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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25
A Good Cistern.

To make a cistern of forty barrels,
dig six and half feet in diameter and
seven feet deep. Wall with hard bricks
or bats, laid in good lime or sand
mortar; about 500 brick will lay the
wall Tone barrel of best cement will
make cistern of sixty barrels), mix
two-fifths cement and three-fifths clean
sharp sand mot too fne), mix as you
use the mortar, and not let it harden
until it is on the wall. Apply two
coats with the trowel, and finish up
with the whitewash brush, using clear
cement about the consistency of brick
whitewash. This finish should be put
on Immediately after applying the last
coat. Brush down smoothly as a stone
jar. Finish the wall before you put in
the bottom, and be careful not to crack
the cement in the bottom after the
mortar sets. A good workman should
thoroughly understand bis business.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25
Dog Fennel Said to be Good PrOyender.

1t is hard to believe that such an ug-
ly, bad smelling weed as dog fennel
could be made palatable for the horse !;
but here is what writer says on the
subject:
"There is wild weed, known as dog
fennel, that grows on almost every body' s
land and on all ground turned out to
rest and regain its strength, from hav-
ing been long in constant cultivation.
There is enough of this weed growing
in the suburbs of Memphis, if cut,
cured and baled, to make hundreds of
boles. Nothing will touch it in its green
state, and consequently it is looked
upon by people generally as a useless
growth and nuisance. This weed, when
cut, cured and sailed, is an elegant feed
for horses, and they are very fond II 1t.
1t contains great substance, and is not
only food but good tonic. 1t is known
to the medical franternity as the wild
camomile, and it is said that tea from it
is one Of the best remedies for fiux. Let
every farmer cut his dog fennel, cure it,
sprinkle it with salt, feed his horses on
it, and thereby save and keep hundreds
of dollars at home heretofore paid foI
feed brought from other States"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25

duce with certainty two ears of corn to
each stalk, our corn crop would be vast
ly increased, and it is pretty certain that
if for succession of years no corn were
planted but that which produced two
ears in the stalk, the popularity would
become fixed, and corn having this as
a distinguishing characteristic would be.
come an established variety. What we
need is that farmers should be careful
to select their seed ears while the corn
is standing, that they may be sure that
the ears selected are perfect in shape
and filling out, early in ripening, and
grow double. An improvement of ten
per cent. only in the corn crop from Jju.
dicious selection of seed, would add a
value of fifty millions of dollars to the
agricultural incomes OF the country, and
this is no mean item.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25

In Germany, where potatoes are so
much cheaper than grain, the expert
ment has been repeatedly tried of
feeding horses upon them, at least in
part, and this. as we understand, has
proved successful. In one instance five
four-horse teams were kept hard at
work and in good condition on a daily
ration, for the twenty horses, of } cwt.
of hay, s bushels of potatoes, 80 pounds
Of meal, and liberal allowance OF
chopped straw. The potatoes were
steamed, mashed, and mixed with the
meal while hot, and then covered up
and allowed to remain for a time, dur
ing which they undergo slight fermen-
tation ard evolve a quantity Of carbonic
acid. The chopped straw was worked
in Just before feeding. This trial was
continued for more than four months,
and found to agree with the horses,
while at the same time it proved salts
factory in point of economy. AS this
food must be sweet and clean, great
care is necessary to prevent the vessels
in which it is kept from becoming sour
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25
Medical Mistakes.

II took the faculty about thousand years 10 dis
that the best way to disease not to
der the patient too weak to contend with it, Within
the last twenty years, however the whole system of
medical practice has been changed for the better In
diseases complaints caused by excessive heat for
instance the doctors longer recommend the reduce
ton of the invalds strength by prostratng medicines
The vast success which has attended the of Hos
letters Stomach Btters a remedy for debility has
given even the most prejudiced members of the old
school an insight into the only true and rational
theory of cure. Cantharides, calomel. and over
towering doses of opium, are now among the OBJ
solete nostrums of another age. The lancet, once
as much the legitimate weapon of the physician
as the sword is of the soldier is seldom drawn from its
the veins by the quart and water Cruel for the
srenghess invalid has ceased to be considered APP
propriate diet. Vigor is the motto Of the rational
members of the profession, and they understand, at
last the value of sterling vegetable tonic. So, also
with the people at large; and without consulting the
medical men at ALL they have adopted the bters as
household remedy thereby economizng both cash and
health
Note the fact that Hosetter's Stomach Bitters is
sold in bottles only in bulk and that the abor-
tons springng in various parts of the country and
sometimes offered substitutes for the great nationa!
specific, are all utterly worthless.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25


THE Enforcement of the law for the
testing of iron beams and Orders, in
New York city, caused the rejection by
the Inspector of one hundred and ten
iron beams, which it was designed to
place on the top of a row of new build
lngs, to support fiat Each beam was
nineteen feet in the clear, and the
breaking weight of the best of them was
found to be fourteen tons. When it
was discovered that the beams would
have to support weightof twelve tons,
they were not permitted to be used, UNI
less intermediate supports should be
provided. According to the decision of
the superintendent of Buildings, the
maximum load Of cast iron Orders must
never exceed one-third of the safe
weight which they will support.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25
Raising the Poppy.

A gentleman near Nashville, it is
stated, has for the last three years been
engaged in raising the poppy for the
manufacture of opium. Owing to the
lateness of the planting, the inferior
nature of the soil, the crop of 1870
failed, and to obviate this difficulty seed
was obtained from Calcutta and Smyrna
at q cost in gold Of $3.50 an ounce. The
crop of this year, it is announced, will
yield from fifty to seventy.five pounds
of opium per acre. Another gentleman
in Tennessee, also extensively engaged
in the cultivation of the poppy, reports
similar success. The best opium poppy
seeds were obtained from Smyrna,
planted in good land, and cultivated
like cotton. When the capsules Of the
poppy are ready to scarify an incision
is made on one side, and in twenty-four
hours the juice, which has the appear
ance and consistency Of thick cream, is
scraped off. The opposite side of the
capsules are then scarified and the
operation is repeated. The juice of the
poppy, a few hours after it is gathered,
turns dark purple color. which grows
gradually darker until the peculiar
opium color is reached.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25
The Western Cattle Blindness.

The Kansas City Times gives the fol-
lowing particulars of this disease as it
has appeared in Jackson county:
"ln independence there are thirty
or forty-some of them the finest kind
of animals-that have completely lost
their sight, and are now wandering
about in pitiful helplessness. In West.
port the disease is spreading rapidly.
Along down the line of the Memphis
and Kansas City railroad the epidemic
is raging and in Blue, Sni.a-bar and
Lone Jack townships the reports come
up very gloomily of the ravages of the
strange affection. In Kansas City there
are not less than two hundred blind
COWS. Some Of the diaries have had in
the last week, fifteen blind mixers at
one time. The eyes begin to swell a
little. lasting generally from five days
to two weeks. AS soon as the swelling
commences the eyes also begin to run
clear water, Just as though some hard
and foreign substance was beneath the
lids. After the running ceases, hard
white film covers the eye-ball, complete
ly destroying the sight. This disease
does not seem to affect the general
health of the COW. Her appetite is as
good as ever. There appears to be nc
change either in the quality or quantity
of the milk, no pain, no uneasiness Of
any kind, no peculiar thirst indicating
fever, and, indeed, no symptom that
would indicate disease. The eyes alone
suffer and are destroyed"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25
FINANCIAL.
INVESTMENT SECURITIES.

JAY COOKE il Co., are now selling, and recon-
mend profitable and safe investment for all
classes. the First Mortgage 100 Gold Bonds of
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. bearing
Seven and Three-Tenths per cent. gold interest
(more than per cent. currency, and secured by
first and only mortgage on the entire Road and
equipments, and on more than $4,000 Acres of
Land to every mile Of track, or 500 Acres ofLand
to each 81, 900 Bond. The highest cnrrent price
will be paid for U. S. FiveTwenties, and all 9TH
er marketable securities received in exchange.
Pamphlets, maps and full information as well as
the bonds themselves, will be furnished on appli-
cation by JAY COOKE & Co., Philadelphia New
York and Washington and by most Banks and
Bankers throughout the country.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25
Cure for Gapes in Fowls.

have found the use of carbolic acid
very efficacious in cases of gapes. My
course of treatment is as follows: |
place five or six birds in a strong box,
and verthe top with piece of carpet:
| then place a hot brick in a pot and
set the pot in the box, pouring fifteen
to twenty drops of carbolic acid on the
brick. The box soon becomes filled
with the fumes of the acid, which,
being of necessity inhaled by the birds,
comes at once into contact with the
worms. keep the birds in the box
until they are in danger Of suffocation.
They soon recover from the effects of
the treatment on exposure to the air.
The box should be kept well covered
to prevent the escape of the fumes of
the acid. My reason for putting the
brick in the pot, is that the chicks may
not burn themselves by coming in con-
tact with it. MuSSieman, Quaker
fO1Dn Penn
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25
How Glass Paper Weights are Made.

Every knows those paper weights of
solid colorless glass in hemispherical
shape, in the center of which are bou-
quets, portraits, and even watches and
barometers, etc., but few persons know
how or by what means these things are
incarcerated in the center of the glass.
There is great distinction to be made
not merely between the objects, but
also between the materials of which
they are composed. AS those repre-
senting flowers and bouquets in glass
those from which the name is derived
are the most ancient, and the best
known, we will begin with them.
The first thing to be done is to sort
and arrange certain quantity of small
glass tubes of different colors in the
cavities of thick molten disc, dispos-
ing them according to the object to be
represented. This done, the tubes are
enclosed between two layers of glass.
To do this they begin by placing on one
side of the disc which contains the
tubes layer of crystal, to which the
tubes soon become attached. When
this is done the disc is removed and a
second layer of crystal is placed on the
opposite side. The object being placed
in the center between these two layers
of glass thus soldered together, it be-
comes necessary to give the ball its
hemispherical form, which is done when
the crystal is again heated, by means Of
a concave spatula of moistened wood
1t then only remains to anneal and to
polish it on the wheels.
That glass ornament, being covered
with layer of hot glass, should receive
no injury or change of color, may be
| easily understood from its extremely
refractory nature; but it is not the same
with objects in metal, such as watches,
barometers, ETC., which far less degree
of heat would oxidize or even entirely
destroy. The mode of manufacture,
therefore, of these latter objects is quite
easy to prove this. If we look at a
paper weight, provided the interior be
of glass, the upper and under part OF
| the recipient will also be of glass. If
we now examine a paper weight con-
tanning a watch or barometer, under the
| lower part of the ball will be found a
piece of green cloth, the use of which
is to keep in place the objects which,
instead of only forming one body with
the covering of glass which surrounds
them, are only placed in a cavity made
| beforehand in the center of the half
spherical ball. In word, to take out
the glass ornaments it would be neces-
sary to break the paper weight, whilst
to take out the others it would suffice
to take off the cloth. As for the paper
weights in which are placed portraits
usually of a yellowsh color, these
profiles are made of refractory earth
and many thus bear well heat which
which only softens glass. Manufactured
successfully at Venice under the name
of millefiori, and then in Bohemia
these paper weights have been carried
to perfection only by French artists
The sole difficulty in their manufacture
is in avoiding internal air bubbles
which would the more deform the OBJ
jects, as any defect would be much in
creased by the thickness of the glass.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25

CULTIvATING Wharf.-The results of
sowing wheat in drills at such distance
apart that the crop could receive a cul-
tlvation with a horse hoe, have been
very favorable. Sowed at the rate of
three pecks per acre, in drills twenty
inches apart, through which, in spring,
garden harrow was run, the crop
amounted to twenty nine bushels, while
the remainder Of the field, sowed in
nine-inch drills, not cultivated, yielded
only nine bushels per acre. Numerous
other experiments, both here and in
England, have had similar results, prov
ing that cultivation tends to increase
the crop, aud pays many times over for
the extra labor performed. In England
especially, where labor is cheap enough
to permit it, the wheat crop receives a
hand hoeing and wedding, and the con-
sequence is that the average crops are
forty bushels per acre, while the grain
often weighs sixty-six pounds per
bushel. We often suggested sowing one
acre the present season, in wide drills,
as an experiment.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25
STRENGTHENING a Horses Ankle.

Last spring bought horse for six
dollars, for he purpose of blowing a
few days during the time that my mare
was not fit to work. The horse was
crooked in one of his fore legs so
much so that his foot would tip clear
over. He went down hill on three legs.
! worked him six or eight days. | did
not expect any more value from him !;
but on the 18th of May | cut the large
cord about half way to the knee, so
that it let the foot down fiat on the
ground. In six weeks it healed up, and
| put out over thirty acres of wheat,
and he helped to do it, besides con.
siderable other work. He is now ten
years old. | consider him better than
a ringboned and spawned horse. He
is now able to do as much farm work as
any horse. Three years ago he was
worth 5000. got from a young physic-
clan the idea of remedying the defect.
i've foot. write this for the benefit OF
any who may have such horse.-Cor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25

The SPECTRUM ANALYsIs.-In a recent
lecture on the spectrum analysis is APP
piled to the manufacture of steel by
the Bessemer process, Prof. Roscoe gave
table showing that incredibly small
traces of different metals might be
detected by the spectroscope. Thus
one millionth part of grain of strontia
and the same proportion of grain of
lime can readily be detected. Soda, it
is stated, is always present in the atmos-
phere, and all bodies exposed to the air
exhibit the yellow soda lime. Traces
of soda as small as the one-hundred-
and. eighty-millionth of grain can be
detected. Lithia for long time was
supposed TO occur only in four minerals;
but by the spectrum analysis it has been
discovered to be one Of the most widely
distributed elements, existing in almost
all rocks, in sea and river water, in the
ashes of plants, in milk, in human
blood, and in muscular tissue The
one. six-millonth OF grain of lthia
can at once be detected Cnsium, a
new alkaline metal, has, by means of
the spectroscope, been discovered in
the mineral waters of Baden-thirty
tons of the waters yielding one hundred
grains of the metal. Its spectrum con-
sists Of two bright blue lines.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25

ICE-CREAN. A plate of ice-cream
taken leisurely, while seated at table
in pleasurable conversation, is far
safer quencher of thirst than glass of
icewater, or any other ice.cold liquid
the ice-cream is, in addition, stimulat-
ing and nutritious, thus invigorating,
cooling and strengthening the system
at the same time.
lce-cream should not be taken inn
mediately after full meal, unless in
the most leisurly manner possible-a
plate full in the course fifteen minutes
during lively conversation. If eaten
rapidly it cools the stomach, prevents
digestion, and causes acidity, unseemly
belchings, if not actual chill, which in
feeble persons endangers life.-HaUS
journal Of Health.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25

The purest and sweetest Cod-Liver
Oil in the world is HAZARD IL CAswELLs,
made on the sea-shore from fresh, Sc
lected livers, by CAswELL, HAZARD IL
Co.. New York. 1t is absolutely pure
and street. Patients who have once
taken it prefer it to all others. Physic-
ians have decided it superior to any of
the other oils in market.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25

BoKERs IN APPLE TREEs.-E. A. F.,
Oswego, n. Y, says that he has pre-
vented the attacks of apple tree borers
by putting a bushel of tanbark around
the stem of each tree. The tanbark
answers the double purpose of keeping
out the borers and as a mulch. No
weeds grow through it, and Mr.. f. says
that he has never known tree to be
attacked around which heap Of tam
bark was constantly kept. Ounce trees
treated in the same way thrive admira-
bly,, and are free from borers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25

CmALKING JOINS IN GLUEING END
WooD.-A correspondent of the ,Sciea-
ute american, in Wisconsin, a pattern
maker of large experience, questions
the efficacy of this method of securing
a reliable joint in glueing the ends of
wood. He says that he has tried it
thoroughly years ago, and has found it
not reliable, and that no method is so
sure as TO size the ends with glue first
and then make smooth face before
glueing permanently.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25
Grain I'm Store.

The following was the supply of wheat,
corn and oats, including stocks in store
at the principal points of accumulation,
and the amount in transit by rail and
on the lakes and New York canals,
July 30, 1871:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25

SELECTING SEED.-All improvements in
seed have been the result of selection.
The best seed selected for use has yield.
ed an improved product, and the pro-
cess again and again repeated has final
" resulted in securing the plant, root,
or grain desired Corn has been much
improved by course of selection, but
farmers who have most ut stake in this
matter are too careless to carry out ex-
periments to final result. Now, if a
seed could be secured that would pro-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25

IT is said Americans are the only ma
ton who sleep with their windows open
in their bedrooms at night, all other
nations dreading the night air as so
much deadly poison.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25

A GENTLEMAN in the eastern part of
the State, who was about having his leg am
putated on account of its being bent at right
angles and stiff at the knee, heard of John
sons Anodyne Liniment. After using it a
short time, his leg became straight, and is
now as serYiceahle as the other.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25

To CURE HEAvEs.-I do not pretend
to know he cause of heaves, but there
is certainly one remedy which will never
fail Take your horse to one of the
Western States and feed him on the
wild native hay, and he will be entirely
cured in three months. This | know,
for have seen number of cases Of
horses having the heaves very bad in
the State Of New York, which. when
taken TO the State of Indiana in the
fall and fed on the wild hay, would be
sound in the spring, and never show IL
symptom of it afterwards. Another
evidence Of this cure is found in the
fact that horses in the West are never
found to have the heaves in fact,
have never seen case of the kind in
this country or any of the Western
States, except they were recently from
the Easily. WoterhouSe, Mammoth,
Ore0Ou
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25

TO KEEP BUILDINGS CooL.-Dwelling-
houses and stables may be kept cool
during the hot weather throughout the
middle of the day by the simple plan of
keeping them closed. A thorough VEN
tilation early in the morning, about
sunrise, will clear out all vitiated and
impure air, and reduce the buildings to
the temperature of the outside air,
which at this season is cool. When suf-
ficiently ventilated, close perfectly and
keep dark. The hoose will then retain
the GOODNESS of the morning, although
the outside air may increase POO in tenn
perature. The stables will be cool and
free from flies, and the cattle, brought
in from the pasture at / o'clock, by
which time they will be filed, will en-
Joy the quiet dark, and cool stable, and
will remain there gladly until five in the
afternoon, when they will feed again
with relish. City houses may be kept
cool on the same plan. No draft of air
should be permitted to enter, nor ray of
sun, until late in the afternoon, when q
free airing and summing may be given.
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ALL FOR ALIENS LUNG BAlSAM !

J. N HARRIS CO.. Proprietors.
Cincinnati. o.
For sale by GREENE h BUTTON, Milwaukee; III.
BOSWORTH SONS, Milwaukee: FULLER FINCH
4 FULLER, Chicago; COLLINS BROS, st. LOUIS
MOVES RROS
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A GREAT many people have asked US
of late, " How do you keep your horse look
ing so sleek and glossy?" We tell them, it's
the easiest thing in the world give Sheri-
dams Capalry Condition Po,oderS two or three
times a week
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SAINT Winifred Stubs, a maiden lady
Of considerable wealth, who was so
eccentric as to keep fourteen dogs in
her house, died recently in London.
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II. Harmless 10 the most Delicate Child.
1t Contains No Opium in Any Form.
CAUTION.

Call for ALIENS LUNG BALSAM," and shun
the use of any other Balsam. Unprncipled men may
deceive you with worthless preparations.