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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12
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A MAN at .Saiina, Kansas, boasts of
having killed a young buffalo with his
little Ratchet.
GENERAL RossER, engineer in charge
of the surveys on the Northern Pacific
Railroad, informs the Duluth Herald
that inexhaustble beds Of coal of excel
lent quality have been found along the
line, and that the coal can be delivered
at Duluth at 50 and IS per ton.
STEPHEN NJ. BALLoU, of Quincy, ILL.,,
who was taken to Texas and tried for
the murder of James P. Golden, was re-
Gently found guilty, after trial lnsting
eleven days.
The genial Apache chief Cochise, is
said to have committed over 100 MUIR
ders within the last two years, many of
his victims being subjected to the most
frightful tortures.
Mr.. SEWARD is preparing sketch of
his recent trip around the world for
publication, and contemplates also writ
ing an account of the public men he has
been associated with and known.
a IEORlA Ulan WAS dJIdCheu anu
knocked down by wild steer, which
attempted to pin him to the ground.
Luckily, the animals horns passed be.
twaen the mans body and arms. Pos
sessing great muscular power, the man
seized the horns and with all his force
twisted the steers neck and threw him.
He then jumped up and ran, but his
flight was needless, as the steer was
found dead the next morning Just
where he was thrown, his neck having
been broken.
DULUTH, Mimi, is the most hopeful
place in the country. 1t has now a
population of $500, but expects an
increase of 10000 next year by immi-
grafton.
The Franklin N. H. Patriot, tells the
story of lad skating on a pond above
Franklin, who struck fire with his skate
near a slight orifce in the ice, from
which steady flame arose. Afterward
the ice was broken and match applied
in the presence of quite party, the gas
giving a large and steady flame for over
a quarter of an hour.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12
The Lucifer- Match.

The invention of our present lucifer.
match was great because it was so small
and it now turns out that the produc-
duction of this most useful, but, at the
same time, most dangerous frework
was due to happy thought which
flashed through the brain of Mr.. Isaac
Holden, who so terms the idea in his
evidence before the Patent Commit G
of Parliament. Mr.. Holden had to rise
in the morning to pursue his studies in
chemistry, and experienced the great.
est inconvenience from his tedious eff.
forts to obtain light from flint and
steel. He was giving lectures and his
time to very large academy. He goes
on to say: "Of course, knew, as other
chemists did, the explosive material
that was necessary in order to produce
instantaneous light; but it was very diff.
ficult to obtain light on wood by that
explosive material, and the idea occur.
red to put under the explosive mixed
sulphur. | did that, and published il
in my next lecture, and showed it.
There was young man in the room
whose father was chemist in London
and he Immediately wrote to his ia.
ther about it, and shortly afterward
lucifer. matches were issued to the
world"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

Why Should They Not !

Why should they not. on free and tireless wing
Visit us here, II, in their lourneying
From the Far Country. where apart they dwell,
They yearn for us, us we still yearn Tor them,
Ii but to touch their sanity garments HEMP
Oh, who can tell
Why should they not? We wait at eve and morn,
For their return,
And our poor hearts ill brook their long delay,
As day by day
We wait and watch. and listen for the tread
Of those whom we call dead u
Why should they not, from that mysterious
We mis-call death, gain larger. fuller range
To serve, as Gods high ministers of good.
TO our poor humanhood?
Why not, through slumbers speak
More than our wakened senses dare to hear
Why not, from sorrows cheek
With unsee fingers wipe away the tear
Aye do they not, with clearer sense, discern
What we, so slowly learn
The while, with kindly purpose, still
They prompt TO good and warn us OF the Ill!
Does not their kind behest
Greet us alike, in labor and in rest?
And thro' the night.
Do we no: see their faces, calm and white,
Pressed ''gainst the bars. which shut them into
light,
While, with fond hands. they beckon us away,
Into their day.
Why should they not oh, dim and unrevealed
The inner, from the outer sight concealed
We wander STILL along tn @ mist-hung river
Which rolls between us and the dread Forever ;
And TO its waves that kiss our shrinking feet,
Our vague, untutored questiOnings repeat.
But not a sound
Breaks through the silence Of the dark profound
Why should they not ? oh, Universal Will
Bid these strange queries of our hearts be
still"
Teach us the trust, which spurns the creed of
fate,
And opens wide Doubts interposing gate
Thou, the All-Father! We Thy children, would
With upturned hands receive both i'll and good.
Undoubtng still, till, crossed the narrow tide,
All is made plain upon the other side.
Boston transcript.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12
Wise and Otherwise.

A sApDLE-HoRsE is not necessarily i'll
tempered because he takes fence
readily.
FIGURES won't lie," won't they
Does fashionable woman's figure tell
the truth ?
Now, then, children" said parish
schoolmistress, showing her pupils of
on examination day, "who loves all
men ?" You, missus," was the unex.
pected answer.
"YoU have been sorely tried" said q
sympathizing friend to Joe Crowden,
weeping over the coffin of his third
wife. Yes" responded the bereaved
one, have always had the dreadfullest
luck with women
THERE are so many "spar banks" now
in New York that visitors from the rural
districts are apt to think what thrifty
characters pugilists must be.
INTENTIONALLY speaking, the single
thought" that animates two souls" in
Indiana seems to be the thought Of be-
coming single again by means Of di-
vorce.
WHAT sort of ascent is descent? A
trip up, for it brings you down.
WHAT is birth to man, if it shall be
stain to his dead ancestors to have
left such an offspring ?-Sr Philip Sid
neg.
A MAN has no more right to say an
uncivil thing than to act one; no more
right to say rude thing to another
than to knock him down.-Johnson.
A GOOSE has many quilts, but an au-
thor can make goose of himself, with
only one quill.
IT is said that Boaz married because
he feared that his laborers would think
him ruthless master.
The worst of all knaves are those
who can mimic their former honesty
Lavater.
CONSCIENCE, in most men, is but the
anticipation of the opinions of others
Taylor.
"WHAT can Tweed's plea be ?' asks
A. Innocence ?" queries B. " In no
sense" echoes G..
WHY is caterpillar like loaf of hot
bread? Because it's a "grub that
makes the butter fly.
WHY are pen-makers the most dis
honorable persons in the world? Be-
cause they make people steel pens, and
then say they do write.
A MUSICAL composer having been
asked if he had done anything lately,
replied, his last work was a composition
with his creditors.
GOOD manners are a part of good
morals, and it is as much your duty as
your interest to practice both.
WHY is an old pocket handkerchief
like an old ship? Because it has expe-
rienced many hard blow.
A LADY had her dress trimmed with
"bugles' before going to a ball. Her
little daughter wanted to know if the
bugles would blow when she danced.
ooh, no" said mother, "papa will do
that when he sees the bill ~
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12
Winter SOM.

FROM THE GERMAN OF KRUMMAcHER.
How silent thou dost lie
In thy pale drapery,
Dear mother Earth
Where is thy spring tide song?
Thy summers feathered throngY
Thy fowery robe for feast and mirth
Thou slumberest in strange weed;
No woody flock doth feed
On slope or meadow there.
The sweet birds all are dumb.
flushed is the bees low hum;
Yet cen in winter thou art fair.
Each branch, each twig doth simmer,
A thousand lights do glimmer
Where'er mine eye is turned.
Who hath prepared thy bed
Who thy white covering spread
Thee with boar frost so fair adorned
The Father good. above.
Thy fair white garment wove,
He slumbers not nor sleeps.
Thou peaceful slumber take;
He will the weary wake
New strength. new light for thee he keeps.
Thou. when mild spring shall blow,
Wilt rise all young. know.
To life more wOndrous fair.
He III breathe from heaven upon thee.
Then. then thou wilt adorn thee.
With a sweet chaplet in thy hair.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

YOUNG lady in Springfield, Mass, a
few nights ago, arose in her sleep and
went to the premises of a neighbor,
three doors away, where she was sitting
very composedly in chair on the porch,
arrayed without any special reference to
the condition of the thermometer. She
was excessively frightened when
awakened, and says she will be afraid
to 20 to sleep again.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

OSCAR LEssINEs, the former lover of
Queen Isabella of Spain, who urged
Napoleon III. so strongly to annex Bel
GUM to France, and whose secret me-
MORALS, addressed to the Emperor for
that purpose, were recently published
in the Independence Beige, was publicly
canod in a Paris coffee house by an
illegitimate brother of the present King
of Belgium, of whom he had spoken
disrespectfully in his writings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

A DISCOVERY has recently been made
in San Francisco, which throws some
light on the so-called spirit photographs
which appear on windows. One Of
these photographs was recently recog.
nized on window in that city, and by
chemical experiments it was ascertained
to be merely an accidental discooraton
in the material of the glass, never before
discovered
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

john BULL has actually invited Mr..
Pullman to introduce his palace draw
ing-room cars on the principal railway
lines of England. The London News
says: We understand that arran ge.
ments have just been completed with
railway magnates in England, who have
personally ascertained the advantages
of the Pullman cars, to introduce
them on their lines. We have no
doubt the experiment will prove a sue
cess"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

SMITH is favorite name in Indian
apolis. So fast does the race of the
ubiquitous John increase that the most
liberal variations in photography have
to be resorted TO in order to keep the
different branches distinct. One enter
prising woman has been married five
times, and has ended, as she began,
with the delightful name. She was
born Smith, married first Smith, then
Schmidt, next a Smythe, next a
Smithe, and finally Smyth.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12
COunterfeits.

1t is an easy matter to distinguish the
genuine DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy from
the spurious limitations in the market,
the genuine having printed upon the
outside wrappers the words " X. V.
Pierce, NJ. d., Sole Proprietor, Buffalo,
N. Y" Also has upon wrapper the Doc
tors private u. S. Government stamp,
bearing upon it his portrait, name and
address, which of itself is perfect guar
antee of SUCCESS 578
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

The New York Tribune says: "The
report in circulation that Gov. Seward
is very low with paralysis, is without
foundation. His health is as good as it
has been for year past. He rides out
daily, ana suffers no fatigue from the
exerciseu
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

For an Irritated Throat, Cough or
Cold, "BroWn'S Bronchial TrocheS" are
offered with the fullest confidence in
their efficacy. They maintain the repu-
tation they have justly acquired
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

THERE is, probably, no way in which
we can benefit our readers more than by re-
commencing to them for general use John
almost all the purposes of Family Medi-
cine; and as specific for coughs, colds,
whooping cough, soreness of the chest, lame
stomach, rheumatism, splitting of blood, and
all lung difficulties, it has no equal that over
NO saw or hear I'd of-C0Dt.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

never identified, but there is little
doubt that they were murdered in the
same way
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

UNRIvALLED YET.-" Blood will tell I"
say the horse fanciers, in estimating the en-
durance of fine animal and the motto is
good one outside of the sporting world A
pure article-intrinsically good-must dis
lance all competition, eventually. The sue
cess of Udolpho Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam
Schnapps has induced the manufacture of a
hundred limitations; but in the unrivalled
sale of his manufacture, while others have
achieved, if at all, but scanty success
may be found the public appreciation of a
pure and wholesome beverage Com.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

Mrs. CLARA JOHNSON, an aged lady,
was lately burned TO death in Richmond,
Va, by her clothes taking fire. She
was attending the marriage of her grand
daughter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

The propriety of giving condition
discussed and admitted by many of the
Agricultural Societies throughout the State
last Fall, and we believe that in every case
but one they decided in favor of .Sheridan's
Cavalry Condition Poaoders. Good judgment
-Cou
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

A SAN Francisco dispatch says "the
mysterious wild man." who has been
the subject of a sensation for some
years, was shot dead few days since
by citizen of Livermore Pass, whom
he attempted to kill. He was simply
dangerous lunatic.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

COLLINS d Co.'s CAST STEEL PLows,
only SIS each. For information how to OBJ
tain them address Collins & Co., 2l2 Water
street, New York.-Com.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

The Mutual Life of Chicago adheres
to standard plans, and does not follow any
Of the clap-trap and new tangled plans Of
obtaining business.-C0m.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

The ALMANAC Publishers complain
that their business is destroyed by Ayers
American Almanac. The people prefer it to
any other, the Farmers, Western, Southern,
or the numerous local almanacs, when they
can get Ayers. 1t supplies the best astrono-
mical data, weather and jokes of them all,
and above all medical advice which is in
valuable for every family. 1t is supplied
gratis by the druggists, and should be pre-
served for constant reference and use. We
are sure that no good housekeeper or grand
mother goes willingly without one.-Anti-
Slavery Standard, NJ Y.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

The Halford Leicestershire Table,
Sauce for family use, in pints and half pints
for sale by every first-class grocer.-Com.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

NEW club, the Knickerbocker, de
signed to be the most fashionable and
exclusive in New York, has recently
been organized. The members are linn.
tied to three hundred, and the club will
be composed of the Knickerbocker
families. The initiation fee is to be
81 900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

LAKEvILLE boasts of the largest pair
of boots in Indiana. They were made
for farmer in that vicinity, and meas
ure fourteen inches in length, six inches
across the ball of the foot, and four
inches across the heel, and weigh six
pounds.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

-Four EvILs.-Whoever habituaIIy
uses any alcoholic preparations as an
"appetizer" will be likely to suffer from
four evils, viz. an overplus of food in
the stomach, impaired ability to digest
it, the pangs of dyspepsia, and doc
tors bill. DR.. Walkers VEGETABLE
VINEGAR BIrrERs, the great Teetotal
Restorative of the age, without over
stimulating the palate or irritating the
stomach, imparts a healthful appetite,
promotes digestion, regulates the liver
and bowels, purifies the blood, and thus,
instead of entailing four evils, confers
four inestimable benefits.-C0m.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

THE SECRET OF CAPTIvATI0N.-Fea
lures of Grecian mould we'll turned neck and
beautifully rounded arms. are no doubt very nice
things to have, and ladies who possess these
charms have reason to be thankful to Mother
Nature yet, after ALL the most captivating of all
womanly charms is a pure, fresh and brilliant
lady may secure by using HAGAN's MAGNOLIA
BALM. the standard identifying prepa-
ration of the present age. 1t differs
from all ordinary cosmetics in three
most essential particulars, inasmuch as it
contains no injurious ingredients. does not con-
tract or shrivel the skin as ali the astringent
do, but produces lasting loveliness by improv-
ing the health of the skin. Under its operation
the texture Of the epidermis becomes finer, and
the surface soft as velvet and smooth porce-
lain. Features cannot be changed but complex
ions can, and it is quite certain that lady with
no other charm than a fresh and rosy complexion
will attract more admiration in company than
her ncighbor with classic face but a sallow
skin.-LOm.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

CoNGREssMEN, like corns, are often
paired off.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

PREFERRED REDIToRs-thosew who don't
dun.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30
Coming Political Events.

The principal political events for the remainder of the year are as follows:
 Sept. 1-New Mexico, election of del- egate to congress. 3-National Convention of Straight out" Democrats at Louisville, Ky.
 3-Vermont, election of State officers.
 3-Wyoming Territory, election of Delegate to Congress.
 4-Kansas, Republican State Conven- tion.
 4-Missouri, Republican State Con ventiou at St. Louis.
 4-Tennessee, Republican State Con- vention.
 9-Maine, election of Governor and Congressmen.
 10-Colorado, election of Delegate to Congress.
 1i-Kansas, Liberal Republican and Democratic State Convention.
 11-Maryland, Democratic Conserva- tive State Convention at Baltimore.
 11-Massachusetts, Democratic State Convention at Worcester.
 17-Soldiers' Convention at Pittsburg.
 Oct. 8 l. State elections in Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska Ohio, Pennsylvania, Dakota.
 Nov. 5-Presidential election. State elections in Alabama, Arkansas, Dela- ware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Virginia and Wiscon- sln. ..-
 s-Arizona, election of Delegate to Congress.
 27- District of Columbia, election of Delegate to Congress.
 3O-Texas, Election of Congressmen.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30

SoA1p1Na A BoY.-An incident of a fight is related by Gen. Custer, which, it's correctness being vouChed for, is worthy of being here repeated. Both parties were mounted, and the fighting consisted principally of charges and counter-charges, the combatants of both sides becoming at times mingled with each other. During one of these attacks bugler boy belonging to the cavalry was shot from his horse before any of his comrades could reach him, power fully built warrior, superbly mounted on & war pony, was seen to dash at full speed toward the spot where the dying bugler lay. Scarcely checking the speed of his pony, who seemed to divine bis rider's wishes, the warrior grasped the pony's mane with one hand and, stepping low as he neared the bugler, seized the latter with the other hand and lifted him from the earth placing hlm across his pony in front of him. Still maintaining the full speed of his pony, he was seen to retain the body of the bugler but a moment, then cast it to the earth. The Indians being routed soon after and driven from the field, our troops, mary of whom ad witnessed the strange and daring action of the warrior, recovered possession of the dead, when the mystery became solved. The bugler had been scalped.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30

TIE FEMALE CoUNTENANoE. - There are certain particulars in which the female face is really a cheat, taking women in detail. What sweetness, what tenderness, what modesty, what delicacy in the handling of unpleasant facts, what sense of mystery, you can hardly fail to see in the face of many an ordinary pretty woman. Yet, if you take the rule, is the average young woman kinder, more thoughtful, nay, is she even cleanlier, than the average young man? There is a great deal to be said for the negative very great deal indeed. Compare the young women whom you see in streets and public conveyances, in the morning and evening golng to or returning from employment, with the young men. I de- clare, the fact has forced itself on my senses, that the young men are the cleaner and better. kept animals. As for tenderness and thought-taking, though every form of male waiting and hand ser vice is to me utterly hateful, would rather, # / must be nursed, have Corporal Trim at my side than the ordinary woman. The reader may safely assume, large as he may th1nk the assumption, that have present in my mind all that is to be said in the way of extenuation or explanation here but the fact re- mains, that by the majority of men, in the majority of cases, the female counte- nance is found beautiful mask. .-Tke St. Poul's Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30

A CLOUD BURsT.-A few weeks ago a rain cloud burst and washed away the road bed of the Honesdale branch of the Erie Railway for the distance of about one hundred feet Cloud bursts are of infrequent occurrence in the Atlantic States but they are quite common in Nevada and elsewhere in the extreme West. A cloud burst is not water spout, though the two are often con- founded ln the popular mind. A water spout results from @ whirlwind which gathers @ quantity of water from the face of the ocean or some other broad surface, and whirls it upward and through the air. Cloud-bursts occur in the summer during heavy thunder storms and are simply rain showers of sudden and extraordinary violence. An over- laden cloud suddenly condenses, and the water of which it is composed falls to the earth in torrents. In mountainous country like Nevada the results of a cloud-burst are often terrible. So sud- den Is the fl0od, that sometimes where not @ drop of water has been seen for months, large turbulent torrent all at once comes pouring down, washing away trees, houses, roads, rocks and everything that comes in its way. One of these floods thus pouring down a steep, dry, mountain canon, frequently shows an advancing, resistless front of logs, powders, and brush twelve or fif- teen feet high.