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Some Facts About Intemperance.
From Hearth aud Home.

The State Board of Health of Massa-
chusetts have embodied in their second
annual report some curious facts about
intemperance. 1t seems that drunken
ness has been greatly on the increase in
France for some time past, and has
been productive of much crime and suf-
fering. Doubtless many of the mad
deeds which are now being committed
in Paris are due to the demon of wine,
or some more powerful alcoholic stimu-
liant. Yet drinking does not always
seem to produce intemperance; but in
Italy every man drinks wine, and some
take brandy, rum, and beer yet intern
perance is not prominent evil. Con-
sui Rose, of Ancona, Italy, reports that
crime committed under the influence of
liquor is unknown there. So in Athens,
Greece city of some $4,000 inhabi-
tants, only ~ deaths from intemper-
ance have occurred in ten years. In
Switzerland they drink beer and wine
without evil effects, though the
schnapps and potato brandy the peas
ants drink often gets them into trouble.
At Bremen, too, wine and beer are
used in unlimited quantities without
evil effects; but in Cologne IS per
cent. Of the crime is traceable to hard
drinking.
In Ireland, in 1868, $1,000 persons
were arrested for drunkenness and the
cost of the domestic and foreign spirits
consumed was over forty million dol
lars, or an average of $3.50 for every
family.
In 1869, nearly 90,000,000 gallons of
beer and ale were consumed in England
and Scotland. besides 100000 gallons
of spirits. This immense consumption
causes three-fourths of the crime in
these countries.
The constant increase Of crimes com.
mited under the influence of liquor has
led to the introduction of a new licens-
ing law in England with a view Of re-
stricting the sale of liquor by reducing
the number of public houses, which
now average one to every lS2 persons
to say nothing of the wholesale stores,
or those where liquor is sold not to be
drank on the premises. There is quite
total abstinence party in Great Britain,
but the most it has ever attempted in
the way Of legislation was to try to have
a law passed granting to a certain ma
.jority of the taxpayers of community
power TO prohibit the sale of liquor in
its limits. In the course of the debate
on this licensing bill, reference was
made to the plan adopted in Wurtem-
burg, where the Governmtnt owns all
the liquor stores, placing them in
charge of a Government officer. 1t is
made the interest of this official to sell
as little liquor, and as much tea and
coffee as possible, since he is allowed a
percentage on all sales Of these milder
beverages. Such plan would hardly
work well either in England or this
this country, but it is said to be valu-
able auxiliary in promoting sobriety
among the Wurtemburgers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16
Wit and Wisdom.

A SURE sIGN-Why, the horse-shoers
to be sure.
A "sAD poG"-one who tarries long at
the whine.
WHEN is mother a father? When
she's Sigher.
CAN q lover be called sutton when he
don't suit her.
OF ALL the boys, the boy in a store is
most sensible-he knows when to shut
up.
The most dangerous animal among
wild beasts is the slanderer; among
tame animals, the fatterer.
THE woman who maketh good pud-
ding in silence is better than one that
maketh tart reply.
WHAT should a man carry with him
when calling upon his afiianced? Alice
ton in his heart, perfection in his man
ners, and confection in his pockets.
"WnERE's your flial gratitude, you
naughty boy? What would you have
been without your kind father and
mother?' 90 s'pose I'd been an or
phan, SIR"
THE strongest propensity in woman's
nature, says careful student of the
sex, is to want to know what Is going
on, and the next strongest is to boss the
job.
Hook and one of his friends happened
to come to a bridge. "Dou you know
who built this bridge?" said he to Hook.
/" No; but if you 90 over, you'll be
tolled."
ONE MANS MEAT, ANoTHER's Poison
Landlord" I'm just glad to see We
alive and weel, Sandy gied we aqua
forty by mistake for whushy last time
we cam here !" Sandy-Aquaforty, oh
Aweel, twas varra guide III just tax
a drain O aquafeefty this time. Fun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16
What Then {!

An old man crowned with honors noby earned,
Once asked a youth what end in life he sought.
The hopeful boy said, Il would first be learned,
1 would know all that all the schools e'er
taught"
The old man gravely shook his head
And when you've learned all this, what
them" he said.
Then" said the boy, with all the warmth of
"I'd be a lawyer, learned and eloquent
Appearing always on the side of truth.
My mind would grow as thus twas early bent"
TIL cold man sadly shook his head; -
had when you've done all this. what then "
he said.
II will be famous" said the hopeful boy;
"Clents will pour upon me fees and briefs;
Twill be my pleasing task to bring back joy
To homes and hearts near crushed with darkest
griefs."
But still the old man shook his head
And when all this is gained, what then z he
said.
And then will be rich, and in old age
/ will withdraw from all this legal strife;
Known in retirement as an hOnOred sage,
I'll pass the evening of an hOnored life.
Gravely again the old man shook his head -
And when you've done all this what then ~
he said.
" And then-why. then know that must die
My body then must die. but not my fame;
Surrounded by the fallen great I'll lie,
And far pOsterity shall know my name."
Sadly the old man shook his head
And after all this, what then?' he said.
And then-and them" but ceased the boy to
speak.
His eyes, abashed, fell downward to the sod;
"A silent tear dropped on each burning cheek;
The old man pointed silently to God,
Then laid his hand upon his dropping head, ,
Remember. there's place beyond, he said
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16
Decay of the Latin Races.

This triumph of Prussia over France
has even broader significance than APP
pears to the unthinking observer. 1t
revOlutionizes the leading influence Of
Europe. 1t is the triumph of the leu
ton over the Latin, of Professionalism
over Romanism, Of the new civilization
over the old. The Latin races, with
their intriguing priesthood, their igno-
rant, poor and superstitious people,
monkeres and nunneries, and relics
and shams, are sinking to decay. Italy,
France and Spain are all in trouble,
while Portugal is hardly counted among
the nations, so insignificant and power
less has she become. All are bankrupt,
and neither seems to hold within itself
the power of recovery. France is re-
public to-day, nominally; but those who
know France well, will be surprised if
she remain republic for year. The
whole head of France is sick. and the
whole heart is faint. The Latin blood,
wherever it flows, seems TO be weak and
corrupt. There are men of ideas and
pure life and noble aspiration in all
these countries but what are they,
what can they do, against a church or
ganization, hoary with experience and
perfectly united in its oLiect-that OBJ
ject being the perpetuation of its own
power, at whatever cost, against all the
encroachments of freedom and free
thought? Spain knows, Italy knows,
and poor France will know within a
twelvemonth. Nothing but universal
ducation-instituted controlled and
| directed by the State-and a free Bible
with free men to preach its truths, can
save the whole Latin race from fatal
degeneration and decay. Without
these regenerating influences France
will follow Spain and Italy into pow
erlessness that will be alike her protec.
ton from national jealousy and her de-
graduation from the worlds respect.
Bound as these peoples are by so many
chains, it is impossible for them to hold
a respectable footing in the race of freer
nations for power and greatness. The
| Teuton blood, with its affiliations, is the
| blood of the future. The Teutonic Ian
guages are the languages of the future
and Protestant civilization, under vari-
Gus forms and phases-moving through
various modes of progress-is the civil
cation Of the future. Does any one
doubt it? Let him point to single
Catholic nation that is making progress
to-day, and to II single Protestant that
is not Dr. j. q. Holland, in ,ScriJner'S
lMonthy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16
More Census Studies.

The sources whence the Territories
and new States of the Union draw their
population, form one of the interesting
studies Of the census returns. Taking
Nebraska as an illustration. it appears
that the West has contributed most
largely to the building up of that State
natives of Ohio numbering l0,709; of
Illinois, 9,63S; of Indiana, 5000; of
Iowa, 1000; ten Western States having
sent, in all, more than 10000 of their
people to settle in Nebraska. All the
Southern States contributed less than
10000. The New England States have
sent less than 5000. But New York
and Pennsylvania count largely among
the feeders Of the new State-na
tives of New York being reported at
9,24l, and of Pennsylvania at 1904 ;
making a total from these two States of
1920. The total population of Nevada
is l25,O93. Of this number, one-third
are immigrants from the Western
States. OF all the present residents,
only 1925 are natives of Nebraska. or
about one-sixth. Every State in the
Union has contributed to make up the
population, and out of this composite
aggregate new and hourishing COM
monwealth has been born.
The new State of West Virginia
counts population of 406, S54, but of
this number no less than 364, SOB were
born in Virginia or West Virginia.
Ohio has contributed 1900; Pennsyl-
vania, $1,000; New York, 1885 and
there has been large immigration from
Maryland, amounting to 100. 1t is an
interesting point in the statistics of the
foreign element that the number of the
Germans and Irish in West Virginia are
nearly equal-Germans, 6,232 Irish,
6,S32-and 2,557 are natives of England
and Scotland. The advantages of West
Virginia seem to have been appreciated
by immigrants, but very few of this
class have vet found their way to the
newer center of civilization in tar-away
Nebra LA
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16
Health Items.

A GOOD LINIMENT.-One of the very
best liniments that was ever made for
man or beast, is composed of equal
parts of laudanum, alcohol, and oil of
NORWOOD.
THOSE live longest who are deliberate
whose actions are measured. who never
embark in any enterprise without
sleeping over it," and who perform
all the everyday acts of life with
calmness.
A HOMEMADE DIsINFEcrANT. - Dis
solve bushel of salt in barrel of wa
ter, and with the salt water slack bar.
rel of lime, which should be wet
enough to form kind of paste. For
the purposes of a disinfectant, this
homemade chloride of lime is nearly as
good as that purchased at the shops
and drug stores. Use it freely about
sinks, cellars, cutters and outhouses,
and in this way prevent sickness, suffer
ing and expense.
EITHER labor or exercise carried to
exhaustion or prostration, or even to
great tiredness, expressed by Gagged
out" always does more harm than the
previous exercise has done good. All
running up stairs, running to catch up
with vehicle or ferry boat, are ex-
tremely injurious to every age, and sex,
and condition of life. 1t ought to be
the most pressing necessity which should
induce a person over fifty to run twenty
yards.
A CURE FOR TIE BLUEs.-A para
graphist says in one of the medical pa.
pers, that " Laughter and music will
cure the blues" Now, laughter is
good, and music is good. And we do
not doubt that they have a good effect
on those who are depressed in spirit,
but how is man going to laugh when
he don't feel like it, and it is not al
ways easy to get dose of inspiring mu-
sic. A still better prescription is to
seek the society and moral support of
people who are not blue. When a
clock has run down, it stops. 1t can
not start itself, somebody must wind it,
and touch gently the pendulum till it
swings freely in its accustomed track.
So when hope has departed from the
soul, and all looks dark and discourag-
ing, the touch of strong, healthy ma
ture cheers and invigorates, and starts
into action faculty that has run down
and stopped. If you are blue, then
90 to one who is not blue, and let
him apply the sparks of his own
life to your respondent nature
change.
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IL 81.
He Died
WE Of -,
II So.
Her last end was peaceful.

Blessed are they who die in the Lord"
wept as | had never done before.
The sealed fountains of my tears were
unlocked. 1t was a summer evening,
and | fell asleep among the graves.
When | awoke the sun was shining
brightly, and the sight of the graves re-
called my thoughts of the previous
night. Sabbath had come, and the
church bells were ringing the air was
vocal with the songs of birds, rising like
prisons to Gods throne. | never felt so
before, and the thoughts of all the mer-
cies lavished upon me, misspent time
and opportunities, passed before me. |
tried to pray, to repeat "Our Father"
and Now | lay me down." but could
not. The sound of gathering feet
that the hour for worship had arrived,
and, as if by an impulse | could not
withstand, | entered the church. The
people stared at me, and the sexton
gave me a seat set apart for the paupers
in the church but it satisfied me-the
fallow ground was thoroughly broken,
waiting for the seed of the sower. The
choir sung song my mother had ca
rolled over my cradle, and |, there lean
ing on my staff, wept bitter tears. The
minister arose--a young man whom |
had never seen-his face youthful, yet
solemn, and he was deeply in earnest.
He preached from a text adapted to my
case Come, let us reason together.
Though your sins be as crimson, they
shall be white as snow; though they
be scarlet, they shall be white as WOOL"
And as he preached / felt convinced,
and trembled at the fierce judgments
against sinners, and wept for JOY at the
offered consultations and the hope of
pardon. The service was over, and,
afraid | might yet be too late, ! remain
ed to converse with the minister. was
terribly IN earnest, and wept and sobbed
with sorrow for my sins and JOY at the
hope of forgiveness. The minister, who
was indeed man of God, remained
with me until evening, and preached
from the text Come we to the waters,
and he that hath no money come, buy
wine and milk without money and with
out price"
That night | went home with the
minister, and slept for the first time for
months in house. Slept, did | say
No! The peace of religion came over
me-that peace that passeth under
standing. Ny life henceforth was
changed, and bend low at the feet OF
the cross. Life has a different aspect
and seems now only instituted for good
Let my experience, poor as it is in prac.
teal results, yet serve as a warning to
the young and helpless.
Pause, reader, before you take the
first step in vice.
now bid you farewell, and hasten to
pay my vows to that Creator who has
preserved me, and so strangely brought
me from darkness to light, even amid
all my waywardness.
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IN BANGOR Me-, they do up the di.
vorcing business with dispatch, if not
with neatness. A contemporary says
that, in recent instance, q divorce
" case was entered in arrest, notice on
defendant proved, defaulted, testimony
heard divorce decreed, and certificate
issued, in just eight minutes and quar-
ter" This is at the rate of rather more
than seven divorces in an hour so that
"Down East" beats "Out West" The
transaction shows a wonderful capacity
for action, that is yet latent, in New
England, and so must be highly encour-
aging to folks who believe in "progress. {"
Surprising their good time" to have
come, court sitting ten hours a day.
and six days in the week, could unbuck-
lie about twenty-five thousand complain.
ing couples in a twelvemonth. A dozen
such courts could release more than
half million persons in a year. The
next age will see some wonderful devel.
opements of the centrifugal principle.
Capitalization is all the go i'm public
life, but it doesn't 60 down-or rather it
does 60 down--in private life.
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TheTrue NOrthrrner.
PAW PAW. MICHIGAN.
The Benny Hands that Make Good
Bread.
BY JOHN s. ATCHEsoN

BY JOHN 3. ATCHESON.
/ own the charms Of rounded arms
OF eyes that loves soft lustre shed,
OF raven hair. and tresses fair.
OF cheeks that coy with white and red
OF pouting lips where Cupid dips
The arrows that TO hearts are sped
Yet none of these my fancy please
Like the bonny hands that make good bread
Some hands have art to move the heart,
By waking music's sweet appeals
Some borrow dyes from perfect skies,
And. through the canvas, make US feel;
Some make the dress fair forms caress,
To win the heart and turn the head,
For me, more rare beyond compare,
Are the b0nny hands that make good bread.
Gay maiden. vain the rusting train.
Those jeweled hands so idly crossed,
That dler mind can pleasure find
In every hour ignobly lost!
our jewels shine, your looks are fine,
But I'll not seek, whcne'er | wed,
For ieweled hands, or gold and lands,
But for bonny hands that make good bread.
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Valuable Alkali Country,

The "alkali country crossed by the
Pacific Railroad, whose dust is so annoy.
ing to travellers, and was the bugbear of
the "Great American Desert proves
to be much more fertile, and TO possess
much greater agricultural capacities
than was originally supposed. The
chief ingredients of this "alkali'' are
gypsum and the chlortes of potassium
and soda, chemical combination in the
highest degree fertlizing when not in
too great excess in the soil. Whenever
irrigation is practicable, the vegetable
production of all this region will attain
size and perfection utterly unknown
in the Eastern States. The soil is finely
comminuted, and needs only plentiful
supply of moisture to yield almost every
variety of crop in the most profuse
abundance, while the organic elements
are not capable of being exhausted, as
they ascend by evaporation from the
underlying deposits. 1t is more than
probable that artesian wells may vet
convert a large part of the arid wastes
of Wyoming, Nebraska and Montana
into fertile fields, and open new re.
sources to the hand Of enterprise
Chicago Post.
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The Hartford Comant recommends
saffron as an article for profitable cult.
vation. 1t has been selling wholesale
at six to seven dollars pound for two
years. The flowers are the valuable
part of this plant. The petals are to
be picked by hand and carefully dried.
Saffron is of the easiest cultivation. 1t
will thrive on good corn land. Drilling
the seed twenty inches apart, and thir.
ming to six inches in the row, would
give suitable distances. Plant in the
latter part of May.
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vagrant, sleeping by night where |
could, and by day only seeking a dwell.
ing when food was absolutely necessary.
A strange inclination came upon me to
visit my birthplace. went, and came
to the old homestead, but stranger
occupied it, and fierce dog drove me
away, for my appearance must have
been very haggary; but | only saw my
reflection in some pool of water, and
the children ran away from me. At
last they gave me permission to cross
the threshold that was familiar to me
in the days of my youth, and where my
mother stood as the coach carried me
away, and how changed; there was not
single heirloom. ] wandered to
where my father left me weeping, and
viewed the old home and the old house
in the distance, and wept for the first
time for long years.
went to the village but here it was
all changed; there were no familiar faces;
the public house was there, but no one
knew; the church had been taken
away, and in its place stood a stately
edifice, and improvements had been
made all around. At evening, | saun-
tered into the church-yard, and bowed
among the grave-stones, reading the in
scriptions. Here were playmates,
school-fellows. friends and enemies,
side by side.
The old gray-haired men who had
counseled me were long since dead.
Here, under marble slab, lay our pas.
tor, who had so earnestly counseled
me. Lastly, on two stones, side by side,
| read through my tears:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY or
IL 81.
He Died
In the hope and full assurance of blessed resur-
rection. His last words were, Meet me in
Heaven"
On the other | read:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
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WE speak of the water Of the dia.
mond but of the emerald "He."
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4 Cruel Joke.

The worst joke, says an exchange,
that was ever perpetrated on scientific
men took place recently in Louisiana,
Mo. A man was sick with rheumatism,
or something, and q fellow went around
to the doctors. and professors, and
things and told them it was the queer
est case on record. He said the man
had no feeling. You could stick pins
in his body all over and he paid no at
tention TO them at all. He was per-
fectly numb. So the doctors got
together and called on the sick man to
experiment. All arrived with pins,
needles and bodkins. The man was
asleep and they got around him, and
each one stuck his pin in the patient,
the sick man rolled over and looked at
the crowd, and thought they had come
to dssect him, so he took chair in one
hand and bed post in the other, and
drove the crowd thence. They were
around several days after with their
heads tied up, looking for the man who
said the sick man had no feeling.
MEAT JELLY.-Take half a pound of
mutton, half pound of beef and half
n pound of veal or pork, with a small
piece of bone of bacon put in water
enough to keep it from burning, and
cover it close; let it simmer for three
or four hours till the juice of the meat
is entirely out, then strain it off, and
let it stand till cold. If there is any fat
it can be removed. A person recover
ing from an illness must not be left
all night without food. Some of this
jelly placed beside them, where they
can reach it easily, is very excellent
thing.
Los ANGELES, California, raises oranges
twelve inches in diameter.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13
In the Field.

1t is pleasure to the farmer and fruit grower to know
where he always procure CLASS Implements to
aid in performing the labor of the field orchard Messr
Mansfield, Ellingwood & Co., of st. Joseph No. ART
still in the field with full stock of all implements need
ed for fall All implements sold by them are fully guar
anteed.
The Welcome Sulky Rake is rake in this market
but has, wherever used, given entire satisfaction.
The Holingsworth Sulky Rake. long and favoraby
known throughout the Northwest the very best
sulky rakes made
They have full supply of Ohio Falls ST. Louis and Ex.
celsior Revolving Hay Rakcs for sale cheap.
The Buckeye Grain Drill with hoppers for Force or
Improved Feed gives it advantage all other drills
and does not increase the price 1t has long
the best drill in the market.
The latest improved Buckeye Cider Mill and Press both
large and small size suitable for persons owning large
small orchards
OF Sorghum Cane Mills they have three sizes-light me-
dunn and heayythereby enabling the farmer get mill
suitable i'm size to his crop of They made of the
very best material; each size has three upright rollers
made Of solid cast irun Also good article of heavy
Sheet Iron, for Evaporation Pans.
Their stock of Iron Steel and Hardware large and well
suited to the demands of the trade
Descriptive Circulars and Prices of their goods will be
sent on application
Fur fall powing they have large stock of Deeres Mo-
line and Canton Clipper Flows.
We ask for them liberal share of the custom of
Farmers Mechanics and Merchants.