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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07

The literary career of Samuel Il.
Clemens Mark Twain has been singu-
lar. 1t is not very long since he was q
Mississippi river pilot, with no more
idea of writing than of applying for the
professorship of dead languages at the
University of jena. Later, he went to
the Pacific coast, and made local repu-
tation as contributor of humorous
sketches to the San Francisco press.
The first thing that advertised him was
his jumping Frog" afterward bound
and issued, with other sketches, in this
city, and finding only limited sale.
After little while, he came East to en-
bark on the Quaker City with crew
of pious pilgaims, in search of classic
and theological scenes and associations.
The result of the voyage, as is well
known, was the Innocents Abroad"
which, on his return, he prepared in
such quantity that nearly half of the
MS. had to be omitted to get it within
within the proportions of large sub
scription book
Anybody with the least sense of humor
would suppose that very few pages Of
the "Innocents could be read without
finding publisher. 1t was not so,
however. Clemens offered his Ms. to
a number OF publishers here, in Phila-
delphia and Boston, and none of them,
strange to say, could find enough in it
to warrant their giving it to the world.
He thought, as it was professedly hui
morous, that the objection to it lay in
its capacity to make people laugh, and
asserted, IN his own justification, that
some such things, scattered through a
book of the kind, ought not to be con-
sidered an insuperable obstacle to pub
LEGATION. Having gotten nearly through
with the regular firms, he was induced
to try a Hartford subscription house,
and sent his copy accordingly to the
American Publishing Company. Recog-
milton of the merit of the work was very
slow in that quarter Several of the
stockholders could see nothing in it
(what moldy old tomb-stones they must
have been to be sure y but the principal
man of the company carried it home
one night, and made the remarkable
discovery that the book was deucedly
droll. Consequently, the /" Innocents,"
copiously illustrated, appeared after a
few months, and set both sides of the
Atlantic laughing. 1t has sold at the
present time something over 10000
copies, and "Roughing 1t" fully 100, 900,
with still active demand for both.
The publishers think the two volumes
will have joint sale of half million
at least, and they anticipate very wide
request for "John Bull"
Mark Twain is, unquestionably,
the most popular writer and lecturer of
the day No one can 1env with all his
extravagances, superlative burlesque,
bad taste, and sometimes positive
coarseness, that he has genius for the
comical, and is eminently qualified to
excite laughter. -NcW York Letter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07
Air-(,uns,

Probably the most perfect air-grlns in
the world are those made in London for
the use of English poachers. AS they
make no smoke, and consequently no
smell, they are not SO easily detected as
firearms when used in game preserves.
1t is a mistake, however, to suppose that
they make no noise. When charged, SO
rs TO produce the effects above described.
the report is quite sharp-fully as sharp
as that produced by gunpowder. When
lightly charged, the report is, of course,
diminished; but the force with which
the bullet is projected is also proportion
ally lessened, and so is the recoil. AS n
weapon for secret assassination, there
fore, the air-gun does not possess much
advantage over good rifle cane. Few
persons are, however, aware of the slight
charge of powder or air that is necessary
to produce fatal wound at short dis
tances. Experience teaches us that a
bullet that will go through half-inch
board will kill man if it strikes him in
a fatal and not too well protected part.
Now, bullet can be projected from
rifle with force sufficient to pierce such
a board at twelve PAGES by means of
charge of powder not greater than that
which will lie on silver three-cent
piece; and provided the charge be ignited
quietly, as by pill lock, the noise of the
explosion will not attract the attention
of persons who are sixty yards distant.
The small pistols i'll common use make
very little noise except when discharged
in confined places; and yet, if the ball
should strike vital part, death may be
caused instantaneously by a wound from
them. The only advantages possessed
by the air-gun are its perfect cleanliness,
and the fact that the parts are not liable
to be corroded and rusted. 1t never re-
quires cleaning, but the labor of charg-
ing the condenser may be fairly offset
against the labor involved in cleaning
ordinary firearms after they have been
used. -LlduStriaL .NOnthIU.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07
THE MONEY! AMI THE p,p,or II

THE MONKEY AND THE PARROT. The
natural history editor of the Lexington
Press tells this: "a lady residing in q
city not a hundred miles from Lexington
is the possessor of two pets-a monkey
and n parrot-which are by no means
congenial friends; in fact, Mrs. G. was
III the habit of locking up the monkey
whenever she left the house, for fear Of
his belligerent qualities. One evening,
alas she neglected to do go, and the
monkey, coming in, found the parrot
rife for fight, and a very desperate one
ensued. The monkey ruthlessly pulled
out every feather of the unfortunate
parrot, and broke up the mantel orna-
ments, and smashed things generally.
When Mrs. G. returned, she found the
monkey chattering on the mantel-piece,
and out crept the parrot, looking deeply
injured, and greeted her with, We've
had devil of time" The appro.
priateness of the remark caused shou;
of laughter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07
Rotting mt the Core.

Robert Manning gives in the Horti-
culturist the names of some pears which
are apt to rot Mt the core, among which
are Harvard and Clapp's Favorite, which
he has, however, never found to be af-
fected with this difficulty if they are only
gathered in season. The Merriam and
Buhum keep well. The Figue, Flem-
ish Beauty and Sheldon Ego quickly"
after ripening. The Moyamensing is
well known to possess similar quality,
and DIR. Brinckle once told us that sit
must be eaten chronometer"- it was
just right only for moment. Mr..
Manning says that no pear is recon-
mended in the American Pathological
Society's Catalogue that will rot at the
core when picked in good time.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07
WOnlan'S EaIIn Clubs.

A correspondent of the IVOnlan's
journal writes Itpleasedme very much
TO see the notice of Woman's Farmers
Club. 1t is one step in the right direc-
ton. Believing, as / do, that one great
want of woman in our rural districts is
interchange of views on all subjects, L
should be glad to hear of more clubs for
women, with or without men. A little
more energy and perseverance, and we
shall accomplish yet many things we
once thought impossible. Belonging to
Farmers Club myself, in Western
New York, will tell you how we man
age. There are twelve men and their
wives. We meet once n month at the
house of some member TO spend the day
In the first place the subjects of general
interest are discussed after dinner.
Each one contributes to basket some
thing in writing, long or short, upon any
subject, to be read by one of the mem
bers quite variety and sometimes
very spicy. Then the one who was APP
pointed at the previous meeting, reads
an essay, usually on some branch of
farming, but any other subject if he
chooses some discu ,sion generally fol-
lows the same. The rest of the time is
devoted to farm interests.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07
A Good Joke.

When / used TO tend store in Syracuse,
the old man came around one day, and
says he:
Boys, the one that sells the most
'twixt now and Christmas, gets vest
pattern as n present.
Maybe we didn't work for that vest
pattern 1 tell you there were some
tall stories told in praise of goods just
and the one that had more cheek than
any of us, was n certain Jonah Squires,
who roomed with me. He would take a
dollar out of mans pocket when the
man only intended to spend sixpence );
and the women-Lord bless you they
just handed over their pocket-books to
him, and let him lay out what he liked
for them
One night Jonah woke me with
:" BY 10, old fellow, If YOU think that
'ere's got any cotton in it I'll bring down
the sheep that it was cut from, and make
him swear to his own wool 'Twon't
wear out, either wore pair of pants
of that stnff for five years, and they re
as good now as when / first put 'em on !
Take 1T at thirty cents, and I'll say you
don't owe me anything. Eli? too dear !!
Well, call 1t twenty-eight cents. What
dye sayp Shall ! tear it All right (;
it's bargain.
could feel Jonah's hand playing about
the bed-clothes for an instant, then rip !
tear went something or another, and l
hid my head under the blanket, per-
fectly convulsed with laughter, and sure
that Jonah had torn the sheet from top
to bottom. When | woke up in the
morning / found-alas unkindest cut
of all-that the back of my night shirt
was split from tail to collar band.
JUDY saws that some pespIe who set
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07

l.. N. AND PALMERsToN.-The Cincin-
natl Commercials London correspond
ent says this of the late Emperor Napo-
leon:
"On Tuesday, while the body was
lying in state, / was dining with a COM
pany of journalists at Chiselhurst in the
Tiger Inn when some one said, We'll,
Napoleon has gone to his - Maker,
chimed in another of the party, point
ing mt the same time to portrait of
Palmerston on the wall. The cynical re-
mark could not be gainsayed; Palmers-
ton was the maker of Napoleon III. He
found him dishonored and blood
stained usurper, snubbed by every SOW
ereign of Europe, and in payment for a
commercial treaty, pledged him that
Queen Victoria would stoop to tie the
garter on his knee, and offer her cheek
to his kiss. This made Louis Napoleon
respectable; this made him strong. 1t
was by this alliance that his despotism
was enabled to last twenty years.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07

OLD PLINY was something of n
fashion reporter in his day. He SAYS !:
81 have myself seen Lola Paulina,
once the wife of the Emperor Caligula,
though it was on no great occasion, nor
she in her full dress ceremony, Int Mt
an ordinary wedding dinner, and have
seen her entirely covered with emeralds
and pearls, strung alternately, glittering
all over her head, hair. bandeau, ears,
neck, and fingers, the value of all which
put together amounted to the sum of
10000, 900 GO, 900, 0O0)."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07
To Remove the OdOr of Psrspirati On

The unpleasant odor produced by per-
spirationis frequently the source of vexa-
ton to persons who are subject to it.
Nothing is simpler than to remove this
odor much more effectually than by the
application of such costly onguents and
perfumes are in use. 1t is only neces-
sary to procure some compound spirits
of ammonia and place about two table
spoonfuls in basin of water. Washing
the face, hands and arms with this leaves
the skin as clean and sweet as one could.
The wash is perfectly harmless and very
cheap. 1t is recommended on the au-
thority OF an experienced physician
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07
An Extraordinary Duel.

A duel is reported to have taken place
In Panama, some time since, between
two enterprising citizens of that place,
the details of which, though not in all
respects in harmony with the code, are
at least illustrative of the gallantry of
the old stock. Commodore Garrison, q
wealthy broker of the place, came in
collision with Capt. Turner on certain
occasion, and angry words ensuing, the
steel of the Commodore became tenn
pered to the flint of the Captain, and
pistols were named without a moments
hesitation. Despite the attempted me-
diation of mutual friends and the eager
pleading of their families, the two gen.
tlemen repaired to the appointed ground.
On arriving at the spot, it was found
that Garrison had a navy revolver and
Turner a derringer, and, in order to
settle this point of difference, they pro-
ceeded to cut for the choice of weapons.
Turner won the navy and Garrison the
derringer, and, after arranging the pre-
liminaries, they took their stand three
feet apart and prepared for the deadly
conflict. The duel had been gotten up
so hastily that no seconds had been pro-
vided, and it was accordingly agreed that
one, two, three, slowly and deliberately
repeated by both, should be the signal.
The word having been given, the duelists
lifted their weapons, and in doing so
Turner's navy came in collision with his
opponents face and missed fire, and Gar
rison's derringer exploded under Turner's
arm and set his clothes on fire. Both
men set to work to extinguish the incipi-
ent conflagration, and, after having ac-
complished this, they shook hands and
thus healed their wounded honor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07

THE LANCET ON NIGHT-W oRK.-The
Lancet asserts that night-work is not
injurious to adults under certain condi-
tons. The hours of sleep should never
be curtailed, and the light should be
white, powerful, steady, and concen-
trated by shade on the work. 1t
argues that an insufficient, Pickering, or
too diffused light is one of the most Sc
rious causes in producing the brain irri-
tation which troubles night-workers. 1t
recommends abundant nutriment and a
moderate use of tobacco.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07
Keeping Hams I'm Paper Sacks.

A correspondent writes from Wolf
Summit, w. Va, to the Cincinnati
Times and Chronicle
AS the time for putting away hams for
safe-keeping is near at hand, i will give
your readers my method. / have tried
several ways of keeping them, but none
has filled the bill near so well as this
one. 1t is cheap and does not cost
much trouble. AftA the hams have
been well smoked get paper sacks, such
as millers use for putting one-fourth of a
barrel of flour in, put strong string in
the end of the ham and tie both ends
together, to hang it up by hang up the
ham on a strong nail, then draw up the
sack over it, around the string that the
ham is hanging by, and tie the mouth of
the sack with strong string above the
end of the ham.
Hang your hams up in some dry
place, and You have them secure from
bugs, etc, and they will keep as long as
you will let them. The sacks will cost
about six cents apiece.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07

of the white transparent glue, costing
twenty-five cents fifty cents pound).
The sixteen pounds of Paris White is
about as much as person will use in a
day. 1t is prepared rs follows : The
glue is covered with cold water Mt night,
and in the morning is carefully heated,
without scorching, until dissolved. The
Paris White is stirred in with hot water
to give it the proper milky consistency
for applying to walls, and the dissolved
glue is then added and thoroughly mix
ed. 1t is then applied with brush like
the common lime whitewash. Except
on very dark and smoky walls, single
coat is sufficient. 1t is nearly equal in
brilliancy to "zinc white" far more
expensive article.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07
" As Dull rs a HOe.r

This IS an old, favorite comparison,
and 1t seems cruel to rob it of its poetry.
But free use of the file or grindstone
is as rough on the comparison as the
keen hoe is on the weeds. Certainly it
is poor economy to save the wear of the
hoe, of necessity only half killing the
weeds and making heavy toll of other
wise light work. A file, even an old one
cleaned with diluted acid, will answer
every purpose, or grindstone, if one
has no file Never mind if stones or
gravel do dull, a sharp hoe carefully used
will accomplish more than the noisy
grubbing of adult one. 1t is pleasure
to see the hoe daily narrow up and the
corners gradually round off, for honor
bic age and constant service benefit the
hoe, making the blade thinner and
smaller. Sharpen the hoe then-frst,
to save the hard labor second, to do
neater work third, to keep it bright !;
finally, to have the pleasure of seeing it
grow old in the service.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07
The Boy that stuck 20 Farming.

When L was boy, says distinguished
man, my first saving of ten-cent pieces,
earned by Saturday afternoon work
for school kept half day on Saturday
then-were expended in buying heifer
calf. Then / worked on, and paid my
father certain sum each month for
keeping. When the calf was one year
old l traded it for two steer calves, and
now had to put in good and strong to
pay for their keeping but / occupied
all my spare time in teaching those
calves to work in the yoke, and at one
year old they could gee and haw as will
oxen, and my father paid me for their
use in leading the team for breaking his
two and three-year olds. Again, / had
a piece of land each year after / was
fourteen, that / could plant and work on
shares (; and, if | wanted help, had to
give two days of my time to the hired
mans one day. L grew just what my
fancy and reading dictated, and from
the proceeds l dressed as well as any of
the boys of the present time. l always
has some time to play, time to read, and
now look back with love and pleasant
thoughts to the old farm, and the farm
hand who taught me to use tools, and
whipped me when 1 neglected to drive
out straight at the end of the furrow in
blowing The remembrance of my boy
hood days has always induced me to
favor all items of encouragement at
home on the farm and / believe, if it
We're more generally practiced, we would
have more good farmers and fewer
broken-down merchants, or loafng,
hanging-on, time-serving clerks, ready
for anything except honorable and useful
labOr.-Rural Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07

One more popular belief has been re-
morselessly swept away-that is the old
and established belief that whoever
had in his possession an umbrella was
owner of il. A man in England, who
was recently found with one he could
not account for in manner satisfactory
to the court, not only had all his old
theories on that subject upset, but was
sent to prison for fourteen miserable
days.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07
Excellent whitewasb.

The following is said to be the very
best of the numerous recipes for white
washing White chalk is the best sub
stitute for lime as wash. A very fine
and brilliant whitewash preparation of
chalk is called the "Paris White" This
we buy at the paint store for three cents
pound, retail. For each sixteen pounds
of Paris White we procure half a pound
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07

INGENIOUS INvENTIoN-Mr f.. Clark,
of Paris, Ky, has invented singular
piece of mechanism. 1t has almost a
human face, talks, and has hand. 1t
is an auxiliary TO billiard room, and is
so constructed that it will dispense with
all the help in billiard room with the
exception of the cashier. This little
monitor is worked by electricity, and as
the play progresses each count is tele-
graphed to the cashiers desk, or each
game is telegraphed, as may he desired,
for the little game-keeper will act as
wanted, and never fails to do its duty
with as much exactitude as if it were en-
dowed with reasoning powers. To
illustrate the working of this instrument,
the Kentuckian states that recently a
match game of billiards was being played
in New York, and one of these instru-
mentsin Phil. Tiemans in Cincinnati, by
simply attaching the wires each ''count"
or "run" would instantly be marked at
at Tiemans with as much accuracy rs if
the play was going on in his own room.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07

CoLERIDGE was man of infinite title
pages. He projected hundred works,
without ever completing one. History,
philosophy, poetry, criticism, biography
his fertile brain was forever teeming
with new volumes, which never got be-
yond the announcement. The titles of
the works he meditated, but never exc
cuted, would fill large volume.
THE epizoOt is in Paris.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07

JUDY says that some people who set
up for being funny fellows had much
better sit down again.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07
NV YoRK. July &. I9G9.

DEAR SIR: Allow me TO congratulate YOU
mon the result OF the first battle OF the pot-
zeal campaign and to predict a satisfactory re-
sult at it's close. As you are about to leave
your present occupation for the more active
and expensive one Of a canvass for the
approaching election beg to offer you the
;neloscd 20 assist in paying the cost You
need have no fear that | shall trouble you for
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07

THE epizoot is in Paris.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-23
That Bond for Arms.

The Northern press has been informed nv
telegraph that certain parties in this CITY
became kureties on a bond with John Nc
Emery, to hardware firm in this CITY. for
reimbursement for arms furnished on ?
recent occasion. The following is copy
of the original which we have or file IN the
REPUBLICAN office:
Know all men by these presents, tina. we,
John McEnery as principal and as sureties,
are held firmly bound unto y. Oehmichen.
in the sum of five Thousand dollars,
in lawful money Of the United States, in
the sums severally set opposite our names.
Now, the condition of the said bond is
this. that the aforesaid principal has this
day received from the said V. Oehmichen
guns and munitions of war, the said gun.
to be returned in the like condition received
within ten days, or, in default thereof, the
same shall be paid for according to the
terms of this bond. Provided, that only
those guns not returned shall be paid for
according to their value.
This done and signed at the city OF New
Orleans this third of March. 1873.
Kursheedt s. Bevenu. 500; II. Doabe.
$500; J. n. Atkinson, $500; A. A. Maginnis
q Sons, $500; +. II. Summers, $500; J.
Wolkart, $500; w. Knox. $500; John Me
Emery; c. L. Walmsley & Co, $500; T. &
) Henderson. sos: John i. HarGie & Co..
$500
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-23
DGminick Murray.

Tonight Mr.. Murray will close the first
week Of his engagement a: the St. Charlie.
Theatre, which has bsen comparatively
successful, though nothing like SO profitable
as it would have been before the season of
Lent. and when the city is full Of strangers
business was more lively. NJ. Murray has
won enviable reputation as d character
actor. Though his great forte lies in the
aeliueation OF Irish life, Irish passion and
Irish humor, he has shown his .IGinen.
ability 20 portray other characters with q
truthfulness that surprises those who do
not know his rare versatility. lie assumes
FIVE different characters in the sensation of
Escaped from Sing Sing" which will be
repeated this evening, and for the last time