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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02
Strange Career.

Capt. William Byrnes, once a noted
pioneer character, whose final refuge in
the lunatic asylum of California, at San
Jose, is announced by the Dfercuqy of
the latter city. Born some fifty years
ago in Maine, but removing with his
parents in 1880 to wild part of Mis-
souri,, he had a boyhood to which Indian
fighting was the highest idealization of
heroic life and unerring workmanship
the proudest ambition. Thus schooled,
at twenty years of age he had led a
rough company into Mexico to profit by
the bounty of $50 which the Mexican
Government offered at that time for
every Apache scalp. Among his men
were n brother of the noted Kit Carson
and q former Lafitte pirate named Lans-
ing, and with such comrades at his COM
mand he establishedan Indian slaughter
ing bureau III chihuahua, and made at
least one very profitable raid upon the
hapless red cattle. A dream, however,
warned him that this business was peril
Gus to the soul, and, after fair division
of the hirSu spoils thus far gained, the
bravo returned to Missouri and enlisted
with the national volunteers about to
turn their arms against his late patrons
across the Rio Grande.
As soldier in Prices regiment he
served honorably throughout the Next
can war, and upon the return of peace
went gold hunting in California in COM
pany with another disbanded volunteer
named Peleg Smith, who, having been
desperately wounded in the leg during
an engagement when no surgeon was at
hand, had coolly amputated the frac-
tured limb with his own hands. They
began mining together at Placerville,
then significantly known as Hangtown ;
but Byrnes still preferred the rifle to
implements of industry, and presently
went out against the California Indians
as captain of band of regulators.
In 1853 he joined Capt. Harry Loves
to hunt down the notorious Joaquin
Murieta's band of outlaws, and, as the
corralling" of the Mexican brigands
on Tulare Plains, had the distinction of
Staying Joaquin himself, after an ex-
change of shots from saddle to saddle.
Disdaining the special reward the Leg
islature would have conferred upon him
for the deed, he carried the discovered
head of his slain foeman to San Fran
cisco rs trophy, and exulted in the APP
plause of the crowds beholding it, Sub
sequently, while fighting the Piute In
dians under the last of their great
chiefs, Winnemucca, he received wounds
uniting him for further warfare Since
then, according to all accounts, he has
led but shattered existence, ending
now in the madhouse.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02

ornamental grounds. Corn, 115 acres,
number of bushels raised, $3.50; yield
per acre, sixty and one-half bushels |;
cost, fifteen cents per bushel.
IT is the worst possible policy to kill
all the best and handsomest fowls, and
save only the mean and scraggy ones to
breed from. This is precisely the way
to run out your stock for like tends to
breed like, and the result is that by con-
tinually taking away the best birds, and
using the eggs of the poorest, your flock
will grow poorer and poorer every sue
ceeding year. 1t would seem as though
this was too plain to be insisted upon,
but, in fact, line upon line" is needed.
1t is the crying want of the poultry upon
the farms the country through-this
careful and intelligent selection of the
best for breeding. Nothing is lost by a
little self-denial to start with. The ex-
ira pound or two of poultry flesh that
You leave on it's legs, instead of sending
itno market, is as coed seed, and will bring
forth ten-fold and twenty-fold in your
future broods. Save your best stock for
breeding.
The sources of fertility to the farm
are the refuse of the crops which they
bear, modified by the farm stock, and
judiciously applied by the husbandman.
There is not vegetable matter grown
upon the farm, be it considered never
so useless or obnoxious, but will, after
it has served ordinary useful purposes,
impart fertility to the soil, and contrib
ute to the growth of new generation
of plants, if it is iudiciously husbanded
and applied There is not an animal sub
stance, be it solid, liquid, or gaseous,
be it bone, horn, hair, wool, or flesh, or
the gases which are generated by the
decomposition of these matters, but,
with like care and skill, may be convert
ed into new animal matters. To econo-
mize and apply all these fertilizing mat
ters is the province and duty of the
husbandman.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02
Velocity of the Wind.

Prof. Stoddard, in letter recently
delivered upon the hurricane, in Knox
county, Ohio, stated that in one town a
grove of oak trees was almost entirely
blown down. The trunk of one of these
trees was about three feet in diameter.
Assuming, however, its diameter to be
but two and half feet, force of 174,-
600 pounds would be required to break
it. The surface of the tree exposed to
the action of the wind was about 1000
feet, which would givea pressure by the
wind of LAT pounds per square foot, or a
velocity of not less than III miles per
hour-which is nearly one-fourth the
initial velocity of cannon ball. Al
lowing the height of the hurricane or
whirlwind to have been sixty feet, the
whole force exerted ut one time, along
the track, was five thousand million
pounds-or a working power equal to
more than half the steam power on the
globe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02
The Farmers Life.

In few but expressive words the Louis
vile COurier-jOurnaL pays high trib-
ute to the occupation of farming. We
commend it to the young men who are
trying to make map of their future
If n young man wants to engage in
business that will insure him in middle
life the greatest amount of leisure time,
there is nothing more sure than farming
If he has an Independent turn of mind
let him be farmer. If he wants to en-
gage in a healthy occupation let him till
the soil. In short, if he would be indie
pendent, let him get spot of earth,
keep within his means, shun the lawyer,
be temperate to avoid the doctor, be
honest that he may have clear con-
science, improve the soil so as to leave
tie world better than he found it and
then, if he cannot live happily and die
content, there is no hope for him."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02
FARM AND GARDEN.


A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
answers the above question as follows
In making ready for the wheat crop,
does not the farmer select the best wheat
land? Then does he not aim to have it
in the best possible condition by scatter
ing over it an abundance of compost.
aud with the diligent use of the pillow
and harrow render it one grand mellow
garden for wheat? With equal care and
Judgment he procures seed large and
plump and as clean as it can be made,
even though it is mt the expense of time.
After SO much toll, is it not wise to adopt
the best method for putting in the
grain
If the farmer has followed broadcast
sowing from year to year with only par
tial success, and frequently total failure,
why not try to drill ? Certainly the past
year ought to convince n rational farmer
of the superiority of the drill over broad
cast sowing. 1t has been year of trial,
and the drill triumphed. Ia a field, the
soil of which was black loan, easily
frozen. and of course would not stand a
drought, the drill was used, and fine
crop of wheat CLEANED, while if sown
broadcast no crop could have been ex-
pected, Judging fom similar fields sown
broadcast. Then it is n saving of seed.
One bushel of seed drilled is equal to
one and half sown broadcast and if
the land is to be seeded down, grass seed
can be sown at the same time. Let far
mers think of this and act with wisdom
Buy drill if the dimes are plenty,
otherwise hire one. But use the drill by
all means if You would receive pay foI
your toll.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02
Farm Gleaniligs.

THE Farmers Club of Fairfield, Mich.
is of the opinion "that plaster is of lit
tie or no benefit on beech or maple lands,
rich in vegetable mold, but on oak open
ings, either clay or sand, it is decidedly
beneficial.
THE weights of the heaviest cattle
which competed mt the Birmingham
show for the butchers premiums" for
fat oxen were as follows Hereford,
2,3S7 pounds Short horn, 2, 506pounds
Devon, 1875 pounds, and Scotch OK,
1856 pounds.
AMERICAN cheese and American hams
are acknowledged by high British au-
thority to be fully equal to the best En-
glish. The London Grocer says that Il
few years ago provision dealers would
scarcely have liked to admit the fact of
their selling American cheese to their
customers. but this state of affairs is all
changed, and the American article is
often superior to most of the English
made.
The Superintendent of the Iowa Ag-
ricultural College farm reports the cost
of the past seasons products upon their
farm as follows Wheat, eighteen
acres, average seventeen bushels total,
S153.99; cost, fifty-one and one-half
cents per bushel. Oats, fifteen acres,
yield per acre fifty-two and two-fifths
bushels total, 1856 bushels cost, six
teen and three-fourths cents per bushel.
Rye, ten acres, twenty-five and three
tenths bushels per acre total, 223 BUSH
els |; cost, sixty-fve cents per bushel.
Considerable expense was incurred on
the rye field to prepare it for the future
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02
Liquid ExcreInent.

The Boston Journal Of Chemistry ex-
claims
How strangely we overlook the value
of the liquid excrement of our animals
A COW under ordinary feeding furnishes
in year 10000 pounds of solid excrc-
ment, and about 5000 pounds of liquid.
The comparative money value of the
two is but slightly in favor of the solid.
This statement has been verified as
truth, over and over again. The urine
of herbiverous animals holds nearly all
the secretions of the body which are
capable of producing the rich nitrogen
Gus compounds SO essential as forcing or
leaf-forming agents in the growth of
plants. The solids hold the phosphoric
acid, the lime and magnesia, which go
to the seeds principally ; but the liquid,
holding nitrogen, potash and soda, is
needed in forming the stock and leaves.
The two forms of plant nutriment should
never be separated or allowed to be vast
ed by neglect. The farmer who saves all
the urine of his animals doubles his ma
nurial resources every year. Good sea-
soned peat is of immense service to far
mers when used as an absorbent, and
the stalls for animals should be SO con-
.structed as to admit of wide passage in
the rear, with generous room for peat,
to be used daily for the excrement.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02
Good and Poor Cows.

In a paper read before the Vermont
Board bf Agriculture by &. +. Small,
the following comparison is made:
Many persons think that COW is a
COW any way. We will suppose that
there are two COWS for sale : the one is
an ordinary cow and is offered for $40,
and the other, an extra COW, is offered
for $75, both of the same age, and the
first one will make on an average 125
pounds of butter in one year, and at the
price of thirty cents per pound would
amount to the sum of $35. so, and the
other COW will make $50 pounds in the
same time, which at thirty cents per
pound would be $75, double the amount
of the first. Now suppose it cost $50 a
year to keep COW (Which l think is a
fair estimate), it will leave only 81. 80 for
making and taking care of the butter,
etc., of the first named COW, whereas you
will have $45 left of the income of the
last named COW after deducting keeping,
leaving balance in favor of the good
COW of $37. 80.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02
Sleen on Your Cares.

Men of business, believe me, there is
now and then a profitable venture III
doing nothing at all. In the power to
put business aside, and abiding now and
then in a perfect quiet, things sometimes
solve themselves, when we give them
that advantage, which refuse to come
clear for all our trying. We all know
how, by simply taking some perplexity
into the deepest silence this side of
death-a good nights sleep-we can do
better sometimes than if we sat up and
wrought at our task all night. When
Matthew Murray, of Leeds, wanted to
see his way through some sore perplexity
in his inventions, and all other effort
was of no use, he rested day and night
from all noise, and all effort save the
effort an active man has to keep him.
self quiet and then the thing he want
ed would steal in and look at him, and
light on him, and stay, as birds used to
light on the old hermits, no more afraid
of them than of the trees under which
they sat. And mothers, you may care
and toll necessarily for your little ones,
never resting moment in your devo-
ton, and then, because you never do
quit, but enter into your very closet
with a little frock to mend, you shall
never be quite able to take the whole
sunlight and sum of your motherhood
into your heart. You will be so full of
care about the bread that perishes as to
miss the bread that cometh down from
heaven. No person in the world needs
so much, now and then, to be still, and
open her soul only to the silence as an
earnest, energetic, wholesome-hearted
mother. This eternal activity is almost
sure to run at last in hallows.-Robert
Cottyer, IN Independent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02
The Method Of Roofing With Slate.

Ordinarily, roofing states are nailed to
board supports. When they get loose,
as they frequently do, they are ratified
by the wind, and if from any cause pres
sure is brought to bear upon them, they
are very liable to be broken. A Boston
architect states that for many years he
has obviated these drawbacks by inter-
posing between the slate and roof
boards layer of hydraulic cement. This
beds the slate firmly, and, at the same
time, renders the roof more nearly fire.
proof.
AS concerns fire-proof roofing the mat
ter has not received the attention it de-
serves, for the roof is the most exposed
part of a building. Even ordinary
shingles may be rendered measurably
fire-proof by chemical treatment, and
metallic shingles have been tried with a
good degree of success. 1t would per-
haps be as well to combine with these
last the cement layer recommended for
the slate.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02
Tainter's DefalcatiOn - The Coolest
ScOundrel on Record.


The regular meeting of the Directors
of the Atlantic National Bank was called
for o'clock this afternoon. About that
hour, Mr.. fainter, Cashier, visited the
Clearing House, and, approaching MIR.
Tappan, President of the committee,
handed him the keys of the safe and
vaults of the bank, saying he wished to
deliver them up. Mr.. Tappan, very
much astonished, asked him why he did
not deliver them to the bank officers.
Mr.. fainter replied, "No want the
Clearing House Committee to go Mt once
to the bank, and examine its affairs. J"
He was so perfectly cool and collected
that Mr.. Tappan did not know what to
make of him. He inquired what the
matter was. Defalcation," was the
laconic reply. "Whose ?" asked Mr..
Tappan, still more astonished. "Mine,
was the placid answer. He added, q
will go up with the committee and assist
them to the best of my ability. L have
no intention of running away" Mr..
Tappan Immediately summoned the COM
mittee and sent them to the bank, II
Nassau street.
Meantime the Directors were holding
their meeting, and the entrance of the
committee astonished them even more
than tile Cashiers visit did Mr. Tappan
The committee stated the object of their
coming, and the Directors listened in
blank surprise. Mr. fainter, having
hung up his overcoat and hat, announced
that he was ready to make explanations.
He was asked the amount of the defal-
cation, and he replied, "S400, 900
SIS, 200 in gold, $l62, 900 in securities
left in the bank for safe keeping, and
the remainder securities deposited MS
collateral.
"How long has this been going on p
was then asked.
"Five years." was the reply.
Have you anything left ?" asked one
of the Directors.
"No," answered Mr.. fainter.
"What has become it ?"
Speculation.
Mr.. Southworth, the President, was
80 affected ut this disclosure that he
burst into tears. The Directors and
committee retired to private Office to
await the arrival of Mr.. Tappan, and
the Cashier going behind the desk went
on transacting business just as if moth
ing had happened. When the commit
tee learned this they characterized it as
gross outrage. After Mr.. Tappan's
arrival, the committee, assisted by Mr..
Meigs, the National Bank Examiner, be-
gan n thorough investigation, which
lasted until late hour this evening.
They were materially aided in their in
designations by the defaulting Cashier,
whose GOODNESS under the circumstances
was perfectly enchanting He moved
about here and there, looking up evil
dences of his crime, and pointing them
out with the utmost nonchalance. The
result of their Joint labors showed de-
felt of 1904, 900, as follows : Realized
assets, S549, 900; liabilities, independ-
ent of capital, $615, 900; securities left
in the bank for safe keeping, of which
the Cashier acknowledges stealing $l62,
600, leaving the deficit, as regards out
siders, approximately estimated, at
sos, 900. The capital was $500, 900, and
surplus $40, 900, making the actual de-
felt 1904, 000 of which the Cashier ac-
knowledges having embezzled 100000.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02

COOP HUMoR.-Good humor is the
clear, blue sky of the soul, on which
every star of talent will shine more
clearly, and the sun of genius encounter
no vapors in his passage. 1t is the most
exquisite beauty of fine face; a re-
deeming grace in homely one. 1t is
like green in landscape, harmonizing
in every color, mellowing the light,
softening the hues of the dark or like a
lutte in Il full concert of Instruments
sound, not Mt first discovered by the ear,
yet filling up the breaks in the concord
with its deep melody.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02
A DEER once saw himself pictured in

A DEER once saw himself pictured in
a clear brook.
"Truly," said he, :" 1 surpass all ami
mails in gracefulnessand majesty ! How
lordly do my horns tower up But my
feet, how long and ugly y
Hardly had he uttered these
words when he saw a lion springing
toward him. With the greatest haste
his despised feet carried him to the next
forest but suddenly his broad antlers
were caught in the overhanging thicket,
and he could not tear himself away.
The lion overlook him and devoured
him. 49,.
Learn from this not to value things
from their outward appearance, but for
their inner worth otherwise you will
often have to repent bitterly your I'M
Just judgment.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02

The epizootic has crossed the CONT
nent, and is now working havoc with the
business of San Francisco. Street cars
have stopped, and all the vexations and
losses that have marked the path OF this
Curious disease through the country are
now felt in their full force on the Pacific
coast. 1t is expected that the progress
OF the disease will interfere with the
transmission of news by couriers from
the seat of the Modoc war to Yreka.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
Dat I'm the Woods.

- Hippity- rip !" says the little tree-toad
Z" What is going to happen to-day?
guess had better get out of the road,
If those children are coming this way"
He stretches his hind-legs, so long and slim,
For flying leap 20 the hickory limb;
And then he pops open his ruby-red eyes
At the funny proceedings, in solemn surprise.
Hop-skip-and-jump it is Lorry and Len
With the rest of the romping crew;
They're scampering over the woods again,
- Aud what are they goineto do7
To build u bonfire, do declare!
IL there any mischief they wouldn't dare p
But roasting potatoes is jolly fun
You eat 'em scorched, and about half done!
Clckety-clack :" says the saucy tree-toad,
"what fuss you young ones make
wonder IL baked potatoes are good?
How long do they take to bake 2"
He turns to the motherhood on her nest
Four little hedglings under her breast
-'Do you know, madam, about such things?
She shakes her head, and she hutters her wings.
''Chickadee-dee. Don't you wish they would go !?
am really afraid" says she,
"That some of those dreadful children know
have got my nest in this tree.
It's all very well for you, my dear
With your long legs you have nothing to fear;
For me-of course l could easily fly,
But fancy leaving my darling to die!"
Slippety-slide "There'sa copperhead-quick
Keep Alice and Lorry away"
Len picks up stone, sgd "goes for stick
The snake thinks hed better not stay.
And pokes out mis- tongue at the whole race OF men,
{" Two-egged, hideous thing affirm
That only to look at them makes me squirm."
Pifety-whff what cloud of smoke,
As the dancing breeze comes near;
Says the little tree-toad, " shall certainly choke,
III stop in this atmosphere.
guess had best hop "a little bit higher,
For don't quite relish the smell of that fire.
I'll go and inquire ii Miss Katy-Did's in,
And see what she thinks of this racket and din"
Fidde-dee-deel for the toad and the snake
The children care never a whit;
They eat their potatoes half-raw. and their cake,
They gobble itup every bit.
They jump on the logs where the sunshine is warm
And brown ants and black ants in colonies swarm
They hang on the saplings and merrily swing
Backward and forward like birds on the wing.
But dingery-dne in the midst of the play
The sound of the dinner-bel comes;
Hop-skip-and- jump! they all scamper away,
And nothing is left but the crumbs.
Now the bird hutters down, and the snake wrig
giles out;
The pert little tree-toad goes hopping about;
They eat up the scraps, and declare they are good
And bright shines the sun on the merry green
wood.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02

A WILSON county Kan.) farmer in.
tends planting ten acres to castor oil
beans this season. He says one of the
greatest incentives to immigration to O
new State is cheap physic and whisky.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02

A LITTLE boy being asked, "What
is the chief end of man ?" replied, "The
end what's got the head on"