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The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-04-01
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Letter rom prominent Druggist:
Marine City, Mich, July ~, 1870.
J. N. HARRIs 4 Co.-Dear Sirs ."fhe Aliens
Lung BalsHm has arrived Iwould not like
to be without il, for ii has saved my life.
took a bad cold and cough, and finally con-
sumption was seated unoh me. was IN a very
bad state, tried every thing that was recon-.
z;ended, and spent a great deal of money and
got no help. had the Allea's lung Balsam
tor sale, but knew nothing of its merits did
not like to take ID withoutkuowing more about
it, had not sold a bottle. When your agent
called onmc, ] told him could not sell a met-
ieinc knew nothing about. Heurged me to
try myself did so, and to my grateful sur.
prise, the first bottle stopped my cough and
before the third bottle was taken, my lungs
were healed and we'll and i can now speak
knowingly 10 my friends and customers of the
qualify otAllcns Lung Balsam.
remain respectfully,
iatfiA #ti Aft ~ i. C. c0TTNEf.,. .
Two'very important things in the compound
parts Of this Balsam is, one Of the Ingredients
acts directly on the Liver, another on the Kid
noys, which maAesth Balsam more used than
any cough or liver remedy. Y Every family
should have it, sei = et
tits harmless 10 the most delicate ehildl--
/ II co ntains'no Opium In any formi
Do not be deceive by uuprincipled dealers
who may offor You other remedies offered for
sale Oh the great merisof Aliens Lung Balsam
Ne Il M pRTS L Eo9ast
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-04-01

Ia, a Tl'nlEF.-=A. printer calling
himself Lee, worked in this Office
two days and hall, received near
lyIa weeks pay, stole some articles
belonging to the editor, and jump
ed the city on the night Of the 9Th
instant. Press wllTpass him round.
-Indcpendem Spuh. II. ,..,,...,..
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-19
Dutch Cheese.

A correspondent wants to know how
" Dutch Curds are made:" We sup
pose this inquiry is concerning the
make of what is known as cottage
cheese, in some sections called Dutch
cheese or curds. 1t is the curd Of sour
milk drained from the whey, pressed
into balls or nodded in small fancy
shapes, and eaten when fresh, or soon
after it is made. Some people are very
fond Of Dutch cheese or curds, and the
process Of manufacture is so simple and
so well known, that we supposed every
good housewife was well posted in
regard to its making.
The milk is allowed to sour and be-
come loppered or thick, when it is
gently heated, which facilitates the
separation of the whey. The curds are
then gathered up, sailed, or otherwise,
to suit the taste, and pressed in small
molds, or formed with the hand into
suitable shape. when it is ready for the
table and may be used Immediately. In
cool weather, when milk does not
readily thicken, the sour milk may be
put in suitable vessel set in hot water
over the range. The milk is then
stirred for few minutes, when the
whey will begin to separate, and it is re-
moved, and another batch may be treat
ed in the same manner.
In summer some use large cans hav.
ing spiggot near the bottom; the sour
milk is placed in these cans, and allowed
to stand in the sun to thicken. The
heat of the sun will be sufficient to
separate the whey, which may then be
drawn off through the spiggot The
curds are then removed to a sink hav-
ing a Slated bottom, over which
strainer cloth is placed. The curd,
thrown upon this strainer cloth are soon
drained of the whey, when it is ready
to be pressed into balls with the hand.
or nodded into forms.
Sometimes this kind of cheese is
potted and left to decompose, and when
it has acquired strong villainous
smell, it is regarded as most delicious
by those who have acquired taste for
eating it in this state. In some mar.
kets cottage or Dutch cheese finds a
ready sale, and quite profit is made by
certain butter makers, in turning their
sour milk into this product.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-19
Something Fresh About Chinese Women.

Mrs. s. l.. Baldwin, the missionary to
China, lectured in Philadelphia recent
ly. OF the women in China she said:
The women of China are divided into
classes-the bound-footed. who are the
ladies, and the large-footed, who are the
common class. The latter carry the
burdens, do all the drudging and out
door work, while their husbands do
nothing. When a little girl is born the
parents think the gods are angry with
them, and they hold a consultation
whether she shall be allowed to live or
not. If she is, when she arrives at the
age of 4 years they hold another con-
sultation whether she shall be a bound
footed or large-footed woman. If she is
chosen to be bound-footed she is not
permitted to do anything, but if other.
wise she has to be the family's slave
| have seen a woman with four children
strapped to her back and rowing boat,
while her husband laid III the cabin
smoking his pipe. Girls have no choice
of their husbands; the young girl is
sold by her parents at the highest price
they can obtain for her. She never sees
her husband, nor he her, until they are
married. If he chooses he can be
divorced from her for talking too much;
if he becomes poor, or gets tired of her,
he sells her again. In the coolest
weather the large-footed women are not
allowed to wear stocking and cannot
dress in any other color than black or
blue. The manner in which they make
their feet small is by binding the four
toes under the foot, which they keep
bound up for about eleven years, when
the foot becomes dead. have walked
through the streets when the women
would brush against my dress so as to
see my feet, so they coul tell to what
class belonged. would say to them,
~ will show you my feet, but do not
pull my clothes, as it is rude" When
| would expose my feet TO them they
would exclaim: Why, have you no
real ladies in America p And the only
way that could make them believe
that we had was by telling them that
the women read books like the men,
which utterly astounded them, as the
real Chinese lady is brought up in the
utmost ignorance, and they only marry
in the rich families, because they know
and do so little, and need so much wait
ing upon that it takes o rich husband
to support them. If you ask Chinese
woman how many children she has, she
will give you only the number of the
boys. She has to be asked the second
time how many girls she has, as they
are thought so little of that in many
cases they are killed as soon as born.
A large-footed woman told me once that
her first child was little GIRL and she
described to me how she loved the little
one. "My husband went out" she
said, "and brought in a tub of water.
begged him to spare its life, but he
took the little one and put its head in
the water, and held it there until it was
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-19
Floating Islands.

Gippsland is a 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 Aus
tralia, rich fertile plains intersected by
rivers flowing into a lake system ex-
tending all along the coast, and separ'
ated from the sea by a sandy narrow
ridge, with one navigable opening.
local paper, the Gippsland Times, gives
the following description OF floating
islands" on the lakes:
AS one of the Gippsland Steam Navl-
cation Company's steamers was recent
ly crossing Lake Wellington, the man
at the wheel suddenly observed land
right in the track of the steamer, appa-
rently only short distance from the
straits separating Lakes Wellington and
Victoria. He called the captains at
tention to the strange sight. and on
coming up close the land was discovered
to be small island, about thirty yards
in length by twenty broad. 1t was Gov
cred with rich coating OF luxuriant
grass; and small trees, tea tree, and
bush shrubs appeared to be growing in
profusion. The only occupants Of this
remarkable apparition were 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.
ticed little farther on, but this had
evidently detached itself from the
larger piece of land, or most probably
had been separated by the roofing
depredations eff the porkers.
From what portion of the main land
this floating island came, is, of course,
matter of conjecture, but it is known
that portion of the soil at Marley
on the southern shore of Lake yelling
ton, became detached recently, and
floated miles across the lake with some
twenty or thirty head of pigs aboard.
AS long as the wind drove it in that di
rection, the island drifted toward Nc
Lennan's Straits, but a change of wind
brought it back again, after three
days trip, within a mile of the spot
from which it had broken away. We
believe it is the opinion of the district
surveyor, Mr.. Dawson, that the area of
the Roseneath run. wess of Lake Wei
lington, has been increased some twenty
or thirty acres by the addition of drift
islands.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-19
Men and Women.

What is it that makes all those men
who associate habitually with women
superior to others who do not? What
makes that woman who is accustomed
and at ease in the society of men supe-
rior to her sex in general? Solely be-
cause they are in the habit of free,
graceful, continued conversation with
the other sex. Women in this way
loose their frivolity, their faculties ava
ken, their delicacies and peculiarities UNI
fold all their beauty and captivation in
the spirit of intellectual rivalry. And
the men lose their pedantic, rude,
declamatory, or sullen manner. The
coin of the understanding and the heart
changes continually. The asperities are
rubbed off, their better materials pol
ished and frightened, and their rich
ness, like the gold, is wrought into the
finer workmanship by the fingers of
women than it ever could be by those of
men. The iron and steel of their charac-
tiers are hidden, like the character and
armour of giant by studs and knots of
good and precious stones, when they
are not wanted in actual warfare.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-19

She longed-ah, how much Ito see
herself in her new garb of beauty; but
she remembered the old woman's warn
ing, and conquered her desire.
In the spring time came her wedding
day, and early in the sweet fresh morn
ing she was married to Carl, and the
young flowers peeped out to see her face
as she passe,, by, and the tender grass
kissed her .eet as she went along, and
the birds sang out greeting, and even
the light feathery clouds seemed to
stoop over her head, as if with their sha-
dowy hands they blessed her on her
bridal day. All, happy Elise!
Thou art SO changed" said Carl.
"rhy face is so different from what it
formerly was. 1t does not seem to me
that it is possible thou art the same
Elise. used to pass without even look
ing back to gaze on thee but TODAY, in
thy bridal veil, thou art a sweet picture,
which memory will paint on my heart
forever y
Elise felt herself thrilled with happi-
ness, but never once told the secret OF
that change, though she herself did not
know that the real change lay in her
own changed nature.
Now, presently they were all feast
ing and Elise, longing to be alone for
few minutes with her wonderful hap
piness, crept down to the edge of the
Rhine, and thought over the past.
"Ah, and he said am so altered, too.
Happy Elise, thou art indeed altered
And he said how pretty | looked in my
bridal veil. Do |, | wonder? What
would | not give to see myself T.
Elise was forgetting, as she longed to
see, how strict had been the old wo-
mans warning. She stood on the edge
of the water, with her face turned
away +; but her vanity kept saying to
Elise, and see thyself on thy bridal
day :" but she hesitated and longed,
and wondered if punishment would
really follow if she looked.
90 1t cannot make any difference" she
thought, and she moved her head a
little way-a very little way round-till
she could just sec the shape of her
head reflected in the water, and II
seemed quite strange to her, for she had
not seen it in so long.
81 must, oh, must see the face my
Carl loves" she said and, forgetting
the happiness she might lose in this
offering to her vanity, she turned and
looked at her reflection in the water
and she saw-what? the same plain
face she remembered long ago; the
same, the very same, without one feature
altered.
With scream of despair she tottered
forward step too far, and before she
could recover herself, she fell into the
water which had shown her the dread
full truth The tide bore her away, ano
never again was seen the miller,
daughter-Carl's young bride. Alas fol-
vanity
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-19
Ghe Grus g.ortherner.
PAW PAW. MICHIGAN.
From MY ChildhoOd's Days.

FROM THE GERMAN OF BUcKERT. by 5. >. ooNANT
From my childhood's day-from my childhood's
day,
Rings an echo of song in my ear;
oh. how far away, oh, how far away.
All once so near!
What the swallows sang, what the swallows
sang.
Who Spring and Autumn brings;
Through the street il rang. through the street it
And there still rings
when 1 Southwark few, when Southwark
There was store enough to spare;
When came anew, when / came anew,
All things were bare -
More happy than age. more happy than age
With wisdom throug h toll and sorrow won
Youth In blrd-speech sage, youth in bird-speech
Like SOlomonl
All. my childhood's fold, ah, my childhood's
Might / what sacred deem
Once again behold once again behold
III but in dream
When said adieu, when | said adieu.
The word was bright and fair;
When L came anew, when l came anew,
All bleak and bare.
Back the swallows fly, back the swallows fly
And the earth renews her store!
But the heart once dry, but the heart once dry
Fills never more.
Never swallow brings, never swallow brings
What long once more to behold;
Yet the swallow sings, yet the swallow sings,
There as of old.
when / Southwark flew, when | Southwark
flew,
There was store enough and to spare
When came anew, when came anew,
All things were bare"
-H0rper's Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-19
Love Gifts.

Those gifts should be of little intrin.
sic value, they should owe their pre-
ciousness to the hand that gives. The
token of love should not, by its beauty
or costliness, distract the attention for
one moment from the meaning of the
gift-heart speaking to heart, in lang.
uage eloquent but dumb.
Ham let's presents may have been
princely; but Ophelia tells us that rich
gifts wax poor when givers prove un-
kind. Under these circumstances the
jewels become worthless, the gold is
only so much dross one of the simple
violets that "withered " when her
" father died. was more precious when
Hamlet loved her. So il $50 it has
ever been. 1t is the sweet madness of
youth that leaves some touch of tender
memory, keeping green one nook in
the hearts OF careworn, avaricious old
age.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-19

dead" Her second babe WAS daugh-
ter. and it was served the same as the
first the third child was boy he
lived until be was about four years old,
then the gods got angry and killed him
"then my husband died; and now II !
eat anything that is nice and If | wear
good clothes, my relatives become angry
and treat me harshly." Even in our
Christian churches in China, the women
are not allowed in the same room with
the men, but are partitioned OFT in
lattice wOrk-roOm
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-19

dry quickly, resist dampness and the &C
ton of water, can be cleansed with boil
ing water and soap like oil paints, and
preserve the wood to which they are APP
piled from decay, and render it less
combustible. This latter property may
be increased by the addition of borax.
Both the oxide and the chloride of zinc
can be manufactured without danger to
the health of the workmen, SOLD at a
low price, and kept for any length of
time in any climate.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-19
XIyC WATER PAINT.-The unpleasant

Zixc WATER PAINT.-The unpleasant
ness of occupying newly painted
house may readily be avoided by the
use of zinc water paint. Powdered
oxide of zinc (which may be heated
with little potato starch, if more
"body'' is wanted) is combined with the
desired mineral or vegetable color, and
with this an aqueous solution of chlor-
Idle of zinc, to which some tartrate Of
potassa has been added. is then mixed (;
the water paint thus formed being APP
piled with brush on the surface to be
coated. In half an hour this paint will
be perfectly dry and the object of the
alkaline tartarate is TO make the drying
process less rapid. The advantages of
using the water.paints are very numer-
GUS they are more durable than oil
paints, do not blacken by exposure to
sulphurous vapors, are devoid of odor,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-19

SPECKLED FABRICs.-The manufacture
of fabris in which minute specks of one
color are seen on dark ground is be-
coming very common, this result being
generally produced by the introduction
Of a silken thread. The same effect,
however, is now accomplished, and in
some cases much more readily, without
weaving in the dots, by different ar
rangement. The speckles themselves
are applied by the help of sprinkling
apparatus, which divides the oil color
very finely and sprinkles it over the
cloth. The apparatus consists of tin
box, closed everywhere, excepting on
the front side. The oil color is placed
upon upon the bottom of the box, and
into this is immersed small rotating,
cylindrical brush. which lies parallel to
the open side of the box, and can be
turned by means of a crank. The bris-
ties of the brush, in rotation, after being
saturated with the oil color, strike
against a small bar, and throw out the
oil-color dust in very fine drops. On the
back side of the box is handle, by
which it is held in the left hand, while
the right turns the crank. In this way
the dust-rain of and desirable color can
be directed over the cloth spread out on
a table. If two colors are desired, it is
only necessary to sprinkle the cloth,
first with one, then with the other.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-19

The Pennsylvania coal strike is vir.
tually at an end, nearly all the miners
having returned to work. A dispatch
from Pottsville, Pa, on the Sth, says
kean & Austins men, at Minersville,
resumed work this morning at the ope-
rator's terms. The fixed wages are: For
miners, $l3; inside laborers, Sll, out
side laborers, so per week, and 10 per
cent off for contract work.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-19
SOjOurner Truth on "Yelping."

Anecdotes of Sojourner Truth are
numerous. The following relates to her
experience in the Washington street
car:
She was an Empire State citizen and
fully conscious of her rights under de
Constitution She says: when |
went into Gle street to ride on de cars,
Gle conductors would not look at me
fust, an all Gle drivers would turn heads
anoder way, make believe they didn't
see me. But | fixed EN-" One day a
car was coming along and Sojourner felt
anxious to ride. 1t was filled with peo-
pie, and Sojourner planted herself
firmly beside the track and where the
horses would either be obliged to eat
her up or stop. Along came the car.
Sojourner gave the usual signal to stop
" but dat driver paid no 'tention to me,
an was goin' right on when | gave such
yelps tell yer yer oughter hear me
roar! can yell when | try scared
de horses an de people in de car. Dey
was glad to stop an hoped right in :"
But the battle was only half over. Once
in the car Sojourner had another foe to
defeat in the conductor. But she
proved equal to that emergency: " De
conductor cum along and say, Go for
ward = He said | must 90 forward wild
de driver, but sot down He told me
to git up l sot still. Den he told me
to 90 forward agin or he would fro me
out. OATS .ies' what | wanted him to
do, cause yer see | felt as if hadn't
yelped quite enough. had some more
on em in. an if he'd tried it I'd raised
his har jes' told him to fro me out
if he dar dat belonged to the Empire
State, an knew de laws. When | told
him dat he went on collecting his pen
MES. and carried me furder dan want
ed to gol | tell yer der's nothin like
standin' for yer rights -
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"A special Versailles dispatch says (:
"Jules Favre and Quertier, Minister Of
Finance, have started to meet Bismarck
at Frankfort. 1t is thought the cause
of this meeting has reference to money
matters. The truth is, the German au-
thorities telegraphed that if the Yer
saillists do not enter Paris by Monday,
the Prussians will on Tuesday. Favre
hopes to gain an extension Of time, but
it is unlikely that he will succeed. 1t
is probable that the Prussians will bring
back the Empire if they enter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-22

CIRCUIT CoURF, Ch,ef Just,ce Cartfsr-Foiey
W. Fsrrell verdict for plaintiff for SI99. Decker
~. Behrens; appellee having paid docket fees
asked 70 have case docketed; motion granted.
Hodges Va. Williamson; verdjct for defendant.
POLICE Court TO-DAY, JUICE SneI-United
States VS.. Geo. ". Barber, for assault and bat
terry on August Lignell and John Kelly. This
case was taken before the court yesterday, and
w& disposed Of by fniDg the party accused.
This morning. Mr.. Barrett, counsel for defend
ant, obtained permission to have the case re-
opened TO offer testimony TO prove IN at the com
plainant II not truthful man, and, having been
intoxicated at the time Of the alleged assault
shooting. After hearing the testimony, and lis
tening 20 an argument in the Defendants be-
hall, the Judge fined the accused $50, without
costs. August Lignen, charged with assault on
Geo. ". Barber, by throwing stones through hi.
shop window; fined SO, without costs.
MAkINe 1T Lively IN GEORGETOWN.
W. d. Dennell. charged with assault and bat
assanlt was made on Easter Monday in Geor ge-
Town, and Butler, canal bOatmsn, was badly
hurt, his collar bone broken AMI head badly
cnt. lie was sent TO the Providence Hospital
where he hast been lying ever since After
nearing the testimony n MOLE proseqtsI vas en-
tered IN the intent to Kill, and the accused fined
10 and costs, or three months in Jail. He was
men arIaigDed on the charge of resisting the
Cfhcer who made the arrest. Ii Was shown IN at
he acted IN . most outrageous manner, and the
CHicer was compelled 70 shoot at him before he
would come to terms. He was wounded IN the
ieg by the ball from the oticer's pistol and gave
UP. In consideration that he had been three
months IN jail the judge let him Off with fine
% y, without costs. Jane Speed, colOred. lar
ceny OF clothing from VIM. II. Coouhs valued
At so; tined ca and costs, or three months in
isil. Adjourned.