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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-12-19

Secretary Boutwell, and Mr.. Cooke were
again before the Ways and Means Com
mittee today on the subject OF the new
loan. Mr.. Boutwell, subsequently ap-
peared before the Senate Committee ol
Finance upon the general subject Of the
finances,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
A Veteran Tramper.

A patriarch among the comps" is
Harry Sheets. The Kentuckian thus
chronicles his arrival in Paducah: d" Yes.
terday Maj. Harry Sheets, tramping
printer, II years of age, arrived in our
city from Nashville. He never travels
on any conveyance, but wherever he
goes he travels on foot. During his
tramping he has worked in every State
Of the United States, except California,
and has taken his time to travel over
them. If there were any stations at
reasonable distances between here and
California where he could rest and pro-
cure grub, and if it was not for the
danger of having his scalp raised by the
bloody lnji-ins, we haven't the least
doubt that he would yet undertake a
foot-ride' to that far-of land"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
To Measure Grain I'm a Bin.

A correspondent of the Rural Carroll.
nian gives the following rule: First get
the actual number of cubic feet, which
is done by multiplying the interior
length. breadth and depth together,
then eight-tenths of the cubic feet will
be the number of bushels that the bin
will contain, or eight.tenths of the cubic
feet of grain will be the number of
bushels. TO get eight-tenths, multiply
the cubic feet 10y eight, place period
before the first right-hand figure, and
you have the bushels and the tonths Of
bushels. If you measure corn on the
cob, allow one-half for the cob, so that
four tenths of the cubic feet will be the
number Of bushels Of shelled corn.
Illustrate Bin l0xl0xl0 feet multiply
these together, product 1000 of which
SUM eight-tenths or 0.S will be bushels,
and four. or GA if corn in the ear ;
that is, 500 or 400 bushels, as. the corn
may be shelled or on the cob.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
Cure for XhOOning.COngh.

Mr.. John Grantham states in the
British american Journal that in cases of
whooping-cough in the last stage-that
is, after the third week-he has had one
ounce of the strongest liquid of ammo.
MIA put into a gallon of boiling water in
an open pan, and the steam kept up by
means of half brick made red hot
throughout and put into the boiling
water containing the ammonia, the pan
being placed in the center of room,
into VIII ch the patients were brought as
the ammoniated steam was passing Off.
This method was used in the evening,
Just before bedtime; and it has been SO
efiicacious, he says, in abating the spas
modic attack, and after three or four
days terminating the malady, that he
cannot overestimate the great value OF
this mode of inhaling the ammonia as q
therapeutic agent in tranquiling the
nervous system in whooping. cough.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
Remedy for Catarrh.

| had this distressing disease eight
years or more. 1t made such stencil
that my family could hardly bear me in
their presence. One day | decided to
try to cure myself. This is the expert
ment and the result: | took vial
that would hold gill and filled it near.
ly full Of water; added to it piece of
alum the size of common chestnut or
hickory nut; to thit | added Is or 20
drops of Bakers Pain Panacea, making
it as strong as it could be borne. 1t
would be as we'll to pulverize the alum
before putting it in the vial. After the
alum is dissolved, turn out into the
hand a teaspoonful or so Of the mixture
and snuff it up the nose two or three
times; get it well up the nose. If it
runs into the throat it does no harm
spit it out. Repeat this operation two
or three times day. This simple
medicine cured me in about eight weeks
or so. 1t is some six or eight years
since ] tried this, but am all right
now. 1t was worth more TO me than
the gold of India or Peru.-Cor. Moore
Rural Neto Yorker.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18

Take Your Home Paper.

The following is taken from the edi.
torial columns Of the Lady'S Book
for the month of January, and we COM
mend its careful perusal to the many
persons in this county who are
neglecting their home paper for some
city weekly: "What tells us 80 readi-
ly the standard of town or city as the
appearance of its paper? And its
youth or its age can as well be deter
mined by the observing as a personal
notice. The enterprise of its citizens is
depicted by its advertisements, their
liberality by the looks of the paper.
Some papers show good, solid,
healthy foundation, plethoric purses,
and well to do appearance generally /;
others show striving to centend with
the grasping thousands around them,
trying hard to wrench out an existence
f, ON the close listed community sur
rounding. An occasional meteoric dis
play in its columns of telegraph or local
or of editorials, show what it can do if
it had the means, but it cannot con.
tinue in the expensive work until sup
port comes, which ought to be readily
granted. A newspaper is like a church !;
it wants fostering in the commence.
ment, and for a few years then, as a
general thing, it can walk alone, and
reflect credit upon its location. Take
your home paper; it gives you more
news Of immediate interest than New
York or other papers it talks for you
when other localities belle you it
stands up for your rights; you always
have a champion in your home paper,
and those who stand up for you should
certainly be we'll sustained. Your in
tarests are kindred and equal, and you
must rise or fall together. Therefore,
it is your interest to support your
home paper; not grudgingly, but in
liberal spirit as a pleasure, not as a
disaereeable duty ; but as an invest
ment that will amply pay the expendi.
ture .u-Erchan0e.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
Vermin on Stock.

A correspondent of the American Farm
Journal writes "To exterminate lice
from calves, colts, and other stock af.
ficted with them, take good handful
of the Towering annual known as lark
spur, cut the stalks near the ground,
and steep tops and all in vinegar.
When cool, wash the animal thoroughly
in the liquid, so as to wet every hair,
and you will find one application to
destroy both lice and nits entirely, and
it is not injurious to the animal like the
use of sulphur, mercurial ointments,
etc. Should few of the vermin escape
the first application, second one will
thoroughly eradicate them"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
Garnet Mats or Rugs,

Girls, you all want to know how to
help adorn home and a carpet, be it
ever so common, saves mother and your
selves many a hard job of scrubbin g
and cleaning. Now, you all, 4 expect,
know how to make rag carpets. At
least, we Judge so, from the nice letters
you write on that subject. So we take
method Of making new carpets from
old wooden ones from Harper'S Ba=ar
No matter how faded, they may be
turned TO good account by raveling out
the carpet, and, as you do so, winding
it in balls. When this is done, have
ready some scarlet, blue, or green yarn,
which, if the colors of the carpet be
very dull, will help to enliven them.
Next take long stick, like yard
stick, and wrap the raveled yarn tightly
around it, intersperslng it with little
red and green all the way through !;
when the stick is full, begin to sew it
along one edge, so as to secure it, and
then cut it open on the other. Now do
another and another stickful in the
same way, until the carpet yarn is all
gone. A piece Of strong crash will an
swer best as foundation for the rug we
are proposing to make out of this, and,
having hemmed it at each end, begin
in the middle with tuft of brig ht col.
ors, sewing the rest around on the
foundation as closely as possible, row
after row, until the crash is completely
covered; it may thus be made as large
as required, and can be trimmed to
make the tuft even. This will give you
a very serviceable door.mat or rug, and
will wear as long as the old carpet has
already done.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18

have shown that from the moment of
plucking apples, cherries, ourrants, and
other fruits, they are subject to inces-
SAINT transformation. At first they alb.
sorb oxygen, thus robbing the surround
ing air of its vital element. Then they
evolve carbonic acid, and this in far
greater volume than the purer gas is
absorbed, so that we have poison given
us in the place of pure air, with CON-
pound interest. Temperature affects
the rate of changes, warmth accelerating
it.-Good Health.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
Cutting Corn.

When the fodder. is an object. corn
should be cut when the grain is sutfi.
GENTLY hard, so that the kernels cannot
be broken by strong pressure between
the fingers, irrespective of frost, or the
earliness or lateness of the season; but
if frost intervenes before the crop is
since the fodder is not only injured or
rendered worthless soon after being
killed by frost, but the corn is also seri.
ously injured, if not ruined altogether |;
but if cut and shocked Immediately, it
still makes good feed, since the sap con.
tinues to ascend and partially natures
the grain.
To cut and shock corn properly, let a
hand 90 through the field making
tables regularly, and at proper distances,
by bending over and interlocking four
hills so they may form figure X.
Around these set the corn firmly and
carefully, pressing the butts to the
ground and the tops together, until
sufficient is placed for tying. This may
be done with cornstalk partially wilt
ed, or with bands of hay or straw. Much
time is lost and unnecessary exertion
expended by not attending to the most
economical performance OF the work OF
cutting and shocking corn. Many per
sons cut and lay down the corn, to be
picked up again and placed in the
shock. Corn, once in the arms, should
always be carried directly to the shock
by the person who cuts it. The tables
being made, commence cutting so that
when the armful is secured you will be
near the place forming the shock, and
continue 10 proceed thus until the shock
is completed. A little practice will
enable any of you to calculate with so
much surety that but little time will be
lost in carrying the corn.
Much corn is injured by loose tying,
and also by tying too low down upon
the shock. The band should be placed
as high as possible and have it catch all
the stalks, and should be drawn as tight
as may be without breaking the bands.
If the whole work has been carefully
performed, there is but little danger that
the shocks will be blown over, however
violent the wind.
Unless the corn is needed for fodder
or caught by frost before ripe, we should
never cut the crop, since it takes much
longer to husk from the shock than
from the hill besides, it is much easier
to take care of the stalks left on the
hill than after it is shocked. We may
add, however, there is nothing better
for wintering cattle or young horses, and
especially mich COWS, than good bright
corn fodder, and where forage is scarce,
it is of great value to the farmer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
Cure for Stammering.

Many cures have been recommended
for the distressing habit of stammering,
a few of which are sure. This is one of
them: keep the teeth closed togeth-
er, and, before attempting to speak, re-
spire deeply then give time for quiet
utterance, and after very slight prac-
tice the hesitation will be relieved. No
spasmodic action of the lower jaw must
be permitted to separate the teeth when
speaking. This plan, regularly carried
out for six months, will cure any one
who has the determination to perse-
we're in IL -
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
THE French Government lately made

THE French Government lately made
very singular request to the Alta
Italia Railway Company. 1t asked that
some of the trains now running through
the Mont Gents Tunnel might be sus-
pended, in order to facilitate the estab'
lishment of powerful mines in the
French half of the passage. In case of
war, these mines would be exploded,
and the tunnel would thus be blocked
up. The company declined to accede
to the request and, explanations hav.
ing been exchanged between the two
Governments, orders have been given
to suspend the boring of the mines.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
Test OF Burning Fluid.

Pour small quantity of oil in sau-
Ger, or other shallow dish, and pass a
lighted me tch near the surface of the
oil. If you detect any small blush
flashes or puffs, or if the vapor takes
fire, then, in either case, the oil is dan.
gerous anu unfit for use. Be sure and
always have both the dish and the oil
at as warm temperature as they would
be in the shade of a hot summers day.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18

A PHYSICIAN WHO HEALED HINsELF.-
If railroad director were lashed to
every locomotive, there would be fewer
railroad accidents, and if doctors had to
take their own physic before admins
tering it to their patients, fewer people
would be poisoned. Dr.. Joseph Walker,
of California, took this course when he
first compounded the famous Vinegar
Bitters, which now rank as an inestimable
household remedy in all parts of the
United States. He healed himself with
this specific before he offered it to the
world. He introduced it with a simple
statement Of the manner in which he
hao discovered its vegetable ingredients
and been cured, while wandering. sick and
poor. among the California tribes. He stated
what the preparation had done for himself
and few sufferers from dyspepsia, bilious
ness, rheumatism, lung Diseases and many
other prevalent disorders, believed him, tried
the new restorative and were more than salts
fed with the results. In this way the sale of the
Vinegar Bitters began, and we mention the
fact as an evidence that in this age Of intelll-
gence and inquiry, nothing that liz really valu-
able to mankind can prove pecuniary failure
even though it may lack the help Of capital, and
have to fight its way against powerful oppos-
ing interests. Within two or three months
after its introduction, the article became self
supporting and it now yields magnificent
annual revenue.-lCom.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
Defend Your Health.

The fAll OF the leaves not only symbolises human
decay. but promotes IT, In other words the efiuvis
from dying and rotting vegetation s unfavorsble to
health. To this and other csuses-especiaiy excess
OF moisture In the stmosphere-may be ascribed the
prevalence OF acute disorders Of the stomach bowels
and liver at this season. Every person Of bilious
habit IL liable TO be very bilious In the fall Then.
too. all persons whose digestion is weak are more
than ordinarily dyspcptic. and individuals predis-
posed to collie. darrhea and dysentery are particu
lary likely TO be attacked by these complaints. The
most complete defense against each and all OF those
distressing ailments 10 bodily vigor. To obtain this
blessing In all it's plentitude where IL does not exist
and preserve and perpetusto IL where IL does exist
Hostetters stomach Btters earnestly recommended
1t 10 the peculiar Office preparatiout TO reinforce
and regulate the i'm portant organs which digest and
temper the food and convert IL into DEMONSTRATING
blood. Bodily vgor depends upon the nourishing
qualities Of that fluid and the nutritiousness OF the
blood depends upon the functional activity and
larty which ii is the special province of tho Btters
to secure Hence II 10 the best defense Of health at
this season. and indeed at all seasons. When dysen-
terry. diarrhea bile colic and other violent afiec-
tons of the bowels become epidemic. az they often
do In certain parts Of the country In the fall Il will
be found that persons who have been wise enough to
resort to the Btters q preventive are almost In
variably exempted from the scourge.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
Eeeping Fruit i'm Our Rooms.

We should be chary of keeping fruit
in our sitting.rooms, and especially be.
ware of laying it about sick chamber
for any length of time. The complaint
which some people make about faint
sensation in the presence of fruit is not
fanciful-for two continental chemists
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
Ducks in n VINEYARD.

1t is mentioned in the Grape CulturiSt
that large vineyardist in illinois keeps
each season not less than one hundred
ducks constantly among his vines. He
says it is wonderful with what diligence
they dart after all kinds of bugs thrips,
flies and small snails, and he considers
them among the best of insect exter-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
Remedy for COrnS.

A correspondent Of Moore's Rural Neo
Yorker recommends pearl shirt buttons,
dissolved in lemon juice-say four or
five buttons to the juice of one lemon !;
bottle it for use; it takes few days to
dissolve. Another recommends the use
of gargling oil to those suffering with
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18

MANY valuable horses die from the
effects OF collie. The best thing to do in a
case of this kind is to pour bottle of John
sons AnOdyne Lininlent into a long-necked
junk bottle, add half pint of molasses and
water, then pour the whole down the horses
throat In ten minutes the horse will begin
to eat-ICom
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
CONsUMPTIyEs.

The advertiser, having been permanently cured Of
That orr al disease Consumption by simple remedy
Is anxious to make known TO his ellow-su erers the
means ot cure To all who desire IL. he will send n
copy OF ire prescription used Gree OF charged with
the directions Tor preparing and using the same,
which they will md a SURE CURE ron CONSUMPTION.
tulties.
Parties wishing the prescription will please address
Rev. EDWARD A WILSON,
pf Penn street, Wiliamsburgh NY
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
HAVE You SEEK HER "A lady who for the

HAVE You SEEN HER "A lady who for the
last Fl We years has been leader of fashion in New
York aud who may be seen twice week In her
elegant caleche driving a pair of superb ponies iD
Central Park has recently stated la the select circle
to which she belongs, that the only article in exist
once which imGarts beauty and luster to the com.
plexlon without ut mately mpairng the texture OF
the skin and causing IL TO collapse AMI wrinkle. is
HAGAss MAGNOLIA BALM. The name of the dis
tingushed member of the beau monde who made this
declaration cannot with prOpriety be given, but IL
may be mentioned en pds,dnt that she has spent
several years of her life In Euro pc. and Is familiar
with all the arts aud preparations employed by the
court beauties of the Old World TO enhance their
CharRs.-T(Om.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18

OF seventy-three prisoners for trial at
the Last Liverpool Sessions, only five.
could read and write well. Seventeen
could neither read nor write.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18

A KANSAS railroad recently refused
to pay for some stock which had been
run over. So the people of the neigh
borhood soaped the track by night, and
spent the next forenoon watching the
train in its futile efforts to slide through
IL
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18
MOnOnlania.

An extraordinary case of monomanla
is related in a French exchange. A
well.dressed, educated gentleman re-
Gently appeared before a magistrate
and gave the following account OF him.
self
"My name is In. am a
teacher in college of the Department
of Gers, and have come to pass the va
cation in my native town. | come to
ask you to be good enough to put me
in some asylum until can overcome a
dangerous monomanis which possesses
me. | am not mad, but am simply
seized with an irresistible desire to
strangle a child. During the long
nights, as lay sleeplessly in the dor.
mitory OF our college, listening TO the
breathing of the scholars confided to
my care, have felt the most extraor-
binary sensations. Often have got up
and gone toward the bed of one of the
boys with the full intention of strang.
ling him to death, but at the moment
when | was about to seize him by the
neck l have succeeded, by appealing to
my resson and all the resources of my
nature, in avoiding the committal of
crime. | happily managed to ward off
the dreadful impulse until vacation
came. But to-day feel that can no
longer resist. Even in coming here to
you carefully avoided meeting any
child, for had l done so | must have
killed it," At this moment boy Of
fourteen years happened to be brought
before the magistrate to answer some
Of
the boy mad glare seemed to dart
from the eyes of the monomaniac, as he
rushed forward to seize him, and was
only prevented 10y the officers of the
law. The magistrate Immediately sent
the unfortunate man to a lunatic asy-
lum.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18

CHAPPED HANDS, face, rough skin,
p.mples, ring-worm, salt-rheum, and other
cutaneous affections, cured, and the skin
made soft and smooth, by using the JUMPER
TAR SOAR, made by CAswELL, HAZARD & Co.,
New York. 1t is more convenient and easily
applied than other remedies, avoiding the
trouble of the greasy compounds now in
use-GCom.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18

DooLEY's Yeast Powder cannot he
exceled tor making light, sweet Rolls, Bis
cults, Waffles, Corn Bread, etc. 1t is always
ready and reliable.-[Com.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18

Parsons Prgative Fills will greatly re.
lieve, if not entirely cure, dyspepsia when
everything else fails. They have been tried
in some desperate cases, and have given more
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18

CRIsrADoRos EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE stands
unrivaled and alone. Its merits have been 20 uni
yersally Acknowledged that IL would be supereTo-
CATION TO descant on them any understanding can
beat It'll Com.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18

FLAGGs INSTANT RELIEF has stood twenty
years test. lswarranted to give immediate relief TO
al rheumatic, Neuralgia, Head. Ear aud and lck
aches, or money refunded.-l Com
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-18

WHEN does farmer work miracle
When he turns his horse TO grass.