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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-04-25

WOIh uPOu Viz pPiial ANONYMOUSLY
unwinding the delicate fabrics as sailors
might heavy sail cloths. Most wonder
full of all, beneath large full-blown
flower, which hung royal canopy above
her, stood the fairy queen herself, robed
as Rosy had imagined in the delicate
folds of white morning glory, while in
her hand she carried slender wand
with tiny star, just one spark of blue
fire Mt the tip. She had blue star also
at the parting of her golden hair, which
flowed down over her shoulders.
'Rosy Rosy, set me free,
l have never injured thee"
1t was one Of the little elves upon o
leaf just at Rosy's ear that was speaking
to her. and, looking round, she saw the
bud that she had fastened in the leaf the
night before, extended as much as it
could be in its close quarters. Two or
three of the little fellows were working
almost angrily at it.
"where's the elf this bell belongs to-
"Gone 10 Resale to tell his wrongs to-"
sang couple of the little working
sprites.
Resale doth love well,
She will come to free the bell"
sang the queen of the morning glory
sprites, in fine, clear, musical little
voice. Rosy sprang forward and drew
the bud out of its poison, and with a
glad shout, the little elves opened the
flower to the full extent of its crimson
glory.
{" Rosalie loves u.s. Rosalie loves us!'
sang the whole multitude of bright little
beings, and the queen beckoned with
her wand for the child to draw near to
| her.
Rosy felt grateful for such gracious
condescension on the part of sovereign,
and approached the queen with bowed
head, and with her dimpled hands
crossed upon the breast of her white
night-gown. The little, white-robed
figure of the child was as beautiful and
almost as fairy-like as any there. The
queen sang to her:
"You have loved us, Rosalie
I All the summer through,
| Happy heart, 40 full of gee,
/ Full OF warm love, too;
Twas your love that once preserved us,
! We have bloomed for you,
| Who 30 richly has deserved US,
Loving heart aud true.
| Love, like sunshine, woos to blossom
| All life's choicest flowers,
And with truest wealth, that bosom
Where IL dwells, 1t dowers."
Rosy's lips parted, for the love and
happiness within her made her feel like
singing for Joy. But all of sudden she
grow strangely confused, some one lifted
her from her feet, and she heard hei
mammals voice say:
"Why did my little girl come into the
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-10-18
Right Use of Certain Words.

Balance, i'm the sense of rest, remainder,
residue, remnant, is an abomination.
Balance is, metaphorically, the difference
between the two sides of an account, the
amount which is necessary to make one
equal to the other. Yet we continually
hear of the balance of this or that thing,
even the balance of congregation or OF
an army!
Bountitul is applicable only to persons.
A giver may be bountiftL but bis gift cam
not. It should be called plentiful or large.
"A bountifsL slice'' is absurd.
Get means to obtain, not to possess. ''He
has got all the numbers of the paper"
''Have you got good molasses?' "They
have got bad manners" Why will people
persist in introducing the word in such
Sentences as these, where It is so evidently
superfuous?
Couple applies to two things which are
bound together or united in some way.
"a couple Of apples is incorrect; two ap-
Piles is what is meant.
Dirt means filth, and is not synonymous
with earth or soil. Yet people sometimes
speak of dirt road, or of packing dirt
around the roots of trees they are setting.
They mean earth.
Expect looks always TO the future. You
cannot expect that anything has happened
or is happening, but only that 1t will hap
pen.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-10-18
AUTUMNAL AIRS.

LEAVES are falling though coal is not,
And pumpkins are yellow, and maids are blue
Potatoes and apples begin TO rot;
There's many a liver congested, too.
The dew stays late on the cabbage leaf,
= And the red red beet forsakes the ground,
ana lovers wanderings grow more brief,
ana tewer loafers are loafing around.
The ceie,y rivals the turnip fair;
Inerr's new delisht in the tender steak;
anu Joys go munchIng the chestnut rare,
" ithout one thought of the stomach ache.
The last of the cattle shows Is seen;
The monster squash to the cows is fed;
Everything's brown that once was green,
Except tomatoes, and they are red.
The drowsy citizen hates to rise;
The hash may be cold, but so Is the air;
lis heaven to slumber, for now the flies
Are less anectionate and more rare.
And who is the business man we see?
It's the doctor dashing by in his chaise;
And well may he hu. ry, you will agree,
For 1t isn't every patient that pays.
lis rare rare season, so breezy and bright
The daisies, and even the squashes are gay;
One wouldn't regret the cold nc night,
hit wasn't so deucedly cold by day.
A wondering shiver inspires the doubt
whether Indian summer will come this year;
But It's warmth can be felt when you don't &c
out,
And some look for its haze through glass OF
beer.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-10-18

Considerable Is written nowadays about
false economy I'm various ways. My OBJ
servation leads to the conclusion that one
important item Is almost entirely over
looked, and that thousands of dollars are
lost each year by the careless wintering of
farm horses. For instance. farmer A owns
a fine span of horses he is not much of a
horseman, but in the summer he works
them, and keeps a man who takes good
care of them. In the fall, after work is
over, the horses are put into the stable and
fed all the hay they viii eat (be the same
good or bad); are left perhaps a week or
two weeks at a time, with little or no exer-
else, and, when they are driven, are let go
at the top of their speed. Fast driving.
with stomachs full of undigested hay, Is
the very worst of treatment. The result
Is that, in year or two, the horses have
the heaves badly, are spoiled for market,
and are unable to do the usual amount OF
service on the farm or road; and this alone
causes loss each year so long as the team
is used. ~ rt
This could in some degree be avoided
by building shed with yard for exer
else, and by feeding food of sufficient
strength to keep the muscles in full
strength. Some say that wintering horse:
in the field on hay alone, will cause fall.
ing away of muscles and strength difficult
to regain. No doubt, being chilled by
standing in a cold barn is very injurious to
horses.-Cor. Country Gentleman.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-10-18
Uses Of CarbOlic Acid.

Possibly, there arefew drugs which have
lately been adopted into general use. that
are applicable to so great a variety of uses
or are so efficient as carbOlic acid. A cor
respondent of the Journal of the Farm
gives these particulars about its efficacy as
an insect destroyer and as an antigangre-
nous application to wounds: -.
Having heard of its nOxious influence
on various species of insects that infest
gardens, lady of this place was induced
to try its effects upon the cabbage worm.
For this purpose she procured cake of
soap that had been strongly scented with
tha acid, and having made quantity of
suds therefrom, she transferred it to a
watering-pot, and in the early part of the
day, when the green worm is most vigo-
rous in its movements, she gave several
garden plots of cabbage a sprinkling.
These were examined soon after, and a
number of dead worms were picked from
the leaves. The operation was repeated
next day, and from careful observations
made, ii is believed that the leaves of the
plants, wherever the solution has been
fairly tried, have been cleared of these
pests.
As cleanser and purifier, this valuable
drug has been remarkably distinguished
1t has been used with marked success by
the keepers of livery stables, and those
who have cattle subject to infectious dis
eases. Many reports of such cases have
been given, showing the disinfecting pow
er of this drug. tits, however, as dressing
in some loathsome skin diseases, and rs a
wash for running sores, carbuncles and
boils, that the efficacy Of this article is par
ticularly distinguished; and where it has
been once tried. i'm any of this kind of com
plants, its use will not be willingly re-
finquished. On its first application, a
marked change has been observed in the
removal of unpleasant odors of every
kind, and few repetitions will be found
to produce an entire change in the atmos-
phere surrounding the putrid matter or
diseased surface.
Having experienced very decided benefit
from the cleansing and disinfecting power
of this drug. have felt free to offer the
above suggestions. 1t is not expensive,
and may be obtained at any of the ding
stores of the city or country.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-10-18
ALEXANDRIA, La, SATURDAY OCTOBER 49, 1873

daylight visit from a Pike was as unusual
as social call of a Samaritan upon jew.
And when Sam-for it was he-approached
Merrick and made his business known. the
farmer was more astonished and confused
than he had ever been in his life before.
Sam wanted to know for how much money
Merrick would plow and plant a hum
dred and sixty acres of wheat for him,
and whether he would take Sans horse
a fine animal brought from the States, and
for which Sam could show bill of sale
as security for the amount until he could
harvest and sell his crop. Merrick so well
understood the Pike nature that he made
very liberal offer, and afterward said he
would have paid handsomely for the
chance.
A few days later and the remaining Pixies
at the Bend experienced the greatest scare
that ever visited their souls. a brisk man
came into the Bend with tripod on his
shoulder and wire chain and some wire
pins, and queer machine under his arm.
and before dark the Pixies understood that
Sam had deliberately constituted himself
renegade by entering aquarter section of
land. Next morning two more residences
were empty, and the remaining farmers of
the hamlet adorned not Sans log, but
wandered about with faces vacant Of all eX-
preston, save the agony of the patriot
who sees his home invaded by corrupting
influences too powerful for him to resist.
Then Merrick sent upa plow-gang and
eight horses, and the tender green of Sans
quarter-section was rapidly changed to a
dull brown color, which is Odious unto the
eye of the Pike. Day after day the brown
spot grew larger, and one morning Sam
arose to find all his neighbors departed,
having wreaked their vengeance upon him
by taking away his dogs. And in his de-
light at their disappearance Sam freely for
gave them all.
Regularly the children were carried to
and from school, and even to Sunday
school. Regularly every evening Sam Wis
tied the grave on the hillside, and came
back to lie by the hour watching the sleep
ing darlings. Little by little farmers be-
gan to realize that their property was un-
disturbed. Little by little Sans wheat
grew and waxed golden, and then there
came a day when man from Frisco
came and changed it into heavier gold
more gold than Sam had ever seen before.
And the farmers began to step i'm TO see
Sam. and their children came to see his,
and kind women were unusually kind to
the orphans; and, as day by day Sam took
his solitary walk OH the hillside, the load
on his heart grew lighter, until he ceased
to fear the day when he. too, should lie
there.-Cdiifornia Exchange.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-10-18

A MORMON HUSBANDS MIsERIEs.-
Brother George q. Cannon says the sisters
have borne a great deal. So they have ;
but If they could only stand In the shoes
of their husbands, who are good, true, and
faithful, they would know that they are by
no means free from perplexities. just
fancy man with two, three, or half a
dozen of his beloved wives catching him
ON one side, and before he can take three
steps more catching him on the other, and
" want this" - want that" and "This
is not right" and "That Is not right" !"
and so on, their minds just pulled to pieces.
] say If the hair is spared on their heads
they may consider that they have got
blessed good wives. have as many wives
as any other man, and keep my hair yet.
But as to trials, why, bless your hearts,
the man or woman who enjoys the spirit
of our religion has no trials but the man
or woman who tries to live according to the
Gospel of the Son Of God, and at the same
time cIings to the spirit OF the world, has
trials and sorrows acute and keen. and that,
too. continually.-Fron a Recent Sermon
of Brigham Young.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-10-18
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Why is a young lady like a bill Of ex-
change? Because she ought to be settled
when she arrives at maturity.
Ho MuG-GIN. no mug-gin, from forrin'
sho-ore,n is the way 4 Topeka belle rem
ders the words of a popular song.
WARNER, in his Backlog Studies"
says there are still attempts made to bring
up family round q register" but you
might just as well try TO bring It up by
hand as without the rallying-point OF a
hearth-stone.
Twoyoung ladies and Thaddeus O'Grady
were conversing on age, when one OF
them put the home question, (which OF
us do you think the elder, Mr.. O'Grady?'
"Shure," replied the gallant Irishman,
"you both look younger than each other"
AT hotel short time since, a girl in
quired of gentleman at the table If his
cup was out. "No," said ne, "but my
coffee Is" The poor girl went away con-
siderably confused, but determined to pay
him back In his own coin. While at din
ner the stage drove up, and, several coming
dine here p "No, sir" replied the girl In
sarcastic tone, "but the passengers do"
A MILWAUKEE, paper having pubkshed
Rules to govern persons who are drown
ing" a cotemporary suggests that the
idea should be followed up by s. Directions
for ladies and gentlemen blown up in a
steamboat - "Guide for the victims Of a
railway collision;' 4" The course to be pur-
sued by 9ronauts when they fall from a
balloon to the earth - " Regulations to be
adopted by persons struck by lightning"
etc.
THE strongest expression is generally
the briefest and best. Take the old ballads
of any people, and few adjectives will be
found, The singer says, "He laughed (;
she wept!" Perhaps the poet of a more
advanced age might say, He laughed In
scorn, she turned away and shed tears of
disappointment" But nowadays the
ambitious young writer must produce
something like this: "A hard, fiendish
laugh, scornful and pitiless, forced its pas
sage from his throat, through the lips that
curled in mockery at her appeal she GOV.
cred her despairirg face, and gust and
whirlwind of sorrowing agony burst forth
| In her irresistible tears"
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-10-18
Something New In Life Insurance.

There is growing evidence of an inclina-
ton to effect radical changes i'm the con-
duct of life insurance, and to abandon to
some extent the tables which have hereto
fore been adopted i'm regulating compa-
ny's course i'm the adoption of risk and In
estimating the reserve necessary to meet
liabilities. Heretofore all insured have
been classed together. OF course Of two
men upon whom risks are taken, one will
be better risk than the other, yet no diff
ference is made I'm the rate of premium de-
manded, and the man who can pass the
medical examination pays as much for his
policy as the one whose bodily condition
Is such as to barely enable him to reach
the grade adopted by the company. IL Is
now proposed in some quarters to adjust
rates In life as in fire insurance, so that the
premium paid shall be in some degree
commensurate to the risk incurred by the
company, and the obvious advantage Of
such course will be that 1t will enable
Insurance by all, while it will not render
insurance less safe. The Deutsehe Verri-
cleyungs Zeitung, Berlin, says: There Is
no reason why life insurance companies
should not use Judgment and discretion
i'm reference to the circumstances OF each
particular case, and adjust the premiums
cDargeu III accOruance Wlh SUCH clrcui1-
stances. This is what Is done by fire and
marine companies. They modify their
terms, making them larger or smaller, ac-
c0rding to the nature of the risk. In life
insurance, also, the liability incurred by. a
company in assuming various life risks
which are widely different In their nature
las the risks usually incurred as sound,
really are). cannot, I'm the nature Of things.
be correctly estimated by any fixed and
inflexible rule"
One obvious result of the adoption Of
the new system of insurance proposed
will be the necessity which will at once
arise for better informed medical examin-
ers who shall do their work carefully and
scientifically. Here will be a reform at
once, since the medical examination 10
now with some companies little more than
farce and productive, from its careless
ness, of the worst results. The other ed
vantages of the new system are apparent,
while the only argument against IL seems
to be its complexity and the necessity
which its adoption would cause fora gem
eral change in the policy of ofcompanies.-St.
Louis Journal.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-10-18

noze waz 8 inches in length. and another
makes it frackshun over 10 inches twill
split the difference, and call it z. If Dute'
waz alive now, think he would sustain mi
Figures. In writing theze details ov mi
ansesstors, am guided bi a luv tew do a
square thing, and if er, it will be all ow-
ing tew mi lux. never waz right lucky
since had the meazles. They took place
in the l4th year oy mi age, when lived
with mi unkle. had them too thik. Du-
teronOmy Billings waZ named after old
Deuteronomy ov bible times, and az ansess-
tors run, he waz very good kind ov a
one tew hav. He died az he had lived, ex-
acldy square. In konklusion will say Lie
still dear Dute', yu hav got square thing.
Thare liz force in the idee. Il may add,
CRATE force. Very. Indeed.-Josh BIZ
ings' Almanac.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-10-18

A FORMER Acknowledgement of Massa-
chusetts, James Sullivan, was. at once an
able lawyer and hearty, dignified gentle
man of the old school. To friend who
was complaining at the age of sixty that
he felt ones days must be few, and the
capacity for usefulness well-nigh exhaust
ed, Mr.. Sullivan felicitously replied: /" You
mistake there. At sixty man in fair
health may enter upon series of years
equal in usefulness and happiness to those
of any period, provided proper precautions
are taken and proper habits formed. En-.
.ployment without labor, exercise without
weariness, and temperance without ab.
stinence are the rules of life for man Of
three-score years." The advice probably
contains as sound sense as could easily be
compacted In the same number of words,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-10-18

WE read that 5000 boxes OF tea werere-
Gently fished from beneath the sad sea
waves, where they had lain and soaked for
five months. After undergoing this pro-
cess of curing, this fea was brought to New
York and sold for nine cents box. Here
it has been washed and ir0ned and curled
and teased into sort of shape and 500
barrels of 1t sold. Ii is said that it is but
slightly salt. but otherwise of no objec-
tionabfe flavor after its bath in the ocean.
Now it is pretty certain that this tea will
go into consumption, be sold and bought
and brewed and drank. and many pair Of
lips viii be suspiciOusly pursed and
smacked over the slightly salt flayor;"
but whose lips will those be Is a conun-
drum which probably no one can ever find
out.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-10-18
THE WORLD AND T.

T.a mnEnakR my heart be glad or no,
The he sunners come, the summers go,
Ic;e,n lanes ~ geow dark with dying leaves;
gL aSicies ny ng beneath the caves;
<ne Ea'ers withcr to the snow.
Lus doth the summer end and 70,
whether my life be glad or no,
Whether my life be sad or no,
Inc winters come, the winters 20,
Inc sunshine plays with baby leaves;
swallows build about the caves;
Inc lovely wind flowers bend and blow;
Thus doth the winter come and 20.
Whether my life be sad or no.
Yet mother nature gives TO me
A iond and patient sympathy;
i, IN my own heart find the charm
,ro 70 Inake ner tender, near and warm;
Through summer sunshine. winter snow.
she clasps me, sad or glad or no.
-Hdyper's MoHfhIu
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-10-18

"DAR are." said sable orator, "two
roads through dis world. De one am de
broad and narrow road dat leads to perdi-
ton, AN de udder am de narrow an de
broad road dat leads to sure destruction" :"
"If dat am de case" said sable hearer.
"dis cullud individual takes to the woods -
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TESTIMONIALS.

REL RcK,M ARINC
SUMNER
ndandhp Knoxville and
Wa
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ROUSSEAU MA.oSCo
without s
returned
addm would allow
themselves be Dr. Moon,
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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-12
KNOXVILLE, MARION COUNTY, IOWA.

that the
affections the Oculst
with
in his treatment
of Physicians
not the
diseases
cordially treatment Or
undertake cont
distance All
tiers containing promptly Dr. T. Moon Knoxville
Iowa.