davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08
BiliOuSneSS.

The editor of the Kansas Magazine
treats his readers to chapter of very
sound common sense upon the subject
of biliousness, to which he ascribes al
most all the ills which flesh and mind
are heir to. He holds that man may
write library of books, may read no
end of manuscripts-be, in fact, a very
clever fellow but if he is always bilious,
and in general state of mental ragged
ness, the ladies of his household will re-
gard him critically and say" Fergu-
son, you smoke too much it makes you
bilious" and he gets none of these little
pettings and attentions which are so
dear to the heart of man. How many a
fellow thinks that he has lived in vain,
that graveyard is rather an agreeable
looking place than otherwise, that every
man is his enemy, and every little child
his attendant demon, forgetting all the
while that he only smokes too much and
is bilious. In the words of an ancient
and well authenticated axiom-take care
of the liver, and the head will take care
of itself.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08
Cushing on Dogs and Other Things.

The Hon. Caleb Cushing has adj
dressed the following note to the editor
of the Germantown Daily Chronicle
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 81, 1873.
DEAR SIR: There is so much both of
good sense and good humor in your ar
ticle of the 18th, entitled "a Dogs
Delight" as to induce me to write you
few words on the subject. L perceive
that all the newspapers chronicle my
dog-fght. l have thus of sudden be-
come famous pretty much as Alcibiades
did by cutting off his dogs tail, to the
astonishment of all Athens. | plead
guilty to barking at Sir Alexander Cock
burn, but / have done this in self-de-
Tense, and, as it seems to me, in great
moderation, seeing that Sir Alexa lyer
began by barking at me through, lone
hundred and thirty pages of close-printed
large octave, while L parked at him
through only twenty-five pages of large
type, loaded, these pages not half the
size of the others. You see that 1 have
been very temperate. In justice to Mr..
Fernando Wood, also, l desire to say
that the dog did not belong to him, but
to his tenant at will, Thomas Kelly, and
that, being written to on the subject,
Mr. Wood gave me full permission to
act at my discretion against both Kelly
and his dog. remain yours truly,
c. CUSHING
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08
Getting Longer Lived.

Items of vital statistics recently pub
lished in Europe are cited in confirma-
ton of the generally received opinion
that the duration of human life is at
present greater than in past centuries.
Thus, it is stated that in the city of Ge-
neva, Switzerland, registers have been
kept of the yearly average of human
longevity since 1900. In that year it is
given at twenty-five years and six
months. At present it is over forty
years. The tables compiled by life as
surance companies in England and
adopted in this country, are said to show
a similar result. In the fourteenth GEN.
tury the annual average mortality in the
city of Paris was l in 16 it is now
given as about in 32. In England, in
1890, the rate of mortality was in 33 ;
as now given it is about in AZ.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08
Timely Words TO Mothers.

Our Quaker friends in Philadelphia,
always foremost with useful practical
advice and help, have lately issued n
pamphlet addressed to mothers, on the
subject of the terrible mortality of late
years among children during the sum-
mer months, and the means, aside from
medical aid, of its prevention and cure.
The directions are drawn up by COM
mittee of the Obstetrical Society of
Philadelphia, and the names are those
of men who stand highest in their pro-
fession in the treatment of children.
OF course these directions are especially
intended for the poorer classes of moth
ers, who are. unable to fly with their
teething babies out of the foul air of
town, or to keep them under the con-
slant oversight of skilled physician.
Wemake an abstract of them, anxious to
do our part in averting the terrible doom
of last summer from the little ones.
Fvrst-Perfect cleanliness is enjoined
in every minute particular ; the change
of night and day clothing, clean with
each change.
,Second-A bed or cot, apart from its
mother, for the child.
Plenty of fresh a r. The ba-
by should be taken to the park, the
boats that ply up and down the rivers
the shady side of broad streets or public
squares kept carefully out of the room
where cooking or washing is going on,
and given plenty of ice water to drink.
FOurth-The house kept scrupulously
clean. Walls whitewashed slops and
garbage promptly removed, and the ali
purified by carbolic acid or quicklime.
FJth-The child, if sick, must be kept
to the mothers milk alone, or, if that
prove insufficient, togoat's or cows milk
There is no safe substitute for milk tC
infants who have not cut their front
teeth. No child should be weaned, as
rule, until after its second summer
The food which Nature has provided
will often save the life of child wher
everything else fails.
Sirth-Without the advice of physi
clan, no child should be given spirits,
cordials, carminatives, or soothing syr.
ups of any kind. Thousands of chill
dren, the physicians add, die every yeal
from the use of these poisons.
In fact, the sum and substance OF
these directions seem to be simply tc
guard the child against poisoning in air.
foul clothes, food, or medicine which
brings us back to the first statement
that pure country or sea air is the only
absolute safeguard for the life of young
infant. -Ne,C York Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08
A Very Surprising Surprise Party.

Those surprise parties, somehow,
nearly always turn out unpleasantly.
They tell about one that came off in
Connecticut recently which was not half
as joyous as it should have been. 1t was
reported of man and his wife, who
had been married many years without
haying any children, that they had at
last been made happy by the birth of a
daughter. Some OF their friends deter
mined to give the man presentation
surprise party. So about forty persons
marched up to the house one evening,
carrying cradle and lots of Cummings,
and bibs, and bottles with gum MOBILES,
and baby carriage, and some little
night gowns, and coral armlet, and a
gross of soothing strip, and socks, and
paregoric. And they all burst into the
parlor at once on tiptoe. And when the
man, in amazement, asked them what
they meant by such conduct, they said
they were coming in quietly so as not
to wake the baby. And when the hus-
band blushed and stammered, and
asked, "What baby?" they said his
baby, and began to hand him the
things, and to load him up with sooth-
ing slrup and gum rings, until he
hoored one of the guests with quart
bottle of paragoric, and held him down
until he explained. And then it was
revealed that it was all mistake about
the little daughter that no such arrival
had taken place at all, but that the re-
port was false. And then the surprise
party was a great deal more surprised
than the man was, and the guests gath
cred up that infant furniture, and tried
to pretend to the man that they never
thought he had daughter, but that
they understood he had accepted a
position as director of an orphan asy-
lum, and that they brought around a
few things for him to distribute among
the poor, fatherless children. The man
said it was singularly thin, and then the
company went home. The Constitu-
tional Convention ought to adopt some
kind of measure to prevent these mis-
takes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08
,Jute PaOer.

One days issue of the Dundee (Scot-
land) advertiser was recently printed
on paper made of jute. The material
is said to be of good, firm quality,
though thin and transparent, and of a
yellowish tinge. The chief objection
hitherto urged against jute paper is its
dark color; and if, as appears probable,
this can be obviated, there is no doubt
that iute paper will quickly supersede
that made from rags, except for the best
qualities. The iute employed in this
instance is old bagging, which commands
but low Price. AS an encouragement
to inventors, the proprietors of the
AdUertiser offer premium of ESQ for
the best ream of paper made entirely
from jute, of the size and weight of the
paper on which the journal is usually
printed, the maker undertaking to sup
ply fifty tons at a price not exceeding
AID per pound and a premium of f100
for the best ream of paper made en-
tirely from jute, in size and weight as
above, the maker supplying 100 tons at
4d per pound. Old jute bagging may
be bought in any quantity, in Dundee,
at go los per ton.-POputdr Science
lOOfIIU
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08

PUDDING AND PIES Nor UNHEALTHY. =
The universal error as to the unhealthi-
ness of pies, buildings, and pastries,
taking it for granted that they are we'll
made and properly cooked, has arisen
from the simple fact that after we have
made full meal of other things the
stomach is oppressed by them, and if
the process is repeated becomes event
ually dyspeptic-that is, has not the
power to work up the food, because il
has been worked to death already. II
would be quite as philosophical if a man
has become very tired of blowing ali
day, and afterward by chopping wood
has worked himself out" to conclude
that it was very unhealthy to chop.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08

AMONG the objects of special interest
exhibited in the pavilion of agriculture
at Vienna is an iron caldron containing
fifteen thousand pounds of metallic mer-
cury-quicksilver. Floating upon the
surface of this metallic sea is fifty
pound iron cannon-ball, which rests as
lightly as cork upon water. This mass
of metal is the product of the celebrated
Idria mines, and probably represents
the greatest body of quicksilver ever
contained in a single receptacle. 1t was
transported from the mines, not in iron
TASKS, as was the former method, but in
bags of white sheep leather, which ma
terial has been found sufficiently dense
to retain it. These bags have capaci-
ty of fifty pounds each, and, after be-
ing sealed, are inclosed in closely fitting
wooden kegs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08

A STRANGE MURDER.-At Jezi, in
Italy, few days ago an old woman,
named Capanori, announced that she
had found her husbands body in ditch
at the bottom of rocky eminence, from
which he must have fallen by accident.
Suspicion, however, fell upon her, and
she was arrested. She confessed that
she caused her husbands death by push
ing him over the cliff while he was at
work. He had fallen into the ditch and
had been drowned. Maternal love had
prompted the commission of the murder.
She had been told that the only way in
which she could have her son restored
to her from the ranks of the army was to
become a widow. In order to do this it
was necessary to kill her husband.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08

a DANBURY man thought it would be
good idea to call his daughter the
Lilly of the Valley" And so he did.
Friday night the LILLY of the Valley"
was struck with cramps. The old man
was obliged to hasten for doctor, and
not having time to get his boots on
right, his step was impeded, and during
his transit to the doctors office he fell
twice, once skinning his nose, and the
second arousing dog which bit him on
the leg. When the doctor came he was
mystified as to the course OF the treat
ment. as he had never before saw
Lilly of the Valley" with the cholera
morbus. but he introduced a stomach
pump and drew up the vegetation. She
doesn't go by the name of Lilly OF the
Valley" now. The old man caught, some
practicable ideas that night, and now
calls her Cucumber Gulch.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08

A JEALOUS HUSBANDS REvENGE.-A
man in Portland married a widow. She
had a fashion, which is too common
among ladies who have buried man, of
giving him glowing accounts of the an
gelic virtues of the departed. As pro-
hibition law is in force down in Maine,
he could not drown his sorrows in liquor,
SO he nerved his soul to terrible re-
venge. One night when his wife was
sleeping soundly, perhaps dreaming OF
arose from his bed, took sledge-ham-
mer, and deliberately raising it to his
shoulders, he marched to the graveyard
and smashed the tomb of his dead rival
into little bits. Now, when his wife says
anything about the virtues of the dead
man, he replies, at may be all very
true, old gal but he can't smash my
tombstone. There's where I'm ahead. !"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08

THERE are ninety-seven Governments
in the world. OF these, all but two
have Established " religions-the two
exceptions being the United States and
Liberia, where universal liberation
exists; twenty nine are denominated by
the Catholics four Protestants and
Catholics one by Pagans and Catholics
one by the Protestant Episcopal Church
twenty-one by Lutherans four by the
Greek Church two by the Reformed
Dutch Church; three by the Evangelical
Church one by the Protestant Church
two by Paganism thirteen by Mahom.
mechanism three by Confuciusism
hism; five by Buddhism ; one by the
Coptic Christians A; one by Mohamme
danism and Christianity.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08

ENGLAND AS A WHEAT PRoDUCER.-A
Boston paper makes the statement that
England, only century ago, produced
but 5000, 900 bushels of wheat yearly,
and that now her annual production is
nearly lOO, 900, 900 bushels, and constant
lly increasing. The secret of this rapid
increase in so small a country is in the
application of means to cultivation.
Since 1887 England haze paid to foreign
countries for imported bones, as fertil-
izers of her lands, one hundred and fifty
million dollars
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08

EIGHTY-FoUR years ago there were
1000 Roman Catholics in the United
States there are now 10000 There
was / bishopric there are now "a, be-
sides 6 vicarates and 4 abbots; there
were 81 priests, there are now 1880
there were or chapels, there are now
AZ cathedrals, 1850 churches, and ], 754
chapels and stations. There are now,
also, 1873 monasteries of men, and $50
converts of women, 1,577 academies and
schools, 2s3 charitable institutions, and
l12 seminaries and colleges, in which,
among other students, S4S young men
are studying for the priesthood.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
BABY THOUGHTS.
By Lucy IsGERsoLL.

guess the sunset is Gods paint-box,
Don't You, mamma dear?
l wish he'd let me see him paint
The brooks so silver clear.
| would love 10 see him color
The beautiful blue skies:
think the paint was just the blue
He put into your eyes.
guess the brushes he must use
Are the little gold sunbeams,
And when they're falling from his hand
We catch their quivering CLEANS.
o dear just think how many paints
God has with colors bright;
There's gold, and blue, and scarlet
And purple, and pure white,
And green, and pink, and violet;
But | cannot name them all:
And how bright he paints the flowers
With his golden brushes small.
/ guess the birds we see, mamma,
Are flowers with shining wings;
They whirl in circles through the air,
Like blue and scarlet rings.
And every spring guess, mamma,
God sends his angels round
To scatter through the earth anu cir
His blossoms DER the ground.
1 am almost sure the little stars
That glimmer through the night
Are the stones the angels play with,
The baby angels bright.
guess God takes the buttercups
And dips them in the sun,
Then drops them through the meadows
When the night il coming on.
] guess, guess I'm sleepy:
Please ask the daises white
To pray for me to Heaven,
For am tired out Tonight.
The sunny curls are dropping,
The babys day is done;
Her head sinks softly on my arm,
Like second golden sun.
-HbrisfiOn T'njOu
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08

A COMMERCIAL drummer attempted to
commit suicide in st. Louis recently by
holding pistol against his face and
firing. His cheek was too much for
the ball, which fell to the floor flat
tened.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08

A YOUNG lady learning to spell wants
to know if there's he in love- Gen-
orally.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08

A CHEERFUL temper is a perpetual
hymn to the Divinity,
Smyrna times., 1873-07-09

The Mixed Train will be subject to delays incident to
Freight Business and will stop only Stations where time is
given.
New Castle Trains.-Leave New Castle Wilmington and
Philadelphia at lao IL 30 A. NJ 6sj p NJ Leave Whining
ton $50 A. VI. l.2j. $50 r. NJ. for New Castle.
Sunday rains-Leave Wilmington New Castle $40 A. NJ.
New Castle for Whining ton 100 +. NJ
SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS-Additional to those above
leave Smyrna for Clayton 80 A NJ and l3 P. NJ Leave
clayton tor smyrna $40 A. NJ and ZOO p NJ to make
necOn with trains to and from Dover and stations South
CONNECTIONS.
At Townsend with the Kent County and Queen Anne's IL
Kent Railroads. At aytOn with Md Del r. r. At Har-
ringtOn with J. D. r. r. A. Seaford, with d. r.
At Delmar, with E. 5. r. r. POcomoke R.
II. +. EENNEY. Superintendent.
Smyrna times., 1873-07-09
THE
lADY'S FRIEND
Washing M achine!

4, ia said nv MANY ladies that have them in use.
that hey are very truly named. Amy person that has
useI the OOIy Machine can use hIs one without any
difficulty; the process Ot washing much the same
except tn washes much faster. Ii will wash abOui
double the quantity OF goods al time. 1t Will wash
them quicker and cleaher 1t only works halt as. hard
as the DOIy aRy other machine that takes IN as
gre II bulk OF goods at time. The lamIly size have
the capacity of washing six sheets IN three minutes
| have washed with the Hotel SIZE eight sheets and
eight pillow cases IN three minutes IN pubic, oy the
watch all made OF IOlerably heavy goods What
saw of il am prepared prove by practical demon
.tration whenever required TO do so.
IL ~ believed hy many that clothing washed In this
Machine will last about twice as long as II washed
on The washbo6Td.
The Prlce Of this Machine is Reduced TO suit the
times, from sI5 to Si3 at factory, and freight
added if freighIed All orders by mail promptly at
tended to- Satisfaction is guaranteed IN all cases.
Any person not satisfied after using the Maehien slx
months and giving II IalT trial. and have no other
reason save that it dues not work satisfactorily such
a one can return IT, and The money will be refunded
CERTIFICATES:
consider the Lady's Friend Washing Machine so
far superior to the DOIy that my Dov Machine is laid
aside and is fer sale at half prte Rev. DANIEL Sill
Certificates from Persons Liring in SmsrnG, Del.
| would moi take hundred dollars Tor my Lady q
Friend Washing Machine, could not get another one
of the same kind. I'D HAMILTON.
cannot now conceive how should be able TO gel
MRs DR. VIM T. COLLINS.
would not part with my Ladys Friend hardly al
any price, I'll could get another of The same kind
] have never seen any other kind OF Washing Ma
chine thai would have WM. II. BAGGS.
NV wife wond ispose of any piece Of furniture in
our house sooner than with her 4ady's Friend Wash
1gMachine. DAVID I. SMIfHERS,
Before got the Lady's Friend it took four women
early all day to do the Washing of my hotel but now
a boy twelve years old can do the same amount OF
washing by ien or eleven O'Clock, and do the
ing the same day CHAS. Z. FOXWELL.
seplSly
For further information apply TO
ASA E. WORDEN, Manufacturer,
Agents Wanted Smyrna Del
Smyrna times., 1873-07-09
FIREPLACE HEATERS

of various patterns among which are the Golden Sun
Silver Palace and Parlor Queen, all of nhich We
guarantee 10 work in the best manner. We have also
good Ihe OF H"nse't furnishing Goods such Lamps.
ChImneys Burners, Goblels. Toilet Seis Foot I ubs
Lanterns. Brushes. Siers. Coal Holds; Fire ShOyeIs
Walters, Brooms, Spoons aud Cutlery, all of which
can be bongh! lower OF US than anywhere else in
Smyrna Also. Metallic
bsE- ROOFING AND SPOUTING uaa
Stove Repairing and Job Work Of all Kinds done IN
the best manner and satisfaction guaranteed
Call and he convinced. WM. FARiES & co,
January o'h, 1873 Smyrna, Del
Smyrna times., 1873-07-09
Gates .


consider the Lady's Friend Washing Machine s
far superior to the DOiy that my Dolv Machine laI
ASIDE and is fer sale at half prCe Rev. DANIEL Sill
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-30

RIGHrs or SECRET SoCIErIEs.--A case Of
some interest, Involving the rights Of secret
societies, was tried and decided In the Pitts.
blugh Criminal Court OH "Wednesday Of last
week. The parties te TIE proc ding we're
James Nj. Campbell aud .sBeniamin Jewett,
members Of the brotherhood Of Locomo.
tive Engineers, an organization for the pro-
lection Of the craft and the advancement of
the interests Of the engineers, and It is stated
that in pursuance OF this design It Is found
necessary, to reprove n member or to proceed
sometimes to harsher measures. In the In.
stance above referred to 1t Is stated that Dem
Eison Lodge, No. IL had applied the discipline
TO Mr.. Jewett, and expelled him for intemper-
ance, and the secretary, Mr.. Campbell, was
directed to send notification Of the fact to
Mr.. NJ. Cummings, who has charge Of the
locomotive department at the outer depot,
Fort Wayne railroad, Pittsburgh. MIR.
Jewett objected to this method of
throwing him out" and hence brought
suit against Mr.. Campbell for libel. At the
opening Of the case MIR. Marshall, counsel for
the prosecution, offered the letter written by
the defendant, and, the document being adj
mitted in evidence, the Commonwealth rest
ed. MeSsrS. johnson, Fetterman, and Glib
son appeared for the defence, and argued
that the letter was written by the defendants
pro bono pubiico. and that the writer only
wrote it as the secretary of lodge Of ensi-
necrS, and not as an individual. Judge
Stowe, however, charged the jury that no
man in such case had u right to obey the
orders of 4 secret society to the injury Of
others; and under that instruction the jury
returned Il verdict Of guilty. The case at-
tracted the lirclicSt interest among the
brotherhood. and from members Of other
secret iraterniticS. E'-. ...".
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-30
1 visit TO Isle OF Wight County.

= "rr.>, ,oGdcuc" OF the Eichn"n! Di>patch.J
I>lE or WmHr. October 2>th, 1873.
H. truth il may BE- said Isle Of Wight
lii, banner county Of Virginia. There
,yl> Il respectable meeting OF many citizens
%. 'Ir eastern portion of i>c of Wight, 1T
,4.:ulton. on the 18th. After lartaking Of
:, y,fy GOOD dinner they were addressed by
pr. G-or-r Jordan, {. B. Hayden, DR.. John
Y. Lawson. and 4. &. Thomas. They eSpOuS-
i tn" call,c Of conservatism. and showed
clearly t. the satisfaction OF all that kemper,
Witnrr>. and Daniel. were entitled to their
confidence and support. Isle of Wight isl
living monument OF the true and genuine
principles Of Nfr"inia, not blown away by
ryrgy wind Of doctrine. The purity OF her
atmosphere j. not corGeniaI with the health
o: >,4laWa-S. consequently her sol! Is not
o. &t"d BY their footsteps. There l. not Il
1gh.f" Radical in the county.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-30

ItE CLARK>oN CHALLENGE.--i, the Her
e.. .t> !nade public again the correspond
r.c, between CllTk>on and the late Junior
rilor Of the Bristol Ne,rS, there Is very
''l" necessity for any explanation from u.
,ripurI Hughes himself has not even denltd
.sH ~.U4lioD, and this i just what we should
have expected from him. Though we have
dl."ird politically with him. we have always
,>'-vmri him a. q gentleman OF integrity
-.Id honor. The fact that ne had forgotten
~. little affair ut Dri,to! has long been OBJ
,.pi;, 10 liz. but he himself has already re-
called yividiy To mind the fact that his par
,.HIa;ion in that dflic lily placed him
wholly under the sau Of the State cons tl;u.
;.nn.
/; the public or the friends OF Colonel
Hughes ,luuId desire the proof it will be
forthcoming, and that very quickly.-Bt7s-
~ .f~tr>.