simply enormous, reaching, in some cases,
twenty-five and thirty cents bucket, or
at the rate of twenty-eight dollars tor.
The supply is nearly exhausted, and re-
ceipts are entirely cut Off The strike in
the mines continues with no immediate
prospect of general resumption. A single
ray of hope comes from the Tamaqua re-
gion, in which three collieries have re-
sumed work but relief cannot reach the
shivering poor in New York until the
railroad combination is broken, opening
the way for the transportation of the ar
ticle from the mines to the city.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-03-09

A means has been discovered in Ontario
Canada, whereby whole colony Of rats
in certain neighborhood has been set
in migratory motion. An enterprising
gentleman, who was much troubled With
the vermin. applied receipt that he had
heard Of for driving rats from house, and
with signal success. He spread a certain
kind of caustic drug on the floor near their
runs This drug chung 10 the feet OF the
rats. and. when licked off burnt their ton
CUES. The result was they left the in
hospitabie house in body and betook
themselv este neighbor's. The drug was
again applied in this house, with the ef-
feet Of driving them still further. House
after house was thus invaded, and still the
drug was applied, with the result of r-g-
ing the weary rats still farther away on
their pilgrimage When last heard from
this pleasant process Of cause and effect
was still being vigorously followed up, and
it has become question Of drug VS.. rat,
with tho chances decidedly in favor Of the
former.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-03-09
BQUIBs.

Girls, beware Of falling in love with
pair of noustaches till you haveascretain-
cd whether or not the wearer IS the org
inal proprietor
White poplin or wool rcpped costumes
are the latest novelty. They are import
ed as upper dresses, 10 be worn over black
velvet skirts, with vest, collars, cuffs and
bows OF velvet for trimming.
The following is an enigma, said 70
have been written by Canning, which for
a long time bafaed the skill ofall England
10 solve:
''rhere is awcrd OF plural number,
A foe 70 peace aud human ziumber,
Most any word you chance 70 take
BY sdding you plural make:
But II you add an s TO this.
How strange the nletamoi phoeis;
Plural IL plural thsn no more,
And sweet what bitter was eCfcre.
How frightfully bad her dress is cut
said q lady, oh shockinglv,' replied her
companion, but then yon know, IL it was
handsomly eat it would never ht her
4fwhat you tell me is true, said enc Ia
dy to another in speaking of an absent
friond, the woman is a perfect monster'
'Ifit is true?-why do you suppose that
her best friend. would ever circulate any
false reports Of her.
The papers are talking about "Tarkey
showing her teeth" On, pshaw; turkeys
don't have teeth. but wear besrds.