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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05

In Amelia b. Edwards new book,
4" Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented
Valleys" she describes the toy-land of
which s.she finds at st. Ulrich 1--WE
had never even heard of st. Ulrich till q
few days ago, and then but vaguely as a
village where wooden toys and wayside
Christs were made and now we find
that we have, so to say, been on init
mate terms with the place from earliest
infancy. That remarkable animal on a
little whesled platform, which we fondly
took to represent horse black with an
eruption of scarlet discs upon his body,
and name and tail derived from snip
pings of ancient fur tippets, he is of the
purest Grodner Thai breed. Those
wooden-jointed dolls of all sizes, from
babies half an inch in length to mothers
of families two feet high, whose COM
plexion always came of when We washed
their faces, they are the aborigines of
the soil" On the manufacture of toys
at st. Ulrich the author has good deal
to say, and she relates how she was
taken through one warehouse in the vii
lage containing more than thirty large
storerooms, twelve of which were full of
dolls" millions of them, large and
small, painted and implanted. in bins,
in cases, on shelves, in parcels ready
packed for expectation" One room
contained horses, another was full of
carts, another piled with dolls heads.
A "smart" doll-maker, it is said, can
turn out twenty dozen small jointed
dolls one inch and half in length per
diem. Another establishment was de-
voted to what may be termed high art,
and there Miss Edwards saw rooms of
beautiful saints and Christs of all sizes
in ivory, in ebony, and in wood. In
the attics," she writes, "we saw bins
after bins of crowns of thorns only" "
The villagers in the toy country are all
actively engaged in the manufacture OF
Christs for churches, and Of other OBJ.
jects required by Roman Catholics, rs
well as of toys for children. In one
house the travellers found whole family
carving skulls and cross-bones, il
another a dozen girls were painting
gray horses with black points, in thirc
they painted only red horses with white
points. A good hand will paint twelve
dozen horses day.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05
Indications of a Long Life.

DR.. James Mackenzie, an eminent
Scotch physician, says the nature
marks by which we discern that man
is made for long life, are principally as
follows:
1st. To be descended at least by one
side from long-lived parents.
I'd. To be of a calm, contented and
cheerful disposition.
3D.. To have just symmetery or con-
formation of parts, full chest, we'll
formed joints and limbs, with neck
and head large rather than small in pro-
portion to the size OF the body
4th. A firm and compact system of
vessels, the stamina not too fat, veins
large and prominent, voice somewhat
deep, and skin not too white.
9Th. To be long and sound sleeper.
In addition to these signs, modern
writer's on longevity affirm that men and
women with particularly long bodies in
proportion to their height are long
lived, that persons of short stature are
longer lived than those who are tall,
that married men and women live
longer than bachelors or maids, widow
ers or widows that widows and old
liNC iOhSOl WitOWCio uu't
bachelors. Another writer seys, "A
man or woman to be long-lived should
have full developed osseous frame and
muscular organization, be rather middle
sized, and somewhat thick-set, have a
capacious chest and shoulders, round
rather than flat a pulse strong and
regular, and the veins full at extremi-
ties head not too large, neck neither
very long nor short, abdomen project
ing, hands large but not too deeply
cleft, foot rather thick and broad than
long, skin strong, smooth and clear
complexion not too horid nor too rudy
in youth hair approaching rather the
fair than the black voice strong, with
faculty of retaining the breath long
with difficulty senses acute and clear,
but not too delicate appetite good and
digestion easy teeth sound, slow
eater, without extra thirst excretions
all regular and free from violent passions
temperament sanguine, with little OF
the phlegmatic.- Science of Heath.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05
Tea and Coffee.

Foods" recently-published book,
by Edward Smith, of London, contains
some idea in regard to tea and coffee
which may be new to many. 1t asserts
that tea is most powerful respiratory
excitant, its principal use being to
cause the assimilation and transforma-
ton of other foods, and is socially
adapted to those who eat too heartily,
when the process of assimilation should
be quickened, but is less adapted to the
ill-fed and during fasting. Coffee is
more fitted for the poor than tea, and
also better for the feeble. 1t is more
useful for breakfast, because then the
skin is active and the hearts action fee
BILE. Milk, DR.. Smith says, contains all
the elements of nutrition, and in the
most digestible form. Fish is said to
be :" especially fitted for the use Of
those who perform much brain-work, or
who are the victims of much anxiety or
distreSs "
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05
Wonderful Fossil,

A very wonderful fossil is now on ex-
hibition in this city, and an effort is
being made to purchase it for the Acad-
envy of Science. 1t was found last April
while blasting for coal near the west
bank of the Missouri river, about IS
miles north of Sioux City, Iowa. 1t
was imbedded in about ten feet of con-
glomerate rock. The fossil was much
broken in being severed from the sur
rounding rock, still nearly every por-
ton Of the monstrous reptile was OBJ
tanned. The fossilized skeleton is SO
feet in length, and weighs 2,67O pounds.
II is not in the likeness of anything now
living on the earth, and in the opinion
of the scientists who have examined it,
it is unlike in several respects any fossil
reptile ever before discovered. Com
pairing the spinal column with that of
existing reptiles, it is believed that the
living animal must have been at least
seven feet in circumference at the larger
part of the body. 1t is supposed this
interesting creature fiourished about
one-half million years ago.-Prairie
Farmer (Chicugo).
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05

fed by the defendants counsel in their
address to the Jury, and which were alb.
soluteiy essential at one stage of the
laws history to mitigate its unquestion-
able harshness-have grown into such
prominence now that they are made TO
overshadow many features of the law,
the preservation of which are essential
to good order, if not to the existence of
society itself. So much solicitude is
manifested for the welfare and safety of
the accused that the rights of society
are often entirely ignored, and when
the humanities of the law are perverted
into tricks for the encouragement of
crime and the escape of malefactors,
civilized communities rise in their
might and punish guilty men without
regard to the forms of law. This is I'M
doubtedly great evil, but it will as
suredly exist wherever the laws, pro-
fessedly enacted for the safety of So
ciety, become the refuge of murder
ers.-H. Louis Democrat.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05

THE best suggestion we have heard
since the mercury went up above the
nineties, comes from Galveston, Texas.
1t is proposition for an Aerial Santa
rum. 1t is to consist of large balloon
secured at the proper height with strong
cables. The correspondent who pro-
poses the novelty writes to the Galveston
NeDs that Galveston is within one mile
of the most salubrious and delightful
climate in the world, the only trouble
being that it is directly overhead and
the man is not bird. He proposes,
therefore, to balance mile high in mid
air a stationary balloon with an append
ed hotel capable of accommodating one
hundred guests. Smaller balloons will
act as elevators, and when the barometer
prognosticates bad weather, the gas can
be let off, and the hotel or saloon lowered
to the ground.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05

For every 1000 miles of railroad there
must be 125 miles of ties cut every year.
Mr.. Talmage, Superintendent of the
Atlantic and Pacific road, has been con-
sidering the matter, and has ordered an
immense area along the line of his road
to be immediately planted with locusts,
either from the seed or from young
trees. He intends to make this per-
manent part of the business of the road
and its employees in sections of country
where it is possible and he believes
that other lines will have to start
=" locust farms" before long ALSO
st. Louis Democrat
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05
Rules of Common Law.

Most of the common rules of evil
dence which still prevail in the criminal
codes of English-speaking communities
originated at time when the tendency
OF the courts was toward excessive SEE
verify to guilty men, and when there
were scores Of offenses, ranging from
petit larceny to high treason, which
were punished with death. The HUI
name maxims-that every one accused
Of crime is presumed to be innocent I'M
til the contrary is proved :" that cit is
better that ninety and nine guilty per-
sons go acquit than that one innocent
person suffer uniustly :" that " no man
should be tried and condemned without
an opportunity to confront the wit
nesses against him face to face :" that
eff, after hearing all the evidence, there
is reasonable doubt in the minds of
the jurors that the guilt of the accused
is made out, they should acquit, -
which are always repeated and ampli-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05
Timber for Ties.

The railroads of this country must,
sooner or later, turn their attention to
the question of timber supply for their
own use. Already wood has become
dearer than coal for locomotive pur-
poses on most OF the great roads, on ac-
count of the item of hauling by teams to the
stations. Ten years ago coal-burning
locomotive was rarity in the West, If
not in the country T; now the wood burn
ers are the exceptions. But the most
important decrease to be feared is in the
kind of timber suitable for ties-oak or
locust. The latter is considered The
most durable, but the best of either
must be renewed every eight years.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05
Novel Mode OF Advertising.

A San Francisco milliner recently hit
upon novel experiment to advertise
her store. She had, among her assist
ants, one remarkably handsome young
woman, and having attired this damsel
in the choicest garments of the estab-
hshment, placed her in the window of
the store. The girl stood in half re-
Ginning attitude, perfectly still, and
very soon an immense crowd of people
had assembled to see the beautiful mil
liners sign. The crowd soon grew to a
perfect mob, quite blocking the streets
until the curtains were lowered, and the
living model relieved from her position
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05

CLEANING WooL.-Many of our farm
ers pay but little attention when WOOL
cleaning to the kind of water used in the
operation but it will be seen that this
should always be taken into considera-
ton. Thus, waters containing lime
should be carefully avoided, since this
constituent combines with the suint,
thus forming an unsoluble soap, which
seems to produce unpleasant effects in
the processes of dyeing. For log-wood,
redwood, and dyes of like character,
the effect appears to be unimportant /;
but when quercitron, fustic and madden
are used the effect is quite different,
and is often very deleterious.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05

SINGULAR RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT
Byron Wright, of Waterloo, Iowa, who
was shot in the head last winter, and
has been carrying the ball in the sub
stance of the brain ever since-one only
of three similar cases who have survived
was thrown from a wagon at Fond du
Lac, few days ago, and struck on his
head. A physician was called, who,
upon examination of the wound, which
has never healed, found that the ball
had been thrown near the orifice by the
fall, and extracted it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05
EAST ST.. LOUIS stock-yards compri.

EAST ST.. Louis stock-yards comprise
sos acres of land, part inclosed, and the
rest is used for grazing and other pur-
poses. The capacity at present of the
new yard is 5000 head of cattle, Is, 900
hogs, with nearly thousand sheep and
horses. The whole yard is intersected
by immense avenues, and opening upon
these 1877 smaller cattle-yards. The
Stock-Drovers' Hotel alone 1920, 900.
The main building is four stories, with
mansard roof, with two wings of two
stories. st. Louis claims to have in
this gigantic affair the most complete
stockyard in this country.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications for this paper should be accom-
panied by the name OF Me anthor not necessarily for
publication. but rs an evidence of good faith the
part Of the writer. Wlts only one OF he paper
Be particu arly careful in giving names and ates
have the letters and figures plain and distinct
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05

The London Telegraph has ordered
ten new Hoe presses.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-05

THE best style of writing is righting
wrong.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-18

WHERE wood is used for fuel in lieu of
coal the person who makes the fires in the
morning frequently experiences difficulty
in getting it started readily, for want of a
few kindlings and a handful of shavings
This IS particularly the case when one
does not have access to sound and drv
wood. great many families burn moth
ing but green or halt-seasoned wood.
When one has nothing but green
wood let few pieces be split into slabs,
say half an inch thick and three or four
inches wide, kiln dry them in the oven,
then with plane cut them into thick
shayings. Let d few billets of wood be
split also into small pieces no larger than
ones little finger, and bake them in the
oven. BY spending few minutes as di-
rected one can prepare kindling materials
sufflcIent to enable him to make a glow
ing fire in ten minutes. We have known
young boys go IN our own house to be
trained IN the art Of making fires, so that
they would start a fire and their mothers
would cook breakfast, bake potatoes, make
coffee, and have meal for the family on
the table In twenty minutes by the clock.
Without the shavings and kindlings, the
meal could not be prepared under an
hour.
In the cities and villages where kind
ling woods scarce, many families have old
boxes and barrels which cannot be sold
for as much as they are really worth for
fuel, if they were sawed and split into
small pieces. The slaves and hoops of
an old water-sOaked barrel, if sawed about
six inches long, split small, the pieces tied
in small bundles and placed on a shelf in
the kitchen, would render satisfactory aid
III starting coal fires when it is desirable
to 'heat up" as quickly as may be prac-
ticable. i generous supply of dry kind
ling wood will often be found an excel
lent preventive of perpleXity, vexation
lretting, scolding, and disagreeable alter
cations, aside from the comfort in cold
and stormy weather Men and boys fre-
quently fritter away time enough every
week to saw and split all the old boxes
and barrels on the premises. The true
way is to do it now and not wait until
some far-aWay future-N y Hera!d
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-18

A STILL more remarkable example OF
the retention of the powers of utterance
after loss of the tongue, is that of Marga-
ret Cutting, whose case was brought be-
fore the ROYAL Society of England in
1742, and again in 1147 This girl lost
her tongue by what was supposed to be a
cancer, when four years Old The disease
first appeared in the shape Of a small
black speck on the upper surface Of the
tongue, and rapidly ate its way quite
back to the root One day, while the
surgeon who had the case in charge was
Swinging the parts, the tongue dropped
out, the girl Immediately thereafter, to
the great astonishmont of those present,
saying to her mother: Don't be frighten-
ed, mamma, it will grow again" Three
months atterward it was completely heal
ed, with not veStige of the tongue re-
naming. At the age Of 90 this girl was
carefully examined by several competent
gentlemen, who report in the 44th volume
of the philosophical Transactions" as
follows, regarding her condition: I'VE
proceeded TO examine her mouth with the
greatest eXactneSs we could, but found
not the least appearance of any remain
ing part OF the tongue, nor was there any
uvula
Notwithstanding the want of so necessary
an organ as the tongue was generally sup
posed to be, to form great part of our
speech, sand likewise to be assisting in
deglutlnatlon, to our great admiration
she performed the office of deglutination,
both in swallowing solids and fluids, as
well as we could, and in the same man
ner. And as to speech she discoursed as
tiuently and as we'll as others do. : <
She read to us in book very distinctly
and plain, only we observed that some
times she pronounced words ending in
eth as ct, end as emb, and as eib; but it re-
quired nice and strict attention to OBJ
serve even this difference of sound. She
sings very prettily, and pronounces her
words in singing as IS common. "-Dr.
". d. YounaanS, IN Popular Science 1lonth-
IN for SEPTEMBER
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-18
Surplus Honey and Care Of Bees.

WE extract the following from an ESSAY
on bee culture, by Mr. J. Z. Crane read
before the Board of Agriculture of Yer
mont:
As fast as boxes are filled and capped
they should be removed, and replaced by
new or empty ones if the harvest will war.
rant it, and as soon as the harvest fails all
should be removed, as the combs become
soiled by the bees, if they remain very
long in the hive after being filled. And
just here | want to say few words about
boxes. For market they should be made
with glass sides and ends with top and
bottom of wood, and Of size that when
filled will weigh about four pounds. |
make mine six and a quarter inches long
by four and a quarter inches wide and
five and half inches high outside. Two
nice white pieces of comb should be at
tached to the top before the box is nailed
together, to induce the bees to commence
and guide them III building straight combs
lengthwise Of the box; such combs being
the most suitable size for the table. When
ready to ship to market these boxes should
be made tidy in appearance by removing
all propolis, and if the glass side OF a box
Is badly soiled it should be removed and
replaced by cleaner one Cases should
be made with open sides that the QUALITY
of the honey may be seen at a glance, and
large enough to hold twelve boxes. In
these carefully pack the boxes, three in
width and four in length, and on one end
mark the net weight, with the owners
initial letters. October and November are
the best months to ship to market
After the honey harvest is past and all
the boxes removed, the bee-kceper should
again go over his hives to see that ali
have an abundance Of honey for winter.
II any hive is found that is lacking in
food it should at once be supplied, or else
the stock must be broken up later in the
season and united with some other colony.
If there is a deficiency of bees in any
hive they must be supplied with brood
from hives that can spare it, or else thew
must be stimulated by feeding to rear
young bees, or two or more such united.
Also at this inspection the age OF every
queen should be noticed. If any queen
is found that is three years of age or near
ly, il should be destroyed and replaced by
a young queen. 4 queen three years of
age may winter well, but is apt to fail
early the next spring which is very iniu-
rious to the prosperity Of the colony |
prefer after the harvest To destroy all old
queens over two years of age, and give
The colony young one instead. If hive
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-18
Importance of Forest Culture.

HE farmers of this country are very
slow Ill approaching the importance of
forest culture Notwithstanding that it can
be made extremely profitable and requires
very little labor. At this day, notwith-
standing the constant decrease in the sup
ply OF lumber and the more than cor
responding increase in the demand for it,
millions Of acres of land covered with
good forest trees are annually burned
over and the timber wasted in order to
prepare the land for cultivation
The great forests of the Western States
are fast disappearing; the most of those in
the Middle and Eastern States went long
ago. In the whole United States but one
vast tract of timber is left untouched;
that covers about one-half of Washington
Territory and One-third OF Oreign Here
the yellow pine thrivcs in the greatest per-
fiction, some of the trees reaching three,
hundred feet in height; but the Northern
Pacific Railroad will soon open these
lands to the AK Of the lumberman, and it
IS estimated that it will not REQUIRE
more than ten, or at the most twenty
years to clear the most of the area now
occupied by these unbroken forests.
The demand for lumber increases in the
United States at the rate of twenty-five
per cent. per annum; the decrease Of for
ests IS at the rate Off 100000 acres an
nually. Few people have any idea Of the
immense value of the wood which is used
for purposes generally considered com
parativeiy unimportant. The fences in
the United States are now valued at ST.
100000, 600, and it costs annually sos. 600
900 to keep them in repair BY far the
greatest proportion are Of wood The
Railroads Of the United States use $50,
O00,000 Of ties annually, costing from
fifty to eighty cents each, and these have
to he renewed once in every seven wears.
In 1871 10000 acres Of forest land were
stripped of their timber to supply fuel
for the single city of Chicago. In twenty
years scarcely anything will be left of the
vast forests of Wisconsin, Michigan and
Minnesota, and too late our farmers will
see how sshortsighted they have
been in not making provision for
supplying the great demand for
lumber which this widespread de
struction IS certain to cause.-Neec
York Sun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-18
Preserves vs.. Canned Fruit.

WILL you allow an Old-fashioned house
keeper to correct an idea which passes
current for "a fact, because no one takes
the trouble to dispute it | allude to the
idea that almost all housekeepers have,
that canned fruit is cheaper, more whole
some and better than preserves-an idea
which had better be considered before
taking ii for granted. Canned fruit does
not require as much sugar as preserves,
but ii requires cans. Tin ones cannot be
used more than two or three years, and
the more expensive self-sealing glass cans
are the subjects of innumerable break
ages. This item of cans fully makes up
in expense for the extra sugar that pre-
serves require. Then when a can of fruit
is opened if it is not all used at once, the
remainder spoils, while the preserves left
after tea can be returned to the lar. As to
their being more wholesome, one hardly
would make an entire meal of either; and
in the small amount used at one tiIne, ]
do not think the extra sugar of the pre-
serves would materially iujure ones di-
restion. In regard 10 their being better,
notice that people who advocate the
putting up of fruit in cans, generally pre-
fer, al my table, the golden citron with
It's strip of liquid amber, or the delicious
strawberry preserves to any canned fruit |